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Australia artist 1890-1923 was an Australian artist. Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940) and Emma Minnie Boyd (n??e ?? Beckett) were well-known artists of the day, and his brothers included Merric Boyd the ceramacist (1888-1959) and the novelist Martin Boyd (1893-1972). His son Robin Boyd (1919-1971) was a noted writer and architectural critic, and his nephews Arthur Boyd and David Boyd became prominent artists. Born in England at Penleigh House, Westbury, Wiltshire, Boyd received his artistic training from his parents and at the National Gallery Art School. He had his first exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society at 18, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London at 21. He won second prize in the Australian Federal Government's competition for a painting of the site of the new national capital, Canberra. He won the Wynne Prize in 1914 with Landscape. He served in the AIF (Australian Infantry Forces) in France in World War I, and was invalided out after being badly gassed at the battle of Ypres in 1917. His career was cut short when he was killed in a car accident near Warragul, Victoria in 1923. Penleigh Boyd is best known as a landscapist with an accomplished handling of evanescent effects of light. A notable influence was artist E. Phillips Fox, who introduced him to plein air techniques when they were neighbours in Paris in 1912-1913.
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Huddersfield Town players are dejected after Fulham FC score their fourth goal English Football League Sky Bet Championship Huddersfield Town v Fulham FC 22/04/17 (Pic by John Rushworth) Football Images are covered by DataCo licence agreements. For Editorial Use Only No Free Use permitted.
Huddersfield Town were comprehensively beaten by an in-form Fulham side on Saturday, with the Cottagers running out 4-1 winners.
Chris Lowe put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot in the fourth minute, but Fulham responded with four first -half goals of their own.
Scott Malone equalised before a Tom Cairney penalty and a Stefa Johansen brace sealed the victory for the side from the capital.
Here Rory Benson reflects on the defeat before Town head to Molineux on Tuesday.
For me, the Londoners are the best side Town have come up against all season.
Most teams that visit the John Smith's Stadium have to adapt their style of play to counter Town's attacking threat, but the Cottagers got the better of the Terriers without having to change too much.
David Wagner will surely be hoping to avoid Fulham in the play-off semi-finals - should Town get there - with the London club recording a 9-1 aggregate win over Town in the two fixtures this season.
Psychology could well play a part as well and Slavisa Jokanovic's men would definitely have the mental edge over Town should they face each other in a two-legged play-off.
Town are coming off the boil at the worst possible time.
With the post-season fast approaching, Town have hit a second sticky patch of the season and will be concerned that they have won just two of their last seven games.
Add to that that play-off football is not yet guaranteed and the result is some very nervous fans in West Yorkshire.
The silver lining to the dip in form however, is that Town's first wobble - back in October - lasted seven matches (from defeat to Sheffield Wednesday to the draw against Blackburn) - before normal service was resumed.
Let's hope the seven-game spell from Bristol City to Fulham completes the second lapse in form.
Yesterday's birthday boy was omitted from the side due to feeling unwell, with Joe Lolley filling in for the forward on the right wing.
And - although Fulham played well - Tommy Smith was far too exposed in the right-back position.
The understanding he and Kachunga have developed on the right side - both in attack and defence - has made them one of the best wide partnerships in the league, and it is difficult to replace either one of them.
At 4-1 down against a play-off rival, many sets of supporters up and down the country would have booed the team into the tunnel at half time.
But Town's supporters applauded their side in and the backing they gave their side in the second half matched the levels of noise made in the first half.
Although Fulham got the better of Town on the day, no team in the league will enjoy playing at the John Smith's Stadium with the Town fans in full voice.
Despite some of the doom and gloom that inevitably follows a comprehensive defeat, not much has changed for Huddersfield Town.
Yes, Newcastle United can achieve promotion on Monday, but automatic promotion to the Premier League had become a pipe dream for Town over the last couple of weeks.
And with Leeds United and Reading losing, Town are still in a fantastic position to secure a play-off spot - with just one win enough to cement their place in the top six.
An unbelievable achievement for a side experiencing their best season in years.


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Cosmic Love Ball 2013
Posted: February 14, 2013 in Concerts, News, Reviews
Tags: 2013, afro-cuban, Bay Area, Cosmic Love Ball, Dale Flanning, DJ Wyllys, electronica band, Fillmore, Galactic Muses, jam, jam band, Jazz, Kalmia Traver, Lebo, Life, Love, Materialized, Mighty Dave Pellicciaro, music, New Orleans, north beach, North Beach Brass Band, pigeonhole, Pop, Poster Room, Rubblebucket, San Francisco, socialites, wall hangings, www youtube
Hello Bay Area musical socialites! It was great to see you the other night at the Cosmic Love Ball with DJ Wyllys, the North Beach Brass Band, Materialized, and Rubblebucket! That's right, it was another great year for the futuristic love circus called the Cosmic Love Ball, which is held at the Fillmore in San Francisco every year to celebrate life, love, and music. This year, the Fillmore was adorned with wall hangings around the auditorium with heart accents around the room, including a whole wall filled with heart lights. Naughty love was certainly in the air though. As you entered the Fillmore you were greeted by a statue of a blindfolded angel's bust offering you the traditional Fillmore apples. It was certainly a symbol of how the night was to progress.
The evening started off kind of slow with people slowly trickling in, but the lively DJ Wyllys kept everyone energized in the main auditorium while the North Beach Brass Band kept people entertained upstairs in the Poster Room. Eventually, the North Beach Brass Band marched their way downstairs and onto the dance floor to announce the beginning of the evening. It was awesome having them come down and march through the crowd. It really got everyone moving and it felt like we were swept away to New Orleans for a moment. Once everyone was hyped up the lights went down and genre bending house band, Materialized, took the stage.
