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Missing George Fox University student found safe
Mar 30, 2013 | 3 Comments
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TIMBERLINE LODGE — George Fox University student Mary Owen has been found safe on Mount Hood, where rescuers had been searching Friday and this morning.
After being spotted from the air, Owen was picked up by a rescue helicopter. She is being treated at Emanuel Hospital, Portland, for frostbite and a possible fractured ankle.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office received a call about 8:15 p.m. Thursday about a missing female. The Newberg-Dundee Police Department requested the sheriff's office assistance with locating the 23-year-old woman. She was last heard from Sunday night when she sent an e-mail to a friend stating she was going hiking on Mount Hood.
About 9 p.m. Thursday, the manager at Timberline Lodge checked the parking lot at the request of the sheriff's office and found her vehicle, a white 1998 Toyota 4Runner parked in the lot. Deputies checked the vehicle and saw evidence that it had been at that location for some time.
A subsequent investigation led the sheriff's office to believe that Owen might have gone hiking by herself. She is an experienced hiker who has in the past hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.
However, her backpack filled with supplies was still in her vehicle.
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue coordinators headed up the search this morning. Trained search and rescue teams from around the area helped out.
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Monday, June 02, 2014
Tonight, at the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards, Bethann Hardison will be honored with the Founders Award, given in honor of the CFDAs founder, Eleanor Lambert. It feels right to reflect this much deserved recognition (albeit in a smaller way!) with our Monday Muse series.
Bethann Hardison has been fighting tirelessly for greater diversity on the runway since 2007. We have identified that integrity, resolution and grit are qualities integral to the women we look towards as inspirational Hardison fulfills each in abundance she has adopted the slogan Activism needs to remain active.
Hardison started modeling in the sixties, she appeared in the 1973 Grand Divertissement à Versailles, a fashion show staged to raise awareness for the disintegrating palace a face-off between top French and American designers using exclusively black models. When she founded her own model agency Bethann Management in 1984, representing both white women and women of color, designers reluctance to consider any but white models caught her attention. She pressed the point, as far as she could, before tiring of the modeling industry and retiring in 1996. During the late 90s (and in Hardisons absence) trends shifted back towards generic, clonelike casting for the runway.
For the New York Times: In my heyday, black models worked more than they worked today, said Iman, who calls Ms. Hardison her closest friend. I thought, what the hell is this on about?
In July 2008 Bethann helped to develop and edit the ground breaking and highly successful All Black Issue of Vogue Italia, and in September 2013 Bethann led the Diversity Coalition, an organization that developed the Balance Diversity initiative, a movement to improve racial diversity in the fashion industry permanently. On the eve of the Spring 2014 Seasons debut, Hardisons Diversity Coalition penned an open letter to the fashion industry chastising the designers who made little or no effort to incorporate women of color into their runways.
Thanks to the Diversity Coalitions pioneering efforts, there has already been a noticeable increase of ethnically diverse women on runways and in editorials alike.
Bethann Hardison serves as a model of empowerment for the fashion industry and her steadfast commitment to increased diversity is cause to celebrate all she has inspired. She continues to shed light on the sensitive matter with the utmost grace. Its easy to become wrapped up in the fantasy of producing a luxury brand, Hardison works relentlessly to make sure that our industry continues to see past this, maintaining integrity and an intelligent ethical justice. Hardison is a fierce female role model, and this Mondays Muse.
Monday, April 28, 2014
I was browsing the Internet recently, and came across a short essay entitled The Opposite of Loneliness. I happen to be perpetually intrigued, captivated by and concerned with the increasingly digitally over - connected / personally under-connected world we are living in and so this article caught my eye. Marina Keegan, musing over her last few months at Yale University, and the disconcerting state of unknowing anticipation she found her fellow undergraduates to be so nervously wallowing in juvenilia, in general - writes, Were so young. Were so young. Were twenty-two years old. We have so much time.'
I delve into the context of the article, and I discover Marina, aged 22 years old, died in a car crash five days after this essay was published.
Marina graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job lined up at the New Yorker. She was a rising star. The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories, is a collection of short stories and essays that was published posthumously this month. Keegan creates alarmingly imaginative emotional dynamics, empathetically exploring the idiosyncratic nature of the human condition.
Her essay entitled Even Artichokes Have Doubts resonates with me enormously. Alarmed by the statistic that 25 percent of employed Yale graduates enter the finance or consulting industry, she insists that young people shouldnt stop dreaming.
What bothers me is this idea of validation, of rationalization. The notion that some of us (regardless of what we tell ourselves) are doing this because were not sure what else to do and its easy to apply to and it will pay us decently and it will make us feel like were still successful.
She isnt discounting the finance industry, or the nobility of needing to make money and absolutely doing so.. but merely agonizing over the fact that so many young people dont seem to realize the opportunities they have entering the world as adults. Upon investigation, amongst her peers, she finds only apathetic attitudes towards upcoming positions in gleaming financial institutions. I just havent met that many people who sound genuinely excited about these jobs. Thats super depressing!. She closes her thoughts I feel like we can do something really cool to this world.
And shes right. No one has as much power to positively impact the world than the next generation.
Jack Hitt writes for the New Yorker:
For her family and friends, the grief is intimate and personal. But for some in our fieldproducers and editors, reporters and writers, the loss of Marina is a different kind of tragedy. We lost a talent before we got to know her.
Naming Marina Keegan as our Monday Muse isnt intended to be an act of contrived posthumous glorification, but recognition I feel compelled to give to an overwhelmingly talented, promising and intuitive young lady, whose chance to make a name for herself in life was ripped away from her far too soon. She was a girl who believed she could change the world for the better, and a girl who had the strength of character to try to do so. PRABAL GURUNG is a brand inspired by women of substance, women who are interested and curious about the world around them, women whose beauty radiates from the inside. Marina was insistent that if given the chance, one should absolutely follow their dreams - and so am I. Marina Keegan is this Mondays Muse.
Even Artichokes Have Doubts
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
Monday, February 17, 2014
Our Spring 2014 Campaign launched last month, featuring Liya Kebede
PRABAL GURUNG is a brand just as much inspired by women of substance, grace and intangible beauty, as it is a brand established to inspire the same. As has often been reported, particularly of late, the PRABAL GURUNG woman is a woman who epitomizes what Prabal describes as femininity with a bite. The rose with its thorn - the harness under a ball gown. For us, profound beauty cannot be comprised simply of aesthetic, but must also refer to intellectual, emotional and artistic capabilities.
