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Barbe & Doucet's new production of Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne

No one would pretend that Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto for Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte would go down well with the #MeToo generation. Or with first, second or third wave feminists for that matter.

Three Chamber Operas at the Aix Festival

Along with the celestial Mozart Requiem, a doomed Tosca and a gloriously witty Mahagonny the Aix Festival’s new artistic director Pierre Audi regaled us with three chamber operas — the premiere of a brilliant Les Mille Endormis, the technically playful Blank Out (on a turgid subject), and a heavy-duty Jakob Lenz.

Laurent Pelly's production of La Fille du régiment returns to Covent Garden

French soprano Sabine Devieilhe seems to find feisty adolescence a neat fit. I first encountered her when she assumed the role of a pill-popping nightclubbing ‘Beauty’ - raced from ecstasy-induced wonder to emergency ward - when I reviewed the DVD of Krzysztof Warlikowski’s production of Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at Aix-en-Provence in 2016.

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in Aix

Make no mistake, this is about you! Jim laid-out dead on the stage floor, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen brought his very loud orchestra (London’s Philharmonia) to an abrupt halt. Black out. The maestro then turned his spotlighted face to confront us and he held his stare. There was no mistake, the music was about us.

Mozart's Travels: Classical Opera and The Mozartists at Wigmore Hall

There was a full house at Wigmore Hall for Classical Opera’s/The Mozartists’ final concert of the 2018-19 season: a musical paysage which chartered, largely chronologically, Mozart’s youthful travels from London to The Hague, on to Paris, then Rome, concluding - following stop-overs in European cultural cities such as Munich and Vienna - with an arrival at his final destination, Prague.

Tosca in Aix

From the sublime — the Mozart Requiem — to the ridiculous, namely stage director Christophe Honoré's Tosca. A ridiculous waste of operatic resources.

A terrific, and terrifying, The Turn of the Screw at Garsington

One might describe Christopher Oram’s set for Louisa Muller’s new production of The Turn of the Screw at Garsington as ‘shabby chic’ … if it wasn’t so sinister.

Mozart Requiem in Aix

Pierre Audi, now the directeur général of the Festival d’Aix as well as the artistic director of New York City’s Park Avenue Armory opens a new era for this distinguished opera festival in the south of France with a new work by the Festival’s signature composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

A Rachmaninov Drama at Middle Temple Hall

It is Rachmaninov’s major works for orchestra - the Second and Third Piano Concertos, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the Symphonic Dances - alongside the All-Night Vespers and the music for solo piano, which have earned the composer a permanent place in the concert repertoire today.

Fun, Frothy, and Frivolous: L’elisir d’amore at Las Vegas

There are a dizzying array of choices for music entertainment in Las Vegas ranging from Celine Dion and Cher to Paul McCartney and Aerosmith. Admittedly, these performers are a far cry from opera, but the point is that Las Vegas residents have many options when it comes to live music.

McVicar's production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro returns to the Royal Opera House

David McVicar's production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has been a remarkable success since it debuted in 2006. Set with the Count of Almaviva's fearfully grand household in 1830, McVicar's trick is to surround the principals by servants in a supra-naturalistic production which emphasises how privacy is at a premium.

The Cunning Little Vixen at the Barbican Hall

The presence of a large cast of ‘animals’ in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen can encourage directors and designers to create costume-confections ranging from Disney-esque schmaltz to grim naturalism.

Barbe-Bleue in Lyon

Stage director Laurent Pelly is famed for his Offenbach stagings, above all others his masterful rendering of Les Contes d’Hoffmann as a nightmare. Mr. Pelly has staged eleven of Offenbach’s ninety-nine operettas over the years (coincidently this production of Barbe-Bleue is Mr. Pelly’s ninety-eighth opera staging).

The Princeton Festival Presents Nixon in China

The Princeton Festival has adopted a successful and sophisticated operatic programming strategy, whereby the annual opera alternates between a standard warhorse and a less known, more challenging work. Last year Princeton presented Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This year the choice is Nixon in China by modern American composer John Adams, which opened before a nearly full house of appreciative listeners.

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at Grange Park Opera

When Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, wrote the libretto to Hansel and Gretel the idea of a poor family living in a hut near the woods, on the bread-line, would have had an element of realism to it despite the sentimental layers which Wette adds to the tale.

Handel’s Belshazzar at The Grange Festival

What a treat to see members of The Sixteen letting their hair down. This was no strait-laced post-concert knees-up, but a full on, drunken orgy at the court of the most hedonistic ruler in the Old Testament.

Don Giovanni in Paris

A brutalist Don Giovanni at the Palais Garnier, Belgian set designer Jan Versweyveld installed three huge, a vista raw cement towers that overwhelmed the Opéra Garnier’s Second Empire opulence. The eight principals faced off in a battle royale instigated by stage director Ivo van Hove. Conductor Philippe Jordan thrust the Mozart score into the depths of expressionistic conflict.

A riveting Rake’s Progress from Snape Maltings at the Aldeburgh Festival

Based on Hogarth’s 18th-century morality tale in eight paintings and with a pithy libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, Stravinsky’s operatic farewell to Neo-classicism charts Tom Rakewell’s ironic ‘progress’ from blissful ignorance to Bedlam.

The Gardeners: a new opera by Robert Hugill

‘When war shall cease this lonely unknown spot,/ Of many a pilgrimage will be the end,/ And flowers will shine in this now barren plot/ And fame upon it through the years descend:/ But many a heart upon each simple cross/ Will hang the grief, the memory of its loss.’

Richard Jones's Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

There are never any real surprises with a Richard Jones production and Covent Garden’s Boris Godunov, first seen in 2016, is typical of Jones’s approach: it’s boxy, it’s ascetic, it’s over-bright, with minimalism turned a touch psychedelic in the visuals.

Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra [Photo by Catherine Ashmore courtesy of The Royal Opera]
02 Jul 2010

Picture Perfect — Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra, Royal Opera

Plácido Domingo isn’t a tenor, a baritone or even a singer. He’s a phenomenon. Dozens stood by the stage door at the Royal Opera House to greet him with bouquets.

Guiseppi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Paolo Albiani: Jonathan Summers; Piero: Lukas Jakobski; Simon Boccanegra: Plácido Domingo; Jacope Fiesco: Ferruccio Furlanetto; Amelia Grimaldi: Marina Poplavskaya; Gabriele Adorno: Joseph Calleja; Amelia’s maid: Louise Armit; Captain: Lee Hickenbottom. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Diuector: Elijah Moshinsky. Set Designer: Michael Yeargan. Costumes: Peter J Hall. Lighting: John Harrison. Royal Opera House, London, 29 June 2010.

Above: Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra

All photos by Catherine Ashmore courtesy of The Royal Opera

The fans know he doesn’t need flowers. The flowers are symbols to thank Domingo for being who he is. He’s an institution, or as they say in Japan, a Living National Treasure.

Given Domingo’s hectic schedule and age, it’s a miracle that he sings at all. Yet the moment he appears, the atmosphere seems to ignite, though he shares the stage with luminaries like Ferruccio Furlanetto, Joseph Calleja and Marina Poplavskaya.

