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Altitude sickness
Altitude sickness generally refers to a condition known as acute mountain sickness (AMS). It affects people who travel to high altitude. Altitude sickness is more common, and becomes more severe, with increasing altitude.
If you ascend to an area of high altitude, you may experience some form of altitude sickness. Usually, the symptoms are mild and will improve if you either stop and rest, or descend.
Altitude sickness is most likely to affect you if you ascend quickly – especially at a rate of more than 500m per day – or if you don't allow yourself time to get used to (acclimatise to) an altitude.
What counts as high altitude?
- High altitude refers to heights that are between 1,500 and 3,500m above sea level, for example Cusco in Peru (just over 3,300m).
- Very high altitude is from 3,500 to 5,500m above sea level, for example La Paz in Bolivia (about 3,600m) and the Inca Trail (4,198m).
- Extreme altitude is over 5,500m above sea level, for example Mount Kilimanjaro (5,985m).
Symptoms Symptoms of altitude sickness
You will usually notice symptoms of altitude sickness about six to 12 hours after you have arrived at an area of high altitude, but symptoms can take up to 24 hours to develop. The time it takes for your symptoms to develop varies from person to person and will depend on the speed of your ascent. The more rapidly you ascend to high altitude, the more likely it is that AMS will develop.
If you have AMS, your symptoms may include:
- a headache (this is almost always present)
- tiredness
- sickness or vomiting
- loss of appetite
- dizziness
- difficulty sleeping
If you're unwell and not sure if you have AMS, you should seek medical advice. If none is available, you should presume you have AMS and follow the self-help section below until you can get help.
Symptoms of AMS usually start to ease after a day or two as your body acclimatises to high altitude, particularly if you don't ascend any further. If your symptoms don't resolve after a day or two, the best thing you can do is descend as quickly as possible, by at least 500 to 1,000m. There are some medicines that can help ease your symptoms and treat complications, but if you have AMS, the best treatment is to descend to a lower altitude.
Treatment Treatment of altitude sickness
If you have symptoms of AMS, you shouldn't ascend any higher. Rest for between 24 and 48 hours and your symptoms will often get better. You should:
- make sure you drink enough fluid
- take painkillers, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, if you have a headache
- take anti-sickness medicines, such as cinnarizine or promethazine, or other common antihistamines to ease sickness and dizziness
You can buy painkillers and anti-sickness medicines from a chemist without a doctor's prescription. Always read the patient information that comes with your medicine and if you have any questions, ask your pharmacist for advice.
If your symptoms improve, it's safe for you to slowly ascend higher. If they don't improve, or they get worse, you should descend by at least 500m.
If someone has symptoms of HACE or HAPE, they will need immediate evacuation to a lower altitude and medical attention. These are life threatening conditions that can rapidly lead to death if not treated appropriately.
If your symptoms become more severe, you may need to breathe bottled oxygen in via a face mask. You may also need hyperbaric treatment – this is where you enter a special, pressurised chamber to help get your oxygen levels back to normal. Hyperbaric, or Gamow bags are a special form of large pressurised bag that are only usually taken on large climbing expeditions when descent may be difficult.
On any trip, there should be one or more people trained to administer first aid and you should have an emergency plan in place for evacuation to a medical facility. Oxygen must be given to anyone thought to have HACE or HAPE.
If you need medicines for AMS then you should ensure that you don't ascend any higher and descend as soon as possible. The first line of treatment is usually a medicine called acetazolamide (Diamox). If your symptoms persist or get worse (or you're allergic to acetazolamide) the next treatment is a medicine called dexamethasone.
If you have HAPE, you may be given a medicine called nifedipine. Sildenafil (Viagra) also helps relieve the symptoms of HAPE.
HACE is treated with dexamethasone but may need to be given through a vein or muscle if you can't swallow properly.
Occasionally these medicines are given at location by a first aider, particularly if you're unable to descend quickly and safely. The earlier they are taken, the greater their effectiveness.
Ask a doctor in a travel clinic about these medicines because you can only get them on prescription. Always ask your doctor for advice and read the patient information that comes with your medicine.
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Causes Causes of altitude sickness
At high altitudes, the air is at a lower pressure than it is nearer sea level. This means there is less oxygen in the air you breathe, and so less gets into your bloodstream. All cells in your body need oxygen to survive. Your body responds by increasing your breathing, heart rate and, after some time, the number of red blood cells in your blood.
There are certain factors that may make you more likely to develop altitude sickness; for example, if you:
- go too quickly to high altitude
- have had altitude sickness before
- do strenuous activity or exercise at high altitude
- sleep at high altitude (you're less likely to develop AMS if you climb up high in the day and return to a lower altitude to sleep)
If you have diabetes, or a heart or lung condition, you should check with your GP before travelling to places at altitude.
Complications Complications of altitude sickness
If you ascend to an area of high altitude too quickly and don't allow your body time to acclimatise, you may develop a more serious form of altitude sickness such as HAPE or HACE. These conditions are less common than AMS, but potentially fatal if you don't descend immediately and receive medical treatment.
HAPE occurs when fluid builds up in your lungs and makes you breathless. Symptoms usually develop between two and four days after you have ascended to high altitude. HAPE can develop after AMS, or occur without any prior altitude sickness.
If you have HAPE, your symptoms may include:
- a dry cough
- breathlessness, even at rest
- weakness/lethargy
- having pink or bloody spit
- having a bluish tinge to your skin, lips and nails (cyanosis)
If you have symptoms of HAPE, you may gasp for breath and make gurgling sounds when you breathe. HAPE can occur by itself or in combination with HACE.
HACE occurs when excessive fluid collects in your brain, causing it to swell. Around one out of 100 people who trek above 3000m develop HACE, although it has been reported at lower altitudes. HACE can happen after severe AMS, or occur without any prior altitude sickness. If you have HACE your symptoms may include:
- a severe headache
- vomiting
- confusion
- loss of coordination – for example, being unable to walk in a straight line
- blurred or double vision
- changes in your behaviour - for example, you may feel irritable, be unhelpful or start behaving irrationally
- severe lethargy and drowsiness
- hallucinations (see, hear, feel and smell odd things that aren't really there)
- loss of consciousness or coma
The symptoms of HACE may progress rapidly, from mild to life-threatening, within a few hours. If you have any of these symptoms, you should descend to a lower altitude immediately and seek urgent medical advice.
Never leave a person suspected of having HACE or HAPE on their own. At night time you must stay in the same room or tent as them and assess them regularly.
You may develop other symptoms at high altitude. For example, your face, arms or legs may swell up (peripheral oedema). This usually lasts a few days and then disappears. At altitudes of 5,000m and over, tiny blood blisters can form at the back of your eye (retinal haemorrhages), but you may not notice any symptoms and they only occasionally interfere with your vision.
