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Михаи́л Марке́лович Скура́тов (, село Уян, Иркутская губерния — 2 декабря 1989, Москва) — русский советский поэт. Член Союза писателей СССР.

Биография
Отец работал кондуктором на Забайкальской железной дороге, а также писарем. Учиться начал в Иркутске. После двух лет учёбы в Горном училище, которое не закончил, работал в шахтах, чернорабочим, сплавщиком, конторщиком.

В 1922 поступил в Иркутский государственный университет, одновременно работал в губернской газете и участвовал в литературной жизни Иркутска.

Творческий путь начался в Иркутске. Первые стихи были опубликованы в газете «Красный стрелок» в 1921 году. Печатался в журналах «Красные зори», «Сибирские огни». Входил в литературную группу «Памир». Первая книга «Сибирская родословная» вышла в 1937 году.

В 1924 приехал в Москву, поступил Литературный институт имени В. Я. Брюсова, куда его принимал сам Брюсов (всего лишь за месяц до своей кончины). Через год, в связи с закрытием института, был переведён на литературное отделение этнологического факультета МГУ, которое окончил в 1928 году.

Скончался в 1989 году в Москве. Прах захоронен в колумбарии на Донском кладбище.

Библиография
 Сибирская родословная: Стихи / Михаил Скуратов. — М.: Гослитиздат, 1937 (1 тип. Трансжелдориздата), 80 с.
 Родня: Стихи и поэмы / Михаил Скуратов. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1946 (тип. изд-ва «Моск. рабочий»). — 84 с.
 Всполохи: Стихотворения и поэмы. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1958. — 159 с.

Примечания

Литература
 Боннер А. М. М. Скуратов // Литературная Сибирь. — Иркутск: Вост.-Сиб. кн. изд-во, 1971. — С. 126—128. — 336 с. — Тираж 5 000 экз.
 Трушкин В. П. Голос на особицу // Трушкин В. П. Литературный Иркутск. — Иркутск: Вост.-Сиб. кн. изд-во, 1981. — С. 270—282. — 352 с. — 5000 экз.
 Яновский Н. Н. Скуратов // Краткая литературная энциклопедия / Гл. ред. А. А. Сурков. — М.: Сов. энцикл., 1962—1978. — Т. 6: Присказка — «Советская Россия». — 1971. — С. 905.

Ссылки
 Михаил Скуратов на сайте Иркипедия
 Михаил Скуратов на сайте Поэзия Московского университета

Родившиеся в Иркутской губернии
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Писатели Иркутска
Члены Союза писателей СССР
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Похороненные на Донском кладбище


ISLAMABAD – An independent Pakistani watchdog says the country has failed to improve its human rights record over the past year.
The damning report card was issued by the Human Rights Commission on Monday.
It says people continue to disappear in Pakistan, sometimes because they criticize the military and other times because they advocate better relations with neighbor India. It also says the controversial blasphemy law continues to be misused, especially against dissidents, with mere accusations resulting in mob violence.
The group also says that while deaths linked to acts of terrorism declined in 2017, attacks against minorities were on the rise.
This year, the 296-page report was dedicated to one of the commission's founders, Asma Jahangir, whose death in February generated worldwide outpouring of grief and accolades for the famed activist.


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coffee might not be available.
and had to quit cold turkey.
for any sign of life?
frown and shake their fists at the sky.
Ball-gagged women writhe in the gutter.
Infants twitch at the buzz of their shock collars.
stands at a sink in despair?
As 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump warned that North Korea would suffer "total decimation" if President Kim Jong-Un did not negotiate to end the nation's nuclear weapons program. After a meeting in 2018, however, the relationship between the two leaders became less volatile. President Trump expressed his admiration for President Kim Jong-Un, who is treated with reverence by his citizens, under threat of imprisonment or execution. "He speaks and his people sit up at attention," said President Trump. "I want my people to do the same."


