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We are like Oranges (2012)
The film depicts aspects in the life of Afro Swedish youth in Sweden through an "Alice in Wonderland" inspired saga. It was the first film where an Afro-Swedish young men got to play the hero. The movie also addresses Sweden´s racist past, that Sweden engaged in the slave trade and that it had a State Institute of Racial Biology. It was the first film that highlights how racism has impacted on both the ethnic Swedes and those with African background through state funded racist acts.
The aim of the film is to also show why young mean start to hate and end up in rightwing extremism and why young women are drawn to men that hurt others. In this film we worked with a former neo-nazi on set.With the film we hope to combat hate crime by demonstrating the significance of the fact that a deeper understanding of the context through increased knowledge is needed, coupled with the encouragement of a moral standing at an individual level.
For more information: www.wearelikeoranges.com
Diversity in the Swedish film heritage (1890-1950)
This book is the first in Sweden to give an overview of 60 years of film history where the focus is on how ethnic minorities and people in European colonies and other countries were presented in documentaries and films. The book presents and compares how the Sami, Jews, the Roma, Finns, Turks, Arabs, Asians and Africans have been portrayed where they have been stereotyped and very seldom even given the chance to play themselves. The book also explains how prejudices promoted by the use of stereotypes and race performativity (e.g. when a Swede plays a person of another ethnic background) affect us biologically.
The book advances suggestions of what needs to be done to increase the inclusion of ethnic minority groups in the film sector through the inclusion model, the 25% rule developed by the author. The medium of film can change how we perceive ourselves and others. It is up to us to manage that possibility to the benefit of all. The book is written by Cecilia Gärding as part of the end results of the youth project The Cultural Heritage Agents, a project for young people with an ethnic minority background that are active in the cultural sector. These youth were the reference group for the book. The project was conducted under the auspices of Kulturens, a Swedish non formal study organization, funded by the Public Heritage Fund.


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I had the pleasure of DJing before Tokimonsta, Thomas William and Elizabeth Rose last night at The Basement – which was a fantastic venue for the show. A lot of people were asking what I was playing so I thought I'd post some of the stuff from my playlist you shoudl all go out and enjoy!
Jai Paul – Track 5
Run The Jewels Album
Ta-ku 'Re-twerk' (Volumes 1 & 2)
Blue Daisy 'Used To Give A Fuck' EP
The Bug – Freakshow feat Danny Brown
Dro Carey – Vital Trails EP
Swindle – Long Live The Jazz
Chrissy Murderbot
Alix Perez
Mark Pritchard 'Ghosts' EP
'and more'
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For those who don't know, Bebop & Rocksteady was my 'Leftfield Electronica & Future Soul' column for 10 years in (free Sydney street press) 3D World and Drum Media magazines.
In 2007 perennial Bebop & Rocksteady faves Jazzanova released a compilation entitled Ten Years, Who Cares? And so, in homage it's with this kind of self-effacing tone I thought I'd take on the last ever Bebop & Rocksteady column. In July of 2003 I approached 3D World Magazine to cover the 'other' side of dance music; for the broad spectrum of people who dabbled in a bit of this and that and would never necessarily gravitate to just one genre, taking in Funk, Soul, Jazz Remixes (which was the tradition at the time), BBQ friendly Hip Hop, Chill Out, a bit of World Music, light House and yes, lots of Nu Jazz (which was the tradition at the time).
Before iPods, Seratos and even CDJs, DJs were DJs because they spent the time and money researching the records. Like me, you didn't even have to be particularly good; you just needed to have the records. Bebop & Rocksteady hoped to join the dots for listeners and DJs alike and at the time, as disciples of cats like Thomas Crown, JD Walker, Pete & Heidi Pasqual, Soup, Tim Ritchie, Steven Ferris and so on, the extended fam would push our wares in the background whilst noisey white dance music came to fore. None of this is a gripe, mind you. Anyone that doesn't embrace change, be it technological or stylistic, will never survive in the music business, unless they're Nick Waterhouse. It's irrefutable, though, that the noughties were a huge step away from the sounds of Big Beat, Golden Era and Backpack Hip Hop, Acid Jazz and Disco House (ala the French Touch) which dominated the mid and late nineties. So whilst Le Tigre and Princess Superstar were teaching a bunch of young folk that distorted guitars did have a place on the dancefloor, a lot of my colleagues and I weren't making the connection between what was going on then and the late seventies and eighties movement of genuinely cool bands like ESG and Tom Tom Club who were blending Punk with Dub and Disco and other worldly fusions. We may have saved ourselves a lot of grief if we did!
So here we are, full circle after a decade and what do you know? Daft Punk have made a Disco record with Nile Rogers, Jurassic 5 have reformed, The Bamboos have been nominated for an ARIA, Deepchild is a globetrotting Dance superstar, Disclosure have a number one record and one of the most popular Australian songs of all time is backed by a cruisey Brazilian Jazz guitar sample! Yay! We won!
Music journalism is not a competition but at times, writing Bebop & Rocksteady has felt like a marathon. That's why, coming out the other end it's been wholly rewarding to get pulled up at bars and clubs on records people either agreed or disagreed with my opinion on and that's always been my motivation: to create a dialogue on what were, for a long time, the 'underground' records. It's satisfying as hell to think in my first column ten years ago I was talking about a record called Hard Groove by The RH Factor that featured Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, D'Angelo and other artists who are still innovating today whilst at the time, I thought they were peaking! It's been a wonderful experience for me and I want to thank all of the editors I have worked under and the brilliant staff at 3D World and Drum Media for putting up with all my missed deadlines, overly conversational tone and sometimes very uninspired work (remember the 'Mosquito House' column?). I especially want to thank everyone who's ever read this column and gone out and investigated one of these records for themselves. Ten Year rant over.
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Event takes place on March 16, 2017 at 6:30 PM
Holyoke City Hall: Council Chambers
City Council
Holyoke Massachusetts
Notice of Committee Meeting
There will be a regular meeting of the Committee on
At City Hall in the Council Chamber, on Thursday March 16th at 6:30PM
Per order of the Chair: Linda Vacon
Item 1: Public hearing: Zone change application submitted by Holyoke Retail, LLC for 1500 – 1504 Northampton St. Map 105 Block 00 Parcel 013 from R-2 to BH. The same application will be heard by the Holyoke Planning Board on March 14, 2017 at 5:45 PM in the City Hall Annex 4th Floor Conference Room, located at 20 Korean Veteran's Plaza.
Item 2: Public Hearing: Zone change application of Lisciotti Development for 527 South St. from current zone R-2 to proposed zone BG
Item 3: Previous Meeting Minutes
Administrative Assistant: Ryan M. Allen
The listing of matters are those reasonable anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
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Husband and I have been so busy over the last year hitting up every tourist attraction in the city that we were starting to believe we'd done it all. That is, until I came across an advertisement for New York's Botanical Garden. We have already been to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, which was beautiful, so it kind of slipped my mind that New York had another big beautiful garden!
The ad was for their Haunted Pumpkin Garden. I LOVE Halloween and I have not had enough festivities in my life this fall so Husband and I planned a trip (along with Zoey) for Sunday morning to check out the Gardens and the Haunted Pumpkins.
Our trip began on an empty train ride to the Bronx. Zoey and I obviously took advantage of the photo op.
Over an hour later, we arrived. Surprisingly, the weather had gone from a frigid 38 degrees the day before, to a beautiful and warm 70 by the time we walked through the front gates.
We began our day at the Herb Garden, which quickly led us to Monet's Garden in the Conservatory. Various parts of the property have been renovated to highlight Monet's life, work, and passion for gardening. Here, there were hundreds of thousands of plants in numerous climates. The most familiar in the exhibit were the water lilies, Monet's most popular subject matter.
While walking through the Conservatory we ran into Husband's Grandmother who was enjoy the Gardens with her friends…NYC is so much smaller than people think! Besides admiring the water lilies, we gawked over furry cacti, studied bright oddly shaped flowers, and even did a little fish whispering.
Just outside the Conservatory were a couple sculptures from Manolo Valdes. The sculptures looked like a combination of a jungle gym and a large bust. They were fun, and there were a few more dotted around the premises, all just as whimsical.
We began to realize we were spending way too much time in one area; this place is enormous, and we wanted to see it all! We walked to the Haunted Pumpkin Garden next which was so fun and creative that I am saving it for it's own separate post.
When we exited the Children's Adventure Garden, we meandered around Daffodil Hill, Crabapple Collection, and up to the Goldman Stone Mill. Luckily, we found ourselves at a tram stop. This place is so large that they provide free tram service around the garden with 9 stops. It's really great because you can take the tram around, learn the layout, and then venture out on your own.
The Rockefeller Rose Garden, also known as stop #6, was far too beautiful and fragrant to pass. We took the term "stop and smell the roses" literally and spent an hour smelling every single rose. I had no idea there were SO MANY different rose species! One even smelled spicy!
My favorite section was the Howell Family Garden. It's not an aesthetic garden by any mean, but it grows edible plants! If there's any kind of plant I get, it's the edible kind! Studying the tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, lettuce, and basically anything you can find in a salad brought back memories of exploring the veggies in my Grandpa's Garden. It was peaceful, and there was even a stranded boat left for us to relax and take a break.
Running out of daylight, we rushed to the Rondina, LoFaro, and Ross Gallery to catch a glimpse of two of Monet's paintings, one of which, Irises, has never been displayed in the U.S! Better than the paintings though, was the photographs of Monet working in his garden in Giverny, France. There was also one of his original used palettes on display!
Our day ended just like a Disney park ride…in the gift shop. The gifts were impressive. We found pestos, jams, jewelry, books, and candles whose boxes can be planted to grow the plant that scents the candle.
Gardens, sculptures, carved pumpkins, paintings, trails, architecture, and shopping, what more can a girl ask for? Our day was perfect. It did take us an hour and a half to get home, but that's only because we are clueless the second we get out of Manhattan.
Big thanks to Sandra at the New York Botanical Gardens for sponsoring me! Another big thanks to Husband and Lucky Dan for taking some gorgeous photos! Can't wait to share more.


