യാത്രകൾ പോകണം…. ഇതുവരെ കാണാത്ത നാടുകൾ തേടി. ജിജ്ഞാസ ആയിരിക്കണം എന്നെ മുന്നോട്ട് നയിക്കേണ്ടത്. പോകുന്നിടത്തെല്ലാം നല്ല സുഹൃത് ബന്ധങ്ങൾ സ്ഥാപിക്കണം. ഇതുവരെ അറിഞ്ഞിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ഭക്ഷണങ്ങളുടെ രുചികൾ അറിയണം.കാടു കയറണം, മലമുകളിൽ തെളിഞ്ഞ ആകാശത്തിലെ മിന്നുന്ന നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളെ നോക്കി കിടക്കണം, ഉയരങ്ങളിൽ മേഘങ്ങൾക്കും മുകളിൽ ഇരുന്നു ഉദയ സൂര്യനെ കാണണം. ജീവിതം സാഹസികതകൾ കൊണ്ട് നിറയ്ക്കണം. കുറെ നിറമുള്ള ഓർമ്മകൾ മനസ്സിൽ സൂക്ഷിക്കണം.
Adversities always provide opportunities for introspection. I believe in these words because adversities often happen at my place in the name of HARTHAL.
This word is quite interesting,this gives a smile on the face for half a dozen people and sometime lost hope for people when they get stuck in midway. I belong to the second half category ,where this sudden strike completely screwed up my day. But making it sober or happy is all one creation. I was just hanging around in the sitting room with no idea what to do for the rest of the day,suddenly my mom showered her love to me by offering a hot cup of chaiii and bowl full of yummy ghee varkheyyy!!!! ..Thats the moment of happiness. Didn't think twice ,i grabbed it.
If you are eating varkey you should have with hot chaiii. That adds a special taste for it.Instead of ladoos ,lots of varkhey started bursting at my heart.
I started thinking what will be the magical taste of this, from the moment it has taken out from hot pan if the taste of varkey is this much with hot chaii..I have heard about a bakery which makes hot varkey which is in neighborhood village called Devala. Everyone should experience the taste of it. Its simply marvelous.
Mind started rolling and i decided to go there moreover that place doesn't have strikes also. So kicked off my scooter which has having a peaceful day from my busy schedules and started the journey to Devala.. to the house of ghee varkey 🙂 , to the Little Cherrapunji of SOUTH.
Devala is a small town in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at about 28 km from from Thaloor (a village in kerala Tamil Nadu border) on the Sulthan bathery – Ooty road. Devala lies in between two national parks, Mudumalai National park in Tamilnadu and New Amarambalam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala. This place is also known as the little Cherrapunji of the South India because of the amount of rain it receives from the Arabian sea.
Here the tea is grown at the elevation of around 1,000 meters to 2,500 meters. The major teas produced on the Nilgiri hills are the Oolong and black tea. The favorable climatic conditions, makes Nilgiri a truly unique tea plantation land.
I must confess I might have a strong tea addiction, and this teas hop have the best strong tea ever!! They use organic milk to make teas which for me is a big deal since I don't really like packet milk!!
Annnd they have the real nilgiri tea dust which I prefer to add in my tea..!!! You gotta check them out when you are passing through this way!!
Oh, and did I say they are super nice and friendly?! Yeahhhhhh!!!!!
Devala has several buildings designed in the British style, particularly the churches, many of which were designed by British architectures. You can see many road junction with English names like the places in England.
After the early 1820s, the hills were developed rapidly under the British Raj, because most of the land was already privately owned by British citizens. It was a popular summer and weekend getaway for the British during the colonial days.
Beginning in 1819, the British colonial administration developed the hills rapidly and peaceably, for use as coffee and tea plantations, and summer residences. I strongly recommend to travel to Ooty via Devala as the road condition is very good and the traffic is also very less.
It was a mystical, mythical peace, with the wind … Riding through that was nothing short of spiritual, almost divine to me.
I finally found a place were ooty varkey is made in a traditional way. Ingredient for ooty varkey is all purpose flour, ghee, vanaspathi, cooking oil, sugar and salt.
Now its time to build the fire by using small pieces of wood and coconut outer shells.
If you have never closely encountered with firing brick wood oven here you have a close up shots of what it looks like inside. Household red brick were used to build this wood fire oven.
The fire behaves just the way as would any fire on the open space. Except flames are naturally bending as their tongues lick the low ceiling of the chamber. Once the fire reached some larger pieces of firewood were added to the small fire. From the start up point till now passed about 30 minutes. Now the activity slows down a bit as larger pieces take longer time to burn.
The rounded dough has been ready to bake, This part of the bake usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes, but will depend on the oven conditions and how dark you like your varkey to be. The intense heat will make the dough rise again due to moisture and steam adding their leavening power to the dough.
Look at the delicious crispy ooty varkey. I was not able to control myself to grab one of these. I came here all the way to taste the wonderful and perfectly oven baked yummy hot varkeys. Tasting the hot varkey right from the oven was an amazing experience that i will never forget. Now i can go back home with a heart full of memories and satisfaction.
There are many places to explore in Devala, and i am sure i will come here again to explore the unseen places.


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Other Guys of the Silver and Bronze Ages
Posted by Luke Blanchard on June 2, 2013 at 6:16pm in General Comics Discussions
I've started this thread for issue reviews of comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages that were by published companies other than Marvel and DC. Comics I currently have in mind to write about include issues of Charlton's Blue Beetle (pre-Ditko) and Son of Vulcan, Dell's Brain Boy, Kona and Space Man, Lightning Comics's Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, M.F. Enterprises's Captain Marvel, and Tower Comics's Undersea Agent. Please feel free to contribute your own reviews.
This post displaced The Grant Morrison Thread from the home page.
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Mike Shayne Private Eye #1 (Dell, 1961)
("Mike Shayne"): "The Private Practice of Michael Shayne"
A lawyer friend of Shayne's named Larry Kincaid has taken a client called Elliot Thomas. Thomas claims a man called Harry Grange has papers he needs to clear himself. They want Shayne to grab them by force when they offer to pay. Shayne guesses the papers are really incriminating, and angrily refuses the case.
From Kincaid Shayne learns that Grange has been taking Phyllis Brighton to John Marco's casino. He sees her there with Grange, and resolves to get her out of the casino's clutches. He tells Marco if he doesn't return the money she's lost he'll expose his games as rigged. Marco gives him the money.
When he gets back home Shayne gets a call from man claiming to be Grange. The caller says he has to talk to Shayne about Kincaid right away and names a remote location for the meeting. Shayne finds his gun is missing, and the desk tells him Kincaid has been in his room. He knows it's a set-up but goes anyway, and finds Grange's dead body with a woman's handkerchief in his hand, and his own gun by the corpse...
Mike Shayne was created by Davis Dresser, writing as Brett Halliday. Thrilling Detective has an account of the character here.
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne is the second novel in the series, from 1940. The adaption in this issue uses early 1960s fashions.
This is one of those complicated private eye mysteries where the hero has to figure out what's going on and prove it to clear himself. The audience isn't privy to his thinking, and doesn't know what he's up to half the time. The issue doesn't say the story's an adaptation, but it shows in how hard to follow it is.
The series is set around Miami. Will Gentry is Chief of the City of Miami detectives, and normally friendly with Shayne. Tim Rourke is Shayne's reporter friend. Shayne has a hostile relationship with Peter Painter, the Chief of the Miami Beach detectives.
The GCD says the script was by Ken Fitch, and the art by Edd Ashe. Ashe's work here is in a similar vein to George Evans's.
Thrilling Detective informs me Phyllis also appeared in the first novel, and became Shayne's wife after this adventure. She was killed off later in the series. There's not a lot of emphasis on their relationship in the adaptation and I didn't realise she was such a significant character.
The site also has a quote which speaks of the humour of the early books. It isn't evident here, but it did make it into the movies.
Ashe's art has reality, and he draws pretty women well. However, if you're after a comic with exciting action this isn't the one to read. The scene from the cover, also featured in the splash panel, is the story's most exciting moment, and it comes fairly early on.
