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The human animal is a species of lunatics.
Five in seven people believe in deities. And not all the same ones. A couple billion makebelieve Jehovah the Solar Bogeyman; another billion or so makebelieve Al'lah the Lunar; some people worship cows; some people juggle geese. I'm told.
Swipe those to the side. Now we've got a couple billion people, a large percentage of which believe in reincarnation. Lose those.
Maybe a billion people left. And some believe in karma, and/or ghosts, and or Bigfoot, and/or alien invasions, and/or whatever people believe, dogs evolving faster than humans.
True story, by the way. Once upon a time, it was beneficial to makebelieve stupid things. Your ancestors lived long enough to reproduce by being more inclined to makebelieve wolves which weren't there than their contemporaries who were more inclined to disbelieve in wolves which were. These days, for the most part, C.lupus has been all GMOed into C.l.familiaris, feared only by the odd mailman [and any retard convinced that any animal with more than two legs is a pitbull]; H.sapiens, meanwhile, are still H.sapiens, and all full of wound up potential makebelieve which no longer warns them of canines at the treeline.
People are psychotic.
I'm not sure that anyone's actually sane. I mean: we consider people sane, when their lunacy sounds the same as ours; but, technically, the mere pareidoliac ability to see bunnies in clouds is that same form of psychosis. I don't doubt that, once upon a time, your ancestors looked up and saw wolves in the sky.
I'm getting to the point that I'm having a harder time denying that statheism is a religion. I've heard credible arguments that, while a religion is by definition a bond between men and deities, the liberal wingnut worship of government damned near counts: they pray by voting; they shun those in competing religions; government itself is an abstract concept which these people are about one temporal lobe seizure away from claiming to have a personal relationship with. And the more actual theists certainly treat statheism as a religion, usually with hilarious hypocrisy: 'Them liberals need government, because they can't take personal responsibility,' said the republican whose imaginary friend fixes football games for him.
I've been thinking about all this lately, because I'm writing a novel. Which, I suppose I can now announce, is called Ghostbullies. The basic plotline is that a couple of scientists, and a couple of whatever the polar opposite of scientists is, group together to startup a ghostpretending show, to…you know…results. I could expound, but: spoilers.
Still, if you really wanna know, I've got the first bit online now, at ghostbullies.com. That's around a hundred pages. Call it a sample chapter.
Some of that sample chapter thing may seem redundant, since one of the scientists happens to rant about people being psychotic and seeing cloudy bunnies:
'Technically, it means oodles,' Snyder said, 'It means that the human animal is awesome at seeing patterns. Even when those patterns barely exist. People can see rabbits in clouds. Or faces in toast. Or whatever. People are adapted through basic natural selection for things like facial recognition. For noticing that the stars above have moved, signalling the beginning of optimal farming seasons. It's a long story, and at this point a boring one. The nutshell is that those among your ancestors—the ones who lived long enough to reproduce and become your ancestors—lived that long by being better at spotting wolves peering in from the edge of the clearing than the people alive at the time who sucked at it.'
'So, by seeing a pattern here, I survive,' Tommy said.
'Not really. Not anymore. The downside is that humans are so damned good at seeing patterns, even when they're merely imagined, that people today are basically just afraid of everything. You could look in any direction and see a wolf in the distance, if that's what you were expecting to see. A wolf, a vapour bunny, a bread group messiah; whatever. People—and I'm saying this as a neurologist—are on average hilariously psychotic. We just tend to forgive them, because most of us are psychotic too. Maybe you see Toasty Christ and dismiss it as the tyranny of statistical certainty—a finite number of breadcrumb megapixels guaranteeing that the face of Frank Zappa will eventually become approximated in Wonder Bread—but then fall for Rabbit von Cumulus up in the sky. It's a common thing; it's called pareidolia, and it's actually uncommon not to suffer from it.'
'But, if I know that the cloud only looks like a rabbit,' Tommy said, 'then that's not really crazy.'
'Seeing it at all kinda means that you're crazy enough to mistake random shapes for specific objects,' Snyder said, 'But, yeah: we won't generally see you as a problem lunatic until the bunny orders you to bring it human sacrifices.'
'No,' Tommy said, 'I mean that just noticing that a cloud looks like a bunny isn't crazy; it's just having an imagination.'
'Imagination,' Snyder echoed, 'Okay. Imagine this: we go upstairs and fill a bathtub with water; I give you a bucket, a coffeemug, and a teaspoon; then I tell you to get the water out of the tub. Any thoughts?'
'Um…I'd use the bucket first,' Tommy said, 'Then, once there wasn't much water left, I'd use the mug and eventually the spoon.'
'And I'd just open the drain,' Snyder said, 'Because I'm not crazy.'
What's not in the book, as yet [I might add it in, at some point], is that even the ability to write a novel is kinda crazy. No other animal can evidently do it. I assume—as probably most people do—that, by writing down a crazy idea instead of believing it, you at least get that the idea is crazy. That's what Work of Fiction means, after all: Collection of Crazy Ideas. But, still, that people can write books—and, maybe worse, that people can read them—implies that people are a little less grounded than animals capable of sticking exclusively to reality.
I'm actually kinda dreading ahead at the moment, because I wrote this into the book:
'And, by the way,' Snyder said, 'did Scooby ever have more than just that one cop? They went town to town, and the arresting officer was always that same guy. I think they went to Scotland once; and there's that same cop again. What is he: Interpol?'
