that New Yorkers may have resented the presence of their Latin
American neighbors, one would never have known it from the pop
charts. The "new" Hispanics brought with them musical
styles and sounds that culminated in the biggest dance sensation
of the decade: the mambo craze. The mambo was the most popular
of many Latin dance styles current in the 1950s, some of which
found their way into West Side Story in various guises.
All were descendants of older dances, which, in turn, formed
part of a long tradition of Latin American influence in popular
music. From the early 1920s to the late 1950s, all became more
and more assimilated into mainstream American music.22
Morton goes down in history as one of the first non-Hispanic
musicians to extensively adopt the "Latin tinge,"23
his term for the distinctive and pervasive syncopated rhythm
which he felt was absolutely basic to the essence of jazz. However,
Mortons "tinge" had been around since the earliest
days of jazz, but entered the American popular mainstream in
the 1930s in the form of the rumba. Two musicians were instrumental
in the dissemination of the style: Don Azpiazú and Xavier
Both were among a growing number of dance band leaders regularly
enlisting Latin American talent, especially musicians from Puerto
Rico and Cuba. Juan Tizol, a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
who exemplified the Latin style in his recordings with Duke
Ellington in the late 1930s (particularly "Caravan"
and "Conga Brava"), was one of the most successful
soloists, combining South American elements with current North
American musical practices. The eventual fusion of big band
instrumentation and arrangement with Cuban percussion and musical
structures became known as Afro-Cuban jazz. Born from "Cubop,"
already a fusion of bop and traditional Cuban elements, the
Afro-Cuban style was exploited most regularly by Dizzy Gillespie,
who established an Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra in 1947.24
Although Cuban percussionists such as Arnando Peraza (who recorded
"Poodle Mambo" with George Shearing on the latters
Latin Escapade album of 1956) were very active during
this period, strictly Cuban styles eventually gave way to more
generically Latin ones by the late 1950s, when Afro-Cuban jazz
was on the decline.25
of Latin American styles into which the movement fell, however,
did not wane for twenty years, and was so commonplace by the
end of the 1950s as to be a standard part of the vernacular
musical landscape. The methods of dissemination were a large
part of the styles success.
Xavier Cugat, although leading the resident band of Manhattans
Waldorf Hotel, gained most of his notoriety through his numerous
appearances on film. Cugat appeared in a large number of B-grade
movies of the 1930s, frequently alongside another icon of Latin
Americanism, Carmen Miranda. (Pictured) Latin and Spanish themes
had long been a feature of both Broadway musicals and film musicals,
ranging from Latin numbers in Rombergs Nina Rosa
(1929) to scenes in such films as Rodgers and Astaires
Flying Down to Rio (1933). But now the Hispanic was growing
from an occasional romantic or humorous character piece within
a primarily "white" context into the subject of full-length
films. Movie makers did not jump on the bandwagon simply because
the music was popular: this post-war boom came when European
film markets were plummeting. Hollywood was looking southward
for new audiences. Many of these films were ostensibly aimed
at Latin Americans themselves, not an unexpected phenomenon
since America was extending its "Friendly Neighbor"
policy southward at this time. Musician and actor Desi Arnaz
was one of a number of entertainers (and the only one who was
actually Latin American) sent on a friendship visit to Mexico
Arnaz, who became one of the Latin stars of mainstream America,
used film, live Broadway performances, and television to build
his career and also a following for Latin American music. The
exposure coming from both east and west coasts ensured that
Hispanic music would reach a wide audience across the continent.
had not changed, though: for the most part, Hispanic culture
and music were still portrayed inauthentically and humorously.
Arnaz had had very little, if any, substantial contact with
Latino musicians once he came to the U.S., and Carmen Miranda
was certainly sending up herself along with South America. At
the same time, more non-Latins were playing Latin American music,
notably Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton. Eventually,
white musicians and ensembles began taking over the style, releasing
"cover" versions of these tunes and new compositions
in the same vein. Perhaps Cugats explanation for his own
style best addresses the phenomenon: "Americans know nothing
about Latin music. They neither understand nor feel it. So they
have to be given music more for the eyes than the ears. Eighty
percent visual, the rest aural. To succeed in American I gave
the Americans a Latin music that had nothing authentic about
it. Then I began to change the music and play more legitimately."27
public seemed less concerned than Cugat over the styles
authenticity, judging by the proliferation of publications aimed
at the amateur musician. By the early 1940s, one could find
instructional publications teaching Latin American rhythms to
either white drummers or amateurs. In 1959 the Remick Music
Corporation, in a series called "Music for Everyone"
presented 37 Latin American Favorites, Including Examples
and Explanations of Latin American Rhythms: Bossa Novas, Merengues,
Cha-Cha-Chas, Rumbas, Mambos, Paso Dobles, Sambas. Of those
musicians who provided the Hispanic sound to the general population,
the big band leaders were among the most popular, and they were
behind the largest growth period for Latin Music, the 1940s.
It was also the era of the Mambo Kings: first Azpiazu, then
artists such as Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Perez Prado
gained in popularity during the late 40s and 50s. They also
popularized what would become the three hottest dance styles
of the time: the mambo, the merengue, and the cha cha cha. Prado
is often credited with starting the mambo craze with his composition,
#5," but, ironically, he was not part of the New York
scene in which the mambo reached its zenith of popularity. Instead,
he made his mark from touring with his orchestra and from recordings
made for RCA. Although some claim that Prado "invented"
the mambo, it was in factlike most other dance styles
of the timea permutation on what had come before, a kind
of "melting pot" in which American dance tastes were
combined with Latin styles.28
Prado himself was something of a musical hybrid: although his
first success was within the Hispanic community, his tours and
subsequent notoriety with white Americans led him into an ethnically
suspect crossover realm which ultimately earned him the respect
of neither group once the currency of the dance craze waned.29
Until it did, though, Prado and bands like his sold sexy Latin
rhythms to an insatiable dance audience. Recordings of the mid
1950s such as Tito Puentes Mambo on Broadway (Puente
or Xavier Cugats Mambo at the Waldorf, presented
entire albums of strictly Latin American dances. Prado himself
published some of his favorites arranged for solo piano.30
But the most lucrative field by far for Latin music was in the
dance halls, many of which offered instruction. Former bandleader
Federico Pagani started "Latin nights" at the Alma
Dance Studios on 53rd and Broadway in the early 40s,
a time when Latin dance bands were drawing crowds of 5,000.31
Instructional dance records for home study abounded. The Arthur
Murray dance empire offered an all-mambo record with cuts "personally
recommended for dancing by Arthur Murray." The Fred Astaire
Dance Studio Orchestra released a 1959 album of Merengues
and Mambos, which included "Dance instruction booklet
and one studio dance lesson"; one of Tito Rodriguezs
recordings bore the imposing title Mambo Styles Strictly
for Dancing. Certainly, Latin dances were not new. But the
1950s provided the broadest consumer market yet for pleasure
dancing and its attendant romance.
the mambo itself was not an overtly lascivious dance, its association
with the sensual lent it much of its glamor.32
Esy Moraless Latin American Rhythms was pressed
on red vinyl to further its exotic appeal. And, as an endless
number of mambo compositions sprang up, they tended to focus
on the alluring feminine: "Marilyn Monroe Mambo" and
"Mambo Bardot" (the second from the soundtrack to
And God Created Woman) venerated two stars who epitomized
female voluptuousness in the 1950s. Hopeful males could find
the appropriate date music on an album entitled She Adores
the Latin Type, part of a series put out by Decca called
Music for the Girl Friend. "Hot in Haiti" and
"Penthouse Mambo" number amongst its cuts.
