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(Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881-1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958-63.
orig. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
born Nov. 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy
died June 3, 1963, Rome
Pope (1958–63).
He studied theology in Rome, was ordained a priest in 1904, and held a variety of church offices. In 1944 he was named papal nuncio to newly liberated France, where he successfully revived sympathy for the Vatican. Made a cardinal in 1953, he was elected pope after the death of Pius XII in 1958. Because of his advanced age, he was expected to be little more than a caretaker in the office, but instead he became the major reforming pope of the century. Eager to lead the church into the modern era, he called the Second Vatican Council in 1962 and invited Eastern Orthodox and Protestant observers to join Catholic delegates. He also sought to repair relations with the Jews. Though John died before the end of the council, it went on to make major reforms in Catholic liturgy and administration. An energetic advocate of world peace, John was one of the most popular popes in history.
John XXIII, 1963
▪ pope
original name Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
born November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy
died June 3, 1963, Rome; beatified September 3, 2000; feast day October 11
one of the most popular popes of all times (reigned 1958–63), who inaugurated a new era in the history of the Roman Catholic church by his openness to change (aggiornamento), shown especially in his convoking of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican Council, Second). He wrote several socially important encyclicals (most notably Pacem in Terris).
Angelo was one of 13 children born to Giovanni Roncalli, a tenant farmer of Sotto il Monte, a tiny village 7 miles (11 km) from the Lombard city of Bergamo. The Roncallis were poor but not nearly as destitute as some later legends would have it. "We had the necessities of life," the pope used to say testily, "and we were strong and healthy." Though Angelo, the third child and oldest son of the family, went off to prepare for the priesthood as a child of 11, he continued to spend vacations with his family and remained close to them throughout his life.
No matter how powerful he became, however, he never helped any of the other Roncallis to advance in the world. "The world is only interested in making money…," he wrote to his brother Xaverio after he became pope. "A great honour has come to our family," he acknowledged, but he urged Xaverio and the others to remain humble, seek no honours or preferments, and take no material advantage of their relationship to the pope. "At my own death," he concluded, "I shall not be denied the praise which did so much honour to the holiness of Pius X: born poor, he died poor." In his last will he bequeathed each of the living members of the family a legacy of less than $20—his total personal fortune.
Angelo, the churchman, however, was destined to spend most of his life among the powerful and cultivated. Inevitably, that set him apart from the other Roncallis almost from the beginning. While still a seminarian, he was already beginning to feel out of place in Sotto il Monte, where he was charged with priggishness and "putting on airs." "Only three days of the holidays have passed and already I am weary of them," he recorded in the diary that he allowed to be published after his death. He was eager, he wrote, to return to Bergamo, with its orderly life of study, prayer, and genteel fellowship, and to escape from the petty gossip, suspicion, and jealousies of the village.
Roncalli was not an especially brilliant student. He did well enough, however, to be sent to Rome for theological studies in 1900. After only one year at the Seminario Romano, his education was interrupted when he was drafted into military service and assigned to an infantry company conveniently stationed at Bergamo. Later, as a priest, he returned to the army during World War I. Again he served in Bergamo, first as a hospital orderly and later as a military chaplain with the rank of lieutenant.
Even with the time out for military service, he was not yet 23 when he was ordained a priest in Rome on August 10, 1904. The next day he said his first mass at St. Peter's Basilica. After a visit to his family in Sotto il Monte, he returned to the Seminario Romano for further study. Eventually he received a doctorate in canon law.
As a graduate student in Rome, Roncalli took the first step that was to lead to the papacy a half century later. Simply because he was a priest of Bergamo, he was asked by the reigning pope, Pius X (Pius X, Saint), to assist in the ceremony of consecration for a new bishop, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, who had been appointed to take over the diocese of Bergamo. The new bishop, a member of the Italian nobility, was much taken by the young priest and asked him to serve as his secretary.
Back in Bergamo, Don Angelo, in addition to his secretarial duties, was assigned to the faculty of the diocesan seminary. For the next nine years he served as a professor of theology and spiritual director of the young men preparing for ordination. As the bishop's right-hand man, he gained a wide range of pastoral experience.
Roncalli had great esteem for his superior, who was known as the most progressive prelate in Italy. After the bishop's death in 1914, he wrote an appreciative biography of the prelate and sent a copy to the pope, Benedict XV, who had been one of Radini-Tedeschi's personal friends.
With the war behind him, Roncalli was summoned to wider service in the church. In 1920, Pope Benedict, recalling Radini-Tedeschi's biographer, named him a director of the Italian organization for the support of foreign missions. The position was not notably significant in a church top-heavy with dignitaries, but it brought him into personal contact with a number of important clerical figures throughout Europe, and his name became recognizable in ecclesiastical Rome. He also gained some attention because of his work as a part-time historian who specialized in some of the minor activities of Saint Charles Borromeo (Borromeo, Saint Charles), a cardinal of Milan who played an important role in the 16th-century Counter-Reformation. It was Roncalli's researches for this project that first brought him into contact with Monsignor Achille Ratti, the Milanese librarian who would become Pius XI.
Service as a Vatican (Vatican City) diplomat
Pius XI later remembered the Bergamo priest's gift for personal dealings and brought him into the Vatican's diplomatic service. Roncalli was appointed apostolic visitor to Bulgaria in March 1925. In keeping with custom, he was made an archbishop before he left Rome. He spent the next 10 years in that obscure but delicate post, where he was expected to protect the interests of a small Roman Catholic community in a country overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox (Eastern Orthodoxy). His diary reveals that he was often lonely and discouraged in Bulgaria, but he carried out the assignment with tact, patience, and notable good humour. Still, he was not deemed to be among the best-qualified clerics in the papal diplomatic corps.
Roncalli's next assignment was equally unpromising. He was appointed apostolic delegate to Greece, which was combined with naming him head of the Vatican diplomatic mission to Turkey. Again he was called upon to represent powerless Catholic minorities in an Eastern Orthodox nation, Greece, and a Muslim nation, Turkey. He made his home in Istanbul, where he was generally ignored by both the Turkish government and the Vatican but was warmly appreciated in the diplomatic colony as an amiable host and affable dinner companion.
None of these posts loomed large in the Western-oriented Vatican, and the archbishop had good reason to believe that his career had reached a dead end. Later he confessed that he was stunned by the announcement, at the end of 1944, that he had been named papal nuncio to Charles de Gaulle (Gaulle, Charles de)'s newly liberated France; his first thought was that an assignment error must have been made in Rome.
The French post was particularly delicate at the time. Roncalli's predecessor, Monsignor Valerio Valeri, had been close to the collaborationist General Philippe Pétain (Pétain, Philippe) during the German occupation, and de Gaulle made it clear to the Vatican that, since Valeri had become persona non grata to the French people, he would have to be replaced immediately. France was still seething with a spirit of vengeance against former collaborators. It would be the new nuncio's obligation to deal with the ill will created by his predecessor and by the bishops who had cooperated with the hated Vichy government. Someone in the Vatican remembered the genial archbishop languishing in the Middle East, and it was decided that, though he was not noted for his political astuteness, perhaps he had precisely the qualifications needed under the circumstances. Roncalli was told that he would be expected to cool the atmosphere, reestablish the independence of the church, and gain the release of a number of German seminarians who were being held as prisoners of war. In addition, he had to deal with an outburst of radicalism among the younger French clergy, which the conservative forces in the Vatican Curia found highly disturbing.
His success in carrying out the assignment was acknowledged by the papacy when Archbishop Roncalli was named a cardinal by Pius XII. In January 1953 the red hat, the symbol of a cardinal, was conferred on him by the socialist president of France, Vincent Auriol (Auriol, Vincent).
Reign as pope
As a cardinal, Roncalli immediately became eligible for one of the major Italian archbishoprics. Appointed patriarch of Venice at age 71, he had cause once more to believe that he had reached the end of the line. Thus, perhaps no one was more surprised than he when, after the death of Pius XII on October 9, 1958, he was elected pope on the 12th ballot—clearly a compromise candidate acceptable to all parties only because of his advanced years.
Perhaps a younger pontiff would have been less daring and innovative than John XXIII turned out to be. Soon after his coronation, he announced almost casually that he was summoning an ecumenical council—a general meeting of the bishops of the church—the first in almost a century. He said the idea came to him in a sudden inspiration. His purpose was to "bring the church up to date" (aggiornaménto) and to work for its spiritual regeneration. He was the first pope since the Reformation who acknowledged frankly that Catholicism stood in need of reinvigoration and reform.
