The industrial water pump system should be capable of handling a variety of operational conditions. These include complicated fluid dynamics, extreme temperatures, and the use of the processing of liquids which could be harmful or corrosive.
Pump efficiency is affected by the shape of the pipe and any flow control devices. Pump efficiency can be increased by a few points with simple tricks such as balancing the impeller, trimming the volute, and eliminating tees or the ells.
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The efficiency of a system is important when choosing the best one. These technologies can increase the efficiency of pumps and help reduce the energy consumption.
Correct sizing of pumps is the most efficient way to conserve energy. The pumps are oversized to cope with operational conditions that are not often encountered. This oversizing results in a pump operating far from its best efficiency level (BEP) and wastes energy.
The engine is more durable when the VFD is set up in a proper configuration. This allows for a pump to operate closer to its BEP. The required net suction head (NPSHr), and flow rates are improved.
Utilizing booster sets to move between locations of operation or staging the pumps in parallel can allow you to save on the energy bill during times of low demand. is lower demand. Constant monitoring allows for regular maintenance and real-time energy optimization.
What are the different kinds that industrial water pump?
Industrial pumps are varied. It is crucial to select the right pump for industrial applications in order to maximize the efficiency, performance and security. Assessing the maintenance requirements as well as the the reliability of a pump are equally important.
It is an example of a positive displacement pump which works through alternative movements. As the piston is moved downwards it draws in air to create suction pressure. The piston pushes liquid out of the chamber when it moves upward.
Other energy saving measures are to use variable frequency drives which allow for the adjustment of motor speeds based on application demands as well as installing parallel pumping systems to handle fluctuations of the demand rate. Regular routine maintenance is also important for upholding the efficiency of a pump throughout its lifespan.
Functions of Water Pumping Systems
Industrial water pumps can be used to transport water from the station pumping to the final location. They work with the piping system for the transfer of fluids into and from the process. All of these systems should be considered as one integrated system. Pumps, piping and their interdependence need to be optimised to ensure they work well together.
The optimization of a system involves the evaluation of all components to determine areas that can be improved. It is more cost-effective to optimize the entire pumping system rather than just improving one component like a motor.
The correct sizing is one method to reduce energy consumption. In addition to taking into account the conditions under which pumps are used, they should also be designed to meet future demands. Other aspects that require consideration include operating hours and weather conditions.
Industrial Pumping Systems: Challenges and Solutions
Industrial pumps work nonstop in extreme environments. They must withstand high humidity, shock and vibration as well as corrosive media. It is important to maintain the pump on a regular basis to make sure it does not fail.
The use of corrosive, materials that are abrasive can cause pump parts to erode rapidly. This will cause energy use to increase and decrease effectiveness. For optimal operation, it’s important to manage fluid dynamics and dissipate heat.
Cavitation is another problem that is caused by a lack of suction at the inlet to the pump. This can be mitigated by selecting self-priming designs and making sure that the design of the pump provides adequate suction lift. In order to reduce the expense of ownership, it’s essential to choose parts that are user-friendly that are easy to maintain.
Water Pumping Technology is advancing.
Many technologies can be used to improve the performance in industrial pumps. Among them are energy-efficient designs, smart systems, and sealless technology.
The use of variable-speed drives as well as pressure sensors can be beneficial in reducing the amount of energy consumption of commercial structures. Pressure sensors enable the system to be adjusted depending on changes in pressure. This reduces energy usage. Variable-speed pumps are a great method to cut down on energy consumption by 30% while maximizing flexibility.
It is crucial to measure the pump properly for the best efficiency. Over-sizing pumps to meet certain requirements can result in huge energy waste. The energy savings can reach 50% when replacing an oversized pump by a properly sized one.


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The comments section of Sarah Palin's Facebook page is littered with angry -- and unintentionally funny -- puns
Skimming through the comments section of Sarah Palin’s most recent Facebook note earlier this week, we were struck not so much by the hostility toward President Obama, but by the strained attempts to twist his name into some kind of an insult: “Nobama,” “Obomba,” “La Bamba” and so on. Other commenters skipped the puns and crafted their own nicknames for their president. We then checked Mike Huckabee’s page and found the same phenomenon at work. So we decided to compile our favorites:
10. Obummer – Dave McArdle, from Nashville, Tenn.
9. Obonehead – Timothy Ditter, from Little Elm, Texas
8. Obeyme – David Burkhardt, location unavailable
7. Lyer in Chief – Jimmy Douglas, from Lubbock, Texas
6. Golfer-in-Chief – Jim Schroud, from Sun Prarie, Wis.
5. King of Teleprompters – Nelinda Fleming, location unavailable
4. Barry the weak – Don Barnhill, location unavailable
3. One Big A*# Mistake America – Elizabeth Mushill, from Bethalto, Ill.
2. Obama 2012!!! Muslim Reign is Christian Pain! – Thomas Dado, from Ventura, Calif.
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Badass Full Trailer for Danish Revenge Dark Comedy 'Riders of Justice'
by Alex Billington
October 20, 2020
"What is it for?" "I want to avenge my wife." Nordisk Film has debuted the full-length official trailer (with English subtitles this time!) for a Danish revenge dark comedy titled Riders of Justice, from filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen (Adam's Apples, Men & Chicken). The film is opening in Denmark this fall, but still has no international dates set. Mads Mikkelsen stars as Markus, a military vet who has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of. A few passengers find him and they set out to enact revenge. The cast includes Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Gustav Lindh, Roland Møller, Nicolas Bro, Jacob Lohmann, and Lars Brygmann. This looks so awesome! I love Mads and his beard, but it also seems to be some Danish social commentary mixed in with a brutal revenge story. And I'm so down - can't wait to watch. Don't mess with Mads Mikkelsen! Ha.
Here's the full-length Danish trailer for Anders Thomas Jensen's Riders of Justice, direct from YouTube:
You can still view the first Danish teaser trailer for Riders of Justice here, to see the first look reveal again.
Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns home to be with his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems like an accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up. He joins up with a few others to get revenge. Riders of Justice, originally known as Retfærdighedens Ryttere in Danish, is directed by acclaimed Danish writer / filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen, director of the films Flickering Lights, The Green Butchers, Adam's Apples, and Men & Chicken previously, as well as a few short films. He has also written tons of screenplays for various Danish films. The screenplay is also written by Anders Thomas Jensen, from an idea by Nikolaj Arcel and Jensen. The film hasn't premiered at any festivals or elsewhere. Riders of Justice first opens in cinemas in Denmark this November. No international release dates are set. Who wants to watch this film?
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text: As long time Beyond the Car Seat readers know LTD wants to be an artist when he grows up and when he lists the things he likes there are only three: Robots, Monsters and Dinosaurs. Well, Adventures in Cartooning: Characters in Action has two out of three (robots & monsters). The book (really a graphic novel) by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost stars a Knight on an overweight horse on his quest to well basically meet crazy characters. The book is part of a series designed to inspire and help kids create their own cartoons and comics. This one focuses on character development and by that I mean The Peanut Butter and Jelly Fish and Evil Owl. The plot centers on a director making a movie and everyone in the kingdom auditions, hence the introduction of wacky characters. The story explores not just what makes a character stand out (costume and look), but their motivations as well. Of course this is all well and good, but LTD was a little too focused on the before mentioned robots and monsters to really get the true message of the book.


The #MeToo movement, which has involved a backlash against sexual harassment at the workplace, has generally been a good thing, especially for women. In a wide range of work environments, the #MeToo movement has made it more likely that both men and women will report sexual harassment promptly and will try to avoid even the appearance of inappropriate behavior.
However, one possible drawback to the movement, if it can be described as such, is that some men and even a handful of women with hiring authority have indicated that they are willing to discriminate against women, ostensibly to avoid sexual harassment claims. Specifically, over 20% of men and 12% of women with hiring authority admitted that they would be less likely to hire women when the position would require traveling or other close collaboration with the opposite sex. Of course, there may be many others who would be unwilling to admit this form of bias.
Interesting, about 20% of men who were asked also said that they would be less likely to hire a woman that they perceived as attractive. Even 6% of women said they would also be disinclined to hire a woman who they saw as attractive. The same study also suggested that a majority of men who were in a managerial role would have some hesitation about engaging in activities with female subordinates that are customarily seen as ways to advance a career, like networking in a social setting or collaborating on a project.
