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The Technique of Chiaroscuro in Contemporary Painting
Andrey V.
Andreja Velimirović is a passionate content writer with a knack for art and old movies. Majoring in art history, he is an expert on avant-garde modern movements and medieval church fresco decorations. Feel free to contact him via his Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreja-velimirovi%C4%87-74068a68/
Are you interested in knowing what is chiaroscuro exactly? Traditionally, the fine art term chiaroscuro comes from the combination of Italian words that roughly translate to light and dark. The term describes the striking use of the light and shade[1] contrast in painting, drawing or print. The main principle of chiaroscuro is that solidity of form is best achieved by the effect of light falling on it, allowing the shading to give two-dimensional figures a sense of volume. Through the value gradation of color and the analytical division of bright and shadowed shapes, the chiaroscuro artists create the illusions of three-dimensional forms and of the light coming from a specific source, often achieving dramatic effects. In fact, it is a well-accepted theory that these dramatic effects were the main reason why artists opted to use this incredibly challenging method throughout the centuries. The most notable individuals who used chiaroscuro include the likes of Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio.
Over the course of art history, painters seem to be the ones who have taken chiaroscuro to its most impressive heights. In painting, the chiaroscuro technique takes advantage of the special qualities of oil paint which enables the most awe-inspiring transitions from light to dark and vice-versa. Oil paint could be easily blended and shaded, built up in layers or applied in translucent glazes – all extremely valuable features when it comes to chiaroscuro. By applying light tones on top of the dark ones, painters could create the absolute illusion of figures emerging from the shadows. As it was hinted earlier, chiaroscuro technique can also be applied to a drawing, but only in a very specific way. Such a piece is made by using solely dark and light lines to create the illusion of the third dimension. As far as printmaking goes, a chiaroscuro print is made by printing different blocks using different tones, creating the shading effect in the process. We will now take a look at the legendary master of chiaroscuro and the practice's most common features, as well as explore just how big a role does the chiaroscuro technique plays in the contemporary age.
Caravaggio – Supper at Emmaus (1606) – Image via arthistoryproject.com
Caravaggio – The Master of Chiaroscuro Technique
Although many notable great artists in history tackled the difficult method of chiaroscuro, this technique truly reached its peak in the paintings of Michelangelo Merisi – Caravaggio, during the late 16th century. The famed painter used deep, dark backgrounds for many of his pieces and reached such perfection with chiaroscuro technique that it seemed as if he was able to turn a completely controlled spotlight on his figures.[2] The lack of symmetry and the presence of high contrast in those paintings made for intensely powerful and dramatic works of art frequently praised as some of the greatest masterpieces ever created. It was only because Caravaggio managed to take chiaroscuro to a whole different level that the entire technique was suddenly synonymous with high contrast, despite this being far from the entire description of this technique.
The source of the intense illumination in a Caravaggio's chiaroscuro painting was rarely a part of the composition. Merisi got so good with applying chiaroscuro that the emphasis on light and shadow occasionally became more important than the scenes themselves. The dramatic contrast between an intensely somber background and the effects of light is now considered to be a trademark of Caravaggio's art. Many authors were brilliant with their versions of chiaroscuro, such as the aforementioned Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, but the incredible artistic heights Caravaggio reached with his work will most likely forever remain unmatched. It is no wonder that his art was used as a supreme visual carrier of Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church at the time.
Caravaggio – The Taking of Christ, 1602 – Image via wikipedia.org
Caravaggesque and Caravaggisti
The influence Caravaggio had on the entire world of art was extraordinary, to say the least. His intense compositions sparked a separate style of painting which is now described as Caravaggesque. This classification of one's style indicates a highly realistic portrayal of figures with the focus being placed on dramatic situations and subjects with a high contrast of light and dark – the most common descriptions of what the definition of chiaroscuro is. However, the effect of Caravaggio's art did not stop at just spurring a class of style. The Italian painter had followers who were well aware of who set their ideals and these authors called themselves The Caravaggisti (or the Caravagesques). These followers, whether Italian, Spanish, French or Netherlandish, were attracted to their creative master's tenebrism and their emergence marked the first true indicator of just how crucial Caravaggio was to the development of painting. Their hard work was an especially lucky occurrence for all of art history as Caravaggio never had a workshop or any other means of spreading his techniques. Fortunately, his masterful way of using chiaroscuro could be indirectly seen in the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Artemisia Gentileschi.
Caravaggio – Sacrifice of Isaac – Image via wikimedia.org
Chiaroscuro's Place in the Contemporary World of Art and Artists
Today, the term chiaroscuro is frequently applied to a wide array of dramatic lighting effects and it is used as a technical word linked to many mediums and kinds of art[3]. It is related to literally any form of expression that possesses something dark and moody with strong slashes of shadow[4] that emphasize the dramatic effect. Interestingly, the traditional power of the chiaroscuro painting and the tense action within their frames had a massive influence on cinematography as the genres such as Film Noir heavily based their visuals on it. Many filmmakers have stated that chiaroscuro technique shaped the final looks of their movies – for example, Martin Scorsese actually referenced Caravaggio as one of his biggest inspirations behind many of his films.
Many contemporary authors have not only adopted chiaroscuro as their focal point but have also expanded on the technique's possibilities with all the technological advancements available to them. It goes without saying that the technical mastery of Caravaggio is still considered the crème de la crème of the method, but many four centuries younger artists have taken chiaroscuro down some unexplored and original paths – often with quite amazing results.
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (1993) – Image via sleeplessthought.com
The Chiaroscuro Nicola Samori
Nicola Samori's way of creating dark themed Baroque-like oil paintings is impressive in its own right, but the aspect that makes this artist so unique is that Samori purposefully destroys his pieces after they are completed. He damages the key elements within the composition with a knife or diluent in order to negate classical representation and question the very definition of painting, adding a strong reference to the early avant-garde art. Nicola explains such a practice by stating that what lies behind the damage applied is a freshness and an intensity unknown in the outer tones. This concept is remarkably intriguing, but what secures Samori's place in this article is the fact he possesses an exceptional ability to use chiaroscuro technique.
Nicola Samori – Aperto (Il bene di Paolo) , 2015 – Image via nicolasamori.com
Jesse Lane
Staying true to Caravaggio's original roots of realistic depictions, Jesse Lane is an American painter who combines the concepts of Hyperrealism and chiaroscuro. His paintings aim to channel the emotional impact and capture intimate moments wrapped into a single instant presented to the audience. Lane's pieces are rather open-ended, as the artist himself explained on many occasions, and his goal is to make the viewers create the narrative on their own. When observed from a technical standpoint, it's hard to find a more talented painter than Jesse Lane both in regards to Hyperrealism and chiaroscuro art.
Jesse Lane – Echoes, 2016 – Image via jesselaneart.com
Nicola Verlato
With his specialty being found in the fusion of popular imagery and traditional painting techniques, it's no wonder that Nicola Verlato's amazing painterly world enjoys such a high level of respect within the art community. This Italian artist is primarily known for his highly refined allegorical surrealism that features spectacular light effects, twisting nude figures and dense compositions, all underlined by a commanding application of chiaroscuro. Wonderful and bizarre, his compositions are a true delight to analyze.
Nicola Verlato – The Settler, 2015 – Image via nicolaverlato.com
Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen
Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen is a self-taught painter whose creations revolve around the classic figurative painting wrapped in a contemporary manner. Just as Nicola Samori, Uldalen also seems to feel at home with darker settings as he explores the dark sides of life such as nihilism, existentialism, longing and loneliness. Yet, all his characters and elements are juxtaposed with fragile beauty enabled by the fantastic utilization of chiaroscuro used in such a fashion that gives Uldalen's paintings a look of a dream or limbo-like state. As is the case with Jesse Lane, Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen also focuses more on atmospheres rather than narratives.
Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen – Flux, 2015 – Image via henrikaau.com
A New History : Chiaroscuro in Contemporary Photography
When used as a photography technique, the chiaroscuro style is often referred to as clair obscur or extreme low key. Just as the case is with movies, it's rather interesting to investigate how this shading method traditionally associated with chiaroscuro painting has evolved in order to become a viable option for modern artists. As far as the realm of photography is concerned, chiaroscuro kept its strong and bold contrasts between light and dark areas. Of course, the dramatical effects such photos are able to channel is often the reason why photographers opt to use this method of picture-making.[5] The chiaroscuro style of photography is often well-suited for portraits[6], still life compositions and boudoir. The pioneering attempts to translate this technique into the vocabulary of camera images can be traced to the early developments of black and white imagery – for instance, Alfred Stieglitz was one of the oldest practitioners to successfully use a form of chiaroscuro in his work.
Stepan Mazurov – Your Move – Image via thephotoargus.com
Prabuddha Dasgupta
Prabuddha Dasgupta was a noted fashion and fine-art photographer that originally hailed from India. He was essentially known for his now-iconic black and white photos that featured nudes in a chiaroscuro style. For more than three decades, Dasgupta worked hard to develop his shading approach, eventually leading to an almost perfect control over his dramatic compositions. Today, Prabuddha Dasgupta is considered to be both a milestone for fashion photography and the contemporary use of chiaroscuro in photos.
Prabuddha Dasgupta – Women 14, 1982 – Image via prabuddhadasgupta.com
Just like many contemporary authors mentioned in this article, Christy Lee Rogers evokes the strong feeling of Baroque paintings as well. Her breathtaking photographs are of people submerged in water, taken as her subjects twist and turn in what appears to be an endless dark abyss. Interestingly, self-taught Christy Lee Rogers only uses natural light to create chromatic relations, ultimately defying the conventions of photography. The way this artist uses the chiaroscuro style is unmatched as her images simultaneously present viewers with both a sense of struggle and purification. Haunting and visually mesmerizing, Rogers seems to have reached the very peak of photographic chiaroscuro technique.
Christy Lee Rogers – Rapture, 2011 – Image via christyleerogers.com
Olivier Valsecchi
Olivier Valsecchi is a French photographer whose artworks resemble both William-Adolphe Bouguereau's nudes and Salvador Dali's surreal paintings. Relying on the effects of the chiaroscuro style for dramatic impact, Valsecchi's art is centered around the grim and complex themes of death, birth, rebirth and maternity. He introduced many fresh concepts to the chiaroscuro technique in photography. For example, his Time of War series depicts frozen bodies of naked dancers covered in ashes that enhance their shaded silhouettes. Olivier Valsecchi also experimented with Klecksography as he made images of complex artistic symmetries of naked bodies intertwined in each other.
Olivier Valsecchi – Time of War 3 and Time of War 13, Time of War Series, 2012 – Images courtesy of the artist
Editors' Tip: Chiaroscuro: A Dialectical Approach to Aesthetics
Chiaroscuro: A Dialectical Approach to Aesthetics explores how an artist can animate the inanimate, delight with light, sooth with shadows. It takes a standpoint which emphasizes that men started to sketch and paint even before the advent of language and scripts – in that sense, painting is the man's oldest religion and comes as natural to him as the air he breaths. And in the entire history of creating paintings, this book takes a deep and long look at what many experts believe to be the most sophisticated painterly technique ever invented – chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro: A Dialectical Approach to Aesthetics is a collection of selected works of a passionate artist who is trying to find out the deeper meaning and foundation of aesthetics and its impact on human consciousness by investigating its selected method of creating images.
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Featured Images: Caravaggio – Saint Jerome Writing – Image via walksofitaly.com; Christy Lee Rogers – Pagliccia – Image via ilovetexasphoto.com; Caravaggio – The Incredulity of Saint Thomas – Image via webartacademy.com; Olivier Valsecchi – Home – Image via oliviervalsecchi.com
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As mentioned, the app is also free and easy to install on iOS devices. The download link of the TuTuApp for iOS is added below. Just click on the download link given below and from there you'll be able to download the app for iOS devices for free with the simple installation guide and how to use guide.
That's it. If you need any help with installing the app on your device, kindly follow the guide added below.
If you are on an Android device, the installation process for the app becomes much easier than the iOS device. Below I have added a guide on how to install the app on Android as well as a link to the iOS guide.
Go to the settings of your phone, now find the security option there and once you find it check for Unknown sources option and enable it. That's how you can enable unknown sources installation on your device. Now the real task is installing TuTuApp APK on your Android.
To install the APK file of the tutu app on your Android, you must download the file from the link attached below. After the download completes follow the steps mentioned below to install the app on your device.
That's how you can install the APK file of the app on your Android phone. After the app gets installed, you'll find it in the app drawer or app menu and use it like a normal app.
Also, if you are with an iOS device, feel free to check TuTuApp for iOS 11 installation guide.
After installing TuTuApp on your device, you'll be able to use it just like a normal application on your device, if you are on Android 6+ you might give permission to the app to store data on your device.
Just close everything and find the app from the app menu and click on it. Once you are on the main page of TuTuApp, you'll get options to filter the apps, games and much more. You can also use the search tool to find the app you are looking for quickly and install it on your device for free of cost no matter if it's free or not.
After downloading the required app from the store, you can install it on your device, just like you have to install TuTuApp on your device.
Must Know – How to Uninstall Tutuapp on your Android and iOS.
How to Download TuTuApp on your PC?
Now that we are aware of how to install TuTuApp on your Android and iOS devices, will it not be great enough to learn how to install TuTuApp on your Windows PC? Would you like give it a try? Let us share the tips on how you can download and install TuTuApp on your Windows PC.
TuTuApp, as such, is not available on your PC. However, there is a way you can install it on your Windows PC. But, for this purpose, you will need to make use of a smartphone emulator on your PC. However, the functionality of the service may be limited though.
Visit the official Bluestacks Android Emulator and find the official link to download the Bluestacks Emulator on your PC.
Click on the installer file to install Bluestacks Emulator.
Ensure that you are running the installer using the Run As Administrator option.
Wait till the app gets installed on your PC.
Accept the terms and conditions and launch the application on your PC.
Once the Bluestacks Emulator is installed on your system, you may search for the TuTuApp from the Search option available on Bluestack.
You may also download the TuTuApp APK file using any of the options indicated above for downloading the TuTuApp on Android.
Install the TuTu App using either of the options onto your Bluestacks installation. You can drag the APK file into Bluestacks Android Emulator interface to install it. You may also opt for the traditional method of browsing through your file manager and finding the APK from within the Bluestacks Emulator interface.
That should do it. You can now enjoy the modded apps available on the TuTuAapp installation on your Windows PC with ease.
Other advantages of using Bluestacks emulator on your Windows PC would be the ability it provides you in playing all the Android games on your PC. In fact, Bluestacks Android Emulator provides you access to all the Android apps and games on your Windows System. Now, isn't that a wonderful experience?
You may also give a try to any other Android Emulators like Nox Player Android Emulator for downloading and using TuTuApp on your Windows PC. If you are fond of iOS apps and would want to check out the ioS apps on your Windows, it would be practical to opt for the iOS Emulators as well. However, in that case, you will need to download the iOS version of the TuTuApp and use it with the Emulator.
Please note that irrespective of which emulator you have chosen, TuTuApp or any other mobile app you download on your Windows PC can be run only within Emulator. You will not be able to play or use the apps outside the emulator like any of the other native Windows applications.
Ensure that you are downloading the latest version of TuTuApp Android or TuTuApp iOS for a better functionality and usefulness of the application.
TuTuApp is just an amazing app available for Android and iOS device with whom you can download all of the paid apps for free. There are millions of apps and games available on this specific app store. If you need any help with installing or using TuTuApp APK or iOS file on your device, feel free to leave a comment below and I'll fix it for you.


