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Whārangi 4. Community and culture
New Zealand's Japanese population, 1981–2013
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Cultural influences (1 o 2)
The community today
There were 14,118 Japanese residents in New Zealand in 2013. Most came to work, to join relatives, to marry, or to receive an education. The Japanese community contributes job skills, financial investment and cultural activities, including popular 'Japan days'. Martial arts clubs abound. Karaoke bars first appeared in the late 1980s, followed by a variety of outlets selling Japanese food and merchandise.
In 2013 the largest group lived in the Auckland region (6,720), which had a thriving network that included a businessmen's association, a Christian church, a women's choir, and a supplementary school. Many Japanese were relatively affluent and lived in the eastern suburbs. Short-term residents – often company representatives or those associated with tourism – tended to group together, retaining their customs and language. They faced the problems of a different language, food and habits, and the racism that is sometimes directed against Asian immigrants.
Atsuko Takada, a New Zealand resident and student counsellor, said in 2003 that some aspects of western and eastern cultures were no longer so different:
'Even though Japan is in Asia, it's got so many influences from the United States that the culture here isn't that difficult to get used to.' 1
Longer-term residents, mainly professionals, have integrated more actively. In many ways their outlook mirrors that of their American and European counterparts. But some also maintain cultural practices such as the tea ceremony. In the 2000s a typical family would shop for shiitake mushrooms, seaweed and other authentic ingredients, for a diet that was about half Japanese.
In 2013 there was a sizeable group in Canterbury (2,568), with 1,164 in Wellington. For many years Wellington's Japan Seamen's Hall, unique outside Japan, offered squid fishermen and sailors mah jong, traditional baths and sake (rice wine).
Ki mua Tō muri mai: Whārangi 5. Facts and figures Whai muri
From Hannah Brown, 'An Asian at my table.' North and South (May 2003): 50. › Back
Tessa Copland, 'Japanese - Community and culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/japanese/page-4 (accessed 18 January 2021)


Longest ride: 100miles – I am not a long distance cyclist!
Favourite ride food: I can give you my favourite pre-ride breakfast which is peanut butter and Nutella on toast with a cappuccino. It always makes me happy, the best way to start a ride or a race.
First race you saw in person: a stage of the TdF close to my home town, when the TdF went through Belgium more than 10 years ago!


A fun event for all the family at the Shire Cruisers Wharf in Sowerby Bridge.
The Sowerby Bridge Classic Bike show is a fun family event featuring entertainment and refreshment for all.
To top this off will be over 100 pre 1980 classic bikes from British, Japanese and other countries. These bikes will be competing for coverted trophies for different classes.


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Meet the Dean: Dr. George Nnanna
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From the Midwest to the real West, Dr. Nnanna brings a long, distinguished record of academic leadership to UT Permian Basin.
A New Chapter, A Proud Tradition
Dr. George Nnanna (pronounced 'nah-nuh') plans to infuse fresh energy and innovative ideas into an already successful academic institution.
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When he joined UTPB's College of Engineering in the fall of 2018, Dr. George Nnanna inherited a wildly popular and world-renowned engineering program.
For example, 89% of UTPB Engineering students who take the notoriously challenging "Fundamentals of Engineering Exam" pass—which is nine points higher than the nationwide average.
Dr. Nnanna is quick to point out what that impressive statistic means. "That tells us that our students are well prepared for the workforce. In other words, when you graduate from the College of Engineering, you're ready to immediately step into a career that you'll love. We're going to build on this success."
Returning to His Academic Roots
Dr. Nnanna joins UTPB after leading the mechanical and civil engineering departments of Purdue University Northwest (Indiana)—another widely respected engineering school. During his 10+ years at Purdue, Dr. Nnanna oversaw a number of major expansions of the engineering program, including record enrollment numbers, a world-class water research laboratory, a doubling of research opportunities, expanded endowments, and major growth in industry partnerships.
"My time in Indiana was very rewarding—and very instructive," Dr. Nnanna says. "I learned how to keep engineering education at the leading edge. And with the support of my staff, colleagues, and students, we were able to implement major expansions of our reach and impact."
While Dr. Nnanna has moved from the Midwest to the real West, his academic history has its origin right here in Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech before achieving both Master and Doctorate degrees in the same discipline from UT-Arlington.
"It's a delight to come back to Texas, where I spent so much of my academic career, where I learned what it means to be an engineer. And to join The University of Texas System is especially rewarding. There's no university system like this in the world, and the support we can offer our students is second to none," Dr. Nnanna explains.
Leading During a Time of Change
Dr. Nnanna couldn't have come to UTPB at a more exciting time. In the Fall of 2018, we began offering two new engineering programs, Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering in addition to petroleum and mechanical engineering.
"UTPB's investment in its engineering students is inspiring. With the addition of chemical and electrical engineering programs, we have the opportunity to further cement our school as one of the leading engineering schools in the country. I'm excited to help these two new disciplines grow," Dr. Nnanna says.
Meanwhile, West Texas' demand for highly skilled engineers continues to boom.
"There is no more exciting place to be an engineer than here in the Permian Basin. Our school sits alongside the largest, most important source of energy in the world. I'd really like to see us become a one-stop shop where engineers are trained and put in the field."
And perhaps most importantly, all engineering programs will soon be housed in a brand new, state-of-the-art, three-story complex that's currently under construction.
"I can't wait to unveil our new facilities. They will be the finest recruitment tool at our disposal," Dr. Nnanna points out. "Between our on-campus resources, our deep connection to employers, and our growing commitment to cutting-edge education, the future of the UTPB College of Engineering couldn't be brighter. We're building something special here."

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European Union to investigate Nuclear Subsidy to Hinkley Point – same considerations will apply to Sizewell
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The European Commission today opened its investigation into the plans of the British government to encourage the construction and operation of a new nuclear power plant by EDF Energy at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.
Brussels wants to check that British plans to ensure predictable revenues for EDF over 35 years, despite the volatility of the electricity market, are not illegal under European Union's (EU) state aid rules.
"We must look whether state aid is really needed and if so whether the level of state aid is appropriate," EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia told journalists. The state aid given to EDF "may reach up to £17 billion ($27.8 billion) depending on future electricity prices and the operator's actual capital costs," according to Brussels, which will investigate if the power plant could have been built by market forces alone.
Under EU law, public support given to companies is acceptable as long as it is made on terms that a private operator would have accepted under market conditions. The deal between the British government and EDF says that the former would pay the difference between the agreed price and the market price if the latter price is lower. This strike price has been set at £92.50 ($151.60) per MWh with this reducing to £89.50 ($146.72) if a further plant at Sizewell is built. If the market price is higher than these, EDF would pay the difference to the government. "In either case, the nuclear plant operator will ultimately receive a fixed level of revenues and will therefore not be exposed to market risks for the duration of the scheme," the European Commission explained.
The UK government offers the same kind of mechanism to all low-carbon generating options, each with an individually set strike price. However, support for renewable generation forms is specifically allowed under EC guidelines while no such guideline exists for nuclear power. This means state aid for nuclear investments must be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Another state aid investigation was announced today concerning exemptions of intensive electricity users from charges that support Germany's vast roll-out of renewables.
• Earlier this year the European Commission approved state aid in the form of a €80 million ($110 million) loan from the Netherlands government for NRG to construct a new nuclear reactor at Petten to produce isotopes for medicine, research and industry.
Brussels must now decide whether the intervention of the British government will distort the energy market in the UK and in the whole EU market. "I cannot anticipate the results of the investigation, but if we opened it that means we have reasonable doubts about the compatibility of the public support that is included in the [UK's] notification, but we will see how the investigation evolves in the coming months," said Almunia. There is no legal deadline by which the investigation must be concluded, he noted. "It depends how complex the file is and I must say this is not the easiest file on my desk," Almunia further explained, adding that the UK plans to attract investment in nuclear energy are of an unprecedented nature and scale.
The cooperation of the UK in the investigation will also be crucial to shorten the amount of time needed for Brussels to reach a conclusion, according to him. "The Commission needs to investigate thoroughly its impact on the UK and the EU internal energy markets, and is requesting all interested parties to submit their observations," the Commissioner added. UK minister for energy and climate change Ed Davey said he welcomed the investigation, noting that London and Brussels had already been discussing the issue for 18 months.
The new plant, composed of two Areva EPR units, is expected to generate 3300 MWe from around 2023.
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Whistles recently joined forces with innovative London-based fitness studio, Frame to create their first thirteen-piece capsule fitness collection designed with the modern active woman in mind.
We were commissioned to produce 100 branded yoga mats and custom made yoga mat slings for an event that would be held at the launch of the collection.
To add the branding we produced a high quality heat transfer which was applied to the black 6mm open cell foam yoga mats to ensure a perfect finish. We went on to stitch woven Whistles labels onto black webbing slings and voila!