Domingo’s authority is all the more impressive because there aren’t any florid, crowd pleasing arias in the part. It’s not Boccanegra’s style. He’s a shrewd politician who lives on constant alert, surrounded by danger. Hence the austere vocal colour, cold steel and granite. Boccanegra reveals himself in declamation, not decoration, and in ensemble where he’s not exposed. Indeed the tension in Domingo’s voice at some points enhances his characterization of Boccanegra as a man ravaged by fruitless struggle.

Domingo was convincingly tender in the reconciliation scene with Amelia, but reached true heights later. His monologue “Ah! ch’io respiri l’aura beata del libero cielo!”was exceptional. Acting skills grow with experience, so even if a voice ages, a true artist like Domingo can bring out aspects in the character deeper than words alone. “Oh refrigerio!... la marina brezza!...”, he sings, as the strings oscillate eerily. Domingo at once portrays the old Doge, whose power brought no peace, and the heroic corsair he once was.

Antonio Pappano understands that this “breeze” is sinister, and that Boccanegra will soon be chilled by death. Pappano’s feel for the hidden depths in this opera manifested itself in the way he brought out the strange, wavering textures in the orchestration. Tragedy hangs on this opera like a shroud : there’s an implication that headstrong Adorno might one day end up as broken as Boccanegra. Yet Verdi writes with cool-headed stoicism. Sparse textures, solo melodies, intense restraint. In Act 3, the juxtaposition of wedding chorus and execution march is so destabilizing Verdi doesn’t need to overstate the horror.

The central relationship in Simon Boccanegra is between Boccanegra and Jacopo Fiesco. Patrician and plebian, old authority pitted against a new order. Ferruccio Furlanetto’s Fiesco is a strong counterbalance to Domingo’s Boccanegra. Furlanetto has stage presence enough not to be intimidated by Domingo’s aura. His vocal control, too, was so vigorous that he could only be faulted for sounding like a much younger man, not Amelia’s grandfather. But the plot is a means of expressing the titanic power struggle in 14th century Genoa. Much better that Furlanetto sounds forceful and potent.

When Domingo and Furlanetto sang the reconciliation, it was profound because what has gone before has been so intense, a battle between two formidable forces.

Amelia is the pivot on which the plot turns, though the love story is secondary to the hate story that pervades the background. Marina Poplavskaya sings Amelia so assertively that her Amelia is much more than a plot device. Poplavskaya captures Amelia’s charm but the firmness in the centre of her voice indicates strong personality. A girl with such genes would hardly be a cipher.

Calleja_et_al_Boccanegra_RO.gifFrom Left To Right: Joseph Calleja as Gabriele Adorno, Marina Poplavskaya as Amelia Grimaldi, Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra and Jonathan Summers as Paolo Albiani

Joseph Calleja’s Gabriele Adorno is energetic so much the young hothead that it’s hard to imagine what he’d be when he becomes Doge. Calleja has personality in his voice, which makes it attractive.

Lukas Jakobski’s Pietro was impressive, too, since he’s still a Jette Parker Young Artist. He stands out, vocally as well as physically (he’s very tall). Jonathan Summers’s Paolo Albiani was good too.

Since this production has been revived over 100 times, it’s almost superfluous to comment, but theatre is as much part of an opera as singing. Otherwise we’d stick to concert performances.

The sets in this Simon Boccanegra, designed by Michael Yeargan are extremely beautiful, and musically intelligent, too. Chessboard marble floor — a hard foundation that adapts to changes in time and scene, like Genoa itself. It’s black and white, typically Italianate, but also evokes the black and white power struggle in the narrative. On the uprights appear words, sometimes in gold, and in Latin, like frescoes, sometimes roughly scrawled graffiti in Italian. Plebians and Patricians again. Literally, “The writing is on the wall”.

This is a very painterly production, inspired by Renaissance painting and architecture. Yet beauty alone isn’t enough on its own, as Verdi himself was to say of this opera. Fundamentally this isn’t a decorative opera, but an opera about extreme emotions, however repressed. The physical action in this production seems oddly lethargic and stilted. as if the parts are stepping out from a painting. It works, if you think of the production as a scene in a frame on a wall in a marble hall. Fortunately, the cast is so experienced that they can create their roles almost by instinct.

Domingo is a very important artist, and Simon Boccanegra is hugely significant for him. This Royal Opera House production of Simon Boccanegra will be broadcast internationally, online by BBC 2 television on Saturday 10th July at 7.30 pm London time. There will also be a BP Big Screen Live Relay on Tuesday 13th July at 7.30 pm London time at Trafalgar Square, Canary Wharf, Bradford, Bristol, Ipswich, Leicester, Manchester, Plymouth and Portsmouth. There will also be a concert performance at the BBC Proms, broadcast live, internationally, online and on demand. from 18th July.

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For a few decades now the fastest growing “religious” grouping in the United States has been made up of people who say, “I’m spiritual but NOT religious.” There are many, many reasons for this shift. This week’s “life talk” gives what I think are four major contributors to this. I talk not only about these four things in this talk but also about how we might construct a stance that openly says to all - you are welcome here and you are safe. I gave the talk this title -

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    The children from Orissa and Bihar are coming to Tamilnadu and other States for employment. These kind of children from Odisha and Bihar are working in the construction field and many other textile companies in Tamil Nadu. The most of the children are comes under the years of 14. This children are called as "CHILD LABOR".

    The allowing children under 14 years to do some job is Punishable one.
    The parents of those child don't allow the children to go for jobs. The young children are the future of our nation. So, The proper education should be given to them. The state government should take necessary steps to prevent the child labor in Odisha.

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    It is a major problem in odisha. Though several rules has been formed to stop these kind of labour, still no result came out. Govt. also impementing various programmes to attract childen to the school and not to the job field. Though it is working but not completely.

    The major reason behind is poverty and inability to take care of the children the poor parents having. Thats why they engage their children in labour activities for income. Illeteracy is also a cause for the same.

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Predator World (aka Aliens vs. Titanic)
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After Aliens vs. Avatars (2011) won my heart (just a little) over for its sheer cheap audacity, I saw the poster for Aliens vs. Titanic which was similar and hinted at some kind of follow-up. I am all for an entire cinematic universe of ultra-low-budget James Cameron rip-offs, but the film took a long time to finally appear, probably due to its title causing some legal issues. Aliens vs. Titanic transformed into Predator World, in an attempt to cash-in on the release of The Predator (2017). Was it worth the wait?

No, it was not.

I defy you to care about any one of these characters.
Predator World exists in the liminal space between The Asylum mockbusters and Troma’s trashier output. The film banks on a familiar premise with a crashed spaceship, slimy aliens that like to burrow into human bodies and then burst out later. The title and poster art make it look like it is going to be a serious film in the vein of The Predator, but any seriousness is tossed aside in the opening moments as a toy spaceship lands on a human butt and then the credits play out as a toy truck travels up and down a woman’s naked body. From there on the movie is an out and out T&A sex comedy with a side of cheap gore and rubber monster suits.

