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The warmth, ephemerality and indescribable nature of light, both as a concept and physical element has long been integral to artistic pursuits. Impressionists were enraptured by the ability of light to represent the passage of time, illuminate darkness and signal birth. It continues to be a focus in modern-day exhibitions, including Guggenheim Abu Dhabi's "Seeing Through Light," which, in the institution's own words, explored light's "diverse meaning and associations from the physical to the intellectual and from the spiritual to the scientific."
"Invisible Light," at Edouard Malingue Gallery's new space in Hong Kong, is another exploration of such ideas, ambitiously drawing together five artists from Hong Kong, Istanbul, Paris and New York, whose works contemplate both the literal and metaphorical properties and associations of light. The works in the exhibit each evoke and manipulate light in various ways, presenting a diverse array of material expressions.
It seems only fitting that light, and its association with new beginnings, served as the underlying concept for the inaugural exhibition of Edouard Malingue's new venue. Designed by Beau Architects, the space boasts an exposed concrete ceiling, metallic floor and lightweight walls that snugly encase the L-shaped gallery. Certain layout and curatorial choices have made the exhibition seem bare, but, ultimately, the simplicity of the space has enabled individual artworks to "shine."
Delivering the most literal depiction of such radiant presence is Hong Kong artist Ko Sin Tung. Dominating the first wall of the gallery is the "Collecting Light" series (2014), a series of painted, archival inkjet prints depicting closely cropped online images of windows, enlarged to the point of pixelation. In discussing her work, Ko says, "If the purpose of a window is to bring more light into a space, then I wish to take on the role of a window." She accomplishes this feat by applying white paint on the prints and manipulating its images of pixelated light, accentuating the luminescence that was subdued by the printing process. Hung in a deliberately haphazard formation, the prints evoke the familiar facade of urban, close-quartered residential buildings, highlighting the sense of alienation that often pervades inhabitants of such dwellings.
In another series of works, five prints from Ko's "Modern Home Collection" series (2013) are set on a white, fluffy carpet. Enlarged and framed, online images of silver, household ornaments rest against a gallery wall. These pixelated images of domestic paraphernalia, in their ambiguity, encourage viewers to reassess the arbitrary importance that they have bestowed on similar possessions of their own.
American artist Jeremy Everett takes a more physical approach to the exhibition's concept of "invisible light." Everett, whose works are known for exploring the interface between beauty and decay, experiments innovatively using light as the central tool of his creations. Beguiling canvas panels of silver, gold and black hues comprise his "Film Still" series (2013). The panels are produced by spreading gelatin-silver emulsion on mylar and then exposing them to light, which reveals light's potential as a source of physical transformation.
Turkish artist Nuri Kuzucan's similarly monochromatic paintings are displayed in the predominantly black-and-white alcove of the gallery. Geometric compositions, such as Reconstruction (2014), present themselves as mazes of converging and diverging lines resembling an unsolvable Tetris formation, or an X-ray image of a high-rise building. Symbolizing architecture's complex relationship with light, these works—as touted by the exhibition—portray the "intricate overlap and fragmented dimensionalities of our cosmopolitan edifices."
Breaking from such monochromatic tones, and hence drawing the most aesthetic interest in the exhibition, is French artist Eric Baudart's Scotch (2013), a scanned photograph of a roll of adhesive tape, printed on tracing paper and laid on plastic. Its playful, soft-pink palette distinguishes the work in its unexpected beauty.
Light's ability to aid the discovery of beauty within the mundane is reinforced in Baudart's video works, Caresse-moi (2007) and Black Hole (2008), which are mounted side by side at the gallery. The former depicts the luminous form of a floating jellyfish, while the latter depicts water flowing endlessly. Capturing the refraction of the sun's rays as they hit the water, the two video works, in their addictive visual intrigue, conjure up a lulling experience for viewers that is hard to break away from.
"Invisible Light," in its untraditional menagerie of mediums and approaches, distinguishes itself from other similar exhibitions that have sought to explore the theme of light. Much like its title suggests, the literal and metaphorical purpose of light is generally "invisible"—an intangible phenomenon at the end of the spectrum that we, as humans, are often blind to.
"Invisible Light" is on display at Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, until March 7, 2015.


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Has anyone seen this: I was in XBMC last night (Eden build) and it crashed back to the OS, but instead of the usual menu options it was back to the default four (no XBMC, no NitoTV). It's almost like the crash caused it to restore from a backup firmware. I did a hard reboot on the ATV2 (holding both buttons on the remote for 7 seconds) and it came back but XBMC and NitoTV are still missing.
I thought that maybe an autoupdate had run or something, but I still have iOS v4.1.1 installed.
I'm going to try and find a micro USB cable and use Greenpois0n to restore it again tomorrow, but it's a worry.
Has anyone seen this before, or has anyone got an alternative ideas?
Update 5th April 2012
After spending more than an hour attempting to jailbreak and upgrade the ATV2, I gave up and plugged it back into the TV. I thought that it would be worth while checking if I could SSH into the device, even though all signs pointed to it no longer being jailbroken. Amazingly, SSH worked just fine and whilst I can't work out how to restore the menu items, I did find a way to boot into XBMC directly, so whilst that doesn't solve the initial problem, it solves it well enough. My ATV2 now boots into XBMC by default, which is what I ant 99% of the time anyway.

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Crushin' on Felicia Day. What do we do about it? What can we do?
Felicia Day Talks the New Season of Her Hit Web Series 'The Guild' and the Hazards of Being a 'Girl Gamer' – by Robert Echevarria
If you get on the internet for anything other than email, you would be hard-pressed not have heard of Felicia Day. An actress seen on shows such as "Eureka," "Supernatural" and "House," Day is the multifaceted creator, writer, producer and star [as Guild Priestess Codex] of the smash-hit web series, "The Guild." Achieving longterm success in an online medium known for its short attention span is no small feat, but "The Guild," which is centered around the lives of a group of gamers involved in an MMORPG, is moving into its sixth season, which premieres on Day's YouTube channel Geek & Sundry on October 2nd. This level of success is no surprise when you look at the stats — "The Guild" has garnered over 69 million views and several awards, and has launched a handfull of music videos that have Day's fangirls and -boys bubbling in a hormonal tizzy, which is ironic, because "sexy" isn't a word that Day would use to describe herself.
