Raising the bar: Cedar Creek gymnastics vaults ahead with new coach

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– Raising the bar: Cedar Creek gymnastics vaults ahead with new coach

Suddenly they have become champions that we should celebrate. And, no, this isnt one more story about LSU.

The newest champs in our neighborhood come from in and around Ruston.

They are bright, talented and young. Really young. In fact, they range from age five to age 11.
And, not a soul at Cedar Creek School knew these young girls were going to almost instantly become outstanding gymnasts when this all got started several months ago.

Heck, most folks didnt know — and still dont know — that Cedar Creek even has a gymnastics team.

Performing in two huge meets since being formed last summer, the littlest Cougars first collected 21 medals, supplied the top all-around individual scorer and finished second as a team in a November meet in New Iberia that featured over 600 competitors.

Just a couple of weeks ago, these little dynamos performed at a meet in Baton Rouge and captured 45 medals, 11-year-old Lexi Oliver of Bernice again won all-around and the Creek won top team honors.

Actually, this time last year nobody even knew Cedar Creek would be sporting a gymnastics team this school year.

That is partially because not many folks realized their newest Spanish teacher, Claudia Peregrina Cecil, has a lifetime of experience in the sport. Claudia Cecils career in gymnastics spans the continent; from childhood performer in her native Mexico to world-class athlete on national teams; from gym owner in Mexico City where she became a TV personality with her own daily fitness program to a gymnastics academy in Seattle, Wash. where she directed 100 coaches and over 3,000 youngsters.

Route to Ruston

How she got to Ruston is quite a story in itself. The short version is that 15 years ago she met and married a former Ruston resident, Richard Cecil, who was then working in Seattle but has since transferred back to north Louisiana.

I guess you could say love brought me here, says Claudia Cecil. Richards family is here and we wanted to raise our family close to them. When his opportunity to come home happened, we decided to come.

It appears to have been a tough career move for Claudia, but she doesnt look at it that way.

I actually began my career as an attorney in Mexico City, but that was just to earn enough money to pursue my own passion in gymnastics, she said.

I am now completing work on a doctorate (from Granada University in Spain) in education so I am excited about teaching Spanish at Cedar Creek, she said.

Still, the gymnastics itch always lives within this energetic 40-year-old, and that passion has now opened up quite an opportunity for youngsters at Cedar Creek.

I didnt really think much about expanding into a true gymnastics program when I started a tumbling program here in October of 2006.

We had no gymnastics equipment, and I had no idea that girls here would be much interested. But some parents approached me, so I said we would hold tryouts. I was totally shocked when 70 girls showed up, she said with a laugh.

Thus, last summer Cecil went about picking a team. We didnt eliminate anyone, but we set up rules and guidelines and everyone had to be at our daily workouts in the summer.

Eventually, many eliminated themselves and we now are working with a group of 41 girls, ages 5-to-11, she said, adding that the young years are when girls reach their top potential in gymnastics.

Cecil has a competition team with 15 girls, a future-team group with six more members, a strictly recreational group with four and a tumble bears pre-team featuring 13 little ones (4-5 years old).

Theres also a young boys pre-team with three members.

But all of this marvelous quick-paced, big-results work turned in by Cecil and her kids is just half of the story.

The real catch is that they have done it all with no real facilities while using hand-me-down equipment, some purchased by Cecil over eBay.

The school has been very cooperative, but it just didnt have any extra space for this type program, said the coach.

To prepare for each Saturdays four-hour practice, Cecil and her crew — mainly her family and two student coaches — must clear the schools multi-purpose room and put down their gym equipment, then revamp the room all again when practice concludes.

About equipment, Cecil said, I learned the school had a gymnastics program briefly some 30 years ago. I went to the P.E. storage room and found three beams, still in good shape. I still remember being very excited that day, she said.

Later, Cecils girls staged a fundraising campaign selling cookie dough. We raised over $6,000 and when I learned a gym was going bankrupt in Dallas, I got in touch and bought several pieces of equipment, said Cecil.

And, thus, the Cookie Dough Cougars were off and running.

Still, nobody thought they would run this fast this soon.

Third grader Lauren Houck, 9, said, Ive never had so much fun with anything else. Ive done ballet and it helps me with my balance and control in gymnastics. But this is more fun.

