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Why Brad Wilk Failed Pearl Jam Audition
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Rage Against the Machine and Prophets of Rage drummer Brad Wilk recalled his 1991 audition for Pearl Jam, and why he didn't get the job.
He also discussed the chances of an RATM reunion, two years after everyone but singer Zack de la Rocha became part of the Prophets project.
In a recent interview with the Let There Be Talk podcast, Wilk said he'd been contacted by his friend, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, after drummer Dave Krusen left the band because of his addiction issues. "They go to England to mix Ten. … I get a call from Eddie: 'We just lost our drummer, I'd love for you to come up and meet everybody. I'm going to send you the tape of the songs.'
"I'm like shitting my pants – I've never been out of the country. I've got to go get my fucking passport, I'm listening to the songs, I'm super-young and thinking, 'This is my break. This is my time!' I go to Europe and we play together. Me and Eddie have this history, and we're bonding over in Europe. But to the others I'm just the new guy."
Wilk admitted it was clear very quickly that it wasn't going to work out. "Long story short, I go there, and I just don't click musically, mostly with Jeff [Ament], who is an incredible bass player, awesome guy. … This is a classic case – it doesn't matter how good you are, chemistry is everything. It just wasn't clicking. … I just wasn't the guy."
In the same interview, Wilk – who played drums on Black Sabbath's 13 – said he remained in favor of an RATM reunion. The band first split in 2000 then regrouped from 2007 to 2011, but de la Rocha declined to join Prophets of Rage in 2016.
"Nothing would make me happier than to be able to fuck shit up right now with Rage Against the Machine," Wilk said during the podcast. "It's just really a matter of getting us all on the same page. It's always been something different. It's always been somebody different. It's always something. For us, it's kind of like the magnet theory. One magnet is always being pushed out. You've just got to get all of the magnets to stick together for a minute, and that's always been our problem."
Noting that the four Rage members were on "amicable" terms and "even hang out on occasion," he concluded: "I think more we just want to be friends first more than anything."
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Кафр-Манда или Кфар-Манда (, ) — арабо-израильская деревня в Нижней Галилее, на склоне горы Ацмон. Кафр-Манда находится в 16 километрах на северо-запад от Назарета.

История
По одной из версий, название происходит от Мадьяна — места, где более двух тысяч лет назад жил Иофор. По другой версии, поселению 250—300 лет.

Население

Большинство населения — арабы-мусульмане.

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Арабские населённые пункты Израиля

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Mlăjitul Florilor este un sit arheologic situat în satul Garvăn, județul Tulcea.

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 Șantierul arheologic Garvăn - Dinogeția

