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President Bush's recent tariffs on steel imports drew threats of retaliation, particularly from Europeans who are most directly impacted. They and others are presently cobbling responses, to not only leaven the hit on their industries but to modify U.S. behavior, present and future. Wrangling over the legality of these maneuverings likely will only have begun when later this year the Europeans threaten trade sanctions dwarfing this debate. This during two weeks in August and September when the world's trade, economic and environment ministers meet in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Readers who recall the campaign season of 1992 may recognize Johannesburg as the 10th anniversary of the "Rio Summit," which spawned such agreements as the Kyoto Protocol on "global warming" and mortally wounded George Bush "41." Europeans recognize this, too. George Bush says the U.S. will not ratify Kyoto, to howls from moralizing European competitors (who have also refused to ratify, four years running). Amid continued bleating about American irresponsibility, European Union (EU) countries now say they will finally, formally inflict Kyoto on their citizenry by submitting ratification instruments in Johannesburg. This will set in motion a major trade war. Let us assume EU sincerity, and it generates sufficient ratification for Kyoto to go into effect. Kyoto will inarguably prove a significant economic drain to ratifying nations due to required increases in energy taxes, energy rationing, or switching to ineffective and wildly more expensive energy sources. Already agitating over America's "unfair energy tax competition," how do these countries ensure they are not crippled by further energy suppression? If you believe EU threats, Europe intends trade sanctions. Understand that, despite its green rhetoric, Kyoto is purely an economic instrument, requiring massive energy use reductions predicated on science that couldn't fool a high-school physics student. One year ago, amid revelations about the collapsing case for warming, then-EU Environment Minister Margot Wallstrom bluntly asserted that Kyoto was "not about whether a bunch of scientists can agree." "[Kyoto] is about economy", Mrs. Wallstrom confessed. "This is about leveling the playing field for big businesses worldwide." Retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., or any Kyoto signatory sober enough to not ratify (Australia, for instance), implicates, at minimum, the multilateral trade framework colloquially known as the World Trade Organization (WTO). Among WTO requirements are that economic barriers be applied evenly, and that sovereign, e.g., environmental, policies cannot be protectionism veiled in green. A now-notorious "shrimp-turtle" decision by the WTO is instructive. That panel originally ruled against a U.S. policy banning shrimp imports from countries not using certain "turtle-safe" nets, because it did not apply equally to all trading partners. The policy smacked of market protection for U.S. fishermen. The U.S. adapted the ban to conform to the ruling, and prevailed in a subsequent challenge. This requirement that environmental protection measures apply equally to all trading partners dooms EU plans as currently envisioned. In fact, on its face, this seems to deter any punitive measure citing Kyoto as its basis, be it so patently aimed at America or not. The EU wants to punish recalcitrant signatories on Kyoto's "Annex I", or covered countries not ratifying. But that list is only 38 strong, exempting 140 signatories; any measure aimed at "Annex I" parties on its face treats partners differently. Alternatively, punishing every country not meeting a Kyoto-like "greenhouse gas" emission profile is equally untenable. Plainly stated, the EU is as adamant about not including the environmentally backward developing world in Kyoto's wreckage as they are in favor of punishing U.S. prosperity. The third obvious option, should the EU be serious about committing Kyoto's economic Hari Kari, is equally unpromising. They must convince the WTO that U.S. refusal to impose domestic energy taxes, etc. constitutes an unfair trade advantage. Distilled: If the EU decides to do something stupid, the U.S. cannot just sit there and not follow suit. Yet, let us not take the apparent lack of legal justification for such EU threats lightly. Not only are they determined to force us into their energy-starved world, but trade disputes are not always adjudicated (or settled) in the most thoughtful manner. The United Nations has for a decade thrown its significant weight behind using "climate change" to "level the playing field", seeking to "harmonize" taxes upward. International tribunals frequently expose their anti-Americanism. Finally, even WTO representatives have engaged the issue of "harmonizing" WTO and Kyoto, by, incredibly, amending the former to accommodate the latter's obvious violations of an existing treaty. The mere political threat has already cowed the Bush administration to informally ask our allies to please not make Johannesburg about "environment," but instead a forum for discussion of issues such as AIDS and education. Our trade competitors typically fare well when they get tough with us. Showing fear at this stage can only encourage them.
