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We are so excited to launch our inaugural Parkdale Artist Residency exhibit this week! Through found, artist jes sachse explores the visual language of accessibility in public space through the form of signage, and situates the signs in their exhibit in relationship to their current neighbourhood of Parkdale and the lost home and history of their family. Check it out for yourself in the gallery now until the end of July, and come out to the exhibit launch on Friday, June 23 at The Public for a special night with jes sachse in dialogue with their artist mentor Francisco-Fernando Granados.
jes sachse, 2017.
Take the TTC blue seat sideways
spot, back and forth,
into the mouth of no neighbourhoods,
stand in the big
large very big
large, and then come back home to familiar with tired
. Both Torontos. The great divide of in and out.
Is Toronto home? Is art home?
found is a mediation of what it means to Be Here and not be here.
Community facing displacement in a culpable city. What does it mean to contribute care into neighbourhood as a 2nd generation settler immigrant in this land? Of a family fleeing the genocide of a European state into the still silenced history of Canada's, in one great big metropolis, the artist looks to translation and the sculptural space of signage as a space to speak poetry into institutionalized measures.
Using a landscape of aluminum and poly urethanes, the two colours and languages invoked in the diptych are in a fluid and reactionary relationship with each other. Helvaticized English occupies the signs that guide the movement of bodies in Toronto, in Parkdale, in temporary permissions of timed staying, yet refuses to speak directly to any one body. Even in disability blue, universal design sees the apparatus not the impetus. It misses talking to the precarity of a body and its labour, inextricably linked and overlapping. It misses translating care, in its translating of representation.
For the sachse, German is their lost language, connected to a lost history. The foreclosure of memory in intergenerational trauma and survival of a war inherited. It translates as 'there you are'. It is a home lost and also held together in a ventricle. It tries to answer the isolating language of disability in the hollow adaptation of The Museum.
Inspired greatly by the personal paint colour legend of the late Mexican-German disabled artist Frida Kahlo, the two signs invoke her feelings for these colours.
"navy blue: distance….also tenderness can also be this blue"
"leaf green: leaves, sadness, science, the whole of Germany is this color"
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Special to the Laredo Sun
Killam Elementary School fifth-grader Daron Jaramillo receives a little help from Cynthia L. Rodriguez, executive director of elementary education for UISD, as he reads an excerpt from his book The Island before an audience of parents, librarians and staff from the United Independent School District and Laredo Community College.
Staff from the Harold R. Yeary Library at the Fort McIntosh Campus hosted an Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party on Thursday, April 2 to honor the winners of a district-wide writing contest. Twenty-six students, one from each UISD elementary school, were honored at the event.
Each student was presented with a published copy of their work, while the top three winners, including first-place winner Jaramillo, were awarded a tablet. Rounding out the top three were winner Kylee Taylor from Malakoff Elementary and third place winner Daniel de la Peña from Roosevelt Elementary.

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An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has struck near the Solomon Islands, rattling buildings in the capital, Honiara, but causing no apparentdamage or injury.
A seismological centre in Strasbourg, France, has reported that the powerful quake was the strongest registered in that part of the Pacific since 1990.
It comes just two weeks after the Islands were battered by a massive cyclone. Experts say the most likely scenario is that the quake occurred far out at sea.
The quake hit at 122 miles east-northeast of the island of Bougainville at a depth of 20 miles beneath the earth's surface, according to the US Geological Survey.
Residents in Honiara said buildings shook and the quake lasted about a minute.
Workers at the Tawatana village clinic on Makira island, near the main island of Guadalcanal, said a two-metre wave was seen around the island but there was no major damage and residents sought safety on high ground.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu said on its website that the quake could have generated a tsunami, or giant wave, and issued alerts for the islands nations of Nauru, New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands and Fiji.
It also put Samoa, New Zealand, American Samoa, Guam, Kiribati and the Cook Islands along with a string of other remote islands on a tsunami watch.
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Bob, I apology that I didn't get my question clear, but you got it! Your suggestion is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks a lot. Becky -----Original Message----- From: Robert E. Newby [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:47 AM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Doubt in using ENTITY Chen Becky wrote: > Bob (Robert E. Newby), > > Your code sample is helpful for me as well. > I have an extra requirement that I need to setup a property with > different value based on some conditions. > > I wonder if I can have build-properties.xml looks like this: > <a> > <property name="output-char" value="A"/> > <a/> > <b> > <property name="output-char" value="B"/> > <b/> > <c> > <property name="output-char" value="C"/> > <c/> > > But when I invoke "build-properties-file;" from build.xml, how can I > tell build-properties.xml to run only <a>, <b> or <c>? I know this is > more like XML question than ANT, any thoughts? > > Thanks. > Becky Becky, I am not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish; perhaps you can post a description of the context, etc. of your problem. Regardless, take a look at the following snippet from one of our build files. ==== <!-- set this property iff the condition is met, binding its value to TRUE --> <condition property="setting-for-ui-in-development-mode" value="TRUE"> <istrue value="${ui-in-development-mode}"/> </condition> <!-- set this property iff the condition is met, binding its value to FALSE --> <condition property="setting-for-ui-in-development-mode" value="FALSE"> <isfalse value="${ui-in-development-mode}"/> </condition> ==== This makes use of the condition task. Here, the tested property ui-in-development-mode might have any string literal value, since it comes from source configuration files. I.e., it might be "t", "true", "y", "yes", "false", "foobar", "becky", or whatever. Only certain of these literals equate to true; all others equate to false. Thus each of the above two condition elements has the effect of defining a **new** property named setting-for-ui-in-development-mode. This new property, which is the one we really make use of later in the build script, will end up with the value TRUE or FALSE, depending on the istrue and isfalse tests of the value of ui-in-development-mode. My suggestion is that you take a look at the condition task. Regards, Bob -- Robert E. Newby Principal Software Engineer Vestmark, Inc. 500 Edgewater Drive, Suite 564 Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 USA 781-224-3646 | Bob _ Newby @ vestmark . com | www . vestmark . com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of "Dancing Like the Stars"
Are you looking for that unforgettable Gift, for that hard-to-buy for person, or for that someone who has every "thing"?
Give the Gift of Dance. Yes, that's right … DANCE!
Imagine the surprise when they receive your gift of joy, inspiration, and transformation, just like on Dancing with the Stars.
Dances like the romantic Waltz will make your special someone feel like their soul is soaring on cloud nine. If he/she has a fun personality, the sexy Salsa will add some Latin sizzle and tingle, even if they have two left feet. Don't forget the Tango, which is sure to ignite much needed fiery passion during those upcoming cold winter nights!
And of course, following Christmas is New Year's, which is perhaps one of the most popular times for surprise Wedding engagements and announcements. What's a more romantic gift than a "Wedding Dance Crash Course Lesson", whether for the soon-to-be Bride & Groom, or their happy parents. You will have given them the gift of confidence and fun.
For those who have indulged in all the Holiday feasting on Christmas cookies, turkey and mash potatoes in gravy, and Yule log cakes, danceScape offers fun "danceTONE Fitness classes" for women only, where students can quickly trim, tone and restore their bodies with Rumba, Cha Cha, Salsa, Jive/Swing, and other medium impact dance steps. Or if he/she is seeking tools to lower stress and become more mindful of the body's reaction to stress, consider the gift of guided meditation through danceScape's lifeFLOW ChiGong program.
