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The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Are women like Marianne, Benita, and ...
The Women in the Castle
A nuanced portrait of war, and of three women haunted by the past and the ...
Summary and Reviews
Are women like Marianne, Benita, and Ania victims, or do they bear responsibility for Hitler's rise to power? How accountable are individuals for their leaders? Why do you think Marianne saw Hitler for what he was when others did not?
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Do you think women like Marianne, Benita, and Ania were victims, or do you feel they bear responsibility for Hitler's rise to power and consequently their own plights, post-war? How accountable are individuals for their leaders? What about resisters like Marianne and her circle? Why do you think she saw the true monster that Hitler was when many others did not?
alycet
RE: Are women like Marianne, Benita, and Ania victims, or do they bear responsibility for Hitler's rise to power? How accountable are individuals for their leaders? Why do you think Marianne saw Hitler for what he was when others did not?
I had a German professor in college who was of the Jewish faith. While he was 6-8 years old, he said he marched behind the military parades with their big oompah bands. He said they were exciting and everyone wanted to participate and wave flags. Fortunately his family escaped before the atrocities.
marilynj
It isn't difficult to be a victim; we can all be duped; and it is difficult to step out from the crowd and see events in a different light. On the news this morning was a woman who was duped by someone who wasn't who he said he was on an online dating service. She gave him over a million dollars. I see these situations every day--people being mislead and scammed by somebody. I rant inwardly and ask how this can happen to supposedly intelligent, thoughtful people.
Hitler was a scammer, using today's word, and at first, a charismatic individual who fooled many unsuspecting people. Who of us can say that she would definitely see through someone like him or some clever person on a dating service or on her telephone? I like to think I'm smart and way too savvy to fall for some "kool-aid" plot cooked up by a man with a vision; however, until we have been placed in that position, how do we know what we will do or allow?
There are many Anias and Benitas and few Mariannes. There are many more ordinary people who are content to allow the few Mariannes to do what is right, to right wrongs. Too many women allow themselves to be victims because of the lack of knowledge or the courage or because they are in circumstances about which they have little power to control. We all bear responsibility and accountability for our leaders, and more of us are now beginning to use our power and intelligence to speak out against injustice and wrongdoing.
My grown, middle-aged children don't understand when I say I did or didn't do something because it was in a different time. People were different then. Marianne had support in Albrecht and Connie and others in her privileged social circle. Ania relied mostly on herself and Benita chose a different path. She hadn't the strength of either Marianne or Ania.
My husband and I often discuss television and newspaper journalists from totally opposite perspectives. I consider them heroes for being our watchdogs and speaking out, for ferreting out the truth and wrongdoing, even if they are sometimes tiresome and over-report. Many of them are the Mariannes of our era, and they battle despite their fears.
JLPen77
Bravo, Marilyn J!
In one sense, they -- we-- are all responsible for what we can control: our own actions or failure to act in the face of evil. That said, we are not all equally blessed with the luxury of being able to do as Marianne did. Her position of privilege enabled her, first of all, to see and learn things others did not know for many years--Hitler was a master at propaganda. Then, she had the economic means to offer help where others had to starve or prostitute themselves to survive and protect their children. People in survival mode do not usually have the inner strength and focus nor the background to envision ways they might organize and act to resist, and many of them may lack the education/worldly knowledge to see through the propaganda. That was the situation then, especially for women, and it's unfortunately the situation in America today, with its growing inequality, fake news and its rise of nationalistic, white supremacist politics, for so many people. Let those of us who can do so shoulder our responsibility to act, imitating Marianne's courage but not her lack of empathy for those who don't see as clearly as she could.
dianac
I don't think any of the women were victims, nor were they portrayed as such. I am not so sure that Marianne saw Hitler for what he was but rather took her husband's word and the word of his colleagues. If you believe they bear any responsibility for Hitler's rise to power then you must also believe Americans bear responsibility for the politicians they elect.
carolt
Everyone bore responsibility, but not everyone stood up even later to admit it. As we can see now, the vast majority don't think they can do anything so they don't.
laurap
Like the rest of us, these women could only control their own actions. That said, Benita and Ania chose to go along, and even to actively support Hitler's rise because he was exciting and said what they wanted to hear. Marianne, from a position of privilege, heard a different message, and chose a different response. None of them wanted the consequences of their actions as things played out, but all were at least a bit responsible for what happened -- Marianne for the results of the plot, and Benita and Ania for the state they supported.
leopolds
i think Marianne was closest to it all due to her husband's role who didn't hide information from her. She also had the wealth as a comfort behind her.


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Darth Vader's Guide To Email Marketing
We all know that Star Wars is full of life lessons. After all, it's pop culture's ultimate morality play, with clear-cut instructions for deciding right and wrong, as well as ultra-cool examples of all those roads not taken and detours missed.
Unfortunately, many of us are so caught up in cheering for the good guys that we miss the extremely valuable life lessons that Darth Vader and his ilk can teach us.
Lord Vader was no slouch when it came to self-promotion. How else do you think he rose to the top of his nefarious profession? During his early years as a fledgling Sith lord, there's no doubt that Vader's email marketing skills must have been prodigious.
In fact, if you take an even closer look at Star Wars, you can pick up a number of subliminal hints that can help you with your own email marketing strategies. Consider these strategies used by the Great Helmeted One himself.
Reach Out to the Multitudes, but Target Your Audience
Darth Vader wasn't merely satisfied with running a kingdom or two; galactic domination was his goal, and in business, it should be yours too. Lord Vader's mistake was that, instead of utilizing the talents of his minions, he only wanted to crush them all under the heel of his black durasteel combat boots.
You can avoid the same mistake by targeting your email audience. Use social networking sites to learn about their preferences and cater to these with your email marketing campaign. Speaking of social networking….
Throughout the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader didn't merely bark orders; he also engaged in challenging dialogues with enemies such as Luke and Obi Wan-Kenobi, provoking them by knowing just which buttons to push to get the optimum reaction. In the same way, you'll want to engage your email prospects by appealing to their interests, then creating stimulating conversations with them.
One way to do this is to post contests, surveys or question-and-answer sessions, either on your website or via your Facebook and Twitter pages. You'll not only find out about your target audience, but you'll also get lots of new email addresses for your mailing list.
Believe in Your Product
When Darth Vader tells Imperial Officer Motti, "I find your lack of faith disturbing," he's giving utterance to his life's credo: believe in yourself — and in your message. When you show others that you believe in your product, they'll get the message right away, without you having to resort to a Darth Vader death grip.
Create Pithy Content, and Keep it Simple
When Darth Vader pronounced those memorable words, "I am your father," he made cinematic history with one simple sentence. Vader is a man of few words, but those words are always compelling.
By being direct and getting to the heart of the matter without a lot of fluff, you can produce email content that's actually being read, not deleted.
Technology is Your Friend
Lord Vader and his minions used only the newest state-of-the-art technologies, all of which were encapsulated in the Death Star. Except for extenuating circumstances, propelled by the power of the Force, the Death Star would have been a splendid high-tech center of galactic operations for the Empire.
In much the same way, you can embrace technology by using analytics to measure your return on investment (ROI) as well as your response activity in your email marketing campaign.
Use Tracking Tools to Measure Performance
Darth Vader implemented a tracking device on the Millennium Falcon so that he and his minions could follow the ship to Yavin IV, the hidden base of the rebels. If it wasn't for the power of the Force (more about that later), the scheme might have worked.
By following Vader's strategy and implementing tracking tools in your email marketing, you can uncover valuable demographics, such as where your target prospects live and what types of products they like and buy. Likewise, you can also use tracking tools to find out whether or not your emails have been opened, and which links have been clicked and followed.
Dodge Spam Filters
Darth Vader destroyed Alderaan because it was a nuisance to the Empire. In much the same way, spam filters are a nuisance to email marketing; but the good news is there are ways to handle those pesky email rebels.
By using a dedicated IP address, as well as email service providers that are specially designed for marketing purposes, you can dodge spam filters as adroitly as Darth Vader sidesteps those light-saber swipes in his final battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Test Your Emails
Darth Vader was a strong believer in testing your methods to make sure they're going to succeed when it really counts. For example, he wanted to hold Luke in a state of suspended animation, so he tested the process on Hans Solo first by having him frozen in carbonite. Likewise, he did a test-run on the Death Star's capabilities by completely taking out Alderaan.
In much the same way, you can test different variables in your email marketing to see how well they're working. For example, try experimenting with distinct designs and fonts, as well as various types of topics in the subject line. By measuring the effectiveness of these variables, you'll be able to come up with the right voice and graphics for your campaign.
Create a Call to Action that Resonates
When Darth Vader carried out a command, he meant business. Try ending your emails with a powerful call to action that's just as compelling as one of Vader's commands — without utilizing that nasty death grip, which would certainly send the wrong message.
Have a Sense of Humor
When Darth Vader says "Apology accepted" after choking Captain Needa to death, it's proof that the old steel-shod rascal does indulge in the odd grisly whimsicality here and there. While there probably won't be a "Darth Vader Joke Book" on the market anytime soon, you can still take a cue from the Great Helmeted One and infuse your emails with a touch of humor. Look at it this way: the funnier the email, the more chances it will be read instead of deleted.
This is the one thing that Darth Vader never learned to do, and it led to the downfall of the Empire. If they'd only distributed a few customer comment cards in the Mos Eisley Cantina, the Empire might have finally gotten the message that the Emperor wasn't too popular.
By asking for feedback in your emails, you're opening the door for response and communication from potential customers. Plus, feedback is a great way to find out how to reach your audience in a more meaningful way.
Don't Underestimate the Power of the Force — Your Audience
Throughout the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader's biggest mistake is that he continually underestimated the light side of the Force, as well as the powers of its practitioners. Remember the Ewoks? It's safe to say that when Lord Vader was strategizing his final assault against the rebellion, he never envisioned his troops being overrun and outsmarted by a bunch of fluffy, high-IQ teddy bears picnicking in a redwood forest.
Even if a segment of your audience seems unresponsive to your email campaign, don't give up on them. They may just be waiting for the right moment to spring into action. Instead, use creative ways to engage them, such as dialogues and contests.
Use an Email Management System
Where would Darth Vader be without his storm troopers? More than anything else, Vader believed in bringing out the troops whenever it was necessary — and having a strong support system to cover his back. Vader's onboarding skills must have been exemplary, or how else could he have put together such a forceful management team?
No matter how extensive your email marketing campaign, you'll benefit from an email management system offering management tools such as list building, graphic designing and auto-delivery.
A professional system can also help you create dynamic content rich with links that can be tracked so you can measure your effectiveness. Darth Vader also believed in delegating whenever it was feasible, and an email management system can take some of the grub work off your hands so that you have more time to concentrate on your product or service.
Darth Vader was a superb strategist, which is the key quality of a good marketer. By utilizing these same strategies — albeit in a positive, nonviolent way — you can parlay Darth Vader's own methods into a successful email marketing campaign that will stand head and shoulders (even without the cape and helmet) above the crowd.
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Музей исламского искусства в Берлине () размещается в Пергамском музее и входит в состав Государственных музеев Берлина.