Prevention Prevention of altitude sickness
There are a number of steps you can take to prevent altitude sickness. Wherever possible follow the steps below.
- Acclimatise yourself to high altitudes by slowly ascending over several days.
- On the first night, don't sleep higher than 2,500 to 3,000m.
- If possible, don't sleep at an altitude more than 300m higher than the previous night. You can go higher in the day, as long as you go down to sleep.
- Take occasional rest days during your trip, where you don't sleep higher than the previous night.
- Make sure you drink enough fluids and don't drink caffeine or alcohol.
- Eat small meals that are high in carbohydrate, such as pasta.
- Don't do any strenuous exercise or activity for the first few days after you arrive at a high altitude and have rest days planned if you're ascending further.
- Don't smoke.
- Don't take sedative medicines, such as sleeping tablets.
It's possible to use medicines to prevent the symptoms of altitude sickness, including acetazolamide and dexamethasone. However, ascending slowly is the best way to reduce the chances of developing AMS. For more advice, speak to your GP.
FAQs FAQs
Can altitude sickness affect my sleep?
Yes. Altitude sickness may keep some people awake at night but other factors can also affect your sleep at altitude.
It's common for people who have recently arrived at altitude to have a poor night's sleep. Your sleep may be disturbed by a combination of the low temperature, an uncomfortable bed and altitude sickness. You may find you need to get up more during the night to urinate because your body will naturally make more urine as you acclimatise.
Your breathing will become quicker at high altitude because it's harder for your body to take up oxygen from the air you breathe when the air pressure is low. For some people this can cause periodic breathing at night (deep breaths followed by shallow breaths or even a brief pause in breathing), which can wake you or others up.
There are a number of things you can do at altitude to help get a better night's sleep.
- Keep yourself warm by using a well insulated and comfortable sleeping bag.
- Wear earplugs at night to keep out background noise.
- Try to reduce your caffeine intake, especially before bedtime.
- Don't drink alcohol, smoke tobacco or take sleeping pills.
- Only go to bed when you're feeling really sleepy.
If you still have difficulty sleeping after a few nights at altitude, don't go any higher and consider descending so you can spend more time acclimatising.
Can I have a reaction to acetazolamide for altitude sickness?
Yes, some people can have unwanted side-effects from acetazolamide.
Acetazolamide is sometimes used as a preventive medicine to decrease the symptoms of altitude sickness and in the treatment of acute mountain sickness (AMS). It works by speeding up acclimatisation but will not stop you getting altitude sickness.
After taking acetazolamide, some people experience a tingling sensation (especially in their legs, hands and face) and need to urinate more often. Other possible side-effects include vomiting, headache, dizziness and diarrhoea. Acetazolamide may also alter the taste of fizzy drinks and occasionally people develop rashes.
Your GP may recommend you take acetazolamide as a trial several weeks before you go away. If you don't have any unpleasant side-effects, then he or she will advise you to take between 125mg and 250mg twice a day, beginning one day before your ascent and continuing for two or three days until you have acclimatised at high altitude.
Can children get altitude sickness?
Yes. It's quite common for children to suffer from altitude sickness.
People of all ages can experience altitude sickness when travelling to altitudes above 2,500m. Young children are less likely to say they have a problem because they may not understand what it is or tell you how they feel.
The symptoms of altitude sickness are mostly the same for children as they are for adults. These can include vomiting, loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping. Your child may also not seem as playful as usual. It's important that you monitor your child for any changes in his or her health and behaviour.
There are a number of steps you can take to prevent your child getting altitude sickness.
- Move slowly and ascend over several days so your child can acclimatise to the high altitudes. You should ascend at a rate of 300m per day above 2500m and rest every 1000m.
- Make sure your child drinks enough fluids to prevent dehydration.
- Don't let your child do any strenuous activity for the first few days at high altitude.
- Give your child frequent small meals rich in carbohydrates.
Your GP may prescribe children weighing under 40kg preventive medicines in small doses to reduce the symptoms of altitude sickness. It's important that you discuss your travel plans with a doctor from a travel clinic who has experience in this area before you go and carry a card with your child's weight, medicines and doses on.
Resources Resources
Further information
- National Travel Health Network and Centre
- British Mountaineering Council
- Altitude sickness. National Travel Health Network and Centre. www.nathnac.org, published July 2011
- Altitude illness. Merck Online Medical Library. www.merck.com/mmhe, published February 2009
- Altitude sickness. Altitude.org. www.altitude.org. published February 2010
- Travel at high altitude. MEDEX. www.medex.org.uk, published 2008
- Clarke C. Acute mountain sickness: medical problems associated with acute and subacute exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. Postgrad Med J 2006; 82(973):748–53
- Bartsch P, Gibbs JSR. Effect of altitude on the heart and the lungs. Circ 2007; 116:2191–202. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.650796
- Maggiorini M. High altitude-induced pulmonary oedema. Cardiovasc Res 2006; 72:41–50
- Joint Formulary Committee, British National Formulary. 64th ed. London: British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2012
- Altitude sickness. BMJ Clinical Evidence. www.clinicalevidence.bmj.com, published 18 March 2010
- Consensus statement of the UIAA Medical Commission vol: 9, Children at Altitude. International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, 2008. www.theuiaa.org
- Personal communication, Dr Daniel Martin, Director, UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine, May 2012
- National Travel Health Network and Centre
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I've become numb to the many license acquisitions by comic book publishers as of late...and when I saw MARS ATTACKS was going to be a comic book, I winced. This entire project appeared to me like a close approximation to a slice of mall pizza: heavy on cheese and light on sauce.
Either I'm becoming nostalgic in my old age or maybe it doesn't take alot to entertain me these days, but MARS ATTACKS #1 was a damn fun read.
Colliding with an Earth Orbiter, a flying saucer is forced to crash land on Earth. One of the surviving aliens named Zar (who will later lead the invading forces) is taken hostage by a couple of drunken morons and sold to a traveling circus. The alien calls for aid and a bloody showdown commences that would make Bill Gaines proud. It's not a complicated story to understand and if you enjoy classic sci-fi stuff like WAR OF THE WORLDS, you'll get a kick out of this title.
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Additionally, if you want the challenge of collecting a single title, MARS ATTACKS might also be right up your alley. There are 57 different covers as of this writing to collect which mimic oversized trading cards and a SDCC exclusive you can own this year as well. According to IDW, 55,000 total copies of these comics were produced and sold out, which means that less than 1000 copies of each cover exist. Whether you call it excellent marketing or print run manipulation by IDW doesn't really matter. If you're a collector, you're going to have to shell out some extra cabbage to get them all individually OR get your hands on one of the box sets which feature all of the covers in one pretty cool looking package.
