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ArtAsiaPacific: Contemporary Visual Culture
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Beneath The Concrete, The Ocean
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A Slightly Curving Place
In 1995, sound recordist Umashankar Manthravadi was invited by Thomas Ault, professor of theater at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, to prove a hypothesis surrounding India's Rani Gumpha caves: that as well as being a Jain monastery dating to circ
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Prabhakar Pachpute
The farmers of India have been toiling on the front lines of climate change and crony capitalism for decades. In Prabhakar Pachpute's home state of Maharashtra, in western India, more than 32,000 farmers committed suicide between 2001 and 2019, as re
Thao Nguyen Phan Becoming Alluvium
A hunk of an object—green, glossy, and grainy—opened "Becoming Alluvium," Thao Nguyen Phan's show at Chisenhale Gallery in London. The six-sectioned lacquer screen, Perpetual Brightness (2019–20), has a surface dense with swirls of deep mineral pigme
On September 24, interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara won the inaugural NZD 25,000 (USD 16,340) My Art Visual Arts Award, granted by New Zealand's Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi. Painter Vincent Namatjira became the first Aboriginal artist to receive th
Truong Cong Tung
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Su Yu Hsin
Inspired by French philosopher Felix Guattari's book The Three Ecologies (1989), Su Yu Hsin's three-part video Mori (2020) investigates how nature, communities, and individuals mutually influence each other. The first chapter, "Shou (to protect)," fo
Otherworldly Journeys
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Singapore Loses Major Exhibition and Residency Platform
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA), a leading nonprofit organization in Southeast Asia for artistic research, residencies, and exhibitions, will shutter its seven-year-old facilities at the Gillman Barracks arts precinct in March 202
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To Conceive Of The Curriculum Of The Forest
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Fun for All
The art world is holding on to its mask as one of many passengers on the never-ending Covid loop-the-loop. Continuing to defy gravity, and tagging along with the cresting United States stock market, is the world of auctions. In India, a one-time art
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7th Yokohama Triennale: "Afterglow"
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The second edition of the boutique June Art Fair (August 20–31), hosted on a dedicated platform by Hauser & Wirth, featured solo presentations from 17 smaller, younger galleries, an increase on the 14 exhibitors at the 2019 live fair. Participants re
Khaled Sabsabi A Promise
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Shifting Grounds
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Xu Zhen Eternity Vs Evolution
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"More, More, More" was a garden of sensory delights. Works in this thematic exhibition drip, stain, aromatize, sprout, and glow throughout the spacious galleries of TANK Shanghai. Curated by Passing Fancy (X Zhu-Nowell and Frederick Nowell) with Elis
Every Day Earth
Our blue planet has made more than 18,450 full rotations since the first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, in major cities and on university campuses across the United States. Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin, who was inspire
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The beginning of February is jammed packed full of great community and beer events!
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Be sure to come out for BOS's Great Gatsby 1920's winter costume ball & fundraiser party!
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'I think he'd want us to do more': Astros protest injustice by boycotting game on Jackie Robinson Day
It may have been a celebratory day for Jackie Robinson throughout baseball, but the Houston Astros, believing they would make baseball's legendary figure proud, boycotted their game Friday night against the Oakland Athletics.
"This is a tough time,'' Astros outfielder Michael Brantley said. "We need to make changes. Jackie did a lot of great things, but I think he'd want us to do more.
"I think taking a stand and having these conversations is going to help us do more.''
So, the Astros, who had not played the past two days because of Hurricane Laura, became the only team to boycott their game on Jackie Robinson Day. They will celebrate Robinson's legacy Saturday with a doubleheader against the Oakland Athletics.
"If we can change one person's mind, have a conversation that changes one person's thought process, saves a life,'' Brantley said, "this was worth it for us.''
There are now nine teams left who have yet to boycott a game this season, including the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, but the Astros were adamant they wanted to make a stand. The players told manager Dusty Baker at about 5 p.m. that they would not play the game, but wanted to show their protest in a poignant way.
They met with the Athletics, who boycotted their game Thursday, and the two teams took the field and stood on the foul lines. They draped a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate. Catcher Martin Maldonado then laid down a No. 42 Astros jersey in the left-handed batter's box while shortstop Marcus Semien laid down an Athletics jersey in the right-handed box.
They had a 42-second moment of silence, and both teams waved their caps to one another, and left the field.
The Astros had spoken, loud and clear.
"I've been through a lot of changes, social changes,'' Baker said, "but this is something that's unprecedented. I think the whole world is behind these young people. When you see young people all over the world, standing up for equal rights and justice, it makes me think the world is not hopeless.
"I'm proud of this generation. In the 60s, it was mostly African Americans and a few white Americans that stood up. In this day and age, I'm seeing young people from all nationalities and races that are standing up together. I am very proud of the young people in this country.
"We need to listen to these young people some more because it's going to be their world.''
Now, with baseball players speaking out for social justice – with 11 games now being postponed since Wednesday in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin – maybe baseball once again can reclaim the title of being "America's pastime."
"This is called America's game,'' Baker said, "but for a while, it got away from being America's game. This has brought it back full circle.
"This is definitely America's game. America belongs to all of us, no matter if you got here early or you got here late.
"We all had a hand in building this country, and we all had a hand in tearing it down.
"Now we have to build it up again.''
Opinion:After watershed week, MLB needs to amplify Jackie Robinson's entire legacy
More:Sharon Robinson says father Jackie would have 'embraced the Black Lives Matter struggle'
The hate has to go away, Baker and his players say, if this country is ever going to heal, and perhaps another night of silence will help create the needed awareness.
"Boy, it's getting worse and worse in the country,'' Baker said. "Something has to be done, and something has to stop. It's senseless shootings, senseless killings. Kids are going to have nightmares. You're supposed to feel safe in this country. You're not supposed to feel threatened or afraid...
"I've been saying for years that we're on a racial time bomb in this country, and it appears that a lot of innocent people could get hurt, and I'm hoping that the leaders do something to change it.''
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Roy Halladay remembered for his hard work and generosity
By ROB MAADDI
| Of The Associated Press |
Nov 08, 2017 | 6:20 AM
Roy Halladay #34 of the Philadelphia Phillies smiles during a workout before the NLCS against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park on October 15, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images / Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fierce competitor on the mound, Roy Halladay was generous and gentle away from the field.
The eight-time All-Star loved his family, baseball and flying.
Halladay's passion for piloting cost him his life Tuesday when his private plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. He was 40.
Former teammates, coaches and fans mourned the sudden loss of the beloved former player, who was known for his tireless work ethic. Nearly every memory began with a story about Halladay's legendary workout program and his early morning routine.
