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Vladimir Veličković: Figure as an Expression of Existence
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Sequences. Art of Yugoslavia and Serbia from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art
The Collection of Painting from 1900 to 1945
No Longer and Not Yet – diSTRUKTURA
Time: 05.04-13.04.2019
Opening: April 5, 2019
Location: The Salon of the Museum of
Contemporary Art, 14 Pariska
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The new solo multmedia exhibition No Longer and Not Yet by the art duo diSTRUKTURA deals with the changes and the newly created liminal spaces, resulting from the major urban development project in the Belgrade borough, Savalama.
This border zone, or interspace, where urban, architectural as well as social and political transformations take place, can be interpreted as a place of transition, waiting and disorientation, that is situated between what once was and what is yet to come.
These are the spaces that separate between the outer and the inner, the public and the private, the history and the future, the real and the virtual – spaces that are on the brink of transformation, existence and vanishing. Such spaces become a symptom of a society in transition, and their ambivalence marks the relationship between totalitarianism and liberalism, socialism and capitalism, totalitarian lies and everyday life.
In their artistic practice, the art duo diSTRUKTURA examines the expanded notions of nature today, including different forms of nature, pseudo-nature and artificially created nature, i.e. urban constellations. By defining the relations in these newly formed structures that can be real or simulated, they constitute the reality of contemporary life. In their works, motifs of nature and cities from around the world become objects of isolated contemplation, that invite the spectator to join in this contemplation.
In their investigations of urban spaces, diSTRUKTURA often follows the model of situationist psychogeography, that relies on the concept of urban nomadism as a strategy for exploring cities. This strategy, which resembles a game, encompasses everything that leads the pedestrian outside of their predictable path, giving them new insight regarding the urban landscape, with the goal of mapping uncharted spaces and sometimes less desirable but often more personal paths. One of these works, a video made in 2013 in the Belgrade borough of Savamala discovered these streaming currents, a path in Savamala that is not defined by its architecture, but rather by the emotions and the memories of its inhabitants. It was precisely this work that served as a starting point for the new exhibition at the Salon. The exhibition examines this space at a distance, six years later, presenting the large and the visible architectural, urban and also political transformations.
Milica Milićević and Milan Bosnić graduated and received their MA at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, at the Department of Painting. From 2005, they have been working together as the artistic duo diSTRUKTURA, examining the expanded notions of nature today, including different forms of nature, pseudo-nature or artificially created nature, i.e. urban constellations. Their aim is to define the relations in these newly formed structures, which can be real or simulated, and constitute the reality of contemporary life. They participated in over 30 solo exhibitions and more than 60 group exhibitions in Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Romania, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Japan, Slovakia, Czechia, Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Finland and Egypt. diSTRUKTURA participated in artist-in-residence programs and workshops in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Slovenia, Italy, Finland, Egypt and Serbia. They won numerous awards and fellowships, including the Pollock-Krasner grant for 2015. Their works are in over 15 public and private collections.
Mirjana Peitler lives and works in Graz. She graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the FTS in Novi Sad, and from the department of art history at KFU in Graz. From 2003, she organizes and supervises art projects that mainly emphasize Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. From 2008 to 2012, she was the director of Medienkunstlabor im Kunsthaus Graz, where she dealt with the production and the presentation of multimedia installations. In 2011, she founded the association GISAlab (GirlsisScienceandArtlab), an experiment that intersects the fields of science, technology and art, with the goal of providing opportunities for women that wish to develop their interest in these fields. She is also active in the associations kunst.ost and kultur.at.
Currently, she is pursuing her postgraduate studies in the field of politics and the culture of memory in the public space.
Exhibition curator: Mirjana Peitler
Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade
Ušće 10, blok 15, Belgrade
Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00, except Tuesdays
Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art
14 Pariska St., Belgrade
Admission is free of charge
Gallery-Legacy of Milica Zorić & Rodoljub Čolaković
2 Rodoljuba Čolakovića St, Belgrade
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[dropcap]U[/dropcap]nlike Anne Schumann's take on The Mystery Sonatas, the present recording sees five continuo players (of ten instruments between them!) accompanying the violinist. Some people may enjoy this approach, and occasionally the reedy sound of the regal and the lush harmonics of the lirone did bring something new to the performances, but actually – as HIPsters – should we be encouraging this approach? Did 17th-century musicians really have the time to sit down and plan out in advance who would accompany which passage, and which not? If so, where are all the surviving parts that contain even the slightest of hints? I know some scores are very clear about characters in musical dramas being shadowed by certain instrumental colours, but I've never seen a continuo part that specifies a constant to-ing and fro-ing of this sort. I think, like every other sort of "representative" music, these sonatas imitate worldly (and other worldly) sounds through very simple means and using this battery of auditory devices is akin to a voice over. Or there is a fear that the ear will get tired hearing the same texture for 15 whole sonatas. Actually, even if each sonata were accompanied consistently by a different combination of instruments, the overall effect would have been less irksome, and – of course – when it comes to the final Passigalia, there is only one option: unaccompanied violin.
Here, though, Tur Bonet does confirm her qualities as a Biber fiddler; nicely paced, with lots of space around the notes, no showiness. After her opening "mission statement", the booklet notes contain a sonata by sonata two-page spread sequence of arty photo to the left and discussion of the different scordature on the right, but I found the translations difficult to understand; not that the rather poetic sounding Spanish was easier! I suggest simply listening to the fabulous music and ignoring the booklet.


Ashes to ashes, dust to gold?
Gold, silver and platinum nuggets that survive the intense 700 Celsius fires are all that remain after a body is burnt at the Nordheim cremation facility – Switzerland's largest – in Zurich. Approximately 6,000 corpses are cremated here each year.
As of earlier this month, Nordheim has put in place a machine that filters out precious metals from the ashes and the crematorium then sells them to recycling firms for profit.
There has been some debate as to whether the earnings should be returned to the deceased's beneficiaries or go into state coffers. The latter is what is happening. The recycling project is set to earn the city of Zurich 100,000 Swiss francs (€87,700) in revenue each year. Read more.
Respect for life shines in many deeds and the lack of it is in plain view as well. An example of the latter: Brains Of 40 Dead Children Removed, Kept In Jars In UK Hospitals. Needless to say, their parents were not aware of this.
If you have not recently lost a loved one, you may not be prepared for the interviews and calls you will receive when that time comes. Start thinking now if you are willing to have the body dissected for bone, skin, organs; and get ready to sign on the dotted line. "Desecration" will pass from the dictionary. What could it mean in the context of doing good by sharing body parts?
The "Christian" Transhumanists berate those who impede scientific progress. The Genesis story is myth to them, and humans are viewed as "God's co-creators." (p 200) Desecreation is archaic. Not to desecrate is inhumane.
Putnam wrote, "In truth, we have what the secular world does not have: infallible and timeless principles revealed from the very author of life… Humans are God's highest creation on earth and are commanded to be good stewards of the earth and its resources. Thus, we have a mandate to engage in some of the technologies discussed, but …" (p 199). BUT, study and discernment are needed. Christian, are you prepared to draw lines and determine what technologies you will approve and why?
I enjoyed viewing a video created by Putnam on YouTube, The Attributes of God & the Borderlines of Reality . The video post offered a website link, needgod.com. Great site!
I also visited Putnam's blog, http://www.logosapologia.org/ which is still online though he passed away at age 51 on March 1, 2017.
On his blog he has a post on his chapter in Pandemonium's Engine. I have included below some of his comments.
The term "pandemonium" has an interesting origin. It is the capital city of Hell in Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. I run a little theme throughout my chapter using quotes from the 17th century Christian classic throughout my critique of transhumanism and the theology and philosophies which under gird it.
In Paradise Lost, Satan and the fallen angels have been relegated to Hell and seek to mount a new offensive. In Pandæmonium, the capital city, Satan employs his beguiling oratorical skills to incite his forces. Aided by his lieutenants Mammon, Beëlzebub, Belial and Moloch they plot to overthrow God's forces. The final strategy is decided when Satan volunteers to poison the newly created Earth and God's new and most favored creation, Mankind. This is where an intriguing parallel with transhumanism comes into play as it has the potential to do just that. Not only could we create a posthuman species, germline genetic therapies could pass it down to the next generation permanently altering the human genome. The potential for a horrific outcome is real.
The American philosopher, political economist, and author, Francis Fukuyama, agrees, contending that "the most significant threat posed by contemporary biotechnology is the possibility that it will alter human nature and thereby move us into a posthuman stage of history." The potential threat is real and the decisions made over the next decade will have a deciding influence on the outcome. The theological and ethical issues are critically important for Christian thinkers to consider. This book is just one ripple in the pond of our culture. I pray it inspires many of you to think critically about the spiritual implications of the bio-technology revolution.