It was long a truism among church historians that councils are followed by upheaval and disorder in the church. The pope's decision, consequently, was received coolly by his conservative Curia, who were convinced that the church had prospered under Pius XII's leadership and who saw no good reason for the changes John envisioned. Some of the Vatican cardinals in fact did everything in their power to delay the council until the old man had passed from the scene and the project could be quietly dropped. But the pope pushed on with his plan and lived long enough to preside over the first session of the Second Vatican Council in the fall of 1962.
In keeping with his wishes, the council fathers pledged that they would be consistently positive. No condemnations or anathemas were to be made; political hostilities were to be ignored; and the church above all was to recognize that it was not the master but the servant of humanity. The pope made it clear that the Second Vatican Council (Vatican Council, Second) was convened as a pastoral council. No new dogmas were to be pronounced, though old doctrines and disciplines were to be reexamined. What John sought, he said, was a "New Pentecost," a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
The council, according to John's design, would make a new start toward achieving Christian (ecumenism) unity by putting aside the hostilities of the past and acknowledging the Catholics' share of responsibility for the scandal of a divided Christianity. With his long experiences among the Eastern Orthodox, John's interest in Christian ecumenism seemed natural enough, but no one in Rome was quite prepared for the extent of his openness. He received Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Protestant religious leaders with extreme cordiality and made sure they were invited to send observers to the Vatican Council. He removed certain words offensive to Jews (Jew) from the official liturgy of the church. On one notable occasion, he introduced himself to a group of Jewish visitors with the biblical words, "I am Joseph your brother," referring to the Old Testament story of the meeting of the sons of the patriarch Jacob at the court of Egypt.
John traveled around Rome freely, breaking with the tradition that the pope, deprived of his former temporal power, was a "prisoner of the Vatican." In an attempt to depoliticize the church, he played down his position as ruler of the Vatican and emphasized his role as "servant of the servants of God," a traditional title of the pope. In that spirit he called on the president of Italy and cordially received the son-in-law of the Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev (Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich), in private audience. Among his other visitors were the archbishop of Canterbury (Canterbury, archbishop of)—the first such meeting since the 14th century—the moderator of the Scottish Kirk, and a Shintō (the indigenous religion of Japan) high priest—the first such official in history to be received at the Vatican.
During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the pope publicly urged both the United States and the Soviet Union to exercise caution and restraint and won the appreciation of both President John F. Kennedy (Kennedy, John F.) and Premier Khrushchev (Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich). His major encyclical, Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth"), addressed to all mankind, was received warmly throughout the world and praised by politicians as well as churchmen. Straightforward and frankly optimistic, it avoided the language of diplomacy and set forth the requirements for world peace in profoundly human terms. Distinguishing between the philosophy of Marxism and actual governments to which it gave birth, John suggested that peaceful coexistence between the West and the communist East was not only desirable but was actually necessary if mankind was to survive. He thereby diluted the religious energy that had been poured into the Cold War as a result of the militant policies shaped by his predecessor.
John saw himself as a reconciler. In statement after statement he emphasized the church's significance as a suprapolitical spiritual force in the world. His greatest claim on the world's affection, however, rested on the warmth of his personality rather than on any of his formal statements. He remained simple and unaffected, in spite of the baroque setting in which he found himself, and instinctively appealed directly to human values that everyone could understand.
"Since you could not come to me, I came to you," he told the inmates of a Roman prison. When Mrs. John F. Kennedy (Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy), then wife of the president of the United States, came to call, he rehearsed "Mrs. Kennedy, Madame Kennedy" in his poor English. Then, when she appeared he spontaneously spread open his arms and cried out, "Jacqueline!" He once told a communist diplomat, "I know you are an atheist, but won't you accept an old man's blessing?" When a shabby peasant woman reached up to touch him as he was being carried through St. Peter's, he stopped to clasp her hand. "There is no reason why you shouldn't get as close as the king of Jordan did," he said.
The roly-poly pontiff—he was short of stature and never overcame a tendency toward corpulence—gradually became a kind of father figure for the world. When he died in 1963, it was generally recognized that he had become one of the best-loved men in the world.
There was nothing in the earlier life of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli to suggest that his reign as pope would be anything other than the decorous, tradition-bound, static pontificate the Sacred College of Cardinals was counting on when it chose him as an "interim" pope—a papa di passaggio—in October 1958. His brilliant, strong-willed predecessor had shaped a defensive policy for dealing with the modern world that the cardinals thought would serve the needs of the church for another century, and they had every reason to believe, from his past behaviour, that the elderly Cardinal Roncalli would maintain the status quo for the few years he had to live. Then, according to the plan, the church would be turned over to a younger prelate who was cast in Pius XII's mold. As pope, however, Roncalli put into effect so many of the ideas he had entertained privately during a half century of obediently serving others that the church was never the same again.
Angelo Roncalli might have lived and died as an obscure parish priest had he been less of a conformist throughout all but the last few years of his life. The child of a peasant family, he began his career in the church with no connections of any significance and no powerful patron to guide him through the maze of ecclesiastical politics. His steady climb was due above all to his readiness to subdue his own preferences, follow orders, and adjust without complaint to the will of his superiors. Such was the clerical ideal proposed at his seminary in Bergamo, and it guided him throughout his life.
John's successor, Paul VI, instituted formal proceedings that could lead to his canonization as a saint. Had the ancient custom of popular canonization still been in effect in 1963, however, that honour would probably have been given to him immediately by the tearful crowd who were gathered in St. Peter's Square when his death was announced. In 2000 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
John Cogley
Biographical works include E.E.Y. Hales, Pope John and His Revolution (1965); A. Lazzarini, Giovanni XXIII (1958; Pope John XXIII, 1959); Meriol Trevor, Pope John (1967); and Paul Johnson, Pope John XXIII (1974), a good popular biography. Peter Hebblethewaite, Pope John XXIII: Shepherd of the Modern World (1985) provides the most complete biography of Pope John. The Pontiff's diary, which he began writing as a seminarian and finished when he was pope, was published as The Journal of a Soul (1965; originally published in Italian, 4th ed., 1965). His encyclicals and major public addresses may be found in The Encyclicals and Other Messages of John XXIII (1964). Pope John's papacy and its impact on the church are discussed in most of the books about the second Vatican Council and developments in contemporary Roman Catholicism. Among these in English are Xavier Rynne, Letters from Vatican City (1963); Gary MacEóin, What Happened at Rome? The Council and Its Implications for the Modern World (1966); and in translation, Hans Küng, The Council, Reform and Reunion (1961; originally published in German, 1960).
John XXII
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JOHN XXIII° — (1881–1963), pope 1958–63. Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he convened the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) and raised the papacy to new popularity with his warm, friendly style after the severe formality of his predecessor, pius xii . He served… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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John XXIII — (1881 1963) an Italian priest who became ↑Pope (=the leader of the Roman Catholic religion) in 1958 … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Obituary of Andrew Jon Benson
Andrew Jon Benson 47 of Alburgh, Vermont passed away unexpectedly June 19, 2020. Andrew was on May 23rd, 1973, the youngest son of Albert James Sr. and Willene (Findlay) Benson. Andrew lived in Isle La Motte and Alburgh until his teen years when he moved to Florida, and then he moved back to Vermont for the last 9 years. Andrew was predeceased by his parents. He leaves behind his son Jon Paul Benson of Crystal River Fl, his brothers: (Jim) Albert and wife Deborah Benson of North Hero, VT; Leonard Benson of Pinellas, FL; Paul and wife Kim Benson of Milton, VT. Nephews: Christopher, Albert, Dylan and Nieces: Shayna and Megan.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie served as President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State from May 8, 1980 until January 18, 1981. A long-time U.S. Senator from Maine, Muskie was tapped to serve as Carter's second Secretary of State after the resignation of Cyrus Vance following the failed rescue of the American hostages in Iran.
Born in Rumford, Maine, March 28, 1914, Muskie graduated from Bates College in 1936 and Cornell University Law School in 1939. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1939 and the Maine bar in 1940, and began the private practice of law in Waterville, Maine, in 1940. Muskie enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War and served in the Atlantic and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters from 1942 to 1945.
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I purchased a new phone and now I cannot put Vipre using my existing premium key on the Android version. Vipre free installs just fine but when I try to put the premium key on it, there is no "Use Credits" key. I think this is because it's a new device, but the new phone substituted for my prior phone. Please help!
No, unfortunately it does not. The reason is that there is no "Use Credits" button on my screen as I stated in my original question - see attached. Any other ideas? Thanks much.
We will open up a support ticket and have a tech reach out so that we can investigate further.


