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Assembly Members will pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher before First Minister's Questions in the Senedd chamber. But at least two AMs will boycott the session. Plaid Cymru AMs Simon Thomas and Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the former Presiding Officer, are refusing to take part.
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In most years, this would have been the ideal scenario for the Los Angeles Clippers: All they have to do is lose. Now that they're headed to the playoffs, they say they won't — at least not on purpose.
The Clippers visit the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, the most intriguing matchup in a playoff race that remains murky going into the final days of the season. The loser would appear to have more to gain than the winner. A better postseason draw awaits the team that finishes lower in the standings. "I don't think anybody's going to do anything intentionally to try and lose a game because there's too much pride in this locker room," Clippers center Chris Kaman said. "I think (coach) Mike (Dunleavy) is way too competitive for that. He gets mad over the smallest detail on defense, so how could he ever be like that?" Memphis (47-33) is a game ahead of Los Angeles for fifth place in the Western Conference, and each team has two games remaining. The Grizzlies will clinch the No. 5 seed with a victory tonight. But should they want it? The No. 5 seed will likely open the postseason at Dallas, which has the second-best record in the West but falls to fourth because it is in the same division as San Antonio. The three division winners get the top three seeds. Meanwhile, the sixth-place team would have home-court advantage in a series against No. 3 Denver, and wouldn't have to face either the Spurs or Mavericks until the conference finals. The Grizzlies — who have never won a postseason game — are a combined 1-7 against the two teams from Texas. "You try to mess with the basketball gods, they punish you in the end," the Grizzlies' Shane Battier said last week. "All the talk of massaging and losing games, that's not in our minds right now. We're trying to win every single game every time we step on the court." NBA commissioner David Stern said last week that the league would not give any instructions about playing hard to the teams. "Adequate attention has been focused on this issue, for which we're appreciative," he said. However, Stern and outgoing deputy commissioner Russ Granik have said the league may discuss changing the way the top four teams are seeded. A similar issue happened last year, when Indiana drew the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference and beat third-seeded Boston, which won the Atlantic Division but had two fewer victories than No. 4 seed Chicago. "The league needs to step in and take away any perceived incentive to lose," Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "But also, I don't think you do yourself any good trying to pick who you'll play. Sometimes, you try to set yourself up for something that may not work out. But I think that just the idea that you could be better served to lose rather than win probably needs to be taken care of." NEXT, PLEASE The Nuggets will be the third seed in the playoffs, but they won't have home-court advantage in the first round. They will play either Memphis or the Los Angeles Clippers, whichever team finishes as the No. 6 seed. The Nuggets could possibly host a playoff series if they advance past the first round and play either the L.A. Lakers or Sacramento Kings. Seed, team Record Games left 5. Memphis 47-33 LAC, MIN 6. L.A. Clippers 46-34 at Mem, at Dal

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- found: Morgan, D. G. Patterns of residence, 1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Linda McDowell)
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College of Business Student Organizations
|Association of Computing Machinery (A.C.M.)
Purpose: The ACM Chapter of Georgia College is a group of dedicated students and
|Association for Information Systems (A.I.S.)
Purpose: Our goal is to help you learn technology and business skills, meet recruiters (and ultimately land a great career job), network with other students and alumni, and enjoy fun activities. We have weekly activities for topic nights, recruiter information sessions, game competitions, and outdoor fun. Come and join us!
|Dean's Student Advisory Board (DSAB)
Purpose: The Dean's Student Advisory Board (DSAB) is an organization of students committed to improving the academic, social, and professional quality of education in the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. DSAB facilitates interaction between students, student organizations, faculty members, alumni, and administration. It assists in fulfillment of the mission of the College. The board responds to students' needs and serves as their voice within the College of Business, the business community, and the community at large.
|Delta Sigma Pi
Purpose: Delta Sigma Pi is a co-ed professional business fraternity. The local chapter, Iota Mu, was reactivated at Georgia College on April 13, 2002.
|Economics and Investment Club (EIC)
Purpose: The EIC is mainly a social organization in which students interested in economics can meet other students with similar interests. Meetings are informal. Each semester, the EIC sponsors several events, including a guest speaker, a field trip, at least one social event, and a seminar on applying to graduate school and getting a job.
|Global Business Student Leaders Association (GBSLA)
Purpose: The mission of the Global Business Student Leaders Association (GBSLA) is to serve Georgia College, its students, faculty, and staff by creating awareness among students of opportunities in the global business arena. GBSLA will strive to enhance communications with international business leaders by actively seeking opportunities through the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, across campus, and in the global community to facilitate this mission.
|Marketing and Advertising Club
Purpose: The Marketing and Advertising Club is affiliated with the American Marketing Association (AMA). It provides students interested in marketing and advertising an opportunity to learn more about these areas through a number of activities including guest speakers at the meetings, field trips, and at AMA sponsored events where they get an opportunity to interact with their peers from other universities. In addition, members are encouraged to enter marketing and advertising competitions to develop their skills. The purpose of this club is to provide real world experiences through student activities that are designed to increase an individual's marketability and to give students a chance to explore the variety of choices available in the world of marketing. Members also have the opportunity to be involved with AMA Atlanta, which offers a number of educational and networking events.
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Fewer Americans are dying, leading to another surge in life expectancy.
A new CDC report out Wednesday shows our life expectancy has jumped to a new high. Seventy-eight is the new average, although white women live the longest at 81. Also, death rates have dropped in 8 out of 10 of the leading causes of death.
It all sounds good, but "Even though these numbers look good right now, when that whole generation of obese children starts reaching middle age and having the same kind of chronic disease decades earlier than their parents, these numbers are going to go in the opposite direction," said Patricia Davidson, MD, cardiologist.
The study also showed that for the first time, Alzheimer's Disease jumped above diabetes as the sixth leading cause of death.
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Roger Mairena is a meticulous man. When we met him, his shirt and pants were both crisp and pressed, his shoes were clean white in contrast to my mud-covered boots. Nestled against the side of a steep hill, coffee trees are carefully organized in rows by varietal. Each tree looks perfect, standing at the same height with their branches looking clean and cared for. Roger explains to me that this is to help improve yield, and to make picking cherries easier. Obsessed with improving his product, he is currently experimenting with different pruning techniques in hopes of losing less ripe cherries during the harvest. He grows several varietals including bourbon, caturra, java, and pachi. His meticulously manicured farm stands in sharp contrast to his neighbor's, whose tress grow scattered in a haphazard fashion with scraggly limbs stretching above the tree line.
Roger Mairena also runs his own dry mill—a rarity among his neighbors—where he processes his own coffee. This allows him to further experiment with processing methods, and how they impact different varietals. It also allows for the drying of the cherry skins, which can be brewed like a tea.
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When I was nine, I found an old book of gypsy spells my mother had left for me when she died. I quickly set about performing the spells with my friends. We baked little arrowroot cakes by a full moon, hoping to dream of our future husbands. These early experiments set off a life-long fascination with collecting old spellbooks, reverently sifting through and comparing the magical herb recipes and incantations and testing the spells in each book.
As I got older, I put together homemade spell kits as gifts for friends with boyfriend troubles or landlord troubles. Over the years I noticed that many of the herbs and plants used in old cures have been adopted by the pharmaceutical industry. The beauty industry has staked its claim on many other plants and fruits that have long been known to enhance the loveliness and youthfulness of our skin, hair, and bodies. But the herbs whose vibrations have been used to right imbalances in other areas of our lives have been ignored. I decided it was time to reclaim them.
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I'm a teacher.
Every time I've interviewed for a teaching position I've been asked what I like best about being a teacher. In a way, it's a kind of sneaky question. Because it's really trying to uncover what kind of students I like and what kind I don't like. The good principals use this question to pinpoint a teacher who works to reach all kids. Bad principals use this question to figure out how many students will be sent to his office and how much extra work each teacher will require.
But when you get right down to it, there are so many kids that make teaching worthwhile. There's the star kids who go out of their way to do an awesome job on everything. There's the kids having a hard time who work and work and work and finally — FINALLY — get it. There are the ones with learning disabilities, who will never be able to read easily, but bit by bit master just a smidge more. There are the trouble makers who still manage to be likeable enough that you buy them a can of root beer when they make it through a whole week without standing on their desks acting like a monkey.
And so forth, in a million different varieties.