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How does my age help determine which cosmetic procedures are right for me?
Age -- and aging -- are certainly factors when it comes to the cosmetic procedures women choose. In this video, cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Robert Grant discusses options for women in their menopausal years that won't leave them looking "too done."


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A privately held corporation loyal to the Delaware community that is in the business of "making business possible," has ranked as one of Delaware's top workplaces for the 10th year consecutively.
The Corporation Service Company, a 117-year-old business started by a young Wilmington attorney, Christopher Ward, ranked third in Delaware for large companies in the 2016 Top Workplaces Survey.
Jackie Smetana, vice president of CSC global operations and human resources, expressed excitement about CSC's achievement, and said the company works hard to commit to expansion in Wilmington.
This expansive company represents about 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies and nearly all of the National Law Journal Top 250 law firms. The CSC also serves as a registered agent for thousands of corporate entities worldwide with six Delaware locations, employing almost 1,000 people in the state and nearly 2,400 employees all over the world.
Aside from their branches nationally and abroad in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, this year CSC opened their newest offices in China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
"We've doubled in size over the past five years," Ward said via email. "We are currently building a new global headquarters near Wilmington. The new campus will offer state-of-the-art facilities and amenities to our employees while providing a place where the community can enjoy the outdoors." Ragni Lighting is proud to be a part of the new campus by illuminating the roadway and parking area with our DOMITIENNE FLEX luminaire. The modern design was selected for its performance and design which fit perfectly with the architecture of the new facility.
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DIY – Garland for the children's room
Summer is finally here, and Anna and Clara have made a summery garland for their niece. Watch the video and find inspiration. If you would like to see more of our creative DIY videos, you can subscribe to Søstrene Grene's YouTube channel where we share inspiration every week.


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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Missile Launched from Yemen
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen on Monday night.
The missile was destroyed in mid-air without causing any casualties, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA. This is the second missile Saudi Arabia has intercepted from Yemen just this month.
The Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemeni president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, has said that this attack may force them to reconsider a cease-fire.
Yemen's Houthi rebels have controlled the capital, Sana'a, since seizing it in September 2014. Six months later, they marched south in an offensive that led to their capture of the port city of Aden, and sent President Hadi fleeing to Saudi Arabia.
Hadi and his government have since returned to Aden, aided by a yearlong bombing campaign by a Saudi-led coalition that helped push back the Houthis. The conflict has left more than 6,400 people dead and millions of people in need of humanitarian aid.
Dramatic Rise in Number of Afghans Displaced by Conflict
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remain trapped in their own country has doubled over the past three years, says a new report by Amnesty International.
A staggering 1.2 million people are internally displaced in Afghanistan, showing a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013, says the report in an attempt to cast a fresh light on the country's forgotten victims of war. It comes amid fears of an escalation in the Taliban-led insurgent attacks this year.
Afghans already form one of the world's largest refugee populations, with an estimated 2.6 million of them living in neighboring Pakistan and Iran, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
"While the world's attention seems to have moved on from Afghanistan, we risk forgetting the plight of those left behind by the conflict," said Patel.
Despite the promises made by successive Afghan governments, internally displaced people (IDPs) in Afghanistan continue to lack adequate shelter, food, water, health care, and opportunities to pursue education and employment, according to Amnesty International's findings.


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Glycolysis is the primary stage of cellular respiration that happens when the form of sugar molecules breaks to release energy. Glucose is the most common form of sugar, from which the term glycolysis originates. The metabolic pathway helps in breaking and converting one molecule of glucose- C6H12O6 into two molecules of pyruvate – CH3COCOO− + H+. The total amount of energy, released in the glycolysis process is used to produce energy molecules called ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) along with reduced NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide).
In most living organisms, the glycolytic enzymes are produced in the form of the cytosol in cells.
This metabolic pathway was discovered by three German biochemists- Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and Jakub Karol Parnas in an early 19th century and known by EMP pathway (Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas), named after its discoverers.
Stages of Glycolysis
The complete glycolysis consists of two stages:
Stage one: The Preparatory Phase
- Phase1–In this phase, glucose is converted into glucose-6-phosphate, which is caused by the presence of hexokinases enzyme. Here, ATP molecule is consumed and the phosphate group from ATP molecule is transferred to the glucose so as to produce glucose-6-phosphate. The process is known as phosphorylation.
Glucose (C6H12O6) + Hexokinase + ATP → Glucose-6-phosphate (C6H13O9P) + ADP
- Phase2–The Glucose 6-phosphate is replaced into fructose 6- phosphate in the presence of glucose phosphate isomerase enzyme. This is an isomerization reaction, which could be reversed under normal cell condition.
Glucose-6-phosphate (C6H13O9P) + Phosphoglucose isomerase →
Fructose-6-phosphate (C6H13O9P)
- Phase3– In this stage, phosphorylation reaction from phase 1 is repeated. The second molecule of ATP is used for donating its phosphate group to Fructose 6-phosphate, which is then converted to fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate.
Fructose 6-phosphate (C6H13O9P) + phosphofructokinase + ATP →
Fructose 1, 6 bisphosphate (C6H14O12P2)+ ADP
- Phase4– An enzyme aldolase breaks fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate into two sugar molecules, and get isomers to produce dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde phosphate. This phase is known as destabilization.
Fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate (C6H14O12P2)+ aldolase → Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate (C3H7O6P) + Glyceraldehyde phosphate (C3H7O6P)
- Phase5– An enzyme triose phosphate isomerase and interconverts the sugar molecules to Dihydroxyacetone phosphate and Glyceraldehyde phosphate. This is where interconversion reaction occurs.
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (C3H7O6P) → Glyceraldehyde phosphate (C3H7O6P)
- Phase6–The triose phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme helps glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate to dehydrogenase (removing a hydrogen atom) and adds an inorganic phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, finally to produce 1, 3- bisphosphoglycerate. This would be the dehydrogenation phase of glycolysis.
2 Glyceraldehyde phosphate 2(C3H5O3P) + triose phosphate dehydrogenase + 2H- + 2P + 2 NAD+ → 2 molecules of 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate 2(C3H4O4P2) + 2 NADH + 2H+
The production of the 6-carbon glucose molecule begins when they are split into 3-carbon molecules by consuming two molecules of ATP thus ending the glycolysis process.
Stage two: Production of ATP
- Phase1– In this phase, the 1, 3- bisphosphoglycerate is converted to 3-phosphoglycerate by transferring 1 phosphate group in the presence of enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase. Thus the phosphate group is transferred to ADP to produce the first molecule of ATP. As a result, the 3-phosphoglycerate molecules are rearranged in the position of phosphate converting them into 2-phosphoglycerate. This phase is known by the name substrate-level phosphorylation.
1, 3 bisphosphoglycerate (C3H4O4P2) + phosphoglycerol kinase +ADP → 3-phosphoglycerate (C3H5O4P)+ ATP
- Phase2– An enzyme enolase dehydrates the 2-phosphoglycerate to convert it into phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).
2 molecules of 2-phosphoglycerate (C3H5O4P) + enolase → 2 molecules of phosphoenolpyruvic acid PEP (C3H3O3P) + H2O
- Phase3 — The glycolysis converts phosphoenolpyruvate into pyruvate thus generating another molecule of ATP in presence of pyruvate kinase enzyme. At this point, if there is enough oxygen present, the pyruvate further breaks down to form carbon dioxide and yield many molecules of ATP. This phase is called the lyase reaction.
2 molecules of phosphoenolpyruvic acid PEP (C3H3O3P) + pyruvate kinase + 2 ADP →
2 molecules of pyruvic acid (C3H4O3) + 2 ATP
Finally, two molecules of ATP per glucose molecules are produced thus ending the glycolysis process.
Learn more about glycolysis through engaging video lectures at BYJU'S.


