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The Struggle of Small Town Artists
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When it comes to Houston, we have it made as citizens. Great food, a plethora of local, thriving businesses, incomparable local musical acts, and a community ready and willing to pull an honest legacy to it's success. One thing that can be said, is that the art scene is intransigent. We've been graced by the likes of painters, graffiti artists, installation artists, sculptors, curator visions and the tireless efforts of varying groups and individuals who come together to make this place not only aesthetically pleasing, but unique. We've got plenty here in Houston, but our smaller neighbor town is in its peak efforts to battle creative subjection.
Victoria, Texas, roughly 2 hours south of Highway 59. As many that have had the opportunity to pass it, there might not be much to speak of at a glance. A brand new Walmart, dots of old buildings as repeatedly turned local businesses, long standing old time restaurants and over the past few years, overly crowded streets with what some might consider a rise in traffic comparable to the likes of bigger cities. A conservative town booming with opportunities for oil and construction workers. In many cases, you'll find a citizen of Houston that will admit with dismay of having originated from Victoria. Some choose better opportunities in business and school, but for the creative minds of this town, there is a feeling of suffocation. And rightfully so. There has been a great sense of artistic repression and lack of support for art, especially in seemingly unorthodox artistic expression. Without discrediting the one long standing art museum and one struggling gallery tucked away in the corner of Victoria, it is safe to say that there is a collective urgency amongst the citizens of Victoria to revamp the shambled art system, bringing forth a variety of something new; schismatic avenues for local artists to take reverie in building a community based on common ground. What you don't see, as you pass through Victoria, Texas, are the incomparable artists producing radical and quality work, that is surely chipping it's way through the conservative mainframe built before them. The artists and poets who have moved away in frustration have come back to their home town with a mission of revival. Victoria has seen foundational showcasings, that include collaborations of art, poetry and music of all sorts.
As of late, there is an unrest for a mural that took 3 days to complete and lots of hard work. Even though it was understood by both artists and building owners that the mural faced being erased, locals say they are unsettled with the short time it took to be decided on its destruction.
Jake Ramirez, reinstated citizen of Victoria and local artist and photographer is currently looking for support for his upcoming documentary of historical overview, "No Culture Allowed", and states:
"… The documentary is about the cultural changes in Victoria, from when I left as a teenager till now. How much progress we made and how it is still being fought. …I want to raise awareness about street art and help it gain support from our community… Victoria is conservative, but we have been able to slowly crack the door open for other mediums of art and we want to keep that progress flowin'…"
Change is brewing. For more information on how we can extend our hand as a sister city, please visit:
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/46389-no-culture-allowed
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Vocabulary for unit 2
Socialism An economic and political philosophy that favor public (or social) instead of private control of property and income.
Craft union A union of laborers devoted to a specific craft
Collective bargaining Process in which workers negotiate as a group with employers
Industrial union Union that organizes workers from all crafts in a given industry
Scab Negative term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers
Anarchist A radical who opposes all government
Haymarket Riot 1886 labor-related violence in Chicago
Pullman strike 1894 railway workers' strike that spread nationwide
Literacy The ability to read and write
Assimilation Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
Philanthropist A person who give donations to worthy causes
Niagara Movement Founded in 1905, a group of African Americans that called for full civil liberties, an end to racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood
Vaudeville A type of variety show that first appeared in the 1870's, often consisting of comic sketches, song- and- dance routines, and magic acts
Yellow Journalism Sensational news coverage, emphasizing crime and scandal
Ragtime A type of music featuring melodies with shifting accents over a steady, marching- band beat that originated among black musicans in the South and Midwest in the 1800's
Poll Tax A special fee that must be paid before a person can vote
Grandfather clause Passage in a law that exempts a group of people from obeying the law if they had met certain conditions before the law was passed
Segregation Forced separation , oftentimes by race
Jim Crow Statutes, beginning in the 1890's, that required segregation of public service by race
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court decision that segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities provided for blacks were equal to those who provided for whites
Lynching Murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial
National Association for the advancement of Colored People Organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism, and to gain civil rights for African Americans
Department store Large retail establishment that carries a wide variety of goods and sells in large quantities
Rural free delivery Beginning in 1896, free delivery offered by the U.S Post Office to farm families in rural areas
Mail-order catalog Printed material advertising a wide range of goods that can be purchased by mail
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Injury Control & Violence First-of-its-kind survey compiles the experience of domestic workers, highlights the grim nature of an unregulated industry
December 7, 2012 The Pump Handle 2Comment
by Kim Krisberg
The collective experience of domestic workers — house cleaners, nannies and caregivers — often remains hidden from view. For all practical purposes, they work in regulation-free environments without the benefits of labor, wage and health protections or oversight. There are no HR departments in people's homes.
But a new survey released in November has pulled back the curtain on the conditions and experiences domestic workers face, documenting issues such as wage exploitation, preventable on-the-job injuries and the little — if any — power domestic workers have in improving their work environments and holding employers accountable. "Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work" is the first national study of domestic workers, filling an enormous quantitative data gap. The effort, led by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), surveyed nearly 2,100 privately employed nannies, caregivers and housecleaners in 14 metropolitan areas. All those surveyed were paid directly from their employer, not through an agency or government entity.
"A large part of gaining protections for domestic workers is bringing visibility to their work," Mariana Viturro, the alliance's deputy director told me. "Although the work they do is so important, it's done behind closed doors. (This survey) can help build recognition that (domestic workers) deserve the same protections that all workers have."
The survey confirmed that the nature of the domestic work environment is ripe for problems and exploitation. Data illustrate that substandard work environments, poor wages and hazardous work conditions are widespread: 23 percent of workers are paid below state minimum wage, 70 percent are paid less than $13 per hour, and the median hourly wage was $6.15, more than a dollar below the federal minimum wage. Sixty-five percent of domestic workers surveyed did not have health insurance, and only 4 percent received employer-provided health insurance.
Survey respondents also reported unhealthy work conditions:
• Thirty-five percent of workers surveyed said they worked long hours without breaks.
• Twenty-five percent of live-in workers had responsibilities that prevented them from getting at least five hours of sleep.
• Among workers who were fired, 23 percent said they were fired for complaining about work conditions.
• More than a third of workers lived with work-related wrist, shoulder, elbow or hip pain.
• Twenty-nine percent of house cleaners experienced skin irritation and 20 percent had trouble breathing in the prior year.
• Twenty-nine percent of caregivers suffered a back injury in the previous year.
The great majority of workers who experienced problems said they didn't speak up for fear of losing their jobs or having their immigration statuses used against them. Here's the story of one domestic worker featured in the report:
Having honed her child development skills as a teacher in the Philippines, Anna was hired as a live-in nanny for a family of four in Midtown Manhattan. Anna's workday is long, and she works every day of the week. She begins at 6 a.m. when the children wake up, and ends around 10 p.m. when she finishes cleaning the kitchen, after having put the children comfortably to bed. Her work consists of multiple tasks: cleaning, laundry, preparing family meals, and tending to all the children's needs, including teaching them to read. At night, she sleeps between her charges on a small mattress placed on the floor between their beds. She has not been given a single day off in 15 months. Like many domestic workers, Anna's pay is low. She was originally promised $1,500 a month but receives only $620. On average, then, she is paid just $1.27 per hour.
Viturro said she hopes policymakers will take notice of the survey's findings and first-person accounts, especially as the alliance and its state partners gear up for a major legislative pushes in California, Massachusetts and Illinois. She said the survey process not only filled a critical data gap, but helped state alliance partners connect with new domestic workers, raise awareness about workers' rights and build their ranks.
"Learning about their needs and conditions will ensure that any legislative changes that we win are really at the heart of what domestic workers have defined that they need," Viturro said.
By workers, for workers
Domestic workers themselves were intimately involved in the Home Economics effort, designing the survey tool as well as finding and surveying participants. Nearly 200 domestic workers and organizers from 34 community organizations took part in gathering the data. Engaging domestic workers as surveyors was especially important in reaching out and gaining the confidence of workers who are often isolated and can have little contact with fellow workers in the industry, said Linda Burnham, co-author of the report and research director at NDWA.
"The input of domestic workers was extraordinarily important," she told me, adding that participating organizations were required to find and survey domestic workers outside of their membership ranks.
In Houston, Texas, a handful of members from the Fey y Justicia Worker Center (the Faith and Justice Worker Center, formerly known as the Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center and an organizational member of NDWA) were trained to seek out and survey domestic workers in the east Texas metropolis. About 150 Houston workers were eventually surveyed, reported Laura Perez-Boston, the center's executive director. Perez-Boston said the report's overall findings are a good reflection of what's happening in Houston; though she said she thinks the findings of substandard work conditions and hazards may just be the tip of the iceberg.
For example, although the survey's health findings aren't news to Perez-Boston, she said she was surprised at just how many workers reported respiratory problems. She added that most workers don't even have time to make it to a doctor and are forced to simply ignore the serious problem or come to think of it as a normal part of the job.
"Not only was it a good tool to produce a powerful report with hard data that show the accumulation of stories we've been hearing for years, but it was also a very empowering process for the workers themselves," she told me. "It helped bring workers together to talk about the most common issues they're facing and their priorities for creating change."
Perez-Boston said the survey process inspired Fey y Justicia members to keep the story collecting moving forward. So, work is now underway to develop a writing workshop to help workers write about their experiences and eventually publish a book.
"Women's work has been undervalued probably since the beginning of time, and racism is still alive and well," she said. "And because (domestic work) is done primarily by women of color there isn't a lot of consideration for their full range of human needs. Sometimes, (domestic work) isn't even considered a real job."
Burnham at NDWA also said the survey confirmed the stories she and her colleagues hear all the time, especially stories of "how low wages impact family hardship and how difficult it is for undocumented workers and live-in workers to sustain families on their wages." Similarly, the findings confirmed domestic workers' health burdens and the relationship between high rates of injury, no access to health insurance and little access to paid sick leave — "a combination that is really tough for a workforce that's low-wage to begin with," Burnham said.
"No one thinks of their homes as unsafe work environments," she said.
The Home Economics report offers a number of recommendations for improving conditions for domestic workers, including enacting and enforcing policies that remedy domestic workers' exclusion from the labor rights most of us take for granted. Right now, domestic workers are excluded from the National Labor Relations Act, which protects the right of workers to unionize and bargain collectively. They're also left out of federal overtime pay protections as well as OSHA safety and health regulations. Burnham said employer education is critical as well, telling me that many employers want to do the right thing, but don't know what it means to be a fair employer.
Burnham said the alliance and its partners are busy working "state by state where we think we have a chance of winning" legal protections for domestic workers. Many such efforts look similar to New York's Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which was passed into law in 2010 and was a national first. (Domestic workers in California thought they had a similar victory earlier this year, but Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the measure.)
"We're hoping that what we're doing motivates other low-wage workers to organize too," Burnham said. "Each sector of the labor force has issues and circumstances unique to what they do, but we absolutely feel like the work we're doing in fighting for domestic workers is part of a larger attempt to really figure out how in this economic environment, low-wage workers can get a better deal."
For a copy of the domestic workers report, visit www.domesticworkers.org/homeeconomics. To learn more about being a fair domestic worker employer, visit Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Association.
Kim Krisberg is a freelance public health writer living in Austin, Texas, and has been writing about public health for a decade.
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2 thoughts on "First-of-its-kind survey compiles the experience of domestic workers, highlights the grim nature of an unregulated industry"
JustaTech says:
So what can I, as a potential employeer, do to make sure that people who do domestic work are treated appropriately? I mean, besides not being a jerk with delusians of feudal powers? Are house cleaners who work with an agency better compensated, and have more protections? Are there state-by-state guidelines on minimum hourly wages for domestic work? I would never ask someone to do something I felt was unsafe for myself, but I don't know if the risks associated with lugging the vacuum cleaner up the stairs are greater than I imagine, or increase sharply with repitition.
Liz Borkowski says:
Yeah, "don't be a jerk" is a good place to start. Specifically, here's what the report recommends:
"Employers can be a significant part of the solution if they educate themselves about workers' rights and hold themselves accountable to fair labor standards. Employers should be prepared to provide domestic workers with a contractual agreement, fair wages including overtime pay and regular pay raises, access to affordable medical care, secure retirement income, paid leave, and a safe and healthy work environment. Practicing respectful communications and keeping accurate records of hours worked can go a long way toward improving the quality of the employment relationship."
I expect the "respectful communication" suggestion can help when it comes to modifying tasks to be less of a strain. If an employee feels that the employer will take concerns seriously, s/he can offer suggestions about improvements to equipment or practices that would make the job safer.


