Failing Forward is a South African Christian rock band formed in 2006 in Durbanville, Cape Town. The band consists of Anton van der Merwe (lead vocals,guitar), Tyron Whittaker (Bass guitar and backing vocals), Steven Lambert (guitar and backing vocalist) and Nick Ornellas (drums and percussion).
The band existed for one year before mainstreaming local success. After years of being involved in different bands and projects, the four current members of Durbanville based FAILING FORWARD got together to form a new band. They poured all their knowledge, all their experience and whole lot of musical influence into something that was new and fresh, that would appeal to music lovers all over South Africa.
Their first studio album, Failing Forward debuted in 2007, followed by their second full length album, Hunting Beasties in early 2009. They have toured extensively throughout South Africa, playing at major festivals such as Rocking the Daisies Festival and Ramfest,Woodstock in 2009, where the band shared the stage with international acts Eagle-Eye Cherry. The band has been playlisted on major South African radio stations, and campus radio stations nationwide.
In 2009, Failing Forward traveled to Noordhoek where they met producer/director Ryan Kruger to shoot the music video for their single, "Hunting Beasties". Shortly after their second video "Prisoner takes all" hit the shores.
The band is currently working on their third studio album, due for release in 2011.
Band members
;Current members
* Anton van der Merwe - vocals, guitar (2006-present)
* Tyron Whittaker - bass guitar (2008-present)
* Nick Ornellas - drums (2008-present)
* Steven Lambert - guitar (2009-present)
;Former members
* Russel Aitkenhead - guitar (2006-2008)
* Justin Kruger - drums (2008-2008)
* Danny Greef - bass guitar (2006-2008)
* Steve Merry - drums (2006-2008)
Discography
*Failing Forward (LP, 2007)
*Hunting Beasties (album, 2009)
The band existed for one year before mainstreaming local success. After years of being involved in different bands and projects, the four current members of Durbanville based FAILING FORWARD got together to form a new band. They poured all their knowledge, all their experience and whole lot of musical influence into something that was new and fresh, that would appeal to music lovers all over South Africa.
Their first studio album, Failing Forward debuted in 2007, followed by their second full length album, Hunting Beasties in early 2009. They have toured extensively throughout South Africa, playing at major festivals such as Rocking the Daisies Festival and Ramfest,Woodstock in 2009, where the band shared the stage with international acts Eagle-Eye Cherry. The band has been playlisted on major South African radio stations, and campus radio stations nationwide.
In 2009, Failing Forward traveled to Noordhoek where they met producer/director Ryan Kruger to shoot the music video for their single, "Hunting Beasties". Shortly after their second video "Prisoner takes all" hit the shores.
The band is currently working on their third studio album, due for release in 2011.
Band members
;Current members
* Anton van der Merwe - vocals, guitar (2006-present)
* Tyron Whittaker - bass guitar (2008-present)
* Nick Ornellas - drums (2008-present)
* Steven Lambert - guitar (2009-present)
;Former members
* Russel Aitkenhead - guitar (2006-2008)
* Justin Kruger - drums (2008-2008)
* Danny Greef - bass guitar (2006-2008)
* Steve Merry - drums (2006-2008)
Discography
*Failing Forward (LP, 2007)
*Hunting Beasties (album, 2009)
Nora Bateson (born April 13, 1968) is an American born research designer, independent film-maker, writer, and lecturer. She is the daughter of Gregory Bateson, sister of Mary Catherine Bateson and granddaughter of William Bateson and is president of the International Bateson Institute (IBI). The IBI is a research group specializing in the development of a methodology for transcontextual research of living systems. Bateson is best known for her film An Ecology of Mind, which accessibly explicates much of Gregory Bateson's theoretical work while also providing insight into Nora Bateson's own relationship with her father. Bateson's first published work takes the form of a Thai cookbook and cultural exploration titled 4 Paws of Crab, which provides recipes for Thai cooking alongside historical information pertaining to Thai culture as compared to the culture of the United States.
Bateson's theoretical style is chiefly characterized by the conflation of complex systems theory and analysis with an aesthetic component, and the exploration of diverse and disparate topics such as education, communication, and cybernetics. This aspect of Bateson's work is exemplified in An Ecology of Mind, which successfully merges an illustration of Bateson's personal story with an explanation of her father's theoretical publications.
