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Home > Technologies & Research > Advanced "Super-Planckian" Material Exhibits LED-Like Light When Heated
SSL | Technologies | Light Generation | Mar 25, 2020
Advanced "Super-Planckian" Material Exhibits LED-Like Light When Heated
Could there be a new kind of light in the universe? Since the late 19th century, scientists have understood that, when heated, all materials emit light in a predictable spectrum of wavelengths. Research published this week in Nature Scientific Reports presents a material that emits light when heated that appears to exceed the limits set by that natural law.
A new material which emits light when heated appears to exceed the limits set by that natural law (Credits: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
In 1900, Max Planck first mathematically described a pattern of radiation and ushered in the quantum era with the assumption that energy can only exist in discrete values. Just as a fireplace poker glows red hot, increasing heat causes all materials to emit more intense radiation, with the peak of the emitted spectrum shifting to longer wavelengths as heat rises. In keeping with Planck's Law, nothing can emit more radiation than a hypothetical object that absorbs energy perfectly, a so-called "blackbody."
The new material discovered by Shawn Yu Lin, lead author and a professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, defies the limits of Planck's law, emitting a coherent light similar to that produced by lasers or LEDs, but without the costly structure needed to produce the stimulated emission of those technologies. In addition to the spectroscopy study just published in Nature Scientific Reports, Lin previously published an imaging study in IEEE Photonics Journal. Both show a spike in radiation at about 1.7 microns, which is the near-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
"These two papers offer the most convincing evidence of 'super-Planckian' radiation in the far-field," said Lin. "This doesn't violate Planck's law. It's a new way to generate thermal emission, a new underlying principle. This material, and the method that it represents, opens a new path to realize super-intense, tunable LED-like infrared emitters for thermophotovoltaics and efficient energy applications."
For his research, Lin built a three-dimensional tungsten photonic crystal — a material that can control the properties of a photon — with six offset layers, in a configuration similar to a diamond crystal, and topped with an optical cavity that further refines the light. The photonic crystal shrinks the spectrum of light that is emitted from the material to a span of about 1 micrometer. The cavity continues to squeeze the energy into a span of roughly 0.07 micrometers.
Lin has been working to establish this advance for 17 years, since he created the first all-metallic photonic crystal in 2002, and the two papers represent the most rigorous tests he has conducted.
"Experimentally, this is very solid, and as an experimentalist, I stand by my data. From a theoretical perspective, no one yet has a theory to fully explain my discovery," Lin said.
In both the imaging and spectroscopy study, Lin prepared his sample and a blackbody control — a coating of vertically aligned nanotubes on top of the material — side by side on a single piece of silicon substrate, eliminating the possibility of changes between testing the sample and control that could compromise the results. In an experimental vacuum chamber, the sample and control were heated to 600 degrees Kelvin, about 620 degrees Fahrenheit.
In Nature Scientific Reports, Lin presents spectral analysis taken in five positions as the aperture of an infrared spectrometer moves from a view filled with the blackbody to one of the material. Peak emission, with an intensity of 8 times greater than the blackbody reference, occurs at 1.7 micrometers.
The IEEE Photonics Journal paper presented images taken with a near-infrared conventional charge-coupled device, a camera that can capture the expected radiation emission of the material.
Recent unrelated research has shown a similar effect at a distance of less than 2 thermal wavelengths from the sample, but Lin's is the first material to display super-Planckian radiation when measured from 30 centimeters distance (about 200,000 wavelengths), a result showing the light has completely escaped from the surface of the material.
Although theory does not fully explain the effect, Lin hypothesizes that the offsets between the layers of photonic crystal allow light to emerge from within the many spaces inside the crystal. The emitted light bounces back and forth within the confines of the crystal structure, which alters the property of the light as it travels to the surface to meet the optical cavity.
"We believe the light is coming from within the crystal, but there are so many planes within the structure, so many surfaces acting as oscillators, so much excitation, that it behaves almost like an artificial laser material," Lin said. "It's just not a conventional surface."
The new material could be used in applications like energy harvesting, military infrared-based object tracking and identification, producing high efficiency optical sources in the infrared driven by waste heat or local heaters, research requiring environmental and atmospheric and chemical spectroscopy in the infrared, and in optical physics as a laser-like thermal emitter.
"This exciting and unexpected discovery emphasizes the importance of conducting paradigm-shifting fundamental research that can move the boundaries of knowledge in physics and material science" said Curt Breneman, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Science. "We are very proud of Professor Lin and his team for leading the way towards the development of new and transformative technologies."
"An In-situ and Direct Confirmation of Super-Planckian Thermal Radiation Emitted From a Metallic Photonic-Crystal at Optical Wavelength" was supported by NSF under award ECCS-1840673-NOA (device characterization and modeling) and DOE Office of Science under award DE-FG02-06ER46347 (device fabrication). At Rensselaer, Lin was joined by Mei-Li Hsieh, B. Frey, James A. Bur, Xuanjie Wang, and Shankar Narayanan, as well as Sajeev John of the University of Toronto, and Ting-Shan Luk of Sandia National Laboratory.
About Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:
Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America's first technological research university. Rensselaer encompasses five schools, 32 research centers, more than 145 academic programs, and a dynamic community made up of more than 7,900 students and over 100,000 living alumni. Rensselaer faculty and alumni include more than 145 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration. To learn more, please visit www.rpi.edu
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Bridging the Gap Series : June 2020
Introduction from Vice Chancellor Steve Goldstein
The leadership of UCI Health Affairs recently reaffirmed our commitment to social justice and equality. As healthcare providers, racism is contrary to the oaths and moral responsibilities we embrace when we pledge our lives to advancing the health of all people, especially those in vulnerable communities. We also expressed our belief that change requires both speaking out and action.
Today, we begin a series to enunciate why redressing health inequities is an essential foundation of the UCI Health Affairs tripartite mission—DISCOVER, TEACH and HEAL—and how it drives programming and investments across the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences and UCI Health, our health delivery system. This first installment highlights some of the important work in the School of Medicine under the leadership of Dean Michael Stamos, MD.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed painfully, again, the disproportionate harm suffered by minority communities due to health disparities. The high death rates of Blacks infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus are stark reminders of the magnitude of health inequities in America. This is not new information. The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation has shown that the reduced life expectancy in neighborhoods with large black populations can be as high as 30 years, even in adjacent middle-class neighborhoods, and shown these terrifying statistics reflect the places, not the characteristics of the people.
Creating the diverse health care workforce of the future is UCI Health Affairs' TEACH priority and a goal of the national associations for colleges of nursing and medicine because the value that underrepresented providers bring to the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities is well-established. And yet, health schools struggle to recruit and support underrepresented students.
Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, MD, MEd, Associate Vice Chancellor of Education and Vice Dean of Medical Education in the School of Medicine offers an essay and podcast on two novel UCI programs she oversees to enroll a diverse class of medical students and to enhance the ability of all graduates to provide comprehensive, high-quality medical care in all communities: the Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) and the Leadership Education to Advance Diversity–African, Black and Caribbean program (LEAD-ABC).
UCI Health Affairs is designed to advance patient-centered, evidence-based integrative health. This is syntonic with health equity because the nature of "integrative" implies the intention to build a healthcare culture that connects all our disciplines, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, population health and allied health occupations to provide team-based, whole person care. Indeed, nothing supersedes the importance of empathy and understanding cultural, racial and gender differences to provide good care.
Each generation has their chance to get it right. As we discover, teach and heal at UCI, we judge ourselves by how we care for all patients, especially the weak and marginalized, and how we support our national declaration that all persons are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights that include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We have much more to do and a long way to go to achieve equity and inclusion. I commit to you that we will remain intentional in our actions to "bridge the gap". That requires that we hear from you. What is working? What is broken? Do you have an idea? Please send your thoughts to vcha@hs.uci.edu.
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When University of California Irvine's School of Medicine developed the Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) over 15 years ago, we could not have imagined the degree of positive impact it would have for our school and community. Prime-LC is a mission-based program designed to train physicians who are uniquely equipped to address the medical needs of under-resourced Latino communities in Orange County. The first program of its kind in the country, PRIME-LC has recruited talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds and gained national accolades for its actionable commitment to diversity and inclusion. As well, it has helped bring UCI Heath's hallmark integrative care into underserved communities in alignment with the school's mission to eliminate health disparities and improve population health.
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Q: Gulp isn't running tasks as expected I'm writing a gulp file to build and concatenate JS files. The main purpose is to build ES6 code with Babel in a main.build.js, then concatenate additional libraries/dependencies in a main.deps.jsfile, and concatenate both files in a final main.bundle.js file. This is done for frontend and admin, so the output must be two files (main.bundle.js and admin.bundle.js).
To do that, I've created 3 tasks, and one to trigger all with one command. Here is my gulpfile.js code:
task("js:build", (done) => {
    browserify({entries: path.resolve(srcPath, "js/main.js")})
        .transform(babelify.configure({
            presets: ["@babel/preset-env"]
        }))
        .bundle()
        .on("error", (e) => {
            console.error(e.message);
        })
        .pipe(source("main.build.js"))
        .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone")));

