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The data.bnf.fr project has to be placed in the context of our move towards open data. This approach has been defined by the W3C, regarding the "semantic web" or "linked data".
This is about structuring resources in order to make them reusable by machines in a better way. The data.bnf.fr project uses data which have been created in various formats such as InterMarc for the main catalogue, XML-EAD for archives inventories and Dublin Core for the digital library.
Such data is automatically gathered, modeled and enriched and are published in the RDF semantic web language. The result is available on the website, in different RDF syntaxes: RDF-XML, RDF-N3, and RDF-NT.
CubicWeb It is a open source platform for semantic web applications under LGPL licence.
You can retrieve our data, by:
A dump of all data in data.bnf.fr is also available on our FTP server: hôte : echanges.bnf.fr, port : 21
login : databnf, password : databnf
et via HTTP: whole dump rdf (rdf/xml)
This dump is split in dumps for every kind of data :
The license to use the data is available here ici.
Last update: 2014/07
Our data is linked to the equivalent pages in other data repositories. They are matched to external datasets.id.loc.gov for languages and country codes, dewey.info for subjects headings, DCMI type for all kinds of documents.
It is also aligned to data sets that are found in CKAN, in particular dbpedia and VIAF.
RAMEAU subject headings are matched to:
Data about authors is also linked to:
The BnF identifies bibliographic and authority descriptions and digital documents with ARK identifiers.
This identifier is build this way:
For further information about ARK identifiers at the BnF (French).
This record identifier is also used inside the BnF to link different records and different databases together.
the record http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30625225, is linked to the record « Victor Hugo »:
100 $311907966 $w.0..b.....$aHugo$mVictor$d1802-1885$40070
In data.bnf.fr, URIs are built with the ARK of the authority record of the Main catalogue. They identify the concepts that are described in the "skos: concept" class, in our data model.Example:
To facilitate pages indexing by search engines, data.bnf.fr URL have explicit labels.
The URL of work, author and themes pages is made this way: http://data.bnf.fr/ID/label
there is a HTTP redirection mechanism from ARK identifiers and URIs to URL:
We have a content negotiation mechanism:
http://data.bnf.fr/11907966/victor_hugo/" brings a representation of the page that depends on the HTTP header.
For instance :
We also use redirection for URLs that are likely to be used, for instance: data/1234/victor_hugo.html => data/1234/victor_hugo/fr.html data/1234/victor_hugo.rdf => data/1234/victor_hugo/rdf.xml data/1234/victor_hugo.n3 => data/1234/victor_hugo/rdf.n3 data/1234/victor_hugo.pdf => data/1234/victor_hugo/fr.pdf
Data.bnf.fr is carried out in the context of the recent evolutions of bibliographic description, by experimenting and adapting the FRBR (Functional requirements for Bibliographic Records) model, elaborated by the IFLA (International Federation for Library Associations).
The model has three entity groups which are linked together by relationships: information about documents, persons and organisations, and subjects.
The first group of the FRBR model describes the different aspects of an intellectual or art creation, and discerns 4 levels: work, expression, manifestation and item.
The work level is about the intellectual and artistic creation. For instance: Le colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac. "Work" pages are created using the related authority records from the BnF Main Catalogue.
The expression level (different versions of this work such as a translation, an adaptation or an abridgment) does not appear in the html pages but can be seen in the corresponding RDF pages.
The manifestation level is the physical embodiment of a work. For instance an edition of Les Misérables like "Nouvelle impression illustrée. 1879-1882. Paris. E. Hugues". The manifestations are listed in the documentary unit and gathered in the section entitled "Vie et éditions de l'œuvre" (Life and editions of the work). This level corresponds to the bibliographic record in the BnF Main catalogue, or to a manuscript that is identified by a label in the Archives and Manuscript Catalogue (BnF archives et manuscrits).There can be a part-whole relationship between:
A person or an organisation can be either the "author" of a work (then there is a link between the "author" page and the related "work" page) or "contributor" of an expression (translator, preface writer, librettist…).
Nevertheless, as the expression level is not different from the manifestation level in the html pages of data.bnf.fr, contributors do only appear at the manifestation level. The different creation or contribution roles are listed in a BnF repository, in the Intermarc format, and in the Library of Congress repository, in Marc. This kind of data enriches the RDF of the pages.
Link to the Intermarc code list for relators and creators (BnF).
Link to the Marc code list for relators of the Library of Congress.
Among retrievable data, there are subjects records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (RAMEAU, which is the French indexation language). They have been converted into the RDF language SKOS (Simple Kowledge Organisation), in the context of the European project TELplus. This repository is now updated on data.bnf.fr with the whole current database from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
In order to get dereferenceable URIs in our website, URIs from the initial project such as http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12650268p, have to be converted to simple and uniform URIs with: the root: http://data.bnf.fr and the ARK identifier of the authority subject record.
For instance:
The URI http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12650268p, the subject "ornithologie", will be replaced by: http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12650268p.
Manifestations which have a RAMEAU term as a subject are brought together in the appropriate "subject" page.
Moreover the site holds pages that gather works and manifestations about a work or an author.
These pages are not indexed by search engines and are available from the "work" or "author" pages.
For instance: on the page "Napoleon", there is a link towards a page presenting documents about Napoleon such as Vie de Napoléon Buonaparte, 1827.
In "work" and "author" pages, all manifestations by a single author are gathered around his works, thanks to the explicit link to title authority record (Titre Conventionnel or TIC, in French) , inside the original bibliographic record.
In the meantime some manifestations are not linked to the title authority record and remain "orphan". In order to improve the way our data is translated in FRBR and to bring a better service to the public, it is important to align these orphan manifestations, which means bringing them together around the corresponding work.Example:
That is why we have already produced simple alignments in data.bnf.fr . When a manifestation is explicitly linked to an author authority record in the bibliographic record, and when the character string of this manifestation is exactly the same as the work's title, then the manifestation is aligned with the work.
Yet, after this simple alignment, many manifestations remain orphan. In the long term two solutions are possible:
The data model is presented here:
Example 1 : Victor Hugo, author of Les Contemplations.
The full data model is available here.
The ontology "bnf-onto" can be seen at this address : http://data.bnf.fr/ontology/bnf-onto/".
List of properties:
BnF specific vocabularies are displayed at this address : http://data.bnf.fr/vocabulary-en.
List of vocabularies:
"Author", "work" and "subject" pages are open on the Web and can be reached by search engines.
This is why, except from the traditional methods used for indexing the homepage, we have chosen to embed two kinds of data to structure these pages:
The following elements are used:
itemprop="description" itemprop="birthdate" itemprop="deathdate" itemprop="nationality" itemprop="memberOf"
itemprop="description" itemprop="inLanguage" itemprop="datePublished" itemprop="genre"
itemtype= http://schema.org/Organization
itemprop="description" itemprop="image" itemprop="name" itemprop="url" itemprop="members" itemprop="founding date" itemprop="founders"
And for sub groups of the organizations:
itemscope itemtype= http://schema.org/PerformingGroup itemscope itemtype= http://schema.org/DanceGroup itemscope itemtype= http://schema.org/TheaterGroup itemscope itemtype= http://schema.org/MusicGroup
It is a very simple vocabulary to encode in RDFa metadata to be retrieved when the user adds the resource to its Facebook profile. The following metadata is embedded in the HTML header, thanks to META markups:
og: title (title of the page)
og: description (description of the page content)
og: type (type of resource)
og: url (page URL)
og: image (URL of the image that illustrates page)
og: author (name of the author in the "work" page)
Data.bnf.fr relies on bibliographic data that is structured and linked together, on order to build pages about authors, works and themes. In particular:
We provide mappings between the Intermarc format used at the BnF for bibliographic records, the Unimarc format, commonly used to exchange data between libraries and the RDF vocabularies that are used in data.bnf.fr.
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Luxury hotel news - England, Wales & Scotland
28 June 2011
Winston Churchill event planned at Blenheim Palace
Those checking into hotels near Blenheim Palace this summer may want to sign up for a special event at the historical attraction.
On August 19th, a day will be dedicated to celebrating the life and achievements of Winston Churchill, which is sure to prove a fascinating way to spend a summer day.
The fun will commence at 10:30 BST with biscuits in the Indian Room, followed by a talk and a tour of Blenheim Palace and its gardens.
Once the tour finishes at 12:30 BST, participants will have the rest of the day to explore the palace at their leisure.
