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- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: Oct 4, 2011
- Also On: PC, Xbox 360
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Oct 9, 2011I'm just going to come out and say it. Rage is a disappointment. There are a few things Rage does well, such as variety in ammo types (like in Bioshock) and having a consistent framerate of 60 frames per second (which never drops) with good graphics to boot. However, there are also a few things Rage doesn't do right, such as texture pop-in, the driving sequences, and the story.
The combat in Rage is good old FPS fun and the variety in using different ammo types makes the gameplay stand out from other FPS's. You can also craft helpful items that can help you get the edge over enemies, such as bandages, exploding RC cars, and even three sided boomerangs with steel blades on them, which is pretty cool. The graphics are also great, especially from a distance, but most textures look terrible up close. Not much of a surprise there though, given the overall scope of the graphics. Rage is also the most fluid game I've played in terms of framerate. Its always at 60 and never drops. This might not sound that impressive, but keep in mind this is on a console thats around 5-6 years old.
However, Rage seems to fall flat on its face with the story. I've played 4 hours of it and I can tell you now that it has absolutely no connection to the story whatsoever. I'll explain this the best I can without spoiling it. The first hour of the game sees you meeting a character that helps you get started and all that, which is pretty much essential. The next 3 hours, however, see you go to a town and do errands for people, namely the Mayor and Sheriff. You'll be asking yourself what the point of all these errands is and if they're related to the story, and your questions will be answered at around the 4 hour mark when you meet a character that is part of a discourse that seems to be central to the story.
Another thing that Rage doesn't do right is the driving sequences. You'll be driving everywhere from point A to point B and it just feels like filler. There is no incentive to go exploring, and killing the bandits in their buggies gets tedious. There is also texture pop-in, which is very subtle in some parts, but almost unbearable in others.
Overall, Rage could have been a good game, but never really delivered. The story is rather weak, the first 4 hours of the game are completely pointless (and considering people are saying its around the 9 hour mark, thats a huge worry), the driving sequences are merely filler, and ultimately it seems as if ID couldn't decide if they wanted to make an FPS or an RPG. For a game to have been in development for around 4 years and won a range of "Best in Show" awards at E3 2010, this is a big letdown. I give it a 3/10. This game is only worth a rent. It is not worth $60US/$100AUD at all.… Expand
Oct 5, 2011Giving it a 0/10 because it's unplayable with the horrendous screen tearing.
yes, I have updated drivers, yes, I googled solutions, tried forcing vsync, etc. all of that did not fix the problem & for a good developed game, should not be necessary in the first place.
Junk, don't waste your money.
Oct 7, 2011What a goofy way to build a game. Id has never wowed me with story, but this story is so tacked it blows my mind. The texture pop-in actually made me sick and forced me to take long breaks between attempts at playing. I have NEVER seen anything like it. Turning your head causes EVERYTHING to reload. EVERYTHING, close and far, inside or outside. In an FPS that is about the worst thing I can imagine.
It gets a 2 because the gun play is fun, the AI if fun, and driving is fun. I suggest renting it first to see if you can handle to bad design.… Expand
Oct 13, 2011Was very disappointed in amount of game play. Very linear, no dialogue choices, predictable AI and weak ending. I like the graphics and new engine but NOT a $60 game. I am not factoring in graphics/crashing issues on release.
