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Unblock by Werdsmith
By Nathan Tesler
Developer: Nathan Tesler
Say goodbye to writer's block. Unblock makes writing easy, with professionally designed writing exercises to get you through even the toughest obstacles. With Unblock you have access to hundreds of writing prompts, exercises, questions and quotes that will help you: - Get through writer's block - Discover what kind of writer you are - Develop your writing skills - Get inspired to write - Bring your characters to life - Spark your muse Unblock is a project by Werdsmith. Please note: exercises in Unblock are grouped into decks of cards, which you can unlock by purchasing credits in the app. We've given you a bunch of credits for free to get you started.
By Rachel Aquilina
I am an aspiring writer, and in writing my first book, I was kind of clueless. I tried many apps to help me with outlines and ideas, even to help with writers block, but NOTHING compared to this. This is the best writing app I have ever used and it has helped me come up with tons of new ideas for my story and I MUST incorporate them into it ASAP. THAT’S HOW GOOD THIS IS. GET THIS APP RIGHT NOW.
Good but Could be Better
By Incedibly addicting
This app has a lot of great potential and is one I’d love to explore. However, the app makes it impossible to do so. Say I’m an author, that’s my job. But my books aren’t selling like crazy so I turn to this app thinking it’s cheap and helpful with getting the ideas flowing. Then, upon opening it, I find that I get two card sets and the rest I have to spend money I DON’T have on an app I thought was free. I understand the developer must make money himself, but more card sets should be available from the beginning. Say for example, the main feature of this app, The Daily Habit. It’s on the AppStore page and mentioned in the description. If nothing else, shouldn’t this be free? Like I said, this is a beautiful app and it’s one that I wish I had the funds to use correctly. The coins should be able to be earned. Say, for example, every time you complete a Daily Habit you get 5 coins. This would make the process slow, but not impossible and the un-patient people will go straight for the option to purchase coins. I truly wish I could’ve enjoyed this app more, but the system displayed is impossible for my budget. Fix this issue and you’ll have a loyal follower.
By laney0926
I like the idea of the app and all, and I like how it shows you all the decks you can purchase, but it made me purchase the Discovery deck before it would let me look at the other choices, and then I only had enough credits for one deck, and I wasn’t even really interested in that deck anyway
Good, but unreasonable
By Awesome amazing rowksksksjsnsn
I’ve had this app for a while but really haven’t used it until now.First off, the prompts on it are really good which is why it did get 2 stars.But the fact that there is no way to get credits without buying them makes no sense unless they’re just trying to get all of your money. There should be a way to get credits without buying them.
I want to like it...
By Pendemonium
(Updated) ... but I learned long ago not to purchase IAP credits to unlock features in an app. You can't restore them. So if you buy a lot of credits, then need to switch phones, you are out the packs that you bought with those credits. Please correct me if I'm wrong: things may have changed. Offer a full unlock, or even packs of cards that can be restored, and I will certainly take another look at what this app has to offer. It seems interesting, but I'm not going to get burned again. — It’s interesting that the dev still updates the app, yet totally ignores all of the complaints about the monetization scheme. IAP currency is horrible for anything that is supposed to last. Offering no way to earn “coins” without buying them makes no sense, unless the goal is to force your customers to re-buy everything later on if they upgrade/replace their phone, or have to reinstall the app for any reason. If they were to sell the additional card sets for actual money so they could be restored, or offer groups of card packs for sale – like $10-15 for “full access” – I would buy them. No question. I will not support this form of IAP. Ever.
Instant Paywall
By Benbo's Reviews for Nerds
You're blocked by an instant paywall as soon as you start using this app to unlock the features it was made for and you downloaded it for in the first place. Scummy business practices, stay away.
Would be useful, but...
By WaZzzzZuPp!
this would be super useful if there was a way to earn "star coins" besides just buying them. or, even better, if you got rid of the star coins and just gave us the stuff for free, like your app advertised... i would much rather sit through ads then have to pay for something that is advertised as free.
I'm Disappointed...
By XxLethallyDemonicxX
I like the concept of this app, but the fact that you have to spend money on it without other choices is disappointing. If anything I would suggest being able to watch an advertisement for 5 or so star coins, or even a daily bonus system would work. The 30 (-10) star coins they give you at the start isn't enough to buy the pack they described the whole app about. Ironic much?
Very useful app for writers!
By rpphoto
This is a great way to make sparks fly in your brain, real inspiration and ideas for brainstorming. I don't mind supporting developers; there's a huge amount of time and energy to create these things, and if you don't support the creators they will have no incentive (or economy) to make or update things in the future. This app can really be applied for more than just writing. I'm also using it to focus and create ideas for my photo art projects. Very attractive app, too.
Good premise, bad delivery.
By K Karwan
I would much rather sit through ads than be forced to buy "star coins" to unlock the feature for which I downloaded this app to begin with. They give you 30 coins. Then force you to buy their basic "What kind of writer are you?" package for 10. Well, now that you've slogged through that waste of time, the "beating writers block" bundle (the one this entire app description implies this whole app is about) is 30 coins in and of itself. If you're in my situation, where you are just stuck while writing, don't expect this seemingly free app to help without a price.
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Adore and Admire
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO ROSS
Adore and Admire is an alternate-universe RP which finds a middleground between old-Western cowboy settings, along with steampunk and deep fantasy. The year is 440 AR, and the month/season follows with the real world's and the northern hemisphere.
Amelié Gentilesci
Adore and Admire :: PROFILES :: Character Creation :: Female
Amelié on Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:57 am
DOSSIER: Sorcerer Freelancer
RANK: Singer
-GENDER
-AGE
-BIRTHPLACE
Port Victory, South Thibudis
-BIRTHDATE
June 14th, 420 AR
-THEME SONG
+ For now: Welcome to my Fanclub's Night!
-PICTURE
-DESCRIPTION
There are only a few things that never really change about Amelié. One: She is 5'6". Two: She weighs about 145 lbs (ok so that could change maybe). Three: She has sparkling blue eyes that instantly grab someones attention when she looks at you. There is a sort of intensity to them that you can't help but notice. When she speaks to you, she generally gives her full attention. Four: Her hair is always long. Five: Her voice is clear, confident, and powerful. It is another thing that can be captivating about her. If she has to start giving out orders, you know she means business. Normally she just sounds like a sweet girl. Other than that... Amelié is a being of free-spirit.
Thanks to her abilities via the Ancestors, her hair will shift colors when she wills it from its usual blonde/strawberry blonde color. Sometimes its blue, purple, white, black.... Basically any color that you could choose. Her wardrobe is also a thing that is subject to change since it really can depend on her mood. She has plenty of clothes, and thus plenty of choices for various occasions. A guarantee, however, is that it'll be stylish on her and possibly show off her curves. She knows that she's a pretty girl (and she isn't so hesitant to show it off). She also wears a distinctive pair of earrings all the time for they are precious to her.
-PRIMARY WEAPONS
A microphone is her weapon of choice if she can get away with it.
-SECONDARY WEAPONS
A spear is her second choice.
-SORCERY SPECIALITY
She's a changling with her hair. In a general sense, she can change her appearance slightly at the moment.
-SKILLS
+ Singing
+ Dancing
+ Taking control of a situation
+ Not revealing everything in a situation ^_~
-WEAKNESSES
+ She feels as if she has to prove herself upon occasion.
+ She hates feeling useless.
+ She actually hates fighting.
+ She is too often self-conscious about herself.
-COMBAT STYLE
Amelié is a more of a pacifist by nature, but she does know how to fight if she absolutely has to. If she doesn't have a spear on hand, she will mostly try to dodge and get away from her attacker if possible. She might make a few quick kicks or some such if she feel it will actually DO anything to help her in whatever situation she finds herself in. Otherwise she will try to find something in her surroundings to delay her attacker with, or use as some kind of makeshift weapon (in her case things like brooms, long sticks, etc).
When she has her spear, however, the inner warrior comes out. She is quick, agile, and unrelenting. Her reflexes allow her to react with haste with either a spin of her spear, a deflection with the shaft, or maybe a parry via the tip. By an instructors standards, she has excellent form. She does possess great upper body strength for she can manage to bend a bamboo shaft when she is training. As long as she some kind of poled weapon, she can deal some serious damage, she is just the best at the spear. A glave would be a fantastic stand-in.
-PERSONALITY
Words can only go so far when it comes to describing a person, but they shall try to do Amelié Gentilesci justice. She is a woman of strength, integrity, and beauty. She will refuse to back down from a fight should she be challenged unless she knows it to be wiser to avoid the confrontation. She possess the womanly grace that many men may find attractive, and she knows how to use her womanly wiles if she needs to get her way (or if she's just bored. Not that she likes to play with hearts mind you! Though some teasing never hurt anyone). She is quite mature given her age, though her youthful nature does come out to play.
For example, she may pester in jest until someone will give in and take a day to walk her around a city should she find them interesting enough. She giggles at silly things, funny things, witty things. She cares about her appearance, and yet she won't if there is not time to worry about such frivolous things or some such. If she can help it though? She wants to look pretty, what kind of girl wouldn't? In that sense, there is an unshakeable self-confidence to her that fuels and drives her forward. She is who she is today because she worked hard to get here, and because of a special few who offered her support and aid when she needed it. If she decides that she likes you, she may decide to aid you in subtle or slight fashions. However, she must be sure that you can take that step yourself and not need to be taken by the hand and shown how to do everything. Nobody likes a complete child. She holds no respect for people that utterly depend on a person (unless she can understand the situation).
Then there is the complex issue of war. To her, war is an ugly thing rife with sadness, death, and just overall bad. But like hell will she be unprepared to deal with it. The resolve that has fueled her in her career also fuels her should she need to steel herself for a combat situation. She will take up arms if no one else will and fight to death even if she might be terrified. As a rule of thumb, she tries her best not to show any kind of weakness to anyone and always tries to appear the self-confident Amelié that people know and love. After all, she didn't follow her rebellious streak for nothing! She followed it in order to pursue the thing she was most passionate about. That is another thing that is notable about her. If she feels strongly about something, she doesn't hold back when pursuing it.
Ones familial history is not something that always defines them. Amelié made a point of breaking that chain of thinking. She is the daughter of a prominent General who retired to Port Victory once his wife began to take ill. She bore their daughter with some difficulty, and managed to survive the birth though she was in the hospital for a while afterwards. When General Arturius Gentilesci found out he was to have a daughter, he was both thrilled and disappointed. He had hoped for a son to carry on the family line, but was gifted with a daughter instead. The reason he was thrilled to have her was because of the frail nature of his wife whom had been a nurse that had served with his regiment before.
Despite his initial misgivings about having a daughter, those were soon broken as his daughter grew and grew. She was quick to learn and perceive things, speaking her first words a bit earlier than other children her age. It was then that he decided he would try to raise her with the strength of a soldier while maintaining the precious frailty of a girl. It was what her mother wanted, and he loved his wife dearly. So she was a child that learned ballet, and minor combat forms. She played the flute, and learned how to stab with a spear. She learned the etiquette of a lady of the upper class combined with the strictness of a soldier. At first it was fun to her, like a game of some sort. People seemed to adore her, charmed by her acceptance to learn and how quickly she took to her different subjects. She had to admit, the attention was rather nice! Though her father wouldn't let it go to her head, drilling her that a puffed up peacock wouldn't survive in the world. It was something she learned quite well since she did notice how some of her fellow students didn't seem to like her for it. Once she toned it down and kept her pleasure more to herself, they seemed to open up more.
But then she discovered singing. She had joined her high schools chorale group and was soon one of their shining stars. Her father had already begun to hint at her joining the military, but now she wanted to pursue something else. She wanted to be a singer. No, correction, she wanted to be the best singer there was! Her mother had to remain in the hospital constantly for the past several years, growing weaker and weaker with each passing month. Yet she supported her daughter's dream when Amelié told her during one particular visit. She always visited her mother after school. Her father, on the other hand, was less than thrilled to hear of her plans. It was a wrench that had been thrown into his ideas for the future and well... he kind of went into a rage. They had thankfully been at home at the time, but it was still devastating to her. She hadn't cried so hard in her room before.
The words sank in overnight and she didn't bring up the subject again. Her father had told her that if she wanted to become a singer, he would disown her and she would have no home to return to. So Amelié fell quiet and did as he bade her to, learning how to fight better and better with her spear as time went on. She still sang in the chorale, he at least permitted her that, but it wasn't as fulfilling as it had been before. It was hollow, like a shade to remind her of what had been denied from her. It wasn't until she told her mother a couple of weeks later what had transpired between her and father since her mother could clearly tell something was eating away at her. It was her mother who told her to go and grasp that dream no matter who told her she couldn't, or shouldn't. "But what of father?" Amelié asked her mother. "Don't tell him." Was her simple reply with a sly smile upon her weathered face.
So that was what she did. Amelié spoke to their chorale teacher and began to take private lessons, using money that she claimed went towards some other kind of lesson when her father asked. Then she went to auditions, writing and singing when and where she could. Sometimes she went to open mic nights doing covers, other times she managed to get small gigs with local bands who needed a singer for the evening or something. It took some time, but by the time she was about to graduate from High School, she was scouted. A call had finally come back. She was so excited she ran all the way to the hospital to tell her mother the good news only.... When she got there, the room was empty. Confused, she asked the nurses if she had gotten the right room and they looked at each other, before turning to her sadly. "I'm sorry but she died about an hour and a half ago or so. She's already been taken down to the embalmer for preparations for her funeral." "...What? Sh-She's..." Amelié couldn't believe her ears at the news, instead staring at the empty room with its empty bed. She hadn't even been told that her mother had died. Her happiest day, had become her saddest. She had never seen her father so broken before that day. They ate dinner in relative silence.
During the funeral, she asked the priest if it would be alright for her to sing a song for her mother, and he gave her the go ahead. So she did. It was a sunny day, a beautiful day, one of those days that her mother would have loved. She sang as she had never sung before, tears running down her cheeks, and she could feel something stir within her. It was as if a being had answered, or reacted to her singing. As she began to realize it was an ancestor answering her, her hair began to shimmer with a spectrum of colors like a liquid opal. It drew the attention of all those that were there, and though startled, she didn't stop singing. It was as if her hair had come alive, glittering with the light of life. It was like the Ancestors told her that was what she should do. And her father understood that too. After they had arrived home, he asked her if she was still interested in becoming a singer. She told him the good news she hadn't been able to tell her mother, and how she had been going behind his back to do it. He stared at her silently for a few moments, then merely nodded slowly. "Do as you will. Just promise me you will never lose what we have taught you." He told her tiredly with a wave of a hand, sitting down to his drink then.
So she pursued her career with a fierce passion, as if she were a woman possessed. And it flourished with the brilliance of a rising star. She was soon known throughout the different cities, and she had a fan-base that was rapidly growing. Despite it all, her father was proud of her.
-SORCERY TECHNIQUES
~ Rainbow ~ 1
Amelié's singing draws the attention of Ancestors and it channels into her appearance. Right now, she focuses it into her flowing hair in order to change the color for the most part though she can create a kind of shimmering effect if she gains a lot of power.
-SORCERY FINISHER
~ Flash Bomb ~ 1
With a powerful surge of energy from the Ancestors, Amelié can cause her hair to become a blinding focal point of light in order to distract/disable her opponents temporarily. In essence, it's like a flash bomb that goes off, but is her hair. They can't really see after staring at it. She has to have her eyes closed otherwise this could also affect her slightly, given her bangs close proximity to her eyes. The brilliant light lasts about fifteen seconds or so before going out.