Blenheim Palace has a number of events going on throughout the year, including an exhibition of photography taken by the world-renowned James Hudson.
It showcases 18 black and white images, which were taken before, during and after the Brompton Bicycle World Championships back in 2009.
Luxury Hotels in the Cotswolds from Classic British Hotels
Hotels in this region
- Cotswolds (Stow-on-the-Wold)
- Fosse Manor Hotel
- Cotswolds (Gloucester)
- Hatherley Manor Hotel

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FEATURE: American Univ. and its star Josh Glenn aim to make a big statement in the post season
College update for February 22: Dual season wraps up with Minnesota staying at the top
Wrestlers of the Week named by college wrestling conferences
Tickets now available for World Team Trials in Sioux City, Iowa, May 27-28
College Wrestling Update for February 15: Minnesota knocks off Cowboys … again
Test Your Collegiate Wrestling Trivia Challenge
Drive and Night of Champions to celebrate the Olympic quest with a special day of golf and a banquet in Gladstone, N.J., May 8
No. 1 Minnesota to face No. 2 Oklahoma State, plus Oklahoma against Hofstra, at ESPNU Double Sport Invitational in Oklahoma City, Feb. 12
College Wrestling Update for February 8: A wacky week in wrestling
Sesker named Communications Manager for USA Wrestling
Wrestling group in Georgia seeks to start a college program in their state
National Wrestling Hall of Fame Expands Hours of Operation for Division I NCAA Wrestling Championships
USOEC athletes to battle the world in 2nd annual Olympic Challenge in Marquette, Mich, Feb. 20
College Update for Feb. 1: Slippery Rock cuts eight sports, including wrestling; Gallick takes over No. 1 at 141
FEATURE: Oklahoma leader Archie Randall prepares to build a competitive new college team at OCU


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Pretty lucky.
I will write all about Ivy and Noah's birthday one day soon.
It was a day that I won't really forget in a while
or want to forget
and I think it's a day the twins will hold onto for a long time.
I might write about how sick Ivy was and how this infection knocked her around more than usual.
I will possibly recount how Ivy ended up in surgery on Sunday
and how they found that the lump they said was nothing last month, was of course,
way more than nothing
and how thankful I am for the medical team that we have finally settled on
and how the nephrologist appointment was useless and a waste of everyone's time over the next few posts,
just to get it all out of my system
but not tonight.
Tonight we are home.
With the help of the amazing new doctor (who isn't really all that new anymore)
after years of my asking
was able to get through all of the policy and procedure red tape hoopla
so that I could take the girl home with a cannula in her wrist
to give her IV antibiotics here
instead of staying in the hospital for another two weeks.
It means more than I can say, right now.
I'm tired and spent from all of the emotional energy
this admission has stolen from me -
from my family
and I'm not sure that it really means much to anyone else but me
but we're home -
with home visits planned
and a bit of back and forthing to the hospital for the next fortnight
but I can be with all of my kids,
take the pressure off Dave and my Mum
and Ivy can be comfortable and happy here.
It'll be worth the trade off.
I feel pretty lucky tonight.
18 Responses to "Pretty lucky."
So thankful that you can do this. Go your new doctor!
You sound so relieved. Hope all stays good Tiff.
What wonderful news, to know you are all home now. I don't comment often, but think of your whole family every day and send lots of healing love and light every time I do. xxx
Yay for blessed doctor who made it possible – and yay for you and all of your family for the joy of all being together.
So pleased that Ivy is home with her family!!!! You are an amazing woman Tiff!
Lots of prayers coming your families way!!!!
Andrew and Jennifer xx
There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
That is wonderful to hear. May every one sleep well in their own beds tonight. May your dreams be filled with fairy wishes and butterfly kisses
wonderful news
A good doctor is worth their weight in gold. So happy you're home x
Aaaaaand – Breathe! xo
That's awesome. Awful that your littlest gorgeous girl isn't well, but it sounds like you've got a bit more room to breathe.
That is the most beautiful portrait of Ivy at seven. You are an exceptional photographer, Tiff. Happy birthday to all. XX
Gotta love a management that actually suits the whole involved!
Thanks Tiff for posting this. My daughter loves to dress up like that too.
If you have a moment, could you look at this link
and vote at http://www.voteabigail.org
I love a 'good news' post. Ivy's recovery seems faster, and she looks better overall, than she has after the last few admissions. It makes so much sense for her to have antibiotics at home…apart from everything else, she won't be exposed to all the nasty hospital germs.
Yah! It's about time!
So glad you are both home.
Ivy looks such the gorgeous little princess. A true beauty inside and out.
So happy for all concerned that a solution has been found to finally allow ongoing treatment at home.
It absolutely has to be the right decision, where both you & Ivy must be more comfortable and less stressed in the familiar home environment. Thank goodness there is a special kind of doctor who is taking a holistic approach and realises that Ivy will continue to heal better with her normal routines & family around her and a mum who is far less stressed.
It can only be hoped that the ongoing home treatment of IV antibiotics for a prolonged time frame this time will also prolong the need for further admissions to hospital for recurring infections and inhibit the development of additional abcesses and thereby remove the threat of further surgery.
Here's to some good news and the promise of a well earned successful result! xoxo


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Justin Dennis
Portage Borough Council is looking to make some major improvements in the community. And members have a plan – a 10-year comprehensive plan, co-drafted by the Portage Area Regional Planning Commission and The EADS Group of Johnstown.
But they'll need the community's support.
Council members will be hosting a combined meeting for Portage Borough, Portage Township, Portage Area School District and Cassandra Borough taxpayers to look at an overview of the plan and discuss community concerns. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on March 11 at the Portage Area Elementary School auditorium.
Borough Manager Robert Koban said he expects the council will refer to the plan religiously over the next several years, using it as the foundation for many future decisions. He said he feels it's important that they start generating public feedback now.
"(This meeting) will be the final time for (community input)," he said. "So we really encourage the public to get out, making sure they're at this meeting and reviewing the plan prior."
A draft version of the plan is available for download on the borough's website or at the links below.
A few of the main focal points in the borough's 10-year plan:
"The biggest issue that we'll face – not only the borough but the township, the other municipalities and the school district – is, if this is what the people want, we need to look at this," said Koban. "And, whether we like it or not, this is what the people want."
Click here to download the PAPRC's Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan
Click here to download the PAPRC's Trail Feasibilty Study
(Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader required)
Click here to subscribe to The Tribune-Democrat print edition.
Click here to subscribe to The Tribune-Democrat e-edition.


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Respect is the collective responsibility of everyone involved in football to create a fair, safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can take place. These are some of the outcomes achieved so far:
The programme has been around since 2008 and improvements are now being seen, with the number of referees increasing, the amount of discipline for dissent reducing and players saying they are now gaining more enjoyment from the game.
The programme provides a series of tools for leagues, clubs, coaches, referees, players and parents from grassroots to elite football to ensure a safe, positive environment in which to enjoy the game.
These tools include agreed codes of conduct, in-service training for referees, Respect club resources, spectator sideline barriers and ensuring captains work with referees to manage player behaviour.
For further information contact Suffolk FA's lead Respect officer Jim Hill on 01449 776383 or 07572 107791 or email email@example.com or please click here
Respect and Safeguarding Children
Creating fun, safe football environments is central to Respect.
Many children and young people have a fantastic experience through football - some don't. This may be down to aggressive or pushy coaches and parents screaming and shouting from the sidelines. Respect highlights that this behaviour is unacceptable. We need to help coaches and parents understand the effect this behaviour can have and share positive ways to motivate young players.
Support and information for welfare officers to implement the Respect programme can be found by clicking here
For more information on the Safeguarding Education Programme you'll find details of the safeguarding children workshop, which anyone can attend and the welfare officer workshop, which is specifically for those in this role. Please click here for further information or contact Andrew Newton, football development administrator, on 01449 776315 or email email@example.com
If you would like further information regarding safeguarding, or want to discuss a concern then contact the county welfare officer, Jim Hill, on 01449 776383 or 07572 107791 or email email@example.com
In addition, and in partnership with the NSPCC, The Football Association opened The FA/NSPCC Child Protection Helpline 0808 800 5000. This is a 24-hour telephone helpline for children and adults to seek advice or report a concern on a confidential and, if required, anonymous basis.


