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Pesticides in the European Union
Stéphanie LUCAS, Maria PAU VALL (Eurostat)
There had been a sharply falling trend in the total volume of sales of agricultural pesticides in the EU between 1991 and 1995. However this was reversed in 1996. From 1991-1995, EU sales of pesticides, measured by weight of active ingredients (ai), fell by 13%. They then rose by 6% between 1995 and 1996 to stand at 299,826 tonnes ai. This still put them nearly 8% below the 1991 figure. The use of lower-dose pesticides has been a key contributor to the fall in weight of active ingredients sold in recent years. Fungicides are the biggest pesticide group used in the EU. They accounted for 41% of total weight of active ingredients in 1996, followed by herbicides (39%) and insecticides (12%). Care should be taken in making comparisons as the scope of the data might vary from one country to another. And a number of factors could affect figures from one year to the next: weather and the seasons, pest pressure, pesticide prices, land set-aside and policy changes.
In order to maintain healthy crops, farmers fight a constant battle against insects, fungi and plant diseases, as well as weeds which compete with the crops for water, nutrients and light, and which make harvesting more difficult. Perhaps the most important factor in pesticide use in agriculture (Box 1) is the weather, which has a major influence on the spread of plant diseases, fungi and insects. When deciding whether to treat his crop, a farmer will weigh up the cost of the potential crop loss against the cost of applying pesticides; therefore pesticide prices will also influence sales. Land taken out of use through set-aside schemes may also have some effect, though set-aside land is used to produce industrial crops, which also need to be treated against pests. Another significant factor has been the introduction of new, highly active, lower dose pesticides in recent years.
Moreover, changes in national or european government policy can affect pesticide sales:
The Communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the Parlament on a European Community Biodiversity Strategy cites contamination of water resources and adverse effects on non-targeted species as among the impacts that pesticides can have on biodiversity, not only directly where they are applied but also in other ecosystems e.g. as a result of pesticide run-off.
The EU's Fifth Environmental Action Programme (5EAP) sets out a series of targets for the year 2000, including 'the significant reduction in pesticide use per unit of land under production, and conversion to methods of integrated pest control, at least in areas of importance for nature conservation'. Actions identified as necessary to reach the target are registration of sales and use of pesticides, and control of sales and use of pesticides. Both of these have been addressed by Directive 91/414/EEC, which concerns the authorisation, placing on the market and use of pesticides in the EU.
The agri-environmental measures accompanying the CAP reform of 1992, as underlined in another article of this publication, contributes to integration of environmental concerns with those of the farming industry through substantial reductions in the use of pesticides, and encourages organic farming.
Between 1991 and 1995 sales of pesticides in EU countries fell sharply, though this trend was reversed in 1996
Overall EU sales of pesticides for use in agriculture (expressed in tonnes of active ingredient) fell by 13% between 1991 and 1995, see figure 1. This was followed by an increase of 6% in 1996, which still left 1996 sales figures 8% below 1991 for the EU as a whole. However the trend is not uniform.
In general terms, a reduction in volumes of sales is observed, even if there are important differences between Member States. Many causes contribute to this evolution, such as:
Significant decreases over this period were also recorded for more important markets, i.e. Italy (- 17%) Spain (- 15%), and France (- 11%), though in 1996 sales in Spain and France were up + 19% and + 11% respectively compared to 1995.
France is by far the EU's most important market for pesticides in terms of weight, accounting for some 31% of pesticide sales in the EU in 1996, the same as in 1991. Italy, the second most important market, is a long way behind with 16% of the market, followed by UK (12%), Germany (12%) and Spain (11%).
Sales in the United Kingdom increased steadily between 1991 and 1996 (+ 22%), with a 6% increase in 1996 alone. In Germany sales fell by almost 20% between 1991 and 1994, but rose again in 1995 and 1996, to 5% below the 1991 level.
N.B. Data on pesticide sales are not yet totally harmonised for all countries. Care needs to be taken when comparing countries, as the coverage of the data may vary. For example in Belgium, France and Portugal, total sales include pesticides for use outside agriculture. Also the inclusion of certain products such as mineral oils and sulphuric acid in total pesticide sales may inflate the figures for the total amount of active ingredients sold.
Similarly changes over time within the same country have also to be evaluated cautiously because of the breaks in time series. For instance in Portugal the increase in sales noted between 1994 and 1995 is due mainly to the increase in the number of companies included in the survey since 1995.
Fungicides make up the largest pesticide group sold in EU 15, accounting for 41 % of total weight of active ingredients in 1996, followed by herbicides (39 %), insecticides (12 %) and other pesticides (8 %) (Figure 2). However the situation varies from one country to another due to different climatic conditions and different types of crops. In southern European countries (France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Greece), where fungal diseases are the main problem, fungicides dominate, whereas herbicides make up the largest group of pesticide sales for central and northern European countries.
The 5EAP target is for 'pesticide use per unit of land under production'. Using sales as a proxy for use, Figure 3 shows the use of pesticides per hectare of agricultural area, excluding permanent pastures and meadows.
It must be emphasised that overall pesticide use in kg of active ingredient/ha does not necessarily reflect the potential impact on the environment, which is influenced by the properties of the different pesticides involved, the method of application and other factors. A better picture could be formed if data on use of individual active ingredients were available. Moreover, data on use by crop would permit the effects of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy, such as changing cropping patterns, on pesticide use to be assessed. This kind of information can be collected via direct surveys to farmers.
At present only the Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom carry out regular direct surveys to farmers on use of pesticides, based on a representative sample of agricultural holdings. The data gathered through such surveys allows the general trends for different crops to be highlighted (tonnes of active ingredients, kg/ha, treated area...), and is an important ingredient in developing indicators to measure the risk posed by pesticides to the environment.
Surveys of pesticide use in agriculture carried out in the Netherlands in 1995 show a decrease in total weight of active ingredients applied
In the Netherlands surveys of pesticide 1 use in agriculture 2 were carried out in 1992 and 1995 (Figure 4). Total pesticide use in agriculture by weight of active ingredient decreased by 5.4 % between this two dates and total area treated with pesticides decreased by nearly 2 %. The quantities of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides dropped by 11%, 16% and 10 % respectively. On the other hand, use of haulm killing products grew by 56% due to the introduction of a new product, which is used in higher doses. The use of more effective fungicides, which are used in smaller doses, on winter wheat and potatoes explains the decrease in fungicide use.