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Biography and profile of Sunny Leone Bigg Boss 5 wild card entry contestant
Sunny Leone alias Karen Malhotra is now at Bigg Boss 5 as wild card entry contestant. Read on for Sunny Leone wiki biography article to know more about her personal profile, biodata, family and contact information and many more.
Every season of Bigg Boss will have more twists, fun and controversies. Now this time, the reality show has opened the doors for the adult film star Sunny Leone the Indo-canadian pornographic actress who was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010 is all set to add more fuel to the Bigg Boss house as wild card entry contestant. From this Sunny Leone wiki bio data, you can know more about the profile and career of Sunny Leone, personal information, contact details and more.
Sunny Leone Personal Profile and Contact Details
The residential address of Sunny Leone or mobile number of Sunny Leone is not available but however you can contact Sunny Leone by leaving a message in Sunny Leone facebook profile which is given below.
Sunny Leone career and bio data
Sunny Leone was born to Sikh Punjabi family. Sunny Leone father was born in Tibet and Sunny Leone mother was from Himachal Pradesh. She lost her verginity at 17 where she had physical relation with a basketball player. Sunny was more or like a tomboy in her adolescence and she has great affinity towards various sports. While she was doing her pediatric nurse in Orange County she was introduced to John Stevens by her classmate and he introduced her to Jay Allen the 'Penthouse' magazine photographer. Sunny was named Penthouse Pet of the month for March 2001. Opportunities flowed her way and she becomes one of the most sought after adult models where she made appearances in a number of popular adult magazines which includes 'High Society', 'Swank', 'Hustler' and 'Club International'. Sunny Leone music videos includes Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up". Sunny Leone film career reveals that from 2003 to 2005 she worked in Vivid Entertainment an adult film production company where she made her appearances in films such as 'Sunny Loves Cher', 'It's Sunny in Brazil' and 'The Sunny Experiment'. She launched her own studio in 2008 with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor. Her first production was 'The Dark Side of the Sun' in 2009. Sunny Leone modelling assignments reveals that she has modeled for Vivid Footwear collections and also for fitness clothing for the sports brand Fantasy Fitness. In 2008 she got XBIZ Award as Web Babe of the year.
Sunny Leone in Bigg Boss 5
Sunny Leone the adult model who appeared in a number of reality shows in US and who has modelled in various magazines is now one of the final contestants and guest participants of Bigg Boss 5. Many have expectations that her entry in Bigg Boss 5 will bring humour and more glamor to the house. In an interview she told she has great pleasure to be one of the housemates of Bigg Boss where she would like to improve her hindi and to learn to cook. She want's to make Bigg Boss as her platform to make way for her in bollywood and Sunny Leone's favorite bollywood actor is Amir Khan. Let's cross our fingers and watch out if Sunny Leone in Bigg Boss 5 will stay for a long and brings more glamor and TRP to the show or will be a guest for just two or three days.


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Automotive Usenet Newsgroups
Have you ever had a question about where to find information on a certain car and didn't know where to find it? Well, Fastusenet.org is the right place to look. There are many different newsgroups out there that just pertain to automobiles.
Whether you are looking for information on your current car or researching information on a car you would like to purchase, you can find that information at Usenet. There are also binary groups that contain pictures of all makes and models of autos. You can view the new concept cars, as well as classic cars of the past century.
Some groups are even specialized into large metropolitan areas and you can advertise and find cars in your own area for sale. One of these groups is houston.forsale.autos – a group about cars in Houston, Texas. That is another feature that newsgroups can be used for, plus it is free to post the advertisement since that is what the group has been created for.
Car manufacturers also have their own newsgroups in Usenet and you can talk to them and other users about the new concept cars coming out in these groups. Sometimes the manufactures might even bounce ideas for news cars off of people in the discussion groups to get their feedback.
Overall, you can really have some fun and find some good info about cars in these newsgroups about autos. These groups are great for car enthusiasts or just for your every day ordinary guy looking for that special automobile.