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With the unrest in oil producing countries in the Middle East such as Libya, the price of oil recently was back to the triple digit range. Adding to economic uncertainty, the devastating earthquake in Japan may take the focus away from oil prices, although this may be momentary. As I am writing this, the full impact of the earthquake and tsunami and long-term influence on the Japanese and world's economy is still unknown. But, in the short run, oil prices have moderated.
Will this overall rise in oil prices and the price consumers are paying at the pump slow our economic recovery? For just such occasions, I am willing to pull out my crystal ball from the vault and see what may lie ahead. Sadly, the pictures I am seeing in my crystal ball are not that clear. Wait, a picture is coming into focus, and the market is going through a slight correction. No, it is heading sideways, consolidating. No, actually it is gaining ground on anticipation legislative steps will be taken.
Actually, the market will do what it has always done. It will go down when many do not expect it, then as the sentiment grows more negative, all of a sudden the markets will begin gaining again. The only difference in what happens in future markets as compared to the past will be the duration of each movement in the market. This is not to say it is okay to ignore current events and thus not adjust investment allocations based upon short and mid-term expectations.
To invest in the markets, each investor should have the understanding their accounts will drop in value from time-to-time, often without fair warning. If there is a reliance on the investments for income, then allocating a portion to conservative options is desirable. A potentially better option though would be to segregate a small portion of the investments into a separate account. By maintaining a second but conservatively allocated portfolio, in the event of another severe market correction the market's impact would be less on this portfolio leaving it available to become the income source for a period of time. This would permit the primary account to be managed in such a way to take advantage of dips in investment prices and potentially allow other holdings that were not sold to partially if not fully recover.
The unrest in the Middle East may have been the catalyst for the current correction, since the S&P 500 has moved up over 27 percent since last August. If the unrest dissipates rather than spread to other nations like Saudi Arabia, then this move in the markets will be a buying opportunity as the U.S. economy continues to claw its way through this recovery. Any time uncertainty surrounds a commodity, nation, or other iconic symbol, speculation will happen. In this case since oil trades daily, the impact is felt and seen immediately. But, the increase in price by speculators can evaporate just as quickly when the cause of the speculation goes away.
Sadly, the devastation in Japan also means spending will occur in all areas of their economy and others as they rebuild, most likely totaling in the billions. This will create local but also international demand, just like Katrina's impact in 2005.
Just remember, permitting current news to substantially impact a portfolio's allocation may adversely influence its long-term growth ability.
For assistance with portfolio allocations, insurance, estate planning, or investment management contact me at Quality Financial Concepts or one of the other Certified Financial Planners in our area. To continue a personal quest for education, you can also view our learning center on our website, www.goqfc.com. There you will find articles on a variety of topics, on-line seminars, calculators, as well as a host of other free tools.


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18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, 9 SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, 5 SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and 2 SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese. Click Here.
HEAT grill to medium-high heat. Combine all ingredients except nuts.
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William J. Merritt
"Excellent technical workforce hampered by ineffective senior management."
Pros – Excellent pay and benefits combined with a work environment in which it is easy to attain a good work/life balance. The engineering workforce is very talented and the company is involved in some exciting wireless R&D projects.
Cons – Job security is poor - layoffs occur every frequently because the company hires people for new projects which are then abandoned within 2-3 years. Middle managers are more concerned with maintaining their place in the food chain rather than doing what's good for the company as a whole.
Advice to Senior Management – A thorough housecleaning is in order. The CEO and board of directors need to be replaced with people who actually understand the wireless industry.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
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Pros – Most co-workers are great; a few are dead weight.
Reasonable pay
Flexible working arrangements (although this is getting more restrictive now)
First-level management mostly cares about their people (that's changing too)
Cons – Poor work-life balance (company doesn't care if it works you to death)
Upper management has no regard or respect from employees
Typical political correctness from HR, but it's all a smoke-screen to hide lack of employee regard
Poor employee morale due to management practices
Declining level of benefits, at ever higher prices
Company is not an innovator; just follows the market and focus is on low price, not quality
Advice to Senior Management – Realize that the company's success is due to the hard work and creativity of your employees, NOT your tired and worn-out strategies and me-too policies. If you want the company to turn around, stop focusing solely on costs and start treating your people like the professionals they are; support them and encourage innovation and create an environment where the morale can improve
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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"Need change in Management"
Pros – One of the pros with InterDigital is the opportunity that people get to work on latest technologies. There is lot of freedom to move from one area of work to another within the company.
Cons – There is no concept of work-life balance for people working in the product teams. Working for 6 days a week with really long hours each day is quite common. These crunch times lasted up to one to two years instead of a few weeks/months which is the norm in many technology companies.
Advice to Senior Management – InterDigital started product development, hired a team and laid of people and repeated this process three times in the last 9 years. It should put more thought into what it wants to do in the product space before actually hiring the people and bring in people with product experience into the exec team. It is completely reliant on patents that are either silly or are good but about to expire for all the revenue and this can not be the long term plan of the company.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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"Good place to work"
Pros – Small Company. Nice compensation. Flexible work hours
Cons – Growth prospects nil. No recognition to small fish. Full of Directors/VPs
Executive management lacks direction and leadership
Advice to Senior Management – Reduce the meetings and discontinue using powerpoint slides during All hands meeting
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend


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It took three days, two fields and extra innings, but PikeView was finally able to secure the Region 3, Section 4 championship for the second time in three years.
"It is the goal we had," PikeView freshman Carter Shrewsbury said. "Hopefully we are going to go further and get some more wins."
They will get that chance, after Shrewsbury drove in a run in the top of the eighth inning, and the Panthers defeated James Monroe 6-5 on Thursday evening at PikeView High School.
"That is two in three (years) and they have been earned," PikeView head coach Josh Wyatt said. "They have been hard fought."
PikeView (21-10) will travel to Mount View (6-15) on Tuesday for a Region 3 semifinal game. The winner visits either defending Class AA champion Wyoming East or Independence later in the week with a berth in the state tournament at stake.
"From here on out it is one and done," Wyatt said. "We have to go down there and take care of business."
It took a while, but the Panthers did just that to claim the sectional title.
"We have been waiting, it creates just a little bit more nerves," Shrewsbury said. "It just gave us more excitement to come out here and get the win."
PikeView led 3-2 in the top of the third inning last Friday at Bowen Field when the rains came and forced a suspension in play. The clubs met again on Saturday, got in just over an inning, and rain forced another delay, which would last until Thursday with the Mavericks up 5-3 in the fourth.
"We were waiting to play," Shrewsbury said. "We got the field ready and then it just rained more and we didn't get to play."
Finally, the game resumed on Thursday, with the Panthers scoring single runs in the fourth on an error and fifth on a wild pitch to tie the score at 5-5.
"We tied it up. I told the guys before, we had a runner on second, let's get him across first and try to work the count and get another one on and tie the ball game up," Wyatt said. "We did that to perfection.
"The very next inning we have runners on second and third and no outs and they bring Caleb (Brown) in and we ran ourselves out of it. It was back to that thing where we didn't put pressure on them to force the deal."
James Monroe (9-16) was saddled by miscues throughout the game, committing five errors, and leaving two runners in scoring position in the fifth and seventh innings, and a runner on second with no outs in the eighth.
"That has kind of been our season in a nutshell, not being able to get the big hit at the right time, and the errors," James Monroe head coach John Mustain said. "I think we had about eight errors in this game, I think we had four before we left Bluefield."
Mustain's son, John, allowed just one earned run before being replaced in the fifth by Brown, who retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced.
"You can't win games that way..," Mustain said. "(John) pitched a whale of a game. We have got to make the plays behind him. We talk all the time about pitchers, you can't expect to strike everybody out, you have got to let your defense make the plays, but the defense has to make the plays."
PikeView, which went with Zach Meadows on the mound for the first two days, brought in sophomore southpaw Austin Cordell to start Thursday, and he allowed two hits and walked two, but no runs in four innings.
That continued a torrid pace for Cordell, who has allowed no more than one run in any of his last five outings.
PikeView challenged in the eighth, with Jon Clark reaching on an one-out single, but was forced out on a bouncer back to Brown by Ryan Roberts. Shrewsbury followed with a single to left field, but a balk was called on Brown, allowing Roberts to move to second, and leaving Shrewsbury still at the plate.
"I was excited I got that one hit, but my main thoughts was just get up there and get another hit," Shrewsbury said.