"A Plot to Murder"
A young woman's twin sister visits her and reveals she's married a rich man under her sister's name. She wants her sister to murder him while she establishes and alibi...
The GCD tentatively attributes the script of this story to Fitch, and attributes the art to Ashe.
The issue also has three one-pagers, on the inside covers and back cover. Their topics are Prohibition, Paradise Square, and determination of the time of death of corpses. The GCD ascribes them to Fitch and Ashe too, but it may be the indexer was merely guessing about their authorship. The depiction of Paradise Square is based on George Catlin's painting of the location.
The text story is called "Denny the Dip". A young pickpocket goes straight and becomes a bookkeeper. Two of his former acquaintances try to force him to help them steal the payroll.
("Mike Shayne"): "Bodies are Where You Find Them..."
There's an election on, and Shayne is a partisan of one of the candidates, Jim Marsh. A woman contacts Marsh and he sends her to Shayne. By the time she arrives at his office she's nearly unconscious from a drug.
Shayne's office used to be his apartment, and there's still a bed in the back. He places her on it. Phyllis arrives at his office as they're supposed to be leaving for New York. He tells her he can't go and takes her to the train. He returns to his office and finds the woman has been murdered! A call from the lobby tells him Gentry and Rourke are on the way up...
This is an adaptation of the fifth book of the series. The GCD again ascribes the adaptation to Ken Fitch and Edd Ashe. I compared Ashe's art to George Evans's last time, but it also reminds me of Ed Robbins's.
This is another complicated mystery. Shayne's initial theory of the crime is mistaken and the mistake almost lands him in jail. He has to flee, and hide from the police.
This issue Shayne's hair is red on the cover and inside, as it reportedly is in the books. In #1 it was black on the cover and blond inside.
"The Quick Buck"
Synopsis (complete): A firm that manufactures spark plugs finds out a former salesman has been stealing and selling boxes of them. Two patrolmen wait at his place to arrest him, but he escapes, murders one of them, and goes on the run. The police find the body and track him down. He tries to shoot it out and is killed.
This reads like a true crime story, but I don't know if it is. The GCD ascribes the story to Fitch and Ashe.
The issue also has one-pagers on the inside covers. The first is an account of the career of Big Jim Colosimo. The second has an item on the proper way to knock a man out with a gun and a little story about how a detective knew a man supposedly found hanging hadn't really been hanged. The GCD attributes their art to Ashe.
The text story concerns the plan of a drug gang to murder an undercover detective when he enters a bar.
Charlton Premiere #19 (Charlton, 1967), featuring "Marine War Heroes"
This was the first issue. The next one restarted the numbering with #1.
The cover was drawn by Rocco Mastroserio. The image corresponds to the opening of "The Sniper". But it's a tougher image, so my guess is the cover was done first and the story was based on it. On the cover the marines seem to be taking fire from two directions, so perhaps the dialogue was added to link it to the story after the story was done.
"The Darkness of War" opens with a similar situation, albeit with only one soldier, so it may have based on the cover too.
The cover is worth comparing to Two-Fisted Tales #30's. The idea is similar, but the EC cover is many times more powerful.
The issue's stories all have credits, lettered very small, at the bottom of their first pages.
"The Devil Dogs of Chateau Thierry"
WWI in France. Three marines manage to take a German machine-gun position, but have to play dead when the Germans advance. This puts them behind the German lines.
The sergeant reasons their own unit must have dropped back. Since they can't possibly cross the German lines he leads them away from the front, deeper into German territory...
This story was scripted by Joe Gill and drawn by Marcos Adan. According to this page, which Google translated for me, Adan was the Argentinian artist Gustavo Trigo. He drew in a realistic style that reminds me of some Filipino artists'.
The opening sequence depicts combat as grim and gritty. The second half has the plot of a Sgt. Fury adventure, but thanks to the art the feeling of reality carries all the way through.
Joe Gill's work was often terrible, but I don't have a problem with his writing here.
"What Makes a Marine?"
This is a one-pager about how tough marines are, half of which consists of a recreation of the famous flag raising photo. It lacks substance. The script was by Gill, the art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia.
"Bandage Brigade"
WWII in the Pacific. A Japanese unit attempts to seize the supplies at a small hospital. The nurse and patients fight back.
This is a tepid story. Its gimmick is the nurse and soldiers fight the Japanese with stuff available in the hospital. The script was by David Kaler, the art by Nicholas and Alascia.
"The Darkness of War"
WWII in the Pacific. A glancing shot from a sniper leaves Lt Geary blinded. Alone, he tries to make his way back to his unit.
This is another tepid story, and it wastes a good premise, I think. If the hero were shown being ingenious his overcoming of the odds would be more plausible. To be fair, the story's only three pages. The script was by Kaler, the art by Nicholas and Frank McLaughlin.
On the opening page Geary looks ethnically Asian, but in the rest of the story he doesn't, so apparently that's due to sloppy handling of his face and the colouring. Which is a pity, as that would've been a nice touch.
"The Sniper"
Vietnam. Sam and Joe have been separated from their company. A sniper shoots them, but Sam is only knocked out. The sniper mistakes him for dead. He takes the men's weapons and dog tags, replacing them with number tags.
Sam buries Joe and resolves to find and kill the sniper. He tries rejoin his company, but can't find it. He finds another dead American with a number tag, and buries him too. Then he heads off to find the sniper...
Sam narrates the story in the captions. His personal fight with the sniper reminds me "Corpse on the Imjin!" from Two-Fisted Tales #25. The script was by Willie Franz, and the art by Nicholas and Alascia.
In the text story a journalist from Latin America describes what happened when he went on a patrol boat mission in Vietnam.
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Ruto Cracks The Whip, Turns Away 3 PSs Who arrived After Him During Cabinet Retreat Meeting
News has emerged from a verifiable source indicating that the country's first in command Hon President William Samoei Ruto was forced to crack his whip during the ongoing retreat with Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and other top government officials in Nanyuki, Laikipia county. Photo serves as a Thumbnail
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PS Who Was Kicked Out of Ruto's Meeting For Lateness Changes, Here's The Time he Now Gets to Office
It's now emerging that one of the Principal Secretaries kicked out of President William Ruto's retreat last week is now a reformed man. On Thursday last week, it emerged that Ruto kicked out three PSs who showed up in the meeting hall after he was seated and forced them out.
JUST IN: President Ruto Announces Plans to Fire CSs and PSs who Will Not do The Following
Photo Courtesy of President Ruto's Cabinet. Head of State Dr William Samoei Ruto has today announced plans to fire some of his cabinet secretaries and permanent secretaries who will not meet one condition. Head of State Dr William Samoei Ruto has today divulged that he plans to fire a cross section of cabinet secretaries and Permanent Secretaries "who will not meet their targets."
What President Ruto did to 3 PSs who came late to a meeting at the Nanyuki retreat
Businessman and PR and communications expert Ahmed Mohamed, also known as Asmali, predicted on January 3 that President William Ruto's administration would place a strong emphasis on time management within the civil service. His predictions were realized three days later. "One thing that is certain under William Ruto presidency is civil servants will put in the hours.
Ruto Refuses To Pay For Meals For These Uninvited People Who Showed Up at His Meeting With CSs, PSs
His Excellency President William Ruto opted to be harsh with a subset of officials who attended the ongoing retreat conference at the Mt. Kenya Club with Cabinet secretaries, principal secretaries, and high-level state advisors. Yesterday, the incident reportedly occurred. A number of principal secretaries reportedly invited their staff officials to the meeting without the president's approval.
Ruto Names What All Senators, MPs Must Now Stop, Informs What Will Begin Happening in His Gov't
President William Ruto today while chairing the CSs and PSs retreat meeting has echoed what the Senator and Mps should stop doing going forward and instead focus on service delivery to Kenyans. He has said that all Senators and Members of Parliament should stop side dramas and supremacy fights.
Three PSs who arrived late for the meetings during the cabinet retreat turned away by President Ruto
Three principal secretaries from the Cabinet meeting at the Mount Kenya Safari Club on Friday, January 6, were turned away by the president after they arrived late. The three arrived after the president. Further, the president urged his cabinet ministers to pull their weight and put their best foot forward to deliver for Kenyans.