"The Guild" is going into its sixth season, which is a great accomplishment considering the often ephemeral nature of the web.
A lot of work has gone into making the show, and for the first two years the show was funded by its fans through PayPal donations. And we have so many great and wonderful fans watching and supporting "The Guild," plus subscribing to Geek & Sundry — without them, well…
It's a great partnership you have with your fans. Do you have any season six details to share?
I can definitely say that Codex goes into a new world. She starts working at "The Game," as you saw from season five's cliffhanger, and everything takes off from there, including Vork's [played by Jeff Lewis] new relationship. And we might even go into "The Game" a little bit.
Even though "The Guild" is your baby, do you feel its popularity has typecast you as the "hot geeky girl"?
I definitely don't think I'm ever thought of as "the hot girl." I'd certainly say the quirky, shy girl is something I've been lucky to put on the forefront of everyone's minds. I created "The Guild" because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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"Hanging, swaying, pulsing, the most vulnerable and insubstantial creature, [the jellyfish] has for its defense the violence and power of the whole ocean, to which it has entrusted its being, its going, and its will." (7)
"Sleep is in contact with the Possible, which we also call the improbable. The world of the night is a world. Night, as night, is a universe… The dark things fo the unknown world become neighbors of man, whether by true communication or by a visionary enlargement of the distances of teh abyss… The dream is the aquarium of the Night" (89, attributed to V. Hugo, Travialleurs de la Mer).
"It was, Haber thought in emotionless horror, a giant turtle. Then he realized that it was encased in asuit of some kind, which gave it a bulky, greenish, armored, inexpressive look like a giant sea turtle standing on its hind legs." (118, the Aliens dreamt by Orr)
It's ironic that Orr–who is clearly the symbolic jellyfish–dreams up alien sea turtles, because sea turtles like to eat jellyfish. I don't know what to make of this.


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Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has taken aim at Police Minister Bheki Cele demanding extra police in the province to address a spike in violent crime.
Zille says she is prepared to take the national government to court should her office not receive a satisfactory response from the minister.
The Premier alleges that the Western Cape government has done all it can to control a murder rate that has risen by 12.6% in the last year. Zille highlighted that in some areas of the Western Cape police numbers were well below the national average.
Speaking to a press conference in Cape Town on Wednesday Zille said:
"We have scoured legislation and the constitution' we have passed our own laws and we have stretched our constitutional mandate of oversight and partnerships to the limit.
"It's all had a profound effect' and we can correlate improvements in crime patterns with interventions we've made.
"But the one job only the police can do — investigating crimes and gathering evidence to secure convictions — has become the weakest link in the criminal justice chain."
Zille has given Cele thirty days to respond to her letter which requests, among other things, a pledge that extra officers will be allocated to the priority areas of gang crime' rail safety' attacks on schools' protection of infrastructure and ambulance crews' and public order policing.
Zille would also like national government to accept the Western Cape's offer to pay additional police reservists and assist with administrative tasks.
A special police committee has been called to act against gang violence, both in the Western Cape and in Gauteng, where the Westbury protests has brought the issue into the spotlight.
It's not the first time Zille has made demands of a police minister. Earlier this year, she threatened court action against Cele, demanding he acts on promises which were not filled by his predecessor' Fikile Mbalula.
One of those promises was to send the amry into the Cape Flats.
At the time, Zille said:
"I'm at a point where I want to take legal action if the problem is never remedied by the powers that be. I'm seeing Minister Cele today. There are times that a civil authority loses control over the entire area. That's often the case in Manenberg where we can't deliver services. You cannot even put fibre into the ground to connect the schools to broadband because the gangs say that unless you pay them protection money, people who come service and lay that fibre are not allowed in the area."
Cele responded by accusing Zille of contradicting herself in the way she's dealing with the issue.
"It was Helen Zille who was leading the good work of the South Africa police and praising them. Why today is she not saying the same thing, that the job is good. They have sustained and maintained the order in that area. 154 police have been put there. We have promised extra if they are needed."


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Irvin illBy Dairy News
BEGA CHEESE executive chairman Barry Irvin is taking a break from some of his duties while he recovers from an illness.
In a letter to suppliers last week, Mr Irvin acknowledged he had not been paying enough attention to his health and had undergone surgery.
He has told suppliers he was unable to attend a round of upcoming supplier meetings as he expected it would take a few months to recover from the surgery and to receive further treatment.
''... I am confident of a recovery and am looking forward to catching up with you all in a few months,'' he has told his suppliers.
He also urged his friends and colleagues not to put off getting a health check-up.
''I guess I am an example of what not to do, and please be sure to have a check-up.''
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When people hurt you
Oh really?
You are feeling hurt because people hurt your emotions?
You feel hopeless because people mock you?
You feel its unfair when people take advantage of you?
You cant stand it when people make fun of your weakness?
You feel discouraged when people let you down?
Oh really!? You are trying to tell me you wished people cared more of other's feelings?
Well I'm not surprised at the way this world behaves because even before they got to you they got to the person who sits on the right hand of God, His very own Son; the one person who walked this earth sin and blame free.
They mocked Him,
abandoned Him
cheated Him,
betrayed Him,
blamed Him,
hurt Him physically and emotionally,
whipped Him and tore at his flesh,
spat at Him,
made fun of Him,
treated Him worse than a stray animal,
nailed Him….
…and even at the point of extreme pain, as He was taking his last few breaths all He asked was for some water and they mercilessly thrust bitter wine into His mouth!
Even at the pinnacle of extreme anguish, blood oozing out of his body, fear and pain in every muscle and flesh He still asked God to forgive them all.
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing." – Luke 23:34
This is the person they murdered.
Sinless, blameless, full of compassion and kindness, doing good for all and healing the sick, He walked this earth only to be treated like no man should ever be treated however wrong he may be.
It was like nothing He ever did mattered, who He is never mattered, His kind deeds were forgotten and His miracles were questioned, His worth was mocked and His honesty was blamed.
……and you think people are going to give you any consideration for the good you do?
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." – John 15:18
You expect them to have heart enough to care and see through your pain?
