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 * file 'license.txt', which is part of this source code package.       *
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/**
 * Core Plugin Settings
 *
 * Collection of core and default settings that are used across the plugin
 *
 * @package AAM
 * @author Vasyl Martyniuk <support@wpaam.com>
 * @copyright Copyright C Vasyl Martyniuk
 * @license GNU General Public License {@link http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}
 */
final class aam_Core_Settings {

    /**
     * Collection of settings
     *
     * @var array
     *
     * @access private
     * @static
     */
    private static $_collection = array();

    /**
     * Get Setting
     *
     * @param string $setting
     * @param mixed  $default
     *
     * @return mixed
     *
     * @access public
     * @static
     */
    public static function get($setting, $default = null) {
        if (empty(self::$_collection)) {
            self::init();
        }

        if (isset(self::$_collection[$setting])) {
            $response = self::$_collection[$setting];
        } else {
            $response = $default;
        }

        return apply_filters('aam_core_setting', $response, $setting);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize all core & default settings
     *
     * @return void
     *
     * @access protected
     * @static
     */
    protected static function init() {
        //initialize default posts & terms restrictions
        self::$_collection['term_frontend_restrictions'] = array(
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_BROWSE,
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_EXCLUDE,
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_LIST
        );
        self::$_collection['term_backend_restrictions'] = array(
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_BROWSE,
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_EDIT,
            aam_Control_Object_Term::ACTION_LIST
        );
        self::$_collection['post_frontend_restrictions'] = array(
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_READ,
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_EXCLUDE,
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_COMMENT
        );
        self::$_collection['post_backend_restrictions'] = array(
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_TRASH,
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_DELETE,
            aam_Control_Object_Post::ACTION_EDIT
        );
    }

}

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They also highlight the fantastic range of bonus features split across the pack and point out that a clip of the fourth installment, due in cinemas this summer, is a nice little extra seventh disc.
The 'Curse of the Black Pearl' includes features 'An Epic At Sea' and 'Fly on the Set' which uncover behind-the-scenes secrets and look at the technicalities of filming a blockbuster at sea. 'Dead Man's Chest' offers a theatrical or interactive version of the film, features 'Captain Jack from head to toe' presented by Johnny Depp and 'Mastering the Blade' which examines the art of sword fighting. 'At World's End' has a 'Bloopers of the Caribbean' reel, a special set tour called 'Enter the Maelstrom' and fantastic short 'Keith and the Captain' in which Johnny Depp and Keith Richards pair up to give viewers their insights on life as a pirate.
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Object: The object of our study was to determine, in children with traumatic brain injury and sustained intracranial hypertension, whether very early decompressive craniectomy improves control of intracranial hypertension and long-term function and quality of life. Methods: All children were managed from admission onward according to a standardized protocol for head injury management. Children with raised intracranial pressure (ICP) were randomized to standardized management alone or standardized management plus cerebral decompression. A decompressive bitemporal craniectomy was performed at a median of 19.2 h (range 7.3–29.3 h) from the time of injury. ICP was recorded hourly via an intraventricular catheter. Compared with the ICP before randomization, the mean ICP was 3.69 mmHg lower in the 48 h after randomization in the control group, and 8.98 mmHg lower in the 48 hours after craniectomy in the decompression group (P=0.057). Outcome was assessed 6 months after injury using a modification of the Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) and the Health State Utility Index (Mark 1). Two (14%) of the 14 children in the control group were normal or had a mild disability after 6 months, compared with 7 (54%) of the 13 children in the decompression group. Our conclusion was that when children with traumatic brain injury and sustained intracranial hypertension are treated with a combination of very early decompressive craniectomy and conventional medical management, it is more likely that ICP will be reduced, fewer episodes of intracranial hypertension will occur, and functional outcome and quality of life may be better than in children treated with medical management alone (P=0.046; owing to multiple significance testing P <0.0221 is required for statistical significance). This pilot study suggests that very early decompressive craniectomy may be indicated in the treatment of traumatic brain injury.


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Pennsylvania Avenue (NW) and Adams Morgan Designated Great Places in America by the American Planning Association
Prince Of Petworth October 1, 2014 at 10:45am
From a press release:
"The American Planning Association (APA) today announced that Adams Morgan has earned the designation as one of the 10 Great Neighborhoods in America, and Pennsylvania Avenue has earned the designation as one of the 10 Great Streets for 2014.
APA's Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods and Great Public Spaces feature unique and authentic characteristics that have evolved from years of thoughtful and deliberate planning by residents, community leaders and planners.
"Recognizing these special places highlights the role planning plays in adding value to communities," said William Anderson, FAICP, president of APA. "Planners, working with others, help build better communities in a variety of settings, from urban to rural; the result – better neighborhoods, cities, and regions. We applaud these efforts and congratulate this year's designees."
Since Great Places in America was launched in 2007, APA has designated 230 neighborhoods, streets and public spaces. Places are announced annually and represent the gold standard in terms of having a true sense of place, cultural and historical interest, community involvement, and a vision for tomorrow.
New this year, APA is seeking input from the public for the "31st Great Place Designee." Interested citizens can nominate their Great Place by commenting on APA's Facebook page or via Twitter using hashtag #mygreatplace. The "31st Great Place Designee" will be announced on Friday, October 31, 2014.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE in WASHINGTON, D.C.
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is often called "America's Main Street" due to its symbolic role in the country's development. Since the first inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in 1805 to celebrate Thomas Jefferson's second inauguration, Pennsylvania Avenue has been the site of many historic events, including presidential inaugurations, state funerals, protests, marches and celebrations. Pennsylvania Avenue has also served as the backdrop for the fights for workers' rights, women's suffrage and civil rights. The original L'Enfant Plan in 1791 called for Pennsylvania Avenue to serve as a one-mile "grand avenue" to connect the "Congress House" to the "Presidential Palace." While the visual connection between the White House and the Capitol was interrupted by the construction of the Treasury Building, the view of the Capitol has been preserved and enhanced by the buildings on either side, which are significantly set back from the street. Today, Pennsylvania Avenue contains a mix of civic spaces, public buildings, monuments, parks, local government, residences, hotels, theaters and museums. To learn more click here.
ADAMS MORGAN in WASHINGTON, D.C.
Adams Morgan is a vibrant neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., known for its historic row houses, lively nightlife and cultural diversity. The international shops, restaurants, annual festivals, weekly farmers markets and nightlife draw visitors from all over the District and its suburbs, particularly on weekends. The neighborhood is incredibly pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, particularly with the completion of the Streetscape Project in 2012. This 17-month, $6.8 million project upgraded public spaces and infrastructure, widened sidewalks for pedestrians, added shared bike lanes, planted 59 new trees, installed 71 new bike racks, installed new outdoor globe lighting, improved pedestrian crosswalks for safety and made other critical infrastructure improvements. Adams Morgan contains approximately 700 historic properties, and the D.C. Office of Planning's Comprehensive Plan in 2006 reiterated the District's commitment to protecting the neighborhood's defining row house fabric and architectural character. To lean more click here.
In addition to Pennsylvania Avenue and Adams Morgan in Washington, DC being designated a Great Street and a Great Neighborhood respectively, the following nine other streets and nine other neighborhoods were also recognized:
STREETS:
5th and 6th AVENUES at PORTLAND TRANSIT MALL in PORTLAND, OREGON
The Portland Transit Mall in Portland, Oregon, is a 1.2 mile couplet of one-way streets – 5th and 6th Avenues – that lie at the cultural and economic center of Portland. To learn more click here.
25th STREET in OGDEN, UTAH
25th Street in Ogden, Utah, serves as the town's commercial thoroughfare and features the most complete contiguous selection of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture in the state. To learn more click here.
BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
The 14-mile stretch of Broadway in New York City cuts across the city's grid system, creating a series of Squares – Union Square, Madison Square, Herald Square and Times Square among them – which have unique personalities, define neighborhoods and remain centers of activity day and night. To learn more click here.
CENTRAL AVENUE in HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
Central Avenue is the main thoroughfare of downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, which is named after the naturally thermal spring waters that flow from the ground at an average temperature of 143° F. To learn more click here.
CLEMATIS STREET in WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
The shops and restaurants that occupy the ground floor spaces in the historic buildings along Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, Florida, serve as the dining, retail and entertainment options for the startup businesses, small tech companies, creative office industries, and artists that occupy the spaces above. To learn more click here.
CONGRESS STREET in PORTLAND, MAINE
Congress Street in Portland, Maine, serves as the city's primary east-west commercial and transportation axis. To learn more click here.
KING STREET in CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
King Street in Charleston, South Carolina, is the spine of this historic city, connecting Charleston Harbor to uptown. To learn more click here.
MAIN STREET in SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK
First established in 1745, four years before it was selected over New York City to become the first U.S. official port of entry, Main Street in Sag Harbor, New York, is a nine-block, cosmopolitan meeting place for village officials, business owners, residents and visitors going to work, doing errands, shopping, getting coffee, eating or simply people-watching. To learn more click here.
STATE STREET in SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
State Street has served as the social, economic and cultural center of Santa Barbara, California, and the southern coast for over 150 years. To learn more click here.
In addition to Adams Morgan in Washington, DC being designated a great neighborhood, the following nine other neighborhoods were also recognized:
ARBOR HILL in ALBANY, NEW YORK
Home to three historic districts, Arbor Hill in Albany, New York has a number of historic buildings scattered throughout its hill-top neighborhood, including structures from the war hero Henry Johnson and the Stephen and Harriet Myers House for the Underground Railroad. Click here to learn more.
CENTRAL WEST END in ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
The 112-block Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, features a European-vibe that includes sidewalk cafes, restaurants, boutiques, museums, and popular visitor attractions between Forest Park and the University of St. Louis. Click here to learn more.
FIELDS CORNER in DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Fields Corner in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is home to a large Vietnamese-American population that influences the array of cultural shops and restaurants along its commercial corridor. Click here to learn more.
THE FAN DISTRICT in RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
The Fan, a neighborhood adjacent to downtown Richmond, Virginia with one of the largest collections of intact Victorian homes from the early 20th Century, gets its name from the way certain streets physically fan westward from Monroe Park to the Boulevard. Click here to learn more.
FREMONT in SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
The self-proclaimed "Center of the Universe," Fremont in Seattle, Washington, is a 215-acre urban village located along the canal that links Lake Union to Salmon Bay. Click here to learn more.
GREATER BELHAVEN in JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
The eclectic mix of architecture in the two historic neighborhoods that comprise Greater Belhaven stems from the early 20th century, when wealthy business owners built mansions and encouraged their employees and civic servants to build cottages and bungalows nearby, often offering personal financial assistance. Click here to learn more.
LA ALMA/LINCOLN PARK in DENVER, COLORADO
La Alma/Lincoln Park in Denver, Colorado, is a mixed-use neighborhood at the heart of Denver well-known for its Hispanic and Latino heritage. Click here to learn more.
UPTOWN in OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
Uptown in Oakland, California, has experienced significant revitalization over the last 15 years. Already home to numerous historic performance venues, the neighborhood has seen many underutilized lots transform into an arts and entertainment district. Click here to learn more.
VICTORIAN DISTRICT in SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Immediately south of Savannah, Georgia's National Landmark Historic District is its Victorian District, a downtown neighborhood developed in the second half of the 19th century as a streetcar suburb of the original city. Click here to learn more."
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Društvo slovenskih režiserjev (kratica DSR, angleško: Directors' Guild of Slovenia) je stanovsko društvo slovenskih filmskih in televizijskih režiserjev. Sedež ima v Ljubljani in združuje poklicne filmske in televizijske režiserje režiserje vseh generacij, filmske in televizijske scenariste (DSR Scenaristi), ter asistente režiserje (sekcija asistentov režiserjev).