If you have not seen or heard Materialized go check them out right now. They blew the crowd away at the Cosmic Love Ball with their intense energetic beats, thundering bass, and killer synths. They either kept people standing in awe, or made people move uncontrolablly. Either way, people seemed to be transported to cosmic love bliss. It is really hard to pinpoint what genre Materialized really is though. In fact, on their website they actually say the following:
"Any attempt to pigeonhole Materialized as an electronica band, a jam band, a jazz band, etc. doesn't really work since this band has giant antenna always scanning the airwaves for interesting new ways of combining the musical banquet of the 21st century."
They seem to rely heavily on beats, but they seem to twist and turn enough to keep you guessing on what kind of band they really are. One thing is for sure – they are really good.
Adding to the fun of the evening, artist Lebo was painting along to the music. It was great to see images appear before our eyes as he worked on them. It really seemed to add another layer to the music too. It was a great addition to the entertainment for the evening. Thank you Lebo! The Galactic Muses dancers also took the stage several times to add some drama and flare with their sexy dance moves and several costume changes.
Soon after Materialized finished their set, Rubblebucket came on. They were pretty good, and accomplished musicians, but I did not really care for their set as much for some reason. They seemed to be too showy with semi afro-cubanesque influences and some pop thrown in, and the combination really was not working for me. However, their horns were really good and I was definitely moving. In fact, the whole crowd seemed to really enjoy them and everyone seemed to be moving their butts. It was a really good time. What I really loved the most was when singer Kalmia Traver would hop on the baritone sax every once in a while and took command of the stage. Even better was the end of their set when she hopped down off the stage with her sax and started playing through the crowd with the rest of the band and the North Beach Brass Band to end the show as they walked out of the venue. It was an awesome way to interact with the crowd and change the atmosphere of the venue before finishing the evening. Good times had by all!
If you are around the San Francisco area next February I highly encourage you to check out the Cosmic Love Ball. It is a wonderful evening of good vibes, good music, and good times. I hope to see you all there next year!
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Star Sapphire Cosmic Love Ball 2012
Posted: February 16, 2012 in News
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Returning this year to the fabulous San Francisco Fillmore the 2012 Cosmic Love Ball, now in it's 7th year, is going to be the biggest, boldest, futurist-est lovetasm yet! The massively sassy music you've come to expect will be comin in hot with EOTO, MATERIALIZED, and Love in the Circus. Vau De Vire Society will be dancing and dazzling; Klown Korps will provide romantic mischief and much, much more fun!
Tickets: $29.50
Limited VIP Packages available: $75.00
VIP Includes: Special ambient viewing area, private access, poster, treats, and surprises!
FESTIVE ATTIRE PLEASE
EOTO will drop their mad dance machinations while MATERIALIZED brings their big Love Ballin' best with special appearances by Brian Jordan on guitar (Karl Denson, Lauryn Hill), MC Radio Active, and Robin Coomer (Loop!Station) singing her heart out. The super cool Love In The Circus will be here from LA and the fun just keeps comin'!
Don't miss the mad mad fun. GET THERE EARLY! Vau De Vire Show in the Poster Room STARTS AT 9PM SHARP!! The great DJ Funklor will be spinning at 8:30 and the fun won't stop till last champagne pops!
ABOUT THE BANDS:
"With no two shows alike, fans have come to expect the unexpected. Changes in mood, energy, and inspiration are reflected—in real-time—by rhythmic and melodic shifts in the music as EOTO makes their way through a plethora of tools and techniques. The duo moves effortlessly from choppy dubstep to whip-smart, four-on-the-floor house to psychedelic trip-hop. It's a dance marathon, but everyone's in it together.
MATERIALIZED
Materialized is an ongoing musical collaboration built on the core of a lifelong friendship between Grammy Award winning keyboardist (Mighty) Dave Pellicciaro and drummer Dale Fanning.
Based in Oakland, CA the band builds their energized sound on big beats and sonic scapes. To keep the music constantly growing they engage a revolving cast of talent for their live shows ranging from a powerhouse two-man match to trios, full band with a horn section, singers, video and dancers including their main associate, Cuban-born bassist Carlitos Del Puerto (Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock).
Materialized has released their EP CD "Songs About Music" and are dropping three fresh singles on Feb 1st. Check these high octane adventures on iTunes, CD Baby, Spotify and Pandora.
Love In The Circus
Love in the Circus features unique and seductive melodies that combine and blur the lines of electronica, rock, jazz and blues with sultry, edgy, museful hooks.
The group was formed by singer/bassist Leanna Rachel and producer/guitarist Chris Brickler. Curtis Cunningham joined the group on drums, Eric Hargett on keys/saxophone and Cha Chi on percussion/synths. The High Priestess and Leah Zeger add beautiful textures on the harp and violin, respectively.
Eagles, Foo Fighters, John Mayer @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
Posted: January 16, 2012 in News
Tags: Eagles, Festival, Fighters, Foo, Jazz, John, Mayer, New, Orleans
Wish I was going to be there!
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will feature The Eagles, Tom Petty, The Foo Fighters, and John Mayer among the hundreds of acts playing the festival in 2012. The party goes down across two weekends from April 27th to May 6th, and will be spread over a dozen (or so) stages.
With so much talent loaded onto this bill, it's impossible to pinpoint just a couple featured acts. Al Green, Bon Iver, Herbie Hancock, My Morning Jacket, Iron & Wine, Feist, Florence + the Machine, and Jill Scott are all deserving festival headliners in their own right, but they represent just a fraction of the nationally recognized talent on this year's packed festival lineup.