To be sure,
the mambo was not an intellectual genre. Titles such as "Ya
ya ya cha cha cha" and "Merengue a la mode" reveal
their inspiration in the frivolous. The style was everywhere
and combined with seemingly everything. Perhaps the most stunning
example was a collection released by Freddie Sateriales
Big Band in 1956, entitled Broadway Latin American Party.
This album consisted exclusively of Broadway show tunes adapted
to cha chas, merengues and mambos. Selections included "Old
Man River Cha Cha Cha", "On the Street Where You Live
Cha Cha Cha," and "Theres Nothing Like a Dame
Cha Cha Cha."33
The vogue of the Latin American even crossed religious and ethnic
boundaries, with a bossa nova rendition of "Hava nagilah"
appearing on a Columbia recording of 1962. All in all, unlikely
candidates for Bernsteins great tragic opera.
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The early stages of this development are chronicled in Ruth Glassers
My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York
Communities, 1917-1940 (Berkeley: University of California
23. Sometimes referred to as the "Spanish" tinge, this
style appears in Mortons works from the 1920s on.
24. Machito established the "Afro-Cubans" in the early
1940s in New York City, the first big band of this kind, but the
style was associated with Gillespie throughout his career.
25. Gunther Schuller, "Afro-Cuban Jazz", New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz, Vol. I (London: Macmillan, 1988), 7.
26. John Storm Roberts, The Latin Tinge (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1979), 108.
27. Roberts, Tinge. 87.
28. The mambo was a variation on the rumba, and the cha cha cha
was a further development of the mambo. The merengue was actually
a dance hailing from Venezuela, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic
but was influenced by Afro-Cuban dance styles.
29. Prados release of Rockambo in 1961 probably signaled
the demise of the genre, along with its success in fusing with
newer pop music styles.
30. Perez Prado, Mambos for Piano (New York: Southern Music
Publishing Company, 1955).
31. Roberts, Tinge, 113.
32. The mambo is a couples dance in which the partners either
stand completely apart or in an embrace with space between their
bodies. It is characterized by forward and backward steps and
a dance step which begins, rather unusually, on the fourth beat
of a 4/4 measure. Contrast this with the style of and furor over
the later lambada.
33. Freddie Sateriales Big Band, Broadway Latin American
Party: Cha chas, Merengues and Mambos (Newark: Pirouette Records,
1956). Other titles from this album include "Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes Cha Cha Cha" and "I Love Paris Cha Cha Cha."
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Low oil prices and Covid-19 have had a profoundly negative impact on the Gulf construction sector in 2020. The fall in new project opportunities, increased competition and lengthening payment delays have put stress on contractor cashflow and profit margins.
The challenging conditions are set to continue into 2021 as the region’s petrostates slash budgeted capital spending plans and economic recovery remains fragile – hinging on progress against Covid-19 and the availability of anti-coronavirus vaccines.
While the Gulf construction industry faced many challenges long before the emergence of Covid-19, the pandemic has revealed the need for a fundamental rethink of how construction projects are delivered in the GCC.
“These challenges are a result of the structure that this industry is based upon, rather than the opportunities available for the sector,” says Mohammed al-Ghanim, CEO of Hamad Sulaiman al-Ghanim Group of Companies in Kuwait.
Kuwait’s projects market has been particularly hard hit by Covid-19, with significant cuts to capital spending on projects in 2020, even in the once-unshakable oil and gas sector.
With oil revenues making up more than 90 per cent of the country’s revenues, Kuwait’s government has had to wrestle with the economic and social demands of the pandemic and at the same time try to maintain control of the nation’s finances while facing a significant fall in its income.
Al-Ghanim says that the region’s construction industry will continue to face tough challenges in the coming 24 months. For the foreseeable future, the economic climate means that contractors are going to have to “continue to deal with clients that are under financial duress”, he says.
“We are going to have to find ways to deal with this cash gap,” he adds.
Al-Ghanim says there are two phases of reform that need to be implemented in order to improve growth prospects in the Gulf’s construction industry.
The first, he says, is for construction clients to take steps to mitigate project and contractor risk by identifying the major pockets of fragility that exist in the project industry’s supply chains.
For instance, transportation disruptions caused by Covid-19 in 2020 are set to delay projects well into 2021, translating into likely time and cost overruns for contractors. In such situations, Al-Ghanim calls for a contractual recourse that ensures there is “room for us to take these potential downtimes into consideration”.
Where contractual conditions are difficult to amend in running contracts, negotiations between contractors and clients will be essential as ongoing projects unfold, he adds.
There has to be a mechanism with which the procurement process is looked at from a holistic perspective
Over the longer term, the experiences gained during the peak of Covid-19 lockdowns and business disruptions in 2020 can be used to guide the industry’s response to the structural challenges facing Gulf construction, and to prepare smarter, leaner construction project frameworks that help extract greater value for money.
“There has to be a mechanism with which the procurement process is looked at from a holistic perspective,” says Al-Ghanim. “It is high time for us to introduce new technology in terms of supply chains, and understand that globally, there will be [greater] reliance on innovation in terms of material production and procurement.”
Advances in construction materials and production processes, such as the use of prefabricated components, can improve labour productivity and drive efficiencies, he says. However, it is also important that the public procurement process enshrines flexibility from the outset to encourage innovation in not only how the project is delivered, but also how it is set up and operated.
Al-Ghanim says that now is the time for contractors to transition from being ‘project deliverers’ to ‘solution providers’ for clients, and to modernise the traditional way of executing projects.
The industry must also make an effort to distinguish between ‘cost’ and ‘value’, and to ensure that project budgets cover the entire project life cycle, including both capital and operational expenditures. This will become more important as infrastructure spending gaps expand in the aftermath of the pandemic, says Al-Ghanim.
Attracting private sector spending, whether through direct investments or public-private partnerships (PPPs), will require greater alignment of project stakeholders.
Globally, past public sector failures have led to reluctance to pursue PPP projects on a long-term basis, but these frameworks are evolving in this region. “There have been some changes in Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, where many of the potential risks have been, to a degree, mitigated,” he says. “That being said, we are still a long way from having a clear PPP model [in the region].”
The GCC certainly is our backyard, but we're not shying away from looking at opportunities in other countries too
Funding the gap between the required level of investment in Middle East infrastructure and the government funds that are available could be reduced through the development of engineering, procurement, construction and finance contract models, which Al-Ghanim says are already being successfully utilised in Egypt.
“We are seeing a lot of multilateral funders, green funds and export credit agencies that are beginning to get involved in studying how to cover the financing required [in Egypt],” he says. “There are also several construction and engineering, procurement and construction firms that are in a position to negotiate more favourable terms in order for them to deliver the higher value standards [now needed].”
While I do believe that the outlook is going to be difficult over the next two years, I think that's more of a structural issue rather than a demand issue in the market
Al-Ghanim is excited about the potential for alternatively funded projects to drive change in terms of efficiency and productivity in the contracting sector. Investments in power and water projects on a PPP basis, with easier regulatory requirements, could help to raise financiers’ appetite for involvement in the Middle East – particularly since the demand risk on the investor is lowered.
Prevailing regional agreements involving governments as offtakers, or those based on energy or water production “should increase the appetite of financiers, developers and contractors” to work on such schemes, says Al-Ghanim.
“While I do believe that the outlook is going to be difficult over the next two years, I think that it is more of a structural issue rather than a demand issue in the market,” he says.
Al-Ghanim’s market optimism will also drive his company’s expansion into emerging regional infrastructure hubs such as Egypt and Algeria in the years ahead.
“The GCC certainly is our backyard,’ he says. “But we are not shying away from looking at opportunities in other countries, too.”
