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MEMBERS PRIVATE AREA
SEASONS GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2014
CASTILLA AND LEON REGIONAL AUTHORITY would like to welcome you to this latest edition of the HISTCAPE Newsletter.
Laura Cuevas Ortiz
Leader of the Exchange of Experience Process in HISTCAPE
The Authority held an International Conference on 'Historical Assets and Related Landscape' on 23th October in Valladolid, Palacio del Licenciado Butrón, Spain
The General Director of Cultural Heritage, Enrique Saiz Martín, spoke on the challenges of cultural heritage management in small historic towns in rural areas with low population density. These areas often are noted for the variety, range and quality of their historical heritage constituting a legacy of enormous cultural value.
The challenge to be faced is in developing a planning strategy that encourages the cooperation between the Regional Government of Castilla and Leon, local managing authorities, inhabitants and property owners, private companies and heritage professionals within the region so that cultural assets are considered as a resource for the development and welfare of the people and not as simply heritage with maintenance costs.
The international conference ended with a study visit to the Museum of Mining and Metallurgy of Castilla and Leon in Sabero. Mr. Roberto Fernandez, Director of the Museum, explained the features, activities and projects of the centre, as well as the industrial and urban settlements generated around mining in the valley of Bonar-Sabero (Leon). More information on this visit can found later in the Newsletter.
The next HISTCAPE Open Conference is to be held at the Monastery of Tibães, on 25th March 2014, and will be hosted by the Northern Portugal Regional Directorate for Culture (NRCD), Portugal
The event aims to present some of the best practice identified by NRCD, Portugal, as well as address intervention strategies on Cultural Heritage in rural areas. Special focus will be on the safeguarding of assets and economic sustainability. The approaches of other HISTCAPE project partners will be also presented and discussed. Further details to be posted on the HISTCAPE website as soon as available - visit www.histcape.eu
Find out more on FaceBook and LinkedIn.
Alternatively send your comments or contributions to eahtr@historic-towns.org
Brian Smith, Secretary General, Heritage Europe
The HISTCAPE partners have formed an internal Editorial Board to oversee the development of the final guidebook which will present all the good practice examples collated by the partnership, common methodology defined, policy recommendations and general guidelines for implementation.
The Editorial Board is considering such areas as the final format of the guidebook, content, as well as its intended audience to ensure that the results of the HISTCAPE project are well received and understood by a wide variety of people.
The main questions that the Editorial Board is focusing in on are:
What have we learnt during the lifecycle of the project?
How can we help others?
What are the lessons learnt and guidance that we can share with other European regions?
Current timescales are to produce the final draft for editing by early Summer 2014.
Update on Pilot Actions
Cultural Heritage vs Demographic Change
Expert Workshop "Developing Our Homeland - Do Cultural Values Improve Rural Areas?" Rhineland-Palatine, Germany
Ingeborg Hoffstadt during her opening speech in the listed monument "Erthaler Hof" in Mainz, headquarters of the Directorate General Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate
The workshop held on 4th November 2013 took place in Rhineland-Palatinates' capital city of Mainz. The workshop gave participants new ideas on how to involve citizens when dealing with the effects of demographic change and preservation. 30 participants from different authorities and institutions engaged in the development of rural areas, culture and preservation of cultural heritage joined the workshop in which discussions took place on new usage possibilities, financial models and steering instruments.
The working atmosphere of the workshop was productive and the discussions very lively creating added-value to all those involved and follow up meetings are being considered.
Research Mission in Linderhof, Bavaria
The University of Llubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, was invited to undertake 3D microscopic investigations in the Linderhof Palace on a variety of surfaces (wood, plaster, textiles etc) to assess the level of damage. These took place between 25th and 29th November 2013.
Linderhof Palace.
Examination of gilded surface with optical 3D microscopic system - Photo: B. Vodopivec.
Photo: B. Vodopivec.
Alongside these investigations a study of the management of Bavarian cultural heritage was also undertaken to aid the preparation of HISTCAPE project recommendations. Bavaria is the most visited German state and its heritage is an important part of the tourist industry and economy of Bavaria – for example, the world famous Neuschwanstein Castle attracts around 1.3million visitors a year.However, mass tourism can bring challenges and conflicts with conserving heritage and a balance needs to be found. Read more...
Art brings new life to old village
Palazzo is the place where a conglomerate of old houses are nestled on the top of a hill, crowned by a small medieval castle. On the road from Arcevia, Italy the village suddenly appears up the hill, just as it must have done 700 years ago in its heyday, for friends and enemies. Around 300 residents once counted the place as home, today, just 20 mainly elderly remain.
The Palazzo Initiative "Operazione Arcevia 2.0" has set out to invent new art activities to bring the place alive again, supported by Carolina Bernasconi, the young owner of the Riserva Privata San Settimio, who offers approximately 15 young artists, accommodation and catering from April to October.
Read more about this fascinating art initiative
Study Visit – to Leon and Sabero
HISTCAPE Project Partner Castilla y Leon organised a study visit for all HISTCAPE partners, on 24th October 2013.
The visit took in both the city of Leon and the mining area of Sabero. In Leon, partners learnt about the "Dream of Light" project at Leon Cathedral, which had three distinct strands covering: education; scientific/training and restoration. The partnership then went to the mining valley of Sabero and visited the Museum of Iron and Mining Industry.
Click here to read more about these interesting study visits.
Study Visit - Visit to Vipava Valley, Slovenia
The University of Ljubljana is to analyse the exploitation of cultural and natural resources in regional development. The findings will be fed into the HISTCAPE project.
To this end a study visit was organised to the Vipava valley in the western region of Slovenia. The study visit was led by the renowned Slovenian art historian and former Director General of the National Restoration Centre Josip Korosec.
The study visit included visits to fortresses, manor houses and concluded in the town of Vipava. The combination of visits helped to inform and further develop understanding of the historical development of Slovenia's natural and cultural heritage.
To read more...
18 March 2014, Rural Areas have a Future, Hillesheim, Germany
This workshop is being held jointly by Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, Food, Viticulture and Forestry. The workshop will be of interest to those working in cultural heritage and rural development.
For further information and to register please email: alr@dlr.rlp.de Programme attached.
19-21 March 2014, Tomar Portugal. REHAB 2014
International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures.
Deadline for abstracts submission: to be announced
Full papers submission: to be announced
Detailed information will be available soon at www.rehab2014.greenlines-institute.org or contact rehab2014@greenlines-institute.org for more information.
24 March 2014, Tibães Portugal.
The first HISTCAPE Open Conference of the new year is to be held in the monastery of Saint Martin of Tibães near the city of Braga, Northern Portugal and will be hosted by the Northern Portugal Regional Directorate for Culture (NRCD, Portugal).
Visit www.histcape.eu for more information.
8-9 May 2014, Zagreb/Sibenik – Croatia. Protection of Cultural Heritage from natural and man-made disasters.
This conference will bring together experts and specialists in the field of the protection of cultural heritage. Key themes will be: Identification of objects and collections; risks; legislation; methods and techniques of protection; management in case of emergencies and examples of best practice.
For details of abstract submission and registration see: http://chp.nsk.hr/en/1st-announcement
3-5 June 2014 Ankara, Turkey.
9th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin will be held in 3-5 June 2014 in Ankara, Turkey organised by the Materials Conservation Laboratory, Department of Architecture, Middle East Technical University in Ankara. The conference in Ankara follows on from previous symposia in Bari (1989), Geneva (1991), Venice (1994), Rhodes (1997), Seville (2000), Lisbon (2004), Orléans (2007) and Patras (2010) in the name of International Group on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin (I.G.C.M.M.). The theme chosen for this symposium is "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION - INTEGRATED METHODOLOGIES", with the aim of building up stronger links between the scientific research results and the conservation practice.
Contact Symposium Secretariat at info@monubasin9.org or visit www.monubasin9.org
19-21 June 2014, Turin Italy. "Study of the built environment"
The third pan-European meeting of the European Architectural History Network proposes to increase the visibility of the discipline, to foster transnational, interdisciplinary and multicultural approaches to the study of the built environment, and to facilitate the exchange of research results in the field.
Visit http://www.eahn2014.polito.it/ for further details
22 - 25 July 2014, Guimarães Portugal "HERITAGE 2014" 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
Deadline for abstracts submission: To be announced. Full papers submission deadline: To be announced
Detailed information will be available soon at www.heritage2014.greenlines-institute.org contact heritage2014@greenlines-institute.org
25-27 September 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia - The Best in Heritage 13th Edition
The Best in Heritage is an international, annual survey of award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects.
Further information available at http://www.thebestinheritage.com/conference/programme/
HISTCAPE Open Conferences - 2014
Braga, Portugal • 25th March 2014
Styria, Austria • w/c 19th May 2014
Further details of all our conferences can be found on the HISTCAPE website
PERHT –this project comes under the LIFE + 2011programme "Environmental Policy and Governance". Aimed at small to medium sized historic towns it aims to look at issues related to transport (people and goods) and mobility in their historic urban centres.
Click here for the project outline
HERMAN PROJECT - Management of Cultural Heritage in Central Europe
The Official HERMAN project brochure with information on the project's structure, expected outputs and partners is now online.
KLOSTERLAND – "Land of Monasteries"
Klosterland is a network of German-Polish Monasteries that aims to develop a regional cultural-touristic structure between the participants of the network as well as the implementation of a vivid programme that invites people to visit the "Klosterland", its historic buildings and cultural-touristic events.
EUROCLIO, the European Association of History Educators
Established in 1993, EUROCLIO represents more than 25,000 history and citizenship educators. EUROCLIO believes that the past does not stop at national borders and that history education has a significant impact on how people look at the world around them.
For the full story read more here
EFFESUS is a research project investigating the energy efficiency of European historic urban districts and developing technologies and systems for its improvement. The term "historic urban district" in the context of EFFESUS, is defined as a significant grouping of "old" buildings built before 1945 and representative of the period of their construction or history, not necessarily protected by heritage legislation. EFFESUS is funded by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme.
Rural areas in central Europe are mainly characterised by challenges such as: demographic & peripheral issues, depopulation and underdevelopment. In rural regions cultural heritage is an important part of regional development, especially the cultural economy, which can be the main protagonist in economic and social development. Local churches and sacral monuments offer great potential, however, no regional and/or transnational strategies exist for their preservation. Read more...