Halladay even outworked Chase Utley.
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The fan favorites quickly became close friends after Halladay was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies before the 2010 season. Utley recalled his introduction to Halladay at the team's practice complex in Clearwater, Florida.
"My heart hurts writing this," Utley wrote on Instagram. "I can still remember the first day we met. It was 5:45am on the first day of spring training when I arrived. He was finishing his breakfast but his clothes were soaking wet. I asked if it was raining when he got in. He laughed and said `No I just finished my workout.' I knew right then — he was the real deal. Thank you Roy for allowing us to witness what it takes to be the best. We will all miss you."
Former teammate Cole Hamels, currently a Texas Rangers ace, joined Phillies chairman David Montgomery at Philadelphia's ballpark to remember Halladay. Fans left pictures, candles and notes outside the stadium to honor Halladay, who played four years there after spending his first 12 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays.
"Behind everything he did, he had a purpose," Hamels said. "I think you come to realize that you have very small, short moments in life to do something great so you have to maximize it. You have to make the best of it. And he did. He made us push to a level that sometimes you didn't think you could actually reach. He made everybody better."
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Halladay won a Cy Young Award in each league and tossed a perfect game and a no-hitter in his first postseason start in the same year after coming to the Phillies. The 6-foot-6 right-hander was a three-time 20-game winner who finished 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA.
Halladay was a devoted husband to wife Brandy and a loving father to sons Ryan and Braden.
"All-Star pitcher. All-Star person. All-Star father and family man," Montgomery said.
Halladay served as a guest instructor with the Phillies in spring training and had his own office at the complex. He enjoyed working with the organization's young players on the mental aspects of baseball.
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"He certainly would have given more to baseball in the future because of his love for the game," Montgomery said. "But his commitment to his family kept him where he was the last few years. We'd had a number of conversations about his potential future in the game. But he just would say, `I want it, but it's on hold. It's on hold right now because of my family."'
Halladay was the pitching coach at Calvary Christian High School, and he was coaching another youth team.
For all of his personal accomplishments, Halladay always put the team first and shared the credit. He gave all of his teammates and members of the organization a luxury watch to commemorate his perfect game and had a special bond with former Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz.
"Roy was one of the greatest pitchers I ever caught, and an even better person and friend," Ruiz said. "I wanted to win more for him than myself. I will miss him very much. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones and all those, like me, who truly admired him."
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'''The Temple'''
By Saravanan Iyer
One of the ancient and among the 108 Dhivya Dhesams "Aranmula", a beautiful village, is located near Chengannur (Kerala). This temple is also called as "Thiruvaranmula". Sri Parthasarathy Swamy of this temple was sung in praise by Nammalwar. The presiding diety is "Sri Parthasarathy Swamy" and the Godess is "Padmasani Thaayar". In Tamil the village was called as "Thiruvaaranvilai" and the main diety as "Thirukkuralappan". River Pampa flowing through this village just next to the temple is a boon to watch.
According to the legend, the 5 Pandava princes after their period, crowned their heir Parikshit as the king and left on a pilgrimage throughout the country. And when they were in Kerala each one of the brothers created a temple and installed Vishnu and worshipped. Yudhishtira at Chengannur, Bheema at Thiruppuliyur, Arjuna at Aranmula, Nakula at Thiruvamundur, and Sahadeva at Thirukkadittaanam. It is said that Arjuna initially made this Vishnu at Nilakkal near Sabarimalai and then it was brought here on a raft (boat) made out of 6 pieces of bamboo. And hence the name Aranmula (means 6 pieces of bamboo). It is beleived that Arjuna built this temple to releive himself of the sin for having killed Karna, who was Nirayuthapani (Weaponless) on the battelfield. According to Dharma one is not supposed to kill an unarmed enemy in the battle.
The temple is constructed on a vast landscape and has 4 towers over its entrances on the outer Praakaram. The entrance of eastern tower has a flight of 18 steps. On the northern gate, if you step down, you will reach Pampa river. During the malayalam month of Meenam, Aranmula witnesses a grand festival where Aranmula Parthasarathy is taken in a grand procession on Garuda (Garuda Vaahanam) while an image of Bhagawathi from the nearby Punnamthode temple is brought in procession for the Aarattu festival.
Aranmula located just few kms from Pandhalam, the birth place of Lord Ayyappan. Till today, every year, when the Sacred Jewels (Thiruvabharanam) is carried from Pandhalam to Sabarimalai by foot traditionally, the jewels are kept here for rituals, and then proceeded toSabarimalai. Boat Race (Vallam Kali) is another major attraction in the Pampa river of Aranmula. Every year during Onam festival participants come from all parts of Kerala to participate in the Race. Snake shaped boats (about 100 ft length with 100 rowers 25 singers), well decorated and ready for racing are present here during Onam days.
Many foriegn tourists visit this place during Onam for watching this event. Its a feast to watch this event. Aranmula is also famous for its metal mirrors made of a kind of bell metal, popularly known as "Aranmula Kannadi". Invented during 18th Century, these unique mirrors are not found anywhere else in the world. Made by a mysterious blend of bronze waxed into crystal clear mirrors is a produce of a few families in Aranmula where the production details are held secret and passed down only to their family generations. Metal mirrors are not made made with any form of glass but using bell metal alloy.
Aranmula is situated 9 kms at the west of Chengannur. Chengannur is well connected by road and trains. Take a bus from Chengannur to Aranmula. Ask for "Aranmula Ambalam" where almost every bus stops in front of this temple. Also accessible from Pathanmthitta by bus.
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Judge: Grand jury that didn't indict Ferguson officer must remain secret
3 years 1 month 3 days ago Friday, December 16 2016 Dec 16, 2016 Friday, December 16, 2016 4:04:41 PM CST December 16, 2016 in Continuous News
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a member of the grand jury that declined to indict the Ferguson officer who fatally shot Michael Brown cannot speak out about her experience.
St. Louis Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo ruled Tuesday that the grand jury process requires secrecy and anonymity.
St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch hailed the ruling. American Civil Liberties Union attorney Anthony Rothert, who sued on behalf of the woman identified only as "Grand Juror Doe," says an appeal is planned.
The suit claimed that McCulloch mischaracterized the jury's November 2014 decision not to charge Wilson with a crime. Wilson, who is white, fatally shot Brown, who was black and unarmed, in a street confrontation on Aug. 9, 2014.
The shooting, and the grand jury decision, fueled angry protests.


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Coolblue's take-over rumours were major promotional stunt
Social media lit alight with Coolblue rumours yesterday, saying the company had been sold for 1 billion euro. Speculation arose about who could have been the buyer, but a press conference revealed the true nature of the rumour.