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We did this fantastic interview with Tomisin Adepeju, director of The Good Soon (UK) a unique, colourful short about family, conflict and tradition, letting the audience in with an intimate view into a traditional Nigerian household. Here’s what Tomisin got back to us with:
A brief introduction to yourself as a filmmaker
I made my first film in 2008 with my siblings, my 15 year old sister was the camera operator and my 11 year old brother was the gaffer. I played the lead actor and edited the film with my best friend. That one day of shooting was undoubtedly the highlight of my summer that year, the experience coupled with multiple viewings of Woody Allen’s seminal masterpiece, Annie Hall definitely sparked my interest in film-making. It made me realise that this wasn’t just a hobby I wanted to occasionally do but rather, it was something I wanted to purse as a career.
I studied Film Theory at Royal Holloway University and made a few shorts during my time there, the films I made were mostly homages and parodies of films by directors I was reading and writing about at the time, filmmakers like Chris Marker, Spike Lee, Jean Luc Godard and so many others. It wasn’t until I enrolled in film school last year that I felt I truly started to make films that were important to me. Film school really allowed me to discover what kind of stories I wanted to tell, I realised towards the end of the programme that I wanted to make films that were deeply personal and explored relatable human characters and stories. I think most importantly, I realised that I wanted to create films that reflected important elements of my African culture and roots.
The Good Son, which I made at Met Film School, and my graduation film, Marianne, undoubtedly reflects the themes and ideas I want to explore in my work.
This is a film that brings traditional Nigerian customs into a modern day setting through cinema. Do you feel this is something that makes these traditions more accessible in terms of representation?
Absolutely! I feel that presenting these very traditional, Nigerian themes in a modern day setting has undoubtedly made it more accessible to a western audience.
I visually and quite literally wanted to transport the audience to Nigeria, I wanted to create the impression that they were watching a film that is set in Nigeria, this is of course until the female protagonist is introduced in the story. So, the language spoken, music, costumes and colours all depict and reflect a very vibrant and exclusive Nigerian community. Also, I knew quite early on during the writing process that I didn’t want to make this film for a purely African audience, so by presenting these very traditional, Nigerian themes and characters in a modern landscape, the film does not completely alienate someone who perhaps has not been exposed to Nigerian culture and traditions. I was born in Nigeria but I have lived in London for almost 11 years now, so I consider myself to be Nigerian/British, I feel that the narratives I create should reflect this fact. I don’t want to make Nollywood films, their films explore African stories from a purely African context and perspective,
I want to create narratives that reflects the experiences of the African diaspora.
So, although this film features predominately African characters and explores certain elements of Nigerian culture and traditions, grounding these very Nigerian themes in a western and modern landscape undoubtedly makes the stories and characters relatable and universal.
The film focuses on the idea of a “secret”. Where did the idea behind the story come from and is there a cultural significance to this?
I made a mockumentary a few years about young interracial couples,the film utilised humour to examine the impact the couples’ relationships had on their homes and families. I have always wanted to revisit the subject but tackle it in a different way, so, instead of using humour as the central tool, I would make it more tragic, emotional and dramatic. Also, I had heard stories growing up about young couples in Nigeria whose families have not allowed them to marry because they were from different tribes. Nigeria is made up of a lot of tribes and ethnic groups, I think the country is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups, the most populous and politically influential being; Igbo, Fulani, Hausa and Yoruba, my own tribe. I just found it incredibly fascinating that although we’re all black and proudly call ourselves Nigerians, in some part of the country, it is still seen as a crime to marry someone from a different tribe or ethnic group.
So, I thought it would be interesting to exaggerate this and create a narrative that followed a Nigerian/British man, brought up in a strict and traditional, Nigerian household but gets romantically involved with a woman who isn’t even from the same country or cultural background. I felt this story allowed me to tackle a lot important themes and topics like religion, race and cultural identity. Ultimately, I wanted to create a narrative that reflected a tragic reality that is seldom discussed or highlighted but is still very prevalent in today’s society.
There is some cultural significance to the idea of a “secret”, I think its is an important narrative tool that has been utilised in many films to create drama and conflict. The idea of a secret does have an important cultural significance in the context of the story, the main protagonist, Kunle, is, in the eyes of his parents, a good son – religious, honest, respectful and dutiful, so the fact that he has been keeping such an important secret from them is undoubtedly the most devastating thing he could do.
Do Nigerian and other African cultures have enough representation in film?
In the past few years, more African film-makers have been given the platform to showcase truly unique, African stories, something I feel is needed in the current cinematic climate. There have been some truly mesmerising Nigerian stories represented through Nollywood, the second largest film industry in the world in number of annual film productions. The work of pioneer Nigerian film-makers like Kunle Afolayan, Jeta Amata, Obi Emelonye, Tunde Kelani and many others has definitely transformed Nigerian cinema and has allowed Nigerian stories to be represented on screen. There has also been a wave of African films that has been storming the film festival circuit, with some even finding theatrical release, films like Gone Too Far by Destiny Ekaragha, Mother of George by Andrew Dosunmu, Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako, Difret by Zeresenay Mehari and many others.
There could be so much more films like these being made, narratives that truthfully capture and represent the African experience, unfortunately, the film-makers are not getting the funding or resources they need because their films are not commercial enough or because there is no audience for them.
Well, the films I have just mentioned proves that there is an audience for these stories and there always will be.
The Good Son (UK) will be screened at No Gloss Film Festival 2015.

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- 1 What classifies as a bird?
- 2 What are the 7 characteristics of birds?
- 3 Is bird an animal or not?
- 4 What makes a bird different from other animals?
- 5 How do you identify a bird?
- 6 What is a bird in slang?
- 7 What are 5 characteristics of a bird?
- 8 What 3 things do birds have in common?
- 9 What are the 5 types of birds?
- 10 Which animal is not a bird but can fly?
- 11 Who eats bird?
- 12 What does it mean when a girl is a bird?
What classifies as a bird?
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg. a fowl or game bird.
What are the 7 characteristics of birds?
Defining characteristics of modern birds also include: Feathers. High metabolism. A four-chambered heart. A beak with no teeth. A lightweight but strong skeleton. Production of hard-shelled eggs.
Is bird an animal or not?
Biologically, an animal is a living thing that is not a human being or plant. A bird is classified in kingdom animalia meaning it is also an animal. Despite the fact that birds are animals, they have unique anatomic and physiological characteristics that distinguish them from the rest of the animals.
What makes a bird different from other animals?
Possession of a beak Most animals have teeth, strong jaws and paws for attacking their prey. On the other hand, birds have beaks which they use for probing for food, killing preys, eating, grooming and also to feed their young ones. The beak is a unique identification of birds from other animals.
How do you identify a bird?
Bird watchers can identify many species from just a quick look. They’re using the four keys to visual identification: Size & Shape, Color Pattern, Behavior, and Habitat.
What is a bird in slang?
(Britain, US, Australia, slang ) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
What are 5 characteristics of a bird?
There are five traits that make a bird a bird. Feathers. Feathers are an obvious trait. Wings. All birds have wings, but not all birds fly. Beaks or Bills. Beaks or bills are another characteristic of birds. Laying Eggs. All birds lay eggs. Adapted Skeleton.
What 3 things do birds have in common?
All birds have wings, even flightless birds such as ostriches and penguins. Birds ‘ wings are attached to their chest muscles. Feathers not only help a bird to fly or swim, they also: protect its sensitive skin. help attract mates. serve as insulators to trap body heat. serve as camouflage.
What are the 5 types of birds?
