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The Wilma lobby is what I call a 'charged space'. It's not just Any Other Place. It contains so much history of its own, and has a story to tell, especially if you stop to look at the production photos from Wilma seasons past. The ten years I've worked at the Wilma have inspired a personal history as well. The lobby is where I would sit, as a younger actor, to wait anxiously for my auditions; and after countless opening nights it's where I would dance well into the morning with my pals.
These days, the Wilma lobby also contains the powerful context of the story we're telling: the story of a young refugee immigrating to America, escaping the authoritarian government of Czechoslovakia.
Jennifer Baker's exhibition "Portraits of People on the Move" was originally created as a companion to Cardell Dance Theater's Supper, People on the Move, created by Adapt! choreographer Silvana Cardell. It was remounted in the Wilma lobby for the run of our production. It features first-person stories and photo portraits of individual Philadelphia immigrants from Argentina, Pakistan, Honduras, Albania and elsewhere. Their journeys to America were undertaken for many different reasons, and have had many different consequences and outcomes.
And every night, the lobby also contains… us. We gather nightly for the Wilma's new Lobby Talks initiative: an opportunity for artists and audiences to meet one another informally and talk about the play. The bar is open; people come and go as they like. Removed from the social constructs of the theatre space, our audiences has agency to talk with us than in traditional talkbacks, and so genuine conversations often occur about the play, and about the immigrant experience in America.
Sometimes it's a group of twenty that stays for a Lobby Talk; sometimes fifty. It's always a multi-national, multi-generational crowd. When we're really lucky, Blanka joins us for the conversations. She talks firsthand about the scenes that parallel her own experience leaving Czechoslovakia, particularly the experience of leaving her family behind. She also loves to tell the story of her first trip to a department store after leaving Communism behind: she found herself surrounded by so many clothes, so many choices, that she got physically sick. In Adapt!, that experience evolved into the play's opening image: a young girl, Lenka, is alone on a bare stage until piles and piles of clothing fall from the sky, to the soundtrack of a woman's orgasmic sighs.
And it's often these highly imagistic moments that inspire the most conversation in the lobby. There are often many first- and second-generation immigrants and refugees from countries around the world who, regardless of their country of origin, find echoes of their own experience in the play. Lenka's alienation and confusion resonate powerfully for them. We get to hear their stories, or the stories of their parents. And it's here that we learn what the play is really about. The audience teaches us, as they always do. It's a gift.
And all the while, we're surrounded by the evocative photos of Jennifer Baker's exhibition. The portraits are of people who came to America and have become doctors, dancers, and painters. People who planned to be those things in their home country before their country's luck turned, and now clean houses here just to get by. All of them like Lenka. All of them living between worlds and identities, wondering where home really is, both inspired and terrified by the possibilities that America holds.


I am trying to test lime survey Remote control 2 API using post man. I have enabled RPC for JSON on my live survey instance.
i make a get request on postman(As shown in the image attached) for get_session and export_responses method.
* Initialise the token system of a survey where new participant tokens may be later added.
* Add an empty group with minimum details to a chosen survey.
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why don't i get a string as i should in both the cases?
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Thank you. works for me now as well.
1) May i ask why you used 'POST' here? Since we are receiving the data, i thought it should be get.
2) Also, what is the 'id' field in your post? what does it describe.


The Advent Storybook contains 25 beautifully illustrated stories that can be read aloud as a family each day in December leading up to Christmas. The stories journey chronologically through ancient history, tracing God's recurring promise to rescue his people.
The Christmas storybooks are part of World Vision's "bounceback" initiative.
Cards are first sent to each child's sponsor, who can sign it before sending it back to World Vision, who sends it onward to the child. The card contains a sticker-based activity scene, creating a keepsake item which children can enjoy as an additional reminder and gift from their sponsor.
Bouncebacks also encourage additional year-end-giving to help children in need.
World Vision's child sponsorship program seeks to make life better for children. Long-term involvement with a specific child, in partnership with their family and community, allows for one of the most effective ways to meet a child's specific needs and prepare children and communities for self-sufficiency in the future.
Amazing is an understatement. I was assigned a project with an extremely tight deadline. I was afraid my dates wouldn't work with the level of quality in Ian's illustrations. I was wrong. He was able to help me meet my project milestones and delivered a stunning body of work that tied together gracefully through what seemed like an endless amount of scenes. He was careful to catch every detail and offered up his expert opinions when necessary. He's both talented and very professional. I look forward to working with him again and I highly recommend him.