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Brockway Shores Dream Lakefront Condo in Kings Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2½
- sleeps 6
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- pets allowed no
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This beautiful two bedroom vacation rental with room for six just two minutes south of scenic Kings Beach charms you immediately with its warm and inviting interior, great natural light, and Lake views. Just steps from Lake Tahoe's shore, you may spend a lot of your time on the spacious lakeview deck barbecuing, or enjoy the view from inside in front of the fire. The gorgeous dining room will be a great place to celebrate with your family and friends, while small meals can be served at the kitchen bar. For a really festive atmosphere, host a pre party in the full size bar in the family room, and overflow onto the back deck to enjoy the stars!
This two bedroom vacation rental condo also offers a sleeper sofa in the family room, with a divider from the bar area for privacy. There are full bathrooms on each floor, with an additional half bath upstairs.
The main floor encompasses the living area, kitchen, dining room, half bath, and the family room. The living room is anchored around the gas log fireplace and river rock hearth, and of course the views from the two walls of windows. The fully stocked kitchen looks out onto the dining room and living room, for the social cook, and there is a full laundry room off the kitchen. The family room, which can be split in half with the divider, features the bar on one end, wood stove in the middle, and the sleeper sofa and big flat screen TV on the other.
Upstairs, sink into a king bed in the master suite or the plush queen bedroom. The great lakeview loft upstairs has a queen inflatable bed for extra sleeping space!
Located in Brockway/Kings Beach on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe for lots of summer fun swimming, boating, kayaking, fishing, picnicking and relaxing. For winter fun Northstar Ski Area is 15 minutes by car and Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are 25 minutes by car. The North Shore also boasts wonderful lakefront dining and a variety of nightlife including the casinos which are just a few minutes drive away.
This fantastic Tahoe lakefront vacation rental condo has a great central location to the North Shore of Lake Tahoe!
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Rates range from $99/nt-$470/nt.
Cleaning fee varies based on season and length of stay.
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Top things to do in Kings Beach
- Beach-going!
- Skiing and Snowboarding
- Visit historic casinos of Crystal Bay
- Dining
- Shopping
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- Beach Volleyball
- Hiking
- Summer Concerts on the Beach
- Tennis
Top things to do with a family
- Miniature Golf
- Movies
- Beach-going
- Cross-Country Skiing
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Mr. Rakesh joined Sterne Agee in April 2010 as Managing Director covering semiconductors. Prior to joining Sterne Agee, he was a Principal, Lead Senior Research Analyst at ThinkEquity and also Oppenheimer & Co. Mr. Rakesh also worked in the semiconductor industry for six years at International Rectifier as Fab Module Manager and has eight years of sell-side experience. He holds an MS in Material Science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and IIT Kharagpur (BTech Hons), India. Mr. Rakesh also has an MBA in Finance from The Anderson School at UCLA.


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Timberland Euro Brook Hiker Mens Boots
- Price
- £85.00
- In Stock
71 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Timberland Euro Brook Mens Hiker Boots
Timberland boots are built for comfort and durability and the Timberland Euro hiker is guaranteed to outlast the season with their high quality design and fabrics.
Ideal for any outdoor voyage, the secure lace-up fit makes them sturdy boot while the fabric lends itself to a strong design that supports your adventurous nature. Accompanied by a chunky sole and textile midsole and collar, they're finished with dual Timberland branding to the fabric.
Timberland boots have such iconic status that they look equally cool with wet weather gear yomping through the countryside as they do with jeans and hoodie marching through the city streets.