Коллекция
В музее представлено искусство исламских народов VIII—XIX веков, проживавших на просторах от Испании до Индии. В основу экспозиции положены в первую очередь искусство Египта, Ближнего Востока и Ирана. Другие регионы также представлены значимыми коллекционными объектами, как, например, произведения каллиграфии и миниатюры эпохи Империи Великих Моголов или сицилийскими изделиями из слоновой кости.

Наиболее известные экспонаты
В силу своих размеров, значения в истории искусства и популярности у посетителей музея следует в первую очередь выделить:

 Фриз из Мшатты
 Алеппская комната
 Купол из Альгамбры
 Михраб из Кашана
 Михраб из Коньи
 Ковёр с изображением драконов и фениксов, Малая Азия, начало XV века.
 Складная подставка для Корана, Малая Азия, Конья, XIII век.
 Искусство книги (сменная экспозиция в Кабинете книги)

История
Музей основан Вильгельмом фон Боде в 1904 году как исламский отдел Музея кайзера Фридриха (ныне Музея Боде). Поводом для создания послужил фриз дворца в Мшатте, подаренный кайзеру Вильгельму II османским султаном Абдул-Хамидом II. Именно он вместе с переданными в музей Вильгельмом фон Боде 21 ковром легли в основу коллекции нового музея. Музей въехал в новое здание Пергамского музея на верхний этаж и открылся в 1932 году. Экспозиция закрылась в 1939 году в связи с начавшейся войной.

Несмотря на то, что многие экспонаты музея были вывезены, а оставшиеся в Пергамском музее объекты были укреплены, война нанесла коллекции серьёзный урон. Прямым попаданием бомбы была разрушена одна из башен ворот фриза из Мшатты, а от зажигательной бомбы, попавшей в сейфовые хранилища монетного двора, полностью или частично сгорели ценнейшие ковры, находившиеся там на хранении. В 1954 году экспозиция музея открылась вновь в здании Пергамского музея в качестве Исламского музея. Музейные фонды, оказавшиеся в западных оккупационных зонах, были перевезены в музей в Далеме, где они впервые после войны предстали вниманию публики также в 1954 году. В 1968—1970 годах экспозиция функционировала в Шарлоттенбургском дворце. В 1971 году постоянная экспозиция Музея исламского искусства открылась в новом здании музейного комплекса в Далеме.

В 1958 году в Исламский музей в Пергамском музее на Музейном острове вернулась большая часть произведений так называемых «трофейных культурных ценностей», вывезенных в Советский Союз в 1945—1946 годах. После реставрации некоторых других значимых экспонатов коллекции в 1967 году открылся доступ публики во все выставочные залы музея. На основе договора об объединении музеев они были сведены в 1992 году в единое собрание под названием «Музей исламского искусства». Экспозиция в Далеме закрылась в 1998 году. Обновлённая постоянная экспозиция музея на верхнем этаже южного корпуса Пергамского музея открылась в 2000 году.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Museum für Islamische Kunst / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Музей исламского искусства на сайте Государственных музеев Берлина

Археологические музеи Германии
Художественные музеи Германии
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The Mystery of Evelyn Salt
on celebrity, movies on Thursday, June 17, 2010
Columbia Pictures presents Angelina Jolie ("Wanted") in the new, gripping action-thriller "Salt."
In the film, Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
For Jolie, playing an ambiguous character who might not be who she claims to be was a whole lot of fun. She loved the fact that the audience will be on the edge of their seats wondering if Salt is a loyal CIA agent or, in fact, she could really be a mole, deep under cover for the enemy.
"I think you go through the film, if we have done our job right, not being sure of who she is and when you think you are sure of who she is maybe even that is different than you thought it was," Jolie says.
"Salt" is directed by Phillip Noyce ("The Bone Collector") from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland ("Green Zone") and Kurt Wimmer ("Equilibrium")
The film also stars Liev Schreiber ("The Manchurian Candidate") as Winter, Salt's boss and friend on the Russian desk at the CIA, and Chiwetel Ejiofor ("2012") plays Peabody, a CIA counter-intelligence officer.
Opening soon across the Philippines, "Salt" is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit www.sonypictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.


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 T. c. cavernicola: centraal Mali.
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I have started experementing with wax medium.I melt down the wax and add turpentine while it is still a liquid.I like the fact that it dries quickly and will not affect the color of my paints.I was wondering if anybody could tell me if there are any problums that may come for using this medium?
Hi Seth, welcome to WC! I'd like to understand your technique a bit more clearly. Are you using oil paint? Are you mixing the color into the wax?. Encaustics is a wax based medium but i'm not sure if that's exactly what you are doing. Can you elaborate a bit? Thanks.
Hi Seth, could you post an example of your work. Is it that you are overlaying the wax/turpentine mix over the oils to give your piece more depth or a layered look? I have done this with other mediums, and have worked with wax before, but not in the manner you describe. I would like to learn more about it also.
Welcome to WetCanvas and the alternative mediums forum.


