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Advertise on Cineuropa Logos and Banners IFFR 2025 Tiger Competition “It’s important to show things we’re all afraid of” by Marta Bałaga 05/02/2025 - We sat down with the German director to delve into his story of a therapist who’s forced to balance the demands of her professional life with those of her ageing parents and older brother Cineuropa: You show such a universal experience and universal fear Once we – and our parents – reach a certain age we start to think: “What’s the right thing to do?”Tim Ellrich: I’ve experienced that situation he became even more secluded: you’d rarely see him but also to those whose family members are mentally ill I never wanted to make something that would just be autobiographical it’s very important to show things we’re all afraid of We have to confront them because so many friends of mine put these issues aside There’s a scene where people sit around the table and wonder if they are helping their parents because they want to One of them asks: “Do you even like them?”“Would you like your parents if they weren’t your parents?” It’s such a disturbing question or is it about some kind of dependency?” The scene you just mentioned is such a mundane situation but I like questions that keep me awake at night I don’t know if anyone can really answer it honestly but it’s an interesting thing to recognise you veer into unexpected territory.It’s called energy healing; my mother does it as well There is some kind of poetic connection between that job It symbolises the very idea of helping and the inability to do so There are so many things here that are hidden She heals from a distance: bodies she’s trying to fix are not actually here When you see her relationship with a woman who has cancer She can’t open up either; she can just scream inside of her car Was it tricky to have a protagonist that keeps it all in?It’s so interesting that we can see through other people but Jenny Schily works miracles here: you can see all this conflict already in her face Did you want to make sure it wouldn’t be too difficult to watch but I come from a comedy background – my first shorts were comedies which was also about death and being alone Maybe there’s hope in the fact that people still care for each other and this effort is a positive thing in itself We talk about “good intentions” not being enough I’m happy you’re asking about this because although I like films that take on serious topics I don’t want to drown people in devastation Holle and her brother do get that moment when he really sees her Maybe it’s enough to know somebody really cared about you the conversations you’re going to have will inevitably get personal Is it something you welcome?This is the reason why I do it they talk about the cinematography [laughs] I want to have these discussions because cinema allows people to share an emotional moment and access something inside of them Every character in this film refers to a relative It’s hard because you feel responsible: you don’t want to hurt anybody and go: “Oh my God.” It was a surreal moment of reenacting something I saw You have to let go at some point – if you keep things too personal But they appreciate it when you really put yourself on the line Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox 06/05/2025 Lionel Massol • Producer, Films Grand Huit“We want to produce films that tell the story of society, with a strong artistic bias” 02/05/2025 Annegret Richter • Artistic director, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film“There’s no definition of which target group it has to be for; you can tell any story with stop motion” 02/05/2025 Sanja Božić-Ljubičić • CEO, Pickbox, Mediatranslations, Mediavision and NEM“We will always stay focused on the CEE region, a region that’s unique – it can be challenging, but it’s also incredibly rewarding” 30/04/2025 Mirko Goran Marijanac • Media sales executive, DeAPlaneta Entertainment“It’s all about using AI ethically, and making the most of its tools to boost efficiency in animation and distribution” 29/04/2025 Anne Pouliquen • Founder and Director, Futura Cinema“Futura Cinema acts as a bridge between cinemas, cultural innovation and technological solutions” all interviews Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the most important daily or weekly news on European cinema Crossing Europe 2025 Review: Callas, Darling Cannes 2025 Marché du Film The Party’s Over! 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Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events, including Cannes, Kraków, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Annecy, Brussels, Munich and many others Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 06/05/2025Europa Distribution explores the release of documentaries at CPH:DOXThe network has held a case study workshop as part of its brand-new partnership with the Copenhagen-based festival Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 02/05/2025Slovak crime-thriller Černák becomes the highest-grossing film in domestic cinemasThe second film in the saga about a local mafia boss, directed by Jakub Króner, outgrossed its first part, which dominated Slovak cinemas last year Jaśmina Wójcik • Director of King Matt the First The Polish director discusses her approach to taking on a 1920s children’s literary classic in an unexpected way Želimir Žilnik • Director of Eighty Plus The Serbian director discusses his deep suspicion of ideologies in relation to his irresistibly charming latest feature, which follows a man whose life spans three political systems Paulina Jaroszewicz • Distribution and marketing manager, New Horizons Association Cineuropa sat down with the Polish distributor to discuss her company’s strategy as well as the connection between its distribution line-up and BNP Paribas New Horizons Festival’s programme Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer The Irish filmmaker discusses his mystery-thriller, how he created the character with Nicolas Cage and his approach to the use of colours in the film Privacy Policy The images used on this website have been provided by journalists and are believed to be free of rights if you are the owner of an image used on this website and believe that its use infringes on your copyright We will remove the image in question as soon as possible We have made reasonable efforts to ensure that all images used on this website are used legally and in accordance with copyright laws About us | Contact us | Logos and Banners Mission | Partners | Team | Donations | Terms and conditions Volume 11 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1372876 Editorial on the Research TopicNew plastic pollution types and novel sources of microplastic pollution in marine systems Figure 1 (A) A red polyester-based paint chip detected in the rocky Hikoshima island intertidal zone (B) Blue plasticrusts covering intertidal rocks in Yoshimo (C) Pyroplastic (left side of the object) formation from incompletely melted plastic (right side of the object; picture: Dennis Siering) (D) Plastitar found in the rocky intertidal zone in Cala Rajada Spain (Mediterranean Sea; picture: Julius A The aims of this Research Topic were to increase the awareness of the distribution and abundance of such novel plastic pollution sources and these sources can be characterized and incorporated into mitigation measures Further aims were to find out more about the distribution of novel plastic forms and to collect information about their potential sources worldwide show that paint chips can reach even remote marine locations like the deep sea and that paints are an important source for microplastics in the ocean Tamburri et al. looked further into the topic of microplastic release from ship coatings They emphasize that there are currently no regulations that address this issue polymer binders are the main microplastic source from coatings and they propose a definition for microplastics originating from ships by saying that any particle with a polymer content of ≥ 10% should be considered microplastic they identify five situations in which microplastics may be released from ship coatings and suggest how microplastic release can be managed in these situations in which humans are involved It was found that plastitar has been reported under various names worldwide since 1973 most plastitar records were made along the major oil transportation routes suggesting that plastitar results from