Festival producer Quint Davis said of landing The Eagles and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers:
They've been on our most in demand list for…
Elvis Costello Tells Fans NOT To Buy His $225 Box Set
Posted: November 30, 2011 in News
Tags: Amazon, Ambassador, Armstrong, book, CD, concert, Costello, DVD, Elvis, elviscostello.com, Enterprises, Jazz, Louis, music, record, Return, Satchmo, Songbook, Spectacular, Spinning, Sumo, Universal, vinyl
Costello performing at Glastonbury in 2005
Well, it's the holiday season, and people are out purchasing gifts for themselves and others. It is the perfect time for CD box sets to come out, which is why Universal Music Enterprises has released Costello's box set, "Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook." The box set includes three CDs, a vinyl record, a concert DVD and a 40-page coffee table book; but it costs $225. Costello says that this amount of money is a "hoax" and recommends that if fans really want certain parts of the box set they should just wait until after the holidays when they might be able to purchase individual items separately. He also went on to explain that he tried to get the record label to lower the price, but they would not budge. So, he actually ended up recommending another artist's works for the holiday season, releasing the following statements:
"Unfortunately, we at www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend this lovely item to you as the price appears to be either a misprint or a satire…. If you should really want to buy something special for your loved one at this time of seasonal giving, we can whole-heartedly recommend, 'Ambassador of Jazz' — a cute little imitation suitcase, covered in travel stickers and embossed with the name 'Satchmo' but more importantly containing TEN re-mastered albums by one of the most beautiful and loving revolutionaries who ever lived – Louis Armstrong. The box should be available for under one hundred and fifty American dollars and includes a number of other tricks and treats. Frankly, the music is vastly superior."
Bravo, Elvis. Well done. However, if fans still wish to purchase the whole Costello box set, Music Sumo would like you all to know that you will be able to find it cheaper on Amazon. Starting December 6th, you should be able to find it for about $202, here. There's a little gift of savings for you from Music Sumo!

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A 1995 Ferrari F50 (Ferrari).
Did you hear the one about the FBI agent who crashed a stolen-then-recovered Ferrari into a tree?
Except, there's no punch line. Because, while it may be fodder for an avalanche of wisecracks, this isn't a party joke, or a scene from "Get Smart."
It really happened, according to court documents. A Michigan insurance company is suing both the FBI and the Justice Department in order to get their hands on some records to find out more about how the crash occurred.
This long, strange saga began in 2003, when the 1995 Ferrari F50, valued at $750,000, was stolen from a dealership in Rosemont, Penn. The dealership submitted a claim to Motors Insurance Corp., in suburban Detroit, which had insured the vehicle.
Motors Insurance paid the claim and assumed ownership of the still-missing Ferrari.
Fast-forward to August 2008, when the FBI and local police found the Ferrari in Kentucky. The FBI stored the Ferrari in a warehouse while it investigated the theft and eventually prosecuted the car thief, according to the lawsuit filed in late February in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
Then, in May of 2009, according to the suit, an FBI special agent, accompanied by an assistant U.S. Attorney, took the vehicle for a drive, for reasons still unknown: A surreptitious joy ride? Or merely transporting it to another location? That's what Motors Insurance would like to find out. So far, the FBI isn't talking or giving details. Motors Insurance did not state that it suspects the joy-ride scenarios.
But within only a few seconds of pulling out of the warehouse, the agent lost control of the vehicle, which then "fishtailed and slid sideways," went over a curb, plowed through some bushes and crashed into a small tree.
Motors Insurance submitted a claim to the FBI and Justice Department for the $750,000.
The federal agencies denied that claim last March, arguing the crash "took place while the Ferrari was being detained by the FBI," according to the lawsuit.
Motors Insurance filed a second claim, known as a "request for reconsideration." But that request was also rejected.
Chagrined, the insurance company last October submitted requests under the Freedom of Information Act for "any documents relating to the use, custody, possession, storage or transportation" of the Ferrari -- and any documents related to the crash itself.
One request was denied by the Bureau, which claimed a federal exemption. Another was not answered at all.
However, according to the lawsuit, the insurance company did get one reply that cited an e-mail from Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Hamilton Thompson from May 27, 2009, the day of the crash.
That e-mail confirmed that Thompson took a short ride in the Ferrari with the FBI agent, and noted that that the agent lost control of the vehicle, cleared the curb and ended up against the tree, said the suit.
"The Justice Department will review the complaint and make a determination as to how we will ultimately respond," said spokesman Chris Miller.
Motors Insurance declined to comment on its lawsuit.


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We're in for scorching hot weather for the next couple of weeks as a heatwave brings hot days and warm nights across the country.
Northerlies will boost temperatures even further - ranging in the low to mid-30s nationwide, WeatherWatch says.
While temperatures soar, St John recommends drinking plenty of water and keeping a vigilant eye on the vulnerable - children, infants and elderly.
A sub-tropical low is expected to drop south over the country next week, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds, large seas and extreme humidity to some regions, WeatherWatch says.
The muggiest of conditions will be felt in northern part of the North Island, with temperatures above 30degC expected.
The Waikato is expected to experience 90 percent humidity, WeatherWatch head forecaster Philip Duncan says.
Aucklanders will get some relief next week with temperatures hovering in the late 20s.
And Central Otago will bear the brunt of the heatwave, with temperatures soaring to the mid-30s and highs of 30degC forecast for Southland on Monday.
The high temperatures around the country have been reflected with gardeners and growers saying that some fruits have ripened early and plants blooming early as well, Mr Duncan said.
St John Christchurch Metro Territory manager Craig Downing advised people have a minimum of two litres of water each on hand when travelling.
"People can lose a lot of fluids through sweating and heat. Maintain hydration throughout the day, rather than bulk drinking and then nothing for a long time.
"If you feel faint while driving, immediately pull over to where it is safe, call for help, put the car safely in park and turn fans on high to move fresh air around the car."
Children, infants and elderly should be kept an eye on, Mr Downing said.
Infants need to be in a room with circulating air and parents should monitor children for dehydration.
Elderly people were at a risk of collapsing and heart conditions could increase in the heat due their frailty, he said.
