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The Videographic Essay: Practice and Pedagogy Main Menu The Videographic Essay Table of Contents Introduction, Acknowledgements, and Further Reading Scholarship in Sound & Image: A Pedagogical Essay Pedagogical essay authored by Christian Keathley and Jason Mittell Dissolves of Passion In Dialogue: Eric Faden and Kevin B. Lee Becoming Videographic Critics: A Roundtable Conversation A conversation among practitioners curated by Jason Mittell Star Studies in Transition But Is Any Of This Legal? Videographic Exercises Gallery of All Exercises Credits Christian Keathley 0199b522721abf067a743773a226b6064fe22f8c Jason Mittell 06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de Catherine Grant c9eab209ad26b2e418453515f6418aa2cbe20309
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Catherine Grant is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She established (and continues to curate for) the open access campaigning website Film Studies for Free and the Audiovisualcy video group site, and is also founding editor of the academic digital publishing platform REFRAME. She has published widely on theories and practices of film authorship and intertextuality, and has edited volumes on world cinema, Latin American cinema, digital film and media studies, and the audiovisual essay. A relatively early adopter and prolific creator of the online short video form, she is founding co-editor of [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies. She was scholar-in-residence for the second week of the 2015 Middlebury workshop, where she mentored the participants and provided an in-depth discussion of her video Dissolves of Passion, which is included in The Videographic Essay book.
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1 2016-05-08T09:43:32-07:00 Jason Mittell 06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de DISSOLVES OF PASSION 1 The above video forms an integral part of Catherine Grant's contribution to THE VIDEOGRAPHIC ESSAY: CRITICISM IN SOUND AND IMAGE, a forthcoming collection of work edited by Christian Keathley and Jason Mittell (Caboose Books, 2016; https://www.caboosebooks.net/the-videographic-essay and https://www.caboosebooks.net/node/150). Focusing on a number of videographic explorations of matters of film editing (including her study of the dissolves and "Hollywood montages" in David Lean's 1945 BRIEF ENCOUNTER, a film that is currently celebrating the 70th anniversary of its release), Grant explores what such practical and audiovisual modes of research and presentation—ones which themselves evidently turn on editing—can add to the study of a feature that (with a number of key exceptions) has not received much sustained attention to date in written film scholarship.
Catherine Grant is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She established (and continues to curate for) the open access campaigning website Film Studies For Free, and the Audiovisualcy video group, and is also founding editor of the academic digital publishing platform REFRAME. She has published widely on theories and practices of film authorship and intertextuality, and has edited volumes on world cinema, Latin American cinema, digital film and media studies, and the audiovisual essay. A relatively early and prolific adopter of the online short video form, she is founding co-editor (with Christian Keathley and Drew Morton) of [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies. This new peer-reviewed publication was awarded the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award of Distinction for 2015. plain 2016-05-08T09:43:33-07:00 Vimeo 2015-11-08T16:26:06 video 145070069 Catherine Grant David Lean dissolves film editing editing video essay BRIEF ENCOUNTER Jason Mittell 06e96b1b57c0e09d70492af49d984ee2f68945de


This is a wonderful light textured cake with a lovely orange flavor.
Combine flour and 1/2 cup of the sifted icing sugar, set aside.
In a bowl beat the egg yolks with an electric mixer on high for about 6 minutes or until thick and lemon coloured.
Gradually add the remaining icing sugar, beating constantly for about 4 minutes.
In a large bowl beat the egg whites, vanilla and cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
Gently fold yolk mixture into whites.
Sift flour mixture over the egg mixture, 1/3 at a time and fold in gently.
Bake at 325F/160C/gas mark 3 for 55 minutes or unyil the cake springs back when lightly touched.
Leave in the tin to cool for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Next up the choice is yours, as you can see I made Glace Icing and decorated mine.
You could also poke holes in the top of the cake with a fork and pour an orange syrup over it. Here's how you can do that..
Put the orange juice and honey in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the almond extract.
Spoon the syrup evenly over the cake, a small amount at a time, allowing the cake to absorb the syrup.
You need a 9ins cake tin. It can be a Bundt Tin a regular Cake Tin or a Patterned one similar to the one I used.


