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Another year of strong growth in sales and profits driven by rising international exports
This was another powerful performance from BBC Worldwide. By offering world-class British programming and brands that resonate with global audiences, we were able to lift headline sales beyond a billion pounds for a fourth year in succession and deliver impressive results."John Smith, CEO of BBC Worldwide
Click to tweet: .@BBCWpress BBC Worldwide annual review out today – sales, profits, returns to BBC up. More here http://bbc.in/Nc7trQ
BBC Worldwide will today publish its Annual Review for 2011/12 showing a 8% rise in headline profit to £155m (2010/11: £144m). Profit before tax of £104m (2010/11: £92m excluding gains on disposals) is up 13% on a like for like basis. The company grew headline sales by 5% to £1,085m in the 12 months to 31 March 2012 (2010/11: £1,030m). These figures exclude the BBC Magazine titles sold and licensed in the year.
Alongside the sale of our magazines business for a consideration of £121m, the strong operating performance has helped lift the overall return to the BBC by 19% to a record £216m (2010/11: £182m) which takes returns to the BBC since 2004 to over £1.3bn. Total investment in programmes for distribution this year has risen by 6%, to £99m (2010/11: £93m) supporting both the BBC and the wider creative economy.
The results mark another successful year in taking great British content to the world, benefitting the UK's creative exports. International sales as a percentage of the total increased by 9 percentage points to 64% (2010/11: 56%) as the business continues to sharpen its focus on international markets.
This year, our top selling programme brands were all BBC commissions: Top Gear, Doctor Who, Frozen Planet, Torchwood, Spooks, Sherlock, Planet Earth and Natural World, each of which sold in over 100 markets.
Digital sales increased to 13% of net sales from 8% in 2010/11, driven by very strong growth in sales to subscription video-on-demand providers. Its games business released 11 games in the year, resulting in 3.5m downloads, while our TV programmes have been downloaded over 31m times around the world to date. BBC Worldwide has seen considerable growth in apps and its fans on Facebook: 25m apps have been downloaded to date and fans of the company's global brands grew to over 23m. The company successfully launched a pilot of the Global BBC iPlayer in 16 markets across Western Europe, Canada and Australia.
Announcing the results, John Smith, Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide, said BBC Worldwide's role in driving growth for the wider UK creative industries and reinvesting money back into the BBC is more important than ever in a tough financial climate.
John Smith said: "This was another powerful performance from BBC Worldwide. By offering world-class British programming and brands that resonate with global audiences, we were able to lift headline sales beyond a billion pounds for a fourth year in succession and deliver impressive results."
"This year we parted company with BBC Magazines, which continues to publish its high quality titles through Immediate Media Company. This move has helped rebalance our portfolio for future growth and also provided a significant cash return back to the BBC."
"We are proud of the record financial contribution we made to the BBC in addition to our role in championing UK shows, brands and talent around the world. These results have enabled BBC Worldwide to return £216m to the BBC, supporting development of world-class, original content in the context of a tighter licence fee. BBC Worldwide also distributed programmes and formats produced by more than 200 UK independent producers in the year. I am proud of the unique role we play in helping our sectors of the UK creative industries to expand through exports."
Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC and Chairman of BBC Worldwide, said: "Serving as Director-General of the BBC gives me a unique perspective on the value created by BBC Worldwide. In the last eight years, revenue has almost doubled, headline profits have grown four-fold and over £1.3bn has been returned to the BBC. In a tough financial environment, BBC Worldwide delivered a record £215.7m return to the BBC in the year. I am proud of the work BBC Worldwide does to support not just the BBC, but Britain's creative industries."
BBC Worldwide's performance was underpinned by its strategy, with progress delivered against all five key strategic objectives:
DRIVE DIGITAL GROWTH: "With sales from digital activities now at 13% of total net sales, we are aiming to meet a new target of 15% by 2015."
BECOME MORE INTERNATIONAL: "International sales increased from 56% to 64% of total headline sales. We have focused in particular on the English-speaking markets of the USA and Australia, which were our biggest growth markets in 2011/12, delivering growth of 15% and 9% respectively. In June 2012, BBC Worldwide announced a reorganisation that will further increase its focus on international markets, enabling it to capture future growth opportunities around the world."
GROW THE SCALE OF OUR TV CHANNELS: "Headline sales in the Channels business rose 14% with the continued roll-out of BBC-branded channels and improving advertising demand. Our biggest channel, BBC America, was one of the fastest growing networks for ratings and subscriptions in the USA and is now in 77m homes, up from 69m last year. UKTV, our joint venture partnership with Scripps Networks Interactive, continues to remain a significant source of income and profit for BBC Worldwide. We grew the number of subscribers globally from 343m to 356m, launched 10 new services including BBC HD as a full commercial channel in Spanish-speaking Latin America."
INCREASE INVESTMENT IN CONTENT: "Core to our mission is delivering high-quality distinctive programming to audiences around the world and we invested £99m in distribution rights for great content during the year. BBC IP is the cornerstone of our content strategy and forms the vast amount of investments we make. However given the needs of the different markets we serve, we also commission and invest in bespoke local programming and some of the best UK productions from other broadcasters."
DEVELOP MORE DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH CONSUMERS: "Understanding consumer preferences and developing a closer relationship with audiences around the world is key to our strategy and success. Our top five brands – Top Gear, Doctor Who, Lonely Planet, Dancing with the Stars (the international version of Strictly Come Dancing) and BBC Earth – account for 30% of company headline sales and around 47% of our sales now come from 12 brands. 1.5m tickets were sold to BBC Worldwide live shows across 10 countries in 2011/12. The breadth of Live Events we offer has grown significantly over the last year, and our ambition is for this to double again within the next year."
For further information please contact:
Esther Thompson
020 8433 2506
Charlotte Elston
020 8433 3995
About BBC Worldwide Ltd. BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to exploit the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights. The company has five core businesses: Channels, Content & Production, Sales & Distribution, Consumer Products and Global Brands. In 2011/12, BBC Worldwide generated headline profits of £155 million on headline sales of £1085 million and returned £216 million to the BBC. For more detailed performance information please see our Annual Review website: http://www.bbcworldwide.com/annual-review/annual-review-2012.aspx
Business Highlights 2011/12
Channels – Offers a global showcase for the best of British television via a portfolio of 32 international, BBC-branded TV channels, and the pilot of the Global BBC iPlayer. A further 10 channels – the UKTV portfolio – operate in the UK through a joint venture with Scripps Networks Interactive. Also manages affiliate sales for BBC World News.