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Manchester City vs Chelsea: Antonio Conte's side make title statement with brilliant win at the Etihad
December 3, 2016 Denny Football, Sport Leave a comment
This was the first time Pep Guardiola and Antonio Conte had ever met as managers and, if this encounter is any kind of benchmark, it might become the Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier of the Premier League
The match, which took Chelsea four points clear at the top of the Premier League, finished with the kind of brawl that Madison Square Gardens would have recognised. Deep into stoppage time, the contest between Sergio Aguero and David Luiz that had been one of the themes of the afternoon exploded.
The Argentine launched himself into a reckless tackle that provoked a mass confrontation between both sets of players. When the teams were pulled apart, Manchester City were down to nine men. Aguero was shown his second straight red card of the season which will earn him a four-match ban. For pushing Cesc Fabregas over an advertising hoarding, Fernandinho, who was also dismissed, faces any length of suspension. Manchester City finished a match they should have won beaten and embarrassed.
Had this been a boxing match, this would have been a knockout from the ropes. As he contemplated the match, Guardiola remarked that he was "curious" about the outcome. He sounded like a scientist about to conduct a laboratory experiment. You did not have to possess Guardiola's knowledge of football to analyse the results.
Teams that do not drive home their advantages in possession and chances always risk defeat. Whether at Barcelona or Bayern, Guardiola's rare defeats have come against teams that have known how to use the counter-attack and here all three Chelsea goals came from breakaways.
This was Chelsea's eighth straight win and, like the last at home to Tottenham, Conte's side had to come from behind against one of their title rivals.
This, far more than the Manchester derby in September, appeared like a contest between two clubs most likely to finish up as Premier League champions. Everything about the game from the first tackle by Nicolas Otamendi on Diego Costa that drew the first yellow card of the game to the cold-eyed way Willian put away Chelsea's second felt intense. The game began at 12.30pm but the deep December gloom made it feel like an evening kick-off.
It was not the usual match at the Etihad Stadium, where the screens normally proclaim statistics showing that Manchester City enjoyed 70 per cent plus possession. This was an in your face encounter with space at a premium.
Willian used his celebration to pay tribute to those who died in the Chapecoense plane crash (Getty)
Injuries had forced both managers to make a change. The involvement of Fabregas, who had last started for Chelsea in September's debacle against Arsenal, and Jesus Navas, who replaced Raheem Sterling, appeared to weaken both teams. In fact, both were involved in their sides' respective opening goals while Navas should have had more than just the one assist.
The referee, Anthony Taylor, was surely right to dismiss both Aguero and Fernandinho but the interval had seen him booed off. There were two incidents. The first had come when David Silva had taken the ball past Gary Cahill, who had lost his footing and then appeared to touch the ball in the penalty area with his forearm.
Hazard wrapped the three points up with a strike in added-on time (Getty)
Later in the first half, Aguero seized on a weak pass from Cesar Azpilicueta 35 yards out and then tried to take the ball past Luiz before falling. It appeared that Luiz had fouled him. It was a long way out but Luiz was the last man and Taylor must have considered a red card. To Guardiola's fury, he gave nothing. The battle between the Argentine and the Brazilian simmered for the remainder of the match before boiling over completely.
Midway through the first half, Manchester City took control of the game with Thibaut Courtois tipping a fierce shot from Aguero over the bar and then, just as the interval beckoned, one of Navas' less-threatening crosses was diverted past his own keeper by Cahill's outstretched leg.
Fernandinho grabbed Fabregas by the neck in the stoppage time brawl (Getty)
The quarter of an hour after the restart was the period when Manchester City ought to have won this game. De Bruyne forced Courtois into one save and then somehow deflected Navas' cross on to the bar. In between Aguero had seized on a weak pass from Marcos Alonso, taken it past the keeper and only a diving block from Cahill stopped the second.
Almost immediately after De Bruyne's miss, Chelsea equalised. A long ball from Fabregas was brought under control by Diego Costa, who outmuscled Otamendi, turned and shot. Ten minutes later, Chelsea broke away again. A long pass from Costa found Willian clear on goal and the Brazilian did not miss. Guardiola responded by throwing on every available striker but once more Chelsea waited for the moment to strike and Eden Hazard's goal was the cue for the stadium to empty. Those who remained saw what was a great footballing contest disintegrate into an open brawl.
Manchester City: Bravo; Otamendi, Stones (Iheanacho 78), Kolarov; Fernandinho, Gundogan (Toure 76); Navas, De Bruyne, Silva, Sane (Clichy 69); Aguero.
Substitutes: Caballero (g), Sagna, Zabaleta, Fernando.
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso; Pedro (Willian 50), Costa, Hazard.
Substitutes: Begovic (g), Ivanovic, Oscar, Batshuayi, Chalobah, Aina.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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There is perhaps no city in the world where the tension between historic preservation and the drive to modernize plays out more vibrantly than Paris. That tension was throw into sharp relief last month, when the French capital was rocked by a court ruling protecting the last façade of landmark department store La Samaritaine, situated on the Seine across from Pont Neuf. Easily Paris' most famous department store, La Samaritaine was founded by businessman Ernest Cognacq in 1869 and came to epitomize the fast-growing world of French consumerism and wealth in the 20th century. Its 1933 remodeling by architect Henri Sauvage gave the building a beloved Art Deco form punctuated by a series of setback floors.
The famous store closed in 2005 after years of decline, and luxury-goods juggernaut LVMH, which has owned the building since 2001, wanted to reconstruct La Samaritaine and reopen it as a hotel, apartment and office block. This would involve removing all four historic facades and replacing them with a totally new design from SANAA, a Tokyo-based modern architectural firm. Critics of the glass-walled reconstruction proposal complained that it looked like a shower curtain, and would be a fatal blow to the Art Deco masterpiece, which had already been diminished through past demolitions.
The uproar from both sides of the La Samaritaine fracas says a lot about the current state of urban preservation. We're living in a time when cities are trying to out-upzone each other at every turn. From New York to London, there's a growing chorus of build-or-perish ideologues who see preservation as a dangerous impediment to growth. But preservation doesn't shut down dynamic urban change. On the contrary, preservation is often its guarantor, preventing heavy-handed architectural interventions that would lock a city's evolution in place. One only need look at the 20th century's myopic urban renewal projects – most of them still standing – to see how unrestrained development can freeze a city in regrettable amber. In both France and America, the job of the preservationist isn't to stand in the way of change, it's to assert the cultural value of legal standards that exist to balance real estate development and the public good.
The La Samaritaine ruling is a perfect example of this. To some observers, the court's revoking of the reconstruction permit is yet another roadblock to Paris' journey into the 21st century. Parisian developers and politicians fear that the city has slipped from its top-tier stature, and that cultivating contemporary architecture would propel it back into the league of world-class cities. On the other side you have those who see any modern architecture within the city's core as the first step on a slippery slope to Shanghai-ization.
In truth, preserving what's left of the original La Samaritaine shows how preservation can create a middle ground. While SOS Paris and the Society for France's Landscapes and Aesthetics lobbied mostly for enforcement of legal protections of the old department store's remaining major façade, their pursuit had cultural and economic ramifications as well. Retention of historic buildings with time-tested utility and aesthetic value offer long-term benefits to Paris, even as the city reinvents itself in other ways – with its Grand Paris initiative, for example, which has led to a 26.5-billion-euro rapid transit expansion program slated to be completed by 2030.
American preservationists, too, have become so accustomed to pushing for the enforcement of preservation laws that they often are stereotyped as gatekeepers of nostalgia. Those who fought New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan for upzoning part of Midtown Manhattan were demonized as anti-development. In truth, they were trying to protect the existing development. Polyphonic streetscapes of buildings of varying heights, styles and forms blended with smart new design attract people. Modern monoliths, embodied by St. Louis' old Pruitt-Igoe (at worst) or Paris' La Defense (at best), repel rather than attract people.
When preservationists work to prevent disruptive development, they can succeed even when they fail. In the last year, Cleveland activists led by Jeon Francis of Neighbors in Action had battled to spare the long-vacant, city-owned Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist (1926) from demolition. Architect Jonathan Sandvick worked with developers Chick Holtkamp and Niki Zmij to formulate a $10 million rehabilitation plan that would have transformed the Christian Science church into a rock climbing gym and yoga center.
While the rehabilitation plan sounded good, it was less financially feasible than the proposal by Brickhaus Partners to replace the church entirely with 11 townhouses and a grocery store. In Cleveland, a city dealing with a staggering number of vacant buildings, the plan for new construction was welcomed even by those sympathetic to the preservationist campaign. Cleveland Landmarks Commission member Allan Dreyer told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the commission rarely saw plans for replacing historic buildings as detailed as what Brickhaus presented.
In May, the Cleveland Landmarks Commission approved demolition with little opposition remaining, and this month the City Council approved the redevelopment plan. Yet preservationists' interest in the church building led Brickhaus to propose reusing the church's distinct arched entrance and some of its sandstone ornament as elements in the new project. The developer will also allow a landmark plaque and historical information to be posted on the site. Preservationists seem very pleased at the outcome, as well they should – their efforts forged a third, and better way.
Preservationists are mediators between cultural heritage and economic demands, and they often don't win what they want. The rambling mass of buildings joined under La Samaritaine's walls and the stately mass of Cleveland's Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist are far from evident in the remaining fragments. Yet what has actually been saved in both cases is invisible: the integrity of preservation laws, the enhanced value of developments that incorporate elements of the past and the continuity of urban character that makes cities continue to be desirable places. Years later, no one will see the battle scars from these fights, but they will see interesting works of contemporary architecture based on historic elements, thanks to preservation activists fighting overbearing design.
By Michael R. Allen / Next City, June 26, 2014
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WITH A SURPRISING majority of 101 votes, the Slovak parliament yesterday approved a proposal put forward by MP Zoltán Horváth of the ruling Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) to abolish the State Service Office (ÚŠS).
The ÚŠS was established just four years ago by the previous Mikuláš Dzurida government to recruit and train state employees. The current government argued, however, that the ÚŠS was inflexible and had actually slowed the recruitment process.
Opposition MPs also backed Horváth's proposal. The ÚŠS should be shut down as of June 1, 2006, provided that Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič signs the respective law, Pravda daily wrote.
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Q: Getting problems when trying to setup Jetpack Compose Found interface rPluginContext So, I'm trying to let jetpack compose run with a simple example, I have already updated my kotlin plugin to 1.4.0 and also updated all my build gradle with the jetpack compose documentation, but I got this error when compiling