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We were very excited but also very skeptical about seeing Motown The Musical. (We are always at least a little skeptical when it comes to musicals based on already written music) Of course we knew of Motown Records, but didn't know much about the man who founded it, Berry Gordy, so we were very interested to see how Broadway was going to tell this story.
Katie: I want some more Motown!
Brittany: Me too! The set was insane! There were many times that I was just like how are they doing that??
K: I was really into all those moving screens with media on them. For a second I thought they were projections but realized that they were large TV's.
B: Amazing production value and cast. Everyone was beautiful and talented. It was disgusting.
K: It was like being taken back in time and attending a Motown concert. When the Marvin Gaye character started singing "What's Going On" I almost started crying. I was extremely entertained but the only time it got a little slow was at the end of the second act.
B: I loved that since it was opening night Berry Gordy and the director came up after the show. And it was cool to hear the director talk about how this is exactly what we need right now, music that brings people of all ages and colors together, dancing and being kind to each other. And at the end of the first act "What's Going On" was being sung during video of protests of the day and all I could think was wow, so timely and so on point. Not that it wouldn't have been amazing otherwise, but the resonance with what's happening in the world right now and what this play is about was really in sync.
K: Right, and yet I loved hearing these songs in context of the time period and what was going on in history.
B: The girl who played Diana Ross was so good. She was basically her generation's Beyonce, and that woman pulled it off flawlessly. People should definitely go see it. There was a real story to tell and they did a great job telling it.
K: I could not stop smiling when little Michael Jackson was singing! So freakin' adorable!
The Verdict: If you love Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, The Jackson Five and being "wow'ed" by talented singers, this is the event you will want to treat yourself to. This was everything you expect and hope for from a Broadway touring show. Amazing set, ridiculously talented actors and being thoroughly entertained for two hours.
The Drama Talk: We were afraid that this musical was just going to be hit song after hit song with a random plot shoehorned in. Instead it was more about what was happening at that time. That's what really worked, it wasn't just actors breaking into a song that everyone knows, just because. You really feel like you are at a Motown concert.
Motown the Musical runs through 9/28 at the Orpheum Theatre and tickets can be purchased through their website. Ticket prices vary from $45-$200 depending on where you sit. ALSO, another way to go is to grab some of the limited number of $40 rush tickets available two hours prior to curtain at the SHN Orpheum Theatre Box Office. It's cash only and only 2 tickets per person, and are subject to availability. There are also tickets available on Goldstar for $69-$80.
Drama Talk & Drinks: "We are left with a dun dun dun di di di dun di di"
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Stanko Jost, slovenski filmski režiser in scenarist, tonski mojster in prozaist, * 1944, Zibika, Štajerska, † 2022, Celje

Življenje
Stanko Jost je osnovno šolo obiskoval v Šmarjah pri Jelšah, gimnazijo pa v Celju. Študij filmske režije na AGRFTV je zaradi pomanjkanja denarja pustil in se zaposlil v Celjskem gledališču, v katerem je ostal 40 let; večinoma je delal kot tonski mojster.

V intervjuju za Delo je povedal, da nikoli ni skrival svoje istospolne usmerjenosti.

Umrl je 5. 6. 2022 v Celju, pokopan pa je v rojstni Zibiki.

Film
Kljub zaposlitvi v gledališču je prva ljubezen Stanka Josta ostal film. Posnel je deset igranih filmov, večinoma po literarnih predlogah, enajst dokumentarcev o predstavah SLG Celje in nekaj kratkih filmov.

Filma Dečki (1976) in v manjši meri tudi Slovenski Hamlet (1980), pri katerih je bil Stanko Jost režiser in scenarist, vsebujeta homoseksualno tematiko.

Proza
Stanko Jost je pri Mohorjevi družbi izdal zbirko črtic na temo vere in otroštva Srčne besede (2009).

Viri

Živeči ljudje
Slovenski filmski režiserji
Slovenski scenaristi
Slovenski pisatelji
Geji
Jost, Stanko
Jost, Stanko

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I would make sure its the harmonic balancer before you invest in one. You can probably get one from Ford for around $200 I think or get a good one that will not break from BHJ for about $350. Ford can usually get one te next day (or at least my stealership can). If your not sure if it is, you can do a search on "harmonic balancer" and find hundreds of threads about symptoms and how to's. If possible, I would recommend the BHJ if you are planning to keep the car for awhile. Hope this helps.
last I checked, you cant get a stock balancer for 94-95`s. Ford has obsoleted this part and has no stock left. Used one or BHJ are your only options.


Steve from Green Heart Films has flown back to the Congo Basin to continue with the last of the filming on the illegal trade in ivory. Laurel Chor from Hong Kong is presently preparing to join Steve to film various markets that are still selling illegal wildlife products such as ivory. Steve is also planning on filming poaching within the wild equatorial forest of the Congo Basin.
Although we have not achieved our target in raising all the funds required, we do hope that further funds will materialize as the project develops.
After filming within the Congo Basin we are planning on flying to Bangkok where we hope to film and learn more about the retail trade in African ivory. After our visit to this Asian City we will then travel onto our final destination which will be China.
We are hoping to finalize the filming by mid-September and the documentary will be completed by the 1st June 2014.
Please make a difference and donate whatever you can to help us complete the final film production on the illegal trade in African ivory. This is a project that will help educate the public in China and in other parts of Asia on the reality of this despicable blood thirsty trade.


I am having trouble navigating the testdisk tool.
My Raid5 of 4 disks droke down but for some reason I am not having any luck restoring everything to how it used to be.
I did manage to find all my files and i want to recover them. The problem is that there is no place I can write them to. How do i change directory because it seems I can only write to the C-drive and that is not big enough. How to I navigate to D or F or what not? Can I write to an external harddrive that is connected via USB?
Hope some one can advice me. Many thanks.
On the upper area of your display you can select these two dots and press enter.
Each time you'll get one directory up until you get to your disk selection.
There you can select another disk or partition, where you'd like to recover your data to.
Also, you can create a folder on your destination drive in advance.
You can select your folder and enter it using the right arrow key on your keyboard.
Pressing C will start the recovery process.
I am still not seeing any other drive but my solution was to run testdisk on the destination drive and then scan the the partion and do the copying.
I have another question: It is now copying and so far 29items failed to be copied, can I get a list of those failed items somehow?
Exact steps please just so I mess up any change of properly seeing what I am missing. Lots of holiday pics so don't want to lose anything. Is there a was still getting those failed files to copy?
Did you select your folders with photos only?
Might be possible that failed files were either systemfiles or corrupted?
Often folder like Recycler or system volume information?
Unfortunately, copied and failed files are not listed.
I copied everything that was on the disk. The counter is for individual files and not blocks or clusters or anything? So i literily miss 30 files of the 50000? Awesome i can risk that probably.


