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We all know about famous Spanish artists such as Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro or Salvador Dali, but what about contemporary art? Where are Spanish artists placed in the modern art world? Spanish art has certainly been an important contributor to Western art throughout centuries and has produced many famous and influential artists who have been changing the course of art history. With so many different artistic movements that took place within the peninsula such as Surrealism or Cubism, the history of Spanish art is quite remarkable. If you take a tour around Spanish world-class art institutions such as Reina Sofia, El Prado, or Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, you will come face to face with the country's fascinating cultural heritage and the deep impact their artists made.
Over the last decade, the peninsula also became famous for its growing street art scene. It has grown to be one of the most vibrant in Europe, with a large number of highly talented and extremely prolific urban Spanish artists whose artworks are at pair with those created by the most prominent artists coming from America, France and UK. Developing into a world-leading center for graffiti and street art, Spain gave birth to amazing spray painters, sculptors, stencil artists and muralists who are now decorating urban spaces from Shanghai to Amsterdam.
We have created a selection of famous Spanish artists who are leaving a significant mark inside the fabric of contemporary art. Coming from different backgrounds, employing various techniques and creating a wide array of artworks of many different aesthetics and styles, these Spanish artists have one thing in common: they all deserve your attention as some of the best in the world today.
Featured images: David de la Mano Mural, via urbanite.com; SpY Mural, via lamesclamagazine.com; Isaac Cordal Miniature Sculptures, via streetartfest.com; Angela de la Cruz exhibition, via mikesmithstudio.com
One of the most famous European artists of his generation, Antoni Tapies was a Spanish painter, sculptor and theorist. Experimenting with materials foreign to academic artistic expression, he often employed found objects and natural materials. The famous Spanish artist created a variety of matter paintings, believing that the notion of matter must also be understood from the point of view of Medieval mysticism as magic, mimesis and alchemy.
Featured images: Antoni Tapies, via gettimages.com; Antoni Tàpies - Pintura, 1955, via museoreinasofia.com
Regarded as one of the most important exponents of politically committed realism, Eduardo Arroyo is a self-taught Spanish artist who created paintings that tell stories. He employed simple-to-read references to historic events and composed stereotypical figures, which represent characters from certain social classes. He often included defamiliarized quotations from famous pictures with a touch of irony.
Featured images: Eduardo Arroyo; Eduardo Arroyo - Dichosos Quien Como Ulises, 1977, via reddit.com
The work of Spanish painter Lita Cabellut consists of larger that life-size portraits in a special fresco technique. Her monumental portraits combine a reverence for the Old Masters with an interest in advancing formal processes and modes of expression. Famous for an immensely enjoyable, communicative and recognizable "Cabellut-palette", she is considered a painter with a unique pictorial language. Through her distinctive work, Lita is among the contemporary masters of portrait art.
Featured images: Lita Cabellut, via marcaespana.es; Lita Cabellut - Coral Girls, via pinterest.com
Madrid-based multi-faceted urban creative Okuda San Miguel, who started his career as a graffiti practitioner in the streets of Santander, is widely known for his murals, paintings, sculptures and installations of highly distinctive style, which is often classified as pop surrealism but is deeply rooted in street art and influenced by film, music and different cultures he meets as he travels the world. Composed of both explosively colored and monochrome geometric shapes, which blend with organic forms and gray buildings, Okuda's often provocative and thought-provoking artworks convey strong messages about the meaning of life, religion, war and lack of freedom in the world of capitalism. Okuda has exhibited his canvases and sculptures all across the globe, and left his expressive murals on the walls of cities such as Miami, London, Oslo and Brussels.
Featured image: Okuda Mural, via okudart.es
A painter, sculptor and a printmaker, Manolo Valdes is best known for his association with the artistic group known as Equipo Cronica. Characterized by the unusual materials and crudely applied paint, his works often serve as a political commentary. The famous Spanish artist also incorporates and appropriates traditional motifs and compositions from the history of arts in his signature style consists of pared-down forms and unrefined mark-makings.
Featured image: Manolo Valdes Painting, via pinterest.com
Andrea Michaellson, better known as BTOY, is a renowned female street artist from Barcelona, recognized for her mixed media murals based on photographs of celebrities and extremely detailed stencils. It all started as a way of coping with her mother's death when BTOY found painting as a distraction for her mind and soul. At first, she started combining photographs and painting, and then went on to experiment with a variety of mediums, including stencils, acrylics and spray paint. These improvisational experiments led BTOY to create exceptional stencil artworks which portray female icons, which have gained her a huge following and international acclaim. With each new piece she creates, BTOY manages to amaze the audience and makes divisions between street art and fine art seem rather trivial.
Featured image: BTOY Mural, via ekosystem.org
Sr. X (Señor X) is a muralist from the small Spanish town of Gijon, who is recognized for his seemingly simple style of stencils which appears like vintage advertisements from the 1950's. At first look, Sr. X's pieces seem funny and entertaining but very often carry provocative and politically subversive messages and ironic comments of the world we live in. Sr. X produces highly accessible stencils which are greatly influenced by pop culture and urban myths, his illustrative style easily draws the attention of the audience and reverberates with them, as his messages usually provoke thought and initiate debate.
Featured image: Sr. X Mural, via lifebuzz.com
Anton Unai is an extraordinary, self-taught street artist of unique aesthetics and explosive style. His artistic philosophy is based around the rejection of dogma and strong belief in the spontaneity of the creative process. Often spending days on a piece, Unai utilizes the poetry of chaos as he produces his installations which are created from objects he finds at the location. Through improvisation and violent gestures he gives new life to the waste of urban societies, thus creating rough and provocative work of chaotic compositions, which defies the traditional aesthetic preconceptions and academia. But below all that 'mess' and chaos of subculture artifacts and religious iconography, Anton Unai's multifaceted installations show highly delicate and deeply sentimental artwork of meta-narratives, which reveal the vulnerability of humanity.
Featured image: Anton Unai Installation, via openwallsgallery.com
Symbols, geometric patterns and radiant colors fill the fantastic world found on walls and canvases painted by Zosen Bandido. His complex and beautifully executed colorful paintings carry strong commentaries of the world's events, and captivate audiences around the globe. This Barcelona-based creative from Buenos Aires entered the world of graffiti in the late 1980s by tagging the streets of his hometown. After moving to Barcelona, he dug deeper into street art as he found inspiration by searching for murals across town and attending weekly meetings of the Placa Universitat underground urban art crew. As the graffiti scene exploded in the early 1990s Zosen Bandido completely submerged himself into the underground scene, and as he was growing older, his work became more elaborate and larger in scale.
Featured image: Zosen Mural, via streetartbio.com
Witty minimalistic works of Pejac, often compared to that of Banksy, has gained him huge recognition in the previous years. Using brushes, pencils and acrylics, Pejac produces simple, yet clever artworks he masterfully blends into the architectural elements of the site. From smallest interventions to massive scale murals, Pejac's work of subtractive technique is versatile in both medium and subject matter, and very often socially and politically engaged, conveying profound and meaningful messages. With his inventive streetscapes, Pejac uses common outdoor features and transforms them in subtle and diverse ways to create mind-bending pieces, like a plane crashing through a brick wall and a world map going down the drain. These works only display Pejac's unique talent to tell more with very little, and this will probably grant him the status of one of the most famous contemporary Spanish artists in years to come.
Featured image: Pejac Artwork, via theculturetrip.com
Young Barcelona-based street artist and illustrator, who goes by the name of Aryz, generated a huge buzz in the last couple of years. Shortly after he entered the world of street art, Aryz managed to receive wide recognition for his intricately painted artworks of high detail, which he creates using brushes, rollers and spray paint. His large scale murals can be found on walls of abandoned factories and disused buildings, which is where Aryz prefers to work, since those places offer solitude and peace, a necessity for his creative process. His stunning gigantic murals of awkward emotional mixtures and fantastic atmospheres rightfully establish him as one of the most influential street artists of today.
