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A biological medicine, or biologic, is a type of hospital treatment for some long-term medical conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis.
The medicine is made from proteins and other substances produced by the body.
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Biosimilar medicines generally cost less than the "original brand" biological medicine, but they're just as safe and effective.
Switching patients from the original biological medicine to a biosimilar could save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Rheumatoid arthritis
- NHS: biological treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
- National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS):
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
- NHS: tablets, capsules and injections for psoriasis
- NHS: treating psoriatic arthritis
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Ankylosing spondylitis
- NHS: treating ankylosing spondylitis
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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
- NHS: biological treatments for Crohn's disease
- NHS: ulcerative colitis – treating severe flare-ups
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Irish crafts aren't just showpieces, in fact, most have been part of daily life for centuries
Our crafts represent our cultural and creative heritage, and they come in many shapes and forms – most having roots in practical daily chores. Just look at our beautiful, hand-woven willow baskets, Nicholas Mosse platters, Derek Wilson ceramic jugs and Cushendale lambswool blankets.
And for special occasions? Belleek Pottery tea cups, Waterford crystal vases, and Thomas Ferguson's crisp Irish linen napkins.
Now these guys understand our long-standing legacy of crafts better than most. "Ireland is a small country with a strong craft heritage dating back thousands of years and now a new crop of talented makers is producing amazing work at an international level," according to Brian McGee, Head of Market Development at the CCOI.
To tell the story of Irish craft and "to connect the idea of a maker's place with their craft", they commissioned a film (see above) from Dublin based filmmakers Jamie and Keith. In it we see some of Ireland's finest craftspeople – woodworkers, weavers, basket makers, potters and glass blowers – working their magic in their studios.
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Many local crafts people are more than delighted to welcome visitors into their studios, and Kilkenny's National Craft Gallery is an industrious place to start. Discover intricate hand-blown glassware, stunning lampshades and hand-carved wooden bowls in the confines of these former stables – all displayed by their proud creators.
Or drop in on twin sisters Karen and Claire creating ceramic confections at Red Earth Designs in Belfast. Not forgetting The Craft Granary, County Tipperary, which lends its walls and floors to local artists and sculptors from across the county known as the Golden Vale.
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Being a Queer Writer :: Talking With Hugh Ryan
Nearly a decade ago, Hugh Ryan needed to make a career choice between artist or writer. Wisely he chose writing. Since then he's become one of the most published LGBT (or 'queer,' as he prefers) writers in print and the web. EDGE spoke to Ryan about his passion for writing (and being queer).
Back in 2004, while leisurely wandering the streets of Berlin, Hugh Ryan realized that he had a decision to make. He had been in the German capital three months, and had yet to settle on his next career move. Ryan refused to entertain the notion of a career that didn't allow him to travel or work in his pyjamas - a resolve that permitted two, rather bohemian options: artist or writer. Fast forward nearly ten years, and with numerous writing and editing credits to his name, it is clear that Ryan made the right decision. After all, he is, by his own admission, "a terrible artist."
Indeed, Ryan's resume boasts experience in a number of genres: from travel reporting, to entertainment journalism, to ghost writing children's books - he is a versatile, concise and engaging writer. At the heart of his work, however, is a dedication to the issue of social justice for queer subjects. Edge caught up with Ryan to discuss his blossoming career, LGBT issues and writing for the New York Times.
Being pigeonholed?
EDGE: So let's start with some background - how did you get started? I know you completed a stint here at EDGE early in your career!
Hugh Ryan: Yeah, it feels kind of nice to be on the other side of an EDGE interview! (laughs) And well I'd always loved writing, but I never thought it would be a viable career option! Even as a kid I was very practical. I went to school originally for human development, and then I switched majors about 19 times and ended up as a feminist studies major. And it was only after a couple of years spent working as a youth worker and social worker that I decided that type of work wasn't what I wanted to do, even though I thought it was very important work. So I took some time away from everything - I quit my job and moved to Berlin, Germany with my friend for four months. I spent all of my days walking around the city doing nothing, and by the third month I realized that I had to start doing something! (laughs) And I realized I wanted a job that enabled me to work in my pyjamas and explore the world, and that only really left two options: artist or writer. Of course I am a terrible artist, so the choice became easy - I settled on writer!
EDGE: You are an openly gay writer, and as with any "gay writer," there is the risk of becoming pigeonholed and restricted by that label. Is the term "gay writer" something you embrace, or do you find it limiting and frustrating?
Hugh Ryan: I embrace it 100 percent. I think there is the assumption that the mainstream media's effort to ghettoize you or pigeonhole you is always necessarily a bad thing, but I don't agree with that. I found very early on in my writing career that a lot of my stuff was very focused on the personal side of my life, and that necessitated being a 'gay' writer (That said, I don't love the label 'gay'. It isn't a bad term, but I prefer to be known as a 'queer writer') And then from there I always knew I had an interest in queer history and queer communities, and all of that led to me writing more and more about queer issues - issues which I felt I had a wealth of personal expertise and a wealth of personal knowledge that I had gained over the years.
Not exclusive
EDGE: What are, arguably, the common themes in your work? I notice a focus on queer social justice, and social justice in general?
Hugh Ryan: Oh definitely- I think queer social justice is definitely at the heart of it, because that is the place where I know the most, and I have the most connections. I think it is a place where I can give the most back to the conversation. That said, I don't write exclusively about queer issues. I am also a travel writer, restaurant critic and ghost writer etc. I have also written about social justice issues concerning other minorities. For example, I wrote recently about racism on reality television, but that is more from the perspective of a viewer. With queer social justice, well that is a topic I know intimately, so the criticism comes from a more personal place.
EDGE: You mentioned earlier that you write in other mediums - you are a travel writer and a copy editor for example. Is there a medium that you prefer working in? Or is there an equal balance?
Hugh Ryan: That is a tough call! I love the personal essays, and creative non-fiction. I love issues concerning poetics and the mechanisms of language, and I think the creative pieces are the areas where I really shine. I also really love writing kids' books! I have worked as a ghost writer on a number of children's books.
EDGE: Are you allowed to name those books?
Hugh Ryan: (laughs) No I am not unfortunately!! But I can tell you that they are well known and cherished books! I will admit that I wasn't the originator of that series - I was extending someone else's vision. That said, it was certainly exciting and rewarding.
A queer context
EDGE: You recently penned an incisive critique for the New York Times about the "AIDS in New York: The First Five Years" exhibit that recently closed at the New-York Historical Society. And I certainly agreed with you when you posited that "bad history has consequences." Indeed, it is often the case that historical narratives work to uphold the values of the dominant culture, and are therefore less inclusive of marginalized voices. So I want to ask you, if you were given license to overhaul the exhibit, what changes would you implement to make it more balanced and inclusive?
Hugh Ryan: That's a great question! I would start by working with people who know a lot about the subject. Because, for example, so much of my writing has been inspired, influenced and enriched by talking to lots of different people. So with queer issues, it is important to start by talking to the queer community, because there is so much knowledge there concerning our collective history. It has been kept and recorded by queer people, and I think that is something we shouldn't forget in our rush to record and present our history for a mainstream audience. It is incredibly important that we do record and make note of our history, and that it features in mainstream venues, but I think it needs to start from a queer place.
For me, also, I think there was maybe too much of a focus on the medical response to AIDS in the exhibit, and less of a focus on the personal side of the epidemic. I would also critically revise the curatorial pose: the director said they were aiming for 'neutrality', and ultimately I think 'neutrality' is non-existent, and I think the idea that something can be 'neutral' is dangerous and destructive. I think we need to acknowledge and embrace the fact that AIDS is situated within a queer context.
EDGE: You are fascinated with queer history, but what are your thoughts on the current state of the global LGBT rights movement? This past summer has witnessed some monumental gains and crippling setbacks - for example the attainment of marriage equality in the UK and France was overshadowed by the enactment of anti-LGBT legislation in Russia.