Useful info
- Lace-up design with studs
- Logos to side
- Textile midsole and collar
- Chunky sole
Dr Martens 1460 8 Eyelet Boots
With over 50 years experience at the forefront of music and cultural revolution, the 1460 Dr Martens boots have seen it all; skinheads, punks, students, psychobillies, grunge heads and hip hoppers alike have all embraced them and the rebellion they symbolise.
The 1460 Dr Martens boots are a replica of the original model that started it all. They feature a tough durable leather upper, classic 8 eyelet fastening, contrast yellow stitching and the AirWair logo pull on tab. The AirWare sole is sewn on to the upper, providing underfoot comfort and lessening the chance of you slipping.
These Dr Martens boots look great fastened next to slim fit jeans and check shirt, or worn open with baggier jeans and camouflage jacket.
Useful info:
- Boots by Dr Martens
- 1460
- 8 eyelet fastening
- Leather upper
- Trademark contrast stitching
- AirWair pull on tab to back
- AirWair sole
Timberland Mens 6 inch Premium Boots
- Price
- £160.00
- In Stock
23 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Timberland 6-inch Premium Lace Mens Boots
The original Timberland boots were built with the great outdoors in mind and their reputation has progressed through the years to become an icon of fashion. These Premium 6-inch boots only serve to further their famous image.
Crafted in premium waterproof leather, these boots feature a seam-sealed construction that will help to keep your feet dry whatever the elements throw at you. And after a quick wash and brush, they'll then be ready for a night out on the town!
The versatile nature of the boots mean they can be just as easily matched with waterproof trousers and jackets as they can with jeans and a checked shirt.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by Timberland
- 6-inch Premium
- Leather suede upper
- Lace up fastening with eyelets
- Padded contrast collar
- Seam sealed construction
- Branded logo to side
- Gum engraved outsole
Lacoste Clavel Mens Chukka Boots
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- Was £72.00
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- Now £43.00 to £57.00
- Save Up To £29.00
- In Stock
4 reviews
- Delivery
Lacoste Clavel Mens Chukka Boots
Delivering a chic aesthetic, the Clavel Chukka boots blend the classic style of a desert boot with the supreme comfort of a tennis shoe. Lacoste consistently impress with their unique design prowess and forward-thinking attitude to style.
With a tweed-effect front and tonal side panels, these boots offer a refreshing rework on the vintage desert boot style. The minimal silhouette is elevated by a contrast outsole, round laces, and a stud press loop to the back. The world-renowned crocodile logo is subtly embossed to the side, providing a high quality finish.
Wear them with jeans or chinos and a long sleeve shirt to capture a key smart-casual appearance that looks good both day and night.
Useful info:
- Mens chukka boots by Lacoste
- Clavel
- Mid-high
- Front lace fastening
- Contrast trim
- Studded loop to back
- Embossed crocodile to side
- Available in 3 colourways
CAT Colorado Mens Boots - Brown
- Price
- £100.00
- In Stock
19 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
CAT Colorado Mens Boots - Brown
The Colorado is the supreme option when it comes to choosing rugged work boot styles. Recognised as a worldwide brand with over 20 years experience, CAT yield over six million pairs of boots every year.
These Caterpillar boots come in a neutral brown and include a full grain leather upper. Featuring nylon mesh lining and an oil and slip resistant unit, the boots ensure a secure grip as you work. Metallic studs are embossed across the laces whilst branding is positioned to the tongue and to the side.
These CAT boots are made to be tough and hard wearing, and they're ideal for coping with whatever the construction site throws at it.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by CAT
- Colorado
- In brown
- Lace up fastening with metal studs
- Contrast stitching
- Padded contrast collar
- CAT logo to the tongue
- Caterpillar branding to side
- Tab to the back
- Goodyear welted
CAT Moe Mens Boots
Renowned for constructing high-quality, durable footwear, CAT also knows a thing or two about style. Here they present the Moe boots that effortlessly fuse form and function.