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Institute of Neural Regeneration & Tissue Engineering
Summary of the Role of Biomaterial Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Therapy
Biomaterials form a powerful and indispensable tool in the study of stem cells and their application to regenerative medicine.
It has long been recognized that stem cells hold tremendous therapeutic potential for a variety of diseases and injuries, particularly for numerous ailments that have no effective treatments, but restoring tissue and organ functions with stem cells has also posed several challenges that remain to be overcome. One approach for surmounting many of these limitations and significantly advancing capabilities of stem cells in therapeutic applications is the use of biomaterials with stem cells. Biomaterials offer numerous advantages and expand capabilities that generally cannot be achieved with stem cells alone, particularly in the case of implanting cells and reconstructing damaged tissue [1].
Restoring Form and Function
Tissue engineering aims to restore the function of damaged or diseased tissue by the use of stem cells and biomaterials. Biomaterials generally include forms of natural or synthetic matrix molecules that replicate aspects of innate extracellular matrix in various tissues (e.g., collagen, fibrin, laminin, hyaluronic acid, and many others). This biomaterial scaffolding can serve many functions, such as supporting structural organization of cells, providing cell signaling and differentiation cues, providing attachment points for cells and aiding anchorage-dependent survival, as well as preventing cells from being washed away from implantation sites in the body [2]. Many types of biomaterials have been shown to influence the survival and function of developing stem cells, and biomaterial designs can recapitulate the cellular interactions, matrix characteristics, biochemical gradients, and signaling events that occur in development, in addition to supporting cell survival, differentiation, and integration into innate tissue.
Anatomical Organization
The suspension of biomaterial polymers in an aqueous medium enables cells to be cultured in 3D configurations, which helps form unique structures and functions found in many types of organ tissues. This was shown in cerebral organoids, where clusters of pluripotent stem cells were cultured in spheres of proteinaceous Matrigel to create numerous types of neural structures and cell types [3]. 3D hydrogel cultures of stem cells have been shown to enable the formation of other advanced anatomical structures, including various gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic, renal, retinal, and cerebral tissues. The cells themselves appear to possess innately-programmed capabilities to self-assemble at least some aspects of important anatomical structures even in unpatterned hydrogel constructs. For example, neural tissue organoids have demonstrated various aspects of ventricular, hippocampal, retinal, spinal, and cortical regions [3–5]. The use of biomaterials in clinically-relevant testing has also shown promise in enhancing cell survival [6], promoting a favorable regenerative environment [7], and extending neural connectivity through neural lesions [8].
Architectural Effects on Cells
Advancing technologies may also enable biomaterials to provide detailed guidance of cellular and even subcellular architecture. For example, inclusion of functionalized polymer nanofibers within hydrogels can serve as cell attachment scaffolding that directs neurite outgrowth along the fibers [9]. Even characteristics like biomaterial stiffness, density, and cross-linking capability can influence the cell differentiation and function [10]. In addition, a wide array of tissue types and cell states can be achieved within the same choice of biomaterial, either by means of intrinsic cell signals or by means of various growth factors and differentiation factors that can be supplied within the biomaterials. Thus much research remains to be done on the optimal combinations of biomaterials, signaling factors, scaffolding architectures, and culture medias needed to optimally prepare cells for transplantation and integration into specific tissues of the body.
Biocompatibility
In addition, biomaterials may help enhance the biocompatibility of certain tissue implants. Certain types of matrix molecules may inhibit inflammatory and scarring reactions that arise from disrupting tissue or introducing a foreign body into the tissue, either by interacting with cellular receptors or by absorbing and diffusing reactive cell signaling factors. If the biomaterial takes too long to degrade or has too great of stiffness compared with the innate tissue, it may trigger foreign body reactions that prevent functional integration of the implanted cells; conversely, if the biomaterial degrades too quickly or is too elastic or friable, it may not adequately support functional integration of implanted cells into the tissue. Biomaterial polymers can be designed to facilitate integration into host tissue, minimize foreign-body reactions, and enhance the permissive environment of the tissue.
The Role of Diffusion
Recent research has also suggested that the inherent diffusion limitations of gasses and nutrients through 3D tissue cultures can specifically affect cellular organization, differentiation state, and metabolic characteristics of cells [11]. Biochemical signaling factors included in the 3D tissue construct can form diffused concentration gradients that direct differentiation, axis patterning, and other cellular identities and functions at distinct regions of the tissue construct. Understanding these diffusion processes will better help deliver specific controllable concentrations of ions, nutrients, and growth factors to specific regions of the cellular tissue constructs, which in turn will enable tight control of cell state and differentiation processes. Evidence suggests that stem cells implanted into the body may have better survival if they are cultured and prepared under certain conditions of stress or exposure, a form of "preconditioning" the cells [12], and culturing cells in 3D conditions with limited diffusion is one way of achieving the preconditioning effect.
Altogether, it can be seen that when attempting to design ideal cellular constructs for implantation, numerous aspects must be carefully considered in the context of the specific tissue type and the desired functional effects. Restoring function in tissues and organs—whether brain, heart, lung, liver, kidney, nerve, muscle, or other tissues—is likely to require reconstructing functional architecture of the tissue rather than simply integrating isolated cells. Recent stem cell research has therefore focused on the application of biomaterials along with stem cells to enable desired patterning and organization of more accurate and complete tissue structures, and this work is of great import to regenerative medicine efforts.
1) McMurtrey RJ. Multi-Compartmental Biomaterial Scaffolds for Patterning Neural Tissue Organoids in Models of Neurodevelopment and Tissue Regeneration. J. Tissue Engineering. 2016; 7:1-8. doi: 10.1177/2041731416671926 arXiv:1610.02543
2) McMurtrey RJ. Novel Advancements in Three-Dimensional Neural Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Neural Regeneration Research. 2015 Mar; 10(3):352-354. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.153674 PMID: 25878573 arXiv:1504.00698
3) Lancaster MA, Renner M, Martin CA et al. Cerebral organoids model human brain development and microcephaly. Nature 501(7467), 373–379 (2013).
4) Mariani J, Coppola G, Zhang P et al. FOXG1-dependent dysregulation of GABA/glutamate neuron differentiation in autism spectrum disorders. Cell 162(2), 375–390 (2015).
5) Meinhardt A, Eberle D, Tazaki A et al. 3D reconstitution of the patterned neural tube from embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Rep. 2014 Dec 3(6), 987–999.
6) Moshayedi P, Carmichael ST. Hyaluronan, neural stem cells and tissue reconstruction after acute ischemic stroke. Biomatter. 3(1), e23863 (2013).
7) Hakim JS, Esmaeili Rad M, Grahn PJ et al. Positively charged oligo[poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate] scaffold implantation results in a permissive lesion environment after spinal cord injury in rat. Tissue Eng. Part A 21(13–14), 2099–2114 (2015).
8) Lu P, Wang Y, Graham L et al. Long-distance growth and connectivity of neural stem cells after severe spinal cord injury. Cell 150(6), 1264–1273 (2012).
9) McMurtrey RJ. Patterned and Functionalized Nanofiber Scaffolds in 3-Dimensional Hydrogel Constructs Enhance Neurite Outgrowth and Directional Control. J. Neural Eng. 11 (2014) 066009 doi:10.1088/1741-2560/11/6/066009 PMID: 25358624 arXiv:1501.01338
10) Aurand ER, Lampe KJ, Bjugstad KB. Defining and designing polymers and hydrogels for neural tissue engineering. Neurosci. Res. 72, 199–213 (2012).
11) McMurtrey RJ. Analytic Models of Oxygen and Nutrient Diffusion, Metabolism Dynamics, and Architecture Optimization in Three-Dimensional Tissue Constructs with Applications and Insights in Cerebral Organoids. Tissue Engineering Part C. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2015.0375 PMID: 26650970 arXiv:1512.06475
12) Sart S, Ma T, Yan Li Y. Preconditioning stem cells for in vivo delivery. Bioresearch Open Access 3, 137–149. (2014).
Copyright © 2016 Institute of Neural Regeneration & Tissue Engineering. All Rights Reserved.


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El Trinamool Congress és un partit polític de l'Índia, que actua a l'estat de Bengala (Bengala Occidental).

El 1977 va accedir al poder a l'estat el Partit Comunista de l'Índia (Marxista), que formà un govern dirigit per Basu que va romandre cinc legislatures seguides al poder; a finals del segle XX es va poder mantenir al poder per la formació d'un front d'esquerres (203 de 290 escons, dels quals només 150 són diputats del Partit Comunista de l'Índia Marxista). Llavors els contraris a la col·laboració amb els comunistes dins el Partit del Congrés es van escindir i van formar el partit anomenat Trinamool Congress (1997) sota la direcció de Mamata Banerjee, que va participar en les eleccions amb un programa regionalista que va tenir un cert èxit.

Partits polítics de l'Índia


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Lois Weinthal
Chair, School of Interior Design Professor The Creative School School of Interior Design Toronto, Ontario weinthal@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 979-5000 ext. 555188
Culture and creativity Framing theoretical discourse for interior design Interior architecture Interior design theory and criticism
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Professor Weinthal's practice investigates the relationship between architecture, interiors, clothing and objects, resulting in works that take on an experimental nature. Her teaching explores these topics where theoretical discussions in seminars are put into practice in design studio. Her semin...
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Professor Weinthal's practice investigates the relationship between architecture, interiors, clothing and objects, resulting in works that take on an experimental nature. Her teaching explores these topics where theoretical discussions in seminars are put into practice in design studio. Her seminar teaching led to the publication, Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of Interior Design Theory (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011), which organizes the interior as a series of layers that surround the body. This anthology won the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Book Award in 2014. Additional publications include co-editor of After Taste: Expanded Practice in Interior Design with Kent Kleinman and Joanna Merwood-Salisbury (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011), which began as a series of symposiums to address the interdisciplinary nature of interiors and the tangent disciplines that affect and inform it. She also co-edited with Graeme Brooker The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design, (Berg Publishers, 2013). She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture. She has received grants from SSHRC, Graham Foundation, Fulbright, and DAAD and has exhibited and lectured nationally and internationally. Previously, she was Director of the Interior Design Program at Parsons The New School for Design and Graduate Advisor for the Master of Interior Design Program in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Master of Architecture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. She currently holds the position of Honorary Professor at the Glasgow School of Art.
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Seynod est une ancienne commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Savoie, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Au , elle fusionne avec les communes d'Annecy, d'Annecy-le-Vieux, de Cran-Gevrier, de Meythet et de Pringy, pour devenir une commune nouvelle, Annecy, qui compte  (données 2014). L'ancienne commune de Seynod comprend l'ancienne commune de Vieugy depuis 1965 et celle de Balmont depuis 1972. Sa population totale au  est de , c'est la  commune historique de l'agglomération.

