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Q: Metodos en Django se llaman al recargar Tengo una función dentro del modelo de Django que aumenta el campo a +1
    def birthday(self):
      self.age +=1
      self.save()

Lo llamo en la plantilla a través de un button onclick
<button type="submit" onclick="{{character.birthday}}">Birthday</button>

El problema es que cada vez que actualizo la página (f5) me hace esta función, es decir, me aumenta 1 a la edad sin hacer clic.
También puse en su momento la función en la vista pero me sucedía lo mismo, como puedo hacer para que el método solo sea llamada cuando hago clic en el botón y no cuando recargo? Gracias

A: Lo que esta pasando es que cuando django renderiza esto {{character.birthday}} ejecuta el metodo directamente, no tiene en cuenta si esta adentro de un onclick.
Para arreglarlo hacé una view que reciba el id del modelo character y que aumente el numero por db y lo guarde.
por ejemplo:
Character.objects.filter(id=id_que_viene_por_parametro).update(age=F("age") + 1)

luego en el template en el onclick mandas un POST por jquery o un GET con el id del Character, por ejemplo asi por POST:
$(document).ready(function () {
  $("#id_del_button").submit(function (event) {
    $.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "/url/",
      data: {
        id_que_viene_por_parametro: "{{ id }}",
        csrfmiddlewaretoken: document.getElementsByName('csrfmiddlewaretoken')[0].value
      },
      success: function () {
        ...
      }
    });
    return false;
  });

});

hacer lo que estas haciendo:
def birthday(self):
      self.age +=1
      self.save()

no te lo recomiendo porque si alguien mas lo actualiza en el mismo momento, te va a tirar un numero erroneo y no va a sumar bien porque lo guarda en memoria antes y luego con el numero desactualizado lo vuelve a guardar. Hay como una condicion de carrera que te lo podes ahorrar con la F function.


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Guerre anglo-zouloue
Rorke's Drift
Rorke's Drift in Guerre anglo-zouloue, Champs de bataille, KwaZulu-Natal
Approximately 40 troops that survived the catastrophe at Isandlwana struggled towards the mission station at Rorke's Drift....
James Rorke who died in 1875 established the station as a trading store on the Buffalo River ford where for some years it was used as a mission station but it was now acting as a supply depot and hospital between the force in Zululand and the headquarters at Helpmekaar.
Major Spalding, the officer in charge, was concerned about the non-arrival of two extra companies from Helpmekaar and went out to look for them.
Rifle fire
Lt Chard, an engineer, whose job it was to check the pontoons across the Buffalo River was left in charge. Chard was not overly concerned when he heard rifle fire from the direction of Islandwana and continued to check the pontoons. Lt Bromhead was Chard's second in command and when the two clergymen eventually climbed the hill they found to their horror a strong Zulu force headed their way.
Two wagons were overturned and 200 lb of maize sacks were hurriedly employed as a barricade.
Some 4000 Zulus that had been held in reserve at Isandlwana attacked at around 16h30 from behind Rorke's Drift and only at a distance of 50 yards away was this rush finally checked.
Hospital torched
The Zulus got close enough to torch the thatched roof of the hospital and managed to isolated the hospital from the storeroom. By knocking down the internal walls the defenders and patients managed to cross from room to room and finally the 30 yards to the store.
Towards midnight the Zulus rushed the cattle enclosure in front of the store and captured it. However, the defenders managed to recover it at bayonet point.
After this the Zulu attacks petered out and Chard sent out a detachment to despatch the wounded Zulus in the vicinity of the post.
The British were down to a box and a half of ammunition by this time and would have been unable to launch another serious defence but luckily the Zulus withdrew.
Chelmsford feared that Rorke's Drift had fallen but the sounds of cheering from the mission station soon convinced him otherwise.
British prevail
The British lost 17 of their mere 125 men whereas when the reinforcements arrived the next morning 500 Zulus lay dead. The remains of the hospital were pulled down and used for further fortifications.
11 Victoria Crosses
The 11 Victoria Crosses that were awarded was more than any other in British military history for a single engagement. The Distinguished Conduct medal was also awarded to five soldiers. The award of so many decorations was thought by some to be an attempt to distract attention from the catastrophe at Isandlwana.
De notre galerie
Adresse: Guerre anglo-zouloue, Champs de bataille
KwaZulu-Natal, Afrique du Sud
28° 21′ 1,955″ S, 30° 32′ 0,96″ E
Crée: mercredi 9 novembre 2011 ; Dernière mise à jour: jeudi 14 octobre 2021