For Spring 2014, a collection whose narrative referenced the concept of preserving the elegant and accomplished woman, it seemed therefore both fitting and necessary to celebrate a character of such integrity and infallible beauty, a woman who has achieved so much and stands as a symbol of such extraordinary female empowerment.
Liya Kebede was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Shes been seen on the covers of Italian, Japanese, American, French and Spanish Vogue a number of times, and has featured in campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton - amongst others. Shes been named by FORBES as one of the worlds top 15 highest earning models.
In 2005, Kebede was appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and in 2006 the Liya Kebede Foundation was started, the mission of which is to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality in Ethiopia, and around the world. She is also part of the Champions for an HIV Free Generation, an organization of African leaders who advocate for increased HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Africa.
Liya launched her clothing line Lemlem in 2008. Meaning to bloom, the line, that sells hand-spun, woven and embroidered women an childrens clothing was founded to preserve and promote the traditional arts of her homeland.
Looking aside from the statistics - awards she has won, figures she has achieved- Liyas philanthropic endeavors act as a genuine example of her compassion and concern for those around her. The ability to see beyond your personal success, and further, feel the compulsion to share your privileges as best you can with those less fortunate is not something everyone can do, or wants to do, and is something that requires integrity, resolution and an undeniable degree of grit. Liya commemorates each and every one of these qualities, she is absolutely one of the most inspirational female role models of our time. Her strength of character radiates with sincerity, and her beauty undoubtedly comes from the inside. She is this Mondays muse.
The Liya Kebede Foundation
Friday, February 07, 2014
In Mustang, leave nothing but footprints..
Mustang; a source of awe, a place of solace, with a history of myths and legends.
Mustang is the former Kingdom of Lo, an ancient Tibetan kingdom that is now part of Nepal. Until 1991, no outsiders were allowed to enter Mustang. The Nepalese government tenaciously kept this slice of mythical, spiritual land closed to all foreigners - save the odd inquisitive scholar.
Hidden in the Himalayas, it is protected by its remoteness - for centuries the only way in and out was on horseback. Explorers in the early 1900s described Mustang as a 'hidden kingdom' - the practice of Tibetan Buddhism has remained unchanged since the 14th century.
It remains wild and isolated, one of the worlds last few existing and genuine indigenous tribes. For a considerable and challenging permit fee, foreigners can now wander the dirt roads, crumbling monasteries and isolated villages. The Champa Lakhang Temple, standing close to the palace of the Raja of Mustang, houses the largest collection of 15th century Buddhist murals in the world. (Most Tibetan art was largely destroyed by the Chinese in the 1950s). Walled settlements are guarded by fierce Tibetan Mastiffs, and the Mustang people live in flat-roofed, mud brick houses. Rooftops are often stacked with piles of firewood , and with fuel being scarce in the barren lands such displays can be seen as demonstrations of wealth.
Mustang has been described as the last true Shangri-La of todays cultural landscape Shangri-La, the fictional utopian Tibetan lamasery described by English novelist James Hilton in Lost Horizon, a place of inner peace, love and sense of purpose. The PRABAL GURUNG collections have often referenced Nepalese culture, but this season is directly inspired by Nepal, and the richly mythical and legendary culture it celebrates.
PRABAL GURUNG Fall 2014. Saturday 8th, at 12 Noon. Live streaming at prabalgurung.com
Monday, November 25, 2013
Last weekend Angelina Jolie won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the fifth annual Governors Awards. As I reflected on the composure, elegance, dignity and compassion Jolie radiated standing on the podium, I began thinking about her life and career as we know it, and felt instantly compelled to have her as our next Monday Muse.
The humanitarian prize was awarded to Jolie for her charitable work with United Nations Refugee Agency for the past decade, for which she had made over 40 field missions, including helping refugees from Cambodia and Syria - this doesnt cover even half of her contribution to philanthropy in general. In her acceptance speech, Jolie comments on the moment she understood her responsibility to others - the moment she realized how sheltered and fortunate her life had been and decided to commit her life to helping those less fortunate. Also not to forget - Jolie has simultaneously been the recipient of an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. There have certainly been the cynics who doubt the integrity of her cause, and I write this in definite opposition to them.
Angelina Jolie has undertaken the most fascinating evolution in life, as a spectator I feel one can only admire what she has achieved. From Girl, Interrupted to receiving this award.. Perhaps she has made a few wrong decisions, run wayward a few times, but there is no denying that throughout all the choices she has made in life and in spite of what may have been considered right, she has remained entirely true to herself. To do this, and more importantly to do this in the public eye, requires an undeniable amount of inner strength and belief. In this world of flagrant pop culture that we live in, this world of Real Housewives and Snookis, it is so important to hold a beacon to the popular culture icons who act as a genuine reflection of the society and community we live in today. Jolie in no way glorifies the shallow, materialistic and bogus temptations of our times - we have been able to watch a woman mature and grow with her generation, using the opportunities she has been given to better herself and those around her.
There is certainly an element of surprise that Jolie has ended up where she has, and this can only make us applaud all the more. I identify with a journey that started out problematic, and not without demons, and can appreciate how far she has come all the more. Her acceptance speech thanked her late mother, her role model and constant supporter. Again I can identify with this. Jolies story is one of true resilience, she epitomizes the concept of femininity with a bite that so defines the woman I design for. She is this Mondays muse.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
If you've been following our Monday Muse Journal series, you'll know we have recently been keen to celebrate women from around the world that we feel are uniquely talented, spirited and inspiring. In line with this theme, we wanted to take a minute to talk about this young, beautiful poet and model from London, Greta Bellamacina.
The Better Geranium
I like to pretend
I don't care as I pour you a lake
From my kitchen sink.
I pour you my tears
Wide-wept dunes, to the
Geranium hero liver, in
Seas of flowerfaces.
I reorder my ways,
Cause my 'Friends' told me it was the 'right' way.
"I hope you will stay better"
I say it, but don't know it.
You will go, because I will go,
In innocence when others are not innocent
A less to lesser us both
My daytime idol, as it appears, bacteria
I grew.
