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Differential Geometry and Topology: With a View to Dynamical Systems by Keith Burns, Marian Gidea (Studies in Advanced Mathematics: Chapman & Hall/CRC)
Accessible, concise, and self-contained, this book offers an outstanding introduction to three related subjects: differential geometry, differential topology; and dynamical systems. Topics of special interest addressed in the book include Brouwer's fixed point theorem, Morse Theory, and the geodesic flow.
Smooth manifolds, Riemannian metrics, affine connections; the curvature tensor, differential forms, and integration on manifolds provide the foundation for many applications in dynamical systems and mechanics. The authors also discuss the Gauss-Bonnet theorem and its implications in non-Euclidean geometry models.
The differential topology aspect of the book centers on classical, transversality theory, Sard's theorem, intersection theory, and fixed-point theorems. The construction of the de Rham cohomology builds further arguments for the strong connection between the differential structure and the topological structure. It also furnishes some of the tools necessary for a complete understanding of the Morse theory. These discussions are followed by an introduction to the theory of hyperbolic systems, with emphasis on the quintessential role of the geodesic flow.
The integration of geometric theory, topological theory, and concrete applications to dynamical systems set this book apart. With clean, clear prose and effective examples; the authors' intuitive approach creates a treatment that is comprehensible to relative beginners, yet rigorous enough for those with more background and experience in the field.
Marian Gidea is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, USA.
Keith Burns is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
General Topology by Stephen Willard (Dover Publications, Inc.) Among the best available reference introductions to topology, General Topology is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Written by Stephen Willard, University of Alberta, this is a Dover unabridged republication of the edition first published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1970.
The volume gives balanced treatment to two broad areas of general topology, continuous topology and geometric topology. The first, continuous topology, centers on the effects of compactness and metrization, is represented here by sections on convergence, compactness, metrization and complete metric spaces, uniform spaces, and function spaces. The second, geometric topology, focuses on the connectivity properties of topological spaces and provides the core results from general topology that serve as background for subsequent courses in geometry and algebraic topology. This core is formed here by a series of nine sections on connectivity properties, topological characterization theorems, and homotopy theory.
The chapters are divided into sub-topics that progress from introductory notes on essential set theory through subspace, products, compactness, separation and countability axioms, compactifications, and function spaces. Many of general topology's standard spaces are introduced and examined in the generous number of related problems that accompany each section – 340 in all.
General Topology's value as a reference work is enhanced by a collection of historical notes for each section, an extensive bibliography, and an index. The book is intended as both a text and reference and is paced slowly at the beginning to be an aid to students new to topology.
Fuzzy Topology by N Palaniappan (CRC Press) imparts the latest developments for graduate students and research scholars covering various properties of fuzzy topology viz., fuzzy point and its neighborhood structure, fuzzy nets and fuzzy convergence, fuzzy metric spaces, different fuzzy compactness, fuzzy connectedness, fuzzy separation axioms and properties, product spaces, convex fuzzy sets and fuzzy uniform spaces.
The key features are
Large number of examples
Counterexamples, characterizations, implications
References to original sources
In recent years, many concepts in mathematics, engineering, computer science, and many other disciplines have been in a sense redefined to incorporate the notion of fuzziness. Designed for graduate students and research scholars, Fuzzy Topology imparts the concepts and recent developments related to the various properties of fuzzy topology.
The author first addresses fundamental problems, such as the idea of a fuzzy point and its neighborhood structure and the theory of convergence. He then studies the connection between fuzzy topological spaces and topological spaces and introduces fuzzy continuity and product induced spaces. Chapter Three examines fuzzy nets, fuzzy upper and lower limits, and fuzzy convergence and is followed by a study of fuzzy metric spaces. The treatment then introduces the concept of fuzzy compactness before moving to initial and final topologies and the fuzzy Tychnoff theorem. The final sections of the book cover connectedness, complements, separation axioms, and uniform spaces.
Only in twentieth century, mathematicians defined the concepts of sets and functions to represent problems. This way of representing problems is more rigid. In many circumstances the solutions using this concept are meaningless. This difficulty was overcome by the fuzzy concept. Almost all mathematical, engineering, medicine, etc. concepts have been redefined using fuzzy sets. Hence it is a must to popularize these ideas for our future generation. This makes me to make an attempt in bringing out this book.
In order to study the control problems of complicate systems and dealing with fuzzy informations, American Cyberneticist L. A. Zadeh introduced Fuzzy Set Theory in 1965, describing fuzziness mathematically for the first time. Following the study on certainty and on randomness the study of mathematics began to explore the previously restricted zone‑fuzziness. Fuzziness is a kind of uncertainty. Since the 16th century, probability theory has been studying a kind of uncertainty-randomness, i.e., the uncertainty of the occur of an event: but in this case, the event itself is completely certain, the only uncertain thing is whether the event will occur or not, the casuality is not completely clear now. However, there exist another kind of uncertainty‑fuzziness, i.e. for some events, it can not be completely determined that which cases these events should be subordinated to (e.g., they have already occurred or have not occurred yet), they are in a nonblack and nonwhite state‑that is to say, the law of excluded middle in logic can not be applied any more. Which case an event should be subordinated to, in mathematical view, is just that which set the "element" standing for the event should belong to. However, in Mathematics, a set A can be equivalently represented by its characteristic function ‑ a mapping XA from the universe X of discourse (region of consideration, i.e., a larger set) containing A to the 2‑value set [0,1): i.e. , it is to say, x belongs to A if and only if XA(x) = 1. But in"fuzzy" case "belonging to" relation XA(x) between xandA is no longer "0 or otherwise 1," it has a degree of "belonging to," i.e., membership degree, such as 0.6. Therefore, the range has to be extended from (0,1) to [0,1]; or more generally, a lattice L, because all the membership degrees, in mathematical view, form an ordered structure, a lattice. A mapping from X to [0,1] or a lattice L called a generalized characteristic function describes the fuzziness of "set" in general. A fuzzy set on a universe X is simply just a mapping from X to [0,1] or to a lattice L.
Thus, fuzzy set extended the basic mathematical concept-set. In view of the fact that set theory is the cornerstone of modern mathematics, a new and more general framework of mathematics was established. Fuzzy mathematics is just a kind of mathematics developed in this framework, and fuzzy topology is just a kind of topology developed on fuzzy sets. Hence, fuzzy mathematics is a kind of Mathematical Theory which contains wider content than the Classical Theory.
Denote the family of all the fuzzy sets on the universe X, which takes [0,1] as the range, by IX, where I = [0,1 ]. Substituting inclusive relation by the order relation in IX, we introduce a topological structure naturally into IX. So that fuzzy topology is a common carrier of ordered structure and topological structure. According to the point of view of Bourbakian School , there are mainly three large kinds of structures in Mathematics‑topological structure, algebraic structure, and ordered structure. Fuzzy topology fuses just two large structures‑ ordered structure and topological structure. Therefore, even if we consider only its pure mathematical significance but not its practical background, fuzzy topology do has important value to research. Fuzzy topology naturally possesses "pointlike" structure. This structure is a basic characteristic in fuzzy topology. To illustrate this point, we can take the problem of "membership relation" between a point and a set in fuzzy topology as an example. In classical topology, this relation is simple and clear: "An open set is a neighborhood of a point if and only if this point belongs to this open set." In early period of fuzzy topology, "membership relation" was similarly defined. But serious difference, soon surfaced from this basic definition in fuzzy topology. For example, under this definition, one point can belong to a union of some sets but does not belong to any one of them. This caused many other relative problems. In otherwords the so‑called "multiple choice principle" no longer holds. This obstacle was overcome in 1977. In this year, theory of quasi‑coincident neighborhood system introduced by Liu Ying‑Ming made break through in this respect.
As is well known, neighborhood structure can be decomposed as:
"Structure of open sets + Membership Relation between Point and Set." The "membership relation" corresponding to traditional neighborhood system is just "relation of belonging to." For making the membership relation between point and set in fuzzy topology satisfying the very basic "multiple choice principle" mentioned above and some other obvious requirements, Liu proved that in the frame work of fuzzy sets this membership relation can only be the so‑called "quasicoincidence relation", but in general not "relation of belonging to". The neighborhood structure corresponding to the quasi‑coincidence relation is just the quasi‑coincident neighborhood system. In this theory, a "point" can be in the outside of its neighborhood structure‑ quasi‑coincident neighborhood. This kind of topology construction, in which points do not "belong to" their neighborhood structure, was investigated early in 1916 by French Mathematician Freche't. The research was summarized latter as "V‑Space Theory" in Sierpinski's monograph General Topology. However, in V‑Space Theory, the intersection of a set and its complement is always empty. Since the law of excluded middle is no longer valid in fuzzy sets its property no longer holds either. Therefore, fuzzy topology and V‑Space Theory are two kinds of difference theories. This example also shows that the study of fuzzy topology can deepen our understanding of some most basic structure (e.g., neighborhood structure) in classical mathematics.
In fact, point like structure of g fuzzy set is a kind of behaviour of their level structures, or in other words, stratifications. For every fuzzy set A: X ‑)‑ I and every element a E 1, the set Alai ~= ]x E X A(x) >_ a] is a a‑level of possessing level structures and is the most essential characteristic of fuzzy sets. Obviously, A can be formed from its stratifications. Thus, the relation between fuzzy sets and ordinary sets (stratifications) is established. May be the converse problem is more interesting: For a certain family of ordinary sets, how to construct a fuzzy set (a mapping) from the family with some desired properties?
To show the effects of stratifications and the associate methods, let us observe
the following classical Hahn‑Diendonne'‑ Tong insertion theorem. Let X be a topological space, f, g: X‑‑> [0,1] upper semi‑continuous function and lower semi continuous function from X to unit interval, respectively, f :S g, then X is normal if and only if there exists a continuous function h: X‑> [0, 1] such that f < h _< g. The proof of this theorem, in otherwords, the determination of the inserting function h, is pointwisely obtained, full of analytic techniques, its arguments considerably complicated. Based on the understanding of set theoretical relations and the topological relations among a mapping and its stratifications, the stratification method can be used to construct mappings level by level, which successfully solved this inserting mapping problem and generalized this noted
Theorem in classical mathematics. Compared with the original analytic Techniques, this proof based on tht; stratification method is more effective, and is natural, simple and conceptual. This example also shows that the study of fuzzy can offer us new methods and stronger conclusions. Although the peculiar level structures of fuzzy topological spaces makes some problems complicated, however, it is just level structure itself which makes fuzzy topological spaces possesses more abundant properties, making the relation between fuzzy topology and other branches of classical mathematics closer.
Fuzzy is a generalization of fuzzy topology in classical mathematics, but it also
has its own marked characteristics. Also, it can deepen the understanding of basic structure of classical mathematics, offer new methods and results, and obtain significant results of classical mathematics. Moreover, it also has applications in some important aspects of science and technology.
The first chapter concerns to fundamental problems. The first one is the concept of a fuzzy point and its neighborhood structure. The second problem concerns the theory of convergence. In the second chapter two functors W and i are introduced to study connection between fuzzy topological spaces and topological spaces. Also fuzzy continuity and product induced spaces have been introduced. Fuzzy nets, fuzzy upper and lower limit, fuzzy convergence are dealt in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 is the study of fuzzy metric spaces. The concept of various fuzzy compactness have been introduced in Chapter 5. Initial and final topologies and the fuzzy Tychnoff Theorem is studied in Chapter 6. The remaining chapters cover connectedness, complements, separation axioms and uniform spaces.
Different notations have been used in different places for the fuzzy point, fuzzy metric, fuzzy topology, etc for convenience. The readers are advised to go through Chapter 8 after Chapter 3 for clear understanding of remaining chapters.


