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Our Meetup is a great event for both new friends-to-be and old friends at Frankford Hall (http://frankfordhall.me/). We welcome anyone who is interested in checking out our World of Darkness LARP or talk about new Parlor Larps in development.
For our existing players, this is the perfect time to catch up with your Story Teller for a scene or two, and to politic with other players and their characters.
Check here for more information on Frankford Hall, including NJ public transit directions.
Even if you don't have many character things to do, come hang out! Catch up on game stuff, or make character ties, or ask about trying out a new game. If all else fails, Frankford Hall will have beer, German food, and your favorite LARPer friends! We'd love to have you join us.
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SOLD OUT CAMDEN Halloween Spooktacular Special 29 October
World famous, award winning, Glastonbury Festival performing, family rave sensation BFLF throws the ultimate family event in the wonderful Proud Gallery, Stables Market, Camden. Our North London shows usually sell out in advance so please buy early to avoid disappointment.
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
Live DJ (TBC) spins club classics and BFLF anthemes – and anything else that takes their fancy.
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Aaron Carroll will heave a great sigh when he sees me write about this, but the Center for Studying Health System Change—the group behind the Medicaid physician access data I highlighted on Monday—has just put out a new study on the topic. Peter Cunningham, author of the study, captures the gist of it in this sentence: "Growth in Medicaid enrollment [especially in the South and Mountain West] will greatly outpace growth in the number of primary care physicians willing to treat new Medicaid patients."
The reason why the South and Mountain West will be disproportionately affected is because those states currently have relatively smaller Medicaid programs that will be more dramatically expanded by PPACA, combined with a lower ratio of primary care physicians per capita. "Things are not going to be pretty in those states," said Alwyn Cassil of CSHSC in an interview with Kaiser Health News.
In response to my concerns about how Medicaid's absurdly low reimbursement rates have led physicians to stop participating in the program, some have pointed out that PPACA raises Medicaid reimbursement rates to (declining) Medicare rates in 2013 and 2014. However, in order to maintain the fiction that PPACA is "deficit neutral," the law reverts back to Medicaid's older, lower rates in 2015. Cunningham points out that, as a result, the temporary rate increase is likely to have no effect on physician access:
A limitation of this analysis is that the simulated rate increases assumed a permanent increase in Medicaid reimbursement relative to Medicare, while the rate increases specified in the law are limited to 2013 and 2014. The temporary nature of the rate increase may limit the incentive for more physicians to accept Medicaid patients, in which case the increase in Medicaid PCP supply will be less than shown in this analysis. While the federal government and/or states have the option of extending these increases beyond 2014, budgetary pressures and uncertainty about what shortages will develop when reform is implemented are likely to preclude decisions on extensions.
"If you thought the [temporarily] increased Medicaid reimbursement was going to get a lot more doctors to jump in and be willing to take on new Medicaid patients, it's not going to work that way," notes Cassil.
Furthermore, it's important to remember that Medicaid's problems are not limited to access to primary care. Indeed, a major reason why Medicaid beneficiaries fared so poorly in the UVa surgical outcomes study is that Medicaid patients have poor access to specialists—especially the high-volume surgical specialists who are proven to deliver superior clinical outcomes when compared to generalists.
My critics say that I'm "cynical" because I say that Medicaid's reimbursement rates are too low, and yet oppose spending more money that we don't have. This is a false dichotomy. There are a lot of things we can do to make Medicaid more cost-efficient: starting with converting the program into block grants for the states, and letting states focus on fully funding care for the truly needy.


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Conversion Rate Optimization For Physical Therapist Websites
How is your current conversion rate? If you're not satisfied with your current conversion rate, you'll want to look at conversion rate optimization for your Physical Therapist website. Changing up your Physical Therapy practice marketing strategy in a few key ways could wind up having a big impact. These are a few things you should try out.
Get Feedback From Your Patients
One of the best ways to improve your conversion rate is to talk to your Physical Therapist patients. Ask them to tell you how they found your practice. You'll be able to glean a lot of useful information from their comments.
If you do request feedback from patients, you may want to try some sort of survey. You can simply collect email addresses from your patients and send out a survey to people after their appointment. Not everyone will bother to complete the survey, but you'll still get plenty of information that way.
Take A Closer Look At Your Analytics
A lot of the people that visit your Physical Therapist practice will have found it through your website. You're going to want to see which search terms have been guiding people your way. You can see effective keywords if you browse your analytics.
You won't be able to see all of the search terms that have pointed people your way; many of these keywords are going to be hidden. Still, looking over your analytics will allow you to see which keywords have been effective for you and which ones haven't. This will allow you to alter your strategy and use keywords that will lead to a higher conversion rate.
If you do the same thing over and over again, you can expect that your conversion rate will eventually start to drop in time. However, if you experiment and try out a lot of different things, you'll be able to see which strategies have the highest conversion rate overall. Writing great Physical Therapist content can have a huge impact on conversion rate optimization.
You don't want to stick to the tried-and-true, especially if you want to strengthen your conversion rate. A little bit of experimentation can teach you a lot. You can conduct a number of experiments, then focus on the strategies that give you the best conversion rate.
Focus On The Long-Term for your Physical Therapist Practice
If you focus on the short-term, there are a lot of Physical Therapist marketing strategies that will get people to call your practice and set up an appointment with you. For example, offering a free service is going to attract a lot of attention. However, a lot of these services won't pay off in the long run.
If you're invested in your Physical Therapist practice, you're going to have to think ahead when you're developing strategies. You shouldn't be afraid of trying out strategies that will lead to fast growth, but you should think about how those strategies will play out over time.
Anyone that owns a Physical Therapist practice is going to want to find ways to improve their conversion rate. If you're smart and dedicated, you'll be able to work on conversion rate optimization and get impressive results. Your Physical Therapist practice will be healthier than ever.
Read the next helpful article about patient reviews for Physical Therapist practices.


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Eight women were attacked after being stalked in the "nappy valley" area of Battersea and Clapham, and around the Fulham Road. One victim was seven months pregnant and had a 17-month-old child in a pushchair. Most of the women were strangled from behind with a potentially fatal grip before being forced to the ground. Once down and fighting unconsciousness in front of their screaming children, rings worth up to £50,000 were prised from their fingers.Hmm. Apparently the kit was sold in Hatton Garden, whose famously naive jewellers would never be suspicious of a young black guy wanting to unload ten thousand quids worth of sparklers at a bargain price.
One gang member, 26-year-old Perrie Williams, even applied for an emergency loan to boost his benefit payments in February last year. A month later, he was on holiday in Miami. All the victims were terrified by the attacks and many suffered shocking injuries to their face and bodies. One woman needed reconstructive surgery to her jaw. Today, a jury at Kingston crown court convicted Williams, of Wandsworth Common, and Christopher Byom, 29, of Clapham, of conspiracy to rob. Anton Lord, 33, of Clapham, had earlier pleaded guilty to the same charge. They will be sentenced at a date to be confirmed.