Whatever the reason, we're here to help your special someone meet their resolutions for a healthy 2017 and fulfilling Bucket List life goals during this Holiday season!
Call danceScape today so that we can start preparing your Gift Cards and Certificates for group classes or private lessons in any denomination. We'll even provide complimentary Gift Bags for easy gift-giving so that you too can enjoy the Holiday season without the stress of wrapping!
Are you looking for some pre-Holiday cheer? Join danceScape at our upcoming Christmas Open House on Monday, December 5th from 7 to 9 p.m. for FREE lessons and refreshments. RSVP today as spaces are limited. You can register online at www.dancescape.com/openhouse, email email@example.com, or call 905 633-8808. Shall we dance?


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Author | DIAKADI Trainer Rachel Stallman Rachel Stallman is both a Certified Personal Trainer by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique.
The Alexander Technique is a hundred-year-old method of neuromuscular education that can be applied to any activity. It is widely known among performing artists as a discipline to enhance performance quality. Working from the inherently intelligent design of the human body, Alexander Technique lessons promote fluid, efficient movement and unrestricted breathing.
The Technique can get beyond symptoms to the root of musculoskeletal problems caused by unhealthy movement patterns. For this reason, many people have found the Alexander Technique tremendously helpful for relieving excess back and neck tension and Repetitive Stress Injuries. Rachel offers both traditional lessons in the Alexander Technique as well as personal training. Her training style incorporates elements of the Alexander Technique such as creative cues to enhance physical awareness and gentle hands-on manipulations to decompress the spine.
"My goal is to get clients feeling grounded and moving with freedom and ease. Whether you are recovering from an injury, preparing for a performance or athletic event, or looking for safe, effective and enjoyable training, I'd be delighted to be part of your process."
- The Alexander Technique
- Strength, Flexibility and Balance Training
- Injury Prevention and Rehab
- Pre & Post Natal
- Stress Relief and Breath Work
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Rachel is a native San Franciscan, but, until recently, lived most of her adult life in New York City. Rachel has an extensive background in dance, martial arts (Capoeira and Kung Fu) and yoga. Some of her favorite physical pursuits are hiking, swimming, half-marathons, Pilates, strength training and salsa dancing. Rachel became motivated to complete the 3-year, 1600-hour professional teacher training in the Alexander Technique after a series of lessons got to the root of the knee tendonitis she had developed over years in martial arts.
She completed her training and was certified by the Society for Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) in 2006. Rachel has taught Alexander Technique workshops in the Dance Science Department at Laban Conservatory for Dance in London, St. George's Hospital in London, the Graduate Acting Department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and HB Studios Summer Intensive for Actors in New York.
Rachel became certified as a personal trainer by NASM in 2007 and trained clients both at the Sports Center at Chelsea Piers in New York City and privately. She has completed over 40 credits in health and science courses at Hunter College and did a year-long internship at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in outpatient sports and dance physical therapy and on the inpatient orthopedic floor.


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Novi girl plays role on FOX's Empire
Leah Jeffries, 6, is a Novi native and she's landed herself a role on the hit FOX TV show, Empire, appearing in several episodes during the show's first season.
Jeffries plays Lola Lyon on the show. She was once presumed the daughter of Jamal Lyon, but was later presumed the daughter of his father, Lucious Lyon. On the April 20th show, where she returned for Season 2, Lucious Lyon revealed to the family, neither he nor his son are the father to Lola, instead, her father is someone else all together. Jeffries' role is part of the juicy plot-line.
Jeffires loves to sing, dance, act and is a regular spit-fire. Her ambition as an actress is supported by her mother, also named, Leah Jeffries.
Watch FOX66 News' Sadie Hughes talk to Leah and her mom about their experience with the hit show.


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Fashion List
Here is a list of the best Fashion Games that we found online. If you feel too old for dressup games, but loves fashion and style, these are definitely worth checking out. Fashion dressup games are a favorite genre of tween and teen girls. Some of the games on this list are fashion show games, where you can play a simulation of a real fashion show and be a ramp model. In some fashion makeover games you even get to play the role of a movie star and become a celebrity! Check out this list of fun, cute and addictive virtual fashion worlds. Enjoy.
GoodGame Fashion (Fashion, No Download)April 23, 2017 -
Do you love fashion? If you answered yes, this is the game for you! This game is a 2D fashion game made just for girls. (Guys can play too!) This game was created for the fashion… Read More »
Fashion Story (Fashion, Mobile)April 22, 2017 -
Have you ever wanted to run your own clothing store? Well, Fashion Story give you the opportunity to do so in a vein that is similar to that of other social business sims. This game… Read More »
Stardoll Access (Fashion, Mobile)April 21, 2017 -
If you play Stardoll regularly, you might want to have the chance to access your information wherever you are. With Stardoll Access, that is possible. You can go into your account and see everything that… Read More »
i-Dressup (Fashion, No Download)April 18, 2017 -
Does the idea of mixing fashion with a virtual world sound absolutely amazing to you? Then i-Dressup is for you! After you first sign in and create your account, you get to build your own… Read More »
Disney City Girl (Disney Worlds, Facebook, Fashion, Simulations)April 18, 2017 -
Ever heard of someone who has left the town to explore the city and make a mark? Sure you have. Disney City Girl works along those lines. This Facebook social game is about a girl… Read More »
Chicaloca Fashion Game (Fashion, Mobile)April 7, 2017 -
Chicaloca Fashion Game is a girl game based around the story and material of the real name brand Chicaloca which is selling in 15+ countries! In this game you will be given the chance to… Read More »
Social Girl (Fashion, Mobile, Social Worlds)April 3, 2017 -
Are you a fashion maven just looking to get out of your shell? Want to make friends with different personalities, all while seeing what it's like to have a boyfriend that worships the ground you… Read More »
Fab Fashion (Download, Fashion)March 30, 2017 -
This fun and exciting time management game from RealArcade and Fuzzy Games will blow your mind. If you have a flare for fashion or maybe you just have a love for it, this game is… Read More »
Fashion Advisor (Download, Fashion, Hidden Object Games)March 30, 2017 -
You will play the role of Lilly, who is an advertising agent. Lilly is given jobs involving rock concerts, fashions shows and other fun industry professions. You will get the chance to go shopping around… Read More »
Fashion Boutique (Download, Fashion)March 29, 2017 -
What makes this game exceptional is the fact that the creators took a normal game trend concept and put their own spin on it. With Fashion Boutique you are not left with the same old… Read More »
Bonus Featured Games
Our World
Virtual world, full of gaming lounges where you can walk around making new friends, interacting and playing mini games.
Club Cooee
Explore, Chat, Dance - this virtual world is sooo much fun! Dress up your 3D Avatar. Create and decorate your 3D chat rooms. Play games. Join in!


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Counting down to Gretna Fest
It's that time of year again! The Gretna Heritage Festival is right around the corner and the organizers have pulled out all the stops to celebrate its 20th Anniversary "like you've never seen or heard before."