It was odd for Akira to find herself in a bar. Upon completing the long arduous journey from Magnolia to Crocus, all by herself... She almost missed her annoying partner by her side. The problem was, they hadn't set up a way to find each other upon arriving here. Checking confectionaries was Akira's first go to plan, but hosting herself in the inn took precedence.
She picked the most popular Inn in the Capitol. It was rather simple given its fame... Simple and efficient the girl couldn't complain. Upon settling down in her room and freshening up, it was time as usual to explore the town. Her throat was parched, so she settled for a quick mocktail at the bar before setting out and it didn't take a genius to figure out that the bartender... and it was very apparent that the innkeeper, was agitated.
Unable to stand his passive-aggressive attention seeking, as he wrung his hands, groaned, whined and frowned at every available instant, she finally asked him what the matter was. He relayed a pitiful story about how a man had sold him some special liquor and certain other substances, but it turned out it was just some cheap bootlegged crap. He beseeched Akira to go retrieve his money and went on to describe the conman. Hoping she could use this to get a discount on the inn, she agreed, she had to prowl the city for her partner anyway, this gave her a secondary motive.
After reaching Crocus and dropping his luggage at the nearest affordable hotel he found, Haru immediately began patrolling the streets. He was extremely tired, but he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep unless he investigated more. The first option was obviously the Rune Knight's headquarters. This was the first time he was going to be there. So, it took the guards quite a while to find his paperwork and confirm that he was who he said he was, before letting him in. In fact, Haru found the security to be a lot stricter than expected. After almost half an hour of waiting, he was finally allowed to enter the headquarters and he officially registered with the organization. He was handed the badge and thankfully, after that, he was allowed to move a muscle without raising an alarm.
Once all the formalities were done, Haru walked up to the main door's guard to ask about the rumour. "Hey! Is it true that we have information on an incoming attack?" he asked, keeping his voice down so that only the guard can hear him. "Umm… Yeah… That's what they have been saying. All the lieutenants and captains have been acting weird, but they don't tell us anything," he said. Before Haru could form any ideas about approaching a higher official, the guard warned him. "Don't go around asking that to everyone though. They think there is a spy in here. If you seem too interested, they will start investigating you." Haru's eyes widened and he chose to leave the scene. The last thing he wanted was to get caught in a misunderstanding when he could be helping with the investigation.
He quickly left he headquarters and headed for the streets to see if there were any suspicious activity. When he scanned the streets, he thought he saw a very familiar dark-haired figure and ran towards the girl. "Hey! Akira!" he yelled from behind her, trying to swim through the crowded street to reach her.
The streets were teeming with people, jostling their way through their mundane lives. There seemed to be a sense of forbode in the air, but not everyone was attuned to it, nonetheless, it was contagious. Those chosen few who either knew more than the others or could sense that something was off, like Akira, wore long faces, creased with worry. If she wanted to gather more information without obviously asking people about it, she was, unfortunately, going to have to stick around amidst the crowd, in hopes that maybe she'd overhear something worthwhile.
That's when she heard her name being called, that familiar voice, was a gentle wave of comfort. She turned swiftly to find the poofy orange hair racing towards her, but just behind her partner, her eyes caught a glimpse of an oily looking man, fitting Batra's description quite well. In earnest she held up her hand, violently waving it back and forth instead of side to side, hoping he didn't mistake it for a wave. It was to make him stop, she tried to tell him to turn around and grab the man behind him, but it was probably difficult to explain with just gestures. Through all this, the girl herself slipped through the crowd proficiently, having mastered it over the years, once close enough to him, earnestly she said, 'That man, stop him.' her finger rising to point at the culprit.
Haru was a bit worried if he had mistaken some random girl to be Akira, but thankfully that wasn't the case. The figure turned around hearing his call and it was Akira. Haru gave her his wide grin, truly happy that his partner had made it to the Capitol safely. He wondered what her waving was about. She was not one to greet someone so extravagantly. While he knew it wasn't a wave, he had no clue what she was trying to communicate to him. "WHAT?!" he yelled, but even his loudest was drowned amongst the noisy crowd. Finally, Akira made it to his audible range and he turned towards the man she was pointing. There was no time to ask for details. The man noticed Akira pointing at him and he tried to sneak out of the crowd.
However, Haru was too fast for him.
Haru ducked and weaved through the busy street until he was ahead of the target, and then swiftly dashed in front of him, stopping his escape route completely. "Oh! How can I help you?!" he asked. Haru wished he had something to say, but he didn't. So, while stalling for Akira to make her way here, he pretended to investigate suspicious activity. "Umm… Could you please step to the side for a moment? I wish to ask you a few questions," he said, keeping it all general.
Akira had trouble keeping up, Tsuru was much faster than her... As he'd so gracefully proved back in Magnolia. It irked her, to have him surpass her with such ease, but she had tricks up her sleeve that he didn't. She followed, through the crowd again muttering 'Coming through.' Till she noticed her partner having pulled the man to the side. She sighed softly and strode towards the pair with purpose.
Taking an intimidating stance, she went straight to the point. 'You owe Mr. Batra money. Hand it over or things get ugly.' she said monotonously. With her hands on her hips, glaring at the man with slick hair. It bothered her, that people would be wasting time on petty crimes when a greater danger loomed overhead, it annoyed her even more that she had to be fixing up these small crimes instead of getting intel on the big job. Surprisingly, the man, while looking a little squeamish apologized and gave the money back.
Lucky for Haru, he didn't have to stall for long; Akira popped out of the crowd and approached them only a few seconds after he had caught the man. Apparently, the guy owed someone money. Haru did not like the way Akira asked him to pay it back, like she was some hired thug. That was not the way a Rune Knight should behave. But he decided to have that conversation at a later time. For now, they had to finish this silly collection quest and focus on the main threat looming over their head.
The man gave them the money without any resistance. It seemed so easy that even Haru found it a little odd. But he wasn't going to complain if this was legit and it got over quickly. "Batra?! Bald guy, right? I know him. I just booked a room there," Haru said. "I'll be back in a jiffy." With that, he dashed to the inn and handed the money to the bartender. "Hey! That guy paid up. My partner asked me to give this to you," he said, panting. "Oh! Thank goodness. Just a minute. I'll check if it adds up," he said, beginning to count the money. Haru was surprised how shiny and new all the coins were. Not a blemish on any of them. It was as though he took the coins straight from manufacturing. In less than a minute, he would know why that was case.
Half way through the counting, Batra screamed and Haru looked up at him wondering what had happened. "Hey! They are all stones. He scammed us again," the man was on the verge of sobbing. "WHAT?! How dare he? Don't worry Mr. Batra. My partner is still on his tail. We will catch him," Haru said, consoling the man and hurrying back to where Akira and the con man were. When he was in their vicinity, Haru would scream. "Catch him! It was all stones," he yelled. Whether Akira heard him or not, the culprit seemed to sense danger and made a run for it.
So he did have the room at the same inn, that would make things easier later. Ever since Baska, she'd decided not to make use of the Rune Knight barracks, too many people staring down at her, too many do-gooders scanning her to find ulterior motives. She hummed and clicked her tongue, the guy next to her was acting rather nervous. 'Er Miss... Can I see some id?' he tried, meekly. She raised her eyebrows, a small crease forming between them as well. 'What do you mean?' she asked, a little confused.
'Well if you are not a cop, you can't just hold me here...' he said nervously. 'Besides, I've already repaid my dues.' he said with a nervous, toothy chuckle. He started sliding away, backing up carefully. She opened her mouth to stop him and that's when Tsuru's voice tore through the din, echoing her initial request. She rolled her eyes... and noticed the man now turning to sprint. It was her turn to at least attempt getting faster. She ran after the man with everything she had, and since he'd been so close a swift dash was all it took. Just to be sure, she procured a dark disk under the man, to destabilize him and trip him up. It was her least flashy dark magic.
With him face down on the floor, Aki just sat on the back of his legs, and pinioned his arms to his side with her knees, rendering him incapable of moving. Without warning, she began releasing a flurry of punches on his back. It would hurt, but not do any long-term damage. 'I'm not going to stop till you cough up the real money!' she said, punctuating each word with a blow. Eventually... he begged for mercy and procured the real stuff. Akira handed it to her partner once again... 'Wait for a bit, just to be sure.' She said, still sitting on the man and giving him one more punch. People had gathered around but no one stopped her, she assumed the conman may have attempted conning other merchants too... since several wore the look of satisfaction. When the money didn't change to stones, she nodded at Tsuru... beckoning him to take the money to the distraught Batra.
Thankfully, Akira heard Haru in time and managed to stop the fleeing culprit. She used a new technique to trip the man, which he had never seen her use before. Haru's eyes widened in surprise. He was glad his partner wasn't goofing around and trained, but that also meant he had some catching up to do. Kyle didn't know what hit him. All of a sudden, he was down on the ground and the dark-haired Rune Knight was on top of him, using his as a punching bag. Haru winced, seeing the number of times she hit him consecutively.
The man wailed and whined for about a minute, during which his partner kept hitting him, and then finally groaned and gave up. "Alright! Stop… please. I'll give the money," he said, one word between each punch. When Akira finally stopped attacking, he wriggled his arms out and fished out another bag of jewels like the last time and gave it to his captor. Haru caught the sack when Akira threw it to her and opened it to see the jewels. This time around, the coins looked original. Some of them were worn out, some had dirt; it wasn't like the coins he had given before. Nevertheless, he waited there for a while as Akira suggested, just to make sure, and after it was long enough, he decided to head back to the inn. "Take him to the headquarters and put him behind bars. Also, get your badge when you are there," Haru told Akira before leaving.
Batra was ecstatic when Haru came back with his money and thanked him a million times. "Thank you so much! Here is something for both you and your lovely partner," he said. This was the first time he heard someone call Akira 'lovely' and it made the red-head chuckle.