The Hotel Jeanne d'Arc wasn't available our entire visit in Paris, so we opted to cash in some points and stay at the Hilton Le Defense — in the business district of Paris. Paris is so expertly planned and when they needed to build the business district, they didn't tear down old classical buildings (like so many Cities did) they pushed the new high rises out into the near suburb area.
We didn't do a whole lot of research on the hotel or the area. We erroneously figured this area would have many things to do and would be like the other neighborhoods we visited. Nope. It's actually a lot like the Loop in Chicago — quiet/dead after business hours and not a hell of a lot to do after hours. The price was right though.
We transferred to the hotel around 4pm and after standing at street level for a few minutes we finally found the hotel sign. Yet again we were lost/confused by the obvious. At least we are consistent. We proceeded to check in and were greeted by a cold front desk employee. Since we were using points (from MS' account) I pulled out my Gold Elite card and asked if we could get access to the Gold Benefits. The gentleman informed me that we couldn't change accounts at this point and when I reminded him that we didn't want to earn or redeem points on my card, just get access to Elite benefits (which I've been able to do two times in the past 6 weeks). He kindly (hmmm, make that rudely) reminded me that Hilton Elite Benefits are a privilege and not a right — which I do understand. He told us they were one of the smallest Hilton's on the planet and they choose not to offer any Elite Benefits. I then asked if they could help us make reservations if I gave them some options we were interested in. They agreed.
This Hilton is in a shopping mail/train station. We were offered an upgraded room (for 25€), this room would have a window that looked outside of the building, as opposed to the interior of the mall. We opted to save our $US37.50 and take an internal room.
We head on up to our second floor room. The room was large but laid out extremely poorly. The bed also had no pillows, blanket or duvet. This obviously wasn't going to work. I pick up the phone on the nightstand — it doesn't work. I walk over to the desk and realize there is no way I can walk between the desk and the bed. Luckily this phone worked.
I called downstairs to explain the issues and the woman at the front desk suggested we leave our room for a while and they will send someone up to make up our room. No, this isn't acceptable. The other alternative was to schlep our suitcases back down and talk to another person and find another room. That option is not ideal either. I suggested someone meet us at our current room with keys to our new room and walk us to our new room. They quickly agreed to this — shocking, I know, considering the front desk interaction earlier.
The gentleman who assisted us at initial check in was in our room in less than 3 minutes – surprising again. He escorted us to a new room with a same layout (and another room with a view of the interior of the mall), but this room had bed linens, working phones and enough space between the bed and the desk to make it useful.
I decided to take a shower while MS went out to get some water and check out the music selection at the mall our room looked out upon. I grabbed a wash cloth and found a dingy black dirt stain. Lovely. I used an alternate wash cloth, shaved and showered.
MS returned and we had a list of three restaurants we wanted to try for our final night in Paris. I called the front desk and asked for reservation assistance . Two of the three restaurants were closed but we were able to get into the third option. It was nice to have someone help us with reservations.
We were shocked when we received our bill and we were charged 9€ for the three phone calls we asked them to make. Perhaps it is my naivete, but asking for a simple concierge service we shouldn't be charged $US14. I asked about this when I left, but they wouldn't speak to me about it since my name wasn't on the reservation. Lovely. When MS left he had a long discussion with the front desk folks and they did agree to remove this charge.
I emailed the hotel twice to find a resolution to the poor service, the initial bad room and the inappropriate phone charges and I have heard nothing from the hotel.
I am a new Hilton Gold member — a partnership with United granted Premier Exec members Gold Status until 2013. I had never stayed in a Hilton before, but had a really great experience in Toronto and every interaction with customer service has been top notch. For example, two weeks after my stay in Toronto my points hadn't been credited to my account, I tweeted my concern at the delay and within 20 minutes everything was taken care of. Although my experience with Hilton customer service has been limited they have been fantastic (except for this whole Paris experience).
I must admit, I will never stay at the Hilton Le Defense again. I will definitely stay at a Hilton in the US again though — and am not opposed to staying at another international Hilton again.
When traveling abroad do you choose to stay with American chains or local hotels? How do you deal with customer service issues at hotels: email, letter, phone call or online reviews? Have you had the great service, I've traditionally had at Hilton? Are you enjoying the Premier Executive Gold Status with Hilton (I know I appreciate it and am enjoying my stays).
UPDATE: I wrote this post on Tuesday (9/27) and forwarded a link to the US Hilton twitter folks — who have always been beyond helpful with any question I have. They responded almost immediately asking for some stay details and forwarded the issues on to the hotel manager who would reach out to us. Well, the hotel still hasn't gotten back to me. I did receive a nice email from Mr. Hall who is a Guest Assistance Specialist apologizing for the lack of response from the hotel. Again, I have to say, I've been extremely happy with the customer service I receive in North America and have only had one non-North America experience (this one) which was very subpar. Will I continue to visit Hiltons in the future, yes. Will I stay at a Hilton in Paris, yes…Le Defense, probably not. Kudos to the US costomer service folks — thank you for all help.
When I travel, I don't usually focus on shopping. Living in Chicago I can get almost anything I want without an issue. Travel is time to explore a new area, meet new people, learn about yourself and of course to sample new food and wine. This, of course, was my thought before I visited Paris. Before I left, I knew I would be looking for one specific item – shoes. I wanted new dress shoes that didn't look like the crap you find most places in the US.
The shoes I wanted had leather uppers and soles, with a wooden heel. I wanted it to have a more pointed toe. I didn't want the square or rounded toe shoe with rubber soles and heels. I had a pair of Hugo Boss shoes that fit this bill perfectly, but some crazy stew on a UAL flight ran over my shoe with the drink cart, cutting the leather. After this issue, I began searching for modern replacement shoes — with no luck. I search in every store I could find. Looking at options from Aldo to Bruno Magli and found nothing.
I settled on a couple pairs at Nordstrom that I didn't love, but I could tolerate — this transaction happened 3 days before my trip to Paris. Once we landed in Paris, I found several shops that had amazing shoes in the window. So many great shades, perfect shapes and a wide range of prices. While shopping doesn't make it high on my list of vacation activities, it did become an important part of my Paris trip — unfortunately I waited until Sunday afternoon (following out walk through Saint-Germain-des-Pres) to begin my search in earnest. Most places were closed — of course they were.
As we walked back to our hotel we found a place called Rudy's Chaussures, and it was devine. They were having a pretty big sale. I popped in and using my imperfect French I managed to request a few pairs of shoes in certain sizes and then ineloquently describe what didn't work with each option. I finally settled on two pairs of shoes. I bought a pair of black capped toed shoe and a pair of brown shoes. The brown shoes fit like a glove, while the black pair needs to be broken in a bit –they're a little tight across the toes.
I debated on buying a pair of chocolate brown suede shoes, but decided against it because I was afraid I wouldn't have enough opportunity to wear them. What a silly thought.
Here's the best part — the two pair of shoes I bought cost a whopping 128€, which was less than a third of the price of the shoes I bought at Nordstrom just a week prior. Thankfully, Nordstrom has a very liberal return policy. I wish I had purchased a couple more pairs, these are such great shoes. If you happen to stumble across shoes by John Mac Gray, buy them. They are just fantastic. If you happened to be heading to Paris and will be in the Marais and would like to pick up a couple pairs for me, let me know and I'll let you know the style/size — I will reimburse you, don't worry.
Is shopping a key part of your travel plans? Have you been looking for a certain article of clothing forever and just stumbled across it while on vacation? Do you put this much thought, effort into something as simple as shoes? Have you had good luck buying shoes in a foreign language?
Ah, the Louvre, the quintessential attraction in Paris. Since my time in Paris was limited, I didn't have the luxury of sleeping in like a bum (like I try to do on vacations), I had to get up and hit the museum early. JB was the smart one and found that the Louvre is free on the first Sunday of each month (which is when we would be there). Obviously the museum would be absolutely crazy on a free day, so dillydallying until noon would not be ideal.
We got up at 08h00 and planned on being at the Louvre shortly before it opened (like my plan for Versailles, that didn't quite work out as planned). We were out of the hotel by 08h45 heading to the Metro (which was closed, interestingly enough). We grabbed a pain au chocolat and an jus d'orange and waited for the bus, which would take us directly to the Louvre. Like the Metro, the bus arrived very quickly (not at all like I'm use to in the US) and we had to toss our breakfast in the trash and hop on the bus. The bus ride took 15 minutes and we were there.
The line was quite long at 09h10, but the guidebook and several friends told us not to enter through the main door, go through the side door – the Porte des Lions. I thought this was too good to be true. We skipped the long line of people standing in the rain and headed 200 meters into the grounds and found the entrance — with no one in line. Was this all a scam? We entered the outer doors, went through the metal detectors, bought tickets and were in. IT WORKED! This entrance isn't open on Fridays, but it is every other day — even the free day.
I hate being a standard American tourist, but I had a handful of things I wanted to see and I wanted to hit them early and guarantee I didn't miss the major things. I immediately went to visit Mona Lisa — we got there so early, there were less than 2 dozen people in the room with us and her. It was great to see her and to get up close and personal, but I must admit it was a bit anti-climactic. I've been waiting a long time to see this piece of art and it was amazing, but not the knee quaking jaw dropping spectacle I thought it would be. Perhaps I am too jaded and cynical.
From Mona we moved on to Winged Victory. So many people were around taking pictures and demanding no one was in or near them when then were snapping pics. That's just outrageous. I'm not going to stand off to one side for 20 minutes waiting to cross the room because you want a picture of you 10 month old in a stroller at the foot of Winged Victory.
The other areas I wanted to see was the Middle Ages area and both MS and I wanted to see Spanish Paintings. I also wanted to see the history of the Louvre, in the basement. We saw some of the items we saw at Versailles, which looked more impressive here than at the palace. We had a small break for pastries and juice after we saw the Middle Ages and the Spanish items then we headed back down to the basement for the history — at this point the museum was absolutely full of patrons. It was uncomfortably full. We realized that this wasn't working for us and we'd just have to see the historical pieces another time and we got the hell out of there.
It was about 12h30 now by the time we got out of the museum and headed to take some more pictures outside. I must say, visiting the Louvre was great — something that everyone must do while in Paris. My advice, you must make a plan before you go. You won't have time to look at everything, but you must do more than the Mona Lisa and Winged Victory (which are very close to each other). Pick a section and spend time admiring the art. You must also enter through the Porte des Lions — it's worth it to get up early and enter in the door without a line. It's a great thing…do it!
When at the Louvre, what is your go to piece of art? Do you visit the Louvre on every visit to Paris or are you a one and done visitor? What other Louvre secrets do you have that I am not aware of?