While it could be arising for a number of reasons, it is important to note that gender discrimination in other forms, including refusing to hire women or refusing to give them the same work opportunities as their male counterparts, is also illegal. In other words, the solution is not to keep women out of the workplace but to make sure that the environment is safe for men and women alike.
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Mathematical and biological questions about the MAPK/ERK pathway will be studied through both experimental and mathematical methods. The components of the cascade or their upstream regulators are activated in most human tumors. Thus, the pathway has great biomedical importance, and its components are prime therapeutic targets. Feedback loops and crosstalks with other signaling pathways generate a complex behavior which can only be analyzed with the help of mathematical models. Typically, such models are large systems of differential equations exhibiting multi-scale behavior encompassing different time (or spatial) scales of the regulatory process. The dynamic complexity of regulatory systems is reflected, however, not by the dimension of the system, but rather by the number of feedback loops which is typically much smaller, allowing systematic model reduction into much smaller systems, which exhibit qualitatively the same dynamics. In this project, model reduction and qualitative analysis will rely strongly on novel dynamical systems methods for multi-scale systems. We propose an integrated collaborative approach to study dynamic responses of the MAPK/ERK pathway based on: experiments (targeting the key components of the pathway by knockouts or overexpression), development of mathematical models, simulations, derivation and mathematical analysis of simplified models, and identification of key components and parameters of biological significance.


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Wherein NBA, Eurobasket, Chinese Basketball league or any other league merges. mycareer mode like in 2k, wherein you start during the final games of highschool. Then you have the ability to choose to go to college or go to foreign leagues until elligible for NBA drat. You could choose to stay in whatever league you like, be a monster import in weaker leagues, join FIBA for you respective country and such.
I know this is impossible because of licenses and game data being too huge, but let a man dream.

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We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @cawestruck – Carol Wiebe. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she has done such a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is.
On Day 1 @cawestruck highlighted the work of talented mobile photographer and artist @elizabadiou – Eliza Badoiu and she writes “This is Carol Wiebe, @cawestruck, on Day 1 of my IG takeover, and I have chosen this subtle, textured, oh so feminine image as pic of the day! Whether that is a suggestion of the moon I see, or not, I am over the moon about this pic!”.
Also, on Day 1 @cawestruck also highlighted the work of accomplished mobile photographer and artist @marrietteschrijver and she writes “IG takeover by @cawestruck—Python is both a snake and a programming language, which makes this clever image by @marrietteschrivjer doubly appealing”.
On Day 2 (so far) @cawestruck highlights the work of adept mobile photographer @badgrowshop and she writes “today’s pic of the day is this moving image created by James Ellis. Ellis excels in complex layering of faces with places. The sentiment expressed here that of leaving a loser town, which sounds angry, but the expression on the face of the subject exudes disappointment and sadness. He is the one who has been abandoned. That yellow line is headed straight out into the unknown, and as we all know, a double yellow line is dangerous to cross”.
Thank you so much dear Carol, it is our privilege to see #theappwhisperer through your eyes, it’s so good.
Passionate photographer, performance artist Anthony Shintai Amao has today been unveiled as one of the three national winners of Huawei and Dazed’s Reveal the Real Youcommunity-led photography competition. Anthony’s winning photos will now be displayed in a “Living Gallery” from Wednesday 17 Sunday 21st January 2018 in the Rotunda Square at Birmingham’s Bullring Shopping Centre.
The Reveal The Real You initiative forms part of Huawei’s Project Possible campaign and was set up to champion the inspirational stories of people who are empowered by Huawei technology. The campaign set to challenge and change perceptions through imagery.
A committed break-dancer, Anthony was among twenty shortlisted up and coming photographers from around the country selected to document and celebrate communities and causes they feel passionately about through a series of ten powerful images shot on the Huawei P10 smartphone, which comes equipped with a Leica dual-lens camera.
Beating thousands of talented young photographers to win the inaugural competition, Anthony’s winning imagery highlighted Birmingham’s underground breakdancing scene and the work of Break Mission, which sets up sets up local street dancing events to raise awareness of homelessness in the region. Each event is free to attend as long as attendees bring food or recycled clothes which is then donated to a local homeless shelter or charity. The striking series of black and white portraits featuring dancers from Break Mission show breakdancing as a powerful form of self-expression and art. Anthony’s win has also earned Break Mission a £10,000 bursary.
Ready for even more euphoria? We are always ready for that and today we can officially announce that @cawestruck – Carol Wiebe is taking over our Instagram account for seven days, from today! You will recall our first ever Instagram TAKEOVER completed with pyschephoto Robin Cohen, she then gracefully handed over the baton to @lee_atwell and thus, she elegantly passed it to @before.1st.light Jane Schultz, who seductively passed it onto @armineh29 Armineh Hovanesian who passed it sublimely to @lorenka -Lorenka Campos she then exquistely passed to @barbaranebel – Barbara Nebel, she grandly passed it to @kate.z.roberts, who has now majestically passed it to Carol Wiebe!
We can not wait too see what she sees, thank you so much for taking on this challenge. To find out more about @cawestruck please go here.
Please take a look at our @TheAppWhisperer Instagram account to follow all the goings on and please also tag your images with #TheAppWhisperer, so that they can be found and potentially featured.
We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @kate.z.roberts – Kate Zari Roberts. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she has done such a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is.
On Day 7 @kate.z.roberts highlighted the work of talented mobile photographer and artist @armineh29 – Armineh Hovanesian and she writes “@theappwhisperer IG takeover by @kate.z.roberts —- on my last day, I’d like to highlight the work by one of my favorite photographers, @armineh29. Armineh’s work is sure to delight and startle you with her strong compositions, use of light and expert use of Hipstamatic combos. Please have a look at @armineh29! Congratulations on your outstanding work and your contributuions to photography”.
Thank you so much dear Kate for a fabulous seven days, seeing #theappwhisperer through your eyes, its been so good.
Please continue to tag all your images with #theappwhisperer as we have a new curator starting later on today…
Here’s day seven hundred and twenty three of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer.
To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer.
Today, we congratulate photographer and mobile artist, @remintrusions – Damian De Souza with this breathtaking image.
We are delighted to publish our New Year Resolutions for 2018 from a selection of highly talented mobile photographers and artists throughout the world. As in previous years we have asked mobile photographers and artists for their New Year Resolutions with an accompanying image or video . Thank you to everyone who has contributed, they all make great reading, viewing and are inspiring, we are forever grateful to you all.
When thinking of a New Year resolution for myself, I tend to think more of it as a new year plan, one that I contribute to each day. Some days I will contribute more to it than others, starting with baby steps and working upwards. The most important aspect I feel to this plan is showing self-compassion, quiet self-criticism it inhibits motivation and self-control, instead be kind and supportive to yourself, just as you would to a dear friend, especially if you’re failing. Here’s to 2018!
(Editors note: If you have sent me your brief and I have not included it here, please let me know and I will open up this post and add it and of course you have my apologises in advance).
Many thank to the following artists for their contributions:
Kerryn Benbow, Maurizio Zanetti, Fleur Schim, Eliza Badoiu, Gianluca Ricoveri, Gummy Sangkamee, Oola Cristina, Robin Cohen, Lee Atwell, Karen Axelrad, Bonobo Stone, Christine Sobczak, Allyson Marie, Andrew B White, Armineh Hovaneisan, Barbara Braman, Bonobo Stone, Brett Chenoweth, Carol Wiebe, Catherine Schell Caddigan, Cathrine Halsor, Cecily Cadeu, Christine Sobczak, Clarisse Debout, Clint Cline, Connie Gardner Rosenthal, Cynthia Brody, Daria Stermac, David Leibowitz, Elaine Taylor, Eliza Badoiu, Fiona Christian, Fleur Schim, gerry coe, Gianluca Ricoveri, Giulia Baita, Gummy Sangkamee, Janis Lee, Jean Hutter, Judy Lurie Wahlberg, Karen Axelrad, Katie Saxby, Kerry Mitchell, Kerryn Benbow, Lanie Heller, Lee Atwell, Lisa Mitchell, Louise Whiting, Luis Rodríguez, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Margaret Waage, Maurizio Zanetti, Nick Kenrick Kristie Benoit, Oola Cristina, Patricia, Reece Durham, Robin cohen, Stefania Piccioni, Susan Detroy, Tania Konnerth, Trish Korous, Christina Chin, M. Cecilia de São Thiago, Rad Drew, Gillian Brodie, Juta Jazz, Deborah McMillion, Violet Martins, Cindy Patrick, Meri Walker, Shirley Drevich, Amanda Parker, Violet Martins, Carlos Austin, Patricia Januszkiewicz, Cathrine Halsor, Rita Colantonio, Jill Lian, Diana Nicolettte Jeon, Joyce Harkin.