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Q: Cohen-Macaulay Analytic Rings Let $X \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ be an affine Cohen-Macaulay variety. I would like to know whether for every point $p \in X$, the local ring of germs of analytic functions on $X$ at $p$ is also Cohen-Macaulay. A reference would be appreciated. Below I present my (rather long) attempt at a proof.
Let us assume that $p =0$ and write $R = \mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_n]_{(x)}$ and $S = \mathbb{C}\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}$ (the ring of power series convergent in some polydisc around the origin). Since both are local and the embedding $R \to S$ is a map of local rings, we can apply the flatness criterion. Namely, $S$ is flat over $R$ if and only if $\operatorname{Tor}^R_1(S,R/m) = 0$, where $m$ is the maximal ideal of $R$. Now a free resolution of $R/m$ is given by the Koszul complex and tensoring with $S$ it stays exact except for the rightmost term and we are done. So $S$ is flat over $R$. Now let $I \subset R$ be the ideal generated by the polynomials that vanish on $X$. So we have a commutative diagram:
$\begin{matrix} R & \rightarrow & S \\ \downarrow & & \downarrow \\ R/I & \rightarrow & R/I \otimes_R S\end{matrix}$.
Since the upper arrow is flat, then so is the lower arrow. I believe that $R/I \otimes_R S$ is the ring of germs of analytic functions at the origin on $X$. Now choose a regular sequence that testifies to the fact that $R/I$ is CM. Tensoring the associated complex by $R/I \otimes_R S$ preserves cohomology, so the same sequence is regular in the ring of germs.

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Review: Matilda – Roald Dahl – Oh Book It!
That might be true of most parents, but for Matilda Wormwood, it couldn't be further from the truth. Matilda's parents hardly notice her at all; they're much more interested with fiddling customers at Mr Wormwood's second-hand car business, playing bingo or eating their dinner in front of the TV. Even at school it's not much better, the headmistress, Miss Trunchbull is a fearsome gorgon of a woman who likes nothing better than throwing small children out of the window at the smallest provocation.
Matilda is no ordinary child though; Matilda is something special and she's had enough with the grown-up's bullying ways. With the help of her wonderful teacher Miss Honey, Matilda might just be able to change things for the better.
I bought this back in January 2018 when my old literature tutor emailed me to say that she had set up a book group at college and this would be the first book they were going to read. Although I was no longer at college, I still had to take part so I could read something and have a good old natter about it!
Despite watching the film hundreds of times, I realised I had never read this so I knew I absolutely had to.
Because I had always loved the film, I knew that the book would definitely be for me – and I wasn't disappointed. With Matilda, I had always loved that there was a bookish character. And while I was reading this, I realised that there aren't nearly enough bookish characters in books. Books should be full of book-loving characters as they are instantly relatable to anyone reading the books. This is why I have always related to Matilda as a character.
Matilda never tries to hide her intelligence, and I love that. It's something that a lot of adults can't do. I was even saying to one of my friends at work that I act more ditsy than I actually am when I'm there. I've always hidden parts of myself because I want to fit in. Matilda doesn't even try to fit in with everyone else, even though she excels everyone around her. I think everyone could learn a lesson about personalities from Matilda.
I love that she goes against the crowd. When everyone around her is trying to tell her that she can't possibly be as smart as she is and that she is worthless, she defies them every time. She doesn't dumb herself down and try to become like everyone else just to avoid people making fun of her.
The best thing about Matilda is that the book stays funny and entertaining all the way through. Even at the worse parts it never drops it's humour, which makes it perfect for kids.
The happy ending is like the icing on the cake for me. I'm a sucker for happy endings, but I feel like this one was perfect. It felt like a fairytale.
If you enjoyed the film, you need to buy the book. It's ten times better than the film and has so many important messages to both adults and children.
Buy Matilda from Amazon here.
The book is better than the film but I love the film! Matilda was one of my favourite books when I was younger.
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Q: Nautilus Script for multiple files (ffmpeg) I have little background in programming and need to create a batch to extract the audio of multiple video files. Execution is done through the context menu in Nautilus/Gnome Files, stored in Nautilus' scripts folder as a bash .sh.
The following code works for 1 file, but when selecting multiple files it doesn't. Could someone please help me modify the code to make it work.
#!/bin/bash

