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Le Rugby club vannetais, aussi appelé sous nom d'usage Rugby club Vannes, couramment abrégé RC Vannes et RCV, est un club français de rugby à XV basé à Vannes dans le Morbihan. Il évolue en 2022-2023 en Pro D2.

Fondé en 1950, il devient lors de la saison 2016-2017 le premier club breton à évoluer au niveau professionnel en raison de sa montée en Pro D2.

Depuis son accession au niveau professionnel, le club sportif se divise en deux entités : le Rugby club Vannes Sud Bretagne en tant que société anonyme sportive professionnelle, et le Rugby club vannetais en tant qu'association sportive.

Le Rugby club vannetais évolue au stade de la Rabine, depuis la saison 2015-2016, et s'entraîne au stade Jo-Courtel, ancien camp de base du RC Vannes.

Historique
Fondé le , le Rugby club vannetais parvient, en 1953, en demi-finale du championnat de France honneur puis il est contraint de se mettre en sommeil, faute de joueurs et d'adversaires, la guerre d'Indochine prenant beaucoup d'hommes.

Recréé en 1962, il est promu en troisième division en 1970 et s'y maintient jusqu'en 1980 où il est rétrogradé en championnat honneur régional.

En 1981, qualifié pour le championnat de France honneur, il retrouve la  en éliminant l'US Berry.

En 1997, le RC Vannes accède enfin à la , en éliminant le Stade hendayais, qui deviendra  fédérale après la création d'un championnat professionnel en 2000.

Après une saison 2000-2001 difficile en  fédérale où le club termine  de poule après une victoire détonante à Évreux 20 à 0. Lors de la saison 2001-2002, il termine  de poule, place qui lui permet de disputer, pour la première fois, les play-off pour accéder à la Fédérale 1.

En 2006, le RC Vannes accède à la Fédérale 1.

Montée en Pro D2
En 2015, l'ambition déclarée des dirigeants est la Pro D2. Lors de la demi-finale aller, le , le RCV s'impose sur la pelouse de Massy 32 à 31. Pour le match retour, le , Vannes bat Massy 25 à 13 au stade de la Rabine et accède donc à la Pro D2, une grande première pour un club breton depuis l'avènement du professionnalisme dans le rugby.

À la suite de l'accession du club au niveau professionnel, ce dernier se divise en deux entités : le Rugby Club Vannes Sud Bretagne est créé en tant que Société anonyme sportive professionnelle, tandis que le Rugby club vannetais subsiste en tant qu'association sportive.

En , Olivier Cloarec est élu président de la SASP tandis que François Cardron, qui occupait ce poste jusqu'alors, devient le directeur général. Il est remplacé en  par Martin Michel, ancien capitaine de l'équipe de Fédérale 1, à ce poste.

Demi-finaliste de Pro D2 (2019)
Le  au stade de la Rabine le RCV s'impose contre le Stade montois en barrages sur un score de 50-10 et se qualifie en demi-finale face au CA Brive le  au stade Amédée-Domenech. Vannes est éliminé par les Brivistes (défaite 20-40).

Demi-finaliste de Pro D2 (2021)

Vannes termine deuxième au classement de Pro D2. Le club se qualifie encore, deux ans plus tard, en demi-finale de Pro D2 2021 contre le Biarritz olympique. Vannes échoue de peu contre les Basques (33-34).
Le club breton se renforce en recrutant le demi de mêlée international sud-africain Rudy Paige.

En 2022, le club termine à la onzième place du Championnat à l'issue de la saison régulière échouant ainsi à se qualifier pour les barrages.

Identité visuelle

Couleurs et maillots
Pour la saison 2017-2018, le RCV joue en bleu rayé blanc à domicile, et en blanc à l'extérieur. Le logo du géant de la grande distribution, Intermarché, sponsor du club se trouve sur la face avant du maillot, tandis que celui du groupe agroalimentaire Daucy se trouve dans le dos.

Logo
Le premier logo du club remonterait environ aux années 1954 et 1955.

En 1970, un logo est apposé sur les maillots du club, alors équipé par Adidas ; il sert d'inspiration en 2020 pour célébrer les 70 ans du club.

À l'occasion du dernier match de la saison 2021-2022, le , un nouveau logo est instauré. Blasonné, il est constitué de deux formes ovales entremêlées incluant les traits de la tête d'une hermine, animal emblème de la Bretagne.

Bilan par saison

Personnalités du club

Effectif professionnel 2022-2023

Joueurs emblématiques

Entraîneurs

Présidents
 1950-? :  M. Philippon
 1993 -  :  Alain Berthe
  -  :  François Coville
  -  :  François Cardron
 Depuis  :  Olivier Cloarec

Évolution du budget

Structures du club

Stade

Soutien et image

Supporters
Début 2017, la première association de supporters du club, affiliée à la Fédération française des supporters du rugby, est créée. Elle prend le nom de « Erminig Glas » — « l'Hermine bleue » en breton — et a un espace à la tribune Nord, .

À la suite d'une consultation en ligne pour la Nuit du rugby, le RC Vannes termine en 2017 à la troisième marche du podium pour le titre de meilleur public, derrière deux clubs de Top 14. L'année suivante, le club remporte le titre.

Médias

Partenaires, équipementiers et sponsors

Partenaires Premium

 Intermarché
 Groupe d'aucy
 Nestenn by Avis Immobilier
 Société bretonne de volailles

Partenaires institutionnels

 Ville de Vannes
 Région Bretagne
 Département du Morbihan
 Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes agglomération

Équipementiers
En 2014, le club annonce que la marque Kappa est le nouvel équipementier officiel.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes


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La Fageda del Retaule és un bosc de faigs situat dins el Parc Natural dels Ports. És la fageda més meridional dels Països Catalans i de la península ibèrica. Sobreviu en el barranc del retaule, enmig de les Vallcaneres.

En aquest bosc caducifoli, en molt poc espai, hi conviuen multitud d'espècies i atresora dos arbres monumentals colossals, de més de 400 anys: el Faig Pare i el Pi Gros.

Referències

Boscs de Catalunya
Geografia de la Sénia

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Malawicze Dolne – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie sokólskim, w gminie Sokółka.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa białostockiego.
Objęta przez Radę Miejską w  Sokółce Planem Odnowy.

Wierni kościoła rzymskokatolickiego należą do parafii św. Antoniego Padewskiego w Sokółce.

Obiekty zabytkowe
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Zobacz też
 Malawicze Dolne (gromada)
 Malawicze Górne
 Dwór Molawica

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Sokółka (gmina)


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Burton event a big hit in Vail
Scott Miller
smiller@vaildaily.com
Getty Image photographer credit: Jason Behr
VAIL, Colorado – Barry Davis said the evening of March 2 felt pretty easy at his place – Bol, in the Solaris building. "But it only felt easy because of Friday," Davis said.
Davis said his place would have had a busy weekend with or without the Burton U.S. Open Snowboard Championships – it is March, after all, the time when businesses in Vail expect big crowds. But the Burton event just made the weekend that much busier, Davis said.
The snowboarding events drew thousands. Vail Town Council member Margaret Rogers was at the event site Saturday and said lots of people were gathered at the halfpipe. But, Rogers said, a lot of those people ended up in the village, too. And even more people came to the Friday concert featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Macklemore is one of the hottest acts in music at the moment, thanks to the massive YouTube success of the song "Thrift Shop," which has been viewed more than 130 million times so far.
Macklemore is young and good-looking, which means he's a draw for teenage girls, many of whom came to Vail Friday just for a look at the latest heartthrob on the scene.
"I had dads calling from Denver, wondering where to park and what to do," Davis said.
The combination of an already-busy weekend, fresh snow, the snowboard event and a hot musician added up to a crowd bigger than any James Deighan had seen before in Vail Village. Deighan is one of the partners in Highline Sports and Entertainment, an event promotion company that's been working in the Vail Valley since the early 1990s.
Deighan said the Macklemore show – which was actually booked by the Burton people – was unique in that it brought in a musician at just about the peak of his current fame – the next night Macklemore was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live."
"We've had people win Grammys between the time we booked them and the time they appeared, but nothing like this," Deighan said. "We could just about have moved it to Ford Park."
The weekend brought a variety of visitors to town, too. Rogers said she saw a village sandwich shop, Big Bear Bistro, buzzing at lunchtime Saturday. Later that day, Rogers was part of a group that had dinner at Mastuhisa, which was also very busy.
"People were having a great time," Rogers said of the crowds she saw. "It was just a really great, family atmosphere."
Deighan echoed those comments. So how many people were really in Vail for the Friday concert? Deighan wouldn't venture a guess, but the short answer is "a lot."
That made for happy merchants – Yeti's Grind co-owner Tara Picklo said she saw a "huge influx of business" – and at least one happy town council member.
The town of Vail put roughly $400,000 into the Burton event. That money was well-spent, Rogers said.
"It really was a home run," she said, adding that promoters traditionally ask for smaller donations as events become more successful over time.
"Hopefully they can rely less and less on us for funding," she said.
Business Editor Scott N. Miller can be reached at 970-748-2930 or smiller@vaildaily.com.