Ustanovila ga je skupina filmskih režiserjev, ki so prej tvorili jedro Sekcije režiserjev pri Društvu slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev, in sicer leta 2005, ob stoletnici slovenskega filma.

V temeljnem aktu DSR je zapisano: »Osnovni namen društva je vzpodbujati k samostojnemu, svobodnemu in ustvarjalnemu delovanju članov režiserjev v ugodnih pogojih, razvijati odgovoren odnos članov do poklica režiserja ter vzpodbujati poglobljeno spoznavanje dela slovenskih kot tudi tujih režiserjev.«

DSR je polnopravni član Zveze društev slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev (Zveza DSFU), krovne strokovne organizacije na področju produktivne kinematografije v Sloveniji ter polnopravni predstavnik Slovenije v dveh mednarodnih organizacijah: Zvezi evropskih avdiovizualnih režiserjev (La Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel - FERA) in Zvezi scenaristov v Evropi (Federation of Screenwriter in Europe).

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Arxan-Chaihe
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Last Known Eruption
120.8°E
Latest Activity Reports
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Synonyms & Subfeatures
Deformation History
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Map Holdings
The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Arxan-Chaihe.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Arxan-Chaihe.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Arxan-Chaihe.
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
Arshan | Motianling Group
Feature Name Feature Type Elevation Latitude Longitude
Aershan Cone - Crater 1325 m 47° 19' 6" N 120° 24' 34" E
Gaoshan Pyroclastic cone 1677 m 47° 22' 8" N 120° 39' 4" E
Heixiazidong Cone 1201 m 47° 31' 19" N 121° 3' 35" E
Moon Lake Cone - Crater 1190 m 47° 30' 27" N 120° 52' 4" E
Shuanggoushan Cone - Crater 1499 m 47° 27' 34" N 120° 43' 21" E
Taiyangchi Cone - Crater 1450 m 47° 23' 27" N 120° 44' 18" E
Tuofengling Cone - Crater 1339 m 47° 27' 32" N 120° 38' 42" E
Xiaodonggu Cone 1221 m 47° 18' 26" N 120° 29' 48" E
Shihaopendi Crater - Cone 1513 m 47° 20' 19" N 120° 34' 33" E
Sifangshan Crater - Cone 1248 m 47° 15' 35" N 120° 26' 58" E
Tongxin
Onenor Crater 611 m 47° 34' 27" N 121° 17' 29" E
Yanshan Crater - Cone 1601 m 47° 21' 26" N 120° 37' 28" E
Volcano Number
Longitude 305011
1677 m / 5502 ft
Volcano Types
Rock Types
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Intraplate
Continental crust (> 25 km)
Within 5 km
Within 10 km
Within 100 km 6,435
Geological Summary
The Arxan-Chaihe Volcanic Field, in the central Da Hinggan Mountains of Inner Mongolia in NE China, contains at least 27 volcanic features. The youngest cones, including Yanshan and Gaoshan, produced basaltic lava flows that blocked drainages of the Halahale River and created six lava-dammed lakes. Radiocarbon dates from scoria deposits document eruptions about 2000-1900 years ago. Yanshan cone is about 362 m high, and the crater of Gaoshan is 140 m deep. The area has been designated as a National Geopark.
This volcano is located within the Arxan, a UNESCO Global Geopark property.
The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.
Bai Z, Tian M, Wu F, Xu D, Li T, 2005. Yanshan, Gaoshan--two active volcanoes of the volcanic cluster in Arshan, Inner Mongolia. Earthq Res China, 19(4): 402-408.
Nemeth K, Wu J, Sun C, Liu J, 2017. Update on the Volcanic Geoheritage Values of the Pliocene to Quaternary Arxan–Chaihe Volcanic Field, Inner Mongolia, China. Geoheritage. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-017-0224-5
Sun C, Liu Q, Wu J, Nemeth K, Wang L, Zhao Y, Chu G, Liu J, 2016. The first tephra evidence for a Late Glacial explosive volcanic eruption in the Arxan-Chaihe volcanic field (ACVF), northeast China. Quaternary Geochronology . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2016.10.003
There is data available for 1 Holocene eruptive periods.
Eruption Certainty
Activity Area or Unit
0000 ± 150 years Unknown Confirmed Radiocarbon (uncorrected)
There is no Deformation History data available for Arxan-Chaihe.
There is no Emissions History data available for Arxan-Chaihe.
A portion of the Arxan-Chaihe volcanic field spanning approximately 32 km across is shown in this September 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 32 km across). There is a NE-SW trend of scoria cones, craters, and maars across the image, including Aershan just north of Tianchizhen town (in the western side of the image), the smaller Dichi lake to the E, the larger Shihaopendi complex crater near the center of this image, and Yanshan and Gaoshan NE of there.
Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/). The Arxan-Chaihe volcanic field covers around 2,000 km2 with at least 47 identified vents, some of which can be seen in a NE-SW trend through the center of this September 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 69 km across). As well as eruptions producing spatter cones and lava flows, there are phreatomagmatic vents and fissure-controlled vents.
Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).
GVP Map Holdings
The maps shown below have been scanned from the GVP map archives and include the volcano on this page. Clicking on the small images will load the full 300 dpi map. Very small-scale maps (such as world maps) are not included. The maps database originated over 30 years ago, but was only recently updated and connected to our main database. We welcome users to tell us if they see incorrect information or other problems with the maps; please use the Contact GVP link at the bottom of the page to send us email.
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Publisher: DMA
Country: USSR
Series: ONC
Map Type: Topographic
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Title: Geological Map of Japan
Publisher: Geological Survey of Japan
Map Type: Geology
Smithsonian Sample Collections Database
There are no samples for Arxan-Chaihe in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
WOVOdat
Single Volcano View
Temporal Evolution of Unrest
Side by Side Volcanoes WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.
GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.
Volcanic Hazard Maps The IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk has a Volcanic Hazard Maps database designed to serve as a resource for hazard mappers (or other interested parties) to explore how common issues in hazard map development have been addressed at different volcanoes, in different countries, for different hazards, and for different intended audiences. In addition to the comprehensive, searchable Volcanic Hazard Maps Database, this website contains information about diversity of volcanic hazard maps, illustrated using examples from the database. This site is for educational purposes related to volcanic hazard maps. Hazard maps found on this website should not be used for emergency purposes. For the most recent, official hazard map for a particular volcano, please seek out the proper institutional authorities on the matter.
MIROVA Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity (MIROVA) is a near real time volcanic hot-spot detection system based on the analysis of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data. In particular, MIROVA uses the Middle InfraRed Radiation (MIR), measured over target volcanoes, in order to detect, locate and measure the heat radiation sourced from volcanic activity.
MODVOLC Thermal Alerts Using infrared satellite Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, scientists at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, developed an automated system called MODVOLC to map thermal hot-spots in near real time. For each MODIS image, the algorithm automatically scans each 1 km pixel within it to check for high-temperature hot-spots. When one is found the date, time, location, and intensity are recorded. MODIS looks at every square km of the Earth every 48 hours, once during the day and once during the night, and the presence of two MODIS sensors in space allows at least four hot-spot observations every two days. Each day updated global maps are compiled to display the locations of all hot spots detected in the previous 24 hours. There is a drop-down list with volcano names which allow users to 'zoom-in' and examine the distribution of hot-spots at a variety of spatial scales.
Sentinel Hub Playground
Sentinel Hub EO Browser The Sentinel Hub Playground provides a quick look at any Sentinel-2 image in any combination of the bands and enhanced with image effects; Landsat 8, DEM and MODIS are also available. Sentinel Hub is an engine for processing of petabytes of satellite data. It is opening the doors for machine learning and helping hundreds of application developers worldwide. It makes Sentinel, Landsat, and other Earth observation imagery easily accessible for browsing, visualization and analysis. Sentinel Hub is operated by Sinergise
IRIS seismic stations/networks Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Arxan-Chaihe. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.
UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Arxan-Chaihe. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.
DECADE Data The DECADE portal, still in the developmental stage, serves as an example of the proposed interoperability between The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, the Mapping Gas Emissions (MaGa) Database, and the EarthChem Geochemical Portal. The Deep Earth Carbon Degassing (DECADE) initiative seeks to use new and established technologies to determine accurate global fluxes of volcanic CO2 to the atmosphere, but installing CO2 monitoring networks on 20 of the world's 150 most actively degassing volcanoes. The group uses related laboratory-based studies (direct gas sampling and analysis, melt inclusions) to provide new data for direct degassing of deep earth carbon to the atmosphere.
Large Eruptions of Arxan-Chaihe Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
EarthChem EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).
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Pixar's latest feature film, Onward, summoned elves, wizards, and trolls bringing magic to the silver screen, literally. During the journey of making this film, Pixar was faced with many different challenges, yet nothing was insurmountable as Pixar conjured the latest features in RenderMan, providing production bewitching new abilities for fast and efficient creation. "There wasn't a single huge key problem to tackle, like Coco's 8 million lights, for example...this film just had lots and lots of stuff," said Tim Best, Onward's Technical Lighting Supervisor.