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Q: How to keep smaller value in front in a 3d bar chart This question is related to question How do I keep the smaller value in a bar chart in front (when I cannot place the bars side by side)?
I want to do such thing in 3d plot. Although the masks looks ok, plot only displays higher values. I cannot understand why this code is not plotting bars that would not cover each other. Each step (ax.bar) looks good, but combined together only higher value is shown. What am I doing wrong?
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import numpy.ma as ma

dim1 = np.array([0, 1, 0, 1])
dim2 = np.array([0, 0, 1, 1])
var1 = np.array([1, 2, 1.5, 1.25])
var2 = np.array([0.5, 2.2, 1.15, 1.75])

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

mask_var1 = ma.where(var1>=var2)
mask_var2 = ma.where(var2>=var1)

print mask_var1
print mask_var2

# Draw var1 bar where var1 >= var2
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var1], var1[mask_var1], dim2[mask_var1], zdir='y', width=0.1, color='red')
# Draw var2
ax.bar(dim1, var2, dim2, zdir='y', width=0.1, color='blue')
# Draw var1 bar where var2 >= var1
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var2], var1[mask_var2], dim2[mask_var2], zdir='y', width=0.1, color='red')

plt.show()

A: It looks like Axes3D has problems layering patches in this way. You may compute and plot only the visible parts of each patch.
# Draw var1 bar where var1 >= var2
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var1], (var1 - var2)[mask_var1], dim2[mask_var1],
       bottom=var2[mask_var1], zdir='y', width=0.1, color='red')

# Draw var2 bar where var2 >= var1
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var2], (var2 - var1)[mask_var2], dim2[mask_var2],
       bottom=var1[mask_var2], zdir='y', width=0.1, color='blue')

# Draw var1 bar where var2 >= var1
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var2], var1[mask_var2], dim2[mask_var2], zdir='y',
       width=0.1, color='red')

# Draw var2 bar where var1 >= var2
ax.bar(dim1[mask_var1], var2[mask_var1], dim2[mask_var1], zdir='y',
       width=0.1, color='blue')