This week's "Power User Profile" features frequent contest winner Blue Blazer, whose portrait in the "Head-Winners" set has already adorned a number of fantastic creations from other folks. Herein we learn that his success is actually due to his being the reincarnation of Pablo Picasso. Not the artist, but a bookie from Cleveland by the same name who died in 1934. Good guy.
In your leisure time you like to: Hang out with my son, play guitar badly, read, and of course Heromachine.
Character design turn-ons (things you love to see that make for a good design): Subtlety, creative use of items to make new items, inventive poses.
Character design turn-offs (things you hate to see that make for a bad design): Excessive primary colors, inappropriate shading colors, incorrectly proportioned faces, overload of items for the sake of making the character look cool.
Best tip for a HeroMachine newbie: The facial features are already set in the correct place. It ain't broke, so don't try to fix it. Also, villains' costumes don't always have to be black and/or red; two of the most recognizable DC Comics villains wear green and purple.
Any personal message you'd like to share with the HeroMachine community about Geek Life: Don't be ashamed of your geekiness. Embrace your imagination, even if others don't. It's possible to be geeky and cool at the same time. Don't compromise your creativity for popularity, because creative minds are becoming rarer and rarer the more people are spoon-fed entertainment with evolving technology. Read any book you can get your hands on. Think for yourself. Be what you think is cool, and don't worry about what others think. You only get one shot at life, so shape yours the way YOU want it to be.
Thanks to Blue Blazer for being kind enough to complete my intrusive survey. If you've enjoyed his creations over the years, please speak up in comments and tip your hat to him.
Also, I'm definitely open to nominations for who should be profiled next, so by all means, let me know that as well.
Congrats on the profile, BB. I always enjoy reading these things, they give a lot of insight into our best and brightest.
Having gone through your entire 200 and some odd page thread in the forums, I can truly say you are a master. I've always enjoyed your work and your ability to pop out creations as if they were rabbits. And what high wuality creations they are as well. You are by far one of the best heromachinists around.
you are one of the best. Your awesome creations are inspiring. And oh boy, you created masses and masses of characters that I absolutely admire.
As Vamp said, one of the best heromachinists around and a constant inspiration for me personally. Blue, your back catalog of characters is simply awesome. I can't believe you've managed to constantly come up up with so many great characters so consistently.
Great job Blue and welcome aboard.
You are a very prolific image creator indeed. You have a good design sense and have obviously been practicing a LOT. No wonder you've won so many contests.
Good stuff, Blue Blazer! Love the Hero Corps serial. Ever look into getting published? The storyline possibilities involving generations of superheroes. Especially how you touched on the differing attitudes of the eras.
My nominees are PapaKrok and Lime.
awesome, you are like the lakers or yankees in terms of how many times you have won, a crap load, and you deserve it.
BB, I tip my hat to you, sirrah. I think my favorite thing about your creations is how you're increasingly going away from the black line color for the art, giving everything a more hand-painted feel.
Blue Blazer, you son-of-a-b…..! You know how hard it is to compete with all of your awesome characters? You are personally ruining all other contest entries with your inventive, colorful creations! I sit in front of the computer everyday and think to myself and wonder "What in hell's name crazy cool image or concept is Blue Blazer going to come up with next? Will this force of nature ever get tired?" Well, you take your Power-User status and enjoy it, while the rest of us sit and wait for you to fall off your pedestal and rejoin the rest of us struggling artists in the real world! Congratulations and godspeed!
Thanks for the good tidings, everybody! It's an honor!
Congrats, Blue Blazer, and may the Force be with you!
Congrats Blazer! You constantly create amazing characters and I always look forward to seeing what you will come up with next. A well deserved honor!
And I'm TOTALLY both geeky and cool! 😀 Damn right it's possible!
Congratulations on your being named a power user, Blue – you've earned it!


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Walt Whitman. Philosophical basics of his work
The features of Walt Whitman's style, studying his literary techniques, such as alliteration, anaphora, "free" verse, conducting a detailed analysis of philosophical basics of his works. His discussion of the war poems, the tragedy of the Civil War.
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41. Comparative Analysis of Word Building in Prose and Poetry on the basis of E.A. Poe's works
Word Building as a part of Lexicology. The Ways of Word Building: affixation, conversion, abbreviation, composition. Role of word building a relevant in prose and poetry in E. Poe's works; to investigate which of them are the most frequent and productive.
42. The stylistic function of the English article
General characteristics of the stylistic features of English articles, the main features. Analysis of problems the article in English as one of the most difficult. Meet the applications of the definite article, consideration of the main examples.
43. Teaching speaking through discussion
Fundamental considerations in teaching writing essays. The importance of writing essays. Basic principles of teaching writing essays: writing techniques and stages. Organization of the essays. Linking words and phrases. Types of essays, essay samples.
44. Diplomatic documents
Several examples of diplomatic vocabulary stock. Diplomatic documents: characteristic features and their types. Stylistic analysis of the memorandum and the treaty. Participles and gerunds are widely used in the document. "NATO Treaty", short analysis.
45. Classification and comparative analysis of English negative affixes
The essence and distinctive features of word formation, affixation. The semantics of negative affixes and their comparative analysis. Place in the classification of morphemes, affixes and classification of negative affixes. Function of negative affixes.
46. Australian Graduate
Аustralian Graduate. Еducation in Australia. IDP Education Australia. Studying in Australia offers international students more than academic achievement and a globally recognised qualification. Study in Australia better prepares a student to work.
47. The concept and feature of literary translation
The lexical problems of literary translation from English on the Russian language. The choice of the word being on the material sense a full synonym to corresponding word of modern national language and distinguished from last only by lexical painting.
48. МН17 tragedy: Russia is not involved, really
Examination of arguments used by Russia to accuse Ukraine of the catastrophe of the Malaysian Boeing 777. Establishing a worldwide tribunal for investigating crimes perpetrated by the aircraft. Qualification of the tragedy in terms of international law.
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49. Australian English
Analysis and description of polynational options of English. Different the concepts "version" and "option" of English. Studying of the main problems of loans of a foreign-language element. consideration of a territorial variation of English in Australia.
50. Frame analysis
Defining cognitive linguistics. The main descriptive devices of frame analysis are the notions of frame and perspective. Frame is an assemblage of the knowledge we have about a certain situation, e.g., buying and selling. Application of frame analysis.


