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21 Grams in Apeldoorn
Exhibition / 13 Oct 2019 - 12 Jan 2020
Published: 09.10.2019
Ted Noten
Object: No Title Yet, 2018
Paper with the text soul, silverwire.
20 × 18 × 5cm
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Object: No Title Yet, 2018
Paper with the text soul, silverwire.
20 × 18 × 5cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
In the 21 grams exhibition, international artists show their vision/philosophy regards to the soul. The artworks, made by both Eastern and Western artists, reflect the divergent interpretations of the soul. They express the cultural and social differences between the Eastern and Western world.
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It was a very busy week last week. Erms arrived into Bristol from Paris on Sunday 27th May and on Monday the work began.
First up deciding the order of the paintings and marking out the walls ready to go to town with the Montana!
Tuesday – and it's time to make a start on the show installation piece and fashion some aerosol caps out of buckets. Just for the record, DIY stores do not make downpipe in lengths that will fit into a standard hatchback car – so for any of you out there in Bristol who saw some crazy woman in a car park attacking downpipe with a hacksaw – that was me and this is why!
Great waves made on the painting front on Wednesday.
As if it wasn't enough that the walls have eyes, it's also time to add some skeleton hands – lots of them!
Painting done it's time to start hanging – string, clips and a man who can tie knots desperately required (and found in the form of Aeddon who was amazing, big up and thanks for all your help).
On Friday printmaster and sticker king Stickee arrived to add some vinyl finishing touches.
Not long to go and the gallery is looking somewhat …….. unready! It's a mad dash to the 6pm deadline and we didn't quite make it, a little wait was necessary but we hope it was worth it.
The work is absolutely amazing and with the exception of the show print all the work that you can see in these photo's is freehand and original, using a range of media including, gouache, permanent marker and posca. The detail is just outstanding.
All remaining original work is now available at Art-el Gallery.
The show is open until June 22nd. Thursday & Friday 11:30 – 17:30 and Friday 12: to 16:00.
Don't miss it and please don't mention luggage tags!!!
Tags: art exhibition, Art-el, Art-el Gallery, Belton, Bristol, Erms, Ermsone, Ermsy, Everything Begins With an E, Graffiti, graffiti writer, Montana

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If you watched last night's (Jan. 5) episode of The Good Wife on CBS, you got a sneak peek of Bruce Springsteen's new album, High Hopes. It's not officially out until Jan. 14, but that doesn't mean you have to wait a whole week to hear it in its entirety.
Starting today (Jan. 6), fan can stream the entire album via CBS.com.
High Hopes is Springsteen's first album since 2012's Wrecking Ball and features several songs that have turned up in other capacities over the years, including his controversial "American Skin (41 Shots)," which he first started playing in 2000 following the death of Amadou Diallo, and the title track, which he previously recorded it for 1996's Blood Brothers EP.
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Does your DH object to adoption at all or adoption of an older child?
I think the key is to talk to your DH and figure out exactly where his hesitation lies: adoption at all, adoption of an older child, or adoption via foster care.
If your DH is not on board, the I urge you to consider it very carefully. A 5-year old child from foster care is going to have significant, lifelong challenges that a child adopted as an infant would not have. And if the child is not legally free for adoption, he may not want the risk that the child returns home.
Some books to read
"Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child"
"A Child's Journey through Placement"
(((hugs))) it is so hard to make rational choices when our hearts are breaking


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Price from
- Start
- Moscow, Russia
- Finish
- St Petersburg, Russia
- Destination
- Russia
- Style
- Peregrine
- Code
- Physical rating
- Trip rating
- 35 reviews
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1, Max 12
Why you'll love this trip
Join in local life and customs as you share a meal in a Russian home in the fairytale-like Golden Ring town of Suzdal
Soak up the atmosphere of Moscow's Red Square and Kremlin, which has for centuries been at the very centre of Russian history
Marvel at the opulence of Peter the Great's grand palace gardens and fountains of Peterhof
Discover treasure-upon-treasure at the incredible art collection housed in St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum, the former Winter Palace of Catherine the Great
Is this trip right for you?
This trip is a comfortable way to see the highlights and learn the history of Russia's most iconic sights, using private transport and high-speed day trains.
We pack a lot in to this short itinerary, so be prepared for full days of activities. We highly recommend staying additional days in St Petersburg and Moscow to get the most out of these fascinating destinations.
It's best to pack luggage that you'll be able to comfortably carry, as you'll have to do so yourself for the duration of the trip (to-and-from hotel and on-and-off transportation).
The main attraction at Peterof, the lower park and the fountain are closed between November and April next year. Therefore, for departures between November and April next year, we will replace the visit to Peterof Park & Palace to another must-see highlight in St. Petersburg, Catherine's Palace.
- Marco Polo Presnja Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Complimentary Airport Arrival Transfer
Optional Activities
- Moscow - Moscow Underground Urban Adventure - EUR56
- Moscow - Moscow Behind the Icons Urban Adventure - EUR56
- Moscow - Modern Moscow Urban Adventure - EUR38
Meals IncludedThere are no meals included on this day.
Special InformationYour hotel in Moscow is the 4 star rated boutique Marco Polo Presnja, built in 1904 and retaining its grand sense of history. The hotel is located approximately 10 minutes walk from the central Tverskaya/Pushkinskaya Metro Station and around 30 minutes on foot from Red Square. The Metro is the easiest way to get around the city as taxis can be expensive and traffic conjested, although do be warned it can be very busy during peak times. There are escalators in combination with stairs and tunnels, so using the Metro does still involve a lot of walking. It's not too difficult to navigate once you get the hang of it and many of the stations are sights in themselves. Your leader can give you an orientation to help you make the most of the Metro.
The arrival transfer is only valid if arriving on Day 1 or if you have booked pre-trip accommodation through us. Please provide your flight details at the time of booking, or at a minimum 14 days prior to travel, as we may not be able to confirm a
- Pushkarskaya Sloboda Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Suzdal - Home-cooked dinner
Optional Activities
- Suzdal - River Cruise (Commentary in Russian only) - RUB350
- Suzdal - Mead Tasting - RUB280
- Suzdal - Belfry Climb - RUB100
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Special InformationSince we only stay in Suzdal overnight, it's suggested to bring an overnight pack with you while leaving your main luggage at the hotel in Moscow.