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Found interface
org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrPluginContext, but
class was expected    at
androidx.compose.plugins.kotlin.ComposeIrGenerationExtension.generate(ComposeIrGenerationExtension.kt:41)

I have also downloaded the canary version of Android studio
build.gradle project
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
  ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.0-rc"
  repositories {
    google()
    jcenter()
    maven{
      url "https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1"
    classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
  }
}

allprojects {
  repositories {
    google()
    jcenter()
    maven{
      url "https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap/"
    }
  }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
  delete rootProject.buildDir
}

build.gradle app
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
  compileSdkVersion 30
  buildToolsVersion "30.0.1"

  defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.jetpackcompose"
    minSdkVersion 22
    targetSdkVersion 30
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"

    testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
  }

  buildTypes {
    release {
      minifyEnabled false
      proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
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  buildFeatures {
    // Enables Jetpack Compose for this module
    compose true
  }

  // Set both the Java and Kotlin compilers to target Java 8.

  compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }

  kotlinOptions {
    jvmTarget = '1.8'
  }

    composeOptions {
      kotlinCompilerVersion kotlin_version
      kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion "0.1.0-dev13"
    }
  }

  dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.1'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'

    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-core:0.1.0-dev13'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-tooling:0.1.0-dev13'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-layout:0.1.0-dev13'
    implementation 'androidx.ui:ui-material:0.1.0-dev13'

    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
  }

tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile).configureEach {
  kotlinOptions {
    jvmTarget = "1.8"
    freeCompilerArgs += ["-Xallow-jvm-ir-dependencies", "-Xskip-prerelease-check"]
  }
}

But I cant compile the app, I'm trying to run the basic example
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContent{
        sayHello()
    }
  }

  @Preview
  @Composable
  fun sayHello(){
    Text("Hello World")
  }
}

Does anyone knows why this error is thrown ?

A: Using Kotlin version 1.4.10 instead of 1.4.20 solved my problem.

A: Try to update Compose version to 0.1.0-dev16. Looks like 0.1.0-dev13 isn't compatible with Kotlin 1.4-rc

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Plot synopsis The haunting story of THE GIVER centres on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. Starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush and Taylor Swift, THE GIVER is based on Lois Lowry's beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.


