2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CCC is proud to announce the signing of a government to government (G2G) contract with Ecuador’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) agency the Secretaría de Inversiones Público Privadas for services to structure P3 transactions provided by Dentons Canada Dentons Canada will provide pre-feasibility and feasibility studies as well as transaction structuring for the Loja-Catamayo Road Corridor in Ecuador The project is a critical infrastructure investment that enhances connectivity and supports regional development Stretching between the cities of Loja and Catamayo this road serves as a vital transportation link for residents It facilitates access to the Catamayo Airport which is a crucial hub for travel in southern Ecuador the corridor contributes to economic growth and regional integration Dentons Canada offers consulting services tailored to the complex requirements of P3 projects The company specializes in financial modeling and legal structuring that ensure both public and private stakeholders achieve efficient and sustainable outcomes every G2G contract signed by CCC has the legal effect of being signed in the name of the Government of Canada and comes with an assurance of contract performance CCC and Dentons Canada will enable Ecuador to undertake the Loja-Catamayo Road project The contract is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that CCC signed with Ecuador’s Technical Secretariat of Public-Private Partnerships and Delegated Management (STAPP-GD) in 2022 and the incorporation of the Loja-Catamayo road corridor by means of an Amendment signed in November 2024 The MOU provides opportunities for the Government of Ecuador to procure Canadian products and expertise from qualified Canadian suppliers For over 75 years, CCC has been helping Canadian companies to establish successful commercial relationships with foreign governments through G2G contracts. To learn more, contact the CCC team “Canada has established itself as a global leader in the use of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) to deliver infrastructure projects efficiently and effectively CCC is proud to bring Canadian expertise in PPP studies to the Loja-Catamayo project and help Ecuador deliver its infrastructure vision.” – Cristina Amiama “As leaders in advising in complex and innovative infrastructure and P3 projects around the world Dentons Canada and Dentons Ecuador are proud to support the Canadian Commercial Corporation and the Government of Ecuador in structuring the Loja-Catamayo Road Corridor This project—along with others we are involved in across Canada throughout Latin America and elsewhere— highlights Canada’s strong reputation with P3 projects and underscores the depth of Dentons’ experience in this space.”– Ilan Dunsky Partner and National Co-Leader of the Infrastructure and PPP group “The people and companies in Loja Province deserve world-class transportation infrastructure The Government of Canada is pleased to support this goal by deploying Canada’s significant expertise in structuring public-private partnership projects.” – Stephen Potter will directly and indirectly benefit over 750,000 residents driving economic growth and generating new job opportunities Thanks to the efforts of the Government of Ecuador this initiative takes a crucial step toward execution we reaffirm our commitment to modernizing road infrastructure and advancing strategic investments that enhance citizens' well-being.” – Pablo Cevallos For media enquiries, please contact communications@ccc.ca MILFORD — Authorities said Monday that a woman who was stabbed last week in what they have described as a domestic incident inside a South Bow Street home has died The Worcester District Attorney's Office has identified the woman as Maria Tereza Mayancela Loja had previously died from injuries suffered in the same incident The District Attorney's Office has not provided details on what it believes happened but officials said last week that Mayancela Loja was a victim of domestic violence Earlier: Authorities say Milford woman remains in critical condition after stabbing incident Milford police responded to 80 South Bow St. after getting a 911 call at 9:01 a.m. on Sept. 16 from a woman screaming for help. Inside the building — a multifamily home — police found Mayancela Loja in an upstairs apartment suffering from serious stab wounds She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and underwent several surgeries was found in the basement suffering from wounds to the chest Mayancela Loja was a mother of four children Authorities said they are in the custody of family members Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com follow him on X @Norman_MillerMW or on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerCrime Raised from the ashes where the classic comic book store Gibiteria once stood Loja Monstra opened in 2018 and offers a wide range of comics from weird independent comics to the most classical and famous ones This place is not only a shop but also a meeting point where every once in a while they host meet and greets with illustrators and authors The shop has a unique look with pop culture references from B-Movies to 60s monsters with paintings on the wall and windows that were created exclusively for the Loja Monstra They also have a wide range of products featuring the iconic drawings that decorate the place and the staff is very friendly and helpful. You can often find the owner Guilherme Lorandi there greeting the customers and bouncing around the store A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world driving lead single ‘Dig!’ features a bridge that’s markedly more Maccabees-adjacent than anything on previous outings ‘A Quickening’ or ‘Hop Up’ while Katy J Pearson and Tony Njoku also lend their voices to stunning effect on two of its 11 tracks (‘My Love Is (Daylight Saving)’ and opener ‘Longing’ respectively) And in leaning more heavily into a palette that pairs electronic foundations with the warmth and depth of sweeping cello (‘Wake Up’; ‘Sorry’) and undulating piano (‘Best Night’; ‘Please Hold’) Weeks lands on a winning combination of digital and organic that has one foot in each of his musical lives ‘LOJA’ is imbued with a sort of childlike wonder – one that’s bolstered by the purity of Weeks’ distinctive goosebump-inducing falsetto – but there’s also a potent reflectiveness that only age and experience can engender: “Dad would love the fish here,” he sings wistfully on closer ‘Beautiful Place’ An album of understated yet undeniably potent beauty is having his time in the sun in more ways than one £26.99 £27.99 £12.99 classic rock mashup that absorbs and expands on the sound Car Seat Headrest have claimed as their own They’ve got their unsettling-but-intriguing aesthetic all sewn up Jensen McRae - 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Cascais Showcasing the fauna and flora that have defined the work of the Portuguese artist the exhibition takes centre stage at one of Cascais' most iconic shops will showcase the ceramic works of artist Bela Silva from 9 April the exhibition "As Janelas da Bela" will be on view until April 23rd Born in Lisbon and living between the Portuguese capital Bela Silva brings to Cascais a collection of vibrant pieces inspired by fauna and flora all imbued with the poetic touch that defines her work and even the wind in Cascais feels embracing," reads the official description of the initiative Bela Silva chose to collaborate with Loja das Meias—a house with over 100 years of history—driven by her passion for fashion and a personal connection to the industry and that deep appreciation for textiles remained a cherished family legacy + Lose yourself in the Museum Quarter Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! About us Contact us Volume 5 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00018 A correction has been applied to this article in: Corrigendum: En Nuestra Casa No Hay Chinchorros: A Youth-Oriented Participatory Approach to Chagas Prevention in Guara Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease that disproportionately affects impoverished rural communities Insecticide-based approaches are inconsistently performed and exorbitantly priced for the communities affected The present study considers an alternative approach to primary prevention of Chagas disease using entertainment education As part of an ongoing effort in rural Ecuador we worked with the children of the community of Guara and academicians to co-develop a song to promote behaviors related to preventing Chagas we demonstrate opportunities for meaningful intervention in rural communities as well as challenges to implementing an entertainment education approach when working with national stakeholders we discuss one communication intervention that attempts to promote primary prevention of Chagas disease working with children in the community of Guara we co-created a song that raises knowledge of easily implemented home-based practices that can prevent infestation by triatomine bugs and reduce exposure to the vectors for Chagas disease We begin with a discussion of our approach an approach based in principles of Entertainment-Education with an emphasis on the song tradition We then discuss the creation of the song to promote behavioral changes regarding Chagas and provide an analysis of this song and its messages we offer some implications that this co-participatory process has for implementing Entertainment-Education strategies in the context of neglected tropical diseases Some of these programs are purposely designed by change agencies; other programs that were produced just for entertainment have had unintended positive effects on audiences' thoughts and behaviors The success of these programs has inspired governments and non-profit organizations to purposefully design entertainment-education projects a leading theorist of performance studies states: the story cuts across” also points to transgressive travel between two different domains of knowledge: one official and abstract- “the map”; the other one practical and popular- “the story.” This promiscuous traffic between different ways of knowing carries the most radical promise of performance studies Performance studies struggles to open the space between analysis and action Enacting this paradigm, Conquergood (2002) directed and helped to design live performances in a Hmong refugee campaign in Thailand. Specifically, Conquergood (1988), with his team, produced skits and scenarios drawing on Hmong folklore and folk singing to develop awareness about health problems. Following Conquergood, Sharma (2012) designed and directed a live song and theater campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India The campaign developed 15 scripts containing