Hugh Ryan: I think that the longer queer issues are in the public realm, and are talked about, the more complicated they become. I am interested in the way that "queerness," as a lived identity, has changed over time in this world, for different types of people. I think progress is measured differently for certain groups within the LGBT community. So for example, take the issue of gay marriage, I support it 100 percent and I think it is important that people have access to that institution.
However, I certainly don't think it is the most important or pressing issue, because there are transgendered people, for example, who face violence and work place discrimination on a daily basis just for being themselves. And there is still very little, if any, legal protection for them. So I certainly think there are more significant issues that I want to see the queer community as a whole rallying around. I do think worldwide the picture varies between different countries, and I wish I had more knowledge about that. In this country, though, I would argue that the general picture is improving, despite the fact that we still have a long way to go.
EDGE: And have you encountered any struggle or discrimination in your career due to your sexual orientation?
Hugh Ryan: I may have. I have definitely had moments where I pitched articles about LGBT issues, and I have had publishers refuse because their respective publications have never dealt with queer concerns. But I like writing for publications in this niche community, because we have our own stories. To offer an example, when the Chelsea Manning story came out, and it was revealed that she was in the process of transitioning, I had people in the mainstream media ask me "wow did you know?" And I was like "of course I knew", because it was a queer story, and I had already heard about it - it was a story pertinent to our community. So I guess in other words, being in a niche community can certainly help you in this business!
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Tatiana Pentes, WORSHIP SCULPTURE DANCE, Master of Art (Media Arts), CoFa, UNSW, 1995 [download paper] Figure 1 Digital montage from A Few Small Snaps digital film artwork by Tatiana Pentes ABSTRACT This study documents the production of a set of digital film artworks installed in the College of Fine Arts gallery as the culmination of the Master of Art (Film,…
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Neighborhood Shanghai." in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy, and Space, ed. Laurence J. C. Ma and Fulong Wu, 122–37. London: Routledge 2005.
"For the first time in post-Mao Shanghai, the local people found their colonial past was no longer baggage to carry but a rich resource to be fully utilized. "Shanghai nostalgia" thus "became entangled with a (dys)utopian fervor to embrace global capital and its ideology, the appearances and normalcy of the Shanghai modern entered intellectual and commercial circulation at the standard version of historical memory" (Zhang 2000: 354). Shanghai quickly became a "re-colonized" site for various kinds of joint ventures in film production. Old buildings in the Municipal Concession and small villas in the west end were renovated in order to attract more Spielbergs and boost the tourist industry. Those sinified cafes and European restaurants that somehow managed to survive communism changed their names back to their original western names. The famous Red Mansion Coffee House, for example, was once again Chez Louis. So did the theaters, movie houses, department stores, and dance halls. The Old Man Jazz Band, who had a brief appearance in Spielberg's movie, started to perform all year around in the Peace Hotel (Sasson House, previously owned by a famous Jewish billionaire). Colonial Shanghai rekindled collective memory and in the process of remembering, itself was re-invented. With its success in the colonial past in setting trends, finding opportunities, and witnessing miracles, Shanghai provided a somewhat "infectiously decadent, but alluring background and setting" (Dai 1997: 158) especially for those working in the film industry."
Zhang, Xudong. 2000. "Shanghai Nostalgia: Postrevolutionary Allegories in Wang Anyi's Literary Production in the 1990s", in Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, pp. 348-387. Duke University Press.
"Selling cosmetics by vending machine?"
April 19th, 2008
"In Japan you can find all sorts of things for sale in vending machines. Since I've lived in Hong Kong however, I've never seen an explosion of this sort of retailing in the city. So it came as a surprise to encounter a lonely looking vending machine while walking through Silvercord shopping center last week. The vending machine had a traditional 1920's era graphic of two girls covering the outside.
"The image looked like a cigarette ad from old Shanghai, the type that tourists purchase on "antique" posters featuring beauties from the time period. On closer inspection, the image actually represented the logo of a brand of cosmetics, Two Girls.
"This sort of vintage look doesn't really match a vending machine. Vending machines typically denote a sort of modern, mechanized and impersonal shopping experience. You don't normally associate this type of experience with female shoppers. Further, a product like cosmetics would usually require the purchaser to read the labels and check the ingredients, which isn't possible from inside a machine. Typical products that are sold in this way are ultra well known products. Perhaps the cosmetics are well known, however if I were a shopper unfamiliar with the brand, not being able to read the label and study the product would be a major impediment to sale.
"The location of the machine was also somewhat off. It was buried near the side of an escalator in an alternative entrance to the shopping center…"
"Yet another factor to consider, does the product match the target consumer of the youth-oriented Silvercord mall?
"So in essence, the product, the brand image, the target consumer, the location of the machine and the technology all need to be considered when selling a product by vending machine. In this case, the factors appear to be a bad match."
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Shanghai Chic or Aboriginal Chic ?
Shanghai chic or Aboriginal chic ? Baz Luhrman (dir.) and Catherine Martin's (production/costume design) AUSTRALIA http://www.australiamovie.net/are deeply indebted to Australian indigenous artists Tracy Moffatt's "Something More" photographic works – that resemble a film still series, and clearly channel the old 1930s Shanghai lady mojo…… http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/26/Tracey_Moffatt/75/. © copyright Tracey Moffatt, Something More # 1, 1989, series of 9 images, Cibachrome, 98 × 127cm
This thread has been explored in a recent fashion blog that articulates the Shanghai lady mythos in Baz Luhrman's epic AUSTRALIA: "How to create 1930s Shanghai glamour" http://theproseccolife.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-create-1930s-shanghai-glamour.html posted Thursday, January 8, 2009, [Accesses 10 February 2009]
"How to create 1930s Shanghai glamour"
"Darcy took me out to see Australia last night – and boy, what an epic! Sweeping scenery, soaring soundtrack, cattle drives, the Stolen Generations, World War II, and a reprehensible villain to top it off…But what really caught my eye were the costumes, created by Baz Luhrmann's wife Catherine Martin. When Nicole Kidman's character had to dress more elegantly, her costumes often had a distinct "1930s Shanghai" aesthetic to them that is discussed in this slideshow.
"The basic lines and structure of the cheongsam, also called a qipao, have remained essentially unchanged for decades, and for good reason. There is just something about a high collar, princess seams, and curve-skimming tailoring that oozes class, taste and glamour regardless of the decade. But there are some tricks to making sure you do end up looking glamourous in a dress like this:
"*Perfect fit is crucial. It should be body-skimming, but not so tight that you bust your seams when you sit down. If there is too much loose fabric around the waist, the curvy silhouette will be ruined. Conversely, if the dress is too tight across the bust, it will flatten you out and again – ruin the silhouette. Bottom line: if the dress does not fit perfectly off the peg, have it tailored.
"*Make sure the collar is neither too tight nor too loose. If you find yourself perpetually tugging at the collar to loosen it, of have to wear it unfastened, it is too tight.
"*Side slits can be tricky – sometimes there is only one, sometimes there are two, and sometimes there are none at all. Make sure that when you sit, you smooth your dress down over your hips to make sure you don't reveal too much thigh. Go barelegged if possible to avoid showing off the tops of your stockings below the slits. If you are uncomfortable with the height of the slits, again – take your dress to a tailor and have them stitched together an inch or two to boost your confidence.
"*If your dress is made from a bold, eye-catching color or fabric, limit your jewelry to just simple stud earrings. Long earrings do not pair well with a high-collared dress. If your dress is a solid color, you can add a sparkly brooch for some visual interest, but keep the earrings minimal to highlight the collar area of the dress. Avoid necklaces – they distract from the dress, and can get tangled on the closures.
"*Don't theme your entire outfit as "Chinese." This is not the time to bust out your charm bracelet, handbag and hairclip that all have Chinese characters on them. A little bit of Shanghai style goes a long way, and your dress has just the right amount. Any more would be too much.
"*Keep your hair sleek but soft. If you have long hair, twist it gently back into a low bun or chignon but make sure the front frames your face. If you have short hair, style it simply in a way that suits your profile. The idea is not to distract from your dress, but to treat your hair as a key accessory.