He did. Shrewsbury swatted a single to center field and Roberts slid across the plate ahead of the throw for the lead.
"I was just looking for a good pitch, trying to get a base hit and help the team out and score a run," Shrewsbury said.
Shrewsbury is one of three freshmen in the starting lineup for the Panthers, who have set a school record this year with 21 wins.
"What about them freshmen," Wyatt said. "I was just telling him, 'Hey, it was a balk, we have a runner in scoring position now, now you get your hit', and did he ever. He came through and all year...There is no break in this lineup, when we are swinging the bats, anybody at the bottom or at the top, anybody can get it started, the middle.
"We are on now, we are playing good ball."
While Cordell wanted the ball in the bottom of the eighth, Wyatt went with Kevin Cottle, the PikeView ace, who walked Derrick Honaker and then retired the next three batters after Honaker had moved to third on a stolen base and ground ball.
"(Austin) was fighting me for that ball to come out there at the end, you have got to love that, but we had Kevin there in the bullpen and it was a save situation," Wyatt said. "That first walk I think he was a little anxious for this, he settled down and battled."
PikeView, which was led by two hits each from freshmen Clark and Keian Lee, and two runs by Roberts, celebrated the sectional title before looking ahead to Mount View next, whom the Panthers defeated 13-5 earlier this year in Welch.
"They are playing good ball," Wyatt said. "Ever since the new coach took over, there has been a change in that ball club and it is going to be a battle."
Shrewsbury had two RBIs for the Panthers, while Cordell and Hunter Moses had one apiece.
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It may have been the final game on the diamond for Mustain, who led the Mavericks to five sectional titles in eight years, including a state runner-up finish in 2010.
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Football coaches Leon Hart of Ashland and Philip Haywood of Belfry share a strong affinity for opponents that will make their teams better down the road.
That's why the state-ranked Tomcats and Pirates are meeting for the fourth consecutive year, a series that Hart says Ashland wants to extend after the contract expires this season.
"I think for both of us it's a great non-district game," Hart said. "All of it is working to get you better for the playoffs, and tough teams in your district."
Haywood agreed.
"We've had some real competitive games," Haywood said. "They've been close. I think fans have always gotten their money's worth."
Friday night at Putnam Stadium shapes up as another in a line of tight, physical battles.
Ashland, 6-1 and No. 6 in the Class 4A rankings, relies on its strong offensive and defensive fronts to set the table. Belfry, 5-1 and ranked fourth in 3A, has a tradition of winning the line of scrimmage.
"I don't ever remember playing Belfry that it wasn't a physical game," Hart said. "Year in and year out, they are good ball games."
Belfry won the 2011 matchup 7-6 after the Tomcats came out on top the two previous years.
Overall, Hart feels fortunate to hold a career 3-1 advantage against the Pirates, including a 28-27 overtime victory in 2006.
"During my time here, Belfry has won it (state title) twice and been to the championship game or semifinals multiple times," Hart said. "They are playing really good football teams along the way. And you are talking about a guy who is the winningest coach in the history of the state."
Haywood, now in his 38th season overall, has a career record of 355-122 and continues to enjoy coaching at age 61. And not just because of the Ws.
"I love being around our coaches and the players," he said. "Everybody loves to win obviously, but I always felt a bigger calling to the game than winning. You can make a difference in kids' lives.
"There's values and character traits you find in this game, through discipline and work ethic, than you find other places."
Since Ashland and Belfry met last fall, the Pirates made another trip to the state finals. They ended a 13-2 season with a runner-up finish to Louisville Central for the second consecutive year.
The Pirates returned a good nucleus of players, led by inside linebackers Payton Mullins and Madison Ghormley, defensive end Tony Messer and running back Justin Johnson.
Last year, Johnson gained 110 yards on 14 carries against the Tomcats.
"Their offensive line is impressive every year," Hart said. "They come off the ball low, fast and play physical."
The Pirates are on a roll. Since a 40-20 loss to Henry Clay, Belfry has clobbered Prestonsburg, Pikeville, Sheldon Clark and East Ridge by a combined 206-12.
"The competition has not been as strong as you expect from those teams," Haywood said. "We really need a game like this," Haywood said of Ashland.
The Tomcats beat Rowan County 48-0 and Boyd County 56-16 the past two weeks.
Haywood called Ashland as physical a team as Belfry will face all season.
"They have big, physical kids on the line that move well," he said. "They play hard every play."
Freshman running back Quinton Baker needs 78 yards to reach 1,000 for the season.
"He doesn't play like a freshman," Haywood said. "He has good vision and can make you miss. I think those are the keys to his success right now."
Ashland lost key contributor Jeremy Jackson to leg and knee injuries last week. The senior was hurt while carrying the ball for a 9-yard gain in the fourth quarter. Hart said Jackson sustained a broken femur and torn ACL, ending his promising season.
Jackson made his first defensive start against Boyd County. He was also backing up Baker at tailback and had earned a reputation as a valuable special teams player.
"It's a shame for him and for the depth of our team," Hart said. "Jeremy is a kid that came back to Ashland this year, started late and was really coming on. He made a lot of plays on special teams."
The Tomcats' coaching staff gradually had Jackson doing more and more. Offensively, he averaged 7.2 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns.
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The Midland WR-100 is a basic weather radio which can be found in Walmart or Ross or about $30, Thompson said.
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When I moved to Laguna, I realized there weren't that many galleries really specializing in Laguna painters. So I decided to make that my niche.
—Paul Jillson
I walk into at midday on a weekday. Two collectors come inside looking to buy or commission a painting. Paul Jillson, the owner, is jumping from one phone call to the next. Business seems to be going well, and by all accounts it is. A week before, the gallery commemorated 25 years in Laguna Beach with the opening of an anniversary show featuring work by all of the artists hand-picked by Paul: Maria Bertran, Jacobus Baas, Bryan Mark Taylor, Tom Swimm, Sandra Jones Campbell, and Brenda Bredvik. The exhibition will be open through May 17.
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In spite of the pouring rain that night, the opening proved a special event with all of the artists in town from their travels, not to mention wine and food provided by local, family-owned . According to Bredvik, the evening "demonstrated why our community is such a unique and wonderful place: attendees supportive of the arts included gallery artists and their collectors, board members, local art lovers, friends, and even some new residents and tourists curious to experience the work and join the party."
A week later, Paul tells me how it all came together in April of 1987 (. . . and so long as we're talking about artistic endeavors with longevity, that same month The Simpsons debuted as a series of shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show, which I imagine could only have been a good omen).
"I had already been employed by galleries," Paul says. "I found that I really enjoyed representing artwork, and I wanted to represent art that meant something to me."
Staying true to that desire has sustained Pacific Edge for a quarter century, during which Laguna has seen hundreds of galleries come and go. Part of that sustainability was lent a hand by the work Jillson began representing only a year after opening; the work of an artist known primarily for his music, that is, the walrus, i.e., John Lennon (. . . or was the walrus Paul? [see "Glass Onion"]). Jillson is one of only two North American representatives of John Lennon's art, having worked directly with the Lennon estate for 24 years.
(Full disclosure: When I was in middle school I went through a serious Beatles phase that never quite left me, and during that time I remember accidentally coming across an exhibition of Lennon's drawings at Laguna Hills Mall. As it turns out, it was one of Jillson's exhibitions. Like many, I had no idea Lennon's talents extended beyond music, let alone drawings so chaotic, adorable, and thought-provoking. In short, so John Lennon. And so I felt any gallery owner cool enough to get the OK from Yoko Ono deserves some attention in my book. And here we are.)
But Pacific Edge Gallery has always been much more than a hub for Lennon art collectors. The seed of the gallery's success really has everything to do with Paul's awareness of what moves him—his ability to test/trust those instincts over time—whether en plein air (Bertran, Baas, Taylor), photorealistic impressions (Swimm), German expressionist-inspired figures (Campbell), abstract landscapes (Bredvik), or contour lined drawings and lyric sheets (Lennon). And lucky/fated for him, those instincts have proven sharply in-tune to that indescribable quality embedded in timeless (if not time-changing) art. As a musician (did I mention Jillson is also a singer-songwriter who released an LP on vinyl in 1979?), he saw it in Lennon, and as a gallery owner, he sees it in the artists he invites in.