Meet our Model Of The Month, Mercy Atang!
Mercy Atang is a 21-year-old Nigerian model, who hails from Akwa Ibom state. She is a student at Tansian University, Umunya. She is a Gemini, born in 11th of June. Her modeling career only counts one year.
Mercy was recently crowned Miss Nigeria International 2015 and she is represented by Brendance & Crusaders Ltd.
She has been doing lots of charity works since she became a queen and that's what she loves most about her title, she tells us.
Mercy's measurements are: 5'5 ft height, 23, 32 , 24.
What i personally like about her is her sweet face.
MrsHustle: What is the best thing about being a model?
MrsHustle: What are the qualities of a good model?
Mercy: Poise and good etiquette.
Mercy: Putting a smile on other people's faces.
MrsHustle: How would you define your personal style?
MrsHustle: Do you eat nutritiously? How often do you exercise or go to the gym?
Mercy: Yes, i do. On a regular basis.
MrsHustle: Do you have a skin care routine?
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Mercy: The Nigerian fashion designers are rapidly growing, with new and innovative designs.
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Mercy: Queen Jasmine and Queen Beauty Istifanus.
MrsHustle: As a model, what is your unique selling point?
Mercy: My smile I guess, lol!
MrsHustle: You are Miss Nigeria International 2015, how does that feel? Were you expecting to win?
Mercy: Awesome! Sure I was.
MrsHustle: How much has your life changed after winning this title?
Mercy: It has changed in all ramifications.
MrsHustle: What advice would you give to young girls who aspire to become a beauty queen like you?
Mercy: Don't let no one tell you; you can't do it. Just hold on tight to God.
Mercy: The downfall of a man is not the end of the road.
a) I love Nigeria, because it is…….lovely.
b) I wish Nigeria would…….be free from corruption.
c) Being a Nigerian has helped me…….learn facts about life.
Mercy: Thank you too MrsHustle!