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What on earth is an 'Earth Protector Community'?
Fiona Hayes November, 2020
The year was 1970, the place Washington DC. A Yale Professor, Arthur Galston, addressed the Conference on War and National Responsibility. He was devastated that his 1943 PhD work that focused on finding a chemical means to make soybeans flower and fruit earlier, had been used by biological warfare scientists at Fort Detrick to develop the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange,
Galston proposed a new international agreement to ban massive damage and destruction of ecosystems that he called 'Ecocide'.
In 1972 at the United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, Olof Palme then Prime Minister of Sweden, spoke explicitly of the Vietnam War as an Ecocide; and it was discussed in the unofficial events running parallel to the official UN Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. Others also called for Ecocide to be an international crime, including Indira Gandhi from India and Tang Ke, the leader of the Chinese delegation. A Working Group on Crimes Against the Environment was formed at the conference, and a draft Ecocide Convention was submitted into the United Nations.
In 1973 there was growing support from government, the United Nations and communities, to amend the Rome Statute to include Ecocide as the fifth International crime to stand alongside the crime of Genocide.
Now a local to global grassroots movement is calling for communities to ask the question, "How would we live our lives if the crime of Ecocide was already included in the Rome Statute? How would we work towards becoming regenerative communities facilitating the transition from harm to harmony?"
The vision, which was conceived by Barrister Polly Higgins, who in 2010 submitted the definition to the UN Law Commission, is a thriving network of resilient and regenerative communities, in harmony with the earth's ecosystems.
Cities, towns, villages, educational institutions, businesses and other organisations, can declare themselves Earth Protector Communities and work together to protect the land, wildlife, air, soil and water.
An exceptional example of this has a presence right here on the island of Ireland.
When Ray Anderson, founder of the carpet manufacturer Interface, read 'The Ecology of Commerce' by Paul Hawken, he was so moved as to set up a task force to create his company's environmental vision.
In his book, Hawken argues that the industrial system is destroying the planet and only industry leaders are powerful enough to stop it.
In 1994 Interface, set their mission to eliminate any negative impact they may have on the environment by the year 2020. This meant redesigning of processes and products, pioneering of new technologies, reducing or eliminating waste and harmful emissions, while increasing the use of renewable materials and sources of energy.
Many thought it an outrageous ambition, however not only did they achieve this ahead of target, every flooring product they offer being 100 per cent carbon neutral, but they have set a new mission. They state on their website, "It's no longer enough to limit the damage we do, but to think about reversing it. We want to restore our planet and leave a positive impact."
What Ray Anderson had recognised, is that Nature is our life support system and that for years we have been mortgaging the wellbeing of future generations to create a 'fast buck'. This is not only about climate change; this is about social health, mental health, spiritual health and indeed, is about human rights and intergenerational justice.
There is indeed urgency!
The Houses of the Oireachtas/RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate in November 2019 brought 157 students from across Ireland to the Dáil Chamber to discuss how Ireland needs to address the climate crisis, establish the next urgent steps for Ireland and present them to the nation.
They drew up a series of recommendations, including a ban on the import of fracked energy goods and a commitment to invest solely in renewables, a tiered tax on emissions from large companies and legal moves to outlaw 'acts of Ecocide'.
Bringing together these students fits entirely within the vision of the Earth Community Trust, which believes that a key step in the transition towards regenerative community is bringing together all stakeholders in local areas (villages, towns, cities, businesses, universities) to openly and creatively participate in changing the way we live, learn and work together.
In a top down, bottom up approach they also endorse campaigns which support the ongoing legal and diplomatic work to make Ecocide an international crime.
What would it look like if we lived our lives AS IF the Law of Ecocide was already in existence?
The time is now for global co-operation on local system change initiatives for community resilience. What better way to show our politicians that we demand full political support for change, than to start to live that change in our communities?
The hardest part of this is to get started; and yet many organisations that have already set up, organisations like Tidy Towns, Zero Waste, Cork Climate Action, UCC Environmental Society, Irish Environmental Network, Cork Cycling Campaign, BirdWatch Ireland, Bantry Bay – Protect Our Native Kelp Forest, Streamscapes, Fridays for Future, Eco Congregation Ireland and many, many others, are already working towards intergenerational and ecological health.
Seeing all these communities as a meshwork of change, all part of creating an Earth Protector Community throughout Ireland starts to create critical mass; creates a compelling argument that cannot be ignored by policy makers and politicians.
What would it be like if we lived our lives AS IF the Law of Ecocide was already in existence?
If you are interested in helping Cork City become an Earth Protector Community mailto:shepearthaware@gmail.com
If you are interested in helping create Earth Protector Communities in West Cork, mailto:irelandearthprotector@gmail.com
To learn more about Earth Protector Communities go to earthprotectorcommunities.net
To learn more about the Law of Ecocide go to
www.endecocide.eu or
www.stopecocide.earth/become
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Fiona Hayes
Permaculture Principals 10 and 11: 'Use and Value Diversity' and 'Use Edges and Value the Marginal'
This month as we near the end of our yearlong exploration into what Permaculture can offer to our conversation around 'Cool Clon' and the future of our communities in West Cork, we are looking at the two principals, which go hand-in-hand. 'Use and Value Diversity' and 'Use Edges and Value […]
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Britain keeps up pressure on Tehran to save woman from stoning
Thursday August 19 2010, 1.01am, The Times
Britain is to keep up the pressure over an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death — despite Iran's warning to Western nations to stop interfering in its affairs.
After a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador, Rasoul Movahedian, Alistair Burt, a Foreign Office minister, said: "I hope Iran recognises that international scrutiny will not dissipate with time — the British Government is committed to raising these issues regularly and ensuring that those unfairly persecuted in Iran are not ignored."
The Foreign Office said that the way in which Iranian authorities were conducting the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was "indicative of a continued unwillingness" to follow even their own judicial standards and due process.
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Sovinj-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Sovīnj-e Soflá; also known as Sovīch-e Pā'īn) is a village in Barvanan-e Gharbi Rural District, Torkamanchay District, Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 331, in 72 families.