Several tools available for securing the Apache web server are available and very useful.
The Netstat command displays active connections, ports, IP routing table and much more. When running the command you can be overwhelmed by the output, especially on Unix/Linux based systems.
netstat -an -p TCP | find ":25"
netstat -an -p TCP | find "192.168.1.26"
On a Linux system you can simply use grep e.g.
netstat -an -p TCP | grep "192.168.1.26"
netstat -a -n | find `"443`"
To prevent PowerShell from stripping the double quotes use the grave accent (`) to escape them. You can also use the –% parameter to perform the escape.
nestat -a -n | find --% "443"
Gnome Partition Editor is an excellent Partition utility that has come in handy lately, I've been using the Live CD version to do some advanced partitioning on my laptop and it has saved me from having to redo my laptop build from scratch. Naturally being Linux it's opensource as well!
The power and simplicity of GParted on a biz-card size LiveCD.
The CD aims to be fast, small in size (~50mb), and use minimal resources to get that disk partitioned the way you want it. GParted LiveCD uses Xorg, the lightweight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 2.6 Linux Kernel.
Being up to date is important! GParted LiveCD will be updated along side the GParted source releases and have minor releases when bugs are fixed or new filesystem tools become available.
Here is a great article "Making a distribution secure" over at the Special Reports section on linux.com – there is also some good links on this page too!
* Time Management – NTP, hardware clock and system clock management.
* Network Packet Capture – An enhanced NST WUI web-based front-end to the tethereal network protocol anaylzer.
* Network Packet Capture Manager – Provides a means to manage network packet capture files on a NST probe.
* An enhanced NST WUI web-based file system mounting page.
* PDF rendering for most output including network packet capture decoding.
* Enhanced directory and file viewing pages with auto refresh.
* Introduced browser session saving for many NST WUI pages.
* Add a simpilfied front-end to the NST WUI for beginner users.
* Network Monitoring – integrated the Nagios networking tool into the NST WUI.
* Better navigation and flow when using the NST WUI pages.
Most networking and security applications have been updated to their latest version.


