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How to Turn Failure into Success
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." — Bilbo Baggins, "The Lord of the Rings"
Maybe for you, it's a dangerous business to launch a new creative project, produce content using a new medium, or tell an unexpected story. After all, what if you fail? What if things don't turn out the way they were supposed to? Not to be a downer, but if you haven't experienced failure in your career yet, chances are you probably will. Experiencing failure in some form or fashion is normal. It comes as a part of trying things and taking risks.
But failure doesn't feel good.
Failure is never the goal. No one wants to stay there. The good news is that whenever you find yourself in a place of failure, you don't have to stay there—even when the failure feels completely devastating. Dallas Jenkins, creator, director, and co-writer of "The Chosen" series, experienced his biggest career failure before he had the concept for "The Chosen."
For a year and a half, he walked through the aftermath of a failed project without any confidence of ever having a future in the film industry. What got him through that season of intense failure? He chose to lean into it. He chose to trust God with the brokenness, failure, and hurt and see what could come of it.
"I believe that God is closest to us when we are experiencing our biggest confusions and our biggest brokenness because we're clinging to him then more than ever," Jenkins said.
In that season, the Lord used Jenkins's circumstances and the people around him to teach him that it's not his job to feed the 5,000—only to provide the loaves and fish. God never asks us to play the role of Jesus in the story of him feeding the 5,000, but He does ask us to play the role of the boy who offered his five loaves and two fish (John 6:1-14). Jenkins realized that it was his role to present an offering to God, not to turn that offering into something the world would define as successful.
"I have to get out of the business of defining what success and failure looks like," Jenkins said. "What success really should look like is making sure that whatever five loaves and two fish I present to God are worthy and acceptable to Him."
Once we present a worthy and acceptable offering, we have done all that God has asked of us.
"What [God] chooses to do with that is not up to you. And where you're at in five years is not up to you, and it's not your business," Jenkins said.
As a believer, in whatever failure you are facing or may face in the future, your call is to focus day-by-day on whatever God has placed in front of you, concentrating only on what you can control and letting God do the multiplication.
"That, to me, is the secret sauce to handling that confusion and failure that we all go through," Jenkins said.


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Ca. 1795. Oil on unlined canvas. Room 089
This portrait of María Antonia Gonzaga y Caracciolo (1735-1801), the dowager Marchioness of Villafranca, corresponds to the period in which Goya executed his two portraits of her eldest son, José Álvarez de Toledo (one now in the Museo del Prado and the other in the Art Institute of Chicago). Her son was the eleventh Marquis of Villafranca and Duke of Alba through his marriage to María Teresa de Silva -the Duchess of Alba and the only heir to the title, hence her husband´s claim to it- whom Goya also painted that year (Liria Palace, Madrid). María Antonia, who belonged to the highest nobility as the daughter of Francisco Gonzaga, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Solferino, married Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, the tenth Marquis of Villafranca, the head of that important aristocratic house from Aragon and a grandee of Spain. The mother of five children, the marchioness was widowed in 1773, when she was still young. Yet, rather than remarrying, as would have been typical in that era, she devoted herself to the care of her children and to the efficient administration of the marquisate and the immense properties of the House of Alba that now belonged to her eldest son. Some years before, Goya had painted a portrait of the marchioness´s daughter, the Countess of Altamira with her own little daughter (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), another of her husband, the Count of Altamira (Banco de España, Madrid), as well as one of their youngest child, Manuel Osorio (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). There is some indication that Goya also painted an early portrait of the marchioness, but no trustworthy documentation survives to back up such a claim. The family supported Goya during the difficult years after his illness in 1793, which left him deaf; their support was perhaps owing to Goya´s Aragonese origins, as they were also from Aragon and defended the Aragonese party in the court. It is not known where the painting was first intended to be hung. It may have been commissioned by the marchioness herself for her palace or by her son for the decorations in the new, imposing palace that the Duke and Duchess of Alba had built in Madrid. Following her son´s early death in 1796, the marchioness inherited his possessions which were then passed on to the new Marquis of Villafranca, one of whose descendents, the Count of Niebla, bequeathed the painting to the Museo del Prado in 1898 along with the portrait of the Duke of Alba mentioned above. The decade of the 1790s represented an important stage in Goya´s career, beginning with the portraits of the new king and queen in 1789-90 and continuing with images of prominent members of the aristocracy and the political class. He also produced portraits of friends, including important men of letters, poets and even actresses. For this image of the marchioness, Goya has avoided the conventional model of a stately and formal full-length portrait of a lady standing in the midst of her properties. Rather, this threequarter length portrait presents the sitter in an intimate light, seated on an austere, though elegant, chair with a gilt frame in the style of the reign of Charles IV. The refined elegance of her dress is reflective of the French-influenced styles then in fashion and includes elements that were typical feminine adornments at the time, such as the blue silk cockade she wears in her large powdered wig, her rose brooch, and the blue ribbon tied around her white shawl. The play of light on the shawl´s slightly transparent chiffon allows Goya -utilising the devices of Venetian painters like Titian- to highlight the marchioness´s delicate intelligent features and sensitive, reflexive facial expression. The palette of cool colours, greys and blues together with different shades of white, is accentuated only by the touch of pink in the flower on her breast, executed with a light impasto of red lacquer paint, one of the most subtle and transparent pigments used by the old masters (Mena, M.: Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from the Prado, Queensland Art Gallery-Art Exhibitions Australia, 2012, p. 194).
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The restoration of Hunter loading his Rifle (1775), by Francisco de Goya
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"Caprichos". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Visiting Goya in Madrid
Sketchbook C. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Commented works: The Pradera de San Isidro, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1788), by Enrique Quintana
Natural Histories. A Project by Miguel Ángel Blanco: Satanic Invocation
Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Eighteenth-century Painting Collection and Goya
Goya's Drawings restored
Tauromaquia. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Album A. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Goya's technique in the "Blind Man's Buff"
Commented works: Self-portrait, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1796 - 1797), by Juliet Wilson- Bareau
TECHNICAL STUDY: The Snowstorm or Winter. Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (1786)
The restoration of The Threshing Ground or Summer, by Francisco de Goya
Preview: Restoration of "The Countess of Chinchón", by Francisco de Goya (1800)
Hunter loading his Rifle, by Francisco de Goya (1775)
The restoration of "Charles III in Hunting Dress" by Francisco de Goya.
Concha Jerez: The Third of May 1808 in Madrid: the executions on Principe Pio hill by Goya
The exhibition Rome in your pocket. Sketchbooks and artistic learning in the XVIII Century
Disasters of War. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Commented works: Sueño 21 and other drawings by Francisco de Goya
Goya in Madrid. The exhibition in the Prado Museum
Goya's technique in the "Charles III in Hunting Dress"
The exhibition Spanish Drawings from the Hamburger Kunsthalle: Cano, Murillo and Goya
Spanish Drawings from the British Museum: Renaissance to Goya
Follies. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Temporary Installation: Constitutional ideas in Goya's work
"Sketchbooks G" and "H". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Commented works: Daedalus watching his son Icarus fall" by Francisco de Goya
The restoration of "Blind Man's Buff" by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
Reopening of the Goya cartoon galleries and the 18th Century Spanish painting galleries
Dreams. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Sketchbook F. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
Madrid Sketchbook. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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The 12th Marchioness of Villafranca painting her Husband
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Height: 87 cm; Width: 72 cm
Marchioness widow of Villafranca(?), Madrid, 1795; XII Marquess of Villafranca, 1821; Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox, XIII Marquess of Villafranca, 1867; José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo y Silva, Duke of Medina Sidonia; Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Caro, XV Marquess of Los Vélez y XXVI Count of Niebla; Prado Museum, 1926.
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Yriarte, C., Goya. Sa biographie. Les fresques, les toiles, les tapisseries, les eaux-fortes et le catalogue de l'oeuvre, Henri-Plon, París:, 1867, pp. 134.
Viñaza, C. Muñoz y Manzano, Conde de, Goya. Su tiempo, su vida, sus obras, Manuel G. Hernández, Madrid, 1887, pp. 271, n. CLIV.
Araujo Sánchez, Ceferino, Goya, La España Moderna, Madrid, 1896, pp. 115, n. 219.
Lafond, P., Goya, Librairie de L`Art Ancien et Moderne, París, 1902, pp. 139, n. 228.
Loga, V. von, Francisco de Goya, G. Grote`sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlín, 1903, pp. 205, n. 353.
Calvert, A. F., Goya, John Lane, Londres; Nueva York, 1908, pp. 141, n. 250.
Beruete y Moret, Aureliano de, Goya. Pintor de retratos, I, Blass y Cía, Madrid, 1916, pp. 60; 176, n. 158.
Mayer, A. L., Francisco de Goya, F. Bruckmann A. G., Munich, 1923, pp. 203, n. 445.
Desparmet Fitz-Gerald, X., L' œuvre peint de Goya. Catalogue raisonné, II, F. de Nobele, París:, 1928-1950, pp. 30, n. 309; 34, n. 313.
Noul, M., Sotomayor, F., Muguruza, P., Les chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée du Prado, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ginebra, 1939, pp. 9, n. 19.
Gudiol, José, Goya, 1746-1828: Biografía, estudio analítico y catálogo de sus pinturas, I, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1970, pp. 315, n. 444.
Gassier, Pierre y Wilson-Bareau, Juliet, Vie et oeuvre de Francisco de Goya: l`oeuvre complet illustré: peintures, dessins, gravures, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1970, pp. 170, n. 348.
Salas, Xavier de, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 283, n. 2.447.
Angelis, Rita de, L'Opera Pittorica Completa Di Goya, Rizzoli, Milán, 1974, pp. 113, n. 364.
Gassier, Pierre, Vida y obra de Francisco de Goya: reproducción de su obra completa: pinturas, dibujos y grabados, Juventud, Barcelona, 1974.
Angelis, Rita de, La obra pictórica completa de Goya, Noguer, Barcelona, 1975, pp. 114, n. 384.
Camón Aznar, José, Francisco de Goya, III, Caja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja, Zaragoza, 1981, pp. 126.
Pita Andrade, José Manuel, Ob el Grieka Ob Goje, Narodni Muzei, Belgrado:, 1981, pp. 54, n. 17.
Gudiol, José, Goya, 1746-1828: Biographie, Etude Analytique et Catalogue de ses Peintures, I, Ediciones Poligrafa S.A., Barcelona, 1984.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 296, n. 2.447.
Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Goya en el Prado. Historia de una colección singular. En: Goya. nuevas visiones. Homenaje a Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1987, pp. 317.
Glendinning, Nigel, Goya. La década de los Caprichos. Retratos 1792-1804, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid:, 1992, pp. 121-122, n. 18.
Morales y Marín, José Luis, Goya. Catalogo de la Pintura, Academia de Bellas Artes de San Luis, Zaragoza, 1994, pp. 240, n. 254.
Helliesen, Sidsel, Francisco de Goya. Maleri. Tegning. Grafikk, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo:, 1996, pp. 107-108, n. 13.
Luna, J. J., Moreno de las Heras, M. (dir.), Goya: 250 Aniversario, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1996, pp. 366, n. 88.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: catálogo de las pinturas, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, 1996, pp. 151-152, n. 2.447.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996, pp. 391, n. 1.506.
Moreno de las Heras, Margarita, Goya: pinturas del Museo del Prado, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1997, pp. 208, n. 71.
Calvo Serraller, Francisco (dir.), Goya: la imagen de la mujer, Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2001, pp. 244, 366, n. 61.
Reuter, A., ''María Antonia Gonzaga, Marchioness of Villafranca, 1795'', en Tomlinson, J. A. (ed.): Goya. Images of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington:, 2002, pp. 165-167, n. 28.
Mena Marqués, M. B., Maurer, G., La duquesa de Alba ''musa'' de Goya. El mito y la historia, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid:, 2006, pp. 84-86.
Salomon, Xavier F., Goya and the Altamira family, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, LXXI, 4, 2014, pp. 32.
Stepanek, S. L., Ilchman, F. (dir.), Goya: Order & Disorder, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014, pp. 142-144, 185.
Bray, X., 'Portraying the Spanish Enlightenment (1789-1799)' En:, Goya.The Portraits, National Gallery Company, Londres, 2015, pp. 74-105 [89 n.22].
Mena Marques, M., 'Reflections on Goya's portraits' En:, Goya.The Portraits, National Gallery Company, Londres, 2015, pp. 12-21 [16].
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Autor: Goya / 1506. Asunto: Retrato de dª María Antonia Gonzaga y Caracciolo, mujer del X marqués de Villafranca. / Alto: 0,85; ancho, 0,78.- lienzo
Catálogo Goya, Pierre Gassier y Juliet Wilson. Núm. 348.
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Progens (Proudzin  en patois fribourgeois) est une localité et une ancienne commune suisse du canton de Fribourg, située dans le district de la Veveyse.