Pre-registration is not NECESSARY for this event, you may just show up and race if you like!
Registration opens at 6pm and closes at 6:45, racing will likely last a few hours depending upon turnout.
For the new year we will be hosting our Winter Karting Series at Le Mans Karting in Portsmouth, VA!
All drivers MUST hold a Le Mans Karting License($25) which is good for a year and includes one free race(that can be used outside of the Winter Karting Series), a free paintball game, and during the month of your birthday you can purchase one race and get (3) races for free. If you do not hold a license prior to the first series event, then you will need to purchase one prior to racing.
Due to popular request and huge participation last year (30-40 people every night!), we will be running two classes based on driver weight. Hellcat(Heavy) and Lotus(Light), depending on whether you are under or over 200lbs with helmet/gear. Those eligible for the Hellcat class may run in Lotus if they wish.
There are multiple track configurations, a different one will be used for qualifying each night, with the Megatrack being used for each Main race.
Everybody will run TWO (7.5 min) qualifiers, your best time will be used to determine which of the (15 min) Main races you qualify for.
ALL drivers will run together regardless of class. Each driver must add an "H" or "L" to the end of their racer name to identify which class they are running in for points to be calculated.
# Of drivers in each Main race will be based upon how many participants overall are present, so as to not have a 2 or 3 person D Main for instance.
NEW this year also: If you WIN any of the Main races, you may advance to the next level up to get a chance to duke it out for more points! Win the B Main, you get to run in the A Main!
Points will be calculated based on position where you finish in a given Main race. Where points end in the A main, they continue in the B main. First place gets 100, second gets 98, third gets 96, etc etc. If there are 12 drivers in the A main, then for points purposes the B main first place finisher gets counted as thirteenth place for points reasons (76 points). The formula is as follows: Points awarded = 100 – (place finished*2) + 2.
Points are given based on position regardless of class… If you are a Hellcat class driver, and finish second in the A main, you will receive 98 points. If the next fastest Hellcat class driver is in 8th place, they will receive 86 points. Even though it is mixed-class racing, you still acquire more points for being faster than other-class drivers (and thus ensuring you acquire more points overall).
There will be FIVE events total, we will drop TWO of those events with your worst finishes. You can miss two events and still potentially win overall. If you get two first place finishes (100pts each), a fifth place (92pts), a third (96pts), and a second place (98pts), you receive 298pts total.
In the event of a tie for season points at the end of the season, then the lap times on record only from the Main races on Megatrack from the 2019 TSCC Winter Karting Series will be used to determine who finishes ahead of who.
Prizes: At the end of the series, winners in each class will receive Gift Cards for Le Mans Karting. Exact amounts will be posted soon!


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January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023 Staff 1 Comment Bible, Joy, music, History, College, Art, Christ, Family, Books, Faith, Truth, The Lord of the Rings, Beauty, Petra, Christian, Songs, Christian Rock, Welch College, Whiteheart, New Year, The Chosen, Controversy, The Rings of Power, Gentle and Lowly, Matt Chandler, The Bible
We take a look back at our most popular articles of 2022.
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A Preview of "Arminian Baptists: A Biographical History of Free Will Baptists"
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A preview of the new book by David Lytle and Charles Cook – Arminian Baptists: A Biographical History of Free Will Baptists
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The Top Twelve Christmas Movies of All Time
December 1, 2022 December 1, 2022 Staff 10 Comments Christmas, Joy, God, Art, Television, Winter, Christ, Family, Giving, Humor, Film, Story, Elf, It's a Wonderful Life, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Christmas Movies, Funny, Movie, Forgiveness, Adaptation, Emotion, Wonder, Jimmy Stewart, Light, O Holy Night, Charles Dickens, Grinch, Drama
We proudly present the Rambling Ever On Top Twelve Christmas Movies of all time!
The 77's: Top 40 Songs of All Time
November 21, 2022 November 22, 2022 Staff 3 Comments music, Art, Album, Writing, Playlist, Songs, Passion, Emotion, Success, Lyrics, Christian Music, Radio, Sounds, Love Song, 77s, Musical Taste, The 77s, Soul, Musical
The 40 Best Songs by The 77's.
The Coal Burns Hotter: When Christians Refuse Solitary Life
November 4, 2022 November 4, 2022 Staff 2 Comments Bible, Christians, Christ, Life, Unity, Church, Christian, Community, Bride, Help
Christians are not meant for solitary lives.
The Verdict is In! "The Rings of Power" Review
October 28, 2022 October 28, 2022 Staff 2 Comments Love, Art, Television, Family, Spirituality, Hope, Faith, Belief, Story, Elf, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christian, Culture, Providence, darkness, Friendship, Emotion, Men, The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, Characters, WOKE, Middle Earth, Mordor, Light, Sauron, Elves, Dwarves, Tolkien, Storyline, The Rings of Power, Amazon, Galadriel, Worldview
Rambling Ever On reviews "The Rings of Power" Season One.
A Captive's Cry
October 18, 2022 October 18, 2022 Staff 2 Comments Sin, Love, Poetry, Hope, Faith, Poem, Evil, Fear, Soul
And the sun just disappeared,
birthed us dark and wasted years
held captive by our fears.
Whiteheart: Top 40 Songs of All Time
August 8, 2022 August 9, 2022 Staff 23 Comments music, Faith, Album, Rock and Roll, Christian, Songs, Christian Rock, Christian Radio, Christian Music, Whiteheart, Freedom, song, The River Will Flow, Redemption, Powerhouse, Tales of Wonder, Highlands, Find a Way, Nothing But the Best, Let the Kingdom Come, Light a Candle, Independence Day, ballad, Mark Gersmehl, Rick Florian, Billy Smiley, Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Simms, Christ McHugh, Anthony Sallee, Jon Knox, Brian Wooten, Steve Green
Consider this the definitive ranking of Whiteheart songs.
The Top Fifty Petra Songs of All Time
April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 Staff 13 Comments Bible, Scripture, Prayer, Love, Jesus, Easter, Crucifixion, Rambling Ever On, Faith, Faithful, Praise, Playlist, Petra, Christian, CCM, Christian Rock, The Church, Worship, Lyrics, Creed, Christian Radio, Christian Music, 1980s, Jekyll and Hyde, Not of this World, Back to the Street, Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out, Beat the System, Unseen Power, More Power to Ya, Beyond Belief, Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows, Stand in the Gap, Hollow Eyes, You Are My Rock, Grave Robber, Easter Song, Listen, Sleeping Giant, Biblical, The Gospel
Rambling Ever On proudly presents the Top Fifty Petra Songs of all time!
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Top Ten
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THE definitive Marvel Cinematic Universe Top Ten. You're welcome.