    browserify({entries: path.resolve(srcPath, "js/admin.js")})
        .transform(babelify.configure({
            presets: ["@babel/preset-env"]
        }))
        .bundle()
        .on("error", (e) => {
            console.error(e.message);
        })
        .pipe(source("admin.build.js"))
        .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone")));

    done();
});

task("js:deps", (done) => {
    let mainDeps = jsDeps.main.map((asset) => {
        return asset.indexOf("node_modules") > -1 ? asset : path.resolve(srcPath, "js/plugins", asset);
    });

    let adminDeps = jsDeps.admin.map((asset) => {
        return asset.indexOf("node_modules") > -1 ? asset : path.resolve(srcPath, "js/plugins", asset);
    });

    if(mainDeps.length > 0){
        src(mainDeps)
        .pipe(plumber())
        .pipe(concat("main.deps.js"))
        .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone")));
    }

    if(adminDeps.length > 0){
        src(adminDeps)
        .pipe(plumber())
        .pipe(concat("admin.deps.js"))
        .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone")));
    }

    done();
});

task("js:concat", (done) => {
    let mainDeps = path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone/main.deps.js");
    let mainBuild = path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone/main.build.js");
    let adminDeps = path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone/admin.deps.js");
    let adminBuild = path.resolve(distPath, "js/standalone/admin.build.js");

    let main = fs.existsSync(mainDeps) ? [mainDeps, mainBuild] : [mainBuild];
    let admin = fs.existsSync(adminDeps) ? [adminDeps, adminBuild] : [adminBuild];

    src(main)
    .pipe(plumber())
    .pipe(concat("main.bundle.js"))
    .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js")));

    src(admin)
    .pipe(plumber())
    .pipe(concat("admin.bundle.js"))
    .pipe(dest(path.resolve(distPath, "js")));

    done();
});

task("js", series("js:deps", "js:build", "js:concat"));

The problem is: when I run gulp js in my terminal, it throws an error that main.build.jsfile was not found, as if the js:build task hasn't executed. And, obviously, main.build.js isn't generated at desired folder.
But, for my surprise, if I run each task separately in my terminal (gulp js:deps, then gulp js:build, then gulp js:concat), it works like a charm, just like as expected. All .build and .deps file are generated and concatenated in .bundle files.
Looks like the gulp js:build isn't running when calling inside a series, or the series isn't running tasks in series (it's running like a parallel).
Can someone help me fixing that? Thanks!

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Which Undrafted Houston Texans Linebacker Will Have the Most Success?
Battle of the JJs: Jamir Jones from Notre Dame vs. Jan Johnson of Penn State
By Mike Bullock@RedZonePlay May 20, 2020, 9:00am CDT
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When your Houston Texans recently announced the signings of nine undrafted free agents, two intriguing names on the list were Penn State's inside linebacker Jan Johnson and Notre Dame's outside linebacker Jamir Jones. On various undrafted free agent lists, both Johnson and Jones ranked high among available players after the 2020 NFL Draft. Both players came up clutch more than once for their respective alma matters and now have the chance to be the next UDFA to make a splash for the Houston Texans.
Joining a defense that features J.J. Watt, Whitney Mercilus, Benardrick McKinney and Zach Cunningham, Jones and Johnson will have the opportunity to compete alongside Houston's first two 2020 draft picks Ross Blacklock and Jonathan Greenard.
Jamir Jones
Jones was one of 12 players to leave the Notre Dame program and join an NFL franchise this offseason either by draft or as an UDFA. The 6' 3", 255 lb. Rochester, New York native played in 11 games for the Fighting Irish last season, delivering 26 tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery.
Johnson, a Mohnton, Pennsylvania native, started in 13 games last year and was named captain to start the season - pretty impressive for a former walk-on. During his senior season, Johnson delivered 64 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 2 fumble recoveries, and 1 interception. Johnson landed honorable mention accolades for Pro Football Focus's All American team, All Big Ten and several other honors, including the Bob Mitinger Memorial Award for courage, character and social awareness. A guy like this from Penn State? No wonder Bill O'Brien wanted him on the team.
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import React from 'react';
import {Link} from 'react-router-dom';

// import the child components
import PlayerPreview from './Battle-Child/Player-Preview';
import PlayerInput from './Battle-Child/PlayerInput';

class Battle extends React.Component{
	constructor(props) {
		super(props);
		this.state = {
			playerOneName: '',
			playerTwoName: '',
			playerOneImage: null,
			playerTwoImage: null
		}
		this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
		this.handleReset = this.handleReset.bind(this);
	}

	handleSubmit(id, username){
		this.setState(()=>{

			let newState = {};
				newState[id + 'Name'] = username;
				newState[id + 'Image'] = 'https://github.com/' + username + '.png?size=200';

			return newState;
		})
	}

	handleReset(id){
			this.setState(()=>{
			let newState = {};
				newState[id + 'Name'] = '';
				newState[id + 'Image'] = null;
			return newState;
		})
	}

	render(){
		let match = this.props.match;
		let playerOneName = this.state.playerOneName;
		let playerTwoName = this.state.playerTwoName;
		let playerOneImage= this.state.playerOneImage;
		let playerTwoImage= this.state.playerTwoImage;

		return (

					{
						!playerOneName &&
						<PlayerInput
							id='playerOne'
							label='Player One'
							onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}/>
					}

					{
						playerOneImage !== null &&
						<PlayerPreview
							avatar={playerOneImage}
							username={playerOneName}
						>
							<button
								className='reset'
								onClick={this.handleReset.bind(null, 'playerOne')}>
								Reset
							</button>
						</PlayerPreview>
					}
					{
						!playerTwoName &&
						<PlayerInput
							id='playerTwo'
							label='Player Two'
							onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}/>
					}
					{
						playerTwoImage !== null &&
						<PlayerPreview
							avatar={playerTwoImage}
							username={playerTwoName}
						>
							<button
								className='reset'
								onClick={this.handleReset.bind(null, 'playerTwo')}>
										Reset
							</button>
						</PlayerPreview>
					}

				{
					playerOneImage && playerTwoImage &&
					<Link className='button' to={{
						pathname:match.url + '/results',
						search: '?playerOneName=' + playerOneName +'&playerTwoName='+ playerTwoName
					}}>
						Battle
					</Link>
				}

		)
	}
}

export default Battle;