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Movements, Styles, and Tendencies Nihonga History and Concepts
Nihonga - History and Concepts
History and Concepts
Early History of Japanese Painting
Japanese painting emerged in the mid-seventh century during the Nara Period (710-794). It was largely influenced by the arrival of Chinese sumi ink painting and inspired by work of the Tang dynasty. In the subsequent Heian Period, yamato-e, or Japanese style painting, developed in emaki-mono, or works on long hand scrolls. This became known as the classic Japanese style. The most famous example was the Genji Monogatari Emaki (c. 1130), which portrayed scenes from the first novel ever written, a classic of Japanese culture called Tale of the Genji (before 1021).
In the Edo Period (1603-1868), while the country was under rule by the Tokugawa shogunate another style evolved from yamato-o called ukiyo-e, which also consisted of works on scrolls and mainly depicted the pleasure centers of Japan and its leisurely lifestyle of the time. The principle difference was a departure from the more classical painting techniques and the proliferation of woodblock prints, which were largely popular and more commercially accessible to the masses. Simultaneously, the Nanga movement was a form of Japanese painting that was viewed as highly intellectual and drew inspiration solely from Chinese culture. There were many different schools, which taught and proliferated these major forms of art.
Commodore Perry and the Forced Opening of Japan
In 1853, Commodore Perry of the United States Navy arrived with U.S. warships in Japan with the sole purpose of forcing open trade agreements between the countries. His "black ships," as the Japanese called them, opened fire in Edo Bay and the Japanese were forced by the superior firepower and technology to succumb to outside trade and influence. In the previous two centuries, Japan had been essentially closed to outside contact. With the arrival of the West, Japanese art became caught in the tension between indigenous painting styles and Western painting.
The Meiji Period
The Meiji Restoration Government came to power formally in 1868 with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the ascension of Emperor Meiji. Emperor Meiji's ambition was to modernize Japan and become a peer to the West in all areas of thought and culture. He said, "Knowledge shall be sought all over the world, and thereby the foundations of imperial rule shall be strengthened."
The opening of trade with the West sparked an artistic exchange between countries. Ukiyo-e prints were exported to Europe and launched Japonisme; a French term reflecting a craze for all things Japanese in art and design. Simultaneously, many Japanese artists became inspired by Western artworks and knowledge of Western techniques and styles began to influence Japanese art. The Meiji government actively promoted the study of Western art by establishing art schools and inviting distinguished Western teachers and artists to teach in those schools. These modern art schools replaced the traditional Japanese schools established by noted masters who had taught subsequent generations of artists.
Ernest F. Fenollosa
A new movement Nihonga, meaning "Japanese painting," originated during this time. It was driven by the theories and advocacy of Ernest F. Fenollosa, a Harvard graduate who was invited to teach Western philosophy at the Imperial University in Tokyo. He first used the term in 1882 in his "The New Theory of Art" lecture, given at the Dragon Pond Society in Japan. While favoring the efforts to modernize Japan, he also had a deep appreciation for historical Japanese culture and art and felt that, while Japanese artists could learn from Western techniques, they should do so only to enrich their own traditions. Fenollosa's lecture advocated for traditional Japanese painting and defined its elements as: using outlines, a reduced color palette, not having shadows, and not aspiring to realism but rather emphasizing simple expression. Nihonga emphasized using mineral based pigments and nikawa, a binding agent, and painting on scrolls and screens, to portray subjects like landscapes, kacho-ga (bird and flower paintings), bijin-ga (paintings of beautiful women), and scenes from Japanese culture and history.
Okakura Kakuzō, a brilliant student who became Fenollosa's assistant and then collaborator, became a leading Nihonga theorist. The two men both worked to create opportunities for Nihonga artists, first by starting the Kangakai, or Painting Appreciation Society, then launching the Tokyo Art Institute in 1889.
The artists Kanō Hōgai and Hashimoto Gahō, both of whom had previously been masters of the Kanō School of Japanese painting, became the first artistic leaders of the movement which first developed in Tokyo and then quickly spread to Kyoto where Takuichi Seiho became another noted leader of the movement.
Nihonga's advocacy for traditional Japanese artistic techniques, materials, and styles was in direct opposition to Yōga, an art movement that had risen six years earlier which was favored by the Japanese government in its promotion of Western artistic styles and techniques, largely oil painting. Yet, Fenollosa also advocated that Nihonga painters learn from Western techniques, adopting some elements, in order to create an art that exemplified Japanese art while also establishing such art on an equal footing with the West.
The Technique of Nihonga
Nihonga employed the traditional style of Japanese painting or yamato-e, to create works that had a matte finish resembling watercolor, where brushstrokes were not apparent, and line, created by sumi ink, was emphasized. Nihonga was viewed as a spontaneous art form, revealing the artist's mind in a particular moment, rather than creating a realistic image.
Nihonga employed only the traditional materials of Japanese painting. The image would first be sketched on paper or silk, then outlined in sumi ink, made by mixing nikawa, an animal-derived gelatin or glue, with lampblack. Kofun (chalk) would then be used to cover the surface and then background color applied. Once the background dried, other colors would be added to complete the image. Artists used traditional fude and hake brushes of many variations, their bristles made of animal hair. All the materials were selected or processed with great care; for instance, paper was made from different species of trees to obtain a particular surface, and the silk used was different from that used for clothing.
The water-soluble pigments were derived from various sources, primarily minerals that were ground in varying degrees of fineness to create varying intensities of color, but also vegetable materials, and sometimes raw earth or clay. The color white (Gofun) was made from pulverized seashells, particularly oyster shells. Some artists and schools would use only a particular type of shell, knowledge of which was a closely guarded secret. Regardless of the source of the pigment, nikawa was used as a binding agent, and sumi ink could also be saikobu, or colored, by adding pigments.
To achieve different decorative effects, finely beaten gold, platinum, and silver were often used as metallic leaf for backgrounds, and, in those cases, would be applied to the supporting silk. The metals, ground into fine dust, were also used for final touches. All of these elements of craft were considered to be part of the artistic process of painting.
Okakura Kakuzō
Okakura Kakuzō's writing was to have a great influence on the development of Nihonga and upon Japanese aesthetics. His concept that all Asian art had an essential unity was expressed in his book The Ideals of the East with Special Reference to the Art of Japan (1903). In it, he wrote, "Asia is one." He identified Asian, for all of its differences between various cultures, as sharing a "broad expanse of love for the Ultimate and Universal," in contrast to the West, which he characterized as pursuing "the particular" and valuing "means without thought of an end." The Awakening of Japan (1904) further developed his ideas that "the glory of the West is the humiliation of Asia" and emphasized a need to preserve Japanese culture, wedded to Asia, from domination by Western ideas. His theories became the foundation for Nihonga, and were felt internationally, influencing writers like the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and the American modernist Ezra Pound, as well as the philosopher Martin Heidegger, and the art patron Isabella Stewart Gardner.
The Painting Appreciation Society (1884)
In 1884, Fenollosa launched the Kangakai, the Painting Appreciation Society. Such societies were important hubs of advocacy for artistic styles and the promotion of their artists' work. Kangakai's annual art competition became the leading venue for work by artists like Hôgai, whose painting fukuryû rakan zu (Diving Dragon and Arhat) (1885) won a prize in the first competition sponsored by the Society. Hôgai was a well-known painter, but in the early Meiji period, like many traditional artists, he fell on hard times and took up metal working and running a small shop to make ends meet. Winning an award in the subsequent year's competition as well, Hôgai became an acknowledged leader of the Nihonga movement, as did his former students Hashimoto Gahô and Yokoyama Taikan.
Kakuzō
In 1889 Okakura Kakuzō, along with newspaper editor Takahashi Kenzō and an unnamed wealthy art patron, founded the magazine Kokka: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Asian Countries. The first Japanese art magazine Kokka meant "flower of the nation," and included scholarly articles, images of artworks, and an original woodcut print in each issue. The magazine became a prominent advocate for Japanese art and is still being published today. English editions started circulating in the early 1900s, reaching an international audience. At its inception, the magazine promoted Nihonga alongside other Asian art styles.
The City of Kyoto and Takuichi Seiho
The artists of the Kyoto region were primarily associated with the Maruyama and Shijo schools, which promoted realistic drawing, as shown by the Okyo Maruyama's Peacocks and Peonies (1768). The art critic Robert Reed has described Maruyama's work as offering a fresh alternative. He said, "His new style of painting was based on a practice that was quite uncommon at the time: sketching directly from nature." This emphasis on naturalistic observation distinguished the work of Kyoto Nihonga.
Kyoto became a noted center of Nihonga, sometimes engaging in friendly rivalry with Nihonga artists in Tokyo. However, it was primarily the artist Takuichi Seihō who became the leader of the movement. Seihō's work drew upon the Murayama School of painting, but as he was inexhaustibly innovative, he also drew upon 15th century Chinese painting and Japanese yamato-e art, as well as European artists. Because Kyoto artists also incorporated other traditions like Nanga, which was a style of painting closely allied with calligraphy and derived from the ink painting of the Chinese Song Dynasty, more styles were brought under the umbrella of Nihonga painting. This combination of individual artistic styles, traditional Japanese techniques and subjects, and Western influences marked Nihonga as one the country's major modern art movements of the time.
Russo-Japanese War
In 1904 Japan went to war with Russia in a fight for imperial dominance over China. The Battle of Mukden, the largest battle fought prior to World War I, raged for over two weeks between 600,000 combatants along a 50 mile front. Though the Japanese were victorious, both sides sustained heavy casualties. With the following naval Battle of Tashima, the Japanese won the war, destroying two thirds of the Russian ships. The defeat marked the first time a Western country had been defeated by an Asian country, making Japan an acknowledged world power.
While a number of artists decried the war, often in woodblock prints that reached a large audience, like Takehisha Yumeji's The Sorrow of Victory (1905); the Meiji government saw the victory as a global validation of Japanese identity.
