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Comparing the Results of HEC-RAS and DHM for Two Dimensional Diffusion Wave
By Theodore .V. Hromadka II (1) and Prasada Rao (2)
(1) Professor, Department of Engineering-Mathematics, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.
(2) Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, CA.
For simulating flows where inertial forces dominate over frictional forces, as in many types of floods, the solution of the two dimensional diffusion wave equation will suffice (compared to a one dimensional simulation). The associated numerical models are reliable and computationally efficient, thus not warranting the amount of resources that are required for solving the full momentum equations. In this work, the reliability of the USGS Diffusion Hydrodynamic Model (DHM) is cross checked by comparing its results with the more widely used HEC-RAS model. The close agreement between the two sets of computational results underscores the reliability of the legacy DHM.
Key words: Two dimensional models, Diffusive wave, HEC-RAS, DHM
Numerical models developed in the 1980's and earlier, during which period, computer memory and speed were significant modeling constraints, are increasingly called "legacy" models. The mathematical underpinnings in these models coupled with their reliability has made their solution to serve as a benchmark solution for the modern software. That is, providing another computational opinion to the problem under study using the prior technology. While some legacy models have been altered to accommodate more complex fluid dynamics (by adding modules to simulate flow turbulence, simplifying the data input requirements, and/or enhancing the model output/visualization modules), other legacy models have focused on access to their core algorithms, laying a foundation to newer models. DHM [1] is an example of such a legacy, first generation, hydraulics model developed for the USGS in the mid 1980's time period, which led to publication of a USGS Technical Report in 1987. The model was written in Fortran 77, and has been extensively applied to different overland, coupled channel, and overbank flow scenarios. The DHM also served as a foundation for other finite-difference algorithms [2] resulting in additional computational programs for solving a variety of transport problems.
DHM solves the two-dimensional overland flow equations coupled with one-dimensional open channel flow equations and includes interfaces between these two flow regimes using source and sink term approximations. It is one of the first general purpose computational solutions to a two dimensional formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations. The model is capable of approximating such hydraulic effects as backwater, drawdown, channel overflow, storage, and ponding, among other hydraulic topics of interest.
The application of legacy hydraulic models, including DHM, for large-scale applications on modern computers is constrained by multiple factors. One is related to recompiling the code to take into account new processors and architecture. Porting the Fortran 77 codes to the new computing platforms and recompiling them can be a challenge and may warrant rewriting some coding statements that are not supported by the new compilers. Changes to the legacy codes may require adding new functionalities. In this case, the DHM code was re-compiled using the Intel visual Fortran compiler. The end windows environment executable file is robust, and the time required to run the model, because of the various optimization modules in the compiler, has been significantly reduced. Another factor is that DHM was written when memory requirements in computers were limited. This limitation translated to using a smaller size of the arrays, and hence its application over large-scale computational domains was not feasible. To address this, the legacy codes can be modified to include the array standards that were introduced to Fortran in the 2000's timeframe. The size of the dimension array in the DHM was increased from 250 to 9999. Larger arrays are possible as well. Similarly, for codes in which the system of equations is assembled into the matrix form Ax=B, the solver phase can incur a large cost. Matrices are often so large that the standard numerical methods become unsatisfactory and cannot be implemented on even high-performance computers. In a typical code, the largest portion of CPU time is spent in solving systems of linear algebraic equations [4]. It is noted that for an applied researcher, a solution module merely represents a means to an end of solving the flow equations, while for a "solver" developer, the application is a source of sparse equations to be solved. In such cases, using an appropriate solver coupled with a pre-conditioner can make the legacy codes more computationally efficient.
In this work, the results from DHM are compared with those of HEC-RAS (ver. 5.07) for a flow scenario accompanied by a flood. Our primary goal is to underscore the reliability of DHM.
Overview of the Models
DHM was developed for the USGS in the late 1970's and is one of the first computational hydraulics programs. It solves the simplified Navier-Stokes equations written in diffusion form. For the uniform grid elements, the integrated finite difference version of the nodal domain integration method is used for solving the equations. Characteristic features of the DHM include (a) computational domain is made of square cells; (b) flow can enter or leave the cell through any of the four interfaces (c) minimum and maximum time step size that can be used in the computation needs to be specified, and (d) flow variables are calculated at the center of the cell. The required input conditions at the center of each cell are bottom elevation, initial water depth, and roughness value; The model uses an integrated finite difference numeric scheme for solving the flow equations. The model's companion website www.diffusionhydrodynamicmodel.com has the relevant source codes, executable files, and complete documentation along with the results from various case studies of applications.
HEC-RAS allows the user to perform one-dimensional steady flow, one and two-dimensional unsteady flow calculations, sediment transport, and water quality modeling [4]. It gives the option of either solving the two dimensional diffusion wave (default mode) or the full dynamic equations. HEC-RAS and DHM share many similarities in that both models calculate the flow variables at the center of the computational cell with the given input details at the center of the cell (elevation, roughness value, initial depth). HEC-RAS uses an implicit finite volume solution of the flow equations. The model provides the flexibility of generating either uniform square, hexagonal, or adaptive mesh, based on the terrain characteristics. It also offers many other features for solving one and two dimensional steady and unsteady river flow simulations like coupling one and two dimensional models, computational mesh development and refinement tools, geometric and hydraulic input and output tools, multiple boundary options, moving sediment and water quality analysis tools, and other options as discussed in the current version of the HEC-RAS user manual [4].
Case Study Test Problem and Flow Details
In the case under study, a rectangular channel is specified that is 41 miles long and 800ft wide with a longitudinal slope of 2.48%. The computational domain is discretized using uniform square cells of dimensions 160ft x 160ft. There are a total of 9471 cells defined in the test model domain. The two channel "walls" defined by the DHM were modeled by cells with high bottom elevations. The simulation was performed over 73 hours. An initial water depth of 0ft in all the cells was specified. The inflow hydrograph (Figure 1) was specified at the center cell of the upstream end. The inflow has a peak value of 79141 cfs at time = 36 hours and a flow of 16500 cfs at time = 72 hours. A critical depth boundary condition was specified along the downstream boundary nodes. Of interest is the cumulative outflow at the downstream boundary.
Computational Results
Figure 1 plots the inflow hydrograph and the two outflow hydrographs for a channel bottom Mannings roughness (n) value of 0.035. The peak outflow and its time of arrival, which are of primary interest in the analysis, are similar for both the configured models. The program's default values (like tolerance variables, time step, threshold values, etc.) were used, and no effort was made to optimize them.
Figure 1. Inflow and Outflow hydrographs for n = 0.035
Figure 2 plots the corresponding outflow hydrographs for a channel bottom roughness (n) value of 0.06.
Figure 2. Inflow and Outflow hydrographs for n = 0.06
The demonstration problems show that the considered two computational models can produce very similar outcomes. This is an important result because the two models differ in their underpinnings. The respective partial differential equations being modeled differ, and the computational efforts also differ, causing a difference between the two modeling outcomes. However, the computational effort needed to use the HEC-RAS model is substantially more than the DHM formulation, which calls into question the use of the HEC-RAS in similar practical problems. It is noted that a recent advance in the DHM is a code that runs on a hand-held calculator.
In this effort, the performance characteristics of two well-known hydraulic models, HEC-RAS and DHM are analyzed. The focus was on comparing their respective solution of the two dimensional diffusion flow equation. Given that the Diffusive Wave formulation of the flow equations is the HEC-RAS default option, and the Diffusive Wave formulation is also the default flow routing option in the legacy program DHM, a unique opportunity exists to test both computational programs and compare outcomes. The reliability of DHM, being one of the first computational models for solving the simplified overland flow equations, was reinforced by comparing its output with the HEC-RAS output. It is concluded that other computational outcomes from legacy models like DHM can act as a baseline analysis for new computational models and paradigms that continue to evolve.
Hromadka & Associates' Principal and Founder, Theodore Hromadka II, Ph.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., PH, PE, has extensive scientific, engineering, expert witness, and litigation support experience. His frequently referenced scientific contributions to the hydrologic, earth, and atmospheric sciences have been widely published in peer-reviewed scientific literature, including 30 books and more than 500 scientific papers, book chapters, and government reports. His professional engineering experience includes supervision and development of over 1500 engineering studies. He is currently a faculty member at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Prasada Rao is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at California State University, Fullerton.