Județul Tulcea
Situri arheologice


A new three-drug cocktail used to treat ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, may increase life span and decrease disease progression according to a study conducted at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The study, published in today's issue of Annals of Neurology, is the first to look at this drug combination in a mouse model of ALS. This research was made possible by a partnership led by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in conjunction with the ALS society of Canada and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada (MDAC).
"Last year, we demonstrated that minocycline, a commonly prescribed antibiotic, on its own reduced disease progression, and delayed death in the ALS mice," says MUHC neuroscientist and senior author, Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien. "Findings from our current study show that a therapeutic approach based on a combination of minocycline with two other drugs is much more effective in delaying the onset of the disease and in increasing the longevity of the ALS mice."
"The results are very impressive," says Dr. Angela Genge, director of the ALS clinic at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. "The approach that Dr. Kriz and Dr Julien use is uniquely helpful in screening for potentially effective therapies in this cruel, currently incurable disease. Every gain gives us hope for the future."
"These research results give people who suffer from ALS hope, and show how well CIHR is working," said Dr. Rémi Quirion, Scientific Director of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction of the CIHR. "I have followed and admired Dr. Julien's work for many years and it is important that the Government of Canada invest in this kind of research."
"These results provide hope to ALS patients and their families," says Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) ALS clinician Dr. Monique D'Amour. "Because there is little effective treatment for ALS, new drug strategies are necessary. We will have to see if this will work in patients."
A steadily progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease, ALS erodes a person's nervous system, eventually leading to paralysis and the inability to speak or swallow. People with ALS usually die within three to five years of diagnosis. Little is known about the cause of ALS and there is no cure. It is a disease of national importance, affecting between 1,500 and 2,000 people in Canada. Two to three Canadians a day die of ALS.
The discovery reported in this paper by Dr. Jasna Kriz, Ms. Geneviève Gowing and Dr. Julien is funded by a unique partnership between the ALS Society of Canada and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada (MDAC). This partnership, in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), has funded over $9 million of neuromuscular research since 2000.
"This is very exciting news for the ALS community," says Helene Vassos, interim National Executive Director for the ALS Society of Canada. "We are pleased that research, funded by our collaborative initiative with the MDAC and CIHR continues to result in important discoveries."
Dr. Julien, who is also a professor of Neurosciences at McGill University says that Dr. Kriz looked at the effect of combining three different drugs on the disease progression of ALS mice. The three drugs administered include minocyline- an antibiotic with anti-inflammatory properties, riluzole - the traditional ALS drug, and nimodipine - a drug that blocks calcium channels and normally used to treat brain hemorrhage and for prevention of migraine headache. Dr. Kriz compared the life span, muscle strength, nerve cell loss, and inflammatory response in ALS-mice who were fed a regular diet with those given food containing the three-drug cocktail. The mice fed the drug cocktail lived substantially longer, had a delayed onset of neuronal and muscle deterioration. "Our findings demonstrate the merit of a drug combination approach for treatment of a disease with complex degeneration pathways. The three drugs are currently available and we hope that our study will justify a trial on ALS patients," says Dr. Julien.
CIHR is Canada's premier agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened health care system. CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction supports research to enhance mental health, neurological health, vision, hearing, and cognitive functioning and to reduce the burden of related disorders through prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation.


Goðafoss in northern Iceland, just off the Ring Road.
An odd duck (Straumönd) braves the rapids of Goðafoss.
Akureyri, population 17,000, is Iceland's largest city outside the greater Reykjavík metropolitan area. Lovely!
The first place we spotted in the center of town was the Eymundsson Bókabúð (bookstore), where we found Freyjuginning, the Icelandic translation of The Tricking of Freya. To the right of Freyjuginning you can see printed volumes bound together and stacked high -- this is the newly released report investigating what really went on prior to the Kreppa (economic collapse of Iceland) and is a best seller! Icelanders want to know what really happened.
We arrived in town just before my TV interview, so I had to rummage for clothes out of the suitcase in the car and change in a local café. All our clothes seem to be covered in a fine sprinkling of ash, road dust, and strangely colored sands from the sulphur springs.
The last event of the book tour was held at the beautiful library in Akureryi, where we were quickly befriended by Holmkell Hreinsson, the library's charming director. By now I am fairly confident reading out loud from my novel in Icelandic—and the audience laughs in the right places, so I know they are understanding me.
We had a good turnout and I heard many interesting stories from members of the audience afterwards as I signed books. One Icelandic woman told me about how her family had been cut off from their relatives in America for almost a hundred years. This was an Icelandic family that converted to Mormanism and emigrated to Utah in the late 1800s. Their kin at home in Iceland were so angry at them for leaving that there was no communication for nearly a century… now the ties are being renewed again, and she told me how last summer she hosted a young Icelandic-American Morman relative of hers from Utah.
Our hosts: Solveig Hrafnsdottir, who did a great job setting up my book event in Akureyri, and her husband Kristján, who goes by "Kiddi".
I'd never met out hosts in Akureyri before we arrived to stay at their house for three days—in fact, we're not even related (that we know of). Yet we were all immediately at ease and talking and laughing late into the bright night.
Oliver with Kiddi on his boat in the harbor at Akureyri.


CHELSEA are reportedly desperate for Mohamed Salah to turn down the chance to stay at Fiorentina and head to Atletico Madrid as part of a swap deal for Antoine Griezmann.
Salah was shipped out on loan to Fiorentina after struggling to make an impact at Stamford Bridge.
The Egyptian has thrived in Serie A, however, and is thought to have an option to spend another year with La Viola.
Reports in Italy suggest Salah's agent will meet with Fiorentina today, with new boss Paulo Sousa keen to hold onto the winger.
But Chelsea want Salah available to them as they try to negotiate a deal for Griezmann, according to Italian paper Gazzetta dello Sport.
It is claimed that Chelsea have already offered £35million for Griezmann but Atletico are holding out for closer to £45m for the French forward.
Chelsea reportedly hope that throwing Salah into the deal can close the gap between the two valuations with Jose Mourinho said to 'seriously want' Griezmann at the Blues next season.


