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Connor Chadwick, Joe Daniels, James Douglas, David Evans, Jack Foulkes, Taig Green, Joseph Higgins, Matthew Lake, Harvey Matthews, Will McDonnell, Aaron McLay, Callum Payton, Jake Warburton, Lloyd Wright
Latchford took a step into unfamiliar territory with the visit of West Craven to Victoria Park on Sunday. New to the North West Counties league, West Craven was unknown prior to arriving in Warrington on a chilly but bright Sunday morning. Bringing only nine players was probably the first hint of an easy passage for the Albion who loaned two players to West Craven to allow a full sided match to take place. Matty Lake and Joe Daniels played for West Craven, both played really well and will have benefited from a full game. However, West Craven was on the end of a thrashing to nil with the Albion running in eleven tries and kicking nine conversions.
The match itself was at times an untidy affair with Latchford guilty of far too many handling errors (11 in total!) which would have made life much more difficult against one of the better sides. On a positive note, conversion kicking was significantly improved with Latchford scoring 9 of 11. All in all, the boys did their job, maintained their unbeaten start to the season and took their aggregate points scoring total (including the two pre-season matches) to 288 with 70 points conceded.
West Craven kicked off and the first few sets of 6 were scrappy, with some good individual tackling from Jake and Lloyd and some excellent runs from Joseph Higgins and Connor. However, progress continually broke down as handling errors and knock-ons passed the initiative back to West Craven.
The first score took some time to arrive but was well worth the wait with Beast marauding single handed through the flimsy West Craven defence to touch down. Callum converted. The second try followed quickly when Dougie latched onto a Jack pass to run around the West Craven back line to score. Lloyd converted for his first points since his return from illness – welcome back! Next to put points on the board was Will McDonnell who broke from inside his own half to outpace the whole of the West Craven side and claim an excellent try. Jack converted. Lloyd was up next with a blast through the West Craven defensive line to cross the whitewash. David Evans converted. This followed some solid tackling from Connor Chadwick and Aaron McLay and a memorable Harvey jinking run. Will scored his second a couple of minutes later when he latched onto a pass from David following good play by Jack and Harvey. Finally just before half time, Beast yet again bulldozed his way through the defence to complete his brace of tries. Connor Chadwick converted.
H-T Latchford 32 - West Craven 0
The second half started as the first had finished with another Latchford touchdown. This time a David Evans try following a smart pass from Jack Foulkes helped to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Harvey Matthews converted successfully. Try number eight was a well deserved score from Lloyd who ran onto a pass from Jack to dance his way down the wing to score. Will converted. The same Lloyd/Jack combination was responsible for try number nine and yet again a superb pass from Jack unlocked the West Craven defence and Lloyd happily ran through for a well deserved hat-trick. Taig converted. Try number 10 was a solo effort from Jake Warburton who ran from inside his own half to outpace the opposition and score in the corner for an unconverted try. The final try was probably the best of the day, when a slick passing move between Jack and David saw the ball arrive with Taig who somehow avoided a number of attempts to tackle him and finally scored a well deserved touchdown. The conversion was completed by Dougie.
All in all, this was another solid performance. A more robust start to the game and better concentration could perhaps have added more points. However, against weak opposition the side was never really in any danger of conceding a try, let alone losing.
A special mention must go to Matty and Joe who both performed admirably for West Craven. It is never easy to play for the opposition but they both gave 100% and should be very proud of their contribution to the game.
F-T Latchford 62 - West Craven 0
Scorers: Joseph Higgins (2), Jake Warburton (1), David Evans (1), Taig Green (1), Lloyd Wright (3), Will McDonnell (2), James Douglas (1)
Conversions: Callum Payton (1), Lloyd Wright (1), Jack Foulkes (1), David Evans (1), Connor Chadwick (1), Harvey Matthews (1), Will McDonnell (1), Taig Green (1), James Douglas (1)
Man of the Match: David Evans
Top Tackler: Jack Foulkes
Coaches Award: Matty Lake & Joe Daniels
Coaches Award: Harvey Matthews & Connor Chadwick
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BEIRUT: What do Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York, Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House, Oscar Niemeyer's Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro and Richard Rogers' Lloyd's Building in London have in common? It's simple. They are all celebrated examples of modernist architecture, and, as such, no one would ever think of tearing them down to make way for a block of luxury apartments.
Unfortunately, modernist structures in Beirut – designed by Niemeyer or not – run just such a risk on a regular basis.
The Arab Center for Architecture aims to change all that. Founded in 2008 by George Arbid, Jad Tabet, Fouad El Koury, Amira El Solh, Hashem Sarkis, Bernard Khoury and Nada Assi, the NGO is in the throes of its first public function this month, an exhibition at Clemenceau's Villa Salem, entitled "Modern Design and Architecture in the Arab World: The Beginnings of a Project."
The organization's mission statement explains that it aims to provide a public forum for discussion relating to the past, present and future of architecture. In tandem, it hopes to develop awareness of the cultural importance of modernist architecture as well as pre-independence and ancient architecture.
To further these aims, explains architect and exhibition co-curator Mazen Haidar, the center is engaged in creating an extensive archive of architectural documents, including blueprints, sketches, models and photographs, as well as actively participating in efforts to save the remaining modernist structures from destruction.
"The purpose of this exhibition is, first off, to introduce the center to the general public," Haidar says, "and also to highlight modern heritage, because it's not considered part of the architectural heritage of the country."
The exhibition consists of a well-balanced mixture of architects' drawings, photographs, sketches and models from the center's archives, as well as some on loan from private collections – drawing attention to the lengthy processes involved in designing and executing a building, and the value of documentation in conveying this knowledge once the structure is completed.
Exhibition plaques provide the architect's name, the year of completion, the building's location and its status – demolished, at risk or disfigured.
A particularly interesting insight into the architectural process is provided by several buildings about which multiple items are on display. Take the Arida Building in Sanayeh, which is at risk. Designed by architects George Rais and Théo Canaan and completed in 1951, it is represented by several photographs, a sketch and an architect's model, conveying the design process and the building's unique structure in a variety of ways.