spillage during oil transport this brief research report provides two additional plastitar records (made in Mallorca Sea of Japan) with chemical analyses of plastic and crude oil In conclusion, this Research Topic reports on microplastic types from the deep sea that is very difficult to access (Zhang et al.), contributes to finding a regulation for microplastic release by ship coatings (Tamburri et al.), and expands the knowledge of plastitar distribution and composition (Ellrich et al.) The authors used state-of-the-art chemical analyses for microplastic identification and crude oil characterization thereby assuring the quality of their results The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher The fate of plastic-wearing sharks: Entanglement of an iconic top predator in marine debris CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar High abundances of microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments: Evidence from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Domínguez-Hernández C. Plastitar: A new threat for coastal environments Microplastic load and polymer type composition in European rocky intertidal snails: Consistency across locations Characterization of three plastic forms: Plasticoncrete Paint fragments as polluting microplastics: A brief review Car and truck tire wear particles in complex environmental samples – A quantitative comparison with “traditional” microplastic polymer mass loads Microplastics formation based on degradation characteristics of beached plastic bags CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar A review of microplastic pollution in aquaculture: Sources Ellrich JA and Gestoso I (2024) Editorial: New plastic pollution types and novel sources of microplastic pollution in marine systems Received: 18 January 2024; Accepted: 29 January 2024;Published: 13 February 2024 Copyright © 2024 Ehlers, Ellrich and Gestoso. 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B.V. by Davide Abbatescianni 06/02/2025 - Tim Ellrich’s first solo feature shows promising directing skills but the final result is not particularly memorable owing to a rather predictable narrative Tim Ellrich’s first solo feature, the drama In My Parents’ House [+see also: trailerinterview: Tim Ellrichfilm profile], is one of the titles that have world-premiered in the Tiger Competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam Inspired by the filmmaker’s own family experiences and shot on location at his childhood home who dedicates herself to supporting clients with severe illnesses and chronic conditions she also devotes a significant amount of time to caring for her ageing parents (portrayed by Ursula Werner and Manfred Zapatka) a responsibility that puts a strain on her relationship with her partner When her mother is hospitalised after a fall Holle is confronted with increasing challenges particularly regarding her brother Sven (Jens Brock) who suffers from schizophrenia and has spent years living in isolation in their parents’ attic yet it suffers from some evident shortcomings the main choice prompting some perplexity is the decision to shoot the entire film in black and white A lack of colour usually creates distancing favours abstraction and “reduces” the information conveyed to the audience such distancing simply feels cold-hearted and lacks sufficient motivation the theme of caregiving is explored with adequate depth Although family responsibility and incommunicability are certainly relatable matters for most of the audience their nuances provided here are portrayed with a good dose of realism but never turn into anything unique or add any layers of meaning governed by a sort of Apollonian “comfort zone” there are also some sparks of promise here and there Dieter’s harsh takes on social conventions as well as Sven’s silences and hysterical crises These intuitions show Ellrich’s potential and budding directing talent the entire cast delivers good performances and almost each and every scene works by itself Even though the framing choices and staging aren’t particularly innovative their static nature and simplicity are effective in a piece like this the dialogues are always dry and to the point the audience may perceive all of this as a well-executed work that ultimately lacks punch and struggles to stand out from the crowded filmography of family dramas the closure of the narrative arc feels rushed as the lowest point unfolds a few minutes before the end credits making the last scene look rather postiche and inorganic within the way the story develops In My Parents’ House is a German production staged by elemag pictures GmbH, Port-Au-Prince Pictures GmbH and Coronado Film “It’s important to show things we’re all afraid of” We sat down with the German director to delve into his story of a therapist who’s forced to balance the demands of her professional life with those of her ageing parents and older brother   05/02/2025 “The freedom we have here, and the ability to put this programme together, is something that we cherish with pride, but also with great responsibility” IFFR’s head discusses the upcoming edition and the festival’s vision, blending the finest of arthouse, festival hits, and the best of Dutch cinema   30/01/2025 The Croatian helmer’s film also snagged the FIPRESCI Prize, whilst the two Special Jury Awards went to Sammy Baloji’s The Tree of Authenticity and Tim Ellrich’s In My Parents’ House   10/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Awards Tim Ellrich’s first solo feature shows promising directing skills, but the final result is not particularly memorable owing to a rather predictable narrative   06/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition The Dutch festival has announced the Tiger and Big Screen Competition titles for its 54th edition, in addition to some eclectic and star-studded Talks events   17/12/2024 | IFFR 2025 06/05/2025Crossing Europe 2025 02/05/2025goEast 2025 Review: My Magical 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La guerrera del Imperio Inca She was the second child of four born to Earl and Geraldine Ellrich in Rumford She graduated from Wilton Academy in Wilton Maine in 1953 She had many memories of growing up in Rumford with her grandparents and on the farm with her three brothers skiing and golfing with her cousin and best friend Sally (Rowe) Church In 1954 Shirley met and married Air Force Pilot Kenneth Reed and started a family Moving frequently was the norm and they lived in numerous places in the US and abroad she navigated the difficult time by focusing on her four boys and being near her family Shirley eventually settled in New Hampshire and had 2 more children In 1989 Shirley moved to Utah to be near her children and grandchildren She worked well past retirement age assisting several small businesses Her cherished free time was spent renovating her home and flower gardens Her dinner parties for family and friends are legendary No matter what challenges came along she was fiercely dedicated to her children and family worked hard and always kept a great sense of humor She was a devout Catholic and regularly attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeline in Salt Lake City Shirley is preceded in death by brothers Robert and Richard Ellrich son Stephen Reed and great grandchild Lettie Reed She is survived by brother Jack (Anna) Ellrich and children Britt (Dianne) Reed Jean Orino (Jason Epstein) and Christopher (Keri Gibson) Orino Dillon and Kendall Reed and Adeline & Oliver Orino Shirley will be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery with her husband Kenneth and her son Stephen In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at alzfdn.org or the Cathedral of the Madeline at utcotm.org Condolences and sympathy for you and the family The Daily Bulldog is a completely free, fully online publication dedicated to covering the wide variety of happenings in Franklin County. 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Smith, Ellrich, Neal, Smith & Stohlman, P.A., (561) 624-0355, [email protected] LinkedIn Do not sell or share my personal information: David Ellrich's grandfather drove his 1914 Willys Overland Model 79 Touring from Newell to the Iowa State Fair.  "It was literally a perfect day for driving a car," David said.  