In April 2009, Sandra Pilger was throttled from behind in front of her two-year-old son near the Fulham Road and her wedding and engagement rings worth £18,000 were taken. Elizabeth Proctor was with her 12-week-old son in a pushchair near Clapham Common when she was grabbed around the neck from behind. Nicola Griggs was attacked in front of her seven-year-old child and baby in a pushchair in Battersea, and Emma Enticott was attacked in Battersea with her three young children.Christina Sheehy was robbed of her £8,000 engagement ring in front of her four-year-old son, and Katherine Britton was pregnant when she was beaten to the ground in Clapham. After losing consciousness, she awoke to find her £11,000 engagement and wedding rings missing.
That's a familiar modus operandi of theirs. But at least their victims escaped the fate of Neil Williams and Andrew Owen, killed in the great Garotting Panic of 2007.


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Aims Community College Offers New Cyber Security Specialist Certificate
GREELEY, CO – Aims Community College invites the public to learn about the new Cyber Security Specialist certificate to be offered at the Greeley campus.
Aims' new Cyber Security Specialist certificate is designed to prepare students for entry into the field. Courses will provide a comprehensive overview of network security and knowledge necessary to protect data confidentiality, integrity and availability. Students will learn about threats to computer networks, including vulnerability assessment as well as incident response, disaster recovery and computer forensics. The classes will also help to prepare students to take the CompTIA Security+, Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+) and the Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) certification exams.
Computer Information Systems (CIS) instructor Kenny McDaniel will lead the presentation on cyber security, which is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. Attendees will learn how to apply to Aims, including information on financial aid.
"It is an exciting privilege for me to help create this program and instruct students in these courses," said McDaniel. "With such great demand both nationwide and in Colorado, students have an opportunity to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to begin a career in a high paying field."
About the Aims Computer Information Systems (CIS) Program
The Aims Computer Science program offers training in web development, networking, database administration, and mobile and desktop application development. Students can earn an A.A.S. degree in Computer Information Systems or Web Design and Development or earn a certificate. More information is available at www.aims.edu/academics/cis.
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Aims Community College is one of the most progressive two-year colleges in Colorado. Founded 50 years ago in Greeley, Aims has since established locations in Fort Lupton, Loveland and Windsor. Curriculum now includes 4,000 day, evening, weekend and online courses annually in more than 160 degree and certificate programs. Aims Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Aims Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution. www.aims.edu


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Wilfredo "Bio" Feliciano born April 20, 1966 in New York started his artistic career in the early eighties at the height of the New York City subway graffiti movement. Thirty years later he is considered to be one of the top stylists or letter masters throughout the movement worldwide. Known for his many letter styles, complex and intricate wild styles as well as his explosive use of colors. Bio is known as a true master of New York style painting.
Wilfredo "Bio" Feliciano is also a founding member of the world famous art collective known as Tats Cru "The Mural Kings" originally known as TAT Cru founded by Brim, Mack and Bio in the eighties. Tats Cru continues to be a major force in the advancement of graffiti art both commercially and artistically. Tats Cru's current active members are Hector "Nicer" Nazario, Sotero "Bg183" Ortiz.
Wilfredo "Bio" Feliciano's work has been featured in many publications, movies, music videos and documentaries throughout his career. He has also painted in numerous countries over the past 30 years, invited by different organizations. Bio has collaborated with many of the top graffiti artists in the world from past to present day. He has also lectured at M.I.T. and various universities in the United States. Bio was also part of the Smithsonian Institute's 35th folklore festival in Washington D.C. where Tats Cru was chosen to represent New York City muralists at the festival.
Wilfredo "Bio" Feliciano continues to work and live in New York City.
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text: IBM 5100 Personal Portable ComputerOwner: G. Berg Location: Newburgh, NY A "portable" computer with a tape drive? It's the IBM 5100 Portable Computer, one of the very first personal computers. This particular example has been expanded to 32K and originally cost $14,275 in 1976. The last time I visited the Smithsonian, they had a prototype of the 5100. It had a tape drive that took normal cassette tapes, and a teeny, tiny little screen. The owner adds: The IBM 5100 Portable Computer was IBM's 1st attempt to build a personal computer back in 1974. Weighing in at 50 pounds and costing around $10,000, the IBM 5100 had a built-in tape drive, a small CRT and the capability of running programs in either BASIC or APL (A Programming Language, created by IBM). IBM used its own proprietary circuit modules throughout and did not rely on an Intel microprocessor, unlike the microcomputers that would come out in the following years. Other quasi-portable computers include the Kaypro II, the Osborne 1, and the Commodore Executive 64 (SX-64). Most Recent Comments for the IBM 5100 Personal Portable Computer:No comments yet submitted Click here to view all comments for the IBM 5100 Personal Portable Computer and to leave your own. Send comments to here! (Note the new address. Lots of space to hold photos sent my way.) |


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FHA Faces $13.5B Fiscal '12 Deficit, Audit Says
The Federal Housing Administration faced a deficit of $13.5 billion for the fiscal year ending in September, according to an audit released late Thursday.
The report says the FHA will not have the capital resources available to handle the estimated losses on the roughly $1.1 trillion in mortgage debt that it backstops. In total, the FHA has $25.6 billion in resources, but is forecast to see future cash flows of negative $39.1 billion, creating the deficit. Analysts have said the FHA could require a bailout from taxpayers in order to bridge the gap.
Click here to read the full report.
The FHA doesn't actually make loans, but instead guarantees loans lenders make. During the financial crisis and collapse of the housing market, banks became wary of making loans because of concerns about high default rates and plunging prices. Government agencies such as the FHA have been important in buoying the market since the backstops they provide give lenders an additional incentive to make mortgages.
The housing market showed tepid signs of recovery in recent months. Indeed, the closely-watched S&P/Case Shiller report showed home values in 20 major metropolitan areas advancing 2% in August from the year before. Meanwhile, sales of existing U.S. homes soared 11% in September from the same month in 2011, according to a separate report from the National Association of Realtors.
The report highlights the fragility of the advances made in the beleaguered market, however. Under the baseline assumptions, the audit performed by Integrated Financial Engineering expects the FHA to have a deficit of $2.6 billion in fiscal 2013 and then rebound to a surplus of $4.2 billion the following year.
The decision about whether the FHA will receive additional funding is expected next February, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. According to that report, the Treasury Department, as opposed to Congress, will make the decision because of the FHA's status as a "permanent and indefinite" budget authority.