This year, the 3-day event kicks off on Friday, October 3rd at 4pm, with gates opening at 3pm, and doesn't stop until Sunday, October 5th at 9pm. There are an assortment of ticket options and children 12 and under are free.Â
Beyond the 6 stages featuring a variety of stellar musical performers, such as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Funky Meters, Amanda Shaw and the Chee Weez, just to name a few, there will be a wonderful selection of collectibles from local arts and crafts vendors, a mouthwatering and culturally diverse menu in the food court, an Italian Village with St. Joseph's Altar, German Beer Garden commemorating the official start of the Oktoberfest season, as well as fun carnival rides and games for the entire family.Â
"Encompassing 25 city blocks, this award winning festival promotes and supports businesses and organizations in the City of Gretna, La," according to the Gretna Fest Website. Presented by Cox and sponsored by an impressive list of local businesses and organizations, festival goers can find out all they need do know about free parking, shuttle services, maps, schedules, vendors and more on the website.Â
So mark your calendars and bring the whole family out for what is sure to be the best Gretna Fest yet!


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Johnny Hates Jazz
Johnny Hates Jazz are pop rock group which formed in 1986 in London, England. They had a succession of worldwide hits in the late 80's including "Shattered Dreams", "I Don't Want To Be A Hero", "Turn Back The Clock" and "Heart Of Gold". Their debut album "Turn Back The Clock" shot straight to #1 in the UK album charts and went double platinum.
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● 475m2 luxury ski chalet – private location with stunning views
● Exceptionally large living and entertainment areas
● South-facing private terrace with hot tub
● Cinema snug with large screen and surround sound
● Individually-designed luxury bedrooms and bathrooms with roll-top baths
● Sleeps 12 – 14 people in 6 en-suite bedrooms
● 2 rooms can be twin or super-king size beds
● 4 rooms are fixed doubles
● Large family suite can sleep up to 6 children
● Most rooms suitable for a cot
Ferme de la Corderie is an exquisitely renovated luxury alpine farmhouse with breath-taking views over the French ski resort of Les Gets and the ski slopes of the Portes du Soleil. No expense has been spared to create one of the finest luxury ski chalets in the Alps. This exclusive ski property is very spacious and offers truly luxurious accommodation just moments from the centre of Les Gets.
The property offers 6 individually-designed bedrooms all with stunning bathrooms, most with roll-top, freestanding baths, some with sleigh beds and all with traditional shutters, sumptuous throws and leather armchairs. It is skiing luxury!
The main living area is over 20m in length alone and is divided into relaxing, dining and cooking zones, including a study snug. The mezzanine level private cinema snug is the perfect spot for curling up with a movie and the private balcony is heated, making it the place for an après-ski cocktail or three.
The nearest ski lift is the Perrières Express chairlift, only a 2-minute chauffeured drive in your luxury vehicle. Les Gets is linked to the world famous Portes du Soleil ski area, offering you endless possibilities!
The property is staffed by an experienced team, including a professional chef, Chalet Manager and their assistant, housekeeper and driver, all of whom work tirelessly to ensure you experience the most wonderful stay.
Private Spa Terrace
Enjoy long, late evenings outside relaxing in the huge hot-tub and listening to your favourite tunes via the outdoor Sonos system. Watch the last skiers winding their way down the Perrières pistes and then the twinkling lights of the village as the sun sets. It will be tough to drag yourself inside for the four course fine-dining dinner, but it will be worth it!
Luxury Bathrooms
Bathing is one of life's simple luxuries and you won't be able to resist a post-ski soak here! The bathrooms at Ferme de la Corderie are truly luxurious, most featuring roll-top freestanding baths, where you can pamper, preen and relax after a hard day skiing the Portes du Soleil. The master bathroom is white marble, with a slipper bath, Italian shower and double basins. There are dressing tables for your luxury products, antique wardrobes to hang your gorgeous clothes and dedicated dressing areas, transforming your morning and evening rituals into a total pleasure.
Heated Balcony Snug
The huge living / entertaining space opens straight out onto a private heated balcony which runs the length of the farmhouse. Here you can sneak away from the bustle of the chalet to revel in the superb mountain views across to the Perrières ski slopes of Les Gets and the mountains of the Portes du Soleil. Sip a whisky at sunset, read a book, or simply relax on a steamer chair with a delicious hot chocolate. This ski chalet is about truly indulging and enjoying your very own perfect ski holiday.
First Floor
- Expansive open plan living area over 20m in length
- Large dining area to seat up to 14 guests
- Entertainment area with billiards table and bar
- Heated balcony snug with views over the village and ski slopes
- Bedroom 5 – Super-king/twin beds, en-suite shower room and separate dressing area
- Bedroom 6 – King size double bed, en-suite shower room with dressing area
Ground Floor
- Large entrance hallway with access to the sun terrace where a large spa awaits with stunning views over Les Gets
- Bedroom 1 – King size double 'sleigh' bed, en-suite with freestanding copper bath, access to terrace
- Bedroom 2 – King size double bed with en-suite shower room and access to the terrace
- Master Bedroom Suite – Super-king sized bed with separate dressing room and exceptional en-suite with large shower area and freestanding slipper bath – direct access to terrace
- Family Bedroom Suite – Super-king/twin beds and separate double sofa bed allowing for various configurations, en-suite bathroom with shower over incorporating multiple 'massage' jets
Ferme de la Corderie sits in a commanding location, overlooking the village of Les Gets. On the sunny side of town, the chalet benefits from beautiful sunlight all day.
The ski lifts can be reached in just a few minutes with all of Les Gets main lifts being roughly equidistant. The town centre is just a kilometre away.
The chalet is also well located for those who enjoy cross country skiing, walking or snow-shoeing, with many pisted trails being located nearby.
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Belly Combo At Bigbys
Last Sunday, after we heard mass at church, I brought the kids to Bigbys restaurant to have a fine dinner. We were contemplating between Pancake House and Bigbys but I guessed that the gang was so hungry and so pancakes will not be enough to fill in our empty stomach. We had the Belly Combo, the chocolate shake, scobby duo and fudgee ice cream for dessert, spaghetti for Faith and before I forgot rice for four of us. We were so full after, that we had a hard time dragging ourselves to supermarket for grocery shopping.


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Leonardo DiCaprio is an undereducated fool who has not evolved beyond Al Gore's old shibboleth about global warming. He is a typical Democrat hysteric who adopts a false notion in order to seem like he has a smattering of intelligence.
The United Nations has designated him as a Messenger of Peace with an emphasis on climate change. Then again, the UN is a propped up organization that raids US funds, has been known to rape Africans and gives voice to terrorists.
While global warming was big news ten years ago, it has become a bit of a joke to the educated crowd. In fact global warming stopped in the late 1990's. CO2 levels have risen almost ten per cent, but temperature has been cooling, sea-levels have not been rising and Antarctic sea ice has spread.
Cowards like Swift-Boat John Kerry quake in their pants at the prospect of climate change. He says it is a weapon of mass destruction. He is a product of mass stupidity. And Al Gore has collected and spent fortunes on it. Don't forget mindless liberal Obama spending millions on defunct Solyndra.
What really annoys me about global warming fanatics is their hysteria. About ten years ago I had a friend who told me that he thought global warming would cause the seas to rise and kill us. I told him I thought it was a myth, and he accused me of endangering his children and possibly killing them. His self-righteous accusations were laughable. He came from a rich family and had an education from one of those phony Ivy League schools, but he didn't have a clue about climatology and he sided with left wing fanatics.
He was the same rube who got angry at me when I said I wasn't enamored of homosexuals, even though he was a heterosexual with two sons who didn't understand a thing about gay attraction and the difficulties ensuing. He was a single-handed monolithic force against conservatism and intelligence. He was typical of his ilk.