Géographie

Situation

Localisation
L'ancienne commune de Seynod est située dans la périphérie sud-ouest d'Annecy. Son point le plus bas est le quartier de Croix-Rouge, à  d'altitude, et son point le plus haut le Semnoz, culminant à  mètres. Son territoire s'étale le long de la route départementale 5 (), de la route départementale 1201 (ex-nationale 201) et de l'autoroute A41.

Ses seules limites naturelles sont les contreforts du massif du Semnoz situés au sud-est. Seynod appartient au cadre géologique du lac d'Annecy et fait partie de l'avant-pays savoyard au pied des Préalpes. Les principales caractéristiques sont les suivantes :
 à l'est, la montagne du Semnoz, anticlinal orienté nord-sud, qui constitue l'extrémité nord du massif des Bauges : sa structure est essentiellement formée de calcaire durs appartenant à l'Urgonien ;
 au nord-est la plaine d'Annecy, au débouché de la cluse du même nom, constituée d'alluvions fluvioglaciaires, puis immédiatement au sud de la plaine d'Annecy, une mince bande de molasses grises (Aquitanien), à l'est de Loverchy ;
 couvrant la majeure partie de la commune, un plateau de moraines montant régulièrement vers le sud-ouest est sillonné de vallons, au relief très doux ;
 en bordure occidentale, des plaques longilignes de molasses vertes (Burdigalien), à l'aplomb de Chavanod, Saint-Sylvestre et Montagny-Les-Lanches.

Le système hydrographique de Seynod comprend un ruisseau dit des Trois Fontaines, coulant du sud vers le nord au pied du massif du Semnoz, et divers ruisseaux dont le Marais de l'Ale, qui se jettent dans le Fier, ainsi que le ru de la Jatte qui se jette dans celui des Éparris.

Concernant la nature des sols, cultures et végétations, en fond de vallon ou dans les dépressions, les terrains riches en glaise imperméable, sont marécageux ; sur les sommets et les pentes, l'eau peut s'écouler et les terrains sont d'autant plus facilement cultivables qu'ils sont moins argileux et la présence d'eau faible ; enfin sur les terrains les plus favorables, se développent des cultures céréalières ainsi que l'élevage.

Communes limitrophes

Climat
Le climat y est de type montagnard en raison de la présence du massif alpin.

Voici un aperçu dans le tableau ci-dessous pour l'année 2007 :

Voies de communication et transports

Voies routières
Seynod est traversée par la départementale 1201 (ex RN 201) et est desservie par deux échangeurs d'autoroute grâce aux sorties Annecy Centre et Seynod Sud (mises en service fin 2010) sur l'A41 (Chambéry - Genève).

La ville de Seynod comporte une avenue principale : l'avenue de Champs-fleuris, qui part du centre-ville pour se terminer à la limite de Cran-Gevrier, devant le lycée des Bressis.

Un nouveau boulevard urbain, le boulevard Costa-de-Beauregard, a été aménagé reliant le centre-ville aux nouveaux quartiers de Périaz (700 logements neufs) et aux centres commerciaux modernes de L'Arcaloz et du Val Semnoz. L'avenue Champs-fleuris et le boulevard Costa-de-Beauregard ont été aménagés avec une voie de transport en commun en site propre sur une longueur de près de deux kilomètres, accueillant une des principales lignes de transport de l'agglomération d'Annecy.

Trois autres axes importants structurent le territoire :
 l'avenue Jean-Clerc, reliant le centre-ville au Vieux-Seynod (butte Saint-Martin), via le collège Le Semnoz (900 élèves) et le centre aquatique L'Île bleue (réalisation municipale du milieu des années 1990 transférée à l'agglomération en 2001) ;
 la route de Sacconges qui relie la partie nord de Seynod (en limite du quartier de Loverchy d'Annecy) à Vieugy et Balmont, hameaux en développement situés au sud du territoire dans un secteur resté agricole, via Sacconges ;
 la route des Creuses en direction de Chavanod et de Rumilly, desservant une importante zone d'activités économiques.

Pistes cyclables
La ville de Seynod est équipée de plusieurs pistes cyclables qui la relient aux villes et bourgs environnants : Annecy, Cran-Gevrier et Vieugy.

Transport ferroviaire
La gare la plus proche se trouve à Annecy.

Transports en commun
La ville de Seynod est desservie par les bus de la société intercommunale des bus de la région annécienne (Sibra), avec deux lignes principales (2 et 5) et trois lignes de proximité (13, 15 et 16).

Transports aériens
L'aéroport le plus proche se trouve à Meythet (aéroport d'Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc) et les aéroports internationaux les plus proches sont à Genève (aéroport international de Genève) et à Lyon (aéroport de Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, aéroport de Lyon-Bron).

Urbanisme

Morphologie urbaine

Logement

Projets d'aménagements

Toponymie
Seinod (1793, 1801).

. Seynod en langue savoyarde se dit Sinnu ou Sênu (). Selon , .

Le village de Vieugy est désigné sous la forme Velgiaco dans le cartulaire de l'abbaye de Talloires de la fin du -début du .

En francoprovençal, le nom de la commune s'écrit Sénu, selon la graphie de Conflans.

Histoire

Préhistoire
Datant du Néolithique, une hache en pierre verte a été trouvée à Seynod, en 1800, par Charles Marteaux (1861-1956) de l'Académie florimontane, dans un champ aux confins du mas de Brezi (Bressis) et de la Brunaz (Brône), datée du néolithique final (3000-2000 av. J.-C.) et est conservée au musée-château d'Annecy, ce qui en fait un témoignage précis de cette période.

L'époque de la Tène, à Balmont, on a signalé l'existence d'une enceinte constituée d'une « doline » (petite cuvette circulaire à fond plat) ovale de  x  dans le bois de Varvets (ou des Vervets), surplombant le ruisseau des Esparris. Le pourtour de cette doline a été relevé par des accumulations de galets formant une enceinte située à environ  au nord nord-est de Balmont dont elle est séparée par une dépression marécageuse appelée « le Marais ». Monsieur B. Ruffet classe cette enceinte de l'époque de la Tène.

Période gallo-romaine
De nombreux sites gallo-romains nous rappellent que l'activité de Saginatum fut intense. Plusieurs sépultures, ainsi que des objets de céramiques  et s, ont été découverts au hameau de Branchy. Seynod est situé sur le tracé de la voie romaine, construite au , reliant les vicus de Boutae (Annecy) à Lemencum (Chambéry) en passant par Aquae (Aix-les-Bains). Elle traversait les villas de Saginatum (Seynod), Coesiacus (Cesy), Bissunacus (Bessonnex), Veratiacus (Vraisy). À Seynod, sur les contreforts de l'église, une inscription romaine a fait l'objet d'une inscription à l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques en 1995.

Moyen Âge
Au chef-lieu, des fondations d'un vaste bâtiment, des tuiles, des poteries et fragments de marbre ont été découverts à l'extrémité est du cimetière. Des décombres furent retirés un couteau, des gonds en fer, du verre et une plaque de molasse attribués aux Burgondes. La dotation de Lothaire à sa femme Thieteberge, en 867, mentionne les domaines de Belmontem (Balmont), Sagenodum (Seynod) et Viriglium (Vergloz), comme appartenant au domaine royal. Dans l'état actuel des recherches, c'est le plus vieux document attestant d'une façon formelle l'existence des trois anciennes communes. Une charte de donation par Guillaume II de Genève en faveur des dames de Sainte-Catherine, datée du , mentionne « Seymeno ».

Entre le 15 juin et le 16 juillet 1944, 40 résistants ont été fusillés à Vieugy, en quatre épisodes.

Les 29 août et 2 septembre 1944, en représailles aux fusillades citées ci-dessus, 80 prisonniers de guerre allemands, dont plusieurs soldats de la SS Polizei Regiment 19 sont tués par les partisans français.

En janvier 2017, Seynod fusionne avec Annecy, Annecy-le-vieux, Cran-Gevrier, Meythet et Pringy pour former une grande commune d'Annecy. Seynod devient une commune déléguée.

Politique et administration
La ville de Seynod est le chef-lieu du canton de Seynod, dépendant de l'arrondissement d'Annecy et qui regroupe douze communes. Seynod est membre de la communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy (C2A).

Tendances politiques et résultats

La commune de Seynod est une ville dont la tendance politique se place à droite depuis près de vingt cinq ans. En 1983, après Max Decarre et  Menthon, Jacques Besson fut élu pour la première fois sous l'étiquette de (DVD).

En 2001, le siège de maire sera pourvu par Françoise Camusso sous l'étiquette UMP. Elle fut réélue en 2008, puis en 2014 pour la première fois sous l'étiquette Union de la Droite. Avec le regroupement des communes faisant le Grand Annecy, cela fait d'elle la dernière maire de Seynod. Sa mandature se terminera en 2020.

Le conseil municipal de Seynod est composé d'un maire et de 33 conseillers municipaux. Parmi ces conseillers municipaux, on dénombre 7 maires-adjoints. Le groupe majoritaire comprend 23 membres, et quatre groupes minoritaires constituent l'opposition.