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Resistance and Transformation
Workshop 12: Responding to Calls for Black Empowerment
Part of Resistance and Transformation
"Black Empowerment," "walkout," "racist"...the words we use, the language we have to describe the period of the late 1960s and early 1970s are loaded. Why, for example, do we use the term "Black Empowerment Controversy"? It seems to make the anguish of that period the fault of the relatively small group of African American Unitarian Universalists, rather than the result of the white Unitarian Universalist encounter with race and racism. The term "White Power Controversy" would be more accurate in many ways and would direct attention to the broad Unitarian Universalist movement, and its need for healing and transformation, rather than to the small, marginalized group of "black" people and their allies. — Rev. William Sinkford, in his introduction to Long Challenge: The Empowerment Controversy by Victor H. Carpenter
Watch Wilderness Journey: The Struggle for Black Empowerment and Racial Justice with the UUA 1967-1970 on your own or with a group from your congregation. Plan ample time for reflection or discussion afterward. Obtain the 75-minute DVD from your Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) district office or from the UUA Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group. The DVD includes first person accounts of events introduced in this workshop.
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Activity 1: The Empowerment Controversy
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Faith In Action: Your Congregation's History in Working for Racial Justice
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The Black Humanist Fellowship
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The growing business case for commercial aquaponics
ByMari-Len De Guzman
By Mari-Len De Guzman
Lester's Farm's aquaponics facility sits on a 120-acre family land. The greenhouse grows lettuce and other leafy greens. and herbs.
The increasing popularity of RAS is paving the way for other sustainable production models to gain traction in the industry.
What used to be a "backyard hobby farming" project, aquaponics is evolving to become a sustainable – and profitable – alternative to food production.
Aquaponics blends aquaculture and hydroponics (soilless plant cultivation) and creates a natural system of producing food, without the use of artificial fertilizers or pesticides. It's an integrated multitrophic system, mimicking the environment of a natural ecosystem, explains Nick Savidov, senior research scientist at Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada, in an earlier interview with this writer.
"The natural ecosystem does not have waste," he says. "Everything is getting utilized, so that waste product of one component – such as fish manure – become feed stock for another component, which are beneficial microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozones, so forth… and then of course the plants are fed by the water, then the water goes back to fish. So, the cycle is complete."
Regarded as Canada's "Yoda of aquaponics," Savidov has been involved in aquaponics research for well over a decade. He says one of the most important features of aquaponics is that it does not produce any waste.
"Recirculating is the key word," Savidov points out. "Water becomes not just a habitat for plants, fish and the nutrients and microorganisms. Water becomes a carrier, a link which ties together all those components. That is why water is so important."
Aquaponics has huge potential over traditional methods of farming, says Savidov. "It's naturally produced, no chemical used, environmentally friendly, sustainable."
Bottom-line
Any fish species that can be grown in RAS can be reared in an aquaponic system, but everything boils down to the business plan, says Ryan Chatterson, founder and president of Aquaponic Engineering and Design based in Florida, U.S.A.
"Can you line up the eggs? Can you line up the harvest schedule, and everything that it takes to do that? Can you maintain water temperature? These are all just numbers on a table: you pick the fish, you set the requirements, and then if you have to do a 30-degree change in the water (temperature) from the fish to the plants, then in that plan you add kilowatt hour. It's going to tell you whether it makes sense or not," explains Chatterson.
Before starting his own aquaponics farm and then launching his aquaponics engineering company, Chatterson worked for 10 years at Aquatic Ecosystems. Seeing the potential for aquaponics, he eventually set out on his own, establishing first a R&D farm in Florida serving as a test bed for his designs and to evaluate various crops in different growing conditions.
The bottom line, when selecting the species and the crops, is the bottom-line. Choose a fish that would be profitable in a RAS and that has a good market demand in the area where you are choosing to locate the aquaponics farm, Chatterson advises.
One of the most attractive features of aquaponics, both from a sustainability and profitability standpoint, is the ability to build these farms closer to market. This eliminates the huge expense of long-haul transport and reduces the products' carbon footprint.
In St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, a 120-acre family farm is reaping all the benefits of aquaponics farming, providing farm-to-table fresh produce to the local community. Lester's Farm has installed an aquaponics system to grow lettuce and other leafy greens alongside tilapia fish.
Rearing warm water species in an area where temperatures can go down to double-digit degrees below freezing is not an easy feat, according to Wasiim Kader Bathia, aquaponics specialist and managing director at Aquaflora Aquaponics in Vacoas, Mauritius. Bathia worked with engineering firm Silk Stevens Limited, in New Brunswick, Canada, to design and install a facility that will house the aquaponics farm, including a greenhouse.
"At the time when we were designing the project, we had very few design data regarding aquaponics, especially with regards to… the design of the system itself, managing the greenhouse environment, and especially the temperatures," Bathia recalls.
"In Newfoundland, it can get to minus 30 degrees Celsius… and we were using warm water species so we had to heat the water, heat the air inside the greenhouse and the fish building, and insulate everything."
The farm currently uses conventional coupled aquaponics, where the fish and vegetable are produced in a single loop system. This system works well when both fish and plant species generally require the same level of water temperature, explains Onassis Sanchez, civil engineer at Silk Stevens, who worked with Bathia on the Lester's Farm project.
"The plants require high temperature in the water and this is the main reason why tilapia was chosen because tilapia can grow at high temperatures, around 25 to 30 degrees Celsius, which is what that plants need to grow," Sanchez says.
Some modifications have been made to the design of the Lester's Farm system, however, to allow for future conversion to a decoupled aquaponics system, in case the farm's operators decide to grow a different species of fish that may require lower water temperatures that may not be conducive to growing healthy plants and vegetables, Sanchez says.
Decoupled aquaponic is an integrated system that involves separate functional units for fish and plants, with individual water cycles that can be controlled separately.
Now in full operation, Lester's Farm delivers year-round produce to the local community, including lettuce, Asian vegetables and various herbs, as well as fresh tilapia every week.
Commercial deployment of aquaponics around the world has been gaining ground over the last decade. An international survey published in the journal Aquaculture in 2015 looked into the profitability of commercial aquaponics over a 12-month period. According to the survey, 69 per cent of aquatic animals commonly raised in commercial aquaponics is tilapia, followed by ornamental fish (43 per cent), and catfish (25 per cent). Other species raised, according to the survey, are perch (16 per cent), bluegill (15 per cent), trout (10 per cent), bass (7 per cent), and other aquatic animals (18 per cent).
The most frequently raised plants among commercial aquaponics producers, on the other hand, are basil (81 per cent), salad greens (76 per cent), non-basil herbs (73 per cent), tomatoes (68 per cent), lettuce (68 per cent) and kale (56 per cent). Other plants raised include chard, bok choi, peppers and cucumbers.
Based on 257 respondents surveyed – 81 per cent of which are from the U.S. – the median quantity of fish harvested by respondents was 23 to 45 kg/year. And the median quantity of plants harvested was 45 to 226 kg/year.
Thirty-one per cent of respondents reported that their aquaponic operations were profitable in the previous 12 months, while more than half (55 per cent) predicted profitability in the next 12 months.
Superior scale
While most commercial aquaponics operations in the world are in the small to medium-scale range, Superior Fresh in Wisconsin, U.S.A., is proving the business case for large-scale investment.
The farm sits on a 720-acre native restoration property and is the largest facility of its kind, raising Atlantic salmon and steelhead from egg to about 4 kilograms, and a variety of leafy greens.
Using a proprietary decoupled aquaponic system, Superior Fresh's current operations include nearly six acres of production facilities. Plans are underway to expand production capacity, according to Steven Summerfelt, chief science officer at Superior Fresh.
"Right now our Atlantic salmon and steelhead production is just about 200 tons (per year), and we are between 5 and 10 times that in leafy greens, depending on what we produce," Summerfelt says.
The company is currently adding new grow-out facilities that would expand its fish production output to 600 tons or approximately 1.3 million lbs. New greenhouse facilities are also being added to expand its production footprint to 14 acres by next year.
With continued daily harvest for leafy greens, and weekly harvest for fish, Superior Fresh is able to bring its produce to local markets within a 400-mile radius.
As the former director of aquaculture systems research at the Freshwater Institute, Summerfelt knows first-hand the power of aquaponics to produce food sustainably.
"Aquaponics is being focused on as a more sustainable production (method), and it really is because we are able to have zero discharge from our production and processing systems," the Superior Fresh chief science officer says, adding that by having the plants remove nutrients from the water and returning clean water to the fish tanks, the farm is able to recycle 99 per cent of the water.
"That is incredible; instead of having zero waste capture from net pens, we have 100 per cent waste capture. And we are actually reclaiming it so that 1.1 tons of fish food produces 1 ton of salmon and 5 to 10 times that of leafy greens."
Summerfelt explains the advantages of having a decoupled system – and much of it has to do with scale.
"In our case we have a fully functioning state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture system for salmon, and another for steelhead. We also have a fully functional recycle system for the plants – and these two connect," he says.
"We are focused on revenue stream from the fish, separate from the revenue stream from the plants. They are both critical for the economic performance of our business, and with the decoupling and the ability to focus on salmon RAS, we are able to scale to very large RAS facilities."
One of the significant advantages of an aquaponic system over a traditional aquaculture RAS, is that by adding leafy greens to the production output, profit margins can increase significantly. While Atlantic salmon takes two years to grow to harvest size, it only takes about seven weeks for leafy greens to grow and be ready for harvest, Summerfelt points out.
Costs and complexity
Despite its significant promise, aquaponics is still a relatively expensive investment at this point. A small to mid-size scale aquaponics farm would entail an initial investment of between $100,000 and $300,000, according to Chatterson at Aquaponic Engineering and Design. But, he adds, the return on investment can be achieved in about two to three years.
According to that 2015 survey, greenhouses are the most popular building facility used for aquaponics. However, getting the services of your friendly neighbourhood greenhouse contractor may not be as easy you think, Chatterson says.
"I find there is a lack of greenhouse construction companies," he says. "You'd think any general contractor would be able to take that job up, but that's not the case. I've been dealing with this for years now. It seems like people are scared when you say the word 'greenhouse' and they run the other way."
Because of that, he says, the price of getting a greenhouse installed can skyrocket.
Sanchez of Silk Stevens Limited agrees that the most expensive portion of the initial capital cost is the physical structure. So he is an advocate of the principle of starting small and then scaling up.
"Some aquaponic systems are very complex," he says, and that means likely sourcing materials and equipment outside of your local vicinity, which does not promote the concept of 'buying local' and can have a significant cost attached to it – defeating the spirit of aquaponics, says Sanchez.
"That, in my opinion, is the beauty of aquaponics – where you have local products that can be built locally, and can be consumed locally, and it can be handled and operated locally."
For aquaponics to grow mainstream, the industry also needs to produce a fresh breed of aquaculture experts with the skilled knowledge of aquaponic systems that are specifically designed for large-scale, complex operations.
"I don't think the traditional aquaponic training is adequate in preparation for a large, decoupled, cold water aquaponics facility," Summerfelt says. "It's breaking new ground in every way, and it's not easy to implement."
Chatterson agrees, and he is helping to build a future generation of aquaponics experts. Through his company, he has helped install an aquaponic demonstration unit at a community college in North Carolina. An upcoming project is also underway to install a similar unit in a middle school in Virginia.
"If we are going to have an aquaponics industry, we have to have people going to school and getting motivate to get careers in those areas if the industry is ever going to have long-term viability," he says
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Cyprian Ebong, PhD says:
I have been an enthusiast of aquaponics principle. I believe it is a bid part of the solution to dwindling per capita capacity to realized zero hunger. I have tried to developed prototypes of aquaponics befitting resource base of the poor in my country. Both I believe leap- frog industrial scale aquaponics in my country Uganda has a huge potential for meeting zero-hunger target, and youth employment. Can RASTECH leverage our efforts in acquiring the technology, and training for knowledge and skills?
Attie says:
Please send me some more detale to start my own aquaponics thank u.
Great wins for Aquaponics, love seeing the companies that are mentioned being highlighted and seeing their success. Keep going!
Charles P Muir says:
I'm still trying to find an aquaponics farm to visit here in the southern US and a source of the equations to determine the needs of X number Y type produce to determine bio mass numbers. Then I can design the system. Could of $1000 classes out there, but seems to be shut down due to covid 19. I need real engineering numbers to start a commercial operation. I am familiar with hydropnic applicstions. I am in middle tennessee. An you point me in the right direction?
Mike Jansen says:
Thank you for this platform. Poverty and hunger is looming due to many reasons ie. high inflation, unemployment. I have a sizeable piece of land that I want to erect this farming style on and it's close to people. I might have a possible investor have I a proper plan for medium size enterprise. I will also be doing chickens, not sure if this is intergradeable with aqua systems. Your advise and guidance would be highly appreciated
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Aesthetica Art Prize
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Addressing themes in today's artistic climate through lectures, panel discussions and portfolio reviews, the Future Now Symposium 2017 considered the arts ecosystem within a broader social context. It established a place for the exchange of ideas, offering support, talent development and networking opportunities to those working in the sector.
This year, the event addressed how the arrival of the digital age has created an unprecedented feeling of alienation. Communication has changed and we now rely on technology to interact, presenting ourselves in ways that are evolving beyond control. The sense that the public is merging with the domestic has also spread into a larger, blurred depiction of reality. Surveillance is becoming a prevalent and inescapable issue internationally. Contemporary art is the mechanism that enables us to respond to this renewed understanding of living.