In the call for entries for The Color of Light exhibit, I stated that the three themes that interest me the most in photography are light, color and moments. Any one of those elements can yield a strong photograph. Any combination of two of them might produce something special and a mixture of all three can lead to something extraordinary.
In selecting the photographs for this exhibit, I was looking for those elements along with some original seeing as well as craftsmanship. Not manipulated photographs that were about effects, but photographs that were effective. Those that make us stop and look. Those that keep us coming back for more. Those that stay with us.
Judging an exhibition is an honor as well as a responsibility and obligation. To all the participants, my thanks for allowing me the opportunity to review your work. For those who came up short, do not be unhappy. This is not a competition — it's an exhibition. Learn from this one and move forward. And to those who's work was accepted, my sincerest congratulations! Enjoy the moment and then go out and make some new work.
Arthur Meyerson travels the world photographing for advertising, corporate, and editorial clients. His fascination with light, color and the moment culminated in 2012 in his highly acclaimed book, The Color of Light. His photographs are in the public collections of several major institutions and have been exhibited internationally. His photographs are exhibited internationally and appear in such periodicals as Communication Arts, Rangefinder, and Graphis. His newest book, The Journey, published in 2017, is now available.
A photographer with a strong commitment to his profession, Arthur teaches photography workshops, does individual mentoring and participates in speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Santa Fe Center for Photography as well as serving on the Board of Advisers for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and the Houston Center for Photography.
"Three themes interest me most in photography: light, color and moments.
For this call for submissions, we seek images that demonstrate the power and joy of the color of light. All capture methods and processes are welcome.


I'm having an issue with cleaning off some oxidized places on my pendants. I've made a wire woven piece with several layers and some tight spots. I cannot seem to reach that area to buff off the darkened wire. Do you have any suggestions for this issue?
I like using an artificial steel wool scrubbie pad made by 3M for removing excess liver-of-sulfur patinas. I prefer the grey pads as their texture is much like 0000 steel wool without the issues of steel wool. Lowe's sells them in a 2-pack in the paint department. For accessing those really tight spots, I wrap very fine (1000 grit to 1200 grit) sandpaper cloth around a toothpick and work into those areas. It's slow going.
There is a product available called, Poliluster Sticks which are small ceramic sticks designed for getting into tight areas. You can buy them in different grits from 120 - 1200 from jewelry supply companies. But even those are rectangle in shape which is not the best for delving into wire layers. I always tumble-polish/clean my wire jewelry items which removes excess LOS and other dirty residue, even in those hard-to-reach places while polishing them up.
Lastly, you can oxidize and clean your wire BEFORE fabricating a piece. This can be a bit tedious, but works pretty well. That being said, you would not want to tumble said wire before using as this causes work-hardening, making the wire stiffish and difficult to manipulate.
Usually at least one of these methods or a combo of them work to get that wire clean!
You are so right Dianna! I often say that the finishing work can take as long or longer than the actual fabrication of a piece. Sounds like with the attention to detail you give your jewelry, it will turn out beautifully!
Thanks for your help. I guess that there isn't really away around it other than TIME and patience. I have los wire previous to wrapping. I should have planned better.


Fashion mogul Sabyasachi Mukherjee has finally launched his flagship store Sabyasachi at Kala Ghoda in South Mumbai. Actress Rani Mukerji, 32, made a rare public appearance at the store launch.
She charmed in wearing an olive green drop waist silk jumpsuit with spaghetti straps.


Hagi Pottery – DEISHI Shibuya: Fuyu-Oni Chawan with signed wooden box.
Deishi Shibuya throws all of chawan and yunomis using a Korean style kick wheel and then fires them in his traditional wood-fired climbing kiln for many days. The typical Hagi white glaze on this winter Chawan uses a mixture of straw ashes that Deishi has refined and modified during his career. He is one of the "elder statesmen" of the Hagi pottery tradition, being the Chairman of the Hagi Traditional Industrial (Handicrafts) Association for the last 20 years or so. He has won many prizes for his work, including the International Art Culture award in 1984. The chawan is around 10 years old, unused and has no damage. You will note that the calligraphy on the wooden box lid is slightly faded and that the seal on the lid has only been partly stamped.


Project 41 is a sleek modern coffee spot and eatery that occupies the base of a shiny new Bowen Hills building near the Brisbane Showgrounds and the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
The light-filled industrial chic space features glass windows looking across to the showgrounds, pale timber tables and trimmings, concrete floor and a wall of hanging plants in white pots.
Open for all day breakfast and lunch, Project 41 does a delicious twist on your standard office and takeaway lunches, with gourmet Subs for lunch (think Banh Mi, Peri Peri Chicken or 14hr BBQ Beef Brisket) and breakfast (filled with thick-cut bacon, avo, cheddar and home-made tomato relish).
There's also Jaffles (try the Hock Monsieur with smoked pork hock, béchamel and gruyere), Salads and Gourmet Sandwiches (Pastrami/Smoked Salmon or Leg Ham on choice of bread).
Or for something more substantial try one of the Slow-Cooked Meat dishes (with the option of Salad Combo) – recommended is the 14hr Beef Brisket served with avo, beet slaw, pickled radish and coriander and a choice of corn chips or soft tortilla.
As well as the sub, on the Breakfast menu are Grilled Mushroom Burgers, Toast and Jam, Coconut, Goji and Almond Granola or a selection of dainty fresh-baked pastries including croissants, Danishes and scrolls.
Project 41 is also a serious coffee destination, with 3 coffee types available – Brisbane's own Blackstar (for milk coffee) and the Odyssey Project (for black coffee) along with a rotating Invitational Coffee, sourced from any one of over 1100 boutique roasteries, from Melbourne to NZ and West Australia. As well as the usual espresso style, coffee here comes as Cold Brew, Filter or Mocha.
Non-coffee drinks meanwhile include tea from the West End Tea Co (China Green, Vanilla Spiced Chai, Earl Grey, Peppermint and English Breakfast), Hot or Iced Chocolate, Chai Latte, Ginger Beer, soft drinks and a selection of Emma and Tom's juices.
Need to know – All meals are available dine-in or takeaway. Loose leaf tea is not available as takeaway. Like the coffee you're just drunk? Bags of Black Star and Odyssey Project beans are available to purchase over the counter.