Oct 10, 2011I hate to be a downer, but this game disappointed me from the start.. and I didn't even have that high of expectations for it tbh. Graphically, its superior for any multiplatform release to date.. unless you turn your head, all the textures reload.. its worse then the unreal engine which does the same thing from time to time (which ive always felt was one of the worst engines used). It doesn't effect gameplay, its just annoying and distracts you. Otherwise, the environment looks engaging. Invisible walls and guided paths are everywhere. You basically go in a straight line, occasionally diverted by a rock so its a slight curve, and then your back in a straight line again. It wasn't suppose to be a linear game, yet thats exactly what it is. The plot is one of the most basic and boring ones that I've seen for a long time. Dialogue is plain and the voice acting isn't much better. I tried to like this game, I did.. But I never could enjoy it enough to warrant its purchase. You have no customization in your character, and you get to use about 6 different guns. You'll just use the assault rifle when its clear its the most powerful. The game borrows ideas heavily from Borderlands, such as the mission structure, which is just - Go to point A, kill same enemy 12 times, Return to base. Repeat.. And it tries to use some of Fallout's ideas, but never gets it right. Such as some of the enemies are generic rip offs from those used in F3 and New Vegas.. Overall, if I was starting to have fun, it was killed quickly. Driving is repetitive and boring. If you want a good authentic "post apocalyptic" experience, go with Fallout... as this is pretty much just the in-bred retarded child of Fallout 3 and Borderlands... Its only pro - better graphics.. should have spent all that time developing a plot!… Expand
Oct 15, 2011Total waste of $60. This game looks and plays like a cheap knock off of Borderlands and Fallout. Graphics look great-as long as you're STANDING STILL. Draw times/distances are crap and the driving mechanics are lame to say the least. Not to mention the limited multiplayer options. I bought this game in hopes of doing the full campaign with my fiacee. Instead we're stuck with just playing some BS side missions. Thanks Bethesda, I haven't felt this screwed since prom night… Expand
Oct 7, 2011Mmmmm, many years in development and we get a hodgepodge or amalgam of game ideas that represent some of the finest ideas of yesterday, mashed together for lukewarm effect. . . RAGE lives up to its name IF pop-in, draw-in, flickering, muddy textures, hub-world style banal fetch quests and collection quests IRK you- However, the B I G G E S T pita (for me) was the DEV suggestion of possible EXPLORATION only to find on-rails gameplay, glass walls, distant impostors galore and a minimap that often only highlights the small navigable terrain with small slivers of BLUE splashed in smaller-measure across a larger map expanse which ONLY argued that the world is smallish and limited to predetermined treks. In fact, after DLing the sewer DLC at launch, finishing a few remaining introductory quests which also included a freeform exercise of clearing-out the Arc sewers, a job board tacked-up against the exterior wall of the Second Chance bar at Wellspring OFFERED THE SAME QUEST again, noting that it had already been done, but the muties had moved back in, so go do it once more!?! Recycled, barren, boring and less than impressive, overall, RAGE represents Id's best effort after a reported 6+ years of development?… Expand
Oct 24, 2011Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period!Terrible-Period! Pity I can't get a full refund :-( Wont be touching an ID Software game again, Once burnt....
Oct 17, 2011Terrible game from a developer that hasn't proven itself since Quake 2. Avoid this, unless you really need something to do, I could see dropping 20 bucks but no more then that. Lackluster story, ending, level design is absolute **** Hell getting the final gun, I didn't even use it thinking there was a main boss, but no. Shame on ID for a bunch of hype for nothing. Mini games in a game..you know something is wrong then.… Expand
Oct 21, 2011Rage is unfinished. The PS3 version of the game is full of technical issues which include but are not limited to: severe texture pop-in (probably the worst I've ever seen), horrendous screen tearing in the hub cities and sound skipping. The ending also has to be one of the worst in recent history, it looks like id software ran out of time/money and just called it day when the game was 3/4 finished. The engine is deplorable. There are basically no physics. Everything except enemies is nailed to the ground, you can throw a grenade under a table and then watch it implode with the table staying completely intact. The pre-baked lighting is also obvious. Rage is a good looking game as long as you don't get too close to anything. Because once you get close to an object you can see how low-res all the textures really are, aside from that I've also encountered objects which didn't seem to have any textures at all. I can understand that they had to dumb down the textures on consoles to keep the 60 frames per second but the low-res textures plague even the PC version (which was unplayable at release and had no options to customize your graphics settings). Id Software seriously need to stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just concentrate on making good games. In some cases like the PS3 and PC version I'd even say that they should concentrating on making a working game first. The state in which this game was released is unaccaptable. This is the last time I put money in the pockets of Id software/Bethesda, and this is coming from a long time Id Software fan that has owned all their games since Wolfenstein 3D.This was my most anticipated game of 2011 and that only adds insult to injury. Stay away from this poorly polished, slapped together and disappointing title. There are way better games coming out that are all more worth your time than this.… Expand
Oct 27, 2011This game has great graphics but that's about all it has going for it. It's almost like iD really wanted to make a Borderlands clone and then forgot to include everything that made Borderlands so enjoyable.
Mar 14, 2012I tried to like this game, but it really just wasn't that good. The environment graphics were quite nice though the characters didn't look great and were animated poorly, but it just wasn't that interesting. The game ends very suddenly in a way like its setting you up for a much more impressive sequel, but its not a game deserving of a sequel imo. Either that or they got sick of making it so rushed a quick ending out.