- Headline sales rose 14% to £345m, owing particularly to expanded distribution, further growth in advertising sales on the back of strong ratings performances and the launch of new channels. This pushed headline profit up 10% to £42m.
- BBC America, BBC Worldwide's leading independent US entertainment cable channel with 77m subscribers, achieved its highest ratings ever, up 23% for daytime viewing on the previous financial year, with monthly reach averaging 24m, up 10% on last year's 22m.
- 10 new channels were launched this year. BBC HD launched as a full channel in Spanish-speaking Latin America and BBC Lifestyle debuted in Indonesia. BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle made their first appearance in Taiwan and launched in Thailand along with CBeebies. CBeebies also debuted in the Nordic Region as a programming block on one of the region's largest commercial broadcasters.
- At year end, BBC Worldwide had 356m subscriber homes in over 100 countries (including UKTV in the UK, BBC World News and the relay of public service channels in Eire and Benelux).
- The Global BBC iPlayer has so far met the targets set for the pilot. It now reaches 16 markets around the world, including Canada and Australia, on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Sales & Distribution – The largest distributor of finished TV programmes outside the US studios with a sales team present in 11 global offices serving 200 territories. Distributes BBC Worldwide's catalogue of high quality content to over 700 international broadcasters and digital platforms.
- Sales & Distribution is BBC Worldwide's largest profit centre, this year generating a headline profit of £72m on headlines sales of £293m. The continuation of a successful growth strategy, focusing on key client relationships, programme prioritisation, active catalogue management and digital, resulted in a fourth year of double-digit profit growth.
- We had a strong year in the Americas, with our digital strategy delivering very solid results. Major deals with SVOD platforms included Netflix and Amazon, and we have been successful in forming exclusive digital-first content partnerships for titles such as Misfits with Hulu.
- In EMEA, good growth in major markets such as Germany and Russia limited the impact of the Eurozone crisis. Revenue growth in Asia Pacific was particularly strong in Australia and New Zealand, where we renewed our first option deal with public service broadcaster, ABC, and signed a number of digital licensing deals. We had an excellent year in China, helped by digital growth and pre-sales on Science programming.
- We licensed over 100,000 hours of programming globally in the year, exporting the best of the BBC's output and other high quality British content around the world.
- This year saw the move of our annual sales conference, BBC Worldwide Showcase, in its 36th year, to Liverpool. Registration grew by 19% as the event drew new delegates from digital services and emerging markets. BBC Worldwide Showcase is the only international TV sales fair to be hosted by a single distributor. Annual sales and screening events are also held under the BBC Worldwide Showcase banner in both Rio de Janeiro and Beijing.
Consumer Products – Global producer and distributor of TV-based packaged media. Encompasses video (including DVD, Blu-ray and download-to-own (DTO)), licensed merchandise, music, book and audio publishing partnerships. Also the home of bbcshop.com.
- Challenges in the year included a major loss of stock following a warehouse fire and continuing declines in consumers' discretionary spending. Headline sales of £211m declined 16%, with headline profit of £49m down 4% while operating margin improved in the year.
- Our Consumer Products business held up well in the face of a number of challenges. We remain the largest distributor of TV content in the UK, increasing market share in 2011 to 32% of units sold, up from 30% in 2010.
- Doctor Who now has around 100 separate licensees across a wide range of product categories and was the fourth biggest licence in the market for boys aged 5-14.
- Despite the fire and resulting disruption, in the UK we had one of our best ever Christmas trading periods. The week after Christmas, revenue rose 29% year-on-year due to strong sales of Sherlock, Frozen Planet and The Office. Our content also made up half of the most downloaded TV titles available via iTunes UK.
- Doctor Who Series 6 claimed its slot as the most downloaded series on iTunes in the USA in 2011. Our programmes have now been downloaded over 31m times around the world.
- In books, The Doctor Who Annual and The Great British Bake Off were the stand-out performers in the Children's and Adult categories respectively.
Global Brands – Maximises the long-term value of BBC Worldwide's major brands, creates closer consumer engagement, and identifies and cultivates emerging businesses such as Live Entertainment and Digital Entertainment & Games.
- On a memo-reported basis, headline sales from key brands across all businesses were £321m, a rise of 4% year-on-year.
- Within the operating business, headline sales were up 2% to £147m. Headline losses rose from £(13)m to £(17)m in 2011/12 due to further growth investment, the cyclical nature of some of the businesses and the cost of operating our new Magazines Unit.
- Despite a challenging book retail market, Lonely Planet grew audiences across print and digital. In 2012, it became the number one brand in travel publishing in the USA, up from number three at the time of our first investment, taking us to leadership positions in all main markets.
- In Live Entertainment, we have significantly increased the number of events we are putting on, both in the UK and overseas. In the past year, we launched a fifth Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour and The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular (global tour). To date, over 10m people have been to one of BBC Worldwide's live events.
- In our Digital Entertainment and Games business, we launched 11 new titles across console, social, online and mobile.
- 3,000 fans attended our first Official Doctor Who Convention in Cardiff and we hosted 7,000 fans at Comic-Con San Diego.
- Facebook fans of BBC Worldwide's global brands grew to over 23m.
Content & Production – Develops and acquires content for all BBC Worldwide's businesses to exploit. Licenses formats and runs a global network of production studios. Also provides expertise to producers, bringing together interested investors to enable projects to come to fruition.
- Headline sales rose by 32% to £136m, mainly due to a strong US performance, including new US shows.
- Headline profit increased by 33% to £11m due to the strong US growth, a record year at our production office in France and our talent rights management business, which enjoyed success working with core British talent.
- Other format successes included sales of Dancing with the Stars to Panama and Georgia, bringing the total number of territories where the show has been licensed to 40. It is estimated that more than 250m people have watched a local version of the show.
