SAFO fragmento 16 V: El Deslumbramiento

E1 fr. 16 V es un breve poema en el que, argumentando con rigurosa lógica y utilizando como ejemplo demostrativo el mito de Helena, Safo formula la más antigua teorización conocida sobre la naturaleza de la belleza. Su modernidad es sorprendente; la belleza no es una cualidad absoluta, sino el producto fantasmático del impulso sexual. Los pormenores de su fenomenalogía se desglosan con el apoyo de la tradición homérica: el deslumbramiento inicial trastorna los sentidos creando apariencias ilusorias, ciega la ruzón, enajena, provoca olvido; pero cuando el deseo se extingue retornan memoria y conciencia, y con ellas el dolor. Se entiende así que la Helena que ya está de vuelta, la de la Odisea, proceda a administrar su seducción como una droga analgésica. El proccso se repite constantemente; sus sujetos somos todos, cualquiera, y su actualización afecta, más alla de la singular experiencia psica-física a las prácticas matrimoniales de la época, donde no se contemplava la elección de pareja y la mujer abandonaba su entorno para inscribirse en el del marido. Así la poesía de Safo, que forma parte de la iniciación a la vida adulta femenina, al poner al descubierto la relatividad de la belleza dentro del mecanismo amoroso, distancia a sus pupilas de sus propias emociones y las protege de la soledad insertándolas en una experiencia religiosa compartida.

Friday Facts, March 16, 2012, Vol. 134

Bureau of Nutrition and Health Promotion part of the Iowa Department of Public Health produces of weekly newsletter about the Iowa WIC Program for the State of Iowa citizen.

EPI Update, March 16, 2012

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

Iowa Crop and Weather Report, April 16, 2012, Vol. 12. no. 7

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Interruptions de grossesse dans le canton de Vaud en 2007

En 2007, un total de 1439 interruptions de grossesse ont été pratiquées dans le canton de Vaud, dont 89% concernaient des femmes domiciliées dans le canton. Rapporté à la population féminine en âge de procréer (15-49 ans), le taux d'interruption de grossesse est estimé à 7,6 pour mille (15-44 ans : 9,4 pour mille). Le taux d'interruptions de grossesses pour 1000 résidentes âgée de 15 à 49 ans marque une légère progression, passant de 6,8 pour mille en 2004 à 7,6 pour mille en 2007. Un écart important se maintient entre les femmes de nationalité étrangère (2007 : 13,1pour mille) et les Suissesses (4,6 pour mille). Dans les deux groupes, néanmoins, l'augmentation des interruptions de grossesse parmi les adolescentes (15-19 ans), observée au cours des trois dernières années, s'est interrompue en 2007. Le ratio des interruptions de grossesse par rapport aux nombre de naissances vivantes (exprimé en %) marque une très légère progression depuis 2003, passant de 15.2 à 16.7. Comme lors des années précédentes, on n'observe pas d'évolution particulière au niveau de l'âge gestationnel au moment de l'interruption. Dans leur très grande majorité, les interruptions de grossesse sont pratiquées avant la douzième semaine suivant l'arrêt des règles. En outre, l'âge gestationnel ne varie quasiment pas selon l'âge et la nationalité. Le pourcentage d'interruptions de grossesse par voie médicamenteuse continue d'augmenter. Il est passé de 31% en 2005 à 41% en 2007. Cette valeur reste encore nettement inférieure à la moyenne suisse (56%). Le recours à la méthode médicamenteuse demeure fortement associé au niveau de formation de la patiente (formation supérieure) et au type d'établissement dans lequel l'intervention est pratiquée. La probabilité d'une intervention médicamenteuse est ainsi trois fois plus élevée dans un hôpital régional qu'au CHUV. On observe peu d'évolution au niveau des caractéristiques sociodémographiques et des caractéristiques de la carrière reproductive. Le pourcentage de femmes ayant déjà interrompu une grossesse par le passé demeure élevé (31 %) en particulier dans certains groupes de nationalité (Afrique, Amérique du Sud). On note également, parmi les femmes ayant déjà eu un/des enfant/s, qu'un laps de temps relativement court sépare l'interruption de grossesse du dernier accouchement : 20% ont recouru à l'interruption de grossesse dans l'année ou dans l'année précédant l'interruption de grossesse.

Report on a review of selected application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Facilities Planning and Management - Facilities Administrative Management Information System for the period of April 18, 2011 through May 16, 2011

Report on a review of selected application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Facilities Planning and Management - Facilities Administrative Management Information System for the period of April 18, 2011 through May 16, 2011

Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Oxisols after Sewage Sludge Application for 16 Years

ABSTRACT The large production of sewage sludge (SS), especially in large urban centers, has led to the suggestion of using this waste as fertilizer in agriculture. The economic viability of this action is great and contributes to improve the environment by cycling the nutrients present in this waste, including high contents of organic matter and plant nutrients. This study evaluated the chemical and biochemical properties of Dystrophic and EutroferricLatossolos Vermelhos (Oxisols) under corn and after SS application at different rates for 16 years. The field experiment was carried out in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil, using a randomized block design with four treatments and five replications. Treatments consisted of control - T1 (mineral fertilization, without SS application), 5 Mg ha-1 SS - T2, 10 Mg ha-1 SS - T3, and 20 Mg ha-1 SS - T4 (dry weight base). The data were submitted to variance analysis and means were compared by the Duncan test at 5 %. Sewage sludge increased P extracted by resin in both theLatossolos Vermelhos, Dystrophic and Eutroferric, and the organic matter content in the Dystrophic Latossolo Vermelho. The waste at the rate 20 Mg ha-1 on a dry weight basis promoted increases in acid phosphatase activity in Eutroferric Latossolo Vermelho, basal respiration and metabolic quotient in DystrophicLatossolo Vermelho. The rate 20 Mg ha-1 sewage sludge on a dry weight basis did not alter the soil microbial biomass in both the Latossolos Vermelhos; in addition, it improved corn yields without inducing any symptoms of phytotoxicity or nutrient deficiency in the plants.

SF 2088 Convenience Fees Analysis and Recommendations, November 16, 2011

As an expansion of SF2088, the Department of Administrative Services-Information Technology Enterprise (DAS-ITE) was asked to further analyze the potential costs and savings if the current practice of charging credit card and overhead fees (“value-added fees”) were to be eliminated. Value-added fees reflect the costs an agency incurs while providing online services, and those costs will always exist.. DAS-ITE researched these costs and identified ways of making the associated fees less burdensome to the citizens of Iowa. The three alternatives provide different ways in which agencies can recover those costs; they could be borne by either an annual appropriation or adjustment of the online service “price” to include the fees within the cost of the online transaction. An additional alternative is presented to leave the current value-added fee practices in place. Recognition must also be made of the fact that traditional forms of conducting business with the State of Iowa, face-to-face and paper-based transactions, are inherently more costly. These delivery channels are effectively subsidized by the agency as a “cost of doing business” and the associated expense of the transactions is not passed on to the customer.

Iowa Crop and Weather Report, June 18, 2012, Vol. 12. no. 16

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Fiscal Update, July 16, 2012

The Fiscal Division newsletter, published weekly during session and periodically during the interim.

Iowa Crop and Weather Report, July 16, 2012, Vol. 12. no. 20

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Iowa Agri-News, August 9, 2012, Vol. 12, no. 16

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.