The tragedy of Predator World is that it almost works as an anything goes dopey splatter comedy. There are few genuine laughs here and there, along with a hint of the DIY spirit that director Jeff Leroy brought to Creepies (2004). It seems shockingly rare anymore to get a film with aliens crawling out from under nipples like they were manhole covers or a monster with a boner stinger, and there is definitely some creativity at play here the raises it above any budget concerns. The downfall comes via characters that quickly go from, ‘So annoying I can’t wait to see them die’ to ‘So annoying this is ruining the movie.’ Add to that a third act turn into more serious territory which the film isn’t nimble enough to pull off, and the whole venture grinds to a halt.

Still better than Alien Covenant.
Predator World tries to take a page from The Thing (1982) and start questioning which characters are who they say they are and who are actually aliens in disguise. This might have worked but a) the movie actively discourages you from caring about any of these characters beyond wondering what gruesome fate awaits them and b) there appear to be no rules about who and how anyone becomes infected by the aliens so there is no fun in trying to guess anyway. It’s all a big miscalculation.

For about forty minutes, Predator World is enjoyably stupid before the whole thing collapses under its own weight. Still, I have to give credit to Jeff Leroy for really pushing his strange visual aesthetic and for actress Jin N. Tonic for being virtually nude the entire second half of the film.  Aliens vs. Titanic… excuse me, I mean Predator World is complete trash but mostly not in a good way.

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Our Zero Waste Activity Advent Calendar

Hello little blog! We've missed you! We've been busy writing a book all year and there's so much to catch up on. Today though, the serious business is this. Advent. Tiny Owlet informed me with a most solemn face this morning that "there's only 8 sleeps until advent". There are actually 9, but it spurred me into action and getting organised, even though I'm not feeling entirely ready or happy about the fact that it's late November.

If you've followed along with this blog for some years, you'll know that our Christmas tradition each year involves an advent calendar of activities, rather than gifts or trinkets. We begin on December 1st, as we welcome summer and start preparing for the end of the year and time spent together and with family. Activities can be a practical way to get things done in the lead-up to Christmas, or they can be moments to catch our breath and enjoy time together. They also keep excited small people busy, with small things to look forward to each day. And, as this time of year is usually our busiest, these moments, where we take time to connect and have fun together, are so important.

Some years we have given our advent calendar a theme, like the years where we followed Steiner-inspired cues and looked to minerals, plants, animals and people in each of the weeks. Some years we have reflected on the permaculture ethics of 'earth care', 'people care', and 'fair share', which has worked beautifully.

This year, while our heads are still fresh with all things waste-free, we figured we'd share with you a list of waste-free advent activities. We place our activity suggestions on small scraps of paper, inside origami folded paper cups we string up over the fireplace. After we've finished with them, we pop them away for reuse next year, or we use them for saving seeds from our garden, which they're perfect for! There are things to do at home, or out and about. Things to remind you of the waste around you, and things that just happen to be waste-free festive traditions you might like to adopt. We've included a few bonus activities so you can swap some around depending on what your days look like, how christmassy you are, or for if you'd just like to have something fun and waste-free to do all month long.

Waste-free advent activities:
  1. go for a beach picnic - hello summer!
  2. make a wreath with natural or upcycled materials - leaves, sticks old newspaper, fabric scraps.
  3. have a dance party in the lounge room
  4. ferment - make some christmas champagne, ginger beer or kimchi
  5. borrow a christmas book from the library
  6. compost - start a compost heap, seaweed or compost tea, or add compost to your garden
  7. go out for ice cream sundaes
  8. make an up-cycled or handmade gift
  9. have a beach or neighbourhood litter cleanup
  10. make decorations from natural or upcycled materials
  11. find a christmas tree - we usually pick a weed tree growing by the roadside
  12. decorate the christmas tree
  13. donate a gift to those less fortunate than you
  14. plant - a tree, native flowers for the bees, or some food plants to feed your family
  15. watch a christmas movie together
  16. mend a favourite toy, or piece of clothing
  17. read books under a shady tree - aren't trees wonderful?
  18. make christmas crackers - upcycle those old toilet rolls!
  19. go fruit picking or foraging - bring your own baskets or containers!
  20. bake something using local and seasonally available ingredients
  21. make marshmallows from scratch
  22. celebrate summer solstice - have a backyard campfire and toast those marshmallows!
  23. make some gift wrap from fabric, ribbons, re-used paper, or drawstring bags
  24. make a food gift and give it to your neighbours - maybe rocky road with the leftover marshmallows!

Bonus activities:
  • have a picnic dinner
  • donate - toys or unwanted clothing or household goods
  • make beeswax candles for the dinner table
  • make a gingerbread house
  • pamper yourselves with homemade masks, lotions, foot soaks and pedicures

Let us know if you decide to join in too and have a waste-free activity advent calendar this year. Yay for having fun, finding balance and doing all the things!

~ Lauren. xx

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  1. I love this idea! I'm going to pass it along to my daughter to do with her kids. So good to see you on the blog again. I'm excited to hear about your book! Merry Christmas!

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Sophisticated technology, sustainable means key to prevent Pakistan’s agri growth

Agriculture and food security in Pakistan highly vulnerable to climate change impact
Edible imported oil and fuel oil are threat to food security

Pakistan needs sustainable means to grow food and adopt technological innovations and must create awareness and understanding of agriculture technologies. Sophisticated technology has a strategic role in the future of agriculture sector in Pakistan. Growing population, climate change, scarcity of water and changing lifestyles continue to pose challenges to food security.

Climate change

The climate change with natural calamities in the country such as unpredictable rainfall patterns, floods and drought, the growth in population and poverty is a menace to the country’s future food security. The climate change had emerged as one of the greatest global challenges. Increasing global temperatures, reduced and inconsistent rainfall patterns and hydro-meteorological disasters such as floods and droughts had increased the vulnerability of Pakistan. Climate influences stress, increasing poverty and population present troubling times in the future.

Water for sustainable food security

Water must be ensured for sustainable food security under climate change and increasing food demand. People living downstream are relying on mountain services such as water for food security and livelihoods. Overall, 1.9 billion people in the

Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH) countries are dependent on mountain ecosystem services.

Agriculture and food security in Pakistan are highly vulnerable to climate change impact due to higher dependence on vulnerable natural resources such as water. The Indus River is highly dependent on glacial sources for water. The Indus River has the highest reliance on glacial water in the entire HKH region with many areas getting over 60 percent of their irrigation water supply from glacial melt.

In pre-monsoon period, the melt water contribution is most critical for the agriculture sector. Some regions of Indus Basin that depend on melt-water also have depleting groundwater reservoirs which makes them highly sensitive to future climate shocks.

The climate change-induced changes in glacier melting have serious implications for food production in the plain areas of Pakistan. The higher temperatures could effectively melt Pakistan’s water stores.

The rate of melting, the timing of melting is important for key crops such as wheat, rice and cotton. Pakistan is a water-stressed country. It is difficult to achieve food security.

The Mangla Dam and other associated water infrastructure were constructed, and a massive land-clearing and reclamation effort was undertaken.

The area under cultivation saw an increase. There was increase in the yields through large-scale utilization of modern inputs like urea fertilizer.

Dwindling water resources, further expansion is not possible. Soil fertility is worsening; increasing yields is also becoming a growing challenge.