They may also be less inclined to seek help, so people should check on their elderly neighbours, he said.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand southern shift manager Brent Dunn said "it's pretty dry".
He encouraged people to check with their local council to stay up to date with what fire restrictions are in each area.
"And if you see smoke ring 111."
At 3:45pm on Wednesday, Mr Dunn said South Island fire crews had responded to four fire callouts out of a total of 30 calls - made up of medical and motor vehicle accidents and false alarm calls.
SPCA communications manager Jessie Gilchrist said people should take extra care if exercising their pets in the heat.
She said exercising in the scorching sun and during the hottest hours of the day could be dangerous, and recommended exercising pets early in the morning or late at night when it was cooler.
On warm days, the inside of the car can heat up "very quickly", even when cars are parked in the shade, she said.
"Please don't leave your dog unattended in a car at any time of the day. If the purpose of your trip is not to take your dog somewhere, please leave your dog at home," she said.
And just like humans, animals can get sunburn too.
People should also be aware that hot pavements can burn and blister their pads of their paws, she said.


Initially in translation there are two opposite poles, original and translation and it supposes the dual character both of the process and of the results of work of translator and this duality becomes apparent in many different ways.
First of all, one should remember about subdivision into oral and written translation, and also about the subdivision of the latter one into translation of literature and of pragmatic texts.
In the first case the subdivision is done on the basis of written and oral speech, not limiting with the principles of translation, even if these principles are the same. Here was important the fact that the interpreting is done spontaneously and by its nature is given to customers in real conditions at the place where it is produced; interpreter – it is a privileged profession and it is difficult to analyze a result here, but you can observe the process. And in case with translation, because of its constancy, accuracy, distinguished character etc. this type of translation is more suitable for analysis of translation activity.
As for the second subdivision goes, even if in literature texts the expressive component prevails, and in pragmatic - informative, but it is here where the synthesis of form and content are the main characteristic of two types of texts. Even if in first ones you make an accent on the emotional aspect and in the second – on cognitive, here we will talk about two basic aspects of text, which make the whole and form the text essence. But on the other hand, it can be said for sure that in translation of literature the main attention should be paid to rhythm, and in pragmatic translation – terminology. Translation of poetry and technical translation – these are the two extremes of translator's activity and its results, if we talk about accuracy and correctness of translation, about interpretation and decoding; we are talking about two extremes of the same environment.
Two other important categories of translation phenomena are different characteristics and needs of synchronous and diachronous translation, and also of the interlinguistic and intralinguistic.
Taking into account all the contradictions and similarities in translation processes it seems to me, that all the translations to some extend are the mixture of standard and non standard operations.
From one side – the coding repeating correspondence, from another one – original contextual equivalents. From one side – formulae, terms, decoding, from another – free text, interpretation. Translator is always in the condition of some pendulum, between two extremes, and a good translator is always in search for the correct movement, the needed rhythm.


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EU to drop stabilization as use for euro budget, keep convergence, competitiveness: draft
By Francesco Guarascio
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will ditch proposals to use a euro zone budget for economic stabilization and restrict any funds to long-standing EU goals of convergence among their economies and increasing competitiveness, draft summit conclusions showed on Wednesday.
European Union flags are seen outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
The likely outcome of Friday's summit are a blow to German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat who wanted any euro zone budget to play a stabilization role via a shared unemployment insurance scheme for the zone's 19 member states.
It is also a setback for the European Commission, which wanted the budgeta to stabilize investment spending in euro zone countries during crises, as capital expenditure usually is first to suffer when a government looks for savings in a downturn.
The euro zone bailout fund has argued for a common fund that could lend to governments that get into trouble.
But EU officials said the Netherlands, backed by several northern European countries and German conservatives, strongly opposed such plans during debate on the summit agenda. Many dispute there is a need for any separate euro zone budget.
So now the summit will only ask euro zone finance ministers "to work on the design, modalities of implementation and timing of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness," according to a draft seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
The draft conclusions are to be adopted on Friday by all EU leaders except Britain, which will leave the EU next March, as part of a discussion on deepening the economic integration of the single currency area to make it more resilient to crises.
The draft said the euro zone budget would not be a separate pool of money, as proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, but part of the overall EU budget and "subject to criteria and strategic guidance" from the euro zone countries.
DEPOSIT SCHEME NOT MENTIONED
Its size would be determined by all 27 EU leaders "in the context" of the bigger EU budget and the leaders asked for the broad features of such a budget to be prepared by June 2019.
That is likely to limit its size, since the overall EU budget is one percent of the EU's gross national income.
Macron and others have called for the euro zone budget to be up to several percent of euro zone GDP.
The draft does not go into any detail on what the two main purposes of the future budget -- convergence and competitiveness -- mean, leaving it to finance ministers to work it out. France and Germany said in June that the two objectives would be "delivered through investment in innovation and human capital."
The conclusions are also careful to avoid any reference to another highly controversial topic in the euro zone integration plan -- the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS).
It is the last missing element from a banking union. But officials said Germany, the Netherlands and other northern countries feared that an agreement on EDIS now could mean they would be burdened with the repayment of deposits in countries like Italy, Greece or Portugal, where banks are vulnerable.
After a year of talks, EU finance ministers were unable to agree even on when to start discussing EDIS and the draft showed leaders were careful to avoid any direct reference to the scheme, focusing instead on reducing existing risks in banks.
"We look forward to the final adoption of the Banking Package and the non-performing loans (NPL) Prudential Backstop ... which are important for further progress towards risk reduction and risk sharing. We call to advance work on the Banking Union," the draft said.
Writing by Jan Strupczewski; Editing Alastair Macdonald


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Intersectional Feminism and the Beauty Within Diversity
One crucial point that has to be clarified in order to fully appreciate Foto Femme United's work is the idea of woman as perceived by this community. A woman is an intersectional identity, that is to say an identity not determined only by gender in its traditional view, but by the summing up of a number of other biological, cultural and socials elements, including age, language, class, ability, culture, ethnicity, education and sexuality.
