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Fluid Bodies, the exhibition showcasing works of Universal Everything, the collective which produces interactive projects using sophisticated visual technologies, is on view at Borusan Contemporary since September 15, 2018. Naz Kocadere interviewed Matt Pyke, the creative director of the global collective.
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The global collective Universal Everything, which consists of artists, designers, animators, musicians and software developers, is at the Borusan Contemporary with their exhibition Fluid Bodies. Film and media curator Conrad Bodman organized the exhibition, which features moving visuals produced by advanced visual effects technologies together with Matt Pyke, creative director of Universal Everything. In addition to the human form focused work of the collective who define themselves as "creative collaborators," the visitors will be able to see new works displayed for the first time at the exhibition. Works are shown in locations that surround the audiences, through large-format projections and multiple, interactive screens. According to Matt Pyke's assessment, the particular display preferences allow the viewer to experience various views interactively within the spaces surrounding them.
Fluid Bodies focuses on the human form, whilst exploring the individual's character as well as his/her behavior as part of a collective. The works entitled Portrait II, Supreme Believers II, and Walking City, attempt to examine the individual's body and potential/ability/capacity to re-shape, transform and adapt. The latest technological methods transfer the traditional historical references across various eras, are accommodated within the works. Exhibiting universal readings on the individual and the society through future technologies today transforms the exhibition experience into a form of research that combines multiple temporalities. Additionally, as each interaction of the audience reshapes his/her experience, the exhibition exceeds not only beyond a mediator which can be displayed on a particular moment, but also outside the limits of the present time. The experience of the exhibition focuses on the present moment and flows together with time, whilst the exhibiting process coexists with the audience.
Naz Kocadere: Taking the idea of "transnationality in the arts" into consideration, could technology attempt to offer a universal audio-visual language for all?
Matt Pyke: The growing rise of social media content is resulting in homogenized aesthetic, visual memes become our new global language. Examples such as emojis, selfie expressions, extreme building climbing GoPro videos all use the human form to communicate meaning and emotion, all transcend language.
N.K.: Did technology allow people to become so individually empowered that it has suppressed them from the need to build organic relationships with each other?
M.P.: Now, we often have "semi-relationships" via technology—video chat has allowed us to feel 49 percent organic in online relationships. Semi-realism, video chat only utilize two senses - sight and hearing. We still yearn for the lost touch, taste, spatial sensory experiences.
MATT PYKE
N.K.: Walking City references the utopian visions of 1960s architecture practice Archigram. Based on the debates on technology and society, challenging the standards of our urban experiences through the avant-garde group Archigram and the Plug-In City, what do you think that cities are evolving into?
M.P.: The cities operate like highly functioning organisms—the stronger the arteries (infrastructure), the stronger the flow of knowledge, culture, wealth. On the one hand, you have masses migrating to dense, physical cities with communities collaborating in close proximity, on the other hand, you have virtual cities, with online communities collaborating remotely, the freedom to work productively from wherever you choose. This results in the contrast between migration into cities (for physical collaboration), and migration out of cities (for virtual collaboration).
Universal Everything, Walking City, 2014
N.K.: Portrait uses digital brushstrokes to portray a living and moving face that can only be achieved and experienced on a digital canvas. Clashing the references of Renaissance portrait tradition and new media technologies, the identity is ever-changing and evolving. How would you describe the current state of the portrait tradition, regarding the increasing accessibility of mobile photography, the inevitable era of the selfie? Re-examining identities through various cultures, languages, codes, and transitions, what is the evolution of the connection between the portrait and the character?
M.P.: There is a growing disconnect between your physical persona, and how you present the ideal version of yourself online, mobile apps such as Facetune enhance your weight, skin, tan, blemishes. It becomes surreal meeting the real, imperfect person in real life, a different entity to the person you thought you knew.
Universal Everything, Screens of the Future, 2016-2017
N.K.: Screens of the Future, explore the potential to turn 13 everyday objects into screens. Some of the examples in this series, like the fishes with neon "feed me" screens written over them, project the idea of usefulness. Connecting design practices with art, managing innovative technologies as a tool in artistic platforms, would you consider your practices having a useful component? On the other hand, do you consider art as a possible platform to offer useful output? How do you think art's mission has evolved throughout history?