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Backup is one task in IT that no one looks forward to, so if you've been looking for a comprehensive, low maintenance solution, Data Protection Manager (DPM) from Microsoft might just be the ticket.
DPM is specifically designed to protect Microsoft workloads: Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, AD and Hyper-V. It also follows the paradigm shift for data protection sweeping through the IT industry: rely on hard disks for backup and recovery; only use tape for long-term archiving.
DPM 2010 runs only on Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and requires the x64 version; 4GB of memory is recommended. A free version of SQL 2008 comes with DPM, but a full version of a local or remote SQL 2008 database can be used instead.
Define where DPM is going to keep its own data.
Under the hood there are several improvements in DPM 2010 designed to make it more efficient, robust, reliable, and easier to design and deploy. One improvement is data co-location. In DPM 2007, each data source needed one replica volume and one recovery point volume; in DPM 2010, multiple data sources can live on the same volume, enabling more efficient data storage. If a particular file can't be backed up for whatever reason, DPM 2007 will fail the entire job; DPM 2010 will continue backing up and provide a list at the end of files that weren't protected.
A common occurrence in DPM 2007 was inconsistent replicas (where the data on the DPM server doesn't match the data on the production server), requiring manual involvement to run a consistency check. In DPM 2010, this will automatically happen. Another issue that could occur in DPM 2007 was that the data source grew unexpectedly, leaving the replica volume to be too small; DPM 2010 will auto-grow volumes by 25 per cent to avoid backups failing due to lack of disk space.
DPM 2010 has also received significant scalability enhancements. Preliminary figures indicate a fan-in rate (the number of servers that can talk to a single DPM server) of 100 production servers for each DPM server, or 1000 workstations or 2000 SQL Server databases and about 80TB of data on one server (early adopters have brought this figure to 200TB). When a large number of databases is going to be backed up, you can designate which databases to back up in parallel, thus making sure disk traffic is spread across disk spindles efficiently.
Various data sources can be added to a protection group; for instance, protecting the legal department's files, databases and mailboxes according to a particular schedule.
Another interesting feature in DPM 2010 is the concept of end user recovery for databases. Given the right permissions, a DBA can use a separate application to recover an SQL database from any recovery point to either an administrator specified alternate instance of SQL, or to a network share.
Whilst DPM 2007 could protect client computers, the assumption was that these were permanently connected desktops. Trying to back up laptops, for instance, generated numerous errors if the data source was "on the road". DPM 2010 fundamentally improves on this model by providing comprehensive protection for both desktops and laptops running Windows XP and above. Policies for client backups are defined centrally, but users can optionally be allowed to change items to be included in backups, as well as manage their own backups.
Various folders can be included or excluded on client computers.
DPM can synchronise backups from client computers whilst they're remotely connected to the corporate network via VPN connections (PPTP, SSTP or L2TP); 1Mbps is a suggested minimum bandwidth. Direct Access (a type of VPN only offered in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7 clients) will not be supported at the release of DPM 2010. Restores of protected files are integrated with the Previous Versions function in Windows, so users don't need to learn a different method of retrieving files.
End users can easily see how the backups of their machines are going.
The recent release of Windows Server 2008 R2, and the included Hyper-V virtualisation platform, brought many important improvements, not the least of which is Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), essentially a way to store the files for multiple VMs in the same area in a Storage Area Network (SAN). This is required for scalability of Hyper-V implementations, but has caused issues for backup vendors as they struggle to make sure their solutions know how to "talk to" a CSV volume.
DPM 2010 fully supports CSV; DPM 2007 doesn't, and won't in the future. Be aware that although DPM supports both software and hardware snapshot providers for backing up VMs on CSV, the latter will be significantly faster and impact VM performance less. A VM can be recovered to the original host, to an alternate host or to a network folder. There's a PowerShell script (like all System Center products, DPM is totally built on PowerShell) to automatically protect new VMs that are created on a host.
In DPM 2007, the choice was either putting a DPM agent on just the virtualisation host, or putting an agent on each VM. The host-based agent essentially allowed you to roll back a whole VM to a particular point in time, but not recover individual files inside the VM, whereas an agent inside a VM could recover individual files or Exchange/SQL data. The problem is, of course, cost: multiple DPM agent costs more money. DPM 2010 allows item-level recovery (ILR) inside a VM with only a host-based backup, and although this is limited to files (not Exchange/SQL databases), it's a fantastic addition, providing more flexibility in backup design. To make this work, the Hyper-V role has to be installed on the DPM server.
As is to be expected, DPM 2010 protects SharePoint 2010 and Exchange 2010. For the latter, protection of Data Availability Groups (DAGs) is comprehensive, and different types of backups can be organised for different database copies. Restores of databases can be made to the original location, to an alternative server, to an Exchange Recovery database, or to a network share.
The biggest addition in SharePoint 2010 is that a recovery farm is no longer necessary for restoring documents or lists. New content databases in a given farm are also automatically protected by DPM 2010, without having to be manually configured.
Many businesses have a mandate to "keep the tapes offsite" to provide disaster recovery (DR) in case of a major disaster, but the required infrastructure involving couriers and safe tape handling can be onerous. DPM offers a better solution.
DPM 2007 allowed one DPM server to protect another, primarily as a DR feature. In your primary datacentre one or more primary DPM servers protected production servers and these DPM servers were then backed up to an offsite DPM server. For minor disasters, recovery could be done from local DPM servers; in the case of a major datacentre disaster, recovery was provided from the offsite DPM server.
DPM 2010 provides considerably more flexibility, where two DPM servers can protect each other. This is excellent for scenarios with two datacentres that are both in use, perhaps serving different geographical areas. Chaining is another scenario, where a primary DPM server is protected by a secondary server, which in turn is protected by a third DPM server. In DPM 2007, switching a secondary DPM server to be the primary backup target required a PowerShell script; in DPM 2010, this can be done with a right-click in the management console.
An option for storage of backups, other than disk or tape is backing up to the cloud through a company called Iron Mountain. DPM 2010 can also be bought as a preconfigured backup appliance from i365 which extends the capability of DPM with software to backup non Windows platforms.
In our opinion, possibly the biggest change in DPM 2010 barely makes a single bullet point in the new features list: support for workgroup/non domain joined computers. In enterprise environments, this makes it possible to protect servers in a perimeter/DMZ network by manually configuring them to talk to the DPM server.
More importantly, this feature makes another scenario possible in the SMB market space: your IT service provider can now remotely back up your server, as well as maintain your environment. A DPM 2010 server is located at the IT service provider, and an agent is manually configured at the small business to back up to the DPM server over the internet.
DPM 2007 was a very comprehensive product for protecting Microsoft workloads; DPM 2010 takes this foundation and makes a good product even better, even more reliable and smarter, as well as more flexible. If you have a mostly Microsoft environment, DPM is a logical choice. In heterogeneous environments, DPM also fits well by protecting what it is best at and then letting the enterprise backup solution back up DPM.


