While every school's build process is unique, there are common elements that all schools will experience as they engage in property development. Stuart Cameron, principal of Sumner School shares his school's experiences through the master planning and design phases of their property development.
Stuart describes master planning as an extremely worthwhile exercise to go through. Appointed experts worked with school leaders to examine the new school site and consider 'big picture' ideas for possible layout. This also included where future additions might be. The aim was to make the best use of space and future-proof the school design. The education brief guided decision making and the master plan reflected a clear vision for teaching and learning at the school.
This process was closely supported by the school's Ministry of Education project delivery manager. An architect was appointed to the project following a tender process through the Ministry of Education.
1. The preliminary design phase: Concepts were developed outlining what buildings and spaces would look like. Sketches and mockups were provided to the school.
2. The developed design phase: More information was added to the approved design. This phase focused more on the interior of spaces, including items such as break out spaces, wifi access points, and interior walls or sliders. A quantity surveyor then estimated the cost of the project.
3. The detailed design: The space design was finalised, including all information about colours, fixtures, and fittings.
Following detailed design, the project was put out to the construction sector to tender. The school's property delivery manager outlined which part of the process the school was involved with.
The school design team were fully engaged in the master planning and design phases. Two of the Board of Trustees members involved in the property industry bought their own expertise to this project. Stuart highly recommends having key people who know the education brief well and will advocate strongly for the school.
One challenge for the school design team was finding times to meet. Stuart often scheduled meetings first thing in the morning or later in the evening so that board members could attend before or after work.
The design review panel is made up of experts from the construction industry. Its role is to provide quality assurance throughout the property development process. The project delivery manager is again a key liaison.
Red - the panel doesn't agree and thinks a change needs to be made to the design.
The design review panel provided Sumner School with the opportunity to answer any queries and provide supporting evidence for their decision–making. The design was refined based on discussion, feedback, and subsequent decisions that were made.
Initially the design for a two storey classroom block was challenged by the panel. The school had the opportunity to share their reasons, with evidence to support this particular design and it was approved.
Opportunities to feedback on the first draft of the education brief.
Entering the master planning and design phase provided further opportunities to engage and connect. Sumner School held a 'Master planning wine and cheese evening'. Guests included whānau, representatives from the Ministry of Education, and the project architect. The first draft of a preliminary design was shared. Parents could visit stations that focused on different elements, such as classroom design, landscaping, and furniture. The session was videoed and a link put on the school website for those unable to attend. Participant feedback informed this design phase. It was a great way to access whānau and community voice and bring all parties involved in the building development together.
What makes a great learning space?
What might my learning look like in the future?
The project architect came to the school and interviewed the students about their inquiry findings. The architect incorporated the students' thinking and ideas into the preliminary design.
Mātauraka Mahaanui supported the school during the master planning and design phases. A Mana Whenua facilitator worked with staff, students, and whānau to unpack the school's cultural narrative. This linked with a school-wide inquiry called 'Turangawaewae'. Students learned about the different aspects of the cultural narrative and explored kaitiakitanga – their role as guardians in Sumner. Their learning is reflected in the school design; influencing colour choices, window manifestations, and the naming of the school learning hubs.
Be patient: The project will ebb and flow. There are periods where you're very busy and periods where you're just waiting.
Be organised: Have robust systems for organising key communication and documentation.
Be actively involved: Leaders know education and what good learning looks like. At times you will pick up things that an architect may not. This could be as simple as knowing where to put electrical outlets, or how to move students from one space to another.
Be flexible: You will need to be able to attend a range of meetings. Some of these are booked in such as a monthly Project Control Group (PCG) check-in. However, there will be extra meetings once the project starts.
Delegate tasks: Do this in advance with other members of your leadership team and free up your time to focus on the building project.
Access expertise: Find and work with key people from the construction industry within your school community if possible.
– a newly constructed space.
Sharing a timeline with the community can carry risk as it may be subject to change. This could be due to circumstances out of your control, for example, a school may discover asbestos that needs immediate removal. This may cause a delay.
It is challenging doing the 'business as usual' while construction is going on around you. Moving classrooms can be stressful for everyone. Staff and students need to be looked after.
It can also be challenging when students are being taught in a range of learning environments, so focus on the pedagogy. The vision for teaching and learning should stay at the forefront.
Sumner School was fortunate to have the support of a Grow Waitaha navigator during the writing of the education brief. They also accessed a range of Grow Waitaha events such as EduHui, school tours, and forums. The Grow Waitaha monitoring and evaluation framework was also used as a tool to support planning and development. It continues to be used as the school embarks on the second stage of their build.
Information about the new build on the Sumner school website.
Simon Moriarty, principal of South Hornby School – Te Manu Tukutuku, shares his school's experiences as they relocated to a newly built school on a new site.
This page provides stories about Canterbury schools' experiences and information about the master planning, and design phases for this process.
In these videos three schools open their doors to share how their teaching and learning spaces enable future-focused education for all learners and their communities.
These videos describe the master planning process followed by Cashmere Primary School and shares how the school selected their design team and engaged with architects and project managers to develop their building designs.


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Q: Combining fields in one table into one field in another table in Access I am trying to combine multiple fields from one table that has user id and 10 columns of data arranged horizontally to be displayed in two fields vertically having one field corresponding to the User ID and another corresponding to the 10 vertical fields.  In the second table User name would be repeated for the number of times that there are inputs in the 10 horizontal fields in the original table.
My example is basically:
MainT
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User ID
otherfields
Invoice1
:
Invoice10

Wanting to put into new table:
InvoicesT
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User ID
Invoices

I need to know how to get the data from MainT:
User    |   Othr Fld    |   Invoice1    |   Invoice2    |   Invoice3
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
1       |   JF          |   Paid        |   Past Due    |  Civil Court
2       |   JN          |   Paid        |   Paid        |  Past Due
3       |   MO          |   Past Due    |   Paid        |  Paid

to populate into InvoicesT in the manner which I have prescribed.
User    |   Invoice
--------+--------------
1       |   Paid
1       |   Past Due
1       |   Civil Court
2       |   Paid
2       |   Past Due

etc.

A: I do not recall having one simple query that can transform the data like the way you want it. The first thing that came to my mind was a Crosstab Query, however this is not something you can do using the data structure you have. I would like to give you a VBA solution, as I feel you are going on the right track in redesigning your table data.
For this solution to work, first create the second table InvoicesT, with the following fields.
InvoicesT
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Field Name          |   Data Type
--------------------+------------------
invoiceID           |   Autonumber
UserID              |   Number
InvoiceCategory     |   Text

Next, you copy the following Sub into a Standard Module.
Public Sub transferData()
    Dim oldTbl As DAO.Recordset, newTbl As DAO.Recordset
    Dim dbObj As DAO.Database
    Dim fCtr As Integer

    Set dbObj = CurrentDB()

    'Open the MainT table to read the information.
    Set oldTbl = dbObj.OpenRecordSet("SELECT [User ID], Invoice1, Invoice2, Invoice3, Invoice4, " & _
                                     "Invoice5, Invoice6, Invoice7, Invoice8, Invoice9, Invoice10 FROM MainT")

    'Open the InvoicesT to write new information into.
    Set newTbl = dbObj.OpenRecordSet("InvoicesT")

    'Loop through the list of all entries in MainT
    Do While Not oldTbl.EOF
        'This will loop through the fields to create one entry for each field.
        'You can change the number 10 to any number depending on the Invoice fields in the table.
        For fCtr = 1 To 10
            'I have put an IF condition to make sure there are not many empty records for a UserID
            'If the Invoice(n) is not available for a particular user, then it does not create an entry.
            If Len(oldTbl.Fields("Invoice" & fCtr) & vbNullString) > 0 Then
                With newTbl
                    .AddNew
                    .Fields("UserID") = oldTbl.Fields(0)
                    .Fields("InvoiceCategory") = oldTbl.Fields("Invoice" & fCtr)
                    .Update
                End With
            End If
        Next
        'Go to the next record when one user is done with
        oldTbl.MoveNext
    Loop

    'Clean up
    Set newTbl = Nothing
    Set oldTbl = Nothing
    Set dbObj = Nothing
End Sub

Now once you have saved the Module with a name like mod_TransferTables and compiled it. Go to your immediate window (CTRL + G). Then simply type transferData and hit ENTER, it might take a while based on the number of records in the MainT table. Once this is complete. You should be having all the data in the new table.
Hope this helps !