Josephine and her four-cylinder jughead engine sat in the Classic Car Display on the Grand Concourse outside the Grandstand considering it was already a classic car back when Ellrich's grandfather "I really enjoyed the ride going to the fair," Raymond wrote in the Sept "The 30 mph pace gave a chance to exchange greetings with the people along the roadside and to answer made by others while slowing as they passed us." This particular Overland was the first to have electric headlights and the last right-hand drive model If he and Marlene ever wanted to part with it — and they don't — they could probably get around $50,000 for it.  have put more than 5,000 miles on it over the past four years.  He and his brothers used it to deliver the Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Tribune The car's wide running boards were perfect jumping-off points for the kids to take the newspapers to their front doors.   plenty of people stopped to examine the Overland many taking photos or going closer to inspect the engine.   "You can't be in the car (without) people (who) are waving all the time," Marlene said.   "You get more smiles per mile," David said.   Austin Cannon covers the city of Des Moines for the Register. Reach him at awcannon@registermedia.com or 515-284-8398. Your subscription makes work like this possible. 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Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1437437 Plastitar has recently been reported in marine environments worldwide Plastitar is plastic embedded in crude oil residues geochemically or -physically altered plastic has been proposed to derive from water motion driven plastic-crude oil-interactions in pelagic and benthic habitats we introduce bitumen-based plastitar: a novel plastic form variant that we detected in supra-intertidal marina walls Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy identified plastic fragments that we had found firmly embedded in black joint sealant pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (PY-GC/MS) and FTIR indicated that the black joint sealant consisted of a bitumen-mineral-mixture that is commonly used as adhesive and filler in hydraulic engineering and road construction Brittle plastic fragments showed signs of melting such as bubbles incompletely combusted and melted plastics with rock-like appearances Bottle caps and paint chips were deeply pressed into the joint sealant These findings indicate that bitumen-based plastitar is formed by plastic being (un)intentionally included into heated liquid bitumen or pressed into hardened bitumen Our field inspections detected that bitumen-based plastitar degraded by up to 66% over 608 days releasing microplastics (plastics < 0.5 cm) into the environment that plastitar variants can form from materials other than crude oil residues and in terrestrial environments We hope that our study will increase the awareness for these novel plastic fixation processes plastic agglomeration with bitumen through heat and pressure which could help to prevent plastitar formation during future construction works To examine whether the presumed plastitar persisted over time we re-visited the Cuxhaven marina after 608 days on 23 February 2024 In Helgoland, we found one blue fragment and several orange fragments embedded in two black joint sealant stains on roads (54.177739, 7.891819; 54.183725, 7.888142) on 27 April 2024 (Supplementary Figure S4A) recorded their positions and collected fragments as described above To examine the persistence of the orange fragments we took another picture of them after 35 days on 1 June 2024 this plastitar finding constitutes the first plastitar record in a terrestrial environment worldwide these findings further corroborate that the bitumen-based plastitar was generated during construction or repair works we recommend that future studies should use manipulative field experiments that track plastitar over time to gain a better understanding of environmental influences on plastitar persistence and the fate of the embedded plastics in the environment contribute to terrestrial and marine microplastic pollution We conclude that our findings constitute the first plastitar records in terrestrial environments worldwide They show that plastitar can derive from bitumen contains various plastic types (such as pyroplastics and persists under urban conditions over several months until its degeneration that releases microplastics into the environment We hope that our study raises the awareness for these novel plastic fixation processes (i.e. plastic agglomeration with bitumen through melting or pressure) that could help to prevent plastitar formation during future terrestrial and hydraulic construction and maintenance works to perform observational field studies on the frequency of occurrence of bitumen-based plastitar in urban environments and to design manipulative experiments to examine the generation and degeneration of this novel plastic form variant The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research We acknowledge support by the Open Access publication fund of Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung We thank both reviewers for constructive comments on our manuscript Germany; BfG) for letting us use the Vertex FTIR spectrometer and Georg Dierkes (BfG) for performing the PY-GC/MS analysis The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1437437/full#supplementary-material Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: from emerging pollutants to emerged threat PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Review on mechanisms of bitumen modification: process and variables Gupta (eds) Recent trends in construction technology and management Lecture notes in civil engineering,vol 260 CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Bozdynska, L., Winter, J., and Szymala, T. 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Ehlers, c29uamEuZWhsZXJzQGF3aS5kZQ== IFFR 2025 Awards 10/02/2025 - The Croatian helmer’s film also snagged the FIPRESCI Prize whilst the two Special Jury Awards went to Sammy Baloji’s The Tree of Authenticity and Tim Ellrich’s In My Parents’ House It’s a wrap for the 2025 edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) which unspooled in the Dutch city from 30 January-9 February This year’s Tiger Competition once again highlighted the bold and innovative spirit of emerging filmmakers Peter Strickland and Andrea Luka Zimmerman who was unable to attend owing to a travel ban The top honour, the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, was bestowed upon Igor Bezinović’s Fiume o morte! [+see also: film reviewtrailerfilm profile] (Croatia/Italy/Slovenia) The jury praised its playful yet incisive exploration of history and nationalism blending staged reconstructions with reality to expose the past as an active force in contemporary Europe Baloji’s film essay was lauded for its meditative and methodical approach to colonial history and environmental concerns particularly its portrayal of a 3,000-year-old tree as a silent witness to exploitation impressed with its deep emotional resonance avoiding satire in favour of nuanced social observation They commended its layered exploration of morality brought to life through a complex lead performance and striking cinematography An additional €15,000 were offered to the Dutch distributor acquiring the film handed out by an international jury of film journalists Piotr Czerkawski and Tim Lindemann praised its use of archival footage and re-enactments to highlight a little-known historical episode while addressing contemporary political concerns they applauded its seamless blend of experimentation and accessibility recognising outstanding films from Asia and the Pacific region Bad Girl by Varsha Bharath (India) was celebrated for its inventive and cinematic coming-of-age narrative offering an evocative visual style and unexpected storytelling choices Finally, the Youth Jury Award, given out by a panel of young critics, was awarded to The Visual Feminist Manifesto by Farida Baqi (Syria/Lebanon/Germany/Sweden/Netherlands) The jury highlighted its urgent exploration of womanhood structured poetically and enhanced by striking cinematography They commended Baqi for capturing both the struggles and the beauty of female experience Here is the full list of this year’s award winners: Tiger AwardFiume o morte! [+see also: film reviewtrailerfilm profile] - 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2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00592 To get a sense of the consistency of the latitudinal and seasonal patterns in intertidal SST we took measurements