Featured image: Aryz Mural, via pinterest.com
VinZ is an extremely gifted creative from Valencia, who creates extraordinary pieces which lie somewhere between classic graffiti and illustration. VinZ utilizes excellent drawing techniques to create strange, and often provocative artworks of nude avian hybrid creatures that can be found in public spaces across Europe. Seemingly playful and entertaining, VinZ's work is profound and quite serious. These captivating images have a certain magnetizing effect which draws the viewers into an awkward world of complex narrative. His artistic VinZ Feel Free project is a multilayered philosophical view of the social and political environment, carrying strong commentary of the world ruled by banksters, governments and repressive apparatus of the state. The images he uses are created from his own photographs of protests and police violence in Spain.
Featured images: VinZ Mural, via globalstreetart.com
SpY is a Spanish urban creative whose work involves the appropriation of urban elements through transformation or replication. His practice comments on urban reality and the interference in its communicative codes. Often described as Spanish Banksy, his interventions take the form of a word play with the high impact capacity, and are always carefully archived through photography. Even though his practice evolved into brave contemporary conceptual art, he never gave up his roots – graffiti.
Featured images: SpY- Pyramid, Vitoria, Spain 2013, via spy-urbanart.com
The Spanish muralist Sebas Velasco is famous for his enviable technique imbued with naturalism. Using walls and tables as his canvas, he mostly employs oil, acrylic, spray and pencils. His work includes a wide variety of themes and techniques, which range from contemporary figurative painting to illustration. Even though he finds the most of his inspiration on the street, his authentic repertoire of pictorial poetry can also be seen in galleries all around the world.
Featured image: Sebas Velasco Mural, Kiev, Ukraine 2016, via graffitistreet.com
One of the most prominent Spanish urban artist, illustrator and graphic designer Antonio Segura Donat, better known by his artistic name Dulk, creates unique and mesmerizing artworks inspired by his dreams and everyday experiences. Dulk's bizarre and affectionate paintings blur the lines between reality and fiction and are clearly influenced by both classic paintings of Italian and Flemish masters and pop surrealism, while showing his strong experience in graphic design. His murals and illustrations of bold colors and wonderful narrative are usually depicting highly detailed and wildly imaginative animal characters with quirky expressions. They are dark and yet lighthearted at the same time, and show us the strange and fantastical world of Dulk's imagination populated by twisted hybrid creatures.
Featured image: Dulk Mural, via dulk.es
Isaac Cordal is famous for his minuscule sculptures placed in public places. Usually tucked away in drainpipes, cracks and other unusual places, these tiny, cement figures emphasize all the loneliness and isolation of the modern age. Reflecting themes such as politics, bureaucracy, human misery, climate change, and power, these figures are reduced in size and thoughtfully placed to expand the imagination of passers-by.
Featured image: Isaac Cordal - Follow the Leaders, via cementeclipses.com
Mainly focused on mural paintings, Spanish creative David de la Mano is experimenting with a lot of different techniques such as acrylics, pens, watercolors, ink, and collage. He has developed a unique minimalist style characterized by the monochromatic use of black and a portrayal of anthropomorphic figures that reflect the human condition and mankind.
Featured image: David de la Mano in Salamanca Spain, via urbanitewebzine.com
Merging mural art, graffiti, oil and acrylic paint, Axel Void creates pieces that are often shocking, unpleasant, and dark. He is strongly influenced by classical painting and drawing. His works are dominated by unpleasant, psychological and social issues combined with ironic statements. He is part of a generation of young painters who derive their dynamics from graffiti culture and urban art.
Featured image: Axel Void Mural, via pinterest.com
Work of Gonzalo Borondo, the London-based muralist from Segovia, is largely based on classic painting techniques, and utilizes unrestrained, expressive brushstrokes and dripping paint. His contemplative portraits of raw, expressive style may seem unfinished, yet feel strong and mystical. These ghostly figures beautifully merge with their environments without overbearing presence. Apart from using paint and brush, Borondo is also widely known for his glass scratch-painting technique, very often found on windows of closed-down shops. These pieces play with different perspectives and light and shadow effects in a way that what is seen as a face on the window turns to a skull painted by its shadow.
Featured image: Borondo Mural, via theculturetrip.com
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Job DescriptionGerman Customer Service Representative wanted here in Dundalk, Ireland with a big player in the promotional goods sector. This is a Monday-Friday position (no weekend shifts) as you will be dealing with the B2B sector.
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ITHACA, NY — The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College has announced that its third annual Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media will be shared by esteemed journalist/author Robert Scheer and New York City's unique, in-depth reporting outlet "City Limits."
The award ceremony — featuring Scheer and "City Limits" editor Jarrett Murphy — is scheduled for the evening of April 11 at the college, with details to be announced soon.
The Izzy Award is named after dissident journalist I.F. "Izzy" Stone, who launched his muckraking newsletter "I.F. Stone's Weekly" in 1953 during the height of the McCarthy witch hunts. Stone, who died in 1989, exposed government deceit and corruption while championing civil liberties, racial justice and international diplomacy.
A longtime path-breaking journalist for both mainstream and independent outlets, Robert Scheer is now editor in chief of "Truthdig," a news site he cofounded for "drilling beneath the headlines." In reviewing his work in 2010, the Izzy Award judges described him as "a beacon of journalistic independence who exposes both major parties on issues foreign and domestic, while giving voice to the disenfranchised."
Besides his deeply-reported "Truthdig" columns, which are widely distributed by independent outlets, Scheer recently published his sixth book, "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street." A top editor of "Ramparts" magazine in the 1960s, he was a national correspondent for the "Los Angeles Times" from 1976 to 1993. He is a regular analyst on public radio's "Left, Right and Center."
"City Limits" is an independent investigative magazine and news site covering New York City. It focuses on communities neglected by mainstream media, including low-income New Yorkers, immigrants and communities of color. In 2010 the outlet explored issues ranging from charter schools to "the deepening economic crisis of New York's black men" to "the death and life of the neighborhood store." The Izzy Award judges called its output — produced by two fulltime editors with regular freelance contributors — "a model of in-depth urban journalism that examines systemic problems, challenges assumptions and points toward solutions."
Published by the nonprofit Community Service Society of New York, "City Limits" is a member of the Investigative News Network. The magazine comes out six times a year and dedicates each edition to comprehensive reporting on a single topic. Its companion website, CityLimits.org, provides in-depth reporting, jobs, resources and multimedia.
Based in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, the Park Center for Independent Media was launched in 2008 as a national center for the study of media outlets that create and distribute content outside traditional corporate systems.
Judges of the Izzy Award are PCIM director Jeff Cohen; University of Illinois communications professor and author Robert W. McChesney; and Linda Jue, director and executive editor of the San Francisco-based G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism.
"Robert Scheer and 'City Limits' both embody the spirit of Izzy Stone," said Cohen. "They ask tough questions, do in-depth reporting and give voice to the voiceless. At age 74, Scheer is as cutting edge a journalist as ever."
"This year's winners were chosen from an exceptionally competitive pool of entries that demonstrated the tenacity, intelligence and unwillingness to settle for convenient answers that are the hallmarks of stories produced by independent outlets," said Jue. "The judges salute all the nominees for the caliber of their work on topics from Wall Street to the environment to civil rights to U.S. foreign policy."
The previous winners of the Izzy Award are investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, blogger Glenn Greenwald and "Democracy Now!" host/executive producer Amy Goodman.
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Horn Dogs: watch out, the Budos Band's trumpets might bite you
The snarling interlocked horns of The Budos Band are unbelievably nasty, dizzyingly wonderful, and sometimes totally disruptive, in that it's hard to figure out this group until you properly decode them. After starting as a younger, wilder version Staten Island analogue to Antibalas, they linked up in the mid-2000s with the leading Luddites at retro soul and funk label Daptone Records and promptly started filling old-school analog tape tracks with megaton melodies that launched them away from their Afrobeat roots. Baritone sax player Jared Tankel got to watch everything from the inside.
The Hook: Your horn arrangements in particular seem really aggressive, and I know you attribute a lot of that to Black Sabbath. What other metal bands are good for inspiring horn charts?
Jared Tankel: There's Iron Maiden, Slayer to a certain extent, older Metallica. We all went and saw a Pentagram show somewhere recently– old doom metal guys.