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The Court has wide sweeping powers in divorce, nullity and judicial separation proceedings to make a number of financial orders in favour of either party to the proceedings and/or for the benefit of any children of the family. The range of Orders include: lump sum Orders, property adjustment Orders, pension sharing/earmarking Orders (in the case of divorce or nullity proceedings), interim and/or final periodic payments Orders, and maintenance pending suit Orders.
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When deciding what Orders to make, the Court has a very wide discretion. By Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, all the circumstances of the particular case must be taken into account and first consideration must be given to the welfare of any minor child of the family who has not attained the age of 18. Section 25 directs the Court to have regard to the following matters:
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Resilience has become something of a mantra for the not-for-profit sector as a whole. Increasingly we talk about resilient individuals, organisations and communities, indeed this year's theme for the National Community Foundations Forum is 'Building Resilience through Collaboration and Innovation.
During a recent meeting with a local community group I was brought up short when I mentioned the 'R' word: 'We're sick of hearing that we are a resilient community' they told me 'We're not resilient, we're hurting'. Defined as 'an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change', the group's comment was a timely reminder that community resilience is built; the result of an ongoing active process that engages a plethora of actors who, to be most effective, should work collaboratively together. It is absolutely critical that this process involves grass roots organisations, such as community foundations, whose commitment to creating resilience is abiding, grows from a personal commitment and connection to community and leverages deep local knowledge.
One of the themes that we will be exploring at this year's National Community Foundations Forum is how community foundations can support meaningful systems change in their communities. Seri Renkin, Managing Director of the ten20 Foundation, will lead us in an exploration of the roles our organisations can play in addressing complex community problems. This is one of many wonderful sessions on offer over the three days and I am looking forward to seeing lots of you at the RACV Resort in Inverloch on the 11 – 13 October (Register for the Forum here).
Kate Buxton, Executive Officer
July 2016
Forum Scholarships – Not Long Left to Apply
FRRR is offering a limited number of partial and full scholarships to assist with travel and registration costs to the National Community Foundations Forum. Priority will be given to Rural Regional and Remote Community Foundations who have greater travel costs.
Scholarship requests must be submitted EITHER via a simple online application form or MS Word application form available here. Applications close Monday 1 August 2016.
Member Networking and Forum Primer
Friday 12th August 10am-12pm, Melbourne CBD
ACP is holding a Member Networking and Forum Primer; 10am – 12pm, Friday 12th August 2016. This is a great opportunity for members to get to know one another, network, share ideas and get the inside track on this year's National Community Foundations Forum. The venue is in the Melbourne CBD – walking distance to Southern Cross Station and tram stops. RSVP by 5th August. to email@example.com
Not an ACP member yet? Go here to find out how to become one.
Thanks to Deakin University for hosting this event.
2016 Community Foundation Awards
The ACP Annual Community Foundation Awards recognise individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to the community foundation sector in Australia. The 2016 Award for Excellence & Achievement and the 2016 Inspirational Award will be presented at the Annual Community Foundations Dinner at the National Forum on Wednesday, 12th October 2016.
ACP members are invited to nominate individuals or organisations they believe would be worthy recipients of these Awards. Further information including selection criteria are available here.
Movers and Shakers
- The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation, South Gippsland in Victoria, is seeking a new Executive Officer to replace Derrick Ehmke, who will be retiring later this year. Click here for more details.
- Foundation Barossa has farewelled Leanne Hutton after four and a half amazing year. The foundation has welcomed Kylie Piper as their new Executive Officer.
Local Charities Matter Report but 1/3 of people in the UK Can't Name One
Small But Vital – Local Charities Matter, a recent study undertaken in the UK, has found that 1/3 of people cannot name a local charity despite these representing 97% of Britain's charity sector. The finding is in contrast to the 52% who feel that local charities play an important role in their community.
The study was commissioned by the TSB bank and surveyed 301 charities and 1000 members of the public. Whilst specific to the UK, these findings resonate for Australian community foundations who are very aware of the challenges faced by local community groups and charities when it comes to awareness and fund raising.
Research undertaken by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) in 2015 (Public trust and confidence in Australian charities) echoed some of the the UK report's finding, highlighting the fact that whether or not a charity provides services in the local community has a significant impact on trust and confidence.
Small but Vital's other findings similarly resonate here in Australia with the report concluding that local 'charities are the lifeblood of the communities they serve and they play a vital role in supporting the daily lives of many thousands of people'.
Community foundations, with their local DNA, are well placed to work with organisations to address this issue and are perfectly placed to link donors of treasure, time and talent to local causes.
Resource Roundup
- FRRR has teamed up with Our Community to host free webinars specifically designed to help rural, regional and remote community groups access more funding:
– Sponsorship 101 – 1pm AEST on Wednesday, 27 July
– Crowd-funding 101 – 1pm AEST on Wednesday, 10 August
Click here for more information and to register.
- The Governance & Compliance page on the ACP website has been updated. The page incorporates links to a range of useful resources including the updated Public
- Ancillary Funds requirements information booklet from Herbert Smith Freehills
- The US based Centre for Effective Philanthropy assists staffed grantmaking foundations by providing resources to help them maximize their effectiveness. They offer a range of downloadable research reports on issues such as donor values, transparency, benchmarking foundation governance
- The Global Summit on Community Philanthropy – to be held on 1 – 2 December 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa, will reflect the the growth of community philanthropy around the world.
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2016 National Community Foundations Forum
11-13 October, RACV Inverloch Resort, Victoria
Don't forget to Register Now for this year's Forum which will explore how the community foundation sector can evolve and adapt in order to thrive in an increasingly challenging and changing environment. Visit our online 'Sched' to see the fantastic line up of sessions and speakers.
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Few speakers know the global world as well as Tom Faranda. His clients include CEFCO China, Siemens Germany, IBM Europe, Thermo-King Japan, Ford Canada, and GE on five continents. He has clients in India, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and many other areas of the world. He has been a candidate for the United States Senate, President of The Hospital Corporation of Chicago, and National Accounts Sales Manager for Masonite Corporation. His experience will help clients grow and profit abroad.
Meetings & Conventions Magazine named Tom Faranda, "one of the most exciting speakers in America," due to his bottom line programs with humor, examples and stories.
Mr. Faranda's books include The Global Sales Professional, Uncommon Sense Leadership, and The Faranda Maxims. He has also published over one hundred business articles.
Few speakers know the global world as well as Tom Faranda. He has lived and worked around the world for over 25 years. His businesses have included hotels in America and Costa Rica, a software firm, an ATM firm, and a global consulting firm focused on business growth and profit. His USA clients include Intel, 3M, IBM, GE, and many other firms. He earned both his BS in Business and his MBA in International Business from Bowling Green State University, and his Doctorate (abd) from the University of Minnesota. He has the credibility and experience that audiences respect.
In his personal life, Mr. Faranda has climbed some of the tallest mountains in the world, raced 100 mile cycling events, competed in triathlons, 100-kilometer ski races and many global race events. In addition, he donates his time and management skill as a board member for several music, theatre arts, and non-profit organizations.
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Over the past ten years I've been involved with the people in Granby 4 Streets, helping them to sort out the future of their place. A place now widely celebrated.
These are by no means all of the posts I've done about Granby 4 Streets in Liverpool 8. But they're enough to tell you my story of what's happening as these last 4 original streets of Granby enter a future that, for a long time, they weren't expecting to get.
A story of a determined community, of multiple failed regeneration initiatives and of the coming together of a Community Land Trust that has achieved so much. The deepest community led learning of my life.
My own history in Granby goes back to the early days of my housing career in the 1970s and I continue to be a member of the Granby 4 Streets Community Land Trust:
- Granby 4 Streets: A summary of the story
- It's Liverpool 1969: Growing Up in Granby
- Working with Granby residents
- Granby 4 Streets, the market's back
- The Street Market
- Granby 4 Streets, what's going on?
- Living for the City, going back to Granby
- Granby 4 Streets – at last
- In Liverpool: Granby and Homebaked
- In Granby: Getting ready for the street market – a site inspection
- In Granby: The September street market
- An invitation to Granby
- Wondrous Day
- Granby 4 Streets: Extraordinary Forever
- In Granby: The Street Party
- On site, January 2015
- February 2015 news
- On site, March 2015
- April 2015 news
- Granby 4 Streets and the Turner Prize
- Community led: Moving beyond victims and heroes
- A Granby 4 Streets Poem
- Considering the Street Market
- The Great Street?
- What's your Granby story?
- Street Market, September 2015
- Open to the Future
- Getting to the Turner Prize
- On winning the Turner Prize
- How to do Social Housing: Part One
- How to do Social Housing: Part Two
- Granby Street Market, September 2017
- The 4 Streets and The Welsh Streets, February 2018
- Talking with Aditya: In the Guardian, February 2018
- September 2018 Street Market
- Introducing: Granby Winter Garden
- Telling our story: Podcast, February 2019
- The Winter Garden Opens, March 2019
- We Are The Future, October 2019
- Talking Granby 4 Streets
To see everything I've written and photographed of Granby search on 'Granby' in the search box on the blog.


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Of course the best way to tackle any job is with the correct tool. What if you do not own the tool, or any tool that will work for the job?
Today we are talking about wheel studs, and the tool needed to remove that stud. In this guide you will find two pieces of information.
What tool you need, and a trick if you do not have the tool needed.
So first let's talk about the correct tool for this job. Here is a picture of a scenario where we need to remove a stud to place it into the new part for the vehicle
This job requires a stud puller. The stud puller grabs the side of the stud, without damaging the threads on the stud.
These pullers have rollers inside them that grab the stud firmly and extract it without damage.
Now if you do not own, or cannot wait for the new stud puller. Then here is a trick that works well. I have done it many times. If you do not have the nuts that came off of the stud you want to extract, you will need to find two of them for this trick.
First thread a nut about half way or more onto the stud that you want to extract.
Second take the second not and thread it right on top of the first nut. Be sure all of both nuts are threaded down enough to see the stud above the second nut.
Now with two wrenches, lock the nuts together by twisting the top nut down and the bottom nut up at the same time. Tighten them together as if you were tightening a bolt. (Pretty tight)
Now after you feel comfortable enough that they are tight. Then remove both wrenches and place one wrench on the top nut and thread it out as if it is now a bolt. After removing the stud, take both wrenches and unlock the two nuts.
Turn the top nut up and the bottom nut down at the same time. This will unlock them and allow you to thread one off at a time. Then both nuts can be used to remove the next stud, and so on. You can use this same method to run a stud in if you are having a difficult time doing that.
It's always nice to have the actual tool for the job, but when we are in a pinch its also very nice to be able to get the job done. So in short by locking two nuts together on a single stud, you can use the two nuts as a stud extractor.
I've included a video here for you to better understand exactly what I mean and how the whole process works, although I think now you do understand exactly how it works.