M.P.: We often work as Speculative Designers1, we propose prototype solutions to emerging challenges. Potential solutions to problems which do not exist yet. With Screens of the Future, we consider what function this display content would serve, beyond decoration. Could it demonstrate a smart awareness of its context? How can technology speak to its owner?
1. "Speculative design is a discursive practice based on critical thinking and dialogue that questions design practice (and modernist definition) ..." Elvia Vasconcelos, 23 July 2017
From the original: "Speculative design is a discursive practice, based on critical thinking and dialogue, which questions the design of (and its modernist definition). " July 23, 2017
https://elviavasconcelosblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/part-3-what-is-speculative-critical-fiction-design
Naz Kocadere is a writer and curator based in Istanbul. She carried out the program dedicated to managing the archive, research and discussion on useful art cases in Turkey, which was conducted at the Office of Useful Art at SALT Galata in collaboration with Asociación de Arte Útil platform. Along with Merve Ünsal, she organized the 'Utilitarian efforts, non-utilitarian works' exhibition at the independent art initiative MARSistanbul. Between 2014-2017 she worked as an artist representative and gallery coordinator in Öktem&Aykut and Galeri Nev Istanbul. Kocadere completed her master's degree in Cultural Management Department in Istanbul Bilgi University and bachelor's degree in Visual Communication Design in Izmir University of Economics. Her writing has previously appeared in Art Unlimited, Borusan Contemporary Blog, SALT Online Blog, Milliyet Sanat and Istanbul Art News. She's a member of AICA Turkey.
Üvercinka and the alphabet of love
28 September 2018 Fri
Borusan Contemporary hosts Borusan Group's headquarter offices during the week where artworks live alongside the people who work there. Over the weekend, the space is transformed into a museum, converging notions of exhibition spaces and spaces of daily use. Thus, every work that is on view as part of the collection exhibitions at Borusan Contemporary works a double shift. The curator of these exhibitions, Necmi Sönmez, has been drawing from Turkish literature to interpret and delve into this international collection for the past three years. We have talked to Sönmez about this research process on the occasion of the new exhibition, Üvercinka
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"What a Stranger May Know" – Twin Cities Edition
April 15, 2012 by Heidi Berg
Where were you the morning of April 16, 2007? Do you remember? Can you forget?
When I was a kid, I always thought it strange to hear adults talking about where they were when some tragic national event occurred: the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. While I understood how significant these events were, and even had some concept of why they would make the entire country go into shock and mourning, I didn't understand why so many people seemed proud to remember all the details of where they were and what they experienced. Then came: Columbine, 9/11, and Virginia Tech, among others, and just like that I collected my own set of "I remember where"s, and embraced for myself the language of public grieving. If we remember together – we think – we will heal together. But tragedies on a national scale are complicated, and in a short span of time the very certainty that brings us together as a nation is dismantled by press reports, interviews and expert analysis. Ultimately we find ourselves wondering how to mourn events of such scale alone.
Here's where work like "What a Stranger May Know" comes into the conversation. "What a Stranger May Know," is a play cycle by Erik Ehn memorializing the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech and attempting to create a new forum for public mourning. The play consists of 32 "altars" of language, one altar for each of the lives taken by the shooter that day. Poetic and cyclical, these plays do not have the voyeuristic feel of reading another's diary, but the insubstantial essence of the commonness of a stranger's world. And as all are spoken simultaneously, the words come in waves of meaning and impression. The audience is invited to wander through the performance, which functions as a living garden of text. Ehn writes, "An odd shoe for an odd foot; broken language for a broken world. Address to trauma should be incomplete, off-the-mark, common property."
This is not your typical theatrical performance.
Performances will be held, on college campuses around the country on the fifth anniversary of the shootings, April 16, 2012. Participants include Brown University (Providence); University of Texas (Austin); Santa Clara University (Santa Clara); Whittier College (Whittier); the New School (New York). Brown University, where Ehn teaches, has set up a blog that documents their own process, with periodic updates from others around the country.