Greta graduated from King's College London in 2012, with a BA in English. Her poems and articles have been widely published in various magazines and international poetry journals - a regular contributor to Harpers Bazaar UK, known for supporting the literary world through fashion, the publication has been a follower of Greta from the early stages of her career. Greta has also been short-listed as the Young Poet Laureate of London.
Greta has recently collaborated with Dame Vivienne Westwood to help campaign for climate issues. Creating new, emotive poetry about the climate, and world we live in, helping raise awareness for Westwood's 'Climate Revolution'.
Her poetry revolves around an unwavering devotion to words, a curiosity for depicting emotions from unfamiliar phrases and seeking unique lexical patterns.
Her debut collection of poetry 'Kaleidoscope' was released in 2011, her newest collection is entitled 'To December - A Devotion To She.'
Read Greta Bellamacina's poetry here..
Monday, October 14, 2013
Much has been written and reported about Malala Yousafzai, the young champion of womens education. On October 9th, 2012, aged 14 years old, Malala was shot in the head twice by the Taliban in Pakistan. She was returning home from school on the school bus when targeted point blank by the militant group for speaking out about their behaviour and for the promotion of womens education. Somehow, Malala made what is widely believed to be a miraculous recovery. Flown firstly to Peshawar, then to England, she survived a not only barbaric, but also life threatening head injury.
"The fact that she didn't die on the spot or very soon thereafter is to my mind nothing short of miraculous," Dr. Javid Kayani told Diane Sawyer, anchor of ABC News.
The doctors who treated Malala told the BBC that her recovery was a tribute not just to the quality of the care she received - but also to her own resilience and determination.
This resilience and determination seems to define Malala, and her story exists as proof that both can get you through the most devastating of situations. We have written regularly about women who stand as pillars of strength, confidence and intense, but quiet, self assurance - Malala, now an international symbol of girls rights' for education and security through her efforts to fight extremism and oppression, is a prime example of this woman.
Malala rose to prominence in 2009 when she wrote a blog for the BBC Urdu service about her life under Taliban rule and the lack of education for girls. "I wanted to speak up for my rights, and also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way."
She now wants to become prime minister of Pakistan, following in the footsteps of her role model, the late Benazir Bhutto.
Last Friday, Malala Yousafzai just missed out on winning the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. Regardless of the outcome of the award, we decided some time ago that she would be this Mondays Muse. Malala's bravery and dedication to her cause we feel is truly, truly remarkable. She not only stands up for women's rights, but in doing so demonstrates the female strength, sophistication and unwavering confidence we admire so much.
Read more about Malala with the BBC
Monday, September 16, 2013
This Thursday the New York City Ballet Fall 2013 Gala will open with costumes designed by Prabal Gurung. Having spent the last six months working with choreographer and dancer Justin Peck, immersing ourselves in the world of dance, movement and theatre, the more and more we came to realize the extent of dedication and persistence ballerinas devote to their craft, the multitude of hardships they face on a daily basis.
Amongst these dancers there are so many inspiring, infinitely talented and endlessly persevering women, and we felt that in light of the upcoming Gala, this weeks Monday Muse should pay tribute to them.
We were introduced to Wendy Whelan by Peck. At the age of 46, Wendy remains a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. Not only do most dancers retire well before 40, Wendy also suffers from severe scoliosis - The New York Times recently named Wendy as "America's greatest contemporary ballerina.
Similarly to many of our past Monday Muses, Whelan gains immense motivation through adversity. She admits to Broadway World, I thrive on the challenge, the exchange, the collaboration and the discovery. These experiences have shaped my artistic evolution and have kept me motivated and fulfilled.
A diagnosis of severe scoliosis is crippling for anyone. Requiring constant therapy from a young age, hours a day spent fighting your spines inclination to twist and curve with exercises and core work, long periods of time in a hard brace, soft brace, or cast - all the while knowing the likely outcome could simply result in extreme surgery, a fusion of your spine, in order to protect your organs from being crushed, and your body deforming - it without a doubt tests the strongest of characters. To excel as a dancer requires a precision of poise, balance and harmony that feels impossible to achieve with a curved back. However Whelan proves otherwise - after her treatment at the age of 13, her determination remained unwavering, she would continue to attend ballet class in a full cast from her shoulder to her hips.
I have this crooked body, she tells The New York Times, so I have to be really disciplined with it. It has to stay strong and limber, or else it gets tight. I also feel like if my spine is longer and more open, I dont get depressed." The discipline pays off Whelan is renowned for being one of the most adaptable, elegant and accomplished dancers in America.
Shes New Yorks treasure, Mr. Petronio (of Stephen Petronio Company) said. The longevity of her career has been astounding. Shes like a great architectural building you pass day after day.
Wendy Whelan is proof of a sincere and dedicated pursuit of beauty against all odds, and someone who refused to give up on her talent. Both qualities we admire without exception, and so she is this Mondays muse.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Last weekend, I went to see Woody Allens Blue Jasmine featuring Cate Blanchett and I walked out instantly knowing who our next Monday Muse would be. Cates performance stayed with me for days. Haunting, compelling and raw, it was one of those rare cinematic experiences in which the chasm between audience and projection melted, and I felt a complete and unnerving connection with the fictitious world on screen. I couldnt get Jasmine out of my mind.
It got me thinking about talent, pure, raw talent. In a world in which anyone can be famous, there has to be something said for those individuals who remain as steadfast devotees to their craft, who remain oblivious to the buzz they so organically generate. My most vivid memory of Cate is from the 77th Academy Awards, in 2005. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress in The Aviator, and wore a pale yellow Valentino gown. It was one of those great moments for me, as a fashion designer, with great talent and great beauty colliding so sensationally. It followed from my first memory of her when nominated for Best Actress for Elizabeth, wearing the hummingbird embroidered Galliano gown in 1999. Cate wears clothes with a rare elegance and finesse, and simultaneously, but independently, maintains her identity as deeply respected actress. This multi dimensional nature of her character I cant help but admire and applaud.
Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton have been the creative directors of the Sydney Theatre Company since 2008. They work together day in, day out for this institution, believing passionately in the preservation of theatre and performance. Credited with bringing international film and theatre directors into STC productions, Sydney Theatre Company chair Ian Darling has said - Theyve transformed the company and the way many people feel about it. Again going back to the idea that real craft and skill can get a little lost in the age of digital frenzy we live in, there is something so inspiring and refreshing about the dedication that has gone into this project. Cate draws so little attention to herself, yet regardless continues to succeed in proving herself to be a true ambassador of the arts.