"Ad Sinterim"
CEO Pieter Zwart told he could not refuse the offer from the buyer, during a "hastily" arranged press conference. The buyer turned out to be Sinterklaas, who paid 1 billion in gingerbread nuts. "Sinterklaas would become the company's CSO, but only "ad sinterim" (a pun on "ad interim" and "Sint"). As soon as the Sinterklaas period (revolving around 6 December) passes, the man would return to his home in Spain.
The rumours therefore turned out to be a marketing stunt, even involving the company's employees who had received an email which stated major news would be unveiled at a press conference. It quickly became clear that there would be no actual take-over.
This promotional campaign did result in a huge amount of attention, both on news sites and on social media where the replies are overwhelmingly positive. In that regard, Coolblue has definitely hit the mark.


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Paddle the Historic Kingston Roundout, up close to the Rhinecliff Bridge, or the Kingston Lighthouse.
SUP to Mills Mansion, have lunch on a sandbar, or paddle a channel to see waterfalls!
Enjoy a sunset cruise on the calm water, or ask about our dinner paddle.
Get out there and LEARN TO STANDUP PADDLEBOARD ! Our Group Lessons are a fun way to spend your day in the water learning the basics of stand up paddle boarding. Group Lessons have a maximum student to instructor ratio of 4 to 1.
Private Lessons can be tailored to any ability level from beginner to more advanced standup ability levels. Maximum student to coach ratio of 2 to 1 insures excellent service and attention, as well as maximum safety and progression.
Go for the best part of a paddle.
Start at one of our put-ins and one of our Guides will take you on a one to four hr (which ever is your choosing) down wind paddle. The paddle will cover the most distance possible in the allotted time with the paddle getting to see the sights of the beautiful Hudson Valley. All done with out the need of paddling against the wind and tide to get home. We will then pick you up at the take out and bring you back to the start.
Nearest station by subway: Blue Line at 42nd St. Port Authority or Red Line at Times Square/42nd St.
MKC – Manhattan Kayak Company is located at the Pier 84 boathouse, West of 12th Ave. and 44th St., just across from The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
For just $5 per person for a half-hour, you can play on the water in MKC's "Lake Intrepid", the protected embayment off of our dock with the impressive USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space museum as a backdrop. All rentals include a life jacket (required), paddle and one of our super fun sit-on-top kayaks.
Each session is limited to 6 single sit-on-tops and 2 double sit-on-tops (check the rental calendar for availability), so we recommend booking and paying ahead. If you are more spontaneous, you can just drop in and see what is available. If you wish to venture further afield, you will need to look into one of our guided tours, but rentals are an economic, fun way to get your feet wet!
For just $15 per person for a half hour, you can play on the water in MKC's "Lake Intrepid", the protected embayment off of our dock with the impressive USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum as a backdrop. We have some super stable beginner stand up paddleboards for you to try, and the rentals include a paddle and a lifejacket (required).
If you wish to venture further afield, you will need to look into one of our guided tours, but rentals are an economic, fun way to get your feet wet!
Once you have experienced the joy of SUP, you will want to keep coming back, we offer complete instruction with our professionally accredited staff, and you may want to inquire with our desk staff about our "5 for $55 SUP Rental" package to practice your new found skills, and get you ready to explore the exciting challenges of our local waters and sights.
Courtesy of Lisa Altobelli An Urban Escapes class teaches paddleboarding on the Hudson River in New York City.
On a recent New York City evening, a class of 15 twentysomethings bobbed on a makeshift dock in the Hudson River listening to an instructor tell them about the country's fastest-growing watersport, paddleboarding. As they strapped on life vests, they heard about the precautions -- watch out for boats and bodies of course, plus other useful advice like, "Close your mouth if you take a tumble because the last thing you want is to swish this river water between your teeth."
This turned out to be much-needed guidance as three-quarters of the newbies took a dive soon after they shakily wobbled up from their knees, albeit the women fared better than the men.
"The girls always do better because they have a lower center of gravity which means better balance," said Brittany Wright, a guide for Urban Escapes who suggested the sport to her company after spotting it on a recent Hawaiian vacation.
It seems easy enough. You stand on a 12-to-19-foot-long board, grab at least a six-foot-long paddle and set off into the sunset. What's deceiving is the amount of core strength it takes to stay upright on the bobbing board and how downright exhausting the paddling can be -- so much so that even professional athletes have incorporated it into their workout routines. The NHL's former ironman, Chris Chelios, would routinely paddle 20 miles up the Malibu coastline during his past six off-seasons with his big-wave-riding neighbor Laird Hamilton.
And while paddleboarding's roots can be traced back to ancient Polynesia, Hamilton can be credited with popularizing the sport in recent years after he paddled across the English Channel in 2006, put his name on a signature line of stand up paddleboards and has said that it renewed his excitement for surfing because, "It brought me back to a place where I can be happy again on a one-foot wave."
This year there are professional paddleboarding races almost every month from Hawaii to Florida, while diehards like 48-year-old old endurance athlete, Tom Jones, took 92 days to paddle the 1,500 miles from Key West to New York City this summer -- a mind-boggling feat to those in the Urban Escapes class who found it tough to get their bearings on their first go-round in the choppy Hudson.
"I was one of the lucky ones since I didn't fall in," said Urban Escapes founder Maia Josebachvili, who also has branches of her company in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., and offers a multitude of other adventure sports like skydiving and white water rafting.
The company is always mindful of the safety of its clients of course. "We hire the best instructors we can find so everyone feels comfortable trying out these sports, but let's just say we have a robust insurance policy," Josebachvili said.
Join us for our first summer of Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) instruction and tours.
Standup paddleboarding is the fastest growing watersport in the world for a good reason: it's fun! Whether you're looking for a great cross-trainer to supplement any sport or it's your first introduction to paddling on the Hudson, SUP has something for everybody. Our beginner classes focus on the fundamentals - where and how to stand, the basic propulsion and maneuvering strokes, basic navigation skills, and how to get back on the board if you fall off! Intermediate classes and tours focus on skill refinement, efficiency, and building stamina.
Our most popular SUP offering is our Try SUP introductory class: for only $25 on Wednesdays from 6 to 8PM, 3 or 4 students are assigned to a board and they take turns. This has proven to be a great way to get started, because taking breaks gives you a chance to rest and think about your experience, so the sensation of being on a board becomes familiar quickly without being to tiring. It's fun to talk with other members in your group between turns.
We offer more formal classes in our beginner classes - each student is assigned a board for the whole 2 hours. Our high staff to student ratio assures plenty of individual attention: Tuesday evenings 6-8pm as well as Saturday mornings 9:30am-11:30am and 12:30pm-2:30pm. We offer intermediate classes in tour form, where we take a little trip on the Hudson and work on refining all aspects of SUP technique.