Welcoming speakers from some of the UK's leading art organisations, publications and galleries, Future Now gave attendees the opportunity to meet those who are shaping the art world today. Topics included Curating for the 21st Century Audience; Sculpture Today: Dependent & Autonomous Objects; Innovation in the Making: Technology, Design & Digital; The Future of Art Journalism: A Panel Discussion, and Future of Photography: The Epic in the Everyday amongst others.
Representatives from the following organisations will be in attendance
Art Fund / Artangel / Arts Council England / East Street Arts / Edinburgh Art Festival / Elephant Magazine / FACT Liverpool / Glasgow School of Art / Hiscox / Holden Gallery / Ikon Gallery / Iniva / Jupiter Artland / Leeds Beckett University / Leeds College of Art / London College of Communication / Magnum Photos / Max Mara Art Prize for Women / Nesta / Nottingham Contemporary / Open Eye Gallery / PHOTOFAIRS / Photomonitor / Royal British Society of Sculptors / Tate Liverpool / University of York / Visual Arts South West / Wellcome Trust / Whitechapel Gallery / World Photography Organisation / York St John University / Zabludowicz Collection
The Future Now Symposium took place at York St John University, UK. All sessions were hosted on the university campus.
To see the full list of Speakers from the 2017 Symposium, visit the Speakers page.
Sessions: Thursday 25 May 2017
Keynote: A Renewed Understanding of Living
Cherie Federico, Director Aesthetica
Cherie spoke about the arrival of the digital age and how it has created an unprecedented feeling of alienation. Communication has changed and we now rely on technology to interact, presenting ourselves in ways that are evolving beyond control. Online networking sites like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook help to continue this façade, but they also take away the notion of privacy. The sense that the public is merging with the domestic has also spread into a larger, blurred depiction of reality. Contemporary art is the mechanism that enables us to respond to this renewed understanding of living.
Image: Stanza, The Nemesis Machine, 2015
Curating for the 21st Century Audience
In the age of funding cuts and readily accessible information, the notion of the modern museum is constantly under threat. Who has the authority to present artworks to contemporary audiences? Curators are expected to provide blockbuster shows and support new talent, whilst ensuring an influx of visitors. Darren Pih (Exhibitions and Displays Curator at Tate Liverpool) discussed how the responsive spectator affects new acquisitions through feedback that is both online and offline and how galleries are ultimately asked to find a balance between autonomy and algorithm.
Image: Tadao Cern, Black Balloons, 2016
Session 2 – Sculpture Today:
Dependent & Autonomous Objects
From the formal white-cube plinth to its development into site-specific locations, sculpture has always fluctuated between juxtaposing conditions of sovereignty and reliance based on the shifting topographies and varying locations of arts spaces. Aesthetica Main Prize Winner 2016 Rachel Ara, Steven Gartside (Holden Gallery) and Dr Joanna Sperryn-Jones, (York St John University) will explore the ways in which sculpture has transitioned between these two states throughout the 20th / 21st centuries, whilst considering the effects of audience interaction and the influence of technology.
Image: Jerzy Goliszewski, Golem, 2015
Morning Coffee Hour
Situated in a relaxed and welcoming setting of the De Grey Foyer, visitors could enjoy a morning refreshment and plan their busy day ahead, getting to know the professionals, practitioners and participants in attendance. An ideal way to kick-start a day of industry sessions, exhibition visits and networking, the session was based in the heart of York St John University campus. Morning Coffee Hour was the perfect place to gather your thoughts, questions and portfolio materials before heading off to the next event. Complimentary coffee, tea and refreshments were available with a symposium pass.
Image credit: Jim Poyner
Session 3 – Innovation in the Making:
Technology, Design & Digital
From Louis Daguerre to Andy Warhol, artists have always used technology to invent, create and redefine their work. But in today's climate there are more and more practitioners working with code rather than "making" in the traditional sense. This has an immediate effect on the viewer, who is engaging with a new world that represents both augmented and virtual realities. Hosts Warren Fearn (York St John University), Mike Stubbs (FACT, Liverpool) and Paul Chapman (Glasgow School of Art) negotiated the lines between art and design technology, offering examples in which the two disciplines meet.
Image: Anna Madeleine, Currents, 2016
Funding and Commissioning: Career Support
There is an increasing number of organisations that commission and fund exhibitions. As such, this unique event offered an exchange of industry relevant ideas about the importance of new opportunities and ways in which to find support for artists, filmmakers and creatives alike. Alice Carey (Wellcome Trust), Seva Philips and Fran Sanderson (NESTA) and Gordon Dalton (Visual Arts South West) looked at the different avenues opening up and talked about how to approach a range of organisations for bursaries in order to develop and promote practices in a highly competitive sector.
Image: Martin Bricelj Baraga, Cyanometer, 2016
The networking lunch took place in the De Grey Foyer. The event was open to all attendees and speakers with a symposium pass, and was a great opportunity to network with delegates and artists alike. The brown bag lunch was offered to everyone in attendance, with both meat and vegetarian options available. This event was the perfect opportunity to discuss future collaborations and ideas in a lively and open-minded setting, finding out the answer to any questions and connect with other creative practitioners.
Future of Photography: The Epic in the Everyday
Through social media the constant dissemination of images has changed our perception of photography. When should something be considered fine art as opposed to a snapshot? Contemporary practitioners are re-examining the form, and expanding its definition to include more interdisciplinary practice. Dr Christina Kolaiti lead a panel discussion with Thomas Dukes (Open Eye Gallery), Anne Williams (London College of Communication), Fiona Rogers (Magnum Photos) and Roma Piotrowska (Ikon Gallery) about what this means for the future of image-making and its influence on programming.
Image: Janeanne Gilchrist, Inter tidal, 2016
Diversity in the Art World
Whilst we live in a multicultural world, the consideration of diversity is now crucial more than ever. Art can undeniably connect people from a variety of cultures and socio-economic situations, with the ultimate power to eliminate borders. Hosted by Rebekka Kill (York St John University), Season Butler (Slate), Zoe Sawyer (The Tetley) and Laurence Sillars (BALTIC) highlighted how organisations are addressing marginalisation and what is being done to ensure that audiences are experiencing the breadth of work being produced through a level playing field in the sector.
Image: Ouchhh Studio, AVA_Particle Physics_360 Outer Geodesic Dome Installation, 2015
Painting Now: New Directions
Moving away from traditional styles of abstraction and figuration, today's painters and printmakers are forging unique pathways of experimentation, but several questions remain. How does the two-dimensional practice continue to be contemporary in spite of the rise in digital methods? Is the practice undergoing a renaissance now that it can move away from the canvas and incorporate multidisciplinary modes of working? Dr Alistair Payne (Head of the School of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art) looked at the potential of painting now.
Image: Khushna Sulaman-Butt, Society, 2016
Portfolio Review Sessions
These Portfolio Review Sessions are for practitioners working across all different types of genre including drawing and painting, photography and digital art, sculpture, design and three-dimensional art, video, installation and performance. Here artists had the opportunity to book a slot with industry experts who provided essential advice and guidance on current practices and career progression opportunities. This unique chance helped artists develop work and find out about new ways to expand their practice.
Click here to see the reviewers.
Private View and Prize Giving
Visitors had the chance to explore the Aesthetica Art Prize ahead of the crowds at a Private View. Following an informative day of talks and panel discussions, visitors joined delegates and guests from the art world for a special evening, networking and attending the awards ceremony – all within the heart of the York Art Gallery. Prominent themes explored by the work of 18 shortlisted artists included alienation in the digital age, the intersection between private and public spaces, sensory experiences and the transient nature of life.
Sessions: Friday 26 May 2017
Keynote: Big Ideas. Small World. Stuart Page,
Associate Dean of Development, York St John
The notion of how cities and urban spaces are built, negotiated, ordered and attributed cultural significance is key to understanding patterns and trends in society. With research interest in internationalisation and global urban cultures, Stuart discussed how globalisation is influencing contemporary art, and why interconnectedness is both influencing and challenging today's cultural landscape. The artwork displayed responded to this and Stuart unpacked its relevance as a signifier of current times.
Image: Emmanuelle Moureaux, I am here, 2016
Session 8 – The Contemporary in Historical Settings: The Creative City
Cities have quickly become a malleable arena for architects, festivals and artists. While places like Edinburgh offer profoundly historic contexts, they have also evolved into major hubs for contemporary culture, each year hosting an extraordinary cultural presentation. Sorcha Carey (Director of Edinburgh Art Festival) and host Steven Gartside (Holden Gallery) expanded on the potential to uncover new perspectives in the historic city and the opportunities for promotion and programming amidst an array of festivals all jostling for space and audience.
Image: Jasmina Cibic, Tear Down and Rebuild, 2015
The Changing Face of the Art Institution
As viewers' expectations are altered and artists follow new modes of making, the role of the public gallery is in a state of flux. Having identified creative ways to promote age-old collections alongside innovative commissions, Rachael Browning (Art Fund), Maitreyi Maheshwari (Zabludowicz Collection) and representatives from Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 finalists John Heffernan (Jupiter Artland) and Reyahn King (York Art Gallery) discussed the challenges of curating in the 21st century and how funding shapes exhibition programmes.
Image: VOID, Bruit Blanc, 2015
Engaging with the Site: The Importance of Place
The increasing number of site-specific artworks being commissioned, accompanied by the rise of "pop-up" art projects, suggests this area of creative practice is growing at a remarkable rate. Its appeal is attributed to the dialogues stimulated within local communities and the wider collective consciousness. Laura Purseglove, Production Coordinator for Artangel – known for Rachel Whiteread's House, Michael Landy's Breakdown and Roger Hiorns's Seizure – discussed strategies of engagement, in relation to both the physical and social aspects of a site.
Image: The Institute for New Feeling, This is Presence
Our networking lunch took place in the De Grey Foyer. The event was open to all attendees and speakers with a symposium pass, and was a great opportunity to network with delegates and artists alike. The brown bag lunch was offered to everyone in attendance, with both meat and vegetarian options available. It was the perfect opportunity to discuss future collaborations and ideas in a lively and open-minded setting, finding out the answer to any questions you may have had, alongside other creative practitioners.
The Future of Art Journalism: A Panel Discussion
Print media has been left in a precarious position after the release of the smartphone and the subsequent ways to consume information. There is a growing expectation that news should be free, but specialist publications continue to thrive despite the option of data-filled landscapes. Kate Simpson (Aesthetica Magazine), Lara Eggleton (Corridor8), Christiane Monarchi (Photomonitor) and Molly Taylor (Elephant Magazine) discussed the balance between editorial and advertorial. Chaired by Sarah Cooper (Leeds Beckett University).
Image: Meredith Glisson, is here | she, 2015
Session 12 – Preparing for the Future:
Talent Development and Art Prizes
Offering insight into the significance of competitions in career development, the panel examines the reasons behind the prominence of international accolades and uncovers recurring trends in winning works. Reyahn King (York Art Gallery), Scott Gray (Sony World Photography Awards), Griselda Goldsbrough (Aesthetica Art Prize) and Bryony Harris (Max Mara Art Prize for Women) thought about how awards give practitioners a chance to display their pieces amongst peers, gaining increased exposure and further developing their ideas.
Image: Anthony Garratt, High and Low, 2016
Shaping a Space for Artists' Film
This session highlighted the connections between distribution, production and curation of artists' film and moving image, recognising the fluidity of the genre. What is the crossover between contemporary fine art practice and mainstream cinema? James Boaden (University of York) and Sarah Perks (Home) looked at the way the medium is exhibited and how this can challenge perceptions, as well as noting the current platforms available in terms of distribution. An important question was asked: What is the key difference between being an artist and a filmmaker?
Image: Eunhyung Kim, Street, 2016
These Portfolio Review Sessions are for practitioners working across all different types of genre including drawing and painting, photography and digital art, sculpture, design and three-dimensional art, video, installation and performance. Artists had the opportunity to book a slot with industry experts who provided essential advice and guidance on current practiced and career progression opportunities. This was a unique chance for artists to develop work and find out about new ways to expand their practice. Click here to see the reviewers.
Creatives from the 2017 Aesthetica Art Prize shortlist and longlist participated in the Future Now Symposium closing event. Meet the Artists invited delegates and guests to hear from 2017's international line-up of practitioners in an information and networking session. Each artist in attendance provided a brief introduction to their practice, with a specific focus on their selected Art Prize submission. Symposium Pass holders were able to discuss areas of interest and forge new connections with the artists.
Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium
Highlighting challenges facing the sector, the Future Now Symposium is an opportunity to survey the current state of play and question contemporary modes of practice.
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Where would you live if you could commute each working day in an autonomous driving, fully functional, connected, comfortable, mobile office space? What if the service was provided via an on-demand subscription basis? Or what if it was provided by one employer yet not another – which company would you work for This is a mere glimpse of a myriad of scenarios and questions raised by Volvo Cars' new Volvo 360c concept. It is a part of the company's vision for the future of travel – autonomous, electric, connected and safe.
That happens by transforming unproductive or boring travel time into useful and enjoyable minutes or hours on the road.
"The 360c explores what becomes possible when we remove the human driver, using new freedoms in design and recapturing time. It's a glimpse at how autonomous drive technology will change the world as we know it. The possibilities are mind-boggling," said Mårten Levenstam, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Volvo Cars.
Fully autonomous and electric travel offers a range of advanced safety and environmental benefits. Such are less pollution, less traffic congestion, and related health and lifestyle advantages for those living in cities. It also opens up possibilities for more residential freedom, reduced pressure on real estate pricing and more affordable home ownership.
It reimagines how people travel, how they engage with friends, family and contacts. And how they can recapture time while travelling.
The concept presents four potential uses of autonomous driving vehicles. These are a sleeping environment, mobile office, living room as well as entertainment space. Each of them represents an attractive travel option that could rival air, bus and train providers, but with competitive advantages in comfort, convenience and privacy.
With the 360c, Volvo Cars also explores opportunities to expand its business model beyond that of a traditional car manufacturer. The company anticipates strong customer interest from a range of different industries.
One example of this is the 360c's potential as a lucrative competitor to short-haul air travel. That is a multi-billion-dollar industry comprising airlines, aircraft makers and other service providers. The 360c sleeping environment enables first-class private cabin travel from door to door. That happens without the inconvenience of airport security, queuing, and noisy and cramped airliners.