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Welcome to zZounds Beat Connection. Beat Connection is a series that examines modern and vintage dance styles by providing you a musical starting point to get you going in that direction. Today we shift our focus to the tropical-tinged dance music of Puerto Rico: Reggaeton.
Centered around the barrios and projects of San Juan, Puerto Rico, this beat joined the rico y apegadito (sweet and close) intimacy of existing salsa and rumba rhythms with the hard-nosed, electronically-tinged dancehall sound of Puerto Rico's Caribbean neighbors. Subconsciously, producers like Eliel, Luny Tunes, and DJ Nelson, who would go on to produce stars like Don Omar, Ivy Queen, and Daddy Yankee, were hinting at a distinctly unique Caribbean experience. These were two younger generations — one based in New York and Miami, and the other on the island, trying to join a bi-forked culture.
In the past, musical tempos clocked upwards of 160 BPM. But that was the stuff these young producers' parents listened to. Now, kids wanted to hear jams that matched the pace of the hip hop and dancehall songs they were growing up with. As big a debt as they owed to Boricuan greats like Willie Colon and Eddie Palmieri, it was the influence of artists like Shabba Ranks or El General that would point them toward the new sound they were after.
Let's dissect a little bit of history. The heartbeat of Reggaeton lies in two beats. The first one, sadly, was the homophobic dancehall anthem "Dem Bow" by Shabba Ranks, released in 1990. As big of a barn-burner "Dem Bow" was in Jamaica, in Panama ex-pat Jamaicans turned their hosts over to the wicked "clave" beat it held, and together they'd turn it into something else far different.
Seeking to tap into a Spanish-speaking market eager to hear more dancehall styles in that vein, and in their language, a group of Jamaican and Panamanian producers came together to create their own "version" of such tracks. Released in 1991, Reggae Espanol would contain the explosive "Ellos Benia". Tweaking the formula, so to speak, they loaded the "Dem Bow" riddim with bits of Latin percussion. A few timbales here and there, and a decidedly more pronounced Latin swing did wonders for transforming it into the proto-reggaeton track it hinted at. However, as foundational this song was, it doesn't contain the loop that would be sampled countless times from here forward.
For that, we have to search some deep, deep vaults. Just a year earlier, NYC producers Bobo General and Smiley Wonder had staked their own take on the "Dem Bow" riddim. "Pounder," the A-side, of the single presented a mainstream, smoother, sung take but somehow that release wouldn't become the hit. On the flip side, in typical Jamaican reggae tradition, producer Dennis the Menace presented an instrumental, dubbed version of the original riddim. That flip side, in its own way, became the hit maker. When you listen to the track, and appreciate the bits of rolling timbal-like sounds not present before, that's when you hear the divider separating dancehall from reggaeton.
As DJs like DJ Playero started to release countless underground Puerto Rican dancehall mixtapes, slowly but surely, this instrumental would come to take shape and be heard soundtracking countless Boricuan parties. As the tapes themselves became increasingly less Jamaican-led and more Puerto Rican-made, the transformation was set. Reggaeton was now its own thing.
However, to go one step forward, to truly take this sound out of the boroughs, we can find that the second beat of Reggaeton came from the influence of another wicked "Dem Bow" version released in 1993. One you just might recognize.
Londonite ragga/soul duo Louchie Lou and Michie One took the "Dem Bow" riddim and gave everyone a blueprint on how to make it far more universal and palatable. They did so by keeping the tempo at a leisurely pace, way below 150 BPM. But now, rather than toast over the riddim, the duo actually vacillated between sung verses and quasi-rapping. Not much of a template, but a realization, "Rich Girl" softened some edges and hinted at how above ground and popular of a sound reggaeton could be. You didn't have to be necessarily tough, male, or Puerto Rican to buy into this new style.
You name it. Now, everyone from Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, all the way to Enrique Iglesias, Major Lazer, and Justin Bieber have in some fashion crafted songs in a reggaeton way. It's a success that has endured when it could have faded into obscurity. Just think about this: there are teenagers now who have only known a Pitbull world. In the end, it seems there's just something about that beat that won't quit. Somehow, in the hands of artists like J. Balvin, Dave Nada, or Calle 13 it keeps evolving and folding itself into whatever's hot at any particular moment. Our goal today is to give you some of that same beat connection.
Note: I did swap out the hi-hat samples from this kit and replaced them with a sample from the Bitwig Studio sample pool called [Hi-Hat Silvery]. You can find this sample easily by searching for that term through Bitwig Studio's preset finder.
NOTE: All Plug-In settings are in corresponding screenshots.
Once we have the pattern down, its a matter of finding sounds that are complementary to it to round out our own version. We'll begin by doing this first: the tell-tale sign of a true reggaeton track is how closely it hues to a "tropical" drum sound. Forget true-to-life acoustic samples or heavy boom-bap drums, what we need are sounds that are synthetic in nature, yet tip their hat to reggaeton's dancehall origins.
I believe, of all the kits included with Bitwig, the closest one to what we're looking for is the [Melt Kit]. The base sound of this kit gives us that Latin percussive grittiness we're after, even before setting down a single pattern.
Part of the brilliance of reggaeton, and of the "Dem Bow" beat used in "Gasolina," is the way it sets your mind to subliminally think of movement and insert swing. You do this by laying down these bass drum and snare parts. What you see below is the 32 step, 2-bar loop we'll treat as the foundation of the beat. Although the kick maintains a 4/4-floor beat, the snare does the work of accenting the back beat to take it into the realm of reggae music.
Now, let's give it some propulsion. The point of the following additions is to both mark a quicker time and to introduce a more pronounced syncopation. We do this by taking cues from the traditional 3:2 tresillo rhythm and applying it in principle with the addition of hi-hats and snare rolls to our existing arrangement. Note how the steady clave-like beat of the hi-hat gets that distinct "dipping" feel by switching to the 1/64-note grid and adding those snare rolls.
This is perhaps the most important step. A true reggaeton beat always includes something that plays the role of timbales. This is something not easily replicated solely using samples and it's something that can't be easily replicated on a drum machine or sequencer. That's because the drum itself plays both the role of rhythm and melody. In real life, timbales are tuned to different pitches allowing the player to bang out percussive melodies depending on which order they play their timbales.
How do we replicate this instrument on our DAW? We do it like this. We think like a timbale player would. Using the three drum hits in the [Melt] kit that use the same sample [Percussion Chick A] we pitch-shift them [+18.215 st, +12.730, and +7.685 st]. Furthermore, in Bitwig Studio, we can do so by clicking on the Drum Machine module, and then double-clicking on the respective sample square which then expands an instance of Sampler for that hit. Then, within Sampler, you can adjust the [Pitch] control setting (highlighted above) to match the pitches mentioned earlier.
Once that's done, we then start hearing that sound of palm-struck, tuned percussion as we enter our pattern. Its something I've highlighted by zeroing in on the pattern in the audio clip below. Note how the pattern itself features a steady 3:2 tresillo rhythm that you'll find in a lot of African and Latin music. What makes this rhythm so complex is the sonic interplay those tuned drums evoke when riding that rhythm.
There are very few final touches that are needed for this beat. If you go back to the first step, notice how I used effects sparingly. Other than to amp up the total sound with a Limiter, I chose to use hints of Chorus and stereo widening, with Bitwig Studio's Tool effect, to make the beat pop. Where would you go from here? How about creating a whole song that goes beyond the "Dem Bow" beat? We already have the first pattern. Now, if we add two more, then we have a chorus and a bridge. Finally, with all of these created, then we have some building blocks to make a song. You can see the song I made at the beginning of this post, on the zZounds Soundcloud.
What are these building blocks? Here are my suggestions.
Most of all, even if you only have one beat to ride, try to introduce a bit of human touch to the complete song. Take cues from reggae artists that mute or apply delay to specific drum parts. Want to really jazz up the timbal-like part? How about assigning the pitch control to an actual MIDI controller knob and tweak the tuning on the fly?
Don't have a controller? Then use Sampler on a separate track, load up the same timbal-like sample, and finally use your keyboard to trigger those pitches manually. Wise producers substitute the more percussive parts with guitars and lead synth lines to play that same role. At the end of the day, what matters is making your head bob. If you're feeling it, you're probably making the right Beat Connection.