Don't expect too much from this world for they killed your King, how do you think they are going to treat you?
'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. – John 15: 20
But love them anyways, for your king loved them regardless; so you have no right to hold a grudge or avenge them but to forgive them like He did!
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. – Colossians 3:13


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Using a 2.5sec exposure I gently threw my camera up in a spinning motion in-front of my computer monitor. The monitor was the only light source in the room at the time.
It created this cool kinetic image so I thought I'd kick off this contest. (5 years and 1376 days ago)
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Robotics and Visual Computing Lab tours at Brown University CS Department
Computer, Robotics and Automation Societies and GBC/ACM
Robotics and Visual Computing Lab tours at Brown University CS Department
Visitors will have their choice of a variety of demos in the labs on the ground floor of the CS Building on the Brown campus, the Watson Center for Information Technology, corner of Waterman St. and Brook St, Providence. Parking is available in a lot across the street from the CIT.
1) Robotics: Prof. Stefanie Tellex, colleagues and students
a. Demo 1: Virtual reality teleoperation. Visitors put on a VR headset. They see a visualization of the robot's sensor stream and teleoperates the robot in VR to pick up objects and manipulate them.
b. Demo 2: Drones. Students from Brown and the PCTA will do a live demo of our low-cost autonomous drone. This is part of our goal to empower every person with a collaborative robot.
c. Demo 3: Social feedback. Visitors use language and gesture to point out an object to the Baxter robot. The robot responds by delivering the object.
2) Visual Computing: Prof. Daniel Ritchie and students
a. Indoor scene synthesis: learning how to choose and lay out furniture & other objects in indoor spaces using deep neural networks. We have a short narrative video that overviews how the method works, and PhD student Kai can also present a poster about the same project
b. Learning visual style compatibility of 3D objects: Given two 3D objects, e.g., assets that might be used for a game / VR application, can a computer quantify how well they would "go together" if used in the same scene? We're training neural networks to do this. One source of data is human judgments about style similarity
c. Building a large dataset of articulated 3D models: Existing large 3D model datasets consist of only static geometry. We're building a large dataset of objects annotated with part mobilities (e.g. door handles can turn) for use in VR, robotics, and other applications.
d. Visual program induction: Given an image or a 3D model, can a computer infer a high-level program that, when executed, reproduces the input image/model? This ability facilitates interesting 'semantic' edits to the image/shape. We can show results from recent systems that do this in several domains, including converting hand-drawn graph sketches into LaTeX-like programs.
3) Visual Computing: Prof. James Tompkin and students
a. Unsupervised Machine Learning-based Image Translation: See yourself transformed into a cat or an anime character using machine learning techniques which automatically learn how to 'translate' between classes of objects in images
b. Organizing Databases of Imagery with Interactive Labeling: It is easy to scrape databases of imagery online, but how can we organize these easily when they are unlabeled? We show an interactive labeling system to quickly organize databases of human body geometry or artistic paintings into user-defined criteria.
c. Light field Segmentation and Rendering for Image Editing: As smartphones become multi-camera systems, how can we consistently edit images captured with these camera arrays (images/video)
d. Machine Perception of Data Visualizations: Can current machine-learning perception systems reason about data visualizations like graphs, and what does this tell us about the pros and cons of machine vision systems and human vision? (images/video)
4) Visual Computing: Prof. Andy van Dam and students
a. Vizdom: interactive analytics through pen and touch. Vizdom's frontend allows users to visually compose complex workflows of machine learning and statistics operators on an interactive whiteboard, and the backend leverages recent advances in workflow compilation techniques to run these computations at interactive speeds (joint work with Prof. Tim Kraska of MIT, and van Dam's Ph.d. student Emanuel Zgraggen, now post-doc'ing with Tim at MIT)
b. Dash: a pen- and touch-enabled 2D information management system for desktops, slates and large interactive whiteboards. Using unbounded 2d workspaces users can gather documents and fragments from a variety of sources, organize them spatially and hierarchically, annotate them, and hyperlink related content to discover and encode relationships. New insights can be presented via customizable dashboards and slide sequence style presentations.
5) Visual Computing: Prof. David Laidlaw and associates
a. The YURT, a high-resolution VR facility: it displays over 100 million stereo pixels using 69 full HD projectors driven by 20 nodes of an HPC cluster. The projectors display onto 145 mirrors covering a 360 degree surface including overhead and underfoot. At normal viewing distances, the pixels are smaller than are resolvable by the human retina. Visitors will walk 2 blocks to 180 George St, put on 3D stereo glasses to have an immersive virtual reality demonstration of some science and education projects as well as some applications that are a bit more frivolous.


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From "Life of Brian"
[Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall. The Centurion catches him in the act]
Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is... ?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use... ?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is... ?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is... ?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
For a while this will be focused on my trips to the South Pole to work on ARA and IceCube experiments as a physicist and instrumentation scientist from the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center at the University of Wisconsin. Here Dr. DuVernois will ponder the world, the web, and all things in the middle. If that isn't a noble enough project, I'll also post interesting links. This web journal is held in lieu of a writing journal and continues my UMN, MySpace, and Facebook blogs.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Today's Latin Lesson
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The hallway is the first space a guest will step into through the front door, and is therefore a significant first impression of the whole house. It's the initial welcome, and its decoration should not be overlooked! An impressive hallway adds tremendous character to your abode. It can be likened to the signature; a preface of what is to come. Will it be grand or homely? Bright and quirky or stately and dignified? That is for you to decided and will be a reflection of your ideas for the home or an insight into your personality. Here at homify, we've provided 6 examples of modern hallways to inspire!
Here we have an example of a Mediterranean hallway, with marbled tile flooring and sparse design promoting space and calm. The tall plant pots complement the tiles both in colour and stature. The plants themselves provide a necessary natural element, along with the mosaic artwork further down the hallway. These two key features give some indication as to the personality of the owner or the thinking behind the room's creation.
What a stylish, welcoming and well illuminated entrance way! Notice the excellent use of tiles on the floor, with a beautiful blue and white pattern bordered by a more traditional sand colour that blends into the brilliant white of the walls. The single wooden chair and oak table with flowers could almost be taken from a painting. The painting which hangs on the wall behind adds more colour with its rustic orange and browns. The general effect is one of striking colour and imagery by a master in design who clearly possesses some artistic know-how.