health message in different song and theater genres of Northern India and more than 150 professional troupes were trained to perform these scripts The campaign was based on Freire's pedagogy Boal also used other participatory methods such as photography and the puppet theater Boal showed through this campaign that theater can be used as self-expression by the oppressed and can help them to change their outlook from passivity toward things to the one of active participation and dramatic action Boal called this kind of theater as truly educational or the “the theater of conscientization.” This use of theater and other performance modalities for education has been since been very popular in the Latin America (McCarthy and Galvão, 2004) Through the work of these performer-thinkers we see that there are local traditions of using performance and educating masses about political and social issues in global South This work is distinct from the dominant Entertainment-Education initiatives supported by organizations situated in the first world or the global North Song can help give a voice to a people who otherwise are not heard By merely proposing questions pertaining to our circumstances a song has the power to shift people's consciousness and create a vision for a better world So though a song's reception is unique to each listener there is potential for a communal experience “Song” can be an ideal medium for people to raise community issues such as health and social behaviors in front of their own community, as it is a medium is that combines lyrics, melody, and rhythm located in a specific place and moment in time to prompt community engagement, promote retention of the messages, and to speak in the language of its audience (Shaw, 2014) we see the tradition of “song” has been widely popular in Latin America to educate communities for change Each of these groups has used song to promote awareness of the dangers of Chagas disease and song's record of promoting participation in the creation of messages to promote health we engaged in a co-participatory message design process to create a song with children to promote Chagas disease prevention It would be important here to mention that we believe and belong to a bottom-up local paradigm of performance that originates from community The first author of this study first trained as a rhetorical scholar who examined texts as others had produced them Informed by principles from communication activism he has increasingly seen the role of rhetorical scholars as producers of texts for social impact drawing on a community asset-based development perspective he seeks actively to set aside deficit-based perspective he learned in the Global North to emphasize strengths within communities and the voices in those communities that express those strengths The second author of this essay is a fifth-generation folk performer belonging to the Swang (musical theater) tradition of northern India and the second author grew up performing with his father and other socially engaged performer/writers and directors The third and fourth authors are citizens and scholars from Ecuador They have worked with members of rural communities affected by Chagas disease in Ecuador for nearly two decades Although trained as a biological scientist the third author has increasingly turned to audio and video production to tell stories of people in the community and to document the work performed by our study group by and with community members first engaged members of the community through standard clinical approaches; he performed blood draws and reported the results to the Ministry of Health After realizing that this top-down approach did not necessarily equate to government action within highly impacted communities he turned to more participatory and community-centered approaches to both the investigation of and proposing solutions to socioecological factors identified by community members as essential to primary prevention of Chagas disease The Government of Ecuador and the Provincial Government in Loja have longstanding programs to bring pesticide spraying to homes require that individual families admit workers from the Servicio Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores Artrópodos (SNEM: National Service for the Control of Arthopod Vectors of Infectious Disease) and its successor agencies into their homes The idea of addressing home access through children's attitudes was articulated by the fourth author in May 2010 The third and fourth authors consulted with approximately a dozen school teachers and other individuals in the communities who interacted with youth to investigate the messages that would be most likely to help children learn to identify the triatomine bug and to encourage their parents and other caregivers to work toward the prevention of infestation (unpublished) The recommendations included avoiding technical jargon the use of vernacular expressions common to the rural population on this region of Loja province and the use of active learning tools to impart the knowledge to the children in the communities This consultation process also led the authors think that a different approach was needed to attract the attention of children and promoting their active role in the prevention of Chagas disease in their households While this consultation in June 2010 was useful the third and fourth authors did not feel that they were making much progress in identifying word choices or messages that would be persuasive to the children facilitated by Ohio University and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador students the third and fourth authors turned to the children themselves to shed light on what the most significant messages for the children would be After engaging in a community and verbal parental consent process approved by the institutional review board of Ohio University and the Comité de Ética de la Investigación en Seres Humanos at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador the research team began to work with 10 children ages 6–12 to design messages specifically the communities of Chaquizhca and Guara the third and fourth authors (along with students from both Universities and staff from SNEM and the larger project) visited with children in their schools and homes The team sought to record the children's impressions of what constituted a healthy home what people could do to make their homes healthier and how insects played a role in keeping children and their families healthy Many of the children were initially shy or afraid of the research team after engaging in constructive play and with the presence of parents and teachers the children opened up and articulated comments on each issue although parents and teachers were present they were not included in the generation of ideas for how to communicate these messages The children identified the best way to help them learn more about the insects they said that a song that they could easily learn would help them remember important things about preventing the insects' infestation All 10 children in the school were invited to participate and permission was given by their parents for their participation There were no incentives given for participation and no parents remained for the further activities with the children the research team then met in the classroom with ten children from Guara School for several hours where they first watched an educational video and worked with a booklet related to Chagas disease The booklet included factual and cartoon-based information about the disease and activities such as cut and paste and labyrinth aimed to reinforce knowledge about the Chagas disease transmission and preventive actions that can be undertaken by the family bilingual members of the research team engaged the children in active conversation in Spanish regarding what the children considered the most important messages Field notes were taken during this activity Three key issues that deserved attention emerged: identifying the presence of insects in the home; promoting awareness that they were biting insects; and naming practical behaviors that could prevent infestations Once the critical issues for preventing triatomine infestation were identified the research team organized a song around these themes subject matter specialists from the team contributed advice These specialists included infectious disease researchers (5) The subject matter experts assessed how prevalent the health practices were in the community and the efficacy of the various solutions named by the children The key was to identify common themes the children articulated with evidence-based solutions for excluding or killing the bugs Following the initial drafting of the song which at that point contained three verses the agency responsible for eliminating triatomine infestation SNEM requested an additional verse that would highlight and increase acceptability of SNEM's efforts The added verse was brought back to the children who did not have any objections to its addition The song was brought back to the community in July 2010 Children of Guara community performed the song at the school and the children were encouraged to bring it home and teach it to other members of the family Because the song was deployed along with other strategies—including classroom education and more—it is not possible to assess the impact of the song on children's knowledge to examine the messages themselves and identify promising opportunities for the community The song generated in coordination with the children is comprised of four stanzas (see Appendix A) The first three stanzas indicate some of the household management behaviors that the children identified as common in the communities and that raise the risk of being bitten by a tritominae bug the presence of the bug is identified (“In my house there is a Chinchorro,” “… are two chinchorros,” “… are three chinchorros”) and the number of insects found in the home grows larger each time This move not only identifies the insect as common and present in many homes through the communities it also makes the insect identifiable by its common name Rather than naming the specific species of bug that might be found the children use the local term “chinchorro.” After identifying the insect's presence the next line of each stanza indicates that the insect is one that bites that the bug is one “who wants to bite me,” “to sting you,” and “to follow me.” The presentation of the insect as one that bites reflects the transmission of disease via the triatomine bug; to contract Chagas' disease the insect bites to feed and defecates on the host at the same time she or he rubs the feces into her skin and begins the infection cycle anew The bugs are not passive feeders that bite only out of opportunity; they will emerge from hiding places at