The Hook: Would it be overly simplistic to say that it's a matter of mapping guitar riffs in the metal bands to horn riffs in your band?
Jared Tankel: I think our guitar and bass arrangements have become more and more riff-oriented as well. And certainly the [horn] lines themselves are more funk or soul influenced, but they're also more riff-oriented than they used to be.
The Hook: Are people ever surprised to find white guys in the band?
Jared Tankel: Maybe initially, but if our sound is developing in such a way that it's not as easy to point to it as being straight-up African music, then it makes it a little less surprising, you know? When people ask, "What kind of music is it," our best guess at this point is "modern American instrumental music," which doesn't really say anything. Or "Afro-rock."
The Hook: Those terms seem almost opposite, in that one starts with "American" and the other with "Afro."
Jared Tankel: There's a lot of baggage with that. We've gotten a lot of questions about being white nostalgists for African music that we don't really know. I don't know if there's a right answer other than to bring it back to the "American" outlook. American music is composed of all this other stuff, right?
The Hook: Vampire Weekend has also been tremendously successful at presenting African influences to mainstream rock audiences. What do you think that means for your band?
Jared Tankel: There seems to be a lot more pronounced [African] influence in rock bands these days. And I'm not totally surprised by it, I think it's cool and I think it's interesting for indie rock to be incorporating more of those elements.
The Hook: Do you ever worry about it becoming a fad, like what happened with ska in the late 90's?
Jared Tankel: There's a concern that it becomes too derivative and watered down. But at the same time, if I were to say that I was worried about African music becoming watered down by rock acts, I'm almost being a hypocrite.
The Budos Band performs at The Southern on Saturday 2/19. Tickets cost $12 in advance or $15 at the door, and the show starts at 8pm.
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"Chasing Ghosts" Episode 20 Season 10
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"BERKELEY WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL," -- June 5. Event features free continuous performances by some of the finest world music artists. Venues include performances in various Telegraph Ave. cafes and shops, near UC campus and a featured concert in People's Park, 1-6 p.m., sponsored by Amoeba Music. -more-


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The Allen Telescope Array: Science Operations
Intellectual Merit The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a pioneering centimeter-wavelength radio telescope that will produce science that cannot be done with any other instrument. The ATA is the first radio telescope designed for commensal observing; it will simultaneously undertake the most comprehensive and sensitive SETI surveys ever done as well as the deepest and largest area continuum and spectroscopic surveys. The science of the ATA is enabled by a wide range of innovative technical developments. The astronomy decadal panel, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium, endorsed SETI and recognized the ATA (then, the 1 Hectare Telescope) as an important stepping-stone o the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), its highest ranked "moderate project" in radio astronomy.
Located in Hat Creek, CA, formerly the site of the BIMA Array, the array currently consists of 42 6.1-m diameter antennas with continuous frequency response from 0.5 to 11.2 GHz. Science operations commenced in mid-2007. Highlights include large-scale continuum mosaics, a high-quality single-pointing image of the entire Andromeda galaxy in HI, and a 500-hour search for fast radio transients. A call for external proposals netted 24 proposals requesting 1200 hours of observing time in a wide range of fields. The wide field of view of the ATA enables a survey capability that is comparable to large single dish telescopes and within a factor of a few of the current Very Large Array (VLA). The compact configuration of the ATA and the high density of antennas provides unprecedented snapshot imaging quality as well as a resolution that is intermediate between the most compact VLA configuration and that of the Iargest single dishes. The frequency range of the ATA permits sensitive observations at frequencies rarely studied. Finally, the use of two separate correlators at two independently-tunable frequencies and the simultaneous ability to synthesize multiple independently-located phased array beams at four independently-tunable frequencies gives the ATA the capability to conduct a wide range of science at once.
Even with 42 elements, the ATA is a powerful radio survey telescope. Science goals include a 5 GHz continuum survey to match the 7.4-GHzN RAO VLA Sky Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey within the first year of operation, and a survey of extragalactic hydrogen in the nearby universe to investigate galaxy evolution and intergalactic gas accretion. Transient and variable source surveys, pulsar science, spectroscopy of new molecular species in the galaxy, large-scale mapping of galactic magnetic filaments, and wide.field imaging of comets and other solar system objects are among the other key science objectives of the ATA. SETI surveys will target the inner Galactic plane for very luminous transmitters and hundreds of nearby stars, in some cases with sensitivities to terrestrial level signals. Broader Impact The Large-N, small-diameter (LNSD) concept that underlies the ATA design is the basis for the US and international designs for the SKA. Much of the technical development related to the ATA is important for the SKA and a range of new radio facilities employing the LNSD concept. Operation of the ATA will demonstrate the value of these in the best possible way - through science goals that cannot be otherwise achieved. The ATA has been and will continue to be the training ground for the next generation of centimeter-wave astronomers and instrumentalists. Eighteen graduate and undergraduate students have already been involved with the hardware and firmware design of the ATA. Additional students and postdocs have been involved in commissioning, calibration and observing. SETI science has a public appeal and a potential reward that go far beyond that of other fields of astronomy.
The ATA and its SETI program will continue to draw worldwide attention to radio astronomy. The appeal of SETI has already drawn the private investment into the ATA that has enabled its development and construction, creating a new model for public and private collaboration in radio astronomy.


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Laura Ingraham Replaced By Fox's Younger Tantaros
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Another year is drawing to a close and I am amazed at how quickly it has gone by. It is time once again to take a look back and remember those who have passed. This year, it seems a lot of talented people left us...
January ~
The first month of the year brought the loss of two well-known women, one who helped the country raise its morale, and the other who advised us how to keep our morals.
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Phillips offered advice for over forty-six years in syndicated columns throughout the country. She retired in 2002, after the onset of Alzheimer's disease, and her daughter Jeanne took over the writing.
Pauline Phillips died January 16, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was 94 years old. There is no mention of where she is buried.
Another notable January loss was Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters.
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The three were known for their close harmonies during the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Maxene sang soprano, Patty sang mezzo-soprano and was the lead vocalist of the group, and LaVerne sang contralto. Their first record, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (To Me, You Are Beautiful,) was played nationally on the radio in 1937. After that, the group became an overnight sensation and spent WW II traveling the world, performing for the troops. They were named the "Sweethearts of the Armed Forces Radio Service."
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In the month of February we lost two well-known political figures, a New York mayor, and a U.S. surgeon general.
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In 2004, Koch and Colin Powell headed up the U.S. delegation for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – a conference on anti-Semitism held in Berlin.
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|C. Everett Koop
Koop served under Presidents Reagan and Bush, from 1982 to 1989. During his tenure as U.S. Surgeon General he dealt with several volatile issues.
Although an opponent of abortion, Koop did not give in to the Regan administration's pressure for a report that said abortion was psychologically harmful to a woman. Instead, despite his personal views, Koop declared, in what came to be known as the "Koop Report", that abortion was not a public health issue, but rather a moral one.
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In the 1990s, he became an advisor to President Bill Clinton's health care reform task force.
C Everett Koop died February 25, from kidney failure at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was 95. Koop was cremated and his ashes given to the family.
You wouldn't think a sitcom about a single mom raising two girls in Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1970s would have much of an effect on the country – but it did.
|Bonnie Franklin
|One Day at a Time
During the 80s and 90's, Franklin performed in playhouses across the country. With the turn of the century she began taking part in staged readings and appeared in several theatre benefit performances.
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Another performer to die in March was English drummer, Clive Burr.
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Burr was diagnosed with MS and had to use a wheel chair before his death. Clive Burr died on March 12, just four days after his 56th birthday from complications related to MS. Burr was cremated and the location of his ashes is not known.
April is the cruelest month and this year two foremost souls departed within her care.
Roger Ebert, film critic, journalist, and television host died on April 4th. Ebert and fellow journalist Gene Siskel began a show in 1975 where they reviewed movies. The program was called Coming to a Theatre Near You. In 1978, PBS picked it up and the men were headed toward film critic stardom.
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But the show must go on – and so it did. Ebert selected Richard Roper as Siskel's replacement and At the Movies continued to keep fans informed and entertained.