First, I want to thank Joanne for again giving me this opportunity to reflect on where I have been and where I am going, and for everything she does for us all through the year, every year.
As 2017 draws to a close, I see that I have exceeded some of my goals and not met others. Last year, I said this: “…my goals are to do the exact same thing this year – to focus strictly on work that is meaningful to me, to push myself to grow, to push my work further into the world. Perhaps the most important thing I will do this year is not directly related to my art, though. In order to preserve freedoms for all artists and all peoples in the US, I feel that it will be more important than ever for me to work to prevent the ideology of the new president electʼs agenda from gaining traction. I am not sure what my contribution will be yet, whether it will be art that forces the viewer to confront what is happening, or helping by calling and fund-raising, but I know that if I want my children and step-children to live in a world with opportunity and a planet that is viable, I need to do something, and now, not later.”
Like a large number of us in the mobile (as well as larger art) community, I have given time and monetary donations towards helping to free us of the bloodless coup that overtook America in November 2016. I fear I have failed to make any meaningful change there but still I persevere and will continue with that during the critical 2018 mid-term year in the hope of a better future for all of us in America.I have continued to focus on making less work with more personal meaning; to concentrate on portfolios rather than single images; to get my work seen by more people who can offer opportunities for exhibition, publication and sales. It has been a mixed bag with some notable achievements: I completed an artist residency in Oregon during March,had a solo gallery show in October with another coming in February 2018, a museum show coming up July-Sept 2018, and I made Finalist in Photolucida’s 2017 Critical Mass competition as well as the 10th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. On the other hand, I did not get a single one of the three artist residencies I applied to, sales have been really weak this year, and I did not get awards in some other competitions to which I applied. I can’t complain, I am happy with my progress and hope to build upon it with more hard work during 2018.
Given all this, my goals are to do the exact same thing this year – to focus strictly on work that is meaningful to me, to push myself to grow, to push my work further into the world. Still, the most important thing is this: I know that if I want my children and step-children to live in a world with opportunity and a planet that is viable, I need to continue to work to remove the agenda of hate and division put forth by the horrific clown in the WH, and now, not later.
I wish everyone good tidings for their own most creative year ever, no matter where the path leads them. Happy New Year and only the best to everyone in 2018.
For me 2017 has not been a great year! My twin brother passed away which was like losing an arm. I lost two very dear friends as well. Even icons of the music world like Leonard Cohen and Tom Petty, both of whom provided a musical backdrop to my life are longer with us. All of this has caused me to take stock of my life and to question what makes me happy and to define and truly value the things and the people who are important to me. So, I’m not going to live forever after all and time is precious. So, my new year’s resolution is to take life by the horns, be thankful for every opportunity to grow, learn and create. As the song says “Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.” To enjoy every moment of life without fretting over things or people who don’t matter is what I’m planning to do – just dive right in!
I start the new year by analyzing what made me happy in the last. What stood out was mobile app arts’ being “Green”.
Creating creates no “thingness”. There are no stacks of canvases, paper, oil paint residue or wiping cloths, etc. No little Kolinski sables lost their tails for my brushes. Most of my art gets printed on demand on aluminum, on boards tiny-XL, on fine paper and layers of plexi.
When I dismantled my studio I replaced easels, desks, boxes of oils, a roomful with one floor iPad stand on wheels and a very small set of drawers, with my beautiful printer. My iPad is just like the TARDIS. It has a whole inner-dimensional world of Creativity at my fingertips. Not that what I begin ever goes that direction because with all this room I can spread wing and fly!
Thank you for inviting me to contribute to this article. I have worked very hard in 2017 to gain confidence and skill in Mobile art and considering my limited experience I am sometimes amazed at my relative success. But even with this success I feel so very far away from my goals as an artist. In 2018 I will continue learning and experimenting with new apps and styles of art, to print and exhibit more art, to enter competitions and perhaps to hone my storytelling skills and publish a children’s book by the end of the year. My most important goal however is to create art which emanates from my being and which touches the viewer’s heart. That of course is always the end goal and always ongoing for me.
My resolution for 2018, with regards to Mobile Photography will be to keep it simple. Photography is my escape and I plan on keeping it stress-free and fun. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
Hello all wonderful people here! So glad being among your amazing company. First and most importantly I want to thank you dear Joanne for your endless efforts to promote and keep moving forward mobile art and photography. TheAppWhisperer doing such incredible work, deeply appreciated for that.
About my New Year resolution….. I would like simply concentrate in few things and enjoy the moment of doing it. Regarding my works, I would like to search for new techniques or otherwise to found new combinations of applications to use, so to follow my visions.
Wishing to you all wonderful and happy New Year and best success wherever you are.
My resolution for 2018 was not to have a resolution.
I have come to the conclusion that having too many resolutions is a recipe for making yourself feel bad, as rarely do they all succeed.
So this year I decided to have a theme, or phrase, for the year ahead.
My theme for 2018 is “Just Do It ……. “
This covers any and all areas of life I need it to and basically means to jump in with both feet and stop getting in my own way.
Photographically speaking, the things I am jumping into are:
* a 365 project
* doing Nicki Fitzgerald’s & Susan Tuttle’s amazing iColorama Creative course
* learning to use Slow Shutter Cam
* and – Just Doing It !!!
So many thanks Joanne for asking me to participate, and here’s to a very Happy, Creative and Abundant 2018 to us all ! ❤❤
What a year ahead! I’m leading aphoto tours and workshops to some great places including Cuba, Tuscany, The Palouse, Cape Cod, Fonthill Castle, Amish Country in Ohio, and the United Arab Emirates and Oman. How’s that for an eclectic lineup!
And I’ll be hosting new webinars in my How I Did It!™ iPhone Art Education series. In each webinar, I walk through the apps and processes showing how I create different works from start to finish!
To “sharpen the saw,” I’ll be heading to California to photograph with my good friend (and one of the best photographers I know!), Dan Sniffin (http://dansniffinphoto.com/). I’ll be picking his brain and soaking up all I can while photographing some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes.
I’m also launching a new business designed to teach small business owners iPhone photo skills to promote their business.
2017 has been a year of massive disruption for me as an artist and a woman: politically, socially, creatively, and personally. The day-to-day ebb and flow of disruption has often felt chaotic and I’m not so great with chaos at this age. But, looking back over the year, I see that while I have often felt horribly uncomfortable and frightened about the state of our nation, I have received a whole new kind of support for living in these wild times. That support is called a “David Leibowitz.” David’s presence is at once disruptive and profoundly healing for me. I find him so interesting and funny and dear and creative that I’m spending entirely too much time with him and not alone, making my own artwork. But who gives a shit? I’ve already got 3000+ mobile images in the can … and hundreds of images on people’s walls and shelves and hanging in their bathrooms. What I’m most looking forward to in 2018 is collaborating with David: in love; in play using our mobile digital visual creativity (and love for playing with others using theirs); and uncovering sources of awe and laughter – right in front of us – every day. We are going to be traveling to teach and play and I want so much to meet so many of you that we haven’t played with yet, in person. So invite us! We’ll come with Tommy, iPhones and iPads in hand!
I’m looking forward to a year of resistance and involvement. My country is headed in the wrong direction and I wish to help my family and community to move forward not backward. Even though it is a scary time, I will continue to have hope and try to effect change wherever possible!
Learn how to use new apps,continue my self portraits but use nature a bit more often.Hipstamatic is a fantastic way to connect, I have learned this in 2017.And continue my colour search, one day I’ll find the right tone.
Continue to send Kiss Heart ❣ for my friends I mean it.