I'm not sure that that's true. I don't think I've watched Scooby since about 1975; there may have been more than that one sheriff. I wouldn't care, because it's not part of the narrative; characters can say Wrong Stuff and have nothing to do with me. But, humans being narcissistic lunatics, I'm already predicting feedback from a [nother] BrainySmurf twat onestarring the book because, lawl, the guy writing it hasn't seen scoobey doo!!!1
I've mentioned that I hate people. Right?
Readers are on average crazier than writers. I'm convinced of that. Don't worry: editors are crazier than either of us.
So. When I write a novel about zombies, I get that I'm just making it up; when you—you being a part of the amalgamated readership, a percentage of which are obstreperously psychotic—read a novel about zombies, you might feel compelled to be one of the first million people to tell me that scientists just found a prehistoric virus buried in the ice. Even if the novel itself explained why that was an eventual certainty, making it not any form of magic.
People are crazy.
Some people bow to deities; some bow to governments; I'm stuck in the middle, with you.
There's a big deal [read: minor story we'll all forget about by May], right now, about the CEO of Mozilla being sacked for having supported Proposition Eight, six years ago. And the whimpers and the hypocrisy are flying from all sides.
The statheists find it hilarious that a christworshipper is getting kicked out for his proclivities, three seconds after the story was dying down on Arizona's antigay bill [because, see, karma must be a thing]; the christworshippers find it obscene that he'd get sacked when all he ever wanted was to be as antigay as Arizona; everyone's an idiot—just ask everyone.
Of course, the whimper is shifting a bit, moving over to reflect the HobbyLobby thing I mentioned the other day. Meaning that, so far as I'm concerned, nothing's changed.
My position is simple. I don't consider theism to be a protected class. I don't even see atheism as a protected class. One's obvious: theism is by definition a choice. You might not know how to unchoose it, but you got there in the first place by making some sort of decision to believe in something someone lied to you about. I wouldn't quite call being atheistic a choice, any more than I'd call nonsmoking a choice: faced with an option, you turned it down; you really just stayed the same as you always were. Atheism isn't a choice, because it's what people start with before they learn to choose things.
Still, it's not a protected class. To my thinking. Because it's invisible.
We don't protect classes to preserve feelings, as such. I'm good with protecting colours and genders [provided they're all protected equally], because, despite stories of blacks in the forties looking light enough to walk among the real people, I don't think you should hafta camouflage yourself just to hit the good waterfountain.
Being theistic or atheistic is invisible without any effort. It's actually something of an omission of action. You hafta put kilocalories into telling people which you are.
I don't care which you are. Meaning, really, that I don't wanna know.
If you're black, that's something I'm gonna detect. If you're white, I'm not gonna hold it against you. It's just looks; they can barely be controlled, and certainly needn't be.
But, if you're theistic, or atheistic, or gay, or straight, or anything I can't tell from across a quiet room, then I don't see the need to protect you. Because there's no way that your condition, whatever it is, can be detected unless you blather about it.
Here are two statements. One of them is true.
Didya spot the difference? Just act normal. Act acceptable. Act quiet. I don't want gay people to act straight, because I don't wanna know when people are straight. How do you even act straight? I don't wanna see straight people macking in public either. I don't wanna see any two people sashaying along all cutely, holding hands and singing with the damned bluebirds.
Of course, that's not up to me. Out in the world, you can mack on bluebirds all day; and I can roll around on a skateboard, helping to convince you that you're better than I am. Great.
But, when I run an office—and I've done that—Thou Shalt Not Mack. Thou Shalt Not Proselytise. Thou Shalt Shaddup.
What Eich did wrong, apart from believing in a stupid, hilarious, bigoted deity, was making a publicly visible donation to Proposition Eight. He was allowed to; it was his right as a Duhmerican. But it was his mistake. He'd have made the same mistake if [and for all I know when] he'd blathered daily at Mozilla about his imaginary friends. Not because christworshppers are inferior and crazy and stupid [though we could talk about that], but because any such blathering is disruptive to the company.
Mozilla aren't sacking this twat as Phase One in their plan to televise Christians v Lions: the Rematch. Mozilla are sacking him for being a disruptive liability. His presence at the company is harming the company's public image. We in capitalist societies call this Bad.
Mozilla didn't throw Eich under the bus. He got there on his own; Mozilla just stood back to avoid getting splattered by the sinew.
So, I have no sympathy for Eich. I have no sympathy for anyone, but Eich's a name I know.
Of course, I have no sympathy for his opposition.
I'm not strictly in favour—and, read this whole sentence before thinking you know anything—of gay marriage; I'm not in favour of any marriage; to me, a theist asking a deity for permission to get married, and a statheist asking a government for permission to get married, are equally silly; that said, talking people out of getting married is of less immediate importance to me than preserving the equal rights of all to do this stupid thing.
That's where I am on the patriometer: you're all free to be exactly as stupid as each other. Rejoice.
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I am not living there yet. In a few months I will be.
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Not a drug scene school. People would be embarassed to do that.
Yeshiva University is very generous with scholarships.
Every night men and women get together in the library and socialize there. I believe the university has mixers and socials.
No one brings a car. It's NYC with mass transit.