The recent definition of 'intersectionality' given by the Merriam-Webster dictionary may make this critical and seemingly confusing concept easier to understand. Indeed, it explains the term as being "the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of different forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect", emphasizing in this way the difference of experiences women may have in their lifetime according to the abovementioned combination of characteristics, as opposed to a common fate dictated exclusively by biological gender. For example, a black woman could be facing racism alongside sexism.
The acknowledgment of such stratified, varied and complex nature of women is at the basis of intersectional feminism and it seems to have made its way into mainstream debate only recently, defying the anachronistic idea of feminism as overly white, middle-classed, cis-gendered and able-bodied. It is a belief that embraces then all sort of women, no matter their origin, culture, body, class, sexuality and no matter their biological and constraining definition at birth: cis, trans, intersex, non-binary are all welcome.
Now, as the central aim of this community is to encourage women in photography, we could not miss out on the possibility to include some images taken by feminist photographers to enforce the theme. The two artists featured are two completely different women who well embody and show through their work the fascination of heterogeneity.
Moonastra (@nuits_profondes._) spoke to us at Foto Femme United about herself and her work:
I grew up seeing my hair as a burden. While the television ran this ad several times a day 'Make your hair soft and shiny', I looked at these white women and their hair and hated mine. Theirs could be styled very easily while mine was just indomitable. I tried several chemical treatments, but they were harmful and expensive. My approach to my own hair (and therefore to my identity) finally started to change thanks to photography portraying black women wearing majestically their natural hair. Since then, and after a long journey towards self-approval, I have learned to love mine too. I often ask myself why I denied my identity, why I listened to such absurd social imperatives and why I was not stopped by my family from doing so. As a result of my own experience, in my photography I work largely on encouraging women's self-acceptance and self-confidence. I also defy socially standardized negations by showing body hair and menstruations, and intimacy and sexuality in all its beauty. I love nudes and my new project involves immortalizing couples who make love and people who masturbate, with the aim to erase such taboos against censorship.
The second photographer documenting the beauty of diversity is Poppy (@poppymarriott__), who introduced us to her exceptionally colourful project:
My name is Poppy Marriott and I'm a non-binary photographer from London, UK. My work focuses on documenting artists and creative folk who live their lives outside of the gender binary. My personal project 'Tilted' (which the following photographs come from!) was born out of frustration of not seeing people like myself represented in the media, especially not by fellow gender-non-conforming (GNC) people. So, I decided to make my own representation, and create a series of images that show us GNC people for the powerful, amazing folk we are. The images focus heavily on the individual personality of the subject, using colour and bold imagery to bring the photographs to life. When put together in their entirety, the series makes a rainbow to show the part we play in the LGBTQIA community.
So, here's to all women out there changing the world one photo at a time.


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Q: mix.js() is missing required parameter I use Vue with Laravel. But I get this error "mix.js() is missing required parameter" when I run
npm run watch.
Here is my code:
const mix = require("laravel-mix");
mix.js("resources/js/app.js", "public/js").vue();
mix.sass("public/assets/scss/style.scss", "public/assets/css");
mix.browserSync("127.0.0.1:8000");

Please share with me how to handle this error.

A: Change in version works well with  laravel 7.3.* see link below
The solution was to change to version ^6.0.6 in package.json and run npm install, as the .vue() call is a new feature in Laravel Mix 6.
"devDependencies": {
    // ...
    "laravel-mix": "^6.0.6",
    // ...
},

Then on webpack.mix.js.
mix.js('resources/js/app.js', 'public/js').vue();
https://nono.ma/assertionerror-mix-js-is-missing-required-parameter-1-entry

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According to European Central Bank estimates, in August 2016, there were approximately 19,417,000,000 banknotes in circulation around the Eurozone, worth approximately €1.1 trillion. On 8 November 2012, the European Central Bank announced that the first series of notes would be replaced by the Europa series, starting with the 5 euro note on 2 May 2013.
Banknotes of the euro, the currency of the Eurozone, have been in circulation since the first series was issued in 2002. They are issued by the national central banks of the Eurosystem or the European Central Bank. In 1999 the euro was introduced virtually, and in 2002 notes and coins began to circulate. The euro rapidly took over from the former national currencies and slowly expanded around the European Union.
Denominations of the notes range from €5 to €500 and, unlike euro coins, the design is identical across the whole of the Eurozone, although they are issued and printed in various member states. The euro banknotes are pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel. They measure from 120 by 62 millimetres (4.7 in × 2.4 in) to 160 by 82 millimetres (6.3 in × 3.2 in) and have a variety of colour schemes. The euro notes contain many complex security features such as watermarks, invisible ink, holograms and microprinting that document their authenticity. While euro coins have a national side indicating the country of issue (although not necessarily of minting), euro notes lack this. Instead, this information is shown by the first character of each note's serial number.
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. The euro's creation had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the UK and Denmark (though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
In 1999 the currency was born virtually, and in 2002 notes and coins began to circulate. It rapidly took over from the former national currencies and slowly expanded around the rest of the EU. In 2009 the Lisbon Treatyformalised the Euro's political authority, the Euro Group, alongside the European Central Bank.
Slovenia joined the Eurozone in 2007, Cyprus and Malta in 2008, Slovakia in 2009, Estonia in 2011, Latvia in 2014 and Lithuania in 2015
There are seven different denominations of the euro banknotes - €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and - €500 each having a distinctive colour and size. The designs for each of them have a common theme of European architecture in various artistic eras. The obverse of the banknote features windows or gateways while the reverse bears different types of bridges. The architectural examples are stylised illustrations, not representations of existing monuments.