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class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
  def setUp(self):
    self.page_set = page_set.PageSet(file_path=os.path.dirname(__file__))
    self.page_set.AddPageWithDefaultRunNavigate("http://www.bar.com/")
    self.page_set.AddPageWithDefaultRunNavigate("http://www.baz.com/")
    self.page_set.AddPageWithDefaultRunNavigate("http://www.foo.com/")

  @property
  def pages(self):
    return self.page_set.pages

class ValueTest(TestBase):
  def testListSamePageMergingWithSamePageConcatenatePolicy(self):
    page0 = self.pages[0]
    v0 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [1,2], same_page_merge_policy=value.CONCATENATE)
    v1 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [3,4], same_page_merge_policy=value.CONCATENATE)
    self.assertTrue(v1.IsMergableWith(v0))

    vM = (list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues.
          MergeLikeValuesFromSamePage([v0, v1]))
    self.assertEquals(page0, vM.page)
    self.assertEquals('x', vM.name)
    self.assertEquals('unit', vM.units)
    self.assertEquals(value.CONCATENATE, vM.same_page_merge_policy)
    self.assertEquals(True, vM.important)
    self.assertEquals([1, 2, 3, 4], vM.values)

  def testListSamePageMergingWithPickFirstPolicy(self):
    page0 = self.pages[0]
    v0 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [1,2], same_page_merge_policy=value.PICK_FIRST)
    v1 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [3,4], same_page_merge_policy=value.PICK_FIRST)
    self.assertTrue(v1.IsMergableWith(v0))

    vM = (list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues.
          MergeLikeValuesFromSamePage([v0, v1]))
    self.assertEquals(page0, vM.page)
    self.assertEquals('x', vM.name)
    self.assertEquals('unit', vM.units)
    self.assertEquals(value.PICK_FIRST, vM.same_page_merge_policy)
    self.assertEquals(True, vM.important)
    self.assertEquals([1, 2], vM.values)

  def testListDifferentPageMerging(self):
    page0 = self.pages[0]
    v0 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [1, 2], same_page_merge_policy=value.PICK_FIRST)
    v1 = list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues(
        page0, 'x', 'unit',
        [3, 4], same_page_merge_policy=value.PICK_FIRST)
    self.assertTrue(v1.IsMergableWith(v0))

    vM = (list_of_scalar_values.ListOfScalarValues.
          MergeLikeValuesFromDifferentPages([v0, v1]))
    self.assertEquals(None, vM.page)
    self.assertEquals('x', vM.name)
    self.assertEquals('unit', vM.units)
    self.assertEquals(value.PICK_FIRST, vM.same_page_merge_policy)
    self.assertEquals(True, vM.important)
    self.assertEquals([1, 2, 3, 4], vM.values)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Serenade! The Human Journey: Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, MD
by Serenade! Choral Festival
Sat, July 6, 2019, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Sat, July 6, 2019
Second Presbyterian Church
4200 Saint Paul Street
4200 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Date: SAT, JULY 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Free, with Eventbrite Registration
Concert Benefiting: ERICA (Episcopal Refugee and Immigrant Center Alliance)
Artists: Sedaa (Iran, Mongolia), Túumben Paax (Mexico), Toronto Beaches Children's and Youth Chorus (Canada), Choir Cedemusica (Ecuador)
This concert is presented by Classical Movements, in partnership with Community Concerts at Second and Second Presbyterian Church.
Sedaa
Sedaa means "voice" in Persian and connects traditional Mongolian music with the Orient, which makes an extraordinary and fascinating sound. Master singer Nasaa Nasanjargal and Naraa Naranbaatar, who studied in their Mongolian homeland join, with the virtuosic Dulcimer player Ganzorig Davaakhuu and the Iranian multi-instrumentalist Omid Bahadori to bring you one genuinely exotic world between the Orient and Mongolian steppe. The foundation of their modern composition is formed by natural sounds which are produced with traditional instruments and the use of ancient vocal song techniques of their nomadic ancestors with which a person produces several tones at the same time.
Túumben Paax
Designated "Ambassador 2014" of the International Federation for Choral Music, winner of Gold Medals in competitions in Japan, Italy the Túumben Paax Female Vocal Sextet ("New Music," in the Mayan language) is a pioneer ensemble in Mexico established in 2006 by Lucía Olmos, and formed by young singers from the top conservatories in Mexico. It has been conducted by Arturo Valenzuela, Samuel Pascoe, Jorge Córdoba, Jorge Cózatl and now Rodrigo Cadet. The choir bring repertoire to Serenade! that includes pre-Hispanic music, modern arrangements of traditional folk song and contemporary pieces that reflect Mexico's past and present, such as Cadet's Xon ahuiyacan (Be Joyful).
Toronto Beaches Children's and Youth Chorus
The Toronto Beaches Children's and Youth Chorus was founded in 2006 by artistic director Bronwen Low-Scott. The choir provides both vocal and dramatic training in a fun and supportive environment. The children learn a variety of music from all different genres, and enjoy bi-weekly drama classes. For Serenade! 2019 the choir will explore the stories and music of the First Nations of Canada through a specially commissioned work by Barbara Croall, Waaboos N'gamwin (Rabbit Song).
Choir Cedemusica
Cedemusica is a non-profit institution based in the city of Ambato created in 2008, dedicated to the promotion, organization and execution of music education. Choir Cedemusica has participated in sacred, popular and academic festivals in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. In addition, the choir sang with the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale at the Lalama Theater in 2017 under the direction of Jeffrey R. Smith and Jasmine Simons; as well as with the Pacific Boychoir Academy of Oakland, CA led by Andrew Brown in 2018 in Ambato. Their performances are distinguished by their indigenous costumes and Afro-Ecuadorian rhythms.
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Inuit Cinema at the NFB
Project Spotlight: Explore a collection of films made by Inuit for Inuit
Elisapie Isaac
Celebrate Inuit cinema with the National Film Board of Canada's new digital channel, Inuit Cinema at the NFB. Enjoy this free collection of films made by Inuit for Inuit. Watch four highlights from the channel below and visit NFB.ca to explore the whole collection.
Elisapie Isaac, If the Weather Permits (2003)
For more information on the history of Inuit cinema at the NFB, read French collection curator Marc St-Pierre's blog on the subject at blog.nfb.ca.
Saqpinaq Carol Kunnuk, Being Prepared (2021).
Credit: This film was originally published on NFB.ca. COURTESY NFB.
As the global pandemic reaches into the Arctic Archipelago, Inuk filmmaker Carol Kunnuk documents how unfamiliar new protocols affect her family and community. Her vividly specific soundtrack juxtaposes snippets from local radio broadcasts, issuing health advisories in both Inuktitut and English, with the sweet sounds of children at play. The film is a richly detailed and tender account of disruption and adjustment.
Echo Henoche, Shaman (2017).
Growing up, Echo Henoche loved hearing her grandfather, renowned Inuk artist Gilbert Hay, recount stories and legends passed down through countless generations. Her favourite story was about the white stone atop Mount Sophie, just across the harbour from her home of Nain, Nunatsiavut, on the North Coast of Labrador. The stone is said to be all that remains of a ferocious polar bear that once terrorized the villagers. Legend has it that with the help of a powerful shaman, the community was able to save a young mother and child from the polar bear's rampage, turning the beast to stone.
Now, in an animated film created in collaboration with the National Film Board, Henoche brings this story to life from her own perspective. Although Shaman is the first film by Henoche, who recently graduated from high school, she has been an active artist since she was a child. At 13, when she sold her first drawing of a seal, her grandfather declared she was a professional artist, and she shed tears of pride and joy. Working with mentor animators and filmmakers at the NFB, including Glenn Gear, Asinnajaq, David Seitz and Elise Simard, Henoche learned new skills and techniques that have transformed her illustrations into a beautiful and personal hand-drawn animation style. Henoche says that her experience will inspire her to create more animations for years to come.
Rosie Bonnie Ammaaq, Nowhere Land (2015).
Credit: This film was originally published on NFB.ca. Also available to stream in Inuktitut on NFB.ca. COURTESY NFB.
This short documentary serves as a quiet elegy for a way of life, which exists now only in the memories of those who experienced it. Bonnie Ammaaq and her family remember it vividly. When Bonnie was a little girl, her parents packed up their essentials, bundled her and her younger brother onto a long, fur-lined sled and left the government-manufactured community of Iglulik to live off the land, as had generations of Inuit before them.
Elisapie Isaac, If the Weather Permits (2003).
This short documentary studies life in the village of Kangirsujuaq, Nunavik. In this community on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, children's laughter fills the streets while the old people ponder the passage of time. They are nomads of the wide-open spaces who are trying to get used to the strange feeling of staying put. While the teenagers lap up Southern culture and play golf on the tundra to kill time, the Elders are slowly dying, as their entire culture seems to fade away.
Elisapie Isaac, a filmmaker born in Nunavik, decides to return to her roots on this breathtaking land. To bridge the growing gap between the young and the old, she speaks to her grandfather, now deceased, and confides in him her hopes and fears. Grappling with isolation, family relationships, resource extraction, land-based knowledges, the influence of Southern culture and the ongoing impacts of colonialism on Inuit ways of life, Elisapie Isaac offers a nuanced portrait of the North.
Films on NFB.ca are available to stream for free, depending on your location.
This story is part of the NFB Spotlight. View more content from the Spotlight here.
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A Q&A with the curators of INUA
Qaumajuq's inaugural exhibition is historic in itself—for the first time ever, a curatorial team represents all four regions of Inuit…
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text:
import sys, os, tempfile, rtf2xml.copy, re
class GroupStyles:
    """