Equally fascinating are two large blueprints of the Villa Salem – where the exhibition is being held – built in the late 1930s by Lucien Cavro. Restored by Nizar Fawwaz under the aegis of the ACA, these drawings help to draw attention to the fact that unique modernist buildings are used daily for all sorts of purposes in Beirut, but are rarely remarked upon by the public, who generally do not consider them of interest.
"We want to change the mentality," explains Haidar. "It has always been said that the Middle East has been a passive basin for modernist ideas brought from the West, which is not true. ... These architects have been exploring in this context, and modern architecture was developed by different tendencies in the country. It was adapted to the country and it was adapted to the needs of society – it was adapted to the network in the city of Beirut."
The association is supplemented by volunteers, from architects and lawyers to students, who help out scanning documents, archiving and cataloging. The ACA also restores damaged documents and makes copies of those lent out by deceased architects' families.
Haidar explains that while the primary focus at present is on expanding the center's archives, they're also open to collaborating when it comes to taking an active approach towards saving buildings at risk of destruction. Activist groups, he notes, such as Save Beirut Heritage or the Association for Protecting Natural Sites and Old Buildings in Lebanon (APSAD), could benefit from the scientific and legal know-how of the ACA's team.
"The main intention [is] to preserve the buildings," he says, "and probably to give guidelines for any conservation project, to preserve them as they are. ... [We] have original photos that could be helpful in preserving the artistic and historical value of these buildings.
"If one of these buildings is in danger," he continues, "I can in an afternoon make a report for the Directorate General of Antiquities and probably stop the demolition. Or get in contact with the architect who's intervening on this site and try to convince him to rely on original drawings of the site without changing it."
For the moment, Haidar hopes the center's first exhibition will succeed in raising awareness of the threat facing Lebanon's modernist buildings and highlight that modern architecture has its own charm and appeal.
"People don't see it as beautiful," he says. "Generally there's a real lack of knowledge about this. So whenever you mention a building like the Shams Building on Raouche people might think that it's interesting, but nothing more than this. People are so used to destruction that they think that in order to preserve the site you have to demolish the building to build something new. This is extremely dangerous."
"Modern Design and Architecture in the Arab World: The Beginnings of a Project" is up at Villa Salem (formerly Otium) in Clemenceau until June 1. The Arab Center for Architecture's headquarters in Ashrafieh will be open to the general public on June 9, as part of International Archives Day. For more information please call 03-209-226.
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Kassidy: Care
Donna Brewer and her husband, Kevin, will never forget August 4, 2008, the day when their spirited daughter, Kassidy, collapsed and stopped breathing. A CT scan revealed a massive hemorrhage in the back of her brain, caused by a congenital arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an abnormal mass of blood vessels. AVMs impede normal blood flow to brain tissues.
Kassidy was in a coma for several months at Rady Children's and underwent numerous surgeries, including eight on her brain. She suffered a stroke and had weeks of tremors that violently shook her body. She had to have countless hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy to relearn just about everything. Thanks to the lifesaving care, Kassidy has returned to her life and recently earned her second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Ian: Lifesaving Technology
On Dec. 14, 2010, Tammy Quinones was driving to work when she received a call from her son's school. There had been an accident. Her son, Ian, was involved. When Ian was admitted to Rady Children's, he was in full cardiac arrest and getting CPR by the critical care support team. He was then put into a drug-induced coma and placed on a high-tech therapy to stabilize his heart.
A Rady Children's cardiologist discovered that Ian had a rare heart condition – Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome – that caused the cardiac arrest. Once Ian was stable enough, an advanced procedure (radiofrequency catheter ablation) was performed to destroy several dangerous extra pathways on his heart's left side. The condition was cured, and Ian is grateful to be alive.
Zara: Discovery
In February 2009, Colette Schenker received devastating news: her little girl, Zara, had cancer. Diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, Zara spent the next seven months receiving chemotherapy as part of a clinical trial and handled the side effects like a trouper. Despite treatment after treatment, the spirited toddler would sing, dance and make everyone smile. The doctors were amazed.
About a month after leaving Rady Children's, Zara celebrated her third birthday with no signs of the disease. Today, Zara remains cancer-free and is a happy and fearless little girl.
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The 5: Best Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Models Ever
The 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover was unveiled on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night and will features Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen.
It's the first cover for all three models -- an honor that looks tremendous on the r�sum� of any supermodel.
The cover reveal got me to thinking...in the 50 years of the SI Swimsuit Issue, who are the best of the best. There have been 46 cover models in the 50-year history of the magazine special, and narrowing the list to five is about as difficult as splitting the atom.
But here goes.
5. Tyra Banks
Banks became the first African-American woman to grace the cover back in 1996 with Argentinian model Valeria Mazza. The very next year, Banks got the cover all to herself.
Before you jump down my throat at this choice, remember this is 90s Tyra Banks, not the woman who went on to host America's Next Top Model or that awful, awful talk show where she admitted being afraid of dolphins. I'm not making that up.
4. Christie Brinkley
Before she starred as Clark Griswold's Ferrari-driving fantasy, became Billy Joel's Uptown Girl or ever did anything resembling exercise with Chuck Norris, Christie Brinkley appeared on three straight SI Swimsuit covers.
Brinkley, 60, recently appeared on the cover of People Magazine in a swimsuit, and still looks great. But in 1979, when she was in her mid-20s, she was an absolute knockout.
Most red-blooded American men understood Clark jeopardizing things with Ellen.
3. Elle MacPherson
This Aussie is the only woman to appear on the cover five separate times. Her fifth appearance came in 2006 -- twenty years after her first!
For my money, the 1987 cover of MacPherson in a green one-piece (pictured to the left) is the best of all-time.
2. Marisa Miller
Very few times have I met a woman in person that made me feel woozy. Marisa Miller is on that short list.
Miller has been on the cover of the SI Swimsuit Issue only once, which is one of the great travesties of the 21st century.
I considered docking Marisa points for making her film debut in the wretched R.I.P.D in the summer of 2013, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
I also considered moving her down on the list because she's an avid San Francisco 49ers fan, but again, I couldn't.
1. Kate Upton
At the tender age of 21, Upton has become one of the most recognizable faces in the history of modeling. Yeah, I said face...get your mind out of the gutter.
Not only has Kate been an SI cover girl twice, she's broken into feature films (Tower Heist, The Three Stooges, The Other Woman), she's sold a ton of Carl's Jr. hamburgers and has racked up over 1.2 million Twitter followers.
