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Cross-party support against feared army cuts
I noted yesterday how the shadow Welsh Secretary had raised new fears about a Welsh part of the British army on the floor of the House of Commons. He's not alone. An Early Day Motion tabled by Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader, Elfyn Llwyd, has attracted signatures from all four political parties.
The fear raised by Welsh politicians is that the campaign to keep the Queen's Dragoon Guards has been successful but that the axe might instead fall on a battalion of the Royal Welsh. The wording of Mr Llwyd's EDM explains why that's a cause for concern:
That this House believes that The Royal Welsh should be retained in its current format; notes that the 1st battalion was formed to represent the Royal Welch Fusiliers and that the 2nd battalion represents the Royal Regiment of Wales following its merger in 2006; and is of the opinion that any attempts to cut The Royal Welsh would be detrimental to the status of the armed forces in Wales and would breach previous undertakings that these time-honoured and distinguished regiments would be supported in continuing to exist in this form.


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Exhibition / "Harry Smith: String Figures"
300 Nevins St (Cabinet)
20 September – 3 November 2012
Cabinet is pleased to present "Harry Smith: String Figures," an exhibition drawn from the collection of John Cohen. Organized by painter Terry Winters, the show features twenty-two string figures created by Smith (1923–1991), the legendary artist, filmmaker, and ethnomusicologist.
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012, 10am-6pm
On Sunday, September 23, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., a record 280+ top national and international authors and participants will join bibliophiles, booksellers and literary organizations on 14 stages at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street) and Plaza, Columbus Park, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights Public Library, Brooklyn Law School, the Brooklyn Historical Society and St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church for the seventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival.
Michael Chabon @Greenlight
Sep 17 2012 7:30 pm
Greenlight Bookstore
In his first novel in five years, beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author Michael Chabon provides a kaleidoscopic vision of urban America in transition, as witnessed by two intimately intertwined families in Oakland, California. Telegraph Avenue encompasses race, family, sexuality, gentrification, politics, jazz, funk, comics, kung fu, and a talking parrot, all with dazzling style and deep compassion. Chabon will read from his novel and answer audience questions before signing books.
Date the Time – Molly Dilworth
Reception: September 20, 6-8pm
On August 17, 2012 Molly Dilworth will begin work on Date the Time, as part of Recess's signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess's public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. For Date the Time, Dilworth will create a series of banners and flags, bearing patterns generated from user-submitted photos. Addressing digital content using traditional folk art techniques, Dilworth will distill issues of labor and consumer rights from unexpected sources.
Wendy White: Pix Vää
Leo Koenig
Opens September 13 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In the large-scale "Fotobild" paintings, White continues to conjoin component canvases and then secures commercial storefront awnings above and atop painted canvases. These awnings and armatures, fabricated at a sign shop in Chinatown, feature human-scale snapshots that White has culled from her digital and print archives.
Stealth Reflections
Mighty Tanaka
September 14
Stealth Reflections pulls back the layers of consciousness and exposes the viewer to an awakening of self reflection. Through his work, Miguel Ovalle seeks to reveal the inner psyche of the human condition through a myriad of interpretations and techniques. His steadfast approach defines his meticulous attention for detail.
Tessa Farmer & Amon Tobin Control Over Nature
Spencer Brownstone Gallery
September 15 – October 6, 2012
Spencer Brownstone Gallery is pleased to present 'Control Over Nature', an exhibition by Tessa Farmer in collaboration with an acoustical installation by Amon Tobin. For her second show at the gallery, Tessa has teamed up with Amon Tobin to mark his September 14th performance at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. With his groundbreaking audio/visual live show ISAM 2.0, the electronic music pioneer joined forces with Farmer for an extraordinary collaborative installation combining his sound design and elements from 'ISAM', alongside Farmer's trademark sculptures (constructed from bits of organic material, such as roots, dead insects and bones). Hovering with a rarefied, jewel-like beauty, Tessa's tiny spectacles resound with a theurgist exotica: their specimen forms evolve as something alien and futuristic. The collaboration perfectly captures the themes surrounding 'ISAM': sensory deprivation, disorienting situationism and the mechanization of natural things.
Wondering Around Wandering
Saturday, September 15, 6:00–11:00pm
983 Dean Street
Join us for the grand opening of Wondering Around Wandering, and don't miss Pulled: A Catalog of Screenprinting, making its final stop after a year of traveling.
Fishtank Ensemble/Baby Soda Jazz Band
Sat, Sept 15th
Fishtank Ensemble is a band that offers a unique blend of Gypsy, Balkan, Flamenco, Klezmer and original tunes. The arrangements are always surprising and include instruments from many countries such as violin, accordion, flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar, shamisen, bass, saw and voice./Baby Soda! Developed by hoboes, perfected through science… Baby Soda is on the cutting edge of a new movement loosely known as street jazz; with an eclectic set of influences ranging from New Orleans brass bands, jug music, southern gospel and hot jazz.
Who Gives a Sh*t About Literary Magazines?
Mon Sep 17, 7:00PM
Randy Rosenthal (editor of The Coffin Factory) and panelists Lorin Stein (editor of The Paris Review), Rob Spillman (editor of Tin House), and John Freeman (editor of Granta) discuss the impact of literary magazines in contemporary culture.
War of Words
Strange Tales of Liaozhai
Kris Bowers & Carson Adjacent
The NY Theremin Society Presents: GOOD Vibrations – Theremin X 4 FT Dorit Chrysler, Michael Evans, Rob Schwimmer and Allison Sniffin
Eleh (US Debut) + Lary 7
Best American Poetry 2012
My Heart Is An Idiot: FOUND Magazine's 10th Anniversary Tour!
The Channel
Joseph Keckler + Mac Wellman
ASBA's 15th Annual International
EatSleepDraw (5 Years)
Chris Watson + Marcus Davidson
Beth Cavener Stichter: Come Undone
Liza LaCroix
Masami Teraoka: Cloisters Inquisition
Metropolis: Alexis Duque
Richard Estes / New York by Night
Ralph Humphrey
Assembly 2012
Sunday Paintings for a Rainy Day
Nate Wooley + Mazen Kerbaj
Crossing the Line 2012
Printed Matter, Inc. presents Contemporary Artists' Books Conference in conjunction with The NY Art Book Fair
Luisa Rabbia
Wildlife in the Post-Natural Age
Thomas Hirschhorn "Concordia, Concordia"
ANDREA ZITTEL: Fluid Panel State
Alexander Hahn
Allison Evans
Sally Mann: Upon Reflection
Occupy Your BFF
Lucie Fontaine : Estate
New York School Artists
Respect Sextet and Loadbang
Opera on Tap: BRIDES ON FIRE!!!
Red Baraat w/ M.A.K.U. SoundSystem
Mount Eerie w/ Loren Connors
Charles Jarboe New Paintings
Teresita Fernández & Mr.
GUYI-GUYI by Pereferia Teatro
Miriam (BAM 30th Next Wave Fest)
Andra Ursuta: Aboveground Animation
Trey Speegle: Good Luck With That
Pictures from the Moon: A Symposium on Holograms and Art
Nublu 10 Years w/ performances by Wax Poetic, Hess is More, Love Trio and Clark Gayton
Gallow Green
The Secret City – NEW YORK
Cave Canem at The New School Presents: Natasha Trethaway and Metta Sama
Crossing the Line
The Mountain Goats
Adults in the Dark: Avant-Garde Animation (MAD)
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Summer Group Exhibition 2012@Joshua Liner
Joshua Liner
August 2 to August 25, 2012
Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to announce the 2012 Summer Group Exhibitionshowcasing 16 artists, including established gallery regulars and newcomers. This presentation will feature painting, sculpture, and drawing, with works by the following artists – Alfred Steiner, Clayton Brothers, Cleon Peterson, Damon Soule, Daniel Rich, David Ellis, Ian Francis, Jean-Pierre Roy, Kris Kuksi, Mars-1, Oliver Vernon, Pema Rinzin, Riusuke Fukahori, Tat Ito, Tiffany Bozic, and Tomokazu Matsuyama.
Cornelia St Cafe
Thursday, Aug 02 – 8:30PM
Jon Irabagon and Barry Altschul have performed continually in the last few years, including their tour-de-force Foxy (Hot Cup Records) and their upcoming duo release on Jon's Irabbagast Records. As a preview of their upcoming trio tour, they invite master bassist Mark Helias to join them tonight at Cornelia St. Cafe, where they will be debuting new compositions as well as delving into the group improvisations that have made Barry and Mark such an important rhythm section combination over the last two decades.