Most pesticides used in 1995 were on arable crops (seed potatoes, ware potatoes, potatoes for processing, sugar beet, and green maize) (Figure 5). This is not surprising as arable farming is the main use of agricultural land in the Netherlands. Considered sector by sector, the decrease in use (in terms of weight of active ingredient) since 1992 is significant for vegetables in the open (- 19 %), mushrooms (- 13 %), arable farming (- 12 %), and in nurseries (- 5 %). On the other hand, the sectors where crops have a short rotation period saw an important increase in use; these include vegetables under glass (+ 64 %), flower bulbs and tubers (+ 37 %), and flowers under glass (+ 12 %).
A different picture emerges when looking at use per hectare (Figure 6). Important reductions in use per hectare are seen for winter wheat (- 36%) and potatoes for consumption (- 33%) due to the introduction of more effective fungicides used in smaller doses, for wood and hedge plantations (- 55%), mainly because of restrictions on use of oil distillation residue, and for mushrooms (- 10%). The largest increase was for seed potatoes (+ 63%) following the introduction of a new haulm killer, to be applied in higher concentrations, and pears (+ 47%), subsequent to a higher scab pressure in 1995.
The extremely high level of pesticide use on mushrooms, over 450 kg/ha in 1995 is due to the unique nature of mushroom growing which allows many crops in a single year.
Ranked by weight, mineral oil was the most heavily used active ingredient in 1995, followed by the fungicides maneb, mancozeb and captan. These, together with the herbicide atrazine, made up 45 % of total pesticide use in 1995. The most widely used insecticide was dimethoate (53 tonnes).
Increasing area under non-chemical control methods in the Netherlands
In 1995, mechanical weed-control methods were extensively used in tree nurseries (used in 65% of the crop area). Mechanical weed-control was also used in 43% of the area devoted to vegetables in the open, mainly for chicory, lettuce and cabbage. Mechanical control in fodder maize also increased significantly: from 5% in 1992 to 25% in 1995.
By 1995 the area under biological control had increased since 1992, and all vegetables under glass were being treated with biological control methods. This does not mean that other pesticides were not used. The number of controlling predatory insects used had also increased. The average paprika farmer used seven different predators, while in 1992 only four species were used. In 1995 two billion insects were mad as biological pest control, 80% of these were predatory mites against thrips (Table 1).
Sweden: downward trend in agricultural pesticide use
In Sweden the 1995/96 survey of pesticide use covered arable crops. This survey showed a reduction of 46% in tonnes of active ingredient applied compared to 1990 (Figure 7). The largest reduction was for fungicides, down 63%, followed by insecticides (- 60%), other pesticides (- 52%) and herbicides (- 40%). Compared to the 1993/94 survey, total use of pesticides in 1995/96 had decreased by 15%. The area treated with herbicides and fungicides increased by 0.6% and 36% respectively since the 1993/94 survey, whereas the area treated with insecticides decreased by 35% over the same period.
The dominant crops are cereals and this is reflected in the overall amount of pesticides used on cereals (Figure 8). However in terms of use per hectare , cereals come close to the bottom of the list, due to low dose herbicides which were used on 50% of the cereal area (Figure 9 and Box 2).
In 1993/94 potatoes had the highest rate of pesticide use per treated area due to the high application rate of fungicides. However by 1995/96, the total amount of pesticides applied to potatoes had decreased (- 49%), as did the rate per hectare, figure 8 and figure 9. Sugar beet now has the highest rate of herbicide use per treated hectare, although this is also down compared to 1994. The amount of pesticides used on oilseeds also fell significantly, both in terms of total use (- 45%) and use per hectare. The important increase seen in figure 8 for other arable crops (+ 50%) was due to an increase in cropped area, rather than in doses applied.
United Kingdom: increase in weight of pesticides applied to arable crops and in the area of arable crops
In United Kingdom in 1996, the total amount of pesticides 3 applied to arable crops, in terms of tonnes of active ingredients, was 7% more than in 1994 and 0.5% higher than in 1990 (Figure 10). Herbicides and desiccants accounted for 69% of the total, mainly due to the widespread use of sulphuric acid. Fungicides accounted for 18%, growth regulators 9%, insecticides 2%, seed treatments 1% and molluscicides less than 0,5%.
Between 1994 and 1996 the area devoted to growing arable crops increased by 6% and the area of all arable crops (including set-aside) treated with pesticides increased by 18%. Changes in set-aside obligations led to a decrease in set-aside area of 30%, releasing approximately a quarter of a million hectares of land for arable farming. Much of this appears to have been taken up with cereals, particularly wheat and winter barley, for which the area planted increased by 10.5% (316 000 ha), while the weight of pesticides applied to cereals increased by 1 432 tonnes. However, this increase in the weight of active substances applied to cereals (+ 16%) was smaller than the increase in treated area (+ 23%). This can be partly explained by the large increase in the area of cereals treated with pyrethroids, which are applied in relatively low doses, and the fall in the use of organophosphates and carbamates.
Most pesticides are applied to wheat, with winter barley and sugar-beet a long way behind (Figure 11). The increased pesticide use is due not only to an increase in the area treated but also to an increase in application rate per ha: increased by 14% for wheat and 28% for winter barley (Figure 12).
Poisoning of animals in United Kingdom: pesticides implicated in 31 % of incidents investigated
Suspected incidents of pesticide poisoning in United Kingdom are investigated by the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme. The Environmental Panel of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides reports the incidents investigated each year. In 1996 a total of 651 incidents were investigated. Pesticides were implicated in 204 of these. This is comparable to the number of incidents in precedent years. The incidents concern mainly companion animals (47% of incidents), vertebrate wildlife (38%), suspected baits 4 (14%), but livestock and beneficial insects are also likely to be affected. The following table 2 shows the type of pesticides implicated in the incidents where pesticide poisoning was confirmed.(Box 3)
Table: Number of incidents involving individual pesticides in 1996 and species and/or bait involved


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Study Reveals Biggest Barrier to Cloud Adoption
Cloud adoption in government is increasing, and the reasons are many: Adopting cloud services can lend an organization greater flexibility and agility, and save it dollars. But for those C-level executives who aren't adopting, it's not because they're being stubborn or encountering significant barriers to adoption: A new study suggests that the "barriers" encountered may primarily be psychological, as the technology is catching up to business need.