I have no doubt that Cate will be nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Blue Jasmine, and indeed I have written this as a humble plea not only that she does, but that she wins. I can think of no one more deserving.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Our Fall 2013 Digital Campaign features Bridget Hall, was shot by Daniel Jackson and styled by Tiina Laakkonen with Creative Director Christopher Simmonds.
As Prabal said to the New York Times :
Weve grown up with this fantasy about supermodels, he said. I felt personally it was the right moment to celebrate women of that age.
Bridget speaks to the customer, a perfect representation of the woman the Fall 2013 collection was designed for.
Featured on the cover of Vogue, French Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Japan, as well as Harpers Bazaar, Elle, Italian Elle (at least three times) and W Magazine - to name but a few - she has also been named one of Sports Illustrated top 50 Swimsuit models and been the face of Dior. Bridget Hall is an established legacy of iconic, timeless and powerful beauty. She bridged a gap between high fashion models, and every woman. Her ability to work between American Athletic and French Couture gives her an edge, that beauty with another dimension.
And indeed, shooting Bridget was a dream, there was an undeniable ease about her, a quiet and natural strength of character that was present at all times, backstage and in front of the camera - a perfect muse for this campaign.
Check out more the behind the scenes footage HERE
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Alex Catarinella talks to Natalia Kills
Its safe to say that there are a slew of powerful ladies currently ruling the pop music universe. But come September 3rd, when dark pop recording artist Natalia Kills releases her LP, Trouble, some room will need to be made. At 27-years-old, the British musician already boasts quite the resume including a lauded debut album, 2011s synth-heavy Perfectionist, and traveling the globe playing sold-out arenas as an opening act for Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Robyn and more. But as youll soon hear via Trouble, an opening act she is certainly not.
Instead of the dance floor-ready anthems prominently featured on her debut, Trouble sounds like, well, trouble. Theres screeching guitar riffs and defiant drums; theres visceral shouts and girl group oohs; theres hauntingly honest lyrics about domestic abuse, visiting her father in prison (purchase her song Saturday Night, recently featured on Vogue.com, for proof) and even ending it all, in addition to runway-friendly bangers like Problem, where Kills sassily warns about herself over sirens: That girl is a goddamn problem. Backed by production from music heavyweights Jeff Bhasker and Emile Haynie, both of whom have worked with Kanye West, Lana del Rey, and Fun, Trouble is like torn pages from Kills lifelong diary (Did we mention she writes all of her own music?). She also designed the album artwork for Trouble, which finds Kills glamorously framed within a collage complete with cop cars, dripping pink nail polish and roses... all the while clad in a Prabal Gurung dress.
We caught up with Kills and chatted about all things fashion
and what kind of Trouble to expect from the talented buzzed-about artist very soon.
Who taught you the most about style?
When I was really young my mother always wore a mink coat, clip-on gold and pearl earrings and short Versace dresses. She looked like Ginger from Casino with all the Cartier bracelets and sunglasses! When I was a teenager, I had no money and I'd wear black all the time so people couldn't tell how expensive or cheap my outfit was
I dreamed of having nice things and would go try on clothes in designer stores even though I couldn't afford them, just to feel wrapped in luxury for a few minutes in the changing room.
What does elegance mean to you?
Elegance is everything! Its not about how new or expensive your shoes are -- it's about how gracefully, playfully and powerfully you walk in them.
If you could raid anyone's closet, whose would it be and what would you take?
I'd raid Dionne's closet from Clueless. She's the perfect mix of preppy rich girl meets bad ass. I'd steal her hat collection and all of her plaid mini skirts and blazers.
Describe your forthcoming album, Trouble, in five words...
All my best mistakes yet
Intriguing! Okay, spill more...
It's high impact bad girl anthems over hip-hop drums and grunge guitars. My friends call it "Girl Interrupted Pop" because in almost every song I'm confessing about something bad in my past -- stalking my ex boyfriend, trying to set fire to the house with us both in it, getting taken away by the police, visiting my dad in jail, leaving home at 15, making out with boys I'd never met before, suicide attempts and running away to Paris. Fun times
What song from Trouble is the most special to you?
My favorite song is Saturday Night. It's my life story in four minutes of music!
Going into the making of the album, was it your plan to reveal so much from your past? Why the need to do it now?
My first album was about wanting everything to be perfect when it really wasn't at all. Trouble is realizing why things were so messed up and that most of it was my fault. I was wild and didn't understand consequences. Despite everything that's happened, I'm not trying to be fixed or saved. It's not therapy -- I'm not trying to get over the trauma, or even get better. I want to look in the mirror and see the scars as well as the beauty and think "Fuck yeah, these are mine and no one else's." This album is a confession -- it's me being naked in front of everyone, so they can see something that they thought was pretty rosy is actually just as much a mess as themselves. There doesn't have to be secrets or regrets -- the only mistake is trying not to make any.
And on a lighter note. What can we expect from your upcoming performances?
I just started rehearsing with my band! We're all girls, we're all hot and the guitarists can really shred
Preorder Trouble here..
Monday, August 19, 2013
Taryn Simon
As we have established, our Monday Muse is a tribute to women of depth and accomplishment, and most particularly what lies behind them - the character, sensuality and soul that drives them, and that is so admirable.
Taryn Simon has exhibited at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum, as well as the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Londons Tate Modern - among many others. She works an artistic medium that consists of three elements, photography, text and graphic design, exploring the impossibility of absolute understanding. A globally recognized talent, she is also wildly beautiful.
What really draws us to her, however, is the acute and unwavering curiosity that fuels her work. Her first book The Innocents documents the stories of several individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. Fascinated by the way in which photography (the mug shots, composite sketches, polaroids etc) offered the government a path to mistaken identity, Simon photographed these men in places that in some way referenced their improper conviction. She fully reveals the potential ambiguity of the photograph - as a representation of anything in life - and the consequences this ambiguity can lead to.
In 2009 Taryn investigated contraband items seized at the customs and border control of JFK Airport. What she found was a completely compelling insight into the eccentricities of human nature. She remained on site for four days and nights, doggedly pursuing what she wanted, and ended up with 1,075 photographs of items that ranged from cigarettes, drugs and unidentified liquids to Ukrainian pork fat, Viagra, Indian cow dung toothpaste, an Asian deer penis, a bird corpse and a plastic pitcher of salami.