Indian Ayurveda is a well known system of Hindu traditional medicine of vedic tradition and it is a form of the many alternative products and medicines. Natural scientists and Ancient seers developed this system based on centuries of experiments, studied and meditations. Some of the renowned Ayurvedic texts include the Charaka Samhita and Susritha Samhita. These are the Sanskrit texts which are among the foundational compiled works of Ayurveda that helps to know to history of the products of vAyurveda.
Al-Rahim Remedies is all about Ayurveda which is considered as a science as a whole and provides the unequalled methods of him/her in a perfectly healthy. Ayurvedic products is an herbal and natural health care system, where the products are completely safe. It treats the whole person and subtly eliminates the cause of the diseases and has a body and spirit health care system for long creative life, which also gives emphasis in preventing medicine. The Ayurvedic approach to illness is holistic and after the Ayurvedic treatment at our center with the products that we provide, patient will find improvement in their mental, physical and psychological conditions. The ingredients utilized in the Ayurvedic medicines are mostly derived from plants, herbs, flowers, fruits etc making it a remedy close to nature and many more benefits of Ayurveda.
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A building shaft is a continuous vertical space substantially enclosed on all sides that extends for two or more floors, and includes elevator shafts, ventilation shafts, stairwells and service shafts.
A floor opening can also be an opening or hole in a platform, pavement or yard that measures 300mm (12 inches) or more in its smallest dimension.
Give notice to the division when digging a shaft or tunnel.
Identify any hazards regarding floor openings or shafts before work begin.
Cover or guard openings in floors, roofs, and other work surfaces a worker could step or fall into.
Guardrails must have a toeboard.
Covers must be able to support 360 kilograms per square metre.
Provide effective protection against falls when covers or guardrails are removed even if only part of the guardrail or toeboard is missing.
Set up a warning sign or permanent label that informs others of the covered hazardous openings. Warning signs must stand out on a busy construction site.
Ensure every building shaft that has a doorway or opening without a platform installed is covered by a solid barrier that extends from the bottom of the doorway or opening to a height of at least 2m. These solid barriers must be able to prevent workers and loose materials from falling down the shaft.
Have work platforms that are integral parts of a slip form used in building shafts that are designed by professional engineers. These platforms must withstand any maximum foreseeable loads and be constructed, erected, and used in accordance with the professional design. If the platform is moved, it must be examined by a competent person and a written report must be kept by the employer, contractor, or owner.
Not require or permit workers to be on platforms mentioned above without a personal fall arrest system, a full-body harness, a lanyard or a lifeline that meet legislative requirements.
Set up at least one permanent warning sign on a building shaft's barrier so that people are informed of the hazardous openings. Warning signs must stand out on a busy construction site.
Fix storage tanks with permanent walkways that have guardrails when workers are regularly walking or working on top of them. If working or walking on a storage tank is required but not considered a regular part of the job, all storage tank openings must be covered or guarded where workers could fall into them. Grids are commonly used in such situations.
Around each excavated shaft or tunnel opening, install a solid or wire mesh fence at least 1m high. This will prevent material from falling into a shaft or tunnel opening. Gates in the fence must be substantial and at least 1m high. Keep all gates closed when workers are not using them.
Develop and implement a fall protection plan and have it accessible on all work sites where there is a risk of workers falling.
Participate in identifying any hazards before any work begins and as it is ongoing; noting any openings, holes in floors or building shafts, both secured or non-secured, and communicate with others in the work area.
Keep an eye out to ensure covers and other safeguards are being used.
Practice proper housekeeping around the construction site.
Follow safe job procedures and safe work practices.
Use all forms of safeguards, safety appliances, and personal protective equipment provided.
Always use another form of fall protection when installing, removing a safeguard, guardrail or cover or when working near an unprotected edge.
Safeguard is a guard, shield, wire mesh, guardrail, gate, barrier, safety net, handrail or other similar equipment that is designed to protect the safety of workers, but does not include personal protective equipment.
Section 120 Protection from objects falling from scaffolds, etc.
120. (1) Where a suspended scaffold, suspended powered scaffold or load-carrying unit is suspended from or attached to a structure, an employer, contractor or owner shall ensure that wire mesh, or other material equally effective to prevent objects from falling from the working surface, is installed from the working surface to a height of at least 900 millimetres on all sides except the side adjacent to the structure.
(c) a hoist cage in an excavated shaft.
(3) Where it is necessary to hoist or lower materials that are of such a nature that the sides of a cantilever hoist platform or skip cannot be equipped as required by subsection (1), an employer, contractor or owner shall provide another equally effective means for the protection of workers against falling materials.
(4) Where it is necessary for workers to pass through a safeguard required by this section, an employer, contractor or owner shall install a gate that is equally effective to prevent objects from falling from the working surface and shall ensure that the gate is kept closed except when the gate is in use.
Section 124 Openings in floors, roofs, etc.
(b) provided with a guardrail and a toeboard.
127. (1) Where a worker is regularly required to walk or work on top of a storage tank, an employer, contractor or owner shall ensure that the storage tank is fitted with a permanent walkway with guardrails.
(d) substantial gates that are not less than one metre high are installed in every opening in a fence provided pursuant to clause (c) and the gates are kept closed except when being used.
(2) A worker who opens a gate mentioned in clause (1)(d) shall close the gate after the worker no longer has a need to keep the gate open.
(3) An employer or contractor shall provide suitable equipment to keep a tunnel or excavated shaft free from any accumulation of water.
102. (1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a personal fall arrest system and connecting linkage required by these regulations are approved and maintained.
(d) is fastened to a lifeline or to a secure anchor point that has a breaking strength of at least 22.2 kilonewtons.
(f) the connecting linkage is attached to a personal fall arrest system, lifeline or secure anchor point to prevent the worker from falling more than 1.2 metres.
104. Where a snap hook is used as an integral component of a personal fall arrest system, connecting linkage, full-body harness or lifeline, an employer or contractor shall ensure that the snap hook is self-locking and is approved and maintained.
(d) is approved and maintained.