President Ruto Reportedly Turns Away 3 PSs During Mt. Kenya Club Retreat
Three Principal Secretaries tried to enter the conference hall after President William Ruto arrived, and now we know what happened to them. On Thursday, Ruto convened a retreat with his Cabinet and Principal Secretaries at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki. According to reports, three PSs got on the wrong side of the President on Friday when they arrived late to a meeting.
What Cabinet Secretaries And PSs Were Forced To Do After Angry President Ruto Rebuked Them
Details have emerged showing that president William Ruto was not pleased with something that most of his cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries had done during the ongoing cabinet retreat at Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club.The President was allegedly forced to tell his cabinet that they had to observe austerity measures.
What shaken CSs did in Safari Club after what Ruto did to 3 PSs.
Details about some of the events that occurred during President William Ruto's retreat with members of his cabinet, which is now over, have come to light. Ruto presided over the retreat on Friday and Saturday, which was held at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki.
No More Jokes After 3 Of President Ruto's PSs Were Turned Away For Arriving Late Nanyuki Meeting
A reliable source has reported that Hon. President Ruto was compelled to use his whip during the current retreat in Nanyuki, Laikipia county, with Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and other senior government officials. Photo Courtesy Three (3) of his PSs, according to the source, were subjected to his anger yesterday after they allegedly attempted to enter the meeting after it had already started.
What President Ruto Told CS Owalo At The Nanyuki Meeting
In a meeting with Cabinet secretaries, principal secretaries, and members of the advisory council, President William Ruto gave directions to Cs. Francis Owalo who is in charge of ICT. The President directed Cs. Owalo to work with Attorney General Justin Muturi and National Treasury Cs.
3 Principal Secretaries Turned Away From The Cabinet Retreat Meeting Held On 6th January For Coming Late
A reliable source says that the country's leader, Hon. President William Samoei Ruto, had to crack his whip during the retreat with Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and other top government officials in Nanyuki, Laikipia county. According to the source, three (3) of his principal secretaries got into trouble with him yesterday when they tried to sneak into the meeting after it had already started.
What Principal Secretaries Did In Mt Kenya Club Forcing President Ruto To Throw Them Out
President William Ruto attended a meeting in mount Kenya yesterday Friday, January 6. At the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki, where the retreat just got underway, Ruto met with his Cabinet and Principal Secretaries. According to reports, when three PSs arrived at the meeting location late on Friday, they got into trouble with the President.
President Ruto Forced To Kick Out 3 PSs After Doing This At. Mt Kenya Club Yesterday
Now that more information is available, it is clear what happened to the three Principal Secretaries who sought to enter the conference room after President William Ruto arrived. At a retreat that began on Thursday, Ruto is meeting with his Cabinet and Principal Secretaries at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki.
Mixed Reactions After President Ruto Turns Away 3 PSs Who Arrived Late For A Meeting
President William Ruto this morning became a talk of the day after he turns away three PSs who arrived late for the meetings during the cabinet retreat. From the preliminary reports, he also Directs CSs and PSs who brought their staff to the retreat to cater for their accommodation and meals from their own pockets.
Waiguru Reveals What Was Happening In The Cabinet Retreat
The governor of Kirinyaga county, who was present at the cabinet retreat in Nanyuki, Nyeri County, stated that the first in command and his cabinet secretaries are not making fun of each other because she also reveals what is going on behind the scenes. The governor said in the video clip that the writer viewed online that the first in command is not giving his cabinet secretaries any room to tighten their belts.
Punctuality: Ruto Cracks The Whip, Turns Away 3 PSs Who Arrived After Him During Cabinet Retreat Meet
Authoritative sources revealed that the country's first leader, William Samoei Ruto, was forced to crack the whip in the ongoing backlash with the Cabinet Secretary, Chief Secretary and other senior government officials in Nanyuki Province, Laikipia Province. Images function as thumbnails According to a source, his three (3) chief secretaries are facing the wrath of the party after they tried to hide in yesterday's meeting.
Why Ruto Threw Out Some PSs Yesterday During Meeting
At a retreat that began on Thursday, Ruto is meeting with his Cabinet and Principal Secretaries at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki. According to reports, three PSs turned up late for the meeting on Friday and wound themselves in the President's bad books.
Most CSs & PSs Forced to Release Their PAs & Staff Back to Nairobi After Ruto's Bold Remarks
Details have emerged of how President William Ruto expressed his disappointment towards his cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries after they tagged along their personal assistants and staff to the cabinet retreat meeting underway in Nanyuki. According to the Standard, Ruto after arriving at the venue and interacting with the attendees asked to meet the CSs and PSs in a separate hall where he said that the government officials were not observing austerity measures.


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Facts About Technetium
By Live Science Staff
Electron configuration and elemental properties of technetium. (Image credit: Greg Robson/Creative Commons, Andrei Marincas (opens in new tab) Shutterstock (opens in new tab))
Atomic Number: 43 Atomic Symbol: Tc Atomic Weight: 98 Melting Point: 3,915 F (2,157 C) Boiling Point: 7,709 F (4,265 C)
Word origin: The word technetium comes from the Greek technetos, artificial.
Discovery: Technetium was the first element to be produced artificially. Element 43 was predicted on the basis of a gap in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and in 1925 its discovery was erroneously reported. At that time, it was named masurium.
Technetium was actually discovered — produced artificially — in 1937 by Perrier and Segre in Italy. It was also found in a sample of molybdenum that was bombarded by deuterons in a cyclotron. Since then, scientists have searched for it in terrestrial material. None was found until 1962, when isotope technetium-99 (99Tc) was isolated and identified in African uranium ore in extremely tiny quantities. It was a spontaneous fission product of uranium.
Properties of technetium
Technetium is a silvery-gray transition metal. It tarnishes slowly in moist air. It dissolves in nitric acid, aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid) and concentrated sulfuric acid, but is not soluble in any strength of hydrochloric acid.
Technetium is primarily obtained artificially. It is a product from the fission of uranium in nuclear reactors. (Image credit: Institute for Transuranium Elements)
Technetium's common oxidation states are +7, +5, and +4. Under oxidizing conditions technetium (VII) will exist as the pertechnetate ion, TcO4-.
Technetium can be chemically bound to many biologically active molecules.
Every form of technetium is radioactive.
Sources of technetium
Technetium is primarily obtained artificially.
If technetium does exist organically, it must be in minute concentrations. Technetium has been found in the spectrum of S-, M-, and N-type stars. Its presence is leading to new theories of the production of heavy elements in the stars.
As was found in 1962, one of its isotopes, 99Tc, is produced as a product from the fission of uranium in nuclear reactors. Because of this, large quantities have been produced over the years. There are kilogram-sized quantities of technetium currently in existence. 99Tc is a contamination hazard and should be handled in a glove box.
Uses of technetium
Technetium is a remarkable corrosion inhibitor for steel. Mild carbon steels may be protected by as little as 55 ppm of KTcO4 in aerated distilled water at temperatures up to 250 C (482 F). This corrosion protection is limited to closed systems, since technetium is radioactive and must be confined.
It is also an excellent superconductor at 11K (-439.9 F / -262.1 C) and below.
One of technetium's long-lived isotopes,95Tcm ("m" stands for meta state) (T1/2 = 61 days), is used in tracer work. The element's most useful isotope, however, is 99Tcm (T1/2 = 6.01 hours). It is used in many medical radioactive isotope tests because of its short half-life, gamma-rays' energy, and technetium's ability to be chemically bound to many biologically active molecules.
Isotopes of technetium
There are 22 reported isotopes of technetium, all of them radioactive. It is one of only two elements with Z < 83 that have no stable isotopes (the other being promethium). Its isotopes range from 90 to 111.
Technetium has three long-lived radioactive isotopes: 97Tc (T1/2 = 2.6 x 106 years), 98Tc (T1/2 = 4.2 x 106 years) and 99Tc (T1/2 = 2.1 x 105 years).
(Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Enhancing Health and Wellbeing on Campus: Meet Yann Artur
Investments that will enhance the health and wellbeing of our campus community are now more important than ever. This is why Yann Artur, CBU's former Fitness and Active Living Coordinator, has been appointed to Coordinator of Campus Recreation and Wellness in the Department of Athletics.
