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6 Incredible Contemporary Korean Artists that Raised the Standard for Art
The world of art differs from country to country—what's popular in one country most likely won't be popular in another. However, there are plenty of genres that have flitted between countries to become more popular than others. This includes painting, sculpting, modern-style, installation, contemporary, and more. The most beautiful thing about art is its evolving nature; art is never only one static being—which is why it's so hard to define contemporary art. By definition, contemporary art is art made today, during this time period. But in a few years, contemporary art will be something completely different than it is today.
That being said, take a look at these absolutely remarkable contemporary Korean artists that have done more than the typical create art and get famous. These artists have helped shape what the modern Korean contemporary art scene looks like today.
Contemporary Korean Artists: Painters
Kim Tschoon-Su
Ha Chong-Hyun
Contemporary Korean Artists: Sculptors / Installation Artists
Suh Do-Ho
Soyoung Chung
Contemporary Korean Artists: Multiple Mediums
Young-In Hong
More About Contemporary Korean Artists
One of the most popular styles of contemporary art is painting. Painting, no matter the overall genre, has been in art for thousands of years. It's one of the oldest art forms out there. Painting is such a delicacy, some cultures even include it in their customs and use it as a representative of their history or culture. In other words, painting is something loved by everyone.
Even though painting is one of the most widely spread concepts—from little children who like to finger paint to face and body painting for various cultures—it doesn't mean it's the easiest thing to master. In fact, it's rather hard for a painter to truly stand out among all the others. But these two contemporary Korean artists have beyond filled the shoes of great Korean painters before them. They've paved their own way with unique styles and eye-catching works.
To kick off this list of contemporary Korean artists, it wouldn't be right if we didn't talk about this painter. Kim Tschoon-Su, born in 1957, is one of the most unique painters today. With a background of various degrees from universities in both South Korea and in the USA, he's extended his skills past the national level.
But it isn't his degrees from different universities around the world that gave him his unique flare to be recognized among the sea of great painters. No, Kim's artwork stands out enough on its own. How does he stand out then? Well, it's simple: he only paints in the color blue.
Seriously, Kim Tschoon-Su only paints in the color blue. Though his work is mostly associated with the sky and the sea imagery—because they're both blue!—they're not directly representing them. Instead, his work appears to be a singular blue square until you look closer. That's when his work starts to exhibit the sea, the sky, and everything else blue can stand for.
His most popular work is his series Ultra-marine, a series where he's researched and dived deep into the various colors of blue. Currently, Kim is a professor at the Seoul National University, but he's still one of the popular contemporary Korean artists on this list.
The next painter, Ha Chong-Hyun, has been a painter far longer than some of the other contemporary Korean artists. He was born in 1935 and is still creating art today. He graduated from Hongik University in the late-1950s and has been pursuing painting since then. Uniquely, Ha also has a background in installation art. However, he turned more to painting. He uses the canvas of his paintings to help amplify the art he creates.
Another main feature of Ha's art is the art style known as Dansaehkwa. Dansaehkwa is the Korean art movement from the 1970s where painters usually created monochrome or minimalistic art. This art style is also heavily involved with the physicality of painting—meaning the way the painter holds the paintbrush or uses their body's movements to create the piece.
If you look closely at Ha's artwork, you'll notice how texturized it truly is. The paint nearly jumps off the canvas at you—literally, too! One of his most popular series is Conjunction. Over the years of his career, he has made multiple pieces within this series. Some are more famous than others, but each is just as wonderful.
Today, Ha Chong-Hyun is still creating new pieces and working diligently on his art. Currently, he's got a few art pieces spread around various art museums. If you're lucky, you might be able to see one!
If you're into mixed-media art or more physical-space art pieces, then you'll most likely love these installation and sculpting contemporary Korean artists most. Both sculptors and installation artists deal with the physicality of art—they take a space and fill it with something more than just an abstract painting or an emotional photo (which are great works of art in and of themselves).
Sculptures, of course, are pretty obvious as to what they are. However, installation art is something unique. It's forever changing in the world of art, expanding across all genres and styles. By definition, installation art is a construction or assembly of mixed-media for a specific space. Sometimes these spaces are only temporary—art built up only to be taken down again in a couple weeks.
If you read our Korean photographers blog, then you've seen some examples of installation art!
Image from Jeeyoung Lee's "Stage of Mind" Collection
Jeeyoung Lee, whom we mentioned in the article, is a pretty popular photographer and installation artist. She would create installation pieces to enhance her photographs, creating a mythical feeling to her work.
Just like Jeeyoung Lee, there are a ton of amazing sculpting and installation artists from South Korea. Here's a few of them that you might enjoy!
Like Kim Tschoon-Su, Suh Do-Ho has a multitude of degrees in art from around the world—a bachelor's and master's degree from Seoul and another bachelor's degree from a university in Rhode Island, USA. But it's not his degrees that make up his art. Instead, Suh has filled his art with the stories of his life.
As one of the more popular contemporary Korean artists, Suh has earned this title by exploring the meanings of physical space, identity, and home. To make his work, he combines various medias—using fabrics like silk or polyester, metal, and more. By recreating his memories and moments of identity, Suh is getting those who look at his art to explore their own thoughts with physical space and identity.
One of Suh's most popular series is his Home within Home (this name varies depending on the piece, extra "within Home" is added to the end). He was born in 1962 in South Korea but has moved to the USA and eventually to London, where he is located now. He has plenty of work in public collections around the world.
Born in 1979, Soyoung Chung is the next artist on our contemporary Korean artists lists. She specializes in installation art, using a mixed-media of stainless steel, copper, fabric, glass, etc. She uses a lot of various materials within her art to create her own unique pieces.
Chung stands out in the sea of great artists by focusing her art on the physicality of space and the geological space around her. She explores what makes up space and how it connects to everything else.
Over her career, Chung has held multiple exhibitions in South Korea and London, where she's based currently. As of right now, she's scheduled to have another exhibition in Gyeongju, South Korea from the end of November 2021 until February 2022. You can check out her website to look through her various works and exhibitions!
The last installation artist on our contemporary Korean artists list is Haegue Yang. Yang, born in 1971, has dedicated her art career to pulling apart familiar, household items and reinventing them. She gives them new connotations and physical appearances. She essentially frees them from their already existing label and functionality.
Her work has caught the eye of artists around the world, calling people to use their experiences and senses to understand the meanings of her art. She is also known for using Venetian blinds in her artworks.
Currently living and working at a university in Germany, Yang has explored more art outside of installation pieces. She dabbles in videography and performance-based works. No matter the kinds of art she creates, though, Yang is combing the abstract with the familiar. And that alone will get people to look at her truly fascinating work.
Though many artists are defined by one set medium—painting, sculpting/installation, photography, etc.—not all of them are. Like Haegue Yang, who we just mentioned, has been dabbling in art outside of installation, there are many artists who combine their artistic talents and explore other forms.
Another great example of this would be Jeeyoung Lee, who we also mentioned earlier. She combines her talents of installation art and photography in a multi-media style.
As contemporary Korean artists evolve with time, so do their art styles. Many nowadays are beginning to branch out to various mediums and taking the challenge of something different. But this also helps them stand out more. Here's one particular Korean artist you should know that's explored more than one style of art and challenged what it exactly means to create art.
As a visual artist born in 1972, Young-In Hong has taken it upon herself to explore how art plays a role in political, social, and gender-biased practices. She explores the concept of equality and history throughout her pieces. Most times, though, she is reinterpreting those historical moments.
Mainly, Hong has created art within the drawing, embroidery painting, installation, and performance spectrum. Her performances are increasingly popular around the world, using these to collaborate with the locals in whatever area the performance is being put on.
On her website, she explains how her performances particularly explore the notion of boundary—a place where she says equality can be shown. The main goal of her art is to get people talking, to get them to think about moments in life and revaluate them. By doing this, she's already creating a unique name for herself.
If you're interested in reading more about the Korean art scene, then you can check out our Art Category! We've written about Korean photographers, Hanboks in art, and other art related things. But there's plenty left to explore within Korean art, so be sure to check back again for more.
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Jimmy Patronis launches initiative to help improve financial health
by Jordan Kirkland | May 20, 2020
With the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacting the financial health in households across the state, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced a new initiative to help provide Floridians with answers to their biggest fiscal problems.
Patronis, joined alongside by a diverse coalition of business leaders from around the state, launched "MoneyWise Florida" on Wednesday to help families impacted by the coronavirus get resources and answers to some of the toughest issues they are facing.
The financial education website is designed to provide practical advice to help millions of Floridians get back on their feet. This website includes tips for getting jobs, managing and paying bills, working with creditors, protecting your credit score, saving for a child's college education, taking advantage of stimulus programs; navigating the world of unemployment claims, deciding whether to make insurance changes, filing your tax return and much more.
"Financial literacy is key to a strong financial future, and I am excited to launch the statewide MoneyWise Florida initiative," said Patronis. "Financial literacy is vital to ensuring Floridians are financially successful, and it is important that we are providing the tools necessary to ensure for a strong financial future.
"As Floridians continue to face the impacts of COVID-19, it is more important than ever to take advantage of these resources and educate yourself and family on how to manage finances."
The MoneyWise Florida initiative is set to offer a wide range of free resources through the website, and will also feature a series of informational videos later this year. It's all part of a comprehensive effort to help Floridians make the best financial decisions for themselves and their families.
The clearinghouse of financial information comes after a survey conducted earlier this month found that more than two-thirds of state residents were worried about the lasting negative impact the virus would have on their long-term financial security.
Of the 2,000 Florida voters polled, more than three-quarters of the participants (77%) said the virus created "more" financial stress on their households, including 43% who said it has caused "significantly more."
"The pandemic represents a one-two gut punch for Floridians, bringing deep concerns about both physical and fiscal well-being," said Lee Hinkle, a director for the consumer group FACT. "Financial literacy is an important path to help our fellow residents persevere through the difficulties COVID-19 has brought to family finances."
The group unveiled the "news you can use" website earlier today during a webinar hosted by Patronis and a coalition of financial, insurance, and consumer groups.
Joining Patronis and the Florida Department of Financial Services in today's announcement are underwriting support/sponsor Suncoast Credit Union; and organizational support and partnership by the Florida Credit Union Association; Florida Insurance Council; Florida Institute of CPAs; Florida Prosperity Partnership; the Florida Alliance of Consumers & Taxpayers (FACT); and the Florida Bankers Association.
"Many people are understandably worried about their families' future because they're struggling so hard just to make ends meet," said Kevin D. Johnson, President and CEO, of Suncoast Credit Union. "Our goal is to help Floridians with direction and answers or suggestions about their toughest problems so they can relieve some of the stress related to this difficult and prolonged period."
For additional information, visit www.MoneyWiseFlorida.com.