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No off campus housing available. Students who want to live off campus find their own apts and usually it's very easy. There are websites for that.
I believe Yeshiva University helps students with internships.
pretty diversified in terms of religous levels.
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NY transit systems are the best!
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I am not familiar with Greek life.
I have not yet begun taking classes.
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There are many security officers on campus.
fairly easy, people are eaasy to talk to
work load is fairly heavy, i do enjoy it and they offer services to help u
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just the city can be unsafe noone can control that
one religoin, not diverse at all
Drug Safety:
no pressures around, if you want to go out you can if not you dont have too
its new york, weather really can be hot one day and freezing the next.
Campus Housing:
tight security which is good and safe but not so clean, its close to school and housing is very good and will work with you
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no off campus just city life
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no off campus housing offered
Its not the best, the school has a lot too offer but hangout and social life isnt great, shabbat isnt good because the food is awful. which dissuades people from staying in for shabbat. but the libraries are good etc etc
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- Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Release Date: Jul 26, 2013
- Starring: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Will Yun Lee
- Summary: Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
- Director: James Mangold
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
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Positive: 24 out of 43
Mixed: 18 out of 43
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A refreshing summer cocktail of action-movie staples, The Wolverine combines the bracingly adult flavor of everyone's favorite mutant antihero — tortured, boozy X-Man Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine — with the fizzy effervescence of several mixers from the cabinet of Japanese genre cinema: noirish yakuza crime drama, samurai derring-do and ninja acrobatics.
The Wolverine shows that, while originality would be nice, a little novelty and enthusiasm in the presentation of the familiar can be quite enough.
The post-conversion 3D is more distracting than anything else, but the rest of this surprisingly fun entertainment is as sharp as the hero's claws.
This pissed-off man of Adamantium claws is stalking new ground (Japan), and his fight with yakuza on top of Tokyo's speeding bullet train is a wowser.
The lack of plot coherence is a lingering irritant in a film that otherwise seems to be trying to improve on its cinematic-series forebears.
Slapped with the generic title The Wolverine, the fifth feature-length appearance of Hugh Jackman's X-Man John Logan is basically "The Bad News Wolverine Goes to Japan" and is not especially world-shaking.
The Wolverine reveals itself to be a film in desperate need of a point, in dire need of consequences and in a wandering search of any semblance of emotional weight.
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Positive: 118 out of 172
Mixed: 23 out of 172
Negative: 31 out of 172
Feb 27, 2014Arguably the best Wolverine movie yet, and let's be honest all the X-Men movies but "First Class" were about him, so that's a pretty big compliment. The action is great and Hugh Jackman is still perfect as Wolverine. The plot here is also very good even if it does include an almost pointless romance as well as a predictable final plot twist. Overall though it's hard to complain about a superhero movie when the action and special effects are this good. I also really enjoyed the new characters.
It's safe to say that if you are an X-Men or Wolverine fan then you should enjoy this movie. Even as someone who hasn't always enjoyed the X-Men movies I really enjoyed this one. So I find this to be one that is easily recommendable. Do yourself a favor on this one and be sure to watch through the credits.… Expand
Jul 29, 2013Fans of the horrible Origins film filled with miscasted characters, forced plot with nothing attached to the true comic arc at all, and never a real take on who Logan is will hate this film. It has a tight script focusing on Logan as The Wolverine and no so much the X Men. If people were looking for X Men 4 they are not going to see it here. Its better. Logan is his own story and thats what they focused on and thats why I liked it. The major villian in this film isnt the Ninja's or Silver Sam it's Logan himself. If you cant see that then watch it again as a stand alone film not as a film attached to the X Men franchise. Its a look into Logan and why he is who he is.… Expand
Aug 12, 2013In a way it's a movie kind of frustrating, because when I watch expected nothing and got kind of frustrated because the film begins in a manner so interesting, humanizing the character to be worthy of becoming a pity that I began to think it would be one of my biggest surprises of the year, I was wrong, by the end of the film convinces and excites us, from there it becomes a disappointment, because the end is stupid and almost takes all the fun out of the rest, but acceptable near the predecessor with another Hugh Jacman time putting on a show.… Expand
Oct 10, 2013Wolverine goes to Japan so you expect impressive, skilful fights with ninjas and yakuza, right? Unfortunately this isn't what you get. The story has many problems and the battles of the third act are disappointing. However, Jackman's performance, the idea of Wolverine becoming vulnerable and his relationship with a Japanese woman prevent this movie from being forgettable.
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Jan 3, 2014X Men Origins Wolverine was funnier than this, but The Wolverine is still one of the most amusing movies of 2013.
No I'm not writing a review of a different movie in the wrong place The Wolverine suffers from being unintentionally funny, much like X Men Origins Wolverine.
The acting is half decent and respectable Hugh Jackman surprisingly giving the weakest performance, and the special effects top rate (but what do you expect it's an X Men movie). Those are the only fully positive things I have to say about The Wolverine, with the exception of it not being boring.
While they have good CGI and aren't filmed badly the action scenes are way too overblown and unrealistic to be taken seriously, which is a major problem because there are lots of them. Samurai ninja's appear at one point to kill The Wolverine. Why? Earlier in the movie they just got people with guns to kill Logan, why the sudden change? Oh that's right, because it's set in Japan! I'm not saying it's racist, I'm saying it's a totally reason to put samurai ninja's in the movie. Because nowadays superhero movies are aimed at 4 year olds there isn't a lot of plot, but the very small amount of it is also ridiculous and too unrealistic to take seriously, there is a giant robot samurai suit controlled by a dying old man. End of argument. As for the twist near the end, I didn't see it coming but it's still terrible.