FILENAME=$(echo $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS | sed -e 's/\r//g')
FILENAME2=$(echo "$FILENAME" | cut -f 1 -d '.')

    ffmpeg -i "${FILENAME}" -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "${FILENAME2}".wav

    # finished message box
    zenity --info --title "Procesing completed" --text "${FILENAME2}.wav at 48kHz has been generated." --width=700

A: Use this script, cannot test it with ffmpeg but it should work.

#!/bin/bash

{

readarray FILENAME <<< "$(echo -e "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | sed -e 's/\r//g')"

echo -e "Logs: $(date)\n" > ~/Desktop/data.txt

for file in "${FILENAME[@]}"; do

    file=$(echo "$file" | tr -d $'\n')
    echo "Current file: $file" >> ~/Desktop/data.txt
    ffmpeg -i "$file" -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "${file%.*}.wav"
    zenity --info --title "Procesing completed" --text "${file%.*}.wav at 48kHz has been generated." --width=700
done

} 2>~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs

The code above will print a message with zenity each time a mp4 is processed. But if you want to display the message when all files are processed then you can use this script:
#!/bin/bash

{

readarray FILENAME <<< "$(echo -e "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | sed -e 's/\r//g')"

echo -e "Logs: $(date)\n" > ~/Desktop/data.txt

for file in "${FILENAME[@]}"; do

    file=$(echo "$file" | tr -d $'\n')
    echo "Current file: $file" >> ~/Desktop/data.txt
    ffmpeg -i "$file" -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "${file%.*}.wav"
done

zenity --info --title "Procesing completed" --text "$( printf "%s.wav\n" "${FILENAME[@]%.*}") at 48kHz has been generated." --width=700

} 2>~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs

I suggest you use this script. Because is able to detect what files failed and what were generated successfully:
#!/bin/bash

{

readarray FILENAME <<< "$(echo -e "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | sed -e 's/\r//g')"

echo -e "Logs: $(date)\n" > ~/Desktop/data.txt
okFiles=()
errFiles=()

for file in "${FILENAME[@]}"; do

    file=$(echo "$file" | tr -d $'\n')
    echo -e "\n===========================" >> ~/Desktop/data.txt
    echo "Current file: $file" >> ~/Desktop/data.txt
    ffmpeg -i "$file" -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "${file%.*}.wav" && {
        okFiles+=("${file%.*}.wav")
        :
    } || {

        errFiles+=("${file%.*}.wav")
    }
done

if [[ ${#okFiles[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
    zenity --info --title "Procesing completed" --text "$(printf '%s\n' ${okFiles[@]})\n at 48kHz have/has been generated." --width=700
fi

if [[ ${#errFiles[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
    zenity --info --title "Error while processing some files" --text "Following files:\n$(printf "%s\n" "${errFiles[@]}")\ncould not be generated." --width=700
fi

} 2>~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs

About:
{
  code
  code
} 2>~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs

I used that to be able to detect what fails when you are processing every file. For example, if in some file ffmpeg throws an error you will be able to check the logs inside the path ~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs
Btw, if you want every file processed to be located on specific path and not where you call the script you can do something like this (before readarray):
{
  cd ~/Audios/path/to/dir #the path you want can be placed here
  readarray ...
  code
} 2>~/Desktop/ffmpeg.logs

Finally, you can notice that FILENAME2 is no longer needed, because I use "${file%.*}.wav" instead (see bash parameter expnasion).