Types of Birds Diurnal Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Waterfowl Birds ( Anseriformes ) Hummingbirds & Swifts (Apodiformes) Kiwis & Extinct Birds (Apterygiformes) Hornbills & Hoopoes (Coraciiformes) Nightjars, Frogmouths & Oilbirds ( Caprimulgiformes ) Seriemas (Cariamiformes) Emus & Cassowaries (Casuariiformes)
Which animal is not a bird but can fly?
The only animals that can truly fly are birds, insects, and bats. Other animals manage to travel through the air by gliding from great heights or leaping from the depths.
Who eats bird?
Hungry birds Weasels, snakes and foxes all eat birds – and so do other birds, including hawks, owls and gulls.
What does it mean when a girl is a bird?
A Bird means a girl or woman who is promiscuous and stupid. Birds is the plural of Bird and means a group of promiscuous and stupid girls or women.

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Yamaha R3: It comes with a 320cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin motor that is refined and makes 42PS of power. Complementing the motor is a very capable chassis that feels just right, regardless of whether you are in city traffic, touring or belting down the racetrack. The introduction of ABS adds Rs 23,000 to the cost of the previous version, but for that you also get stickier Metzeler Sportec M5 tyres.
DSK Benelli 302R: The Benelli 302R isn’t an outright performer thanks to its weight. However, if performance isn’t a priority and if you are looking for a lot of pose value, the 302R is a good option. It feels smooth, offers confidence-inspiring handling and a very dramatic exhaust note that is similar to much bigger bikes.
Kawasaki Ninja 300: The Kawasaki Ninja 300’s parallel-twin engine feels rev happy and is extremely refined with plenty of power at the top. It is lighter than the 302R but 1kg heavier than the Ninja 400. It feels confident, nimble and engaging as an entry-level sportsbike. It costs more than the 302R and the Yamaha R3, that too without ABS. The Ninja 300 is as admirable as before and provides a good balance between track day and city commutes. It’s a more affordable option over the Ninja 400 but not the Yamaha R3. Also, it will prove to be less intimidating of the two.
The Kawasaki Ninja 400 is here to challenge the KTM RC 390 on paper but realistically it is the Yamaha R3 that takes it up by the horns. Both showcasing twin-cylinder motors with similar riding dynamics and almost similar power figures. The Ninja 400 also gets ABS, something the Ninja 300 misses out on. Add to that the slipper clutch, which is neither present on the R3 nor the 302R. So if you are looking for a performance packed sports tourer powered by a parallel-twin motor, the Kawasaki Ninja 400 is the way to go. Considering you have the extra dough.
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The present study utilizes a series of anisotropic consolidation tests followed by a decrease of the mean stress under constant axial load to define the yield locus of anisotropically consolidated soil samples and to evaluate the ability of different yield surface shapes in accommodating the observed behaviour. Nine different axial load tests are used, including three different water contents and three different consolidation stress obliquities. For each test, the “end of compression” and the “failure initiation” stress states are assumed to define the yield locus. Two isotropic and two anisotropic ellipsoids are used to describe the experimentally determined yield points. It proves that a distorted ellipsoid is superior in capturing the behaviour, provided that its aspect ratio is handled as an independent variable.
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The RDI of protein for Breastfeeding mums: 67g/day (1.1g/kg) (NRV 2019)
Creamy Tahini Oats
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 cup oat milk
- 1 tbsp tahini (sub nut or seed butter of choice)
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1-2 tsp pure maple syrup
- Add to a pot the oats and oat milk. Bring to the boil and then gently simmer for 2-5 minutes or until cooked. Add more oat milk if required.
- Remove from heat and stir through chia seeds.
- Whisk tahini and pure maple syrup together and drizzle over oats. Serve warm or cold.
NOTE: This recipe can also be made as ‘overnight oats’ by combining all ingredients and soaking overnight in the fridge (perfect for busy mums!).

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Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. Mortimer Adler
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others. Hanna Rosin

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Artificial turf in city parks may cause heatstroke, but the controversial chemicals in the turf won't harm you, according to a preliminary Health Department report obtained by the Daily News.
The $100,000 study determined "a health risk was not identified" among the chemicals used in the turf, but there is the potential for problems "associated with heat stress and dehydration."
The report highlights a study done that found artificial turf at the University of Missouri hit 173 degrees on a 98-degree day while a nearby grass field hovered at 105 degrees.
To address possible overheating of players at city parks, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe has started to install water "misters" near benches at fields.
The Health Department recommended the Parks Department alert staff and parents about the heat-related dangers from playing on the "crumb rubber infill" turf but stopped short of ordering the city to stop using the material.


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Most pregnant women don’t eat enough seafood. This is due to concerns about mercury contamination, even though most seafood is actually completely safe for pregnant women to eat.
Because of this, the FDA have released a new chart that explains what pregnant women can eat and what they should avoid.
Previous Seafood Advice was Unclear
The FDA first issued advice about seafood for pregnant women in 2004. The guidance included recommendations on how much seafood pregnant women can eat, as well as which species should be avoided due to high levels of mercury.
However critics claimed that the guide was unclear and confusing. They believe that it scared many pregnant women away from eating seafood all together as they weren’t sure what food was safe and healthy and what wasn’t. The problem is very real. The FDA analysed fish consumption data from more than one thousand pregnant women … Read More


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Not everyone is living happily ever after since Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt tied the knot in Mexico. Heidi’s mom quickly vented her anger and her suspicion that her daughter had been drugged. But mom may be having second thoughts about making her feelings so public. Holly Montag told Hollyscoop.com about the maternal reaction to her sister’s surprise marriage.
“I think she got caught off guard because it was the first interview about the wedding when she had a lot of raw feelings and she kind of let loose about it…I think she’s kind of remorseful about what she said in retrospect. We all understand and everybody understands.”
Does that mean Speidi brought mum some really nice presents to make it up to her? BTW, has anyone seen that marriage license yet?
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The Fordham Memory and Aging Lab examines different aspects of cognition and health across the adult lifespan. Our research focuses on age-related differences in memory and cognition, individual differences in autobiographical memory, as well as differences in normal and pathological aging. Our research also focuses on the role of subjective well-being across adulthood in order to develop a more comprehensive understanding of cognition and health during the adult lifespan.
April 2023- Congratulations to Dr. Neshat Yazdani for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, "A Person-Centered Approach to The Study of Psychological Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood"!!
April 2023- Graduating seniors, Maggie Boros, Natalie Fermoselle, and Alex Schandlbauer presented their research at the annual Integrative Neuroscience Showcase.
April 2023- Graduating seniors, Giovanna Rafanello, Alexa Mancini, and Emmeline Brzeczek presented their research at the annual Psychology Honors Tea/Colloquium.
May 2022- Graduating seniors, Veronika Kobrinsky, Zuzanna Smurzynska, Alexandra Trant, and Julianna Scofield presented their research findings at the Annual Psychology Honors Tea/Colloquium.
May 2022- Graduating senior, Radha Jadoo, presented her findings at the annual Integrative Neuroscience showcase.
December 2021- Congratulations to Annalee Mueller for the publication of her Honors thesis in the International Journal of Aging and Human Development!
March 2021- Congratulations to Dr. Jillian Minahan Zucchetto for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adults Aged 50 Years and Older in the United States: An Analysis of the Cognitive Discrepancy Theory"!!
November 2020 - Lab members presented a 5-part symposium, entitled, "Findings From the Virginia Cognitive Aging Project: Individual Differences, Well-Being, and Cognition" at the 2020 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting.