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Induction coil
An induction coil is any object used to stabilize an edge (or edges) of another pattern without touching. While still lifes and oscillators can be used as induction coils, there are also many induction coils that are not stable by themselves (such as table).
The tubs on the sides of the Gray counter are used as induction coils, as are the blocks and snakes used in the Hertz oscillator and the heptomino at the bottom of the mathematician.
Working list
To adjust patterns manually, it is convenient to have the small and useful induction coils handy. However, as the examples show, stabilizing a long edge can usually be accomplished by judiciously placing snakes, blocks and occasionally tubs along its length. Due consideration must be given to their spacing, and especially the overhang at edges and corners. Common short coils follow:
|Preblock stabilizer
|3, 3 high
|3, 4 high
|3, 5 high
|4, 2 high
|4, 3 high
|4, 4 high
|5, 3 high
|5, 4 high
|6, 3 high
See also
External links
- Induction coil at the Life Lexicon


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A local advised us to take this picturesque path to the farm, which was such a lovely surprise. When you live in London you sometimes forget how charming the English countryside can be; I couldn't think of better way to spend my weekend.
When we got to the farm, we set to picking the freshest produce.
Beautiful chard and spinach for my green smoothies? Yes please.
The red currants weren't quite ripe yet (sad face) but it's now high season, so go picking!
After a couple of hours, this was our booty: strawberries, rhubarb (for a crumble I made – recipe coming soon!), a bunch of spinach and chard, TONS OF PEAS (I'm in love with peas – forever and for always), and some gooseberries for the mister (ew gooseberries).
And on the way back, along that same canal, we passed this majestic dog:
It was such a splendid day, and nothing compares to picking your own ingredients, fresh from the earth. I believe that this is how we were meant to be living, and sometimes I miss that lifestyle so much I feel a pinch in my heart. I was so blessed to grow up on a farm. Someday I will live like that again.
If you would like to visit Crockford Bridge Farm yourself, here is what you need to know:
* Click here for their website.
* Contact:
New Haw Road, Addlestone, Nr. Weybridge, Surrey KT15 2BU
* The nearest station is Byfleet & New Haw. Trains leaving from Waterloo to Woking will stop there (check nationalrail.co.uk)
• It is a good 25 minute walk along the road from the station to the farm, and about 40 minutes via the dirt path, which starts some way along the road, on your right. You need to go around the lake, then follow the path along a field, which then leads to the farm on your left. Print a map of the area before leaving.
* Check which fruits and vegetables are in season at the moment to avoid disappointment.
* Walking a bit further down the field to where the crops haven't picked as much will ensure you get good ripe produce. Most people tend to be a bit lazy and not walk too far into the fields, but that's how you miss the good stuff.
* They have a lovely farm shop with heaps of homemade jams, cakes, breads and freshly picked produce, and an ice cream parlour in the summer.
Do you ever eat food fresh from the farm? What do you think about growing your own food, or supporting your local farmers?


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Greetings all...
Frequently, we are bombarded with media misrepresentations and insults to Deaf people, our language and our culture. One of AFA's missions is to unmask audism via media misrepresentation. We encourage you all to participate in addressing this form of audism in all types of media outlets (print, online, televised forms..etc.). Below is a sample letter you can use....
thank you for joining with us and working toward audism-free America!!!
Let Freedom Roll!
Dear _________________________
Media today is extremely powerful. Your publication has recently engaged in media misrepresentation of Deaf people which is a form of audism. We request that you cease and desist such prejudicial practices and instead use the power of media to promote truth and justice.
Audism is attitudes and practices based on the assumption that behaving in the ways of those who speak and hear is desired and best. It produces a system of privilege, thus resulting in stigma, bias, discrimination, and prejudice—in overt or covert ways—against Deaf culture, American Sign Language, and Deaf people of all walks of life.
If your journalistic integrity calls you to cover Deafhood and ASL justly, please feel free to share your link with us so that we can help to promote your good work.
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Project Volumes
Project directories can be created for projects that require large amounts of storage. Instead of saving data in limited home directories or temporary repositories, the system staff can create a project directory, automounted under
/p. The directory typically starts at 500GB in size, and can grow dynamically to very large sizes.
Since project members typically vary year to year, using a project directory helps the project because data can be centrally located instead of spread around in user's home directories.
To request a project directory, send a helpdesk request to
email@example.com, and specify the project name, as well as the owner of the directory and the project members who will be given read/write/execute access to the directory. Also, if your research/project is funded by a party like UVA or an outside party like NSF, NSA, etc., please state that in your request.
Project Directories can be mounted on non-department computers by use of Samba. Please use the following path format to mount your project share on Windows:
or Linux/MacOS
See more about Samba shares on this page.
Project Volumes & autofs
We use
autofs to mount network storage volumes on Linux systems. Because of the way
autofs works, when you first look in
/p it seems like it is empty:
[ktm5j@portal01 ktm5j]$ ls /p [ktm5j@portal01 ktm5j]$ <-- no output
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autofs quickly mounts the volume and now it will appear under
[ktm5j@portal01 ktm5j]$ ls /p/zfs_project file1 file2 file3... [ktm5j@portal01 ktm5j]$ ls /p zfs_project <-- /p/zfs_project will stay mounted while [ktm5j@portal01 ktm5j]$ the directory is being used


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Happy 100 Days to this gorgeous little man on May 12th 2016.. He had the most beautiful smile and beautiful big brown eyes… James | 100 Days
Happy 100 Days to this gorgeous little man on May 12th 2016.. He had the most beautiful smile and beautiful big brown eyes… James | 100 Days
This was such a gorgeous gallery to edit… I struggled to choose my favourite, what a little cutie! Its been a pleasure watching you grow Isabella x
What a little doll!!! I have had this little angel in the studio a couple of times now, isn't she just the sweetest?!
This little treasure was in the studio a few months before this session… I can never get over how much they grow and change in such a short amount of time!!! Isn't she just gorgeous?!!
I met this little darlings Mummy while she was 18 weeks pregnant and had the honour of photographing her pregnancy journey and newborn session… Now this little angel is 8 months old and a little speedster!!
CUTE!!!! Love this little angels cheeky face… Isn't she just gorgeous?! Charlie Bear | 10 Months Old
This adorable little man completely won me over with his beautiful big blue eyes, long eye lashes and cheeky smile… Happy Birthday gorgeous boy, it was lovely to meet you and your family 🙂
Spunky little man Braxton, 8 months old has been blogged… How SUPER cute is he??!!!
I'm completely smitten with all of the baby cuteness I have had in the studio lately.. How beautiful is this little angel?! Violet- 6 months old
I had this VERY scrumptious little doll in the studio with her beautiful family this week!!! Meet little Paige, only 11 months old… and her gorgeous brother Blake, 2 1/2 years old…. SO adorable.


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Jennifer Marie Brissett
Jennifer Marie Brissett is a British–Jamaican American who immigrated to the US when she was four and grew up in Cambridge, MA. For three and a half years, she owned and operated the Brooklyn indie bookstore Indigo Café & Books. She has a Master's from the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and a Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Engineering (Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Visual Art) from Boston University. Her short stories can be found in The Future Fire, Halfway Down the Stairs, Lightspeed, Morpheus Tales, Terraform, Warrior Wisewoman 2, and APB: Artists against Police Brutality. Her story "Secrets of the Sea" was short listed for the 2013 storySouth Million Writers Award. Her debut novel Elysium (Aqueduct Press) was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel, placed on the Honor List for the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and won the 2015 Philip K. Dick Special Citation Award. She currently lives in NYC.


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Statewide Mororcycle Organization that promotes motorcycle safety and rider rights through political change. We support: The United Military Support Group and Children's Programs for Venango Co.