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Carved Wooden Dog Fetish Figure (Koso)
Vili People, Republic of Congo
length: 24cm; width: 7cm and height: 8cm
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Estate of the London collector, Seward Kennedy, London
This is a dog sculpture from the Vili People, a Central African ethnic tribe that lives in the area formerly known as the Kingdom of Congo. Its head is unusually elongated. Its nostrils are pierced. Its mouth is slightly open to reveal two rows of sharp teeth made of iron. It stands on the four legs, slightly bent on the front legs, as if ready to leap forward to catch its prey. The eyes are inset with what is probably iron. The tail no longer is present; the loss is old and the area itself now has a fine patina.
This dog is called Koso, who mediates between the living and the dead (Bacquart, 1998). It is also well-known for its ability to move swiftly to track down evil forces (Roberts, 1995).
Sculptures such as this are called nkisi, which are often used in nail fetishes. They represent spirits, or objects that a spirit inhabits. They are made in various forms depending on their function, varying from detecting wrongdoing, enforcing oaths, to among other things identifying cause of sicknesses. Most of these sculptures carry magical substances on the head or abdomen. A medium, known as the Nganga, invokes the spirits from the world beyond by chanting, making noises, flaming torches around these sculptures and ultimately nailing them. Nkisi that have been nailed are called "nail fetishes" nkondi, which were widely collected in the nineteenth century and cited in travel writing, museum catalogues, and art history literature.
This dog figure remains a nkisi figure, as it has been spared from any nailing. Overall, it has a fine patina.
Bacquart, J. B., The Tribal Arts of Africa, Thames & Hudson, 1998.
Roberts, A. F., Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, Prestel, 1995.
Sotheby's London, Important Tribal Art, Page 105 Lot 234, 29th June 1987.

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Total increases GOM footprint, becomes operator of North Platte discovery
Total has acquired several assets located in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) as part of Cobalt International Energy's bankruptcy auction sale. Total submitted offers on several assets for a consideration of approximately $300 million and acquires from Cobalt:
A 20% interest in the North Platte discovery. As a result, Total increases its interest to 60% and becomes operator of this discovery. Total will have Statoil as a partner, who acquired the remaining 40%;
A 20% interest in the Anchor discovery. As a result, Total increases its interest to 32.5%, after having acquired 12.5% last December. This discovery is operated by Chevron; and
Thirteen offshore exploration blocks, which will be operated by Total.
On 5 April 2018, the United States Bankruptcy Court approved these results.
"The sale of Cobalt's assets gives us the opportunity to further enhance our portfolio in the Gulf of Mexico under particularly attractive conditions and to be able to apply our expertise as a deep offshore operator," Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration and Production at Total, said. "We will now develop the North Platte discovery, looking for the most efficient scheme in terms of development cost."
Discovered in 2012 by Total and Cobalt in the Wilcox play, North Platte covers four blocks of the Garden Banks area, 275 km off the coast of Louisiana in approximately 1,300 m of water. The field is now fully appraised with a total of three wells and three sidetracks.
Discovered in 2014, Anchor is also located in the Wilcox play, 225 km off the coast of Louisiana in approximately 1,500 m of water. It is one of the most significant recent discoveries in the GOM. Anchor is operated by Chevron (55%) alongside Total (32.5%) and Venari (12.5%).
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A decade after his breakout film, the down-and-dirty Neopolitan mafia drama Gomorrah, Italian director Matteo Garrone returns to the country's violent underworld in Dogman. Only this time, the subject isn't organized crime, but rather a good man who's pushed so far, so often that he becomes a ferocious animal himself.
Marcello Fonte plays Marcello, the meek and kindly owner of a dog-grooming shop in a run-down seaside town in the south of Italy. His storefront isn't much, neither is the rinky-dink operation inside, but he takes a certain amount of pride in his work. He's divorced, with a young daughter who occasionally helps him bathe and blow-dry his four-legged clients, but he seems happy. And Fonte, with his simpleton's smile, hawk-like nose, and heavily lidded eyes, makes your heart instantly go out to him even though he's a bit of a pushover.
This becomes especially clear when a local thug named Simone (played by a menacing, thick-necked Edoardo Pesce) repeatedly shows up to borrow money or score drugs, or just push Marcello around because he can. And Marcello, the holy-fool softie that he is, just takes it, refusing to stand up for himself. He's like a kicked dog who keeps returning to his master's side whenever he calls.
As Marcello, Fonte is absolutely fantastic. He's the best thing in Dogman by leaps and bounds. Garrone captures the setting's depressed look and spiritual malaise like a documentary filmmaker, but he's sketchier when it comes to explaining the relationship between Marcello and Simone. You never really understand why Marcello and his fellow business owners put up with Simone's brutal reign of terror. When the tormenting goon strongarms Marcello into going along with a half-baked robbery of his neighbor's pawn shop, you never understand why he doesn't point the finger at Simone instead of taking the fall for him.
Was Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote worth the 25-year wait?