night and “follow” their hosts into bed for feeding contracting it generally requires repeated exposure to the triatomine bite and the parasite contained within its feces The children recognize this when the bite is repeated with “me you” in the third line of each stanza create additional perceptions of greater susceptibility to contracting Chagas' disease because the risk of exposure is repeated in addition to mechanically destroying nests by sweeping the acid in the broom can work as a natural insecticide that may prevent reinfestation Putting up screens may prevent problems of triatomine infestation as well Although the words did not specify whether the screens represent bug nets erected over the individual bed or screens on windows and doorways into the home the actions performed as part of the song mime erecting bug nets Bug nets placed over the individual bed can prevent the transmission of Chagas because the bugs which generally live in cracks in the home wall or behind picture frames and similar hiding places an alternative interpretation of placing window screens is also efficacious Window screens also limit introduction of the insect into the home as they provide a physical barrier to entry sweeping can remove nests after infestation screening can prevent the establishment of nest or prevent the bugs from feeding should infestation have already occurred if an existing chicken nest containing triatomines is not moved outside the home or away from the walls of the home It is important then to move nests when one is collecting eggs or raising fighting birds away from the peridomicile and certainly not into the domicile All three of these strategies are simple behaviors to adopt: sweeping and moving chicken nests containing chinchorros can easily be performed It is also important to note the agent to whose this responsibility is assigned: to mommy Prevention of Chagas becomes a feminine act Although men (and elders and children) are certainly capable of picking up a broom the children articulate social norms that make household maintenance the responsibility of women indicate the general problem of transmission as well as the individual child's susceptibility to transmission to locate infestation as a common problem (for me and you) indicate the act of that can be performed to lessen infestation as well as its repeatability The children's stanzas reflect concepts common in health communication theories for promoting behavioral change The presence of the bug reflects awareness the representation of transmission reflects perceived susceptibility and the means of prevention reflect efficacy have identified important facets of promoting health behavior change in Guara that can be message points for a campaign to spread their message This community-centered and community-articulated pathway becomes disrupted in the fourth stanza of the song we are told about a house in which there are no triatomines The reason that the fourth house has no bugs is not because of sweeping or netting or individual change; rather; this home is bug-free “because SNEM fumigates here.” SNEM the acronym for the now disbanded Servicio Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores Artrópodos (National Service for the Control of Arthopod Vectors of Infectious Disease) not an agency based in Calvas County or the community of Guara In addition to being geographically distant the solution they provide is insecticide spraying however it should be noted that insecticide must be repeatedly applied with specialized equipment and is very expensive when compared with the average household income in the community Because of the change in agent (from mother to outside government workers) and the change in act (from the simple and easily accomplished to the expert and expensive) of the strategy for eliminating triatomine bugs changes the focus on spraying likely lessens the self-efficacy of families responding to the song The target of persuasion and the goal of persuasion also changes The first three verses implied that the family The final verse indicates that the desired outcome is that “we have understood that the chinchorro is not welcome nor there.” This outcome is a change in attitude rather than a change of behavior the change in attitude occurs among the children themselves rather than in the family unit confusion is introduced as to who is responsible for preventing infestations and the role of community members in this prevention This change was introduced after the children had generated their topics and the initial parts of the song Because the larger research project of which this song is a part also included staff of SNEM when the children's topics were formalized into the song the SNEM members sought additional inclusion of their efforts into the song allows the song to recognize the important contributions that SNEM and the Ministry of Health have made to prevention of Chagas disease but also distracts from the voice of the community by displacing their community-based suggestions with solutions offered by the central government The use of the Entertainment Education approach in Guara reveals a potentially powerful way of bringing children into the construction of their own health interventions This song brings Entertainment Education to the context of neglected tropical diseases our analysis of the song and its development may provide important insights for other practitioners who wish to incorporate this longstanding and powerful form of intervention in the neglected tropical disease context These potentials for entertainment education approaches encourage us to understand how people assert control in their local communities. EE approaches encourage us to listen to the community to emphasize local knowledge and norms, but also to understand whether there are harmful norms in the community that provide potential loci for change (Riley et al., 2017) potential harmful norms might exist concerning perceptions of gender roles Throughout the verses created by the children bugs can bite children because of the mother's inaction (“mommy has not swept” and “mommy has not set up the screens”) or are protected when “my mommy moved the nest.” These verses reflect traditional Ecuadoran assumption that women are responsible for the care of families and upbringing of children while men are able to be less active in parenting Men are just as capable of sweeping floors but the children do not make fathers responsible for doing these things Because the children indicated that mothers were important in the prevention of Chagas disease or in other communities where this approach is adopted would benefit from including parents in the co-creation of the Entertainment-Education intervention might allow all key players in the community to be involved in construing the messages Although there are anthropological and sociological explanations for the emergence of these gender roles the children's communicative choices reveal an important site of intervention for broader social change and possibilities in rural Ecuador albeit one that should be revisited in future efforts this dichotomization has been shown to be false; when entertainment education has been put into practice over the past two decades a continuum between a more top-down and a more bottom-up approach has emerged Because our project was a true cooperation between our research group our project sought to incorporate the voices of SNEM members alongside those of the community The SNEM team is correct that spraying the house does kill most triatomines and can complement well behavioral and home maintenance strategies if insecticides become emphasized as the best or only solutions SNEM's intervention into the song may limit perceptions of the effectiveness of alternative strategies or promote dependence on external intervention in the community SNEM's participation in writing the song reveals a tension in how EE approaches are assumed to emphasize local voices but how they must also include national voices to gain funding and support from governmental actors although we privilege the voice of the community because of our commitment to participatory research and intervention practical matters of governmental and funding relations for other portions of the project must also be brought into the equation The co-participatory design of this song reveals that there are opportunities for experts to intervene in ways that both enable and disable community voices with potentially supportive or unsupportive effects for preventing risk factors for neglected tropical diseases All datasets generated for this study are included in the article/supplementary material The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board Comité de Ética de la Investigación en Seres Humanos Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Written informed consent from the participants' legal guardian/next of kin was not required to participate in this study in accordance with the national legislation and the institutional requirements MG and EB contributed conceptualization and design of the study and collected primary data MG coordinated community involvement and participation from local institutions DS wrote sections of the manuscript and performed primary theoretical conceptualization of the study All authors contributed to manuscript revision Financial support were received from the UNICEF/UNPD/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) [A20785] Pan American Health Organization [A60655] National Institutes of Health (DMID/NIADID/NIH) [AI077896-01] the National Chagas Control Program-Ecuadorian Ministry of Health Children's Heartlink USA and the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health (DMID/NIADID/NIH) Ohio University and Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) Funding agencies did not play any role on the design of the study or in the data analyses and drafting of the manuscript 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 “Social denunciation of the politics of fear: rock music through the eighties in Argentina and Peru,” in Song and Social Change in Latin America BBC (2006). 