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Top European Court Declares Uber is a Taxi Service
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The ruling has major implications for on-demand transport services across the European Union.
Pablo Valerio
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided Wednesday that Uber is indeed a taxi service, despite protests to the contrary, and must comply with national laws.
"In today's judgment, the Court declares that an intermediation service such as that at issue in the main proceedings, the purpose of which is to connect, by means of a smartphone application and for remuneration, non-professional drivers using their own vehicle with persons who wish to make urban journeys, must be regarded as being inherently linked to a transport service and, accordingly, must be classified as 'a service in the field of transport within the meaning of EU law," says the ECJ press release.
The decision also could increase legal risks for other "sharing" economy companies including Airbnb. Cities could use the ECJ ruling as precedent and argue that Airbnb is a hotel operator and should only list "hosts" with valid tourist licenses.
Uber has been claiming for years that is a "computer services business", providing an e-commerce platform for connecting people offering and receiving a service. A Barcelona taxi association disagreed and in 2014 went to the European court arguing that Uber was directly involved in carrying passengers. The ECJ ruling puts the argument to rest.
https://citiesofthefuture.eu/uber-drivers-are-helping-company-kill-their-own-jobs-9c070c017d88
Taxi drivers in Barcelona had complained about UberPOP which, according to Spanish legislation, is currently illegal. The law forbids private individuals — nonprofessional drivers — from offering transportation services for profit, and this is exactly what that Uber's service did.
Also in December 2014, the Spanish taxi drivers association got an injunction against Uber. On December 9 of the same year a Madrid judge declared that Uber drivers didn't have official authorization and accused the service of "unfair competition". Uber stopped operations in Spain right after, blaming the authorities and the law: "Spain has one of the most restrictive transport laws in Europe, limiting choice for anyone who wants to get around safely and affordably."
After receiving news of the ECJ ruling, Mercedes Vidal, Barcelona's councillor for mobility and president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said:
"We are satisfied with the court decision. [It means] that these kind of companies are not just online platforms connecting people for transport, they are in fact transportation companies, and they are subject to the same rules of any passenger transport operator." She added, "This [court decision] also means that we, as local governments, have the authority to regulate their operations and these kind of services in our cities."
The ECJ ruling means that Uber cannot continue its usual policy of entering a city with UberPOP, establish a market, and then try to negotiate with authorities. The ruling doesn't stop Uber operating in most of the European markets; after suffering several local court loses, Uber has been resuming operations in many cities obtaining passenger transportation licenses and using professional drivers as a private-hire operation.
Uber drivers work in many European cities with valid licenses. Their services, in this form, are entirely legal. What Uber is now afraid of is that authorities will impose new regulations that make it more difficult to obtain new licenses. One recent case is London, where the city has not renewed Uber's license to operate, arguing that its drivers need more training, on a par with London cab drivers.
"It's the first ruling by the bloc's court on how an app such as Uber should be qualified and it has been closely watched by the technology industry, because it could set a precedent for how firms in the burgeoning gig economy are regulated across the 28-nation bloc," Bloomberg says.
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These Are the 3 Qualities Chip and Joanna Gaines Look for In the People They Hire at Magnolia
Take note: Chip and Joanna value character over experience!
By Jessica Leigh Mattern
You may no longer be able to spend your Tuesday evenings with Chip and Joanna after their hit HGTV show wraps up in early 2018, but there may be an even better way to get your Fixer Upper fix. If spending 40+ hours a week with the Gaineses sound like your idea of a good time, then you may want to consider going after a job within the Magnolia empire—or even applying to be considered for Magnolia's first-ever job fair!
The Gaines just announced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Magnolia's Creative Department in Waco, Texas this spring. Chip, Jo, and their team are looking for creative types (designers, writers, artists, photographers, calligraphers, etc.) who are willing to move to Texas to submit their work by February 25th.
Given the thousands of applications the Gaineses see these days, it's safe to say that Magnolia jobs are highly competitive. The entrepreneurs tell us that one way they narrow down their candidate pool is by looking for a few key qualities in potential hires.
Of course, the number one requirement is loving all things Magnolia and Fixer Upper, but if you also value customer service, creativity, and integrity, then you'll likely be a great fit for one of the many positions currently open at Magnolia Market and this new job fair. Here are the top three things that will make Chip and Jo say "you're hired!"
1. Appreciation for the customer.
One of the most important qualities Chip and Jo say they look for in an employee is an appreciation for the customer. "One of the biggest things we tell our employees is that this is an experience—it's really about valuing people's time and making sure we're making the best of it," Joanna tells CountryLiving.com."We want people to not only feel inspired, but feel like we really value the time that they spent with us."
"If you were going to work for Magnolia, we would expect you to want to serve people and we would want you to do that with a high level of integrity."
2. Passion and a creative spirit.
Chip and Joanna also like to hire people who love what they do and have a desire to be creative, so if that sounds like you, let 'em know! According to the Gaineses, "passion" and "people that are creative" tend to stand out in their eyes.
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3. Strong values and character.
But more than anything, it all comes down to character. "In a perfect world, they're perfectly qualified and they've got amazing character but if we had to make a concession, we would always choose to concede their qualifications over their character," Chip tells CountryLiving.com. "If you were going to work for Magnolia, we would expect you to want to serve people and we would want you to do that with a high level of integrity."
The Gaineses also revealed that they love seeing application materials that stand out from the crowd and show your understanding of the brand. "We've seen thousands of resumes and it's really fun to see those resumes that really stand out," Chip said. "There's something fun about someone who's willing to spend a little extra time to do something that's unique."
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Here are some of the things we learned on today's show.
Millennials are pranking their parents again this year by asking them, "How long does it take to microwave a 25-pound Turkey?" Don't fall for it - they're just laughing at you!
We found out Chainsaw goes to bed at 6:30 PM!
Juliette Lewis thinks Britney Spears has the answers to the fire evacuation problems and she's telling the world about it. The Britney song she was listening to while yelling in her car made Ruthie want to kill herself - yikes!
NFL: Joey Bosa (ova dare) is close to coming back to the Chargers lineup after being injured. He's now showing up for practice, but not sure if he'll make it for Sunday's game against the Broncos.
#1 Kareem Abdul Jabbar with 38,387, #2 Karl Malone, #3 Kobe Bryant, and #4 Michael Jordan.
$5 Quiz Boyer vs. The Team, Listener Katie playing for Weird Al tickets. She chooses The Team's answer. And she loses. We were both wrong, so neither wins again.
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The Death Czar rounded out a trifecta of celebrity deaths today. Country singer/musician Roy Clark died at the age of 95 and The Czar said yes. He joins NASCAR legend David Pearson and genius Stan Lee to prove that, yes indeed, celebrities really die in threes.
$5 Quiz: Musicians as actors: Listener wins Disneyland tickets. Dave named the movie and we had to name the musician who acted in the film.
A basketball player from Fitchburg State was not only kicked out of the game on Tuesday, he was suspended and barred from campus after committing a violent foul. It was one of the most flagrant fouls ever recorded. Just watch the video below and see if you agree.
We had such a fun show today, Thursday, 11-15-18, on KGB and you can catch up with us right here with our podcast in its entirety.