The Welsh Cobs were birthed and evolved from the Section A Welsh Mountain Pony. In the 18th and 19th centuries, outcrosses to Norfolk Roadsters, Hackneys, Arabians, some English Shires, and possibly others resulted in the modern Cob. Cobs were employed as riding horses for the British Cavalry, reliable mounts for traveling doctors, farmers, and other working people, as well as carriage, cart, cab, and wagon animals in the cities. The proper cob has explosive trotting action and is unsurpassed in stamina and courage. Very talented in all spheres of sport and pleasure, Welsh cobs are in demand as both saddle and harness animals. Currently, they are becoming very competitive in the hunter and dressage world, as well as Combined Driving Events and show harness competitions.
The Welsh Cob is actually a pony breed despite having no maximum height in its breed standard and has existed for centuries in Wales. The original Welsh Mountain Pony is believed to have evolved from the Celtic pony of prehistoric times. Fragments of harness and bit found in Wales dating from the bronze age suggest, from their size, that ponies 12hh, (Hands High – 1 hand being 4 inches) and under and were being used for harness work. Welsh ponies existed in the British Isles prior to the Roman Empire occupying the area. Running mostly in bands as wild ponies, they developed hardiness, speed, endurance, intelligence, sure-footedness, and a coat and hooves that could withstand the harshest of conditions.
In medieval times the "Rouncey" or the "Rowney" were trotters and very strong, active Cobs. The "Destrier" was a war horse that would take knights into battle wearing the very heavy armor of the time period, and because of their strength and speed, they could easily gallop into the battlefield. This horse was continually being imported from other areas and was extremely expensive, and because of this knights could usually only afford one and possibly another as a backup.
The squire would lead the destrier when the knight was not engaged in battle, while the knight rode a pacing horse. The squire would ride a rouncey (or cob) that had the stamina to trot alongside the much larger destrier, who was a natural trotter. The squire would lead another rouncey carrying supplies and armor. If a destrier was killed, the knight could mount one of the rounceys and ride back into battle.
They were very valuable as remounts for armies as they were "remarkable for their majestic proportion and astonishing fleetness" (Gerallt Gymro, 1188). Gymro also noted in his account of Wales that these mid-Wales Powis, or Powys, horse (the Welsh Cob) had derived their origin from fine Spanish stallions that Robert de Belesme, Count of Shrewsbury, had brought into the country. Following the Crusades, Arabian stallions brought back to England and Wales by the returning Crusaders were bred with the more heavily boned native ponies, producing the body and height for war and farming.
During Henry the 8th's rule, in 1535, the king made a proclamation that all stallions under 14 hands in height and all mares under 13hh could not be bred and must be destroyed. A bit later, Henry issued another law that banned the use of any stallions under 15hh. The Welsh rebelled and either hid their ponies or released them into the mountains and desolate rugged areas so that they would survive. Only the strongest of the ponies and horses lived. Once the law was repealed by Queen Elizabeth, the horses and ponies were much hardier. What looked like a disaster may have actually improved the breed.
The Welsh finally got a large pony or small horse that could pull a plow, jump and run fast in the hunt, pull a carriage, and be ridden by a child or even a very large adult. The small but strong Welsh mountain ponies were used in harness in the coal mines to move the heavy loads in tight quarters. Before the stud books were created, a Welsh Cob stallion had to be hitched to a cart or buggy, and with two people on board, travel 35 miles uphill from Dowlais to Cardiff, Wales, in under 3 hours to be considered worthy of being bred.
Stallion owners often had races to prove that their stallion was superior to the others. Stallions for service were led or ridden from town to town, farm to farm, about the countryside, and the stud fees were a major source of income for the owners. In the late 1800s, Welsh breeders infused hackneys, of a much fuller body than what is now seen in the breed, to create flashy carriage horses. Some of this breeding produced fine moving, full-bodied ponies and cobs. Unfortunately, some of it produced "weeds", ponies that were not considered to be showing desirable traits.
Another unfortunate infusion came with the English Shire to produce Colliery horses. With that infusion often came a coarse Roman head, bone that was too large, and clumsiness, which was not at all the goal of historically correct and responsible breeders. That type of breeding is rather evident to this day in some of the very coarse cobs entering many of the show rings and found on the breeding farms.
In 1901 the Welsh Pony and Cob Society was created in the UK beginning the formal registry of the Welsh breed, finally dividing them in 1949 into four sections according to type and height.
The four sections are: the Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A) under 12.2hh, the Welsh Riding Pony (section B) under 14.2, the Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Section C) a pony of A, B, C, and D mixed blood not to exceed 13.2hh, and the Welsh Cob (Section D) the largest of the breed starting above 13.2 extending up to any height. The description of all four sections is quite similar. The part-bred registry was added in 1950. The Welsh Pony Society was formed in the USA in 1907, but it didn't include the Welsh Cob until the 1960s.
Carefully selected Welsh Cob sires were awarded premiums, with owners being paid by the government, to keep the cost low or free for the mare owners and raise the standard of breeding to what had historically been the proper Welsh Cob.
The two world wars wreaked havoc on the Welsh Cob, with hundreds or thousands of these versatile, courageous, willing, strong ponies and horses being commandeered into the military war effort, most of which were never returned to Wales.
During the depression, owners couldn't afford the cost of registering their mares and foals, so many fine and purebred cobs went undocumented. By the end of WWII, there were about twenty-five mares and ten stallions left in the stud book. At that point, a number of mares that were considered to be of true Welsh Cob type were added to the breeding pool and labeled as foundation stock (FS on the papers).
The use of foundation stock is no longer permitted, ending somewhere around 1950. Breeding is now very strict in not allowing any outside infusion or cross-breeding that is registered as a full Welsh Cob, although part-breds may be registered as such.The breed has more lately been distributed in areas such as America, Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Russia, and in areas of Africa.
The Cob is often cross bred with the Thoroughbred to produce an athletic, hardy, durable horse that is well known in jumping (cross country and arena) and dressage circles. Cobs cross well with just about any breed, adding bone and substance, endurance, and character.
The modern Cob is an athletic animal that excels in almost every discipline. They are very willing, talented jumpers. Many owners prefer to compete in dressage with their animals. They take readily to English or Western training, although those with the "bigger" movement are naturally better suited to being ridden English or driving.
Their courage, enthusiasm, and endurance make them a strong competitor in Combined Driving, whether in the pony or horse division. They are powerful and reliable mountain horses, being sure footed and not easily frightened. A small Cob can carry a large man all day without complaining, and pack or pull very heavy loads. One of the greatest selling points for the Cob is their natural affinity for people. They seem to love being with humans and will want to be involved in whatever their humans are doing in the pasture.
Poets, over many centuries, have revealed and extolled the virtues of the Welsh Cob.
(There is) a chamlet as a covering for this young stag.
And when he wished, trot with a high short step.
He will not cut with his hooves even eight blades of grass.
He would read his mind.


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Q: std::ifstream::open() fails in Windows 10 Universal apps I'm working on a Windows 10 Universal C++ project and I'm trying to open a binary file in read-mode using std::ifstream.
This is my code:
std::ifstream imgFile("C:\\Users\\GuiTeK\\Desktop\\picture.bmp", std::ios::binary);

if (imgFile.is_open())
{
    std::cout << "OK" << std::endl;
}

else
{
    int error = errno;
    std::cerr << "KO: " << error << std::endl;
}

Problem is that it keeps failing with error 13, which means "The data is invalid" (C.F. System Error Codes).
However, the exact same code works fine in a Win32 Console Application C++ project.
What's wrong?

A: UWP apps do not have permission to access all files on the device. By default, apps can access certain file system locations such as application install directory or application data locations. For more info, please see File access permissions.
"C:\Users\GuiTeK\Desktop\picture.bmp" is a location that you app can't directly access. In UWP, we will need a FileOpenPicker to access such a file. One important rule here is that Skip the path: stick to the StorageFile.
For more info about how to handle files in UWP, please see Files, folders, and libraries and also File access sample, File picker sample on GitHub.

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The status quo is widepread environmental destruction. We have the solutions, but some people prefer the status quo. For now, they are getting their way.
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Worm farming is a huge step toward making your family friendly and our planet just a little greener. You will not find an easier way to do that than worm farming. Below, you'll find out precisely what worm farms learn about the benefits of worm farming and are. You will feel better about yourself knowing that you did your part to help the planet.
So that them can decompose people that are interested in worm farms frequently use food bits. What the worms excrete is called castings, or vermicompost. This really is subsequently used to fertilise the garden, the grass and other areas. The food scraps become worm compost, which compost is rich in minerals and nutrients. This is a fantastic option for individuals and garden fans looking for an organic and 100 percent natural way to enrich soil without using commercial fertilisers. If you're contemplating starting a worm farm, you ought to look for the two common worms. These are the Red Earthworm (the Lumbricus rubella) and the Red Wiggler (the Esienia foetida).
You are able to determine if you'd like to produce a worm farm on a small scale or on a large scale. You will also find that many of the commercial farms sell both the worm castings or the vermicompost and the worms. The organic compost is sought after. Or, should you not want to purchase it you could make your own. With a bit of research on the topic you are going to become the seller that is next in the neighbourhood!
The great thing about worm farming is you could do it in your own backyard. You can even get it done in your kitchen, if you need. Composting bins or vermiculture bins (worm-farm bins) can be purchased on line. However, you may start worm farming with a few simple containers like plastic bins, buckets, metal containers, wooden crates and many other items, of your own.


