Art + Creativity, Community Building and Ideas [Posts 11/6-11/13]

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Ronny Jordan -- One of the Creators of Acid Jazz

@roused: Ronny Jordan is a winner of Gibson Guitar’s award for Best Jazz Guitarist, he’s been nominated for a Grammy, and is a jazz artist who has made it to the pop charts. He’s known as one of the earliest and most successful jazz artists to draw upon the energy and vitality of hip hop.

Comic of the Day | Batman/The Flash : The Button Review

@monomyth: In 2011, the New 52 was reset to the DC universe. Before Flashpoint, the old universe was erased, but instead a new universe emerged in which the heroes were younger, some incidents did not happen, and some characters did not meet, marry, or never existed. Not long after the New 52, DC Rebirth was announced. The Button is one of the most important stories of the Rebirth.

"Patchwork", my solo exhibition opening today (48 pics)

@paolobeneforti: My solo exhibition has opened today in the San Giorgio Library (Pistoia, Italy). Finally I can show the artworks I did in the last 2 years (some of them). For me, showing my art is a way to turn over a new leaf and go on.

[Book] #17. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - Will I Be Happier If I Change My Name?

@bree1042: Will I be happier if I change my name? Do I want to change my name or my life? A struggle of an Bengali-American who thinks good things are just out of his reach, and he can win them by changing his name. Bookreview of The Namesake by the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri.

Daily Food Photography - Day 18 Winners!

@howtostartablog: We have reached day 18 for the #dailyfoodphotography tag and initiative! It's nice to various entries from different parts of the world, especially food that I've never personally tried before and didn't know exists. Hopefully all of the foodies out there would love to take part and see the compilation of different types of food.

SteemFest² - It's been a blast!

@shortcut: If you're ever in doubt about the real value of Steem and Steemit, you will have to attend Steemfest. Meeting all those different people from all over the world (with so many different backgrounds and ages), coming together and sharing the same vision, is just incredible! I've never heard about any other social-network that has done something like this before.

How To Set Goals For Enormous Success

@jrswab: This series focus is to help you blog better and make progress faster from my decade long experience in this medium. These principles on setting your goals can apply to any aspect of life. They are simple, action-oriented, steps to make sure you stay on top.

How to comment and write better: techniques for steemit and the classroom

@alvinauh: Most people reply with a great or thank you in comments. However, there are ways of expanding such comments. Using techniques from language acquisition, here is a short guide of how you can do so more efficiently.

Using Your Steemit Account For Business

@jaff8: Steemit is a place for talents, people can interact, share ideas, post interesting articles and inform you about what is going on around the world. Steemit can also be a nice place to advertise your business, because of the interaction here. Your bio should be written professionally, it should tell the services you offer.

Jim Bell’s Assassination Politics at HHCP17

@fingersik: 22 years ago an essay has been written. It was rather controversially named Assassination Politics. The idea was fairly simple. Instead of “democratic way” where 51% of people can decide which Politian will sit in the office yet again, much smaller group of people could decide which politician will never ever sit again in the office.

Peace at home, peace in the world'' (M.Kemal ATATÜRK)

@myego13: Since I was a child, I would go years back, to Dolmabahce Palace, to that Last night, with the time machine in my head on the evenings of every 9th of November. Growing up, I never needed a fictional hero, because I already had a real hero. His admiration and faith of science and arts became a guiding light to new generations. "If one day, my words are against science, choose science.''

Right-Wing Rainbows: The Log Cabin Republican Tradition Is Born in Reagan’s 1970s California (No. 1)

@spectrums: September 1, 1977: several wealthy, gay, white men met in Los Angeles’ Westside, on Venice Boulevard. After a decade of gay liberation following Stonewall in 1969 they were, as they put it in their second meeting, “tired of the histrionics of Christopher Street West.”

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