It felt a bit like a chore at times, and the racing/driving stuff can get pretty annoying. The shooting is generally good but its a bit easy on normal mode (usually I suck at FPS but this was a breeze) and can get to be a chore when its just waves of easily killable mutants running at you and you can't leave the area until you've shot them all.… Expand
Oct 11, 2011Rage is certainly the emotion I expressed in response to this "game". The cataclysmically poor release of Rage if anything, symbolises of John Carmack flushing his job and legacy down the toilet. Rage gives the impression of a game larger than it really is, while failing to meet even the lowest of expectations and even sinking below the realms of mediocrity into the stinking depths of absolute crap. The Arc? Resistance? Foes called the Security? Oh sorry, Authority? The threadbare story that actually does exist in this game is simply pilfered from Brink, a substandard game in its own right. Slap together all the WORST bits of Borderlands and you have Rage.
Combat consists of mind-numbing corridor shooting, padded out by twice as much running/driving to and from objectives. That's it.
From the start, I wasn't even able to play it. For some asinine reason, Carmack thought it'd be a great idea to develop software for console systems that were already obsolete rather than the PC which is used itself to actually CODE the game, and so constantly at the fore. So thanks to id Softwareâ… Expand
Oct 18, 2011Rage ?
Hell yeh,I was perfectly calm before making the mistake of playing this poor excuse for a video game.
This game's been done & re done so many times that nobody cares anymore,If I wanted to run around shooting stuff (in a video game) I'd play Grand Theft Auto which would mean I would be able to shoot stuff,drive stuff & crash stuff,
Alternatively I could blow £40 on Rage & just walk around & shoot stuff,
Think carefully before answering this question,especially those of you that were at the back of the que when the brains were being handed out,
Yes this means you !… Expand
Oct 29, 2011I have PS3 and PC version of RAGE and both are broken. I bought PC version on launch but being an AMD/ATi graphic card user, I could not run the game. Id's John Carmack simply blame AMD for the issue which is very unprofessional. It took more than a week for a patch to be release but the game suffers from texture pop in. I gave up the PC version and bought the PS3 version. The PS3 version looks like **** and suffers from the exact same texture pop in. That's totally unacceptable!!! Killzone 3 and Uncharted 2/3 show off the PS3 hardware correctly, id software spent 5 **** years to develop this broken piece of **** I will not buy another product from id or Bethesda ever again.… Expand
Oct 26, 2011Having so much hype gave me the impression that this was going to be a good game, but then once it was in my playstation i was dissapointed for the first time from anything ID softsoftware has ever made. Im a huge fan of doom and wolfenstein, one of my favorite games of all time was Doom 3. But once you get into Rage and start doing fetch quests and are kept in a linear area, you start to realize how much smoke and mirrors rage hid behind. The amazing trailers and stand out premier gameplay made it seem like a good game. But dont waste your time with this sad waste of memory on your ps3, including you have the amount to even play it, xbox has 3 disks to play this game, ps3 has one yet the GB is enough to make you question buying it. 40gb ps3 owners pass this one… Expand
Dec 27, 2011Crappy game all around, from screen tearing to dumb as a rock storyline. Texture pop-ins and developers keeping silent about any and all issues show how much they care about this rat crap they made. Worth a buy when it's 10 bucks, which should be soon seeing as it's dropped to 20 at a ton of places. Shame on ID being put in Bethesda's grimy money hungry stable of D- developers. Pure garbage, stay away!… Expand
Dec 27, 2011The game is ordinary and hard to even play without a quest marker and map, i don't like getting stuck in games and this game has no hub or nothing so it gets boring. They should stick to making engines only, there games are ordinary.