    Form lists.

    Use RTF's own formatting to determine if a paragraph definition is part of a
    list.

    Use indents to determine items and how lists are nested.

    """

    def __init__(self,
            in_file,
            bug_handler,
            copy = None,
            run_level = 1,
            wrap = 0,
            ):
        """

        Required:

            'file'

        Optional:

            'copy'-- whether to make a copy of result for debugging

            'temp_dir' --where to output temporary results (default is
            directory from which the script is run.)

        Returns:

            nothing

            """
        self.__file = in_file
        self.__bug_handler = bug_handler
        self.__copy = copy
        self.__run_level = run_level
        self.__write_to = tempfile.mktemp()
        self.__wrap = wrap

    def __initiate_values(self):
        """

        Required:

            Nothing

        Return:

            Nothing

        Logic:

            The self.__end_list is a list of tokens that will force a list to end.
            Likewise, the self.__end_lines is a list of lines that forces a list to end.

        """
        self.__state = "default"
        self.__left_indent = 0
        self.__list_type = 'not-defined'
        self.__pard_def = ""
        self.__all_lists = []
        self.__list_chunk = ''
        self.__state_dict={
        'default'           :   self.__default_func,
        'in_pard'           :   self.__in_pard_func,
        'after_pard'        :   self.__after_pard_func,
        }

        # section end

        self.__end_list = [

        # section end
        'mi<mk<sect-close',
        'mi<mk<sect-start',

        # table begin
        'mi<mk<tabl-start',

        # field block begin
        'mi<mk<fldbk-end_',
        'mi<mk<fldbkstart',

        # cell end
        'mi<mk<close_cell',

        # item end
        'mi<tg<item_end__',

        # footnote end
        'mi<mk<foot___clo',
        'mi<mk<footnt-ope',

        # heading end
        'mi<mk<header-beg',
        'mi<mk<header-end',
        'mi<mk<head___clo',

        # lists
        'mi<tg<item_end__',
        'mi<tg<item_end__',
        'mi<mk<list_start'
        # body close

        # don't use
        # 'mi<mk<body-close',
        # 'mi<mk<par-in-fld',
        # 'cw<tb<cell______',
        # 'cw<tb<row-def___',
        # 'cw<tb<row_______',
        # 'mi<mk<sec-fd-beg',
        ]
        self.__name_regex = re.compile(r'<name>')

        self.__found_appt = 0
        self.__line_num = 0

    def __in_pard_func(self, line):

        """

        Required:

            line -- the line of current text.

        Return:

            Nothing

        Logic:

            You are in a list, but in the middle of a paragraph definition.
            Don't do anything until you find the end of the paragraph definition.

        """
        if self.__token_info == 'mi<tg<close_____' \
            and line[17:-1] == 'paragraph-definition':
            self.__state = 'after_pard'
        else:
            self.__write_obj.write(line)

    def __after_pard_func(self, line):
        """

        Required:

            line -- the line of current text.

        Return:

            Nothing

        Logic:

        """
        if self.__token_info == 'mi<tg<open-att__' \
            and line[17:37] == 'paragraph-definition':
            # found paragraph definition
            self.__pard_after_par_def_func(line)
        elif self.__token_info == 'mi<tg<close_____' \
            and line[17:-1] == 'paragraph-definition':
            sys.stderr.write('Wrong flag in __after_pard_func\n')
            if self.__run_level > 2:
                msg =  'wrong flag'
                raise self.__bug_handler, msg
        elif self.__token_info in self.__end_list:
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<close_____<paragraph-definition\n')
            self.__write_end_wrap()
            self.__write_obj.write(self.__list_chunk)
            self.__list_chunk = ''
            self.__state = 'default'
            self.__write_obj.write(line)

        else:
            self.__list_chunk += line

    def __close_pard_(self, line):
        self.__write_obj.write(self.__list_chunk)
        self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<close_____<paragraph-definition\n')
        self.__write_end_wrap()
        self.__list_chunk = ''
        self.__state = 'default'

    def __write_start_wrap(self, name):
        if self.__wrap:
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<mk<style-grp_<%s\n' % name)
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<open-att__<style-group<name>%s\n' % name)
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<mk<style_grp_<%s\n' % name)

    def __write_end_wrap(self):
        if self.__wrap:
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<mk<style_gend\n' )
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<close_____<style-group\n')
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<mk<stylegend_\n' )

    def __pard_after_par_def_func(self, line):
        """

        Required:

            line -- the line of current text.

            id -- the id of the current list

        Return:

            Nothing

        Logic:

        """
        if self.__last_style_name == self.__style_name:
            # just keep going
            if self.__wrap:
                self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<close_____<paragraph-definition\n')
            self.__write_obj.write(self.__list_chunk)
            self.__list_chunk = ''
            self.__state = 'in_pard'
            if self.__wrap:
                self.__write_obj.write(line)

        else:
            # different name for the paragraph definition
            self.__write_obj.write('mi<tg<close_____<paragraph-definition\n')
            self.__write_end_wrap()
            self.__write_obj.write(self.__list_chunk)
            self.__write_start_wrap(self.__style_name)
            self.__write_obj.write(line)
            self.__state = 'in_pard'
            self.__last_style_name = self.__style_name
            self.__list_chunk = ''

    def __default_func(self, line):
        """

        Required:

            self, line

        Returns:

            Nothing

        Logic

            Look for the start of a paragraph defintion. If one is found, check if
            it contains a list-id. If it does, start a list. Change the state to
            in_pard.