The Bunten
Because the arts were a vital part of establishing identity both in Japan and abroad, the government instituted an official annual Fine Arts Exhibition, called the Bunten, in 1907. Launched by the Ministry of Education, the Bunten was modeled after the Paris Salon, with the aim of presenting a unified image of Japanese art as world class. From 1907-1912, the exhibition showed works in three categories: Nihonga, Yōga, and sculpture. The intent was to dissolve the rivalry between Nihonga and Yoga painting and to create a framework where both were presented as viable alternatives for Japanese excellence in the arts.
Many Nihonga artists became well known to the public through the Bunten, as attendance increased each year. For instance, in 1916 over 250,000 people attended in Tokyo, at a time when the city's population was a little over three million. Nonetheless, as the Ministry of Education presided over the selection of the exhibition's works and judges, rivalry and factionalism among artists of both Western and Japanese style painting only increased. Despite these divisions between Nihonga and Yōga artists, they were often united in their criticism of the Bunten as being both too political and conservative.
Tokyo and Yokoyama Taikan
Following the death of Okakura Kakuzō, Yokoyama Taikan, who was mentored by Kakuzō, became the artistic leader of Nihonga in Tokyo. He was an equally important teacher and led the revival of the Japan Fine Art Academy. Launched again in 1914, the school taught a new generation of Nihonga artists including Hishida Shunso, Shiokawa Bunrin, Kōno Bairei, Tomioka Tessai, and Shimomura Kanzan.
The Rinpa School primarily influenced Taikan's work, though he also explored Western techniques. Acknowledging Taikan's primacy in Tokyo Nihonga and Seihō's in Kyoto, there was a popular saying among Nihonga painters, "Taikan in the east, Seihō in the west." The two men greatly respected each other and often collaborated, as seen in their work Sho-chiku-bai (Pine, Bamboo, Plum), for which the artist Gyokudo Kawai joined them in creating a group of three scrolls.
In 1914, reflecting the increased politicization of art, Taikan was expelled from the Bunten jury. He subsequently, founded the Inten, a separate exhibition that was to show both Nihonga and Yoga works at its inception. The Inten became an important venue for Nihonga artists and continues to this day.
The Rise of Nihonga Collectives
From 1910-1920 over twenty different alternative groups, in both Western and Japanese style painting, were formed in protest of the Bunten's conservatism and favoritism. As a result, the Japanese art world was, as art historian John Szostak described, less a clear division between two groups, than a "mosaic composed of myriad shifting cultural components, some of which were imported from the West, others of which were contributed by Japan's own cultural legacy."
In Kyoto, Tuschida Bakusen played a leading role in forming new groups, beginning with the formation of the artists' collective Chat Noir in 1910. In 1911, when the group's planned exhibition fell through, Bakusen along with artists Arai Kinya, Tanaka Kisaku, and Kurado resumed the collective under the name The Masque. They held a critically acclaimed show where oil paintings and Nihonga work were both exhibited.
The Society of the Creation of Japanese Painting, 1918
Bakusen and other Nihonga artists continued to create new venues with the intent of creating modern Nihonga. The most important was the Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai, The Society of the Creation of Japanese Painting, formed in Kyoto in 1918. The Society launched its own annual exhibition called the Kokuten and invited artists in any style to exhibit. Bakusen saw Nihonga as a movement with international potential and felt that Western techniques could inspire new approaches to Nihonga. The Society encouraged collaboration, and also promoted artistic travel abroad so that Nihonga painters could draw inspiration from new sources. The Society was to have a great influence on subsequent Nihonga artists.
Post-World War II
Following World War II and Japan's defeat and subsequent occupation, the Nihonga metsubō-ron ("theory on the death of Nihonga") ensued. Nihonga was seen as being too provincial, and its emphasis on Japanese culture was connected to the nationalism that had led to the war. The style continued to be taught in noted art schools but became increasingly identified with conservative taste, as seen in the popularity of Kaii Higashiyama's landscapes like A Path Between the Rice Fields (1950). At the same time, many leading Japanese artists, while sometimes trained in Nihonga, abandoned it for exploration into international contemporary art movements.
Concepts, Styles, and Trends
One genre of Nihonga was historical painting, which often included portraiture and focused on important historical events or heroes that had become part of Japanese culture. Seison Maeda was a noted leader of this style who used mineral watercolor pigment in works like his Yoritomo in a Cave (1929). The work depicts a noted samurai, Minamoto no Yoritomo, with seven of his men as, after defeat by another clan, they took refuge in a cave. The work won the 1930 Asahi Prize, and the story has retained its importance in modern Japan as seen in the image being used for a postage stamp in 1982. While this genre was important, some of the second generation of Nihonga artists felt that the emphasis upon historical references was not enough to set Nihonga apart as a distinctive genre, independent of, but equal to Western art.
Mōrōtai
Members of the Japan Fine Arts Academy in Tokyo, Yokoyama Taikan and Shunsō Hishida, developed a new style to convey atmosphere, light, and increased modeling of form. In order to achieve stronger naturalistic effects, the artists emphasized color gradations and moved away from the traditional emphasis on line. Mōrōtai (vague, or indistinct) was a negative term coined by Japanese critics of this style who thought the resulting works were, as one wrote, "far removed from the sense of clarity that has been the defining feature of Japanese painting." However, some scholars felt morotai drew upon the atmospheric landscapes of early Japanese ink painting or the gold infused skies of earlier artists Kanō Hôgai and Hashimoto Gahō. Impressionism is also credited as an influence upon the development of morotai. Just as the Impressionists painted brushstrokes of pure color on the canvas, Taikan and Hashida began painting washes of color directly onto a chalk prepared surface, leaving out the linear underpainting of sumi ink. Contours and forms were thus built up by variations of color, and the colors fluidly transitioned into one another without sharp edges or lines.
Feeling that the technique worked well only for early morning and evening scenes, Hishida returned to employing a strong line, combining it with color gradation, resulting in what came to be considered as the identifiable Nihonga style, as seen in his Black Cat (1910). Though both Hishida and Taikan abandoned mōrōtai, a few artists among the next generation like Tsuchida Bakusen explored the style.
1980s Revival of Nihonga
In the 1980s artists like Tokyo University of the Arts' students Kawashima Junji, Saito Norihiko, and Keizaburo Okamura became part of a new generation that revived Nihonga. The movement was contemporanious with new painting movements in Europe, which were connected with a return to figurative and traditional techniques often with a geographical and nationalistic focus.
The revival was equally inspired by historical art such as the work of 17th century Japanese artist Tawaraya Sotatsu and contemporary new mediums like the use of graphics to create a folk art effect. The theories of art historians Kitazawa Noriaki and Sato Dashin played an important role in the revival as the two men argued that Nihonga, while originating in traditional Japanese art, was without a confining definition or conscribed idea. Subsequent artists like Mise Natsunosuke and Yamamoto Toro were drawn to Nihonga's expansion toward creating an individual aesthetic, reflecting the artist's own preoccupations.
Neo-Nihonga
Hisashi Tenmyouya coined the term "Neo-Nihonga" in 2001 to convey his work's synchronism between Nihonga and contemporary globalization. This is seen in works like his RS-78-2 Kabuki-mono (2005), in which he portrayed a large robot in samurai gear, wrapped round by a dragon, as he aims an automatic weapon. Kabuki-mono refers to samurai, without a master, who were known for their eccentric style of dress and exaggerated weaponry. The robot, instantly recognizable to a global pop culture audience, is also intrinsically Japanese, as shown in the tattoo on its shoulders of Katsushika Hokusai's iconic The Great Wave (c.1830-1832). Tenmyouya's post-modern approach intends to honor the spirit of Japanese art by consciously positing it as a vital part of contemporary global culture.
Later Developments
Nihonga, routinely taught in various art schools in Japan, has been viewed as rigid and conservative by a number of contemporary artists. For instance, the internationally known Takashi Murakami was trained in Nihonga but subsequently rejected it in favor of his own style that is now internationally recognized as Superflat.
At the same time, Nihonga continues to attract new generations of artists, who, while continuing to employ traditional techniques, do so in new combinations with Western styles and materials. Tenmyouya for instance has incorporated the use of acrylic paint into his images painted on gold foil to depict contemporary subjects. Fuyuko Matsui in her searing psychological images employs a Western use of perspective combined with sources drawn from earlier periods of Japanese art.
The generation of artists who were part of the 1980s revival of Nihonga continues to work in the form. For example, in the installations of Keizaburo Okamura, he uses cedar panels, then shaves, incises, and burns the surface before painting with mineral pigments, ground shells, glass, and sand in depicting subjects derived from early Japanese styles. Another artist, Nobuya Hoki, combines Nihonga with manga subjects. In many cases, contemporary Nihonga artists have expanded the media and subject matter, as seen in Hoki's work utilizing the rubbing prints of Jakuchu, an 18th century Japanese artist.
Hibo Kannon (c. 1883)
By: Kanō Hōgai
Dragon Against Tiger (1899)
By: Hashimoto Gahō
Ochiba (Fallen Leaves) (1909)
By: Shunsō Hishida
Serving Girl at a Spa (1918)
By: Tsuchida Bakusen
Seisei ruten (1923)
By: Yokoyama Taikan
Tabby Cat (1924)
By: Takeuchi Seihō
Still Life - Salmon Slices and Sardines (1924)
Enbu (Dancing in the Flames) (1925)
By: Gyoshū Hayami
Sazanami (Ripples) (1932)
By: Fukuda Heihachiro
Feathered Snow (1944)
By: Shoen Uemura
Peacock Displaying his Wings (1983)
By: Shoko Uemura
By: Hisashi Tenmyouya
Scattered Deformities in the End (2007)
By: Fuyuko Matsui
Shrine of the Water God (Suijingū) (2015)
By: Hiroshi Senju
"The more I stare at nature, the more I move away from aspects such as form and am overcome by a strange inspiration."
Tsuchida Bakusen
"All I want to do is convey the nuances of my own way of painting Nihonga (just as I would in speaking Japanese)."
Mise Natsunosuke
"I am just a country painter with no political or financial power. And yet, I struggle and protest. The giants that appear in my paintings maybe evil itself, here to destroy everything in sight, or perhaps saviors who will help build a new future)."
"My interest in painting ghosts comes from a long, lost tradition in Japan that has almost disappeared...to use demons to control demons."
Fuyuko Matsui
"...images act as talismans..."
"My intention is to dig down to the depth and moreover, to grip Japan."
Hisashi Tenmyouya
"I thought about the various older drawing schools, the techniques that were used. We should go back to them. That's true Japanese painting. So I called it 'neo-Japanese' painting.'"