The positivity effect refers to the finding that older adults remember or attend to more positive (as compared to negative information) as compared to younger adults. Research has consistently demonstrated a positivity effect in laboratory setting using words or pictures. Research in our lab has failed to find evidence of the positivity effect across age with the selection of autobiographical memories (Siedlecki, Hicks, & Kornhauser, 2015). We have recently completed data collection on a project examining the influence of different types of autobiographical memories, as well as measures of cognitive control, on the positivity effect in samples of younger and older adults. Our peliminary results again suggest there is no evidence of the positivity effect across age in autobiographical memories, after accounting for levels of depressive symptoms.
We have several on-going studies examining autobiographical memories. Language and visual perspective project: There is evidence that consistency in self-concept between current self and self in a memory may affect whether a first-person or third-person visual perspective is taken in an autobiographical memory. Self-concept has also been shown to be influenced by language in bilingual or multilingual individuals. The purpose of this project is examine whether language concordance between encoding and retrieval will have an effect on the visual perspective taken in autobiographical memories. False memory and visual perspective project: Previous research has demonstrated that memories viewed from a third-person visual perspective (in which one can see themselves in a memory) are similar to false memories in terms of ratings on phenomenological characteristics. The purpose of the current project was to examine whether the tendency to view memories in the third-person perspective is associated with making memory distortions. Our results indicate that taking a third person visual perspective was not significantly related to making memory errors. Autobiographical memory recall as an intervention to increase feelings of well-being project: Autobiographical memories are hypothesized to have three main functions: identity (self), social, and directive. The directive function of AM has been demonstrated in an array of studies. For example, Biondolillo and Pillemer (2015) asked participants in an experimental condition to retrieve an autobiographical memory in which they had a positive or negative experience related to exercising. Eight days later participants completed a self-assessment of exercise during the prior week. Participants who retrieved a positive memory associated with exercise at Time 1 reported higher levels of exercise during the prior week at Time 2 compared to participants in the control condition who were not asked to retrieve a memory associated with exercise. This effect was evident even after controlling for baseline levels of exercise, motivation, and attitudes. The purpose of the proposed study is to extend previous work and examine whether a brief autobiographical memory intervention in college students can enhance feelings of well-being during the subsequent week.
The COVID-19 Cognition Project
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a novel persistent threat to the public. Emerging research demonstrates that individuals infected with COVID-19 are susceptible to cognitive dysfunction, but the extant literature has focused primarily on neurocognitive outcomes in inpatient samples. Research with community-based samples is necessary to understand how COVID-19 impacts individuals with symptoms ranging in severity. In this project we are examining the differences in objective cognitive functioning (i.e., short-term memory, reaction time/attention, cognitive control and inhibition, and processing speed), subjective cognitive functioning, and mental fatigue in a sample of community-dwelling individuals who have either never had COVID-19 or have previously or currently been diagnosed with COVID-19. Additionally, the study investigates potential moderating variables (e.g,. perceived stress, sleep quality) on the relationship between a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and cognitive performance.
COVID-19 Illness and Cognitive Functioning in a Community-dwelling Sample of Adults
Veronika Kobrinsky, Elissa Aminoff, Francesca Falzarano, Jillian Minahan Zucchetto, Neshat Yazdani, Maggie Boros, Natalie Fermoselle, & Karen L. Siedlecki
COVID-19 Pandemic-related Stress and Subjective Well-being: The Moderating Role of Social Resources
Neshat Yazdani, Francesca Falzarano, Jillian Minahan Zucchetto, & Karen L. Siedlecki
Multicultural Competence of Pre-employment Police Evaluations: How Police Psychologists Conduct Assessments
Giovanna Rafanello & Karen L. Siedlecki
The Relationship between Dimensions of Colorism and Body Image
Tasmin Neha & Karen L. Siedlecki
Relationship between COVID-19-Induced Taste and Smell Loss and Cognitive Functioning
Maggie Boros & Karen L. Siedlecki
Examining the Role of Subjective Age in Subjective and Objective Cognition
Natlie Fermoselle & Karen L. Siedlecki
Association for Psychological Science (APS) May 2023 – Washington, DC
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) 2022 – New York, NY
The Temporal Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Self-rated Health across Adulthood
Veronika Kobrinsky, Ahang Leqola, Jordan Sergio & Karen L. Siedlecki
Which Variables Moderate the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Neurocognition across Adulthood?
Jordan Sergio & Karen L. Siedlecki
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2019 – Austin, TX
Examining the Relationship Between Cognitive Functioning and Subjective Well-Being Across Age
Francesca Falzarano, Jillian Minahan, Neshat Yazdani, Timothy A. Salthouse, & Karen L. Siedlecki
Investigating the Relationship Between Social Support and Cognition as Mediated by Health and Positive Affect
Francesca Falzarano, Karen L. Siedlecki & Timothy A. Salthouse
The Society of Research on Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) 2019 – Cape Cod, MA
Differences in Voluntary and Involuntary Memories across Age
Jillian Minahan, Neshat Yazdani, Eunice Jung, Devin D’Agnostino, Travis Aprile, Lis Ortiz, & Karen L. Siedlecki
The goals of the current study were to examine 1) differences in ratings of phenomenological memory characteristics between voluntary and involuntary memories using the shortened Memory Experiences Questionnaire (sMEQ), and 2) whether age influences ratings of voluntary and involuntary memory characteristics. The sample comprised younger (n=48) and older (n=23) adults who retrieved voluntary memories in a laboratory setting and recorded involuntary memories for seven days. Consistent with previous research, differences in phenomenological ratings between voluntary and involuntary memories were identified. Furthermore, differences in memory characteristics between younger and older adults for both memory types were also identified.
Relationships Among Autobiographical Memory Qualities and Non-Clinical Mood Characteristics
Emily McFadden & Karen L. Siedlecki
Much of the literature surrounding mood and memory compares depressed individuals with a healthy control group and suggests that those with a clinical level of depressive symptoms lack a bias for positive memories (Young, Erickson, & Drevets 2012; Begovic et al.,2017). This study examines whether the findings can be replicated in non-clinical samples. It was hypothesized that decreased depressive symptomology, more positive mood/affect, and greater satisfaction with life would predict more positive memories. Participants (N =144) with an average age of 27.74 (SD=4.63) completed a survey assessing these variables and retrieved six autobiographical memories. All correlations are in the directions hypothesized, with some significance. The established relationships between mood and memory are supported by these findings. However, it does not appear that these relationships exist to the same degree in non-clinical samples.
The International Neuropsychological Society (INS) 2019 – New York, NY
Examining Processing Speed as a Predictor of Subjective Well-Being Across age and Time in the German Aging Survey
Karen L. Siedlecki, Neshat Yazdani, Jillian Minahan, & Francesca Falzarano
Subjective well-being is a construct that comprises life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. Research has shown that these components are differentially related to age. Cognition has been shown to be related to subjective well-being. The purpose of the current study was to both the cross-sectional and the longitudinal relationships between processing speed and subjective well-being. In cross-sectional samples, results showed that processing speed was a weak, but consistent predictor of positive affect, while age was associated with decreases in negative affect. Conversely, cross-lagged analyses showed that the temporal relationship between processing speed and positive affect was close to zero, and non-significant. The results of this study shed additional light on the relationship between subjective well-being and cognition.
