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Kroger recognized for spending with Hispanic suppliers
CINCINNATI — Kroger announced that it has become a member of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Million Dollar Club.
According to Kroger, membership into the USHCC Million Dollar Club, is awarded to corporations who have spent between $25 million to more than $500 million with Hispanic suppliers, in the previous year.
This is Kroger's second consecutive year of qualifying for membership. The company was inducted in the $250 to $500 million annual expenditure category.
"The success of our business is linked to our efforts to encourage diversity throughout Kroger," Kroger's chief diversity officer Reuben Shaffer said. "We are honored to receive this recognition and value our membership in the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Million Dollar Club, which reflects our ongoing commitment to supplier diversity. We look forward to continuing our strong partnerships with Hispanic-owned businesses and their help carrying out our customer first strategy."
Dr. Miracle's revamps line to evolve beyond hair repair
NEW YORK — Ethnic hair care brand Dr. Miracle's is evolving beyond hair repair positioning and driving the brand forward with a relaunch comprised of multitiered innovation initiatives and updates to formulas, packaging and advertising.
"First and foremost, we've increased our understanding of our consumer, learning more about why she likes our brand and why she uses our products. The answer: Our products have helped her repair her hair. So, she knows, first-hand, that our products work," said Dr. Miracle's CEO Randy Zeno, referring to the brand's current positioning. "Our new direction will build on these findings to show her that in addition to helping her get healthy hair, Dr. Miracle's can help her keep it healthy and beautiful."
According to the manufacturer, the most noticeable development will be the brand's evolution of appearance at store level. The packaging redesign reflects Dr. Miracle's' efforts to increase consumer shopability. Recent studies show that consumers have trouble determining the optimum products to address their treatment and maintenance needs. Reinforcing product efficacy, as well as supporting consumer preferences, the new packaging design highlights product benefits, attributes and key ingredients. Other changes include an updated brand logo and a new milder, citrusy product aroma. The well-known tingling sensation remains.
In the addition, Dr. Miracle's products have now been reformulated to include vitamins and natural ingredients, such as shea butter, aloe, coconut, jojoba and olive oils.
In addition to product development, the brand will be channeling this understanding of its consumer into a new advertising campaign, event outreach campaigns, marketing efforts, and digital programs.
The rollout of a new company website is anticipated for later this year, as well as the introduction of the first-ever official Dr. Miracle's mobile application.
"This is an exciting time for me to have joined the team. Within the past six months we've been busy behind the scenes repositioning, repackaging and reformulating. Now, we're ready to show our consumers the evolution of Dr. Miracle's with a new look, new products, new advertising, a new website, and new social media programs designed just for them. We've created a brand that truly celebrates our consumers as part of the family," Dr. Miracle's VP marketing Arnisha Hallett-Jones said.
New product developments include:
Edge holding gel ($5.49) — The new Edge holding gel is blended with jojoba oil, promising to create long-lasting hold for sleek styles.
Acai thermal protection styler ($5.99) — Formulated to protect hair from intense heat styling, the thermal protection styler is rich in acai berry extract for moisture as it adds shine.
Daily moisturizing lotion ($3.99) — Enhanced with a blend of jojoba and coconut oils, this daily moisturizing lotion is ideal for keeping hair strong, soft and manageable.
Conditioning shampoo ($5.99) — The conditioning shampoo is blended with olive, sweet almond and jojoba oils.
Leave-in conditioner ($5.99) — The leave-in conditioner is enriched with a blend of vitamins A, C, and E to help strengthen as it leaves hair soft, manageable, shiny and bouncy. Perfect to apply before roller setting or for maintaining a "wet-and-go" look.
Deep conditioner ($4.99) — Blended with jojoba oil and vitamins A and E, the deep conditioner revitalizes hair's natural health, putting an end to breakage and dry scalp.
No-lye relaxer ($8.99) — Reformulated with three times more conditioning agents, the no-lye relaxer is made with essential proteins to help prevent breakage and strengthen strands while straightening. It also has vitamins A and E to promote healthy hair growth.
Oil sheen spray ($4.99) — Blended with shea butter and aloe, this spray conditions as it softens and adds shine.
Neutralizing shampoo ($5.99) — Blended with macadamia nut oil to provide hair and scalp with extra protection, the neutralizing shampoo is designed to be used with a no base crème relaxer. This neutralizing shampoo will restore moisture to the cuticle and provide conditioning benefits while completing the relaxer process. A special color alert tells users when the relaxer is completely rinsed from the hair.
MTM center supported by pharmacy techs
WASHINGTON — A groundbreaking call center at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy that delivers medication therapy management services to patients with chronic illnesses utilizes pharmacy technicians certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
PTCB said that while pharmacists work directly with patients, their providers, and fellow community pharmacists — to ensure that patients receive optimal treatment while reducing the risk of adverse events and drug interactions — at the school's Medication Management Center, pharmacy technicians also are involved with supporting the MTM delivery process by scheduling patient appointments, gathering patient information, providing quality assurance reviews of patient and provider communications, conducting customer satisfaction surveys, and reporting outcomes.
The center has delivered MTM services to more than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries across the country since 2006.
"Pharmacy technicians are integral members of our pharmacy team," Medication Management Center director Kevin Boesen said. "By expanding pharmacy technicians' roles within the Center, pharmacists are able to spend more time working directly with patients and, as a result, we have witnessed significant improvements in medication compliance and overall patient health outcomes."
PTCB executive director and CEO Melissa Murer Corrigan added, "The model developed by the University of Arizona Medication Management Center is a great example of how integrated pharmacy teams positively benefit patients,. Certified pharmacy technicians continue to take on innovative roles that allow pharmacists to increase their involvement in direct patient care, which in turn, may reduce the overall cost burden on patients and the health care system."
For more information on the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy's Medication Management Center, click here.
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Many of the automotive business news is on the consultants' disposal on the internet. It is the fastest option to get the freshest information in the business. He'll be capable to deliver leading edge service to his clientele simply by logging in to a web site on a daily. The methods in which it will change his commission significantly outweigh the amount of time he'll use retaining tabs on it. Is your automobile prepared for its first drive!? If not, be prepared for disappointment when your automobile begins to take on injury from stones, bugs, and other highway particles! It was released by Carbuzz when writing an analysis of the maximum speed that can be achieved by two cars whereas comparable. How Carbuzz quoted Bugatti is then used as a benchmark. The services are good. We work in an actual workshop with all of the tools and tools. So it's cool to work on new vehicles.
Odyssey can also be geared up with ABS (Antilock Braking System), EBD (Digital Brake force Distribution) and BA (Brake Help), i-SRS Twin airbags, Aspect Air Bag, Curtain airbags, and Pretensioner Seatbelts with Load Limiter. Honda add one new SUV flagship 4-wheeled out there of China with a retainer of anyer offers a myriad of luxuries at a time the toughness of succesful, new Honda Avancier.
As at the writing, Ford have mentioned that there shall be fiftieth Anniversary fashions in each the XR6 Sedan and the XR6 Ute types of the G Sequence Falcon. Colour and Trim Design: That is what it appears like. This designer researches, designs, and chooses the interior and exterior colours and trim (or colour and supplies). These supplies embrace paints, plastics, cloth designs, leather, grains, carpet, headliner, and wooden trim.