Cornelia St Cafe
Friday, Aug 03 – 9:00PM & 10:30PM
Since the early 1960's, Barry Altschul has been associated with being at the forefront of Modern Jazz, playing with innovators such as Paul Bley, Steve Lacy, Chick Corea, Sam Rivers, Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Andrew Hill and Roswell Rudd, to name a few, as well as the likes of musicians such as Lee Konitz, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Criss, Art Pepper, Johnny Griffin, and many others.
Cornelia St Cafe
Saturday, Aug 04 – 9:00PM & 10:30PM
Cyro Baptista @The Stone
The Stone
8/7 Tuesday and 8/8 Wednesday
Multicultural, polyphonic, highly creative entertainment that takes rhythms beyond their natural frontiers and creates a brand of music too innovative and varied to be labeled.
Friday, August 3rd
Soloway is pleased to host the latest CAROUSEL, a long running series of Cartoon Slide Shows and other projected pictures, created and presented by a wide array of writers, cartoonists, and other characters. Hosted by R. Sikoryak.
This episode features:
Gabrielle Bell
Emily Flake
Myla Goldberg & Jason Little
Danny Hellman
Matthew Thurber
in the open
Aug. 2 – 18, 2012
KESTING/RAY is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition in the open, a group show featuring five emerging artists who recently completed their Masters in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Skin We're In
Yossi Milo Gallery
August 2, 2012–August 31, 2012
Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to present The Skin We're In, a group exhibition featuring the work of David Goldes,Lindsay Lawson, João Enxuto & Erica Love, Stephen Prina, Jon Rafman and Mark Tribe. The exhibition will be on view from August 2 through August 31, with an opening reception on August 2 from 6:00 – 8:00PM.
Opening Party and Birthday Celebration: Saturday August 4th, 7pm-10pm
MF Gallery
Both artists are known for their colorful and horrific 2-D artwork in the form of drawings, prints and comic books. For this show, they have embarked on a brand new journey that will take us down the darkest roads of gore, the supernatural, and all things unknown. Witness Frankenstein, larger than life! Stand in awe of the giant blood dripping face, protruding from the wall! Behold the latest incarnation of The Creature From the Black Lagoon! Stumble in fear as you encounter Aliens dripping and oozing in blacklight pus, and look into the eyes of Death Itself! "Midnight Monster Meltdown" provides a visual explosion comparable to being high on LSD, trapped on a roller coaster inside an old time Spook House that never ends… All this and more only at MF Gallery!
Signs of the Apocalypse
Friday August 3rd 2012 6 – 9pm
House of Yes
Thursday, August 9th
Underpinnings presents a look into the wiry world of performance, dance, music, and fine art as interpreted by its involved artists. With motifs of peeling, multiple selves, sustainable creativity, streaming consciousness, power/submission, synth-art-pop, symbiotic siblingship, and sacrifice, each short individual act envelops viewers in an original experience. The performances will be followed by a party where drinks, video installation, and fine art will flow forth, served on a platter by the ritualistic art community that exists solely in Underpinnings.
Kimmo Pohjonen & Helsinki Nelson: Accordion Wrestling (U.S. premiere)
Damrosch Park Bandshell
Aug 3–4 at 8:30
SurroundSound grunts and groans punctuate accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen's dance-theater work in which music, sport, and dance blend into a unique multimedia "squeeze play." Reviving the dormant Finnish tradition of accordion-accompanied wrestling matches, Pohjonen performs while grapplers struggle on a custom-made mat embedded with microphones. His work, with choreography by Ari Numminen, comments on Cold War and gender politics while lending a modern artistic twist to a classic Olympic competition.
RUFUS CAPPADOCIA's ROOTS QUARTET
Thursday, Aug 9
The cellist draws from "the similarities between seemingly diverse music forms such as blues, Sufi, Middle Eastern and even Gregorian chant.".
Overturn Theater's rendition of : Waiting for Godot
August 2st – 18th, 7pm
Overturn's artistic director Kristy Dodson has placed Samuel Beckett's 1953 Godot in an former medical ward in North Brooklyn. Starring Joshua Levine (Off Bway's Channeling Kevin Spacey ) Casey Greig (Off Bway's Pure Confidence) James Fauvell, & Daniel Piper Kublick with set design by Cara Shih, lighting design by Jennifer Schriever, fight choreography by Casey Robinson, and sound design & costume design by Kristy Dodson. Overturn's Godot will be running for three weeks August 2st – 18th(Wednesdays -Saturdays) at 7pm at Arts@Renaissance, 2 Kingsland Ave. BK, NY Garden level.
Cornelia St Cafe
Sunday, Aug 05 – 8:30PM
Violinist Scott Tixier is an award-winning recording artist, named as "Rising Star Violin" in the 60th Annual critics poll Downbeat. He is a true innovator on his instrument and is quickly becoming known as the new voice of jazz violin. He has earned international recognition for his playing.
M. Ward,Yo La Tengo, Wyatt Cenac (of The Daily Show)
Prospect Park Bandshell
Tue, August 7, 2012
Benefit concert to support free programming at Celebrate Brooklyn! a Performing Arts Program of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn.
AMPLIFIED QUARTET – Jeremiah Cymerman, Peter Evans, Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder
Thursday, August 9, 2012 @ 8:00 pm
Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics) Matt Bauder (sax, electronics) Peter Evans (trumpet, amplifier) Nate Wooley (trumpet, amplifier)
After several performances as an amplified ensemble, the intense and uncompromising quartet of woodwind players Jeremiah Cymerman & Matt Bauder and trumpeters Nate Wooley & Peter Evans will convene at Roulette for two days of rehearsing & workshopping, leading up to a performance on August 9th.
The Grand Victory
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
An evening of punishingly heavy improv: PULVERIZE THE SOUND (Peter Evans/Tim Dahl/Mike Pride), SHEAJOY (Stuart Popejoy/Kevin Shea), BURNING GENITALS (Jamie Saft solo).
The Alaev Family (New York debut)
Damrosch Park Bandshell
Aug 8 at 7:30
The propulsive doyra hand drums of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, drive the ecstatic sound of "Bucharian Groove" band the Alaev Family, who immigrated to Israel in 1991. The Alaevs blend together the sounds of Turkey, Persia, China, and Russia alongside lyrics by Tajiki poets on their latest album, produced by Balkan Beat Box's Tamir Muskat, which captures the fire and drive of their live shows.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
ZirZamen 90 W. Houston St., NY, NY
Fay Victor and Anders Nilsson's Exposed Blues Duo, Ed Pastorini, Jonathan Wood Vincent
Cornelia St Cafe
303 10th Ave.
August 2-25
Under the Mattress is a solo exhibition of works by Billy Frey. The collages are done by hand using original vintage materials and imagery, primarily from magazines fromt he 1930's to the 80's. With bold and often complex patterns of re-appropriated images, he offers us tales that are humorous, dark disturbing, playful, perverse, and fantastical. Frey is heavily influenced by classic film, comic book art, cartoons, surrealist film and literature. The collages represent a fusion of times past and present, creating an environment where time is non-linear. Within our minds, it is happening all at once. A place where the 30's and the 60's can do a dance together, unaware of the fact that time has already come and gone.
Heritage Sunday AYITI RASANBLE!
Hearst Plaza
August 5, 1pm
Ayiti Rasanble! ("Haiti, come together!") celebrates the indomitable spirit of the Caribbean nation with dance and musical groups reflecting its resilience and pride. Feet of Rhythm Afro-Haitian Dance Company works to preserve traditional dance forms under the vision of founder Nadia Dieudonné, the dancer and choreographer best known for her infectious interpretations of banda, the dance of Ghede, the revered Haitian spiritual figure of the underworld.
Christopher Smith: Underbody
site95 @ Launch F18, New York, NY
August 6 – 18, 2012
In "Underbody," Smith continues his investigation into the usage of current technology and assembly line manufactured materials to break beyond the traditional two-dimensional form of painting. The 14-minute projection of foaming paint drips across a 9 x 6 ft Plexiglas surface.