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RISE's Flagship Global Accelerator Program poised to be No.1 in Southeast Asia to Support the Growth
[Bangkok, May 1, 2020] RISE, regional corporate innovation powerhouse, is now accepting applications for its Global Accelerator Program where corporates' pain points meet the cure from world-class startups.
"We have redesigned the whole experience this year in response to the pandemic with a bold ambition to be No.1 Accelerator program in Southeast Asia with 3 new elements. First is New Industries which we started 4 years ago from building Fintech and AI startups and now adding Foodtech, Agritech, and Biotech/Healthtech into the program. We believe we can leverage expertise from startups around the world and crack the solutions to help increase revenue and reducing cost of operation as well as help launch new products or services for our corporate partners by fostering the partnership, commercial agreement, or investment with the world-class startups in our program. Second is the New Program in which, despite a very unique time with COVID-19, we launch our "hybrid" program for the first time. Activities will be held in both online and offline channels including virtual roadshows in 20 countries across Asia and face-to-face meetups between startups, corporates, and investors throughout the course of the program.
Lastly, we have New Countries. We are proud to say that RISE's accelerator program is the only program in the region and in the world sponsored by government agencies that responsible for innovation from 3 countries including Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) from Thailand, Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). Participating startups will be eligible for the benefits from RISE's partnership with government agencies to expand their business across the region. Furthermore, interested corporates can also reach out to us to join our program as a corporate partner to provide specific problem statements they want startups to solve " said Dr. Kid Parchariyanon, CEO and Co-founder of RISE.
"As we thrive to transform business, overcome conventional restrictions, and bring new advantages to the organization, technology plays a big part in this long journey and we constantly face business challenges. Therefore, we sometimes need experts in specific areas in which will accelerate and shorten the path to our goal. RISE's program takes us to meet with new potential partners and the competencies we look for and this is our group's third year joining the program" said Panunya Charoensawadpong, Head of Business Development of PTTEP and AI and Robotics Venture, a renowned Thailand based petroleum exploration and production company under PTT Group, a Fortune 500 company which has US$50 Billion turnovers added.
Some alumni from the previous programs include Finnomena, a fintech Robo-advisor which raised over US$ 10m Series B earlier this year from Gobi Partners, Openspace Ventures, Krungsri Finnovate, 500 Startups, among others.
"RISE helps us tie-up with Krungsri Bank and Krungsri Finnovate since day 1, not only connecting but also helping to build the real business. The outcome was the business with the bank and also our Series A investment was led by Krungsri Finnovate. If you are interested in connecting with 400+ corporates that RISE is now working closely with, this Global Accelerator Program is a must" Jessada Sookdhis, CEO and Co-Founder, Finnomena.
QueQ, a famous queuing application from Thailand which raised over US$ 2.9m from True Corporation and Google Launchpad Accelerator last year after joining RISE's Accelerator Program, Rungsun Promprasith, CEO of QueQ shared.
"RISE offers us a unique accelerator program that focuses on real practice and growth. They are similar to the professional nanny who knows their startup kids so well. Many teams put the first step of their stable strong path here. 'Family' may be the best word to describe our bonding."
Other notable startup alumni from the region, BBP - an energy efficiency startups based in Singapore raised S$45M Series B and secured multiple corporate clients after joining the program, Sales Candy - a Malaysian Lead Management System landed a contract with one of the largest property developers in Thailand and subsequently secured Pre-A funding from Wavemaker Partners and Abeja - a Japan's leading B2B AI platform who would like to tap into Southeast Asia market.
"We will continue to build a meaningful relationship between our corporate partners and world-class startups to drive the real economic impact form years to come and that is aligned with our mission to raise 1% of the GDP for Southeast Asia" concluded Dr. Kid
Applications for the program are being accepted until May, 30th 2020. Interested startups and potential corporate partners can visit gap.riseaccel.com for program details, virtual roadshow schedule, application submission.
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Why does the moon seem to change shape each night?
The moon itself, of course, isn't changing. But because it is moving around Earth as we move around the sun, the amount of light that we see reflecting off the surface of the moon varies from day to day. About every two weeks, the moon goes from being nearly invisible—what is called a new moon—to being bright and full in the night sky—a full moon.
An easy way to understand these changes is by using a lamp and an orange to create a rough model of the moon's orbit around Earth.
Here on Earth, we see the moon cycle through its phases about every 29.5 days (which is slightly different from the amount of time it takes the moon to orbit around Earth, which is 27.3 days). The different appearance of the moon in the sky—from a skinny sliver to a great, round full moon—is the result of the moon's position relative to Earth and the sun.
A lunar eclipse happens when the moon is lined up directly on the other side of Earth from the sun so that Earth essentially casts a big shadow over the moon. Because a lunar eclipse depends on Earth's and the moon's orbits being just right, one doesn't happen every time there is a full moon. The moon usually passes just under or above Earth's shadow.
On the other hand, a solar eclipse happens when the moon is lined up directly between Earth and the sun, so the moon casts a shadow on Earth's surface. Solar eclipses don't happen every month for the same reason there isn't a lunar eclipse every month. At new moon, Earth usually is slightly below or above the moon's shadow.
• Place the lamp (without its lamp shade) on a table or other surface. A good height is just above head level of the person doing the activity.
• Carefully push the sharp end of the pencil through the center of the orange deep enough so that it is stable if you hold the pencil.
• Stand at least arm's length from the lamp light source, and face it directly. The lamp is your sun, and your head represents Earth.
• Hold up the pencil-topped orange moon out with a straight arm in front of you. Hold the orange slightly above or below the bulb, and don't look directly at the lamp. What does the surface of the orange moon that you can see look like? Is it relatively dark?
• Now, with your arm still outstretched, start rotating your body slowly to the left. Can you see a crescent of light begin to creep onto the surface of your orange moon?
• Once you have turned about 90 degrees from the lamp, your moon should be at the first quarter phase. Which side of the moon is the light is falling on (the left or the right)? Does the moon like a "D" or a mirror image of a "D?"
• Continue turning slowly counterclockwise. Which direction is the light moving on the surface of your moon?
• Once you are about 90 degrees from completing the full turn, you have reached the third quarter phase. How does this phase look different from the first quarter phase?
• Finish rotating until you are back to the starting point: a new moon, when you (and people on Earth) only see the side of the moon the sun isn't hitting—the unlit nighttime side of the moon.
• Extra: Try to create a lunar eclipse. These lunar eclipses happen when Earth blocks the sun's light from hitting the moon by lining up right between the two. If your head is Earth, can you create a lunar eclipse with your orange moon?
How did the moon change as you slowly rotated? Were you able to see the familiar crescent and full moon phases?
Want to get even more specific with the moon phases? Between the new moon and first quarter, the moon is said to be a "waxing crescent". ("Waxing" is another word for getting larger.) Between the first quarter and full moon, it is said to be a "waxing gibbous". After the full moon and up to the last quarter, it is a "waning gibbous" moon. ("Waning" means getting smaller.) Any guess as to what we call it between the last quarter and new moon? (answer: a "waning crescent") What phase is the moon now where you live?
Like the sun, the moon also rises and sets each day, moving across the sky. But it is also often out during the daylight hours. (Have you ever noticed a pale moon in the sky on a clear sunny day?) During a new moon, the moon is actually rising about the same time as the sun, although you can't see it. Each day the moon comes up later, so that by the time it is a full moon, it rises about the same time the sun sets.
The moon often looks bigger as it's rising and smaller when it's high in the sky. This is an optical illusion: It looks relatively large because we are seeing it in comparison with objects on the horizon, such as buildings or trees. But this apparent size change as it travels across the sky has nothing to do with its distance from Earth, which averages about 238,866 miles (384,417 kilometers) away!
A lot of cultures have used the moon as a way to keep track of time. These systems are known as lunar calendars.
Bonus: The time for the moon to orbit Earth (27.3 days) is different from the time for the moon to go through all its phases (29.5 days). Why? Because Earth is not stationary but itself is moving around the sun! Because Earth takes about 12 months to go once around the sun, during the 27.3 days (about one month) that the moon is going around Earth, the Earth has moved about one twelfth the way around the sun. As a result, the moon has to go a little farther in its orbit to have the same appearance to us on Earth. In fact, we can estimate that this would take 27.3 + (1/12) X (27.3) = 29.5 days!
Share your orange moon observations and results! Leave a comment below or share your photos and feedback on Scientific American's Facebook page.
Remove the pencil from the orange (being careful with the sharp point); turn off the lamp and use caution—the lightbulb is hot.