Onward © Disney/Pixar
A tableau of the first frame in each shot...there's lots to render in a Pixar movie!
Onward was Pixar's first show to use version 22 of RenderMan and its new RILEY architecture, allowing artists at different stages of the pipeline to take advantage of major advancements in interactive rendering. "R22 live rendering was faster, more stable, and supported workflows that had previously required starting a new live render, like changing light linking. The improvements to RenderMan were beneficial in many different areas across the show." said Tim.
Onward has a unique aesthetic which includes strong silhouettes and a saturated color palette. "We used a physically-based lighting model, but often cheated the physics in service of a more stylized or painterly look." said Tim. This was in part possible thanks to RenderMan's Analytical Lights and Light Filters, which provides lighting artists versatile tools to closely match the creative vision from Onward's Director of Photography, Sharon Calahan. "We were lucky to have her. She brings a unique set of skills which are highlighted by her accomplishments as both a lighter and landscape artist. She has been integral to the look of many Pixar films all the way to the first Toy Story," said Jonathan Pytko, Lighting Supervisor at Pixar.
Bringing stylization and character to Onward's lighting
Onward's aesthetic balances the magic and the mundane. This led to an interesting mix of silhouettes and color palettes which provided many opportunities for humor and drama. For instance, mixing the profile of a centaur in the context of a kitchen in suburbia, or super-sizing a bright orange cheesy puff to navigate dark cavernous waterways. "Our Director, Dan Scanlon, wanted comedic shots to read clearly. With Katana and RenderMan, we had a deep and flexible lighting toolset. This included many tools that are analogous to those that a gaffer and cinematographer might use on a live-action movie set, but also other options that leverage the fact that we're working in animation, and can cheat things in ways that aren't possible in live-action. Working with all of these tools, the lighting artists were able to create a variety of grounded, believable, stylized, painterly lighting looks, often matching paintovers, and to realize Sharon's and Dan's specific vision for the film." said Tim Best.
Sharon Calahan's lighting study and subsequent match
Collaboration among departments played a crucial role for Onward. "We used a lighting tool developed for Cars 3 and Coco called 'bakelite' to generate, and help manage, large numbers of practical lights for Onward's vehicles and sets. Our updates allowed us to easily change things like the distribution of headlight colors on crowds of car lights. This gave us extra creative flexibility with shots, even very late in the approval process, since we wouldn't need to request any changes to assets, or even to de-instance crowd models, allowing those departments to focus on other challenges." said Tim Best, Technical Lighting Supervisor at Pixar.
Improvements to lighting tools made changes possible during later stages of production
Another technical challenge were volumes and particle simulations, critical elements for creating the aesthetic for spellcasting in the suburban world of Onward. "To help determine what magic might look like, we worked closely with the Story department to understand the Magic's role, which led us to develop the magic more as a character than an effect, which was a first at the studio," said Vincent Serritella, Effects Supervisor at Pixar.
The magic spells were a character in their own right
"Once we had a handle on dimensionality, we explored the look and characteristics of the spell through further concept studies, always keeping an eye on not going in a Sci-fi direction," added Vincent.
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Thanks to new developments in RenderMan, lighting artists were able to use volumes as direct light sources, which helped integrate fantastical magic spells into rooms and scenes with physically based lighting "We took a modular approach to lighting effects-heavy scenes thanks to new volume mesh lights, and mesh light arrays, which is a clean representation of a multitude of lights in Katana. This allowed us to take fire effects and other whimsical volume effects and move them around on a per-shot basis," explained Tim.
"On a quest, the clear path is never the right one."
-Barley Lightfoot
Spellcasting is an essential ingredient for Onward, and in fact, it directly reflects the transformation of our hero, Ian Lightfoot. "Every Spell had a mix of looks, both graphical and stylized. They felt a bit disconnected in the world when only one component was heading down either path. Mixing these aesthetics with other realistic effects was a key to dialing them in at every story point," said Vincent.
Being able to use the Houdini-generated volumes as direct light sources not only made the magical effects look great, but it made them fast and efficient too, giving shots a more physically plausible look without having to manually place lights or rely on expensive indirect illumination. "This had the added benefit of speeding up renders, because we no longer have to generate a heavy secondary mesh for lighting...of course, lighting artists still art direct by adding lights and filters to hit certain notes and effects, but starting with a physical lighting base allows us to feel more confident about breaking the rules later," said Tim.
One of the most important groups at Pixar is the Lightspeed team who oversee each show to ensure it renders as efficiently as possible. They also have to create solutions to deal with a show's most challenging technical issues. "Our main focus is to make sure the lighting and rendering pipeline is running lean and clean, in order to make sure lighters have the most efficient assets so they can be productive," said Renee Tam, Lightspeed Lead at Pixar.
The Lightspeed department in action!
"On top of that, we also help upstream departments anywhere we can, memory, R&D, shading, debugging toolsets, troubleshooting artifacts, tracking bugs with core dumps, or general issues that cause our pipeline to break," added Renee.
In fact, without the technical wizardry of Pixar's Lightspeed team, there would be no movie magic at all. "So, here's how a show works...you start with layout, then sets, then we have these camera lights / white lights to check if the set is misbehaving, then we have rough lighting, master lighting, and shot lighting," said Renee. "When the sets department is closer to their deliverables, we start examining the work. Sometimes sets, anim, or fx will reach out if they need any technical help or requests...but most of the time we spend our efforts right after master lighting is being finalized, where we get to optimize. That helps us work with multiple departments as a team, lowering stress for everyone at all stages of the creative process," Renee continued.
Onward's many challenges, particularly the spellbinding ones, were overcome because people worked together. Thanks to this focus on collaboration and artist feedback, RenderMan has helped bridge the gap between departments, while giving artists immediate feedback for their work.
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Johan Castberg Construction Begins At Stord
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Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, will start cutting the first sheet for the topside of the Johan Castberg vessel at Kværner's yard at Stord on Nov. 21. The construction will create major ripple effects throughout Norway.
"Johan Castberg is the next major development on the Norwegian continental shelf and will open a new area in the Barents Sea for Equinor. Johan Castberg's development will have ripple effects equivalent to 47,000 man-years in Norway during the development phase. The value of Norwegian goods and services will amount to around NOK 25 billion, said Anders Opedal, Equinor's executive vice president for technology, projects and drilling, in a statement.
In total, more than two million working hours will be included in the construction of the topside, and it is expected to generate jobs for 4,800 people.
"Simultaneously, work will begin at a number of yards along the entire Norwegian coast. Already, many small and large Norwegian suppliers are in the process of delivering to Johan Castberg. This shows the competitiveness and competencies of the Norwegian supplier industry in hard global competition, says project director for Johan Castberg, Knut Gjertsen.
There will be extensive activity at the yards in Verdal, Egersund and Sandnessjøen in addition to Stord over the next few years constructing the many parts that will form the complex topside. It will beinstalled on the 200-m long FPSO vessel that will be producing on the Johan-Castberg field for 30 years from the planned production start in 2022.
Already the construction of the other two big puzzle pieces of the FPSO is well under way. The hull is under construction in Singapore, and the turret is being built in Dubai. These will eventually arrive at Stord in 2020 for assembly and completion before the vessel is moved to its permanent home in the Barents Sea.
The Johan Castberg partnership includes Equinor 50%, Eni 30%, and Petoro 20%.
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Lundin Strikes Oil At Jorvik, Tellus East In North Sea
The oil and gas discoveries, which can be developed with wells from the Edvard Grieg platform, have combined resources of between 4 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) and 37 MMboe.
Equinor, Partners Make Two Discoveries In Norwegian Sea
The 6507/3-13 well proved gas in its first target, Snadd Outer Outer, and oil in its second target, Black Vulture, Equinor said in a news release.
Eni Makes Fifth Oil Discovery In Angola's Offshore Block 15/06
Post-drill results indicate the Agidigbo-1 NFW well found between 300 and 400 million barrels of light oil in place, Eni said in a news release.


