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The Consolation of Temptation
by Mark Sheerin September 18, 2013 September 20, 2013
Performance by Michael Bühler-Rose at 7am, September 5 2013 (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted)
ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands — The greatest temptations, in a show called The Temptation of AA Bronson, are not epicurean, sensual, or even sexual. Instead the visitor is torn between mysticism and reason, knowing that perhaps too much of either could be unbalanced.
Bronson has taken an intuitive approach to curating; he gathers his own art, work by friends and collaborators, plus archive material. And while there is some degree of method, there is also plenty of madness — with half a dozen performances at the launch alone.
The day began at dawn in the Witte de With arts center; at least one temptation was to go back to bed. But Bronson's complex show soon kicked off with a Hindu blessing in a black box temple within this Rotterdam white cube space. Michael Bühler-Rose and a devout colleague joined forces to stoke an aromatic fire and chant 5,000 year old mantras.
"It's by the book, literally, literally," says Bühler-Rose when quizzed about the ritual. "It's a Vaishnava ritual, in a traditional lineage of Hinduism for worshippers of Vishnu or Krishna. But much of it is also Vedic, so the original text that Hinduism was based on."
Bühler-Rose considers himself as much a priest as an artist, his fascination with Eastern religion dating back to his teenage years. Since then he has lived in India for some years and studied the traditions which first took hold of his imagination.
He now refers to the "imagery and image worship" of his Hindu beliefs and to give them an art context appears a natural thing to do. However, his is not the practice of a "mystic wizard," like say Joseph Beuys. As he also points out: "I'm not saying I'm some artistic genius," which of course is a real temptation in the West.
Thanks to the architects of galleries and the curators of shows and so on, he claims exhibitions are designed to provide religious experiences. And yet: "You don't want to tell people that, because no one wants a religious experience."
Bühler-Rose is clear about this and lists the parallels we may try and resist: "Artist as priest, the art object as a deity, the gallery as a temple, the collector as the religious sponsor, the installation of the artwork as a sort of ritual consecration … " And so the power of art appears here to stem from a temptation to believe.
Performance by Chrysanne Stathacos from 2 to 6pm on September 5 2013
Later on that day we see another performance by another artist who is sensitive to the charms of the East. Chrysanne Stathacos spends hours assembling a mandala from rose petals. It grows across the floor in mesmerizing fashion. By the end of the launch it is some 12 feet wide. That's a lot of work considering the petals in this impermanent work will decompose over the run of the show.
Stathacos says she has been making works like this since the 90s and has before now put one together that was 60 feet wide. She also made work for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and, like Bühler-Rose, has spent considerable time in India. There should be a word for such wholesale integration with the East.
In the center of the colorful mandala is a blue mirror. "The idea is in terms of a lot of philosophy," says Stathacos. "It's about the reflection, the mirroring, the emptiness." Emptiness, it might be said, has always hollowed out the Western love of presence. But how can one be tempted by nothingness?
The artist has before now quoted Sufi master Rumi: "There is beauty; therefore God is." And what could be more beautiful and seductive than rose petals? The temptation, therefore, is to switch off the critical faculties, to indeed find divinity manifest in art.
But the rituals of launch day are checked by the work of Gareth Long. The writer and designer counters the show's prevailing mysticism by offering temptations of the West: reason, logic, and science. And these can be found in his parallel text which accompanies the display, finding its way onto wall plaques and hangings.
Gareth Long, "A More Precise Distance Between the Reader and the Ultimate Visions" (2013) (image courtesy the artist)
The Temptation of AA Bronson is also the name of this novella or playlet in which the show's wide ranging cast is given voice. For the most part that voice is a lifted quote from the most precise of Western writers, Flaubert. Long is a huge fan of the Frenchman and has sourced his material from letters and court transcripts, as well as the novels.
"I'm not the kind of artist who makes these different sorts of mystical, spiritual types of work," he tells me. "It's just not the thing that I go in for. And AA [Bronson] knows this about me. We joke about it all the time and so AA agreed that's my place in the show as the sort of thing for reason."
So despite his interest in the occult, Bronson is not immune to the consolations of reason: "I actually lent [Flaubert's] book The Temptation of Saint Anthony to AA and I said, 'Oh, this could be an organizing principle for you', and he loved it and went for it."
Long and We Have Photoshop designer Mike Gallagher even went so far as to develop a new typeface for the show. He describes it as "a reworking of Jenson, a very classic typeface. But it's a sans serif." And the name of this new font? Call it Hilarion, after Flaubert's personification of rational thought.
"There are two slightly different versions of it," Long adds, since, "There's so many other binaries playing out in this show." He begins to list them: "AA as artist and curator, subject and object, queer and not queer, inside and outside."
To which we may add reason and faith. So what binds these dichotomies together? Could that be temptation itself, temptation as a motive principle? This multi-layered show provides plenty of chances to oscillate back and forth. Dizzying, seductive, conflicted; Bronson's exhibition is all these things. But then life is too, both East and West.
The Temptation of AA Bronson, of which Hyperallergic is the media sponsor, continues through January 5, 2014 at the Witte de With (Witte de Withstraat 50, Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
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Mark Sheerin
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Bodies of Work
Join artist Damien on his trip down memory lane as he unveils his latest exhibition, and witness all the blood, sweat and tears it took to create his final and most complete bodies of work.
Old Changi Hospital
Patients who don't know they are dead. Soldiers who still scour the wards for enemies. Empty morgues that are not really empty. All these and more await at the iconic Old Changi Hospital…
Hu Li's Inn
Step inside Hu Li's Inn, set in the swinging 1930s of Old Shanghai. Your fate is in the hands – or should we say, claws? – of these beautiful nocturnal beasts.
Hawker Centre Massacre
A wholesome meal at the hawker centre turns into a banquet of horror… as food poisoning victims turn into savage, flesh-eating creatures as radioactive fish contaminate their bodies and minds.
March of the Dead
Bask in the spine chilling festivities of the Day of the Dead (Día De Los Muertos), and be swept up by a carnival procession of spirits in the Death March!
Suicide Forest
Some say an evil spirit lurks in the Suicide Forest, calling desolate souls to their death… but no one knows for sure. That's because no one has returned to tell the tale.
March of the Dead - The Resurrection
Revel in the hypnotic sounds of the drums, the beauty of the intricate coffins and the haunting spectacle of it all… while you still can. You may be the one we honour next.

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It's one of the most important things we can do for our kids – and experts recommend getting school-aged children to do this task for at least 15 minutes a day. They don't have to be perfect at it, but this back-to-basics skill is something we all should be encouraging our children to practice. So, what is it? We're glad you asked!
Whether it's chubby little fingers wrapped awkwardly around a crayon, or the more dextrous fingers of a school-starter in a perfect pincer grip around a pen – the simple task of writing is a life skill that all children should master in their own way. It's time to get the kids to put down their devices, and teach them why the pen is mightier than the screen. BIC and Babyology are on a mission to save handwriting, so here's why you should get your kids putting pen to paper, and some great writing activities to help see out the school holidays!
Some kids can't wait to begin writing, and if you're a parent to one you'll no doubt have found some secret scribble on a wall in your house, or lovingly scribed notes on your important paperwork. Other children, like my boys, need a little more encouragement – but the key is to start early.
Experts continue to profess that teaching your children to write, and getting them to practice it daily, will help them flourish in all areas of their lives.
There are an incredibly 14 different abilities that handwriting helps kickstart, including memory recall, eye-hand co-ordination and mental attention. And the better children become at handwriting, the more other areas of learning, like reading, can improve.
BIC recently commissioned a study, Bright Futures are Written by Hand, to better understand how Australian parents view handwriting in modern society. An incredible 63 per cent of parents said they believe handwriting will become a lost art over the next two decades. The study also discovered that 15 per cent of our kids handwrite less than once a week. That's why BIC's on a mission to save handwriting and give Aussie children a brighter future.
The key is to continually encourage your children, regardless of their ability. Get your children to pick up their pen, pencil or crayon each and every day.
If there's a sure-fire way to get kids to do anything, it's to make a game out of it. Children learn through play, so making a game out of handwriting is one of the best ways to get the kids scribing. BIC has created a whole host of brilliant free activity sheets for kids of all ages, to help foster a love of writing. All these sheets can be downloaded free, with different activities to suit different age groups and abilities. And the best thing is, the kids won't even realise they're learning.
For kids aged four to six, the activities focus on tracing and numbers, to help them gain control of their writing tool.
Children aged seven to eight will learn about sentence structure through their activity sheets, as well as being able to do some free-drawing.
The activities for eight to 12-year-olds will get the kids' minds ticking over, as well as their hands furiously writing! All of the activities can be downloaded and printed free.
For more information on BIC's incredible mission to help Australian children learn to love handwriting, head to BIC Bright Futures.