Top 20 – Weddings in Italy Money Saving Tips.
Weddings Abroad Expert Deborah Taliani from Just Get Married In Italy provides her top "Weddings in Italy Money Saving" tips and shows you how to easily take more than €6000 off from your wedding budget and keep it in your pocket!
Getting married in Italy is already a great budget saver! Not only are weddings cheaper than in the UK, but by choosing the right venue and making the right moves, your wedding in Italy will be beyond your dreams, without a budget blow out!
The first weddings in Italy money saving tip is to choose 'close by wedding halls and locations' near to the big art cities. For example, getting married in Siena costs €800 for the wedding hall. By choosing another wedding hall less than 10 minutes out of Siena, it will cost €300! You will still have your wedding in Siena, photos etc, but at almost 1/3 of the price! Same for Rome outskirts locations like Bracciano or Tivoli, Rome weddings hall are €1400 while Bracciano Lake wedding halls hiring fees are €350!
Avoid the most touristic 'North lakes' like Como or Garda! Choose instead to get married in the less touristic ones like, Castelgandolfo or Bracciano Lake in the roman outskirts. Not only are they beautiful, private and unspoilt venues, but they are wedding locations chosen by VIP's like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to name one, but the weather is sunny and mild all year around!
Find out the busiest summer months in your chosen location and stay away from it! Getting married outside high season not only will guarantee privacy at your wedding, especially for crowded locations like Sorrento, but will also save you so much on travel fares, hotels, venues etc. Also avoid Bank holiday weekends for the same reasons.
For Europeans; choose a venue close to 'low cost' airline airports, where guests can easily and cheaply arrive. For non-Europeans choose a location where the main airports are. It will save you time and travel costs to reach the venue.
A practical weddings in Italy money saving tip is to get married on weekdays & during town hall opening hours. Most Italian wedding halls are cheaper on weekdays and during their opening hours.
Embrace the local Wedding culture! Find out the local wedding traditions and try to incorporate them into your wedding. Using local wedding items/food/customs will save you as they are already locally available in wide quantities for the Italian brides, making them cheaper. A classic example is the wedding cake. An Italian wedding cake is free, as it is included in any wedding menu! While, what Italians call 'American cake' (icing/decorated cake) cost an average of €400 for as little as 40 guests!
One of the biggest weddings in Italy money saving tips is to avoid booking venues and services directly! Use a local Professional Wedding Planner like Just Get Married! Did you know that a well established wedding planner has discounted rates that they pass on directly to their clients? The fee they charge is a very small token to pay for all the savings, not only economically but time wise and emotionally. A wedding planner does know and use only the best suppliers in your chosen area; he/she will take all the pressure and stress away from you, leaving you with the fun part of the wedding planning to take care of, like wedding dress shopping.
For the same reason, avoid travelling to Italy to find the perfect venue on your own. Hire instead an Italian wedding planner. They have done all the searching for you, making a trip to Italy unnecessary. It will easily save you and can put back in your wedding budget more than €2000 for better wedding use.
Book a photographer service and ask for all images in professional high resolution on CD, instead of choosing a package with prints/albums. It will save you on photographer printing/album fees plus expensive postage fees! You can then print any photo you like and do whatever you want with them (cropping/editing/printing etc) using a photo software or at your local photographer.
A wedding video is all about good editing: Although prices for videographers are quite reasonable in Italy, you can still save around €600, by borrowing from your guests the footage they enthusiastically filmed on the day. (if no guests are attending, Just Get Married's onsite planners are happy to get some footage for you). At home, get all footage edited into a 20 minute highlight reel of your wedding day with music of your choice by your local photographer studio or a good editor.
Choose seasonal flowers instead of fancy tropical or out of season flowers! Firstly it will be locally available & cheaper, the latter will still be available at double the price as it needs to be imported from abroad! Think green, and opt for seasonal flowers, instead!
Another great weddings in Italy money saving tip is to choose a villa/venue that offer 'free use' on the wedding day. Stay away from the most popular ones, easily found on the web! Ask your Italian wedding planner to source one with no additional hiring fees on the day! It will save you as much as €2000 if not more!
Choose an all inclusive menu, rather than a la carte menu. A la carte menu can go easily out of control, as a single main course in Italy can cost as much as €40!
Choose a venue with an inside kitchen rather than one where you need to hire an external catering service. Catering companies can help you to personalise the table decorations, styles etc better, although it comes with a higher price.
Leave the exclusive hotel for the wedding night! For your stay, opt instead for luxury private apartments. Not only will they give you plenty of privacy and more money in your pocket, but will let you enjoy living as a Roman, a Florentine or a Venetian for a little while!
Logistically, guests transfers are very important for a wedding abroad, especially in Italy and non-english speaking countries. Instead of paying for it, offer a 'payable transfer option' to your guests! Each guest will pay very little per head, while you will save a great deal of money. By experience, guests don't mind to pay for stress free transfers, and they appreciate that you have taken the time to organise it for them.
If you want an outdoor ceremony, pick a location that offers outdoor weddings (Just Get Married In Italy can offer a wide list to choice from in most Italian wedding locations) rather than having a separate 'indoor wedding' and 'outdoor blessing ceremony' at the villa. Have either one or the other, it will save you more than €1000.
For religious weddings in major art cities, choose a church recommended by your wedding planner. They are usually the best in beauty, value and accessibility (some churches in Italy can only be accessed by foot, not very convenient for guests, as they easily get lost).
For religious weddings in villas, ask your wedding planner to source a villa with a chapel. Most villas around Umbria, Lazio, Tuscany have little churches or chapels within their premises, as in the past centuries noble Italian families had their private ones. The chapel use for religious weddings in Italy is usually free or cost very little.
The final weddings in Italy money saving tip is to leave all legal and religious aspects to the experts. It may not save you money, but it WILL save you in jeopardising your wedding with the wrong paperwork!
The legal requirements for UK citizens getting married in Italy have now changed.
If you wish to proceed with the service, contact Just Get Married In Italy using the form below, quoting "CNI enquiry". Please bear in mind that this service can be provided to UK citizens that reside in the UK. If you do reside outside, the standard process still apply.
Just Get Married In Italy put these weddings in Italy money saving tips together to help you to save money and time in the long run, with a guaranteed saving of at least €6000 from your wedding budget to either keep or put into better use for your future together! If you would like any further information, please use the form below to contact Deborah who would be more than happy to answer your questions.
La Bottega del Sogno creates dream Italian Weddings for all budgets and can provide you with a rich selection of top quality wedding venues in the most beautiful Italian regions.


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Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos (Alagoinhas, 10 de março de 1974) é um jornalista, professor universitário e político brasileiro. Filiado ao Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), é ex-deputado federal pelo Rio de Janeiro.

Wyllys se tornou conhecido inicialmente por ter sido participante e ganhador da quinta edição do programa de telerrealidade Big Brother Brasil, da Rede Globo.

Foi eleito pela primeira vez para a Câmara dos Deputados em 2010. Nas eleições de 2014, foi reeleito como o sétimo mais votado entre os candidatos a deputado federal do estado do Rio de Janeiro, com quase 145 mil votos válidos. Ele foi comparado a Harvey Milk por seu trabalho como parlamentar.

Em 2015, a revista britânica The Economist classificou Wyllys como uma das 50 personalidades que mais lutam pela diversidade no mundo. Em 2012 e 2015, Jean foi eleito pelos internautas o melhor deputado federal do Brasil pelo Prêmio Congresso em Foco. Foi reeleito para o terceiro mandato em 2018, graças ao quociente eleitoral, com 24 295 votos, tendo decidido, após receber ameaças de morte, não tomar posse e se autoexilar no estrangeiro. Sua vaga foi assumida por David Miranda.

Biografia
Jean nasceu no município de Alagoinhas, no interior do estado da Bahia, no ano de 1974.

Wyllys é jornalista com mestrado em Letras e Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), professor de Cultura Brasileira e de Teoria da Comunicação na Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) e na Universidade Veiga de Almeida - ambas no Rio de Janeiro, além de ser escritor. Inicialmente, ele tornou-se conhecido após ganhar a edição de 2005 do reality show Big Brother Brasil, exibido pela Rede Globo.

Em 2004, Wyllys participou da criação do curso de pós-graduação em Jornalismo e Direitos Humanos da Universidade Jorge Amado, em Salvador, na Bahia. Abertamente homossexual, Wyllys era um dos mais atuantes parlamentares brasileiros na defesa dos direitos humanos, especialmente em relação aos direitos LGBT.

Atuação política
Após filiar-se ao Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) em 2009, o ex-BBB foi eleito Deputado federal pela primeira vez nas eleições de 2010 com a menor quantidade de votos pelo Rio de Janeiro, 13.018 (0,16%) votos válidos. Ele conseguiu a vaga graças ao desempenho de outro candidato a deputado federal do seu partido, Chico Alencar,  que conquistou 240.724 (3%) dos votos na eleição. Nas eleições de 2014, em uma situação inversa, Wyllys foi reeleito como o sétimo mais votado entre os deputados federais eleitos do Rio de Janeiro, com 144.770 (1,90%) dos votos válidos, resultado onze vezes maior do que em 2014.