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Sneak Peek Sunday | April 16
By: Em Perper
Many of you wonderful readers are aware of Read Broader, Curious Iguana's year-long initiative to encourage members of our community to read outside their comfort zones—whether attempting a genre they usually avoid or learning about a new culture. To that end, I'd like to feature several works of fiction debuting Tuesday that, in my opinion, embody what Read Broader is all about.
In a Pakistani community, someone is publicly broadcasting people's most precious secrets from the minaret. When a Muslim cleric's daughter is linked romantically to a Christian, the community turns on itself. Nargis, a Muslim widow, is caught in the middle of a violent controversy. The Golden Legend, written by award-winning author Nadeem Aslam, depicts the brutality inflicted by religious extremists but is ultimately hopeful. It's "a grieving, not just for Pakistan, on the one hand, and what it could be and what it has been, but for the whole of civilization," according to the BBC.
Mad Country centers on the lives of folks living in or hailing from Samrat Upadhyay's homeland, Nepal. Government officials target a group of journalists; a Nepali man becomes involved in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri; the owner of a construction worker is arrested and brainwashed—these are but a portion of the stories in Upadhyay's collection. In an interview with National Endowment for the Arts, where Upadhyay is a Literature Fellow, he said, "I think my obsession is how our inner world interacts and merges with the external world and how we create our own realities. It's a kind of spiritual outlook…I'm always interested in how the world of the [spirit] is interacting with the physical world outside and how they're informing each other, that ultimately they're not that separate." Soho Press published this collection in paperback to make it more affordable and accessible.
My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci joins the realm of spectacular international fiction exploring gay identity, like Ernesto by Umberto Saba and Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin. Author Rakesh Satyal describes My Cat Yugoslavia as "one part Bulgakov, one part Kafka, one part Proust, and one part Murakami." Statovci's novel, a story of two outcasts in two different times, takes the reader from 1980s Yugoslavia to contemporary Finland. A young Muslim woman marries a near stranger, and their union is doomed to fail. Years later, her son, Bekim, is an outcast in Finland—not only because of his immigrant status, but because of his sexuality, too. In a gay club, Bekim meets a slick talking cat, and their time together spurs Bekim to return to Kosovo and reconsider his family history.
Other notable releases:
- Spoils by Brian Van Reet (literary fiction)
- You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero (self-help, finance)
- At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider (memoir, travel)
- A Line Made by Walking by Sara Baume (literary fiction)
- Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science by Dave Levitan (science, philosophy)
- The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch (dystopian fiction)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (true crime, history)
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Richard Abbott obituary 1915
Obit:"Dick" Abbott Is Dead
-well know and revered citizen succumbs to paralysis
Richard M. Abbott
-only Charter Member tobacco Board of Trade
-member Board of Aldermen - from 6th Ward
-Born Pittsylvania Co., VA Nov. 20, 1845 near Chatham
-married Miss Adeline Baynes (Baines)@ 21
-came to live in Danville in 1874
-Engaged in the tobacco buisness
-Surviving-wife, one son : T. J. Abbott, one son Mrs. P. W. Ferguson, and 2 grandsons, 2 Brothers Misters C.E. Abbott of Danville, VA and M. W. Abbott of county and sister Mrs. Eliza Abbott of cit.
Funeral at home.Internment Leemont Cemetery
Also interned at Leemont Cemetery Robert P. Abbott Apr. 27, 1912, and Thornton Abbott Dec. 9, 1929.
Believe that one of the grandsons is Robert T. Abbott from Richard's obit.And that the obit doesn't list a son that died 1912 by the name of Robert P. Abbott.
Robert's name is found listed underneath J. T. Corbin on stationary for the J. T. Corbin Tobacco Company in Danville, VA.Also found the obit of Robert's brother James's obit. -Found in the files titled The Jackson Corbin Familey of Danville, VA by Robert E. King.
City of Danville, VA Births: 1874 - 1879
Abbott, OlieJan. 1879 R. M. and M. A.30
Abbott, Olie Jan. 1879 Richard M. and Adeline Pittsy. 1532
Danville, VA city directories lists Richard's family living at 613 Keen St. from 1898 - 1929.
Dora Carter Abbott Terrell is also listed as living at 613 Keen St in 1929. The widow of Robert P. Abbott.
Marriage record found Danville City Court House:
-Robert Pace Abbott age 26 b. Danville, VA parents R. M. Abbott and Adeline
-Dora Lou Carter age 21 b. Pittsylvania Co., VA parents Phil and ______ Carter.
Date and Place: March 13, 1903 Danville, VA
Only Obit I could find for Robert P. Abbott was in the Danville Registar April 27, 1912
Robert P. Abbott
parents: Mr. and Mrs. R. M. of Keen St. Danville
age 35
sister Pattie Abbott
brother: Thornton Abbott
Burial Leemont Cemetery
Funeral at Residence
Died aft a long illness.Not a surprise to family and friends.Mentioned possible wife and child but no names.
Census Records:
1880 Census VA
R. L. Abbott birth year 1846, birth plce VA, age 34, occ. Tobacco Dealer, marriage status Married, Race White, Father's birthplace VA Mother's birthplace VA.
1900 Census Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA Ward 4
Abbott Richardrace: w sex: m born: Nov. 1846 age: 58 married for 33yrsocc. warehouse man.bp VA.
wife: Martharace: w sex: f born July 1851 age 49 born VA
son: Thornton J. race: w sex: m born: Feb. 1874born VA
dau: Pattie W. race: w sex: f born Oct. 1871 born VA
1870 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA
Abbott, Isaac56 yrs sex: m race: w b. VA Ringgold PO
series roll-1671 pg 85
1860 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA Northern District
Abbott, Isaac 46 m farmer $250
Louisa47 f
Eliza A. 16 f
Richard M. 14 m
James L.11 m
Charles C.9 m
Mary W. 8 f
Moses W. 7 m
1850 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA
Abbott, Isaac 40 m overseer
Louisa Corbin35 f
Sarah10 f
George 7 m
Eliza5 f
Richard 4 m
James1 m
Chesley4 monthsm
Hoskins, Martha14 f
note- Isaac Abbott md Louisa Corbin Jan. 7, 1839
1840 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA
Isaac Abbott000010000000 - 000010000000
1 male born between 1810-1815
1 female born between 1810-1815
Anyone else who can provide any other info it would be greatly appreciated.
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If you didn't attend the 2013 Big Change Round-up last weekend at Jolley Stables in Colchester, you missed a great time! This event was for charity and is the project of Fletcher Allen Health Center and local radio station WOKO to benefit the Vermont Children's Hospital. It was organized with the help of Erin Longworth of Erin Longworth Performance Horses in Milton. We had plenty of competitors from kids who were trying gymkhana for the first time to riders who are experienced on the local gymkhana circuit. One of them is Ashely Rae Smith who asked me to attend and try to get some great images from the day. I agreed and then offered to donate a 2 hour portrait session that came with a free 11x14 print. There were lots of great prizes given away that had been donated by several local businesses. It was the first competition of the season for most and although at first you could see there was a little rust on the horses from the long winter, it soon was gone and they looked like they were back in the game. From the smiles on the faces I saw, I think this was a success and will be held again next year!