S!CK MAGIC W EGYPTRIXX//SINJIN HAWKE//N0ms//GOBBY//MIKEQ//REZZIE//RPEG//TOMAϟϟ
285 Kent
Saturday, Aug 4, 11:30pm until 4:00am
Breeze Block Gallery
Wed. Aug. 1, 5:30-8
Interpreting the inhuman experience bred from modern technological advances that compose our commonplace environments, for the past two years Bay Area native Jenny Odell has been utilizing imagery taken from Google Satellite images in a commentary on the sanctification of otherwise mundane objects in our lives that are taken for granted. The show will feature eighteen prints displaying Odell's unique interpretation on the alienation of this perspective provided by the revealing landscape that she manipulates in her distinct evaluation of our surroundings.
Alex Gingrow: All the money IS in the label
Mike Weiss
August 2, 2012 – September 1, 2012
Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present All the money IS in the label by Brooklyn based artist Alex Gingrow. For her first solo exhibition, Alex Gingrow presents dozens of obsessively rendered drawings on paper loaded with cutting, antagonistic humor and a quick trigger finger pointed at the heart of the art world. Over the past five years while working at a midtown frame shop, the artist has collected snippets of sordid conversations overheard from chief art world players as well as from peers working at entry- level positions within art institutions. The resulting works are incredibly revealing, and often baiting epitaphs of insider conversations, reified and displayed, ironically within a frame. With a snarky, sharp wit and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, Gingrow implicates all levels of the "establishment" including Gagosian, Hirst and Warhol, the New Museum and even our own Mike Weiss Gallery.
Midsummer's Mayhem Poetry & Pub Crawl
Just Lorraine's Place
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Skewered Syntax returns to Harlem for the Midsummer's Mayhem Poetry & Pub Crawl. All who want to participate, or who bear witness to one of the greatest New York City literary spectcles are invited to gather in front of Just Lorraine's Place at 8:00 PM with poem in hand or heart. After Featured Poets April Jones, Matthew Hupert, Robert Gibbons and Zev Torres open up the ceremonies, there will be an open mic, followed by drinks. Then we'll take a short walk to the next venue where we'll recite more poetry, imbibe a little more and move on once again. There's no cost to join our merry band of poetic artisans or to recite your own pieces, but everyone pays for his or her own drinks.
Rockaway Pipeline Day of Awareness Action
Jacob Riis Park
Please join members of the Coalition Against the Rockaway Pipeline this Saturday August, 4th at Jacob Riis Park to gather signatures on the boardwalk, and distribute information opposing this pipeline!
Lucinda Williams
The Bowery Ballroom
Mon, August 6, 2012
It's not all that hard to find an artist who's capable of offering a guided tour of life's dark clouds – nor is it rare to come into contact with one who can hone in on the silver lining. But the ability to do both with equal grace, well, that's an altogether rarer gift – and it's one that Lucinda Williams displays with remarkable élan on her latest Lost Highway album, Blessed.
M Shanghai String Band and Friends 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Saturday, August 4
The Red Hook Ramblers Live Music with Silent Films
Sunday, August 5
The Fall of the American Movie Palace
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The 22 Magazine is putting on a show this Thursday at Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn. Hope you can join us!
Check out a preview for the show.
The 22 Magazine Presents: Fixins
The 22 Magazine is pleased to present an evening of music, art, food and puppetry with Andru Bemis, Anna Gevalt, Elizabeth Laprelle and Katherine Fahey, who along with singing, will be presenting a cranky. Also known as scrolling panorama, or crank box, the cranky is an old-fashioned hand-cranked scrolling device, illustrating a story or song. They will be joined by FAHEY, puppeteer Daniel Patrick Fay, and visual artists Jimmy McBride, Megan Canning, Eileen Hoffman, Reineke Hollander and more. There will be a potluck style buffet, so feel free to bring something to contribute! The event will take place on April 26, at Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn.
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Described as maintaining a "rightful place at the crossroads of the shoegaze and post-punk revival" Astral's 2011 release, "Forever After" from Vibraphone Records feels like a fast ride through a field full of flowers. The band currently lives in San Francisco and frontman, Dave Han took a moment to talk to Matt Mowatt about the project.
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Odysseus at Hell Gate Performance @Socrates Sculpture Park
Processional Arts Workshop joins with local volunteers to transform Socrates Sculpture Park into a kinetic installation that explores the history of New York's forgotten islands through the lense of Homeric myth. Integrating performing objects, micro-parades, and cyclical performances. Odysseus at Hell Gate pairs texts from the Odyssey with historic accounts of North Brother Island, Hart Island, Mill Rock, and other forgotten places in the city's maritime shadowlands. Park visitors will assume the role of the homeward-bound hero, using fragmentary charts and haphazard guidance to navigate the capricious currents of New York's complex island history, from potter's grounds to pleasure parks to penitentiaries. There is no order or sequence, as characters appear and disappear throughout the park, leaving lost mariners free to wander through a shifting immersive narrative. Odysseus at Hell Gate runs continuously throughout the Park, from 5 to 8 PM.
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Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band @LPR.
Director, producer, activist, musician and Academy award winning actor Tim Robbins was born in West Covina, California on October 16, 1958 and raised in New York City. He began acting in the early '80s and went on to star in such films as Bull Durham, Jacob's Ladder, The Player, The Shawshank Redemption, The Hudsucker Proxy and Mystic River. He won a Best Supporting actor for the latter, and was nominated for Best Director for 1995's Dead Man Walking. In 2010, Robbins rleased his debut album, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band, a nine-track collection of self-described "raggle taggle and rousing gypsy Americana," produced by Hal Willner, which featured the talents of Kate St. John, Leo Abrahams, David Coulter, Roger Eno, Rory McFarlane, Andrew Newmark and Dudley Phillips.
-by James Christopher Monger via All Music
Center for Book Arts: Art Study Tours: Illuminating Fashion at the Morgan Library
Karen Gorst
July 28 , Thursday afternoon, 3pm
The Center is pleased to continue its series of Art Study Tours. Class will be taught off-site, behind-the-scenes at various institutions, collections, and artists' studios. This summer series will take advantage of the cultural resources in New York City and will focus on color and the uses and making of pigments. Consisting of 3 visits throughout the city this July and August, students may sign up for all three in the series or just for one class, each taking place on a Thursday afternoon.
Illuminating Fashion at the Morgan Library and Museum. Visit this special exhibition and discover the uses of color in medieval manuscripts with an expert in the field, Karen Gorst. Drawn from the Morgan's collections, over fifty illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books are featured in the exhibition. Join us and discover the difference between the depictions of contemporary fashions and the actual colors used in clothing of the time period. Students will discuss from a historical perspective the process of making paints and dyes. The exhibition will be used as a backdrop for a discussion on the different artistic techniques employed to produce the color in medieval manuscripts and on fabric from the medieval period.
The Woods are Lovely, Dark, and Deep Artist's Talk.
Please join Asya Geisberg Gallery for the second annual Chelsea Art Walk on Thursday, July 28th from 5 – 8 pm.
At 6:15 pm we will host a wine reception and talk with the artists Thomas Bangsted and Allison Gildersleeve about the exhibition "The Woods are Lovely, Dark, and Deep".
More than 125 galleries and institutions participating in Chelsea Art Walk 2011 will be open for extended hours, artist talks, receptions, and other special events to showcase the vibrancy of the summer arts scene in Chelsea.
To learn more about the Art Walk, click here.
To view images from the exhibition, click here.
White Hot @ Margaret Thatcher Projects.
July 7 – September 17, 2011
works by: Jaq Belcher, William Betts, Omar Chacon, Freddy Chandra, Carlos Estrada-Vega, Kevin Finklea, Adam Fowler, Teo Gonzalez, Susan Graham, Rainer Gross, Jus Juchtmans, Aric Obrosey, Joie Rosen, Analia Saban, Fran Siegel, William Steiger, Lars Strandh, Barbara Takenaga, Bill Thompson, Heidi van Wieren, and Venske & Spänle
Margaret Thatcher Projects is pleased to announce the opening of w h i t e-h o t, an exhibition of works by 21 artists, co-curated by Erin Brown and Margaret Thatcher. The exhibition, which includes work in a wide range of media from artists both represented in the gallery's stable and guest artists, explores the visual and ideological possibilities of the color white.
Bas Jan Ader, Olaf Breuning, Jennifer Cohen, Scott Hug, Kevin Lips, Niall McClelland, Jesse McLean, Kristie Muller, Rbt. Sps, Brent Stewart
curated by Jamie Sterns and Joseph Whitt
Jul 28-Aug 27, 2011
SUPERCODA: FRIDAY 8-midnight. The Back Pockets on tour with Huntronik, Rifle Recoil @ CAFE ORWELL.