The survey from HyTrust, called the State of the Cloud and Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) 2016, was given to 500 C-level and vice president executives who lead medium- and large-sized organizations, mostly in the private sector, and found that 70 percent of respondents believe cloud services will see increased adoption over the next year. In addition, 60 percent of respondents see that adoption being deployed more quickly than it has been in the past.
Riverbed Unveils Software-Defined WAN Platform
As part of an effort to make it possible for applications to have more granular control on wide area network (WAN) connections, Riverbed Technology today unveiled a Riverbed SteelConnect platform managed via the cloud that unifies control of extended networks.
Josh Dobies, senior director of product marketing for Riverbed, says Riverbed SteelConnect is an instance of a software-defined WAN that ties together orchestration of application delivery and network connectivity.
Riverbed SteelConnect can be deployed as a virtual appliance on top of existing infrastructure or deployed as a physical appliance acquired from Riverbed. A SteelConnect Manager portal hosted in the cloud then provides the management plane through which IT organizations can construct a hybrid network using Riverbed switches and access points spanning both on-premise and data center and cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition, Riverbed will add support for Microsoft Azure later this year.
HyTrust Software-Defined Data Center Study Shows Strong Positive Indicators for Deployment
Comprehensive survey of senior IT and business executives reveals predictions of increased adoption, faster deployment and security less of an obstacle
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – We've long been moving toward cloud-based and virtualized infrastructures, but in some ways 2016 might just be the year in which the software-defined data center (SDDC) really becomes a fixture in corporate America. There will be increased adoption of this dynamic trend and faster deployment of the technologies and processes involved, leading to greater tangible benefits and a clear return on investment. In fact, there's almost unanimous belief that optimal SDDC strategies and deployment can quantifiably drive up virtualization ratios and server optimization, thus noticeably benefiting the bottom line. All this because even though data breaches will surely happen, concerns over security and compliance will be far less an obstacle.
National Index: Iowa More Ready Than Most for Disasters
(TNS) – How prepared is Iowa when it comes to dealing with a natural disaster or public health scare?
According to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it's more prepared than most.
The National Health Security Preparedness Index tracks the nation's progress in preparing for, responding to and recovering from disasters and other large-scale emergencies.
The index combines measures from more than 130 individual capabilities to determine the preparedness of health security surveillance; community planning and engagement; information and incident management; health care delivery; countermeasure management; and environmental and occupational health.
Industry Well-Prepared to Weather Hail Damage
Hail claims are making headlines following multiple springtime hailstorms in Texas, including one in the San Antonio region that is expected to be the largest hailstorm in Texas history.
While the estimated insured losses from the storms—$1.3 billion and climbing from two storms that hit the Dallas-Fort Worth region in March; as yet not estimated (but expected to be worse) insured losses from a third storm in the Dallas-Fort Worth region April 11; plus a further $1.36 billion early estimate of insured losses from the San Antonio storm April 12—may seem high, property insurers are well-prepared to handle such events.
In a new briefing, ratings agency A.M. Best says it expects limited rating actions to result as affected property/casualty insurers are expected to maintain sufficient overall risk-adjusted capitalization relative to their existing financial strength ratings.
CDC: 10 Ways to be Prepared
To mark the National Day of Action, there are hundreds of little steps you can take to be better prepared at home, in your community, and on the go. Here are a few quick action steps you can take today!
Sign up for local alerts and warnings. There are different types of alerts and warnings that you can receive about weather conditions and other emergency situations. Check with your local health department or emergency management agency to see how they share emergency information, whether it is through emergency texts, phone calls, digital road signs, social media, or sirens. You can even download an emergency app from FEMA, The Red Cross, or the Weather Channel.
- Create and test communication plans. Have a discussion with your family before a disaster strikes and make a plan for how you will connect to each other.
- Complete a contact card for every member of your family. Make sure to keep these cards with you at all times
- Choose an emergency contact. Keep in mind that it might be easier to reach a friend or relative who lives out of town.
- Identify a meeting place in your neighborhood and your city or town where your family could gather if there is an emergency.
- Build an emergency supply kit. Make sure you have at least a three day supply of food and water for each person in your family. Also include health supplies, personal care items, safety supplies, electronics, and copies of important documents.
- Safeguard documents. Identify financial and legal documents, medical information, household identification, and key contact information you might need after a disaster. Use this helpful checklist to take an inventory and not forget to safeguard any critical documents.
- Document and insure property. Different types of insurance cover different types of damage after a disaster. Make sure you understand your insurance policies and minimize potential losses.
- Make your property safer. Make property improvements to reduce damage to your property during a disaster and prevent potential injuries from different types of emergencies.
- Conduct a drill. Practice emergency response actions for disasters that might happen in your community.
- Conduct an exercise of a disaster scenario. Use mock scenarios for different types of disasters to review and improve your emergency plan. You might consider participating in a community-wide tabletop exercise for different emergency situations. In your home, you can practice a fire drill, tornado drill, or earthquake drill.
- Plan with neighbors. Many people rely on their neighbors after a disaster. Make sure you start the conversation about preparedness before a disaster strikes. Know the needs of your neighbors and be ready to help in an emergency.
- Participate in a class, training or discussion. Contact your local emergency management agency to see what trainings are available in your community, or consider enrolling in a first aid or CPR course at your local Red Cross.
Comcast Delivers Ethernet Connectivity to DataBank's Twin Cities Data Center & Carrier-Hotel
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – (PRWEB) April 27, 2016 – DataBank, Ltd., a leading super-regional provider of outsourced solutions for data center, cloud and managed services has announced the deployment of Comcast Business at the company's East Twin Cities data center in Eagan, MN. The 'Carrier-Hotel' site is adding Comcast's robust national network to the number of top-tier telecom and broadband providers available onsite to DataBank clientele.
Comcast will take advantage of DataBank's diverse entry routes by deploying equipment into both of the facility's enterprise-class Meet-Me-Rooms. The addition of Comcast Business as an onsite network provider allows clients of DataBank additional options for secure pathways to their offsite assets and facilities which adds redundancy and improves both network uptime and availability.