Your urban garden gets just a little bit sweeter when you grow a small home orchard or a few berry bushes.
Depending on the amount of space you have available, you can grow some — or a lot of — fruit at your place. Growing fruit trees and shrubs means an annual harvest with little extra work on your part.
Crops like strawberries and blueberries can be grown in containers, making them a good option for a fruit harvest in urban areas.
Fruit trees, too, can be grown in containers if you choose the right variety. If you have a larger property, you may want to consider a small orchard to provide your household with fresh fruit during the harvest season.
Winter gardening: Time to choose your bare root fruit trees for your home orchard! You'll have a better selection now, too, before trees leaf out.
Planting nectarine seeds nets a free orchard! Here's how to grow a nectarine tree from seed – stone fruit like nectarines often grow true from seed.
Growing bananas for a tropical harvest is easy, easy in warm climates. Check out how to grow bananas, harvest bananas, and what banana trees need to thrive.
Growing persimmons for a late fall harvest on your homestead? Choosing a persimmon tree will depend on a few factors and how you plan to use the persimmons you grow. Here's how to decide between an American persimmon tree or a Fuyu persimmon tree.
Growing blueberries in containers is a great way to produce fruit right in your own backyard. Even apartment dwellers can harvest fruit from the balcony!
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Q: Changing and setting button background color and also comparing clicks on button pressed using switch and case I have been working on an examination app for a while now,
Please am stock with setting buttons background colors as well comparing values on every button pressed.
Below is my code, please where am I getting it wrong?
It gives me no error and don't satisfy the desired task.
    switch (V.getId()) {
    case R.id.option1:
        Button s2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.option2);
        actual = bOption1.getText().toString();
        s2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF33FF33, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption3.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption4.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        aoption1 = 1;
        aoption2 = 0;
        aoption3 = 0;
        aoption4 = 0;
        break;
    case R.id.option2:
        actual = bOption2.getText().toString();
        bOption1.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF33FF33, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption3.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption4.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        aoption1 = 0;
        aoption2 = 1;
        aoption3 = 0;
        aoption4 = 0;
        break;
    case R.id.option3:
        actual = bOption3.getText().toString();
        bOption1.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption3.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF33FF33, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption4.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        aoption1 = 0;
        aoption2 = 0;
        aoption3 = 1;
        aoption4 = 0;
        break;
    case R.id.option4:
        actual = bOption4.getText().toString();
        bOption1.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption3.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x33FF33FF, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        bOption4.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF33FF33, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
        aoption1 = 0;
        aoption2 = 0;
        aoption3 = 0;
        aoption4 = 1;
        break;
    case R.id.confirm:
        tvexplain.setText(explain);
        ahint.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        proceed.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        proceed.setText(continued);
        confirm.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
        confirm.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(3, 1));
        if(actual.equals(null)){ }else{
            if(actual.equals(answer)){
                if(aoption1 == 1){
                    bOption1.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF66FF66, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
                }else if(aoption2 == 1){
                    bOption2.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF66FF66, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
                }else if(aoption3 == 1){
                    bOption3.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF66FF66, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
                }else if(aoption4 == 1){
                    bOption4.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF66FF66, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
                }
            }
        }
        break;
    }

A: Why don't you use Android Art Studio to create different colors for your buttons?

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Unbridled's Song
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Grandsire
Fappiano
Trolley Song
Damsire
Foaled
Mandysland Farm
Paraneck Stable
James T. Ryerson
Nick Zito
12: 5-4-0
$1,311,800[1]
Major wins
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1995)
Florida Derby (1996)
Wood Memorial (1996)
Olympic Handicap (1997)
Leading sire in North America (2017)
Unbridled's Song (February 18, 1993 – July 26, 2013) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Florida Derby and Wood Memorial. He was the favorite for the 1996 Kentucky Derby but injured himself before the race and finished fifth. He finished his racing career with five wins from twelve starts and earnings of $1.3 million. He subsequently became a highly successful sire, with major winners including Breeders' Cup champions Arrogate, Forever Unbridled, Midshipman and Liam's Map. He was posthumously the leading sire in North America of 2017.
2 Racing career
3 Retirement
4 Pedigree
Unbridled's Song was a gray stallion who was bred in Kentucky by Mandysland Farm.[1] He was sired by 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled, whose other important offspring included Derby winner Grindstone, Preakness winner Red Bullet and Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker.[2] His dam, Trolley Song, is a winning daughter of Caro out of Lucky Spell, a stakes winner and stakes producer.[3]
Unbridled's Song was sold as a yearling in 1994 for $200,000 to Ernie Paragallo who then "pinhooked" the horse as a two-year-old in training for a world record $1.4 million. However, the high bidder returned the colt after his veterinarian detected a bone chip, a claim disputed by Paragallo. Unbridled's Song subsequently raced for Paragallo's Paraneck Stable.[3][4]
At maturity, he reached 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) high.[5] He was trained for most of his career by Jim Ryerson before being handed over to Nick Zito for his final two starts.[4]
Racing career[edit]
Unbridled's Song made his racing debut on August 26, 1995 as the odds-on favorite in a maiden special weight race at Saratoga. He went to the early lead then drew off in the stretch to win "handily" by 8 1⁄2 lengths.[6] He was then stepped up to Grade I stakes company in the Champagne Stakes on October 7 in which he finished fourth behind Maria's Mon.[7] He made his final start as a two-year-old in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile where he was the second choice in a strong field of 13. He broke poorly and experienced traffic problems on the first turn before moving into contention down the backstretch. He started his drive on the final turn and battled Hennessy down the stretch, winning by a neck in a time of 1:41:60.[8]
The next spring, after placing second in the Hutcheson Stakes and the Fountain of Youth Stakes, he beat the 1996 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Skip Away, along with Louis Quatorze and Editor's Note in the Florida Derby.
Then, a couple of weeks before the Kentucky Derby, he won the Wood Memorial, but in doing so, he hit himself in the left forefoot, causing a "quarter crack", or cracked hoof, requiring a special bar shoe and acrylic patch.
He was the favorite for the 1996 Kentucky Derby but placed a troubled fifth behind Grindstone. The forefoot injury from the Wood Memorial kept him out of the rest of the Triple Crown races.
Three weeks after the Kentucky Derby, he was second in the Peter Pan Stakes. Six weeks later, he ran ninth in the Arlington Citation Challenge Invitational, a race that was specially created for Cigar.
In his only race at four, he won the Olympic Handicap.
Retirement[edit]
Unbridled's Song was retired to stud in 1997. He became one of the most successful sires in the United States of America and abroad, with Grade I winners and $1 million winners. He stood at Taylor Made Farms and his 2010 fee was $100,000 live foal.
Some of his most famous offspring include Breeders' Cup Classic winner Arrogate, Breeders' Cup Distaff winners Forever Unbridled, Unbridled Elaine and Unrivaled Belle, Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Midshipman and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam's Map. Other graded stakes winners include Will Take Charge, Octave, Splendid Blended, Domestic Dispute, Grey Song, Alexander, Political Force, Eurosilver, Eight Belles, Old Fashioned, Buddha and Songandaprayer. Dunkirk, though not a graded stakes winner, finished second in the Belmont Stakes in 2009.
An important sire milestone came on February 10, 2013 when his son Graydar won the Grade 1 Donn Handicap, his 100th stakes winner.[9] After his death, his sons Will Take Charge (2013) and Arrogate (2016) both won the Travers Stakes,[10] and Arrogate then won the Breeders' Cup Classic the same year.
He died on July 26, 2013, at age of 20 years after a large and inoperable mass was discovered in his sinus cavities and around the optic nerves. The horse began showing acute neurological symptoms and was euthanized.[4]
Unbridled's Song was the leading sire in North America of 2017, thanks mainly to Arrogate's victories that year in the world's two richest horse races, the Pegasus World Cup and the Dubai World Cup.
Pedigree[edit]
Pedigree of Unbridled's Song, gray horse, 1993[11]
1977 Mr. Prospector Raise a Native
Killaloe Dr. Fager
Grand Splendor
Gana Facil
1981 *Le Fabuleux =Wild Risk (FR)
=Anguar (FR)
Charedi In Reality
Caro (IRE)
1967 =Fortino II (FR) =Grey Sovereign (GB)
=Ranavalo III (FR)
=Chambord =Chamossaire (GB)
=Life Hill (GB)
Lucky Spell
1971 Lucky Mel Olympia
*Royal Mink
Incantation Prince Blessed
Magic Spell (family: 4-m)[3][12]
A symbol before a name mean's the horse was registered as a foal in one country but later was bred in another country.
^ a b "Equibase | Profiles - Unbridled's Song". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ Russo, Nicole. "Influence of Nerud, Fappiano lives on in leading sires | Daily Racing Form". www.drf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ a b c Hunter, Avalyn. "Unbridled's Song (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ a b c "Prolific stallion Unbridled's Song dies at 20". usatoday.com. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
^ "Pedigree Analysis: Is Bigger Always Better?". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Chart for August 26, 1995". Equibase. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Chart for the Champagne Stakes". Equibase. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Chart for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile". Equibase. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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^ http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2016/08/28/baffert-forever-linked-to-unbridled-s-song.aspx
^ "Unbridled's Song - Pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Magnolia - Family 4-m". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Pedigree & Partial Stats
TB Times Stallion Directory Unbridled's Song
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1993 racehorse births
2013 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners
Thoroughbred family 4-m
United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires
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Armed police and multiple police vehicles have been spotted at an incident in Somerset.
Multiple police cars and officers have been photographed on Balmoral Drive in Bridgwater today (June 27).
We'll continue to update you with the latest information as we get it.
Email jillian.macmath@reachplc.com or tweet me @jillian.macmath if you have any information.
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All police vehicles are reported to have left Balmoral Drive in Bridgwater following an earlier incident involving armed police.
Somerset Live has received a report that a police riot van has appeared at the home on Balmoral Drive where two people were said to have been taken away by police earlier this afternoon. It is understood that around four more officers have entered the house.
Somerset Live has contacted Avon and Somerset Police for information. They are looking into the matter and have yet to provide comment.
After at least six police cars reportedly attended the incident earlier this afternoon, a resident tells Somerset Live only one patrol car remains at the scene.
A resident has told Somerset Live that a woman was also taken away by police from Balmoral Drive.
Resident Neil Alder told Somerset Live that five police cars and a dog unit arrived around 2.45pm and blocked the road off with one of the vehicles.
A resident counted six police cars attending the incident on Balmoral Road in Bridgwater.
Three were seen at the front of the property and one was at the end of the street blocking cars from passing. Another vehicle was seen behind the property and the other was parked farther away, they said.
Residents told Somerset Live most of the police presence has now gone and the road has been reopened.
A resident returning to their home on Balmoral Drive said they were told to wait at the end of the road while the incident continued. Police blocked off the street while they surrounded a home.
The resident said: "On arrival to our house we were greeted by the street blocked off, and armed police officers surrounding a house.
They told us to wait at the end of the road.
There have been multiple social media reports of armed police seen on Balmoral Drive in Bridgwater.
Photos show several police cars and at least one armed officer in the vicinity.