7/26 Tuesday (NYDS)
8 pm
Kamala Sankaram / Drew Fleming / Pat Muchmore / Jeff Hudgins
Kamala Sankaram (compositions, voice, accordion, electronics) Drew Fleming (electric guitar, voice) Pat Muchmore (cello, voice) Jeff Hudgins (reeds, voice)
The Summer Music Project: themes for imaginary cartoons, Bollywood noir, and other assorted weirdness.
10 pm
Miguel Frasconi and David First
Miguel Frasconi (glass, electronics) David First (guitar, electronics)
Wednesday, July 27, 8:30 PM
Amy Helm, voice, mandolin; Elizabeth Mitchell, voice, harmonium; Daniel Littleton, voice, guitar; Byron Isaacs, bass; Ruthy Ungar, voice, fiddle
Confluence an exhibition of paintings by Jess Hartley @Chashama.
Opening Reception July 29th 6pm – 10pm
Gallery Open July 29th through July 31st
Painting: a process, a reflection, an expression.
With the series "Confluence," Jess Hartely explores all-over abstraction. She begins her work by creating a series of thin layers from which the painting begins to emerge and take on its own form. Depth and color develop as the painting is built up with each layer. She uses masonite board because it resists the water and does not absorb it like canvas would. This extended period of fluidity allows her to explore risk and uncertainty. For Hartley, abstraction is all about the experiment. The work in this series is rooted in Hartley's own imagination, but follows the rules of experimental process that she has developed.
Series: Strange NYC History Lectures@ BB.
A Rite of Return
Wednesday, July 27, 7pm, $10/$8 BHS Members
Out of an anonymous 1870 pocket-size diary bestowed on historian Ben Feldman, a fantastic story emerged, and a 100-year old rent in the cloth of a family's history was repaired. Feldman will share the tale of Henry Knight Dyer (1846-1911), Brooklyn born and bred, who rose from a modest Fort Greene home and his first job as an office boy in the Dennison Paper Products Co. to become president of that multi-national enterprise at the turn of the twentieth century. Dyer's daily scribblings in a cheap paper volume, as a single 24-year old living in Brooklyn and working in lower Manhattan, inspired Feldman's lengthy journey for the truth of this man's life and his wife's sorry end after less than a year's widowhood.
Tuesday night the 26th at Freddy's Back Room,
a Trio concert at 8:30pm with
François Grillot, contrabass, compositions
Catherine Sikora, saxophones, compositions
Andrew Drury, drums, out of this world percussions
$10 admission.
And at 10:00 Duo concert with Sabir Mateen & Ingrid Laubrock
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Ave
Brklyn, N.Y. 11215
Arcade, Hosted by Kill Screen
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
PopRally invites you to Arcade, an interactive evening of games selected by Kill Screen and inspired by the exhibition Talk to Me. Guests can play games in a variety of spaces throughout the Museum and the Sculpture Garden, including Bit Trip Beat, Canabalt, Limbo, and a new motion-based Kinect project from Ryan Challinor and Matt Boch of Harmonix, creator of the hit music game Rock Band. Heathered Pearls (Ghostly International, ISO50) provides the soundtrack for the evening. more…
BOMB Magazine: Issue 116
Wednesday, July 27, 6:30–9 PM The powerHouse Arena 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Please RSVP: email@example.com
Join the editors of BOMB Magazine and the contributors to the summer issue for an evening of readings, performances, and chilling out by the water in DUMBO. There will be raffles, poster giveaways, and other surprises!
Have a drink with BOMB staff and enjoy the literary stylings of writers Nicholas Elliott, Sarah V. Schweig, and Simon Van Booy. With a special theatrical piece directed by playwright and director Richard Maxwell starring Obie Award–winning actor Scott Shepherd.
Nicholas Elliott was raised in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and lives in Woodside, Queens. His plays have been performed in Luxembourg, France, and Denmark. He is a correspondent for French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma and the company manager for the theater company New York City Players. His poems appear in BOMB's summer literary supplement, First Proof.
Richard Maxwell is a playwright and director living in New York. He is the artistic director of New York City Players. A volume of his plays from 1996–2000 has been published by Theatre Communications Group. His most recent play, Neutral Hero, premiered in May at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels and recently toured Europe. Maxwell interviewed actor Scott Shepherd for BOMB's summer issue.
Sarah V. Schweig's poems have appeared in Boston Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Western Humanities Review, and Verse Daily. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Columbia University, where her manuscript was recipient of the David Craig Austin Memorial Award. Her chapbook, S, is available through Dancing Girl Press. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her poems appear in BOMB's summer literary supplement, First Proof.
Scott Shepherd is a New-York based actor. Most recently, Shepherd took on the roles of two characters in The Wooster Group's production of Tenessee Williams's Vieux Carré. His performance as Nick Carraway in Elevator Repair Service's acclaimed Gatz, for which he delivered most of the narration in the nearly seven-hour production, earned him a 2011 Obie Award. Shepherd was interviewed by playwright and director Richard Maxwell in BOMB's summer issue.
Simon Van Booy is a New York-based novelist and short-story writer born in London and raised in rural Wales. He has published two collections of stories: The Secret Lives of People in Love (2007), and Love Begins in Winter (2009), which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He has also edited three books of philosophy: Why We Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our Decisions Don't Matter. His novel Everything Beautiful Began After is just out from Harper Perennial. His conversation with author Siri Hustvedt appears in BOMB's summer issue.
Founded in 1981, BOMB Magazine is celebrating 30 years of delivering the artist's voice. Check out The BOMB Digital Archive at BOMBsite.com and don't miss daily features about art, music, fiction, poetry, film, and dance on BOMBlog.
Living Dolls: The Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata at the Morris Museum
A live automata demonstration and illustrated lecture>by Jere Ryder, Conservator of the Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata at the Morris Museum
Date: Friday, July 29th
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
The Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey is one of the finest collections of automata–or moving mechanical toys popular in the 18th Century and 19th Centuries–in the world. Compiled over 50 years by heir to the Guinness beer fortune Murtogh D. Guinness (1913-2002), the collection features scores of immaculately preserved historic automata–many of them produced in 19th Century France–with subjects ranging from snake charmers to magicians, singing birds to anthropomorphic monkeys, Cleopatra in her death throes to a waltz-playing Mephistopheles; it also includes a number of mechanical musical instruments and a variety of programmed media ranging from player piano rolls to pinned cylinders.
PAPACOOKIE: Flight of the Fancypants w/ ENID ELLEN (+many more.)
High above the lusty and lo-hanging midnight mist, we'll gather like usual on floor number 8 but this time for something altogether different. Tonight Papa-C is a strange place. A spiritual place. A resplendent place. A haunted place. A place of sad, seductive glamour. Velvet. Sincerity. Lips. Pathos. Pretension. Rococo Red froufrou finery. It's summertime so wear something appropriate—like a 2-piece bathos suit with a dead poodle pattern and a locket around your neck. Lots of sunscreen, too!
Anna Calvi @ LPR
Chelsea Art Walk
The Maria Bamford Show + Grey Gardens @MAD.
Summer, Sex and Spirits (PLANNED PARENTHOOD BENEFIT.)
GodByeBlueMonday: Mon Jul 25 11, 08:00 PM Retrospek, Tyler Rivenbark, la bruha desi la, tba 4 Tyler Rivenbark/Retrospek /la bruha desi la/tba4 & PROTOTHIEF, Beecher's Fault, Michael Lafuentes, tba 4, BACKYARD – TUESDAY Plus Wed Jul 27 11, 08:00 PM Butcher Boy, Dane Terry, Pamola, The Waldos Dane Terry/tba2/Pamola/ Butcher Boy/The Waldos
Screening, Discussion, and Book Launch / The Beach Beneath the Street, with McKenzie Wark, Ali Dur, and D. Graham Burnett (Cabinet Magazine.)
Beijing Welcomes You by Tom Scocca @Powerhouse Arena.
What We Know About the Moon@Jalopy.
Sam Owens @Pete's Candy Store.
The Soundtrack Series w/ Dana Rossi @LPR.
Painting Urbanism: Learning from Rio @Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Henry Chung @ RHV.