Histoire
L'ancienne commune de Progens est constituée du village de Progens, sur une colline entre la Broye et la Mionna, et du hameau de La Verrerie sur son flanc nord-est. Au Moyen Âge, Progens appartint à la seigneurie d'Oron, en partie aux mains des comtes de Gruyère, et à la seigneurie de Rue, châtellenie savoyarde dès le milieu du  siècle, Progens passa à Fribourg en deux temps, en 1536 avec Rue et en 1555 après la faillite des Gruyère. Le village fut incorporé au bailliage de Rue de 1536 à 1798, puis à la préfecture homonyme dès 1798, au district de Châtel-Saint-Denis dès 1831 et à celui de la Veveyse depuis 1848.

Progens releva de la paroisse de Saint-Martin, puis fut constitué en paroisse en 1888. Des mines de lignite et une verrerie, autour de laquelle se développa le hameau de La Verrerie, furent exploitées à la fin du  siècle. Dynamisé par l'industriel français Jean-Baptiste-Jérôme Brémond, l'établissement, copropriété de la famille Quennec dès 1862, produisit du cristal et des bouteilles. Rachetée par la verrerie de Saint-Prex, elle ferma en 1914. Nouvelle exploitation du charbon entre 1917 et 1921. Progens est resté une localité rurale (10 exploitations agricoles en 2000) connaissant un développement résidentiel. En 2000, sept dixièmes de la population active sont des navetteurs.

Le , Progens fusionne avec ses voisines de Grattavache et Le Crêt pour former la commune de La Verrerie.

Patrimoine bâti
La chapelle Saint-Barthélemy, attestée en 1677, devint église paroissiale.

Toponymie
1324 : Progin

Démographie
Progens comptait 99 habitants en 1811, 164 en 1850, 370 en 1900, 281 en 1950, 225 en 1980, 245 en 2000.

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Ancienne commune dans le canton de Fribourg
Localité dans le canton de Fribourg