1. Hromadka II TV, Yen CC. A diffusion hydrodynamic model. Water resources investigations report. U.S. geological survey; 1987: 87– 4137, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri874137
2. O'Brien JS, Julien PY, Fullerton WT. Two‐dimensional water flood and mudflow simulation. J Hydraulic Eng ASCE. 1993; 119: 244–261.
3. Eriksson K, Estep D, Hansbo P, and Johnson C. Computational Differential Equations. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996.
4. Brunner, GW., CEIWR-HEC, US Army Corps of Engineers, HEC-RAS River Analysis System, 2D Modeling User's Manual, Version 5.07, March 2021. https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/


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Should the Healthier Aspects of Sports Extend Beyond Fans and Players?
Sporting venues and stadium arenas are implementing groundbreaking green initiatives to promote sports and environment sustainability. Many venues across the globe have joined the sustainability movement to protect the environment.
The opportunities to do so are many: there are ways to reduce carbon emissions, reduce noise pollution, establish sustainable water systems that reduce water usage, and the use of solar and wind energy for electricity.Given all of these options, the race to go green is quite competitive.
Stadiums are trying to outdo each other in creating a combination of superior sporting events and environmentally friendly venues. But let's pause and have a look at some of the benefits of going green.
Benefits of Environmentally Friendly Sports Stadiums
1) Water Preservation – Water usage in stadiums can be absurdly high. This is because water is needed to irrigate the fields (for those using real grass), clean the venue, and in the washroom facilities. Stadiums can reduce water depletion by implementing green initiatives such as rainwater collection, water harvesting and recycling.
2) Energy Preservation – The use of alternative energy sources decreases energy usage. Use of solar and wind to power stadiums is becoming more and more frequent.
3) Low Pollution – Use of green building materials result in lower waste and pollution in the environment. Today, many stadiums are built using recycled materials, such as paper and plastics.
4) Financial Benefits – Green projects are essentially cheaper to sustain and operate. Expect lower water, energy, maintenance and insurance premium costs. The value of the project will also appreciate over time.
5) Reduced Health Risks to the Community – Building with toxin-free materials reduce the risk of potential health issues, such as asthma and cancer. Green stadiums also go through a commissioning process that reduces other safety hazards, such as fire.
The Most Sustainable Stadiums and Arenas in the World
Here are the most sustainable sports stadiums in the world:
Amsterdam Arena This stadium is home to the Ajax football club and has installed some of the most sustainable green incentives in the world. The stadium is powered by a wind turbine and 4,200 solar panels.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Home to the Atlanta Falcons football team, this U.S. stadium received a platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate. The stadium consumes almost 30% less than the average energy consumption for arenas, and 47% less water.
Levi's Stadium – This U.S. stadium in Santa Clara, California holds multiple LEED certifications. It was also recognized recently by the White House for its devotion to fighting climate change and environmental awareness in the sport. It has a 27,000 square foot solar-paneled green roof, and the stadium locally sources organic food; 78% of the food vendors are within 150 miles of the stadium.
Golden 1 Center – Home to Sacramento Kings, this U.S. stadium was recognized as the world's greenest and most environmentally friendly sports facility in 2017. The structure is in the top 3% of the highest-performing green buildings in the world. The stadium's water consumption is 45% less than the California code requirements. During construction, 95% of demolition equipment was recycled.
List of Sustainable Stadium Ideas
Today, sports and the environment go hand in hand. Here's a list of sustainable stadium ideas that will positively impact the environment:
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This publication is the 3rd of a series of good practice compilations, and it has been prepared in the follow up to the International Year of Ecotourism 2002. This compilation contains 65 case studies received from 47 countries about exemplary practices in small ecotourism businesses.
Following a request by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/53/200, and the Economic and Social Council, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has prepared this report on the activities undertaken by States and major international organizations in the framework of the International Year of Ecotourism (IYE).
The report reveals an extremely wide range of activities stimulated by the IYE at the national and local levels, with the participation of the various sectors involved in ecotourism. In general terms, even though the global situation of ecotourism still needs improvements, the International Year of Ecotourism permitted, in most countries and in all domains, to improve sustainability levels in ecotourism, and in the tourism sector generally. This year served to stimulate the replication of good practices among governments and private companies, and as a strong engine for innovative programmes and projects.
Note: The following activities have been communicated to UNWTO by its Member States.
Botswana The Ministry of Tourism has elaborated the Botswana National Ecotourism Strategy, through a consultation process involving all mayor stakeholders groups in the different regions of the country. The Strategy is currently submitted to the Congress for final approval.
Bulgaria The Ministry of environment and Water and the Ministry of Economy in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry organise the Nation's first Forum and Fair for Ecotourism, Mountains and Protected Areas - Partners in Prosperity, to be held from 2 to 4 October 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Cameroon The country is hosting the Symposium of the Africa Travel Association (ATA) on Ecotourism, Trade and Investment, with the aim of discussing opportunities and challenges of ecotourism development, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, 25-30 November 2001.This symposium is the fifth congress of ATA, a USA based organisation, that acts for the tourist and economic promotion of its members (Cameroon being one of them), in the North-American market.
Côte d'Ivoire In accordance with the recommendations of UNWTO, the Ministry of Tourism and Handicraft of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire has created a National Ecotourism Committee in April 2001 for the organisation of activities related to the International Year of Ecotourism. The National Committee is composed of entities from different sectors, such as tourism-related national ministries and public agencies, tourism trade organizations, NGOs, tour operators and media organizations.
a. Sub-committee on Ecotourism Products, directed by travel agencies.
b. Sub-committee on Ecotourism Areas (inventory of national parks and reserves), co-ordinated by the "Programme Cadre de Gestion des Aires Protégées" (PCGAP). The PCGAP functions under the Ministry of Environment.
c. Sub-committee on Public Awareness, led by the Directorate of Tourism. It is aiming at identifying actions targeting the public.
National Ecotourism Conference in Pyongyang, 16 May 2002.
• A study was initiated jointly with the International Labour Organization on sustainable tourism development in indigenous communities. This initiative includes six case studies and it is planned to be extended to the entire country.
• Establish a database on the country's ecotourism and community-based tourism offer with the support of the Organization of American States by the end of 2001.
• Following a Presidential Act, the National Committee on Mountains were formulated with the prime objectives of conservation and sustainable development of mountain areas.
Eritrea The Ministry of tourism of Eritrea has developed a National Tourism Development Plan pertaining to ecotourism, environment and socio-cultural matters. At the same time, a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea have been defined.
Fiji Following UNWTO advice, the Department of Tourism formed a special committee for the Year consisting of the Fiji Eco-tourism Association (FETA) and other stakeholders involved in ecotourism. The Fiji Ecotourism Policy and Strategy, approved by the Government in 1999, will be further implemented.
France In the framework of The IYE and the International Year of Mountains, Mountain Wilderness is launching a landscape conservation programme. The project is to remove from the mountainous areas obsolete facilities (ski lift, hydro-electrical installations, etc..). A first experience will be started at the beginning of 2002 in an Italian-French site.
The objective is to make the public, but also local authorities and property developers, aware of the cost of rehabilitation of any mountainous site after its exploitation.
Germany The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology is promoting forms of holiday-making that are friendly to the natural environment and will support the design and marketing of corresponding products in national and natural parks and other protected areas. Regional and local governments and tourism organizations have been invited to use the Year as an opportunity for drawing attention to special projects, measures and contributions to environmental sustainability of tourism.
The German National Tourist Board, together with regional tourism marketing organizations will undertake activities to promote the topic "holiday nature" (holidays on farms, by bike, on camp-sites, by hiking, as well as fitness and wellness centres) as a key activity in domestic and foreign marketing for the International Year.
Included within the festival a 2-day seminar on the socio-economic development will be held. "Eco-tourism", "Traditional land use system", "Environmental sanitation" and "Sustainable environment and mass tourism" will be the main topics. Also to be programmed: Tours in ecological sites, cultural journeys and a International Musical Concert showcasing traditional music as a component of eco-tourism.
The Ministry of Tourism, Hotel Trade and Handicraft has formed the Guinean National Committee for the International Year of Ecotourism.
- Developing mechanisms for the assessment of the sustainable process in the country.