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This song instantly made me think of being all alone at dusk high up in the Eastern Sierra.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI6jrdnUIv8Anybody else got a favorite they associate with being outside and free?
Edited by elpeebee on 08/20/2010 13:08:40 MDT.
Edited by PaulSiegel on 08/20/2010 13:13:14 MDT.
The sound of the dawn chorus. (birds)--B.G.--
I don't hike with an ipod or such and wondered if I did carry it what music I would listen to. I don't think it get's any better than listening to the music nature provides. Therefore I can't get myself to carry any music. Also, I recently went on a BP trip with my wife. It was her first time. I was putting together a slideshow but could not find a song to accompany the slideshow that would do the trip justice. Curious to see others chime in.
The sound of silence is the soundtrack I associate with being outdoors. I have all the noise I need living in the bay area.
Next you guys will be telling me you don't bring portable DVD players either...
"This song instantly made me think of being all alone at dusk high up in the Eastern Sierra."Alone?
Only Jello Biafra writes TRUE music for the great outdoors...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4jSxg9af4w&feature=related...and how could I have forgotten Winnebago Warrior, off the same album...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blJ4y8z4-c
Edited by xnomanx on 08/20/2010 18:25:44 MDT.
This is how pretty much all of my backpacking trips end up.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Burpv0ZM9gwthe whole song is amazing... but 2:30 to 3:30 is really just epic with the spoken voice over and dancing.
Well played vino vampire. I'll raise you one of these:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pS46YRMIQ(not for those of refined sensibilities)
Edited by elpeebee on 08/20/2010 23:21:32 MDT.
I've found that some creeks have music coming out of them. Or voices. Or choirs. It can be a little creepy but I enjoy it.I'm not much of a musical consumer. I like to make music. So I usually have some tunes going through my head. I have brought a pennywhistle in the past so I could play various Irish tunes. But they are loud instruments so last time I brought a Strumstick. Strumsticks are heavy and large (compared to whistles) but quieter. I had a great time playing old-time American tunes.The wilderness is surprisingly noisy except on my last trip I hiked up to a high alpine lake and noticed there was not a sound at all. No running water, no birds or anything. It was amazing. The most moving "music" yet!
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. . . almost 40 years ago, I was stuck on a BPing/ hiking trip with my very traditional/ provincial inlaws (parents, brother and sister inlaws, etc.).Around the campfire, one of them began to sing, "Kum bay ah, Lord, Kum bay ah . . ." (sorry, if I'm getting the spelling wrong).When it came my turn, I sang, sweetly, quietly, " Throwing up, Lord, Kum bay ah. Getting sick, Lord, Kum bay ah. Blowing lunch, Lord, Kum bay ah. Oh, Lord, Kum bay ah."A few minutes later, I said, "Come on let's sing a REAL camp song: 'I met a gin sot bar-room queen in Memphis, DA, DA, DAH. Come on, EVERYBODY now . . . ."'" and they just broke up into laughter.I don't do sh*t like that anymore. Shame on me.Apologies to those who don't recognize the old Rolling Stones tune,Stargazer
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As long as you keep it to yourself, whatever floats your boat. My favorite hiking instrument? Native American flute. Dr. Hal makes a plastic one that is nearly indestructible and sounds great--- for $25 and 3.5oz. http://www.soundswemake.com/pages/native.htmlHarmonicas make sense. I've seen a fireside percussion "drum circle" session break out on pots and pans. Clapping and song are 100% portable and *very* UL.But all should be respectful of anyone in the area. There's enough noise pollution in our day to day life without torturing others with your "taste" in the hills.
That is by far the best backpacking music video ever done. Fantastic.Did you notice there tents in the background?
Good eye, but those aren't tents, they're custom pyramid tarps. Tommy Seebach is super ultralight! Also, I have to admit, I'M A BIT JEALOUS... those girls have the total weight of their base layer down to just about nothing.... HA! "... their land, strong earth... they must be free, to live their own lives...."
I got a couple of walkin' buddies who bring ukeleles and harmonicas. I'm a guitar picker, but won't bring a full size instrument, of course. I haven't even found a travel guitar that I liked - although the small body/short scale Corts look pretty good. I compromised by packing a cheap baritone ukelelethat is tuned to the first 4 strings on a regular guitar. I used to pack it in a double garbage bag case but the branches have shredded that good. I've bought some lightweight Denier nylon. That should make a nice lightweight case. I don't bring this on every walk either. Just short or easy/family type walks. Regards, Charlie.
Death to all "Butt-Metal"!!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfB7vF7nCdA&feature=searchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzUPG8olnO0&feature=searchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL6wZkiK9JA&feature=fvsrhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRcqjCVIH04&feature=searchBigfoot
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I actually in May on European vacation, went on a nice loop hike in the Austrian Alps, had a couple diatonic harmonicas and ended up playing a half hour-45 minutes at a hiker hut to the owner, employees and some hikers. Mostly blues, an Irish tune, and couple old Hank Williams old school country tunes. It was fun. Done this around campfire a few times on the AT.. Mike
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Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Ultra Lipstick in Rose Aurora is a delightful little shade released with the new Elizabeth Arden Rose Aurora Collection for Spring/Summer 2012.
Let's take a little look!
Elizabeth Arden decked this limited edition shade out in a pretty rose gold metallic tube. It's a rather stunning little piece of lipstick joy so if you're a packaging junkie like me, I'm sure you'll adore it!
Rose Aurora will prove a pretty little MLBB (my lips but better) shade for some. The shade enhances the color of your natural lips and leaves behind a dusky shade of pink.
There is some frost here which isn't always flattering for me but I find a little pink stain prior to application gives it a better finish overall.
The formula is a tad on the drier side but it does give lips a fuller, smoother look.
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5/17/12 22:57 Stacy:
Hi Muse, love this shade on you!! What blush are you wearing?
5/18/12 12:25 Stacy:
Thank you, I will have to check that out. It looks really pretty on you!!
Have a fantastic weekend!!
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The color is really nice. I wonder if they will have a tester at ULTA? I'll have to check tomorrow when I'm there. I'm going to a Stila Master Class and makeover party. It shoud be really fun.
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Others have asked us this question from time to time since the season started. And the short answer is that Jonathan couldn't do it anymore and no one else volunteered. But the long answer is: no one volunteered because they didn't want to write the same review every week.
