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HONOURS in FASHION LISOF STUDENTS PRESENT A CRITICAL PAPER ON FASHION FILM AT POINTURE, 8-29 AUGUST 2012
POINTURE is an exhibition and accompanying colloquium organised by the Research Centre, Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD), Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg, in association with the curators Ann-Marie Tully (lecturer in Fashion Theory at LISOF) and Jennifer Kopping. The exhibition and colloquium investigates notions of POINTING, PUNCTURING, WEAVING AND LACING IN ART PRACTICE AND TEXTUAL DISCOURSE, and presents the work of a range of established and emerging artists, working in a broad range of media, and drawing together a broad range of thematic and material works that metaphorically express notions relating to pointure (lace, trap and ghost).
Words and thoughts such as "prick; sting; stitch; suture; tear; rupture; cut; embroider; point; appliqué; graft; weave; emboss; adorn; bedeck; gild; skin; skinned; blister; singed; scorched evoke further associations with the notion of pointure", according to Tully and include the bodily and symbolic character of textile, paper, metal, and painterly and ceramic media.
Lecturer in Fashion Theory, Erica de Greef, supervised a group research paper in the Honours in Fashion at LISOF that interrogated the fashion film, a contemporary fashion medium that represents a fragmentation, splicing and multiplying of the fashioned image. The Honours in Fashion students (Maria Baltasar, Aimee Feinberg, Victoria Johnson, Louise Mcwade, Loren Phillips and Yvette van den Berg) will be presenting their paper at the POINTURE colloquium on Wednesday 15th, together with invited guests, fashion designer Suzaan Heyns, fashion film director Jeana Theron, and director of photography Rob Wilson.
"This is a very exciting opportunity for our Honours students to present at an academic conference", says de Greef. Their paper reflects on the punctum of fashion film, in an attempt to explore a series of questions raised in relation to the filmic, visual and narrative offerings of the medium, and in response to broader questions regarding key signifiers that seem to stitch subjects into signifying chains in these contemporary fashion films.
This student presentation will be followed by events planned for the What Wear When symposium and Fashion Film event to be held in early October 2102.


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Winter didn't come for too long this year 'cause, ya know, climate change and all; but there's still something brewing from the kin of the King in the North right now. Game of Thrones stars Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams, who play the too-long-estranged sisters Sansa and Arya Stark respectively, have teamed up for a shared screen appearance that's bound to make GoT fans sing.
The Stark sisters will appear on Apple Music's Carpool Karaoke: The Series together, and the show's Twitter feed shared a sneak peek of the two, readying for their ride.
STARKpool Karaoke? Lane of Thrones?@SophieT and @Maisie_Williams from @GameOfThrones are shooting a #CarpoolKaraoke for @applemusic! 🚙🎤🎶 pic.twitter.com/hmJjRqBlnc— Carpool Karaoke (@CarpoolKaraoke) March 12, 2017
And, while all eyes are on Sansa and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) to be the ones to initiate some House Stark Civil War Circa Season 7, is the way these two subtly pick at each other over who gets top billing in the episode preview might be a hint that we're not done seeing the Stark girls feuding, too? Have they been saving Arya's Nymeria wolf all this time for some hellish revenge moment when she's reunited with her sister? Will Arya add Sansa to her list for almost marrying Joffrey? We kid. Or maybe not?
The new version of Carpool Karaoke is also expected to offer up a twist for viewers. Whereas James Corden was at the wheel in the first meme-able run on The Late, Late Show with James Corden, this time it'll occasionally be pairs of celebrities who comb the streets by themselves, belting out tunes and firing off interview questions to one another. Turner and Williams are but two of the stars expected to rev their engine in the new 16-episode edition, but we can probably expect theirs to be more a family affair than others.

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The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-ray print-outs serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks from what must have been an elegant table make a violin. Bottle caps work perfectly as keys for a saxophone.
A chamber orchestra of 20 children in the South American country of Paraguay uses these and other instruments made out of recycled materials from a landfill where their parents earn their living by picking through trash looking for valuables. The kids regularly perform the music of Beethoven and Mozart, Henry Mancini and the Beatles.
Rocio Riveros, 15, says it took her a year to learn how to play her flute, which was made from tin cans. "Now I can't live without this orchestra," she said.
The youngsters of the Orchestra of Instruments Recycled From Cateura performed in Brazil, Panama and Colombia last year and hope to play at an exhibit opening this year in their honor at the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona.
"We want to provide a way out of the landfill for these kids and their families. So we're doing the impossible so that they can travel outside Paraguay, to become renowned and admired," says Favio Chavez, the social worker and music teacher who started the orchestra.
Alejandra Amarilla Nash, who makes documentary, or nonfiction, movies, is even making a movie about the kids, called "Landfill Harmonic."
The documentary is far from complete. The kids still have much to prove. But the filmmakers created a Facebook page and posted a short trailer on YouTube and Vimeo that has gone viral, quickly getting more than a million views altogether.
"It's a beautiful story and also fits in very well with this theme of ingenuity of humans around the world using what they have at their disposal to create music," says Daniel Piper, who works at the 5,000-instrument Arizona museum.