Inspired by the classic Chelsea boot, they feature a high ankle with an elasticated gusset to fit your foot. The pull-on tab to the rear is a practical touch, whilst the raised heel delivers a powerful silhouette.
The tough leather upper and moulded outsole boast the brand's famously rugged construction, and design-led finishing touches are provided with studs to the rear and a decorative ankle collar.
Wear them with jeans and a casual shirt for a timeless look that's perfect for work or nights out.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by CAT
- Moe
- Leather upper
- Raised heel
- Elasticated gusset
- Contrast stitching
- Stud detail
- Pull-on tab to back
- Decorative detailing to back
CAT Colorado Mens Boots
With over two decades of experience, CAT consistently delivers high-quality, hardwearing footwear that you know you can rely on. Here they present these Colorado boots for the new season.
Ruggedly constructed with a tough leather upper and triple stitched panelling, these boots are as strong as they are stylish. The thick rubber outsole features a deep tread for maximum grip and a raised heel for a striking silhouette.
A padded ankle collar delivers improved comfort, whilst the round lace fastening and metal eyelets offer a secure fit. Signature branding is provided with a contrast logo to the tongue and side, and an embossed stamp to the heel.
Available in traditional black, or a lively grape and check, these durable boots are a stylish and versatile option for the new season.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by CAT
- Colorado
- Premium leather upper
- Padded ankle collar
- Triple panel stitching
- Canvas side panel
- Round lace-fastening
- Rubber outsole
- Thick tread
- Raised heel
- Contrast logo to tongue and side
- Embossed logo to side
- Available in 2 colourways
Timberland Newmarket Mens Cupsole Boots
- Price
- £95.00
- In Stock
2 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Timberland Newmarket Cupsole Mens Boots
The cupsole boot is a key part of the rugged, winter look and Timberland's take on the classic doesn't let you down when you're looking for sophisticated style this season.
These boots are traditional in the sense they're constructed from tough, durable leather and feature a fixed lace fastening with metal eyelets. The convenient tab to the back ensures they're easy to get on and off, whilst stitching detail to the front offers an original touch.
Intended to make an impression, these Timberland boots can be paired with jeans and a collared shirt for on trend styling.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by Timberland
- Newmarket
- Leather upper
- Fixed lace detail with metal eyelets
- Tab detail to back
- Contrast white sole
Timberland Euro Brook Mens Hiker Boots
- Price
- £85.00
- In Stock
118 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Timberland Euro Brook Mens Hiker Boots
Timberland boots are built for comfort and durability and the Timberland Euro hiker is guaranteed to outlast the season with their high quality design and fabrics.
Perfect for any outdoor voyage, the secure lace-up fit makes them sturdy boot while the fabric lends itself to a strong design that supports your adventurous nature. Accompanied by a chunky midsole and textile midsole and collar, they're finished off with two Timberland logos to the fabric.
Timberland boots have such iconic status that they look great with wet weather gear yomping through the countryside as they do with jeans and hoodie marching through the city streets.
Useful info:
- Lace-up design with studs
- Logos to side
- Textile midsole and collar
- Chunky sole
Kickers Kick Hi Mens Core Boots
- Price
- £75.00
- In Stock
12 reviews
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Kickers Kick Hi Mens Boots
Kickers have had over 40 years experience in making footwear that everyone can wear. This boot is the original design that catapulted Kickers to the forefront of the fashion industry.
These Kick Hi boots come in a classic navy colourway and feature a lace up fastening with brass eyelets for a fully secure fitting. The contrast triple stitching serves to add some personality to your footwear and authentic branding is delivered with lettering to the tongue and the traditional Kickers red and green tabs that hold positions to the side. The trademark grippy chunky sole provides a solid base.