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In 2002 Ebert was operated on for thyroid cancer. By 2006 the cancer had spread and part of Ebert's jaw had to be removed. Due to complications from the surgery, Ebert lost his voice and was unable to eat or drink. He refused to give up, and through his struggles, helped draw attention to the use of computer-generated voice.
After more than a decade of battling cancer, Roger Ebert died on April 4th in Chicago, Illinois. He was 70 years old. Roger Ebert is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
|A Young Margaret Thatcher
|Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first female prime minister and served three consecutive terms in office. Thatcher began her career in politics in 1959 when she was elected Member of the Parliament. In 1970, she was appointed as Secretary of State for Education and Science. In 1975, Thatcher defeated the Conservative Party candidate to become Leader of the Opposition, and the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom.
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|Margaret Thatcher
On April 8, Margaret Thatcher died from a stroke in London. She was 87 years old. Thatcher was cremated and her ashes were buried at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, along side her husband Denis, who died in 2003.
Spring brought us losses in both sports and acting ...
David McMillan was a professional football player. He was a
defensive end for the Cleveland Browns from 2005 to 2007. He played in 28 games
where he recorded 8 tackles and recovered a fumble for Cleveland. McMillan was
signed by the Toronto Argonauts in 2009, but was cut at the end of training
|David McMillan
|David McMillan
A talented actress for over 60 years, she was best remembered as Archie Bunker's endearing "dingbat" wife. Jean Stapleton worked as an actor on the stage and in films and television from 1941 to 2001. But it was her role as Edith Bunker in the television sitcom, All in the Family that made her a household name.
|Jean Stapleton & Carroll O'Connor
|Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton died on May 31st in New York City of natural causes. She was 90 years old. On June 5, 2013 the lights on Broadway were dimmed for one minute in honor of her memory.
With the onset of summer, we think of fun in the sun, sandy beaches, and swimming, a favorite pursuit of one who died this month...
began as competitive swimming ended up making her a star. Throughout her life, Ester Williams was a swimmer first, then a model, actress, and businesswoman
later in life.
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She was "discovered" in a newspaper story and photo about the 1940 Olympic team's cancelled plans to attend the games in Tokyo. Billy Rose thought she had the perfect All-American Girl good looks wrapped up in an athletic body. The nation agreed and Ester Williams was soon promoted to the star of the movie Bathing Beauties, while seasoned actor Red Skelton was demoted to supporting lead.
|The Million Dollar Mermaid
During the 50's, she appeared in several films including Pagan Love Song, Dangerous When Wet, Easy to Love and Million Dollar Mermaid.
|Pin-Up Girl
In 1966, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. And she was a commentator for synchronized swimming during the 1984 Summer Olympics.
|Ester Williams
|Jiroemon Kimura
Kimura was born Kinjiro Miyake on April 19, 1897 in the Japanese village of Kamiukawa. He married a neighbor girl in the 1920s and took her last name because her family had no male heirs.
|Eating Light
Jiroemon Kimura died of natural causes on June 12th in a hospital in Japan. His age was 116 year and 54 days.
"Live long and prosper," and we'll conclude the year with a look at those who passed from July through December next week.
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GUANGZHOU, China, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Chinese police broke up scuffles outside the gates of a prominent newspaper in southern Guangzhou on Tuesday, as Communist Party authorities showed signs of a taking a harder line against journalists defying official censorship.
Crowds of people congregated for a second day outside the liberal Southern Weekly that has become embroiled in a highly symbolic open revolt against press control in Guangdong, China's most prosperous and liberal province, but many journalists were reluctant to call it a full-blown strike.
Guangdong was the birthplace of reforms, begun three decades ago, that propelled China to become the world's second-largest economy. How the party responds to the paper's battle against meddling by propaganda authorities stands to be a key indicator of new party leader Xi Jinping's reformist inclinations.
The scuffles broke out after supporters of the paper, published on Thursdays, jeered and skirmished with a small band of leftists holding posters of Chairman Mao Zedong and signs denouncing the Southern Weekly as "a traitor newspaper" for defying the party.
"These people (leftists) are paid agitators of the government, twisting the truth with propaganda. We had to do something about it," said pro-press freedom protester Cheng Qiubo.
Dozens of police officers had to intervene, though the protests were allowed to continue. Two technicians with a ladder tried to rig a surveillance camera to the branch of a tree outside the newspaper gates, but were swiftly surrounded and shouted down by angry crowds and forced to retreat.
The standoff at the Southern Weekly, long seen as a beacon of independent and in-depth reporting in China's stilted, highly controlled media landscape, escalated into a national social media issue and has triggered demands for the new leadership to enshrine media freedom.
The drama began late last week when reporters at the weekly accused censors of replacing an original New Year letter to readers that called for a constitutional government with another piece lauding the party's achievements.
Several protesters were called into local police stations to be questioned, according to a female known by her blogger name Ran Xiang JieJie, who said this was intended as subtle "intimidation" to deter further activism.
A purported directive issued by Beijing's Central Propaganda Department has been widely circulated in media circles and suggests authorities may be tightening their grip.
While the directive couldn't be independently verified by Reuters, a journalist at the paper and the China Digital Times displayed what he said were copies in which authorities reaffirmed the party's right to censorship, while backing Guangzhou propaganda chief Tuo Zhen, whom many have been calling on to quit.
"This situation could be going in a bad direction for us," said a source in close touch with Southern Weekly staff.
A controversial editorial by the state-run Global Times that was published by several Guangdong media outlets, but not any Southern Media Group publications, blamed foreign forces and activists such as Chen Guangcheng for inciting the protests, and said China wasn't ready for dramatic media reform.
Many reporters at the newspaper were reluctant to discuss their next move.
"It's not a convenient time for me to speak," said Wu Wei, the paper's social media editor. Other reporters at the paper said they would continue to fight for editorial freedom.
While some editorial staff at the Southern Weekly were widely reported to have refused to work since Sunday, some sources in the parent Southern Media Group say the paper may still be published on Thursday, with editors from sister publications possibly brought in to shepherd the paper into newsstands should staffers refuse to work. (Additional reporting by Sui-Lee Wee in Beijing; Editing by Nick Macfie)


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Goffine's Devout Instructions – Feast of Saint Catherine, Virgin and Martyr
Saint Catharine, a noble lady of Alexandria, had from her childhood made such extraordinary proficiency in the knowledge of Christianity, and in other departments of learning, that at the age of eighteen she put to confusion the wisdom of the pagan philosophers. The occasion of her doing so arose from the persecution of the Emperor Maxentius. For, having heard that the young and beautiful Catharine had defended, in the most profound manner, the divine character of Christianity, he called together the most learned philosophers, and promised them a considerable reward if they would refute Catharine and bring her back to paganism. But the very contrary of this happened, for she demonstrated the divine origin of Christianity with such unanswerable wisdom that these philosophers received the faith, and gave their lives for it. The emperor, irritated thereby, sought to prevail upon her to abandon her faith by promising to marry her, and, when this means proved ineffectual, by imprisoning her eleven days, by blows, by hunger and thirst. But the consequence of this was his wife and one of his generals, Porphyry, who visited Catharine in prison, were likewise converted to Christianity, and prepared for the martyrdom which they endured. At this the tyrant fell into a great rage, and gave orders to have the body of Saint Catharine cut in pieces by a wheel set around with sharp knives and iron spikes. But upon the holy martyr making the sign of the cross over this frightful instrument of torture it burst into pieces – a miracle by which many of the beholders were converted to the faith. Finally, the youthful heroine obtained, by being beheaded, the double crown of virginity and martyrdom.
O God, Who didst give the law to Moses on the summit of Mount Sinai, and didst wonderfully deposit in the same place the body of the blessed virgin and martyr Catharine by means of Thy holy angels, grant, we beseech Thee, that by her merits and intercession we may come to the mountain, which is Christ, Who liveth, and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever, Amen.