Mar 18, 2013Honestly i expected more from id Software. Unlikable characters (i mean ALL of them with the idiot sitting in the toilet or whatever that is taking prize number one). The story is very shallow and doesn't come together AT ALL. The action is not the worse that i've seen but it´s not the best either. The game on the PS3 looks bad and the textures take way too long to load up. And don't even make talk about that stupid multyplayer concept...… Expand
Nov 22, 2012For a game developed for 8-10 year old hardware this was still a poor effort. Some nice concepts that in no way compensate for what feels like a mash up of other peoples games. Bloody awful at release and still unplayable for now if you are used to any present generation PC FPS. I am told that this was the first time my friends lad ever returned a game he rented early so he could rent something else and not waste the weekend. On the PC, I thought it was just unplayable. It felt old but not in any sort of classic, pleasant reminiscence sort of way..… Expand
Dec 15, 2011Bland, boring fetch quests, terrible ending ( Probably one of the worst ive seen in my years of gaming) Devs with no class blaming hardware and drivers, Carmack should stick to rockets, because gaming isnt his thing. This game sucks
Apr 9, 2012Sadly, RAGE is an unplayable game, because it causes horrendous headaches and eye pain within 10 minutes of gameplay.
Do not waste your money on this torture.
Apr 15, 2012Now normally I would have given Rage a good score. Good graphics, nice idea with changeable ammo types, a surprisingly enjoyable online multiplayer for the 30 minutes, mutant bash. Unfortunately there are quite a few problems. The AI is very predictable, the story I found fairly weak (especially the ending) and to finish it all off I played Borderlands before this. In fact I was discussing with a friend who had recently bought this game and all the things he thought were good in this game were the same as Borderlands: Shotguns firing rockets, the buggies, the environment. Even the enemies are quite similar just with less variation. Another downside was the co-op. I initially thought it would, again, be similar to Borderlands with the entire world to explore and things like arenas in which you can test each others skill and weapons. But no. Instead the creators decided it would be a good idea to get COD: MW2 spec ops missions and put them together with less interesting plots and much harder to kill enemies. Finally we get to the crafting and all I can say is Dead Rising with less skill and more luck. My overall viewpoint on Rage is that it is some of the best features of multiple games, patched together well, but then made much worse. Lucky I bought it for only £10.… Expand
May 17, 2013Rocket Rally... remove that garbage from the game and this game is an easy 10/10. Rocket Rally is this part of the game that requires no skill, just dumb luck and you will fail continuously while you rage at the game, hence the name of the game. What a shame, because this game woudl be completely bad-ass if not for that stupid feature that spoils the rest of the game. Rocket Rally is so bad, that the person or people responsible for implementing it into the game deserve to be send to prison for the stress they caused to players.… Expand
May 8, 2013A Rip off of Fallout and a waste of money. The game's pop in texture was abysmal. Storyline was quite boring and multilayer was insanely infuriating because of how dumb it was I didn't have fun playing. Driving mechanics are quite odd too. The game seemed dull and very ordinary. The only thing thats good is the graphics but aside from that...its all garbage.
Mar 6, 2012Ultimately, RAGE is soulless and short-lived. Jack up the difficulty for more of a challenge, but underneath a few stand-out moments is a shooter that's been outclassed and out gunned. [Dec 2011, p78]
Dec 29, 2011There is not a lot of leveling or depth to be found in Rage, but you can have some fun with building your own weapons and toying around with several gadgets. We particularly liked the remote controlled cars that can be equipped with explosives. [Nov 2011, p.82]
Dec 1, 2011A weak, aimless story and limited freedom to explore betray the fun, varied and creative combat in this beautiful post-apocalyptic wasteland. [Christmas 2011, p.104]


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51 days ago I made the first steps towards healthy living. I've taken the first steps many, many MANY times. This time I was ready, determined. This time I was doing it for ME. Doing it to get healthy. Each year I've seen my body, my health, deteriorate. The longer I waited to do what I knew needed to be done, the worse my health would be.
When I came back to SP I was welcomed by old dear friends and teams. My BL White Tigers sent me a message, welcoming me back and inviting me to be an honorary member of their team.
My weight, cardio and ST didn't count towards their numbers but they knew I needed the support. And, Thankfully, they are an amazingly supportive team!
51 days ago I started. At that time I wasn't drinking ANY water. I wasn't doing ANY physical exercising. And I wasn't eating healthy (mostly junk, fat and sugary food).
I've done almost a complete 180. Now I drink at least 72oz of water, exercise a minimum of 45 min 6 days a week and eat yummy nutritious meals.
When I started I walked in place in front of the TV for 10min. I'd try to do it two or three times a day. When I started on the treadmill I couldn't go faster than 2.8 mph. When I started back at the gym, 3 weeks later, I couldn't do more than 10 minutes on the elliptical at a level 1.