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Q: If "pending" is a preposition, why not "awaiting" and "remaining" I have found these three examples of pending, awaiting, and remaining from Your Dictionary, all of which show that they are prepositions:

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*Philip, who had been left in charge of Palestine pending the decision and had won the respect of Varus, became tetrarch of Batanaea, Trachonitis and Auranitis, with ioo talents.

*Katie held her breath, awaiting the awful news.

*We stole one weekend together, remaining in New York, before answering a summons to join the others in Massachusetts.

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*Pending is an adjective as well as preposition.

*Remaining and awaiting are both adjectives.
Why are remaining and awaiting not prepositions?

A: In sentences 2) and 3), it seems to me that the words awaiting and remaining can easily be analyzed as participles (verb forms) because they seem to have logical subjects (Katie is awaiting the awful news, and "we" are remaining in New York).
The word pending in sentence 1) can't be analyzed the same way, which I guess is why it is classified as a preposition.

A side note: despite what the dictionaries you looked at say, I'm having trouble coming up with a context where awaiting and remaining are unambiguously adjectives rather than participles. Some people apparently believe that participles usually do not occur attributively, in contexts like "the remaining minutes" or "the awaiting crowd", but I've never understood how this position is justified—to me, it seems possible that remaining and awaiting are participles rather than adjectives even in this context.
The "very" test for proving that a word is an adjective doesn't seem to work for either word.
The un- negation test (negative un- doesn't attach to verbs, but does attach to adjectives) fails, as far as I can tell, for awaiting (*unawaiting seems to hardly exist). Unremaining seems to be better established (although still rare): I supppose that implies that remaining does in fact have an adjectival as well as a verbal use.

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The car that you drive is to some extent reflective of who you are as a person, it expresses your style, sense of style (or lack thereof) as well as your values. Beyond just reflecting what type of person you are, the type of car you have also has a large impact on how much you pay to have it insured and more than a few drivers fail to recognize this. Drivers who are considering purchasing a new vehicle should keep the facts in mind, knowing which cars are the least expensive to insure is more than helpful in long term budgeting and money saving during the car buying process. Insurance companies love and charge less for cars that statistically have high safety ratings, a low theft rate and lower accident frequency. Meanwhile minivans and family friendly Crossovers and SUV's often draw lower rates as they tend to be owned by more responsible drivers while certain subcompact models are also cheap to insure as owners of such vehicles tend not to drive long distances and smaller vehicles draw lower settlements if ever the car is wrecked. Below are some of the cheapest to insure cars currently on the market, certain variables can effect which cars are less expensive to insure, such as an individual's driving record and the area in which they live, but as a general guide the cars mentioned below generally are ones that insurance companies love.
Honda's Odyssey minivans were in 2016 the cheapest new vehicle to insure. This obviously is due to their being a family vehicle, the annual premium to insure one of the Japanese automaker's LX Odysseys costs a mere $1,113 on average.
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Scoring a horror film presented Thom with altogether new challenges and opportunities, Suspiria stands apart from any of his other work. Piano/vocal ballads, Krautrock-esque modular synth work inspired by the film's Berlin 1977 setting, multilayered vocals, and melodies that convey terror, longing and melancholy combine to create a chaotic yet cohesive musical spell.
Thom Yorke here mixes krautrock, drone, electronics and traditional song writing to stunning effect. The score is purposely uneasy and off kilter, it has a woozy haunting quality that surprisingly sits alongside the work of more experimental soundscape artists such as Coil. It's a huge departure for Yorke and best of all he has crafted an album that works as a standalone listen that can be appreciate separately from the films stunning visuals. Unbelievable stuff.