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The Little Gray Fergie
Tractor Tales from Wales
Josephine Roberts
A Ferguson tractor with a standard engine. Note the shorter dashboard and lower bonnet than on the model with the Perkins conversion.
Courtesy Josephine Roberts
Some Ferguson TE-20s have the exhaust on top of the bonnet, and some have it running underneath the tractor, as seen on this very original looking model. It is said Harry Ferguson preferred the exhaust underneath, as he liked to see the tractor with a clean, uncluttered outline.
Lyn Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, ploughing in the Ferguson class at a recent match. Lyn also uses her Little Gray Fergie for ploughing and harvesting her potato plot at home.
Having stood the test of time, the Ferguson tractor is truly a British icon. This one was in the lineup at a recent show in North Wales.
The famous Ferguson 3-point linkage system that first allowed an implement to be mounted onto the tractor, rather than trailed behind. Every tractor produced today uses a variant of this super successful linkage system.
There is nothing on a Little Gray Fergie that doesn't need to be there; note how uncluttered and simple this tractor is.
An upgraded engine was available for the Ferguson tractor from a company called Perkins of Peterborough. The Perkins 3-cylinder diesel engine offered better economy plus the increased power of a 32 bhp engine. Those tractors with a Perkins engine can be easily spotted as the bonnet and dashboard are raised up higher than on a standard Ferguson, in order to allow for the height of the larger engine. (This one has a Perkins engine, and was probably converted in the 1950s when petrol prices began to soar in the U.K.)
In response to the British weather, some people went on to fit cabs onto their Ferguson tractors. Whilst collectors and exhibitors prefer their tractors to look original, no one can blame a ploughman for enjoying the shelter offered by a cab.
Huw Williams, Anglesey, North Wales, pictured here at 82 years of age ploughing with his beloved Ferguson tractor.
The Ferguson TE-20 (or "the Little Gray Fergie" as we affectionately call it) means a great deal to us Brits.
In Wales we call it the Ffergi bach ("the Little Fergie"). Like red phone boxes, London Routemaster buses and black taxicabs, it's something of a British icon. To us, it probably means something along the lines of what the John Deere means to you Americans. It is a big part of our agricultural history, and it is really "where it all began."
Of course there had been tractors before, but the Little Gray Fergie was the first tractor to really hit the big time. It was mass-produced like no other tractor before, and above all, it had the Ferguson 3-point linkage system, making it a more useful and adaptable tractor than anything that had ever gone before. A vast range of Ferguson implements meant that the Little Gray Fergie had the right tool for just about every job conceivable.
Many of the smaller farms in the U.K. continued using horses for farm work long after tractors became commonplace, so for a great many farmers, the Little Gray Fergies of the late 1940s and '50s were their very first tractors. When I speak to people who grew up on farms back in those days, it's amazing how many of them say the Little Gray Fergie was the first tractor they ever drove.
Harry Ferguson is famous for the revolutionary tractor hitch system known as the 3-point linkage. Even the most modern, top-of-the-range tractor today still uses that same linkage system patented by the Irish-born Ferguson.
Passion for the mechanical
Henry George (Harry) Ferguson was born in 1884 on a farm in County Down, Ireland. As an engineer/inventor, he had a passion for all things mechanical, not just tractors. He was a teenage apprentice in his brother's car and bicycle repair business and before long he developed his own motorbike and racing car. He dedicated much of his life to promoting car and motorcycle racing. By 1909 he had designed a plane of his own and flown it, and in 1911 he opened a car business in Belfast.
In 1914 he started selling American tractors, but it is said he found them heavy and somewhat dangerous to operate (sorry, guys). So he designed and built a plough that could be attached to the tractor via the famous 3-point linkage, namely the Ferguson System. In 1936 he started building his own tractors, and three years later he went into partnership with Henry Ford and more than 300,000 Ford-Ferguson tractors were made. In 1947 there was a falling out with Ford's grandson and the partnership was dissolved.
Alone, Ferguson designed the TE-20 (the Little Gray Fergie), which was assembled in Coventry by the Standard Motor Co. Some half a million of these little tractors were made beginning in 1946, making them Britain's most popular tractor. The fact so many are still around and still working today is evidence of what simple, well-engineered machines they are.
The Massey connection
Later, Ferguson entered another partnership, this time with Massey-Harris of Toronto, Canada, forming the Massey Ferguson Co. This was another rather stormy partnership, illustrating that while Ferguson was obviously a genius, perhaps he wasn't the easiest person to work alongside. Ferguson died at age 76 in Stow on the Wold, England, in 1960.
The early Ferguson TE-20s ran on petrol, but some later models ran on TVO (tractor vaporizing oil) or diesel. TE was an abbreviation for Tractor England. There was also a TO-20 (TO was an abbreviation for Tractor Overseas, the designation given to those tractors built for the overseas market), but apart from the name there was virtually no difference between a TE-20 and a TO-20.
Ferguson TO-20s were made in Detroit, but there must also be a large number of TE-20s to be found in the U.S. because Ferguson had some 25,000 Coventry-built TE-20s sent out to the U.S. and Canada. When the break happened between Ford and Ferguson in 1947, it meant the U.S. company had an abundance of implements to sell, but no tractors. To solve that problem Ferguson had the 25,000 Coventry-built TE-20s shipped over and these bridged the gap until the Detroit factory was up and running. If we include in our figures all the TO-20s built, then the number of Ferguson System tractors built between 1936 and 1956 comes to around one million.
Ferguson tractors conquer Antarctic
In 1955, seven Ferguson tractors accompanied the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition to the Antarctic. Under the leadership of Sir Edmund Hillary, these tractors (four petrol models and three diesel) were driven to the South Pole. This was the first overland journey to the pole since that of Captain Scott, and these Little Gray Fergies became the first ever vehicles to be driven to the pole.
Some of the tractors used on the expedition were on half-tracks with front skis, and some were fitted with an extra wheel on each side and full caterpillar-style tracks. All track kits were removable, and where conditions were favorable, the tractors were driven on standard wheels and tires. Other than fitted canvas cabs, the tractors were standard, with two being fitted with agricultural front loaders for lifting supplies. The tractors were reported to be capable of ascending a 1-in-7 slope of hard ice "where a man cannot walk without crampons," and of operating in subzero temperatures. These famous little tractors never came home: They were left at the pole and were used by the American researchers there. I wonder if any can still be seen there today.
A popular collectible
So by now the Little Gray Fergie is 63 years old. Despite its fame, it is still one of the more affordable of the vintage tractors in the U.K. The reason for this, of course, is that so many of these little tractors were made and so many are still around today. Exhibitors love them because they are relatively simple to restore, they are light to transport from show to show, and it's easy to obtain parts and implements for them. In the U.K., special classes are held for Ferguson tractors and ploughs in most of our ploughing matches, and at some shows a race is often held to see who can assemble a Fergie in the best time.
George McAleer, an Irish showman with a top hat and witty repertoire, brought a totally dismantled Fergie to a show I recently attended. A local team of four mechanically minded chaps made it their mission to rebuild the tractor in record time, and have it running and driving on completion. I think the record currently stands at about 20 minutes. I suppose this can be seen as proof of what a simple (and user-friendly) machine the TE-20 is to work on.
The P3 conversion
The simplicity of the Ferguson tractor is completely at odds with the machines we have today. These tractors recall an era when every owner was deemed capable of maintaining his own machines without the need for expert help. It was even possible to upgrade your Fergie without much in the way of assistance, because a company called Perkins of Peterborough sold a 3-cylinder diesel engine and conversion kit for TE-20s.
The Perkins engine offered not only more power than the original Fergie engine, but also better economy, and the kit would have included everything required for the changeover: engine, battery box, adapter plate, modified electronics and the extended dashboard required to raise the bonnet to accommodate the larger engine (the Gray Fergies with P3 conversions can always be identified by the fact that their bonnets are higher up than those on the standard Fergies).
A detailed step-by-step guide would explain to the owner (or mechanic) exactly how to fit this new improved engine. The booklet claims that as long as instructions are followed to the letter, no problems should be encountered. How much more accessible mechanical knowledge was back in those early days! Imagine a company today offering step-by-step instructions on how to fit a new improved engine into your car in order to save you the cost of going to a dealership. That would be unthinkable in today's throw-away world, where everything that's broken is too complicated or too expensive to fix. The Gray Fergie does truly hark back to a golden era when British engineering was at its best, when machines didn't break as soon as the warranty ran out, and when life was much, much simpler. FC
Josephine Roberts lives on an old-fashioned smallholding in Snowdonia, North Wales, and has a passion for all things vintage. E-mail her at pheenie@talktalk.net.


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Cameron Dallas Quotes About Life, Love, Girlfriend
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Cameron Dallas Quotes:
I like to impress myself when I dress.
There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
I'm pretty into computers. I used to be a lot more into it when I was younger.
I travel a lot, and that makes it harder to date, but it also opens up opportunities for me to meet people where I wouldn't normally meet them.
I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
I'm an entrepreneur.
I used to cuss in my tweets, and now I don't.
Be an individual. I mean, obviously it's hard for a brand, for a corporation, to have a huge following.
People always like people, you know?
It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.
You can't be like, 'Alright, I'm going to make this viral!' You just put stuff out there, and you hope that people engage and resonate with it.
Tom Cruise is dope.
I had no idea what modeling entailed and what an agency was. It was crazy. As I continued to do it, it was fun for me to learn everything from A to Z.
I had no idea at all how to model, but people would start to follow me. So, I would go to these start-up companies and say, 'I have all these followers… how can we work together?'
I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity.
I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.
I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.
People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
Calvin Klein is such an iconic brand in fashion, so I feel like working with them means you're definitely doing something right. They bring validation to someone, not only in the fashion community but in someone's career, which is why it was such an honor to work with them.
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Сичјовски рејон () административно-територијална је јединица другог нивоа и општински рејон на североистоку Смоленске области, у европском делу Руске Федерације.

Административни центар рејона је град Сичјовка. Према проценама националне статистичке службе, на подручју рејона је 2014. живело 13.877 становника или у просеку 8,2 ст/км².

Географија
Сичјовски рејон обухвата територију површине 1.791,1 км² и на 14. је месту је по површини међу рејонима Смоленске области. Граничи се са свега два рејона Смоленске области, и то са Новодугиншким рејоном на југу и Гагаринским на истоку, док су на северу и западу рејони Тверске области.

Најсевернији је то рејон Смоленске области, а најсевернија тачка се налази 5 км северно од села Шашелово (на координатама 56°04′08″ сгш, 33°55′18″ игд). Готово цела територија налази се у низијском подручју познатом као Сичјовска низија, а једино су на крајњем западу рејона нешто издигнутији терени у виду побрђа.

На подручју овог рејона, код села Дудкино извире река Дњепар, трећа по величини река у Европи, док сви остали водотоци припадају сливу Каспијског језера у које се одводњавају преко Волге (Вазуза, Гжат, Осуга, Касња, Лосмина и Јаблоња). Велики део територије рејона је потопљен након градње вештачког Вазуског језера, односно спорвођењем плана о градњи Вазуског хидросистема у периоду 1978—1981. године.

Под шумама је око 34% територије.

Историја
Сичјовски рејон успостављен је 1929. године на територији некадашњег Сичјовског и Бељског округа Смоленске губерније, и мањих делова Ржевског округа Тверске губернније.

Демографија и административна подела
Према подацима пописа становништва из 2010. на територији рејона је живело укупно 14.158 становника, а око 65% популације је живело у административном центру. Према процени из 2014. у рејону је живело 13.877 становника, или у просеку 8,2 ст/км².

Напомена: према процени националне статистичке службе.

На територији рејона постоје укупно 131 сеоско и једно градско насеља, подељених на 11 сеоских и једну урбану општину. Административни центар рејона је град Сичјовка у којем живи око 65% укупне популације рејона.

Привреда и саобраћај
Пољопривреда је најважнији извор прихода, посебно млечно и месно говедарство, и производња кромпира, житарица и лана.

Преко територије рејона пролазе железничка магистрала Ржев—Вјазма, и Стари Смоленски пут Р134 (Смоленск—Дорогобуж—Вјазма—Зупцов).