At the beginning of 2017, I felt like I’d lost my mobile photography mojo. In attempt to find it again, I was determined to focus on the resolutions I’d made for The App Whisperer this time last year. When I look at them again now, I can see that I’ve not achieved as much as I had hoped. However, one positive step I made was to finally start my first 365 Project. I set up a separate Instagram account to share the images. It’s been really refreshing. By doing that I freed myself from any self-imposed restrictions as to what I should post and when. I started to post what I liked, not what I thought others would want to see. I haven’t worried about whether every image was the best I could create – each one just had to be a meaningful representation of the day. I stopped thinking about how the images I was posting would fit with the previous ones.
I decided to make my 365 Project 100% Hipstamatic. That’s the first app I ever downloaded and the one that ignited my passion. It’s felt good to get back to how I felt about mobile photography in the beginning.
So, my 2018 resolution is a simple one – to do another pure Hipstamatic 365 Project in 2018 and just enjoy my mobile photography.
2017 has again been a rollercoaster year. There have been some great positives, but also some challenging times.
My hope for 2018 is to reconnect with myself, to rebase and recharge and to develop my work further. I hope this year to be able to truely emerse myself in my Photography and promote myself more. I have a large Solo exhibition in April and I shall continue to apply for other opportunities. I look forward to what the New Year May bring!
My main resolution for 2018 is to keep myself optimist in a world so confused and dangerous. That is the better way to keep myself involved with causes, with MIRA Galleries project so linked with the local community and with the worldwide mobile artists. I hope to be more close with so many friends I got in the amazing mobile community.
Thanks to Joanne for the opportunity to contribute again to the annual TheAppWhisperer New Years Resolutions.
For many, 2017 was a tough time politically. Artists often found the political climate crushed their spirit to create and this caused a lot of soul searching. However, little-by-little artists started to find a way to channel their concerns into, and through their art, resulting in an empowerment and new direction for many. I also found myself in this situation and I think in 2018 our spirit will get stronger as we use our artistic talents for the greater good.
Personally, in 2017 I fell short of my goal of having more pieces printed and shown, although I did have works in a couple of exhibitions. Exhibitions and selling prints is a tough thing to do but I’ve learned many lessons and now know better what works of mine appeal and which do not (in a hard commercial sense). In additional to shooting gazillions of photos I continued to shoot video pieces on the iPhone including two music videos and was fortunate to have a couple of ‘honorable mentions’ in the Mobile Photo Awards.
With the upgrade in late 2016 to the iPhone 7 Plus, I found myself in 2017 without my favorite third-party Moondog Labs anamorphic lens. By the time an iPhone 7 Plus version of the lens became available I was awaiting the iPhone X launch so it didn’t make sense to get a new lens, only to have it become redundant again. I guess that is the downside in having the latest iPhone. I was lucky to win an OlloClip for the iPhone 7 Plus which I put to use for some good wide angle shots but 99% of my work in 2017 was shot without any third party lenses. I’d still love to get a Moondog Labs lens back on board so maybe that is something to strive for in 2018.
Without sounding like a broken record, each year I always make a note about the pace of technology and what that might mean for mobile photography (in terms of the next generation iPhone and its cameras). 2017 was no exception and I moved up to the iPhone X which I’m enjoying very much. The leap from the 7 Plus to the X photography-wise was not ‘revolutionary’ – rather ‘evolutionary’. But everything combined and each small advancement makes photography on an iPhone a better and better experience. Of course I’ll be waiting for the September 2018 announcements to see what’s next!
In any case, now is the time to shoot and I’ll always take the opportunity. Yes, there will be a better phone and a better camera coming, but the best photos don’t wait!
I took a step away from my iPhone art and photography for most of 2016 and 2017. Personal and professional pressures played a part, but in truth my work was beginning to feel stale and predictable. During my time away, I discovered an app called Sktchy (where people upload selfies for artists to draw) and I started drawing portraits. I also became interested in urban sketching and drawing on location. Working in a different medium has been invigorating, and has given me the ability to look at my iPhone art and photography with fresh eyes. Now, on the brink of a New Year, I feel energized, refreshed and ready to challenge myself to create new and interesting work!
In 2018, I hope to master iColorama (my current addiction thanks to Nicki Fitzgerald &. Susan Tuttle), shoot more black & white, start a portrait project (as yet to be determined), and to just enjoy the process… the excitement of playing with new apps and seeing where things go. These are just a few of the things I wish to do creatively. On a personal level, I hope to be a better friend, sister, person, citizen, and contributor to this wonderful community.
Thank you for including me, Joanne! Wishing you all success with your resolutions and a fulfilling year ahead!
I am beginning this year with a show, I am among four artists and I am the only mobile photographer. I was also thrilled to be included in the mDAC (Mobile Digiital Art and Creative Summit 2017) I am not nearly where I want to be with my art, I will try to spend time learning the intricacies of my apps and creating photo opportunities for myself. I receive so much inspiration from the mobile community around me I can only aspire to approach the creativity that the Appwisperer showcases. (Thank you Joanne Carter)
There is so much tension and conflict surrounding us, that the challenge is to be a positive force, and to make art that lifts and moves minds and hearts. My images are personal, but hopefully they speak language that is broad enough to connect with others.
Thank you for inviting me Joanne! Just when I thought 2016 was tough, 2017 came barreling in! The second half of the year just by my home on the way to work, my car was hit by a pick up truck. My car was totaled, but worse off was the condition the impact made on my brain & body. I’ve been dealing with a TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury since then. Not able to work or create because my screen time on my iPhone is very limited. I created just a few pieces as art therapy because in the darkest times of my life it’s been art & love that’s gotten me through. Since 2011 my biggest art outlet has been iPhotography so it pained me a great deal when I couldn’t create on my iPhone.
2018~I welcome you with open arms. I will continue therapy to heal my body & brain. I will continue to become more organized in our small space. I will continue to love my family & friends & hold them near. I will continue to sew as it’s become an artistic outlet I can handle & it’s been quite therapeutic. Lastly, I wish nothing but love & light to our wonderful community!
I would like to put more time into my mobile photography & editing. That’s where I need & love to be. To have the troubles of 2017 fade into background. Also to be more involved in the mobile art/photography community. To be more active and gain some inspiration from all the amazing work. Quite simply, I need to be a lot more creative again. I look forward to what the new year has in store for me. I feel things are about to change for the better.
2018. A New Year For me this year will be about the rising consciousness of women. The energy that is now available for expression and awareness is within and around us. The ability to express and feel deeply the truth that lives inside is ready to express itself. This has the potential to create a searing impact. The woman emerges as a powerful and nurturing force for healing. As women we must protect the child. My personal resolution is to give in every area that emerges for me.
The world around us is a great place .. I will not allow the climate of fear and bigotry of certain world leaders to sadden my heart .
There are many good people working to improve the lives of us all . I sincerely applaud them .
Our world is a safer place than it has ever been , the media makes us think otherwise. My fave movement of the year was the ‘ Me too ‘ movement .. This man is respectful to women and I hope that 2018 is the year that we make even more progress in stopping sexual harassment of my sisters around the world. I begin the New year with another trip to my fave country to visit ; India .. the endless photo opportunities are my reward for such a long journey . I will share more images with you along the year of this amazing culture .. I thank you all for your inspiring images which continue to keep me inspired.
For 2018, I hope to get back to shooting more with my mobile device. I strayed away from it, in 2017, and used my DSLR mostly. Even with that being said, I always continue to use my mobile device to edit, no matter how I’ve taken the photo. I would like to continue to explore the depths of the editing apps, and get back to manipulating images to create something original and fun, all while staying true to who I am as an artist. Happy New Year to all!
In 2017 I finished the Post-Graduation in image: Contemporary Processes, Management and Culture where I learned a lot, but the most important thing was that if there is someone to whom I owe something and whom I need to please, that someone is me.
I will start 2018 alone, in peace with myself and with everyone. As time goes by faster and faster, I am learning more than ever the best way to live.
Like others interested in self portraiture, in the human figure I will deal with the subject of female identity and explore topics such as beauty, gender and aging.
It is my priority to highlight how much my work dialogues with our zeitgeist – the “spirit of time”, because it addresses questions about identity, self-image and female protagonism that are on the agenda of the present time, and more importantly, using only the tools of our time.
In 2018 I will take care of myself, and of my art. I’ll do what I think I should and what I like, not caring what people think art needs.
Thanks again to Joanne Carter for the opportunity. Thank you, thank you so much for taking the best of me, and thank you for sharpening my creativity.