Its certainly tempting to categorize Taryn Simon as a political artist, but she in fact rejects the notion. While she accepts that there might be some political undertone to her work, she maintains that it plays no part in her agenda. What motivates her is a thirst for the unknown, a curiosity, an interest in the diverse and complex role photographic imagery can play in the world. What she doesnt understand is what exhilarates her, not the opposite. More of an artistic sociologist than political activist. Udo Kittelmann of the Nationalgalerie Berlin says of Simon Taryn documents the soul of the world.
Taryn Simon is a woman who is undaunted by complicated tasks and the impediments her line of work brings forward - she says of herself to The Guardians Sean O'Hagan In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm drawn to projects that end up being incredibly laborious." She likes to push herself and her boundaries, finding ease and simplicity unfulfilling.
We particularly love Joan Juliet Bucks report of Taryn for W Magazine:
"First theres the flashing beacon of the intellect from across a room; then you find this stunning woman, her beauty magnified by her intensity and intelligence.
She has that coveted quality, that quiet, unassuming allure, a sensuality sustained by an intense intelligence and sense of innocent, but fiery curiosity. She is a PG woman, and this Mondays muse.
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Rick Warren's Saddleback Church congregation in Orange County began Sunday morning worship services with a prayer for their pastor, who announced the day before that his 27-year-old son had committed suicide.
Tom Hollladay, a teaching pastor at the mega-church in Lake Forest, led the prayer for Warren and his wife, Kay, at the 9 a.m. service, according to the Associated Press. Warren did not attend the service.


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Is your car's front end alignment out of whack after hitting one too many potholes? Does that bridge you drive over regularly creak more than it once did?
For the past five years, inflation has chewed into the annual assistance that county highway and public works departments rely on every year from state government to help them maintain their network of roads and bridges.
But this week, for the first time since 2008, county officials learned Albany is finally sweetening the pot for those repair projects — to the tune of $75 million statewide.
Locally, the added funding from the program known as CHIPS (Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program) represents what county officials see as a much needed shot in the arm for high-priority paving and repair projects.
"This is wonderful news," said Otsego County Highway Superintendent Ron Tiderencel. "It'll be great for our infrastructure and great for business. It will definitely help us."
The boost in CHIPS funding in the state fiscal year that begins next Monday translates into a healthy scooping of cash for local counties.
According to state officials, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Schoharie counties will all see CHIP increases of more than 20 percent.
For Delaware County, the road repair assistance increase amounts to more than $1.1 million.
Wayne Reynolds, Delaware County's public works commissioner, said the infusion of new funding — bringing the total CHIPS assistance to his county to more than $6 million for the year ahead, comes at a time when he'd like to tackle several bridge repair projects.
"What has been eating us alive has been the inflation for all the construction materials," he said, noting that the cost of all fossil fuel-related products, not just asphalt, has soared.
Reynolds said among his priorities are repairing bridges on county roads running through Fishs Eddy, a hamlet in Hancock, and Colchester.


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In today's final excerpt from Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, we look at another creature—like the hound of ill omen—originally appeared in the 1st Edition Fiend Folio.
She might be a common nursemaid or a lady of the royal court. Either way, the maiden's gentle smile, blushing cheeks, lustrous hair, and voluptuous figure allow her to infiltrate society. By night, she reveals her true form as the monstrous head of the penanggalan hunts, streaming its entrails behind.
Cursed by Dark Magic: According to legend, the first penanggalan was a young baroness of Harkenwold, plain of face and scant of suitors. But what she lacked in beauty she made up for in wit, and the maiden discovered arcane texts of Bael Turath in the vaults of her father's estate. She invoked the rituals therein and conjured a devil, which promised her matchless beauty and eternal life if only she would serve it forever.
The devil's bargain was not so glorious as it had appeared, for such was the maiden's beauty that armies clashed for her hand, and her father was forced to lock her away in a tower to protect her. Alone in her wretched beauty, the maiden begged the gods to forgive her vain folly, and she swore to do penance before them.
But the devil had other plans. It whispered the secret of the maiden's unlikely beauty into the ear of the high priest, and before she could do her penance, the maiden was seized from her tower and hanged as a devil worshiper.
The maiden's body dangled from the gallows until midnight, at which time it slid to the ground, leaving her head behind in the noose, gory intestines dangling beneath. Then the maiden opened her eyes and saw what her vanity had created.
Each penanggalan's origin involves a female who bargains with devils for immortal beauty and tries to renege, but perishes before she can complete her penance. The penanggalan thirsts for the purity that once ran in its veins. Rare penanggalans continue to attempt penance, but none can purge the unholy thirst that arrives at the midnight hour.
Beautiful Infiltrators: Penanggalans live to feed and spend a portion of each day hunting for potential victims. They typically prey on young innocents that won't be missed, such as youths from poor urban areas or isolated villages.
Penanggalans rarely stay in one place for long. During the daytime, they monitor the aftermath of their nocturnal kills to gauge when it is time to move on to new hunting grounds. They often work as midwives or nursemaids, taking care to note expecting mothers and young children beyond their employers' walls. It hunts these victims first, all the while playing the caring maid to its employer, whose household it saves until last before moving on.
In maiden form, a penanggalan tempts and teases suitors, modestly guarding her chastity until she is alone with the suitor at night. When her amorous victim is most vulnerable, the penanggalan's head separates from her body's shoulders, and the monster strikes. Some penanggalans serve intelligent evil creatures as seductresses and spies.
Horrifying Monstrosities: Unless her maiden's body has been destroyed (causing the creature to become a bodiless head permanently), a penanggalan's monstrous form does not manifest by light of day. But at midnight, when her teeth lengthen into fangs and her head tears itself free from her body, the penanggalan hunts. Her bloated entrails serve as motile appendages, and a putrid ichor spews from the intestinal orifices, causing every living thing they touch to fester with boils and sores.
As aptly as it infiltrates society by day, the loathsome penanggalan penetrates physical structures by night, dragging its malleable, reeking bulk through small holes, shutters, shafts, chimneys, and floorboards toward the scent of blood. It especially seeks out those of pure heart, entangling them with its intestines while it drinks their blood. If it cannot locate its preferred quarry, the penanggalan preys on the weakest victim it can find.