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Opinion Journal: Palin Wins, ObamaCare loses
Senior Editorial Writer Joseph Rago and OpinionJournal.com assistant editor Allysia Finley analyze an election shocker in Alaska and break down the Florida election results.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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BC: 2012 | A fun weekend, January 27th thru 29th.
FC: W | Weekend with Aunt Bobbi in Des Moines
1: Krispy Kremes - a tradition when in Des Moines.
2: At the Iowa Hall of Pride - it celebrates Iowan's accomplishments. | With Nile Kinnick & doing Dance Revolution
3: Dalton really liked this mural, he told me to take a pic.
4: Hockey | Dalton loved the virtual reality games.
5: Soccer
6: Futuristic Soccer
7: Shooting some hoops!
8: Perfect Pass!!
9: Throwing the pigskin...
11: Playing mini golf at the Incredible Pizza company
12: Playing Galactica & Ms Pac-Man
13: Bowling!! The bowling balls didn't have holes so it was kinda hard!
14: Cool!!
15: Big Fun!!
16: More shooting hoops at Incredible Pizza Company | #1
18: At Lutheran Church of Hope | Dalton was excited to go to Aunt Bobbi's huge church and have breakfast! We walked all around he had to go all the way to the top to check out the view in the sanctuary. I also took a pic with the waterfall and huge cross in the background. | Dancing at the Incredible Pizza Company
19: At Aunt Bobbi's apartment. | Puzzle, games and videos Dalton brought to make sure he wasn't bored! | Our budding artist drawing some characters from the Carlos O Kelly's menu.


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An all custom-designed golf shop features rich wood flooring, travertine, handsome tile, natural lighting, nostalgic art from the Club's history and the amenities of a four-star resort at your finger tips.
Members enjoy a country club experience with a private members lounge area, a retail assistant for exclusive apparel and golf equipment ordering, fully appointed men's and women's locker rooms with shoe shine services.
The Sweetwater Pool offers food & beverage, towel, and private cabana services. Four tennis courts with full time tennis professionals, an additional lounge pool, and a volleyball court all await active members at the Catalina Village.
Members also receive special member only discounts and perks throughout the resort from guestrooms, restaurants, spa, and retail outlets.
Enjoy the resort lifestyle each day as a member with the Club at Tucson National.


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Curtis Muller writes:
We all know Review Board is great for allowing a distributed team to effectively ensure only high quality, standards complaint code is integrated into the end product. But what else makes Review Board great?
From my experiences on the team I can safely say it gives new developers a leg up on the learning curve when starting. I was able to leverage Review Board to quickly learn exactly what I should, and should not be doing in my code. Through each new code review I was determined not to repeat the same mistakes that were made in my previous review. The intuitive review interface clearly communicates these mistakes back to the developer, allowing them to make the changes and learn from their mistakes.
Review Board also acts as an effective communication platform for any distributed team utilizing it, as it allows the entire team to see the progress of each component, and add their own input to how the end solution should look. This is very important, as communication is one of the toughest aspects when working with a team not based in one site.
I started off in the Code Sprint by getting my feet wet with a couple bugs and a small project. Due to the fact that I haven't used Django recently, and that the Review Board code base itself is quite large and complex this meant I was in for quite a steep learning curve. I have now moved on to my second project, which itself comes in two parts. The code based part of the project is a rating extension which will allow users to leave anonymous feedback on the quality of the code reviews they receive, while also tracking their own aggregated results over a period of time. These results will allow users to reflect on their code reviewing habits, and make improvements if necessary. This project will be leveraging brand new scripts to simplify the extension building process, by templating out the base code required for an extension to exist in a Review Board instance.
The second half of this project will involve writing documentation to guide others using these scripts on how to take their extension stub and turn it into a functional and integrated part of their Review Board environment. A lot of developers get the idea that by adding this "one feature" to the project, it will vastly improve their experience using Review Board. This has many problems however, because if every one of these features are added they will start to bloat the code base, making Review Board run slower and harder to maintain. This also requires developer hours, which could be spent working on other features which would benefit more than just a handful of developers. Adding this "one feature" also runs the risk of alienating other developers with features or functionality they don't need, want, or understand. The great thing about extensions is that they allow these developers requesting the feature to easily create and add the feature to their own instance of Review Board, without impacting everyone else's experience.
It's great to be able to work on such a far reaching project like Review Board, and know my improvements are being used all across the world. The project could not be nearly as successful without the big effort put in by each of the mentors. Their ability to offer prompt code reviews, technical guidance, and project ideas really makes working on Review Board a lot of fun. Due to their efforts, more time is spent in the learning or "eureka" phases of development than stuck in a frustrating roadblock.


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Wakayama Castle is a place which is rich in beauty and important in history
Wakayama Castle is a place which is rich in beauty and important in history
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
When people think about Japan then images of Kyoto, Tokyo, and Nara, spring to mind and obviously these places in Japan are rich in history and culture, In Kyoto and Nara you can easily envisage ancient Japan and the culture of both places which shaped the future of this fascinating and historical nation.
However, like all nations, you will have many hidden gems and Wakayama Castle is one of these hidden gems and the same applies to Wakayama prefecture. Therefore, if you visit the Kansai region I recommend a visit to this beautiful castle and the surrounding park and other special areas within the walls of this castle.
In truth, Wakayama itself is a fantastic holiday destination because you have the stunning beauty of Koyasan which can rival any place in Japan when it comes to natural beauty, culture, history, and an amazing mountain landscape.
Also, Shirahama and the landscape by the sea is very beautiful and from late April to October you have many places to either swim or paddle at your own pleasure. The beaches are long and you have many tourist destinations to visit and you can also find tranquility in Shirahama.
Nachi-no-taki Falls (Nachi Waterfall) and Nachi-Katsuura (Nachikatsuura) are two other beautiful places to visit in Wakayama and the list could easily be added. In both places the scenery is exquisite and you can feel the pace of a different Japan.
Wakayama provides a huge variety of places to visit and each place is special for being so different and unique. After all, if you are a beach person then Shirahama and the stunning scenery is a place for you. However, if you like culture and history then Koyasan and Wakayama Castle must be on your list of places to visit.
Also, remember that Wakayama is near to Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara; therefore, it is located in a very dynamic part of Japan. Yes, Koyasan and Shirahama are a little far from Osaka but near enough to visit or if time permits, then to stay in this stunning prefecture and make the most of the diversity which is on offer.
I will focus on Wakayama Castle and why this place is a little gem amongst the many gems that can be found throughout Japan.
Wakayama Castle leads directly to two very important leaders in Japanese history because Hideyoshi Toyotomi gave the order for his brother, Hidenaga Toyotomi, to construct the castle of Wakayama in 1585. The other major leader, Ieyasu Tokugawa, dispatched Yorinobu to Wakayama City and Yorinobu, his tenth son, developed the castle and region to an even higher level.
Under Yorinobu the castle became the most important Western Fortress for the Tokugawa bakufu. This signaled a prosperous future for Wakayama during the Edo period and while it is true, that Shigeharu Kuwayama in 1586 and Yoshinaga Asano after the Battle of Sekigahara, both developed the castle of Wakayama.
It is true to say that Yorinobu laid the foundation stone for the importance of Wakayama Castle in Japanese history with regards to being a strategic area for the Tokugawa bakufu.
The geographic landscape of the castle was utilized with Wakayama Castle being built at the peak of Mountain Torafusu. Also, the castle is very close to the sea and you can see mountains in the near distance. Therefore, the landscape and geographic reality enabled this castle to be an important place within the Tokugawa bakufu.
The main places to visit within the foundations of Wakayama Castle include the Honmaru Palace; Donjon; Ohashi Rokka Bridge; Ninomaru; Otemon Gate; Okaguchimon Gate; Minaminomaru; and other places within the walls of the castle complex.
The Honmaru Palace from a distance may not look so large but once you enter this splendid building then you will soon understand the vastness of the area. This applies to the grounds of the Honmaru Palace and the stunning view which it provides from the top of the building.
Wakayama Castle provides a museum within the grounds and you can learn a lot about the rich history of this fascinating castle and how it helped the Tokugawa bakufu.
If you have never been to Japan before or you are visiting the Kansai region for the first time or if you are Japanese and have never travelled to this part of Japan; then I recommend Wakayama Castle because of its rich history and the beauty of this castle is a wonder to behold.
If you are lucky and have a full week to stay in Wakayama or longer; then Koyasan, Shirahama, Nachi-no-taki Falls, Nachikatsuura, Kumano jinga, and other places of stunning beauty must enter your list of places to visit.
Wakayama is a very beautiful prefecture and it is located in a very vibrant part of Japan. Indeed, the diversity of this part of Japan can be deemed to be "the heart of Japan" because Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and Oaska respectively, are very close and each place is rich for different factors and Osaka provides a mega economic engine.
http://www.nk-kumano.com/ (Nachi Katsuura)
http://www.shukubo.jp/eng/ (Koyasan)
http://www.kumano-experience.com/01/en/ (Kumano Experience)
http://www.sekaiisan-wakayama.jp/english/index.html (Wakayama)
http://www.nanki-shirahama.com/eng/index.html (Shirahama)
http://farstrider.net/Japan/Castles/Wakayamajo.htm (Wakayama Castle)
http://www.moderntokyotimes.com (please visit)