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Moltex to Deploy Its First Reactor in Canada
Moltex Energy has been selected by New Brunswick Energy Solution Corporation and New Brunswick Power to progress development of its SSR-W (Stabe Salt Reactor - Wasteburner) technology at New Bruswick...
The aim is to deploy the first Moltex SSR-W at the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor site before 2030. The agreement provides $5m of financial support to Moltex for its immediate development activities and Moltex will open its North America headquarters in Saint John and build its development team there.
"The Moltex SSR is a physically small, but grid scale power, modular reactor and is able to store energy at low cost, so can double or treble its output at peak demand times during the day. Most importantly, the SSR technology produces very low cost, clean energy and can reduce the cost of electricity to consumers while achieving low carbon targets."
-Stephen Haighton, CEO of Moltex Energy.
Just some weeks ago, Moltex was selected as a winner in the UK government's Advanced Modular Reactors competition and awarded a £300k contract by the UK government as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) scheme. The funding will be used to develop a feasibility study for deploying the SSR in the UK, including a technical review, business case, and safety and environmental considerations. The scheme will explore options to ensure the UK has a secure, long-term energy supply that is reliable, affordable and clean, as well as providing opportunities for the UK economy and ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront of the science, research and innovation in AMR technologies. The 2nd phase of the scheme, providing a share of up to £40m, is expected to be announced in early 2019.
"We are delighted to have received this contract from BEIS to participate in an 'apples to apples' comparison of the SSR technology. We firmly believe that the SSR is the way in which the UK can move away from fossil fuel power generation while lowering consumer bills. The world now needs a combination of intermittent wind and solar energy partnered with clean, very cheap and dispatchable nuclear energy – such as Moltex technology can deliver."
-Stephen Haighton, CEO of Moltex Energy.
The Moltex SSR technology has thus been competitively selected, and is being financially supported, by two expert, experienced government organisations as a particularly promising advanced nuclear technology deployable at grid scale (300 to 3000 MW).
The SSR is based on a simple globally patented breakthrough in reactor technology requiring only modest R&D. The SSR-Wasteburner version of the reactor is fuelled by the long lived radioactive waste from existing spent nuclear fuel, leaving a residual radioactive waste that is hazardous for only 300 years instead of 300,000 years. The SSR-Uranium/Thorium version is fuelled by enriched uranium, in which technology the UK is a world leader, and itself produces spent fuel which can be used to fuel the SSR-Wasteburner leaving a similarly short lived radioactive waste output.
The SSR technology is able to store grid scale energy so that the power plant can output peak power to the grid for several hours at 3x the reactor power at times of peak demand, effectively compensating for the intermittency of wind and solar power.
The projected cost of electricity of the SSR is under £35/MWhr when operating as baseload and £40/MWhr when operating as a peak demand plant – less than half the cost of competing Pressurised Water Reactors (which cannot economically operate as peak demand plants). Operating as a peak demand plant, the capital cost per kW of the SSR is similar to a modern gas powered plant but with far lower operating costs.
"As the costs of nuclear energy and of renewables converge to a level well below todays fossil fuel power costs, the era of burning coal and gas for electricity production will draw to a close." - Moltex Energy
Moltex sees an exciting future for global electricity generation with the cost of intermittent solar and wind energy continuing to fall while SSR technology provides "available on demand" power to complement the renewables.
Come meet Moltex and hear more about their technology and the latest at ThEC18 in Brussels!
Moltex at ThEC15 in Mumbai

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Christ means an Anointed one.
The Holy anointing oil should contain all active ingredient.
A Christ is meant as an ambassador of God here on earth.
Here to die for our sins as any kind of martyr, like an escape goat for Babylon.
A Christ is here to help explain and make clear the things of God.


In an effort to alleviate traffic-related issues on Ambergris Caye, the San Pedro Town Council (SPTC) has been following the recommendations of Canadian traffic expert, Darwin Juell. Since the last traffic consultation on January 16th, the SPTC has made it a priority to address prominent issues affecting San Pedro's daily traffic flow. As such, the SPTC met with several Lebanese golf cart rental owners regarding their business practices on Wednesday, February 8th.
The SPTC has conducted several meetings with the various Taxi Associations, but this meeting with the golf cart rental owners came after numerous complaints were given via Facebook. Complaints included reckless driving, halting traffic and blaring music. The SPTC took these complaints into consideration and developed an itinerary to discuss with the Lebanese stakeholders.
There were several issues discussed in the meeting: 1) speeding; 2) illegal soliciting of tourists/locals at water taxis or air strips; 3) maintenance/washing golf carts on the street; 4) noise pollution; 5) business signs that block the street/advertising golf-cart on the street; 6) rude behavior; 7) traffic violations of parking/overloading.
Grief said that the SPTC is expecting to see immediate results. "We are hoping that everyone adheres to our laws, and it should yield positive results. If not, there will be penalties. When it comes to soliciting, we will have their trade license revoked. Since we have a working relationship with the Magistrate, if someone is caught speeding, the vehicle can be impounded and we can revoke their driver's license," said Greif.
If they actually impounded the vehicles of people that speed, there is not space enough on the island to store all those vehicles.