Sometimes, after a hard week, when I'm as exhausted as I've ever been in my life — exhaustion from teaching is a different kind of animal, it can just leave you emotionally and mentally drained. You don't need sleep (you have enough rest), you don't need rest (your body's just fine, its not like I've been lifting 50 lb. bags of concrete all day), you just need all humanity — particularly your own kids — to cease to exist for a couple nights while you listen to the stars move across the sky — anyway, when this kind of exhaustion hits I casually wish all the kids could be superstar students. It would be so easy.
When I'm sitting with a kid with a learning disability, helping him go through step after arduous step to accomplishing a task, while I have 3 needy kids tugging my shirt (the kids who can't seem to color a picture without bombarding me with requests for help they don't really need), two troublemakers jumping up and down, one kid in the corner growling and pretending he's a dinosaur, a trio of girls passing notes, another trio of girls arguing about who isn't going to be whose friend, two boys hitting each other in the arm as hard as they can to see who flinches first — it's times like these I feel like wringing my hands in frustration and cry out to the gods why all the kids can't quietly do their assignment like the 8-10 superstar kids, quietly sitting at their desks, doing their absolute best, and always cheerfully following directions.
It would be so easy.
But honestly, those times don't happen very often. There's too much to enjoy, too many kids learning and working, and ultimately accomplishing what they can.
So what does this have to do with our beloved Utah Jazz?
Well, if they were a student I think it's safe to say that this year's iteration isn't the superstar kid — the one for whom every success is simple and easy, the one who not only does every assignment well, but does it with a fastidious flair for making people stand back in awe, wondering how a young kid could accomplish so much, so well, and so easily.
No, this year's Jazz reminds me of someone else.
The brilliant kid who can't stay out of trouble, who can't remember to do his homework, who is equally likely to spend a day in my doghouse as being star student of the day.
There's no question our team is talented. I've written it before, and I'm writing it again: the Jazz have the most talented primary roster (top 8-9 guys on the team) in the league. But putting it all together will be a challenge.
We were all fooled by the preseason. We saw all the little things that still needed to come together, but they seemed so much further along than we had expected, they seemed to get along so well, and we knew their skill sets complemented each other so well.
So when the disastrous first two games hit, we all left stunned, wondering how it could have crashed down so suddenly.
I think I've figured it out.
Imagine that brilliant, but always in trouble kid. To help him get his head on straight, the teacher took him out of the real-world class setting, and put him in a more isolated environment, maybe in a special group of 5-6 superstar, perfect students — just to help this kid learn what it takes to do things right.
And he responded well. Better than the teacher had hoped. Instantly, he was doing great work, his behavior was wonderful, and he was achieving the kind of stuff he had always been capable of. Every now and then a bad habit surfaced, but he was able to stifle it almost immediately and it seemed the bad habits would be extinct in just a little more time.
So the teacher put him back in the regular classroom, expecting everything wonderful to continue. But it didn't. Back to the real-life setting, the brilliant, always in trouble kid reverted back to all his bad habits. And back in the doghouse he went.
That was our Jazz. The preseason was the artificially easy setting where doing it right was easy. The opponents wouldn't be playing as hard, the stakes were lower, etc. It was just a little bit easier to play the right way and let new habits overcome the bad. And we, as the fans, marveled how easy the team was coming together, marveled at how small the flaws seemed, and rejoiced at how easily and quickly it seemed the flaws would disappear completely.
But when the regular season started, when the opponents came out full-throttle, when the stakes were high again and every little action mattered — well, the bad habits took over again.
It will take some time.
And we, as fans, need to adjust our expectations. This team won't be the superstar kid, for whom excelling is so easy. It will be the brilliant troublemaker, full of genius, potential, and a lot of bad habits that need to be overcome.
Our team will probably be in our doghouse plenty of times this season. It will also probably leave us speechless those times it all comes together. And just like the brilliant troublemakers I've taught, either option can happen on any given day. We will probably wonder "is this the same team we watched two days ago?" a lot this season — sometimes in a good way, and sometimes in a bad.
Back to the brilliant troublemakers I've known.
A few never put it together, and it's very sad to see the brilliance and potential crash and burn.
Many struggle their entire lives, always teetering back and forth between doing things right and screwing up.
But most finally figure it out. Most come out with their head on straight and doing things right. Most meet their potential. It was always an exhausting process, both for the teacher and the kid. There were a lot of bad days along the way. But bit by bit the good days start outweighing the bad, the good habits overcome the bad, and the brilliance finally shines through.
And inevitably, those kids, those brilliant troublemakers who struggled so hard to just put their head on straight, with such spread between the good and the bad days — those kids are the ones I remember the most. And in a lot of ways, those kids are the ones I love to teach the most.
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Is it possible to learn a completely new skill with only the help of the internet? This week on Jason and Ortis go head to head to find out. They both have a month to learn their chosen skill using only online lessons and resources to help them. Having never before ventured beyond baked beans on toast Jason sets out to learn how to be a competant chef. Whilst Ortis picks up the guitar and attempts to turn himself into a competant musician. They both have just one month to perfect their chosen skills in their spare time. With thanks to all these guys who helped make it all happen -
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I thought this was an interesting article comparing the GMs of the Panthers and Giants. It also compares the goals of (some) GMs (to keep their job) vs the goals of fans (to win Super Bowls). I found it interesting due to KCs situation with Pioli. Do you think he's more concerned with just keeping his job?


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Judge to decide if DNA evidence is admissible
A judge is expected to decide Monday whether DNA evidence will be admitted in the sexual assault trial of a former Flour Bluff High School football coach.
Judge Jack Hunter of the 92nd District Court said he would decide before jury selection whether the evidence would be admissible in the trial of Kenneth William "Bill" Schaake Jr.
Schaake, who no longer lives in the Corpus Christi area, is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old male student while the student was visiting his home. He was indicted in September 2005.
Schaake resigned from Flour Bluff in the spring of 2005 and district officials emphasized the alleged incident did not take place on school grounds.
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If you have stayed at the Alex before no doubt you will notice a few changes. By way of keeping you updated on the improvements and changes we are making, we hope you will find the following of interest:
Having read through hundreds of 'Guest feedback' forms, 'Guest Preference' forms and by listening to what 'YOU' our guests have to say, we have begun the task of giving this much treasured old lady a little cosmetic surgery and TLC!
Our TREATMENT ROOM is now open. Tucked up on the top floor you can relax and be soothed with one of the many treatments on offer from Hot Stones, Aromatherapy, Indian head or face massage and more. This is a welcome addition as we help you to unwind at the Alexandra.
New BEDROOM and BATHROOM design – All of our twenty four bedrooms are now fully refurbished and looking great. This has been a rather mammoth undertaking but the new ones are looking fantastic and the feedback from you all has been wonderful – thank you. To make the most of our new high pressure showers we have had to replace the whole hotel water system, which meant changing to mains pressure throughout the building. By doing so our guests also now have fresh mains drinking water in every room.
The COTTAGE APARTMENT is also now available for families. It is in the hotel courtyard – so no sea views sadly but it has a fully equipped kitchen and sitting room, double bedroom and children's room with bunk beds. It also has a sofa bed in the sitting room so can accommodate a family of six if required. This is a great option for families giving you the flexibility to eat in the hotel or self cater. All the hotel facilities are available to you.
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A South Dakota legislator has his eye on the Oscars.
Representative Stace Nelson from Fulton, South Dakota, participated in the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Invisible War."
In the feature-length film, Nelson shared his story of dealing with rape in the U.S. Military.
"This idiot chewed her out for crying told her to stop crying over spilled milk," said Nelson in one clip from the documentary.
The documentary confronts the growing problem of rape within the U.S. military, saying close to half a million women have been raped while serving in the military.
Nelson shared his stories from more than 20 years of investigating rape as a naval criminal investigator.
"You cannot help but feel the pain of those victims and they were the faces of hundreds I dealt with over my career that you know we're traumatized for life," said Nelson.
Nelson investigated an average of 14 rapes a year while serving in Asia.
"It is not a trivial crime in the military, it's just one of the problems was that they weren't being prosecuted to the utmost extent of the law; and that was the problem we saw quite a bit," said Nelson.
Reliving those memories of anger and frustration for the documentary was a challenge, but Nelson says the film's growing popularity is bringing real change.