For those that are not aware, gymkhana is a series of games that involves pole bending, barrel racing and jumping. The action is usually challenging enough to capture, but this event being held inside made it even more so. The darkness of the arena and the windows at the top of the walls made the exposures pretty challenging. I was faced with either lighting the area with secondary sources (not easy and the horses might be affected by flash) or high ISO's. I chose the ISO's and my Nikon's were up to it. A little noise reduction in Lightroom and we made some great images.
(Left) This pony gave his opinion of gymkhana... must be an open show horse!
(Right) Ivy obviously having a good time, but then, when doesn't she?
Thanks to everyone who have already bought pics from this! See you next year. More info on the Big Change Round-up can be found here. Make sure to leave me a comment if you like what you see or have something else you want to see, or whatever.
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In 2013, on the occasion of the centenary of Piero Fornasetti's birth, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan presented a first grand and unprecedented exhibition of the artist's work, curated by Barnaba Fornasetti. Triennale Design Museum decided to pay tribute to Fornasetti to underscore the artist's role and to present a new and accurate reading of his work in the context of the critical and theoretical debate on ornament as a structural element of design.
In 2015, this exhibition travelled with great success to Paris in the majestic spaces of the Decorative Arts Museum.
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul houses the first Asian stopover of "Fornasetti Practical Madness" show in the Exhibition Hall (1,216m2) from 22nd November 2016 to 19th March 2017.
Triennale Design Museum comes back in Korea carrying on its mission in promoting and elevating Italian design in the world.
[The exhibition's path]
The exhibition includes more than 1.300 pieces - mostly from the extraordinary Fornasetti archive in Milan curated by Barnaba Fornasetti who still carries on his father's work – showing the great themes of Fornasetti work through a path structured into sections. From the artist's debut as a painter to his printmaking workshop of artist's books, to his closed collaboration with Gio Ponti in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, to the toughest 1970s and 1980s when Piero died, until the contemporary and recent works created by Barnaba.
- Icons
Visitors are welcomed at the entrance of the exhibition with a selection of iconic objects of Fornasetti's imagination as trumeaux, screens and tables.
Originally designed by Gio Ponti, the trumeau (a cross between a sideboard, bar and bureau) was later modified by Piero who preferred, for the purposes of small-scale production, to make it look more square and less affected. After having made the structure more neutral and versatile, he extended the decoration to the interior, which had doors and cabinets that could reveal surprises with further thematic evolutions and points of view.
An artistic video by Virgilio Villoresi, produced on occasion of this exhibition and dedicated to this piece of furniture, that is the symbol of the Fornasetti production, will be shown to the public for the first time.
The screen, with its function as a mobile architectural element, is intrinsically theatrical and ideally suited for illusionistic tricks. At the end of the 1940s Piero begins its declination of patterns (65) and colours.
- The Bibliophile
This room is dedicated to Piero Fornasetti's passion for books. He spent his life collecting books, magazines and documents on the applied arts and used the images he found as points of aesthetic reference and source of inspiration. He printed and illustrated several volumes and he also used the motif of books to décor his objects such as cabinets, tables, screens, wall papers, fabrics etc.
- The cult of the black line
From an initial preference for drawing and black pencil, pen and Indian ink line, Fornasetti moved on to experimenting with various techniques: engraving, lithography, woodcuts, drypoint and monotypes. He was soon able to open the Piero Fornasetti Art Publishing House, which worked with the great artists of the time, from Giorgio De Chirico to Carlo Carrà and Lucio Fontana. Fornasetti's vast output as a draughtsman and printer also includes his "Lunari", calendars, annuals, various covers for the magazines "Domus", "Lettura" and "Graphis", logos designed by Fornasetti and other companies, posters, advertising billboards and publicity stunts. A focus on how essential was his experience as printmaker for his creative background and his further experience in applied arts as Piero went over from printing on paper to developing methods for printing on foulards, furniture and the most diverse surfaces and objects.
- Of painting and drawing
Piero Fornasetti painter's studio is recreated in this room with his self-portrait on his painter's easel, sketches, early drawings, books from the personal library.
His beginnings as a painter allow us to go back to the Italian and European artistic context of the 30's, those of the Twentieth Century and the "Return to order" against the Scapigliatura and extreme avant-garde experimentation.
Classical references appear in his paintings mainly as a formal principle, while in terms of content, a free approach to historical elements may be seen. Fornasetti uses these elements as decontextualized vestiges, bringing the spirit of his work close to that of the artists of Metaphysical Painting and Surrealism.
A selection of Piero Fornasetti's paintings from the 1930s-1940s-1950s with still-lifes, masks, portraits, landscapes and abstract patterns. Certain decorations would be evoked with and always in perspective with the design and painting, centre-pieces of his universe.
- Fornasetti and Ponti: two real Italians
In 1933, Fornasetti submitted a number of his printed silk foulards to a competition of young talent held by Gio Ponti, the director of the V "Triennale di Milano". The competition was for porcelain and tea services, so Fornasetti's headscarves were rejected, but Ponti was struck by Fornasetti's new technique and its design. This was the beginning of a collaboration between the architect Ponti and the decorator Fornasetti, which became very close between 1950 and 1960. Born on their common passion for architecture as the reign of order and Classical proportions, this collaboration returned decoration to the centre of attention.
After commissioning Fornasetti "I Lunari" and publishing his work in Domus, a magazine he ran at the time, Ponti asked Fornasetti to decorate Palazzo Bo in Padua. They worked together on the decoration of the San Remo Casino in 1950, exhibited the "Architettura" trumeau at the Triennale in Milan and created a "total" interior decoration for Casa Lucano in 1951. In 1952 Ponti entrusted Fornasetti with the decoration of the first class cabins on the transatlantic liner Andrea Doria.
- Varenna Villa
The home in Varenna was the family's summer residence, which his father had built on a small, steep plot of land in the early twentieth century; Piero had spent many vacations painting and drawing views of the lake. He thus had an opportunity to expand and trim the house to fit his own style, imprinting the decor with his sense of space and order, fill it with his images and objects and his taste for collecting. The final result was an important example of the close relationship between architecture and decoration. The villa in Varenna, with its monochrome environments, represented a point of departure and became an important reference for the development of the contemporary Fornasetti style.
This room is the reconstruction of its living room with various original pieces and intentionally small variations in the same style.
- Wunderkammer
One of Piero Fornasetti's passions was collecting. It was not a coincidence, that his shop resembled a baroque Wunderkammer putting together diverse and unique objects, and he defined himself as an "atypical collector". "I fall in love with objects, I want to have them, then I live with them for years, I study them, I forget about them, I use them to infer new objects (…). So they never stop engendering feelings and having children", he said. As the exhibits in this room show beyond reasonable doubt, Fornasetti's objects originate from the application of the principle of collecting as systematical, even obsessive harvesting of variations on one single theme. Artistic creation actually does not consist from his point of view in brilliant originality ("new doesn't exist – everything has already been done", was his conviction), but in inference from and variation of a given theme.
- Stanza Metafisica
The famous Stanza metafisica (Metaphysical Room) is the largest and most articulated of Piero Fornasetti screens. Decorated in black and white and animated by an unreal, imaginary sequence of interpenetrations, routes, passageways, ascents, descents, stairways, and ladders, it is composed of thirty-two panels 50 centimetres wide and 2,50 meters tall. It is designed to inscribe a space within space and can be set up in various ways, transforming itself into a space for meditation. Fornasetti originally envisioned it and created it as an empty room with a black carpet on the floor and a small red cushion at the centre, a setting between art and life, style and spirituality.