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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Environment, Culture and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel held on 10 January 2017.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 10 January 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
A report regarding contaminated land in the Borough is attached for consideration.
The Panel considered a report setting out the Council's responsibilities in relation to contaminated land in the Borough, as defined by the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
For land to be designated as 'contaminated land' it had to meet three criteria. Firstly, there must be an identified contaminant, secondly an identified receptor that was likely to be harmed by the contaminant should the two come in contact, and thirdly a feasible pathway by which the two could connect. The legislation provided powers for the remediation of contaminated land, whereby planning conditions could be imposed to deal with associated risks on land brought forward for development.
Local risks had been assessed through a desk top survey in 1999/2000 of historical sites where industrial or waste disposal activities had taken place. Some 2,500 potentially contaminated sites had been identified in the Borough. There were also three former local authority landfill sites in the Borough. Longhill and Longshot Lane were former landfill sites which needed active monitoring by the Council to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The third landfill site at Strongs Heath was closed in 1998, and was managed by the Council on behalf of all the Berkshire Authorities on terms regulated by the Environment Agency. This necessitated the ongoing management of the site and monitoring of gas and leachate.
Details of the 2,500 sites were held on the contaminated land register which was available for public inspection. Some individuals chose to obtain information via a Freedom of Information request rather than attending to inspect the public register.
Where development proposals were submitted, the Council as Planning Authority could refuse permission unless satisfactory measures were proposed to remediate the contamination or otherwise mitigate any risk to health.
Strongs Heath landfill site was designed and built as a 'dilute and disperse' site. It is regulated by the Environment Agency. The nature of the equipment on the site is such that it currently has to be kept secure The day to day on-site management has been outsourced to specialists who arrange for the methane from the site to be drawn off and burnt by an onsite flare and for leachate to be extracted and sent for specialist disposal.
The contractor had now completed 50,000 man hours on site, while the contract remained within budget and on schedule for re-opening on 18 August 2017. Construction of the flume tower was now up to the fifth floor, the pool roof had been demolished, the changing village roof works were now complete and external drainage works were in progress. Most of the colourful flume sections were on site awaiting assembly and installation. The Panel viewed a number of photographs showing how the works were progressing and a summary of the next phase of work.
The project had created a lot of public interest, measured by a very high number of website hits. The Panel was most interested to learn of the weekend recruitment drive planned for May. Approximately 60 staff (40 FTE) would need to be appointed and it was hoped that a number of those employed previously would return. Learning to Work, a charity working to support and develop young people and provide them with career opportunities, had been engaged to assist with recruitment.
Following questions, the Panel was advised that a final progress report would be made to its next meeting in July before the re-opening of Coral Reef in August 2017.
To consider the Design SPD to provide guidance on designing new housing schemes, extensions and alterations to existing properties.
The Panel received a report presenting the Design Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) due to be considered for adoption by the Executive on 14 March 2017. The Design SPD sets out design principles and best practice to guide the design quality of development proposals in the Borough. The Consultation Draft SPD had been subject to full public consultation for six weeks from 17 October 2016. An appendix to the report contained a summary of the responses received, an officer response to each comment and recommendations for any appropriate changes to the SPD.
The Design SPD would sit alongside other SPDs adopted by the Council and be brought into use in the determination of planning applications.
A number of issues raised by Members were in fact more appropriately and adequately covered in the adopted Streetscene SPD.
Generally such matters as the installation of solar panels and satellite dishes constituted permitted development and therefore the Design SPD made only limited reference to them. In response to a request, the Chief Officer: Planning, Transport & Countryside agreed to advise the Panel of the maximum number of satellite dishes permitted on homes.
Although it was not possible to say that the adoption of the SPD would lead to an improved ratio of planning appeals won, it would be a very useful addition to the policy relied on in the determination of planning applications, and would have to be taken into account by the Inspector in any planning appeal.
The Panel echoed the positive comments made in the consultation and congratulated the officers on a comprehensive and well written SPD.
Although not directly related to the Design SPD, members received answers to questions about the spending of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds raised and the Section 106 contributions towards the Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area (SPA). It was suggested that the Panel should have a presentation at a future meeting on the responsibilities of the SPA Joint Board, how it worked and how the funds were allocated.
The preparation of the Comprehensive Local Plan (CLP) was proceeding in accordance with the timetable detailed in the report which now provided for the Draft Plan consultation to take place in September/October 2017.
Progress on the preparation of the wide range of evidence studies which would support the formulation of policies within the CLP was noted. In particular, reference was made to the consultancy working on the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) which was reviewing its draft report in the light of officer comments and amendments to the national policy guidance. Consultants JBA had been appointed to undertake the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). Also Hampshire County Council was continuing to work on preparation of the Joint Minerals and Waste Local Plan, and a session with members of the participant authorities was planned.
The Panel received a progress report of the Working Group reviewing houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Two meetings had taken place so far at which the review had been scoped and discussions held to explore the housing functions and any related anti-social behaviour issues associated with HMOs.
To update the Panel in respect of the latest available departmental performance as reported in the QSR for the third quarter of 2016/17 (October to December 2016) relating to Environment, Culture and Communities. An overview of the fourth quarter of 2016/17 will also be provided.
The Panel considered the latest trends, priorities and pressures in terms of departmental performance as reported in the QSR for the third quarter of 2016/17 (October to December 2016) relating to Environment, Culture and Communities. The report highlighted exceptional performance, remedial action being taken against under performance, significant changes in risk, significant customer feedback and inspections and significant changes in service use and the associated financial impact.
The Chief Officer: Environment and Public Protection highlighted a number of items from the report and gave an overview of the third quarter performance. He indicated the major variances on the revenue budget, resulting in a predicted underspend of £440k for the year. The capital budget for the current year was currently 64.6% spent, but this would rise in the fourth quarter to the extent that only a 6.3% carry forward would be necessary.
The key highlights referred to the heavy involvement of the Department in the first year of the transformation programme, with intensive work being undertaken at South Hill Park, Libraries and Leisure Services. There had been a significant increase in the number of cremations carried out. The joint Regulatory Service between West Berkshire, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest Councils had commenced on 9 January 2017 and had made a good start to operations.
The Crematorium was currently operating at or near capacity, but this was governed by the chapel availability. Work had commenced on the first phase of the construction programme leading towards having a second chapel which would increase capacity further.
A factor affecting the current high level of cremations was the temporary closure of the Slough Crematorium.
It was estimated there was currently space in the cemetery for about 10 more years of burials. In common with practice elsewhere only double depth plots were now being sold. The charges for burials are higher for non-residents of the Borough.
The new joint Regulatory Service had realised £150,000 of savings from its inception. However, there was potential for further savings in support costs, office accommodation etc as the service became more established. The first meeting of the Partnership Board set up to manage the service was due to be held shortly.
Utility Companies had to obtain a permit from the Council to close roads in the Borough. The Council set conditions in the permit, including time limits and there was provision to impose penalties where these were overrun.
Income from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) had been greater than expected, with a further £4-5m of CIL liabilities. The review of CIL charges was aligned with the Local Plan timetable. It could also be affected if some proposals contained in the Housing White Paper were introduced.