The Ministry of Tourism, Hotel Trade and Handicraft has decided to celebrate the World Tourism Day of 2002 jointly with the Ministry of Tourism of Senegal. The event will take place in the transboundary Park of Nokolobadiar.
This will be the occasion for both countries to prepare an Inter-state Programme on Ecotourism Development.
Hungary The State Secretariat for Tourism has initiated the elaboration of a National Ecotourism Development Plan and a programme for supporting the establishment and enhancement of visitor centers at National Parks, protected areas and other ecotourism sites.
A Conference on Ecotourism in the Carpathian Basin was organized at Lake Tisza, Hungary between 13-15 June 2002. The Conference attracted more than 100 professionals involved in eco- and rural tourism, representing public, private and civil organizations.
• Undertake specific programmes for national parks and sanctuaries.
• Form national and state level committees for the co-ordination of activities in the framework of the Year, as advised by UNWTO.
1. "Looking to the Future - Ecotourism at the Dead Sea"
3. "Organic Agritourism as a form of Ecotourism"
Production of a marketing brochure: "Naturally Israel - The Israel Alternative and Ecotourism Guide" (2002 - International Year of Ecotourism), for use by the Israel Government Tourist Offices around the world and in Travel and Tourism Fairs globally.
Main Pavilion, Okinawa Convention Center, Ginowan City, Okinawa.
The main theme of this conference will be the economic benefits of the ecotourism for islands or geographically isolated communities.
Kenya The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry will dedicate the Year to the promotion of ecotourism with emphasis on programmes aimed at enhancing sustainable tourism development for the locals and visitors. A multi-stakeholder committee has been formed with a mandate to prepare a comprehensive programme for the Year, as recommended by UNWTO.
Malta The Ministry of Tourism will set up an Inter-ministerial Committee to prepare a programme to be implemented throughout the Year 2002, following UNWTO recommendations.
Mauritius The Ministry of Tourism is proposing a greening programme for the three main tourist villages of Mauritius: Grand Bay (North), Trou d'Eau Douce (East) and Flic and Flac (West) in collaboration with the public and private sectors, NGOs and local communities. The programme will focus on sustainable and integrated options.
Mexico The Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR) is planning to organize a National Forum on Ecotourism aiming at examining the following aspects: Trends and characteristics of the national and international ecotourism market, characteristics of the successful ecotourism products in Mexico for source markets, the role of governments in the planning and development of ecotourism, succesfull experiences of ecotourism companies and marketing opportunities.
Mozambique Mozambique hosted the first preparatory seminar organized by the World Tourism Organization for the International Year of Ecotourism. This seminar was held in Maputo on 5-6 March 2001, and over 150 delegates representing stakeholders from the public, private, NGOs sectors and local communities alike from 22 African countries, participated in it.
The Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) of Mozambique is also organizing two national Seminars in those provinces where the ecotourism is being practiced, especially with the participation of local communities. These Seminars will take place in February 2002 and their general objective is to discuss and debate aspects of ecotourism development and management. These seminars also aim at finding out the potential of other provinces for ecotourism development and to discuss how to finance future projects and conservation in this field.
Nicaragua The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) jointly with the Ministry of Environment and Natural resources have elaborated a strategy for the sustainable development of tourism, which gives a framework for the development of the ecotourism sector as well.
• Elaborate a plan for 12 ecotourism routes in the country and produce promotion materials for tour-operators.
Poland The official celebration of the twenty-third World Tourism Day in Poland will take place in the Bialowieza National Park on Friday 4 October 2002. A two-day Seminar on Tourism and Nature, organised by the Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Economy, will precede the celebration.
Portugal In accordance with the recommendations of UNWTO, the State Secretary for Tourism has created a National Committee in February 2002 for the organisation of activities related to the International Year of Ecotourism. The National Committee is composed of different tourism and environmental bodies.At the same time, the State Secretary for Tourism has designed the architect Azevedo e Silva, chief of the Division of Tourism General Direction, co-ordinator agent for the questions related to the IYE.
Romania The Romanian Ministry of Tourism organised a National Seminar on Ecotourism, with international and UNWTO participation, in Oradea, from 18 to 20 April 2002.The Romanian Ministry of Tourism also organised a Seminar on ecotourism development on 26 October 2001 during the National Tourism Fair at Bucharest, as the opening event of the International year of Ecotourism, 2002. Following this opening event, two other seminars were held on ecotourism development and management during 2001 at the national level. The first one took place in November 2001, and it was organised by the Ministry of Tourism and the National Association of Rural Ecological and Cultural Tourism, and the another seminar was held from 16 to 20 December 2001, focusing on the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project.
Senegal The Department of Tourism Investment and Promotion of the Tourism Ministry was designated as the co-ordinator for activities in the framework of the Year. A National Committee will be set up for this purpose.
The Ministry of Tourism has decided to celebrate the World Tourism Day of 2002 jointly with the Ministry of Tourism, Hotel Trade and Handicraft of Guinea. The event will take place in the transboundary Park of Nokolobadiar.This will be the occasion for both countries to prepare an Inter-state Programme on Ecotourism Development.
16-19 October 2002, Mondariz-Balneario, Galicia, Spain"
The Ministry of Natural Resource and Tourism has nominated Mrs. U.J. Kiangi to be a focal print for the International Year of Ecotourism activities.
Under the coordination of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, a National Committee has been formed for the purpose of organising activities for the IYE. This committee comprises various stakeholders including Governments Institutions, private sector as well as NGO's and Environmental media organisation.
- Marketing plans to promote the sales by ecotourism operators.
Uruguay The Ministry of Tourism of Urugay organized the 1st National Ecotourism Congress.
A group of Venezuelan eco-tour operators initiated this strategic alliance in order to enhance marketing and promotional activities in domestic and foreign markets, foster sustainable tourism practices and cooperation between private companies and with other sectors.
Zimbabwe The Ministry of environment and Tourism has designated its Deputy Secretary as the focal point to co-ordinate activities related to the IYE at national level.


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    def initialize(name, source)
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Broadway Show Ticket Sales Analysis w/e 03/06/2016
By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on March 08, 2016 7:08 PM
Broadway as a whole stayed fairly constant. One new show began previews, The Crucible, which is off to a slow but promising start, and Eclipsed went down in ticket sales in its second week.
This week's notable movements on Broadway are:
A Stable Box Office Week on Broadway
In the week ending March 6, 2016, the Broadway box office balanced out to almost the same as last week, with just a slight increase. With a few new spring shows having already begun previews, but not yet opened, we are in a transitional time before the buzz is buzzing and the weather is warmer, when sales should pick up. In the meantime, the box office increased just $668,959 from the week before, with an additional show playing which alone earned $475,357 over its six previews. Therefore, of the 31 shows running both this past week and the week prior, the entire industry increased by just $193,602. Furthermore, the average gross per show running stayed approximately the same, at $646,249 this past week, and $645,517 the week before that. Of the 31 shows that ran in both weeks, 20 saw an increase in ticket sales, and 11 saw a decrease in sales. The biggest increase was seen by Finding Neverland, which brought in $642,636, or $186,899 greater than the previous week. However, that show also took a dip of $301,009 in the previous week, so this week is an increase which is still lower than two weeks prior. The biggest decrease was seen by Les Misérables, which brought in $534,606, or $201,796 less than the week before. That represents a startlingly low 45.3% of the show's gross potential. Other less notable, five-digit decreases were seen by Aladdin, The King and I, and The Book of Mormon.