These Kickers boots are ideal to pair with your favourite denim. Kick back, relax and finish off your casual look with a vintage T-shirt.
Useful info:
- Lace up with brass eyelets
- Contrast triple stitching
- Branding to the tongue
- Tabs to the sides
- Chunky sole
Unsung Hero San Angelo Mens Boots
- Price
- £55.00
- In Stock
1 review
- Delivery
- Next day delivery available
Unsung Hero San Angelo Mens Boots
Inspired by the classic Chelsea boot, Unsung Hero presents the San Angelo boots – brimming with self-assured style and eccentric personality.
Crafted with a tough leather upper, these boots feature a high ankle collar with a side-zip fastening. A buckle strap is featured to the rear, with an additional decorative strap to the front. The sturdy outsole features a raised heel that delivers a sharp silhouette, whilst the contrast textile lining provides a suave finishing touch.
Wear them with hardwearing jeans, a printed tee, and a leather jacket to capture a hint of rural Americana.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by Unsung Hero
- San Angelo
- Leather upper
- High ankle collar
- Raised heel
- Side zip fastening
- Buckle strap
- Additional strap detail
- Contrast lining
- Available in 2 colourways
Timberland Earthkeepers 6 Inch Mens Boots
Now you can look good with a clear conscience as these boots are part of Timberland's Earthkeepers collection. They're regular Timberland boots that leave a small environmental footprint.
These classic styled Timberland boots are fully waterproof, and include a front lace fastening with metal eyelets. They're made with premium burnished leather from a silver rated tannery and feature 100% recycled moisture wicking lining to keep your feet dry, with a 42% recycled Green Rubber™ outsole. Signature branding is stamped with the Timberland logo to the heel.
Wear your boots open with tucked in dark jeans and chunky knitwear to step out in style knowing you've done your bit to help.
Useful info:
- Mens boots by Timberland
- Waterproof
- Premium burnished leather upper
- Front lace fastening with metal eyelets
- 100% recycled moisture wicking lining
- 42% recycled Green Rubber™ outsole
- Padded, ribbed collar
- Logo to side
- Grippy, chunky outsole


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Golfers book their tee time at Koolau Golf Club for many reasons: the stunning views from the windward side of the island, the elevation changes that journey through three climate zones and sometimes just the pure challenge. Ko'olau is ranked among the top three toughest courses in the nation. 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, 247-7088, koolaugolfclub.com.
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Easter in the Meserete Kristos Church - Ethiopia
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As part of our emphasis on prayers and worship around the world in the weeks leading up to Easter, we bring you a Scripture reading in Amharic, the language used by members of Ethiopia's Meserete Kristos Church.
In the Meserete Kristos Church, the days leading up to Easter are a time to focus on Jesus' suffering. "We feel that painful time of Jesus. We feel how much Jesus suffered. We feel that suffering," said Rediet Abebe, a minister in the Meserete Kristos Church who is in Lancaster County, Pa., with her family now.
Members meet together in the evenings of the week before Easter to worship, pray and share the word of God together. "Saturday night, we spend together the whole night," Abebe says.
From 9 p.m. Saturday until 5:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, the congregation prays, worships, sings songs and reads Scriptures. "We read about the suffering, the death and the resurrection of Jesus. We sing songs about Jesus' suffering time. In the middle of the night, we take communion together," Abebe says. "At 5:30 everyone lights a candle."
The congregation takes lit candles out into the streets, walking together and singing of Christ's resurrection until about 6:30 in the morning. The rest of the day is a time for family and friends. There are gifts of food and clothing. Neighbors are invited in to eat together and talk about Jesus' resurrection.
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Dana Tanamachi is a Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based graphic designer and letterer who enjoys living a quiet life and working with her hands. After designing Broadway show posters at SpotCo and working under Louise Fili, Dana opened her own design & lettering boutique, Tanamachi Studio. She has been commissioned by clients such as Google, Yahoo!, Rugby Ralph Lauren, The Ace Hotel, Tommy Hilfiger, West Elm, and Bloomingdale's. In 2011, she was named a Young Gun (YG9) by the Art Directors Club and a Young Creative to Watch by HOW Magazine. In 2012, Dana had the unique honor of creating custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME Magazines.