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Royal London Cup 2021
Royal London One-Day Cup 2021: All the Match Scores, Results, Reports and Scorecards for Sunday August 1st
by ECB & Cricket World Sunday 1 August 2021
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Royal London One Day Cup 2021 - Sunday August 1st
Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Kent Spitfires 158 lost to Essex Eagles 159/1 by nine wickets
Tom Westley eased to his third half-century of the Royal London Cup and Sir Alastair Cook scored a classy 77 not out as Essex Eagles thrashed Kent Spitfires by eight wickets.
Eagles captain Westley struck 69 off 77 balls, having previously clocked 69 and 87 not out, during a 127 run stand with Cook.
Essex were only chasing 158, after an all-around bowling performance, and knocked them off with 19 overs to spare.
It got the Eagles back to winning ways, after losing their 100 per cent record against Worcestershire, while Kent remain winless.
The Spitfires, who had won the toss and batted, were without 11 first-choice players due to The Hundred, injuries and – in the case of Essex seamer Matt Quinn – loan agreements.
None of their batters past 40 on a slow wicket, with only Tawanda Muyeye's strike rate returning above three figures.
After Ollie Robinson had clipped to square leg, Muyeye showed strong wrists to reach 25 from 23 balls, which included four boundaries and a wonderfully picked up six over mid-wicket – although succumbed when he carved to backward point.
Simon Harmer entered the attack and within two balls had Harry Finch lbw for a 17-ball duck, before Darren Stevens flicked Ben Allisson to Ryan ten Doeschate on the deep square boundary.
Scotland international George Munsey lived by the reverse sweep and eventually died by it when he picked out fine leg for 39.
Like Harmer, ten Doeschate struck with his second delivery, as Grant Stewart loosely edged behind and then Marcus O'Riordan was bowled.
Matt Milnes was caught behind, James Logan chipped a caught and bowled back at Aron Nijjar and Nathan Gilchrist holed out to long-on to conclude the innings.
Cook, on the back of tallies of an unbeaten 92 and a 42, continued his brilliant form with a cover drive in the first over and an extravagant square drive.
Opening partner Will Buttleman fell for 11 when Milnes pinned back his leg stump but Westley arrived to take control of the chase.
England legend Cook reached his fifty in 51 balls, with the 100 partnership with Westley taking 124 balls – as the runs were ticked off in officious style.
Westley joined the half-century club for the 30th time in his career in 64 balls, with six boundaries eventually coming in his 69.
It was Cook who tip and ran the winning single though, as the rain came down at the Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford, to boost the Eagles' chances of progressing to the knockout stage.
Match Summary
Essex 159/1 (31.1 ov)
Kent 158/10 (47.5 ov)
Essex won by 9 wkts (113b rem)
Essex Eagles fast bowler Shane Snater, who took two for 30:
"It has been coming out nicely and it came out all together today and everyone combined had a good game.
"It is always nice to get a win and everyone is in good spirits and playing well.
"Cook and Westley and looking really good and are in really good form. Hopefully they can keep that going in the coming games.
"I haven't had the opportunities in the past because I wasn't performing but I'm now doing well and trying to keep it going."
Kent Spitfires captain Ollie Robinson:
"It was a tough wicket and we didn't adapt well enough at the top and losing wickets early doesn't help.
"We have lost nine players to The Hundred now and they lost two so it was going to be hard on paper but that is no excuse to how it went today. We weren't good enough in all three disciplines.
"It is hard to look at positives when you lose like that. We have tried to build an upward momentum and it didn't come off today. If you don't lose, you don't learn."
Hampshire v Lancashire (Ageas Bowl)
Lancashire 115/2 (25.3 overs) beat Hampshire 162 all out (43.1 overs) by 51 runs (DLS)
Luke Wells scored an impressive List A best 66 not out as unbeaten Lancashire completed a comfortable 51-run Royal London Cup victory, on Duckworth Lewis Stern regulations, against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.
Heavy rain arrived at 4.35pm, preventing any further play after Lancashire had reached 115 for 2 from 25.3 overs in reply to Hampshire's 162 all out, with Wells hitting 12 fours in a superb 62-ball knock to put his side well ahead on DLS.
But the win was really set up by Lancashire's brilliant effort in the field earlier in the day, with Tom Bailey (3 for 23) and George Balderson (3 for 25) the stand-out performers.
Bailey, Lancashire's captain, led by example with a six-over new ball spell of 2 for 18 and later the wicket of Hampshire's top-scorer Lewis McManus, who batted with skill and spirit with six fours in a 51-ball 45.
McManus was ninth out, fighting a lone battle after Bailey and Balderson had undermined the innings after Lancashire won the toss and, with poor weather forecast, opted to bowl.
Bailey's fast-medium accounted for Tom Alsop, well-held at point for 7 in the third over, and 18-year-old Tom Prest, caught at second slip for 9 pushing indeterminately forward.
Nick Gubbins looked in good order, quickly reaching 31 with six stroked fours, but then became the first of Balderson's scalps when he carved to point.
Medium-pacer Balderson, settling into a probing line around off stump and finding a little seam movement, then had both Ian Holland and Joe Weatherley leg-before, for 1 and 17 respectively.
From 81 for 5, Hampshire were briefly rallied by McManus – who lofted Keaton Jennings over mid off for four and then cut him hard to the ropes – and James Fuller, who added 40.
But Fuller, on 17, became another Hampshire batsman to depart playing across the line, lobbing a straightforward return catch to the pacy Liam Hurt off a leading edge as he tried to work to mid wicket.
Danny Lamb had Felix Organ lbw for 7, with a full ball angled into his pads, and Scott Currie was smartly stumped by George Lavelle for 2 when slow left arm spinner Jack Morley beat the outside edge as Currie advanced down the pitch.
Morley conceded just 10 runs from seven controlled overs, his excellent action catching the eye, but it was Lancashire's seam attack that continued to do most of the damage – Bailey returning to snare McManus, caught at extra cover from another leading edge, and Lamb having Kyle Abbott caught behind for 9 to finish with 2 for 33.
Lancashire's chase began edgily, in front of a good-sized crowd, with Josh Bohannon skying a pull at John Turner to mid wicket to go for 5, and Fuller reduced them to 44 for 2 when Jennings edged a fine ball behind in the fast bowler's first over.
But former Sussex left-hander Wells soon eased any Lancashire fears. Having driven Holland's medium pace for three fours in four balls in the 12th over, he then took two more boundaries from Fuller's second over before hitting the same bowler exquisitely through extra cover and steering him to the third man ropes.
Rob Jones also batted with quiet assurance, moving to an unbeaten 24 from 41 balls while supporting Wells in an unbroken third wicket partnership of 71 in 13 overs that confirmed Lancashire's superiority.
Hampshire 162/10 (43.1 ov)
Lancashire 115/2 (25.3 ov)
Lancashire won by 51 runs (D/L)
Lancashire all-rounder George Balderson said: "I very much enjoyed it today and it's nice to be out there playing and contributing. Coming on first change is a responsibility but you want to be in those situations and taking wickets for the team.
"Tom Bailey bowled superbly at the start and set up the whole game for us. We have found some nice early form in this competition and we've made a really good start despite quite a lot of travelling in the last week.
"It's been a good mix of players stepping up and putting in performances, which shows the depth in the squad we have at the moment. This competition is a great chance to win a trophy and for players to step up, so it's a massive thing for us."
Hampshire's first team manager Adrian Birrell said: "It was not a good day for us and 162 was nowhere near enough. We didn't adapt to the conditions well enough and although it was a tricky pitch when we batted we played too much across the line at the straight ball and so we are also disappointed with our technical performance with the bat today.
"Losing the toss was also a factor, as we would have bowled first too, but all our game plans unravelled because we kept on losing wickets and never got any partnerships going. That was particularly disappointing, as was being bowled out well inside the 50 overs. We knew rain was coming later so we then had to take wickets to have any chance on DLS but Luke Wells played very well and chasing a low total meant they never needed to take risks."
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire (The County Ground Northampton)
Emilio Gay's unbeaten 84 led Northamptonshire to an eight-wicket victory over Derbyshire, securing their first win of the Royal London Cup campaign.
The academy graduate saw the hosts over the line with three balls to spare in their chase for 178 for victory in a game reduced to 28 overs-a-side by morning rain.
The left-hander's heroics came after the Steelbacks' new-ball pairing of Curtley-Jack White and Ben Sanderson had taken four for 20 and three for 29 respectively, reducing Derbyshire to eight for four before Fynn Hudson-Prentice's swashbuckling 64 gave the still winless visitors something to defend.
Derbyshire's batting woes this season have been well documented, and they were in trouble from the very first ball when White's lbw appeal against Mitch Wagstaff was upheld.
Sanderson's first over brought greater carnage. Harry Came tried to hit the Steelbacks' seamer over the top, only for Rob Keogh to pull off a stunning catch running back from mid-off.
The next ball ripped out Tom Wood's off-stump and although Alex Hughes survived the hat-trick, it was three in four for Sanderson when the Derbyshire skipper gloved one banged in short through to wicketkeeper Vasconcelos.
The visitors were in disarray, but Hudson-Prentice led a thrilling counter offensive, hooking Wayne Parnell for a huge six.
The all-rounder took three fours in an over from Freddie Heldreich and when the in-form Tom Taylor came on to try and halt the onslaught he too was hit for six over mid-on before Hudson-Prentice smote three fours back over the bowler's head.
His 50 came off 37 balls before he took one swing too many at Graeme White and lost his off-stump, ending a fifth wicket stand of 106 with Brook Guest (45) who proved a perfect foil.
Another collapse followed as Anuj Dal, Alex Thomson and Guest were sent packing in rapid succession by Curtley-Jack White, but some late blows by Nils Priestley in a cameo of 25 gave Derbyshire hope.
Vasconcelos and Gay began steadily, the latter the more fluent, striking Dal back over his head for four as 50 came up in the ninth over.
Derbyshire fielded tigerishly pulling several shots back from the ropes, but the openers continued to accumulate and keep their side well up with the rate.
The hundred came up in the 16th over with Gay first to 50 from 41 balls with four fours, Vasconcelos (50) reaching his half-century soon afterwards with the help of six boundaries, before the Northamptonshire skipper skied one to deep mid-off off Thomson, ending the stand at 105.
Ben Curran made only 12 and 27 were needed from the last three overs, but Keogh's 33 from 16 balls including two huge sixes settled matters.
Northamptonshire 183/2 (27.3 ov)
Derbyshire 177/9 (28 ov)
Northants won by 8 wkts (3b rem)
Northamptonshire opener Emilio Gay who scored an unbeaten 84 said: "It went down to the last over so it was close-ish in the end, but we had wickets in hand and when you are in that position you don't need to panic so much because you know you have got room at the end to go harder.
"Rob played a great cameo and that epitomised his form in all formats of the game this year. Having someone like that to calm everything down is great to have at the other end.
"I just see myself as the person who bats long, plays his natural game and other people come in and bat around me. It is all about composure, building an innings and knowing when to go and when not to go. Sometimes I think we've gone a bit too hard too early, so it is all about taking it deep and being smart with our cricket.
Derbyshire head coach David Houghton said: "We're struggling to put sides out . We have lots of young players playing and sometimes we are being overawed by other teams.
"At 8-4 we could easily have put our head between our legs and been all out for 60. But we fought back well, put a score on the board and took it to the last over.
"Fynn (Hudson-Prentice) has had a tremendous tournament and he's played really well and made batting look easier than any player on either side and Brook Guest is getting some fantastic starts for us. I just need him now to go on for himself and get a big hundred because I think once he does, once he breaks that watershed, he'll break it a number of times."
Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Welbeck)
Nottinghamshire advanced their Royal London Cup ambitions in ruthless style, cruising past Leicestershire by seven wickets with almost 30 overs to balls to spare in front of an appreciative audience at Welbeck Cricket Club.
Skipper Peter Trego hit two sixes off pace bowler Chris Wright in his 31-ball 39, Ben Slater picked up six boundaries in his 38 and the young South African batter Matthew Montgomery 27 not out, reaching a target of 145 in 20.2 overs.
Earlier, Luke Fletcher had taken four for 30 and Dane Paterson three for 25 as Leicestershire were bowled out in 43.1 overs, 16-year-old leg-spinning all-rounder Rehan Ahmed top-scoring with 35 not out, the highest score of a fledgling senior career, as he and Ben Mike (34) shared a 70-run stand for the eighth wicket.
In overcast conditions after Nottinghamshire had won the toss, Fletcher had Rishi Patel edging to second slip and nipped one back to bowl Harry Swindells in his first three overs, as well as having Lewis Hill dropped at second slip before he had scored.
Fletcher removed Marcus Harris, the Australian left-hander nicking behind for 16, and Hill had another escape a couple of balls later as a miscued pull fell just out of the reach of midwicket.
Paterson dismissed George Rhodes via a low catch to second slip before Fletcher, who ultimately bowled through for his full 10 overs, picked up his fourth wicket as an Arron Lilley prod outside off lodged in the gloves of the wicketkeeper. When Louis Kimber edged Paterson to first slip, Leicestershire were 53 for six in the 18th, which became 68 for seven as Hill departed for 25, a third victim for 'keeper Dane Schadendorf a day after his 19th birthday.
Ahmed and Mike fought back, adding 70 for the eighth wicket with the teenager looking entirely unfazed in only his third senior game, but once Mike had been caught on the midwicket boundary, Slater parrying the ball into the air before ensuring his feet were the right side of the rope as he took the catch, the innings ended quickly, Ed Barnes playing across one from Trego before Chris Wright was caught behind.
Sol Budinger set the tone for the Outlaws chase by smashing three of his first 11 balls for four before edging behind as he went for another expansive drive, with Slater and Trego soon rattling along at a similar pace as the Powerplay overs yielded 62 for one compared with the Foxes' 21 for two.
Trego pulled Wright for six and picked up another maximum from a steepling top edge and though both fell to quick succession, the double breakthrough won merely a stay of execution for Leicestershire before Montgomery and Lyndon James added 48 runs in 39 balls to finish the job.
After Trego feathered a catch behind shaping to cut Ahmed's leg-spin, Slater perished in similar fashion to Budinger, having timed the ball superbly until then. Remarkably, it was the first time in seven completed innings in List A matches for Nottinghamshire that he had failed to pass fifty.
Nottinghamshire 145/3 (20.2 ov)