"We are very pleased that Comcast Business made the investment to provide services in our facility," said Kris Edinger, DataBank's General Manager for Minnesota. "Our enterprise clientele really values the diverse connectivity we can offer. The addition of Comcast's regional diversity aligns well with our Carrier-Hotel model."
"At Comcast, we are committed to providing the network infrastructure to transport data in the most secure, reliable manner, and at the highest possible speeds," said Kalyn Hove, vice president, Comcast Business for the Twin Cities. "By partnering with world-class providers like DataBank, we can enhance the connectivity of the Twin Cities enterprise business community as well as attract new interest in the market."
In addition to the Twin Cities, DataBank has a super-regional footprint that also includes two enterprise-class data centers in Kansas City, and two more in Dallas. To find out additional details on DataBank data center facilities and suite of managed services, please visit the company website at http://www.databank.com. For more information Comcast's network and ethernet services, visit business.comcast.com/ethernet/products/private-line.
About DataBank
DataBank is a leading provider of enterprise-class business solutions for Data Center, Managed Services, and Cloud. We aim to provide our customers with 100% uptime availability of all their critical data, applications and deployed infrastructure. Our suite of services is anchored by our top-tier data center environments and highly available robust connectivity. We offer customized deployments tailored to effectively manage risk, improve technology performance and allow our clients to focus on their own core business objectives. DataBank is headquartered in the historic former Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Dallas, TX and has additional data centers in North Dallas, Minneapolis and Kansas City. For more information on DataBank locations and services, please visit http://www.databank.com or call 1(800) 840-7533.
Tropical Season Update: The Weather Company is Forecasting the Most Active Tropical Season Since 2012
Slightly Warmer Tropics and a Lack of El Nino will Result in More Activity This Year;
14 Named Storms, 8 Hurricanes, and 3 Major Hurricanes Expected
ANDOVER, Mass. – (April 27, 2016) The Weather Company, an IBM Business has issued their first tropical forecast for the 2016 season, and the forecast indicates a total of 14 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. These numbers include Hurricane Alex, which occurred in January 2016. Hurricane Alex made headlines earlier this year as the first Atlantic hurricane in January since 1955. The forecast numbers for this tropical season are slightly higher than both the 1950-2015 "normals" of 12 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes, and are very close to the recent "active period" (1995-2015) "normals" of 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.
"The long-term trends in Atlantic Ocean temperatures suggest that the years of hyperactive tropical seasons may be coming to an end for a while," said Dr. Todd Crawford, Chief Meteorologist, The Weather Company. "Given this trend, along with the background El Nino conditions, the last three seasons have been relatively quiet. However, the expected cessation of El Nino forcing along with reasonably warm tropical Atlantic SSTs should provide for a more normal season this year. And, if the high-latitude Atlantic blocking persists into the summer, the tropical Atlantic SSTs may warm even more, so there is still some upside risk to the current forecast."
The Weather Company provides customized weather information to global commodity traders via its industry-leading WSI Trader Web site. The Weather Company issued its latest seasonal outlook on April 26, 2016, which can be viewed here. The Weather Company will issue its next tropical outlook on May 25, 2016.
The Weather Company, an IBM Business
The Weather Company, an IBM Business, is the world's largest private weather enterprise, helping people make informed decisions – and take action – in the face of weather. The company offers the most accurate, personalized and actionable weather data and insights to millions of consumers and thousands of businesses via Weather's API, its business solutions division, and its own digital products from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).
The company delivers up to 26 billion forecasts daily. Its products include a top weather app on all major mobile platforms globally; the world's largest network of personal weather stations; a top-20 U.S. website; the seventh most data-rich site in the world; one of the world's largest IoT data platforms; and industry-leading business solutions.
Weather Means Business™. The world's biggest brands in aviation, energy, insurance, media, and government rely on The Weather Company for data, technology platforms and services to help improve decision-making and respond to weather's impact on business. For more, visit www.theweathercompany.com.
Hitachi Data Systems Adds Native NAS and Cloud Tiering to Virtual Storage Platform, Expands Analytics Software
New Unified VSP G Series Systems and Software Enhancements Take Virtualization and Cloud Integration to the Next Level to Help Customers Modernize Their IT Environments
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – (Marketwired - April 26, 2016) - Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced new upgrades and additions to its Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G series portfolio designed to reduce the ongoing costs of traditional environments and exploit and monetize data, which is too often trapped in silos of technology. Digital transformation has put data at the center of business strategy and has made IT a key element of corporate success, but is also putting new pressures on IT to modernize processes, systems and skillsets. To help break down data silos and modernize storage management, Hitachi Data Systems has embedded NAS functionality, cloud optimization and enhanced VMware integration into VSP G400, VSP G600 and VSP G800 storage platforms to simplify and accelerate data center modernization efforts.
Optimized for the Cloud
Customers continue to re-assess their IT strategies to find ways to optimize and reduce the ongoing costs of traditional storage and cloud services, but they are in need of flexible solutions that can address disparate environments such as virtualization, remote and core data centers and dynamic cloud strategies, to meet infrastructure requirements for a variety of applications. As a cloud-optimized, unified storage platform, the VSP G series was built to meet these needs and continues to exemplify Hitachi's strong investment philosophy in innovation, with more than 4,000 patents in SAN and NAS -related technologies.
Today's announcement adds the option to include two high-performance NAS modules in the VSP G400, VSP G600 and VSP G800 systems. These modules help to reduce capital expenditures by providing a single, SAN and NAS storage platform for all workloads in a compact form factor. Operating costs also decline, as VSP G series systems require less power, cooling and space in the data center. Adding further cost control, the new unified VSP G series offerings allow customers to leverage existing infrastructure investments regardless of environment -- whether for remote offices where IP infrastructure is dominant to data centers utilizing robust Fibre Channel technology or a cloud environment employing Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), Hitachi Managed Cloud Services, Microsoft® Azure™ or Amazon S3 cloud services. The data migrator to the cloud software feature allows customers to create automated and intelligent, content-aware data management policies. These policies ensure that data is automatically and seamlessly tiered to private, public or hybrid cloud platforms and freeing up critical Hitachi Accelerated Flash resources for Tier 1 applications.