The event at Macalester College is being organized independently by Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellows Rachel Jendrzejewski and Joe Waechter in collaboration with UMN graduate student Anna Rosensweig.
Macalester College – 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
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In the case of bad weather the reading will move to the Theater Building.
NOTE: Five of the scripts will not be performed due to the wishes of victims' families. There will be opportunities to participate in small group conversations both during and after.


If the U.S. government followed that example and relinquished some migration powers to state governments, we'd see a proliferation of different visas regulated in various ways.
Texas and California could be the first to succeed with pilot programs. Texas' brief legislative session saw three bipartisan bills introduced to create a state-based guest-worker visa program. The California Assembly just passed a guest-worker visa bill authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo.
After noting the failure of federal immigration reform, Alejo said, "If California wants change in immigration policy, we as state officials must stand up and lead." His bill would create a guest visa work permit for unauthorized farm workers already working in the state. None of the Texas bills would have legalized any current unlawful migrants, but they would have provided for the future entry of legal migrant workers to Texas.
In both states, the bills require that the federal government grant a waiver or permission to run their own programs. That has been a stumbling block for Kansas, Utah and Colorado, which have also tried to establish their own guest-worker programs in recent years. The waivers weren't forthcoming, but Washington would have a much harder time ignoring politically powerful California and Texas, which have the two largest economies in the United States.
State-based guest-worker programs admittedly bring up some potentially thorny issues. One is that migrants who enter the U.S. in one state could simply leave and work in another illegally. That problem would probably be a minor one. Only about 2 percent of current visa "overstays" involve guest workers, while 87 percent are tourists and vacationers. Guest workers are more closely regulated than tourists, and they have much more to fear from deportation, so fewer of them overstay.
If, however, state guest workers do disappear, states have more flexibility to experiment with responses and prevention measures. They might make guest workers pay a bond that they forfeit if they violated the program, or levy fines against employers when their workers leave, or deduct some amount of wages to be returned when the worker leaves the U.S. as agreed.
Another concern is abuse of guest workers, as has happened in the past. Allowing guest workers' visas to be tied to employment in a state rather than to specific employers would go a long way toward preventing such abuses. States are in a better position than the federal government to discover, appropriately punish and design programs to prevent worker abuse.
State guest workers would not be eligible for citizenship. The Constitution unambiguously assigns naturalization — the process of becoming a U.S. citizen — to the federal government. A decentralized guest-worker visa would merely allow states to create narrow and enforceable migrant-worker programs tailored to local needs.
With immigration reform deadlocked on the federal level, Washington should get out of the way and let the states devise their own migration policies.
Alex Nowrasteh is the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.


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Talks appear to be breaking down between the U.S. government and Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles over the automaker's alleged use of emission defeat devices. Now, according to Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to sue the automaker if talks fail to resolve the issue.
Previously, both sides were said to be nearing an agreement, though things have reportedly gone south. The lawsuit could come as soon as this week if discussions continue to erode between the automaker and the EPA. As far as U.S. officials are concerned, FCA has not been able to fully explain the purpose of its diesel vehicles' behavior. FCA has been accused of cheating emission tests by installing software in 104,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500 pickups to improve performance and reduce pollution controls. The EPA said that some of the controls "appear to cause the vehicle to perform differently when the vehicle is being tested than in normal operation and use."
Under the Clean Air Act, auxiliary emission control devices (AECDs) are legal, but FCA failed to disclose the presence of eight such controls in both the 2-14-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 with the 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engine.
"In the case of any litigation, FCA US will defend itself vigorously, particularly against any claims that the company deliberately installed defeat devices to cheat U.S. emissions tests," Fiat Chrysler said in a statement. "The company believes that any litigation would be counterproductive to ongoing discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board."
There's one stark difference between the FCA and Volkswagen's widespread diesel emission scandal: While VW openly admitted to installing a "defeat device" to pass emission tests, FCA and regulators seem to disagree on what the AECDs are capable of legally doing. The U.S. isn't toying around and could slap FCA with potential penalties of up to $44,539 per affected vehicle. FCA argues that the AECDs are there to protect the engine in high-load conditions such as towing.
The report states an agreement may come sooner rather than later to avoid prolonged litigation. Should it happen, it will likely come as a contrast to what FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne has said in the past.
