El Poeta

"The subject of Rene Arceo’s print El Poeta is a fantastic figure; he is a creator deep in thought and surrounded by his muses and characters he can bring to life with the power of his words. Like a plant, the poet is a vivid green and through him there is potential for growth, hope and new life. He seems strongly rooted to the ground by his feet, which in fact are not feet, but growing into other figures, a car and another human being. He holds a notebook to imprint his ideas and begin the process of creation as his future characters clamor for attention around him, one waving a sign with the quinceañera for him to see. As an artist, Arceo feels a kinship with the poet, who also has the power to create worlds."22 x 16 i

Benthic habitat and fish assemblage structure from shallow to mesophotic depths in a storm-impacted marine protected area

Baseline ecological studies of mesophotic coral ecosystems are lacking in the equatorial Indo-West Pacific region where coral reefs are highly threatened by anthropogenic and climate-induced disturbances. Here, we used baited remote underwater video to describe benthic habitat and fish assemblage structure from 10 to 80 m depth at Apo Island, a well-managed marine protected area in the Philippines. We conducted surveys 2 yr after two storms (in 2011 and 2012) caused severe damage to shallow coral communities within the no-take marine reserve (NTMR) of Apo Island, which led to declines in fish populations that had built up over three decades. We found that hard coral cover was restricted to 30 m) was dominated by sand/rubble and rock (dead coral) with low cover of soft corals, sponges and macroalgae. Storm damage appeared to have reached the deepest limit of the fringing reef (40 m) and reduced variability in benthic structure within the NTMR. Species richness and/or abundance of most trophic groups of fish declined with increasing depth regardless of storm damage. There were differences in taxonomic and trophic structure and degree of targeting by fisheries between shallow and mesophotic fish assemblages. Threatened shark species and a fish species previously unreported in the Philippines were recorded at mesophotic depths. Our findings provide a first glimpse of the benthic and fish assemblage structure of Philippine coral reef ecosystems across a wide depth gradient. This work also underscores how a combination of limited coral reef development at mesophotic depths close to shallow reefs and severe habitat loss caused by storms would result in minimal depth refuge for reef fish populations

Creative ART Interchange Barcelona-Chicago. Projecte d’intercanvi artístic entre escoles de Barcelona i Chicago

La idea de fer aquest projecte va començar l'any 2009/10 quan el Govern de Catalunya va donar una beca a Glòria Martí Rubí per fer una recerca d'educació artística a la ciutat de Chicago (IL), Grand Rapits (MI) i Barcelona(CAT). Durant la recerca hi van haver molts contactes amb artistes, artterapeutes i professors d'art com Rene Arceo que junt amb Glòria Martí són els coordinadors d’aquest nou projecte. L’objectiu és posar en contacte a professors/es i alumnes de l'àrea artística d’ Escoles i Instituts de Chicago i de Barcelona -sense descartar ampliar-ho a tot Catalunya- per intercanviar idees, treballs i experiències. L'art permet conèixer i aprofundir en les realitats culturals de cada país. El tema general a treballar per totes les escoles és “La Meva Ciutat”

Transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in proton–proton collisions at √s=900 GeV with ALICE at the LHC

The inclusive charged particle transverse momentum distribution is measured in proton–proton collisions at s=900 GeV at the LHC using the ALICE detector. The measurement is performed in the central pseudorapidity region (|η|<0.8) over the transverse momentum range 0.15<pT<10 GeV/c. The correlation between transverse momentum and particle multiplicity is also studied. Results are presented for inelastic (INEL) and non-single-diffractive (NSD) events. The average transverse momentum for |η|<0.8 is 〈pT〉INEL=0.483±0.001 (stat.)±0.007 (syst.) GeV/c and 〈pT〉NSD=0.489±0.001 (stat.)±0.007 (syst.) GeV/c, respectively. The data exhibit a slightly larger 〈pT〉 than measurements in wider pseudorapidity intervals. The results are compared to simulations with the Monte Carlo event generators PYTHIA and PHOJET