"As a direct result of the movie, then Secretary of Defense at the time Leon Panetta made major changes within the Department of Defense that took away that immediate authority to decide on rapists, whether they were going to prosecute them or not," said Nelson.
He says the movie is making the military a safer place and hopes it is also a tribute to the victims who have suffered in the past.
"It gives me satisfaction knowing that in some small fashion I was able to help some of those victims get even a little more justice....a lot of those rapists that got off with a slap on their hand are squirming in their seats because of this movie," said Nelson.
"The Invisible War" is one of five Oscar nominees for best feature length documentary. Tune into ABC on Sunday night to see if the film will take home the Oscar.


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Item: The Role of Civil Defense Organizations in Avalanche Rescue
Title: The Role of Civil Defense Organizations in Avalanche Rescue
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1980 International Snow Science Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Richard Roy [ Provincial Emergency Program, Prince Rupert, B.C. ]
Date: 1980
Abstract: The mandate of all civil defense organizations is to prepare plans for a disaster response, to ensure that people are trained for particular disasters, and to list resources available for the rescue effort. Advance planning is essential to disaster preparedness. Plans for an avalanche rescue should include a list of positions and duties for the rescue effort, a list of persons to fill these positions, and a list of available manpower and equipment resources. Other organizations which could provide help should be identified and included. Emergency planning programs, civil defense organizations, and search and rescue groups are found at all levels of government, but one should get to know and work with the people and groups in the local area. Joint training sessions for all persons and groups involved are highly recommended.
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Keywords: avalanche rescue
Subjects: avalanche rescue emergency planning programs civil defense organizations
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Carrie Underwood "The Blown Away Tour"
Monday, September 17, 2012
Don't miss five-time Grammy winner and American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood as she stops at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence during her North American "Blown Away Tour," on September 17! She will be joined by the multi-talented Hunter Hayes. The 2012 ACM New Artist of the Year nominee, Hunter has been touring and performing live for decades, most recently selling out venues across the US and Canada on his MOST WANTED headline tour.
Carrie is donating $1 from each ticket sold on the North American leg of "The Blown Away Tour" to support Red Cross disaster relief. Every year, the American Red Cross prepares for and responds to nearly 70,000 disasters across the United States. This donation will help the Red Cross provide shelter, food, and emotional support for those in need after a disaster. Proceeds from her Canadian concerts will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross.
For more information on Hunter Hayes, please visit www.HunterHayes.com.
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Mark Allen Strange
Mark Allen Strange, age 42 of Maryville, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011, at his home. He was an avid racing fan, an Ohio State fan and loved his dog, Jake. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert and Ethel Beaty, Clarence and Gladys Strange.
Survivors include his parents, Carroll "Red" and Beulah Strange of Maryville; brother, Steve Strange of Maryville; sister, SueAnne Green and husband Kevin of Blountville; niece, Jessica Green of Blountville; many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be at 8:00 p.m. Monday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Beaty, Sr. officiating. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m. Monday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852; American Diabetes Association, Knoxville TN Office, 211 Center Park Drive, Suite 3010, Knoxville, TN 37922; or to the Blount County Animal Shelter, 233 Currie Avenue, Maryville, TN 37804.
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OMAHA (KPTM)- A man who was shot by police on November 28th has not yet talked about it.
For the first time, someone close to him finally is. His family and friends said he still has a long road ahead of him.
His girlfriend, Alexe Anderson says last Wednesday, he was ready to give up, but now he says he's thankful to be alive.
It was a crime scene that shocked neighbors, and left Alexe Anderson in tears. "The last person I would have thought in my mind would have been him," said Anderson.
Anderson was shocked after she found out her boyfriend, Oliver Halverson was shot by police. "He just wanted to get shot, that's what he wanted."
Halverson on was wondering around 124th and Burt Streets last Wednesday. Police said he was threatening neighbors with a knife, and had talked about robbing a nearby grocery store.
Anderson had seen him just two hours before. "He was down, completely different than how he normally is."
Standing outside of the hospital, Anderson said, she's just happy he's still around.
Police said they told Halverson multiple times to put down the knife. They even tasered him. When he was six feet away, that's when he was shot.
"He had a knife, that's all he had," said Anderson. "Now, he's still in the hospital."
Halverson was just moved out of the ICU today. Police haven't said how many times hew as shot, but Anderson said he has four different bullet wounds in his chest and a bullet grazed his arm. "He has a long road of recovery ahead of him," said Anderson.
A road, Anderson said, her boyfriend is happy to take. "Oliver says-he's still happy to be here."
Halverson can't move his right hand, and has had multiple surgeries. Doctors had to take part of his lung out.
Anderson said, all of that, is better than not having him here.
Police are still investigating. The officer who shot Halverson is on paid leave.
Anderson said, she's started a campaign to help Halverson with medical bills.
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Saturday, Mar 11, 2006
Industry & Economy
Crude oil imports pegged at 110 mt
Our Bureau
LNG Watch
Australia, Nigeria, Indonesia and Malaysia, besides Qatar, are being looked at for additional LNG supplies by India, which is currently facing a 50 per cent shortfall.
THE ROADSHOW: (From left) Mr M.S. Srinivasan, Secretary, Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Gas; Mr Dinsha Patel, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas; Mr S. Behuria, Chairman, IOC; and Mr Mukesh Rohatgi, Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Ltd; at the NELP roadshow in the Capital on Friday. - Kamal Narang
New Delhi , March 10
India is likely to import 110 million tonnes of crude oil in 2006-07 (April-March), the Petroleum Secretary, Mr M.S. Srinivasan, said. "Our crude oil import is projected to increase to 110 million tonnes," he told media persons on the sidelines of the promotional road show for the sixth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) here. The Government estimates the domestic demand for oil products in the next financial year at around 118 million tonnes compared with 112 million this year, he said.
India's oil product exports in the next financial year are expected to touch 21 million tonnes, up from 18 million tonnes in the current year.
As regards supply of LNG for the Ratnagiri Power and Gas Ltd (RP&GL), Mr Srinivasan said Qatar had indicated its willingness to help India meet its requirement of 2.2 million tonnes of LNG for RP&GL, formerly known as the Dabhol power plant. The supplies are expected from December. Stating that the talks were progressing well, Mr Srinivasan said Rasgas had agreed to supply an additional 2.2 million tonnes of LNG, which is the requirement for full operation of the 2,150-MW Ratnagiri plant.
This is to be a short-term supply for two-and-a-half years till mid 2009 by which time GAIL (India) Ltd should have tied up long-term supplies.
By mid-2009 there is expected to be some spurt in global LNG production followed by the next increase in production expected in 2011-12. Australia, Nigeria, Indonesia and Malaysia, besides Qatar, are being looked at for additional LNG supplies by India, which is currently facing a 50 per cent shortfall. The Secretary, however, declined to comment on the price. "We hope to start receiving the LNG supplies for the Ratnagiri terminal by December. It depends on our preparedness to receive that LNG. We are gearing up for that," he added.
The work on the Ratnagiri terminal, which is of five million tonnes capacity, would be monitored on a fortnightly basis to ensure its preparedness by November to begin trial runs before the first shipment arrives from Qatar in December.
Earlier, speaking at the road show, the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Dinsha Patel, said, "Our adverse demand and supply position for petroleum products and gas has led us to take several measures to augment the availability of oil and gas. Some of the key steps taken include increasing domestic exploration by offering more and more areas under the NELP."
One of the attractive features of NELP is that the companies had been given freedom to market oil and gas in India at market-determined prices, he said.
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Press Event at Mana Contemporary
Tonight was the press event at Mana Contemporary for their Photorealism gallery exhibit. All the works were amazing. I spent a majority of the time unkowingly talking with Richard Serra's brother. Find out more about the exhibit at artmanafest.com
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VIDEO AS A NEW MEDIUM: The Introduction of the 4th Dimension
Walter Benjamin in "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" pinpoints with prophetic clarity the implications that development of new reproductive technologies in visual media would have on the world. Although Benjamin spoke most specifically about Photography, his descriptions can fully be adhered to the video technology as well. The emergence of video as a new art form has had vast implications of the very nature of art. It has broken into the 4-dimension, adding time and movement to the continuum.