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Bates, YmF0ZXNiQG9oaW8uZWR1 Disclaimer: 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 94% of researchers rate our articles as excellent or goodLearn more about the work of our research integrity team to safeguard the quality of each article we publish 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker “I mean, it’s really quite beautiful…” Orlando Weeks smiles. “I was going to sugarcoat it a little bit, but no, it’s gorgeous.” The softly-spoken singer is describing his adopted hometown of Lisbon, a place that seems almost like a character on new record ‘LOJA’ The album takes its name from the Portuguese word for ‘store’ – inspired by an art studio he set up in a shopfront there – and you can practically hear the city in its eleven songs with their echoes of soaring towers and coastal breezes primary colour world of ‘80s-inflected art-pop but a visual artist too; he studied illustration at art college and makes all of the accompanying graphics for each of his records It’s a practice that has come to define the way he lives “We don’t have a big apartment,” Weeks explains So we found this – it was being advertised as a shop – and I just went and had a look and I could make all my prints and paintings and drawings It’s the first time I’ve ever had a studio It’s totally invigorated my desire to make visual work that needn’t be anything to do with a record rather than tailor-making stuff specifically to an album.” smiling at his own fortune to be somewhere so in tune with his creative output in all sorts of ways – and I have my partner to thank for that “There’s a song on the record called ‘You & The Packhorse Blues’ that’s about how I am comfortable admitting that I am essentially a packhorse I’m good at carrying stuff and I can be motivational but I am a poor organiser and quite easily get stuck in my ways it’s going to happen’ and kicking me into gear then I don’t think it would’ve happened every day I find a reason to count my blessings.” has been giving him an unsurprisingly new way of looking at the world and his surroundings but I’m also seeing it through his eyes “We live really close to the Gulbenkian museum I would find them a very nice place to spend time But the way that he approaches them is that they have magic and I’m pulling that rareness of feeling into the way I write the songs It’s all just part of the fervour of all this newness I found this when my son was born actually the energy that you get from new love is extraordinary I felt the same thing about this new place “The energy that you get from new love is extraordinary.” It would be another new environment that would then go on to shape ‘LOJA’’s final form Having originally conducted sessions with previous collaborator Nathan Jenkins (otherwise known as the producer Bullion) Orlando then headed to the Isle of Wight’s residential Chale Abbey Studios with producer Sergio Maschetko – who recorded ‘Ants From Up There’ by Black Country New Road there – and a handpicked live band of musicians The album certainly has the feel of being the work of many hands – far more so than Weeks’ unmistakably solitary previous albums “The goal that I set myself originally was for it to feel a lot more like a band in a room,” he explains “But to make a great record as a band playing in a room There are lots of voices alongside Orlando’s on ‘LOJA’ – here’s a guide to who’s who: Rhian Teasdale Rhian from Wet Leg is the foil to Weeks’ pleading protagonist on thumping lead single ‘Dig’ – Orlando says the track is about an “under your breath half-argument” Her day job with one of the biggest indie acts around needs no introduction but neatly she hails from the Isle of Wight where the bulk of ‘LOJA’ was recorded.Tony NjokuTony’s appearance on ‘LOJA’ follows his EP ‘Last Bloom’ earlier this year and his guest turns on albums from the likes of Metronomy and PVA The British-Nigerian songwriter was raised between London and Lagos and delightfully enough he blended a tie-in Last Bloom perfume to celebrate his EP’s release.Katy J PearsonKaty is one of the leading lights of the folk revival in the UK at the moment and has just announced a new album herself but most recently follows her re-scoring of The Wicker Man alongside acts like Drug Store Romeos Orlando had assembled a collection of brilliant musicians but “I think we just bit off more than we could chew and so that meant the manifesto for the record changed,” he continues “It wasn’t gonna work as a band in a room in a space and a time; it needed to be a bit more produced I’d come back to Lisbon by that point and I was living with the recordings and feeling like it wasn’t holding together as a record Then hearing Ben Howard’s [Bullion-produced] record come out I just thought ‘Why am I not re-approaching Nathan to help me finish the record?’” The move back towards something resembling a band dynamic feels like a big shift in his solo material it seemed as though he was trying to distance himself from that way of writing whereas now there’s a feeling that he might have made peace with returning to musical collaboration “A responsibility I felt out the back of it was if I’m not gonna be part of a band then I have to make things that are so specifically ‘me’ that there could be no grey area and feel less like I need to make music that is specifically not anything of the same world Orlando was asked if he’d ever consider playing his old band’s songs live again – and How does he feel about returning to that material “I would only ever do it if I felt like it would be a good idea and I’d asked the other boys if they minded and then I’ll think about whether I want to do it two nights on the bounce It’s nice not to feel like something is closed off ‘LOJA’ has moments of grit among the refined tasteful songwriting that has come to embody Orlando’s solo career – not least in highlight and recent single ‘Dig’ it’s quite hard to turn it down!” he laughs “I think I still want to try and make a record that sounds like is of a man at peace with his surroundings He jokes that he’s “gonna get some points on the tourist licence” but he’s at pains to point out his sincerity when talking about the city he now calls home but it isn’t a place that feels stuffy to me,” he says “So you have this quite vibrant human experience next to really insane It has amazing Metro art in all the stations People get quite snooty about that kind of thing Maybe if I’m here long enough I’ll get to do some tiles in one of the stations Album Review Having his time in the sun in more ways than one By Railway Gazette International2025-01-11T06:00:00+00:00 SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Sacyr Construcción a €49m contract to build 6·3 km of the future 19 km Loja bypass on the high speed line from Antequera to Granada The double-track bypass will start near Los Abades service area on the adjacent A-92 motorway and run to a point halfway between Loja and Salar A major civil engineering feature will be the 1 700 m long Manzanil viaduct with 33 spans having an average height of 35 m and a maximum height of 65m There will also be a 63 m Juncar viaduct and two tunnels one 615 m long at Los Abades and a 693 m bore at Las Monjas SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility is to award Ineco contracts to supervise maintenance on more than 3 000 km of high speed line This will cover oversight of all aspects of maintenance tunnel ventilation and emergency facilities .. SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Vías y Construcciones a €40m civil works contract for the construction of a chord at Olmedo to enable through running between the Galicia and Asturias/Burgos high speed lines SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Ferrovial and Acciona a €164m contract to fit out the new Murcia del Carmen station The contract announced on May 3 covers building interiors as well as the installation of non-railway .. Site powered by Webvision Cloud Weeks’ work with the indie darlings is impossibly connected to his life Since then he has offered a string of superb the songwriter must surely be seen most clearly in his own right I had the pleasure of following The Maccabees for tens of gigs during their earliest moments Trying to find the location of the venue that ended up looking like a disused school gym travelling up and down motorways to see them support The Futureheads and travelling to the arse-end of middle England to scoot between their sets and that of Hot Club De Paris (ask your parents) even I can now happily attest that Orlando Weeks is far more than just the singer of that important band Loja is the sum of Weeks’ long and winding road It captures not only the brilliance of The Gritterman which each took massive strides forward for him as an artist but also the journey Weeks has experienced as a man No longer the shiny-faced young adult with a collar so tightened to the top one feared his head might pop off Weeks is now creating records that act as maps to the landscape of his adult life Effortlessly blending electronic modernism with the rich organic crema that one can only find in the cafes of Lisbon Weeks is clearly evolving beyond anything his audience may have imagined There’s a dexterity to Loja that hasn’t been seen before as he not only provides a sense of welcoming warmth but doesn’t ignore the chill of the shadows it can cast it’s difficult not to see Loja – an ode to the new artist studio he resides in – as Week’s striding out of the shadow of his former work and enveloping himself in the blissful sunshine of a new chapter It is a record that feels liberated enough to do what it pleases A concluding comment from my wife: “Why do you look so proud?” Release Date: June 6th | Producer: Sergio Maschetzko ‘Longing’: Opening with his enigmatic vocal is a smart way for Orlando Weeks to confirm his evolution away from “former Maccabees singer” into his own artistic presence the fact that ‘Longing’ continues to sonically raise the listener’s spirit is a happy coincidence ‘Best Night’: There are two paths for an album to take They can either undulate between genre and rhythm delivering something that never stays still or they can flow from river to sea with a simple grace and ‘Best Night’ sees us floating down toward the ocean ‘Wake Up’: Weeks’ captivating lyrics and always cherishable vocals continue to provide solace in an otherwise lonesome soundscape on ‘Wake Up’ Ethereal as the morning dew dripping off a strange window before kicking into a chainsaw riff that provides a welcome dose of grit ‘Dig’: While the record is certainly blessed with a light touch and Weeks’ noted artistry, there is also a pulsing rhythm to the LP that many will overlook. ‘Dig’, complimented by Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale is one of the album’s best visions of this built out of the breathy tension of the two singers biting at one another ‘You & The Packhorse Blues’: It may feel easy to pick out this track as one of the lighter moments of the LP and it’s likely Weeks’ most obvious ‘thank you’ to his wife for moving with him to lisbon The flow continues to take us through a new dusty landscape and towards the sea ‘Good To See You’: This is the first time Weeks moves away from the more organic sound that permeates the record and welcomes the electro wobble that has filtered into most of his post-Maccabees work A sense of warmth and welcoming overcomes the potentially cold introduction to produce smiles and swaying hips as electronic glitches become