She added, Its hard work but all of us are excited. We are a little surprised at winning so many medals.

Laurens mom, Angela Houck, can understand the girls excitement. I was on that Cedar Creek team a long time ago. We didnt have this much success, but I still remember how much fun it was.

She also recognizes the great training it gives her daughter and the other girls. They learn discipline, work ethic, responsibility and how to be part of a team, she said.

Lexi Olivers mother, Winter Oliver, added, Lexi had taken gymnastics briefly at about age six when there was a gym in Ruston — but when it closed, that was it. She was good as a beginner, but now at 11 she really loves it.

Two other young ladies who are playing big roles in this venture are student coaches Justine Ker and Katie Gray, both of whom took gymnastics earlier and are now cheerleaders.

They are both a big help. I would hate to think of not having them, said Cecil, who also is aided by her oldest son, Roy, 16, who earned his certification to coach last year.

Ker, an eighth grader, is an amazing story, herself, what with piano and violin expertise as well as serving as a cheerleader.

Obviously, she also finds time to study because last spring Ker posted a remarkable double of her own — taking championships in both the state junior high science fair and social studies competition in successive weeks.

As for her coaching duties, Ker said, I enjoy it. All of the girls are eager to learn and they work very hard. They also have a lot of talent, she said.

Gray, a sophomore from Jonesboro, added, The girls are amazing. They have surprised themselves and us. Mrs. Cecil is an excellent coach. She has a lot of patience and the girls work very hard for her.

Truthfully, everybody is surprised by the teams success.

Cedar Creek principal Connie Bradford said, When Claudia came to me with this idea, she felt there was a need for this — not only for our students but for the community. We are amazed and excited by their success and we want to do all that we can to help the program grow.

Still, there are obvious limitations at the school, both in existing facilities and in funding.

Bradford added, We are working together on this. Claudia realizes our capabilities and our limits. She is very resourceful and very talented. We felt good about getting her as a teacher, and certainly this area (gymnastics) of expertise is a bonus for Cedar Creek and our children.
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Water on the brain

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– Water on the brain

I recently bought a case of one- pint cans of Bitburger beer at the local liquor store. To manufacture it, some industrious German had to boil vast amounts of spring barley in water. He then had to add Perle, Hallertau, Mittelfruh and Tettnang hops. Then after aging it for several weeks, he had to put the result in a can. Then it had to be put on a ship to Newark. After that it had to be trucked to my local liquor store.

Yet the entire case of 24 cans cost a mere $18.99. Thats 79 cents a pint.

On the way home I stopped by the drugstore. The cooler was filled with pint-sized bottles of water. To manufacture that, some American had to turn on a tap, wait till the bottle was full, and then turn off the tap. Yet it cost $1.29.

For that $1.29, you could get 4,000 pints of water from your kitchen faucet. Yet people willingly pay a premium for a bottle filled with a product that is worth just a fraction of a cent more than the air that will fill that bottle when the water is gone.

What accounts for this depravity? Journalists are partly to blame. We have perpetuated the myth that people should drink eight glasses of water a day. A search of newspaper databases reveals hundreds of articles in which the reader is told that drinking eight glasses of water a day will aid vision, promote weight loss, improve skin tone, help the pancreas and perform various other miracles.

This is obvious nonsense. There are no studies that show that drinking eight glasses of water a day has any special health value whatsoever, nor would it be possible to conduct such a study. So I was glad to read recently that the eight glasses of water myth had been debunked by some medical researchers at Indiana University.

Theres no magic to a glass of water, says Aaron Carroll, one of two physicians who recently put out a paper attacking that and other health myths. It wasnt based on hard science. How much water you need depends on where you live.

And the main question in that regard, says Carroll, is whether you live in the desert or not. If youre out there in the Mojave under 120-degree heat, water is crucial. Otherwise, says Carroll, the rule is simple: If youre not thirsty, you shouldnt drink.

Whats worse, drinking too much water can kill you.

It dilutes your sodium so much that you actually have increased pressure on your brain, he said.

That happened recently to that unfortunate woman who drank excessive water in a promotion by a radio station. And it happens now and then to marathon runners who make the mistake of taking that advice about gulping more water than they need.