If you can rate 4-10 what you think of this banner?
This is how it would look like but as animated.
I actually like the simplicity to it compared to the other over-done banners.
Looks great, however, If you're looking for feedback I'd suggest maybe a slightly smoother font on the animated text, the pixel based font doesn't really suite the attire in my opinion... Other than that looks brilliant keep it up.
Thanks for your opinion, I will work with new banner tomorrow.
What's up with the top corner of the image?
I can see some green.
I would have made the background (the bridge) just a little addition in the overall image, and made the main images stand out more, not making them that transparent.
I think a white border would fit in better..
Other than that, it looks pretty good, well done.
What are your goals for Paragon?


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32bit base set conversion project
Old 32bpp
The 32bit base set conversion project is a subproject of the 32bit Graphics Development project that aims to replace the 8bit Transport Tycoon Base graphics with 32bit equivalents.
It is our intention that eventually the game installer gives the user the option to download and install this graphics package as a base set, as an alternative to the original graphics and OpenGFX. Thus the graphics in it will be under tremendous public scrutiny. As a result, it will have to be controlled by stricter guidelines and individual entries into it will have stricter requirements for inclusion.
1 Graphics Requirements
1.1 32bit graphics project-wide guidelines
1.2 Style, Visual Coherence
1.3 GPLv2 or Compatible as License
2 Graphics Guidelines
2.1 Lighting, Shadows & Perspective
2.3 Standardised Props & Textures
2.4 Scale
2.5 Deliberate lack of national identity
3 Implementation and Distribution
4 Current Status
Graphics Requirements
32bit graphics project-wide guidelines
The suggestions here are mandatory for base set development.
Style, Visual Coherence
A somewhat uniform appearance of the base set is desired. This comprises lighting, color, detail props, ground textures and sprite edges. The graphics in TTD are crisp and clear with a high contrast. Vehicles use a lot of company colour.
We are aiming to reimplement OpenTTD in 32 bits per pixel - not to create a new game. Therefore we must protect the visual essence and feel of the original game world. This is an overall look that cannot be defined, but which must be achieved in order for an item to qualify for inclusion. The artist should pay attention to how their contribution fits in with the rest of the set.
GPLv2 or Compatible as License
OpenTTD is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. For clarity's sake, and to make it undisputably possible to bundle the replacement set with OpenTTD, it is mandatory for our graphics entries to be licensed under GPLv2 or a compatible license.
The GPL requires all software to be accompanied by their source:
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.
If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
As you can see, the GPL wasn't exactly designed (therefore worded) for our kind of use. However, to comply with the license the best we can, and because it is a goal of this project for users to be able to make changes to the graphics, sources must be available in the graphics development file repository.
Sources include anything that makes it possible and easier to make modifications to all the sprites of the released entry. These can be:
3D models and related textures
Bitmap sources (for example, Photoshop work files)
Notes, and if applicable, necessary manual manipulation steps for achieving the same overall look for a modified sprite as the unmodified one.
Graphics Guidelines
Follow these guidelines and you should have a sprite that matches the rest of the set quite well.
Lighting, Shadows & Perspective
The sun is up high at around 4:30pm to 5pm. Objects are well-lit on all sides. Where there are shadows, they are sharp-edged and medium opacity.
The lightness of objects may vary depending on zoom level in order to make the game element easier for the player to recognise, thus making the game easier to play.
Like with 8bpp sprites, graphics use isometric projection with the camera at a 26 degree downward angle, with up in the game world being north.
We have template files available for (software) Blender, 3ds Max 3D Studio Max and 3D Lightwave. Ben Robbins has made a 3DSMax template and Aracirion a Lightwave template. You can pm them for details on each. For Blender, download version F, the new contrast version.
Like vanilla TT, our graphics have deep, vibrant colors and all colors are used. Where applicable, company colors are used brightly and clearly. Company colors rendered on models must match the colors in the color selector of the company properties window.
Standardised Props & Textures
Where applicable you should use a few standardized props: Props (New Graphics)
There are also a few textures for common materials: Standardised materials (New Graphics)
Scale is not a matter of colours used. The scale used by 8bpp sprites are applicable. This means that no common scale exists between different features and the same limitations apply as for all graphics, e.g. vehicles must not be longer than half a tile.
Scale may even be different for the length and the height of the very same object (train wagons are a good example of this).
Deliberate lack of national identity
In vanilla TT, the temperate climate is set in the British Isles, the home of game creator Chris Sawyer. The sub-tropical climate is set in Central South America and the sub-arctic climate possibly in Canada, northern Scandinavia or Eurasia.
Those locations are identified by distinct properties of landscape, nature and architecture, not by national or cultural symbols such as flags or writing.
We, while creating artwork, must also refrain from including such national or cultural fingerprints, while still retaining the look and feel of these locations.
Implementation and Distribution
When the base set replacement project is kicked off, individual entries will be released at the repository. Releases will be announced in the base set development thread. A call will be made which releases are included. Those will be flagged in the repository database.
While in alpha phase, the whitelisted releases will be read off the repository once per day and compiled into a single standard tar. Thus the set is playable via the tar route. These tars will be made available by Jupix at an undecided location, hotlinked from the forums.
In the final phase, when there are minimal gaps in the set, an actual base set will be compiled.
The releases will be distributed through the ingame content delivery system. Information on individual assets, including sources, will be available at the 32bit graphics development file repository.
The base set project has not been kicked off yet.
32bit Graphics Development
NewGRF (Forum)
8bpp OpenGFX
FAQ • Features • Development and Download
8bpp NewGRF
FAQ • NewGRF Documentation • NewGRF List • NewGRF Crawler
32bpp
Documentation • File Repository • Tracker • Props Page • Forum • Development Resources
We're in the process of converting graphics formats. There is not a lot of content available for the new (ver 1.2) format. Some newgrfs can be found at: http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/32bpp/files or in the ogfx+ trains project.
32bpp Graphics Developer resources
32bpp Graphics
Folder: Old 32bpp


We should be eating more fish, fish is good. If you want to learn more about why oily fish is the answer to many of life's woes, Fish is the Dish have some great information resources here.
This week, I'm staying away from home and in typical Cate fashion I forgot to pack my camera. So in the absence of high quality photography, here are three quick recipes I knocked up over the past week and posted to Instagram.
Peel the cucumber as you usually would, then discard the skin and keep on peelin' on into a bowl until you hit the impossible to peel centre. Slice the fennel as finely as possible and add to the shaved cucumber, then top with the smoked salmon and squeeze the lemon juice over the whole bowl.
Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan (medium to high heat) and cook the salmon for about 30 seconds until it begins to change colour. Pour the eggs in and cook until they're set on the underside, then add the dill wack the pan under the grill until they're cooked on top. (Yes, this is cheating. But I tried it the other day and it was the best quality omelette I'd ever managed, so there.) Once cooked, spread over the avocado and fold the omelette over. Et voila.
Cook the bulgar wheat according to pack instructions (or: put in a saucepan and fill with 1 pint of cold water then cover and simmer until water is absorbed) and cook the beans (about 6 minutes in salty boiling water, then refreshed under cold water. I like them nice and crunchy). Then drain the bulgar wheat and arrange on a serving dish, top with the beans and then add the salmon, flaked as messy rustic as you like. Crumble over the feta and dill then bring to the table amid ooh's and aah's. This is great with a mustard, lemon, olive oil and agave dressing.
Do you have a favourite salmon recipe? Tell me about it!
I adore salmon, we had it for dinner last night. Just pan fried on the skin side until crispy and then finished off in the oven. I add tarragon, salt and pepper and serve it with a lemony slaw and baked potato wedges. I love the sound of your supermodel salad, I think I would be tempted to add little avocado to it for creamy texture.
The supermodel salad is awesome!