The pressure to grow more nutritious food per unit of land is growing at an accelerating rate, putting unprecedented stress on future food security.

Pakistan dependent on edible oil imports’

Lack of policy support and research as well as low acreage keep Pakistan dependent on edible oil import. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), in a latest report, said the country’s dependence on imported edible oil continues nonstop due to lack of any advances in domestic oilseed crop cultivation.

Oilseed crops, such as sunflower, have failed to take hold on a large-scale due to farming issues such as overlapping of the sowing period with that of major crops such as wheat and cotton. The technological handicap, lack of research orientation and absence of any policy support are other major impediments to import substitution.

Import of soybean surged 76.2 percent to $102.16 million in the first half of the current fiscal year of 2017-18. Palm oil import increased 23 percent to $1.04 billion during the same period. In quantity terms too, soybean import rose almost two-fold to 114,234 tons, while import of palm oil surged 17 percent to 1.42 million tons in the July-December 2017-18.

Edible oil imports accounted for 35 percent of food import bill of $3.24 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Pakistan produced 533,525 tons of vegetable ghee and 157,276 tons of cooking oil in the July-November period of fiscal year 2018.

The country’s annual edible oil/fats consumption is around 3.9 million tons. Local edible oil manufacturers said around 30 percent of edible oil import bill comprises of duties, which the SBP said is not promoting availability of import substitution.

Reliance on import duties, while failing to reform the real sector, only adds to the burden on the consumers, who face an inelastic demand.

Pakistan heavily dependent on fuel oil

Pakistan’s economy will most likely be faced with tougher challenges in the second half of the current fiscal year as it remains heavily dependent on imported fuel oil whose prices are steadily on the rise. Import bill will be significantly higher than the first half (of current fiscal year 2017-18).

The continuous surge in oil prices in world markets due to pick-up in demand and weakening of the US dollar against major world currencies under the global currency war has forced authorities in Pakistan to pass on the burden to the consumers.

This is expected to have an effect on the entire economy by inducing cost-push inflation. This will have the impact on the food security of our country also.

It would also make transportation of commodities and their prices expensive, fuel inflationary pressure and prompt the SBP to further increase the benchmark interest rate.

Consequently the upturn in international oil prices and the country’s surging import bill would also widen the current account deficit. It will press authorities to take additional measures to bolster exports and inward remittances and cut imports.

Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves will continue to reduce quickly in the short run. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the petroleum import bill surged 33.42 percent to $6.67 billion in the first half (July-December 2017) compared to $5 billion in the same half of previous year.

Similarly, the current account deficit increased 59 percent to $7.41 billion in the first half against $4.66 billion in the corresponding period of previous year, according to the central bank.

Rebalancing of oil demand and supply in world markets may push the current account deficit up by around $100 million per month.

The oil import bill would have been higher had the country not started importing cheaper liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has led to increased production of electricity at cheaper prices.

This would somewhat offset the inflationary pressure in the economy. Higher oil prices will make imports expensive and will definitely be a significant challenge. The government needs to reintroduce corrective measures like an incentive package to boost exports, impose regulatory duty on imports and let the rupee depreciate against the US dollar and other major currencies. Both the monetary authorities and fiscal authorities have to move in tandem to manage the associated risks.

Tea imports grew 11 percent year- on -year, touching $333.9 million and import of other food items increased 17 percent year-on-year, touching $1.5 billion. Milk product imports also grew 9.9 percent year-year- year, touching $152.3 million.

Soyabean oil import went up 82 percent, touching $105.7 million. Spices imports grew 22.5 percent year-on-year to $93 million. Sugar imports registered 4.9 percent increase year-on year, touching $0.34 million.

Pulses imports declined 35.7 percent, year-on-year to $315.4 million because of improved yield locally. Dry fruit imports declined 8.5 percent year on year, touching $91.3 million due to imposition of regulatory duties on several types of dry fruits.

The Pakistan Customs banned the import of food and fruit items from Afghanistan and stopped the loaded trucks on Torkham border. The customs officials have put forward seven conditions for importing fresh and dry fruits, cooking oil and ghee from Afghanistan.

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Paralympics New Zealand is honoured to have Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand as the organisation's Patron. She accepted the role in November 2016.

The next few years will continue to be a period of great change and development for Para sport in New Zealand and it was hugely encouraging to have Her Excellency's appointment as Patron of Paralympics New Zealand confirmed.

Her Excellency's first official event with Paralympics New Zealand was the Farewell event for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Team that Her Excellency and His Excellency kindly hosted at Government House, Auckland on 8 November. The evening began with a key note speech from Dame Patsy, she spoke from the heart about the courage and determination of Para athletes and commended them for contributing to positively changing community perceptions of disability in New Zealand.

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Fungal Toenails and Laser Treatment

When you look down at your toenails, it’s reasonable to expect to see clear, healthy nail tissue. If you are seeing darkened, discolored, or distorted nails instead, you likely have a fungal infection. We know the thought of having a fungus on your body might make you cringe, but it’s important to know the condition can be treated. Dr. Patel has years of training and experience in quickly and safely eliminating the offensive fungus for patients, and he can help you.

Educating yourself on this condition is your first step in being able to know when to call Family Foot Care & Surgery and schedule your appointment for fungal toenail treatment – including our highly-effective laser therapy!

Fungal Infections and Your Feet

In the event you have toenail fungus, don’t blame yourself! This is not an indication of poor hygiene. Instead, it’s a fairly common condition caused by microscopic organisms. There are certain measures you can take to prevent fungal nail infections—and we’ll discuss these shortly—but you might not have known about them, and that’s not your fault.

How to treat that annoying nail fungus with laser treatment

There are a couple of reasons why this condition is common. First, there are countless fungal spores throughout the world. Second, these spores are incredibly tiny, which means it only takes a minuscule cut or abrasion for them to enter your body. And third, these fungi are often found in areas where people normally walk around barefoot. All of these combine to create many situations where it’s rather easy to contract a fungal infection.

Much like with athlete's foot—another common infection—the fungus responsible for your discolored nails thrives in warm, damp environments. Those conditions can be found in both a foot encased with a sock and shoe (especially if they are made from non-breathable materials) and the locker room or swimming pool deck where you might have picked up the fungus in the first place. Locker room floors, indoor pool decks, and communal showering areas are all high-risk locations for picking up a fungal infection.

When the offensive microorganisms are trapped under your nails, they damage the toenail tissue. This leads to the ragged, thickened, and discolored appearance, along with brittleness. In more severe cases, there may also be a foul smell as well.

Fungal toenails might seem like a fairly cosmetic concern, but they cause embarrassment and can put individuals with comprised immune systems—like those who live with diabetes—at risk for serious complications. Additionally, this condition does not go away on its own, so effective treatment is needed.

Fungal Toenail Treatment

Traditionally, there had only been two courses of treatment – oral and topical medication. Each had its respective pros and cons. With oral medication, the antifungal agents were delivered via the bloodstream and could tackle the infection residing under the nail tissue. The downside to this approach, though, was the side effects patients sometimes experienced. Topical medication didn’t have the same side effects and worked well on the surface, but was unable to reach the fungi below infected toenails.