-FACE CLAIM
[b]Macross Frontier/Aoki Hayato[/b] ||| [i]Sheryl Nome[/i]
-CUSTOM RANK
- Siren of Thibudis
-ALIAS/NICKNAME
Vi, Raven, something....
-OTHER CHARACTERS
Aurora Shir, Prophet Barius, Kida Armitage
Amelié
SIREN OF THIBUDIS
Credits : 5
Power Level: 1
Re: Amelié Gentilesci
Elisa Castillo on Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:13 am
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childhood memories Tag
An orb weaver and its web. [image credit: San Diego Zoo]
An always delightfully engaging friend asks of the Hive Mind on Facebook:
What is the first wildlife you remember encountering in the actual wild (wild is broadly meant here–not a zoo)? Maybe don’t count squirrels. Or maybe do. I’m pretty sure mine was a squirrel. Or a pot gut up at Brighton.
Childhood memories. Such hole-y, but ever-tantalizing, constructs (say cognitive neuroscientists, whom I’ve no reason to question, although I’d like to).
My timeline ordering is necessarily diaphanous from this far vantage of almost five decades, but the set of vivid memories poking out from the gray mists comprises the following most likely non-boring contenders (for current purposes, deer = boring, although at first-sighting they, too, were exciting):
various SoCal orb weavers — hence my early and lasting fascination with and fondness of arachnids and the beguiling, interrupted symmetry of spider webs (was this the seed of my later captivation by mathematics?);
praying mantises — hence, subsuming arachnids, my early and lasting chitinous fascination with and fondness of arthropods generally;
a brown Desert tortoise, whom we named Fred, my brother and I, and who hung out in the grass and ivy of our suburban Los Angeles back yard one summer, happily devouring our fig tree droppings (Fred did not seem to care for fallen apricots) — hence, yada yada, reptiles;
[Later, I had an alligator lizard, also named Fred. He was brown, too. Much later, my wife and I had a cat, also named Fred, whom we rescued from the wilds of our Washington, DC, suburb. Fred the cat was also brown. Fred is the name of all the best brown pets. One day, alligator Fred laid an egg. It had a soft, leathery shell, cream-white with brown stains. Not at all like a chicken egg from the grocery store. Fred with the hard shell and a fondness for brown-black figs laying in the sun did not lay an egg. Fred’s egg never hatched; not understanding why, I was crestfallen. (And cats, silly, don’t lay eggs. But an ancestor that cats deign to share in common with us laid eggs. I think that’s cool. I bet it was brown, that ancestor.)]
a hawk, perched on top of a tall party-line telephone pole (it seemed impossibly tall to an eight-or-nine-year-old kid from the L.A. suburbs, and the isolated farmhouses in eastern Washington wheat country were all connected by party lines, and church socials) across and down the draw — that’s what my grandmother always called it, The Draw, as if that was its name — a mile or so south and west from my grandparents’ farmhouse one hot summer day, which one of my ancestral uncles shot, from an impressive distance, with his childhood .22 rifle with the well-worn brown wood stock, the bird’s feathers suddenly exploding — a long time, it seemed, after the rifle hammer made the bullet’s gunpowder explode — and fluttering down against the hot still air, shimmering silhouettes arcing in and out of existence against an infinite deep blue sky (back then, deep blue skies were infinite, especially on hot summer days), the way blue and black dinosaur feathers do when they explode — hence my early and lasting dislike of firearms, and of immature, inconsiderate mentalities;
[The hawk flew away, I would guess surprised at the sudden disappearance of tail feathers and angry at such a rude interruption of its respite. One of the feathers, like my favorite lucky agate, I kept for many years.]
and, indirectly, an American black bear, who, some time in the dead of an inky starlit night in the Sierras,
quietly and neatly tore a perfectly square, hand-sized opening in the corner of a fellow Boy Scout member’s tent (pretty sure it was a blue tent, like mine, but it could have been green) and took his illicit stash of Butterfingers (yes, that kid, who had red hair and freckles and I’m sure a name, and whom I never did much like because he was kind of a bully, was a fucking idiot), and
quietly and neatly tore the left rear door off a neighboring camper’s metallic-blue Toyota sedan and took the food from the subsequently undamaged blue and white Coleman cooler sitting under a blanket on the back seat (the sedan owner wasn’t too bright, either, though, unlike freckles the idiot, he had black horn rimmed glasses and was a really nice guy)
— hence, my early and lasting appreciation for the wide range of manual dexterity among bears.
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27 Listicle Series: Raindrop
The recording of Mild Meltdowns began in Autumn of 2016, when Miles Devine invited his ultimate studio band – Timothy Sneddon, Lachlan Earl and Oscar Henfrey – to his home studio to record a full length album alongside co-producer, SPOD (The Laurels, Richard in Your Mind, Straight Arrows).
We caught up with the band to ask them their Top Five Debut Albums
‘Top 5 Debut Albums by Raindrop
No1. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
By far my most stand-out favourite debut album of all time. The perfect amount of raw, unstoppable energy that opened more cosmic doors than any band ever.
No.2 Grandaddy – Under the Western Freeway
A very special album to me. Grandaddy’s sombre but oh so dreamy vibe is a big influence on my songwriting and production.
No. 3 Air – Moon Safari
Ah, what I would give to be watching that album being made from behind the recording console. Some of the best recorded orchestral strings ever blended with crazy synth sounds. My Heaven.
No. 4. The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone
The first and only LP of one of the coolest bands I’ve ever heard. Such a sweet amount of darkness, almost too dark at times, yet has one of the most playful vibes of any album I’ve ever heard
No. 5 The Avalanches – Since I Left You
This album changed my life. It taught me the beauty of LOFI sampling and how music doesn’t have to have any rules.
@ Waywards (The Bank Hotel), Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
w/Egoism + RIYM (DJ SET)
Event Page: http://bit.ly/Raindrop_AlbumLaunch
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Boom in Indian Publishing?
Posted on December 19, 2011 January 5, 2012 by maddingcrowd
While attending the Goa Art and Literature Festival, I found myself, quite unexpectedly, invited to a panel discussion on the future of publishing. The panel’s brief was to examine if the publishing boom, that is currently being experienced, can be sustained. Others on the panel included Chiki Sarkar, publisher of Penguin Books India, Nirmal Kanti Banerjee, Director of K K Birla Foundation, New Delhi, Frederick Noronha, publisher of Goa 1556 and S. Anand, publisher of Navayana.
Chiki Sarkar was the moderator and she began by asking whether there was credence to the belief that there is currently a boom in publishing. Most answers to that question were in the affirmative but came with riders, that referred to the abysmal state of distribution as a major factor that dampened growth. So while sales were increasing and there seemed to be a visible increase in the number of people reading, many more readers could be had if there was indeed a well developed distribution system. Frederick, who publishes books that appeal to a relatively small audience, hastened to say that sales were not a benchmark, rather the variety of titles he published. Similarly, Anand and Nirmal pointed that although readers were buying more books, books bought per capita was a low, abysmal, figure of 1 book per person per year and then too this figure was even lower among some languages.
What was most interesting, though, was Chiki Sarkar’s answer to her own question. She said that while books were indeed selling in large numbers, they belonged to a few categories. So the best sellers included diet books, cookery books, books that documented success stories like Rashmi Bansal’s Connect the Dots, self-help books and maybe books that belonged to a few other such categories. Among fiction, the books that have captured the readers’ imagination are books that are not necessarily well written but those that “connect with the reader”, now often collectively called the “Chetan Bhagats”. Suffice to say that the publishing boom did not point to an increase in readership over all kinds of books, or lead to an increase in literary output, but led to mounting sales of just a few kinds of books. These categories are now considered safe bets and publishers bet on them because they seem to reflect contemporary readers’ tastes.
The implications of this fact are many. For one, the sales of such books might lead publishers to concentrate on them alone much to the detriment of other types of books. At best, it might cross-subsidize the publication of these other types but a publisher would have to justify his/her decision to publish such a book. Moreover, the success of these diet and cookery books might lead publishers of books in the languages to mimic their English counterparts and concentrate on such books alone. This could indeed be harmful as these “language publishers” have so far been doing an excellent job giving expression to disparate voices and offering insights into the lives of a large percentage of the population.
Secondly, like Anand pointed out, the huge bookstore chains are concentrating on these “bestsellers”. Under pressure to improve their margins and increase returns on large real-estate investments, many of these stores have begun reducing the inventory they hold. More often than not, this reduction manifests itself as fewer titles being stocked. This while large numbers of the bestselling titles are kept in inventory for fear of stocking out in the face of large demand. On this blog we have often argued that the fact that online book stores have unlimited inventories mean little to publishers in terms of revenues since in most cases books are used as loss leaders.
The third implication leads directly to the surge we have seen in recent days, of authors increasingly interested in self-publishing. The ease that technology provides to allow easy self-publishing notwithstanding, we at CinnamonTeal have ourselves witnessed an increase in the numbers who have come to us with a wish to self-publish. While some may argue that these are not books that would have been taken seriously by publishers anyway, we have seen trends that show otherwise. Among our books, we have had a lot of poetry, sci-fi, paranormal thrillers and studies of mythology and oral traditions. Perhaps, this surge in self-publishing, and in subjects as varied as these, is because mainstream publishers just aren’t interested in some kinds of books anymore. Self-publishing aside, the increase in the number of independent publishers and a glance at their lists paints a different picture, of the need for platforms that will allow different voices to express themselves.
Surely a measure of the publishing boom would be a discussion on what is being written rather than what is being read.
Before we celebrated the boom in publishing, therefore, there certainly seems to be a need to introspect on the quality of our literary output and the means available to us to improve it.
Update: In related posts, Shobit Arya, founder and publisher of Wisdom Tree, argues for a balanced and nuanced approach to bookselling while predicting an increase in what he calls “paisa-wasool” (money’s worth) literature. David Davidar, founder of Aleph Book Company, sounds very optimistic when he states that Indian writers are charting their own course and are spoilt for choice with many genres yet to be fully exploited.
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2 thoughts on “Boom in Indian Publishing?”
Sumana says:
After reading many, many, many blogs/articles on this particular topic; I’m more and more convinced we need a very innovative publishing model, at least in India. I get a sense that the market, unlike other markets, is not driven by the end user – but by the facilitators like distributors, retailers etc. They’ve decided category A sells, and category B does not sell…period. Its a bit like cricket eclipsing all other games…there is emphasis only on a particular ‘style’ (I can’t even call it genre) of literature, at the cost of stamping out good quality genre fiction.
Self-publishing has indeed helped a lot of authors who chose to write specific genres. Perhaps if the self-publishing industry can offer the distribution and retailing end of the business process, a lot more authors would choose self-publishing as an option.
The day there are Indian counterparts for the Ludlums, Forsyths, Crichtons, Larssons…I’ll agree Indian publishing industry is ‘booming’!
Since big publishers tend to play safe with established authors and there are hardly any literary agents, it looks like self publishing is the only way for new authors and that is why it has a great future in India
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The Skeleth by Matthew Jobin
Penguin, 2016 (2016)
Hardcover, e-Book
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
The Skeleth is the second in The Nethergrim epic, a middle grade fantasy series by Matthew Jobin. The first entry introduced three young people in the village of Moorvale, who had been raised on tales of the heroic defeat of the evil Nethergrim by brave knight Tristan and talented wizard Vithric. But did they really succeed?
Fourteen-year-old Edmund Bale is passionately interested in magic and seeks to learn in any way he can, even by theft. Edmund adores tall tomboy Katherine Mashal, who helps her father John (one of the original band of heroes) train horses and herself trains as a warrior. She is attracted to Harry, son of the local lord. Katherine and Edmund are close friends with Tom, slave to a brutal master.
In The Nethergrim, local children (including Edmund's younger brother) and animals went missing and our heroic trio managed to save some of them and defeat the Nethergrim's minions, while Edmund achieved his first magical feat. Tom left with Katherine's father John, in search of his old comrade, Lord Tristan at his castle of Harthingdale.
As The Skeleth opens, Edmund starts to hear the Nethergrim in his mind, cajoling him and tutoring him in magic - why? He's approached by a magic user called Elli who asks for his help, and tutors him. In her father's absence, Katherine is forced to work as a servant in the local lord's castle. Lord Wolland arrives with his entourage, preaching treason.
Meanwhile, Tom and John reach Harthingdale to find it taken over by enemy Wollanders and a sorceress who unleashes Skeleth that turns men into zombies. A brave and resourceful Tom finds and helps Tristan, who then sends him on a mission. There are captures, escapes, ambushes and betrayals as the action mounts. Edmund resents Harry and Katherine distrusts Elli. But the three friends continue to stand - and fight - together.
While the first episode was pretty solid, this second one has a rather scattered plot. But it does advance the story and ends on a dramatic note that sets the scene nicely for what will follow.
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Shri Sudhir Mishra, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace honoured with The First Machinist Super CEO of the Year-2015 Award
BrahMos Aerospace (May 25, 2015) Print This News
NEW DELHI: The Machinist Super Shop Floor 2015 Awards' ceremony held on May 22 at The Westin Pune was a grand success. The awards ceremony saw some of the finest manufacturing plants in India getting honoured and awarded as 'Super Shop Floors 2015'.
Also honoured during the event was BrahMos Aerospace CEO & MD Shri Sudhir Mishra with 'The Machinist Super CEO 2015' award.
Shri Niranjan Mudholkar Editor & Chief Community Officer - B2B, Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd of The Times of India Group said: "Shri Mishra becomes the first to receive the honour under the magazine's "Editorial Choice Awards" category for his visionary leadership skills in taking BrahMos Aerospace to the next level as well as for his consistent endeavours and emphasis on increasing the indigenisation of BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missiles in the national interest.
"We believe Mr Mishra has successfully brought a corporate edge to the two-nation Joint Venture missile manufacturing organisation without compromising on the basic principles and values of the joint venture.
"The BrahMos MD & CEO also deserves to win this award because he is directly serving the nation while executing his responsibilities. It is a privilege for us as well that we are able to honour one of India's finest missile scientist and technocrat with the first edition of this award," Shri Mudholkar said.
The award was handed over by Shri Kalraj Mishra, Honourable Union Minister of MSME, Government of India to Shri Sudhir Mishra.
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Hurd announces £10m ‘Investment and contract-readiness fund’
In an open letter on the Cabinet Office website, civil society minister Nick Hurd has announced a new £10m Investment & Contract-Readiness Fund designed to help civil society organisations become ready for new forms of social investment and for new levels of public service contracting.
In the letter Hurd explains that the recent green paper Modernising Commissioning prompted over 400 responses from third sector organisations and that these and other consultations have shaped the recent (11th July 2011) white paper, Open Public Services, previously mentioned here on this blog. The white paper is part of a continuing ‘listening exercise’ until the end of September.
Hurd’s letter also draws attention to Contract Finder, the new central ‘portal’ for all government contracts, which replaces SupplyGov. This, Hurd claims, will open up public contracting to SMEs, “including civil society organisations meeting this definition”.
Third Sector Online covers the story here.