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Q: Order UITableView cells by calculated distance (Parse) I have a problem with the database created on parse. I have a table that shows me how many miles of the various local (once you download the list from DB) the problem is that I would order it for distance upward, but I do not know how to do. The code I used to calculate the distance is this:
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aCoder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:aCoder];
    if (self) {
        // Custom the table

        // The className to query on
        self.parseClassName = @"Ristoranti";

        // The key of the PFObject to display in the label of the default cell style
        self.textKey = @"NomeLocale";

        // Whether the built-in pull-to-refresh is enabled
        self.pullToRefreshEnabled = YES;

        // Whether the built-in pagination is enabled
        self.paginationEnabled = YES;

        // The number of objects to show per page
        self.objectsPerPage = 100;
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    locationManager.delegate = self;
    locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBestForNavigation;

    if(IS_OS_8_OR_LATER) {

        [locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];
        [locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
    }

    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(refreshTable:)
                                                 name:@"refreshTable"
                                               object:nil];
}

- (void)refreshTable:(NSNotification *) notification
{
    // Reload the recipes
    [self loadObjects];
}

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    [super viewDidUnload];
    // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:@"refreshTable" object:nil];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    return (interfaceOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown);
}

- (PFQuery *)queryForTable
{
    PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:self.parseClassName];

    query.limit = 100;

    [query orderByAscending:@"createdAt"];

    return query;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath object:(PFObject *)object
{
    static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = @"RecipeCell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {

            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
    }

    NSString *AntDef = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [object objectForKey:@"AnteprimaDefault"]];

    if ([AntDef isEqualToString:@"Null"])
    {
        PFImageView *thumbnailImageView = (PFImageView*)[cell viewWithTag:100];
        thumbnailImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"ImageDefault.png"];
        thumbnailImageView.layer.cornerRadius = thumbnailImageView.frame.size.width / 2;
        thumbnailImageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
        thumbnailImageView.layer.borderWidth = 0.5;
        thumbnailImageView.layer.borderColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor].CGColor;
    }

    else
    {
        PFFile *thumbnail = [object objectForKey:@"Anteprima1"];
        PFImageView *thumbnailImageView = (PFImageView*)[cell viewWithTag:100];
        thumbnailImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.jpg"];
        thumbnailImageView.file = thumbnail;
        thumbnailImageView.layer.cornerRadius = thumbnailImageView.frame.size.width / 2;
        thumbnailImageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
        [thumbnailImageView loadInBackground];
    }

    Lat = [[object objectForKey:@"Latitudine"] stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
    Long = [[object objectForKey:@"Longitudine"] stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];

    Latdouble = [Lat doubleValue];
    Longdouble = [Long doubleValue];

    NSArray *locations = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:Latdouble longitude:Longdouble], nil];

    //NSLog(@"LOCATIONS COORDINATE: %@", locations);

    CLLocation *currentLocation = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude longitude:locationManager.location.coordinate.longitude];;
    CLLocation *nearestLoc = nil;
    CLLocationDistance nearestDis = FLT_MAX;

    for (CLLocation *location in locations) {
        CLLocationDistance distance = [currentLocation distanceFromLocation:location];

        for (CLLocation *location in locations) {
            distance = [currentLocation distanceFromLocation:location];
            if (nearestDis > distance) {
                nearestLoc = location;
                nearestDis = distance;
            }
        }

        text12 = [NSString  stringWithFormat:@"%.1f Km", nearestDis/1000];
    }

...
}

Thanks in advance :)

A: Assuming your response data from Parse.com is a NSArray.
I'd suggest:

*

*Do the request.

*Sort the NSArray

*Reload Data.

Sorting the array could be done like this using the block: sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id a, id b)
NSArray *sortedArray;
sortedArray = [initialDataArray sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id a, id b) {
   //Here do the method to compare if `a` is closer or `b` is closer
   YourParseObject *aObject = (YourParseObject *)a;
   YourParseObject *bObject = (YourParseObject *)b;
   //Get Latitude & Longitude from a and b.
   //return NSOrderedAscending or NSOrderedDescending according to which one of a or b is the closest, using your previous method I suppose to be working.