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Undercover Season 2: Release Date On Netflix And New Trailer (Watch Here)
Just about 16 hours ago, Netflix officially drop the first trailer of the second season, and let me tell you that it is very intense.
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Coming to your screens this year is the second season of the Belgian-Dutch crime-drama show 'Undercover'. This show made its official debut last year in February, and after a year-long wait, we finally have news about Undercover Season 2.
Just about 16 hours ago, Netflix officially dropped the first trailer of the second season and let us tell you that it is very intense.
It can be said that Netflix is a perfect melting pot for global entertainment as it gives space to shows other than English ones to premiere before its audience. Most of the time, these foreign language shows go on to become critically acclaimed.
Previously we have seen shows like Netflix's Dark, Money Heist, How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and many other foreign shows earn a lot of fame and popularity in the online realm.
We at The Hollywood Tribune have compiled all the necessary details that you need to know about the show ahead of its release.
Release Date Of Undercover Season 2:
Undercover Season 2 will be introduced slightly earlier in the Netherlands as compared to the rest of the world. The series will first come out on September 6 exclusively for the Netherlands while the rest of the world will be able to watch the show only on November 8 this year.
Trailer Of Undercover Season 2:
After watching the trailer, it feels like the show is going to take a darker direction and would be more violent. The name itself is Undercover and looks like the characters involved will be dealing with some hard-core underground drug lord business, in an attempt to unravel the truth.
You can watch the trailer below-
Plot Of Undercover Season 2:
The official synopsis of the show in a Press Release of Netflix read— "Less than a year after the events of season one, Kim (Anna Drijver) works at Human Rights. With the help of her ex-colleague Bob (Tom Waes), her research into an illegal arms trade in Syria leads her to El Dorado Ranch, a country and western ranch in the Belgium flatlands. Bob goes undercover and tries to get in the good graces of the arms-dealing Berger brothers.
From behind bars, Ferry (Frank Lammers) continues his search for the true identity of the undercover agents that arrested him. Polly is trying to figure out who her father really is."
Cast Of Undercover Season 2:
We feel that the second season is even more exciting as it is refreshed with new characters and storylines. Talking about the show, Frank Lammers said, "Ferry is back, so watch out!"
Anna Drijver returns as Kim De Rooij, Tom Waes as Bob Lemmens, Frank Lammers plays Ferry Bouman, Ivaylo Zahariev will be playing Martin Hristov, and Zahary Baharov as Ivo Andonov.
Share this with 'Undercover' fans and for further updates on Undercover Season 2, do stay tuned to The Hollywood Tribune as we provide more news from Hollywood and beyond.
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Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, said he ought to have died going by his lifestyle.
It was the shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist to a question by the Financial Times of London, on how long he intends to live.
"I lost interest several years ago," he said, also revealing an argument he once had with the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the perils of smoking.
"I had an argument with Fidel Castro about it. By that time Castro had got religion about the perils of smoking and he rounded on a guerrillero, saying, 'This is bad for you. I have medical evidence.' He started bullying him. I said, 'Wait a minute. Leave the man alone. Let him find his own time." Soyinka says this triggered a two-hour discussion.
The conversation dwelled on Soyinka's life from childhood in Abeokuta, with the famous writer revealing also his life with Fela Anikulapo Kuti, his equally famous cousin. While both of them shared an apartment in London's Bayswater, in the late 50s.
After graduating at Leeds University, the already prolific Soyinka wrote plays including The Lion and the Jewel, which attracted the attention of London's Royal Court Theatre.
His first work to appear there was a one-act play about apartheid South Africa called The Invention. It was preceded by a poetry recital to which Soyinka invited his cousin, a young musician called Fela Kuti, to accompany him on stage. That was a big break for Fela, who went on to become the legendary father of Afrobeat, the FT reported.