Fortunately, technological advances have given us a third, better option – laser therapy. Dr. Patel can use an FDA-approved laser to restore your infected nails back to health. Laser treatment for fungal nails uses concentrated laser light beams to specifically target the offensive fungus, while causing no damage at all to your normal tissue.

Fungal nail laser treatment does not have any unwanted side effects and can reach the microscopic fungal spores residing underneath your toenails. This is painless, quick, and safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration—the federal agency responsible for ensuring food, medication, and medical equipment safety—has approved the use of lasers for treating toenail fungus.

When you come in for laser treatment, the session takes less than half an hour. Once Dr. Patel is done, there are no restrictions on what you can or cannot do, so you can go ahead and do any activity you had planned for your day.

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Homelessness Resource Guides for Eurobodalla NSW

Eurobodalla Shire is a local government area located in the South Coast region of NSW, Australia.
The Shire is located in a largely mountainous coastal region and situated adjacent to the Tasman Sea, the Princes Highway and the Kings Highway.

The shire chambers are located in the town of Moruya in the central part of the Shire. Other major towns within the shire include Batemans Bay and Narooma. Smaller towns and hamlets include Durras, Nelligen, Mogo, Malua Bay, Tomakin, Broulee, Mossy Point, Rosedale, Bodalla, Potato Point, Nerrigundah, Mystery Bay, Central Tilba, and Wallaga Lake Koori Village.

The Eurobodalla Shire was originally the home of the South Coast Bugelli-Manji and Yuin Aboriginal peoples.  The Council signed a Commitment to Indigenous Australians and a Local Agreement with the Aboriginal Community.

We are working with other partners to provide reliable resources to help those who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless throughout South-Eastern NSW.

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Please click on the link here to read and download the full Eurobodalla path2home Homelessness Resource

Please also browse and download our FREE Homelessness Resource Guide mobile phone App here.

For further information please contact us at Southern Cross Community Housing, or Tel 02 4421 5145.

Emergency Contact Numbers

Batemans Bay 02 4472 0099
Narooma 02 4476 2044
Moruya 02 4474 2444

Batemans Bay Hospital 02 4475 1500
Moruya 02 4474 2666

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Lifeline 131 114
Suicide Prevention Line 1300 659 467
Kids / Youth Helpline 1800 551 800
Domestic Violence Helpline 1800 656 463
Link2Home 1800 152 152
Parent Line 1300 130 052
Victims Support Line 1800 633 063
Life Goes On 1300 364 673
Alcohol & Drug Information Service 1800 422 599
Crisis Pregnancy Counselling 1300 737 732
Gambling Help 1800 858 858
Cannabis Information & Helpline (2-11pm) 1800 304 050
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TRAILS TO ETHNIC HAMLETS – DA05

Exploring untouched attractions with scenic mountain views, valleys, streams, rivers and ethnic culture.

Brief itinerary:

Take a short transfer to a village west of Da Nang. Following country roads, bike south-west on flat terrain through the countryside. This ride offers a picture of Vietnam’s typical countryside with rice fields, meandering rivers, lush villages, farms, etc.

Then start hilly ride toward a Ka Tu Ethnic minority village, passing spectacular mountain views, crooked passes, forests, rock streams and hill-tribe hamlets. Dismounting, you will visit with locals and enjoy their daily activities through interaction and exploration, especially the visit to Ka Tu Village brings about a great picture of Vietnam’s untouched attractions with colorful ethnic culture and warm hospitality.

The ride is easy but what you will see is unique and untouched by tourism.

  Depart from Danang
  End in Danang
  Best starting time 8:00 am
  Duration 6 hours
  Biking distance Approx. 30 Km
  Grade Leisurely with short hills
  Activities Biking, sightseeing
  Refreshment Mineral water
  What to Bring? Sunscreen, camera, sport shoes.
  What is included? Transfer to and from cycling site, English speaking guide, support van, helmet, high quality mountain bike, first aid kit, coffee break and lunch.

  Group sizes 1pax 2pax 3pax 4-5pax 6-7pax
  USD/pax 149 84 79 79 67 65


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This weekend we shook up our bike touring adventures with something new, bike camping with KidicalMassPDX! Andy, one of the organizers for the bike camping trip invited us along to join in the fun. Though Laura and I don’t have any kids of our own, we are very supportive of family biking and especially bike camping! We met at Woodstock Park in SE Portland which appropriately had a playground at the start. In total there was about a dozen families, 22 bikes and 16 kids in attendance! The bikes ran the gamut from regular bikes with trailers, to a Surly Big Dummy, a Kona Ute, a custom Bilenky longtail, a Bilenky coupled tandem and even a pair of Bromptons specially outfitted with a child’s seat. It was quite the sight to behold! Sometimes its easy to take all this bikey fun for granted living in Portland, but we definitely recognized how special this event was.

Our end destination was Dodge Park (GPS route), formerly a day use only site along the confluence of the Sandy and Bull Run river that has been recently re-opened to camping. The distance from the meeting point to the campground was about 22 miles, far longer than the usual KidicalMass rides. About half the ride was on off-road paths a significant portion would be on small country roads. This sort of riding is usually beyond the ken of Kidical Mass, but the route was well chosen and generally managed to avoid busy roads and steep hills. Another great feature about the route was that it was essentially a door-to-door route without the need to take any transit. This has been a big deterrence for many would-be family bike campers with cargo bikes who can’t easily take light rail past the suburbs of Portland. As enlightened as Portland can be with some things transit oriented, the MAX rail system isn’t really all that great with bikes. If you have a regular bike you have to lift it up and put it on a hook and there is a general ban on trailers, tandems and cargo bikes. This route, however, cut all that needless worry and hassle of negotiating with grumpy passengers and Trimet operators.

A large part of the first 10 miles was on the Springwater Trail which made for relaxed riding and getting to meet some of the families. Filtering back and forth and taking photos, I learned that for quite a few of the families it was their first ever bike camping trip with kids. What made it appealing to newbie families was being part of a great supportive group of other families and of course, new playmates. The ride pace was family friendly with plenty of restroom breaks and even a berry picking break along the Springwater.

Once we left the Springwater, there were some small roads with light to moderate traffic to negotiate but it was largely just a pleasant ride through the Oregon countryside. After a gradual climb you descend down to river level beneath a canopy of trees and essentially coast to the campground. The campground itself was nice with lots of trees providing shade. There was a new-ish looking covered pavilion building with bathrooms, showers and a small outdoor amphitheater. A short walk from where we pitched our tents were the Sandy and Bull Run rivers with quite a few beach areas for swimming.

At this point, Laura and I snuck away momentarily from the group so I could get a little fishing in. On the first cast I hooked an aggressive small trout that eventually got off. I managed to hook and land another small one about twenty minutes later. No record breakers, but it was good fun to feel the tug of a fish on the line.

By the time we got back to camp, a fire was built and dinner was in full tilt. We enjoyed chatting and meeting some new people and slowly the kids pealed away and went to bed. Some “grownups” stayed up a wee bit later and talked until it got dark. The next morning, we all prepared breakfast and lingered a bit. There was a scheduled break for the kids to head down to the river before pedaling off. After everyone was packed up and on their bikes I took a group photo and we pushed off to tackle “the hill.” The nice long descent at the end of the day yesterday was to be the first climb this morning. It was a little slow going, but with some patience and sweat everyone made it up to the regrouping spot at the top of the hill.