In addition to the production of her film, Bateson is also credited with the innovation of the neologism "symmathesy," and the corresponding theoretical essay bearing the same title. Bateson defines this neologism as "An entity composed by contextual mutual learning through interaction. This process of interaction and mutual learning takes place in living entities at larger or smaller scales of symmathesy."
Bateson's theoretical style is chiefly characterized by the conflation of complex systems theory and analysis with an aesthetic component, and the exploration of diverse and disparate topics such as education, communication, and cybernetics. This aspect of Bateson's work is exemplified in An Ecology of Mind, which successfully merges an illustration of Bateson's personal story with an explanation of her father's theoretical publications.
In addition to the production of her film, Bateson is also credited with the innovation of the neologism "symmathesy," and the corresponding theoretical essay bearing the same title. Bateson defines this neologism as "An entity composed by contextual mutual learning through interaction. This process of interaction and mutual learning takes place in living entities at larger or smaller scales of symmathesy."
Susheel Mehta (born 20 January 1985) is an Independent Film Director based in Solan in India. Born and brought up in Chail, a small hamlet in Himachal Pradesh making A/V commercials for clients in service Industry. A self taught film maker, cinematographer with a keen interest in movie making, writing and singing, he won a state level competition in singing and subsequently produced and anchored few programs for a local city network channel before shifting his focus to direction. He then went on to direct music videos for various independent music artists from the region and co-produced and directed documentaries and corporate promotional video campaigns successfully for various clients.
Susheel, after establishing his production company named Vrihat Entertainments along-with his sister, made his directorial debut in film Machis hai kya?(2014),which created a buzz in Himachal film Industry by catching the attention of film critics and audience alike. The film got shortlisted for screening in various prestigious film festivals across India and won awards for Best direction and best short film - fiction.
Susheel, after establishing his production company named Vrihat Entertainments along-with his sister, made his directorial debut in film Machis hai kya?(2014),which created a buzz in Himachal film Industry by catching the attention of film critics and audience alike. The film got shortlisted for screening in various prestigious film festivals across India and won awards for Best direction and best short film - fiction.
Claudio O. Delang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
He is also a Research Affiliate at the Southeast Asia Research Centre of the City University of Hong Kong, and director of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). He is a human geographer specializing in nature-society relations, especially the use of - and conflicts over - natural resources in East and Southeast Asia, in the context of environmental change, local-global articulations of power and land use policies, and social and economic transformations.
He has carried out ground breaking research on the Genuine Progress Indicator, notably on Hong Kong and Singapore, and showed that while the economy of Singapore (as measured by the GDP) has increased considerably during the last decades, people's welfare (as measured by the Genuine Progress Indicator) has dropped stopped growing since 2005.
He has a PhD in Geography from the National University of Singapore.
Publications
He has published more than 40 articles and book chapters, and six books:
* Delang, C.O. (2016). China’s Air Pollution Problems. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. (2016). China’s Water Pollution Problems. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. and Y.H. Yu (2015) Measuring Welfare beyond Economics: The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. and Z. Yuan (2014) China’s Grain for Green Program: A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World. Heidelberg: Springer
* Delang, C.O., W.M. Li (2012) Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields. Heidelberg: Springer
* Delang, C.O. (Ed.) (2003) Living at the Edge of Thai Society: the Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand. London: Routledge
He is also a Research Affiliate at the Southeast Asia Research Centre of the City University of Hong Kong, and director of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). He is a human geographer specializing in nature-society relations, especially the use of - and conflicts over - natural resources in East and Southeast Asia, in the context of environmental change, local-global articulations of power and land use policies, and social and economic transformations.
He has carried out ground breaking research on the Genuine Progress Indicator, notably on Hong Kong and Singapore, and showed that while the economy of Singapore (as measured by the GDP) has increased considerably during the last decades, people's welfare (as measured by the Genuine Progress Indicator) has dropped stopped growing since 2005.
He has a PhD in Geography from the National University of Singapore.
Publications
He has published more than 40 articles and book chapters, and six books:
* Delang, C.O. (2016). China’s Air Pollution Problems. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. (2016). China’s Water Pollution Problems. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. and Y.H. Yu (2015) Measuring Welfare beyond Economics: The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore. London: Rutledge
* Delang, C.O. and Z. Yuan (2014) China’s Grain for Green Program: A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World. Heidelberg: Springer
* Delang, C.O., W.M. Li (2012) Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields. Heidelberg: Springer
* Delang, C.O. (Ed.) (2003) Living at the Edge of Thai Society: the Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand. London: Routledge