This hallway design tells a story in itself. The owner has displayed maps and old pictures of the region, and perhaps places they have traveled to or lived in. The collection of books in a miniature, low-standing library lets guest know that books are important and give an aura of worldliness. Dark wood with grey shelves and cement walls promotes a sense of order and attention to detail, though the puppetry and other decoration suggest there may be more to this house than meets the eye. This hallway is curious and interesting, inviting the guest to explore further.
Minimalistic and stylish, this simple hallway shows straight away that there are no airs and graces. Instead there's a welcoming, warm-hearted and easy-going vibe to the house. Everything you need is here, and clever use of baskets as storage really adds to the country or beach house theme. The use of white with light blue is calming, and we love the blackboard and reference to rabbits in the picture on the wall. A lovely entrance hall kept clean and tidy. More amazing hallways can be found here!
Gazing down this hallway feels like an optical illusion. The use of large floor-to-ceiling mirrors gives the effect of a much larger space. Everything is chic and elegant in design. Complementary tones of chocolate brown walls and white doors, together with a striking wooden floor (specifically laid so the grain is moving down the corridor), all add to a perceived increase in length and distance. Symmetry is found in the plants, pots and lighting above. Impressive, stylish and luxurious.
The use of colour as seen in this example can be very powerful. A whole wall in blazing red reflects bold style and someone who will do things the way they want to! The semi-transparent window blinds allow light to penetrate, giving a back light to the branch decoration which becomes a silhouetted and creative feature. There are also choice plant pots to give colour and life. We love the quaint, playful stepping stones leading from the front door. To really create a great wall like this you may find that an interior designer is necessary!


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Here are 5 things I strongly suggest you do when you're in the middle of a crisis.
Everyone experiences a crisis from time to time so the question is, what do you do when you're in the middle of one? The most obvious answer is often the most overlooked one and that is to pray. Pour out your heart to God and tell Him what you feel. Yes, He already knows but it helps to be specific with what you are going through. He is more than willing to listen to you and help you through this time of crisis. I would also strongly suggest that you seek out the prayers of the saints too. Ask others to pray for you that you might know what to do and when to do it. God hears and answers our prayers but His timing is perfect, ours isn't. The Devil's in a hurry but God will often take His time to make sure that things work out according to His purpose. He might want us to examine our lives, to see if we have any unconfessed sin, or if we're having difficulty with one of our relationships. We know for example that Peter wrote "husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered" (1st Pet 3:7) so we can hinder our prayers if we're not in a right relationship with our spouse or with someone else. Jesus said "if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift" (Matt 5:23-24).
Trusting in God
Sometimes God desires for us to trust Him in a crisis. He would have you "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths" (Prov 3:5-6) for "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God" (Psalm 20:7). Where is your trust? Is it in your pocketbook or checkbook ledger? It is in your job or your relationship? Maybe God wants you to trust Him more than trust in what you see with your eyes. Everything might look bleak but God sees it all. It might be a huge problem but to God, everything is small. Those who trust in God will never be disappointed. It was "To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame" (Psalm22:5). There is no better Person to place your trust in than the God Who made the heavens and the earth because He is not limited by time, space, or physical circumstances like we are.
Seek godly Counsel
Solomon once wisely wrote "Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety" (Prov 11:14) and "Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed" (Prov 15:22). Before you make plans in a crisis, know this; "Plans are established by seeking advice" (Prov 20:18a). Sometimes we are so close to the crisis that we can't see any possible solution. It's like the saying, you can't see the forest for the trees, but a trusted, godly counselor or a trusted Christian friend may see things more objectively than you can since you're likely to close to the problem. Never make quick decisions. Rarely is the solution found in a quick fix.
Seeing good out of Evil
When Joseph was unjustly treated by his brothers by being thrown into a pit and then sold into slavery only to be unfairly thrown into prison in Egypt, there is no evidence at all that Joseph ever complained. Instead, he continued to make the best of a bad situation and was trusted enough to be put in charge of the prisoners. Even when his release lingered, he never once complained or railed against God for being unfair. Joseph's conclusion was a classic portrait of the sovereignty of God as he told his brothers, "you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" (Gen 50:20a) and so it was intended for good because of Joseph's God-given ability to interpret the Pharaoh's dream and by this, he saved millions of lives by storing grain for a future famine that hit Egypt for seven years. Paul thought along this same line when he wrote that "we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose" (Rom 8:28).
Seek the Psalms
Fewer writes in the Bible saw more crisis than did David so I suggest you seek solace in the psalms for they give us a great perspective amidst the suffering we're going through right now. In Psalm 34:17 it says "When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles" and he wrote, "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord" (Psalm 130:1) and the Lord heard and delivered him. So take the counsel of the psalmist and "With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord" (Psalm 142:1). I recommend Psalm 23, 34, 51, 103 and whichever ones are your favorite. The Book of Psalms gives us literal prayers that we can pray back to God.
I hope this can help you deal with your own personal or family crisis, whatever it might be. We all experience crisis' from time to time and when we do we can pray to God and pour out our hearts to Him; we can trust God and know that He will never leave us or forsake us; we can seek godly counsel from trusted Christian friends; we can know that God can use evil for good; and we can find solace in the Word of God and specifically in the Book of Psalms.
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"The main reasons of the scandal with Banca Privada d'Andorra were lack of capacity of the regulators and the lack of oversight, specifically effective oversight, of the Board of the Bank's Directors ", – says Burke Files, an international expert in asset recovery, due diligence, anti money laundering and intellectual property matters


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Asus Zephyrus GX501VI-GZ025T
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Reviews for the Asus Zephyrus GX501VI-GZ025T
Source: Tech Smart
The Zephyrus GX501 is a powerful gaming notebook, of that there is no question. If you're aiming to invest in a solid piece of hardware that will stand you in good stead for the next few years, this one from Asus is tough to beat.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/19/2018
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook-Center.ru RU→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; excellent display. Negative: Expensive.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/03/2017
Source: Nordic Hardware SV→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/24/2017
Rating: Total score: 65% performance: 90% mobility: 30% workmanship: 75%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile: Pascal based laptop graphics card using GDDR5 graphics memory. Should offer a similar performance to the deskto GTX 1080. However, there is also a more power efficient "Max-Q" version that performs worse than the normal GTX1080 and is used in thin and light laptops.