It was there that we peeled off and said our goodbyes to the rest of the group. It was a fun weekend and it was great to share the experience with some families new to bike camping. After the success of this trip, I have a feeling it won’t be the last trip KidicalMassPDX will organize!

(Keep our adventures going and the site growing! If you’ve enjoyed our stories, videos and photos over the years, consider buying our ebook Panniers and Peanut Butter, or some of the fun bike-themed t-shirts we’re designing, or buying your gear through our Amazon store.)


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While doing interviews for our new bicycle tourism podcast, a few interesting themes have emerged. Many of them we have come to understand through intuition, but now have confirmation from some primary sources.

1. Small Towns Can Benefit Most

Small towns (we are defining “small” as towns with a population of less than 5,000) will generally notice the benefits of bicycle tourism most. Not that bicycle tourism can’t benefit larger destinations and metro areas, but the size of the bike event or amount of bicycle traffic has to be exponentially larger to move the needle. There is just a larger signal to noise ratio once populations get larger. Coincidentally, small towns and destinations are what cyclists seek out because of the general lack of traffic and unique character.

2. Small Towns Innovate

Because small towns can benefit the most, it is also where we have seen the most innovation in terms of bicycle hospitality. The Bike Camp in Twin Bridges, MT is a great example, as is the Spoke’n Hostel in Mitchell, OR. We recently heard of a KOA franchise in Butte, MT that is creating bike specific accommodations as well as opening an account with QBP to provide bike tools and bags. With very little resources, small towns are creating unique experiences for traveling cyclists.

3. Friendly Feedback Loop

Because of the innovation and unexpected nature of small town bike hospitality, cyclists spread the word virally. We have seen this in the case of Spoken Hostel, where cyclists will come in having heard of the place several states and weeks away. I think two things are at play: cyclists as a tribe spread information quickly throughout the community (forums, road encounters, Instagram); and the nature of being surprised at cycling hospitality makes that experiences that much more powerful. There is a great episode of the Hidden Brain podcast (episode: Decided Already!), that talks about how uncertainty creates a sense of heightened experience. I think that is why something like Bike Camp can appear as nothing more than a gazebo to the residents of Twin Bridges, MT, but has become a bicycling destination for traveling cyclists.

4. Bandwidth and Budget Are Barriers

Probably the harshest truth is that small towns have bandwidth and budget barriers. People have to wear multiple hats in small towns and many are stretched thin. And in cases where there might be a strong champion of cycling, that person may lose interest or move away. Since many people in small towns may not ride a bike there is also a knowledge gap of the market and what other destinations have executed. Budget issues are true everywhere, but are particularly more acute in small towns. There just isn’t a whole lot of money to go around and to peg a town’s hope on a strange niche is a big risk for most places.

We Want to Help
After seeing these issues for the last five years since we’ve focused on bicycle tourism, we are trying to do something about it. We’ve just launched an online workshop where we can share our knowledge with small towns interested in bicycle tourism. Our goal is to work collaboratively with small town CVBs and regional DMOs to give them a jumpstart in the process. Even then, we know it may not be accessible to everyone, but we are hoping that for those destinations that work with us we can set them up for future success.


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Monday Music at Main – Main Library

Celebrate "Showtime at Your Library" with a musical performance at the Main Library! We have a variety of very talented musicians coming to the library this summer! A portion of CD sales support the Friends of Peoria Public Library.

June 3: Roundstone Buskers

Named for Roundstone, Ireland, the hometown of the great bodhran maker Malachy Kearns, The Buskers are an acoustic power trio claiming traditional and contemporary Celtic as part of their sound. They have been called "cheeky", "punxy" and "on point" and they are fine with that. They all sing, they all play, but most importantly they all listen.

June 17: Flatland Harmony Experiment

Flatland Harmony Experiment is a high octane vocally driven string band from Indianapolis. The group trades lead vocal and lead instrumental responsibilities through a large and diverse original musical pallet. The instrumental mix of mandolin, banjo, guitar and upright bass allows ample space for musical experimentation and expression.

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Monday, March 30, 2015

3x6 Series: Domed Box

Welcome to my 3x6 Series! Every day this week all the way through to next Monday, I'll be bringing you a tiny project using a piece of designer series paper measuring 3x6 inches. You can slice up a piece of 12x12 DSP into eight pieces of 3x6, so I am bringing you eight tutorials. I've recently changed my upload and blog post times to 11:30am, so be sure to check back daily for new tutorials!

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- Designer Series Papaer: 3" x 6"
- Score on 6" side at: 3/4, 2 7/8, 3 5/8, 5 3/4
- Score on 3" side at: 3/4, 2 5/8

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The digital revolution is transforming Britain and the arts. Technology is changing our lives there’s mobile apps, tablets, touch screens even contactless payments. So how do we ensure that disabled people are not left even further behind in the digital world? Disability Meets Digital is part of Future Everything Summit of Ideas and Digital Intervention on 21st March 2013 in Manchester. Whether you use digital technology in exhibitions, performances,...
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Yesterday the BBC responded fully to Samatha’s blog complaint about her visit to the Dr Who Experience in April 2011. Their email* (cc’d to Pesky People by the BBC and printed here with their full agreement) unreservedly takes on her complaints and they will address them fully including offering Samantha a return visit as their guest and a full refund for her and her party (of 7). It is a fantastic result for Samantha and will not only...
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Call for Evidence – Protecting the right of Disabled People to independent living

The Joint Committee of Human Rights on 11 February 2011 announced an inquiry into the the implementation of the right to independent living for disabled people, as guaranteed by Article 19, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There is a call for Evidence and they invite people to submit evidence on this issue and would welcome written submissions by Friday 29th April 2011. Further information about the Committee’s inquiry...
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I read an article today on wine, alcohol and supply chain and rolled my eyes.
Things like "…that solution is blockchain…Big companies like Walmart and large grocery stores are already using blockchain to manage supply chain management especially when it comes to food. "

No, no they really aren't. Most of these big companies are actually full of it. They were full of it in the early big data and hadoop days.  They are full of it with the AI and machine learning and data science marketing pitches.  And they are definitely full of it when it comes to blockchain. Many do test.  Many don't have the time, resources or care.  And many don't even like new potentially disruptive Technologies.  Ever.

Decentralized blockchain?  Yeah Wal-Mart and Amazon and the big banks are all for that.  Not.  They are more for testing private permissioned centralized blockchains. And really there is some need for a system that doesn't give all the transaction information to the world. Transportation and logistics and suppliers have tons of deals and contracts.

Maybe in due time things will change, but Wal-Mart isn't showing the world how cheap or how difficult it is to negotiate with them.  Or worse , for the vendors, partners and Distributors, killing their price points and value.

So when people on medium or other social media platforms start writing how it's all changing, maybe they should dig a little deep and provide actually facts and evidence of this.

In theory these things are great, in reality the Wal-Mart's of the world aren't going to productionize a public decentralized etherium based blockchain system.  In fact Wal-Mart partnered with IBM and made two patents for some kind of "blockchain".