more prominent Weeks produces a slow-build beauty that has all the chops to completely captivate you there is always the chance of the odd rock and rapid capsizing you ‘Please Hold’ is certainly the most heartbreaking track on the LP as Weeks pleads to hold on: “It’s winter now but the spring is coming,” he belts with a purpose ‘Sorry’: Weeks’ ability to blend electronic and organic sounds together has been a mainstay of his previous work and ‘Sorry’ is so effortless it’s difficult to call the drum machine he uses anything other than an extension of his creativity The duality allows every song to be both rich in pathos and gilded with a sense of hope pushing the tempo and allowing the almost-choral breaks to be punctuated with a sense of purpose It’s hard not to feel enlivened by such a moving track add headphones to that concoction and you have something potentially life-changing ‘Beautiful Place’: The sweet embrace of the ocean Weeks sees us out with something unstoppably tender and enveloping pushing his prominent vocal to the fore and concluding a record worthy of his heavenly tone 16th July 2024Words: Daisy Carter Following the recent release of his third LP ‘LOJA’ - which DIY hailed as “his most fully realised solo album yet” - Orlando Weeks has confirmed that he’ll be touring the record around the UK this Autumn Kicking off on 24th September in Newcastle the run of shows will see him play Manchester before concluding with a night in Brighton on 4th October He’s also set to be performing with the backing of a full live band (unlike his more stripped-back recent residency at The Copeland Gallery) many of whom contributed to the album recording itself “I’m very excited to be taking LOJA’s music on the road” “I’ll also be playing songs from all sorts of long-ago and not so long-ago chapters Can’t wait.’’ Could this mean he’ll be airing some beloved Maccabees tunes while on the road If our recent interview with him (which you can read in full below) is anything to go by that’s certainly not off the table… Catch Orlando live this Autumn on the following dates: Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1408866 The primary climatic parameter frequently scrutinized in water balance assessments for water utilization is precipitation Given its considerable variability across locations and over time it is imperative to rely on high-quality statistical information to facilitate accurate analyses This study aims to refine the estimation of precipitation data by enhancing information obtained from freely accessible satellite sensors with data collected from established observation stations Monthly precipitation data spanning from 2000 to 2015 were gathered from 24 stations Three distinct methodologies were employed to adjust individual station data to address missing data Consistency analysis and data refinement were conducted for stations requiring adjustments utilizing graphical analysis and non-parametric statistical techniques The satellite products under evaluation correspond to the IMERG v6 algorithm statistical metrics were used to compare observed and estimated data A correction coefficient was computed by aligning monthly means between observed and calculated data to mitigate random and systemic errors The IMERG algorithm demonstrates proficiency in accounting for altitude and seasonal variations with the adjustment significantly enhancing its performance under these conditions Precipitation is generally recognised as an important meteorological variable in the water cycle and the primary supply source for various water resources (Diaz et al., 2009). Therefore, analysing its behaviour in a region is indispensable. However, quantifying this task becomes complex when its spatial and temporal distribution is highly variable (Andrade, 2016) In 1997, the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) was launched by NASA and JAXA; out of any forecast, this mission lasted 17 years until April 2015. Among the most significant achievements was the observation of rainfall rates in the tropics, the area of the planet where two-thirds of the rainfall is concentrated, and these data could be converted into three-dimensional images, allowing experts to identify the internal structure of storms (Morrow, 2015) Overall, the TRMM produced global rainfall estimates based on remote data observations. The 3B42 algorithm provided information with a spatial resolution of 0.25° and a temporal resolution of 3 h, making it an important data set product for hydrometeorological applications, particularly in areas without observed data (Zulkafli et al., 2014) The Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals algorithm of GPM version 06 (IMERG) has combined information from the GPM satellite constellation and the first precipitation estimates collected by the TRMM mission. By comparing present and past data, specialists are optimising the climatological models, making them more accurate; these data have been available since June 2000 and have a spatial resolution of 0.1° (Huffman et al., 2022) the current study aims to refine satellite precipitation estimates by incorporating surface-measured data through a correction factor This effort is geared towards acquiring information suitable for various analyses to manage and develop water resources in Ecuador’s Loja province acknowledging the constraints posed by limited access to meteorological station data Due to the availability of existing pluviometric information, the analysis period in Figure 1 corresponds to 16 years Three methodologies were used to fill in missing information, each of which was selected according to the number of data to be filled in and further characteristics as described below Figure 2 This method constructs a linear model represented by the “x” independent variable and “y” dependent variable. When the r coefficient exceeds 0.7, the model represents a good correlation between the data (Carrera et al., 2016), where n is the number of data pairs, based on Eq. 1: x= Represents the values of the observations for the variable x (observed data) y= Represents the values of the observations for variable x (calculated missing data) ∑xy= The sum of the products of the values of for all observations ∑x,∑y= The sums of all values of and respectively ∑y2= The sums of squares of all y-values respectively This method was used to fill stations with information that was missing by no more than 10% and to maintain a station with similar characteristics that could be used as a base station It is an average that considers the inverse of the squared distance as a weighting factor, thus distributing the contribution of each auxiliary station by weight, based on Eq. 2 (Chow et al., 1994), cited by (Toro et al., 2017) Pm = precipitation is generated for the station to be filled in P3 = Monthly precipitation of each station in each quadrant d3 = Distance from each station to the station to be refilled 1/d12 = The weight applies to each station concerning the station to be filled in This model was used to fill in the data of stations that have a base station and do not exceed 10% of missing data The NR was trained with the help of the Sklearn Python library, a set of routines for predictive analytics that includes classifier algorithms, regression and clustering algorithms, among others (Pedregosa et al., 2019) ma = The slope of the graph to which the records are fitted. a= Sub-index to be designated for the adjusted data in Eq. 3 mo = The slope of the graph at the time Po was observed. o= Sub-index that is designated for the existing data in Eq. 3 The accumulated series were defined in seven groups of stations, given that the climatic, hydrographic and topographic conditions are variable throughout the study area and that the stations under analysis are dispersed over it so as not to cause errors and distortions. Considering the above, the criteria for grouping were climatic similarity, altitude and hydrographic unit, Supplementary Table S2 Parametric tests assume that the data distribution is normal and sensitive to the amount of data non-parametric tests do not require any assumption of known distribution which indicates that they are helpful for a wide range of distributions Corresponding to a parametric test that relates the variances of two sets of data, these sets are the result of dividing the series to be evaluated into two groups, based on Eq. 4 and Eq. 5 σ12,σ22= Variances of missing data S12,S22= Variance of the existing data n1−1,n2−1= Degrees of freedom n1 y n2= Amount of data for each subset This is a non-parametric test to determine whether two samples differ in relation to their medians (Gómez, Danglot, and Vega, 2003). The overall median value is determined by combining the values of each sample, as shown in Supplementary Table S3. Then, it is determined in each sample how many higher and lower values exist concerning the overall median (Badii et al., 2012), cited by (Valencia et al., 2020) It is a parametric test that evaluates two sets of data resulting from dividing the series to be evaluated into two groups. The test requires that the variances are not significantly different. It is rejected if T falls within the rejection region for a significance level of α, based on Eq. 6 and Eq. 7 and Eq. 8 x1¯,x2¯ = Mean of the subsets This is the non-parametric alternative to comparing two independent averages via Student’s t-test. The test’s null hypothesis is that the two samples of size n1 and n2 are from identical continuous populations. The alternative hypothesis can be one-sided or two-sided and only assumes that the central tendency of one population differs from the other, but not a difference in shape or dispersion (Berlanga and Rubio, 2012) Samples A and B are identified, with N and M observations. The observations are ordered as if they were a single sample and ordered ranges of values are assigned. Subsequently, the values belonging to each sample are identified, and the sums of each sample’s ranges are calculated, thus defining S, which corresponds to the sum of ranges of the most negligible value in (Badii et al., 2012) cited by (Valencia et al., 2020) The satellite data evaluated in this work corresponds to GPM’s Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals algorithm in its version 06 (IMERG). The data corresponds to monthly accumulated precipitation estimates at a spatial resolution of 0.1° per pixel. To download it, you must fill out the registration form on the portal https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov you can access it with your username and password it is the accumulated map; select the temporal space where you want to download the information in the Select Date Range locate the area from where you want to download the information; for this work a box was marked between the coordinates −80.5298 all the information