Maybe I'm being too harsh on The Wolverine? Movies like The Rock, White House Down and Undercover Brother have had ridiculous plots and cliched scenes but I have still enjoyed them. That's because they are intentionally flawed and meant to be cheesy, The Wolverine tried and failed to be serious. Hugely disappointing.… Expand
Jan 5, 2014This was just a bad movie on so many levels, plot, characters, etc. Hugh Jackman was good and the only reason one would even want to torture themselves to see this garbage. I love the X-Men original movies, the comics, and the cartoon, but this movie ruined the franchise. The actors were really bad and such a silly ending, this movie needed better fight scenes, actors, and plot...fire the director!… Expand
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Telecom Expense Management (TEM) from IBM® Emptoris® Rivermine® helps companies reduce telecommunications expenses by holistically managing the mobile and wireline communications lifecycle. Telecom expense management streamlines and automates key telecom processes, including inventory management; procurement and order management; invoice processing, auditing and cost allocation; mobile expense and device management; and advanced business intelligence and reporting. IBM Emptoris Rivermine is a key offering in IBM's MobileFirst portfolio of mobile products and services, and provides a flexible suite of managed services to facilitate best-in-class outsourcing of companies' critical TEM business processes.
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- Decommission obsolete assets to avoid overcharges, optimize network price and performance, and identify the most cost-effective rate plans for mobile users.
- Optimize staff productivity and costs by enabling workers to focus on more strategic telecom projects.
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- Use the End-User Telecom Portal to streamline the ongoing management of mobile usage and accurately inventory and improve control of mobile devices.
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- Access summary dashboards and detailed reports that provide aggregate and granular insight into telecom data and identify potential issues.
- Utilize international capabilities to gain global visibility into the telecom environment and provide support for global invoice formats, currencies and languages.
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- Optimize communications network price and performance for reduced costs and improved service.
- Gain fast insight into network route cost information and quickly view potential risks associated with changes. This enables you to make rapid network decisions and justify them to management.
- Provision network conversions and new assets more easily to facilitate network transformation projects.
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Use the IBM Telecom Expense Management Telecom Portal to place orders for plans and devices, access usage and spend reports, and place MDM and Help Desk requests.
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MOUNT VERNON A SALT Council meeting will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at The Station Break Senior Center, 501 S. Main St., Mount Vernon. SALT Seniors and Law (enforcement) Together is a part of Triad, which is a partnership between law enforcement, seniors and community organizations that work with seniors.
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Bennett Bean (American, born 1941)
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White earthenware with decoration and pit-fired 12 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (31.75 cm x 17.15 cm x 17.15 cm)
Crocker Art Museum, gift of Ethan J. Wagner and Sherry Remez Wagner1991.7.26
While figurative ceramics increasingly dominated the work of emerging artists, by the 1980s it was apparent that a plurality of expression was emerging. Stimulated by recent scholarship on styles and movements in ceramics, many artists working in clay were eager to move beyond the reductive, minimal styles of vessel production associated with Modernism and explore the power of decoration. Another important influence on this return to motif was the 1970s Pattern and Decoration movement, which began with contemporary painting. Artists such as Bennett Bean began to emphasize pattern, color, and surface, as much as the vessel forms they created. A vessel such as this one is exceedingly complicated in its decoration. From forming to burnishing, firing, painting, partially glazing, and pit-firing—to create the smoky black at the rim—Bean's entire process for one such vase might require as many as twenty steps from start to finish. By 1982, the date of this vessel, Bean was using acrylic paint and the narrowest graphic tape possible to render the red lines, diamonds, and blue trapezoids, which finish the overall design. As a general rule, only unglazed areas, left by a wax resist, are painted. This does not hold, however, if more is needed to fully articulate the play between organic and geometric elements. The artist says, "I'm not making pieces about use, volume, tactility, narrative. My pieces since 1980 are specifically about decorated surfaces outside and space inside."1
1. Karen Chambers, "Bennett Bean," Ceramics Monthly, 46, no. 3 (March 1998): 43.


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Information about exhibitions coming to the Albuquerque Museum.
Focus on Youth
May 4-June 8, 2014
Focus on Youth is an annual exhibition of photography by students from local high schools. The exhibition showcases the works of students using both traditional and non-traditional techniques. A hallmark of this show is the quality of the works displayed, the result of a professional jurying process enlisting local photographers, curators and arts educators to select the works.
A reception and awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 4, from 1-4 p.m. The exhibit is open through June 8.
Lead with the Arts
May 8-June 8, 2014
Take ten talented high school students and add one professional artist. The result is a new collaborative mural that will be unveiled to visitors on May 8. The project is part of Lead with the Arts, an afterschool program that joins together high school students and professional artists in a creative partnership to design and create original artwork in the Museum.
This year, students from Del Norte, La Cueva, Sandia and Albuquerque High, Sandia Prep and the Digital Arts and Technology Academy were selected to work with artist Larry Bob Phillips. Phillips painted the mural on the Museum's main lobby wall and recently completed an outdoor mural with students from CNM on the Century Downtown Theatre.