}];

So sortedArray will look like this:
{
 YourParseObject the closest one
 YourParseObject the second closest one
 //...
 YourParseObject the farthest one.
}

Once it's done:
[yourTableView reloadData]

A: I just encountered this issue today and found out that Parse.com has already implemented this solution:
If you're using Parse's PFQueryTableViewController.h, you'd want to add this into your queryForTable method:

*

*(PFQuery *)queryForTable {

 PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:self.parseClassName];
        [query whereKey:@"yourClassPFLocationField" nearGeoPoint:yourLocation];
    return query;
}

The same applies if you're not using the PFQueryTable, just use that sorting method when loading the query.
Everything is on the PFQuery documentation :D

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The new Rollmatic insulated aluminium roller garage door from Hormann is a revolution in roller doors as it operates very much in principal like a sectional garage door. The balance of the door curtain weight is achieved by a vertically mounted spring to one side with a motor driving the curtain barrel on the other. It is simple, safe and very smooth with the easiest of manual override systems for this type of roller shutter.
The Hormann Rollmatic is an aluminium roller shutter garage door constructed from the very highest quality double skinned aluminium foam filled slats to produce a very strong, smooth finish curtain that is always purpose made to suit the garage opening perfectly. It is remote control electric operated as standard with control of the door using any of the enormous range of current Hormann control accessories. Standard operation is with 2 remote control handsets and an internal pushbutton on the control panel with integrated light.
> Impulse remote control with integrated lighting in the control housing box.
> Soft start and soft stop operation.
> Fully enclosed hood and fascia colour matched to the curtain colour.
> Colour matched guides for ALL doors including Decograin finishes.
> Mechanical security kit for prevention of vertical forced entry.
> Storm anchors on curtain to provide large wind loads on curtain and increase security from lateral forced entry.
> Motor position is on Left Hand Side when inside garage looking out.
Please Note: Outside Face Fit Installation; the motor is housed for external use only, the receiver and control box is fitted internally.
> Compensation Kit (fitted as standard) - to accommodate for unevenness on the building structure when fitting behind the opening.
All the Hormann control accessories for garage doors and gates can also be added if required to the Hormann Rollmatic giving total flexibility on how you specify and operate the door.
Ordering sizes are different to most other roller doors as the sizes for ordering refer to the opening size (not the size including guides) on the width and height.
The guides are all 110mm wide each side whatever the size door and the headroom required for the roll and hood enclosure is 290mm up to 2300mm high and 335mm on doors from 2301mm high up to the maximum of 3000mm.
Example: Installing a Hormann Rollmatic to the inside face of a structural opening of 2280mm wide and 2150mm high (underneath lintel) you will have a door with an overguide width of 2480mm and a total height with the hood enclosure of 2440mm.
For installation details of the Hormann Rollmatic, please click here to view our animated installation walkthrough video.
Please Note: From 30th November 2015, the guide size has changed from 100mm to 110mm.


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text: 1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 And he said: "The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers." 3 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. 4 So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. 5 I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the Lord. 6 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. 7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds. 8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish," says the Lord God. 9 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. 10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds." 11 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever. 12 So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah." 13 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. 14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; 15 and their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together," says the Lord.