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November 9, 2021 Robert Paulson
Mastercard Launches Crypto-Linked Payment Cards in Asia Pacific
"Mastercard has formed partnerships with digital asset service companies Amber Group, Bitkub and CoinJar in order to allow consumers and businesses across Asia Pacific to obtain crypto-linked Mastercard credit, debit and prepaid cards.
Cardholders can now instantly convert their cryptocurrencies into a traditional fiat currency that can be spent everywhere that Mastercard is accepted.
Some 45% of those surveyed in Asia Pacific said they are likely to consider using cryptocurrency in the next year, and 12% said they used crypto in the last year. Mastercard said in late October it was working with digital asset platform Bakkt to allow merchants and banks in the U.S. to build cryptocurrency into their offerings."
Bitcoin Hits Record High of Over $67,5K; Ether Also Sets New Mark
"Bitcoin rose over 7% during the past 24 hours. The No. 1 cryptocurrency by market capitalization had passed $67,500 on Monday at the time of publication to break its previous all-time high of $66,974.77 on Monday. Ether, the second largest crypto by market cap, also hit a record high of over $4,800.
Upside momentum is improving after a two-week consolidation phase of between $60,000 and $64,000. A confirmed breakout from that consolidation would require at least two consecutive daily closes above $66,900.
Indicators suggest further upside for BTC's price, initially toward the $86,000 resistance level. Seasonal strength in the fourth quarter could support continued bullish activity over the next two months."
See Also: Bitcoin Rises as Central Banks Maintain Low Rates
Dutch Multinational ING Considers Entering DeFi Lending Industry
"ING announced the firm is working on a trial of its decentralized finance, or DeFi, peer-to-peer lending protocol with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets.
ING specifically mentioned lending protocol Aave, which is built on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, as one recent innovation in the industry. Through smart contracts, Aave enables borrowers to deposit crypto as collateral and take out a stablecoin loan. The mechanism can be used as a traditional asset loan, i.e., take out debt to pay for everyday expenses while one's investment continues to compound."
See Also: Banking Industry Likely to Capitalize on Stablecoin Deposit Demand, Says Morgan Stanley
DeFi Protocol Acala Raises $400M in Crowdloans During First Polkadot Parachain Auction
"Acala announced Monday that they have raised 8.5 million DOT (worth $451.8 million at time of publication) from over 53,000 participants. The protocol is also set to win the first parachain auction on Polkadot.
On Friday, Polkadot developers added the first parachain onto its network. Parachains are custom, project-specific blockchains that can be integrated into the main blockchain. The distinguishing feature of Polkadot is its Cross-Consensus Message Format. In essence, it would enable users to send and receive assets and execute smart contracts between parachains. Currently, however, the technology is still under heavy development."
See Also: Maple Finance Launches Permissioned Institutional Lending Pool With BlockTower, Genesis
See Also: Brave to integrate with Solana blockchain on its privacy-enabled browser
See Also: Coinbase Wallet Users Now Have a Standalone Browser Extension
Bank of China Reveals Machine That Converts Foreign Currency to Digital Yuan: Report
"Users need to link their passports to the transaction, but don't need a bank account. The machine currently supports 17 foreign currencies.
The machine is likely in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, when the central bank digital currency (CBDC) is set to be introduced to the rest of the world. Foreigners in China have been able to use the digital yuan since at least May of this year."
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Air Badminton arrives on the Rock
By Stephen Ignacio Share
Launched by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) in 2019, Air badminton finally arrives on the shores in Gibraltar this June.
The Gibraltar Badminton Association last night announced its first ever Air Badminton Tournament in conjunction with Atleet. This is going to be held on Saturday 5th June at the Europa Pool beach volleyball courts as from 10am. There are 2 categories that players will be able to participate in: Doubles Tournaments and Triple tournaments.
In May 2019 the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and HSBC jointly launched a new outdoor game, AirBadminton, and a new outdoor shuttlecock, the AirShuttle, at a global launch ceremony outside the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China.
AirBadminton is described as an ambitious new development project in partnership with HSBC, BWF's Global Development Partner, designed to create opportunities for people of all ages and ability to play badminton on hard, grass and sand surfaces in parks, gardens, streets, playgrounds, and beaches around the world.
The project had been five years in the making before the launch, starting with a vision to develop a new outdoor shuttlecock with increased durability, stability and wind resistance to allow people to have a more positive experience of badminton outdoors.
BWF President and Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games men's singles gold medallist Poul-Erik Høyer officiated the launch and said AirBadminton provides a pathway for increased global participation in the sport while opening up doors for a new, highly attractive form of competitive badminton.
"This is a momentous occasion for badminton. Strategically, AirBadminton will allow us to fulfil our overall objective of putting a badminton racket in the hands of as many people as possible," he said at the time.
"Given that most people's first experience with badminton comes in an outdoor environment, we are now making it easier for everyone to access the sport through a new outdoor game and new shuttlecock, the AirShuttle.
"In the future, we see AirBadminton as an exciting, new, energetic version of the sport. Overall, the aim is to inspire more people to play more badminton in more places."
Badminton is a popular, fun and inclusive sport with more than 300 million active players globally. In fact, just one hour of badminton can burn more than 450 calories
New research even shows that racket sports with a strong and enriched social connectedness such as badminton can extend longevity by as much as nine years.
An underlying objective of AirBadminton is to promote these health and social benefits of badminton by providing more positive badminton experiences to more people in more places.
As such, the BWF has been working with leading sports manufacturers to mass produce and roll out the AirShuttle. The eventual aim was for the shuttlecock to be played in winds up to 12km per hour.
The new outdoor game is also played on new court dimensions, making it more suitable to play in outdoor environments; on hard, grass and sand surfaces around the world.
For more information, go to the AirBadminton website: www.education.bwfbadminton.com/airbadminton
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Q: ParametrizedTest with displayName and Argument I am trying to migrate from JUnit4 to JUnit5 and also I'm new to ParametrizedTest in Junit5 and I have a scenario wherein I would like to provide different DisplayName and the Test argument(Object).
Here's the data source I would like to use as an input for @MethodSource("data")
    public static Collection<Object[]> data() throws IOException {
    List<Object[]> testCaseData = new ArrayList<>();
    TestCaseReader testCaseReader = new TestCaseReader(TESTCASE_CSV_RESOURCE);
    List<MyClass> testCaseList = testCaseReader.readTestCases();

    for (MyClass testCase : testCaseList) {
        if (testCase.isActive()) {
            Object[] testParameter = new Object[2];
            testParameter[0] = String.format("%03d: %s", testCase.getStartingLineNumber(), testCase.getName());
            testParameter[1] = testCase;
            testCaseData.add(testParameter);
        }
    }
    return testCaseData;
}

And this is the Test
@ParameterizedTest(name = "Scenario: {0}, testCase={1}")
@MethodSource("data")
public void process(MyClass testCase) {
//...
 //some operating on testCase methods/variables
}

When executing TestCase, I see the DisplayName is picked up correctly, but the other arguments is not resolvable it says
org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterResolutionException: Failed to resolve parameter [com.sample.MyClass testCase] in method [public void.MultipleTestCase.process(com.sample.MyClass testCase)]

Could you please guide me what I have done wrong here!
Thanks

A: Providing test data as Collection<Object[]> is no longer the appropriate way in JUnit 5. You can use a Stream instead. If you need to provide multiple parameters for your test you can use Arguments to wrap them. They are automatically unwrapped upon test execution. The example below gives a general idea on how to do that. You can replace TestCase with MyClass and insert your TestCaseReader code in data.
public class ParameterizedTest {

  static Stream<Arguments> data() {
    // TODO: Add your TestCaseReader usage to create MyClass / TestCase instances.
    List<TestCase> testCases =
        List.of(new TestCase("test01", "data01"), new TestCase("test02", "data02"));

    return testCases.stream().map(test -> Arguments.arguments(test.getName(), test));
  }

  @org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest(name = "Scenario: {0}, testCase={1}")
  @MethodSource("data")
  public void process(String name, TestCase testCase) {
    System.out.println(name + ": " + testCase.getData());
    // TODO: Work with your test case.
  }

  private static final class TestCase {
    private final String name;
    private final String data;

    public TestCase(String name, String data) {
      this.name = name;
      this.data = data;
    }

    public String getName() {
      return name;
    }

    public String getData() {
      return data;
    }
  }
}


The mod is about the year 2000, a year full of changes but not so considerated, and i'm here to give the good old 2000 his respect.
What will be included in the mod?
Exculding historical nations (Like Serbian and Montenegro, Checnya ecc:.), i will try to add events giving the player the choiche for an Alternate History.
What questions do you have about year 2000 ?
The map is already done, i need someone who will make the events in the game. Or someone that can make nations (like the UNITA in Angola, The Mujahedin in Afganista and Al-Queida in Yemen ecc:.).
So the questions are if you can make the scenarios or the nations.
is that means you will send me the scenario and i will add events ?
I already added some nations like the Mujahedin in Afganistan and some nation/movements in the 2nd Congo War.
You can take the map, and some putted from here.
I checked the scenario , do you added all nations in 2000 ?
is this the place of communist turkey ?
It doesn't really make sense for me. Kozan was won by MHP -Nationalist Movement Party- while the rest of them were won by the centre-left. An Islamist country would make more sense since Fazilet Party -a Sunni party- had 15 percent of all the votes in the country -and you can make them a monarchy if you don't want to add a new ideology-Sorry if talking about politics is unwanted in this forum, but i don't think it is unwanted if we just talk about the past situtation without getting into arguments about politics.
Also, to the creator, no problem if you don't want to make it that realistic. I was just giving suggestions in case you wanted to make it so.
Izmir and other coastal Aegean cities would make more sense for Communist Turkey. You can't give Adana to someone actually, it's cosmopolitan and politically divided.
and in what year does it started ?