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Texas is cattle country; they take their beef seriously here. Houston in particular hosts some of the top steakhouses in the country, according to to the likes of Travel + Leisure, Food and Wine and The Daily Meal. The city's steakhouses are definitely swanky, with a price tag to match. If you like your luxury dining served rare, you'll find plenty to sink your teeth into in Houston.
Pappas Bros.
Pappas Bros. offers the diner an old-school steakhouse experience, from the wood paneling on the walls to the booths upholstered in red leather. There's a cigar lounge on the premises, too. The steaks are dry-aged in house and seasoned simply with salt, pepper and butter. The wine list wins particular accolades for its deep selection -- over two thousand bottles strong -- and rare vintages. Pappas Bros. also has a branch in Dallas.
Killen's
Killen's is actually located in the Houston suburb of Pearland, in a building that's unassuming outside and tastefully appointed inside, with an eye to a calm, relaxed dining experience. The kitchen prepares both wet-aged and dry-aged steaks, most sourced from the famed Allen Brothers of Chicago; the wagyu beef comes from Strube Ranch in nearby Pittsburg, Texas. The creme brulee bread pudding was named as one of the country's best desserts by Food and Wine.
Brenner's on the Bayou
Brenner's Steakhouse has two locations: the original Brenner's, founded in 1936, and Brenner's on the Bayou. Both restaurants serve wet-aged prime cuts served au jus, but the bayou location gets top accolades thanks to its particularly lovely waterside setting. Brenner's on the Bayou's views are unparalleled, and there is also a well-maintained garden on the premises that patrons may wander through before or after their meal.
Vic & Anthony's
Located in the heart of downtown Houston, Vic & Anthony's is another steakhouse made in the old-school mold, with dark wood, leather upholstery and luxury touches throughout. In addition to a variety of cuts of aged prime beef, perhaps sauced with bone marrow bordelaise or blue cheese bacon butter, you can feast on duck-fat potatoes, an heirloom tomato panzanella or a lobster-cognac bisque. The wine list features over a thousand bottles to choose from. Vic & Anthony's also has three other locations across the country.
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Q: Is it possible to stream audio via Google Assistant in the Netherlands? I want to stream audio using the actions-on-google and I was wondering if this already is possible.
I saw this post where it is mentioned that it is not possible.
But this is already a year old so I was wondering if it already is possible and if not when it will be possible.
I found this page but it is not really clear to me if I can use this for the google assistant.