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Varieties Mocha, long berry, short berry
Packing 60kg-70kg fiber bags, valve sealed bags,
Size 6mm-7mm
Season October, November, December, January, February
Storage 10-20 degrees celsius
Transport conditions 10-20 degrees celsius away from frost
Djibouti coffee is among the countries leading agricultural export.
Djibouti is the 193rd largest export economy of coffee in the world. Being a relevantly small populated country, it mainly relies on the trade of coffee. The Coffee plant is a short plant that grows up to 13 feet. the coffee plant is evergreen described as shrubs with multiple stems and smooth leaves. The trees can live for up to thirty years producing coffee beans. Coffee from Djibouti is mostly known for its rich aroma and flavor. It has a strong scent that is distinct and beautifully rich.
There are three types of coffee from Djibouti, namely mocha, long berry, and short berry. The three types are all farmed in the rural parts of Djibouti. The farmers' relly wholely on the practice for their daily income. The farming and harvesting are thoroughly done manually, making the farmers 100% depended on them. Export is done all across the country because of the quality of coffee from Djibouti, which is usually not overly acidic and is right on the taste buds.
Long berry is known to have the biggest beans. The flavor is top-notch alongside its value. Long berry takes the front seat at all the excellent coffee can offer. The short berry is smaller in size, but its value is nowhere close to its size. It is unique, holding a distinct flavor that's inviting to all the coffee drinkers. The chocolate lovers are always drawn to mocha because of its spicy, chocolatey, citrus scent that is identified by its unique feature of two beans.
Farmers prepare adequately prior to the harvest because it occurs once a year, and it is mostly huge, taking up to six months. The practice is always done by hand, where the farmers handpick the ripped berries that are just right. After the harvest, the berries are then taken to the washing stations to be processed while farmers from within must sundry the cherries themselves then remove the pods.
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DP Charles Papert Switches To Panasonic VariCam 35 For MTV's "Mary+Jane"
by Jake Fruia September 16, 2016 No Comments News
Cinematographer Charles Papert (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Key and Peele), a frequent ARRI Alexa user, decided to make the switch to Panasonic's VariCam 35 for the MTV comedy about an all-female weed delivery service.
Recruited by the producers of Television 360, Papert began to consider his needs for "Mary+Jane", such as a lightweight form for handheld shooting, and decided to make the switch to the VariCam 35. "I also started to think about how various outfits like Netflix are mandating 4K acquisition," he explains. "I needed to be ready when that call comes to know which camera I want to shoot with, because that's something that comes up in job interviews."
(From Left to Right) A camera/Steadicam operator Neal Bryant and cinematographer Charles Papert
There was also some concern about lighting, specifically using practical street lighting for much of their shots. "We were under various types of street lights for that test and I looked really closely at faces," he explains. "I thought it was amazing how the camera was handling all these different color temps. We were able to do a very minor overall correction and bring the scene to a really clean looking place. The color science in the VariCam was better than a lot of the cameras I've worked with where you really have to do a lot of work in color to get the skin tones exactly where you want them."
You can find out much more about Papert's work on MTV's "Mary+Jane" in the release below.
For more on Charles Papert and his work visit www.CharlesPapert.com/DP/Home.html
For more on Panasonic's VariCam visit Info.Panasonic.com/VariCam-Models.html
Shooting A Dope Show
Cinematographer Charles Papert creates magic tricks with the VariCam 35 for MTV's Mary + Jane Paige (Jessica Rothe) and Jordan (Scout Durwood) run an all-female weed delivery service in LA (photo courtesy of MTV Networks)
In MTV's new scripted series, Mary + Jane, best friends Paige and Jordan (Jessica Rothe and Scout Durwood) navigate the trials and tribulations of being in their 20s, running an all-female weed delivery service in Los Angeles — all while trying to find romance in Los Angeles.
To shoot the ½ hour comedy series, the producers at Television 360 enlisted cinematographer Charles Papert (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Key and Peele). Although Papert had been shooting with the ARRI Alexa for the past four years and saw no reason to switch, he was intrigued by the VariCam after reading about it and seeing it at a trade show. "I also started to think about how various outfits like Netflix are mandating 4K acquisition," he explains. "I needed to be ready when that call comes to know which camera I want to shoot with, because that's something that comes up in job interviews."
DP Charles Papert was influenced by the work of photographer David Mushegain, which he describes "as a look of available light but you get a sense of a hot Southern California vibe where there's sort of a haze in the air." (photo courtesy of MTV Networks)
Since the project was pitched to him as more of a handheld show, Papert thought the VariCam LT would be a great fit due to the camera's compact form factor. The dual 800 and 5000 native ISO settings were was especially interesting to him as well. Since the LT was not available at the time, Papert took out a VariCam 35 and shot exterior night tests. "I went to a fairly dark city street corner equipped with a little handheld light to shoot someone crossing the street," he explains. "I was at [native] 5000 ISO and found myself at a f/4.5–6 without ever turning on the light, and when looking at the footage, I was still able to knock it down a bit in post to make it look more night-like. One of the things that happens when you're given these massive ISOs is the tendency to overexpose, which can sometimes look like a lunar landscape. When I took the VariCam footage to a color suite and looked at the noise pattern, it looked more like film grain than video noise. Also, the colorist said we could knock that noise out pretty easily if we wanted to."
Papert's other concern in shooting with practical street light were mixed color sources. "We were under various types of street lights for that test and I looked really closely at faces," he explains. "I thought it was amazing how the camera was handling all these different color temps. We were able to do a very minor overall correction and bring the scene to a really clean looking place. The color science in the VariCam was better than a lot of the cameras I've worked with where you really have to do a lot of work in color to get the skin tones exactly where you want them.
Papert was impressed how the VariCam 35 handled mixed color sources. (photo courtesy of MTV Networks)
"I also shot some simple tests with a model against the Alexa," continues Papert. "Even though there were slight differences, I felt very comfortable in what I was seeing in the skin tones. I was very confident in using this camera on a project with the added trick of the high ISO."
For the look of Mary + Jane, Papert joined after the pilot was shot and according to the DP, the producers wanted an "indie" handheld/available light look. Unfortunately, Papert wasn't able to shoot with the LTs, due to availability, but made the V35s work in terms of shooting in a "16mm" style. One stylistic influence was the work of photographer David Mushegain, whose work Papert describes "as a look of available light but you get a sense of a hot Southern California vibe where there's sort of a haze in the air. You feel the heat of the sun, but it also has a luscious quality with people bathed in the ambiance."
Papert shot the show in full HD (1920 x 1080) at 23.98-fps. Post's existing workflow mandated ProRes files, which he captured in the V-Log gamma setting. Because he wasn't working with a D.I.T., Papert decided to monitor everything in Rec 709. "I know if I got everything to look decent in 709, I would have room to go anywhere," he reveals. "709 is very plain vanilla but it does create a baseline which is easier for me on a fast-moving set. My modality for shooting the night exteriors, especially with the high ISO, is to overexpose a stop so that in post we could push it back down. That suppresses noise, plus we can retain the values of the night sky and so forth while bringing everything else down around it. I would often tell people on set, it's going to be darker when it comes out of color — so basically I'm giving it a "fat negative," to use a nostalgic term."
VariCam 35
Even when shooting a 1080 job, 4K is a valuable asset. "On Mary + Jane we would shoot 4K if there was the possibility of pushing in on an image for one reason or another. An insert of a phone that may need to be blown up further during post, or if we need to do some stabilization or reframing."
For lenses, Papert went with his color-matched zoom collection, including Fujinon/ARRI Alura 15–45, 30–80, 45–250mm, a Zeiss 70–200, and a Fujinon 19–90mm Cabrio.
For the shoot, Papert used the native 5,000 ISO on a few occasions, mainly for night exteriors near the stage in which he lit the foreground action very gently and the background with just street lights that he balanced to. When he met with the producers and showed them his night exterior tests, they were impressed with the image, as well as the fact they wouldn't have to use the old tried-and-true Condor backlight plus units and cables up and down the streets, requiring extensive rigging crew. "There was one moment where the director and I were walking through our locations for that night's work and she said, 'Hey what if we shoot down that alley,' which we had not planned for," says Papert. "To the eye, it seemed tragically dark and I started trying to figure out how we can lob something down at the end of the street. We got transpo to take a vehicle to the other end and rake the headlights across a building at the far end. But as night fell, the image on the monitor revealed far more than the eye could see and it looked great. We shot that scene at [native] 5000 ISO without any additional light in the background. The car lights were too much so we turned them off and drove the car away."
There was another time they were shooting on top of a hotel rooftop looking out towards the Burbank hills into a residential area. At 4000 ISO [dialed down from the native 5000 setting], they were able to get some separation in the sky that you could not see with your eye and all the twinkling lights on the hill, which they exposed to. "There's a bit of confusion because one might expect that the idea of dual [native] ISO is that the 800 and 5,000 images are identical — they are not," continues Papert. "5000 is noisier — it's just not nearly as much as you would expect it to be. If you take an Alexa up to 1600, you have quite a bit of noise there, probably more so than you see with this camera at 5000."
"However, if you start at the 5000 base and dial it down to 2500, you achieve a very similar look to the native 800 in terms of the noise profile. I thought that would be a very valuable thing for us on stage because if we did all of our stage work at 2000 ISO, we would gain 1–1/4-stops of shooting speed, which means I could cut the wattage of all my instruments in half. The particular stage we were shooting on was kind of dodgy in terms of available power, which lead me believe this was a really good idea. We would be able to work with half the power, wattage, and heat. Where I would normally use a 10K to simulate sunlight, I could do it with a 5K. Effectively doubling the output of LED units meant I could create an 8 x 8 book light with a Cineo, for instance. It worked out really beautifully, almost like a magic trick."
He continues, "Whenever you start monkeying around with the ISOs of the camera, you're shifting your dynamic range and in that instance, we're giving up some highlight information. But because we were on stage, I had complete control over that anyway. It actually helped me blow out the exterior elements outside the windows if desired, which was another benefit. The highlight roll-off in the VariCam is very pleasant."
As of this writing, Papert is supervising the color grading on the first four episodes at Mad Old Nut Productions, Inc. and he notes, "We flew through our first session. The EPs are very pleased with the way the show looks, as am I."
Papert has also begun production on Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys for Full Screen/Audience Network, shooting again with the VariCam 35, this time in UHD 4K. "Cassandra French has an even more gritty, indie look and we are moving fast with a small crew so I really needed to rely on the flexibility of VariCam even more on this one," explains Papert. "In our first week we shot in a dim bar and I found the existing practicals looked good at 3200 ISO, eliminating a lot of additional lighting. Same thing when we moved outside to the street for a night walk-and-talk, supplemented only by an LED china ball. I'm finding that the VariCam is a really good fit for moving fast and getting great images when time and resources are scarce."
For additional information on Papert's work, please visit http://www.charlespapert.com/DP/Home.html.
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local log = hs.logger.new('oblique-strategies.lua', 'debug')
local imagePath = os.getenv('HOME') .. '/.hammerspoon/oblique_strategies.png'