Explaining his Stanza metafisica in a 1967 letter to the American magazine House and Garden, Fornasetti wrote, "it was conceived . . . as a place dedicated to meditation, where one or more people may stay and gather their thoughts, whether creative or religious or of some other kind. Modern man is losing this important habit. . . ".
- A place for umbrellas
Fornasetti's creation of this type of umbrella stand, mostly produced between the early 1950s and the 1970s, demonstrates his creative freedom while maintaining his preference for rational forms. He was struck by the cylindrical form of the masonite tubes used in power stations to insulate certain components, and decided to use tubes of various diameters and heights to occasionally create lamp supports, paper baskets and umbrella stands. An entire wall made up of 100 umbrella stands, piled up with their colour models to show how great the volcanic production of Fornasetti is. The umbrella stand, along with the tray, is one of the most used items by Fornasetti in its multiple decorative variations.
- Trays: how to serve a dream
In the vast repertory of the work of Piero Fornasetti, the tray is one of the strongest iconic shapes, the object that truly presents the most variations, whether in the number of designs or the variety of forms and formats. Not including variants, the decorations number 460; 8 formats are rectangular, 4 circular and 4 oval. This room contains a striking installation with more than 100 trays.
- Tema e Variazioni
Variations on a theme is a process that characterises much of Fornasetti's work.
His constantly variable recurring themes include suns and hands, but the true and essential expression of this process is the "Tema e Variazioni" (Theme and Variations) series. It is no coincidence that this has become a true icon of Fornasetti's work. The face that constitutes the theme of the series is that of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri. Starting in 1952, he then transformed Cavalieri's face "as he wished", onto plates, glasses, accessories and furniture, eventually producing more than 350 variations.
This room contains a cascade of plates hanging on threads like "mobiles". A display exclusively made of "Tema e Variazioni" décor with the enigmatic face of Lina Cavalieri.
- Book "Tema e Variazioni The First Series 1- 100"
For the first time, the Fornasetti exhibition will show also the new book "Tema e Variazioni - The First Series 1-100", a limited edition book entirely handmade which contains the first 100 illustrations from the series "Tema e Variazioni" (Theme and Variations) designed by Piero Fornasetti, with texts by Barnaba Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Alberto Manguel and Glenn O'Brien. With this book, Barnaba wanted to pay homage to the series and also to introduce a renewed excursion by Fornasetti into the world of the printed volume. Printing and publishing are actually part of Fornasetti's heart since the beginning.
- Cinema
This room contains two surreal movies: "From the boundary of the usual" by Toni Meneguzzo and "Knock knock" by Virgilio Villoresi. Both are artistic videos celebrating the magical and dreamlike Fornasetti's world with music composed and played by the pianist Cesare Picco.
- Imagination reloaded
Grown up in the dreams-filled atmosphere of the workshop-house, Barnaba started to work with his father in the 80s. He learnt all workshop secrets from the last craftsman remained on Piero's side in the difficult years. Since then he not only succeeded in preserving Fornasetti's archive, but also in pursuing the production, setting up a dialogue with contemporary design's world. He collaborates with small artisan business and big producers manufacturing on license, re-editing archive motives and re-inventing them. All in all, keeping alive the spirit of design and decoration as slow craftsmanship as a contemporary utopia against the compulsive search for novelties.
[Piero Fornasetti]
Painter, engraver and printer, designer, collector, stylist, refined craftsman, art gallery manager and exhibition promoter, Piero Fornasetti has been an extremely rich and complex personality. He designed and made approximately 13.000 objects and decorations. His world is animated by the rigour in design, art and craftsmanship, but also by unbridled fantasy, surrealist invention and irony. In the theatrical decorative universe of Fornasetti, the subjects imbued with poetry and imagination play with optical illusions, metaphysical landscapes, figures drawn from the comedy of crafts and enigmatic faces depicted in multiple variations.
A great reader and designer since his childhood, Piero Fornasetti defines himself as a self-educated person, one who wanted no guide but his own choice in life. Against his father's will, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera Milan in 1930, but he was expelled two years later due to his rebellious behaviour. Hence, he began studying drawing and lithography on books only, self-taught. The printing press that was available in his father's workshop allowed him to practice and experiment with all etching and printing techniques. He creates the Stamperia d'Arte Piero Fornasetti (Piero Fornasetti Art Publishing House) and published his drawings, his almanacs, but also the works of the greatest artists of his time: Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de Chirico, Marino Marini, Lucio Fontana. His virtuosity allowed him to work on all kinds of supports: paper, ceramic, glass, leather, textiles. It was in 1933, then, when he took part in Milan's Triennale with his scarves, that Gio Ponti discovered his talent. Their cooperation actually began in 1940. Together they worked on the craziest projects: the covers of the magazines Domus and Stile, furniture like the Archittetura Cabinet in 1951, and many interior decoration projects: the frescoes of the Bo Palace in Padua (1942), the canteen of the barracks of Piazza Sant' Ambrogio, the Sanremo Casino, Casa Lucano (1951), and again the cabins and halls of the ocean liner Andrea Doria (1952). An extremely prolific artist, Piero Fornasetti, in his fascination for the object as a multiple and for «printed materials in all their forms» (Patrick Mauriès), also created posters, advertising products, logos and fashion accessories he generally conceived as serial objects. The most famous work is the plates with variations of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri's round face, of which no less than three hundred and fifty versions exist.
In 1970, Piero Fornasetti founded the "Bibliofili" Gallery, where the works of contemporary artists were displayed beside his own productions. Strengthened by this experience, he opened several shops in Milan and in Turin, he displayed his entire production.
He was also a film director and a stage designer: in 1970, he responded to François Mathey's invitation, who was then the director of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris and played the role of general commissioner of the exhibition "Bolide design", for which he even designed the model.
Piero Fornasetti responded to the simple and refined shapes of the modernism of the era, with a sort of indifference for the current dogmas of design by playing with a rich imagination on a note of humour, with dreams and illusions. Whether they are serially produced or revealed in his decorations, Fornasetti's objects span an entire world of references and styles: Roman antiquity, the Italian Renaissance, Palladio's architectures...
In the 90's, Piero Fornasetti became a source of inspiration for many designers, and Philippe Starck was among them. The first monographic volume, consecrating the author Patrick Mauriès, and the involvement of his son Barnaba, who continued the work of such a dynamic and creative father, contributed to the rediscovery of a body of work, the significance of which is today clear to all of us.
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Sparks fly as pop veterans team up with Franz Ferdinand
When slick Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand met Californian pop veterans Sparks in 2004 they immediately clicked and worked on a couple of songs. They were shelved until a couple of years ago when a chance meeting brought the bands back together.
The result is a supergroup called FFS and a 47-minute, 12-track album recorded over two weeks last autumn in London and mixed in Texas, in which the six-person strong band jokingly attempt to prove that "Collaborations Don't Work".
At least that's what they claim in the epic 6:42-minute title track, which goes through pop, cabaret, folk and Eurodance moments.