For an encore, in 2014, she'll be single-handedly responsible for the derailment of Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander's career.
Way to go, Kate!
Honorable Mention: Kathy Ireland, Vendela, Paulina Porizkova, Heidi Klum, Bar Rafaeli, Brooklyn Decker...aww, heck -- all of 'em.


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+ Providing funding to establish the cancer library at the Centegra Sage Cancer Center
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Our foundation is 100% volunteer meaning we provide 100% of event proceeds to our key partners, Centegra, RUSH, Family Health Partnership Clinic and the Wellness Place.
Over the past 15 years we have raised $6 million towards cancer research and awareness programs during the Barndance - our annual summer party and fundraiser - and this year is shaping up to be an event you won't want to miss.
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Worshipping the night light (Image: Steven Schofield/Corbis)
Read more: "The night: The nocturnal journey of body and mind"
WHAT is "night"? A mundane answer is that it is the result of a planet rotating under a shining star. But for humans it has always meant much more than that. Night is a strange and special time, not only different from the day but also a place of unorthodox beliefs and behaviours.
If we look at how various cultures imagine the time before the world came into being, it is often conceptualised as a kind of night. Judeo-Christian cultures, for instance, conceive of a world that emerged out of darkness. Many cultures view darkness in negative terms, a time distinguished not only by the absence of light and often warmth, but also by chaos and fear.
But there is another side to the human relationship with the night. ...
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Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a leading provider of marketing, rating and management software and services, announced today the promotion of Don Hobdy Jr. to vice president of sales, effective immediately.
In his new position as vice president of sales, Hobdy is responsible for managing ITC's sales team and helping ITC reach its sales goals. He joined ITC in 2011 as an agency growth and efficiency consultant and has more than 16 years of sales experience and more than 13 years of working in the insurance industry.
"Don has exhibited great leadership through coaching other members of the sales team and helping the sales team to grow, making his transition to vice president of sales a natural change," said Laird Rixford, president of ITC. "Plus, his work on strategic partnerships with agencies, cluster groups and MGAs has been paramount to the success of ITC."
Prior to joining ITC, Hobdy worked as director of sales and marketing at ABC Insurance Agency and as a technology consultant to small businesses. He is a licensed insurance agent in Texas. An expert in insurance and sales, Hobdy presents at industry events across the United States on agency marketing and selling to the modern consumer.
About ITC
Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), founded in 1983, is a leading provider of marketing, rating and management software and services to the insurance industry, including independent agents and insurance carriers. Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, ITC helps its customers across the United States grow their businesses and become more efficient through the philosophy of providing quality software and services. Currently, ITC serves more than 150 insurance companies and more than 6,000 agencies. For more information, visit ITC online at http://www.GetITC.com.


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Test ID: FSMS
Smith-Magenis/Potocki-Lupski Syndromes, 17p11.2 Deletion/Duplication, FISH
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Aids in the diagnosis of 17p11.2 deletion (Smith-Magenis) and 17p11.2 duplication (Potocki-Lupski) syndromes, in conjunction with CMS / Chromosome Analysis, for Congenital Disorders, Blood
Detecting cryptic translocations involving 17p11.2, including the RAI1 critical region, that are not demonstrated by conventional chromosome studies
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Smith-Magenis syndrome is associated with a deletion of the proximal short arm of chromosome 17, including the critical RAI1 gene region. Although the phenotype is variable, the syndrome can be suspected in patients with failure to thrive, brachycephaly (short head), prominent forehead, microcephaly (small head), flat and broad midface, broad nasal bridge, strabismus, myopia, malformed ears, high and cleft palate, prognathism (protruding mandible), short and broad hands and feet, scoliosis (laterally curved spine), and cryptorchidism (undescended testes). Unusual features of the syndrome include specific self-destructive behavior, including insertion of foreign objects into bodily orifices, pulling out fingernails and toenails, and sleep abnormalities (especially disturbed rapid eye movement sleep). Mental retardation is variable but usually severe with seizures and hyperactivity.
Patients with duplications of this region (Potocki-Lupski syndrome) tend to have a milder but overlapping phenotype.
FISH studies are highly specific and do not exclude other chromosome abnormalities. For this reason, we recommend that patients suspected of having Smith-Magenis or Potocki-Lupski syndromes also have conventional chromosome studies (CMS / Chromosome Analysis, for Congenital Disorders, Blood) performed to rule out other chromosome abnormalities or translocations.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
An interpretive report will be provided.
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Any individual with a normal signal pattern (2 signals for RAI1) in each metaphase is considered negative for a deletion or duplication in the region tested by this probe.
Any patient with a FISH signal pattern indicating loss of the RAI1 critical region will be reported as having a deletion of the regions tested by this probe. This is consistent with a diagnosis of 17p11.2 deletion (Smith-Magenis) syndrome.
Any patient with a FISH signal pattern indicating additional critical region signals will be reported as having a duplication of the regions tested by this probe. This is consistent with a diagnosis of 17p11.2 duplication (Potocki-Lupski) syndrome.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Because this FISH test is not approved by the FDA, it is important to confirm 17p11.2 deletion/duplication (Smith-Magenis/Potocki-Lupski) syndrome diagnoses by other established methods, such as clinical history or physical examination.
Supportive Data
FISH analysis was performed on a series of 50 peripheral blood samples and results were compared to previous chromosomes, FISH (using the SMS probe from Abbott Molecular), and aCGH studies. The SMS probe previously used does not include the RAI1 critical region. Using a laboratory-developed probe for the Smith-Magenis/Potocki-Lupski syndromes at 17p11.2, which includes the RAI1 critical region, FISH analysis confirmed deletion of the critical region in 13 patients previously known to have a phenotype consistent with Smith-Magenis syndrome and deletion of 17p11.2. Duplication of the critical region was confirmed in 2 patients known to have a phenotype consistent with Potocki-Lupski syndrome and 17p11.2 duplication. No deletions or duplications of the RAI1 critical region were identified in 35 patient specimens previously shown to be normal by karyotype or FISH analysis.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Van Dyke DL, Wiktor A: Chapter 26: Clinical cytogenetics. In Laboratory Medicine. Second edition. Edited by K McClatchey. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 2002
2. Juyal RC, Greenberg F, Mengden GA, et al: Smith-Magenis syndrome deletion: a case with equivocal cytogenetic findings resolved by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Am J Med Genet 1995;58:286-291
3. Potocki L, Chen KS, Park SS, et al: Molecular mechanism for duplication 17p11.2-the homologous recombination reciprocal of the Smith-Magenis microdeletion. Nat Genet 2000;24:84-87
4. Vlangos CN, Wilson M, Blancato J, et al: Diagnostic FISH probes for del(17)(p11.2p11.2) associated with Smith-Magenis syndromes should contain the RAI1 gene. Am J Med Genet 2005;132A:278-282
5. Elsea SH, Girirajan S: Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2008;16:412-421


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Baillet Lab: Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory (neuroSPEED)
Pictures from MEG training workshop at The Neuro.