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Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne
The creators of the BTF (Boulder Tango Festival), from 2010, and directors of the Boulder tango Studio.
Giselle Anne has demonstrated her abilities as a dancer and choreographer by performing in shows such as Tango Argentino, Tango Pasión, Mariano Mores, and Los Solistas de D'Arienzo. She has performed in America, Europe and Japan. During the five years of her residence in Spain , she worked intensely with tango, creating her own ballet, founding a school and inaugurating the "Casa del Tango" (Tango House) in Sevilla.
Now with 25 years of experience, the presence and solidity of her dance are balanced perfectly with the beauty of her movements, and this ensures that her dancing is always at the highest level.
It is likely that Gustavo Naveira deserves more credit for the resurgence and renewed popularity of tango (from the 1980s through today) than any other dancer/teacher/performer/choreographer. Since discovering the dance in the early 1980s, Gustavo has worked tirelessly to bring tango to new audiences, to evolve the dance to a higher level of technique and of structural complexity, and to develop a pedagogy that makes dancing tango at a better level possible for more people. He has also strived continuously to insure that further development of the dance be grounded in a solid historical foundation. For this reason, his dancing always has a classic look, even while he is executing the most modern and surprising steps. As early as 1999, the main Argentine newspaper Clarin stated, "you could say that three stylistic tendencies contend for supremacy [in tango]: Urquiza's style, Almagro's style and Naveira's style."
Gustavo & Giselle met in 1995 and formed a tango couple, bringing together their already-vast experience with the dance. Together, they have successfully performed in the most important tango festivals around the world (throughout Asia, the Americas and Europe). They have also performed in the most typical milongas and theaters in Buenos Aires and abroad. Since 2003, they have been teaching in the "tango seminar" format, a method which they created to enable students to genuinely progress in their dance.
Gustavo & Giselle continue to teach and perform worldwide, but are now based in Boulder, CO, where they founded and run the Boulder Tango Studio. They invite dancers from all over to join them in Boulder for their yearly festival, which takes place in October each year.
Magdalena Gutierrez & Germán Ballejo
"2017 World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina"
Magdalena and Germán have developed a style which can be defined as traditional with contemporary elements, characterized by its elegance and expressiveness, as well as by its unique musicality. In 2017 they were awarded tango's highest recognition as 2017 Tango Salon World Champions, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Throughout their career they have integrated important and renowned dance companies, in diverse theaters throughout Argentina and the world. They have participated in numerous international festivals, giving instruction and delivering breathtaking performances.
Magdalena Gutierrez - Magdalena is a renowned international dancer, with exquisite elegance, and an understanding of Tango that goes well beyond a performance dance. As a dancer, one can easily see how much she appreciates the embrace, the connection, and her passion for the dance, as well as her ability to respond to the requests of her partner, without losing her artistic presence. She is a creative and musical dancer, with refined footwork. She puts her heart in each and every movement of her body. During her professional career as an artist and dancer, she performed in various tango houses in Buenos Aires including Complejo Tango, Piazzolla Tango, Gala Tango, etc.. Magdalena has been in the cast of several renowned tango shows that have been recognized worldwide. These shows include Divino Tango (Pasiones Company, touring through Spain, Italy, Greece), Tanguera (National Theatre, Argentina), Evita (South Korea), Tango Emoción (Teatro Nacional, Argentina), and Chantecler Tango (Paris, Tokyo, Teatro Alvear, Argentina). She is also a member of the "Cuadro de Jóvenes de la Academia Nacional del Tango" (Youth of the National Academy of Tango). In recent years, she performed and taught in several of the most important international tango festivals in Europe, America, and Asia.
Germán Ballejo - Germán is a young tango professional who stands out for his musical, creative, and elegant dance. With an extensive background on the stage and his love for tango salón, he is characterized as being a well rounded expressive dancer, with great acting and teaching skills. In 1995, at the age of 10, Germán attended his first dance lessons. His formative years were crucial to his present dance style as he took classes in various academic institutions, and was part of several groups of choreographic dance. This blend between the creative side of the popular dances, and the professionalism required to work on the stage, is a defining trait of his art. In 2010, he moved to Buenos Aires where he began his career as an artist and dancer working in different tango houses: Complejo Tango, Gala Tango and La Ventana. He performed in companies like Tempotango and Pasión de Tango, which gave him the opportunity to go through some of the most important stages and local theaters in Buenos Aires. In 2014, he worked for the prestigious and famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias.
Maximiliano Alvaro Olaguibel & Paloma Berrios Rodriguez
Teachers and dancers of Argentine Tango with 21 years of experience and knowledge in Stage and Salón tango style. Maxi and Paloma's philosophy is to inspire their students to enjoy the embrace and love for tango, promoting the connection and improvisation between couples. Their academic training includes ballet, jazz and ballroom dance. Their work and style focus on keeping the traditional tango while emphasizing the technical work to ensure clean movement. Maxi and Paloma have participated in festivals and workshops in Europe, South America, North America and Asia.
Maxi and Paloma are based in Miami, currently teach classes in Doral, Florida and organize the bi-weekly milonga, 4 Compases OUT.
1st place World Tango Championship TAFISA 2008
2nd place World Tango Championship 2007
6 finals World Tango Championship
Several first places in national competitions in Chile between 2001 and 2006.
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Claudio Villagra started his tango training under the guidance of his grandfather, Hector Contreras and later followed the teachings of many many world-famous Maestros Juan Carlos Copes, Virulazo, Antonio Todaro, and many others. After dancing in various tango shows in Buenos Aires, he then took his career abroad and performed in the world renowned Walter Kerr and Marquis Theaters on Broadway (where he performed for two years), The Olympia Music Hall in Paris, as well as Teatro Colón, Luna Park, Teatro Astral, and Teatro Nacional Cervantes in Buenos Aires. He also has performed at the National Auditorium and Fine Arts Theater in Mexico.
Claudio Villagra has worked with recognized tango orchestras like the Osvaldo Pugliese Orchestra, the Mariano Mores Orchestra, Sexteto Sur, El Arranque, Sexteto Mayor, Color Tango, as well as The D'Arienzo's soloists. And traveled the world alongside major dance companies such as Tanguera, Tango Seducción, Tango Argentino, and Forever Tango, in the latter, Claudio was the face of print media for the show. He later produced, directed ad choreographed his own show, "Latin Tango" He has been invited as a jury member of important championships and festivals of tango around the world. In Buenos Aires, he has twice judged the final round of the Tango World Championships.
Helena Fernandez is trained in classic ballet, jazz, Ballroom Dance, Samba, and Flamenco since the age of 3. She graduated from the Royal Academy of London in 2000, and after twenty seven years of experience, sixteen of those dedicated exclusively to tango, Helena Fernandez has become an internationally known dancer and choreographer. She studied with teachers such as Julio Balmaceda, Roberto Herrera, Jorge Dispari, Gustavo Naveira, Gavito, Jorge Firpo, and many others. Helena also holds a degree in Physiotherapy and specializes in neurological patients; she uses these concepts when teaching. She has danced with important orchestras such as Color Tango (Sao Paolo), Sexteto Mayor (Buenos Aires), Quinteto de Carla Algeri (Miami). She was also on tour with the Gustavo Russo Dance Company in the show "Tango in Red" in 2014, and was a jury member for semi final rounds of the Tango World Championships in Greece, Italy, and San Francisco.
Today, Claudio Villagra and Helena Fernandez form one of the most prestigious Argentine Tango dance couples and their artistic versatility allows them to interpret diverse styles, from tango salon, fantasy and traditional, to the most modern and innovative tango concepts.
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Mom who gave birth as high school senior celebrates daughter's high school graduation
Tue, June 1, 2021 by ABC News
(Photo Courtesy: Jerica Phillips) Jerica Phillips poses with her daughter Jaidah during a campus visit to Texas Southern University. Jerica Phillips Jerica Phillips poses with her daughter Jaidah during a campus visit to Texas Southern University.
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — When Jerica Phillips' 17-year-old daughter, Jaidah, graduated from high school, it was a moment full of even more pride than usual.
Phillips was already a mom to Jaidah when she graduated from high school herself, having given birth to her at age 17 at the start of her senior year.
Phillips documented the full-circle, mother-daughter moment on social media with "how it's going vs how it started" posts that quickly went viral.
"We did it! Motherhood has been my greatest flex," Phillips wrote on LinkedIn. "I birthed this beautiful girl my senior year of high school. Despite the obvious struggles of being a teen mom, I knew I couldn't give up on my dreams if I wanted her to someday fulfill her wildest dreams."
Phillips, of Memphis, Tennessee, told ABC's Good Morning America she wanted to document the moment for herself and her family but is glad it is now inspiring others.
"I didn't expect for my story to be able to inspire so many other people, but I'm grateful for this opportunity," she said. "I'm happy that this test in my life has become my testimony."
Phillips' test in life began when she became pregnant and gave birth to Jaidah at the start of her senior year of high school. She continued with school and was able to graduate on time with her class.
"I was in the top 10 in my class and taking all these advanced courses and honors and I knew the disappointment in me from a lot of my teachers," she said. "So it really pushed me to beat all the stereotypes. I wanted to show teachers and others who I felt were disappointed in me that I could still accomplish all of my academic goals and dreams."
Despite pleas from her family to stay in Memphis for college, Phillips continued with her plan to attend the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on an academic scholarship. She made Jaidah a part of her college experience.
"She was welcomed everywhere on campus," Phillips said of her then-infant daughter. "I participated in cultural programming and volunteering and I pledged a sorority. I would take her everywhere and she became the baby of the campus."
Jaidah's father, who was Phillips' high school sweetheart and whom she would go on to marry, also moved to Knoxville and helped care for Jaidah as Phillips fulfilled her dream as a first-generation college student.
Phillips said she had countless "blessings" along the way of people who stepped in to help, from professors who allowed Jaidah to attend classes occasionally to a day care director who allowed Phillips to pay Jaidah's tuition by semester instead of by month because Phillips only received financial aid payments once a semester.
"Everyone supported me and I couldn't have done it without them. I know that for a fact," said Phillips, who lived in off-campus housing with Jaidah. "I was nervous about having her there and what everyone would think and also about not being able to care for her and having to send her back with my mom and her really not know me."
"If I had not had the village and the support system of all of my peers and friends and sorority sisters, I couldn't have done it," she said. "All of that encouraged me and just pushed me to keep going."
Phillips said her own motivation to finish college with a toddler in tow was to provide Jaidah with the future she deserved.
"My parents gave me a great life and I knew that she deserved it no matter what tough decisions I had made," she said. "I wanted to sacrifice whatever it was going to take to give her the life, the opportunities and exposure that she deserved."
Jaidah, who was by then 4 years old, was right by her side again when Phillips graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2008.
"At that time, that was the greatest achievement for me, to be able to get a college degree," said Phillips. "That made it mean so much more for me, to have my parents there and especially to have [Jaidah] by my side to allow her to see that she can do anything, that if I could achieve my dream, she could dream even wilder."
Phillips returned to Memphis after graduating and started a career as a television news reporter and anchor. She also went on to marry Jaidah's father and have three more children together.
She said she is beyond proud to know that Jaidah will now get her own college experience when she attends Texas Southern University this fall.
"When we moved back to Memphis, she was still a toddler, and I told her, 'Jaidah, you're going to go to college one day and you're going to do this and that, and she said, 'I've already been to college,"" Phillips said, laughing at the memory. "Seeing her off to college is probably going to be one of the toughest moments that I'm going to have because no longer will we have that relationship where she's right by my side."
"She's been by my side since I was 17 years old. Now that she's 17, it's like, 'Wow, this is real,"" she said. "I want her to dream and do whatever it is that she wants to do as she soars to new heights."
Phillips now works as the chief of communications for the Shelby County Public Schools, where her job is to find and tell the inspiring stories of the county's students. She said she didn't fully realize she had her own inspirational story until the response she received on social media.
"With the success of my story, I want others to really see hope and be inspired," she said. "I know that education is a way out. No matter what you're born into, whatever trauma you've been through, I know that education is that opportunity to take you to the next step and the passport to a brighter future."
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Michael Doyle insists the 'fight' must go on after Tuesday's draw with Brentford at Bramall Lane.
"We did so well and showed a lot of character to come from behind and once we got in front I honestly thought we had enough to win the game, especially with our numerical advantage.
"In the end, despite all the drama, we were left bitterly disappointed. Some of the decisions were very strange to say the least but we must fight on.
"Credit to Brentford, they stuck in there and we were unable to kill the game off. Saying that I thought we were brilliant for long periods, despite the result.
"They played on the counter attack for much of the game and to be honest they caused us a few problems, so we must learn from certain aspects of the game."
A full interview with the skipper is available to BladesPlayer subscribers.