"*Makeup should be simple and clean, but without sacrificing glamour. Classic bold matte lips, the tiniest brush of rouge, and minimal eye makeup is ideal – the same Hollywood classic look
"*The key words to remember when trying to create 1930s Shanghai glamour with a cheongsam or qipao are fit and simplicity. If your dress does not fit properly or if your makeup or hair are too distracting, then the entire effect will be ruined. Take the time and plan well in advance to ensure your dress has the perfect fit. Don't fuss too much over your hair and makeup. Less is truly more! that is now in fashion. Avoid heavy eyeliner and blush, and overly glossy or frosty lips."
"Shanghai Surprise"
One could not go without mentioning that cinematic blunder Shanghai Surprise (1986) panned by critics. The film had a solid producer in ex-beatle George Harrision and his Handmade Films company and acclaimed director Jim Goddard. It was based on an adaptation of Tony Kendrick's literary novel Faraday's Flowers (1978). However the ill-fated stars (newly weds) Madonna Ciccone and Sean Penn ensured a box-office failure. The film popularised the Shanghai 1930's opium, coolies, and spies narrative once more. Shot in Hong Kong the film was set in Shangha, China 1938 – Maddona played Gloria Tatlock a US Missionary to Penn's Occidental tourist adventurer. According to Paul Katz (posted 6 April 2007) "…Some bad films become kitschy-cool with age, but Shanghai Surprise continues to rot. Penn teams up with then wife Madonna as a '30s rapscallion charged with helping the Material Girl's missionary/nurse…we lost you at "missionary/nurse," didn't we? While the tabloids claimed that the duo had chemistry in real life, those sparks never showed up on the screen. EXTRAS D-list celebs like Melissa Rivers riff on fave scenes; and in a doc, supporting players dish about paparazzi and Madonna's prima donna antics." http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20033920,00.html [Accessed 10 February 2009]
Paula Yates interviews George Harrison on shooting the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLfm_JTH-10&eurl=http://www.beatlemail.com/forums/showthread.php?p=669280
The legacy Shanghai gesture in theatre, cinema, literature, photography and music is an elegant motif and contested space – a dialectic between East & West (Chinglish, Chinoiserie, Europeanoiserie et al) and not only a reminder of Shanghai between the Wars, but so too a powerful evocation of the Japanese occupation.
Shanghai: Harbin: Russian Jazz: 1930s: Sergei Ermolaeff
"Chinese cinema of the 1930s is believed to be a synthesis of indigenous art and foreign modes of production. (1) This point is best demonstrated by Ma Ning's influential piece on a famous leftist classic, Street Angel (1937). (2) Ma argues that Street Angel exemplifies the practice of sinification among Chinese leftist filmmakers. During this period, Chinese filmmakers tended to view cinema as a specifically Western invention, yet they also felt compelled to incorporate indigenous forms appropriate for Chinese audiences."
Yeh Yueh-yu , "Historiography and Sinification: Music in Chinese Cinema of the 1930s", Cinema Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Spring, 2002), pp. 78-97
Montage Serge Ermoll & His Music Masters, ballroom of a hotel, Shanghai, CHINA, c. 1930 (image above) Copyright Tatiana Pentes 2010
This work is the transformation of a chapter my doctor of creative arts, UTS, BLACK BOX http:www.strangecities.net . This interactive paper – the ensemble of image, sound, and textual research emerges from the ChineseBOX passage in BLACK BOX, exploring my hybrid cultural origins through discovery of the Russian jazz music culture from pre-revolutionary Shanghai and the Japanese occupation in China.
A re-examination of the documents left to me by my grandfather Sergei reveals a rich insight into the cultural milieu of the Russians in Shanghai, in particular the jazz world. Sergei wrote down every significant act that performed in the nightclubs, cabarets, and ballrooms of quasi-colonial Shanghai before his death.
SHANGHAI: Eastern Hollywood ?
Photograph of Xenia Vladimirovna Ermolaeff by Serge Ermoll (Ermoll's photos) circa 1940 (Shanghai). Copyright Tatiana Pentes 2010
This is a portrait of my grandmother Xenia Vladimirovna Ermolaeff. Xenia was a Russian emigre in Shanghai (a singer and dancer). The portrait was taken by her husband my grandfather a Russian jazz orchestra leader Sergei (Serge) Ermolaeff circa. 1940. Serge Ermoll and His Music Masters were managed by Vaudeville Entertainments, Shanghai and enjoyed residencies at establishments in Shanghai such as The Cathay Hotel, The Paramount, Ladlows Casanova, Wagon Lits, Astor House, and the Red Rouge. He played with Whitey Smith.
In 1996-97 I had support to develop a digital media work, with funding from the Australian Film Commission (AFC), and traveled to Shanghai and Tokyo to conduct research and write a script. In search of Xenia's Shanghai, I became a voyeur, walking the city, writing and shooting photographs/film with Geoff Weary. We stayed in the Cathay Hotel, Room 314, I was searching for traces of the old decadent jazz culture. And returned to Shanghai in April 2009 to promote and develop new work on the Shanghai milieu.
We photographed the interior of the hotel, ceilings and architectural nuances. I walked on the sound stage, Level 7, where Serge had played, and many photographs were taken, the golden dragons & pheonix design haunting the interiors. Looking out of the exquisitely ornamented window panes onto the Bund and across to the Pudong district and the oriental Pearl Tower, I imagined James Ballard's bloody descriptions of the Battle of Shanghai or Battle of Songhu 淞滬會戰 the Japanese war ships in the harbour. A decade later these audiovisual fragments were shaped into a film SCENES FROM A SHANGHAI HOTEL (2008). The interactive work would ultimately be STRANGE CITIES, [Reviewed Asiaweek http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/99/0910/shanghai.html] based on the tune composed by Alexander Vertinsky, Ira Bloch and my grandfather Serge Ermoll. Independent radio broadcaster Eurydice Aroney produced the work and Roi Huberman created the interactive sound design. This song and the lyrics, which spoke of the longing for motherland St Petersberg (Russia), encapsulated my search for origins. Later, another film score composed by the Vertinsky/Ermoll would be the signature tune in the Merchant Ivory Hollywood classic The White Countess (2005). The strange music Serge played, a mix of Russian cabaret, Chinese pop, and American jazz, I would later understand to be the treasured hybrid genre of trans-pacific contemporary music, the renaissance of which is making many a million.(1)
In my grandmother Xenia and the portraits she would show me, I saw a cosmopolitan Eastern woman of urban sophistication, paradoxically at odds with the Australian life we were surrounded by in the Sydney suburbs. Her black coiffured hair and gold jewelery provided endless fascination, she looked so different from the ladies at the local RSL. I wanted to be like her.
"The favoured past of shanghai is that of the 'modern girl' in a qipao, the feminine city of exquisite Russian refugees, decadent European expatriates, Chinese gangsters and marlene dietrich in Shanghai Express (dir. Joseph von Sternberg, 1932). These are clichéd character sketches of the city, but they resonate powerfully with the international imagination. Dietrich, in the person of Shanghai Lil, continues to produce affect in cinema-goers worldwide as a persona for shanghai…. if cinema has done nothing else for shanghai, it has convinced the world and the city itself that they are, simply and utterly, superior to any others. Shanghai woman is the epitome of modern China, and the image of 1930s is the enduring foundation of the magnetism of shanghai's identity. [sic] " (2)
(1) Donald, Stephanie and Gammack, John G. Tourism and the Branded City: Film and Identity on the Pacific Rim, London: Ashgate, 2007. http://www.iis.uts.edu.au/research/Shanghai_Ch6_Extract.pdf(2) Whitey Smith and .L. McDermott, I Didn't Make a Million, Manila, 1956.