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Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux - LIMOS
1 rue de la Chebarde
63178 Aubière Cedex - France
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I am an Associate Professor (maître de conférences) at Université Clermont Auvergne, and part of the thème G4, Axe MAAD of LIMOS (UMR 6158). I recently started a common project (ACTIVmap) with IGN on tactile maps for visually impaired people.
I defended my PhD thesis on October 22nd, 2009 at LIMOS (Clermont-Ferrand, France) with Vincent Barra. The subject of my PhD was "Tools for tiling surfaces". See also the illustrations page. I spent one year as post-doctoral research associate at the IMATI - CNR (Genova, Italy). I was recruted in September 2010 as maître de conférences at the Université d'Auvergne, and my first assignment was at the ISIT (UMR 6284 UdA – CNRS).
Research interests
- Keywords: unfolding, cutting, tilling, topology, geometry, expert knowledge modelization.
- Applicative contexts: medical imaging, computer graphics, 3D printing, visual impaired people, geomatic.
During my PhD thesis thesis in 2006-2009, I focused on questions of cutting and tiling surfaces, integrating topological, geometrical and combinatorial constraints on the tiles. During these years, I designed algorithms using edge-based paths. I explored various applications, from medical imaging to computer graphics.
During my post-doc, I worked with the IMATI members on tiling/segmentation methods on surfaces, mainly using scalar functions and algorithms using piecewise-linear paths. I was also interested on working with semantic descriptors and/or expert knowledge to work on automatic labelling and/or classification.
Since September 2011, I am associate professor at ISIT. I joint first the ALCoV team, and I was focusing my work on medical imaging contexts, especially on pre-operative images like MRI, with the aim to extract surfaces from the voxel description, integrating expert knowledge, topological and geometrical constraints.
I am now of the thème DSI, Axe MAAD of LIMOS (UMR 6158), working on geometry processing, and I am working on the generation of tactile maps for visually impaired people.
Recent publications
- T. Dietenbeck, F. Torkhani, A. Othmani, M. Attene, Favreau J.-M. Multi-layer Ontologies for Integrated 3D Shape Segmentation and Annotation. In Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Management. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. (2016). bibtex
- T. Dietenbeck, A. Othmani, M. Attene, Favreau J.-M. A Framework for Mesh Segmentation and Annotation using Ontologies. In Extraction et gestion des connaissances (EGC'2015), Actes, 27 au 30 janvier 2015, Luxembourg. (2015). bibtex
- Alice Ahlem Othmani, Cansen Jiang, Nicolas Lomenie, Jean-Marie Favreau, Alexandre Piboule, Lew FC Lew Yan Voon A novel Computer-Aided Tree Species Identification method based on Burst Wind Segmentation of 3D bark textures. Machine Vision and Applications pp. 1–16. Springer. (2015). bibtex
See all my publications, or grouped by topic.
Popular science
I was radio presenter in a french radio show named science alors !, and I made a couple of columns about mathematics (in french).
I'm currently producing a serie of three creative sound radio shows (Interface, in french) about technical practice in a research activity.
I'm one of the speakers at the Clermont'ech API hours:
Tools for research
I've created a small tool to facilitate search in scientific articles, with a common search form for multiple search engines: http://jmfavreau.info/search/


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It can be difficult to manipulate some Maple expressions because they may change form during evaluation. Therefore, it is useful to convert an active form of an expression into an inert form that can be freely modified without worry of evaluation. Once the changes are made, the expression can be converted back to an active form.
The ToInert routine converts any Maple expression into an inert form. The FromInert routine converts any valid inert representation back to an active Maple object.
Inert forms closely mirror the Maple internal DAG data structure representation. For example, the expression xy is stored internally as a power of the name x and the name y. The inert representation is a series of embedded function calls with "_Inert_XXX" names describing the structure of the given expression. There are some differences between the internal representation and the inert representation, mostly in the cases of sums and products, as the internal representation is designed for fast polynomial arithmetic as opposed to convenient programmatic manipulation. For the exact internal representation, see dismantle.
For a list of the various Maple DAGs, refer to the Appendix in the Maple Programming Guide.
The exclude and include options to ToInert allow you to prevent inertization of certain expressions. If an identifier is part of the exclude list then whenever that kind of expression is encountered, an _Inert_VERBATIM tag is created containing the raw expression. Similarly, an include list restricts the tags to only those mentioned in the list. You are allowed either an exclude list, or an include list, not both.
Some expressions cannot be explicitly excluded. Usually this happens for objects that do not make sense on their own (for example, a _Inert_HASHPAIR outside a _Inert_TABLE), or because they cannot be represented outside their context (for example, _INERT_NARGS). Additionally, the _Inert_PROD tag may appear during expansion of a series or a SDMPolynom. Expressions that contain references to parameters and locals also cannot be excluded.
The ToInert and FromInert commands are thread-safe as of Maple 15.
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The quintessential pack for carrying heavy loads while maintaining ride handling.
Highly versatile, the Backcountry Full Frame Pack was designed to carry big, heavy loads over long distances and across technical trails.
The full frame bag fits into the bike's main triangle, providing a large space for bulky items — anything from cooking gear to heavy tools and a water bladder. The resulting low centre of gravity results in a bag that has minimal effect on handling while offering a high volume of storage space.
With a reinforced structure and internal straps for securing contents, the full frame bag is versatile enough to either fill the main triangle entirely or leave enough space for a bottle cage on the seat tube. The pack features a dual zip opening which allows easy access and full visibility of contents, while retaining the ability to open just the top zip for easy access while riding
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Ray's post pointed to something that's been bugging me about Jim Wallis' "What Would Jesus Cut?" campaign. As with the "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign ("Transportation is a moral issue." What isn't these days?), Wallis' campaign assumes the moral high ground by appropriating the Holy Name of Jesus Christ to advance his highly politicized, partisan advocacy. Jesus becomes an advertising slogan. And what is implicit here is that those who oppose Wallis are somehow at odds with the Gospel of Christ; those who agree with him are on Christ's side and especially as it concerns "the least of these."
But watch the video above and listen to the language of this MSNBC program host. What Wallis and his organization have done is give occasion for the use of Christ's name for the most partisan, mocking and disrespectful purposes. Wallis should be ashamed of himself, but instead he lets this all pass so he can right away get to his simplistic talking points about "the budget as a moral document." He arrogantly does this as the voice for the "faith community."
Did I say simplistic? I should have added "dishonest" to my description of what Wallis is doing.