Crescenta Valley 48, Arcadia 29: The Falcons closed out a 20-win regular season with a road victory in the Pacific League finale Thursday.
Alisa Shinn led the way for the Falcons (20-8, 11-3 in league) in scoring a game-high 16 points, while Ella Stepanian added 12 points.
With the victory, Crescenta Valley finished second in league.
Glendale 67, Hoover 33: Host Glendale concluded its season Thursday with a convincing victory against its crosstown rival. Glendale held a 27-20 halftime advantage before taking charge in the second half.
The Nitros (12-16, 6-8 in league) got 13 points and 12 rebounds from Kristina Sahakian, 12 points and four assists from Mariel Telebrico and 12 points from Karah Hui.
Hoover (3-17, 3-11) got 14 points from Nairi Sevajian.
Flintridge Prep 2, Webb 0: Flintridge Prep finished up the regular season Thursday with a Prep League victory, as sophomores Katherine Pinney and Isabella Boyles scored for the Rebels.
Prep finished the regular season at 12-4-5 and 7-1-2 in league for second place.
Glendale Community College 7, Irvine Valley College 2: The visiting Vaqueros (4-0) picked up a nonconference victory Thursday. In singles, Glendale got wins from Meghedi Mooradian (7-6 (7-2), 6-1), Viktoriya Shumakova (6-1, 6-2), Amy Shigenaga (3-6, 6-3, 6-1), Alexandra Amor (6-0, 6-3) and Ashley Sumudio (6-2, 6-2).
The Vaqueros got doubles wins from Amor and Shumakova (8-4) and Mooradian and Sumudio (8-6).