SHANGHAI NOSTALGIA:: Motorola's MOTO
Film star & songstress Li Xianglan (李香蘭) a hybrid matrix
of Japanese and Chinese modern girl. Born Yamaguchi Yoshiko (山口 淑子)
to Japanese parents in Manchuria, Remembered for 1940s film Shanghai Nights
(上海の夜), the tune The Evening Primrose (夜來香)
Image source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xianglan [Accessed 1 April 2008]
MECCA cosmetics corporation has recently launched its
"Shanghai Lil" make-up range, a homage to the high fashion
(haute couture) & make-up used in Von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932).
Image source http://www.meccacosmetica.com.au/ [Accessed 1 April 2008]
Hui Fei (Anna May Wong) and Marlene Dietrich (Shanghai Lily) in Jospeh Von Sternberg's SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932)
Image source http://www.imdb.com/media/rm711432192/tt0023458 [Accessed 1 April 2008]
Image source MOTO Nostalgia campaign 2004
[Accessed 1 April 2008]
The Parisian wave (coiffure) and the fur coat over the shoulder evoke the Shanghai gesture, a powerful imaging (and re-imagining) of the Shanghai advertising lady, her urban face charmed the packaging of a plethora of mass products from face powders to cigarettes. She is the face of Motorola's 2004 mobile phone campaign.
Reminiscent of a 1930s Shanghai calendar girl, an evocation of the legendary film star Ruan Lingyu (阮玲玉), or perhaps Hollywood's The Lady From Shanghai (dir. Orson Welles), or Anna May Wong in Josef Von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932) http://www.theauteurs.com/films/432, or Street Angel (馬路天使) (1937) http://www.archive.org/details/street_angel starring Shanghai songstress Zhou Xuan (the "golden voice") and pre-revolutionary film star. Perhaps Motorola's Shanghai lady resembles the famous Li Xianglan (李香蘭) a hybrid matrix of Japanese and Chinese modern (modeng) girl (!) She was born Yamaguchi Yoshiko (山口 淑子) to Japanese parents in Manchuria, and became a famous Chinese and Japanese film star. She is remembered for 1940s film Shanghai Nights (上海の夜), made by Manchuria Film Productions and singer of the immortal tune The Evening Primrose (夜來香). Nostalgia for decadent old Shanghai and its hybrid brand of quasi-colonial East meets West is articulated in the plethora of contemporary Hollywood , Hong Kong and Chinese films devoted to the Shanghai Gesture. Academy Award winning director Ang Lee's latest offering Lust Caution (2007), a case in point, Merchant Ivory's The White Countess (2005) http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/whitecountess/, to touch the tip of the iceberg.
On this note, the multi-national MECCA cosmetics corporation http://www.meccacosmetica.com.au/ has recently launched its "Shanghai Lil" make-up range, a homage to the high fashion (haute couture) and make-up used in Von Sternberg's Shanghai Express.
According to DANWEI: Chinese media, advertising and urban life blog http://www.danwei.org/advertising_and_marketing/motorola_shanghai_nostalgia.php [Accessed 28 March 2008]
"This is a new Motorola advertisement appearing on billboards and in glossy magazines. The copy means 'MOTO nostalgia' or 'MOTO era', highlighting the Shanghai 1930s feel of the image."
[Posted by Contributor, July 2, 2004 1:09 PM]
The evocation of the Shanghai lady in this MOTO campaign contains echoes of a contemporary Ballardian neo-landscape, the Bladerunner megalopolis that is Shanghai. This kitsch, pastiched, noirish sophistication is a parody without the humour and articulates Jameson's postmodern and consummerist project of futuristic nostalgia (Jameson, 1985, p116).
Frederic Jameson, "Postmodernism and Consumerist Society", in (Ed) Hal Foster, Postmodern Culture, Pluto Press, Great Britain, 1985.
I recently stumbled upon this article in a blog – a confirmation of the currency and commodification of the old Shanghai lady as an aesthetic still capable of marketing a dream about a city that has entered into the postmodern vernacular in "Selling Cosmetics by vending machine ?", Hong Kong Hustle: Hong Kong nightlife, streetculture, and cool http://www.hongkonghustle.com/shopping/389/cosmetics-vending-machine/#more-389 Posted 19 April 2008 [Accessed 10 February 2009]
Shanghai: Harbin:Russian Jazz: 1930s: Sergei Ermolaeff
Originator of black Russian cabaret Alexander Vertinsky (pictured above), Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll), and Ira Bloch authors of words and music, Strange Cities and Over the Rosy Sea (The Pink Sea), Shanghai c.1930 [Registered Copyright Agency USSR & APRA]
Charlie Chaplin's sojourn in Shanghai visiting the Paramount Ballroom pictured with Russian jazz orchestra leader Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll) c.1933 Paulette Goddard & mother in background. Copyright Tatiana Pentes 2010
Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll) Russian Jazz Orchestra leader & collaborator with originator of the black Russian cabaret Alexander Vertinsky – Compositions: Strange Cities & Over the Rosy Sea (The Pink Sea) pictured in RUBESK News of Harbin, Manchuria, 1937.
Shanghai! …during the 1930s and 1940s was referred to internationally as the "jazz mecca" (1) of Asia, the Paris of the East, conjuring in the Western imagination a romanticised landscape of coolies, opium, and spies. In reality Shanghai was the pearl of China's orient, occupying a unique political and cultural place as China's modern Metropolis. Historically, China had granted concessions to the international powers in Shanghai, British, French, and Americans occupying colonial settlements in the treaty port.
At the level of representation, Shanghai was an appropriated "exotic" location, an orientalist back-drop, and the subject of a plethora of Western novels, literary and cinematic creations. The allure of Shanghai as a mysterious cultural locale wove its way into American Hollywood cinema and popular song as an orientalist fantasy and landscape upon which the West imagination could play out illusions. Shanghai as a colonial International settlement was inhabited and visited by passing Western entrepreneurs, government officials, tourists, traders, and entertainers. American actor Charlie Chaplin's tour in Shanghai 1933 with actress Paulette Goddard to film the Hollywood film "Shanghaied!", was well documented by the press. He visited the famous Paramount Ballroom where Serge Ermoll and His Orchestra were the resident Russian jazz orchestra. A personal collection of family photographs pictures band leader Ermoll with Chaplin and Goddard. The first exhibition of cinema in China occurred in the Xuyuan teahouse in Shanghai (2) , eight months after the "…Lumiere brother's epochal unveiling of their new Cinematographe…December 28, 1895, in the basement of the Grand Cafe in Paris." (3) This demonstration
The black American jazz trumpet player Buck Clayton's legendary journey to Shanghai was "precipitated by brisk trans-Pacific traffic in record music. Gramaphone records of the music of Duke Ellington and other artists had already reached Chinese shores, spurring a rage for black bands in the city's nightclubs and dancehalls."(4) The playing of this black American jazz and its local idiom performed by Russian, Filippino émigré and Chinese bands heralded the circulation of a hybrid trans-Pacific culture. Until very recently, the Chinese academies viewed "yellow music" and its Russian, black American and colonial precursors as not worthy of scholarship. Colonial modernity as articulated in pre-revolutionary Chinese film with its jazzy Chinese popular screen music was understood by its leftist critics as "decadent sound" (mimi zhi yin) (5) and opposed to the modern Republican ideology.
Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll) Russian Jazz Orchestra leader & collaborator with originator of the black Russian cabaret Alexander Vertinsky (Compositions: Strange Cities & ; Over the Rosy Sea (The Pink Sea) on the cover of RUBEZ News of Harbin, Manchuria, 1937
In the contemporary context, this trans-Pacific culture and music is experiencing considerable attention and re-discovery by the Chinese government and international community, as Shanghai overtakes Hong Kong as China's major trading port city. A recent cover of the American Times magazine proclaimed "Shanghai! Inside the most happening city in the world" and the accompanying article "Shanghai Swings! The long slumber is over, and Shanghai is grooving to an exuberant beat"(6) . The image of the contemporary Shanghai Bund skyline glittering with electric lights evokes the former glory of Shanghai's jazz age when the colonial façade of the Bund housed China's wealthiest banks and trading houses. Indeed it is no mystery a musical metaphor has been woven to paint a picture of the re-emergence of Shanghai as a global destination. The article chronicles the restoration and the re-opening of Shanghai's most legendary nightclub the Paramount Ballroom. Another Time magazine article "Cholera, Cables, Piano's"(7), alludes to a Chinese symphony of chaos to evoke the human crisis of colonial modernity in Shanghai. The dischord between images of extreme opulence and wealth, manifest in the architectural spaces of the colonial dance-halls at their zenith: the Paramount Ballroom, Majestic Hotel, the French Club, the Cathay Hotel, Astor House, the Canidrome, Ladlow's Casa Nova et al – juxtaposed with the struggle of the underclass of Russian émigrés working inside these spaces and the exclusion from these spaces of the desperate and displaced Chinese refugees, reveal the economic, class, and gendered dimensions of Shanghai's urban metropolis, a cultural entrepot forming the 'modern' Chinese man and woman.
In most historical and popular accounts of Shanghai nightlife (post 1930s) the White Russian émigrés, who fled the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, are notoriously depicted as desperate refugees finding work in the bars, clubs, and nightclubs Shanghai as either "taxi-dancers", "body-guards", or prostitutes. The project argues that the affinity between "yellow music", foreign jazz, specifically the Russian émigré jazz and its interpretation as "pornographic" and decadent evolved from the social spaces where this music was performed. The contribution of Russian émigrés to the cultural modernity of Shanghai is considerable. The Russians, many stateless and without citizenship, occupied a liminal place in the city below the oppressed and poor Chinese. The construction of the "White Russian" refugee stereotype founds its way into trans-Pacific popular media culture and has long been associated with "Sinified jazz music".(8)
This brief account of Shanghai's history and the role of Russian émigré jazz shows that this underclass of refugees were central to modern notions of urban Chinese identity. Scholarship in the field of musicology, ethnomusicology, media, history and sociology in China, America, Britain, and in Europe has not previously focused on the remarkable contribution made by Russian émigré jazz during the pre-revolutionary period in China, precisely because this cultural history was erased with the formation communist Republic in China.
Sergei Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll) and His Russian Jazz Orchestra pictured at the TsingTao cafe, China circa 1930
in RUBEZH News of Harbin, Manchuria, 1937
The recuperation of this history through Russian émigré sources abroad, Chinese scholarship, archives that were moved from mainland China to Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, England, Russia and the United States and an existing archive of material in the possession of this project could recover an inform through interdisciplinary, cultural studies method a new historical case study. (9)
(1) Andrew F. Jones, Yellow music : media culture and colonial modernity in the Chinese jazz age, Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2001, p1.
(2) Yingjin Zhang, "Teahouse, Shadowplay, Bricolage: 'Laborer's Love' and the Question of Early Chinese Cinema", in Zhen Zhang (Ed), Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, Stanford University Press, USA, 1999.
(3) Jones "Listening to the Chinese Jazz Age", op cit p11.
(4) Jones "Listening to the Chinese Jazz Age", op cit p1.
(5) Jones "Listening to the Chinese Jazz Age", op cit p8.
(6) Hannah Beech, "Shanghai! Inside the most happening city in the world" and the accompanying article "Shanghai Swings!", in Time magazine, September 20, 2004.
(7) Foreign News, "Cholera, Cables, Pianos" in Time magazine, September 27, 1937.
(8) Jones op cit p73.
(9) Andrew Field, "Chapter 5: Selling Souls in Sin City: Shanghai Singing and Dancing Hostesses in Print, Film, and Politics, 1920-49 inZhen Zhang (Ed), Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, Stanford University Press, USA, 1999. See forthcoming publication Andrew Field, Shanghai's Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919–1954.
Xenia's journey to Shanghai, CHINA 1923
Image: Film poster for Strange Cities Чужие города – Russian film poster (AFC) my grandmother Xenia Vladimirovna & Sergei's musical score
My grandmother Xenia Vladimirovna was born in Russia 1908. Her father was in the Tsarist Russian navy. After the Bolshevik revolution 1917 he did not return from sea. After a brief marriage to a widowed vet surgeon with five sons, Xenia told me, her mother Eugenia and three sisters Helena, Galya, and Marya made the journey by Trans-Siberian railway to Harbin, Manchuria in 1923 to find husbands in China. As a singer and dancer at the Modern Hotel, Harbin across the ballroom she met my grandfather Serge Ermolaeff (Serge Ermoll and His Music Masters). "I didn't think Serge would notice but he did, we Russian girls wore beautiful gowns because at least we got paid, not like my Chinese friend Rose, who had to make money in other ways…." she told me half her life lease later in Sydney. Later in Shanghai she married Serge 1933 where they re-met at the majestic Hotel. My father Serge Jr was born 1943 in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation in China. After a successful career as a jazz orchestra leader in the big clubs and hotels of Shanghai: Paramount, Cathay Hotel, Ladlow's Cassinova, the French Club, Wagon Lits my grandfather Sergei accepted passage on the Chan Cha ship to Hong Kong and then Sydney Australia 1951. Decadent jazz music became unfashionable with the Chinese Communist revolution, but he managed to continue working at the Russian Club, in Pitt Street Sydney. He brought with him my father Serge, his wife Xenia, his musical scores, and one Trumpet. The Australian government gave them a peppercorn lease on a Deco house on Monterey Street in Sans Souci. My grandmother always told my father a young jazz pianist also……"don't dream about Melbourne "its such an old fashioned town!"…her sister Galya married a British businessman from the Shanghai Texaco Company and relocated there….Xenia and Sergei made the train trip on the Sydney-Melbourne over night express many times.
Xenia a Russian Lady from Shanghai
This is a portrait of my grandmother Xenia Vladimirovna Ermolaeff
Eugenia and Vladimir an Admiral in Russian Tsarist Navy, c. 1920


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Casey: Investors Care More About Fed Than Syria
Financial analysts might bleat about market nervousness over the likelihood of U.S. airstrikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but the brutal truth is that Wall Street doesn't care about war. Right now, all it cares about is the Fed. Michael Casey reports.
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While Raul tests out gear for his band at his favorite music store Johnson suddenly appears.
Even though Johnson constantly travels around the world teaching percussion, he flew in to meet this amazing wish kid. Johnson gives Raul a lesson and enjoys lunch with his family.
But Johnson wasn't done making Raul's wish experience incredible. He knew Raul had never seen the Blue Devils in person, so he invites Johnson and his family to a performance in Riverside, California. He even gives Raul a staff pass, so they could visit again before the show.
"It was the first time I had ever done anything like that," Johnson tells the Concord Transcript.
And thanks to this wish kid and Make-A-Wish sponsors, his school band is now enjoying three sets each of Pearl tenor snare and bass drums. Raul also receives an extra surprise: his own drum set.
Volunteer Reed was impressed that Raul thought his classmates first.
I've been doing this for five years, but this was the first child who said he didn't want any wishes for himself.
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Oh, God bless you, Raul. I'm a music educator and I know the wonderful power that music has. I hope that your music helps you feel a little better. And God bless you for using your wish to benefit others--it takes a very selfless, caring person. Best wishes.
October 28, 2007 - 10:59 AM
To give to others is a huge and selfless wish! You school must be so honored to have someone like you around. I was a Drum Corp member and would have been excited to meet someone like you. Reach for the stars and let the world know you are there! I hope your wish was all you were hoping it would be and more. I know my son's was!!!
March 17, 2008 - 4:40 PM
Wow, Raul!! I am also a corps fan. Blue Devils are amazing!!! I am so glad you are such an amazing person to wish for your band. God bless you, sweetie!!! You totally deserved what you recieved-- This organization does amazing things for amazing people. Hope you get to march BD's! Maybe one day we'll meet if I get to march Crown :D :D :D
November 30, 2010 - 3:59 PM
Jay C.
This was such a moving story. God bless you, Raul, for caring so much for your classmates and the band and wanting the best for them. I pray that God continues to shower you with wishes granted and improved health, and that He blesses Jim Reed and Scott Johnson for their help in making your wish come true.