available on the server is displayed and we can choose according to the user’s requirements Satellite precipitation estimates are commonly affected by random and systematic errors (bias) (Mendez, 2016) The present work used a multiplicative correction factor through the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) method The method preserves relative changes in monthly precipitation values the method also corrects for daily variability on the monthly mean; however this detail is not explored in the present work as no daily scale data is being analysed PiDObs= Monthly average data observed PiDmod= Monthly average data of the series to be corrected The following equation will adjust the daily precipitation data once the C-factor is defined, based on Eq. 10 P′ijDMod= Adjusted satellite monthly data PijDMod= Monthly satellite rainfall data This correction is applied to the grid point closest to the station point. Interpolation techniques generally underestimate high-intensity rainfall and overestimate low-intensity rainfall (Bohling and Wilson, 2006) Once the available data quality analysis has been carried out, Figure 1 defines the network of rainfall stations that will be used to evaluate satellite precipitation products The results presented in the table above show that the models fit the data. The coefficient of determination represents the percentage of variation in the response variable, which a linear model explains. In other words, there is a good correlation between the data (Toro et al., 2017) which obtained similar results when filling in missing data using the linear correlation method for the Ambi River basin The summary of the fit by the linear correlation method for stations with up to 10% missing data is presented in Supplementary Table S5 This method consists of applying an average with the inverse of the squared distance that will act as a weighting factor; in addition, it is necessary to the deductive rationale based on the percentage of participation that the missing data has over the other available monthly data, in addition, the dependent meteorological variable is the value of the missing data in the station. The independent ones are the value of the variable of the auxiliary stations (Campos, 1998) United States National Weather was applied to stations M0432 and M0142; given that there were no auxiliary base stations to apply the linear correlation method and that the data to be completed is less than 10%, this method was decided upon. In addition, station M1161 was used to apply the model after verifying the respective data based on Supplementary Table S6 The precipitation values obtained by this method are quite stable concerning the existing statistics since as will be analysed later in the double mass plot They passed the statistical tests of confirmatory analysis The missing data adjustment by this methodology consisted of using three auxiliary stations plus the station to be completed The training of the NR can be carried out considering several criteria since the meteorological precipitation data adopted were climatic similarity between stations altitude and preferably that they are within the same hydrographic system Supplementary Figure S4–S13 shows the results obtained for the ten stations that completed the missing data by this method The graphs show the annual distribution of precipitation at the auxiliary stations in green the station to be completed in red and the station with complete data in blue It can also be seen that the annual distribution for all the auxiliary stations shows a similar trend which is evidence that a good selection criterion was used It can also be seen that the complete station graphically shows good results which are corroborated by the consistency analysis Once the data had been completed using the methodologies described above, the double mass graph was used to detect series with certain types of systemic errors due to data collection, changes in instrumentation, etc. The results show that 20 of the 24 stations have consistent data for the period evaluated. The results show that 20 out of 24 stations present consistent data for the period evaluated in Supplementary Figure S14–S36 Stations M0435 in Supplementary Figure S37, M0544 in Supplementary Figure S38, and M0147 in Supplementary Figure S39 present a significant break in their slope This methodology did not evaluate station M0142 as it could not be incorporated into any group because it is located in another hydrographic demarcation The adjustment made to stations Alamor M0435 in Supplementary Figure S37, Colaisaca M0544 in Supplementary Figure S38, and Yangana M0147 in Supplementary Figure S39 is presented in the following graph: a) corresponds to the uncorrected data The graphs in Supplementary Figure S40–S63 show that the slope break disappears after adjustment the adjusted series presents a stable relationship of proportionality and consistency Supplementary Table S7 presents the results of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test which was performed to validate the fit of the theoretical function A significance level of 5% (p-value = 0.05) was used as the threshold for judging whether a result is statistically significant Null hypothesis Ho; is no statistically significant difference between the distribution of the station data and the Normal distribution Alternative Hypothesis Ha; There is a statistically significant difference between the distribution of the sample station data and the Normal distribution The results in Supplementary Table S7 indicate that for all stations and Ha is confirmed because all values are below the significance level Since it is confirmed that the data do not present a normal distribution the statistical tests to be used are the non-parametric ones Supplementary Table S7 also presents the results of the confirmatory tests The median test showed that none of the stations presented statistically significant differences concerning the value of the measure of central tendency concluding that the subgroups formed present identical statistical properties the subgroups formed have similar distributions they are statistically equivalent in their position The statistical metrics between the observed and estimated data without correction show graphically that the 24 stations evaluated show a trend concerning the annual rainfall distribution. However, the observed values are higher than the simulated values. Although they show a similar trend, there is a deviation between the observed and simulated values, which is confirmed by the RMSE values that range from 34 to 157, as shown in Supplementary Table S8 Supplementary Figure S40–S63 graphically show the annual trend of observed and estimated rainfall for the 24 stations analysed. If we look at Supplementary Table S1, where the altitude is presented, and Supplementary Figure S1 where the distribution of the analysed stations is given it can be seen that the stations located in the lower part (example M0151; 223 m a.s.l) of the study area present a defined distribution during the year that means with months of high concentration and months of low or no rainfall This differs from the stations in the upper part (example M0432; 2,525 m where precipitation variability during the year is observed Considering the above and observing the data in Supplementary Table S9 it must be evident that the IMERG estimated data present a better adjustment on the stations in the low zone and defined seasonality concerning the stations in the high zone and with variable seasonality the altitudinal difference and the seasonal variation are not factors that condition a high or low performance of the estimates of the satellite products analysed in this work since One thing to consider from the results presented is that stations M0147 and M0432 are the least well-adjusted according to the statistical parameters Supplementary Table S9 presents the bias correction performance between observed and estimated data for the methodology proposed in this paper Using the correction factor obtained for each station and each month from Supplementary Table S9 significantly improves the simulated data The data simulated by IMERG without correction present an underestimation in most stations concerning the observed data there is a better fit between the corrected and observed data Part of the confirmatory analyses carried out can be seen from the results obtained in Supplementary Table S7 as well as in the studies carried out by Carvajal and Castro after analysing the probabilistic distribution of the data have evaluated various parametric and non-parametric tests and concluded that graphical tests and confirmatory statistical analyses are essential tools in the exploratory analysis of data In the statistical indicators of efficiency in the results obtained in Supplementary Table S8 and as indicated by (Molnar et al., 2020) in Supplementary Table S4 the NS values for the stations evaluated range from satisfactory to good there is an underestimation between the observed and simulated data and the R coefficient presents values between 0.6 and 0.93 indicating a correlation between the observed and simulated values If we visualise Supplementary Figure S4, we can identify that these are closer to the eastern mountain range; that is, by analysing this scenario, the IMERG data present a low adjustment concerning those observed in areas close to the Amazon. The above results are similar to those obtained by (Mendez, 2016) where the IMERG products represent very well the temporal variability in a region of Chile Zulkafli compared the TRMM V6 and V7 products with data from rain gauges in the northern region of Peru and southern Ecuador resulting in an underestimation between the estimated and observed data in the western regions of the Andes Both of these studies are somewhat related to the present work It is important to emphasise that to compare results with other regional studies. It is necessary to consider the conditions under which they have been carried out, given that, as stated by (Wang and Wolff, 2012) in their study on the evaluation of TRMM products in Central Florida these results cannot apply to other regions as there are determining factors such as the rainfall regime and the spatial and temporal scale that define the conditions of a region Likewise, the NS is between 0.36 and 0.89, and the Pearson coefficient is between 0.6 and 0.91. What contrasts with these results are the high RMSE values, which are between 104 and 25. These RMSE error values can be associated with the analysis level, as data are being analysed monthly. These results are also similar to those obtained by (Ramoelo et al., 2013) the satellite products corresponding to the IMERG V06 algorithm were evaluated using rainfall data from selected monthly scale stations for the province