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The Delhi Private School in Dubai and Sharjah are allegedly no longer affiliated to the Delhi Public School Society (DPS Society), according to DPS Society in Delhi.The DPS Society is one of the largest private chains of Indian schools established internationally. There are 11 schools abroad, which are associated with the society, including: Africa, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kuwait, Nepal, Qatar, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and UAE.A source at the head office in Delhi, confirmed to Khaleej times that DPS Dubai and Sharjah are no longer associated with the DPS society. However, the pro-vice chairman of Delhi Private School Dubai, Dinesh Kothari, has insisted to Khaleej Times that the affiliation is still in place and that their contract "is under renewal". The DPS Dubai also issued a circular to parents on May 30, stating that their name, logo, local management, leadership and faculty remain unchanged.
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Watch Christopher Meloni Wish Mariska Hargitay Happy Birthday (Sort of) on Instagram
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"Celebrate it Marsha."
I'm assuming Christopher Meloni is wishing his longtime costar and bestie Mariska Hargitay a happy birthday in this goofy video posted to Instagram—because he doesn't actually use the words happy birthday. He did write in the caption, "Celebrate it Marsha," which is really more of a command than a wish.
In the video, which was filmed from two inches away from his eyeballs, Meloni stage-whispers, "Marsha! Are you there?" (True fans know that "Marsha" is Meloni's nickname for Hargitay, and one half of why the duo's shippers call themselves "Marshmelons.") Meloni continues, zooming in on a single eyeball, "Do you know what today is? I do." The actor pauses and starts to say, "Happy…" and then the video cuts off. My favorite thing about this clip is how oddball it is. Only true BFFs send each other this kind of weirdness.
And Meloni and Hargitay are true BFFs. After starring together on Law & Order: SVU for the better part of two decades, America's favorite television cops have formed an extremely tight bond. "You know, he, after my husband, he knows me pretty well," Hargitay said to Entertainment Tonight after Meloni presented her with Glamour's Woman of the Year Award in 2021. "So it's very meaningful, especially after the journey we've had these 22 years. The creative journey, the trust, the friendship, he's sort of seen it all." When introducing her at the ceremony, Meloni was full of praise, saying, "She's fearless, without the bravado of the warrior stance, but always with the open arms, the open heart. She's a connector of people, because she knows we're all better when we're working together."
Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay may not be lovers, but as we all know, friendship never ends.
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Can Social Media improve debate in the political arena?
Posted on April 14, 2016 by thecwordblog
This article first published in The Conversation speaks about social media and the link with political debates – for better or worse. We know from research that people who consume more news media are generally more civically minded and politically engaged. So if social media is trending with political news, then it's going to be on our brains. Let the c = conversation begin.
Ideas for Australia: Beyond the abuse, social media has improved public political debate
Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
The Conversation has asked 20 academics to examine the big ideas facing Australia for the 2016 federal election and beyond. The 20-piece series examines, among others, the state of democracy, health, education, environment, equality, freedom of speech, federation and economic reform.
Social media is having a significant impact on the way we conduct and talk about politics – not all of it bad.
While a stereotype has developed of social media as a place where vulgar abuse overwhelms respectful debate, the overall picture is more nuanced and positive.
Let's deal with the vulgar abuse first. Without doubt, this reached its nadir in Australia during the 2010 federal election that resulted in a hung parliament and a minority government led by Julia Gillard.
In the lead-up to that election and throughout the following three years, what passed for political debate on social media in Australia was disfigured by extremely abusive language and images that were frankly pornographic, directed almost exclusively at Gillard.
However, during the same election, another side to the use of social media for political purposes was on display.
This took the form of a research project called Citizens' Agenda, designed and conducted by the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne School of Government.
The project grew out of the ideas of Jay Rosen, a journalism academic at New York University. He had argued that journalists could contribute to what he called "civic journalism" by asking voters to name the issues they wanted the election to be about, rather than simply who they would vote for.
To do this, the Citizens' Agenda team turned to social media. Through a crowd-sourcing outfit called OurSay, voters in ten electorates were invited via an online forum to nominate issues they wanted the candidates in those seats to talk about.
The three most-popular questions were then put to the candidates at town-hall-style meetings in those electorates during the election campaign. Local newspapers were invited to attend and cover the event.
Among the findings was that while most participants in the online forums were under 30 years of age, most of the town-hall meeting participants were over 30 – mostly well over 30.
So from this limited study it seems that online political activism – what some call clicktivism – does not translate into real-world political activism. Less surprisingly, it revealed a generational divide over the use of social media.
A further finding was that while to some extent the issues that voters wanted candidates talking about, such as asylum seekers, had received a lot of media attention, other issues that were receiving no public attention also came up.
The most notable of these related to mental health: recognition of it, impact on employment, need for programs of assistance, use of certain therapies. Even though both major parties had substantial mental-health policies, the issue had received next to no media attention.
So the research revealed issues that were flying beneath the media radar and consequently not figuring in public debate.
What this research also showed was that while social media can be used to engage people politically, it tends to attract the already engaged rather than mobilise those with no prior interest.
A further question, then, is what contribution does social media make to political discussion?
There is an important development here: the very fact that something is trending on Facebook or other social media now makes it a story in its own right and provides the professional media with a reason to pick it up and amplify it. In other words, trending has added a new element to the long-established news value called "fame" — a story is bigger if it happens to someone famous than if the same thing happens to a regular citizen. Trending is fame by internet replication.
This in turn creates a big incentive for those involved in campaigning to create material that is likely to trend. That is typically going to involve creating something witty, clever or revelatory. But while the distribution is free, the risks can be costly.
For instance, the 2016 federal election campaign had not even officially begun before Malcolm Turnbull's election slogan "Continuity and Change" was widely ridiculed. It echoed almost to the word the slogan adopted by the writers of the US political satire Veep because it was the most vapid they could think of.
That trended all right, but not to Turnbull's advantage.
Trivial? Perhaps, but does it not contribute to political debate in two substantive ways? First, by engaging in political discussion – perhaps fleetingly – all those who enjoy schadenfreude on a grand scale. Second, by telling us something about the competence of the Turnbull campaign machine. Did no-one think to Google the phrase before unleashing it?
The incident also showed that social media can be a bottom-up driver of what is politically salient. The public and the media are no longer entirely captives of what top-down media minders want them to think about. Social media provides a way of answering back, and an alternative source of material, ideas and priorities.
This is surely healthy for democracy. It adds pressure to the lives of politicians and of journalists covering them, but it also means that the engaged citizen can trespass upon the old clubbiness between the two.
These developments may turn out to be the early signs of a new set of communication dynamics in democratic politics.
In these new dynamics, social media becomes an agent of news-making that the professional media, adapting long-established news values, recognises as legitimate. A new symbiosis appears. News is no longer "made" just by professional journalistic gatekeepers, although they retain a duty to accuracy and fairness, but the use of social media dramatically expands the polity's news-making capacity and feeds into the total supply of news that the professionals can harvest.
Politicians seek to exploit social media but in doing so open themselves up to a degree of direct public accountability that they have not previously experienced.
Because social media is open to all, it broadens and intensifies public scrutiny of all in public life, including politicians and professional media.
The digital revolution is in its juvenile stage. Excesses are to be expected. The coarse vulgarities once heard only in the confines of a rough pub are now broadcast to the world.
Yet as with civilised society generally, so with this. Norms of civilised discourse may be expected to assert themselves and, when they do, political debate is likely to be enriched by the reach and diversity made possible by the new technology.
You can read other articles in the series here.
Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Duncan volunteered to work in Munich over the Christmas Holidays so a co-worker could stay home with his expecting wife. As a single, gay man without a boyfriend or family to speak of, it seemed like a no brainer. A few weeks into the project his liaison is replaced by one tall, dark and handsome German named Georg. From the start Duncan feels very comfortable with Georg and the two share details about their lives over lunch and a sightseeing trip where Georg shares the love of his country and his home with his new American friend.
Thank you so much Andrew for stopping by and sharing your Holiday with us today!
For giveaway Andrew is offering up an ebook copy of Stardust for 1 winner, and I'm offering up a GRL surprise swag pack for 1 winner (US only shipping), so that's 2 winners! Just leave a comment below and share with us one of your Christmas Traditions. Winner to be chosen at random from the comments left on 12-14-2014.
What a nice peek into your holiday, Andrew. I hope you and Dominic have a wonderful season!
Thanks for the peek at your Christmas traditions. I'm still trying to incorporate a lot of my family and my husband's families traditions with our young son. Right now, we go and cut a tree down with his grandparents each year. I have certain cookies that I like to make including a family sugar cookie recipe and an old fashioned cookie.
Thank you for sharing your the tradition you have in your home. Happy Holidays to you and Dominic.
My family only just started celebrating Christmas. We don't really do much. We get together, cook and watch movies and open presents after 12 am.
It sounds like you have a wonderful holiday season planned. Thank you for sharing with us and best wishes to you and Dominic.
One of our traditions is we have a day early in December when we decorate our tree and house. It is an all-day event and we make fun appetizers to eat while we "work."
We put the tree up on Dec 1 and my daughter and me start baking cookies and making candy. We love the time spent together!
Great post. My favorite Christmas tradition is driving around & looking at all the beautifully decorated houses.
Thank you for sharing some of your Christmas traditions with us and for a chance to win an ecopy (as I am not US based so sadly cannot enter the draw for swag) of Stardust, a dreamy romantic tale of finding love at Christmas.
We do the same thing every year... Christmas Eve we watch movies, Christmas day everyone come around to my house for Christmas dinner then we all go to my aunts for tea... Christmas night is games night, this year there only be me, my hubby and our youngest. Boxing day more family come to my house.
Every year we get our tree out the day after Thanksgiving and we all pitch in and decorate it together as a family. We always argue about who gets to put the angel on the top! We also bake cookies a few days before Christmas to leave out for Santa! It's great just spending time with the family.
The winner of the swag pack is Jen CW and the winner of the e-book is Sula Holland! Congrats ladies, hope to see your name in my comments again soon.


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I'm preparing to move abroad to Italy – a country that has seemed to have been calling me to it for years, and calling me back to it since I left Florence in 2009 after studying abroad there for four months. I majored in Italian Culture and Civilization at NYU – and have kept my voracious appetite for the Italian culture, art, language, and food.
When I studied abroad in Italy it was the first time I ever really lived on my own. There was no one to cook me food and if I didn't want to make dinner I had to go out – so it also became the first time in my life that I was responsible for my own grocery shopping. Though, by this time my mother had already transitioned to the use of reusable shopping bags, it was not something that had ever really crossed my mind. So when I went on my first adventure to the markets in Italy – I was surprised to be charged 5 euro cents per bag, and I was the only one in the line using a plastic bag at all!
Though prior to 2012 – when Italy passed a ban on single use-plastics – single-use plastic bags could be found in many larger grocers in Italy, they were rarely used. Italians, like many European countries, never really adopted the use of single-use plastic bags the way Americans have. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why I believe that the banning of single-use plastics is something that while making a huge positive impact on our environment would make little impact on our day-to-day lives. After all, there are millions upon millions of people existing on this planet – who, for them, the use of plastic bags are not a daily occurrence.
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The nearest airport is the Myrtle Beach Int'l Airport, about 20 miles away. From the airport, take Highway 17 Bypass north to North Myrtle Beach. Turn right on Main Street and left on North Ocean Blvd. The resort is 1 1/2 miles further on the right side of the road.