You know what I'm talking about: "Well, SNL pretty much sucked this week. Let's go over each sketch and examine why it sucked." I just think that after last season, we got tired of writing about how bad the show had gotten, and certainly our readers got tired of us dumping on the show each and every time out. Keith has said before that the TVS staff won't be forced to review shows we don't like, and I think that's what happened in this case.
It's not that we're not watching; the smaller cast and reconstituted writing staff (led by Seth Meyers and company) are already showing sings that they're looking to do something different than the tired skits of past years. So what we've decided to do is write a Monday or Tuesday Watercooler post highlighting what we thought were the best parts of the previous episode, like Annie did when she wrote about Hugh Laurie's impressive hosting stint last week. If you don't see a Watercooler, we either didn't see the show or didn't think any of it was good enough to write about. Also, if you see something happen on the show that you think we should cover, you can always drop us a line.
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after years of hating the visits from family and buying crap for people that they don't need, i've officially given up on christmas. so, to get away, i'm going up to cold mountain at the top of the art loeb trail in pisgah. i'm bringing my tree decorations and will have myself a little one man gift opening on christmas day (i bought myself a good book which i'm waiting to read til then). if anyone's in the neighborhood and wants a hot cup o' joe stop by.
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Tag Archives: Committee for the Arts
September 20 BLOCK PARTY HarborWalk – Trails and Sails – Harbortown – Committee for the Arts
Cat Ryan submits-
Thanks to Ringo, MBT Electricians, Parsons Street was ready and lit as darkness fell.
Downtown Block Party overlapped with the first weekend of Essex National Heritage annual Trails and Sails (Sept 19-21 and 26-28). James Owen Calderwood, the artist who created FISH NET, was here to experience both events, help set up and answer questions.
There were hours of great LIVE and local music by the stage in front of Bank Gloucester. I'll add the entertainer names and sponsors for that stage into the comments below. Parents dining al fresco at Ohana watched their kids engage at the YMCA kid town area. 4Square dominates, effectively trapping all kids. The YMCA staff is excellent!
We enjoyed working with Don and Francis of FABOLA and the guys from Surfside Subs. Throughout the Block Party, happy customers lined up for Surfside Subs pizza (the biggest slices ever!) and it was non-stop at Markouk's booth with City Hall rising beyond. (The next morning, Markouk would be up and at it again for Appleton Farms.)
FABOLA enlivened the sidewalk and parking space with mid-century modern "parklet" seating areas. A cozy chair and ottoman upholstered with a touch of Provence did not sell, but a trio of friends paused on FISH NET with their new modern lamp purchase.
I didn't get to Smokin Jim's Barbecue in the back garden by Dog Bar, nor Cape Ann Community Cinema to see Charade with Cary Grant, or the cheese tasting, or…well, there's no way to get it all in. I did see the King, Fred Bodin! Congratulations to Judith Brackley, Valerie Markley, Lucinda, and others for their professionalism and attention to detail for these top notch street festivals.
Sept 26 27 28 Gloucester to Honor its Own Monuments Man: Sculptor Walker Hancock
Hi Joey,
During the weekend of September 26-28, the City of Gloucester will celebrate the life and work of Sculptor Walker Hancock. The celebration, sponsored by the Gloucester Committee for the Arts, will feature events in several venues, including The Cape Ann Museum, The Cape Ann Community Cinema, and Gloucester City Hall. Other partners include Essex National Heritage Area and Cape Ann TV.
"It's a three part celebration," said Judith Hoglander, Event Chair. "We want to showcase not only Hancock's great talent as sculptor and his contribution to great art as we know it today as a Monuments Man, but to show his private side as well."
The Cape Ann Museum showcases Hancock's art with an exhibit titled A Chosen Place-Walker Hancock and His Friends. This exhibit features works by Hancock and by other nationally known artists who lived and worked on Cape Ann during the period from the 1940s until the 1980s. One of the better-known artists in this group is Hancock's friend, and colleague, sculptor Paul Manship. Manship is best known for his towering golden Prometheus in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Manship called Hancock, "The last American Master Craftsman in Sculpture. [He is] equally at home in every branch of the art from medals to monuments."
On Friday evening (9/26) the Cape Ann Museum will host a Conversation With Deanie Hancock French, Walker Hancock's daughter, and Jonathan Fairbanks, Director of the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton. This event is free to Cape Ann Museum members with a $10 charge for non-members.
On Saturday (9/27) from 10:30 AM until 2:30 PM, the Cape Ann Museum will conduct private tours of the Hancock exhibit. Space on the tour is limited to 25 persons and is on a first-come first-served basis.
On Saturday afternoon (9/27) at 2:30 PM, the Cape Ann Community Cinema, in downtown Gloucester, will show the film Monuments Men with George Clooney, Matt Damon and John Goodman. Hancock was one of the first to be called to join the now famous Monuments Men. As one of the Monuments Men, Hancock was a key player in the rescue of works of art and priceless relics (including the coffin of Frederick the Great), from the mines at Bernterode in Southern Germany. The mines were packed with an enormous cache of dynamite. The Monuments Men arrived just in time to stop their destruction by order of the Nazis. This event and others during the weekend are part of the Essex National Heritage Area's Trails and Sails weekend and are free to the public.
On Saturday evening (9/27) at Gloucester City Hall at 7PM there will be a special event featuring –ROBERT EDSEL– the author of the book Monuments Men- on which the film was based – will talk about the book and the great importance of the work these men and women did to preserve many of the priceless art treasures we have today. Mr. Edsel is founder of the Monuments Men Foundation, created to "raise public awareness of the importance of protecting and safeguarding civilization's most important artistic and cultural treasures from armed conflict." A "Meet and Greet" and book signing by Mr. Edsel will follow the talk. This event is free to the public with donations accepted to defray costs.
On Sunday (9/28) at 1PM, the Cape Ann Community Cinema will have another showing of Monuments Men.
On Sunday (9/28) at 3PM in Gloucester City Hall there will be a panel discussion featuring friends and neighbors of Hancock's in Lanesville, The panel will be moderated by local artist and former Cable TV host, Sinikka Nogelo. Panelists will share memories of Hancock as friend and neighbor. Among the panelists will be Hancock's daughter, Deanie Hancock French and Gloria Parsons, Hancock's long time cook. The audience will also be invited to contribute their memories. © Matthew Green photo
Segments of the weekend's events will be filmed in order to preserve memories of Hancock's life and work for the future.
Sponsored by: the Gloucester Committee for the Arts, its Partners and Friends
Public art: Justin Desilva bookmark and seagull question
Hi Joey,
Artist Justin Desilva has completed several more crosswalks: Our Lady of Good Voyage, Lobsters, Howard Blackburn, and St. Peter's Square. He's had several requests for a postcard or some take away about his temporary project. If you see him, ask for a bookmark. Some of the murals are at different stages in their installation process; you will see him going back and forth to different sites. As this project is temporary, Justin will remove his work at the conclusion of his exhibit.