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531 West 26th Street, NYC
Guy Richards Smit satirically bends artistic authorship with new paintings and video in Grossmalerman! Thanks to Guy Richards Smit for the following text from Jonathan Grossmalerman, writing in defense of his portrayal in Grossmalerman!, Amagansett, April 2011:
"That a man, any man, be he a thundering genius or a mere citizen, might die never having had his own sitcom, seems to me, a terrible injustice." Those were the last words of my father, Saul Grossmalerman, a strikingly sullen man with few ambitions, a habitual liar about boring things not worth lying about. What a piece of shit. In any case, this was one of the more interesting things he said and that it was uttered on his deathbed gave it a certain…approximation of gravitas. For what it's worth, it has always been a burr on the tunic of my outrageous success. It was with that in mind that I, perhaps foolishly, gave permission to the painfully charismatic Guy Richards Smit when asked to use my name and paintings in his "sitcom," a show ostensibly about me and my life. Let me state frankly: it is not.(READ MORE.)
Fireside Puppet Chats @ DIXON PLACE: Christopher Williams and Patti Bradshaw
May 18 at 6:00pm FREE
Curated and hosted by Kate Brehm, this on-going series features impromptu, informal and intimate conversations with NYC's puppet artists. This month's special guests: Christopher Williams and Patti Bradshaw and we will discuss the End of the World! Followed by a performance of Alissa Hunnicutt's The Kid Inside. (READ MORE.)
Date: Thursday, 19 May 2011, 7–9 pm
Location: Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn (map and directions here)
FREE. No RSVP necessary
Please join Jimbo Blachly and Lytle Shaw, editors of the Chadwick Family Papers, for the land launch of the Nelson Manobar. The Chadwicks' recently restored occupiable model of Admiral Nelson's HMS Victory has never before been exhibited publicly in the United States.
The event features:
Nautical electronica
Drinks from the hull of the Manobar
Rare recordings of Chadwick Dalton's legendary sea chanty collection
False Idols: Al Wadzinski @NYSG.
Reception May 20; 7-9pm
May 19, 2011 through June 19, 2011
NY Studio Gallery is pleased to present Al Wadzinski's third solo show in New York. Wadzinski's False Idols refer to the predominantly Judeo-Christian concept of idolatry, the worship of a physical object as a god. Here these carefully assembled icons are comprised of humanity's abandoned cast-offs, the remnants of our bloated consumer culture now repurposed as inert fetish objects. The centerpiece of the exhibition revolves around a massive golden calf, referencing the Old Testament story, but this god-proxy's body is a shopping cart filled with gold-painted bones, its undeniably bovine head an amalgam of odd parts ranging from boots to a Christmas tree stand. (READ MORE.)
The 10 Most Beautiful Experiments: A Walk Through 2000 Years of Physics @BROOKLYN BRAINERY
Thursday, May 19, 6:30-8pm
If we think back to our High School years…probably nothing. But to the scientific mind, the concept of the "elegant proof" is deep and satisfying thing. In a survey some years back, physicists identified the 10 experiments that they felt were not just important…but really cool, elegant…and beautiful. They span millennia, from Ancient Egypt to Modern Europe.
Each experiment will be related, along with the how and why of its execution (some may be tried at home – depending on your research budget). How to measure the size, mass and rotation of the Earth. What light is made up of. The atom and electron. Wave mechanics. And a smidgen of Quantum Mechanics. At the end, you will walk out with a broad, expansive survey of Physics and its history. Led by Daniel. (READ MORE.)
RAZVAN BOAR – Solo Show @ Ana Cristea Gallery
May 19 – June 25, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 6 – 8pm
Romantic Agony @ HORTON GALLERY.
May 19 – Jun 18, 2011
Ion Birch
Doron Langberg
Jacques Louis Vidal
Summer Wheat
Blip Festival will take place May 19-21, 2011
Marshall McLuhan writes, "Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning." Taking Blip Festival's spirit of 'obsolescence as the beginning' into the realm of visual art, a nightly screening is presented by artists who are bringing new life to the technology and aesthetics of our recent past.
From animated GIFs to video collage, from memes to digital abstraction, the artists included in Blip Festival Gallery employ the wealth of creative technologies of networked culture. Includes work and premieres by: Sterling Crispin, Alexandra Gorczynski and Nicolas Sassoon.
Curated by Lindsay Howard
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May 11 (Wed) 7:30 pm "Conversations with…" III:
Lois Oppenheim interviews Kiki Smith (admission fee of $25 per person)
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Jack Smith
"Thanks for Explaining Me"
Curated by Neville Wakefield
515 West 24th Street
May 6 – June 16, 2011
Gladstone Gallery is pleased to announce our first exhibition of works by Jack Smith. Following his arrival in New York in 1953, Smith became one of the most influential members of the American avant-garde and a central figure in the cultural history of the film, performance, and art of downtown New York. Continue reading
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From A.I.R. Gallery:
We invite you to participate in our yearly benefit postcard show, Wish You Were Here 10 from June 22 – July 16, 2011. Last year's exhibit had work by over 400 artists including Kiki Smith and Mary Frank. This year we hope you will join us in our mission to provide leadership and community to women in the arts by exhibiting your work in Wish Your Were Here 10.


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COMMENT: Troubled school must be stripped back to the core
9:00am Thursday 7th February 2013 in News
FROM the outside it appears Bicester Community College has been ripping itself apart since it fell into special measures.
The blame game is in full swing and it seems that murmurings we've heard for more than a year may have had substance to them.
It is a pity, perhaps, those whispering last year were not prepared to go on the record then and force various issues into the public arena so they could be exposed and tackled at an earlier opportunity.
But now this failing school must be fixed and that can only happen by stripping everything back to the bare bones.
And that cannot be compromised by protecting reputations or careers.
Bicester, a town of dynamic growth, cannot have half of its secondary school children being failed.
No-one – be they governor, teacher, local education official or parent – should obstruct Bicester Community College being put back on its feet.
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1:23pm Thu 7 Feb 13
veryangryparent says...
As I understand it, well-mannered students who are eager to learn are not the ones who stop teaching in its tracks. It is the ones who disrupt at a low level EVERY lesson that stop teaching.
And yet the school leadership can only respond with a Friday detention, where the same 20 - 50 faces appear week in, week out. I understand this has been their only initiative for dealing with behaviour for two plus years.
How can students be expected to be given excellent lessons, when the troublemakers are simply recycled and put back into the same classes?
I just don't believe there is a single teacher or parent who would willfully obstruct the school's recovery from this pitiful position that it has been steered into. I don't have the confidence the same can be said of all the students.
The OFSTED report is right - behaviour round the school is generally sensible. This is not the case in the classrooms.
10:22am Sat 16 Feb 13
ConcernedParent12 says...
There are some super teachers at the school, sadly these seem to be in the minority.
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Incoco: Nail Polish Strips
Final Thoughts: If you read any of my earlier posts about nail polish strips, you'll know that I was fully expecting these to be a waste of money. I love it when I'm proved wrong!
Applying the strips was literally a breeze and the instant-dry was the best part. To apply them, you simply need to break off the strip that fits your fingernail. Take off the plastic covering and peel off the polish. The polish is sticky, so once you set it on your nail it adheres. Start at the base and gently tug upwards, placing it down. Then, rub over it with your finger to make sure it's securely placed. The excess easily removes with a slight tug or with the help of a file.They are perfect when you're running late and realize your nails look a mess. But they are expensive enough not to use them weekly unless you're already spending a money each week on your nails.
Did I have any issues? Yes. On one nail, I started sticking down the polish a little off-center and I wasn't sure if I pulled it off to start again if the polish would break. So, my pinky has a bit of natural nail on the side that is polish-free. I believe that just like anything, there's a learning curve with nail polish strips.
And as noted above, I do think that the base by the cuticle doesn't seamlessly blend in like a brushed-on polish would, but I'm not sure it would be noticeable to anyone else.
And now that I have a little personal insight, I can't joke about nail polish strips anymore! They're easy, professional looking and definitely not a joke.


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If you do have problems, or want to add very custom features, it is easy to find support and developers who can help you.
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It would be easy to just drive by in its stand-alone location on Perry Highway, north of the main retail district of Wexford. Surrounded by hedges, its parking lot seems almost sunken. But definitely make a point of turning in; your taste buds will be glad you did.
Overview: Walnut Grove is a bit of a study in contradictions.
It's not an inexpensive restaurant, and yet it lacks the details to be considered upscale. That makes it difficult to justify paying upscale prices for dinner entrees, good as they might be. The food is excellent, but the service is more typical of what you'd find at a bland, national chain.
The bar area is warm and welcoming, like a happy little community off the main dining room. In the main dining area, the servers are brisk and impersonal, and the seating seems to be based upon server accessibility to the kitchen rather than the comfort of the patrons.
