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The Ocean Beach Green Center's Calendar for September 2018
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in Ocean Beach, San Diego
September Events from the Ocean Beach Green Center
The following event is at the Ocean Beach Green Center,
4843 B Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach 92107 oceanbeachgreencenter.org 619.225.1083
September 21st Friday 7:00 p.m. In honor of International Peace Day the Peace Resource Center and Ocean Beach Green Center are proud to present an introduction to the film series of "Women, War & Peace". This 2011 KPBS series challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace is men's domain. With depth and complexity, the series spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from Bosnia to Afghanistan and Colombia to Liberia, placing women at the center of an urgent dialog about conflict and security, and re-framing our understanding of modern warfare. We will be showing "PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL" which tells the powerful and uplifting story of the brave and visionary Liberian women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a decades old civil war. Social gathering with refreshments and networking for peace with outdoor film, following. To learn more about Peace Week and all the events from September 15th to September 23rd go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1784003104988022/ and http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/campaign-nonviolence-week-of-actions/
Other September Events in Ocean Beach or Point Loma
Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. Climate Mobilization Coalition Meetings Sept 1st, Sept 15th, Sept 22nd. Sept 29th Ocean Beach People's Cooperative Community Room, 4765 Voltaire Street. Come help plan for the upcoming Climate Action events. Contact: oceanbeachgreencenter@gmail.com
September 7th Friday 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. An Evening of Waging PEACE with Women Occupy San Diego Women's Museum of California 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, San Diego, 92106. The WAGING PEACE exhibit at the New Americans Museum in Liberty Station is a great "How To" step-by-step examination of successful movements. Peace is a process that starts within and builds. WOSD invites you to join us as we gather to enjoy First Friday at Liberty Station, and head over to view WAGING PEACE for an evening get-together. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1949455555114735/
September 12th Wednesday 11:45 am – Meeting of the San Diego Community Forestry Advisory Board on the Torrey Pine standing on the 4600 block of Long Branch Ave., in OB. Come help save this beautiful, majestic tree that is NOT moving or falling. The meeting is in the Conference Room on the 12th floor of City Hall, 202 C St, San Diego, CA 92101.
September 12th Wednesday 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Coastkeeper's Seaside Soiree Bali Hai 2230 shelter Island Dr. San Diego 92106. San Diego Coastkeeper's Seaside Soiree is your chance to make a measurable difference in protecting our most precious resource — clean water. Against the backdrop of the San Diego Bay, raise a glass to clean water in San Diego County with more than 250 environmental community leaders, policy makers, high-level supporters and San Diego Coastkeeper Board of Directors and staff. It's the one time of the year you can dive into Coastkeeper's interactive program learning, bid on fun prizes and trips through a silent auction, savor delicious food from a roaming buffet and paint the town blue while contributing to keeping our waters fishable, swimmable and drinkable More info: https://www.sdcoastkeeper.org/blog/environmental-education/polls-kids-want-protect-waters/
September 22nd Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ocean Beach Town Council 20th Annual Pier Pancake Breakfast and Support for Food and Toy Drive The Ocean Beach Green Center is proud to be a sponsor for this worthy cause. Proceeds of this community event benefit the Town Council's holiday events and the annual OB Toy and Food Drive, which helps over 90 local families and seniors in need during the upcoming holiday season. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/495973970829564/
September 23rd Sunday Surfrider's Paddle for Clean Water Ocean Beach Pier 5072 Niagara Ocean Beach 92107 The 27th Annual Paddle for Clean Water will bring together ocean lovers, environmentalists, media and the community at large to rally around the importance of clean water in San Diego. More info: https://give.surfridersd.org/campaign/paddle-for-clean-water-2018/c178193The
September 28th Friday 7:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Audubon presents Beginning Birders at Robb Field, Ocean Beach More info: https://sandiegoaudubon.org/events/field-trips/367-beginning-birders-at-robb-field
September 29th Saturday 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Grassroots Oasis Presents David Rovics: Ballad of a Wobbly World Tour Grassroots Oasis 3130 Moore St. San Diego 92110. "David Rovics is the musical version of Democracy Now!" — Amy Goodman. "Listen to David Rovics." — Pete Seeger"". No one gets more deeply to the heart of important issues, with catchy and concise poetry, than David does. He has a talent for expressing things that are hard to say. All of his songs grab me emotionally and let me know how I really feel. His songs come alive like stories and movies, not just words" — Steve Wozniak More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/397872170720732/
Events in San Diego
September 7th Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 3rd Annual Community Choice Forum Hosted by Climate Action Campaign and School of Global Policy and Strategy Robinson auditorium, School of Global Policy and Strategy UCSD. Our region is making history with unprecedented commitments to reaching 100% clean energy. Six cities in San Diego have committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, and all six have identified Community Choice in the Climate Action Plans as a tried-and-true pathway to succeed. Recently, Solana Beach became the first city in San Diego County to launch a Community Choice program. Join an elite mix of state and local government officials, government staff, community choice practitioners, industry experts, business leaders, and community advocates to discuss the local and state landscape, as well as the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of Community Choice. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1790473697685483/
September 8th Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm San Diego Fixit Clinic Goodwill Donation Storefront, 3232 Greyling Drive
San Diego, CA 92123. We have been all too accustomed to the throw away lifestyle. If something doesn't work, throw it out and buy a new one. Because of this behavior our landfills are filling at a rapid rate and electronic waste has become the one of the largest pollution generators. So why not learn how to fix it?! Bring your broken, non-functioning things: electronics, appliances, computers, toys, bicycles, clothes, etc. for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We'll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance…More info: http://zerowastesandiego.org/events/
September 8th Saturday 10:00 a.m. Rise for Climate March – San Diego Join SanDiego350 and partners for the next big climate mobilization. Thousands of San Diegans will stand with climate advocates worldwide for this global day of action ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. The Rise For Climate March San Diego will gather at City Hall, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101, on Civic Center Plaza at 10 AM for live music, inspiring speeches, and participatory actions followed by a short march to South Embarcadero Park where we'll have voter registration, activities, and a Kid's Zone with games and face-painting. We will call for a #FossilFree world and a just and rapid transition to 100% clean energy. More info: https://rise4climate.org/
September 10th Monday 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Interfaith Worker Justice of San Diego County presents the short documentary "Lana Gets Her Talk", Friendship Hall University Christian Church DoC 3900 Cleveland St San Diego 92103.Through the film, Lana, an artist and First Nation woman, tells her story of healing from the family trauma incurred through Indian Residential Schools in Canada, which were run by faith communities of particular Christian denominations. The United States has a similar history and more urgently, could be looking at a near future in which people of faith are called to respond to families being separated and children torn from their families and culture. Let us proactively look at how to help mitigate the situation while honoring all people and families. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/227597131241525/
September 14th Friday 6:30 p.m. Sierra Club's Film Night "Hacking Democracy" 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #101 San Diego 92111. In 2006, HBO aired HACKING DEMOCRACY, a documentary that showed how easy it was to hack the voting machines that counted around 80% of America's votes. The film was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism and its findings were confirmed in several studies by top computer scientists, including one by the University of California, Berkeley. More info: http://sandiegosierraclub.org/ Jean Costa 619-463-0721
September 15th Saturday 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Tariq Khamisa Foundation presents The Power of Forgiveness Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation 404 Euclid Ave. San Diego 92114. Join the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) for dinner, a silent auction, and entertainment in support of our Safe School Model. This year's Gala is extra special as we celebrate 23 years of educating students in schools across San Diego County and connecting with thousands to promote safety, service, peace and forgiveness. During the event, we will share Tony Hicks' new journey with TKF, celebrate his November parole hearing, and share the power of restorative justice.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/200935607368387/
September 19 Wednesday 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Green Business Education Series Workshops – Water Efficiency National City Chamber of Commerce, 901 National City Blvd, National City 91950, Free Lunch and Learn workshop for business managers, owners, building operators, employees, and any go-getters interested in saving money by identifying opportunities to lower operating costs! The National City Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the San Diego Green Building Council to host workshops identifying the importance of running an efficient business and explaining the many environmental and economic benefits of going green. More info: https://www.gogreenbiz.org/events
September 21st. Friday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. San Diego Green Building Conference and Expo SDG&E Energy Innovation Center – 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92117 2018 Conference sessions will discuss local projects, policies and programs that put our community on the path towards meeting California's and San Diego's environmental goals. More info: http://www.usgbc-sd.org/event-2977632
September 22nd Saturday Fall Equinox Celebration Local Earth 10622 Lilac Rd. Valley Center 92082- We invite you to join us on the land for a celebration of friendship, family, reinhabiting the village, commUnity and love! What a beautiful time of year to honor our transition of the seasons as sunshine becomes becomes equal to starlight… the light and the dark in perfect balance. We will be sharing yummy food, playing music, dancing with bare feet on the earth & celebrating life… please bring your instruments! Here is a link to more information about the village if interested (local-earth.org/village-lab). More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2145484822333870/
September 25th Tuesday 12:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Food Waste Solutions Summit IV Kitchens for Good 404 Euclid Ave. San Diego 92114. Action-packed convening for multi-sector leaders and advocates committed to food waste and hunger in San Diego County.
We believe in retiring the word "waste" when it comes to food because all resources are valuable. Join us in this year's Summit to Discuss promising solutions and high-impact opportunities. Hear national trends and align San Diego's actions Network and collaborate across sectors Strategize to advance policies and actions forward in San Diego Share resources and best practices to address food waste now More info: http://www.sdfsa.org/sept-25th-food-waste-solution-summit-iv/ Event Contact: Barbara Hamilton (barbara@sdfsa.org)
September 27th Thursday 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. THE XONR8 GALA to support the California Innocence Project The Headquarters at Seaport Village 789 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, 92101. Founded in 1999, the California Innocence Project has spent years freeing more than two dozen people from prison. More info: https://www.xonr8.org/
September 28th Friday 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. The Energy Center presents Bites & Bigwigs with the City of San Diego's Chief Sustainability Officer, Cody Hooven . Downtown Central Library, Mary Holis Room 330 Park Blvd. San Diego 92101. Cody coordinates sustainability planning and policy, with emphasis on economic development. She is exploring how technology, renewable energy, transportation, green buildings, and climate resilience are included in San Diego's approach to sustainable communities. Cody's role also includes engaging businesses in win-win solutions for sustainability and leading the city's move towards 100% renewable energy. Cody works on various collaborative efforts in San Diego and statewide, including as a founding member and current Chair of the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about what the City of San Diego is doing to advance sustainability in the 8th largest U.S. city! More info: http://energycenter.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&ccse-menu=none&id=2825
September 29th Saturday Wild Willow's Farming 101 Introduction to Small-scale Regenerative Farming 2550 Sunset Avenue, San Diego 92154. Seven-week Course, two days/week7 Field Labs, Saturdays 9am to 4pm at Wild Willow Farm, 6 Lectures, Wednesdays 6pm to 8pm in central San Diego. This course offers students an introduction to techniques and strategies for small farming or agricultural advocacy, or to simply grow more of their own food. More Info: http://www.sandiegoroots.org/farm/f101-course.php
New events are always happening….please check www.oceanbeachgreencenter.org for updates to the event list
Many more events going on in the Resistance movement. You can sign up to get the Progressive Weekly Calendar through San Diego Free Press. More info: http://sandiegofreepress.org
The above calendar from the Ocean Beach Green Center has been edited as we posted it after some events had passed and one event was added.
Frank Gormlie September 13, 2018 at 2:43 pm
Don't overlook this: Protest at Famosa Property on Sept 29
Peninsulans opposed to San Diego Housing Commission's plan to turn a five-acre lot at Famosa and Nimitz boulevards into affordable housing are holding a community protest and a petition-signature collection drive Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lot site. There will be refreshments, guest speakers, media and entertainment. Residents can pull up to a "drive-by lane" and sign the petition without leaving their vehicles. Owned by the SDHC, the open-space site, once a makeshift bicycle track, is proposed to be developed into a 78-unit affordable housing project. In the preliminary phase, tests are ongoing to ensure the site's viability for development.
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FAQ: Italian Church Songs?
1 What are the most popular Catholic hymns?
2 What is the most beautiful hymn?
3 What are the most popular hymns?
4 What is the name of a song usually sung in church?
5 What is the greatest hymn ever written?
6 What is the oldest church hymn?
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9 What is the first song ever written?
10 What are the top 20 hymns?
11 Is Abide With Me a funeral song?
12 What are funeral hymns?
13 What are sacred songs called?
14 What is sacred song?
15 What church does not allow music?
What are the most popular Catholic hymns?
Communion Hymns
Blessed Are They.
Eye Has Not Seen.
Keep In Mind.
I Am The Bread Of Life.
I Have Heard The Voice of Jesus.
I Will Raise You Up.
In The Breaking Of The Bread.
The King of Love My Shepherd Is.
What is the most beautiful hymn?
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It Is Well With My Soul – 3b4hJoy.
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing – Phil Wickham.
Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus – Andy Cherry.
There is a Fountain – MercyMe.
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior – Hasan Green.
His Eye Is On The Sparrow – Lee and Sig Evangelista.
What are the most popular hymns?
From a list of one hundred hymns, here is the order in which they rank:
How Great Thou Art.
In Christ Alone.
Be Still, For The Presence Of The Lord.
Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind.
Here I Am, Lord (I, The Lord Of Sea And Sky)
And Can It Be.
Abide With Me.
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer/Jehova.
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What is the name of a song usually sung in church?
Hymn, (from Greek hymnos, " song of praise"), strictly, a song used in Christian worship, usually sung by the congregation and characteristically having a metrical, strophic (stanzaic), nonbiblical text.
What is the greatest hymn ever written?
Here are top 10 hymns of all that that have impacted and ministered to my soul.
O for A Thousand Tongues to Sing.
The Solid Rock.
Jesus I Am Resting, Resting.
O The Deep Deep Love of Jesus.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
Blessed Assurance.
All Creatures of Our God and King.
Rock of Ages Cleft for Me.
What is the oldest church hymn?
The Oxyrhynchus hymn (or P. Oxy. XV 1786) is the earliest known manuscript of a Christian Greek hymn to contain both lyrics and musical notation. It is found on Papyrus 1786 of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, now kept at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library, Oxford.
What is the number 1 gospel song?
I smile / (Kirk Franklin)
Every praise / (Hezekiah Walker)
I can only imagine / (Tamela Mann)
Nobody greater / (VaShawn Mitchell)
I want to say thank You / (Lisa Page Brooks feat. Royal Priesthood)
Still able / (James Fortune & FIYA)
I won't go back / (William McDowell)
The gift / (Donald Lawrence & Co.)
What is the number one funeral song?
Here are some of the most popular funeral songs:
My Way – Frank Sinatra.
Angels – Robbie Williams.
The Best – Tina Turner.
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Eric Idle (Monty Python's 'Life of Brian')
Time to Say Goodbye – Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli.
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What is the first song ever written?
"Hurrian Hymn No. 6" is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the "Seikilos Epitaph." The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.
What are the top 20 hymns?
50 Best Loved Hymns
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven.
The Lord's my shepherd.
Holy Father, God of might.
God that madest earth and heaven.
Jesus, lover of my soul.
Be thou my vision.
Is Abide With Me a funeral song?
A traditional Christian hymn popular across denominations. It is often sung at military services, sporting events and state funerals.
What are funeral hymns?
Happy and uplifting hymns for a funeral include: All Things Bright and Beautiful. Morning Has Broken. Lord of the Dance. Shine Jesus Shine. Great is Thy Faithfulness.
What are sacred songs called?
PSALM. any sacred song used to praise the deity. one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David. sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"
What is sacred song?
Religious music (also sacred music) is any type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual.
You might be interested: Readers ask: How Tosing Got Church Songs?
What church does not allow music?
The Churches of Christ generally combine the lack of any historical evidence that the early church used musical instruments in worship and because there is no scriptural support in New Testament scriptures authorizing the use of instruments in worship service to decide that instruments should not be used today in
Readers ask: How Do I Get Permissiong To Use Songs In Church?
Quick Answer: Lutheran Church Songs?
Quick Answer: Thanksgiving Songs For Church Lyrics?
Quick Answer: Wedding Songs For Church Ceremony Catholic?
Often asked: Youtube Easter Songs For Church?