No serious person would take Wallis' sound bites or the Sojourners campaign as a real help to understanding our nation's grave budget and debt problems. In that respect, what Wallis is doing is aggravating a problem that has cried out for honest, bipartisan cooperation for many years. He makes inflammatory assertions about cuts to programs for nutrition, malarial bed nets, and the like, and generally raises false alarms about budget cutters abandoning "the most vulnerable." Really? If this were true, it would cast those Christians on the other side of Wallis — those who honestly believe we need to do something serious about the budget and mounting debt — as haters of the poor. Look at the White House chart on the budget and show me where this abandonment is happening. Just the opposite.
And all these vague, unattributed assertions, like the bed nets. If you don't see it the way Wallis sees it, you must be indifferent to children dying of malaria. Right? That's insulting to say the least. How many mosquito nets flow into Africa annually? Where do they come from? What share of these is funded by U.S. taxpayers? Are they effective? We don't get answers to these questions. Maybe Wallis should read this article in the left leaning Guardian newspaper that explains why "Mosquito nets can't conquer malaria." How is malaria defeated? Economic growth.
Against his claims of abandoning the poor, Wallis harps on defense spending. Again, this is a dishonest diversion. Defense spending is not the main problem as this chart vividly shows (HT: Heritage Foundation).
Should defense spending be treated as a sacred cow? No. Is there waste in the defense budget? Undoubtedly. But let's not make vague assertions about children going hungry because of redundant or unneeded military programs.
What's more, Wallis seems to be impervious to the fact that spending on welfare and War on Poverty programs has been a massive and costly failure. His use of anecdote and selectively trivial factoids serves as a smokescreen for this reality. Is is possible that government nutrition programs might be wasteful or redundant? He doesn't seem to be aware of that possibility. In a recent report on duplication in government programs, the GAO said this about nutrition programs:
Domestic food and nutrition assistance is provided through a decentralized system of primarily 18 different federal programs that shows signs of overlap and inefficient use of resources. [But] not enough is known about the effectiveness of many of these programs. Research suggests that participation in 7 of the 18 programs— including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and SNAP—is associated with positive health and nutrition outcomes consistent with programs' goals, such as raising the level of nutrition among low-income households, safeguarding the health and well-being of the nation's children, and strengthening the agricultural economy. Yet little is known about the effectiveness of the remaining 11 programs because they have not been well studied.
Reality gets complicated. Talking points are easier. Writing in 2005, Washington Post columnist George Will described how a freshman Sen. Barack Obama used a string of "old banalities" to attack the Bush administration for not doing enough to alleviate the suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina. Will wrote:
[Obama] included the requisite lament about the president's inadequate "empathy" and an amazing criticism of the government's "historic indifference" and its "passive indifference" that "is as bad as active malice." The senator, 44, is just 30 months older than the "war on poverty" that President Johnson declared in January 1964. Since then the indifference that is as bad as active malice has been expressed in more than $6.6 trillion of anti-poverty spending, strictly defined.
At least Obama had the decency not to invoke the name of the Lord. As for the "What Would Jesus Cut?" campaign, the "faith community" hasn't been spared that.


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Beautiful and functional, this wasp-proof glass hummingbird feeder holds 32 oz. of nectar.
You can enjoy watching hummingbirds all season long
Want to attract cardinals to your yard? It's easier than you think!
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27. W[illiam] H. Councill, The Servant Problem in the South (Normal, AL: n.p., [1901?]). ([3] p.)
Excerpts from three speeches in which Professor Councill points out that the loyalty of servants should be reciprocated by the provision of good work conditions and fair treatment. (The author was a black legislator, educator, and editor in Alabama.)


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Note: These essays were originally published here separately from April 3rd to 9th, 2011. "At Long Last Love," long lost in terms of home entertainment, has recently become available on BluRay, in a new version edited by the late James Blakely of Fox Editorial. Hence, this encore presentation.
Case in point: "At Long Last Love," a film that was hastily dismissed by critics in 1975, ignored by the moviegoing public and seemingly abandoned by 20th Century-Fox, the studio that produced and released it.
The movie, now more than 35 years old, has never been released on home entertainment in any format whatsoever - not Beta, not VHS, not LaserDisc, not DVD, certainly not Blu-Ray. Yet Fox has found the wherewithal to release something like, say, "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" - and other titles far worse - to home entertainment.
And until just recently, "At Long Last Love" has not been telecast or shown in retrospective houses. (Check out my postscript below.)
But perhaps most telling, in a candid moment during an interview conducted last winter by Adam Hulin (who co-programs with Matt Pennachi the fine Cinema Overdrive screening series in North Carolina), its maker Peter Bogdanovich flatly stated, "I don't love it ... because it's too painful," thereby sealing his movie's fate.
Frankly, that's not reason enough, Peter, given that "At Long Last Love" was originally, obviously, a labor of love. One can excuse the public, which essentially does what it's told to do, as well as Fox which, like any studio worth its salt, is interested in the bottom line and in looking good. And, well, a failed film does not look very good.
Yeah, one can excuse the public and the studio, but the critics, who seemed to be reacting more to Bogdanovich's relationship with his star, Cybill Shepherd, than to the film itself, should have known better. They came to the film with a disapproving gaze (or rather, in this particular case, a non-gaze) and it was exactly what they had hoped it would be.
As for Peter's decision to disavow his own film, I'll comment on that in a subsequent post. Besides, this post - or, rather, series of posts - is not about Peter Bogdanovich. It's about his lost masterwork, "At Long Last Love," the very film that compelled me to pursue this site and dedicate it to movies misunderstood, lost, forgotten and generally neglected. But in the case of ALLL, neglected no more. Herein is an eight-part series on Peter's unwanted child. Enjoy!
Note in Passing: Wait! Wait a minute. Recently, after years of being dormant, ALLL has suddenly reappeared and, with it, an apparant resurgence of interest. It has been streaming on Netflix; it was screened at the Anthology Film Archive in June as part of its '70s movie musicals retrospective, and it now shows up with some regularity on the Fox Movie Channel, with more screenings scheduled for today and August and September 10 & 22. It's worth discovering/reevaluating. Now, read on...
Next Up- My anaylsis of the film
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The film has insouciance to spare and is tinged with a haunting air of melancholy.
Originally graced with 21 songs by Cole Porter (eventually scaled back to 16, thanks to a series of visits to the editing room), the 1975 release tells the unrushed story of a rondelay - four people who pair up and break up over the course of what seems to be a long weekend, only to regroup in yet another uncertain variation.
Burt Reynolds is spot on as Michael Oliver Pritchard III, a wealthy playboy suffering from bad case of ennui; Cybill Shepherd is the languid, petulant heiress-on-the-skids Brooke Carter; Duilio Del Prete fractures English as Johnny Spanish, a dashing, devil-may-care Venetian gambler, and Madeline Kahn entertains as brassy showgirl Kitty O'Kelly, who's unlucky in love, natch.
On the sidelines is another uneasy couple - John Hillerman as Rodney James, Pritchard's very proper manservant, and Eileen Brennan as Elizabeth, Brooke's sassy, hard-nosed maid. And Mildred Natwick pops in as Mabel, Pritchard's mother, understandably confused about her son's love life.
Bogdanovich handles these amusing denizens and the luxe material that encircles them with easy aplomb, bringing sly wit, a cinéphile's eye and panache to his breezy, fluffy storytelling.
In 1975, Bogdanovich was a young director of great reach, a budding auteur willing to try anything. And, here, he reached rare artistic heights with his rather perilous decisions to (1) have all the film's songs sung "live" (rather than pre-record them); (2) have his cast largely improvise their dance steps (with some help from dance coordinators Rita Abrams and Albert Lantieri), bits that are done with the scratch-pad casualness of those carefree, in-between numbers in the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and (3) style his film with black and white costumes and set decorations exclusively (after Fox vetoed his plans to shoot in black-&-white). Cinematographer László Kovács certainly shares in Bogdanovich's triumph here.
"At Long Last Love" was something of a filmic preëmptive strike in its day, not surprising given that Bogdanovich was young, ambitious and brash (some might say arrogant). Remember, this was the same year when Steven Speilberg's "Jaws" changed everything in film. And here was a movie musical, a genre considered resolutely old-fashioned. The fact that Bogdanovich purposely kept his film "old-fashioned" is something that most people simply didn't get.
That said, "At Long Last Love" is lovely, loving, engaging and fun, and its only true failing is its maker's audacity.
Perhaps it' simply too good for audiences, then and now. I've a hunch, however, that Mamoulian and Lubitsch would have loved it.
This doesn't happen with a film that they revile or receive negatively. They move on and the awfulness of the film in question remains burned in their minds.
And, frankly, when the buzz is bad, watching a film with an open mind can be difficult – akin to trying to see the screen at the end of a lo-n-ng corridor where there are all kinds of wires and other paraphrenalia obstructing the view.
I can say this with some authority and certainty, having been a critic way longer than it's healthy to be.
Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" is that rare exception of a film that was hastily dismissed by the critics in its day but that has been reevaluated, its standing adjusted upward. This James Stewart-Kim Novak fever dream has managed to survive its critically beatings in 1958 to become a "masterpiece." Richard Quine's "Bell, Book and Candle," another Stewart/Novak film from the same year, has also grown in stature after being initially written off.
In the case of "At Long Last Love," the critics saw it, disliked it and moved on, putting it out of their minds. I recall the critics complaining about the film but without ever really verbalizing exactly what it was they didn't like about it. (Not surprisingly, most of the negativity that continues to surround the film seems to come from people who haven't even seen it. This is not uncommon. Still, opinions based on hearsay or assumptions are ... worthless.)
Incidentally, one of the easier, more common slams against the film by its critics was that its cast couldn't sing, which is just not true. Everyone in the film can carry a tune; no one hits a sour note. And I admire their definace in the aftermath: Cybill Shepherd, for one, went on to do a well-regarded jazz album with Stan Getz, titled "mad about the boy." (Prior to the film, she had recorded an album of Porter songs titled "Cybill Shepherd Does It ... to Cole Porter.")
And Reynolds, unfazed, went on to sing in Colin Higgins' "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." (Reynolds - whose singing voice, to my untrained ears, goes down easy in the style of Dean Martin's - also recorded an album, "Ask Me What I Am.")
Prior to doing "At Long Last Love," Mildred Natwick headlined the 1971 Kander-Ebb stage musical, "70, Girls, 70," about larcenous old-timers, which was based on the 1959 British play by Peter Coke, "Breath of Spring," which also became Robert Asher's 1960 film, "Make Mine Mink."
And Kahn and Del Prete both had musical backgrounds.
Note in Passing: If my memory serves me correctly, when Peter was planning ALLL, he had a different cast in mind, with the exception of Cybill Shepherd, who was always part of the plan; actually, Peter has credited her with initiating the film. However, the roles eventually played by Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn and Duilio Del Prete, were once envisioned with Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould, respectively. I remember those names having been bandied about during pre-production, although I can't vouch for the veracity of the reports where I read them.
Next Up- The songs
(I'll annotate those songs that were edited out/restored)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman and Artie Butler
Orchestrations by Gus Levene
-A medley of "At Long Last Love," "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "It's De-Lovely" and "Just One of Those Things"
1. "Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor" – sung by Madeline Kahn
(This number was cut prior to theatrical release; reinstated in 16mm and TV prints and restored 35mm prints)
2. "Tomorrow" – sung by Duilio Del Prete
(cut prior to theatrical release; reinstated in 16mm and TV prints and restored 35mm prints)
3. "Which" – sung by Cybill Shepherd
(subsequently shortened during first-run engagements)
4. "Poor Young Millionaire" – sung by Burt Reynolds
5. "Etiquette" – sung by Eileen Brennan and Shepherd
(cut prior to theatrical release; reinstated in 16mm prints; deleted from TV prints)
6. "You're the Top" – sung by Reynolds, Kahn, Shepherd and Del Prete
7. "Find Me a Primitive Man" – sung by Kahn
8. "Friendship" – sung by Shepherd, Kahn, Reynolds and Del Prete
9. "Friendship" (reprise) – sung by John Hillerman, Brennan, Shepherd, Kahn, Reynolds and Del Prete
10. "But in the Morning, No" – sung by Brennan and Hillerman
11. "At Long Last Love" – sung by Kahn, Reynolds, Shepherd and Del Prete
12. "Kate the Great" – sung by Mildred Natwick and company
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
13. "Well, Did You Evah?" - sung by Reynolds, Shepherd, Del Prete, Kahn and Natwick
14. Centerpiece Medley:
"From Alpha to Omega" – sung by Del Prete and Kahn
"But in the Morning, No" – sung by Hillerman and Brennan
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
"Let's Misbehave"/ "It's Delovely" – sung by Shepherd and Reynolds
"From Alpha to Omega" – sung by Del Prete and Kahn
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
"It's Delovely" - sung by Shepherd and Reynolds
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
"From Alpha to Omega" (soft-shoe version) – sung by Del Prete and Kahn
(cut prior to theatrical release; reinstated in 16mm prints; deleted from TV prints)
"It's Delovely" - sung by Shepherd and Reynolds
"But in the Morning, No" – sung by Hillerman and Brennan
"From Alpha to Omega" – sung by Del Prete and Kahn
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
"It's Delovely"/"Let's Misbehave" - sung by Shepherd and Reynolds
15. "Just One of Those Things" – sung by Reynolds, Shepherd and Del Prete
16. "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" – sung by Kahn
(cut prior to theatrical release; never reinstated)
17. "I Get a Kick Out of You" – sung by Shepherd
18. "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" – sung by Brennan, Kahn and Shepherd
19. "I Loved Him (but He Didn't Love Me)" – sung by Kahn and Shepherd
(cut during first run; subsequently reinstated)
20. Finale: "A Picture of Me Without You" – sung by Reynolds, Shepherd, Del Prete and Kahn
End Titles
-A medley of "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Just One of Those Things"
(This medley was deleted for certain versions of the film; the end credits were played mute)
Del Prete, Kahn, Reynolds and Shepherd performing in the "Friendship" number
Next Up- The different versions of ALLL
Or, The Eight Different Versions of "At Long Last Love"
Initially, Bogdanovich couldn't be demoralized by the response to ALLL. Like a champ, he continued to work on it, and with some passion, long after its release. Finally, he gave up and the film disappeared.