Spare me from the faux climatologists who know nothing about warming and say a lot. Spare me from those who can't stand homophobia and are big boosters of gay behavior even though they know nothing about it and would kill a gay if he approached his sons. Spare me from a President who calls Isis's killings terrorism instead of war and Fort Hood workplace violence rather than terrorism.
The Democrats have not only allowed our citizens to be murdered. They have killed the English language. We are speaking in code. We do not understand each other or our problems.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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FIBC Bags
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container(FIBC) Bags
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) Bags are made up of thick woven polyethylene that can be glazed or un- glazed according to the desires of the customers. The flexibility is what makes it quintessential for packing and storing flow-able goods like granules of plastic, sugar, cement, fertilizers, etc. Our customers can avail the offered bag in various magnitudes, shapes and capacities, as per the area of application and usability.
- FIBC Bags are reusable and takes minimal space when returned.
- After serving for a longer period of time it is easy to recycle.
- Customization option to suit the product and distribution system.
- The attached loops and straps supports easy lifting and moving of bags.
Further Details
FIBS Bags are also well-known as Bulk Bags, Jumbo Bags, etc. These dust proof bags are cost-efficient for packing peanuts, grains, pigment, etc. and comes with various specifications depending on the product.
Capacity- the deposition volume varies from 500 Kg to 2500 Kg (Width x Length x Height = 85 x 85 x 50 cm to 106 x 106 x 230 cm).
Safety Factor- the safety rendered by these bags varies from 4:1 to 6:1.
Filing and Discharge- listed below are the option addressable for safe and easy filling and discharge of FIBC.
Open Top
Duffel Top (Skirt)
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Discharge or Bottom-
Duffel Discharge (Skirt)
The magnitude of inlet as well as outlet varies according to the requirement. The released spout is covered by star-closure or pajama closure.
Construction- the offered range can be stitched using below listed techniques:
Circular Panel
Lift Preparation- Bags can be levitated using straps or loops that are made using hefty webs or belts of high unit of measurement like PP multi filament or PP mono filament yarn. These strong belts experience rigorous quality check that ensures durability and flawlessness. The elevation straps are connected to the top of the bags that supports easy levitation of heavy and bulky products. Some famous loops are listed below:
Cross Corner Loops
Corner Loops
Single Loop.
Fabric- The fabrication of such bags involves woven PP or PE. The offered range comes with anti-static and ultra violet stabilized properties that protects the bag from debasing. Along with this, all the bags are double stitched using high persistent yarn.


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SWEATSHIRT WITH SLEEVE DETAIL Details
Colour: Pink
Round neck sweatshirt featuring long sleeves with details and an asymmetric hem with side vents.
Care for fiber: ecologically grown cotton. Ecologically grown cotton is produced using practices that help us to protect biodiversity, such as crop rotation and the use of natural fertilisers.
HEIGHT OF MODEL: 177 cm. / 5′ 9″


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Presentation Sense programs are aimed at the people who prepare and deliver presentations to prospects and customers. Often those presentations start in marketing and are adapted by sales personnel for specific presentations.
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To listen to Jim Hurst is to be amazed by his tasteful and flawless performances. Perfect timing and tone and his unusual picking style has enchanted guitar players from the novice to his peers.
Jim's guitar work and harmony vocals for Holly Dunn's Rio Band brought his talent to both the national and international stage. Then in 1992, going electric, he played guitar with Trisha Yearwood, touring extensively and appearing on numerous radio and television shows. He also performed with Sara Evans, whose 1998 RCA release No Place That Far features Jim's vocals and acoustic guitar work.
Craving to play more bluegrass, Jim joined Grammy-nominated Claire Lynch and The Front Porch String Band in 1995, during which time he teamed up with bassist Missy Raines. They began the duet Jim Hurst and Missy Raines while with Front Porch, but then broke off in 2000 to focus solely on their collaboration. Remaining faithful to their bluegrass roots, Jim and Missy explored other genres creating ground-breaking arrangements that wowed the bluegrass community. Their partnership resulted in two Pinecastle Records, Two and Synergy , receiving critical acclaim and garnering them IBMA Guitar and Bass Player of the Year for 2001 and 2002.
Jim left the Claire Lynch Band in 2010 to embark on a solo career. Already seasoned with three solo recordings, Open Window, Second Son, A Box of Chocolates, his latest 2012 release, Intrepid, exhibits his deft guitar work and soothing vocals. His shows meet with rave reviews as he astounds his audiences with his brilliant playing yet makes people feel right at home with his humble congenial and funny persona.


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One of the greatest things about the work a photographer gets to do is to create family relics that will adorn the walls of homes, fill the scrapbooks passed down to future generations, and line the wallets of proud parents and grandparents alike. We recently received an interesting inquiry from a mother who was seeking black and white portraits of her four year old daughter, Zoe. The portraits were based on a photo of Zoe's grandmother taken at the same age. Grandma wanted to have a photo that echoed her portrait and captured Zoe at the same age. We loved the idea of getting to do this for their family, and we obviously loved Zoe's name being that Zoe and Zoetic share the same root meaning of life and vitality!
Here are the results of our session:
Zoe was so proud to show off each outfit and it was a joy getting to photograph this happy girl =) Zoe has a little brother, and because they loved the way this session went, we get to look forward to creating portraits for him as well when he turns four - in about three years...
We're so thankful that we got the opportunity to help start this new tradition for Zoe and her loving family!
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GM Statement Regarding Receipt of Director Notice and Shareholder Proposal from Harry J. Wilson
General Motors today announced that it has received notice from Harry J. Wilson regarding the intent to nominate himself as candidate to stand for election to the GM Board of Directors at the company's 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and bring before the annual meeting a proposal that the company commit to completing $8 billion of share repurchases on or before the first anniversary of the 2015 annual meeting.
DETROIT – General Motors today announced that it has received notice from Harry J. Wilson regarding the intent to nominate himself as candidate to stand for election to the GM Board of Directors at the company's 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and bring before the annual meeting a proposal that the company commit to completing $8 billion of share repurchases on or before the first anniversary of the 2015 annual meeting.
Mr. Wilson's notice indicated that he is acting with and on behalf of himself and four investment funds that support his election and proposal: the Taconic Parties, Appaloosa Parties, HG Vora Parties and the Hayman Parties, which together own approximately 31.2 million shares, or approximately 1.9 percent, of the company's common stock. Mr. Wilson's notice further indicates a fee arrangement under which he will receive a percentage of the group's profits from their investment in GM.
Mr. Wilson first informed the company of his interest in being nominated to GM's Board of Directors at a meeting with GM's Chief Executive Officer on Feb. 3, 2015, a meeting requested by Mr. Wilson for other purposes. He disclosed the identity of the members of his group for the first time in his notice, submitted just before the deadline of midnight, Feb. 9. GM has had regular contact with some of the investors identified in the group, including as recently as after its earnings announcement on Feb. 4, and at no time in discussions with GM have they indicated an interest or intent to nominate directors to the GM board.
The Board's Directors and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate the proposed director nominee based on the criteria set forth in the company's Corporate Governance Principles and Director Qualification Standards and make a recommendation based on the best interests of all shareholders. GM shareholders are not required to take any action at this time.