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You shouldn't let your kids sleep in your bed when they are scared, you will make them to dependent on your love.... If they wont stop screaming throw water in their face it will shut them up..... Lock them in a room if they get out of hand..... Make sure your voice is always the loudest in the room... (And the worst by far) sometimes you just got to hit them to let them know who is boss.
Dear Readers as I am sure all of you are or were, I too have been the victim of bad parenting advice. The ones up top are the ones that stuck out the most to me through my parenting journey and quite frankly a few of them even scared me. Those stick out because lets admit it they are crazy! I mean who would throw water in a child's face!?! As a little girl my dad hit, a lot. I use to go to school covered in black&blues. Terrified to ask for help, because I thought even that would get me another beating. I lived in fear. My parents were always fighting and breaking things and to often my brother, sister and I were caught up in the carnage. After years of self work I forgave my parents and today I have a healthy relationship with both of them. Because of my up bringing though I was scared yet again that I would in some way damage my kiddos. That they would live in fear too. I was so upset I talked to a friend about it. And after all the bad advice I had gotten from others she gave me the best advice possible.
God. She said "God, Savannah he is your answer. Put your love and faith in him and the rest will come naturally." And she was right.
Don't get me wrong some days I yell or over react. I feel horrible about it. I pray and through prayer I realize I have to tell my boys sorry that I messed up.
Being a parent isn't black and white. There is no easy answers and most of the time we are just stumbling about praying with our fingers crossed that we got it right. Don't fret parents we all do it!
When I seen the book 8 simple tools for raising great kids I just knew I had to have it.
A book that gives us an alternative to yelling! That helps us connect and teach our kiddos the right way. And again don't get me wrong it takes work, this doesn't happen over night. But this book was a huge eye opener to a few things I was doing wrong and simple ways to fix them and do them better.
I don't want to give away to much of the book, but one of my favorite sections was "Family Time" I am 28, my hubby is 31, my oldest is 8 and my youngest is 5. Sometimes it can be tough to find something we all want to do. This book gives us some easy choices!
Another great one that I want to add is plan out the family vacation. We are going in June and we spent all of Saturday night planning our trip and talking about what we wanted to do and see when we were at the beach!!
This is just one small exampleof the lessons and tips from the book. The entire book is filled with ways to grow closer as a family.
My family, they are the most precious thing in my life. The greatest gift God has ever given me. I want to do it right, I want my boys happy and healthy. This book helps me, it makes taking that journey a bit easier.


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L'isola di Thompson (in inglese Thompson Island) è una cosiddetta isola fantasma nell'Atlantico meridionale. Si dice che si trovasse circa 150 km a nord-est di Bouvet, un'isola appartenente politicamente alla Norvegia.

Scoperta
Il 6 ottobre 1808 il capitano James Lindsay della Swan avvistò l'isola di Bouvet in posizione 54°22'S e 4°15'E. All'oscuro del fatto che essa era già stata scoperta da Bouvet de Loziers nel 1739, pensò si trattasse di un'isola sconosciuta, che in seguito fu chiamata «isola di Lindsay». L'isola di Bouvet venne nuovamente avvistata dal capitano George Norris della Sprightly il 10 dicembre 1825. Egli battezzò l'isola - effettivamente esistente - Liverpool Island, vi approdò il 16 dicembre e ne prese formalmente possesso per conto del re britannico Giorgio IV.

L'isola di Thompson
Tra il 13 e il 16 dicembre 1825 Norris si diresse verso l'area a nord-est dell'isola di Lindsay (o di Liverpool) e scoprì una presunta seconda isola. Questa era piccola e pianeggiante e su di essa si abbattevano onde lunghe. Tre miglia a sud-est di questa seconda isola trovò tre isolotti rocciosi e altre tre miglia a sud di essi uno scoglio solitario. Norris chiamò l'isola a nord-est dell'isola di Lindsay/Liverpool Thompson Island e le tre isolette rocciose Chimneys («Camini») per via della loro forma. Norris annotò la posizione di tutte queste nuove scoperte su una mappa. Sfortunatamente, la posizione dell'isola di Thompson riportata su questa mappa non corrisponde a quella segnalata sul diario di bordo di Norris. Nel 1853 Lindsay Island, Bouvet or Liverpool Island, Thompson Island e The Chimneys apparvero su una carta nautica dell'Ammiragliato britannico. Nel 1893 il capitano statunitense Joseph J. Fuller (1839-1920) della Francis Allyn affermò di aver scoperto nuovamente l'isola di Thompson.

Tuttavia, quando la spedizione tedesca della Valdivia, nel novembre 1898, volle misurare con esattezza la posizione dell'isola, non riuscì a trovarla. Infine, in seguito alla ricognizione effettuata dalla Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1928-1929), Ola Olstad e Nils Larsen dichiararono l'isola di Thompson «inesistente».

Secondo Hubert Lamb, l'isola potrebbe essere stata distrutta a seguito di un'eruzione vulcanica tra il 1893 e il 1898. Nella posizione indicata da Norris, tuttavia, il mare ha una profondità di 2400 m.

L'isola di Thompson fu quindi avvistata solo da Norris. Il presunto avvistamento di Fuller del 1893 - che descrisse inoltre l'isola di Bouvet parafrasando quasi letteralmente il diario di Norris - deve essere pertanto messo seriamente in discussione.

Oggi gli studiosi ritengono che l'isola di Thompson, i Chimneys e il singolo scoglio isolato fossero in realtà degli iceberg alla deriva, di colore scuro a causa di inclusioni rocciose. Nel 1825 il tratto di mare in questione era completamente sconosciuto, quindi non era del tutto impossibile credere che vi si trovasse un intero gruppo di isole. Inoltre, il fatto che la posizione segnalata sulla mappa non coincida con quella riportata sul diario di bordo di Norris si può spiegare con la difficoltà, all'epoca, di calcolare con esattezza la longitudine.

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30 years back at Valley Parade
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A special evening reflected on City's 30th anniversary returning to Valley Parade – and the ups and downs that have followed.
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WOAP's second podcast previews this week's massive game at Bolton with the help of James Mason.
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Bradford City come face to face with Phil Parkinson this weekend for the first time since his departure, and in the short-term many are confused about their feelings.
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Edin Rahic, Stuart McCall and the new coaching team met with supporter groups to discuss the new Bantams era.
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Bradford City embark upon a new chapter of club ownership, with the last one ending on a high.
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Phil Parkinson went into January with a weak hand but played it brilliantly, and City are reaping the rewards.
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Phil Parkinson has endured a difficult start to 2016, but he needs his squad to rise to the standards of the high-performing 2012/13 and 2014/15 teams.
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YES! On Monday, January 25, 2016, Council set the wheels in motion to improve the Highlands fire insurance rating through Superior Shuttle Accreditation (SSA). With SSA, Highlands' homeowners will have a rare opportunity to improve their fire service and pay for it with their subsequent reduction in annual home fire insurance. For most homeowners, the annual savings in home insurance will be substantially greater than the tax increase required to pay for an additional fire tanker truck and one bay post disaster addition to the West Fire Hall.
Your local insurance agent calculates your home fire insurance premiums according to the Fire Underwriters Survey, a rating of a municipality's fire services. The SSA would increase the Highlands' fire protection rating from the "semi protected" to "protected" category in the Fire Underwriters Survey and permit your insurer to reduce your home fire insurance premium. The fact homeowner insurance savings pays for the higher level of fire service is a bonus.
With the additional 2000 gallon fire tanker truck, the Fire Department can shuttle more water to a fire scene and meet the Fire Underwriters Survey standard for a "protected" status. Meeting SSA standards is considered equivalent to a municipal fire hydrant system that produces 200 gallons per minute.
increasing trend towards longer, drier and hotter summers in the Highlands.
When Highlands achieves the higher fire rating, your local insurer can immediately reduce your fire insurance premium depending on your building replacement value.
HOW COULD THE DISTRICT PAY FOR THE TRUCK AND FIRE BAY?
increase the annual fire tax levy ($57,500).
To ensure the Highlands fire insurance rating remains 'protected' in future to sustain the lower home fire insurance rates, the District proposes a further annual fire tax levy increase to cover fire building and equipment replacement. Long term sustainable fire infrastructure funding is the best way to guarantee lower fire insurance rates in the future.
HOW WOULD THIS PROJECT AFFECT YOUR POCKETBOOK?
Before proceeding with the project, Council wants to give each homeowner the chance to check with their insurer to determine their specific annual cost savings with Superior Shuttle Accreditation. Where SSA has been carried out in other municipalities, the Fire Underwriters survey has estimated 30% annual fire insurance savings for the homeowner.
As a very rough guide, the District estimates financing SSA and sustaining the higher fire rating in future without further tax increases would cost $40 for each $100,000 of assessed value of your land and improvements. Your fire insurance savings could amount to approximately $80 per $100,000 of building replacement value.
The District recommends that you ask your Home Insurance provider as soon as possible to quote you the fire insurance discount you will receive when the District of Highlands achieves the Superior Shuttle Accreditation.
If you do not realize a net savings, you may wish to contract other insurance providers.
Council will give home owners the month of February to determine if SSA will result in a net savings. Assuming the project has support, the District will commence the loan authorization process in March to get formal elector approval to proceed with the project.