Students are diligently learning to master the techniques of Larry Bob's signature black and white, Op Art style, which provides the illusion of images that move and vibrate. This high energy mural will include a cast of imaginary characters dreamed up by the students themselves.
A public reception for the opening takes place on Friday May 9 from 6-8 p.m.
Christo, 2001.51.070.9, The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York, 1980-in progress, 1992, Serigraph with U.V. lacquer, 14 x 11 inches
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection
June 14-September 14, 2014
This traveling exhibition is a unique collection of works of art by renowned artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The collection includes original drawings, sculptures, collages and photographs capturing the versatility, longevity and international scope of the duo's extensive career.
One of the largest collections of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the United States, it was started by Tom Golden in the summer of 1974. Golden's personal and professional relationship with the artists began during the 1974 public hearings for Christo and Jeanne-Claude's project "Running Fence." Golden continued to manage and assist with several of the artist's large-scale projects such as "The Umbrellas" and "Over the River." Drawings and collages of the large-scale public works, sold to fund the actual installations, are an important component of this collection.
As partners for more than 40 years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have created lasting environmental installation art throughout the world. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, the 24-mile long curtain titled "Running Fence" in California, and most recently "The Gates" in New York City's Central Park. Because their large-scale public projects are temporary, these preliminary artworks remain as evidence of these installations.
The circulating exhibition is organized by the Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA which received the collection in 2001 as a donation by Tom Golden, a close friend of the artists.
Dennis and Nancy Edaakie (Zuni). Koshare (Pueblo Clown) bolo tie, 1991. Silver with coral and shell inlay, 2 3/4 inches high.
Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary Artistry
June 28-September 21, 2014
Join us for a fun-filled exploration of the intriguing history of the bolo tie, New Mexico's official state neckwear. Organized by the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, the exhibition traces the history of the bolo tie back to 19th-century scarf slides and slide necklaces. The bolo tie we know of today emerged in the 1940s as a challenge to traditional neckwear.
Bolo ties were haute couture in Western movies and mid-century TV shows, and through the decades have become a major expression of Native American artists including Charles Loloma, Hopi, and Norbert Peshlakai, Navajo. Bolo ties remain popular, and are even re-invented in unique mediums such as glass and ceramics. Be sure to attend the June 28 opening reception bedecked in your favorite bolos – the more, the merrier!
Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary Artistry is organized by the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, made possible by the Virginia M. Ullman Foundation.
Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
October 12, 2014 - January 4, 2015
This rich overview of masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts—the original school of fine arts in Paris and a repository for work by Europe's most renowned artists since the seventeenth century—will include approximately 140 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper dating from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The focus will be on epic themes such as courage, sacrifice, and death, as well as the ways that changing political and philosophical systems affected the choice and execution of these subjects. Among the featured works will be paintings by Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Anne-Louis Girodet, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres; sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and François Rude; drawings by François Boucher, Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolas Poussin, Titian, and Jean-Antoine Watteau; and prints by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn.
The epic deeds of gods and heroes, enshrined in the Bible and the works of Homer, were the primary narratives from which both aspiring and established academicians drew their inspiration. Their ideology was rooted in the study of the idealized human form as envisioned in classical art. At the École, learning how to construct persuasive and powerful paintings from carefully delineated anatomy, expressive faces, and convincing architectural and landscape settings was understood by aspiring artists to be the route to success and recognition.
Gods and Heroes is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. This exhibition is generously supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities, the JFM Foundation, and the Donald and Maria Cox Trust. Funding for the catalogue is provided by the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. In-kind support is provided by Barbara and Richard S. Lane and Christie's.


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Through this city flows the river Douro, place where you can travel in the famous and traditional boats called Rabelos.
Oporto is a great industrial and commercial center. The city enjoys an artificial port (Leixões) and an international airport.
In terms of culture, the presence of magnificent baroque churches and typical comprest tiles is remarkable.
Internationally, the city is well known by the Port Wine, produced by various vineyards, located over the Douro river. Oporto is also the city of the bridges, great constructions that were tied up around this city.
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Shapley wrote: The Muslim calendar ends in 2076.
Did not know that. Oh well, I'll be pretty decrepit by then.
Cheney is about as electable as a frog.
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Shapley wrote: The Muslim calendar ends in 2076.
Shapley wrote:Cheney is about as electable as a frog.
So, you're saying he has an even chance against Hillary?
Shapley wrote:what do you call it when its spreading and getting stickier and the going is harder to find?
I think the usual term is 'tar baby', but we're not allowed to use the usual term.
Do you really think the police officers being trained are turning terrorist?
Keep in mind that every recruit that shows up to stand in line for training runs the risk of having himself blown to bits for being there. More than likely those that don't show up simply have decided that the pay they receive is not sufficiently worth the risk involved.
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An Open letter to IphoneSimFree.
Its very hard to speculate regarding the whys and wherefores of iPhoneSimFree and Unique Phones delays in releasing the software without first considering the following facts:
From Apples point of view, the only Telco that is currently authorised to provide phone service for the iPhone in its present state and form is AT&T. From AT&Ts point of view, their hardware, software and network development efforts and expenditures, not to mention the extremely unattractive bend over financial arrangement that they entered in with Apple, warrant exclusive rights to all iPhone voice/data services in the US and said rights have been given to them by Apple.