The community of Cateura could not be more poor. But the music coming from garbage has some families believing in a different future for their children.
"Thanks to the orchestra, we were in Rio de Janeiro! We bathed in the sea. . . . I never thought my dreams would become reality," says Tania Vera, a 15-year-old violinist who lives in a wooden shack. Now Tania wants to be a veterinarian, as well as a musician.
The orchestra was started by Chavez, 37. He had learned clarinet and guitar as a child, and had started a small music school in another town in Paraguay before he got a job with an environmental organization teaching trash-pickers how to protect themselves.
Chavez opened a tiny music school at the landfill five years ago, hoping to keep youngsters out of trouble. But he had just five instruments to share, and the kids often grew restless.
So Chavez asked one of the trash-pickers, Nicolas Gomez, to make some instruments from recycled materials to keep the younger kids occupied.
"He found a drum and repaired it, and one thing led to another. Since he had been a carpenter, I asked him to make me a guitar. And so we just kept at it," Chavez says.
Come April, the classical stringed instruments that Gomez has made in his workshop alongside his pigs and chickens will be on display in Arizona alongside one of John Lennon's pianos and Eric Clapton's guitars.
The orchestra is giving new meaning to the life of kids in the town. "I'm famous in my school thanks to being in the orchestra," says 12-year-old Noelia Rios.


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Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon review
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How do you defeat a witch, a vampire and a snake combined? It's no easy task, it seems, but that's exactly what Billy Black faces in the latest chapter of The Last Half of Darkness. But unlike its predecessors, in Society of the Serpent Moon, players can actually face Billy as well, as the new game moves the series to a third-person perspective, putting the protagonist front and center on screen for the first time. There he remains calm and stoic throughout this supernatural adventure, rather unimpressed by the prospect of confronting such a multi-faceted monster. Fortunately, the game itself manages to make a much bigger impression thanks to its creepy atmosphere and solid gameplay.
As the game opens, Billy receives a package from the European town of Antibes, where his journalist fiancée Wendy went some time ago on assignment to investigate a number of reported cases of missing girls. Billy hasn't heard from her for a while and is already getting worried when the package reveals a mysterious disc and her notebook, in which Wendy expressed fear for her safety. Billy sets out to find her at all costs, beginning at her hotel room and branching out from there to such locations as a bar, a cemetery, an abandoned mine, and a handful of other interesting locations. Eventually his journey ends in a temple dedicated to the Society of the Serpent Moon, a cult that has settled down close to Antibes. What they represent, exactly, the townspeople don't know, but they suspect they have something to do with the girls that have gone missing. Billy is determined to find out, and he must find a way to defeat its evil ruler if he is to free Wendy.
Following clues he finds in diaries and poems on prison cell walls, Billy has to deal with many an obstacle along the way, several of them dangerous in nature. He also gleans information from the people he meets, though only after doing little chores for them or finding ways to get rid of prying eyes. The characters you meet include townspeople like the proprietor of a junkyard, a tattooist and a pawn shop owner. All of them are strange in their own way and a bit scary. They have lived in this town for years and have gotten used to girls disappearing around them, and although frightened they willingly tell Billy about the dangers of the Society and the way other people around them might be involved. Billy accepts it all, however absurd it may sound to us, as if it is business as usual for him, and helps them out if he can.
Not every encounter is friendly, however – or even human. Billy also meets quite a few other creatures, from aggressive animals to supernatural shadowy figures guarding the Society temple, and of course its nasty high priestess. Despite the implied threats, however, you can't actually die in this game. You can get bitten by a snake, and if that happens, Billy will not be able to solve some of the puzzles until you find an antidote. He will look at them but refuse to solve them, saying the poison is keeping him from thinking straight. Even if you know the answer, like when you want to start up a computer and need to type a password, you can't resolve it until you've found a way to cure Billy first.
Billy himself is a mysterious guy with a long, brown coat, who never takes off his sunglasses and doesn't reveal anything about himself. He's never shown close up, so you won't see what his face looks like, but he remains extremely – at times even ridiculously – calm under the scariest circumstances and never seems to falter even when danger crosses his path. Beneath the stoicism, he is a nice enough person and you do get to like him during the course of his adventure. His cause is noble, and he seems completely trustworthy and dependable. He only has one goal, to save his Wendy, and nothing in the world (or out of this world) can stop him from doing it. The change in visual perspective does tend to take away some of the immersiveness of the previous games, unfortunately, as it is a bit harder to get into a visible character like this. As an unseen protagonist, it's easier to imagine it's you in that dangerous situation, and here Billy often responded in a way that was totally unlike my own reactions, not even blinking or shrugging in the face of danger. The game still succeeds in sucking you in, just not as quickly when playing through such an impassive protagonist.
Although most of the game is non-linear, some locations only open up after you've solved a couple of puzzles and discovered a few secrets. A handy map facilitates fast-travel once you've found it and visited each new location a first time. At each stop, though you can now see Billy walking across the screen, you can't move him directly. Only clicking active hotspots causes him to walk over to an object to investigate. As with the previous Halves of Darknesses, many things on screen are clickable and trigger a comment from Billy, even if they are not important to the story. The colour and shape of the cursor tells you when something is essential or simply a bit of scenery. This is a nice touch and saves people who just want to get on with the game a lot of unnecessary clicking, while at the same time encouraging others to explore every nook and cranny to enjoy all the descriptions. Either way, scouring each screen carefully is necessary to find all the collectable objects you need for puzzles later on.