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Faculty Student Collaborative Research
Our Philosophy: DSU's undergraduate research opportunities are significant, student-centered opportunities for faculty-mentored students to engage in higher-level thinking within and across disciplines.
Highlights: DSU conducts faculty-student research across disciplines,. Some examples of collaborative projects include the following:
Colt Goff and Jess Fuhrman found interesting significant results in a project with Dr. Andrew McGarva exploring hunger and hand-eye coordination in collegiate wrestlers. This study is currently under review for publication.
Ramona Redding-Lopez, mentored by faculty advisors Dr. Alan Church & Dr. Holly McBee, applied critical methodology learned in one class to content in another, producing "Rejection of schema modification in critical responses to The Mill on the Floss."
Diana Fischer worked with Dr. Chip Poland of Agriculture to examine producer perspectives on the efficacy of leafy spurge control, a study with implications for agriculture practice in North Dakota.
Meredith Andrus used remote sensing to examine cover crops in Dunn County, ND, with Dr. Erik Brevik and Dr. Seth Soman.
International student Ahmad Noura worked with faculty advisor Dr. Karen Foster to examine portrayals of Arab/Muslim immigrants and terrorism in world literature textbooks and courses.
Allison Gunderson worked with Dr. Rebecca Pitkin on a project entitled Math and Gender: Stereotype, Myth, or Culture? Allison is currently in graduate school and pursuing this topic as her thesis.
Hope Ruggles, Chelsey Scheer, and Cassie McLean collaborated with Dr. Christine McCoy and Dr. Rebecca Pitkin on a two-year project examining a capstone electronic portfolio requirement. Recommendations from this project led to modifications and improvements in the project.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month at DSU
Leading the Future Presentation
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Art and technics both represent formative aspects of the human organism. Art stands for the inner and subjective side of man; all its symbolic structures are so many efforts to invent a vocabulary and a language by which man became able to externalize and project his inner states, and most particularly, give a concrete and public form to his emotions, his feelings, his intuitions of the meanings and values of life. The technics, on the contrary, develop mainly out of the necessity to meet and master the external conditions of life, to control the forces of nature and to expand the power and mechanical efficiency of man's own natural organs, on their practical and operational side. Though technics and art have at various periods been in a state of effective unity—so that the 5th-century Greeks, for example, used the word technics to apply both to fine art and utilitarian practice, to sculpture and stonecutting—today these two sides of culture have split wide apart.
Dale Chihuly's exhibition, "Baskets and Cylinders: Recent Glass," at the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. (November 17, 1978-June 3), makes apparent this remarkable artist's synthesis of art and technics. His work heals the wounds that existed, in imagination or actuality, between art-as-symbol and craft-as-skill. In these glassworks, skill and image, together molten, breathed into shape are contained totally and peaceably. A renowned teacher as well as artist, Chihuly has been influenced by Harvey Littleton's efforts to bring the craft of glassworking into scale and technology for a studio.
Now, Chihuly is a potent force in shaping the art glass of this age. Cylinders, baskets, blankets are the personal symbolic vocabulary, glass the vehicle or craft through which he finds and brings into public form "his emotions, his feelings, his intuitions of the meanings and values of life." Chihuly's glass—pure, clear, unequivocal—does not pose as something else, as glass in the service of an idea. Freed from utility by skill, it speaks the perceptions of an artist of singular intelligence.