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WUFF is a locally owned, cosy neighbourhood Bistro serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch at the weekends. The ever-changing menus and wine list are driven by creativity, innovation and the use of prime produce from Ireland and abroad.
Situated in Glencullen on top of the Dublin mountains, Johnnie Fox's is one of Ireland's oldest and most famous traditional Irish pubs as well as the highest pub in the country. A 25-35 minutes drive from Dublin City centre, Johnnie Fox's boasts a traditionally Irish menu of soup, meat and beer.
What's special about the pub however is its traditional Irish music every night, plus on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Go in for traditional Irish songs (the metal-head in me got excited about "Whiskey in the Jar", covered by both Metallica and Thin Lizzy), and don't miss "Hooley Night", dinner with Irish dancing as entertainment.
The Undergraduate Awards spoiled us with the best food and drink in Dublin – including KC Peaches' incredible cakes. Try their Oreo flans, their brownies or their mind-blowing carrot cakes for a guilty pleasure like no other.


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Q: Do I need to finish every level in the world to fight the boss? I am playing Super Meat Boy, and failing terribly at it, but at least want to say I beat the bosses of each world. How many levels for each world do I need to complete to unlock the boss?

A: You need to complete 17 levels in each world to unlock the boss. From the Super Meat Boy Blog:

When you start a new chapter, all 20 main levels are unlocked. The
  boss remains locked till you complete at least 17 of the 20 levels in
  that chapter, and once you defeat the boss, the next chapter is
  unlocked.

The exception to this rule is the 6th world (The End), which requires all 5 light world levels to be completed to unlock the boss. This world also has a dark world boss, which requires 85 of the dark world levels to be completed to unlock (source).

A: No, you only need to finish any arbitrary subset of a certain length of the levels for a stage, to be able to fight the boss.
I don't know how many levels you need to beat, but you can definitively beat a boss before you've finished all the levels of stage.