All of our instructional classes and tours are based on a rate of $50 per hour. We offer a 20% discount to individual participants who pay in advance for 5 classes. We also have a SUP club, where you can store your board with us - we offer a selection of boards tuned to the metro waterways - or you can use our boards for a very modest practice fee.


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If you'd prefer to just run a stall at an event rather than speak in public, please get in touch as we'd love to hear from you. It's a great chance to meet new people and share information about your own organisation or campaign.
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On Saturday 29th October Group GSA took part in the ArchiCareers Day event held at Tusculum and hosted by the Australian Institutes of Architects, as part of the Sydney Architecture Festival 2011.
Staff from all levels, from graduates to company directors, shared their experiences about practicing and working in the industry, with tertiary students from various Universities soon to embark on the roller coaster ride for themselves. All enjoyed a sausage sizzle and book bazaar in the forecourt at the day's end.


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Athens Startup Weekend University 2017
Friday, March 31 - April 2, 2017
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Experience Greece's most impactful entrepreneurial event focused at University students. 54 hours to build a startup.
Athens Startup Weekend University is a 54-hour event exclusively for University students, where participants pitch ideas for new startup companies, form teams around those ideas, and work to develop a working prototype in only two days.
Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. During the event, participants have the chance to effectively turn their ideas into reality by collaborating with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks. All teams are connected with mentors and experts from the local entrepreneurship community in order to aid them in the process of building a sustainable company. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education.
Whether you are looking for feedback on an idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute, Athens Startup Weekend University is the perfect environment to test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup.
Attending the event? We've got you covered! Read the Startup Weekend Crew and learn everything you need to know about Startup Weekend!
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Latest Blog Updates
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Nikolas Minoglou!
Ioanna Giannakopoulou
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Alexis Komselis!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Spyros Arsenis!
Friday March 31st
Arrive at the venue and get checked in
Welcome & Speakers
Review agenda for the weekend and introduce speakers, coaches, and community leaders
Pitches Start
Optionally line up to give your pitch
Voting & Dinner
Attendees vote for the top ideas
Form teams
Teams start forming and discussing ideas
Saturday April 1st
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
Begin Work
Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend.
Coach Meetings
Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
Coaches help teams. They are here to help.
Finished for the day.
Sunday April 2nd
Call for help
This is self motivated, so don't be shy!
Presentation Prep & Tech Check
Final hours of worktime should be focused on perfecting your presentation, tech-check for final presentations also takes place
Final Presentations
Judging & Awards
Wrap-Up & Dinner
Thodoris Sotiriou
Co-founder at Parky
Thodoris cannot stand the fact that parking can be such a frustrating experience. That's why he co-founded Parky, a peer-to-peer marketplace for parking, and currently leads the Product team. Educationally speaking he studied computer science and business administration at the Athens University of Economics and Bussines & Deree College. In the past he worked in the Coca-Cola Company.
Stefanos Katsimpas
Associate at VentureFriends
Stefanos Katsimpas (28) has marketing background and communication skills. He has a 2-time startup experience and helped several startup companies in their early stage with marketing and product design.
Betty Tsakarestou
Assistant Professor and Head of Advertising and Public Relations Lab at Panteion University
Betty initiated in 2011 #StartupLab a vertical lab in collaboration with startup community in Athens to help promote entrepreneurial and innovation culture and skills her undergraduate students. In this context, in 2012, inspired by Athens Startup Weekend, the idea to launch a Startup Weekend only for university students was born and launched. The following years she has co-initiated vertical SW on Education and the most recent one has been a SW on "Entrepreneurial Journalism", while she has served as mentor and judge in SW events. She has gained academic experience as a lecturer and professor at Copenhagen Business School, at the University of Cyprus and at Warsaw School of Economics.
Andreas Vourkos
Co-Founder & COO at Pollfish
Andreas Vourkos is one of the founders of Pollfish. A mobile enthusiast, seeking entrepreneurial commercialization of knowledge. Actively involved in the mobile apps world, interested in innovative products that can reach massive scale and improve the lives of millions. A mobile engineer, breaking things with Pollfish Android and iOS SDKs. Working closely with app publishers on how to define a better monetisation strategy.
Georgios Gatos
Sales Development Manager at Workable
Georgios loves startups and technology oriented companies. He has consulted many ICT related companies in the past and from 2012 to 2016 he joined one of the best startups and has put into action all the advice that helped others in the past. He began his career in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Florida. Over the years, he worked as a consultant for small and medium size innovative companies and later worked as an investment officer and advisor to Venture Capital firms. At Workable, he is building a sales development team that actively contributes to the company's fast-pace growth.
Nagia-Panagiota Stagkouraki
Startup Community Manager-Audience Marketing at Microsoft Hellas
Nagia has been working in Microsoft Greece since 2015, as a Start-up-Community Manager. She leads the BizSpark program in Greece, which is a global program that helps startups reach the next level. She is a member of Developer eXperience team in Microsoft Hellas, Cyprus and Malta, which provides technical and business guidance to developers of all ages. Nagia works close to startups that are hosted on Microsoft Innovation Centre in Athens. Moreover, she develops and executes digital marketing plans and organizes events related to startups, developers and students.
Dimitris Terzopoulos
IT Expert at Google
Dimitris is 24 years old and has graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. In 2014, he joined Google where he currently works as an IT Expert. While attending high school, Dimitris developed an online voting system, e-kloges.gr, which has evolved into a powerful voting platform which ensures ballot secrecy and integrity. In addition, Dimitris has been distinguished in various international IT competitions and has been a first alternate member of the National Informatics Team, in which then participated as a trainer.
Yiorgos Nikoletakis
Business Development Manager & Co-founder at 100mentors
Yiorgos & his team created 100mentors, the EdTech company that empowers students to connect with industry role models that the students would not be able to meet otherwise. With 100mentors Yiorgos won the London Business School Founder Award, the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize, two Startup Weekend competitions and further cash prizes & distinctions. Yiorgos studied in AUEB, Ohio State University and Columbia University, where he held research and fellowship positions. Yiorgos is the recipient of scholarships and fellowships from 10 institutions.
Magy Kontou
Co-founder & Head of Operations, SimpleApps
Magy Kontou is the Co-founder & Head of Operations at SimpleApps.gr, an award-winning
mobile and digital marketing agency, partnered with the most recognized brands in Greece.