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Sequential expression of temporal transcription factors within neuroblasts in the Drosophila CNS.
2013-02-21T01:32:29Z (GMT) by Akihiko Nakajima Takako Isshiki Kunihiko Kaneko Shuji Ishihara
(A) The relative position of neuroblasts (NBs) in Drosophila embryo. The picture is the ventral view of NBs and shows Cas expression in the NBs at developmental stage 12. The bracket indicates a single segment. Dashed line corresponds to the midline. Scale bar: . (B) The expression levels of Hb, Kr, Pdm, and Cas in a single NB (NB 2–4 lineage) are shown from the developmental stage 10 to 12: early stage 10 (st. 10), early stage 11 (e11), mid stage 11 (11), late stage 11 (l11), mid stage 12 (12), late stage 12 (l12). (C) Schematic representation of the change of the expression pattern in a single NB. (D) The expression profiles of WT, loss-of-function, and overexpression mutants of the genes observed in the experiments (for references, see Table 2). (E) Reconstructed genetic network for sequential expression in Drosophila NBs. Repression from hb to cas (dashed line) was suggested to exist [26], although there is no direct verification. When the Drosophila network is invoked in this article, this regulation is also included. (F) Matrix representation of the Drosophila network.
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LIFESTYLE > Happiness >
Religious Roots of Yoga Stir Controversy for International Yoga Day
Sarah Alender
International Yoga Day is fast approaching, but with less than a week until the inaugural celebrations, the holiday is drawing some negative responses from religious groups.
A Day for All?
Ever since the UN General Assembly decided to declare June 21st the first-ever International Yoga Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been widely promoting the holiday as a way to rebrand yoga as an Indian art form and reclaim the practice's spiritual roots, according to the Washington Post. The day will include a 35-minute yoga session in New Delhi that organizers hope will include as many as 450,000 people and break a Guinness World Record.
Although this and the various other events planned for International Yoga Day in India are not compulsory, the day has drawn criticism for yoga's religious associations with Hinduism. According to the Post, some Muslim groups have objected to the sun salutation being included in the gigantic yoga session; the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said that the sequence "is against our religious beliefs and should not be forced on our children." The group said that the sun salutation amounted to worship of the sun, which goes against its religious teachings, according to the Huffington Post.
For Now, Tension Prevails
The sun salutation was dropped from the program, but the controversy didn't end there. One of Modi's fellow Bharatiya Janata Party members, Yogi Adityanath, later said that anyone who didn't want to do the sun salutation could go jump in the sea:
"Sun is the source of life-giving energy," Adityanath said at a recent event in June, reports DNA India. "Whoever thinks sun is communal, I would like to humbly request them to drown themselves in the sea or they should stay in a dark cell."
Modi's administration has stated that it does not agree with this point of view, adding that International Yoga Day is not a religious event. Although yoga has its roots in Hinduism, Indian yoga minister Shripad Naik stated that the holiday was neither compulsory nor religious, says the Washington Post. He added that it was intended to show India's ancient tradition to the world.
What do you think? Is it possible to separate the religious roots of yoga from the practice?
DoYouYoga editorial team


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Q: WCF stopped responding after 25 calls I got a WCF service which stopped responding after several calls...
I ran a test and I found out after 25 calls I need to reset iis/vs iis..
On the client side each function starts with
ServiceClient vs = new ServiceClient();

and finishes with
vs.Close();

so I'm guessing each call is a connection?
Where and how do I need to configure WCF to accept a larger number of connections?
Thanks.
p.s i'm using .net 4.0

A: Your WCF service will have a maximum number of concurrent callers - 25 might be the default.
This is set to a low default values - by design, so a malicious caller cannot just simply bring down your server.
There is a service behavior called ServiceThrottling which you can specify on your server side that allows you to define higher values - see the relevant MSDN documentation for details.
Basically, on your server side, you need to define this behavior:
<serviceBehaviors>
   <behavior  name="Throttled">
      <serviceThrottling
        maxConcurrentCalls="100"
        maxConcurrentSessions="100"
        maxConcurrentInstances="100" />
    </behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>

and then make sure your service references that behavior:
<service name="YourServiceName" behaviorConfiguration="Throttled">
   ....
</service>


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"To a Wild Rose" is the first piece from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, by the American composer Edward MacDowell. It was completed in 1896 and first published by Breitkopf and Härtel.

Background

"To a Wild Rose", one of the European-trained MacDowell's most well-known and loved pieces, is part of the larger Woodland Sketches, finished in 1896 for solo piano. The composer incorporated certain Native American themes into it. Alan Levy, the critic and biographer, wrote:
Marian recalled how her husband would regularly write a few measures during breakfast — "like exercise" — before going off to the cabin. Normally, MacDowell discarded such fragments, and this particular morning he crumpled the paper and tossed it at the fireplace. He happened to miss the target, however, and rather than summarily throwing it away, Marian later picked up the paper, uncrumpled it, and looked it over. She played it at the piano and decided to keep it. When Edward later returned from the cabin she showed it to him and said: "This is a charming little melody." Edward looked at it anew and agreed, "It is not bad — very simple. It makes me think of wild roses near the cabin."
However, Marian's version of the story is slightly different. She wrote that the fragment made her husband think of their "log cabin" — as opposed to "cabin" — which was not built until 1898, two years after the Sketches were published.

The composer's love for roses was so great that he was buried under a boulder, around which many rose plants grew.

Performance
Numerous arrangements of the piece have been made. Though the original was for solo piano, it has been arranged for two sopranos, alto and piano by Hermann Hagedorn. Additionally, Nat King Cole played his own version of the song. Levy said that the piece is best played by children, as they would not embellish it heavily but perform it quite simply.

In popular culture
It is a recurring theme in the 1941 movie Penny Serenade. The pop song "Am I Ready", written by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper and recorded by Elvis Presley in 1966 for the soundtrack of the film Spinout, is based on the melody of this piece.

References

External links

Compositions by Edward MacDowell
1896 compositions
Piano compositions by American composers
Compositions for solo piano
Suites (music)