Carroll and his research partner, Rachel Vreeman, trace the myths origins to a 1945 recommendation from the Nutrition Council that you should consume the equivalent of eight glasses of fluid a day. Soda, fruit juice, coffee and tea are fluids as well. But once the bottled-water industry got into the act the advice evolved into a notion that only pure water would do. This makes no sense, but people believe it.

People are bad at understanding risk, he said. They dont know what is a real danger and what is not.

That applies to another myth about water, one that I have heard from various exercise experts over the years. This is the idea that people who drink beer instead of water after exercising are somehow risking dehydration. I have read this in dozens of newspapers and magazines, even from people who should know better, such as the doctors who write for the magazine The Physician and Sportsmedicine.

Beer is a poor choice for rehy drating after exercise or competition, read a typical article. Its diuretic effect sends athletes running for the bathroom.

No, it doesnt. Why do doctors repeat those claims?

Doctors are people, too, said Carroll. Some of these things are things you were told when you were young. We heard it before, and we just keep perpetuating the same story.

Recently a Spanish researcher, Manuel Garzon of Granada University, decided to test this popular wisdom. Garzon had students do a strenuous workout in hot weather. Afterward, one group drank beer and the other drank water. The beer drinkers actually managed to get a bit more water into their systems than the control group, Gar zon discovered. In other words, you cant dehydrate yourself while drinking a liquid that is 90 percent water.

I could have predicted that without doing the study. Ive been going to bars since 1969, and I have never yet seen anyone keel over from dehydration. It could happen though, so in the spirit of science I will continue my research.

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Spanish patients test positive for potentially toxic compounds: study

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– Spanish patients test positive for potentially toxic compounds: study

Every single person of the 387 examined in a Spanish study had at least one potentially toxic compound, the authors reported Friday.

The bodies of every subject — patients at two hospitals in the Andalucia region in southern Spain — contained DDE, one of a group of chemicals called persistent organic compounds (POCs). Many of the compounds are hazardous to humans.

DDE, a POC, is formed when the pesticide DDT breaks down. DDT use is banned in most western countries, including Canada.

The researchers from the University of Granada tested the subjects for six POCs.

They found a range of exposures, from 92 per cent who had PCB-153 (a polychlorinated biphenyl) to 84 per cent who had HCH (hexachlorocychlohexane).

Levels were higher in women and in older volunteers, said Juan Pedro Arrebola Moreno, who designed the study.

There are few Spanish studies measuring POC concentrations in a broad sample of the population, so the study will help identify which groups are most exposed, he said.

A Canadian study in 2005 found that 11 subjects had an average of 44 chemicals, including including PCBs, flame retardants and insecticides.

Environmental Defence, a watchdog group, found 88 chemicals in the blood and urine samples of the 11 subjects.
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La Fundación Ángel González arranca en una semana con su primera reunión

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– La Fundación Ángel González arranca en una semana con su primera reunión.

García Montero, Lombardero y Masip serán los primeros patronos e invitan a otras instituciones a colaborar El testamento con el legado del poeta ya ha sido abierto en Oviedo.

Diecisiete días después de su muerte, los grandes amigos y confidentes del poeta Ángel González, el catedrático de la Universidad de Granada, Luis García Montero; el editor Manuel Lombardero y el eurodiputado Antonio Masip, abrieron ayer su testamento, con el fin de conocer su legado y cumplir así con la última voluntad del poeta. La primera, tal y como adelantó EL COMERCIO, es su deseo de crear una fundación que lleve su nombre y sitúe la poesía como adalid de su andadura junto a toda promoción creativa y actividad cultural.

Será su viuda, la catedrática Susana Rivera, que ya se ha reincorporado a su puesto de trabajo en la Universidad de Nuevo México, la responsable de guiar sus designios y contará para ello, porque así lo quiso el propio escritor con los ya mencionados Masip, García Montero y Lombardero como principales patronos, además de otros dos nombres, aún sin designar, que deberán ser elegidos por el Principado de Asturias.