            """
        if self.__token_info == 'mi<tg<open-att__' \
            and line[17:37] == 'paragraph-definition':
            self.__state = 'in_pard'
            self.__last_style_name = self.__style_name
            self.__write_start_wrap(self.__last_style_name)
            self.__write_obj.write(line)
        else:
            self.__write_obj.write(line)

    def __get_style_name(self, line):
        if self.__token_info == 'mi<mk<style-name':
            self.__style_name = line[17:-1]

    def group_styles(self):
        """

        Required:

            nothing

        Returns:

            original file will be changed

        Logic:

        """
        self.__initiate_values()
        read_obj = open(self.__file, 'r')
        self.__write_obj = open(self.__write_to, 'w')
        line_to_read = 1
        while line_to_read:
            line_to_read = read_obj.readline()
            line = line_to_read
            self.__token_info = line[:16]
            self.__get_style_name(line)
            action = self.__state_dict.get(self.__state)
            action(line)

        read_obj.close()
        self.__write_obj.close()
        copy_obj = rtf2xml.copy.Copy(bug_handler = self.__bug_handler)
        if self.__copy:
            copy_obj.copy_file(self.__write_to, "group_styles.data")
        copy_obj.rename(self.__write_to, self.__file)
        os.remove(self.__write_to)


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Urlaub. Vacation: Retreat & Recover – Irene Cruz in esclusiva per ArtAbout.it
Abbiamo il piacere di presentare oggi, in esclusiva, l'ultimo progetto della fotografa Irene Cruz, ancora work in progress. Con un piede in Spagna e l'altro in Germania, è protagonista di mostre riguardanti i suoi lavori. A seguire, una descrizione di "Urlaub. Vacation: Retreat & Recover". Auguriamo una buona visione ai nostri lettori.
The empty, the vacant, the unoccupied, are some of the ideas that Irene Cruz (1987) addnesses in her latest photographic series Urlaub. Vacation. Retreat and Recover, which was first shown by the hand of Cervantes 6 Gallery, at the Madrid art fair "Casa Arte".
An anxiety of emptiness floods her artwork. The emptiness of bare trees, the uninhabited house, the cloudless sky of a cold and faint blue, the lonely road or the abandoned big wheel. It is a necessary emptiness which allows one to be emptied only to be fulfilled later one in order to recuperate. That is how Irene Cruz links together her reflection about vacation: "Vacation: from vacare: be unoccupied". In ancient times it was also understood like that, as a retreat from the tumult of the city. In this sense, the artist retakes the concept that supports her artwork, the return to nature; is understood as a system that runs the cosmos, from which we come from and to which we must return in a constant flow.
But it is a long awaited emptiness which even though it is esthetically reflected in a lot of the series, it is merely suggested as an outline. The fence impedes entry into the place she yearns for; even though, the figure tries to spin round with the big wheel, bury her feet in the mud or soar with the trees, in an effort of transusbstanation in accordance with her monistic sense of the world.
The autumnal landscape and the empty big wheel divide in two the idea of vacation that gives tittle to the artwork. The old amusement park Spreepark (Berlin), holiday resort, uninhabited and in ruins, is covered by the autumnal undergrowth that highlights its decline. The feeling is, from here, ambiguous and disturbing, distinctive of the "Stimmungslandschaft" (Emotional landscape) of the German romanticism that the artist has already captures in previous series. The German title Urlaub (vacations) males reference to it. The gothic ruins of Caspar David Friedrich have been replaced by modern civilization and its attempt to occupy the time and to restore the playfulness, in a retreat in which spinning on the big wheel makes it possible to go back in time, until one reconnects with one's inner child. Now the park is closed to visitors, it is a forbidden place, wherein the brush has fused with the ruins¸ there is no retreat now, only the wind spins the big wheel.
Multiple musings are woven in this last series of Irene Cruz although, as is common in her artwork, they culminate in a deep reflection about nature, and on this occasion also about time and space, or rather the lack of them: the emptiness. The realization of this project has also supposed a lucky reencounter with the light that inspired her first series "Innes Tales" (2011) in Berlin; as well as a return to a project initiated in May, during the spring, when, as in the last days of autumn, she can capture the soft blue light that floods her photos.
© Copyright Irene Cruz
Credits & Contacts
Photographer: Irene Cruz
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TxArtx
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irenecruzphotography
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out of the white-light zone.
I read and follow the manual.
I have been given a brain.
Sometimes it gets me into tight spaces.
in the elements too long.
and features. I've noticed that some bow to different creators.
important rules not found in the manual.
fellow units and this distresses me.
I question my creator as to the fallacies I find.
Is that the point to this exercise?
What is the reward for all this aggravation?
where and how we were created and WHY?
OR on a distant planet called heaven?
Is our savior a higher form of robot?
Why must we wait for HIM?
Is reality a state of mind?
Is this a grand experiment gone worng?
because we didn't learn the lesson yet?


Crystal McMillan believes Ucluelet needs to brush up on its bear awareness.
The former Ucluelet local who launched the West Coast Bear Aware committee in 2004 and helped create Ucluelet's Human-Bear Conflict Management Plan in 2006—the same year she received Ucluelet's Citizen of the year Award—plans to pitch a bear stewardship program in Ucluelet.
McMillan told the Westerly News she has reached out to Ucluelet's municipal council to present her plan to launch a volunteer group that would help educate locals on wildlife management.
McMillan, now based in Parksville, is the founder and Executive Director of Bear Smart B.C. and works with the Conservation Officer Service and community leaders to minimize human wildlife conflicts.
She said Ucluelet has solid bylaws in place to prevent attractants, like garbage, from being left out but the recent euthanization of a bear that had become addicted to garbage is evidence these bylaws might be slipping out of local minds.
She said striking a volunteer committee would help raise and maintain awareness.
She added it's important to start spreading this information quickly.
"We are moving into the fall and bears are looking to fatten up in a big way. More bears are going to come into the community," she said.
She added fines should start being handed to those who fail to secure their attractants.
"I think the education piece has to come first. The community has to decide how many warnings there are and then, after that, there has to be some sort of fine system," she said.