My New Year Resolutions as mobile photographer as the usual ones since I started on mobile photography. I just wish to grow as mobile photographer. I´m not a hundred per cent satisfied with my work. I still need to shoot hundreds of pics, to improve my skills & to take better photographs. I hope to feel the same passion for mobile photographer as I have felt till now. I don´t shoot pictures everyday, but that doesn’t mean my passion has decreased. Not at all. I shoot with my smartphone when I feel like doing it, ad when I have the chance to do so.
My own art is the main subject of my mobile photography, in that I paint and draw on canvas or art journal pages, take pictures of it with my iPhone or iPad, and play with that image with mobile apps to see how I can take it further. Often, my results are then collaged back onto a canvas or into my art journal. I love working in this circular way, and aspire to not only do more of it, but to do it better, bolder, deeper. Oh, and I sometimes add photos of things other than my artwork as well, lol.
My iphoneography in 2017 often had a kind of desperate touch to it. After two heavy losses of loved ones and the constant presence of deep grief and pain I used mostly self portraits in order not to loose myself. Mostly it was only taking the photos because there was so little energy for creative work. But sometimes I was able to express my feelings and thoughts through creative editings. For 2018 I wish for a bit more lightness in both meanings of the word: I could do with a bit more sunshine and less weight concerning life challenges. For my photos I would love to learn how to become more playfull in creating collages.
For 2018 all the best to you, Joanne, to TheAppwishperer and to all of you beautiful masters of mobile photography.
I have a word for 2018: Grounding. In there lies creativity; making things and making things happen. 2017 has been a rough year, with cancer in my family, again. But I’m so happy to say that my mother is recovering from surgery and chemo. This year will be so different, for all of us.
I also moved house this year; now living on the 3rd floor. Up where the birds are flying. It feels amazingly free. But I also feel the need for grounding, to that place inside me where creativity is rooted. And never forget to dance. With bare feet.
Wishing you a Creative & Joyous New Year!
“I am a hoarder
not of things, but of
memories and stories.
I wrap every memory
I am so excited for where my mobile photography will go in 2018. I have the new iPhone X. It takes amazing photographs. I feel like I’m off on a whole new adventure in my art. 2017 was a year of learning. Now I want to apply what I learned and zoom to the sky! I want to share more love and happiness through what I see in my lens in 2018.
Happy New Year. Thank you Joanne and TheAppWhisperer for asking me to participate in the 2018 New Year Resolution post. For 2018, I am aiming to learn more and polish my skills in mobile photography/art. 2017 was a very exhilarating year as far as my photography is concerned and I will be forever grateful.
May 2018 be a “sane” year for all filled with unlimited opportunities. I look forward to another amazing year with TheAppWhisperer. I value all that Joanne does for our community. With respect and Cheers to 2018!
My New Year Resolutions are two in particular: devote more time to my artistic production and work on the cataloging of all the material I produced in nine years of iPhonography. I would like to explore new ways of expression that I have not yet probed enough and work more on emotions.
I would also like to remove some unused accounts and improve and complete others. Finally, I propose to spend more time on virtual friendships that have been close for some years because virtual friends are important people for me. I wish you all a joyful year full of satisfactions and I thank Joanne for this important work of gathering everyone’s resolutions. Love you!
In this new year of 2018, I am in desperate need of organizing my images and deleting the multitude of unnecessary “ worthless stuff.” My IPad and my smartphone are swollen with it. After this organization happens, I will feel refreshed and ready for a new year. This is the year that I shall go out into the community, in some manner, and perhaps share my image making knowledge. Thank you, Joanne Carter, for being a constant promoter of the new digital world of applications. And, to my fellow image makers, who challenge me to become a more sophisticated artist…Good Cheer ! and Health for 2018 !
Last year I found such joy in sharing the fun and creativity of digital art with new people. I went to the MDAC Conference for the second time and met so many wonderful and friendly artists. The first year inspired me to create a group for digital artists here at home, and this year I am beginning seeing the results of this effort. Such a delight to find new friends to learn and create with! This group is a place of rest, growth, strength in the chaotic reality of 2016.
My New Year’s Resolution is to continue to grow this local group! The energy I spend on it doubles back to give me new joy and inspiration for my own work, and I am excited to see what happens next!
As I look back at 2017 it had its ups and downs and flew by. For 2018 I want to be kinder to myself and others. I want to take myself less seriously, lighten up and enjoy my life. I want to make the most of each day and enjoy even the most mundane things because time passes too quickly. As far as my artistic goals go – I want to improve on my use of apps and my iPad Pro. I want to work at making the art that I envision, but I want to enjoy the journey of getting there. Too often I am more interested in finishing a piece that letting it take its time and reveal itself. I was reading a blog post by Brooke Shaden and she said to do what you love and are passionate about, but do it with excellence. So for 2018 I want to strive for excellence.
First off I will be doing more teaching/information talks and courses. I have been asked by one of our local university colleges to do a 10 week course on mobile photography starting in March. I also will be doing a talk at “Photo Training Overseas” in Madeira in February on Mobile Art. Only a short talk this time but trying to show “real”photographers the advantages of mobile photography. Also various talks at local camera clubs. For myself I have now started experimenting with real paint and producing abstract artworks (a sample attached) . A lot of my Painterly style iPhone images seem to get praise from other photographers but Artists are not impressed and prefer my more traditional B&W work. So trying to bridge the gap with a foot in both camps. I love to see the work of so many people on TheAppWhisperer and only wish I was half as talented as so many of them.
Thank you for inviting me to participate in the New Year Resolutions for the coming year. My wonderful Boys are growing up and slowly choosing their own paths. The nest was suddenly empty. It was time to write a new chapter my lovely husband …. I will spend more time with things that inspire me; books , people, music, and listen to stories…I want to find more time for iphoneart. One of my priorities is to improve my backup and storage of my pictures. I will accomplish it!!!!!
My skills and techniques have grown, but I want constantly striving to learn more and want to spend more time studying and experimenting with the more difficult software. So, I will strive to make great photography everytime!!!!! To end with, I will quote Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said.”
I’ve been politically active for years, but this year I backed off some, finding it all too repugnant. (I vote in the USA). I mentored a pregnant Afghan refugee who gave birth to a healthy girl.
At the risk of repeating my resolutions from last year, I’ll make it short and doable. More travel, more street photos, more experimental photography. Learn to master the apps I have (that’s a big one).
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year, and warm thanks to Joanne, the glue which binds us all in a supportive, creative, international community.
I am welcoming the 2018 new year with open arms, 2017 was a difficult year for me but I have learned how strong I truly am and how lucky I am to have such a great support system. 2018 will be my year to grow both personally and professionally, I will make more time for my mobile art and pursue more galleries to display my art.
I wish all of my fellow mobile photography friends a year full of growth, love, strength, peace and happiness.
Take time to do what makes your soul happy ❤ God bless and thank you Joanne
In the New Year my earnest hope is simply for GROWTH…as an artist, as a husband and father, and as a friend to others. I am so blessed by God’s mercies, fresh each morning, from which naturally flow growth and grace. My hope is that these find themselves more fully infused throughout my art and are, in turn, reflected in the manner in which I engage others. I have so much to learn from from the artists in our community and am richer for the abundance of their experience and creativity. Happy New Year wishes to all!
In the last 5 years I’ve been creating digital art to augment the mixed media work I’ve done on canvas for 40 years. It has expanded my creativity and courage greatly. This year I will need to figure out if the digital work can stand on its own, and if so, how to show and sell. I do know it brings me joy and keeps my mind going in new, unexpected directions. Art is what helps us see, and what gets us and those who respond to it trough the troubling times.
Having tried and failed over many years to set and achieve New Year Resolutions, I have decided this year, to resolve to not make any resolutions! I will instead, simply photograph as much or as little as circumstances allow and not feel guilty about any lack of achievement. For me, the most rewarding aspect of this wonderful Photo Community is the friendships that it has brought about. Near and far, virtual and real-world I have been able to get to know so many lovely people.
I will endeavour to maintain those friendships and make many new ones throughout 2018. Here’s wishing you all a joyous, healthy and rewarding New Year, wherever that road may lead. xxx
I decided last year (2017) it was time to begin sharing my art in a deeper, more profound way. I made a plan and talked about this plan with close friends.