June 05, 2013 - 9:59 AM
I have CKD stage 2 but its not as bad as his i mean im trying not to go to stage 3 but his story made my day because i know that some point in my life time im going to get to stage 4 and 5 but it inspired me.
September 09, 2013 - 7:36 AM
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I wish to go to Nashville to record in a recording studio
I wish to have a violin
I wish to have new band equipment for my middle school
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The 2011 Canadian Whisky Awards
Last year, Davin de Kergommeaux (Canadian Whisky) hit upon an idea which I thought was long overdue, the first ever fully independent Canadian Whisky Awards! These awards highlighted not only the best tasting whiskies made in Canada, but they also awarded special achievements by Canadian Whisky Distillers in areas of innovation, brand extension, and media/advertising. I supported Davin in his efforts to raise the public profile of Canadian Whisky, because like Davin, I believe Canadian whisky deserves to be recognized as a World-Class spirit.
The profile of the Canadian Whisky Awards has grown considerably over the past year. So this past fall when I was asked to participate with Davin and five other North American judges to evaluate the state of Canadian Whisky in 2011, I jumped at the chance to be involved. So it was that with Davin De Kergommeaux acting as Chairman of the Judges (and Lead Organizer), and with six more of us helping out as best we could, we set ourselves to the task of evaluating and judging Canadian Whisky for the year ending in 2011. Blind samples were sent out across Canada and into the United States for judging. We all sipped and sampled and marked down our scores. The scores were checked closely and then tallied, and of course the winners were selected.
The whisky awards were broken down into three groupings with three categories in each grouping. The groupings were broken down according to whether the whisky was designated to be sold strictly within Canada (Domestic Market), or if it was to be sold strictly outside of Canada (Export Market), or if it was designated for sale in both the domestic and the export markets (Multiple Markets). Within each of these grouping the whiskies were divided into three categories, a Connoisseur's Category for the Deluxe or Super Premium Brands, a Sippin' Category for the Premium Brands, and a Value Whisky Category for the Economy Based Brands.
Additional Awards were presented for the Best New Whisky of the Year, and the Canadian Whisky of the Year. As well, Awards of Excellence were presented for outstanding achievement in the areas of Innovation, Line Extension, and Canadian Whisky Profile.
The results were unveiled yesterday (January 19, 2012) at the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia.
Here are those results:
Awards of Excellence – Domestic Market
- Connoisseur Whisky of the Year (Deluxe Category): John's Private Cask No. 1 (Kittling Ridge/Forty Creek Whisky)
- Sippin' Whisky of the Year (Premium Category): Alberta Springs 10-Year-Old (Alberta Distillers Limited/Beam Global)
- Whisky Value of the Year (Economy Category): Canada Gold (Kittling Ridge/Forty Creek Whisky)
These were the overall highest scoring brands in each category for those Canadian Whiskies which were designated to be sold exclusively in the Canadian Market.
Awards of Excellence – Export Markets
- Connoisseur Whisky of the Year (Deluxe Category) – Masterson's Straight Rye Whiskey (35 Maple Street/The Other Guys)
- Sippin' Whisky of the Year (Premium Category) – Canadian Mist Black Diamond (Brown-Forman Corporation/Collingwood Distillery)
- Whisky Value of the Year (Economy Category): no winner
These were the overall highest scoring brands in each category for those Canadian Whiskies which were designated to be sold exclusively export markets outside of Canada.
Awards of Excellence – Multiple Markets
- Connoisseur Whisky of the Year (Deluxe Category) – Wiser's Legacy (Wiser's Canada/Corby)
- Sippin' Whisky of the Year (Premium Category) – Wiser's Small Batch (Wiser's Canada/Corby)
- Whisky Value of the Year (Economy Category) – Canadian Mist (Brown-Forman Corporation/Collingwood Distillery)
These were the overall highest scoring brands in each category for those Canadian Whiskies which were designated to be sold in both Canadian and Export Markets.
Award of Excellence – Best New Whisky of the Year!
- John's Private Cask No. 1 (Kittling Ridge/Forty Creek Whisky)
This was the overall highest scoring new whisky brand release for the year 2011.
Award of Excellence – Canadian Whisky of the Year!
- John's Private Cask No. 1 (Kittling Ridge/Forty Creek Whisky)
This was the overall highest scoring whisky in the 2011 Canadian Whisky Awards Judging Competition, or if you will, the overall Grand Champion of the Competition.
Award of Excellence for Innovation
- White Owl Whisky (Century Distillers/Highwood)
This is the whisky that in the judges' cumulative opinion has most broadened the appeal of Canadian whisky through innovation. White Owl brings a clear filtered well-aged spirit to the table directly competing with the upscale super-premium Vodka Category. Introduced in selected markets in 2010, White Owl became available across the country in 2011 taking the Country by storm and introducing Vodka and Whisky drinkers alike to a brand new upscale cocktail experience.
Award of Excellence: Line Extension
- Collingwood Canadian Whisky (Collingwood Distillery/Brown-Forman Corporation)
This is the whisky that in the judges' cumulative opinion has most successfully exemplified a new version of an old favourite. Collingwood whisky brought the Canadian Mist Brand into Canada in a new exciting way. Staves of Maple wood used in the final aging process carried new flavours into the Canadian Whisky flavour profile.
Award of Excellence: Canadian Whisky Profile
- Canadian Club Whisky (Beam Global)
This is the whisky that in the judges' cumulative opinion has most contributed to raising the public profile of Canadian whisky through promotional activities and or publicity. Canadian Club Whisky was awarded for the continued high-profile role of Canadian Club Whisky in the HBO Boardwalk Empire Television series.
Distillery of the Year
A special acknowledgement of Glenora Distillery for twenty successful years making single malt whisky in Canada.
Gold Medalists:
- Wiser's Small Batch
- Gibson's Finest Rare 18-year-old
- Wiser's Legacy
- Forty Creek John's Private Cask No. 1
- Masterson's Straight Rye Whiskey
Silver Medalists:
- Forty Creek Barrel Select
- Canadian Club Sherry Cask
- Royal Canadian Small Batch
- Canadian Mist Black Diamond
- Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve
- Forty Creek Confederation Oak
- Caribou Crossing Single Barrel
- Wiser's 18 Year Old Limited Release
- Gibson's Finest 12 Year Old
- Pendleton 1910
- Alberta Springs 10 Year Old
- Canadian Club Reserve (10 Year Old)
Bronze Medalists:
- Pendleton 'Let 'er Buck'
- Gibson's Finest Sterling
- Collingwood Canadian Whisky
- Canada Gold
- Centennial Limited Edition
- Canadian Mist
- Canadian Club Classic 12 Year Old
- White Owl Whisky
Chairman of the Judges:
- Davin de Kergommeaux (website: Canadian Whisky)
- Jason Debley (website: Jason's Scotch Reviews)
- Chip Dykstra (website: The Rum Howler Blog)
- Mark Gillespie (website: Whisky Cast)
- André Girard (website: Québec Whisky)
- Lawrence Graham (website: Whisky Intelligence)
- Kris Shoemaker (website: Daily Dramaddicts)
5 Responses to "The 2011 Canadian Whisky Awards"
January 20, 2012 at 10:24 am
Hi Chip,
Thanks very much for a summary of the results. I can see I have some more homework to do now. One question that leaves me scratching my head though is: "Was the Alberta Premium 30 yr included in the testing?"


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Rich with carrot sweetness and a touch of clove, with tangy cream cheese for balance.
- Yield:makes 1 quart
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:4 hours
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 packed cup grated carrots (4 1/2 ounces, about 3 medium carrots)
- Kosher salt
- 2 cups half and half
- 3/4 cup raw (turbinado) sugar
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Heat butter in a medium skillet on medium heat until it melts and foam subsides, then add carrots and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring frequently, until very soft and beginning to brown around the edges, about 5 minutes.