- BBC formats proved to be extremely successful with BBC Worldwide's top five in terms of revenue developed in-house: Dancing with the Stars, Torchwood, Top Gear, What Not to Wear, and The Week the Women Went.
- The LA production base had a number of successes during 2011/12 and produced eight original series for channels including BBC America, ABC, TLC, HISTORY, Starz and OWN.
- 2011/12 also saw Lonely Planet TV joining Content & Production for the first time and securing two commissions.
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Alex Flett: Durban Odyssey 2007.
Durban Odyssey was a solo exhibition curated by Nonto Ntombela and held at the Durban
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University of Technology Gallery from the 13 November to 15 December 2007. The
following pages are taken from the exhibition catalogue. The show reflected the many
visits to Durban which the artist had undertaken since 2000.
Below: catalogue cover
Above: Forward to the exhibition catalogue written by Jan Jordaan, Director of the South
African art charity Art for Humanity.
Below: These notes were added to the catalogue from the artist's notebook.
The above lines from the notebook were used as a means of setting up the following
question and answer session with Nonto Ntombela.
Although the show was held in late 2007, the conversation was one which was held
starting in the spring of that year and continued through the 2007 Kirkcudbright
International Arts Festival in the summer of that year.
Due to a variety of circumstances, the work with the University of Strathclyde Collins
Gallery didn't make it into an exhibition format. However, the DNA charts have been
added to by new MRI scans and these are still developing and the results will be exhibited
in the future.
The spiral based work can be seen manifested in the Geology I and II art works, and these
have a connection in a work which first made as far back as 1969 which was unfortunately
accidentally destroyed. Recently however, this work was rebuilt and can be seen on this
web site on the page marked "Snail."

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Reducing Environmental Degradation: Provincial Conference on Environmental Protection in Badakhshan
At the event, one conference attendee, Ms Kanan Gul, emphasised, 'Today is special; I have the unique chance to share my ideas for improving environmental protection in our province with the responsible authorities.' The head of Badakhshan's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), Mr Ghulm Nabi Sarfaraz, added, 'NEPA will consider the participants' feedback and suggestions for improving environmental protection in next year's provincial development plan.'
Environmental degradation is an important problem in Afghanistan. Even though environmental destruction can have direct consequences for people, public awareness is little. For example, uncontrolled deforestation increases the risk for draughts and floods. Environmental education programmes, voluntary community groups and strengthened capacities of environmental protection agencies are effective tools to fight this problem.
Thus, a series of events took place in Badakhshan throughout the last six months. They included various activities such as training sessions at governmental institutions, universities, and community development councils as well as awareness campaigns at schools. For example, LSAO conducted two six-day training activities in January, familiarising participants from various backgrounds with the national strategy on environmental protection and related laws. Yesterday's provincial feedback dialogue conference was the final activity.
In addition, Deputy Governor Office, Mr. Abdul Basheir Tawhidy, inaugurated the Department of Justice's (DoJ) new building in Balkh's provincial capital Mazar-e Sharif. The department's former building burned down in 2015. Afterwards, the DoJ moved to an inadequately equipped rental house. The Afghan-German Cooperation's programme to promote the rule of law in Afghanistan (RoL) funded the new building's construction to help ensuring the population's access to justice. The German Consul General to Northern Afghanistan, Dr Robert Klinke, highlighted, 'May this new building be a place to ensure both, the stability of the law and legal realtions and the sound administration of justice for all, individuals and communities alike.'
The programme Promotion of the Rule of Law in Afghanistan (RoL) is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The programme aims at ensuring the rule of law, a well-functioning judicial system and legal security in Afghanistan. To ensure legal security for all citizens, RoL has been supporting so-called Huquq bureaus which handled more than 77,000 civil cases since 2013. In the same time, to support higher legal education, RoL provided more than 30,000 books to Law and Sharia faculties, organised more than 150 courses on legal topics for students and lecturers and awarded more than 60 students with scholarships. RoL further trained almost 13,000 police staff to carry out duties according to law. The programme also emphasises promoting women's rights and strengthening their access to justice as well as the job market.


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The Big Three: Belief
What do you believe? And does it matter? If so, why? In this message, Pastor Caleb Miller explores the subject of belief and why believing the truth makes all the difference in your daily experience.
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
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by Ryan Isley
Writer's Note: This is Part 7 in a 13-Part series. Each Friday from November 23rd to February 15th, Ryan will make a prediction for the 2013 NASCAR season spanning over all three main touring series – Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. On February 8th and 15th, Ryan will predict the 12 drivers who will make the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase and the Sprint Cup champion. You can check out all of the predictions here.
A favorite phrase in the world of sports is "what have you done for me lately?" That will be one of the questions facing Hendrick Motorsports during the 2013 NASCAR season. And I think they will have a pretty good answer.
Hendrick Motorsports made news in 2012 when all four of their drivers made the Chase for the Sprint Cup. They will once again make headlines in 2013 – this time because they will win at least 18 of the 36 races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. That's right – Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will combine to win at least 50% of the races run on the Sprint Cup circuit in 2013.
While it may seem far-fetched that one team in the sport's top series could win half of the races – especially against the competition in NASCAR – the one team that can pull this off is Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick has been to victory lane 209 times in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 147 (70%) of those coming from Gordon and Johnson.
The leader of the group will most likely be Jimmie Johnson, who has shown a great nose for the finish line in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career. Johnson has 60 career wins and will enter the 2013 at No.8 on the all-time wins list after his first victory in 2012 at Darlington Raceway broke a tie between himself and Rusty Wallace. Johnson won five times in 2012, tying him with champion Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin for the most in the series. It was the sixth time in seven seasons that he had found victory lane at least five times and the eighth time in nine seasons that he tallied at least four wins.
Johnson will have extra motivation this season – as if he needs it – after finishing third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings in 2012. Johnson had the lead with just two races remaining and let it slip through his fingers as he was trying to win his sixth championship in seven seasons after winning five straight from 2006-10.
Jeff Gordon has crossed the finish line first in 87 races in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career. That number puts him as the career wins leader among active drivers and is good enough for third all-time behind just Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105).