Charter ships are a way to sail across and travel Runescape. They were added to the game on August 22, 2006, and they are another very useful way to get around RuneScape. You can use ships to travel to different ports, such as Port Sarim, Port Phasmatys, Port Khazard, and even the new Port Tyras! Of course, there is a fee, but not to worry, the fee is not very much.
The ships will sail you to all of the locations found on the map below.
No special requirements are needed to use the ships. You simply need to find a dock with a Charter Ship, pay a fee, and off you go. To get to some locations, there are certain quest requirements. When you select your destination, your current location will not be shown, for obvious reasons. Why would you want to pay to get taken to the place your at right now? Anyway, some ports are unavailable from other ports. Example, you cannot sail from Port Phasmatys to Mos Le'Harmless. Why? Well, Bill Teach has a ship close to the Port Phasmatys charter ship, and Bill will take you for free.
When you land at your destination, a message will appear in your chatbox to inform you of where you sailed.
As stated before, there is a fee to use these ships. The fee is different for each dock. It could be cheaper at other docks. You can also lower the prices. With completion of Cabin Fever, the people who run the ships will give you discount prices, since you have proven you know your way around the ship. The prices will all be halved. You could also use the Ring of Charos (activated), which will also lower the cost by a few more coins. If you use both the ring and have the quest complete, the costs will be a lot smaller. One more thing, you can only lower the cost of traveling to Mos Le'Harmless by the Ring of Charos (a) as Cabin Fever is required to sail to the pirate island.
The Charter Ship is located north of Brimhaven, west of the boat that takes you to and from East Ardougne.
The Charter Ship is located south of the bank and south of the general store.
The Charter ship is located north of the dock that takes you to and from Port Sarim.
In order to sail here, you need to complete Cabin Fever. The Charter ship is located at the very south dock of the island.
The Charter ship is located south of the Trawler Fishing Activity.
In order to sail here, you need to complete Ghost Ahoy!. The Charter ship is located north of the bank and northwest of Bill Teach's boat. It's important to note that while wearing Sheets or Slime-covered sheets, you cannot use this charter ship.
The Charter ship is at the very south end of Port Sarim, east of the jail.
In order to sail here, you need to complete Regicide. The Charter ship is southwest of Tyras Camp.
The Charter ship is at the southern half of the shipyard docks.
That's about it. Enjoy the new travel. Don't forget cash and your evil Ring of Charos (a). Muahahaha!


San Juan Bautista, CA, December 25, 2018 — San Juan Bautista-based Schipper Design is inviting nonprofit agencies in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties to apply for Creatives for Community grants.
Creatives for Community is the brainchild of Schipper and stems from years of collaboration with nonprofits and her firm belief that nonprofits are an essential part of a healthy community, and deserve to have marketing materials equal to their for-profit counterparts.
Over the past two years, 20+ nonprofits from Monterey County, Santa Cruz County and San Benito County applied for the grant. One nonprofit from each county was chosen — Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, Homeless Services Center, and R.E.A.C.H. San Benito Parks Foundation were among some of the organizations selected.
In this yearly program, each nonprofit receives 30 hours of graphic design time and personalized attention from the design and account management staffs. Schipper takes the lead in creative direction, but otherwise steps aside, thus promoting leadership-building among the account managers and allowing for unique relationships to form between designers and the clients.
To apply for the Creatives for Community grant, applications open on Jan. 1, 2019, and closes Feb. 28. Send an email to info@schipperdesign.com to receive an application.


4 Things You Should Know About Windows 8 - MonsterBuzz!
Microsoft claims to be reinventing the OS and has announced a plethora of new features that it has to offer. Metro interface, touch screen capability and the new Windows App Store are just a few things that the new Windows 8 OS has to offer (due for release in 2012).
This article will consider the 4 top things that you really need to know about the new OS from Microsoft.
The new Windows is a versatile piece of software which will literally work on anything. It is designed to operate with ARM chips which make up the basis of nearly every smart phone in the world. Even the [easyazon-block asin="B0013FRNKG" align="none"] runs on a duel ARM chip.
The reality of this is that the new Microsoft offering will work on anything you wish to install it on. It is designed to be touch screen friendly and this has blurred the boundaries of technology. Microsoft are accepting that the desktop no longer dominates and becoming mobile in a way that even Apple have not yet achieved.
The new Metro interface translates that which was successful in the Windows Phone, into an easily accessible system which will find its way to all corners of the world as this new OS spreads.
Literally everything is faster in the new Windows OS. The boot time has shrunk dramatically and the standard memory usage has been reduced by significant amounts. It can boot in a phenomenal 8 seconds and the Metro interface launches Apps with almost instantaneous effect.
The system also supports USB 3.0 and Hyper-V, the next developments in the increase of technological speed. The result is an OS as fast as the efficiency of Apple's iOS, which will surprise all users as much as it surprised this author. The new Windows has left its predecessors in the dust.
In an expected (and leaked) move, the new OS includes an App Store which is very similar to the Apple App Store. Despite Apple's attempts to 'own' the term 'App Store', Windows have made it very clear that they do not intend to give up any ground to Apple.
The Windows App Store opens numerous opportunities for business and developers to create Metro style apps which can be sold for the biggest OS in the world. Expect a fast increase in availability of apps as they are developed for this far reaching interface.
Purchasing a Windows 8 Download for any form of computer (once it is released) will leave you with absolutely no doubt that touch screen interfaces are the future. Whilst Apple tries to introduce the touch interface, Microsoft has been attempting to perfect it. The new Windows OS offers a challenge to Apple, a development to customers, and a new age of technology to embrace.
This new system clearly states that Microsoft refuses to be left in the desktop age and will fight in every way to regain its position. This latest stage in the Technological Arms Race is one marked with bravery and brilliance.