Examining Sex Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning Across Adulthood
Karen L. Siedlecki, Francesca Falzarano, & Timothy A. Salthouse
Recent debate surrounding the lack of proportionate representation of women in science-related fields has included the examination of neurocognitive differences between the sexes (Berenbaum & Resnick, 2007). Data from the Virginia Cognitive Aging Project (VCAP), a prospective study of neurocognitive functioning in community dwelling adults between the ages of 18-99 years, were used (N=5,125) were to address the following goals 1) examine gender differences in neurocognitive functioning across adulthood, and 2) examine whether age moderates the gender effect on neurocognitive functioning. Participants completed 16 tests within five domains of cognition: episodic memory, processing speed, reasoning, spatial ability, and vocabulary. Latent variable analyses revealed that men and women had similar structural relations, with evidence of configural and metric invariance for a five-factor model of neurocognitive functioning. Next, a model with gender as a predictor of the five latent neurocognitive constructs (and age, education, and self-rated health as covariates) fit well. In this model, women performed better on memory (β= .18*), and speed (β= .11*), and worse on spatial ability (β= -.17*). Gender was not significantly related to vocabulary or reasoning. There was no evidence of age moderation except for vocabulary; gender was a significant predictor (β= .14*) of vocabulary in the younger group, but not in the other two age groups.
How Much Variance in Neurocognitive Functioning in Older Adults can be Explained by Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Volume and Small Vessel Cerebrovascular Disease?
Francesca Falzarano, Karen L. Siedlecki, Batool Rizvi, Mariana Budge, Juliet Colon, Kay Igwe, Nicole Schupf, Jennifer J. Manly, Richard Mayeux, & Adam M. Brickman
The variance shared among cognitive constructs can be referred to as the g factor. Several neuroimaging variables have been proposed to account for the variance in neurocognitive functioning (g). Although the predictive validity of these factors is often examined in isolation, many of these variables are related to one another. As such, it is useful to examine the influence of multiple neuroimaging measures simultaneously in order to identify unique influences on g. Thus, the goal of the current study was to examine the age-related neuroimaging correlates of g in older adults. Participants (N= 524) were between the ages of 62- 96 years who are part of Wave III of the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging project, a prospective longitudinal study of cognition in a community-based sample. The sample comprised 31.1% non-Hispanic White, 36.3% African American, and 30.0% Hispanic participants. Participants completed a battery of neuropsychological tests that were administered in their preferred language (English or Spanish) to assess memory, language, visual-spatial ability, and reasoning. A multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) structural model was used to evaluate how much variance in g can be accounted for by six neuroimaging variables including relative total brain volume (TBV), cortical thickness, total white matter hyperintensities volume, presence of infarct, total microbleeds, and total fractional anisotropy. Within the non-Hispanic White and African American subsamples, the neuroimaging variables accounted for 23.9% and 19.2% of the variance in g, with TBV and cortical thickness having the largest relationships with g. The neuroimaging variables accounted for substantially less variance in g (6.3%) in the Hispanic subsample.
Socialization and Memory Performance across Age
Francesca Falzarano & Karen L. Siedlecki
New England Psychological Association (NEPA) 2018 – Worcester, MA
Menstrual Cycle Phase Differences in Cognition and Autobiographical Memory Phenomenological Characteristics
Erin Hunt, Jillian Minahan, Neshat Yazdani, & Karen Siedlecki
The menstrual cycle can be divided into two phases which are accompanied by differing levels of female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone. This study examined the effect of menstrual cycle phase on cognition and autobiographical memory. Analyses revealed no significant difference between menstrual cycle phases on tests of cognition or autobiographical memory characteristics, suggesting that autobiographical memory recall and cognitive abilities remain consistent throughout the menstrual cycle in healthy college-aged females.
Exploring the Relationship Between Menstrual Distress Symptomology and Autobiographical Memory Phenomenological Characteristics
Erin Hunt, Jillian Minahan, Neshat Yazdani, & Karen Siedlecki
This study examined whether experience of menstrual distress symptomology during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle is associated with autobiographical memory characteristics. Results suggest that heightened experience of menstrual cycle symptoms is associated with greater vividness and emotional intensity, greater clarity in time perspective, and more positively valenced autobiographical memories recalled. We conclude that experience of menstrual cycle symptoms is related to the phenomenological characteristics of autobiographical memories that participants chose to recall across testing sessions.
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Ian is a particularly amazing person. He was one of the members of my team this past summer. For the first few days of Boot Camp, Ian was pretty certain that he was going to go home. It wasn’t exactly his choice to be there in the first place. But he changed his mind and decided to stay. So he sent for his guitar. And when that guitar showed up, so did the real Ian. Music makes Ian alive.
Even blurry, this picture is worth the cost of admission! 🙂
Ian is the front man for a band out of Chico, CA. The band is called Everyday Hero. It’s like a retro christian punk rockish sort of band. I’m not sure how Ian would describe his band. (Here’s a link to Everyday Hero’s MySpace page – click HERE to go there!) But Ian and his guitar are comfortable in more than that genre.
I spent the vast majority of my awake hours in Sicily in the kitchen. Some of my favorite times were when Ian was out in the big hallway or down on the porch playing the guitar. His music would keep me company and make me smile. Ian’s music was, I think, my favorite thing about this past summer. There was one song in particular that I could listen to him play for hours. I’m not sure what it is I love about it so much. It’s lyrical and delicate and makes me want to close my eyes and lose myself in it. I asked him to play it for me one last time at the airport in Orlando while we were waiting for flights. He obliged! Even though he is “competing” with a hundred other voices and overhead announcements, his talent and the beauty of this song is unmistakable. I hope that maybe some day he records this. I’d pay goooood money to get my hands on it. Here’s Ian’s command performance.
Thanks, Ian, for staying and sharing your summer with me and the rest of the Sicily team. And thanks for sharing your gift with us and for being soooooooo generous in that sharing.
Ian. One of my Everyday Heros.


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Healing forms the bedrock of the British-Kenyan artist Grace Ndiritu’s multidisciplinary artistic and spiritual practice. In 2012, she launched a body of work titled Healing the Museum, feeling that art institutions had lost touch with the public and the sense of “sacredness” that fosters critical thinking and understanding of their collections. Through shamanic rituals, meditation and holistic workshops, Ndiritu has sought to reactivate museums with the aim of making them living spaces of collective learning rather than places in which to passively observe objects. Ndiritu’s show The Healing Pavilion at the Wellcome Collection in London continues this line of action.
The Healing Pavilion, Grace Ndiritu, 2022. © Grace Ndiritu. Photo: Steven Pocock, Wellcome Collection.
Using walnut panels taken from the Wellcome’s now dismantled Medicine Man gallery, which housed ethnographic objects collected by the 19th century pharmaceutical entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome, the artist has constructed a Zen Buddhism-inspired temple for contemplation of her installation The Twin Tapestries. There are cubbyholes for shoes as one finds in some places of worship (although most visitors seem to be keeping them on). Inside are two enlarged photographs woven on tapestries titled Repair and Restitution, which hang on opposite walls. Repair is taken from a 1915 archival photo of staff at the private Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, the forerunner of the Wellcome Collection. Wearing formal attire, the staff pose stiffly as they hold various artefacts, including human skulls and masks. Restitution has an altogether different tone, based on a photo from 1973 showing casually dressed staff at the Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin arranged around an intricately beaded royal throne from the Kingdom of Bamum in Cameroon. Staged like a magazine photoshoot, with some people reclining, others leaning or sitting on the throne, hands jauntily on hips, there is a playful, lighthearted air that is in sharp contrast to the symbolic power originally invested in the throne.
The Twin Tapestries: Restitution (1973), Grace Ndiritu, 2022. Tapestry, 200 x 300 cm. © Grace Ndiritu. Photo: Steven Pocock, Wellcome Collection.
While Restitution is the more shocking of the two images, both underline the sense of entitlement and superiority that long characterised the western museological approach towards African collections. Together, the Twin Tapestries invite us to reflect on the relationship of these objects to their western guardians, how they arrived in these collections and the colonial violence that is bound up in their stories. “Repair and Restitution are two sides of the same coin,” says Ndiritu. “You need both processes to happen.”