Transfer carrots to blender and add half and half and sugar. Blend on high until well combined, about 30 seconds. Blend in cream cheese and cloves until well combined. Season to taste with salt.
Pour through a strainer into an airtight container and chill in refrigerator until very cold, about 3 hours. Churn in ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions. Chill in freezer for at least 4 hours until firm and scoopable; let ice cream rest on counter 5 minutes before serving.
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Creating a testing area for young entrepreneurs wishing to work in organic market gardening or horticulture, where they can receive training and advice.
Projects & Practice
Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.
A slaughterhouse was established on the island of Bornholm to offer slaughtering facilities to small husbandry farms or for larger herds of sheep or cattle.
A micro distillery was established with the aim of producing unique, high-quality vodka and brandy from potatoes that are not of marketable quality.
A micro enterprise received LEADER support and turned a hobby into a revenue-generating business: using insects to produce protein flour for animal feed.
A rural business development and capacity building project with an emphasis on increasing revenue in the small-islands tourism industry of Denmark.
A project to shorten the value chain from the farm to the consumer, to increase the availability of high-quality, local foods and to increase local business profitability.
Supporting the development of a demonstration model of a new harvesting machine adapted to the environment of Danish wetlands.
An all-day bus tour to another country with 24 agri-food entrepreneurs and about ten experts and advisors has proved an innovative way of developing business ideas and the skills and confidence to implement them.


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Seven high schools from all over Vermont participated in the Envirothon competition at Farm and Wilderness Camps May 13. The Envirothon is a hands-on natural resource competition that helps high school students focus on Vermont's environmental issues related to forestry, wildlife, soils and water resources through real-world learning in a teamwork environment. This year, first place went to People's Academy in Morrisville. Their score of 473 points earned them a trip to Heifer International Farm in Rutland, VT, where they will represent the state at the Inaugural New England Regional Gathering.
During the school year, teams study all these topics to prepare for the event. They also conduct research in their communities on a natural resource theme, and then report their results in an oral presentation to a panel of judges at the Envirothon. The theme, which changes annually, is based on current issues and trends in the natural resources fields. The theme for this year's Envirothon was local sustainable agriculture.
The winning team created a partnership between its school's food service staff and Snug Valley Farm, a producer of local, grass-fed beef, and farm-raised pork. The students sold Snug Valley Farm's pork and beef to community members, and with the profit earned, purchased Snug Valley ground beef for the school cafeteria. The donation enabled the school's food manager to add more local fruits and vegetables because it freed up a portion of the school's food budget. These high school juniors will leave this sustainable system as their legacy.
Total team scores are cumulative from all exams and the score from the oral presentation, and competition is tough. "Our goal is to connect young people to the natural world and to get them fired up about the natural resources field as a potential career path," said Carrie Riker, the Vermont Envirothon coordinator. "Based on the number of high school students running around outside with clipboards on a rainy cold day, I would say they are doing a great job."
Other scores from the day were as follows:
First Overall: People's Academy B
Second Overall: Websterville Baptist School
Third Overall: Bellows Falls High School
Current Issue/Orals: People's Academy B
Aquatics: People's Academy B
Forestry: Bellows Falls High School
Soils: People's Academy A
Wildlife: Websterville Baptist School
Team Spirit: Rutland High School
Alternates: Bellows Falls Alternates
For further information, please contact Rebecca Phelps, Conservation Education Coordinator for the Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, or visit the Vermont Envirothon website at: www.vacd.org/vermont-envirothon.


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Big Gun® and Rotator® Sprinklers are used around the world for open area fire protection systems. Application areas include fire protection for private estates, forest areas, archaeological sites, industrial sites, and recreational areas. Even though its primary use is as an emergency system, fire protection provides added benefits like irrigation, cooling, and microclimate control for habitat areas.
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Calgary is located at the transition zone between the Canadian Rockies foothills and the Canadian Prairies, and is relatively hilly as a result. Calgary's elevation is approximately 1,048 metres (3,440 ft) above sea level downtown, and 1,083m metres (3,553sqft) at the airport. The city proper covers a land area of 726.5km km (280.5sq sq mi) (as of 2006) and as such exceeds the land area of the City of Toronto.
There are two major rivers that run through the city. The Bow River is the largest and flows from the west to the south. The Elbow River flows northwards from the south until it converges with the Bow River near downtown. Since the climate of the region is generally dry, dense vegetation occurs naturally only in the river valleys, on some north-facing slopes, and within Fish Creek Provincial Park.
The city is large in physical area, consisting of an inner city surrounded by various communities of decreasing density. Unlike most cities with a sizable metropolitan area, most of Calgary's suburbs are incorporated into the city proper, with the notable exceptions of the city of Airdrie to the north, Cochrane to the northwest, Strathmore to the east, and the sprawling Springbank district to the west. Though it is not technically within Calgary's metropolitan area, the town of Okotoks is only a short distance to the south and is considered a suburb as well. The Calgary Economic Region includes slightly more area than the CMA and has a population of 1,146,900.
The city of Calgary proper is immediately surrounded by two municipal districts, Rocky View No. 44 to the north, west and east; and Foothills No. 31 to the south.
Calgary's neighbourhoods
The downtown region of the city consists of five neighbourhoods: Eau Claire (including the Festival District), the Downtown West End, the Downtown Commercial Core, Chinatown, and the Downtown East Village (also part of the Rivers District). The commercial core is itself divided into a number of districts including the Stephen Avenue Retail Core, the Entertainment District, the Arts District and the Government District. Distinct from downtown and south of 9th Avenue is Calgary's densest neighbourhood, the Beltline. The area includes a number of communities such as Connaught, Victoria Crossing and a portion of the Rivers District. The Beltline is the focus of major planning and rejuvenation initiatives on the part of the municipal government to increase the density and liveliness of Calgary's centre.
Adjacent to, or directly radiating from the downtown are the first of the inner-city communities. These include Crescent Heights, Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Hillhurst /Sunnyside (including Kensington BRZ), Bridgeland, Renfrew, Mount Royal, Mission, Ramsay and Inglewood and Albert Park/Radisson Heights directly to the east. The inner city is, in turn, surrounded by relatively dense and established neighbourhoods such as Rosedale and Mount Pleasant to the north; Bowness, Parkdale and Glendale to the west; Park Hill, South Calgary (including Marda Loop), Bankview, Altadore and Killarney to the south; and Forest Lawn/International Avenue to the east. Lying beyond these, and usually separated from one another by highways, are the suburban communities, often characterized as "commuter communities". The greatest amount of suburban expansion is happening in the city's deep south with major growth on the northwestern edge as well. In all, there are over 180 distinct neighbourhoods within the city limits.
Several of Calgary's neighbourhoods were initially separate towns that were annexed by the city as it grew. These include Bowness, Montgomery, Forest Lawn, Midnapore, Rosedale and, most recently in 2007, Shepard.


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Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Polychloroethene) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. In terms of revenue generated, it is one of the most valuable products of the chemical industry. Around the world, over 50% of PVC manufactured is used in construction. As a building material, PVC is cheap, durable, and easy to assemble.
Polyvinyl chloride is used in a variety of applications. As a hard plastic, it is used as vinyl siding, magnetic stripe cards, window profiles, gramophone records (which is the source of the term vinyl records), pipe, plumbing and conduit fixtures. It can be made softer and more flexible by the addition of plasticizers, the most widely-used being phthalates. In this form, it is used in clothing and upholstery, and to make flexible hoses and tubing, flooring, to roofing membranes, and electrical cable insulation.


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Create Square, Diamond, Hex Repeating Grid Patterns
Create interesting repeating grid patterns with the Hatch Fill and Pattern Fill components in the Ortelius Style Inspector. A wide variety of repeating patterns, including square and hexagonal grids, are available in the default style set. Here's how to get creative with your own.
Using the Hatch Fill Component
Simple grid patterns are made super easy with Hatch Fill. First draw a largish shape on your drawing canvas. With this shape selected your new style will be applied so you can view your pattern as you create it.