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Best Program For Creating Clothing???
I'm sure this question has probably been asked and answered a million times, though a search of the forums revealed no previous discussions.
I am about to begin exploring the process of creating my own clothing for my characters and was wondering which software is the best for this purpose.
Any 3D modeling program you can learn and use well. It all depends on what you will be happy with. Wings3D, Blender, Hexagon, and many others come to mind.
I was wanting to know which program produces the best results not necessarily which is cheaper or easier to use, just to clarify things. I have Blender and Hexagon so I can play with those but I'd rather learn on whichever program I will end up using and that will be whichever creates the best looking clothing.
It is not the program which produces good results it is the artist using the program.
Different artists model in different applications but achieve similar results.
Find a modeller that you are comfortable in and learn how to use it.
There are many tutorials available to assist in learning to model.
Bear in mind that if you want to distribute your models then things like shrink wrapping are frowned upon by Daz3d.
The updated EULA addresses many modeling issues like shrink wrapping that once where strictly forbidden. Give it a new read.
As said so well before, the program does not a mesh make. It's up to you, and as I said if this one is easy and you enjoy using it then use this one. Which ever one you pick to use.
Thanks for the input guys, still fairly new to this stuff so not sure what the term shrink wrapping refers to. I have found that in every different form of digital art that there is one program that stands out as the leader in it's field, Photoshop for example, is head and shoulders above any other program when it comes to 2D art and photo editing. Autocad is the standout when it comes to construction design, just to name a couple of examples. I am just wondering which 3D program is the one that the industry considers to be the leader of the pack.
Graham, I wont be selling any of the things I make, just the artwork produced at the end so I want to create original designs for as much of the content as I can.
but about at this level of quality: http://www.daz3d.com/stellar-league-light-recon-armor really simple, as i am new to it.
You might want to look at Sculptris - it isn't going to be ideal, for good quality meshes you really do need a more technical polygon modeller like Hexagon or retopology tools to turn a sculpted mesh into a more regular mesh, but it might get you started. Use the base, unmorphed, Genesis as a mannequin to guide your shaping as it will then be fairly simple to rig using the Transfer Utility, though tidying up again gets technical (avoid skirt-type garments to start with).
I'm gonna add myself to this question. I have hexagon. I'm considering getting cinema4d studio. Would C4D be a good choice. Or will Hex get me thru. Yes I know C4D is expensive. But I also do motion graphics, so it plays a major role in that field. I just wanna expand what I do to include Daz. Hope it's ok to include my YouTube link here. I apologize if it's not. I should also say ,I've got the full adobe suite. So post vfx I got covered.
People do use Cinema 4D, but they also use Hexagon. C4D does, I believe, support morphs so you may be able to manage both the model and its morphs in one place - but that is true of Blender too. Have you tried the C4D demo?
Well it's a ways off but Unity is adding Otoy Octane Renderer to Unity Free and has designs on being animation software. However C4D does have much modeling tools that Unity doesn't.