Види још

 Смоленска област
 Сичјовка

Референце

Спољашње везе
 Службени сајт рејонске администрације
 Архитектонски споменици рејона
 Историја Смоленске земље

Рејони Смоленске области


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A LITTLE girl who was too scared to speak - even to talk to her own parents - has finally found her voice.
Six-year-old Poppy Campbell suffers from a form of mutism that paralyses her with fear, and even meaning that she didn't make a sound when she cried.
It took the little girl, of Inverness, four years to utter the words: "Mummy, I love you" - falling silent for another year before talking again.
Mum Sarah said: "It was very complex and we didn't know how to fix it. Sometimes it felt like we were banging our heads off a brick wall. But she found her own way."
The 28-year-old said she had developed a "sixth sense" for what Poppy needed while she didn't speak - but said she had been aching to hear her daughter speak.
She said: "She didn't talk at all. There was no sound, just complete silence. Even her crying was silent."
The mum-of-three said one of her favourite memories was finally hearing Poppy, then almost four-years-old, say "I love you" after she kissed her goodnight.
The first time Poppy had even spoken was at three-and-a-half, when she visited Blair Drummond Safari park to visit her favourite animal - a giraffe - telling the keeper: "Thank you very much for letting me look after the giraffes. Bella was my favourite."
Poppy's condition, selective mutism, is a condition which affects around one in 1,500 children.
Her mum, a hairdresser, said it took a speech and language therapy programme to help her daughter finally find her voice - with astounding results.
The therapy involved her mum repeating hundreds of words and sounds dozens of times a day to Poppy in a bid to get her to speak.
Four months later, Poppy was chatting away, even playing a role in a school play and developing a love for show and tell.
Sarah said: "Now you can sit and talk to her all day, and she will talk to you.
"It was a lot of hard work on her part. But you could tell she really wanted to talk.
"She's smashed every single hurdle put up in front of her. She smashed it, destroyed it and ran past in in true Poppy fashion."


We the Oromo started struggle to free ourselves from years of injustice. Injustice means, being denied the universally recognized human rights. Those rights include among others, right to freedom of opinion and expression and right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Our people have come protesting against abuse of those rights and are still protesting by methods within their reach. As a kid (1960s) this writer remembers that once the governor of Qellem forbade people's representatives and chiefs of Qellem from assembling to discuss their grievances and from leaving the area without his permission. It was a threat that daring it could have costed their lives and freedom. Then as today the question was about land grab. The natives had already problems of over population in areas they were limited to. They expected to expand to adjacent area robbed from them by government. The colonial government sent its retired soldiers to select fertile ones from so called government land and grab them dashing the hopes of natives.
The people dodged the abusive sanction of the governor and met at night in Gabaa Abbaa Dhaasaa (Gabaa Arbii) in Galan. There they decided to go to Finfinnee on foot hiding from local authorities, meet the Emperor and register their protest. If the emperor doesn't heed they had vowed to meet again for alternate plan they already whispered to each other. From this we learn that even the most oppressed people have a breaking point of tolerance against injustice. Thus people and chiefs of Qellem defied local authority and took their case to colonial Head Quarters. The Emperor saw their determination and bent to their demands by ordering Qellem land not to be given to anyone until further notice. It stayed as that until the 1974 land proclamation that tactically made all land property of colonial government.
From the above experience we learn that abuses, local or external have limits that cannot be passed in silence. The abusers may be kin or alien, individuals, groups or their instruments. For instance, if a social media established to serve all Oromo equally and impartially, discriminates between national it will not considered less offensive than the gagging imposed by the enemy; it means it also does not abide by democratic principles. Oromo organizations formed in foreign land are not meant only for the support they give to the struggle now but also are meant to gain skill and experience for future independent Oromiyaa. Organization can have quality and ethical standard they want to maintain. But their policies of operations need to be transparent; it will be inappropriate to tell the public what one is not. Any one that claims to be activist has to oppose all unfair and discriminatory treatments from anywhere.
Oromo organizations or activist have to be truthful and unequivocal in their dealing with nationals. Therefore deceit and lying should be watched out vigilantly. If there are ideological differences between groups, that should come to the open. Some may shun the kaayyoo (objective) of Oromo independence. Because this outlook is popular among Oromo masses those that dislike it do not dare to clash head on with those that prophesy it. But they sabotage surreptitiously activities advancing it. Media is one of the most powerful weapons that saboteurs want nationalists not to have access to. For this reason those in independence camp must be vigilant as not to be outwitted. They have always to be on guard against opportunist reactionaries. Those could hurt only if they are left to be indispensable. Liberation activists must have self-reliance as their objective principle. In this era when others have digitalizing their political, economic and social practices we should not remain complaining in the same old way.
The year 1991 was a year when Oromo from all corners flocked to Finfinnee to get acquainted with each other. Together with those they met they had the opportunity to visit different regions of Oromiyaa. Under Odaa trees known to exist even before 15th century they deliberated about past memories and future visions with clean heart. It was a time with no pretentions. Among such deliberations, the one that took place under Odaa Bultum is worth remembering. It was under Odaa Bultum that a man from Walloo said to others that "we unlike you were not under alien rule for only a hundred years, but for four hundred years" and though we have forgotten our language and culture we did not forget our identity. He beseeched them not to falter in keeping up the spirit of Oromummaa.
Those living around Odaa Bultum also dug out a "Bokkuu" buried from the time they were occupied, and handed it over to OLF representative to remind the new leaders the democratic and independence past of the nation. It was a relic put in their custody as a trust and also in recognition of OLF as the legitimate heir to those leaders that held the Bokkuu before they were colonized. In return they expect the new leaders to walk in the footsteps of the Gadaa Fathers. Everyone there was proud of custodians of Odaa Bultum for keeping such national treasure safe for all those years. Each in attendance there expressed one's own dreams and visions for independence and freedom. Resolution of the gathering was put in writing to accompany the Bokkuu as told. All that assembled vowed to uphold the kaayyoo of independence advanced by OLF. Those vows have come being repeated whenever Oromo meet in masse. That is also what we hear from current protest marches.
For decades the Oromo people lived under autocratic and dictatorial system. Some were deeply brainwashed by educations and socializations they were subjected to beyond repair. They accepted colonial model of administration as the ideal to be attained. Such people are so frightened by changing situations and wanted the status quo to be maintained for they are familiar with it however demeaning and oppressive it may be. When the OLF was founded the oppression though bitter did not relatively break the back. Now it reached a level where it cannot be tolerated for a second. Because that could uproot the Nafxanyaa system in a way they never computed they are now mourning for it.
The kaayyoo for which the OLF had been struggling became more relevant as a result of conditions getting more matured than before. Still ingredient of original OLF program is the only correct path to avoid further disaster and resolve the colonial issue once and for all. To state that it is not beneficial now, as if the oppression had been lifted will not be seen less than standing with the enemy. Oromo who say that are leaving the liberation camp to serve the colonial empire. Even before it was not the independence of Oromiyaa that they wanted but building a bridge that could connect and help them to negotiate with a system they think could be born when the empire crumbles. There action had effect on unity and security of political activists and even the nation to some extent. The breaking up of OLF into Shanee, QC, and Jijjiirama etc. were all their making. They took a longer road not understanding that liberation of Oromiyaa could also be liberation of peoples of colonial motherland. It would have been better for them if they had the patience to rely on their independent people and negotiate for any benefit or power.
Many that left the liberation camp are not yet mentally liberated to have confidence to walk outside the path cleared by colonial masters. That is their only model that they are comfortable with. Oromo political culture is democratic and cannot integrate into Habashaa autocratic one. Unless you break one you cannot fit into the other. The Habashaa rulers and their oppositions, from Eritrea to Amaaraa land do not bother to bend and fit it in, but want to continue mounting it and dictate it as usual. Instead of developing their own heritage and skill, the mentally unliberated Oromo have runaway to join them with excuse of the impossible mission of democratizing Ethiopia. The truth is the feeling of exaggerated self-importance that prefers to follow aliens rather than abide by national peer laws. For that they formulate stories and tastes acceptable to their hosts. They even avoid the term Oromiyaa and Oromo while they repeat "Ethiopia" ad nauseam. If at all they mention, it is as something they accidentally find themselves in.
Nowadays Ethiopianists are frolicking like a recently released calf on foreign platforms, away from the struggle's headquarters. They had been sabotaging the struggle ignited by OLF for over twenty years but failed to extinguish it. They didn't understand that they are misfired bullets. For this reason no hoodwinking, no infiltration, except sincere repentance can any more get them back credibility they lost long ago. Unity they jeopardize to attack a group in foreign land Oromo are mending in their country with their own blood. After pushing OLF to level of disintegration for not accepting their reactionary and treacherous proposal they founded organizations that they think can fit into the colonial empire system. Their calculation did not work; OLF still exists and will exist as long as Oromiyaa remains occupied. The Habashaa did not receive these losers with open arms. Presenting past history, they may try to be accepted as still being leading Oromo figures during such time of crisis. To augment that, they have started to call for reunion of Oromo political organizations which they caused to fragment. It is hoped that world powers will not try to impose any group without the people's will if peace is to reign in that region. So far overseas power had considered Oromiyaa as appendage of Ethiopia. That position has to be reconsidered if the solution has to reflect the aspirations of the Oromo, the largest and most inclusive group in the region.
In the 60s those that started to lay down the foundation for independence struggle severed themselves from those that say they were for democratizing Ethiopia. Their separation was not simply to be different from others, but to take more risks than them and found independent Democratic Republic Oromiyaa. Then OLF that openly vowed never to turn back until independent Oromiyaa, where all human being live in equality, peace and happiness is realized was formed. That vow is still upheld. No one can stop it except the interest of Oromoo people. From the negative personal experience they had during the struggle, some activists are begging to give their hands to the enemy they had been fighting for four decades. They said that was what they wanted and have never meant what they then declared contradicting themselves from one interviewer to the other. However they still miss what they left behind, the goodwill and symbols they helped in creating. So they express nostalgia for them at every forum. Deep down their conscience is not resting in peace.
Oromo symbols reflect the objectives for which OLF was founded, independence and freedom of Oromiyaa and the Oromiyaans. It is with them in mind that thousands of heroes and heroines of the nation paid the ultimate sacrifice. Therefore the symbols now belong to the people; they are not placards to write party names on. The Oromo people are now expressing the national will together making call for referendum irrelevant. They want the lost right, sovereignty over their land; in short it means their independence. To take an opposite stand to this is to be insensible to people's will and comrades fallen for it. People upheld the original kaayyoo not because someone dear, say OLF founders, told them but because they believed in it. They have made it their own thanking them for articulating their interests. For an Oromo to think people have taken it in the past because we told them so and now also they will take if we reverse and tell them that it was a lie, is inherent contempt for the people and arrogance learned from their aristocratic heroes. The people are spilling their blood and giving their lives because they believed in the kaayyoo and wanted to create an independent democratic and peaceful life; not to satisfy political thirst and passion for fad, of the selfish autocracy worshipers.
When the Oromo people, despised as ignorant by own arrogant and alien ones suddenly burst out demanding for their rights, all were shocked and stunned not knowing how to handle the situation. Positive seeming words of solidarity never heard from the colonizers' side started to flow. That was a good sign beckoning the possibility of having partners for peace. That be as it may, they have one unforgettable message conveying that relations will never return to where they were. Now they better start looking at Oromo people as African brothers not as their meek colonial subjects. If that happens, discussions about outstanding issues of the region could commence. But if their objective lacks good faith and is to distract the Oromo and dilute their struggle, the consequence will be regrettable.
The people of Oromiyaa have shown that they are smart enough not to be cheated ones again. No Goobana will present their freedom on silver plate as before. Those who want to have good relations have to ask what Oromo want; the time of "I know for you" has long gone. It is only free and independent Oromiyaa that can safeguard the interest of her neighbors and the world; not Ethiopia dominated Oromiyaa. Though the major input has to come from nationals, any change to come cannot neglect the role of world powers; but to make such roles beneficial for the nation, Oromo patriots must show selfless efforts. Long live independent Oromiyaa! Down with colonialism! Down with TPLF and its running dogs! The struggle shall continue till victory!