"Normally I will watch an artist for several years and see if whatever attracted me initially is continuing to attract me. And to make sure that the artists evolve and grow, because that's what I like to see. I've been doing this a long time and I don't want to see the same thing over and over, I want to see growth."
Each artist at Pacific Edge deals in the reality of their own instincts, their own approaches to express however directly or abstractly (or abstractly directly) some genuine impression of reality. For each artist, their creations are just as much about the process of creation as they are about the creations themselves.
(It could be said that the Beatles broke up not because of Yoko and John's expanding love, but because none of those amazing artists were enjoying the process of making music together anymore, even though the creations remained groundbreaking, timeless, unparalleled.)
The en plein air painters, for example, share a process requiring they give much of their lives to nature, keeping one with the elements for hours on end. Their work could never exist as it does if they didn't love and live this process.
Ever since childhood, I wanted to draw and paint. The most precious present for me was paper and color pencils.
—Maria Bertran
One of three en plein air painters in the current show, Maria Bertran has been with Pacific Edge since the beginning. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Maria has wanted to draw and paint ever since she was a child.
"My father was very supportive and taught me the basics for appreciating the many beautiful pieces of his art collection," she says. "I consider this my biggest influence for my creative impulse."
Bertran arrived in Laguna Beach in 1981 and got to know the area with her feet on the ground, traversing the landscape, setting up her easel, mixing the paints. Jillson fell in love with her work at the , and ever since, her art has brought to the walls of Pacific Edge flora-popping coastlines (Big Surf Montage Park, Day of the Dolphins, Morning at Main Beach), ancient doorways (Old Distillery Doorway, Path to the Cabanon), walkways (Old Path to St. Saturnin) through lavender fields (Luscious Lavender) ... not to mention her in-studio still lifes (Vintage Hat). But for me, her en plein air works are the most intriguing, how they retain an energetic imprint of the artist's experiences in nature, carrying forward a tradition which at its core illuminates the potential of a kind of shared artist-Mother Nature perception.
"For me, painting is a creative activity derived from the interpretation of what I see without gimmicks, formulas or technological instruments."
Bertran spends 4-5 months of each year painting the landscapes of France, Italy, and most recently England. She works entirely on location or from live subjects, infusing her impressionist work with the vibrant colors of her native culture.
"I will endure the elements, feel the vibrations of nature, and so be able to capture the beautiful light, skies, shapes and colors in a matter of 2-3 hours."
I found myself particularly drawn to Doorway with Flowers. It reminds me of my own travels in Europe: all the ancient stone doorways with hand-made doors so prominent you can feel their weight in your eyes. And you stand there imagining all of the people who have walked through it over the last few centuries; doorways leading to structures now too-often long abandoned. Perhaps such is the case here. The delicate red and violet flowers bobbing in rare simultaneous bloom cast a shadow over the door. The shadow, ironically, seems to serve as an element of optimism: evidence of a life-force playing contrast to the cold, stone edges and the heavy, unmoving door.
"When I first saw those old doors with fading colors, roughed surfaces, worn hinges and cracked walls illuminated by a warm sunlight and delineated shades, I knew that with my paintings of them I could transmit my feelings," says Maria. "How many lives have passed through those doors? Is there another light behind them?"
Let's hope so.
I seek to expand my painting experience searching for scenes with a natural beauty that the viewer might miss in their rush through everyday life. This could be as simple as the reflections in water of fishing boats tied to a dock, a wave breaking against the rocks, or clouds floating across the sky. The more I paint, the more I see this beauty around me.
—Jacobus Baas
Born in the Netherlands, Jacobus grew up surrounded by the land and skyscapes made famous by the Dutch Masters like Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Ruysdael. He started painting in high school in the early '60s. After graduation, he traveled around Europe visiting museums, and wound up returning to the states where he began a career making jewelry. For years, his unique designs made him a successful goldsmith, but all of that transformed in 1994 when a friend of his convinced him to try en plein air painting on a trip to Santa Fe. For Baas, a door long held shut was instantly and irreversibly swung open.
"It was like discovering a new world!" says Baas. "I came back that year to Laguna, put them up in the Festival of Arts. And I started selling them, and it just started snowballing from that point on."
Like many of the classic Dutch landscapes, the colors in Jacobus' paintings are rich and muted at the same time, and yet his work feels refreshingly new, which is as much a testament to his emotional connection to the moment as it is to his raw talent for the craft.
In his more tropical settings, such as North Shore Trades—the dramatic swaying of the palms, the lonely, inviting yellow surfboard, the clouds traversing the sky—the synergy between setting, the spontaneity of the process, and the Dutch-inspired palette, make for an alluring complexity that is, and could only be, unique to Jacobus.
Nature and childhood memories are my biggest influences.
—Bryan Mark Taylor
When Bryan Mark Taylor was eight years old, he made the decision to be an artist for a living. He and his father were on their way back from a fishing trip in Idaho, when, somewhere between Idaho and Utah, Bryan's goal-oriented father asked, "If you could be anything you wanted to be, what would it be?" To which Bryan replied, "I want to be an artist."
Lucky for the now-well-accomplished painter, teacher at the Graduate School at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and multiple award winner (including "Best of Show" at the 2009 Laguna Plein Air Invitational and "Collectors Choice" at the 2010 Laguna Plein Air Invitational), his father had the good sense of enrolling him in an after-school art academy.
Since then, Taylor has developed his own style, influenced by realists like Sargent and Zorn, California impressionists like Payne and Wendt, as well as abstract artists like Diebenkorn and Thiebaud.
Newport Alleyway is a prime example of Taylor's originality. Instead of the obvious coastline angles he could have focused on, Bryan gravitated to an alleyway scene, sensing something profound in the seemingly mundane. You can't even see the beach. For anyone who has ever wandered the alleyways of Newport looking for a parking space, you know this is the heart of the city, in a way: crammed alleyways of asphalt, clean concrete, bicycles and power lines. The tranquility of the scene comes from the lack of cars, as if the adults are all at work. All you have to do is grab the bike and ride down the alley to the sea. The proximity to the ocean is hinted in the blue-hued curtains of atmosphere illuminated between the buildings, between Taylor's eyes and the buildings.
"Effects of light, atmosphere, weather conditions, seasons, as well as rhythmic movement of clouds, waves, or a busy street continually fascinate me."
Though the image in Newport Alleyway may be anchored in Bryan's time spent in the actual place, as you move in tighter and isolate small patches of canvas, you can find treasures of deliberate abstraction, distorted perhaps by the limitations of memory (for Brenda Bredvik, these patches could very well be blown-up into their very own abstract landscapes ... see below).
Bryan tries to do most of the painting on location, but oftentimes nature has other ideas (rain, wind, a perfect view from the center of a busy street, or a slope too steep to paint from). In such cases, Bryan will finish the piece in the studio either from photographs or sketches. But even when employing the tool of photographic reference, what remains essential for Taylor is the time he spent under the sun taking in the scene with his own skilled eyes.
"As I look back over any given year, perhaps more of my time is spent painting in the studio than on location," explains Bryan. "However, it is my time spent outdoors observing Mother Nature directly that ultimately inspires all of my works."
Certainly all three en plein air painters carry forward a tradition literally grounded in the experience of nature and travelling, but the same could also be said for the unique processes of the other three painters at Pacific Edge Gallery.
Watch a video of the show here.
There's a lot of ways to become an artist. Certainly formal training can be helpful. But self-discovery is a great way to work too. There's really no right or wrong way to do it.
—Tom Swimm
Self-taught artist Swimm translates his paintings from photographs and sketches that he takes as he travels the world. The results are stunningly hyper-real and impossible to mistake. If from a distance you think you are looking at a touched-up photograph, that's probably one of Swimm's lightscapes. Upon closer inspections, however, you can start to see the impressionistic influences of Gauguin, Cézanne, Monet, and Van Gogh. After staring for a little longer you might even notice some Norman Rockwell, maybe even some Warhol.
"I grew up on the East Coast, so I saw a lot of great art in the New York museums," says Swimm, who from early on wanted to be an artist.
"It was always a dream when I was a child, but I really didn't know how to achieve it. I didn't quite get a sense of the reality of making it happen until I moved to California."
Like Bredvik and Campbell, Swimm had a successful first career in graphic design before delving into full-time fine art, which perhaps speaks to their integration of photography and abstraction into their processes. In Swimm's case, he uses the technology to capture a split-second instant, freeze a moment not only in time, but in light. The painting then takes on a life of its own through Swimm's memory of the place, layered with his memory of taking the photograph or drafting the sketch.