Irrespective of my views regarding this joint venture relationship, the reality of this all is that two companys out there have now come forward and stated that they possess a way of putting in peril a joint venture deal worth billions over the terms of the contract, by producing software that will allow us all the freedom to use the network operator of their choice. Wow! Imagine.
Steve Jobs mentioned that he expects the sale of nearly 10m iPhones by the end of 2008. Of that 10m, probably 65% of them are expected to be sold in the US. Do the math now ladies and gentlemen: 5m handsets x 60 USD in MRR x 24 [months the duration of the AT&T contract]? This is what AT&T stands to lose!
Additionally, lets not forget now that Apple also receives an enormous percentage of the monthly revenue from each and every AT&T iPhone bill. Think about how much theyre going to lose as well! Sure, Apple will make SOME of it back in additional iPhone sales, but lets stop thinking locally, and start thinking globally!
Here in Europe, Mobile operators and MVNOs reserve the right to SimLock phones for a multitude of different reasons. Whilst you can have that phone unlocked by 3rd parties or do it yourself which is a very common practise (in violation of your contract albeit), the relationship that Apple and AT&T have together is very unique in the sense that Apple makes the hardware/software and gets paid for it and AT&T supplies the services and provides Apple with a cut of whatever they make.
Think about this and how very revolutionary this all is. Apple intends to create similar relations with all other mobile operators in all major countries in the world going forward. Pretty impressive, no? Currently, many of the European operators that Apple has contacted as potential service providers are stalling and not signing the contracts to see what happens, since, you guessed it, if the iPhone is unlocked and Apple can't ensure an exclusive relationship with the operator in a given country, why would they be willing to promise Apple any kickback of their customer's phonebills if you can use anyone's Network? Is not receiving 10-40% of each and every iPhone bill in the world more interesting then selling iPhones? Also, if you crack the iPhone and are able to use someone else's network, Apple doesn't get paid the kickback which is far more interesting than selling iPhones.
Let's take this all one step further and forget AT&T and all the wonderful new iPhones that Apple will sell as a result of this crack. Let's now think like businessmen and ladies. Let's think like Steve Jobs who wants to make his shareholders happy and take Apple to new hights. If the iPhone is cracked, how is Steve et al. ever going to convince all the other Mobile operators out there to become the exclusive iPhone operator in-country and pay him a percentage of all of their customer's proceeds? It ain't going to happen Ladies and Gentlemen. It's for this reason that I feel that iPhone v1 is nothing more than a prototype for an iPhone that is totally locked down in chips and rOM. Apple will take all that the Dev Team, you, I, and IphoneSimFree have done with the iPhone and use this to make the phone better and more secure.
Like you all, Id like to unlock my iPhone since AT&T is not present where I live. However, both iPhoneSimFree and UniquePhones are very stupid indeed if they begin selling this software as they have planned. They might as well release it for freely, since the moment that it hits the street and is tested by Apple/AT&T and confirmed, knowing both Apple and AT&T, they will not allow this act to go with impunity. It might not happen immediately, but it will happen, either directly or indirectly. Sure, iPhoneSimFree will make a bundle off of their unlock supposing that they have used the same iPhone like security to prevent it from being shared with others, but will pay a much higher price in the future.
Re: the 48-72 hour delays. iPhoneSimFree et al. are not working on a pretty GUI as many suggest, what theyre working on is a way to protect themselves from court action via Legal counsel. The laws protecting unlocking mobile phones in the US are very "iffy" at best and are subject to interpretation, especially since the recent changes. This having been said , and from a legal point of view, the presence of Visual Voicemail and equiv. on the phone will ensure victory for both Apple/AT&T for reasons beyond the scope of this posting.
Clearly iPhoneSimFree.com et al. have contacted both Apple and AT&T via their lawyers and informed them of their intensions to begin selling this software, as per standard protocol, and are waiting to see what happens. Problem is that Apple/AT&T will not respond and then will wait and see if the software really exists. And that point, I wouldnt want to be iPhoneSimFree .. As per US laws, failure to respond to a direct mailing within 72 hours can be viewed as an acceptance of sorts, contrary to the silence does not equal acceptance rule that were all familiar with. However, even a mediocre lawyer can circumvent this argument.
Thus, the moral the story is as follows: Bravo to iPhoneSimFree et al. for finding the crack (assuming that they have), but how very stupid of you to try and make money off of it and expect to walk away rich men/women. Both Apple and AT&T have legal entities in all major EMEA and Asia countries; as such it would be a mistake to think that they couldn't easily go after parties based in other countries.
Personal Message to iPhoneSimFree if you've got your ears on.
Surely what you've done is commendable and I salute you. What is not commendable is your desire to make lots of money off of it and think that youre not going to be made an example of. It's very silly indeed to think that you will be able to get rich off of what you're doing. My advice to you 6 would be to release the software freely to the world since youre way out of your league and the big boys out there will not let you put a dent in their multi-billion dollar plans. Theyre going to eat you for breakfast and you can run, but you cant hide. Trust me.
Doubt what Im saying? Start selling the software ..and think of what I said in prison.


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Today, Naval Staff College graduates continue to distinguish themselves in positions at the highest levels of their services. To date more than 313 graduates have attained the rank of flag officer and 122 have served as chief of service, with 19 currently serving in the latter capacity.