The company's services have been distinguished in more than 9 innovation and young
entrepreneurship contests globally. During her postgraduate studies she co-founded
SimpleApps. Combining her love for UI/UX design and her passion for mobile technologies,
today she oversees all the creative output of the company across different digital channels.
She is also part of the Tech Talent team and co-organizer at GDG Athens (Google
Developers Group Athens) and WTM Greece by Google (Women TechMakers Greece)
communities. She is a graduate of Computer Science Department and holds an MSc in
Mobile Computing from University of Hertfordshire (UH), UK.
Leonidas Kanellopoulos
Co-Founder & CEO at SimpleApps
Leonidas Kanellopoulos, is co-founder and Senior Developer in SimpleApps, a tech startup that develops mobile apps awarded in several young entrepreneurship and innovation contests. In the company he oversees the business strategy, whereas he is the team's lead developer.
Ioanna Fotopoulou
Co-Founder at Simple Rocks
Ioanna is an engineer, entrepreneur and public speaker. For her social initiatives against corruption in Greece she has been recognised by many international organisations. She has been a president of Rotaract Anatolia, president of the student engineer department and currently is a member of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum. Worked as a political activist for 2 years, have worked in the European Parliament, the ministry of Education in Greece and currently runs her 3rd company, Simple, Rocks that is focused on helping people have sustainable businesses and find the right clients in the minimum cost.
Kostas Xiradakis
Co-Founder at Tiz
Κostas co-created Tiz + 2 more startups and has over 3 years of full-time tech startups experience in digital marketing, product and business development roles. He provides marketing and growth consulting services for B2C companies, like e-food.gr, and holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Piraeus. Bonus facts: his first startup, Uninotes, was formed and awarded in Athens Startup Weekend University 2013 and he is known to take bribes in the form of Greek barbecue.
Spyros Arsenis
PhD Coordinator of NBG Business Seeds program
Spyros Arsenis coordinates NBG Business Seeds program since 2010 and he was also the initial coordinator of the act4Greece Crowdfunding platform.
Alexis Komselis
Director, AHEAD, ALBA Graduate Business School
Alexis is an entrepreneurship educator, researcher and practitioner with an expertise in business modelling. At the ALBA Hub for Entrepreneurship and Development he helps celebrate and support entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. At the same time he teaches at ALBA's MSc in Entrepreneurship. He has co-created VentureGarden, a project supporting entrepreneurs throughout Greece. In the past he managed the Stelios Haji-Ioannou Award for Young Entrepreneurs in Greece and advised the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Association for the selection of the Kouros Awards recipients.
Christos Prapidis
Digital Marketing Manager at Nannuka
A 12-year track record in the fields of Marketing and Commercial Communication, mainly focused on Digital Marketing activities. Throughout his career years, Christos has formulated a strong background in Advertising, Marketing, Digital Performance, Brand Management, Online Sales and identifying trends & opportunities on the market.
Nikolas Minoglou
Founder at myshoe.gr
Nikolas was born in London and raised in Greece. A BSc graduate from Tufts University and an MBA graduate from Babson College (USA), in 2006 returned to Athens and took over the family's well established footwear business. In 2010, he founded myshoe.gr, the leading online shoe retailer in Greece. In 2011, together with Designer Christina Martini he founded Ancient Greek Sandals, a shoe brand with international presence in more than 56 countries and 350 points of sale.
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Artemios
Kasomoulis
Bartza
Pittarokili
Efthimis
Psaraftis
Aphroditi
Theodorakopoulou
Mourezinis
Ioulia - Zoi
Kiriakoulakou
Fotini
Ioanna - Maria
Vikatou
Konstantina
Ntofi
Niktarakis
Apostolakou
Amaxa
Giannakopoulou
David is a Startup Weekend Veteran. He started organising Startup Weekends back in 2012. Shortly after, he travelled around europe to participate in Startup Weekends and has been a Global Facilitator at the organisation since 2013. David owns a tech & design company called "Bagvendt" together with two friends. They help clients with building prototypes in order to take an idea to the final product. What you will experience this weekend is basically what they do on a daily basis in their company.
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We are happy to announce our new #aswuni judge, Andreas Vourkos!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Yiorgos Nikoletakis!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Leonidas Kanellopoulos!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni judge, Betty Tsakarestou!
Special thanks to Papastratos!
Special thanks to Koutsodontis Preparation Center!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Ioanna Fotopoulou!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Kostas Xiradakis!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Magy Kontou!
We are happy to announce our #aswuni judge, Stefanos Katsimpas!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Nagia-Panagiota Stagkouraki!
We are happy to announce our new #aswuni coach, Dimitris Terzopoulos!
We are happy to announce our #aswuni coach, Georgios Gatos!
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Latest news from the Miami dudes of Dude Skywalker are that they made this new release together with Nightdrive Miami and Fordistas XII. The release that is out for free is this new Dude Skywalker tune "Feel Good" that a bunch of other South Florida people have remixed also. It sums up in a super solid release where every remix is even better than the other. A quality release so to speak! Down below are the favourites of Tracasseur. The absolute top remix is the one from RZZLR, love it!
Another awesome Dude Skywalker tune that we haven't written about is their faboulus edit/remix of the classic Pink Floyd tune "The Wall". A really smooth track to start of your slower dj-set with.
Last on this update is Dude Skywalker's latest mixtape, that also is a live recording from their latest gig at The Vagabond in Miami. Deep and beautiful!
always finding the best music you guys.


These interconnects provide the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS B-Series Blades and Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis and Cisco UCS C-Series Racks and Nexus 2232PP Fabric Extenders.
All chassis and all blades that are attached to interconnects are part of a single, highly available management domain. By supporting Unified Fabric, the Cisco UCS 6200 Series provides the flexibility to support LAN and SAN connectivity for all blades within its domain right at configuration time.


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Musk Tells Tesla Staff He Is Planning 'Reorganization'
FILE- Elon Musk, founder, CEO of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, speaks at a news conference after the Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 6, 2018.
Tesla's chief executive officer told employees on Monday the company is undergoing a "thorough reorganization," as it contends with questions over its production schedule and two crashes last week involving its electric, self-driving cars.
CEO Elon Musk said in an email that as part of the reorganization it was "flattening the management structure to improve communication, combining functions where sensible and trimming activities that are not vital to the success of our mission" in an email that was confirmed by Tesla after being disclosed earlier by the Wall Street Journal.
Senior Tesla executives have departed or cut back work
Waymo, Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit, said on Sunday that Matthew Schwall had joined the company from Tesla, where he was the electric carmaker's main technical contact with U.S. safety investigators. Last week, Tesla said Doug Field, senior vice president of engineering, was taking time off to recharge.