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Jewelry created with Passion has the power to captivate its beholder. It is the reason some jewelry is passed down from generation to generation.
Peter Stone Jewelry believes in Passion, and each piece of jewelry made is a reflection of this. It is from the hearts of our craftspeople that the jewelry begins to take shape, and from the pride they have in their work that only fine quality pieces are created.
Peter Stone, G.G., A.G., F.G.A., founder and CEO of Peter Stone Jewelry, first felt his passion in 1983, working as an engineer on merchant ships. Living in Sri Lanka, he had the fortunate opportunity of exposure to an abundance of precious stones.
Captivated by the beauty of these gems, he began to purchase and trade them, as well as silver. It wasn't only in Sri Lanka that he found beautiful treasures. He also traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to trade silver for emeralds.
Feeling the passion for precious stones and gems, Peter studied for gemology certifications. Many merchants were trading poor quality stones and inferior silver. Peter wanted to ensure that he could identify the differences and that he would only purchase the finest quality. He later received additional certifications in Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States.
In 1992, fully educated in the world of gemstones and jewelry, the Peter Stone Company was born. Peter opened his own factory in Bangkok, Thailand, where he resides. This was immensely fulfilling. He was finally able to take his passion and design beautiful jewelry. It is this passion and creativity that continues to keep his company alive.
To ensure the quality of his product, Peter Stone Jewelry purchases raw silver and produces the true .925 (or above!) alloy on-site. Peter also personally buys the different gems necessary for each design. All rings are cast to size, and craftsmen cut and inlay each stone for a perfect fit. Every piece of jewelry created is hand polished. The difference is noticeable and shows the care and pride taken in each individual piece.
Peter Stone wholesales his products all over the world. Having such a great love for "beauty", Peter makes his jewelry for everyone to enjoy.


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Armed robbery in North Hollywood leads to case of mistaken identity
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (FOX 11 / CNS) - Two males and two females took large amounts of marijuana and cash as well as a security guard's handgun in what police called a "takeover robbery'' of a marijuana dispensary in North Hollywood Wednesday night.
The suspects used a rifle and two handguns to carry out the robbery at 9:51 p.m. in the 11700 block of Vose Street, near Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Tony Im said.
The suspects were last seen westbound Vose Street in a white Toyota Prius and a black Dodge Durango, Im said.
A family traveling in a vehicle that matched the description of one of the suspect vehicles was followed and stopped by police. The family was ordered out of the vehicle but police established that they were not the suspects.
No injuries were reported.
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Rotolight Interview Lighting Kit: LED Lighting In Your Pocket
One trend much in evidence for lighting these days is the use of LED as a light source. Rotolight, distributed in the US by R.T.S. Inc. (www.rtsphoto.com), has several new products in this space, beginning with their RL48-B RingLight. As a continuous light source, the Rotolight is useful for video or still photography. The basic RL48-B includes a filter holder and a Lee Filters Calibration Filter Kit (CTO: 205, 223, and 285; ND/Diffusion: 298, 209, and 216).
JTL Digit-eBox: A Self-Contained Tabletop Studio
Jack Neubart | Aug 24, 2012 | First Published: Jul 01, 2012 | 0 comments
You have lots of stuff ready for sale or that needs to be catalogued, such as jewelry, watches, pottery, tableware, glassware, figurines, coins, or maybe even an old camera. So how do you photograph these items quickly and affordably, while making them look their best?
For starters, we often need soft, largely even, and, for the most part, shadowless illumination to bring out all the salient features in the item. While a light tent or other diffusion enclosure can be used, getting lighting ratios just right can prove time-consuming. Using household lighting is often unsatisfactory if you want to make the item sparkle so that it beats out any competitive offerings online, and especially if you want the pictures to reflect an air of professionalism. Besides, color balance is often an issue, made even more difficult when available fluorescent lighting is used. And if you use flash, you'll need more than one strobe, which becomes a costly and often time-consuming proposition.
Litepanels MicroPro Hybrid: Flash And Constant Light Sources In One Unit
Steve Bedell | Jul 10, 2012 | First Published: Jun 01, 2012 | 0 comments
The Litepanels MicroPro Hybrid does double duty as both a constant light source and a flash. The light itself is made of black plastic and is fairly small, at 5.5x3.75x1.5", and weighs only about a pound when you include the mounting bracket and six AA batteries (standard or rechargeable, and there is an optional AC adapter available). The top has a knurled knob to turn things on and acts as a dimmer so you can control output in stepless fashion. Vents are located around all sides. The battery door, flash ready light, flash sync, and input for the optional power adapter are all located on the back. The bottom is threaded so you can attach it to a light stand or to the (included) nicely made aluminum ball joint with a bottom end that slides into your camera's shoe mount. Also included is a very short PC cord to be used when using the flash mode, plus there are warming, diffusion, and tungsten conversion filters that snap in easily over the front panel. All this fits into a nicely padded zippered bag.
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New Products Of 2012: Lighting: Studio And On Location: Portability And Compactness Are Key
Jack Neubart | Jun 21, 2012 | First Published: May 01, 2012 | 0 comments
Among the latest trends in lighting are the increasingly popular LED lights. While these lights were initially aimed at video, they serve a purpose in still photography as well, notably as accent or fill lights. In studio lighting, we have new monolight kits; and in speedlights, we have a new TTL ringflash along with a wireless TTL remote. We'll also look at some interesting lighting accessories as well.
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New Products Of 2012: Lenses, Tripods, Bags, Lighting, And More
Jack Neubart, Editor | Jun 18, 2012 | First Published: May 01, 2012 | 0 comments
Every year manufacturers and distributors unveil new products at trade show events. They see these shows as the best venues to garner the attention of the gathered members of their industries and to show them their latest wares. In the photo industry this has traditionally been the annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show, which we have always covered. This year that event was subsumed into the larger Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Flashpoint II AC/DC Monolights: Battery Powered For The Photographer On The Go
Joe Farace | May 14, 2012 | First Published: Apr 01, 2012 | 0 comments
A monolight is a self-contained studio flash that consists of a power supply, flash head, and modeling light wrapped up inside a single housing. Monolights are typically powered by AC current but there are times on location when an electrical outlet may not be so conveniently located and long extension cords can create safety hazards, even when securely fastened down. I've had people trip over taped cords and believe me, it can ruin your day. That's why a new breed of monolights, such as Adorama's Flashpoint II monolights, offer a DC option with a battery pack when you might be out standing in a field or, at one time during my tests, in a big parking lot. A switch lets you choose between AC or DC power provided by a dedicated Ni-MH battery pack that measures 7x7x3" and weighs 2.65 lbs.
Aurora Orion 400: Taking It On The Road
The Aurora Orion light kit arrived on my doorstep at the busiest time of the year for me. At the end of the summer I take hundreds of high school seniors and thousands of "one shot" photos of the underclass students at high schools. So while it has taken me a while to get around to writing the report, I have used these lights to take thousands of pictures, and I was really glad to have a light kit that I could just pick up and walk out the door with and have all I needed in one really nice travel bag.
Chimera Octa 2 Beauty Dish: The Beauty Dish Goes Portable
Steve Bedell | Apr 12, 2012 | First Published: May 01, 2012 | 15 comments
Photographers all have their favorite light modifiers. Some like umbrellas, some softboxes, others parabolics, and then there's the beauty dish, which seems to be a combination of a softbox and a parabolic. For those not familiar with the beauty dish, it's a round but narrow modifier that you attach to your light. Think of it as a parabolic reflector painted white inside and flattened. If you stopped there, and you could, you'd have a pretty harsh light that makes a well-defined circular pattern with distinct shadows. But there is another little modification that makes a very big difference and also softens the light considerably while still maintaining that circular pattern. There is a bulb cover or center bounce dish that blocks the direct light from the flash and bounces it back into the dish. When used this way, the light output sits midway between a softbox and a parabolic.
The Elinchrom BXRi 500 To Go Kit: Monolights With A European Accent
"Lighting is really common sense and personal observation. This is applied to a few rules of photography which cannot be broken and to others which I tend to bend a little."—Paul Beeson
A monolight or monobloc to our European friends is a self-contained studio flash that is typically, but not always, powered by an AC power source and allows for different light modification devices, including reflectors, light banks, or umbrellas. The key phrase in that last sentence is self-contained. To my way of thinking the biggest advantage monolights possess is just that—if you're shooting on location or for that matter anywhere and the power pack in a pack and head system stops working, so do you. If you have a couple of monolights and one of them fails, you can still shoot.
Paul C. Buff Vagabond Mini: Versatility And Performance Combined
Steve Bedell | Mar 07, 2012 | First Published: Mar 01, 2012 | 0 comments
Let me tell you about my first experience with a Vagabond Mini. I was teaching one of my lighting workshops, using a flash unit with its battery pack. The light and battery pack were a kit I'd purchased as a combo. We'd been shooting a while and the battery pack was almost dead when one of the other photographers there told me he had a Vagabond Mini in the car. We unhooked my dead battery, and using the AC power cord from the flash unit, proceeded to just plug in to the Mini and keep on shooting! And shooting, and shooting… You see, this thing really supplies a lot of flashes and can be used with many flash units. But let's start at the beginning…
Covering The Photo Beat: An LED Light Panel, Flash Trigger, And Lens Cleaning Kit
C.A. Boylan | Feb 24, 2012 | First Published: Jan 01, 2012 | 0 comments
Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4 This is the latest version of Nik's popular digital photographic filters for image retouching and enhancement. Color Efex Pro 4 is easy to use and offers a new generation of technologies and features that help you to create stunning effects. It has stackable filter combinations, visual presets, filter recipes, and new filters such as Detail Extractor, Vintage Film Efex, and Image Borders. The software also includes a History Browser, improvements to imaging algorithms, greater performance, and enhanced usability. The Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition contains 54 filters for a suggested retail price of $199.95. The Select Edition contains 25 filters for $99.95. You may also upgrade to the Complete Edition from any edition of Versions 2.0 or 3.0 for $99.95.
Broncolor Senso/Litos Lighting System: A Class Act In Studio Lighting
The monolights that I've recently tested for Shutterbug combine power supply and flash head into a single unit. Handy, but an alternative approach is using power pack and flash head systems, such as those made by Broncolor (www.bronimaging.com), who offer these components as individual units that can be mixed and matched to produce different lighting setups.
Covering The Photo Beat: Flash Diffusers And A Beauty Dish
C.A. Boylan | Jan 05, 2012 | First Published: Nov 01, 2011 | 0 comments
Graslon Prodigy And Insight Flash Diffusers
Made in the U.S.A., Graslon's Prodigy and Insight flash diffusers were designed to provide softer shadows than traditional portable diffusers. Graslon diffusers feature an optical reflector system that redistributes the light before sending it through the lens. They also have a universal nonslip mounting system and a variety of interchangeable diffusion lenses, including flat, dome, and amber. The Prodigy line offers a large 8x5" diffusion surface, while the Insight line offers a smaller 6x4" diffusion surface.
Westcott Parabolic Umbrellas: When It Comes To Lighting Modifiers, Size Does Matter
Joe Farace | Dec 21, 2011 | First Published: Nov 01, 2011 | 0 comments
Photographic umbrellas are the simplest and most inexpensive form of light modifier available and that makes them the most popular, too. Photographic umbrellas look and act just like rain umbrellas except they're reflective and light is bounced into or shot through them, creating a big, soft light source that's aimed at the subject. And size does matter. As photographers we live by a few important lighting rules: the closer and larger a light source is to a subject, the softer the lighting effect will be. Conversely, the smaller and further away a light source is from the subject, the harder the lighting becomes. That old lighting rule that "size matters" is important here because a large umbrella is going to produce broader, softer light for your portraits.
Rime Lite Fame Monolights: We Test The Two-Light Kit
Rime Lite (www.rimeliteusa.com) monolights are manufactured by Hyundae Photonics Co., Ltd., a company that's been building high-quality studio lighting gear in Korea since 1981. They're now being distributed in the U.S.A. by Dynalite (www.dynalite.com). The Fame Monolights are available in three different models that deliver 200, 400, and 600 watt-second output. (To see technical specifications on the three Fame monolights, go to the Instant Links section of our website, www.shutterbug.com, for this issue.) The monolights feature a circular Xenon flash tube and a modeling light that's protected by a hard vented glass cover that easily screws on or off. Two knobs on the back of each light allow you to continuously vary the output for either the flash or the modeling light. A cluster of four LED-illuminated buttons let you turn on (or off) sound, the modeling light, the built-in slave, or the ubiquitous "test."