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Clifford Chance, Eversheds, Law Society, Ernst and Young, PWC. (Professional Services); Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Group, Institute of Financial Services, Zurich,UBS (Financial services); Oracle, Sabre, Mindtree, Infosys (Technology); L'Oreal, PZ Cussons and SC Johnson (Consumer Goods), Johnson and Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Abbot Laboratories, Merck, Syngenta (Pharma/life sciences), Interserve, Lafarge (Building/facilities mgt), Sellafield (Nuclear Power), Cigna (Healthcare), British Telecom.


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Vulnerabilities in the Canadian financial system remain elevated, but elements for improvement are emerging
The high level of household indebtedness and housing market imbalances remain the most important vulnerabilities identified by the Bank of Canada in its Financial System Review (FSR), published today. While these vulnerabilities are still elevated, improving economic conditions and recent changes to housing policy should support an easing of these vulnerabilities over time.
"Our financial system continues to be resilient, and is being bolstered by stronger growth and job creation, but we need to continue to watch financial vulnerabilities closely," said Governor Stephen S. Poloz.
While household debt relative to income continues to rise, there have been notable shifts in mortgage activity over the past year, including an improvement in the quality of new high-ratio mortgages (those with a down payment of less than 20 per cent).
At the same time, some indicators suggest increasing risks associated with new low-ratio mortgages, such as a greater proportion of these mortgages being issued to highly indebted households. Recent changes to guidelines for low-ratio mortgages will take effect in January 2018 and are expected to mitigate some of these risks over time.
The Bank of Canada continues to monitor housing market imbalances closely, particularly for signs of extrapolative expectations. In both the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver Area, economic fundamentals, combined with limited supply, continue to support house price growth. However, housing policy measures, together with higher mortgage rates, are expected to weigh on housing activity.
A third vulnerability highlighted in the FSR concerns cyber threats and the interconnectedness of the financial system. Through the Bank's oversight of critical financial market infrastructures, it imposes high standards for risk resilience. In this context, the Bank is working with industry and public sector partners to reinforce the resilience of core payment systems and to ensure that key financial system participants can recover quickly in the event of a cyberattack.
The risk scenarios summarized in this FSR are the same as in June.
The November issue also features two reports written by Bank of Canada staff:
Shoring Up the Foundations for a More Resilient Banking System: The Development of Basel III
Analysis of Household Vulnerabilities Using Loan-Level Mortgage Data
Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases
Financial System Review - November 2017
This issue of the Financial System Review reflects the Bank's judgment that the high level of household indebtedness and housing market imbalances remain the most important vulnerabilities. While these vulnerabilities are still elevated, improving economic conditions and recent changes to housing policy should support an easing of these vulnerabilities over time. A third vulnerability highlighted in the FSR concerns cyber threats and the interconnectedness of the financial system.
November 28, 2017 Financial System Review - Press Conference (Webcasts) - November 2017
Press conference by Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins. (11:30 (ET) approx.).
Content Type(s): Press, Webcasts
Release of the Financial System Review
Opening Statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario
Press conference following the release of the Financial System Review.
Content Type(s): Press, Speeches Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Housing, Regional economic developments, Sectoral balance sheet


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Countries, regions, cities, cultural events and institutions are all competing to get our attention and interest as audience, visitors, residents, and investors. We have a method to make them become strong relations brands. Here below are a selection of three sought for applications of Place & Cultural Branding.
Cities and Regions and Countries are fighting about building interest and attraction. The value of getting attention, and becoming attractive to visitors, investors or residents can have a huge impact on the quality of life for residents and the public financial situation. Sometimes this type of branding can happen coincidentally. But usually there is a need for coordination between different stakeholders in the city, region or country in order to become a differentiated and attractive brand. The multitude of interests and the political aspects of this type of branding makes it important to have a process that integrates the different stakeholders and make them all involved and participating in the creation of the strategy. The activation of the brand and the implementation of the strategy becomes much easier when all & everyone important are already on board.
Cultural institutions have many different branding issues. The first is to get funded, publicly or privately. In this process it is as important to get attention and look attractive as it is with any venture. There is only one big difference and that is the lack of commercial aspect. Sometimes this type of branding can just happen coincidentally. But usually there is a need for coordination between different stakeholders of the Cultural Institution in order to become a differentiated and attractive brand. The multitude of interests and opinions makes branding of a Cultural Institution quite difficult. For this type of branding it's essential to have a process that integrates different stakeholders and opinion makers, making all involved and participating in the creation of the brand strategy. The activation of the brand and the implementation of the strategy then becomes much easier, when all & everyone important are already on board.
Comptence Clusters are fighting about getting interest and attraction…and critical mass. The value of getting attention, and becoming attractive to people working, investors and companies can have a huge cumulative impact on quality of the work and the position on the respective competence world market. Sometimes this type of branding can just happen coincidentally..as it seems like in Silicon Valley. But usually there is a need for coordination between different stakeholder to become a differentiated and attractive brand. The multitude of interests and the political aspects of this type of branding makes it important to have a process that integrates the different stakeholders and make them all involved and participating in the creation of the strategy. The activation of the brand and the implementation of the strategy then becomes much easier, when all & everyone important are already on board.


Antioch Park; Shelter #4, next to the lake.
Tonight will feel like a special treat. We will run through the neighborhood and then return to the lovely shelter next the lake. Joel will do some magic on the grill to provide us with our yummy main dish. Bring a delightful side dish to go with this magic.


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Наводнение в Суринаме 2006 года — событие, произошедшее в начале мая 2006 года, когда на Суринам обрушились проливные дожди.

Самое серьезное наводнение произошло на реке Суринам, возле города Покигрон. Реки Тапанахони, Лава и Маровейне также вышли из берегов.

Ущерб
Около 175 деревень были настигнуты наводнением и 70 деревень были полностью затоплены. В основном это были маронские деревни. Многие из жителей затопленных населённых пунктов отправились к родственникам в деревни, находившиеся на большей высоте. По воспоминаниям стариков, живущих на пострадавшей от затопления территории, подобных событий никогда не было, даже с очень высоким количеством осадков.

Коренные жители деревень Сипаливинисаванны 10 мая 2006 года пересекли границу с Бразилией в поисках пищи. Также, все жители Вайанадорп-Кавемхакана отправились во Французскую Гвиану в связи с полным затоплением их деревни. Об их нынешнем статусе ничего не известно. Также, присутствует неуверенность по поводу сообществ Пюлеовиме, Абунасунга и Камахкапан. Ливень способствовал затоплению 18 деревень трио и уаяна в южной части Суринама. Приблизительно 2 800 людей остались без крова. Согласно выпуску «True Time» от 12 мая 2006 года, на реках Сипаливини, Люси и Корантейн все поселения как минимум частично пострадали от наводнения.

Здания медицинского назначения и школы были затоплены. В некоторых деревнях уровень воды увеличился до 5 метров. Сараи и дома были либо смыты сильным течением, либо буквально вырваны из фундамента. Товары из магазинов были полностью смыты, а приборы, такие как бензопилы или морозильные камеры, стали непригодными. На полях больше нельзя было выращивать культуры, урожай риса был полностью потерян. В водохранилище Брокопондо в южном Суринаме за несколько дней уровень воды поднялся примерно на метр. Было объявлено о трёх утонувших, и все трое были детьми.

До наводнения, в начале 2005 года территория Верхнего Суринама страдала из-за сильной засухи. Здесь пересохли реки и озера, что значительно затруднило транспортировку продуктов питания жителям местных деревень.

Помощь
9 мая президент Суринама, Рональд Венетиан, объявил пострадавшую от наводнения территорию зоной бедствия. 10 мая 2006 года он обратился с просьбой о помощи к правительствам других стран. Нидерланды выделили 1 миллион евро, Бельгия — 100 000 евро. Нидерланды также отправили команду экспертов по просьбе суринамского правительства.

Муниципалитеты Амстердама и Роттердама отправили по 250 000 евро на помощь жителям пострадавших территорий. Суринамцы, проживающие в Амстердаме, организовали кампанию по сбору средств. Рональд Снейдерс написал песню «Наводнение в Суринаме», которую исполнили Дениз Джанна, Герда Хейвертонг, Йорген Рейманн, Оскар Харрис и Макс Нейман. Все деньги от продажи дисков с этой песней были переданы пострадавшим суринамцам.

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My thanks to Denise Whittaker for these photos. Denise said that "Most pics from Malaya and RAF Seletar in the late 50's. Some may be from Gibraltar in 56 and we were also at Changi in '65 so I would be interested to find out if people can identify the where and who for me."
Thanks to Elizabeth Webster for these photos. Elizabeth who's father was Major Harry Webster lived on the Medway Park Estate in the early 60's, and attended Alexandra Junior School.
My thanks to Douglas Craner for these photos. Doug said "I found these B/W photo's of Changi, also a pic of my house 687 Upper Changi Road. RAF Changi from the air, was taken by my father in a HP Hastings, he was with 48 Sqd"
My thanks to Geoff Armstrong for these photos. Geoff was at the Naval Base 1952/1955 then 1959/1962. His father Reg was a Chargeman of Shipfitters, and well known for his interest in football. Mum Isobel loved the amateur dramatics at the Japanese Theatre.
Thanks to Rick Williams for the following photographs. Rick said "They are from my stay in 71 Hua Guan Avenue as a child between 1966-1969, as my father served in the RAOC. They include aerial pictures of the area, then and now. (That's me aged 12 in a Cessna light aircraft!)"
Thanks to Ian Glen for these photos of St. John's taken 1966/67. Ian was in Singapore from 1958 to 1968.
Thanks to Heather for these photos from her time in Singapore in 1967. Heather lived in Dempsey Road, Tanglin and attended Alexandra Junior School.
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What's On: Candy Town, Yo La Tengo, Hopscotch
The best events in Vancouver this week, Nov. 19 to Nov. 26.
Mohamed Marwen Meddah
(In) visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan through Contemporary Art
The mythical world of traditional Taiwanese culture still very much inspires the seven acclaimed Taiwanese contemporary artists whose eclectic works transform the museum into an otherworldly space. Venture through a holy place that emulates a cave pierced with monumental stalagmites and explore vast shrines to supernatural entities. No one knows exactly how many gods and goddesses there are in the Taiwanese pantheon (a figure of "around 36,000" appears in some books) but perhaps their sheer abundance — and diversity, with gods for everything from land gods, town and city gods, to fertility and love gods, all with birthdays to be celebrated — sustains their prevalence in urban and rural life in Taiwan. This show strives to explore ways traditional and religious beliefs and modern values are integrated in the vibrant country.
Nov. 20 to April 3 | Museum of Anthropology
Info: moa.ubc.ca
The veteran jangle-pop band rockers's new release Stuff Like That There takes inspiration from a delightful, low-key album the group made 25 years ago, their mainly acoustic fourth LP Fakebook. Featuring a handful of adept covers, it also included reworked versions of older songs and a couple of new tracks. The new album stays true to Fakebook in nearly every way, including its lineup — YLT's Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew reunited with former member Dave Schramm for this release (and tour) — while covers songs by The Cure, Sun Ra, The Lovin' Spoonful and others mingle with a few reworked originals and two new songs, including the tender love ballad Awhileaway (all the more sweet, knowing singer Kaplan has been married to drummer/vocalist Hubley nearly 30 years).
Nov. 21, 9 p.m. | Vogue Theatre
Tickets: $26.50, timbreconcerts.com
The New York-based Gypsy punk act returns to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its breakout album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, a rejuvenating brew of Brazilbilly, polka/hardcore, Slavic sea shanties and more: In its 15 years, Gogol Bordello hasn't met a musical tradition it hasn't gleefully put through its own musical wringer. Propelling this trans-continental hustle are bandleader Eugene Hutz's smart, witty, big-hearted lyrics, what critic Robert Christgau pinpointed as the songwriter's "politics of joy."
Nov. 21. 9:30 p.m. and Nov. 22, 8:30 p.m. | Commodore Ballroom
Tickets: $37.50, livenation.com
CandyTown
Yaletown jump-starts the holidays with a festival that last year drew 15,000 revellers. Listen to performers play holiday music, take a horse-drawn carriage tour, create candy jewelry, commune with Santa, shop the street market and watch artists make ice sculptures. Go with a crowd and a designated kid-sitter; then you can wrap it up with a CandyTown cocktail tour.
Nov. 21, 12-7 p.m. | Yaletown
More info: yaletowninfo.com
Hopscotch Grand Tasting Festival
Booze connoisseurs, this fest's for you. Taste and learn about more than 300 beers and whiskies, as well as vodka, gin, rum, tequila, liqueur and more. Tasting tokens are $1.10, and you'll need eight of them to sample the festival's most expensive treat: Bunnahabhain 25 Year Old single-malt Scotch, medal winner at this year's International Whisky Competition. (Most samples are one or two tokens, the price reflecting retail value of the bottle poured.) And no need to eat first: Gourmet food from several local restaurants is provided.
Nov. 20-21, 6-10 p.m. and Nov. 21, 1:30-4:30 p.m. | PNE Forum
Tickets: $30-$53 (includes 5 tokens), hopscotchfestival.com
Vancouver Christmas Market
Part of downtown Vancouver transforms into an old world-style German Christmas Market with polkas and yodelling, and 50 traditional wooden huts, peddling holiday ornaments, toys, fruit stollen and sausages, mugs of beer and Feuerzangenbowle: flambéed booze. Uber fun! Returning favourite: the Friday night X-Mas Factor singing competition.
Nov. 21 to Dec. 24, 11 a.m. — 9 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Plaza
Tickets: $8/4, vancouverchristmasmarket.com
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
Birds of a feather, well, they draw crowds east of Vancouver during this annual fest, which corresponds to the winged creatures' yearly flock to feast on salmon. Set around Harrison Mills, home to the Sts'ailes First Nation, the area boasts one of the world's largest gatherings of bald eagles. On the roster: educational activities for all ages including speakers, jet boat eagle tours, nature walks, and more.
Nov. 21-22 | Mission and Harrison Mills areas
Free: fraservalleybaldeaglefestival.ca
What's On: Candy Town, Yo La Tengo, Hopscotch Stage this week: You Will Remember Me, Social Studies and more
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Dalton, MA is a historic Western Massachusetts town in the Berkshires. It is home to Crane & Co., Inc., which is the producer of the U.S. Currency paper as well as a maker of fine stationery. You can check out its papermaking museum during the summer months for free. There is a great community feel in Dalton, which gives it even more charm. Dalton, MA has many family friendly restaurants and has one of the top 100 public access golf courses in the country, Wahconah Country Club.
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Itty Bitty Hellboy from Skelton Crew Studio is Hellishly Cute
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[Press Release] Skelton Crew Studio, a comic book replica studio based in the wilds of Maine, has teamed up with Art Baltazar to cook up a new limited edition itty bitty Hellboy mini-bust.
Hellishly cute is in full swing in this brand new mini-bust collaboration.
Baltazar and Franco are behind the Eisner-winning "itty bitty Hellboy" comic, based on Mike Mignola's iconic Hellboy, only cuter.
This officially licensed collectible measures 3.75-inches tall and features itty bitty Hellboy standing, with his trademark smirk, giving a thumbs up, on a big stack of buttery, syrupy pancakes. It's beautifully sculpted by Arlen Pelletier.
Skelton Crew Studio has been collaborating with Mike Mignola since 2012 when it launched the B.P.R.D. Artifact Archive Collection, but this is its first collaboration with "Aw Yeah! Comics"' Art Baltazar.
"It really captures Art's style and the feel of 'itty bitty' — I couldn't be happier," said studio head Israel Skelton. "You can tell everyone in every step of the process really cared and really knocked it out of the park."
"This is beautiful," added Baltazar.
Each itty bitty Hellboy pre-ordered thru Jan. 31 will come with an extra sweet bonus: A hand-numbered, limited edition print of Art Baltazar's concept art for the bust, signed by Baltazar.
Fans can find itty bitty Hellboy and other limited edition replicas at www.skeltoncrewstudio.com
About Skelton Crew Studio: Since Skelton Crew Studio's founding in 2008, it has created officially licensed merchandise for best-selling and award-winning comic book series that include "Locke & Key," "Hellboy," "B.P.R.D., "CHEW," "Mouse Guard," "Head Lopper," "Revival" and many more. The studio's been featured on the A.V. Club's Pop Culture Gift Guide, G4's "Attack of the Show!", MTV, Nerdist and dozens of other news and pop culture sites. Founder Israel Skelton has been sculpting and creating for more than 30 years.
Jeffrey Tambor Criticizes Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola Over Reboot News
Hellboy Rise of The Blood Queen Casts Milla Jovovich as Title Villain
Why The Hell Does The New Hellboy Trailer Look Exactly Like Del Toro's Films?
The Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Love The Hellboy Reboot
The Injustice 2 Hellboy Gameplay Trailer is Here With Details on His Release Date
Previews: DC Bombshells Tapestry Blankets Featuring Batgirl, Harley Quinn & More Available in July
A QUIET PLACE Mondo X Steelbook 4K UHD Blu-ray Details Revealed - January 20, 2020
← Daddy's Home 2 Blu-ray Release Date & Special Features Revealed
Golden Globes 2018 Big Winners are Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri & Big Little Lies →