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i7-7700HQ: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture. Besides four CPU cores (including Hyper Threading), the chips also integrates the HD Graphics 630 GPU and is manufactured in an improved 14 nm process.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15-16 inch is a standard display size for laptops and offers the biggest variety of products.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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Usually subnotebooks, ultrabooks and quite lightweight laptops with 12-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
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65%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
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I was feeling a bit meh in a tiredness/depression/not quite Friday slump but it's a lovely evening to remember to appreciate life and the world (even if my suburban view isn't the most attractive!).
I was feeling a bit meh in a tiredness/depression/not quite Friday slump but it's a lovely evening to remember to appreciate life and the world (even if my suburban view isn't the most attractive!).
It's been a while since I was on here… It feels like I'm behind on everything at the moment and the essentials have to come first, followed by any projects with deadlines. At least I've been out doing things so I have some excuse… I'd love to be further on with my sewing, and up to date with my scrapbooks, and have a nice tidy flat, but currently I'm not succeeding with any of them… I'm sure I'll get there, my weekends have been busy recently so there's been no time then either! At least now the antidepressants have kicked in I'm more able to do things with my evenings. I'm considering taking a day off sometime to just be creative and make things for birthdays and Christmas. I'll see what else ends up happening 🙂
It's definitely autumn here now and the days are drawing in, so here's the first commute sunrise of the season.
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire 29th May 2017
It was a bank holiday, of course the weather was horrendous!
The Poppies: Weeping Window installation opened in Derby last weekend as part of the UK wide tour. The poppies were originally installed on the Tower of London to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. It's nice that the installation has come to Derby, it sometimes feels like not much happens here.
It's amazing to see, a sweep of red descending from the tower and spreading across the square that viewed close up becomes individual poppies and twisting black stalks. The art suits the building somehow, I wonder what the mill saw of the war…
The week before the late May bank holiday was glorious – hot, sunny and perfect for getting outside. Except I was in the office all week… so on the Saturday I decided to enjoy the last of the sunshine by walking along the Cromford Canal from Whatstandwell to Cromford. It's a beautiful and peaceful place, sheltered by trees reflected in the water, lovely views across the valley in places, and very few people around.
I've been trying to practice my sketching and water colours recently so I took my sketchbook with me along the canal, and painted my sketches later on at home. I'm not much good at trees and lots of vegetation at the moment but I'm not doing too badly on more man-made features.
Yesterday was my 2 year blogiversary, so here's a round-up of my weekend. It's been a quiet and lazy couple of days, I've done very little of what I'd planned… but I managed to do a bit of all of the random things I usually dump on my blog for want of a better recording system so it seems like a good enough celebration 🙂
Blog content type 1: random photos of random nice places, such as this view across Derbyshire viewed through the bus window on my way home from Nottingham.
And yesterday's dramatic sunset.
Blog content type 2: post! I was in a postcard sending mood yesterday, so I replied to a postcard pal in USA, and sent postcards through Postcrossing and Postcard United to Russia, Sweden, and Japan. I'm missing receiving lots of cards at the moment, but I'm frustratingly at more received than sent on both sites, don't like it when that happens. The bottom right card is an image of a fruit fly nervous system, they wanted to receive weird cards!
Blog content type 3: sewing, quilting, generally making stuff. And also Swap-bot swaps 🙂 I've now made the quilt block to match the one I sent out as a swap, with a minor change because some of my central strips weren't long enough…
And tomorrow is the start of a new week, let's see what happens next…
I'm not sure what happened to yesterday…the days have all blurred into one! So here's 2 days together. I'm glad it's the weekend…
Received cards:
A fun illustrated card of the clock tower in Izmir, Turkey from postcard pal. And a possibly Valentines-ish type of postcard from a postcard pal in Russia, who I just replied to so I might wait before sending another card!
Sent cards:
The smile card is the next installment of my happy mail all month swap off to the USA. And the view of Chatsworth is a reply to Turkey 🙂
Also today, there was a lovely sunset. I can see the days getting longer now.


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In September of 2009 I caught a set by The Grownup Noise at TT The Bear's in Boston. They opened for Kay Hanley, and they immediately won me over. I'm a sucker for cello, so they had that going for them right away. But it was their songwriting that really impressed me. Then when they came out to L.A. in August of 2010 I made a point of seeing their show. On that tour, Katie (the cellist) was not with them. Neither was Aine, their current drummer - their original drummer was filling in. Likewise, another keyboardist filled in. And the show was still phenomenal. Now on their current tour, they have their full lineup, and last night's show at The Silverlake Lounge was excellent. I can't say enough about this band. Each show has been better than the last. I love this band. Love them.
And the word is starting to get around. There was a good crowd, and on a Monday in Los Angeles (that's saying something). I asked some folks before the show which band they were there to see (because of course there were like five bands on the bill), and they all said The Grownup Noise. And none of them had seen the band before. So I highly recommend seeing this band as soon as you can, before everyone else catches on, and they start playing large venues. And if there is any justice in the universe, any sense to things, this band will make it, will start playing large venues.
The sound at the Silverlake Lounge wasn't as good as it was at Room 5 (the last venue they played in L.A..), but it was good enough. All the lyrics were clear, and that's important with this band. These guys write good songs - songs you want to pay attention to, lyrics you want to hear. Most of the songs in their eight-song set list were from their newest CD, This Time With Feeling, which was released earlier this year (and is one of my favorite albums of 2011). But there was also some new material. It's always a pleasure to hear new stuff from this band. They never disappoint.
They opened their set with a newer song, "New Outsiders" before going into several songs from This Time With Feeling, including "Six Foot Solemn Oath," "The Artist Type," "The Same The Same" and "Flower." I love Katie's vocals on "Six Foot Solemn Oath." And "The Artist Type" is one of my favorites, with the line "When beauty is gone, will you come back to me."