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About Sarah Khan
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Condé Nast Traveler: How South Africa Is Telling Its Story Through Tourism
by Sarah | Nov 9, 2017 | Condé Nast Traveler | 0 comments
How much has tourism changed in the past 30 years? In South Africa, the industry was a world away from what it is today: for one, it was heavily white — 1987 was in the final years of apartheid, after all. For its 30th anniversary, Condé Nast Traveler took a look at Six Places You Wouldn’t Have Recognized 30 Years Ago — and I reported on South Africa, then and now. Read it here.
I also participated in the Travelogue podcast with CNT editors to talk about this topic. You can listen to that conversation here.
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Equinics – The Grade I Casterly Rock
Posted by ivanyamil at 2:28 pm Previews
Pure speed will be on display at the Equinics, where we honor six time Grade I winner Casterly Rock with a race in which some of the best sprinters the Sim has to offer will contest this race at 6.5 furlongs. A full field of fourteen will line up in the gate, let’s take a look at them:
1. Barb Island – LION HEARTED x SMOKE GLACKEN x PENTIRE (GB)
Lightly raced five-year-old horse representing the host residency, the Universal Racing Club. He has run well in groups of somewhat lower quality than this one, but shows no wins since December of 2016, so he is sporting a nine race-losing streak that he looks to break. Looking at his speed figures, definitely he is not far off the bests in here, but it is a cause for concern that he does not like to be in that winners circle. His trainer dumbest is trying to change his style from a pure need the lead sprinter to a stalker, and his last two races are proof that apparently that adjustment is starting to pay dividends. We cannot recommend him as one of the top choices in this race, but there is hope from his entourage that he still can improve and have a nice five-year-old campaign. However, for now, the most he can aspire is a lower exotics placement at most.
2. Yo Whasupp – FED BIZ x INDIAN RIDGE x EL GRAN SENOR
This consistent colt is carrying the colors of the Elite Residency, and with four wins and six seconds from a total of eleven lifetime starts, you know he is a very dependable horse. Looking at his resume, it is obvious that he has been running against company not nearly as strong as the one he will be facing in this race. But his trainer jbcri63 cannot be any more happy that his prodigy has been selected to such a high level competition, and he vows he will run the race of his life on February 24th. His last race was a solid fifth place finish in the Grade I Malibu Sprint, a race in which he was a 22/1 proposition, so definitely outran his odds. He has maintained a very steady and healthy improvement pattern, and we should see him trying to pick up the pieces, hoping he has a hot pace to run against. Cannot be one of the favorites, but will not be a surprise to me that he ran well enough to sneak into the exotics.
3. Gyoka San – SKY MESA x DANZIG x SECRETARIAT
Representing the Midas Residency, this five-year-old gelding out of the much-underrated sire Sky Mesa, he comes from a stakes-winning mare with a pedigree to die for; Danzig out of a Secretariat mare. He seems to be slowly getting into his tip to shape, confirmed by the fact that he has won two stales races in a row, one of them a Grade II, and in his last three races, he has improved his peed figure in each and every one of them. There is no question that this is the deepest and most talented field he has ever faced, but his trainer longdesert gave him a nice eight-week refresher, hoping to maintain that same condition he was displaying at the end of last year. If the morning work is an indication of how he will perform in the afternoon, then his trainer does not have anything to worry about, as clockers have been raving about him over the last month or so. He should be well positioned from the start and with a little improvement, he can be a top contender for the major award here.
4. Metaphorically – TIZNOW x INDIAN CHARLIE x STORM CAT
The Universal Racing Club is represented by this four-year-old light grey colt, out of former Horse of the Year Tiznow. His dam was a stakes winner going long over the grass, so he is doing exactly the opposite that he is supposed to do. This horse is coming into this race in probably the best shape of his career, having won his last two races with extremely high speed figures, denoting his current form. Although he has not been able yet to win at the graded level, we cannot overlook the fact that he is an improving colt, and more improvement is definitely not out of the question. He loves to go to the front from the gitgo, and there will be many speedsters trying to grab that early lead. He has shown he needs the lead in order to perform at his best, so we can expect his jockey to shake his reins from the first jump. If he can get that initial advantage, he can be dangerous, but with the abundance of early zip, I will side with others first.
5. Falchion – TAPIT x STORM CAT x ALYDAR
He is the number one ranked older sprinter in the SIM, and that is a testament of the quality and deepness of this field. He carries the flag for the Minnesota Testbarn Residency, and he will be making a quick turnaround, after winning the Grade III The Minister’s Deputy down in sunny Florida, a race that was supposed to serve as a prep for this race. Apparently, the horse is feeling better than ever, as he came from off the pace to just nail the runner up at the wire. In talking with his trainer phillipj3, we spoke about the possibility of a bounce, after such a great return. He tells me that the horse has kept the same demeanor he has prior to that most recent effort, so he does not think he will bounce off that win. He is one of these colts that needs a good speed set up for his late rally to be affective, and he will definitely have pace to run against. If he keeps that same condition he exhibited two weeks ago, he should be a factor at the final stages.
6. Annoyances – FIRST SAMURAI x INDIAN CHARLIE x CHESTER HOUSE
The entrant from the Megalopolis Residency, he had an extremely productive 2017, with two graded stakes and several Grade I solid figurations in his resume. His last race was disastrous, but that was at a nine-furlong distance, which is not to his liking. Now he is returning to a more suitable six and half furlong distance, and his trainer soft cleverly gave him a refresher after that poor performance. The questions is, can he return to his winning ways in a Grade I, after an eight-week layoff? Certainly seems like a lot to ask, so those questions linger in the minds of the bettors. Work pattern has been solid since his last effort, so he is ready to roll from the bench. Is he good enough to beat these Grade I sprinters? That will be answered on Saturday, but looking at it realistically, probably will need a race to show his best race form. Outside chance.
7. Fabregas Soler – TAPIT x SEEKING THE GOLD x BROAD BRUSH
Seven year old veteran representing the always powerful GR Simsters Residency that is making his first start of the year, after having a well thought, spaced campaign that enabled him to win a Grade I late in the year and to perform solidly in other Grade Is. His trainer holdme tells us that his horse is been working splendidly after a very easy allowance win on New Year’s Eve, which was his most recent start. He would have prefer to sneak in another race to be more sure about his fitness level, but right now it is what it is, and he will come as one of the most seasoned horses in this group, and that alone is more than enough to consider him as a threat to win this event. He looks to win his fifth Grade I race and to increase his lifetime earnings to over $5,000,000, and although the quality of the competition is very stiff, he should be forwardly placed from the start and will make his presence felt when all the marbles are at stake.
8. Shaithans Wind – SEPOY x PULPIT x MEDAILLE D’OR
This five-year-old horse is carrying the torch for the Racing HQ Residency, and he has been a solid performer all thru his career. Six wins in nineteen starts, with thirteen placings lifetime are the body of his resume, although almost all of his races have been in much lesser company than the one he will be facing in this event. Furthermore, his best efforts so far have come in very short sprints, five and five and a half furlongs, and here he will have to travel at least an additional furlong, a fact that no doubt can be of importance when analyzing a probable outcome. He is coming off two very subpar performances, which he will need to improve dramatically in order to have a chance here. However, his trainer scout1 is old school. He says the only horse without a chance is the horse that stays in the barn, and he is confident about his horse running a credible race and to represent his residency with dignity. And that folks, ultimately is the real spirit of the Equinics. Good luck to all connections.
9. Yeah Thanks – TIZNOW x SUMMER SQUALL x RAISE A NATIVE
This horse carries the banner of the Blazing Saddles Residency, and comes into this race with an impressive resume. Ten wins out of thirteen lifetime starts, including seven victories out of his last eight outings, a Grade III win included tell the story of this extremely consistent homebred, out of two time Breeders Cup Classic winner Tiznow. His trainer horseriot gave his colt a nice bolt tightener on his most recent start, that definitely does not look good at the speed figure level, but the main purpose of leaving his best for this race has been achieved, and he is coming into this competition in insuperable form. He loves to sit in the garden spot, so the most important factor for him will be that his jockey gives him a nice trip, in which he finds the space whenever he asks him for his best. There is no doubt that he is stepping up in class big time, but with some improvement, he can be a nice upset possibility if all falls into place.
10. Tappan Z – TAPIZAR x SEA THE STARS x HENNY HUGHES
The East West Connection residency comes forward with this colt, who has been in sort of an up and down campaign recently. What is very clear from analyzing his past performances is that he is a definite need the lead type of horse. All his wins have come when he can establish a clear lead on his races, and that, in a Grade I, is much less probable to happen. After a solid win in an open allowance in July, his trainer benpyed rolled the dice, sending him to the Grade I Prince Knight, in which he was soundly defeated. He was then close to winning both a Grade III and a Grade I, making his trainer dream again about Grade I glory. Those dreams were inhumanely shattered after a disastrous performance in the Grade I Malibu. Now in 2018, he as a good second in a grade I and climbs the ladder once again. If he can go on an easy lead, he can be a dangerous horse, but realistically, I don’t see that happening. Not sold on his chances.
11. He’s in Shape – TAPIT x DISTORTED HUMOR x STORM CAT
Representing the All Stars Racing Residency, he is a son of mega sire Tapit out of a Grade I winning Distorted Humor mare, and slowly he is beginning to look like the horse his breeder dream he would be. He should be one of the favorites for the Eclipse Award for best Sprinter, due to his win in the Malibu Sprint and his second place finish in the Breeders Bowl Sprint, both Grade I races. So we can call him the now horse, and although he is been on the shelf for almost two months, his trainer primus2 ensures us the colt has maintained the same form he exhibited late in 2017. He has only eleven lifetime races, so further improvement is definitely not out of the question, as he looks to take a firm hold of the sprint division in 2018. He likes to be sitting just off the pace and make a move from the three-eighths pole on, and he will be right in the thick of things at the final furlong. Great chance to win and betting wise, he will be one of the top choices on the board.
12. Scattered Assets – SCAT DADDY x TAPIT x AWESOME AGAIN
This horse belongs to yours truly, and I think we can call this horse kind of a Cinderella story. Representing the Empire State Racing Residency, I acquired this colt early last year at the auctions, for a very modest sum of around $40,000. An obvious under achiever, I tried the grass first with him, and he won a quality hot race with a very nice late kick. Then I returned to the dirt in a restricted high claimer, and gave the jockey instructions to hold him way off the pace, and at almost 15-1 he came flying to miss by only a couple of lengths. After that, the horse kept improving and finally, at the end of the year, he won his first stakes race, and followed that effort with his first graded score in the Grade III Kenny Joe Stakes. He started 2018 by just missing in the Grade III Narrowly Missed Stakes, but still displaying that wicked late turn of foot. He definitely needs a hot pace to develop for his late run to be effective, and I hope that pace materializes for him. He is coming in superb condition, and although I would have prefer to have an extra furlong to work with, his chances of winning are excellent, and he will be a force to be reckoned with at the stretch. Big chance.
13. Muhaackrar – MUHAARAR (GB) x SEA THE STARS x GHOSTZAPPER
This is the flag bearer for the SIM Hispano Residency. He has been in a roll lately, winning five out of his last six outings, showing blazing speed from the gate and running his competition out of their feet. However, he is climbing way up the ladder for this Grade I event, as all but one of his wins have come at the allowance level. On his next to last race, he won the Band Camp Dirt Memorial down in Sweden, taking them wire to wire while posting very fast fractions in the meantime. No secret about the instructions trainer ottico is giving his jockey; they will take the lead at all costs, and then play catch me if you can. With all the other quality speed signed in for this race, he will have his work cut out for him, and after getting the lead, he will have to improve on his best effort speed figure wise in order to have a chance in here. He should be prominent at the beginning of the race, not sure about his chances of staying the whole six and a half furlongs.
14. Dabigeasy – SKIMMING x MORE THAN READY x MR. LEADER
Veteran six year old horse representing the NWRC Residency, he has been a consistent performer all through his career, winning eight races from twenty nine starts and banking almost $300,000 for his owner and trainer bigeasy03. For the most part, he has been competing against allowance horses, so he is climbing up the ladder big time to face these quality sprinters. The times that he has run in stakes races, he has been soundly defeated. But this is the Equinics, where dreams are allowed to turn into a happy reality, and his connections are hoping his horse can run the race of his life to be able to stay within close distance of these monsters. Fitness will not be an issue for him, he has maintain that same good condition he has shown late last year, and making his 2018 debut, he will need his top performance and then some to have a chance in this event. We should see him at the first flight of horses from the start; let us see how far his speed will take him.
12. Scattered Assets
11. He’s in Shape
5. Falchion
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4 Responses to “Equinics – The Grade I Casterly Rock”
smokeglack says:
Awesome article! Depth and detail. Thank you for the time.
Go get em’ punk, we left the alley open for ya Tommy.
fastnfirm says:
Nice write-up, ivanyamil, and as you know, I’ll be rooting against Scattered Assets!
ivanyamil says:
I know, good luck with that. Tx
deep rock says:
thanks nice job
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Summer of Love: Festival Season
Written by Stella Calvert-Smith on June 27, 2019 in Culture
Festivals have become a staple during the summer months, with over a thousand taking place in the UK alone. Now mega-festivals such as Glastonbury and Coachella attract millions of visitors every year, but there was a time when they were more low-key affairs, fuelled by the hippy movement of the sixties, promoting peace and love, and representing the emerging alternative music scene. Clothes were not mandatory, people danced wildly and smoked freely. Take a look at a selection of vintage festival photography to relive those halcyon days…
CAUTION! May contain some nudity…
Getting to the festival
When going to a festival the first hurdle is transportation there. Hitching, training, busing, walking, people will do anything they can to make it to the big event…
From Left-Right: Young Americans boarding the train at Waterloo station in London to go to the Bob Dylan concert on the Isle of Wight, August 29, 1969 / Tallandier / Bridgeman Images; Fans Hitch-Hike to the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970 (b/w photo) / Petersfield, West Sussex, UK / © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
But travelling by car may have its drawbacks…
People, Hippies Woodstock 1970 directed by Michael Wadleigh / Diltz / Bridgeman Images
In the days before luxury yurts, accommodation at music festivals was pretty rudimentary. A bit of plastic covering would do…
Knebworth Festival 1974 / Photo © Bill Smith / Bridgeman Images
A tiny tent if you’re lucky…
Knebworth Festival 1974; Festival goers arriving for the First Knebworth Festival – the Bucolic Frolic); Photo © Bill Smith / Bridgeman Images
Bathroom facilities were even more makeshift…
Natural Showers at Compton beach’s waterfalls on the Isle of Wight during the music festival, 26th-20th August 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
Hippy chic has come back in to fashion time and time again, but this is where it all started…
Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970 (b/w photo) / London, UK / © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
Left-right: Young Hippies at the Isle of Wight Festival, 27th August 1970 (b/w photo) / Photo © AGIP / Bridgeman Images; A group of hippies in Hyde Park, London, on July 17, 1967
Bubbles were THE fashion accessory…
Left-Right: Young Hippies Blow Soap Bubbles at the Isle of Wight Festival, 27th August 1970 (b/w photo) / Photo © AGIP / Bridgeman Images; A hippy girl blowing bubbles at a pop concert, 1969 (b/w photo) / Hyde Park, London, UK / © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
And body paint was a great alternative to clothes in the hot weather…
Hippy couple with their chests painted, at the Isle of Wight Festival, 27th August 1970 (b/w photo) / Isle of Wight, UK / © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
Thousands of fans gather to worship at the stage on which their favourite musicians perform.