- Marco Polo Presnja Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Suzdal - Guided Walking Tour
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Marco Polo Presnja Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Moscow - Kremlin & Armoury Guided Tour
Optional Activities
- Moscow - Izmailovo Vernisazh Markets - RUB10
- Moscow - Victory Park Museum - RUB400
- Moscow - St Basils Cathedral - RUB500
- Moscow - Tretyakov Art Gallery - RUB500
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationOn occasion Lenin's Mausoleum and Red Square may be closed to the public during regular opening hours for special events or without prior warning. As Moscow's premier tourist attractions, tickets for the Kremlin and Armoury are in high demand, and the Moscow Tourism Administration sets strict quotas to control visitor numbers. Time in each area is also limited to 90 minutes, with any exceptions possibly resulting in the guide losing their license. We ask for your understanding that the guide is under pressure to keep to the schedule. The Diamond Fund isn't included in your tour, but after the Kremlin and Armoury there may be time to visit. Entrance tickets can be purchased in the ticket office at the Armoury. The Diamond Fund is open for visitors from 10am-1pm and from 2pm-4pm. Thursday it is closed. Please talk to your leader at the Group Meeting if you are interested in this option so they can investigate pre-booking tickets.
A living museum, St Petersburg is a blend of baroque European architecture and Russian royal history, built by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, whose legacy can be felt in its enigmatic streets and showcase cathedrals and museums.
- Grand Tchaikovsky Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- Moscow - Red Square & Lenin's Mausoleum
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Perhaps take a boat to see landmarks from a Neva river cruise or climb the belfry of St Isaacs Cathedral for a rare high view of the city. Then of course there are the world class performances at the Mariinsky Theatre to occupy your evening.
- Grand Tchaikovsky Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- St Petersburg - Hermitage Museum
Optional Activities
- St Petersburg - Boat Trip (price from) - RUB700
- St Petersburg - Saint Isaac's Cathedral Colonnade - RUB400
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationRemember to reserve a concert of performance in advance by booking the tickets online. In particular we recommend you see what's playing at the Bolshoi in Moscow (www.bolshoi.ru) or Mariinsky (www.mariinsky.ru), as it may be difficult to get tickets when you are there, especially during White Nights (mid-summer) in St Petersburg.
- Grand Tchaikovsky Hotel or similar (1 night)
Included Activities
- St Petersburg - Peterhof Park & Fountains
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationPlease note that your tour includes entrance to the main park, but does not include entry into the Palace itself, which requires an additional ticket (optional). If you would like to remain at Peterhof and see the Summer Palace you will need to make your own way back to St Petersburg. Some other optional sights in the park may also attract additional entrance fees.
On occasion our groups have been unable to visit Peterhof due to tickets being booked out or the park being closed without warning for an official delegation. At these times we will visit an alternative park in another of St Petersburg's suburbs.
The main attraction at Peterof, the lower park and the fountain are closed between November and April next year. Therefore, for departures between November and April next year, we will replace the visit to Peterof Park & Palace to another must-see highlight in St. Petersburg, Catherine's Palace.
Optional Activities
- St Petersburg - St Petersburg like a Local Urban Adventure - EUR50
- St Petersburg - St Petersburg Discovery Urban Adventure - EUR50
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Meals7 breakfasts, 1 dinner
TransportPrivate vehicle, Taxi, high-speed train, Public bus, Metro
AccommodationFeature Stay Moscow Hotel (3 nights), Hotel (4 nights)
Included Activities
- Complimentary Airport Arrival Transfer
- Suzdal - Home-cooked dinner
- Suzdal - Guided Walking Tour
- Moscow - Kremlin & Armoury Guided Tour
- Moscow - Red Square & Lenin's Mausoleum
- St Petersburg - Hermitage Museum
- St Petersburg - Peterhof Park & Fountains
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1. A complimentary airport arrival transfer is included; valid if you are arriving on Day 1 or if you have booked pre-tour accommodation through us. You must provide your flight details to your booking agent at least 14 days prior to travel.
2. A single supplement is available if you'd prefer not to share a room on this trip. The single supplement applies to all nights of your trip and is subject to availability. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.
3. Please provide the following details exactly as they appear in your passport at the time of booking so that we can book your train tickets. Ticketing fees may apply for amendments to details within 45 days of departure, and in some cases, you will be required to cover the cost of issuing a new ticket if an amendment occurs.
• Your full name (first, middle, last)
• Passport details (number, nationality, issue and expiry dates)
• Date of birth
• City of birth
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It's the way of the business world. When a global drug company takes over a biotechnology firm, it can be expected to streamline operations, decree new management structures, and impose its rigid Big Pharma corporate culture on the locals.
But something different happened when Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. bought Cambridge-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals for $8.8 billion in 2008. Yasuchika Hasegawa, president of the Japan-based buyer, made it clear that he wanted to retain Millennium's talent and capabilities — and the access they could bring to cutting-edge cancer research.
"One of the things he said to us was, 'I want to make sure the people stay,' " recalled Millennium chief executive Deborah Dunsire. "He said, 'You have to preserve the culture.' "
Four years later, Millennium's success at running a workplace that prizes collaboration and cross-cultural sensitivity has earned it the top spot among the largest organizations on this year's Top Places to Work list.
Millennium was recognized for its community support — specifically, its philanthropy under its Millennium Makes a Difference program. Also cited were its work with senior management from Takeda to foster a transparent culture and a benefits program that includes financial counseling, flexible work arrangements, and employee discounts on everything from yoga to pet insurance.
The company, now formally Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Co., is best known for Velcade, a first-of-its-kind treatment for multiple myeloma. Because Takeda opted to move its own cancer research programs under the Millennium umbrella, the company's workforce has grown roughly 50 percent to about 1,500 since the acquisition, including about 1,200 employees in Massachusetts.
Millennium's turnover rate, which had been 20 percent during a retrenchment last decade, has dropped to 5 percent — among the lowest in the industry, said Steve Gansler, senior vice president for human resources. Retention is particularly important in Cambridge, where companies constantly compete for biotechnology workers.
"Cambridge is the only place you can work where you can change jobs without changing your parking space," Gansler said in jest.
Zimbabwe-born Dunsire, who took over Millennium's top job in 2005, said it has long had a unique culture. "I came to a company that always punched above its weight in terms of the concentration of talent and the energy and the drive," she said.
Once the takeover was complete, Dunsire said, her challenge was to expand Millennium's drug pipeline without altering the atmosphere. "Entrepreneurial start-ups have a way of engaging people," she said. "But if you keep doing it as a company gets bigger, decision making gets very difficult."