Tesla is at a critical juncture as it tries to fix production problems that have slowed the rollout of its Model 3 sedan, a mid-market car seen as key to the company's success, and as it expands on other fronts.
This May 11, 2018, photo released by the South Jordan (Utah) Police Department shows a traffic collision involving a Tesla Model S sedan with a Fire Department truck stopped at a red light. Witnesses indicated the Tesla Model S did not brake prior to impact.
The company has registered a new car firm in Shanghai, China, in a likely step toward production in China.
Musk said on a May 2 earnings call that the company was "going to conduct sort of a reorganization restructuring of the company ... this month and make sure we're well set up to achieve that goal."
He added that "the number of sort of third-party contracting companies that we're using has really gotten out of control, so we're going to scrub the barnacles on that front. It's pretty crazy. You've got barnacles on barnacles. So there's going to be a lot of barnacle removal."
Tesla will still rapidly hire critical positions "to support the Model 3 production ramp and future product development," Musk said in the email.
Tesla faces a variety of issues
Investors gave a rare rebuke to Musk after he cut off analysts on the earnings call asking about profit potential, sending shares down 5 percent despite promises that production of the troubled Model 3 was on track.
In the latest of two reported crashes last week that have drawn attention, a Tesla Model S sedan was traveling at 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour) when it smashed into a fire truck stopped at a red light in South Jordan, Utah, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City on Friday night, police said on Monday.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said on Monday "at this point it doesn't appear that NTSB is investigating" the Utah crash.
The Tesla driver suffered a broken ankle and was taken to a hospital while the firefighter was not injured, the police said.
Witnesses said the Tesla sedan did not brake prior to impact, police said in a statement, adding it was unknown if the Autopilot feature in the Model S was engaged at the time.
"Tesla has not yet received any data from the car and thus does not know the facts of what occurred, including whether Autopilot was engaged," the company said in a statement on Monday.
The NTSB said last week it was investigating a Tesla accident in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 8 that killed two teenagers and injured another — the agency's fourth active probe into crashes of the company's electric vehicles.
Autopilot, a form of advanced cruise control, handles some driving tasks and warns those behind the wheel they are always responsible for the vehicle's safe operation, Tesla has said.
A U.S. traffic safety regulator on May 2 contradicted Tesla's claim that the agency had found that its Autopilot technology significantly reduced crashes.
Tesla shares dipped 0.5 percent to $299.45 on Monday.
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Experts: In Self-Driving Cars, Human Drivers and Standards Come Up Short
Tesla's Musk Calls Wall Street Snub 'Foolish' but Defends His Behavior
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Three in one: waterfall, stream, and watering system for the "Lisya Nora" suburban complex
As part of work on the improvement of the territory adjacent to the new ice complex, Project Bureau "Argos" developed a project of a waterfall. "Avrial" Group has already begun construction work on the implementation of these interesting and non-standard facilities.
Engineer of the project bureau "Argos" Dmitry Kustov told us about the features of the project:
"We received an unusual task from the Customer - to design a waterfall in the territory of the "Lisya Nora" country complex. Our project bureau and the customer lacked a clear understanding of what kind of waterfall it should be, its height and size, where it should be located. For several months of work, we have developed 7 different options. As a result, it was decided to build not a separate waterfall, but a waterfall in conjunction with a stream of 340 meters long.
According to the final project, the water will rise to a height of 37 meters from a 100-cubic tank. Due to the features of the existing landscape design, part of the pipes will be laid using the method of horizontal directional drilling. This is a trenchless way of laying various communications under the ground when the surface of the landscape remains untouched. Following the developed project, the water will fall into the sands of the water, to be cleaned, and then flop into the lower tank of the waterfall. The design of the waterfall is a monolithic box, which consists of two tanks: bottom and top. To circulate water in a waterfall, a pump with a capacity of 70 cubic meters of water per hour is installed in the lower tank.
When designing the stream, we faced non-standard tasks. The concept assumed a leisurely flowing stream, which ends with a picturesque waterfall. But when water flows from a height of 37 meters, then gaining high speeds, emerging and splashing at turns outside the stream. To lower the water flow rate, simple impressions were originally developed, but they were not enough. Therefore, it was decided to establish the stream barriers in a checker order. Analogs of such solutions are applied on large artificial rivers.
Our project was agreed and signed by the Customer on the 3rd of March of this year, and specialists of the "Avrial" Group have already begun to work, started pipelaying and purchasing of all the necessary equipment. Work is in full swing. The customer additionally set the task - to make it possible to irrigate the territory adjacent to the ice complex, where there are a lot of green plantings. For this, from the tank, we parallelly remove the pipe on the valve group, which will allow you to lay small pipes to large and irrigate the entire area.
So with all the difficulties and tasks, we have successfully coped, now we carry out the construction supervision and waiting for our project to be implemented. After all, the launch is the most interesting and exciting moment.


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OpenCheck will now allow for free text messages to be configured by each school in your LA.
The system still allows for the selection for a standard set of messages which now include a number that cover holidays and weekends.
In addition Head Teachers, Deputy Heads, Bursars and IT contacts can now set the status of schools.
We have added another slight tweak to the way OpenCheck works as a response to end user requests.
If you select a school from the pull down list in the map report page you will see that the selected school is highlighted by a flashing icon rather than a solid one.
Select a school from the drop down menu on the left to see the effect.
Since the World Health Organisation recently raised the Epidemic Alert to Level 5, signalling a belief that a pandemic is imminent, and urged countries to implement their pandemic plans we have made a small modification to the school OpenCheck service which is part of Atomwide's USO service.
A wider range of options for the school status has been provided to the system allowing school ITmanagers to select the date at which the school will re-open from a pull down list.
If you want a shared mailbox to be addressable via more than one alias then start off by making a note of the target shared mailbox underlying name (this will be in the form mailboxXXXX@lgflmail.org where XXXX is a unique number). Armed with this information you should now select Administer Aliases from the Activity drop down menu.
At the bottom of the list of aliases created on your domain, enter the new alias name and then select the correct mailbox name from the drop down list (under Destination). Add further aliases to taste.
For a limited period of time we have enabled a txt service in USO, if you log in to the support site, go to the 'My Account' tab and then go to 'Account details' you can register your mobile phone in the contact section. You can also get your members of staff to do the same.
Then go to the 'User Accounts' tab and select 'sms messaging' and you can send txt messages to specific users or custom groups of users in your school or LA – the whole service right now is free of charge and we would welcome your feedback on it's functionality.
If you are an Atomwide customer please introduce yourself here as we need to make this a lively forum if it's to take off. Lurking won't get you anywhere but talking will.
As part of a programme of planned maintenance, the USO database will be migrated to new clustered hardware in the first week of the Easter holidays.
For resilience purposes copies of the database are held in several secure locations which will also require replication. Disruption will begin on Tuesday 7th April with all affected services suffering potential disruption on that day. It is anticipated that major outages will be limited to that day, but the 8th and 9th are also marked as contingencies, and there may also be minor outages on those days as various aspects of the configuration are tidied up.
Shibboleth-authenticated services may be affected; however this will only affect services/users which use the WAYF login screen. Additionally, it is planned that one IdP (identity provider server) will remain available throughout the work in order to minimise impact.
OpenCheck service is now available allowing you to publish the status of your school to the Internet.
A general category to allow you to air your views on anything Atomwide related that's not covered by one of the other categories.
At BETT 2009 we launched the CachePaq2 as a replacement to our original CachePaq product.
This product has been developed to support the new Espresso Clipbank product but will also include a number of new modules including per user filtering linked in to the USO database and to the WebScreen product.
I would be interested to hear of filtering features that end users would like to see added to the system of this type.
This is a closed blog used by Atomwide staff for announcing items of general interest to end users of Atomwide products.
This blog is provided to allow end users and the developers of USO a forum to discuss the functionality and future development of the product from Atomwide.
This is your opportunity to suggest changes and improvements that you would like to see made to the product. It's also your chance to air your views with the rest of the user community of this product which now covers in excess of 40 local education authorities.


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Wednesday , July 10 2019
Home / Music / Reviews music / Music Review: David Gilmour – Live in Gdansk
This is the best thing Gilmour has done in a quarter century
Music Review: David Gilmour – Live in Gdansk
Josh Hathaway October 11, 2008 5 Comments 74 Views
It has long amused me that so much acrimony, money, and energy was devoted to resolving the rights to the name Pink Floyd, only for David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason to do so very little with it once they "won" it. Since settling their dispute with Roger Waters, the Floyd made exactly two studio records under the Pink Floyd name (and released two live albums from the respective tours).
With the release of On An Island in 2006 – some 22 years since his last solo album About Face – Gilmour may have unwittingly proved Waters' point. There is no Pink Floyd without him. A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell may have been good records, but they weren't Pink Floyd records and that is how they were sold, packaged, marketed, and judged. A rose by any other name should smell as sweet, but let's not be naïve. Heavy was the crown, and Gilmour just couldn't convincingly pull it off on his own.
With On An Island, he didn't have to try. He was free to make an album of his own music. It's not a Pink Floyd record and it doesn't pretend to be. It's buoyed and marred by the strengths and weaknesses of the Waters-less Floyd records, but without the weight of a legacy it's easier to hear the album on its own, to hear all the things that Gilmour does unlike anyone else. Gilmour still doesn't have a lot to say lyrically (or is simply unable to say it), but the unmistakable tone and texture of his guitar and that gentle, tuneful, pleasant voice were all abundant. It wasn't until I listened to Live in Gdansk that I realized just how much I've missed that.
Live in Gdansk is the second live effort to be released from Gilmour's On An Island. Gdansk is enough to flood the market and is being released in 5 different packages. Maybe if he made records more than once a decade he wouldn't feel the need to flood the market with live souvenirs (full rundown of buying options).
In addition to the five different packages what sets Gdansk apart from Remember That Night, the first live DVD from the tour released last year, is the presence of the Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner (who wrote the string arrangements for Island). Gilmour is also joined onstage for the final time by his Pink Floyd colleague Richard Wright. Wright passed away last month after a battle with cancer.
Now all of that is interesting in terms of how we got here and who's here and the like, but it tells us very little about the music presented on this set and it's the music that makes this such a worthwhile and amazing experience.
Gilmour opens the show with a couple Pink Floyd songs for the faithful before performing On An Island in its entirety. It's a smart way to open the show and while most Floyd fans will gravitate towards the album's Floyd-dominated second disc, it is a mistake to ignore the first disc. I had never heard anything from Island until I listened to Gdansk, and the presentation of that album with band and orchestra on stage is flawless and engaging. I'd thought about picking up Island a time or two, but it wasn't until I heard the music in this live setting that I finally pulled the trigger.
When I listen to On An Island, I would never think to put that material on a Pink Floyd record. It is amazing how well these songs fit together when performed by Gilmour onstage. Cynics will say it's because Gilmour has sanded and smoothed the Floyd songs too much, but that is nonsense. What is most amazing about this performance is the way he and his band blend cool, competent professionalism with passion and intensity. No, this isn't the sound of a hungry young band looking for a shot at the title, but there is plenty of energy, joy, and vitality in this performance. Some of the best examples of this come on the album's first half, but can also be found in the perfect, brilliant performance of "Echoes."
This is the best thing Gilmour has done in a quarter century and it makes me hope we don't have to wait another 22 years for another solo album and tour.
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Recent work includes large scale oil on canvas figure paintings along with fabric/costume constructions that blend narrative elements from mythology and alchemy, the forerunner of modern science. The intent is to suggest multiple interpretations rather than a straightforward illustration of a specific narrative, a fitting choice in that alchemy by its very nature is about the process of transformation. The figures are portraits of specific individuals who are well known to me rather than idealized types. This has given the narratives an added "charge" and has served to ground the subject matter in the here and now. At first glance, it seems that a "real" space is being defined, but in fact, the painted images are constructed from multiple viewpoints and lighting systems. Passages of volumetric rendering set next to more abstract, painterly areas, result in the creation of a virtual, shifting world where nothing is quite what it seems.
As an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University I majored in art history. Later I chose the path of making art but have found that everything I have done is filtered through the lens of history—even in my questioning of that history.
I spend a lot of time in the studio and find it to be much like a meditative practice. Over the years, I have found the construction of "paint passages" in my paintings to be much like the adding or taking away of layers of experience, memory and dreams.
I have become more and more of an independent agent, and as such, have developed a number of personae to bring this about. For example, although I'm an introvert, I have found that I am also very good at engaging an audience, in person, and behind the scenes in my role as an artist and teacher.
The best time for me to work is mid afternoon until later in the day. In the morning, I spend time writing and drawing, but then I shift more into right brain thinking as the day progresses. As a full time university professor it is challenging to live "equally" in the studio and in the classroom. However, over the years I have found the kind of balance that allows me to work in my studio about 20-30 hours per week during the school year and many more hours during the weeks between semesters. One world feeds the other.
I am still interested in working with figures in a narrative but this has expanded to include other "non-traditional" aspects of painting, including sewing, costume fabrication and collage. Currently the two practices are combining in new ways.
Friends, family and people I encounter every day form the basis of my figure narratives—to the point where I paint some of the same people over and over again. Their body language, dress and immediate environments influence the direction of my paintings in a profound way.
Yes, I'm a good writer and an even better editor. This has helped me in the profession of teaching in the arts. I am also most interested in film making, from the point of view of a cinematographer.
Virginia Derryberry's work is shown regularly in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and her paintings have been written about in an extensive list of publications including New American Paintings, volume 82, 2009 and the 15th anniversary edition, 2010. Her upcoming solo exhibition, Private Domain, which opens in February, 2016, at the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville, will subsequently travel to venues in South Carolina and Alabama. She has received such awards as Outstanding Artistic Achievement from the Southeastern College Art Association (2013); Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome (2010 and 2016); the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award (2005) and the Feldman Professor Award for scholarship (2010) from the University of North Carolina Asheville; the Annual Artist Fellowship from the Southeastern College Art Association (2005); a residency at Moulin a' Nef, Auvillar, France, through the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2004) and two Individual Artist grants from the state of Georgia (1995 and 1993). Her drawings and paintings are in numerous private collections throughout the Southeast and in the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Morris Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Asheville Museum, the Bank of America Southeast Collection, and the Tennessee State Museum. Her work is also represented in two major public art commissions: a site-specific installation of 16 paintings at the Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport and a 10 piece multi-panel painting at the Knoxville Convention Center. She has taught drawing and painting in a number of universities, most recently in the Department of Art and Art History, serving as department Chair from 2009-2014.
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Erin Morgenstern is an American author of fantasy novels. She grew up in Massachusetts. Erin began writing when she was a young teen. She studied theatre and studio art at Smith College. She studied playwriting in college, but she never finished any plays. After that, Erin thought about writing for some time before she got serious about it. Erin lives in Manhattan with her husband.
Erin Morgenstern made her debut as a published novelist in 2011 with the novel The Night Circus. The novel was optioned for film by Summit Entertainment. Below is a list of Erin Morgenstern's books in order of when they were originally released:
The Night Circus (2011)
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Erin Morgenstern Synopsis: The Night Circus is a standalone title by Erin Morgenstern. The circus arrives at night, without warning. No announcements are made to promote it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within nocturnal black and white striped tents awaits a unique experience, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stand awestruck as a tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and gaze in wonderment at an illusionist performing impossible feats of magic. Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce battle is underway – one between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since youth to compete in "a game," in which each must use their powers of illusion to defeat the other. Unbeknownst to them, this game is a duel to the death, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will.
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Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
Written by: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner,
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem. Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell.
Superb production of an epic
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Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, Hattie Morahan, Full Cast
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Written by: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Aisling Loftus, Alex Macqueen, Blake Ritson,
Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star: there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches.
Narrated by: Aisling Loftus, Alex Macqueen, Blake Ritson, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Frances Barber, full cast
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
Written by: H G Wells
Narrated by: Blake Ritson, Samuel James, full cast
Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of HG Wells' famous story of the brutal Martian invasion of Earth. When strange explosions are observed on the surface of Mars, excitement spreads among the scientific community. Surrey astronomer Ogilvy invites his friend Robert to the observatory to witness the turbulence on the red planet.
A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
Written by: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Blake Ritson, Peter Polycarpou, full cast,
Kipling, our narrator, tells this strange story: he was running a newspaper in a big Indian city. In the hot stillness of one night when he was putting the paper to bed, two men came into his office. They were red-bearded giant Daniel Dravot and his friend Peachy Carnehan. These two 'gentlemen at large', as they called themselves, lately of the British army, had put together an insane and dangerous plan: they wanted to be Kings of Kafiristan, a mountainous region of Afghanistan. Three years later, a crippled man in rags comes into Kipling's office. He is Peachy Carnehan, and he relates the chilling story of their adventure.
Narrated by: Blake Ritson, Peter Polycarpou, full cast, Richard Ridings, Samuel James
Two on a Tower (Dramatised)
Written by: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Maggie O'Neill, Blake Ritson
Two on a Tower' is Hardy's ninth novel and contains perhaps his most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide, and also the fullest expression of his fascination with astronomy and science.
Unauthorised History: The Killing
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Written by: Michael Butt
Narrated by: Paul Rhys, Blake Ritson, Harry Lloyd,
In May 1593, the playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed. Apparently, it was because of an argument over a bill. Michael Butt's innovative drama dons the cloak of documentary to re-examine the unsolved case.
Narrated by: Paul Rhys, Blake Ritson, Harry Lloyd, Burn Gorman
Leverage (BBC Radio 4: The Saturday Play)
Written by: Simon Passmore
Narrated by: Full Cast, Claire Foy, Charlie Cox,
A fast-paced psychological thriller from BBC Radio 4's 'Saturday Play' slot, originally broadcast 26 March 2011. A city banker is found dead in an opulent apartment. At the funeral, his former girlfriend Helen is unexpectedly questioned about when she last saw him. Did he mention computer files, or give her anything as a keepsake? Helen's suspicions mount as she retraces his last movements. Her discoveries put her in the firing line.
Narrated by: Full Cast, Claire Foy, Charlie Cox, Blake Ritson
The Far Pavilions
Written by: M. M. Kaye
Narrated by: Vineeta Rishi, Blake Ritson, Ayesha Dharker
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of M.M. Kaye's epic novel of love and war. M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that spans over twenty years, moving from the foothills of the Himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged British Mission in Kabul. It begins in 1857 when, following the Indian Mutiny, young English orphan Ashton is disguised by his ayah Sita as her Indian son, Ashok. As he forgets his true identity, his destiny is set...


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Lotte Chemical's Louisiana Plant to Start Commercial Production on May 9
Diversifying Raw Material Supply Sources
Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin (second from the right) attends the groundbreaking ceremony for Lotte Chemical's ethane cracker plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana on June 14, 2016.
Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin will attend the ribbon cutting to mark the completion of Lotte Chemical's ethane cracker plant in Louisiana on May 9 (local time).
The construction of the plant began in June 2016 and the commercial production at the plant is scheduled to start on May 9. A total of US$3.1 billion has been invested in the construction of the plant, which represents the second-largest investment ever mady by a South Korean company. Lotte Group owns 90 percent of the plant and Lotte Chemical has become the first Asian petrochemical company doing the shale gas ethane cracker business in North America.
At present, Lotte is making large-scale investments in multiple regions in order to diversify its raw material supply sources.
For example, the company began the construction of a petrochemical complex in Banten, Indonesia in December last year. The initiation of its commercial production is scheduled for 2023. Before attending the groundbreaking ceremony, the chairman visited Vietnam, looking around his company's eco smart city construction site located in Ho Chi Minh City and meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.