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More and more these days, I search for soul work, for activities that feed my soul and sooth my spirit. Gardening is that kind of work for me. I so enjoy watching plants peak bravely through the ground with a new shoot of joy. There is peace in the presence of a garden.
What a glorious day yesterday was! The sun was shining. The breeze blew gently throughout the day. It was a wonderful day to shop for plants, and even more wonderful to plant them.
A small garden now graces the front of my house. I will love watching it grow and thrive. I will love the sense of peace it brings. I love that nature's beauty is all around me.
Now I have a responsibility to the garden. It won't grow well without my care . . . watering, weeding, cutting back, feeding. But it's not work. It's true pleasure to tend a garden spot.
So I will be spending peace time in the garden this year. It is indeed a therapeutic way to spend my days.
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We had so much fun planting. Now it will be fun to watch it all grow.


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class JavaConnectionCallback : public PlayTorrent::ConnectionCallback {
public:
    JavaConnectionCallback(JavaVM* env, jobject callbackInstance)
    :mJvm(env)
    ,mJavaCallback(callbackInstance){

    }

    virtual void onConnectionLost() {
        JNIEnv* env = getEnv();
        jclass cls = env->GetObjectClass(mJavaCallback);
        jmethodID onConnectionLost = env->GetMethodID(cls, "onConnectionLost", "()V");
        env->CallVoidMethod(mJavaCallback, onConnectionLost);
        env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);
    }

    virtual void onReceived(uint8_t* received, size_t length) {
        if (received == nullptr || length <= 0) {
            return;
        }

        // get env
        JNIEnv* env = getEnv();

        // Create new java bytes array reference
        jbyteArray jReceived = env->NewByteArray(length);
        if (jReceived == nullptr) {
            LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate java buffer [%d]", length);
            return;
        }
        // Set data region to java bytes array
        jbyte* javaBytes = env->GetByteArrayElements(jReceived, NULL);
        env->SetByteArrayRegion(jReceived, 0, length, (const jbyte *) received);

        // call java callback function
        jclass cls = env->GetObjectClass(mJavaCallback);
        jmethodID onReceived = env->GetMethodID(cls, "onReceived", "([B)V");
        env->CallVoidMethod(mJavaCallback, onReceived, jReceived);
        env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);

        // Release local reference
        env->ReleaseByteArrayElements(jReceived, javaBytes, 0);
        env->DeleteLocalRef(jReceived);
    }

    virtual ~JavaConnectionCallback() {
        JNIEnv* env = getEnv();
        env->DeleteGlobalRef(mJavaCallback);
    }

private:
    JavaVM *mJvm;
    jobject mJavaCallback;

    JNIEnv* getEnv() {
        JNIEnv* env;
        mJvm->AttachCurrentThread(&env, 0);
        return env;
    }
};

// mapping class <java, cpp>
struct JavaObjectHasher {
    std::size_t operator()(const int& key) const
    {
        return (size_t) key;
    }
};
static std::unordered_map<int , PlayTorrent::Connection*, JavaObjectHasher> sConnectionMap;

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
Java_playtorrent_com_playtorrent_Connection_requestCreate(JNIEnv *env, jobject instance, jobject callback) {

    PlayTorrent::Connection* nativeConnection = new PlayTorrent::Connection();
    sConnectionMap.insert(std::make_pair(nativeConnection->getId(), nativeConnection));

    // create callback wrapper
    JavaVM* jvm;
    env->GetJavaVM(&jvm);

    JavaConnectionCallback* callbackWrapper = new JavaConnectionCallback(jvm, env->NewGlobalRef(callback));
    nativeConnection->setConnectionCallback(callbackWrapper);
    return nativeConnection->getId();
}

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
Java_playtorrent_com_playtorrent_Connection_requestConnect(JNIEnv *env, jobject instance, jint id, jstring host_, jint port) {
    const char *host = env->GetStringUTFChars(host_, 0);
    PlayTorrent::Connection* connection = nullptr;
    try {
        connection = sConnectionMap.at(id);
    } catch (std::out_of_range ignore) {
    }

    if (connection == nullptr) {
        LOGE(TAG, "Failed to find connection from memory map");
        return (jboolean) false;
    }

    bool isConnected = connection->requestConnect(std::string(host), port);
    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(host_, host);

    return (jboolean) isConnected;
}

extern "C"
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
Java_playtorrent_com_playtorrent_Connection_requestSendMessage(JNIEnv *env, jobject instance, jint id, jbyteArray message_) {
    jbyte *message = env->GetByteArrayElements(message_, NULL);
    int length = env->GetArrayLength(message_);

    PlayTorrent::Connection* connection = nullptr;
    try {
        connection = sConnectionMap.at(id);
    } catch (std::out_of_range ignore) {
    }

    if (connection == nullptr) {
        LOGE(TAG, "Failed to find connection from memory map");
        return;
    }

    uint8_t* clone = new uint8_t[length];
    memcpy(clone, message, sizeof(uint8_t) * length);

    connection->requestSendMessage(clone, length);
    env->ReleaseByteArrayElements(message_, message, 0);
}

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This quote is just one of 7 total Nicholas Meyer quotes in our collection. Nicholas Meyer is known for saying 'I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in.' as well as some of the following quotes.


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Henry Wilkinson may refer to:

 Henry Wilkinson (1610–1675) (called "Long Harry"), English divinity professor and nonconformist
 Henry Wilkinson (1616–1690) (called "Dean Harry"), English philosophy professor and nonconformist
 Henry Clement Wilkinson (1837–1908), British Army officer
 Henry Spenser Wilkinson (1853–1937), professor of military history and writer
 H. B. Wilkinson (1870-1954), Arizona politician
 Henry Wilkinson (cricketer) (1877–1967), English first-class cricketer
 Henry Wilkinson (footballer, born 1883), English footballer
 Henry Wilkinson, early owner of Wilkinson Sword Company

See also
Harry Wilkinson (disambiguation)

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Recently I had the great fortune to see Ita Buttrose speak at a Business Chicks event (thanks to Women in Focus). I felt so inspired by her so here are the tips and how they relate to boosting your sales.
When talking to someone, if you are confident and passionate about what you do… it shows & people will want to know more. The interesting thing about your business is often not what you do or how you do it – but why. By concentrating on this, you will show your passion and differentiate yourself.
Ita says ... "It's terrific if everybody likes you but not essential. Only respect is essential"
Too many businesses put up with 'bad' clients. The heartache and distraction isn't worth the money. Go for respect every time.
In the long journey of setting up your business, it can feel like you are totally on the wrong track.Perseverance is a great tool to stay your course to get where you want to go. I find talking to one of my clients reinforces why I got into business and helps me get to the corner.
Selling is a skill and there are techniques that you can apply to improve yourself.The main reason people don't do this is because they hate their idea of selling.But your idea about selling is probably based on bad experiences that you have had, because when you are sold to well … it doesn't feel like selling at all.
Ita says ... "You have the right to be heard"
So get out there and tell people your story, about how you got into business, about how you can solve a problem that they might have. I read a great article the other day that said that selling was about helping people see their potential, and not about your track record. I talk about that more here.
Ita gave a great practical example in how to sell … she was honest, open and fearless. She shared stories about her past and her hopes for the future. She told us that we could succeed at whatever we set our mind to … So let's show her that she's right!