The GM Board of Directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all shareholders and are always open to constructive ideas to enhance shareholder value. GM's management team is successfully executing a plan that is continuing to build a strong and sustainable business for the long term. The company recently announced strong fourth quarter results, its best-ever fourth quarter consolidated EBIT-adjusted, and its 20th consecutive quarter of profitability. These results capped strong core operating performance for the year, the first under the leadership of CEO Mary Barra, despite significant challenges faced by the company and the industry. Importantly, the company is on track with its financial objectives for 2016 and beyond.
GM recently announced an expected 20 percent increase of the quarterly dividend to 36 cents per share to be declared as part of the board's regularly scheduled second quarter 2015 common stock dividend declaration process. This expected dividend increase reflects the confidence the company has in the growing strength of the business. As the company gets more clarity on several business open items related to recalls, it expects to continue to evaluate further return of capital to shareholders as soon as the second half of this year. The board and management have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to return value to shareholders through a series of previous actions, including the repurchase of $5.5 billion of stock from the U.S. Treasury in 2012 and the initiation of a strong quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share on its common stock in 2014.
The company's intention to increase the dividend is consistent with its balanced capital allocation strategy. Its goal is to maximize long-term shareholder value through both stock price appreciation and return of capital via dividends and share repurchases. The company continually evaluates the appropriate approach to returning value to shareholders in a manner consistent with its customer-focused strategic plan to lead in product and technology, grow its business in China and its captive finance company GM Financial, deliver core operating efficiencies, and allocate capital prudently.
Also available on our media and investor websites is the Notice of Director Nomination and Shareholder Proposal.
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The award-winning paper was published in 2015 in the journal Applied Linguistics:
Alderson, J. C., Brunfaut, T., & Harding, L. (2015). Towards a theory of diagnosis in second and foreign language assessment: Insights from professional practice across diverse fields. Applied Linguistics, 36(2), 236-260.
The study reported in this article investigated how diagnosis is theorized and carried out across a diverse range of professions with a view to finding commonalities that can be applied to the context of second and foreign language assessment. On the basis of interviews with professionals from fields such as car mechanics, IT systems support, medicine, psychology and education, a set of principles was drawn up to help inform a comprehensive theory of diagnostic assessment in a second or foreign language.
The award committee commented that the article was ground-breaking and promises to shape future research and practice in diagnostic language assessment. The article is freely available here: https://academic.oup.com/applij/article/36/2/236/170015/Towards-a-Theory-of-Diagnosis-in-Second-and
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Many of us have planned a trip over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house this Thanksgiving. And, as we parents know, that means we have to come up with some form of entertainment for children that will keep questions like, "Are we there yet?" to a minimum.
While they may not have set it up for that reason, an art contest, sponsored by the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, just may help you with that problem.
The council is holding its first art competition for children with peace as the subject. The winning art will be featured on the holiday cards the council mails to supporters and others, said Gail M. Koehler, editor of the council's newsletter Peaceways.
The contest is open to budding Central Kentucky artists in kindergarten through 12th grade. The winner will also pocket $50.
Surely that reward will keep the kids busy.
"We are looking for an image that will reproduce well and will speak to the theme of waging peace, imagining peace or on activities that would be peace-producing," Koehler said.
The artwork must creatively interpret the lyrics to Peace Is the Way, a song written by George Ella Lyon, an award-winning poet, novelist and children's writer. Lyon and her husband performed for the council's 25th anniversary two years ago, and remembering that prompted Koehler to ask to use the song for this contest.
All entries should be in black and white and must be submitted on 81/2-by-11-inch (standard size) paper. If the entries are mailed and must be folded, charcoal, chalk or some lead pencils may not be the medium to use. They may be smudged during delivery. A felt-tip pen might be better.
Fortunately, entries may also be hand-delivered from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, Koehler said.
Mail entries to the council office, 112 North Upper Street, Lexington, Ky. 40507.
Entries should include a separate sheet of paper noting the title of the piece, and the artist's name, age, address, phone number and e-mail address. The deadline is Dec. 3.
All entries will become the property of the council. None can be returned.
"We won't sell them, but we might display some of them at our annual dinner in the spring or at a Gallery Hop at our office, or we might mount them and display them in the office," she said, adding that at least two professional artists will be on the selection committee.
Incorporated in 1984, the council is a coalition of groups and individuals who target peace and justice issues locally, nationally and internationally. Some of the issues the council focuses on are a sustainable environment, non-violent solutions to conflict, equitable distribution of the world's resources and respect for human rights.
"We all have different talents and priorities," Koehler said of members.
For information, call Koehler at (859)338-2418.


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A brand new segment that discusses common tropes in manga? And it's on WordPress? Is it your birthday?
Unlike manga reviews, Manga Stock Tropes seeks out to discuss common tropes in manga, without a particular series in mind.
This time, "My Girlfriend's A Loner!"
So what is that? Okay, have you read Kimi Ni Todoke? How about "No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!"? You may know it by the Japanese title, "WataMote." Very funny, American translators.
Hanagai? Say I Love You? My Little Monster? Wallflower?
"My Girlfriend's A Loner!" is mostly associated with shojo, but generally with high school manga as a whole. Simply put, women are loners in school until they get My Fair Lady'd by a hot dude. Well, not in WataMote. That's more of a cautionary tale.
A little history: Before women in high school were loners, they were losers. They had friends, but they were often the butt of all jokes. The love interest involved would be some hot jerk, but they could change each other, usually she to him. Itazura Na Kiss, Love Com, Fruits Basket, Kodocha, and Happy Hustle High are examples of this.
Nowadays, they start the manga without any friends whatsoever. What changed? Did we change? Like, our tastes? Is butter pecan now more on the broccoli scale than the pecan scale? Should I invest in a Bedazzler?
Maybe. It does say something that manga is centered on the heroine needing to be rescued by a handsome guy. Especially since the previous standard was the woman fending off the advances of the obnoxious would-be lover. In that scenario, mind you, the woman could have initially been infatuated. But realizing his true nature, she'd try to avoid him.
Without a friend circle, the heroine needs the hero more than ever to boost her confidence, extending her circle.
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'-The "Resistant Heroine" is derived from the desire for readers to change someone while being changed. An equality that makes the male seem dominant, but ultimately it's the female that has control. This could also tie into changing feminist ideals in Japan, the need to rise above instead of crawl below. Or it could come from fatigue over decades of kind love interests. In the early days, the good were good, no questions asked. Having a domineering male rather than the sweetheart brought out the passion and the question of will they/should they.
-Making the girlfriend a loner has also made the love interest kind again, since solitude put barriers on her heart. There's no need to have the hero be a jerk, since the heroine will assume that no matter who he may be. The conflict (of volume one, mostly) comes from her having to trust someone, or successfully socializing if there's no love interest. I've limited my statements to shojo, but Hanagai isn't a shojo. WataMote isn't a shojo. The main idea is that teenage girls in manga nowadays have no friends. Above all, the heroine is a loner. It's just more common in shojo, given the "I'll place myself in her shoes" ideology of shojo heroines.
-Of course, the friends exist to soften the blows the heroine receives, despite some arriving from said friends. Being without a support group would be worse than having one with barbs. So, to up the stakes, the support group is cut off. No barbs, but no blow barriers. Oddly, it just puts us back to square one. The friends don't hurt or harm, the girl is self-conscious and quick to attack, and the guy is softer to balance that out. Instead of:
Jerk guy comment + Hurt heroine + Friend defend and/or attack = Optimistic misery
We get:
Guy does misunderstood thing + Hurt heroine = Pessimistic hope
Not that different, really.
Is there really significance in attributing manga tropes onto the young women of Japan? Yes. Once upon a time, and I loathe the following term, "nerd culture" was a source of mockery. But now, not expressing desire to see Avengers evokes a response of "Oh… um, hey, I see normal people on that side of the planet. Lemme go say hi."
Repetition of singular success. That's why we have tons of shows and movies based on or that glorify "culture that was once formerly attributed to the less physically indulgent." It's also why there's an emphasis on teams in hero movies. Movies in general under Disney. Not just Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, the forthcoming Fantastic Four. Not just Big Hero 6, the forthcoming Star Wars, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Tangled, Frog Princess, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, all the Toy Story films, and basically everything else but Mary Poppins where Mary does it all.
Not just those.
But also Finding Nemo.
If Marlin hadn't met Dory, would he have found Nemo? No. Why? Because she was there to push him on. "Just keep swimming."
Now, does that mean this idea resonates with the young women of Japan? That they need to be encouraged to "keep swimming," even if it's hard or a shark tries to eat you? Well, yeah. That's a basic need. But does it need to be a man as a savior? Actually, rather than go with the "make your own path without relying on someone else to gallop on a horse" angle, I think opposite gender being the first step to involvement in society works from a narrative standpoint. Like, if she can deal with the cutest guy on campus, interacting with female classmates should be easier. Though yes, it's usually the "tacks in the shoes" when she befriends the hot guys.
Having a team. Note, the Disney films work up to becoming a team. Same thing with the trope, as friends are gradually made over the course of the series. It's multifaceted in that sense, with the larger emphasis on friendship over men. The prospective boyfriend is a hook, but the friend team makes the reader feel something they were unaware they felt. Loneliness. Kindredship. An urge to read a funnier manga.
Just something to keep the reader motivated and understood. Just keep swimming.


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Companion: Susan, Barbara, Ian
Written by: David Whitaker
Directed by: Richard Martin & Frank Cox
Background & Significance: Doctor Who was under threat of cancellation.
There's only a few times you can say that about. One time is during Michael Grade's attempt to completely shut down Doctor Who starting in the late late Davison era and continuing all the way through until the show's ultimate cancellation in 1989. Another was at the end of the Troughton era, during which the show was more or less floundering creatively and underwent a massive reboot to get it into a place where it was palatable to a brand new audience.
Now granted, by the time this episode aired the show was almost assuredly going to stick around for a while. "The Daleks" had done gang-busters for the show in terms of ratings and the BBC ordered more scripts and episodes immediately. There would be no interruption in the production process (remember that at this time Doctor Who was producing some forty plus episodes a year), but the production team required an extra week or so to prepare the elaborate sets for Lucarotti's forthcoming historical epic "Marco Polo", so to save on money and set construction script editor David Whitaker took matters into his own hands and wrote what's essentially a bottle episode(s) of Doctor Who set entirely on the TARDIS and featuring no one but our main cast of characters and the one character you rarely ever think of but who's around all the time...
So let's get to it!
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And what Whitaker is doing here is really conducive to a two-part story. Granted, there's no way we'd know watching this for the first time that it was two episodes long. Hell, there's no real distinction at this point that there's even "stories". It's just an extended, never-ending serial of adventures with each episode ending in a place where you want to tune in next week. It's a novelty that I'm sad the show more-or-less lost as it went on, but sustaining that continuity would've ended up eventually cumbersome and less-good in the long run. And allowing individual stories really just gives Doctor Who long episodes and plenty of jumping on points, so I can't complain.
What makes it fantastic is seeing just how much it dials into the fact that we know very little about Susan and how much Susan (despite being inherently problematic) really would be a gangbusters of a character if she were to come around today. As we see here, there's something dangerous about her and Carol Anne Ford really plays that up for all its worth. Everything involving her and the scissors is enough to set even the most even-tempered fan on edge. She's out of control, almost rabid and nothing anyone seems to say or do is able to stop her. There's the notion that something got into the ship early on and that maybe it's possessing them and the clear suspect is Susan because she's vaguely homicidal here and it's just so… dangerous. Imagine that storyline playing out today: the quiet companion going mad and total serial killer in a locked-down TARDIS. Someone go write that.
This use of space is really jarring and clever to represent the emotional chasm between these four characters who (at least in some way) still haven't quite come together as the team you might expect them to be. And this is who they are when they are at "home". Out there in the fantastic beyond the doors they come together as the team, but this inherent fracture is not something that can be sustained moving forward. They gotta figure out a way to come together, lest this lack of trust completely destroy any chance they have of surviving in whatever adventure is coming up next week. I mean, even seeing The Doctor alone in his own wide shot is shockingly stark in ways you can't even imagine. It makes The Doctor look small amidst this massive ship of his.
Part 2:
This story is, of course, written by David Whitaker, and the thing I love about David Whitaker is how impossibly ambitious he is. We see it in something like "Evil of the Daleks" or even "The Crusade" where he's constantly shoving Doctor Who into new and interesting directions. Hell, we talked about him just two weeks ago. But this is him really pushing the show into new and interesting territory. Hell, he's changing the entire game of the show and before the show's even through its initial thirteen episode order. It's complete madness.
Think about that. That's completely nutty. The Doctor's spaceship is alive. And sure, it's easy to digest now, especially after "The Doctor's Wife" made concept reality. But it's kind of a mind bending thing to deal with, and it even takes the TARDIS crew a few minutes to figure the whole thing out. And Whitaker even gives us a play in real time as they suss out what's happening. From the start of the episode until The Doctor unsticks the fast return switch (or maybe it's even a bit later) is all one big unbroken scene and it's remarkably engaging even though it's not ever really clear what the hell's going on. You can always tell there's a lot of explaining going on when multiple characters keep going "of course!" every few minutes and the "of course" features leaps in logic.
What's wrong is the fast return switch. A spring came loose and the TARDIS is essentially fast returning back to all of its previous destinations and getting dangerously close to the beginning of time, which is where it started from. And okay… First of all? Fast return switch is remarkably clever and awesome on Whitaker's part and that it's stuck is a fantastic use for it. I also love that the solution is remarkably simple: things aren't connecting the way they should. The trust between these four people is not nearly where it needs to be for their relationship to be okay and then… suddenly, something snaps into place and while things aren't perfect they can at least move onto something else and the healing process can begin.
And yet there is communication and it gets everything settled. But it's weird. Really weird. There's nothing like watching The Doctor backed up against the console giving that monologue about the formation of a solar system and how fantastic that is to him. It's scary and beautiful all at the same time. But it's quintessentially Doctor, isn't it? This is a young guy thirsty for experiences like that and it shows. The hunger in Hartnell's eyes is why he's totally underrated as The Doctor and the way he bounces from serious to cheery when explaining that they only have five minutes is really, really excellent.
That's what I love about this: it's really just a character piece about The Doctor learning to trust the people around him and how important that trust is moving forward. The Doctor denied that The TARDIS was a living, thinking machine, but with the help of his friends he figured it out and learned something about himself. And the fluffiness of the last few minutes of this is so damn delightful and cathartic. It's nice to see the crew take a few minutes to themselves between adventures. It's moments like this that I treasure on the show and what I miss from the Moffat era in general.
But it's here and Whitaker does it in two episodes. It's awesome.