Though Society of the Serpent Moon isn't technically impressive from a graphics standpoint, there is much attention to detail and the various locations look and feel believably old and derelict. Dark corners, shadowy places and dusty spider webs are everywhere. Most places include lots to see, although a few rooms are a bit bare in terms of interactive items. Objects that can be picked up are automatically transferred to your inventory, where they can easily be accessed to have a closer look or use. Whenever you try to apply or combine items, the icon vibrates to indicate you have found a possible action (or remain still if you haven't), and the game has a hotspot locator to ensure you don't miss anything important.
That doesn't mean the game is easy, however, as its puzzles are nicely varied and some are quite difficult to figure out. The solutions are never far-fetched, but they require a certain frame of mind to 'get' it, and it can be hard to know where to look for that one clue or object that'll help you figure out where to go next. To assist with this, the game has an in-game hint system. On the 'Easy' game mode, which can be switched to at any time from the main menu, the inventory will show a hint book that you can examine if you are stuck. Most of the hints provide just that little shove you need to get going again, but occasionally they will consist of remarks like "find a way to solve the gear puzzle", or tell you to go to a certain location. If you've already been there and weren't able to find anything to do there, that isn't very helpful.
The puzzles themselves involve tasks such as repairing machines, mixing a potion, reordering bits of torn paper and opening a safe, and all are fun to solve. One puzzle requires the game's manual and the disc in an innovative way, reminiscent of the old anti-piracy protections. There is one boardgame-like puzzle that feels out of place, however. By beating an opponent a number of times you earn points; get enough points and the puzzle is solved. The problem is, winning depends not only on skill but also on luck, although you can keep resetting the board if you don't like the odds when you first look at it. By moving your pieces of various 'strengths' next to the opponent's pieces in a particular pattern, either his or your piece is 'hurt' and will eventually die. Fortunately, for those who don't like this type of puzzle, the game has an auto-solve mode to bypass it.
Sound effects range from whispers and moans to slithering and creaking, and these alone manage to create a tension that is almost palpable, but oddly you can't turn them down. Even if you lower the main volume a bit (not the way you should play any horror game, of course), the sound effects accompanying the scary bits still play at loud volume. There isn't a lot of music, consisting mainly of disjointed flourishes of haunting melodies during cutscenes, but the soundtrack is very moody and contributes to the creepiness factor a lot. The game is fully voice acted, and Billy has a deep, raspy voice that fits the tough-guy hero character well. There is very little emotion in his voice, apart from a melancholy sort of sadness, which perfectly matches the mood of the game. Most of the other actors are fine, but you'll need to turn on the subtitles to understand some of them because of the echoing and sound effects that have been used.
Atmosphere is the most important aspect of any horror adventure, and it is here where this game really shines. Through both subtle and not-so-subtle details, WRF Studios manage to create a truly spooky mood and before long you are delightfully afraid to go on, as something scary could happen any moment. Most of the time nothing bad does happens; it's just the anticipation that something could that creates the suspense. Every now and again, when you click an interesting painting or open a closet, something will jump out at you or a spooky image is revealed, accompanied by appropriate, eerie noises. Some of these moments feel a bit cheap and predictable, but many are quite intense and not for the faint-of-heart.
After about ten hours of play time, Society of the Serpent Moon comes to a very satisfying end. The story isn't related to the other Last Half of Darkness games in any way, so you don't need to have played any of those installments to understand this one, which is available exclusively from the developer's website. Those who have will feel right at home with the style of art and the dark mood of the new game, even if it takes a while to get fully immersed in the third-person perspective. And for those considering a first taste of the series, Society of the Serpent Moon is well worth getting started due to its enjoyably creepy atmosphere throughout.
Our Verdict:
Society of the Serpent Moon offers a creepy atmosphere and enjoyable puzzles, though the new perspective weakens some of the immersiveness of its predecessors.
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Located along the Mediterranean between Spain and France the Languedoc-Roussillon appellation is the largest and most prolific wine growing region in France. With its hot, Spanish-like climate and expressive black shist, gneiss and granite soils, Roussillon wines tend to be powerful, spicy and complex. I have found that these wines can be a tremendous value so I was enthusiastic to giveThunevin-Calvet Cuvée Constance 2008 a pour. In 2001 innovative, Bordeaux "garage winemaker" Jean-Luc Thunevin teamed up with Jean-Roger Calvert a local winemaker noted for his Grenache and carignan success to produce Cuvée Constance. Named after Calvet's daughter, the grapes are sourced from only a few hectares of old vine vineyards located on black schist soil in Côtes du Roussillon, the sunniest area of France.
Dark raspberry-garnet in colour, aromas of blackberry, plum and spicy ginger radiated from the glass. Aged in concrete tanks to preserve fruit purity, concentrated black cherry, black current and raspberry flavours were underscored by deep earthy notes in the full body. Spicy black pepper and ginger joined sweet raisin and bitter dark chocolate elements in the lengthy finish. Well balanced, this is a velvety, desert-like glass that empties rather swiftly.
