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The project involves a reconfiguration of the arts center's performance, exhibition and classroom spaces. The multi-use performance space has been enlarged to accommodate multiple seating and production arrangements. Flexible theatrical lighting now serves the multiple stage locations. The exhibition gallery has been relocated to a more prominent area of the building that affords more immediate access from the main entry. Larger classroom spaces are provided and located where there is an abundance of natural light.
An addition provides much needed gallery and performance storage. An expanded kitchen facility serves both indoor and outdoor events. A covered platform shades performers during outdoor events in a newly landscaped courtyard.
A prominent entrance vestibule and canopy have been added on the main street façade to create a more striking downtown presence.


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The larvae of Dendrolimus pini L. and Panolis flammea (Den. et Schiff.) usually occur in high numbers on different trees within a stand. Studies that focused on the host tree-preference of these two species were conducted in the Wymiarki Forest District (Poland) in 2001. Sixteen Scots pine trees were selected to estimate the larval abundance of both species using 1x1 m collectors. In June the trees were cut down, the larvae in crown were counted and the samples of needles for chemical analysis were taken from the lower, middle and upper parts of the crowns. Natural radiation was measured under each tree using the methods developed by dowsers (radiesthets). There were no significant differences in the concentrations of any terpene or phenolic acid in different parts of crowns. The abundance of pine moth larvae was related significantly with 7 monoterpenes, 6 sesquiterpenes and 5 phenolic acids, while the abundance of the pine beauty moth was related with 5 monoterpenes, 6 sesquiterpenes and 1 phenolic acid. There were 6 compounds which had significant impact on the abundance of both species: a-pinene was in positive relationship with D. pini and inverse with P. flammea, while the compound with a retention index of 1430, ã-muurolene, â-vetivenene, á-cadinene and protocatechuic acid were in inverse relationships with D. pini and positive with P. flammea. These differences may explain why these insect species are rarely observed in high numbers on the same trees. Natural radiation is possibly one of the causes of variation of secondary metabolites in Scots pine needles. It was in significant relationships with 9 monoterpenes, 3 sesquiterpenes and 1 phenolic acid. The results of studies suggest that â-pinene and sesquiterpene with a retention index of 1430 are the only links between natural radiation and abundance of both D. pini and P. flammea.
Sukovata, Lidia; Kolk, Andrzej; Jaroszynska, Jadwiga; Krajewska, Urszula; Purzynska, Agnieszka; Isidorov, Valerii. 2003. Host-tree preferences of the pine moth (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) and pine beauty moth (Lepidopera: Noctuidae) larvae in relation to needle quality. In: McManus, Michael L.; Liebhold, Andrew M., eds. Proceedings: Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects; 2002 September 1-5; Krakow, Poland. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-311. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 98-106.


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The Ainu – Japan's Forgotten Indigenous People
In northern Japan, on the main island of Honshu, and the northern-most island of Hokkaido are where the Ainu, Japan's little-known indigenous people, live.
They've lived here for tens of thousands of years.
Where the Ainu settled
The second time I went to Japan (in 2001) was when I first I went to Hokkaido. I loved it.
Hokkaido is Japan's northern-most island, not far from Siberia in Russia.
Before recorded history, Hokkaido was settled by the Ainu - Japan's forgotten indigenous people.
Long-suffering discrimination
But like the native people of America, Australia and other countries, the Ainu have long suffered discrimination.
They are physically and culturally very different from the Japanese.
Know for having a lot of body hair, the men have beards which they leave unshaven. While women's mouths are tattooed.
Arctolatry - the worship of bears
These people are traditionally hunter-gatherers. They have their own language, but fewer than 100 people still speak it, and it is classified as endangered.
They practice arctolatry - the worship of bears. They hunted them for food but also kept them as pets.
Meeting Ainu at the Marimo Festival
Every autumn, on the shores of Lake Akan in Hokkaido, the marimo festival takes place, and the Ainu people play a key part in the celebrations.
The festival began in 1950 as a means to save the endangered marimo algae found in Lake Akan. Marimo are giant green balls of algae (growing up to 30cm in diameter).
The highlight of the three-day festival is a 1,000 torch parade. It's a rare opportunity to see, firsthand, the customs of the Ainu, their traditional dance, and to hear their folk songs.
Official Recognition by the Japanese Government
Today, only a few thousand of Japan's indigenous people remain.
After many decades of discrimination, in 2008 that the Japanese government officialy recognised the Ainu as indigenous people, with their own language and culture.
Perhaps they will no longer be Japan's 'forgotten people'...
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Ainu Culture Experiences in Hokkaido
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Jennifer - Stewie Overseas says:
I do know about the Ainu, but I didn't know about women tattooing their mouth. I would like to go to Hokkaido some day and learn more.
Rob Dyer says:
Thanks for the comment Jennifer.
Apparently, the women get their mouths tattooed from their early teens. As they get older the more they get added to their tattoos until they are considered a woman. Fascinating culture.
Hokkaido is a beautiful island and still untamed and wild in many parts. Well worth a visit if ever you get the opportunity.
Legbreaker says:
I'm Japanese with Ainu blood. I visited Bilbao back in 1990 .. as a workvisit. Beautiful City and I noticed something strange, since I never heard about the Basque language before..I recognized too many words, especially when written down. To me it was no coincidence and too similar to ignore. There is something going on, between Euskara and Ainu.. The Ainu and Basque language share too many similarities to ignore. The Japanese took many Ainu words. That's why people also notice the similarities between Basque and Japanese. Even between Basque and languages from the Altaic family. Anyway the Ainu were living in Japan thousands of years before the Ainu were overrun by Asian / Mongolian tribes and intermixed. So before anybody claims it is nonsense because the Ainu are genetically closer to Asians than Europeans, think twice.. since the Ainu were originally Caucasian. So science claims it immediately as pseudoscience.. because here we have something really odd going on, the Basque and the Ainu, separated 10.000 Kilometers from each other, but still sharing so many words and meanings..it can't be ignored. But, western science 'we know everything, because we were the first who explored the world' is too stubborn and too ignorant. What if the Basque and the Ainu migrated from a common source. Wait, that means ancient 'stupid' people were already traveling the oceans. Now here we have a big problem says modern science.. nah.. lets call it pseudoscience and we're good. History of human civilization and history of mankind is full of gaps.
That's fascinating!
I'm with you. I would not be surprised to learn that there is some ancient historical connection that explains the language similarities.