Crowd at the Bob Dylan concert at the Isle of Wight, 1st September 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
sometimes getting so excited they turn upside down…
or remove all their clothes…
Crowd at the First Knebworth Festival – the Bucolic Frolic / Photo © Bill Smith / Bridgeman Images
Before the modern obsession with health & safety, people would go to great lengths to get the best view
Left-right: Woodstock, 1970 / Diltz / Bridgeman Images; Orange music festival, spectators overhang an amphitheatre, waiting for a concert. France, 1975. / Bridgeman Images
Incognito celebrities joined the crowds (tactfully ignored by those around)
Left-right: Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim listening to Bob Dylan at the Isle of Wight Festival, 31st August 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images; John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the Isle of Wight Festival, 1st September 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
The reason why everyone is there – the stars of their day perform to large crowds outdoors, come rain or sun… Dylan, Hendrix, Led Zepellin and many others performed iconic shows.
Left-right: Isle of Wight Festival: Bob Dylan, September 1st, 1969.); Protest Folk Singer Joan Baez performing in 1965 / Bridgeman Images
Ian Paice – portrait of the English drummer performing with Gary Moore at the 1977 Reading Festival. Member of rock band Deep Purple. Photo © Odile Nöel / Bridgeman Images
Phil Lynott – portrait of the Irish bassist performing with his band ‘Thin Lizzy’ at the 1977 Reading Festival. Photo © Odile Nöel / Bridgeman Images
With some help from the audience…
HIPPIE MOVEMENT, 1969 Festival attendees play with other musicians at the Woodstock festival. / Photo © Richard Busch / Granger / Bridgeman Images
There has always been a strong spiritual aspect to festivals which carries on to this day. A festival in the sixties was not complete without a visit from a guru.
HIPPIE MOVEMENT, 1969 An Indian guru and his followers at the Woodstock festival. / Photo © Richard Busch / Granger / Bridgeman Images
Weather conditions can be adverse, especially in the UK, but this never stopped people from attempting to have fun.
Two hooded individuals walk through the mud and rain, at Glastonbury music festival; PYMCA / UIG / Bridgeman Images
Medical tent at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival, 30th August 1970; Isle of Wight, UK; © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
General scene at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival, 30th August 1970 (b/w photo) / Isle of Wight, UK / © Mirrorpix / Bridgeman Images
The Long March home
Hippies on their way home from the Isle of Wight Festival, 31st August 1970 / Bridgeman Images
View festival photography
Archival images B/W photography Hippies Hippy Music Music Festival Music Festivals photography seventies Sixties vintage fashion vintage photographs
Stella Calvert-Smith
Marketing Executive at Bridgeman Images. Lover of art and travel.
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Startup Opens First Official Yacht Office
Moving from Amsterdam to the Mediterranean sea, the staff at Boatsters now works remotely on a superyacht.
By Alyssa Gautieri
As the first startup company in the world to open an office on a yacht, Boatsters now works, meets with clients, and sleeps on the boat. Sailing from harbour to harbour on the Pershing 88, Boatsters, a global rental platform for yachts and boats, enjoys all the comforts their aqua office has to offer. Complete with two double rooms, two twin cabins, and office space, the Pershing 88 is the perfect aqua office.
“Being on a yacht is already a rare and unique experience,” says Raoul Milhado, the managing partner at Boatsters. “Every day you wake up, it feels like you are in paradise. Therefore it doesn’t feel like working anymore at all. We usually work every day, because we rent out boats while we are on a boat, so it’s a lot of fun.”
Boatsters rents the boat from one of its long-time clients, Roberto Vazquez. “Boatsters is not only a charter company, they have a new life concept which is about enjoy and improve your life,” Vazquez said. “When I met the young partners a while ago, I believed in them.”
Because Boatsters has partners, clients and events spread out along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the Pershing 88 is an ideal way of transportation. The yacht office is moored in Mallorca, cruising to all the major harbors such as Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, as well as all the coasts of the French and Italian Riviera. “It’s very special, more productive and a lot of fun,” Milhado says. “We go from place to place, while meeting interesting people, clients, partners, etc. You can’t imagine how cool it is!”
More and more companies are realizing that employees need freedom in order to maximize productivity and creativity. Is it possible that aqua offices might become a trend? Milhado believes that the concept may gain traction. “Due to rise of online companies, people don’t have to work in a regular office anymore,” he says. “They can work from everywhere.” While many companies may not have the luxury of working from a yacht, Milhado “really believes that working in a regular ‘cubicle’ office is changing fast.”
“Unique offices are popping up everywhere and nowadays it’s a trend to have a unique office with all sorts of amenities at hand for the employees,” Milhado adds. “These office vibes also creates an atmosphere that’s pretty unique for a startup. We’ve noticed a lot of people do want to work with us for that reason.”
Boatsters, a world leading rental platform for yachts and boats, has a portfolio of over 10,000 rental boats spread across 63 countries. Boatsters, while simultaneously changing the maritime industry, is innovating what it means to “go to the office.”
Photos courtesy of Boatsters
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er) Edgar dominated B.J. Penn en route to a t เมื่อ: มีนาคม 06, 2019, 09:52:11 am
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Frankie (The Answer) Edgar dominated B.J. Penn en route to a third-round TKO on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 19 finale card Sunday night, defeating The Prodigy for a third time. Penn, who had come out of retirement for the fight, promptly called it quits again. Edgar (16-4-1) was too quick for a sluggish Penn, who had no answers in a lopsided battle of former champions before 6,500 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Penn (16-10-2) occupied the centre of the cage but did little while Edgar circled and attacked. When Edgar took Penn down, he hurt him repeatedly. Referee Herb Dean finally stopped the carnage at four minutes 16 seconds of the third round. "Frankie did a great job," said Penn. "I shouldnt have come back. I shouldnt have been in the ring tonight." And the 35-year-old Hawaiian said hes headed back to retirement. "Of course, this is the end," an emotional Penn told the post-fight news conference after getting stitches. "Im thinking to myself why did you step back in the Octagon after the beating that Rory MacDonald gave you (in December 2012)? The reason is because I really needed to find out. If I didnt make this night happen for myself, I would have always wondered ... I guess I just needed some closure." Despite the bloody loss, Penn said he would have regretted not fighting more. UFC president Dana White didnt stick around to watch the whole fight. "What more do you want, B.J.?" he told the post-fight news conference before Penn arrived. "Theres nothing left to prove." Penn, a baseball cap hiding the damage around his eyes, lowered his head to the table at one point when asked about his legacy. He was too emotional to speak. White jumped in to fill the void. "Hes one of the best 155-pounders of all time," White said. "He built that weight class and he was responsible for helping build the UFC. Thats his legacy." Unlike the first two fights, which were held in the lightweight (155-pound) division, Penn and Edgar met this time as featherweights (145 pounds). Edgar, who was a 4-1 favourite Sunday, took away Penns lightweight title in 2010 and then beat him again in a rematch four months later. He later lost the 155-pound crown to Benson Henderson. Penn, who also once held the welterweight title, last fought in late 2012 when he was beaten comprehensively by Canadas MacDonald in Seattle. He asked to come back to have another crack at the 32-year-old Edgar, with the UFC appointing them rival coaches on the reality TV show. Edgar had gone 2-3-1 since their first two fights while Penn went 1-2-1 before retiring after the MacDonald loss. Sunday marked Penns 23rd fight in the UFC, fourth most in UFC history. It was Edgars 16th trip to the Octagon. A serene Penn ran out to cheers and the familiar Hawaiian strains of the late Israel Kamakawiwoole, although the music quickly morphed into an uptempo remix. The lights dimmed and the pro-Penn crowd started booing. Edgar ran in to "Kick in the Door" by The Notorious B.I.G. The fight started as the first two did. Edgar darted in and out while Penn looked — unsuccessfully — to connect. Edgar scored an early takedown, alternating with launching kicks at the downed Penn and jumping back on top of him. Dean eventually let Penn get up, to cheers from the crowd. It was more of the same in the second as Penn chased the speedy Edgar to little effect before being taken down. The round ended with Edgar scoring with heavy blows from above. Penns face was showing damage as the third round began. The Hawaiian tripped midway through the round, finding himself on his back again. An elbow opened Penns face up as Edgar scored at will in a painful round to watch. "I almost feel bad about it," Edgar said of the finish. The card, coming on the heels of UFC 175 Saturday night, marked the finale to International Fight Week in Las Vegas. The Season 19 finalists were all from Edgars team, marking only the second time in TUF history that one team filled all four spots (Canada also did it in the "TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia" series. Middleweight Eddie (Truck) Gordon overpowered Dhiego Lima in 71 seconds to win the 185-pound Season 19 crown. Gordon (8-1) put Lima down with a pair of overhead rights at the fence and then landed a dozen more blows until Montreal referee Yves Lavigne stepped in. The 30-year-old Gordon, who trains with UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, has a degree in finance, marketing and communication from Fordham University. Lima (10-2), who fought five times in the Edmonton-based Maximum Fighting Championship, was competing one division above his normal welterweight class. It was an almost exact replay in the 205-pound final as Corey (Beastin 25/8) Anderson hurt Matt (Gutter) Van Buren (7-3) early and often. The fight was stopped after just 61 seconds. Anderson (5-0) has a degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a liberal arts degree from Lincoln College. Both winners earned a UFC contract and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Coaches aside, Season 19 was seen as one of the more disappointing in the series history. White admitted Saturday night that he tried not to think about it any more. Saturdays fight was Penns first at 145 pounds, adding another chapter that has seen him fight all over the weight map, including heavyweight. He looked ripped at Fridays weigh-in — "awesome," according to White. While an icon in the sport and one of only two fighters to win UFC championships in two different weight classes (Randy Couture was the other), Penn came into Sundays card having won just one of his last six bouts. Two of those losses were to Edgar. Also beaten by Nick Diaz, he defeated former welterweight champion Matt Hughes and fought Jon Fitch to a draw. Canadians went 1-1 on the undercard. Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras (4-1) of Kelowna, B.C., won her UFC debut with a 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 decision over Alexis (Sneaky Zebra) Dufresne (5-1) in a fight contested mainly on the ground. Lightweight Jesse (The Body Snatcher) Ronson (13-5) lost a 29-28, 28-29, 30-27 decision to Kevin (The Motown Phenom) Lee, finishing on the wrong end of a split decision for the third UFC fight in a row. Earlier on the main card, flyweight Dustin Ortiz won a 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 split decision over Justin (Tank) Scoggins (9-1), Ortiz (14-3) is ranked 13th among 125-pound contenders. Heavyweight Derrick (The Black Beast) Lewis stopped American-based Brazilian Guto Inocente (6-3) with some nasty ground-and-pound in the first round. Then the 264-pound Lewis (11-2 with on no contest) somehow made it to the top of the fence to celebrate his second win in as many UFC fights. Hydro Flask Online Sale .com) - Jimmy Butler made four key free throws down the stretch to lift the Chicago Bulls over the Boston Celtics, 109-102, on Friday. Rei Hydro Flask Clearance . A question that was repeatedly posed last season, and the season before that and in the 2011 campaign before that. http://www.cheaphydroflask.net/.com) - Ryan Miller made 28 saves to record his fifth shutout of the season and second in as many nights as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Friday. Hydro Flask Outlet Store .com) - NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Buffalo Bills. Hydro Flask Water Bottle Sale . Jones took a beating, the worst one of his record reign, in a bout against Alexander Gustafsson that knocked the light heavyweight champion on the canvas for the first time in his career and put his belt in jeopardy.Let the free agency fireworks begin. Canada Day is here and with it comes Free Agent Frenzy as the NHLs 30 teams storm out of the gate for signing season. Live coverage begins on TSN2 and TSN GO at 11:30am et/8:30am pt to set you up for the opening of the NHL free agent market at Noon et/9am pt. Coverage will then continue on TSN at the conclusion of Milos Raonics Wimbledon match. TSN.cas coverage includes instant signing alerts on mobile devices through the TSN GO and TSN Hockey apps, a complete list of available restricted and unrestricted free agents by team, a live, sortable signing ttracker on TSN.dddddddddddda along with video analysis and one-on-one player interviews. The ceiling for next seasons salary cap was set Friday at $69 million - up from $64.3 million. That number is a million or two lower than some projections had it after a year of record revenues. That said, it wont stop teams from courting the summers top names, which include forwards Paul Stastny, Thomas Vanek, Dave Bolland and Mike Cammalleri, blueliners Matt Niskanen, Christian Ehrhoff and Dan Boyle and goaltenders Ryan Miller and Jonas Hiller. ' ' '
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Data, How-To
Making A Football Data Viz With D3 and Reveal.js
October 12, 2017 Shijith Kunhitty
This is a write-up on how I made a slideshow for the Under-17 World Cup.
The U-17 World Cup is the first-ever FIFA tournament to be hosted by India. Like many of you, I’ve seen plenty of men’s World Cups, but never an U-17 one. To try and understand how the U-17 tournament might be different from the ‘senior’ version, I compared data from the last U-17 World Cup held in Chile in 2015 and the last men’s World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
The data was taken from Technical Study Group reports that are published by FIFA after every tournament. (The Technical Study Group is a mixture of ex-players, managers and officials associated with the game. You can read more about the group here.)
In particular, I used the reports for the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 U-17 World Cup. The data was taken pretty much as is, and thankfully didn’t have to be processed much. An example of the data available in the report can be seen in the image below. It shows how the 171 goals in the 2014 World Cup came about.
The main takeaway from the comparison with the men’s World Cup is that the U-17 World Cup might see more goals and fewer 0-0 draws on average. The flipside is that there could be more cards and penalties too. For more details, check the slideshow.
BE LESS INTIMIDATING FOR READERS
I know just using one World Cup each to represent men’s and U-17 football may not be particularly rigorous. We could have also used data from the previous three or four World Cups in each age format. But if I did that, I was scared the data story would become more dense and intimidating for readers. I wanted to make this easy to follow along and understand, which is why I simplified things this way.
Another thing I did to make this easier to digest was to stick to one main point per card (see image above). The main point is in the headline, then you get a few lines of text below showing how exactly you’ve arrived at the main point. The figures that have been calculated and compared are put in a bold font. Then there is an animated graphic below that, which visually reinforces the main point of the slide.
The data story tries to simulate a card format, one that you can just flick through on the mobile. I used the slideshow library reveal.js to make the cards. But I suspect there is a standard, more established method that mobile developers have to create a card format, will have to look into this further.
The animations were done with D3.js, with help from a lot of examples on stackoverflow and bl.ocks.org. If you’re new to D3 and want to know how these animations were done, here’s more info.
ANIMATING THE BAR CHART
The D3 ‘transitions’ or animations in this slideshow are basically the same. There’s (a) an initial state where there’s nothing to see, (b) the final state where the graphic looks the way you want and (c) a transition from the initial state to the final state over a duration specified in milliseconds.
For example, in the code snippet for the bar animation above, you see two attributes changing for the bars during the transition—the ‘height’ and ‘y’ attributes changing over a duration of 500 milliseconds. You can see another example of this animation at bl.ocks.org here.
ANIMATING THE STACKED BAR CHART
This animation was done in a way similar to the one above. The chart is called a ‘normalised stack chart’ and the code for this was taken from the bl.ocks.org example here.