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand and Californian pop veterans Sparks have formed a supergroup called FFS
But if the title was meant in seriousness, FFS has obviously failed if judged by the praise that has poured in for the album released on June 8.
The album -- also called FFS, an acronym for the two bands' names put together but also meaning "For Fxxx's Sake" -- opens on single "Johnny Delusional", a pop dance-floor hit of unrequited love.
Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos and Sparks vocalist Russell Mael alternate and mix their voices to a disco bassline to tell the story of a man pining for a woman who doesn't even know he exists.
"Though I want you, I know I haven't a chance," they croon together.
If overall the two bands complement each other, some songs seem to bear the overwhelming mark of Sparks' synthpop and quirky lyrics such as "Dictator's Son", whose title character travels to Los Angeles and is in no hurry to return home and try to overthrow his father, or "Save Me From Myself".
Franz Ferdinand's influence seems more pronounced on tracks such as "Call Girl", "Police Encounters" and "The Man Without A Tan", mostly because the bass and drum lines are more obvious.
The final song, "Piss Off", sums up the spirit of the album: a cheerful pop song about not caring what other people think of what one does.
Sparks, formed in the early 1970s by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, are best known for their 1974 glam rock hit "This Town Ain't Big Enough".
They went on to work with disco supremo Giorgio Moroder and hinted at Eurodance in their 1994 track "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'."
But on the last several of their 22 albums, Sparks have produced a simpler, rawer pop sound, with younger brother Russell's falsetto voice supported solely by Ron's synthesisers.
Pop rock combo Franz Ferdinand sprung to the music scene with their 2004 post-punk hit "Take Me Out". The song's mixture of catchy guitar riffs, a disco beat and broken rhythms was influenced in part by Sparks.
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Sparks are no strangers to working with other artists, as they have most notably recorded songs with French pop group Rita Mitsouko and Japanese electro-pop combo Pizzicato Five.
The supergroup is planning an extensive tour of Europe, starting with a sold-out gig on June 16 at the Arts School in Glasgow.
FFS will also play a string of summer festivals including Glastonbury, closing in September with an appearance at the inaugural European edition of Lollapalooza in Berlin.
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Music: an expression of humanity, escape, a soundtrack to life, deep passion….
Minneapolis emo outfit Infinite Me has shared their new music video for the song "Follow You." The song is taken from the band's upcoming split ep with Household. That split will be out on May 5th via Blood and Ink Records. You can pre-order the album at https://store.bloodandinkrecords.com/collections/preorders?mc_cid=81aa2f62dd&mc_eid=b682935b82.
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Football Coloring Page
This football coloring page is perfect for the sports fan in your house. Thanksgiving is a time for food, family, friends...and football! Color in the running back, and make sure to color his jersey with your team's favorite colors! This football coloring page makes an excellent activity for kids while Thanksgiving dinner is in the oven.
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We challenge you before we give you the theory: browse in the software and try to achieve the behavior in the video below.
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The setup
Create a make-shift door and program your robot to go through the door and then turn to the right.
The catch
We used a special new block, not the Move Tank block here ;-)
Our next task is to ask the robot to go and get our cup of water from the next room. If we imagine that this is one of the rooms and this is the door between the rooms and then we have another room here. Then what we must do is ask the robot to go and take our cup.
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Zerg Mutalisk Rush
Mutalisks's are some of my favorite units, so I play this strategy a quite a bit. I eventually got good enough to school just about anyone with this one. This is one of the standard builds for Zerg on air and hybrid maps. It leaves enough gas for a muta pump, while getting the drop/speed upgrades one at a time.
Build Order:
- 9/9 - Overlord (Scout with this overlord as well if the other one did not find him as of yet, retreat or hide either overlord when you find him so they cannot be found and killed as easily)
- 9/9 - Extractor
- 12/17 - Spawning Pool
- 14/17 - Lair
- 15/17 - Hatchery
- 16/17 - Overlord1
- 18/25 - Spire
- 18/26 - Drop Upgrade
- 21/26 - Overlord
1For Zvp an evo chamber and a creep colony will be needed here to defend against corsairs (spore), this can be done at a later time in the other two matchups.
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When you reach this part of the build, start saving larva so you can make six mutas (may add in some scourges if Zvz) when the spire finishes. The third overlord came early so you can have enough supply to fit in all of the mutas. When the first upgrade is finished, on hybrids you can slow drop a drone to expand (if the expo is close on pure air you can do it here as well). Against protoss it is wise to get two pairs of scourge so you can pop their stronger corsairs. Use a mix of muta and scourge to control double stargate corsairs until you have ovy speed as well.


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Mac OS X 10.6: Adjusting advanced TCP/IP settings
You can use the advanced TCP/IP settings of Network preferences to adjust your TCP/IP settings for the network connection service you're using, such as Ethernet, AirPort, or PPPoE. This may be necessary if your network connection requires you to set up an IPv6 address manually, or change your AirPort wireless TCP/IP settings from automatically receiving an IP address using DHCP to receiving it manually.
To adjust advanced TCP/IP settings:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Network.
Select the network connection service from the list, and then click Advanced.
Click TCP/IP, and then use the Configure IPv4 or Configure IPv6 pop-up menu to make the adjustments required by your ISP or network administrator.
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Spaying or neutering your animal companion is one of best things you'll ever do for their health. You may be surprised to learn that the procedure offers more benefits than preventing unplanned litters! Your Marietta, GA veterinarian tells you more below:
Improved Behavior
Pets who have been spayed or neutered behave far better than those who haven't. Avoid hassles like loud vocalization, escape attempts, digging, chewing, scratching, aggression toward other pets or owners, urine spraying, house soiling, and more. All it takes is a quick procedure!
Lower Health Risk
When a pet is spayed or neutered, the risk of genital cancers is virtually eliminated. The risk of breast, prostate, and other cancer types also drops significantly. It's not worth the risk—have your pet avoid these dangers early on in life via the spay or neuter procedure.
Pet Overpopulation
Of course, spaying or neutering your pet has a broader benefit: it helps cut down on the problem of pet overpopulation. Each and every year, millions of pets must go homeless or be euthanized, simply because there are too many. Don't contribute to the problem!
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Is the involvement of the celebrity's diplomacy in solving conflicts real or just for show?
There has been a recent trend of celebrities being involved in politics from making comments that trend worldwide to actually standing for a political position. However, is there popularity being used to resolve conflict or is that just how it seems to us as a result of what the media is showing us. Some worldwide celebrities such as Bradd Pitt and Angelina Jolie appear to be using their fame and the money form the celebrity status to set up funds and donate to charity. This would suggest therefore that the celebrity involvement is creating peace and aiding improvement in the conditions in conflicting states. However, is this money being donated by them at being received at a price for politics? Is Brad Pitt paying for political influence? He is for example known as an opponent of California's proposition 8 which was a organisation against same sex marriage. This would make it seem that Celebrities cannot really just donate without actually being involved in the politics. Celebrities have also made controversial decisions which could be seen as slightly risky. For example famous Actor Arnold Schwarzenenger[1] now the governor of California signed legislation to end the states investment in Sudan to pressure the nation into stopping the genocidal violence in its Darfur Region in 2006. This move in itself shows that celebrity/politicians make decisions which might not necessarily be seen as correct by everyone.