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"A Big Step Backwards"
Global consumption of fossil fuels - oil and coal - rebounded last year. It's enough that fossil energy giant, BP, called it "a big step backwards" and warned that the world may be on course to miss the already paltry goals of the Paris Climate Summit.
The renewed upward march of global carbon emissions is worrying and a big step backwards in the fight against climate change, according to BP.
Emissions rose 1.6% in 2017 after flatlining for the previous three years, which the British oil firm said was a reminder the world was not on track to hit the goals of the Paris climate deal.
Renewable power generation grew by 17% last year, led by wind and followed by what BP called "stunning" growth in solar.
But strong economic growth led to above-average energy demand, coal use bounced back in China and efficiency gains slowed down, causing emissions to jump, the company's annual statistical review of world energy found.
That should be music to Justin Trudeau's bitumen-clogged ears. Misery loves company and he already has Canada on course to miss our emission cut targets. Besides, if China is going back to coal again, they're going to love our bitumen.
Well played, Justin.
Labels: bitumen, BP, carbon emissions, Paris Climate Summit, Trudeau
Owen Gray said...
That's very depressing news, Mound. We really seem intent on doing ourselves in.
It seems that way, Owen. It's hard not to conclude that we're already being overtaken by events.
This is where Donald J. Trump saves the world.
With his vision of an international trading regime based on Fair Trade, not only can Western trade blocs use social tariffs to force oligarchs to pay workers higher wages to eliminate trade imbalances. They can also force oligarchs to clean up their environmental acts with green tariffs.
I've been waiting on Fair Trade my whole life, watching neoconservatives and neoliberals take a wrecking ball to the economy decade after decade. Never would've imagined that a game-show-host would bring it to the world!
5:18 PM, June 13, 2018
Trump has no real interest in fair trade. That's a fantasy of your choosing. He's larding the pantry of the elite and leaving the bill to the blue and white collar working class. Yet the Gullibillies just take it up the arse and smile in appreciation.
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Q: Why didn't Thanos make an attempt to steal the Aether? Thus far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we've seen three items that are supposedly Infinity Gems (Stones?):
The Tesseract, as seen in several Phase 1 movies, but notably The Avengers,
The Aether, as seen in Thor: The Dark World, and

 The Orb (specifically, the thing inside it), as seen in Guardians of the Galaxy

In The Avengers, we learn that Loki was working with/for Thanos to retrieve the Tesseract for him, in exchange for Thanos giving Loki an army to conquer Earth.
In Guardians of the Galaxy, we learn:

 Ronan was working with/for Thanos to retrieve the Orb, or more specifically the stone inside it, in exchange to Thanos helping him destroy Xandar.

But I don't remember any mention of Thanos at any point in Thor: The Dark World. However, I only saw that movie on TV, once, and easily may have missed something. Has any attempt, in any of the movies, been made to explain why Thanos did not try to retrieve the Aether as well? I assume he's going to need to try at some point if he really is rebuilding the Infinity Gauntlet.

A: Probably because he didn't know about it.  The events of Thor: The Dark World take place over a relatively short period of a few days.  During that time, the Aether:

*

*is discovered by Jane,

*taken by Malekith,

*taken back by Thor, Jane & Friends,

*and finally left with the Collector.

There wasn't enough time for Thanos to learn that the Aether had been recovered (after having been lost for millennia), much less for him to send some agents to recover it.
Based on what we see in Guardians of the Galaxy, it seems like the Collector is collecting the Infinity Stones for himself, not Thanos.  Probably at some future point Thanos will come to take the Aether from the Collector.