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Most people who know of Nim Ben-Reuven, follow him as the letterist whose sensibility can sometimes be a little bit peculiar. The occasional ultra nihilist phrases set in dissonantly beautiful gilt lettering would be a prime example. Those who know him a little bit better know that this wee picadillo is just the surface of a well of manic imaginative brilliance that takes the form of everything from a life dedicated to pranking to fully realized cartoon worlds, and most recently to Nim's popular "My Life" series. The series which is now approaching episode 6 features a cardboard half Nim half robot figure who is constantly getting his head smacked off in the course of trying to live the life of a normal creative professional. Originally aired on Instagram, these bite size nugs are cleverly contemporary in both form and content. And as a special treat, Nim did a special "2001 a Space Odyssey"-themed "My Life" collaboration with your faithful author for Ravelin.
You're a graphic designer and Letterist. How did the "My Life" series emerge from that background?
One could say "My Life" was directly influenced by me being a graphic designer and custom letterer in that there was a time when I had absolutely no work in those fields so I needed to find a way to occupy my mind or else lose it. Making those videos helped me to pretend like I actually had some semblance of work in the creative field. But alongside that, I had also been asked by a few organizations to provide a photo of my studio space as well as some process videos of how I create some of my lettering work. Since most studios look the same (mine is no exception) and most fancy process videos about "makers" bore me to tears, no matter how slo-mo they are or how many dust particles they capture floating in a late-afternoon sunbeam, I wanted to provide something a little different. So then I gathered a bunch of trashed cardboard and started building office-y things out of it.
What are your major influences in terms of sound effects?
There is an episode of Ren & Stimpy I saw many years ago where Stimpy is sitting alone, zombified by the TV and watching cartoons. The sound the TV is making is just an endless string of Hannah Barbera cartoon sound effects. I think that's what got my SFX noodles boiling. I also really like the editing & sound effect style of DJ Dougg Pound.
Does the cardboard character from "My Life" have a name?
It tends to shift from Cardboard-baby to Cardboard-boy to Lil' Nim but it doesn't have an actual name just yet, as it tends not to respond to anything I call it. Like a cat.
The Letterings your Instagram community goes most nuts for often involve pretty negative phrases like, "International Give Up Day," "Nothing Matters," "Mediocrity," "Stay in Bed." What's going on there?
I find motivational messaging to be too ubiquitous to be healthy at this point. Some phrases that the hand-lettering community enjoys to regurgitate over and over tend to make me want to literally regurgitate my breakfast burritos. I feel that marching off into the sunset with smiles stretched onto our botox'd faces, thinking that life is great and all we have to do is hustle harder to achieve our dreams is a profoundly elitist way of looking at the world, especially since a lot of that only really makes sense if you're born in certain countries, communities, economic class, etc. I'm trying to shift the balance just a lil' bit to make room for some of us other folks who want to express things that may not always be the most positive vibez only.
What further adventures do you have planned?
I hope to make more videos, longer videos, some CELEB cameos and make more collapsible and destroyable set pieces out of cardboards. But I'll have to wait until I reach another dry spell of no actual paying work to do that. Which will probably be in a couple days or so.
Here are a couple of my favorites from the "My Life" series. The bulk of the series exists on Nim's ultramodern medium: Instagram.