for a period of 4.5 years the goals of this Data Report are to identify the main latitudinal and seasonal patterns in intertidal SST and to provide the underlying data set to help advance coastal marine science in this region and to allow other researchers to make comparisons with other regions The substrate of the studied intertidal locations is stable bedrock To identify basic latitudinal and seasonal trends in intertidal SST, we calculated monthly means of SST for each location using the corresponding values of daily SST (Scrosati and Ellrich, 2020a) We were able to calculate monthly SST means for all cases except between May 2014 and May 2015 for L1 (because we deployed loggers for the first time at L1 in late April 2015) and between October 2014 and May 2015 for L9 (because the loggers deployed at L9 in October 2014 were eventually lost to heavy surf and were only replaced in late April 2015) Because of logger loss at L1 caused by drift sea ice coming from the Gulf of St SST data are unavailable for L1 between 20 March and 12 April 2017 so we calculated monthly SST means for March and April 2017 for L1 based on the available dates Map indicating the position of the nine wave-exposed intertidal locations surveyed along the Atlantic coast of mainland Nova Scotia Canada (see section Materials and Methods for their geographic coordinates) we calculated the annual SST range for each location and year as the difference between the corresponding highest and lowest monthly SST means Annual SST ranges are unavailable for 2014 because of the unavailability of winter SST data for 2014 since this study began in the spring of 2014 Annual SST ranges are also unavailable for L1 and L9 in 2015 because no winter SST data were available for those locations in 2015 Even though this study concluded on 31 October 2018 we calculated annual SST ranges for all locations for 2018 because the highest monthly SST means consistently occurred in summer and the lowest monthly SST means consistently occurred in winter periods that we did survey in 2018 at all locations we also calculated annual mean SST as the average of all corresponding monthly SST means Because of the pattern of monthly coverage of SST described above annual SST means for 2015 are available only for locations L2–L8 but for all nine locations in 2016 and 2017 We note that SST anomalies cannot be reported because of the inexistence of previous long-term baselines for intertidal SST for our coast ours is the first data set ever produced on intertidal SST at this level of spatial and temporal coverage for the area under scope (A) Heatmap indicating monthly mean SST (°C) for the nine intertidal locations (L1–L9) studied between May 2014 and October 2018 (no data are available between May 2014 and April 2015 for L1 and between October 2014 and April 2015 for L9) (B) minimum monthly SST means for winter months (C) maximum monthly SST means for summer months See section Materials and Methods for the explanation of the locations and months that qualified for the comparisons shown in (B–E) As a result of those seasonal patterns along the coast, the annual SST range generally decreased toward the south: the highest value of annual SST range at L1 was 20.3°C but only 14.5°C at L9 (Figure 2D). Despite such a latitudinal trend for annual SST range, annual mean SST differed little among locations, as the maximum difference in annual mean SST between the two most different locations in any given year was only 0.8°C (Figure 2E) This is the first account of the latitudinal and seasonal variation of SST in wave-exposed intertidal environments along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The underlying data are particularly valuable because they were measured in situ, a better approach than those that measure SST remotely (e.g., with satellites), which are less reliable for intertidal habitats (Smale and Wernberg, 2009) the expected warming toward the summer and cooling toward the winter occurred along the entire coast every year the latitudinal trend in intertidal SST exhibited basically a winter-to-summer reversal Northern locations were typically cooler than southern locations in winter while the reverse was generally true in summer such a pattern reversal is most evident when viewing the coast at a relatively coarse scale as patchiness across neighboring locations along the coast also took place to some degree at times An additional factor to consider as a possible determinant of alongshore differences in SST could be air temperature we hope that these considerations help orient future studies aiming to unravel the oceanographic and climatic drivers of the latitudinal changes in intertidal SST revealed by our surveys Daily SST at the nine wave-exposed intertidal locations (L1–L9 from north to south) surveyed along the Atlantic coast of mainland Nova Scotia between 1 May 2014 and 31 October 2018 (with exceptions as noted in section Materials and Methods) Each monthly tick mark along the X axis is positioned on the first day of the month although mean annual SST varied little along the Nova Scotia coast its annual variability increased with latitude suggesting that thermal variability might be ecologically more important for species toward our northern locations the low winter values of SST at our northern locations might limit the abundance of species that thrive in warmer environments farther south on this coast further monitoring of this coast is encouraged to understand how those factors may influence intertidal SST and the variety of abiotic and biotic phenomena that depend on this key variable The dataset presented in this study can be found in an online repository. 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Scrosati, cnNjcm9zYXRAc3RmeC5jYQ== Weeks after excelling at a national competition the Washburn Dancing Blues are already preparing for the next dance season the Dancing Blues attended the College Classic National Championship in Orlando The team competed in the Division II categories with more than 10 other teams "I would say that I'm so proud of our team," dance coach Grace Ellrich said "They worked hard and they really stuck together as a team all year long." This was the first full year Ellrich coached the team She began working for Washburn in January 2023 “Grace has an incredible way of lifting up her athletes and helping them achieve more than they thought they were capable of achieving," campus spirit coordinator Tia Benyshek said in a written statement "She has created a supportive and goal-driven atmosphere that has encouraged the team to win awards against some tough competition.” Ellrich said she has enjoyed building the team from the ground up this season "I think we're getting better and better every year and I'm just really excited to see the growth of the team this year," she said The dance team performs a variety of genres and Ellrich said she enjoys the versatility "I think that's what makes dance team so fun that one game we're doing a hip hop routine "So I think that is what keeps it interesting and keeps it fun Ellrich is already preparing for next season She held auditions in late April for next season's team Every dancer was required to audition whether they were on the team Ellrich said she can give out 24 scholarships Behind the scenes of the Washburn Dancing BluesThe dance team works at least 12 hours a week and meets every weekday "So we definitely put in hard work all year for learning our nationals routines," dance team member Ellie Gaschen said "Then we spend months and months cleaning those routines It's just a really fun experience seeing where we started this dance and then where we ended up on the nationals floor." rehearsals and nutrition/health education regularly Gaschen said the biggest lesson she's learned while being on the team the past two years has been how to work with others "I've learned that sometimes people don't always have the same opinions or outlooks on things but that doesn't mean that you can't be friends," she said "That doesn't mean that you can't cooperate and still succeed as a team." Another important part of competitive dancing is performing in unison and looking cohesive This is done through constant practice of the routines so they move in unison Making sure the dancers look the same while performing also entails having similar makeup looks The girls are required to wear false eyelashes and Urban Decay's red lipstick in the shade "Unbreakable." 