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Thirty-seven arrested in anti-triad operations, including three linked to Tsim Sha Tsui attack
Police's anti-triad operations on Monday saw a total of 37 men and women arrested for wounding, drugs trafficking and illegal gambling, including three in connection to a Tsim Sha Tsui attack last Tuesday.
The operations were conducted by officers from the West Kowloon regional headquarters, Yau Tsim, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City police districts on Monday, following the ones last Friday and Saturday (Nov 11 and 12) by police's organized crime and triad bureau.
The arrestees – 34 men and three women aged 21 to 49 – were arrested on suspicion of wounding, wounding with intent, trafficking in dangerous drugs, possessing offensive weapons and illegal gambling.
Three of the arrestees were suspected to be the attackers who knifed two men between Kimberley Road and Carnarvon Road in Tsim Sha Tsui around 11pm last Tuesday (Nov 8) and fled the crime scene on a private car.
About half an hour later, a private car near Kam Shan Country Park in Sha Tin was found to be on fire, and police believed the car on fire was one the Tsim Sha Tsui attackers used for their escape.
Meanwhile, officers also conducted high-profile inspections targeting entertainment premises, set up roadblocks to intercept suspicious vehicles and combat traffic offenses in the areas.
During the operations, police seized 12 fishing arcade machines and drugs worth HK$38,000, including 15g of crack cocaine and 75g of marijuana.
All arrestees are now remanded in custody and the operations are ongoing as police may make more arrests.

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With 2,100 crew and 6,780 guests, including a cacophony of caterwauling children corkscrewing down the waterslides, you'd think that there would be anything less than 'harmony' on 'Harmony of the Seas', but Royal Caribbean is adamant that bigger can be beautiful.
Having spent 32 months under construction in a shipyard in France, Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship and the 25th vessel in the Royal Caribbean fleet, made her maiden voyage in May. Setting off from Saint-Nazaire at the mouth of the Loire, she arrived a few days later in Southampton ready for her first official passenger trip, a four-day jaunt to Rotterdam. She has since completed several more short European getaways, dwarfing the likes of Barcelona, Palma, Marseilles, Florence, Rome and Naples with her 18-deck 120,000-tonne presence. In the winter, the Caribbean will have its chance to marvel at her magnitude as she operates a full schedule from a Fort Lauderdale homeport.
So, apart from size (she is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, and the widest cruise ship ever seen) what makes this one-billion-dollar flagship so special? The answer is – a lot. A proper floating city, divided into seven 'neighbourhoods', Harmony of the Seas has 2,747 elegant staterooms (even the inside cabins are marvellous thanks to 'virtual balconies' with exterior-mounted cameras streaming what's happening on deck, in real time, to floor-to-ceiling in-room TV screens), 20 dining venues, 42 bars and lounges, a 'Central Park' with more than 10,000 plants and 50 trees and 23 swimming pools. One of these pools is the deepest on the market and will host diving performances for guests' entertainment pleasure. And, as plain as the nose on your face, there is a ten-storey (TEN STOREY) waterslide dubbed the Ultimate Abyss, which, thanks to its 100-foot drop (100 FOOT), makes it the tallest at sea. One feels quite nauseous just thinking about it. Three more slides – The Perfect Storm – complete the white-knuckle water scene.
Other sporting facilities include two purpose-built climbing walls, zip lines, an ice skating rink, full-size basketball court, 18-hole mini golf course, FlowRider surf simulator and the Vitality Spa with fitness centre and treatment room – the largest collection of treatment rooms at sea. The entertainment programme varies from sedate shopping and café culture in Central Park to risky business in the casino, and from dazzling ice skating displays to embarrassing vocal displays in the karaoke bar, a jazz club to a comedy club – even an adventure/escape room, all the rage these days. But the entertainment highlight is undoubtedly a production of the West End musical, Grease, served up in the ship's 1,400-seat theatre.
If it all gets a bit much, you can always peruse the 11,252 works of art showcased throughout the ship. Maybe pop one on the final bill as a souvenir.


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Armenia petitions to Court of Arbitration for Sport (PHOTOS)
By Lusine Shahbazyan
YEREVAN. – We have petitioned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (Switzerland) to have the gold medal of Migran Arutyunyan returned. The final bout is currently being studied. We await the results.