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"Independent filmmaking isn't a business, it's a hobby," Crystal Moselle, an award-winning director and documentary filmmaker told Broadly. Although Moselle's Skate Kitchen has been screened at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance, she admits that the industry can be —generally— relying on investors or production companies to finance them, and aren't self-sufficient.
Women are outnumbered by men 22 to 1 in the director's chair, according to a study from USC Annenberg's Inclusion Initiative; and only four of the top-grossing films (1,100 films in total) between 2007 and 2017 were directed by women. When it comes to filmmaking, the financial decision-makers are crucial for the project's success but for many women who don't have access to these executive suite individuals —76 percent who are men— their projects never come to fruition.
Broadly heard from five female directors and producers at the Female Filmmakers Festival (FFFEST) about how they got their projects financed and the challenges they've faced.
Kim is an award-winning independent filmmaker with two feature films under her belt, Treeless Mountain and In Between Days. Kim works creatively with her husband, Bradley Rust Gray, and the two founded a filmmaking company called soandbrad, inc. For her second feature, Treeless Mountain, Kim initially sought funding from international production companies since the movie was filmed in South Korea.
Kim attributed some of her early success to the grant funding she received. She has been a recipient of four grants and participated in two fellowships over the course of her career.
Packer is a New York-based producer, who has worked in documentaries, short films and television shows like VICE's Gaycation and Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. Packer acknowledged how producers face a unique challenge in helping the creative team stay grounded in reality, and she encouraged young filmmakers to seek independent production companies who will support their work.
Stricker is a director, producer, and musician working in Los Angeles and New York. Her filmography largely consists of short films and music videos, and has directed videos in collaboration with artists such as St. Vincent, A$AP Rocky, and Cara Delevingne. Stricker sought funding for her short films across a variety of forms, from reaching out to traditional investors to hosting Kickstarter-like events and exhibitions.
Moselle is a filmmaker who has ventured in documentary films and narrative features through The Wolfpack and Skate Kitchen. "With a documentary, it's a lot easier to go and shoot stuff on your own for not a lot of money, and you can show people what you're going for. That's a really different thing when you're trying to put a narrative feature together," Moselle said.
Russo-Young is an independent director, who has directed scripted television series and feature films. Russo-Young believes the difficulty to secure funding as a female filmmaker is largely systemic. She boiled it down to gaining limited access to the industry because film investors and production companies are mostly spearheaded by men.