Today you can buy an electric car that can go 170 miles after a half-hour charge. Could quantum technologies one day cut that wait?
Writing in the New Journal of Physics, CQT researcher Sai Vinjamapathy and his collaborators show that quantum batteries could charge faster than classical ones. It's a tantalising idea, although so far only on paper.
The team imagine a quantum battery to be made from an array of particles, such as atoms, which can exist in a low or high energy state. The atom is 'charged' when it absorbs energy to go from the lower to the higher energy state.
Sai and his colleagues show that quantum operations could transfer energy into the particles in a way that gets faster the more particles there are. More precisely, they show that the time to charge N particles can scale as 1/N – in other words, the bigger the battery, the faster it could charge.
The speed-up is possible because entanglement is created between the particles during the charging operation. The best you'd expect to be able do without entanglement is to keep the charging time constant as the battery gets bigger.
In the paper's acknowledgments, there's this small note: "The authors hope that this article will inspire Tesla Motors to start developing quantum batteries for their vehicle."
Tesla Motors is a California-based company led by entrepreneur Elon Musk that manufactures electric cars. It's their Model S car that can go 170 miles after a half-hour charge at a Tesla super-charger station (according to the company's website). Regular charging stations would involve a much longer wait.
If any firm were going to develop quantum batteries, one run by Elon Musk, who also founded the private space company SpaceX, would seem a good bet. But is a 'quantacell', as the researchers dub their system, really a practical proposal?
The paper is a first theoretical exploration of this new idea. "Regarding practicality, we believe that there is a more practical iteration of this idea that incorporates physically reasonable constraints, that will be implemented in the future" says Sai. A proof-of-principle demonstration could be possible.
There would still be a question of energy storage. As co-author John Goold, a CQT alumnus now at the The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, told Phys.Org, "The energies of quantum systems tend to be many orders of magnitude smaller than even the smallest energies used by day-to-day appliances".
To hold a practical amount of energy, the quantacell would have to be much bigger than the quantum systems researchers are able to control today.
The researchers began the work because of their interest in quantum thermodynamics, the study of energy transfer in quantum systems. They started the project after a conference in 2012, continuing to work on it over visits to Singapore by co-authors Felix Binder, of the University of Oxford, UK, and Kavan Modi, from Monash University, Australia.