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Ain Soph – The Unknown God
Fred Mayers
Genesis 1, v.9 to 13.
In order to get a correct understanding of the narrative of the six Divine manifestations called "days." we must never forget that "time" and chronological sequence, as we commonly think of them, do not enter into spiritual matters. We have merely a classification of processes that all work together, continually and simultaneously, throughout the whole Creation; and these processes were created in the Mind of God. They were mental conceptions of all that the realisation of His Divine purposes would involve. God saw everything that was to be. as a whole, from its beginnings to its end. The preliminary processes described in the first eight verses were all "Cosmic." They had to do with the Universe in its entirety. But as the ultimate purpose of the Book related to man, from the 9th verse onwards, the narrative follows a course that leads specially and directly to man, in all the various elements of his being. Man had to be "realised" as a "physical" being, and in his physical body to find his full "individuality." That meant that he must be given a physical environment, have a physical world to live and develop in. When the individualisation of Man was accomplished, he would no longer be a "Universal" being ; a "mass" humanity with one common Soul; he would become "many"; a countless number of separate individual personalities each with an "I," each with body, mind, soul, and will of his own; each potentially a being in the likeness of God. So, from being a general idea in the Mind of God, man descends through a series of phases until he reaches the "Earth" stage. From that point of his development he becomes separate individuals, and commences the re-ascent from "Earth" to the "Heavens." Let us keep this outline of the narrative in mind, as a guiding thread, to help us to understand the connection and signification of all that follows.
The section, verses 9 to 13, comprising the "third day." describes very briefly indeed the steps for the making of a physical world in which human beings, incarnate in physical bodies, could dwell and develop the full status of "Men." A long process-and still proceeding. It is followed, verses 14 to 19, by another section which concerns the realm of Creation outside the material sphere specially designed for man, yet having the greatest possible importance, both for the world and man. This section comprises the work of the fourth day.
Verses 20 to 23 return to developments following up the third day's work. They describe the bringing into existence of living, animated beings from the "waters." This was the work of the fifth day.
Into the sixth day's work, verses 24 to 31, is compressed all the remaining "Sovereign work" of Creation. The subject matter of the first part of this section rather suggests that it might have been included in the third day's work, but the inspired writer chose to limit the narrative of that "day" to the creation of non-sentient Nature, and to reserve the narrative of all sentient beings, from the lowest forms of organic, animal life to man, i.e., everything which has what the Hebrew text calls "nephesh chaiah"- "Soul of life" or "life soul," for inclusion in the sixth day's work.
In ancient times great symbolic importance was attached to numbers. The number "six" denoted "complete relationship" in anything. In geometry the same radius that produces any circle will divide that circle into six equal parts. Now the "circle" was always a symbol of what had no beginning or end, therefore, of Eternity. It also was the symbol of anything complete and perfect, a complete cycle or a complete work. The fact that the radius divided the circumference into six equal parts in perfect basic relationship to the whole circle. was obviously the reason for the complete creation being described as six manifestations of Divine Intelligence. It was the number of everything in "complete and perfect relationship."
As an instance of the importance of the significance given to the number "six," it may be mentioned that one of the old Kabbalist writers asserted that the Bible began with the number "six." He pointed out that the first word "bereshith" ("In principle") could equally be read as two words: "bara"- "shith." "Bara" "He created" and "shith" = a "hexad." It was literally quite true. But, of course, that interpretation could not be used for a "translation" of the text. It was purely a hieroglyphic suggestion.
v. 9. And God said: "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place and let the dry land appear and it was so."
The reader will by now be familiar with the meaning of the "waters," and will understand that the "waters" below the "heavens" were the potentialities of the material Universe; but the Mosaic writer is concerning himself here, more directly, with the Earth than with the greater Universe beyond it, in order to lead up to the "human" story.
These "material" potentialities were to tend to concentrate and become "one gathering." That is a more literally correct translation of the word "makom" than "one place," but the idea of "place" is also involved, as the material Universe and all its contents would have of necessity to ,occupy a definite place" within the Infinity of space. "Space as a measurable conception thus comes into the picture.
The word translated "be gathered together" is in the Hebrew "ikkavoo." It means to have a "strong tendency" towards some place, or state, or purpose. The lower "waters" were those from which God purposed to produce the material universe; they fulfilled His will by "tending" constantly towards a more and more material state, until they finally reached the state of solid "earth." But God, as Nature shows us, never works by sudden transformations or "jumps." Invariably He works by gradual, steady, development. Every stage of His work comes in strictly logical sequence from what has preceded, and leads logically to what is to follow, and there is always an unbroken connection between them all, from the highest "heaven" to the lowest "earth"-and vice versa. The result is that there is, in every phase of creation, something of the essence of every other phase. We shall see the importance of this shortly.
The first "material" manifestation of "Spirit-Matter" is Ether, which, besides being a "state" in itself, contains potentially all the states below it, and also retains something of the states above. The lower potentialities of Ether consolidate as they "descend" into the "atmospheric" state. The Air, so rarefied in its higher strata that physical human life is impossible in it, grows ever more dense as it nears the earth. It becomes capable of condensing into moisture. Most of us must at some time have watched that process. The writer well remembers one brilliant summer day when he was walking up the Valley of the Isere. As he went along he noticed a tiny cloud, like a toy balloon, form in mid-air in the centre of the Valley. In a very few minutes that cloud grew until it filled and blotted out the whole valley and the rain came down in torrents. Thus the Air stage passes into water, first water in an invisible gaseous state, then as visible vapour: then as water. In the formative stages of the earth, the "waters" held the solid elements of earth in solution. These elements gradually consolidated into solid earth, and solid earth in its turn formed nesting places for the waters of the "seas," and continents for the dwelling places of men.
The name "Seas," "iamin, is exactly the same as the word for "waters" with "y" or "ee" prefixed, making the word mean: manifested," or "visible waters." This little point, in itself, is quite sufficient to "take the ground from under the feet?' of anyone who ever thought that the word "waters," with which we have had so much to do, referred to water in the ordinary literal meaning.
The word translated "dry land" is "iabasha," which means literally: "the "dryness." This "dryness" God calls "earth" ("aretz"); it is the stopping point of materialisation.
Thus, in a sentence (13 words only) Genesis says all it needs to say about the formation of earth-as conceived in the Mind of God. It really contains much more "natural science" than the "man-in-the-street" or the "tent dweller" of Mosaic times would have been capable of understanding.
v. 10. "And God saw that it was good," i.e., He approved His Creative plan. All that He was Creating "in principle" was good. The principles, of which we have here explained the material workings, apply equally to the spiritual, moral, mental and outward life of man. If, in our thinking, we "keep our feet on firm earth"; if we reason logically from facts and not from fancies; if we understand correctly the actual text of the inspired written "word," we are not likely to go far astray in interpreting the spiritual message. But if we have a distorted understanding of the Book behind our thinking, we can get anywhere.
"Earth" was necessary, or God would not have created it. His plan was that "man's" ascent to the realisation of Divine "Likeness" should begin from the bottom. The creative conception of "Man" began in the Highest, but its realisation had to begin in "Earth." As St. Paul put it: "First that which is natural, afterwards that which is spiritual.
That Theology which, misreading God's approval of his ideal "man" as "very good," and assuming that, therefore "man" was "made" perfect and complete, and put into the "Earth" sphere in a ready-made state of perfection, from which he soon "fell," is contrary to all that is revealed to us of the workings of God, in Nature, and also contradictory to all that we can learn of prehistoric humanity. Ancient man was indeed "of the earth earthy." His very dwellings were caves and dugouts. His temples were subterranean. He had progressed quite a long way by the time he became a "lake dweller" and could build huts on piles driven into the lake bed. If our reading of God's word leads us to think that His creative plan proved a failure in the case of "man,' '- (the very purpose to which the whole plan led), then our understanding is sadly at fault in some way. We must read again and read deeper. God's plan cannot fail. What God undertakes He will accomplish. "Hath He spoken, and shall he not do it?"
v.11. And God said: "Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth, and it was so."