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Flow: Mazda to Introduce New Design Concept in Los Angeles
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Mazda says it's planning to show off a new concept car for the Los Angeles show — and offers the above teaser image to whet our appetites for instruction. The Nagare, it says, will offer the first hints of the brand's next design direction to be pursued in the styling of future vehicles. Dig the master-class art school verbiage:
"Nagare is a celebration of proportions and surface language..."
— Laurens van den Acker, Mazda global design director
"Inspired by the movement of nature's elements, our designers have captured motion, energy and lightness, translating into a beautiful language of lines and forms that are powerful yet effortless, provocative yet strikingly seductive."
—Franz Von Holzhausen, director of design for Mazda North American operations
Should we take pictures or try to get its phone number?
Mazda to Reveal All-New Design Concept at 2007 Los Angeles International Auto Show
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the global reveal of an all-new concept car, Mazda Nagare (pronounced na-gah-reh), at the Greater Los Angeles International Auto Show, during a press conference at 4:05 PM on November 29, 2006. Following on the heels of three very successful and exploratory Mazda design concepts - Sassou, Senku, and Kabura - from last year's show season, Nagare is the first indication of Mazda's future design direction.
Mazda NAGARE
According to Mazda's newly appointed global design director, Laurens van den Acker, Nagare sums up the future of Mazda design in one deceptively simple word -Flow. "Nagare is a celebration of proportions and surface language that will evolve into subsequent designs planned for presentation at future international auto shows. Nagare examines light and shadow, and begins to reveal the global design cues for the next generation of Mazda vehicles."
Franz Von Holzhausen, Director of Design for Mazda North American Operations, who headed the Nagare design team in Irvine, Calif., describes Nagare as an evolving expression of Zoom-Zoom: "Inspired by the movement of nature's elements, our designers have captured motion, energy and lightness, translating into a beautiful language of lines and forms that are powerful yet effortless, provocative yet strikingly seductive."
And there's much more to come, too, as Mazda continues to evolve flow through future models. For now, Mazda enthusiasts can experience Nagare as an indication of Mazda Design's confident step in a new direction.
Other vehicles on display at the Show include the recently launched Mazda CX-7 crossover SUV, the Mazda CX-9 three-row, seven-passenger SUV, which arrives in North American Mazda dealerships in early 2007, and the brilliantly designed Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hard Top.
Frankfurt Premiere: Mazda Sassou Concept; Mazda to Show New Senku Concept in Tokyo; More on Mazda's Kabura Concept [internal]
Frankfurt Premiere: Mazda Sassou Concept
Why would Mazda want to name a concept car after that snot-nosed bird in the Lion King? Clearly…


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Queen Victoria Building, an iconic highlight
The Queen Victoria Building is an iconic part of the city of Sydney and draws innumerable visitors each year. It has been rightfully described as one of the most resplendent shopping complexes on the globe and is also a historical attraction in its own right. An exceptional specimen of Byzantine style architecture occupying a whole block in the city, this edifice was originally constructed in 1898 as a replacement for the Sydney Market. Subsequently it served as a concert arena and later was renovated as the important City Library.
In the 1930s the venue was refurbished and made use of for other purposes, with municipal offices being located there. A major transformation was implemented in 1984 when it was completely remodelled as a classy shopping complex, featuring over 200 stores. These renovations were thoughtful and innovative, retaining the antique appeal of the edifice.
Even today the building projects an ambience of grandeur and magnificence, with windows of splendid stained glass, an array of lofty domes in different sizes, and widespread use of elaborate wooden panels.
A point of interest is the splendid hanging clock which portrays an array of mechanical moving images of the monarchs of Britain hour by hour. This display is preceded by the sound of trumpeters and concludes with the execution of Charles I!
The building features temporary as well as permanent exhibitions of artefacts and objects of interest which are located at numerous locations on the different floors of the edifice, including reproductions of the crown jewels of Britain and an elaborately decorated life-size coach. Additionally you will see a collection of paintings of royalty at the venue.
The Queen Victoria Building is open to the public every day, and is a major point of interest for residents and tourists alike. Boutiques with Old World facades are to be seen on three storeys which offer some of the most captivating shopping opportunities in Sydney, with merchandise seldom to be found elsewhere. With all this on offer, a visit to the Queen Victoria Building will never disappoint.
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Le Héraut est un journal béninois d'information générale, d'analyse et de publicité fondé en 1988. Différentes rubriques sont abordées à travers les sujets traités : politique, société, culture, sport, environnement, agriculture.

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It's a fascinating place and clearly very little has changed since 1866 in terms of the skills and tools required and used to produce each pair of shoes. With it taking years to learn these requisite skills through indentured apprenticeships, it was more than reminiscent of the fascinating work coopers are still doing today within the whisky industry.
You can imagine then, just how out of place, say, a signed page from Top of The Pops magazine featuring 1990s dance group Baby D would be in such an environment, for example.
Onto the whisky itself though, tasted with Master Distiller Alan Winchester. Again – this is the 48% version, but it should still be indicative of what we can expect later in the year. One thing you may have noticed is that unlike existing Nàdurras (and the vintage release Triumph), the Oloroso expressions will not carry an age statement or any indication of age. Taking their cue from the celebrated Aberlour a'Bunadh range, they've opted not to disclose this, and whiskies that are younger than 16 years old will no doubt be included due to the ability of first-fill Sherry casks to impart a greater intensity of flavour in a shorter time. If the whisky's good, of course, this shouldn't matter – the knock on effect, however, will no doubt be that the bourbon/American Oak Nàdurra will also lose its age statement.
After Oloroso, by the way, we're told that there are further "cask experiences" in the pipeline so watch this space!
Nose: Juicy dried fruits, moving into apricot. A little struck match, vanilla, caramelised onion chutney, cinnamon. Fruit cake develops, with anise, floral notes and caraway. Given time it becomes sweeter, with the vanilla becoming coconutty.
Palate: Some sticky, but not strong or overpowering liquorice, plenty of Seville orange and Bournville dark chocolate towards the end.
Finish: Crumbly, flaky, dry, dark chocolate with the return of some of those spices.
Overall: When Alan Winchester first nosed his glass of Nàdurra Oloroso he smiled and said that the aroma took him straight back to the warehouse, instantly recognisable as one of his "building blocks". I think that sums up the whole point of the Nàdurra 'natural' range quite nicely, and with the nearest thing to a Sherried Glenlivet currently being the premium XXV (25yo), this addition is bound to tickle the fancy of quite a few whisky fans out there.
** Oh, right. Well 1 Galleon is about £5. Do try to keep up, Muggle!