La apertura del testamento de Ángel González tuvo lugar este martes en Oviedo, en un acto en el que no estuvo presente su viuda quien delegó esa responsabilidad a las personas de máxima confianza del escritor. En él se confirma la intención del poeta de instaurar una fundación en su nombre, pero se descarta facilitar más detalles de su contenido porque «entendemos que el testamento es un documento íntimo, que interesa exclusivamente a su heredera universal y a sus amigos, por lo que no procede dar difusión pública a su clausulado».

Masip asegura sentirse «muy honrado por la invitación que Ángel nos ha hecho y procederemos a realizar los trámites precisos». De hecho, los tres amigos de González a quienes delegó la responsabilidad de poner en marcha su proyecto no quieren demorar más el asunto y ya tienen pensado reunirse la próxima semana, tal y como confirmó a este periódico el editor Lombardero.

De momento, los albaceas de la fundación ya han contactado con el presidente del Principado, Vicente Álvarez Areces, a quien le corresponderá, junto a su equipo de Gobierno, la designación de otros dos patronos. Además no se descarta que la fundación pueda contar con la colaboración de otras instituciones. De hecho, a través de un comunicado dado a conocer ayer por Masip se afirma que para su puesta en marcha «está abierta, como no podía ser de otra manera, a la participación de otras instituciones, en particular al Ayuntamiento de Oviedo, la Universidad y la Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, a todas las que hemos de agradecer las muestras de afecto hacia la memoria de nuestro amigo».

La fundación en memoria del autor de Palabra sobre palabra podría hacerse cargo de la gestión del premio de poesía que lleva el nombre del poeta y concede cada año el Ayuntamiento de Oviedo. Además de contar con una sede permanente, se guardarán en ella la colección de sus libros, sus papeles y manuscritos y «las adquisiciones culturales que he ido sumando a lo largo de los años», tal y como dejó dicho el poeta.

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Comisión de Patrimonio y Votaciones

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– Comisión de Patrimonio y Votaciones.

Sr. Director de IDEAL: Mujeres por Granada y Ciudadanos por Granada, utilizamos la generosidad de su periódico para pedir públicamente que la omnipresente, pero desconocida para los ciudadanos, Comisión de Patrimonio haga públicas sus razones para dictar la decisión final que acaba de tomarse sobre la reforma definitiva del llamado Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo y que a nosotros nos gusta apostillar como el conjunto palaciego de la Alhambra del centro de la ciudad. La reforma aconsejada por dicha comisión, (de la que ninguno de sus miembros ha trabajado ni es experto en el monumento) consiste en consolidar lo que hay -incluido el adefesio del caserón- y no excavar en su totalidad la riqueza ya constatada en catas anteriores, en los aledaños y jardines

Por coherencia con los dos únicos equipos que han trabajado dentro del citado recinto -Escuela de Estudios Árabes y Departamento de Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada-, las anteriores corporaciones municipales se resistieron a tomar decisiones que, cuando menos, resultaban polémicas, ya que la Junta de Andalucía parecía no tomar conciencia del gran valor de dicho monumento. Así han pasado dieciséis largos años y ahora que la Consejería de Cultura parece ser mas sensata ha tenido que llegar al Ayuntamiento la corporación menos sensible y más ignorante para que, en una vergonzosa votación, con el voto en contra de todo el PP y la cobarde abstención del PSOE, sea desestimada un inteligente moción presentada por IU, en la que este partido pedía una nueva reflexión, a la luz de los informes de los dos equipos de expertos, antes de perder definitivamente la posibilidad de sacar a la luz toda la grandeza que encierra dicho recinto.

Nuestra felicitación y agradecimiento a Lola Ruiz y Manuel Morales porque al menos sus dos votos, fueron la única ilustración que brilló sobre la atrevida ignorancia, en el Salón de Plenos del Ayuntamiento de Granada.

PD: Los ciudadanos no pudimos presenciar la votación por haber sido expulsados del salón por mostrar letreros pidiendo al Sr. Torres que fuera un nuevo Torres Balbás y, al igual que aquel, nos diera otra Alhambra.
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La UGR publica un libro sobre la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del siglo de Oro

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– La UGR publica un libro sobre la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del siglo de Oro.

Con edición de los profesores Remedios Morales Raya y Miguel González, el volumen recoge las actas del III Curso sobre teoría y práctica del teatro, organizado por el Aula Biblioteca Mira de Amescua y el Centro de Formación Continua de la UGR.