There is a Google map http://goo.gl/maps/mc696 with updated locations and photographs.
Gloucester Counts Down to Kindergarten streamed across the Sawyer crosswalk. Congratulations GPS, Sawyer Free, CAM, Art Haven and YMCA in partnership with the Boston Children's Museum for planning what looked like a stellar, joyous event.
Question: Does anyone know how to persuade the seagulls to forego their perch atop the light above the crosswalk by City Hall and Sawyer?!
News from Gloucester's Committee for the Arts: APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
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Thursday, April 24, 2014 is National Poem in Your Pocket Day. Gloucester's Poet Laureate Rufus Collinson will have a poem for sure. How about you? It's easy to join in the excitement. On April 24th Copy, Carry, Share and Care
1)Write your own poem or jot down one of your favorites
2)Remember to carry a poem in your pocket
3)share the fun of poetry and national poetry month with your friends, family, coworkers, classmates, wherever you go
4)ask them to share their poem with you
Visit the American Academy of Poets site www.poets.org for more info or New York City's (started there 12 years back)
Gloucester Committee for the Arts
Catherine Ryan submits City Arts and Gloucester updates for September
Hi Joey,
With Mayor Carolyn Kirk and the City's leadership and support, here are some September updates for City Arts & Gloucester covering the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Community Development Downtown Work Plan, Harbortown Cultural District and the Committee for the Arts.
From now through October 15th submit a design for a Cape Ann license plate!
· The single most successful MA specialty license plate is…the one celebrating Massachusetts' other Cape. The Cape and Islands plate, created in 1996, features an image of Eastham's Nauset Lighthouse and the cliffs of Siasconset and Aquinnah. It has raised $20.1 million and was ordered for 45,000 cars in the state. At that time, the Registry of Motor Vehicles allowed backgrounds. The new image space requirements are smaller squares to the left of the number.
· Feeling competitive? There are currently more than 216,641 specialty license plates in circulation in the state now, according to the Registry. The five top sellers?
· What do you think the 2 letters should be?
· For more information on how to apply, see GMG announcement https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/cape-ann-chamber-launches-drive-for-special-cape-ann-license-plate/
News from Community Development and the Downtown Work Plan
The Downtown Work Plan group continues! Come to City Hall for the third and final public meeting Tuesday September 17, 2013. Like the others, this meeting will also be held in the Kyrouz Auditorium at City Hall and run from 6-8PM. You can check out the results from the 2nd public presentation on line http://www.gloucester-ma.gov/index.aspx?NID=760&ART=2142&ADMIN=1. It is a large file and may take a couple of minutes to load. Community Development will also post the other presentations to the website as well. If you have any comments or questions, email Community Development Director, Tom firstname.lastname@example.com
Enjoy this August 8, 2013 Boston Globe article on Mayor Kirk's efforts for Community Development for downtown Gloucester. You can see it here
News from the downtown Harbortown Cultural District
Mayor Carolyn Kirk has committed the City's major support as lead partner for our two Gloucester Cultural Districts!
Visit www.gloucesterharbortown.org
2/3 of the Harbortown partners have filled out a survey to prioritize goals with a focus on arts and culture. Other partners will complete theirs as they meet with their committees/boards. Example of one of the questions ('in progress' screen shot)
Harbortown partners and stakeholders attending the August meeting at Cape Ann Museum were lucky to hear an outstanding update from Director Ronda Faloon:
Reaching Out and Strengthening Within, Cape Ann Museum's recently announced Capital Campaign will raise funds to make essential and innovative changes, dramatically improving the Museum's ability to care for its nationally significant collection, as well as to tell the Cape Ann story and the pivotal role it has played in the American experience. Dynamic new interior and exterior spaces will be created. Outdated systems will be updated and underutilized spaces will be maximized to provide secure, more cost-effective and visitor-friendly settings for the collection. The Campaign will also support efforts to make the Museum's collection more accessible by digitization, allowing it to be viewed on a redesigned website. Whether you are a physical or virtual visitor, the Museum hopes to transform your experience. http://www.capeannmuseum.org/support/capital-campaign/
We also participated in a special hands-on discussion and workshop about the goals for our district which was facilitated by Rebecca Borden Art Haven's interim director. Art Haven and Cape Ann museum are founding partners of the Harbortown Cultural District.
News from the Committee for the Arts
On behalf of Mayor Kirk and the City of Gloucester, we're in the process of updating the Committee for the Arts page on the City website and all these logos are at play!
The Committee for the Arts is pleased to announce that James Owen Calderwood's temporary public artwork, his abstract 'Fish Net' street mural covering Parsons Street, is the first of three 2013 HarborWalk public art awards to be completed.
INSIDER gHW ARTWORLD NEWS: New Parsons street signs are being designed and produced by Tricia O'Neill, Signs Unique, of Gloucester. Tricia is currently collaborating with world renowned British born contemporary artist, Matthew Ritchie, on his new mural commission for the Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston and Rose F. Kennedy Greenway's Dewey Square. We are thrilled for Tricia and grateful she is helping with the gHW. AND Red Sox fans have long seen her sign work there!
INSIDER BLOOMS: Along with James' wonderful net mural, also look forward to some lighting, a new fence on the west side of the street, and tucked along its edge, an additional patch of gHW butterfly and sustainable gardens with more of Kim Smith's planting design! You can see the relation of mural/fence/garden spot and more from Kim's fabulous Good Morning Gloucester posts
The end of September heralds the 12th year of Trails and Sails weekends. This year, the third and final Block Party is timed perfectly with the first Trails and Sails weekend. Gloucester's Committee for the Arts is thrilled to take part in these weekends.
WALK Parsons Street to experience James Owen Calderwood's Parsons Street mural for the 2013 HarborWalk Public Art Challenge
Send us your photos!
Leaping © Cruz Ferreras
Thank you, Marty Luster! https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/great-public-art/
Stop into City Hall and cherish our City's major murals.
Over the 2nd weekend of Trails and Sails, July 27-29th, the Committee for the Arts is also hosting 3 special days of mural celebration and recognition! Art conservator, Peter Williams, who recently completed the first phase of mural restoration at City Hall, will be speaking about restoration and Charles Allan Winter on Friday September 27 at 7PM in City Hall. Mark your calendars for his lecture: "A Restorer's Intimate View of Paintings and Murals by Charles Allan Winter". Sign up too for guided tours Saturday and Sunday by Gloucester artist, historian, scholar, independent curator, adjunct professor, and former Committee for the Arts member, Susan Erony!