-- Oblique Strategies are © 1975, 1978, and 1979 by Brian Eno/Peter Schmidt
local cards = {
   "(Organic) machinery",
   "A line has two sides",
   "A very small object         Its center",
   "Abandon desire",
   "Abandon normal instructions",
   "Abandon normal instruments",
   "Accept advice",
   "Accretion",
   "Adding on",
   "Allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a stricture)",
   "Always first steps",
   "Always give yourself credit for having more than personality (given by Arto Lindsay)",
   "Always the first steps",
   "Are there sections?  Consider transitions",
   "Ask people to work against their better judgement",
   "Ask your body",
   "Assemble some of the elements in a group and treat the group",
   "Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle",
   "Be dirty",
   "Be extravagant",
   "Be less critical",
   "Breathe more deeply",
   "Bridges   -build   -burn",
   "Bridges -build -burn",
   "Cascades",
   "Change ambiguities to specifics",
   "Change instrument roles",
   "Change nothing and continue consistently",
   "Change nothing and continue with immaculate consistency",
   "Change specifics to ambiguities",
   "Children   -speaking     -singing",
   "Cluster analysis",
   "Consider different fading systems",
   "Consider transitions",
   "Consult other sources   -promising   -unpromising",
   "Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element",
   "Courage!",
   "Cut a vital conenction",
   "Cut a vital connection",
   "Decorate, decorate",
   "Define an area as `safe' and use it as an anchor",
   "Destroy  -nothing   -the most important thing",
   "Destroy nothing; Destroy the most important thing",
   "Discard an axiom",
   "Disciplined self-indulgence",
   "Disconnect from desire",
   "Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them",
   "Discover your formulas and abandon them",
   "Display your talent",
   "Distort time",
   "Distorting time",
   "Do nothing for as long as possible",
   "Do something boring",
   "Do something sudden, destructive and unpredictable",
   "Do the last thing first",
   "Do the washing up",
   "Do the words need changing?",
   "Do we need holes?",
   "Don't avoid what is easy",
   "Don't be frightened of cliches",
   "Don't break the silence",
   "Don't stress on thing more than another [sic]",
   "Don't stress one thing more than another",
   "Dont be afraid of things because they're easy to do",
   "Dont be frightened to display your talents",
   "Emphasize differences",
   "Emphasize repetitions",
   "Emphasize the flaws",
   "Faced with a choice, do both (from Dieter Rot)",
   "Faced with a choice, do both (given by Dieter Rot)",
   "Feed the recording back out of the medium",
   "Fill every beat with something",
   "Find a safe part and use it as an anchor",
   "Get your neck massaged",
   "Ghost echoes",
   "Give the game away",
   "Give the name away",
   "Give way to your worst impulse",
   "Go outside.  Shut the door.",
   "Go outside. Shut the door.",
   "Go slowly all the way round the outside",
   "Go to an extreme, come part way back",
   "Honor thy error as a hidden intention",
   "Honor thy mistake as a hidden intention",
   "How would someone else do it?",
   "How would you have done it?",
   "Humanize something free of error",
   "Idiot glee (?)",
   "Imagine the piece as a set of disconnected events",
   "In total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly",
   "Infinitesimal gradations",
   "Intentions   -nobility of  -humility of   -credibility of",
   "Into the impossible",
   "Is it finished?",
   "Is something missing?",
   "Is the information correct?",
   "Is the style right?",
   "Is there something missing",
   "It is quite possible (after all)",
   "It is simply a matter or work",
   "Just carry on",
   "Left channel, right channel, center channel",
   "Listen to the quiet voice",
   "Look at the order in which you do things",
   "Look closely at the most embarrassing details & amplify them",
   "Lost in useless territory",
   "Lowest common denominator",
   "Magnify the most difficult details",
   "Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame",
   "Make a sudden, destructive unpredictable action; incorporate",
   "Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list",
   "Make it more sensual",
   "Make what's perfect more human",
   "Mechanicalize something idiosyncratic",
   "Move towards the unimportant",
   "Mute and continue",
   "Not building a wall but making a brick",
   "Not building a wall; making a brick",
   "Once the search has begun, something will be found",
   "Only a part, not the whole",
   "Only one element of each kind",
   "Openly resist change",
   "Overtly resist change",
   "Pae White's non-blank graphic metacard",
   "Put in earplugs",
   "Question the heroic",
   "Question the heroic approach",
   "Reevaluation (a warm feeling)",
   "Remember quiet evenings",
   "Remember those quiet evenings",
   "Remove a restriction",
   "Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics",
   "Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities",
   "Repetition is a form of change",
   "Retrace your steps",
   "Reverse",
   "Short circuit (example; a man eating peas with the idea that they will improve  his virility shovels them straight into his lap)",
   "Simple Subtraction",
   "Simple subtraction",
   "Simply a matter of work",
   "Slow preparation, fast execution",
   "Spectrum analysis",
   "State the problem as clearly as possible",
   "State the problem in words as clearly as possible",
   "Take a break",
   "Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance",
   "Take away the important parts",
   "Tape your mouth (given by Ritva Saarikko)",
   "The inconsistency principle",
   "The most easily forgotten thing is the most important",
   "The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten",
   "The tape is now the music",
   "Think - inside the work -outside the work",
   "Think of the radio",
   "Tidy up",
   "Towards the insignificant",
   "Trust in the you of now",
   "Try faking it (from Stewart Brand)",
   "Turn it upside down",
   "Twist the spine",
   "Use 'unqualified' people",
   "Use `unqualified' people",
   "Use an old idea",
   "Use an unacceptable color",
   "Use cliches",
   "Use fewer notes",
   "Use filters",
   "Use something nearby as a model",
   "Use your own ideas",
   "Voice your suspicions",
   "Water",
   "What are the sections sections of?    Imagine a caterpillar moving",
   "What are you really thinking about just now?",
   "What context would look right?",
   "What is the reality of the situation?",
   "What is the simplest solution?",
   "What mistakes did you make last time?",
   "What to increase? What to reduce? What to maintain?",
   "What were you really thinking about just now?",
   "What would your closest friend do?",
   "What wouldn't you do?",
   "When is it for?",
   "Where is the edge?",
   "Which parts can be grouped?",
   "Work at a different speed",
   "Would anyone want it?",
   "You are an engineer",
   "You can only make one dot at a time",
   "You don't have to be ashamed of using your own ideas",
   "[blank white card]"
}