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As always I had a great experience when bringing my MDX in for service last week. The staff is always friendly, and I appreciate the free wifi and coffee while I wait for my car. Given the messy roads these days, I also very much appreciated the complimentary car wash! Keep up the great work – I'll be back.


Rachel and her mother Victoria arrived in Auckland, New Zealand from Vanuatu in late June 2018. Rachel had a renal condition that needed to be resolved and the renal team at Starship Hospital promptly got to work to treat her.
Rachel was accommodated in Ronald McDonald House and was hosted by the Rotary Club of Birkenhead. Under Gaston Bruneau's lead, the Club saw that the family had visitors and outings during the recovery days of their stay.
Rachel was under treatment and observation for about six weeks. It was wonderful to see Rachel become stronger by the day and taking in the new experiences of the Zoo, Museum and playgrounds of Auckland with her hosts. She was the happiest wee girl with a beautiful smile and won many hearts and made friends with other ROMAC patients.
Rachel flew home fully recovered in early August. She and and her mother were both so grateful to ROMAC and Rotary for restoring Rachel to good health and for the wonderful experiences they were treated to while they were in New Zealand.


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Q: What's in the box ?
Sir: It comes in a Defender Series case (cardboard box), with lock , oil, cleaning brush, papers, user's manual, and one 16 round magazine.
Jose, yes it does. You just chose an FFL from Buds list to ship to. If your local FFL is not listed, just have them email or fax Buds their FFL information to FFL@BudsGunShop.com or Fax : 1-800-804-5569.
I don't regret this buy. I was confused on what made it the defender series it appears it's the original XD model. Totally fine with me. I had one of this 10 years ago that unfortunately got stolen. This reminded me why I bought the first one. Not a single jam, stove pipe, and very accurate firing.
First online firearm purchase. Process wassmooth and easy. Buds was great. Once the gun came in I took it home and cleaned and oiled it. I put 200 rounds through it with no issues. Great gun, very reliable and accurate.


So I've just started learning Korean and overall this app is a great help, unless I want to look up a word or phrase that isn't on the app. I don't want to use google because language wise it's not exactly dependable so I'm left guessing about certain things like how to say my name for example. I don't want to have to download multiple apps on my phone just to find out one or two phrases but at this point that's what I've had to resort to, which is very upsetting as I've bought the app and it hasn't helped much. If this app could be a one stop shop I'd be way more happy with it. And great job on the tongue twisters. They terrify me but trying it is kinda fun.
it was super helpful until i found out some of the words were mixed up. It said thank you was "do you understand" actually is. Now i'm beyond confused.
I just got the app, and I'm already liking it! It's been really helpful so far. The only thing I could suggest is to lower the price a little bit. It's $5.00 to unlock full access, so maybe you could lower it to $2-3?
I am in the process of learning to speak and read Korean. I can't begin to tell you how important and useful this app is for me. There are so many categories and literally hundreds of helpful phrases to read and learn from. The huge plus for me is that the pronunciation is extremely clear and easy to understand. I highly recommend upgrading to Pro. Great job developers!
It seems to have only the polite terms? It would be better if you added the casual speech too, but it is a good app.


MCBF events are advertised via our Twitter and Facebook platforms and via MCBF newsletters. Though our programme will be limited over the next year or so, there are a number of ways that you can still celebrate books and reading with us. See the links below for suggestions about things to do and ways to be involved.
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const requestPorts = () => ({
  type: constants.REQUEST_PORTS,
  requestedAt: Date.now(),
})
const requestPortsFailure = () => ({ type: constants.REQUEST_PORTS_FAILURE })

const receivePorts = (json, hasNext) => ({
  type: constants.RECEIVE_PORTS,
  ports: json,
  hasNext,
  receivedAt: Date.now(),
})
const requestPort = (id) => ({
  type: constants.REQUEST_PORT,
  id,
  requestedAt: Date.now(),
})
const requestPortFailure = (id) => ({
  type: constants.REQUEST_PORT_FAILURE,
  id,
})
const receivePort = (json) => ({
  type: constants.RECEIVE_PORT,
  port: json,
})
const fetchPorts = (page) =>
  function (dispatch, getState) {
    dispatch(requestPorts())

    const { items } = getState().ports
    const marker = items.length > 0 ? items[items.length - 1] : null
    const params = {}
    if (page) params["page"] = page
    if (marker) params["marker"] = marker.id

    return ajaxHelper
      .get("/ports", { params: params })
      .then((response) => {
        if (response.data.errors) {
          addError(
            React.createElement(ErrorsList, { errors: response.data.errors })
          )
        } else {
          dispatch(receivePorts(response.data.ports, response.data.has_next))
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        dispatch(requestPortsFailure())
        addError(`Could not load ports (${error.message})`)
      })
  }
const fetchPort = (id) =>
  function (dispatch, getState) {
    let ports = getState()["ports"]["items"]
    let portIndex = ports.findIndex((i) => i.id == id)
    if (portIndex >= 0) return

    return ajaxHelper
      .get(`/ports/${id}`)
      .then((response) => {
        if (response.data.errors) {
          addError(
            React.createElement(ErrorsList, { errors: response.data.errors })
          )
        } else {
          dispatch(receivePort(response.data))
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        addError(`Could not load port (${error.message})`)
      })
  }
const loadNext = () =>
  function (dispatch, getState) {
    let state = getState()

    if (!state.ports.isFetching && state.ports.hasNext) {
      dispatch(fetchPorts(state.ports.currentPage + 1)).then(() => {
        // load next if search modus (searchTerm is presented)
        dispatch(loadNextOnSearch(state.ports.searchTerm))
      })
    }
  }
const loadNextOnSearch = (searchTerm) =>
  function (dispatch) {
    if (searchTerm && searchTerm.trim().length > 0) {
      dispatch(loadNext())
    }
  }
const setSearchTerm = (searchTerm) => ({
  type: constants.SET_SEARCH_TERM,
  searchTerm,
})

const searchPorts = (searchTerm) =>
  function (dispatch) {
    dispatch(setSearchTerm(searchTerm))
    dispatch(loadNextOnSearch(searchTerm))
  }
const shouldFetchPorts = function (state) {
  if (state.ports.isFetching || state.ports.requestedAt) {
    return false
  } else {
    return true
  }
}