Digital fabrication opened up a new realm of possibility- it could instantaneously capture perishable moments and document them for timeless integration into the vaults of human history. It eliminated the need for words to describe events as-is and allowed for precise representation of them. Artists explored this like it redefined the roles of the physics of light and sound in visual art. It placed the human body into another dimension which to be explored. It had no history, no precedence; the very definition of video art was up for the taking. Video can now be reproduced, stolen, remixed, cut and changed an infinite amount of times by an infinite amount of people. It can freeze, speed up or slow down time. It challenges our notions of space, time and existence. The phenomenon, which is video, is profound in its implications for the arts and art making and it is a universe vast and still largely unexplored.
Time-based art allows for the artist to control the timing and duration in which the viewer receives visual images. In a 2-dimensional space, the viewer has infinite time to witness a work of art. She may stand there for seconds or hours, receiving the entirety of the work in one single instance. In video, the artist has pre-orchestrated the length of this experience, and can cut the viewer off from any particular image at anytime. She may allow the image to linger for minutes, or give in a quick flash, then take it away again. She may speed up or slow down the reception of the piece. Though it was not the first medium to exist on a time and space continuum, video was not film, nor what it television or theater. Its definition was up for serious debate.
The very notions of space and time are being redefined, and artists like Bruce Nauman engaged in many experimental practices that sought to understand these new perspectives. In his piece, 'Live Taped Video Corridor' (1969-70) [figure 2], Nauman uses illusion to engage the viewer in a perceptual bending that challenges their own notion about their existence in a physical space using closed-circuit video. In the installation, Nauman set up two video monitors inside of a corridor and places a live video feed outside of the corridor. Upon entering the space with the video monitors, the viewer is disrupted when they do not see themselves on the monitors as they had anticipated. The top monitor shows and empty corridor, but slowly an image of the viewer begins to appear on the bottom monitor, therefore displacing the viewer from their sense of time and space. The lapse pushes the viewer a few moments back or forward in time. (AEA Lovejoy, 97).
[figure 2] Bruce Nauman, 'Live Taped Video Corridor' (1969-70)
Other video installation artists like Dan Graham employed these experiments with time lapsing and optical distortion as well. The experiments challenge notions of human material existence and objectivity that coincides well with the Minimalists in the late 1960's. Experimentation with light and sound reflected the experiments conducted by Robert Mangold and Ellsworth Kelley in the late 60's as well. The spiritualism emitted by these light experiments reflects the work of Eva Hesse and her attempts to evoke deeper meaning from the use of materials and the ocular experience. When video was introduced to the art world, it was devoured due to it 'newness'. Since it had no history, the notions surrounding its very existence were in a state of anarchy as artists fought to define the medium and where to implant it into a cultural sphere. (PMC Lovejoy 195).
VIDEO and ECONOMY
At its inception, film technology was an expensive medium that which was once available only to wealthy production companies. 8 and 16 mm film was expensive to buy and develop, and the cameras available were extremely large and expensive as well. Television show producers used large quad decks and recorded video on 2-inch wide videotape (Shapiro). Not only was the technology expensive, but also it required expert technicians trained in operating it. A major shift in the technology occurred in 1967 with the introduction of the Sony PortaPak. For the first time ever, portable film technology was available to consumers and its impact shook the very foundation of the art practice. After this, the medium of video, which was once monopolized by huge media corporations, was being hijacked by artists leading to "guerilla video" in which people could capture political and social events around them without the political filters imposed by media.
The technology came at the advent of Conceptual and Political art that was emerging in the late 60's and into the 70's and played a major role in the integration of politics n Art (employed by The Yes Men, other tactical media artists). While some reveled in the new technology (like the Futurists and the Dadaists), others rejected the new practice as a legitimate form of art. For some artists, the technology was something to be feared as the sign that art was being given over to the machine. Artists of this school of thought remained conservative and loyal to hand manipulation of the artist working with tangible materials (PMC Lovejoy, 16). In either case, video was now a major topic of analysis. The accessibility of video added to the shift in aesthetic as well as the definition of an artist due to the amateur nature of the videos being produced. In his article the History of Camcorders (March 24, 2010), Mark Shapiro states that renowned artist "Nam June Paik is often credited with purchasing the very first Portapak, from the very first Sony Shipment" (Shapiro).
Having been the first generation that grew up with the presence of television in their homes, the very object of the television screen itself as well as the visual content was being explored by artists like Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell (Germany) (PMC, Lovejoy 191). By this time, the pervasive nature of television had infiltrated every aspect of consumerist culture and Mass Media, and artists and people where being affected by the power of this little box with a screen. Nam June Paik is a Korean-American artist who worked with the media as both a material collage through the exploration of sound and image in time and space as well as video as a new form of architecture and sculpture (such as in his piece 'TV bra for Living Sculpture, with Charlotte Moorman' 1969). Paik was highly concerned with the relationship between television as a media and video as a media and explored their fundamental overlaps and departures. Paik also underscored the relationship between video and sound when he met John Cage and together collaborated on transforming Cage's sound compositions into a visual form (Fineberg 352). Paik's work "TV Buddha" (1974) is an installation that depicts a Buddha sculpture seated before a small video screen that is projecting the image of the Buddha back at himself (fig. 1). The work captures the meditative trance that becomes a person when they are focused intently on the screen. It also discussed the relationship between the material figure and the digitally reproduced image of the figure and what it is for one to confront its counterpart. A live feed hooked up to a monitor gave it a reflexivity that allowed artists to further explore their own relationships with their body and their own material existence.
[Figure 1] Nam June Paik, TV Buddha, 1974.
VIDEO and POST MODERNISM
The history of video almost directly parallels that of postmodernism. Video embodied the values of post-modernism because of its ability to transmit itself over long distances, its accessibility to the masses, its conceptual nature and its use as a means to document performance, it's full departure from objectivity; all of which, as Margot Lovejoy points out in her book "Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age" contributed to its power and ability to force "an end to a modernist visual-arts culture based on suppression of the outside world" (AEA Lovejoy, 62). Video flooded the outside world in and images that exist in all corners of life were suddenly being displaced and transmitted all over. Actions that were once contained and restricted to the spaces in which they occurred could be captured and released in brand new contexts. Because it was a technology that had never been previously explored, it had no preexisting definitions or contexts. Artists rushed in to give it a place in culture.
In the 70's, Art was taking a new 'bottom-up' approach that was exemplified in Ulrike Rosenbach's video performance 'Meine Macht st meined Ohnmacht (To have No Power is the Have Power)' (1978). As a female artist, Rosenbach identified with video as a medium in that, like feminist artists who had been excluded from the dominant perspectives in art history, video had no history, no precedence. In this piece, she explores the way in which television (as a media separate from the nature of video) has targeted and trapped women with its mind-numbing flood of commercial images. In the piece, she is trapped in a net surrounded by TV monitors, unable to escape (AEA Lovejoy, 96).
Other performance artists like Marina Abromavich use video to capture the duration of her performances that are often critical to the piece itself. The relationship between performance and video is inherent but complex. A performance is temporal and expiring. The piece itself perishes with the completion of the act and through replicated, each performance is inherently unique, and can only truly be experienced once. This is because the composition of the audience in the environment on the date that the performance occurs and in the historical time frame in which it is experienced all has a profound impact on the work itself.
Performance art cannot exist outside of these influences in any vacuum. Video however, is persistent and does not perish at the end of the act. It can be rewound, sped up, slowed down, paused, or excerpted. It can choose to include or remove the audience in the room (if there is any). The documentation of the piece outlives the artist, and becomes an artifact all its own. Abromavich uses the power of displacement which video provides to enhance and affect her performances. In her piece, 'Rhythm 10' (1973), she records herself as she stabs knives in between her outstretched fingers creating a rhythm with the sound of the knives hitting the table. Afterwards she plays the video back while she performs the same action, thereby juxtaposing the electronic reproduction of her performance next to the live act (Fineberg 348). Though similar, these two things are not exactly the same. Thus, reflexivity is an important motif in her video imagery.