I said I was going to do this. Now I am. I started in the fall and now I begin this coming week exhibiting. And .. and… I must remember in 2018 that life is a fleeting experience. Death comes unexpected, learn to love and live now. 2018 is a rebirth of my artistic self. She is strongly ready, definitely willing and clearly able.
As a rule I don’t make resolutions at the new year, but rather as they make themselves clear in my mind, whenever the time of year. At this point, I only know that I will continue with my photography, both mobile and other mediums, learning as I go, and finding inspiration when I’m not looking for it.
Last year was a year of change – most significantly our move from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest. External shifts and internal shifts tend to go hand in hand and during this time I had to let go of ideas of what my photography style should look like, and delve even more deeply into the practice of taking photos to heal and feed my soul. My intention for the new year is to continue to create photos in this way. Always inspired by the mobile photography community whose images and presence lift my spirits so beautifully – thank you all. Heartfelt thank you the passion you maintain to inspire our community, Joanne.
My New Year’s resolution or intention for 2018 is to practice presence and loving-kindness. I want to start to engage with people, and with my art in an accepting, attentive and non-judgmental way, as much as possible. I want to be brave and continue to learn and create in all areas of my life, encouraging and enabling myself to accomplish whatever I set out to do… Have a lovely New Year’s Joanne, and I wish you a delightful 2018!
My hope is that this new year will bring: A larger capacity for doing more with mobile art… learn new techniques, improve skills, print more pieces, gift to more people;
a deepening of seeing, feeling and expressing; better health and well-being, so more art is possible; continued affectionate and supportive connections with our wonderful mobile art community. Many thanks for your dedication and hard work, Joanne. Thinking of you and wishing you inspiration, good health, good fortune and much love in the coming year.
As the sun sets on 2017, and on over ten years of iPhoneography/mobile photography, I am reminded of a community that was built out of a shared curiosity, creative pleasure, willingness, awe, enthusiasm and passion! In 2010, when I collaborated with many mobile photographers from around the world to host the first mobile photography exhibition at an Apple Store in Australia, we felt that unique excitement of something totally new, and it was also a little scary! It was creative love, on many fronts, it was a frontier in fact, and it was pure! For 2018, I hope our wonderful community can grow, can be kind, can remember, and can learn. I also hope I can reconnect more proactively with this amazing community, and those that have taught me so much personally and creatively.
Personally, I also hope to find love ❤ and find my passion again! I’m ready!! For 2018, I wish you ALL the simplest of things – love, happiness and creativity – they really are!
Thinking about the New Year is always important. My resolutions this year are to simplify and explore different subjects especially those that allow me a greater abstraction of the image. To shoot less and better. To continue taking pictures in analogue. To update regularly my website. I hope everyone has an amazing upcoming year! Thank you Joanne for this opportunity. Happy New Year and wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2018
I want to thank you for everything you’ve done for our community so far, and I hope that you will continue to support us in the future, too: A big hug and I wish you a wonderful and peaceful new year.
I am thrilled that yet another fulfilled year of mobile fine photography has passed and yet again we have shared and been into this together as a very strong and unite community, so heartfelt thanks for that ! You are amazing and you keep us all together with your commitment and passion and love . ❤❤
My resolutions’ list for the brand new 2018 is not that long , nor difficult either. I want to maintain the same happiness and inner fulfillment that editing and shooting on mobile device brings to me. To discover other ways of expression or to re adjust my previous ones and maybe mostly to become more organized with my files, and less lazy with sending portfolios over galleries . Attend as many events as possible and embrace as many chances will may come my way. Mostly to stay up and true to my feelings and just keeping it simple and happier, why not.
Thank you for inviting me to participate in New Year Resolutions for the coming year. 2018 presents many exciting opportunities for me as a mobile artist. I am looking forward to rediscovering myself through the lens, as I explore new terrain, both literally and figuratively. I am constantly striving to learn, and want to spend more time studying and experimenting. My mobile artistry skills and techniques have grown. As I learn, my art grows: I am more creative. I am reinventing myself.
2017 is coming to an end! And it was a year of innovation. Started, in January, with the purchase of the iPhone 7. That is a marvel and it has changed my life as a mobile photographer. Since I use it, in fact I shoot less and take fewer photos with the Hipstamatic app, the quality of what I see and the ability to change if necessary light, colour, contrast to have the photo I want has overshadowed the beautiful films and lenses dell’Hipstamatic. And then the purpose for 2018 that is coming is to reconsider Hipstamatic, to resume using it. Besides, as always for years, being less lazy, taking pictures more, taking part in more challenges and competitions, simply putting on line with Flickr, FB, Instagram what I do.
Best wishes for an extraordinary 2018 to all. Health, love, serenity.
I wish everyone a Happy Healthy and Creative 2018! Let’s all remember the transformative and healing power of art- experiencing and creating it – so let’s keep our arts alive in the New Year!!
This is my first post at TheAppWhisperer so let me introduce myself. I’m a lifelong professional in the arts- (film, and other media) I’ve been in love with MP and creating through itfor more than 4 years now. Mobile photography is like breathing for me, it’s intuitive and seamless. I find it energizing and magical like dancing with my eyes heart and soul.
In 2018 I hope to continue to chronicle my life both externally and internally creating magic with the apps. I also write daily and quite prolifically- so perhaps I’ll marry my images with my writing. I have some projects on my agenda for 2018. I’ll be on Facebook intermittently and return to other Social Media sites. I plan to revive my personal web site and hope o be in one or more ‘live’ ie. in person shows. And on a daily basis I hope to move with the creative flow of the Universe, grateful I’m here, kind helpful and positive with others. Thank you to everyone in the Mobile Arts Community for you creativity, inspiration and of course your friendships.
My vision of my art for 2018 is to concentrate on the technical aspects of mobile art and photography, which I believe will open more artistic flow within myself. I will be able to use my art to communicate about subjects important to me: speaking up about sexual abuse, the beauty in everyday life and the world we live in.
2017 saw our world turned upside with our new government, too many natural disasters and too many people looking out for themselves rather than each other. I am hopeful that 2018 will find us searching again for peace and harmony and more concern for each other.
In 2017 I explored some new genres in my photography and new ways to approach making images. In 2018 I hope to continue that exploration while finally starting to work on some projects. I also will continue to make more personal and emotional images as I work on discovering more about myself and what I want to say.
My New Year’s Resolutions for 2018 are Don’t think just shoot. Then combine those pictures I did with my favorite apps : Hipstamatic, Diana, Procreate, Art Set pro. I will begin travel with my car around Thailand with my car for 10 days in a month then take pictures with my iphone6+. Come back home to combine or edit them in my way. Happy new year and wishing everyone enjoyed life and healthy 2018. Happy new year dear Joanne❤
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We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @kate.z.roberts – Kate Zari Roberts. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she is doing such a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is.
On Day 5 @kate.z.roberts highlighted the work of talented photographer @salopalo – Humberto Salo D and she writes “theappwhisperer @theappwhisperer IG takeover by @kate.z.roberts – this is a very strong image by @salopalo. The image draws one in with its simplicity, light and contrast. One is not certain of the emotion being expressed by the character which adds to the intrigue of the image. Congratulations to @salopalo and please look at his page”.
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We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @kate.z.roberts – Kate Zari Roberts. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she is doing such a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is.
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This week, St. Louis, MO has again been roiled by protest after the controversial shooting of yet another young black man, this time by an off duty police officer. Protesters who gathered outside Busch stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals were battling their way to the National League Championship Series were met with uncivil words by alleged Cardinal's fans.
Some folks say baseball has nothing to do with race relations in St Louis, but as a native St. Louisan, I beg to differ:
There are so many images of the grief, rage, and conflict that engulfed Ferguson, Missouri after Michael Brown, an unarmed, college-bound African American teenager was shot to death by a white policeman last August; but one image, in particular, got to me.
It was not the eyewitness descriptions of Brown, who, after being shot repeatedly, lay dead for hours behind a police line, as his blood pooled and dried in the afternoon sun.
It was not the Youtube videos I watched of police in riot gear opening fire later that night with stun grenades and rubber bullets on protestors who had taken to the streets with their hands aloft, shouting, "Hands up, don't shoot!" in homage to the last gesture Michael Brown made before being slain by police bullets.
It was not the televised declarations by the head of the 94 percent white police force as they circled their wagons, at first refusing to even identify the officer who shot Brown.