Epistle: Ecclesiasticus 2:1-8, 12
I will give glory to Thee, O Lord, my King, and I will praIse Thee, O God my SavIour. I will give glory to Thy name, for Thou hast been a helper and protector to me, and hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by Thou hast been my helper. And Thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of Thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour. Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about, from the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt; from the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words; from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue. My soul shall praise the Lord even to death, for Thou deliverest them that wait for Thee, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13
At that time Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. And five of them were foolish, and five wise; but the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps. And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out. The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. But He answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
After having in the preceding chapter of this gospel spoken of the Last Judgment, and warned us to watch, because this judgment would break upon us unexpectedly, Our Lord enforces what He then said by this parable of a wedding to which the bridegroom came when he was not looked for, and to which he took with him those who were ready, but excluded those who were not.
The marriage is the everlasting possession and enjoyment of God; the bridegroom is Jesus Christ; the bride is His Church upon earth; the marriage-feast is the union of Christ with His bride in heaven, which represents the marriage-hall; the ten virgins are all the faithful, inasmuch as all are invited to the marriage of the Lamb and of the Bride, and to the everlasting feast which accompanies this union; the wise virgins are they who by their pureness from all sin, and by their good works, keep themselves always ready for the coming of the Lord; the foolish virgins are they who, contented with the name of Christians, think but little on God and eternity, and perform no good works. According to the interpretation of the holy fathers, by the lamps we are to understand faith; by the oil, charity; good works, mercy; by the vessels, the hearts and consciences of men. The asking for oil is to show that they who content themselves with a dead faith in order to escape the trouble of works of charity and mercy will on the day of judgment beg for a share in the merits of the just, but without being heard. For the virtues of the just will not make good the deficiencies of the wicked. How will you feel when you then discover what you lack?
O Jesus Christ, teacher of eternal life, we thank Thee for having taught us how to keep ourselves prepared for Thy coming by a prudent, watchful life. But since we are unable to do this of our own strength, grant us Thy grace, that the fire of Thy divine love may burn in our hearts, in order that we may constantly do what is good, and with Thee enter into everlasting joys. Ah, grant that at the Last Judgment we may not hear that terrible sentence, "I know you not"; but that joyful summons, "Come, ye blessed of My Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world." Grant us this, O Jesus, our God and Saviour, Who hast redeemed us by Thy precious blood, to Whom is due honor, praise, thanksgiving, and glory, forever and ever. Amen.


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With the new season of "American Idol" set to debut this month, host Ryan Seacrest can focus on his hosting duties and rest easy because he finally sold his gated Hollywood Hills West estate for $11 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. Seacrest had been looking for a buyer for this lavish estate since 2010 when he first listed the property for $14.95 million.
Seacrest, who is also credited with producing "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Food Revolution", scooped up the the spread back in 2006 for $11.5 million from filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner. The A-list celeb owners of this property don't stop there. The Mediterranean-style home was also once owned by Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss.
The estate, which Costner, Dreyfuss and then Seacrest have all called home, features 10,000 square feet, a gym, wine cellar, screening room, six bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. There's also a tennis court and swimming pool on the property.


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This week in Intro to Computational Media @ ITP, we learned how to add text into a Processing sketch. I used my Sakura (cherry blossom) sketch from week 3 as a departure point and added the Japanese characters for sakura さくら into the new version of the sketch (above). I wanted to create a kind of "digital calligraphy" that explored the relationship between words and abstract shapes and set everything in motion. I also made an autumn leaves (koyo) sketch with the Japanese characters for koyo 紅葉 and an autumn color story. To make things more visually appealing, I increased the size of the triangles and added some transparency to the background to create a more stylized sense of the passage of time in the animation and to create an illusion of three-dimensional depth.
There was a slight problem in getting the sketches to execute correctly though. Although Processing is able to deal with Unicode-8 character sets, I was unable to get the Japanese characters to display correctly in the calligraphy font that I wanted. The Japanese characters were showing, but in a default san-serif font and not the font that I created and specified in Processing. I realized that I had to import the full character set and not just the default characters that Processing turns into bitmaps when you create a font. However, when I checked "all characters" in the Create Font menu and clicked on "Create", my computer froze up, probably because Japanese fonts have literally thousands of different characters, unlike the 26 letters and handful of punctuation marks we have in English. Since I was only using 3 different characters in the Sakura sketch and 2 different characters in the Koyo sketch, I thought I that I might try creating SVG files in Adobe Illustrator for each character and then importing the Candy SVG library into my Processing sketches, which would then allow me to import the Japanese characters as vectors instead of bitmapped fonts. Also, I only had to load the characters that I needed, and not the entire character set of the font. As you can see from the screenshots, this approach worked! I got the Japanese chracters to display in the calligraphy font instead of the default Processing font which didn't work in the context of the sketches.
Click on the screenshots above and below to play with the sketches. Drag the mouse around the frame and hold down any key on the keyboard to scatter cherry blossoms petals/autumn leaves.


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Getting kids ready to head off to school in the morning can be tough. Between making sure that teenager actually gets out of bed and helping a grade-schooler pick an outfit to wear, taking time to prepare a sack lunch for children to eat at school is the last thing on parents' minds.
Getting kids ready to head off to school in the morning can be tough. Between making sure that teenager actually gets out of bed and helping a grade-schooler pick an outfit to wear, taking time to prepare a sack lunch for children to eat at school is the last thing on parents' minds.
Many people just grab a pre-packaged lunch kit, some single-serving chips and juice and a few cookies and toss the whole lot into a brown paper bag.
But when you do that, what are you really putting into your childrens' mouths?
"The convenience foods ... they may be convenient for the parent, but they're sure not convenient for the health of the child," said Chris Willis, clinical dietician at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.
The Lunchables product line from Oscar Mayer, which includes make-your-own-pizza, hot dog and chicken chunk varieties, has been a popular lunchbox staple for several years. In 1997, nutritionists launched a campaign against the on-the-go eatables, saying they contained nearly three-quarters of a child's recommended daily allowance of salt. The products also were added to the Sensible Solution's line in late 2005 in an effort make them healthier.
A traditional turkey and cheese Lunchable with Capri Sun Splash Cooler drink clocks in at a whopping 690 calories, 200 of those from fat. Alone, the Lunchables has 340 calories and 180 fat calories.
With its six crackers, six slices of roast white turkey with "smoke flavor added" and six slices of "pasteurized prepared cheddar cheese product," according to Kraft Foods' Website, Lunchables gives kids 1,390 milligrams of sodium, 58 percent of the recommended daily value, and 106 grams of carbohydrates, 62 grams of which come from sugars.
In addition, 23 grams of fat are ingested, 35 percent of the daily value. Eight of those grams are saturated fat, which makes up 40 percent of a child's recommendations for one day.
"That'd be almost six teaspoons of fat (children are) eating" in one Lunchables product, Willis explained.
Add to that a single-serving package of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies and a one-ounce bag of Cheetos to provide a filling lunch, and you're giving your children 1,040 calories, 370 of which come from fat. That's more than half of a 2,000-calorie diet in one meal.
But, short of preparing a gourmet, wheat-germ-and-granola lunch in vacuum-sealed bags every day, what can a parent do to balance convenience with nutrition?
"It becomes habit," Willis said, citing portion control and good habits reinforced at home as the best ways to help children learn to live a healthy lifestyle.
Instead of just pulling a pre-packaged Lunchables out of the refrigerator in the morning, for example, send your child to school with five Reduced Fat Ritz crackers and two slices of Oscar Mayer oven roasted turkey breast. He or she still gets to "build" a lunch and have the same flavors a Lunchables provides, but saves 220 calories and 165 fat calories. Add a stick of Kraft String-Ums reduced fat mozzarella string cheese for the calcium and cheesy flavor, and the food swap totals a mere 190 calories and 6 grams of fat.
Pop 10 baby carrots in a plastic baggie, pour two tablespoons of Kraft Light Done Right! Ranch dressing into a small container and toss in a box of apple Juicy Juice and a cup of Jell-O sugar free strawberry gelatin, and your child has a lunch that is sure to chase away that mid-afternoon energy slump.