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In this article, we will continue to look at the reasons why our prayers may be hindered. There are many people who blame God when prayers are not answered the way they thought they ought to be answered. The scriptures, however, teach us that we may be the cause for "no" answers in prayer.
James 4:3 says, "You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your desires for pleasure." James tells his readers that the reason they are not receiving from the Lord when they ask is because they have the wrong motives. They are asking amiss, as some translations read. Their motives were selfish, that they would receive something for their lusts and desires. Verse 1 tells us that the people had allowed all of these cravings and desires for the pleasures of the world to enter their hearts. Verse 4 drives the nail home that the problem was their friendship with the world. God had become a vehicle for these people to ask for all the things they wanted. He had been turned into a Santa Claus of sorts, that God will give them all the things that they ask for. It was all about everything that God would give to them. We see in them a very selfish and materialistic heart toward God. James tells them that they are not receiving from the Lord because they ask wrongly.
I wonder at times how we would do if God were to strip away all the things that we have. We may realize that we serve God because he gives us good things. Many times are prayers can be filled with simply selfish requests to fulfill our desires and lusts for pleasure and materialism. And if this is the case, we are asking amiss. When Jesus offered a prayer to teach his disciples how to pray, did he say give us this day our daily four course meal with all the trimmings? Did Jesus teach us to pray for the extras in life? Did Jesus teach us to pray for luxuries, pleasures, and riches? I do not remember that at all in the prayers of Jesus.
Jesus taught his disciples to pray to have enough for today. I think we need to be able to distinguish what God has told for us to pray for. There is a difference when I pray about a way for transportation to work than praying for a new car. There is a difference when I pray for a place to live, than praying for a new house. I can pray for my needs and that God will take care of my needs. I can pray for God to bless me. But what I am I doing if I am praying for material things? I am being selfish and materialistic. God knows what we need (Luke 12:30). Our friendship with the world causes us to ask for more instead of letting the Lord bless us with any extras. We also need to be aware that our prayers are not simply centered around these things. While we must always be thankful for all that we have, we are not to neglect the other things that must be prayed for. We cannot neglect the work that God has given to each of us in growing spiritually, serving others, teaching the world, and knowing Christ more fully. We must remember to give praise and adoration that God deserves as well. Our prayers are not to be self-centered or self-serving. Let us make sure that we ask with proper motives for God to take care of us as He seems fit.
Peter also tells us that our prayers can be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 says, "Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered." Here is the admonition to husbands that if they are not dwelling with their wives with understanding, then their prayers are hindered. Husbands, we need to live with our wives, and this is not talking about in the same house. It means that we must put in the effort to have a relationship together and develop a closeness and intimacy together.
Husbands need to be understanding with their wives. Husbands need to know that there are differences between men and women and they have a job to be understanding. I like how the KJV says to dwell with them "according to knowledge." Husbands are to know the needs of their spouses. A husband must know his spouse to be able to be the husband that God has called him to be. Husbands are also told to give honor to their wives as the weaker vessel. The word "honor" literally means "a valuing by which the price is fixed." This is seen in the way the word is used elsewhere in the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 6:20 says, "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are Gods." The word "price" in this passage is the same word translated "honor" in 1 Peter 3:7.
Now there are many ways preachers have tried to explain this passage. I believe what Peter is saying that we need to treat our spouse as someone that has a great fixed value. How do we handle something that has a great value? Delicately, carefully, softly because we know the vessel demands that kind of handling. Allow me to use an imperfect illustration. My father has an autographed baseball of Tony Gwynn, one of the greatest baseball players. What do you think my father and I do with that ball? Do we go outside and play catch with it? No, that would be treating it as common and ordinary. This baseball has value and is special. Instead we bought a holder for the ball and put it in plastic casing so that nothing can happen to it. Then we put it up high so that we can admire it. It is special and we are very careful with it.
I believe this is the picture that Peter is communicating. Do not treat your spouse as ordinary and common. Treat as someone who has great value. She is not a common, average person. She is your wife and must be treated with respect and containing great value. When husbands are not dwelling with their wives in knowledge and giving honor to them, then Peter tells us that our prayers are hindered.
Does this mean that wives can be terrible people in the relationship and God still hears their prayers? No, I do not think so. The word "likewise" in verse 7 suggests are parallel between the instructions to the wife and the husband. In a concluding point, Peter says that we are to act this way so that our prayers are not hindered. How we treat one another and how we handle our relationships has an impact upon our spiritual relationship with God. It is foolish to think that any person can act improperly in any relationship and think that they are still in good fellowship with the Lord. This is why Peter wraps up his thoughts in verse 8 saying that we need to have compassion for one another, show love as brothers, be tenderhearted and courteous to another. Let us be sure that we consider the impact our relationship with God will suffer before we mistreat others.
When God says that our prayers are hindered, we must take those things very seriously. God is telling us that we have done something to our relationship with God. We must make corrections or suffer a severed fellowship with God. Instead of blaming God for unanswered prayer, let us first look to see that we are not the ones to blame.