Veinte trabajos relativos a la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del Siglo de Oro y que fueron presentados en el III Curso sobre teoría y práctica del teatro, organizado por el Aula Biblioteca Mira de Amescua y el Centro de Formación Continua que se celebró en Granada del 8 al 11 de noviembre de 2006, conforman este libro cuya coordinación editorial ha estado a cargo de los profesores Remedios Morales Raya y Miguel González de la Universidad de Granada.

En las muchas comedias que son objeto de análisis en este libro se comprobará, tal y como recogen las editoras en la presentación del volumen, lo que ya antes notó el autor de “La Galatea”, que los personajes enamorados “son esclavos de mil congojas y enemigos de sí propios; pues cuando sucede que, en medio de la carrera de sus gustos, les toca el hierro frío de la pesada lanza de los celos, allí se oscurece el cielo, se les turba el aire y todos los elementos se les vuelven contrarios”.

La maraña del amor
El libro trata, entre otros asuntos, de los celos y embustes en la escena barroca; de la maraña del amor y de los celos (Felipe Godínez en su producción dramática hagiográfica); del punto cero de los celos en Cervantes; de la “rabiosa pestilencia” en “La casa de los celos y selvas de Ardenia” de Cervantes; de amor, honor y celos en tres comedias de Juan Cabeza; de la obligación de los celos en dos comedias de Enríquez Gómez; de los celos son amores y no buenas razones, y un largo etcétera en el que se agrupan como Concha Argente, Giulia Poggi, Javier Huerta. Erasmo Hernández, Elena di Pinto, Mercedes Flores, Pedro Correa, Piedad Bolaños, o Agustín de la Granja, entre otros.
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El uso de cinturones de seguridad en asientos traseros reduce el riesgo de muerte casi a la mitad

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– El uso de cinturones de seguridad en asientos traseros reduce el riesgo de muerte casi a la mitad.

Un estudio sobre más de 5.200 pasajeros en la parte posterior del vehículo muestra la eficacia de estos sistemas.

Que el uso del cinturón de seguridad en la carretera puede salvar muchas vidas es un mensaje en el que la Dirección General de Tráfico viene haciendo hincapié desde hace años. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los conductores asocian esta advertencia con el empleo de dicho dispositivo en los asientos delanteros de los vehículos, siendo su empleo en los traseros mucho más reducido.

Con esta realidad sobre la mesa, un estudio realizado por los investigadores Pablo Lardelli Claret, José Juan Jiménez Moleón, y Aurora Bueno Cavanillas (del departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública de la Universidad de Granada) y Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo (del departamento de Estadística), pone de manifiesto la importancia del uso del cinturón en los asientos traseros del vehículo. Su trabajo arroja datos tan significativos como que el empleo de este sistema de seguridad en dichos asientos disminuye el riesgo de muerte en un 44 por ciento.

La investigación, realizada a partir de datos facilitados por la Dirección General de Tráfico sobre accidentes ocurridos entre 1993 y 2002 en España, analiza las muertes de los ocupantes de los asientos traseros del vehículo en función de su edad, sexo, posición dentro del habitáculo y si llevaban o no puesto el cinturón de seguridad. Para la realización de este examen se consideraron únicamente los datos relativos a turismos en cuyos asientos traseros viajaban dos o tres personas, de las que al menos una falleció. Los autores han trabajado sobre un total de 5260 pasajeros, que viajaban en 2266 vehículos y de los que fallecieron 2851, según informa la Universidad de Granada.

El análisis evidencia que las mujeres y los niños menores de tres años que viajan en los asientos traseros son más propensos a fallecer: concretamente, las mujeres tienen un 28 por ciento más de riesgo de morir que los varones, y los niños de entre 0 y 2 años, un 70 por ciento más que los de 15 a 19 años.

La investigación también permite concluir que el riesgo de morir cuando ocupamos los asientos traseros de un turismo aumenta cuanto mayor es nuestra edad. Así, según los datos de la DGT analizados, las personas mayores de 64 años son el sector con más riesgo cuando viajan en la parte de atrás, ya que tienen un 407 por ciento más de posibilidades de fallecer que las personas de 15 a 19 años.

La última variable analizada por los investigadores granadinos es la muerte de pasajeros en relación a su posición dentro de la parte trasera del habitáculo del coche. Su trabajo apunta que los viajeros de la parte central o derecha tienen menos posibilidades de morir en caso de accidente que quienes lo hacen en el lado izquierdo.

Menor uso atrás que delante

El uso de cinturón de seguridad en los asientos traseros ha crecido en los últimos años, pero según campañas especiales de control realizadas por la DGT indican que mientras el 87 por ciento de conductores utiliza cinturón, sólo lo hace el 46 por ciento en pasajeros de asientos traseros, si se trata de circular por carretera, y baja al 61 por ciento de conductores y al 35 por ciento de pasajeros si se trata de ciudad.

Eñ artículo 117 del Reglamento General de Circulación fija que el uso obligatorio de estos sistemas de seguridad, y su incumplimiento es cosndierado como infracción grave, con multa de hasta 300 euros y pérdida de dos puntos.
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Una planta silvestre mediterránea podría servir para obtener fármacos contra el cáncer

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– Una planta silvestre mediterránea podría servir para obtener fármacos contra el cáncer.

Un grupo de científicos de la Universidad de Granada ha descubierto que la olivarda, una planta silvestre muy abundante en todo el arco mediterráneo denominada científicamente Dittrichia viscosa, que puede servir para obtener fármacos que traten enfermedades como el cáncer y la migraña.

Los científicos, pertenecientes al departamento de Química Orgánica y al Instituto de Biotecnología, comenzaron la investigación a raíz de un proyecto financiado por la Unión Europea, a través del Programa Alban, y el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, según ha informado hoy la Universidad de Granada en un comunicado.

El ácido ilícico de la planta mediterránea se ha utilizado como material de partida para desarrollar un método de síntesis química y de interés industrial, que constituye un prometedor antiangiogénico.

Asimismo, los investigadores granadinos han empleado una planta que crece en los Andes bolivianos para crear un agente anticancerígeno que detiene el crecimiento de los tumores de cerebro y el cáncer de pulmón, además de ser un candidato para la quimioterapia de neoplasmas en pulmón, colon, estómago o cerebro.
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La UGR publica un libro sobre la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del siglo de Oro

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– La UGR publica un libro sobre la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del siglo de Oro

Con edición de los profesores Remedios Morales Raya y Miguel González, el volumen recoge las actas del III Curso sobre teoría y práctica del teatro, organizado por el Aula Biblioteca Mira de Amescua y el Centro de Formación Continua de la Universidad de Granada.

Veinte trabajos relativos a la pasión de los celos en el Teatro del Siglo de Oro y que fueron presentados en el III Curso sobre teoría y práctica del teatro, organizado por el Aula Biblioteca Mira de Amescua y el Centro de Formación Continua que se celebró en Granada del 8 al 11 de noviembre de 2006, conforman este libro cuya coordinación editorial ha estado a cargo de los profesores Remedios Morales Raya y Miguel González.

En las muchas comedias que son objeto de análisis en este libro se comprobará, tal y como recogen las editoras en la presentación del volumen, lo que ya antes notó el autor de “La Galatea”, que los personajes enamorados “son esclavos de mil congojas y enemigos de sí propios; pues cuando sucede que, en medio de la carrera de sus gustos, les toca el hierro frío de la pesada lanza de los celos, allí se oscurece el cielo, se les turba el aire y todos los elementos se les vuelven contrarios”.

El libro trata, entre otros asuntos, de los celos y embustes en la escena barroca; de la maraña del amor y de los celos (Felipe Godínez en su producción dramática hagiográfica); del punto cero de los celos en Cervantes; de la “rabiosa pestilencia” en “La casa de los celos y selvas de Ardenia” de Cervantes; de amor, honor y celos en tres comedias de Juan Cabeza; de la obligación de los celos en dos comedias de Enríquez Gómez; de los celos son amores y no buenas razones, y un largo etcétera en el que se agrupan como Concha Argente, Giulia Poggi, Javier Huerta. Erasmo Hernández, Elena di Pinto, Mercedes Flores, Pedro Correa, Piedad Bolaños, o Agustín de la Granja, entre otros.
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Rear-seat safety belts reduce death risk

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– Rear-seat safety belts reduce death risk.