But calories and fat grams are not the only things to consider when packing a lunch. Sodium, for example, is easily overlooked in many diets, with many children ingesting well over the recommended daily allowance of 2,400 milligrams in processed foods. In total, the pre-packaged lunch packs in 1,820 milligrams; the swap lunch, however, still clocks in at 1,486 milligrams, a savings of less than 400 milligrams. But, removing the Ranch dressing will save 303 milligrams, and opting for sliced turkey from the deli section instead of preservative-packed lunchmeat will also shave off some of the salt.
To help save time in the hectic hours before school, Willis suggests pre-portioning all the ingredients and keeping them in the refrigerator, ready to put into a bag the next morning. If you're making your child a sandwich, she added, plan on making that fresh in the morning, but package everything else the previous night.
"People always underestimate the number of calories they're taking in," she said. "You hope that ... there are parents out there that do incorporate healthy food choices in their home ... at least 99 percent of the time, (children are) eating healthy."
Traditional pre-packaged lunch
Turkey and cheese Lunchables, Capri Sun Splash Cooler drink, single-serving Chips Ahoy cookies, one-ounce package Cheetos
Calories: 1,040
Calories from fat: 370
Fat: 42 g
Saturated fat: 12.5 g
Cholesterol: less than 50 mg
Sodium: 1,820 mg
Carbohydrates: 148 g
Fiber: less than 3 g
Sugar: 76 g
Protein: 21 g
Swap lunch
Two slices Oscar Mayer oven roasted turkey breast, five Reduced Fat Ritz crackers, Jell-O sugar free strawberry cup, apple Juicy Juice box, 10 baby carrots, two tablespoons Kraft Light Done Right! Ranch dressing, Kraft String-Ums reduced fat mozzarella string cheese.
Calories: 372
Calories from fat: 117
Fat: 12.9 g
Saturated fat: 3.1 g
Cholesterol: 43 mg
Sodium: 1,486 mg
Carbohydrates: 38.3 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 21.1 g
Protein: 23 g
Recommended daily values
Based on a 2,000-calorie diet
Fat: less than 65 g
Saturated fat: less than 20 g
Cholesterol: less than 300 mg
Sodium: less than 2,400 mg
Carbohydrates: 300 g
Fiber: 25 g
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A judge on Tuesday dismissed civil cases against two girls accused of being involved in a bullying case that left a third girl charged with aggravated battery and banned from Duval County schools.
Investigators said one of the girls video recorded a fight between 14-year-olds Paris Cannon (pictured, below) and Aria Jewett (seen above) at Oceanway Middle School, and the other girl lured Jewett off campus to the scene of the fight. Jewett was left with a skull fracture and unconscious after the fight.
Now that the civil cases have been dismissed, the two girls can return to school and be around Jewett if they want.
"I've got a very scared kid who doesn't want to go back to school tomorrow," said John Phillips, Jewett's attorney.
Injunctions filed were to keep the girls 500 feet away from Jewett, keep them out of the school and away from each other's homes, but Judge Henry Davis dismissed the injunctions. Both girls still have criminal cases pending.
The judge made the ruling based on the statue for "repeat violence," which the defense says requires two acts of violence.
Phillips still argues the statute only requires one act of violence, and he's "confused" because he made the same argument in the Cannon case and got a much different result from the same judge, who banned Cannon (pictured, below) from all Duval County schools.
Both Cannon's attorney and Phillips agree the judge is making inconsistent rulings.
Meanwhile, Duval County Superintendent on Tuesday spoke of the judge's previous ruling to ban Cannon from all county schools. He said he thinks the judge sees a lot of juvenile criminals in his court and probably acted out of frustration. He said banning a student from all schools in the district, from getting a free and public education, he believes is unconstitutional.
"Not only is that unconstitutional, but long-term, are we really building children who have to function in our society?" Vitti said. "Will they function in our society better if they're not provided an education?"
Vitti said he wants to make it clear the fight did not take place on campus but happened outside of school and not during school hours. He said the bully was given a 10-day out-of-school suspension. Phillips is asking for more.
"What I would like to see addressed is Dr. Vitti do an expulsion, let the School Board do what it's supposed to do rather than us run in and out of the steps of justice and deal with newspaper articles over whether or not a judge was right or wrong, you know," Phillips said. "That's not the way to put pressure on the judicial process. It's do what's right and get kids who beat kids up out of school."
Vitti agrees that she should have been arrested and probably would not have had her return to the same school as the victim, but he said he does not think she should be banned from all Duval County schools. He said she doesn't have a criminal background, and even juveniles who do are still allowed to return to county schools.
Vitti also talked about steps he and administrators are taking to combat bullying problems in schools, including and a proposal that would put a dean of discipline in every middle and high school in the county, having full-time teachers in every in-school suspension setting, as well as increasing the guidance counselor-to-student ratio and number of security guards on campus.


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After 8 years of working hand-in-hand with the community we love, the deviantART T-Shirts & Gear Shop is officially closed. We want to thank everyone who has been a part of this artistic journey. DeviantART T-Shirts & Gear has been a labor of love for us and it truly would not have been possible without the passionate support of deviants from far and wide.
From the very first design to the very last, we have so many great memories. We will never forget receiving our very first Action Shots of deviants from around the globe proudly wearing their deviantART Gear. Some of you sent photos squeezing your new Emoticon Stress Ball while others declared it was time to Quit Work Be a Ninja, or Panda, Robot, or even Wizard. No one can forget when we turned the cameras on ourselves and gave you access Behind The Scenes or when we came together on Earth Day to raise money for charity. Some of our favorite memories were when you took over designing in our deviantART Gear Design Challenges. From deviantART Logo T-Shirts, to Cute Monsters and even 8-Bit Graphics, we were continually amazed at the great talent residing in the community.
It's fitting that as we look towards the future, we do so with a mention of Design Challenges. As we transition to our next project, we do so with an eye towards giving you, the greatest artist community on the planet, the tools necessary to take your designs and have them visually represented on apparel for you and millions of others to enjoy right here on deviantART.
Until that time comes, we want to again thank you for your support, and remind you that your work and the art of others is still available in our Prints Shop. And, be sure to let us know your favorite deviantART Gear memories! What's your most prized item from the shop? Celebrate the ending of an era with us, as we embark on a new artistic journey together.
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associate with
1. To have a relationship with someone. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun can be used between "associate" and "with." I don't associate with criminals like him. I think he's happy to associate himself with successful people like us.
2. To connect various people or things in one's mind, usually for a specific reason that is unique to that person. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "associate" and "with." I associate the smell of cinnamon with Christmas because of the cookies my mother used to bake every year. He always associates Liz with me because he met us at the same time.
associate oneself with someone or something
to join someone or something as a partner or friend. I wanted to associate myself with a prestigious law firm. She associated herself with people of low repute.
associate someone or something with someone or something
to link someone or something [in one's mind] to someone or something else. (Something and someone can occur in all possible combinations.) I always associate Walter with pizza for some reason. I associate pizza with stringy cheese.
associate with someone
to be friendly with someone; to be acquainted with someone socially in a work setting. We seek to associate with persons like ourselves. I like to associate with interesting people.
associate with
1. To keep company with someone or some group: They are very snobbish and don't associate with people from our side of town.
2. To link something in the mind with something else: People often associate sunny weather with happiness.


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A $100,000 bench warrant was issued for the oldest son of Ryan O'Neal on Thursday afternoon.
Griffin O'Neal, 47,was supposed to be sentenced Thursday afternoon but failed to show up.
O'Neal had been arrested on New Year's Eve, but posted bail Thursday morning before skipping his court date.
He had previously admitted to driving after doing drugs. He pleaded guilty back in November to DUI and gun possession charges, after he veered into oncoming traffic while on drugs and hit a van head-on.
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His lawyers said at the time of the 2011 crash that he had been on some of the drugs as treatment for his degenerative bone disease and that he was en route to help his brother Redmond, who himself had just been arrested with heroin in his car.
Griffin O'Neal's famous father Ryan was arrested, but released, back in 2006 for assaulting his son.
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The new &me baby gym uses similar design elements as its bigger brother the &me crib. Created as a visually appealing addition to your babys environment whilst still having actual function in tactilly and visually entertaining your little one.