It may not yet have the cachet of the Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas, but the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain is fast becoming the place for the world's smartphone and mobile device manufacturers to make their key product announcements.
If you missed our coverage this week, here's a recap of the key news from this year's show.
The smartphone galaxy got a little larger as Samsung Electronics launched its new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones, and unveiled a new mobile payments solution, Samsung Pay. The Galaxy S6 edge features a curved display on both sides, with a glass body made from Corning Gorilla Glass 4 in an array of jewel tones. Both smartphones also feature a new and lighter user interface.
HTC Corp. didn't waste any time in showing off its new HTC One M9. Those familiar with last year's One M8 smartphone will have to look twice to try and spot the differences between it and this new device. Most of the significant changes come under the hood with an incremental bump on the specs for this smartphone. There's a faster SnapDragon 810 CPU with 64-bit support, 3 GB of RAM, and a faster graphics processor in the Adreno 430.
CEO John Chen is aiming to expand BlackBerry's enterprise mobile management (EMM) business into the small and medium size business realm by launching a cloud version of the BES12 technology, which designed to manage mobile devices running iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows operating systems. BES12 Cloud is geared towards enterprises looking to manage mobile devices, protect their corporate data and enable employee productivity.
That wasn't all for BlackBerry. The vendor opened up its productivity and security software and solutions to other mobile platforms, while also reaffirming its commitment to the handset market by launching a new smartphone. BlackBerry Experience Suite will make BlackBerry's productivity, communication, collaboration and security solutions available for purchase and use on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. The new smatphone, the BlackBerry Leap, is an all-touch model with a 5" HD display.
Microsoft Corp. hopes to entice mobile phone users to its new Lumia 640 and the larger phablet, Lumia 640 XL with a one-year free subscription to Microsoft Office 365. Both products will ship with Windows 8.1 and they can be ungraded to Windows 10. The 5″ 640 and the 5.7″ 640 XL will be available in either 3G or LTE connectivity. The handsets will be available in black, white, orange and cyan and can come with either single and dual SIM.
After listening carefully to what customers are looking for in a premium laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co. used MWC to launch the HP Spectre x360, a 13.3" convertible PC that combines performance with an ultra-thin design. It's a convertible with an all CNC aluminum chassis that is 15.9 millimeters in height and weighs 3.3 pounds. It can transition between notebook mode for work, stand mode for viewing entertainment, tent mode for touchscreen entertainment and tablet mode for on the go usage.
It wasn't all about new toys at MWC. Big data is a great opportunity for companies to leverage for business and marketing decisions, and mobile carriers are sitting on a gold mine of subscriber data, but leveraging that data has been a challenge. Nokia hopes to change that by adding predictive marketing to its Customer Experience Management offering.
Want to compare the latest smartphones from MWC 2015 with our picks for the top smartphones for business in 2014? Click below for our top smartphones for business slideshow, where we go in depth on each of the year's top smartphone models.


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As an instructor, my hatha flow classes are meditative, a journey to self love and enabling my students to practice their own level of ability. It is my commitment to inspire others to realize their own inner strength. Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than guiding people towards their health/fitness goals, and being apart of their journey.


Last stronghold of the Cathars, the department of Aude, set between the Pyrenees and Mediterranean, is as rich in history as in the diversity of its coast and countryside.
Central to Aude are the wild Corbieres Hills, a mixture of herb scented 'garrigue', oak forests and vineyards, deep valleys and almost inaccessible hilltops where the 13th century Cathars (regarded as heretics and oppressed by king and Pope) built their medieval strongholds. A fascinating corner of France for your next holiday.