A Midwest Travel Companion is all about helping you plan your visit to the Midwest and to help you connect with the unique spirit of the Midwest and its people.
Whether you have only one day to spend, a weekend or an entire week or more, you will find information here about how to make the best of your visit. Featuring activities, restaurants offering good, solid, Midwestern food, history and culture and a bit of that great, offbeat Midwestern "Kitsch".
The Midwest is just different. I hear it from people all the time. People here are genuinely really friendly. The Midwest is filled with beautiful natural places (many of which were formed as the glaciers receded during the last ice age) and vibrant cultural and culinary traditions.
This is a special place where people still make eye contact and offer a greeting as you are walking down the street. If you are on the side of the road having trouble, chances are pretty good that someone will still stop and grandma's apple pie or favorite hot dish is never very far away.
Think of it this way – where better to go for a good time than a place where winter lasts for 6 months? Do ya think that we have thought of a few great things to do to fill that time?
So, thanks so much for stopping by and joining our Midwestern community! Please, hang around…linger a while. Enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of homemade pie and we look forward to having you come to visit us in the Midwest!


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We rented motorcycles today to go to a near by village. The traffic here is worse than in Viet Nam. For those that haven't read about my traffic comments in Viet Nam, plainly put there are no rules - you just go with the flow. There are a lot more cars here, making that more difficult.
We had no idea where the village was, and we would constantly stop to ask for directions. It's lucky for me that Kheang speaks Cambodian. Still we managed to miss our turn by about eight kilometers. There's little accuracy here for distance. Depending on who you ask a place could be anywhere from three to ten kilometers away. Their estimates can be pretty funny. The best is to ask for landmarks. We were told our turn was three "wats" (temples) down. There we caught a ferry over to the island on which the village was located. Going through the village we encountered monks collecting alms. I took their picture and was going to contribute some money but they took off pretty quickly as they were running late for dinner.
The entire village is dedicated to weaving, and they're quite eager to take you to their shop. This lady in the picture met us on the ferry and insisted that we see her shop, even though we told her five times that we weren't going to buy anything. Still she said she had to at least get us to come over. She had lots of nice scarfs, one that's hanging around my neck, but I had no use for it. She suggested I get one for my girlfriend. I told her when I get a girlfriend I'll make sure to bring her to Cambodia for some silk scarfs and blankets. I asked her if I could get a photo with her as to let my friends know who to go to if they need anything silk.
We spent some time looking around the village and interacting with the locals. The best was a mob of children, at first quite shy, who were intrigued by our digital cameras. They had a blast looking at photos of themselves after we (Kheang for the most part) had taken them.
We headed back to Phnom Penh and I got a flat tire. That was an experience. Going over a long bridge my motorcycle started to wobble and I looked back to see the back tire completely flat. Kheang suggested that we back track and look for a place to repair it. As coincidence would have it, there was a place to repair flat tires just where we started to cross the bridge. Thirty minutes and four patched holes later, we were back on our way.
A street named after Yugoslavia?
Back in Phnom Penh, in front of our hotel there is a map of the city. Looking at it I noticed a street called "Josep Broz Tito Yougoslavie." The spelling was a little off, but it's obvious what it's named after. I thought it was funny and asked a nearby tuk tuk driver how long it's been called that. He said as long as he can remember. Apparently Yugoslavia used to have a big embassy here, and helped out the government. I don't think there's any embassy here now. We walked down to the street just for kicks. I thought it would be just like all the other streets, dirty and unmaintained, but surprisingly it was one of the nicer streets in Phnom Penh.

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How do I explain a failed degree in an interview? I did law and spanish, failed the spanish by one element. I repeated several times, but by the end, exhausted and defeated I couldnt face repeating it so its gone. ADVICE?