Now I can go on the treadmill for 60min at an incline of 4 and a speed of 3.3 and bursts of jogs at 3.6. On the elliptical I've upped the level to 2 and can go for 30min!
51 days ago I weighed 317, today I weigh 288.6 (down 28.4)
51 days ago I wore a 26/28, today I'm in a 24 jean
51 days ago I had NO engergy, wanted naps. Today I wake up at 4:35 (most mornings) and have so much energy people actually comment on it.
51 days ago I couldn't look at myself in the mirror, Today I'm thrilled to stare at myself, proud of what I've accomplished and the little small changes I can see.
I'm excited to start the Spring Challenge, the full 10 weeks! I can't wait to see what new changes will take place during that time.
A week or so ago I changed the background on my Spark page from a plain royal blue to a picture collage of my goals:
I printed off 3 of them. One is hanging on my fridge, one on my bathroom mirror (along with the dry erase messages to myself) and one is next to my bed.
There are many goals, small and large, that will help me with my journey. To stay successful this time around I HAVE TO take this one minute, one hour, one day at a time. But before any journey can truly be taken you have to know where you're going before you take that first step.
On my collage I have my daily reminders, water, fruits, veggies, cardio and ST. Included in my daily is weiging in. This might not help everyone but for me the numbers are motivating. If they're going down they inspire me to keep doing what I'm doing. If the numbers are going up it's a reminder to stay focused on my plans and my goals.
I have a virtual before and after ME. This isn't as vital for me because there are SO MANY before and after success stories here on SP, I use those photos as inspiration!
I have some goals for along the way. A big one is the Sprint Tri in July. Another is the word 5K. My goal is to sign up for several this year, maybe trying an 8K or 10 k by the end of the year. Stay tuned for info when I actually sign up! (Now it's out there I have to do it)
And at the bottom of my vision collage are my weight goals. I felt I was conservative with them, with doable possibilities. Doable ONLY if I stick with my plan. What is exciting to me is my first goal weight of 285 before my trip at the end of March. Today, February 21st, I am already at 289.2.
Staying focused will get me that goal plus the ability to surpass it, putting me further on this journey than planned.
I'm thrilled with my accomplishments. Very proud of my determination! And VERY BLESSED to have so many SPARK friends leading the way. There have been many times I feel the pull from in front, someone grabbing my hand saying come on you can do this, let me show you the way. And many more times I feel the push from behind, people cheering me on and telling me to get myself going again.
Thank you!
One of my spark teams is doing a Blackjack challenge, first person to walk 21 miles wins!
This challenge came at the right time because I was out of my groove. For 11 days I had lost and gained the exact same pounds. Thursday morning, the beginning of this challenge, I was determined to get some miles in. Without that challenge I don't think I would have gotten a workout in that day.
I kicked it! I found every spare moment to workout, throwing in a mile here and a mile there. With bigger blocks of time I went to the gym and during my daughter's lacrosse practice I strapped on my pedometer, raincoat and hat (it was sprinkling) and walked throughout the unknown neighborhood.
Sunday is my rest day. No workouts means no miles added. That's fine because my body LOVES a rest day!
This morning, being President's day, my kids have no school. I only had 3.25 miles left to blackjack. I was determined to crank that out in one hour. I woke up early to get it done before my kiddos woke up. For my workout today I did intervals. It was HARD!
I was excited when I saw my 5k time get beaten! Old time, 3 weeks ago, was 56:59. Time today 55:38. Cut it by 1:21 minutes! I'm hoping by TRI time in July that I can be jogging the whole thing!
In 60 minutes I was able to get in 3.36 miles! BLACKJACK
The best part of it is I broke my plateau and have lost 4.8 lbs since Thursday morning!
Now I'll be back to my normal workout routine but it's great to know when a plateau strikes again I need to CRANK UP the cardio for a few days!
We have an amazing women's group at church which is very organized at various levels. The president of our women's group which incorporates hundreds of women in part of my town and surrounding area has been inspired to motivate us women to get healthy.
They have announced that they will be holding a Sprint Tri-athalon on July 28th for all women who want to participate. Girls as young as 12 can do it too as long as they have a mom participating with them. With a wide variety of ages, healthy and physical capabilities women can choose to do one part, two or all 3. It's not a race or competition with any other woman but a race with ourself!