Gordon had just two wins in 2012, but finished the season off strong with a win in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It was a season of tough luck for Gordon, as he came close numerous times but just could not seem to break through for a win early in the season. Both of his wins came in the second half, with his other one coming in the 21st race of the season at Pocono Raceway that helped him make the Chase.
2013 will be the third season for Alan Gustafson as the crew chief for the No.24 car – a change that has helped Gordon. After winning just one race in three years from 2008-10, Gordon has seen victory lane five times in the last two seasons. While we may never see the Gordon that won 10 races in each 1996 and 1997 and then 13 races in 1998, it seems that Gordon has gotten back to a level of confidence which will lead to more victories.
The two wild cards for this prediction are Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
The 2012 season was the initial one for Kahne with Hendrick Motorsports and he won twice on the year – tied for the second most wins in a season in his career. He also picked up two wins in 2008 and 2009 while winning six times in 2006. Along with the two wins in 2012, Kahne also tied a career-high with 19 top-10 finishes and had a career-best 13.1 average finish.
Kahne surprised many – yours truly included – by finishing fourth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings in 2012, second-best in the Hendrick Motorsports stable to Johnson. With the success he showed as the new kid on the block with Hendrick in 2012, it stands to reason that 2013 will be even better.
Earnhardt, Jr. was quite possibly on the way to his best standings finish in his five seasons for Hendrick Motorsports when his season took an unexpected turn and he missed two races in the Chase after suffering a concussion.
The highlight of the season for the driver of the No.88 car was undoubtedly winning the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway to break his 143-race winless streak. The streak had been the topic of discussion entering every season from 2010-12 after Earnhardt, Jr. went winless in 2009. After not winning in 2010 or 2011, getting the win in 2012 might be just the boost Earnhardt, Jr. needs to break through and have another season like 2004 when he went to victory lane six times.
Like Gordon and Gustafson, this will also be the third year for Earnhardt, Jr. and crew chief Steve Letarte. The two seemed to click in 2011 and 2012, making the Chase in both seasons with Earnhardt, Jr. having some of his best consistency in 2012.
With these four drivers in the Hendrick line-up, anything is possible. That includes winning at least 18 of the 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2013.
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Boesmankamp – Vra Die Mense
Ill Major Movement
Vra die Mense" is a track that speaks on the flow and usage of information in townships/ghettos specifically if it's in relation to crime. There's usually no witnesses that saw or heard anything when the authorities arrives and starts asking questions, only a township/ghetto native will privy to such info and will always be able to say "Vra die Mense" only then will answers, opinions and testimonies come forth. This subject is placed under the spotlight by Boesmankamp.
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Zones on Clicker Heroes
Zones (also called levels or floors) are numbered areas through which you progress as part of the game's goal. You start off at zone 1, and every zone after that is 1 higher than the last one. Each zone contains monsters that will drop Gold upon defeat. Their HP and Gold reward grows with the number of your zone. To unlock a new zone, you have to consecutively defeat a set number of monsters in your current highest zone first, which increases in difficulty as you get deeper into the game.
There are two types of zones: regular zones and boss zones. By far most zones are regular zones. They require you to kill 10 monsters in order to move onto the next one. This requirement can be lowered by obtaining and levelling Kumawakamaru. The second type is boss zones. They appear once every 5 levels, and they will have a special monster with extra HP that has to be killed within 30 seconds. The upsides of boss zones are that they only require you to kill 1 monster in order to unlock the next zone and that monsters killed in boss zones drop extra Gold.
From floors 1-140, each boss takes approximately 10 times the DPS of the previous boss. After that, bosses will require approximately 2 times the DPS of the previous boss. Obtaining Chronos will increase the amount of time you have to defeat a boss. 1 level in Chronos will give 1 extra second, 2 levels will give 1.97 extra seconds total, and so on, with each level giving slightly less extra time, up to a limit of 30 extra seconds total. Bubos reduce boss HP by a limit of 50%. Ascension, a special upgrade provided by Amenhotep, allows you to destroy your world and create a new one with added Hero Souls to speed up your progress. After ascending, you will start back at zone 1.


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3 Minute Wonder
A 3 minute wonder is a chance for directors that haven't yet had the opportunity to make and produce a film, 3 minute wonder gives them the chance to have that opportunity and create a 3 minute documentary on one specific subject. Channel 4 offers £4000 and their assistance in making their films which are then aired at 7:55pm every week day. The subject being documented is usually an issue not in the public eye and therefore is up to them to expose the issue. The topics range from poverty, illness to graffiti arts and food, they are completely a random mix of topics that are unreported on in the public media.
1 - 3 Minute Wonder Chloe Scotney, this documentary looks at relationships, posing questions, for example how the interviewees first met their other halves and why their relationships are so special.
What I like about this documentary is that it takes into account the relationship of all ages, younger 20's and to the older people who have been married for 20 or more years. It gives an insight to many different reasons why people are in love and also talks of how people found each other and that they are all different in their own way. Watching this I have learnt that there are many ways you can love a person and each person loves someone in their own way and maybe you don't agree with your friends decision, or they don't agree with yours to be with a particular person, however it is your decision and your happiness on the cards. Also learnt to take chances at meeting someone new because they could be the one you spend a long time with. This would be classed as a observational documentary because the filmmaker/director is not present and completely leaves the judgement clear to the audience for them to make their own opinion, they position a part of life without any interference of an opinion.
2 - 3 Minute Wonder, If not school then what?, this documentary is about secondary school children who are excluded or do not fit into the school system, and what the alternatives for them are. What I like about this documentary is that it presents a topic that isn't necessarily shown to the public, a topic of children being excluded and going no where is reported about however not what possibilities there are for children who just cannot get on and work within the school system. This shows a group of people who care for the young society that aren't as capable as others but are willing to teach them skills that they would be able to learn at school but are more disadvantaged. I've learned what options there can be for people who don't fit into the education system and that there are jobs available to help these young people who suffer with this. This documentary format I would say is also observational as the filmmaker is not present and the documentary is ran by the people involved and the audience can make their own assumptions about the characters involved and what they think about the documentary without an opinion being forced at them.