A penanggalan can maintain its humanoid state without feeding for three days before it goes mad from hunger and devours the first victim it finds.


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Since consumers are not told the date of harvest, it's best to use grains within one year of purchase, and ideally within three to six months. For this reason, it's preferable to buy grains little and often rather than in bulk.
Grains are high in protein and therefore a valuable part of a vegan diet.
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As one can easily observe across the world, various corners of humanity are heavily affected by poverty, inability to obtain critical-for-living items, including food, properly-equipped house, means of transportation, etc.
Poverty affects numerous nations, cultures and individual types, such as children, latter category that, in order to progress through life, must posses modern tools, like for example computers.
Ubuntu for a Child is an interesting effort aimed at (partially) filling the life of poor children, by donating to them computers running the Ubuntu operating system, thus allowing the children to attain certain computer skills, necessary to improve their life with the help of technology.
Yesterday, January 19th 2013, the community CUSOL-UIS (from Bucaramanga, Colombia) with the help of the Chaplin Foundation and local priests delivered a running-Ubuntu computer to Edward, "a seventh grade child with disabilities in their lower extremities and with low income, who has been an example of life and improvement in the community".
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Horses rule the Hamptons
Nacho Figueras and Rico Mansur with children from Work-to-Ride.
This past Sunday, Avantair, a private jet company
hosted the first Annual Sunday Classic with
Nacho Figueras
to benefit Work-to-Ride, a non-profit that helps inner city kids develop self-discipline and life skills by learning how to ride and care for horses.
Eleonore de Bernis, Coca Conbrea, Adina Osipow, Arianna Osipow, Dr. Joesph Osipow, Alexandra Osipow, and Andrew Vissicchio
Tom Cera, Roberta Bosanka, Maty Buss, Martin Buss Carloine Barsoum, Michael Cafarella, and John Biegler
The event took place at Two Trees Farm on Hayground Road in Watermill. Supporting sponsors included Ferrari, Voss Water, Almond Restaurant, Maria Bonita Salon.
Rachel Heller, Mark Heller, Debra Heller, and Michael Heller
Michael Porrico, Ingnacio Laprida, Martin Pepa, and Helmut Wieser
Jolie Warbet, McNair Zimblist, and Erin Lurie
Brad Waywell and Isabelle Escher
Kelly Bensimon, John Biegler, and Maty Buss
Allison Ecung and Monika Plocienniczak
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Michelle Travis and Amanda Sagefka
Isabelle Escher and Brad Waywell
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Sid Bensimon, Kelly Bensimon, Teddy Bensimon, and Maty Buss
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Last Friday afternoon at the Vered Gallery in East Hampton, Delfina Blaquier
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Four years ago she discovered digital photography and started using her "fragmented" approach to her work, offering a Zen-like approach to the viewer with an aim to "liberate the mind." In 2008 her friend
Kelly Klein
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The following is a release from the village of Clarendon Hills:
Village residents will soon receive a 39.8 percent savings on their electric supply rates as a result of electric aggregation.
In November, residents approved a referendum allowing the village to pursue municipal electric aggregation, which allows the village to enter into a contract for electric supply on behalf of residents in an effort to bring savings.
After the referendum question on electrical aggregation passed on Nov. 6, the village requested proposal for electric supply services from qualified bidders. The proposals were reviewed by the Electric Aggregation Advisory Committee, who then made a recommendation to the Clarendon Hills Village Board, which approved an electric supply contract with Constellation NewEnergy to provide electric supply for 5.313 cents per kilowatt-hour for a two year term. This compares to ComEd's current rate of 8.82 cents per kilowatt-hour.
The term will begin following the opt-out period for residents, which is expected to conclude in early 2013. Residents will also have the option to purchase 100 percent "green" energy for 5.388 cents per kilowatt-hour.
The village will be working with Constellation over the next several months during the opt-out period. Residents will receive letters in December describing the electric aggregation process and including instructions for customers who wish to remain with ComEd's electrical supply to opt out. All customers will continue to receive their electric supply through ComEd's infrastructure, and will continue to receive their electric bills for transmission and supply through ComEd.
Residents who are on real-time pricing or who are part of the electric heat program are not included in the aggregation program. Those residents who have entered into a supply contract individually with an electric supplier also will not be included in the village's aggregation program. Residents who have a separate electric supply contract may choose to switch to the village's supplier, however they should not do so until after the opt-out period has concluded because of ComEd's "stay" requirement.
For additional information about electric aggregation, visit the village's website at www.clarendonhills.us/electricaggregation.cfm. In addition, Constellation NewEnergy will provide a toll-free number for resident questions.


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Kwanzaa, ( Swahili: "First Fruits") , also spelled Kwanza , adaptation of an African harvest festival, celebrated from December 26 to January 1. It was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, a professor of black studies at California State University in Long Beach, who added an additional "a" to the end of the name to distinguish it from the African festival. Although Kwanzaa is primarily an African American holiday, it has also come to be celebrated outside the United States, particularly in Caribbean and other countries where there are large numbers of descendants of Africans. It was conceived as a nonpolitical and nonreligious holiday for the affirmation of African family and social values. The holiday is not considered to be a substitute for Christmas.
Each of the days of the celebration is dedicated to one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa: unity (umoja), self-determination (kujichagulia), collective responsibility (ujima), cooperative economics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani). There also are seven symbols of the holiday: fruits, vegetables, and nuts; straw place mats; a candleholder; ears of corn (maize); gifts; a communal cup signifying unity; and seven candles in the African colours of red, green, and black. On each day the family comes together to light one of the candles in the kinara, or candleholder, and to discuss the principle for the day. At the end of the celebration, on December 31, families join in a community feast called the karamu. Some participants wear traditional African clothing during the celebration.