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Many of the patent applications and grants involving Apple relate to theoretical products that may never see the light of day. Today, Apple has been granted a patent that covers one of the most basic (and copied) processes in iOS, slide to unlock.
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The High Court in London has ruled HTC did not infringe four of Apple's patents, including a patent on slide-to-unlock.
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MONTROSE – A 90-day public comment period is open until Aug. 22 on the Bureau of Land Management's Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness.
Collin Ewing, acting NCA Manager at the BLM's Grand Junction field office, attended Monday's regular meeting of the Montrose County Commissioners to present an overview of the draft documents and to ask local government representatives and community members to be a part of the process by commenting on the document.
The plan, once adopted, will guide management decisions on the 210,012-acre Dominguez-Escalante NCA, which includes the 66,280-acre Dominguez Canyon Wilderness area. The conservation area was created by the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, passed by Congress in 2009.
According to Ewing, that legislation stipulated that a resource and management plan for the NCA must be developed. In accordance with that, the BLM, along with the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council, has created the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for public review and comment. The draft RMP analyzes five alternatives covering all aspects of BLM resource management within the National Conservation Area boundaries, including recreation, travel management, resource protection, wildlife habitat, special designations and livestock grazing.
The draft's Alternative A is the "no-action" alternative and would largely continue current management practices laid out in the 1987 Grand Junction RMP and 1989 Uncompahgre RMP, as long as the management is consistent with the Omnibus Act that designated the NCA. Alternative B would be to implement active management techniques to address issues within the NCA. This alternative would restrict recreation to manage for biological conditions and cultural resource protection.
Alternative C in the draft is the active biological protection and restoration alternative. Under this option, management practices such as prescribed fires, vegetation treatments and site rehabilitation would be used extensively. Biological management goals would be emphasized as well as preservation of cultural resources. This alternative, according to BLM documents, would result in the largest reduction in recreational travel routes.
Alternative D, on the other hand, would emphasize opportunities for trail-based recreation (motorcycles, ATVs, mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding). Under this option, the BLM would still pursue active biological protection and restoration but to a lesser extent than Alternative C. Alternative D would include relatively few restrictions on uses such as recreation and livestock grazing.
Alternative E is considered the BLM's preferred alternative and seeks to create a balance within the NCA between recreation and livestock grazing with biological restoration and cultural resource protection. This alternative contains a mix of elements from all four of the other alternatives.
"The draft resource management plan does not talk about oil and gas or coal mining because the [2009] legislation withdrew them," Ewing said.
"We need a lot of public input and we need substantive comments on this," he went on. "We want to understand what these [five] alternatives might have impacts on. We are hoping people will take a close look at it."
After Ewing's presentation to the commissioners, several members of the public spoke with frustration regarding the federal government's control over lands they believe are owned and should be controlled by the state. Resident Roger Brown called it "repugnant" that local citizens are being invited to comment on management practices on lands the people already own.
The BLM will host two public open houses to provide information and an opportunity to comment on the draft. The public can stop by anytime between 4:30-7:30 p.m. at open houses on June 17 at the Colorado Mesa University Center in Grand Junction and on June 19 at the Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta.
The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council, which is composed of ten members of the public who represent various communities and interests throughout the surrounding three-county area, will also hold meetings to discuss the Draft RMP.
"This Draft RMP is the culmination of more than two years of work by the BLM and members of the public," Katie Stevens, manager of the Dominguez-Escalante NCA, stated in a press release. "These documents cover all aspects of our management of this special area, so this is a really important opportunity to make your voice heard about how the BLM will manage these lands.
"We've seen a high degree of public interest and engagement in each step of the planning process, and we expect that the interest in the area will continue through the rest of the planning process."
The BLM will use the public comments to help develop a Proposed RMP/Final EIS, which is scheduled for release in May 2014. Comments must be received by Aug. 22.
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Two weeks after he was named offensive coordinator, Jim Caldwell has finally put his finger prints on the game plan.
After gaining 533 yards of total offense Sunday in their 33-14 win over the New York Giants, it's hard to tell if the Ravens can continue the dominance, but now they have a sound starting point under Caldwell.
There is newfound confidence.
"I think so," Ravens receiver Torrey Smith said of gaining momentum. "We were on a rough stretch for a while, even though — I guess it was three games — we played alright at times, we just weren't consistent. We definitely needed to get a win, and more importantly clinch the division, and I think we'll be fine.
"We need to build on this, which we normally do, and look forward to next week's practice; Christmas first, and then practice."
The Ravens were looking for this kind of spark when owner Steve Bisciotti forced head coach John Harbaugh to fire offensive coordinator Cam Cameron soon after the Ravens lost to the Washington Redskins on Dec. 9.
Caldwell had only three days to install some new things before last week's loss to the Denver Broncos, but he had a few more days before the Giants came to town.
The Ravens kept New York off pace by sometimes going no-huddle and making quick substitutions. Creating a fast tempo is something Caldwell has stressed to quarterback Joe Flacco all season.
Flacco completed 25 of 36 passes for 309 yards and two touchdowns, and the Giants finished out of breath.
"It seemed like they had 13 guys on the field, and then two would run off," New York linebacker Chase Blackburn said. "So we were in a messed up personnel, especially early. And then we basically had to stay more vanilla at times, because personnel were coming in so late."