"We have no defeat devices. We may have made mistakes [on diesel software disclosure] but never tried to break any rule."
FCA has said the issue can be fixed with a simple ECU reflash. At this point, that apparently won't do the trick for the government.
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After a week of exploring the red rock country of Nevada and Utah, my wings have taken on a crimson cast. A stop in Red Rock Park just outside of Las Vegas provided a memorable leg stretcher that broke up a long days drive from Lost Angeles.
It seemed everyone I knew had been to Zion except me and that it was high time for me to experience the soaring ramparts with majestic views and the splendor of sculptured slot canyons millions of years in the making. I chose mid- April for my visit to cash in on wildflowers, cool temps and waterfalls that are fed by melting snowfields and dry up in the heat of summer.
The park is so loved by millions that a very efficient shuttle system has evolved that drops off and picks up hikers at nine trailheads along the 9-mile sandstone gorge. Sadly, the majority of the intermediate hikes were closed due to heavy rainfall that caused rock slides. However the Watchman trail that is a rock stairway switch-backing up a canyon flush with the white blooms on the service bush, and sprinkled with vermillion Indian Paint Brush to a plateau overlooking Springdale, the gateway to the park was open.
Happily, the River Walk along the Virgin River that has carved the tallest sandstone cliffs in the world darkened with a waterfall spilling over a 7,000 foot precipice into a foamy pool on the canyon floor was also open. The road into the canyon framed in cottonwood trees flush with chartreus leaves shot through with golden rays of a warming sun could not have been more lovely.
Linda Ballou is an adventure travel writer with a host of travel articles on her site www.LostAngelAdventures.com. You will find information about her travel memoir, Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales and her latest book Lost Angel in Paradise.
In the words of Edward Abbey…I am not an atheist, I am an Earthiest!
or face planted down on the sand at the beach, standing on a mountain top arms spread with palms up to gather energy, or resting against a tree, I am gathering energy from the earth.
Some people think nothing is happening when they are sitting still because their minds are too busy to feel anything. But, they are receiving nature's gift just the same. An earthiest consciously makes themselves more receptive to the bounty by quieting their minds and will not miss an opportunity to plug into the universal gas pump!
My historical fantasy novel,Wai-nani, A Voice from Old Hawai'i and my latest action-adventure novel The Cowgirl Jumped over the Moon are at-www.LindaBallouAuthor.com.
How about spending some time romancing your soul?
The soul craves beauty. It wants to be in the world and to breathe in crisp air, to smell the sweet tang of orange blossoms and to know the happy faces of poppies in the spring.The sight of patches of yellow canyon daisies blanketing the meadows brighten the psyche, lifting the gauze of depression that can set in with too much of doing what must be done.
The soul is refreshed when the body is in motion with blood pumping to muscles awakened in a brisk walk.
The soul wants to see, to feel, to absorb, to touch, and to be alive. The soul seeks balance and harmony. It wants equilibrium and finds it in nature, in art, and in music. To keep the rust off your soul and your spirits soaring, seek out beauty in each of your precious days.
In it I share the beautiful days along the Califoria Coast that have helped me achieve balance and harmony in my life.
Subscribe to my blog www.LindaBallouTalkingtoyou.com and receive updates on her books, and travel destinations.
Daytripping from L.A. to the Lost Coast of California!
It is my extreme pleasure to share outdoor days that have helped me achieve balance in my life.
So many friends ask me to take them hiking, but part of my pleasure is hiking solo. Being alone allows me to absorb the beauty of my wanderings and to take time to listen to birdsong and the chatter of the creatures great and small.
Which is why I take great pleasure in inviting you to use my newest book, "Lost Angel in Paradise: Great Outdoor Days From Los Angeles to the Lost Coast" to escape with me as I take you on my favorite power-packed outdoor days along the sun-splashed California Coast from Malibu to Mendocino.
Let your spirit free strolling long stretches of sand in solitude.
Breathe deeply of the restorative energy of fern forests shaded by towering redwood giants.
Kickstart creativity while meandering among flower infested meadows listening to wind voices off a full blown sea.
Get the rust off your soul and find harmony in nature.