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(Not) Bridging The Gap: Ghost In The Shell 2.0
Author: wintermuted Published Date: April 7, 2011 2 Comments on (Not) Bridging The Gap: Ghost In The Shell 2.0
If there's anything more played out, and dangerous than a reboot, it is the "enhanced" reissue of a classic. Be it for the celebration of an anniversary of a favorite title, or merely due to certain interests, the re-release has become something of a tainted concept since the days Jorge decided to being his legendary Star Wars back to theaters with new effects and sound back in the mid-to-late 90s. Before this, we were more privy to just seeing a favorite on a large screen years after it hit. And only a few films ever came back into circulation with added scenes, and various nipping and tucking thrown in for measure. For me, this goes all the way back to when Spielberg went ahead and re-released Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. But it's a rare beast when the changes exhibited do anything but give us an alternate version of a story so many are familiar with. And with the advent of digital cinema, the temptation for filmmakers to revisit has sometimes been to great to resist, often leaving viewers with baffling, and let's just face it, unsatisfactory results. I'm sure I don't need to bring up Han Solo & Greedo to further make this point. So when I initially heard that Mamoru Oshii was to supervise a cosmetically updated version of his turning point feature, Ghost In The Shell(1995), my initial response before I saw any imagery was,…an all-digital Koukaku Kidotai sounds cool in theory, but would be nothing less than a pretty footnote. Three years came and went, and for whatever reasons I never got around to catching this version until last night.
So what are my reactions?
Well let's just say right now that this is by no means meant to be a review of a film that I already own in a number of forms, and continue to enjoy at least once a year. Being a fan of each rendition of Masamune Show's dystopian masterwork of a manga, the film was something of a watermark, not only for anime as a whole in regards to global consciousness, but for me as a longtime lover of speculative fiction dealing in the blurring lines between humanity and machines. I many ways, it takes the best elements laid forth by Blade Runner, and offers up a bolder examination of the themes Philip K.Dick, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson & others had been ruminating in literary form for years in a cinematic manner not before seen anywhere. It is a seminal piece of cyberpunk cinema that transcends genre, and offers more insight to those curious to explore the career of one of anime's final pioneers & most curious personalities. More than this, the film also functions as a declaration of sorts by its director long tiring of merely spinning cartoons for overgrown children.
Oshii's Ghost is something of a tale of transfiguration, of leaving the nest, and embracing that which being endlessly young fears most. By using the framework established in Shirow's complex, and yet often self-relfexively humorous universe, Oshii takes a more serious route by using the manga's iconic lead character of Major Motoko Kusanagi, and giving her a journey of self discovery beyond the confines of not merely her occupation, but of her own definable form. What starts off as a hard science fiction tale of espionage, cybercrime, and harder hardware, the film directly posits questions of the characters of the mysterious Section 9, and their place in a world ever coming closer to Kurzweil's Singularity. Not the most easy film to pick as a breakthrough hit, but somehow, against all odds, the film became a cult milestone beyond Japan, where it was only mildly received. Also sporting some of anime's first major use of CGI, multlayering, and cyberspace imagery, the film is a nearly seamless feat even by today's standards. The film has gone on to helping create an ongoing tv franchise that exists in its own separate universe, as well as a quasi-sequel in the large budgeted 2004 arthouse anomaly INNOCENCE. A film that for better or worse, cemented Oshii as not only a brilliant visualist, but increasingly oblique in his boldness as a majority of his filmography in recent years has included live action work that has also remained an acquired taste.
So it's pretty difficult for me to It's difficult to articulate into words what went on as Ghost The Shell 2.0 is concerned. If anything, it reveals more definitively that Oshii is much less interested in what the masses enjoyed about the original, and is more interested in keeping his own stamp on matters. Which would be fine if any alterations made to the film had any basis on the story. In 2.0, much of the original film is as it was, save for a near audio-visual trimming overhaul. Which is to say that the film is now attempting to be a lot more visually in line with the world of INNOCENCE's Hong Kong than it is interested in anything else. Mostly gone are the grayish, and humming green hues that once were considered major inspiration for the world of the Wachowski's The Matrix. Which makes one wonder if Oshii was going out of his way from the opening scene to distance himself from that as much as possible. Especially considering that his live action virtual world exploration, AVALON (2001) shared such amber & gray tones. But the choice to basically change at least 95% of the film's color grade remains nothing more than a means to maintain some kind of visual continuity between his films, and again, has no bearing on events.
(For more instances of these alterations, please consult this post by the ever reliable Tim Maughan.)
What makes this all the more disconcerting is when we see the opening scene which puts us en media res as Section 9 members are watching over a rogue programmer looking to leave the country. A scene that has already had a lasting impact on the visual language of anime, and maybe even cinema in general. And what we have here is an almost complete 3D computer animated version of the Major, perched over the edge of a building, listening in. Again, an already visually impressive moment, redone in CG, as the interior scenes remain 2D cel animation. Why? If this is all they set to do, then we're already in trouble. And sure enough, much of the film's most memorable bridging moments in its very clearly established 3 chapter structure are done in this half-CG, half re-colored 2D method that just screams uninvolved. While the helicopters & buildings in the opening scene are now more in line with the INNOCENCE world, why is it that other machines, and vehicles not similarly upgraded? This creates a schizophrenic effect that murders any sort of world building consistency the original film had, and it's astonishingly frustrating. Again, there are no real words to best approximate just how cold, and careless this feels. Especially when the then-unprecedented CG work in the original film does nothing to detract from the film's complex, and often provocative themes. If Oshii wanted to keep a work consistent regarding intent, all of this is clearly shot in the foot with a full clip at point blank range by these decisions. There's simply no reason for it, other than money, and perhaps ego. It's like adding trick lights, and plasticy looking import accessories to a vintage Chevy Impala for no other reason than it seems impressive to one person; the differences are simply gaudy & distracting.
One of the most standout nitpicks I can recall from this version is the botching of one of the original's prime visual motifs; Major Kusanagi's eyes. Her eyes are a major point that Oshii, along with character designer Hiroyuki Okiura went out of their way to sell with the film as we are meant to essentially see the world through the eyes of a construct in the guise of a human. We see this happen throughout the film every time we are meant to empahize with her as she observes the world around her, even as she begins to question her role. And one of the most telling images of the film is at the beginning of the second section of the film (the boat scene) as she is scuba diving. It is in this moment that she begins to quietly resurface. She reaches, and passes through her reflection against the rippling surface of the ocean. And we have a sustained single shot of her seemingly dead stare into the sky. And in this version, we have….this…
Again, I'm not sure whether this was a technical issue since they decided to go 3D with this moment or not, but whatever the case, the flow of this theme is almost completely compromised by obscuring her eyes like this. If one is going to redo a film in this manner, it pays to go all the way, or not at all. This is a glaring example.
For this viewer, there are those rare instances when small changes are necessary. When Blade Runner was re-released without voice-over in 1992, many of us rejoiced. And more recently, as the film celebrated 25 years with a beautifully rendered FINAL CUT, much mention was made in how the new alterations were small, and slight enough to both add layers to the world of the film, and not distract from the film's thematic center. Ridley Scott seems to understand that the changes need to be virtually invisible in order for them to function in story. However, in the case of Ghost In The Shell 2.0, the new images, shots, added lines, and voice actor change for the central "villain" of the Puppet Master stand out like a skin infection. There's simply no way this could make for an alternative viewing experience for those new to the film, as much as one for fans. The only folks I could have seen to have "benefitted" from making this would have been Oshii, the producers, and CG artists hoping to work. It's just a shame they didn't get a chance to do any work on a full-narrative project in hopes of making a dent in the current landscape. Even Randy Thom's updated sound renders events lifeless sans much to any reverb in outdoor scenes. There's simply no sense of space to the proceedings, making it sound even more cold & artificial than the often stock anime sound mix the 1995 version exhibited.
Not sure why there was any reason to make these alterations outside of putting a lacquer on a classic, and hoping fans would bite, no matter how it looked. Sometimes all it takes is some respect for the works of the past, and a re-iusse to share great love for a work. I can see a number of better things to have been done than this.
Tagged Anime Films, CG Anime, Classic Anime, cyberpunk anime, Ghost in the Shell - Solid State Society, Mamoru Oshii, Reissues
Author: wintermuted
Part-time wandering artifact, part-time student, Wintermuted's travels from the wastelands of California's Coachella Valley have crystallized his love of all-things soulful & strange. A child of the VHS era, and often working for the anime man, his voyages continue onward in the name of bridging generations of Japanese popular art together. Can also be found via twitter.com/winterkaijyu , as well as wanderingkaijyu.blogspot.com !
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Chris in Or. says:
Yes, I agree with the introduction of CGI, it's really jarring when it happens too. It makes me wonder why they didn't just remake the entire film instead of adding some new glossy visuals. The original was, of course my gateway into GITS and I preferred the series all things considered. The series wasn't so smug and didactic, and while I enjoyed the expository philosophy on technology and the human soul, I felt like not enough was devoted to it; like a meandering outlier before someone told the director to hurry the damn movie up and climax. GITs was filled with memorable sequences, and the new CGI rendering just made them too divorced, like they were saying "oooooh, look at this, this is cool!" instead of giving the auditory senses of the viewer the choice to decide. I don't know why they remade this, I mean I understand the original is now several generations behind in quality because fifteen or so years is a long time, but if they wanted to make the movie again, they should have either cleaned it up for Blue Ray or just remade the entire movie.
I'm not a fan of the "special edition" stuff, like we cannot tell what's original and what's new, in this film in particular. The opening was probably the worst example of this, why did they shift back and forth between hand drawn and CGI? Plus, the CGI technology used isn't quite as fluid; what was so amazing about the opening from the sudden and massive violence of assassination was the symbolism of the nude female body and her graceful movements and that just wasn't there. Anyway, it's not a bad film I just get the feeling it was better left in the original form as a testament to the worlds animation has crossed. Even with the shiny new looks, they didn't redub the major (her original voice actor is terrible compared to the series, she's really mechanical in delivery) and the transition was too strong to be as enjoyable of a film. They also should have extended the movie, GITS jumps too quickly between acts for time compression because of budget; it would have been great to gain greater perspective on the motives and motivations like the central question, aside from the obvious "shell" why does the major feel trapped? Why does she agree to "merge" with the puppetmaster when even he (now she) declares they won't be the same person anymore? You'd think maybe explaining the profound desperation to escape her position in life would be what drives her, but you never really know, she just agrees.
I watched GITs about 10 years ago for the first time; it was part of my intellectual awakening (long story, but trust me, I didn't used to be this articulate and insightful by choice) and while it was somewhat confusing, it was a truly amazing experience. I'm not an anime fan by any stretch, I've ventured it three, maybe four properties (GITs, Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll (way back in 1995 no less) and oddly enough…FLCL recently) and until this year, I've never read a manga (I was curious and tried the GITs manga and let's just say both the series and films are much better in every way except for Shirow's nerdly tech obsession which really set his series apart). Since there is apparently and even more dreaded GITS live action film on the way, I guess the question for me is this the last we'll see of this property? I think GITs has a lot of life left in it of unexplored themes and it would be nice if the existence question was ever settled as pertains to humanity, the major and the 'net. Did they set up Batou in Innocence as being in the same existential crisis as the major for a reason besides framing device? Will we ever see what Oshii's ultimate fate of the major is, since she disappeared into the 'net as a "new" life form? It would be nice, I suppose if he wrapped it up for us in a trilogy or made some new content. Personally, that's what I would have liked for Dreamworks to do: just fund Project I.G. and Oshii to finish what they started but they seem hell-bent on making a live version, instead….
wintermuted says:
To answer some of your questions, especially regarding this film, it is important to consider the film's director, Mamoru Oshii, and his particular style. Nearly all of his films by nature are what some may consider didactic. His films are famous for their languid pacing, rampant symbology, and ultimately lecturelike nature. And the GiTS film is easily his most popular, but by no means is this film rushed by his standards. The three act structure is well in line with his output. And in the years since, his films have become even more indulgent. Take for example, INNOCENCE, which is much less a GiTS film, and much more an Oshii on Carte Blanc rampage. As much as a fan I am of the character of Batou, he only works his best when he has someone to work off of. No such luck in that film.
As for this particular version of the 1995 film, the answer as to why is simple, simple greed, and desperation. My guess is that someone at Production IG saw what Gainax was doing with their revamp of the Neon Genesis Evangelion tv series, and assumed that some kind of resurgence of mid-90s titles was on the horizon, however this version eschews the unexpected brilliance of that project, and goes for a much more obvious, cynical, and lazy cash grab opportunity. Nothing else has really been changed in the film, save for the new CG effects, which are distracting to the point of irritation.
And to answer your question regarding the franchise…IG has opted for a new television series, so there will be more Section 9 in the near future. Count on it. But I don't expect Oshii's version to return, especially when one considers the thematic throughline of Kusanagi's character is as done as it can logically be.