'You're a superhero, you're my hero, my real superhero,'" he said he tells his son.
The rapper tried to make it up to the host with some flowers and a pair of Yeezys.
The duo were pulled over for "creating a traffic hazard," but the incident had an amusing twist.
The rocker sent her a pair of leather pants with a note that said, 'Now you can finally get into my pants.'"


This Ku Klux Klan mask (c. 1870) belonged to Colonel John Campbell Van Hook Jr, of Person County, North Carolina.
From cross-dressing to white robes to Tiki torches, what we can learn from white supremacists' long history of carefully cultivating their own aesthetic.
The alt-right's Tiki-torch, khaki-pants parade on Friday night has birthed many a "Hitler luau" joke. But as journalist Ezekiel Kweku noted on Twitter this weekend, white supremacy has a history of cloaking itself in far more clownish attire. "That Klansmen dressed like fanciful numskulls was part of the way that they kept people from acknowledging their terror," Kweku wrote.
Kweku's point comes from the work of historian Elaine Frantz Parsons. In her book Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan During Reconstruction and an extremely interesting 2005 article in the Journal of American History, Parsons explored the dark humor and cultural references the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan used when the group was new. Those familiar mass-produced white robes, elaborate titles, and hierarchies are an artifact of the second rising of the KKK, in the early 20th century. But in that first half-decade after the end of the Civil War, Klan members were running around in women's clothes, wearing fake beards, serenading victims with out-of-tune ditties, and generally acting the fool—before, during, and after committing acts of violence against freedpeople.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan did not wear their distinctive white uniform until Hollywood—and a mail-order catalog—intervened.
A new book re-traces the origins of the 19th-century KKK, which began as a social club before swiftly moving to murder.
A century ago, millions of Americans banded together to reform the KKK, the rest turned a blind eye.
Today's headlines evoke the the racist and hate filled headlines of KKK publications.
A dark moment in American history offers lessons for the present.
Why fiery crosses, white robes, and the American flag were seized upon by the 1920s Klan in its campaign for white nationalism.
There would be no Richard Spencer without Louis Beam.
Masked men who take the law into their own hands.
A childhood lesson in the backseat of a 1973 Mustang.
"Very fine people"—fathers and husbands, as well as mothers and daughters—have always been central to the work of white supremacy.
The violent rise of white supremacy after the Vietnam War.


"For example, they [telecom companies] could distinguish their own content from that of other speakers or offer that capability to others. In fact, some types of speech, such as live streaming high-definition video, could benefit from (or may only be available with) differential treatment, such as prioritization. Broadband providers could also give differential pricing or priority access to their over-the-top video services or other applications they provide, or otherwise feature that content."
That sounds easy enough. In fact, for wireless services, it's happening already. Both Verizon and AT&T want to implement plans that would allow deep-pocketed app developers to pay for access to their networks, leaving smaller players out. AT&T is making noises about charging for specific uses, like Apple's FaceTime. Verizon and AT&T wanted to block Google Wallet while developing their own payment app, Isis which, conveniently, has more retail partners than Google has been able to garner. It's not just the big guys. MetroPCS will allow some applications to some customers and not others based on the plans they buy. Let's not get started on the potential abuse from the caps the companies put on the "use" of data from video and other apps. Why? Because they can. Because those who hate government don't want the government interfering. Because this government won't interfere. Because there's not sufficient competition to curb the anticompetitive urges. Again, that's a failure of government. Meanwhile, every study, including this latest one, finds Americans paying more for slower Internet access than in comparable places in other countries. Telephone companies want to abandon their once-sacred responsibility of serving everyone at reasonable rates, to be replaced by serving those who can afford unreasonable rates with wireless service. At the end of the day, the answer to the question of which part of society should censor the Internet is: neither government nor industry. We said it was a trick question. Both institutions can be equally dangerous to Internet users, but only one has the capacity to be a guarantor of rights if it so chooses. The IDL had better have some spare bulbs for the Catsignal. Looks like they will need plenty.


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Antique Shop Shootout May Be the Site of Super Soldier Experiment in Captain America Movie
Comments from Stanley (Dr. Erskine) Tucci and filming yesterday in Manchester lead us to speculate that "project rebirth" is underway.
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Filed Under: "Captain America"
Filming took place at this Brooklyn, NY antiques shop yesterday, but what is it behind the scenes? CBM scoopers are speculating that this is the site of "project rebirth" where the first super soldier was born--namely Captain America. According to Marvel mythos a "curio shop" was the secret laboratory where a skinny Steve Rogers sucked down the super soldier serum and was instantly transformed into the peak of human physical perfection. After the experiment was deemed a success, a German spy shot and killed Dr. Erskine, the serum's creator, and thus the serum could not be duplicated again. Take a look at the cartoon after you watch the video for the full backstory.
Add to that the comments of Dr Erskine himself, Stanley Tucci, in this interview with MTV, where he says he will be doing more filming (probably for this scene) in October, and you get the idea that we're right on target. What do YOU think?
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This from MTV...
Back in June, Marvel Studios announced that Stanley Tucci had joined the cast of "The First Avenger: Captain America" as Dr. Abraham Erskine, the German scientist behind Project Rebirth and the inventor of the Super Soldier serum that turned Steve Rogers into Captain America.
Although Dr. Erskine is a pivotal figure in backstory of "Captain America," very little is known is known about his personality and motivations. When MTV News recently caught up with Tucci, the actor was asked if Dr. Erskine was a mad scientist or a cool, calm and collected researcher.
"He's a combination of both," replied Tucci. "It's so much fun. I did it. I have to go back and finish in October. But I was there for a few weeks in August. It was a great experience."
"Captain America" will report for duty in theaters on July 22, 2011.
CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 Will Explore What It Means For Sam Wilson To Wield The Shield Without Being A Super Soldier
Marvel Studios Dates FOUR New Untitled Movies For 2024 - Are X-MEN, CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 & DEADPOOL 3 Incoming?
CAPTAIN AMERICA 4: Anthony Mackie Officially Closes His Deal To Star In The Upcoming Marvel Studios Sequel
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Nearly Featured A Battle With A Giant Red Skull-Controlled Robot
AVENGERS: ENDGAME And CAPTAIN AMERICA Writers Argue That MCU's Steve Rogers Is NOT A Virgin
BLACK WIDOW Star Scarlett Johansson Reveals Sexy Costume She Refused To Wear In THE WINTER SOLDIER
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This is an aftermarket charging handle option for the M60, M70, M795 and other semi-auto Marlin Rimfire models. All of the parts are CNC'd and made here in the US. This handle provides an improved grip area and appearance with easy drop-in Installation. Fits Marlin bolts with .375 wide charging handle shank produced AFTER January 2005.
Please measure your bolt slot width before ordering.
Note: The shank is slightly over-sized and may require minor sanding to fit your bolt.