-- Public part

local oblique_strategies = {}

function oblique_strategies.showStrategy()
   -- So this is how we get a random index in an array...
   local card = cards[math.random(#cards)]
   log.f("Selected card: \"%s\"", card)

   -- Sends the notification
   hs.notify.new({
	 title = card,
	 informativeText = "(an Oblique Strategy)",
	 contentImage = imagePath
   }):send()
end

return oblique_strategies

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Lead by an experienced LGBTQ therapist, the Transgender Mental Health workshop will provide attendees with a clearer understanding of common mental health issues faced by the trans community, statistics and prevalence, and a knowledge of how to be a better ally to trans community members struggling with mental health conditions.
This workshop is intended for community members and service providers interested in learning more about advocating for the mental health of the trans community.
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Ivan obtained his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service where he has been an adjunct lecturer since 2011.


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Foundation in Indore launches song to spread awareness about cancer
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Indore Cancer Foundation (ICF) on November 07 released a song to spread awareness about cancer on the occasion of National Cancer Awareness Day. The song was launched by Indore Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shankar Lalwani in the presence of founder president of Foundation Dr Digpal Dharkar, Padmashree Janak Palta, Suchitra Dhanani. The song which describes the early symptoms of cancer. The song was written by Dr Dharkar and composed by singer Kapil Purohit. Talking to ANI, MP Lalwani said, "This song has been launched for the public. It describes the symptoms of the disease, how to contact a doctor and how to prevent it. It is a good way to spread public awareness about cancer. We will try to play or broadcast the song in theatres and other public places."Foundation in Indore launches song to spread awareness about cancer
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On the occasion of National Cancer Awareness Day, a veteran actress, as well as a cancer survivor, took to her Instagram handle to write a note sending in wishes and strength to cancer patients and also shared pictures from her cancer treatment.
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Coronation Street's Chesney Brown is to become a father to quadruplets.
The kebab shop worker - played by Sam Aston - is to impregnate Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell), and during her scan the Rovers Return barmaid will find out she is expecting four kids.
A "Corrie" source said: "The show's new boss, Iain MacLeod, is keen to inject a bit of old-fashioned humour into "Coronation Street" like in the years gone by and this storyline will have viewers in stitches."
While the audience may be chuckling, Gemma will be doing some sums as she tries to work out how the quads can leave her quids in.
The source told The Sun's Bizarre TV column: "Gemma doesn't miss a trick and instantly thinks of ways she can make some dosh out of her and Chesney's unexpected news."
But Gemma's landlady Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) is set to chuck the pair out of her home for being at it "like rabbits".
Chesney already has one kid, son Joseph, with his ex Katy Armstrong (Georgia May Foote).
But Georgia will not be back on the soap as the character was killed off in a car crash off-screen in 2017.
Chesney has had a thing for Gemma for a while. He finally plucked up the courage to ask her out on a date back in October - but she mistakenly thought he meant as friends, so he was shocked when the bubbly barmaid rocks up for their evening out with her 6ft 4inch pal Spike.
But fortunately for Ches, Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell) pretended to accompany him on the evening, and Sam admitted the pair couldn't stop laughing while shooting the scene.


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I watched this movie, without fail, every single Christmas when I was a kid, and I absolutely love Burl Ives' voice. My favorite part is when the squirrel chomps down on the giant gold nugget and gets all mad.
Albert Hague, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
An absolute classic. He's such a jerk to that poor dog.
Love the montage of the rats closing up the shop, even though Kermit should probably be helping them out more instead of walking around and singing. And I feel sorry for the poor little rabbit shivering in the garbage.
This awesome guest submission was sent to me by Rachel: Frank Sinatra's "The Christmas Waltz." I can't believe I've never heard this song till now.
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Pantani pilgrimage to Cesenatico
Reflecting on the life and legend that was Marco Pantani.
May 12, 2022 James Startt
I underestimated Marco Pantani, I must admit. Pantani turned pro 30 years ago in 1992, the same year I moved to Europe to cover the sport of bicycle racing. As a reasonable amateur racer, I prided myself on estimating a rider's true potential accurately. And very quickly, I saw Pantani as a pure climber who was immensely talented in the high mountains but limited in time trialing. Like Charly Gaul, Federico Bahamontes, Julio Jiménez and a long list of climbers before him, I predicted that Pantani would struggle to win the three-week grand tours.
In this I was not completely wrong. But I did underestimate the persona, the mysterious but magical figure that captured the hearts of thousands, whose legend has only grown since his death in 2004. As a young journalist, I perhaps lacked the historical perspective to understand that the most enduring cyclists built their reputation not only on their list of victories but in the way they raced and the connection they had with their fans. In this regard, Pantani goes down as one of the all-time greats.
In the years that followed the calculated, almost mechanical grand tour victories of Miguel Induráin, Pantani could turn the tables on the most dominant champions with long solo attacks in the mountains that called to mind legends like Fausto Coppi. Pantani's irreverence for the established order of his day, be it Induráin, Ullrich or Armstrong, quickly endeared him to his fans, the tifosi in Italy and around the world. And while Pantani could often be evasive with the media, he always had a place for his fans, some of whom insisted they could estimate Il Pirata's mood for attacking on a given day by the color bandana he wore.
I only met Pantani on two occasions really. The first was at the 1994 Tour de France, when as a stringer for VeloNews, I was looking for features on up-and-coming riders. Pantani, best young rider at that year's Tour, was a perfect candidate. And when I noticed that his Carrera team was staying in the same hotel as me one night, I threw all protocol aside and knocked on his door after dinner in hopes of gaining an interview. The hallway was dark and when Pantani answered he was understandably confused. Politely, he refused my request for an interview on the spot. In my broken Italian I nevertheless insisted, and he agreed to meet with me at his hotel on the Monday morning after the Tour finished in Paris.
This time, I waited in the hotel lobby. And while he perhaps would have preferred to walk on by, when he saw me, he took the time to sit down for a short interview. I recount this anecdote not to hail my journalistic prowess, which was a blunder at best, but instead to highlight Pantani's patience and graciousness despite my professional faux-pas. It was a telling moment, and one that helped me understand the enormous impact he had on his fans later.
Pantani's career path would be volatile at best, marked by moments of brilliance, only too often followed by setbacks and long periods of mediocrity. And when he was expelled from the 1999 Giro d'Italia for failing a drug test (a too-high hematocrit level), his career started its long spiraling descent.
Like many. I remember where I was sitting when I learned of his death on Valentine's Day in 2004. I happened to be on a ski weekend at Chamrousse in the French Alps—not far from where Pantani displaced Jan Ullrich from the Tour yellow jersey with a long, solo breakaway in 1998. Yet while Pantani's death was tragic, it was somehow unsurprising as no news concerning him in his final year was good.
But I was unprepared for the renaissance to follow. At first, in the years after the '98 Tour's Festina doping scandal, Pantani seemed like just another 1990s athlete who'd built his career on drugs. And like so many fallen cyclists from those years, it was difficult for me to estimate their true value, let alone something as elusive as their legacy.
It took me years really to understand that while Pantani was greatly flawed he had also touched cycling fans around the world like few others. His exploits inspired many, but seemingly even more so; and his failings only endeared him more profoundly to his public. Sure, Pantani was exceptional, but he was also fragile. In that regard, he was simply human. And today, nearly two decades after his passing, he remains in some ways more popular than he was in life.
Aware that I misunderstood Pantani as a racer, two recent trips to his hometown of Cesenatico have allowed me to better understand his legacy. The first came in 2020 when the Giro d'Italia visited Cesenatico. And while the stage looped around the backcountry hills where he often trained, I visited the Spazio Pantani, a museum dedicated to him housed in an old train station on the edge of town.
Elaborately adorned with memorabilia, the 3,200 square foot Spazio Pantani displays bikes from his entire career. There is his very first racing bike, a Vicini, made by a local frame builder. Equipped with junior gearing, the seat is set extremely low as the bike was likely too big for the teenage Pantani. More memorable ones, like his exquisite blue-and-white Carrera to the Bianchi he used to win the 1998 Tour de France, are all on display—as is virtually every racing jersey he ever pinned a number on.
Elaborate volumes of newspaper clippings recount his sporting glories, while rare videos demonstrate the immensely talented amateur rider who simply rode away from his competition race after race, making it clear that, despite his troubled career, Pantani was one of the most gifted riders of his generation.
Then, this past winter, I was in the area once again. And when Italian pro Daniel Oss reminded me that Pantani's tomb was also in Cesenatico, I knew another visit was needed. "It's right off the main road," Oss explained. "You can just walk right in."
Getting up early on a December morning, I ventured over. And indeed, the cemetery was open and Pantani's grave was easy to locate; it is even identified on Google Maps. Here, Pantani's body rests in a large tomb with Famiglia Pantani written above the door. Inside is a simple white tombstone that's inscribed with just Pantani's name and dates of birth and death, while a bronze bust sits on top, surrounded by pictures and flowers.
Photos hanging on the wall highlight certain moments in his career, racing as an amateur or professional, as well as meeting the Pope. Other photographs lay atop the tombstone, gifts from friends and fans who had recently passed by. Most were small and carried personal meanings to those that left them. But then, Pantani was like that. He had a way of touching people, a gift that only belongs to some champions.
It was a quiet moment in the cemetery, void of any apparent visitors. A perfect moment to reflect once more on the life and legend that was Marco Pantani.