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Hurricane Eta brings wind, rain, and flooding to coast of northeastern Nicaragua
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Nicaragua's weather conditions deteriorate as Hurricane Eta approaches on November 3, 2020.
Though Hurricane Eta has yet to make landfall in Nicaragua, as of 9 a.m., Tuesday weather experts say the Category 4 hurricane is already battering the coast with strong winds and rain that have caused massive outages in affected areas.
10 AM EST Tuesday, November 3 Hurricane #Eta Key Messages: Extremely dangerous Eta expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and landslides across portions of Central America. https://t.co/lQ8WhA2D3G pic.twitter.com/mW0ReBaBJw
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) November 3, 2020
"Eta has become an impressive November hurricane as it continues to undergo rapid strengthening," the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday afternoon.
By late Monday night, the storm was about 45 miles from Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, with sustained winds of 150 mph. Before making landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday morning, the NHC said Eta is anticipated to strengthen into a Category 5.
The slow-moving 28th named storm of the season has the lowest pressure among its seasonal contemporaries, which some weather experts say is a sign of its strength.
The region is expected to withstand catastrophic and life-threatening conditions -- including flooding, landslides and nearly 3 feet of rain in portions of Central America -- through the week before the remnants of Hurricane Eta move back into the Caribbean, Mauldin said.
Should Eta reach Category 5 status, it will be only the second Atlantic hurricane of that strength in November on record. It will also be the first Category 5 to hit Nicaragua since Felix in 2007.
Conditions were already deteriorating Monday night along the northeast coast of Nicaragua, and will worsen as Eta makes landfall. The storm may be one of the worst flooding events Nicaragua has seen since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed more than 10,000 people.
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Dissenters & Rebels: MARIAN ANDERSON
Aug 24, 2018 9:41:57 AM
By Lizabeth Malanga
Who are the Dissenters and Rebels of opera? In celebration of our 2018/19 Season, we took a tour through opera history to find seven examples that upended societal expectations, charted their own course, or inspired others to imagine the world anew.
The internationally acclaimed contralto, Marian Anderson, was thrust into the public spotlight after a controversial rejection from one of the nation's prominent concert houses. The incident garnered the attention of the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, and spiraled into a must-see event on Easter Sunday in 1939, which sparked further action in the Civil Rights movement, and eventually, Anderson's landmark debut as the first black singer at the Metropolitan Opera.
Anderson was the eldest daughter of a working class family in Philadelphia, whose early career was encouraged and funded by her community. After years of studying she won first prize in a vocal competition held by the New York Philharmonic in 1925 and made her Carnegie Hall debut in New York in 1929. Shortly after that, she went to Europe to study music and to master foreign languages and had a wildly successful European tour in 1933. Her concert programs always included classical art songs such as German Lieder and French mélodie, and ended with some Spirituals.
In 1936 she began touring the US extensively with the Hampton University concert series. With each performance, Anderson's popularity increased and audiences grew so large that the University had to find larger venues. They applied for the use of Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., a venue which was established and managed by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to host their annual conventions. However, due to a previous incident with the singer Roland Hayes in 1932, the DAR had decided that only "white artists" would be permitted access to the hall, and Anderson's application was denied.
The fact that Anderson had been celebrated at prestigious European concert halls shaped public outrage at the clear racial discrimination against this respectable black concert artist. The controversy intensified further when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, aware of the injustice, resigned from the DAR, as her feelings were "in complete disagreement with the attitude taken in refusing Constitution Hall to a great artist."
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After months of petitioning to no avail, arrangements were made to have a concert outside in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall. The Easter Sunday concert was spearheaded by Anderson's manager and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with Anderson dramatically positioned just below Lincoln's imposing statue. The event was broadcast nationwide at 5:00 pm, April 9, 1939, by NBC, with and 75,000 people in the audience on the Mall.
Anderson realized that her performance in Washington had taken on a life of its own. As she described in her autobiography, "In principle, the idea was sound, but it could not be comfortable to me as an individual . . . [but] my significance as an individual was small in this affair." Despite Anderson's reservations about grandstanding during the escalating controversy, she performed with the understanding that "I had become, whether I liked it or not, a symbol representing my people."
These realizations and the grander context of the performance influenced the repertoire she chose to perform. The concert opened with My country 'tis of thee, and included America the Beautiful along with the impressive aria O mio Fernando from Donizetti's La Favorita, Schubert's Ave Maria, and three Spirituals: Gospel Train, Trampin', and My soul's been anchored in the Lord. Anderson ended the historic performance with the encore, Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
There was a more direct, personal protest in what Anderson chose to sing for her encore; she rose above the public demands for a spectacle and decided to bear private witness to the troubles black women had been encountering, and still do encounter, when confronted with both institutional racism and societal expectations communal pressures. By raising her voice in song and presenting a mastery of art song with a multilayered and emotionally rich vocalism, she spoke out for the oppressed and inspired marginalized voices to emerge from the crowd in her footsteps.
Through her perseverance, Anderson succeed in breaking the long-standing color barrier when she appeared on the Metropolitan Opera House stage for the first time in 1955 as Ulrica, in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera. The timing was bittersweet, as she was 58 years old and no longer in the prime of her vocal life, but she was very well received with eight curtain calls on the night of her debut. Baritone Robert McFerrin—father of jazz singer Bobby McFerrin—followed Anderson as the first male African-American Met soloist. He appeared in Verdi's Aida as Amonasro on Jan. 27, 1955, just twenty days after Anderson's debut. Anderson opened doors for other great singers of color to take the stage including Gloria Davy, who was the first African-American to sing the title role of Aida at the Met Opera, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Reri Grist, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Grace Bumbry, Pretty Yende, and more.
Her legacy continues today through the mission of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way, either through their work or their support for an important cause.
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Marian Anderson in a photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Anderson performing in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Photograph by Thomas D. Mcavoy/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
Anderson, at the curtain call of her Metropolitan Opera debut on January 7, 1955. The contralto sang the role of Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera.OPERA NEWS Archives.
Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress
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What Features Should Be Considered While Developing A Social Media App
The social media app, Clubhouse has become ingrained in the daily life of the people. It became fashionable in January 2021 with over 2 million active users. Additionally, the user base has grown rapidly, reaching 10 million in February 2021. This data is enough to conclude that the clubhouse is the most popular with the general public.
The popularity of this trend can be attributed to its novel business model based on audio-based social networking. On this platform, users can create and connect with like-minded individuals to engage in audio-based conversations.
Given the popularity of social audio apps, entrepreneurs are attempting to capitalize on the trend by releasing Clubhouse clone apps for Android and iOS to reach a wider audience. If you choose to work in the social media industry, you must understand how it works. The blog will discuss several key features.
Most Important Features Of Social Media App
The functionality of the Clubhouse app is determined by the features included. You can improve the usability of your app by adding features. Given the saturation of the social media app market, it will be important to differentiate yourself from the competition through your unique selling propositions.
When you're focused on offering something unique, don't overlook the basic features of social audio chat apps. Please take a look
After installing the app, users are asked to create a profile. Let them complete your profile by providing your email address and phone number during the registration process.
This is the first and foremost thing that users see when opening the application. This is where they can find and join active audio rooms.
Users have the option to create a new room or join an existing one. Rooms is a virtual discussion forum that enables real-time interaction between users. For example, clubhouses can accommodate up to 5000 people in a single room.
The persons sitting in the rooms are free to discuss anything they want. On the other hand, users can only discuss topics that interest them. In this respect, it is on par with Facebook groups.
Clubhouse, like other social media apps, requires a search feature. This feature enables users to locate profiles and rooms.
The most important feature to include in a social audio application is the ability to increase user engagement. You should notify users when their connections enter the room to interact, when upcoming events are announced, when profiles are followed, and when other similar events occur.
Hopefully, you now understand some of the essential features of social audio chat applications in general. As a result, contact app developers or companies to develop Clubhouse applications.
Other Famous Audio-Based Social Media Applications-
1. Audlist
Audlist is a popular audio-focused social networking app that can be downloaded for Android and iOS devices. The great app allows users to communicate with various content creators by leaving audio messages on their posts. Users are unable to type anything other than a suitable short title for their audio post to interact. The ability to post audio stories that will only stay on the feed for 24 hours is one of Audlist's upcoming features. Lastly, the app is completely free to use.
2. Hearme Out
Another free audio-based app is HearMeOut, available for Android and iOS. The application is designed to play audio files up to 42 seconds long. It also allows users to use a picture as the cover image of the post. You can easily share content on popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using this app. Sound effects such as morning bass, 1970s radio, and more can be added to your posts. This app is also available for free.
Listen, which is available on Android and iOS, takes a slightly different approach to audio content. You can use the app to record your voice and then send it to different people. After sending a voice note, you can start a face-to-face conversation with anyone. The app is available for download for free, but in-app purchases are available.
4. Riffr
Riffr is a free app that specializes in audio clips ranging from 5 seconds to 3 minutes. It's available for Android and iOS Mobile app, and it lets you add a single photograph to your soundtrack as a cover image, plus some fun sound modifiers. Riffr allows you to share all your posts on all social media platforms.
However, you can build an app similar to Clubhouse Clone Script instead of starting from scratch. Do you have any idea why? It is a ready-to-use social audio chat application that enables you to enter the social media industry in just a few weeks. Download our universal app and start using it on Android and iOS right away.
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Sylvia Serfaty  est une mathématicienne française, née en 1975, professeur à l'université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, lauréate du prix Henri-Poincaré en 2012.