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Instagram is arguably one of the most popular social media platforms out there currently, and its especially important for bloggers like myself to connect with others outside of our blogs. It's personally my favorite social media platform, simply because I love photography and it's a fun way to glimpse into what others are doing with their lives at the moment.
Recently, I've gotten a lot of requests to write a post on how to take/edit pictures for Instagram. So, here it is!
To make things simpler, I'll break it up into three different kinds of "typical" Instagram posts: food, friends, and things.
Food can be very tricky to capture at times, and there are a few reasons as to why that's true. The main idea is that you need good lighting, interesting placement, and the right editing.
Lighting//Natural lighting is your best friend. If you feel like you're going to want to take a picture of your meal that day, sit by a window! (Seriously.) The lighting should be soft, and not harsh, otherwise you'll have awkward shadows all over your picture of your cappuccino artfully placed next to your sunglasses, and no one wants that.
Placement//This is something you'll really have to play around with until you get the right feeling. My best tip: have someone place their hand somewhere, such as in the picture above. I've found that having someone interacting with the food in one way or another totally fixes any placement issues I'm having. Also, play around with the silverware! Make sure to grab napkins/other eating accessories to complement the food, as well. More often than not, it's the smallest, seemingly meaningless details that can pull a picture together.
Also, don't be afraid to stand up in the middle of a restaurant to get that overhead view! It makes for great photos. I also like to focus picture on one food item from where I'm sitting so that the person opposite of me is in the photo, but out of focus. (Click here for an example.)
Editing//Unless it's coffee or tea, a lot of contrast is usually not your friend here. Play around with filters that have more softness to them, as in they add a faded effect to the photo. I wait until after I've applied a filter to do any further edits, since they usually take care of things like exposure and contrast. After you've chosen a filter, use the exposure tool first if the photo needs it, and then move on to other tweaks.
If you use VSCO (my favorite editing app), definitely mess with the "fade" tool. Also try out the highlights tinting tool (it's all the way at the end of the editing options) and the temperature tool, both of which will allow you to change the entire tone of the photo and create the "vibe" you might be going for.
I rarely will post a picture where my friends and I are smiling into the camera. The candid photo, as cliche and tacky as it can sound, really does the trick here (even if it's not actually "candid.")
Posing//Normally, I'll try to find a unique area to take the photo in. That means a place where there won't be anyone crowding the background, and somewhere that complements whoever is in the picture. My friends and I will casually "laugh" and do funny things/different poses until we have the perfect candid. As tedious as it sounds, it makes all the difference.
Lighting//Never, ever take a picture in direct sunlight. It'll create harsh shadows on your faces and it just won't be pretty. Stick to shade, or have the sun behind you if it's rising/setting. Indoors is good if you're near a window.
Framing//Remember that every photo of you and your friends doesn't have to have you all perfectly centered in the middle. Try taking one (or cropping it later) where you are in the corner of the photo, as in the one above, or to the side. Different framing can make for a very interesting photo.
Props//Wear sunglasses. Hold ice cream cones. Carry a dog. Do something to make the photo more interesting!
Editing//When editing people in general, I stick to warmer tints/filters, simply because I feel like it makes skin tones appear better. But a bluer filter is sometimes more favorable if your photo already has a yellowish tint to it. Playing around with different filters is the best thing to do here. Adding a sun flare can be good too! Afterlight has a good array of options for things like sun flares and light leaks.
Taking a photo of a thing can be the hardest thing to do, especially because you have to make an inanimate object appear extremely interesting. This can all happen with just a few things.
Angles and Placement//Unless you're taking a photo like the one above, you're going to want to play around with numerous angles. This could mean hovering above the object, shooting from the bottom right and then left, moving it so the background is more interesting (lights of any kind make a background great - click here for an example), and so on.
In terms of placement, keep messing with the details until you have what you like. Add more things, take some away. Switch up the background. Add conflicting details while sticking to one color palette, as I did above where I chose a harsh metal and paired it with pearls all while sticking to a blue and white color scheme. Consistency is important, but always make sure to have a detail that stands out and allows the viewer to have something to look at.
Also, you don't need to see all aspects of the object. Focus in on the most interesting part, and leave the rest to imagination, such as with the pearls and part of the anchor bracelet above.
Editing//I highly recommend VSCO's filters for editing photos of objects. They draw out the right colors and tones of a photo to emphasize parts of it you wouldn't even realize were there. If you haven't bought any filter packs, I would say to definitely invest in a few because they are game changers.
Is there anything I missed? Leave a comment and I'll reply!
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P.S. What would you all think of a general photography tips guide?