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Scientists May Have Finally Cracked The Greatest Mystery Behind The Bermuda Triangle
Could "air bombs" be destroying our planes and ships?
The Bermuda Triangle is an infamous stretch of water off of the Florida coast. The area between the Island of Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Miami, Florida, has been home to literally dozens of crashed and disappeared ships and planes, some of which seem to have completely vanished from the face of the planet.
It's not unreasonable to be skeptical of cosmic and extraterrestrial theories about the vast area of open ocean. All-in-all, the triangle is still one of the most heavily trafficked bodies of water and, by-and-large, most who travel through the triangle survive their journey unscathed.
Just because the triangle may (or may not) be the site of paranormal activity doesn't mean that real danger can't exist in this part of the Atlantic Ocean. Indeed, the Bermuda Triangle's mythical status may contribute to the volume of attention scientist pay to this area.
A 2016 Science Channel video shared a report pointing out that satellite imagery of parts of the triangle revealed a peculiar pattern in the way some of the clouds were forming. There appeared to be a number of hexagons within the cloud cover. These six-sided cloud formations varied in size from 22 to 50 miles across.
Hexagonal clouds are not unique to this part of the Atlantic ocean. Scientists have been observing similar patterns in the North Sea— between Great Britain and Scandinavia — for some time. These cloud shapes, according to the Science Channel video, are often the signature of "microbursts" — a weather event similar to a tornado, only the wind literally drops straight down from the clouds.
"Microbursts," according to Live Science's Traci Pedersen, "are powerful, localized columns of wind that occur when cooled air drops from the base of a thunderstorm at incredible speeds — up to 60 mph — and subsequently hits the ground, spreading out in all directions."
These winds can also create huge swells atop the sea, causing waves that rise and fall up to 45 feet — large enough to toss even the most substantial ocean liners around.
These microbursts are so dramatic, the Science Channel reports, that some have taken to calling them "Air Bombs."
So, the way the Science Channel portrayed the scientists' conclusions, the similar cloud patterns in the Bermuda Triangle, could mean that they had a strong theory in mind to account for the disappearance of so many vessels.
"The editing on this was horrendous," though, one of the scientists featured in the video told the Washington Post. Randall Cerveny, who directs the meteorology department at Arizona State University said, "I was really upset when I saw this."
Cerveny told the Washington Post that he was under the impression that he was giving a " straw-man explanation" that, he assumed, another contributor would later repudiate — or at least clarify.
The Post does a great job of summing up the deception in the video:
"Could microbursts have sunk a few ships and downed a few planes in the Bermuda Triangle? Sure. Does this mean the Bermuda Triangle mystery is real and that we've solved it? No — Cerveny isn't saying that."
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Perhaps there is no mystery and everyone who sails the seas and flies the skies runs a certain amount of risk based on human error, mechanical malfunctions, occasional alien abductions, and extreme weather.
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Giant sequoias are the largest trees on Earth.
Giant sequoias are truly giants – they can grow to heights of about 300 feet and their trunks can reach diameters of about 30 feet. While some tree species can match the giant sequoia by either height or diameter, no other species can beat both. Because of this, giant sequoias grow to be the world's largest trees.
Giant sequoias stop growing in height over time; however, they are always growing around the trunk. The largest tree on the planet, General Sherman, is a giant sequoia at Sequoia National Park. Each year, it grows enough wood around its trunk to be equivalent to a large tree of a different species.
Giant sequoias live to be thousands of years old.
Giant sequoias live for thousands of years. The oldest giant sequoia is estimated to be 3,210 years old.
To age a giant sequoia, scientists count the tree rings from an intact trunk of a fallen tree. Using the information from the trunk, scientists can then estimate the ages of standing trees that are a similar size and that grew in a similar environment.
Giant sequoias are only found in California.
Giant sequoias have a very restricted range, meaning that they only grow in a small area on Earth. Giant sequoias are only found on the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, along a short stretch of about 250 miles. They grow at elevations of 4,000 to 8,000 feet.
Giant sequoia seeds have a one in a billion chance of becoming an adult tree.
Giant sequoia seeds are only about as big as a pinhead, enclosed in a small, egg-shaped cone. Trees will not produce large amounts of seeds until they are several hundred years old. Reproducing giant sequoia trees will deposit millions of seeds each year; however, because of harsh growing conditions, there is a one in a billion chance that the seedling will grow into a mature tree.
Giant sequoias, like all other species, are subject to the effects of climate change.
It is estimated that 92% of the larger giant sequoia trees are protected by public agencies, namely the National Parks and National Forests. Yet despite this federal protection, parks can no longer guarantee the safety of the trees when faced with the consequences of climate change.
Giant sequoias only live on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. This restricted range puts them in danger as climate change threatens our planet. Climate change may cause the area to be too hot or too dry for the trees, putting the species at risk.
It is estimated that there are only about 20,000 giant sequoias alive that have diameters greater than 10 feet.
The roots of mature giant sequoias stretch out over 100 feet in every direction.
Giant sequoia bark is thick and contains little sap to help protect it from fires.
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Blacktail athlete, Bella Gantt, selected to TEAM USA!
We are pleased to announce that Blacktail athlete, Bella Gantt has been selected to Team USA for the 22nd Annual World Championships of Performing Arts. The competition will take place July 6-15, 2018 in Long Beach, California.
Contestants from more than 69 countries around the world will be competing for more than $500K in scholarships, Hollywood contracts, etc. Bella will be performing her 'foot archery' skills using her custom Blacktail Sitka series bow.
We wish Bella the very best of luck! She has certainly worked hard for this opportunity and is a remarkable archer!
We invite you to listen to TradQuest's James Orr, interviewing PBS President, Norm Johnson on the topic of hunting the Blacktail Deer. Click on the link below to listen to the interview.
Traditional archer, Brian Morris (Blacktail Pro Staff athlete), tells the exciting tale of his recent 2017 California "Deer hunt" with a twist!
Blacktail Bow Company congratulates pro staff athlete, Juan Gomez Garate for his outstanding achievements on the world stage during 2017. Most recently, his selection to the Spanish National Team, continues his pursuit for excellence in archery as he prepares for the WORLD ARCHERY 3d Championships in Robion, France, September 19-24, 2017. "Juanucu" competes with his Blacktail Elite VL take-down recurve bow.
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Blacktail Bows congratulates Théophile Rault on winning the Silver medal (Vice Champion) at the 2017 FFTA France National Championships. Rault competed with his Blacktail Elite VL recurve bow during the competition.
We are delighted to congratulate Juan Gomez Garate for his outstanding achievement winning GOLD & SILVER Medals at 2nd round RFETA Field and 3D Archery Competitions.
Blacktail athlete, Juan Gomez Garate, continues world class performances at the 2nd round 2017 RFETA National League competitions. Winning GOLD (Field Archery) in Navarra, Spain on March 26th and SILVER (3D Archery) in Sevilla, Spain on March 13th — Juan competed with his Blacktail Elite VL series take-down recurve bow.
Introduction: The following story is the first in a series of informative articles Blacktail Bow Company will be posting during the year 2017. Whether hunting adventures, 'how to topics', tips & observations, or points of view, we hope these varied articles will be both entertaining and educational for the reader throughout the coming year.
That obnoxious alarm came all too early, following several hard days of hunting and hiking the Oregon coast range for Roosevelt elk. Tired sore muscles, and physical fatigue made it real tempting to push the button, roll over, and get some well needed rest. But, this is what I love to do each fall! So it's a quick cup of coffee, a light breakfast and out the door for another day in the mountains.
I think just about all of us (who love bowhunting) relate more to the hunting we do close to home. Sure, those out-of-state (or even out-of-the-country) hunts leave memories that last a lifetime; yet, it is what we do close to home that probably was responsible for getting us hooked on bowhunting in the first place. It is at home that we accumulate (year-in and year-out) the memories that not only fill our freezers, but result in trophies for the den and photos for the album. For most of the hunting population, the goal is most definitely whitetail deer, after all, it is the most popular big game species on the planet.