It was not particularly busy the night we were there, and there were several nice, nearly empty rooms that would have been very pleasant in which to sit. Instead, we were seated in a crowded area directly in front of the kitchen door where our party of three spent the evening watching the staff go in and out, almost hitting each other with the swinging door every few minutes.
I prefer to relax when I'm out to dinner rather than worry that the tall, grumpy guy clearing plates was going to smash our waitress's nose with the swinging door. This was my third or fourth time at the restaurant, and the seating always seems to start with the least desirable location first, so our latest seating experience was not an anomaly.
Décor: Autumnal colors with a modern design theme featuring lots of geometric shapes. The lighting is nicely balanced between relaxingly low and can't-read-the-menu-without-a-flashlight. The booths are high-backed, plush and comfortable. Tables are wood and brushed chrome. Overall it's pleasant and comfortable if you don't have to wince every time the kitchen door flies open.
The Drinks: There is a small but complete wine list on the main menu, and full bar service is available in the restaurant. The restaurant also offers daily drink specials, although I learned that from the website, not from our server.
There were several wines our party was not familiar with, so we asked the waitress and she had absolutely no knowledge of the wines. She had to ask the bartender. Not that we expect every server on earth to be a trained sommelier, but if you are not going to train your servers in even the most basic overview of your wines, then putting a description on the menu is a kindness for everyone involved.
Prices for wine range from $6.25 to $11.50 a glass. There is a full selection of beers as well.
Appetizers: As is the trend (and it's a trend we like) the appetizer menu is also called a "small plates" menu for those who are in the mood for a smaller portion as an entree. Our eyes lit up when we saw the Char Grilled Artichokes ($8.50).
The youngster in our party zeroed in on the Lobster Mac and Cheese ($10.50). The appetizer selection includes choices such as Rhode Island Calamari ($8), Crab Cakes ($9) and Boneless Wings ($9), to name just a few. The artichokes were a transcendental experience, probably one of the best grilled artichoke dishes we've ever had, and we're something of artichoke connoisseurs.
Ditto for the Lobster Mac and Cheese, which the oldsters in our party don't even particularly care for. But this was really well-prepared, light and creamy with big chunks of lobster.
Entrees: In addition to traditional entrees served with a salad, vegetable and a side, Walnut Grove has meal-sized salads, sandwiches and pizza that can be ordered for lunch or dinner.
The parents in our group went for the traditional dinner entree selections, which brings me to another thing we like about Walnut Grove: While it has a complete range of entrees, it doesn't have so many that your eyes cross trying to choose.
There are a few chicken dishes, a few pasta dishes, some fresh seafood and a few meat (beef and pork) dishes.
The youngest of our group, she of the Lobster Mac and Cheese, decided on a Roasted Beet Salad with Ahi Tuna ($16 with tuna, $13 with chicken, $9 plain). The dad went for the Blackened Keeling Island Grouper ($11 lunch/$19 dinner), and I had the Center-Cut Filet Mignon ($18 lunch and $22.50/$27 dinner).
The beet salad was the hit of the table and had us parents almost wishing we had ordered it. Reading the description it almost seems like too much -- walnuts, beets, gorgonzola -- and yet the blend of flavors, served on mesclun field greens and tossed with an herb balsamic vinaigrette, was simply sublime. The tuna was perfectly prepared as well, making this something we'd all come back for.
The steak was excellent, and, although I ordered it medium and it came medium-rare, I was glad. Next time I'll order it medium-rare. It could not have been more flavorful. The dad loved his grouper, saying it was nicely spicy and firm and flavorful, but raved about his side dish of mixed cabbage, broccoli and snow peas. Who knew there was a vegetable he liked?
It was a nice range of entrees and gave us an excellent overview of Walnut Grove's offerings.
Desserts: We were too stuffed for dessert, but Walnut Grove offers the usual range of sweets, including the interesting-sounding Brownie Works ($6.50) and Bourbon Pecan Pie ($6), along with six other selections.
Service: Besides the bad seating decisions, the service keeps Walnut Grove from being the upscale restaurant we think it wants to be and should be and could be.
Our waitress was very nice but seemed uninformed about the menu. We wondered, had she ever eaten there? Service was lightning fast -- too fast. Our salads came before we were done with our appetizers and our entrees before we were done with our salads. It made for some awkward shifting about of plates, silverware and the decorative items in the center of the table to make room for everything.
The seating and the hurry-up-and-eat atmosphere made it difficult to just relax and enjoy our dining experience.
Signature Dish: According to our server, the biggest seller in entrees is the Parmesan Crusted Chicken ($9.25 lunch/$17.50 dinner). Seafood is also popular.
Address and Phone: 12599 Perry Highway, Wexford, (724) 933-8410
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As we bask in the glorious summer weather and await the much-anticipated arrival of the royal baby, some of us have already been celebrating news of our own.
"It is the end of the road for the Pavlik Harness", CJ from A Mummy's View announced joyously earlier this month. It marks the end of treatment for her daughter's hip dysplasia for now, although there'll be follow-up appointments to monitor her daughter's hip development. I'm actually hoping to have a similar celebration myself in a couple of weeks when my daughter has her next follow-up appointment with a specialist team to monitor the development of her feet after she was born with bilateral talipes. It's been nearly five years since she started treatment and we're hopeful that we're nearing the end of the road in terms of hospital visits.
Meanwhile, there have been some birthday celebrations as a young girl turned three-years-old. While that in itself isn't extraordinary, the little girl in question is. Yasmin was diagnosed with leukaemia last year. Our Life with Leukaemia is written by her mother Karen and aims to raise awareness of the condition as well as raise money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital where Yasmin is being treated.
And another child showing amazing strength is Jane's eldest daughter. Jane writes on her Northern Mum blog about how the current heatwave is affecting her daughter who has diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes: What you don't see is a very touching post and you can't help but be moved by Jane's words.
Jenny (A.K.A Cheetahs in my Shoes) reflects on her ulnar nerve transposition recovery, 6 months on. If you don't know what that is don't worry, you're not alone! It basically means that Jenny needed a nerve in her elbow moving because it was causing her pain. Jenny writes about how things have progressed since the operation and it's really pleasing to hear that her recovery seems to be going well.
Wendy (who writes at Savette.com) has written movingly about the day her heart was fixed. She recently underwent a heart operation to close a hole in her heart and praises the doctors and nurses for looking after her while she was in hospital.
Emma who writes at Crazy with Twins has some advice on what to look for when checking moles. She was due to have one removed from her back but the surgeon decided it was unnecessary. It's a timely reminder what with the current heatwave and the need to look after our skin to avoid any dangerous sun-related conditions like sunburn or potentially even skin cancer.
And last month, Hayley wrote about National Blood Week on her blog, Simply Hayley. She explains how blood donors saved her life after she needed a transfusion following childbirth, an experience not too dissimilar to Dawn's (from Knees Up Mother Brown who also wrote about how receiving blood saved her life).
It's back to Emma now for the final post of this month's round-up. In her most recent Wednesday Words post, she quotes Katie Piper who was a keynote speaker at BritMums Live who said "survivors wear scars" and Emma writes about her own. She doesn't hide from them and she's proud of them because they show what she has overcome. It's an inspirational post and certainly a lesson for us all.


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For nearly eight months, KSFY News has been investigating carnival ride safety regulations in South Dakota.
Right now, there are no rules.
But Tuesday, a House Bill designed to ensure those rides get inspected, gets a vote of approval from a senate committee.
The carnival ride safety bill gets a pass for a vote on the senate floor here, moving it one step closer to becoming law.Senator Ried Holien said "I feel a lot more comfortable that this is definitely moving the industry where we needed it to be. Actually, I was one of those surprised that South Dakota had no oversight on amusement rides, and I think it's long overdue that we have it."And many in the amusement industry agree.Senator Al Novstrup said "as an owner of a family entertainment center, we believe in safety. We think the first thing you have to do is provide safety, then after that, we can have fun."State senator Novstrup co-sponsored the bill along with state representative Steve Hickey.
"I do think the bill will have an effect on this season because the industry is watching, they've talked to us about it, and they know if they come into this state they'll have to get inspected," Hickey said.And HB 1168 calls for yearly inspections by a certified inspector.
It requires carnival operators to maintain insurance and a daily log of inspections. Riders also, would be held accountable for their actions if they're under the influence or fail to follow the rules of the ride."It's definitely better for the safety of everyone involved that now people know that these rides are being inspected both yearly and daily and I think that's a good thing for South Dakota," Sen. Holien said."We're in favor of whatever we can do, whether it's inspection or carrying insurance, whatever we can do to make it more... better training, better equipment , we're willing to do that," Sen. Novstrup said.If the carnival ride safety bill passes in the senate, then it will be up to the governor to sign it into law, just in time for summer.If the bill passes the senate and the governor signs it into law, it would go into effect this July.