Well, that was pretty brutal. I crippled my wrist coloring this comic as fast as I could to finish it on time. I'm fond of how it turned out, though. It's long, but hey– I'd like to think my comics aren't just illustrated jokes, but illustrated short stories.
This was a particularly grueling piece to finish in one week, so I don't feel too bad about reminding you that you can support this kind of extreme behaviour by donating. I would like nothing more than to stay cooped inside churning out comics every week, but it's not all that profitable right now. Remember also that you don't have to click on the ads just to support us, but if you see something that might interest you, by all means, click ahead.
Thank you for visiting. I'll probably do a few smaller pieces in the future, as I need to create a comics buffer to avoid these mad rushes. But you know me… not THAT small.
Do I see a lil bit of Rayman there?
Yeah…. all of those look way more fun than the actual game.


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By (author) Elizabeth Acevedo
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WINNER OF THE THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019
THE WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
THE WINNER OF THE MICHAEL L.PRINTZ AWARD
THE WINNER OF THE PURA BELPRE AWARD
THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORNBOOK AWARD
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THE POET X - THE WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL. A stunning New York Times bestseller with a powerful and unforgettable YA voice. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi's The Children of Blood and Bone, Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and Sarah Crossan's One.
Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
But X has secrets - her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight.
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A novel about finding your voice and standing up for what you believe in, no matter how hard it is to say. Brave, bold and beautifully written - dealing with issues of race, feminism and faith.
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'Powerful, finely crafted verse ... Readers will yearn to finish this verse novel in a single sitting, but its echoes will remain with them much longer' Guardian
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city's tough grit. The Poet X is her debut novel and a National Book Award winner. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been a featured performer on BET and Mun2, as well as delivered several TED Talks. She has performed internationally and her poetry has been featured in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post and Teen Vogue. Acevedo is a National Slam Champion, Beltway Grand Slam Champion, and the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam representative for Washington, D.C, where she lives and works.
For ages 12-15
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 27mm | 310g
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Electric Monkey
Publication City/Country United Kingdom
Bestsellers rank 43,432
I fell in love at slam poetry. This one will stay with you a long time.', Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give
'This was the type of book where "I'll just do 50 pages" turned into finishing it in 2 reads. I felt very emotional, not just because the story and the words themselves were so beautiful but because I knew it was going to make so many teens who felt like no one cares about them or listens to them feel seen.', Tomi Adeyemi, bestselling author of The Children of Blood and Bone
''Powerful, finely crafted verse . . . Readers will yearn to finish this verse novel in a single sitting, but its echoes will remain with them much longer'', Guardian
'A story that will slam the power of poetry and love back into your heart', Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains
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'Acevedo breathes words instead of air', Lisa Heathfield, award-winning author of Paper Butterflies
About Elizabeth Acevedo
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city's tough grit. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been a featured performer on BET and Mun2, as well as delivered several TED Talks. She has performed internationally and her poetry has been featured in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post and Teen Vogue. Acevedo is a National Slam Champion, Beltway Grand Slam Champion, and the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam representative for Washington, D.C, where she lives and works. The Poet X is a Carnegie and National Book Award winner as well as a New York Times bestseller.
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On December, 20, 2016, the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued a bulletin explaining the process involved when a customer of a brokerage firm has a dispute with the firm.
The bulletin explained that if you're involved in a dispute in the securities industry, it will generally be handled through arbitration rather than through litigation since most brokerage firm account opening agreements include a provision that requires both parties to agree to binding arbitration if a dispute ever comes up.
The following is a summary of the SEC's bulletin to provide you with some basic information about what to expect during your arbitration case. We also invite you to explore the many articles,informational videos and blogs on our website to learn more about the FINRA arbitration process and how our lawyers may be able to help you recover losses suffered as a result of stockbroker misconduct.
Arbitration is generally less expensive and takes a shorter amount of time to complete.
The evidence gathering tools available during arbitration are more limited than those available in litigation.
The documents submitted during arbitration are not available to the public, while they are in litigation.
Arbitrators are not to follow legal precedent or state or federal rules regarding evidence. Instead, they must follow the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) Code of Arbitration Procedure.
Arbitration decisions are legally binding, but the grounds for appeal are significantly more limited than the grounds for appeal after litigation which means that they are far less likely to be overturned.
Instead of a judge like in litigation, the parties involved in litigation select either an individual arbitrator or panel of arbitrators to rule on their case.
For claims valued either at or below $50,000, they will be subject to the rules that govern simplified arbitrations in the FINRA forum. However, no hearings will be held in simplified arbitrations unless the customer requests a hearing – if a hearing isn't requested, then the arbitrator will review a written description of the facts and relevant documents submitted by the parties involved. This process is generally a far cheaper alternative because none of the parties need to travel to attend a hearing or appear in person to answer questions or give testimony.
For claims valued at or under $50,000, a single arbitrator will hear the case. In claims valued between $50,000 and $100,000, a single arbitrator will hear the case unless all parties give written approval to have the case heard by a panel made up of three arbitrators. In claims valued over $100,000 or where a party requests non-monetary damages or an unspecified sum of money, the panel will consist of three arbitrators unless all parties give written approval to have the case heard by a single arbitrator.
In most cases, a single arbitrator panel will consist of a public arbitrator – someone completely unaffiliated with the securities industry, both through professional services performed on behalf of the industry and through their employment – unless all parties give written approval to have the case heard by a non-public arbitrator. All parties involved will submit a list of potential arbitrators ranked in order of preference. The final choice and initial list of options will be decided and provided by FINRA's Director of Arbitration.