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The value of premium second-hand watches has ticked up even in the tough economic times of late.
With watches, it is the make and how rare they are that are important. A sale of 50 Rolex Oyster Daytonas, a model that dates back 50 years, at Christie's in Geneva last month raised $13.2m (£8m).
The top item wasn't even made of any precious metal; it was a 1969 "Paul Newman" model, which sold for more than $1m (£610,000), many times the original estimate. And it wasn't even worn by the film star – merely named after him because he wore that model in the Seventies.
Closer to home, a Rolex owned by a prisoner of war went up for auction in October. It belonged to RAF pilot Gerald Imeson, who was imprisoned at the notorious Stalag Luft III camp, made famous in the 1963 film The Great Escape. Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf gave watches to prisoners of war who had had their own timepieces confiscated when imprisoned, although he asked them to pay for their watches after the war was over.
Flight Lieutenant Imeson, who died in 2003, paid about £170 for his (£5,000 in today's money). At the sale at Bourne End Auction Rooms in Buckinghamshire his watch was sold for £50,000 to an overseas buyer. By comparison, a watch of the same model but without the PoW story sold for £24,000 earlier this year.
Probably the world's most expensive watch is the 201-carat Chopard timepiece that fetched $25m (£15m today) in 2000. However, the multicoloured diamond piece is more jewellery than a watch. It is a "monstrosity" according to Dan Wade of Paul Fraser Collectibles.
A more traditional piece is the 1933 Patek Philippe Henry Graves Super Complication pocket watch that sold for $11m (£6.7m now) in 1999. It was made for US banker Henry Graves, who was competing with car-maker James Ward Packard for ownership of the most complicated watch. It took three years to make and it includes a chart showing the stars over New York city.
The priciest traditional wristwatch ever sold at auction was a 1944 Patek Philippe that sold for $5.6m in 2010. Indeed Patek Philippe is generally considered to be the best name in luxury watches: of the 100 most expensive pieces to be auctioned, 80 carried its name.
Mr Wade said Patek Philippe watches commanded high prices thanks to the long history of the company (it made its first piece in 1868) as well as "renowned workmanship, innovation, superb movements, the high quality of its materials and crucially their small production numbers".


Raphael Khouri, a playwright who lives in Germany, is in Vienna at the moment for their play, She He Me, to be shown at the Kosmos Theater! The Jordanian playwright is bringing such important queer (specifically trans) Arab representation to theater. It was truly an honor to talk to Raphael, and we love the work they're doing. Thank you all for listening! To get in touch with Raphael, you can email them at [email protected] and/or connect with them on Facebook (Raphaël Aimé Khouri) and Instagram @raphael_khouri.
The play will be performed from March 1 to March 16!
An interview with Munir Abdullah, a photographer from Lebanon.


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Q: Como crear un archivo conjunto de varios archivos python en uno solo que se mantenga .py Quiero crear un juego en python usando pygame y que sea un archivo que esté Guardado en uno solo pero manteniendo el .py o .pyw en vez de usar un librería para volverlo .exe no existe alguna manera de igual que en otros juegos(minecraft las versiones del juego son .java y dentro tienen texturas y demás scripts) el archivo se mantenga .py y dentro ya se pueda abrir con win.rar y ver todos los archivos del juego

A: Python puede ejecutar directamente un archivo .zip (aunque el convenio es cambiarle la extensión a .pyz, si bien nada te impide nombrarlo .py aunque se prestaría a confusión). El único requisito es que dentro del .zip haya un fichero llamado __main__.py por el que comenzaría la ejecución. Dentro del zip pueden haber más scripts (para ser importados desde __main__.py) e incluso paquetes y módulos de terceros, así como assets (imágenes, música, etc.) si bien el código tiene que estar preparado para cargar estos assets como si fueran parte de un paquete y no desde el sistema de archivos.
Una vez empaquetado todo en el .zip, podría ejecutarse así:
$ python archivo.pyz

Naturalmente el usuario tiene que tener python instalado (y posiblemente la misma versión de python que tú, si usaste características específicas de una versión). Y si el .zip contiene algunas bibliotecas binarias, sólo se podrá ejecutar en la plataforma para la que esas bibliotecas fueron compiladas (Windows, OSX, etc.)
Tienes más información sobre cómo crear este tipo de archivos, usarlos, e incluso convertirlos a .exe en la documentación oficial de python y sobre cómo acceder a recursos dentro de paquetes en la documentación del módulo estándar desde Python 3.7 importlib.resources.
También puedes leer este breve artículo con un ejemplo de cómo hacer esto específicamente para un juego PyGame, si bien menciona que para ejecutar el zip resultante es necesario tener instalado no sólo Python, sino también PyGame.