- Open the Style Inspector and choose "New Style" from the drop-down Action Menu (looks like a gear).
- To create any regular grid, you'll overlay two sets of lines at 90-degree angles from each other. Do this by adding "+" a Hatch Fill component and setting your line style. You can adjust color, width, spacing, and even make rough wobbly lines.
- Next, under the Action Menu, choose "Duplicate Style Component" to add an exact copy. In this second Hatch Fill component, change the angle of the style so it is 90-degrees from the first (for demonstration we've also changed the color).
- You've just created your first grid! Name the style and add it to the Library if you want to keep it for future use.
Try a diamond pattern by setting the first Hatch Fill angle to 45-degrees and the second Hatch Fill to 135-degrees. Voila, a diamond grid!
Using the Pattern Fill Component
For more complex grids use the Pattern Fill component. In the Style Inspector, choose "New Style" from the drop-down Action Menu. To create your custom fill pattern, we need to create the smallest possible element that can be repeated in a pattern. The following shows a hexagonal pattern, and the red rectangle shows where the pattern repeats:
- First create the drawing element(s) that will be the building block for your pattern (see the hint below for hex patterns). In your drawing area, use the drawing tools to draw the repeating portion of your pattern. On most grid patterns, the key is to have equidistant lines for a regular grid.
- After you've completed your drawing element, copy it and work with the copy (that way you'll have the original if you want to tweek it a bit more). Working with the copy, select your drawing objects and use the Graphics > Combine > Append function from the main menu. (This is mostly done for efficiency – to make the shape smaller and simpler. You could just as easily group them together, but Ortelius likes Append since it creates a single shape. It's smaller on disk and probably adds slightly to performance since there's less data to read.)
- Then, simply copy and paste the graphic into the pattern-well in the Style Inspector to create the repeating pattern. Adjust your pattern settings (size, spacing, etc).
- Some patterns will use more than one instance of the Pattern Fill component. For instance, a hexagonal grid requires two Pattern Fill components – one for the left side of the pattern and one for the right.
- Name the style and add it to the Library if you want to keep it for future use.
HINT: With a hexagonal grid, we need two pattern elements (the left and right sides of the pattern) and spacers need inserted to achieve the desired results. Make the color of your spacers fully transparent so they don't show on your end result (here we've colored them orange). Create one side of the element first, then group, copy/paste, and flip it to create the other element. Look at an existing hex pattern from the Style Inspector to get ideas on the settings. Finally, if you will be layering the grid pattern on top of your map, make sure there is no solid fill as part of your pattern.


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Apple to Devs: No Half-Baked Goods in the Mac App Store
Dec 3, 2010 11:37 AM PT
Apple released the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.6 Thursday and also announced new restrictions on application developers who want to sell their wares on the upcoming Mac App Store.
It has barred developers from offering demos, trial versions or betas of their products on the Mac App Store.
Apple has also issued instructions on file system usage requirements and the creation of custom controls for Mac apps.
Apple's Commandments
Apple posted the instructions for app devs on its developer site.
All apps submitted for review for the Mac App Store must be the fully functional, and they may not be trials, demos or beta versions, Apple said.
Developers must write files in the appropriate location to provide a more consistent usage experience. For example, they shouldn't store databases in the user's "Documents" folder or files in the user's "Library" folder, Apple stated.
If an app requires an element or behavior that doesn't already exist, its developer can create custom controls provided the element or behavior supports Apple's interface design principles, Apple's guidelines said.
Spotlight on the Newest OS X Build
The new build of Mac OS X 10.6.6, Build 10J537, will reportedly be the golden master for members of Apple's developer program. The seed notes request developers to make sure they test the build's Bonjour, Dock, OpenGL, Printing and Spotlight features.
Bonjour, which is built into Apple's Mac OS X and iOS operating systems, is Apple's name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol. It locates devices such as printers, other computers and services offered by those devices on a local area network.
The Dock feature provides one-click access to frequently used applications, files, folders and downloads from the Internet.
Spotlight is Mac OS X's search technology.
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Apple lets app devs put betas, trials and demos of their apps on the iOS App Store, so why is it restricting them from doing so on the Mac App Store?
"There's a lot of competition in the mobile market, so Apple's willing to be more flexible with mobile apps," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told MacNewsWorld.
"However, it's being more stringent for the desktop because if you have a beta or trial or even an alpha version of an app for the desktop out there, it might cause incompatibility problems or cause hardware or software to malfunction, or even introduce malware," she added.
It's all about the user experience, Carl Howe, director of anywhere consumer research at the Yankee Group, told MacNewsWorld.
"Apple knows that first impressions matter," Howe explained. "If it allows trials, betas and demos in the first release, people may get a bad first impression of the Mac OS X app store. That's why Apple's pushing quality before quantity," he added.
Or perhaps Apple sees desktops and laptops as more likely to be used at work and mobile devices to be more likely to be used for entertainment.
"Maybe Apple thinks the iOS platform is more for enthusiasts and gamers and utilities," Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo, opined.
Putting the Hurt on Appdevs
The problem with restricting apps on the Mac OS X App Store to fully finished versions only is that app devs put out demos and trial versions to attract potential customers and use beta versions to get customer feedback in order to tweak their apps.
In the end, Apple's restrictions might end up costing developers money.
"If Apple's going to prevent developers from putting betas in the Mac OS X App Store, it must figure out a way to let them get these into users' hands," Al Hilwa, a program director at IDC, told MacNewsWorld.
The restrictions may be unnecessary, Hilwa said. "If you have a good app store with good labeling, I don't see why Apple needs to have those restrictions," he pointed out. "Perhaps they're concerned that people might not be able to differentiate between a real app and a demo."
App Devs Strike Back?
In fact, the restrictions " might discourage a certain segment of the population that feels Apple's being elitist and closed," ITIC's DiDio pointed out.
On the other hand, app devs could also get creative in dealing with the situation.
"The restrictions might force developers to prematurely label their programs complete," Retrevo's Eisner speculated. "If I were a developer and I needed the exposure, I might be tempted to make that leap and rename my beta version as final."
Apple did not respond to requests for comment by press time.


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Stylos is responsive one page site template that has clean and professional design suitable for any creative portfolio, business, agency or studio. It's created using the latest HTML5 and CSS3 techniques.
Template is powered by jQuery. Code is clearly written and there are comments for each considerable part.
Php/AJAX Contact and also Subscription forms are included in Stylos template, with on-fly validation, confirmation message and Auto-reply Email to your subscriber. Be free to try forms in live demo, your data are not sent or saved anywhere.
For those who want a fully functional html blog, Stylos comes with a functional comment system powered by DISQUS. For those others who don't want to use DISQUS, in the download package is also included blog single page with Custom Designed Comments.
Check out the Live Demo and see how Stylos looks with some of 9 color variations.
- Html5 / Css3 – 100% valid by W3C
- Fully Responsive!
- jQuery + Easing plugin
- Color Themes
- Portfolio thumbnail grid with expanded preview
- Filterable Portfolio
- PrettyPhoto lightbox
- PHP/AJAX Subscription Form
- PHP/AJAX Contact Form
- Google Map v3.0
- Functional comment system powered by DISQUS
- Fully layered PSD
- Clear Documentation
- and more…
Download package contains:
- Documentation – Documentation for Stylos site template
- PSD – Photoshop files
- Stylos – Main template folder
Sources & Credits
- jQuery – JavaScript Library
- jQuery Easing Plugin – custom easing types
- Portfolio Grid – Thumbnail Grid With Expanding Preview by Tympanus.net
- Linecons Icon Set – Beautiful icons by Designmodo for Smashing Magazine
- PixEden.com – Some images for Portfolio.
- DISQUS – A functional comment system powered by DISQUS.
- Shantha Abeyrathne – 10 Blurred Backgrounds. Thanks man!
- Images – Thank you unsplash.com and pixabay.com
- Documenter – Last but not least. Used for writing documentation. Thanks a lot revaxarts.