When you are done with your hike, tuck into tasty treats at a sweatband-friendly eatery Linda has tested personally. You have earned your calories!
I implore you to explore and to seize your day in the "Beauty Way." A state of harmony in nature the Navajo call Hozho. These daytrips can be enjoyed by anyone with a modicum of fitness and a spirit of adventure.
Certainly, you can share these days with a friend. In fact, in some instances it is not advised to go alone.
I have added links at the end of each piece that provide detailed maps of a suggested outing and recommended eateries. There are additional hard copy resources at the back of the book.
You can download the book to your phone, or iPad with the free app Amazon provides in the Kindle store where you can purchase my book. This way you will have a handy reference with you when you need it!
Finally, be sure to visit – and bookmark – my new website www.LostAngelAdventures.comspotlighting my travels around the globe.
FOR RIDERS WHO WANT TO SEE THE WORLD FROM THE BACK OF A HORSE!
Equestrian travel expert, Nancy Brown, has created a website that is a terrific resource for riding destinations. On w.writinghorseback.com you will find Dude Ranch Reviews and links to articles on horseback adventures around the globe.
My article about riding in Ecuador is featured there. She was one of the first to review my book The Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon when it came out in 2015. Since then she has added and upgraded her site to make it one of the best resources for riders looking for equestrain adventures.
In the meanwhile, I published Cowgirl in audio book format and it is getting rave reviews.
Can't go on a riding adventure right now? Do the next best thing and ride with Gemcie aboard Marshal her Irish Hunter ont the way to the World Cup!
March is Women's History Month.-I salute Ka'ahumanu.
Brave, athletic, strong, passionate, caring and centered in herself, I saw her as a forerunner of the modern woman. It was a tremendous gift to be given the opportunity to visit the cave where she was born. It took the entire crew of six members of the Hana Canoe Club to paddle me to her birthplace. We pointed the tip of the outrigger into the oncoming waves that sloshed over the bow and paddled through the foaming surf to the protected shallow waters lapping at the lava rocks beneath the cave where she was born. I climbed the jagged black lava to a path that led to a large opening with two indentations big enough to accommodate a human. Her mother enjoyed a lovely view of Hana Bay and the green mountains floating on the horizon. Offerings of flowers were placed in front of the openings. Before leaving I floated in the waters at the foot of her cave considered to be healing by those who come here for sacred ceremonies.
The Japanese have over 60 Forest Therapy Camps in Japan alone. We have certified Nature and Forest Bathers right here in river city. The Lost Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic garden offers guided forest bathing walks.
I need the soothing balm of breathing deeply of oxygenated air. Watching butterflies flit from flower to flower is enough entertainment for me. Putting one foot in front of the other allows my mind to relax and puts an end to repetitive thought. Studies indicate that getting into nature can boost our immune system, improve mental clarity and decrease anxiety. All good reasons to get outside, but the sight of a seductive trail through a shady tree canopy has always been enough for me. So whether you need a docent to steer you to the benefits of forest bathing, or just want to take a walk in the woods, it's all good.
In my book Lost Angelin Paradise, I take you on 32 outdoor days most of which include a 2-4 mile hike somewhere beautiful. It is on in Amazon's kindle store and ITunes both offer the ability to download the book to your phone. It has live links that take you to trail maps and a good place to eat nearby.
Presently, I am focused on getting to as many beautiful places I can before they are gone! That is why I created this web page www.LostAngelAdventures.com dedicated to travel.
In The Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon Gemcie determines to ride solo on the John Muir Trail in an attempt to sort out the confusion in her life. While trying to capture the ethereal beauty of the John Muir Wilderness, I hoped to capture the imaginations of those who have not been privileged to ride or hike in the fragile beauty of the high country.
With this thought in mind I can only feel gratitude that I was able to ride amongst the spires that inspired his musings that touched my soul so deeply. I tried in my own less masterful way to bring this experience home to readers who will never know those mountain days.
I am very proud that The Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon was a winner at the Equus Film Fest in New York. It has also won the Indie Excellence Award and is receiving 5-star Reviews on the print, kindle and audio Book!
Find a host of adventure travel articles at www.LindaBallouAuthor.com.