Paul took over on keyboard on "The Artist Type" and "The Same The Same." Todd played accordion on those songs. Between the two songs, Paul said the band had been on the road approximately ten days and "so we're just starting to lose reality." Their tour takes them through San Francisco and Sacramento next.
"The Fight Against Paranoia" is a new song. Paul said, "It goes out to everyone's personal demons." Todd played both accordion and keyboard on this one. The song has a strange, dissonant section in the middle that I absolutely loved.
Katie stepped away from her cello and played keyboard on "Carnival," probably my favorite tune from their new album. It's a fun, joyous song, with some wonderful rhythmic playing on guitar.
They closed their set with the wonderful "Outside," from the band's Shall We? EP. This is the song that features that great line, "You're breaking in, but you're bringing the sunshine with you." They played a nice long version of the song last night. After that song, some folks called out for an encore, but the venue turned on the house music; after all, there were several more bands to go, so they had to keep on schedule.
Set List
- New Outsiders
- Six Foot Solemn Oath
- The Artist Type
- The Same The Same
- Flower
- The Fight Against Paranoia
- Carnival
- Outside
The Grownup Noise are Paul Hansen on lead vocals, guitar, and keyboard; Adam Sankowski on bass and backing vocals; Katie Franich on cello, keyboard, and backing vocals; Todd Marston on keyboard, accordion and backing vocals; and Aine Fujioka on drums.


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Technology group FPT to build AI-education complex in Binh Dinh
The FPT Corp recently received approval to build an AI-education complex in Binh Dinh province.
Scene at the working session between representatives of FPT and Binh Dinh authorities (Photo: VNA)
Binh Dinh (VNA) – The FPT Corp recently received approval to build an AI-education complex in Binh Dinh province.
Leaders of the Vietnamese information and communication technology giant met with local authorities in the south-central coastal on May 8.
At the working session, FPT chairman Truong Gia Binh proposed Binh Dinh allot about 100 ha of land in Quy Nhon city for the group to construct an AI-technology-education urban complex and another 1 – 2 ha to build a high school.
He said he wants to make Quy Nhon an AI hub of Vietnam.
Suggesting free land rent for educational activities, he asked authorities to soon licence FPT's construction of its school and help the company enjoy the local preferential tax policy for high-tech industrial parks.
Binh also urged for cooperation in building e-governance, smart healthcare system and smart industrial parks in Binh Dinh.
Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Ho Quoc Dung stated Binh Dinh pays attention to the development of science and technology and of a high-quality workforce.
Binh Dinh will create the best conditions possible for the FTP and other investors, he said, hoping that the cooperation with the group will help his province develop its e-governance and smart city systems and improve local administrative reform.
During the session, the sides signed a memorandum of understanding on investment cooperation concerning the FPT Binh Dinh education-AI complex project.
Built at a cost of more than 4.65 trillion VND (198.8 million USD), the complex will span about 40 ha. The project consists of two phases. The first will be implemented on 5.3 ha in Quy Nhon's Bac Ha Thanh urban zone between now and 2021, and the second, on 34.7 ha in Quy Nhon's Long Van urban zone from 2021 to 2025.-VNA


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The road from Soup Kitchen to El Dorado
Understanding the road to and from recession is critical for a Virgin Islands that must recover from three major natural disasters that beset the country in September 2017. Economics holds the solutions to a full recovery.
Now, the economics discipline has at core a model called the Economic Cycle. An appreciation for the economic cycle empowers policy makers with a macro understanding of the economy. An appropriate macroeconomic vision offers microeconomic solutions. A great economic vision leads to good micro economic planning.
Building a strong economy is synonymous with building a sturdy house. It is important to lay a good foundation, build solid walls, and ensure the roof is robust and storm resistant. The preceding will only happen if there is a well drawn out plan that emanates from a great vision of what the homeowner decides he or she wants as a safe dwelling house.
Now, the Economic Cycle is an odyssey every country takes in the management of scarce resources. The economic cycle lasts about 5 years but can be longer: 5-7 years. The cycle is a series of stages. All true western democracies inhabit the economic cycle which is a long winding road from economic contraction to economic expansion, then back to contraction.Â
The Classic Economic cycle begins at the end of one recessionary period. It proceeds through 4 stages, culminating in the beginning of another recession.
Stage One sees the economy coming out of a trough. This is where the Virgin Islands is presently. The country is in a disaster recovery mode. It is digging itself out of a recession caused by a major natural disaster. And Stage One is where the green shoots of recovery begin to appear. The Virgin Islands must look for these green shoots which will herald the long awaited start of economic recovery.
At this stage, credit, which is a key tool of recovery, begins to grow strongly, together with sales revenues and business profits. Banks are prepared to lend. The country starts to look and feel better. Consumer demand and business confidence, begin to stir. Residents appear more cheerful and optimistic. Both interest rates and inflation are low.
Recession is never in the interests of financiers. Bad loans, and home and car repossessions, are a feature of recession that impacts the banking industry negatively. Banks are businesses too. They make their profits from a healthy economy made up of solvent borrowers. Bad debts pummel banks just as terribly as bank customers. Â
OK. The green shoots of recovery appear as the economy rebuilds at stage two.
Stage two is the mid stage of the cycle. The Virgin Islands is two to three years away from stage two recovery in this "economist's opinion." Stage two is where consumer demand and business confidence grow much more strongly. Construction projects are well underway. Many projects are half complete.
It is at Stage 2 that employment rises strongly. Credit growth and profit growth follow suit. Interest rates begin to rise. Confidence in the markets increases. Inflation begins to rise. The economy is climbing a steep acclivity. The economy is on an upward curve.
Stage 3 is the Peak Stage. The Virgin Islands is probably five years away from Stage 3 growth. Stage 3 is where consumer demand and business growth has reached the highest point. This is the apex stage. The economy is at optimum point.
The summit stage, Stage Three, is where earnings pressure and wage inflation begin to be of concern to business managers. Inflation begins to take a toll on consumer confidence. Consumer demand peaks and then starts to decline. Profit growth ceases as consumer demand falls. Interest rates rise much faster than borrowers can manage as lending risks rise. Business confidence peaks as well as finance leverage numbers. Stage 3 sees Inflation at the highest stage. Stage 3 is the economic plateau.