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the two COVID-19 assessment sites being led by nurse practitioners Ellrich and Donais It was only March 11 when they were pulled from other hospital areas – Ellrich from critical care and Donais from adult trauma – and asked to create testing sites in a hospital parking deck and a tent on Dayton Avenue in south Nashville "Working out of a parking garage and out of tent is not like working out of a hospital," Ellrich said. "It’s been interesting." borrowing and stealing from the emergency department" to obtain necessary equipment on the fly a printer and a refrigerator for lab specimens “It’s really just short of a miracle what this place has turned into over the past week and a half,” Ellrich said Patients are checked for signs and symptoms and “if they meet any of those criteria we test them for COVID-19,” Ellrich said we don’t test for people who don’t have symptoms even if they’ve had a known exposure." Patients are also being treated at these sites for other respiratory ailments that their primary doctors did not address because of the risk. Whether problems are associated with COVID-19 or not, “we have a plan in place to transfer patients for higher-level care if we feel they need to do that,” said Donais the two sites have handled at least 2,000 patients one of the sites logged at least 250 people in one day “Seeing 250 patients in a tent with three providers you’ve got your full gown and your mask on and your face shield,” she said … It can be challenging seeing that many patients in that kind of area with all the gear on Brisk but not overwhelming yetThe pace of patients has been brisk at times “I will say that everyone is on edge,” Ellrich said “...we are all watching the news and seeing what our nurses and doctors are dealing with in New York Everyone is kind of feeling like this is the calm before the storm.” "We’re not reusing anything at this point," Ellrich said. "Again we all wonder if that’s going to come." Few medical professionals have experience in a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic She graduated from Belmont University in 2009 and then served as a nurse corps officer in the U.S She was deployed to Liberia from October 2014 through March 2015 for the Ebola outbreak It was an introduction to infectious disease control and protective gear like what is being worn to treat patients now “I’m confident we’re taking all the precautions that we need to be safe,” Donais said I drop everything off that I have on and it goes straight to the washing machine or stays outside." CORONAVIRUS WATCH: Sign up to get updates on community and nationwide impacts from the pandemic A 13-year veteran of Vanderbilt’s trauma outpatient clinic, Donais moved from Canada in the 1990s. She attended the University of Alabama in Huntsville before joining Vanderbilt’s staff. Her background, like many others, doesn't include anything like this COVID-19 pandemic, she said. The intensity of the work isn’t new, though. “That’s part of our training as a trauma nurse practitioner or ICU nurse practitioner,” Donais said. “We’re used to being on our toes with the high pace. That’s what we do.” As this crisis continues, Donais and Ellrich are settling in to long work days and weeks – confronting danger with remarkable courage in professional duty. “We all have a healthy fear of this virus,” Ellrich said. “We are all taking it very seriously. That being said, when you’re engaging in patient care, you need to be brave in order to make the patient feel confident and safe and knowing that they have a place that they can come.” Reach Gentry Estes at gestes@tennessean.com and on Twitter @Gentry_Estes.  Volume 8 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.550612 We introduce and test the subhabitat dependence hypothesis (SDH) in biogeography This hypothesis posits that biogeographic pattern within a region differs when determined with species abundance data from different subhabitat types It stems from the notion that the main abiotic factors that drive species distribution in different subhabitat types across a biogeographic region often vary differently across space we measured the abundance of algae and sessile invertebrates in two different subhabitats (high intertidal zone and mid-intertidal zone) at eight locations along the Atlantic Canadian coast We conducted multivariate analyses of the species abundance data to compare alongshore biogeographic pattern between both zones location groupings based on community similarity not always responded to geographic proximity leading to biogeographic patchiness to some extent both biogeographic patterns were statistically unrelated This lack of concordance was most evident for southern locations which clustered together based on high-intertidal data but showed considerable alongshore patchiness based on mid-intertidal data We also found that the ordination pattern of these eight locations based on sea surface temperature data was significantly related to biogeographic pattern for the mid-intertidal zone but not for the high intertidal zone This finding supports the rationale behind the SDH due to the longer periods of submergence experienced by the mid-intertidal zone we conclude that biogeographic pattern within a region can depend on the surveyed subhabitat type biological surveys restricted to specific subhabitats may not properly reveal biogeographic pattern for a biota as a whole or even just for other subhabitats As many studies generate biogeographic information with data only for specific subhabitats we recommend testing the SDH in other systems to determine its domain of application distribution data for subsets of organisms may not properly reveal the biogeographic pattern for a regional biota as a whole but surveys were restricted to a single group of organisms (cryptogamic primary producers) it is of interest to test the SDH by considering a wider variety of organisms from different subhabitats across a biogeographic region The present study does so using a rocky intertidal model system such elevation zones represent different subhabitats especially for sessile species because such organisms are permanently attached to the substrate and must cope with very different conditions depending on elevation zone this study tests the SDH by comparing the biogeographic pattern of two elevation zones along the Atlantic Canadian coast using abundance data for sessile primary producers and consumers since the duration of submergence periods increases toward lower elevations the relationship between alongshore SST pattern and biogeographic pattern should be stronger the lower on the shore a surveyed assemblage of sessile species occurs this study also tests the hypothesis that alongshore SST pattern is statistically more related to alongshore biogeographic pattern for the lowest of the two surveyed elevation zones Map showing the eight wave-exposed rocky intertidal locations surveyed along the Atlantic Canadian coast Basic information about the eight wave-exposed locations surveyed for this study Abundance of sessile species (mean percent cover with SE in parenthesis) found at the high and mid-intertidal zones at each of the eight surveyed intertidal locations (L1 to L8) We determined biogeographic pattern separately for the high and mid-intertidal zones through the multivariate ordination of locations based on their species abundance data (Clarke et al., 2014). All of the analyses reported in this paper were done with Primer 7 with Permanova+ (Anderson et al., 2008; Clarke and Gorley, 2015) we first calculated Bray-Curtis similarity for each possible pair of quadrats and we then calculated the multivariate distance for each possible pair of location centroids To determine biogeographic pattern for each intertidal zone we ran non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) to produce an ordination of the corresponding eight location centroids with overlayed clusters we statistically compared the two resulting biogeographic patterns with a correlative RELATE test followed by 5,000 permutations for significance testing To examine possible associations with the SST data we first ran NMDS to produce a multivariate ordination of the eight locations based on their SST data and Euclidean distances between locations separately for the high and mid-intertidal zones we used the RELATE technique to test if the centroid-based biogeographic pattern was statistically related to the SST-based