Shares in Tox Free Solutions reached an all time high of $3.19 on 15 January. Last June they were $2.29.
Kathy Hirschfeld has been appointed a non-executive director. She is a chemical engineer with international experience in non-executive and executive roles. Ms Hirschfield was a senior executive with BP with roles in oil refining, logistics, exploration and production. She is a past managing director of BP Refinery (Bulwer Island) Pty Ltd, a past non-executive director of Refining New Zealand Ltd and a past executive director of BP Australasia and BP International Refining.
Shares in Gale Pacific spiked 5 cents to a new five year high of 35 cents on 15 January. Volume was also higher than normal. No news accompanied the rise.
Australian Ethical has posted a series of video presentations on its web site that discuss its funds and investment approach.
Speakers include chief investment officer David Macri on performance; portfolio manager for the Smaller Companies Trust, Andy Gracey; portfolio manager of the International Equities Trust, Nathan Lim; Duncan Paterson of CAER on Australian Ethical's ethical charter; and Dr Stefan Hajkowicz of the CSIRO on global megatrends.
CBD Energy has entered an agreement to re-issue US$2.4 million of convertible notes plus interest at a conversion price of 5.3 Australian cents and an additional US$100,000 of new convertible notes to existing note holders on the same terms – a total value of US$2,745,200.
The interest on the notes is 9.75 per cent per annum.
The company said the re-issue is another step in its program to reduce current liabilities and improve balance sheet ratios. It follows the recent debt repayment of $10.8 million after the completion of the 5 MW Italy Solar project sale.
CBD shareholders will meet early this year to vote on CBD's proposed merger with US based and NASDAQ listed, Westinghouse Solar.
Managing director, Gerry McGowan, said "We see the re-issue of these convertible notes to a US based party who is a significant investor in both CBD and Westinghouse Solar as a vote of confidence in our impending move to the NASDAQ exchange. The premium to the current share price at which the notes have been issued indicates a belief that we will see a re-rating of the stock in the future."
Clean TeQ Holdings has appointed Tony Panther as chief financial officer (CFO). The appointment of a full time CFO will strengthen the executive team and support the financial management of its commercialization activities including licensing and joint ventures in various jurisdictions, said chief executive, Peter Voigt.
August Investments has published its portfolio and valuation as at 31 December showing that its shares now have a value of $190.63, up from $185.78 at 30 September and $176.01 at 30 June.
See story under Australian Ethical Smaller Companies Trust.
Brendan Dow has resigned as a director of Ceramic Fuel Cells. Until recently he was managing director. No reason was given but the board thanked him for his contribution and commitment over the last seven years.
Aeris chairman Maurie Stang has indirectly acquired 18,000 shares at 17 and 18 cents each.
The company has issued 287,500 shares on conversion of convertible notes at 20 cents each, and 12,500 shares as interest on the convertible notes.
In recent weeks Australian Renewable Fuels has increased its interest in Wentworth Holdings from 19.4 per cent to 38.4 per cent under its merger agreement with Wentworth.
The merger is subject to a 90 per cent acceptance target, but Wentworth has now received a letter from major shareholder, Thorney Investments, saying it wants to discuss an alternative proposal.
Cardia Bioplastics raised $399,000 under its recent share purchase plan. The funds are for working capital.
Metals recovery company Electrometals Technologies said its trading results and performance for the second half of the year improved; and although it is likely to have traded at a loss for the half the full year loss is expected to be at least $1 million less than the $2.9 million loss in 2011.
Green Invest has signed a non binding term sheet for a $5.8 million funding proposal from a lender introduced by its advisor, Domain Capital. It has also made substantial progress in the US with a new Green Cities program.
The funding proposal is a mixture of debt, equity and a convertible debenture. The funds will be used for the acquisition of the Ecofish property and assets at Glenview in Queensland; re-commissioning and expansion of the property to establish a fish growing facility of 350 tonnes; and an equity position in an Asian fish farming project which proposes to utilize the RAD technology, and where the lender has allocated an additional $1.2 million of equity to itself invest in the project.
The funding proposal is subject to conditions including due diligence, the purchase of the Glenview Property plant and licenses, the purchase of the RAD technology excluding China, and approval of any necessary components of the transaction by Green Invest shareholders. GNV will hold a shareholders' meeting as early as possible in 2013.
Green Invest has been seeking capital to add a sustainable food division to complement its water and energy divisions. The new division will source income from project/ farm management and from production. The directors said they believe that the proposed production income will, after initial establishment, provide strong revenues.
Chairman Peter McCoy said the Green Plumbers brand has made substantial progress in the US where a Green Cities program has been established.
Developed with Niagara Conservation Corporation, the water saving program is voluntary and offered to all utility customers in various municipalities. Those who participate pay an agreed amount through their water bill. The products installed include a suite of best-available water technologies and are usually financed over a five year period. Monthly utility savings are said to be typically twice the monthly payment, and the average cost of product and installation is US$250.
Product is installed by trained Green Plumbers and where possible the plumber is local.
Green Invest said this is the first example of the revised Green Plumber commercialization model announced last year. Under the program, which is governed by a Master Licence Agreement between Niagara and GPI, GNV will receive a commercially confidential variable royalty payment determined by factors including whether the project is an existing Green Plumber project developed by GPI independently of Niagara or is jointly developed or developed by Niagara.
Niagara projects a pipeline of over $100 million in potential Green City deals. Key states where multiple utilities have expressed interest include California, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It is anticipated that a number of contracts will be signed shortly and announcements will be made as contracts are executed.
GNV intends to adapt the model to Australia where discussions are underway with funders and manufacturers.
Through the Green Cities program, Green Invest has signed a pilot program with American Water Inc. The contract is to install and retrofit plumbing product directed at low income customers of American Water - initially in California Service areas. American Water is the largest publicly traded US water and wastewater utility company. It provides drinking water, wastewater and related services to about 15 million people in over 30 states and parts of Canada.
Green Invest has also announced an increase in Green Plumber member states in the US to 46. During the last six months membership has grown by 15 per cent and Green Invest's US management projects an 88 per cent renewal of Green Plumber membership.
Pacific Environment has concluded a new loan agreement to replace the agreement that was due to expire on 27 November 2013. The new loan expires on the 30 of June 2017.
Executive director Robin Ormerod agreed to renew his convertible note arrangements, which the company said allows it to focus on continuing its restructuring and consolidation program without the pressure of the debt requiring full repayment in 2013.
The loan is for $1.8 million and the interest rate on the outstanding amount is 11 per cent per annum including a 2 per cent discount while the loan is not in default.
Phoslock Water Solutions is undertaking a share purchase plan for up to $15,000 per share holder at 4.6 cents per share. The company may cap the total amount of shares issued to 43.5 million to raise $2 million.
Its major financier has agreed to convert its current unsecured $1.3 million loan due 31 March 2013 to a $1.3 million convertible loan due 31 December 2013. The holder will be able to convert all or part of the loan to PHK shares at 4.6 cents per share. As the financier is a related party, shareholder approval is required.
Style has agreed to a recapitalization proposal with Otsana Capital, and said that when it is implemented it will apply to be reinstated on the ASX.
The proposal involves Style consolidating its shares on a one for one hundred basis.
It will also issue the following securities on a post consolidation basis: 30 million shares at $0.00001 each to raise up to $300, up to 500 million shares at an issue price of not less than $0.005 each to raise up to $2.5 million, up to 50 million free options for the purchase of 1 share each exercisable at 0.5 cents, and up to 100 million free options for the purchase of 1 share each exercisable at 1 cent each.
$500,000 of the funds raised will be used to pay out a debt to Strandtec Pty Ltd. The balance will be used to develop the company's business, review new business opportunities and for working capital.
A deed of company arrangement (DOCA) will extinguish all pre-administration creditors.
The proposal is subject to a number of conditions.
In an update, WestSide Corporation said it is continuing to progress discussions with the party which submitted an indicative, conditional, non-binding and confidential proposal on 19 November 2012.
In the next few weeks Lynas Corporation expects to have available commercial rare earth products, as the company has commissioned the cracking and leaching rare earth extraction units at its Lynas Advanced Material Plant (LAMP) in Malaysia.
The company said this involves the cracking of the concentrate through the kilns followed by the leaching circuit to produce a mixed rare earths sulphate. The process has achieved recovery rates of over 90 per cent of contained rare earth oxides (REO).
The mixed rare earths sulphate is now being fed into the solvent extraction units for ultimate production of individual rare earth products, it said. Commercial rare earth products should be available in the next few weeks and ramp up of production will occur over the next three months.
"This is another significant milestone for Lynas," said executive chairman, Nicholas Curtis. "The safe and efficient operation of the LAMP is now a reality, and we are providing real-time data that assures people the LAMP is entirely safe for our local communities and the environment. We are excited to start creating value at the LAMP, and we look forward to sharing that value with all of our key stakeholders, including the communities in which we operate."
The report into the accident at Galaxy Resources' Jiangsu Lithium Carbonate Plant has concluded that on shutdown of the plant, an abnormal and unexpected blockage in the vertical crystallizer section held up a mass of sodium sulphate liquid, the force of which, on subsequent unforeseen release, caused the fibre glass pipe work at the U bend section to rupture on impact.
Due to the highly abnormal nature of the incident, the risk of this type of incident was not identified by the designers or safety studies.
China's Suzhou Safety Bureau has agreed with Galaxy's proposal to replace the ruptured U bend section with stainless steel (2507) material with additional load support. The repair will be completed by early February ready for plant recommencement.
Galaxy said it is saddened to report that a second employee passed away as a result of infection from injuries in the incident.
A result of the plant shutdown Galaxy has made modifications to the plant to improve operability and throughput. A complete Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) review has been conducted on the entire operation to ensure ongoing safety.
Other shutdown activities are on schedule. The company expects to begin the kiln dry out process at the end of January.
Orocobre and joint venture partner Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) have executed the loan documentation for the project financing for Orocobre's flagship Olaroz lithium project in the Province of Jujuy in northern Argentina.
Algae.Tec has received approval from the Australian Government for a $12.15 million cash refund on Australian and overseas development expenditure for the financial years 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2015.
The R&D Tax Incentive allows for an initial $27 million spend on Algae.Tec technology developments, of which the Government will reimburse 45 per cent or $12.15 million. The approval is to support the funding of at least three algae bioreactor facilities in Australia, Asia and the USA. The refund will be paid in cash following the expenditure.
Expenditure additional to the initial budget of $27 million will also be eligible for grants.
Managing director Peter Hatfull said the company had applied for the approval last year as part of a range of attractive financing options available for the company's growth. "It was a rigorous process involving a complete review of our technology and global expansion plans," he said. "This is excellent news for the company and our Australian and international investors."
Meanwhile, Algae.Tec has issued 240,385 shares at 20.8 cents each to La Jolla Cove Investors to raise $50,000 under their convertible note arrangement.
Mr Hatfull has indirectly acquired 68,313 shares at between 29.6 cents and 27.5 cents each.
In other news the company said "Algae.Tec is expanding after the US approved a $1.01 a gallon tax credit for producers of algal fuels. That followed a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency in September to raise the requirement for biodiesel in refined products. A year earlier, US regulators allowed airlines to fly passenger jets using a biofuel blend."
AnaeCo and Repindo Resources Pty Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to examine the implementation of AnaeCo's DiCOM Alternative Waste Technology at a suitable site in Basra in Iraq.
The parties will consider the technical and commercial feasibility of deploying DiCOM under licence. AnaeCo would manage the design and commissioning of a potential 500,000 tonnes per annum facility and Repindo would have project management and construction responsibilities.
The waste facility under consideration will be owned and operated by a joint venture company between Repindo Resources Pty Ltd and Basra Governorate Council. It will offer a sustainable solution for the continuous growth in municipal solid waste in the region, and Repindo is working with Basra Governorate Council to bring the facility to fruition.
"We are committed to implementing solutions for waste management, which are environmentally friendly and commercially sustainable, across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa," said Bill Knowles, director of Technology and Infrastructure Repindo. "AnaeCo's DiCOM System aligns perfectly with Repindo's goals. Their world leading technology provides a sustainable solution for the essential service of waste management."
In an update on its Réunion Island CETO Project in the Indian Ocean, Carnegie Wave Energy said it expects to commission a CETO 4 unit during the first quarter of 2013.
The project, in partnership with French power utility EDF EN and French maritime defense specialist DCNS, is deploying a 10 metre diameter current generation CETO 4 unit and subsea energy management system.
EDF EN has previously informed Carnegie that the energy management system and the CETO unit have been installed except for the CETO buoy, which was waiting a calm weather window for towing to the project site off the south side of the island.
EDF EN has informed Carnegie that the buoy has completed its tow tests, however given that some of the system components have been under the sea for 12 months, DCNS will now perform inspection and maintenance activities to ensure the system performs as designed when the buoy is installed. This process is expected to complete in the new year followed by commissioning.
Dyesol received a query from the ASX when its shares jumped from 13.5 cents on 10 January to an intra-day high of 18.5 cents on 15 January, and on increased trading volumes. However, Dyesol said it had no explanation.
In early January the Tulloch Group announced it had reduced its stake in Dyesol from 10.29 to 9.29 per cent.
Earth Heat Resources said its fully underwritten pro rata renounceable entitlement offer which closed on 11 January was very well supported with a take up rate of 88.5 per cent or 571,798,221 of the 645,757,529 shares available.
The underwriter was DJ Carmichael Pty Ltd. To accommodate additional demand by the underwriter on behalf of non shareholders, the company has agreed to place another 200 million shares to sophisticated and professional investors on the same terms as the Entitlement Offer including the free attaching short dated and long dated options.
EnviroMission has raised $335,000 through the issue of 11,166,666 shares at 3 cents each. 5,583,333 unlisted options were also issued with an exercise price of 3 cents and an expiry date of 15 September 2014.
EnviroMission has received the first tranche payment of US$200,000 of a US$2 million Solar Tower development license fee under an agreement with a Texas based development group. The balance of the fee will follow completion of the Heads of Agreement currently being prepared by EnviroMission's lawyers and expected to be executed in early February.
The Heads of Agreement will set the terms and conditions for the granting of the exclusive rights to develop the Australian Solar Tower concept in the State of Texas to the Texas based development group.
EnviroMission will own 20 per cent of the 'Texas Solar Tower' development company in the first instance. This holding will not be diluted to less than 10 per cent and will then be free carried and non diluting.
K2 Energy has released its Notice of General Meeting, Explanatory Memorandum, and Prospectus for the general meeting to be held 20 February in Sydney.
The meeting is seeking shareholder approval for, among other things, for K2 Energy to acquire all of the securities in MEARS Technologies, Inc that it does not already own. The transaction structure is known in the United States as a reverse triangular merger.
Lithex Resources has appointed John Conidi as a non-executive director. Mr Conidi is managing director of the ASX listed Capitol Health Ltd, a position he has held for five years. In that time he has increased revenue fivefold, paid dividends and reported record profits, and executed over a dozen acquisitions.
Shares in Water Resources Group fell to an all time low of 1.4 cents on 9 January.
The company has since announced that it has agreed to expand its license relationship with Mandala Water Ltd to include The Republic of Mauritius - an island 1.3 million people in the South West Indian Ocean.
WRG said it recently took steps to move from a joint venture to a licence agreement with Mandala Water, allowing it to participate in up to 49 per cent of any project. This also allows for Mandala to fund early stage projects independently and without financial commitments from WRG.
The United Nations Environment Program is said to have reported that the availability of fresh water in the region is a priority issue due to variable rainfall and high run-off; increasing domestic, commercial, agricultural and industrial consumption; and a lack of storage capacity.
Pollution from a variety of sources and environmental degradation are also restricting water for human use. Water supplies per capita are predicted to be within water stress levels by 2025.
In April 2012, the former President of Mauritius, Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, implemented a major water management reform program as well as a plan to meet all future needs until the Government achieves its goals of a 24/7 supply of clean water for the population. It was also stated that the Government would legislate to ensure that all hotels and major hospitality centres will be equipped with water desalination plants.
Water Resources Group chief executive, Brian Harcourt, said "We believe that our partner, Mandala Water is well placed to secure water supply contracts in Mauritius and we look forward to significant new business arising from this region."
Market research and consulting firm TechSci Research has reported that due to governmental support and increases in demand, the Indian water desalination market is set to register a compound annual growth rate of 22 per cent over the next five years.
In partnership with Mandala, WRG expects to build several demonstration scale plants in the region later this year with a view to completing equipment sales within the next 12 months.