Our team develops methodological and experimental approaches to probe the dynamics of the human brain. We are particularly interested in exploring the multiplicity of time scales where brain processes occur and dovetail: from milliseconds (as necessary for perception) to the lifespan (as revealed during learning, re-learning following a brain insult and aging).
We specialize in developing original approaches for time-resolved imaging of brain functions and dysfunctions. To this end, electromagnetic brain imaging using MEG is our scanning method of choice. We also investigate how the integration of multimodal information, e.g. of brain structures, activity and connectivity, helps contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of brain activity, from the millisecond to the life span.
We are interested in translating our research to innovative approaches for routine clinical applications of MEG in a variety of neurological and neurosurgical conditions. Our collaborations so far have a strong clinical focus on the pre-surgical evaluation of epilepsy, the rehabilitation of motor and language functions after stroke, and in the evaluation of cognitive impairments.
One additional primary mission of our lab is to provide state-of-the-art support and expertise to scientific investigators interested in using MEG as a tool for cognitive and clinical neuroscience studies. The MEG Program at McGill's Montreal Neurological Institute is part of the comprehensive McConnell Brain Imaging Centre and is an open platform for academic researchers and industrial partners.
Sylvain Baillet, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director, MEG research
Philippe Albouy, PhD
Research Associate
Elizabeth Bock, MSc
MEG System Manager
Therese Lennert, PhD
Research Associate
Benjamin Morillon, PhD
Research Associate
Julia Guiomar Niso Galan, PhD
Research Associate
François Tadel, MSc
MEG Software Engineer, Brainstorm project
Students, Trainees & Visitors
- Christine Cahaney: Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill (with Alain Dagher)
- Eva Chadnova: PhD student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill (with Robert Hess)
- Hui Ling Chan: Visiting Graduate Research Trainee, Neuroscience (Electrical Engineering)
- Hao Yu Chen: Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill
- Li Yuan (Debby) Chen, Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill
- Sébastien Déry: Masters Student, Biomedical Engineering, McGill
- Thomas Donoghue: Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill
- Peter Donhauser: PhD Candidate, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill
- Konstantinos Nasiotis: PhD Candidate, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill (with Christopher Pack)
- Mansooreh Pakravan: Visiting PhD Candidate, Sharif University, Iran
- Soheila Samiee: PhD Candidate, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill
- Maryse Thomas: PhD Candidate, in rotation for the Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill (with Vince Gracco)
- Ishan Walpola: Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill
More about neuroSPEOPLE: http://www.facebook.com/neurospeed
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Esther Florin, PhD
Research Associate
Diana Escalona: Visiting Graduate Research Trainee, Biomedical Engineering (Mexico)
Samantha Gauvreau: Undergrad Student Volunteer, McGill
Chia-Hsiung Cheng: Visiting Graduate Research Trainee, Neuroscience (Taiwan)
Rey R. Ramirez, PhD, 2008–11 (now MEG scientist at the University of Washington)
Yohan Attal, PhD, 2007–10, Computer-assisted decision making using MRI during the acute phase of stroke (now post-doc at Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Paris)
Sheraz Khan, PhD, 2006–09, (50% with Habib Ammari) Optical flow and Helmoltz-Hodge decomposition of the dynamics of cortical currents. (now Lecturer at MGH/Harvard Medical School)
Guillaume Auzias, PhD, 2005–09, Sulcal-based diffeomorphic coregistration of cortical surfaces. (now post-doc at University of Marseille-Mediterranee)
Florence Gombert, PhD, 2005—09, Electromagnetic functional imaging of epilepsy (now at Development & Communication Office at Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Paris)
Charlotte Rosso, MD, PhD, 2005—09, On the role of MRI in the evaluation of acute stroke. (now Stroke Neurologist at the La Salpetriere Hospital Stroke Center, Paris)
Benoit Cottereau, PhD, 2004—08, Multiresolution electromagnetic brain imaging with an application to dynamic retinotopy. (now post-doc at CNRS, Toulouse, France)
Julien Lefèvre, PhD, 2004–07, Spatio-temporal sequencing of brain activity (now Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Marseille-Mediterranee)
Lucie Luneau: MSc student, Neuroscience: Paris VI University, France
Nidiyare Hevia-Montiel, PhD, 2002–06, Anticipation of stroke outcome during the acute phase using diffusion-weighted MRI. (now research scientist at University of Mexico)
Karim Jerbi, PhD, 2001–05 (with Line Garnero), Long-distance cooperation between cerebral areas. (now INSERM Principal Investigator, Lyon, France)
Ongoing projects
Functional image reconstruction from MEG/EEG data, with coregistration with MRI
Methods: Inverse models, estimation and statistical appraisal.
Selected publications:
Baillet, S.; Mosher, J. & Leahy, R. (2001), Electromagnetic brain mapping, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 18(6), 14–30.
Cottereau, B.; Jerbi, K. & Baillet, S. (2007), Multiresolution imaging of MEG cortical sources using an explicit piecewise model, Neuroimage, 38, 439–451
Applications of MEG and EEG source imaging
Inter-regional brain connectivity, fast processes in visual system.