I'm taking on the challenge! I've also asked my 19yo daughter, 13 yo daughter and 11 yo daughter (she'll be 12 by then) to do this with me! They've all agreed! I'm so excited to do this with them!
So the Tri is 18 laps (36 lengths) swimming, 12 mile bike ride and a 5K (3.1miles) walk/run. I haven't been on a bike for over 30 yrs so I think that will be my hardest challenge. Need to get one first off but in the meantime I'll keep using the bike at the gym. Got to get my behind used to sitting on a bike seat for the 12miles.
I'm excited for this extra motivation to keep me going towards my goal of healthy living!
Today is day 47 and I'm officially down 25lbs! I think kicking the cardio yesterday helped me drop the pounds that wouldn't leave for over the past week. Plus eating CLEAN!
NSV for today...I am STRONGER!!! I did my Walk Away the Pounds DVD and could do everything, arm motions and all, without doing any modifications! I also upped the elliptical to a level 2 and mainained the strides in the high 150s - 160s!


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Greetings from the Salton Sea is a book, website and installation project documenting the natural and built environment of the Salton Sea—an ecologically challenged saline body of water located in Southern California near the Mexican border. The project discusses the historical, social, and ecological background of this unique place through photography, text, archival real estate promotion films, and collected objects.
Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905-2005 was published by the Center for American Places in 2005 and is now available in paperback. The publication was funded, in part, by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. To purchase a signed and inscribed copy of the paperback edition through PayPal, please click here.
Photographs from Greetings from the Salton Sea are included in the Nevada Museum of Art's Altered Landscape Collection. Stringfellow's photograph "Abandoned Trailer, Bombay Beach, CA" was featured in the The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment co-published by Rizzoli Press/Nevada Museum of Art in 2011. The NMA's Center for Art + Environment acquired the research archive for this project during 2012. These Days host, Tom Fudge of San Diego NPR affiliate, KPBS interviewed Kim Stringfellow for the 100th anniversary of the Salton Sea's creation on November 9th, 2006.
In 1905 and 1906, California's largest inland body of water—the Salton Sea—was formed when Colorado River levees broke below the California-Mexico border. Great floodwaters filled the depression previously known as the Salton Sink—which, at its peak, covered upwards of 400 square miles—creating an immediate sanctuary for birds and opportunities for future development.
During the past 100 years, numerous real estate development schemes arose along the shores of the Salton Sea. Frank Sinatra, Desi Arnaz, President Eisenhower, Jerry Lewis, and the Beach Boys all frequented the area and during the 1960s tourists visited the Salton Sea in numbers that, at times, exceeded tourism in Yosemite.
By the 1980s, however, the Salton Sea's biologically overburdened system resulted in the near abandonment of the area's resorts and communities with shoreline flooding, massive fish and bird die-offs reflecting the escalating environmental harm.
The future of the Salton Sea is uncertain. It remains a major habitat and stopover to more than 400 resident and migratory avian species; but rapidly increasing salinity and an impending water transfer to ever-expanding Southern California communities complicate the future environmental picture.
Kim Stringfellow's detailed visual and historical account conducted from 1998 through to the Sea's centenary in 2005 highlights one of California's and indeed, America's most fascinating and complex landscape histories at a time when the management of an entire regional ecosystem is at risk.
- Desertscapes: Desert Passage, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, CA
- The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
- EcoCultures, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- HALF LIFE: Patterns of Change (Eve Andrée Laramée/Kim Stringfellow), Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
- Critical Landscapes: Kim Stringfellow, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont Community College, El Cajon, CA
- Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, Casa de Tunel Art Center, Tijuana, Mexico
- Future Of Nations: Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
- Paradise Regained: Visionary Ecology and the Terrain of Ideals, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
- Ecotopia: The Second Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center for Photography (ICP), New York, NY
- A Better World (solo exhibit), summer art programming series, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905–2005 (book release/solo exhibit), Michael Dawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Speculative Terrain: Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape from San Diego to Santa Barbara, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
- Speculative Terrain: Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape from San Diego to Santa Barbara, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- Tender Landscape: Artists Respond to Human Involvement in the Natural World, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
- Greetings from the Salton Sea (book fundraiser event), Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Speculative Terrain: Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape from San Diego to Santa Barbara, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
- Paisajes Toxicos, El Reino del Mundo Gallery, Bibliotéca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba
- Toxic Landscapes: Artists Examine the Environment, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
- Toxic Landscapes: Artists Examine the Environment, Rachel Carson Institute, Chatham College, Pittsburg, PA
- Greetings from the Salton Sea, Gallery Two, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
- The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE, Miami, FL
Click on the title to link to full article.