Linda Ballou's travel writing has provided me with hours of captivated reading. I loved her book "Lost Angel Walkabout" which I could not put down until I finished it. Now she blessed us with "Lost Angel in Paradise" and her angelic stories about hiking along the sun-splashed Californian coast from Malibu to Mendocino. I have done some of these hikes many years ago and to now read her colourful interpretation of these hikes is pure bliss! She brings to life every aspect of the places she visited because she knows how to appreciate the small things most of us often overlook while hiking or enjoying a day on the beach.


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Q: How to make a fql multyquery with the PHP SDK I'm trying to make a fql multy query using the PHP SDK. This is my code
try {
    $fql = array(
        "query1" => "SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()",
        "query2" => "SELECT name, url, pic FROM profile WHERE id IN (SELECT uid2 FROM #query1)"
    );
    //$fql = "SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()";
    // Proceed knowing you have a logged in user who's authenticated.
    $user_profile = $facebook->api( array(
        'method' => 'fql.multiquery',
        'query' => $fql,
    ) );
} catch ( FacebookApiException $e ) {
    error_log( print_r( $e->getMessage(), true ) );
    $user = NULL;
}

And this always returns an exception with no message

[04-May-2012 20:22:26 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined property:
  FacebookApiException::$getMessage in C:\Program Files
  (x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\all-in-one-event-calendar\lib\plugins\A1ecFacebookConnectorPlugin.php
  on line 120 [04-May-2012 20:22:26 UTC]

i'm obviously doing something wrong, what could that be?

A: Ok i found how to do this, you must use queries as a parameter, not query
try {
    $fql = array(
        "query1" => "SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()",
        "query2" => "SELECT name, url, pic FROM profile WHERE id IN (SELECT uid2 FROM #query1)"
    );
    //$fql = "SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()";
    // Proceed knowing you have a logged in user who's authenticated.
    $user_profile = $facebook->api( array(
        'method' => 'fql.multiquery',
        'queries' => $fql,
    ) );
} catch ( FacebookApiException $e ) {
    error_log( print_r( $e->getMessage(), true ) );
    $user = NULL;
}

A: Your problem is you are trying to call $e->getMessage which does not exist. Your code on line 120 should read:
error_log( print_r( $e, true ) );

If you have problems with the multiquery, you could do this as a single query:
$fql = "SELECT name, url, pic FROM profile WHERE id IN
        (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me() )";

$user_profile = $facebook->api( array(
    'method' => 'fql.query',
    'query' => $fql,
) );

I've been able to get a query running like this three SELECTs deep. Four SELECTs seems to be too much.

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'LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season Two'; Arrives On DVD March 13, 2018 From Disney & Lucasfilm
January 26, 2018 · by Kevin Lovell	· in Blu-Ray/DVD Announcements, Cartoons, News, TV.	·
Disney and Lucasfilm have officially announced and detailed their DVD release for The Complete Second and Final Season of 'LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures'. The new season will be available to own on DVD beginning March 13, 2018 but unfortunately for those who picked up a copy of the Season One Blu-ray release, there doesn't appear to be a Blu-ray release planned for the second and final season of the show. Continue after the jump to read the full announcement for the release.
"Laugh-out-loud addition to LEGO Star Wars… a witty blend of new characters and storyline with old favorites."
– Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media
OWN THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON OF
THE EMMY®-NOMINATED
ON DVD ON MARCH 13
SYNOPSIS: In season two of "LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures," the three Freemaker siblings—Rowan, Kordi and Zander—have found a new home with the Rebel fleet. But working with the Rebels in their fight to bring down the Empire brings them face to face with brutal Imperial forces, desperate Hutts, conniving Sith Lords and the Emperor's latest plaything, M-OC.