"The Crucible" Begins and "Eclipsed" Takes a Dip
On March 1, 2016, The Crucible began previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre. In its first week of six preview performances, the show brought in $475,357, which represents 68.4% of its gross potential. With a top ticket price of $327.00, the average paid admission was $97.39, and the average audience capacity was filled up to 90.2%. Starring two-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, this Ivo van Hove directed production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible was off to a moderate start. Although the percentage reached of gross potential could have been higher, the average paid admission of just under $100 shows a fair but not crazy amount of discounting, and the average audience capacity demonstrates strong interest in the production. The show is scheduled to open on March 31, 2016, and to run for a limited engagement until July 17, 2016. Meanwhile, one of last week's new shows, Eclipsed starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, brought in significantly less money this week than the week before, even though it played one more performance. While last week was its first week of previews with just seven performances, its first full week of eight performances had a gross of $340,891, which is a decrease of $59,424 from the week before. The percentage reached of gross potential went down to 41.55% from last week's 55.76%, and the average paid admission went down to $56.35 from last week's $73.30. Chances are that this dip is just a matter of preview blues, and that the post-opening grosses will show more promise. The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending March 6, 2016:
# Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
5 ALADDIN $1,079,248 12,778 92.49% $84.46
11 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $704,302 8,288 61.70% $84.98
7 BEAUTIFUL $822,324 7,178 87.45% $114.56
26 BLACKBIRD $365,048 5,574 68.71% $65.49
31 BRIGHT STAR $255,641 5,103 69.56% $50.10
25 CHICAGO $377,670 4,898 56.69% $77.11
29 DISASTER! $296,010 6,690 69.80% $44.25
28 ECLIPSED $340,891 6,049 94.28% $56.35
8 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF $801,154 9,317 68.23% $85.99
13 FINDING NEVERLAND $642,636 8,369 69.56% $76.79
24 FUN HOME $380,213 4,810 81.25% $79.05
1 HAMILTON $1,766,223 10,751 101.73% $164.28
30 HUGHIE $256,454 3,901 63.16% $65.74
19 JERSEY BOYS $490,591 5,607 57.07% $87.50
12 KINKY BOOTS $661,447 6,865 60.26% $96.35
17 LES MISÉRABLES $534,606 7,449 66.08% $71.77
16 MATILDA $546,268 7,576 66.13% $72.11
18 NOISES OFF $495,948 5,924 100.07% $83.72
6 ON YOUR FEET! $882,991 9,059 69.64% $97.47
32 OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR $167,916 3,993 76.79% $42.05
9 SCHOOL OF ROCK $729,218 8,291 72.58% $87.95
23 SHE LOVES ME $397,366 6,003 74.44% $66.19
14 SOMETHING ROTTEN! $632,839 8,537 70.95% $74.13
4 THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,278,459 8,740 102.49% $146.28
10 THE COLOR PURPLE $722,487 7,039 83.72% $102.64
20 THE CRUCIBLE $475,357 4,881 90.19% $97.39
22 THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $400,960 5,171 63.49% $77.54
27 THE HUMANS $354,973 4,024 87.33% $88.21
21 THE KING AND I $470,168 5,396 64.42% $87.13
2 THE LION KING $1,461,331 13,289 97.94% $109.97
15 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $552,229 6,740 52.49% $81.93
3 WICKED $1,337,007 12,268 84.86% $108.98
Totals $20,679,971 230,558 75.80% $85.26
Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2016 nytix.com


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Пољак је презиме које се јавља код Срба и оно је изведено и везано за бављење послом. У српском језику пољак као појам означава чувара поља. То је обично било лице изабрано од сеоског сабора, сеоске скупштине или постављено од стране сеоског старешине-кмета да чува пољске усеве, сеоског атара уз накнаду. А одговорност пољака - чувара поља била је да одговара за насталу штету на усевима, својом имовином када није сачувао усеве или није у стању да идентификује штетника-лице које је начинило штету пољским усевима.

Распрострањеност
Презиме Пољак среће се у Далмацији, у Шибуљини, Смоковићу, Пољици и Пољацима. Такође се на ово презиме може наићи у Риђици, Сомбору, Новом Саду, Београду, Србобрану.

Крсна слава
Већини Пољака крсна слава је Ђурђевдан.

Литература
 Живко Бјелановић, Антропонимија Буковице, Сплит 1988.
 Милица Грковић, Речник личних имена код Срба, Београд 1977.
 Миодраг-Мића Пољак, Презимена у слободној Крајини, Сомбор 1989.

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Construction to begin on temporary casino at Fonner Park
Grand Island Casino Resort at Fonner Park(KSNB)
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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - Fonner Park's plans for a racing facility remodel that will house the temporary Grand Island Casino was approved by the Nebraska Racing & Gaming Commission.
Construction of the temporary Grand Island Casino begins immediately in the concourse area of Fonner Park. It will offer 300 slot machines, kiosks for horse betting, simulcasting, a small area with a snack bar, and Elite Casino's Resort Club. Table games including blackjack, craps and roulette will be added in 2023.
"It's great to have the Commission's approval to get started on the temporary casino adding a great gaming experience to Grand Island," said Vince Fiala, General Manager for Grand Island Casino Resort. "We look forward to being a part of the racing and gaming industry of Nebraska."
"I am delighted that the Nebraska Racing & Gaming Commission voted unanimously to approve the temporary casino construction plans," said Chris Kotulak CEO of Fonner Park. "This is a big win for Nebraska Thoroughbreds, the Thoroughbred horsemen and the Nebraska Agriculture industry. Revenue from casino operations can benefit Nebraskans in so many ways and we are now one stride closer to that reality."
The temporary casino is projected to open in the coming months pending Nebraska Racing & Gaming Commission approval and will remain in operation until the full resort opens.
The full resort will offer 650 slot machines, multiple table games, sportsbook, 116-room hotel, several dining options including Ruthie's Steak & Seafood and Draft Day Sports Lounge, luxury spa, indoor and outdoor pool, and a show lounge.
A career fair is scheduled for Oct. 26-28 with information available on the Grand Island Casino Resort website.
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, October 24, 2020
What the Window Washers Did
by Margaret Hasse
They arrived in a truck at 8 A.M.
Introduced themselves as Dave and Mike,
said no, they brought their own supplies
and equipment, said yes, pay in advance.
They circled the house, removing storms,
tugging at last year's ivy that cast its spell
of thatch across the east windows.
I opened the door to Mike, watched
as he positioned water bucket and rags.
Through grimed glass latticed with cobwebs,
Dave appeared on the outdoors side.
As if starting a fight, both lifted
their Windex bottles at the same time,
seemed to squirt each other in the face.
The men silent as mimes in a mirror
with big hands tracing one another
rubbed the surfaces of all the panes
until the glass squeaked and disappeared.
The sun, free to fly in, flung
a carpet of light on the floor.
"What the Window Washers Did" by Margaret Hasse, from Earth's Appetite. © Nodin Press, 2013. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)
It's the birthday of the writer Sarah Josepha Hale (books by this author), born in Newport, New Hampshire (1788). She had no formal education, but her family encouraged her to read, especially her brother, who went to Dartmouth. Her father opened up an unsuccessful tavern, and she was married in that tavern and had five children. Her husband died when she was 34 years old, and his Freemason group provided for her, first setting her up in a millinery business and then paying for the publication of her first book of poems, The Genius of Oblivion (1823).
Sarah Josepha Hale was a vocal supporter of Thanksgiving, and along with a litany of other social causes and campaigns, the campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday was her dearest cause. She wrote letters to one president after another — Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and finally Abraham Lincoln, who did, in fact, listen to her. On October 3, 1863, he issued a proclamation, saying, "The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible." He proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday, celebrated that year on the last Thursday of November.
So we have Sarah Josepha Hale to thank for Thanksgiving, as well as for writing the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
It was on this date in 1938 that the Fair Labor Standards Act went into effect, which established the 40-hour work week and a minimum wage. It was the first effort by the federal government to regulate wages and hours for workers. The first minimum wage was 25 cents per hour, and was set to be increased to 40 cents within seven years.
It's the birthday of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, born in Delft, the Netherlands (1632). He perfected the microscope, and was the first person to observe bacteria. Leeuwenhoek was not a trained scientist; he studied to be a draper's assistant in Amsterdam. He became a draper and haberdasher, and eventually took an administrative job in the government. He devoted all of his spare time to his hobby, grinding glass lenses and making microscopes. Over his lifetime, he ground over 400 lenses, and he built many microscopes, using techniques that he kept secret. He used his own microscopes to become the first person to observe bacteria and protozoa, which he called "animalcules." He was also the first to see red blood cells. One of his most important contributions was his research on fleas. He was able to explain how insects breed, because he could, for the first time, see their tiny eggs. He argued against the popular theory of spontaneous generation, which said that the tiniest insects could be generated from thin air.
It's the birthday of playwright Moss Hart (books by this author), born in New York City (1904). In his lifetime, he was known as the prince of Broadway. He co-wrote plays such as You Can't Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner, and he directed the musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot. Over the course of his career he collaborated with George S. Kaufman, George Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Judy Garland, and Julie Andrews.
