Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America Newsletter, volume 1, issue 2

Emily Mann interviews Mark Bly.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/1001/thumbnail.jp

Sequences, q-multinomial Identities, Integer Partitions with Kinds, and Generalized Galois Numbers

Using sequences of finite length with positive integer entries and the inversion statistic on such sequences, a collection of binomial and multinomial identities are extended to their q-analog form via combinatorial proofs. Using the major index statistic on sequences, a connection between finite differences of the coefficients of generalized Galois numbers and integer partitions with kinds is established

LMDA New & Noteworthy, March 2018

Contents include: Q & A: Robert Blacker; Q & A: Chava Kokhleffel.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdanewsletter/1016/thumbnail.jp

Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy, volume 21, issue 1

Contents include: An Over-Abundance of Note-Worthy Content, The 25th Anniversary Issue of Review; The Lessing Award 2010, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mark Bly, An Introduction; I Began My Dramaturgy for the 21st Century, Lessing Award Acceptance Speech; Shifting Boundaries, Perspectives from African-American Dramaturgs, An Introduction;The Innovation of Inclusion, Classics in a New Light, Dramaturgy at the Classical Theatre of Harlem; Dramaturgy in the Mythos of a Post-racial Era ; Back to Black, A Response to Contemplations on the Dramaturgical Landscape for African American Theatre (in a Time of Obama). Issue editors: D.J. Hopkins, Sydney Cheek O\u27Donnell, Lauren Beck, Sydne Mahone (Guest Editor)https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/1041/thumbnail.jp

LMDA\u27s 20th Aniversary 1985-2005: Celebrating the First Twenty Years

Contents include: Introduction: Only the Beginning..., A Brief History of LMDA, LMDA Canada - A History, Being There: Chance Memories of a Kitchen Dog, Interviews with the Past Presidents of LMDA, The LMDA Lifetime Achievement Award: Portraits of the Lessing Award, The Elliott Hayes Award: A Thumbprint History, LMDA\u27s Residency Programs, LMDA: A Living Chronology, Afterward: Looking Forward to Looking Ahead

LMDA Review, volume 9, issue 2

Contents include: Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Annual Conference 1999 Setting the Table: A Working Retreat, The State of the Profession Round One, Call for Nominations LMDA President-Elect, On Elliot Hayes and the LMDA Prize, Early Career Dramaturg Program, Report on Canadian Caucus Meeting, Introducing Celise Kalke, Research at the Theater Center, Script Exchange, LMDA Online, Education in the Arts, A Team Approach to Dramaturgy at Cornish College of the Arts, Process Translation: Translator/Dramaturg Meets Actor/Translator, Jobs, Disruption in Job Line Service, Dramaturgy Focus Group Association for Theater in Higher Education Toronto Conference, Report on the Dramaturgy Focus Group ATHE 1999, Recent Publications by Members, and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Bibliography 1999https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/1019/thumbnail.jp

Flow Cytometry Used to Assess Genetic Damage in Frogs from Farm Ponds

Flow cytometry (FC) is a laboratory method used to detect genetic damage induced by environmental contaminants and other stressors in animals, including amphibians. We tested FC methods on three species of ranid frogs collected from farm ponds and natural wetlands in southeastern Minnesota. We compared FC metrics for Rana clamitans between ponds with direct exposure to agricultural contaminants and reference (unexposed) ponds. Concentrations of atrazine in water from our farm ponds ranged from 0.04 to 0.55 ppb. We found that R. clamitans from exposed ponds had DNA content similar to frogs from unexposed ponds. Pond-averaged C-values (a measure of DNA content) ranged from 6.53 to 7.08 for R. pipiens (n = 13), 6.55 to 6.60 for R. clamitans (n = 40) and 6.74 for R. palustris (n = 5). Among all species, the mean sample CVs ranged from 1.91 (R. palustris) to 6.31 (R. pipiens). Deformities were observed in only 2 of 796 individuals among all species and occurred in both reference and exposed ponds. Although we did not detect evidence of DNA damage associated with agriculture in our study, we demonstrated the potential of FC for screening amphibian populations for genetic damage. Metrics from a variety of amphibian species and locations as well as laboratory studies are needed to further assess the value of FC for monitoring amphibian genetic integrity in contaminated sites

LMDA New & Noteworthy, May 2020

Contents include: #LMDA2020 // Conference Countdown; Managing Life and Work in the Time of COVID-19: Thoughts from the LMDA Executive Committee; The Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive: Learn from the best. Work with the best; Regional Events; Your Dramaturgy Ad Here; Pandemic Response: Resources for Artists in the U.S. and Canada (link).https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdanewsletter/1033/thumbnail.jp