All the notes of the initial series of euro notes bear the EU Flag, a map of Europe on the reverse, the name "euro" in both Latin and Greek script (EURO / ΕΥΡΩ) and the signature of a president of the ECB, depending on when the banknote was printed. The 12 stars from the EU Flag are also incorporated into every note.
The notes also carry the acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in five linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU in 2002 (the time of the banknote introduction), and now 19 out of 24 official languages of the EU28, in the following order:
· BCE (French: Banque centrale européenne, Spanish: Banco Central Europeo, Italian: Banca centrale europea, Portuguese: Banco Central Europeu)
· ECB (Dutch: Europese Centrale Bank, Danish: Europæiske Centralbank, English: European Central Bank, Swedish: Europeiska centralbanken)
· EZB (German: Europäische Zentralbank)
· ΕΚΤ (Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα)
· EKP (Finnish: Euroopan keskuspankki)
The order is determined by the EU country listing order, with BCE ahead of ECB because of the national precedence of Belgium's two main languages, followed by the remaining languages of Germany (Deutschland), Greece (Ελλάδα/Elláda) and Finland (Suomi), in that order.
The euro banknote initial designs were chosen from 44 proposals in a design competition, launched by the Council of the European Monetary Institute (EMI) on 12 February 1996. The winning entry, created by Robert Kalina from the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, was selected on 3 December 1996.
The euro banknotes are pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel.
In the first series, the Azores, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Madeira, Martinique, Réunion, and the Canary Islands, overseas territories of the eurozone member states, are under the map on the banknotes in separate boxes because they use the euro. Cyprus and Malta were not shown on the first series because they were not in the EU in 2002, when the banknotes were issued, even though they joined the Eurozone in 2008 and because the map did not stretch that far east for Cyprus and Malta was too small to be depicted, the minimum size for depiction being 400 km2. However, both Cyprus and Malta are depicted on the 2013 series note.
The Europa series banknotes, similarly to the first series, bear the EU Flag, a map of Europe on the reverse and the signature of Mario Draghi, current president of the ECB and the 12 stars from the EU Flagare also incorporated into the note. On May 4, 2016, the European Central Bank decided not to issue a 500 euro banknote for the Europa series.
The banknote also has the name "euro", but in three scripts, in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script (EURO / ΕΥΡΩ / ЕВРО).
The design for the 50 euro note features the acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in ten linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU28, in the following order:
· BCE (French: Banque centrale européenne, Irish: Banc Ceannais Eorpach; Spanish: Banco Central Europeo, Italian: Banca centrale europea, Portuguese: Banco Central Europeu, Romanian: Banca Centrală Europeană)
· ECB (Dutch: Europese Centrale Bank, Czech: Evropská centrální banka, Danish: Europæiske Centralbank, English: European Central Bank, Latvian: Eiropas Centrālā banka, Lithuanian: Europos Centrinis Bankas, Slovene: Evropska centralna banka, Slovak: Európska centrálna banka, Swedish: Europeiska centralbanken)
· ЕЦБ (Bulgarian: Европейска централна банка)
· EKP (Estonian: Euroopa Keskpank, Finnish: Euroopan keskuspankki)
· ESB (Croatian: Europska središnja banka)
· EKB (Hungarian: Európai Központi Bank)
· BĊE (Maltese: Bank Ċentrali Ewropew)
· EBC (Polish: Europejski Bank Centralny)
The 5 euro, 10 euro and 20 euro notes do not feature ESB, as Croatian became an official language only in July 2013 with the accession of Croatia, after introducing the banknote design earlier that year. The order is determined by the same principles, with the language of Bulgaria (България/Bulgaria) preceding that of Germany (Deutschland), EKP now preceding ΕΚΤ due to the accession of Estonia (Eesti), and the languages of Croatia (Hrvatska), Hungary (Magyarország), Malta and Poland (Polska) trailing the list.
The notes of the Europa series do not show the same year. The year shown is the year the note is issued.
The Europa series euro banknotes are supposedly more durable than the first series banknotes.
Reinhold Gerstetter, an independent banknote designer, was chosen by the European Central Bank to redesign the euro notes.
Due to the great number of historic bridges, arches, and gateways throughout the European continent, all the structures represented on the notes are entirely stylised illustrations of the relevant architectural styles, designed to evoke the landmarks within the European Union, representing various European ages and styles. For example, the 5 euro notehas a generic rendition of Classical architecture, the 10 euro note of Romanesque architecture, the 20 euro note of Gothic architecture, the 50 euro note of the Renaissance, the 100 euro note of Baroque and Rococo, the 200 euro note of Art Nouveau and the 500 euro note of modern architecture. The initial designs by Robert Kalina were of actual bridges, including the Rialto Bridge in Venice and the Pont de Neuilly in Paris, and were subsequently rendered more generic. In 2011, Dutch artist Robin Stam and the town of Spijkenisse in the Netherlands built seven bridges of colored concrete after the designs on the seven euro banknotes.
The euro banknotes have to bear the signature of the president of the European Central Bank.
In the first series, banknotes printed after March 2012 bear the signature of the third, and incumbent ECB President, Mario Draghi. Notes printed between November 2003 and March 2012 show the signature of Jean Claude Trichet, the second President of the ECB, replacing that of the first president, Wim Duisenberg, who was the ECB president when the first euro banknotes and coins were issued, till 2003.
Only the signature of the third, incumbent ECB President, Mario Draghi features on the Europa series note.
On 4 May 2016, it was announced by the European Central Bank that 500 euro banknote from the Europa series will not be released amid fears of "facilitating the criminal activity".
All the denominations of banknotes (except for €500) of Europa series should start to be released by the end of 2018, the date when further issue of all of the first series banknotes will cease.
The full design of the Europa series 50 euro banknote was revealed on 5 July 2016 and the new 50 note was released on 4 April 2017.