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Ambassadors from the Far East: the symphony orchestra from Shanghai presents Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, a work by the Russian composer Aaron Avshalomov and a violin concerto from their native China.
The narrow alleys, known as hutongs, that once constituted the centre of life in Peking are recalled by Russian composer Aaron Avshalomov in his piece »Hutongs of Peking« – not without adding all kinds of Chinese percussion instruments to the orchestra.
And in the violin concerto »Butterfly Lovers«, too, we hear Chinese melodies and harmonies. Written for a Western orchestra, the concerto has become one of the best-known pieces of Chinese music in the meantime.
The concert is brought to an impressive close by Dimitri Shostakovich's profound and ambiguous Fifth Symphony, which the composer wrote during the years of Stalin's rule of terror.
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Maxim Vengerov violin
conductor Long Yu
Aaron Avshalomov
Hutongs of Peking
He Zhanhao, Chen Gang
Konzert für Violine und Orchester »Butterfly Lovers«
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Between the old Kaispeicher and the new glass structure is the Plaza, a public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie. Tickets for concerts in the Grand and Recital Halls include a visit to the Plaza two hours before the start of the concert or event; all other visitors require a Plaza ticket.
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A total of six bars in the Grand Hall and Recital Hall foyers offer concertgoers a varied cuisine before the start of events and in the intervals. Restaurants, cafés, delis and further bars await visitors in the »Störtebeker Elbphilharmonie« and in »The Westin Hamburg« Hotel.
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Heart of the Elbphilharmonie: the Grand Hall seats 2,000 guests in the »vineyard« style. The stage for artists and orchestras is situated at the centre of the concert hall and is surrounded by terraced seating.
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All visitors enter the building via the main entrance. Admission takes place in the entrance foyer and is by concert ticket only. The »Tube«, an 82-metre-long, curved escalator, leads visitors up to the Plaza following admission.
From the Plaza, access to the concert foyers is via stairs and lifts. The main cloakroom is situated on the 11th floor and the hall entrances are on floors 12, 13, 15 and 16. Please follow signs to the area in which your designated seat is located, as indicated on your ticket.
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A concert at the Elbphilharmonie is a unique experience for both audience and artists. Guests and musicians alike rave about the precise acoustics in the Grand Hall. You can hear every note, even from the highest balcony.
Unfortunately, the opposite is also true: even presumably quiet noises from the audience are clearly audible in the entire hall. We therefore ask our visitors to take the following recommendations into consideration, because »Everything Can Be Heard Here«.
The main cloakroom of the Grand Hall is situated on the 11th floor, at the south and north side of the Elbphilharmonie.
Baby carriages, wheeled walkers, walking-stick umbrellas, handbags larger than DIN A3 (42 cm x 30 cm) as well as sport bags, backpacks and suitcases must be checked in at the cloakroom. If required, wheeled walkers can be parked in the immediate vicinity of the hall entrances. Our front of house staff is happy to assist you in this regard.
Cloakroom fee: €1.50
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The Elbphilharmonie can be easily reached by bus, underground, bicycle and ferry.
Underground line U3: Baumwall (approx. 450 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Underground line U4: Überseequartier (approx. 950 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Bus 111: Am Kaiserkai (Elbphilharmonie) (approx. 150 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
City bicycle (Stadtrad) stations: Am Baumwall and Am Kaiserkai / Großer Grasbrook
There are sufficient bicycle stands available in front of the Elbphilharmonie.
Ferry 72 (from Landungsbrücken pier): »Elbphilharmonie« pier
There is limited parking available in the Elbphilharmonie and the HafenCity.
Multistorey car park in the Elbphilharmonie (open 24/7, 435 parking spaces):
Please note that visitors to the Elbphilharmonie should use the entrance marked »Elbphilharmonie«. The entrance »Elbphilharmonie Hotel« is reserved for »The Westin Hamburg« hotel guests.
The car park operator APCOA offers a flat rate of €10.00 for four hours of parking. Every further hour or part thereof costs €5.00 as per the regular parking charge. The flat rate is only valid online and must be booked at least two hours in advance. Book the flat rate online at www.apcoa.de.
APCOA answers frequently asked questions about advance booking here.
Multistorey car park »Speicherstadt«: Am Sandtorkai 6, 20457 Hamburg (722 parking spaces, approx. 750 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Überseequartier underground car park: Überseeallee 3, 20457 Hamburg (420 parking spaces, approx. 850 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
All halls and spaces are accessible for visitors with disabilities. More information at www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/accessibility.
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Concert tickets for the Grand and Recital Halls authorise a visit to the Plaza from two hours before the start of the concert or event. Visitors to the Kaistudios require a separate Plaza ticket to visit the Plaza.
The foyers of the Grand and Recital Halls open their doors 90 minutes before the start of the concert or event. The bars in each foyer open simultaneously.
Admission into the halls begins 30 minutes before the start of the concert or event; for events offering pre-concert talks, admission into the halls begins 60 minutes before the start of the concert.
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Never Tip a Dead Bartender
April 19, 2014 at 1:43 pm	(Apocalypse, Eternal Aftermath, Horror, Zombie) (Eternal Aftermath, Horror, Michael D. Griffiths, Zombie, Zombie Apocalypse, Zombies)
Everyone drew back startled, when the man who had so recently been talking to them, took another bite out of Julie's face.
Will recovered first, if only vocally. "How can this be possible? I saw that man die!"
Never tip the dead bartender
Dead or not, Julie's screams assaulted their ears and Rollie figured they had to act. He rushed forward and began to smash the former bartender on the head with his makeshift club. Will moved to help him with a wooden chair and together they forced the snarling man off the wailing woman.
She fell to the floor. "My face," she cried. "My face!"
The bartender still growled and fought toward Rollie and his boyfriend. "What do we do?" Rollie asked.
"He's like the others. I'll hold him back, just kill him!"
Kill It!
But before Rollie could move in, Steve rushed forward and stabbed the end of the mike-stand through the bartender's face.
This brought forth several screams and Sammy started to cry.
The men eyed Steve.
"What, he had to be put down. I mean, this is getting crazy." He stared at the weeping woman at their feet as her cries grew louder.
"Will someone help her?" Diamond asked.
Raquel had been trying to comfort Sammy, so Steve's girlfriend Zoe moved to help Julie.
"Stop right there. I don't want you going anywhere near her."
"What, why?" the big bouncer asked.
Steve faced him. "All these people are going nuts." He jerked a finger toward Rollie. "This guy thinks it's a chemical spill, but then wouldn't we be infected too? Nothing happened to any of us until the bartender was bit."
"The bartender was killed, man" Will pointed out.
"Yeah, maybe, but he only went mad after the bite."
Julie stopped her weeping and stared.
Diamond took a step forward. "So what, you think I'm gonna go ape-shit like them?"
"I don't know," Steve said while tried to wipe some blood off his shirt. All he managed to do was create a larger smear. "I'm not saying we toss you off the roof or anything, but who knows what type of germs those things might have? If you want her taken care of, maybe you should do it."
"Maybe I will. Come on honey," Diamond said and helped the injured woman over to the sink.
As soon as they had left, Steve turned to the rest of the group. "I think we'll need to keep an eye on them."
"Let's table the bite situation for a moment," Will said. "This is the first time we've been able to stop to breathe for what seems like hours. What should we try to do now?"
They Are Everywhere
The constant banging prompted Rollie to say, "Maybe we should at least be securing the doors."
"Good idea," Will agreed. "And we will do that, but what next?"
The group stared at each other, looking for hope, but finding little."
The Raquel raised her hand. "Something Steve said gave me an idea. He mentioned throwing Dai off the roof."
Sammy looked aghast. "What you want to do that?"
Raquel actually found the strength to laugh. "No, but I doubt those things could climb onto Scallywag's roof. If we could get up there, we could at least see what's going on, or maybe signal someone to help us. Right now no one would even know there are still normal people in here."
"Good idea," Steve said. "Maybe we could even find a way to get to a car."
"Okay," Will nodded. "Sounds good. Let's fortify these doors and then find a way up there."
"Oh, there's a skylight back stage," Raquel said.
"Even better." His lover eyed Julie and Diamond. "Come on. Let's make it happen before something else slows us down or gets to more of us."
"What if it is a chemical spill and going out there exposes us?' Sammy asked.
Will picked up a piece of plywood and said, "I guess that's just a chance we'll have to take."
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Rolling with the Apocalypse
April 5, 2014 at 1:46 pm	(Apocalypse, Eternal Aftermath, Horror, Zombie) (Eternal Aftermath, Horror, Michael D. Griffiths, Zombie, Zombie Apocalypse, Zombies)
Rollie scanned the room. Brad's words came back to haunt him. Four men, four women. Jack, the man that had been keeping them alive the whole time, was gone. Last seen being overwhelmed by over twenty of the insane infected who did their best to kill everything in their path.
Yet as quickly as these thoughts tore through his mind, they were pushed aside as the moaning and stumbling infected poured into Scallywags' back stage.
All of the women hurried to the opposite side of the room, like only men should be required to keep them all alive.
Looking down, Rollie saw that his hand still clamped down on the makeshift club Jack had given him.
Brad appeared to have frozen and clutched his Jonnie Walker to him like it could somehow see him through this.
"Come on," Will yelled to Steve and together, they pushed a huge amp into the legs of the grocery store clerk that lead the pack. This broke one of the clerk's legs and two others tumbled behind it. One, a young man in a soldier's uniform, moved past his fallen comrades.
Rollie tensed. He was the only one with a club. He had to step up. With a yell, he rushed forward and aimed for the man's head. The infected soldier tried to block it, but the blow landed home. The man didn't drop. Hands came at him. Crescents of skin were torn off the right side of Rollie's neck.
He might have screamed something, but he grabbed his club two handed and laid into the horrid thing. Fingers grabbed, but fingers broke. Still it kept coming. It seemed like nothing he could do would kill it, until the zombie tripped on a mike cord. It fell and Rollie smashed it with all his might. It finally stopped moving.
"Nice," Will yelled, as he threw a large round table down the loading dock hallway.
Steve had brained at least two of the infected with the mike stand. "Stay back Zoey." Then looking his way, he yelled, "Someone has to shut that door!"
Zombie Mailman
A high pitched scream broke out and Rollie saw Andy sprawled across the floor with a tall man in jeans and a blood drenched cowboy shirt tearing mouthfuls of flesh from his face.
Rollie leapt that way. It took three swings, but he dropped his second madman. Looking around, he saw Will and Steve taking out two more of the infected freaks. Then, beyond the men, he heard a loud slamming sound, which was quickly followed by a click.
"What the…" Will started.
"Maybe it's Jack," Sammy cried.
Heavy footsteps echoed up the hallway and for a moment Rollie thought it was another of the brain dead murders. Then he saw the he bulk of the injured Bouncer, Diamond.
The huge black man looked over at him and said, "Four men and four women huh? Well, I guess that's true now." He winced as he touched his bitten arm. "In case you were wondering, I managed to shut the other door before more of those damn cannibals got in."
Suddenly Steve's girlfriend Zoe Screamed, "Look out. Look out!"
But it was too late. The bartender had gotten up, his eyes as mad as the rest, and had taken a tearing bite out of Julie's neck.
Check in next Saturday for the next Chapter of Eternal Aftermath!
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Here in this article we will see how to take picture using the camera and save it locally. We need to have some understanding on the Launchers and Choosers task since we need to select the task based on our requirement. Let us use the CameraCaptureTask and complete the process step by step using Visual Studio for Windows Phone .
First let us Open Visual Studio 2010 and create a new Silverlight for Windows Phone project with a valid project name as shown in the screen below.
Now to invoke the cameracapture task and save the image locally we can add 2 controls a button and a image viewer control. Button control is to invoke the cameracapture task and get the camera image and the image viewer control is to display the image which we took using the camera application. Drag and drop the images from the toolbox or write the XAML code as shown below.
Now let us add the code bind with the required code. First we add class level variables which are used to invoke the camera task. Add the below class level variables with in the class scope. We are just creating an object of the CameraCaptureTask using the below code.
Now we need to invoke the Camera on the button click event, to do that first let us complete the object creating in the MainPage constructor and in the Button Event handler invoke the camera as shown in the code below.
Now practically the camera application is invoked and with the inbuilt options we can capture the picture, now to save the picture we need to have a mechanism which can be done with the help of CameraCaptureTask Completed args. To do that first let us write some code to get the captured image and assign it to the image viewer control and then we will see on when to trigger this option. Write the below code in a separate method which normally gets the Photoresult and decode it to a byte array to show in on the image viewer control.
Now we are done with our code to show the captured image to the imageviewer control (imgCaptured). Now when to trigger this code so that the image captured can be retrieved. We need to do this at the CameraCapturedTask completed event to do that we need to go back to the MainPage constructor at the top and add the below code.
So the CameraCaptureTask completed will trigger the method to do the necessary to show the image in the image control. Now we are ready to build and check the output of the application. To do that Press F5 directly from the keyboard or by pressing build and execute option from the Visual Studio Tool Bar. Once the application is build and executed successfully we can see the output in the Windows Phone 7 Emulator as shown in the screen below.
Now to invoke the camera click on the InvokeCamera button and we can see the Camera Application is invoked. We will see an empty screen with the camera in built buttons as shown in the screen below.
Now click on the button at the top right corner so that the we can capture some image using the windows phone 7 emulator. Since we are using the emulator we will see a white screen with a rectangle to it. We can click on the Accept button at the bottom to capture the image as shown in the screen below. If we want to take a new image we can click on the Retake to capture again.
Now click on the Accept and we can see the image captured is assigned to the image viewer control on the main page as shown in the screen below. We can see a dull image since we are using the Windows Phone 7 Emulator, if we deploy the application on to the real device we can get a very good resolution of the picture.
So in this article we have seen how to use the Camera Application to capture the images and use in the development of our application as per the requirements. Also we have seen the Launchers and Choosers CameraCaptureTask to build the application to capture the picture.