Having reached the extreme limit of materialisation, the earth was to begin its re-ascent towards the spiritual state. There is no such thing as standing still in God's work. It is always in process of becoming "realised" on the one hand, or of becoming re-spiritualised on the other.
In v. 11, we are told of the first step towards states "higher" than the mineral state of matter. This first step is the evolution of organic vegetable life, which in its earliest stages was scarcely distinguishable from the merely chemical action which produces rust on the surface of metals; just a "film" upon the surface of matter; but that film is of a substance that has qualities not possessed by anything in the mineral world. As a matter of fact, these "vegetative qualities": growth, and propagation, could never have appeared at all in a purely mineral world, had it not been for the fact, mentioned above, that from the highest heaven to the lowest form of matter there was an unbroken continuity of the primal "Spirit-matter" element. On its downward course, the Spiritual element ever decreases and the material element increases, but even in the grossest matter some spirit remains; it can never be entirely annihilated. On its upward course, the same principle is at work in reverse. However exalted may be the thought of God, it always has in it the potentiality of being "realised." In other words, it never ceases to be "practical." (Religion is nothing if it cannot find expression in life.) Only insanity can produce a thought lacking any relationship with the "practical," and with the truth of Nature. The writer is not unacquainted with what has been "achieved" by certain "ultra-modernists," "surrealists," "super-men and other Luciferian "phenomena," in their so-called "Art" and "Poetry," or their religious, political and other idealisms, which scorn the very idea of keeping even one foot firmly planted on anything so vulgar as "earth." Surely, for such individuals "Earth" was a mistake altogether! But God did not create earth" without supremely important reasons for doing so. He did not, however, intend Earth to be the end of Creation by any means. It was to be, not the end, but the foundation course for the "realisation" of His Creative ideal. We need "Michael," the Archangel Regent of the heavenly "hosts," i.e., the Divine Forces of Life, thought, and conduct, to keep us in paths of order and sanity.
Life on the earth began in very humble forms in every department, vegetable, animal and human. In the Vegetable Kingdom it began with primitive organisms of a vegetative nature, and developed through one form after another: lichens, mosses, grasses, herbs, shrubs, timber trees, fruit trees, and so on. Always from the simple to the more complex, and to forms of ever higher utility and value to man. But the passage from any one stage to a higher one did not involve the dying out of the lower. It still retained its place in Nature, and its particular kind of usefulness. Every development led to still higher developments, so that the variety and usefulness of the plant world continually multiplied and extended. Verses 11 and 12 only mention three distinct types, but they are mentioned in such a way as to make clear the course Nature was to follow. They speak of "grass," "seed-bearing herbs," and "fruit-producing trees"; but the actual words used in the Hebrew text convey a much wider and more general idea than we get from the English translations.
The word in the English R.V.: "Let the earth put forth" is, in the original, "Thadeshae," which means "to cause to vegetate," and the word for "grass" is "deshae," i.e., the same root word used as a noun. "Deshae" means "vegetation" in general, and especially the simpler, the more prolific and universal forms, such as the 'green grass" and the common growths of the countryside. The Hebrew of "herb-yielding seed" is: "mazeriah Zerah," which simply means "seed seeding" plants, which may include cereals. In speaking of "fruit trees" producing fruits, the text adds: "according to its own nature" ("l'minou"). It also adds of the fruit: that "which has seed within it." Both remarks are ,significant spiritually. The first, "according to its own nature,' emphasises the important fact that all "fruit-the fruit not only from the orchard trees, but the fruit of thoughts, words, and deeds also, are always of the nature of what they grow on. "Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?"
The second: "which has seed within it," emphasises the further fact that not only does every "tree" produce fruit according to its own nature, but the "fruit" also contains seed which can multiply trees of exactly the same nature as the "tree" it came from itself. We cannot "eat," i.e., "consume," "import into ourselves," any qualities, good or bad, which are not potentially multipliers of their own "kind."
In giving above, the Hebrew of words in verses 11 and 12, the writer wished to point out once again to the reader the peculiar way in which noun and verb are consistently formed of the same "root." This is a distinguishing feature of the Mosaic writer's "style." To use "wireless" phraseology, it is his signature tune"; it seems to say: "This is Moses writing." Modern Bible critics could hardly fail to have been quite aware of the peculiarity, which can be found on every page, but it has been convenient to them to ignore it in their efforts to prove "Genesis" to be just a "compilation" from old writings by -several authors.
In verse 12, there are no new words to explain. It simply states that the will of God in the "vegetable kingdom" of Nature was seen by Him to be ''good.''
It is rather an interesting fact that the word "Nature," which we use so constantly, and which means so much to us, never occurs in the Bible, nor any equivalent of it. The -ancients conceived only the idea that God was working directly in everything. They did not understand that He created -universal "laws" or "forces" to carry out His will.
Verse 13 closes the section with the usual formula: "There was evening and there was morning: a third day."
The spiritual significance of the section is not far to seek. We can see at once that "earth" corresponds with the outward, everyday life, and conduct of man; that the grass represents the countless things which spring up out of the "daily round,"
the ''common task,'' providing us with experience; that the "seeding herbs" represent the thoughts which are planted like seeds in our souls by our experiences; that the fruit trees and fruit stand for the Higher thoughts which nourish our soul life. We can trace out all the suggestions and correspondences, each one for himself, in our lives and experiences.
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Home News & Sport News Barry Island Fairground To Re-Open As David Hasselhoff Theme Park in 2015
Barry Island Fairground To Re-Open As David Hasselhoff Theme Park in 2015
Barry Island Pleasure Park is set to become a David Hasselhoff Theme Park from spring 2015.
The pleasure park, once famed for its fairground, currently lies abandoned due to failed projects. But Barry Council have just announced that the park will be open from Easter 2015 – and it will be known as World Of Hoff.
Council spokesman, Gordon Brogue, told WalesOnCraic:
"We have great delight in announcing that the park will be re-opening under a new name. We have some new rides – including the David Hasselhoff Log Flume, the David Hasselhoff Roller Coaster and the David Hasselhoff Jungle Ride. We are also delighted to announce that this theme park will be open day and knight…knight….get it? Oh, I'm hilarious!"
Critics are dismayed that the theme park will be based around the American actor, singer, producer, and businessman. Hayley Fatlip told WalesOnCraic:
"Why him? He's not even Welsh. Ok, so he married a Welsh girl but why couldn't we have it based on someone Welsh – like Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen or Carol Vorderman. It's just not right."
Council officials are hoping that the man himself will be there to open the park, although his agent told WalesOnCraic that he's probably washing his hair that night. The exact date of opening is yet to be decided.
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Boston, MA, February 20, 2006 – Polatis Inc., one of the world's most advanced suppliers of optical switch products, today announced a distribution agreement with Marubun Corporation. Under the terms of this agreement, the Polatis line of optical switches will be available to Marubun's network of sales channels for the Japanese telecommunications market.
Utilizing its patented DirectLight® Technology, Polatis inc., who have successfully developed a broad range of products for the defense, test and measurement, network configuration, and network monitoring markets, now look to Marubun to expand the company's presence in Japan.
Marubun will be distributing a number of products in the Polatis family of switches, including the OST (Optical Switch tray) and OSM (Optical Switch Module), ideal for local or remote network reconfiguration, allowing for rapid restoration, span testing, and monitoring of fiber optic networks.
"Marubun is pleased to be representing Polatis in Japan and sees tremendous potential for Polatis' industry leading optical switch products", said Takashi Nozaki, Marubun Senior Vice President and System Company President. The comments from our customers regarding the Polatis switch products at the recent FOE tradeshow confirmed our belief that we are working with an industry leader. Through our partnership with Polatis, we are confident that Marubun will be able to provide Polatis products with our wide variety of line card products for the optical communication market."
The new Polatis agreement in Japan comes as the company prepares for its largest ever participation at OFC/NFOEC 2006, one of the world's largest optical communications conferences and exhibitions.
Founded in 1844, Marubun services a broad array of customers in a broad array of markets ranging from semiconductor manufacturing, industrial sensing and measurement, to telecommunications systems and components. The Systems Sales and Marketing Division of Marubun is a leading distributor of optical components and subsystems to the telecommunications industry in Japan.


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DEFINITION OF A DISCIPLE: Someone who is learning to increasingly submit ALL of life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.