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|The Legendary Twirl Dancing Duck Squad
|Kaiten Butō Densetsu Ahiru-tai
|Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
|Son Seung-Hui
|Son Seung-Hui
|Animation Director
|Takurō Sakurai,Mari Shirakawa,Shōko Yasuda,Shunryō Yamamura,Masahiro Shimizu
|Japanese Air Date
October 24, 2015
|No Poi!
|Tokimeki Poporon♪
|← The Ash-Colored Rabbit and the Ash Princess
|Cocoa-senpai's Elegant Tea Party Tutorial →
The Legendary Twirl Dancing Duck Squad (回転舞踏伝説アヒル隊?) is the third episode of Is the Order a Rabbit?? anime series.
To prepare for the upcoming Fine Arts Month event, Chino, Megumi, and Maya attempt to draw and learn to dance in time for the event. However, Chino feels less-than encouraged with her own skills so the others try to encourage her to reach for her goals.
In Art Class, Chiya and Cocoa do self portraits of each other. Chiya isn't very confident in her art skills, but wishes she was so that she could make her Cafe menu a bit fancier. Cocoa decides to borrow this idea but struggles to think of anything for Rabbit House- other than a single cup of coffee.
The girls leave school and chat about art until Cocoa spots Chino with Megumi and Maya and runs up to them. After she embraces the trio she is joined by Chiya and they ask what they were up to. Maya explains that at their school, it is Fine Arts Month, a time when a creative dance recital is held, along with a sketching contest. Chino is concerned because she isn't confident in her art skills, but the girls try helping her, with Cocoa using her fingers to demonstrate the type of idea she would use and how scenery can be good to base images on. However, she is quickly distraced by a rabbit and freaks out after it starts peeing and ruining her serene image.
As this is going on, Megumi chats with Chiya by complimenting her appearance and commenting that she would be a great model to draw. Maya voices her desire to draw one of the Coffee Shops and Chiya offers to decorate the shop and herself for the both of them. She excitedly takes off, leaving Cocoa to follow after the other girls. They begin to chat about the creative dance, and they admit their plans to do it together, but they haven't come up with the choreography just yet as they come by Fleur de Lapin. Chino comments that it looks really difficult to draw but Maya claims it's only a matter of "perspective". But as it turns out, none of them understand what the word itself means.
From inside the shop, the girls are all shown posing as they hold their pencils, with Maya explaining that all artists do this. But by now she has started to reconsider and decides to settle for something much easier, like a vase or some fruit. Megumi suggests they try to pick something interesting from Rabbit House- like the gramophone or Coffee Mil and they resume making their way over.
Inside the girls sit down and Maya comments that she isn't sure if they should pose like an artist anymore and Rize teases her a little. But after seeing Megumi take her words to heart, she is quick to explain that artists actually do this to observe the size of their drawing object. With that, Chino observes Tippy for a moment before the trio attempt to draw him. They ask him not to move, but when they finish they're not at all happy with their plain drawings. Maya asks if Tippy can change forms and they start to imagine Tippy as a feathery, winged creature.
They observe their drawings again when Chino asks Rize to try to draw something since she's such a good artist. She quickly sketches a picture of Tippy and they fawn over it, asking her to lend them a hand while a rejected Cocoa watches, then makes a comment on Chino's drawing while Rize comments on Maya's. This leaves Megumi feeling a bit down over how plain her own looks until Chino compliments it and Maya claims that normal art is good too. The trio sit down to draw something else until Aoyama shows up with some words of encouragement and starts to chat with Chino. Suddenly, Cocoa feels inspired to put her older-sister self to use by bringing the girls some drinks, with Chino commenting on how surprisingly responsible she is today.
Proud of their efforts, Cocoa hangs up the various drawings, but Chino insists that she only does it for a little bit. Meanwhile, Megumi and Maya start to express concern over their pictures of Sharo they did earlier on.
Some time later, Chino goes on to show the drawing of Rabbit House she did and they are amazed by how well it turned out. Unfortunately, they note the comments the teacher wrote, and as it turns out she got a low score.
That evening, Tippy observes the images they hung up. He seems impressed, then criticizes the "uniqueness" of one of them.
The next day Maya chastises her friends for not coming up with a Choreography for their dance yet. Chino admits that she isn't athletic though and can't do very much, but they decide to get up to at least do some warm ups. They turn on music and begin to do rabbit jumps, then Maya shows them some dances she knows before criticizing Megumi for being pretty clumsy, while Chino won't even try. Chino reveals she brought a CD that belongs to her father and they turn it on, hearing how quiet and gentle it is, agreeing to do this song. They watch as Megumi appears to feel the flow of the song and is able to dance- but upon catching herself she grows flustered and stops. Maya explains that her mother is a ballet instructor so she learned through her, then points out she also took lessons from her, shocking Chino. They begin to wonder if she could learn from this in time for the dance, with Megumi sure she could take the time to teach them.
At work, Chino practices her tip-toe walking and explains her plans to take up ballet. She assures Tippy she is only doing it for the Dance, but they get distracted after Cocoa is led to believe Chino actually got taller and calls Chiya to inform her of this.