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A tight relationship exists between unemployment and turnover rates. The huge swing in unemployment bodes well for job seekers. Operators, however, are facing the toughest labor market the industry has seen in years. Between 2012 and 2018, hourly restaurant turnover increased from 100 percent to 115 percent. Management turnover during that same period rose from 26 percent to 38 percent.
Two-thirds (69 percent) of restaurant employees are walking out the door voluntarily. Not only is this costly (the cost of turnover is about $1,900 per hourly employee and $14,000 for a manager), but it has huge implications from a consistency perspective. Maintaining the flow of normalcy for your employees and your customers becomes complicated when 40 percent of hourly employees are walking out the door within 90 days and 36 percent of managers are leaving within the first year (read: Five Reasons Your General Managers are Not Engaged & How to Change It).
The industry has seen upward momentum since the third quarter of 2017 – sales and traffic are trending up. But even with the increase in sales, only 22 percent of companies across the industry are seeing positive traffic. There are a lot of forces at play in terms of where the customers are going, whether they are leaning toward meal delivery kits, shopping for their own groceries or dining at independents.
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Nuevo Vallarta Lights It Up
Vidanta's 46 holes of golf only hint at the splendors awaiting at the Mexican luxury resort group's flagship property.
By Denny Dressman/Photographs courtesy of Grupo Vidanta
DANIEL CHÁVEZ MORÁN is not a golfer, at least not a serious, avid golfer. He's a real estate developer—one of Mexico's 100 most important businesspersons, according to CNN.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate golf or recognize its importance to those who enjoy the sport.
In addition to the more than 30 hotels and resorts he has built in Latin America since founding the real estate consortium Grupo Vidanta in 1974, Chávez Morán is responsible for the largest collection of golf courses in all of Mexico—including four conceived by design firms headed by either Jack Nicklaus or Greg Norman.
Grupo Vidanta operates more than a dozen high-end layouts, including several at many of Mexico's most popular destinations: Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and Puerto Peñasco. The flagship location is Nuevo Vallarta.
Located less than a 20-minute taxi ride north of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, the Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta resort covers 1,700 acres with 1.25 miles of beachfront. The property comprises 25 swimming pools plus a kids' water park and lazy river, 10 hotel buildings, more than 40 restaurants and bars, the outdoor Santuario nightclub, two spas, a gallery and outdoor Mexican market and a two-story shopping plaza. A lavish Cirque du Soleil Theme Park is under construction at a reported cost of nearly a billion dollars. Plans call for the complex to open in 2020.
"People want things to do," Chávez Morán told Forbes magazine in 2016.
That naturally also includes golf on the resort's two 18-hole championship courses—one by Nicklaus and one by Norman—and an innovative Nicklaus-designed 10-hole par three course lighted for night play called The Lakes.
The Nayar Course, a Nicklaus design and the first course built on the property, runs on both sides of the Rio Ameca, which flows into Bahía de Banderas—the "Bay of Flags," so named for the plumes carried by the indigenous tribes who confronted the Spanish conquistadors. Golfers cross Rio Ameca via a one-lane steel suspension bridge that affords a compelling view of the landscape.
Bordered by lush jungle and the Sierra Madre Mountains to the east and the crosswind producing Pacific to the west, Nayar takes its name from El Nayar, territorially the largest municipality in Nuevo's home state of Riviera Nayarit. The course sports seven lakes, measures 6,668 yards from the black tees and 6,153 from the blues, but is a playable 5,681 for those who prefer teeing from the whites. Generous Bermuda fairways give all players room for error. The greens on the par-70 layout are also Bermuda.
The Greg Norman Signature Course lies to the south of the river, with views of the Sierra Madre in the distance and the sights and sounds of nearby Ordaz Díaz International. Here, the greens are salt-tolerant paspalum platinum first generation.
"Norman" measures 7,287 from the tips, 6,793 from the blue tees and 6,221 from the whites. It even has a set of gold (senior) tees that measure 5,748. Vast waste areas and bunkers help make this par-73 layout much more difficult.
The courses get steady play, Director of Golf Jesus Torres notes: 18,000 rounds on Norman and 33,000 rounds on Nayar in a typical year.
Caddies are required at both courses, and the loopers are well worth it—particularly for their ability to read the subtle greens but also for their local knowledge and the camaraderie they add. (If you go, ask for a caddie named Hipolito, who goes by Polo. He's among the best.)
If you need help in more than club selection, however, head for the resort's Jack Nicklaus Academy of Golf, an outstanding training facility for everyone from beginners to low-handicap players want to work on a particular phase of the game. Instructional offerings include: Total Game Golf Schools, Golf 101, Problem Solver Clinic and Swing Analysis.
Among the many features are two state-of-the-art coaching studios, multiple high-speed video
cameras, the K-Vest Kinetic Training System (movement analysis technology to analyze your swing) and TOMI Computerized Putting Lab (to analyze your putting stroke), Vertex Whole Body Vibration Technology, 1024-point integrated pressure/balance mat, industry-leading ball flight monitors, and the Jack Nicklaus Academy's integrated technologies package and proprietary analysis software. The academy even offers custom club and ball fittings.
WHAT'S NUEVO AT VIDANTA?
Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta seems to be ever-changing, and the Nayar and Norman courses are a good example. As work proceeded on the Cirque du Soleil park in the past year and a half, five of the original Nicklaus holes were sacrificed to make room, shifting five of the Norman holes to Nayar. The Norman layout remained whole with the addition of five scenic new holes along the Rio Ameca.
The other recent development is The Lakes, a 10-hole floodlit Par Three, created by Nicklaus Design.
With no hole longer than 114 yards (from the blue tees) and a couple as short as 49 yards (from the whites), it might not seem very challenging at a total 890 yards. But factor in the water, which borders the walking paths from many tees and wraps around virtually every green, and you'd better be able to hit your targets (or bring a lot of balls). It's fun, especially at night when it's not as warm as midday.
Staying at Vidanta as a timeshare owner or guest ensures access to the Norman, Nayar and The Lakes courses, as well as all the other attractions and amenities. Golfers not staying on-property can play but must subscribe to the availability and reservations policies. During high season, that means after 2 p.m. on the Norman course.
If that seems too late, just wait till dark and tee it up under the lights.
THE TIGRE NEXT DOOR
Though not a part of Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta resort, the celebrated El Tigre Golf Club at Paradise Village Resort lurks just north of the Nayar Course. Designed by the team of Robert von Hagge, Michael Smelek and Rick Baril, the course features six sets of tees, allowing it to play from 5,159 to 7,239 yards. Water factors into 13 holes (including an island green on the par-3 sixth), while all 18 have wily bunker placements—especially the short par-4 seventh, known as "La Tierra de los Bunkers," which requires navigation around 17 sandboxes. Paradise Village Resort offers three- and five-day stay-and-play golf packages. Resort guests and club members get preference for tee times, but the course welcomes outside play. eltigregolf.com
Contributor Denny Dressman is a member of the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame. For more information on Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta, visit vidanta.com/en/web/nuevo-vallarta or call 800-292-9446.
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Ruth M. Bell and William K. Rolph fonds
CA ON00335 F2303
This fonds consists of textual material and artefacts including correspondence, a draft of William Kirby Rolph's doctoral thesis, and drafts of articles. The fonds also contains newspaper clippings, certificates, pins and medals, and photographs relating to W.K. Rolph's life and Ruth Bell's academic career.
Bell, Ruth M.
Shirley Hill and James Warner Eakins fonds
Memorabilia including programmes, snapshots, group portraits, clippings documenting two graduates of the class of 1941 who later married: Shirley Hill, UC (Law) and James Warner Eakins, BASc (Civil). Of interest are a set of napkins embroidered for Shirley Hill by her mother Gladys Legge (B.A. 1914) for her graduation and several graduation snapshots of her and her classmates, all law students. There is a few documents on class reunions, 1941 programs for U.C. Follies and Skule Nite, as well as a May 1939 Presentation of Colours program.
Hill, Shirley
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds
Academic hood used by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington on receiving an honorary doctorate (LLD) from the University of Toronto in 1903. Inside label reads "Sherrington".
Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir
Sir William Mulock fonds
B1973-0016: Photo Album of Canadian National Exhibition views and events, 1911; illuminated manuscript citations, addresses, etc presented by staff of various federal government departments (eg Department of Labour, Post Office, Railway, etc) and by University of Toronto on his retirement as Vice-chancellor, 1900 ; and by other groups on other occasions; walnut box with plaque, 'Presented to the Right Honourable Sir William Mulock, P.C., K.C.M.G., M.A., L.L.D., by the Alumni Federation of the University of Toronto, October 30th, 1936'. (6 boxes, 1898-1942)
B1976-0002: Original citations honouring Sir William Mulock presented to him by various municipal officials, the University of Toronto, and other organizations. Photoprints of Sir William Mulock laying cornerstone of new residence at Pickering College; with Toronto Mayor William J. Stewart; on his 101st birthday. Also photoprints of other faculty and buildings. (2 boxes, 7 folders, 1919-1947)
Mulock, William, Sir
Spanish Civil War Collection