Efficient and Granular Control of Virtual Machines
Hitachi continues to be in lockstep with VMware to deliver on the vision for software-defined storage with full support for VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™. This support allows customers to maximize resources, reduce storage complexity and increase efficiency by enabling application-specific storage service levels to be applied to each virtual machine (VM). In addition, Hitachi Virtual Infrastructure Integrator 3.0 delivers scalable VM protection by simplified VMbackup, recovery and cloning services for VMware vSphere-based infrastructures.
Comprehensive Infrastructure Analytics
Available across the Hitachi VSP family, the new Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor (HIAA) delivers increased performance while reducing costs and risk through intelligent analytics. HIAA quickly and proactively identifies, diagnoses and helps resolve potential performance and capacity issues, including those concerning third-party storage. The software identifies opportunities to improve performance and reduce risk through intelligent analytics with preemptive alerts. Customers can drive down costs with comprehensive capacity and performance planning using enterprise-scale IT analytics with long-term historical trending.
Hitachi Data Systems is the only IT vendor to address customer workload requirements from entry to mainframe with a single storage software platform. The powerful software capabilities built into Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) allow the entire VSP family to offer flash optimization. SVOS further supports native heterogeneous storage virtualization and multi-site, active-active storage as well as fully compatible data migration, replication and management from a single interface. Hitachi SVOS provides system element management and advanced storage functions, such as storage virtualization, thin provisioning, service-level controls, performance instrumentation and security across multiple storage platforms.
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"Hitachi Data Systems continues to invest heavily in innovation and in its industry-leading Virtual Storage Platform to help customers transform and modernize their IT infrastructures. The ever-changing fundamentals of IT demand that storage systems are agile, reliable and cost-effective. The enhanced VSP family meet those needs and beyond," said Bob Madaio, senior director for Infrastructure Solutions, Hitachi Data Systems.
"Achieving greater cost-efficiencies is paramount to our success. The automation and simplified management of the Hitachi VSP G series gives us the tools to effectively manage our storage requirements without compromising functionality or performance," said Janez Groznik, systems administrator, National University Library - NUK.
"VMware and Hitachi have had a long-term partnership, and together, we continue to empower our mutual customers to simplify their IT operations and accelerate the adoption of the unified hybrid cloud. Hitachi's unified storage solutions combined with support for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes will enable enterprises to reduce storage complexity and cost, while increasing efficiency on their journey to a modernized, software-defined data center," said Skip Bacon, vice president, storage and availability, VMware.
"As our multi-decade partnering continues, Cisco and HDS are driving to provide innovative data center solutions for our joint customers. Cisco's industry-leading network infrastructure provides high levels of flexibility and scalability demanded by software-driven dynamic IT application workloads and virtualized data centers. Cisco MDS Storage Directors and Nexus Switches fully enable Hitachi's Virtual Storage Platform, and help ensure that customers can easily deploy and manage their enterprise and data center environments to scale, while delivering architectural flexibility and consistent networking across physical, virtual and cloud environments," said Sachin Gupta, vice president of product management, Cisco Switching.
"The escalating volume of virtualized and cloud-based workloads is placing severe strain on the networks. Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade have long partnered to deliver Fibre Channel and IP storage networking solutions that provide our mutual customers with greater application performance, reliability and security," said Jack Rondoni, vice president, storage networking, Brocade.
"With demand increasing around virtualized environments, IT applications and data availability, customers can't afford a misstep. They need a reliable, scalable, high-performance solution that lowers risk, reduces operating and management costs, minimizes overprovisioning and maximizes existing assets. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform with native NAS functionality is a slam dunk," said Cheryl Neal, vice president, Avnet Data, Networking and Security business unit in the Americas.
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About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., builds information management and Social Innovation solutions that help businesses succeed and societies be safer, healthier and smarter. We focus on big data that offers real value - what we call the Internet of Things that matter. Our IT infrastructure, analytics, content and cloud solutions and services drive strategic management and analysis of the world's data. Only Hitachi Data Systems integrates the best information technology and operational technology from across the Hitachi family of companies to deliver the exceptional insight that business and society need to transform and thrive. Visit us at HDS.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society's challenges with our talented team and proven experience in global markets. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2014 (ended March 31, 2015) totaled 9,761 billion yen ($81.3 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes power & infrastructure systems, information & telecommunication systems, construction machinery, high functional materials & components, automotive systems, healthcare and others. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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Global Survey Reveals CFOs Will Navigate Economic Uncertainty by Harnessing the Power of Big Data
Multiple Scenario Planning Takes Center Stage as CFOs Strive to Remain Agile
PALO ALTO, Calif. – (Marketwired - Apr 26, 2016) - Adaptive Insights, the worldwide leader in cloud corporate performance management (CPM), today released its global CFO Indicator Q1 2016 report, revealing that while chief financial officers (CFOs) remain worried about growing economic volatility, the vast majority of the 377 CFOs surveyed remain confident in their forecasts, and believe that the combination of big data, analytics, and scenario planning will likely be the key to navigating their organizations through the current financial uncertainty.
Enabling them to accelerate the pace of change and remain agile, scenario planning is viewed by 48% of CFOs as the activity that will provide the most strategic value to their organizations during a downturn. Seventy-eight percent believe that applying financial data analysis to achieve profitability will provide the most strategic value overall to their organizations. Other key findings in the report include:
- High forecasting confidence: 85% of CFOs feel moderately, very, or completely confident in their forecasts for the first half of 2016
- Strong trust in the value of big data and analytics: 43% believe big data and analytics will have the single biggest effect on their future role
- Agility highly valued: 59% rank transformation and innovation experience as the second most beneficial attribute to their performance -- second only to technical and analytical skills (65%)
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What happened to rest in peace?
Poor ol' Galileo is resting in pieces!
If there was ever a good reason to be cremated, this might be it.
I dunno. There are worse things than having your fingers in a jar.
Then again, dead is dead, innit.
this is great, for the longest time the Catholic Church thought Galileo was giving them the finger. Now he can give them the Shocker!
I'm not a proponent of cloning, but I think I would be happy to let this slide :)
It wasn't only Catholics who thought "relics" were groovy. HEATHENS were into body parts as well!
If I had a nickel for every temple in Asia built around one of Buddha's eyelashes….
@Adam: I'm guessing that if the buddha had an eyelash for every temple built around one of the buddha's eyelashes, he would have been a werewolf.