Selected publications:
Cottereau, B.; Lorenceau, J.; Gramfort, A.; Clerc, M.; Thirion, B. & Baillet, S. (2011), Phase delays within visual cortex shape the response to steady-state visual stimulation, Neuroimage, 54, 1919–1929
Jerbi, K.; Lachaux, J.; NDiaye, K.; Pantazis, D.; Leahy, R.; Garnero, L. & Baillet, S. (2007), Coherent Neural Representation of Hand Speed in Humans Revealed by MEG Imaging, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104, 7676–7681
Advanced methods for the characterization of dynamics of cortical current flows
Optical flow techniques adapted to arbitrary surface manifolds; Helmoltz-Hodge decompositions.
Selected publications:
Lefèvre, J. & Baillet, S. (2008), Optical flow and advection on 2-Riemannian manifolds: a common framework., IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, 30, 1081–1092
Lefevre, J. & Baillet, S. (2009), Optical flow approaches to the identification of brain dynamics. Hum Brain Mapp, 30, 1887–1897
Khan S., Lefevre J., Ammari H., Baillet S., Feature detection and tracking in optical flow on non-flat manifolds, Pattern Recognition Letters, 32(15), 2047–2052
Time-resolved imaging of resting-state brain activity
Investigate multiscale dynamics of the resting-brain.
Real-time functional brain imaging with MEG
Provide sensory feedback to subjects based on real-time, ongoing brain activity in target brain areas.
Selected publication:
Sudre, G.; Parkkonen, L.; Bock, E.; Baillet, S.; Wang, W. & Weber, D. J. (2011), rtMEG: a real-time software interface for magnetoencephalography, Comput Intell Neurosci, 327953
Anatomical brain registration
Full 3D registration of brain surface and volumes constrained to the individual sulcal inprints.
Selected publication: Auzias, G.; Colliot, O.; Glaunès, J. A.; Perrot, M.; Mangin, J.-F.; Trouvé, A. & Baillet, S. (2011), Diffeomorphic brain registration under exhaustive sulcal constraints, IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 30, 1214–1227
Collaborative work
Attentional processes, language development, eye-hand coordination, etc.
Selected publications:
Dehaene-Lambertz, G. & Baillet, S. (1998), A phonological representation in the infant brain. Neuroreport, 9, 1885–1888
Sergent, C.; Baillet, S. & Dehaene, S. (2005), Timing of the brain events underlying access to consciousness during the attentional blink, Nature Neuroscience, 8, 1391–1400
DelCul, A.; Baillet, S. & Dehaene, S. (2007), Brain dynamics underlying the non-linear threshold for access to consciousness, PLoS Biology, 5
Senot, P.; Baillet, S.; Renault, B. & Berthoz, (2008), Cortical dynamics of anticipatory mechanisms in interception: a neuromagnetic study, J Cogn Neurosci, 20, 1827–1838
Bristow, D.; Dehaene-Lambertz, G.; Mattout, J.; Soares, C.; Gliga, T.; Baillet, S. & Mangin, J.-F. (2009), Hearing faces: how the infant brain matches the face it sees with the speech it hears. J Cogn Neurosci, 21, 905–921
Development and distribution of Brainstorm, a free, open-source software application for EEG/MEG data analysis and source imaging.
Selected publications:
Baillet, S.; Friston, K. & Oostenveld, R. (2011), Academic software applications for electromagnetic brain mapping using MEG and EEG. Comput Intell Neurosci, 972050
Tadel, F.; Baillet, S.; Mosher, J. C.; Pantazis, D. & Leahy, R. M. (2011), Brainstorm: a user-friendly application for MEG/EEG analysis. Comput Intell Neurosci, 879716
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.......... "Very pithy Sir," said Captain Carrot, dutifully.
.......... "What?" Vimes asked, not looking up. He was staring into the hole in the back of the late Patrician's head. This was the brain that had had Ankh Morpork running like clockwork? It didn't look any different to any other brain he'd seen - and as a copper, of sorts for... gods, longer than he'd care to remember - he'd seen more than his fair share.
.......... "Pithy, Sir," Carrot repeated "your comment - as in a terse, forceful and significant statement."
.......... Vimes looked up at Carrot, who's usually rosy complexion was tinged a little green, "Are you taking the pith? I mean are you taking..." A tremendous banging shook the heavy oak door in it's frame.
.......... "Come in Detritus." Vimes called.
.......... The troll lumbered into the room. In one hand he was carrying by the collar of his suit a fussy looking little man who was currently putting the erk in clerk, his skinny legs waving about over a foot off the floor. "I found 'im." Detritus said, "You wan't 'im to confess?"
.......... "Not right now, maybe later Sergeant. Put him down and stand guard outside." Detritus lowered the struggling Drumknott to the floor and lumbered out.
.......... "Well, I have never been so... His Lordship shall hear of this!" began the late Patrician's chief secretary in outrage after catching his breath and straightening his jacket. Then he caught sight of his ex employer slumped across the desk.
.......... "I'm afraid not," Vimes said, patting the body's shoulder. "He's not going to be hearing about anything."
.......... "Oh my Gods! What? How?" The colour drained from Drumknott's face and he stumbled backwards away from the horror, falling on his rump and gaping up at Vimes in confusion.
.......... Vimes sighed. He'd known it was a longshot, but the book said look first at those closest to the victim. He knew when a reaction was false and the secretary's was as real as a sock full of sand. He'd never really thought Drumknott had it in him anyway - blot and despatch an order for execution, yes, tick a little box on a to-do list when the deed was done and file it away in the correct place, certainly - but to actually get his hands bloody... no. He gave Carrot the nod and the captain helped the clerk up to a sit on a bench by the wall, fetching him a glass of water.
.......... "But who would do such a thing?" Drumknott wailed.
.......... "That's the question aint it?" Vimes said, "Who would kill the tyrant of a city of a million souls? Well a million suspects spring to mind - technically everybody has motive. But we can't exactly arrest the whole city and bring it in for questioning now can we? I suppose we'll have to look for clues." He grimaced. "You found anything Cheery?"
.......... The best scene of crime officer of the Watch looked up from where she was studying a pair of chairs either side of a little table with a thud board on it. "Well this chair's noticeably colder than it's counterpart..." Cheery said, stroking her beard thoughtfully. Vimes noticed it was braided today, with two little pink ribbons tying off the ends.
.......... "Meaning?" He asked.