const fetchPortsIfNeeded = () =>
  function (dispatch, getState) {
    if (shouldFetchPorts(getState())) {
      return dispatch(fetchPorts())
    }
  }
const requestDelete = (id) => ({
  type: constants.REQUEST_DELETE_PORT,
  id,
})
const deletePortFailure = (id) => ({
  type: constants.DELETE_PORT_FAILURE,
  id,
})
const removePort = (id) => ({
  type: constants.DELETE_PORT_SUCCESS,
  id,
})
const deletePort = (id) =>
  function (dispatch, getState) {
    confirm(`Do you really want to delete the port ${id}?`)
      .then(() => {
        dispatch(requestDelete(id))
        ajaxHelper
          .delete(`/ports/${id}`)
          .then((response) => {
            if (response.data && response.data.errors) {
              addError(
                React.createElement(ErrorsList, {
                  errors: response.data.errors,
                })
              )
              dispatch(deletePortFailure(id))
            } else {
              dispatch(removePort(id))
            }
          })
          .catch((error) => {
            dispatch(deletePortFailure(id))
            addError(React.createElement(ErrorsList, { errors: error.message }))
          })
      })
      .catch((aborted) => null)
  }
//################ PORT FORM ###################
const submitNewPortForm = (values) => (dispatch) =>
  new Promise((handleSuccess, handleErrors) =>
    ajaxHelper
      .post("/ports/", { port: values })
      .then((response) => {
        if (response.data.errors) handleErrors({ errors: response.data.errors })
        else {
          dispatch(receivePort(response.data))
          handleSuccess()
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => handleErrors({ errors: error.message }))
  )

const submitEditPortForm = (values) => (dispatch) =>
  new Promise((handleSuccess, handleErrors) =>
    ajaxHelper
      .put(`/ports/${values.id}`, { port: values })
      .then((response) => {
        if (response.data.errors) handleErrors({ errors: response.data.errors })
        else {
          dispatch(receivePort(response.data))
          handleSuccess()
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => handleErrors({ errors: error.message }))
  )

export {
  fetchPortsIfNeeded,
  deletePort,
  submitNewPortForm,
  submitEditPortForm,
  searchPorts,
  fetchPort,
  loadNext,
}


I can always find fantastic British designer-makers at Country Living Fair, and my top pick for Spring 2013 is Linen Lawn, founded by Margaret Appleby All the dresses and shirts are designed in house, and handmade from Liberty fabrics.
The Country Living Fair is still on today at the Islington Design Centre - nearest tube Angel. It closes today, Sunday 24th March, at 3pm.
The tops look lovely. Will bookmark their website and keep checking to see when the new collection is up.


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Tag: seed banking
Can Frozen Seeds Survive for Centuries? We're Banking on It
In the race to save native plants like purple New England aster and fragrant American mountain mint, the Chicago Botanic Garden freezes seeds for future use—but will frozen seeds be able to grow after hundreds of years in storage? Researchers are trying to find out.
Environmental threats such as climate change have caused thousands of plants to become rare or endangered. The tallgrass prairie, which has lost 96 percent of its land to agriculture and other human activities, is one of the earth's most endangered habitats. By preserving seeds in the Garden's Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank, researchers are working to ensure that native species don't disappear in the wild.
Inside the seed vault at the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank.
In winter 2015–16, two students from the Garden's graduate program, which is offered in collaboration with Northwestern University, helped with the Seed Bank's first germination trials. In the trial, a sampling of our oldest seeds was removed from deep freeze—a vault at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit—and placed in favorable growing conditions to see if they would germinate after 13 years of dormancy.
Graduate student Alicia Foxx hard at work counting…
…and removing seeds that have germinated on an agar medium.
The results? Species such as New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), water speedwell (Veronica comosa), and American mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) germinated well. Species such as enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) and New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) did not germinate; more research is needed to determine whether these seeds did not germinate because we were unable to figure out how to break their dormancy.
Seed sample sizes for trial were either 24, 60, or 75 seeds, depending on the number of seeds in the collection.
The results show that seed collection is an efficient and cost-effective way to preserve biodiversity for future generations; experts predict that many of our native seed can survive hundreds of years in a seed bank (we'll repeat the germination test in another ten years). Meanwhile, if you're interested in joining our team and helping with the critical work of seed collection or banking, contact us.
Download/read the full results here: Germinating Native Seeds from the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank.
Posted on June 28, 2016 June 21, 2016 Author David SollenbergerCategories Plant Science & ConservationTags biodiversity, dixon national tallgrass prairie seed bank, germinating seed banked seeds, seed banking, seed dormancyLeave a comment on Can Frozen Seeds Survive for Centuries? We're Banking on It
Local Restoration Successes Lead Global Movement
Wildfire. Flooding. Thirst. These issues can all be addressed through large-scale landscape restoration, according to speakers at the 2015 Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium. Addressing a crowd of regional stewardship professionals and academics, as well as Conservation Land Management (CLM) and Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) interns at the Chicago Botanic Garden on June 12, they focused on solutions for ecological challenges.
The effects of strong conservation work are magnified when done on a large scale, they shared, and the theme of the day was how to magnify every step from seed-management procedures to restoration time frames and budgets to make the process as beneficial as possible. As mining, drilling, and similar industries move broadly across open lands in the United States and abroad, along with increasingly frequent and far-reaching extreme weather events, conservation practices must evolve with the times to keep pace.
Conservation and Land Management (CLM) interns measure species density in the field.
As the CLM interns prepare to set off on a summer of hands-on restoration work across the United States, and potentially launch their careers shortly thereafter, these are critical issues for them to understand, according to Kay Havens, Ph.D., of the Chicago Botanic Garden, who organized the symposium. Many of the interns work in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the ground in forestry, wildlife management, and habitat restoration, among others.
Fittingly, the first speaker of the day was Amy Leuders, the acting assistant director of BLM, who noted that the partnership with the Garden since 2001 has led to the training, hiring, and placement of more than 1,000 interns on federal lands. About 50 percent of those interns are later hired by a stewardship agency. "The Bureau of Land Management has had a long and successful partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden…developing the next generation of land stewards," she said.
In particular, she imparted to the audience the importance of developing a large scale national seed strategy, so that targeted plant seeds will be thoughtfully collected and preserved for future use. She cited examples of events in which seeds saved by chance allowed for the restoration of areas that later succumbed to natural disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. This new process would allow for seed saving to take place in a more proactive and calculated manner.
Collected seeds are stored in the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank.
According to the second speaker, Kingsley Dixon, Ph.D., professor at Curtin University and the University of Western Australia, the current supply of wild seed cannot support global restoration demands. Innovations are helping to change that. Tools that process seeds into pellets or other small packets facilitate their successful mass delivery into recovering ecosystems, helping to achieve the level of seed performance seen in the agricultural sector. He noted that "Only by thinking at an industrial level of efficiency will ecological restoration be able to achieve the pace needed to protect and enhance natural resources."
Drinking water quality can also be managed by restoration, said Joy Zedler of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She shared examples of how restoration has been "scaled up" adaptively (learning while restoring) to benefit large areas. When it comes to managing water, she explained, it is essential to manage an entire watershed. One area of poor water quality will flow into every crevice in the system, for example. In the end, she explained, it is about safeguarding ecosystem services that human health and wellbeing depend on, from clean water to fresh air. "Our global society needs to redirect itself to achieve a sustainable future," she said.
Brian Winter of the Nature Conservancy in Minnesota echoed her sentiments, as he ran through a real-life wetland restoration process for the audience. He emphasized that wetlands hold rainwater and are capable of preventing disastrous amounts of water from washing through nearby agricultural fields. The value of wetland restoration is immense and ongoing, he explained.
Conservation is in transition, explained speaker John Rogner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Rogner discussed the steps involved in planning for a successful restoration, and the importance of landscape conservation cooperatives that can work together across states or even countries to identify and address issues in a given geographic area such as the Great Lakes watershed. He outlined an ongoing project to improve blockages in the Great Lakes system that impede fish migration. This can lead to a buildup of invasive plant species that create additional system blockages. A regional perspective and collaboration across entities is critical, he said. "It is absolutely essential that everyone have access to the same information to keep moving in the right direction," added Rogner.
Issues that often fall to the side in planning are conceptual, according to James Aronson of the Missouri Botanical Garden. He urged the audience to pay attention to the economic side of their work by learning to speak and think in terms of renewable natural capital. Across land and ocean, natural capital can be restored to facilitate the flow of ecosystem services such as fresh air and clean water.
One of our greatest national resources and treasures: the Colorado River Basin.
Lastly, Megan Haidet with Seeds of Success emphasized the importance of partnerships to meet the goals of the Bureau of Land Management's National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration 2015–2020. She noted that increased coordination is vital to accelerate the pace and scale of restoration and provide native plant materials when and where they are needed.
The Garden's CLM interns have now dispersed across the United States, where they will work for the next five months on public lands to put these lessons into action.
Posted on July 6, 2015 July 9, 2015 Author Julianne BeckCategories Plant Science & ConservationTags conservation, Janet Meakin Poor, restoration, seed banking, symposiumLeave a comment on Local Restoration Successes Lead Global Movement
The Goldenseal Dilemma
In late October 2012 when I was driving down a country road in rural northwest Illinois, I spotted some bright sky-blue asters blooming near the corner of a woodlot. I was traveling between nature preserves in this area of the state collecting seeds for the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank, so my mind was already tuned in for interesting native flora that might produce a collection for the seed bank. It was impossible to make a positive I.D. traveling at 60 m.p.h., but the color of that patch of blue was intriguing enough to warrant turning around to go back for a closer look.
As I had hoped, the attractive blue flowers belonged to a fine native species called Short's aster (Symphiotrichum shortii), which inhabits high quality woodlands. This being the case, I thought it prudent to take a peek into the adjoining woodland to see what else might be growing there. To my surprise, within 30 feet of my entry point I stumbled across a large patch of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)—a once common but now rare plant of Illinois woodlands. Its rarity is attributed to its past popularity as a medicinal plant, which led to its overharvest. Along with goldenseal, other quality woodland plants such as bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) and baneberry (Actaea sp.) were also present.
This native woodland perennial produces two large, broad, palmately divided leaves atop a 1-foot-tall hairy stem. A small cluster of greenish-white flowers are produced at the base of one of the leaves in spring when the leaves are expanding, and they mature into a cluster of bright red fruits by midsummer. The knotty, bright yellow root of goldenseal has been harvested by humans for centuries for a variety of medicinal uses. Its popularity has led to extreme harvesting pressure culminating in drastically reduced natural populations.
I did not have time to explore the woodland further that day, so I made a note of where it was located and planned on returning to the site soon to explore it further. However, I had one question that I needed to answer before this was to happen: Who owned that woodland? I was confident that it wasn't a nature preserve, because I had lists and maps of all of the protected preserves in the area. My guess was that it was privately owned. When I left the site, I recalled that there was a home situated just off the road near the middle of the woodland, so I thought that would be a good starting point.
Hydrastis canadensis leaves (with one ripe fruit)
As luck would have it, the owners of the home also owned the entire woodland. I spoke to the owner about the goldenseal I found in the corner of his property and the possibility of making a collection for the seed bank. It turns out that he already knew about the goldenseal population from a conversation that he had had with a local forester years ago. The forester thought that there was a good chance it had been planted there to be harvested for its medicinal value at a later date. This was a likely scenario, considering the size of the population. The owners agreed to allow me to collect its seeds as well as seeds from any other species that I sought for the seed bank. The only problem was that for the seed bank we are primarily interested in preserving the seeds of natural populations, not introduced ones. Seeds from natural populations represent individuals that are ideally suited to that environment by natural selection across generations, and are therefore of more value to those seeking genetically adapted seeds from a particular area.
The raspberry-like fruit of goldenseal is considered inedible, but the roots have many medicinal properties.
So here lies the dilemma: large populations of goldenseal are rare, because of overharvesting. I rarely see this plant in woodlands, and when I do, it is always in small numbers. If this population was cultivated for the medicinal value of its roots, there is a good chance that it does not represent a natural population. I did not collect seeds of goldenseal that fall—the seeds had ripened and dropped much earlier in the summer. Any seed collection for the seed bank could not occur until the following year. This gave me plenty of time to contemplate whether or not to make the collection.
Since my first visit to the woodland, I have made several seed collections of many quality native woodland plants for the seed bank, including a collection of the Short's aster that led me to the goldenseal discovery. During those collections I have become more familiar with the woods and have discovered additional colonies of goldenseal—some quite distant from the original population. Could these additional colonies represent multiple plantings? Maybe, but the sizes of the additional colonies are quite a bit smaller than the original. Perhaps they represent offspring from the original colony. If that is the case, this may be an indication that this particular woodland is an ideal habitat for goldenseal—even if it is not the original habitat. Or, there is a chance that this is a remnant population that for some reason survived overharvesting forays years ago.
A population of goldenseal on the property; one of several colonies where seeds were harvested
I completed a collection of the goldenseal population (estimated at more than 500 plants) for the seed bank on July 24, 2013. A notation in our database notes will read: "Population may not be natural."
Posted on August 15, 2013 January 3, 2014 Author David SollenbergerCategories Plant Science & ConservationTags conservation, golden seal plant, Hydrastis canadensis, invasive plants, seed banking6 Comments on The Goldenseal Dilemma