The new banknotes of the Europa series 100 euro banknote and 200 euro banknote will be issued at the beginning of 2019.
· Watermark: When the note is held under a normal light source, a portrait of Europa and an electrotype denomination appear on either side.
· Portrait hologram: When the note is tilted, the silver-coloured holographic stripe reveals the portrait of Europa – the same one as in the watermark. The stripe also reveals a window and the value of the banknote.
· Colour changing ink: When the note is tilted, the number on the note displays an effect of light that moves up and down. The number also changes colour from emerald green to deep blue.
· Raised printing: On the front of the note, there is a series of short raised lines on the left and right edges. The main edge, the lettering and the large value numeral also feel thicker.
· Security thread: When the note is held against the light, the security thread appears as a dark line. The Euro symbol (€) and the value of the banknote can be seen in tiny white lettering in the thread.
· Microprinting: Tiny letters which can be read with a magnifying glass. The letters should be sharp, not blurred.
· Ultraviolet ink: Some parts of the banknote shine when under UV or UV-C light. These are the stars in the flag, the small circles, the large stars and several other areas on the front. On the back, a quarter of a circle in the centre as well as several other areas glow green. The horizontal serial number and a stripe appear in red.
· Infrared light: Under infrared light, the emerald number, the right side of the main image and the silvery stripe are visible on the obverse of the banknote, while on the reverse, only the denomination and the horizontal serial number are visible.
As of June 2013, there were approximately 15,497,240,200 banknotes in circulation around the Eurozone. That is approximately €911,008,762,200 worth of banknotes. As of June 2013, there were:
· Approximately 1,599,681,000 €5 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That is approximately €7,998,405,200 worth of banknotes.
· Approximately 2,047,418,500 €10 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That is approximately €20,474,184,700 worth of banknotes.
· Approximately 6,461,256,100 €50 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That makes it the most used banknote of the Eurozone. That is approximately €323,062,804,000 worth of banknotes.
· Approximately 1,738,341,700 €100 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That is approximately €173,834,174,200 worth of banknotes.
· Approximately 188,575,200 €200 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That makes it the least used banknote of the Eurozone. That is approximately €37,715,031,400 worth of banknotes.
· Approximately 580,593,400 €500 notes in circulation around the Eurozone. That is approximately €290,296,675,500 worth of banknotes.
The European Central Bank publishes information on the amount of counterfeit banknotes removed from circulation every 6 months. It reported that 531,000 banknotes were removed from circulation in all of 2012, compared to 606,000 in the previous year. The ECB also said that, when compared to the amount of genuine banknotes, the proportion of fake euro notes remains low. The amount of counterfeits taken out of circulation in 2012 is 3.18 times that of 2002 (167,118).
In July 2013, the European Central Bank said that it removed 317,000 counterfeit euro banknotes from circulation in the first half of 2013, which is an increase of 26.3% from the first half of 2012. However, the Bundesbank, in July 2013, stated that the amount of counterfeit euro notes fell by 13.6% in Germany in the first half of the year. On the other hand, De Nederlandsche Bank said it withdrew around 19,400 counterfeit banknotes in the same period, which is an increase of 49% in comparison to the first half of 2012. The Central Banks also stated that most were fake €20 and €50 notes.
According to the central banks, the ratio of counterfeited bank notes is about 10 in one million of real bank notes for the Swiss franc, of 50 in one million for the Euro, of 100 in one million for United States dollarand of 300 in one million for Pound sterling.
Legally, both the European Central Bank and the national central banks (NCBs) of the Eurozone countries have the right to issue the 7 different euro banknotes. In practice, only the NCBs of the zone physically issue and withdraw euro notes. The European Central Bank does not have a cash office and is not involved in any cash operations. However, the European Central Bank is responsible for overseeing the activities of national central banks in order to harmonise cash services in the Eurozone.
Issuance and printing
The ECB has the exclusive right to authorise the issue of notes within the Eurozone, but most notes are actually issued by the National Central Banks (NCBs) of the Eurozone. As of 2004, 8% of banknotes were issued by the European Central Bank and 92% were issued by Eurozone NCBs. The issuing central bank can be seen from the serial number. Each NCB is now responsible for the production of certain denominations, as assigned by the ECB.
The European Central Bank publishes details about euro notes produced every year.
Banknotes to be produced in 2018
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The eagle eyed readers will have noticed that whilst a large proportion of the LSO is in Aix, almost all of those left behind performed Fauré Requiem in St Paul's this week. I say almost all, as Fauré neglected to include the most angelic of instruments, the flute. Ever anxious to keep my nose to the grindstone, the Discovery team has had the four spare woodwind principals working from 10 in the morning until 9 at night every day this week. A few weeks ago we scoured the country auditioning young woodwind players to find the best flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon players in Britain. On Monday we arrived to find an assorted bunch of very nervous students in LSO St Luke's on what was the hottest day of the year. After the initial rehearsal of Ein Heldenleben it became clear that we had picked a very talented bunch indeed, or as they say in Aix, the crème de la crème.
The scheme has been running for some years since the demise of the Shell scholarship over a decade ago. This used to be a week of intensive workshops for players on a rotating basis year on year, wind, strings, brass, percussion. The participants were gradually whittled down over the week until four finalists battled it out in the final as they played a concerto with the LSO and crucially sat in the orchestra and played excerpts from the orchestral repertoire. Chris Richards, our principal clarinet who is coaching this week, was a finalist back in 2000 and I remember very clearly his performance in the woodwind section on that day. So you can see that it is a good indication of future success in the music business. When the competition ended, the LSO decided that something similar should replace it and so the Academy was born. In my opinion it is much better as there is no competition element anymore and the students stay all week absorbing information rather than leaving as soon as they get eliminated.