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We want our students to pick "good fit books" independently, right? We can't always be standing over their shoulder watching the books they pick from our classroom library or the school library. It's that time of year in 1st grade where EVERY student wants to be reading chapter books. I love their ambition, but it's just not doable.
Every student is different and my students know when they are ready for chapter books. I STILL have some students picking chapter books on their book shopping day when they are not ready to read that difficult of a book (it drives me nuts). Because... that means during Daily 5 they are sitting there during Read to Self struggling over every single word and probably don't even read 2 sentences in 15 minutes.
At the end of each week, I look through their book boxes and I check to see who has a box full of "good fit books". I pick 2 students per week and those Super Book Shoppers get a cute little necklace to wear and they also get to go "shopping" in my prize box! It's a great motivator!


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Paul Krugman or Samuel Beckett? Fail. Fail again. Fail Better. (brilliant piece)
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The Great Abdication
Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers. For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 — the year F.D.R. shifted, far too soon, from fiscal stimulus to austerity, plunging the recovering economy back into recession. Unfortunately, this advice was ignored.
But now I'm hearing more and more about an even more fateful year. Suddenly normally calm economists are talking about 1931, the year everything fell apart.
It started with a banking crisis in a small European country (Austria). Austria tried to step in with a bank rescue — but the spiraling cost of the rescue put the government's own solvency in doubt. Austria's troubles shouldn't have been big enough to have large effects on the world economy, but in practice they created a panic that spread around the world. Sound familiar?
The really crucial lesson of 1931, however, was about the dangers of policy abdication. Stronger European governments could have helped Austria manage its problems. Central banks, notably the Bank of France and the Federal Reserve, could have done much more to limit the damage. But nobody with the power to contain the crisis stepped up to the plate; everyone who could and should have acted declared that it was someone else's responsibility.
And it's happening again, both in Europe and in America.
Consider first how European leaders have been handling the banking crisis in Spain. (Forget about Greece, which is pretty much a lost cause; Spain is where the fate of Europe will be decided.) Like Austria in 1931, Spain has troubled banks that desperately need more capital, but the Spanish government now, like Austria's government then, faces questions about its own solvency.
So what should European leaders — who have an overwhelming interest in containing the Spanish crisis — do? It seems obvious that European creditor nations need, one way or another, to assume some of the financial risks facing Spanish banks. No, Germany won't like it — but with the very survival of the euro at stake, a bit of financial risk should be a small consideration.
But no. Europe's "solution" was to lend money to the Spanish government, and tell that government to bail out its own banks. It took financial markets no time at all to figure out that this solved nothing, that it just put Spain's government more deeply in debt. And the European crisis is now deeper than ever.
Yet let's not ridicule the Europeans, since many of our own policy makers are acting just as irresponsibly. And I'm not just talking about Congressional Republicans, who often seem as if they are deliberately trying to sabotage the economy.
Let's talk instead about the Federal Reserve. The Fed has a so-called dual mandate: it's supposed to seek both price stability and full employment. And last week the Fed released its latest set of economic projections, showing that it expects to fail on both parts of its mandate, with inflation below target and unemployment far above target for years to come.
This is a terrible prospect, and the Fed knows it. Ben Bernanke, the Fed's chairman, has warned in particular about the damage being done to America by the unprecedented level of long-term unemployment.
So what does the Fed propose doing about the situation? Almost nothing. True, last week the Fed announced some actions that would supposedly boost the economy. But I think it's fair to say that everyone at all familiar with the situation regards these actions as pathetically inadequate — the bare minimum the Fed could do to deflect accusations that it is doing nothing at all.
Why won't the Fed act? My guess is that it's intimidated by those Congressional Republicans, that it's afraid to do anything that might be seen as providing political aid to President Obama, that is, anything that might help the economy. Maybe there's some other explanation, but the fact is that the Fed, like the European Central Bank, like the U.S. Congress, like the government of Germany, has decided that avoiding economic disaster is somebody else's responsibility.
None of this should be happening. As in 1931, Western nations have the resources they need to avoid catastrophe, and indeed to restore prosperity — and we have the added advantage of knowing much more than our great-grandparents did about how depressions happen and how to end them. But knowledge and resources do no good if those who possess them refuse to use them.
And that's what seems to be happening. The fundamentals of the world economy aren't, in themselves, all that scary; it's the almost universal abdication of responsibility that fills me, and many other economists, with a growing sense of dread.
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My illustration for the New York Tmes OpEd Page circa 1982 – coffee, mixed media
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"ENTREDENTES", (BetweenTeeth) – Ney Latorraca, Edy Botelho and GT reading in London.
Entredentes – rehearsal / reading in London today.
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A Sunday tale (From my novel "The Lost Case of a Brief Case"
Zufall and Essig
I'd been talking in my sleep. During my stay at the precinct, they actually held me for arraignment and I never got the lawyer I asked for. By coincidence or chance, I learned that those drilling detectives were called George Zufall and Erwin Essig.
From my cage, strangely located at the very center of the 5th Precinct in Manhattan, I had a 360 degree view of what the Criminal Intent Unit was all about. Their internal bickering and bitching was just as silly as, well…let's not get into that just yet. I came to learn their pizza habits, from the Marguerita to the pinapple option, they sat all around me and worked the phones.
I called the two detectives, Zufall and Essig.
"Listen guys, do you – by any chance – speak or understand German?", I ask.
"Nope! Why?"
"Well, because I couldn't help but notice your last names: Zufall and Essig"…
And nothing ! Get a life and stop reading this blog.
London June 10, 2012
GT unfolding the Big Gagged Fish Canvas
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Steven Ben Israel: Rest in peace my friend. Rather, don't – Up there, somewhere, continue to…
Be Mad as hell and don't take it anymore – as you always have.
Find your eternal peace.
The Living Theater kind of peace, you old hippie you! Master of comedy and political incorrectness.
(watch him in his stand up act)
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In Triptych:
When Quiet Presence meets the Bearers in Triptych , he uses their full title as what seems to be a gentle means of teasing, followed by putting Twilight through her Princess version. She then teases him into giving out his own, which is — His Most Gracious Lord Quiet Presence, Heir To The House Of Deluge, Bearer Of The Standard, Light Of The Storm's Passing, And Holder Of The Sacred Leg Rings Of Trotter's Falls.
"And how do you feel when somepony addresses you that way?"
Without a moment of hesitation, "By the time they finish all that? Bored."
The Leaning on the Fourth Wall in Triptych:
In Chapter 39 :
The Lord of the castle is leading the Bearers down a secret passage filled with traps. There's every chance that if I saw this in a story, I might start shouting at the page in a completely futile effort to keep the heroines and hero from going in there."
In Chapter 40 , through Gentle Arrival, nodding at the length of the story, and the chapter, which was the second longest, when it was posted:
"'Cutie mark',"
"There's a story in that,
about how 'cutie' came to be part of the term.
Perhaps this might be the night for it, or it could simply frustrate those who feel that tale is lengthening the delay."
In chapter 55, Discord telling Twilight to get up when he casually drops the bombshell that the Princesses were Earth Ponies before they became alicorns.
In the same paragraph, Discord then makes the Suspiciously Specific Denial that, contrary to rumors, the Princesses did not beat him because he was too busy laughing at their ineptitude at flying on their newly gained wings. He also mentions that their first efforts at projecting coronas with unicorn horns were quite spectacularly disastrous.
In Other Stories:
In If Rainbow Dash Can't Sleep , Rainbow's insomnia brings her to the library in (eventual) search of a truly boring book — waking up Twilight to get the recommendation. She winds up with a Day Court transcript. Twilight is then woken up several more times so Rainbow can get word definitions (and is shown the dictionary), historical references, and so on down the line. After all that plus a badly-chosen comment finally gets Rainbow tossed, we get this:
"Twilight? Come on, Twilight, let me back in! Just for a minute! You didn't tell me what 'defenestration' meant before you threw me out the window! I need to use the dictionary!"
A Total Eclipse Of The Fun features one of Twilight's Deadpan Snarker moments after she's confronted with Professor Skywise, a griffon astronomy expert who refuses to believe in the approaching Princess-created eclipse in the face of all evidence and has in fact come to Equestria just so he can witness what he believes is an illusion and write a paper disproving it. (It's a thought experiment: he thinks it isn't happening: therefore, it did not.) He declares Celestia senile and calls Twilight stupid, which finally triggers this:
There was a very long pause. Empires had died in that kind of pause. Some of them had committed suicide as a final desperate means of escape.
Twilight's tones were just barely on the edge of hearing, and a disturbing level of politeness had returned to every last word. "I know one form of proof you would have to accept, sir."
Disdainful, "And what would that be?"
Complete and utter calm. "Having the Princesses send you to the Moon. Then all you have to do is look down. If you can see Ponyville, I win."
He then threatens to write unflatteringly about her to every scientist back home.
"You're the top astronomer in your homeland, right?"
"Yes!"
"The single most skilled and knowledgeable by magnitudes?"