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Cubs Depth ChartCubs 40-Man Roster InfoMLB Rules Info
25 players (plus 14 players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT, two players are on 60-DAY DL, and one player has been DESIGNATED FOT ASSIGNMENT (DFA)
* bats or throws left
# bats both
Jake Arrieta
Justin Grimm
Kyle Hendricks
Edwin Jackson
Neil Ramirez
Hector Rondon
* James Russell
Brian Schlitter
Pedro Strop
Carlos Villanueva
* Travis Wood
* Wesley Wright
* John Baker
Welington Castillo
# Arismendy Alcantara
# Emilio Bonifacio
Starlin Castro
Mike Olt
* Anthony Rizzo
* Luis Valbuena
* Chris Coghlan
Junior Lake
Justin Ruggiano
* Nate Schierholtz
* Ryan Sweeney
Kyuji Fujikawa, P
James McDonald, P
Dallas Beeler, P
* Brett Jackson, OF
* Ryan Kalish, OF
Blake Parker P
* Zac Rosscup, P
* Chris Rusin, P
Jorge Soler, OF
Dan Straily, P
Matt Szczur, OF
Christian Villanueva, INF
Josh Vitters, OF
Arodys Vizcaino, P
* Tsuyoshi Wada, P
* Logan Watkins, INF
Darwin Barney, INF
Cubs have $8,352,200 in draft pool money (and if they don't mind paying a a 75% tax on $417,600, they can go up to $8,769,810).
Players in bold have allegedly signed. Anyone after the 10th round signed for over $100K counts against their draft money as well.
If the player has yet to sign or there's no media report on the bonus, the third column is the recommened slot money.
Currently the Cubs have paid $8,754,000 out and have $15,810 of their draft pool money left before having to worry about losing draft picks.
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Or, how Baseball-Reference will be the death of me
The latest ridiculously interesting tool released by baseball-reference.com is its Batting Order Position Outcomes page. Plug in a team, a year, and a position in the batting order, and it will break down that position's results by the player batting in that slot.
For instance, did you know that on the 2007 Cubs team, Cesar Izturis logged the most games (41) and plate appearances (154) in the 8th spot in the order? He put up a .254/.314/.300/.614 line while hitting 8th, and the Cubs went 18-23 in games where he batted 8th. With Koyie Hill hitting 8th, the Cubs went an impressive 14-7. No thanks to Hill, necessarily, who hit .141/. 203/.211/.414 in those games. In stark contrast to Hill, Ronny Cedeno hit .368/.369/.737/1.052 in nine games there, and the Cubs went 2-7.
Other interesting but perhaps entirely meaningless discoveries include...
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The Cubs have ten days to either release, trade, or outright Darwin Barney to the minors, but because he was not replaced on the 40-man roster by another player when he was Designated for Assignment, the Cubs could also choose to return Barney to the 40-man roster and option him to minors.
Tony Four Sacks
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Paternity leave gone wild.
I agree with everything that was said on that page. EVERYTHING. Without exception.
"Honey, Iowa is beautiful this time of year"
not sure how accurate the WAR listing is on the BR draft page by year, but I got Barney as #3 (discounting Donaldson) of the Hendry era (since 2002).
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Need's pitchers who can hit
"Rangers placed C Geovany Soto on the 15-day disabled list with a right groin strain."
I heard it was because he got caught with a good strain.
With a team that can hit, Darwin would be a great addition
"At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." Principal to Billy Madison
No kidding!
I liked Sveum a lot and I still do, but in retrospect I would say he was a little too hands-on with hitting advice, especially coming from the manager, who controls a young hitter's playing time. Triple-A and the big leagues might be a little late to teach a guy how to hit. If Bill Meuller is even partly responsible for the year that Rizzo is having, then he's a great coach, but I haven't heard Rizzo mention it, and I suspect that Rizzo has figured it out himself. In horse racing, the trainer talks to the horse, but that doesn't mean the horse is listening.
per Roto... Lone star state Cubbery:
Rangers placed C Geovany Soto on the 15-day disabled list with a right groin strain.
Soto lasted just three games on the Rangers' active roster. He missed the first three-and-a-half months of the 2014 season following knee surgery and will now likely be sidelined through mid-August. Robinson Chirinos will again serve as the primary catcher in Texas.
Scrappy devalued.
Don't worry Boni will be next
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Photographers' work spotlighted in USF's Presidential Gala
Aug. 1, 2013 FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The work of three contemporary photographers will headline the Presidential Gala at the University of Saint Francis, which opens Sept. 7 from 6-9 p.m. in Weatherhead Gallery in the Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication. The gala is the official opening of the exhibition season at the university and is free to the public. RSVP online.
"Beyond the Human Experience: Three Contemporary Photographers - Luis Gonzalez Palma, Gabriela Morawetz and Holly Roberts" will showcase three internationally recognized photographers that define the human experience as a visual language figuratively and symbolically.
Guatemala resident González Palma examines the power of communication through the gaze and body language of his subjects. His work is influenced by his "mestizo" heritage and that of the indigenous Mayas of Guatemala.
Morawetz, of Poland, is an installation artist who describes the sleeping self as it relates to human sub-consciousness and isolation.
Roberts, an American, is a painter and collage artist who manipulates her original photographs as canvases to describe unknown interpersonal realities that heighten the natural and sublime found in the world.
Each artist uses photography and non-traditional media such as paint, collage, fabric and metal to create uniquely visual works that fascinate the viewing audience.
This exhibition is made possible in part by Barnes and Thornburg. It runs through Oct. 6. Weatherhead Gallery hours are Monday–Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. For more information, call (260) 399-8064.
In conjunction with this exhibition, the adjacent Artist Spotlight Gallery will display a collection of photographs donated to the University of Saint Francis by nationally recognized photographer and instructor, Stephen Perfect. These photographs are by Perfect's artist partners or students over a 30-year teaching career at Saint Francis College, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne and the Maine Photography Workshops and College.
Additionally, the university's Closer Look Lecture series will spotlight Holly Roberts, her work and philosophy on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Campus auditorium at 2702 Spring St. This lecture is sponsored by Ronald Kysiak and Diane Lupke. Closer Look lectures and performances are free to the public, with this year's series made possible in part by Canon Explorers of Light, Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The University of Saint Francis, founded in 1890 as a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, offers more than 60 undergraduate and 14 graduate programs in five schools: The School of Health Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership, School of Professional Studies and School of Creative Arts. More than 2,300 students from a broad geographic region attend USF for its academic excellence. The university has a regional campus in Crown Point, Ind.
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Ashley Monroe's first bid for country success didn't work out; the singer recorded her debut album, Satisfied, in 2006, but the first two singles barely broke into the country Top 40 and Columbia Records refused to release it. Satisfied was finally released in 2009, two years after the singer had been dropped by the label. Monroe, a Knoxville native who moved to Nashville as a teenager in the late 1990s, stayed busy, though, collaborating with Wanda Jackson, Train, Jack White, and Ricky Skaggs, and writing hits for Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert.