.......... "A draught? Maybe, I don't know. Anyway, this is clearly the murder weapon," she went on, picking up a statuette of Offler, the crocodile god, from where it lay on a blood stained patch of carpet and handing it to Vimes. "It's all right, I've got all the iconographs I need. You can see how the snout matches the wound."
.......... Vimes hefted the figurine in his hands. "It's heavy enough," he said, "what's it made of?"
.......... "Erm, I think it's jade, Sir."
.......... "You think it's jade?" Vimes asked, looking down in suprise at Cheery. Dwarves were not known for their uncertainty regarding stones.
.......... "Well jade's usually green - or there's a sort of milky type you get on the counterweight continent - I've never seen red jade before." Cheery took off her helmet and scratched her head. "Also there's the blood on it."
.......... "What blood? It's as dry as a bone."
.......... "That's what I mean: you'd expect it to be covered in it, but it looks like our killer must have wiped it clean."
.......... "So?"
.......... "Wipe it clean and replace it where it came from, yes, or drop it when it's slippery with blood in the heat of the moment, sure. But carefully clean all the blood off it, then just discard it? It just doesn't add up."
.......... "OK," said Vimes, carefully pulling a strand of hair out from where it was caught in the teeth of the the statuette. "Anything else?"
.......... "Well there is this," Cheery said uncertainly, gesturing at the desk top. "You see the way he's pointing at that word?" She cricked her neck, "It says..."
.......... "I can see what it says, Sergeant," Vimes interrupted, "but not why you think it's important."
.......... "Maybe he was trying to give us a clue?"
.......... Vimes looked critically at the back of Vetinari's head. "No one with a hole that size in his head would be able to see the paper, the desk or a rampaging elephant for that matter, let alone a word on a paper. It must be just a random..."
.......... "Perhaps it's an effect of the Narrative Causality Principle?" Cheery suggested.
.......... "Narrative whatsit now?"
.......... "Mr Stibbons was kind enough to give a talk at the Watchhouse last week," Carrot said, striding over to read the word in question, "It was very interesting, but a bit complicated. As I understood it he said that everything happens because it's part of a story, and the story can shape what happens."
.......... Vimes gave him an old fashioned look. "We're coppers, son, not wizards. We deal in footprints and weapons and known associates, not the metaphysical nature of reality."
.......... "Right you are, Sir - so we'll ignore it then shall we?"
.......... Vimes sighed. "No, I suppose not. Send someone over to the grocers guild to have a general poke around, see what they can unearth."
.......... "In the meantime we'll do it the plod way." He looked over to Drumknott. "We're going to need a list of recent disputes Vetinari had been involved in, judgements made, aggreived parties, that sort of thing."
.......... The secretary nodded, "List, yes," he said, with the air of a man clutching at straws over an abyss, "I can do that, yes. I'm good at lists..."
.......... "Oh, and I suppose we'd better send to the Temple of Blind Io, find out who our new boss is."
.......... "Blind Io Sir?" Carrot asked
.......... "His Lordship told me he left a sort of will there naming his successor. We'd best find out who it is and place a guard on him toot sweet. When one Patrician dies others might easily follow."
.......... "Very good Sir, I'll tell Angua to get a squad together and go to the temple then find our man."
.......... "Sniff him out, eh?"
.......... "Sir?"
.......... "Hunt him down?"
.......... "She'll find him, yes Sir." Vimes studied Carrot's face. Not a flicker.
.......... "That will not be necessary." Drumknott said. He was still patting the sweat from his face but seemed a little recovered. "I helped His Lordship draw up the document and can give you the gist of it now."
.......... "Well that's fine, you tell us who the poor blighter is and we'll go and get him."
.......... "You won't have to go anywhere because he's already here."
.......... "Oh look, now, Drumknott, I'm sure you're a good man with a ledger and all, and you're the first man I'd call if I needed a copybook blotted, but somehow I don't think you'd be cut out for..."
.......... "Not me, Your Grace."
.......... Vimes looked around and found his eyes falling on Carrot. More specifically on the crown shaped birthmark on his bulging bicep. "Now, uh, I'm not sure that's a good idea, Lad. No offence, and I know you've come a long way but it's not that long ago you came down out of the mountain and there's still a lot..."
.......... "I don't think he means me either, Sir." Carrot said, beaming as he looked over Vimes's head to Drumknott who nodded in agreement.
.......... "Well then who..." he looked down at Cheery's chainmail covered rump bobbing along as she crawled around inspecting the carpet, "I can't see him leaving the city to..."
The penny dropped like a frying pan on a flat tin roof covered with cymbals.
.......... "Oh no," Vimes said, feeling a sensation in his stomach like he'd eaten a whole tray of Dibbler's sausages. Inna bun. "No no no no no. No. No. Not me. Uh-uh. No. It must be a joke, Ventinari poking fun from beyond the grave. I won't do it, no: you got the wrong man."
.......... "Very well," Drumknott nodded, "In that case would you be so kind as to send an officer to summon Lord Rust?"
.......... "Ronnie Rust? What do you want him for?"
.......... "His Lordship forsaw that you might decline the post, in which case clause two comes into effect and the succession devolves onto Lord Rust. If you abdicate you do so in his favour, so you'd better get him over here so that he can assume control."
.......... "Rust? Rust! The man's an imbecile - he'd have the city at war with half the disc within a week! There's no way I'm letting him take charge of my city!"
.......... "You could, of course, oppose his succession," Drumknott offered, "in which case you would be pitting the Watch against the Palace Guard and certain other forces, who have been... ah... conditioned to follow the terms of the document to the letter."
.......... "It would mean virtual civil war in Ankh Morpork." Carrot said quietly. "If we lost Lord Rust would take control of a city in ruins."
.......... "And if we won... we'd be right back where we started. I'd still be sitting in that bloody chair!" Vimes stabbed a pointing finger at the chair which was, indeed, bloody, and currently occupied by Vetinari's stiffening corpse. The enormity and inevitability of his predicament rose up like a mountain in his mind's eye. Each time he thought he had a grasp of it's scale more of it came marching over the horizon at him.
.......... He turned to address the late Patrician. Seldom had a murder victim's remains been subjected to such a heated and prolonged tirade of abuse and profanity from a chief investigating officer. Carrot's smile faltered then froze into place. The flood of invective continued beyond all comedic proportion, though it had Cheery gazing in admiration. Eventually, some few minutes later Vimes spluttered out with a "You, you, you, you..."