" "The River of Fire" was the keynote address delivered at the Orthodox Youth Conference sponsored by the parish of St. Nectarios American Orthodox Church at Seattle, Washington during July 22-25, 1980.
The address was delivered in English and well received. The Most Reverend Archbishop of Canada, Vitaly, expressed his admiration not only when he said that "seldom does one read such texts which breathe forth the fragrance both of true knowledge and of personal experience," but even more when he personally ordered the address to be translated and printed in Russian and French editions. "
Do you think the thoughts represented here express the overall accepted Orthodox view? Or do you consider this article controversial? And if so, why?
I'm asking because you have more theological feedback than I do and I need to know whether or not to recommend this article further.
Never read the article myself, so I can't comment...but some threads in the past that have touched on it at some point are here, here (but only in that one post), and here.
Oh boy, thanks Pedro. So it certainly was a good thing to ask first. I had some inkling about this article being somewhat off the mainstream and disputeable.
Need to read this through with more time. Others still welcome.
What's the "American Orthodox Church"?
Shiloah beat me to this post. I do believe this particular group is the "American Orthodox Church" so referenced, Mor Ephrem.
"Most embrace a fairly orthodox Christian theology. Others are theosophical. And still others are, well, interesting. "
They mean the second dictionary definition. Interestingly a Russian, Madame Helena Blavatsky, started Theosophy. (Though she acted independently, 19th-century Russian aristocrats were into seances.) Some of these Victorian New Agers hooked up with the vagantes when a couple of them tricked Bishop Arnold Mathew, a former Old Catholic, into consecrating them as bishops, whence we get the Liberal Catholic Church International today (nice fellows - they love high traditional liturgy but anything goes regarding belief; no creed, etc.). That got the ball rolling. Today many vagantes, not directly connected the LCCI, are New Agers.
Even the woo-woos get a little respect from me, like the Protestant church down the street, if they have 1) real congregations and 2) generational members (people are born and raised in that church).
That is a great thread on monachos.net. Thanks so much for the link.
I think I've heard and read enough now to forget about that "River..."
I'm glad I brought it up for discussion and thank you all for answering.
There are other books about this subject, though, which cover it , in depth.
Thanks for the reminder of this book. I went back to the webpage and read through the online chapters.
do you consider this article controversial? And if so, why?
was in regard to that particular article. And I think those who answered to that gave me enough feedback to disregard that article, but of course, not The River of Fire as such.
May I ask you, if you do NOT consider the article controversial, why not? I should have included that in my original question.
The teachings of the Book-article (the text is the same , I Think..) "Against False Union" is validated through the Teaching of the Holy fathers and through Orthodox iconography.
It is written by Prof. John Romanides.
I'm also uploading a "BIBLE ONLY" article, similar to this , which is targeted for Protestants. I hope you find it usefull.
"About Repentance", 5th speech, Sources Chretiennes 96, 434.
I Have it in Greek, so its not of much use.
If someone has the English translation , it will be very nice.
Thus fathers will be judged by fathers, friend and relatives by friends and relatives, brothers by brothers, slaves and free men by slaves and free men respectively, the rich by those who were rich and the poor by those who were poor, the married by those who have excelled in the married state, and the unmarried by those who have lived unmarried. In short, on the awesome day of judgment every sinful man will see one who is like him opposite to him in eternal life, in that unutterable light, and will be judged by him. What do I mean? As every sinner looks on him who is like him, the king upon king, the ruler upon the ruler, the impenitent whoremonger on the whoremonger who repented, the poor man on the poor man, and the slave on the slave, he will remember that the other one was also a man, witht he same soul, the same hands, the same eyes, in short with all other things in common, the same kind of life and the same rank, the same occupation, the same resources. Yet, since he was unwilling to imitate him, his mouth will at once be stopped (Ps. 107:42) and he will remain without excuse (Rom. 1:20), without a word to speak! When seculars see seculars and sinful kings see holy kings on the right hand, when those who bear the burden of life see rich men and those who bore that burden among the saints, and all those who will be in torments see men like themselves in the kingdom of heaven, then they will be put to shame and find themselves without excuse, just as teh rich man saw Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham while he himself was roasting in fire (Lk. 16:23).
I'm not going to go so far as to call the article unOrthodox (as a whole). If it helps you out, then that's great, go ahead and take from it what you can. However, the anti-western polemic is a totally unOrthodox straw man, and for me at least, makes it unreadable (though I did read through it when I was a catechumen). This whole West=BAD / East=GOOD dichotomy is extremely frustrating, especially when such strange rationales are offered as in this particular article. According to the author, the Fathers just couldn't condemn Augustine because his treatises were too long and they were in Latin. Huh? First, the idea that they were just too long for the Fathers to plow through is just plain wierd. Did the Fathers have ADD or something? And anyway, regarding both that argument and the part about the writings being in Latin, the author goes on to admit that western Fathers and Saints did read Bl. Augustine's writings, and that they were in fact read so widely that they apparently influenced all of western theology. So which is it? Was Augustine unreadable and hence uncondemnable, or was he widely read and widely used (including usage by Saints)?
It's interesting that you brought this topic back to life, Parodosis. I agree with your criticisms about its uncharitable anti-western polemic. Do you know what though? Much to my surprise, I got a lot of benefit out of reading the commentary recommended by tOm_dr. I clicked on the "related" link on the right and read for quite a while. It has been a couple of months since I've read it. I should look at it again.