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Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness 'EMAKHOSINI' (Buda Musique) 4/5
12th March 2018 ukvibe
Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness want you to listen and listen good; South Africa needs to change. On 'Emakhosini', BCUC continue the protest started by first self-produced album 'Our Truth', which saw a track banned from being played on the radio. If the recently released single 'Nobody Knows' is anything to go by, the seven-piece aren't going to stop getting under those in power's skin.
Frontman Jovi says "Nobody Knows is talking about the resilience that we need to have in these hard times. We have already been through the hardest times, and we can't give up now." The world says "tell us more." BCUC oblige with venom.
For South Africa, despite all its perceived richness, is still a torn country, and the band fight this modern Apartheid with fire-bellied breakdowns and nguni beats. Spinning Fela Kuti's Afrobeat with Death Grips-esque chanting, the four track riles and wreathes with intermingled beautified tension.
"We see ourselves as modern freedom fighters who have to tell the story of Soweto's past, present, and future," says Jovi. The plight of the modern, unemployed worker, forever at the bottom of the food chain, is told in eleven languages to grab every faction of South African society by the ear.
BCUC rehearse in a converted shipping container doubling as a community run restaurant, a stones-throw away from the church where Desmond Tutu organised the escape of Soweto's most wanted anti-Apartheid activists. Their music is music for the people, by the people, with the people, regardless of the colour of their skin.
Soweto has long been the epicentre of South African fight the system mentality. Once Mbqanga was the messenger, and jazz the thumb-snapping friend; now it's time for BCUC's Afro-psychedelic Zulu madness to shout at the world and make it dance for social change.
The band are performing at Rich Mix in London on the 10th April.
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BHS pulled back from the brink as landlords agree to reduce rent on half its stores
Company voluntary arrangement backed by 95% of creditors
Landlords agree to reduce rents on 87 stores, but 40 might still close down
BHS has debts of over £1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of £571m
BHS was thrown a lifeline today after landlords for its stores as well as suppliers and other creditors gave in to a restructuring plan which will see its rental bill dramatically reduced.
The retailer, which employs more than 10,000 workers and has over 164 stores in the UK, has been on the brink of administration and desperately trying to cut costs to stay in business. It is struggling with debts of more than £1.3billion, including a pensions deficit of £571million.
The plan, which is called company voluntary arrangement, was backed by 95 per cent of creditors, including landlords, who have agreed to lose out on future rent from 87 stores.
Safe for now: BHS will pay less rent on 87 of its 164 stores after landlords and creditors backed the CVA
However, more than than 40 of these could still close down if landlords do not 'substantially' reduce the rent as requested by BHS. As for the other 47 stores, the retailer has asked landlords to slash rents by 50 per cent or 75 per cent.
However, it said it will pay the rent at the current rate on 77 of its 'most viable' stores by making monthly rather than quarterly payments for the next three years.
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Meanwhile, BHS is also desperately trying to fill its pension pot blackhole, valued at £571million. The Government-run Pension Protection Fund is likely to take control of the fund.
Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green, who sold the loss-making group for £1 last March, is expected to make a payment into the fund, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green sold the loss-making group for £1 last March
The billionaire, whose family still owns brands such as Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge, sold the business as losses widened to £21 million in 2013-14, up from £19 million the year before.
Malcolm Weir, Head of restructuring and insolvency at PPF, said: 'The CVA for BHS has been agreed, however this does not mean the pension schemes' deficits have been resolved.
'The Pension Protection Fund will be working with the company over the coming months to find a solution. However failure to reach a compromise may still result in insolvency. Members of the pension schemes continue to be protected.'
BHS said in a statement: 'The success of the CVA of BHS will enable the business to continue the group-wide updated turnaround plan and safeguard the future of BHS, protecting thousands of UK jobs.'
The news comes after BHS announced at the beginning of March that it would axe 150 staff from its head office and 220 from its shops in a move to cut costs.
Chief executive Darren Topp said the backing by landlords and creditors has given the company the 'opportunity to move forward' and press ahead with its strategy to overhaul the business.
'It is a tough time for retailers across the UK with huge structural challenges faced by all, however, we have a very credible plan to return BHS to growth and profitability and a revitalised British Home Stores will emerge as we accelerate our turnaround plans,' he added.
At the launch of the CVA earlier this month Topp said that the rents the group was being charged were 'too high relative to today's market'.
A Pensions Regulator said: 'Where an employer which sponsors a pension scheme is subject to a qualifying insolvency event, we may be involved in discussions with the parties involved. However, we will only comment on individual schemes and/or companies if and when it is appropriate to do so.
'We are able to confirm that we are aware of the situation but have no further comment to make at this time.'
BHS stores and workers safe for now as landlords agree to reduce rent


You know when you're sitting at home on the couch and a craving just comes over you for cake? Like a good piece of layer cake stacked tall with frosting and sprinkles and everything? This happens to me all the time, and since I don't have an army to feed, I really just need one piece. The solution to this issue is simply to make one piece instead of an entire cake!
Instead of baking a full recipe for cake that would fill three 9″ round pans, this recipe only calls for enough batter for one. Once the cake comes out of the oven, it is fully frosted, then cut and stacked. Sprinkle on some toppings and you have yourself two slices of 3-layer cake perfect for two! Maybe four, if you feel like sharing.
I considered making a funfetti cake in this style, but was out of sprinkles, and so I turned to the closest thing in my pantry – candy coated chocolates! Most people know of M&M's, but not many have heard of their more natural counterpart, Sundrops. These candies came in my last Degustabox (Use my code "WTQER" or the link below for 50% off!) and are milky and decadent, really reminding me of the chocolate you can get in Europe. The colors are more muted since they are naturally dyed, and I think they are perfect for the Fall season coming up!
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I chopped up my Sundrops into smaller pieces to add in directly to the cake batter. Instead of mixing them in while the batter is in the bowl, I added them on top of the cake before it went into the oven. This way, most of the candies remained in the center of the cake as it rose in the oven. If you do not do this or you leave the candies whole, they will end up sinking to the bottom of every layer.
For frosting, I stuck to my classic buttercream. Let's not over-complicate things.
Try out this single serve cake slice method on your next cake craving night! Now that I've tried it, I think you can expect to see a whole lot more two cake slice recipes from me. If you're looking to make an entire cake (because you have friends you want to share with or a loving family that would be sad if you only made yourself a cake), just triple the recipe to make a full 3-layer cake.
1. Start by making your cake. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F. Spray a 9″ round baking pan with cooking spray and line with a sheet of waxed paper or parchment paper.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar for about 3-4 minutes, or until it is whipped and light in color. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat until combined. Scrape the bowl.
3. In two separate bowls, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt in one bowl, and the buttermilk and vanilla in another bowl. Slowly add in the dry and wet ingredients alternating with one after the other. Mix only until fully combined. Do not over-mix.
4. Pour your batter into the pan and sprinkle the chopped candies on top. Bake the cake for 36 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes and then flip out and continue to cool. If the cake has a domed top, cut the top off to make it completely flat.
5. While the cake is cooling, whip up your buttercream frosting by creaming the butter and vanilla in a bowl. Then alternate adding sugar and small amounts of milk until you reach a whipped consistency that holds a stiff peak. Add in salt to taste.
6. Assembly your cake slices by frosting the entire cake, top and sides, with the frosting. Then cut the cake into six even slices and stack on top of one another to make two 3 layer cake slices. Sprinkle the top of the cake slices with the remaining chopped candies.
This is a genius idea because no one ever eats the last few slices in my house and we have to throw them away! Definitely doing this!
I'm so glad you have this same problem! I hate throwing away cake!
But like… who was the second person who ate this cake? I know it wasn't Kyle.
Still in the fridge!! Come eat it!


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BUILDING KICKS OFF FOR NEW SENIOR SCHOOL IN POINT COOK
Students in Point Cook will soon have the modern classrooms and school facilities they need to get the great education they deserve, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.
Member for Altona Jill Hennessy today officially turned the sod of the brand new Point Cook South Senior Secondary School. Kane Constructions has been awarded the construction contract with work currently underway. The school is scheduled to open Term 1, 2020 and enrolment details will be made available next year.
The $53 million project will create a new senior secondary school for up to 1,100 students. The year 10-12 school will be a three-storey vertical school that will include science, technology, workshops, media and ICT spaces, a library and will also feature a performing arts and physical education building, sports field and multi-use courts.
The Labor Government is building the Education State so every Victorian student can get a great education and every community has access to a great local school.
This school building boom has delivered more than 1,300 school upgrades and 70 new school projects across the state, supporting more than 5,000 construction jobs for Victorians.
To find out more about new schools and upgrades to schools in Point Cook and surrounds visit the Victorian School Building Authority website at www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au.
Quotes attributable to Member for Altona Jill Hennessy
"We're getting it done for Point Cook students and their families. We promised we'd build the new Point Cook South Senior Secondary School and that's exactly what we're doing."
"The new school will boast everything the student of today needs to get a great education -from a brilliant breadth of the curriculum to the very best facilities and the programs that inspire kids to be the best they can be."
"The community of Point Cook will finally have the modern facilities they deserve to better meet the needs of students and teachers."
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