Collection consists of manuscripts from various sources relating to the Spanish Civil War and to various anti-Franco organizations in Canada and the United States to support the Republican cause. Included are manuscripts; correspondence; scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, documents and prints; and records relating to the fiftieth anniversary of the Spanish Civil War including photographs, memorabilia, awards and audio recordings.
Thomas Kennard Thomson fonds
B1986-0025: Manuscripts and published copies of address and proposal by T. Kennard Thomson, consulting engineer, relating to hydroelectric development including map, plan and photograph of the Peace Bridge and other projects. (1 box, 1917-1920)
B1993-0027: Correspondence, certificates, reports, programmes, articles, photoprints, glass negatives, lantern, slides and architectural drawings documenting Kennard Thomson's career as a consulting engineer in New York and elsewhere and his relationship with the University of Toronto Engineering Society which he founded. (6 boxes and numerous oversize folders, 1871-1952)
Thomson, Thomas Kennard
Trinity College Literary Institute Collection
Fonds consists mainly of administrative records of the Trinity College Literary Institute, including the Debates and Conversazione Committees. These records show the wide variety of activities in which the Trinity College Literary Institute has traditionally been involved and the large part played by "The Lit" in the life of the College. Annual social events included TCLI dinners with some well-known speakers, as well as the annual formal dance, the Conversazione which began in 1871. Elaborate programs, posters and graphic works were produced to promote and advertise these and other events.
Contains series:
Administrative Records, Minutes of Meetings
Debates Committee and Debating
Conversazione Committee
Trinity College Literary Institute
Trinity Medical College Collection
This collection consists of administrative records, calendars, student academic records, and records of student life at Trinity Medical College. Administrative records include Minutes of Corporation, records related to the amalgamation of medical faculties at Trinity College and the University of Toronto, correspondence files, a small number of general administrative and financial records, a Register of Students, and miscellaneous reports. Student records include textual and photographic records of academic standing and participation; records of student life include documents and photographs related to college groups, committees, societies, and teams. Also in the collection are a cap, belt, (and blazer purported to be from Trinity Medical College), as well as a manual press of the seal of Trinity Medical College.
Contains series
Trinity Medical College
CA UTSC 002
The archives contain a range of documentation relating to the foundation, history, and activities of the University of Toronto Scarborough. The materials have been arranged largely by originating department or by medium in the case of publications, photographs, clippings, architectural plans, and artifacts. There are ten series, several of which have subseries:
A. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GOVERNING COUNCIL
B. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
B.1. Principal
B.2. Vice-Principal, Research
B.3. Dean and Vice-Principal, Academic
B.4. Assistant/Associate Dean
B.5. Registrar
B.6. Superintendent
B.7. Director of Physical Education
B.8. Director of Educational Communication Systems
B.9. Scarborough College Council
B.10. Office of Advancement / Development Office
B.11. Office of Admissions and Student Recruitment
B.12. Communications & Public Affairs
B.13. Committees with Unknown Office of Origin
C. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
C.1. General Programs in Arts and Science
C.2. Extension Program
C.3. Department of Anthropology
C.4. Department of Arts, Culture & Media
C.5. Department of Biological Sciences
C.6. Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences
C.7. Department of Critical Development Studies
C.8. Department of English
C.9. Department of French and Linguistics
C.10. Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
C.11. Department of Human Geography
C.12. Department of Management
C.13. Department of Philosophy
C.14. Department of Physical and Environmental Science
C.15. Department of Political Science
C.16. Department of Psychology
C.17. Department of Sociology
C.18. Department of Physical Education
D. SERVICES
D.1. Library
D.2. Scarborough-Erindale Technical Service
D.3. Gallery
D.4. Athletics and Recreation Services
D.5. Physical Plant Services
D.6. Student Services
D.7. Student Organizations
D.8. Alumni Services
D.9. Alumni Organizations
D.10. Faculty and Staff Services
D.11. Faculty and Staff Organizations
E. EXTERNAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION
E.1. History of Scarborough College (various sources)
E.2. University of Toronto – St George and Mississauga campuses
E.3. Centennial College
E.4. Durham College
E.5. Scarborough Regional School of Nursing
E.6. University of the West Indies
E.7. Trent University
E.8. City of Scarborough
E.9. Clippings and Scrapbooks
F. PHOTOGRAPHS AND MICROFILM
F.1. Photographs
F.2. Microforms
University of Toronto. Scarborough Campus.
UTSC Photographic Services fonds
[ca.1960]-2010
The UTSC Photographic Services fonds covers the years of approximately 1964 and 1966 to 2008. The collection represents an invaluable visual history of the University of Toronto Scarborough campus and is made up almost entirely of photographic materials – negatives, contact sheets, slides, and prints.
Photographs in the collection from the 1970s to 1994 are attributed to David Harford and photographs from 1994 onward are attributed to Ken Jones. Photographs cover a broad range of subjects, such as the buildings and grounds of UTSC, campus events, faculty, staff, students, and much more.
Material is arranged into the following series:
• Series A: Slides
• Series B: Negatives and Contact Sheets
• Series C: Photographic Prints
Subject terms include:
Academic Resource Centre
African Studies program
Alumni and alumnae
Andrews, John, 1933-
Applied Microbiology program
Architectural models and drawings
Architecture and recreation
Art History program
Arts and Administration Building
Arts Management program
Baird/Sampson Associates, Architects
Ball, John L.
Band (Instrumental group)
Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution program
Birgeneau, Robert
Bissell, Claude Thomas, 1916-2000
Bladen Library
Bladen Wing
Bladen, Vincent Wheeler
Campbell, D. R. (Ralph)
Canadian 20th century Catalogs
Cellular and Molecular Biology program
Centre for French and Linguistics
Ceremonies and celebrations
Certificate in Business program
Chemistry program
Choir (Musical group)
City Studies
Classical Studies program
Co-Op Management program
Conferences and symposia
Department of Arts, Culture and Media
Department of Computer and Mathematics
Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Diaspora & Transnationalism Studies
Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
Doris McCarthy Gallery
Economics program
Educational television
Environmental Science program
Events - Performances
F.B. Watts Memorial Lecture
Foley, Joan
French program
Glass construction
Global Asia Studies program
Greene, Edward Brodhead, 1855-1950
Ground breaking ceremonies
Highland Creek Valley (Ont.)
Humanities Wing
Instructional Centre
Integrative Biology program
Journalism program
Kung, Hans, 1928-
Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects
Languages program
Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987
Lewis, Stephen, 1937-
Library architecture
Library buildings
Lieutenant Governors--Ontario Linguistics program
Literature and film studies program
MacKay-Lyons, Brian
MacKenzie, Lewis, 1940- Management Wing
McCarthy, Doris, 1910-2010
Media Studies program
Mental Health Studies program
Miller-Lash House
Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007
Montgomery Sisam Architects Moriyama & Teshima
Music & Culture program
New Media Studies program
Onley, David C.
Paramedicine program
Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972
Physics and Astrophysics program Plumptre, A. F. W. (Arthur FitzWalter Wynne), 1907-1977
Pritchard, Robert
Psychology program
Recreation Wing
Religion program
Scarborough (Ont.)
Scarborough College
Scarborough College Council
Scarborough College Student Council
Scarborough College. Gallery Science Wing
Social Sciences Building Sociology
Stantec Consulting
Statistics program
Structuralism
Students and libraries
Students--Art
Students--Athletics and recreation Students--Drama
Students--Fiction
Students--Humour
Students--Literary collections Students--Music
Students--Periodicals
Students--Poetry
Students--Political activity Students--Scholarships, fellowships, etc. Students, Graduate
Students, part time
Suzuki, David, 1936-
Television studio
Temporary buildings
Theatre & Performance Studies program
Thompson, R. Paul, 1947-
Toronto Transit Commission Transportation
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 1919-2000
University Buildings
University of Toronto at Scarborough. Gallery
Women's and Gender Studies program UTSC Library
Women's and Gender Studies program
University of Toronto. Scarborough Campus. Photographic Services.
University of Toronto Libraries. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library) fonds
This fonds contains 8 accessions of records from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, also known as the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. See accession-level descriptions for more details.
University of Toronto Libraries. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library)
University of Toronto Libraries. Office of the Chief Librarian fonds
This fonds from the Office of the Chief Librarian contains 54 accessions of records. See accession-level descriptions for details.
University of Toronto Libraries. Office of the Chief Librarian
University of Toronto. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences fonds
ca. 1920s - ca. 1960s
This fonds from the University of Toronto's Department of Ophthalmology and Vision contains 1 accession. See accession-level description for details.
University of Toronto. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision
University of Toronto. Engineering Alumni Association fonds
This fonds from the Engineering Alumni Association contain 8 accessions. See accession-level descriptions for more details.
University of Toronto. Engineering Alumni Association
University of Toronto. Faculty of Information (iSchool) fonds
This fonds consists of 14 accessions from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information (iSchool) and its precursors. See accession-level descriptions for more details.
University of Toronto. Faculty of Information (iSchool)