Voici ci-dessous le partage des sièges au sein du conseil municipal de Seynod :

Administration municipale

Liste des maires
Liste de l'ensemble des maires qui se sont succédé à la mairie de Seynod :

Instances judiciaires et administratives

Centre départemental de gestion de la fonction publique territoriale de la Haute-Savoie
La Ville de Seynod est le siège de la Maison de la fonction publique territoriale de la Haute-Savoie, dans laquelle sont regroupés divers organismes intéressant l'ensemble des collectivités territoriales de Haute-Savoie et leurs personnels ( agents territoriaux en Haute-Savoie) :
 le Centre départemental de gestion de la fonction publique territoriale de la Haute-Savoie, appelé communément le CDG 74, organisme compétent pour la gestion des agents territoriaux, depuis le recrutement, notamment par concours, jusqu'à la retraite, en passant par le déroulement de carrières, la promotion interne, l'action sociale, la prévention des risques professionnels, la médecine préventive, l'insertion des personnes handicapées, et la mise à disposition de personnels temporaires ou spécialisés (archivistes, secrétaire de mairie itinérant) ; cet établissement public regroupe 293 communes et 180 établissements publics (syndicats intercommunaux, communauté d'agglomération et communautés de communes) ;
 l'antenne départementale du CNFPT Rhône-Alpes Grenoble - organisme de formation ;
 MUTAME Savoie-Mont-Blanc, la principale mutuelle des agents territoriaux de Haute-Savoie.
(source : Directeur du CDG 74)

Politique environnementale

Jumelages
La ville de Seynod est jumelée à la ville de , et ce de façon formelle depuis le 26 septembre 1999. Un parrainage existait depuis 1989.

Depuis 2002, la municipalité souhaitait être jumelée à la ville de . Ce souhait est devenu réalité en 2005/2006 avec la signature d'une charte de jumelage à Malgrat de Mar en mai 2005, une cérémonie analogue ayant été organisée en juin 2006 à Seynod.

Population et société
Ses habitants sont appelés les Seynodiens.

Démographie

La nouvelle population légale de Seynod, entrée en vigueur au  janvier 2014 est de  habitants (population municipale), et de  avec les doubles comptes.
La ville de Seynod est le chef-lieu du canton le plus peuplé de Haute Savoie avec  habitants (population avec doubles comptes inclus,  sans les doubles comptes).

En 1561, le recensement, fait à la demande du duc Emmanuel-Philibert, donne pour la paroisse de Seynod, 407 habitants répartis en 82 feux. Seules huit familles sont aisées. Le reste de la population est composé de métayers et de petits paysans.
En 1755, une enquête de l'intendant du Genevois, dénombre 216 Seynodiens. En 1776, ils sont 229.
En 1832, la population de Seynod, comprend 556 habitants répartis en 19 hameaux. Parmi ceux-ci, 9 seulement ont plus de 20 habitants et 4 plus de 60 habitants. Cette population est essentiellement agricole.

L'expansion territoriale et démographique de Seynod a été favorisée par la fusion de Vieugy en 1965 et la fusion association avec Balmont en 1973. Cette fusion association s'est transformée en fusion pleine le  juillet 1999. Depuis les années 2010, la population s'est accrue de façon importante avec la création de quelque 900 logements, en particulier dans le nouveau quartier de Périaz, mais aussi dans les villages de Sacconges, de Vieugy et de Balmont.

Évolution de la pyramide des âges de la ville de Seynod, comparaison entre l'année 1999 et 1982 :

Enseignement
Seynod compte huit écoles primaires qui sont les écoles de La Jonchère, du Cep, des Muraillons, les Neigeos, Barral, Vieugy, Balmont et les Cordeliers (établissement privé), ainsi que deux collèges : le Semnoz, l'un des plus importants de Haute Savoie (900 élèves) et Saint-François-des-Cordeliers (privé), et deux lycées :
 le lycée professionnel Amédée-Gordini (métiers mécaniques et productique, complété par un CFA carrosserie) ;
 le lycée polyvalent privé Les Bressis d'Enseignement Catholique général, technologique et professionnel (métiers des secteurs social, santé et gestion administrative) + enseignement supérieur et un centre de formation en alternance.

En novembre 2013, l'ancienne école de Balmont a laissé place à un nouveau groupe scolaire dont l'architecture a privilégié le bois pour la construction de la structure.

En décembre 2013, le nouveau CFA régional des métiers du bâtiments de la Fédération compagnonnique du Tour de France, installé à Seynod, s'agrandit pour regrouper les apprentis compagnons, à la fois pour leur formation (jusqu'alors dispensée à Meythet) et pour leur hébergement, et une « première poutre » symbolique d'une magnifique charpente a été posée en présence de madame Camusso, maire, vice-présidente du conseil général, et de M. Meyrieu, vice-président du conseil régional chargé des politiques de formation en Rhône-Alpes.

Manifestations culturelles et festivités
 Chaque premier week-end de septembre, l'association Les Amis du Vieux Seynod organise la fête du Vieux Seynod qui a pour but de rappeler les traditions rurales et artisanales aux habitants.
 Chaque deuxième samedi de septembre, la Ville organise le Forum des Clubs Sportifs sur la place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, permettant à ces derniers de présenter à la population leurs activités par le biais de stands et de démonstrations grandeur nature.
 Une année sur deux, la ville organise le Salon de la francophonie au sein de l'hôtel de ville et sur sa place, où les grands noms internationaux de l'écrit en français viennent présenter leur vision de la langue française au travers de stands et de conférences/débats.
 Les 13 et 14 juillet de chaque année, le Comité des fêtes organise « La Seynodienne » dans le centre-ville, grande manifestation regroupant un vide-grenier sur  linéaire et une exposition de véhicules anciens. La veille, l'association programme le feu d'artifice traditionnel.
 Courant octobre, l'association Seynod en Fêtes organise dans le centre-ville sa traditionnelle Fête d'Automne.
 Le Club TELI organise également un grand Forum des Voyageurs tous les ans fin novembre sur Seynod, qui réunit plusieurs milliers de voyageurs venus de l'Europe entière.
 Rencontres Jeunes Théâtre ( bisannuelles auxquelles participent de nombreux lycéens du département).

Santé

Sports
La ville est dotée de quatre gymnases (Max-Décarre géré par la ville, collège du Semnoz et lycée Amédé-Gordini géré par la C2A et celui du lycée des Bressis) et d'un complexe nautique été-hiver « l'Ile Bleue », avec de nombreuses activités dont des activités générées par le club de natation, Seynod Natation, qui a la particularité d'avoir quatre sections sportives qui sont la natation, la natation sportive, le water-polo et la natation synchronisée.

Un skate-park a été réalisé dans le cadre d'une réflexion d'une commission extra-municipale Ados en 2007. L'année 2013 a vu l'aménagement d'un mini complexe à Vieugy (skate park et City Stade) à la demande de la commission Jeunesse et Sport.

Il y a sur Seynod 36 clubs sportifs : triathlon, basket, football, judo, karaté, aïkido, pombo, tennis, tennis de table, pétanque, boule lyonnaise, boxe, échecs, cyclisme, natation, water-polo, natation synchronisée etc.

La ville de Seynod a également la particularité d'avoir deux clubs de football : l'US Semnoz et l'ESS Football  (soit plus de 700 licenciés sur la ville). Une équipe de roller hockey, le Seynod Rilh, et une équipe de Rink Hockey, le RCK, évoluant en national et dont les matches se déroulent au gymnase Max-Décarre.

Depuis la saison 2009/2010, le complexe sportif de Vieugy (3 terrains de foot, club house, et boulodrome couvert) est doté d'un terrain synthétique : une pelouse sans remplissage, agréée par la Fédération française de football, et sélectionnée par la municipalité de Seynod en lien avec la sensibilité du « Projet Eco Plaisir » instauré par le club. En 2012, c'est le complexe Max-Décarre qui a été à son tour équipe d'une très belle infrastructure avec moquette synthétique.

La ville de Seynod entre 2009 et 2013, sous l'impulsion de l'adjoint au sport, a instauré trois actions :
 l'École des sports qui permet chaque année à des centaines de jeunes Seynodiens de découvrir et tester diverses activités sportives en une année (13 pour la saison 2013/2014) grâce à 3 cycles de 8 ou 9 séances. Cette école a la particularité de fonctionner grâce à un solide partenariat entre la ville et les associations sportives : l'adhésion à faible coût est reversée aux associations participantes par le biais d'une subvention ;
 les clubs de sports ont la possibilité de présenter leurs activités chaque année sur la place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville grâce au Forum des clubs sportifs, le deuxième samedi du mois de septembre ;
 la Soirée des Sportifs Méritants, véritable succès populaire du début de l'année permettant aux sportifs et bénévoles de Seynod de voir leur implication, leurs résultats et leurs efforts récompensés !

Médias
Toutes les semaines, depuis 2011, un magazine télévisuel de 13 minutes retrace les évènements forts de la Ville de Seynod. SeynodMag est diffusé sur la télévision locale (TV8 Mont-Blanc), sur le web et sur des téléviseurs installés à travers la ville (actualisées toutes les semaines).
Noms des réalisateurs : Marie Montvuagnard, Julie Daubié et anciennement Sophie Perrier, Raphaël Chiantello.