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The history of paper folding is fascinating because there appears to be a significant overlap between countries. Japan is typically credited with the origin of origami, but Chinese culture shows examples of paper folding that run parallel to the Japanese traditions. Even before it was possible for people to travel from country to country easily, creative minds in both countries were experimenting with various ways to fold paper artistically.
The Invention of Paper
China's place in the history of paper crafts starts early. The invention of paper by Cai Lun around 105 AD in China is well recognized by historians. An Imperial court official during the Han Dynasty, he created sheets of paper from mulberry, bast fibers, old rags, fishnets, and hemp waste. Early forms of paper had existed in China since the 2nd century BC, but his standardization of the process and improvements to the general composition helped make paper able to be widely used as a writing medium.
To honor his accomplishment, Cai was named a marquess in 114 AD and given great wealth by Emperor He. A temple was erected in his honor in Chengdu after his death in 121 AD. Papermakers traveled great distances to pay their respects.
Paper Folding in Chinese Culture
The name origami is a Japanese term from the words oru (to fold) and kami (paper). In China, the art of folding paper is referred to by the Chinese name zhezhi.
Paper folding was first used in China for ceremonial purposes. At funerals, people would burn folded paper representations of the golden nuggets used as currency until the 20th century. People would also fold tiny replicas of items that were meaningful to the deceased to include in the tomb.
Chinese paper folders tend to focus more on making inanimate objects, such as boats or small dishes. Japanese paper folders tend to favor examples of living things, such as the origami crane or a pretty paper flower.
The Chinese are also credited with developing many types of paper toys for children. People in China are traditionally very frugal and do not like to see useful material go to waste. Folding toys for their children from scrap paper became a way to give old materials a new life. The most famous of the Chinese paper toys is an inflatable paper balloon, traditionally known as the waterbomb. Children fold the balloons, blow them up, fill them with water, and throw them on the ground to make a loud "splat." The base of this model was the inspiration for naming the waterbomb or balloon base form.
Early Publications
In 1948, Maying Soong published The Art of Chinese Paper Folding. This book was important because it helped popularized paper folding in the 20th century while distinguishing Chinese paper folders from their Japanese counterparts.
Maying Soong was part of a distinguished pre-communist Chinese banking family and received a British education in Shanghai before continuing her studies in England, France, and Switzerland. Aside from studying paper folding, she was also very interested in music.
You can download a PDF version of The Art of Chinese Paper Folding on the Artella Words and Art website. Some of the featured models include a love knot, paper cup, Dutch hat, dustpan, and pinwheel. Models are arranged in order of difficulty, with the easiest projects in the front and the most difficult versions in the back. The projects are a mixture of designs Maying Soong created and traditional models that have no known single creator.
Golden Venture Folding
Golden Venture folding, also known as 3D origami, is a special type of modular origami invented by a group of Chinese refugees in the early 1990s. The refugees were held in an American prison after illegally trying to enter the country on a cargo ship named Golden Venture.
They invented a style of paper folding that involves joining together hundreds of identically folded triangular units to make swans, pineapples, and other shapes. The refugees would spend many hours folding these models, which were given as gifts those who worked to obtain their freedom or sold at charity fundraisers to help pay their legal expenses as they applied for the right of asylum.
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I do have pictures to share though.. I opted out of the walnuts because the fiancé is not a fan, otherwise the pumpkin roll would be topped with walnuts. Instead I used powered sugar.
I realize I have a lot to post about, I still have not put away the bags from when I went shopping on my birthday. Blah!! I hope to get around to it soon. Things just need to calm down a bit.
It's so beautiful out today, enjoy your day!!!
mm walnuts on top would be amazing!!! :) looks good.
Looks delicious, you should slice off a piece and mail it to Texas ;)!