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PROFILE: Meet Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, the new Ambassador of Uganda to Sudan
Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, the new Ambassador of Uganda to Sudan (PHOTO/Courtesy).
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni recently appointed new Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors.
In a document dated 12th December, 2021, President Museveni said, "By virtue of the powers vested in the President of the Republic of Uganda I hereby appoint the following as Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors to the respective brotherly and friendly countries…"
Among the newly appointed Ambassadors is Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu who was posted to Khartoum, Sudan. He replaced James William Kinobe.
Speaking about his latest deployment, Dr Ssemuddu he was so grateful to President Museveni for reappointing him as Ambassador. He said Ambassadors are like soldiers always ready to serve anywhere in the world as per instructions from the head of state.
"I shall focus on strengthening the relationship starting from where my predecessor stopped plus the security concerns and trade exchange between our two countries. And I will also source for investors who can do some serious investments here in Uganda Inshallah," the Ambassador revealed.
Prior, Dr Ssemuddu served as Uganda's Ambassador to Qatar, Saudi Arabia,Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Yemen.
He was first appointed into service on local contract as Foreign Service Officer Grade 1 on 10th December, 2012 for a duration of 36 months with effect from the date of assumption of duty.
Dr Ssemuddu served as Ambassador to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and non Resident Ambassador Designate to Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Yemen before his contract was terminated on 5th November, 2020.
Before serving as country diplomat, Dr. Ssemuddu worked as Goodwill ambassador for Investments and Trade to the Gulf Countries and he managed to attract some investors from the Gulf Countries to work in Uganda.
According to the New Vision newspaper, Ssemuddu was born in Nsotoka village, Kayunga district and he spent most of his childhood life in Saudi Arabia, attending both secular and religious education. He holds a doctorate in Sharia Law – Jurisprudence from Madina University, a qualification that raises his status to a level of a person who qualifies to become a mufti of Uganda, according to the constitution of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council.
He is the 15th child in the family of 37 children of Hajj Yahya Ssali.
Dr Ssemuddu's educational journey started at Nsotoka Primary School later he joined Bilal Islamic Institute-near Kampala High before he joined African Islamic Centre in Sudan. He enrolled for O'level at the Secondary Institute of the Madinah Islamic University, Saudi Arabia. He enrolled for the Higher School Certificate, an equivalent of UACE in Uganda. He joined the main stream University first for a four year 'Al-Ijaza Al-Aliya' Bachelor's Degree course in Islamic law, obtaining a 'Very Good' grade.
He pursued a Masters Degree (MA) in Fiqah (Islamic Jurisprudence). His grade was termed as Very Good. He attained a doctorate degree of 'Al-Alamyah Al-Aliya' Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), First Class Honors).
Dr. Ssemuddu also worked as the Chairman Uganda Saudi Alumni, Director General for Madinah International Development Agency, the Coordinator of Saudi donation of equipments at Mulago Heart Institute.
Ambassador Ssemuddu is also a philanthropist who on many occasions mibilise resources from the gulf states which he later donate to the vulnerables/needy people in Uganda.
Dr. Rashid Ssemuddu is married to Rukayah Abdurahman, Fathiya Muhammad and Siham Chobti.
He has 11 children.
Dr Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu's Fact File:
Date of Birth: October 23, 1972
Place of Birth: Nsotoka, Bugerere (Kayunga District), Uganda
Civil Status:
Married to Rukayah Abdurahman, Fathiya Mohammad and Siham Chobti with 11 children.
. 1978- 1986 Primary at Nsotoka Islamic School. (Kayunga District- Uganda).
. 1987- 1989 Senior Secondary Bilal Islamic Institute. (Kampala- Uganda).
1989- 1990 Senior secondary Islamic African Center- Khartoum- Sudan.
1990- 2008 Madina Islamic University (Madina – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
. 1990- 1993 Madina University Secondary institute.
• 1993- 1997 Bachelors degree (Islamic Law/ Sharia), Madina Islamic University.
• 1998- 2002 Masters degree (Islamic Law – Jurisprudence) Madina Islamic University.
• 2002- 2008 PhD (Islamic Law- Jurisprudence/Excellent with first class honors ) Madina Islamic University.
English, Arabic, Luganda, Some Swahili.
Career History:
2013- to 2018 Ambassador Extra Ordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Yemen & Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation – OIC.
2005- 2012 Goodwill Ambassador for Investment and Trade in Saudi Arabia and Gulf
Countries.
2001 – todate Director General, Madinah International Development Agency (NGO).
1995-1997 Secretary to Madinah Vocational Training Centre.
1992-1997 Head of Foreign Students Transport Committee, Islamic University, Madinah. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1992-1997 Head of Public Service Committee at Islamic University, Madinah.
2006 – 2007 Head of the Uganda Hajj Commission in Saudi Arabia
2006-todate Chairman of the Uganda Saudi Graduates in Uganda.
2004- 2005 Convener of Uganda Muslim Leaders Conference( District Kadhis and Imams).
2007 – 2012, Chairman Swidiq Mosque committee.
He started serving government following his appointment by HE the President as Ambassador Extra Ordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Yemen & Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation – OIC (2013- to- date), as envoy for Investment and trade in Saudi Arabia and all Persian Gulf countries (2005 – 2012),
As Director General of Madinah International Development Agency (MIDA) in charge of humanitarian operations and social development (2001-to-date), Head of the Uganda Hajj Commission in Saudi Arabia (2006-2007) ,as convener of Muslim leaders Conference (2005), Public relations at Saudi Arabian Embassy in Uganda (2011-2012).
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Behind the Place Name is a website for learning about all aspects of place names. Its scope is broad: all place names from all cultures and periods are eligible to be included in the main name database. There are currently 1092 names in the database, a fraction of what the scope entails.
This site was created in 2011 by Mike Campbell as an offshoot of Behind the Name.


Painters can just pick up their paintbrushes and let loose on a canvas. Photographers, on the other hand, need a whole microsystem of specialists – printers, framers, air brushers – to get to the final result. In a bid to shine a light on those professions essential to the photographic process, we profile four artisans without whom none of this would be possible.
When artist Peter Mertens couldn't find anyone building frames to his liking, he decided to give it a shot himself. Soon he was making frames for his friends too and as the demand grew he started his own framing studio in Amsterdam in 1988. Since then the business has grown immensely, including the opening of a second studio in Brussels 12 years ago. Eppo Dehaes, who was taught all about framing by Mertens himself, has managed the Brussels branch for quite some time now and keeps up the tradition and high-quality practice, which is reputed for not using any standard production items. Having developed its own framing system, Mertens has a proper wood workshop where every frame is assembled and painted by hand. "Patience, attention to detail and precision are crucial," says Dehaes, who studied painting at St Luc in Brussels. Specialising in contemporary art and especially photography, Mertens' roaster of clients include art galleries Xavier Hufkens and Catherine Bastide as well as prominent painters such as Luc Tuymans.
André Jasinski (53) started out as a photographer himself, having studied photography at Brussels' St Luc school. After years of developing his own black and white photographs, he switched to colour photography, but was never quite satisfied with the prints he received from the various labs he tried. Finally Jasinski, who also worked for Brussels' center for photography Contretype, decided to learn the craft himself in a laboratory in Canada. When he came back to Belgium 12 years ago he founded his own print shop and today Jazz Colorlab is one of the very few places remaining that still employs the rare method of handmade chemical photo processing from analogue films. "After the overwhelming success of digital photography I think I might actually be the only one in Belgium," he tells us. His clients, professional artists for the most part, come from as far a place as Finland, as photographer Elina Brotherus for example.
What Jazz Colorlab does for analogue cameras, Atelier KZG does for its digital counterparts. Founder Gaëtan Massaut (36) and his associate David Marlé (37), who studied photography themselves, are dedicated to continuing the photographic printing tradition whilst at the same time bringing it in line with the requirements of today's digital photographers. Massaut opened the studio in 2004, at the time of the switch from analogue to digital photography with the goal of providing a high-quality service for a new need. "Our job is not just about the process of printing an image," Marlé, who is also a teacher at La Cambre, explains. "We have long discussions with the artists, always trying to find the best possible version of the image and bringing out its utmost potential by adjusting the vibrance of colours or strength of contrasts." Today Atelier KZG is the place to go for some of Belgium's most reputed photographers such as Stephan Vanfleteren or French man Vincent Fournier.