Les locaux de SunAlpes Radio sont également basés à Seynod.

Économie

Revenus de la population et fiscalité

Emploi

Entreprises de l'agglomération
Dans les zones marécageuses, on récoltait autrefois de la « blache » pour la litière du bétail et des « foins » de deuxième qualité pour les chèvres et les génisses. L'enquête de 1755, dénombre 53 familles d'agriculteurs cultivant le froment, notamment. Plusieurs moulins, bâtis sur le ruisseau des Trois Fontaines (moulin de l'Enfer, moulin Gaillard, moulin les Derniers), travaillent le grain. En 1889, on construit la fruitière un an après celle de Vieugy et vingt-cinq ans après celle de Chaux.

En 1901, des artisans et des commerçants s'installent dans la commune. En 1936 on compte alors 9 commerçants, 22 artisans et une grosse usine (Métrix -que devient-elle ?). En 1932, l'édification d'un nouveau bâtiment à la fruitière de Vieugy atteste de l'importance de l'élevage laitier sur les flancs du Semnoz.

Jusqu'au milieu du , Seynod ne subit pas de changement profond. Dans les années 1960, la commune favorise l'implantation d'entreprises dans la zone industrielle de Vovray dont elle est partiellement propriétaire. Ainsi, le déclin de l'agriculture et la croissance d'Annecy ne condamnent pas Seynod au destin de ville-dortoir et de zone commerciale péri-urbaine. La fusion de Vieugy réintroduit un peu de campagne dans le territoire de la commune mais elle ouvre aussi la voie à l'urbanisation des contreforts du Semnoz. Il y a alors 80 exploitations agricoles sur . En 1966, la S.N.R. bâtit une unité de production sur la commune. À peu près à la même époque (à préciser), l'usine Millet s'installe au-dessus de la RN 201, rue de la Taillée (l'usine a fermé dans les années 1990 et des immeubles d'habitation ont pris sa place en 2005).

Quatre ans plus tard, la municipalité ouvre une nouvelle zone industrielle le long de la RN 201. À partir de 1975, de nouvelles zones d'activités apparaissent : Césardes, Val-vert-Sainte-Catherine. Le nombre d'exploitations agricoles diminue: 73 en 1979, 51 en 1988, moins de 45 en 1995. Parallèlement à l'industrie et aux services, Seynod accueille plusieurs hôtels, aujourd'hui au nombre de trois, renforçant ainsi les possibilités d'hébergement dans le sud de l'agglomération avec un peu plus de 460 chambres : Mercure-Annecy-Sud (Seynod centre, 66 chambres), Altess Hôtel (Périaz, 41 chambres), Fast hôtel (Cézardes, 48 chambres). La capacité d'accueil hôtelier a été considérablement renforcée en 2010 avec l'ouverture de l'Appart-City d'Annec-sud, avec 306 chambres, à proximité des restaurants « Le 76 » (Mercure) et « Le grain de Sel » (Hôtel de Ville).
Des meublés et gîtes sont également disponibles à « La Ferme de Chateau Vieux » entre Périaz et Vieugy.

Commerce

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

Monuments laïques
Seynod comporte 4 châteaux et 1 maison noble :
 Le Châteauvieux, est bien conservé avec une tour ronde et une belle porte cochère surmontée d'un écusson de 1593 aux armes de Pelard.

 Le château de Periaz (ou Peyriaz), situé à  en aval de Châteauvieux, sur la route d'Aix, cette demeure fortifiée remonterait au , où elle est acquise par la famille de Regard. Son plan consiste en un corps de bâtiment rectangulaire avec deux tours triangulaires percées de meurtrières et sur chacune un colombier s'ouvrant en pleine arête d'angle.Au , la seigneurie de Periaz appartenait à la branche de Chanay des Regards de Villeneuve. Confisqué à la Révolution, le domaine passa dans de nombreuses mains, dont celles du docteur François Terrier. La famille Jacquet est la dernière famille à avoir exploité les terres entourant ce site dans le respect des valeurs agricoles et terriennes des Seynodiens.
 Le château d'Orlier (ou Orlyer, Orlyé), situé à proximité de l'église de Balmont, seule une tour ronde coiffée d'un toit conique est reconnaissable.Son origine exacte est inconnue. On sait cependant qu'au  il appartenait aux sires d'Orlier.
 Le château de Méclaz, il était situé sur le plateau élevé au-dessus des maisons de Méclaz, à la limite de la paroisse de Quintal. Il avait son étang, dont on voit encore les digues en allant au Pennossey. Les ruines en sont à peine visibles.Il faisait partie de la seigneurie de Quintal. Il fut vendu en 1824, à un marchand de biens qui en a divisé les terres.
 La maison des nobles d'Orlier de Viuz-la-Chiésaz, située à Sacconges, où on la trouve déjà en 1642.

Monuments religieux

 Église Saint-Maurice, du , remaniée aux  et s.
 Chapelle de Vieugy (ancienne église Saint-Martin), reste du chœur fin  ou début .On sait qu'elle est donnée avec toutes ses dîmes vers 1140 par Arducius de Faucigny, à l'abbaye de Talloires, qui en garda le patronage jusqu'en 1753. Le curé Domenget fixe son origine au  ou  sur les bases d'un édifice plus ancien. Le 2 avril 1706, le presbytère devint la proie des flammes et les registres de la paroisse furent consumés. À la fin du , l'église se trouvait dans un triste état. Malgré des réparations, l'église menaçant de tomber en ruine, fut démolie en 1871. Le conseil municipal décida toutefois de conserver le chœur en y plaçant la porte d'entrée de l'ancien édifice. Les pierres de l'ancien édifice servirent à élever le mur devant la croix de la chapelle actuelle. Pour remplacer la vieille église, une nouvelle fut construite en 1872 sur le CD5 au lieu-dit Contamine, en style néogothique (architecte Camille Ruphy). Elle fut consacrée en 1877 par son Excellence monseigneur Magnin évêque d'Annecy.
 Chapelle de Loverchy (ancienne église Saint-Étienne), modeste chapelle, elle se situe à l'écart du CD 5, servant de grange, elle a fait l'objet d'une rénovation.Elle existait au milieu du .
 Église Saint-Martin, son chœur à voûte en anse de panier date du , les vitraux du . Le presbytère tout proche date, quant à lui, du .
 Église de Balmont, placée sous le patronage de sainte Agathe et Notre-Dame de l'Assomption. Le nouvel édifice, de style néogothique, est construit selon les plans de l'architecte annécien Camille Ruphy, en 1868. Elle est consacrée en 1869. Elle fait l'objet d'un pèlerinage dédiée à sainte Agathe.

Espaces verts et fleurissement
En 2014, la commune de Seynod bénéficie du label « ville fleurie » avec « 2 fleurs » attribuées par le Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris de France au concours des villes et villages fleuris.

Patrimoine et équipements culturels
Depuis le  décembre 2006, dans le cadre du réaménagement du centre-ville, la bibliothèque municipale de Seynod, , est devenue une médiathèque à la suite d'un important programme de rénovation et d'extension du complexe administratif ouvert en 1983, abritant en outre l'hôtel de ville et l'auditorium.

Le chemin idéal : c'est un parc privé de  arboré, que le visiteur découvre en suivant un chemin dallé de pierre et jalonné de 33 sculptures chargées de symboles et de sens ; un parcours artistique, à caractère initiatique assurément...

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Henri Verjus (1860-1892), missionnaire, vicaire apostolique a passé son enfance à Seynod. Une rue de la ville porte son nom.

Héraldique
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Écartelé ; au premier de gueules à la croix d'argent ; au deuxième d'argent à l'épi de blé soudé d'or accosté de deux filets brisés alésés de sable de trois dents chacun, celui de dextre en barre et celui de senestre en bande, les deux évoquant le contour d'un sapin ; au troisième d'argent au fragment de roue dentée soudée d'or, constitué d'une moitié senestre augmenté d'un huitième en chef, côtoyé à dextre et soutenu d'une marque du même symbolisant le profil de Mercure, au quatrième d'azur au chevron alésé renversé d'or entrelacé en sautoir avec un chevron alésé d'argent, le tout cantonné de quatre étoiles du même.
 Armes fautives : les deux quartiers d'argent sont meublés d'or.
 Le blason symbolise l'histoire et la vie actuelle de la commune.
 Le  indique l'appartenance au duché de Savoie.
 Le , représenté par un épi de blé et un sapin, symbolise l'activité agricole et rappelle l'importance de la forêt sur la commune.
 Le  symbolise l'activité industrielle par la roue dentée, et l'activité commerciale par la tête de Mercure, dieu du Commerce.
 Le  représente les armoiries de la famille Pelard dont les chefs furent seigneurs de Seynod au ,  et s.
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 Voir aussi
 Bibliographie

 René Boissier, Histoire de Seynod - Vieugy - Balmont''
 .