The installation includes an audio guide for visitors with breathing exercises and information on the works, which is intended to encourage a meditative mood. “The Pavilion I see as creating a safe space within the museum to talk and discuss difficult issues,” says Ndiritu, whose work spans painting, film, books, textile, installation and social practice. The artist has considerable experience nurturing such conversations around effecting constructive change. Under the aegis of the Goethe Institute, she spent two years from 2019 working with African and European scientists, academics, artists, activists and museums in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy on the topic of restitution of objects.
Although concrete results can be hard to quantify with Ndiritu’s interventions, the impact of her project A Meal for My Ancestors (2018) at Thalielab in Brussels, part of Healing the Museum, surpassed her expectations. Having worked for four months with a group of migrants, refugees and activists and another group of officials from the EU parliament, Nato and the UN, Ndiritu brought them all together for a shamanic performance; afterwards, one of the participants was so inspired that she submitted a briefing paper to the EU parliament on changing the law around climate refugees.
Ndiritu studied textile art at Winchester School of Art and attended De Atelier art school in Amsterdam, where her tutors included Steve McQueen, Tacita Dean and Marlene Dumas. She has been involved in esoteric practices for most of her life, having spent long stints in ashrams, permaculture communities and Buddhist monasteries. In 2012, she decided to go off grid and lived in alternative communities for six years. Throughout, she has continued her work on Healing the Museum, giving shamanic performances at museums around Europe. Last month, she won the 2022 Film London Jarman Award for two films that explore journeys of the mind in different ways. In spring 2023, Ndiritu will curate an exhibition from the collection of the Museum of Photography (Fomu) in Antwerp and will have a major survey show at Ghent’s Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art.
Grace Ndiritu: The Healing Pavilion
The Wellcome Collection, London
24 November 2022 – 23 April 2023
Interview by ELIZABETH FULLERTON
Filmed by MARTIN KENNEDY
The Film London Jarman Award 2020
After a challenging year in view of the global pandemic, the prize named after the legendary film-maker Derek Jarman applauds six very different artists. And, for the first time in its history, the award has been split between those shortlisted
Daria Martin – interview: ‘Most people can relate to the feeling of being in exile’
The 2018 Jarman Award-winner talks about Franz Kafka, mirror-touch synaesthesia and her film Tonight the World, which involved curating her grandmother’s dreams
James Wilkes: ‘Mind-wandering has became a productive way for us to disrupt that idea of there being rest and the opposite of rest’
The exhibition Rest & its discontents at the Mile End Art Pavilion, London, is one of a number of events born from the works of Hubbub, a collective of multidisciplinary practitioners investigating busy-ness and rest. Wilkes, a poet, writer and Associate Director of Hubbub, spoke to us about the group’s work
James Richards: ‘I was really into making an exhibition space where there would be nothing to look at’
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A new study published by researchers from Michigan State University reveals a new biofilm that can feed on waste and produce energy as a byproduct.
The novel biofilm was discovered and patented by ECS member and Science for Solving Society’s Problems grantee Gemma Reguera.
(MORE: Listen to our Science for Solving Society’s Problems Round Table podcast to hear how Reguera is applying microbial science to solving pressing issues in water and sanitation.)
Reguera’s biofilm works in a way very similar to the electric grid, where each cell acts as an individual power plant – generating electricity to be delivered to the underlying electrodes using a sophisticated microbial network. One part of that network, the cytochromes, act as transformers and towers that supply electricity to a city. The other part, the pili, acts as the powerlines connecting the towers so all have access to the grid.
“The pili do all of the work after the first 10 layers, and allow the cells to continue to grow on the electrode, sometimes beyond 200 cell layers, while generating electricity,” Reguera says, associate professor of microbiology at Michigan State University. “This is the first study to show how electrons can travel such long distances across thick biofilms; the pili are truly like powerlines, at the nanoscale.”
Each individual part of the biofilm is essential to the development of the working whole, much like the power grid.
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The methodical approach to dissect the contribution and interactions between the cytochromes and the pili was the key to this discovery. The researchers used a genetic approach to eliminate key electron carriers in the biofilms, cytochromes, and conductive pili, and studied the effect of the mutations in the growth of the biofilm and ability to generate electricity. They also constructed a mutant that produced pili with reduced conductivity.
“We went from constructing the cell equivalent of a 10-story building to a 15- and a 20-story building and demonstrated the coordinated action of cytochromes and pili in the bottom floors and the need to discharge electrons via the wires in the upper floors to grid,” Reguera says. “We know that we can build 200-story buildings, which really opens up opportunities for which these biofilms can be used.”
Because the bioelectrode feeds off of waste, the development could be easily scalable for industrial sites where they can clean while creating energy as a byproduct.


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It would appear that the genetics for bowel cancer are more complex then previously thought. In this study 1443 colorectal cancers in two US nationwide prospective cohort studies were studied. Frequencies of molecular features were examined along bowel subsites (rectum, rectosigmoid junction, sigmoid, descending colon, splenic flexure, transverse colon, hepatic flexure, ascending colon and caecum). The frequencies of CIMP-high, MSI-high and BRAF mutations gradually increased from the rectum (<2.3%) to ascending colon (36–40%), followed by falls in the caecum (12–22%). Caecal cancers exhibited the highest frequency of KRAS mutations (52% vs 27–35% in other sites; p<0.0001).
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Any way you look at it, Vic Mensa is a staple in Chicago’s innovative musical landscape. The college-aged musician has been swerving through all the correct lanes since 2009 and has countless solo material under his belt, along with his role as a lead member of one of the nation’s most exciting young bands in Kids These Days. What’s next you may ask? I spoke to Mensa last night at SoundScape where he was working on his a new solo project, which is tentatively titled The Internet.
“I had this beat machine for a little while and just bullshitted with it for mad long,” Vic says about the early stages of the project, one that will feature mostly his own production. “When I was on tour I was just sitting around, fucking with the beat machine because I was on the bus for so long. When I got off tour, I got into a groove of making simple ideas enough to write a song to.”
With Traphouse Rock released, and some time off before their next tour, Vic has time to focus on his own solo project, one that was born out of a mushroom trip in which he convinced himself he was the Internet. He stuck with the concept after the shrooms wore off and saw real world parallels to his crazy trip. “The climate of the world we live in, the fabric of the society we live in, is so amorphous right now, something that’s constantly changing,” he said during a break in recording. “I think the Internet is a representation of continuous change on its own, and I am that mothafucka.”
Vic is in the earliest stages of the project and has no expectations or reasons to rush out the music, but we could see something this spring or summer. Before then, he is still playing shows with Kids These Days and continuing to build with is SAVEMONEY camp. We’ll keep you posted on the new project as time goes on. For now, keep bumping that Traphouse Rock.


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Maybe because my recent visit to Columbia, South Carolina was such a brief trip, I loved every second of my weekend.
The scorecard: perfect weather, wonderful hosts, serendipitous simultaneous visits from two groups of D.C. friends, a mindblowing Indian dance competition – all culminating in a Megabus ride that included toilet paper in the bathroom and arrived on time (this is as good as it gets, folks). It was wonderful curling up with my family and some Chipotle to watch the Oscars, however you feel about Chris Rock’s handling of the troubled ceremony.
In the spirit of what I set up this blog to do, I figure a short trip deserves a short story. Read on for one short piece about Columbia, and two more short works for the armchair traveler.
“The Appropriation of Cultures” by Percival Everett
Written before the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse following the 2015 massacre in Charleston, Everett’s charming short story shows cultural appropriation as a weapon.
“The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles” by Arielle Seidman
In this universally relatable tale (rendered as a one-act play), a woman struggles with the mundane tragedy of a visit to the DMV. Full of grace, humor, and poignancy.