At the start of Stage 4 recession begins. A second recession has begun. The economy once again begins to contract as credit and loans start to recede. Consumer demand and business growth are on a downward curve. Employers become weary. Consumers stop spending. Profits decline. There is rising unemployment and business failure. Business and consumer confidence declines. Inflation eases as stock remains on shelves.Â
Economic contraction post disaster, and notwithstanding which model followed by planners- austerity or stimulus- follows the pathway of the economic cycle as described in the preceding. It is important to assess the economic cycle as part of the economic planning process.
To be continued
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7 Responses to "The road from Soup Kitchen to El Dorado"
qc (06/01/2018, 08:49) Like (0) Dislike (0) Replyhope the government is reading this
vex (06/01/2018, 11:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Replysome of them hungry belly politicians won't be able to steal campaign funds from the economic recovery
... (07/01/2018, 18:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyWe need more people like Iweg to help take us back from the moral decay pervading the society !
former civil servant (07/01/2018, 18:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyAnyone who owns, and control your food, owns and control you!
E. Leonard (08/01/2018, 08:01) Like (3) Dislike (0) ReplyDickson, great narration of the business/economic cycle: expansion, peak, contraction and trough. Nonetheless, I'm of the view that Hurricanes Irma and Maria thrust the VI into the contraction phase of business cycle. Not too sure that the VI economy is at this stage in a recession. Nevertheless, if strategic action(s) is not taken urgently it may indeed plunge into a recession or even a depression.
Further, it has been projected that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will decline in the near term. However, since it has only been one quarter since the Cat 5 hurricanes roared ashore, I will wait on a proclamation from government economist/Ministry of Finance on the state of economy at the end of the next quarter, indicating if the economy is growing or declining.
Moreover, knowledge and understanding of the business cycle is critical to effectively manage the economy. It details the state of the economy/stage of business cycle and drives what fiscal or monetary policies or other structural adjustments needed.
Socrates (08/01/2018, 14:06) Like (1) Dislike (0) ReplyWho is the government economist(s)? Government should have an economist or two, should it not? Will government listen to its economist(s)? Who provide government with recommendations on tax/fiscal policy and its impact on both revenue and growth?
Diaspora (08/01/2018, 09:38) Like (2) Dislike (0) ReplyMoF should be providing at least quarterly updates on 1) state of economy, 2)unemployment level, 3) no of jobs created, 4)what sector created or loss jobs, 5)what structural adjustments were made or intended.........etc.


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Legendary television director Reza S. Badiyi died saturday, aged 81. He directed more than 400 hours of series and TV movies, holding the Directors Guild of America record for helming more television episodes than anybody in the history of this medium.
Badiyi was also a reputed main title sequence designer, whose work in this field includes Get Smart, That Girl, the memorable main title sequence for the original Hawaii Five-O, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Iranian-born Reza Badiyi started his long and prolific career in his native country as a documentarist and won an award for Flood in Khuzestan, a documentary which attracted a lot of attention and led to his arrival in the US as a student during the 1950s. After studying filmmaking at Syracuse University, Badiyi moved to Kansas City to work for The Calvin Company - a major educational and industrial film production company (1). There he met director Robert Altman and became his protégé and friend.
An experienced director and producer in the 1960s, Badiyi also developed a reputation as a designer of TV series main titles: « You have to capture the audience and keep them from going to another channel, » he explained. « It's like doing a wonderful commercial without showing what the product is. » (2) His work for the title visualization of Hawaii Five-O epitomizes this spirit and his approach was ideal for writer/producer Bruce Geller, who hired him on Mission: Impossible to direct season three's The Interrogator (1969). Reza Badiyi directed 17 episodes of the show, including its most ambitious episode in terms of production: Mission's only three-parter, The Falcon (Season four, 1970).
As a director he worked on series like The Mod Squad, Mannix, The Magician (starring Bill Bixby), The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, Cagney & Lacey, Falcon Crest, and many more. His last credit was The Way Back Home (2006), one of the four feature films he directed.
(1) http://www.archive.org/post/55471/calvin-and-the-calvin-workshop
(2) Patrick J. White, The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier (Avon Books, 1991)


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How good are Swedish stores at waste management and recycling? - News room
The level of knowledge surrounding waste management and recycling is growing among store staff and retailers. In addition, there are many chains of stores that now have central directives for waste management and recycling. This is important for several reasons, in part because we are able to build a more sustainable society, but also because this helps to cut down on time, space and transports, not to mention protecting the health of staff in the store by giving them better means to handle waste. But there are still things left to do…
We have spoken with three people, who are responsible for waste management in three types of stores, from a small grocery store to one of the biggest department stores in the world. We asked them how they tackle waste management and recycling in their businesses on a day-to-day basis.
Magnus Thor, Store Manager, Hemköp Supermarket in Sweden:
The Hemköp store in Vrigstad is the only one in the area and it has a loyal customer base. Sales amount to approximately 40 million SEK a year. As the store has grown quickly over the years, so has the volume of waste to handle.
"We used to have a container where we threw more or less all our general waste. We have made significant improvements since then and do what we can to compact and recycle as much of our waste as possible."
"This is primarily the case for cardboard, plastic and food waste. The main part of our waste is cardboard. We send it to recycling and this generates an income for us. Although we have had a baler for quite some time, we have recently upgraded to a new one with greater capacity. It enables us to cut down on the time staff spend dealing with waste, as well as cutting down considerably on transports."
"In addition, we have arranged for a number of local farmers to come and collect our fruit waste, which they can use to feed the animals – a win-win for both parties. Nevertheless, we still use our mixed container for some general waste, and I believe we could do better at sorting what we throw in there. We could probably go even further than that, but I think we do a good job with the resources we have."
Johan Ekenberg, Retailer, ICA Supermarket "Olskroken" in Sweden:
ICA Supermarket Olskroken is located in central Gothenburg. Sixty people work in the store, which turns over around 175 million SEK a year.
"Waste management is a natural part of our employees' day-to-day work. We have around ten recycling fractions, including cardboard, plastic film, transparent and colored glass and compost. The plastic wrapped around pallets and boxes is sent back with the ICA delivery truck to be turned into plastic boxes. We handle 140 ton of cardboard a year, which corresponds to around 80 percent of all our waste."