1999 performance of Marina Abromavich's Rhythm 10
The notion of the art object as something precious was quickly deteriorating in the face of mass reproduction and distribution. The reproducible nature of electronic art raises many questions about the authorship of art (2 PMC, Lovejoy). As Benjamin explores in his landmark essay, the fact that art artifact can now be reproduced so quickly and cheaply changes the very notion of authorship. If a video is taken and changed, who is the author? Is the artist the images of the people contained within or is it the one behind the lens? For example, in 1970 Willoughby Sharp began the 'Videoviews' series of videotaped dialogues with artists including Bruce Nauman, Joseph Beuys, Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Lowell Darling, and Dennis Oppenheim (Wikipedia: video art). In this work, who is the author? Is it the artists who are speaking on the camera, or is it Willoughby Sharp who orchestrated the event? The definitions are unclear. Who owns a medium that can be dispersed so rapidly, and now at lightning speed over the Internet?
No longer is art confined behind the doors of prestigious museums or solely in the homes of wealthy benefactors, but now is universally accessible on YouTube and the Internet. Anyone can create a YouTube account and upload a video. The implications of such mass fabrication and accessibility are staggering. Video still maintains the classical elements of traditional art practices such as painting and sculpture, but now places them on a new continuum. Many liken video art to 'digital painting' in which the artist orchestrates images on a screen to create an ambiance that cannot be described with words. The injection of another element, sound, profoundly affects the viewer's experience of the visual media. The power of video is still to be uncovered, and new artists are emerging from every corer of the globe to participate in this new global artistic dialogue. The developments shall continue into the 21rst century and will shape and evolve our very perceptions of bodies, the existence of time and matter, and the inner spirituality of the human condition as well a greater sense of universalism.
1.) Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
2.) Lovejoy, Margot. Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age. London: Routledge, 2004.
3.) Lovejoy, Margot. Post Modern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1989.
4.) Shapiro, Mark. "History of Camcorders". Internet Video
Magazine. April 28 http://www.internetvideomag.com/Articles-2006/112706_historyofcamcorders.htm
5.) "Video Art". Wikipedia. April 29, 2010
6.) Zorn, John. Treasures IV [video recording]: American Avant Garde film, 1947-1986. Video. [San Francisco, Calif.] : National Film Preservation Foundation, 2009.
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
I had the opportunity to see Guillermo Gómez-Peña speak and perform at Kresge Hall on Carnegie Mellon University campus and The Mattress Factory (respectively), both located in Pittsburgh, PA. The lecture took place on Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010, with the performance occurring the following evening. Both events were co-sponsored by the Center for Arts in Society and ArtUp.
I remember waiting (and waiting) for the show to begin. The crowd outside was swelling, waiting to burst through the doors at Kresge. But he made us wait to enter. Something told me, that the gratuitous wait was simply part his style. Finally the doors flung open and we all pushed to get inside, and claim a seat in what was sure to be a packed event.
He entered oh-so-ceremoniously, emerging from the shadows to cast himself in the blood-red spot light that poured over a single stool and a microphone. When he began to speak, it became obvious that the lecture would be tangled with performance- a testament to the fact that his life and his art were more than often indistinguishable of each other.
Founder and director of the art collective, La Pocha Nostra, Gómez-Peña came to the US to study at CalArts from Mexico City in 1979.
La Pocha Nostra is growing, and has always had a strong membership. Click here to download a copy of the La Pocha Nostra manifesto for 2011
The term boder-crossing is a central motif to the work of Gómez-Peña. He strongly illuminates and pulls on the strings of cultural and societal borders that seek to place people into separate and distinct identities. The borders that separate us out based on sexual orientation, gender, class, race, ethnic background, nationality. All of these are constructs, just as the borders on a map are. If you go to the border of Mexico, there is no natural division between U.S. and Mexican territory. Of course, there is now the man0made construction of a border fence.
While at CalArts, Gómez-Peña explored his experience as a Mexican immigrant in the North American landscape. I assume the experience was sharp and fresh as he came to the U.S. for the first time to go to school. In this piece which he performed while at CalArts, Gómez-Peña focuses on the word "alien". He wraps himself in this Batik and lie on the floor of an elevator to represent the alienation experienced by the nationless immigrant, or "alien".
My first experience with Gómez-Peña's work was with one of his more famous pieces, The Undiscovered Amerindians, 1992. I believe it was Andrew Johnson who first screened it for me in Concept I back in 2006. The documentation was insanely evocative- it was Guillermo Gómez-Peña and his now ex-wife Coco Fusco performing in a "travelling showcase" in which they performed as two human specimens taken from a newly discovered tribe (which they called the Guatinaui people) off some island in the South-Western hemisphere.
They travelled around in a 10′ x 12′ cage, being shown off like exotic animals in some 19th century traveling circus sideshow. What's important to note is that they claimed that the satirical irony of their piece was intended to be clear, they never explicitly communicated that. Ultimately, in the minds of much of their audience, they presented themselves as a legitimate exhibit, and allowed for the audience to digest the spectacle in whichever way they chose. Thus, left to their own devices, a large portion of the audience thought it was totally real.
It was obviously meant to be ambiguous- for one thing, two museum guards were planted beside the cage to provide "facts" about the two human specimens and the world from which they came. At the same time, both performers were wearing cheap western artifacts like sunglasses, fake indian head-dresses, and the like. They even watched TV. There was clear satire in the outfits and the actions. The performers had lead the audience such a long way to point of irony, it was just up to audience member to make the final connection.
Guillermo and Coco were dressed intentionally as the nearly-nude tribal "other" that we all know lies deep within the erotic fantasies of the "civilized" westerner. It's like, that indigenous spectacle that the civilized mind both rejects as barbaric, but secretly envies for its freedom, naiveté, primitivism and indulgence of its animalistic drives. The being that is closer to nature. Or so the fantasy goes.
Coco and Guillermo exposed this Western perversion by openly engaging in sexual acts (nothing hardcore) in full view of the gathering audience. Many of the spectators bashfully looked on, accepting this barbaric behavior as "probably the norm". Again, it's the notion that "uncivilized" tribesmen possess a unrestrained, animalistic sexuality that we "civilized" people simultaneously crave and claim to be above.
The "exhibit" consisted for Guillermo and Coco engaging in what was supposedly their everyday activities. The performed menial little tasks, they were occasionally fed (in the fashion that an animal would be, food such as bananas passing through the bars), and when they needed to go to the bathroom, they were led to facility by a leash. Some audience members were disgusted by the treatment, but surprisingly, many didn't bat their fascinated eye.
In a interview with the artist by BOMB Magazine (taken from their website http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1599) Gómez-Peña discusses the reactions that he encountered from the audience:
We performed the piece at Irvine, which is known for it's incredible xenophobia towards Mexicans. We also performed the piece in Madrid in Columbus Plaza, the heart of the Quincentennial debate, and later on in London at Covent Gardens. People of color were exhibited at Covent Gardens and many other places in Europe, from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
In all of the cities we have performed, there have been a range of responses from absolute tenderness and solidarity—people giving us presents, offerings, quietly being with us, sending notes of sympathy—all the way to extremely violent responses. In London, a group of neo-nazi skinheads tried to shake the cage. In Madrid, mischievous teenagers tried to burn me with cigarettes while some handed me a beer bottle of urine. There were business men in Spain regressing to their childhood, treating us as if we were monkeys—making gorilla sounds or racist "Indian" hoots.
I think we have touched on a colonial wound in this piece.
- Guillermo Gómez-Peña
It's all about orientalism, and the ethnographical endeavors of the past- bringing back to the West pieces of a savage world full of mystery and fantasy.
Language and speech is chiefly important to the life and work of Gómez-Peña, and most specifically is concerned with the lingual relationship between the English and Spanish languages. The performance that I watched was one in which he delivered verbal poetry, with a sense of lucidity despite reading from a pre-orchestrated document, his speech flowing in and out of Spanish and English and always with a thick Mexican accent.
Here is a clip of his vocal performances, poety:
Gómez-Peña deals heavily with colonialism, imperialism, globalism, border politics, the relationship between the North Western and South Western hemispheres.
Here is a performance piece in which Gómez-Peña highlights the power and danger of language (specifically the fear of the Spanish language held by many North Americans) by proposing to continue an on-tape monologue only if he is permitted to point a loaded gun at the camera man
Gómez-Peña's employment of language is not limited to spoken word, he is the author of many books and recipient of the American Book award. His book authorship includes the following works:
- Warrior for Gringostroika (1993)
- The New World Border: Prophecies, Poems & Loqueras for the End of the world (1996)
- Dangerous Border Crossers (2000)
- Codex Espangliensis (2000)
- Ethno-techno (2004)
- El Mexterminator 2005) Spanish.