.......... "Sir," Carrot said, "There are ladies present!" Vimes looked down at Cheery, who winked back, grinning. He looked back up at Carrot with the eyes of a man seeing a cell door slam from the wrong side.
.......... "Congratulations Sir," Carrot said, "I'm sure you'll make a wonderful Patrician!" he held out a hand which Vimes shook weakly.
.......... "Tyrant." Vimes corrected quietly, "The word is tyrant: Patrician is just a word tyrants made up so they didn't have to be called tyrant. Old Stoneface must be spinning in his graves."
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One way for a film-financing fund to be recognized as discriminating and tasteful – rather than as an indiscriminate bag of money – is to have its projects programmed by prestigious film festivals.
So when the Sundance Film Festival announced earlier this month that its 2013 edition will open with "May in the Summer," the sophomore feature of Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis, the Doha Film Institute led the charge in letting the world know about it.
Dabis' film is one of a growing number of works by Arab filmmakers that have been co-financed by DFI. In a region where producers routinely seek overseas funding, and with the financial crisis sapping Europe's co-production muscle, funds in Abu Dhabi and Doha are becoming ever more important to filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa.
Glancing back over the press reports since 2010, DFI has provided development, production and post-production funding to twenty-odd film projects from Lebanon alone. Beneficiaries include "Where Do We Go Now?" by Nadine Labaki, "The Mountain" by Ghassam Salhab and Ziad Doueiri's "The Attack."
Other feature filmmakers who have got DFI grants include Michel Kammoun, Hisham Bizri, Mazen Khaled, Niam Itany, Ahmad Ghossein, Susan Youssef, Alia Hamdan and Reine Mitri.
A few months back, Paul Miller became DFI's head of film financing.
The U.S.-based producer says he cut his teeth making documentaries, science programs and wildlife films for U.K. television.
Movie enthusiasts with an IMBD tick may recognize Miller from his involvement in John Sayles titles like "Lone Star" and "The Secret of Roan Inish," and well-received small fiction works like "Prozac Nation" and "A Love Song for Bobby Long" – "indie movies with big movie stars," as Miller puts it – and feature-length docs like Peter Friedman's "Poor Consuelo Conquers the World."
Nowadays Miller oversees the three divisions of DFI's film financing operation. Closest to home is the Gulf Development Unit, which is primarily involved in education and training workshops, development and production support for aspiring filmmakers from Qatar and the wider GCC.
At the other end of the spectrum are DFI's (non-grant) co-financing operations. "I think our only rule is to support films that will play well in this country and this region," Miller remarks. "We look at films with an eye to the bottom line but at the same time have some cultural input."
DFI's most-prominent big-budget features to date are this year's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," the latest from Mira Nair, and Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Black Gold," from 2011.
For most indie filmmakers in the Middle East and North Africa, DFI film finance means the MENA Grants. This independently juried process annually disburses about a million dollars of development, production and post-production monies among up to 50 projects, ranging from shorts to narrative fictions and documentary to experimental film.
"Most of the MENA grants are going to movies that are a million dollars at the most," Miller says, "some quite a bit smaller than that.
"They're designed for first- and second-time filmmakers who just don't have the market weight ... to find all their money or at least get a start. And also for more established filmmakers doing something more artistic that's not going to find its home so easily in the marketplace.
"We offer those grantees further support as part of the Doha Projects, where we match them with industry professionals. That's just to help them get their films to the next stage."
Probably the most politically sticky issue confronting pan-Arab cultural funding agencies is how to treat the work of '48 Palestinians – those with Israeli citizenship.
The challenge stems from activists and artists' calls for divestment from, and boycott of, the Israeli state. Since the state-sponsored Israeli Film Fund offers funding to '48 Palestinians, pan-Arab funds face the specter of an Israeli co-production.
In this regard, Sameh Zoabi got financial support from Doha for "Bela Mobile," his Nazareth-set 2010 debut feature, which screened in the Doha Tribeca Film Festival's competition that year. Another DFI alumnus, Doueiri's "The Attack," was also shot in Israel but didn't screen in DTFF's 2012 program.
"We haven't thought about this in a formal way," Miller says. "DFI is a quasi-government organization and we are very much aligned with Qatar's position. At the same time we want to support filmmakers and their voices.
"Though I am not associated with the DTFF selection, I think every festival in the world is sensitive to its audience and we're no different. Again we're in Qatar and Qatar has a position in the world and we're sensitive to that.
"I make no decision based on whether [a film will screen at DTFF] or not. It would never occur to me to do that ... I have three films that got funding from Sundance. One got into the festival. Two didn't."
Miller says he was first exposed to the Gulf's film production possibilities two years ago while attending the Dubai film festival. "I just loved the storytelling," he recalls, "hearing stories different from the ones I'd heard in the U.S. and Europe. I think there is a rich culture of storytellers here.
"I'm aware of the challenges in producing films and [have] some experience doing little things and big things. There's a real opportunity here and a real thirst for it. People love movies and like the idea of making them.
"I'm keen to cultivate a generation of filmmakers who don't want to just make Hollywood movies, who want to make movies from here. I'm not from here, but I think I can help guide people in that direction.
"The idea is to build an industry here," he continues. "Rather than build giant facilities or sound stages here, we'd like to become a cultural nexus for the region.
"I'm [interested in seeing] whether one can't begin to develop a pan-Arab film financing ecosystem, one that doesn't rely on the U.S. or Europe but which can stand on its own two feet."
Miller says DFI is seeking out co-financing partners. "I was in Abu Dhabi [in the fall] where I sat down with twofour54 [the Abu Dhabi Media Authority]. We're definitely actively looking at some stuff to do together.
"I do think that, from a purely financial point of view, you mitigate risk by sharing it with somebody else. The more that we can encourage filmmakers from the two countries, any two countries, to work together, the better. Making movies is hard so it's better to do it with partners."
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Supt Mahachi said most of the members had witnessed accidents and seen the importance of blood in saving lives of victims.
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Yesterday in the school auditorium at Life Academy, school employees and grief counselors stood in a circle and quietly discussed their plan for the memorial assembly in 18-year-old Alejandro Aguilera's honor. Some of them had puffy eyes. Most looked exhausted.