"If we did not have compaction equipment to do the hard work for us, the situation would be untenable and the warehouse would be swamped. We have upgraded the machine as we have grown. Our briquette press compacts the boxes and packaging into briquettes, which we get paid for."
"Our waste management is in line with the ICA environmental store concept. We are accredited and have been tested in accordance with the specific requirements of the concept, which include waste management and recycling. In addition, these requirements cover efficient energy use, stocking a wide range of environmentally adapted products and avoiding the use of unnecessary chemicals."
Inge Nilsson, Waste & Environment Manager, Gekås Superstore in Sweden:
Gekås in Ullared is one of Sweden's most popular places to visit and is thought to be the world's largest department store of its kind. A department store with 4.8 million customers and sales of 5.3 billion SEK a year certainly generates a lot of waste.
"Cardboard and soft plastic account for the majority of our waste and we compact and recycle 3,000 ton of cardboard every year! We have great a number of waste compaction machines to assist in the waste management and I take an active and systematic approach to optimizing our preventative maintenance efforts."
"We use balers for pressing and recycling plastic wrapping and briquette presses to compact boxes into briquettes. We find that these machines are essential for our business. Any interruption results in huge problems in the warehouse."
"We work actively with our supplier to continuously optimize our waste flows, as well as to optimize space when transporting waste, to ensure cost-effectiveness. The smarter we are in our waste handling, the better. Cardboard and soft plastics are in demand in the recycling market, so our recycling of these materials provides us with a considerable revenue."
Consumer pressure is making a green profile increasingly important
Generally speaking, many stores seem to be quite good at compacting and recycling their waste. Awareness is increasing and consumer pressure is making a green environmental profile increasingly important. There is still a lot to do and too many stores continue to rely on a mixed waste containers for all their waste. It is time for a change if these stores are to keep up with the competition and stay attractive to their customers. Contact an expert at Orwak and we will help you improve and streamline your waste management and recycling.


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From First Draft to Polished Manuscript
Linda Funnell
6 x Tuesday evenings:
Tuesday 10 April 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday 17 April 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday 1 May 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday 8 May 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday 15 May 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday 22 May 2018, 6:30-9:30pm
So you've finished your manuscript – but is it good enough to catch a publisher's eye? How can you revise your work to make it the best it possibly can be? And how can you make sure you've avoided the pitfalls common to many new writers?
Every writer and every book is different, but any editor will tell you there are errors common to many first-time writers that immediately consign manuscripts to the reject pile. Linda Funnell has over 30 years' experience in the publishing industry and has worked as a publisher and editor with authors such as Geraldine Brooks, Belinda Alexandra, Louis Nowra and Colleen McCullough. In this course Linda will reveal the most common traps and how to avoid them.
Over six weeks Linda will cover structure, dealing with backstory, character arcs, dialogue, voice and point of view, trusting the reader, conventions of manuscript presentation, audience, and the importance of clarity. The course includes tips on pitch letters and approaching agents and publishers.
Each week will include exercises you can use on your own manuscript, and you will be asked to read a few pages of each other's work to identify particular techniques — being able to recognise different techniques as a reader is an important part of becoming a writer.
In addition to feedback you get in class, there will also be an opportunity to get feedback on 2000 words of your manuscript and/or your pitch letter from the tutor. You will receive guidelines on how to present your work for feedback at the first meeting. (There is no need to bring your manuscript to the first meeting.)
Week 1: Introductions and expectations
- What you have achieved so far
- What an editor does
- How can you be objective about your work?
- Understanding your intention
- What is the spine of your work?
- Throughlines and story strands
- The importance of doubt
- Keeping the vision
- What is the title?
- Opening the door to the reader
Week 2: Structure and hooks
- Different approaches to structure – what structure does your work have?
- Shaping your story – timelines and the order of events
- Does every scene move the story forward?
- What do you do with backstory?
- Trusting the reader
- Narrative drive: what is the hook keeping the pages turning?
- Close in: the first chapter
Week 3: Characters and dialogue
- Who are your characters? Are they active or passive?
- How do your characters interact? How do they drive the story? What are their turning points?
- The iceberg theory as it applies to characters
- Dealing with real people on the page.
- Dialogue tricks and traps – info dumps, dialects and dialogue tags.
- Close in: conversation/reported speech
Week 4: Voice and point of view
- Who is telling your story? Where is the reader's sympathy to lie?
- Keeping the reader in the moment.
- Showing not telling
- The problem of 'but it really happened that way'
- Close in: a turning point
Week 5: Focussing in
- A checklist for copyediting: repetitions, favourite words/phrases, passive voice, strings of adjectives, punctuation, typeface conventions, paragraphs, chronology and logical lapses, 'enter a scene late and leave it early', giving key moments enough air.
- Close in: sample copyedit
Week 6: Beginnings and endings
- The process of revision and preparing your manuscript for submission
- Ensuring a professional layout
- Blurbs, pitch letters, sample chapters and approaching publishers and agents
'There is no such thing as a great writer; there are only great re-writers.'
Noah Lukeman The First Five Pages
Expected Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
- gain an understanding of the publisher's assessment process and what can automatically trigger a rejection;
- gain insight into how to approach revising and polishing their manuscripts in a structured way;
- compare different strategies and checklists for revision and tailor a plan to suit their particular work.
Participant Requirements
Come with an openness to revising your work. Some exercises will be applied to portions of your own manuscript. You will also be asked to analyse a few pages of each other's manuscripts as part of class exercises.
There is no mandatory reading for this course. However, useful references include:
- Noah Lukeman The First Five Pages: a writer's guide to staying out of the rejection pile
- Strunk & White The Elements of Style
- Carmel Bird Dear Writer
- George Orwell's essay 'Politics and the English Language'
- Patricia Highsmith Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
- Stephen King On Writing
About the tutor
Linda Funnell
Linda Funnell has extensive experience as an editor and publisher and has taught courses in publishing, editing and writing for UTS, the ASA and Writing NSW. She has also been a mentor for the Residential Editorial Program, a mid-career development program for editors run by the Australian Publishers Association. For 10 years Linda was a publisher […]
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