Quietly contemplating life, Eve is a strong portrait of survival. This was painted spontaneously from the heart and it shows. The loose brush strokes and drips give a energy and soul to the piece. I loved adding the little skull in her hair which is a representation of death and mortality. She's painted onto a hand stretched canvas which is signed on the front.


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Tony Vacca is an American percussionist specializing in jazz and an early innovator in world music. He incorporates percussion instruments from a world of traditions that includes African, Caribbean, Asian and Middle-Eastern influences, to which he adds some of his spoken word and rhythm poetry. Tony has been active in the Jazz and World Music stage since the early 1970s.

Vacca plays both as a soloist and with his World Rhythms Ensemble. His frequent trips to West Africa have contributed to his unique approach to playing the balafon, and to his depth of knowledge regarding African and American musical traditions.

Vacca has recorded and performed with such a wide range of musicians such as Sting, Senegalese Afro-pop artist Baaba Maal, Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, poet Abiodun Oyewole, Senegalese Hip-Hop artists Gokh-bi System, and Massamba Diop.

Vacca's performances have been described as a "non-stop athletic spectacle of percussion music and spoken word." Percussion instruments from around the world are combined, including West African balafons, 20 Paiste gongs, djembe, djun-djun, talkin drums and a drumset.

Vacca often collaborates with other artists, including Sting on Soul Cages.

Discography
 Dance Beneath the Diamond Sky (Columbia, 1992)
 City Spirits (Philo, 1994)
 Three Point Landing (Half Note, 2002)
 Rhythm Griots (World Rhythms, 2004)
 Rhythm Mission (World Rhythms, 2004)
 Zen Rant (Tony Vacca, 2004)
 Senegal-America Project (World Rhythms, 2006)

With Winds of Change
 Far East Subway Blues (Muse/Art, 1983)

References

External links
 Tony Vacca's official website

American jazz drummers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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ProPublica launches ChangeTracker with help of journalist-programmer
Not-for-profit news organisation ProPublica is already making the most of new journalist-programmer intern Brian Boyer, who joined the site last month.
Boyer, who graduated from a specialist programming-journalism course at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, has created ChangeTracker – a tool to monitor changes made to WhiteHouse.gov, Recovery.gov and the upcoming FinancialStability.gov websites.
"ChangeTracker lets users see exactly what was removed, edited or updated on those sites by showing side-by-side comparisons of sites before and after changes made to them," says a release from ProPublica.
What's more you can get updates of the changes via RSS, Twitter, email or via the ChangeTracker webpage.
"ChangeTracker will help us keep an eye on the administration's transparency pledges, and will help reporters, bloggers, government watchdogs and everyday citizens keep watch over the websites of their elected officials," said Scott Klein, director of online development.
In true Boyer style, the programming behind the tool will be open source, much like his News Mixer application, for use by third-parties.
The organisation recently launched Shovelwatch – a site analysing President Obama's stimulus package.
This entry was posted in Online Journalism and tagged Brian Boyer, ChangeTracker, data, Data journalism, director of online development, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Obama, online development, President, propublica, Scott Klein, Twitter on February 23, 2009 by Laura Oliver.
News Mixer API spawns Iowa Content experiment
News Mixer, the final year project of programming-journalism students at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University aimed at breathing new life into commenting systems on news sites, was always intended to be developed and adapted further by third parties.
"We got a lot of the hard work out of the way and the code is out there for anyone to play with (…) it's free. Use it," Brian Boyer, one of the developers behind it, insisted in an interview last year.
The open source nature of the project has allowed three developers from e-Me Ventures to create Iowa Content – a WordPress-based widget that aggregates localised news content from a range of sources and is connected to Facebook Connect.
Iowa Content is based on News Mixer's quip function – short-form responses to news items, ideally suited to Twitter or Facebook status updates.
Being linked with the social network will encourage readers to discuss and comment on the news – as well as share links via their profiles.
It's in the experimental stage right now, but as the intro video below says, it's about 'grassroots creation of meaningful content':
This entry was posted in Handy tools and technology and tagged API, Brian Boyer, e-Me Ventures, Facebook, Iowa, Medill School of Journalism, News Mixer, Northwestern University, social network, Twitter, wordpress on January 28, 2009 by Laura Oliver.


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HMP Kirkham inmate fined after absconding for "short period"
An inmate was at large for 10 hours after being released temporarily from an open prison in Lancashire.
By Stef Hall
Tuesday, 29th June 2021, 1:52 pm
Anthony Sinnott, 41, who is held at HMP Kirkham, pleaded guilty to a charge of being unlawfully at large after the expiry of the period for which he had been released.
Preston Magistrates' Court heard he was missing from the jail between April 30 and May 1 this year.
Absconder numbers doubled at Kirkham Prison last year, while drug use and violen...
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The bench ordered him to pay a £40 fine.
He must also pay a £34 surcharge.
The bench accepted he had committed no further offences, that it was unplanned and that he was at large for a very short period.
The Category D male prison has the worst record in the UK for absconding inmates, according to Ministry of Justice figures in January, with at least 135 people absconding in the past six years.
In many cases inmates fail to return after being allowed out to work.
The previous year, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said it still believed - as in previous years - that despite assurances from the prisons minister, prisoners are sent there who are not suitable for open conditions.


We, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, are appalled and saddened by the recent events in Charlottesville. Our thoughts, hearts, and prayers are with those who have been affected by this violence.
As Sisters of St. Joseph, we are called to build a more unified and peaceful society. We believe mutuality can only happen when we acknowledge and deepen our understanding of our racism. These recent events are symptomatic of rises in hate crimes, violence, and deep-seated racial injustice. The acts of violence on minority and racially diverse groups have been misconstrued as individual acts rather than recognizing the more historic and systemic ideology of racial hatred. We know that these militant and extremist groups have been in existence for years throughout our country, but we are deeply concerned that they are increasing in number, becoming more vocal, emboldened, organized, and gaining a larger platform in the media.


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Principais filmes estreados em 1978
 Ai no bōrē, de Nagisa Ōshima
 L'albero degli zoccoli, de Ermanno Olmi
 L'argent des autres, de Christian de Chalonge, com Jean-Louis Trintignant e Catherine Deneuve
 Animal House, de John Landis, com Tom Hulce e Kevin Bacon
 Bilbao, de Bigas Luna
 Blue Collar, de Paul Schrader, com Richard Pryor e Harvey Keitel
 The Boys from Brazil, de Franklin J. Schaffner, com Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier e James Mason
 La cage aux folles, de Édouard Molinaro, com Ugo Tognazzi e Michel Serrault
 California Suite, de Herbert Ross, com Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine e Walter Matthau
 I Spit on your Grave, de Neir Zarchi com Camille Keaton
 La chambre verte, de e com François Truffaut
 Chuvas de Verão, de Carlos Diegues, com Roberto Bonfim, Daniel Filho e Marieta Severo
 Ciao maschio, de Marco Ferreri, com Gérard Depardieu e Marcello Mastroianni
 Coming Home, de Hal Ashby, com Jane Fonda, Jon Voight e Bruce Dern
 Così come sei, de Alberto Lattuada, com Marcello Mastroianni e Nastassja Kinski
 A Dama do Lotação, de Neville de Almeida, com Sónia Braga, Nuno Leal Maia, Paulo César Peréio e Cláudio Marzo
 Dawn of the Dead, de George A. Romero
 Days of Heaven, de Terrence Malick, com Richard Gere, Brooke Adams e Sam Shepard
 The Deer Hunter, de Michael Cimino, com Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale e Meryl Streep
 Despair, de Rainer Werner Fassbinder, com Dirk Bogarde
 Deutschland im Herbst, filme colectivo de Alexander Kluge, R. W. Fassbinder, Edgar Reitz e Volker Schlöndorff, entre outros
 The Driver, de Walter Hill, com Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern e Isabelle Adjani
 Eyes of Laura Mars, de Irvin Kershner, com Faye Dunaway
 Fedora, de Billy Wilder, com William Holden, Marthe Keller, José Ferrer e Henry Fonda
 The Fury, de Brian De Palma, com Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes e Amy Irving
 Grease, de Randal Kleiser, com John Travolta e Olivia Newton-John
 Halloween, de John Carpenter, com Jamie Lee Curtis e Donald Pleasence
 Heaven Can Wait (1978), de e com Warren Beatty e com Julie Christie e James Mason
 Une histoire simple, de Claude Sautet, com Romy Schneider e Claude Brasseur
 Sonata de Outono, de Ingmar Bergman, com Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand e Erland Josephson
 In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden, de Rainer Werner Fassbinder
 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, de Philip Kaufman, com Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum e Leonard Nimoy
 The Last Waltz, de Martin Scorsese
 Midnight Express, de Alan Parker, com Brad Davis, Randy Quaid e John Hurt
 Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver, de Emil Loteanu
 Perceval le Gallois, de Eric Rohmer
 Pretty Baby, de Louis Malle, com Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine e Susan Sarandon
 Préparez vos mouchoirs, de Bertrand Blier, com Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure e Patrick Dewaere
 Prova d'orchestra, de Federico Fellini
 O Rei das Berlengas, de Artur Semedo, com Mário Viegas e Paula Guedes
 The Shout, de Jerzy Skolimowski, com Alan Bates, Susannah York e John Hurt
 Straight Time, de Ulu Grosbard, com Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell e Harry Dean Stanton
 Superman, de Richard Donner, com Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder e Terence Stamp
 An Unmarried Woman, de Paul Mazursky, com Jill Clayburgh e Alan Bates
 Veredas, de João César Monteiro, com Manuela de Freitas e Margarida Gil
 Violette Nozière, de Claude Chabrol, com Isabelle Huppert e Stéphane Audran
 The Wild Geese, de Andrew V. McLaglen, com Richard Burton, Roger Moore e Richard Harris