For decades.
Much of the various editing sessions that the film endured involved the musical numbers. No surprise here. For some bizarre reason, songs are usually the first things to go when a musical has to be shortened. No surprise also because ALLL started out with 21 songs in its script.
Lost was Madeline Kahn's sublime reading of "Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor," a smashing way to open the film.
But its greatest loss during the editing process was the abridgement of the ambitious centerpiece medley, which breathlessly alternates among the three couples in the film, each of them with a signature song.
And at one point, the bouncy exit music, played over the end credits, was deleted and played with no sound, an eerie, funereal effect: The film doesn't so much end - now, it literally dies.
By my count, there are at least eight different cuts of "At Long Last Love" out there. What follows is a listing of the different versions and their content...
1. Preview Versions (previewed twice)
- Presumably the most complete versions.
2. Release Version
- The opening songs, "Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor" and "Tomorrow," were eliminated, along with "Etiquette," "Kate the Great," "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" and most of the aforementioned centerpiece medley.
3. Re-edit Version (during initial run)
- "Which" was shortened and, unbelievably, "I Loved Him" (which synopsizes the film's plot) was elminated.
4. 16mm Version #1
"Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor," "Tomorrow," "Etiquette" and "I Loved Him" were all reinstated; "Kate the Great" and "Little Dream" are still missing, and "Which" remains abbreviated.
5. 16mm #2
"Tomorrow" is here in a slightly different version; the "Alpha to Omega" soft shoe during centerpiece medley is reinstated;, and the exit music eliminated. The end-credit scroll is now presented mute, very unnerving.
6. The ABC Network telecast
Reader David Gideon jogged my memory, reminding me of this one-time-only network broadcast of ALLL, which ABC relegated to late-night programing. As David writes, "This edition seems somewhat like one of the 16mm versions you describe: it was a pretty aggressive re-editing of the film. Lots of things were cut - such as 'Which?,' the first half of the first 'You're the Top', the 'Friendship' reprise, and much more), but it also included 'Etiquette,' 'I Loved Him,' a longer version of 'Tomorrow' than the current one, the 'Alpha and Omega' soft-shoe, and other stuff previously unseen. Plus it had the silent closing credits (not actually silent; they run over distant street noises)."
7. Syndicated TV version
"Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor" and "Tomorrow" remain in film; "Which" is still abbreviated; "Kate the Great" and "Little Dream" are still missing; "Alpha to Omega" soft shoe eliminated, and the end titles remain mute.
8. Fox Movie Channel
"Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor" and "Tomorrow" remain in film; "Which" still abbreviated; "Kate the Great" and "Little Dream" are still missing; "Alpha to Omega" soft shoe eliminated; but the end-titles music has been reinstated. Huzzah!
By the time it was released, the press - including film critics - had grown weary of the Peter-Cybill relationship. There was the misconception that Cybill was in every film that Bogdanovich made - that she was being overexposed by him - when the fact is, the two had made only two films prior to ALLL. And both are good and Cybill is good in them - "The Last Picture Show" and "Daisy Miller," an underrated film that, unlike ALLL, hasn't been buried.
Anyway, in that environment, the film didn't stand a chance.
But why has it been made impossible to see? And who made it impossible?
I have several theories. It would be easy to blame Fox which might have been embarrassed by the movie's failure, but Peter contends the studio loved it and, as noted in the first post here, the studio has made far more inferior films available for home entertainment.
Could it have something to do the song rights? The music licensing might be too expense to justify a home-video release. Fact is, that's the problem behind a lot of the higher-profile MIA movies.
Or perhaps the Cole Porter estate would prefer it remain out of sight, a la the restraint that the Gershwin estate allegedly has put on Otto Preminger's film of "Porgy and Bess," which has been largely unseen since its première engagement in 1959.
And then there's Peter. According to Brian Mills' "101 Forgotten Films" (Kamera Books, 2008), "Bogdanovich owns the rights (to the film) and has stated that he does not intend to release the film on DVD."
It is not unusual for a film personality to totally disavow a movie. Faye Dunaway has deleted "Mommie Dearest" from her filmmography, for example, the suspicion being that the film hurt her career. But Dunaway has asserted that she ignores it because it simply isn't a good movie.
In her opinion.
There's no doubt that Peter's Hollywood career was seriously affected by ALLL. He made one major studio film following it - Columbia's "Nickelodeon" - and a few scattered studio titles aftewards ("Mask," "Texasville" and "Noises Off") but has largely been consigned to smaller independent and TV films.
He was no longer the golden-boy auteur.
What's telling is that just about everything he's done, even some nondescript TV stuff, is available on home entertainment.
But not "At Long Last Love."
The film is way overdue for a restoration. Perhaps with Criterion working its magic. Perhaps with Peter's involvement. Such a move could validate both the film and its maker.
Vindication, yes. At long last. But that seems unlikely.
And "At Long Last Love" is fated to remain an orphaned, unwanted child.
Tinged with an air of melancholy.
The interview is the the sixth segment in an excellent 12-part session with Hulin.
Bogdanovich is mesmerizing in it and quite entertaining. When the subject of "At Long Last Love" comes up, Peter opens up about the film (for the first time, it seems to me) and describes it as a "painful" experience. And when Hulin observes that ALLL has never been put out on video, Peter for all intents and purposes skirts the reference.
Here goes:
Peter: "When I made 'Daisy Miller,' Frank Yablans commented that it was like 'Babe Ruth punting.' With 'At Long Last Love,' I tried to hit it out of the fence. It was a disaster.
"Cybill had given me a book of lyrics by Cole Porter – a big coffee table book of lyrics.
"I thought it would be fun to write a script based on the lyrics and did. I wrote it for the cast that did it pretty much. And it was an original musical comedy. Now, an original musical comedy for Broadway, they take it out on the road for six months before bringing it to Broadway. We had two previews. The first was a complete disaster; the second was pretty good.
"And then I screwed it up and we opened cold without previewing it more. It was a terrible mistake. I was rushed into opening. Everyone at the studio loved it. Big mistake."