It was not even the front page photos of military vehicles looking suited for urban combat in Fallujah or Gaza City that began rumbling into this small, predominantly black, suburb of north St. Louis County.
The image that most got to me was a St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap, reverently placed on the lid of Michael Brown's coffin, by those who loved him most.
Baseball lives in that part of the American imagination where talent and heart are the keys to unlimited possibility. The field is level and everyone plays by the same rules.
It doesn't matter what you look like, where you came from, what schools you went to, or who you know. Baseball stands for the kind of America most of us still aspire to live in, where effort is the arbiter of success and the umps are fair and honest. But we know that outside the stadium, things don't really work that way, especially if you are poor, black, or both.
Lesley McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, spoke truth as only a grieving parent can, about how hard it is for a young black man in a messed up place like Ferguson to graduate high school and get admitted to college, as her son had done.
She didn't need studies showing that black children are six times more likely to have an incarcerated parent than white children.
She didn't need to cite the NYT article about the average net worth of black household in our United States being just one eighteenth that of white households -- a bigger wealth gap than the one between whites and blacks in South Africa during the darkest days of apartheid.
Lesley McSpadden didn't need to rely on such statistics because almost anyone who takes an honest look at St Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Baltimore, or any number of other American cities -- outside of their baseball-stadiums -- can see what she is talking about with the naked eye.
Her neighbors in Ferguson certainly get it.
The tiny city of Ferguson, Missouri now joins the list of those sad places in America where a trigger-happy cop can kill an unarmed young black man and walk away. But Ferguson didn't get on that map just because police killed a black teen with impunity -- such killings are woefully common in America.
Ferguson distinguished itself through the presence -- day and night -- of Mike Brown's neighbors; ordinary residents, some clad in St Louis Cardinal's baseball gear. They turned their town into a symbol for so many communities around our country where opportunities are scarce, career stunting entanglements with the criminal justices system are disproportionally high, and federally funded drug-war and Homeland Security programs have given rise to a frightening militarization of local law enforcement.
When somebody shoots unarmed black men we usually hear the tired refrain that the aggressor was somehow deathly afraid and acted to repel a life-threatening attack. Whether in the case of Trayvon Martin, the Florida boy killed by a self-styled "neighborhood watch" vigilante; Oscar Grant shot at point blank range on an Oakland train platform by a transit cop; Jordan Davis, shot dead in a Florida gas station in a dispute over loud music; or Vonderrit Myers Jr., the teenager shot several times by an off duty police officer in the Shaw neighborhood of St Louis last week, some version of that story is told.
In the case of Ferguson, that logic did double duty -- first to justify the inexcusable slaying of Michael Brown, and then as a pretext for the excessive use of force to quell the protests that arose in its wake.
I also grew up in St Louis County and, like Michael Brown, was once a restless 18-year-old Cardinal fan, thinking about college and trying to stay cool on muggy, August afternoons. Yes, I am white, I lived in a different part of town, and I survived to be an adult with kids of my own. But, at 18, I was curious about the world and asked the big questions, just like he did.
Race defines a lot of things in St. Louis.
In the 1960s my parents decided to move to an integrated neighborhood. They had gone to segregated public schools, but they believed in the America envision by the civil rights movement and wanted their family to be part of a better future.
In those days, there were not a lot of integrated options in suburban St Louis. My parents chose north Webster Groves, where there were a couple of square miles of integrated homes between a wealthy, all-white neighborhood south of the railroad tracks and a long established, all-black neighborhood to the north.
A century had passed since the Civil War, but sometimes the past didn't seem that far away on West Kirkham Ave. Our neighbors across the street lived on floodplain land the Federal Government had granted to their "freedmen" ancestors in the 1870s. White teens often gunned hotrod cars up and down our street. Some, with Dixie flags flying from their radio antennas, would yell hateful things at our black neighbors.
The most famous person living in our section of town was African American baseball legend Lou Brock. He moved there the same year we did, after the Cubs traded him to the Cardinals midway through the 1964 season.
That August, to everyone's astonishment, Brock hit and stole bases like he'd never done before. He lifted the Cardinals out of the doldrums and onto both a National League pennant and a stunning seventh game victory over the mighty New York Yankees in the World Series. Lou Brock became an instant hero to kids all over town.
In our neighborhood, Brock was revered. And he used his fame to play a positive, high profile role in integration efforts. The Cardinals sponsored a wildly popular, annual Lou Brock night at the local junior high where integration, with all its wonder and tensions, was in full swing and where I would later start 7th grade, in 1970.
Lou Brock stayed with the Cardinals for 15 years, retiring with 3,023 career hits and a record 938 stolen bases. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1985, but the sixties were his epic years and he pushed the Cardinals to two more pennants and another World Series title before the decade ended.
The sixties, of course, were the same years that major race riots broke out in the black "ghettos" of dozens of American cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington D.C, New York, Cleveland, Baltimore, Chicago, Buffalo, Newark, Philadelphia, and even Kansas City. People wondered aloud how St. Louis -- so demographically similar to segregated northern industrial cities that erupted -- never did; even after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.
Some, like sports scholar Scott Powers, thinks baseball strengthened civic bonds and that the leading role of African American players in the stunning success of the Cardinals, especially in 1967 and 1968, helped the peace in St. Louis. The story is surely not so simple, but there is no doubt that St. Louis bucked a trend by staying calm during the "long hot summers" of the 1960s and that guys like Lou Brock were an important part of that story.
At its best, baseball should help bring communities together. At least that is what I've always thought. It was the sport that broke the color line in the 1950s and for white boys like me neighborhood pickup games were a great way get to know other kids, black and white. Most people who follow baseball closely have probably noticed that, for a variety of reasons, the sport has less African American players than it did in past decades -- but that withstanding, the sport still has a positive role to play in the life of the wider community. The Cardinals need to embrace the whole community like they did in the 1960s and 70s, not just well to do suburbanites who can afford the rising ticket prices.
No, baseball cannot be held responsible for ending poverty, restraining police aggression, expunging racial biases from our hearts, or fixing our broken criminal justice system. That is our job, as Americans.
What baseball gives us a is chance to practice the art of civility and, if for only a moment, imagine that that fair play is the American way.
If you get caught up in the beautiful madness of the postseason this year, take a moment between innings to imagine Michael Brown and Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot him, meeting out on that field instead of on the streets of Ferguson. Out there, where the rules are fair, don't you think it would have ended differently?


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Georgina Beyer, world’s first out trans MP, dies aged 65: ‘She blazed a trail’
New Zealand politician Georgina Beyer, who became the world’s first openly transgender MP, has died at the age of 65.
She died on Monday (6 March) after being admitted to a hospice in Wellington.
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins said that Beyer had “blazed a trail” which had made being a trans politician “much easier for others to follow”.
Current Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty described her as a “beloved family member, loyal friend, passionate advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and a powerhouse of a local politician”.
Beyer had been battling kidney disease for more than a decade, although the cause of her death has not yet been reported.
Georgina Beyer made history as world’s first out trans MP
Georgina Beyer broke new ground in the 1999 New Zealand general election when she won the seat of Wairarapa with a 3,033 majority.
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She had been elected as mayor of Carterton a year earlier. She resigned that post in 2000, which she later said was one of her biggest regrets.
During her maiden speech, Beyer noted the “number of firsts” that the election brought about.
“Our first Rastafarian (Nándor Tánczos), our first Polynesian woman (Luamanuvao Winnie Laban) – and yes, I have to say it I guess, I am the first transsexual in New Zealand [and the world] to be standing in this house of parliament.
“This is a historic moment. We need to acknowledge that this country of ours leads the way in so many aspects.”
Georgina Beyer was re-elected as Wairarapa MP in 2002, doubling her majority, and remained in parliament until 2007.
Her progressive policies included fighting for LGBTQ+ rights and for the rights of sex workers – a profession she had worked in while part of the Wellington queer nightclub scene.
Over the course of her career, she spoke at a number of events in an effort to push the rights of LGBTQ+ people across the globe, including the first two international conferences on LGBTQ+ human rights in 2006 and 2009.
In 2013, she was diagnosed with kidney failure and received a transplant in 2017. Since then, she needed for dialysis four times a day.
Close friend Scott Kennedy said that after being admitted to hospital, Beyer “accepted what was happening”.