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What is your preferred WP form factor?
via www.neowin.net
Anyone remember hearing about this? Windows Phone 8 opening up a whole range of form factors? Some of these may just be examples of fluidity, however the idea is the same, Windows Phone 8 will offer variety in screen size and design. So far with Windows Phone 7/7.5 we've seen pretty much the same candybar style of device. If you had the choice of any (reasonable and implementable) form factor, what would your preferred device be?
--I want a device with at least 480x800 resolution (larger resolutions are nice, but there's only so much you can actually USE those higher resolution screens and you still have to power them) screen size approximately 4in.
--a side-sliding qwerty keyboard (hopefully with an OS that will be able to rotate with it 100%)
--Physical back/start/search buttons (I fracking HATE capacitive buttons). And I actually like send/end keys (the end key can double as the power button, and holding the send can do something else ie: run an app, auto call a number, etc).


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1. When do we finally get to see Jacque-a-mimi escorted from the stadium and exiled to forgotten failure land....seriously. YOU SUCK as a NFL lineman...maybe you wash jock straps better
2. When will we start playing seriously aggressive D...we have the talent mm mmm under utilized specialty pass rusher drafted high and underused....bad ass underrated rookie LB, sweet sweet Clemons.....c'mon Hawks (Hey D coordinator I'm talking to you Nancy)...go sack some QB's quit being such Beckies
3. Let's get this straight.....you are freaking killing me with this lack of respect for Skittles....let the Beast go..more Lynch
4. RW is the schnitzel my nitzzel
5. GO HAWKS! Screw paying the bills....lets party at their mommas house instead!!! Killem.


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For additional information related to Software Defined Radio, visit the following sites.
Market Forecast and Analyst information can be found on our Member Discounts page. Also visit the list of all Wireless Innovation Forum Member Organizations and Wireless Innovation Forum Partners.
Resources & Links List
3GPP - Market Representation Partners
Standards Organizations
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project is developing technical specifications for IMT-2000, the International Telecommunication Unions (ITU) framework for third-generation standards. Includes CWTS & GSM MoU.
Association of Radio Industries & Business ARIB
Standards Organizations
The objectives of ARIB are to conduct investigation, research & development and consultation of utilization of radio waves from the view of developing radio industries, and to promote realization and popularization of new radio systems in the field of telecommunications and broadcasting.
China Communications Standards Association
Standards Organizations
Chinas communications standard organization, created on the basis of existing standard working groups, is a nationwide unified communications standardization organization that is compatible with international norms and Chinese situations and capable of meeting the needs in the market.
Cognitive Networking Alliance (CogNeA)
Industry Group
The CogNeA alliance unites influential players in the consumer electronics, personal computing, home entertainment, semiconductor and digital imaging spaces in a unified effort to help drive the definition and adoption of industry-wide standards for low-power personal and portable wireless devices to operate over the TV white spaces.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
Regional Research Group
Wireless Innovation Forum Member Established in 1976, ETRI is a non-profit government-funded research organization that has been at the forefront of technological excellence for more than 30 years. The research institute has successfully developed information technologies such as TDX-Exchange, High Density Semiconductor Microchips, Mini-Super Computer (TiCOM), and Digital Mobile Telecommunication System (CDMA).
End-to-End Efficiency Program (E3)
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Wireless Innovation Forum partner The key objective of the E3 project is to design, develop, prototype and showcase solutions to guarantee interoperability, flexibility and scalability between existing legacy and future wireless systems, manage the overall system complexity, and ensure convergence across access technologies, business domains, regulatory domains and geographical regions.
European Commission (EC)
Regulatory Agency
The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Unions treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)
Regulatory Agency
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations - CEPT - was established in 1959 by 19 countries, which expanded to 26 during its first ten years. Original members were the monopoly-holding postal and telecommunications administrations. CEPTs activities included co-operation on commercial, operational, regulatory and technical standardisation issues.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Regulatory Agency
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCCs jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.
Relevant Forums/Societies
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites more than 750 of the world's mobile operators, as well as 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations.
IEEE SCC 41 (Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks)
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The IEEE P1900 Standards Committee was established in the first quarter 2005 jointly by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society. The objective of this effort is to develop supporting standards dealing with new technologies and techniques being developed for next generation radio and advanced spectrum management.
IEEE Standards Association
Standards Organizations
Wireless Innovation Forum partner The IEEE is a leading developer of standards that underpin many of todays technologies. With nearly 1,300 standards either completed or under development, they are a central source of standardization in both traditional and emerging fields, particularly telecommunications, information technology and power generation.
Industry Canada
Regulatory Agency
The Departments mission is to foster a growing, competitive, knowledge-based Canadian economy. Program areas include developing industry and technology capability, fostering scientific research, setting telecommunications policy, promoting investment and trade, promoting tourism and small business development, and setting rules and services that support the effective operation of the marketplace.
Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK)
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Wireless Innovation Forum partner The mission of The Institute of Electronics of Korea is to organize and conduct various activities and projects designed to promote the growth and expansion of academic information and technological advancement in the fields relating to electronics, information, and communication.
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
Regional Research Group
Being known internationally as one of the worlds leading academic institutions in this area, the IEICE aims at the investigation and exchange of knowledge on the science and technology of electronics, information and communications, and contributes to the progress of technologies and to the development of industries.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Standards Organizations
ISO is the worlds largest developer and publisher of International Standards. ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 161 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. ISO is a non-governmental organization that forms a bridge between the public and private sectors.
International Telecommunications Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)
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Wireless Innovation Forum partner ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services.
Internet Engineering Task Force
Standards Organizations
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
ITU World Radiocommunications Conference
Regulatory Agency
World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is organized by ITU to review, and, if necessary, revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. It is held every two to four years.
Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
Related Sites
Wireless Innovation Forum partner The JTRS program has evolved from separate radio replacement programs to an integrated effort to network multiple weapons system platforms and forward combat units where it matters most - the last tactical mile. JTRS will link the power of the Global Information Grid to the warfighter in applying fire effects and achieving overall battlefield superiority.
JTRS - Joint Tactical Radio System Software Communications Architecture (SCA)
Related Sites
Wireless Innovation Forum partner The JTRS program has evolved from separate radio replacement programs to an integrated effort to network multiple weapons system platforms and forward combat units where it matters most - the last tactical mile.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Regulatory Agency
To ensure the safe and reliable provision of a telecommunication infrastructure indispensable to civic life, and to enable its even higher advancement, the Telecommunication Bureau is in charge of the clerical work for: establishing a competitive base for the sound development of the telecommunication market; protecting consumers for the secure and reliable use of telecommunication service; providing assistance in arranging wired and wireless networks, and ; arranging policies and environments for using radio waves effectively.
Mobile VCE
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Wireless Innovation Forum partner Mobile VCE provides industrially-relevant, long-term, world-class, research in mobile and personal communications defined & steered by our industrial members.Its innovative structure accesses the highest quality academic skills and staff, whilst ensuring that research is industrially relevant, yields valuable intellectual property, and provides a very high financial gearing.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Regional Research Group
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 ""to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"" With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by Americas colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
Relevant Forums/Societies
Wireless Innovation Forum partner The NCOIC is a unique collaboration of premier leaders in the aerospace, defense, information technology, large-scale integrator and services industries. The Consortium works in tandem with customers from around the world, each with a specific mission, to provide a set of tools that enable the development of network centric capabilities and products.
Object Management Group
Relevant Forums/Societies
Wireless Innovation Forum partner The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium. OMG member companies write, adopt, and maintain its standards following a mature, open process. OMGs standards include: Model Driven Architecture ,Unified Modeling Language™, and CORBA.
Regulatory Agency
The Office of Communications or, as it is more often known, Ofcom, is the independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the United Kingdom.
Telecom Industry Association (TIA)
Standards Organizations
A national trade organization with more than 900 large and small companies which provide communications and information technology products and services.
UMTS Forum
Industry Group
The UMTS Forum helps all players in this dynamic new value chain understand and profit from the opportunities of 3G/UMTS networks and their Long Term Evolution (LTE). The UMTS Forum participates actively in the work of the ITU, ETSI, 3GPP and CEPT as well as other technical and commercial organisations globally. It also contributes to the timely licensing and deployment of mobile broadband globally through regular dialogue with regulators and responses to public consultations.