For three-arbitrator panels, FINRA's Director of Arbitration will provide the parties involved with three lists: public arbitrators who are eligible to act as the panel's chairperson, a list of non-public arbitrators and a list of public arbitrators. The parties will then rank their choices in order of preference or completely strike a name from the list. The final panel will consist of two public arbitrators and one non-public arbitrator, unless all non-public names have been stricken – in that case, all three will be public arbitrators. If the parties' lists aren't submitted on time, then FINRA's Director of Arbitration will assume that they have no preference and compile the panel from all available names.
During the discovery process, the parties will exchange all relevant documents and gather the necessary information to prepare for an evidentiary hearing where the arbitrators and parties meet in person to present witness testimony, arguments and any evidence they have to support their case. At any point during this process, the parties can choose to settle their dispute even after this process begins.
Once the settlement is complete, broker-dealers are not allowed to restrict or prohibit an individual from communicating with any securities regulators, including FINRA and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) using the confidentiality provisions included in a settlement agreement. If the broker-dealer attempts to use a document like discovery stipulations in arbitration proceedings or confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements to restrict or prohibit anyone from communicating with these regulators, then FINRA may charge that broker-dealer with violating FINRA Rule 2010.
If a settlement cannot be reached, the arbitration panel will issue an award, usually within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing. In cases where there's a three-arbitrator panel, a majority of the arbitrators must agree on the award. Unless all parties request a written explanation for the award at least 20 days before the beginning of the arbitration hearing, no written explanation will be provided following the conclusion of the case.
Most arbitration claims that involve customers are filed with FINRA's Office of Dispute Resolution.
The initial filing fee for a customer filing a complaint is generally between $225 and $4,000 depending on the amount in dispute, though the Director of Arbitration has the ability to defer part of or all of the filing fee if the customer can show suitable financial hardship. The fees for hearing sessions will be calculated based on the number of arbitrators and on the amount in dispute, and it is up to the arbitrators to determine how much of the fee each party is responsible for. The parties involved may also be responsible for other fees including administrative costs, explained decision fees, contested subpoena fees, discovery motion fees and adjournment fees.
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Lifespan of the Bumblebee Dart Frog
By Naomi Millburn
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Bumblebee poison dart frogs (Dendrobates leucomelas), also frequently referred to as yellow-banded poison dart frogs, are amphibians that feature noteworthy black and yellow banding. These poison dart frogs are part of the family Dendrobatidae. Although they are poisonous in their natural habitats due to certain bugs they feed on, they are harmless in captive settings.
About Bumblebee Poison Dart Frogs
Bumblebee poison dart frogs are prevalent in their native hunting grounds, specifically South America's Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana and Colombia. Numbers of the species are consistent and not threatened. They are drawn to damp and soggy settings and spend a lot of time in heaps of foliage, over rocks and below logs. Bumblebee poison dart frogs tend to grow to between 1 and 1.5 inches long. They are often bigger than other species of poison dart frogs. The males of this species are usually smaller than the females.
Lifespan in Captivity
In captive environments such as homes and zoos, poison dart frogs tend to live anywhere from 10 to 15 years. The record longevity for a poison dart frog was achieved by one individual who made it to an impressive 20.5 years in age.
Lifespan in Nature
Poison dart frogs generally have briefer lifespans in the wild than ones in captivity, usually surviving anywhere from 5 to 7 years, notes Animal Diversity Web of the University of Michigan.
Considerations in Captivity
If you have a poison dart frog in captivity, increase his chances of living a long life by touching him as little as possible. Physical contact is OK briefly -- say for the couple of seconds required for transporting your pet from point A to nearby point B. These diminutive frogs possess extremely fragile skin, and touching them extensively can bring upon potentially adverse health effects, warns Patrick Nabors of ReptileChannel.com.
Considerations in the Wild
A variety of different components are potentially risky for the lives of bumblebee poison dart frogs in the wild -- namely a few kinds of habitat problems. Some things that can affect the lives of bumblebee poison dart frogs are fires, timber harvesting and farming development. Despite their poisonous protective mechanism in the wild, they occasionally are subject to the dangers of predators, such as certain snakes.
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University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web: Dendrobates leucomelas
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Czech President Milos Zeman should be bumped up to the title of President of Europe.
The current European leadership has been stripped of all legitimacy, logic and decency. They act in the best interests of America and not their citizens of the Union.
The Czech President has become a lone voice in the wilderness, we are beginning to worry that the evil Kings in charge of the Empire's lands will be ordered to bring Mr. Zeman's head on a silver platter.
"Surprise, surprise. Victoria Nuland's "Our man Yats" won't listen to EU recommendations.
Of course he wouldn't. He is much closer to the US, ergo the hard line. As Nuland would put it:"F*ck the EU".
The tragedy is that it is taking a maverick like Czech Republic's Zeman to say it.
Other European leaders remain silent as the US does everything it can to help deepen a crisis on the European continent."
The second "face" is that of PM Yatsenyuk, who has an uncompromising position toward self-defense forces in Eastern Ukraine.
Zeman said he doesn't' believe that the February coup, during which then-President Viktor Yanukovich was deposed from power, was a democratic revolution at all.
"Maidan was not a democratic revolution, and I believe that Ukraine is in a state of civil war," Zeman said, responding to what he described as "poorly informed people" who compared Maidan with Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution in 1989.
Zenman was especially critical of Europe's silence with regard to last week's New Years Nazi march through the streets of Kiev, where Ukrainian citizens praised Hitler collaborator, Stepan Bandera, as a hero, and called for his return from the dead, in a séance like atmosphere of incredible creepiness.
That the European Union has refrained from saying at least something critical about the recent torch-light street procession by neo-Nazis in Kiev is a sure sign some something is fundamentally wrong with the EU, Czech President Milos Zeman said on a local radio station.
The procession and the way it had been prepared looked pretty much like Nazi parades in Hitler's Germany before World War II.
"Something is going wrong with Ukraine. On the Internet I saw a video of a crowd of several thousand demonstrating in Kiev's Independence Square.
They were carrying portraits of Stepan Bandera. I saw that portrait for the first time. He (Bandera) reminded me of Reinhard Heydrich (the chief of Nazi Germany's main security office and acting Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia – TASS)," Zeman said.
"Something is going wrong with Ukraine and something is going wrong with the European Union, which has failed to protest that demonstration," Zeman said.
In the same radio broadcast Zeman criticized the Czech Republic's participation in sanctions against Russia.
"The Czech Republic demonstrates its readiness to cater to other countries' likes," he said.


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