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LGBT+ Flags
The most known symbol associated with the LGBT+ movement is the rainbow flag. The rainbow flag, known also as the rainbow Pride flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Celebration. However the flag has since gone on to represent the wide spectrum of marginalised persons and sexualised identities around the world, especially in their effort for recognition, self-empowerment and equal rights. The flag is not a true rainbow, instead all the colours are depicted as horizontal stripes.
The original flag had eight colours, Pink which symbolised sexuality, Red for life, Orange for healing, Yellow for the sun, Green for nature, Turquoise for art, Indigo for harmony and Violet for the spirit. The next version of the flag removed the pink due to a shortage of fabric. The contemporary version, which has been used since 1979 is a six-stripe version where the Turquoise and Indigo were changed into a single stripe of Royal Blue. So, the new flag now goes as follows; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Royal Blue and Violet.
In 2017, the city of Philadelphia updated the flag to include a black and brown stripe at the top. This was done to represent the LGBT+ communities of colour.
Original Flag
Current flag
Philadelphia Flag
LGBT+ Progress Flag
In 2018, Daniel Quasar a graphic designer, dramatically redesigned the flag. In addition to the black and brown stripes, he also added stripes of pink, light blue and white from the Trans flag. This new flag called the Progress Pride Flag was designed to also represent the LGBT+ communities of colour, the trans community, people living with HIV, and people no longer living. The main section is left as the six-stripe flag, and the chevron on the left with the new colours was designed to represent the ongoing march towards progress.
The bisexual pride flag was introduced in 1998 by Michael Page as an effort to give bisexual people their own rallying symbol similar to the gay rainbow flag. The pink represents attraction to same sex, related to the pink triangle. The blue triangle represents opposite sex attraction and the purple gained from mixing the two represents attraction to both same and opposite sex people.
Bi day of visibility is the 23rd September
Pansexuality is defined as being attracted to people regardless of their gender or sex, which, unlike the strict definition of "bi"-sexual, includes those who fall outside the traditional gender binary. The pink represents being attracted to women, the blue being attracted to men, and the yellow for being attracted to everyone else. The flag emerged in 2010.
Pansexual Day of Visibility is the 24th May
Polysexual
Polysexuality is the attraction to multiple genders, but not all. A middle ground between bisexuality and pansexuality, it is centred more around attractions to femininity and masculinity rather than gender itself.
The flag was first published onine in 20102 The pink represents attraction to females; the blue for males. The green is for an attraction to those who don't conform to either gender.
Asexuality is a lack of sexual attraction or a low interest in sexual activity. The asexual community is relatively new and not widely known, quite possibly because a lack of sexual interest causes much less public outcry than an "inappropriate" sexual interest.
The flag was created in 2010 through a process spear-headed by the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) and voted for online by the AVEN asexual community.
Asexual awareness week is 22nd – 28th October
"Intersex" is a term for people who are born with mixed primary or secondary sex characteristics, making them both female and male. This shows up in approximately 1% of the population, though many recognized forms of it are subtle enough to go undetected for an entire lifetime.
This flag was debuted by Intersex International Australia in July of 2013 as a rallying point for Intersex people, The colours yellow and purple were chosen because they're seen as fairly gender neutral. The circle symbolizes wholeness or completeness.
Intersex Awareness Day is 26th October
Agender is used to mean having no gender identity (genderless) or having a gender identity, which isn't female or male, but neutral
The flag was created in 2014. The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, grey represents being semi-genderless, while the green stripe represents non-binary genders.
Agender Pride Day is 19th May
Trans people identify their gender differently to their gender differently to the gender that is associated with their sex as assigned at birth.
The trans pride flag was created by Monica Helms, a trans woman, in 1999. The two colored stripes represent the traditional colors for baby boys and girls, and the white is for those of intersex, neutral, or other genders.
The flag is intentionally symmetric so that however you hang it, it is in the 'correct' orientation. Helms says this was to represent trans people finding "correctness" in their lives
International Trans Day of Visibility is March 31st
Trans Awareness Week (2nd week in November) precedes Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20th)
Genderqueer is an inclusive terms for anyone who doesn't feel like they fit into one of the two standard gender definitions. Unlike most other pride flags, which represent groups of people who 'are' something (people who are gay, trans, asexual, etc.), genderqueer is for people who are not either of the traditional 2 genders. It's a group for people who feel like they don't fit into the normal definition.