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Emerging translators of Lithuanian to English
Applications open for Lithuanian strand of Emerging Translator Mentorships
Posted on 3rd August 2017
Applications for the Lithuanian WCN Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme 2018, mentored by Shaun Whiteside, are now open!
Founded by Daniel Hahn in 2010, our translation mentoring programme aims to develop successive new cohorts of literary translators into English, particularly for languages whose literature is currently under-represented in English translation.
The scheme matches up experienced translators with emerging translators for a six-month period during which they work together on practical translation projects, developing their craft through working on a chosen text or texts. The mentor acts as an adviser to the mentee on aspects of life as a professional translator, such as time management, meeting deadlines, managing finances and understanding contracts, and as an advocate for their mentee with publishers in search of literary translators.
The evidence to date suggests that participation in the scheme represents, in itself, a significant professional development for mentees, with publishers seeing the mentoring cohort as a reliable source of high quality emerging translators.
Mentees receive a £500 bursary and reasonable travel expenses associated with the mentorship, which vary according to the relative geographical locations of the mentoring pair. The mentorship will include an Industry Day, specially tailored to the needs of emerging translators, as well as access to various (UK) industry events such as International Translation Day and London Book Fair, where a showcase event will also be arranged.
Writers' Centre Norwich will facilitate an initial meeting between successful applicants and their mentors to agree the nature of working together (project scope and regularity of meetings) with work continuing for a six-month period, either in person, by Skype or by telephone as appropriate. A minimum of four meetings is expected during the period.
The deadline for receipt of Lithuanian entries is Monday 21 August.
Applications remain open for the Korean strand of the programme, offered in partnership with the Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize and mentored by Deborah Smith, until Monday 28 August.
All other languages within the Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme are now closed.
Do I qualify for the scheme?
The programme is open to emerging translators at no cost to them. An emerging translator is someone who has published no more than one full length work of translation. Emerging Translators who have not yet published work are very welcome to apply. MFA and MA students in translation can apply, but priority may be given to those who do not have access to the kind of guidance already present in a translation degree programme. Though English is the target language, the emerging translator need not live in the UK. Applicants are not expected to have secured rights for their proposal.
Applications should be emailed to iow@writerscentrenorwich.org.uk, and queries addressed FAO Jonathan Morley at the same address.
An application should include:
Your CV;
A one-page project proposal, including information about the original author and source text, your approach to the translation, and how you will benefit from the mentorship;
A sample translation of up to 2,000 words (up to 100 lines poetry or dramatic text) along with the corresponding source text.
The successful mentees will be announced at the International Translation Day conference at the British Library on 2 October 2017.
Supported by Arts Council England, The Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize, Latvian Literature, The Lithuanian Culture Institute, The Literary Translation Institute of Korea, The Polish Cultural Institute, The Royal Norwegian Embassy and Reimagine India.


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Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr Review
by Matthew Wojciow September 4, 2018 September 4, 2018
Another entry in Games Workshops' Warhammer series is somewhat of a mixed bag, but where does Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr in the grand scheme of things? From the very start of this new action role-playing game, you are given three different characters with three very differing playstyles: the assassin for the stealth player, the Behemoth for the more 'bull in a China shop' type of player, or you can choose the middle ground of the Psychic.
The story of Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr is that you take up the role of an Inquisitor, whose job it is to stop the demons and the cultists who are fighting against the Emperor's reign. The story of this game is very weak and leaves a lot to be desired. It does feel like you were not really making a difference in the grand scheme of things, outside of a few moments when you're in control of a combat walker.
The voice acting is actually a part that was surprisingly good as each of the characters all had very unique dialogue. It was actually quite funny dialogue, which kept the game from feeling a little too serious.
The supporting cast also delivered some brilliant lines, which was a great surprise to hear. The game also looks quite decent, especially on quite a big TV and running on a PS4 Pro.
The best part came from how you level up and how the game adapts to how well you are doing. As someone who isn't the best at top-down strategy games, the game did not at any point feel like torturous to play. The skill trees work very well for the characters. The only awful part of playing as the assassin is that you are forced at points to reveal your location, and when the enemies appear with huge health bars, they functioned basically as huge bullet sponges, which was incredibly frustrating.
There are a few nice little touches. The galaxy map is very nice and simple to use and helps you plot out where you want to go next. The little bit of chatter with your crew at the start of the game makes it feel like you are not alone in your own little world.
On the flip side of the excellent leveling system comes the huge negative of how genuinely boring the game eventually became. The main point of a game is to be, at the very least, fun to play. After around three missions, you feel like you are just slogging through. The worst part of the gameplay is the combat. At the start you are getting to grips with how each of the characters play and how each one is used in different situations. After a while though, the combat gets more and more repetitive, and after each mission, you'll genuinely be wishing for it to be over. The game just honestly gets to a point where you don't want to play it ever again.
There is also an issue with how cover works, or how it doesn't work. I thought that if I at least was hidden behind a bit of cover, I would be safe. However, the number of times my cover got blown up by the enemies that seem to have an unlimited supply of grenades got incredibly annoying.
In summation, the very few positives this game has really can't save it from its glaring missteps. Yes, having good voice acting and quite decent graphics are great positives to have, but if your game is really boring to play, then it can't score highly. Every time I finished a mission and thought I finished the game, another boring mission would appear, and I genuinely groaned every single time. When a game actually makes you want to just turn your console off, then there is a major problem. This game may also have a neat leveling system, but it is, again, quite a vicious circle if you don't want to play the game yet you still want earn enough XP to actually level up your characters. A real disappointment and a far cry from the fun I had with the Warhammer game that came out on the Xbox 360.
Developer : Neocore Games
Publisher: Neocore Games
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4
The very few positives Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr has really can't save it from its glaring missteps. Yes, having good voice acting and quite decent graphics are great positives to have, but if your game is really boring to play, then it can't score highly.
Matthew Wojciow
Decent voice acting
Nice graphics
Leveling system is well balanced
Story is bland
Repetitive combat
A slog to play
Will make you wish for it to be over
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With the African-American Music Trail dedication postponed, members of the local and state arts council had a meeting with citizens on Tuesday at the art museum to address any concerns.
Michelle Lanier, director of the North Carolina African-American Heritage Commission, said the meeting was very vital in preparation for the trail.
Chris Beacham, senior program director for creative economies at the North Carolina Arts Council, said the main purpose of him being there was to let people know how things were progressing, but mainly to listen.
Community activist David Bell was among the concerned citizens who attended the meeting. He said Lanier answered some of his questions, but wondered about other components of the trail.
�My concerns included the performance venue,� Bell said. �I was wondering if any funding from the trail was used for the stage at Pearson Park. Also, the dog park has bathrooms and parking, while the trail doesn�t look like it has either,� he said.
Edwin Jones, an arts council board member, said he enjoyed the interaction between the citizens and leaders of the project.