For more information on the restoration and photos see GMG posts including https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/the-gloucester-committee-for-the-arts-announces-13200-in-new-private-donation/
Editor's note: When I posted this yesterday I forgot to take my watermark off which my blogging software does automatically for me. Al these photos were taken by Catherine Ryan-
Hi Joey
Phil Cusumano, artist/captain, and volunteer juror for the 2013 HarborWalk Public Art Challenge administered by the Committee for the arts, stopped by to inspect the public art in process on Parsons Street. The artist, James Owen Calderwood, was being filmed for an interview by Lisa Smith for Cape Ann TV. Dale Brown of the Committee for the Arts was there, too.
Jason Burroughs who is teaching with TAG is volunteering some hours yesterday and today for James' project.
Though difficult for painting, the off and on rain does provide opportunities for visiting. Last week there were business meetings, here with Sarah Garcia Harbor Planning Director.
Today looking out from City Hall, peering past the high school kids cleaning, the bank, Parsons, and on to the harbor.
James visiting the Hive.
While there, we were privileged to witness GREAT news hot off the press and an intensity enough to match their vibrant space! TAG team members wrote and were awarded a $10,000 grant. Congratulations all!
Pictured are David Brooks(TAG Director) Emma Johnson(Forest Foundation Intern), Alex Barrett(Forest Foundation Intern) , Satomi Nishimiya, Rachel McClenagan, Rebecca Siswick Graham (Tag Open Studio Manager), Chrid Boudrow(TAG Assistant Director) , Lauren Horne, and Greer Viau. Also Not pictured is Katie Flores (Forest Foundation Intern) not pictured.
They were heading over to the Farmer's Market and David promises to send in names and more information. They were also tracking down Mary Ann to share the news; she was at Maritime Gloucester with the Art Haven campers partnership week.
Next time we'll head down Parsons over to see the permanent public art installation at Maritime Gloucester museum. The twelve foot diameter compass rose is being installed on city property where the HarborWalk crosses onto Maritime Gloucester. Two artists installing new public art downtown and connections—very exciting news.
Donna and Kathy documenting the compass rose on GMG:
Fun free stuff: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library this month
Hi Joey,
Get over to the library! This month, the Matz Gallery at the Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free library is featuring the creative proposals of 15 semi finalists artist/artist teams for the HarborWalk Public Art Challenge.
Gloucester Engineering and the Matz family created a lovely exhibition space and lobby!
Bring your kids and grandchildren. There are games and small prizes and discoveries for all ages. Here's a printable sample "hidden pictures".
Leave some extra time to admire more art at the library, the neighborhood quilts, the always excellent Children's Library and programming, and the fountain. Remember to peer past the construction screen to see what's coming! The exhibit is open when the library is open. Come for the 8:30AM opening time of the main library, and then head down to the Children's room, which opens at 10AM. Tuesdays and Thursdays the library is open until 8pm.
Adults are welcome, too. Here are some of our city planners visiting with Utile while they're working together on the downtown work plan.
Meet James Owen Calderwood one of three artists awarded a public art project
Hi Joey,
If you're downtown, have a look at Parsons Street from either Main Street or Rogers. The Gloucester Committee for the Arts is pleased to announce that the first of 3 public art award projects has begun right there. Stop by today or over the weekend, and next week. You might see artist James Owen Calderwood at work on his 190 foot idea.
Calderwood proposed a temporary painted abstract fishnet to extend the entire length of Parsons Street (alley way from Main Street to Rogers Street). He wrote, "This street acts as an important pedestrian link, and I am hoping to catch lots of visitors…I have been creating exterior public art for 20 years, and am interested in enriching public spaces with art that engages with the site's history, culture and native surroundings."
Here's some before pictures:
Some proposal ideas
Action from yesterday:
DPW was working on a multi step process to ramp and level the transition from the sidewalk to the street. A manhole casting was raised, new concrete had to dry, and then there was some paving. There are also 2 new bollard/perch seats.
There's art on Parsons now, here fleeting:
And substantial: sometimes there's a peek through of artist Robert Stephenson's transportive entrance. Fittingly his was the first signature on Jamie's visitor sign.
And the harbor calling in one direction; and in the other, Main Street, City Hall and Cape Ann Museum, just quick steps away.
Many City departments are involved with any public art project.
Here's Jamie meeting with Victoria Caldwell at City Hall.
Jamie rented equipment from nearby Gloucester rental (air blower, rake, weed whacker, weed sprayer—vinegar Kim Smith!)
Don't forget to stop by the library this month to see the ideas from all 15 semi finalists on exhibit.
- James Owen Calderwood, awarded project
- Justin Desilva, awarded project
- Bartek Konieczny, awarded project
- Mike McNabney & Troy Zaushny, Hard Hat Painters
- Anna Chirico, Joann Chirico, Dave Blakney (no photo)
- Frank Morbillo
- Angelina Marino-Heidel & Joel Heidel
- Tiffany Carbonneau
- James Sardonis
- Juni Van Dyke
- Andrew Thurlow & Andrew Doyle
- Lise Breen & Laura Piraino (no photo)
- Robert Trumbour (photo), Anthony Sanchez, Jared Steinmark, Alex Cabral
- Kim Smith
- Gary Duehr (no photo)
Committee for the Arts (CFTA) announces that 15 semifinalists have been selected for the first ever 2013 Gloucester MA HarborWalk Public Art Challenge
Catherine Ryan Submits-
Hi Joey-
On behalf of the City of Gloucester , the Committee for the Arts (CFTA) announces that 15 semifinalists have been selected for the first ever 2013 Gloucester MA HarborWalk Public Art Challenge. Congratulations all!
- James Calderwood
- Tiffany Carbonneau
- Anna Chirico & Dave Blakney
- Justin Desilva
- Andrew Thurlow & Andrew Doyle
- Gary Duehr
- Bartek Konieczny
- Angelina Marino-Heidel & Joel Heidel
- Michael McNabney & Troy Zaushny
- Frank Morbillo
- Laura Piraino & Lise Breen
- James Sardonis
- Kim Smith
- Robert Trumbour, Anthony Sanchez, Jared Steinmark, & Alex Cabral
- Juni Van Dyke
This national call to artists received an overwhelming response, with over 150 project ideas submitted from artists here and across the country. Judging for round 1 was done anonymously. With only 3 awards available and so many thoughtful submissions, it was necessary that round 1 require further essential review time. Competition was very strong. The CFTA was impressed by the quality and effort of so many proposals. It's exciting and a privilege to see so many ideas, and all with a focus on Gloucester. Sincere thanks are due to all of the artists who took the time to send in applications, and we appreciate their interest and support of this call.