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Category : Transportation
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Jun 11, 2017 Featured	Tagged Angela Christlieb, Austria, Charles Fairbanks, Chicago, David Bellinson, Documentaries, Dr. John E. Sarno, Film Festivals, Howard Stern, Jerzy Rose, Jonathan Ames, Larry David, Michael Galinsky, Saul Kak, Suki Hawley	Comments 0
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THE MODERN JUNGLE (USA, dir. Charles Fairbanks & Saul Kak)
As THE MODERN JUNGLE opens, Mexican shaman Juan Juarez Rodriguez performs a healing ritual in his remote mountain shack. A few minutes later, Juan is directly addressing the director behind the camera asking for financial assistance to go see a doctor about a persistent abdominal pain he has had for years. This is an extremely uncomfortable scene, with Juan asking for help in return for allowing himself to be filmed and waiting for an answer. Whether that was the plan for the film at the outset is unclear, but this dynamic becomes the central issue of THE MODERN JUNGLE. Juan has an X-ray and learns he has a hernia. He lacks the money and patience to save up for an operation and instead asks the filmmakers for more money to sign up for Omnilife, a multi-level marketing company whose products he believes will heal him. Additional complications arise when some of the locals ostracize Juan and his neighbor Carmen for their involvement with the "gringo" filmmakers and suggest they are being exploited. Honestly, it's not hard to see their point on the latter. THE MODERN JUNGLE raises some serious questions regarding documentary filmmaking and the responsibility of artists, and it often comes across as queasily exploitative. Running an abbreviated 71 minutes, the film also fails to reach any meaningful conclusions regarding these problems.
ALL THE RAGE (SAVED BY SARNO)
(USA, dir. David Bellinson, Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley)
In the 1980s, Dr. John E. Sarno predicted a massive increase in chronic pain in the United States over the coming decades. While his theory has been proven in the epidemic of chronic pain among adults in the States, the medical establishment has had something of an adversarial relationship with his work. Sarno's practice focuses on the unconscious as the source of physical pain, created so the individual will focus on the physical and ignore problem thoughts they do not want to face. Documentarian Michael Galinsky has a personal connection to Sarno's practice through his father, who suffered from chronic back pain much of his life but found Sarno's approach a near-miraculous help. Galinsky and his wife Suki Hawley look at Sarno's life and work, talking with a number of people who swear by it, including Larry David, Howard Stern, Jonathan Ames, and John Stossel. But ALL THE RAGE is also a film about Galinsky coming to terms with the death of his father, and how he came to understand more about him as he and Hawley's family grew. It's a fascinating documentary with a strong emotional anchor, and Galinsky is refreshingly candid and open about his own shortcomings and difficulties with his family. Like Sarno's approach to treatment, ALL THE RAGE shows how intimately tied together emotional and physical well-being can be, and the result is one of the most honestly touching documentaries so far this year.
NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE (USA, dir. Jerzy Rose)
Madeline (Lyra Hill) and Naomi (Bruce Bundy) started an upscale restaurant called Ciao in Chicago's Humboldt Park, but they're facing backlash for their part in gentrifying the neighborhood. They decide to throw a neighborhood food drive at Ciao to help their image and hire an intern, Bianca (Ruby McCollister), whose boyfriend Steven (Marcos Barnes) is a waiter at the restaurant. Bianca and Steven's professor David (Ted Tremper) is providing them with unofficial and highly unusual couples counseling and joins them in helping plan the party. Will these five people be able to throw one successful food drive, or will their hubris destroy them all? NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE is one of the absolute funniest films of the year, amping up the barbed satire of Rose's previous feature CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY to a level of nightmarish absurdity. All of its central characters are terrifyingly self-centered and fundamentally misguided, but the cast plays them to perfection and the film is unpredictable in its brilliant left-field touches. Rose plays the supremely unimportant travails of these characters like a horror movie, with lurid Bava-esque lighting and an ominous synth score casting a pall of dread over the proceedings. NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE is hilariously bleak, inventive, and utterly unique.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GELITIN?
(Austria, dir. Angela Christlieb)
Gelitin was a group of four Austrian performance artists whose work gained them a fair amount of notoriety for its playful anarchy and crude approaches to confrontation. Imagine a sort of hybrid of the gang from Jackass, but less focused on inflicting harm on themselves and more on interacting with each other and their audiences in ways that break down the audience's inhibitions: making themselves into a "birthday cake" with candles sticking out of their asses, assembling a sculpture exhibit in which viewers step on a switch to "activate" the pieces by sending them crashing to the floor, building a huge "Arc de Triomphe" sculpture/fountain of a man pissing upward and all over himself, etc. Art dealer Salvatore Viviano sets out with director Angela Christlieb to interview artists who admired and worked with Gelitin, and the film intercuts their interviews with the artists—including Liam Gillick, John Waters, and a brief appearance by the late Tony Conrad among many, many others—with film and video footage of some of the group's performances. Some of this footage is hilarious and inexplicable, but when the group stages a performance in the World Trade Center weeks before 9/11, it becomes clear why they may have been more inclined to shy away from public attention ever since. Your enjoyment of the film will be largely dictated by your interest in/tolerance for elaborate performance art goofs, but WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GELITIN? is a great introduction and crash course on the group's hilariously bizarre work.
Jason Coffman
Unrepentant cinephile. Contributor to Daily Grindhouse and Film Monthly. Member of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle. Co-director, Chicago Cinema Society. Attempted filmmaker. Proud owner of 35mm prints of Andy Milligan's GURU, THE MAD MONK and Zalman King's TWO MOON JUNCTION.
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Palazzo Pitti – Virtual Tour
The Palazzo Pitti is a vast, mainly Renaissance palace, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The palazzo dates from 1458 and was formerly the town residence of a Florentine banker.
The Medici family bought the palace in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It grew as a great treasure house as later generations amassed paintings, jewelry, and art.
The Palazzo is now the largest museum complex in Florence. It is divided into several principal galleries or museums detailed below.
A Virtual Tour of the Palazzo Pitti
"Madonna del Granduca" by Raphael
"John the Baptist in the Desert" by Cristofano Allori
Highlights Tour of the Palazzo Pitti
"Madonna del Granduca" by Raphael was probably in 1505, shortly after Raphael had arrived in Florence. The influence of Leonardo da Vinci, whose works he got to know there, can be seen in the use of Sfumato.
The painting is named after one of its owners, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III. Sfumato is a painting technique for softening the transition between colors, mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on.
Leonardo da Vinci was the most prominent practitioner of Sfumato, based on his research in optics and human vision. He used it in many of his famous works. The word Sfumato comes from the Italian phrase fumo for "smoke."
"John the Baptist in the Desert" by Cristofano Allori depicts Saint John as an ascetic with long hair, wearing clothes of camel hair. The young John is holding his begging dish as he looks to God.
The Gospel of Mark introduces John as a fulfillment of a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah. The prophecy stated that a messenger would be sent ahead, with: "a voice is crying out in the wilderness."
John is described as wearing clothes of camel's hair, living on locusts and wild honey. John proclaims the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin and says another will come after him who will not baptize with water, but with the Holy Spirit.
Galleries or Museums of Palazzo Pitti
Palatine Gallery
The collection includes over 500 principally Renaissance paintings
Royal Apartments
A suite of 14 rooms, formerly used by the Medici family, and lived in by their successors
The collection includes the Italian Art schools of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Silver Museum
A collection of priceless gold, silver, cameos, and works in semi-precious gemstones.
Porcelain Museum
Porcelain is from many of the notable European porcelain factories, including Sèvres and Meissen.
The collection includes theatrical costumes and Italian fashions.
Carriages Museum
The collection of carriages and other conveyances used by the court mainly in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Palazzo Pitti, Firenze, Italia
Questions and Answers about the Palazzo Pitti
Tickets for the Palazzo Pitti
The Palazzo Pitti is one of Florence's famous museums and can have very long lines for ticketing. We recommend bookings during the peak season to avoid a long wait in the ticketing line. Or considering purchasing one of the combined city or combined museum tickets which provide skip the line through the fast track lane options.
What are the key museums in Florence?
Palazzo Pitti
The Vasarian Corridor
Medici Chapel
Pitti Palace Florence
Name: Palazzo Pitti
English: Pitti Palace
Type: Art Museum, historical site
Location: Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy
FIRENZE – Palazzo Pitti
Palazzo Pitti – Virtual Tour Map
A Tour of Rome's Museums and Historical Sites
The Vatican Museums
Florence Museums
Milan Museums
Brera Art Gallery, Pinacoteca di Brera
Bologna Museums
The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna
Country: Italian Republic or Italy
Italian: Repubblica italiana or Italia
Capital: Rome
Official languages: Italian
Population 60.6 million
Italian Proverbs and Quotes
Firenze – Galleria Palatina a Palazzo Pitti – Palatine Gallery in the Pitti Palace
Florence | Pitti Palace | Palatine Gallery
"What I have dreamed in an hour is worth more than what you have done in four."
– Lorenzo de' Medici
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Dr Sarah Bell, a researcher at Sensing Nature blogs about learning to listen.
Sensing Nature is a new two-year ESRC funded project exploring the diverse sensory and emotional experiences of the visually impaired in the natural world. In a recent Sensing Nature blog, Sarah draws attention to the experience of Karis Petty, an anthropologist at the University of Sussex who was taught to 'echolate' by a visually impaired participant in her own research. Sarah's suggestion is that by learning to listen with our whole being (rather than just with our ears) our experience of the natural world could be deepened and enriched.