Jean foi um dos autores dos Projetos de Leis, que dentre outros objetivos, visavam a revogação de determinados artigos do Código Civil que regulamentavam o casamento, para que houvesse o reconhecimento do casamento civil e da união estável entre pessoas do mesmo sexo (PL 5120/2013) e a regulação da atividade dos profissionais do sexo (PL 4211/2012). Na sua atuação como parlamentar sempre foi um dos mais combatentes contra a família Bolsonaro e outros grupos conservadores presentes na Câmara.

Em novembro de 2018, a Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos da Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA) exigiu providências e proteção à Jean Wyllys por parte do Governo Federal do Brasil, frente as constantes ameaças de morte ao parlamentar.

Em 24 janeiro de 2019, Jean anunciou que desistiu de assumir o terceiro mandato como deputado federal pelo estado do Rio de Janeiro, garantido nas eleições de 2018, e deixará de viver no Brasil, dedicando-se a carreira acadêmica. Desde o assassinato da vereadora Marielle Franco, Jean vive sob escolta policial. De acordo com suas declarações à Folha de S.Paulo, "as intensificações de ameaças de mortes, recorrentes antes mesmo da execução de Marielle, e a atuação da milícia no estado, o levaram a tomar a decisão". O Ministério da Justiça declarou em nota que foram instaurados diversos inquéritos pela Polícia Federal para apurar as ameaças ao ex-deputado federal Jean Wyllys e que já identificou um dos autores, Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello, preso desde maio de 2018 na Operação Bravata da Polícia Federal.

Em 15 de fevereiro de 2019, fez sua primeira aparição pública desde a desistência do mandato, participando da sessão de gala do filme "Marighella", dirigido pelo ator Wagner Moura, no Festival de Berlim. Em março de 2019, estreou um blog no portal UOL.

Em maio de 2021, anunciou sua filiação ao Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). Ao sair do PSOL, Jean afirmou que o partido sofre de Complexo de Édipo - teoria psicanalista elaborada por Sigmund Freud - com o PT, porém a saída foi sem rusgas de bom diálogo de ambas a partes. Sua filiação ocorreu com uma cerimônia por meio de uma Live streaming que contou com a participação de notórios petistas como Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Fernando Haddad, Gleisi Hoffmann e a participação do historiador estadunidense James Naylor Green.

Votações relevantes
No ano de 2015, apoiou a sanção da Lei do Feminicídio defendido pelo governo Dilma. Posicionou-se de maneira contrária a Lei Antiterrorismo, alegando que  "Nós, do PSOL, somos contra esse PL. Era um horror e foi criado um pior ainda: é um projeto problemático em todos os sentidos".

Em 2016, votou a favor da cassação do mandato do Deputado federal, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB). Foi um dos votos que mais repercutiu durante o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff, que votou de maneira contrária. O então deputado, recebeu xingamentos homofóbicos antes de seu voto e se envolveu numa discussão com os deputados Jair Bolsonaro (PSC) e Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSC).

No ano de 2017, votou de maneira contrária à Reforma trabalhista proposta pelo governo Temer (MDB). Ainda no governo de Michel Temer, votou de maneira contrária a Emenda Constitucional do Teto dos Gastos Públicos e Lei da Terceirização.

Controvérsias

Hoax
Em 2013 Jean foi apontado em um hoax como autor de frases de intolerância religiosa e em defesa da pedofilia, que foram disseminadas na Internet. Ele afirmou não ter escrito as frases. Em sua defesa, o deputado afirmou em seu site oficial ser alvo de uma campanha caluniosa e, juntamente com os deputados Erika Kokay (PT-DF) e Domingos Dutra (PT-MA), protocolou uma representação criminal por calúnia, difamação, falsificação de documento público, injúria, falsidade ideológica, formação de quadrilha e improbidade administrativa por atos cometidos pelo deputado Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP), por alguns de seus assessores políticos, pelo pastor Silas Malafaia e por algumas pessoas ainda não identificadas.

Tas ao vivo
Em julho de 2013, no programa Tas ao vivo, ao ser questionado sobre a remuneração dos parlamentares brasileiros, Wyllys declarou que não acha a remuneração excessiva e comparou seus ganhos com o salário de um professor de universidade particular: "Quando desconta tudo, a contribuição partidária, o imposto de renda, eu ganho aquilo que eu ganhava como professor (estando em universidade privada) 40 horas praticamente, que dá mais ou menos 15 mil reais. Para o tanto que eu trabalho, eu não acho que esse seja um salário alto." A declaração repercutiu na Internet gerando controvérsias e discussões acaloradas. Em sua defesa, Wyllys afirmou que "não disse que os deputados 'ganham pouco', nem que o salário de um deputado seja igual ao de um professor" e apenas disse que "feitos os descontos da seguridade social, imposto de renda, plano de saúde, contribuição partidária, etc., o que entra no meu bolso cada mês é menos do que eu receberia hoje, com a minha qualificação, se trabalhasse no setor privado."

Eleitores do PSDB
Em outubro de 2014, durante a eleição presidencial brasileira mais disputada da história do país, o deputado classificou, através de uma rede social, a maioria dos eleitores do Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) como "classistas, racistas e violentos". Logo após o episódio, Wyllys se retratou dizendo que na verdade quis dizer que boa parte e não a maioria dos referidos eleitores se enquadram em sua classificação desqualificativa.

Defesa de Falabella
Em novembro de 2014, Wyllys foi criticado por lideranças de seu próprio partido e por grupos de defesa dos direitos dos afro-brasileiros por defender o programa Sexo e as Negas, exibido pela Rede Globo. Wyllys, disse que, ao contrário daqueles que acusavam o seriado de ser sexista e racista, a produção na verdade "denuncia o racismo" e afirmou que "Miguel Falabella [o idealizador do seriado] é um cara que está longe, muito longe mesmo, de ser um racista".  Entretanto, o programa foi alvo de denúncias à Secretaria de Políticas para Mulher da Presidência da República e ainda é alvo de críticas por movimentos de mulheres e negros.

Desempenho em eleições

Livros
 Aflitos - crônicas e contos, editado pela Casa de Palavras da Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado. Vencedor do Prêmio Copene de Literatura (atual Prêmio Braskem).
 Ainda Lembro - crônicas e experiências vividas no BBB5, editado pela Editora Globo.
 Tudo ao mesmo tempo agora - contos e crônicas, lançado pela Giostro Editora.
 Tempo bom tempo ruim - identidades, políticas, afeto - lançado pela Cia das Letras.

Filmografia

Televisão

Prêmios e honrarias
O deputado federal Jean Wyllys foi uma das 50 personalidades incluídas na "Lista Global da Diversidade", divulgada pela revista britânica The Economist em  outubro de 2015. O critério usado para a composição da lista é o comprometimento dos nomes indicados pelos leitores da publicação com as causas da diversidade de gênero e raça. Além de Jean Wyllys, também faz parte da lista a brasileira Maria Aparecida da Silva Bento, pesquisadora de temas de raça e gênero e fundadora do Centro de Estudos das Relações do Trabalho e das Desigualdades, além do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, a ex-secretária de Estado norte-americana, Hillary Clinton, o Dalai Lama, o co-fundador da Microsoft Bill Gates, a atriz Angelina Jolie e a ativista paquistanesa pela educação feminina Malala Yousafzai. Willys foi descrito como um acadêmico de origem pobre que venceu um reality show e se tornou "o primeiro deputado federal a fazer campanha pelo movimento LBGT".

* Em 2013 pelos votos dos internautas ficou em primeiro lugar.

Visões políticas

Ligações externas

 Blog UOL

 Currículo Lattes

Naturais de Alagoinhas
Alunos da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Alunos da Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing
Ativistas dos direitos LGBT do Brasil
Ativistas pela reforma da política antidrogas do Brasil
Blogueiros do Brasil
Deputados federais do Brasil pelo Rio de Janeiro
Finalistas do Big Brother Brasil
História LGBT do Brasil
Jornalistas da Bahia
Membros do Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
Membros do Partido dos Trabalhadores
Participantes do Big Brother Brasil
Políticos LGBT do Brasil
Professores da Bahia
Participantes de reality shows do Brasil
Vencedores de reality shows
!Mais Teoria da História na Wiki (LGBTQIA+)


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