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La Grive de Céram (Geokichla joiceyi anciennement Zoothera joiceyi) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Turdidae. Elle est parfois considérée comme une sous-espèce de la Grive de Dumas.

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Elle est endémique aux forêts humides des montagnes de l'île de Céram.

Publication originale
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27755 Private Joseph McMaster
Regiment/Service: 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Joseph McMaster was the youngest son of Henry McMaster. Joseph was born about 1895 in Ballynany, Favor Royal, Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Joseph's mother died sometime between 1897 and 1901. Joseph's father was a farmer. Joseph McMaster enlisted in Omagh. Private Joseph McMaster was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. Joseph was 21 years old.
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The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
1 1901 Census lists McMaster Family Lists Joseph as age 6, living with the family at house 3 in Ballynany, Favor Royal, Tyrone
2 1911 Census lists McMaster Family Lists Joseph as age 16, living with the family at house 4 in Ballynany, Favor Royal, Tyrone


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Worthing and Chichester dates for students on the road with Bernstein classic
Published: 18:13 Thursday 08 March 2018
The University of Chichester's regional touring company are on the road to launch Chichester's centenary celebrations of Leonard Bernstein, the man who composed the Chichester Psalms.
They are touring with a production of Bernstein's famed symphonic musical On The Town. Dates include The Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 at 7.30pm.
Spokesman Paul Ackerley said: "On The Town has been a classic since its original Broadway run in 1944 and was a revolutionary musical, being the first ever written by a symphonic composer. At its heart, the musical is a love-affair with New York City, from the city's high-culture to its low-brow 'street smarts', to the innocent adventurousness of three sailors and the women they come across.
"Written during World War Two, the effervescence of the iconic songs and laugh-out loud comedy of the satirical script also play out against the brooding, heart-breaking possibility that this might be the sailors' first and last time that they will ever see the city, a poignancy that radiates from the cast of strong women that they meet along the way. It is, in all sense and for all the senses, a total embrace!
"The production features a West End professional live band in the pit under the musical direction of Dustin Conrad (Little Shop of Horrors, UK tour), and some of the freshest, glorious voices on stage from the next generation of musical theatre performers, doing justice to hits like New York, New York and the achingly-beautiful Some Other Time. The exuberant, accompanying dance numbers and ballet sequence are legendary.
"The production is once again under the direction of Karen Howard, with choreography by Damien Delaney, who have brought all previous seven, triumphant touring productions to the stage including City of Angels, Sweet Charity and Anything Goes. The stage and costume designs are by Ryan Laight who created the magical worlds for the sell-out productions of Carousel, Annie Get Your Gun and White Christmas.
"The show will once again open at the Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis and this year will tour for the first time to Tunbridge Wells in Kent and Camberley in Surrey as well as returning to it's popular second home at the Theatre Royal Winchester."
Actors Briana Paine and Charlotte Fishwick who play Diana Dream and Hildy are delighted to bring the musical to life. Briana said: "It's our final year as students on Chichester's flagship musical theatre course and On The Town is a dream production to showcase the talents of the cast, and the research into Bernstein's incredible work has been a joy. The creative team helping to bring it to life has so much industry experience. It's a fully-scaled production and we are touring to some of the nicest theatres in the region. It's an opportunity in our lifetime."
Kody Mortimer who plays one of the sailors, said: "The course at Chichester is such a great training and gives you so much confidence."
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The show starts at The Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis on Thursday 15 March. The complete tour is: Thursday, March 15, 7.30pm – Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis; Friday, March 16, 7.30pm – Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis; Sunday, March 18, 7.30pm – Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells; Wednesday, March 21, 7.30pm – Camberley Theatre; Friday, March 23, 7.30pm – Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Sunday, March 25, 7.30pm – Theatre Royal Winchester.
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News & Updates 2010
I'm still basking in the glow of the latest Nonfiction Now conference, held in Iowa City this November, which displayed, over three days, the vibrant diverse energies of creative nonfiction. Where to start? John Edgar Wideman gave a great talk on the story behind Romare Bearden's collage, Farewell Eugene; Alison Bechdel (seemingly impersonating a youthful K.D. Lang), offered an intimate, multimedia look at the creative process behind her graphic memoir Fun Home and its forthcoming sequel; and Marilyn Freeman, John Bresland and Joseph Squier (a fellow co-founder of Ninth Letter) led perhaps my favorite panel, on the video essay.
Not that there wasn't an excess of back-to-back excellent panels, from women travel writers, to Australian nonfiction, to a panel discussion of David Shield's notorious Reality Hunger, and I had a fine time serving on two panels, "Containing Multitudes: The Discovery of Voice in Nonfiction," and "When the World Changed." Kudos to Robin Hemley for another first-rate, well-oiled conference.
The September 2010 issue of Brevity is now online, and it includes a lovely review, by the very kind Dinty W. Moore, of The Moon, Come to Earth. He writes, "Philip Graham shows us how to write honestly and well about an unfamiliar culture . . . [W]ritten like a poem, and full of the poignant details one only notices when embedded in a new culture, not just passing through . . . The Moon, Come to Earth should be required reading for all those about to travel abroad, especially if they plan to pack along pen and paper." Thank you Mr. Moore!
The issue also includes essays by David Huddle and Lia Purpura (author of the fabulous On Looking), as well as many other fine writers, and a review of my Vermont College colleague Sue Silverman's Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir. All worth looking into . . .
The Daily Illini, the campus newspaper of the University of Illinois, featured a report on my fiction and non-fiction that have been influenced by my experiences volunteering near Ground Zero after 9/11, in an article titled "Literature Explores a Post-9/11 World." May all restless souls find peace.
It's hard to fully express what an honor it is to have my pre-obituary posted on the website Boomer Death Counter ("Tracking the quickening demise of the 'Me' generation . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Gone!"). If I have one complaint, it's that the informational paragraph on my nasty, brutish and short life is just a touch skimpy on specific details.
I should also note that the website also offers this bright red cavil: "NOTE: Philip Graham (writer) has not yet died." Whew.
Meanwhile, two bloggers have recently posted kind mentions of their reading The Moon, Come to Earth, at Materfamilias Reads, and Martin in the Margins, the latter too generously comparing me to Adam Gopnik. Thank you both.
Harmony Neal, one of my Illinois MFA advisees from a few years back, recently published her nonfiction piece, "Serendipity," in the literary journal Gulf Coast, and now an excerpt from that essay appears online at Harper's. Congratulations, Harmony! You can read the excerpt here, which should prime you for reading the entire essay here.
I've recently returned from teaching at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA summer residency, where I also presented a craft lecture and gave a reading from my forthcoming (fall 2011) book of nonfiction, Braided Worlds.
I was delighted to attend the graduation craft lectures and readings of three of my former advisees, Renee Giovarelli, Kate McCahill, and Mayumi Shimose Poe–each presentation an exhilarating example of what a Vermont College degree can inspire. Bravo, everyone!
I go to Vermont College not only to teach but to learn, and this residency was no exception. A writing exercise that Sue Silverman offered during her craft lecture on Flash Nonfiction unlocked for me a scene that I'd been struggling to revise for weeks; a lecture by Trinie Dalton, "How Easy It Is To Enter," introduced me to the work of Can Xue; a lecture on the writing of memoir by Sara Mansfield Taber mixed humor and insight to great effect in her description of the squalling babies of memory; and the lecture on graffitti as poetry and art by Nance Van Winckel was a multimedia revelation (and you can view her video on the subject here).
I attended more excellent readings of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, by faculty and graduating students, than anyone would dare shake a stick at. Perhaps the highlight was visiting poet (and Pulitzer-Prize winner) Claudia Emerson, who topped off her reading by singing (accompanied by her husband on guitar) a country blues tale of revenge!
Already, I have saudade for my colleagues and the campus. Until next summer . . .
I'm just back from Toronto, Canada, where I attended the 11th International Conference on the Short Story in English, "The Border as Fiction." I participated in the panel "In A Land Far, Far Away: Travel and the Short Story Writer," reading four brief selections from my short stories that have been influenced by my various travels. A real pleasure to share the podium with the writers Michele Morano, Christine Sneed and Xu Xi.
I returned home with more international news: the Portuguese publishing house Editorial Presença will publish a translation of my book The Moon, Come to Earth: Dispatches from Lisbon, in April 2011. I'm looking forward to reading what the Portuguese equivalents might be for "whatchamacallit," "yukking it up," and "jitters," among others.
My dispatch "I Don't Know Why I Love Lisbon," about the pleasures of eating grilled sardines in a Portuguese tasca while watching a World Cup game, has been reprinted at Leite's Culinaria, the website of chef and writer David Leite, author of the fabulous cookbook The New Portuguese Table. It's the World Cup season! And as for eating grilled sardines, well, that's forever.