And there's a reason why to this day they've never attempted something like this again. I mean, we'll see something similar next week, but that's only for the first episode. This is a story completely set in the TARDIS and revolving around The Doctor, his companions, and his trusty spaceship. And everything about this is magical. It's magical in both form and content. The TARDIS has never felt more like a living and breathing and strange place, before or since, really. The characters pop here in a way they really can't do later. And unlike the rest of the Doctor Who stories, Whitaker doesn't get to lean against a guest cast or crazy sets. It's very pure, very boiled down, and very personal.
And it's really just... everything I want out of Doctor Who. It's exciting, it's insightful. It's got a great plot. This crew is never better than it is here. As good, perhaps, but never better. And Whitaker's script is sharp and impossibly ambitious. It takes us across the universe and through time and space, to the very edge of destruction of the TARDIS herself and pulls us back. It's got slasher motifs that never come back (Susan takes the pair of scissors for no reason) and beautiful monologues. Richard Martin shoots the hell out of the first episode and Frank Cox really nails the character stuff in the second one. It's really beautiful and one of the best two parters in the entire Classic series. Sure, the bar is low, but god dammit is it fantastic. There's nothing like bizarre and ambitious Doctor Who. Nothing. And it's a high that the show never attempted to hit again.
I'm over the moon it holds up and it definitely goes on the short list of great Hartnell stories.
Next Time!: 2nd Doctor! Fake Jamie! Ticker tape! Toy Soldiers! Sword fights! Medusa! And The Master? Its our last regular entry before our victory lap tour of each Doctor in turn so let's go out with a real, real bang! "The Mind Robber!" Coming Next Tuesday!


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Requirements of the Brief:
The target audience of 'One Minute Wonder' is potential costumers.
What helps to identify that the 'One Minute Wonder' is for potential costumers is due to how the 'subject' is presented. Each video has been filmed, and edited, in the same style with only the 'subject', the artist, changing. The films each show three main things – What the artist created (their hobby and passion), How the artist creates their work (their 'tools of the trade'), and where the artist creates their art (their 'study' or 'studio').
Though it's only snips of what the artist creates, and what is used to create it, while the interview shots go on for longer. These shots are relevant, and essential for the artist, since the video may be used to advertise their business – the video needs to show as much as it can about the artist; as well as the quality of their service.
Each studio seems to be in a place that is up to professional standards. This shows the viewer that these artist earn a reasonable amount of money. This gives off a message that these people have done very well in life; and they provide high quality service.
I also can't help but feel that these videos are appealing to amateur, or just starting out, artists.
Through these videos the new artists can see how people – who've been at an art for longer – create their work. What they create, what inspired them and what they use to create the art. This can be helpful to anyone who wants inspiration on where to start, on with wanting to pursue their favourite form of art, and the turn it into a hobby too.
The "genre" of the videos is 'slice of life'/biographical – a look into someone's life for a few minutes – and this is identified due to the factual subject of the film.
Having said that my goal of this video is to make a video that, obviously, follows the brief – and will help a artist to gain customers – but to also inspire people to be creative, and find their own artistic path – whether it be they take up costume making, or they even think to themselves 'I want to be creative… but what do I enjoy to do, or what am I good at?'


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Tag Archives: Rocky Mountain National Park
And Stars Too
"What are men to rocks and mountains?"
- Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
And stars, stars too. If I am recalling correctly, the two stars here actually are the planets Jupiter and Venus, which came into (I believe perfect) alignment a couple of years ago.
On Inspiration
It's that time of year again, when there is enough daylight to allow me to drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park after work. For example, if I leave my house in Fort Collins at 6 p.m., I can be at this spot by around 7:30, and still have a good hour and a half of light to work with for photographing. I've been making these trips in June and July for the past four or five years. They began as an exercise to help me practice my outdoor photography skills, but have since developed into a cherished summer ritual.
Truth is, for a while now I've been pretty uninspired when it comes to landscape photography. But I plan to continue my visits to the Park if for no other reason than that I've come to enjoy making the trip so much. I'll bring my camera along too, because that's part of the ritual. Inspiration is a flighty thing, it comes and goes without much rhyme or reason. But I believe that so long as the underlying passion remains, the inspiration will return, and I'm not yet prepared to concede that the passion is gone too.
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I remember vividly the evening that the capture for this image was made. The weather forecast called for thunderstorms in Rocky Mountain National Park. This often is a bit risky from a photography standpoint, because it seems there's about an equal chance of seeing something really cool happening with the conditions, or getting simply a flat, drab sky or a persistent downpour that washes away all of the visual interest in the landscape.
On this night, I got the really cool conditions. In fact, the conditions were unreal, I've never quite seen anything like it in several years of visiting the park during evenings in the summer. A rolling fog filled Forest Valley, the valley just behind this spire, and curtains of mist moved in and moved out with alacrity over the spire itself. But the fog and the mist were uneven – a clear sky would sometimes develop, even as most of the landscape otherwise was covered by the fog or draped by the mist. In summer, this location usually is quite crowded with tourists, but on this evening, warned away by the weather, there were few people about, and perhaps none by the time I made this capture. Photographically, it was one of those evenings I probably never will forget.
But there's something I remember even more – the profound sense of peace and well-being I felt while I was working that evening. This particular image was a long exposure, two minutes or perhaps more if memory serves. While I was waiting for the exposure to run, I simply was sitting with myself, watching the scene unfold, and being at peace with my inner life. There were no regrets about the past, nor anxiety about the future, just being, truly being, a part of the moment. The feeling was all the more remarkable for occurring at a time otherwise rife with personal turmoil.
Photography is like that for me, and there's a lesson in there somewhere, I suppose. Wouldn't it be nice to carry that feeling with you all the time?
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Here is an image that was captured last summer in Rocky Mountain National Park and probably edited not too long thereafter. It sat unnoticed on my hard drive until just a couple of weeks ago, when I came across it by accident while going through my files looking for something else.
I'm not sure why I didn't think it was post-worthy the first time around. Maybe I didn't like the way the long exposure blurred the shape of the moon, or the fact that the clouds actually are airplane contrails windblown into the shapes of streamers, or that there are two fisherman visible in the image (normally I don't include people in my images).
If those things bothered me before, they don't now. In fact, I rather like them. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, what is it about time spent away from something that makes it more appealing?
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To be honest, all my life I've felt like an outsider in most things, and photography is no different. I feel like an outsider among photographers – for some reason, I just don't fit in when photographers get together and talk photography. I feel like an outsider with tools and process – I don't have formal training, professional experience, or even a lengthy amateur background in this field. I even feel like an outsider with my subject matter – particularly when it comes to landscapes, since I'm not and never have been much of an outdoorsman.
If there's one advantage to being an outsider, though, it's perspective. Being an outsider inherently places you a certain distance removed from the thing from which you are outside. This allows you to consider that thing from a place of detached observation, which in turn allows you to interpret it free from the influences and biases that come from being more wholly immersed inside of it. Stated more succinctly, you gain a perspective that most others don't have. This can be a valuable tool in creating work having a unique appeal. In at least some aspects, it seems to me a good fit for photography.
I write these thoughts having read the writings of other photographers who assert that value in artistic work comes from familiarity and intimacy with the subject. With landscapes, it seems to be the idea of spending weeks, months, or years living in close relationship with the landscape sought to be photographed. Maybe so. But there's value in having an outsider perspective as well. There are, in fact, many paths to achieving artistic value, and they will not be the same for everyone.