The results often rival the mind to make sense of the situation, for they insert you into a scene so realistically rendered, at least from a few feet away, you feel a quality of an en plein air experience, and yet, the details are far too photo-precise, singling out a microsecond; certainly not enough time for someone to paint the orange and white fish in Koi Colors as they pass by, spreading light-reflecting ripples on the water's surface. The use of oil only further deepens the paradox, for how can a microsecond be captured with such a slow-drying material?
A less obvious example is Mission Archways, where the sunlight washes out the bricks on an angle nearly perpendicular to the Earth. An empty bench welcomes you in, but not to sit down; not with the flowers frozen beneath the archway at the end of the passage. You want to walk to the flowers, but you never quite make it beyond the horizontal light as it washes you out with the bricks. In the foliage perhaps you see Monet, in the purple smudge in the shadows above the archway a hint of Van Gogh. While the outline of the bench and bricks suddenly remind you of Norman Rockwell's illustrations.
Afternoon on St. Charles Ave. is a close-up shot of two empty rocking chairs, presumably on the front porch of one of the hundreds of mansions adorning the oak tree-lined avenue of the same name in New Orleans. There is a sweetness and sadness to this painting. On the one hand, there is an idyllic expression of Americana reminiscent of Rockwell, but on the other hand the rocking chairs are empty, unmoving. Have the chairs themselves become props in the decadent lives of those detached from community? Or is it just a sticky hot mess of an afternoon and the owners are inside? Or have the owners died, the mansion turned into an apartment complex, and is the painting commenting on a kind of death of the American dream?
There is no wrong answer, I suppose, albeit it would be wrong to ignore the loneliness of the scene, in spite of the cheerful sunlight.
I grew up in a household where there was a lot of imagery. The photographs I probably first became interested in were the ones under the bed in my mom and dad's bedroom, which were in an old box that I could pull out and wander through. And though I never really asked who was what, I sort of let them tell me stories.
—Sandra Jones Campbell
Campbell's paintings usually start with an accidental discovery. She creates visual narratives based on people in photographs that she finds in vintage copies of Life magazine, old annuals that she collects from the '20s, '30s, and '40s, antique markets in the U.S., Italy, and France. Inspired by German Expressionists like Max Beckmann, George Grosz, and Otto Dix, Sandra's work is less about making a political statement and more about a nostalgia effect through the expressions of human emotion, interaction, and community.
"They're a little bit narrative in their paintings," Sandra says about the German Expressionists. "And I feel because of my interest in figurative work, I always lean to storytelling."
Sandra's paintings are shaped by pieces of disparate history reconstructed into new contexts, which can then be experienced as something new—unlike the photographs themselves, which undoubtedly look aged. Such a process requires an ability to work without restrictions. Sandra rides the whims of spontaneous inspiration wherever they may go, which is one of the reasons she works with acrylics.
"They dry so quickly, so I can just keep working and working."
When in doubt, she can always go sifting through photographs until a story grabs her.
"I don't know which comes first, the idea for a painting or the fact that I might see a photograph," she says. "I have large drawers that are filled with photographs and sometimes on my way looking for something else, I stumble across a photograph and go, 'Oh, that's interesting.' So I pull it out and put it aside, or it completely takes me down a different road."
Her process elevates these forgotten pictures with their priceless expressions into a new dimension of sustained nostalgia.
Take Making Fluffy Comfortable, for instance. This middle-aged businessman is home after a long day, and here he is captured sweetly trying to prop up his pet to sit up on the couch beside him. Other paintings draw from photographs that are obviously posed, such as Prize Calf with Dairy Queen and Pink Drinks. Yet even though the expressions are posed, there is a certain kind of honesty conveyed when someone poses for a picture, as if subconsciously communicating something to the person holding the camera.
In effect, then, when you stare into Campbell's work, you become the person holding the camera, and instantly the reliance on photographic technology—the very technology that got you to this moment—ceases to matter. What remains are these genuine expressions and the stories they have to show.
Another way for Sandra to cultivate ideas is to play the piano, which she has found "takes my brain to another direction." In fact, several of her pieces wind up incorporating her passion for music.
"That's why you see some social scenes where the woman's sitting on the piano and the guy's playing the piano. There's a little cabaret in me."
In one of her social scenes, Reflecting on a well-rounded Red, the subtext of music appears to influence the contortions of the geometric harmonies: the curve of the blonde woman's head in the center matches the arch of man-number-one's cheekbone, his fingers resting against her arm; or the arch of the glass of red wine above her head, the stretch of the man-number-two's neck as he finishes off his glass, his chin resting against the blond woman's hair; or how the love triangle is framed by two nearly identical women, the arches of their noses continuing the invisible flow from the glass of red wine, a flow that leads the eye down to the identical women's elbows, up their forearms to their glasses of red wine. The woman on the right is looking through her glass, but you can't tell who she's observing and why.
You start to wonder what's going to come of this scene. The painting could be interpreted as one of the character's memories, filed under "the last thing I remember last night." Regardless, I know this painting is working because I find myself a little buzzed just thinking about it.
I was worried about being a fine artist because I was always told by my practical parents that you have to get a job and all this stuff. So I went into graphic design and I had a career for like 15 years. That was a great career, and it was really fun, but I always wanted to be a fine artist.
—Brenda Bredvik
Even more than Campbell's figures, Bredvik's landscapes are a total immersion into the abstract. Her works reveal a meshing of influences ranging from her passion for swimming and surfing in the ocean; flowers in her garden; her 15-year career as a graphic designer, creative director and art director; Bay Area figurative painters like Nathan Oliveira, Joan Brown, and David Park; and the more blatant influence of Richard Diebenkorn.
"That one is, to me, pretty obvious," says Brenda on Diebenkorn. "He abstracted the landscape in such a way but still maintained the California light. I always like his pallet. He was always using forms in a geometric way, so to me the abstract paintings are just kind of a natural progression from that, when he just decided to drop recognizable subject matter."
Imaginary Summer approaches such an unrecognizable quality. At first glance it is only a few basic shapes, but on a deeper level it is the artist's playful plea for some sunshine (a solar ray dance-paint?) during the dreary and overcast excuse for a summer that was mid-year 2010.
"In 2010, we had the crappiest summer, and I just live for summer with swimming and surfing. And I was so bummed out. So I painted Imaginary Summer, where it's blue sky, and one little puffy cloud, and perfect flat blue water, because it never looked like that all summer, and that's what I really wanted, so that's my imaginary summer."
In other words, the painting isn't even about a landscape, it is about the feelings of loss, longing, and hope.
This is perhaps what I love most about Brenda's work, and it speaks to the potential (and the gamble) that lies in the process of abstraction, and that is its ability to pull at the mind and heart in a way never before experienced. Staring at Purple Palm, for example, I am not able to project any sort of outside expectations onto the piece. Without access to a comparative relation (I've never seen a purple palm before, have you?), there is only direct relation, and so I have no choice but to see into the piece on its own terms, without the limiting apparatus of preconception.
In other words, the art may resemble a landscape, or, as in the outlined surfer in 59th St., a figure—but it is really about the raw emotions that guide Brenda's cathartic process.
"My work is constantly evolving, which is good and bad. For me, art is about the journey, so I tend to build on my last group of work, and I build on things in my life. Generally what I'll do is have an idea, and I'll take a certain concept and just kind of run with it."
59th St. came about in response to the turbulent economy, and the chaos and insecurities that have infected so many of our lives.
"Things have been very chaotic the last few years," explains Brenda. "So I have incorporated lines and shapes that are very chaotic. And then I just sort of carve out something around them. So I'm trying to impose order on it."
The figure of the surfer came from a photograph a friend of hers had taken after surfing at 59th Street in Newport Beach, but the treatment expresses Brenda's empowering conviction to overcome the chaos. Like many of her figures, 59th St. seems to offer a glimpse of Brenda's underwater perception as a swimmer and surfer, as if rising to the surface after going over the falls and all you see is whitewash.
Considering how much time she spends in the ocean, I can see why Brenda explores extreme close-ups. The ocean is otherworldly, and it shapes how Brenda views the world.
"Instead of having a landscape which is kind of a macro view of the topography, I went to a hyper close-up, a micro view of a giant flower, which I still see as a landscape, but I see it as a close-up view rather than far away."