Oprah Winfrey is also known for her support of Barack Obama in his campaign in 2008 and continuous to provide this support. This however makes you question is it fair that celebrities are involved in politics which some would argue they have little knowledge about. They are simply using their fame and personality to influence politics.
[2]Here is an image showing Talkshow Host Oprah Winfrey standing behind Barack Obama and giving him support in the election. Her role is questionable.
This example with Oprah shows that celebrities are often involved in politics by supporting a certain politician or a political party. They usually have more respect from the audience than the politicians they support. This is unfair on those politicians who are unable to get celebrity support since even though they may have suitable ways to resolve conflicts, the fact that they do not have celebrity support puts them in a weak position. [3]
This leads you to the question of is it right that this glamour is being added to the elections. Is this taking away the essence of seriousness that politics and the issues that are supposed to be dealt with in politics.
It would therefore seem that the involvement in celebrities in politics is aiding conflict rather than actually preventing it. However, there is no way to really prevent the involvement of celebrities in politics given their high status and the popularity and possibly power they exercise over people. We look up to these people for one reason or another therefore in recognition of this they will continue to be involved.
[1] When celebrities get involved (The Washington Post) available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/celebrities-in-politics/2012/04/26/gIQAZGiAjT_gallery.html
[2] Image at http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqcu3bpX8HU/TXPJAjw2XpI/AAAAAAAAB9c/7EctC-N1b0U/s1600/oprah_winfrey_obama.jpg last visited 20/03/2015.


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Phil Vickery's rich and filling recipe for pork belly roasted in cider.
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Phil Vickery's rich and filling recipe for pork belly roasted in cider.
30 minutes
2 hours
Cider pot-roasted pork belly
1. Set the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.
2. Season the belly pork well with salt and pepper.
3. Heat the oil in a deep pan and add the chopped chorizo if using and melt slightly, add the garlic.
4. Next add the belly pork and brown well on both sides.
5. Remove carefully from the pan, leave in the chorizo.
6. Add all the veg, Bramley apples, sage and top with the pork, then add the cider and stock.
7. Bring to a boil, and place a lid on the top.
8. Cook in the oven for 1 hour 30-45 minutes or until soft and well cooked, do not overcook!
9. Gently mash the veg, apples and juices in the pan and thicken slightly to make a sauce. Serve with the pork.
Our thanks to www.bramleyapples.co.uk for provuding this recipe.
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Conor McGregor sure is the talk of the town.
After we reported last week that McGregor would be fighting Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 main event on March 5 in Las Vegas, news now comes from McGregor's camp itself. Although UFC is yet to confirm McGregor's fight at UFC 197, McGregor's coach however confirms that McGregor is fighting on March 5.
MMA Fighting reports that McGregor's striking coach Owen Roddy is "sure" of the fight.
According to MMA Fighting report, Roddy during Monday's edition of The MMA Hour said: "All I know just from listening to Conor is that he is fighting March 5."
"The opponent is up in the air. It could be dos Anjos. It could be whoever. But the thing is Conor is looking to fight March 5. Realistically, everybody wants to see Conor, so the opponent is not really important. I'm sure he'll be fighting March 5. So stay tuned."
McGregor's head coach John Kavanagh too reiterated Roddy's words on Twitter by posting: "well @rowdyowenroddy just put it perfectly. "we'll be there march 5th, doesnt matter who is opponent." that's all we can say #UFC197."
well @rowdyowenroddy just put it perfectly. "we'll be there march 5th, doesnt matter who is opponent." that's all we can say #UFC197
— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) January 11, 2016
McGregor became the UFC featherweight champion by defeating Brazilian Jose Aldo within 13 seconds into the match. Ever since his win, McGregor has expressed his desire to move up to lightweight division and fight at 155 pounds.
Traditionally, if a fighter moves to a different division then he/she has to vacate the belt in their current division. However, as we reported last week UFC President, Dana White is willing to make an exception for McGregor.
"Conor has said he would like to win the 155-pound belt and fight four times a year and defend both belts. If anybody can do it, Conor McGregor can. This guy has done pretty much everything he said he would do so I'm interested," White said.
Judging by White's statement and if reports indeed are true then McGregor surely is going to fight Rafael dos Anjos who is the current champion at 155 and is fresh off a 66 second win over Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox 17.
And if by any possible reason it is not dos Anjos, then Frankie Edgar is the next possible opponent, who is already clamouring for a fight with McGregor.


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Originally posted by solo1
the only that suggests to me is that he and his wife are wise people that do not believe in spoiling or raising their kids like most spoiled American kids are
Originally posted by solo1
the only that suggests to me is that he and his wife are wise people that do not believe in spoiling or raising their kids like most spoiled American kids are
Originally posted by pluckynoonez
Stories like this, and the posters here that prop them, are every indication that we are going down soon. Such a lull in doom threads and a rise of slap-nanny news tib-bits such is all the warning we need: let the bombing begin....
Originally posted by clay2 baraka
I have a co-worker who is a Jehovah Witness. No birthday or Christmas celebration there. He is a very decent, good-moraled individual.
Is my co-worker out of touch with America? Or just your beliefs? Is intolerance of other people's ideals and traditions "mainstream?"
Originally posted by Misfit
Nor do many thousands of Native Americans give xmas gifts because it's not their celebration. Does that make them bad, as you are implying?
Originally posted by Lethil
lol ohhh noo! he doesnt give christmas presents! burn him! freak! Yes,really...its just a silly thing to say is right or wrong..
Originally posted by kneebiter42
He clearly has the ability to get in touch with the average American--look at his support.
Originally posted by burdman30ott6
Let me explain why this matters at all to some of us. Taken by itself, it wouldn't mean squat. It's just a single drop of rain on a parched tract of land. However, we're not dealing with this by itself, we're dealing with a deluge of little drops of water alongside intermitant downpours when you actually look at his policies and ideas. Take all that falling water together and suddenly our little tract of land is flooded and we're standing on the roof waving at FEMA choppers.
Originally posted by merky
OMG, SO WHAT!! It's there business not yours or the press or the public in general.
Originally posted by WhatTheory
Obama is not a Jehovah Witness. He already said he is a praticing Christian. So you bring up a point that he might not be telling the truth. Thanks!
The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.
The girls are also given an allowance of just $1 (50p) a week for performing household chores, according to People magazine. Those chores include making their own bed, setting and clearing the dinner table and putting themselves to bed by 8.30pm.
Originally posted by intrepid
Um, newsflash update. Jehovah's Witnesses ARE CHRISTIANS. Obama isn't a JW though, they don't get involved in politics.
They best one from either side yet. Great chuckle on a totally unimportant issue.


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We are having a Teachmeet in Angus to coincide with the Angus Learning Festival. The Teachmeet will be on Tuesday 29th November at Brechin High School from 4.30 to 6.00 pm. People can sign up on https://goo.gl/F4qSUa . Please also join the Angus Teachmeet group on Yammer (Glow login required)
Organisers: Andrew Bailey and Kellie Smith
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Archive for the 'Religion of Peace' Category
British have moment of sanity
A Muslim teacher has been axed after she insisted on wearing a veil to teach young children.
Aishah Azmi, 24, was asked to take it off in class after pupils said they found English lessons hard to understand because they could not see her lips move.