3 - 3 Minute Wonder, The wall (pure evil), this documentary is presenting street artists and different graffiti techniques, it takes an insight into why artists do graffiti and what effect it has on the public. I liked this documentary because the authenticity was strong in the sense there was no voice over informing on what is happening and it felt as if it wasn't constructed because the filmmaker was not present and forcing an opinion onto the audience, it flowed and felt that the filmmaker was genuinely interested in street arts which therefore engaged me in the subject further. I learnt that sometimes graffiti art is no just vandalism but is a form of expression and some people devote their lives to such activities and that is their job, it also can improve the look of an area with the type of art presented. Included what I have said this is also an observational documentary which I believe is the strongest documentary type because there is no narrow view point on the issue and the audience can make their own minds up about the subject.
Market Research into Documentary format and current viability.
For the first part of my research i have decided to look whats on, on a weekday because the type of documentary may differ from what could be shown on a weekend. I chose the times from 7pm because that is when people will be home from work and sitting down for tea and possibly watching the TV and these are the documentaries available. Here we can see there is a documentary called 'The Benefits Estate' that is about the money crisis of people who do not have jobs and live dependently on benefits, another documentary 'Back in Time for Dinner' this is about the UK food from the 1950's up until now with a family trying out the foods and living on them for six weeks. Both of these documentaries have in common the fact the audience can relate to money crisis's and have opinions on food, a documentary the audience would understand and relate to would engage them further, additionally placing it on a weekday when people have been at work all day this is the type of thoughts that are in the mind of the public and therefore the documentaries compliment their thoughts.
This is a TV listing for the weekend and we see here there is less documentaries being shown, possibly a reason for this is because there are other shows that get more views that involve more entertainment and celebrity content and are only available on weekends. The factual programs and documentaries shown still apply to that relation to the public's lives for example GP's Behind Closed Doors would be of high interest in the public because it involves them, as the majority of the public have a GP. At prime time on the weekend was the honoring of Afghanistan soldiers service which would have been in high public interest within the whole of the nation, this could be said that the more high profile and more in the interest of the public then the closer to peak time it will be on.
From the BARB website this is the percentage of popularity in the documentaries and other entertainment programs. As you can see 11.9% coming in third of the most popular types of program, this is where documentaries lie. Surprising it is above the news and just shows how maybe the pubic seem to believe documentaries more than the news, however this is only a possibility. Could be seen the other way round as drama which is fake is more popular than documentaries, this means that the public could possible prefer a fake and fantasy instead of the truth and reality. As we have seen the documentaries that tend to be on at prime time are ones in the public interest and most relation towards the subject.
Here we see a popular documentary which was about a prison, looking at this it reinforces the idea of what could be in the public interest and prison is a controversial topic of the nation, which could be a result of the successful 6.35 million viewers last year. Showing that factual programming is actually becoming more popular and people are being to spike an interest is more of the truth, according to this quote, specifically to the channel ITV seems to be the most popular channel that withholds these documentaries.


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From There to Here is produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One and stars Philip, Bernard Hill (Five Days, Lord Of The Rings), Steven Mackintosh (What Remains, Inside Men), Saskia Reeves (Wallander, Luther), Liz White (Life On Mars, The Woman In Black), Daniel Rigby (Big School, Eric And Ernie) and Morven Christie (Hunted, 2012).
The drama begins in June 1996 on the day an IRA bomb destroyed much of Manchester's City Centre - the same summer England was united in optimism for Euro '96. From There To Here tells the story of a city, an era and two families from different sides of the tracks whose lives are brought together in the aftermath of the bomb. The story spans the four years that changed Manchester and the country forever - from 'Football's Coming Home' in 1996, to New Labour sweeping to power in 1997, and finally to the hangover after the Millennium celebrations of 2000.
With an epic sweep, From There To Here charts the tragic and comic misadventures of two families as Manchester is being rebuilt.
Daniel Cotton (Philip) and his father Samuel (Hill) run a sweet factory, and Daniel has the perfect Cheshire family, with his wife Claire (Reeves), son Charlie (Rigby) and daughter Louise (Christie). His rough-diamond/street-wise brother Robbo (Mackintosh) has a serious rift with his father, and is immersed in the rough urban life of Manchester, where he runs a night club.
Daniel, Samuel and Robbo are caught up in the blast alongside hotel cleaner Joanne (White). Their survival of a near-death experience provokes changes in their lives that soon spin out of control.
This story is told against the backdrop of a great northern city that is reinventing itself in the face of adversity and massive socio-economic change. The material damage to the city is echoed in the fault line running through the Cotton family's fractured relations.
Written by Peter Bowker, From There To Here is a 3x60-minute mini-series and produced by Tim Bricknell (The Fear, Eric And Ernie), executive produced by Derek Wax (Occupation, The Hour) and Peter Bowker for Kudos Film & Television, and executive produced by Stephen Wright, Head of Drama BBC Northern Ireland. It is directed by James Strong (The Great Train Robbery, Broadchurch).


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The new documentary No Bois Man No Fraid explores the stick fighting art of kalinda as a vibrant modern martial art with roots embedded deeply in Trinidadian and African cultures. Kalinda also has an intriguing connection with Herbert Gordon Lang's Walking Stick Method of Self Defence, as put forth in his book of that title, which was published in 1923.
At that time, Lang was a senior officer in the Indian police force and he hoped to institute his system of stick fighting as a key aspect of police training, while also noting its potential as a method of civilian self defence.
In his Introduction, Lang noted that:
The System has been carefully built up after several years' thought and demonstration, and combines a method devised by a Frenchman, Vigui (sic), of which, little is now heard, together with the stick play of tribes of negroes on certain of the West India Islands, called "Bois."
Additions and ameliorations have been made as the result of experience and close practice under varying circumstances.
Between 1920-21, H.G. Lang learned the Vigny stick fighting style from Percy Rolt, a former student of Pierre Vigny's. Lang's book represents the most detailed exposition of Vigny's unusual method of stick fighting, which had earlier been incorporated into the curriculum of Bartitsu.
Lang was born in Grenada, West Indies, on December 3, 1887. It's possible that he studied bois there as a teenager and later melded that style with what he learned of the Vigny system.