VME Industry Trade Association (VITA) Standards Organization (VSO)
Standards Organizations
Wireless Innovation Forum partner VITA is an incorporated, non-profit organization of suppliers and users having a common market interest in critical embedded systems. Founded in 1984, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures. VITAs activities are international in scope. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional and user related and are aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors with additional market exposure, and providing users with timely technical information.
Wireless Network after Next Program (DARPA WNAN)
Regional Research Group
The WNaN program seeks to develop and demonstrate technologies and system concepts that will enable intelligent adaptive wireless networks consisting of densely deployed low cost wireless nodes. The premise of the WNaN program is that significant advantages can be realized by densely deploying low cost nodes which have been jointly optimized with network operations.
Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
Regional Research Group
Wireless Innovation Forum partner WWRF is a global organisation, which was founded in August 2001. It now has over 140 members from five continents, representing all sectors of the mobile communications industry and the research community. The objective of the WWRF is to formulate visions on strategic future research directions in the wireless field, among industry and academia, and to generate, identify, and promote research areas and technical trends for mobile and wireless system technologies.


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Roughly 400 million people live along the Yangtze. A massive dam was one factor leading to major fish die off, but now the dam's operators are taking steps to benefit nature.
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Our team, our beloved Panthers took a serious whupping on Thursday night in front of a nation of football fans. The CSR community has taken it hard. Some few seem to have abandoned hope for years to come. Many others are witch-hunting; it's Hurney's incompetence, Rivera's stoic sideline demeanor, the gameplans by Chud and McDermott, bad tackling by (fill in the blank_____), and on and on and on.
I'll tell you what I took from this beat down. As of week 3 of the 2012 season, the Carolina Panthers are not a top-level team in the NFL. I also have been watching the NFL for about 45 years. I've seen teams turn themselves around seemingly overnight.
Everyone may have an opinion on the problem and the solution, but we're not in that locker room. And based on the what I've read (and commented myself), the collective mind of CSR's great fans is befuddled, and that's not a happy place. But I tell you this... I'm not embarrassed. I'm not shocked. I'm just a bit disappointed. And most importantly, I am a fan of the Carolina Panthers; from J.R. to the last guy on the practice squad. Read on... there's just a little more preaching by me, and then I'll turn it over to the masters.Whatever the problem is, I believe it will be corrected. Will we win the Lombardi this year, or even make the playoffs? Highly unlikely, and it's natural to feel the gut-wrench that comes from the realization that one's expectations were set too high. Because that's what it's really about. We may be a year or two from getting close to the top of the mountain, barring a miraculous turnaround this season.
I know this is nothing more than a "Rah, Rah, Go Team" post. We're not the GM, the coaches, or the players. We can and should discuss them, criticize them, analyze them. But in the end, we're the fans, and we can't fix what's on the field. So I encourage everyone, myself included, to hope for the miracle, rejoice in every victory, and don't give up on this team. And now, I'd like to present some guest speakers to help re-invigorate all of my friends here.
Keep hoping, KEEP POUNDING
Inch by bloody inch, we'll get there. There's only so much we, as fans, can do. But, we can stay together and back our team, and hope they give everything they have on every play. Miracles do happen.
From today until next Sunday and every day thereafter, I'm going to continue to have faith that the Panthers will Fight!
(NFSW warning):
Bluto is right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. Something needs to be done, I just don't know what it is, or when it will happen. Let's all be here when it does. Can I get a "Amen?"


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Asbestos Pushed As Product For The Poor In AsiaAugust 12, 2014 12:57 pm | by Katy Daigle, AP Environment Writer | News | Comments
Outlawed in much of the developed world, asbestos is still going strong in the developing one. In India alone, the world's biggest asbestos importer, it's a $2 billion industry providing 300,000 jobs.
U.S. Job Openings Hit 13-Year-Plus HighAugust 12, 2014 12:46 pm | by Josh Boak, AP Economics Writer | News | Comments
U.S. employers in June advertised the most monthly job openings in more than 13 years. The number of advertised openings was the highest since February 2001, a positive sign that points to a strengthening economy.
Understand Your Best Customers To Find New Revenue OpportunitiesAugust 12, 2014 11:55 am | by Anders Ekman | Articles | Comments
Manufacturers have traditionally sold products through sales channels with a one-size-fits-all approach. However, as the marketplace becomes more competitive and customers have more options, they are turning to data-driven marketing solutions to better target end-users.
A Nanotechnology That Keeps Clothes Dry And Stain FreeAugust 12, 2014 11:38 am | by Reuters | Videos | Comments
A Silicon Valley start up is combining nanotechnology and fashion to produce clothes that repel water and don't stain.
GM Manufacturing Integrates Laser Scanning, Google GlassAugust 12, 2014 11:30 am | by Autoline Network | Videos | Comments
Cathy Clegg, vice president of North American GM Manufacturing, talks to John McElroy about some of the innovative processes GM is using to improve its manufacturing operations.
Flooding Slows Auto Production In DetroitAugust 12, 2014 10:39 am | by Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Auto Writer | News | Comments
Record-setting rainfall in the Detroit area has slowed vehicle production.
Maryland Man Convicted Of Exporting To IranAugust 12, 2014 10:33 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
A Maryland man has been convicted on charges of exporting American manufactured industrial products to Iran.
CEO: Glass-Making Plant For Apple Nears ProductionAugust 12, 2014 10:23 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
A large factory in the Phoenix metro area is reportedly close to starting production of scratch-resistant sapphire glass for Apple cameras and other devices.
Obama Takes Step To Improve Government TechnologyAugust 12, 2014 9:50 am | by Julie Pace & Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press | News | Comments
The White House on Monday announced the creation of a team of digital experts tasked with upgrading the government's technology infrastructure and making its websites more consumer friendly.
FDA Rules May Jeopardize Black & Mild Cigar NameAugust 12, 2014 9:45 am | by Michael Felberbaum, AP Tobacco Writer | News | Comments
Plans to regulate cigars and other tobacco products the same way as cigarettes may threaten one of the nation's top-selling cigar brands — Black & Mild.
Carbon Dioxide 'Sponge' Could Ease Transition To Cleaner EnergyAugust 11, 2014 1:19 pm | by Michael Bernstein, American Chemical Society | News | Comments
A sponge-like plastic that sops up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide might ease our transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, such as hydrogen.
Chiquita Gets Buyout OfferAugust 11, 2014 1:16 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Chiquita Brands has received an approximately $611 million buyout offer from investment firm Safra Group and agribusiness and juice company Cutrale Group.
U.S. Agency Slow To Move On Investigation RequestsAugust 11, 2014 1:11 pm | by Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | News | Comments
People are waiting longer than they should for an answer when they petition the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to open an investigation into what could be serious safety problems.
Manufacturing Technology Orders Rise In JuneAugust 11, 2014 1:02 pm | by The Association For Manufacturing Technology | News | Comments
June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $405.73 million according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT).
GM Issues 6 More Recalls Covering 312,000 VehiclesAugust 11, 2014 12:51 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
General Motors has issued six more recalls totaling more than 312,000 vehicles as the company cleans up past safety issues.
On The Road With New Car TechAugust 11, 2014 12:34 pm | by USA TODAY | Videos | Comments
Jennifer Jolly shows off some of what a new car will be able to do for you in 2015.
The IoT Uplink: The Rapidly Growing Importance Of Remote MonitoringAugust 11, 2014 12:25 pm | by Manufacturing Business Technology | Videos | Comments
This episode of The IoT Uplink focuses on remote monitoring, and the advantages and challenges that this technology brings to the manufacturing space.
IP Network Architecture: Enhancing User-Access SecurityAugust 11, 2014 12:11 pm | by Clark Case | Blogs | Comments
User-access security is critical to safeguard industrial operations, as well to protect the most valuable assets — including intellectual property.
Judge Rejects $324.5M Settlement In Tech Wage CaseAugust 11, 2014 9:33 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | Comments
A federal judge has decided a $324.5 million settlement isn't enough to cover the damages done to more than 60,000 high-tech workers in a class-action lawsuit alleging Google and Apple conspired with other technology companies to block their top employees from getting better job offers.
GM Gets Claims In 63 Death CasesAugust 11, 2014 9:26 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Sixty-three death claims have been filed so far with the lawyer handling payments for those involved in wrecks caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches.