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When the Latvian government named him director of the National Opera in 1996, Andrejs Zagars concedes, it was something of a surprise. Two directors had come and gone in a matter of months. The theater was hemorrhaging money, and its repertoire was decidedly moribund. For many, the decline of Riga's beloved "White House" was a testament to the vainglory and incompetence of the first post-Soviet generation of Latvian politicians. Now, to cap it all, the government was appointing a 38-year-old actor and restaurateur to run it.
Yet Zagars proved to be an inspired choice. Five years later, the Latvian National Opera is a vital, confident place that has found its financial footing. Nobody talks of folly anymore. Zagars's success has helped make him a star at home and a highly effective ambassador for the new Latvia abroad.
It is an important role, one he discusses with just the right blend of enthusiasm and self-deprecating irony. Latvia has always looked as much to the West as to the East, both economically and culturally. The economy may be staggering along, but foreign tourists and financiers are beginning to return to Riga, the sparkling capital, which celebrates its 800th anniversary this year. And Latvian artists are swimming in the European stream again, led by Zagars and his opera company.
AT 42, ZAGARS RETAINS THE SQUARE-JAWED good looks that won him a string of parts in Soviet TV soaps and action movies before Latvia's independence in 1991. "There were two years of complete euphoria" after the Soviets left, Zagars says. "But then we had to start work. To compete in an international economy, we needed to change our way of doing things." His way was to open a summer café in a theater courtyard, then a bar named Twelve Chairs (all the furniture he could afford). Now he runs a wine store; a jazz club called Dizzi Music Club; Deco Bars, a cocktail bar and café that bulges with Riga's bright young things; and four restaurants that share a combination still rare in Riga—good food, strong design, and excellent service.
His most recent venture is a high-end restaurant that he opened as a place to see and be seen. But so far, Zagara Jaunais is a flop. "The locals like heavy German food," Zagars says. "To them, sushi is just rice. As for stuffed mangoes . . ." He keeps the place open because he's not ready to give up on his vision of restaurant as performance, and because he hopes that as the economy recovers and tastes evolve, Rigans will come to terms with his prices and with a menu that includes crocodile medallions and ostrich fillets.
For many Latvians, change has not been easy. Given the country's recent history, it's hard for anyone of a certain age to be optimistic about the future. Much of Latvia's 20th century was a nightmarish cycle of invasion, mass murder, and deportation at the hands of the Soviets, then the Nazis, and then the Soviets again. No one was left unscathed.
Zagars's parents were deported to Siberia, where he was born. He returned to Latvia with his family as an infant. By the time he came of age, the Soviet Union was already creaking under the strain of its own contradictions, and the arts community in Riga was electric. "Between the seventies and the nineties there was a phenomenal poetry scene, which the Communists just couldn't control," he says. "And there was real motivation in the theater. That's where the most creative, open-minded people were." In the glasnost years, he used his movie money to rush through the suddenly open door to the West. He was in Miami in August 1991 when he learned of the attempted coup in the Soviet Union. "All the people I was close to were here," he says now. "I had to come back."


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The 69th Edition of the Venice Film Festival has announced its 2012 program
There are many reasons to visit Venice besides its stunning backdrop of canals, winding alleyways and elaborate Venetian Gothic palaces. One famous and elegant reason is to attend the yearly international Venice Film Festival on the island of Lido, just a few minutes' waterbus ride from historic St Mark's Square.
The Lido is lined with palm trees, 11km of beach, cars (unlike its neighboring island), and from August 29-September 8, 2012, there are red carpet stars filling its hotels, auditorium and hot spots. Famous actors like Brad Pitt and George Clooney, for example, are regulars at this week of movie premieres.
Eighteen Filmmakers to compete
The Festival's stated aim is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. This year 18 filmmakers will be competing for the coveted Golden Lion award during the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival. In keeping with recent tradition, a secret film, the 18th entry, will be announced at a later date.
Check out the movie line-up below:
In the Competition:
- "Après Mai (Something in the Air)" by Olivier Assayas, France.
- "At any Price" by Ramin Bahrani; United States and Britain.
- "Bella Addormentata" (Sleeping Beauty) by Marco Bellocchio, Italy and France.
- "La cinquième saison" (The Fifth Season) by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth; Belgium, France and Netherlands.
- "Lemale Et Ha'Chalal (Fill The Void)" by Rama Burshtein, Israel.
- "È stato il figlio" (It was the Son) by Daniele Cipri; Italy and France.
- "Un giorno speciale" (A Special Day) by Francesca Comencini, Italy.
- "Passion" by Brian De Palma; France and Germany.
- "Superstar" by Xavier Giannoli; France and Belgium.
- "Pieta" by Kim Ki-duk, South Korea.
- "Outrage Beyond" by Takeshi Kitano, Japan.
- "Spring Breakers" by Harmony Korine, United States.
- "To the Wonder" by Terrence Malick, United States.
- "Sinapupunan (Thy Womb)" by Brillante Mendoza, Philippines.
- "Linhas de Wellington" by Valeria Sarmiento; Portugal and France.
- "Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)" by Ulrich Seidl; Austria, France and Germany.
- "Izmena" by Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia.
Out of Competition
- "L'homme qui rit" – Jean-Pierre Ameris (France-Czech Republic)
- "Love Is All You Need" – Susanne Bier (Denmark-Sweden)
- "Cherchez Hortense" – Pascal Bonitzer (France)
- "Sur un fil" – Simon Brook (France-Italy)
- "Enzo Avitabile Music Life" – Jonathan Demme (Italy-US)
- "Tai Chi 0″ – Stephen Fung (China)
- "Lullaby To My Father" – Amos Gitai (Israel-France-Switzerland)
- "Penance (Shokuzai)" – Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
- "Bad 25″ – Spike Lee (US)
- "O Gebo e a Sombra" – Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal-France)
- "The Company You Keep" – Robert Redford (US)
- "Shark (Bait 3D)" – Kimble Rendall (Australia-Singapore-China)
- "Disconnect" – Henry-Alex Rubin (US)
- "The Iceman" – Ariel Vromen (US)
The film opening the Festival (it's not in the Competition) is "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mira Nair (U.S.,Qatar).
There's another section called Orizzonti ("Horizons") which highlights the new trends in world cinema. This year the following films have been selected:
- "Wadjda" – Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia-Germany)
- "The Paternal House" – Kianoosh Ayari (Iran)
- "I Also Want It" – Alexey Balabanov (Russia)
- "Gli Equilibristi" – Ivano De Matteo (Italy-France)
- "L'intervallo" – Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy-Switzerland-Germany)
- "Winter of Discontent" – Ibrahim El Batout (Egypt)
- "Tango Libre" – Frederic Fonteyne (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)
- "The Cutoff Man" – Idan Hubel (Israel)
- "Fly With The Crane" – Li Ruijun (China)
- "A Hijacking" – Tobias Lindholm (Denmark)
- "Leones" – Jazmin Lopez (Argentina-France-Netherlands)
- "Bellas Mariposas" – Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
- "Low Tide" – Roberto Minervini (US-Italy-Belgium)
- "Boxing Day" – Bernard Rose (UK-US)
- "Yema" – Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria-France)
- "Araf – Somewhere In Between" – Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey-France-Germany)
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- WFRP3 - The Northmen Careers .zip has all the careers with career abilities and two follower cards. New basic careers: Berserker, Bondsman, Marauder, Reaver, Skald, Whaler. New Advanced careers: Beastmaster, Freeholder, Marauder Champion, Marauder Hero, Marauder Rider, Marauder Veteran, Slaver, Warleader, Warlord. (NOTE. I have left Chaos Warrior and Chaos Sorcerer careers out of these rules).
There was another topic, opened by me, before about the same subject. That was when I was creating these rules. I'm opening this new one, now that "source-document" and the WFRP3 career cards are ready. But all the ideas are still welcome - So, if you notice something wrong, maybe unbalanced career…etc., please comment.
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Gorches: Klimczak put in precarious situation at SC
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Dan Klimczak, photographed Wednesday November 16, 2011 in Wheeler, Ind., is the Post-Tribune Football Coach of the Year. Klimczak has coached the Bearcats for six years. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Updated: September 20, 2012 10:20AM
Earlier this week, just hours after the South Central School Board approved Dan Klimczak as the new head football coach just days after Bob Foster was dismissed, Klimczak iterated and reiterated and re-reiterated that he didn't push for this.
He didn't take the South Central athletic director position just to get his foot in the door at his alma mater so he could push out the new football coach (Foster) in between the scrimmage and first game.
"I had no inclination or desire to get back into coaching this year," he said on Wednesday night.
Of course, the key words there are "this year" since the majority of region football followers believed he would get back into it sooner rather than later. But doing it this way this soon looks so bad if it was contrived.
And don't you think Klimczak knows that?
"Not one bit," he told me when I asked flat out if he pushed for this.
Even the man whose job was lost — don't ask why because no one will talk on that front except for Klimczak saying, "I'm not allowed to talk about personnel matters" — doesn't think his immediate boss threw him under the bus.
"The bad part is that me and Danny are friends," Foster said. He also implied that the decision to kick him out the door came from above Klimczak's head for a reason that doesn't seem worthy of a firing.
"I can't talk about why I got dismissed ... right now," Foster added with a hint of mystery as if he wanted to say something like, "The truth will come out."
In the "who looks bad" department, that makes South Central's hierarchy look bad, but I'm not going to go down that road. There are plenty of region school corporations that haven't handled coaching situations very well, and that's not going to change.
It definitely looks bad that South Central had its fifth different football coach Friday night in less than four years. But I'm more concerned with how bad Klimczak looks, and I'm sure he's concerned about it, too.
Foster was hired on Valentine's Day, being promoted from assistant to head coach, replacing Mel Hay. Klimczak was hired as athletic director in June. Do you really think one of his goals in his new job was to overthrow the newly hired coach?
It seems like somebody in Union Mills or Wanatah had that idea. Just don't accuse Klimczak of that kind of underhanded back-stabbing.
You know who else should feel bad? That would be Dan's wife, Laura Klimczak. I mean, she was going to get her husband back without late nights of football stuff, right?
"It has been our family's lifestyle for the past 12 years, so I am quite accustomed to the whole coach's widow thing," Laura said.
That wasn't exactly a rousing endorsement, but at least she's saying the right things. And she said Dan's kids are actually happy he's back in football in their school system.
"The kids and I support him 100 percent in all that he does," Laura added. "It's a (football) lifestyle that we, as a family, all love."
For some reason, I believe her.
And for some reason, I also believe her husband.
But in the end, I also believe that Dan was going to be South Central's football coach eventually since he has two sons coming up in the sport in the younger grades. He just gets to start earlier than expected with only a couple months hiatus from the day-to-day football coaching grind.
I hope he took full advantage of that short time off, because there won't be much time off for several years.
Crisis averted: It could have been another dicey high school sports situation at Lake Central, but everything seems to have worked out for the best for EJ Santiago.
He's a freshman at LC who tried out for the soccer team. But he also plays baseball for the Schererville Shock 13-year-old Babe Ruth squad that is playing in its World Series in Washington.
Supposedly he was cut from the LC junior varsity soccer team two days after the Babe Ruth team qualified for the World Series. But Lake Central varsity coach Jereme Rainwater confirmed after the Indians' 3-0 loss to Crown Point on Wednesday that Santiago will still get to play soccer when he returns.
"He's going to spend a period of time away from us, but he's going to finish the season with us," he told the Post-Tribune reporter covering the game. "That's my understanding."
I certainly hope so, because punishing kids for participating in other sports, and then succeeding in those sports, is so wrong in so many ways.


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PBS chief Paula Kerger has been citing an interesting statistic in speeches around the country.
Quiz: What percentage of TV programming is in the reality show genre?
Ms. Kerger's answer: 56%!
Whew, that's a lotta reality shows, and it's a depressing figure, because so many of the shows play to the lowest common-denominator of the viewing public in an effort to capture a large audience.
PBS has nothing against reality. That's what its documentaries are all about. With context and quality storytelling.
I'm excited about the next PBS documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, The Dust Bowl, coming this fall. The teaser says: "It was America's worst man-made ecological disaster...let Ken Burns take you inside the real Dust Bowl."
Check out the eerie photos at http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/


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After the Chinese market showed a strong year-on-year growth of 10.5% in 2010, an even better performance was recorded in 2011 as revenue improvement increased to 13.2%. We expect the trend to continue in 2012 as the projected $165.8bn in revenue for the year will illustrate another year of robust growth at 13.8%. The main driver supporting the positive outcome is mobile data, which we estimate to generate $46.0bn in 2012, bettering the $36.4bn in 2011 by 26.4%. Growing at a CAGR of 18.4% from 2012 to 2017, mobile data revenue will more than double by the end of the forecast year — not only that, with $106.9bn in 2017, it will become the single largest contributor to total telecom service revenue, overtaking mobile voice for the first time since the service first became available on the market. Besides mobile data, broadband Internet will continue to play an important role for the operators because we expect the revenue from the service will jump from $41.5bn in 2012 to $35.1bn in 2017. Propelled by the anticipated future demand in data services, we project the total market revenue to reach $270.7bn by 2017, representing a five-year CAGR of 10.3%.
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I thought Honeysweet or Sekel but Sekel is on semi-dwarf stock at RT. Also, they both say only "somewhat" fire blight resistant. I grow in pots and would like as easy care as possible. Does anyone have any opinions? I'm on the MD/PA border. Thanks. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 8:26
Harrow Sweet is a good one, super precocious which means a lot for pears. Also FB resistant. Look at the Adams County Nursery list for other good ideas, they are in S. PA. Scott |
- Posted by treehugger100 z6MD (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 3:23
Adams County is sold out of everything good and do not allow pre-sales for the next shipping season. Adams County is a great site but I never seem to hit them when they have any stock I want. I will look for Harrow Sweet elsewhere. Thanks, Scott. |
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I just checked the 2 other nurseries that came up when I Googled and everyone is sold out. Any ideas? I checked morriessex and cummins. |
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This time of year the selection is very limited. You need to decide if you want the variety you want next year, or some compromise variety this year. Looking at Raintree I would get a Blakes Pride if you wanted to order this year, its probably a better tasting pear than Harrow Sweet, just not as productive. Scott |
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Don't have a decent command of the English language?
Then forget about running for public office in Arizona — or even being appointed to one.
In a decision with statewide implications, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that candidates who are not proficient in English cannot even try to become an elected or appointed official. The justices said the requirement, which has existed since territorial days, is justified.
"Such a requirement helps ensure the public officer will in fact be able to understand and perform the functions of the office, including communicating with English-speaking constituents and the public," Justice Robert Brutinel wrote for the unanimous court.
And Brutinel brushed aside arguments that the requirement is unconstitutional.
"There is no constitutional right to seek office," he wrote. "And the language requirement reflects a legitimate concern of the Arizona Legislature."
The court also noted that Friday's ruling does not permanently disqualify Alejandrina Cabrera from running at some point in the future for the San Luis City Council — the post she was seeking when she was disqualified from the ballot earlier this year — or any other office.
"Should she obtain a sufficient English proficiency to perform as a city councilmember, she could then run for that office," Brutinel wrote.
The court acknowledged that they voided a voter-approved constitutional amendment more than a decade ago which had adopted English as the state official language.
But Brutinel said the issue there was that the language would have barred public officials from communicating with their constituents who do not speak English, "thus impeding the constituents in obtaining access to their government and limiting the political speech of public officials."
He said this law does not preclude anyone from speaking languages other than English but instead requires a "functional ability" in English, "which enhances rather than impedes their ability to communicate with their constituents and the public."
Friday's ruling may not be the last word. Attorney John Minore who represents Cabrera, said he is likely to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Minore said the state courts have imposed what amounts to an arbitrary standard.
"The statute doesn't say at what level of English" someone must be proficient, he argued. And Minore pointed out that his client is a native-born U.S. citizen who is a high school graduate.
"She can read and she can write it," he said. And he noted the court accepted her ability to read English but never tested her writing skills.
"They just said she can't speak it very well," he said.
If nothing else, Minore said the requirement — at least in this case — is an infringement on not only Cabrera's rights, but also that of voters.
"The people should decide whether they want her as a representative or not," he said. "Isn't that what America is about?"
The legal fight started late last year when San Luis Mayor Juan Carlos Escamilla filed suit to disqualify Cabrera, a U.S. citizen and graduate of Kofa High School, as a candidate for the March 2012 election. The pair are political foes, with Cabrera having led a recall effort against Escamilla.
That challenge was based on a law which says a person must be able to "speak, write and read the English language" to be eligible to hold any state, county, city, town or precinct office, appointed or elected.
Yuma County Superior Court Judge Jeff Nelson, after questioning Cabrera, agreed she did not meet the qualifications and ordered her name removed from the ballot. The justices of high court, in a brief order, previously upheld that ruling but waited until Friday to explain their decision.
In her appeal, Cabrera said she meets the minimum requirements. Her attorneys said she showed she was able to read council minutes printed in English aloud, and was able during her testimony to engage in basic conversation using English words.
But Brutinel said more is required.
He said the Arizona Constitution specifically says that public officials need to "understand the English language sufficiently well to conduct the duties of the office without the aid of an interpeter." Brutinel said the fact that specific language is not part of the statute Nelson used to disqualify her is irrelevant, saying the constitutional mandate prevails.
In this case, Brutinel wrote that Nelson had more than enough evidence to conclude that Cabrera failed to comprehend questions posed to her in English.
"Although she read aloud from various city council meeting documents, Cabrera could not answer elementary questions about what she had read or what had occurred at these meetings," Brutinel said.
The high court acknowledged that state law does not require any specific level of proficiency, other than the ability to conduct the duties of the office.
Brutinel noted that William Eggington, listed as a nationally known expert in sociolinguistics, testified that Cabrera reads at a ninth- or tenth-grade reading level. And the judge said if the law required only reading proficiency, that would qualify her to run for office.
"But the statute also requires the ability to speak English," Brutinel wrote. And he said Eggington testified that Cabrera has "minimal survival proficiency" in spoken English.
"She is able to perform certain courtesy requirements and maintain simple face-to-face conversation on familiar topics," Eggington said. But he said there is a "large gap between (her) ability to in speaking English and what is needed to perform city councilman duties."
Brutinel emphasized that the law requires only a "functional ability" to read, speak and write English.
"The statute does not authorize a literacy test or an intelligence test and does not require anything other than function comprehension of English in everyday language," the judge wrote. "Here, Cabrera's inability to comprehend English was clear."


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Artist-in-Residency Program guidelines
The Australia-Thailand Institute (ATI) artist-in-residency program supports innovative programs that promote cultural awareness with the aim of creating enduring ties between people and organisations in Thailand and Australia.
Who can apply?
The annual residency in visual arts, writing and performing arts is open to both Thai artists from Thailand for a residency in Australia and Australian artists living in Australia for a residency in Thailand. Applicants must be over the age of 18, with a proven art practice of at least three years. The residency can include professional development via workshops, forums, collaborations, and/or the development/completion/presentation of a new body of work.
Funding available
A maximum of AUD $10,000 is available in 2014/15. It is anticipated this will fund one full-time artist-in-residency for a period of 4-12 weeks between 1 October 2014 and 30 June 2015.
Funding may cover the following costs:
- Travel
- Return economy airfare between Thailand and Australia (includes any necessary domestic flights to make international connections)
- Departure taxes
- Passport fees
- Visas
- Transfers
- Travel insurance
- Medical
- Vaccinations
- Pre-departure check-ups
- Accommodation
- Rent
- Guest house
- Hotel rates
- Hostel
- Living Expenses
- Meals
- Laundry
- Groceries
- Utilities
- In-country transport
- Taxis
- Subway
- Domestic flights
- Trains
- Bus
- Car/motorbike/scooter hire
- Communications
- Internet
- Phone
- Consumables
- Stationery
- Books
- Postage
- Photocopying
- Batteries
- Fees
- Residency fees
- Museum/theatre/film/concert fees
- Conference fees
- Studio hire
- Singing/dancing/drama/art/language lessons
- Freight
- Freight costs
- Materials
- Costumes
- Canvasses
- Art supplies
- Film
- Music
Please note that funding is to cover the expenses of the artist-in-residence only. Any accompanying partners/families are not covered by this funding.
The ATI may fund more than one artist-in-residency per year where funding allows.
Residency options
The ATI artist-in-residency program allows applicants to choose from two possible options:
- A self-initiated residency in which the applicant identifies the host organization of their choice; or
- A Thailand based residency at ComPeung - Chiang Mai Province
Residencies should be between 4 and 12 weeks in length.
Thai based residency partner
ComPeung - Chiang Mai Province
The ComPeung Artist-in-Residence Program is designed for local and international artists to live and work together with the ComPeung team and the local community. By living and working together in basic yet comfortable conditions with the ComPeung team, the local communities and a broad spectrum of artists, the ComPeung program provides the resident artists with a wide range of exchanges, opportunities, experiences and possibilities. ComPeung aims to be an open playground for dialogues, alternative contexts, experiments, explorations, and mutual learning. The aspired goal for ComPeung is to develop and expand into a network of artists and art organizations on local, regional and international levels.
Art form/s
Visual Arts, Writing, Performing Arts
Collaboration accepted?
Preferred host dates
Any time, except the month of October
Potential opportunities
Community workshops
Location and transport
30 – 45 minutes drive to Chiang Mai city centre; 5 minute cycle to shops. Bicycles available for getting around the region; public transport to city nearby
Internet, private studio/study room, performance space, two outdoor spaces for site-specific works
Accommodation provided?
Yes on site; Includes private bathroom, Wifi access and shared areas. Three home cooked meals per day create a setting for exchange and dialogue
Yes – THB 30,000 per month (approx. $982 AUD); includes accommodation, 3 meals per day and airport transfers to and from Chiang Mai airport
Partners/Families permitted?
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Artists-in-residency obligations
Artists-in-residency will be expected to grant the ATI full and unreserved permission to use photographs/recordings/images/excerpts from their residency in ATI publications and on the ATI website and Facebook page.
All publicity and marketing related to the residency must acknowledge ATI support. The residency must always be referred to as the "ATI artist-in-residency program".
Artists must provide a comprehensive report to the ATI following the conclusion of their residency. This must be submitted no more than 90 days after the end of the residency.
How do I apply?
To apply applicants must submit an online grant submission to the ATI (www.dfat.gov.au/ati). Submissions are invited from 1 September – 30 September each year.
Applicants must first liaise with host organisations to establish a suitable schedule. Applications must include a letter of support from the host organisation as well as two professional referee letters.
Whilst the ATI artist-in-residency program welcomes applications from Australian and Thai artists from all backgrounds and art disciplines, the ATI reserves the right to give favourable consideration to applicants that meet ATI priority areas. Any priority areas identified by the Board will be advertised clearly and prominently on the ATI website and online application form. Priority areas may include particular art disciplines, artists from particular cultural backgrounds, or artists from particular regions.
Applicants should explain how their proposed project aligns with the ATI artist-in-residency program goals and objectives.
- Strengthen people-to-people linkages through cultural exchanges and creative collaboration.
- To promote Australia in Thailand, and Thailand in Australia, through arts and culture.
- To reinforce Australia's standing as a stable, sophisticated, multicultural and creative nation with a rich and diverse culture.
- Promote Thailand as a sophisticated, innovative and creative nation with deep cultural roots.
- To strengthen long-term cultural relationships between Australia and Thailand.
- To support projects that project a positive and contemporary image of Australia and Australia's capabilities in Thailand through the delivery of high quality and innovative arts and cultural residency programs.
- To support projects that project a positive and contemporary image of Thailand and Thailand's capabilities in Australia through the delivery of high quality and innovative arts and cultural residency programs.
Priority areas
Priority areas, in order of priority, are currently:
Nil. The inaugural ATI artist-in-residency program welcomes applications from Australian and Thai artists from all backgrounds and art disciplines.


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hello, my name is Angela. I have been watching anime since I was about 11. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that would recommend any great anime. anyways, so far I have watched and loved:
Inuyasha, Naruto, full metal alchemist and Full metal alchemist brotherhood, trinity blood, death note, claymore, one piece, bleach, flame of Recca, darker than black, vampire knight, samurai deeper Kyo, blood+, soul eater, and samurai 7.


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Alright the rules are very simple.
Post a line from a movie, and whoever gets a right answer, can post the next quote.
So, I'll go first.
Alright the rules are very simple.
Post a line from a movie, and whoever gets a right answer, can post the next quote.
So, I'll go first.
Django Unchained
I know what you are, and I know what you are not. And you are *not* Gods!
(It's from a Dreamworks Cartoon)
El dorado. Watched it with my little bro this morning xD
*Acts like his hand is a gun* Bang. Bang. Bang. If I were Kira, you'd all be dead now.
Death Note
Once there was this geezer called Smithy Robinson, who worked for Harry. It was rumoured that he was on the take. Harry's invited Smithy round for an explanation. Smithy didn't do a very good job. Within a minute, Harry's lost his rag, reached out for the nearest thing at hand, which happened to be a 15 inch black rubber cock. He's then proceeded to batter poor Smithy to death with it. Now that was seen as a pleasant way to go. Hence, Hatchet Harry is a man you pay if you owe.
Oh, god, it both sounds familiar, and reminds me of the opening to Lucky Number Slevin.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?"
Grosse Pointe Blank.
- Shotgun for eternity!
- You can't call shotgun for eternity.
- I call that I can call things.
That's from a show, not a movie. (How I Met Your Mother)
"No. I don't like you either."
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
"Bud White will fuck you for this if it takes him the rest of his life."
L.A. Confidential
This paper is our passport to the gallows. But there's no backing out now, for if we do not hang together we will most assuredly hang separately.


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A while back my friend/co-worker Zak had installed Debian on his Dell M1530 laptop; he had this cool display on his desktop that would tell him various bits of info about his system's current status. Stuff that's just useful to know, sort of like checking your pulse or stepping on the scale. This software displays that kind of information every few seconds, in the background, on your desktop.
The software is called "Conky". It's pretty customizable, available on the Aptitude repositories, and relatively easy to setup. Below is my .conkyrc (the significance will be explained later). Continue reading


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Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 10:48
My grandmother grew many roses bushes during the 1940s thru 1960s. She passed a long time ago. I happened to drive by her old house, and the yard has been completely changed. All lawn now, the roses are totally gone. I would love to re-create her garden. I have about a dozen roses myself, beenm growing them for just about a year. One rose I especially would like to find: It had shiny dark green leaves, small pale pink flowers. Not a repeat bloomer, as far as I remember. I don't recall whether they had a fragrance. Can anyone suggest the name? |
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- Posted by TropicalRose SEAsia (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 05 at 18:35
The fairy? |
- Posted by Cecilia_MD7a 7a/Baltimore,MD (My Page) on Tue, Jul 26, 05 at 14:32
The Fairy repeats all summer. Was it a climbing rose? If so, I'm thinking it's one of the Wichurana Ramblers from the turn of the (previous) century. |
alot of times (in my experience) people often remember Seven Sisters (once bloomer, climbing); however, it doesn't have shiney leaves IMHO... how big did it grow in your area? Was it really thorny, did she deadhead it reg. or leave the spent blooms (if so did they produce hips)? Oh, and can you remember the gen. shape of the blooms? |
- Posted by Cecilia_MD7a 7a/Baltimore,MD (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 05 at 9:45
The shiny leaves are why I think it may be a wichurana (if it happens to be a climber). Do you remember whether it had any fragrance? |
- Posted by madspinner z7 WA skagit (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 05 at 16:13
American Pillar has shiney green leaves, and small pink flowers... but they are bright pink rather than pale. It blooms only once and has no scent. |
Maybe it was Cecile Brunner? |
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VRU's Mentors in Violence Prevention project to be rolled out across Scotland
The VRU's pioneering Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Scotland project, which encourages participants to challenge aggressive and inappropriate behaviour, is to be rolled out to schools across Scotland thanks to £40k of government cash.
The project, currently being piloted at Portobello High School in Edinburgh and the joint campus of St Stephens's and Port Glasgow High in Inverclyde, will be rolled out to Calderhead High School (North Lanarkshire), Peebles High School (Borders), Perth High School (Perth & Kinross) and Doon Academy (East Ayrshire) before being rolled out across Scotland next year.
Participants have already undergone a "train the trainers" programme which will enable them not just to implement the programme in their own school but also train other schools, enabling MVP to spread nationally.
Each school will then train its own specially recruited "peer mentors" – youngsters in their fourth, fifth and sixth years of school – who will in turn pass their knowledge on to other pupils.
Linda Park, headteacher at Calderhead High, said:
MVP Scotland is a very exciting project and we're delighted to be involved in something that will hopefully make a huge difference to levels of domestic abuse in Scotland. Sometimes people in a community don't know what to do or when to get involved when they see or hear something which makes them uncomfortable. We believe the MVP programme could help empower our young people.
Stephen Parsons, headteacher at St Stephens High School, said:
On the evidence we've seen so far, I wouldn't hesitate in recommending MVP to colleagues across Scotland. It's had a real impact on the lives of young people at the school, who've taken ownership of the materials and methods involved and made it their own. They've shown a real commitment to the project and to making a difference by helping to reduce the behaviour that can lead to domestic abuse.
Rachel Barr, a school-based social worker based at Portobello High School who is taking part in the pilot scheme said:
Everyone at Portobello is very enthusiastic about taking part in something that will hopefully make a big difference to levels of domestic abuse. Peer pressure has a big influence on children's behaviour and finding out your classmates have the same healthy attitudes to aggressive and inappropriate behaviour as you do can help pupils feel they have the ability to challenge such attitudes in a safe, positive way.
The roll out of MVP Scotland comes ahead of the domestic abuse phase of the VRU's annual Anti-Violence Campaign which runs from December 2012 – January 2013. Police recorded 51,926 incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland during 2009 – 10.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said:
The Scottish Government has always been clear that there is no place for domestic abuse in Scotland, and tackling it is a top priority. I welcome this further roll out of the Mentors against Violence programme, giving young people the skills and confidence to recognise and safely challenge harassment and abuse.
Chief Inspector Graham Goulden, project lead for both MVP Scotland the VRU's Anti-Violence Campaign, said:
We're delighted that the Scottish Government and Education Scotland are helping us to rolling out MVP across Scotland – this shows a real commitment to reducing violence and the attitudes that lead to violence in the long term, as although the project is based in schools, its reach and impact is much wider. We deliberately chose a mix of teachers, youth workers and community members from each school for our 'train the trainers' events so the training would have reach beyond the school, into the community itself. In addition, as the first groups of pupils mentors leave school and go on to college or workplaces, they will be able to continue to use what they have learned in a new environment, thus further helping change attitudes to aggression and inappropriate behaviour across Scotland.
While MVP won't stop domestic abuse overnight, it will help make the behaviour that leads to it less acceptable. Those taking part in MVP now are helping create a legacy for future generations - a better, safer Scotland for all.


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