Even while gardening at her house, a part of her is in the water. It is in her personality and presence; she enters into her landscapes and paints them from the inside-out.
All I ever learned at art school was about Van Gogh and stuff. They didn't teach me anything about anybody that was alive now. They never taught me about Marcel Duchamp, which I despise them for. Yoko's told me about Duchamp and what he did, which is just fantastic. He got a ... bike wheel and said, "This is art!"
—John Lennon
(Oh, to think of what the Beatles' White Album might've felt/sang/laughed like with Duchamp as an influence ...)
Let us not forget the invisible seventh artist at Pacific Edge Gallery, the Nowhere Man himself: John Lennon.
One of the standout new releases is On Cloud 9 (limited to 300, plus artist proofs; color added by Yoko Ono Lennon). The drawing depicts John and Yoko sitting in a cloud, in the nude, finally having attained the peace they once sought together with their bed-ins. It is the only released drawing of John's to feature his acoustic guitar. Every print is signed by Yoko, a bittersweet expression of love and honor, to be sure.
Lennon, who attended the Liverpool College of Art in the late 1950s, mentioned his time there during his famous 1971 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine (famous for his open discussing of drug use, his problems with McCartney, his detest for much of the Beatles music, his defense of Yoko and her art, etc.). At one point he describes how Yoko challenged him to expand his perceptions of art, which made him feel disappointed with his art school experience.
"You say, 'When you hear Yoko's music' or something, I had the same thing, I had to open up to hear it. I had to get out of the concept of what I wanted to hear; to allow abstract art or music in. She had to do the same for rock & roll. It was an intellectual exercise, because we're all boxed in. We're all in little boxes. And sometimes something has to come into your life and rip your ... head open for you to allow something else in."
And that is what Pacific Edge offers the potential to accomplish. Case in point, there are several collectors of Bredvik's abstracts who also collect more representational work by other artists in the gallery, even though at first glance there appears little-to-no aesthetic overlap. But with a little imagination, I can see Brenda's abstract landscapes serving as a setting for Bertran's still-lifes, or an abstract flower could be taken as a micro-view of an out-of-focus flower in one of Baas' landscapes.
The boat in Swimm's Perfect Day could very well already be bobbing about in Brenda's Imaginary Day in the form of a single brushstroke. Brenda's Purple Palm could be taken as the palm tree in Maria's Path at Montage Park, as seen through the magical shades of Campbell's Pool Guy. You can imagine the women in Sandra's pool scenes listening to John Lennon, or you can overlap the handwritten lyrics to Imagine with Taylor's A Walk In The City Park. You might even imagine the couple of tiny figures in Baas' Morning Stroll on the Beach as the boy from Lennon's Beautiful Boy, walking with his father along the water's edge, catching up. The possibilities are without end.
So, whether you show up for the Lennon art, the en plein airs, the abstracts, expressionist figures, or hyper-real impressions, regardless of what got you through the door, be sure to stick around for ... whatever rips your head open.
25th Anniversary runs through May 17 at the Pacific Edge Gallery, 540 S Coast Hwy #112, 949-494-0491; pacificedgegallery.com. Open Mon.-Tues., 1-5 p.m.; Wed.-Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; and during First Thursdays Art Walk.


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Barry Porterfield
Pauls Valley Democrat
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This time around the public is invited to make a mess as an Elmore City bank is looking to shred stuff in the name of protecting what's really important.
It's called Shred-A-Thon as the First State Bank in EC is giving those living in the area a chance to safely dispose of those old papers that include sensitive, personal information.
The one-day shredding is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6 and continue until 1 p.m. that afternoon.
It all takes place at the bank, located at 206 South Main in Elmore City.
"We'll have two big semi's with shredders," said Misty Howard of the bank.
"This is for any documents, old fax paper, any records they need to dispose of," she said.
"You don't have to be a customer of the bank. This is for everybody — businesses and individuals."
The EC bank did a similar but smaller event last year.
A decision was made to have an even bigger shredding event and "invite the surrounding area."
It's pretty simple for those interested in taking part. All they have to do is gather up all the paper items they want shredded and show up at the EC bank during the three-hour period on April 6.
The items will be shredded on-site as the bank is teaming up with Rite-Way Shredding to provide the services.
"It will all be shredded and then recycled."
The shredding and recycling is helpful in creating less waste for landfills. It does allow people to dispose of these documents properly and safely.
However, the big issue here is to disposal of things like old tax returns, bank statements and any personal and confidential documents as a way of keeping the information on them safe.
In the wrong hands the information can potentially lead to a number of bad things, such as the theft of a person's identification.
"We're trying to help keep people's identification safe," Howard said. "That's why we're providing this service."


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Several of my ancestors passed through early-day San Francisco on the way to gold mining or as part of long distance moves. They didn't have much to say about the city other than to note that they'd 'quickly passed through.'
What did San Francisco look like in 1851? Nothing like today.
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Name: Garret L. Nancolas
Age: 57
Occupation: Mayor, City of Caldwell
Education: Graduated Caldwell High School with Honors, 1974. Continuing Education: Certified Guild Gemologist through Diamond Council of America, 1977; Conflict resolution training, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University through the Association of Idaho Cities; Contract negotiations and arbitration training through the Labor Relations Information Systems, 2010-2012. Attended numerous conferences and training sessions on local government issues including budget, government finance, air quality, land use, zoning, conflict resolution, risk management and policy.
Prior political experience: Currently serving as mayor. I have had the honor and privilege of serving for 16 years. I also had the privilege of serving on the Caldwell City Council from January 1991 through July 1997. I served as council president for four years during that time. I also served on the Caldwell Planning and Zoning Commission for two years from January 1989 through December 1990.
Civic involvement: I was raised by wonderful parents who taught me the importance of service at a very early age. I learned to serve through church assignments, Boy Scouts of America and throughout school. I have continued that service throughout my life by serving as Scout Master of Troop 299, volunteering for service projects through the Church I attend. In order to serve the citizens of Caldwell and represent their interests, I currently serve on more than 30 boards and commissions, including the Canyon County Organization on Aging, the YMCA Advisory Board, Valley Regional Transit, Association of Idaho Cities, Compass, Treasure Valley Partnership, and Idaho Emergency Communications Commission.
Years living in Caldwell: 49 years
Family: Wife, Pamela; two children; two grandchildren
Website: www.MayorNancolas.com
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What makes you a better choice for voters than your opponent(s)?
I love the City of Caldwell and its citizens! I love the privilege of serving as mayor! I have given the energy and time necessary to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities associated with the position of mayor. I have treated this office with respect and integrity and will continue to do so. I have worked very hard to establish meaningful relationships of trust with the employees, citizens, Chamber of Commerce and business community. We have created partnerships with the development community, state and local government agencies, and education entities to move Caldwell forward. While serving as mayor, it has been my privilege to gain invaluable experience and knowledge regarding the many issues we face on a daily basis. But most importantly, there is no one who loves this community more than I do, nor anyone who cares more for the families of the great city of Caldwell.
2. If elected, what are your top three priorities? How will you accomplish them? Please provide specifics.
The three top priorities are the same now as they have been for the past several years. Economic development, providing a safe and family friendly city, and helping the downtown redevelop.
In the area of economic development, we have recently created a foreign trade zone around the industrial airport and upgraded the infrastructure in the area of Sky Ranch Business Park and airport. We have upgraded Exit 29, including widening of Highway 20/26 for better safety and business recruitment.
For families, we have continued to build parks and protect open space. We have improved the walkability of the city with new bike paths and pathways. We are the only city in the state that has created a youth master plan to help provide continued opportunities for our youth and families and it is working! We also need to continue our partnership with Caldwell and Vallivue School Districts as well as the College of Idaho and Treasure Valley Community College to provide a well-educated and trained workforce. Our crime rate continues to drop through efforts of our police department and safety service partners.
For downtown, we have developed Indian Creek, rehabilitated the Train Depot, upgraded Main Street and continue to provide wonderful activities to bring our families downtown.
3. What is the one thing your city should start doing to encourage economic development and create jobs?
We have created an exceptional economic development package to create jobs and expand existing business by partnering with the Caldwell Economic Development Council, existing landowners, the Urban Renewal Agency, Canyon County, the state of Idaho and city staff. This package includes low land prices, infrastructure, job creation grants, expedited permitting, and state and county tax incentives. We have also created a foreign trade zone that is attracting a lot of attention from the manufacturing community! We recognize that industry and business developers are looking for family friendly, safe, walkable and beautiful communities to bring their employees and families to live in; hence the many efforts to beautify our downtown, build parks, reduce crime and enhance educational opportunities!