The junior school in Dewsbury, West Yorks, said she could wear her veil in corridors and the staff room – but must remove it when teaching. Angry Miss Azmi refused, claiming the veil was part of her cultural identity, and was suspended.
A council source said yesterday: "It is ridiculous. How can you teach English to young children with a veil over your face?"
Reportedly, the school's water-polo coach has been asked to not wear a burka while demonstrating passing techniques to her charges. No word on whether the PC police will also be coming to her rescue.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) – A couple caught having sex in a Kenyan mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan have been sentenced to 18 months jail for what the judge called an "abominable" affront to religion.
Peter Kimani and Jennifer Wairimu pleaded guilty to the charge of having sex in a place of worship after being caught on October 3 at the Abubakar mosque in Gilgil, about 60 miles north of Nairobi. Neither is a Muslim.
A worshipper heading for evening prayers found the couple having sex after investigating what the prosecution described as strange noises emanating from a dark corner of the mosque.
Kimani and Wairimu both pleaded for clemency at Monday's hearing, saying they were too drunk to know where they were. Kimani told the court he thought he was in a lodging house.
John King'ori, senior magistrate in nearby Naivasha, dismissed their plea.
"Having sex in a mosque is a most abominable thing to religion and only a custodial sentence can add justice to this," he said.
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Traditions? Pah
Once again, Eurabia strikes back, this time destroying a 500-year old perfectly appropriate celebration of liberation in my beloved Spain:
Spain will no longer burn effigies of the Prophet Muhammad. Muslim armies occupied Spain from 711 to 1492. For the past five centuries the Spanish have traditionally celebrated the 1492 liberation from the Moors (as the Muslims were locally called) with local village festivals during which the battles against the Moors were reenacted and effigies of the Muslim prophet – the so-called "la Mahoma" – were mocked, thrown from the windows, and burned.
Last year the town of Bocairent near Valencia decided to discontinue the tradition of centuries. The town did not want to risk becoming the target of Islamic suicide bombers. On Monday the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that this year the other Valencian towns are also abolishing ancient traditions which are perceived to be offensive to Muslims. The people of Beneixama used to stuff the head of the Mahoma with firecrackers which went off as the onlookers applauded. This year Beneixama decided to abolish this part of the celebration. Antonio Valdés, the local mayor, told El Pais: "This was not an essential part of the festivities. It could hurt the sensitivities of some. We decided to avoid that." The reconquista will still be commemmorated, but without "aggression" towards Muhammad.
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Ambivelance is setting in on this one…
Iran's hardline Islamic regime has had enough of footballers with long hair and plucked eyebrows.
"I will ban athletes with an effeminate look," the head of the country's Physical Education Organisation, Mohammad Ali-Abadi said, told the Etemad-Melli newspaper.
"It is really disgraceful for Iran that young people step onto fields wearing make-up," the top official fumed. "When a man enters the field with dyed hair and groomed eyebrows he is disrespecting society."
The paper said Ali-Abadi appeared to be particularly worried about footballers, and warned that "even though they get away with it now, they will be disqualified in future".
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I Hate to Encourage Tiberius, But….
I couldn't resist posting a Religion of Peace story.
BADSHAHKILI, Pakistan – A battle for the airwaves between two Islamic preachers with their own FM radio stations in Pakistan escalated into bitter fighting that killed at least 24 people.
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Arkansas Supreme Court Stays Marriage Ruling
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | After a week in which hundreds of same-sex couples married in Arkansas and legal action moved back and forth between a county circuit judge and the state's high court, the Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a stay on the county judge's May 9 marriage equality order, allowing time for the legal issues to play out on appeal.
Late in the day on May 16, the Supreme Court, in a brief order, granted motions by the state and by several county clerks asking for a stay on Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Charles Piazza's ruling, which he himself had declined to stay.
Though many same-sex couples rushed to take advantage of the window to marry, some counties declined to issue such licenses pending word on a stay. The first licenses were issued on Saturday, May 10 in the Ozarks resort town of Eureka Springs in Carroll County. On Monday, May 12, Pulaski County, the state's largest and home to Little Rock, the capital, first issued licenses. According to the Arkansas Times, most of the reported 500 licenses were issued there.
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Report: Columbine Has Inspired at Least 74 Massacre Plans, 89 Actual Killings in U.S.
The progressive magazine Mother Jones has a timely piece on the emerging "threat assessment" approach to (trying to) prevent public massacres, which is premised on the realization that many American mass shootings are carefully planned attacks rather than the work of perpetrators who spontaneously "snap." In particular, MoJo writes, many mass killers are copycats informed and motivated by research into previous attacks, especially Columbine, and the number of murders that were planned by individuals who were explicitly inspired by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold is chilling. Among the magazine's findings:
- At least 74 post-Columbine mass-killing plots and attacks in the United States involved suspects/perpetrators who "claimed to have been inspired by the Columbine massacre."
- 21 of those plots actually ended in attacks, which killed 89 victims.
What's more, a number of aspiring killers specifically planned attacks to take place on the anniversary of Columbine, and some even made pilgrimages to Columbine itself. For further reading, click through to Mother Jones' piece.


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It's been a busy couple of weeks at Canalside studios. Our team have been working hard, adding improvements and features to our puzzle-platformer "Attraction" (working title).
From optimisation and cosmetics to playtests and sound effects, here's what we've been up to:
Over the past 2 weeks I've finished working on the alpha of the menu and pause screen interfaces. I have now moved onto level designs for the magnet game. The typical design process for a single level goes through idea generation, drafting, building, quality assurance and finally refinement.
In addition to this I've also been assisting Luke in the recording of various sound effects to be used in the game.
Over the last two weeks, I have been working on adding new features to the level editor. I've finalised the camera system in the editor, hopefully making it easier to setup cameras in levels and streamlining the production pipeline. I also added a favourites menu to make it easier to find commonly used objects. Outside of the editor, I added a new system to track the player, putting a floating indicator above their head. I've added a new death animation to the player using particle systems to make a disintegration effect. I'm now re-introducing the checkpoint system into the game, allowing players to die without having to reset the entire level.
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Now that I've finished working on the AI, I've been creating a rail system which the magnet parts and moulds get transferred on around the forge. The parts are enormous, multiple time the size of the player.
I've been working on improving the visuals of the menu by adding different image effects, such as noise and lens aberrations, to add distortion. This has the effect of making the menu look like it is on a old television screen. I also changed some of the functionality of the menu including tying the sound options into the audio manager created previously. Right now I'm implementing customisation options for the player, including a menu to select different accessories which will be unlocked by completing levels and earning achievements.
During the last 2 weeks I have been heavily focused on optimising the assets and textures within the game in order to increase performance. All assets in the game have had their polycount reduced, as well as being placed on one large atlased texture. This erases the need for multiple textures and materials. I have also been modelling an 'acid shark' to add some interesting background visuals to the game, instead of everything being static.
I have helped unwrap models to an Atlas map (one giant texture sheet that fits all the textures on, resulting in less draw calls). I also built the sprite atlas map and applied these maps / new prefabs to the unity project. Furthermore I polished another level and worked further on the optimisation of the game so the game can be run on lower PC specs. This included replacing the blocks with one giant block (Less polygons) and replacing the textures with one giant texture (Less materials).