A University of Granada study in Spain found that the use of safety belts in vehicle back seats reduces the risk of death by 44 percent.

Researchers Pablo Lardelli Claret, Jose Juan Jimenez Moleon, Aurora Bueno Cavanillas and Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo used data provided by the governments General Traffic Directorate on road crashes, which occurred from 1993 and 2002 in Spain. They analyzed the death of the occupants of the rear seats according to their age, gender, use of restraint systems and seat position.

The researchers only considered the data concerning vehicles occupied by two or three rear-seated passengers for accidents in which at least one of these passengers was killed.

The study authors analyzed all 5,260 rear-seated passengers, who were traveling in 2,266 vehicles of which 2,851 were killed.

The study found women were 28 percent more likely to die in a rear-seat vehicle crash than men, and children up to 2 years old were 70 percent more likely to die in a crash than those ages 15 and 19 years old.

The study also found that the risk in the rear seats of a vehicle is higher for those older than age 64.
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Rear-seat safety belts reduce death risk

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– Rear-seat safety belts reduce death risk

A University of Granada study in Spain found that the use of safety belts in vehicle back seats reduces the risk of death by 44 percent.

Researchers Pablo Lardelli Claret, Jose Juan Jimenez Moleon, Aurora Bueno Cavanillas and Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo used data provided by the governments General Traffic Directorate on road crashes, which occurred from 1993 and 2002 in Spain. They analyzed the death of the occupants of the rear seats according to their age, gender, use of restraint systems and seat position.

The researchers only considered the data concerning vehicles occupied by two or three rear-seated passengers for accidents in which at least one of these passengers was killed.

The study authors analyzed all 5,260 rear-seated passengers, who were traveling in 2,266 vehicles of which 2,851 were killed.

The study found women were 28 percent more likely to die in a rear-seat vehicle crash than men, and children up to 2 years old were 70 percent more likely to die in a crash than those ages 15 and 19 years old.

The study also found that the risk in the rear seats of a vehicle is higher for those older than age 64.
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Seat Belt Use In The Rear Seats Of Cars Almost Halves Risk of Death

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– Seat Belt Use In The Rear Seats Of Cars Almost Halves Risk of Death.

The Spanish Governments General Traffic Directorate (DGT) has been insisting for many years that using the safety belt on the road can save lives. However, most of the drivers associate this warning with the use of such devices in the front seats of cars rather than in the rear seats, where seat belt use is much reduced.

With such a situation on the table, the paper Individual factors affecting the risk of death for rear-seated passengers in road crashes, prepared by the researchers Pablo Lardelli Claret, José Juan Jiménez Moleón and Aurora Bueno Cavanillas (of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the University of Granada) and Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo (of the Department of Statistics), shows the importance of the use of safety belts in the rear seats of cars. Their work has produced very significant data, not the least of which is that the use of this safety system in rear seats reduces the risk of death by 44 per cent.

The research work, carried out from data provided by the Governments General Traffic Directorate on road crashes which occurred between 1993 and 2002 in Spain, analyses the death of the occupants of the rear seats according to their age, gender, use of restraint systems and seat position. To carry out this analysis they only considered the data concerning vehicles occupied by two or three rear-seated passengers for accidents in which at least one of these passengers was killed. The authors analyzed all 5,260 rear-seated passengers who were travelling in 2,266 vehicles, 2,851 of which were killed.

Women and children

An increased risk of death was observed in this analysis carried out at the UGR for females and children aged <3 years: women especifically are 28 per cent more likely to die than men, and children aged between birth and two years old are 70 per cent more likely to die than those between 15 and 19 years old. The research work also concludes that the risk of death when we are in the rear seats of a vehicle increases as we get older. According to the analysed data of the DGT, people older than 64 years are in the highest risk sector when they travel in the rear seats, with a 407 per cent greater possibility of dying than persons aged between 15 and 19 years old. The last variable analysed by the researchers from Granada is the death of passengers with regard to their location in the rear of the cars interior. Their study finds that those passengers who travel at the centre or the right side of the rear seats are less likely to be killed in the event of an accident than those who are on the left side. Reference: Prof Pablo Lardelli Claret. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the University of Granada.
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