As parents we were depressed by the available out of the box entertainment solutions sold at bigger toy and baby stores, therefore we created our own. By having a visually inspiring envoronment is good for both parent and baby.
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BIOHAZARD: 'Reborn' Official Lyric Video Released
The official "lyric video" for "Reborn", a brand new song from New York hardcore metal legends BIOHAZARD, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's much-anticipated new album, "Reborn In Defiance", which will be released in Europe on January 20 via Nuclear Blast.
"Reborn In Defiance" track listing:
02. Vengeance Is Mine
03. Decay
04. Reborn
05. Killing Me
06. Countdown Doom
07. Come Alive
08. Vows Of Redemption
09. Waste Away
10. You Were Wrong
11. Skullcrusher
12. Never Give In
13. Season The Sky
Audio samples of the entire "Reborn In Defiance" album can be found on the NuclearBlast.de web site.
Not only is "Reborn In Defiance" BIOHAZARD's first original lineup album in 18 years, but it also marks the last album recorded by the band before the departure of bassist and co-vocalist Evan Seinfeld. The effort remains a testament to the four founding members (Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, Evan Seinfeld and Danny Schuler) and their unique chemistry.
Having last recorded and toured as the fundamental lineup with the release of "State Of The World Address" back in 1994, BIOHAZARD reformed with all four original members back in 2008 to commemorate the band's 20th anniversary. They went back out on the road together over the next two years, during which time inspiration struck.
The legendary Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, METALLICA, SEVENDUST, KORN) was brought in to produce the 13-track "Reborn In Defiance", which was recorded in Los Angeles.
BIOHAZARD has sold over five million albums worldwide since its formation in the late Eighties in Brooklyn, New York. They achieved international success with their albums "Urban Discipline" on Roadrunner Records in 1992 and 1994's "State of the World Address" on Warner Brothers. Over the years, BIOHAZARD has collaborated with ONYX, CYPRESS HILL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, HATEBREED, PANTERA, and TYPE O NEGATIVE, among others. The band has continued to tour nationally and internationally, sharing stages with HOUSE OF PAIN, OZZY OSBOURNE, SLAYER, DANZIG, FEAR FACTORY, SEPULTURA and AGNOSTIC FRONT.


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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS) and Tuberculosis(Tb) Co-infection Treatment Strategies Study of China.
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"The Hills" star Audrina Patridge and singer Ryan Cabrera have reportedly split.
According to E! Online's Marc Malkin, the couple, who began dating in February, are no longer an item.
"Ryan and Audrina are definitely not together right now," a source who was with Audrina over the weekend in Las Vegas claimed. "It's still a touchy subject for her."
The reality starlet was in Sin City on Saturday hosting a party at the MGM Grand's Wet Republic – but Ryan was not in attendance. He was reportedly across town at Leona Lewis' birthday bash at Vegas' Pure nightclub. Audrina and Ryan reportedly spent the night apart.
"Audrina's not talking about it," the source added, "But, people were talking about it over the weekend."
The starlet's pool party wasn't the only recent event that she showed up to without Ryan.
"Audrina came to Perez's birthday with a girlfriend," another source said. "When she was asked, 'Where's Ryan?' she made a mortified face and changed the subject right away. She gave off a weird vibe and seemed very awkward."
The couple's romance was filmed for the upcoming season of "The Hills," but there is no word if their reported split will be featured.
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All trains transporting coal from billionaire Clive Palmer's proposed China First Coal Mine in central Queensland will be covered after plans for the project had to be changed.
Queensland's coordinator-general ordered Waratah Coal to produce a supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS) on the $8.1 billion mine, after the original document received more than 1,800 public submissions.
Submissions on the supplementary EIS close on May 6.
The new document has outlined plans to use gondola coal wagons as opposed to the traditional bottom dump wagons.
Waratah Coal says this change, combined with fibreglass covers, will significantly reduce the amount of coal dust from the wagons.
The proposed rail line from the mine site to the Abbot Point coal terminal in Bowen in north Queensland has also been moved to minimise the impact on landholders, as well as to accommodate the GVK Hancock Alpha mine.
The Tallarenha Creek Dam has been removed from consideration as a potential water source and a tailings dam has also been scrapped.
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney has defended the period of just one month set aside for comments on the project.
Mr Seeney says that is long enough because people have already had a chance to raise issues about the mining project.
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Those being inducted are... Players: Jennifer Johnson, Errol Resek and Lan Vuong; Contributor... Gus Kennedy.
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Her last few big screen movies may have received the cold shoulder from critics, but Jennifer Aniston is still hot enough for the general public.
The former "Friends" star was voted the most eligible single woman in the world in a new "60 Minutes"/Vanity Fair poll, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Aniston, 41, topped the poll with 29 percent of the vote. She has been romantically linked to some of entertainment's biggest names - Brad Pitt, John Mayer and Vince Vaughn among them - and is considered unlucky in love due to her many high-profile dating failures.
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Despite her dating status - she has recently been linked to "Cougar Town" star Josh Hopkins - Aniston has said that she doesn't want people to feel sorry for her.
"This whole 'Poor lonely Jen' thing, this idea that I'm so unlucky in love? I actually feel I've been unbelievably lucky in love. I feel good. I don't feel like I'm supposed to be any further along or somewhere that I'm not. I'm right where I'm supposed to be," she said in 2008 interview with Vogue.
Aniiston was followed by Halle Berry, who polled at 21 percent. The Academy Award-winning actress also has a string of high profile ex-boyfriends, including former Atlanta Braves outfielder David Justice and R & B singer Eric Benet. She recently split with former boyfriend and the father of her child, French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry.
The former Mrs. Tiger Woods, Swedish model Elin Nordegren, landed in the third spot with 15 percent. Besides her obvious physical beauty, she was also the recipient of a reported $100 million in her divorce settlement with the star golfer.
Fourth? Newly ubiquitous octogenarian Betty White, who has had a renaissance of late due to star turns on "Saturday Night Live" and a popular Snickers commercial. She took in 11 percent.
Rounding out the poll were a pair of disparate public figures. Pop sensation Lady Gaga came in fifth with five percent and new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan captured four percent of the vote.
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These weeks between a hot summer and cold winter still have plenty to offer, even if they do feel far too short.
Music Notes: A Flagship for the new season
Everything is starting again: school, fall (best season of the year), the orchestra seasons (both jazz and classical), the venue seasons, and more. This is a great time of year.
That's probably not the most popular opinion in the prairie provinces. Usually when the summer ends, everyone just starts to dread the cold chill of winter that always seems to swoop in without much warning. But there are a handful of weeks between the summer and the winter, no matter what anyone tells you. And these weeks are absolutely loaded with top-tier entertainment.
Flagship Romance
When: Thursday, Sept. 12
Where: Capitol Music Club
What: This flagship has sailed into Saskatoon from quite far away — New Mexico. And the romance isn't just in the title — the duo of Shawn Fisher and Jordyn Jackson are also married. If that wasn't enough, just know that these two are musically brilliant. Magnificently sharp and precise harmonies for the powerful lyrics make for a richly colourful and gentle folk-rock experiment. They're a pretty impressive musical team, and their journey to this point is more than a little bit picturesque. The music is top-notch, and in the end that trumps everything else.
Danielle Dayton
When: Monday, Sept. 16
Where: Black Cat Tavern
What: Dayton, a singer-songwriter out of Edmonton, blends a heavy and pulsing rock beat with soulful and smoky vocals. If you listen hard enough, you can hear the gentle tinge of country flavour in her music (especially when things slow down), but Dayton fills a nice alt-rock niche — she doesn't sound folksy and she doesn't sound like a pseudo-pop singer. Far from it: Dayton's low-range and powerful singing style distances her from a lot of the popular music traps of the day and situates her firmly among those musicians who are able to find — and revel — in their own unique sound.