Chino is disappointed to learn just how hard Ballet is. Megumi tells her to avoid overdoing it, but Maya's words only cause her to panic and fear she could never become a beautiful dancing swan like her friends. To make her feel better, Megumi reveals neither she or Maya are wearing what she tried to dance in though, and they resume practice.
After a few days they comment on how much Chino has improved before she realizes Cocoa came with Tippy to watch her. She brought many items for them to eat, and suddenly she suggests they incooperate a Cafe theme into their dance; although the girls are concerned.
Rize comes by to deliver some snacks and drinks for the girls later on - but to her shock she sees that Cocoa has decided to join them. Chiya and Sharo also show up- and once Rize agrees to dance Sharo quickly decides to join. The girls leave Maya in shock to see how good they are at dance, despite not taking nearly as many lessons, then she demands to see how good Chiya and Cocoa are; but neither of them appear to be as coordinated. Rize and Sharo dance together to show them how they should do it; but Sharo trips after getting dizzy and lays on the ground in eternal bliss from touching Rize.
Megumi's mother comes by to ask if the girls would like to join her class, but Rize refuses since she's already busy with work. Sharo also turns it down since she can't afford it- but quickly claims that she is too busy as well, to cover it up. In the mean time Maya takes over and tries to help Chiya as Megumi takes Cocoa. As Rize and Sharo walk away from the others, preparing to leave, they are shocked to watch Cocoa walk backwards suddenly and remark that Maya just taught her the moonwalk. Watching them causes Megumi to laugh a bit before they resume, and Maya comments that lately Megumi hasn't been this happy. She reveals that Megumi has stage fright and quit dancing when she got embarrassed to dance in front of others, but Chino is confused since she is really good at it. Just then, Maya recalls that they never settled on their Choreography.
Some time later Chino returns to Rabbit House to discuss how the recital went. She is sure they will do better next year, but the girls are left confused when they see Tippy in tears suddenly, but Chino accuses him of being dramatic. Rize mentions he probably missed her a lot since she's been away from work, and Cocoa decides to show them something new she learned; only to crash into the wall. With ease Chino is able to reveal that she learned how to do the move perfectly, causing Rize to comment that maybe one day she really will be able to gain a pair of toe shoes.
- By order of appearances.
- Cocoa
- Chiya
- Chino
- Maya
- Megumi
- Sharo
- Rize
- Tippy
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- The title comes from "Twirl Dancing" as Ballet, and Duck, as a reference to Ballerina, who are often referred to as Swans.
- The song palyed from Chino's CD was possibly a deeper/orchestral version of the Pas de deux-based Vocaloid song, Honeymoon Un, Deux, Trois, performed by Rin Kagamine, the younger sister of Lin Kagamine.
- Additionally, Syaro Kirima's resemblance in the series is also a shocking reference to Rin, with both having attractive body details and short, blonde hair, but except for their similar eye color (Syaro's eyes were "green", while Rin's eyes were a slight "teal").
Major Events
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RAWALPINDI, Dec 21 (APP): Pak-Korea Capacity Building Center for Agriculture and Livestock inaugurated here on Wednesday at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (MPAS-AAUR).
Punjab Minister for Agriculture, Muhammad Naeem Akhtar Bhabha speaking as Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony said, agriculture was backbone of the economy and Punjab government took a number of steps for development of the sector and welfare of the farmers.
On the occasion, Ambassador of Republic of Korea, Suh Dong gu, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Affairs Punjab Ch. Sarfraz Afzal, MPAs Malik Iftikhar, Raja Muhammad Hanif, Zaib-un-Nisa, Tehseen Fawad, PMAS-AAUR Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad, Deans, Directors and faculty members were also present.
The Minister said, the present government under the leadership of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif was making all out efforts for strengthening the agriculture sector and "Kissan Package" was not only a revolutionary step taken by the government but would also be helpful for achieving self-reliance in the agriculture
production and alleviating poverty.
Underlining the need to improve agriculture production system on scientific lines to enhance sustainable food production he said, there was dire need to encourage the farmers to use modern agricultural tools to get maximum production to meet present and future food demands of the country.
The Minister appreciated efforts and developments being made by the University for socio-economic uplift of the forming community with special emphasis on rain-fed agriculture in the country.
The Ambassador while addressing the participants said, Punjab province played a vital role in not only agriculture and livestock sectors but also in socio-economic development of the country.
Appreciating efforts of PMAS-AAUR he said, the University was playing an important role in up-lifting the deprived communities in the dry land regions through education, research and technology development.
He hoped that the Center would enhance the capabilities of the students, farmers and rural communities by facilitating collaborative research, training and promoting agri-business development as well as to increase the rural economy and help minimize income gap between the rich and poor and the irrigated and the arid lands.
He said, this joint project would also provide a precious momentum to the bilateral ties between the two countries in general and the partnership between the Arid Agriculture University and KOICA in particular.
Ch Sarfraz Afzal on the occasion said, PML-N was a party which had always strived to protect the interests of the farmers and the rural masses.
He said, prosperity of small farmers was a top priority of the government which was spending huge amounts for promoting agriculture and this would definitely raise their living standards.
Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad addressing the gathering said, the university was playing an important role in improving the country's agriculture.
He informed the gathering that the capacity building center project had been completed at a cost of Rs 374.5 million by Korean aid agency, Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Rs 21 million by PMAS-AAUR and it would significantly contribute to improve agricultural technology as well as educational infrastructure at the University.
It will improve human and institutional capacities of the country in improving infrastructure and agricultural technology by transferring Korean experience and know-how to the Pakistani counterpart.
It will also increase agricultural production through quality improvement.
He said that Pakistan was an agricultural country and efforts made by the government were appreciable.
Earlier, Naeem Akhtar alongwith the Ambassador and PMAS-AAUR Vice
Chancellor inaugurated the Pak-Korea Capacity Building Center. The Minister and Ambassador also planted a tree in the University premises.
RAWALPINDI, Dec 21 (APP): Pak-Korea Capacity Building Center for Agriculture and Livestock inaugurated here on Wednesday at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (MPAS-AAUR).


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Whittier School's shift toward a progressive curriculum was a long process that began with a friendship among Nina Finkel and some like-minded teachers, simmered through the rule of principal Raphael Guajardo, and came to fruition under the Illinois school reform law of 1988.
A decade or so ago Nina Finkel was becoming committed to progressive methods and growing close to teachers who shared her beliefs, notably Mary Canning, who taught first grade, and Paddy O'Reilly, who taught Head Start (and later won a prestigious Golden Apple Award for his teaching).
Raphael Guajardo, the son of Mexican immigrants, had taught at nearby Pickard School and had become principal of Whittier in 1975. He adopted what O'Reilly describes as a laissez-faire attitude toward his faculty. Finkel says, "For the most part I was able to do what I wanted within my own classroom when Mr. Guajardo was here. Yet the clear message was to follow the curriculum guides, and I never felt nurtured." She won't comment further. Carmel Kuzlik, who has taught at Whittier for a decade, remembers him as "a good principal. He was highly organized and got things done. He pushed us to go to school, and he moved us around to different classes. Maybe some people didn't like that, but it did give you a chance to appreciate a different grade level."
During much of the Guajardo era Whittier's consuming problem was crowding. In the 1980s more than 800 students attended the school, and classes had to be held in the gym, library, and field house. The school had one boys' and one girls' bathroom, both in the basement. The girls' bathroom was separated from a makeshift classroom only by a swinging door. "Do you know what the smell was like in that basement?" says O'Reilly.
Beginning in the mid-1980s parents--first those associated with the reform group Designs for Change and then a faction linked to the Pilsen Neighbors--demanded that the school be rehabbed. Finkel and another teacher raised a fuss about asbestos in the school, and it was later removed. "I have real strong feelings about pollution and health, and this was right up my alley," Finkel says.
In 1987 Whittier underwent a $1.1 million rehabilitation. A branch school opened for a short time and further eased crowding. In 1989 the new Irma Ruiz junior high opened in Pilsen, shifting the seventh and eighth grades away from Whittier and cutting its population to a manageable level.
Guajardo receives mixed reviews about how aggressive he was in pushing for the changes. But his main failing seems to have been his tendency to be imperious. "He wasn't a people person," says Kuzlik. "He could turn people off." Alejandro Chaparro, a factory worker and father of four, says, "Every time there was a problem you tried to go up to Mr. Guajardo to solve it, and he was always busy. The teachers were scared. It was his word on everything, and that was final." Guajardo, who declined to comment on his time at Whittier, also spoke Spanish poorly, which troubled some people.
The advent of school reform in 1988 meant the election of a local school council--six parents, two teachers, two community members, and the principal. Among other things, each LSC was given the power to either retain or dump the sitting principal, and Guajardo became the focus of the election of the first LSC in the fall of 1989. One slate of candidates, headed by Chaparro and composed of Spanish-speaking parents and community members, was outspoken about the need to fire Guajardo. Augustina Guerrero, a mother who'd been active at Whittier for several years, led a second slate that was friendlier to him. The election was complicated by outside forces. Chaparro denies that his slate was backed by the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), though that was the scuttlebutt. Guerrero says she drew support from the competing Pilsen Neighbors.
Guerrero's slate went down to a humiliating defeat. The faculty and staff had been split over Guajardo. The bilingual teachers stood with him; O'Reilly and Finkel were among those pitted against him. But the majority of faculty and staff favored Guajardo, and two teachers who were relatively friendly to him landed on the council.
As the Chaparro-led LSC took office, Guerrero mounted a campaign to keep Guajardo. "Our [test] scores at Whittier weren't great," she says, "but I felt he was somebody we could work with." Fliers went out on his behalf, arguing that he'd helped to relieve the crowding and had established a program to bring Hispanic role models to speak at Whittier. The atmosphere turned bitter, and tensions ran high among the faculty. "Everybody was fighting constantly," says Kuzlik. "The kids weren't learning anything."