"Correct!"
"Good. Then my reputation is perfectly safe because none of the others will be intelligent enough to read."
Cutie Mark Crusaders Alpha Pack Leader eventually reaches the point where the trio has to find some way of getting the dogs to leave Apple Bloom alone. After she and Sweetie Belle summarily reject Scootaloo's idea to grab Angel Bunny, pegasus and unicorn filly head out to fetch the second scariest thing imaginable. This option is confined in a writing, twisting, mostly-rent saddlebag, and when Sweetie Belle lets her out...
Opal emerged.
That was the short form. The one which stuck in Apple Bloom's dreams for years to come was 'a spitting, hissing, fur-fluffed, ears-back, claws-out spiraling unstoppable mass of purest fury and destruction emerged to wreak vengeance on everypony who had confined her'. And then some.
In Chapter 2 of A Mark Of Appeal , Celestia goes into Joyous' assigned quarters for a first interview, apparently confident that simply knowing what the effect of the pegasus' mark is and being ready to resist will leave her untouched. Upon exiting, she tells Luna that she has to go. To Trotter's Falls. Immediately. Luna casually runs through some rejected reasons for the trip (expert to consult, artifact to use, fountain to view) before announcing the bullseye.
"Or is it simply — what you told me was the single coldest lake in all of Equestria?"
"...oh, shut up."
Near the start of Chapter 3, Celestia tries to compose a letter to the pegasus' parents, letting them know their runaway daughter has been found and is safe under Princess wings. The problem is that Joyous is still very much on her mind, and every single attempt eventually warps into something which contains thoughts which were better off not being written down. From Take #11:
Celestia: {writing]...I realize you may have certain fears regarding this, but I believe I can answer all of them. For starters, I am quite aware of my sheer physical size and all the ways it could potentially create difficulties within the Royal Bedroom. Be assured that over the centuries, I have carefully planned out methods of getting around every last one of them. While I will not include diagrams here, such exist, have never been seen by the general public and if I have anything to say about it, never will be. But they are actually rather simple to memorize and I'm certain a degree of improvisation can be added on the fly. Which, as your daughter happens to be a pegasus (and the most beautiful one I've ever had the honor to see in my lifetime, something I hope truly impresses you both when you fully consider all of the implications), we may be able to render quite literal —
Princesses Can't Cook has the sisters attending their first lesson in the culinary arts. Luna ultimately decides to attempt ice cream — then encounters the freezing & aeration process, which involves an ancient oak cask and a mouth-held crank which must be rotated through slowly trotting around the cask. For a very long time. And the reason the Lunar Kitchen uses that instead of a device? Her. Because she insisted on ice cream with the same consistency as before, and the only way to get it was through using the exact same method. Once the frustration, boredom, and neck cramps hit the critical level, she decides to take a shortcut. Freezing? She's An Ice Pony: solved. Aeration? There's already air present on the microscopic level, so all she has to do is use pegasus magic to make it move faster. As in internal storm system. Complete with lightning.
"Did I err?"
Luna has eaten meat.
"It once became necessary," the Princess slowly said, "to secure a treaty through the winning of a bet."
"Yes, Princess."
"It is not necessary for anypony else to know about that."
"No, Princess."
"Ever."
"Should you hear any stories coming from Ponyville concerning backsides I may or may not have gobbled, you are to ignore those as well."
"Of course, Princess."
When defined within the context of magic, 'escort' means taking a passenger along during a teleport. Twilight knows all about that, just took a test to get her license for it — and had all her spare bits wiped out by the fee. So in the name of raising money for a book written by Earnest Young, she opens up Twilight's Escort Service , figuring ponies will pay to be teleported to their homes rather than trotting or flying through an exceptionally cold winter. The problem is that 'escort' can have another meaning, and given the way her advertising poster came out...
Twilight's Escort Service
Anywhere*. Anytime**. Anypony***.
An Experience You've Never Had! Why Be Cold And Alone? Warmth And Comfort Await!
Trust In Skill! Trust In Teachings Learned Directly At The Hooves And Field Of The Princess!
Appointments To Be Made At Library. Advance Bookings Recommended, But Drop-In Visits Will Be Accommodated As Time, Energy, And Schedule Permit.
Fully Licensed And Accredited By The Appropriate Canterlot Office. CEO #1792. Paperwork Available On Request.
Available For A Limited Time Only. Payment In Advance. Tips Welcome.
(Young: Need The Money.)
This was followed by somewhat smaller print.
* 'Anywhere' refers to Ponyville's settled zone and minor portions of the fringe. Some hoof effort may be involved on the receiving end. I cannot promise instant results for anypony, but all will achieve their desire with surprisingly little effort.
**'Anytime' would generally be restricted by normal pony working hours, but I understand that several ponies will both prefer and require my services at night, and as this is a limited-time offer set during a season when ponies would not wish to be cold and alone, especially under Moon, I will do my best to service them at any hour I can manage. Please do understand that there will be certain points when it may seem as if I am tired, but I am still fully licensed and accredited, and so can accomplish the feat regardless of waking state. In fact, there are studies which suggest that superior results occur when some degree of exertion has already taken place, as the escorter is more relaxed and lack of tension seems to allow the tackling of more impressive feats.
***'Anypony' is normally defined as any single pony entity, but I will also escort any sapient being residing within the settled zone. I do not discriminate in my services. Additionally, escort service is available for parties of up to three, and those parties can be mixed ones. I would appreciate notice well in advance so I can figure out how to deal with unusual issues of size or mass, but will try to adjust quickly for true emergency needs.
Virtually any time that the Murdocks press corps is mentioned.
Celestia had never seen Murdocks himself. She knew how old he was, where he had been born, the fact that 'he' was the right pronoun to use — basics. Beyond that, the publisher hid from all inquiries, sent ponies to speak for him in legal matters, and bribed others not to speak, mostly with counterfeit bits which he always claimed had been passed into his possession without knowledge. She was becoming very curious for a look at his face, mostly so she could put it on a dartboard.
Dozens of moments throughout the events of Goosed! apply, from Fluttershy getting her Twilight on, to Rarity fighting off a Crystal Goose through her mastery of dirty street brawling, to the long list of hateful names applied to the Geese, which culminates in "Grey-Winged Shitbuckets".
Trav(ap)est(r)y has a one-two punch of Call-Back and Brick Joke. Long after the events of Twilight's Escort Service, Luna has Fleur pointed out to her for the first time, eventually being told that Fancypants talked Fleur into retiring from her original profession in order to become his student. She then asks what that former occupation was, and upon being told:
"You found her in the midst of teleporting ponies about the capital?"
Rainbow Splash is basically Rainbow Vs. Logistics. After finding an ad for water balloons in her favorite magazine (Pranksters Alibied), she immediately places an order because ponies are starting to look for her cloud soakings, the balloons are new, and they're available with fur dye powder inside: one splash equals one color change. What she completely manages to overlook is that minotaurs have hands. Ponies aren't designed for filling or throwing water balloons, and it takes Rainbow a long day of struggle (to the point where she considers using Poison Joke to turn herself into a living screwdriver, as opposed to going out and getting an actual screwdriver) before she manages to get a supply ready — only to have her first prank backfire, as Rarity points out a Logical Weakness: the typical unicorn can't levitate a cloud, but water balloons can be easily sent back to their point of origin. Rainbow ends the story by staining her way into the spa.
Rarity's chapter of Sick Little Ponies (And One Dragon) is basically Ponyville's resident Drama Queen under the effects of medication which removes her usual filters, resulting in an entire short story of Large Ham turned Up to Eleven, as Rarity convinces herself that her illness means she's dying, arranges for the outfit she intends to be caught dead in (after spending hours sorting through both wardrobe and appropriate final pose), then sewing throughout the night to create something her corpse can wear at the funeral — an outfit which, since it was designed by somepony with a fever, brings out a viewer reaction of Kill It with Fire. (She also managed to sew her own mane into the hock line.)
The steady uptick of just how far Twilight's gone to deliberately overstock the library in The Remainders Of The Day cumulates in two words: storage unit.
Suited For Terror demonstrates why Rarity is the most terrifying entity in Ponyville on every single Nightmare Night: those who come to her door may encounter her emergency (and forced) costume revisions.
"NO! I DON'T WANT TO BE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE FOR THE ERA! NOOOOO!"
Rarity's more dramatic moments tend to be a source of comedy in the 'verse, but one of her funniest comes during a moment of Tranquil Fury. Upon seeing the color changes inflicted on the Boutique's dresses in Orange Is The New Blue (which happens after hearing Twilight say that any casting on something non-living is likely permanent), Rarity goes on a long, half-dreamy speech about how she once considered a career in politics after losing her Preschool Princess election, can see herself returning to the arena again, might just run for the Night Court and, after a long career brings her to the point where she can both compose her own legislation and has the votes behind her, will have certain acts recognized as crimes, then carry out the first punishment herself as a reward for a lifetime of public service.
"Or, to save on campaign funds, I could simply track this unicorn down right now and kill her. Shall we?"
The four words which close A Mark Of Appeal , spoken by Celestia to Luna: "Good night, Crater-Ass." Ultimately, the Continuum's version of the sisters are simply ponies — and siblings who occasionally take each other down a few pegs.
How low is the heat threshold for activating Rainbow's homemade fire alarm? This low.
"OH, COME ON!"
A Triangle in the Stars
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The Trouble With Time Travel