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Discovering Authentic Croatia's Secrets With Seoski Tourism
November 4, 2021 – Village tourism or countryside tourism - Seoski tourism in Croatia - offers authentic, traditional experiences. Aleksandra Kuratko, secretary of Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske (Croatian Rural Tourism Association) tells us more about it, and their work to help facilitate it
Croatia's visitor offer is evolving and expanding. There are exciting aspects of authentic Croatia to be discovered. Away from the beach, villages inland often look remarkably similar to how they did one hundred years ago. There, crops are grown and produce made in ways passed down through generations of families. And, in some lucky instances, these family farmers are willing to open their doors, invite you inside and show you how they live.
Bread from the peka at Agroturizam Antunović on Pelješac
Seoski Tourism – translated as either village tourism or countryside tourism – is just that. Family farms that offer hospitality. These are some of the most homely and most welcoming accommodation experiences you can have in Croatia. Offering sights and sounds, tastes and flavours that you can't find anywhere else, visits or stays in Seoski Tourism places have long been loved by locals for weekend breaks or holidays outside peak summer. But, increasingly, these authentic Croatia experiences are being discovered by international visitors.
Moslavina goats at Kezele family farm © Davor Konjikušić
One institution trying to facilitate the growth in interest is Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske - Croatian Rural Tourism Association. Since it was formed in 2016, they have tried to bring together Croatia's family farm hosts, to promote them and educate them, and to build bridges between these independents and tourist boards, tourist agencies, educators and even the wider world outside Croatia.
Seoski turizam Kezele in Šumećani, on the border of Zagreb County and Bjelovar Bilogora County © Davor Konjikušić
Based in Ivanić-Grad, Zagreb County, the Croatian Rural Tourism Association is currently touring the length and breadth of the country, holding workshops with as many Seoski Tourism family farms that will come. And if the farmwork doesn't allow them free time, then they can attend Croatian Rural Tourism Association workshops online.
On the eve of the association's online Seoski Tourism workshops for Central Croatia and Slavonia, TCN interviewed Aleksandra Kuratko, secretary of Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske, to find out more about Seoski Tourism in Croatia.
Prigorje specialties at Rakić family farm
My name is Aleksandra Kuratko and I am secretary of Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske. As an association, we are 5 years old.
We have 35 members, most of whom are service providers in what we call Seoski Tourism. We also have several tourist boards and two educational institutions as members.
Bilogora horses in autumn at Agroturizam Na malenom brijegu © Vladimir Vlajinić
Seoski tourism is not quite the same as rural tourism, because rural tourism is many different types of tourism that happen in rural areas. Seoski tourism - which you might translate as village tourism - is quite specific. We assemble people who work in agriculture and who, at the same time, are also offering hospitality. In English, you might call them Farm Stays. Or Agro-tourism – a merging of agriculture and tourism.
Fresh vegetables at Agroturizam Antunović on Pelješac
People who work on agricultural estates often take care of local cultural heritage. For example, they might maintain and renew traditional wooden or stone houses. Many also have etno collections, in which they preserve different objects from their region. Some of these objects might have been used in agriculture and households hundreds of years ago. So, they are preserving the cultural heritage of Croatian villages. This is what we call material cultural heritage. But, there's another kind.
Cultural heritage preserved in one Slavonian village © Mario Romulić
Non-material cultural heritage is also a part. That might be preserving old recipes of traditional, regionally-specific dishes. Or, it might be showcasing the songs and dance of local music.
We are currently running a project which is supported by the Croatian Ministry of Tourism and Sports in which we hold 37 Seoski Tourism workshops in the field all over Croatia. There will also be around 15 online workshops. The workshops are aimed at colleagues who currently operate in Seoski Tourism – they work in agriculture and offer hospitality. Also invited are local tourist boards and local action groups.
Photo from URTH workshop in Slatina
So far, we conducted 20 workshops in the regions of Central Croatia, Slavonia and Baranja, and Podunavlje. From next week until the end of the year, we will conduct the workshops in Istria, Kvarner, Lika and Dalmatia. Some service providers were not able to attend earlier workshops, because of work commitments of Covid. So, we decided to also offer access to the workshops online. Tomorrow is our first online workshop for Central Croatia and on Friday it's the online workshop for Slavonia.
These workshops are interactive discussions between our association, service providers and all other stakeholders. We discuss the legislative framework, which can be extremely complex. We talk about new trends in tourism for the post-pandemic era. We also discuss the importance of integrating cultural heritage in digital promotion.
Donkey farm at Agroturizam Antunović on Pelješac
For the legislative framework, we have initiated the formation of a working group for the development of Seoski Tourism, which is now operating in the Croatian Ministry of Tourism and Sports. So, at the workshops, we ask if anyone is having issues. We collect the responses and address them in the working group.
Part of the workshop is the presentation of a new web application of Seoski Tourism, which we have developed with Croatian Ministry of Tourism and Sports. It has two purposes. One is to create a digital catalogue of Croatian Seoski Tourism. You can see region by region some of the Seoski Tourism options – currently around 40, those who have already enrolled.
Podravina Etno rooms at Zlatni klas Otrovanec
A version of the app is currently available on the website of the National Tourist Board. But, they are building a new website. The forthcoming version of the catalogue will likely be more user-friendly with many more functions and options. On the new website, Croatia's Seoski Tourism options will be detailed in many different languages. It should be a great resource not only for tourists but for travel agencies, journalists like you and for educational institutions. That's the reason we are devoting time in our workshops to encourage Seoski Tourism providers to enroll. We are just at the beginning of the process.
Grešna pilnica in Zagorje © Jasna Podboj
The second purpose of the app is to collect information about the service providers. This info will be used by our working group when defining a Croatian model of Seoski Tourism. So far, we have taken examples from Slovenia, Italy and other countries that are successful with Seoski Tourism. But, these models were entered into our legislative system without fully considering our distinct business and cultural environments. That is now about to change.
We are very happy that, following many years of partially successful advocacy, there is now political will at a ministerial level to really shape things up, to change the laws and regulations in order to facilitate Seoski Tourism. We want to encourage more Seoski Tourism, not to have people from agriculture being turned away because of the difficulty of the process and bureaucracy.
Medieval Theme Park San Michael © Silvia Otočan
You said part of the workshops will focus on new trends. What are some of these?
Research has been done by a working group that is developing a new tourism strategy for Croatia. It's called Strategy for Sustainable Tourism to 2030. Under the auspices of this group, a number of research fields have been analysed.
The collected data shows that a huge percentage of tourists are now more inclined to eat locally grown and healthy food. They want to spend their time on estates that are run in accordance with ecological principles. So, they really care about issues like how waste is disposed of etc. They also pay a lot of attention to culture. They are curious to learn exactly how we are living, how we are working and how we produce things. They want to learn about our society and culture. And, importantly, they really care about how they spend their money. Above all, they want to spend money in areas that can help support local communities.
Prigorje Breakfast at Rakić Family Farm
For us, this is really important. Because Seoski Tourism answers these demands to an incredibly high level. We do produce local, healthy food. Not only on the agricultural estates where you can experience Seoski Tourism, but also from their neighbours who just do agriculture. We are concerned with ecology, we protect cultural heritage and the money spent in Seoski Tourism stays in local communities, where it has very beneficial effects.
In the digital promotion part of the workshops we are trying to persuade people about the importance of their online presence. Basically, these days, if you're not online, it's almost like you don't exist. So, we try to explain the importance of having good-quality photos, short videos and a regular online presence.
Kulen, čvarci and other specialties at Baranjska kuća © Denis Despot
That's interesting. In some cases, it might be like two different worlds colliding - people who work in a traditional industry and a traditional environment having to adapt to a very modern way of operating. There's also another potential collision when providers learn of the expectations within modern tourism. Because these people can no longer just work in agriculture. To operate in Seoski Tourism, you're also very much expected to also be a host.
Yes. All of our current service providers who are successful within Seoski Tourism are also great hosts. It's essential. You can see it in almost all of the reviews for this kind of tourism. Guests come for the food and drinks and surroundings, yes. But, what they value the most, what they remember the most, is the host part of the experience. On the estates of Croatian Seoski Tourism, guests are welcomed like family. Across all of Croatian tourism we are expected to be good hosts. It's part of our reputation and the reason why many people come here from all over the world. In Seoski Tourism, it is vital we live up to those expectations.
Kezele family farm © Davor Konjikušić
Another aspect of this, which is a more recently-observed element, is that visitors often want an insight into the actual lives, even the personalities of their hosts. They want not only to taste the homemade sausages you make, but they also want to know how you do it, where you do it, how you learned to do that. When they go to Spain, they want to know how the people there make their wine. And, when they come to Croatia, they want to learn how we do it here.
So, all in all, those of us in Seoski Tourism are really busy. We are in agriculture, yes, but we are also in tourism and we are also online. With this more recently-observed aspect, we will need to try and devote even more time to our hosting. It can be difficult to balance the demands on your time. But, in our workshops, we are trying to persuade people to talk more about themselves, their lives, their cultural heritage. And, if there isn't time to do everything themselves, then to involve different and often younger generations of the family. Sometimes within the hosting or alternatively just with the online promotion and presence.
Kezele family farm ethno collection © Davor Konjikušić
I've visited some family farms that were right at the start of their journey with Seoski Tourism and they seemed surprised that I was at all interested in what they do and how they do it. I think maybe they thought I was a bit crazy.
Yes, that is a response we sometimes also see at first. I think it's because our generation takes a lot of things for granted. We sometimes think that what we do is just what we do. We are not so good at showcasing it. "Why would I show someone how I make my cheese? I make my cheese like my grandmother used to make it" But, for those who open their doors to Seoski Tourism, inquiries about how they do what they do are only increasing. So, they seem to appreciate how we advise them in the workshops.
Picnic by Restaurant Međimurski dvori © Igor Nobilo
We are trying to let our producers know that Seoski Tourism is not just a platform to sell their produce and an overnight stay, but it's a full experience they can sell. There are agricultural farms in Austria that are established in tourism that you must pay only to visit. Of course, that doesn't happen currently anywhere in Croatia, even though some of our Seoski Tourism estates have sections that look like museums.
Some of these aspects are very new. And the feedback is great. I truly believe there are hidden treasures to be discovered in some Croatian villages. We are here to tell that story.
Selection of food from a Slavonian village © Mario Romulić
What is so rewarding about Croatian Seoski Tourism that international visitors would want to go to a traditional farm in some inland village instead of lying on the beach in Dalmatia for 14 days?
People come because they really want to see a different side of Croatia. And, there are many different aspects of Croatia to discover – not just Seoski Tourism, but also National Parks and Nature Parks. All of our current trends show us that more and more tourists are willing to come inland from the coast or to explore a different part of Croatia – inland Istria, for example, or continental Croatia.
Kamačnik river canyon © Aleksandra Kuratko Pani
They really want to try authentic, local food. They want to eat healthy, to know what they are eating and how it is made. And, they want to experience flavours that are different from the usual ones they get from the supermarket.
Traditional Međimurje table at Etno restaurant Međimurski dvori
Also, I would say that with Seoski Tourism, people get to know better an authentic version of Croatia and its culture. It's a story we hear very often from our members. Some of them are visited by large groups from cruisers. These are people who might be on a cruise on the Adriatic and who journey inland for a day trip. Or, it might be a group who are cruising the Danube and disembark to visit a family farm in Slavonia, Baranja or Srijem.
Prosciutto from Drniš at Agrotourism Kalpić © Ivana Kalpić
When they visit farming estates on day trips, it's very often a huge 'wow' moment for them. For many, in their minds, Croatia is simply sun and sea. And that's not entirely their fault. We, as a country, have done very little until now to promote alternative sides of Croatia. The visitors experience these wow moments because of the hospitality they receive and because of the tangible aspect of the visit. This is a modern aspect – people want to touch things, know how things feel, taste, smell. They want to ride on horses or feed them. Or take part in cultural activities. These parts of a visit to Seoski Tourism are very difficult to experience anywhere else.
(left) Ivana Alilović, director of Zagreb County Tourist Board (right) Aleksandra Kuratko, secretary of Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske (Croatian Rural Tourism Association) © Zagreb County
Udruga ruralnog turizma Hrvatske's online Seoski Tourism workshops begin today and their physical workshops continue next week in Istria.
If you'd like to read more about rural tourism in Croatia, then look here
European Commision Approves Additional HRK 220m in Aid to Croatian Livestock Farmers
ZAGREB, 4 Aug, 2021 - The European Commission has approved an additional HRK 220 million (€29.3m) in aid to Croatian livestock farmers, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
HRK 130 million (€17.3m) has been approved under the Animal Welfare Measure of the EU Rural Development Programme, while HRK 90 million (€12m) has been approved for the use of manure on fields.
The Ministry noted that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic it had adopted a number of aid schemes, worth nearly HRK 450 million (€60m) in total, including those for the livestock sector, adding that aid schemes for the poultry and dairy farming sectors were under preparation.
Due to an increase in prices of cereals and other components of livestock feed, at the last meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković called on the European Commission to look into possibilities of granting financial aid to stabilise the livestock sector, as well as other possible mechanisms to ensure the equal treatment of Croatian producers on the global market.
The request was supported by 15 member states, and the Commission is expected to continue monitoring the situation and take any emergency measures as may be necessary, the statement said.
For more about politics in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.
Goran Vrabec Best Young Farmer in Croatia
ZAGREB, 21 May 2021 - Goran Vrabec has been named Croatia's best young farmer in 2021, a farmer who owns a family farm in the northwestern region of Zagorje growing chili peppers, and he was presented with the prize by Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Friday.
Vrabec was chosen from among 21 finalists and along with the first prize, he also won a reward of HRK 25,000, donated by Zagrebačka Banka.
Brankica Borović, whose family-run farm business produces natural, dermatologically tested cosmetics based on immortelle and almond oil, won second prize and HRK 15,000, while wine maker Ivan Gerštajmer Zelember won third prize and HRK 10,000.
The competition for the best Croatian young farmer was organised by Croatian member of the European Parliament Sunčana Glavak, the Agriculture Ministry and the Jutarnji List daily.
The finalists will travel to Brussels for a ceremony at which the best EU farmer will be awarded.
Zagrebačka Banka has secured financial education for the young farmers and will assist them in filling out forms for EU funds, while the Konzum retail chain, which is a sponsor of the competition, will sell their products.
Glavak said that the record high number of applicants showed that young people were very interested in staying in Croatia and its rural areas.
She said that it was encouraging that Croatia would have a record-funds amount of funds from the EU at its disposal, which it will be able to use to improve farm production.
Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković said that Croatia was slightly above the EU average in terms of the number of young farmers, who number 23,228, which is 13.6% of the total number of farmers.
"That is not enough, but the trend is positive and has been rising and we want the share of young farmers to reach 20% with the share of farmers aged above 55 simultaneously going down," she said.
The minister said she was glad that young farmers were increasingly using measures from the Rural Development Programme because it brought structural transformation to rural areas. She noted that agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture could be the real engines of development of Croatia's economy.
Parliament Speaker Jandroković said that he was glad Croatia was above the EU average in terms of the number of young farmers and that he saw hope for development of villages and rural areas in that.
Ample EU funding has evidently helped young people recognise opportunities and realise that country life is often better than life in a city, and that it is possible to make a living from farming, he said.
For more on made in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.