Now that's a concrete truck!
QUEENS Park is the last place you would expect to find a decades-old message in a bottle.
But that is exactly where Toowoomba man Chad Parker found the 49-year-old hidden treasure.
It wasn't a genie in a bottle but it was the next best thing.
A message from two friends Tod Trowel and Bul Bolster, was written and buried in a slab of concrete on May 19, 1967.
The message was simple, it just stated their names, the date it was buried and it told the finder to have a day's rest in lieu of finding the note.
Mr Parker works for CSR Earthworks and last Thursday he was digging up concrete at the top end of Queens Park, in preparation for new council sheds, when he found an old Johnny Walker bottle sticking out of the slab.
Mr Parker said it was surreal finding something buried so long ago.
"I had no idea how it wasn't broken because we were hammering into the concrete," he said.
"It wasn't until I got home that I realised there was a message inside.
"It had an old cork in the top which I had to gently smash out and then it took a bit of effort to get the message out. It wasn't rolled up tight, it was just loose in there so I had to pull it out without tearing it.
"I used a few tools to twist it out gently. It was a bit of drama but fun at the same time."
Mr Parker wants to find the message writers or someone who may know them.
"Obviously the names are fake - Tod has used the last name Trowel, which is what you dig up concrete with so that won't be his last name," he said.
"I'm guessing they made up the last names but not the first names."
"There is a small possibility that someone may know about it. I want to see if these guys are still alive or if someone else knows about it.
"They've probably been at work just joking around and thought it would be funny to bury a note. It's pretty cool that almost 50 years later I've accidentally found it."
The message's last sentence advises the finder to take a paid day off work as a reward for finding the note.
Coincidentally, Mr Parker had to take a paid day off work the following day.
"I had to go to Brisbane for the day on Friday. So without meaning to I did what the message said - which was weird," he said.
If you know anything about the letter phone Chad on 0405160504.


Dhatki (धक्ती; ڌڪتي), also known as Dhati (धत्ती; ڌتّي) or Thari (थारी; ٿَري), is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is most closely related to Marwari.
The majority speakers of Dhatki language live in Umerkot District and Tharparkar District in Sindh, Pakistan. 65% of the language's speakers are Hindu, 30% are Muslim and the remaining 5% practice traditional desert religions (often folk variations of Vedic Hinduism religion.
Marginal and non-universal phonemes are in parentheses. /ɽ/ is lateral [ɺ̢] for some speakers (Masica 1991:98).
Dhakti has a fairly standard set of vowels for an Indo-Aryan language: [ə aː ɪ iː ʊ (sometimes: u) uː eː oː ɛː ɔː]. The vowel ʊ may be realized as a short u and the vowel ɪ may be realized as a short i. The vowel ɛː is often realized as the diphthong əiː based and context or as an æː based on the speaker's accent. The vowel ɔː is often realized as the diphthong əuː based and context. Nazalized vowels occur word finally in Dhakti, they are: [ĩː ẽː ɛ̃ː ɑ̃ː ɔ̃ː õː ũː].
[mɪnɑ ɾoʈi kʰɑɲi əhɛ] "I have to eat" (Literally translates to "I have to eat roti).
[tũ kɪtʰ pjo d͡ʒɑẽ] "where are you going?
[tũ kɪẽ əhɪẽ] "How are you?".
The language uses two major writing systems. In India, the Devanagari script (which is also used for Marwari, Hindi and many other north Indian languages) is employed; whereas is in Pakistan, the Sindhi script is used. Some mercantile families, particularly on the Indian side of the border use their own scripts, usually variations of the Mahajani script.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dhatki". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


Gujarat Packaging Industries has been established in year 2006 with a wide vision of production of corrugated boxes, Corrugated Sheets, Corrugated Rolls with a qualitative touch. We have a state-of-the-art infrastructure, based in Rajkot (Gujarat, India).
Since 2006 we are an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, we make sure that we carry out all our production in line with the quality standards, latest machinery and tools are utilised to design these products. With a team of highly skilled, dedicated and experienced professionals, 60 ton of material is been produced per day, to attain maximum satisfaction of our clients.
Sprawled over a considerable large area of 43,000 sq feet, we have segregated this manufacturing facility into various units, which assist us in carrying out all the business operations swiftly and in an effective manner.
Company is driven by its commitment of quality.
Aim to be global leaders in packaging industries.
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Actor Peter Fonda on Working His Way Up in the Film Industry
This year, the Libary of Congress has added the film "Easy Rider" to its National Film Registry. To honor this, we're featuring a series of interviews that have some connection to the movie. Actor Peter Fonder was nominated earlier this year for an Oscar for his performance in "Ulee's Gold." The son of actor Henry Fonda, he's best known for his role in the cult classic "Easy Rider." He's written his memoir, "Don't Tell Dad" (Hyperion) This orginally aired 3/19/98.
Terry Gross
Fonda family
Motion picture acting
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Other segments from the episode on November 27, 1998
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 27, 1998: Interview with Peter Fonda; Interview with Dennis Hopper; Interview with Roger Corman.
Actor Dennis Hopper on "Easy Rider"
Hopper made his film debut in "Rebel Without a Cause," and had roles in numerous films such as "Blue Velvet," "Rivers Edge," and "Hoosiers". Hopper directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 60's classic, "Easy Rider." This orginally aired 10/10/90.
King of B-Movies Roger Corman on "Wild Angels"
Corman did not work on "Easy Rider," but he did direct "Wild Angels" a film featuring Peter Fonda, which inspired "Easy Rider." Corman's the king of the low-budget movie, having made B-movie classics such as "The Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre." This interview originally aired 8/2/90.
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Actor and Director Dennis Hopper
Hopper made his film debut in Rebel Without a Cause, and played Frank in Blue Velvet. He directed Easy Rider and the new film The Hot Spot, which stars Don Johnson. Before his recent comeback, he developed a drug problem, which he's since kicked.
Street Actor Peter Coyote's Move to Motion Pictures
Coyote was a member of the Digger, a San Francisco-based guerrilla theater collective. After a brief stint as a stockbroker, he's now a movie actor, appearing in Jagged Edge, E.T., and Outrageous Fortune. He wrote the introduction to a new edition of Emmett Grogan's autobiography, Ringolevio, about the 1960s counterculture.
Jack Barth Goes on an "American Quest"
The humor writer's new book details his travels across America to fulfill ten personal goals, including working at the world's largest McDonalds, finding and kissing 60s actress Tina Louise, and photographing his dog in front of Babe Ruth's tomb. His previous book is called Roadside America.
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Look at Playstation fans this is the fighting game you've been waiting for! Of course as Nintendo fan boys would say this is another example of Sony copying Nintendo. Ninten-do what Sony-does a couple years later.
This a lot of information that we don't know from watching this video, but hey at least you know it'll be fun playing as some of the characters shown off in the video.
So far the confirmed levels include the underworld setting of God of War's Hades, Ratchet and Clank's cityscape Metropolis, and Jak and Daxter's Sandover Village. As far as the characters it's Kratos, Parappa the Rapper, Sly Cooper, Colonel Radec, Sweet Tooth, and Fat Princess.


The performance work that marks my artistic career is definitely Quadrato nero ( tr.en. Black Square). Presented at the exhibition Iconoclastie the Basilica di S.Stefano di Bologna in 2009. Once again, I wanted to deal with the issue of ascension in contemporary art. The place was definitely the most suitable. St. Stephen's site of one of the oldest churches, not only of Bologna but of all Italy and Europe in some ways, it certainly offers in itself a starting point for this reflection.
It was my intention to make a tribute to Malevic, an artist I admire very much and I have studied carefully. In my thesis, "The Ascension in contemporary art. Three artists in comparison: Matthew Barney, Amish Fulton and Anish Kapoor. "Try to show the importance of the Ascension in the contemporary and the last chapter of it I tried to give a summary of my work and research in the ascension . There are several elements that flow In Black Square. A reflection on the concept of ascension from an anthropological point of view, a reflection on the ascension as a concept loaded with multiple meanings, the idea of the relativity of geometric shapes due to the conception of non-Euclidean geometry, the black square in the infinity symbol 'alchemy, and a motion-logical zaum.
I ran the performance during the evening of the exhibition, the video and the images that I present in this page does not refer to the same but are later.
Visit alo my other performance L'artista e l'utopia.
Bologna, Basilica di S:Stefano, 2009, Iconoclastie exibithion.
Mixed materials. wood, resin poliesther, steel, video, performance.