Kennedy added: “[She] was cracking jokes and had a twinkle in her eye. At Georgie’s request, there will be no funeral service. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
“Farewell Georgie, your love, compassion, and all that you have done for the Rainbow and many other communities will live on for ever.”
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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A nonprofit Latino organization, "Voces de la Frontera," held a press conference at Zeidler Union Park in Westown Monday to give President Joe Biden a message as he made his way to Wisconsin this Labor Day.
Latino families and workers were seen chanting a number of mantras -- among them, "Si se puede," or "Yes we can," in Spanish, with a colorful banner that stated "Citizenship for Essential Workers and Families."
"President Biden is here today, ahead of the midterm elections, because he knows what we've been saying, the road to working class and immigrant justice runs through Wisconsin," said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, director of the organization.
Alondra Garcia is a proud daughter of immigrant workers who teaches within the Milwaukee Public School District, and said she knows first-hand what it feels like to live in uncertainty every single day.
"Wisconsin is the only home I have ever known, but as a documented educator there is always a constant threat that I am one court decision away from having my temporary protection from deportation taken away,'' Garcia said.
A number of essential Latino voters want the Biden administration to fulfill their promise to expand immigration protections -- those under TPS, or Temporary Protection Status, and DACA -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
The nonprofit group is urging those who can vote to show out stronger than ever at the polls.
In fact, according to the Latinx political organization "Voto Latino," Latino voter registration rates reached an all-time high in the 2020 presidential election, with approximately 16.5 million Latinos casting their ballots.
Which is why Neumann-Ortiz said showing out this election season is fundamental.
"We want candidates that are about lifting everybody up, having values of compassion and solidarity, and there's enough wealth in this country and in this state to go around, the problem is it's concentrated in the hands of a few people who want to hoard it more and we have to fight back against these tactics of discrimination," said Neumann-Ortiz.


Texas, industry applaud pipe safety bill's passage
Measure includes more inspections, greater state role
TEXAS will have more leverage on pipeline safety issues with the U.S. Department of Transportation as a result of the pipeline safety bill that passed Congress on Friday.
The provision increasing state oversight was one of the elements in the bill that will expand the public's right to know about pipeline hazards, set up environmental reviews intended to enable more timely pipeline repairs, and increase inspections.
"Texas will be able to share with the federal government things we think ought to be happening in pipeline safety, and the secretary of transportation will have to respond," said Bryndan Wright, a spokesman for Michael Williams, the Texas Railroad Commission's chairman.
"Right now we can make suggestions, but the secretary does not have to respond."
Pipeline safety is a pressing issue in Houston, where most people live near pipelines even if they are not aware of it.
"This bill is good news for anyone who lives along a pipeline," Williams Cos. spokesman Kelley Swan said.
The bill will provide for more information to the public about the safety of the pipelines in their neighborhoods.
The Senate approved the pipeline safety measure Wednesday, and the House passed it by voice vote early Friday as one of its last acts before adjourning for the year. President Bush is expected to sign the bill.
The bill's passage was generally applauded across the spectrum of groups involved in the debate. It is the only piece of the energy bill that will become law.
The bill would expand safety requirements, improve the authority under which the Transportation Department can order an operator to fix an unsafe pipeline and increase penalties on operators who violate regulations.
It would require pipeline inspections at least once in the next 10 years and every seven years after that. Some pipelines near large cities would be inspected more frequently.
Pipeline industry officials supported Congress' 11th-hour passage of the bill even though it will undoubtedly raise operating costs. Environmentalists had a few reservations but overall said it was a positive step to increasing pipeline safety.
The bill represents "modest reform and has many good provisions, but the length of time for inspections should be shorter," said Mike Blizzard of the PIPE Coalition in Austin, a group formed to oppose the proposed Longhorn Pipeline, an old oil line that some companies want to convert for gasoline.
"I have to inspect my car once a year, yet they don't have to do an inspection except every 10 years," Blizzard said. "At a minimum it should be five years. Texas leads the nation in pipeline accidents, pipeline injuries and pipeline deaths."
The per day, per incident penalty has been raised from $25,000 to $100,000. The maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations has been increased from $500,000 to $1 million.
"It's going to cost us more money to operate, but we need to do this to restore confidence in the safety of pipelines," said Ben Cooper, executive director of the Association of Oil Pipelines, a pipeline industry trade group. "Not all of it is perfect, but it's an agreement."
One of the blasts that prompted the call for reform was the explosion of a pipeline owned by El Paso Corp. in August 2000, killing 12 people at a campsite on the Pecos River near Carlsbad, N.M.
The explosion in a corroded 50-year-old pipeline about 350 yards from the family's campsite left a crater in the ground 86 feet long, 46 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It sent up a 1,200-degree fireball and melted sand into glass.
The bill's passage came the day after a federal grand jury investigating the accident subpoenaed the Houston energy company for documents.
The Transportation Department levied a $2.52 million fine against El Paso Energy Pipeline Group, a unit of El Paso, after concluding the company violated safety regulations. El Paso has settled all but one of the lawsuits filed on behalf of the victims' families.
That pipeline explosion, as well as the 1999 blast that killed three people in Bellingham, Wash., were in large part responsible for the push to increase safety requirements.
A spokesman for El Paso said the company commends Congress for passing the bill. El Paso has been operating its pipeline that exploded under a Department of Transportation order.
Both the House and Senate approved pipeline bills this year, and an agreement on pipelines was reached this fall as part of a comprehensive energy bill. Senators developed a stand-alone bill after negotiations collapsed.
"It is a significant piece of a much larger energy policy that our nation so desperately needs," Tauzin said in a written statement.


Lise Bender Jørgensen, directrice d'études invitée à l'EHESS, professeur d’archéologie à la Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim), donnera, dans le cadre du séminaire de Cecilia D'Ercole (EHESS), une conférence intitulée :
Jeudi 9 janvier 2014
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Salle 1, EHESS, 105 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
Why was yarn always twisted "s" in Roman Egypt, while that in Italy and most other European parts of the Roman world were twisted "z"? The seminar gives an overview of textiles in the Classical World, and discusses the labour and learning of textile making, i e. time consumption, who engaged in it, skilled and unskilled work, division of labour and transmission of crafts knowledge. Further issues are notions of faith behind the seemingly simple processes of spinning and weaving. Examples are drawn from Greece, the Roman World and Prehistoric Europe using ethnographic studies of textile work for analogies.


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This MA bridges the conventional division between British and European history, c.1500-1800. Students choose from a wide range of modules covering political, social and cultural history of the Early Modern period and take two compulsory taught modules: Approaches to Early Modern History & Advanced Skills for Historians. Leads to further research or careers in education, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors.
- One of the best history departments in the world, ranked 2nd in the UK by The Sunday Times newspaper (2011).
- Excellent graduate prospects, amongst the top five in the country (Times Good University Guide, 2010).
- The MA bridges conventional division between British and European history, 1500-1800.
- Wide range of modules covering political, social and cultural history of the Early Modern period.
- The central London location offers students unrivalled access to world-class museums, collections, archives and libraries as well as easy access to resources in Europe.
- Vibrant research culture, including seminars and conferences at which students are encouraged to participate and give papers.
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One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Leads to further research or careers in teaching, archives, the media, finance, politics and heritage industries.
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To: Interested parties
From: Progress Virginia
Date: November 4, 2015
Much will be made of last night's Virginia election results as everyone tries to project their meaning onto 2016. Here are a few things we think you should keep in mind as you read the tea leaves.
1) Few voters had a real choice in this election.
Less than half of the 140 legislative races on the ballot this year were even contested. Of those, even fewer were competitive, thanks to politicians used the redistricting process to choose their own voters and rig elections. (In case you missed it, House GOP leadership admitted to this very scheme in testimony in federal court earlier this year.)
2) Virginians didn't vote.
Yeah. Voter turnout numbers are still being tallied, but historically somewhere around 30% of Virginia voters participate in off-off-year elections and 2015 appears to follow that trend. The old Byrd machine tool to limit citizen's participation is still alive and well. Treat with extreme skepticism anyone who employs the term "mandate" to describe election results.
3) We know what policies voters support. Will politicians finally get on board?
ProgressVA is a multi-issue advocacy organization dedicated to communicating progressive values across the Commonwealth. We engage citizens around issues of immediate state and local concern. www.ProgressVA.org