ordination pattern using 5,000 permutations for significance testing for both tests We identified 22 sessile species in total, 12 of which occurred at both elevation zones, one only at the high intertidal zone, and nine only at the mid-intertidal zone (Table 2) the high intertidal zone hosted 13 species (eight macroalgae and five sessile invertebrates) while the mid-intertidal zone exhibited 21 species (17 macroalgae and four sessile invertebrates) alongshore biogeographic pattern differed between the high and mid-intertidal zones as both patterns were statistically unrelated (RELATE test's r = 0.268 the SST-based ordination pattern of locations was significantly related to the biogeographic pattern for locations only for the mid-intertidal zone (r = 0.442 as there was no significant relationship for the high intertidal zone (r = 0.271 NMDS ordination plots of the eight location centroids with overlayed clusters for the (A) high intertidal zone and (B) mid-intertidal zone suggesting that the SDH might be applicable to a variety of systems which should thus stimulate further studies to ultimately explain the observed patterns of alongshore species distribution there is a wealth of biogeographic information based on data only for specific subhabitats and such studies will likely continue to be done It would thus be useful to investigate how predictive biogeographic information for different subhabitats can be for other subhabitats or for whole biotas we recommend to test the SDH in other systems to determine its domain of application The data sets used for this study are freely available from the figshare online repository: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12058821.v1 (Scrosati and Ellrich, 2020a) and https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12058962.v1 (Scrosati et al., 2020) All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version This study was funded by research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Discovery Grant #311624) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI Leaders Opportunity Grant #202034) awarded to RAS by a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (no number) awarded to MJF and by a postdoctoral fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD #91617093) awarded to JAE and Willy Petzold for field assistance and three reviewers for constructive comments on our study The biogeographic structure of the western North Atlantic rocky intertidal Google Scholar Elucidating marine biogeography with macrophytes: quantitative analysis of the North Atlantic supports the thermogeographic model and demonstrates a distinct Subarctic region in the northwestern Atlantic PERMANOVA+ for PRIMER: Guide to Software and Statistical Methods Google Scholar Rapid turnover of ciliate community members in New England tide pools CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Bryophyte and lichen communities in mature to old-growth stands in eastern boreal forests of Canada CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Biogeographical patterns and areas of endemism for the Magellan region based on the distribution of crustacean species (Amphipoda Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus); 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Volume 10 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1297150 Plastics embedded in tar residues encrusting rocky coastlines were discovered on the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean) and termed “plastitar” in 2022 As plastic and tar pollution is widespread in marine pelagic and benthic habitats it was predicted that this novel plastic form could occur on other coasts as well we reviewed the literature on plastic embedded in tar and examined rocky coastlines in our regions for plastitar We found eight studies which reported plastic embedded in tar under several descriptions and terms (including “tar-bonded beach-conglomerate tarcrete” “plasto-tarball” and “plastitar”) in India (Arabian Sea) the United Arabic Emirates (Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman) Menorca island and Sardinia island (western Mediterranean Sea) and Indonesia (Java Sea) from 1973 to 2023 We also detected plastitar during our field surveys in Japan (Sea of Japan) and Mallorca island (western Mediterranean Sea) in 2022 and 2023 Using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) we verified the contained plastics as polyethylene (PE) Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (PY-GC/MS) indicated that the tar residues derived from crude oil plotting all these plastitar records in a global map revealed that almost all plastitar findings were made along the major oil transportation routes across the northern hemisphere suggesting that plastitar resulted from tanker-released crude oils that plastitar has been a widespread and long overlooked plastic form in coastal systems worldwide important to identify such coasts to study the occurrence formation and accumulation of this new plastic form To examine this prediction, we reviewed the literature for combinations of plastic and tar as these two pollutants are well documented in marine pelagic and benthic habitats since the 1970s (Tables S1–S3). We also surveyed coasts in our regions for plastitar and analyzed our findings using FTIR and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (PY-GC/MS). Including the findings by Domínguez-Hernández et al. (2022) our review detected nine studies reporting plastic embedded in tar (under various descriptions and terms) on coastlines worldwide from 1973 to 2023 Our field surveys found plastitar in the Sea of Japan and the western Mediterranean Sea in 2022 and 2023 including all these plastitar records in a global map indicated that plastic embedded in tar occurred almost exclusively along the major oil transportation lines across the northern hemisphere from the Bahamas (NW Atlantic) to Kanda (Sea of Japan) over half a century from 1973 to 2023 these findings indicate that plastitar is not a new but long-overlooked and widespread plastic form in coastal environments worldwide We also checked the references section of each study for earlier articles reporting on combinations of plastic and tar we examined all newer articles which had cited the respective study using the ‘cited by’ function in Google Scholar and Web of Science We performed this literature review from March to September 2023 Alkanes and alkenes are different hydrocarbon subgroups these results confirm that the analyzed tar components derived from crude oil plastic-tar co-occurrences and plastic-tar interactions suggest that plastitar is a widespread phenomenon since the 1970s exploring regional relationships between prevailing winds currents and plastitar could help to examine whether onshore winds and currents are environmental drivers of coastal plastitar occurrence Figure 3 Plastitar records in marine coastal environments worldwide from 1973 to 2023. The color coded dots represent the locations of the plastitar records and the corresponding studies. The major oil transportation routes were adopted from the literature (Gupta et al., 1993; EIA, 2017; Rodrigue, 2020) our study found that plastitar descriptions terms and occurrence records were scattered across the marine pollution literature and that information on the plastitar generation process is still missing we hope that this study will help developing plastitar studies to understand the occurrence formation and accumulation of this widespread and long- overlooked plastic form in coastal systems worldwide The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author We declare that the authors did not receive any financial support for the research and authorship of this manuscript Publication costs were covered by the Federal Institute of Hydrology Dahms for constructive comments on our manuscript Germany; BfG) for letting us use the FTIR spectrometer and Dr Georg Dierkes (BfG) for the PY-GC/MS analyses The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1297150/full#supplementary-material Supplementary Figure 1 | Plastitar findings in Kanda (A) Northwest view on the surveyed wave-sheltered rocky coast facing the Sea of Japan in April 2022 Tsunoshima island can be seen in the background (B–D) Top view on examples of plastitar findings on the rocky substrate facing the Sea of Japan in July 2022 five such plastitar findings were made in Kanda All plastitar findings were firmly attached to the substrate