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Kenneth Higney is a rock musician whose first album, Attic Demonstration, became a cult favourite amongst outsider music record collectors. It was recorded in 1976 as a means of selling his songwriting services to other musicians, but was released as a commercial prospect.

Attic Demonstration

Attic Demonstration featured Higney on vocals and electric and acoustic guitars, with an ad hoc band consisting of Higney's personal friends Gordon Gaines (guitars, drums), John Duva (bass guitar), and Mark Volpe (guitar, percussion). It had a limited release of 500 copies in September 1976, and earned a favourable review in Trouser Press magazine, but was not a commercial success. Nonetheless it became a cult item amongst record collectors over subsequent years. It was re-mastered and re-released on CD by Higney's own label, Kebrutney Records, in 2003 and on vinyl by One Kind Favor in 2012.

The remaster also included Higney's 1980 7-inch single "I Wanna Be The King", b/w "Funky Kinky". The former song was a tribute to New York Dolls guitarist and punk legend Johnny Thunders, and contained the line "I'm gonna be a star / I hate the sissy music of John Denver", whilst the latter was a foray into the world of disco. Both songs were written by Higney, and featured Gordon Gaines and Mark Volpe, plus John Lynch (bass guitar). Gaines died in 1997.

Track listing
 Night Rider
 Children of Sound
 Rock Star
 Can't Love That Woman
 Look at the River
 Quietly Leave Me
 Let Us Pray
 I'll Cry Tomorrow
 No Heavy Trucking
 Funky Kinky *CD only bonus track
 I Wanna Be the King *CD only bonus track

American Dirt
In 2009, Higney released the 'follow up' (30 years later) to Attic Demonstration - it is titled American Dirt and contains fourteen songs, many of which were written about the same time as those on Attic Demonstration. As this album was recorded with the intention of being released as an actual recording (as opposed to Attic Demonstration which was originally conceived as demo versions of songs), Higney enlisted the help of hired guns - Jack Pearson (formerly of The Allman Brothers Band), Elizabeth Pearson, William Howse, Richard Carter and others - to produce a more professional recording. American Dirt was described by one radio DJ as if a record label had heard Attic Demonstration and given Higney money to record a 'proper album'.

Ambulance Driver
2011 saw the release of Higney's third album - Ambulance Driver - which contained ten new recordings with one song, "Nonsense", coming from the days of Attic Demonstration and the remaining nine songs being, pretty much, newly written. This release contains Higney's most recently written songs, among them "Angels Touched The Ground", "Jet Party" and, the newest of them all, "Broken By a Whore".

Higney continues to write and record and is expected to release a new album sometime this decade.

External links
 [ Kenneth Higney at the AMG]
 A review of his album at Dusted.com
 Another review, at Showandtellrecords.com, with sound sample
 Kebrutney Records
 Attic Demonstration CD reissue
 Official Vinyl Reissue of Attic Demonstration
 BobbyShred's Gordon Gaines Tribute Page

American rock singers
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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John C. Wright (born October 22, 1961) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was a Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos. Publishers Weekly said he "may be this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" when reviewing his debut novel, The Golden Age.

Early life
John C. Wright was born in Chula Vista, California. He studied the Great Books at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1984. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary in 1987.

Career
Wright was admitted to the practice of law in three jurisdictions, New York, May 1989; Maryland, December 1990. Washington, D.C., January 1994. After his law practice was unsuccessful, he went to work for the newspaper St. Mary's Today.