The Genderqueer Pride flag was created by Marilyn Roxie in 2011. The lavender is a mix of the traditional blue and pink gender colours for people who are a little of both. Also represents the "queer" in genderqueer, as lavender is a colour that has long been associated with "queerness", including gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities. The green is meant to be the "inverse" of lavender for those outside the binary, and the white represents gender neutrality. The white is meant to represent agender identity, congruent with the gender neutral white on the trans pride flag.
Genderfluid is a term for someone whose gender changes over time. Their gender identity can vary at random or in response to different circumstances. Gender fluid people may also identify as multi-gender, non-binary and/or trans.
The flag was created by JJ Poole in 2012. The colours represent the various states that genderfluid people may find themselves in – pink for feminine, blue for masculine, purple for a mix of the two, white for no gender, and black for all genders.
Non-binary is an umbrella term used to refer to gender identity that is beyond the traditional binary genders of man and woman.
The non-binary pride flag was created by Kye Rowan in February 2014 when a call was put out by several members of their community for a flag that could represent non-binary people who did not feel that the genderqueer flag represented them. This flag was intended to go alongside Marilyn Roxie's genderqueer flag rather than replace it.
The flag consists of four stripes coloured (from top to bottom) yellow, white, purple and black. Yellow represents those whose gender exists outside of and without reference to the binary as yellow is often used to distinguish something as its own. White represents those who have many or all genders as white is the photological presence of colour and/or light.The purple stripe represents those who feel their gender is between or a mix of female and male as purple is the mix of traditional boy and girl colours. The purple also could be seen as representing the fluidity and uniqueness of non-binary people. The final black stripe represents those who feel they are without gender. Black is the photological absence of colour and/or light.
International non-binary people's day is July 14th.
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UPDATE 6/1/2015: The 2015 Convention has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Plans are currently underway for the All-Illustrators Convention to be held in Minneapolis, MN in conjunction with two very large antique shows in Rochester, MN. These two shows are held the 3rd weekend in August. The current plans are to hold the annual convention near the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. This enables those who are flying in to have shuttle service to the nearby hotel, and then be able to rent a car to drive to the antique shows. The antique shows are about a 45 minute drive to the south in two locations, Oronoco and 15 minutes further south in Rochester, on Friday, Sat, and Sunday – the 3rd weekend in August.
More information will be posted in November or December in the Convention section of the website. For now, reserve the second week of August 2015 for this special event.
We are hoping to attend the 2015 convention.
Has anyone heard from Rus and Lynn?
Hope to see you at the 2015 convention. Russ & Lynn are doing well. The fires are north of them and they are in their home.
Hi Pam and Bill. It's been a very busy year and we are all so sad about losing Cora. Driving south this weekend to the services.
Thank you for worrying about us during the fires last year. They were about 5 miles north of us with lots of houses and trees in between.
We were spared any fire or ash damage but it was a trying time. A lot of friends were evacuated, but the firefighters held the line and God provided the rain that actually what put it out.


What's in Store: Short Run Marathon!
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Friday, November 3 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for the 5th annual Short Run Marathon art show and pre-festival party. The exhibition features original works by an amazing array of artists including Emil Ferris, Leela Corman, Julia Wertz, Anders Nilsen, Jordan Crane, Gemma Correll, Tom Hart, nishat akhtar, Rebecca Artemisa, with presentations by Anders Nilsen & 2dcloud.
The Short Run Comix & Art Festival has grown to become one of the country's premier showcases of emerging contemporary cartoonists. As the titles suggests, the Marathon exhibition references the daunting challenges these artists confront in establishing their careers. All exhibiting artists will be present to sign books and discuss their work. Many participants in Short Run, which takes place the following day at the Seattle Center, will attend as well. Don't miss this festive party, which will be followed by a reception hosted by the International Comics Art Forum (ICAF) at the nearby Georgetown Stables featuring a Fantagraphics panel with Gary Groth, Jim Woodring, and Emil Ferris. The programming continues on Saturday, November 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM as artist and educator Mita Mahato presents her new graphic novel In Between at the bookstore.
Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the heart of Seattle's historic Georgetown art community. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206-557-4910.