Part of our campus community for over 20 years, Yann began his career at CBU, then known as the University College of Cape Breton, in August of 1998. Yann was the Fitness and Active Living Coordinator with the Cape Breton Wellness Centre, a position that had a unique approach to promoting healthier communities. This gave Yann the opportunity to engage with Cape Breton communities to help individuals improve their health, something he has always been very passionate about. In 2012, Yann became the Manager of the Cape Breton Health and Recreation Complex.
"We are thrilled to expand Yann's role to include the development and delivery of comprehensive recreation and wellness programs," says CBU President David Dingwall. "As part of this year's budget, it was important that we look at strategic investments in our campus community after a particularly challenging year that also aligns with our Strategic Plan of investing in our students and empowering faculty and staff."
Expanding Yann's role will not only lead to increased intramural activity, but will also feature more wellness focused initiatives like yoga, meditation, spin and a variety of fitness classes. Programs will be delivered within three main areas: non-competitive recreation, intramural sports leagues, and club sports.
First, non-competitive recreation will be based on a drop-in system and activities will be offered on a time schedule and an open gym. "The CBU Fitness Centre, also operated by the Department of Athletics, is equipped with a variety of cardiovascular, strength and conditioning machines, and free weights," says Yann. "We will also be involved in the community as we plan to make use of other facilities such as swimming pools, curling clubs, bowling alleys and trails, just to name a few."
Students, staff and faculty will also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of intramural sports leagues throughout the academic year that include soccer, basketball, cricket, volleyball, badminton, ultimate frisbee, and more.
"Further to the leagues, we will also carry out special events and tournaments," Yann adds. "These one or two day events are very upbeat and exciting."
Lastly, there will be a focus on promoting the development of sports clubs within CBU. "These clubs are usually self-managed and supported by the university," Yann explains. "They aim to encourage students and community members to continue competing in a sport at a level higher than the intramural program." The sports clubs will be given the opportunities to practice and compete in either local, regional, or provincial leagues and tournaments.
Yann is excited to continue his career at Cape Breton University. "Working at CBU has been and continues to be the most rewarding experience," Yann shares. "It's positive, challenging and engaging. To have had the opportunity to experience a variety of positions, as well as working with an array of colleagues, students, and the community, makes it a complete package."
Congratulations, Yann!


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Interdisciplinary Conference on Religion in Everyday lives
Religion in post-Communist Europe
International Conference on Culture and Cultural policies
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Theatres-and-Nationalism-in-Central-and-Southeast-Europe
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International Conference on Media and Popular Culture
Love and Relationships in the Media
Media and Diaspora
International Conference on Identity studies
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International Conference on Women's Studies
RETHINKING POLITICS AND POLITICAL CULTURE
Journal of Culture and Religion ISSN 1849-675X
CALLS FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL EDITIONS
Dance and Jewish Identities_Call for Chapters
SECOND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON RELIGION IN EVERYDAY LIVES
CFP for Second Panel on Religion in post-Communist Europe
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURE AND CULTURAL POLICIES
CFP for Second International Panel on Dance and Cultural Policy
CFP for Second International Panel on Theatres, Nationalism and Cultural policy
CFP for Second International Panel on Theatres in Central and Southeast Europe
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IDENTITY STUDIES
Panel on Psychological Identities
CFP FOR PANEL FOOD AND IDENTITY
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S STUDIES
Second International Conference on Media and Popular Culture
Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
www.socialsciencesandhumanities.com
is inviting paper/panel proposals for
28-29. 03. 2014.
Conference venue: ***** Hotel Le Meridien Wien, Opernring 13, Vienna A- 10 10, Austria
Religion is often discussed through the eyes of secularisation theory; however, there is no agreement on what secularisation is, or to what extent religion is present in our present lives even though religion is as influential as ever. Whether we understand secularisation as a decline of religious beliefs, privatization of religion, or as differentiation of the secular spheres and emancipation (Casanova 2006; Berger 2001), we still have to ask ourselves to what extent religion shapes our present lives. Many scholars believed religion will eventually loose importance and that societies will face decline of religious beliefs, but by the end of the 20th century many changed their views and acknowledged that secularisation theory does not work, and that religion is as important as ever (Berger, 1999). Nonetheless, we can agree with a view "religious communities have survived and even flourished to the degree that they have not tried to adapt themselves to the alleged requirements of a secularised world" (Berger, 1999: 4).Recently, scholars also advocated that religion emerges in times of crisis such as, for example, the Arab Spring, breakup of former Yugoslavia, current economic crisis that is shaking the world etc. It is questionable whether we can truly discuss secularisation as a phenomenon, or we should simply turn our attention to the notion of religion in all of its aspects, and try to increase understanding of this complex phenomenon.We are, therefore, seeking papers from social sciences and humanities that address religion and its influence on our present reality, and its growing importance.
Papers are invited (but not limited to) for the following panels:
Secularisation vs sacralisation
Methodology in researching religion
Religion and the media
Religious subjectivity
Material religion
Religion and childhood
Religion and critical theory
Religion and discrimination
Religion and identity
Religion and belonging
Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Religion and the Idea of Europe
Religion and ethnicity
Prospective participants are also welcome to submit proposals for their own panels.
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić(martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 15th February 2014.
Decisions will be made by 25th February, and payment of the conference fee has to be made by 1st March.
Panel proposals should be sent by 1st February 2014. When we receive four or five quality papers for a whole panel, we will send notification of acceptance earlier.
Finalised Conference programme will be available by 15th March. Early decisions are available for participants with EU visa requirements, and for panel proposals.
Participants should indicate in their applications whether they would like to chair one of the existing panels (if not proposing their own panel).
The Centre plans to establish a peer review journal, as well as publish working papers and edited volumes. Conference papers will be considered for publication.
We welcome paper proposals from scholars, NGO activists, Master and PhD students, and independent researchers.
Conference fee is EUR 290, and it includes
The registration fee
Conference bag and folder with materials
Conference publication
Access to the newsletter, and electronic editions of the Centre
Opportunity for participating in future activities of the Centre (research & co-editing volumes)
Discount towards participation fee for future conferences
Conference drinks and meals during both days of the conference
WLAN during the conference
We selected Austria as a place for hosting conferences due to Austria's favourable geographic position, and liberal Visa regime for conference participants with EU Visa requirements.
Unfortunately, the Centre has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation in Austria. Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference.
The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodological/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference participants.
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Conference venue: ***** Hotel Le Meridien Wien, Opernring 13, 10 10 Vienna, Austria
Culture is a set of rules and behavioural patterns we learn with socialisation. However, in a globalised (and multicultural) world culture became subject of discussions from various points of views, and its importance is not loosing strength. In the past century, we witnessed many attempts to foster cultural agendas using popular culture where identities were formed in a way to present one nation to other nations in a favourable way, and where audiences were confronted with various messages that are sometimes blurred with first-hand experiences. States indeed invest funding in their cultural policies, and particularly in their cultural policies oriented towards abroad via external cultural institutes, or tourist offers where culture is emphasized as an achievement of a certain nation (most notably, in art and music). Cultural relations, on the other hand, are centred on creating mutual recognition and understanding, however, many scholars and practitioners expressed criticism calling western countries as imperialists imposing their cultural patterns over less advanced countries just via peaceful means and not through colonialism anymore. On the other hand, culture is often a subject of discussion when minority groups are in stake because minorities find themselves surrounded by different culture, and in a dilemma whether to assimilate or to preserve their culture while still trying to lead average lives. The latter is then subject of criticism from conservatives and the Far Right that insist on integration, an unclear term that sometimes seems more like forced integration.
These and other issues are the subjects of discussion at our conference.
Culture and identity
Culture and nationalism
Cultural imperialism
Popular culture and cultural policy
Cultural policies – case studies
Art and cultural policy
Music and cultural policy
Theatres and cultural policy
EU cultural policy
US cultural policy
Culture and propaganda
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić(martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 10th April.
Participants should indicate in their applications whether they would like to chair one of the existing panels (if not proposing their own panel) and whether they plan to submit a paper for publication.