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Grampa Jack's Honey is made right here on Hoch Orchard.
Jack and Mary Anne Redfearn wanted a retirement project to keep them busy and out of trouble, so a few years back Jack asked if they could put a couple bee hives on the farm. They are farmers at heart and started off in the Dairy and Hog business many years ago. They left the farm decades ago and joined the world of city folks. After working in many cities around the country, they moved back to the La Crosse area to be close their son and grand kids.
Jack found us a few years ago when we advertised for a part time delivery man. If you worked at one of the many coops we delivered to you surely remember Jack. He always has time for chat or kind word. If you got to know him a little better you would get a wise comment or a flat out teasing. Grampa Jack is not one you forget.
Jack is not delivering to the coops anymore but he still spends a lot of time on the farm. We even lured his wife Mary Anne up here after the greenhouse she volunteered for went under. Mary Anne takes care of our farmer's market sales and does a lot of our store demos. Her real job is Honey extractor and bottler.
After a couple of years playing around with a handful of hives we decided to make a business of it. Now Jack and Mary Anne take care of between 15 and 20 hives on the farm. These hives are moved around the farm but don't ever leave the property. We don't rent the hives to other farms; our bees have plenty of work to do here at Hoch Orchard and Gardens. Our fruit plantings flower as early as April with the apricots and don't finish until June with late strawberries. Our orchards are full of flowering clovers and many other plants that provide nectar all summer long.
Johanna and Jack with new bees ready to go to hives that are waiting in the orchard.
Our bees are raised in a low input system. We do not treat the hives with synthetic miticides, or give them medicated water and high fructose corn syrup. Sometimes Jack will give them a boost of water with a little organic cane sugar added. He will also occasionally sprinkle powdered sugar over the bees in the hive. This stimulates the bees to groom themselves to get rid of the sugar granules and in the process the remove any mites that may have jumped on for a ride.
The hive boxes are brought to the loading dock and from there are carried into our kitchen where the frames are taken out. The wax caps on the honey cells are then opened and the frames are put right into the extractor. The honey is spun out of the frames and collected into pails. We then run the fresh honey through a single filter screen and back into a pail. We hold the honey in 5 gallon pails until we are ready to bottle. We don't heat the honey to extract or filter it. It takes a little longer this way but it preserves that natural smooth texture of raw honey.
Our honey is NOT certified organic. It is our only product that is not certified. We cannot certify our honey because of the Organic Standards require a ten mile buffer between an organic hive and any neighbors that may use pesticide of some kind. This requirement is the reason it is so hard to find organic honey from the United States. Most organic honey comes from South American jungles where there are no conventional farmers. We cannot guarantee that our bees won't leave the farm, but we can't figure out why they would!
For special treat, put a couple jars of Grampa Jack's Honey in the back of the pantry and leave it there for a few months and let it crystallize. Our raw honey does not get hard and grainy when the crystals form. The honey turns creamy white and becomes firm with a fine smooth texture that you can scoop out of the jar and spread like warm peanut butter. Be sure not to heat up Grampa Jack's Honey if you like the butter. Once you heat it, you will not be able to get that fine smooth texture again. It will recrystalize into a harder form more like conventional honey will. If you don't like the creamy honey you certainly can warm it up so it is thin and clear again.
Grampa Jack's Honey, no miticides, no medications, from bees kept on our organic farm. Extracted and filtered without being heated.


Not many primary heads go on to 60 or beyond. Many wish to retire with "some good years of life ahead". But many head teachers simply find their job too overwhelming to carry on into their sixties. There are so many stake holders with differing and often conflicting demands. The workload and impossibility of pleasing everybody tends to make being a headteacher difficult.
One way of coming to terms with this is to accept the need to delegate and trust. As Neville West says in Middle Management in the Primary School, the age of the heroic-leader is dead. Instead the times now call for a leader with clear expectations who releases professional energies and talents.
The Education Reform Act placed an increased work load on schools and re-emphasised the need to delegate. Hence the growth of middle management. However, there is tension between the need to delegate and the difficulties facing primary middle managers who lack the twin advantages of a common subject identity and non-contact time enjoyed by their secondary equivalents.
Both books address the implications of delegation and aim to enable all those with managerial responsibility in primary schools to develop the necessary structures and skills. Neville West's book begins with middle managers, such as key stage or subject leaders, he discusses the effect that school culture and organisation have on them and distinguishes between maintenance and development tasks. He presents a framework for development, policy implementation and monitoring of quality in the curriculum-in-action before focusing on the skills needed, with examples of practice in a range of schools.
Finally he tackles self-audits, team leading, the management of change, finance and other resources, and school-based evaluation. He concludes with the often-neglected boundary management, which deals with relationships between a school and its environment, concentrating on governors and parents.
A feature of this process-orientated approach is to suggest activities to promote development through individual reflection and group discussion. This is perhaps the best way to use the book - for staff groups and individuals to work through it led by the head or deputy. West has been a head and has long experience of working with heads and teachers on management development courses.
A wider range of similar issues is tackled, but with a markedly different approach, by Les Bell, a professor of educational management and director of a school of educational and community studies, and Chris Rhodes, a county director of educational services and a registered Office for Standards in Education inspector.
The strength of their book, The Skills of Primary School Management, lies in the analysis of the various management and curriculum responsibilities and their associated roles and tasks. They couple this with providing practical guidelines for exercising these responsibilities within a whole-school management system.
The book is one of the most comprehensive I have come across. It includes valuable chapters on quality and inspection, the school development plan, managing the curriculum, human resources and the budget, and selecting and appointing staff, all with examples.
Les Bell and Chris Rhodes provide an impression of impeccable good practice and helpful classifications, but a disregard for the realities of daily school strife - the constant battle between the strategic and the immediate. Their job description for a mathematics leader, for instance, refers to two hours of non-contact time per week. In today's economic climate this is unconvincing.
However, well-thumbed copies of both books deserve a place on the primary manager's shelf. They are written in non-condescending and informed language and will, I hope, contribute to my development rather than gentle decline.
* Eric Meadows is head of Westdene Primary School, Brighton, and also course tutor in educational management with the Open University.


This morning at 11a.m there was a collision on Bindoon-Moora Rd Western Austrailia. The crash was fatal and the victim is being described by police as a 57-year old male who died from injuries sustained during the crash.
Major Crash investigators are seeking witnesses who may have seen the motorcycles riding in the Gin Gin, New Norcia and Mooliabeenee areas prior to the crash to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 0000.