A very serene werewolf.
I find it deliciously ironic both that his body was treated like that of a saint, when in fact the Vatican hated him at the time, and that it was the third finger that was kept, appropriately giving the Church the finger…
I'm sure there's a dystopian future novel in there somewhere, with cloistered "Round Earthers" hiding Saint Galileo's relics from the Palinistas and secretly building a telescope in a barn.
Or a Dan Brown novel
creepiness. but if i had a piece of his corpse, i would likely build church.
Galileo: Patron Saint of Skepticism
Hamish, great spin on an obvious joke! Funny.
Am I the only one that thinks the finger looks excessively long? Or were fingers just longer in the 1700s?
I'm guessing this "finger" actually starts at the wrist.
This reminds me the chinese proverb "When someone is pointing at the moon, only the fool looks at the finger". Well OK, it's not pointing at the moon anymore, but it probably did at some point..
Is this really Galileo´s finger? Is there any proof it is the real thing?
Similar artefacts have been faked along the centuries.
Do not believe of its originality unless there is real scientific evidence that this is the actual finger of Galileo´s
I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I got to the Museum of the History of Science this summer and found it was being renovated, with Galileo's middle finger on tour somewhere. Still a nifty museum, though, even at 1/3 strength.
It's a bit simplistic and harsh to say that the Vatican "hated" Galileo. There were, in fact, many of the more learned clergy who understood the truth of his observations, but felt he should keep his mouth shut, at least for the time being. In the midst of the Reformation, the Catholic and Protestant faiths were both keen to brand themselves as the more "traditional" and "pure" Christianity, and to paint the other side as dangerous, free-thinking radicals. The truth of scientific inquiry, especially in a field as remote from practical concerns as astronomy, was considered a trivial concern compared to the struggle for spiritual power.
I can only hope for this kind of fame. Didn't Mozart's skull make the rounds for awhile?
By the way – this museum is way cool. It is chock full of measuring gadgets and telescopes from years past. Highly recommended for the geek visiting Florence.
A cool example, as found on Flickr. I wish I had been able to spend more time in this place, and I wish more of the displays were in English.
Jake, that's my Facebook icon! (With me and the missus reflected in the armillary instead of those two suspicious-looking strangers.) I have a bunch of photos from the museum on Flickr as well, if you're interested.
Galileo's defeated essence is gradually re-assembling his body.
When the Star Lord's form is complete he will rise again.
Then the Catholic Church will get what's coming to them.
I just like that he's pointing up.
One of Galileo's biggest followers was Giovanni Battista Hodierna, a priest from Sicily. He compiled what would become one of the first deep sky catalogs, predating the one compiled by Charles Messier by over a century.
Can't speak for the rest of the church, however…
That's gross :)
Who cares about parts of his body ? His body of work is what is important.
Collect all five and then we'll know where the 70 billion people of earth are hiding.
We deeply regretted missing this when we visited Florence this fall. But we did get to go to La Specola, which was *awesome.* (Thanks, Atlas Obscura, and thanks, BB, for the rec.)
So the auction was about changing who manages the rights to Galileo's digits. Another DRM story from boingboing.
I wonder how many penises of famous people are sitting in the basements of museums. Come to think of it, how documented is this process of removing bits and ends?
How does one authenticate the eBay "Hitler's penis Item # 2357654" ??
The Catholic church persecuted Galileo because he dared to say that the earth revolved around the sun. The church threw him in prison for a decade, took all his earthly possessions & land, and when he got out of prison, the church banished him from the land forever. This is religianity & churchianity using spiritualism while employing seduction & terror for greedy financial gain & power. This is the church giving you the "finger".
Oooh, this CNN article has much better info than several news sites I came across. I actually did a bit of digging on the background of the story, and have posted it on my blog, which Galileo aficionados and other death-obsessed types can find on my profile page.
I recall "The Book Of Lists" back in the eighties reporting a list of famous people's body parts and among them was Napoleon Bonapart's penis. It measured 1.5″. Please, someone, anyone, tell me this wasn't taken from him as some sort of sainted charm as well.
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'The album was created with no talking. It's telepathy – Wobble and me just have that'
Theatre geeks rejoice!
Susan Blackwell is an American actress, writer and singer, best known for playing herself in the musical [title of show].[1] The web series "Side by Side by Susan Blackwell" chronicles her unconventional encounters with Broadway celebrities: sorting laundry with Daniel Radcliffe, feeding goats with Jonathan Groff, researching rectal surgeries with Norbert Leo Butz, naming dogs with Zachary Quinto and consulting a ouija board with Andrew Rannells, to name a few. [more inside]
Our Stratfordian Cousin
Oh no, you did'nt!
You may not know this but pantomime (overview for non-Brits) is a very lucrative business in the UK, especially for minor or fading stars of stage and screen (and Vanilla Ice) - Children's entertainers The Krankies (who have had a troubled relationship with panto in the past) have gone all out this year to pull in the punters via going to the gym (video), a lurid interview revealing their rather more adult private lives and a mind-blowing photo op with John Barrowman (SFW but what has been seen cannot be unseen and may prove traumatic for British people of a certain age) (previous)
National Theatre actors read King James Bible - free podcasts
King James Bible readings by top UK actors - free podcasts London's National Theatre recently staged a series of live readings to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible and the glorious language that book contains. The actors taking part included Lindsay Duncan (Genesis), Patricia Routledge (Psalms), Maureen Lipman (Isaiah), Mark Gatiss (Luke) and Simon Russell Beale (Revelation). There's 12 readings in all, each of about 80 minutes, and the National has three available as free podcasts already, with the rest to follow soon. As a bonus, it's also offering Melvyn Bragg's talk on how the King James version was constructed and the main sources it drew on. I saw Bragg delivering this talk at the Cheltenham Literary Festival earlier this year, and it's well worth hearing.
"We shall have a man in the White House who will feel as responsible for American civilization as he does for American power and prosperity."
"It was no accident that arts funding was once again brought to national attention with the exhibit Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. Since the 80s, the enemies of the NEA have not been those with differences of opinion about what art should be supported or how. Instead they oppose any support at all for art of any kind." Hide/Seek, Culture Wars and the History of the NEA (NSFW, art)
Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you...