- Bitacora del Cruce (2006) Spanish and Spanglish.
Poem, reprinted in Dangerous Border Crossers:
Despite the fact Gómez-Peña plays heavily with gender-bending and cross-over, he still posseses a strong fragrance of male chauvenism in his aura. He is clearly a strongly sexual being, if not a deviant. And sometimes he reeks of arrogance as badly as he reeks of booze, but much like the adamantly feminist Suzie Silver used to say to me, there's still something about him that keeps you from hating him for it. (Although we both agreed that his ex-wives would probably beg to differ.)
Modern Art vs. Contemporary Art
Modernist:Street, Dresden by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1908
Modern art designates the period of art that existed between the 1860s to the 1970s. It deals with objectivity, and the deconstruction of the form. Modernism sprung from the invention of photography and the liberation that artists felt in terms of being tied to literal representation of the form. Because film could most accurately and easily represent the material world, artists could now take apart the form and enter a new phase of abstraction and expressionism that dominated the movement. Contemporary art encompasses works of more and most recent history, specifically from 1970's onward. The two terms, modern and contemporary, are not synonymous. Modern works have a strong range of theoretical backgrounds. There was the absurdity and intensity of abstract realism as artists took formalism and delved to new depths with reshaping the outside world. The Abstract expressionists no longer looked outward, their work derives from a new internal source to expose an anti-objectivity of human perception and psychological distortion. Abstract expressionists were most concerned with the interaction between the object and the human eye, and the psychological filters that create a new image within (rather than external to) the viewer.
Then came a spiritual and psychological detachment of Pop, Dadaist, and Minimalist work that fully embraces the alienation and strangeness of consumerist culture, and pure objectivity. Works by the minimalists seek order and form, and create through process rather than human decision. These artists seek to eradicate entirely the illusionism of earlier movements, and expose form as purely and literally as it is and as it exists in nature. Systems of art making were created to become themselves the producer of the art and so that art springs from pure concept rather than human skill and craftsmanship.
Contemporary materials artist, Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
As we move into contemporary art, we see a rejection of this detachment and of the appropriation of art being defined by the object that is produced. Artists begin to move into conceptual art where the art itself is in the theory and concepts that belie it, as well as the experience, which cannot be materialized but only felt. Contemporary artists no longer look to themselves as the creator of their art, but rather look to nature to find naturally occurring relational aesthetics. Experimentation in the late 1960's marks the crossover from Modernism into Contemporary art as artists such as Eva Hess use materials experimentation to allow art to occur naturally, but that does not alienate itself from the artist and rather illuminate the emotional spirit within.
Contemporary art is no longer about the artifact. Art is not necessarily confined to a tangible piece to be placed in a gallery; conversely, it extends into the realm of language, experience, thought, and intangibility. Contemporary art seeks to redefine itself in the legacy of the freedom experienced by modernists. How much further can we as artists emancipate our work from the constraints that continue to exist? Performative art, installation art, and new media are all new avenues. Social and political context becomes core, and the questioning of authority, and the unjust constructs imposed by 'art history' on art challenge these new artists. The interaction of human art and natural occurrence becomes the focus. The search for new media and new context becomes the desire as artists strive to explore the unexplainable truth, and the pure state of the human experience.
Annie Sprinkle
I would try to construct a paragraph to adequately introduce performance artist Annie Sprinkle, but why try when she already wrote her own introduction so well on her website (Annie Sprinkle.org(asm)):
I'm an artist, sexologist, ecosexual, author, lecturer, educator and thespian. I've also been a sex worker of all sorts, a pioneering adult film director/performer and a professional photographer. I'm the first porn star to have earned a Ph.D., my work is studied in major universities internationally, I've shown at the best museums and galleries– and I'm still going strong! -Annie Sprinkle
Sprinkle's work centers around the exploration of pornographic video as a performance art form of the avant garde. She explores its story telling capabilities; its power of revelation of the hidden obsessions and perversions that exist amongst us, shooed and shunned by mainstream society; its sculptural quality highlighting the uniqueness and splendor of the human form; it's comedic component, looking at basic human interaction a it truly is, an animalistically driven endeavor full of blundering awkwardness.
She explores porn as theater, sex being the ultimate communicator. And all of it is done with a blisteringly gaudy sense of humor.
On a quick side note- I was just now Googling images of Annie, and found this one anti-semitic website that uses Sprinkle to support it's laughably ludicrous claims about Jewish sexuality. (http://www.anunews.net/blog/?cat=32) I took a screenshot:
It's funny because the reason I even clicked on the photo of Sprinkle being "examined" by an audience member in the first place is because it's an amazing image. Then, whoosh, I was whisked away to this cheap-looking right-wing extremist website. Take a look if you're interested: http://www.anunews.net/, it seems to have a healthy dose of paranoia/insanity.
It turns out that the above image is taken from her performance piece, Public Cervix Announcement, 1990. Audience members are invited to take the position typically reserved by only a OB/GYN practitioner and look at her cervix with a speculum and flashlight.
I found a really interesting discussion about the piece in a thread on Mormon Discussions.com
Here is another point of view taken from the performance:
Despite innumerable heterosexual interactions with costars in films, Sprinkle is currently married to Elizabeth (Beth) Stephens. Sprinkle often refers to Ecosexuality which is defined as human/earth-based sexual relations. Sprinkle and her wife exemplify such ecosexual relationships with their professed marriage to the Earth. In a ceremony ordained by fellow performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Sprinkle and Stephens consecrated their marriage to the Earth.
Since their ecosexual wedding where they vowed to honor and cherish the Earth and all of her natural realms, Stephens and Sprinkle have committed themselves to promoting ecosexuality through their collaborative art project Love Art Laboratory
. The project centers around the yearly calendar, designating each year to a color based on the 7-chakra color system. The aim is to celebrate love by creating performance-art weddings within the international community.
I think the diversity of the wedding ceremonies highlights Sprinkle's notions of metamorphasexuality (see video clip below). All forms of love and devotion are celebrated and brought to life in an interactive, performative event. Love between humans, spiritual love between nature and humans, love between the spectrum of genders and sexes, races and creeds, the project celebrates love in its every manifestation.
I like the idea of using the wedding ritual as a forum for exploratory art, and I like that she does so with her wife. Some of her ceremonies have been presided over by figures like Reverend Billy of the Church of Life After Shopping.
Sprinkle and Stephens in "Ecosexy"
Born Ellen Steinberg, Annie Sprinkle talks about her parallel lines of existence as these two unique individuals. Ellen is boring and wants to lead a quiet, conservative life. Annie is a balls-to-the-wall kind of girl, full of brightness and color. Though she has lived out most of her career keeping her two identities a separate entities, she recently has come to the revelation that they are in fact one person. And she is them. Taken from her website:
After all these years, as hard as it is for me to believe, I've realized that Ellen Steinberg really must be Annie Sprinkle. And the truth is, Annie Sprinkle still is very much Ellen Steinberg.
An interview with Annie Sprinkle in 1996 in Montreal, Canada. Porn star, film maker, artist and educator Annie Sprinkle discusses the spiritual side of sex in an Interview by Jen MacIntyre. Camera operator Dannielle Dyson.
Sprinkle talks about how she employs sexual interaction to achieve heightened spiritual awareness. She talks about sex as a discipline, and very similar to traditional art form- a pension for it may be acquired at birth, but it must also be honed and nurtured through learning, research, and practice.
She talks about her sexual identity as a constantly evolving force within her makeup. She acknowledges herself as a controversial figure equally loathed as she is loved for all of the things that she represents. I think that sexual identity is as diverse as the spectrum of mankind, and Sprinkle seeks to absorb and embody, at some point in time, as many of these identities as she can acquire. I think that through this process, she is tapping into the human condition, and the full range of human form.
P.s. She heralds from my Philadelphia, Pa.
Interview about Video Art
Please explore Urszula's work at http://vimeo.com/20470980 – ' Suspended ' An experimental video made for a class project.
I think it's cool have another young, female artist engage me in a discussion about my art practice. I was pretty honored to receive this email, and the questions that she sent really made sit back and reflect on my art in a way that I have not done recently, or often enough.
Here are her questions and my responses:
question1. Why did you choose to use the video camera as an art tool ?