Private Computer gaming is and all the time will be the most powerful gaming platform. Mixed with the much-improved processor and speeds of the SSD is a faster "instant-on." When a person opens Surface Laptop 2, the time it takes for the display to activate and allow Windows Hey until it's logged into Windows 10 is lower than final 12 months's mannequin. It is clear that Microsoft is doing some low-level tweaks to the software program, OS, and drivers to make that occur, and it pays off.
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Asus affords a full lineup of both desktop and laptop computers, together with skinny-and-light and 2-in-1 laptop fashions below its ZenBook line. The company also produces Chromebooks in addition to larger-end PCs geared toward players which can be sold below ROG (Republic of Gamers) branding.
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Read part 1: https://blog.webaverse.com/the-silk-road/
Today's virtual worlds are like separate digital colonies that barely have any connection to one another. Often they're working on similar things within their own silos. The roads between them have yet to be built.
What we need are the shipping networks and cross continental railways between virtual worlds for identities, ideas, and value to flow, so we can have a 3D Internet.
Source: The Virtual Silk Road
As the first global trade route, the ancient Silk Road greatly sped up development of the entire world. The Street is inspired by the ancient Silk Road in connecting virtual worlds.
The ancient Silk Road was one of the greatest undertakings in human history. (Source)
Perhaps more largely the ancient Silk Road also contributed as a major cultural exchange between civilizations with architectural, philosophical, and religious ideas spreading along routes between the East and the West.
While developing the incentive structures to develop The Street while preaching the gospel of the open metaverse along the way, we believe the digital items and artifacts that we bring between places need to have some deeper meaning than just some random NFTs we minted.
Map of the major exports from each town along the ancient Silk Road. (Source)
Having cultural artifacts be instantly recognizable is key when we're stitching together and traversing multiple different platforms and worlds.
Transcendence of Brands
The power of a strong brand can transcend across an entire spectrum of mediums and products and captivate giant audiences for multiple generations. Good brands are easy to identify anywhere because they have consistent recognizable output features.
Take the pictures below, recognize anything?
Hint: It's one of the oldest video game franchises in history
Character design is a bit like designing a logo, it should be instantly recognizable.
Art style and consistency are also ways of creating a recognizable brand
Open Source Brands
An open-source brand is a brand that is largely controlled by customers or users. Wikipedia
Open source brands are a fairly new phenomenon. One example that comes to mind is the Vocaloid community that gave rise to the digital superstar Hatsune Miku. What started as voice synthesizing software in Japan evolved into a peer-production phenomenon, with over 100k songs released and billions of views. Some of the most popular songs by Hatsune Miku are made by anons. When something gets popular enough, the company looks to collaborate and promote, producing holographic concerts that sell out all over the world.
The purest form of open source brands is one that is not controlled by any legal mechanism. An example of this is Bitcoin, an open source technology and brand owned by its users. There's no official headquarters or CEO of Bitcoin you could summon in front of congress.
How might an open source brand guide look like for the decentralized metaverse? What would its main product be? What qualities does it possess? What does it feel like to use it? Would they have any meaning in another world? How do you achieve brand consistency while aiming to stay open and decentralized? What is the story being told?
Answering these questions helps us to figure out the symbols and cultural artifacts we carry with us along The Street that help spread the gospel of connecting the open metaverse together. The kind that we all want to live, work, and play in.
Symbols of the features we want for an interconnected metaverse experience
What are some things you wish you could have or do anywhere? Things that have stuck with us include custom avatars, inventory system, pets, land, wearables, weapons, vehicles, and The Street to link everything together.
We implemented these features in Webaverse using open file formats and standards to be interoperable
Webaverse makes thoughtful technical decisions when implementing the features we desire across the interconnected metaverse in a way that can last a long time, be remixed, and reimplemented in other places. Interoperability is key: digital items and artifacts should have value in multiple virtual worlds.
We've gathered ingredients and are developing a process to co-create more interoperable digital artifacts with you. Understanding how it works takes another look at history.
Proof of (human) work
It's remarkable that Chinese silk fabric was such a popular product that it interconnected the ancient world together. Improved weaving techniques further spread its reputation across ancient empires. Silk even became somewhat used as a currency where the cost of something could be described using lengths of silk as units of measurement like how other societies would use the weight units of gold or silver.
The higher the quality of silk production became, the more desirable it was in the ancient world
Silk doesn't just spawn from nowhere, otherwise the ancient Silk Road would have never been made. It takes a lot of work to produce high quality silk fabric, such as:
Planting mulberry
Raising silkworms
Unreeling silk, making thread
Designing and weaving fabric
Dying and embroidery
It's interesting to note that the production of silk was kept as an eastern trade secret for centuries. Most people cared about the quality and feeling of the fabric.
When people join the discord we give them SILK to mint their first NFTs. That strategy alone doesn't seem to set the right tone. When people get some SILK they can aimlessly mint whatever. We need to align better and bubble up the good stuff.
Backstory: Our Ethereum sidechain makes transactions free when minting and trading tokens. SILK is an ERC-20 utility token being used to prevent spam when minting NFTs. It's currently invite only (you can only get it from someone else).
SILK tokens are typically gifted between people
We've got a number ideas on how to give SILK a better value by mainly using it to reward mechanism, whether they be financial or creative contributions, such as:
Granted for making cool content
Unpacked from Webaverse NFTs
Airdropped during weekly events
Trading NFTs for SILK
This way distributes tokens to actual users and creators of the platform. Value alignment is a powerful thing for a network. It may even provide some incentives for higher quality mints when the SILK is earned.
However, this strategy still leaves things open for people to go in every separate direction when crafting digital objects. Our direction is forwards on The Street, threading a needle between platforms and creators along the way. There needs to be some rules and incentive structures for an open source brand evangelizing the decentralized metaverse to distinguish oneself.
Metaverse Missionaries
The Street into a movement for freedom and prosperity across the metaverse. As we build and cross The Street, we'll meet and attract different types of people with varying skillsets and cultural values that will be exposed to our mission and shared values.
From researching various DAO related discords we boiled down a set of classes that contribute value towards the mission of connecting The Street. These roles include:
🎨 Artist: Drawing, modeling, producing music, performing
🔨 Builder: Programming, creating objects, creating spaces
✍ Scientist: Writing lore, interacting with the AI, meta ideas and planning
🌉 Linker: Connect and greet people, makes intros, helps out with production
📣 Booster: Collecting cards, promoting, streaming
You can select one of these roles when you join our discord server, which others remember each others skill sets and abilities. We're weaving these roles into memes, semiotics, and new digital artifacts to help attract new followers. Learn more.
These symbols represent the different roles taking place in a decentralized organization building an open source brand.
Along the ancient Silk Road there were cities and trade posts. We plan to go to each virtual world to preach the good word, build hubs, and raise monuments to inspire its inhabitants to join us on the journey up The Street.
We won't rest until we have our freedom and that it starts to feel like we're living in the best version of the future. Solarpunk aesthetic seems to capture that the best.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentCharts/comments/ft6vvy/punk_alignment_chart/
Solarpunk emphasizes independence, a regenerative ecosystem, handcrafted vs mass produced, and community. The power of positive-sum thinking with economic incentives steers a more optimistic path for humanity.
Our message is about hope, interoperability, and freedom.
Our journey has just begun.
- jin
Discord: https://discord.gg/R5wqYhvv53
Github: https://github.com/webaverse
Twitter: https://twitter.com/webaverse
Careers: Engineers wanted
In many conversations, I get asked "what in your view is the metaverse?" In my humble opinion, the metaverse is when virtual and digital worlds merge together: the less crazy part is what humans experience in digital worlds, the more consequential part is how virtual beings and digital content (content
Thank yous, tides and lizards
I want to start off by saying thank you to every metaverse maker. Also gm. Whether you call yourself an artist, coder, "influencer" (much as I hate the word), or you're blazing trails with your own sick project: you deserve thanks. You'll never know what it means to me that


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Nissan missed opportunities in Adelaide
Nissan Motorsport general manager Scott Sinclair believes the team didn't take its opportunities in the Adelaide 500 Supercars season opener.
The four-car squad had two Altimas in the top 11 on the grid each day, but got just one driver home in that range across the two races, with Michael Caruso ninth on Sunday.
Team co-owner Rick Kelly lined up seventh on Saturday but tagged the Turn 3 wall on the opening lap as part of a weekend he summed up as "crappy".
Caruso had a driveline problem on Saturday, 24 hours before new recruit Andre Heimgartner was significantly delayed by a misfire.
With Simona De Silvestro 18th each day to start her second Supercars season, Caruso is the lead Nissan in the points in 12th.
"We probably didn't get the most out of it," general manager Scott Sinclair told Supercars.com.
"It was great having two in the Shootout [on Sunday], we probably felt we should've had at least two [on Saturday].
"A bit of a coulda, shoulda, woulda weekend for us. There was some really positive stuff for us, but then we probably didn't take all of those opportunities.
"It was disappointing that Andre had a drama with his car and Michael had a drama, so a couple of mechanical things that we haven't had for a while.
"We'll figure that out quickly, that's easy, and make sure that doesn't happen again, but that really hurt our overall team performance.
"We were on the back of the quick guys from last year, we were able to do that at Newcastle and a few other places [in 2017] but we need to do it regularly.
"So we're looking forward to the Grand Prix and Tassie as well."
In the last year of its deal with Nissan, the team is developing its Altima, with Sinclair surmising that "bits and pieces" have changed since the end of the 2017 season.
"It is about constant evolution and we're racing against a different animal now [in Holden's ZB Commodore]," he said.
"Our competitors are getting stronger so we've got to get stronger, it's as simple as that.
"It's constantly evolving, we need to keep pushing hard.
"I think it'll take a few events for [the full competitive order] to fall out, as clearly as it might've last year, just because of the new model that's come in.
"I suppose from this weekend, we need to worry about ourselves - we probably didn't take all of our opportunities - let alone what everyone else is doing.
"We've seen a lot of positives, and some really good things happening, but we need to put it all together and we probably weren't able to across all four cars this weekend."
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Andretti 'tricky bits' from US to debut at AGP
Tander surprised by podium after tough test
Gallery: 20 years of Adelaide 500 winners
DJRTP chasing ZB 'rocket ship'
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The India Association of Rhode Island celebrated the 70th Indian Independence Day on Sunday, August 14th 2016, at the South Lawn of the Rhode Island State House. It was a moment of pride and joy to see the Indian Flag hoisted upon the State House, which could be seen flapping away in the breeze even from a distance, serving a reminder of turmoil and challenges faced by the pioneers of the Indian Freedom movement.
Children and adults alike celebrated the event with great gusto and fanfare by participating in the various dance and singing programs, braving the record high temperatures of the season. The day witnessed a good turnout, with Congressman David Cicilline and State Representative Robert B. Lancia in attendance. While addressing the audience, Congressmen Cicilline, lauded the efforts of IARI in bringing together the highly diverse Indian community and stressed on the importance of strengthening Indo – American cultural and business ties.
The day began with the National Day parade that ended at the State House, where the festivities began, first by the rendition of the American and Indian anthems, marking an auspicious start to the rest of the day. One could see the audience, swaying and singing along to the classical and contemporary music played by Din Check – New England's one of a kind, Bollywood band, showcasing songs from various eras and genres. This was followed the dance segment of the event, where the audience watched mesmerized, various forms of classical dances, traditional folk dances and modern contemporary dance forms by several members of the Indian community and dance groups, truly demonstrating the real beauty, diversity and amalgamation of cultures of the Indian Nation. It was a real treat to watch young children enthusiastically participating in the fashion parade, smiling to the cameras and bowing to the audience. The evening of the program was brought to an end by the grand finale lively music played live by DJ Arish.
Any program will be incomplete without delectable food, and that was in abundance, with food stalls by various well-known Indian restaurants from the Rhode Island and Massachusetts area, serving a variety of Indian food and desserts. The day was also host to henna stalls, yoga and wellness booths as well as a kid's stall, for the children to have a great and memorable time.
Overall, the day was a resounding success, with the IARI volunteers putting in their hours and efforts in order to bring about and seize the day. Through their energies and support, IARI will continue to organize and endorse various such events and programs, aimed to building a strengthening platform.
What better way to spend a good summer day than to 'Care and Share' while merry making and networking with family and friends on a Sunday, at the banks of Narragansett Bay, bordering Colt State Park, Bristol, Rhode Island? This is precisely what the Friends of the Indian Community of Greater Rhode Island organized on July 17 2016. The objective was to raise funds and support for the 'Care and Share' initiative of the India Association of Rhode Island, supporting charities through Akshaya Patra, Amos House RI, Federal Hill House Association RI, Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Sankara Eye Foundation.
The picnic, aimed to garner the spirit of giving and spreading joy, was a tremendous success with over 250 people in attendance, all enjoying the weather, the variety of delectable food and drinks and the company of family and friends. It was a great joy to see the children having a good time at the park playing with their friends and family as well as participating in the community enrichment activities. So great was the level of energy at the venue, that Mr. Robert Lancia, RI House Representative from Cranston, along with his wife Mrs. Maryann Lancia, paid a visit, appreciating the enthusiasm as well as the dedication displayed by the children and adults alike in bringing about the event to fruition.
Through the unwavering support of dedicated volunteers, the community endeavors to provide a lending hand to various charities and causes through events, programs and activities that are meaningful as well as entertaining.
The India Association of Rhode Island in partnership with TV Asia, hosted, on June 17 2016, for the very first time to have taken place in the state of Rhode Island, Ms. Riva Ganguly Das, Consul General of India to the Untied States, along with a delegation of several political and business dignitaries, as part of a community outreach program, aimed to engineer closer ties with the state of RI as well as promote a sense of goodwill amongst the rapidly growing Indian community in the State. The evening was preceded by a series of meetings held with the Director of International Trade Programs at Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Mayor of Providence – Jorge Elorza, Mayor of Pawtucket – Don Grebien, Congressman David Cicilline and Senator Jack Reed. The dinner was a resounding success, with over 200 guests in attendance at the Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
The event began with a veneration Kuchipuddi (Indian Dance) performance, dedicated to invoke the blessing of Lord Ganesha – also popularly worshiped as the Lord of Beginnings, by Ms. Sampada Velury, a beautiful and mesmerizing performance - an apt beginning to a wonderful evening. The evening hosted, along with the consul general, the deputy consul general, Dr. Manoj K. Mohapatra, several business representatives from the State Bank of India, Andhra Bank, ICICI Bank, Air India and Make My Trip, as well as the Mayor of Providence, Mr. Jorge Elorza – according to whom "Providence is a culturally rich, immigrant friendly city that does not believe in keeping people out by building walls".
While addressing the guests, Ms. Ganguly, emphasized on the progress made by Shri. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, in cultivating Indo-American business and investment relations, presenting local and international investment opportunities within India and abroad, the attractiveness of current Indian economic climate and in promoting India as an active trade relations and cultural exchange partner with the United States. Also underscoring her address was the growing importance of the services provided by the Indian Consulate in New York, such that it is now being lauded as the second largest revenue generating Indian consulate, with a central telephone help line, dedicated to assisting the Indian populace residing in the country. Deeply embedded is the Prime Minister's 'Swachh Bharat' (clean India) campaigned, intended, not just to keep the country clean aesthetically, but also from within, such as limiting bureaucracy and promoting efficiency of services.