What stage are we in the overall process?
The semi-finalists entries are in final review by the round 2 selection panel which is tasked with selecting the 3 finalists from the group of 15 semi-finalists. The distinguished 7 member jury panel covers a cross section of expertise and excellence and includes: John Bell, Business, Civic and Political Leader, Gloucester, MA; Andrée Bober, Landmarks Museum Director and Founder, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, http://landmarks.utexas.edu/ ; Phil Cusumano, Artist and Licensed Captain, Gloucester, MAhttp://www.philcusumanoart.com/; Morgan Faulds Pike, Artist, Gloucester, MA, http://morganfauldspike.com/; Trevor Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, http://www.pem.org/; Peter Sollogub/Chris Muskopf, Architects, Cambridge Seven Associates, Cambridge, MA http://www.c7a.com/; and Jeff Weaver, Artist, Gloucester, MA, http://www.jeffweaverfineart.com/. We are grateful for the judges' participation. We anticipate that the three winners will be announced May 2013. Soon thereafter, the Committee for the Arts will announce a special exhibition featuring all 15 semi-finalist entries and the panel's selections (date, venue, & details are in the works). Stay tuned!
The Gloucester Committee for the Arts announces $13,200 in new private donation!
Catherine Ryan submits-
Hi Joey
The Gloucester Committee for the Arts announces $13,200 in new private donation!
This jumbo gift enables the current conservation work on six of the Charles Allen Winter New Deal murals in City Hall to be completed without interruption. We would have still pressed on but there may have been an interruption (scaffolding down and then set back up again months later) as we continued to raise funds. While the donors of the $13,200 contribution wish to remain anonymous, the funds were provided to the Committee through the Belinda Foundation at the Boston Foundation.
Committee member Roger Armstrong, the owner of the State of the Art Gallery on Rocky Neck and the State of the Art Gallery II located downtown on Pleasant Street , secured this immediate funding gift. Armstrong stated, "We are so very fortunate to be the beneficiaries of generous Gloucester citizens who share our appreciation for these art treasures in City Hall."
And it's also thanks in no small measure to the recent local media coverage –from GMG, Cape Ann Beacon and the GDT –of the current restoration of City Hall murals! The Committee is extremely grateful for this support of the conservation work and the recognition of the significance of the City's collection of WPA-era murals.
If you would like to join the effort to care for the irreplaceable City art including these historic murals and the work of the CFTA, contributions in support of our City Art can be mailed to:
The Gloucester Fund
45 Middle Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Be sure to put "Committee for the Arts" on the memo line of the check.
Key to Gloucester City Hall's City Council in Session 1937 New Deal mural by Charles Allan Winter
Catherine Ryan submits-
The Committee for the Arts is excited to share new "in situ" photographs of Gloucester 's City Hall murals by noted architectural photographer, Chuck Choi.
Here is Chuck Choi photographing and Mayor Carolyn Kirk eyeing his composition
Here's one featuring Charles Allan Winter's City Council in Session in the lobby of City Hall (don't miss our killer ship chandeliers!);
followed by a photo zoomed in to show all 34 figures
followed by a photo of the framed "key" that his installed below the mural, just above the collectors' windows—more to follow on the key!
There was media coverage in the 1930s for the murals as they were completed, and many times since then. Here's a fun one: In 1972 Senator William L. Saltonstall (Manchester resident and member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1967-1979) enlisted the help of media to announce a contest to help identify the portraits in some of Charles Allan Winter's New Deal murals within Gloucester 's City Hall. The Cape Ann VF insert published a photograph of the Winter mural in Kyrouz Auditorium, The Founding of Gloucester, with the caption: "Senator Saltonstall is offering dinner for two at a Gloucester restaurant to the first person to identify the most real people in the mural painting above."
Thanks to GMG Team from Committee for the Arts
Catherine Ryan writes-
Hi Joey
Thank you Donna and Marty for your photographs documenting the City's murals restoration! As FOBs we're so lucky to be exposed to so many GMG artist photographers and their unique take. Donna your posts and photos are upbeat and you seem to be in more than one place at one time! Your recent photograph of Morgan Faulds Pike's Fishermen's Wives Memorial, heroic against our Gloucester harbor's big sky, was a stand out for our public art. There is also a whimsy in your work–like the detail of today's "behind the scenes" Peter Williams' placard for his posted hours. Marty, it seems the conservators are channeling the artist, Charles Allan Winter, in their chosen attire and you, too, in the way you've framed them among the portraits! Your photos also highlight the scale–the conservators look as if they could walk right into the murals among the denizens and jobs featured.
Long standing CFTA member Dale Brown with help from committee members Roger Armstrong of State of the Art Gallery are the volunteers primarily engaged with the management of this conservation project. Chair Judith Hoglander, committee member Marcia Hart and many past committee volunteers have worked so hard to raise the funds to commence this cleaning. It's a very exciting time. Dale is also setting up an account with another incredible Gloucester good egg, Barry Pett, of the Gloucester Fund so that people who want to contribute to the Committee for the Arts can do so!
Allegra Boverman and Marjorie Nesin of the Gloucester Daily Times and the Cape Ann Beacon have also covered this conservation project. The Gloucester Daily Times has documented them from their first unveiling and nearly every decade since. All this reporting of the mural conservation will be part of their history, too, and help us see them in new ways. The Committee for the Arts hopes that Gloucester residents will have a chance to look for themselves just as we were so lucky to do with the turbines. More art and science up close. Gloucester is not dull!
The Committee for the Arts announces the juror panel for the Public Art Challenge
Hi Joey
The Gloucester Committtee for the Arts is excited to announce the complete panel of jurors for the Gloucester HarborWalk Public Art Challenge!
At the time of publication of the Call on December 8, 2012, the CFTA welcomed the University of Texas Landmarks museum Director, Andrée Bober;the Peabody Essex Museum Curator of Contemporary Art, Trevor Smith; and teaming up for Cambridge Seven Associates, architects Peter Sollogub and Chris Muskopf, to participate on the jury panel. Joining these distinguished experts on the jury panel are Gloucester citizens John Bell, Phil Cusumano, Morgan Faulds Pike and Jeff Weaver. The CFTA is grateful to the jurors for volunteering their time and considerable talent to help the artists and this process!
To learn more about the jurors, please visit http://ghwalk.blogspot.com/
The deadline to apply is February 8, 2013
For more information please visit http://ghwalk.blogspot.com/ to view/download the complete Call.
Questions email the CFTA: firstname.lastname@example.com, subject line Public Art
Art Conservation at City Hall Gloucester MA
Catherine Ryan writes-
Hi Joey
Besides the Public Art Challenge that is happening as we speak, the Gloucester Committee for the Arts (CFTA) has other exciting news in January 2013!