The Centre established a peer review journal, as well as working paper series. Conference papers will be considered for publication.
Opportunity for participating in future activities of the Centre (research & co-editing proceedings)
Drinks and meals during both days of the conference
to be held in Vienna, Austria
30-31.05.2014.
It is an unobjectionable fact that media participate in formation of our daily lives by creating identities, images, and by generally influencing our views. This applies not only to politics (i.e. political campaigns), but also to the formation on how we see ourselves and others. Popular culture, on the other hand, also affects our daily lives by fostering images and ideologies, and by selling way of life that is presented as acceptable or non-acceptable. Sociological theories presented five models of audiences (hypodermic model, normative model, model of satisfying needs, interpretative model, structural interpretative model), and scholars still debate usability of each model due to the influence of media and popular culture over current issues.These and other issues will be discussed at our conference.
Media and identity
Media and political campaigns
Media and discrimination
Media and war
War reporting
Women in the media
Objectivity of media
Media and democracy
Media and human rights
TV shows and identity
Film and identity
TV shows and everyday lives
Film and everyday lives
Media and memory
Media and history
History of media and popular culture
Media and diplomacy
Media and the Collapse of Eastern Europe
Audience studies
Media and the war in Yugoslavia
Media and religion
Media audience models
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić(martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 1st May 2014.
Meals and drinks during both days of the conference
We selected Austria as a place for hosting conferences due to Austria's favourable geographic position, and liberal Visa regime for conference participants with EU Visa requirements.Unfortunately, the Centre has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation in Austria. Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference.
The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodological/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference part icipants.
Interdisciplinary Conference on Music studies
28-29-06. 2014.
Conference venue: tbc
Music significantly shapes our daily lives, and we are surrounded with music every day. Level of attachment to music goes that far that young population in one study stated if on a Desert Island they would miss music the most (Bahanovich & Collopy, 2009). Music affects our identity creation, and it sends messages about us as people, i.e. what we listen may show who we really are. In younger age, music contributes to the level of acceptance and/or rejection of peers and music is considered being one of the key elements of life of youngsters. In more mature age, we still enjoy music by attending concerts, listening to music on the radio, and whether we know it or not, music is forming our daily lives.In schools, we take music classes meant to teach us how to appreciate music, and how to form a sense for aesthetics. Music is also often part of tourist offers where countries are presenting themselves as musical, and where they express pride for having high-class composers.
Music and education
Music and culture
Music and meaning
Music and nationalism
Music and the WWII
Music and youth
Music and identity
Volk music
Media and music
Methodology in researching music
Classic music: past, present and future
Minority music
Diaspora music
Concert life in history and at present
Music and tourism
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić(martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 20th May 2014.
Decisions will be made by 25th May 2014, and payment of the conference fee has to be made by 1st June 2014. Panel proposals should be sent by 15th April 2014. When we receive four or five quality papers for a whole panel, we will send notification of acceptance earlier.
Finalised Conference programme will be available by 15th June 2014. Early decisions are available for participants with EU visa requirements, and for panel proposals.
Participants should indicate in their applications whether they would like to chair one of the existing panels (if not proposing their own panel) and whether they plan to submit a paper for publication.The Centre plans to establish a peer review journal, as well as publish working papers and edited volumes. Conference papers will be considered for publication.
The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodological/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference parti cipants.
is inviting papers for
Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria
Identities are various: personal, national, religious, regional, racial, gender etc., and it is very difficult to determine which identity is affecting us most. Sometimes it can be one, and sometimes the other. For example, during the presidential race in the United States between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, black women wondered which of the two identities represented them most: their racial or their gender identity.National identity bears huge relevance and people are willing to die for their nations. Religious is as important as ever, and people are willing to sacrifice their own comforts and sometimes even to discriminate others because of their religious identities. European identity had been an issue of debate since the foundation of the EU when founders envisaged European unification based on a particular set of values shared among founders and prospective future members.The notion of identity is often ending up in stereotyping and othering of those who have different identities, and irrespective of the approach we take in identity studies we always end up with the same dilemma: why are identities and identifications so important? These and other issues will be a subject of our conference.
Panels are invited (but not limited to) for the following panels:
Identity and Identifications: theory and methodology
Identity and Nationalism
Literature and Identity
Art and Identity
Ethnicity and Identity
European identity
Identity and Memory
Identity and Critical theory
Marxist views of Identity
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić(martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 20th June 2014.
Decisions will be made by 25th June 2014, and payment of the conference fee has to be made by 30th June 2014.
Panel proposals should be sent by 15th May 2014. When we receive four or five quality papers for a whole panel, we will send notification of acceptance earlier.
Finalised Conference programme will be available by 15th July 2014. Early decisions are available for participants with EU visa requirements, and for panel proposals. Participants should indicate in their applications whether they would like to chair one of the existing panels (if not proposing their own panel) and whether they plan to submit a paper for publication.
Conference publicationAccess to the newsletter, and electronic editions of the Centre
*** OPEN CALLS ***
Journal of Religion and Culture: submissions are opened!
Working Paper Series: submissions are opened!
CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS
Second Interdisciplinary Conference on Religion in Everyday Lives (21-22.03.2015)
Second International Conference in Culture and Cultural Policies (25-26.04.2015)
Second International Conference on Media and Popular Culture (23-24.05.2015)
Second International Conference on Identity Studies (27-28.06.2015)
Second International Conference on Women's Studies (12-13.09.2015)
Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities is a private institution registered in Croatia.
Our goal is to encourage work in fields of religion and wider cultural studies by organizing conferences, and through our publishing activities.
We are registered, among others, for conducting research in fields of History, Sociology, Religion, Culture, and Musicology, organizing conferences and seminars, as well as publishing activities.
International Conference on Women's Studies
It has been a long time ago since feminists started to debate women's rights, and different treatment women receive in societies, politics and working markets. Even though feminist voices are still loud, and feminists still warn about inferior position of women in comparison to men in all aspects of life, have we reached true equality? Statistics and events forming daily consumption of the international media show we have not reached an ultimate goal of equality, and yet certain movements are claiming that feminists are too loud and that men's rights need to be protected due to the enormous influence of 'women's lobby'. Have we truly reached equality, and are feminists jeopardizing the rights of men?
These and other issues are subjects of our conference.
Women and labour
Women and discrimination
Women and sexual violence
Women and politics
Women and sexuality
Theory and methodology in women's studies
Women: East vs West
Women and reproductive rights
Women and education
Women and leadership
Movement for men's rights
Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words), short bios (up to 100 words), and email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić (martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com) by 15th August 2014.
Decisions will be made by 20th August 2014, and payment of the conference fee has to be made by 30th August 2014.
Panel proposals should be sent by 15th July 2014.
Finalised Conference programme will be available by 15th September 2014. Early decisions are available for participants with EU visa requirements, and for panel proposals.
Call for Papers for an International Conference 'Europe in Crisis'
Venue: tbc
Conference fee: EUR 220
Economic crisis is at the constant foci of debates on the present situation in Europe because it is an unquestionable fact that the Euro-zone is facing difficulties with the economic crisis in Greece, and other South-European countries. However, it can be stated with certain security that Europe is faced with the ongoing crisis in several other aspects such as growing tensions towards migrants from new EU Member States that headed towards wealthier countries of the EU, as well as descendants of migrants that came during 1960s and who are citizens of the EU countries but still suffer from the low level of integration. At the same time, Anti-Semitism is on the rise in some European countries, and many Jews migrated to less hostile countries such as the United Kingdom, Austria and Germany. Additionally, the EU is struggling with fostering one unique European identity that will be acceptable to all citizens of an enlarged EU; however, so far it has not been successful. A good example can be found in cultural policy of the EU that has been criticized for its competitor nature in a sense it seems to compete with policies of the EU Member States, and the lack of coherence. Furthermore, the EU's foreign policy has been a subject to criticism for a long time ago, and its inconsistency and lack of coherence has been seen during wars in former Yugoslavia, but problems in designing unique foreign policy came to surface again during the crisis in Ukraine in March 2014 where the EU did not promptly responded. Finally, religion seems to bear more relevance than ever for not only that the secularization theory has been accused to fail, but religion is as strong as ever. In a secularized Europe, this initiated debates on how to deal with this phenomenon and its growing influence over the life of Europeans. These and other issues are subjects of the conference 'Europe in Crisis'. To what extent present Europe is in crisis, and in which ways this crisis manifests and reflects upon lives of Europeans?