“Dissed Fish” by Calvin Trillin
This hilarious piece takes readers to South Africa, where two friends set off on a nostalgic quest. You can hear Trillin reading the story himself here.


On Oct. 4, Prep and Villa students collaborated on the first-ever Parade of Champions. The event was mainly headed by Villa theology teacher Mr. Joseph Bell, who formed the event as a pep rally shared between Prep and Villa.
“It was really like a hybrid between what we do at Villa with what the Rally Crew does at Prep, and then what other schools do outside of Erie County,” Mr. Bell said. “There’s a lot of other places outside of our community, but since no one has really done this and with the consolidation happening, I talked to some students and they came up with this idea to have some sort of nighttime pep rally.”
Mr. Bell discussed the idea to have the pep rally at night so that parents could experience the thrill of pep rallies again.
“The idea was that if it was late in the evening, parents and alumni can come,” he said. “Pep rallies for school, they’re fun, right? We can still do regular pep rallies because they are a little more intimate because it’s kind of more within the school. But this way, it could be something in the evening so that all those people could remember how much you like the pep rallies.”
Mr. Bell also found it beneficial to have the event at night because with all the attention the event got, it could highlight sports programs at Prep and Villa with minimal attention.
“We chose nighttime because it was advised at six that we really need to make sure that people were able to come,” he said. “So eight o’clock worked really well. There’s also everything about the sports that get lots of good crowds, such as football, soccer, basketball, their games usually start late at night. The thing that kind of motivated it was that there were a lot of sports with smaller crowds like golf, and you can’t really have spectators on the golf course. So, this was a chance for them to kind of have that game-day experience. This way we could honor all sports at the same time. If we had a pep rally for all sports, just practically speaking, would be impossible, because we’d lose so much educational time.”
Mr. Bell also had his worries about if the event would go as smoothly as planned. Fortunately, everything went better than he thought it might be.
“It was the first time we held this, so it’s kind of like ‘Let’s just throw this out there,’” he said. “I mean, two minutes before it started, I still didn’t know. We had a plan, but you know how it is when you never really know what might happen. As Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the face.’ So we had the plan laid out, and I think it went better than I could’ve imagined.”
Mr. Bell also mentioned that the event will be easier to coordinate when Prep and Villa merge and everyone is in the same building.
“Rally Crew kids figured out that I have to send a lot of emails,” he said. “And when you send a lot of emails, people don’t always read them. So if we’re all in the same building, it’ll make it 100 times easier just to coordinate something like this.”
There was one thing that really stood out to Mr. Bell about the Parade of Champions: that Prep and Villa work extremely well together.
“One thing I’ve learned so far is when you take the efforts of both Prep and Villa, you get pretty good results because you’ve got a lot of people working on it,” he said. “We needed some boys [to help] and they stepped up; we were down a few [helpers] and they just came in and did awesome.”


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According to United Nations estimates, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. In order to meet the food demand of this growing world population, more effective agricultural management practices are needed to achieve sustainable agricultural development in order to produce more grain with higher soil fertility and lower environmental costs.
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Key Minister Rishi Sunak has a lot less place to devote to assistance what is remaining of the UK’s automobile manufacturing foundation.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt previous week unveiled a £55 billion ($66.7 billion) set of tax hikes and paying cuts that a cost-free current market assume tank termed a “recipe for managed decrease.”
Integrated inside of that: a prepare to commence subjecting EVs to highway taxes in the coming several years.
The UK’s austerity thrust adds insult to personal injury caused by Brexit, which plunged the region into a extended time period of uncertainty and delayed automotive financial commitment.
All through the 12 months top up to the 2016 referendum, Britain made just about 1.7 million vehicles. In the earlier yr, automakers have produced significantly less than 50 percent that.
“We are witnessing a sluggish-movement car or truck crash of the United kingdom vehicle sector,” said David Bailey, a business economics professor at the University of Birmingham. “Britain employed to have an industrial method, but now the govt looks to be standing on the sidelines.”
The UK’s wrestle to modernize its automobile business threatens thousands of industrial jobs as the transformation redraws the map of the place autos are manufactured.
BMW past month reported it will move creation of electrical Mini hatchbacks from Oxford, England, to China.
Honda closed its motor vehicle manufacturing facility in Swindon past 12 months, leaving Britain with just 4 mass manufacturers: JLR, Nissan, BMW and Toyota.
The British isles applied to boast the world’s second-largest car production foundation in the 1950s.
It is given that dropped to 18th put, guiding rivals such as Canada and Slovakia.
Local need is not a rationale to stick all-around — organizations are on training course for their worst calendar year of profits in the marketplace considering that 1982.
Even far more worrisome is the UK’s deficiency of a substantive battery provide chain wanted to aid mass producing of EVs.
The place has just a person reasonably sized cell plant in procedure, owned by China’s Visualize Team, and has unsuccessful to bring in investment decision in added substantial-scale services.
Britishvolt had been at the center of strategies for a factory in the north of England to provide batteries for thousands and thousands of electric automobiles. But the startup backed by mining giant Glencore is now hunting for money to maintain likely further than early December.
The significantly less than three-year-outdated company’s struggles pose a chicken-and-egg problem. Automakers in the United kingdom are going to be unwilling to create new factories or retool existing ones unless of course they can source battery cells nearby. Battery producers, in change, are unwilling or not able to spend devoid of predictable buyer need or sizable govt aid.
Not like its Swedish rival Northvolt, which has signed about $55 billion in contracts with major automakers, Britishvolt has not secured huge-scale orders.
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This is the theme that the Musée d’Art Moderne de Collioure has chosen for the exhibition running from 3rd June (see details below
A stretch of coastline, Canet-Collioure-Banyuls, like a concentration of space. One date, 1940, like a precipice of history. Numerous artists have landed on the shores of the Catalan coast, mixing their destinies along the way. Whether they were hiding, hoping for exile, living in camps, fighting, resisting or collaborating… their art bears witness to an era that can take no shortcuts. A border area, a free zone, then an occupied zone, an open door to a possible departure or a closed place of imprisonment – the coast, from Canet to Banyuls, became a territory in struggle.
Since the exhibition “Collioure, Babel of the Arts “the Musée de Collioure has continued its exploration of the little-known artistic history of the Côte Vermeille.
With this new exhibition, the museum plunges into the troubled waters of a dark year that transforms the seafront into a veritable war front.
Works by artists, some of them renowned surrealists, others less well known, have been brought together by Claire Muchir (Head Curator of Heritage and Director of the Musée d’Art Moderne in Collioure).
A superb, original exhibition that must be seen.
– Exhibition from 3rd June to 8th October 2023
– Opening times: daily 10am-12pm / 2pm-6pm
– Contact: +33 (0)4 30 44 05 46
– Venue: Musée d’Art Moderne – Villa Pams, route de Port-Vendres – 66 190 COLLIOURE
– Admission: €5
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As part of the partnership between the Musée de Collioure and the association, a private visit was organised for members on the evening of 13th June by the bureau of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh en Roussillon association. The many visitors enjoyed the fascinating and erudite comments by Claire Muchir, curator and director of the Musée d’Art Moderne.
At the end of the visit, Michèle Grau, president of the association, warmly thanked the museum’s curator.
It was also an opportunity for the president to present the programme of festivities and cultural events which are being organised to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald to our region.
The launch of the quiz “Play with Mackintosh” which is based on the watercolours in Port-Vendres marked the start of these festivities. The quiz will be available from this week in all the cultural venues of Port-Vendres.
The evening ended with a reception hosted by the museum management and the association’s bureau.
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