The connection with Lambert led to Monroe's second chance at stardom. In 2011, Lambert and Monroe joined Angaleena Presley as the Pistol Annies, whose 2011 album, Hell on Heels, was a rollicking—and best-selling—ride through decades' worth of country-music mythology with a distinctively feminist perspective. Now Monroe finally has her own new album, Like a Rose (Warner Bros. Nashville), released earlier this month, and she's digging in her heels, so to speak—the new disc is even more deeply indebted to hardcore country traditions than Hell on Heels, and while it seems likely to earn Monroe respect from outside mainstream Nashville, much of it simply feels too traditional—and maybe even too daring—for country radio.
For all its throwback tropes, the traditionalism of Hell on Heels was more referential than lived-in; the sort-of-supergroup ultimately came off as a less-bombastic version of the Band Perry or Little Big Town. Like a Rose, however, nods convincingly at the pioneering '60s and '70s country of Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton while maintaining a thoroughly modern sensibility. There are stirring steel-guitar and fiddle embellishments and honky-tonk rhythms, plus in-your-face songs that address unplanned pregnancy ("Two Weeks Late"), addiction ("You Got Me"), and kinky sex ("Weed Instead of Roses"). The ballads—the title track, "Used," and the old-school weeper "She's Driving Me Out of Your Mind"—reach toward sentimentality without getting too sloppy. Only the corn-pone album closer, "You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)," a duet with Lambert's husband Blake Shelton, interrupts Monroe's balancing act, tilting a little too close to on-the-nose novelty: "You'll probably see me country-singin' on The Voice someday/Yeah, and I'm the guy they wrote about in 50 Shades of Grey."
At just over half an hour, Like a Rose is a near-perfect argument for what Nashville can do right. Let's hope enough people are convinced.
Miami's melting-pot country band the Mavericks are experiencing their own second act this year with In Time (Valory/Big Machine), the group's seventh album and first since parting ways after 2003's The Mavericks. In Time finds the band somewhat out of time, in fact. Whatever weird confluence of events that allowed a band like them—a multi-ethnic Florida outfit with Caribbean and Latin American vibes and a Cuban-American singer who sounds sort of like Roy Orbison—to get country airplay in the 1990s is long over. (The Mavericks aren't completely off Nashville's radar even now—the new album has reached number eight on Billboard's country album chart—but two singles have failed to chart.)
But vocalist Raul Malo and the latest configuration of his band seem to have taken the industry's indifference as an opportunity. On In Time, the Mavericks dig even deeper into the Tex-Mex, Latin, and classic pop and rock 'n' roll traditions that have always informed the band's music. It's the fullest-sounding album of their long career, and also the least country; there's considerably more genetic material from Los Lobos and Doug Sahm here than Brooks and Dunn. Compare opening track "Back in Your Arms Again," with its guitar reverb, Farfisa organ, and mariachi horns to something like "Mr. Jones," from 1991's self-titled debut—it's hard to believe this is the same band. The eight-minute Latin dance epic "(Call Me) When You Get to Heaven" is an astounding construction—ambitious and groovy, with smoldering Old World atmosphere and a soulful chorus that are completely unexpected, and yet they both feel perfectly in place on an album like In Time.
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Psychedelic electro-pop band Letting Up Despite Great Faults conquer childhood fears in their new video "Sophia in Gold," the latest single from their critically-acclaimed EP Paper Crush. The video depicts an adorable little girl who not only combats the bug-eyed beast under her bed, but takes tiny sword in hand to do battle against all the monsters in the world. We've got the clip on the flip, so be sure to check it out!
Founded by Mike Lee as an "electro-based sonic diary," the LA-based quintet (which also includes Kent Zambrana, Chris Gregory, Matt Salas and Caitlin Dwyer) takes an intimate but otherworldly approach to its subject matter, and tracks from their first EP Movement were featured on NPR and One Tree Hill. Paper Crush is an interim release between the LA-based group's self-titled 2009 debut album and their next full-length release, which is scheduled to drop sometime next year.
The video, directed by Douglas Burgdorff, is a great example of how the band can combine surreal and dark fantasy with a sense of innocence and wonder. Press play below and watch little Sophia slay the world's ugliest muppet...


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Crimes In Progress
Police Phone Numbers
Emergencies: 7-7000
Non-Emergencies: 7-3010
Crimes in Progress Check List
- Move to a safe location.
- Call Police with a description of the suspect/vehicle.
- Do not interfere with the persons committing the crime.
- Meet with the police when they arrive.
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- Do not attempt to apprehend or interfere with the criminal except in case of self-protection.
- If safe to do so, attempt to get a good description of the criminal. If the criminal is entering a vehicle, note the license number, make, model, color and outstanding characteristics of the vehicle.
- Call the Oregon State Police at 7-7000.
- Give your name, location, and department. Advise the dispatcher of the situation, and remain where you are until contacted by authorities.
- In the event of a civil disturbance, after you have contacted the Department of Public Safety Dispatch 7-7000 or 7-3010, continue as much as possible with your normal routine. If the disturbance is outside, stay away from doors and windows.
- Do not interfere with those persons creating the disturbance, or with the authorities on the scene.
- While officers are enroute, stay calm and fill out the form below before discussing the details with anyone.
- In the event of a robbery, do not resist.
- If you observe a crime or are a victim, report the following immediately by calling the Oregon State University Department of Public Safety Dispatch 7-7000 or 7-3010 and give the following information:
- Location of incident
- Describe the person (clothing and physical features)
- Observe the person's direction of travel and vehicle description.
- While the authorities are enroute, stay calm, write down all the information that you can remember before discussing the details with anyone.
Crime Prevention Tips
- Remember to lock your living quarters, office and vehicle whenever you leave.
- Avoid walking or jogging in poorly lighted areas.
- Engrave your Driver's License number on all valuables. Keep a record of all credit card numbers and the serial numbers on all personal property.
- When walking at night to the parking lot, have your keys and whistle ready. If you need to get into your vehicle quickly to avoid trouble or attract someone's attention for help, valuable time will not be wasted searching for these items.
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BE ALERT, BE OBSERVANT - Features which you can remember regarding the physical characteristics of the suspicious person or assailant can greatly assist the authorities in the apprehension.