Hulin: "Visually, it's very monochromatic with the set design in very, very black and white."
Peter: "Yeah, we did it black and white in color.
"I wanted to do it what Lubitsch had done with the first musicals ever made - 'Love Parade,' 'The Smiling Lieutenant,' 'Monte Carlo.' They did the singing 'live' with the orchestra off camera.
"I wanted to do the singing 'live' for which Fox invented a whole speaker that would fit in the ear and the antenna was combed into the hair and we had someone playing an electric piano with the horn turned off so they could hear it in their ear but we wouldn't record it. It was very complicated - cost about $25,000 to invent this.
"It was great. Everyone loved the picture but it was cut wrong. And It was my fault and the studio's fault for rushing me. We should have taken more time before opening it. Once it was opened, I saw what was wrong with it."
Hulin: "What in your opinion was wrong with it?"
Peter: "Wrong sequences. Wrong things we used – some of the wrong stuff. Things cut that shouldn't have been cut. Things that should have been cut weren't. It was a mess. When I afterward recut it for television, that's the version everybody sees and they say 'What's wrong with the picture? Why'd it get such bad reviews?' Well, that's not the version that was released."
Hulin: "That's the only version I've ever seen. Because really, it's a lost picture - because Fox has never put it out on video."
Peter: There's a beautiful print of it – a 35 mm print – that they showed in San Francisco a couple of years ago when they did a tribute to me. They loved the picture. People loved the picture. I don't love it ... because it's too painful."
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For its June 18 and 21 screenings of ALLL, the Anthology Film Archive printed the following program note:
"Fresh off his highly successful features of the early 70s (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, WHAT'S UP DOC?, and PAPER MOON), Bogdanovich decided to try his hand at the Hollywood musical. Despite featuring Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd, the music of Cole Porter, and sumptuous production values, it was a box office failure, not least of all because of Bogdanovich's daring decision to record the songs live on-set, despite his stars' lack of polished musical talent. As a result the film is rarely revived – but it's nevertheless a fascinating experiment, one Bogdanovich continues to proclaim a personal favorite among his films. These extremely rare screenings are not to be missed!"
"Personal favorite"? I wish. But, unfortunately, that doesn't jibe with what Peter said in the above interview.
It's impossible not to feel affection for "At Long Last Love," Peter Bogdanovich's much-maligned evocation of the classical 1930s musical. It's a light, silly, impeccably stylish entertainment, and if the performers don't come up to the comparisons they evoke with the genius of Astaire and Rogers, that's not entirely their fault; the studio tradition that developed and nurtured the great musical stars no longer exists, and a movie like this has to be made from scratch.... ...The movie's no masterpiece, but I can't account for the viciousness of some of the critical attacks against it. It's almost as if Bogdanovich is being accused of the sin of pride for daring to make a musical in the classical Hollywood style. Click here for Roger's full review


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Queen Release Full Trailer for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
A day after teasing us with an all-too brief glimpse at Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen have now given us a bigger taste of what to expect from the movie with the first full-length trailer.
You can watch it below.
Set to a mash-up of the classic Queen songs "Another One Bites the Dust," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen" and "We Will Rock You," the trailer unveils 90 seconds of footage from the film, including replications of concerts, recording sessions, the band's rise to fame and excessive lifestyle. "The only thing more extraordinary than their music," reads a series of graphics, "is his story."
A significant chunk of the trailer focuses on the making of the song "Bohemian Rhapsody," including Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury telling a bemused Brian May (Gwilym Lee) in the studio, "This is when the operatic section comes in." Later, a record-company executive complains that, at six minutes, the song "goes on forever," to which Mercury replies, "I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever" as his bandmates stifle laughter.
The trailer was first screened last month at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Although reaction to the clip ranged from "it looks like a hell of a biopic" to "a bit questionable," Rami Malek's portrayal of Freddie Mercury received raves.
During the presentation, Malek spoke of the challenges of playing the singer. "When I got this role, I thought, 'Oh, my God, this could be a career-defining performance,'" he said. "And then two minutes later I thought, 'This could be a career killer." He added, from his own experience as a fan, that Mercury "gives everyone watching permission to embrace their imperfections and sing as loudly as they can."
Bohemian Rhapsody, which will arrive in theaters on Nov. 2, has had a long, difficult time going from conception to screen, with several changes in writer, director and star before it was finalized with, respectively, Justin Haythe, Dexter Fletcher and Malek. That included an attempt to have Sacha Baron Cohen star as Mercury, but Cohen said he was fired because he wanted accurate depictions of Mercury's drug use and homosexuality, but the band wanted a sanitized version.
May later gave his own side of Cohen's dismissal, saying that Cohen's presence "would be very distracting. We thought there has to be no distraction in the Freddie movie. You have to really suspend that disbelief – the man who plays Freddie, you have to really believe is Freddie. And we didn't that could really happen with Sacha."


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Opening hours for particular buildings, departments, service functions and lunch venues around Stockholm University, are to be found on each respectively website (or on site). The university's telephone operator is open weekdays from 08:00 to 16:30. The university is closed on "red days" and national public holidays.
Buildnings and departments
The university has operations in several different buildings and in several different places. Below are some of the larger buildings.
Departments at Stockholm University
Albano and Södra Huset (House A-F)
Monday–Thursday: 06:30–22.00
Friday: 06.30–20.00
Saturday–Sunday: 08.00–18.00
Closed at national holidays ("röda dagar")
Monday–Thursday: 06:30–22.00
Friday: 06.30–20.00
Saturday–Sunday: Closed
Closed at national holidays ("röda dagar")
Arrhenius Laboratories
The main entrance is open:
Monday and Wednesday 07.30–18.15
Tuesday and Thursday 07.30–18.30
Friday 07.30–16.00
Closed Saturday, Sunday and national holidays.
Geoscience Building
The main entrance is open:
Monday–Friday: 07:30–19:00
Closed Saturday, Sunday and national holidays.
Service functions
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Computer labs in Frescati
The computer labs follow the opening hours of the University.
Frescatihallen – The building for sports in Frescati
Infocenter (student services at Studenthuset)
IT Helpdesk
Closed weekends and "red" days.
Support, contacts or requests: serviceportalen.su.se/
Monday–Friday: Open 09.00–11.00
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Service Centre Albano
Campus Albano (Albano House 2, floor 4), Albanovägen 18
E-mail: email@example.com
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Service Centre Frescati Södra
Campus Frescati, House D, floor 4 (next to Stockholm University Library)
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University Library
Closed "red" days and national public holidays
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Stockholm university is closed following days
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2024 April 1
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2024 May 09
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2024 June 06
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2024 June 22
2024 June 23
2024 November 2
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2024 December 31
2025 January 1
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The Dixie Fire is now the second-largest fire in modern California history. It's been burning for weeks in northern California and threatening a series of small towns in the Sierra Nevada. More than 5,000 firefighters are working to contain the vast blaze. Kate Wolffe from member station KQED reports.