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Here is 25 Kickass Random Facts List #264.
1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. Children's books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television. – Source
2. In WWII the Allies used the price of oranges in Paris as an indicator of whether railroad bridges had been bombed successfully. – Source
3. LEGO has a vault of every single set they've ever released since the 1950s. – Source
4. There are only 5 countries where suicide rate for women is higher than men and they are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Indonesia. – Source
5. Japanese scientists won IG Nobel Prize for creating a wasabi fire alarm for members of deaf community. – Source
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6. Killer Whales are the apex predator of the sea. They can kill any other sea creature, including the Great White Shark, with a technique of flipping the shark upside down until it suffocates. – Source
7. Arkansas landlords don't have to maintain properties and tenant can be jailed for being one day late with rent. – Source
8. On September 2, 1666 a house caught fire in London. Mayor Thomas Bloodworth refused to permit pulling down surrounding buildings to prevent spread saying that, "a woman might piss it out," and returned home to sleep. The fire then destroyed more than 75% of the city. – Source
9. In 1998 a man named Karl Bushby started his "Goliath Expedition" to walk k around the world "with unbroken footsteps", from Punta Arenas, Chile, to his home in Hull, England. He is currently in Russia. – Source
10. A finger with nerve damage won't wrinkle under water. – Source
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11. Bales of Hay can spontaneously combust due to moisture. The excess moisture leads to increased microbial activity and plant respiration. Both of these processes in the presence of oxygen causes production of carbon dioxide, water and extreme amounts of heat, which can lead to fires. – Source
12. Adolf Hitler farted uncontrollably, used cocaine to clear his sinuses, ingested some 28 drugs at a time, and received injections of bull testicle extracts to bolster his libido. – Source
13. A parrot named Echo was put into witness protection after testifying against its owner leading to their arrest. – Source
14. According to a 2000 study from Carnegie Mellon University, 87% of the U.S. Population can be uniquely identified using only date of birth, gender, and ZIP code. – Source
15. Singers in a choir unconsciously coordinate their breathing patterns, which leads to synchronized heart rates, especially during slow chanting. – Source
16. Many of China's lottery winners have donned masks (and some even full costumes) when claiming their multi-million prizes. This has led to photos of people dressed as Baymax, yellow bears, and even a giant panda holding the novelty checks of their winnings. – Source
17. In 2009, a new black spot about the size of the Pacific Ocean appeared in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. – Source
18. "The Right of the First Night", where a feudal lord had the right to be the first to bed the local wives, has no definitive evidence and might be a fabrication. – Source
19. A game show has tested the idea of fairness across cultures. In the US, the audience helps contestants. In Russia, they purposefully give the wrong answer. In France, they give the wrong answer if they feel the contestant isn't smart enough to deserve to win the money. – Source
20. The name 'Tank' for armored vehicles originated as a code word describing the vehicles as water carriers (or water tanks), to confuse enemy spies and keep their creation hidden. Water carriers weren't used as this would have been abbreviated to W.C, another name for toilets. – Source
21. There radium girls were a group of girls that worked for a company painting watch faces with glow in the dark paint, which contained radium. To keep the paint brush tip fine, they would lick it every couple of strokes, causing them to ingest Radium. Once they started getting sick from Radium poisoning, the executives blamed it on them having syphilis, as they were unwed young females, trying to slander their reputations. The 'girls' died early and their bodies are still radioactive almost a century later. – Source
22. When Crispin Glover was recast after Back to the Future Part 1, the crew was able to reverse cast prosthetics made for Glover to make a doppelganger for part 2 and 3. Glover sued, won and the Screen Actors Guild made a rule that no film can use the likeness of an actor without consent. – Source
23. The F15 was the first fighter jet to exceed the speed of sound in vertical flight, and had so much thrust it could climb 65,000 feet in 122 seconds. – Source
24. A massive international airport was built in Spain at a cost of €1.1 billion. It attracted very little airline traffic, being 200 km from the nearest city, and closed four years after it opened. – Source
25. In a span of 40 years Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons were sold by Warner Bros. to Associated Artists Productions, which was sold to United Artists, which was sold to MGM, which was sold to Turner Broadcasting, which was sold to Time Warner, bringing the cartoons full circle. – Source
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MIND COLOURS
SoulenginE
SoulenginE were formed in Milan in 2007 on the initiative of guitarist Ettore Salati (who is also a member of RedZen and of the Alex Carpani Band) and keyboardist Fabio Mancini who had just left their previous band, The Watch. Later the line up was completed by bassist Nando De Luca and drummer Giacomo Pacini and the band began to work on new compositions blending vintage sounds and new ideas with a wide range of influences going from progressive rock to jazz, from fusion to psychedelia. After a hard work, in 2012 they released their first full length album on the independent label Ma.Ra.Cash Records, Mind Colours, featuring a nice art work by Davide Guidoni that in some way tries to catch the spirit of this work, a variegated mix of musical colours and dizzy reveries. The album is almost completely instrumental but never boring and the all the members of the band showcase a great musicianship.
The excellent opener "Polheim" begins softly with a strummed acoustic guitar pattern and a dark organ background, then the rhythm rises while keyboards and electric guitar begin to embroider charming melodic lines. Polheim (Home at the Pole) is the name that Roald Amundsen gave to his camp at the South Pole when he reached it with his expedition on December 14, 1911 but this piece was also used to comment Dante Alighieri's immortal poetry in the Musea's tribute to his Divine Comedy. In particular, this track is related to the verses of Purgatory ? Canto VI, where the Sommo Poeta compares Italy to a vessel without a pilot in a storm, a country that has became savage and unmanageable on account of the greediness and selfishness of its political class. Anyway, close your eyes and let the music drive! You're embarking on an adventurous musical journey through time and space.
Next comes the dreamy "Third In Line" featuring delicate piano passages and a spicy flavoured finale, a kind of oriental delight. It leads to "Rain Flower", sprinkled with Latin rock echoes that could recall Santana, then it's the turn of the calm, jazzy "On The Other Side", an evocative piece full of soft nuances.
The atmosphere of the following "Down The Street" is nightmarish and tense. It depicts a personal crises and features English lyrics written by Ettore Salati and Ettore's brother Giorgio (a.k.a. Joe Sal) on vocals. It is linked to "No Way Out", a nervous, short instrumental. Then comes the dark "No Rewarding".
"Asleep" is another piece featuring English lyrics and the guest vocalist Joe Sal. It's a reflective track that draws the imagine of a man who has to get out of his dreams to take his responsibilities... "I've been asleep / And I never thought how could it be / To be awake / See the light, feel the sounds...". It leads to the beautiful conclusive track, "Challenge To An End", a long, complex piece featuring another guest, Davide Gandino, on flute. Well, on the whole I think that this is very good album that it's really worth listening to. Have a try!
andrea | 4/5 | 2013-12-29
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It has been a while since our last newsletter. Thanks for your patience! This is the minimal summary of what aponix has done in 2018.
Our focus has been to improve our parts and extend the production of materials and our direct sales including logistics and exporting capabilities. We are also coming closer to finding and binding dedicated distribution partners that can add their services and expertise to sell our products to their customers. And of course we have been busy showing and promoting the aponix vertical barrel at tradeshows and events.
Get the video version of the update, learn about the aponix 'why' and see some interesting barrel versions in Marco's talk at this year's Seeds&Chips conference in Milan. Duration: 15min, starting at 38:17 of the overall session on 'Controlled Environments, Future of Indoor & Vertical Farming'.
We rearranged our page, explaining the irrigation options more clearly: There are quite a few options to ensure irrigation of the barrels for soilless use – multiple barrel or standalone operations. Once the liquid attaches to the inside surface gravity will do the rest for you. Explained in more detail on this new page.
This is a reverse compatible change to our major ring segment piece holding two net pots. If there was too much liquid running on the inside, some of it could have been pushed to the outside in the past. We closed these gaps now by changing our series tooling.
The new manual page now shows the basic assembly and disassembly in more detail with the current building blocks. We have also updated the manuals.
We had to remove the prices from our website this year. Interest is coming from end users, resellers and potential project partners globally and the published pricing details created too much confusion. For price details please use our shop pages to collect a parts list that you are interested in and request an individual quote including shipping on the checkout.
In the meantime we have set up a more consistent pricing strategy and a more reliable production with a higher stock. We also decided that a one-time set of testing materials up to 4 barrel setups can be shipped for the reseller price to businesses direct from aponix Germany. On average the cost for one grow space is around 4 and 6EURs (depending on the setup), which is well below any other solution out there especially if you also consider the quality and usability of our solution.
We also changed the packaging for shipping. The standalone version with the closed base is now being shipped in a more compact 70x70x45cm box, which reduced shipping cost and made it possible to ship with standard carriers.
Images from a growing test without plastic net pots and rockwool just in foldable jute sheets from HollandPlug growing lettuce, mustard greens and basil in a small standalone vertical barrel setup on a terrace. There are partnering research facilities working on alternative net pot-substrate replacements too.
Kevin from Epic Gardening testing and reviewing a small setup of our vertical standalone barrel – 'Vertical Hydroponics: Awesome Modular Barrel System!', 17min. Really cool to watch him explain the steps you need to take to set up and run one of our systems.
After visiting Kevin's place one of our favorite gardening youtubers John Kohler from growingyourgreens.com also did a short review of the system vertical barrel. The video covers the whole tour, the aponix section starts at 18:22.
Impressions from aponix trade shows and conferences.
Past events and media presence can also be found in our news section and on our Facebook page.