Leicestershire 144/10 (43.1 ov)
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Nottinghamshire's Luke Fletcher, who took four for 30, said:
"Our bowling this year in all formats has been really good. I think we've got the strength in depth we have been looking for and some good young lads coming in and performing like senior players. To restrict them to 144 was a complete team performance, with some good catching in the slips and behind the wicket as well.
"Personally, it's the first time in this competition I've bowled 10 overs on the bounce, although I've bowled long spells in red-ball cricket, but sometimes when you're getting wickets it pays to keep going.
"What's great about this competition is that games keep coming thick and fast. You've just got time to recover and there is another game coming up. We'll just take it one match at a time but we're happy with where we are."
Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon said:
"It was a huge toss to lose, on an out ground that has been wet and under cover for a couple of days, with humid, overcast conditions at the start. Every ball was doing something. It was one of those days where you wanted to play and miss, but we didn't do too much of that unfortunately."
"But credit to Fletcher. He bowled magnificently, stood that seam up tall, swung it and nipped it, with nine out of ten balls hitting the top of off stump, and he showed mental and physical skills to bowl 10 overs on the bounce and keep putting the ball in the right place.
"The sun came out later on and dried it off and we knew that unless we got three or four wickets in the first eight overs it would be a tough ask for us."
Somerset v Yorkshire Vikings (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
James Hildreth blasted a brilliant 61 off 34 balls as Somerset continued their strong defence of the Royal London Cup with a five-wicket victory over Yorkshire at Taunton.
In a game reduced to 20 overs per side by rain, the visitors ran up 158 for five after losing the toss, Matthew Revis leading the way with his best List A score of 58 not out.
Fellow teenager Will Luxton contributed an unbeaten 31 to an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 69. Left-arm spinner Lewis Goldsworthy was the pick of the Somerset attack with one for 17.
In reply, the hosts reached 159 for five with five balls to spare, Hildreth's sparkling knock, including 5 fours and 4 sixes.
A 5,000 crowd was kept waiting for some action as rain began falling moments before the first over could be bowled at 11am. Soon it became torrential and left casual water on the outfield.
The majority of spectators stayed on. They were rewarded when the sun broke through and a major mopping up operation allowed play to start at 3.30pm.
Yorkshire began poorly when Harry Duke was caught behind off Josh Davey, attempting a scoop shot, in the second over.
Gary Ballance soon followed, bowled off his body by Kasey Aldridge, and at the end of the four-over powerplay the scoreboard read 38 for two.
Will Fraine hit the first six of the innings over backward point off Aldridge and brought up the fifty up in the seventh over before being caught at deep square off the same bowler for 23.
Jonathan Tattersall fell for a duck, advancing down the pitch to Goldsworthy, and at halfway Yorkshire were 66 for four.
Revis cleared the ropes at fine leg off Aldridge and George Hill smacked a straight six off Ben Green before being caught on 23 at deep square in the same over.
From 89 for five in the 13th over, Revis and Luxton batted with great maturity, putting together a fifty stand in 31 balls. Revis moved to his own half century off 35 deliveries, with 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Somerset were 25 for one off their first four overs, losing Steve Davies, caught at cover looking to hit a third boundary in succession off Ben Coed.
Rookie Sam Young played well for his 25 before falling to Revis in the eighth over and by mid-innings the home side were well-placed at 75 for two.
Seventeen-year-old James Rew marred a promising debut with an injudicious reverse sweep that saw him caught for 20 by Gary Ballance at backward point off Jack Shutt.
Hildreth had survived a difficult chance to Balance at mid-off when on 15 and began to take charge, reverse sweeping off-spinner Shutt for four and then six off successive balls.
He followed up with an off-driven boundary in the same over, the 14th of the innings, and then cracked another six off Revis to put his side in sight of a third victory from four group games, the other being a no-result.
Goldsworthy made a useful 21 in a match-clinching stand of 66 with Hildreth and a couple of late wickets for Matthew Waite proved too little too late.
Somerset 159/5 (19.1 ov)
Yorkshire 158/5 (20 ov)
Somerset won by 5 wkts (5b rem)
Somerset match-winner James Hildreth said: "It was hard to know what a good score was because while it was the same as a T20 game in terms of overs, there was an extra fielder in the ring.
"I just went out with the intention of whacking it. I had a bit of luck when I was dropped, but that's cricket and you have to make the most of it.
"It is a new team with so many youngsters involved, so we don't really know how good we are. I feel like a father figure in all competitions, but in this one there are so many talented kids showing that the future is really bright for Somerset cricket."
Yorkshire top-scorer Matthew Revis said: "It was a proud day for me getting my first half-century for Yorkshire. We thought if we could post 160 it would be a challenging total and we came up just short of that.
"We still fancied our chances when bowling, but in the end came up against a very experienced player. There were lessons to be learned, as in our previous games, but we feel we are making progress as a side and if that continues, we will qualify from the group."
Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Gloucestershire kept alive their Royal London Cup chances with their second win in four matches when they beat Sussex by three runs in a thrilling match at the 1st Central County Ground. Sussex, though, without a win in five games, saw their chances fade away.
But an heroic half-century from 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Ollie Carter almost snatched an astonishing victory for Sussex after they looked out of the contest at 141 for eight. The one-top order Sussex batsman to play an innings of substance was Ben Brown, who scored a fine 63 from 78 deliveries, with six fours. But the other big guns Travis Head and David Wiese failed and it looked all over when Brown played on to Jared Warned as he tried to run the ball down to third man to make it 124 for six.
Dan Ibrahim and Will Beer soon perished. But then a partnership of 62 between Carter, going in No 7, and No 10 Archie Lenham almost took Sussex to a famous victory. Carter faced just 48 balls for his 59 and hit five fours and three sixes as 20 came off one Matt Taylor over.
When Carter was out, yorked by Warner, 15 runs were still needed but 17-year-old Lenham and last man Henry Crocombe kept Sussex alive with six needed off two overs. Then Lenham was run out by Tom Lace's fine throw going for a second run off the fifth ball of the penultimate over. If they had settled for one Lenham would have needed to score just four off the last over.
The best Gloucestershire batting came at the end, with a stand of 71 for the sixth wicket in nine overs between Jack Taylor and George Scott but they only really got after the Sussex bowling in the dying overs.
Taylor left it late to show his clean-hitting skills as he reached his first 50 of the summer off 60 deliveries, with three ours and a six. Scott made 38 off 28 balls, with two fours and a six.
The most fluent Gloucestershire batting came from their opener Ben Charlesworth, who hit seven fours in an innings full of fluent drives that looked destined to produce a major score.
At 71 for three from 17 overs there was a 70-minute rain break which resulted in the match being turned into a 42-over affair. The Gloucestershire batsmen were expected to increase the tempo when play resumed but they were strangled by the trio of Sussex spinners, Beer, Lenham and James Coles. The very consistent Beer was exceptional with figures of 2-30 from nine overs.
Sussex 214/10 (40.5 ov)
Gloucestershire 218/8 (42 ov)
Gloucestershire won by 3 runs (D/L method)
Ollie Carter (Sussex) "It was bitter sweet at the end for me. Not so much for the dressing room because obviously we didn't get over the line. But on another day we will easily get over the line and it will be a great feeling in the dressing room. It was very tense at the end. A lot of people didn't want to watch. It was really exciting and that's what cricket's all about, coming down to the last over or two. It was brilliant to watch really.
"Archie and I just went over by over, figuring out what we needed to do when. Getting the run rate down was a massive target for us. So when we got it down to seven or eight overs it was just ticking along."
Tom Smith (Gloucestershire) "I was so pleased to get over the line there. I felt very sorry for Archie Lenham at the end. It must have been tough for the young kid. We probably should have closed it out slightly earlier. But credit to the players in the end. The difficult thing in this tournament is you get players you haven't come across. We were caught on the hop. We didn't realise Ollie Carter had that power game all round the ground. He played well. I don't think we bowled badly. That ball from Jared was a game changer in the end."
Worcestershire Rapids v Middlesex (New Road)
Stephen Eskinazi's brilliant century and List A best score helped Middlesex registered their first win of the season in the Royal London Cup and inflicted a first setback – by 13 runs - on Worcestershire Rapids at New Road.
Eskinazi returned to action after recovering from a groin injury and marked his first appearance of the summer in the competition by racing to three figures off just 83 balls.
He went onto make 130 from 101 balls with four sixes and 11 fours as Middlesex totalled 302-5 in a game reduced to 41 overs per side.
Brett D'Oliveira continued his fine form with a top score of 74 for the Rapids and Tom Fell and Jake Libby also hit half centuries.
But Middlesex always just held the edge and there were two wickets apiece for Thilan Walallawita, James Harris and Luke Hollman as the Rapids closed on 289-7.
Middlesex opted to bat on a used pitch and openers Max Holden and Eskinazi added 65 before the former on 39 edged Adam Finch through to keeper Gareth Roderick.
Eskanazi struck Charlie Morris and Baker for sixes on his way to a 49 ball half century and he was full of improvisation.
Robson was equally effective in reaching his 50 off 48 deliveries.
The partnership was worth 129 in 19 overs when Robson (57) fell to a low catch by Fell at mid on off Ed Barnard.
Eskinazi completed his century off 83 balls with a risky two to backward of point and Roderick was convinced he had run him out before he made his ground at full stretch.
It was a near faultless innings containing four sixes and seven fours.
He passed his previous best of 107 against Gloucestershire two years ago and went onto make 130 before he was caught behind off a leading edge against Leach.
Martin Andersson bludgeoned 38 not out off only 11 balls to take the final total past 300 with 39 coming from the final two overs.
Worcestershire openers Jack Haynes and D'Oliveira had put on a club record 243 in the previous game against Essex but this time had to be content with a modest 37 before the former on 17 went for a cut and edged James Harris through to keeper Robbie White.
D'Oliveira completed a 53 ball fifty and the 100 partnership with Fell spanned 83 balls.
D'Oliveira moved onto 74 but then was caught at long off attempting another big hit off Hollman.
It ended a stand of 116 in 15 overs with Fell who reached his own 50 off 55 balls but added only eight more before he was caught off a skier at backward point off Hollman.
There were useful cameos from Roderick, on 23, and Barnard, with 18, and Libby had time to complete a 44 ball fifty before he was dismissed by Harris
Worcestershire 289/7 (41 ov)
Middlesex 302/5 (41 ov)
Middlesex won by 13 runs
Middlesex century-maker, Steve Eskinazi, said: "One of your best innings? I would say so, particularly after a couple of weeks off (with a groin injury).
"It has been really difficult watching the boys and I haven't really been injured too much in my career.
"It challenged me and I am really glad to contribute when I came back towards a great win.
"Also particularly because of the situation the club find themselves in, especially in this competition.
"We have the skill and the talent to win games of cricket but it is up to guys like myself and Robbo (Sam Robson) and Pete (Handscomb) and senior players to start putting in performances to back that up.
"To go out and do that, kind of showed people that I'm here to try and drive this competition and drive us forward and is really pleasing."
Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell, who struck a half century, said: "It was fairly close at the end. Obviously we are disappointed, seeing how close we actually got, but it was another good game of cricket and luckily we had a lot of fans in supporting us again.
"There is a balance. You want to go out (from the start) and be as positive as you can and things didn't quite happen for us early on. We did dig in a little bit and managed to take it as deep as we could.
"It was always going to be a tough chase but, on another day, we would back ourselves to do it. We did our best and unfortunately it wasn't to be today.
"Brett (D'Oliveira) played brilliantly again. He really took it to them, especially once he got to 40-50. He really started to get the pace of the wicket and struck it nicely.
"He will be disappointed he didn't carry on because, if he had stayed there, I think we would have won that game comfortably.
"Myself as well, a little disappointed not to bat a little bit longer and take it a little bit deeper. That's probably what we lacked, one of us going on and making the chase a little bit more comfortable."
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Q: Minkowski plane vs. hyperbolic plane As a physics student, I have studied some elements about hyperbolic geometry in many different contexts.
In linear algebra, I was told that equipping $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form gives us a space isometric to the euclidean plane, the hyperbolic plane or the anti-euclidean plane (iff the bilinear form has signature $(+,+)$, $(+,-)$ or $(-,-)$ respectively).
It was discussing this that I was first given the definitions of euclidean\hyperbolic angle and the euclidean\hyperbolic rotation. A hyperbolic rotation was just a transformation that left the 'product' (the operation defined by the bilinear form) of any two vectors invariant.
Later on, when being introduced to some concepts about differential geometry in multivariable calculus, I was told that the geometry of a hyperbolic paraboloid (a saddle-like surface) is hyperbolic because it is negatively curved.
I don't see how these two definitions of hyperbolic geometry relate to one another. In the first one, it didn't seem to make sense to talk about curvature nor euclidean angles – only hyperbolic angles made sense –, but in the second case one we were given the example of a triangle living in the saddle and we were told that its angles (euclidean angles) add up to less than $\pi$ radians because it's negatively curved.
I tried computing the first fundamental form of the hyperbolic paraboloid (the surface $z=x^2-y^2$) to see if its metric is like the metric of the 'linear algebra hyperbolic geometry', but its coefficients form a metric with signature $(+,+)$ which would suggest that its geometry is... euclidean? But that cannot be... and I'm not able to find clear information about this.
Can anyone tell me the connections and differences between these two concepts? Why are both $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a metric with signature $(+,-)$ and a saddle (which we can embed in the 3-dimensional euclidean space) both examples of hyperbolic geometry?