Guajardo apparently knew his days were numbered, yet according to Guerrero he behaved with dignity. Chaparro suspects he was being nice in an attempt to buy his job back--and told him so. "Mr. Guajardo would take us out to lunch, and I'd tell him, "Hey, don't think because you do this you're going to buy our votes."' When the LSC voted on February 23, 1990, only three hands, including those of the two teachers, went up in his favor. "This was a difficult decision for the council to make," Chaparro wrote Guajardo the following month. "We commend you for the fifteen years of service you have given this school."
Anger over the decision continued into the spring. In March Chaparro was arrested for assaulting Guerrero's niece on the Whittier playground; charges were subsequently dropped. Later that month a shouting match at an LSC meeting resulted in the council being thrown out of the Boys & Girls Club where they were meeting. Guajardo ended the school year and was subsequently hired as principal of the Disney Magnet School. Guerrero withdrew her three children from Whittier; when she ran for Whittier's LSC a year ago as a community representative she mustered few votes, though she's now chairman of the LSC at Curie High School.
When Whittier's LSC members went looking for a new principal, they were intent on luring candidates who were open to nontraditional teaching styles. "We wanted everybody at Whittier to be free to teach the children as they felt they should," says Chaparro. He points to Finkel, who taught one of his sons. "You know how she loves the woods and the wilderness, nests, and Mother Nature. Instead of having a child sit at a desk, she creates an atmosphere that gives the child freedom, where he can express himself within the room."
In July 1990 they hired Irene DaMota, the acting principal at Pasteur School, from a field of some 40 candidates. Her resume was the last one they received, but certain things about her impressed them. "The other people we interviewed would say, 'The parents are the boss,'" says Chaparro. "Mrs. DaMota was more concerned about how the teachers felt." He remembers that in her interview she seemed to speak more to the teachers than to anyone else.
Chaparro, still the LSC's chairman, is pleased with the council's choice. "The school looks brighter," he says. "More important, Irene says to the teachers, 'You can teach in your classrooms without me telling you what to do.' There is criticism that she's too loose--and that Nina Finkel is too loose. But I say the teachers didn't care before, that they were just in it for a paycheck. We want teachers who will create better human beings out of children."
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Obama at the Vineyard, not a care in the world.
Obama took time out from his decadent vacation for a brief press conference Thursday. He addressed the violence in Ferguson and said he is disturbed by people clashing with Missouri police. "Clashing" was a reference to the violent and criminal behavior and protests taking place over the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teen.
He said there is never a need to attack police or loot. He then went after the police for doing their job.
He drew moral equivalence between the the thugs burning and looting Ferguson and the police who are arresting trespassers.
Two reporters and a councilman were arrested for trespassing at a shuttered McDonalds, which had been vandalized by rioters.
Obama made NO mention of the fact that outsiders are coming into Ferguson to cause trouble. The vile hate group, The New Black Panther Party, is one of those groups.
Obama criticized the police for arresting people who were protesting and for arresting two reporters for doing their jobs.
After the president's speech, Police Chief Thomas Jackson spoke indirectly about the comments made by the president. He said that the only people arrested were those who were trespassing in areas that had to be cleared. When people are told to leave, he said, they have to leave.
The Chief also said that the police are scared, they are hearing shots and they don't know where they are coming from.
Obama, the non-transparent president, demanded that the police be transparent, but the Chief explained that the wrong people are being identified as the shooter and their lives are being threatened. The policy is to not release the shooter's name until formally charged, he added.
Whenever the White House is asked for information about anything, they say they can't comment because it's an ongoing investigation, but in this case, they want the Police Chief to put all facts forward.
Mr. Obama and Mr. Holder are micromanaging the police in Ferguson while ignoring the many crises they should be handling.
There has been a lot of criticism about the use of military equipment and firearms. They've been accused of acting more like a military than a police force.
What people are seeing is SWAT, Chief Thomas explained.
AG Holder was concerned about the use of military equipment but, ironically, this administration is selling military equipment to police departments around the country.
Governor Jay Nixon, an Obama minion, was sent to Ferguson by Obama to address the violence by going after the police. Nixon took the St. Louis police off the Brown case, promising a different and more moderate tone. The Missouri Highway Patrol will direct security in Ferguson.
The commander in chief has said nothing about the murder of Major General Harold Greene, a courageous and well-liked officer, leaving it to the Defense Department and his own press secretary, Josh Earnest, to discuss it. As he was speaking about Michael Brown, the ticker on the screen announced the burial of Major General Greene. Obama will comment about Michael Brown but not Major General Greene for political reasons. Everything he does is political.
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The Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for several Associate or Full Professor positions in the tenure track. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent and expertise in statistical genetics with experience in analysis of whole genome sequencing data, metagenomics and microbiome data and in integrative analysis of genetics and other omics data. A demonstrated track record as the principal investigator of methodological research supported by extramural grant funding is required.
Teaching responsibilities may include participation in biostatistics PhD and MS training programs, as well as teaching biostatistics courses in epidemiology, health policy, and other biomedical programs.