Over the last two weeks I have been working on levels and the new "cosmetics" system that we are creating. I have been making assets such as hats, glasses, headphones and even a shuriken. The idea is to provide a certain level of customization to the player, so we are trying to think of interesting stuff that the magnets could wear. Apart from modeling those assets, I am still making new levels for the game. We recently had some feedback from tutors and playtesters and decided to add some easier levels at the beginning of the game, as most people felt that the first few levels are more challenging than they should be.
This week we had discussions on how to increase the overall sense of reward and satisfaction while progressing through the various puzzles we have made. We have decided to add a series of fun cosmetic items that the player can collect assuming they find all the hidden secrets in a level.
Both myself and Dimitar have spent the last week modelling and unwrapping possible cosmetic items for each character while Reuben has been focusing on actually implementing them into the game.
Since receiving some feedback after a few playtests of the first chapter, we have decided to make adjustments to the overall difficulty curve when the second character magnet is introduced. This is mainly due to the fact that players were finding we had given a lack of practice with both magnets and switching between them before throwing them into harder puzzles.
Since the start of January, I've been composing music for Attraction. Due to the game's unusual theme and style, there's been a lot of trial and error involved. It's been quite a slow process and I don't really have anything final to show off right now, especially as I'm primarily working as a Web Content Producer and have to dedicate time to that too. I did, however, take some time out last week to record some sound effects (with the help of Liam). Right now I'm processing these sounds so they're as clean and polished as possible before Matt implements them into the current build.
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Former Echelon agent warns Danish politicians against confidential conversations over the phone
The Echelon system not only listens in on private persons, companies and interest groups, Danish politicians and ministers are also the target of the NSA's extensive espionage, reveals Wayne Madsen to Ekstra Bladet, who meets him in Washington D.C.
Wayne Madsen was once a spy for the National Security Agency NSA - the intelligence service behind Echelon - but he has severed connections with his former employer.
We are crossing the border into the state of Maryland. Behind us lies Washington D.C., the US capital - and somewhere in front before us lies Fort Meade in neighbor-state Maryland. 'The Fort' is the headquarters for world-wide espionage and the workplace for 38,613 of the most talented secret agents in the world.
Wayne Madsen is very familiar with Fort Meade. For several years, it was his clandestine workplace. He has a pistol in the glove compartment of his car. Loaded. Wayne Madsen is always armed wherever he drives.
"I don't carry a gun because I think it's cool to have a pistol. But based on the sources I still have in the NSA, I know there are people in the intelligence services who do not care for people who talk about the secret services. Since they are armed, I had better be prepared, too."
Wayne Madsen is an experienced man in regards to secret projects and surveillance. Since 1975, he has been operating the most sophisticated computer technology in existence. First as a marine in the US Navy, then as an agent for the National Security Agency, NSA, and most recently as an employee at two of the NSA's partners, RCA and the Computer Science Corporation.
"Whenever anyone criticizes the NSA, it is important to remember that they have done a lot of important work, too. Both during the Second World War and the Cold War, when they were talented at breaking the codes of the Nazis and the East Bloc countries respectively."
Just before we get to Fort Meade, Wayne Madsen points down an access road. "I went through a lie-detector test and a voice-test analysis over there, before I was approved by the NSA," Wayne tells us with a faint, shy smile.
He was a lieutenant in the Navy at the time with ten years of experience in tracking Soviet U-boats and monitoring computer security.
Inside the museum, Wayne Madsen asks whether Jack Ingram is at work today. A moment later, a tall man appears. Ingram has been an NSA spy for many years. Now he administrates the museum. He shakes hands with Wayne, and the pair quickly strike up a conversation about common acquaintances at various intelligence agencies and companies.
Shortly after, we walk around looking at the NSA's exhibits of cast-off super-computers and code deciphering equipment - debris from more than fifty years of intensive espionage in world-wide communication. Wayne Madsen continues:
"Denmark doesn't get very much out of being a third party, because NSA is the first party and decides which information the other countries receive. So obviously, whenever they monitor specific politicians or companies in a certain country, they naturally don't tell the local government about it. The information they give to Denmark is something that promotes their own interests or something they themselves consider to be a threat. For example something about Tamilians or the PKK, the Kurdish resistance movement. If it involves information which promotes their own financial interests, then naturally they use it for their own benefit."
As we drive back to Washington, he turns briefly toward Fort Meade's parabolic antennas with a serious look on his face:
"The problem is that the NSA has lost sight of its purpose. It's not right that taxpayers' money is used to help major shareholders in large corporations to earn huge profits. Or for that matter the fact that the NSA puts ordinary people, legal organizations and politicians under constant suspicion."
In a joint council in September, Minister for Defense Hans Hækkerup admitted that Denmark cooperates with other countries on surveillance. However, Hans Hækkerup would not reveal which countries and intelligence agencies Denmark cooperates with. It does appear, however, in the archives left behind by the former head of the Danish Defense Department's Intelligence Service, Commander Mørch.
Sources in Mørch's archives show that Denmark entered into an agreement with the US on surveillance cooperation all the way back in 1947 - the same year that the UKUSA - the pact behind Echelon - was established. The UKUSA pact is controlled by the National Security Agency in the US, in which the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and British intelligence services participate as second-party partners. Most NATO countries - including Denmark - officially entered the pact as third-party partners in 1950. According to documents in the possession of Extra Bladet, the National Security Agency has now confirmed that it has third-party partners.


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Reducing wav file size (audio file) for powerpoint?
I had completed a beautiful 82-slide PowerPoint presentation, but the wav file I embedded was HUGE (about 200 MB) and not to my choosing. I just had to have the music a certain length to span across 82 slides. Is there ANY WAY to reduce the size of this music wav file (so that it conforms to the 50 MB max file size for PowerPoint). I would rather embed this music file than to have a link. Any suggetions?
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I'm not familiar with PP but could you not convert the wav to mp3/ogg or other? Or split the 200mb wav into 4 * 50mb files?
As I say, I'm not up on PowerPoint, but workarounds..... ;-)
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According to this chart, along with wav you can use MP3 or WMA which are both Windows compatible compressed formats:
MP3 Audio file.mp3MPEG Audio Layer 3 This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the MPEG Audio Layer 3 codec (codec: An abbreviation for compressor/decompressor. Software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media.), which was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute.
Windows Audio file.wavWave Form This audio file format stores sounds as waveforms. Depending on various factors, one minute of sound can occupy as little as 644 kilobytes or as much as 27 megabytes of storage.
Windows Media Audio file.wmaWindows Media Audio This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec (codec: An abbreviation for compressor/decompressor. Software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media.), a digital audio coding scheme developed by Microsoft that is used to distribute recorded music, usually over the Internet.
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Thanks for the note.
From what I understand, the maximum size for embedding a music file in PowerPoint is 50 MB, so dividing the 200 MB file into four wouldn't work anyways (good thought, though). Also, the wav file is the only kind of file that will embed into PowerPoint . . . from what I've read, correct me if I'm wrong. Sooo, I'll continue to research this, as it's not an easy "nut" to crack! Thanks so much for your input.
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Fireberd, thanks so much; then both you and Allend66 were correct. I wasn't aware that an MP3 could be embedded. Thanks again - to both of you.
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