green and white fibers as well as pink fragments (indicated by red arrows) were firmly embedded in the tar matrix and appeared weathered (E) Map showing the location of the surveyed rocky coast in Kanda (F) Enlargement indicating the surveyed rocky coast The map and the enlargement show that the surveyed rocky coast is sheltered from incoming waves by the nearby Tsunoshima and Futago islands and the adjacent Nabeshima peninsula Supplementary Figure 2 | Plastitar findings in Cala Rajada Spain in February 2023. (A) Southeast view on the surveyed wave-exposed rocky coast facing the open Mediterranean Sea directly (B–D) Top view on examples of plastitar findings detected among the rocks we made approximately 30 plastitar findings in Cala Rajada All plastitar findings were firmly attached to the rocky substrate The tar components usually occurred in rock depressions and crevices in wave-sheltered spots that were protected from incoming waves by adjacent larger rocks suggesting that such spots facilitate tar deposition on wave-swept shores Gray tar surfaces were somewhat harder and rougher than black tar surfaces suggesting that these differences in color elasticity and texture may reflect tar drying and weathering from relatively new (black) to older (grey) tar by sunlight and temperature Tar thickness ranged from millimeters (tar on rock surfaces) to centimeters (tar in rock depressions and crevices) red and gray fragments indicated by red arrows) mollusk and barnacle shells (not shown) were frequently embedded in the tar we noted that black (but not gray) tar samples had a smooth and kneadable core Partially tar-embedded plastics appeared more weathered than fully tar-embedded plastics suggesting that the tar matrix slows down plastic weathering (E) Map showing the location of the surveyed rocky coast in Cala Rajada (F) Enlargement of the surveyed rocky coast Plastic pellets on the beaches of the northern Gulf of Aqaba CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Assessment of tar pollution on the United Arab Emirates beaches CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Nearshore spatio-temporal sea surface trawls of plastic debris in the Balearic Islands Deposition of tar balls (oil residue) on beaches along the west coast of India Google Scholar Domínguez-Hernández C. 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Ehlers, c29uamEuZWhsZXJzQGF3aS5kZQ== Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research By Adam Vaughan Blue crusts made from plastic found in Giglio The discovery of two new types of plastic pollution in the Mediterranean for the first time suggests plastic contamination may be more widespread along coastlines than we realised Plasticrust and pyroplastics were spotted on the Italian island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast It is possible that wildlife may be eating the material It forms on rocks when plastic in the ocean is mechanically worn down by waves rubbing it over rocky outcrops leading to small particles getting… own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment View all partners Introduced species can have tremendous ecological effects and can become a major threat to ecosystems. Invasion biology tries to understand the mechanisms that can limit and control the impacts of introduced species Furthermore, B. glandula has reached as far as the Atlantic coasts of Argentina and South Africa with negative effects on native barnacle populations and other seafloor dwellers Biotic resistance is the ability of native species to limit the spread of invasive species. Working as marine ecologists at Akkeshi Marine Station, on the Pacific coast of Hokkaido (Takefumi Yorisue, Kyosuke Momota), and the Marine Ecology Lab Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (Julius A we established an international collaboration to investigate the low B glandula densities in Hokkaido rocky intertidal habitats Research has shown that as limpets graze, they can accidentally ingest or disturb cyprids. These actions, known as disturbance effects (DEs), also limit the appearance of new barnacles We hypothesised that the native dogwhelks and limpets would contribute to biotic resistance against B. glandula. To test our hypothesis, we conducted a series of experiments in Akkeshi Bay, in Hokkaido. We examined dogwhelk feeding preferences for barnacles in the laboratory and dogwhelk NCEs and limpet DEs on barnacle population growth in the field we compared dogwhelk feeding preferences for introduced and native barnacles by providing dogwhelks with similar-sized B We found that the dogwhelks preferred the introduced B we compared dogwhelk feeding preferences for large and small B These preferences are likely driven by prey profitability: previous research with dogwhelks on the North American Pacific coast indicated that dogwhelks that fed on B. glandula grew faster than those who fed on C. dalli, and dogwhelks fed with large B. glandula individuals grow the fastest Our findings suggest that dogwhelk predation limits the B. glandula spread in Hokkaido, especially as large B. glandula individuals produce more offspring than small B. glandula individuals We examined the effect of dogwhelk NCEs on B. glandula settlement and population growth. For that, we installed cages with mesh compartments in the harbour of Akkeshi Marine Station. The cages prevented the dogwhelks from feeding on the barnacles, and we found that the presence of dogwhelks limited the growth of B. glandula populations by 56 per cent We conducted a similar experiment using limpets in a cage with the barnacles. We found that feeding limpets limited the growth of B. glandula populations by 81 per cent Our results highlight that in the case of barnacles in Japan predation and disturbance by native species are important ecological processes that can contribute to biotic resistance against introduced species It is essential to understand such complex processes in order to protect native species that help to maintain biotic resistance it is more likely that introduced species — such as B glandula — can spread and have negative effects on native species and communities Understanding biotic resistance can support local organisms in protecting their ecosystems against biological invasions eliminating the need for more extreme measures Topeka High senior quarterback Corey Thomas knew Hayden was taking the game to his Trojans and that High had to find a way to match the Wildcats’ intensity The Trojans accomplished that goal with a 24-6 second half to turn a 7-6 halftime deficit into a 30-13 victory Friday night at Hayden led the Trojans with 178 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries and 236 total yards while freshman Miekyah Thomas added 103 yards on just five carries including a 29-yard touchdown run to put the game out of reach “We knew we had to light a fire,” Corey Thomas said “I’ve never played a team in my career that plays as hard as they do and I have the utmost respect for them probably the most fun game I’ve ever played.” Topeka High took the lead for good with its first drive of the second half with Corey Thomas scoring from a yard out after a 24-yard run to the 1 Senior Stephaun Carter added the 2-point conversion to put the Trojans in front 14-7 with 11:17 left in the third quarter “I tried to tell my team that we needed to be better as a team better as a unit,” Corey Thomas said when asked what was said at halftime Hayden got a 2-yard TD run from senior Tomas Stringer with 2:16 left in the third quarter but a penalty wiped out Hayden’s extra point and the Patrick Ellrich’s second try was blocked Topeka High capitalized on its next possession driving 59 yards for a 29-yard Corey Thomas TD and the Trojans hiked their lead to 23-13 when they blocked a Hayden punt and recorded a safety The Trojans’ final score came on Miekyah Thomas’ touchdown scamper “(Miekyah) is unbelievable,” Corey Thomas said “He’s 14 years old and he was born to play this game You’re going to be hearing about him the next four years.” Hayden senior Andrew Smith started the game with a bang returning the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown Senior Patrick Ellrich tacked on the extra point to give the Wildcats a 7-0 lead just 12 seconds into the game with senior quarterback Corey Thomas scoring from 7 yards out at the 9:07 mark of the first quarter Corey Thomas completed a pair of passes to Miekyah Thomas for a total of 37 yards on the drive High senior