Samvel Gevorgyan, personal trainer of Olympic silver medalist Greco-Roman wrestler Migran Arutyunyan (Armenia), noted the aforesaid at a press conference on Tuesday.
Gevorgyan spoke about the disgraceful judging against his athlete during the Men's 66 kg final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"In the last bout, they took away from us our victory and gold medal in a very immoral way," he noted. "Now, we are doing everything. We have appealed. We have petitioned to the Lausanne court. We have sent all relevant documents and videos. Now, this matter is being processed. We will do everything to have our gold medal returned."
Artur Aleksanyan: I was touched seeing Robert Abajyan's father at airport (PHOTOS)
During the Rio 2016 medal ceremony, the newly crowned Olympic champion from Armenia had worn a T-shirt with the picture of this fallen Armenian soldier…
Armenia Olympic medalists return home (PHOTOS)
The Prime Minister was also among those who welcomed them at the airport…
Worst injuries at Rio 2016 (PHOTOS)
They include the dislocated elbow of Armenia weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan…
Armenia Olympic medalists to return home on late Friday night
Greco-Roman wrestlers Artur Aleksanyan and Migran Arutyunyan, and weightlifters Simon Martirosyan and Gor Minasyan…
Will Armenia's NOCA and WFA petition Arbitration Court in Lausanne?
It is already the third time the United World Wrestling officials Nenad Lalovic and Mikhail Mamiashvili have made the referees raise the hand of Arutyunyan's rival...
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Sint Maarten Buses | Caribya!
Enjoy music and company aboard a "jitney"
Tourists who don't thrill at the idea of being responsible for a rental car or driving themselves around in an unknown place like St. Maarten might find using the bus system on this dual-nation island to be just the transportation option there are looking for. Not only are these buses affordable, but they are reliable as long as you stick to travel between big cities.
Buses in St. Maarten are a fun way to experience local culture. Here, they are called "jitneys" and make your transport a party by blasting loud zouk music through the streets as they make their way around. Additionally, the experience is a slightly intimate one, as these jitneys typically carry only 12 to 14 passengers at one time.
Buses run daily beginning at 7:00 a.m. and complete their last route at midnight, serving such large cities and Philipsburg and Simpson Bay. Because border laws are so lax, these buses travel back and forth between the French and Dutch sides of the island with ease, making stops in such towns as Grand Case and Marigot Bay. Each bus should have its destination posted on the vehicle, and it is not uncommon for them to stop for someone who is flagging them down on the side of the road.
Bus fares range from $1.50 to $3(USD), making it one of the most affordable ways to get around the island. Although reliable when you compare these buses to some of the other bus systems in the Caribbean, buses should not be relied upon to get you where you want to go on time. These jitneys are a great way for tourists to get around if they don't have a rigid schedule, however, those who do may want to consider another option.
Add a little fun and even adventure to your vacation in St. Maarten by taking a jitney at least once.


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The McLean Community Players' production of Little Women has fantastic talent, but other aspects of the show brought the quality of enjoyment down.
Little Women is the beloved story of four close-knit sisters who vow to stay together, no matter what. However, the best intentions of the young women crumble as life's twists and turns change the family dynamics.
Director Bill Schreiner's cast is superb. Every individual was a strong actor and talented singer. It would have been ideal had music director Elisa Rosman adapted the song "Take A Chance on Me" to better suit singer Glen North's vocal range.
Mimi Preda, playing the lead role as Jo March, was a dynamic force on the stage. Her vocal expression and versatility was excellent. Even though the show runs almost three hours long, her energy never flagged.
June Schreiner, who got a special mention in my review of Bye-Bye Birdie, performed the role of Amy March. True to form, her vivacity and expressiveness was worthy of particular note. Schreiner and Preda artfully cultivated tension between the sisters without being over-the-top.
Elements that did not fully lend themselves to the artistic expression of the production were sound, lighting design, and costumes in the second half of the show.
For almost every one of the musical numbers, the microphones and the orchestra were out of balance. Jo's microphone was especially low throughout the first act. During the second act, they were too loud. Ensemble numbers were overpowering because the microphones were close together. Actively monitoring and balancing sound levels throughout the show would improve the auditory quality.