The Creole term "bois" ("wood", or "stick", also "bois-bataille", etc.) was historically applied to stickfighting in both Grenada and Trinidad. While actual stick combat was successfully banned in Grenada, "bois" is still practiced there as a folk dance. However, as shown in No Bois Man No Fraid, the combat system has been perpetuated in Trinidad via the carnival traditions.
Thus, it's likely that Trinidadian kalinda (a.k.a. bois, kalenda, calinda, etc.) is very close to what Lang might have added to the Vigny method. Those additions may well have included the practice of double-handed blocking, which is characteristic of both kalinda and Lang's Walking Stick Method but which does not appear in any of the earlier Vigny sources.


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Dr. Julianne Belman tells Boone that CVI's also alter your "motivational imperative in the Taelon's favour." That means that the Taelon's priorities and orders become the most important thing to an "implant." When Dr. Belman implanted Boone with his CVI, she removed the Taelon imperative so Boone would benefit from the increased brain capacity and recall features but not be forced to obey the Taelons ("Decision").
The first human to be implanted with a CVI was James Pike, a convicted murderer. The implant was an experiment to see if a motivational imperative like "love all humans" could be used to rehabilitate a criminal instead of incarceration. Da'an considered this experiment a success because Pike remained a model inmate for nearly two years after being implanted. However, Pike's CVI began to degrade and eventually killed him either because of failure of the device or Pike's ability to tap into it to help his brain evolve faster than normal ("Avatar").
For a reason that no one had been able to determine, CVIs sometimes began to degrade after an extended period of use. This happened to Ronald Sandoval. In order to save Sandoval's life, Dr. Belman administered an experimental Anti-Cyber Virus. Over a 24 hour period, the A-CVI successfully destroyed what was left of the CVI so that Sandoval could be re-implanted with a new one ("Sandoval's Run").


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Rather than debut e-commerce on its own website, Chanel has partnered with Net-a-Porter to sell a small collection of jewelry, dubbed Coco Crush, which includes five rings and a cuff in 18-karat white and yellow gold. It will be the first time Chanel has sold anything other than beauty products online.
Of course, Chanel isn't just selling some inventory and hoping for the best. Not only has the brand (unsurprisingly) partnered with the web's most high-end shopping destination to do it, but it's also gotten Net-a-Porter to create a first-of-its-kind "digital pop-up" specifically for Coco Crush. We're told it's going to be "an entirely bespoke Coco Crush world" with 360-degree photography that allows shoppers to zoom in, expand, "play about" and examine the product as they would in real life. It will also adapt to any desktop, tablet or mobile device. With Chanel's input, Net-a-Porter's tech team build the entire application from scratch.
It makes a lot of sense that Chanel, which has long eschewed e-commerce in favor of keeping tight control around how and where its products are sold, would only give into online retail on the condition that it be done in a very special, customized and controlled way. No wonder the company might spend over a year preparing to launch e-commerce on its own website.
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Granted, the scoring woes that have afflicted the Colorado women's soccer team lately have occurred against some of the top programs in the nation.
Still, with appearances in three of the past four NCAA Tournaments, the Buffaloes expect to compete with the best of the best. Stanford had different ideas Sunday, as the No. 2-ranked Cardinal extended the Buffs' offensive struggles while handing the hosts a 3-0 defeat at Prentup Field.
Colorado native Civana Kuhlmann, a freshman from Chatfield High School, scored two goals for Stanford.
"They have quality everywhere," CU head coach Danny Sanchez said. "I think this year they are more dynamic in the attack, which I think every coach in the country would say. They played well today. Having said that, I thought we played well. If you look at their three goals, it was three quality goals. I don't really feel we made any mistakes in the back. I thought we were competitive. I thought they bought into the tactics. If you're going to get beat on goals, those were quality goals."
It was the third consecutive scoreless effort for the Buffs and their fourth in the past five games. CU fell to 0-3 this season against ranked foes, not including a 3-0 defeat last month at Texas, which has since risen to No. 7 in the national poll.
Since a 6-1 win at the University of Denver on Sept. 16, the Buffs have scored just one goal in five Pac-12 Conference games — a Marty Puketapu goal on Sept. 28 in a 2-0 win at Washington State (the Buffs' other tally in that match was an own-goal by WSU). The Buffs have faced No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 20 Cal during that stretch, and the schedule doesn't get any easier with a match at No. 6 USC, the defending national champion, on Friday.
"I think the biggest struggle right now is just getting our confidence up," senior Becca Rasmussen said. "Obviously, everyone is disappointed, and we feel down from this loss. I think the biggest challenge is going to be how quick we pick ourselves back up and have the energy and desire to go at these next couple games."
Kuhlmann gave the Cardinal a 1-0 halftime lead on her first goal in the 32nd minute, and Stanford extended its advantage to 2-0 in the 57th minute on a highlight-reel goal from Michelle Xiao, whose shot arced from the left side of the penalty area into the top right corner of the net.
Kuhlmann, playing in front of a large contingent of family and friends, recorded the first two-goal game of her young career with another tally in the 74th minute.
"We've known through some of this stretch goals were going to be at a premium. That's not going to change next Friday (at USC)," Sanchez said. "If you look around the conference, goals are at a premium everywhere. We look at every game like this is a fresh opportunity, so it's not like we're pressing more or doing anything different. We just need a little more quality going forward."
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I acquired this sweet music mix thing called "The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 greatest songs of all time". You know, because there always seems to be gaps in my music library that can only be filled by some awesome oldies. Anyways, I haven't listened to all 500 songs, in fact, I haven't even looked at all 500 but so far I'm pretty sure the selections cover a pretty decent part of the music genres we commonly recognize. I've heard Public Enemy, Al Green, Afrikaa Bambata, The Clash, The Beatles and all this other creayap. I approve :O! I'm also acquiring the 500 best rock classicz, just in case, you know, because I need like 3049304934 different versions of "Paint it Black".
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Great Framer feedback. A lot of things in here that I was not even realizing. Would love to hear your biggest annoyances with Framer so I can fix them :-)
Great stuff. I agree - object cloning would be very handy!
View cloning is definitely on the list.
Starting up a project always requires several minutes of adding my own tools, so an "include file(s) from location" in the framer app ui would be awesome.