Marta Gnyp: Let's start from the very beginning of your artistic path.
Simphiwe Ndzube: Art has always been something I've been invested in but I never saw it as art — more as way of being. When I was a kid, I was already drawing before I started going to school. As kids we made our own toys and miniature furniture from clay. No one knew what we were doing but we made our toys from wire, discarded boxes, and broken toys. Imagination was really at play at the time, and since then, I've held on to the child in me.
MG: What did you draw?
SN: We didn't have paper and paints so we would use sticks to engrave different types of games on the street. To me, that was the first introduction to art — we had no limitations, everyone had a part in it.
MG: Probably not all of your friends who participated in these games became artists.
SN: Unfortunately, as far as I know, out of all the kids I grew up with, I'm the only one who pursued art beyond where it all began. Even though many of them had greater talent than I had.
MG: Why do you think you are the only one who ended up doing art?
SN: I received a great deal of support from my mother, who didn't understand art but allowed me a chance to go for this thing which I loved. On the flipside, the infrastructure to nurture and develop talents in black schools continues to be really poor and not supported by the Department of Education even way after the demise of the Apartheid government, which did not allow art in those schools. In a system like that, a lot of creative individuals are denied the space to develop and as a result the majority end up believing it's not worthwhile to even try.
MG: Your path to becoming an artist seems to have developed organically. How did you like the art history and art theory that probably entered your life at art school?
SN: Going to an art school helped broaden my perspectives of what is and what could be through engagement with global art discourses. However, I have not been really good at applying those modes of thought to my work. If you go to an art school, you could be easily stripped of your imagination.
MG: Understood as original impulsive creativity?
SN: Yes. Learning to listen to that immediate thought, that feeling and desire to want to create. But also allowing an understanding of why and how one is drawn to things, sometimes familiar and sometimes strange. In art schools, one is sometimes forced to over-interrogate what one feels, almost to the point that it cripples the imagination and freedom.
MG: What about South African art?
SN: The conversation hasn't changed much. But we do see a great deal of different types of people from different races and sexual orientations participating in shaping what gets produced in the country today. It is very exciting.
MG: Is there a lively contemporary art scene in South Africa?
SN: I think the art scene has always been lively, but again, the problem has been who was allowed a platform for visibility and whose voice was silenced in the process.
MG: Are you suggesting that you were limited in South Africa?
SN: Being black in South Africa, I have felt pressure to make work about our subjugation and violence. Maybe because the wounds and the legacy are still so fresh that it has also become a trap beyond which South African art conversations have not been able to move. It is still a relevant conversation, perhaps even more so today, but I feel it has become too much of a "trend," of which I too am a participant.
MG: You want to clean up your work from the obligatory political agenda.
SN: My work will remain focused on a particular aesthetic but I'm very excited to expand a bit and open up the conversation surrounding my work.
MG: How important is the postcolonial discourse for you? Do you see your art as part of this conversation?
SN: I have recently learned that images can sometimes be limited when explained in language and certain modes of discourse when, in fact, the image could mean much more depending on who is looking at it and what context they come from. I see my work as an attempt to try to open multiple interpretations and to learn from that.
MG: What do you want your work to be?
SN: Beautiful, uncomfortable, and imaginative.
MG: Are you trying to avoid being categorized as an African artist?
SN: I feel implicated but not sure if I'm capable of representing or speaking for Africa in my work. It's a continent with fi fty-four countries and about 3,000 languages. How can I possibly do justice to all that?
MG: How to get rid of being categorized as African artist?
SN: By constantly interrogating the possibilities of what my work could mean and what context it is shown in. Also by traveling and seeing more around the world, including my continent, which I feel embarrassed not to have travelled.
MG: Why did you give found objects such a significant place in your work?
SN: Found objects have the potential to tell stories beyond what I can sometimes do; their residue use and their patina often reveal a whole history of cultural exchange and how much more interconnected our world is than we may think.
MG: What conversations are you interested in?
SN: The human journey, mobility and immobility of the body, found materials, fantasy, beauty, and resistance.
MG: Let's analyze one of your works to understand better what you mean. Yesterday, I saw this figurative painting expanding into sculpture through what were probably found objects, like a shoe that is placed on the ground. The headless figure in the painting is sitting on a real rope that connects it with the real objects. I heard somebody asking whether the figure is a self-portrait of the artist.
SN: In my understanding, what artists make is, to a certain extent, an extension of themselves. It somehow shows what is happening in the backs of our minds, how we analyze the world and how we project the world back to ourselves. There is a recurring appearance of the figure in my work; part dandy, part worker and warrior. Often raceless and androgynous, with the body not fully formed. I often imagine these figures existing in a fantasy landscape patched with cutout duct tape and patterns with these snake ties growing as obstacles and strange plants. For me, they all speak of the struggle of being human or claiming to be seen and recognized within our standards of what has been normalized as "human".
MG: This is the universal aspect of your work.
SN: In the end, we are all humans.
MG: How do you go to work? Do you have projects or concepts in mind, or do you just work spontaneously?
SN: My first show was really about allowing myself that creative impulse, so I worked spontaneously, but with the consciousness of an aesthetic process I'm still developing. Sometimes I begin a work based on a shape I saw in the street, or an image. But that form or image is always altered and often ends up looking very different.
MG: What ideas dominate your work now?
SN: The appearance of the dandy figure and flat colors.
MG: Is this somehow related to the still very much alive opposition between abstraction and figuration?
SN: My work is not a reaction to art, but responsive to a broader collective movement of black community that I'm part of. I created this installation titled The Rain Prayers, which was the first work in which I broke the full figure into a procession of sticks with gloves and shoes. That work was in response to the protests that have been prevalent in South Africa: women, men, and kids were coming together as a community, and all of a sudden, realized the power they have as a collective. They made their voices heard through alternative ways of organizing. To address this, I used the metaphor of people coming together to pray for rain during severe drought. A combination of faith and community mobilizing around one idea to be able to move mountains. It's a practice that is no longer prevalent. People have lost faith in things changing and their suffering eventually coming to an end.
MG: Does the idea of beauty attract you?
SN: I think I find beauty an interesting phenomenon and a rather strange human practice — determining what is beautiful and what is not. Eventually all taste is learned and acquired, but the problem is when it is projected for everyone to subscribe to — who is it that makes the rules?
MG: The relation to the human size also seems relevant.
SN: There is often an overwhelming feeling one experiences when looking at an artwork that it is larger than life. It demands to be looked at and it claims a sense of importance.
MG: Is the language of your titles an element of your work?
SN: I speak isiXhosa as my home language and English as my second. My titles are drawn from both these languages, depending on the need and relevance for the artwork. Xhosa titles are sometimes so nuanced that they don't sound so good in English.
MG: The danger is that such a title will render your work illegible to most viewers.
SN: It forces people to have a different conversation; it decolonizes the normal. If you come from outside, you are excluded. You see the image that welcomes you, but you are blocked by the title. Only the locals understand the language.
MG: Do your local people understand what you are doing in general?
SN: I remember my old aunt said to me a year ago that she doesn't like the work that I'm doing now, but that she really appreciated the portraits that I was doing in high school. The new element of violence clashes with her spiritual beliefs.
MG: Do you mind that your work has become less understandable to your original environment?
SN: I think artworks in general, or at least work that is created today, is not always easy to understand. What's been interesting for me to see is how my family, who don't have an art background, interact with my work. To them, objects don't have a higher value than humans and the art object is not something to be praised.
MG: Despite this, do you try to involve them in what you are doing?
SL: I have a massive family and they come to all my exhibitions. Their way of behaving in the gallery spaces completely go against the norms. They behave differently than people who have been taught how to interact with art. People scream, dance, chant, and take photos holding sculptures, very interactive.
MG: Is this one of the reasons you make work that is loose?
SL: Not really. It took a long time before I stopped touching and smelling works in museums myself.
MG: You recently moved to Los Angeles. Not primarily because of art, but because of a reason unrelated to art. Do you expect that your work will take another turn?
SL: I think it will be very interesting to refl ect on home from a distance. I'm keen to learn more about myself and the world beyond South Africa, and I know that this will certainly have some kind of an impact in my work, which I am excited about and very much open to.


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