The thing about this chart is that you don’t have to calculate the percentages beforehand. You just feed in the raw data (see image below) and you get the final percentages visualised in the graphic.
ANIMATING THE LINE CHART
The transition over here isn’t very sophisticated. In this, the two lines and the data points on them are basically set to appear 300 milliseconds and 800 milliseconds respectively after the card appears on screen (see the code snippet below).
A cooler line animation would have been ‘unrolling’ the line as seen in this bl.ock.org example. Maybe next time!
ANIMATING THE PIE CHART
Won’t pretend to understand the code used here. I basically just adapted this example from bl.ocks.org and played around with the parameters till it came out the way I wanted. This example is from Mike Bostock, the creator of D3.js, and in it he explains his code line by line (see image below). Do look at it if you want to fully understand how this pie chart animation works.
ANIMATING THE ISOTYPE CHART
Yup, this chart is called an isotype chart. This animation is another one where the transition uses delays. So if you look in the gif, you see on the left side three cards being filled one after the other.
They all start off with an opacity of 0, which makes them invisible (or transparent, technically). What the animation does is make each of the cards visible by changing the opacity to 1 (see image above). This is done after different delay periods of 200 milliseconds for the bottom card, 400 for the card in the middle and 600 milliseconds for the card on top.
If you’ve never worked with D3 before, hope this write-up encourages you to give it a shot. You can look at all the code for the slideshow in the github repo here. All comments and feedback are welcome! 🙂
COVER IMAGE CREDIT: Made in inkscape with this picture from Flickr
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How to Make an Election Interactive
February 16, 2017 Shijith Kunhitty
So I created an interactive for Wionews.com (embedded below) on the assembly elections taking place in five states. This write-up goes into how I did the interactive and the motivations behind it.
The Interactive is embedded below. Click on Start to begin.
The interactive looks at three things:
where each party won in the last assembly election in 2012 in each of the five states, visualised with a map.
where each party won in the last Lok Sabha (LS) election in 2014, if the LS seats were broken up into assembly seats. This was also done with a map.
the share of seats won by each major party in previous assembly elections, done with a line chart.
I got all my data from the Election commission website and the Datameet repositories, specifically the repositories with the assembly constituency shapefiles and historical assembly election results.
Now these files have a lot of information in them, but since I was making this interactive specifically for mobile screens and there wouldn’t be much space to play with, I made a decision to focus just on which party won where.
As mundane as that may seem, there’s still some interesting things you get to see. For example, from the break-up of the 2014 Lok Sabha results, you find out where the Aam Aadmi Party has gained influence in Punjab since the last assembly elections in 2012, when they weren’t around.
The interactive page on the AAP in Punjab, 2014
ANALYSING THE DATA
While I got the 2012 election results directly from the election commission’s files, the breakdown of the 2014 Lok Sabha results by assembly seat needed a little more work with some data analysis in python (see code below) and manual cross-checking with other election commission files.
Some of the python code used to break down the 2014 LS results by assembly seat. You can see all of it here.
For calculating the percentages of seats won by major parties in the past, I had to do some analysis in python of Datameet’s assembly election results file.
Some of the python code used to calculate historical seat shares of parties. You can see all of it here.
PUTTING IT ALL ONTO A MAP
The next thing to do was put the data of which party won where onto an assembly seat map for each state.
To get the assembly seat maps, I downloaded the assembly constituency shapefile from the datameet repository and used the software QGIS to create five separate shapefiles for each of the states. (Shapefiles are what geographers and cartographers use to make maps.)
A screenshot of the QGIS software separating the India shapefile into separate ones for the states.
The next task is to make sure the assembly constituency names in the shapefiles match the constituency names in the election results. For example, in the shapefile, one constituency in Uttar Pradesh is spelt as Bishwavnathganj while in the election results, it’s spelt as Vishwanathganj. These spellings need to be made consistent for the map to work properly.
I did this with the OpenRefine software which has a lot of inbuilt tools to detect and correct these kinds of inconsistencies.
The purist way would have been to do all this with code, but I’ve been using OpenRefine, a graphical tool, for a while now and it’s just easier for me this way. Please don’t judge me! (Using graphical tools such as OpenRefine and QGIS make it harder for others to reproduce your exact results and is less transparent, which is why purists look down on a workflow that is not entirely in code.)
After the data was cleaned, I merged or ‘joined’ the 2012 and 2014 election results with the shapefile in QGIS, I then converted the shapefile into the geojson format, which is easier to visualise with javascript libraries such as D3.js.
I then chose the biggest three or four political parties in the 2012 assembly and 2014 LS election results for each state, and created icons for them using the tool Inkscape. This can be done by tracing the party symbols available in various election commission documents.
Some of the party icons designed for the interactive
HOW IT’S ALL VISUALISED
The way the interactive would work is if you click on the icon for a party, it downloads the geojson file which, to crudely put it, has the boundaries of the assembly seats and the names of the party that’s won each seat.
The interactive map showing the NPF in Manipur in 2014
You then get a map with the seats belonging to that party coloured in yellow. And each time you click on a different party icon, a new map is generated. (If I’ve understood the process wrong, do let me know in the comments!)
Here’s some of the d3 code used:
.append("svg:image") //put an image onto the canvas
.attr("xlink:href","../exp_buttons/bharatiya_janta_party_75.png") //take the image from the exp_buttons folder
.attr('height', '75')
.attr('width', '75')
.attr('class','shadow partyButton')
.attr('id','bjpButton')
.attr("x", 30)
.attr("y", 0)
.on("click", function(){
.append("svg:g") //create the map
.style("fill","#4f504f") //fill the map with this black color
.selectAll("path")
.data(json.features)
.append("path")
.attr("d", pathx)
.style("stroke", "#fdd928") //create yellow borders
.style("opacity","1")
.style("stroke-width", "1")
.style("fill",colorParty); //colorparty is determined by the function below
//fill the seats with yellow if they were won by the “Bharatiya Janta Party”
//and if they were won by someone else, make them black
function colorParty(d) {
if (d.properties.uttarakhand_2012_2012_1 == "Bharatiya Janta Party") {
return "#fdd928"
return "#4f504f";
I won’t go into the nitty gritty of how the line chart works, but essentially every time you click on one of these icons, it changes the opacity of the line representing the party into 1 making it visible while the opacity of every other line is reduced to 0 making them invisible.
The historical performance of the MGP in Goa.
Here’s some of the relevant d3 code:
.append("svg:image") //this tells D3 to put an image onto the canvas
.attr("xlink:href","../exp_buttons/bharatiya_janta_party_75.png") //and this will be the bjp image located in the exp_buttons folder
.attr('class','shadow partyButton') //this is what gives a button the shadow, attributes derived from css
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", height + margin.top + 20)
d3.selectAll(".line:not(.bjpLine)").style("opacity", "0"); //make all other lines invisible
d3.selectAll(".bjpLine").style("opacity", "1"); //make the BJP line visible
d3.select(this).classed({'shadow': false}); //remove the drop shadow from the BJP button
//so that people know it’s active
d3.selectAll('.partyButton:not(#bjpButton)').classed({'shadow': true}); //this puts a drop shadow onto other buttons
//in case they were active
I then put everything into a repository on Github and used Github pages to ‘serve’ the interactive to users.
Now I haven’t gone into the complexity of much of what’s been done. For example, if you see those party symbols and the tiny little shadows under them (they’re called drop shadows), it took me at least two days to make that happen.
It took two days to get these drop shadows!
MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE INTERACTIVE
As for the design, I wanted something that people would just click/swipe through, that they wouldn’t have to scroll through, and also limit the data on display, giving only as much as someone can absorb at a glance.
My larger goal was to try and start doing data journalism that’s friendlier and more approachable than the stuff I’ve been doing in the past such as this blogpost on the Jharkhand elections.
I actually read a lot on user interface design, after which I made sure that the icons people tap on their screen are large enough for their thumbs, that icons were placed in the lower half of the screen so that their thumbs wouldn’t have to travel as much to tap on them, and adopted flat design with just a few drop shadows and not too many what-are-called skeumorphic effects.
Another goal was to allow readers to get to the information they’re most interested in without having to wade through paras of text by just tapping on various options.
The sets of options available to the user while in the interactive
I hacked a lot of D3.js examples on bl.ocks.org and stackoverflow.com to arrive at the final interactive, I’m still some way away from writing d3 code from scratch, but I hope to get there soon.
Because I’m not a designer, web developer, data scientist or a statistician, I may have violated lots of best practices in those fields. So if you happen to come across some noobie mistake, do let me know in the comments, I’m here to learn, thanks! 🙂
Shijith Kunhitty is a data journalist at WION and former deputy editor of IndiaSpend. He is an alumnus of Washington University, St. Louis and Hindu College, Delhi.
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Mumbai Meet 3: Mapping Schools In Karnataka
October 30, 2014 Sanjit Oberai 1 Comment
Mumbai saw its third data meet on 26th October, 2014 with a total of 14 participants, in-spite of it being a Diwali weekend. This time around we decided to try out a new place and the venue was a roof top place located at Chium Village, Khar West. A nice cozy place but a tad bit difficult to find for people who are not familiar with the area.
This time also the crowd was titled heavily towards the tech side.
The speaker was Sanjay Bhangar, co-founder, CAMP, who is a web developer for the past 8 years, with extensive experience in online video and mapping technologies. who first, gave a small introduction to the Data Meet, its founders Thejs and Nisha and how it now operates as a trust and that the idea is to encourage open data movement among data enthusiasts.
Listen to the recording here.
Sanjay spoke on two main topics:
1. Introduction to our video archival platforms – they have been running this for the last five years. He explained how to gather metadata about all Indian films ever made, general video analysis tools ( timeline generation / cut detection), etc.
He explained the use of , https://pad.ma and how it is an online tool for saving videos.
2.Mapping schools in Karnataka – explained how they have been collecting data on schools in Karnataka and are working with the Akshara Foundation who run a lot of programs on schools and they have a lot of child level data which allows you to track performance of children in schools across the state. A suggestion was made if they could also map crime data highlighting the recent crime against children in Bangalore schools.
3.He showed us an example of how he worked on a project of mapping historical data for the New York Public Library.
The next data meet will be held on 29th November, 2014. Pls follow the Mumbai Meet-Up Group to know about the details.
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Crosspost: Adding stress to a stressed area!
September 22, 2014 Nisha Thompson
A few weeks ago we held an Intro to Data Journalism Workshop. Josephine Joseph was in attendance, she regularly writes for Citizen Matters, Bangalore’s local paper that knows all. She was working on this story and has published it last week with Citizen Matters, I’m very happy to crosspost it here as a great example of local data journalism.
26 projects could: add 19,000 cars to Whitefield traffic, up water demand by 10.5 million litres
East Bangalore area, particularly Whitefield- KR Puram – Mahadevapura area, is on the prime real estate map. What are the projects coming up next? What are the implications?
Investing in real estate in Bangalore is a dream of any investor. However, is the growth of this sector in tune with the infrastructure that the city can handle?
A close look by Citizen Matters at 26 constructions coming up in Whitefield – KR Puram area in East Bengaluru shows some alarming observations. When the 8,000 flats are fully occupied, new residents will need 10,662.87 KL of water a day (equivalent of 1780 water tankers of 6000 Litres). More than 19,697 cars will add to Whitefield traffic.
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) rules make builders of projects of more than 20,000 sqm built up area, apply for an Environmental Clearance (EC) from the state, along with all the other permissions and NOC from BBMP, BWSSB, Karnataka Ground Water Authority (KGWA) to drill borewells prior to construction commencement.
The State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) receives the applications and recommends checks and balances, prior to recommending a project for EC to the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA).
The SEIAA reviews project details, clarifies issues and only then is the EC issued. In cases where construction has begun without an EC, the builder is served with a show cause notice. The KSPCB can file cases against builders under the Environment Protection Act if they proceed with construction without an EC.
Read the rest over at Citizen Matters.
Great work Josephine!
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Data Journalism Workshop #1
September 9, 2014 Nisha Thompson 2 Comments
Last Sunday, August 31st, Thej and I worked with an Economic Times Journalist Jayadevan PK to design an intro to data journalism workshop. For a while now there has been quite a bit of interest and discussion of data journalism in India. Currently there are a few courses and events around promoting data journalism, we thought there was definitely room to start to build a few modules on working with data for storytelling. Given that we have not done too many of these we decided to do an introduction and leave it limited to a few people.
You can see the agenda with notes here and the resources we shared on the data journalism resource wiki page, as well as refer to the data catalog that DataMeet has been putting together.
Thanks to Knolby Media for hosting us and for School of Data (I am a fellow). Thank you to Vikras Mishra for volunteering and taking notes, pictures, and video.
We had four story tellers with us, from various backgrounds. We spent the morning doing introduction and what was their experience with data, what their definition of data journalism is and why they wanted to take this workshop. Then we had them put up some expectations so we can gauge what the afternoon should focus on.
We then had Jaya go through the context of data journalism in terms of the world scale and the new digital journalism era.
Then we spent some time going over examples of good data journalism and bad.
After we went through resources people can use to get data. We touched upon the legal issues around using data and copyright issues. Then we discussed accuracy and how to properly attribute sources.
Then we demonstrated a few tools
CartoDB
Scraping tools
– Scraper wiki
– IMACROS
Visualization Roadmap
The participants thought understanding how to visualize would be helpful. So we went through a sort of visualization roadmap. Then went through stories they were working on to see how we would create a visualization and also how to examine the data and come up with a data strategy for each story.
Then showed some more tools to address the suggestions from the exercise.
– BHUVAN
– Timelines
– Fusion Tables
– BUMP
Feedback session
People wanted another day to let the lessons be absorbed and some more time to actually have hands on time with the tools. Also even at the intro level it is important to make people come prepared with stories, so they have something to apply the ideas to.
To say we learned a lot is an understatement. We will definitely be planning more intro workshops and hopefully more advanced workshops in the future, we hope to continue to learn what people think is important and will keep track and see what kinds of stories come out of these learning session.
If you want a particular workshop feel free to request one here. Stay tuned to the blog and to the list to hear about the next one.
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Category Archives: Press Releases
Activist Investor Challenges Executive Pay Accounting at T-Mobile
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 27, 2017: Earlier today, the CtW Investment Group petitioned the SEC to require T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) to provide a clear and comprehensible description of the methods used to calculate the performance metrics for executive pay – including the non-GAAP metrics – and to explain how those metrics result in the bonus actually paid.
Dieter Waizenegger, Executive Director of the CtW Investment Group said, “Investors rely on T-Mobile to provide clear and intelligible disclosures. In this case, the company has done neither. That’s why we’re taking the extraordinary step of bringing this matter to the SEC.” read more
This entry was posted in 2017, Press Releases, T-Mobile on July 27, 2017 by CTW1900.
Shareholder Vote at Urban Outfitters Reveals Waning Confidence in Board
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2017 – After years of declining performance, low independence and poor board diversity, shareholders demonstrated a waning confidence in the board of Urban Outfitters (NYSE: URBN), with 30.5% of outside shareholders opposing the reelection of director Robert H. Strouse, and 64.5% of outside shareholder in opposition to Harry S. Cherken. The sizable opposition votes came from major public funds, including CalSTRS and Norges Bank.
The level of opposition is high given that the average opposition votes for the Russell 3000 is 3.8% year to date, and insider ownership constitutes approximately 35% of shares outstanding. These results reflect years of low shareholder support levels for both Strouse and Cherken, who received 11.3% and 37.9% opposition in 2016 and 20.7% and 39.6% opposition in 2015, respectively.
“This is a clear vote of no confidence in the board’s composition and the company’s broken nomination process,” said Dieter Waizenegger, Executive Director of the CtW Investment Group who had urged investors of Urban Outfitters to vote against long-tenured directors. read more
This entry was posted in 2017, Press Releases, Urban Outfitters on May 30, 2017 by CTW1900.
Vote at ITT Tech Reveals Increasing Investor Discontent as Regulatory Actions Loom
Click here to read the press release in PDF format.
This entry was posted in 2015, ITT Tech, Press Releases on July 27, 2015 by CTW1900.
LEADING PROXY ADVISORY FIRM RECOMMENDS AGAINST ITT TECH DIRECTORS
Rite Aid Shareholders Vote to Take Wind out of CEO’s Golden Parachute
This entry was posted in 2015, Press Releases, Rite Aid on June 25, 2015 by CTW1900.
CtW Investment Group: Walgreen Boots Alliance Needs Strong, Independent Board Oversight to Navigate Substantial Challenges Ahead
NEW YORK, Dec. 29—The following statement on the Walgreen shareholder vote to approve the company’s acquisition of Alliance Boots can be attributed to Dieter Waizenegger, Executive Director of the CtW Investment Group:
“Shareholders are left with too many unanswered questions about how the combined company will meet optimistic performance goals and how it will correct governance failures that became painfully obvious in the past year.
“There has been inadequate disclosure about the deal’s negotiation, the plans to obtain many touted synergies, and even who will lead Walgreens Boots Alliance. A $25 billion transaction should never be a leap of faith for shareholders, but that’s exactly what this vote was. read more
This entry was posted in 2014, Press Releases, Walgreens on December 29, 2014 by CTW1900.
CtW Investment Group Asks Tesco Chairman-Elect to Review Strategy at Company’s Fresh & Easy Subsidiary
CtW Investment Group Asks Tesco Chairman-Elect to Review Strategy at Company’s Fresh & Easy Subsidiary; Questions Tesco’s Executive Incentive Pay Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The CtW Investment Group is calling on incoming Tesco (TSCO:LN) Chairman Richard Broadbent to address investor concerns about mounting losses at Tesco’s Fresh & Easy subsidiary by conducting an objective and independent strategic review of the US business and to publicly articulate a strategy for profitability.
In its 29 June letter, the CtW Investment Group also notes that under the new remuneration policy, US CEO Tim Mason’s incentive pay will be substantially de-linked from Fresh & Easy’s performance, raising questions about executive accountability for continuing losses in the US. The CtW Investment Group also points out that all executive directors will continue to have their incentive pay linked to profits from the sale and leaseback of property, which may potentially allow executives to “pick their number” in order to hit performance targets. read more
This entry was posted in 2014, Press Releases, Tesco on December 18, 2014 by CTW1900.
Chipotle Shareholders Reject Overstuffed CEO Pay
Leading Investors Reject Burrito Chain’s Bloated Executive Pay Plan
DENVER, CO, May 15, 2014 – At the Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) annual meeting today, investors by a vote of 77% shares against soundly rebuked the Company’s executive pay plan that produced a whopping $285 million in 3-year realizable CEO pay. This is the highest vote against CEO pay this year.
Leading institutional investors, The California State Teachers Retirement System (“CalSTRS”), CalPERS, New York City Pension Funds, and the Florida State Board of Administration joined the CtW Investment Group in voting against the plan. Major proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis also opposed management’s “say-on-pay” proposal. read more
This entry was posted in 2014, Chipotle, Press Releases on May 15, 2014 by CTW1900.
Investor Group calls for Overhaul of Domino’s Pay Practices and Resignation of Committee Chair
Domino’s Board Faces Groundswell of Shareholder Discontent over CEO Pay and Compensation Committee Chair
CalSTRS, NYC Pension Funds, Ill. State Board of Investment, Among Other Leading Investors, Join CtW Investment Group in Calls for Reform
ANN ARBOR, MI, April 29, 2014 – The Board of Directors at Domino Pizza’s (NYSE: DPZ) faced a rising tide of shareholder discontent at today’s annual meeting. The CtW Investment Group joined with
leading investors in asking for the resignation of Compensation Chairman Andrew Balson and an overhaul of the company’s pay practices.
Over the past month, the CtW Investment Group has called for investors to oppose the reelection of Balson—a former Bain Capital executive—and to strike down management’s ‘say-on-pay’ proposal. The
group notes that CEO Doyle’s $43 million in 3-year realizable pay was bloated to three times the median pay package of his peers and that the company is suffering from a potentially risky focus on short-term performance. read more
This entry was posted in 2014, Domino’s Pizza, Inc., Press Releases on May 6, 2014 by CTW1900.
CTW INVESTMENT GROUP WELCOMES RECOMMENDATION AGAINST DOMINIO’S PIZZA OVER CEO PAY
CTW INVESTMENT GROUP WELCOMES LEADING PROXY ADVISORY FIRMS’ RECOMMENDATION AGAINST DOMINIO’S PIZZA’S BALSON OVER CEO PAY
Recommendation Follows CtW Investment Group’s Opposition to Andrew Balson and “Say on Pay”
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Leading independent proxy advisors, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, are opposing the re-election of Andrew Balson, the Chairman of the Compensation
Committee at Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), because of concerns over CEO Patrick Doyles’ pay. Domino’s will hold its annual shareholder meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 29th. The recommendation comes two weeks after the CtW Investment Group wrote to fellow investors calling on them to oppose Balson and Domino’s “Say-on-Pay” given the company’s egregious equity grants and
the excessive and potentially risky focus on short-term performance in the company’s pay plans. read more
This entry was posted in 2014, Domino’s Pizza, Inc., Press Releases on April 21, 2014 by CTW1900.
CtW Investment Group: JPMorgan Directors’ Departures a Good Start but More Reforms Needed
The following statement about JPMorgan directors Ellen Futter and David Cote’s resignation from the bank’s board can be attributed to Dieter Waizenegger, Executive Director of the CtW Investment Group. The Investment Group began engaging the board over the competency and mandate of its Risk Policy Committee in 2011 and spearheaded a vote no campaign against Futter, Cote as well as James Crown, chairman of the Risk Policy Committee in May. Ms. Futter and Mr. Cote were members of the board’s Risk Policy Committee. read more
This entry was posted in 2013, JP Morgan, Press Releases on October 1, 2013 by CTW1900.
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Paved Country – 1998 (Self-released)
CDs by Paved Country
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Paved Country (1998)
Paved Country is the Boston-based duo of Marjie Alonso and Sarah Mendelsohn, whose singing and country-folk sound invoke comparisons to The Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Their self-titled release features a generous collection of jointly-penned songs, and their collaborative songwriting efforts are clearly informed by an aim of providing vehicles for their duet singing.
There are two distinctive voices here, Mendelsohn with a high, reedy timbre and Alonso comparatively low and throaty; they share equally in singing leads, but more than that, they sing together, whether in harmony or in trading or interweaving lines. The songs are concerned mainly with endless permutations of matters of the heart, and they succeed admirably, though not entirely, in addressing the familiar while avoiding the hackneyed - witness "Shooting Star," a poignant recognition of love gone cold, or the gorgeous "I Could Have Done That."
While the focus is on the singing and songs of Alonso and Mendelsohn, they are backed throughout by supportive and tasty playing. It may be a bit rough in places, but local gems like this are always worth discovering. (pavedcntry@aol.com or Marjie Alonso, 15 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA 02143.
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Choose Chapter... Life of Śrī Ramakrishna 1. Parentage 2. Birth and boyhood 3. In temple-garden of Dakshineswar 4. The Divine Mother 5. God-intoxication 6.Bhairavī Brāhmaṇī, a Vaishnava Saint 7.One with Absolute 8.Other faiths 9.The Wife as Divinity 10. Pilgrimage 11. With Notables 12. Devotees 13. Monastic disciples 14. Female devotees 15. Last days 16. End of the drama 17. After the passing 18. Some Sayings
Śrī Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
18 February 1836 Kamarpukur,
Bengal, India
16 August 1886 (aged 50)
Calcutta, Bengal
Ramakrishna Order
Famous:
a great Saint, Bhakti to Kālī Mā, Divine Mother,
Universalism – All Religions are Paths to God
Teaching:
A number of blind men came to an elephant. Somebody told them that it was an elephant.
The blind men asked, ‘What is the elephant like?’ and they began to touch its body.
One of them said: 'It is like a pillar.' This blind man had only touched its leg.
Another man said, ‘The elephant is like a husking basket.’ This person had only touched its ears.
Similarly, he who touched its trunk or its belly talked of it differently.
In the same way, he who has seen the Lord in a particular way limits the Lord to that alone and thinks that He is nothing else.
Sarada Devi
Both lived celibate, Holy life
traditionally married as children
Succeeded by:
Vivekananda Swāmi & Ramakrishna Order
Works about Śrī Ramakrishna:
1. Life of Śrī Ramakrishna
(short)
(longer)
3. Shri Ramakrishna life story
(by Swāmi Nikhilānanda)
4. Shri Ramakrishna Kathamrita
(a few chapters)
Elephant and Blind
This series of articles are dedicated to the life-story and teachings of Shri Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a Bengali mystic and saint, the legendary devotee of Mother Kālī of Dakshineśwar, as also the founder Guru of Ramakrishna Math, the guru of the famous Swami Vivekananda, the teacher and probably the first successful ambassador of Vedanta teachings in the Western countries.
This is considered the “short” or condensed version of the Life of Śrī Ramakrishna, as opposed to the much longer and very popular Śrī Ramakrishna Kathamrita containing most of the preserved direct words, teachings and life-stories of Śrī Ramakrishna as seen by his closest disciple. The publication of that longer work also has been started, but not finished; yet – you can have a glimpse of the first 10 chapters online.
The current “short” Life of Śrī Ramakrishna consists of the following 18 chapters:
1. Parentage
2. Birth and boyhood
3. In temple-garden of Dakshineswar
4. The Divine Mother
5. God-intoxication
6.Bhairavī Brāhmaṇī, a Vaishnava Saint
7.One with Absolute
8.Other faiths
9.The Wife as Divinity
10. Pilgrimage
11. With Notables
12. Devotees
13. Monastic disciples
14. Female devotees
15. Last days
16. End of the drama
17. After the passing
18. Some Sayings
Towards the middle of the eighteenth century there lived in the village of Derepore in the District of Hooghly, Bengal, a Brahmin family of which Manik Ram Chattopadhyaya was the head.
He was a pious and kind-hearted man. With fifty acres of land at his disposal, he was able to meet the needs of his family as also to lend a helping hand to the poor and distressed of the village in times of calamity.
In about 1775 he was blessed with a son who was named Khudiram. Two other sons and a daughter were also subsequently born to him.
After the death of Manik Ram, the entire charge of the family devolved on his eldest son, Khudiram, who, trained in the family traditions of an orthodox house, was eminently fitted to attend to the manifold religious and secular duties of the household.
Both Khudiram and his wife, Śrīmatī Chandramani, were exceptionally devoted to their tutelary deity Śrī Rāmachandra, and soon earned the love, respect, and admiration of the villagers for their charity, truthfulness, and kindness.
In 1814 an incident of the great importance occurred in the life of Khudiram:
He was called upon by the local zamindar to give false evidence in support of a case which the latter had brought against one of his tenants.
But so fearless was Khudiram’s integrity that he was prepared to stake his all rather than deviate an inch from the path of truth and rectitude.
His stout refusal to comply with the request of the landlord entailed on him in its turn a heavy persecution which ultimately led him to leave his ancestral house for good.
Penniless and homeless, Khudiram bade adieu to Derepore and made his new home in a neighbouring village named Kamarpukur, where, through the benevolence of one of his friends, he got half an acre of very fertile land, which supplied the simple needs of the family.
The village of Kamarpukur is situated in the western extremity of the District of Hooghly, on the road leading to the holy place of Puri or Jagannāth. The village was highly prosperous and noted for its manifold arts and crafts.
The flourishing condition of the place is even now testified to by the debris of its old buildings and the ruins of great walls and temples as also by the existence of some large tanks.
Khudiram began his life anew in the midst of the quiet and peaceful surroundings of this village, and soon attracted the notice and gained the respect of his neighbours.
One day, while returning from a neighbouring village, Khudiram strangely came into possession of the emblem of his tutelary deity Raghuvir in a paddy field. He took it home and began to worship it as his own Ishta.
Both Khudiram and Chandra made a profound impression upon the villagers by their exemplary life and unswerving spirit of devotion to their beloved deity as also by their overflowing kindness to all who came to their door for help and succour.
Thus though the home of Khudiram never smiled in affluence, it was a source of great solace to many an aching heart.
After six years’ residence in Kamarpukur, Khudiram got his son and daughter married:
Rāmkumār, which was the name of the son, in the meanwhile had become quite proficient in Hindu lore, and was able to relieve, to a certain extent, his father’s family burden by earning something.
So Khudiram had now more time at his disposal to devote himself to religious practices:
In the year 1824 he went on foot on a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram in South India, which lasted about a year. Twelve months later, in 1826, his wife Chandra gave birth to her second son, who was named Rāmeśwar.
About eleven years later, in 1835, Khudiram went on another pilgrimage—this time to Gaya.
Here, after the performance of the sacred rites, he had a strange vision at night:
He dreamt that he was in the temple of Vishnu, where his forefathers were feasting on the sacred offerings he had made.
Suddenly a flood of celestial light filled the holy precincts of the shrine, and the spirits of the departed fell on their knees to pay homage to a Divine Presence seated on a throne.
The effulgent One beckoned to Khudiram, who, coming near, prostrated himself before Him and heard the luminous Person saying:
“I am well pleased at your sincere devotion. I shall be born in your cottage and accept you as my father.”
Khudiram awoke with his heart thrilled with joy. He understood that a Divine Being would bless his house very soon.
About the same time Chandra Devi was also having strange visions at Kamarpukur:
One night she dreamt that a luminous person exactly like her husband was lying by her side.
Another day, while standing with Dhani (a village blacksmith woman) before the Shiva temple adjacent to her house, Chandra saw a bright beam of divine effulgence dart from the image of Lord Shiva and enter her. Chandra was overpowered, and fell unconscious on the ground.
Dhani nursed her back to consciousness, but from that time Chandra began to feel as if she were quick with child.
On Khudiram’s return to Kamarpukur, Chandra narrated this event to her husband with her characteristic candour and simplicity.
But Khudiram, who had already had the strange vision at Gaya, was now completely convinced that they were soon to be blessed with a divine child. He advised her not to speak of her visions to anyone.
Chandra was greatly consoled, and passed her days in complete resignation to the will of Raghuvir.
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All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Label: Bella Union Release Date: 19/02/2007
by Grant Purdum February 15th, 2007
As tired as the post-rock genre is, records like All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone are keeping the artform alive, if only by a thread as withered and delicate as the soft sections of Explosions In The Sky’s latest. Although the Texas quartet expand on the suffocatingly – albeit deliciously so – uniform motif of previous album The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, All Of A Sudden… unflinchingly holds true to the band’s tradition.