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Green Bay in Brown County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Vincent T. (Vince) Lombardi
Head Coach/G.M. 1959-67; General Manager 1968
Erected 2003.
Location. 44° 30.143′ N, 88° 3.636′ W. Marker is in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in Brown County. Marker can be reached from Lombardi Avenue west of South Oneida Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker is at the Lambeau Field Atrium – Miller Brewing Company Gate. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay WI 54304, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured Robert E. Harlan Plaza (a few steps from this marker); Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau (a few steps from this marker); Love at First Leap (a few steps from this marker); Bryan Bartlett Starr (approx. 0.3 miles away); Shantytown (approx. 1.9 miles away); Curly Lambeau's Gravesite (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Port & the Environment (approx. 2 miles away); Hazelwood (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Green Bay.
Also see . . . Vince Lombardi official website. "...the Super Bowl trophy was renamed in his honor. Considered the NFL's most prestigious award, the Vince Lombardi Trophy is coveted by every player and coach in the league. The honor assures that Lombardi's name will never be forgotten, and that his legacy as one of the greatest head coaches of all time will last an eternity." (Submitted on August 21, 2008, by Trevor Morris of Fond du lac, Wisconsin.)
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The Muppet Show was really important to me when I was young. My parents divorced early, and when me and my brother would go and visit my dad, the show was still in heavy rotation on TV. It was something that made my dad cool to me, that he got to introduce me to the insane and loveable world of characters and their vaudevillian humour – and not just the characters themselves, also puppetry as a craft. Specifically of course, the master: JIM FREAKIN' HENSON. It felt as though there was always a Henson show around; from repeats of The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, to Fraggle Rock, and finally distilled in superior children's fantasy show The Storyteller, not to mention endless re-watches of Labyrinth and (yeah) The Dark Crystal on home video. Even through my teens, when the likes of Christmas Carol, Treasure Island and Muppets from Space graced the big screen, they were always there, even in the background. And then, one day, they just weren't.
So yes, I suppose you can count me as a lifelong fan. A Mupp-head from the very start. Watching The Muppet Show is among the very earliest memories I've managed to retain, and it's easy to see why; it's like the way you remember your first game of Mario, the first 'Important' film you saw at the cinema, or your first big football match (if you do the 'sports thing') – the beginning of a fascination that will stay with you. This is why it was a big deal when The Muppets was announced, and even more so that writer/producer/star Jason Segal was a self-confessed 'life-long Muppet fan'. Every interview I read with him in which he excitedly blabbed about the project and spoke of his specific connections to the franchise, and every new addition to the film – the casting of Amy Adams and Chris Cooper, and hiring Flight of the Conchords comedy-song titan Bret McKenzie as music supervisor – filled me with confidence that these were people who knew exactly what they were doing, the tone they were aiming for and the importance of building an appeal to both old audiences and new ones. And boy, did they hit a bulls-eye.
I think the overwhelming factor in the film as a success is heart. Segal has obviously written it coming from a very personal place, and that heart is practically beating up there on the screen. He plays Gary, the older brother of Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan and, inexplicably, a muppet himself (voiced by Peter Linz). Following a sweet montage of the two growing up as big believers in The Muppet Show, we meet them as adults and at a time when Walter is having something of an identity crisis and feeling like a social outcast, unable to fit in or connect with the fellow residents of Smalltown, USA (as it is called in the film, in one of it's many wink-wink meta references). His sole, real connection is with Gary, who is torn between looking out for his sibling and the progression of his relationship with Mary (Adams). His resolution to this situation is to try and keep them both happy; he tells Mary of a surprise trip to Los Angeles for their tenth anniversary, but compounds it with the news Walter will be joining them, so he can finally fulfil his dream of visiting Muppet Studios. She reluctantly accepts the situation and hopes it will allow Gary to move on, but upon their arrival in LA – and their dismay at the rundown condition of Muppet Studios – Walter inadvertently learns of the disastrous plans of Texan oil billionaire Tex Richman (Chris Cooper and yes, lots of the jokes are that silly), and they resolve to do whatever they can to avoid the studio being torn down. So, how can they raise the ten million dollars they need? Where do they start? WHAT WOULD KERMIT DO?
It's here that the film really starts hitting all the bases, as they decide to get the old gang back together for a Muppet Show telethon in the hope of raising the dough. One by one, famous faces start reappearing – with the first obviously being the li'l green guy, who gets the fabulous, heart-breaking song 'Pictures in my Head' – the pace picks way up, and each character added to their ensemble brings fresh waves of nostalgia. Fozzie Bear. Gonzo. Bunsen and Honeydew. Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. Even that bitch Miss Piggy. The jokes and references come thicker and faster but more importantly, it starts really feeling like The Muppets again.
That's probably the single highest praise I can give the film – it doesn't feel like fan-wank. Segal and co-writer Nick Stoller have crafted a story that works on multiple levels, simultaneously as a standalone film, a nostalgia piece and a great tribute to Henson and his beloved franchise. It not only pays homage to the greatest of Muppetry but establishes it as something as current and as relevant as it ever was. The characters are written as classically and hilariously as they ever have been, and it's a real testament at script level that they don't feel like updates or reboots of who they were. They just are who they always were, and that's pretty fucking incredible.
Of course at the time of writing, it would be remiss of me not to mention the film's stand-out musical number, 'Man or Muppet', as it collected an Oscar for the first time in Muppet movie history last Sunday. It's a great moment which serves perfectly to gloss over the clichéd end-of-the-second-act 'everything is going wrong' backdrop in the film. You're too busy being blown away by this musical number, which summarises the journey of both of the lead characters – Gary's continual distancing from Mary, Walter's existential confusion – and is hysterically funny while doing it. Wonderfully performed and executed, it's an all-time great in a pantheon of all-time great moments for The Muppets as a whole.
I could go on and on here. The quality of the voice work and puppeteering across the board. The unexpected but fantastic resolution. The gaggle of celebrity cameos in measure both large and small (hello, Dave Grohl). It adds up to an outstanding experience that, above all, confirms one thing. Not only are The Muppets back… we never should have let them go.
The film is, quite simply, everything a fan could want, and has everything it needs to appeal to a new generation. A friend of mine described it this way: "It made my heart sing".
I'd be a muppet to disagree.
This review was originally published on rustyshark.com


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The Myth of Contemporaneity
Artists have to be contemporary if they want to be taken seriously by the art world. But where does this worship of the contemporary come from? And how relevant is contemporaneity in art and art education?
The book De mythe der hedendaagsheid brings together perspectives from the likes of Charles Esche, Thijs Lijster, Navid Nuur, Jonas Staal and Amelia Groom.
This book will be launched this evening, with a keynote address by Amelia Groom. In response, Flemish curator Pieter Vermeulen will deflate potential myths.
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Archive for December, 2016
Four Simple Steps Help Maximize Trade Value
With the advent of the Internet and a myriad of sites devoted to consumer education about the auto business, it's rare indeed for a customer to walk onto a car lot and not have a general idea about how much they're willing to spend. Some buyers spend weeks researching new cars, reading reviews and finding out how much a specific vehicle with all the options they want will cost. Sometimes though, customers forget about one important part of a new car purchase: the trade-in. Educating yourself on the value of your trade, along with taking a few simple steps to increases your vehicle's worth, will go a long way towards securing a few hundred extra dollars when it comes to trade in time. When it does come time to trade your car in, rest assured that all the Chapman Arizona dealerships will give you top dollar whether you're buying a new or used vehicle.
Make Your Vehicle Something You'd Want to Buy
There are numerous horror stories about people who treat their car like a garbage can, which is certainly their right, but then don't take the time to clean it up when it comes time to trade it in. A very simple rule is to make your car look like something you might want to buy. You can either take it to a full-service car wash and for about 20 bucks have it cleaned inside and out, or you can do it yourself. It doesn't have to look new, but looking like it was cared for can make a big difference in the dealer's offer.
Understand Where the Dealer is Coming From
Most dealers have a website like the ones of the Chapman Arizona dealerships, where you can look at the used car inventory. If you have a 2008 Chevy Cavalier and you see 20 other Chevy Cavaliers in the dealer's used car list, chances are they aren't going to be that excited to get another one. That doesn't mean you can't still get a good deal, but you need to adjust your expectations to the reality of the situation.
Do a Little Research
Websites such as Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book are two good places to go for a general idea of your cars worth. Just type in the year, make, model and optional features of your car to get an instant quote. What those sites don't take into consideration are a dealer's particular needs, or the experience of the Used Car manager. The used car manager attends auctions on a regular basis, so he knows what vehicles go for in a particular market. Manufacturer incentives on similar model vehicles also come into the picture.
Make a Trip to the Wizard
Numerous dents and dings can affect the value of a car tremendously. There are "dent wizards" who are very affordable and skilled at popping out small dents so they are virtually unnoticeable. Once you're ready to trade your car in, visit any of the dealerships in the Chapman Arizona group. They'll give you a fair price with a no-hassle sales experience.
Everything in Life is About Timing
Remember when you met that special someone? You were walking around a corner, he or she was coming at you and all of a sudden your eyes met? The rest is history. What if you'd been a minute or two later or hadn't gone to the mall at all that day? Whether you believe in fate or coincidence, everything in life is about timing, and the same is true for scoring a great car deal. Head to any of the Chapman Arizona dealerships in the month of December and you have a great chance of scoring the best deal of the year on new 2017 or remaining 2016 models, plus that special person will absolutely love the gift of a new car.
The End is the Best Time
You've probably heard that the end of the month can be a great time to secure the best deal on a new or used car as dealerships scurry to get their monthly sales quotas. Guess what? The same holds true for the end of the year. Like any business, car dealerships have financial goals for each year and you never know how close, or far away, they may be to reaching those goals. Sales people also have goals for the month and year, so it doubles your chances of a dealership being more amenable to a lower offer for a vehicle.
Still Some 2016s in Stock
Although special offers on the 2016 models have been going on for a few months now, chances are there are still some 2016 models still on the lot that need to find a loving home. Head to the Chapman Arizona website and you can shop for remaining 2016 vehicles in the comfort of your own home. Along with deep dealer discounts, manufacturers often offer rebates and special financing offers in order to move last year's models off the lot. Because December is also a busy time for used car sales, chances are you'll get the best offer for your trade-in at the end of the year.
It's Cool Out and Everybody's Happy
Have you ever shopped for a vehicle in summer in Arizona? It is a grueling task where neither the customer or salespeople can be comfortable sitting in boiling hot vehicles looking for the perfect match. The Holiday Season not only brings a smile to everyone's face, but cooler weather means you can take your time and sit in a number of different vehicles until you find the one that's just right. The Holidays are also a time when people are in a more benevolent mood, making the sales experience a happy one for all involved. Buying a car at a Chapman Arizona dealership is always a pleasant experience. Stop by today and give someone an extra Happy Holiday.