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Javeria and Saud Celebrated their Son Ibrahim Birthday
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Javeria Saud is an established actress as well as host of Pakistan. Javeria Saud is a multi talented celebrity who has worked in almost every field of showbiz. Javeria Saud started her career at very young age through PTV channel of Pakistan. She has been working on TV for many years now and in these years she has proved herself an accomplished actress. She has acted in many TV serials of Pakistan and has given outstanding performance in many remarkable serials. Last night, Javeria Saud celebrated her son birthday with her family. The family of javeria saud is looking decent. Have a look.
Javeria Saud is not only a popular star of Pakistani showbiz industry, she is also wife of a famous actor. Javeria is married with well known TV and film star Saud. They married in December of 2005 and are leading a happy married life. They are a famous showbiz couple who work together on every project. They are parents of two children, a daughter named Jannat and a son named Ibrahim. Javeria and Saud also own a production house with the name 'JJS Production' and it is one of the successful production houses of Pakistan.
Other than that Javeria Saud has produced many top TV serials along with her husband for which she has won many awards as a producer. Javeria is also blessed with a beautiful voice and little people know that she is also a singer. She is also an awesome host and has hosted many morning shows of different channels including 'Satrangi' and 'Ramazan Ki Shaan' of Express Entertainment.
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news The Communications Alliance has released a series of proposed revisions to the Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code 2012 that are aimed to improve the code's provisions and reduce complaints to the industry ombudsman, CommCom.
The revisions address Chapter 9 of the TCP Code 2012, which describes the Code Compliance Monitoring Framework and have been made available for public comment.
The proposed amendments seek to "build upon the success" of the current code compliance provisions – which have contributed to a reduction of more than 35% in complaints to the ombudsman over the last three years, according to Communications Alliance.
Communications Alliance CEO, John Stanton, said that the proposed Chapter 9 sought an "appropriate balance" between accountability and flexibility for suppliers.
He explained: "The TCP Code Compliance Framework has been successful, as evidenced by the increase in attestations received by CommCom … as well as the continued drop in TIO complaints.
The proposed amendments also seek to provide "additional flexibility" for smaller service providers in meeting their obligations under the TCP Code by introducing an additional window to submit lodgement documentation to CommCom.
Furthermore, small suppliers will be required to attest that their processes and systems are compliant with the TCP Code, but without needing to develop a compliance plan in accordance with the Australian Standard.
The proposed amendments also introduce a requirement for suppliers bound by the TCP Code to register with Communications Alliance.
Suppliers will also, for the first time, be able to attest partial compliance with the TCP Code, which must be submitted alongside a Compliance Achievement Plan that identifies gaps in compliance and suggests a plan by which full compliance can be achieved.
The public comment period will run until 30 December 2015.