IARI also took this evening as an opportunity to recognize, prominent members of the Indian community in Rhode Island, for their significant contributions to sciences, education, health care, society and public service. A special mention was also made to the efforts and contributions of the past presidents and the incumbent president Dr. Amrut Patel, in bringing the India Association of Rhode Island into rapid prominence, the profound effect of which can be endorsed by the passage of the Peace resolution by Rhode Island house of Representatives, declaring September 21 2016, to be celebrated as the International Day of Peace in RI. The evening came to an end, by honoring the students of the community by awarding them with citations from the Mayor's Office – City of Pawtucket, RI for scholastic and non-scholastic excellence and achievements. This came about by the ceaseless efforts of Mr. Tushar Patel - IARI and Angel S. from the Mayor's Office, which claims this kind of citation to be the first of a kind awarded to students, by the city of Pawtucket.
On a closing note, IARI, hopes, with the help of its unceasing team of volunteers, to increasingly focus its efforts towards building a close knit and welfare rich South Asian community within the State and India at large, through various programs, drives and events.
The MGCC Success Story – State of Rhode Island House of Representatives passes the 'International Day of Peace' motion on June 1 2016.
Another feather in the cap for the India Association of Rhode Island! On June 1 2016, a resolution passed during the January session of the House General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, to "recognize and observe September 21 2016 as the 'International Day of Peace'", is one to take great delight and pride in, as this is a testimony to the success and impetus of the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Centre initiative, started by the IARI. Due to the tireless efforts of Dr. Amrut Patel, Mr Tushar Patel along with House Representative Mr. Robert B. Lancia, September 21 2016, will now be observed with activities and ceremonies as seeming fit to promote and foster, the spirit, culture and reality of nonviolence, as envisioned by the 'Great Soul' Mahatma Gandhi, who is fondly remembered as the 'Father of the Nation'.
Early this year, the India Association started the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Centre initiative, designed to consolidate and mobilize the efforts and resources of the organization towards spreading the message and principals of Mahatma Gandhi, primarily those of nonviolence (ahimsa), courageousness, righteousness, vigor, parity and truthfulness. Of these, what stands out is ahimsa, also called the principal of nonviolence, which Gandhiji adopted as the way of his life, and on the strength of which led India onto the path of independence from foreign occupation. Such was his influence, that almost a decade after his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, in one of his papers heralded that the Gandhian spirit speaks to the 'conscience' of the world and the way to end racial segregation in America (Papers 4:355).
IARI is making concerted efforts by organizing memorials, recitations and education sessions and seminars to propagate the underlying message of peace and cessation of festering hostility - that now rules much of our daily lives in one unseen form or the other so profoundly that its effects are, almost tangible. IARI hopes to continue to traverse unfailingly onto this path and the mission that it has undertaken and promises that 'Ahimsa' will be the core underlying motto based on which all future events, celebrations, initiatives and fun-filled activities will be organized.
King, ''His Influence Speaks to World Conscience,'' 30 January 1958, in Papers 4:354–355.
I love to try new things and meet new people, so when I saw a posting on Facebook for the India Association of Rhode Island's Holi Festival of Colors, I knew I had to go. My husband and I try to do something together every Sunday and this was a great opportunity to do something new and different.
The flyer described it as "the world's happiest event" and an opportunity to "be a free spirit and play with colors." Further research into what the Holi Festival is all about revealed that it is a "family-friendly gathering of people, united in their desire to promote love and friendship and to celebrate life." Live music, color throwing and ethnic dances are all part of the Holi experience. This event had my name all over it.
I told my husband we need to wear something white and when it was time to leave he had his shirt all picked out. We didn't know anyone there when we arrived, but we quickly made new friends. We had a lot of questions as to what to expect and we enjoyed learning about the history of the event and what life is like in India. Once the music came on I could not stop dancing. Keep in mind, neither my husband or I are Indian, and I have red hair, so I'm sure we stood out from the crowd, but that did not intimidate us. Everyone made us feel welcome and a part of the family.
The anticipation was quickly growing inside of me and I could not wait for the spectacle to begin. Food is always a good distraction and there was a food vendor there offering some delicious Indian cuisine. After enjoying some live singing of traditional Indian songs, it was announced that the color throwing would begin. The crowd was invited to grab individual bags of colored powder and start spreading what I call "happy dust" onto strangers. My husband and I are both 50 years old and it felt like we were five years old again, laughing and giggling and not having a care in the world about how silly we must have looked. Our colorful Holi dusted shirts are my new favorite souvenir and I'm seriously considering framing them together with our picture. It was the single best cultural event I ever attended and look forward to next year already. Thank you for coloring our world!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Inside Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church, collages of Mahatma Gandhi photographs and teachings on Sunday afternoon carried a message of nonviolence — a message that drew about 100 people to gather and commemorate the peace leader whose name meant "great soul."
"You must not lose faith in humanity," one of Gandhi's quotes began in that display. "Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
At the front of the room, people took turns singing, speaking and sharing other enduring messages from Gandhi.
Sitting in the front row, awaiting his turn to speak, was North Providence High School freshman George Saban Jr. After he won second place in a writing contest sponsored by the University of Rhode Island last year, to explore the teachings of Gandhi, the India Association of Rhode Island invited him to read his essay Sunday at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Day tribute.
In his essay, Saban said perfect peace might not be achievable. But he saw small steps that could be taken in the schools to help shift society toward more peaceful methods.
One of his ideas was to create what he calls "the conversation space." He envisioned a room with a table, three chairs and a flower in the middle of the table that might influence "the minds and attitudes" of those needing to use the space. When students have disputes, he envisioned them sitting at the table, with a teacher as an arbiter in a distant corner. "The students will flush out their differences and come up with their way of resolving or compromising their issues," he wrote.
The commemoration by the India Association of Rhode Island continued, set for the day after Gandhi died in 1948 — and the same date, Jan. 31, on which he was cremated.
"You've got to love Rhode Island — a Gandhi celebration in the Armenian Church," U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline said soon after he arrived to help celebrate.
The life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi will be celebrated in a program sponsored by the India Association of Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi will be celebrated Sunday in a program sponsored by the India Association of Rhode Island.
The afternoon's events, promoting peace, nonviolence and tolerance, will commemorate the life and message of the Indian independence leader and include presentations by students, dancers and musicians. Students are invited to prepare an essay of up to 300 words about Gandhi and his message, or a poster about the event's themes.
The program will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Center, Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church, 70 Jefferson St., Providence.
The center, which opened in October with help from a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, provides a home for activities related to the social, cultural and educational heritage of India.