Apart from the sorrow and the heaviness in the room that day, something else hit me: Everyone seemed to know what to do. One teacher noted that her students erected altars for the dead with a disturbing degree of expertise.
The small school — and the broader community — has experienced far too much loss. This is the second such assembly I've attended at Life since the school year began.
This evening, as I began clearing the stacks of notebooks and old newspaper clips off my desk in preparation for our move back to downtown, I found a spreadsheet I had printed out more than two years ago. It's not titled, but it has 13 students' names on it — followed by a date, a school, and their ages, 13 to 19.
Those 13 students died during a 13-month period: May 25, 2009 to June 23, 2010. I must not have thought it complete, as I left two spaces between James Allen (Bunche Academy), who died in March 2010, and Damon Williams, 17 (Bunche Academy), who was killed three months later.
I remember why I started the list — it seemed that more students and recent graduates were dying in the streets, and at younger ages. (The first four Oakland students who died in 2009 were 13, 16, 14 and 15.)
I can't remember why I stopped. My last entry was Rachael Green, newly graduated from Bunche Academy, who was gunned down at a vigil in West Oakland for one of her classmates.
Maybe the violence was too depressing, or the log too sterile a way to record the relentless string of early deaths.
Whatever the reason, that is why I can't tell you how many Oakland students have died violently in the last two years, or even since the school year began. I've lost count. So, apparently, has Oakland Unified, which didn't have a number yesterday.
Yesterday at the event for Alejandro, people hastened to tell me that — though he was a Latino teen from the flatlands — he wasn't in a gang, and that he was a wonderful human being with so much life and potential. They wanted him to be remembered as more than a "San Leandro man" shot on a dodgy street corner on a Friday night.
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Forty-six years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hunger and poverty continues to disproportionately affect the African-American community. A recent analysis by Bread for the World takes a look at how employment issues, such as the stagnant minimum wage, impact the African-American community.
"The anniversary of Dr. King's death reminds us that we still have a long way to go in ensuring freedom from hunger and poverty for African-Americans," said Bishop Don DiXon Williams, associate for African American Church Relations at Bread for the World. "I urge everyone to advocate against efforts by members of Congress to cut programs vital to struggling African-American families, and hungry and poor people at large."
Bread's analysis, "Hunger by the Numbers in the African-American Community: Employment, Wages, and Fairness," addresses hunger and poverty in the African-American community by taking a closer look at challenges Dr. King was facing at the time of his death.
In the late 1960s, Dr. King was actively involved in planning the Poor People's Campaign for economic opportunity and equality. Amid this ongoing fight for social justice, he went to Memphis, Tenn., to support a movement by sanitation workers to protest a history of neglect and abuse. He believed the fight in Memphis would expose the need for economic equality and social justice, which he hoped to highlight on a national scale with the Poor People's Campaign.
The day before the sanitation workers' scheduled march, Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis.
"Dr. King gave his life fighting for economic opportunity—a fight that is still important today, as too many African-Americans continue to suffer from hunger and poverty," Williams added. "Ending hunger in America is possible, but in order to effectively address this issue we must honor Dr. King's legacy by achieving economic opportunity and equality."
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Sri Lanka's Lunawa lake returns to its polluted state after a momentary sparkle
It took the Sri Lankan government eight long years to revive the dead Lunawa lake and the lot of people living around it. The country's Water Supply and Drainage Minister, Dinesh Gunwardena, wastes no opportunity to present the Lunawa lake revival project as a model for the South Asian region. But a visit to the lake site reveals that the island country's model lake is fast returning to its earlier murky state.
Till a decade ago, the lake on the fringes of Colombo, was the dumping ground for waste from shanties dotting surrounding hill slopes. Industries and commercial centres used to release untreated effluents directly into the lake. Irregular expansion of shanties had encroached the catchment area and blocked several drains and channels that used to feed the lake. Every time it rained, the clogged canals and the choked lake would spill over, causing flash floods and subsequently disease outbreaks.
Efforts to restore the lake began in 2000. With funds from the Japanese government, Lunawa Environmental Improvement and Community Development project (LEI&CDP) was set up. The projects devised a three-pronged strategy to tackle the situation: it de-silted the lake, checked the flow of waste from the catchment area by improving the living condition of people in its vicinity and involved them in the maintenance of the lake.
More than 1,300 of the 1,925 households had encroached the lake's catchment area. They were resettled in an organised manner, leaving space for canal and feeder channels to flow freely. As the construction of houses and community infrastructure geared up, there was a demand for carpenters, masons and electricians. LEI&CDP trained the unskilled people and employed them in resettlement works.
"Never before we had included community development in works like canal development, flood control and storm water drainage restoration in the country," says Anura Dassanayake, former project director of LEI&CDP. Now we are replicating the model in other restoration projects.
Soon after Lunawa's revival, land price went up by 200 times; expenses on health cost went down. Those who were unemployed now have jobs. In 2010, when Cyclone Laila hit Sri Lanka, the housing colonies around Lunawa lake did not get flooded. A rough estimate shows the project's direct economic benefit due to "no flooding situation" is SLR 75 million (US $570,000) a year.
But floodings are about to return. Since the project got over in December 2012, industries and commercial centres have resumed releasing untreated effluents into the lake. Dassanayaka says when LEI&CDP wound up, it entrusted the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Cooperation and municipal councils of Morutawa and Dehiwala-Mt Lavinia with the responsibility of maintaining the canals, drains and the lake. Even every police station in these municipal councils has environmental cells. But it seems no one is bothered about it," he adds.
"We are not able to maintain these canals and drains due to lack of manpower and fund," says Kesaralal Gunasekera, deputy mayor of Dehiwala-Mt Lavinia.
The community at many places cleans the canals and feeder channels in fear of dengue and floods, says Philip from Angulan North area. "But unless the municipal authorities chip in with us the lake cannot be maintained and the floods may soon return," he adds.


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I'm a die hard (why the heck else would I take the time to do this?). This is my first post, and I look forward to hearing from you. There is nothing fancy here. Just Mets talk among real fans. Make comments, let me know what you think about the blue and orange.
My first question...we sit at 26-25 on Memorial Day. How does this line up to what you may have expected on Memorial Day when you watched Mets-Marlins on April 5th?