B1980-0024: Correspondence, report, minutes of executive meetings, agreement, press clippings relating to the establishment of Alumnae Research Foundation and the phasing out of Household Science, Lillian Massey Treble will, and various publications. Alumni members at convocations and meetings; photographs of painted portraits of Lillian Massey Treble, and formal portraits of faculty, including Clara Benson and Annie Laird. Two hand weights used for exercises. Includes calendars of the victor School of Household Science, the Lillian Massey Norman Training School of Household Science and the Lillian Massey School of Household Science and Art (9 boxes 1901-1979)
B1988-0036: Photos of 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Association (1982)
University of Toronto. Household Science Alumnae Association
University of Toronto. Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing fonds
This fonds contains 25 accessions from the Faculty of Nursing. See accession-level descriptions for details.
University of Toronto. (Lawrence S. Bloomberg) Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto. Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies fonds
This fonds contains 1 accession of records from the University of Toronto's Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.
See accession-level description for details.
University of Toronto. Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
University of Toronto. McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology fonds
This fonds contains 2 accessions from the University of Toronto's McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. See accession-level descriptions for more details.
University of Toronto. McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
University of Toronto. Medical Athletic Association fonds
Photographs and cloth letters document the Medical Athletic Association. Included are 5 letters and the composite photographs for the Medical Athletic Executive for the years 1943-44, 1944-45 and 1945-46. Also included is one group shot of the University of Toronto Athletic Association, Intramural Sports Committee for 1945-46.
Unversity of Toronto. Medical Athletic Association
University of Toronto. Office of the Bursar fonds
This fonds contains 4 accessions of records from the Office of the Bursar. See accession-level descriptions for details.
University of Toronto. Office of the Bursar
University of Toronto. Office of the President fonds
This fonds contains 75 accessions. See accession-level descriptions for more details
A1966-0003: Biographies of honorary degree recipients, eulogies and miscellaneous speeches and publications of Robert Alexander Falconer.
A1967-0007: Correspondence files of Robert Alexander Falconer (1906-1932), budget estimates (1910-1933), working records for the President's Reports (1910-1921), and sessional appointments (1906-1933).
A1967-0009: Telegrams, newspaper clippings and documents accumulated by Robert Alexander Falconer (1915-1922). Includes notes and correspondence of Fran‡ois Charles Archile Jeanneret relating to his research on Falconer.
A1968-0006: Correspondence and subject files of President H.J. Cody with and about academic and administrative units of the University ;film relating to convocation entitled "Through These Doors"; annotated map of The World from the National Geographic Society, 1922.
A1968-0007: Correspondence and subject files relating to the presidency of Sidney Earle Smith (1945-1957); subject files of the Assistant to the President, Claude Thomas Bissell (1946-1952); subject files of Bissell (1952-1953); estimates and sessional appointments (1933-1941); minutes of the Carnegie Foundation (ca. 1908-1931). Architectural drawing (1 sheet) of University of Toronto Connaught Laboratories Polio Vaccine Laboratory, 1955.
A1969-0005: Speeches of Sidney Earle Smith including citations relating to honorary degrees, and speeches on education, politics and religion.
A1970-0002: Minutes of meetings and draft rules of procedure.
A1971-0007: Correspondence, documents and reports of the Special Committee of the Board of Governors on the Affairs of the Royal Ontario Museum (1947-1962), Special Senate Committee to Consider Future Enrolment Developments (ca. 1963), and President's Committee on the School of Graduate Studies (1947-1965).
A1971-0011:Correspondence and subject files of Claude Thomas Bissell as President; estimates and sessional appointments relating to the presidency of Henry John Cody; and staff reports and installation of Vincent Massey as Chancellor during the presidency of Sidney Earle Smith; correspondence of Bissell as Vice-President including some files of Murray George Ross, Executive Assistant to the President (1954-1957).
A1972-0001: Citations and greetings received from various universities on the installation of Pauline Mills McGibbon as Chancellor.
A1972-0026: Miscellaneous files relating to the presidency of Claude Thomas Bissell, including: files regarding the Advisory Committee to the President for the General Hospital and the University (1959-1960); files on Scarborough and Erindale Colleges (1963-1964); files on the Canadian University Foundation commission on the financing of higher education (1963). Also includes correspondence of Henry John Cody, Chairman of the National Conference of Canadian Universities, relating to military training (1940-1941).
A1972-0033: Correspondence relating to Frank Hawkins Underhill (1939-1941); and correspondence and legal documents relating to James Alexander Craig's dispute with the university over mandatory retirement (1915-1923).
A1973-0029: Estimates and sessional appointments (1944-1945); subject office files (1941-1971); subject files of Claude Thomas Bissell as Assistant to the President (1948-1951) and as Vice-President (1952-1954); and subject files of the Academic Subcommittee of the Committee of Presidents of Provincially Assisted Universities and Colleges of Ontario.
A1973-0037: Film and sound elements for the production of the filming of the Installation of President John R. Evans, 28 September 1972.
A1973-0040: Programmes and other documentation relating to installations, memorial services, building openings and honorary degrees from the files of the Ceremonials Assistant; includes two sheets of architectural drawings of "Plans of seating arrangement for installations of President Evans, 28 September 1972.
A1973-0044: Files accumulated by research assistant Col. C.G.M. Grier for the writing of Claude Thomas Bissell's account of his administration.
A1974-0014: Files from the Ceremonials Assistant including sample invitations, tickets and programmes produced for the Special Convocation conferring the degree of Doctor of Laws upon His Excellency, Kukuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan; also includes bound volume of photographs relating to the University of Toronto, a facsimile of one presented to Mr. Tanaka.
A1974-0019: Files of the Research Assistant including records of the Council of Ontario Universities (1970-1973), the Council of Ontario Universities' Subcommittee on Research and Planning (ca. 1964-1972), and the Governing Council's Planning and Resources Committee (1972-1973) and Strategic Planning Committee (1972- 1973); includes minutes of the Advisory Committee on Policy and Planning (1960-1963).
A1975-0005: Correspondence and subject files from the office of Donald Frederick Forster, Executive Assistant to the President (1965-1967) and Vice-Provost (1967-1970). Also includes records of the Faculty of Dentistry Curriculum Review Committee of which Forster was chairman (1967-1969).
A1975-0019: Includes files relating to convocations and formal openings (1964-1972), Southam Fellows (1962-1964), Edgar Stone Lectureship in Dramatic Literature (1959-1964) and minutes and reports from the Senate Committee on Teaching Loads, Board of Governors' Advisory Planning Committee and its Subcommittees as well as the Plateau Committee.
A1975-0021: Includes files from the Office of the President (1963-1967); Acting President (1967-1968); Vice-President (1954-1959) and the Executive Assistant to the President (1960-1965).
A1976-0020: Correspondence, subject files and accounts of Donald Frederick Forster, Vice-Provost and Executive Assistant to the President, relating to presidential advisory committees, sub-committees, the Committee on Accommodation and Facilities (CAF), travel interviews and research accounts.
A1977-0019: Consists of correspondence and subject files regarding academic and administrative divisions, Board of Governors, University organizations, presidential advisory committees, educational institutions and organizations.
A1977-0035: Consists of committee files including minutes and supporting documentation, correspondence, subject files pertaining to Finance Committees (1964-1973), Resources Planning Committee/Planning and Resources Committee (1967-1974), Committee on Stack Access to Robarts Library (1972), Committee of Presidents of Universities of Ontario (1962-1970), Council of Universities of Ontario.
A1978-0028: Consists of correspondence and subject files (1971-1973), records of the Commission on University Government (1968-1970), Humanities and Social Sciences Rresearch Library (1963-1971), President's Council (1965-1966), and Presidential Research Committee (1964-1968).
A1978-0048: Invoices, receipts,cheque stubs, equipment and supply lists and correspondence for Toronto General Hospital and the University Base Hospital, 1915-1919; proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee on the Organization and Administration of the University of Toronto, 1922-1923; background material, reports and correspondence relating to the Conference on the Future of the Canadian Federation, 1976-1977; photoprints and 2 framed copies of coats of arms.
A1979-0030: Consists of correspondence of N.S.C. Dickinson, Assistant to the President (1973-1975), correspondence and committee files on the Sesquicentennial Celebrations Committee from J.H. Sword, President's Special Assistant (Institutional Relations) (1973-1976). Also includes files on visits and retreats (1973-1977).
A1979-0042: Consists of subject files, speeches and messages of university presidents from Sidney Smith to John R. Evans (1956-1978), files of the Vice-President Institutional Relations & Planning John Sword (1972-1973), and files of research assistant Frances Ireland (1906-1976). Subject files include budget (1973-1979), submissions to the President's Report (1962-1978), Operating Grants (1968-1979), administrative retreats (1976-1977), materials relating to the Ontario Council on University Affairs (1973-1975), task forces, pension, and various reports.
A1979-0051: Consists of subject and correspondence files on academic and administrative divisions, organizations, educational organizations, other universities, government agencies, boards and councils (1973-1975), speeches and citations by Claude Bissell (19481-1971), staff conspectus and estimates (1956-1966), survey of staff (1956-1963).
A1979-0057: Consists of files of the Research Assistant in the Office of the President ( Frances Ireland and secretary Dorothy Robertson) regarding boards, committees and task forces, other universities, presidential speeches; files of the Vice-President Institutional Relations & Planning, as well as minutes of the Simcoe Circle meetings (1972-1978), the Policy and Planning Committee (ca. 1959-1975), and miscellaneous reports on teacher's training, and the Secondary-Post-Secondary Interface Study (1976-1978).