Dunsire and her team of managers keep employees informed at monthly meetings at which managers discuss everything from research progress to financial targets to volunteer efforts.
"We debate, but then we decide," she said. "If people feel they've been heard and the leader decides to go in a different direction and explains it, they're basically satisfied."
Many employees, especially those who travel to Takeda's home office in Osaka, have taken part in a daylong workshop in which they learn how to hold business cards and the proper protocol for bowing, exchanging gifts, and drinking beer. The program has proved so popular that Takeda has begun running similar sessions for its employees who come to America.
Ryan Cohlhepp, Millennium's senior director for US marketing, transferred from Takeda's office in Deerfield, Ill., after the acquisition and was struck by how the company operated.
"The people collaborate, and you don't have the edginess, the cutthroat nature you see in some other organizations," Cohlhepp said. "People here are interested in working together, getting it done together, and not letting egos get in the way."
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IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is the world's premier network of protected area expertise. It is administered by IUCN's Global Programme on Protected Areas and has over 2,500 members, spanning 140 countries.
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Raluca Visinescu-Yarra Chair
At Design Interviews
Interview with Raluca Visinescu : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Raluca Visinescu : The idea is to make a stable, stiff, functional and as beautiful as possible form of a chair out of a single piece of plan material, by making cuts and bending it. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Raluca Visinescu : Achieving a form as "fluid" as possible, with no sharp angles. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Raluca Visinescu : Producing it... or letting someone produce it, better said; somehow looking forward to this process as a challenge in itself, in the same way as constructing architecture projects: they might suffer changes during the site works, but as long as ideas survive I embrace changes. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Raluca Visinescu : From the moment of decision of trying to make a chair design out of one piece of folding material until the completion of "Yarra"'s shape, the process took around 3 months and tens of scale models built. However, the type of research continued further, resulting in several other designs, significantly different from "Yarra", yet within the same principle. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Raluca Visinescu : I am an architect and my commissions so far have been buildings, interior design (actually only few) or landscape design. This design came as an aim to challenge myself into designing a bit different: different scale, type of restrictions, etc. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Raluca Visinescu : I plan to sell or lease the production rights. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Raluca Visinescu : The pleasure of investigating in producing form and volume. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Raluca Visinescu : Too many to count.... Definitely I find very inspiring the works and designs of Modernist Architects such as Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, Antonio Bonnet-Castellana and many others. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Raluca Visinescu : Hopefully it won't be too expensive to produce it. Usually my favorite clients (thinking of architectural commissions I have for private house/investments) are from the young or not so young urban professionals, which in the Romanian social spectrum doesn't mean rich people... .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Raluca Visinescu : Most of the similar designs use metal legs to hold the seating. This was one challenge I put myself into when designing it: building it completely from the same continuous material. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Raluca Visinescu : "Yarra" is the name of a river; I used river-names for the the entire series of this design concept (folded material) because of the flow-like resulted and desired shapes. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Raluca Visinescu : The most classical method possible: making models. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Raluca Visinescu : I don't know... I really regard it as simple, as a play... .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Raluca Visinescu : Only by myself and only with architect's advice around (especially Corina Croitoru's for this design). .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Raluca Visinescu : Its production would require some technology. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Raluca Visinescu : Nothing special: establishing my challenge, reading and researching in the object design history (more than the usual architectural training offers), my own experiments with materials. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Raluca Visinescu : I suppose they didn't come yet, I haven't produced the design so far. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Raluca Visinescu : Because of thinking to "build" it, I thought of this would as an opportunity to promote it. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Raluca Visinescu : This is a very different kind of work than the architecture projects I usually do in the very direct working with material: both in achieving form directly from manipulating the material and in the focus on 1:1 scale where sizes less than 1 millimeter could dramatically change form. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Raluca Visinescu : No. Thank you for the good questions. .
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First up is Saunder by Emily Saunders and Rachel Roy. I adore a dramatic fro so needless to say this Saunders sketch (shown above) was a must share. Rachel Roy is another. Her sketches are regular features here on Fabulous Doodles because they're such strong characters, with unique poses and always the ideal balance of being fully rendered readable sketches while maintaining a stylized and sketchy-artistic quality. Perfection.
Next up is not one but two sketches both by Tracey Reese (shown above.) These are a little different, more flat and the skin tone almost appears to be computer generated but they have an overall nice feel and movement. Its also different to see designers sketches in a pose like this, walking and talking, as opposed to a basic front view.
Both Lela Rose and BCBGMaxAzria have kept their sketches simplistic and minimal however lovely and understandable. The garments designs are clear and well rendered while they both only allude to a face and barely render the skin tones. Although slightly different styles, they are both successful fashion illustrations.
I always like when designers and illustrators mix techniques within their illustrations and this Sachin + Babi sketch is one of them. The vibrant skirt appears to be rendered with pastels and/or watercolors. The color is strong and saturated and its has deep shadows and highlights. Then the top, face and skin are delicately drawn in soft pencil or charcoal. Its a wonderful combination and makes for a beautiful sketch.
Last up are two playful sketches by Cynthia Steffe and Christian Siriano. Both sketches are soft partially rendered illustrations with clear clothing details and little emphasis to the face or figure. They're light, simple and lovely sketches that successfully represent the designers spring 2014 collections.


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DescriptionThe grandson of a famous archaeologist receives a letter detailing the location of the Serpent of Isis, an Ancient Egyptian piece discovered by his grandfather, and stolen from the museum in 1900.
The Serpent of Isis is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre. The main objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. Some of the objects collected are stored in the inventory, to be used later to solve puzzles. Some of the list items are grayed out, to indicate the need of an extra step to access them. This can be just opening some container, or using a tool on specific portions of the scenery.
Some of the inventory items can be combined. For example, batteries can be dragged to the flashlight to make it work. The inventory also houses suspects cards that show a special object associated with each character. These objects are found lying around the locations, and give extra hints when collected.
Two hint buttons are available. The magnifying glass button highlights the exact position of one of the required objects. The wrench button shows places on the screen with pending puzzles.
Puzzles appear occasionally that range from the mundane, like jigsaw puzzles, to more original ones that require logic thinking. They can be skipped, with a penalty of 20 minutes added to the score.
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HOLLAND - Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's Children's Performance Troupe began its season June 22nd with How I Became a Pirate based on the children's picture book by Melinda Long, illustrated by David Shannon. Music and lyrics are by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman. "When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk—who wouldn't go along? Soon Jeremy Jacob knows all about being a pirate. He throws his food across the table and his manners to the wind. He hollers like thunder and laughs off bedtime. It's the heave-ho, blow-the-man-down, very best time of his life. Until he finds out what pirates don't do—no reading bedtime stories, no tucking kids in. . . . maybe being a pirate isn't so great after all" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Publisher).
CPT continues this summer with The Borrowers, opening on July 13th, based on the award winning book by Mary Norton which later expanded into a popular children's series. The story was also adapted into a television miniseries on BBC and TNT. The Borrowers follows the Clock family, tiny people that live beneath the floor boards of an old manor on the English countryside. Watch what happens when the Clocks are discovered by the actual residents of the manor, needing to flee to the countryside and band together to take care of each other and find a new home.
Directing How I Became a Pirate is Desha Crownover, joining us for her first season with HSRT. She is the Artistic Director at San Diego Junior Theatre where she has served as general manager, director, musical director, and teaching artist for the past fifteen years, co-founding SDJT's Conservatory Program for aspiring high school artists . She has had the opportunity to direct, teach, and perform all over San Diego where her directing work has been commended by such theatre notables as Edward Albee, Ming Cho Lee, and Timothy Near. She holds a Masters degree in Theatre from San Diego State University and a BA in Theatre from UCSD and has served on the teaching faculty of SDSU, Cuyamaca College, and Santa Fe Christian Schools.
James Saba is returning to HSRT for his eighteenth season and is directing The Borrowers as well as Taking Steps. Past HSRT credits include A Year With Frog and Toad, Forever Plaid, Petite Rouge, Lost In Yonkers, The Shakespeare Revue, Scapin, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Sylvia, and over 30 productions for the Children's Performance Troupe. Regionally he directed All in the Timing and 7 Stories (Old Globe Theatre), Blithe Spirit, Lucky Stiff and The Philadelphia Story (Webster University), Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Diversionary Theatre) and Girl Scouts of America (FringeNYC).
Performances for How I Became a Pirate continue at 10:30 a.m. in the Studio Theatre on July 6, 25, 29, August 3, 8, 12 and at 1:30 p.m. on July 27, August 1, 5, and 10.
The Borrowers opens at 10:30 a.m. in the Studio Theatre on July 13th and continues on July 15, 18, 20, 27, August 1, 5, and 10. Performances held at 1:30 p.m. are on July 25, 29, August 3, 8, and 12.
While at the ticket office, make sure to check out HSRT's other productions such as Children of Eden, Taking Steps opening June 24th, Return to the Forbidden Planet opening July 8th, I Remember Mama opening July 22nd, and Guys on Ice opening August 1st in the Knickerbocker.
Tickets are now on sale through the DeWitt and DeVos Fieldhouse ticket offices. Prices range from $10-$26 for musicals and $8-$19 for plays. Season tickets ranging from $48-$85 are also available.
The ticket office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office is now open on Saturdays at noon. On performance dates, the DeWitt Ticket Office will be open through intermission. The ticket office is located in DeWitt Cultural Center at 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. For tickets call the ticket office at 616-395-7890. For more information visit the HSRT website at www.hope.edu/hsrt.
The DeWitt Theatre is located at 141 East 12th street. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in Holland's downtown on 8th street.
HSRT is now on facebook! Keep up to date with what's happening this season by searching Hope Summer Repertory Theatre on www.facebook.com.


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May 01, 2014
Union Bank, N.A., in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, has opened its first Los Angeles student-run branches at Lincoln High School located at 3501 North Broadway and Crenshaw High School located at 5010 11th Ave. Grand opening celebrations are scheduled at both schools in May. The branches are part of a new program designed to provide students with real-world financial education and work experience.
Located on the schools' campuses, the full-service student-run branches are each staffed by student bankers who have an opportunity to acquire skills in finance as well as teamwork and leadership and the hands-on experience of working in a bank. Traditional banking products and services are available to students, school staff, school administrators and teachers, and Union Bank has plans to establish a Parents Academy that will offer financial education, in English and Spanish, for parents and guardians of the students at both schools.
"We are thrilled to open the first LAUSD student-run bank in Lincoln High School and offer services that help students learn money management skills that prepare them for college and real-life experience," said District 2 Board Member Mónica García. "I am grateful to have partners like Union Bank."
"This is an exciting way to help our high school students learn critical financial management skills," said District 1 Board Liaison Dr. Sylvia Rousseau. "We are happy to partner with Union Bank to celebrate the grand opening of these student-run branches in Los Angeles. The real-world life experience will be a benefit to the student bankers long after high school, and we are pleased to be involved in a collaboration of this type, which will also help to enrich our communities."
In addition to building skills in finance, leadership, management and marketing, the students receive a $500 stipend for working in the branch and a $1,000 scholarship for college when the course is completed.
Union Bank opened its first student-run branch in 2011 in Fresno, California, at McLane High School. Thirty student bankers have graduated from the program and five McLane graduates are currently employed by Union Bank in the Central Valley.
"This marks a major accomplishment for Union Bank and LAUSD, and celebrating the opening of our first-ever student-run branches in L.A. at Lincoln and Crenshaw High Schools is a dream come true for everyone who collaborated on this project," said Union Bank Executive Vice President and Regional President Leticia Aguilar, who manages the bank's branches in the Los Angeles and Central California divisions. "We've seen tremendous talent and success from the students in our student-run branch in Fresno, and our goal is to replicate that in Los Angeles – this is another example of our commitment to responsible banking and of our dedication to increasing financial awareness within our communities."
Union Bank Branch Manager Wendy Estrada manages the Lincoln branch. Estrada has more than 10 years of banking experience. She joined Union Bank in 2007 and most recently served as branch manager of the Burbank branch. Previously, she was a senior relationship banker at the Highland Park and California Mart branches. Active in the community, Estrada volunteers with Junior Achievement, the American Heart Association and Operation Hope. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University, Northridge. She also holds series 6 and 63 licenses.
Estrada is joined by 12 student bankers and Branch Service Officer Grace Buenrostro, who joined Union Bank in 2007 and has held various positions, including customer service officer and relationship banker. Passionate about financial literacy, Buenrostro often volunteers with organizations and schools to teach students about money management.
Union Bank Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Vernell Taylor manages the Crenshaw branch. Taylor has more than 25 years of financial services industry experience. She began her career at Union Bank as a teller. Engaged in the community, Taylor serves on the advisory board for the Coalition of Mental Health Professionals. She earned a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Phoenix.
Taylor is joined by 13 student bankers and Customer Service Officer Daisy Torres who has nearly 10 years of experience in the banking industry. Torres started with Union Bank in 2005 and has also worked as a senior teller and customer service manager.
The high school branches are open during the school year – the Lincoln High School branch is open Monday and Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the Crenshaw High School branch is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.


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Pocket-lint got some exclusive hands on time with the Canon PowerShot G12 behind closed doors before the global announcement today. We've brought you the news and shown you the camera from every angle, but here's what we garnered from our time with the new high-end compact.
The model we saw was final hardware, but pre-production firmware and as a result we weren't allowed to take any pictures away from our hands-on time.
In the hand it feels just like the PowerShot G11 that we saw launched last year. This is never going to be a small camera and with dimensions of 112.1 x 76.2 x 48.3mm it isn't the sort of camera you can slip into your jeans for a night out. It is pocketable, but more likely to rest comfortably in your jacket pocket. It weighs 401g, so it isn't light either, but that's somewhat acceptable: this camera brings with it some heavy weight specs too.
The major external difference from the G11 is the new control ring on the front. This can be assigned to various functions, such as aperture, shutter speed or white balance. On the model that we had hands on, the front dial was assigned to aperture, whilst the rear control ring was assigned to shutter speed. In manual mode this means you can swiftly change settings and rattle off shots.
If you are scared of buttons or looking for a minimalist design, then the PowerShot G12 is not the camera for you. Pretty much every available space is given over to a control button, although many settings still reside in Canon's familiar on-screen menu we've seen on their other compacts.
Sitting at the core of the PowerShot G12 is Canon's HS System. Canon pointed out to us that HS neither stands for high speed or high sensitivity, but that it is a system that combines a high sensitivity 10-megapixel sensor with the DIGIC4 processor. The aim is the give better quality, cleaner images at higher ISOs. The logic is that by using a lower megapixel count on the sensor, each pixel is effectively larger and able to capture more light, meaning a higher acceptable ISO shooting and greater dynamic range.
You also get Hybrid IS, a technology that has crossed over from Canon's DLSR lenses, which detects and counters two types of movement, with Canon stating that it should give you up to 4 stops extra handholdability. With an F/2.8 max lens, the question will be whether it performs as well as the faster F/2.0 lens that you'll find on the Panasonic Lumix LX5 in lower light conditions.
Like the Lumix LX5, you get to select the photo aspect with 1:1, 16:9, 3:2 and 4:5 all being offered.
As before there are a collection of dials on the top, with a main shooting dial sitting atop an ISO dial. ISO control has been improved over previous iterations, which Canon tell us is a direct response to user feedback and increased usage of ISO as a factor in capturing images.
ISO control also can be user defined into the auto setting, so you'll be able to set a maximum and make sure the camera doesn't inflate it to a level you aren't happy with, when you really need a longer exposure or additional lighting. That said, there is a low light ISO 12800 (at 2.5MP) shooting option, although we haven't seen what the results will be like.
On the left shoulder of the camera is the exposure compensation dial, so you can, again, easily make changes without having to dive into a menu or press and hold any buttons.
Around the back of the G12 is the 2.8-inch vari-angle 461k-dot display which gives you a full range of shooting positions, making it easier to capture those tricky low or high angle shots. You can also turn the display inwards for protection if you don't want to use it. There is also an optical viewfinder with dioptre correction making it much easier to accurately compose a shot in bright conditions.
One addition which we really like is a digital level display, meaning an end to wonky shots. On the screen it is really easy to track out of the corner of your eye, with the level flashing green in the centre, so you know you have it straight.
The 5x optical zoom lens gives you a range of 28-140mm (in 35mm terms) and is controlled by the small zoom lever that encircles the shutter button on the top of the camera. If we had any complaint, it might be that the zoom lever is a little small, but the plus side is that you're not going to catch it in passing, so zooming becomes more deliberate. We're sure it is something you'd get used to with a little more time with your hands on the camera.
One funky accessory we got our hands on today was the filter adapter (FA-DC58B, £49.99) - see the pictures. There is a detachable barrel ring on the front of the G12 which allows the adapter to slip over the lens and lock into place. It is spring loaded, sitting against the front edge of the lens. As you zoom in and out the adapter moves accordingly, keeping the filter in the right position.
A 58mm screw thread is on the front of this so it will fit any commercially available filters in that size. You'll be able to slap on a polariser or grad filter (or even a whole Cokin system if you wanted) and because the housing doesn't rotate you'll be able to set your polariser and not have to constantly adjust after you focus.
There is a hot shoe on the top of the G12 and we slapped a Canon Speedlite EX-480 II into place and it worked with no problems in a couple of test shots. In a pinch you'll be able to use accessories like this you might already have in your kit bag with the G12.
We weren't able to take away or examine any of the shots we took whilst we had the camera in our hands, but we've seen a sample of the new HDR shooting mode in action. This is a feature we've seen on cameras in the past, but this is the first time we've seen it on a Canon PowerShot. It takes three shots the scene and combines them with the aim of giving you correctly exposed highlights and shadows without losing detail. Obviously as it is taking and combining shots it needs to be kept stable, so using a tripod is recommended. We can't wait to test it out when we get the camera in for a full review.
We had a small play around with video capture and were pleased to see that the G12 now steps up to 720p. We questioned why 1080p wasn't offered like it was in other Canon cameras. The response was that the level of data being processed would require a more powerful processor and make the camera too expensive. Again, we'll have to see how the video comes out in the future when we look a the camera more closely. There is an HDMI for hooking up to your TV to play back your video and images.
The Canon PowerShot G12 is packed full of technology and the hardware feels great in the hand. The screen is a real bonus, adding a degree of flexibility that some rivals don't offer you, as well as being an easy way to protect it from scratches as you carry it around.
It was instantly obvious that the new control ring on the front will be the real star of the show, making it even easier to change the settings in minimal time. The PowerShot G12 is large, it is expensive and as such it won't appeal to all, but it also offers a great range of shooting possibilities. It isn't a huge departure from the G11, but a few additional tweaks might appeal to some of those tempted by rivals.
We'll be looking at the Canon PowerShot G12 in more detail when we get it in for a full review - in the meantime, why not check out our hands-on gallery of the camera.


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UAlbany, City School District of Albany Team Up to Promote College and Career Readiness
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 26, 2013) – University at Albany President Robert J. Jones joined City School District of Albany Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, Ph.D., at William S. Hackett Middle School to host a series of workshops that give sixth-grade students a taste of college life.
The event, entitled "Advancing and Celebrating The Albany Promise Cradle-to-Career Partnership," is part of the weeklong series of events, culminating in Dr. Jones' Inauguration as UAlbany's 19th president. The event serves to underscore UAlbany's dedication to The Albany Promise alliance and emphasizes President's Jones' own commitment to public engagement.
"At UAlbany, engagement with our communities is a core value, one that is part of my DNA," said President Jones. "I came to UAlbany in part because I am excited about the engaged work that the University is already doing and the potential for us to do even more."
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Kaycie Lawson prepares a cauldron of liquid nitrogen during a demonstration for Hackett Middle School students. (Skip Dickstein, Times Union photo used by permission)
UAlbany is one of many community partners participating in The Albany Promise network that brings together leaders from throughout the Capital Region to build a pipeline of services and supports for students and families from cradle to career. The long-term goal of The Albany Promise is to give every child in the City School District of Albany the chance to be successful in school and in life.
"Powerful community partnerships, like those we have in place and continue to grow with UAlbany and all of our Albany Promise colleagues, are critical to the future of our school district and the success of each of our nearly 9,000 students," said Dr. Vanden Wyngaard. "We are grateful for Dr. Jones' commitment to this important work, and excited to partner with him and the University on this event for our Hackett sixth-graders."
Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and and Dr. Jones have joined together to lead The Albany Promise Action Team on College and Career Readiness. Sixth-grade students were provided an opportunity to learn more about college through engaging, interesting workshops led by UAlbany students, staff and faculty, including college and career readiness, chemistry experiments, gardening in the city, healthy choices, emergency response, law and justice, and art exhibitions. Dance performances by UAlbany students rounded out the morning's activities.
"In sixth grade, our students are just beginning to explore their own academic interests," said Hackett Principal Michael Paolino. "Having UAlbany students present these workshops is a great way to get our sixth-graders excited about college and learning."
Since Dr. Jones came to Albany in January 2013, he has embraced The Albany Promise and its potential to have a positive impact on students and the City of Albany. UAlbany is committed to future Albany Promise-related activities and this visit to Hackett is only one of many UAlbany-sponsored activities in Albany's public schools.
The Albany Promise was launched in 2011 to improve educational outcomes for Albany's K-12 students and is co-led by Dr. Nancy Zimpher, SUNY Chancellor, and Dr. Vanden Wyngaard. Chancellor Zimpher, a national leader in education, said, "The Albany Promise continues to be an effective vehicle for cross-sector leaders to pool together their individual strengths and offer programs and interventions that have a greater collective impact on student learning outcomes in Albany, from cradle to career. President Jones and Superintendent Vanden Wyngaard are to be commended for creating this workshop series, which will give sixth-graders an important early exposure to college life."
Albany's cradle-to-career partnership is focusing at the outset on the needs of students in the Arbor Hill, West Hill and South End neighborhoods. About 600 people have become involved from all parts of our community and region. For more information about The Albany Promise and its goal to improve educational opportunities for Albany students, visit: www.albanypromise.org.
From September 21 through September 28, the University is hosting a series of events entitled "Celebrate & Advance," a weeklong celebration in honor President Jones' inauguration. The week's festivities culminate with the official installation of Dr. Jones at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 in the Performing Arts Center. Jones was appointed president in January 2013 after serving as senior vice president for Academic Administration at the University of Minnesota System. Since becoming the 19th president ofUAlbany, Jones has hosted a series of campus forums on community engagement and led a nine-county tour of the Capital Region, listening and learning about the region's educational, cultural, business, civic, and recreational assets from area leaders.
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Commie pandas must have slipped something into the water cooler at the New York Times yesterday, because the paper ran a shockingly ignorant and naïve op-ed suggesting that the US sell out Taiwan to China if Beijing would write off the US$1.14 trillion in American debt it currently holds.
In To Save Our Economy, Ditch Taiwan, former Marine and Harvard fellow Paul V. Kane states that America's relationship with Taiwan is a Cold War anachronism that offers little strategic benefit to the US, observing that "absorption into mainland China is inevitable." Kane notes that such a deal would benefit China economically, as it would no longer have to spend the US$30 billion to US$50 billion a year that it currently uses for things like the 1,500 missiles China has pointed at Taiwan.
Kane wants President Barack Obama to make a backroom deal with the Communists in Beijing in which the US would agree to end "American military assistance and arms sales to Taiwan and terminate the current United States-Taiwan defense arrangement by 2015."
We're Next Media Animation, not Foreign Affairs. So here it is in a nutshell: China would not stop with Taiwan. Gobbling up Taiwan is only one step in the People's Liberation Army Navy's plans (paywall) to develop a blue water navy that would project power out to Hawaii. If the US abandoned Taiwan, American allies in the region would wonder if they were next and reevaluate their own relationships with the US; if China controlled Taiwan, it would have a stranglehold on Japan and South Korea, which rely on maritime trade for survival.
Kane repeats a common misconception that since Taiwan "is gradually integrating with China economically" its "absorption into mainland China is inevitable." Taiwan is becoming deeply integrated economically with China and it shares a common culture and national language with China. So what? Canada speaks English and is tied economically to the US up the yin-yang. Is Canada's absorption into America also inevitable?
Selling out Taiwan to shed 10% of the national debt would not change the political and economic dysfunction that got the US into trouble in the first place. It would only strengthen China's hand.


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My tutor said this as part of help for an assignment:
Each state needs a visited arraylist.
Assume a state is say state(string, int);
How do I do this and what does he mean?
His notes are useless and everyone is stuck!
How do I create an arrayList with the same name and attach them to lots of states?


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I can't believe it's been almost a week since I last posted. Time flies!
It's been a good week here for us. Here are the highlights:
I love driving. Driving gives me a sense of independence like nothing else does. Always has, since I kicked my dad out of his car minutes after getting my license the day I turned 16.
So, I am happy to announce that I have ventured out and am driving the streets of Big City. That is no small feat, let me tell you. Driving is CRAZY here, but I love it.
Maid Service
Monday our new maid started. Having a maid isn't my favorite thing in the world, but I hate cleaning and I'm pregnant, so it was kind of inevitable.
She cooks. She loves to cook. You all have been listening to me whine for the last month about how I can't eat, can't cook, can't shop, etc. Tonight, I ate so much of what she made that I couldn't take another bite. My stomach is still distended. It was that good.
And, she loves to do hair. So, poor Margarita whom on most days looks like she doesn't have a mom, (despite Steph's great post on hair-dos which can be located in her May archives) got a new do tonight. I was expecting some little pony tails or something. She came upstairs looking like a veritable princess.
So, I think we'll keep her (the maid, not Margarita. I always knew I'd keep Margarita).
Just pretend you can hear me give a long, happy sigh in this category.
Don't get me wrong, church in Small Town was very educational and I loved the people. But, it was a dang lot of work. We have entered into a ward full of "alpha-Mormons" as aptly put by one member. Four mission presidents, two G.A.'s and a handful of "retired" bishops. All English. All the time.
Best of all, I was called to be the Relief Society secretary. Can it get any more cush than that???
Juan Carlos's Future as a Linguist
And finally, I found a cute little Montessori school for Juan Carlos (3 yrs) where they will let him attend just 3 mornings a week instead of 5. Here he will learn not only Spanish and English, but also French. And have chess classes every week. To that I say "Good luck!" He's just now starting to grasp Candyland.
And two sad things:
1) My car is in the shop. Its transmission was not doing so hot. It was only supposed to be gone for 7 days and now it's looking like it will be longer than 2 weeks. :( I miss my car.
2) My screen of my new laptop that Guapo got me for my birthday died this week. All of a sudden it just went white. Now we have to get it to the States somehow to get a new screen. Who knows how long it will be before I can blog from the comfort of my own bed. :(
All in all a very good week.


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At Dwight Elementary, we have many special events that go on throughout the year that the counselor oversees. Each nine weeks, we have an awards assembly to honor the hard work that students do. We have Red Ribbon week each year in October to bring awareness to the responsibility of taking care of our bodies and being aware of the dangers in the world.
In January, we hold The Great Kindness Challenge. As a school, we focus on ways to be kind and caring to others. These are just a few of our many programs or special events. In addition, the counselor holds "Lunch with Mrs. Fuller." The goal for this program is to have lunch with a few students at a time in a relaxed setting and get to meet with each student in the school at one point in the year.
Career readiness is a focus for our students at Dwight Elementary. We familiarize them with different careers throughout the year. We have a career board outside the library that exposes them to several different types of careers.
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Land grab.
That's the term that Fred Ehrsam, founder of Bitcoin startup Coinbase, used to describe the current state of play in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
It's an interesting term, one that a) makes me uncomfortable as an investor and b) I'm not sure totally applies to a marketplace that is all about decentralization and openness. First of all, it's a real estate term, obviously. It applies to a finite, physical resource. As the saying goes, "They're not making more land."
When and where do land grabs happen? Shifts in population, transportation, and economic opportunity produce land grabs. Settlers in the Western United States in the 1800's participated in land grabs. The more real estate you could secure, the better off you were--sort of. Technically, there's only a finite amount of land in Wyoming, but there are so few people there, it's priced as if it was pretty abundant. You could claim a whole bunch of land. However, the land itself had more value in terms of what it enabled you to do rather than having some inherent transactional value in a marketplace--because it was so abundant. Even today, land in the middle of the country is still pretty much dirt cheap--but if you decided to be a rancher on your land, you could probably scratch out a living. Contrast that with Williamsburg in Brooklyn eight or ten years ago. Anything you bought could be flipped now for multiples of what you paid for it--regardless of whether or not you developed it. That's because there's a finite supply of land within a certain amount of subway minutes from Manhattan. There's only N number of plots that are walking distance to the Bedford stop on the L. Increased demand, finite supply, price goes up.
Is there a North Brooklyn real estate bubble? It's entirely possible. We've certainly witnessed recent real estate bubbles before--but they tend to be more pronounced in places like Nevada and Florida where there seems to be tons of land AND tons of excitement about that land. Excitement is overestimated, and development outstrips demand. Lot's of people build, but there's lots—too much—land to build on. Poof, bubble.
My biggest issue with Bitcoin is that the decentralized nature of the system, while potentially promising lots of opportunity to create value for people, may look more like the Midwest than Brooklyn. The actual supply of Bitcoin is somewhat capped, but that may mean that you'd rather be a currency investor than a service business around Bitcoin--because access is going to be open, distributed, and trend towards as free as possible. It's the kind of market where the second you start making a lot of money by being a provider of services, someone's going to come along, copy it, and give it away for free. Why wouldn't all of the Bitcoin supporters make currency conversion, fraud protection, and trasaction processing of various types free for all, to encourage use of the system?
In a Bitcoin world, you'll never be the only provider of something, because that only tends to happen in centralized, regulated environments. Take the internet domain registries. If anyone could sell any names, there wouldn't be as much of a profit to be made in the business as there is now. To me, the magic and promise of Bitcoin is that the friction in the financial transaction system (and hence the profits to be extracted--taken out of the system), will move to zero using technology.
E-mail might be a good example to think about. It's an open, distributed architecture that anyone can jump onto. It's about as democratized as you get. If you add up the sum total of all of the enterprise value created by e-mail related companies, the bulk of it didn't happen until almost 20 years after the first e-mails were sent. Companies like Lotus, or the spam blockers, virus checkers, bulk senders, authentication providers, marketers etc made their money quite a long time after the medium was invented.
On the other hand, are there benefits to being the first investors in Bitcoin related companies? I think there are, if you're a bigger, established fund, with long term minded LPs whose coin you can educate yourself on. By being early to a space, you start building the earliest network of thought leaders in that space. You gain a reputation and, most importantly, you learn. There have been studies done on venture capital returns that state that being first to market for an investor isn't necessarily a good bet with those early companies, but that it provides you with the opportunity to invest in better companies in that market later on. Your first investments in an industry tank, but your performance in that space overall is better over time.
I think the key is understanding which of these markets are worth being early to. There was a time when we thought virtual worlds were going to be that kind of game changing space--where everyone would have an avatar and we'd stop traveling around by plane. That didn't quite happen.
Nanotechnology was another space that investors piled into that was supposed to change the world, but didn't live up to it's promise.
You might even say the same thing for social. What's the sum total of all of the enterprise value that has been created around social, compared to the money that went into it from investors? How much of that value is concentrated in Facebook and LinkedIn? Social changed everything, but few companies actually made money off it and exited by being solely about social.
I like the idea of having a currency that doesn't get manipulated by big banks and political types, but I think I'll always wrap a $20 bill around my Metro Card and my credit card if I go out for a run, just in case. As a consumer, I like knowing that the FDIC insures the cash in my bank and that I'm protected against identify theft with my credit card. Call me old fashioned.
Does that mean I'll likely miss out on the next few years of Bitcoin related investing? Perhaps, but Google wasn't the first search engine and Facebook wasn't the first social network. History has shown that it's ok to wait until the next card gets turned over until you have a more stable environment to root in.
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Avatar´s New Twist on Plants
The most striking feature of the warbonnet fern is the iridescent blue of the leaves, which contain abundant anthocyanin pigments. These pigments are light-reactive chemicals that reflect blue light and give color to the blue and purple flowers and fruit. The warbonnet fern is among the many bioluminescent flora of Pandora.
Credit: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
The film "Avatar" takes viewers to a fictional moon, where the plants glow, shoot poison leaf tips and communicate. None of this fits exactly with our definition of "plant," but one botanist has pieced together an ecological back-story for how plants may have evolved on this strange world.
The moon Pandora is depicted as a lush rainforest that may remind some of Hawaii or Borneo. But the Earthlings who venture onto this exomoon are confronted with plants (not to mention animals) that behave in surprising ways.
"There's a balance of familiar and fanciful," says Jodie Holt, a plant physiologist from the University of California, Riverside. "I think if the organisms had been too bizarre, viewers would have dismissed them as unreal."
The plants were designed by director James Cameron and his graphic artists. However, during production, Holt was asked to provide some scientific justification for the imaginary world they were creating.
"The plants are fake, but the science is real," she says.
Besides advising the actress Sigourney Weaver on how to portray a botanist, Holt gave scientific names and descriptions to 55 of the most bizarre plants in the film. This catalog is included in a companion resource called "Pandorapedia."
What's in a name
Helicoradian (also known as Loreyu, meaning "beautiful spiral") is a zooplantae (part animal, part plant) possessing a single leaf that responds to touch by coiling up and retracting to the ground. Its neuromuscular system makes it difficult for xenobiologists to classify. Helicoradia can grow to 6-8 meters (20-26 feet) in height and 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) across.
Credit: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
One the most captivating Pandoran flora is the "helicoradian" – an orange, spiraled plant that folds up and disappears when touched. Plants on earth do have touch sensitivity, says Holt, but here it has been greatly exaggerated.
"We usually only call something a plant if we poke it and it doesn't move away," she says.
In fact, Cameron invented his own term "plananimal" (or Zooplantae) for Pandoran life forms that blur the line between plant and animal.
However, no single characteristic distinguishes plants from other life kingdoms. We generally think of photosynthesis as the epitome of "plant-hood," but there are parasitic plants that don't photosynthesize their food and some non-plant bacteria that do.
Holt admits that the definition of plant has some wiggle room for whatever plant-like organisms may exist on other planets, but she herself is a novice to the imaginings of "exobotanists."
"If I had made up the plants, I would have been too constrained by what I know," she says.
Evolution solution
Holt didn't invent any new vegetation for the film, but she provided the film makers with scientific "cred."
"When describing a plant's appearance and characteristics, the overriding theme is plant evolution, so I asked for everything they had on the moon's environment that might select for certain traits," she says.
The name Hometree is misleading, as the structure is actually comprised of a grove of intertwined trees of the same species that have grown together, providing for mutual strength and structural reinforcement. This, coupled with Pandora's low gravity, is what accounts for the immense height of Hometree.
Credit: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
It turned out Cameron had thought through a lot of this already. He told her what the Pandoran soil and atmosphere contained and about the weak gravity but high magnetic fields.
From this, she was able to provide plausible explanations for the plant life. For example, the gigantism—exhibited by the humongous "Hometrees"—is likely the result of higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and lower gravitational pull on Pandora in comparison to Earth.
The glowing—or bioluminescence—of some plants might have been an adaption to long periods of darkness on Pandora, Holt reasoned. This light signal could attract pollinators.
However, Holt didn't think everything that the film makers dreamed up was credible. She was told early on that the Pandoran plants communicated with each other through nerves.
"I said no way," Holt recounts.
She advised them that a better explanation would be "signal transduction," which is seen in terrestrial plants when—for example—a root lacking water "tells" the leaves above to wilt. How this message is sent is unknown, but it may involve electrical signals or biochemical reactions involving small molecules.
"We don't know enough yet about signal transduction to say that Pandora's plants aren't using it," Holt says.
The film makers adopted this quasi-explanation: at one point in the movie Sigourney Weaver's character uses the term "signal transduction."
"That was my one line," Holt jokes.
Go green
But for all its botanical inventiveness, the film didn't break any new ground with the color palette.
Most of Pandora's flora and fauna emit only one single color, often green, blue, indigo, or violet. There are exceptions like the Warbonnet Fern. Its leaves are illuminated by a broad band of red near their stems and by an iridescent blue near their tips. On Pandora, there is also a bioluminescent moss that is touch-sensitive. It will send out rings of blue-green light as a reaction to footsteps.
Credit: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Nancy Kiang of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies does research on the pigments that alien plants might use to best absorb a different spectrum of light coming from a star unlike our Sun. Her research shows that while plants on alien worlds could be green like they were in the movie, they could also be yellow, orange, black, or even near-infrared colors we couldn't see.
"Plants on Earth are already so diverse, beautiful, and weird — carnivorous plants, cacti, basketball-size seed pods, bioluminescent algae — Pandora did not actually look all that exotic to me, especially, of course, since the plants were largely green," says Kiang.
Plants look green to us because they mostly reflect rather than absorb that light wavelength. Holt saw some early drawings that showed the plants being all blue, but she thinks that green was later adopted to make Pandora more appealing.
Kiang says that alien plants would probably not be blue, since plants prefer to absorb blue wavelengths. The exception to this rule might be if they are bombarded with a lot of light. In that situation, a plant might use sunscreen pigments to prevent its light-harvesting apparatus from getting overloaded, and excess blue light would be reflected.
"I suppose it would have been hard to watch the movie if it were shot in the light of a sun having a different spectral quality, so Cameron had to make an aesthetic decision," Kiang says. "I'm glad he at least has provoked thought about how life might evolve differently on another planet."