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Windows says services for these versions of Windows will be discontinued over time.
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Windows does note that notification services will continue to function for Windows Phone 8.1 at this time, and newer phones running Windows 10 Mobile are still fully supported.
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B.C. scientists to auction off LSD images to raise money for PTSD study
The swirling kaleidoscope of oranges and purples on framed sheets of "LSD" art at Mark Haden's Kitsilano residence may cause a flashback, but it won't get you high. That's because it's blotter art, created to look like acid-soaked perforated paper, which is typically torn into tiny squares, or "hits," popular with music festival trippers the […]
Mohamed Marwen Meddah
Apr 23, 2016 • Last Updated April 23, 2016 • 3 minute read
The swirling kaleidoscope of oranges and purples on framed sheets of "LSD" art at Mark Haden's Kitsilano residence may cause a flashback, but it won't get you high.
That's because it's blotter art, created to look like acid-soaked perforated paper, which is typically torn into tiny squares, or "hits," popular with music festival trippers the world over — but sans LSD.
Haden is an addictions counsellor and adjunct professor at the University of B.C.'s School of Population and Public Health. He is also the chairman of MAPS Canada, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, and part of a group of scientists that will auction off the art next month in Vancouver to raise money for a Phase 3 trial looking at how MDMA can be used to treat post traumatic stress disorder.
"This (art) is completely legal," says Haden, showing off one of the works to be auctioned, a rare collector's item called Tantric Couple, signed by Alexander Shulgin. Considered the godfather of psychedelics, Shulgin is credited to introducing MDMA (ecstasy) to psychologists in the late 1970s for pharmaceutical use.
"This is the hidden psychedelic art of the 1960s. It's beautiful … It is not infused with LSD. So don't eat them," he says, with a laugh. "Just hang them on the walls."
Artists since the mid '60s have been creating elaborate images on the LSD blotter paper, depicting anything from abstract designs to music icons like Jerry Garcia, mystical creatures, and of course flower power and free love.
Many never saw the the sheets, as they were torn apart and gobbled up at festivals before anyone could admire the work. So, many of the artists began re-creating some of the psychedelic images that were used on the original sheets of acid, as well as making their own new designs, to sell as art.
Now collecting the LSD art has become hugely popular, with websites like eBay and blotterart.com selling the nostalgic paintings. While much of it is focused around one image, others are simple repeated patterns across the sheet, with far out names such as orange sunshine, green fractal, and purple fire.
Haden has four items to auction off at the fundraiser plus dozens more they will be selling for a flat price. Some of the artists are well known, while others are new to the scene. One of the pieces up for auction is signed by novelist Ken Kesey's son Zane during the 2014 50th reunion of Kesey's famous acid-fuelled bus trip across America described in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD or acid, was first made by Albert Hofmann in Switzerland in 1938, and in the 1940s was used as a commercial medication for various psychiatric uses. However, LSD's rise in popularity among youth as a recreational drug in the 1960s led to its prohibition. It remains a controlled and illegal drug in Canada.
That, however, hasn't stopped people from experimenting with the hallucinogenic drug. Recreational use aside, LSD has also made a resurgence as a therapy to reduce anxiety in terminally ill patients, among other therapeutic uses.
In a 2014 randomized controlled trial, for instance, 12 terminally ill patients in Switzerland showed "significant reductions" in anxiety after LSD-assisted psychotherapy. An earlier study published in 2011 on end-of-life anxiety in 12 people with end-stage cancer found psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (hallucinogenic from magic mushrooms) reduced anxiety and improved mood among participants compared to therapy sessions without it or with a placebo.
MDMA is also being studied as a treatment method.
Scientists at MAPS, headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif., have been using MDMA along with intensive psychotherapy for about 100 people diagnosed with PTSD. They've wrapped up phase 2 of the clinical trial and now plan to head into phase 3.
Vancouver had six study participants; the others were in the United States, Spain, Switzerland and Israel. About one-third were military veterans.
Haden says the goal of the phase 3 clinical trial is to have MDMA approved as a medication for PTSD by 2021 to be used as treatment by a psychiatrist or psychologist.
"It works remarkably well. The regular treatments for PTSD is about 25-per-cent effective over a long period of time. And we are demonstrating about 83-per-cent effective in only about a month. It's outrageously successful."
However, he estimates the Phase 3 trial will cost $1.5 million just for Vancouver's portion of the global study, which is why they are fundraising in addition to donations.
The artwork will be sold at an evening auction and fundraiser at 4255 West 12th on May 19. Tickets are available at mapscanadablotterartfundraiser.eventbrite.com
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Argh, too little time, too little sleep and I barely got the comic finished in time. The weather over here has been horrible lately. Umbrellas and wind don't mix.
When I was making this comic, I was pretty sure it's not the best joke around. But since a lot of these comics revolve around what I deal with from in day to day life, I let the thought pass. I found it relevant to my past week, so it's more personal than ha-ha-funny really.
That said, I was surprised to discover that DAR made almost the exact same comic 2 years ago. I felt delighted at first because I admire Erika's work and it's kinda cool to see I've stumbled upon the same playing field. And then shame crept in. Shame because I actually have her book and should've remembered reading this comic (I still don't, but I'm sure I have). So it's like unconscious plagiarism.
It also made me think of Dave Kellett's post about coincidences when writing jokes. How some material seems to pop up in different places. We all tap into shared experiences when writing stories, making comics or other art. The post is an interesting read and makes me think about originality and coincidence in another way.
All in all, I'm still kind of disappointed in myself for coming up with this comic though. I'm not old enough to blame it on Alzheimer's yet.
Seriously? Sounds pretty damn dangerous. And ever so slightly insane.
I've done that at a 600 lb. Pumpkin drop!
That's absolutely insane. I take it that would have involved a lot of alcohol first!