4. How do you envision your city 10 to 20 years from now? How should it change?
It is my belief that the city will continue to grow and develop. The Sky Ranch Business Park and surrounding area will grow with manufacturing companies and industrial users. The airport will continue to grow and be a valuable tool in attracting business to Caldwell. The Exit 29 area will blossom with commercial and retail opportunities. Downtown will continue to blossom with more retail, food and mixed uses, including residential. The areas to the east and south will be the main areas for residential and neighborhood commercial growth. The Highway 20/26 and Highway 55 corridors will continue to develop and grow. Caldwell will continue to be a great place to live, work and raise a family and pursue an education!
5. Are you concerned about public apathy and involvement in civic matters? How would you get more people involved?
Unfortunately that is a problem in many communities. We have really made a conscious effort to involve the public in the decision making process in many ways. For example, we hold numerous workshops and city events, we sponsor the Chamber luncheons during the summer to take the budget workshops to the public and present the entire budget there. We involve the public by using many committees and working groups throughout the year. We include the members of the Mayors Youth Advisory Council on boards and commissions to involve them in the decision making process. We also include the public in hiring decisions for appointed officials and council appointments. We also provide information through our website, newsletters and public announcements.
6. What are the top two issues facing Caldwell, and how should they be addressed?
The top two issues are economic development/ business retention expansion and very difficult financial conditions due to the recent recession. The two are related in many ways. We are addressing the first through our economic development incentives package mentioned previously. We believe as we create more industrial and commercial growth it will be the long-term solution to economic stability.
7. If tax revenues take an upswing in the next few years, which part of city government do you think most needs an infusion of cash, and why?
The citys assessed valuation dropped during the recession from nearly $1.5 billion, to under $1 billion, greatly reducing the revenue to the city for essential services. We have a long way to go to even catch up! However, as we grow and bring new industry and jobs to the city, the first area that needs attention is safety services. Both police and fire have taken large cuts in revenue over the past few years. We need to bolster those two departments in order to continue to keep crime low and provide the essential safety services that our citizens deserve. We also need to find a way to reward the wonderful employees who have continued to work hard without raises, and in some cases, a reduction in wages, while lowering the levy rate and drive down property taxes. It will take wise decisions and continued investment in economic development to make this happen!
8. If more budget tightening is needed, where would you look first for cuts? Why?
As mentioned, we have just managed this city through one of the most difficult economic recessions in the history of America. We did this by carefully watching every expenditure, delaying projects, reducing staff through attrition when possible, rebidding existing contracts, cross training and sharing resources between departments, partnering with other agencies to reduce redundant programs, working closely with department heads to create efficiencies in daily operations, and finally working closely with the city council to create sound fiscal policy.


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Despite displaying less-than-admirable behavior sometimes on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, there's no question that Teresa Giudice brings in the ratings, sells magazines and books, and has legions of fans. So can producers of the show really be considering replacing her? According to a show insider, yes.
Bravo wants to "shake up the series next season and get rid of Giudice," the show insider claims. "Although she creates all the drama, the other Housewives hate her and her storyline is getting stale — she holds on to the same grudges!" the source added.
Exactly what kind of woman can take her place? Producers are reportedly "looking for a new, mean Jersey girl to replace her."
Considering that all the housewives, particularly Caroline Manzo and Melissa Gorga, have had big issues with Teresa Giudice, they will probably be very relieved if she really doesn't return for the next season. It's hard to imagine The Real Housewives of New Jersey without her though. She's been there since day one and certainly fuels interest in the show. Whoever replaces her will definitely need to have a personality that's out of this world.
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Here's information provided by ArtWalk Livermore:
Community, art, music and Livermore's lovely downtown all come together during the 11th Annual ArtWalk Livermore, set for October 13th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Unlike most art festivals, the streets are kept open and art displays are set-up throughout the downtown in and around parks, sidewalks, galleries, wine bars, restaurants and shops, allowing visitors and the local community to experience all that this wine country downtown has to offer and a "gallery district for a day".
Works by over 150 artists in groups, booths and exhibits will be on display, ranging from contemporary to classical, abstract to realism, pottery to mixed media, with subject matter from floral to figurative and much more. At the Art Banner Auction, visitors get a view up close of the hand-painted banners that were displayed as public art the month previously, and enjoy a glass of fine local wine from our wine, beer and beverage bar at the Livermore Valley Plaza.
Art destination offerings outside of the clusters of booths offer a varied selection of art experiences: From exhibitions inside the Bankhead Theater to several spaces that offer revolving art exhibitions throughout the year, such as Bill Paskewitz' "Coming Off the Wall", an exhibition at Figurehead Gallery. Open studios will be held upstairs at the Firehouse Art Studios. This is a treat that brings people up the stairs year after year for exceptional contemporary art. Additional open studios will be held in Bothwell's creatively varied Downtown Art Studios as well as in Art Glass Studios, which also offers make-it-and-take-it arts projects.
Blacksmith Square offers a diverse and lively arts exploration this year. Dana Klebes, owner of Artistic Edge at Blacksmith Square, says, "We've got a whole slew of interesting arts demos happening during ArtWalk this year, from blacksmithing demonstrations to woodturning, clay sculpting and chain-mail jewelry making – and the rest of the square will round out the offerings with the tapas and hand-crafted beer we're known for."
A special Valley SingOut all-volunteer mini-music festival at the Livermore Valley Plaza enlivens the Plaza and surrounds. See www.valleysingout.com for the lineup and background on these fine musicians. There will also be open mic and music sets and art at Panama Red Coffee Company, and independently produced music at Artistic Edge and the Chamber of Commerce, where the Disabled Vets Painting Group will show.
ArtWalk is a fundraiser for the Bothwell Arts Center, a project of Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, a not-for-profit corporation. To plan your day, download a map and make sure you don't miss your favorite artworks, check out the online artist galleries at www.artwalklivermore.org.


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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Apr 21, 2006
Agri-Biz & Commodities
Centre assures subsidised maize for poultry sector
G. Gurumurthy
AVIAN FLU AFTER-EFFECT: Looking for help.
Coimbatore , April 20
A delegation of poultry producers and farmers from Tamil Nadu, which met the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, and officials of the ministry, on Thursday were assured that the Government would consider releasing five lakh tonnes of maize at subsidised rate.
The assurance was made due to the recent distress caused by the avian flu scare, which severely affected the marketing of the poultry products, including eggs and live chicken. The Government has, however, not indicated when the subsidised maize supplies would be made available to the poultry industry, according to Mr Valsan, Secretary, Namakkal-based All-India Poultry Products Exporters Association (APPEA).
Mr Valsan said the members of the delegation, which consisted of the poultry trade, feed manufacturers and farmers rearing the poultry birds, were also assured by the officials from the Department of Animal Husbandry and the Agriculture Minister that the ministry was also considering the poultry industry's request for releasing the rice and wheat stocks held in the government's stocks that are not fit for human consumption for the use of the poultry feed. Besides Mr Pawar, the delegation also met the Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department, Mr P.M.A. Hakim, joint secretaries in the department, Mr Aravind Kaushal and Ms Upma Chaudhary, and the Commissioner, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr S.K. Bandyopadhyaya.
Avian flu-free status
According to Mr Valsan, the Union Animal Husbandry officials had sought for the disease surveillance reports from the Tamil Nadu government to enable the Centre to declare the Namakkal poultry zone as the `avian flu free' region. The surveillance report together with the reports collected by the State Animal Husbandry Department from the tests samples periodically sent to the high security animal disease laboratory from Bhopal would be sufficient enough for the Centre to decide on the avian flu free status of a zone as per the OIE norms, he said.
The Tamil Nadu-based poultry industry and the State Poultry Farmers Association have been demanding the Centre to announce the State as "avian flu" free zone to enable the exporters recommence shipment of layer eggs and poultry meat.
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Colorado's ancient past
by Lisa Song
For Ancient Colorado, a collection of 10 paintings on display at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Jan Vriesen used art and science to bring Colorado's prehistoric landscapes to life. This multimedia presentation accompanies the story, "Seeing the triceratops in the trees."
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