Lighting design by Chris Hardy was artistic, but poorly executed. There were large areas onstage that were not lit at all. The gels used for many scenes colored the light too harshly and ended up making actors look sickly. Fuller stage illumination and more subtle gel colors would have been ideal. On a positive note, the seashore lighting was especially lovely, creating depth and motion in one fell swoop.
I have acknowledged before that costumes are often the most difficult items to acquire in community theater. However, that being said, costume designers Claire Yenson and Charlotte Marson went eighty percent of the way and then seem to have lost their wind. Amy's traveling dress did not fit well and rode up in the back revealing her skin. Her "wedding dress" appeared to be little more than period underclothes. Marmee's final costume was an odd combination of white lace, black fringe, and purple polka dots.
Little Women is definitely a ladies' show. The story doesn't lend itself to a lot of action, instead focusing on the emotional development of the characters. The show runs a full three hours, which older audiences can enjoy, but younger viewers may become fidgety.
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" is a much loved book filled with rich characters that audiences of all ages will thrill to see brought to life. Staying true to those characters is our starting point. The amazing music and lyrics by Jason Howland and Mindi Dickstein as sung by our talented cast, take the audience beyond events of the book and on a journey deep into the hearts of Alcott's characters.
As the soul of this story is Jo's quest to realize her personal destiny. Set in a time when most women had little control over their lives, Jo's determination is an inspiration. But it takes more than that to succeed. it is only after Jo experiences profound loss, learns to incorporate the wisdom of others, and allows herself to love and be loved is she able to break through and accomplish her dreams.
Each of us yearns to connect with our own unique personal destiny. This is an essential aspect of being human. Through Jo's journey, I hope our audience will be reminded of the importance of their own dreams and have their faith in their ability to achieve them renewed.
Disclaimer: McLean Community Players provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review. Also, MCP purchased advertising on the ShowBizRadio web site.
This article can be linked to as: http://washingtondc.showbizradio.com/goto/5328.


What is the best way to promote my book online?
Even semi-popular publications, whether in print or online, have an audience. However, buying ads in those publications can be quite expensive. If you can only afford to buy one ad in each of them, you'll end up with a lot of money going out and few to no book sales coming in. Why? Because you're only getting one shot at reaching each of their readers.
What is one-shot book marketing? It's when you go to a great deal of time and effort to promote your book in a way that results in potential customers only seeing/hearing/reading about your book ONE TIME, in a very brief moment, in the middle of an otherwise hectic hour, in just one day out of their busy year.
What if you could create your OWN publication, control all the content, own your own growing mailing list (your fans!), send out each edition of your publication whenever you want, and run ads for your own books as frequently as you want? That's the answer I give authors who ask me about the secret to online book sales. Publish your own ezine! But, more on that later.
Sadly, many authors think an ezine might be too hard – too much of a commitment. They believe hunting down a popular publication, bartering for or buying ads, running one-ad-at-a-time, and starting the process all over again, week after week, is easier. Trust me. It's not. Yes, an ezine is a long-term commitment but you've spent a long time on your book and if you are committed to promoting and profiting from it, an ezine is the way to go.
If you think publishing your own ezine sounds daunting, keep reading.
They spent weeks arranging a book signing and sold two copies.
They spent hours landing, preparing for and participating in a radio interview and sold zero copies.
They participated in a phone or written interview by email and sold zero copies.
They mailed out thirty review copies and got zero reviews (and, of course, sold zero copies).
They sent out 200 fliers to libraries and sold zero copies.
They did any number of other things that only exposed their book to each potential buyer just one time (yes, only one) and they still don't understand why few to no copies of their book sold.
Potential readers must be exposed to your product/service several times before most will click (or pick up the phone, or drive to the bookstore) to buy. This is a proven fact in marketing and you'll be able to prove it to yourself quite easily if you take my advice. Advertising professionals can't seem to agree on a specific number of impressions but, plain and simple, the more you're exposed to an advertiser's message, the more likely you are to buy.
Why do companies run the same advertisements every single month in the same magazines? You know they're expensive so the repeat ads tell you they obviously work!