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Symposium Speakers (in order of appearance)
Dr. Timothy Standring
Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum
Dr. Timothy J. Standring is the Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum. Since his arrival at the museum in 1989, he has curated nine exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum, including the highly successful Inspiring Impressionism, El Greco to Picasso from the Phillips Collection and Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums. Prior to coming to the DAM, Standring held positions as an associate professor of art and director of the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver. Standring was also a faculty member at Pomona College, Lawrence University and Loyola University of Chicago. He has served as a guest scholar at the J. Paul Getty Museum, as a senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art and has received numerous other grants and fellowships. His publications have covered topics including the art collecting habits of 17th century Roman patrons, essays on European artists, British watercolor landscapes and more. Standring received his bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame and attained his PhD in 1982 from the University of Chicago.
Standring has also been the curator and organizer of several recent groundbreaking exhibitions at the DAM, including Becoming Van Gogh (2012) and now Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio (2015).
Shannon Robinson
Speaker & Moderator
Photo by Marc Priscotty
Shannon Robinson is the curator and chairperson of the national exhibition Windows to the Divine and the national plein air event Altitude and Attitude. Held in Denver, both events are hosted by the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the vocation of living artists and the Dominicans. In her work as a founder and president of the foundation, Shannon fosters the vocation of the artist through exhibitions, collector salons and national symposiums in collaboration with galleries and museums. She is also the founder of a new Windows to the Divine program, Collectors for Connoisseurship, an online community of collectors, artists and art lovers.
A longtime art collector with more than 20 years of public speaking experience as a trial attorney (now retired) with a recent masters certification in Art History and Collecting from Regis University, Shannon is a passionate advocate for connoisseurship. On behalf of the foundation, she speaks on a wide range of topics at collector salons hosted by Windows to the Divine and its partners at venues in Colorado and around the country. Her work as an advocate for artists and art collecting has been featured in several arts publications, including Southwest Art Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur.
Shannon is privileged to work with the Dominican friars of the Central Province to advance their charitable works and mission. She is also involved in the promotion of the arts and interfaith dialogue through her work as the chairperson of the community board for the Mizel Museum in Denver.
Peter Trippi
Speaker and Member of Collector/Expert Panel
Peter Trippi is editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur, the bimonthly magazine that serves collectors of historical and contemporary representational painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints. He is also president of Projects in 19th-Century Art, Inc., the firm he established to pursue a range of research, writing, and curating opportunities. Trippi holds a MA from New York University in Visual Arts Administration, as well as a MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. As director of New York's Dahesh Museum of Art, Trippi guided its renovation of the former IBM Gallery and presentation of nine exhibitions of 19th-century European art. In 2002, Phaidon Press published Trippi's 250-page monograph J W Waterhouse, which reassesses the Victorian painter and Royal Academician best known for his Lady of Shalott at Tate Britain. Trippi went on to guest-curate the Waterhouse retrospective that appeared at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, London's Royal Academy of Arts, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He is now co-curating a touring exhibition about the Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, to open in 2016 at the Fries Museum, in the Dutch artist's native city, Leeuwarden. In 2013, Trippi completed a two-year term as president of the nonprofit organization Historians of British Art, and then became president of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art.
David A Leffel
Artist Panel Member
David A. Leffel, is not only recognized by his peers as a painters' painter, he is considered by many to be no less than the artistic reincarnation of Rembrandt. He grew up in New York City where he had a brief career in advertising, but eventually came to chiaroscuro painting at the Art Students League with Frank Mason. Soon he would become a revered instructor there, sharing his special understanding of painting with thousands of students from all over the world. He is recognized as a modern master by colleagues and collectors alike. Although his subjects range from figure and portrait to landscape and still life, his real subject matter is light flowing and drifting over surfaces. His work can be found in permanent Museum collections throughout this country as well as numerous private collections here and abroad. Leffel has written two books that have met world-wide acclaim for their ability to integrate his understanding of technical aspects of painting with his philosophy and humor. Appreciated by artists and collectors alike, An Artist Teaches and Self-Portraits: A Visual Journey of Insight have both been published under the Bright Light imprint.
Sherrie McGraw
Sherrie McGraw is recognized as one of America's foremost artists and teachers. She both studied and taught at the famed Art Students League of New York and her work has received many awards from prestigious New York art organizations, such as the Salmagundi Club and the National Arts Club. Her work has been included in a number of shows in major museums throughout the country, including the Butler Institute of American Art where she had a major retrospective in 2014. Its Board of Trustees recently awarded her their highest award—the Medal of Honor for lifetime achievement in American Art.
McGraw lectures for art institutions such as the Portrait Society of America, Brigham Young University, and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2010. A gifted writer, she has authored her own instructional book—The Language of Drawing—which is now considered by many to be the definitive book for understanding the knowledge that all good draftsmen share.
Robert C. Jackson
Robert C. Jackson (b. 1964 Kinston, NC) is the oldest of 5 brothers that were each born in different states around and about the Southeast. This transient lifestyle obviously followed Robert into his career path as he worked as an Electrical Engineer (designing radio systems for Motorola from 1986-1990) and then as an Assistant Pastor (for Cedar Ridge Community Church in Maryland from 1990-1996), before settling down to his full-time and fulfilling career as a contemporary still life artist (1996-present). Since then, all of these life experiences of his past inform and influence his creativity of today.
Jackson's paintings are contained in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum, South Dakota Art Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, and the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science.
In 2016, Jackson's artwork will be exhibited in the Delaware Art Museum in "Truth & Vision: 21st Century Realism" based off of his book Behind the Easel: The Unique Visions of 20 Contemporary Representational Painters. Upcoming exhibitions include Still Life, to be held at Gallery Henoch in NYC from November 5-28, 2015 and The Renaissance of Realism to be held at Gallery 1261 in Denver in connection with the National Collectors for Connoisseurship Symposium to be held at the Denver Art Museum on November 13, 2015.
Kristin Hoerth
Member of Collector/Expert Panel
Kristin Hoerth joined the editorial staff of Southwest Art Magazine in 1994 and has served as Editor in Chief since 2002. Under her leadership, the magazine's editorial content has expanded from a narrow focus on western subject matter to a broad range of representational art created and sold in the western United States and beyond. She has overseen other aspects of the magazine's expansion as well: the publication of Sculpture of the Rockies, a first-of-its-kind coffee-table book; annual art competitions; and a full suite of digital offerings, including a comprehensive website, online newsletters, and social media. In 2005 Southwest Art won a silver medal for editorial excellence in an annual publishing industry competition; in 2011 the magazine celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special anniversary issue. Hoerth also serves as Editor in Chief of a sister publication called the Collector's Guide, an annual guidebook to the art of New Mexico.
Hoerth travels widely to attend art events across the country, where she frequently served as juror and speaker. For several years she conducted popular on-stage interviews with the Oil Painters of America's Distinguished Artists at its National Juried Exhibitions. She has also served for many years on the jury panel for the Western Heritage Awards sponsored by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. She has authored forewords for art books and presented professional-development webinars for fine artists. Hoerth graduated cum laude in English from Duke University in Durham, NC.
Tim Newton
An art collector for 25 years, Tim Newton has amassed a collection of some 300 works. Widely acknowledged for his discerning eye, his is a collection of great diversity which includes pieces by Richard Schmid, John Stobart, Sherrie McGraw, Don Demers, Christopher Blossom, Clyde Aspevig, Bill Acheff, Lanford Monroe, Curt Walters, Tim Shinabarger, Walter Matia, and Quang Ho. The collection has been featured in several magazine articles.
Tim is the founder and curator of American Masters, an annual art exhibition and sale at the famed Salmagundi Club in New York City. Since its inception in 2008, the show has exhibited some of the very best in American contemporary art. Tim created and runs this annual exhibition (as a volunteer) for the benefit of the Salmagundi Club. All of the profits from American Masters have gone to begin and support the Gallery Renovation project.
He is a sought-after speaker on the subject of art and collecting. Frequently a judge of art competitions, he has judged the Oil Painters of America – Master and Signature Members Show, the Mystic International Maritime Exhibition at Mystic Seaport as well as Plein Air Easton in Easton, Maryland.
Tim is serving his third term as Chairman of the Board of the Salmagundi Club. He also serves on the Board of the Artists' Fellowship, the Board of Trustees for the Stobart Foundation and the Board of Advisors for the Clark Hulings Foundation.
Stephanie Birdsall
Stephanie Birdsall is both a collector and a professional artist. She received her formal training at the City and Guilds of London Art School in England. She is now a member of the Vermont Putney Painters where she paints regularly with Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London and Bargemon in France and at the National Arts Club in New York. Stephanie has garnered more than 30 major awards in national and international juried exhibitions, including Best in Show at the Bridgeport Museum of Arts and Science, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, the Degas Pastel Society Exceptional Merit Award, the Connecticut Pastel Society Herman Margulies Award and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, John Manship Award. Her work has been featured in International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art, Plein Air Magazine and The Pastel Journal and is contained in the permanent collections of the Museum of the Everglades, Florida Museum of Art & Culture, and The Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson.
Angelica Daneo
Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum
Special Curatorial Tour on Nov 13
A native Italian, Angelica Daneo brings her expertise and love of art to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) as the associate curator in painting and sculpture. Among other projects, Daneo curated Court to Café: Three Centuries of French Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum and Drawing Room: An Intimate Look at French Drawings from the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection (2013); Cities of Splendor: a Journey Through Renaissance Italy (2011) and Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism (2008). She is the local curator for In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism (2015). She is the author of The Kress Collection at the Denver Art Museum (2011), and the Companion to European Painting before 1800 (2013). Prior to working at the DAM, Daneo conducted research in the early European art department of the Saint Louis Art Museum. In this position she assisted the curator in organizing the international exhibition Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy, as well as the symposium Artemisia Gentileschi: Taking Stock. Before her time in St. Louis, Daneo worked at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., organizing the photographic art archives of the National Air and Space Museum, and installing exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Daneo speaks fluent Italian, English and French, and has taught courses at the University of Denver and at the Saint Louis University. She graduated summa cum laude in the Humanities with a specialization in History of Art Criticism at the University of Turin in Italy.