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When Your Projects Find You
I didn't really start out to make a project of photographing Longs Peak, in general I don't consider myself to be a project-based photographer. However, having spent a fair amount of time in Rocky Mountain National Park (well, at least in the Trail Ridge Road area), I've really became drawn to these vistas of the peak. I say drawn, because I don't push myself to go to them, rather, they really do draw me in like magnet. Over time, I've amassed many iterations of these views, but I'm still not tired of them and feel compelled to keep on photographing them. I find it fascinating the way you can keep one element of the composition the same – the peak – and still get nearly endless compositions by varying the other elements in the image. And in this manner, a project was born. I didn't go looking for it, it found me.
How to Approach Photographing a Popular Location
Here is an image of Longs Peak (the flat-topped peak in the far distance) photographed from Rock Cut in Rocky Mountain National Park. Longs Peak is a very popular subject for photographs, and Rock Cut is a very popular (and very accessible) location along Trail Ridge Road from which to photograph it.
Photographing subjects that are very popular seems to engender much discussion among photographers. One school of thought seems to treat iconic subjects much like trophies to be hunted and bagged. In the same way that a trophy hunter might have a collection of stuffed animal heads on his or her wall, this approach tends to suggest that a photographer's portfolio is not complete without a collection of iconic subjects that have been stalked and captured. The criticism to this approach is that it lends itself to producing cliched, repetitive photographs lacking in creativity and originality.
Another touted approach is to ignore subjects that are very popular. The thinking seems to be that great photographs can be found anywhere (which is true!), and photographing subjects that are very popular is at best a crutch in producing compelling photographs, and at worst a substitute for true artistic expression. The drawback here is that much compelling subject matter is passed over in order to avoid the risk of producing derivative and repeated imagery.
So what's the right way to approach photographing a popular location? Myself, I just don't think about it one way or the other. My personal feeling is that a photographer with a strong personal vision and the discipline to follow it honestly will inevitably produce images that have his or her unique stamp on them.
I've spent a fair amount of time photographing Longs Peak. I don't do so to be part of the crowd (indeed, I've passed by and have no interest in photographing a great number of very popular subjects). But I also don't avoid Longs Peak just because it is popular. I photograph Longs Peak because it speaks to me on a personal level. In this way, it's no different than any other subject I photograph, and I treat it no differently when I photograph it. To me, that's the best way to approach photographing a popular location.
All Cool and Stuff
This summer, seems like every time I turned around, there was the moon, looking all cool and stuff.
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Not Fit For Public Consumption
I'm a regular listener of the podcast by Brooks Jensen over at Lenswork Daily, which always offers up interesting and thought-provoking episodes about the practice and appreciation of photography. In the recent podcast titled "Just for Me," he raised the notion that most photographers tend to produce at least some work that is purely personal, as opposed to that offered for public consumption. He may have offered more than one reason for this – the one that sticks with me is the idea that photographers may hold back work that, for whatever reason, is thought to run the risk of not being well received by one's audience. The takeaway, as I understand it, is that this kind of thinking should be questioned, since the work produced that is personally meaningful to its creator also is likely to be the work invested with the highest degree of merit.
I agree with this point entirely, but what struck me the most is how much it missed the mark for me. Personally, I make no distinction between personal work and work for public consumption, at least as near as I can tell. My thinking is that if something is good enough for me, it's good enough to share with the world. Taking a different approach would be like drawing a line around some of my images and declaring them "not fit for public consumption." What I share with my images is more than just the photographs themselves, it's basically a window into how I see the world. To me, this is very much an "in for a penny, in for a pound" kind of proposition. If I offer up one part of my work, there's no reason I can see not to offer up it all. Doing it any other way just wouldn't make sense to me.
Chasing the Light
As has been mentioned before on this blog, I really enjoy reading the blogs of other photographers. I don't have many photographer friends myself, so it often becomes the principle way in which I get information about how the rest of the photography community practices this discipline.
I just was reading the blog of one landscape photographer (whose work I really like, by the way) who described how their practice of landscape photography has changed. This person's principle method used to be "chasing the light," which apparently involved road trips of hundreds or even thousands of miles at a time, crossing state lines and studying maps and weather reports to try and line up iconic locations under epic conditions, often in compressed periods of time between a day job or other responsibilities of life. If I understood correctly, this person's opinion was that "chasing the light" was the principle – and perhaps most widely practiced – way to practice landscape photography.
Their new approach was to spend several weeks at a time living on the road, bringing their day job responsibilities with them and working them into a more relaxed schedule of spending a week or more at a given location. While perhaps sometimes missing the alignment of iconic locations and epic conditions, this approach allowed more time to become familiar with the location, often yielding quieter, more personal images than were achieved under the chasing the light approach.
Both good points for sure, but neither of which really resonates with the way I work.
Here's a typical way that a photography outing works for me: I'm at my day job (Monday through Friday, 9-5, with limited options for flexibility in scheduling) and I keep an eye out the window on the weather. If it looks like interesting conditions are developing – or often even if they're not – I'll head out after the workday to a location within an hour's drive. Since I live on the Front Range of Colorado, this means I have the flexibility to end up either up in the high mountains or out on the sparsely-populated prairies, so I'm fortunate to have access to a diversity of landscapes. There's usually no real plan for a subject, I just drive around and look for interesting things that catch my eye. Photograph until there's no light left – which often is well after the sun has gone down – and call it day.
Or try this: I'm up in the mountains doing something non-photography related. In the winter maybe it's skiing, in the summer maybe it's hiking. Throw my camera stuff in the car just in case I see something interesting. When the day's activity is done, if there's still an hour or two of light, maybe drive around a bit and see what catches my eye.
Or here's another example: at the end of the work week, maybe I just feel like getting out of town. So I take off on a last minute road trip to a location within an evening's drive away. Maybe it's somewhere I've been to before, maybe I try something new. Usually I'm going for the sightseeing and novelty of being away from home for awhile, but I always bring my camera along and plan some time to do some photographic exploring as well.
Or something else: it's a family vacation, with much time, effort, and planning expended to go somewhere really interesting. Most of my time is accounted for with family or sightseeing events, as it should be. But I always keep my eye on my surroundings, and here and there I steal a few minutes to follow up on something that seemed photographically interesting. Maybe it works out, maybe not.
It's a very pragmatic, time-available approach to practicing photography because 1) given my real-world schedule, it's unrealistic for me to be able to chase the light for hundreds of miles at a time, and 2) given my real-world schedule, it's unrealistic for me to be able to spend weeks at a time away on the road. If you're serious about photography, then it's important to make time for it, but if you can't chase the light or invest weeks away, you work it into your real-life schedule as best you can.
I suppose the thing that got me on about all of this is the between-the-lines implication of this photographer's blog post (and those of many others as well). The implication seems to be that if you can't chase the light, your photographs won't be as good, and that if you're unwilling to invest an inordinate amount of time, you're not serious about photography.
I disagree.
Going to great lengths to get photographs is unrelated to the quality of those photographs. It's a crutch - just like obsessing about expensive camera equipment is a crutch – that people substitute in the place of practicing good photography. Good photography is about possessing a strong, personal vision about the world around you, and having the ability to translate that vision into compelling images. This can be done both within a radius of one mile or 1000 miles from your home, and it can be done both within a time period of one minute or one week. It's in the mind of the artist, not where you are or how long it took you to get there.
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