The Ravens also attacked the middle of the field more than they had against any other team this season. In fairness to Cameron, he pulled back on Flacco's passes across the middle during the last month when the fifth-year quarterback started to struggle.
Caldwell took more chances Sunday. Receiver Anquan Boldin and tight end Dennis Pitta showed no fear going across the middle, as they combined for 12 catches. Flacco also connected on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Ray Rice, hitting him in stride over the middle, a pattern the Ravens haven't used a lot in 2012,
The Ravens repeatedly targeted Gians cornerback Corey Webster whenever he was one on one with Smith, and the Ravens ran clearing routs on the outside as opposed to their usual comeback routs.
"This year, we probably haven't seen as much of that with Ray," Harbaugh of attacking the middle of the field. "That's a route that we run a lot, that's one of our base routes. We messed around with where Ray was at in the formation and got him in a situation where he was going to catch that inside route coming across there.
"I just thought it was a great throw and a great catch. It's nothing new to what we're doing, but obviously, we got the ball to the middle of the field more today, which was a good thing for us."
Against Denver, the Ravens came out using a lot of two-back formation in the first quarter. That seemed to be more of an order from Harbaugh because the Ravens wanted to take the ball out of the hands of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
On Sunday, the Ravens were more wide open offensively because they wanted to put the ball in the hands of their playmakers.
"It was a collective effort from everybody protecting Joe and a matter of Joe getting the ball out on time," right guard Marshal Yanda said. "Converting third downs was huge. I think it was 11-for-18. You're going to win football games doing that.
"It's just a matter of having confidence in our guys. There's no magical formula," Yanda continued. "We didn't reinvent the wheel. It's just football. We got a lot of great guys on this team — a lot of great players. More than anything, it's just guys making plays. You saw Torrey and some of the catches he made, Ray and some of the runs he ran and Bernard [Pierce made]. That's what this league is about: big-time players making big-time plays."
The Ravens helped themselves, especially the offensive line, by moving Flacco more on roll out and sprint out passes. The Giants were also slowed by the Ravens play-action passing game.
In the past, Flacco was a stationary target. Poor pocket awareness made him an easy victim for speedy ends or outside linebackers who could blow by his offensive tackles.
But on Sunday, the Giants didn't have a sack and Flacco was hurried only twice.
"When our offensive line blocks the way they did in terms of the run game, and the pass game, it's tough for the defenses," Smith said. "And we made the plays, and all the credit goes to the big guys up front. They did a great job, they've been busting their tails all week long — really all year long — and to see them play the way they did, and as confident as they did, and see the results, we're very excited about it."
Smith has the right idea. It will always come down to the offensive line, but at least on Sunday, Caldwell gave the group a better chance for success. Isn't that what coordinating is all about, putting your players in the best position to succeed?
"It turned out well," Smith said of the game plan. "I don't what to say anything besides that. We went out there and executed well, and I think we operated pretty quickly, so if I had to pick one thing, it would probably be that.
"Just executing," Smith added. "I say the same thing every week, whether we win or lose. That's what it all boils down to, and when you watch film you can see it."


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BARK RIVER - Randall Mark Bajanen, 61, of 2539 State Highway M-35 in Bark River, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. He was born April 26, 1951 in Milwaukee, and was the son of Wesley and Betty Bajanen. Randy graduated from High School in Milwaukee and then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He moved to the Upper Peninsula and was employed at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad until his retirement. On Sept. 3, 1988 Randy married the former Tamara Huskey at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Escanaba. Randy was an avid golfer, a member of the Highland golf Club, he loved to hunt with his cousin Dave Collins and his greatest love was spending time with his three grand daughters.
Randall Mark Bajanen is survived by: wife, Tamara; parents Bill and Betty (Hughes) Arnold; sisters, Susan (Norman), Laura (Hal) and Mary (Rick); sons, Michael (Kris) and Mason (Patty); daughter, Karie (Paco); three granddaughters, Cassandra, Marissa and Karlena; two grandsons, Anthony and Nick; several nieces and nephews.
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Randy was preceded in death by his father, Wesley Bajanen, and granddaughter, Bella CC Bajanen.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 .p.m Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Escanaba.
Delta County Veteran's services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Church. Funeral services celebrating the life of Randall Mark Bajanen will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior Lutheran Church with Rev. Alfred Schubert officiating.
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The oceans supply us with food, help regulate our climate, and supply a livelihood for millions of people. Just as important, we depend on the oceans for recreation and renewal. But our seas are not the infinite bounty they appear to be. Today, no part of the oceans remains unaffected by human activities. And among the many factors influencing our ocean ecosystems, few have as great an impact as fishing.
Humans have been fishing the oceans for thousands of years. But over the past five decades technology has allowed us to fish farther, deeper and more efficiently than ever before. Scientists estimate that we have removed as much as 90 percent of the large predatory fish such as shark, swordfish and cod from the world's oceans. In 2003, the Pew Oceans Commission warned that the world's oceans are in a state of "silent collapse," threatening our food supply, marine economies, recreation and the natural legacy we leave our children.
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Through better practices, we can create healthy, abundant oceans for everyone. Seafood Watch, a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, has always been about making this vision a reality. Working with consumers, fishermen, restaurants, retailers and suppliers, we've been making a difference since 1999.
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