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Haute-Savoie

Liens externes

 Seynod sur le site de la Ville d'Annecy

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Ancienne commune en Haute-Savoie
Commune déléguée en Haute-Savoie
Géographie d'Annecy
Commune disparue en 2017


PHOENIX (CN) – The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's detention officers must face excessive-force claims in the death of a mentally ill Army veteran.
The officers asked a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit last month to grant them qualified immunityfrom a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ernest "Marty" Atencio, a 44-year-old Gulf War veteran with schizoaffective disorder.
Atencio was arrested in 2011 for allegedly kicking in a woman's door and was taken to the Fourth Avenue Jail, run by Arpaio.
According to court records, officers described Atencio as "humorous and jovial" while having his mugshot taken, but his behavior shifted once he was moved to a "linescan" room.
In an incident partially caught on videotape, Officer Nicholas French used a chokehold on Atencio, and a number of officers formed a "dog pile" on top of the man after he refused commands to take off his shoes. Sgt. Jason Weiers used a Taser on him three times while he was held down, and Officer Anthony Hatton delivered a number of strikes to Atencio's face.
Atencio was moved to a cell after the incident, where he was later found unconscious. He died at a hospital.
"Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Atencio, including the available video evidence, several of defendants' acts could be found by a jury to constitute excessive force," the panel ruled in a memorandum order issued Friday.
The three officers should have known they were "prohibited from the type and amount of force used against Atencio, including multiple strikes to the face, repeated tasering, and a knee strike, when Atencio was at most passively resisting, he posed no threat to the officers, and he was already being physically restrained by several officers," the panel found.
Ninth Circuit Judges Richard Clifton and Paul Watford sat on the panel. They were joined by Circuit Judge Michael Melloy, sitting by designation from the Eighth Circuit.
The ruling mostly affirms a decision last year by U.S. District Judge Paul Rosenblatt that the detention officers involved in Atencio's death do not have immunity.
"There is a genuine factual dispute as to whether these officers were integral participants in the use of excessive force in the linescan room and/or the safe cell, as well as whether these officers violated a duty to intervene to prevent the use of excessive force," Rosenblatt wrote.
The panel did find qualified immunity should be granted to Sgt. Anthony Scheffner and Officer Patrick Hanlon for their roles in the incident.
The panel found similarly for Hanlon, who grabbed Atencio by the wrist when he disobeyed commands.
"Hanlon could not have reasonably foreseen that his use of a wrist lock would cause or would trigger events ultimately leading to Atencio's death," the ruling states.
An attorney for the officers could not be immediately reached for comment.
Arpaio lost re-election to Paul Penzone, a Democrat and former Phoenix Police Department sergeant, last month after legal troubles and declining popularity plagued the six-term lawman.
William Fuzi came home from the first Gulf War suffering from fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, a mysterious rash and intense migraines. When he told the Marine Corps that every joint in his body was inflamed with pain, it diagnosed a bad knee and discharged Fuzi with a $3,500 severance check.
After making the rounds at 10 VA medical centers over the past 25 years, Fuzi is only getting mental-health checkups from a VA nurse practitioner despite the fact that he's been diagnosed with physical problems long attributed to Gulf War Illness. The care doesn't resemble anything therapeutic.
'IT'S SO DISCOURAGING' Fuzi's story is typical of the approximately 200,000 veterans suffering from Gulf War Illness. Even today, VA appears to be less than accepting of research showing that exposure to pesticides, chemical weapons and an experimental medication inflicted debilitating diseases on a third of U.S. servicemembers, and a similar percentage of the British, Australian and Canadian troops who served with the multinational coalition that defeated Saddam Hussein. Instead, VA insists that Gulf War Illness is a psychological problem. Its latest clinical practice guidelines direct medical staff to send Gulf War veterans with complaints like Fuzi's to mental health treatment.
VA did not respond to questions for this story.
Gulf War veterans started experiencing excruciating joint and muscle pain, debilitating fatigue and gastrointestinal problems, rashes, respiratory issues, migraines and other illnesses during and soon after their deployment in 1990 and 1991. As the number of veterans reporting similar problems grew following the war, their collection of medical issues became known as Gulf War Illness. Scientists and servicemembers suspected the cause was chemical exposure. VA, and initially DoD, wrote it off as stress.
Multiple studies have reinforced the fact that Gulf War Illness wasn't caused by psychological issues, adds Steele, who like White served as scientific director of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. That group reviewed the extensive research into the causes of Gulf War Illness. "The data were very consistent – wartime trauma, stress, service in combat, seeing dead bodies, were not associated with Gulf War Illness," Steele says.
White was part of a team at the Boston VA that gathered health data on 2,000 Gulf War veterans who returned to the United States through Fort Devens, Mass. That data also showed the rate of PTSD and psychological problems related to the war to be quite low, she says. But veterans who reported pesticide exposure during their Persian Gulf deployment appeared to be sicker.
A few years later, White and her colleagues did more extensive examinations of some of those same Fort Devens veterans at VA's request. They found that three types of neurotoxic exposure were common among veterans suffering from Gulf War Illness: pesticides, an experimental medication called pyridostigmine bromide (PB) given to troops to protect them from the effects of a possible nerve gas attack, and exposure to chemical weapons released when coalition forces blew up Iraqi ammunition dumps. DoD now estimates that 100,000 of the 700,000 U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf could have been exposed to nerve agents released after the cease-fire, when U.S. forces destroyed massive Iraqi munitions dumps at Khamisiyah, Iraq, in March 1991.
And a 2003 DoD investigation concluded that thousands of veterans were overexposed to pesticides during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including more than a dozen that posed health risks. There's also a list of other potential toxic exposures with a less definitive tie to Gulf War Illness, ranging from oil-well fires to the massive number of vaccinations given to U.S. troops.
'TREATED LIKE TRASH' The toll exacted by Gulf War Illness has been excruciating. Mary Baggett developed fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, persistent rashes and migraines. The painful egg-sized lump that appeared in her armpit during the conflict – characterized as harmless by a doctor she consulted during her tour – proved malignant and was finally removed when she was treated for stage 3 breast cancer three years ago.
Baggett's oldest son, born two years after the Gulf War, has a rare bone disease and ulcerative colitis. Her youngest son has irritable bowel syndrome. She believes both conditions are linked to Gulf War Illness. Baggett's former husband, John, also a Desert Shield/Desert Storm veteran, suffered from chronic fatigue, severe diarrhea and digestive problems that began during his Persian Gulf deployment. He fatally shot himself in 2008, weeks after a VA psychiatrist put him on Prozac – the only VA treatment he received.
Krall also suffered substantial gastrointestinal problems – "I was passing copious amounts of blood" – urinary tract issues and developed multiple chemical sensitivity in the Persian Gulf. Renee killed herself just as Krall was preparing his first VA disability claim. It took 10 years and a major health crisis before he could bring himself to restart the process. Today, he is considered 100 percent disabled by VA for damage to his spine and other problems, but nothing related to Gulf War Illness. That's not a surprise given that VA rejects 80 percent of all Gulf War Illness claims, according to Veterans for Common Sense.
During the darkest days of the past two and a half decades, Gulf War veterans such as Hardie and David Winnett have pressed DoD, VA and the medical research community to keep searching for causes and cures. Hardie started a website, www.91outcomes.com, to help Americans who served in the first Gulf War, and Krall and others credit him for helping navigate VA's complicated claims system.
Winnett, a Marine who worked his way up from private to captain during his 20-year career, was a Gulf War Illness skeptic until bilateral muscle and joint pain, hand and arm tremors and other issues overtook him.
"I was reaching up to close the bed cover on my pickup and it instantly felt like someone hit my hands with a hammer," Winnett says of the onset of his some of his worst symptoms.
His chronic fatigue, joint pain and cognitive problems became so intense that he had to leave his six-figure job as fleet manager for a large city in Southern California.
Today, Winnett runs a Facebook support group that includes 10,000 Gulf War veterans and families. They help each other with claims, follow research developments and reach out when someone is in despair – which is common not only because VA rejects the majority of disability claims, but also because it insists that Gulf War veterans only need PTSD treatment. When Gulf War veterans gets PTSD ratings, Winnett says, their illnesses will be dismissed as psychosomatic. Worse, many of the medications VA prescribes for PTSD are known for side effects that include suicidal ideation.
Scientists say they are on the cusp of finding promising treatments. And VA's recent five-year extension on the deadline for filing Gulf War claims gives them a welcome reprieve.
"Veterans don't get their half of the deal," White says. "I am so worried that this is going to go away and Gulf War veterans are going to die sick." She and other scientists with decades of Gulf War Illness expertise say VA must recognize the evidence for the diseases and get behind the search for treatments.