Why do other firms run the exact same TV ads during the same shows, week after week? Heck, some even run the same ad multiple times during the same show! No, it's not just because they got a buy-one, get-one-free special. It's because they know they must give most viewers repeat exposure to an ad before those customers will buy that product.
Successful advertisers follow this principal in all forms of advertising, including television, print and online.
Am I suggesting you buy multiple ads to promote your book or other product/service? No, not at all. What I'm suggesting is you create your OWN media product, collect your OWN list of customers, and expose them to your product on your OWN, at your convenience and on your time-frame.
YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND YOUR OWN LIST OF FANS!
I've been telling authors this for years but I'll keep saying it because IT WORKS.
Creating a free ezine that features quality editorial on a frequent basis is how you attract and keep fans – fans that will want to start buying your books after they get to know you. People who might hear about you through another publications have no idea who you are. Publishing your own ezine, week after week, builds readership (your fan base). Your fans will learn all about you, will trust you, and will want to buy from you far more than they'll want to buy from a stranger. Furthermore, they won't forget about you because you will be reminding them about your book(s), week after week.
Yes, you absolutely should utilize other people's media properties…but not to sell books. You want to try to get their readers to become YOUR readers. SELLING to strangers is difficult. GIVING them something for free is easy. For a decade now, I've been giving away a free ebook, How to Be a Freelance Writer (Includes Paying Markets) to new WritersWeekly.com subscribers. That's my hook for getting people to sign up to our mailing list. You can and should do this, too. If you are giving away something for free, you also have a better chance of getting free mentions in other ezines, on radio shows, and more.
Doug Clegg is a master when it comes to book marketing. He's the first one I heard about who ran a contest where the winner would be featured, and killed, in a future Clegg novel. For horror/fantasy fans, WHAT could more fun than that?!
Doug is currently running a contest where one of his subscribers will win a free Nook or Kindle. This is the second time he's running the contest so the first one obviously worked! You can see how he does it, and enter the contest as well, HERE.
Offering something for FREE to another publication's customers will pull that customer to your website. They will then be YOUR subscriber and you will then have FREE access to them. They will become your fans and you will be reminding them about your book(s) on a regular (I recommend weekly) basis.
Come up with a unique contest or a free product to offer (an excerpt from your book, a small, stand-alone book, anything at all that you can afford to give away for free). IMPORTANT: Remember to ONLY put people on your list who have requested to be on your list. Spamming destroys reputations.
Start creating and distributing a quality ezine. I cover this topic in detail HERE.
Put your issues online and distribute via email on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis (I recommend weekly).
When promoting through properties not owned by you, promote your FREE product whenever possible. Don't try to sell books. Instead, try to get new subscribers. Book sales will naturally follow.
Continue to build up your readership and continue to write books for that same audience.
For more online book marketing advice, please see my 11-part series HERE.
Angela Hoy is the co-owner of WritersWeekly.com and BookLocker. WritersWeekly is the free marketing emag for writers that features new paying markets and freelance job listings every Wednesday. According to attorney Mark Levine, author of The Fine Print, BookLocker is one of the top-rated POD publishers in the industry.


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DMU experts to share insights into life after COVID-19
With talk of lockdown restrictions being eased in the coming weeks and months, conversations are quickly moving to how the 'new normal' might look, post COVID-19.
To coincide with World Environment Day on Friday 5 June, researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) will be taking part in an online public event, discussing the various ways in which the pandemic has affected the environment.
Four of the university's leading experts will each share insights into their respective fields, which include plastic pollution, architecture, aviation and sustainable transport, looking at the impact that coronavirus has had and ways to move forward.
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"This event will explore what the 'new normal' might look like and how research can help communities deal with the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis," said Professor David Mba, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) at DMU.
"Our experts will be covering four hugely important environmental issues that affect us all in one way or another, discussing what the future looks like post coronavirus."
Among the speakers taking part is Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, a mechanical engineering expert who made headlines last year when he created a prosthetic limb socket from recycled plastic water bottles in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. He has also made personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dr Kandan will be presenting the new challenges we face with plastic pollution, caused by the large amount of PPE, and ways that research can help overcome the problem.
One of the face shields Dr Kandan made for NHS workers
"The COVID-19 crisis demanded an unpreceded amount of plastic to manufacture PPE for key workers and the general public, and the single-use contaminated PPE is emerging as another threat to the environment," he explained.