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Renfrew Ontario
Do You Know Your Renfrew, Ontario History?
September 19, 2019 by Rebecca Frazier
The story behind Renfrew can be traced back to the Bonnechere River.
The first settlers to visit this area from Europe came via the river, whose mouth is at the Ottawa.
Getting through the first chute was certainly easier than navigating the second. Getting everything carried around the rapids took time, but eventually, a small settlement was started up. The first settlers showed up in 1820, when they started clearing the land. It might be hard for locals to believe it, but according to period accounts, the centre of the town was what was called an ash swale, which is a low and wet spot of otherwise good land. Lots of oak and ash were found there. Now, there are spruce and balsams where the current high school is. What's currently called Thomson's Hill was originally to the south of town. Here, settlers found the best hardwood grove around, including big maples, black birch, and beech. Along the banks of the river, the forest was predominantly evergreens, like cedar, spruce, and red pine.
Early on, Renfrew was originally known as Horton. Three families called the area home, namely those of Joseph Mayhew, Joseph Brunette, and Sgt. Thomas Airth. The census documented 21 people. Supplies had to come in from Perth, which was a long hike. Perth served as the centre for municipal politics in the Bathhurst district. Sgt. Airth served as the representative for the village. Over the coming years, quite a few Scots immigrated to Canada where they started farming land in Renfrew and the surrounding area. Their cultural heritage resonates even today in names of places like Renfrew, Arnprior, Burnstown, Lanark, and Glasgow. French Immigrants were also among the new arrivals. One of them, Xavier Plaunt, decided to marry the daughter of one of the Scots, Jeanette McLean. It was the year 1835 when most of the current land of the town of Renfrew was getting farmed by three different families. They were Antoine Beauchamp, Peter Cameron, and Xavier Plaunt.
John Lorne McDougall opened the first store in 1840. He also was the one that built the grist mill that's across the river. It still stands today, known as the McDougall Mill Museum. Most of the new village's land was owned specifically by Xavier Plaunt, who sold it off at cheap rates, or free for public buildings and churches. You can visit the ending point of Renfrew Avenue E. at Jennet St. to find Plaunt's gabled, red-bricked house still standing. As this village grew in size, it started being called Renfrewville of the Horton district.
The town featured a tannery, sawmill, brewery, doctor's office, tailor, axe factory, post office, carriage shop, cobbler, and blacksmith.
It's hard to grasp the idea that there wasn't a single bridge crossing the Bonnechere back then. If someone had to cross, then they'd just stand along the bank and yell out. The Gibbons family was the one that owned a farm right at the crossing point, and they'd row over the river in a boat in order to ferry people across. The first bridge over was built by a combination of loggers and various shanty men as a means of punishment for their drunken brawls in town, as well as avoiding going to Jail in Perth.
The Honorable Francis Hinks owned land north of the river, and had it surveyed. He would later become a Sir as well as the prime minister for Upper Canada for four years. The land he had surveyed became the location of a new county government, including a public square, a school, and numerous residential streets. He instituted progressive policies, including damming up the chute, the creation of a plume, and offering cheap land and free water. This all resulted in an economic boom up and down the northern banks of the river. John Lorne McDougall was one of the people to take advantage of all this. He bought land in 1855 for 5 shillings where he built up a grist mill. This spared locals the costs and time of hauling their corn across the Ottawa River to a mill in Lower Canada or overland to Perth. Hinks had a dream of Renfrew being the county seat, but Pembroke was eventually chosen instead.
1895 was the year that saw a wire bridge cross the river purely by public deed as the town actually refused to participate.
This 'swinging bridge' is currently a town landmark. It was also a lot more secure and safe than its preceding wire and plank structure.
The first local agricultural exhibition got held in 1855, which means that the Renfrew Fair is one of the nation's oldest.
Three years later, Renfrewville village separated from the Horton township. It elected John Smith as its first Reeve. 'Let It Flourish' was chosen as the official motto at the initial municipal council meeting held on the 30th of August, 1858. Orange Wright, John Coumbs, and John O'Hara were respectively hired as the first street inspector, fireman, and policeman. Two rooms were rented inside the Albion Hotel as the lock-up. Renfrew had a name change and switch to town status in the year 1895.
The railway wound up bringing even more people to this area, while also opening up markets to Renfrew industries. In 1872, east and west connections were linked via the Canada Central line that was later known as the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1884, north and south connections were formed via the Kingston and Pembroke, later known as the Canadian National Railway.
Lumber barons JR Booth and MJ O'Brien both were seriously involved in the railway construction.
Passenger rail service ended for Renfrew in 1990, and the last train of any kind passed through in August of 2011, when the Canadian Pacific got torn up. The railway era was over.
Early roads were typically muddy paths with many potholes hacked out through the forest. Many original highways went right through towns before traffic congestion meant that bypasses needed to get built going around major towns. Highway 60 is now the only primary highway which still goes through the middle of town.
MJ O'Brien had a substantial impact on this town. He originally settled here, coming from Montreal once he met his wife in Calabogie. He had a vast fortune from his involvement in the lumber industry early on, but then later in railways, hockey, and munitions plants. He personally owned four out of the first six teams of the National Hockey Association. That means he was the father of the NHA/NHL, and Renfrew is the birthplace of it. His mansion is still standing to this day, sitting on the northeastern corner of Barr and Quarry. He owned a lot of land and built a movie theatre and opera house. Quite a few industries in Renfrew featured his name. His 1940 funeral was likely one of the largest events in town history.
Renfrew's history is highly visible in many facades and buildings around town. Raglan is the main street and full of buildings a century old or more, with side streets featuring original homes.
This video show a bird's eye flight over Renfrew from a few years back …
Renfrew has a number of claims to fame:
Home to the Renfrew Millionaires and birthplace of the NHL
Jack Davis, a Renfrew citizen, was the first injury among Canadian soldiers in WWI.
Every 25lb shell in WWI from Canada passed through Renfrew in order to get filled with cordite explosives. This happened at the Hall St. munitions plant.
Renfrew's fair is one of Canada's oldest.
Dr. Charlotte Whitton was the first woman to be mayor of any Canadian city. Originally from Renfrew, she served as the Mayor of Ottowa twice.
The town of Renfrew lost 68 men to WWII but 69 to WWI.
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