A: I'll try to answer in three parts. I'll first describe what you "incorrectly" called the hyperbolic plane, then describe what people usually call the hyperbolic plane, and then explain what are the relations between these spaces. I add a fourth bonus part which is more advanced, and deals with embedding of hyperbolic geometry in Euclidean space. If you don't want to read all the details, please go to the conclusions at the end.

The 2d Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{1,1}$
Consider first $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a $(-,+)$ signature "metric". To make it clear, I'll call this space Minkowski (because of its use in special relativity) and denote it by $\mathbb{R}^{1,1}$. The first thing to know is that this is usually not called a metric, since it is not positive definite -- one can talk of pseudo-metric. For definiteness, let's take coordinates $(x,y)$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$ and write the metric as $$g_{\mathbb{R}^{1,1}} = -\mathrm{d}x^2 + \mathrm{d}y^2 \, .$$ On that space, let's look at the set of points $(x,y)$ that are at a "distance" $d$ of the origin $(0,0)$. By definition, this is a hyperbole if $d \neq 0$, and if $d=0$ this is the intersection of the two lines with equation $x = \pm y$, which are the asymptotes to the hyperboles.
Because what plays the role of circles in standard Euclidean geometry (the set of points at a distance $d$ of a fixed points) is now hyperboles, you can say that this geometry has a "hyperbolic flavor."
However, it is not what people usually call the hyperbolic plane! In particular, this space is flat (it has 0 curvature), the sum of the angles of a triangle is always $\pi$, and it satisfies Euclide's axiom of parallels. Now, let's look at the hyperbolic plane.

The hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{H}$
The hyperbolic plane can be described as the set $\mathbb{H}:=\mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}_{>0}$ parametrized by $(x,y)$ with $y>0$ and with metric $$g_{\mathbb{H}} = \frac{\mathrm{d}x^2 + \mathrm{d}y^2 }{y^2} \, . $$ This is a perfectly well-defined Riemannian manifold, with positive definite metric.
If you compute the curvature of this space, you will find that it is constant and negative. In details, you can compute the Levi-Civita connection, the Riemann tensor, and obtain the scalar curvature -- or, more simply, since we are in two dimensions, you can compute the Gauss curvature. In any case, you will find that the scalar curvature is independent of $x$ and $y$, and is $R=-2$ everywhere (the Gauss curvature is then $R/2=-1$).
So the hyperbolic plane is a Riemannian space of constant negative curvature, but the metric is everywhere positive definite. It is the constant negative curvature that give to the space its hyperbolic aspects. In particular, that's why the sum of the angles of a triangle is less than $\pi$ -- see the Gauss-Bonnet formula. This is also what is responsible for the tendency that lines have to "diverge" : the parallel postulate is violated in the following way. In Euclidean geometry, through a point exterior to a line there passes exactly one parallel line. In hyperbolic geometry, through a point exterior to a line there passes more than one parallel line.
Now in the rest of this answer, I'll try to make the connection between the hyperbolic spaces (=with constant negative curvature but perfectly positive definite metric) and Minkowski spaces (flat spaces with non positive definite metric).
You probably have heard that there exist various "models" of the hyperbolic plane. These are simply other Riemannian spaces that are isomorphic to $\mathbb{H}$ as Riemann surfaces. For instance, there is a version of the hyperbolic plane that has the shape of a disk, called the Poincaré disk. To see that, define the complex coordinate $z=x+iy$, and define the new complex coordinate $u$ by the relation $$iu = \frac{1+iz}{1-iz} \qquad \Leftrightarrow \qquad iz = \frac{-1+iu}{1+iu} \, . $$ It is easy to check that this establishes a bijection between $\mathbb{H}$ parametrized by $z$ and the Poincaré disk $$\mathbb{D} = \{ u \in \mathbb{C} \mid |u|<1 \} \, . $$ The metric on the hyperbolic plane and the Poincaré disk in complex coordinates are
  \begin{equation}
  \label{met1}
   g_{\mathbb{H}} = \frac{\mathrm{d}  z \mathrm{d}  \bar{z}}{(\mathrm{Im} \, z)^2} = \frac{4 \mathrm{d} u \mathrm{d} \bar{u}}{(1-|u|^2)^2} \, .
   \end{equation}
    One can check that the Ricci scalar is again constant and equal to $R=-2$ (obviously, this can be computed in any model!).

Embedding in Minkowski space
Now comes the tricky part : I will give you a third model of the hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{H}$, this time as a subvariety of a Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{1,2}$ with metric of signature $(-,+,+)$. More precisely, consider the upper sheet of a hyperboloid in $\mathbb{R}^{1,2}$. The metric on this space is $g_{\mathbb{R}^{1,2}} = -\mathrm{d} X_0^2 + \mathrm{d} X_1^2 + \mathrm{d} X_2^2$, and the hyperboloid sheet is defined by the equation $$X_0^2 - X_1^2 - X_2^2 = 1 \, , \qquad X_0>0 \, .  $$ We can parametrize this by two angles $\alpha$ and $\beta$:
\begin{eqnarray*}
X_0 &=& \cosh \alpha \\
X_1 &=& \sinh \alpha \cos \beta \\
X_2 &=& \sinh \alpha \sin \beta
\end{eqnarray*}
Using these coordinates, we find that the metric on the sheet is
$$
g_{\mathbb{H}} = \mathrm{d} \alpha ^2 + (\sinh \alpha)^2 \mathrm{d} \beta^2 \, , $$
and again we can compute the Ricci scalar and find $R=-2$. The relation between this model and the Poincaré disk model is given by a stereographic projection. More precisely, the Poincaré disk is the stereographic projection of the hyperboloid sheet on the plane $X_0=0$ with respect to the point $(X_0,X_1,X_2)=(-1,0,0)$. (image from Wikipedia).

Let us work out the details: a point $(X_0,X_1,X_2)$ on the hyperboloid sheet is mapped by this projection to the point $$ \left( 0 , \frac{X_1}{1+X_0} ,  \frac{X_2}{1+X_0} \right) \, . $$ Using that, we obtain the relation between the coordinate on the disk $u$ and the coordinates $\alpha$ and $\beta$ on the hyperboloid, $$u = \frac{\sinh \alpha}{1+\cosh \alpha} e^{i \beta} \, . $$ You can check that the two expressions for $g_{\mathbb{H}}$ given above are indeed the same.

Embedding in Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^3$ ?
[TL;DR : there is no "satisfactory" embedding in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with metric $(+,+,+)$. ]
We have just seen that it is possible to embed isometrically the full hyperbolic plane into Minkowski space. Is it possible to do the same in Euclidean space? By this, I mean to find a (regular) map $f : \mathbb{H} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^3$ such that the metric induced on the image of $f$ by the Euclidean metric $g_{\mathbb{R}^3} = \mathrm{d} X_0^2 + \mathrm{d} X_1^2 + \mathrm{d} X_2^2$ be, possibly up to a change of coordinates, the metric $g_{\mathbb{H}}$ considered in the previous paragraphs. We will see in a minute that the answer is no. In fact, the hyperbolic plane is simply "too big" for $\mathbb{R}^3$. However, if we pick a constant $c>0$ and remove the part of $\mathbb{H}$ that satisfies $y < c$, then a solution is available. Because of a problem of universal covering, we also have to take a part of $\mathbb{H}$ of width $2 \pi c$ in the $x$ direction, for instance $0 \leq x < 2 \pi c$. Then, define $t=\mathrm{ArcCosh} \frac{y}{c}$ and
    \begin{eqnarray*}
X_0 &=& t - \tanh t \\
X_1 &=& \mathrm{sech} \, t \cos \frac{x}{c}\\
X_2 &=& \mathrm{sech} \, t \sin \frac{x}{c}
\end{eqnarray*}
    A cumbersome computation shows that the metric induced on that surface is indeed $g_{\mathbb{H}}$. This surface is called a (half) pseudosphere. Here is a picture (taken from wikipedia)

So, as we see, it is possible to embed part of the hyperbolic plane in Euclidean $\mathbb{R}^3$. But if you want to embed all of it, this is simply not possible, by a
theorem
 of Hilbert that says that there exists no complete regular surface of constante negative (Gaussian) curvature immersed in $\mathbb{R}^3$. However, for the curvature to be defined, you need to be able to differentiate at least twice on the manifold - this is hidden in the word "regular". To be more precise, a theorem of Efimov tells you that there is no $C^2$ embedding of a complete surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with curvature satisfying $K<-\epsilon$ for some strictly positive constant $\epsilon$. But if you're satisfied with a $C^1$ embedding, then the Nash-Kuiper theorem tells you that a $C^1$ isometric embedding of the full hyperbolic plane in Euclidean $\mathbb{R}^3$ does exist! And things become even more counter-intuitive when you know that this embedding can be put inside a ball of arbitrarily small size...

Conclusion
Let me conclude this long post by a bunch of punch lines to remember :

*

*Hyperbolic geometry usually refers to negative curvature.

*The Hyperbolic plane is a 2d surface with constant negative curvature and positive definite metric.

*Whoever told you that the space with pseudo-metric with signature $(-,+)$ was "the hyperbolic plane" was very misleading. It is a space with 0 curvature where the points at fixed distance from a given point are hyperbolas.

*The hyperbolic plane has a connection to spaces with non definite positive metrics in the respect that one can embed the full hyperbolic plane in such a space, and not in a satisfactory way in a 3d Euclidean space.

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Conference highlights ADE Friday
With only one week to go, before we all gather in Amsterdam to talk and enjoy electronic music in all its forms, we would like to give you an overview of emerging topics and key insights in our conference program.
Following up on the conference highlights of Wednesday and Thursday we continue, with a list of must hear and sees on ADE Friday.
Day three of our conference provides a new day of ADE at DeLaMar theater, having ADE Pro with a focus on clubbing, gaming and more. ADE Green will make its first appearance on Friday this year and we also see the return of ADE Beats at De Melkweg, covering everything in the hip-hop and beats scene. ADE Sound Lab will continue with workshops, MusicTalks and its Gearlab, while ADE University will have its last day at Generator Hotel.
Putting it all in perspective: 100 Years of Electronic Music Instruments
We are finishing our conference with 100 years of instruments initiator Allard Krijger, because it was 100 years ago that the first electronic musical instrument was invented. Arguably something to discuss but we took the invention of the theremin as point zero. Krijger is an independent multidisciplinary artist from Eindhoven, who usually operates under the radar, under the name of 'FRAKnoise' which means something like 'undefined scattering'. Also being a thereminist he will present this instrument, its history, its use and its unique sound. The talk will also touch on the history and development of electronic music and musical instruments in general. To illustrate the uniqueness of the Instrument he will play a few pieces, after which the public can have a try at this dauntingly difficult to master instrument.
Clubs at the Centre of our Scene
Clubs are the very centre of our scene, they gave birth to it and remain an important pillar of our night culture. ADE Pro presents a series of three topics on Friday, starting with The Future of Clubbing to back with How to Stay Relevant where we dive deep in to future club design, latest technology developments and the ever changing audience. In What Does Clubbing Do to a City? we look at the broader sociological impact of clubs and especially what night culture does to a city. A thriving night life is what many cities want, but not so many offer.
Intersection Of Music, Gaming & Culture - Tapping Into the Millions of Gamers Globally
The panel will explore why the $43.8 billion a year gaming market is now one of the most important mediums for music and brands to tap into in today's entertainment landscape. The panel will also explore why the global gaming industry is experiencing massive growth and how artists, labels, and brands can authentically tap into the over 211 million US gamers that are playing online, mobile or console video games daily.
The Afro House Power House
While dance music has been popular in South Africa for decades, recently we have seen the rise of a sound and a scene that is on the verge of conquering the world: Afro House. From underground clubs to festival main stages it is slowly becoming the biggest sound around. Mixmag's Global Editorial Director Nick DeCosemo, who spent a number of months living in South Africa this year, brings together some key figures from the South African dance music scene to talk about the rise of Afro House and what happens next.
From Accra to Roc Nation and beyond at ADE Beats
ADE Beats' full-blooded program at the Melkweg, is one big highlight for everything from hip-hop to beats. You definitely don't want to miss the Q&A with Roc Nation's Co-President and Head of A&R Omar Grant, the entertainment company founded by hip-hop legend JAY Z. British born Ghanaian producer and DJ Juls has been busy shaping the sound of the future over the past few years,, and during his Q&A at ADE Beats, Juls will discuss how Accra and the U.K. shaped him as producer, his unique role in the successful African pop music scene, and go deep on how he developed his extremely influential sound as a producer.
The Art Of Activism And The Activism Of Art at ADE Green
Music has always been tied with idealism and the loud expression of ideas. And of course the music industry has global reach and can use that to unleash imagination and passion like few other forms. It produces role models, dreams and questions, which – in theory at least – could be bringing us all towards working for a better future for all life on earth. In this panel, we will explore the different ways we can campaign through music, arts, and events. How does one form a movement at scale and make a real and lasting impact? What makes a good campaign and what strategies prove successful? How do we empower audiences, the media and ultimately our governments, to take action? And how do we transform that action into real and enduring change?
MusicTalks with Charlotte de Witte at ADE Sound Lab
In this ADE MusicTalk Charlotte will tell the story of her love affair with electronic music, her inspirations both from her home country and abroad, how performing under her own name brought her a new freedom to play and create, the challenges of being one of the hardest-touring DJs on the planet, what she's learned about running a label and finding and nurturing new artists, the importance (and the drawbacks) of maintaining an authentic voice on social media - and how her meteoric rise to DJ superstardom has changed her life forever.
Vibrant Club Scene at Asia Konnekt at the Balie
Tokyo is a haven for music lovers. Whether it's jazz, classical, disco or techno, the city has countless venues catering to all kinds of tastes. The metropolis is teeming with hidden spots just waiting to be discovered. At Asia Konnekt we get to know the people behind Tokyo's most vibrant clubs including Womb and Vent, how the latter built its revolutionary sound system, and how Japan takes hi-fi to another level.
20 Years of Q-Dance at ADE University
Wouter Tavecchio is what you call a true entrepreneur. In 1998 he Founded Q-Dance, the biggest festival brand in The Netherlands. After merging with ID&T in 2006 he became CEO of the resulting company until it was sold in 2012. Bringing people together to celebrate life has always been a thread running through Wouters' work. Not only in the festival industry, but also by helping people find their inner peace at the spiritual retreat centre Mandali that he built in Italy. In this talk Tavecchio will tell you all about his fascinating life - and crucially, this will not be to talk about his successes, but his failures, struggles and bumpy roads he's traversed as an entrepreneur and how they helped him, and can help you, learn to do better business.
DIADROMÍ by Heleen Blanken
DIADROMÍ is an installation that portrays the refinement of a system. It creates a symbiosis between five small greenhouses. They function as a whole, drawing a relation between phenomena. Together the greenhouses represent an enclosed circular system portraying different stages of an ecosystem, mimicking the cause and effect of synergy. It symbolises the impact of growing ecological instability and the effect of various natural forces, highlighting our human search to shift our perspective. The effect of the last greenhouse in the system is not interfering with the cycle and is left open for interpretation. Heleen Blanken: 'The only sustainable model that flawlessly and continuously functions is the natural world itself. When you look closely at this construct, it's absolutely astonishing. It becomes apparent we have to become part of this structure, unify and show more compassion towards nature.'
The World According To José Woldring
The return of a classic format at ADE Pro. This year the stage is given to José Woldring, founder and CEO of The Media Nanny, one of the most prominent PR agencies in the global dance scene, to host a one hour talk with her invitees. Trying to answer the question that every artist, creative, and industry person has to deal with; how to stay relevant in a fast moving entertainment industry? She will explore this topic with three top industry professionals, discussing experiences, do's and don'ts plus career strategies to maximise your job long term and stay relevant at the same time.
Explore the full conference program trough here.
Conference highlights ADE Wednesday
Selection of ADE conference speakers
Allard Krijger (NL)
Cana Hatsushiba (JP)
Charlotte de Witte (BE)
Clare Coghill (GB)
Eli Goldstein (US)
Heather Shaw (US)
Heleen Blanken (NL)
Hito (JP)
José Woldring (NL)
Juls (GH)
Katarzyna Czechowska (PL)
Marc Lankreijer (NL)
Mauricio Soares (BR)
Nick DeCosemo (GB)
Omar Grant (US)
Peter Martin (US)