of Loja in southern Ecuador Four statistical efficiency indicators were used for this evaluation: mean square error Nash-Sutccliffe coefficient and Pearson coefficient the statistical series of observed data were analysed and adjusted The use of various methodologies for adjusting missing data allowed better adjustment of the information and This allowed a broader approach according to each situation The exploratory graphical analysis applying the double mass curve identified consistency in the statistical series of 20 of the 23 stations evaluated by this method In addition to identifying that the series of three stations presented inconsistencies thus obtaining a series suitable for subsequent analyses The application of non-parametric statistical tests such as the Median and the Mann-Whitney U test helps to confirm the exploratory graphical analysis which in turn allows us to have confidence in the statistical series to be used for further analysis The results show good performance of the uncorrected satellite products with R coefficients between 0.55 and 0.93 and NS from 0.21 to 0.66 The RVB presents underestimates between simulated and observed values and RMSE values of 157 and 24 The IMERG underestimates rainfall in most of the 24 stations evaluated where a slight overestimation is evident in both cases without exceeding unity Applying the correction factor in general terms significantly improved the simulated data obtaining values of R between 0.6 and 0.95 The high values of RSME are associated with the assessment being carried out on a monthly scale The performance of the evaluated satellite products does not vary at the altitudinal level nor the temporal level; the results show that their performance is similar in both scenarios Suppose it has been identified that the performance is lower when approaching the Amazon region of Ecuador this result should be corroborated with more detailed information since only two stations were close to this region and the data obtained from them allowed us to reach this conclusion The results show that the methodology applied for correcting the simulated data performed well; however it is recommended that an evaluation with daily scale series be carried out to obtain better results The raw data supporting the conclusion of this article will be made available by the authors The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research The authors declare that the funds used in this research project were their own; it does not involve an external institution or entity 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 Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1408866/full#supplementary-material Google Scholar Assessment of remote sensing data to model PM10 estimation in cities with a low number of air quality stations: a case of study in quito CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Andrade, O. 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' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Flooding struck in the city of Loja after a heavy downpour on 15 March Streets in the city were flooded and several houses damaged Emergency service ECU 911 Loja reported one person was missing after being swept away by flood waters National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE) and the Loja Fire Department are carrying out searches SNGRE also reported flooding and landslides in other areas of Loja Canton including in Gualel where 2 buildings collapsed affecting 6 families Heavy rainfall has affected other parts of the country over the last 2 weeks Two hours of heavy rain caused flash flooding in Manta Canton in Manabí Province damaging 12 homes and affecting around 50 people As many as 8 bridges were damaged or destroyed due to flooding in La Maná canton in Cotopaxi province after heavy rain and floods from 07 March 2022 An estimated 15,000 inhabitants were isolated as a result The overflowing Quindigua River damaged 180 homes in Pucayacu Around the same time flooding and landslides struck in areas of Girón canton in Azuay Province SNGRE reported the overflow of the Clementina River in the municipality of Babahoyo on 11 March — ECU 911 Loja (@ECU911Loja) March 15, 2022 Breaking News Ecuador Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Peru – Heavy Rain Triggers Massive Landslide in La Libertad Australia – More Deadly Floods Hit New South Wales Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList his teenage dream was to be a visual artist a curveball arose while studying when he formed The Maccabees with friends the band became a much more significant entity than Weeks ever thought imaginable Weeks is finally set to realise his life-long ambition to have his own exhibition in London The presentation will take place at The Copeland Gallery in London from June 6th to June 9th the space will display his work in public for the first time premiering tracks from his new studio album Weeks has accomplished many impressive feats in his career whether selling out multiple nights at Alexandra Palace with The Maccabees or writing the festive graphic novel The Gritterman which was later turned into his stage play the idea of sharing his art with the general public is filling him with trepidation His family has built a new life in the Portuguese capital it’s provided him with a creative space of his own for the first time allowing him to build a sanctuary to make music and illustrations comes from the Portuguese word for ‘Store’ as Weeks’ studio space was an unused shop before the former Maccabees frontman lovingly adopted it which he’s soon set to transport to London Weeks explains to Far Out how Loja was not initially part of the script and only materialised after another record was scrapped The aborted project was titled Tonk and was inspired aesthetically by an album cover by War and an exhibition by Helen Frankenthaler which Weeks describes as “colourful and abstract.” However while the visual aspect of the record was well-rounded the songs presented a more testing challenge Weeks elaborates: “I went and did a session with Nathan (Bullion) we both agreed that I needed to spend more time writing The relief I felt…I was glad I had gone a different route.” Even though the art isn’t necessarily related to the songs on the new record Weeks insists there is “a parity between them,” which will create a “more multidimensional” live performance Weeks will take the exhibition to various other major cities across Europe and even received a message about one possible exciting location shortly before our conversation Although he still plans to tour Loja in the traditional sense he’s hopeful that the exhibitions can sporadically exist side-by-side allowing him to express the full spectrum of his artistry which is impossible to do with songs alone Weeks took a backseat from sharing his visual art but it was still an important part of his life I definitely didn’t think I’d still be doing it 20 years on Art was always my first passion and the first I felt like I was any good at,” Weeks frankly admits While he’s been “making stuff all the way along” including the cover work for the first Maccabees record Weeks reached a point where it became a private hobby the singer felt his art put further spotlight on him during interviews when they “were such a democratic band” Weeks concedes the attention made him feel “weird” and said it put an “unnecessary strain on things” it’s been almost a decade since The Maccabees parted ways and Weeks is finally ready to revisit that part of his career during The Copeland Gallery exhibition “I think I’m going to play a Maccabees song I might do it on the first night and not enjoy it The dust has firmly settled on The Maccabees split, with the band bidding farewell in 2017. Felix and Hugo White are set to release their debut album with new band 86TVs this summer I’ll be front and centre,” he excitedly promises Weeks’ new Portuguese surroundings shaped Loja I’m still finding little things daily that remind me how grateful I am to be in a new place I hope the record has a feeling of the slight giddiness of being able to be in this beautiful city and the newness of it all.” Weeks likens the feeling of “freshness” he feels since moving to Lisbon to “new love,” which makes him wake up every day being “blessed with emotion.” This sentiment bleeds into the optimistically sun-soaked sounds of LOJA It was his partner who spearheaded the move to Portugal Weeks expresses his gratitude for “finding a way to improve my life and our life as a family” Although he never saw himself as a beach person Weeks enjoys spending his spare time swimming in the sea and taking advantage of the outdoors while he’s progressing with his Portuguese and I’m determined not to get left behind” Weeks swapped one coastal location for another and headed to the Isle of Wight to work with producer Sergio Maschetzko it resulted in his most collaborative album since leaving The Maccabees “I’m going to take some musicians to a studio LOJA also features guest appearances from Katy J Pearson Pearson was the catalyst for his collaboration with Teasdale on ‘Dig’ after she “vaguely introduced” the pair “Rhian had asked me to be in a Wet Leg video I’m worried I’ll ruin my videos; the last thing I want to do is ruin someone else’s it meant that I had an ask in the bank,” he reveals of the song’s origin Weeks believes it’s imperative “not to get stuck in your ways,” whether in his personal life or working with new people like Teasdale musically His move to Lisbon has been a reminder that “newness is good,” which he sings from the rooftops on Loja Although the album is released digitally on June 6th it won’t be available to buy physically until August 23rd He’s focused on creating and moving on to whatever comes next Two decades into a career he never thought would occur and Loja beautifully bottles this effervescence over 11 tracks Loja is out now digitally through Fiction Records and is available to pre-order in physical formats here Quito: A bus collided with a car in southern Ecuador killing at least 18 people and injuring eight others The accident took place Friday in Ecuador's Loja province bordering Peru The prosecutor's office raised the death toll from an initial 16 to 18 The bus collided with a car traveling in the opposite direction and overturned expressed her "deep solidarity with the families affected by this unfortunate event." Traffic accidents are among the main causes of death in Ecuador The country saw almost 21,000 accidents in 2023 848 deaths resulted from the more than 8,400 accidents recorded a bus carrying 35 Indigenous people overturned on the outskirts of capital Quito Despite its name, at this time of year, with temperatures nearing 30 degrees Celsius, the Infiernos de Granada (literally Hells of Granada) trail seems much more like paradise with