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The solar system is about to become our new back yard.
Nobody has traveled beyond Earth's orbit in 40 years.
This may be about to change.
NASA is looking at sending us around the moon.
This would be step one to getting us to Mars.
The planning has just begun. Expect further details next month.
The objective is to explore deeper space, with a more ambitious plan to "Unlock the mysteries of space."
The Space Launch System, SLS, is the next generation of space travel since the space shuttle program, which ended six years ago.
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Earth may have more siblings than once thought.
Known as TRAPPIST-1, this star system holds seven Earth sized planets, three of which may be in the habitable zone, the goldilocks zone, where liquid water can exist, where life could survive, and evolve.
These three may have surface oceans like Earth.
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Europa, second closest moon to Jupiter, is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, and one of the most smoothest objects in the solar system.
It's thought to harbour a global ocean 100 Km thick. That's twice as much water than on Earth. It's covered with ice 25 KM thick. The surface ice has cracked like an eggshell all around the surface.
Just like we learned through astronomy that the Earth was not the center of the Universe, odds are good that we will discover that the Earth is not the center of all life in the Universe either.
Life can be transported from one planet to another, no space ship required.
Google AI Can Now Sharpen Blurry Images 0
Shortest podcast ever...
Why Flying Cars will Happen Sooner than You Think 0
We can tweet 140 characters around the world at the speed of light to everyone that is listening.
That's great 'cause the better we communicate, the better we all can just get along.
But where are those flying cars that were promised nearly a century ago?
SpaceX Launching on Valentines Day 0
The plan is to launch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the cape Kennedy Space Center in Florida on or near Valentines Day.
If they go ahead, and that's a big "IF", it will be SpaceX's first launch from historic pad 39A at KSC since the last launch by the Space Shuttle in 2011.
Four Near Earth Misses in First Month of 2017 0
Since January 8th, we observed four Asteroids whip by Earth.
Anything fly by closer than the moons orbit, especially four in a row in less than a month is enough to at the very least, raise eyebrows.
They are called Near Earth Objects (NEOs)
Had any of these rocks hit the Earth, it would be not have been a global killer, but could levelled a city like a nuclear bomb.
Even if we did have advanced warning, what could we do?
Hyperloop 0
Step into a bullet-shaped pod, and get ready to be launched into a vacuum tube at the speed of sound. That's Hyperloop, a mode of passenger and freight transportation in the works.
AI Levels Up 0
Built by two computer science researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Libratus, as it is known, is an artificially intelligent system that runs on a supercomputer. For three weeks in a row, it played no-limit Texas Hold 'Em.
The competition ended this week. Halfway through the competition, some of the human players started to feel like Liberates could see their cards.
SpaceX Prepping to launch Previously Loved Rocket 0
Testing something new, really short, but more frequent podcasts.
This one is on SpaceX launching it's first used rocket.


The research provides a new insight into how the changes in structure of a small part of an HIV protein (a membrane proximal peptide) may alter the infection of the virus into healthy cells. The team was able to observe key changes in this part of the protein implicated in the early stages of the infection by using a combination of powerful experimental and computational tools. This is the first attempt to demonstrate that the inducible binding of the peptide with membrane-like surfaces can serve as a responsive molecular anchor underpinning HIV fusion to target cells.
This information is important as it gives us a better understanding of how HIV infections take hold at the molecular level. Drug designers could use this information to develop treatments that stop HIV from entering a healthy cell and infecting it.
This research is a part of the NPL-led international research project 'Multiscale measurements in biophysical systems', which is jointly funded by NPL and the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance.
The team's journal article detailing this research was selected as the featured article in the January 2011 issue of the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics – the Royal Society of Chemistry's premier forum for physical chemistry research.


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Time for an Upgrade of IT Governance
Monday, March 23 | 4:45PM–5:30PM | King Arthur's Court/Third Floor
Four years after adopting an inclusive IT Governance and Prioritization process, we've completed 188 projects, spending $8.4 million and expending 250,000 hours. To maximize prioritization efficiency and collaboration, we conducted a formal review to evaluate the success of the process and provide recommendations for changes. While the successes showed vast improvement, there were criticisms. By interviewing 65 critical leaders and end users, we have received an honest diagnosis and a detailed prescription for improvements. We will describe the history of our governance, best practices in project prioritization, and cultural concerns and how the process has evolved to create a collegial and transparent method for prioritization.
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Michael Hites
Chief Information Officer, Southern Methodist University
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Welcome Jaime Brede
Jaime Brede Press Release
Summit County, Colorado - Team Summit is fortunate to welcome Colorado native, Jaime Brede as the Ski Mountaineering "Skimo" Head Coach. Jaime is a member of the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA) National Team and competed in the 2019 World Championships in Switzerland.
In 2014, Jaime successfully installed the Summit County branch of The Cycle Effect, a non-profit organization using mountain bikes to educate and empower young women.
Jaime has competed as a professional athlete in Xterra Triathlons and Cross Country Mountain Biking. Her athletic pursuits also include competing in nordic skiing, trail running, and swimming.
"Team Summit is excited to add Skimo to our portfolio of programs for the 2020-2021 season. Skimo is tracking to be an Olympic sport and Summit County is the epicenter for Skimo in the US. By offering dedicated training to aspiring athletes we will open the door to participation in this rapidly growing sport. With an experienced leader like Jaime spearheading the program and great support from our resort partners, this will be an exciting new horizon for the youth of Summit County." CB Bechtel, Team Summit Executive Director.
"I am looking forward to putting my programming, coaching, and athletic experience to work for Team Summit. My mission of using mountain sports to transform (young) people's lives aligns with that of Team Summit's Whole Athlete mission. Skimo is a truly beautiful sport that encompasses aerobic fitness, muscular endurance, nordic technique, and downhill prowess, all while enjoying what our landscape has to offer, both on and off-piste. As a USSMA National Team Member and Athlete Advisory Council Member, I am thrilled that Team Summit has chosen to put their resources towards growing the sport of Skimo, and that they have chosen me to be Head Coach of this program." Jaime Brede, Team Summit Head Skimo Coach.
Jaime begins immediately leading Team Summit's Skimo Program.
For more information, please visit www.teamsummit.org
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September 2015 | Rebecca Rego Barry
Selling at Auction: Nobel Prizes
From time to time, Nobel Prizes appear on the market. While exciting for collectors, there is a peculiar vibe to such sales, considering that someone can buy--for a hefty six-figure sum--a sacred object meant for none other than the person who earned it. This is particularly the case when the recipient is still alive. Still, these objects, like books, have lives of their own.
The trade in Nobels is strong this season. In July, the 1953 award earned by the German-born British biochemist Hans Krebs sold at Sotheby's London for £275,000 ($425,500). Krebs secured his medal for the discovery of the citric acid cycle. Later this month, Bonhams will auction the 1934 Nobel Prize presented to American physician George Minot for his pioneering work on pernicious anemia. The estimate is $200,000-300,000. (You can read more about it in our free autumn auction guide.) Then, in November, Heritage Auctions will offer the gold medal merited by Francis Peyton Rous for an estimated $300,000-500,000. Rous, an American virologist who studied the relationship between viruses and cancer, won his award in 1966.
All three winners have long since passed, and in the case of Krebs at least, the auction winnings will continue the work of the prize winner by funding biomedical research through the Sir Hans Krebs Trust.
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By Jaime Lester - March 14, 2017
The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game #2)
By Evelyn Skye
Published by: Balzer + Bray
Source: Around the World ARC Tours
Perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Red Queen, The Crown's Fate is the thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Crown's Game, an atmospheric historical fantasy set in Imperial Russia.
Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha's coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial Enchanter, but the role she once coveted may be more difficult—and dangerous—than she ever expected.
Pasha is grappling with his own problems—his legitimacy is in doubt, the girl he loves loathes him, and he believes his best friend is dead. When a challenger to the throne emerges—and with the magic in Russia growing rapidly—Pasha must do whatever it takes to keep his position and protect his kingdom.
For Nikolai, the ending of the Crown's Game stung deeply. Although he just managed to escape death, Nikolai remains alone, a shadow hidden in a not-quite-real world of his own creation. But when he's given a second chance at life—tied to a dark price—Nikolai must decide just how far he's willing to go to return to the world.
With revolution on the rise, dangerous new magic rearing up, and a tsardom up for the taking, Vika, Nikolai, and Pasha must fight—or face the destruction of not only their world but also themselves.
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The Crown's Fate...
The Crown's Game was one of my absolute favorite books of last year. I have been waiting for a long, long time for this sequel, but when I got it in my hands I was nervous times ten. Will it live up to the expectations I have been building for a year? Will the characters still be the ones that I fell so hard in love with? It actually took me a few days to pick it up and actually start reading. And the minute I started? All those fears and worries melted away. The Crown's Fate was everything I wanted it to be, and more than I could have ever imagined!
Since there is still a good while before the release date, I won't give any details away. I don't want to ruin it for y'all, guys! But I can tell you that this sequel was truly amazing. The world got bigger and better, the magic grew. The darkness that lingered in the first book came out swinging in this sequel. There was fighting and death and destruction. My heart broke tens times over throughout the story. My emotions were all over the place, not able to find a place to land even at the end.
Nicolai is not the same Nicolai we knew before. The sweet boy whose magic was light and airy. This Nicolai is dark, a shadow of his former self. He is so far removed from who he was in the first book it is almost hard to reconcile that they are one and the same. Pasha grows exponentially, as a man and as a leader. He recognizes his faults and failures, and he was so easy to love. Yuliana also had a much larger presence. And as much as I wanted to smack her sometimes, I adored her. Her love and loyalty to her brother are forces to be reckoned with. And Vika, one of my all time favorite characters. She is extraordinary, even more so than last time. She never, ever gives up on anyone or anything. Pasha is a lucky man to have her by his side, as his Imperial Enchanter... ?! And that is all that I will say. We also have Renata and Ludmilla, back for the second round. I want a Ludmilla in my life! And Renata, I still don't know how I feel about her. She made me angry, but I get her. I really do.
Speaking of Ludmilla and Renata, they are where my only complaints come in. With Ludmilla, we just didn't get enough of her. I wanted more of her brightness and laughter, especially in this much darker story. With Renata, I feel like her storyline in this one was a little underdeveloped. I understood the role she was playing, but it felt a little underwhelming, especially at the end. She played a bigger role, but it felt like her role wasn't resolved. I don't know, maybe its just me.
So, all of that to say this... Evelyn Skye is one formidable writer. She turns words on a page into something truly magical. I have heard rumors that there may be a third book in the works, and I sure do hope that is true. But even if this was the end of this story, it was one heck of a ride and I am happy I joined it.
Seriously though, there is SO MUCH MORE OF THIS WORLD AND THESE CHARACTERS! BRING IT ON!!
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The Child Finder By Rene Denfeld Published: September 5th 2017
Published by: Harper
Source: Purchased Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon's Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as The Child Finder, Naomi is their last hope.
Naomi's methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl too.
As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison's disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels but cannot remember…
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel... Release Week Blitz and Giveaway!
By Jaime Lester - September 04, 2017
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A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full. Angie Dovage can tell there's more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can't imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he's not human. What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that's only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death.
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
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Aru Shah and the End of Time By Roshani Chokshi Published on March 27th 2018
Published by: Disney/Rick Riordan Presents
Source: Publisher Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from their latest archaeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?
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Why 'Stand by Me' is the best coming-of-age movie
September 7, 2017 March 21, 2018 Categories Film/TVblog, blogging, coming of age, film, films, fun, life, movie, movies, personal, stand by me9 Comments on Why 'Stand by Me' is the best coming-of-age movie
"By the time we get there, the kid won't even be dead anymore."
I don't even know what to say because this coming-of-age movie is like no other. Every coming-of-age that has been created since then has been influenced by it in some way, whether they know it or not. Never has a movie made me feel so nostalgic and the way it was able to bring me back to when I was 12 years old was unbelievable, thanks to director Rob Reiner.
This is not just a movie, but a tribute to every kid who ever had one of those crazy group of friends when they were young that are hard to forget. What "Stand By Me" taught us was that whether those people are still in our lives or if they were just a passing stage in our lives, you will never have friends later on like the ones you had when you were twelve.
This is not your average coming of age film. It features some darker topics that are set into motion as soon as the movie starts. The four main characters in the film are Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern.
The movie all begins when Vern overhears that there is a dead body in the woods near some train tracks, and that nobody is aware it is there, aside from Chris' older brother and his buddies, who can't seem to find an excuse to go out there and find it in the first place. With the intention of gaining fame in their small town, the four boys decide to go on a couple-day expedition to find the body.
However, as coming of age movies often go, the point of the film is not that they reach their destination, but what happens to them on the journey and the changes that transpire from it. Sounds pretty standard, right? Nope. This journey that the four boys embark on is one worth watching.
Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern
The characters in this movie are freaking sensational. The chemistry between them is like no other and the movie builds off of their dynamic friendship. The way these boys insult, love and mess with each other makes it a relatable friendship to everyone.
With every joke, I found myself laughing knowing that although they constantly mess with one another, they are four inseparable characters enjoying the time they have together until they go to junior high.
The combination of Gordie's storytelling, Chris's wise words, Teddy's hilarious and crazy antics, and Vern's sensitivity and shyness, just goes to show that although each character was very different, it's what made their friendship so exciting.
Those Crazy Lines
The words that come out of these characters' mouths are so hilarious. The best thing about them is that you wouldn't expect them to come out of a couple 12-year olds' mouths. Although many of the lines can't be written down here, the movie has a balance between humor and drama that makes the more sentimental lines all that more meaningful.
Teddy: "This is my age! I'm in the prime of my youth, and I'll only be young once!"
Chris: "Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life."
A perfect example of said balance is right there. With other lines like "It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant" the realization that come from this coming of age film is what makes this my all-time favorite.
The Inner Workings of a Boy
Boys have emotions too! Who would have guessed? Obviously I'm kidding, but with how the media and films often portray men as having to be these strong figures who conceal their emotions, it's no wonder when boys get upset or sad people often tell them to "toughen up." "Stand By Me" has one of the best portrayals of young boys I have ever seen.
A number of times in the film, the boys are able to let out how they feel and even shed a few tears along the way (which I love). And you know what the best part is? When the others see how upset one of the boys is, each of them never once says anything about "getting over it" or that they are "weak" for crying. Instead they provide them with comforting words and some of the best advice not only 12-year-olds could give, but anybody for that matter.
During the famous scene where Gordie and Chris are sitting by a tree in the woods and Chris explains the entire "milk money" scenario, we begin to see just how deep "Stand By Me" can get, and boy (… no pun intended) is it affecting.
I don't think anybody who has ever seen this movie has ever walked away from it not having thought of their pre-teen days. The reason this time was great is because it is obvious that the four characters have almost no cares in the world. They joke, they go on adventures, and they hang out. Obviously they all have some problems of their own, as everybody does, but this is the time before life starts getting serious. ***
*** I not-so lowkey wish my pre-teen years were as awesome as this quartet's
Looking back on the film, I experienced a load of nostalgia. Just watching how the characters acted reminded me of those times when nothing seemed to ever get in my way because I was happy. Sure, that happiness always follows us through life, but it is an unexplainable feeling of happiness that happens during the years the boys were a part of in the film.
If you're looking for a film that will actually take you back to this time in your life, "Stand By Me" will always be there. Or if you just want to hear a great story about a two hundred pound kid at a pie eating contest, it has that too.
So this was my two cents on this amazing movie, which I 100000% suggest you watch asap. What other movie would you like me to review or discuss? Let me know and I'll get on it!
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If the chemistry between the losers club is anything like this, the new IT film could really be quite sensational!
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Despite my big phobia of clowns, I'm actually looking forward to seeing the movie! I agree 1000% with you
Excellent call, this really is an absolute classic! I haven't watched in years, might have to drag the dvd out this weekend! x
lookingforalix says:
Ah finally someone who agrees!! My favourite movie of all time 😍
Dan O. says:
It's still a great movie all these years later. Nice review.
Flipping love this film! And love the gifs!
One of the best reviews I've read of Stand By Me. Definitely the best ever coming-of-age and I usually find that whenever I read a coming-of-age story or film, I compare the story to Stand By Me and/or its characters e.g. The Impossible Fortress. I think we were all at least one of the characters in the film. Chris is by far the wisest but Teddy had it right: I'm in the prime of my youth, and I'll only be young once!
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Mary, I have it repaired. It's for the next Scrap Squad quilt on Quiltmaker magazine's Quilt Pleasures blog -- posted next Friday!
as you say "Holy C%%%" Looking forward to the parade..
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In November 2011 H_NGM_N Books reissued In Baltic Circles, Paul Violi's first book of poems, originally published in 1973 by The Kulchur Foundation. This resulted out of funny circumstances: after seeing a review by Matt Hart of his last book, Overnight, in Coldfront Magazine, Violi sent Hart a photocopy of the original book with a handwritten note saying, "I like to think it's not all juvenilia!" In Baltic Circles is hardly that – even as an early book it encompasses so much of Violi's essence. What does that mean? For one, if there were ever code of ethics for the poetic form, you also could count on him to violate it in a poem – and he did so in such an elegant and charming way that you could never hold it against him. This is his edgy cleverness, accompanied by a romantic streak and a surreal awareness of the everyday... They are qualities that also radiated like the sun from his personality.