It doesn’t break any padlocks, pick any keyholes or add any new instruments (save the isolated keys on ‘What Do You Go Home To?’), and you’ll be able to recognise the elongated loops and dots of their signature sound in an instant if you’re already a fan. That said, it’s about as consistently lovely as it can be considering the limitations adhered to by both the band and their genre of choice. Most importantly, the group dance around the rise-and-ripple dynamic expertly, never going about their business dispassionately or predictably. And after the still-lingering disappointment of M83’s Before the Dawn Heals Us – which traded the lovely machinated beats of Dead Cities for obnoxious, bloated, cheesedick live drums – I’m perfectly happy settling for an upgrade rather than a complete overhaul.
These boys know how to lasso a listener and slowly, softly, and effortlessly reel their catch in with minimal flipping and flopping. Suffice to say, as soon as opening track ‘The Birth And Death Of The Day’ rubs its eyes and shyly opens them to the world, you’ll be curious as to where EITS will transport you. And you’ll get your answer soon enough, young one: first you’ll be dunked head-first into a sheet of fuzz and wicked sloshes of snare. Then the guitar explosions we’ve all come to know and love begin, the dual six-string salvos tip-toeing around each other with such grace you’ll swear they were born stuck together like siamese twins.
From there Explosions In The Sky use their savvy approach to give us more of what they do best. Most of the songs start with a flutter, work themselves into a resplendent flourish, ease back into a gentle, laying-down-in-a-field-of-warm-poppies trench, then repeat the process. Obviously it’s not always that simple an equation, as All Of A Sudden… is much more redolent of rough-and-ready debut How Strange, Innocence. However, this new album somehow retains the most endearing traits of the aforementioned third album, too. And that’s what really pushes this effort over the top. It lets the drums out to play like the debut and lays the shimmering guitars on thick like The Earth…; it employs an increasingly random tact (How Strange, Innocence) yet ensures the compositions fit together snugly as a whole (The Earth…).
For those simply dying for a post-rock recharge in lieu of Godspeed’s sabbatical this is essential listening. In addition, much like Mogwai’s Mr Beast showed the Scottish group bearing new teeth, tracks like ‘Catastrophe And The Cure’ jump into cascading bliss intensely with nary a build-up, fixing on volume greedily like a veteran druggie shooting a hot nick of scag after a long sober period. This and other subtle changes yield another way to appreciate a band we all seem to appreciate regardless. Sure, good things come to those who wait, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all win from time to time, does it?
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Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees
A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash
Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019
25 years of SPOT Festival: DiS Picks Its Best 11
Twelve Hours Of Drone Is Just The Beginning: DiS Does Big Ears
IDLES Smash It In Sheffield
Liars, Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta
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Festival Preview
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In conversation: Liars and Deerhunter
Sonic Youth - Nurse
The ineffable joy of pop: DiS meets Carly Rae J...
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Discography reassessed: Bright Eyes in perspective
Hi, how are you? DiS meets Daniel Johnston
Our Town: Belle and Sebastian's guide to Glasgow
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Sixth Eurochannel Short Films Tour - Program 7 – The Younger Generation
Ronaldo (Ronaldo, 2010)
Switzerland: Zurich
Director: Jan Mettler, Jan-Eric Mack
A boy dreams of being a great soccer star. One morning he leaves the anonymity of his gray suburbs to enter the glaring light of the stadium. There he meets an unexpected opponent who puts him to the test.
The Pick-Up Artist (Der Aufreißer, 2006)
Germany: Berlin
Director: Steffen Weinert
Olli only wanted to have noncommittal, anonymous sex. But when he went out the door, the daughter of his “Pick-Up” crosses his way. Six-year-old Yvonne is not happy with the unlucky love life of her mother and has decided to find a real boyfriend for her… and for herself, a new dad.
Biography - Steffen Weinert
The Swimmer (Plaukikė, 2013)
Director: Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Ariel, a young and promising swimmer, spends her summer preparing for the upcoming Olympics. In the pool, she meets Grete, who has just started swimming lessons. Despite the age difference, the two become friends, as Ariel helps Grete to overcome her fear of jumping into the water. However, Ariel's leg ache becomes more and more painful.
Biography - Gabrielė Urbonaitė
The Sound of People (2007)
Director: Simon Fitzmaurice
The story of a moment in the life of an eighteen-year-old boy, standing on the brink between life and death.
Biography - Simon Fitzmaurice
Through You (2013)
Netherlands: Utrecht
Director: Lucette Braune
On her way to do some simple grocery shopping, a girl literally has to struggle through her fellow beings. Some of those people tend to leave a mark, but only one person leaves a mark that sticks.
Biography - Lucette Braune
Little Darling (Balavica, 2013)
Director: Igor Mirković
Two kids at the top of a skyscraper. A view of the sea. He is Tom Sawyer and she is Alice in Wonderland. They walk along the edge of the roof, doing everything they’re not supposed to. In that hot summer, left under the care of her grandma, she will feel love for the first time. Luckily, grandma doesn’t have a clue about it; she barely leaves the apartment. Her parents are absent; they talk over phone and we notice that they’re hiding something.
Biography - Igor Mirković
Phony War (Drôle de guerre, 2013)
France: Bourgogne
Director: Simon Panay
As his ill mother is hospitalized, young Matis must stay at his grandfather’s for a few days. To escape boredom, he plays with some of his grandfather’s things he finds: an old gun and a Resistance medal.
Cat in the Bag (Kaķis maisā, 2013)
Latvia / Estonia
Director: Nils Skapāns
It is nice and fun to have a cat (or some other pet) at home to play with. The trusting cat also thinks to himself: it's so great to be home… until the moment it realizes that it is trapped in a bag, somewhere out on the street, all alone. Nevertheless, all’s well that ends well.
Biography - Biography - Nils Skapāns
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By EC admin | Published: April 19, 2019
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: JOURNEYS IN MIDDLE EARTH
Embark on your own adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic world with The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, a fully co-operative, app-supported board game for one to five players! You’ll battle villainous foes, make courageous choices, and strike a blow against the evil that threatens the land — all as part of a thrilling campaign that leads you across the storied hills and dales of Middle-earth.
Each individual game of Journeys in Middle-earth is a single adventure in a larger campaign. You’ll explore the vast and dynamic landscapes of Middle-earth, using your skills to survive the challenges that you encounter on these perilous quests. As you and your fellow heroes explore the wilderness and battle the dark forces arrayed against you, the game’s companion app guides you to reveal the looming forests, quiet clearings, and ancient halls of Middle-earth, while also controlling the enemies you encounter. Whether you’re venturing into the wild on your own or with close companions by your side, you can write your own legend in the history of Middle-earth.
KIWETIN
There is something odd about the Kiwetin forest: Its spirits have entered into a thrilling race. With the help of the wind, you will have to find your way from one branch to another and catch the sacred flower first. The forest will play tricks on you, though, which could be a help or a hindrance.
Kiwetin is a simple and addictive fast-paced board game. You play as one of these spirits, and your character’s caliber affects the way you move on the board. The randomly placed action tiles offer a unique experience during each game.
Beware of whirlwinds because you might turn everything upside down!
HEROES WELCOME: MERCHANTS OF DRAGON REACH
Welcome to Dragon Reach, the bustling new frontier settlement in the Realm of Smiteros. The zone portals have just opened, and as we speak the first heroes are braving the Dungeon in search of fame, glory, and level-ups. Besieged monsters lurk on the outskirts of town looking for opportunities to gear themselves up against their new foes.
For you, this means only one thing: PROFIT! You see, heroes come back with packs full of loot, needing beds and mead and provisions and furry hats. (It’s always furry hats. What is up with that?) And monsters will pay top doubloon for anything that might stop the heroes from coming into their dungeon and smiting them straight to the Nameless Realms. (G’luck with that, fellas!) For the enterprising merchant who can work both ends of the situation, there are stacks of Vorpal to be made. But you won’t be alone. Other merchants are here, moving in on your territory, trying to make the same quick piece of shiny that you are. Competition is the heart of commerce. Or something.
When the boss monster finally goes down, whoever has the most Vorpal Pieces wins! (I saw that carved in a table at the Merchants’ Guild, so it must be true.)
The game is played in a series of rounds, and each round is separated into two phases:
1. Town Phase – Players will take turns running Shops, working in the Guildhalls, and crafting artifacts. When the round ends after one player calls for it, the Heroes leave town for their next Dungeon Crawl.
2. Dungeon Crawl Phase – The Heroes enter the Dungeon to defeat enemies and level up, receive Loot, and while this is happening you and your cohorts are preparing the town for their “triumphant” return. The Heroes finish by arriving at the Town Gate with backpacks full of Loot and gold, ripe for the picking. This starts the next and round with a new Town Phase.
The player with the most VPs at the end of the game (after the Boss encounter) wins!
Spy, swap, and peek to find Cabo the unicorn in this simple card game.
Your goal in CABO is to minimize the total value of your cards, but you don’t know what all your cards are at the beginning of the game. By using certain powers to peek at your own cards, spy on your opponent’s cards, or swap a card with an opponent, you can try to minimize the value of your cards. When you think you have the lowest value, you can call “CABO” to end the round, but everyone else gets another turn. In the end, the player with the lowest total wins; can you shed your cards quicker than your opponents?
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS CARD GAME
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Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a)
Shia Islam
Usul al-Din (Beliefs)
Main Beliefs
Tawhid ♦ Prophethood ♦ Imamate ♦ Resurrection ♦ Justice
Other Beliefs
Infallibility ♦ Wilaya ♦ Mahdawiyya ♦ Occultation (Minor Occultation, Major Occultation) ♦ Intizar al-Faraj ♦ Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) ♦ Raj'a ♦ Bada' ♦ Tawassul ♦ Tawassul to the dead
Furu' al-Din
'Ibadi Orders
Prayer ♦ Fasting ♦ Khums ♦ Hajj ♦ Zakat ♦ Jihad
Non-'Ibadi Orders
Forbidding the Evil and Enjoining the Good ♦ Tawalli ♦ Tabarri
Sources of Ijtihad
Qur'an ♦ Sunna ♦ Intellect ♦ Ijma'
Forgiveness ♦ Generosity ♦ Generous Help
'Grave Sins ♦ Kibr ♦ 'Ujb (self-conceit) ♦ Ghurur ♦ Envy
Nahj al-Balagha ♦ Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ♦ Letter of Imam 'Ali (a) to Imam al-Hasan (a)
Challenging Issues
Succession of the Prophet (s)
Shafa'a ♦ Tawassul ♦ Mut'a ♦ Taqiyya ♦ Justice of Companions
Shia Imams
Imam 'Ali (a) ♦ Imam al-Hasan (a) ♦ Imam al-Husayn (a) ♦ Imam al-Sajjad (a) ♦ Imam al-Baqir (a) ♦ Imam al-Sadiq (a) ♦ Imam al-Kazim (a) ♦ Imam al-Rida (a) ♦ Imam al-Jawad (a) Imam al-Hadi (a) ♦ Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) ♦ Imam al-Mahdi (a)
Men: Hamza ♦ Ja'far b. Abi Talib ♦ Salman al-Farsi ♦ Miqdad b. Aswad ♦ Abudhar al-Ghifari ♦ 'Ammar b. Yasir ♦ Malik al-Ashtar ♦ Muhammad b. Abi Bakr ♦ 'Aqil b. Abi Talib ♦ 'Uthman b. Hunayf ♦ Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ♦ Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari ♦ 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas ♦ 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib ♦ Khuzayma b. Thabit ♦ Yasir b. 'Amir al-'Anasi
Women: Khadija bt. Khuwaylid ♦ Lady Fatimah al-Zahra' (a) ♦ Al-Sayyida Zaynab (a) ♦ Umm Kulthum ♦ Asma' bt. 'Umays ♦ Umm Ayman ♦ Umm Salama
Shia Female Scholars ♦ Hadith Scholars ♦ Rijal and Biography Scholars ♦ Exegetes Template:Early Faqihs ♦ Faqihs ♦ Philosophers
Mecca: Al-Masjid al-Haram
Medina: Al-Masjid al-Nabawi Al-Baqi'
Al-Quds: Al-Masjid al-Aqsa
Karbala: Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)
Najaf: Holy Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a) Masjid al-Kufa
Mashhad: Holy Shrine of Imam al-Rida (a)
Kadhimiya: Shrine of al-Kazimayn (a)
Samarra: Shrine of al-'Askariyyayn (a)
Damascus: Holy Shrine of al-Sayyida Zaynab (a)
Qom: Holy Shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)
Shiraz: Ahmad b. Imam al-Kazim (a)
Ray: Shrine of 'Abd al-'Azim al-Hasani
Eids
Eid al-Fitr ♦ Eid al-Ghadir ♦ Eid al-Adha ♦ Rabi' I 17 ♦ Mid-Sha'ban ♦ Bi'tha
Mournings
Fatimiyya ♦ Muharram ♦ Mourning procession ♦ Tasu'a ♦ 'Ashura' ♦ Arba'in
Mubahala ♦ Event of Ghadir ♦ Incident of Saqifa ♦ Fadak ♦ Events of Lady Fatima's House Battle of Jamal ♦ Battle of Siffin ♦ Battle of Nahrawan ♦ Event of Karbala ♦ Hadith al-Thaqalayn ♦ Ashab al-Kisa' ♦ Al-Tathir Verse
Quran ♦ Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
The Four Books: Al-Istibsar ♦ Al-Kafi ♦ Tahdhib al-ahkam ♦ Kitab Man la yahduruh al-faqih ♦ Mushaf of Fatima (a) ♦ Mushaf of Imam 'Ali (a) ♦ Wasa'il al-Shi'a ♦ Bihar al-anwar ♦ Al-Ghadir ♦ Mafatih al-jinan ♦ Majma' al-bayan ♦ Al-Mizan fi tafsir al-Qur'an
Sects
Imamiyya ♦ Isma'iliyya ♦ Zaydiyya ♦ Kaysaniyya
Shi'a Beliefs
Tawhid (Monotheism)
Tawhid of Essence • Tawhid in Attributes • Tawhid in Actions • Tawhid in Worship
Tawassul • Shafa'a • Tabarruk
Divine Justice
Bada' • Amr Bayn al-Amrayn
Infallibility • 'Ilm al-ghayb • Mu'jiza • Integrity of the Holy Qur'an
Imamate
Infallibility • Wilaya • 'Ilm al-ghayb • Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a) (Minor Occultation,Major Occultation) • Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Raj'a
End Time • Hereafter • Barzakh • Embodiment of Actions •Bodily Resurrection • Al-Sirat • Tatayur al-Kutub • Mizan • Hashr
Other Outstanding Beliefs
Ahl al-Bayt (a) • The Fourteen Infallibles • Taqiyya • Marja'iyya • Tawalli • Tabarri
Ẓuhūr (Arabic: الظُهُور, Reappearance) in the terminology of Twelver Shiites means the rise and reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) after his Major Occultation in order to establish a just world government.
1 Literal Meaning
2.1 First Stage (Reappearance)
2.2 Second Stage (Rising)
2.3 Third stage (Imam al-Mahdi (a)'s Government)
3 Signs
Literal Meaning
The word "Zuhur" literally means the appearance or manifestation of something hidden. The word seems to imply an intense manifestation after being hidden or unseen.
The period of Zuhur can be divided into the following stages:
The reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) which is only decided by the divine volition and knowledge.
The rise and movement of Imam al-Mahdi (a) against the enemies and cruel governments of the world.
The establishment of the world government.