Fans who bring home the second and final season will enjoy all 12 action-packed episodes plus five bonus shorts that follow the Freemakers as they are thrown into battle after they join up with the Rebels – including an adventure that has them embarking on a daring mission to save two of the Rebellion's finest heroes: Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca. Bonus shorts include:
Home One
Thrown Into Battle
Rowan's Secret Adventure
Zander Freemaker, Superstar Pilot Guy
Beware The Gamorrean Flu
"LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures," the Emmy®-nominated animated television series on Disney XD, is set between Stars Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and stars three siblings who scour the galaxy for useful debris that they use to build new vehicles of their own design. Rowan Freemaker is a spunky Force-sensitive 12-and-a-half-year-old with a thirst for adventure; his quick-witted older sister, Kordi, manages the family business and is the glue that holds the family together; ace pilot and charming rogue, Zander, is the oldest brother and the family's self-proclaimed starship connoisseur; and R0-GR is their refurbished battle droid from the Clone Wars. When Rowan has visions of an ancient and powerful Jedi starship called The Arrowhead, he and his family set out on an epic quest to rebuild it so they can turn the tide of battle for the Rebellion. Together, they explore new worlds, meet new characters and Star Wars icons, and have unforgettable adventures.
VOICE CAST: The season two voice cast includes Nicolas Cantu (Rowan), Vanessa Lengies (Kordi), Eugene Byrd (Zander), Matthew Wood (R0-GR), Trevor Devall (Emperor), Dana Snyder (Graballa), Vanessa Marshall (Hera), Yvette Nicole Brown (Lt. Valeria), Corey Burton (Quarrie), James Urbaniak (M-OC) and Matt Sloan (Darth Vader).
CREATORS/
DIRECTORS: Developed for television by Bill Motz and Bob Roth ("Penguins of Madagascar"), they join Torsten Jacobson ("LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales") and Jill Wilfert ("The LEGO Movie") as executive producers alongside producers Carrie Beck (Star Wars Rebels), Jason Cosler ("LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled!"), Jake Blais and John McCormack.
PACKAGING: 2-Disc DVD (12 episodes)
EPISODES: 1. Trouble on Tibalt 8. Flight of the Arrowhead
The Tower of Alistan Nor 9. A Perilous Rescue
The Embersteel Blade 10. Escape from Coruscant
The Storms of Taul 11. Free Fall
Return to the Wheel 12. Return of the Return of the Jedi
The Lost Crystals of Qalydon
The Pit and the Pinnacle
RATING: US: TV-Y7, CE: PG, CF: G
AUDIO: English 5.1 Dolby, French 2.0 Dolby, Spanish 2.0 Dolby
SUBTITLES: English SDH, Spanish, French
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The Launch of the U.S. Congressional International Water and Sanitation Caucus
WASH During COVID 19: What We Know
(And Why Cities Need Safe Water and Sanitation More Than Ever)
Tuesday, September 15th marked the launch of the U.S. Congressional International Water and Sanitation Caucus! The efforts of Caucus Chairs Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Darin La Hood (R-IL), Xochitl Torres Small (D-MN), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and their staff to establish the Cacus, bolstered and guided by the advocacy and support of dedicated NGO's, could not have been more timely.
TThe COVID-19 global pandemic has rendered the challenge of delivering safe water and sanitation more urgent than ever and illuminated the critical place of cities during health crises as overcrowded low-income neighborhoods and slums disconnected from basic water and sanitation services threaten to become virus hotspots.
The launch of the Caucus coincides with an increasingly uncertain future for international aid worldwide. In 2020, the world's top donor countries drastically decreased their foreign aid commitments. During the first five months of 2019, the top 13 donor countries and European Union institutions committed $23.9 billion to foreign aid, while in the same five-month period of 2020, the total aid from that bloc declined to $16.9 billion, a 30% decrease. Donor country economies themselves are struggling during the pandemic and national lockdowns, but the decrease in foreign aid could especially devastate developing countries and humanitarian situations, which are far from declaring the crisis over.
If this trend continues, the delivery of safe water and sanitation services, already tenuous in significant swathes of the world, will suffer with devastating repercussions for virus transmission in cities and across the urban-rural spectrum. It is widely accepted that social distancing and handwashing are critical for mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Yet, both practices are nearly impossible for the one billion people who live in slums around the world. Journalists Saeed Shah and Joe Parkinson have argued that the largest shared vulnerability in developing countries is the "giant urban slums where hundreds of millions live with poor sanitation and no plumbing." In Africa, for instance, this means that 60% of its urban residents or 587 million people are unable to carry out practices such as hand washing. But, even wealthier cities are not immune to meeting the challenges of urban WASH: during the first months of the COVID-19, Singapore housed its migrant workers in overcrowded dormitories where 10-12 men shared a room and up to 80 might share a single toilet. The city's migrant workers came to comprise 98% of its cases during the time.