I think my interest in the video camera emerged as I discovered the power it possesses to displace its audience into an alternative plane in the time and space continuum. I liked that I could now combine the elements of audio with visual stimuli, so as to paint more elaborate pictures. What I also realized about video is that I could manipulate time to pace my viewer- what I mean is that I had the power to choose how long he lingered upon a particular image. It is unlike the static image in a gallery where people could choose to experience an image for as long or as short as they wanted to. I also realized its power of documentation.
When I was first trying to understand what kind of an artist I am, and how it is that I make art, I found that much of my artistic practice occurs through my raw experiences. I consider my art to be the people I meet, the places I encounter, and the situations that we create on the spot. My art is the exploratory processes that I engage in out in the world, and that is something that cannot often easily be retroactively re communicated after it is experienced. So now, I place the camera apparatus before my eye, and use footage to give these intangible experiences tangible. My goal is to bring my audience with me to experience these unique moments as they occur.
However, I am not just a documentary maker. I do not leave my footage untouched. That is because I feel that so many more forces are at play than just straight actions. So I like to "paint" over my footage. I take it and manipulate it to illustrate the emotional components that have no tangible form. The view I present is from the mind's eye, rather than the visual eye.
question2. Video Art as a language: What is the main concept (ideology) of your video art? Does it tells a story (narrative) or it is just a 'nice video art' made for visual pleasure, without any message?
Themes that seem to be consistent in my work are ones that deal with addiction, obsession, torment over the condition of the modern-day "civilized" human being. I am interested in the conflict that rages between the drives of the reptilian brain, and our civilized consciousness- the clashes between the Id, ego, and super-ego. I explore how people deal with being both functioning threads in the fabric of organized society, while still being natural beings with animalistic drives. How people combat the banality of civilized existence, and how these methods often lead them into underworlds ruled by extremism.
As for the question about narrative, I would say that yes, I always employ narrative, but it is often a highly abstract narrative, without a clear beginning-middle-and-end construct. I find that these typical story-telling constructs very rarely represent natural human experience. My art often includes very little dialogue, except for when I am using spontaneous footage in which my subject engages the camera in lucid, unscripted speech. For me, the most powerful moments in my human experience have been times of pure internal emotion that cannot often be articulated into verbal language. That's why I use audio to guide the viewer along my video tapestry. I use my video to bring my viewer to a place that words could not do on their own.
question 3. What is and is not a Video Art for you?
To me, video art is something that transports its audience to a world they could not access otherwise. Whether that place be an abstract or metaphysical realm, or a real-world place that is rare and inaccessible to the masses. Or it can tap into a highly familiar place that highlights the universality of the human existence. What is most important is that video art expose the human condition, in all its forms. It is hard to say exactly what video art is not. I guess I would not call entertainment video a form of video art. I believe art needs to exist for reasons deeper than to simply entertain.
question 4. What do you think; What are the main qualities of successful Video Art?
I think the most successful qualities of Video Art is something that can truly transport a person from their current mental and physical location into another one completely.
question 5. If video art does not necessarily have to contain a traditional sense of narrative, how does it engage its viewers ?
Video is very similar to painting. It can use the dimension of time to lead its viewer along the painting, and if the artist chooses, can be orchestrated with audio.
question 6. Would you say "bad Video Art"? – What is the difference or boundary between good/bad Video Art for you?
Again, its really hard to say what exactly defines "good" or "bad" video art. I guess bad video art is something that does nothing to transport or communicate anything substantial to the viewer. If it is just silly or meant to entertain on a flat level, then I probably wouldn't call it art.
Brittany Stanley – Demo Reel (2011)
Demo Reel of my latest work
Includes excerpts from the following pieces:
Buscando la Red: DEERHUNTER
Dead Eye
Dixie Comet
>It's NBD
Monocrome (Dreaming in Color)
That Perfect High
What the frack
The above video is a compilation of excerpts made for my senior review.
Richard Pell
Rich Pell is a professor at Carnegie Mellon and practicing artist and Media Tactician. As the co-founder of the Institute for Applied Autonomy (http://www.appliedautonomy.com/), he has been involved in many projects that are heavily entrenched in bottom-up politics. One example of this approach is his involvement in what he calls "Contestational Robotics", in which clever devices historically only accessible by elite parties with hegemonic agendas are re-routed to address the messages and sentiments of political underdogs.
Conceived of by such concepts of bottom up tactical means with the employment of robots, are the GrafittiWriter and the StreetWriter SWX. The former device is a small sleek robot equipped with a programmed spray-painting apparatus consisting of several cans synchronized to execute sprays on a longitudinal axis while in motion to generate graffiti words and sentences. Therefore, by harnessing use of innovative technologies, people are able to take back control of message infusion into the greater society.
Interventionist media is another major aspect to Pell's work. He has work in great detail with the notion and action of 'hijacking' media outlets traditionally dominated by "hegemonic" entities (societally speaking) and infiltrating them to disperse messages of the critical masses.
A screenshot taken from the Institute of Applied Autonomy's website of the Graffiti Writer
Receiving his MFA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pell has spent much time in art collectives in and around Troy, New York (somewhere that I actually had spent a significant amount of time one summer. Kind of a weird place). Pell received his undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
I had the honor of studying under the direction of Pell in a course titled 'Tactical Media' (Spring 2010), who further nurtured my ability to tap into an underground in which non-affiliates were tapping into and hijacking avenues of technology for their own purposes. An anarchic movement of hackers who have been and will continue to usher in great innovation and liberation for the politically oppressed- offering a voice to voiceless.


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Today's a big one. It's the first of the month, Rob Dyrdek Day and also a Vans Warped Tour Band Announcement Day! Yep, it's a serious day, people.
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text: The punishment has been handed down from Fuhrer Goodell. Alcon(The Falcon Hero) has been banned for life for Illegal Wolverine Claws to the Chest. Again our Hero is lost. Old Temptation calls to him. The booze, the dope, and the random murder. Alcon sits there thinking he has nothing left, when a knock at his door reminds him there is still love left in this world, and that he only has to hug it. Freak Power Films


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Fangraphs: Scouting the Sally chat w/Mike Newmann
Select quotes: "Of the group, I've seen Wheeler and May so I'll stick to those two. I prefer Wheeler to may by a large margin." "Well, Belt is teaching prospect followers that age-versus-level does matter regardless of the numbers. However, he really does need 600 plate appearances or the chance to go somewhere else. I can see Huff playing because he's being paid well, but Schierholtz? 28 with a .750 OPS is a find 4th outfielder, but no way he's a starter on a first division ball club." On Brown vs. Trout vs. Gose: "Trout's all-around offensive production will trump the other two. In many leagues, OBP is overlooked as a core component of so many categories. If Trout is a .300/.380 guy with some power and a ton of steals, that's a fantastic player. I'm leery of Brown due to his being a college guy crushing the Cal. My being enamored with Gose is no secret, but his strikeout totals will drag down his average/OBP numbers lessening his value." "Q: From most top prospect lists, I get the feeling that Gary Brown is one of the more controversial players. Why, do you think that is? Mike Newman: College players dominate the California League. He more or less did what he was supposed to do. Francisco Peguero did the same thing and was a meh prospect. Should Gary Brown repeat in double-A, I'll buy into his production much more."


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Saturday August 30, 2014
Case of the Week
Wild Bill Russell Donates A Stuffed Elk
Case:Bill Russell grew up on the Great Plains. During his youth, he was a rodeo bull rider and gained fame as "Wild Bill" for his daring exploits. After a major injury, he married his sweetheart Glenda and moved to ranching country in Montana. But Wild Bill was also a dedicated hunter. Each year he hired expert guide Walt Wilson and both traveled the high country in search of a trophy elk. After several years of pursuing the elusive animals through the Rockies, Wild Bill finally succeeded. His elk that year was a magnificent trophy animal. He and Walt had to use mules to take it back to town. Since it was the finest elk Wild Bill had ever seen, he had Tom Taxidermist preserve and stuff the elk. Wild Bill then placed the stuffed elk next to his favorite chair in the living room. After a year with the very large stuffed elk in the family living room, Glenda exclaimed, "That stuffed elk takes up half of our living room! Either it goes or I do!" Ever willing to listen to his lovely wife Glenda, Wild Bill then donated the stuffed elk to the Western Wildlife Museum.