A1980-0029: Consists of financial records, correspondence, projects and programme supported by the Varsity Fund (1964-1979); other files (1970-1979) deals with the Office of the Vice-President and Registrar, the Office of the Special Assistant to the President Institutional Relations, and visits by foreign academics, dignitaries and conference on the U of T campus, as well as statistical reports.
A1981-0007: Consists of correspondence, reports and background materials of the Special Committee of the Board of Governors on Affairs of the Royal Ontario Museum (1962-1963); draft constitution and statutes, minutes, notices of the Council and Committees of University College, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); correspondence with Professor Robert C. Pratt of the Department of Political Economy (Principal of University College, Dar es Salaam) regarding the University of East Africa (1962-1964).
A1981-0058: Consists of administrative files regarding other Canadian universities, government, educational associations, Governing Council, councils and committees, office accounts.
A1982-0021: Files containing correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda etc relating to faculties, other faculties and schools, centres, institutes, colleges, U. of T. administration and organization, general correspondence, universities etc.
A1983-0035: Correspondence, memoranda, copies of reports of Presidential
Advisory Committees and Task Forces on Academic Appointments, Athletic Building, Computer Service, Future of Criminology, Gerontology, Information Systems, Music, OISE/Faculty of Education, Pensions, Supplementary Income & Related Activities, Symons Report, Transitional Year Programme, and Women. Includes a file on Canada-USSR Exchange.
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2 slides - Resident Staff, Hospital for Sick Kids, 1936-37
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A1986-0051: Memorandum by President G.E. Connell dated October 22, 1986 regarding events during the week of October 15-18 (when a rally was held at Queen's Park to support Ontario University base funding).
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A1998-0019: File of Claude Bissell with documents on Proposal for Administrative Changes at University of Toronto (1967). File of John Evans with correspondence and notes on search for replacement for D. Forster, V-P and Provost (1974-1975).
A2003-0008: Correspondence file for President Sidney Smith containing letters relating to titles, ranks, salaries, stipends of teaching staff.
A1983-0049: Draft, annotated and final versions of addresses, speeches and articles by Dr. Evans during his term as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McMaster University (1970-1972) and during his presidency at the University of Toronto (1972-1978). Includes speeches by other individuals (1971-1977) and report, statement, press release and correspondence.
A1988-0013: Panoramic view of official farewell to University of Toronto No. 4 Base Hospital, at Convocation Hall, 11April 1915, taken by the Toronto Sunday World.
A2001-0014: Photographs used in the Report of the Office of the President. Some of the unique images include views of the Kommos excavation site in Crete, the Dental Clinic Shout on Augusta St., Fine Arts students sculpting in studio, the School of Dental Therapy in the North West Territories and Health unit in Sioux Lookout.
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U.S. drugstore owner, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is reportedly in talks with health insurer Humana Inc. as the two companies are contemplating to take over each other's equity stakes. The deal comes at a time when health-industry players are collaborating to compete in a rapidly evolving market.
Sources familiar with the matter cite that both Walgreens and Humana, that already has a partnership focused on serving two Walgreens stores, are engaged in wide-ranging discussion which includes the possibility of expanding their operations.
Reportedly, drugstore owners and other healthcare providers are constantly seeking ways to expand, develop and protect themselves against external threats from e-commerce firms such as Amazon.com Inc. For instance, Walgreens rival CVS Health Corp. recently announced a $69 billion deal to acquire health insurer Aetna Inc., in a bid to secure new avenues for growth for the pharmacy company and capture more of what consumers spend on health care products.
Sources suggest that the proposed move would offer Walgreens a closer connection with Humana which could replicate expected benefits of the CVS-Aetna deal at a much lower cost than a complete takeover, especially due to the strong performance of Humana stocks in the recent years. Moreover, introducing cross shareholdings could significantly increase incentives for both the companies whilst working together and making their partnership a success.
As per official reports, Humana's current market value stands at about $42 billion, while Walgreens is valued at nearly $78 billion.
According to CNBC, Walgreens intends to position itself as a wide-ranging health-care company transforming patient experience and offering lower costs medications. In a bid to fulfill this vision Walgreens has been signing deals with several health-care firms including Humana and clinical lab testing company LabCorp.
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Under intense criticism, Gilead forsakes monopoly status for its experimental Covid-19 drug
By Ed Silverman March 25, 2020
Bottles of remdesivir in a hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan. FeatureChina via AP
In an unexpected move, Gilead Sciences (GILD) has asked the Food and Drug Administration to rescind orphan drug designation for an experimental medicine being tested to combat Covid-19. The request comes after intense criticism that it unfairly pursued a lucrative monopoly for remdesivir.
The designation, which offers a drug maker seven years of marketing exclusivity, drew immediate condemnation from consumer advocates because orphan status is reserved for medicines targeting rare diseases that afflict 200,000 or fewer people. The law does allow drugs treating more common illnesses to be classified as orphan if the designation is granted before that threshold is met.
On Tuesday, there were 42,164 confirmed cases in the U.S., according to the World Health Organization, but that number is expected to grow exponentially in coming weeks. And consumer advocates have noted there were numerous indications earlier this year that the novel coronavirus was quickly becoming a pandemic and likely to claim countless victims.
The orphan designation would have allowed Gilead to block lower-cost generic version of a vital drug for years, assuming the FDA ultimately approves the medicine, known as remdesivir, for treating the novel coronavirus. Several clinical trials are under way to test the medicine and some results are due shortly, although hopes are already high remdesivir will prove effective. Orphan status also provides tax credits.
For this reason, the Trump administration, whose coronavirus task force includes former Gilead executive Joseph Grogan, was criticized for considering Covid-19 to be a rare disease. The company was also pilloried for seeking the designation. And in its statement, Gilead acknowledged seeking orphan status in early March, suggesting the company was well aware that Covid-19 would not be contained.
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"Gilead folded," wrote Jamie Love, who heads Knowledge Ecology International, an advocacy group that tracks access to medicine and patent issues. "It was already known that Covid-19 was spreading in the U.S. and the CDC was warning it could be a pandemic." (You can look here to get an idea).
The advocacy group also released a paper suggesting that research funded by U.S. taxpayers contributed to the development of the drug and, therefore, a monopoly was not warranted without ensuring wide access to Americans.
In its statement, the drug maker noted that it is waiving all benefits that accompany the orphan designation and "recognizes the urgent public health needs posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. … Gilead is confident that it can maintain an expedited timeline in seeking regulatory review of remdesivir … and is working to advance the development of remdesivir as quickly as possible."
The company also noted that, by rescinding the status, certain requirements are removed, such as submitting pediatric study plans to the FDA that can take "up to 210 days to review," indicating a desire to speed regulatory approval.
We should note that Gilead caused yet another ruckus earlier this week when it halted a compassionate use program for remdesivir due to an overwhelming demand. Instead, the company switched to what is called expanded access, which would allow larger groups of patients to be treated on an experimental basis and gather more data. But the move has upset some doctors and families over delays.
The latest fracas occurs against a backdrop of growing angst over the cost of medicines and mounting concern that Covid-19 medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics in particular will be priced out of reach for poor populations.
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The issue emerged late last month in the U.S. when Secretary for Human and Health Services Alex Azar initially testified before Congress and refused to commit to ensuring that any Covid-19 product that is researched with taxpayer funds would be accessible to Americans. He subsequently backtracked, but by then a debate emerged over access to medical products in a time of a pandemic.
"Today's action is not enough," argued Public Citizen in a statement. "If remdesivir proves to be a viable treatment for Covid-19, then the world cannot afford to have one manufacturer maintain a monopoly over it, particularly given the huge amount of public investment that has gone into the drug. Gilead must do more than make vague promises of reasonable pricing. It should commit right now to license the right and needed know-how to manufacture remdesivir to all qualified producers, in exchange for a modest royalty."
Meanwhile, the Costa Rican government asked the World Health Organization this week to create a voluntary pool to collect patent rights, regulatory test data, and other information that could be shared for developing drugs, vaccines and diagnostics.
And in recent days, lawmakers in Chile and Ecuador passed resolutions urging their governments to explore compulsory licensing. Separately, Israel approved a license for an HIV pill, prompting the manufacturer to relinquish patent rights and waive restrictions on generic supplies on a global basis.