The University of Pennsylvania is a vibrant team-science oriented environment with elite biomedical research collaborators that is ideal for biostatistical collaboration and application-driven methodological research. The Division of Biostatistics includes 33 full-time faculty with diverse expertise spanning numerous methodological and biomedical areas, and we have strong, highly ranked, and growing MS and PhD programs in which our faculty train the next generation of innovative quantitative leaders. The placement of Biostatistics in the Perelman School of Medicine with world-class medical, biological, and population scientists, as part of an integrated campus including the Wharton School of Business, School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science and other premier biomedical research institutions including the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides the ideal setting for cross-disciplinary collaboration and impactful quantitative research.
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MCM2015 2015 : 12th Multinational Congress on Microscopy
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The aim of MCM conferences is to bring together leading experts and emerging young researchers applying many types of microscopic techniques in the field of life or material sciences as well as provide a forum for new directions.
MCM conferences have always been a good forum for microscopists to not only learn from each other but to establish international links between laboratories interested in similar projects. Trade exhibitions also helped to gain insight into the newest development of microscopy. These meetings besides having always been a forum for informative and amicable discussions between world –renowned scientists and members of the young generation, offered a good possibility for the young talents to introduce themselves to an international audience.
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L1 Structure and imaging of biomolecules
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L3 Neurobiology
L4 Organelles and cellular dynamics
L5 Multidisciplinary approaches for medical and biological sciences
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L7 Super-resolution microscopy in biological sciences
I1 Advances in scanning probe microscopy
I2 3D imaging and tomography
I3 Electron diffraction techniques and analytical microscopy
I4 Advances in sample preparation techniques
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M6 Polymers and soft materials and self-assembled materials
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Victim identified in Nevada Highway 160 fatal wreck
A man killed Monday in a crash west of Red Rock Canyon has been identified.
For the second time in five days, authorities are investigating a fatal wreck between Pahrump and Las Vegas along Nevada Highway 160.
In the most recent crash, a motorcycle rider was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash near mile marker 19, just past Mountain Springs.
The victim was identified as William Martin Hoach, 59, of Las Vegas, the Clark County Coroner's Office said. He died of multiple blunt-force injuries. The coroner's office ruled his death an accident.
The crash happened about 1:17 p.m. in the southbound lanes, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Jason Buratczuk said. Hoach died at the scene.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the maroon 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling westbound on Nevada Highway 160 west of mile marker 18 in the right travel lane, the NHP said. The rider of the Harley lost control.
As the roadway curved left, the Harley entered the north paved shoulder, the NHP said. The front of the Harley struck the guardrail fence, and the rider was thrown from the motorcycle.
The crash closed the southbound lanes. Traffic in both directions was temporarily using the northbound travel lanes.
This crash marks NHP Southern Command's 10th motorcycle fatality for 2017.
ID made in separate wreck
Meanwhile, the man killed Sept. 11 in a separate crash along Nevada Highway 160 west of Red Rock Canyon has been identified.
He was Jose Valdez, 74, of Pahrump, the Clark County Coroner's Office reported. His death was ruled an accident.
Valdez was driving a white Saturn on Highway 160 near Williams Ranch Road when the vehicle he drove collided head-on with a green SUV, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said in a statement.
The NHP said Valdez, who died at the scene, appeared to be at fault.
The man driving the SUV was taken to a Henderson hospital with survivable injuries. The vehicles carried no passengers.
Compiled from reports from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Pahrump Valley Times.


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How did Sunday come around so fast! Here I am at the end of another week and on my little balcony having a good think about it all. The week, the month, the year is seriously flying by too fast – and I think it may be because I am making plans. Could this be?
In the past, when life was the perfect storm and me the one with the tiger in the boat, plans were something I was totally incapable of making. Existing was hard enough, breathing something I had to remind myself to do and getting out of bed, my daily gym. Especially when that black dog was sitting right beside it, looking at me early morn and late at night as an ever constant, incarnated witch. But not now. Now its, all about making plans, and in particular wedding plans with my daughter early next year. Nothing like a wedding, and in particular a family wedding to get the creative juices flowing.
Oh, 'hi' fox. I have to tell you about fox. Habitual specimen Fox is. Seems as if every time I step out to my 'office' – at some point Fox makes his/her appearance. Till I came to London, foxes were mythical creatures that belonged in the English Countryside: to be hunted, or in children's books. The fox of Beatrix Potter and Farthingwood friends. Remember 'Fox and the Hound'? Cute little critters. In London, foxes are common place and urban scavengers. Always looking a little mangey and thin. Furtive and wild eyed, but I have come to like Fox, my pet of sorts, and we greet one another every evening.
Back to the planning. So much to do! In the wine lands of wonderful South Africa, but it is the planning that is the motivator of spirit. This is a BIG plan, but the little ones are just as important. We have to make plans, always, to get the juices going, bring the future close or we are simply humdrumming the day away. And that gets tedious. Planning a trip, a lunch date, they matter but I am talking BIG plans – we are just in making them. Even when all seems small, this is the lesson of the day – I feel amazing in the making of BIG plans, for me, for my family, for whatever, I cannot sit any longer with a what to do today, tomorrow, maybe next week? I need to make HUGE plans from now on – it's plan play time. Frigging tsunami plans to be made.
They always say, think big. Easier said, but not so easy to put into action at times when the ego is wilted and the future seems as empty as the last glass of wine, so let me just say, Fox is motivation. Simply lives to survive – I aim for higher things.
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