Also taking part is Dr Alona Martinez Perez, senior lecturer in Architecture, who says architects, citizens and planners will need to think more creatively about workspace and social spaces moving forward.
"Cities after COVID 19 will require new ways of thinking about social distancing, and sustainable patterns of life and transport that are more efficient with regards to sustainability," she said.
Meanwhile, aviation expert Professor Lucy Budd will be looking at the future passenger experience and the shape of the air transport sector following the global pandemic, and Professor Stephon Ison, whose research focuses on transport and sustainability, will share possible options for sustainable mobility post coronavirus.
The event will start on DMU's Facebook page at 12.30pm on Friday 5 June, with each researcher giving a 10-minute talk on their subject. Following this, there will be round table discussion chaired by Professor David Mba and an opportunity for viewers to ask questions.
For more information visit: www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/events/events-calendar/2020/june/research-and-the-covid-19-crisis.aspx
Posted on Monday 1st June 2020


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Dumfries plays host to Scotland's first cycle hire scheme
Scottish Government also unveils loans for companies to provide bike-friendly facilities
by Simon_MacMichael
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 22:56
The market town of Dumfries in South West Scotland may seem a million miles from London – in reality, it's a little under 350 miles by road – but this week it joined the UK's capital in launching its very own cycle hire scheme, the first such initiative North of the border.
At £155,000, the scheme, called BIKE2GO, costs a fraction of the estimated £140 million that will be ploughed into the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme in London, and sees nine hire locations being set up across the former royal burgh in an initiative designed to promote greener, healthier lifestyles.
Operated by Hourbike, which already has similar schemes in Blackpool, Bristol and at Dublin Airport, 30 bikes will be available with an annual £10 membership fee and journeys free for the first 30 minutes and £1 per hour afterwards.
The scheme is managed by the South West Regional Transport Partnership (SWestrans), whose chair, Councillor Brian Collins, commented: "We're delighted to be the first local authority in Scotland to offer a bike hire scheme, putting us on an even footing with some of Europe's most famous cities in offering local people the chance to take convenient cycle journeys whenever they need to."
Councillor Roger Grant of Dumfries and Galloway Council added: "Research has shown that participation in cycling rises when people are given access to hire schemes such as the BIKE2Go project, and I look forward to seeing locals enjoying themselves on bikes all around Dumfries."
The project was formally launched yesterday by Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson, who also unveiled a new £150,000 interest free loan scheme from Cycling Scotland designed to help the country's private businesses meet the cost of bike-friendly facilities at the workplace including bike shelters and changing facilities.
Mr Stevenson said: "I'm delighted to be launching both of these initiatives to encourage people to get out of their cars and onto their bicycles. Scotland has established world-leading targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and providing more sustainable transport alternatives will help us meet those targets. We are also committed to improving our nation's health, and our investment in these schemes underlines our commitment to achieving these goals."
He continued: "I'm sure both visitors and the local community will welcome this opportunity to take convenient, affordable bike trips in and around Dumfries, replacing their shorter car journeys with a greener, healthier alternative."
The initiatives fall under the Scottish Government's Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) programme, aimed at helping people make the move to sustainable transport as part of Holyrood's goal to have 10% of all journeys in Scotland made by bicycle by the end of the decade.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site's community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport's biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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A month after angry fans responded to Laverne Cox not being included in Time's list of this year's most influential people, the prestigious mag took a leap of faith and gave the transgender actress a cover and spread in June's issue.
The Orange is the New Black star is the first transgender woman to have a cover story, marking a tipping point of a new revolution for the LGBT community. In the spread, the hair-styling convict talks about getting teased as a child for being feminine and becoming a public face for the transgender movement. Watch the behind-the-scenes video from the shoot on the next page.


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Brook Negussie first got involved in cycling through our Major Taylor Project.
Now a freshman at the University of Washington in Seattle, 18 year-old Brook is studying computer engineering and says he is a "a role model for people who want to exercise, but [who] don't have time."
Brook is attending the Youth Bike Summit (YBS), Friday, Feb. 13 - Sunday, Feb. 15. This touchstone national event has taken place in New York City for the past four years. Seattle is honored to host the Youth Bike Summit for its first year on the road and Cascade Bicycle Club is proud to be a sponsor and support youth bike leaders.