The mission of aponix is to make hyperlocal edible plant production easy, productive and robust – for commercial operations running urban farms and for the advanced prosumer or hobby enthusiast. The aponix parts can be used to set up grow spaces for both types of applications in very flexible and modular ways.
Remember: Height = number of grow spaces = always variable.
No fixed elements (tables or racks) needed.
Today aponix needs your support! Please check out our crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. You will find new details about the vertical barrel concept – peek into manufacturing, hear why we are doing all this (see video) and learn how it all began.
Mission of aponix is to make hyperlocal edible plant production easy and productive – for commercial operations running urban micro-farms (B2B) but also for the prosumer or hobby enthusiast (B2C). The aponix parts can be used to set up grow spaces for both types of applications in very flexible and modular ways.
Missing: A rolling metal triangle for the standalone barrels. Substrate based barrels can become heavy. Also the soilless standalone barrel still needs a good solution to move it around. If you look closely, the bottom of the closed base already has some placeholders for a triangle metal structure. It is a simple welded 3-piece structure that we can equip with rolls.
Missing: The metal base for rotation of the multi barrel setup. The idea here is to use the top lid upside down. It already can be used as base for the hanging barrel. We need to have sort of a christmas tree metal base that can hold such a turned lid and provide a bearing underneath and at the same time let the liquid drain.
This would also make up the base for future automation and (auto-)rotation and solve lighting issues.
There are many more ideas for extensions. With your support we will realize as many of them as possible. If you are inspired by the design and have ideas for a useful extension you like to use yourself or share with us, we are happy to hear them.
Do you know the concept of a 'suspended coffee'? It is when you go to a bar and pay for 2 coffee, drink one and the spare one can be picked later by someone that can not afford it.
This is the same for the barrel parts! Your contribution helps give a school or institution that could otherwise not afford the parts access to the latest hyperlocal growing equipment for education or self-sustainability.
Provides an integrated reservoir in the base, 10 plantable ring segments, assembled using 60 of our 1/6th parts each providing two 2-inch net pot inserts (120 in total), a top water buffer and a top lid.
You will need a simple 20-30W submergible pump and a 3/4″ hose to operate it. Get more info in our website about this bundle.
As a raised bed alternative the vertical barrel can also be filled with substrate (soil or other medium). Or it can be used for your pond as bio filter.
In this case the 1/6 parts for ring segment assembly come with 18 shelf parts and 18 closed parts. The closed base provides a wicking tank for irrigation. Get more info on our website about this bundle.
using 72 of our 1/6th parts each providing two 2-inch net pot inserts. The top lid comes with a sprinkler for irrigation. Get more info on our website about this bundle.
This is an experimental perk in our campaign. Get it and Marco owes you a drink. Thanks! Looking forward to post the pictures on Facebook! Prost!
The aponix vertical barrel enables you to set up vertical grow spaces in a very flexible and modular way. By chosing from a range of different parts you can assemble ring segments and stack them into a vertical cylinder or barrel (diameter 57 centimeters). Cultivation area is the surface of the cylinder and it can provide differently sized grow spaces for your crops. Irrigation is done from one entry point at the top either by using a standard inverted sprinkler, an aeroponic spray nozzle or our own irrigation buffer that can be operated by a simple pump. You can use it as a single barrel with the base being the reservoir or arrange multiple barrels in a production line using a central nutrient reservoir. The system works just the same as a normal NFT but in 3D.
This is how the de-facto standard in soilless edible plant production looks like: It is done on a horizontal plane in 2D using up a lot of space. Most vertical systems use racks or multiple layers to stack production – introducing new challenges. The aponix vertical barrel translates the horizontal cultivation area to the surface of cylinders. A lot of thought and iterative improvement has gone into the parts and the design to make the vertical barrel easy to use and handle in your day to day production.
This is how it looks when it is ready for harvest! Your cultivation area is defined by the number, the position of the cylinders, their hight and surface configuration. Get creative to figure our your individual setup for your urban micro-farm plot! Check out our integration examples. Don't hesitate to ask for help!
You like to schedule an appointment / get a ticket / invite for one of these shows? Please contact us.
Past events and media presence can be found in our news section and on our Facebook page.
If you like to get an insight into the latest results of the soilless research here in Heidelberg/Germany including 2 NFT solutions and our vertical barrels, please let us know.
Support aponix! Extend the system!
If you are professional commercial grower planning to operate a larger facility with multiple soilless barrels and centralized reservoir, you will set up quite a bunch of these. Regardless how high ring segments are stacked, irrigation will always be from the top. You can find integration setups on our website showing how you can arrange your cultivation area.
Of course there are already other tower solutions. In the end the product should be of the highest possible quality and be maintainable, easy to handle and provide a maximum number of grow spaces. We have dedicated a whole page to usability and quality.
Remember: Each 15cm of height can add 12 more grow spaces for seedlings pregrown in 2-inch net pots. In this case you will need an additional submergible pump to push the liquid from the base to the irrigation buffer on the top.
The most simple and pragmatic way for prosumers (end-consumers) to grow their own food is to use substrate or soil (http://www.aponix.eu/vertical-barrel-soil-based/) . In this case the barrel setup provides a simple raised bed alternative with a minimal footprint. Ring segments are assembled alternating with a closed part (http://www.aponix.eu/shop/closed-part/) and a shelf part (http://www.aponix.eu/shop/shelf-part/) . The base serves as a tank and has an overflow valve to prevent over watering.
The new shelf part provides a large opening that can be worked on with a garden shovel for substrate based setups. It can be arranged with the closed part to configure more vertical space for your plants.
A closed part can be used to add horizontal or vertical space for plants for soilless or substrate based applications. It even serves as a base for the next part.
Sometimes it can be handy, if you could just reach inside a planted or running soilless barrel to clear out something or reach for your submerged pump. Here is a part with a revision opening.
For soilless irrigation so far you needed a strong pump. With this new part you can connect a simple small pump to the black valve. The top irrigation buffer is filled with liquid. An overflow hole prevents over watering.
A closed standing base serves a) as reservoir for the standalone soilless setup, b) as tank for the wicking bed in the substrate based setup, and c) as a general base for grey water filtering.Stay tuned for more extensions!Aponix already has some more very useful parts in the pipeline. If you happen to have another idea yourself, be it a specialized growing adapter for a certain crop or a completely new application – please let us know or contact us via Facebook.
Aponix is still looking for resellers and distribution partners!
With the new parts ready to ship and the extended versatility we are at the ideal point in our development, where we need outside partners to help us set up global sales. If you like to learn more about that, please click here.
Weltkongress Gebäudegrün DESIGNING WITH NATURE (WGIC) June 2017, Berlin. We are also currently looking into possibilities to exchange the raw material from plastics to ceramics in order to be able to integrate the vertical barrel directly into buildings and architecture.
Meet us in September 2017 at AgTech Week NYC and at the AVF Summit in Washington.
The series production for new parts extending the vertical barrel concept into a soil-/subtrate-based variant and also a standalone soil-less barrel are on the way! All new parts will be available in late Summer 2017 and can already be pre-ordered from our website's order area.
A shelf part used to add grow space for the substrate based setup.
The closed part also extends the soil-less version. For larger crops as spacer on the cultivation area or barrel surface.
The closed standing base can also serve as a reservoir for a standalone soil-less barrel >100 grow spaces.
Another missing part is the low tech water buffer for the irrigation of the soil-less version. It will be placed under the top lid to hold ~8 liters of water to gradually irrigate the inside. This part will be used in the future standalone soil-less version or if the irrigation using the standard sprinkler is not an option in larger low-tech setups.
Click here to see how a soil-based setup will look like.
Since April 2017 we are an EIT Climate-KIC Startup for 'Urban Transitions'. We are proud to receive substantial support, shaping the aponix story and mentorship, extending into soil-based hyperlocal equipment and also receive additional financial support that way.Thanks Climate-KIC!
Aponix is looking for resellers and distribution partners!
After 3 years of development and setting up the first series production in Germany, manufacturing and shipping the first parts for our soil-less barrels, we are at the ideal point in the development where we need more mature outside partners to help us set up strong global distribution channels.
The Garden and Greenhouse Magazine wrote a product review about our soil-less vertical barrel.
Hortidaily wrote an article about the vertical barrel system. There has also been a Spanish version on Freshplaza.
A general English article about the aponix vertical system including an image download.
The announcement of the soil-based version in German including an image download.
If you like to write about aponix please let us know if you need additional content, materials or an interview partner!
It has long been overdue that aponix points out the key differences between our equipment and philosophy and the various other 'tower' solutions out there.
If you still think aponix is just another hobby tower system __please__ check out our page on quality and usability with regard to operations and materials used.
Aponix has put a serious amount of effort into its design regarding many different dimensions of the product to make it as simple and robust as possible.
Aponix will be present at the AVF Summit on June 12 in Amsterdam.
Aponix will be exhibiting at GreenTech, June 14.-16. 2016 in Amsterdam. You can find us in the Vertical Farming Pavilion at booth no 08.410Q.
Aponix aeroponic barrels are shown as a kind of new component for vertical farming in the Beijing International Urban Agricultural S&T Park in Tongzhou.
New version 2.0 of our 1/6 part has been announced – new zip-click connection and new internal wing structure to be used as vertical NFT.
PCT announcement of our German patent has been issued, German patent has been granted and published.
Marco's interview with Avinash Burra from Green Millenium.
The independent governmental horticulture research facility 'Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Gartenbau (LVG) Heidelberg' starts officiall test of our barrels.