[This post was updated to note that rescinding the status removes requirements to provide pediatric study plans].
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Dean W says:
Comment by Dean W on March 27, 2020 at 1:36 am
All US citizens should take offense to the "angst over the cost of medicines and mounting concern that Covid-19 medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics in particular will be priced out of reach for poor populations". If a "sophisticated" nation such as the US is supposed to be, can not provide these items at no cost to anyone in its population, it is in essence a third-world country. If a civilization wants to avoid repeat of the disaster that is growing exponentially within its borders today, then it MUST provide testing, drugs and vaccines to ALL its citizens. ESPECIALLY if its government funds the R&D to address a virus, that government must at minimum hold a patent in a JV with the company that develops it. I do commend Gilead for realizing this, for its fast and efficient work on getting the drug tested and moved forward. But certainly the US must then also provide the drug to all its citizens – for free. How else can spread truly be stopped ??
Girish Malhotra says:
Comment by Girish Malhotra on March 26, 2020 at 8:23 am
Compulsory license under TRIPS is an alternate. Gilead got bitten for AIDS and right away lowered prices in developing countries.
Patent system abused in the developed countries.
john Chu says:
Comment by john Chu on March 26, 2020 at 3:08 am
Condone David? Taking the moral high ground?
Grow up, prove that you are not naïve and buy chunks of Gilead stocks before it reach $80. It would be too late when it goes above $100 (most likely in 2020)!
Have some faith in Fauci when he said today that he feels this coronavirus would become endemic just like annual influenza and unless and until an effective vaccine is on the market and enough population has been vaccinated, we can only depend on effective treatments.
Comment by David on March 26, 2020 at 1:53 am
Why is it so hard for news outlets to do even basic homework on this topic? Gilead will have a remdesivir monopoly regardless of orphan drug status or lack thereof. The drug is exclusive to Gilead due to patents granted by the USPTO. Orphan drug exclusivity granted by the FDA runs concurrent with the patent and is much shorter (7 years versus 20). What Gilead lost here is a tax break, a few regulatory requirements, and nothing more. They still have a monopoly and will be able to gouge away.
Comment by John Chu on March 26, 2020 at 12:38 am
I am delighted that the current Gilead management finally seems to have learned hard lessons about potential excessive pricing of their potenrial new drug as evidenced by the past fiascos they have had with their HCV meds and Yescarta! Mucho Kudo's to O'Day and the company (pun intended)!
The HCV "fiasco" resulted in their stock taking off and soaring to unimaginable heights. They had a small window before competitors with different molecules were hitting the market, and they played their hand well from a wall street perspective. The only lesson they learned was "that was fun, let's do it again!"
If their drug cures covid, they'll bend your government over and demand a check for whatever they are asking. Unfortunately (if you are outside of the US), the drug will be supplied here first and most frequently because we are handing out the trillions like it's candy, the people will demand access to the drug, and the government will pay more than other countries will.
I don't condone any of the above. I just think the naivete is silly. This system is designed to hand Gilead all the cards and they know exactly how to play them. They backed off this decision because they'll need people to come around to the viewpoint that Gilead are the heroes with the drug and the govts are the cheapos refusing to just write the check and save grandma's life.
Welcome to pharma…
Comment by Girish Malhotra on March 25, 2020 at 7:25 pm
It is absolutely amazing that my filling post gone missing. So here it is again.
No difference between Martin Shkreli and Gilead. Greed and arrogance. One is jail and other could put patients in death jails.
So what's the difference between Martin Shkreli and Gilead. Greed and arrogance present both places. One is jail and other is putting patients in cages.
Comment by Jill on March 25, 2020 at 4:54 pm
Many healthcare professionals already have a negative impression of Gilead because of other decisions. Key examples are setting the bar for HCV drug prices so high and possible market manipulation of PrEP options. This move sounds consistent with past actions and will increase skepticism about Gilead's ethics. At a minimum, it is tone-deaf. Many clinicians are waiting for expanded access to remdesivir now that compassionate use is closed because Gilead couldn't keep up with requests. I'm sure it's more complicated than this given the dramatic rise in severe COVID-19 cases in the US. But my first thought was, 'Whaaa… you had time to work on orphan drug status for remdesivir, but you couldn't keep up with investigational drug requests.' Perhaps Gilead should be looking for some PR people with mad skills.
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Shane Douglas On Memories Of His WWE Raw Debut, Hours Of Work That Went Into Raw TV Tapings, Upcoming Raw 25
Episode 31 of The Triple Threat Podcast is now available. This week The Franchise comments on the huge upcoming WWE Raw 25th Anniversary and shares some of his memories of wrestling's flagship television program including how long a RAW TV taping was back in the early years of production and his re-debut on the show as Dean Douglas. The full episode can be downloaded at this link.
Below are some interview highlights, with an h/t to The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling.
WWE's upcoming RAW 25th Anniversary:
"Raw has been a major staple of professional wrestling (whether Vince wants to call it that or not) and a major part of that history over the last 25 years and as you talked about earlier with the cultural impact of wrestling and how far reaching they are I think it is a hell of an accomplishment that they've been able to get to twenty five years. Albeit the last couple of years may be a little sketchy but it is pretty rare that you'd find anybody or any red-blooded American that wouldn't know what you are talking about if you said to them the phrase "Monday Night RAW". So in that respect and all of the names mentioned are the certain kind of names that wrestling fans are going to want to tune in to it. "
First memories of RAW when re-debuting as Dean Douglas:
"My first recollection of RAW as Dean Douglas was the episode that was shot in Lansing (Michigan) where we had Bob Backlund involved and X-Pac and I wrestled Scott Hall for the Intercontinental Title. But by that time it was already highly evident that to me anyway that the character (Dean Douglas) that had been explained to me was not the character that they were going to go with on air. So it kind of took on a life of its own and I have very negative memories of my time there in 96. The money was the sh*ts, the travel was brutal even though I was working my ass off every night 28 days on average per month while getting paid peanuts compared to the people I was wrestling. So you won't hear me say much positive about my time there as Dean Douglas in the RAW days other than I enjoyed a lot of the guys I was on the road with like Dustin Rhodes and many others like Bret Hart, Curt Hennig, Undertaker and I really enjoyed working around those guys and being around those guys."
The hours of work that went into a monthly RAW TV taping:
"It was actually more like hours and hours and hours and hours. The crowd got dead after about two hours and there were multiple times and it was a big running joke among the boys that was that you'd go out to the ring and have a match where you might have missed a spot or there was something that Vince wanted that you didn't put in and they'd stop you behind the curtain and have a towel there for you to towel off and turn around hit the music and send you right back out to do the exact same match you just had finished but including what Vince wanted in the match. So imagine you are sitting as a fan and you see Shane Douglas and Scott Hall go to the ring and have a match and they come back and ten seconds later the music hits and out comes Shane Douglas and Scott Hall to have the exact same match that you just watched with one or two differences that you probably don't remember because you are so bored of watching the same match you just watched. It was just a crowd killer. I remember the first and second hours usually had a decent crowd response but by the end of that second hour you could hear it draining off and by the third or fourth hour the crowd was just flat. Vince would pipe in the music on the TV show so you'd hear a roar of the crowd but you'd see the crowd sitting there motionless with bored looks on their faces and it was pretty evident that it was piped in sound. To me it was a death-knell and one that I didn't see the reason for nothing other than overkill to just keep putting on more and more and more matches and sometimes like the old saying goes less is more. To go out there and lose the crowd after two hours on their feet and wanting more is far better than having a crowd going and looking at their watches saying that they are glad to be getting out of there already which was my recollection of a RAW taping back then. They were brutally long and I believe unnecessarily so."
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Electron magnetic resonance analysis of radiation-induced defects in dipotassium glucose-1-phosphate dihydrate single crystals in situ X-irradiated and measured at 77 K shows that at least seven different carbon-centered radical species are trapped. Four of these (R1−R4) can be fully or partly characterized in terms of proton hyperfine coupling tensors. The dominant radical (R2) is identified as a C1-centered species, assumedly formed by a scission of the sugar−phosphate junction and the concerted formation of a carbonyl group at the neighboring C2 carbon. This structure is chemically identical to a radical recently identified in irradiated sucrose single crystals. Radical species R1 and R4 most likely are C3- and C6-centered species, respectively, both formed by a net hydrogen abstraction. R3 is suggested to be chemically similar to but geometrically different from R4. Knowledge of the identity of the sugar radicals present at 77 K provides a first step in elucidating the formation mechanism of the phosphoryl radicals previously detected after X-irradiation at 280 K. In paper II, the chemical identity, precise conformation, and possible formation mechanisms of these radical species are investigated by means of DFT calculations and elementary insight into the radiation chemistry of sugar and sugar derivatives is obtained.