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Majeski V Metropolitan Life
The casenote of the month is from the Disability E-News Alert! a monthly newsletter describing new disability insurance developments. For subscription information, e-mail Mark DeBofsky or visit www.disabilityenewsalert.com .
Majeski v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Co., 2009 U.S.App.LEXIS 28492 (7th Cir. December 29, 2009)( Issue: Scope of Review) . The plaintiff, who had worked for MetLife as a nurse consultant, a job that required her to sit at a desk and use a computer and telephone for eight hours a day, made a claim for short-term disability on account of pain and numbness in her shoulders, arms and hands. Majeski was ultimately diagnosed with cervical radiculitis, and her claim was temporarily approved while she was undergoing treatment, but benefits were terminated shortly thereafter based on a conclusion that there was no "objective" support for functional impairments that would preclude her from working at her job.
Majeski submitted a pre-litigation appeal which included a report from a physiatrist who supported her claim, along with a report from a physical therapist who performed a functional capacity evaluation that found her incapable of performing her occupation. While the FCE examiner found Majeski could perform general work at the medium level of exertion, she was only able to sit occasionally, and could only type for a few minutes without experiencing significant pain. In response to Majeski's appeal, MetLife had Dr. Philip Marion review the file. While concluding that he did not deem Majeski occupationally impaired, Marion did not mention the physiatrist's evaluation and only focused on the FCE finding of medium work capability. Marion did not address the FCE findings of limited sitting and typing.
When plaintiff learned that Dr. Marion had been retained, she notified MetLife of that physician's predisposition to find against claimants, citing a deposition taken in an unrelated case. The deposition itself, which was more than 200 pages long, was mailed separately on a CD. Without reviewing the deposition testimony, MetLife upheld its determination.
Majeski was also approved to receive Social Security disability benefits, although that approval did not come until after litigation had been commenced.
During the district court litigation, although MetLife's plan contained discretionary language triggering a deferential standard of review, Majeski argued that MetLife's conflict of interest had to be taken into consideration in accordance with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343, 171 L. Ed. 2d 299 (2008). The district court rejected the plaintiff's argument that Glenn required a heightened standard of review, and the court also disallowed Dr. Marion's deposition testimony and the Social Security award.
The court of appeals upheld the finding that Glenn does not impose a "heightened" standard of review, although the court did note Montour v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 582 F.3d 933, 936 (9th Cir. 2009) (introducing "more complex application of the abuse of discretion standard" in response to Glenn). The court further noted that the Seventh Circuit "is still pondering is just how to consider a plan administrator's conflict of interest." *9. Either the court is to consider the conflict in al cases, "mixing it in somehow with all relevant factors." Id. Or another reading, set forth in Marrs v. Motorola, Inc., 577 F.3d 783 (7th Cir. 2009), is to focus on the "gravity" of a plan administrator's conflict of interest. Marrs, 577 F.3d at 788-89. The court ended its discussion there, without resolving the tension between the two approaches.
The court then turned to the scope of review and whether the district court should have considered Dr. Marion's deposition and the Social Security award. As to the Social Security award, the court found no basis for requiring a plan administrator to reopen a claim to consider a Social Security award issued after the claim is concluded. Thus, the court rejected the plaintiff's reliance on Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., 188 F.3d 287, 300 (5th Cir. 1999), which allows supplementation of the claim record, deeming Vega an "outlier." The court also rejected the plaintiff's reliance on Sloan v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., 475 F.3d 999, 1004-05 (8th Cir. 2007), since that case was adjudicated under the de novo standard .
Nonetheless, the court concluded that deferential review "is not a euphemism for a rubber-stamp." *12. The court turned its attention to Dr. Marion's findings, explaining:
We find it troubling that Dr. Marion's report--the sole basis for MetLife's determination--concludes, erroneously, that Majeski did not submit objective evidence of functional limitations. Dr. Marion does not acknowledge, much less analyze, the significant evidence of functional limitations that Majeski offered. Dr. Marion notes Hardin's conclusion that Majeski could perform medium-level work, but he ignores Hardin's critical qualification that Majeski was nevertheless incapable of typing and sitting. Dr. Marion's statement that Hardin's evaluation "does not document, nor is it reasonable to conclude from it, that the claimant has functional limitations that precluded sedentary work activity requiring sitting, using a computer and telephone" is simply not true. Hardin explicitly says that Majeski cannot sit or type sufficiently to return to her former job as a nurse consultant. And Dr. Marion does not even mention Dr. Weiss's questionnaire (nor is it listed under the documents sent to him for review). *12-*13.
Those omissions, which either ignored or dismissed out of hand medical findings supporting the claimant, without explaining a basis for disagreement, required the court to overturn the benefit denial. The court noted "that procedural reasonableness is the cornerstone of the arbitrary-and-capricious inquiry." *14. The court elaborated by explaining that key elements in an arbitrary and capricious review include: 1) whether the claimant was afforded an opportunity for a full and fair review; and 2) whether there is an absence of reasoning supporting the plan administrator's determination. The court explained further that
a plan administrator's procedures are not reasonable if its determination ignores, without explanation, substantial evidence that the claimant has submitted that addresses what the plan itself has defined as the ultimate issue here , whether Majeski's functional limitations were objectively documented. See 29 C.F.R. § 2560.503-1(g)(iii) (requiring plan administrator to describe in adverse benefit determination "additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim" and explain why). *15.
Despite those findings, instead of reinstating benefits, the court remanded the matter to MetLife for "further findings or explanations."
Discussion: The lesson to be taken from this ruling is that although functional capacity evaluations are of questionable scientific validity in establishing disability ( See, e.g., Stup v. Unum Life Insur.Co. of America, 390 F.3d 301 (4 th Cir. 2004), given the burden placed on claimants to objectively prove functional restrictions due solely to pain or fatigue, an FCE is virtually mandatory if the claimant wishes to overcome the findings of a reviewing doctor hired by an insurer to evaluate a disability benefit claim.
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 1860: Milan Narandžić
 1862: Manzor și Dzamila ("Manzor i Džamila")
 1869: O lume ciudată ("Čudan svet")
 1875: Vasa Rešpekt
 1886 - 1889: Deli Bakić
 1888: Martira ("Patnica").

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First foreign bank to receive this license
Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited ("Standard Chartered China") today announced that it has become the first foreign bank to be granted a domestic fund custody license by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. With this license, Standard Chartered China will be able to directly participate in and provide custody-related services to investment products offered by domestic funds and asset managers in China.
Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered, said: "China is of strategic importance to Standard Chartered. We are honoured to be the first international bank to be granted this license, which coincides with the Bank celebrating its uninterrupted operations in China for the past 160 years. With the inclusion of Chinese shares by major world indices, China is already being recognised as a major financial market. We are excited to be part of this process as we work closely to support our clients in their custody needs."
China is the third largest equity and bond market in the world, with total market size close to USD20 trillion. With the continued expansion of China's economy and its corresponding growth in personal wealth, there is a growing demand for more sophisticated investment products and professional services. In addition, the recent pension plan reform and introduction of unified asset management industry guidelines, coupled with the expected introduction of bond futures and other derivatives products, as well as increased participation by international asset managers through set up of Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises, China's capital markets will evolve rapidly in terms of scale, diversity and differentiation.
Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head, Securities Services, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered, added: "As a leading international custodian and an active market participant, it is our commitment to bring our integrated solutions, risk control framework and best market practices into one of the world's fastest growing capital markets. With this license, we are well-positioned to help investors navigate and capitalise on the opportunities in China's rapidly growing capital market."
Jerry Zhang, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice-Chairwoman of Standard Chartered China, said: "This is a big step forward in the further opening up of China's domestic financial markets and a testament to our commitment to supporting China's financial reform and innovation. We belonged to the first batch of banks in China providing onshore B-share custodian services in 1992 and, since then, we have been actively involved in the opening up of China's capital markets, providing one-stop custody services for Chinese financial institutions and making continuous contributions to the sustainable development of China's economy."
Standard Chartered has a long-standing history in China and was among the first batch of foreign banks to be locally incorporated in China in 2007. With more than USD900 billion of assets held under custody across 40 markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Securities Services continues to be key to Standard Chartered's Transaction Banking business.
Andrew Low
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Children who have contact with pet dogs or cats during the first year of life appear to be healthier, suggests a new Finnish study.
Respiratory symptoms and infections are common during the first year of life, with children typically experiencing between three and six such episodes, according to researchers at the Kuopio University Hospital.
Their study was published Monday in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The study followed 397 children born in Finland between September 2002 and May 2005 from birth to their first birthday.
In the first year of life, babies who grew up in an environment with a dog or a cat were sick less often with a cold and other respiratory infections, the study found.
The presence of a dog was found to offer a greater protective effect than that of a cat, though it's not clear why.
Children with dogs in the home had fewer ear infections and tended to need fewer courses of antibiotics during the study period than their counterparts without the furry pets.
It's not clear why the children were healthier, but the researchers suggest a link with hygiene theory, said Dr. Karl Kabasele, CBC News medical correspondent.
"They found that those families that had dogs that spent some time outside and some time inside had the healthiest kids, and that might be because those dogs were bringing in more dirt and germs into the home," he said.
"As the theory goes, the more a child is exposed to germs, the more their immune system matures and therefore the healthier they are as they grow up."