Parcours universitaire
Sylvia Serfaty étudie à l'École normale supérieure où elle entre en 1994, classée première. Elle obtient un doctorat en mathématiques de l'université Paris-Sud en 1999. Sa thèse, réalisée sous la direction de Fabrice Bethuel, traite des solutions stables de l'équation aux dérivées partielles de la théorie de Ginzburg-Landau en présence de champ magnétique.

Elle est recrutée comme chargée de recherches au CNRS en 1999 et obtient son habilitation à diriger les recherches en 2002. Elle mène une double carrière d'abord au CNRS et au Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences de l'université de New York (2001-2008), puis à partir de 2008 comme professeur à l'université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, au sein du laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions et au Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, où elle est Global Distinguished Professor. Depuis 2016, elle est professeur, puis depuis 2018 Silver Professor au Courant Institute.

Recherches et distinctions
En 2004, elle reçoit le prix de la Société mathématique européenne pour ses travaux sur l'étude asymptotique des équations de la théorie de Ginzburg-Landau, ainsi que pour son travail (avec François Alouges et Tristan Rivière) sur des problèmes en calcul variationnel perturbés par une singularité. Ces deux travaux sont utiles en magnétique (supraconductivité).

En 2012, elle est l'un des quatre lauréats du prix Henri-Poincaré.

En 2013, elle obtient, conjointement avec Pierre Vanhove, le prix Mergier-Bourdeix de l'Académie des sciences de Paris. Le communiqué de l'Académie des sciences mentionne :

Elle a été conférencière invitée au Congrès international des mathématiciens de 2006, à Madrid, et conférencière plénière à celui de 2018, à Rio.

En 2014, elle est nommée membre du Conseil stratégique de la recherche.

En 2019, elle est élue membre de l'American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Voir aussi

Documents sonores

"Sylvia Serfaty, la boss des maths" - Premières Dames, le podcast (février 2020)

 Interview vidéo de Sylvia Serfaty
 BnF - Cycle Un texte, un mathématicien - Le calcul révolutionnaire du jeune mathématicien turinois (Lagrange) - Conférence de Sylvia Serfaty du 4 avril 2012

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  Sylvia Serfaty on Mathematical Truth and Frustration, une entrevue avec Sylvia Serfaty sur Quanta Magazine.

Mathématicienne française
Mathématicienne du XXIe siècle
Élève de l'École normale supérieure
Professeur à l'université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
Naissance en 1975
Lauréat du prix de la Société mathématique européenne
Lauréat du prix Mergier-Bourdeix


Have you seen it? I just noticed that you can now do much more than just like posts on Facebook. You can also show a heart or dislike it. Find out how to dislike on Facebook and much more!
Now you can show feelings about posts shared on Facebook!
As you can see above you can get access to all these different actions as you keep your mouse above the like button on Facebook. So, you can as of now do much more than like posts, but you can also love posts, be surprised at posts, cry at posts, laugh at posts or dislike them and get angry.
How do you like this post? Share it on Facebook and show what you feel about it. I am really happy about this and the fact that you can now do much more than just like a post!
As of now you can only use this on computers meaning that you can not yet dislike, laugh, smile or cry at Facebook posts with your Facebook mobile application yet.
How to change Facebook preview of my url?
How to count Facebook likes with Facebook reactions?


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She has hailed from Oklahoma, U.S but we have not her exact address.
Famous Comedian as well as Singer.
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Yeah I agree, I was surprised when I saw the prizes as well.
you certainly won't get rich winning this comp – $20 – a measly 20 bucks!
But that's not what it's all about. It's all the exposure and traffic you pick up.
Worth entering just to have a punt.