KATE WOLFFE, BYLINE: A weekend with heavy smoke and low winds slowed the spread of the mammoth blaze, but crews are scrambling to make progress before the weather turns. Here's Plumas County Sheriff Todd Johns.
TODD JOHNS: As with many wildfires, we have seen erratic behavior with the Dixie Fire. The weather has cooperated for the last few days, but that could change. And we're certainly not in the clear yet.
WOLFFE: Plumas County is home to the small town of Greenville, which was completely destroyed last week. The governor toured the site on Saturday and emphasized the role of climate change in the severity of the wildfires. Dr. Scott Stephens runs the Fire Science Laboratory at UC Berkeley. He says climate change is definitely part of the problem. The dry days are even drier. The hot days are even hotter. But climate change accounts for no more than 25% of the issue. The rest has to do with forest management policy. He says decades of suppressing fire in forests has left them with too much flammable undergrowth.
SCOTT STEPHENS: We have so much fuel. We have high tree densities. We have vulnerability. And then we put climate change on top of that. It actually just makes a difficult situation worse.
WOLFFE: Stephens suggests California should be doing 10 times as much forest management. That means more prescribed fires and forest thinning. The state's electrical utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, has acknowledged that state and federal agencies are investigating whether its power lines started the Dixie Fire and a small blaze nearby. Including the Dixie Fire, there are 10 large fires burning in the state, with months more fire season left to come. For NPR News, I'm Kate Wolffe in San Francisco.
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Left to our own devices, we find a plethora of reasons to skip our workouts. Maybe a fitness concierge would help—if you can afford one.
So to keep clients engaged in their exercise regimes, companies in trendy fitness meccas like New York City and Los Angeles are offering and scheduling highly personalized workout plans that turn the entire city into a gym. Clients avoid the rut of sticking with one routine and instead can take advantage of the cities' most coveted studios and trainers.
"We started incubating the idea during the rise of the boutique studio," says FITiST co-founder Neda Talebian Funk. "Individuals are increasingly booking things and shopping online, so we created a one-stop-shop for the best of the best in boutique studios and fitness and wellness providers in New York City."
The idea is to mix up the workout regimen by allowing clients to dip into a pilates class with the "it" instructor of the month on one day, a kick-boxing session on another and a P90X session the next. Or, for those who prefer it, a yoga "crawl" of the city's most popular sessions.
In June 2011, Funk and her partner Caroline Levy Limpert launched FITiST, an online platform that allows users to book curated packages of classes with top fitness experts and studios. Members pick a plan, such as "Mom-To-Be" or "Slim" and receive a workout guideline with a mix of expert-recommended classes to meet their goals. Members then sign-up for their classes at their preferred studios through FITiST, instead of visiting every individual gym.
(MORE: Five Unconventional Fitness Classes To Start Now)
"We consulted with premier trainers to figure out the right number of classes a month for each plan. We figured out how many spin classes, how many yoga classes and how many Pilates classes are needed," says Funk. Members can also buy non-goal oriented packages or create their own customized plan. FITiST currently serves New York City, the Hamptons and Los Angeles, with plans to expand into at least eight more cities from San Francisco to Miami.
Fitness concierge services boast an insider knowledge of the trendiest studios and instructors, which is a high selling point for clients who want to avoid vetting classes and trainers themselves. SIN Workouts (short for Strength In Numbers) founder and personal trainer Vanessa Martin, launched her concierge service in August after friends and training clients continually asked her for the scoop on the most popular studios and instructors in major cities.
"There are lots of workout places everywhere, but you don't want to be stuck in something you don't like. You don't want to be matched with an [instructor whose] personality that doesn't go with yours," says actress Pauletta Washington, wife of Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington and longtime SIN Workouts user. Martin sets up yoga sessions for Washington in every city she relocates to for acting jobs.
(MORE: We Tried This: Jillian Michaels' Bodyshred Workout)
SIN Workouts offers two basic membership options. In the first package, Martin tailors a regime for her clients based on their personalities and schedules. One client's plan may consist of FlyWheel Sports spin classes on Mondays and Barry's Bootcamp sessions on Thursdays, while another prefers standard yoga classes throughout the week. "I take care of creating their studio profiles, signing them up and reminding them when their classes are. I pair them with nutritionists, massage therapists, acupuncturists. Basically anything they are looking for in the fitness industry, I take care of for them," says Martin.
In the second package, Martin accompanies her clients to their classes for extra motivation. "There's more accountability when others show up to work out with you. There's more retention and success in following fitness programs," says Martin. For clients willing to pay extra, Martin offers added perks like car service to workouts. Her service is largely referral-based, but she's expanding her online scheduling in November.
(VIDEO: We Tried This: Aerial Vinyasa (or Upside-Down) Yoga)
Perks add up, and using a fitness concierge service isn't cheap. SIN Workouts' baseline membership starts in the triple digits, and FITiST membership packages range from around $115 to $550, with the average member paying about $300. So while it's not for the majority of us who need to get moving, there is a market for such customized fitness services.
"With the term 'concierge,' we are definitely catering to a specific demographic," says Martin. "My average client is a housewife for the most part. They have the flexibility in their schedule and are looking to be pointed in the right direction."
Funk says the typical FITiST client is a woman in their mid-30s who is well versed in the latest exercise trends and eager to try out new programs. "We cater to fit-conscious men and women who are usually highly educated professionals who commit a lot of time and money to their fitness and wellness," she says.
Which is the target market for boutique studios, and those make up the bulk of a fitness concierge's go-to gyms. "Clients who are committed to finding new places to workout are committed to working out," says Amanda Freeman, owner of the popular Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone (SLT) Megaformer class in New York and a FITiST studio partner. "These are obviously the clients you want. It's a good resource for us to reach new people."
(MORE: We Tried This: Fast And Furious Tabata)
Are the services excessive? Perhaps. Effective? The high-paying clients certainly think so.
"This isn't the cheapest route to do exercise by any means," says FITiST devotee Margary Martin, a research scientist in immigration studies at NYU. "But because I am spending the money, I am going to make sure I go." Martin credits the heavy price point as one of the main reasons she kept up with her regime after many failed gym memberships. She says the results are what keep her renewing.
"I weighed 20 pounds more when I started," says Martin whose FITiST plan consists of sessions at Flywheel Sports and Barry's Boot Camp. "The variety of classes kept me interested. My body has changed and my attitude about what I am willing to try has changed too." Good way to work out if you can afford it.
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