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El Instituto de Educación Secundaria Antonio Machado es un instituto de enseñanza secundaria de Soria (España) que ocupa un edificio barroco, antiguo Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús, situado entre la calle Aduana Vieja y las plazas del Vergel y de Bernardo Robles.

Hasta hace pocas décadas era el único centro público de la ciudad y de la provincia y, por tanto, referencia académica, por la que, generación tras generación, han pasado personajes ilustres de la vida pública como Antonio Machado, Gerardo Diego Cendoya, Nicolás Rabal y Díez, Juan Antonio Gaya Tovar, José Tudela de la Orden, Oreste Camarca de Blasio y Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, entre otros.

Historia

Fernando de Padilla, canónigo prior del cabildo de la catedral de El Burgo de Osma, fue el fundador de este colegio de la Compañía de Jesús, bajo la denominación de Colegio del «Espíritu Santo», promocionando que en el mismo se enseñara Latín y Retórica. Posteriormente se le agregó una cátedra de Teología Moral. Entraron los jesuitas en Soria el 1 de julio de 1575, y se albergaron junto a la iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Espino comenzando allí su ministerio, lugar que abandonaron para instalarse más cerca del centro de la ciudad en la antigua iglesia de San Sebastián. En 1576 Doña Juana y Doña María de Mendoza, hijas de Don Juan de Torre de Mendoza, hicieron donación, cesión y traspaso de sus bienes para dotar al Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús en la ciudad de Soria, así como doña Juana de Toledo y don Francisco de Mostajo, ante el escribano Alonso Ramírez.

La primitiva fábrica del colegio comenzó en el año 1577, invirtiéndose en la compra del solar y en la construcción de paredes y capilla la hacienda y primera donación de las hermanas Mendoza. Es muy poco lo que se sabe de esta primera construcción, únicamente las noticias que proporciona don Pedro Tutor y Malo en 1690 al referirse a la iglesia de "rara fábrica de madera a lo antiguo, y tiene dos colaterales en la capilla mayor, con muchas urnas de singulares reliquias". Esta construcción del siglo XVI conocería una remodelación y ampliación en el siglo XVII.

El 22 de abril de 1740 un incendio lo destruyó quedando, según don Nicolás Rabal "reducido a cenizas a excepción de las aulas de gramática y filosofía y parte de la portería contigua a ellas"". Sobre el mismo solar, y con mayor grandeza y esplendor, los jesuitas volvieron a levantar su nuevo colegio, en una época de gran auge para la Compañía que tenía incluso arquitectos propios para la construcción y reparación de sus obras, con una base barroca, pero descargado de adornos y exuberancias. La planta y traza del nuevo colegio de jesuitas fue realizada por un maestro de obras de Loyola y otro de Tudela.

Sin embargo, no se llegó a concluir toda la obra, tan solo el colegio. De la iglesia, que se comenzó a edificar en el lado norte, se habían colocado únicamente tres arcos formeros cuando se promulgó el decreto de expulsión de los jesuitas, suscrito por Carlos III el primero de abril de 1767, interrumpiéndose las tareas de construcción. Se cerró entonces el colegio, siendo sus posesiones y tierras subastadas y trasladada la abundante biblioteca, que había sido donada en parte por el prior Padilla, a la Universidad de Santa Catalina del Burgo de Osma (hoy se encuentra en el Seminario de El Burgo de Osma). Las alhajas y vasos sagrados pasaron a la Colegiata de San Pedro y las tierras se subastaron públicamente.

A partir de la marcha de la Compañía no cesaron las solicitudes para la utilización del edificio y los primeros en hacerlo fueron el Deán y cabildo de San Pedro, quienes en 1768 pidieron que se les concediera el colegio de jesuitas para construir una nueva colegiata pero no se consiguió. En 1782 la Real Sociedad de Amigos del País instaló una escuela de educandas que se mantuvo hasta 1808, cuando fue interrumpida por la Guerra de la Independencia, pasando a convertirse en cuartel y hospital de tropas, siéndolo también en las guerras carlistas.

En 1840 se produce la apertura del extinguido colegio de jesuitas como Universidad de Santa Catalina y dos meses más tarde se convirtió en Instituto Provincial de Segunda Enseñanza de Soria experimentando numerosos contratiempos hasta el siglo XX. El Instituto General y Técnico de 1907 se denomina, desde la Orden de 21 de septiembre de 1967, Instituto "Antonio Machado" de Soria. Aquí inició su magisterio como catedrático de Lengua francesa en el curso 1907-1908, a los 32 años de edad, el profesor Antonio Machado Ruiz que impartió docencia a estudiantes de Bachillerato que tenían entre 13 y 15 años.

Descripción del edificio

La obra que se conserva en la actualidad es fruto de la remodelación que se realizó en el siglo XVIII tras el incendio de 1740. Las fachadas norte y oeste están realizadas con perfecta piedra de sillería mientras que el resto del edificio está realizado en mampostería. La fachada principal presenta un soportal con nueve arcos al frente y dos a los laterales. En el primer piso se abren sobre cinco de los arcos, dos vanos adintelados enmarcados por molduras lisas y sobre ellos otros dos vanos coronados con frontones curvos.

El elemento más destacable es la portada principal, abierta en un lateral de la fachada principal. Ofrece una puerta adintelada y moldurada con baquetones de oreja entre pilastras cajeadas con capiteles compuestos, entablamento con ménsulas decoradas con rosetas, rematadas con flameros y pequeña ventana baquetonada igualmente en oreja y entrecajeadas coronada por un frontón triangular partido con un tímpano con rosetas. El escudo de Carlos III con el toisón de oro completa el conjunto. Este escudo debió de sustituir al de los jesuitas después de la expropiación. Sobre la portada había una espadaña de forja con una campana, la cual fue retirada en la última restauración.

El claustro en torno al cual se centra el edificio es cuadrangular con más de 31 metros de longitud por cada lado, presente vanos de arco de medio punto y se cubre con bóvedas de arista en tramos separados por fajones semicirculares rebajados, que se apoyan en pilastras y ménsulas recortadas. La escalera que comunica los dos pisos se configura en torno a un tramo central y dos laterales.