Glass once stood with jewels and gems, with gold and silver, ornamenting religious and regal objects. Its 4,000-year history includes vessels and windows (useful and decorative); architectural monuments of great aesthetic and physical strength. Flexible and negotiable, glass flows through endless identities, accepts countless shapes, embodies numerous contours. Since the Industrial Revolution, glass has largely led a shelf life, holding liquids or storing foods, protecting wines and perfumes, showing labels, casting shadows. From assembly lines come the good blue bottles of country junk heaps, Depression glass, chipped family vases, returnable milk bottles. Broken windows, wavy panes of glass, and who could forget glass flowers, glass creatures, the glass eyes of dolls and stuffed bears?
Studio glass is from the individual hand rather than from the assembly line. Chihuly's fingertips know all the intricacies and possibilities of glass; his mind contains and tumbles about restlessly images of other cultures, other objects. Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941, he earned a BA from the University of Washington, a MS from the University of Wisconsin, and a MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, University of Utah, Institute of American Indian Art; he founded the Pilchuck Glass Center. Currently, he is head of the Glass Program at RISD. His work has been included in over 40 group and solo exhibitions since 1970, and he has demonstrated his techniques and lectured at the Royal College of Art, Philadelphia College of Art, Cleveland Art Institute, Alfred University, University of New Mexico, Cranbrook Academy of Art and elsewhere. Awarded Fulbright scholarships to study in Venice, supported with grants from the Tiffany Foundation, the State Council of Art in Rhode Island, the National Endowment for the Arts, Chihuly is a mature and successful artist, free to experiment as his sensibilities dictate. He need play to no audience as he finds the cadence of his own drummer.
In the Pacific Northwest, Chihuly moved in spaces and looked into distances that provided a strong vocabulary of shapes and spaces, of scale, of objects and tensions between them; of reference points in light and fog. He walked paths that the Indians had cut into the earth with their feet, he was their weaving and their totemic arts. In his work, these images appear, transformed, charged with memory and the conviction of intelligence.
Cylinders, blankets and baskets suggest material totally different from glass. Their materials produce patterns both identifying and decorative. One reaches around the cylinder by hand and eye, identifying its metal or clay or plastic or human flesh, considering it as a unit entire or as a fragment of a longer extension. A blanket enfolds, unfolds, covers, uncovers, wraps, reveals: as it is called to cover various shapes, as it is pulled or tucked or tugged between the areas, as it sags and is stretched, it assumes the shapes of the forces moving it: its decorative pattern switches with the tensions of the blanket itself. Baskets, woven from grasses or fabrics or hides, carry patterns that signify meaning, proclaim decoration, honor tradition. They may or may not have handles and may be of many sizes. They may or may not retain their shape when empty. Art objects—those items cataloged and preserved in museums—generally offer other varieties of aesthetic experience. Chihuly's cylinders, baskets, blankets reflect the experiences of actual cylinders, actual baskets, actual blankets but defy anticipation. Surprises, unanticipated details, little revelations of humor or anxiety suffuse his work. He grants glass limited freedom, allows it to reject some portion of his own shaping movements and breath. Consider glass as a skin: the markings, tracings, drawings enclosed in Chihuly's glass are not merely scratched or painted onto surfaces. Embedded, they define form and explicate shape itself.
Chihuly groups his works according to function and pattern remembered and transformed from other classes of objects: cylinders, baskets, blankets. His colors suggest precious minerals and belong to glass as a semiprecious material. Finally, his glass forms are beckoning, sensual, of touch and of the eye. Their eros, breath; they are blown and held at some distance from the shaping artist—an analogy with the creation of humankind as set forth in Genesis.


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MIX dressing and mayo in medium bowl. Add chicken; stir to evenly coat. Refrigerate 20 min. to marinate.
HEAT grill to medium-high heat. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Thread chicken and onions alternately onto 8 skewers.
GRILL 8 to 10 min. or until chicken is done, turning occasionally. Meanwhile, place lemon, cut sides down, on grill grate next to kabobs; grill until heated through.
PLACE kabobs on plate. Squeeze lemon halves over kabobs.


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