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István Eiben (21 December 1902 – 23 October 1958) was a Hungarian cinematographer.

Selected filmography
 Oliver Twist (1919)
 Number 111 (1919)
 Hyppolit, the Butler (1931)
 The Old Scoundrel (1932)
 The Verdict of Lake Balaton (1932)
 Flying Gold (1932)
 Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933)
 The Racokzi March (1933)
 And the Plains Are Gleaming (1933)
 Scandal in Budapest (1933)
 Romance of Ida (1934)
 Peter (1934)
 A Night in Venice (1934)
 Everything for the Woman (1934)
 Emmy (1934)
 Spring Parade (1934)
 Villa for Sale (1935)
 Ball at the Savoy (1935)
 Little Mother (1935)
 Half-Rate Honeymoon (1936)
 Fräulein Veronika (1936)
 Where the Lark Sings (1936)
 Mother (1937)
 Number 111 (1938)
 The Woman at the Crossroads (1938)
 Roxy and the Wonderteam (1938)
 Rézi Friday (1938)
 Magda Expelled (1938)
 Azurexpress (1938)
 Marika (1938)
 Landslide (1940)
 One Night in Transylvania (1941)
 Mask in Blue (1943)
 Renee XIV (1946, uncompleted)
 Mickey Magnate (1949)
 Janika (1949)
 A Glass of Beer (1955)

Bibliography
 Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

1902 births
1958 deaths
Hungarian film directors
Film people from Budapest
Hungarian Jews
Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery


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Catasetum pohlianum är en orkidéart som beskrevs av P.Castro och Marcos Antonio Campacci. Catasetum pohlianum ingår i släktet Catasetum och familjen orkidéer. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Etihad Airways completes global fashion sponsorship programme
Amber Valetta at New York fashion Week with Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways has successfully completed the sponsorship of its first six Fashion Weeks, in partnership with WME | IMG.
Etihad Airways' support of global fashion began with Fashion Weeks in Sydney, Berlin and Mumbai, culminating with the three major Fashion Weeks in New York, London and Milan.
Patrick Pierce, Etihad Airways vice president sponsorship, said: "Our custom partnerships with global Fashion Weeks began in style, with inspirational activations taking place across Europe, Asia and Australia, coupled with unique designer collaborations in each location.
"This alignment is a natural one for our commercial business, but also presents significant brand visibility and advocacy opportunities.
"It also gives us valuable access to influencers, opinion leaders, media and other stakeholders within the industry, in a manner previously not possible."
The long-term sponsorship represents an ideal fit for the airline, building a strong link between the quality of the Etihad Airways brand and the ever-evolving fashion industry.
The partnership allows the airline to boost its reputation as a provider of world-leading service, hospitality, design and style through the unique association, by promoting passenger and cargo services to the industry in markets which are strategically important to Etihad Airways and the Etihad Airways Partner airlines.
To celebrate the opening of New York Fashion Week, Etihad Airways flew a NYFW-branded Airbus A380 from Abu Dhabi to New York's JFK International Airport on September 8th 2016.
Upon the aircraft's arrival, the airline staged a photo shoot in the Etihad Airways First and Business Class Lounge with supermodel Amber Valetta, who features prominently in Jimmy Choo's 20th anniversary campaign.
La Perle by Dragone set for debut in Dubai
Griffin Technology launches new premium cables
Etihad Airways expects to welcome over 1.5 million passengers over the winter break
Etihad Airways and World Energy collaborate to demonstrate the future of net-zero aviation
Etihad Airways and Armani/Casa launch world-first luxury partnership
Etihad Airways has appointed Simon Newton-Smith as Vice President of the Americas
Etihad Airways launches inaugural flight to Guangzhou
Etihad Airways to host Arab Air Carriers' Organization AGM
Visitors to the capital get a warm welcome from Warner Bros. World™ Abu Dhabi and Etihad Airways
Etihad named Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East
Puerto Rico Reflects on 2022 as Strongest Year in Tourism History


When you think of destination weddings you tend to picture a beach and palm trees... and that's exactly why Alycia and CJ chose to get married in the mountains of Colorado; they wanted to mix it up! Alycia visited Steamboat Springs on a business trip years early and she loved the sweet little town and thought it would make for the perfect location for her small, low-key wedding to CJ. Alycia and CJ actually live in different cities; Alycia in Houston and CJ in Chicago, so a third, neutral location for their wedding was a great choice. While it wasn't the typically snowy scene one might expect from a Colorado mountain location, the massive log home and stone and wood church where the ceremony and reception were held made for a warm and cozy setting. Since music is a huge part of CJ's life, his friends who happen to be world renowned musicians serenaded the small crowd with a private concert that had everyone singing along. It was a completely unique experience for us and everyone absolutely loved it. Some of the catering staff even stayed long after their shift ended so they could listen to the show. My personal favourite was their rendition of Elton John's Daniel, which they improvised to modify the lyrics to make it about a photographer. I don't think Daniel's ever been personally serenaded at a wedding before!
We often brag about the keenness of our couples to trek through less than ideal terrain for their day-after portraits, but I think Alycia and CJ deserve extra shout-outs for trekking through feet and feet of snow... in the cold... AND the rain, for just a handful of portraits! CJ and Daniel both rocked some Moon Boots for the occasion, and Daniel took one for the team (the team being he and I, as I was several months pregnant) when he unexpectedly fell waist-deep into a pile of snow, got one of his boots stuck and had to shovel it out with his bare hands! It was an adventure, to say the least!
We certainly felt the weekend vacation vibe that Alycia and CJ were hoping for, and it was a pleasure to spend a few days in the quaint town of Steamboat Springs to celebrate this couple in a really unique and down-to-earth way. Thank you for inviting us along, Alycia and CJ!
On this blog, I get the opportunity to express how special the couples we photograph are, and how much we value the bond that we build with them. This post is particularly unique and special to me, as I have been building a bond with this bride for almost 27 years. Magali and I are cousins, but we are so much more than that; we have been constant friends since we were born. Our parents tell us that we traded our pacifiers and got into trouble together (like the time we climbed onto the kitchen table and ate butter), and our friendship continued throughout our teenage years and into adulthood. I probably share more embarrassing memories and inside jokes with her than with anyone else in the world, and we know each other better than almost anyone. So when Stefan came around when we were just 18, I wasn't too sure what to make of him... he had a lot to live up to! But it wasn't too long before this goofy and silly little man made his way into our hearts too, and it's been pretty hard to imagine one of them without the other ever since. It is obvious to anyone who meets these two: they are simply perfect for each other. With Stefan, Magi is the person I have always known and loved: vivacious, happy, and a worthy opponent to her new husband in the 'silly and goofy' category. Stepping back from photography for their special day was a tough task for me, but I knew their wedding memories would be in Daniel's capable hands, as well as those of our associate photographers at Grey Sparrow, Marie-Christine and Jean-Michel. So on a cold winter's day in Montreal, Magali and Stefan stuck to their guns and lived out their dream of an outdoor winter ceremony. Stefan had us all laughing and crying as he shouted out his vows, consisting of lyrics from their favorite songs, for the entire park to hear. The band Minuit, featuring both my father and Magali's, made their second appearance in two years at the reception (the last time was at our wedding in Mexico), and their music ensured that guests never left the dance floor. With MC and JM there, Daniel was more than willing to put his camera down and join the party. As a final personal, musical touch, my sister Arielle and Magali's father led the couple's first dance with a sweet rendition of the Civil Wars' I've Got This Friend.
It was an honor to stand along side one of my best friends as she married a man who we just cannot imagine her without, and I know that it was a pleasure for Daniel, MC and JM to document it. Thanks for being in our lives, Magali and Stefan. We love you so very much!
You can browse through some of our favorite moments from their wedding by clicking on the arrows above. Many of these images were made by Marie-Christine Genero and Jean-Michel Lacombe of Grey Sparrow studio.