Animations get verbose and redundant. Being able to set the default curve (like in app UI) would save beginners and veterans lots of typing.
Documentation. I pinged you I want to help on that, but I always just want a snippet of code and right now there are four places to check and none of them guarantee a good appropriate use case.
Regarding the layer group renaming, i find it helpful that it does it automatically… maybe you throw a dialogue and ask if you want framer to fix the names or stop and go fix them yourself?
oh and official/fixed up dragging (with optional inertia on release, optional resistance) and scrolling (i really just want to make thinks like the ios home screen, pull to search, app switcher…)
I miss a simple way to create larger prototypes with multiple states and simple transitions to move between them (like slides in a ppt). Right now I define states manually (setting views visible or not). Is there any best practice?
Hi Fredrik!If you want a slide-like-behavior, you could try one of the many "presentation"-frameworks out there:
http://tympanus.net/Development/PageTransitions/ (thanks Van Grosbeek)


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People that get butthurt at OTP's are generally bad players themselves, since they need to believe they are only losing because other people like playing a certain Champ.
People that get butthurt at OTP's are generally bad players themselves, since they need to believe they are only losing because other people like playing a certain Champ.
Competitive is just a different game mode, it doesn't force anyone or tell anyone that winning is more important than fun, the only difference is you're required to bet some SR to start a match. You're mixing up how the game is designed, and how you think it is designed. The game design allows you to OTP, it allows you to main.
You're still mixing up 'should' and 'I want them to because I prefer it this way'.
You should always have the mindset "what's a good pick for the team to win" rather than "what do I feel like today" for competitive. Sadly, Blizzard, casual as they are, have not made any guidelines for Competitive and has failed to make this a serious game mode.
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I think we have different ideas about the word game design.
I mean how it's supposed to be played not how it can be played. YES, if it CAN be played a way, technically it's part of the game design.
But, if you do some research it's clear how the game is designed with hero picks and swaps. Some heroes counter others and if you get countered, you should repick to counter that in return. If you never swap, the other team can counter every single player in your team, and you litterally can't win.
Why do you think swapping hero even exist? It's intended, and part of what you SHOULD DO to optimize you chances to win.
Take any MOBA, like Blizzards other game Heroes of the Storm, here you can't swap hero, and you will have to work out a strategy with what you got and what the enemy got, but Overwatch doesn't work like that.
Same for the game Paladins, it's very much alike Overwatch, but here you can't swap hero at all. To counter the enemy, you instead "buy talents" ingame, to customize your character on the spot. You can enhance life, damage, movement etc.
If you do not buy the correct talents in Paladins, you are doomed! That is clearly part of the game's design. For Overwatch, we have hero swap INSTEAD of buying talents, and if you don't swap to counter, you are doomed as well. Clearly, this is therefore part of the game's core design.
I don't know which words to use, I'm not that fluent in english, but if I can try.
The game design allows you to pick anything to play the game.
The game design is ALSO created that you pick CERTAIN counter-heroes to WIN the game.
So in summary, the design means that if you want to WIN, then you should swap.
I think you overestimate the power of counter picking, and as such get mad at people who main/OTP. Remember, just play your best and stop blaming your teammates for your losses, then maybe you'll start having fun again!
oh you all butthurt kissless virgins
people that say '2-2-2 or feed', 'hanzo switch', 'pick mercy!!1' are truly the worst kind. and most probably aged 12-14 from team voice chat experience
its funny how sometimes perfect 222 meta team gets totally wrecked by a full troll team with 6 dps just because they play their favorite heroes.
i value personal skill over teamplay or being jack of all trades, master of none.
ladder =/= proffesional competetive scene
i dont get paid, i play for my own amusement. mind shutting the hell up ?
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It's the same as saying that I can buy a car and solely use it to live in it. It's allowed, doable, nobody should get on you for it. But it's not what the designer had in mind when they designed it.
I smell silver OTPs that blame their team for their losses.
If you push a button that finds you a 'random group' and it gives you a random group of people with random skill and random knowledge then you have no right to complain that a 'random group' button did what it was designed to do. The fault lies in your inability to make friends to play with instead of relying on a button designed to be random. It is a 'random group' button, not a 'best of the best' button.


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If the forum was to go the social media route I would not use it anymore.
..................................3) What changes would people like to see?The old emoticons were better.Is there a whatever happened to option somewhere because people look to have been dropped off and I must have been away and missed the reason. Where are you Karroto?........................
That's another x2 from me as well. I'm am gradually withdrawing from facebook....it's just mostly rubbish & political agendas now.I don't post a heap, more to do with my own confidence among so knowledgeable crowd than this site ! But I certainly have never felt like I couldn't, & on those occasions when I do extrapolate on a topic, or even (heaven forbid) create a new one myself....I've never been made to feel like an idiot for doing so.cheers
3) What changes would people like to see?Zero tolerance of personal abuse but banning to be a very last resort - I still miss PI2C That could involve more active intervention by mods at the slightest hint of personal animosity creeping into a thread.Restructuring the forum to simplify where new topics should go may help folk to kick off discussions....5) Is there anything in particular you dont like about the site in its current form.Kruddler! Only joking; I generally enjoy his contributions
Glad to read so many positive comments and suggestions.I'm very sure this site is extremely relevant and run in a spirit that encourages and supports serious, passionate and committed Mighty Bluebagger folks to have a genuine meeting place for discussion and good natured and good humoured banter. And having such a 'spirit' this site soon becomes disinteresting to trolls, malcontents and similar c0ckheads.
Oi ! no taking my name in vain please !!! cheers(and you reckon I haven't heard every variation of the "mal" words as nicknames over the years !...the most long lived was when I was a mad fast bowler, & my teammates went with "Malfunction")
Sheik isn't posting much, I remember some of the older contributors in Phoenix Johnson and even Synbad the sailor man at one stage, It would be great to find out where they have all gone and why they stopped posting or using the forum. People need to know the forum is there of course, how do we advertise it?