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Emily Blunt reveals how she named baby daughter Hazel
May 14, 2014 - 13:35 CEST hellomagazine.com Emily Blunt has revealed how she and her husband John Krasinski named their newborn daughter Hazel
Emily Blunt has revealed how she and her husband John Krasinski named their newborn daughter Hazel.
Proud dad John announced the three-month-old's name on Twitter shortly after her birth in February, but making the decision wasn't all plain sailing for the first-time parents.
"I find it really stressful naming a human being," Emily told Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "We went through a few different ones and then John found it, and we both really like old lady names."
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Proud parents Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
The admission came after John released the first photo of adorable baby Hazel on Twitter, which caused a frenzy with the actor's 685,000 followers. The snap, which flashed up behind Emily and Ellen in the interview, showed the wide-eyed tot gazing up at the camera and stretching her arm in the arm.
"She's so cute," said Emily. "She came out ready for a photoshoot. She was just perfect. I remember we were in the recovery room afterwards and this nurse came in, her name was Mabel — another great old lady name — and she said, 'You're baby is so cute. She's awesome, she's so cute.'
"And I went, 'Mabel, I think you say that to everyone.' And she said, 'No, I don't. When I know a baby's ugly, I say, 'You had a baby.'"
Pics of kids should only come direct from parents. So I'm thrilled to introduce you guys to Hazel!!! #NoKidsPolicy pic.twitter.com/qVvUTRdllP
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) May 13, 2014
Emily also praised her husband-of-four-years John and spoke about his natural skills with their baby daughter.
"He's the greatest dad," said Emily. "She loves him. He's like the Burp King. He can get a beer burp out of this kid. It even surprises her you can tell, she's kind of taken aback by it. It's an underrated skill."
Emily, who looked stunning in a purple, floral-printed blouse and black trousers, also admitted that she got back into shape by breastfeeding. "I found breastfeeding to be the thing," she said. "I found that because I managed to produce a lot of milk, I don't know why, it helped me lose the weight."
Emily and John began dating in 2008 and two years later married in a romantic ceremony in Como, Italy.
Emily Blunt gives birth to daughter Hazel
Emily Blunt opens up about her pregnancy experience for the first time
First photo of Emily Blunt's baby daughter Hazel released