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Russia launching 520-day Mars mission simulation
MOSCOW – A manned mission to Mars may be decades away, but an international team of researchers will try to experience what one might be like by locking themselves up in a windowless capsule for a year-and-half — the time needed for a roundtrip to the red planet.
The all-male crew of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian-Colombian and a Chinese won't endure weightlessness, but from Thursday they will live for 520 days in the spartan conditions of a mock spaceship and follow a harsh regimen of experiments and exercise.
The main task of the Mars-500 experiment is to study the effects of long isolation to help a real space crew of the future cope better with stress and fatigue.
"When everybody interacts with the same people in the same space, habits and behavior become apparent very quickly. These habits may irritate and cause indignation — and even fits of aggression," said Mikhail Baryshev, a psychotherapist who is connected to the program.
The facility built for the experiment comprises several interconnected modules with a total volume of 550 cubic meters (about 20,000 cubic feet) and a separate built-in imitator of Mars surface for the mock landing.
The researchers will communicate with the outside world via Internet, delayed and occasionally disrupted to imitate the effects of space travel. They will eat canned food similar to that currently offered on the International Space Station and take a shower once every 10 days — mimicking space conditions. The crew will have two days off in a week, except when emergencies are simulated.
The Russian 520 experiment is a joint venture with Ikea. Ikea has been determined as the best company to assist in simulating living in cramped conditions creating irritational and indignate behavior.
Tags:Ikea, Mission to Mars, Russia


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Celebration Strength: Sewing to Save
You can find Katie Lizana on Instagram as Ms_Polka_Dottie. It's a name that pays homage to her grandmother, Dottie, who Katie says was the seamstress in the family. Katie even still has some of her vintage sewing needles! But now, the third-generation watchmaker is following in her grandmother's footsteps, sewing thousands of what she calls ear savers for health care professionals in her spare time.
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"When the pandemic first started, I was reading about nurses and doctors with raw and sometimes bleeding ears and red faces from wearing masks for so long or doubling up on them and causing them so much pain," says Katie. "Like so many others, I felt helpless. I knew there had to be something I could do."
With help from her product-testing neighbor, who is a nurse, Katie began working on an ear-saving prototype. The first one was made from ripped-up bed sheets sewn together with buttons. "When I gave it to my neighbor, she said it worked! I knew I was on to something."
A Small Act Can Change Lives
The next version was made from strong ribbon and buttons, forming a soft strap that could attach to the mask. She gave a few to her neighbor and started posting about them on Instagram. That was all it took for the idea to take off. Doctors, trauma nurses and other medical professionals started reaching out about getting ear savers for their teams. Katie received messages from all over the country. If the first responders were local, she'd leave a bag of ear savers somewhere close for them to pick up. She would even leave the mask attachments at various locations, such as a fence at the YMCA or outside at a local school, for people to grab as they passed by.
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"Most people didn't want them just for themselves, they wanted them for everyone in their unit," she says. "And I even got a few custom requests for specific ribbon colors."
The most amazing part about Katie's new hobby is that she has never accepted any money for the products. She stopped counting, but she estimates that she has made thousands of ear savers and sent them to close to 100 different hospitals nationwide.
"A couple of people insisted on paying, and I just could not take the money," says Katie. "I was at home feeling helpless. These people are going to work every day putting their lives on the line. I had the luxury to switch my watchmaking company to a home-based business, and I felt very lucky – even though it was a tough transition. This has made me feel useful."
Giving back is nothing new for Katie. Her paying career is making watches for people with special needs. She makes vibrating watches for people who are deaf or have bladder and kidney issues and need medication reminders. In her spare time, besides making ear savers sometimes at all hours of the night, she is also a passionate volunteer at her local Kiwanis Club where she serves as president, takes part in coastal clean-up efforts, organizes local drive-in movies and then donates the proceeds to charity and fundraises for the South Florida Mobile School Pantry and Project Alive. Oh, and she's also married with three teenage stepdaughters and one 5-year-old son!
Related: Celebrating Strength: A Teacher's True Calling
"Giving back gives me purpose," Katie says as tears filled her eyes. "When I send out a batch of ear savers and get pictures back from an entire ward at a hospital, it makes me happy and makes me feel like I am doing a small part. People are always searching for the path to true happiness in life, and time and time again, I have found the only thing that really makes people happy is doing something for someone else."
Katie was nominated by two peers, including one who doesn't even know her but received her ear savers, for our "CGI Heroes: Celebrating Strength" contest. To show our gratitude and commitment to the community, we launched the contest to recognize four other area residents who have gone above and beyond to help others with a $2,000 cash prize. Katie is the second winner.
Related: Who Is Your Community Hero?
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. EDT. To nominate a deserving resident of South Florida who has demonstrated a commitment to assisting others, visit our Celebrating Strength site.


Family practitioners are on the front lines of this battle.
Here's what we can do now.
We should pause before prescribing drugs that can alter our microbiome in complex and only partially understood ways.
Less well known is that gut bacteria can promote or inhibit extraintestinal infections.
Gut bacteria and HIV. In early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, for example, gut populations of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria are reduced, and the gut barrier becomes compromised.24 Increasing translocation of bacterial products is associated with HIV disease progression. Preservation of Lactobacillus populations in the gut is associated with markers predictive of better HIV outcomes, including a higher CD4 count, a lower viral load, and less evidence of gut microbial translocation.24 This underscores the importance of maintaining a healthy gut flora in patients with HIV, using such steps as avoiding unnecessary antibiotics.
Gut bacteria and stress, depression. Antibiotics directly induce the expression of key genes that affect the stress response.25 While causative studies are lacking, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the gut microbiome is involved in 2-way communication with the brain and can affect, and be affected by, stress and depression.21,26-30 Diseases and conditions that seem to have a putative connection to a disordered microbiome (dysbiosis) include depression, anxiety, Crohn's disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
Although additional studies are needed to confirm these findings, the evidence collected thus far should make us all pause before prescribing drugs that can alter our microbiome in complex and only partially understood ways.
The issues created by the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics have been known for decades, and multiple attempts have been made to find solutions and implement change. Although some small successes have occurred, little overall progress has been made in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the general population. A historical review of why physicians prescribe antibiotics inappropriately and the interventions that have successfully reduced this prescribing may prove valuable as we continue to look for new, effective answers.
Monthly emails to physicians comparing their prescribing habits to peers and top performers reduced inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections.
Patients and parents reported higher satisfaction with physicians who explained why antibiotics were not indicated vs physicians who simply prescribed them.
Does prescribing antibiotics affect patient satisfaction?
A more recent study found that higher antibiotic prescribing practices in Britain were associated with modestly higher patient satisfaction ratings.39 The authors of this study noted, however, that reduced antibiotic prescribing may be a proxy for other practice patterns that affected satisfaction ratings.
There is strong evidence that when physicians decrease antibiotic prescribing, antimicrobial resistance follows suit.
David C. Fiore, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Brigham Bldg, MS 316, Reno, NV 89557; dfiore@medicine.nevada.edu.
22. Lessa FC, Gould CV, McDonald CL. Current status of Clostridium difficile infection epidemiology. Clin Infect Dis.2012;55(Suppl 2):S65-S70.
24. Pérez-Santiago J, Gianella S, Massanella M, et al. Gut lactobacillales are associated with higher CD4 and less microbial translocation during HIV infection. AIDS.2013;27:1921-1931.
37. Belongia EA, Sullivan BJ, Chyou PH, et al. A community intervention trial to promote judicious antibiotic use and reduce penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniaecarriage in children. Pediatrics. 2001;108:575-583.
43. Baur D, Gladstone BP, Burkert F, et al. Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficileinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017;17:990-1001.


This week, Radio Cuba Canta offers a special broadcast during KPFA's summer fund drive, including the music of Peruchín, Orquesta Melodias del 40, Casino de la Playa, Nelo Sosa, and Conjunto Matamoros, as well as Cuban Jazz sounds from Chucho Valdez and Irakere, Tata Guines and Walfredo de los Reyes with Ricardo Abreu of Los Papines.
For your support to the station, also offer tickets to the Bay Area appearance of Orquesta Aragon on Friday, August 13th at Zellerbach Hall (at the U.C. Berkeley Campus). Please call and become a member today, or pledge on-line at www.kpfa.org.