As daunting as the challenge of delivery safe water and sanitation around the world is, the efforts of international and local NGOs to ensure water services are equally impressive. For instance, the Kenyan community organization Shining Hope for Communities Organization (SHOFCO) has endeavored to provide handwashing stations and public health awareness programs to the Kibera slum of Nairobi, where half a million people are disconnected from formal water services. SHOFCO has also installed a network of drinking water points linked by suspended aerial pipes and a purification plant that provides drinking water to residents at a heavily subsidized price.
IHC Global wants to make sure comprehensive water and sanitation policies are the heart of such local initiatives to guarantee long-term sustainability. We believe that policy and action must go hand and hand. Governments must think purposefully about ensuring water and sanitation, commit themselves to the challenge, and work with a multiplicity of partners: civil society, private sector, and in the United States – work "across the aisle."
That is why we are so excited about the bipartisan Water and Sanitation Caucus initiative! We are optimistic this bipartisan initiative can guide American aid investments and global partnerships and we are proud to join other NGOs, including the advocacy coalition InterAction, to support their endeavor.
SHOFCO has installed handwashing stations in parts of Nairobi, which is home to Africa's largest slum Kibera. Sixty percent of Nairobi's population lives in Kibera in overcrowded, inadequate housing without access to basic services including water and sanitation. (Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Caucus kicked off with a virtual event hosted by advocacy coalition InterAction, of which IHC Global is a proud member. The event "WASH During COVID-19: What We Know So Far," laid out the rationale behind the Caucus, the commitment of the Representative Chairs and Caucus members, and why the global pandemic and lockdowns have made its launch especially prescient.
WaterAid America CEO Kelly Parsons noted that 40% of the world lacks access to safe water to wash their hands, a practice widely considered to be the frontline of defense against COVID-19 transmission. USAID Development Global Water Coordinator Jennifer Mack pointed out that 1/3 of the world lacks access to safe drinking water, 1/3 lack access to safe sanitation, and by 2025, 2/3 of the world's population may face the threat of water security.
These statistics have dire health, economic, security, and humanitarian consequences, the Representatives agreed. Representative La Hood stated that global economic losses due to inadequate water and sanitation cost up to $260 billion annually or 1.5% of the global GDP. Deputy Assistant Mack explained the security implications of water instability for the United States: drought, poor water quality, and floods all increase stability and distract American partners from working on critical policy initiatives.
Panelists agreed that the pandemic has demonstrated the urgency of better water sanitation around the world for virus transmission and health outcomes as well as the importance of safe water for reopening economies as well.
Despite the daunting challenge, panelists also shared the conviction that WASH investments are critical to post-pandemic economic recovery, made possible through global commitment, cross-sectoral partnerships, and market-based interventions. Representative La Hood noted that improving global WASH can add over $60 billion USD to the world economy annually.
IHC Global is grateful that Committee Chair Representatives Blumenhauer, La Hood, Torres, and Walorski, along with eight Representative members, are highlighting the linkage between global water and prosperity and are making the case for why the U.S. must play a decisive leadership role. As Representatives Blumenhauer and La Hood summed up in an op-ed on Tuesday:
"The U.S. government spends less than one one-hundredth of a percent of the federal budget on global WASH. This crucial, cost-effective investment has been overlooked far too long; it needs to be a cornerstone of U.S. development, diplomacy, and defense. Our allies around the world need to step up, too. And that is what our new caucus is ready to accomplish."
Watch the Caucus launch here.
Natalie Gill is Program and Policy Coordinator at IHC Global. Natalie has an expertise in gender and women's economic empowerment through secure land and property rights, equitable urban development, and technology, with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. Her work on gender and technology in cities has been featured in URBANET, Open Global Rights, and Land Portal.
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wildly pulsing like a heart, unmistakeable in their raw anger.
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