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Aviva Community Fund Reveals the Winners of its 2018 competition Français
Aviva Canada Inc.
Aviva Canada concludes its 10th year of the Aviva Community Fund, adding another $1 million to funding important community causes
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https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8380251-aviva-community-fund-2018/
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2018 /CNW/ - Today, the Aviva Community Fund announces the winners of the small and big ideas categories in the 2018 competition. Since 2009, Aviva Canada has funded over $9.5 million in local projects and supported over 400 charities and community groups across Canada.
Congratulations to this year's #AvivaCommunityFund winners! See all the ideas that will create a positive impact in their communities. (CNW Group/Aviva Canada Inc.)
For its 10th anniversary, the Aviva Community Fund earmarked $1 million to support ideas that bring people together and create meaningful change in local communities. Aviva Canada chose to focus on bringing people together because building strong communities creates a more welcoming place to live, and builds resilience and trust amongst community members.
"Congratulations to all our Aviva Community Fund winners," says Colm Holmes, President and CEO of Aviva Canada. "As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, under the theme of bringing people together, we couldn't be more proud to support ideas – big and small – that will have a lasting impact in their local communities."
Of the top ten finalists for big ideas, qualified based on the highest number of votes received during the voting period in the competition, three winners were selected by a panel of appointed judges to each receive $100,000, and seven winners were selected to each receive $15,000 towards bringing their ideas to life.
Additionally, fifty small ideas category winners qualified to each receive $10,000 based on the highest number of votes received during the competition. A $5,000 prize will go to the Top Ranked Broker-Supported Idea winner, based on the highest number of Aviva Canada broker votes.
Watch our video announcement here, and see all the Big and Small Ideas category winners listed below.
The three big ideas category winners each to receive $100,000 are:
Essex High School Sports Complex Grandstand (Essex, ON)
Hampton Elementary School Accessible Playground (Hampton, NB)
'The 92' A Community Centre in Mackenzie, BC (Mackenzie, BC)
The seven big ideas category winners each to receive $15,000 are:
Community Legacy-Multi-Purpose Court for All Ages (Kitchener, ON)
Eastern Charlotte County Splash Pad Park (Saint George, NB)
Max Aitken Academy Playground (Miramichi, NB)
Parc sans barrière à HAMMOND barrier-free park (Clarence-Rockland, ON)
Pine Grove's New Nature Inspired Playground (St. Catharines, ON)
Stratford Elementary School Playground (Stratford, PE)
The Field of Ability (Belleville, ON)
The 50 small ideas category winners each to receive $10,000 are:
« Aux Fougères » – Le café culturel des jeunes (Saint-Jérôme, QC)
20,000 Healthy, Eco-conscious, Cruelty-free Meals (Toronto, ON)
Accessible playground needed for inclusive play (Westport, ON)
Aire de rassemblement extérieure (Embrun, ON)
An Edible Forest Garden in Downtown Sudbury (Sudbury, ON)
Atelier communautaire Vélorution Saint-Michel (Montréal, QC)
BC Wildlife Federation Youth Program 2018-2019 (Surrey, BC)
Beating Cancer is In Our Blood (Toronto, ON)
BEEA Honey with Heart (Halifax, NS)
Building Connections for Newcomers Through Science (Pickering, ON)
Canada's Cat Sanctuary Visitor Experience Project (Richmond, BC)
Children, Youth & Families Helping Animals (Smiths Falls, ON)
Combat des livres NDG Reads - V2 (Montreal, QC)
Community Space @ New Hope Bikes (Hamilton, ON)
C-Vert -les jeunes en action pour l'environnement! (Montréal, QC)
Eastbrook-New Playground Project (Brooks, AB)
Eden Care Communities Making Our Mark (Regina, SK)
Families First Grief Support Program (Fort Saskatchewan, AB)
Field of Dreams (Lanark Highlands, ON)
Fort Langley Elementary School Playground (Langley, BC)
Harvest Community Park (Millbrook, ON)
Ignatius Farm: Greenhouse Retrofit (Guelph/Eramosa, ON)
Journées Boutiques 2019 (Montréal, QC)
Kawartha Wildlife Coexistence Initiative (Kawartha Lakes, ON)
Ken Reid Community Christmas (Lindsay, ON)
Opening New Doors: Interactive Play Zone (Orillia, ON)
Paradise Hill Community Playground Project (Paradise Hill, SK)
Plastic crisis: Developing a zero waste Montréal (Montreal, QC)
Project 364 Abbotsford (Abbotsford, BC)
Providing accessibility to our community (Oshawa, ON)
Purple Butterfly Project (Richmond Hill, ON)
Refugee students' integration: Kids Helping Kids (Toronto, ON)
Safe and Accessible Community Hub at UPC (Unionville, ON)
Say Ça! (Montreal, QC)
Sensory Room for the Perlin Centre (St. John's, NL)
So All Kids Can Play Project (Fort Saskatchewan, AB)
SPEC's 50th Birthday Community Celebrations! (Vancouver, BC)
St. Peter's Elementary Playground (Upper Island Cove, NL)
Strengthening Families Project (Toronto, ON)
Surfrider Stitch 'N' Beach (Tofino, BC)
Theatre Centre Community Meals (Toronto, ON)
Tomorrow's Leaders Speak Out (St. John's, NL)
Toronto Community Juicing Project (Toronto, ON)
Warm the "SOLE" of dialysis patients and homeless (Burnaby, BC)
We Grow Food (Oshawa, ON)
Welcome to Drumheller! (Drumheller, AB)
Whitmore School and Community Play Structure (Dauphin, MB)
Windsong Heights Community Mural (Airdrie, AB)
Wolfville School Activity Park (Wolfville, NS)
Youth Nights in the "Hub" (Fergus, ON)
The Top Ranked Broker-Supported Idea winner to receive $5,000 is:
ASC Connect: Bringing Community Together (Toronto, Canada)
About Aviva Canada
Aviva Canada is one of the leading property and casualty insurance groups in the country, providing home, automobile, leisure/lifestyle and business insurance to 2.8 million customers. A subsidiary of UK-based Aviva plc, Aviva Canada has more than 4,000 employees focused on creating a bright and sustainable future for their customers and communities.
Aviva Canada invests in positive change through the Aviva Community Fund, Canada's longest running online community funding competition, which has awarded $9.5 million to over 400 charities and community groups nationwide since its inception in 2009. Aviva Canada was the first insurer to become a national corporate partner of the Canadian Red Cross' Ready When the Time Comes program, to be there for Canadians when disaster strikes. In 2016, it received The Burns & Wilcox Award for Philanthropy & Community Service. At Aviva Canada, protecting the people and things you love, supporting the causes you care about most and strengthening your local community is just good thinking.
For more information, visit Aviva Canada's Corporate Responsibility page, or blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn pages.
SOURCE Aviva Canada Inc.
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This 5 day tour to the Amazon forest which starts in Iquitos, the biggest city in the Peruvian jungle, is an unforgettable experience for all nature lovers who want to know the exuberant flora and fauna of the pristine national reserve Pacaya Samiria. You will also have the chance to participate in a jungle river cruise on the most abounding river in water of the world, the legendary Amazon river and on some of its affluents and we will visit the village of a native tribe of the Bora. For your overnight stays we have chosen the most beautiful hotels in Iquitos and close to Pacaya Samiria reserve. For this trip you don´t need any vaccinations.
Day: Morning flight from Lima to Iquitos and transfer to the hotel. Afterwards city tour with visits of the Plaza de Armas, Museo Amazónico, Museo Barcos Históricos, the river promenade Malecón Tarapacá and the famous Belén market. The rest of the day is at your free disposal, e.g. for relaxing in the hotel garden with pool. In the evening we will invite you for dinner to the lovely swimming restaurant Al Frio y al Fuego where you will be taken by boat.
Day: After breakfast we pick you up for an exciting boat trip on the rivers Itaya, Amazon, Nanay and Momón. During the cruise we will make some stops, first at Fundo Pedrito where you can observe animals like paiches ( the 2. biggest freshwater fish in the world ), caimans, turtles, parrots and the largest ornamental plant of the jungle, the Victoria regia; then we go to El Paraiso del Amazonas, a place with confiscated animals from animal smugglers ( monkeys, sloths, ocelots, tucans and a couple of huge anacondas ) . From here we navigate to Amazon Camp for a delicious lunch with typical food of the area and the possibility of a refreshing bath in the pool. Later on we walk to a little village of the Bora native tribe and can enjoy some of their dances and chants and admire the handicrafts made of natural materials like barks, seeds, feathers etc. In the late afternoon we will be back in Iquitos and bring you to the hotel.