Original Pronunciation (OP) "...performance brings us as close as possible to how old texts would have sounded. It enables us to hear effects lost when old texts are read in a modern way. It avoids the modern social connotations that arise when we hear old texts read in a present-day accent." The site includes transcripts of Shakespeare plays and other writings with IPA notations, indicating how to pronounce them in OP. It also includes some audio recordings. [more inside]
I Would Never Tell On You
Cabaret's Don't Tell Momma performed by a young Judi Dench, or by Molly Ringwald, or Chris Moore, but what would she want with me?
Little Shop of Horrors closed (but not for renovation)
"On Saturday June 18, 2011, representatives from the licensing agency came to watch our production. I met them before the show and explained the reasons behind my actions and that I understood the consequences. The cast was also prepared. We could have restored the production to the original script, we could have canceled the show and left them to wonder, we could have faked a medical emergency or technical failure – believe me, all of these scenarios crossed my mind. In the end, we chose to be honest and share the production we had created." Artistic director Nick A. Olivero writes an open letter to the theatre and arts community discussing the recent forced closure of his show, Little Shop of Horrors, at San Fransisco's Boxcar Theatre Company. [more inside]
Show's over, folks.
Off Off Broadway Pioneer RIP
Ellen Stewart, RIP [more inside]
I'm part indian princess form outer space ...on my mother's side.
Who is Joe Wall? Why he's an author and ambient electronic musician who works in a clock tower and loves to sing. But most Mefites know him as sonascope, author of many vast and beloved comments. His touching 2004 show, My Fairy Godmothers Smoke Too Much, is available free and complete online. [more inside]
Only guy with crabs on Broadway is Sebastian
Defamation by Twitter Broadway actor Marty Thomas has filed papers in court asking that the identify of the "bwayanonymous" Twitter account (cache) be revealed, after the account made a post alleging Thomas has crabs.
For anyone making the plunge, Miller has advice: "Bring water. And wear sweatpants."
The next day, Sunday, I spent almost nine hours immersed in Robert Lepage's marathon play, Lipsynch, at the Bluma Appel Theatre, which was part of Luminato. You tell people you've just spent nine hours watching a play conducted in four languages (with projected sur-titles) and they think you've undergone an endurance test, made a heroic sacrifice for art. On the contrary. There was no suffering(5 minutes of [enthusiastic] standing and clapping). The time flew by. It was like taking your brain on a luxurious cruise. Or spending the day in an art spa, basking in mind massages and sensory wraps. Maybe it was high art but the ascent was effortless: because Lepage did all the work for you, it was experienced as pure entertainment. [more inside]
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once
"I HEREBY REQUEST that my body or any part thereof may be used for therapeutic purposes including corneal grafting and organ transplantation or for the purposes of medical education [...] with the exception of my skull, which shall be offered by the institution receiving my body to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in theatrical performance." [more inside]
I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific...
Tomorrow after 37 previews and 1000 performances, Broadway will bid farewell to the critically-lauded, award-winning, first-ever revival of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific. [more inside]
Welcome to Culturebot, a NYC-based website all about performing arts and culture locally, nationally and around the globe. Culturebot.org is a multidisciplinary, contemporary arts + culture blog, launched in December 2003. Based in NYC we cover contemporary cultural news, events and ideas from NYC and around the world. Culturebot was envisioned and created by founding editor Andy Horwitz. It was initially made possible from a grant to Performance Space 122 by the National Performance Network. [more inside]
So please you, something touching the Timelord Hamlet. Captain Picard.
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet, starring David Tennant as Hamlet, Sir Patrick Stewart as Claudius and the Ghost, Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius, Mariah Gale as Ophelia, and Edward Bennet as Laertes. Directed by Gregory Doran. [more inside]
I'll Give You Stars and the Moon but not any sheet music
Theatre composer Jason Robert Brown (bio) tries to explain to a young fan why it's wrong to download sheet music from the Internet for free. Via.
After Last Night
Tracy Wright, a wonderful gem of the Toronto theatre and film scene, has died.
Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu
Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu The completely insane and dying Antonin Artaud's last public performance, a radio show which wasn't broadcast for 30 years thereafter. English translation here.
The Unsinkable Molly...Ivins
Molly Lives! Last night in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Theatre Company premiered Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Kathleen Turner has taken on the role of the brassy Ivins. Turner knew Ivins personally and said "I liked Molly so much, and I liked the idea of keeping her alive, and being able to honor her." The script was written by twin sisters Alison and Margaret Engel, and based on Ivins' own words and writing.
All The World's An MP3
The American Theatre Wing hosts MP3 interviews with actors, directors, playwrights and other artists. e.g. Stephen Sondheim and Anna Deavere Smith and F. Murray Abraham and Eric Bogosian and John Patrick Shanley and Edward Albee and Venessa Redgrave and Alan Ayckbourn and...
A Blog About Plays
The Ancient Theatre Archive
The Ancient Theatre Archive: A Virtual Reality Tour of Greek and Roman Theatre Architecture offers photos, panoramas, detailed descriptions, and, in several instances, virtual tours of classical theatre sites across Europe. (Tours require Quicktime to view.) The Met offers a basic overview of the differences between Greek and Roman theatrical architecture. For more theatres and related theatrical imagery, visit John Porter's one-stop catalog of online visual resources, Skenotheke.
The Art of Discomfort
Last spring Young Jean Lee, an American playwright and director, spoke plainly on the state of American theatre to the Nation. She described it as "our most backward art form."
Frinds, Roomuns, coontrimun, lend me yurr eerrs.
Oy coom too berry Sayzurr, nut too preyze im. That's a reconstruction of how Brutus's famous speech from "Julius Caesar" may have sounded to Shakespeare's original audience. (Scroll down in the linked page for the rest of the speech -- or look inside this post.) If you'd like to learn more about Original Pronunciation (OP), check out www.pronouncingshakespeare.com, where you'll find several recordings by David Crystal, the scholar who probably knows most about the subject. You can also listen to this example or this NPR broadcast, first linked to in this 2005 post, here. Ben Crystal, David's son, tries some OP here. [more inside]
"I have worked like a dog all my life, honey."