Papers are invited (but not limited to) for the following topics:
Economic crisis, and its reflection on everyday lives of Europeans and prospects for deeper integration
Comparative aspects between crisis in Europe before the Holocaust and now
Anti-Semitism in present Europe
Position of descendants of migrants from the 1960s wave
Policies towards migrants from the new EU Member States
European identity in the old and new EU Member States
Policies towards the European identity
Religion and crisis
Crisis in the EU foreign policy
Comparative aspects of crisis in Europe and other parts of the world
This conference is scheduled to have plenary session with a keynote speech by an established scholar in the field. Details will be available in due time.
Paper proposals should be sent to martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com by 15th July 2014. Participants are welcome to propose and chair their own panels.
Participants are kindly asked to submit abstracts only for papers they actually intend to present, and not a selection of potential papers for presentations. There is also no possibility to send a selection of papers, and then select which one to present based on the first draft conference programme.
The Centre established a peer review journal (Journal of Culture and Religion / http://socialsciencesandhumanities.com/journal-of-culture-and-religion.html), and working paper series (http://socialsciencesandhumanities.com/working-paper-series.html). Conference papers will be considered for publication.
Unfortunately, the Centre has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation in Germany. Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference.
Decisions will be made while the call is still open depending on the topic of the paper proposal. When it will not be possible to make the decision soon after paper proposal submission, the decision will be made by 20th July the latest.
The registration fee is EUR 220, and includes:
WLAN during conference
Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities is a private institution registered in Croatia. The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodolo gical/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference participants.
International Conference 'Rethinking Politics and Politicalculture in Everyday Lives'
Venue: ***** Hotel Le Meridien Wien, Opernring 13, 10 10 Vienna, Austria


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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Peter Pietrangeli
Have a Good Trip is exactly that, a good trip. This documentary film directed by Donick Cary (Silicon Valley), came at the perfect time. An intersection where psychedelics are hitting the mainstream and people are still locked in their homes with plenty of time to watch the top ten Netflix Original series.
Celebrities Having a Good Trip
I lost count after 17 or so celebrity appearances, from Nick Kroll (Joshy) to Will Forte (Life of Crime). As far as documentaries go, this is more of a ride, or a trip, than a scientific and informative piece. Which is very on brand for the setup of the film, starring Nick Offerman (The Little Hours) in a lab coat, playing your host. Early on in the film, he poses the question: "What kind of person would put themselves through something dangerous and hilarious?" This statement is the backbone of the film, which, is essentially a mash up of trip stories, tips and wisdom from a wide net of celebrities ranging from the late Fred Willard, may he rest in peace, to Deepak Chopra, one of the best known figures in alternative medicine of our time. If you are looking for an informative documentary on specifics behind mind altering substances, this is not it. If you are looking for an hour and a half of quality entertainment and hilarious acid stories from Carrie Fisher whom the film is dedicated to, or a bad trip story from Ben Stiller, this is your movie.
The comedic format of Have a Good Trip mixes mediums from talking-head style documentary to full blown psychedelic animations, by Sugarshack Animation. The film sprinkles in fun interludes and retro re-enactments ala the 90's DARE ad's, such as one segment hosted by dead pan artist Adam Scott, called "Bad Trip" where he gives a PSA in the park on the many dangers of taking psychedelics. One Amazing re-enactment of a crazy tale told by the late Anthony Bordaine, whom the film was also dedicated to, and acted out by "Workaholics" stars Adam DeVine and Blake Anderson, will have you on the edge of your seat.
Another film highlight, is the trippy tale of Sting joining a peyote tribe, blindfolded on massive amounts of peyote in Mexico during Halley's Comet. The soundtrack flows seamlessly throughout the film, so it's no surprise that the film's music is credited to the popular band, Yo La Tengo.
Ben Stiller is a Producer on the film, which explains the onslaught of A-list talent. These appearances and interviews serve as a sacred bond amongst thought leaders, taste makers and comedians. This unity was the coolest aspect of the film, in my opinion, and a true testament of the times. Now that the general public has pushed marijuana laws, some areas like Santa Cruz in California are decriminalizing psychedelics as well. It is important for the masses to see these lovable characters unite to speak about their experiences in psychedelia from DMT to LSD, breaking the law essentially, in the name of beneficial experiences and mind expansion.
Art in a Pandemic
Delic has partnered with celebrated artist Peter Schuyff to create wildly expressive pullover masks. Read our interview with Peter Schuyff.
Kaitlin Sobiesiak: RS Illustrator Extraordinaire
Learn about Reality Sandwich's illustrator extraordinaire, Kaitlin Sobiesiak. Read how psychedelics influence her unique craftsmanship.
Meow Wolf: Immersive Art and The Embodiment of the Psychedelic Life
Before recent events, people normally visited immersive art environments to free themselves from the conditions of the "real world." A leader in the immersive art world is the Santa Fe art collective, Meow Wolf. Founded by Vince Kadlubek, Meow Wolf started out as nothing more than a bunch of friends creating by any means necessary,


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Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy
Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.
Police foil group trying to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wall
Police arrested several people who cut the artwork from the wall of a war-torn building in Hostomel.
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Artist Banksy calls on people to shoplift at Guess clothing store
The street artist is accusing retailer Guess of using his designs without his permission.
Banksy accuses clothing brand Guess of stealing artworks
The graffiti artist called on shoplifters to visit a London branch of Guess in retaliation.
Banksy unveils new mural in Ukraine among country's war ruins
Banksy has revealed a new artwork in Brordyanka, Ukraine, a town torn by the early stages of Russia's invasion. The mural displays a gymnast doing a handstand on concrete rubble.
Amid the war ruins in Ukraine, Banksy seeds art
A delicate painting of a gymnast doing a handstand has popped up on the wall of a wrecked building outside of Kyiv and appears to be the work of the British graffiti artist known as Banksy.
Democrats clinch Senate control following projected Nevada win
The projected win in Nevada means that Democrats will retain control of the Senate, regardless of the outcome of the Georgia runoff.
Banksy artwork appears in Ukraine
Several works by graffiti artist Banksy have turned up on damaged buildings in one town. One mural depicts a defiant young gymnast performing a handstand on top of the rubble.
Banksy unveils Ukraine mural in town bombed by Russia
The artwork depicts a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a demolished building in the town of Borodyanka.
A new Banksy mural adorns a destroyed building in Ukraine
Banksy's work, which the artist posted on Instagram Friday to 11.2 million followers, features a gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble with her hands.
Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia
The anonymous graffiti artist paints murals on buildings destroyed by Russian artillery attacks.
The relocation of the painting — a slingshot-toting rat and likely intended to protest the Israel occupation — raises ethical questions about the removal of artwork from occupied territory.
Banksy painting sprayed in West Bank resurfaces in Tel Aviv
A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv.
Banksy: The stories behind his 'Great British Spraycation'
How have the 10 pieces created by the elusive street artist stood the test of time - one year on?
'The Art of Banksy': Unauthorized, but not a cheap knockoff
A touring exhibition dedicated to the work of the English street artist known as Banksy comes to a pop-up space in Gallery Place.
After two pandemic years, a summer travel bounce — and chaos
Summer travel is underway across the globe, but a full recovery from two years of coronavirus could last as long as the pandemic itself.
8 men on trial accused of stealing Banksy mural done on door of Paris' Bataclan to honor terror victims
"The Sad Young Girl" mural appeared on a door of the Bataclan concert hall two years after the deadly terror attack.
Banksy And The Rise Of Outlaw Art
Newsy Docs Presents puts a spotlight on the underground artist and the generation of street art they inspired.
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Banksy art sold for four times its value. The money's going to Ukraine.
The famous anti-war print "CND Soldiers" sold for $106,505, which will go to a Ukrainian children's hospital.
Banksy stable at model village could fetch 'seven figures'
A miniature stable found at a model village is due to be sold amid security fears.