Brook shares his excitement for the upcoming YBS with us.
What are you working on this year in preparation for the Youth Bike Summit? Are you giving a workshop, presentation or talk at YBS?
This year I am working on creating a great speech for the introduction to the Youth Bike Summit. I am doing this because I want to get the people more excited about being at the summit. It will not only positively impact them, but also their community.
What inspires you about YBS?
What inspires me is having all these amazing people traveling from around the country and even around the world just to learn more about how they can improve their communities through the use of bicycles.
What are you looking forward to at this year's summit?
I am looking forward to meeting a variety of people with different ideas on how to create a bike revolution.
Why is gathering youth around bicycling important to you?
It is very important because youth are the future; if they care about biking and they see the obstacles cyclists have to constantly face the youth can help create solid solutions. One example is cars and bikes sharing the road where bikers do not feel safe. Creating a solution to this problem will motivate other people to ride a bike instead of driving their car, which will help protect our environment.
If someone asked you why they should attend the Youth Bike Summit, what would you tell them?
There will be people from around the country as well as some people from around the world coming to this summit to produce coherent ideas to get more people on bikes, because bikes are one of the only ways we are actually going to change the world.
So please come and help us brainstorm ways to create a bike revolution because the world needs it!
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$ At $2.99, Heavy Feather Review is a solid chunk of a literary deal to pump your fist at. Seriously, try it. It feels nice, huh? To get such a variety of voices and slick word combos and happy bundles of story. This second issue of Heavy Feather Review has its own fist pumping, fireworks bursting out, bright lights in the shape of work from F. Daniel Rzciznek, Mathias Svalina, David Tomaloff, Robert Lopez, and a collaboration by Nathan Moore and W.F. Roby, among a long list of other rad writers. The editors of HFR have plopped down nearly two hundred PDF pages of wild work ranging from slice-your-throat lyrical poems to tense short stories to self-clensing essays.
The light that rises on you, gray like the rocks your brother stood on while he tied his noose below the wooden bridge, showing you the coming wagon pulled by a mule, changes you into something flat.
His angry father voice, a voice booming in through the window, it says to us, I'LL COME UP THERE & I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING COLD ALL RIGHT. &these brothers, they are certain that he will. Brother eyes meet through a thick &knowing silence. Brother mouths never speak it, but between brothers there is a brother pact, even in times of war. &brothers, best of all, they know of this.
A part of home: goodbye we say to our friends who are moving seven hours away—water hits the floor, assassinates a minor conglomerate of dust; a light over the front porch, an absence at the periphery of illumination—a source distanced, like having to swim to the library.
This will not be a good movie, either, but that shouldn't stop someone from making it. They should have the movie star drink a quart of gin and smoke four packs of cigarettes and keep all of her hair up under that bandana and listen to every album in her collection loud.
– Do not be fooled by the fact that most of my favorite pieces are the one page type, that's my style, my magnet of love, but seriously, this issue stretches, moves, big stories, wild poems, lists, etc. etc. etc., what a good magazine does, good pieces! good pieces!
= Yes, you gotta buy this issue, man, support this new venture, already two issues spilling out so much goodness, not to mention these folks' great reading series, all coming out at you Heavy Feather Review style, which is to say Bold and Big and Varied, okay.
I saw Svalina read at the PANK/Annalemma Divination reading at last year's AWP, and he owned the microphone. He read longer than anyone else, I think, but I don't think anyone cared. I know no one at my table did, and my table was full up with 6 other fellow writers as jaded as I am with bad readings. There was clapping, hollering, laughter. At one point, I laughed so hard I lurched backwards, I bumped into a passing waitress and there was a clattering and shattering of glass. Mathias didn't break steam, kept right on, his words pounding and pounding.
It's awesome to see this piece of Svalina's recently in Everyday Genius, and to see how he can own the page just as easily as he owns the air. This is an excerpt of his book, I am a Very Productive Entrepreneur recently out from Mud Luscious Press. I highly recommend.
*Video of the Divination reading is at PANK blog. I highly suggest watching it–one of the best readings I've ever been to ever.