Sofien Bouaziz completed his thesis work at EPFL in 2015. His thesis results lead him to co-found the EPFL spin-off faceshift AG, a company that brought high-quality markerless facial motion capture to the consumer market. Their software was able to analyze face motions, and to describe them as a combination of basic expressions, plus head orientation and gaze. This description could then be used to animate virtual characters for use in movies or games. The company was finally acquired in 2015 by Apple. Sofien got then a research scientist position at Apple where he developed and productized the real-time face tracking algorithm powering the iPhone X Animojis and also available to third-party developers through ARKit.
His thesis on real-time face tracking and animation was awarded the 2016 SIGGRAPH outstanding doctoral dissertation award honorable mention, the 2015 ETHZ Fritz Kutter PhD thesis award, and the honorable mention of the 2015 EPFL Patrick Denantes PhD award. His current research interests include machine learning, computer vision, and computer graphics.
Sofien has a very strong publication record with many SIGGRAPH and EG papers. His work is influential and well cited, with a steeply increasing rate. His 2011 paper on real-time performance-based facial animation precomputes a blendshape model of the user's facial expression space and then allows real-time tracking of expression from noisy RGBD data by solving for the most likely parameters given the observed 2D and 3D data. Then, his paper on modelling for real-time facial animation, published in 2013, presents a real-time facial expression capture system from RGBD data, which, unlike their earlier work, requires no user-specific training or calibration. In it, a dynamic blend-shape expression model is continuously refined as tracking progresses. His 2015 paper on real-time fitting of a 3D articulated hand model to depth images uses depth, silhouette, temporal information, and priors including a database of realistic hand poses to obtain a suitable fitting.
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