Banksy creates T-shirt to help statue-toppling defendants
Hundreds of people have lined up in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy.
Hundreds of people lined up Saturday in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy — a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader. The gray shirt features the word Bristol above the empty plinth on which the statue of 17th-century slave merchant Edward Colston long stood, with a rope hanging from it and debris scattered around. Anti-racism demonstrators pulled down the statue and and dumped it in Bristol harbor in June 2020 amid global protests sparked by the police killing of a Black American man, George Floyd. Banksy's identity has never been confirmed, but he began his career spray-painting walls and bridges in Bristol, a port city in southwest England.
Queues form as Banksy Colston statue trial T-shirts go on sale
The shirts were released to mark the trial of four people accused of toppling the Edward Colston statue.
Banksy makes 'souvenir' shirts for Colston statue trial
The anonymous artist says the limited edition T-shirts will go on sale in Bristol on Saturday.
Rosalia, Lizzo, Cardi B wrap up over the top Miami art week
The over-the-top parties and star-studded shows surrounding Miami's Art Basel wrapped up this weekend with performances by Rosalia, Lizzo, Cardi B and rocker Lenny Kravitz.
Celebs, fashion, 24k chicken wings at Miami Art Basel
The official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of spin-off shows already generating buzz, including a 10-year-old child painter and a $4 million Banksy sale.
Port Talbot Banksy: Season's Greetings mural 'leaving Wales for England'
The Season's Greetings mural which appeared on a garage in 2018 will leave Port Talbot.
Italian city defies China, opens exhibit by dissident artist
A provocative exhibit by dissident Chinese artist Badiucao has opened in the industrial northern Italian city of Brescia despite pressure by the Chinese embassy in Rome to cancel it.
Christopher Walken's character was fake. The Banksy graffiti art he destroyed was very real.
One of Banksy's most recent artworks sold last month for $25.4 million.
Banksy art painted over by Christopher Walken on TV show's set
Christopher Walken destroyed the Banksy rat as part of the storyline in The Outlaws, it is revealed.
Banksy tried to destroy his art after it sold for $1.4 million. The shredded version just went for $25.4 million.
"Love is in the Bin" went for more than 18 times what "Girl with Balloon" fetched just three years ago.
A half-shredded Banksy piece is auctioned for $25.4 million, a record for the artist
"Love is in the Bin" made history when it was created during a 2018 auction. The crowd back then was shocked when a shredder activated as soon as the sale was complete, partly shredding the piece.
Shredded Banksy Artwork Sells For $25.4 Million At Auction
Banksy began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world's best-known artists.
Banksy artwork that self-shredded sells for record $25.4 million at auction
The piece, which consists of a half-shredded canvas, was known as "Girl With Balloon" when it last sold at Sotheby's in 2018.
A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million has sold again for $25.4 million at an auction on Thursday.
A Banksy Piece Was Shredded At Auction In 2018. Now, It May Sell For Millions More
After selling for $1.4 million three years ago, the half-destroyed piece is going back up for sale with big expectations.
Banksy's half-shredded artwork is on sale again — and it may fetch millions more this time
Sotheby's described "Love is in the Bin" as "the ultimate Banksy artwork and a true icon of recent art history."
Half-shredded Banksy could fetch over $5 million at auction
A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again at several times the previous price.
Banksy-painted building in Lowestoft adds £200k to asking price
The old electrical shop is now up for sale at £500,000 after Banksy confirmed the art was genuine.
Banksy: Rusty old boat a 'godsend' destined for museum
The small metal "boat" under a painting of three children could become a museum piece.
Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued
A Rome street artist has sued the Vatican for having used her poster art image of Christ for its Easter 2020 postage stamp without her knowledge or approval.
Lake District mystery as elaborate stone artworks appear
The slate structures have been spotted in the Lake District by seasoned climbers and walkers.
Banksy painting raises $23 million for UK health charities
A Banksy painting honoring Britains health workers in the coronavirus pandemic has sold for a record 16.8 million pounds ($23.2 million.) Auction house Christies said Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that proceeds from the sale will be used to fund health organizations and charities across the U.K. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP, file)LONDON – A Banksy painting honoring Britain's health workers in the pandemic has sold for a record 16.8 million pounds ($23.2 million), auction house Christie's said Tuesday. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund health organizations and charities across the U.K., it said. The auction house said it will donate a "significant portion" of the buyer's premium to health organizations. "Banksy is an extraordinary artist who is a constant barometer of nationwide sentiment," said Katharine Arnold, who heads the European post-war and contemporary art division at the auction house.
Blockchain company buys and burns Banksy artwork to turn it into a digital original
Injective Protocol, the company behind the stunt, bought the screenprint "Morons (White)" from New York's Taglialatella Gallery, then burned it Monday evening. While digital art has recently become popular, this event is the first major instance in which a physical artwork was turned into a unique digital asset, according to Injective Protocol executive Mirza Uddin. Representatives from the Taglialatella Gallery confirmed that the print was sold to Injective Protocol in January. According to Injective Protocol, Taglialatella Gallery was not aware the print would be destroyed when it was sold. For example, NFTs can be linked to digital photos, videos, virtual trading cards in video games and even digital artwork.
UK homeowner delays sale of home after Banksy mural appears
Banksy's latest mural titled Aachoo!! that has appeared on a wall in Bristol, England, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. Banksy's latest mural has delayed - but not thwarted - a homeowner's plans to sell in Bristol after it recently appeared on the house's exterior wall. (Claire Hayhurst/PA via AP)LONDON – Banksy's latest mural has delayed a homeowner's plans to sell in England after it recently appeared on the house's exterior wall. "It does increase the value, and you have to take a moment to think about it, but it's not changing anything in terms of the house sale for us," Makin said.
Actors connect in 'subconscious' to play young, old Hokusai
In this photo provided by 2020 HOKUSAI MOVIE, actor Min Tanaka performs in a scene from "Hokusai". The new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Internationally acclaimed dancer Tanaka portrays the older Hokusai. (2020 HOKUSAI MOVIE via AP)TOKYO – A new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Internationally acclaimed dancer Min Tanaka portrays the older Hokusai.
Banksy artwork sells for almost $10 million at auction
A member of staff poses in front of a work of art by Banksy entitled 'Show Me The Monet" at Sotheby's auction house in London, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Banksys Show Me the Monet playful take on a famous Impressionist painting has sold to an unidentified bidder at auction on Wednesday evening Oct. 21, 2020, for 7.6 million pounds (US dollars 9.8 million). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON – Banksy's playful take on a famous Impressionist painting has sold at auction for 7.6 million pounds ($9.8 million), the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the British street artist. In the 2005 work, Banksy added abandoned shopping carts and an orange traffic cone to Claude Monet's image of water lilies in his garden at Giverny. Another Banksy work, "Devolved Parliament," sold last year at Sotheby's in London for 9.9 million pounds.
Banksy loses EU trademark fight with greeting card company
BRUSSELS – Street artist Banksy has lost a legal battle with a a greeting card company along with a European Union trademark for one of his most iconic artworks. The decision, which can be appealed, followed a dispute between U.K. greeting card company Full Colour Black Ltd. and the company that authenticates and handles requests dealing with Banksy's work, Pest Control Office Ltd. The greeting card company also noted that Banksy wrote in one of his books that "copyright is for losers." After Full Colour Black started legal proceedings, Banksy opened an online store called Gross Domestic Product to sell his own range of merchandise. The contested (trademark) was filed in order for Banksy to have legal rights over the sign as he could not rely on copyright rights, but that is not a function of a trademark."
Artist Banksy buys a refugee rescue boat to patrol the Mediterranean
The elusive street artist won't be on the vessel, which is crewed by about 10 activists who reportedly rescued 89 people on just one day this week.
Banksy's last COVID-19 tags scrubbed from London Tube train
LONDON Even if you are Banksy, tagging is forbidden on London's Underground. Transport for London, the transportation agency for the greater London area, scrubbed the acclaimed street artist's latest work on the subject of COVID-19 from one of its trains, erasing a visual warning on the dangers of skipping face coverings. Banksy uploaded a a 59-second video to his Instagram and YouTube pages on Tuesday that showed him spray painting on a Circle Line train. One memorable image shows a sickly rat with a runny nose that sneezes and spreads a spray of droplets across a window. Transport for London officials say the works were removed because of a strict anti-graffiti policy.
Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day
(AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)ROME Italy on Tuesday returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall. The chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Michele Renzo, told the French ambassador that it was significant that the handover was occurring on Bastille Day, given the need to continue fighting for all freedoms. Italian authorities had announced last month that they had discovered the painted door in an attic in a country home in Abruzzo. French Ambassador Christian Masset said the door was a witness to the attack but also an escape route. Thanks to this door more lives were saved.Standing next to the piece after it was unveiled, Renzo said Italy was proud to return the painting to its rightful owners.
Banksy proposes new statue honoring protesters who toppled Edward Colston statue in England
Mysterious street artist drew concept sketch of statue he's proposing he says would commemorate "famous day" when statue of Edward Colston was pulled down by protesters.
Banksy's Valentine's Day mural now covered after it was vandalized in London
Just 48 hours after it appeared in Bristol, England, Banksy's latest mural has been vandalized. The mural features a young girl using a slingshot to playfully fire red flowers into the air. The family that owns the home has since covered up the mural to protect it. On Sunday, Woodruff told The Associated Press they have added temporary fencing and installed closed-circuit television cameras. "Due to the mindless vandalism to the artwork, the family have taken the very difficult decision to cover the artwork to try to protect it," Woodruff said.
Banksy has opened an online store
Street artist Banksy appears to have turned up unannounced at the Venice Biennale, and may have even been kicked out of one of the city's most famous piazzas for running a stall without a permit. (CNN) - British artist Banksy has opened an online store, with the stab-proof vest worn by grime superstar Stormzy at Glastonbury among the items for sale. "Gross Domestic Product" is described as "the homewares brand from Banksy," while the website's footer reads "...where art irritates life." The description reads, "As worn by Stormzy at Glastonbury festival (because it's very dangerous there)." Prospective Gross Domestic Product buyers must register online for the chance to buy one item, and are asked to answer the question, "Why does art matter?"
Banksy Slams Multimillion-Dollar Sale of His Painting
Enigmatic British street artist Banksy has slammed the recent sale of one of his paintings for a record $12 million. It depicts chimpanzees as members of the British Parliament. Banksy, whose identity has never been revealed, took to his official Instagram page to denounce the sale of his work. In the Instagram post, which he captioned, Record price for a Banksy painting set at auction tonight. RELATED STORIESBuyer Goes Through With $1.4 Million Purchase of Banksy Painting After It Self-DestructedArtist Banksy Pranks Auction-Goers When His Work Self-Destructs After It's Purchased for $1.4 MillionBanksy Strikes Again?
Banksy painting of British politicians as chimpanzees sells for record $12.2 million
A painting by the world's most famous street artist depicting members of the British Parliament as chimpanzees sold at auction Thursday for a record 9.9 million, or about $12.2 million. It's titled "Devolved Parliament" and depicts the House of Commons "overrun with parliamentary primates" a particularly timely piece given the tumultuous state of British politics over the controversial Brexit debate. Banksy's "Devolved Parliament" sold for a record $12.2 million at Sotheby's London. Bristol museum have just put it back on display to mark Brexit day," Banksy posted on Instagram in March. The previous auction record for the artist was $1.87 million, for the painting "Keep it Spotless" at Sotheby's New York in 2008.
Banksy opens pop-up "store" in feud with greeting card company
Original artworks by British artist Banksy form part of an installation inside a shop front, ahead of an online sale, in Croydon, England, October 1, 2019. REUTERSLondon Art fans and curious shoppers crowded around a disused shop in south London on Monday after notorious street artist Banksy set up a mini art exhibition in protest against a greeting card company. The exhibition popped up overnight in Croydon, with the exhibits shown behind large glass windows, under a shop sign reading "Gross Domestic Product." Banksy said in a statement that his motivation was "possibly the least poetic reason to ever make some art." Original artworks by British artist Banksy form part of an installation inside a shop front, ahead of an online sale, in Croydon, England, October 1, 2019.
Banksy Painting Depicting British Parliament as Chimps Hits Auction Block
As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggles to keep his Parliament in order, a 2009 Banksy painting illustrating the U.K. law-making body as chimps hits the auction block. The painting known as Devolved Parliament showcases the enigmatic artist's satirical and cynical view of the British government as being run by a lower species. The painting will be going on display in London for the first time at Sothebys Auction House, less than 1 mile from the House of Commons. The painting is also going on display during a tumultuous time in British politics as the ongoing Brexit negotiations have stalled. RELATED STORIESBuyer Goes Through With $1.4 Million Purchase of Banksy Painting After It Self-DestructedArtist Banksy Pranks Auction-Goers When His Work Self-Destructs After It's Purchased for $1.4 MillionBanksy Strikes Again?
Banksy's chimp-filled Parliament up for sale amid Brexit chaos
As Britain's political system remains in Brexit turmoil, a Banksy painting of the House of Commons overrun by chimpanzees is to go on sale in London next month. (CNN) - As Britain's political system remains in Brexit turmoil, a Banksy painting of the House of Commons overrun by chimpanzees is to go on sale in London next month. Measuring 13 feet long, "Devolved Parliament" shows the benches of Parliament occupied by primates. It will be on show at Sotheby's for several days before the sale, just one mile from Westminster, where political chaos continues to reign. While "Devolved Parliament" was not intended as a commentary on Brexit, the issue has not escaped the artist's attention since the 2016 referendum.
Banksy's famous Brexit mural disappears from side of Dover building
DOVER, United Kingdom - Banksy's mural of a workman chiseling away at a star in the European Union flag mysteriously disappeared from the side of a building in Dover, England, over the weekend. The mural, which adorned the Castle Amusements building since 2017, symbolized Brexit, the United Kingdom's impending departure from the EU. The mural had become a landmark in Dover, the ferry port that connects the UK with France. The Godden family, which owns the building on which the mural is painted, had previously expressed interest in selling the artwork, according to The Telegraph. Cultural vandalism of the highest order," tweeted Dover resident Peter Garstin.


What makes Belgium the world chocolate capital?
We have a very long history in processing chocolate since the beginning of the century, from small manufactures to big European players. Thanks to a very high quality industrial chocolate couverture, the general level of Belgian chocolates is higher than in other countries.
What are the best street and shops in Brussels to buy Belgian chocolate?
The best handmade manufactures are on Place du Sablon, the very chic square of antiquaries and chocolate shops. You will find big names in the small production like Marcolini, Wittamer, Darcis, Blondeel, the big players Neuhaus, Godiva & Leonidas and the very recent location of the French stars like Patrick Roger and Ladurée.
What makes handmade chocolates superior to factory-produced varieties?
The quality of the raw ingredients, the good recipes and the freshness of the production are the main keys for quality handmade chocolates. The production is made all along the season in small batches, using none or very little preservative. The big players all tend to have the same price and quality of ingredients, and recipes with a very long shelf life by using lots of sugar. Their differences are more about the marketing and the packaging.
How do I pick and choose the best chocolates?
Always ask for a free tasting!
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After the 109-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, Kobe Bryant had high praise for Pau and Marc Gasol. While discussing their skill level, Bryant mentioned how European basketball players are much more skillful than American basketball players, via ESPN's Arash Markazi:
"I just think European players are just way more skillful," Bryant said Friday night after the Los Angeles Lakers' 109-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. "They are just taught the game the right way at an early age. … They're more skillful. It's something we really have to fix. We really have to address that. We have to teach our kids to play the right way."
In addition to praising European players, Bryant talked about AAU basketball and how it doesn't teach young players the fundamental of the games, via Markazi:
"AAU basketball," Bryant said. "Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. It's stupid. It doesn't teach our kids how to play the game at all so you wind up having players that are big and they bring it up and they do all this fancy crap and they don't know how to post. They don't know the fundamentals of the game. It's stupid."
While Kobe grew up in Philadelphia, the five-time champion moved to Italy when he was six years old and learned the fundamentals of the game. Although Kobe is a shooting guard, he is one of the best post-players in the league and has mastered his footwork through the years.
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