We know Wal-Mart tried to build their own payment system before and it sucked.  They tried to build their own Netflix at one point too.   Now it seems they want another logistics like payment system and a blockchain that will act like a database.

  It doesn't solve any problem though. If Wal-Mart controls the Walmart blockchain system, that defeats the entire purpose of a decentralized immutable ledger. And why would any one trust Wal-Mart or IBM?

All we see are many of these big firms jumping on the bandwagon and trying to create another version of a centralized controlled system. And patent it no less, so it's not even open source.  But the clickbait articles jump on this nonsense.

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Monday, February 24th, 2014

Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar
Transport Properties of Strongly Coupled Plasmas
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: 2241 Chamberlin
Speaker: Scott Baalrud, University of Iowa
Host: Cary Forest
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Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar
Valleytronics in Silicon: the Principles and the Practice
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Chamberlin 5310
Speaker: Andre Saraiva, University of Wisconsin
Abstract: Alternative schemes for information processing are being pursued by the industry. Spintronics - the most prominent candidate for alternative electronics - explores an internal degree of freedom of electrons, namely the spin, in order to encode information. Recent advances in the manipulation of the valley degree of freedom[1] of certain semiconductors are opening the possibility for a third option: Valleytronics. But in order to achieve useful control of valley, large enough valley-orbit induced valley splitting (VS) must be achieved.

We will present three ways to control valleys on a scale higher than 1 meV:

a) in a quantum well, the adoption of a barrier constituted of a layered heterostructure might lead to constructive reflection if the layer thicknesses match the electron wavelength, in analogy with a Bragg mirror [2];

b) the disparity between the high valley splitting in a impurity donor potential and the low splitting in a Si/Insulator interface may be harnessed controlling the tunneling between these two states, so that the valley splitting may be controlled digitally [3];

c) intrinsic Tamm/Shockley interface states might strongly hybridize with conduction states, leading to a much enhanced valley splitting[4,5], and its contribution to the 2DEG ground state may be experimentally identified [6].

1. D. Culcer, A. L. Saraiva, Belita Koiller, Xuedong Hu, and S. Das Sarma, PRL *108*, 126804 (2012).
2. L. Zhang, J.-W. Luo, A Saraiva, Belita Koiller, Alex Zunger, Nature Comm. *4*, 2396 (2013)
3. A. Baena, A. L. Saraiva, Belita Koiller, and M. J. CalderA3n, PRB 86, 035317 (2012).
4. K. Takashina, Y. Ono, A. Fujiwara, Y. Takahashi and Y. Hirayama, *PRL* *96, *236801 (2006).
5. A. Saraiva, Belita Koiller and M. Friesen, Phys. Rev. B *82*, 245314 (2010).
6. A. Dusko, A. Saraiva and Belita Koiller, arXiv:1310.6878 (2013).
Host: Perkins
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Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
Roving the Red Planet: A field geologist explores gale crater on Mars
Time: 12:05 pm
Place: 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Speaker: Rebecca Williams, Planetary Science Institute
Abstract: On August 5, 2012, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity landed in northwest Gale Crater. With the most sophisticated suite of scientific instruments ever employed to investigate the Martian surface housed within a mini-Cooper-sized rover, Curiosity has been assessing the character of the ancient environments based on examination of clues contained within rocks. In this presentation, Williams will discuss why Gale Crater was selected as the landing site, the ingenious 'sky-crane' landing system developed for this mission, how the science team participates in daily operations from their home institutions, and science results after one year of surface activities.
Host: Clint Sprott
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Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

Department Meeting
Time: 12:15 pm
Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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Thursday, February 27th, 2014

R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
Topological phases, Majorana fermions and disorder in superconductors
Time: 10:00 am
Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Smitha Vishveshwara , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract: In the hunt for Majorana particles, originally proposed in the context of particle physics, recent explorations have led to exciting prospects in superconducting wires, including potential experimental detection. Here, an introduction to topological properties of superconductors that result in Majorana modes will first be presented. It will then be argued that superconducting wires subject to various potential landscapes can exhibit rich topological behavior. As an example, it will be shown that the presence of quasiperiodic potentials can give rise to beautiful phase diagrams that mimic complex Hofstadter butterfly patterns. Finally, connections to localization physics will be made in the context of disordered topological superconductors.
Host: Perkins
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Atomic Physics Seminar
Coherent control of strongly interacting Rydberg gases in thermal vapor cells
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Prof. Tilman Pfau, University of Stuttgart
Abstract: Rydberg atoms are of great interest due to their prospects in quantum information processing. Coherent control of the strong Rydberg-Rydberg interaction allows for the realization of quantum operations and devices such as quantum gates and single-photon sources. To date, impressive experimental progress has been limited to the ultracold domain [1]. Being able to exploit this interaction in a coherent manner in thermal vapor would eliminate the need for cooling and trapping of atoms and thus offer new prospects for applications in terms of integration and scalability.<br>

We present our progress on the coherent control and investigation of Rydberg atoms in small vapor cells. We show that we are able to drive Rabi oscillations on the nanosecond timescale to a Rydberg state by using a pulsed laser excitation and are therefore faster than the coherence time limitation given by the Doppler width [2].<br>

A systematic investigation of the dephasing of these oscillations for different atomic densities and Rydberg S-states (n = 22-40) reveals a clear signature for Rydberg-Rydberg interaction which is the basis for quantum devices based on the Rydberg blockade. Due to the high excitation bandwidth we are probing interaction level shifts up to a few GHz which correspond to very small interatomic distances (&lt; 1μm). Despite the complicated level structure for Rydberg molecular states at these distances we find that the scaling with principle quantum number is still consistent with van der Waals type interaction. The strength of the interaction exceeds the energy scale of thermal motion (i.e. the Doppler broadening) and therefore enables strong quantum correlations above room temperature [3].<br>

Furthermore we present our latest results on the combination of the pulsed Rydberg excitation with a four-wave-mixing scheme [4] and our progress towards the creation of non-classical light. <br>

[1] M. Saffman et al., RMP 82, 2313 (2010) and references therein <br>

[2] B. Huber et al., PRL 107, 243001 (2011) <br>

[3] T. Baluktsian et al., PRL 110, 123001 (2013)<br>

[4] M. Saffman and T. G. Walker, Phys. Rev. A 66, 065403 (2002), M. M. Müller, et al. Phys. Rev. A 87, 053412 (2013)<br>

Host: Saffman
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Astronomy Colloquium
"Scaling Computational Astrophysics"
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
Speaker: Matthew Turk, Columbia University
Abstract: The term "Big Data" means different things to different people; often it's used to describe unstructured or semi-structured records, or fast-moving data that has to be processed quickly to be of any use, or just a huge volume of data that stretches the limits of many computing systems. In this talk, I will present how simulation and analysis have attempted to respond to the challenges of "big data" not as a goal in and of itself, but as a by-product of trying to use increasingly rich simulation data to study complex physical processes.
I will describe new avenues in understanding how the first stars in the universe formed, the simulation platform Enzo ( enables us to study these objects, and where furthering our understanding requires advancing the state of the art in hydrodynamic studies. I will present the analysis and visualization platform yt(, and its aim to provide a lingua franca for astrophysical phenomena, empowering individuals to ask complex and detailed questions of data. Finally, I will discuss the communities that have grown around these platforms, how retaining a focus on self-directed scientific inquiry has allowed collaboration to flourish between researchers, and why collaboration and community is the next great scaling challenge for computational astrophysics.
Host: Prof Richard Townsend
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Friday, February 28th, 2014

Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology)
Pure Gravity Mediation
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Jason Evans, University of Minnesota
Abstract: If low energy supersymmetry is realized in nature, the apparent discovery of a Higgs boson with mass around 125 GeV suggests a supersymmetric mass spectrum in the TeV or multi-TeV range. Multi-TeV scalar masses are a necessary component of supersymmetric models with pure gravity mediation or in any model with strong moduli stabilization. The simplest model of pure gravity mediation contains only two free parameters: the gravitino mass and $tan beta$. Scalar masses are universal at some high energy renormalization scale and gaugino masses are determined through anomalies and depend on the gravitino mass and the gauge couplings. This theory requires a relatively large graviton mass (m_{3/2} gtrsim 300 TeV) and a limited range in tan beta simeq 1.7--2.5. By allowing for non-unversalities in the Higgs soft masses, the allowed range in tan beta is greatly increased which then permits smallers values of m_{3/2} and makes detection of the gluino at the LHC possible. Furthermore, if one adopts a no-scale or partial no-scale structure for the K"ahler manifold, sfermion masses may vanish at the tree level. It is usually assumed that the leading order anomaly mediated contribution to scalar masses appears at 2-loops. However, there are at least two possible sources for 1-loop scalar masses. These may arise if Pauli-Villars fields are introduced as messengers of supersymmetry breaking. We consider the consequences of a spectrum in which the scalar masses associated with the third generation are heavy (order $m_{3/2}$) with 1-loop scalar masses for the first two generations. A similar spectrum is expected to arise in GUT models based on $E_7/SO(10)$ where the first two generations of scalars act as pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons. Explicit breaking of this symmetry by the gauge couplings then generates one-loop masses for the first two generations. In particular, we show that it may be possible to reconcile the $g_mu - 2$ discrepancy with potentially observable scalars and gauginos at the LHC.
Host: Jordi SalvadÃ³ Serra
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Physics Department Colloquium
A single Rydberg electron in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Speaker: Prof. Tilman Pfau, University of Stuttgart
Abstract: Electrons attract polarizable atoms via a 1/r^4 potential. For slow electrons the scattering from that potential is purely s-wave and can be described by a Fermi pseudopotential. To study this interaction Rydberg electrons are well suited as they are slow and trapped by the charged nucleus. In the environment of a high pressure discharge Amaldi and Segre, already in 1934 observed a lineshift proportional to the scattering length [1], which was first introduced to explain their findings.
At ultracold temperatures and Rydberg states with medium size principle quantum numbers n, one or two ground state atoms can be trapped in the meanfield potential created by the Rydberg electron, leading to so called ultra-long range Rydberg molecules [2]. These molecules can show a linear Stark effect corresponding to a permanent dipole moment [3], which if seen from a standpoint of traditional molecular physics is surprising.
At higher Rydberg states the spatial extent of the Rydberg electron orbit is increasing. For principal quantum numbers n in the range of 100-200 and typical BEC densities, up to several ten thousand ground state atoms are located inside one Rydberg atom, leading again to a density dependent energy shift of the Rydberg state. This allows, together with the strong van-der-Waals blockade, to excite only one single Rydberg atom in a condensate. We excite a Rydberg electron with n upto 202 in the BEC, the size of which becomes comparable to the size of the BEC. We study their life time in the BEC and the coupling between the electron and phonons in the BEC [3]. So the single electron that we prepare in a quantum gas allows nicely to study the transition from two- to few- to many-body interaction.
As an outlook, the trapping of a full condensate inside a Rydberg atom of high principal quantum number and the imaging of the Rydberg electron's wavefunction by its impact onto the surrounding ultracold cloud seem to be within reach.

[1] E. Amaldi and E. Segre, Nature 133, 141 (1934)

[2] C. H. Greene, et al. PRL. 85, 2458 (2000); V. Bendkowsky et al., Nature 458, 1005 (2009)
[3] W. Li, et al., Science 334, 1110 (2011)
[4] J . B. Balewski, A. T. Krupp, A. Gaj, D. Peter, H. P. Büchler, R. Löw, S. Hofferberth, T. Pfau, Nature 502, 664 (2013)
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EFCC Hunts For Fayose’s Sister Over N200m Abuja Mansion

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is looking for Mrs. Moji Ladeji, the sister of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, over a N200m house located at 44 Osun Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, a highbrow area in the nation’s capital.
According to court documents, the building, which has since been sealed off by the EFCC, was allegedly bought by Fayose from proceeds of corrupt practices but the title documents of the house bear the name of Fayose’s sister, a move the commission claimed was to cover the governor’s track.
Detectives told our correspondent that Ladeji, who is based in the United Kingdom, would
need to explain her role in the alleged scam.
A source in the EFCC stated, “We have been able to establish that the house was bought from the proceeds of corrupt practices. The house was, however, bought in the name of Fayose’s sister. We need to question her to determine her level of involvement.
“We know that she is based in the UK but she comes to Nigeria quite often. We want her to come and tell us her side of the story.”
Fayose had sued the EFCC for freezing his bank account following an allegation that he received N1.219bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser through a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as well as kickbacks from state contractors.
However, in a counter-affidavit, deposed to by Mr. Tosin Owobo on behalf of the EFCC, the agency said Fayose used the N1.219bn as well as alleged kickbacks received from the Ekiti State Government contractors to buy houses in Abuja and Lagos.
The governor allegedly received kickbacks from about four Ekiti State Government contractors – Samchese Nigeria Limited, Tender Branch Concept Nigeria Limited, Hoff Concept Limited and Calibre Consulting Limited.
However, instead of receiving cash, the governor allegedly instructed the companies to buy houses for him in Lagos and Abuja.
The houses located on Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, are said to be worth about N1.1bn.
According to the EFCC, the houses were bought in the name of J. J. Technical, a company owned by Fayose and his wife, Feyisetan.
According to the EFCC, the houses in Abuja were bought with different names.
While the N200m house, located at 44 Osun Crescent, Abuja, was allegedly bought in the name of Fayose’s sister, another property, located on 32 Yedseram Street, Maitama, worth N270m, was bought in the name of a company.
The affidavit reads in part, “The applicant (Fayose) also used the name of one Mrs. Moji Ladeji (the applicant’s sister) to acquire a property situated at 44 Osun Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, from the proceeds of the alleged offences of receiving gratification and kickbacks.

“Apart from fraudulently retaining the sum of N1,219,490,000.00, being part of the N4,745,000,000.00, stolen from the treasury of the Federal Government through the Office of the National Security Adviser, the applicant (Fayose) has also received gratification in form of kickbacks from various contractors with the Ekiti State Government such as Samchese Nigeria Ltd., Tender Branch Concept Nig. Ltd., Hoff Concept Ltd. and Calibre Consulting Limited.”

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