a number of breathtaking waterfalls and caves along the way at the 'pabellón municipal' sports facility a path which runs alongside the Genil and leads right to the heart of this natural haven Not too far along the path there is a short climb with metal holds installed into the rocks to help hikers The incredible views of the landscape at the top are well worth the climb This is also where the trail's first cave is located This cave is known as the Cueva de los Murciélagos (cave of bats) Care must be taken to not make too much noise which could disturb its occupants Just next to the cave is one of the compulsory pit stops along the route: the viewpoint over the spectacular Infiernos de Loja gorge The trail then continues to the Cola del Caballo an impressive waterfall on the other side of the riverbank Together with the viewpoint of the Infiernos this is one of the key points of interest along the route Packed with refreshing waterfalls and caves it is the perfect escape from the late summer heat Loja is also known for the Fuente de los 25 Caños (fountain of 25 pipes) which originates back to the time of the Arab occupation of the town There are stories of secret passages that connected the Arab fortress with a spring supplying water to the walled city However it wasn't until the 16th century that the fountain was created with all its spouts is said to have witnessed the blossoming of love between a young Moorish woman and her Christian lover and that "whoever drinks from each spout will find their love that year" Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Orlando Weeks’ forthcoming new album ‘LOJA’ (Portuguese for ‘store’) was written in both London and Lisbon Recording began in earnest in January 2023 at the beautiful Chale Abbey Studios with longtime live collaborator Sergio Maschetzko (Black Country supported by co-producer and engineer David Granshaw Nathan Jerkins a/k/a Bullion contributed additional production and mixing long worn-out promises being remade and road weary offences being retaken The record features a number of other key collaborators including Katy J Pearson Oliver Hamilton of the band Caroline and Alejandro Aranda a/k/a Scary Pool Party The core musical contributions come from long standing live collaborators Sami El-Enany lyrically ‘LOJA’ toys with both the fantastical and stark realism There are sleeping giants in Track 2’s ‘Best Night’ and the final song on the album The novelty of a new city afforded Weeks the opportunity to romanticise his present and re-evaluate his past The first live performances in over a year will be at London’s Copeland Gallery this June Weeks will preview music from ‘LOJA’ alongside an exhibition of the prints and drawings that are the accompanying visual aspect of the album “The great change in our lives was that we left London and moved to Lisbon and the record definitely has elements of being a love letter to the place that we now call home But I think the move provided a stirring of the waters It threw up an awful lot of stuff and it gave us perspective and hindsight because suddenly there was distance You can re-evaluate the things you were too close to those things that there was no point spending time thinking about because it was the day-to-day bubble you were in.” Designed by Anarchlab Architecture Office in Porto Teresinha Carteiras Bolhão stands out as a striking example of how interior architecture and design philosophy merge offering an unforgettable aesthetic experience beyond shopping Recognising the importance of making a 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As home to properties like Dr. Seuss and Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House series our teams are experienced at building and sustaining brands over a long period of time and also at launching the careers of debut writers and illustrators to franchise brands and characters known around the world We also have a licensing team whose mission is to build franchises out of our bestselling trade properties via products and promotions We have developed merchandise programs for R Emily Winfield Martin (The Wonderful Things You Will Be) and Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Uni the Unicorn) and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book What are the areas of focus for your division this year Barbara: It’s an exciting time in children’s publishing and there are definitely key areas where we have opportunities to expand Random House Children’s Books’ footprint in meaningful ways Preschool We acquired Little Tiger Group in March of this year and are at the beginning of what I think will be a very exciting relationship as they focus on preschool and picture books Another area we see great potential in is graphic novel publishing will publish its first list in spring 2020 which is currently up year-to-date and we’re discussing new ways to refresh the books and be innovative with a brand that began all the way back in 1937 We are especially excited about publishing Dr A core part of our strategy is to be a house that publishes and celebrates diverse voices and stories we will launch the inaugural list of our Make Me a World imprint award-winning author and artist and son of the late acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers Jen: At Penguin Young Readers we believe that every child deserves books and deserves to see themselves in those books This belief is reflected in the books we publish and in how those books are distributed a new imprint dedicated to centering stories from the margins with a goal of uniting an inclusive community of authors and readers to celebrate stories that reflect the richness of our world a celebration of African-American fathers and daughters We are also committed to distributing books to as many communities as possible And we are determined to impact the book deserts we see in the U.S. places where kids have no bookstores or libraries and in doing so we are committed to creating future readers for our adult colleagues Another top priority for us is the middle-grade graphic novel and illustrated novel market We’ve had tremendous success in this space with Max Brallier’s bestselling The Last Kids on Earth series which is being adapted for Netflix this fall And we are continuing to pump this market with a growing list of graphic novels for middle grade and YA readers including a new graphic novel from Newbery honor winner Victoria Jamieson in the spring we are seeing terrific growth in the preschool market as both parents and educators focus on the importance of early childhood literacy This gives us huge opportunity to grow new characters and titles but also gives us a chance to revisit the classics (such as Corduroy The Little Engine That Could and Llama Llama) We’ve had massive success with our expanded line of Very Hungry Caterpillar books such as Love From The Very Hungry Caterpillar I Love Dad with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and I Love Mom with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Another trend we are seeing is a renewed interested in the printed book, as children become more overscheduled and as parents and teachers worry about too much screen time. Our picture book sales are particularly robust. Studies have shown that parents and educators have an increased focus on teaching young children kindness and empathy and we’ve seen this reflected in our strong sales for books such as The Rabbit Listened Humorous picture books also continue to be popular and The Day the Crayons Quit consistently topping the bestseller lists We are feeding this trend with a new Crayons book coming this fall—The Crayons’ Christmas How can we inspire children to become lifelong readers Jen: Studies show that reading to your child as an infant has a significant positive impact on their cognitive abilities and vocabulary and will instill in them a love of reading we continue to build upon Penguin Young Readers’ robust and established list of engaging and developmentally appropriate books for our youngest readers Barbara: I am a firm believer that the entry point to reading can and should be anything that attracts a child to it—be it simply having books in the home that spark their curiosity their excitement over finding a book that features their favorite Disney princess or the empowered feeling that comes from being able to read Green Eggs and Ham solo because of the easy rhyme and repetition the specific entry point isn’t important—what is important is that they enjoy the experience and that it becomes a part of the fabric of their lives I had a job as a page at my local library in Eastchester While my real responsibility was to shelve the books I always ended up being a delinquent worker—sneaking into the children’s section to find a seat on the floor to read the books I loved I entered the publishing world on the adult side in publicity and marketing I made the decision that children’s was the place for me because of the real possibility of introducing young people to books they will love forever and even share with their own children and grandchildren one day as a marketplace it has always been very appealing to me because you need to reach not only the reader It makes it more complex and all the more rewarding Jen: We have the best jobs in the world We are able to make something that is both fun and instrumental both vibrant and educational and that both parents and children think was made JUST for them we are in a time when there is so much appetite for new and inventive storytelling it is truly the best time to be in children’s books Below please find a letter submitted to Congress today (April 3 Simon & Schuster and Sourcebooks advocating… Penguin Random House partnered with Little Free Library (LFL) to celebrate a significant milestone: the installation of the 200,000th Little Free Library… The Jewish community is wonderfully diverse with individuals coming from various backgrounds and experiences Jewish people come from all over the world and reflect a beautiful… Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 National Poetry Month celebrates poetry and its place in American culture We’re thrilled to share that several Penguin Random House titles have been named finalists for the 37th Annual Publishing Triangle Awards — an event dedicated to… The UK’s Women’s Prize Trust announced the shortlist for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction a literary award championing and amplifying women's voices Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced the four winners and three finalists of the 2025 J Berkley joined the nonprofit VOW for Girls and the romance community to help end child marriage around the world It’s time to share your love for libraries an initiative of the American Library Association You don't have permission to access this page