Part of the work of the Committee for the Arts (CftA) includes mapping the way for appropriate and comprehensive ongoing preservation plans for the City's art holdings. The CftA is committed to the preservation of Gloucester 's irreplaceable cultural legacy for future generations.
Art conservation involves the cleaning, preserving, and occasionally the repairing of works of art. Art conservator, Peter Williams, will be setting up scaffolding in City Hall to commence cleaning on some of our stellar WPA murals by Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942). Williams, who has worked with museums and galleries for over 40 years and began his career as conservator with the MFA, was chosen to perform the restoration and preservation work and to complete the work in Phases as funding allows. The restoration work will be a great chance for everybody to see a very cool crossover of science and arts up close, all the while eyeing some of the very best New Deal art in the country. If you're visiting City Hall, look up, look around! We know art can be a touchstone for so many learning disciplines. Take this chance to get a behind the scenes look at the preservation of our beloved murals. It's a real joy to be able to look at art like these special murals, learn more about them and now, too, this opportunity to share awareness about the science of conservation.
Before any restoration work could begin, the CftA for several years spearheaded a fundraising effort and applied for grants for the painstaking process of cleaning and restoring these giant murals. Among the contributors were individuals and foundations/grants, including seARTS/Massachusetts Cultural Council, the City of Gloucester CPA funding, and the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation. Perhaps some readers may have purchased postcards at City Hall on Middle Street walk or coasters at another event all of which have contributed to this fund. With over $28,000 raised, the CftA now has the support necessary to begin Phase I for the first few murals, and will continue to raise more funds to finish the projects. We are so fortunate for these contributions. Thank you!
Here are details from two murals. This series by Charles Allan Winter wraps around the doors and architecture surrounding the lobby just outside the Mayor's office. City Council in Session fills the space above the collector's windows (approximately 7 feet high by eleven feet wide). City Government covers the opposite wall. Tucked in and around the arch-topped lunettes, the two-part mural, Civic Virtues, spreads across the two other opposing walls. This Winter series focuses on government themes as befitting their location, and the test of time. They offer special glimpses of our community in the 1930s as they include many portraits from life, great detail, artistry and ideas. Note the boys (youth) in the "planning" section of Civic Virtues clasping pieces from a model of the Gloucester High School .
Made up of citizen volunteers appointed by the Mayor and City Council, The Committee for the Arts was established by City ordinance in 2000 to promote and celebrate Gloucester 's cultural heritage. The Committee recently has worked to preserve and increase awareness of Gloucester 's WPA murals and other City-owned art. Additionally, the Committee develops and promotes educational programs and establishes awards and honors to recognize local artists. It implements a city-wide public art policy.


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With all my required USAC competitions to compete at Regionals, I have about a month until comp date. This last week was Spring Break for me, meaning lots and lots of climbing. I went to Smith, spent a lot of time setting in the gym, and sent my hardest sport route to date – along with some other various hard boulder problems. I plan on as much time as possible outside until then, and even more this summer.
Alex Fritz - Spring Break
Last weekend (April 2-4) I took my first trip down to Smith Rocks, resulting in some bad weather and a not-so-good first impression. We got rain and snow the first day, which allowed us very little climbing, but I managed to fall of the finish of Churning in the Wake, 5.13a twice. Then on day 2, I climbed notable routes such as Chain Reaction, 5.12c and onsighted Heinous Cling, 5.12a. Day 3 was unfortunately just too cold to climb, with some harsh winds, ending the trip on a semi-decent note.
This last Saturday I got out to Gold Bar in over a year for some bouldering, setting my eyes on Ebriosity, V11 and Ross Bongo, V9. I sent Ross Bongo second go, downgrading it for myself to probably hard V7 or V8. Giving Ebriosity a few tries, I worked out most of the moves and got to the finish move in less than 6 tries; but didn't want to give it any more than that. We headed to the Clearcut area - about an hour hike uphill of where we currently were - where I sent Rubik's Cube, V9 second go. This felt like another soft V9 to me, but it felt good sending two V9's in one day. To finish off the day, I onsighted a few other V6's and V7's pretty easily.
To end Spring Break on a very good note, I went up to Little Si with FiveTen® Athlete Bret Johnston for some steep rope climbing. This was my first time up here since August; previously leaving the wall very discouraged and upset at a few routes that I had worked numerous times without results. I set my eyes on my two projects: Chronic, 5.13b and Psychosomatic, 5.12d. I warmed up on Chronic, working out the moves and finding new beta that I had never tried before, which ended up feeling loads better than the last time I was on it. Next, Psychosomatic went down easy, resulting in me having a new project after I gave a quick burn on its' extension, Flatliner, 5.13c. Finally: Chronic – the 25 meter Little Si classic. I don't know what I did differently than the 20 other times that I tried this line, but I knew from the moment I got on it that I was going down.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the appointment
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Molecular evidence for the occurrence of Japanese encephalitis virus genotype I and III infection associated with acute Encephalitis in Patients of West Bengal, India, 2010
1 ICMR virus unit, ID & BG Hospital, 57, Dr. S. C. Banerjee Road, Beliaghata, Kolkata-700010, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Microbiology, The University of Burdwan Golapbag, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Virology Journal 2012, 9:271 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-9-271Published: 15 November 2012
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen, is the sole etiologic agent of Japanese Encephalitis (JE); a neurotropic killer disease which is one of the major causes of viral encephalitis worldwide with prime public health concern. JE was first reported in the state of West Bengal, India in 1973. Since then it is being reported every year from different districts of the state, though the vaccination has already been done. Therefore, it indicates that there might be either partial coverage of the vaccine or the emergence of mutated/new strain of JEV. Considering this fact, to understand the JEV genotype distribution, we conducted a molecular epidemiological study on a total of 135 serum/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples referred and/or collected from the clinically suspected patients with Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), admitted in different district hospitals of West Bengal, India, 2010.
JEV etiology was confirmed in 36/135 (26.6%) and 13/61 (21.3%) 2–15 days' febrile illness samples from AES cases by analyzing Mac-ELISA followed by RT-PCR test respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on complete envelope gene sequences of 13 isolates showed the emergence of JEV genotype I (GI), co-circulating with genotype III (GIII).
This study represents the first report of JEV GI with GIII, co-circulating in West Bengal. The efficacy of the vaccine (derived from JEV GIII strain SA-14-14-2) to protect against emerging JEV GI needs careful evaluation. In future, JE outbreak is quite likely in the state, if this vaccine fails to protect sufficiently against GI of JEV.


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