First Stage (Reappearance)
Zurara b. A'yan quoted Imam al-Baqir (a) as saying that "al-Qa'im [that is, Imam al-Mahdi (a)] has an occultation before his reappearance".
Imam al-Sadiq (a) said that "when God wills to uncover his (that is, Imam al-Mahdi (a)'s) status, He will inspire it in his heart, and then he reappears and undertakes the divine task".
It is worth mentioning that the stage of rising (such as undertaking tasks) is later than the stage of reappearance. That is, Imam al-Mahdi (a) will first reappear, and after his companions gather around him and other conditions are met, he will rise against cruel governments.
Second Stage (Rising)
Imam al-Sajjad (a) is quoted as saying that "when our al-Qa'im rises, God will remove fear from the hearts of our Shiites".
Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: "al-Qa'im will rise when he is not under the pledge of allegiance with anyone".
It is not the case that all hadiths using the word "Qiyam" (rising) and its cognates about Imam al-Mahdi (a) are concerned with the stage of rising; there are some hadiths in which the word is used for the stage of reappearance. However, it remains true that most of such hadiths concern the stage after the reappearance.
The Prophet (s) is quoted as saying that "the resurrection will not arrive until "al-Qa'im" rises for the rights of our household".
Imam al-Baqir (a) is quoted as saying that "when our al-Qa'im rises, God will put His hand on the heads of people, so that they can focus their thoughts".
The conflicts among some hadiths about the time of reappearance might be resolved by saying that some are concerned with the time of Zuhur or reappearance and some are concerned with the time of uprising.
It is worth saying that some hadiths have talked about Imam al-Mahdi (a)'s reappearance and uprising as "Khurūj" (rising against the government). According to a hadith from Imam al-Sadiq (a): "al-Qa'im's Khuruj (uprising) is certain".
Third stage (Imam al-Mahdi (a)'s Government)
According to a hadith from the Prophet (s): "the world does not come to an end until a man from my household will rise and govern like the household of Dawud".
According to another hadith from the Prophet (s): "I give you good news about al-Mahdi, a man from Quraysh, by whose rule all the inhabitants of the heaven and the Earth are satisfied".
And in another hadith he is quoted as saying that "a man from my people will rise and all people in the heaven and the Earth will love him".
Main article: Signs of Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi
Signs of Reappearance(علائم الظهور) are those events which have been predicted by the Infallibles (a) to happen before or on the verge of the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the happening of each of them is considered a good news for approaching his uprising in the world; so that, he (a) will rise after the last in the series of these signs happen. The Siren, rising of Sufyani, etc. are among these signs.
One question with which many people are concerned is when Imam al-Mahdi (a) will reappear and whether there is any specific time for his reappearance.
According to hadiths from Imams (a), the time of his reappearance or Zuhur is unknown to people.
Imam al-Sadiq (a) is quoted as saying that "we never determined a time for the reappearance in the past, nor will we do so in the future".
Therefore, as emphasized in some hadiths, people who predict certain times for the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) are imposters and liars.
Imam al-Baqir (a) told one of his companions who asked him about the time of reappearance: "people who determine times for the reappearance are liars; they lie, they lie".
These hadiths clarify that there were always people, with diabolical motivations, who determined times for Imam al-Mahdi (a)'s reappearance, as there will be such people in the future. Therefore, Imams (a) asked Shiites not to be indifferent to these people; rather they should reject and deny them.
Imam al-Sadiq (a) told one of his companions: "do not be afraid of rejecting a person who determines a time for the reappearance, since we have never determined a time for this".
Imam al-Mahdi (a)
Minor Occultation
Major Occultation
Mahdawiyya
Signs of Reappearance
The material for this article is mainly taken from ظهور in Farsi Wikishia.
Al-Mahdawiyya
Mahdi • Al-Qa'im • Belief in the Savior • Aba Salih • Al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa • Al-Mahdawiyya's Verses
Imam Zaman (a)
Mid-Sha'ban • Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Minor Occultation • Major Occultation • Waiting for reappearance • Raj'a • Baqiyyatullah • Tawqi' • Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Intizar al-Faraj • Letters of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Special Deputyship • General Deputyship • 'Arida • Meeting with Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Prayer of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Claimers of Special Deputyship • Companions of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Ninth of Rabi' I
Signs of
Reappearance
Heavenly Cry • The Uprising of al-Sufyani • Uprising of al-Yamani • Al-Khasf bi-l-Bayda' • Murder of al-Nafs al-Zakiyya • End Time • Dajjal • Battle of Qirqisiya • Sayyid al-Khurasani • Black Flags • Al-Sayyid al-Hasani
Claimers of Niyabat
Al-Shalmaghani • Ahmad b. Hilal al-Karkhi • Al-Hasan al-Shari'i
Imam al-Hasan b. 'Ali al-'Askari (a) • Imam 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Hadi (a) • Narjis • Hakima bt. al-Imam al-Jawad (a) • Ja'far b. al-Imam al-Hadi (a) • Marriage of Imam al-Mahdi (a)
Four Deputies
'Uthman b. Sa'id • Muhammad b. 'Uthman • Al-Husayn b. Ruh al-Nawbakhti • 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Samuri
Agents and Assistants
of Deputies
Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Ash'ari al-Qummi • Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qattan al-Qummi • Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Mahzyar al-Ahwazi
Shuʿayb b. Salih
Al-Bayan fi akhbar Sahib al-Zaman • Al-Najm al-thaqib • al-'Urf al-wardi fi akhbar al-Mahdi • al-Fusul al-'ashara fi l-ghayba • Al-Ghayba • Kitab al-Ghayba • Kamal al-din wa tamam al-ni'ma • → other
Jamkaran Mosque • Mount Radwa • Dhi Tuwa • Al-Sahla Mosque • Sardab al-Ghayba • Al-Jazira al-Khadra' • Bayda' • 'Arida Well • Wadi Yabis
Al-Wilaya Verse • Ibtila' Verse • Uli l-Amr Verse • Al-Ikmal Verse • Al-Tabligh Verse • Al-Sadiqin Verse
Hadith al-Thaqalayn • Al-Ghadir Sermon • Hadith al-Wisaya • Hadith al-Manzila • Hadith Yawm al-Dar • Hadith Man Mat • Hadith Silsilat al-Dhahab • Al-Ziyarah al-Jami'a al-Kabira • Hadith al-Khilafa • Hadith al-Safina • Hadith of Twelve Caliphs • Hadith of Lawh • Hadith al-Wilaya • Hadith of Jabir
Event of Ghadir • Incident of Saqifa
Al-Ghadir • 'Abaqat al-anwar • Al-Muraja'at • Al-Nass wa l-ijtihad • Ihqaq al-haqq • Shabha-yi Pishawur • Ithbat al-hudat • Minhaj al-karama • Al-Hidaya al-kubra • Al-Khara'ij wa l-jara'ih • Al-Ifsah fi l-imama • Dala'il al-imama • Al-Sirat al-mustaqim ila mustahiqqi l-taqdim
'Isma • Abandoning the Better • Wilaya • knowledge of the Unseen • Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a) • Zuhur • Imamate of the Twelve Imams (a) • Ahl al-Bayt (a) • Caliphate
Trusts of Imamate
Tablets of Moses (a) • Ark of the Covenant • Mushaf of Fatima (a) • Ring of Solomon (a) • Stick of Moses (a) • Jafr and Jami'a • Shirt of Joseph (a)
Tawalli • Tabarri • Mahdawiyya • Raj'a • Ulu l-Amr • Abandoning the Better
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Babes in Toyland, the recently reunited Minneapolis trio founded by Kat Bjelland in 1987, were a major force during their 90s heyday. They played Lollapalooza, got a primetime shout out from Beavis and Butt-Head, marshalled a wave of fierce femme rock (which Thurston Moore cringingly named “foxcore”.
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Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure: how to apply in practice or is a moonshot required?
Padmanabhan, S. , Aman, A. and Dominiczak, A. F. (2018) Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure: how to apply in practice or is a moonshot required? Current Hypertension Reports, 20, 54. (doi:10.1007/s11906-018-0863-1) (PMID:29881931) (PMCID:PMC5992231)
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Purpose of Review: Hypertension is recognised as the biggest contributor to the global burden of disease, but it is controlled in less than a fifth of patients worldwide, despite being relatively easy to detect and the availability of inexpensive safe generic drugs. Blood pressure is regulated by a complex network of physiologic pathways with currently available drugs targeting key receptors or enzymes in the top pathways. Major advances in the dissection of both monogenic and polygenic determinants of blood pressure regulation and variation have not resulted in rapid translation of these discoveries into clinical applications or precision medicine. Recent Findings: Uromodulin is an example of a novel gene for hypertension identified from genome-wide association studies, currently the basis of a clinical trial to reposition loop diuretics in hypertension management. Gene-editing studies have established a genome-wide association studies (GWAS) SNP in chromosome 6p24, implicated in six conditions including hypertension, as a distal regulator of the endothelin-1 gene around 3000 base pairs away. Genomics of aldosterone-producing adenomas bring to focus the paradox in genomic medicine where availability of cheap generic drugs may render precision medicine uneconomical. Summary: The speed of technology-driven genomic discoveries and the sluggish traditional pathways of drug development and translation need harmonisation to make a timely and early impact on global public health. This requires a directed collaborative effort for which we propose a hypertension moonshot to make a quantum leap in hypertension management and cardiovascular risk reduction by bringing together traditional bioscience, omics, engineering, digital technology and data science.
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Children’s Book Award Younger Children Blog Tour Round-up
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Have you read all the fantastic blogs by our Younger Children Top Ten authors and illustrators?
If you missed them – visit childrensbookaward.org.uk for the links, but here is a flavour of some of the fabulous illustrations and stories displayed.
The Secret of Black Rock, written and illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton and published by Flying Eye Books.
Joe was kind enough to share some of his sources of inspiration and preparatory work for Black Rock on Fiona Barker’s brilliant blog.
The piece by Joe gives a fascinating insight into his inspirations, his thought processes and how the book developed and evolved.
Joe says: ‘I discovered this picture online whilst looking for inspiration for a university project. It’s a picture of the Old Man of the Lake which is a log that has been floating in Organ’s Crater Lake for around 120 years. In 1938, they tracked its movements and it travelled 60 miles in just three months. This sparked my imagination and made me wonder what could be below the water.’
Other inspirations from Joe include paintings by Winslow Homer. He wanted to show how people can imagine the same thing in different ways.
Here is one original early sketch. Joe explains:
‘The lighthouse eventually had more of a tree house style lighthouse as it would be more fun to illustrate and not be too heavy for the Black Rock to carry around all day.’
As Fiona says at the end: ‘The Secret of Black Rock is a story about curiosity and bravery and I loved the way the environmental message is entirely hopeful showing that we can all strive to be the change we want to see’.
Thank you to Fiona for hosting this blog and to Joe, and visit Fiona’s blog to pick up more of Joe’s early sketches.
The second stop on the tour was Mrs. Mole, I’m Home! written and illustrated by Jarvis and published by Walker. This blog was hosted by Library Mice.
Mrs Mole, I’m Home! tells the story of Morris Mole who after a long hard day at work is desperate to see his family, but cannot find his way home because he cannot see, after losing his glasses (the glasses are perched on his head the whole time, which will delight to little readers as there is something so joyous about knowing something the character does not!) Digging his way around, he keeps popping into other people’s homes, from rabbits to penguins, and readers are thus introduced to different habitats, conveyed by the gorgeous colours in the artwork. In the end, Morris realises he does not need his glasses to find his way home. There is plenty to pore over and plenty to giggle at in this lovely tale. Here is a message from Jarvis regarding his shortlisting:
“To have Mrs Mole, I’m Home, included on the FCBG’s Children’s Book Award Top 4 Picture Books is such a great surprise. When you make a picture book and send it out into the world you have no idea how it will be perceived or how much it will even be read! Will it get lost and end up at the back of a library shelf? But to hear that it has found its way onto a list voted for by children is more than I could have hoped for.” Thanks to Jarvis and to Library Mice for hosting this blog.
Visit the blog to see more great pictures from this popular book. And remember to vote online here.
Edgar and the Sausage Inspector, written and illustrated by Jan Fearnley, and published by Nosy Crow was hosted by Playing by the Book:
“It’s hard to say no to a rat in a hat!”
Edgar and Edith are hungry, and it’s up to Edgar to bring home something tasty. But every time Edgar finds some delicious sausages or some scrumptious pastries from the patisserie, they’re confiscated by a dastardly rat calling himself The Inspector. Just who is this important-looking fellow with a big hat? Poor Edgar and Edith are left with nothing but dry crackers and pickles for dinner. That is, until one day, when Edgar decides to do some investigating of his own about the rather portly Inspector and the rat meets his match…
This fantastically funny book by multi-award-winning author-illustrator, Jan Fearnley is set in Paris and features lots of delicious food from a scrumptious string of sausages to a pile of pretty pastries. There’s a gorgeous cat and a wonderfully villainous rat and a surprise ending that will delight both adults and children – no wonder it has proved such a hit with young voters in the Children’s Book Award!
Jan Fearnley said of her shortlisting:
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be on the shortlist for the Children’s Book Awards. What I love about this award is that it is the children who vote. I am incredibly proud of Edgar and The Sausage Inspector, Edgar’s story had been rolling around in my head for a while and I simply adore writing and drawing naughty, dodgy characters such as the Rat in a Hat. I love that he makes himself “important” and credible with all the usual silly paraphernalia – a hat, a badge, a notebook, because that’s what people do nowadays. If Nosy Crow had allowed me a few more spreads, he could well have ended up sporting a high-vis jacket!”
Read more from Jan and see more of the fabulous spreads from the book at playingbythebook.net, with thanks to Zoe and to Jan.
And our final blog stop for the Younger Children Category was hosted by Toppsta featuring I Dare You, written and illustrated by Reece Wykes and published by Andersen Press
Visit the blog to read what Toppsta reviewers had to say about it, but as Georgina Atwell of Toppsta says:
“What’s amazing is that this is Reece’s first book and it’s an impressive start from a debut author/illustrator. Reece studied illustration and animation at Kingston University. His work has been highly commended by the MacMillan Children’s Book Prize and he was joint winner of the Worldwide Illustration Prize, UK category. He now lives and works in London and judging by the dry wit and punchy illustrations of I Dare You, I have a feeling we have another Jon Klassen (I Want My Hat Back) in our midst”.
Reece says “It came as such an amazing surprise to see my name alongside these other fantastic illustrators nominated for the FCBG Children’s Book Award. I Dare You is my first picture book and I was slightly apprehensive about it being released into the world. It’s such a great feeling knowing that kids (and maybe some adults) have enjoyed reading it. I want to say a big thank you to Andersen Press for believing in me and my slightly strange book idea.”
As Toppsta adds:
But now we need your help! I Dare You and the other titles on the shortlist need your votes. In addition to the FCBG tester groups, any child up to the age of 18 can vote for their favourite books on the Top 10 Shortlist, you can find out how here and keep up to date with all of the FCBG Children’s Book Award news on Twitter.
Thanks to Georgina and to Reece for this blog.
The next blog stop is on Monday 19th March with Katherine Rundell’s The Explorer published by Bloomsbury and hosted by librarygirlandbookboy
Make sure you follow us on Twitter to read the blogs on the Younger Readers’ Top Ten and subscribe to this blog to catch the round-up on 29th March.
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