Mike Klein & Friends
When: Friday, Sept. 13
Where: The Bassment
What:What better way to get The Bassment's newest concert season into full swing than with Saskatchewan string aficionado Mike Klein? Originally from Melfort, Klein has carved out a career playing bluegrass music and old-fashioned fiddle tunes. He was classically trained on the violin and the piano, and can also play the mandolin and the banjo with deft fingers. The "& friends" part of the show includes top-notch acoustic musicians from around the province to play old standards and songs from Klein's newest album, Over The Waves. The lineup at The Bassment is great this year — might as well start strong with a Sask-powered show.


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Australian parents deny abandoning child with Down syndrome in Thailand – National
SYDNEY, Australia – An Australian couple denied they had abandoned their son with his Thai surrogate after learning he had Down syndrome, saying in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the woman demanded she be allowed to keep the boy.
Baby Gammy's surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, a 21-year-old food vendor with two young children of her own, had accused the boy's biological parents, Wendy and David Farnell, of leaving her with the infant while taking his healthy twin sister, Pipah, back with them to Australia.
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"We did not abandon our son," an emotional David Farnell said in an interview with Australia's 60 Minutes.
"(Pattaramon) said that if we tried to take our little boy, she's going to get the police and she's going to try and take our little girl and she's going to keep both of the babies," he said.
READ MORE: Could a Canadian family abandon their baby carried by surrogate mom?
Pattaramon denied that she'd ever threatened to keep both children, but agreed that she hadn't wanted the Farnells to take Gammy home.
"I did not allow Gammy to go back with them – that's the truth," she told The Associated Press on Sunday, apparently backtracking from her earlier accusation that the couple had abandoned the baby boy. "It is because they would have taken Gammy back and put him in an institute."
The case, which has focused global attention on the largely unregulated surrogacy industry in Thailand, became even murkier when it emerged that David Farnell had been convicted in the 1990s of multiple sex offences against young girls. Farnell insisted Sunday that his daughter is not at risk of harm from him.
The Farnells had been trying for eight years to conceive when they approached a Thai surrogacy agency for help.
David Farnell, who has three children from a previous relationship, said the problems began when they found out before the twins' birth in December that the boy would have Down syndrome. The couple was angry that the surrogacy agency had not conducted tests earlier that could have detected the condition, because by the time they found out, it was too late in the pregnancy to abort the fetus. Had they known earlier, they probably would have terminated the pregnancy, David Farnell said.
"I don't think any parent wants a son with a disability," he said. "Parents want their children to be healthy and happy."
They expected the surrogacy agency to give them a refund and find a solution. That's when the still-pregnant Pattaramon offered to keep Gammy, Farnell said.
"So we were thinking, oh, maybe – maybe – this might be OK," he said.
When the babies were born, however, the Farnells said they realized they wanted to keep both. But Pattaramon then insisted she be allowed to keep Gammy, and threatened to keep Pipah as well, David Farnell said. The couple believes Pattaramon wanted to keep Gammy because male children are prized in Asian cultures.
The Farnells said they never went to any officials or contacted the Australian Embassy in Bangkok about Pattaramon's alleged threat. They left Gammy and returned home to Western Australia state only with Pipah, they said, because their visa was running out.
READ MORE: Down syndrome baby boy abandoned by Australian parents in Thailand
They didn't apply for a visa extension because they wanted to get Pipah to Australia to keep her away from Pattaramon, David Farnell said. Their plan was to fight to get their son back by going through the Australian authorities, he said.
In the six months they have been back in Australia, however, they have never contacted the authorities about their son, because they say they still feel their daughter is at risk of being taken back by Pattaramon. They have never called to check on Gammy's welfare, and have contacted a liaison between themselves and Pattaramon only once, David Farnell said.
"It has been very stressing," he said. "We miss our little boy. I come home from work some days and Wendy has dressed our little girl all in blue because she wants still to remember the little boy."
Asked about his history as a sex offender, Farnell said he no longer feels any urges to sexually assault young girls and insisted Pipah would be safe in his care.
"I will do everything in the world to protect my little girl," he said. "I have no inclination of doing anything like this. I don't have any thoughts about this at all. That is the 100 per cent truth. I cannot do this again."
Farnell rejected the suggestion that his predilection for young girls had influenced his decision to bring home his daughter and not his son.
"I'm actually ashamed you would say something like that," a tearful Farnell said. "Honestly, there is no reason to be concerned. I'm not going to harm my little girl."
"Everybody hates sex offenders – they're the lowest form of people, not even worthy of breathing," he added. "I know that. That's why I've tried so hard and wanted to be a good father for my children so that at least the people can see that I am a good person now."
The executive producer of "60 Minutes," Tom Malone, said the Farnells were not paid for the interview, but acknowledged that the program had made a donation to a charity raising money for Gammy's care.
©2014The Canadian Press
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March 21, 2006
Joe Morgan: Worldwide Leader In Idiocy
First, a big Fuck You to ESPN for deciding to show an NIT 2nd round college basketball game instead of the first inning of the WBC Final. (Yes, I know the hoops game went into double OT, but "the worldwide leader in sports" also has more than one channel at its disposal.) Plus, the crawl on my TV stated the start of the game was "delayed by ESPN". That was a lie.
Frustrated, I went to MLB.com (which ran the WBC website) figuring they'd have the game. Nope, they had the ESPN feed. Unbelievable. Just beyond lame ... and yet so, so typical of MLB.
Joe Morgan blabbed his usual blather for nine innings, but it was his "descriptions" of the two teams' playing styles that was the high point of the night for me. Morgan said the Cuban players were "fiery" and "emotional" while the Japanese were "calculating" and "scientific".
Thanks for that "insight", Joe. I'm surprised Morgan didn't call Team Japan "inscrutable" -- though maybe he had already used that adjective for China. (The good people at FJM are way ahead of me.)
And I swear I heard Morgan refer to Japan's manager as "Sodomharu Oh".
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- Assistant Village Idiot said...
It would have been funnier if he called the Cuban team "hungry."
- March 21, 2006 at 7:51 PM
Poor old Joe, he's losing his mind...
I still remember his speech about how the Sox "sneaked" through the '04 world series...what the...?
- March 21, 2006 at 11:47 PM
- From the Vined Smithy said...
Dude, I am so glad someone else saw that and hated it. "Fiery"?! "Scientific"?! Jesus.
This is completely true: I screamed (to the SO's dismay), "Please call them 'inscrutable', pleeeeeeeease!"
I also liked, "I habla enough espanol..."
- March 22, 2006 at 7:45 AM
- Kim said...
I can't believe that they didn't get in serious hot water for those comments. Probably just "not racist enough" to be "okay." Nuts.
Love your bio pic, by the way.
- March 22, 2006 at 9:09 AM
- laura k said...
I can't believe that they didn't get in serious hot water for those comments. Probably just "not racist enough" to be "okay."
Most viewers probably don't even understand why it's racist.
Love your bio pic, by the way.
*clears throat*
- March 24, 2006 at 12:46 PM


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With its idyllic lakes, its untamed rivers and its woods, Barnim Nature Park is a natural gem. The Konik is a defining breed of this part-pasture, part-forest landscape and can often be seen grazing on the open meadows.
Covering an area of 750 square kilometres just outside Berlin, the park is like an adventure playground for walkers and nature lovers. The well-maintained discovery trails and footpaths, such as the 66 Lakes Trail, take you through unspoilt fens and past lakes as round as the moon.
Cycling back in time
This ever-changing landscape is also criss-crossed by cycle paths such as the Berlin-Usedom long-distance cycle route. The many Slavic and German castle ruins along the way provide a perfect opportunity to take a breather. The information centre on the historical Finow Canal will help you get your bearings.
Nature spotting and enjoying the water
The numerous swimming lakes and picturesque rivers, which were formed during the last Ice Age, are incredibly popular among visitors. Here you might observe a kingfisher or a grey wagtail through your binoculars. Or you might like to take the plunge and go swimming yourself.
Stunning heathland views
A trip to Schönow Heath in the southern part of the nature park makes a great alternative outing. The viewing tower here offers stunning 360-degree panoramic views of the flowering heathland.
A journey through time
At the BARNIM PANORAMA Visitor Centre, you can learn about the fascinating history of Barnim and its development from Ice Age wilderness to modern nature park. And if you want to travel there the old-fashioned way, you can catch the steam train from Berlin.
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