The music business has changed drastically in the last few years, and this academy is quite different to the last. There is no final performance with the orchestra, instead a concert where all the students will perform in small groups right up to a chamber sized ensemble for the Strauss Wind Symphony. If you are around tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) I urge you to come and see the stars of the future, you won't be disappointed. The breadth of work that a musician of the 21st century has to do is much bigger than before. There are very few members of the LSO who only come to rehearsals and concerts; a huge number of us are involved in teaching, coaching and Discovery work in schools – this experience is something which we have been anxious to share with the young players this week.
So on Monday we had a traditional start with coaching on the wind parts of Heldenleben to get everyone blowing together, followed by some orchestral repertoire classes for each of the instruments. We dealt with how to get through L'Apres midi in one breath and still make it sound nice, and also we played the flute parts to Prokofiev Classical Symphony getting faster each time as I tried to convince them that it really isn't that hard. I pointed out that confidence and psychology play a huge part in tricky passages, although I'm not sure they were convinced. Between you and me, the Classical Symphony is very hard indeed no matter how many times you play it, just don't tell them that. At the end of day one most of the students had a slightly glazed expression on their faces, mainly due to the length of the day and the amount of information they had to take in. I think they slept well. There was no rest though, apart from Thursday evening when we all descended on a local pizza restaurant. It was a sign of young enquiring minds that I found myself bombarded with questions, this was partly because I had told them that I would answer any question they wanted. Of course this started with sensible queries regarding CVs and how and when to apply to orchestras and moved on to funny things that have happened in concerts/tours and by the end of the evening it began to go down the "is the rumour about (insert musician of your choice) and that (insert conductor of choice) true?" I decided to leave them to their imaginations and went home.
As well as the traditional coaching which is similar to the sort of thing they receive in music college we added some extra sessions, one of which was on commercial music. As you the know the LSO is well known for playing the soundtracks to many of the best loved films and so with the help of the brilliant Chris Rogers and his click tracks, we rigged up a makeshift recording studio in the crypt. There were yelps of joy as I handed out parts to Harry Potter and Star Wars. The purpose of the session was to get them used to playing with headphones on with a click banging away in their ears whilst sight-reading, which is much more difficult than it sounds. We played through a cue called Nimbus 2000 (it's a broomstick) which is very tricky indeed, so we read through the notes and it sounded pretty good. However as soon as the headphones went on and the click started, rhythmic unity became a little scarce and many people fell off the broomstick entirely. They laughed and rather cruelly I made them listen to the recording, which they duly did whilst hiding their faces in shame. But boy did they pick it up quickly and the second run through was much better, but it did highlight to them that film music isn't as easy as you might think and a different set of skills is needed to those required in concert work. One of the most depressing moments of my week came at the end of the film session when they asked about the latest Harry Potter score which we recently completed with Alexandre Desplat. The saga has been ongoing for the best part of a decade, just look at the actors from the first film compared to now! One of the flute players pointed out that we were recording the early films before he had even picked up a flute for the first time…thanks. It just goes to show how fast things move in this industry. They will be in the same situation in what will feel like the blink of an eye.
The most illuminating session for me was the Discovery project we did earlier in the week. Rachel Leach, one of our animateurs, came in for a session based around the sort of compositional workshops we do in schools. The students, most of whom had no experience at this, were given a crash course in how to deal with the kids, how to get the best out of them and a few tips and pointers on warm ups. There is however only one way to learn and that is to be thrown in at the deep end and so after half an hour, 30 small children, real, live children from Prior Weston school came marching in to Jerwood Hall. Chris and I do this sort of thing all the time and love it, but as they approached our students, some looked absolutely terrified and would probably have rather played more Classical Symphony. Rachel, who quite frankly could get the whole of Parliament to behave with one gesture, immediately controlled the room. We stood in a large circle which she promptly rearranged as many of our students were standing next to each other for protection. Prior Weston were completely relaxed. The kids had to name some woodwind instruments and when they named one, the students leapt up and had to introduce themselves and their instrument in an engaging fashion. Some were more successful than others.
"This is a flute. It is made from silver. It has keys. You blow across the top like a bottle."
Hmm, more effort required guys.
"The clarinet is made from bits of old silver and dead trees."
Not bad, but probably more suited to secondary schools.
The bassoons decided to use theatrics and ended up making silly noises with their reeds and taking apart all the tubes to show how massive it was with the grand finale being of course a very fruity low note which made all the kids laugh. When it came to voting which was the coolest woodwind instrument, the bassoon won by miles simply on their stage presentation, a lesson to us all. I think this must surely be the first time the bassoon has been voted most cool instrument. They have mentioned it in almost every conversation this week. The rest of the session consisted of splitting into groups and using a picture score to create their own version of Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra. Again some players were naturals and others looked like rabbits caught in the headlights. Most illuminating. When the kids left, again our students look tired and worn out as the reality of being a professional musician began to sink in. What do you mean I can't just play the flute? Not anymore kids!
As orchestras move into the future our breadth of work increases and the academy has hopefully helped these fantastically talented students gain some insight into our world. The speed at which they have learned has been tremendous and it will need to be as the world of music moves very fast indeed and they will have a small window to get their foot in the profession when they leave. They may have all been in short trousers when I was under pressure in Abbey Road during those first Harry Potter films, but they should heed the little boy at their schools workshop this week. In the any questions bit at the end he put his hand up.
"I'm going to join the LSO!"
"Are you? That's great!"
"Yes, I'm going to join when I'm 8."
"Wow, that's fantastic! How old are you?"
"I'm 7."
I hope Phil Cobb is listening…
Here is the link to the concert tomorrow http://www.lso.co.uk/page/145/LSO-Academy-Woodwind-showcase/335
Pictures next week.
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1 Response to LSO Wind Academy 2011
ltallier says:
1 July 2011 at 5:02 pm
This is such a great program. I wish we had had one like it when I was younger. I might be playing with the