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The Yukon Rose in Dawson City awaits a permanent resting place. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
Fastest freighter in the Yukon gets lifted onto a new spot in Carcross
Crane lifts and moves MV Sibilla closer to street in Carcross
Lawrie Crawford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It used to be that the shores of Yukon rivers were lined with decaying riverboats. Old Whitehorse photographs show sternwheelers land-stranded in Whitehorse after the new highway bridges stopped the passage of the big boats that travelled the Yukon's River system.
Postcards called it the end of an era.
Time has taken its toll on the old boats; some were scavenged to bits, some rotted, while others famously burned. There are only a few that remain. The Yukon Rose in Dawson City lies high and dry awaiting restoration, the MV Tarahne sits on the shore of Atlin Lake, and the SS Klondike in Whitehorse is the queen of the Parks Canada fleet.
Carcross lost its treasured Tutshi in a fire in 1990. Now the Tutshi memorial with its charred paddlewheel, marks the place. But another, lesser-known boat of the Carcross sternwheeler era, was stashed behind the old barracks building in downtown Carcross.
It didn't look very big when it was hidden by trees and buildings, but when owner Jamie Toole, cleared the debris and removed a building, the full scale of the MV Sibilla emerged.
Historic boat comes to new resting place in Carcross. (Lawrie Crawford/Yukon News)
She is 14 metres long and 2.6 metres wide, with peeling paint and plywood boarded windows.
Jami Toole, the owner of both the boat and Caribou Hotel in Carcross, said the Sibilla "was known to be the fastest freight boat on the Yukon River." He said it was built in Whitehorse in 1926 and later purchased by the British Yukon Navigation Company to take freight and passengers on Tagish Lake. It was used when the Nares River was too shallow for the Tutshi, a larger boat.
According the draft Carcross Heritage management plan, "the Sibilla is a called a 'tunnel boat' because of the shape of its hull. It was used as a support boat for the sternwheelers; marking the channels in the spring, scrapping out the sandbars and pushing a barge to Taku Landing. The Sibilla was moved to Carcross around 1943 for active service after the MV Brant exploded."
It wasn't pulled ashore until much later, perhaps sometime in the sixties, Toole says.
On Friday Sept. 3, Toole and his crew raised the six tonnes of boat, swung it out of its old location, set it down, moved the crane, lifted it up again, spun the boat around end to end, and carefully put it back down on a fresh pad of concrete, close to a newly built sidewalk.
That would be its new resting place, visible from the deck of the Caribou Hotel just across the street.
Toole loves old things and bringing them back to life. As a lifetime builder, inclined to historical restorations, he seems a little nonchalant about the whole thing.
"We're just putting it onto this concrete pad here to do some restoration on it and have some historical signage so everybody can enjoy it," he said.
Contact Lawrie Crawford at lawrie.crawford@yukon-news.com
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Artslink Magazine another look at art and artists from Italy
This issue of Artslink was produced by Anita Zampieri and Ilaria Zampieri two 17 year old summer work placements with Charnwood Arts. The issue focused on artists, art centres/associations and exhibitions across Italy. At its heart, this edition focuses on art fairs and events and the creative activities that are catalysed by them.
55th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale which took place in Venice between June and November 2013 taking the form of trails that run to the Arsenale. Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition theme explored 'il Palazzo Enciclopedico' ('The Encyclopaedic Palace).
Yuri Ancarani is a video artist and filmmaker originating from Ravenna in northern Italy. Yuri has made a number of films that have been featured around the world. His work can be characterised as documenting the evolution of human experience beyond the everyday.
Officina Delle Zattere is one of the exhibition venues in Venice that shows cutting edge contemporary art during the Venice Biennale. The organisation becomes the pavilion for a particular country and works with curators to realise complex installations. A range of exhibitions are shown over three levels of the venue making it an intrinsic part of the biennale.
Diego Fazio (AKA DiegoKoi) is an artist from Lamezia Tarme, Italy. His work explores hyper realism through pencil drawing. He creates photo realistic images of a range of subjects by studying the minute details. Diego is self taught, learning his skills from the internet.
Ghisa Art Fusion was a multifaceted, multisensory exhibition delivered across a series of three derelict industrial areas in Schio, Italy. The concept was developed by Metamorfosi Gallery and included a mixture of art, food and music. The theme was 'The other half of the sky' characterised as 'the female universe'.
Ester Roi is an artist from Vicenza in Northern Italy. Her paintings are characterised by brilliant sharp colours and sharp detail. The images explore natural objects immersed in water, depicting rock pools and flowers under water. She speaks about inventing the Icarus Drawing Board which is a heated surface for drawing on.
Oltre La Visione was a exhibition shown at Per Piacere in Rome. Through a series of works across two rooms, the exhibition focused on the "relation between man and nature". The artists taking part were Jazz Buk, Massimo Catalani, Fe Cipriani, Yvonne Delor, Stefania Fabrizi, Isabel Hooft, Angelo Marinelli, Hannu Palosuo, Giuliano Pastori and Andrea Sampaolo.


To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers. – Locke.
To cry with a low, whining, broken voice] to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him? Latimer.
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
WHIMPER, verb intransitive [G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.
Pertaining to sand stone; consisting of sand stone; as arenilite mountains.