Hart is best known for co-writing You Can't Take It With You (1936) with Kaufman. It's a play about the strange Sycamore family — whose home is full of snakes, playwriting, ballet dancing, Russian royalty, candy, and fireworks. It is still one of the most popular plays for amateur productions.
It's the birthday of poet Denise Levertov (books by this author), born in Ilford, England (1923). She decided to become a poet, but she didn't want to go to graduate school. Instead, she got her nurse's training and spent three years as a civilian nurse during the Blitz in London. She liked the work itself, but she didn't like the structure — she was just 19 years old, and she had been homeschooled her whole life. She said: "I didn't like the strain of taking even the one and only examination that I ever took in my life, and I didn't like the way in which one's personal life was regulated. I was always crawling in and out of windows to avoid curfews!" She wrote poems each night after her shift at the hospital, and published her first book, The Double Image (1946). She met and married an American poet, Mitchell Goodman, and after the war, they moved to the United States.
One of the poets she admired most was William Carlos Williams. In 1951, Levertov send Williams a fan letter; she was in her late 20s, and he was 68, recovering from his first stroke. After exchanging letters for a while, she took a bus up to his hometown of Rutherford, New Jersey, to see him. Williams was a warm and receptive host, and after that, she would go to visit him a couple of times a year. She would arrive in time for lunch with Williams and his wife, Flossie, then spend a few hours reading him her poetry, sometimes reading his poetry aloud, and chatting about people they both knew. Williams became Levertov's mentor, and they exchanged letters until his death in 1962.
Levertov published more than 20 books of poetry, including With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads (1959), The Freeing of the Dust (1975), Breathing in the Water (1984), and The Life Around Us (1997).
She said: "Strength of feeling, reverence for mystery, and clarity of intellect must be kept in balance with one another. Neither the passive nor the active must dominate, they must work in conjunction, as in a marriage."
And, "I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer."
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What Is Rosacea and Do You Have It?
This will eplain what to look for if you believe you have rosacea.
While the cause is unknown and there is no cure, scientific advancements are now offering rosacea sufferers hope and a way to control the signs and symptoms of this potentially life-disruptive disorder.
Rosacea is a kind of skin disease which gives rise to different symptoms such as dilated blood vessels, inflammation on the skin, permanent redness, papules, pustules etc. Due to rosacea, sometimes the eyes and the other body parts are affected.
Rosacea- How To Stop Flare-ups Of Rosacea?
Rosacea causes a red face in the center forever. But this flares up and may cause more coloration and also pustules if some thing triggers it. We have to stop the rosacea from flaring up, so that we can manage the condition. Otherwise all the treatment will fail.
Rosacea- what may flare it up?
Once you know about these flare ups, you need to find out what causes more trouble to you. Avoid all of them as much as possible and you will be keeping your rosacea under control. Try to wear a high SPF sunscreen or sun block. Use umbrella and try to avoid walking out in the sun in the noon. Avoid the triggers to stop flare-ups of rosacea.
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Rosacea is a debilitating complex biomedical skin disorder associated with flare ups, blotchiness and the annoying redness.
For this reason, it is important to keep the rosacea flare-ups under control. There are many methods that work, including a rosacea diet, rosacea skin care, and many rosacea natural treatment plans.
How to Do Acne Rosacea Skin Care. A good acne rosacea skin care routine can help reduce flare-ups of this condition. This skin condition is characterized by patches of pink or red skin, broken blood vessels, and tiny red bumps.
A skin disease of unknown causes that causes an array of symptoms, including redness and puffiness on several areas of the face, including cheeks and nose. Rosacea cannot be cured, but treatment should be sought since the condition can worsen over time if not treated correctly or promptly. Rosacea is similar to mild forms of acne but more severe. Confined to the face, typically exhibiting more redness or blemish areas. Rosacea is more common in women than men. Rosacea is an "adult form" of acne which is characterized by a chronic inflammation of the cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead. Pimples and pustules may also occur, and in some patients enlargement of the oil glands of the nose results in enlargement of the nose, or rhinophyma.
Rosacea is a long-term disease that affects your skin and sometimes your eyes. It causes redness and pimples. Rosacea is most common in women and people with fair skin. It usually starts between age 30 and 60. Signs and symptoms vary from person to person and are often intermittent. If you or someone you know exhibits any of the following, it is best to consult a dermatologist. Rosacea can be treated and controlled if medical advice is sought in the early stages. When left untreated, rosacea often gets worse and then becomes more difficult to treat.
Rosacea affects mostly adults, usually people with fair skin, between the ages of 30 and 60. About 14 million Americans have this chronic skin condition. Although it's more common in women, men may develop more apparent signs of the disorder. It's not life-threatening, but it can affect your appearance and lower your self-esteem. Because of its red-faced, acne-like effects on personal appearance, however, it can cause significant psychological, social and occupational problems if left untreated.
The cause of rosacea is unknown. There are several theories regarding the origin of overactive facial blood vessels and inflammation, including genetic, environmental, vascular, inflammatory factors. An increased incidence of rosacea has been reported in those who carry the stomach bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, but most dermatologists do not believe it to be the cause of rosacea.
Avoid triggers, including hot drinks, spicy foods, caffeine and alcoholic beverages that make the face red or flushed. It's important to note that although alcohol may worsen rosacea, the condition may be just as severe in someone who doesn't drink at all; thus rosacea has been unfairly linked to alcoholism.
Antibiotic creams or pills may be used to treat redness and pimples. Antibiotic pills may also help treat eye problems. Women who are pregnant should not use some antibiotic creams or pills. If you use antibiotics, be patient-it can take a month or two before you start to see improvement.
Practice good sun protection. Seek shade when possible and limit exposure to sunlight, wear hats and use broad spectrum sunscreens with SPF of 15 or higher; reapply every 2 hours.
Rosacea responds to treatment but cannot be cured. Left untreated, the redness becomes more permanent and the tiny blood vessels may become more visible. Pimples often develop and in a few people, especially older men, the nose may become bumpy, red and swollen (Rhinophyma). You may be more likely to have it if you blush a lot or if rosacea runs in your family. Rosacea is not dangerous. It can be treated with medications and sometimes surgery.
Sander Bel writes articles for Home Remedies for Rosacea. He also writes for Rosacea Home Remedies and Psoriasis Treatment.


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The pattern is Lavender Wings' Trimming the Tree. The fibres are DMC, and the fabric is Meadow from Enchanting Lair.
I almost got enough done this year to make me feel like I should take part in every Stitch Along I've come across. You know, I'm not sure if participating in SALs helps me get more done, but I sure do have more fun!
SAL number 2 is DaffyCat's Totally Useless SAL. It is as easy as can be to take part: save your little bits of thread in a container and post a picture of it every new moon. Simple!
SAL number 3 is Measi's WIPocalypse. The whole point of which is to work on all those works-in-progess (WIP) that each of us has stashed away somewhere. I did fairly well with it last year, and I'm looking forward to getting much more done in 2013.
There are several other SALs out there in blog-land. There is the International Hermit and Stitch Weekends, which is great for those of you who are able to take time on the weekend to just stitch and ignore the heck out of your family. 😉 I'm envious, believe me, but an almost-5-year old doesn't understand mommy's need to just stitch and not feed him, so I will be passing on that one again this year. And there is also Geeky Heather's Theme-a-licious. Every month stitch along to the themes Heather has laid out. This year she is also offering ornament themes, which would complement my ornament SAL quite nicely. And who could forget the ever popular Crazy January? Spend the first 15 (or every) days in January starting new projects, and then finish them up during the year.
What SALs will you be taking part in?
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Adorable finish! Looks like you really have the SAL bug! I'm much morw spur of the moment in project choices!
I'll just be in your ornament SAL and in the WIPocalypse – it's as much as I can handle 🙂 Nice finish, congrats.
Snap, snap and snap! I'm doing them all including IHSweekend because I interpret it to mean don't go out socialising, stay in for the evenings and stitch. As I have 2 children I never go out anyway so it's easy for me!
I don't do the January Crazy Thing though. Too much stopping and starting for me, I'd get my threads in a muddle!
I've also signed up for the Turtle Trot because they're choosing 13 projects to finish which fits in nicely with my "13 in '13" personal challenge. BAP Attack is co-ordinating that one.
I'm participating in the same three groups as you are in the coming year. I'm really looking forward to your ornament SAL. I can't promise that I'll be posting every month but I'm going to try. I have several larger designs that I want to stitch this year which may stall my progress.
I love your little ornament you stitched. It's just so sweet!
Trimming the Tree is really adorable! I'm a new follower. I signed up for your Ornament SAL. I'm also in the TUSAL and WIPocalypse and Ultimate Crazy January Challenge (31 starts). In 2012 I started something each day in January & February, so in 2013, I'm actually cutting back!
I'm also in the Turtle Trot SAL, where I picked 13 of my WIPs to work a little on each month. Most of these are left over from the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge is 2012.


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Linking Refugees to HIV Clinical Care in Uganda
O'Laughlin, Kelli Nicole
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Acid-base balance and kidney, bone, and muscle health in Veterans with preserved renal function
Targeting transducin Beta-like protein 1 in mantle cell lymphoma
Drug Combination Signatures for Prediction and Mitigation of Toxicity
qHUB - Cyberinfrastructure for Community-Driven Research and Learning in Heat Transfer
Development of ureadepsipetides for drug-resistant infections
There are an estimated 3.4 million refugees living in sub-Saharan Africa, a region of the world which hosts 71% of the global population living with HIV. Displaced for an average of 17 years, refugees are a vulnerable population at risk of exposure to HIV due to violence and persecution. With competing survival needs, language and cultural barriers, and disrupted social networks, refugees face unique challenges accessing HIV care. HIV prevalence in refugee settlements in sub-Saharan Africa is often unknown and HIV research in this population is limited. Candidate: During my research fellowship, I conducted a clinic-based routine HIV testing study in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda demonstrating that only 54% of newly diagnosed HIV-infected clients linked to care. I am applying for a K23 Career Development Award to acquire the skills to become an independent investigator focused on understanding linkage to HIV care for refugees and developing interventions to improve engagement in care for this unique population.
Dr. Ingrid Bassett (Mentor) is an expert on linkage to HIV care in resource-limited settings and winner of the Harvard Medical School Young Mentor Award. I will also be guided by Co-Mentors, Dr. Paul Spiegel (the Deputy Director of the Division of Programme Support and Management at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNCHR], expert in the structural dimensions of refugee health), Dr. Edgar Mulogo (HIV researcher, faculty in Uganda), and Dr. Laura Bogart (expert in behavioral science, HIV intervention research, and qualitative methods). Committed advisors include Dr. Richard Mollica (Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma), Dr. Alexander Tsai (psychiatrist, expert on psychosocial intervention research for HIV- infected people in Uganda), Dr. Julius Kasozi (UNHCR in Uganda, expert in refugee health and Uganda health policy), Dr. Michael VanRooyen (Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative), Dr. Norma Ware (qualitative methods), and Dr. Robert Parker (biostatistics, HIV trial design). Research: Within the social-ecological framework, I will 1) use qualitative methods to understand barriers to HIV care and means to overcome barriers for refugees in Nakivale; 2) prospectively enroll a cohort of HIV-infected refugees to assess which social-ecological factors correlate with failure to link to HIV care in Nakivale; and 3) use intervention mapping methodology to develop, implement, and evaluate a pilot intervention to improve linkage to HIV care in Nakivale. Training: The research is supported by training in health behavior theory and ecologic context of HIV care in resource-limited settings with an in-depth focus on mental health, analytic techniques including survey and geographic information system methods, and intervention development. The project will provide training and pilot data needed to develop an R01 application for a randomized HIV linkage intervention trial in three refugee settlements in Uganda. With my dedication to evaluating interventions to improve care for refugees, support from an exceptional mentoring team, strong institutional commitment, and an innovative research plan, I am well-positioned to become an independent clinical investigator focused on refugee health.
Refugees in sub-Saharan Africa face considerable hardships accessing HIV clinical care. I propose to evaluate barriers to linkage to HIV care and potential means to overcome those barriers in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. I will develop and pilot a refugee-specific linkage intervention to assess whether this strategy improves engagement in care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected clients in the settlement.
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GM WATCH MONTHLY REVIEW No. 35
Claire Robinson, editor
GM BANS / RESTRICTIONS
PROTESTS AND RESISTANCE
CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF GOVERNMENT
GM MEDICINES / GENE THERAPY
+ WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT "THE ANTI-ACTIVIST ACTIVIST"
Katherine Wilson went to a workshop in Melbourne, Australia, run by the Canadian biotech PR consultant Ross Irvine to learn about "the best strategies to win against activists". There, she learned how to create bogus community groups, false statistics, and, in Irvine's words, links with "far-right-wing nutso activists". She learned to conflate "activist" with "terrorist" and "security threat".
Filing in to see him, reports Wilson, was a "Who's Who of powerful industry and government flacks" - several linked to the agrochemical & biotech industries. Economist Clive Hamilton of the Australia Institute told Wilson, "Only an organisation that has wholly alienated itself from the public would even consider attending an event like this." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6738
+ THE LAUNCH OF "ASK-FARCE"
A new pro-GM lobby group -"ASK-FORCE" - has just been launched by Prof Klaus Ammann, the former Director of the Botanic Garden at the University of Bern.
ASK-FORCE is intended to expose "hidden agendas" and "confront" the critics of GM crops over their misinformation, hoaxes and "scaremonger stories".
Given its supposed penchant for exposing "hidden agendas", we wonder why ASK-FORCE does not explain in its launch document that:
***EFB, which is providing the organisational base for 'ASK-FORCE', has an extensive corporate membership.
***the financial backers of PRRI - the Public Research and Regulation Initiative - with which ASK-FORCE intends to work closely, include the biotech industry's global federation - Croplife International - and the US Grains Council, which represents the interests of US producers and exporters of GM crops.
***the financial backers of Africa Harvest with which ASK-FORCE also intends to work closely, also include Croplife International. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6720
+ GREENWASHING GM CLOTHING
At a fashion show at a recent Toronto biotech conference, designers showed dresses made from a new fibre called Ingeo, made largely from GM corn. The Biotechnology Industry Organization used the fashion statement to burnish its battered image as an environmental scourge. NB As far as we can see, there's absolutely no reason this fibre has to be made from GM rather than non-GM corn.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6767
+ CHINA: FARMERS USE AS MUCH PESTICIDE WITH GM CROPS, U.S. STUDY FINDS
The Independent newspaper reports that one of the major arguments in favour of growing GM crops has been undermined by a study showing that the benefits of cultivating Bt cotton are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to spraying their fields with harmful pesticides.
A detailed survey of 481 cotton growers in China found that, although they did use fewer pesticides in the first few years of adopting GM plants, after seven years farmers had to use just as much pesticide as they did with conventional crops and were spending far more because GM cotton seed is three times the price of non-GM seed. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6811
For the full paper: http://www.grain.org/research/btcotton.cfm?links
+ GM WATCH COMMENT ON THE STUDY
The new study's findings directly contradict the heavy promotion of China as a big GM success story, as well as the use of China's Bt cotton farmers to bolster the frequently repeated claims that millions of resource-poor farmers are benefiting from GM crops. This study shows that millions of resource-poor farmers are actually losing money because of GM crops. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6806
+ INDIA: THE KILLING COTTON
An article with this title looks at the appalling and destructive impact of Bt cotton on India's poor farmers.
Cotton in Vidarbha, once referred to as king cotton because of the high price it fetched, has now come to be known as killer cotton. ...
Indian film star Nana Patekar, the brand ambassador of Monsanto, toured this region to promote Bt cotton seeds. In 2004, up to 80 percent of cotton growers harvested Bt, genetically modified seeds produced by Monsanto. The seed, with prices ranging above Rs 1,600 ($34.88) a packet, compared to the normal hybrid variety of Rs 450 ($9.81) a packet, has demonstrated no sustainability in the parched environment of Vidarbha. Meanwhile, the cotton farmers have been destroyed and Monsanto and Nana Patekar have made a small fortune. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6737
+ POD - CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER IN INDIA
Far more people died, as a result of growing Bt cotton, in the state of Mahrashtra alone over the last year, than were killed in India's recent Mumbai bombings.
Listen to GM Watch's podcast on the Bt cotton disaster in India on your PC via indymedia, e.g. using QuickTime (not currently working with Windows Media Player) http://biotech.indymedia.org/or/2006/07/5193.shtml
Or on your computer or portable media player via iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=158600210
+ INDIA: DEVASTATION CAUSED BY BT COTTON IN VIDARBHA
Kisan Mehta has recently returned from visiting the Vidarbha cotton-growing area to view the problems caused by Bt cotton. He writes that, "Possibly the only other place to see such devastation is Vietnam after the US invasion."
+ INDIA: FARMER SUICIDES HIT 10-YEAR HIGH
The suicide rate of farmers in Maharashtra's poverty-stricken cotton belt has hit a 10-year high. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6791
+ INDIA: COTTON PEST CAME FROM AMERICA
The notorious pest of the Indian cotton crop, the American bollworm, found its way into India when American varieties of cotton began to be cultivated in the country, says a study conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
American varieties have also led to frequent crop failures and brought in numerous diseases. They also require at least three times more water and other inputs, despite which their yields have not been sustained.
Now the same people and companies that promoted these varieties are promoting Bt cotton as the solution to the problems that they created. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6735
+ NEW DISEASE SPREADS THROUGH BT COTTON IN INDIA
A new disease appears to be spreading through Bt cotton in the districts of Nalgonda and Rangareddy in India, according to a leading agriculture scientist.
Last year there were widespread complaints that Bt cotton triggered severe problems with Tobacco Streak Virus, a disease which had never before been seen on cotton plants in the region.
+ CHINA: LID STAYS ON MODIFIED RICE
China, the world's top rice producer and consumer, is unlikely to give the nod for commercial production of GM rice for at least the near future with a government panel demanding more data to prove its safety.
Beijing has hit the brakes following reports of illegal sales of GMO rice in China. The reports also sounded alarm bells in China's top trading partners. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6765
+ POLISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES BAN ON GM ANIMAL FEED
In recent years Cargill, Smithfield Foods, Danish Crown and other multinational companies have imported into Poland GM soy from the US, Brazil and Argentina. On July 22, the Polish Parliament appoved a total ban on GM animal feed within 2 years. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6802
+ OZ CANOLA RECOVERY BECAUSE GM-FREE - LOBBYISTS' LIES EXPOSED
GM firms and pro-GM lobbyists have been putting Australia's states under intense pressure to abandon their support for a moratorium on GM canola (rapeseed).
One pro-GM lobbyist claimed that GM "is a technology that we have to have to be able to compete on the world stage." Another has been telling Australia's farmers that Australia is "being left behind in the GM gold rush."
All of which makes a comment by Richard Koch, managing director of the Profarmer newsletter, interesting. Koch was asked by ABC to make predictions about crops and prices for Australia's current winter crop. He was generally pessimistic but there was one exception. Koch said, "Where Australia has been benefited is that our rapeseed is GM-free, free of genetically modified organisms, so we have been their preferred supplier into that EU market for the past 18 months or so." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6801
+ NO GATEWAY TO AFRICA'S SORGHUM
The African Centre for Biosafety, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has applauded the decision by the South African GM regulatory body to turn down an application to conduct laboratory and greenhouse experiments with GM sorghum, because of fears it could lead to the destruction of the sorghum varieties prevalent throughout Africa.
This decision represents a severe blow to the African Biotechnology Sorghum Project (ABS), bankrolled by Bill and Melinda Gates to the tune of $450 million to bring GM sorghum to Africa's poor. The ABS is spearheaded by a consortium, which includes DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Florence Wambugu's Africa Harvest Biotechnology International.
+ INDIA: GEAC ADMITS NOT ENOUGH TOXICITY STUDIES
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has decided to involve the state agriculture universities in biosafety studies and field trials of GM crops. It deferred the decision on the proposal submitted by Mahyco asking permission for large-scale field trials of Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine). http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6700
+ U.S.: RESEARCHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT WEED
University of Missouri researchers have confirmed that tall waterhemp is the sixth glyphosate-resistant weed in the US and the ninth such weed in the world.
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. The fields where resistant waterhemp was found had been in continuous (GM) Roundup Ready soybean production since 1996.
While all resistant weeds are worrisome, Bradley says resistant tall waterhemp is especially troubling. "Waterhemp is one of Missouri's toughest weed problems," he says. "It has developed resistance to a number of other soybean herbicides." That resistance has been known to spread quickly.
Another highly problematic weed - Roundup resistant pigweed - is spreading across Georgia due to GM cotton. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6766
+ UK GOVERNMENT GM CONSULTATION SLAMMED
A government consultation launched 20 July, on how GM and non-GM crops can "co-exist" in Britain, is a thinly disguised attempt to allow GM crops in through the back door, warns Friends of the Earth. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6782
+ TELL BLAIR WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS GM PLANS
Don't let Blair's Government legalise GM contamination of conventional and organic crops. Tell the Government to keep our food and farming GM free at: http://www.stopgmcontamination.org
+ ACTION ALERT: KEEP PHARMACEUTICALS OUT OF FRENCH CHEESE
The French government has approved 17 new GM test sites - including maize and tobacco genetically engineered to produce pharmaceuticals. These would be grown outdoors at secret locations and could result in unidentified pharmaceuticals in food, feed and the produce of animals eating feed - that then gets sold throughout Europe. International protests could stop these trials. Take action: http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6713
+ FRENCH COMPANY GRANTED PERMIT TO GROW VACCINE MAIZE CROPS
The GM maize approved for open field trials in France (see above) produces monoclonal antbodies (mABs) to be used for clinical purposes, report Dr Maewan Ho, Prof Joe Cummins and Prof Peter Saunders. All mABs used for clinical purposes are associated with severe side effects. And the GM drug trial in London that went catastrophically wrong involved mABs. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6812
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+ PHILIPPINES: ANTI-GM MAYOR SLAIN
Ilagan City Mayor Delfinito "Jojo" Albano, who supported peasant protests against the spread of GM crops, has been murdered. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6701
+ UK: HOW THE FLOOD OF GM FOODS WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHELVES
In The Independent on Sunday, Geoffrey Lean gives an uplifting summary of the success of British opposition to GM foods, describing how the public "achieved what parliament has repeatedly failed to do - stopping one of Tony Blair's dodgier crusades in its tracks." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6730
+ EUROPEAN COMMISSION WRONGLY CONCEALED GM DOCUMENTS, SAYS OMBUDSMAN
The European Commission has been ruled guilty of "maladministration" by the ombudsman after hiding documents from Friends of the Earth Europe that reveal scientific concerns about the safety of GM foods.
Adrian Bebb of Friends of the Earth Europe said, "What we now know is that whilst the European Commission has been telling us for years that biotech foods are safe, they were arguing behind closed doors that there are legitimate scientific concerns that warrant a more precautionary approach."
Further papers, released to Friends of the Earth Europe earlier this year, outlined the concerns in more detail, warning that cancer and allergies caused by eating GM foods cannot be ruled out and recommending that GM crops should not be grown until their long-term effects are known.
+ PROF JOE CUMMINS ON GM PROTEIN IN ICE CREAM
Prof Joe Cummins reports that the Unilever application for GM ice cream in the UK makes use of an allergy test that could never produce results relevant to the GM ice cream. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6706
+ BEN & JERRY'S BREAKS RANKS WITH UNILEVER OVER GM ICE CREAM
Ben & Jerry's, the ice cream manufacturer, has broken ranks with food giant Unilever amid controversy about GM ice cream. The breach follows reports of concerns from scientists over the risk to health from an "anti-freeze" protein, made using a GM process, which Unilever is trying to get approved in the UK. A spokesperson for Ben & Jerry's said: "We would not dream of including anything like that in our products." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6757
+ INDIA: GM EGGPLANT CONTAINS BT TOXIN LINKED TO ALLERGY CASES AND SHEEP DEATHS
Dr Mae-Wan Ho and Prof Joe Cummins report that Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) contains the same Cry1Ac toxin from the soil bacterium Bt as the GM Bt cotton that has been implicated recently in major health controversies in India. Hundreds of farm workers and cotton handlers developed allergic reactions and thousands of sheep died from toxic reactions after grazing on GM cotton fields. At least 12 dairy cows died in Germany after feeding on GM maize containing a gene coding for a protein similar to Cry1Ac.
Cry1Ac is not the only Bt transgenic protein linked to serious health problems. Dozens of villagers fell ill in the south of the Philippines when a Bt maize with Cry1Ab came into flower in 2003, and five have died since.
+ DOCUMENTS ON BT BRINJAL
We've posted on our website detailed documents sent by the Coalition for a GM-Free India, to India's GM regulatory body - the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) - on the biosafety data and the proposal by Monsanto Mahyco for field trials and seed production of Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine). http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6772
+ BEYOND GM CROPS - RIFKIN
The Foundation on Economic Trends, headed by Jeremy Rifkin, has recently caused waves among pro-GMers by pointing out that the non-GM biotechnology breeding technique of marker assisted breeding (MAS) has eclipsed the crude and outdated technique of GM. In an article for the Washington Post, Rifkin writes that GM has become a serious impediment to scientific progress. This is because continued introduction of GM crops could contaminate existing plant varieties, making the new MAS technology more difficult to use. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6707
+ U.S. MILITARY SUPPORTS FARMER REPRESSION IN PARAGUAY
An article in The Nation reports that the US military is supporting the violent repression of farmers opposing the massive expansion of GM soy cropland in Paraguay.
The most recent case of this violence is the death of Serapio Villasboa Cabrera, a member of the Paraguayan Campesino Movement, whose body was found full of knife wounds May 8. Cabrera was the brother of Petrona Villasboa, who was spearheading an investigation into the death of her son, who died from exposure to toxic chemicals used by transgenic soy producers. According to Serpaj, an international human rights group that has a chapter in Paraguay, one method used to force farmers off their land is to spray toxic pesticides around communities until sickness forces residents to leave.
GRR [farmers' rights group] said Cabrera was killed by paramilitaries connected to large landowners and soy producers, who are expanding their holdings. The paramilitaries pursue farm leaders who are organizing against the occupation of their land. Investigations by Serpaj demonstrate that the worst cases of repression against farmers have taken place in areas with the highest concentration of US troops. ...
"The US military is advising the Paraguayan police and military about how to deal with these farmer groups.... They are teaching theory as well as technical skills to Paraguayan police and military. These new forms of combat have been used internally," Orlando Castillo of Serpaj told me over the phone... A lot of repression has happened in the name of security and against 'terrorism.' " http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6742
+ ARGENTINA: SOYA-FICATION BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVASTATION
In a revealing article, agronomist and geneticist Alberto Lapolla explains how Roundup Ready GM soya makes possible the rapid expansion of soya farming into regions that have never been used for this type of agriculture before, leading to the takeover of enormous tracts of land, often by illegitimate and even violent means.
The results of this "soya-fication" have included:
***loss of food production and food security for Argentina;
***massive environmental contamination. The last crop season used at least 150 million litres of glyphosate, 20 million litres of 2-4-D and 6 million litres of endosulfan;
***escalating cancer rates;
***loss of labour : four of every five jobs disappear as an area is given over to soya monoculture;
***destruction of many small business that depend on growing plants or keeping bees, as the glyphosate spray kills everything;
***mass expulsion of people from the countryside. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6793
+ THE DYING FOREST
An article in The Independent explains the catastrophic effect that the "soya-fication" of previously forested land is having on the Amazon rainforest, with imminent and potentially terrible consequences for the earth as a whole.
+ UK RETAILERS PROMISE NON-AMAZON, NON-GM SOYA
Leading European supermarkets, food manufacturers and fast-food chains, including McDonald's, have pledged not to use soya illegally grown in the Amazon region for poultry feed and to use only non-GM soya.
+ THE WORLD BANK AGAINST BIOSECURITY
A good article by Silvia Ribeiro shows how the World Bank's true role is not to act as a financial institution but to frame countries' policies so as to prepare the way for private corporations to act later on in those countries.
In Latin America's case, [World Bank] seek to "train" the governments of Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica to manage GM contamination resulting from the introduction of GM maize, potato, yucca, rice and cotton and on the other hand to manage public opinion critical of GM techonology by means of cost-benefit analysis and standardization of what they call "adequate" scientific means of contamination management. In no part of the project do they allow that the best biosecurity to prevent contamination is not to allow GM crops at all...
See also Sierra Club protests World Bank's promotion of GM in the third world: http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6785
+ FDA SCIENTISTS TELL OF OUTSIDE PRESSURES
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Of the 997 FDA scientists who responded to the survey, nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) said that they "have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or their conclusions in a FDA scientific document." This is the third survey UCS has conducted to examine inappropriate interference with science at federal agencies. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6787
+ RUSSIA "BEING FORCED" AT WTO TALKS TO STOP GM LABELLING
A the Civil G8 conference in Moscow, President Putin said, "In negotiations about Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, we are being forced to give up the right to inform people about" GM foods. Putin did not name the countries opposed to mandatory labelling, but he noted, "We insist on norms suggested by NGOs." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6714
+ FRENCH COURT ORDERS GREENPEACE TO WITHDRAW GM MAP
A French court has ordered Greenpeace to withdraw from its website information pinpointing fields of GM maize, a move the environmental group called censorship.
Greenpeace said it would likely appeal the ruling. In the meantime, the maps may be moved to another Web site managed by Greenpeace International. Greenpeace pointed to an EU law dating from 2001, not yet adopted into French legislation, requiring the location of all GMO fields, including commercial growing, to be made public. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6809
+ BANGLADESH PUSHES BIOTECH
Bangladesh newspaper New Age reports that prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has recently presided over a government meeting to approve the National Biotechnology Policy. The report says there was total silence about the international concerns about GM and its agronomic failures. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6803
+ PRODUCING ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL FROM MAIZE IS NOT WORTH THE EFFORT, NEW STUDY FINDS
A new study from the University of Cornell and the University of Berkeley, California has found that turning plants, such as maize and sunflowers, into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates. The study, published in Natural Resources Research (Vol.14, 65-76), found that:
* maize needs 29% more fossil energy than the fuel it produced
* switch grass needed 45% more fossil fuel than fuel produced
* wood biomass needed 57% more fossil fuel than fuel it produced
* soybean plants needed 27% more fossil fuel than the fuel produced
* sunflower plants needed 118% more fossil fuel than the fuel produced. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6709
+ BIODIESEL: WORSE THAN FOSSIL FUEL
The last word on biofuels comes in a superb article from a few months back by George Monbiot. He says biodiesel enthusiasts have accidentally invented the most carbon-intensive fuel on earth. The whole article is a must-read. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6709
+ INFANTS IN GM STUDY IN PERU DEVELOP SEVERE ALLERGIES
Two children have developed severe allergies after an experiment with Ventria Bioscience's transgenic serum extracted from GM rice that contains plant-human genes.
Said Diana Canessa Garay, mother of Fabrizio, "After they gave him the serum, my baby became sickly, delicate. Now he is allergic to everything, to chocolates, mandarins. I do not know what will happen to him later, the ministry of health must do a followup investigation of his health." Another young mother, Johana Sanchez Turreate, fears for the life of her 3-year-old son Jordano, who also developed allergies after receiving the serum.
Garay said that when a nurse offered the treatment she did not explain that the rehydrating salt was of transgenic origin and that its sale is prohibited because it is still in experimental phase. English translation: http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6792
Spanish original: http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6790
+ VICTIMS' AGONY AS DRUGS FIRM GOES BUST
The Daily Mail reports that the victims of the "Elephant Man" drug trials have been left in even more misery after the company that made the drug went bust. However, the article omits to mention that this drug - TGN1412 - with its disastrous and "unexpected biological effect" was genetically engineered.
Six men suffered multiple organ failure when they were the first humans to try the drugs in London in March - with the head of one victim swelling to three times its normal size. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6716
+ THE PERILS OF CLONING - TIME MAGAZINE
An article in TIME magazine explains the problems with cloning: "Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first little lamb [Dolly the cloned sheep] - mice, cats, cows, pigs, horses and, most recently, a dog - and it's becoming increasingly clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective. ... Not only are clones separated from the original template by time - in Dolly's case, six years - but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to be very good at making identical copies. In fact, the process can embed small flaws in the genomes of clones that scientists are only now discovering." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6718