Ruth Fiander booted what would have been the game-tying extra point after the touchdown but the play was wiped out by a Trojan penalty Fiander missed her second attempt from 5 yards back allowing the Wildcats to hold on to a 7-6 lead which held up through halftime Hayden put together an 18-play drive from its 10 to inside the Topeka High 5 but Trojan senior Jakob Kuebler recovered a Wildcat fumble just outside the goal line early in the second quarter Hayden starting quarterback Sampson Huston was injured on the play and did not return The Wildcats hurt themselves with penalties all night long “They were killers,” Hayden coach Bill Arnold said of the Wildcat mistakes “and you’re going to get those things in the first game particularly with as much inexperience as we have at the varsity level “Everything’s correctable and we’re not ready to throw the towel in yet.” Blocked punt recovered by Hayden in end zone PUNTING – Topeka High: Newman 3-32.3; Team 1-(minus)-16.0 Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardBruce Daniels a member of the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame and owner of the former South Jersey School of Horseshoeing in Mullica Hill died of an aneurysm at a daughter's home in Fort Myers "He got a plaque at our Community Day," Municipal Clerk Nancy Kearns said "and did a lot of good for the community." he was a former member of the township planning board Daniels was a former curator at the Podological Museum of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine which displays instruments of horseshoe care from the 19th century Daniels was an Army paratrooper and demolition expert with the 82d Airborne Division before beginning a lifetime of shoeing horses across the nation He tried to retire for years," Ellrich said "He moved from racetrack to racetrack," working for his clients while other owners would bring their horses to him in South Harrison He was a former president and board member of the American Farrier's Association and won the Capewell North American Challenge Cup at one of its annual events Daniels was a former president of the Garden State Horseshoers Association and a former vice president of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs And he self-published two books about his work Sunday Down on the Farm and Another Sunday on the Farm Jane; sons Guy and Tad; daughters Lisa Fiordimondo and Carolyn Langford; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren A springtime memorial is being planned at the Dream Park Equestrian Center on Route 130 in Logan Township Donations may be sent to www.woundedwarriorproject.org Condolences may be offered to the family at Hodges-Kiser Funeral Home 2012 at 12:03 am CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}A 25-year-old Ames man was charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana after an Ames police detective allegedly discovered 16 bags of marijuana in his home Ames police and members of the Central Iowa Drug Task Force searched Evan Bond's Mortensen Road apartment in April and found 11 small ziplock style plastic baggies of marijuana in a container in a backpack in Bond's bedroom closet They found five more ziplock baggies of marijuana in a kitchen cupboard The complaint was filed in August and Bond was arrested on the charge Oct He was held in the Story County Jail on a $10,000 cash or surety bond and released after posting a bond Possession with intent to deliver marijuana is a Class D felony punishable by five years in prison The below information was provided by the Ames Police Department. 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To see other charges search for police blotter was charged with probation violation at 8:30 a.m was charged with public consumption at 11:55 p.m was charged with fourth-degree theft at 10:20 p.m was charged with fourth-degree theft at 10:05 p.m was charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana at 11 p.m was charged with unlawful possession of a prescription drug was charged with fourth-degree theft at 2:55 a.m was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a schedule five substance at 2:50 a.m was charged with providing a false report to law enforcement at 7:30 a.m was charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree criminal mischief at 12:35 a.m first offense; and third-degree criminal mischief at 2:45 a.m was charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal mischief at 1:44 a.m was charged with operating while intoxicated second offense; and failure to maintain control at 7:40 p.m was charged with serious domestic abuse at 12 p.m first offense; and improper registration lamp at 1:46 a.m was charged with public intoxication at 1:35 a.m was charged with public intoxication at 1:03 a.m was charged with possession of a schedule five substance at 8:09 p.m was charged with disorderly conduct at 2:25 a.m was charged with fifth-degree theft at 9:45 a.m was charged with willful failure to appear at 2 p.m Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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There’s a bracing directness with which Tim Ellrich approaches the demands and guilt within caregiving in his narrative feature debut “In My Parents’ House” (Im Haus meiner Eltern When her mother has a fall and is hospitalized Holle cannot but keep going back to her parent’s house reflecting little or no concern for either the parents or their brother She invests deeply in care and unfailing attention only to be pushed away and barely acknowledged It seems a thankless pursuit yet one which has got a vice-like grip on her Receding from it might be emotionally healthier than flailing to rescue the family What does she hope for in tightly holding onto what in return offers her only grief and rejection She feels she ought to be constantly available for the needs of her parents especially now that her father finds himself overwhelmed with looking after Sven Her husband Dieter’s nonchalant cynicism can’t batter her devotion He probes Holle into digging as to why she helps her parents Isn’t it just adherence to social conventions Would she even do the same if they didn’t have the social status Is there love at all between Holle and them or she’s just buried herself in playing by the script Holle refuses to address the question and its attendant anxieties All she knows is they are her parents and she must be present for them It’s not that Holle doesn’t call on her siblings to step in and do their bit Neither does she find in herself the conviction strength of spirit to simply walk away from the complicated Neither will she tolerate Holle’s judging insinuations that she and her husband haven’t been great parents to Sven Sven was diagnosed with schizophrenia thirty years back he hasn’t been tested or put on any medications swatting away both his father and sister’s exhausted he wants to do things his way no matter its inconveniences It’s a stab at agency which those around him would rather deny him Holle is weary that she can’t figure him out. “He just exists”, she tells her husband. Where’s the desire, a set of goals that motivate the thrust of life?  Shot in black and white The walls of the house reverberate with a stifling unease a swirl of anger and resentment and despair shooting through the air straining to steady herself emotionally in the churn of perceived family obligations She asserts that he might not comprehend it borne of Ellrich’s own caregiving experiences never castigates Sven’s stance of seeming absolute non-cooperation We don’t drift from Holle’s overwhelmed perspective something she tries to pin down behind a stoic front and suggestions in steering Sven into a different positive direction are all but turned down In My Parents’ House understands and mines the act of caregiving in all its restless Does the bond get leached of love and turn into a mechanical routine dripping with bitterness Ellrich examines each of these colliding emotional notes in an unassuming manner The tension in the house is always leaping out but he maintains it as a slow simmer It all builds to a bunch of powerful moments with the parents The specific honesty with which these are captured rescues the film from slipping into narratively jaded templates A devotee of gore and the unsavory but is now drifting to the milder Envious of anyone who gets the lowdown on recent films and likes late-night street strolls only to get stalked by random strangers Designed by Two Words