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The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has today welcomed an announcement by Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop, that Australia will sign a global climate agreement with 196 other nations in Paris.
NFF President, Brent Finlay, said Australian farmers were making real changes to the way they operated their enterprises so as to integrate climate risk in management decisions and to continually build upon sustainability practices.
"For example, Australian farmers are making significant contributions to Australia's emissions reductions," Mr Finlay said.
Mr Finlay said much of what had already been achieved had been done so through government and industry co-investment in the information, science and technologies required to enable farmers to adapt to changing conditions, improve energy efficiency, invest in renewable energy and to reduce emissions.
"With the Government's renewed focus on innovation and energy, continued investment in science and innovation will be the key to agriculture achieving even more," Mr Finlay said.
"Investment is needed to translate scientific understanding of emissions reduction into cost effective practices that farmers can adopt and new pathways are required to encourage farmers to invest in energy efficiency and to increase their use of renewable energy sources.
"We also need to further our investments in research, development and extension so that we have the best available climatic information to make seasonal and longer term decisions, and so that we continue to develop and adopt farming systems that are better suited to our climate.


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Wasps Are Here to Save Us from the Great Lime Shortage
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding efforts to save limes. Their secret weapon: a tiny, parasitic wasp.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding efforts to save limes. Their secret weapon: a tiny, parasitic wasp. The wasp is the natural enemy of Huanglongbing, the citrus greening disease partially responsible for the ongoing lime shortage. Huanglongbing has killed groves of trees in Florida and is now making a dent in California, where the citrus industry is worth some $2 billion.
Researchers found that Huanglongbing is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, a tiny plant-eating insect. The psyllids are most easily killed by the Tamarixia radiate wasp, which is basically just a tiny, lime-saving insect. The USDA will spend $1.5 million to increase breeding of these wasps, and plans to release them in Califonia, Texas, and Florida. Congress has also added $125 million to a fund that will research Huanglongbing prevention over the next five years. (Congress members must really love limes.)
Since 2010, California lime farmers have already spent $15 million a year fighting the psyllid, though they have been unable to make a dent in the issue. California grows 80 percent of the U.S.'s citrus for consumption (Florida's citrus is mostly for juice.) Now, many of these trees are quarantined due to disease.
The LA Times spoke with Mark Hoddle, a UC Riverside researcher, and he believes increasing the number of wasps will make a difference in the lime market. Unfortunately, "the process can be slow and tedious." Hoddle said they are set to produce one million wasps a year, which will hopefully make a dent in the psyllid population, and thus save the limes from disease.
In the meantime, we will all suffer from this lime shortage, as we drink our sad, lemon-garnished Coronas.


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Janko Peranski (), vollständig Janko Šubić von Bribir Peranski (Selbstbezeichnung Janko Peranzky de Pernia; zeitgenössisch Janco Perainsky bzw. verdeutscht Johann(es) von Perainsky; † 1689 im Königreich Kroatien) war ein kroatischer Graf sowie sächsischer Oberstleutnant, Kammerherr und Amtshauptmann von Moritzburg (Sachsen). Er war von 1661 bis 1680 Kommandant der Leibkompanie Kroaten zu Ross des sächsischen Kurfürsten Johann Georg II. (1613–1680).

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Herkunft und Dienst an der Militärgrenze
Peranski entstammte dem kroatischen Adelsgeschlecht der Grafen Peranski aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, einem Zweig des Adelsgeschlecht der Šubić. Der Name dieses Familienzweiges der Šubić leitet sich von dem Familiengut Perna bei Karlovac ab, wo die Familie kleineren Landbesitz hatte.

Peranski war der Sohn von Gašpar Peranski und dessen Ehefrau Margarete, geborene Janković. Seinen Dienst für die Habsburgermonarchie verrichtete er als Offizier an der kroatischen Militärgrenze in Karlovac. Er war gesellschaftlich gewandt sowie gebildet und beherrschte die Sprachen Deutsch, Kroatisch und Latein. Es ist wahrscheinlich, dass der kroatische Ban und Feldherr Petar Zrinski dem sächsischen Kurfürsten Johann Georg II. Peranski als Gardekapitän empfohlen hat. Beide Herrscher standen in Briefkontakt und die Familie Peranski entstammte ebenso wie der kroatische Ban dem Adelsgeschlecht der Šubić.

Am sächsischen Hof
Ein am 6. September 1659 in Pressburg von Leopold I. ausgestelltes kaiserliches Dekret, gestattete Peranski mit 20 kroatischen Reitern den freien und ungehinderten Durchzug nach Sachsen, um in kursächsische Dienste zu treten. Im März 1660 wurde die, zunächst 87 und später bis zu 150 Mann starke, Kompanie der Kroatischen Reiter in der Leibgarde des sächsischen Kurfürsten aufgestellt. Bereits am 12. August 1661 wurde Peranski deren Kommandant (Croatorum capitaneus) und blieb es bis zur Auflösung 1680.

Der sächsische Kurfürst war mit Peranskis Diensten offensichtlich sehr zufrieden, sodass Peranski schon 1661 vom Leutnant der Garde zum Rittmeister mit gleichzeitiger Ernennung zum Kammerherrn befördert wurde. Peranskis Schriftverkehr mit dem Kurfürsten ist ab 1666 belegt. Im Verlauf der Jahre überreichte Peranski dem Kurfürsten mehrere Geschenke, so unter anderem 1662 eine kunstvolle osmanische Schabracke und 1667 eine mit Gold- und Silberdraht prächtig bestickte osmanische Feldflasche aus Leder. Am 3. Februar 1669 überreichte er dem Kurfürsten als Geschenk ein aus Zollstab, Stechzirkel, Zeichenzirkel, Messer und Falzmesser bestehendes Messbesteck aus Messing, vermutlich hergestellt um 1667 von einem kroatischen Meister. Die Schabracke wurde 1798 verkauft. Die Feldflasche und das Messbesteck befinden sich in der Rüstkammer (Dresden), heute Teil der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

1675 wurde Peranski vom Kurfürsten für seine Verdienste schließlich vom Rittmeister zum Oberstleutnant befördert. Zudem erhielt Peranski als Amtshauptmann ein Haus mit Brau- und Schankgenehmigung und Grundbesitz in Eisenberg (Moritzburg).

Dienstende und Tod
Im Jahr 1679 kaufte Peranski in Kroatien das Schloss Brlog auf einer Anhöhe über dem rechten südlichen Ufer der Kupa westlich von Kamanje für 19.000 Forint. Die Kroaten-Leibgarde wurde 1680 von dem nachfolgenden sächsischen Kurfürsten Johann Georg III. aus Kostengründen aufgelöst und die Reiter in ihre Heimat entlassen. Nach seinem Dienstende kehrte Peranski 1681 nach Kroatien zurück, kam aber auch danach öfter nach Moritzburg um seine Besitztümer zu besuchen. Peranski starb 1689 in Kroatien und wurde in der Kapelle des heiligen Anton im Paulinerkloster von Svetice bei Ozalj in der Familiengruft bestattet.

Familie
Aus der Ehe Peranskis mit der vermögenden Jelena Bardarini von Kieselstein gingen die vier gemeinsamen Kinder Mihajlo, Franjo, Jure († um 1692) und Barbara Sidonija (verheiratete Delišimunović; † 27. März 1713) hervor. Mit dem Tod von Franjos Sohn, also Janko Peranskis Enkel, Gašpar Peranski (Caspar von Peranski) im Jahr 1740 erlosch das Adelsgeschlecht der Grafen Peranski im Mannesstamm.

Schriften
Die Oberlausitzische Bibliothek der Wissenschaften führt in ihrem 1819 herausgegebenen Werkverzeichnis unter der Nummer 180 die Tragikomödie

Siehe auch
 Kroatische Reiter
 Leibkompanie Kroaten zu Ross

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Einzelnachweise

Historische Person (Südosteuropa)
Graf (Kroatien)
Oberstleutnant (Sachsen)
Amtshauptmann (Sachsen)
Kammerherr (Sachsen)
Kavallerist
Kroatische Militärgeschichte
Militärperson (Kroatien)
Person (Moritzburg, Sachsen)
Person in den Türkenkriegen
Geboren im 17. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 1689
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"blind optimism" puts nature, food and farming at risk? - Nature's Advocates - Our work - The RSPB Community
Nature's Advocates Is the UK Government's "blind optimism" putting nature, food, and farming at risk?
Is the UK Government's "blind optimism" putting nature, food, and farming at risk?
Dora Querido
Following from last week's blog, Alice Groom, Senior Policy Officer, working on environmental land management writes again.
Government's handling of future farming reform has come under fire yet again. Public Accounts Committee latest's report about the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes found that government is at risk of squandering the opportunity of farming policy reform.
This weekend, the Public Accounts Committee delivered a scathing assessment of government's handling of future farming reform. This comes just months after similar findings made by the National Audit Office and Environment, Food and Rural Affair Committee. We have covered the findings and implications of these reports in recent blogs see here and here. But many of the recommendations made by these reports have gone unimplemented.
The Public Accounts Committee monitors the value for money of government project, programmes, and services. Whilst DEFRA has published a little more detail on the new schemes (see here) since the ink would have dried on this report, the findings and recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee remain valid.
Surely, the findings of the Public Accounts Committee are too stark to ignore?
We, the RSPB, voiced our concerns that these vital reforms looked increasingly off track (see here). And last month, with concerns growing, we issued a joint press release (see here) with our vital partners The Wildlife Trust and National Trust, and followed up with a blog here, to set out our worries in more detail. We have also worked as a member of Wildlife and Countryside Link to publish a report setting out a positive vision to keep these reforms on track (see here).
Critical findings...
Rhetoric over action…
"The Environmental Land Management scheme is an opportunity to reset the approach to land management in England and deliver benefits for the environment whilst also promoting a sustainable and productive farming sector". But Government is putting this at risk by because they have "given no detail about how either the necessary productivity increases, or environmental benefits will be brought about".
The committee is very scathing about Defra apparent "blind optimism", despite not being able to set out clearly how the schemes will work or what they will deliver. Behind the warm words there appears to be an absence of detail.
The burden of undue anxiety
The committee finds that the lack of detail, it is impacting on farmers ability to plan and this is causing anxiety in the sector. Without the necessary detail farmers are unable to plan for policy reform and unlock the opportunities it presents. Last week Defra provided a little more detail on the Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemes, but again not in sufficient detail to enable a farmer to produce any firm plans.
However, growing evidence and experience, is demonstrating that nature friendly farming provides a route that is profitable and productive, whilst helping to nurture soils and enable species to thrive. But without clarity on the new environmental land management schemes, farmers just see the loss of their basic payments, which are a legacy of our membership of the European Union. Government needs to do better at providing the detail and communicating the benefits of the new approach.
No investment in baselining or measuring outcomes
The report finds that Defra has not clearly established objectives for the schemes, invested in baselining or established how environmental goals will be assessed, leading them to question the value for money of the policy.
"The Department has not established robust baseline of metrics or clear objectives which would allow it to measure the success of the scheme and assess whether the £2.4 billion it plans to spend on agricultural schemes during each year of this Parliament is providing value for money and contributing to government's wider environmental goals"
Defra did publish some outline environment outcomes for the schemes last week. But not the precise and measurable objectives demanded by the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee in October nor the metrics the Public Accounts Committee is referring to here. Whilst it is useful to see the high level objectives, what has been published so far is devoid of the sort of apportionment of sub-targets between the three ELM schemes that would be necessary to be able to hold the government properly to account as part of decision to stagger the roll out of each scheme.
And what of food security and footprint?
Government has failed to convince the committee, due to the lack of detail and analysis, that the scheme will not impact on food security and the UKs oversees footprint.
"The Department has also not explained how the Scheme's changes in land use will not simply result in more food being imported, with the environmental impacts of food production being "exported" to countries with lower environmental standards."
We can produce food and deliver for nature, which is why it is so disappointing that the UK Government has not done the necessary work to satisfy the concerns of the committee and perhaps more importantly farmers. Farming and nature can and must go hand in hand, we cannot squander this opportunity.
How can government put this right?
The committee's recommendations are in many ways quite simple and can be summarised as:
Develop and publish scheme details to enable farmers to plan and ensure the schemes are a success,
Be clear about what these schemes need to deliver for the environment and develop the necessary baselines and metrics to track progress.
Undertake robust assessments to provide confidence that government understands the implications of its policy aspirations on nature, food, and farming.
The RSPB supports the committee's recommendations, and if implemented they could help get vital farming policy reforms back on track. However, we would also add that Defra does increasingly need to listen to its colleagues from Natural England and the Environment Agency who have years of experiences and considerable expertise in designing scheme. We are concerned that Defra is not fully utilising this valuable resource.
Leaving the European Union, gave us the opportunity to develop farming policies that sees farming and the environment as mutually beneficial and interdependent. But Government appears to be letting this opportunity slip through its fingers. Government cannot meet its commitments to halt the loss of wildlife or tackle climate change without getting these schemes right.
Government now has the recommendations of three authoritative reports sat on its desk, to ignore these would be a betrayal of its promise of a green Brexit.


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To be part of this initiative, talents were required to submit their portfolio by March 10th 2016 on the "Upload Your Talent" section of Vogue Italia's website (http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-talents/upload-your-talent/) or by email to sauditalents@condenast.it.
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Identifying the next generation of Saudi fashion talents is one of the goals of the first edition of the Jeddah Vogue Fashion Experience, a forum for women, to be held in Jeddah from April 20th – 22nd 2016.
The Experience, jointly organized by Rubaiyat and Vogue Italia, and sponsored by Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Motors, sole official BMW importer in the Kingdom, is recognized as the first international fashion happening in Saudi Arabia, a market that is gaining more and more attention due to its expanding industry and economic growth.
In partnership with the National Home Health Care Foundation, this event will feature a unique experience to Scout the best female talents, embracing their ambition and promoting their work on an international platform whilst adding to this initiative a humanitarian dimension by supporting the National Home Health Care; An opportunity that combines efforts and talents for a good cause.
To put the spotlight on women and recognize their powerful role in the world and to raise funds for those in need are the other objectives of the Experience.
All the funds raised, thanks to the organization of a women's charity Gala Dinner, will be donated to the World Food Programme, which will encourage and support the empowerment of women living in underdeveloped areas of the world.


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