The latest issue of Ninth Letter is out (Spring/Summer 2010), and though I'm semi-famous in the magazine's offices as the guy who always says, "This is our best issue ever," I'm gonna have to say it again: this is our best issue, ever.
I'm especially proud, as fiction editor, of our newest roster of writers. Angela Woodward, in "The End of the Fire Cult" (an excerpt from her forthcoming novel), introduces us to the complex border disputes between the two countries that a wife and husband have imagined and continually, strategically revise; Sheila M. Schwartz somehow managed the small miracle of combining harrowing honesty with humor–however dark–in her story "Critical Mass," which channels the intricate resolve of a growing cancerous tumor; "What Rough Beast," by Stephen Marche, explores the worldwide reaction to the startling discovery that the radiant face of God has been revealed (in the corner of the screen) during a busy moment in a porn video; in "Below the Salt," an excerpt from a novel-in-progress by Katherine Vaz, a starving mother and son, imprisoned for their religious beliefs on the Portuguese island of Madeira, learn how to eat the music of birds; Douglas Glover demonstrates just how lonely it can be at the top when you're a "wealthy and famous forensic archeologist" in his story "The Sun Lord and the Royal Child"; finally, the eponymous hero of the story "Paint," by Whit Coppedge, navigates through his adolescence in an awkward body that may or may not be two-dimensional.
Our new issue abounds in terrific poetry and nonfiction as well, and the art and design folks have outdone themselves this time—I don't think anyone will contradict me when I say that this is the most gorgeous issue we've ever produced. But don't take my word for any of this. We're already running teaser excerpts from the issue's contents, which you can check out here, and here.
My essay "Traveling with Children" (a much revised version of a panel presentation I delivered at last month's AWP conference in Denver) has been published at Chantal Panozzo's excellent website Writer Abroad.
Last night I discovered (okay, by accident, I admit) how to display a favorite website as a hovering icon on the screen of my new iPad. Immediately, I applied this nifty transformation to 3 Quarks Daily and The Millions and placed them right next to the Settings icon. Then this morning, soon after waking up I pressed the icon for The Millions, and–surprise!–what should pop up but the front page featuring a sweet and generous review of The Moon, Come to Earth, by the eloquent but apparently internationally clumsy (like me) Andrew Saikali.
At Writers Read, I offer reviews of four of my favorite books that I've read recently, by Wolf Haas, Kyle Minor, Midge Raymond, and Lori L. Tharps (and a brief nod to Hillary Mantel and David Kirby, authors of books I'm currently in the middle of reading). The round-up is also available at Campaign for the American Reader.
My essay about the secret histories behind a love of books, "Every Day I Open a Book," has been published at the marvelous literary/book reviewing website, The Millions.
At Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle, I confess in a guest post my history of either kissing or (more rarely) throwing books, and how these impulses won't adapt well in a future world of e-books.
One of my advisees this past fall at the Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency MFA program, Sheila Stuewe, has won an AWP Intro Award in Creative Nonfiction, for her essay "Residual Value." Congratulations, Sheila! Meanwhile, another of my Vermont advisees from the fall semester, Kate McCahill, has won a Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship, which will finance a writing trip from Guatemala to Patagonia. Bravo, Kate!
Writer and editor extraordinaire Dinty W. Moore offers some gracious words about The Moon, Come to Earth at the Campaign for the American Reader website: "I am currently reading Philip Graham's The Moon, Come to Earth, a fascinating blend of travel writing and family memoir set in Lisbon. I love the way the book refuses to limit itself to one mode or the other, and how Graham's various turns and twists eventually combine to make a whole much greater than the sum of the parts. He is also just a clear, enjoyable, funny writer."
My recent reading in Tallahassee, at The Warehouse (sponsored by the creative writing program at FSU) is now available at The Southeast Review as a podcast.
Writer, editor, and my former student John Warner interviews me for The Morning News, inducing me to talk about consulting a diviner in Africa for writer's block, feeding my mentor Grace Paley one of her last meals, the experience of having an issue of the New Yorker (with one of my stories inside) stalk me across three continents, and my family connection to the iPad. You can read all about it here.
Two literary websites have kindly featured interviews with me about The Moon Come to Earth: Miriam's Well and Writer Abroad.
Luso-Americano, the national circulation Portuguese-American newspaper, has a full-page feature on The Moon, Come to Earth, complete with an article and review, interview and photos, in the February 26 issue.
Maria do Carmo Pereira writes: "Conseguiu captar a essência dos portugueses e transmiti-la para um livro onde nos podemos ver ao espelho, como um reflexo. Estamos, ali, retratados por um observador imparcial, que consegue interpretar exactamente o que nos diferencia, e captar a beleza das coisas mas simples que nos passam despercebidas no corre-corre diário."
Or, in my unbiased attempted translation, "he was able to capture the essence of the Portuguese and transmit it to a book where we are able to look into a mirror's reflection. We are, there, portrayed by an impartial observer who can interprete exactly what differentiates us from others, and he captures the beauty of the simplest things that we pass by unknowingly in our daily rounds."
If you'd like to give your Portuguese reading skills a try, you can find the February 26th issue here, then scroll to page 12.
I'm returning to the road for a brief spring leg of my book tour for The Moon, Come to Earth, which will include readings, panel appearances and book signings. If you're in the area of any of these events, please drop by!
Early Spring Literary Festival
Illini Union Bookstore
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Panel and book signing
Virginia Festival for the Book
"The Writer Travels" (with Alan Cheuse & Lori Tharps)
Old Dominion Bookshop
Charlottesville, Virginia
Tuesday, March 23rd
706 West Gaines Street
Sponsored by Florida State University English Department
Thursday, April 8th
Reading and panel
"Baby on Board Abroad: Travel Writing and Family"
Room: 210, 212 CCC
Associated Writing Programs conference
Friday, April 9th
Exhibit Hall A, E7
Vermont College of Fine Arts booth
This March 15-17, the Creative Writing Program of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will host our first annual Early Spring Literary Festival: a rousing three days of panels, craft talks and readings.
The first event will be an National Book Critics Circle-sponsored panel titled "The Next Decade in Book Culture: The Rise of the E-Book." I'll be on the panel, along with the president of the NBCC, Jane Ciabattari; Martin Riker, Associate Editor of the Dalkey Archive Press; and Harriet Green, the English and Digital Humanities Librarian of the University of Illinois. You can read more about the panel at Critical Mass, the web blog of the NBCC, and more about the festival and view the entire schedule here.
The third edition of Janet Burroway's Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft (Penguin Academics) has been published, and it includes a section on the value for writers of keeping a journal. Burroway includes a couple pages from one of my writing journals, the one I kept while living in the small village of Asagbé in the Ivory Coast in the summer of 1993. The entries include bits and pieces of two novels I was working on; a mention of a malaria drug, Halfan; a sentence of a review I was writing for the Chicago Tribune of John Hawkes' novel Sweet William; and this observation of a bit of activity passing by me in the village: "the choppy, swaying gait of goats."
Ninth Letter has a new issue out (volume 6, number 2), and as the fiction editor of the magazine I couldn't be prouder of the six stories we're featuring.
The story "Deciduousness: the Mechanism," by Ander Monson, combines love and betrayal, an unobtrusive yet terrifying machine, and the approaching end of the world; we've published it as a stand-alone set of six combined booklets. "Stomp Tokyo," by Viet Dinh, takes place on the super-secret island where all the giant monsters of Japanese movies are kept safely–one hopes–penned away from the rest of humanity. Marianne Jay's story (and her first published fiction) "Cherry Ripe," about adolescence and mysterious radio signals, is written beautifully in the difficult-to-master first person plural. The conflicted narrator of "Return to Sensibility Problems After Penetrating Captive Bolt Stunning of Cattle in Commercial Beef Slaughter Plant #5867: Confidential Report," by John Warner, takes us step-by-step into the moral complexities of the slaughterhouse. "Your Book: A Novel in Stories," by Cathy Day, tells the story of a novel as it is written, published and marketed, and then over the years makes its way into the minds of readers. Benjamin Percy, in "Terminal," will remind you of every fear you've ever entertained while flying.
What a great line-up. And I'm not even mentioning our new issue's first-rate nonfiction, poetry and art!
If anyone's interested in some of the inner workings of the magazine, you can read this interview with me at the Sequoya Review.
The Significant Objects Project pairs writers with objects that have been bought at a yard sale. Each writer is asked to write a story (500 word limit) that invents for the object a secret history and significance. The object plus its story is then auctioned on e-Bay, and all proceeds are donated to 826 National, the community of nonprofit organizations across the country that help students ages 6-18 with expository and creative writing. A good cause! Writers who have contributed in the past include Nicholson Baker, Jonathan Letham, Aimee Bender, Margot Livesey, Colson Whitehead, David Shields, William Gibson, and many others. And now a ringer like me. My object is a pepper shaker, and you can find a photo of the object and my story here.
The literary magazine Hunger Mountain has begun its Exquisite Corpse Project, a collaborative story titled "The Malleable Morning Bruises," which will be published in monthly installments. "No one knows exactly where this is leading," the editors announce, and certainly not me, since I've written the first installment and am as curious about what will follow as anyone else. You can read all about it here.