In the vein of Gwen Verdon's "Walk It Out", please consider the heat of Ann Miller's "Womanizer". [more inside]
Alleyn and company
The papers of Edward Alleyn, the Elizabethan actor-manager, are now available online in a digital edition. Most of what we know about the London theatre in the age of Shakespeare comes from this archive; highlights include the only surviving example of a 'part' or script written out for an actor in an Elizabethan play (image) and the contract for building the Fortune playhouse in 1600, just a year after the building of the Globe. Sadly, the archive doesn't include any manuscripts relating to Shakespeare, because Alleyn worked for the Admiral's Men, one of the two main theatre companies in London, whereas Shakespeare worked for the competition (the Lord Chamberlain's Men), though that didn't stop the nineteenth-century forger John Payne Collier from faking a few documents of his own to fill the gap.
Don't! Mess! With! A! Snap! Diva! A clip from the 1989 documentary Tongues Untied which is about black gay identity. (via)
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. The MGM musical version of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz turned 70 this week. It wasn't the first time it was a movie, nor the last time it was a movie or a movie musical. [more inside]
"Life! Hope! Escape! Whoops! Obstinacy!"
Charlie Chaplin [previously, except the primary link from blogspot is down] has a grandson, James Thiérrée. Growing up in his parents circus Le Cirque Imaginaire (later, Invisible), the acrobat evolved into performer/director/choreographer of soon to be four full-length works. (Full disclosure: the first three are all from La Veillée des Abysses--Bright Abyss--and the latter is a preview for his upcoming solo act Raoul.) He's also made forays in movies you've probably seen. More? Check out this Au revoir Parapluie (Farewell Umbrella) medley, and how about some trapeze? [more inside]
Adam Curtis's It Felt Like A Kiss
Adam Curtis's It Felt Like A Kiss. The whole of the experimental film (from the author of The Power of Nightmares and The Trap) which accompanied his recent show at the Manchester Festival. "When a nation is powerful it tells confident stories about the future."
Yellow becomes intelligent
Drop the acid just before the bus leaves the station: In this January 14, 1967 broadsheet, probably distributed along the Haight on telephone polls, walls, and in windows, ComCo passes on some learned tips on good Bay Area headventure trips. ( Via digaman's twitter )
Playing with fire
"Its the story of our own village" ~ A journey in Indian street theatre (PDF of article) share's author Joel Lee's experiences wandering around India with three street theatre troupes. Also called the "theater of social change" this grassroots artform has become a powerful means of communication across the barriers of language, literacy and culture in both rural and urban India. [more inside]
There was good sport in its making
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents King Lear, starring Ian McKellen, directed by Trevor Nunn, adapted for broadcast and available in its entirety online. [more inside]
No more guessing when to run and pee
Every movie has a few scenes in there somewhere that aren't crucial to the plot. Every movie has a few minutes you can miss and not be lost when you sit back down. Now you can go see a movie and get that extra large soda without worrying about missing anything important. No more guessing when to run and pee!
a semi-staged production of Shakespere's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelsohn's incidental music
Last night, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a semi-staged production of Shakespere's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelsohn's incidental music. Now they've put a video of the performance up on their website. [more inside]
If an artistic director has quantified the dream of theatre on a spreadsheet, they are dead already.
Monologuist Mike Daisey has a beef with the way theater is made in the United States: . He's made that beef the substance of one of his monologues, How Theater Failed America. Now, Todd Olson, Producing Artistic Director (scroll down for bio) at the American Stage Theatre Company in St. Petersburg, Florida, has beef with Daisey, too. Olson says: balance my budget, wretched actor miscreant; Daisey says: bring it. [more inside]
Renewing the economics of theatre
The recession has hit the theatre world (and the arts scene in general) very hard - but some argue that theatre practitioners aren't doing themselves any favours when seeking funding. The main question insufficiently addressed is "who is the funding for?" - hint: it's not about you. Approaching theatre as a product isn't working, not when MFA acting programs don't often allow its graduates to earn enough to earn back their debt. So now the question is: how can the economics of theatre be changed?
All the world's their stage
Twelve Angry Lebanese - inmates from Lebanon's infamous Roumieh Prison are putting on an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men - to stunning reviews. [more inside]
Another one bites the dust...
Theatre of the New Ear
Theatre of the New Ear. Two radio plays: one by Charlie Kaufman, the other by the Coen Brothers, recorded live and starring Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. [more inside]
Thus did the sons of the Heike vanish forever from the face of the earth.
The Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari) is a medieval Japanese account of the rise and fall of the Taira clan and has inspired many other works of art. Click on the chapters and scroll down to see Heike illustrations (or start here), see more art or figures inspired by the Heike. Would you rather read? [more inside]
The Things He Carried
The Things He Carried. "Airport security in America is a sham—'security theater' designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease."
ObitFilter: Paul Sills
Paul Sills, son of Viola Spolin and one of the fathers of Chicago style improv comedy through his work with The Compass Players (who sort of morphed into Second City) and through his Story Theatre work has passed away at age 80. Chicago has lost two of its legends in one day.
The Great White Way?
When Brad and Amy got married, Amy's "Man of Honor" got up to give his toast -- a musical toast. Other friends and family joined in, much to Amy's surprise, and the result, captured here on video, is pretty darned delightful.
Comedian Julie Klausner (of "Hot Jewish Girls want to talk to you!!") has obsessions. So do her friends. As you do, she hosts a comedy night in New York where people can confess and explain (sometimes via powerpoint) the things that drive their compulsions. [more inside]
From Abati to Zoppio: historic Italian texts
OPAL Libri Antichi from the University of Turin offers over 3,000 books as free, open PDF files. Most of these date between AD 1500 and 1850 and most are in Italian, with many in French. They tend to be plain books with few illustrations. A few English titles are present, including David Hume's 1800 Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul; several texts by William Wycherley such as Love in a wood: or St. James's-Park (1735); and Richard Lassels 1686 work The voyage of Italy: or, a compleat journey through Italy with the characters of the peaple, and the description of the chief towns ... (volume 2) - an early travel guide. The PDFs are unsearchable plain scans. via this thread in the W4RF forum which contains hundreds of links to free online historical documents


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An Garda Síochána are asking people to come and reclaim their lost or stolen property, as Laura Whelan reports
Elaine Keogh reports on the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust charity, which helps bereaved families whose loved ones have died abroad


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