Question:Wild Bill donated the elk because he wanted others to be able to view the preserved animal. However, there was substantial cost for both the hunting trip and for Tom Taxidermist's fees for preserving the elk. Therefore, it occurred to Wild Bill that perhaps he could qualify for a charitable tax deduction. So Bill called his CPA Helen Swenson and asked about his elk donation. He thought, "Maybe I will receive a large tax deduction and save taxes. But what is deductible? I don't want to get into any trouble with the IRS."
Solution:The stuffed elk is tangible personal property. If it has been held for a year and increased in value, gifts of tangible personal property to a charity may qualify for a fair market value deduction if there is a related use by the charity. The charity certifies its intent to use the tangible personal property for a purpose related to its exempt mission. In this case, the Western Wildlife Museum was willing to certify in writing that it would display the stuffed elk in a manner related to its exempt purpose.
However, there is a special rule for gifts of taxidermy. At one time hunters had been gifting stuffed animals acquired in hunting expeditions to various charities and deducting both the expedition costs and the taxidermy costs. As a result, the law was changed and the charitable deduction will be the lesser of Wild Bill's basis in the stuffed elk or its fair market value. In addition, Wild Bill's basis includes only the direct cost for Tom Taxidermist to preserve and stuff the elk. Indirect costs such as the hunting expedition costs are not deductible.
Bill was still happy to have made the gift and CPA Helen Swenson did take a deduction for the amount of Tom Taxidermist's fee. Glenda was also delighted to have the stuffed elk out of her living room.
Published August 22, 2014
Previous Articles
Wild Bill Russell Donates Art – Qualified Appraisal
Wild Bill Russell Donates to the Cowboy Museum
Baroness Edna and the Depreciation Dilemma, Part III
Baroness Edna and the Depreciation Dilemma, Part II


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eyeOS has many features which are sometimes not obvious to the new user and even not so new user. We would like to ask you to submit your tricks and tips for eyeOS users. We will publish the best ones in eyeOS.info!
Here are a few tips to get you started:
Automatically launching an app each time you log in:
In the Application Manager, select Manage Apps and enter ( ) in the text box of the apps that want to launch.
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If you provide an auto load parameter of (check) for eyeBoard or eyeMessages in the AppManager, they will start only if there are new messages since you last checked them.
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In App Manager, select Manage Apps and enter the full URL of the startup page between parentheses in the text box for eyeNAV. e.g (http://google.org) Don't forget to begin it with http://!
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Savvy buyers know that the first few hours of the rebate, when prices are still "in flux" is when the best deals happen. Sometimes the prices are even set incorrectly as the retailers don't rebate off the right base amount.
I scooped up the 6D+24-105mm deal this morning for $2199... and I added a 70-300 IS for $199.
After I sell the 70-300 IS for $300 and the 24-105mm for $700 I will have my $1200 6D body
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|A new vaccine now in development may help treat addiction to methamphetamine.Credit: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
In the paper, Kim Janda and colleagues note that methamphetamine use and addiction cost the U.S. more than $23 billion annually due to medical and law enforcement expenses, as well as lost productivity. The drug, also called "meth" or "crystal meth," can cause a variety of problems including cardiovascular damage and death. Meth is highly addictive, and users in conventional behavioral treatment programs often relapse. Previously tested meth vaccines either are not effective or are very expensive. To overcome these challenges, the researchers made and tested new vaccine formulations that could potentially be effective for long periods, which would drive down costs and help prevent relapse.
The group found that three of the new formulations that produced a good immune response in mice (stand-ins for humans in the lab) were particularly promising. "These findings represent a unique approach to the design of new vaccines against methamphetamine abuse," say the researchers. The authors acknowledge funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology.
"Impact of Distinct Chemical Structures for the Development of a Methamphetamine Vaccine"
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Source: American Chemical Society


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The gifs are courtesy of jaypride001, andreakate and justjeremylin.
Some of them have been posted at the recap, but the last ones were from Jay. I am personally thankful that she and the others make the gifs. It's great to see the great plays and the small stuff that would normally be quickly over when you're either watching a very-pixilated stream or a video.
We hope you like it. Enjoy!
So, is it me or is Lin really becoming more expressive against the ref's calls? It isn't the first time we've seen that expression.
And the mouthguard look - I'm on the fence...
Garcia - what was that about?
Our backcourt... you gotta love the two J's.
Jaypride wrote that either CP was really loud or the TC was really quiet, 'cause he shouted at DMo.
There's this gorgeous bounce-pass from Lin to Parsons
Maybe the play of the night?
James' and-1
James just makes it look so effortless. Jay wrote that she thought James was annoying before (he became a Rocket) - very, very annoying when he's playing against your team.
It's nice to have him accumulating freethrows for us, right?
We're used to seeing Omer take rebounds, but these moves:
To quote Jay, "Omer, just dunk that sh!t like that, don't try those crazy reverse layup please!"
I still can't believe my eyes - how risky was that pass?
Oh, my, Oh-mer!
Was DMo mad? His dribble drive and dunk - definitely emphatic.
Lin doesn't need much space to get to the basket - even if it's through three men.
And this!
Simply gorgeous...
Greg approves!
So, all in all, it was a good game, yeah?
It's okay to continue discussing the game here - the recap is becoming quite long, don't you think?
If you do spot interesting articles, memes or links connected to this game, just paste it in the comments section. I think everybody will appreciate it.
Go, Rockets!


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Friday, April 18, 2008
In the Need for BRGs
I have one I'm sitting on , which I'll announce shortly. It's not too impressive, though, so no rush.
2 comments:
- George said...
1. Ft. Walton Beach - Ramada Plaza
many dates available -
booked oceanfront for 9/20 for $189 on TR, then claimed with hotels.com rate of $180 and got a free room confirmation yesterday afternoon. Rates are still working for claims as as of 4:00 PM EST, Friday, April 18.
2. Savannah, GA - Inn at Ellis Square, a Days inn property.
Double Room $179 on TR, Expedia beats it at $152.15. Claim accepted and received a free room for 2 dates: 6/22 and 6/24
Rates are still working for claims as as of 4:00 PM EST, Friday, April 18.
3. Virginia Beach - Ramada at the Beach
Triprewards $149.99
travelocity.com $149.98
not booked (I'll be already in Ft. Walton Beach that weekend) but tested out for 9/20/2008. Should work fine.
Standard 2 double beds, non-smoking
- April 18, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Hi George...
Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, I have a few questions regarding the hotels you just sent me.
- April 18, 2008 at 9:09 PM


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Is This the New HTC Flagship?
An image of an HTC phone, possibly the successor of HTC One, has been posted on Twitter by Russian site HTCFamily.ru. The device, code-named HTC M8, seems to have a casing very similar to the HTC One, but it has two camera lenses on the back, as well as dual flash.


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Nature, Sun, and History, three elements which characterise Italy. Liqours emblematic of Italian tradition, made from genuine products, ripened uner the hot Mediterranean sun and masterly made following age old recipes whose secrets have been passed on through countless generations.
Undoubtedly one of the most famous and liked liquors in the Mediterranean tradition. Prepared following an age old recipe, using the same method: an infusion of lemon peel, alcohol, and sugar syrup.
We recommend drinking it chilled, straight from the freezer. After a meal it is a digestive, diluted with water it is an excellent thirst quencher.


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Bensalem Council unanimously approved preliminary and final land development for School Lane Charter School's renovation and expansion project on Monday evening. The project will turn an abandoned skating rink next to the school's current location into 14 classrooms.
According to a release, parents, children and other SLCS supporters filled the seats in council chambers and cheered after the vote was taken.
Charter school representatives appeared before council on May 21, when more than a dozen commenters spoke in favor of the renovation plan. The issue was tabled until Monday evening as Bensalem Council asked for more time to review the traffic study.
The expansion will go a long way toward reducing the number of students on the waiting list. SLCS currently enrolls 596 students, abiding by a township-imposed cap set in 2006.
With the expansion project, 2350 Bristol Pike, the site of the former Cornwells Skating Center, will get a much-needed facelift. The site will be home to grades six through eight and as part of the land development plan, council will allow the school to add 304 more students to its roster, bringing the total enrollment to 900. SLCS currently has an extensive waiting list of 463 students.