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Margrie Group
The cellular logic of sensory circuits
Troy Margrie
Professor of Systems Neuroscience
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
tel: +44 20 3108 8014
Research Area
Perhaps the two most compelling features of the brain are its connectivity and myriad cell types. Our lab is focused on studying cell-to-cell diversity within and across different neuronal classes and networks, in the context of local and long-range connectivity. It is our view that only a detailed quantitative understanding of the heterogeneity in connectivity and cellular composition of the network can elucidate key principles underlying the design and operation of neuronal circuits in the normal and diseased brain.
From a technical standpoint, we employ a variety of approaches, some of which are multidisciplinary and/or were developed in our lab. These include 3D electron microscopic analysis, in vitro and in vivo single and multi-cell targeted recordings, whole-brain connectivity mapping of recorded cells, optogenetics, modelling, and behaviour. Our lab works almost exclusively on mice, which offer a tractable experimental system for establishing causal relationships between the functional connectivity of mammalian neuronal circuits and behaviour.
Research Topics
Our lab is focused on dissecting brain function at the cellular level using two model systems. The primary visual cortex is perhaps the most studied cortical area. At a functional level it is highly plastic and contains functionally and biophysically diverse cell types. Many of these receive input from higher-order associational areas, including retrosplenial cortex. We are focused on understanding how the response properties of individual cortical cells emerge from connectivity, with emphasis on the functional relationship between these two cortical areas in the context of visual and non-visual sensory processing.
The glomerular circuit of the olfactory bulb is another model system of choice, as local networks can readily be identified and genetically targeted from one mouse to the next. Compared to cortex, the glomerulus is anatomically and functionally relatively simple; its cellular composition is well understood. However the intrinsic properties of glomerular neurons vary according to the glomerulus in which they receive odour input. This intrinsic biophysical diversity is known to depend on the identity of the receptor neurons that relay sensory information to the glomerulus. We therefore use this system to investigate the functional significance of intrinsic diversity and plasticity in the context of olfactory information processing in the behaving animal.
- Group Members
Zara Allardyce Research Technician
Tristan Chaplin, Research Fellow
Lee Cossell Senior Research Fellow
Sepi Keshavarzi Senior Research Fellow
Stephen Lenzi, PhD student
Chris Puhl Research Fellow
Sara Rolle-Sonora PhD student
Molly Strom Senior Investigator Scientist
Chryssanthi Tsitoura Research Fellow
Adam Tyson, Research Fellow
Mateo Velez-Fort Senior Research Fellow
- Selected Publications
- aMAP is a validated pipeline for registration and segmentation of high-resolution mouse brain data. Niedworok CJ, Brown AP, Jorge Cardoso M, Osten P, Ourselin S, Modat M, Margrie TW. Nature Communications 2016 Jul 7;7:11879. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11879.
- Chabrol, F.P., Arenz, A., Wiechert, M.T., Margrie, T.W., DiGregorio, D.A. (2015) Synaptic diversity enables temporal coding of coincident multi-sensory input in single neurons. Nature Neuroscience 18 (5) p718-27.
- Rancz, E.R., Moya, J., Drawitsch, F., Brichta, A.M., Canals, S., Margrie, T.W. (2015) Widespread vestibular activation of rodent cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 35 (15) p5926-34.
- Velez-Fort, M., Rousseau, C., Niedworok, C., Wickersham, I.R., Rancz, ER., Strom, M., Margrie, T.W. (2014) The stimulus selectivity and connectivity of layer 6 principal cells reveals cortical microcircuits underlying visual processing. Neuron 83, p1431-43.
- Chadderton, P., Williams, S.R., Schaefer, A.T., and Margrie T.W. (2014) Sensory-evoked synaptic integration in cerebellar and cerebral cortical neurons. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15 (2) p71-83.
- Bracey, E., Pichler, B., Schaefer, A.T., Wallace, D.H. and Margrie T.W. (2013) Perceptual judgments and chronic imaging of altered odor maps indicate comprehensive template matching in rodent olfaction. Nature Communications 4:2100 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3100.
- Osten, P. and Margrie, T.W. (2013) Mapping brain circuitry with a light microscope. Nature Methods 10 (6) p515-23.
- Angelo, K., Rancz, E.A., Pimentel, D., Hundahl, C., Hannibal, J.,
Fleischmann, A., Pichler, B., and Margrie, T.W. (2012) A biophysical
signature of network affiliation and sensory processing in mitral cells.
Nature 488, 7411 p375-8.
- Rancz, E.A., Franks, K.M., Schwarz, M., Pichler, B., Schaefer, A.T., and Margrie T. W. (2011) Transfection via whole-cell recordings in vivo: Bridging single-cell physiology, genetics and connectomics. Nature Neuroscience 14 (4) p527-532.


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Olson earlier won first place in the competition from VFW Post 8870 of Edmonds and then at the District 1 level. At school, she competes in tennis and cross country and enjoys Debate Club.
Other VFW District 1 winners included Chain Lake Elementary student Natalie Payne, from Post 7511, (Youth Essay, third grade); Eryn Chestine, Fryelands Elementary, Post 7511 (Youth Essay, fourth grade); Dillon Olson, Cathcart Elementary, Post 921 (Youth Essay, fifth grade); and Akila Rajan, Gateway Middle, Auxiliary 2100 (Patriot's Pen).
Second- and third-place honors for the Youth Essay and Patriot's Pen contests went to Louisa David, Seattle Hill Elementary, Post 2100; Finley Gonzales, Endeavor Elementary, Post 8870; Margaret Moon, Mukilteo Elementary, Post 8870; Mohuwa Wahid, Explorer Middle, Post 8870; Andy Cook, Gold Bar Elementary, Auxiliary 9417; Amelia Brumley, Cathcart Elementary, Post 921; Trevor Magruder, Sultan Elementary, Auxiliary 2554; Emma Bastian, Gateway Middle, Auxiliary 2100; and Emily Johnson, Sultan Middle, Auxiliary 2554.
In the Voice of Democracy Audio Essay Contest, the District 1 runners-up were Ankitha Doddanari, Bothell High School, Post 1040, and Jack Curnutt, Glacier Peak High School, Post 2100.
The annual District 1 contest was open to students from Snohomish, Lynnwood, Arlington, Everett, Sultan, Monroe, Edmonds and Gold Bar.
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