Wright later worked as a newspaperman and newspaper editor before venturing into writing genre fiction. When reviewing his debut novel The Golden Age, Publishers Weekly said he "may be this fledgling century's most important new SF talent"

Wright also works as a technical writer in Virginia.

Awards
Wright's Orphans of Chaos was nominated for the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel, losing to Joe Haldeman's Camouflage.

In 2015, as a part of the Rabid Puppies slate, Wright received five Hugo Award nominations, including three in the Best Novella category ("One Bright Star to Guide Them," "The Plural of Helen of Troy," and "Pale Realms of Shade"), a fourth for Best Short Story ("The Parliament of Beasts and Birds"), and a fifth for Best Related Work (Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth). All his works were ranked below "No Award".

On September 4, 2016, Wright's novel Somewhither (published by Castalia House) received the first Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

Personal life
At age 42, Wright converted from atheism to Christianity, citing a profound religious experience with visions of the "Virgin Mary, her son, and His Father, not to mention various other spirits and ghosts over a period of several days", and stating that prayers he made were answered. In 2008, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, of which he approvingly said: "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics."

Wright is married to writer L. Jagi Lamplighter, and they have four children.

Novels

The Golden Oecumene
 The Golden Age (2002)
 The Phoenix Exultant (2003)
 The Golden Transcendence (2003)

War of the Dreaming
 Last Guardian of Everness (2004)
 Mists of Everness (2005)

Chronicles of Chaos
 Orphans of Chaos (2005)
 Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
 Titans of Chaos (2007)

Count to the Eschaton Sequence
 Count to a Trillion (2011)
 The Hermetic Millennia (2012)
 The Judge of Ages (2014)
 Architect of Aeons (April 21, 2015)
 The Vindication of Man (November 22, 2016)
 Count to Infinity (December 26, 2017)

Tales of Moth and Cobweb
 The Green Knight's Squire
 Swan Knight's Son (2016)
 Feast of the Elfs (2016)
 Swan Knight's Sword (2016)
 The Dark Avenger's Sidekick
 Daughter of Danger (2017)
 City of Corpses (2017)
 Tithe to Tartarus (2017)
 The Mad Scientist's Intern (Forthcoming)
 The Ghostly Father's Novice (Forthcoming)

Other novels
 Null-A Continuum (sequel to A. E. van Vogt's The World of Null-A, 2008)
 Somewhither: A tale of the Unwithering Realm (2015)
 The Iron Chamber of Memory (2016)

Stories in the Night Land setting
 "Awake in the Night," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Eternal Love, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Wildside Press.
 "The Cry of the Night Hound," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall, also edited by Robertson.
 "Silence of the Night," as of 2008 only published on Robertson's Nightland.co.uk website.
 "The Last of All Suns," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall.
 Awake in the Night Land, Castalia House.

Other publications
 "Farthest Man from Earth", (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 19 # 4 & 5, No.229-230, April 1995.
 "Guest Law", (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 21 # 6, No.258, June 1997.
 Reprinted in Year's Best SF 3, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism, 1998, and in The Space Opera Renaissance.
 "Not Born a Man", (short story) Aberrations, No. 24, October 1994.
 Reprinted in No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
 "Forgotten Causes", (short story) Absolute Magnitude, No. 16, Summer 2001.
 Reprinted in Breach the Hull, ed. Mike McPhail, Marietta, 2007.
 "Father's Monument", (short story) No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
 "The Kindred", (short story) No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
 "Peter Power Armor", (short story) Breach the Hull, ed. Mike McPhail, Marietta, 2007.
 "Choosers of the Slain", (short story) Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008.
 "One Bright Star to Guide Them", (short story) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 116, No. 4 & 5, Whole No. 682, April/May 2009.
 "The Far End of History", (novella) The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager, June 2009.
 "Guyal the Curator", (short story) Songs of the Dying Earth, ed. George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press, July 2009.
 "A Random World Of Delta Capricorni Aa, Also Called Scheddi", (flash fiction), Flash Fiction Online, May 2010.
 "Judgement Eve", (novelette) Engineering Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, December 2010.

References

External links

 John C. Wright at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

1961 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni
William & Mary Law School alumni
American Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism
American male short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers


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Q: Gesture Recognizer Pinch and Pan at same pic - loosing centre for pinching My problem is that I can't use Pinch and Pan(
both functions work perfectly separate. but if I move pic - zooming have the wrong centre anchor (between 2 fingers)
code:
//fullScreenImage  is UIImageView that i would like to manipulate
UIPinchGestureRecognizer *pinchRecognizer = [[UIPinchGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(scalePiece:)];
pinchRecognizer setDelegate:(id)self];
[fullScreenImage.superview addGestureRecognizer:pinchRecognizer];

UIPanGestureRecognizer *panRecognizer = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(move:)];
[panRecognizer setMinimumNumberOfTouches:1];
[panRecognizer setMaximumNumberOfTouches:1];
[panRecognizer setDelegate:(id)self];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:panRecognizer];

- (void)scalePiece:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
  [self adjustAnchorPointForGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
    if ([gestureRecognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan || [gestureRecognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged) {
        [gestureRecognizer view].transform = CGAffineTransformScale([[gestureRecognizer view] transform], [gestureRecognizer scale], [gestureRecognizer scale]);
        [gestureRecognizer setScale:1];
}

//Setting anchor between 2 fingers to zoom correctly
- (void)adjustAnchorPointForGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
   if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
       UIView *piece = gestureRecognizer.view;
        CGPoint locationInView = CGPointMake([gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece].x,[gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece].y);
        CGPoint locationInSuperview = CGPointMake([gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece.superview].x,[gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece.superview].y);
        piece.layer.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(locationInView.x / piece.bounds.size.width, locationInView.y / piece.bounds.size.height);
        piece.center = locationInSuperview;

    }
}

- (void)move:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    if ([(UIPanGestureRecognizer*)recognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
        position.y=[recognizer locationInView:recognizer.view].y-fullScreenImage.center.y;
        position.x=[recognizer locationInView:recognizer.view].x-fullScreenImage.center.x;
    }
  fullScreenImage.center=CGPointMake([recognizer locationInView:fullScreenImage.superview].x-position.x, [recognizer locationInView:fullScreenImage.superview].y-position.y);
}

A: Try this One:
Add this method in your code :
  - (void)adjustAnchorPointForGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
  {
    UIView *piece = gestureRecognizer.view;
    CGPoint locationInView = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece];
    CGPoint locationInSuperview = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:piece.superview];

    piece.layer.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(locationInView.x / piece.bounds.size.width, locationInView.y / piece.bounds.size.height);
    piece.center = locationInSuperview;
  }

  - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer
  {
     return YES;
  }

And call this method when you are using gesture.
 - (void)scalePiece_image:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
 {
     [self adjustAnchorPointForGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];

     if ([gestureRecognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan || [gestureRecognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged)
     {
         [gestureRecognizer view].transform = CGAffineTransformScale([[gestureRecognizer view] transform], [gestureRecognizer scale], [gestureRecognizer scale]);
         [gestureRecognizer setScale:1];
     }
 }

A: SR Nayak answer is not correct because the pivot will change when you pinch and the layer will slide.
This code works:
- (IBAction)pinchLayer:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {

  static CGPoint lastPoint;
  static CGFloat lastScale;

  if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
    lastScale = 1.0;
    lastPoint = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.containerView];
  }

  // Scale
  CGFloat scale = 1.0 - (lastScale - gestureRecognizer.scale);
  [[gestureRecognizer view].layer setAffineTransform:
   CGAffineTransformScale([[gestureRecognizer view].layer affineTransform],
                          scale,
                          scale)];
  lastScale = gestureRecognizer.scale;

  // Translate
  CGPoint point = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.containerView];
  [[gestureRecognizer view].layer setAffineTransform:
   CGAffineTransformTranslate([[gestureRecognizer view].layer affineTransform],
                              point.x - lastPoint.x,
                              point.y - lastPoint.y)];
  lastPoint = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.containerView];

}