On the morning of September 18th , 2009 I left home at my normal time of about 2 hours before daylight. I would be driving a short 10 miles northeast of my home, then hike about 4 miles into the heart of the coastal mountain range. I would be hunting privately owned timber company land that allows "walk in only" access during the late summer fire season. The timber companies use railroad iron gates to block all access points to prohibit the use of any motorized vehicles on their lands during the dry summer and fall seasons. These tracts of land or "tree farms" (as we locals call them) can be a few thousand acres, to hundreds of thousands of acres in size. With the distance I need to cover (many miles) and rugged terrain, I travel very light. My gear consists of my bow, quiver, four hunting arrows, a small fanny pack containing bare essentials along with a quart of water, binoculars, and grunt tube.
The elk rut was now in full swing and the morning hours give a short window of activity before the elk head for thick cover to bed for the day. With the aid of a headlamp, I utilized the cover of darkness and an old abandoned logging road to hike to an area I regularly hunt by daylight. My morning hike would also be a climb of an additional 500 feet in elevation as well.
As morning began to bring huntable light, the foggy damp marine air began to warm and slowly lift out of the steep tight canyons. With a little patience to let the morning air clear, I took full advantage of my elevation to glass across canyons and draws into some of the recent clearcut loggings looking for the unmistakable blond hides feeding in the young replanted timber. "Reprod" short for reproduction timber, refers to young replanted trees as short as 5 feet to upward of 40 feet. This reforestation age diversity creates is an essential part of good Roosevelt elk habitat. The elk will utilize reprod in its younger stage as feeding areas and in its older stages as cover and bedding areas.
I worked my way along the top of a steep ridge top glassing off both sides for nearly a mile in either direction. The presence of several large rubs accompanied by the musky smell of rutting bulls told me there were mature bulls in the area. Finding no elk with my binoculars, I decided to descend into a small hidden basin that in past seasons had proved to be a good hiding spot for a bull with his harem of cows. Skirting the timber edge next to an older clearcut, at 10 yards I interrupted a large black bear feeding in the Himalayan blackberries. I honestly don't know who scared who the most! I am always amazed at the ability of these bears to get out of the berry vines so quickly. The thorns on the Himalayan vines are ¼ to ½ inch in length and cut through human skin with ease. Letting my heart return to normal, I continued to move, looking and listening. But I could find no elk in the basin.
The broken, steep terrain creates many hidden pockets that cannot be adequately seen with binoculars. So, I began to "cow call" and bugle in the cool morning air. I kept moving, trying to cover as much country as possible in search of a response. With no answer coming from the basin, I felt I needed a new game plan. I began the quarter mile hike out of the basin to the ridge top where I had started my hunt. Once reaching the ridge top, I began to glass into the patchwork of logged areas some more than 2 miles away. With precious morning hours quickly passing I had to question glassing areas too far for me to hike to before the elk headed for their bedding areas. I decided to make the long trek across a deep canyon to a basin where I had a very close encounter with a young 5x5 bull the morning before. I wanted to make sure I hadn't pulled the plug on the surrounding area too quickly, so I sent one last bugle into the morning air.
There was an immediate answer that came from behind me — further out on the ridge top at what I had guessed to be about 200 yards away. I was familiar with the area so I immediately turned around and headed up the old dead end logging road. I had assumed the bull had cows and made the decision not to answer. Instead, I covered about half the distance before I found a spot along the road to check the wind then duck into the reprod and call again. I was careless in thinking he had cows. As I approached a blind corner in the old road, I looked up in time to see half the bull's face and left antler coming at me from the other direction. Without hesitation I jumped to my left and downhill into the reprod while simultaneously cow calling. I wasn't sure how much the bull had seen but did my best to fool the bull into thinking he didn't see what he really saw. Once in the reprod, my view consisted of small patches of his blonde hide. With the bull standing broadside at a distance of 35 yards he was looking for the cows he thought he had stumbled into. My eyes were fixed on a small gap in the branches that exposed the perfect spot for a double lung hit. I picked a spot and came to full draw with my 66" Blacktail Elite VL One-piece recurve. After a short hold at full draw to hit my anchor point the arrow was on its way. In the blink of an eye the arrow deflected on a low hanging branch and sailed high over the bull's back. I made a common mistake with this shot in the fact that we see in straight lines and arrows travel in arcs.
The bull whirled and headed back in the direction he had come from. I immediately cow called and bugled. The bull ran up the old road about 50 yards and stopped at the sound of my calls. Through a small gap in the limbs I could now only see the lower half of his hind legs. I was convinced the bull could see no part of me. The standoff continued as I held his curiosity with periodic cow calls. I watched his hind legs slowly slip out of my line of sight as he disappeared into the reprod. The bull was now out of sight in the thick reprod 50 to 60 yards in front of me. My calls kept him convinced there were cows to be had. He was going to take a more cautious and hidden approach through the reprod.
I knew the bull approaching me through the small thick trees was not going to give me any shot opportunities so I quietly stepped out of the reprod and back on the logging road. I cautiously tip toed to where I had last seen the bull's legs disappear. As I approached the spot I could see the bull moving slowly in the 15 foot trees. I cow called and stopped him. At 30 yards his face was covered from view by limbs, only his black antlers were exposed. A gap in the limbs revealed a lung shot. I drew my bow, picked a spot, and released. The arrow slipped through the gap untouched, followed by the unmistakable sound of the arrow finding a big chest cavity. The bull bolted at impact and was immediately swallowed by the reprod. I quietly listened at a few quick fading sounds of the bull leaving. I glanced at my watch and it was 7:45 am. With no sense of urgency, I decided to give him a full hour before I started tracking.
We've all been there with that urge to get tracking along with second guessing the shot placement. As the adrenalin began to wear off I found myself taking a moment to sit and reflect on the hunt and look around at the views of God's creation. I was thankful and fortunate for the second chance. After sitting for a few minutes I flagged a tree branch to mark the spot where I had shot then hiked the old logging road for a ½ mile as it looped around to the opposite side of the canyon. The view from this side allowed me a great opportunity to glass the area into the reprod where the bull had run. Had the bull died before he made it to the canopy of the older timber I just might find him in my binoculars from across the canyon. This would also occupy my time for the next hour giving the bull plenty of time to expire.
While glassing I enjoyed watching a small blacktail buck and a doe feeding in the lower part of the canyon but could see no sign of the bull. An hour had passed so I hiked back up the road to my flagging and began tracking the bull. The blood trail and running tracks followed a steep side hill line for about 100 yards to the timberline. As I entered the dark timbered canopy the tracking became more difficult. The dim light mixed with bright streamers of the morning sunlight coming through gaps in the canopy make it hard for my eyes to adjust. The ground was steep and littered with blow-downs and dead limbs. Fortunately the bull's run took him only another 40 yards inside the older timber before piling up. After hitting the ground he slid another 50 yards down the steep hillside coming to rest against a downed log. The broadhead had passed through both lungs leaving the arrow hanging by the feathers on the opposite side. He was a mature 5 year old 5x5 Roosevelt bull. His antlers were black and heavy with one broken brow tine indicating the possible reason he had no cows of his own. His total body weight was nearly 900 pounds.
Standing over the bull my emotions ran high as I began to reflect on the last two weeks of hunting. It had been an incredible season with numerous other encounters including two mature bulls at less than 20 yards (with no shot opportunity). I had pushed hard and lost 7 pounds in a two week stretch. Earlier that morning, thoughts of taking an easier hunt had crept into my mind. Funny how success takes away the fatigue, and tired sore muscles replacing it with that indescribable feeling that only those who experience these moments know and understand. I had meat that would fill my freezer and feed my family for another winter. I also had precious memories of the hunt to last a lifetime. After 36 years of bowhunting these magnificent animals in Oregon's coastal mountains, it just never gets old.
Yes, there truly is no place like home!


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Experienced goalkeeper Andy Lonergan has signed to Rochdale AFC on an emergency seven-day loan.
He joins from Championship side Middlesbrough under the EFL's seven-day emergency loan deal.
After Josh Lillis suffered an injury in last weekend's win at Walsall, Dale have acted swiftly to secure Lonergan in time for Saturday's match at home to Coventry City.
The 35-year-old has made almost 350 appearances in the EFL since his debut for Preston North End in 2001.
He made over 200 appearances for the Lilywhites and has enjoyed spells at Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The goalkeeper joined Middlesbrough during the summer of 2018 and appeared against Dale in the Carabao Cup second round earlier this season.


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