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I will then drive you to a nice quiet area away from traffic and major roads.
During this time we will have a chat about driving in general, what you think it entails, any experience you may have, what you are expecting etc.
Once we arrive at our chosen place we will swap seats. I will need to check your driving license and copy some details from it for my records.
We will then talk about my paperwork and your progress records sheet. Now its time to start your first lesson.
For the first 45 minutes or so we will be talking about and trying out the different controls in the car to give you an understanding of not only how to they work, but also what they do and why. All of our lessons are a conversation I will ask you how and why things happen, You DO NOT need to know all the answers, thats what Im here for.
Following this we will plan our first drive. Moving off and stopping.
You will then (with my assistance if required) drive the car along the road and then stop a little further ahead. We will repeat this pattern until you are comfortable with the process, including steering around corners. Next comes Junctions, roundabouts, manoeuvres, country roads, town driving, dual carriageways, most first lessons end with a conversation about junctions.
We will then swap seats and I will drive you home.
Everybody learns at a different pace, we will move onto the next step when I feel you are ready, should you be a quick learner then we will move quickly through the syllabus. If you are nervous and it takes you a little longer that is also fine.
tailored to your own needs and requirements.
My aim is to teach you to drive in a safe and controlled manner, which will enable you to pass your driving test and be a safe driver for life.


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Q: cannot convert from 'Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiInfo' to 'Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger.Info' I'm getting this error when tryign to run swashbuckle. Any ideas?
I have this in my ConfigureServices Class
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A: Before Swashbuckle.AspNetCore version 5.0.0 (which is not yet released, on november 2019), SwaggerDoc extension method requires a Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger.Info parameter. So, you have to write :
// Register the Swagger generator, defining 1 or more Swagger documents
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{
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Especially, if you are coming from : Get started with Swashbuckle and ASP.NET Core
Beginning with version 5.0.0, SwaggerDoc extension method now requires a Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiInfo parameter.

A: Here is a sample for swagger 5.5.0 &> for C#
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc();
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            {
                c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiInfo
                {
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    {
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        {
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        app.UseRouting();

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            c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "V1 api test");
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A: I ran into this same issue today. After looking at the Microsoft documentation, it appears that SwaggerDoc is looking for a string and an Info parameter. At the top of your file make sure that you include using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger; and replace OpenApiInfo with Info.
services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
        {
            c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new Info { Title = "testing",
            Version = "v1" });
        });

A: You need to Upgrading the package Swashbuckle.AspNetCore to the latest version v 5.0.0-rc5 solved the problem.
in that package its already including Microsoft.OpenApi package assembly you don't need to addon additionally.
you OpenApiInfo, OpenApiContract, and much more property are directly inherited with the upgradable package.