También del siglo XVIII parece ser la zona del muro noreste donde se encuentra otra entrada de traza muy simple en arco de medio punto rebajado que comunica a través de una escalera (moderna) con el claustro, así como con una estancia de amplias dimensiones que presenta planta rectangular (posiblemente el antiguo refectorio) cubierta con bóveda de cañón con lunetos, separados por arcos fajones rebajados, que terminan en ménsulas con molduras de listón. En el inicio de esta gran sala se encuentra un arco semicircular de grandes dimensiones que apoya en dos pilastrones con una moldura cóncavo-convexa a modo de capitel. En el muro suroeste se abren siete ventanas adinteladas de derrame interno, las más antiguas colocadas en alto y las más modernas a nivel del suelo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Página web del Instituto Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado
Centros Educativos de Soria
Centros educativos de España del siglo XIX
Instituciones educativas establecidas en 1840
Monumentos de Soria
Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús de Soria
Universidad de Santa Catalina (histórica)
Arquitectura de la provincia de Soria
Arquitectura en Castilla y León en el siglo XVIII
Arquitectura barroca en Castilla y León
España en 1840
Antonio Machado

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Front- & Back-end code should be refactored for full Unicode support in scene files and strings.
Actually, there is a "real" solution hiding in the code that I never found the time to finish. The solution designed in is that the frontend supplies scenes to the backend based on blind string requests, with all scene files being essentially in a sandbox created by the backend. The benefit of this implementation is that it allows tracking all files that are needed for scene (this feature already is fully implemented), and transmit or move them to a private space if needed, possibly over a network (this is not implemented). The other side effect of this feature is that it makes the file output restrictions obsolete (not the input restrictions of file IO restrictions though) because files created would be in a sandbox and users can always see after a render what was changed. The other benefit of this sandbox would be that the same scene, even if it creates files every time, can be rendered in parallel, i.e. as part of an animation.
I still have the code for this sitting somewhere, but back then Chris and I decided to leave this out of POV-Ray 3.7 due to time constraints.
Now tracked on github as issue #273.


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Farmermouse's film & book Festival
Thinkin' About Moving-Picture Shows & Book-Learnin'
The Gangster, 1947. 9/10
May 12, 2019 / farmermousesfilmfest
Barry Sullivan is the deeply troubled gangster, Shubunka. He can't trust anyone, even the girlfriend he dotes on, Nancy (Belita). He eventually alienates her to the extent that she double-crosses him. His underlings (John Ireland and Akim Tamiroff) turn on each other.
The only really decent characters are the two women, Nancy and Dorothy (Joan Loring).
As ruthless, petty, and paranoid as Shubunka is, he does love Nancy, and respects Dorothy. But neither of them really wants to deal with his controlling behavior. This is very much a character study; a psychological film noir. Shubunka dominates his scenes, and we get so close to his view that, by the end, we experience his hallucinations and rants.
Aside from his personal problems, he has to deal with his increasingly powerful rival Cornell (Sheldon Leonard). The rival gangster, and his whole crew, are appropriately slimy. Elisha Cook, Jr., in particular, makes a great hyper/nutty sidekick. Tamiroff's Jammey, on the other hand, is essentially a decent guy driven to despair as he's caught between the two gangsters. Ireland's Frank is intensely uneasy; unlike Jammey, Shubunka despises Frank because he's made all of his own problems.
The same could be said for Harry Morgan's Shorty. I admit I've never taken to Morgan; he's got a sort of pretentious demeanor in most of his roles. Here he's gobbling up screen time as the "soda jerker." Another reviewer pointed out that Shorty's abortive flirtation with Olga (Fifi D'Orsay) parallels the central couple of Shubunka and Nancy. But for me it just messes with the tone: it's not even comic relief, it's pathetic relief.
For the most part, the tone's dark, with a claustrophobic atmosphere and a relentless pace. The cardboard backdrops in the street and beach scenes accentuate the flat, compressed space that mirrors Shubunka's narrowing world. This settings have the expressionistic feel of some of the inter-war German films. The ending is especially expressionistic, with a horror-story feel; Shubunka sees every face as threatening. The crowded streets and boardwalk become nightmarish; the downpour doesn't let up until Shubunka's literally swallowed up by the gutter water.
The lightning burst coincides with the gunshots that kill him; or does it just seem like lightning? The outer world has become a menacing character to Shubunka, both by (his killers') intention and by accident.
The Gangster carries a powerful anti-crime theme. We can see that the criminal lifestyle has driven Shubunka mad; his complete breakdown is much more effective than the 'crime-doesn't-pay' sermons we sometimes get in similar films. This is crime drama at its best; by trimming "the soda jerker" subplot, The Gangster would be perfect. 9/10
Film-Noir, Mystery/Crime
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Aaron Campbell finally admits to raping and murdering six-year-old Alesha MacPhail as he's jailed for life
Andy Wells
Yahoo News UK 21 March 2019
Aaron Campbell has finally admitted to raping and murdering Alesha MacPhail (Facebook/Police Scotland)
A teenager who raped and murdered a six-year-old girl on the Isle of Bute said "all he could think about was killing her" once he saw her.
Sixteen-year-old Aaron Campbell, who was convicted of raping and murdering Alesha MacPhail last month, finally admitted to his crimes before being sentenced to life today.
Sentencing Campbell, who was told he must spend at least 27 years behind bars, Judge Lord Matthews said he was a cold and calculated individual who had shown "not a flicker of remorse" during the trial.
He added that, at times during the trial, Campbell had to stop himself laughing.
He said: "You went into the house and then her bedroom, you removed her from there and took her to a secluded spot where you raped and murdered her in the most brutal fashion.
"It's difficult to imagine the distress her family must have suffered."
Lord Matthews also revealed the contents of Campbell's psychologist's report: "When you saw Alesha your reaction, according to you, was as follows: 'A moment of opportunity… At any other time in life, murder wouldn't have been the conclusion. If I was a year younger I don't think I would have done it… All I thought about was killing her once I saw her'."
After the sentence was read out family members shouted "evil" and "beast" as Campbell was led down to the cells.
Alesha's mother, Georgina Lochrane, shouted at Campbell after he was sentenced: "Disgusting, vile litle f****** rat."
Alesha's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year (Facebook)
Campbell, 16, who was unanimously found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Glasgow last month, admitted responsibility for the rape and murder of Alesha in background reports ordered by the judge.
Brian McConnachie QC, representing 16-year-old Campbell, said: "The most striking thing about these reports is that in the reports Mr Campbell has admitted to responsibility for the rape and murder of Alesha MacPhail."
Mr McConnachie said the psychologist's report found that Campbell "presents with a range of traits on the psychopathy checklist and also has a wide range of factors present in relation to potential sexually harmful behaviour".
He said that Campbell's upbringing was "less than ideal" but that this was not a mitigating factor.
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Ahead of Campbell's sentencing, he concluded: "In dealing with this matter I would ask your Lordship to have regard to the fact that in imposing the punishment part at this stage it is a punishment part of a significant length undoubtedly which is being imposed upon a child."
Alesha's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year, hours after she was reported missing from the house her father shared with his parents and partner on the island.
Campbell, whose identity was revealed following his conviction, took Alesha from the bed where she was sleeping and inflicted horrific injuries before dumping her body in woodland.
Pathologist John Williams told the trial that Alesha had 117 separate injuries, and a post-mortem examination he conducted indicated she had died from "significant and forceful pressure to her neck and face".
Georgina Lochrane, the mother of Alesha MacPhail, arrives at court for Campbell's sentencing (PA)
Campbell was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow last month where a jury found him guilty unanimously (Police Scotland)
The court heard that Alesha was days into her summer holiday with father Robert MacPhail, 26, and grandparents Angela King and Calum MacPhail when she was snatched by Campbell, who tried to blame her father's girlfriend for the crime.
Prosecutor Iain McSporran said he hoped the guilty verdict would remove any doubt that she could have been involved.
He referred to a victim impact statement from Alesha's paternal grandparents Angela King and Calum MacPhail.
Robert MacPhail (centre), the father of Alesha MacPhail, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow with Alesha's grandparents Callum MacPhail and Angela King (PA)
He said: "They are utterly devastated and heartbroken. She was a beautiful, kind and thoughtful child who they miss every day.
"They are tortured and tormented by the circumstances of her murder. I think overwhelmed is an understatement.
"They do not see how they can live a normal life. Her future was taken and so was theirs."
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