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GARY Bowyer has applauded Josh Wright for taking advantage of his "clean slate" at City.
Last summer's club captain has been brought back from the Valley Parade wilderness.
Wright's start against Bristol Rovers was his first for five months after being left out in the cold by previous boss David Hopkin.
The midfielder had hardly been involved in a match-day squad following his last appearance for the Scot in the Checkatrade Trophy at Barnsley in mid-November.
Hopkin made it clear Wright was no longer in his plans and encouraged him to look for another club during the January transfer window.
But having brought him off the bench against Blackpool recently, Bowyer gave Wright the full game in Saturday's 3-2 defeat.
It is a major upturn in fortunes for a player who has found himself a target for the boo boys.
Bowyer said: "That all happened before I came here so I can't comment on that. But when I arrived, I said it was a clean slate for everyone.
"He's just got on with his job and I thought he did all right on Saturday in the middle of the park.
Bowyer did not sense Wright's confidence had been knocked by his absence from the first-team mix and insists he has earned his place back in the current side.
"Josh has played in all the bounce games we've organised," added the City chief. "They have been to give everybody the opportunity.
"Every day they are with me, they have an opportunity. Not just match days but every single day in training.
"It's up to them to take that opportunity.
"For a player to now turn around and say 'I didn't get that chance' is a load of rubbish.
"It's the easiest cop out I've ever heard because they have an opportunity every day.
"It's been the same with everybody, not just Josh.
City face Coventry on Friday and could be relegated if they lose again. Bowyer has been impressed with the way Mark Robins has steered the Sky Blues to eighth spot despite the ongoing uncertainty over their future at the Ricoh Arena.
He said: "That's credit to Mark and his staff for keeping it from the players and just concentrating on what they can control – which is the football.
"Mark has done a tremendous job since he went in there. He got promoted and then the way he's recruited this season for League One is a model that is similar to myself (with Blackpool).
"He's got pace and power in wide areas and he's got some good players. They play the game, in my opinion, the right way.
Bowyer is hopeful that David Ball will be okay after missing out last weekend following a bang on the knee in training.


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Théâtre Saint-Denis is a theatre located on Saint Denis Street in Montreal, Quebec, in the city's Quartier Latin.

A movie theatre built in 1915 by Anglin-Norcross Ltd., the Théâtre Saint-Denis' mission changed in the 1980s and has since focused exclusively on performing arts. It hosts musicals, plays, music concerts and numerous stand-up comedy shows during the Just for Laughs festival.

The theatre contains two halls, Théâtre St-Denis 1 and Théâtre St-Denis 2. Théâtre St-Denis 1 has 2,218 seats (1,328 on the floor, and 890 on the balcony) and Théâtre St-Denis 2 has 933 seats (665 on the floor, and 268 on the balcony).

On May 10, 2016, the borough of Ville Marie announced that the theatre would be renovated with a new facade that will expose more of historic theatre design.

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Theatres in Montreal
Music venues in Montreal
Buildings and structures completed in 1915
Quartier Latin, Montreal


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On 2 May 1969 a newborn child's cries rang out in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago. Not an unusual event in itself but if the parents of the child, christened Brian Charles Lara, could see what was in the future for their son their pride at his birth would have been doubled.
He grew up to be one of the most celebrated cricketers of all time, topping the Test batting rankings a number of times and seizing and holding several records, including the highest individual score in first-class cricket. On that occasion in 1994 he scored an amazing 501 not out for Warwickshire. His dumbfounded opponents, Durham had to simply look on as he scored the first and only quintuple hundred in the history of first-class cricketing.
He had a few near-misses – Lara was bowled off a no-ball on 12 and then was dropped by wicket-keeper Chris Scott on 18 (Scott apparently said: "Oh dear, he'll probably go on and get a hundred"). Technically there was only one ball left when he creamed John Morris through the covers for four to bring up the magic 500. In all Lara faced only 427 deliveries, and hammered 62 fours and 10 sixes. On the final day he whacked 174 runs before lunch.
It was little surprise that as that famous day wore on fans rushed to the ground at Edgbaston to witness history being made..
He also is the holder of the record for the highest individual score in a test innings. This time he was playing against England at Antigua. The celebrated day saw him score 400 not out.
Over the course of his career he scored many hundreds, but is the only batsman to do that and score a double century, a triple, a quadruple and a quintuple over the course of his career.
To add to all this, in a single over in South Africa in 2003 he scored 28 runs off Robin Peterson of South Africa. Put simply, the man was unstoppable.
Lara has his family, perhaps, to thanks for his cricketing success. As the tenth of eleven children it would not surprise many if the parents didn't watch their second to last offspring too often, with so many in the family. Yet it was his sharp eyed father, Bunty and Agnes his older sister who spotted his potential at the age of six and enrolled him in the Harvard Coaching Clinic.
As such, Lara's early exposure to correct batting techniques would stay with him and be developed over his lifetime. When he was a teenager he was in teams in the Trinidad schoolboy's league. He caught the eye of the national under 16 team when his average in the league was an amazing 126 per innings, not to mention his tally of 745 runs in the league.
At the age of fifteen he played his first West Indian under 19 tournaments and the same year saw him represent his country for the first time. His heroes, Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks were soon to have company in that special league of their own.
1987 was a memorable year as Lara scored 498 runs in the West Indies Youth Championships – the first record of many that he was to break. The following year he made his debut for Trinidad and Tobago and scored 98 in his second first-class match. The same year saw him captain the West Indies in the Bicentennial Youth World Cup.Lara was on his way.
The following year his great opportunity presented itself – he was selected for the West Indies team (rather than the youth team) but this coincided with tragedy. His father, Bunty, died and Lara withdrew, coming back the year after to captain the B Team in Zimbabwe.He was not to be held back again. In 1990 at the age of twenty he became the youngest ever man to captain Trinidad and Tobago.
He also made his debut for the West Indies. In 1993 his International career truly got underway when he scored 277 against Australia – his maiden test century. His efforts proved to be the turning point for the West Indies as they then went on to win the final two tests – and the series 2-1.To commemorate this, Lara would name his first daughter after the city in which he had achieved this – Sydney.
In 1995 Lara was made Man of the Series in the test match against England. He captained the West Indies from 98 to 99 won Man of the Match against Australia as well as Man of the Series in the famous Four Test Series of 1999.
Lara was reappointed as captain against the touring Australians in 2003, and struck 110 in his first Test match back in charge, showing a return to stellar performance.
Later that season, under his captaincy, West Indies won the two match Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 with Lara making a double century in the First Test.In September 2004, West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy.
He returned again to the captaincy of the West Indies in 2006 and led the team to victories against Zimbabwe and India. In the same year he became the first player in the team to ever pass the 10,000 run mark.
He retired from international cricket in the following year.Unable to resist it, he played again for Trinidad against Guyana – which they won.
Lara's cricket career is still happening today but what it holds for him is unsure. Whatever happens he will certainly go down in history as one of the best cricketers of all time.


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Q: How Do I Get WxWidgets setup.h after I install all the .debs on Debian? Problem first, then details:
I copied a hello-world program from the wxwidgets tutorials and tried to compile it from the command line like this:
g++ -o h wxhello.cpp -I/usr/include/wx-3.0

The compile terminated quickly because it could not find "wx/setup.h". I researched this apparently EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM and learned that there is supposed to be a second include path, pointing to the place where the individual setup.h that suits my situation can be found. So I tried:
find /usr/include/wx-3.0 -name "setup.h"

And the output was nothing.
So I installed wxWidgets by marking libwxgtk3.0-dev in Synaptic and allowing all the dependencies to be installed (something like 40 packages in all because I just set this thing up).
How do I get my program to compile?

A: You need to have wx-config --cxxflags --libs in your command line enclosed in back-ticks like this
 g++ -o h wxhello.cpp `wx-config --cxxflags --libs`

This is not the solution on Windows, but it should work on any Linux.
This is not documented in a searchable fashion as far as I can tell.


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"Fighting Crime . . .": The Administration's desperately needed proposals to amend the exclusionary rule and to eliminate lenient bail and parole practices. " . . . And Its Fellow-Travelers": The liberal response to the government's battle against crime: make love, not war. "Russia's Silent Dissidents": Underground entrepreneurs who defy the Soviet State. This issue also contains short notes.


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