- Desertscapes: Desert Passage at Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, CA
- art ltd. article of High (& Low) Desert Artists
- Salton Sea portfolio featured on Zocalo Public Square
- NMA acquires Greetings from the Salton Sea archive for the Center for Art + Environment
- The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment @ Nevada Museum of Art
- EcoCultures @ George Mason University
- HALF LIFE: Patterns of Change at the Santa Fe Art Institute
- Salton Sea Museum @ North Shore hosts group show of SoCAL Artists
- "Critical Landscapes" opens at Hyde Art Gallery at Grossmont Community College
- SEED Magazine reviews Ecotopia at ICP
- KPBS's Tom Fudge (These Days) interviews Kim Stringfellow
- Roberta Smith (New York Times) reviews Ecotopia at ICP


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Villa San Michele
Villa San Michele : Michelin's recommendations
Built at the end of the 19C by the Swedish writer and doctor Axel Munthe who lived here until 1910, this villa is decorated with furniture from the 17 and 18C and Roman Sculptures (some of which are copies). The garden ends with a pergola that dominates the sea from a great height. The panorama of Capri and Marina Grande is fabulous.
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- Phone : 081 837 1401
- Website : http://www.villasanmichele.eu
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The ultimate freedom has been called moksha because in that state there are no limitations. The ultimate freedom has been called nirvana because the "I" does not exist there, one's individual existence disappears there and only existence remains. When I say "I am" I have to use two words, I and am. We call it nirvana because in that moment the "I" disappears and only the "am", the "am-ness" remains. There is no sense of "I" there, there is only is-ness. And we also call it kaivalya because in this moment only I am. "Only I am" means that everything, all, is contained in me. The whole sky is within me, the moon and the stars all move within me. Worlds are created and dissolved within me. This "I" has expanded and become one with the cosmos. This "I" has become the brahman, the ultimate reality. Hence, it is called kaivalya.
This Kaivalya Upanishad is a search for this ultimate freedom, an inquiry and an exploration into the path of this inquiry.
It begins with a prayer. It will be good to understand this too, because generally, any journey should begin with effort, not with prayer; with endeavor, not with prayer. But this Upanishad begins with a prayer, and it is very meaningful.
The first thing is that what we are searching for will not be found by your effort. But this does not mean that it will be found without your effort, either. This is where there is a small difficulty, and this is the knot, the complexity of all religion, of all spiritual discipline: what you are searching for will not be found only through your effort, and it will also not be found without your effort. It will not be found through your effort because what you are searching for is too vast for you.
It is as if a man who is imprisoned in a jail decides to search for freedom; as if a prisoner, dependent and chained, tries to search for the open sky. What he is searching for is too big, too vast, and his capacity is too limited. If his capacity were not limited he would not be a prisoner in the first place; he would not be in jail at all. If his capacity were not limited, who would have been able to put chains on his hands? Who would have been able to shackle him? Who would have been able to create a prison around him? He is limited, weak; that's why he is in a prison. "He is in prison" is a statement about his limitations. Hence, nothing will be possible through his own efforts alone. If it were possible only through his efforts, he would not be in prison in the first place.
But this does not mean that freedom will happen without his efforts, either. Because if a prisoner just accepts his chains and goes to sleep, then no power in the world can free him. He cannot get free alone, on his own, and even the greatest power can't free him without his cooperation. So let us understand this most complex and profound problem of religion from the very beginning.
Man can become free, but he will also have to make efforts. But even before he makes any effort, he will have to invoke the power of one greater than himself. Even before making the effort, he will have to pray. His effort will begin with prayer. You can say that prayer is to be his first effort.
But a prayer does not look like an effort. Prayer means "You do it for me," prayer means "You help me," prayer means "You hold my hand," prayer means "You pull me out." If the prayer stops at this, then too it will not accomplish anything. If the prisoner prays and then goes back to sleep, then too he will not be able to get out of the prison. Prayer is only the beginning of an ongoing effort.
Prayer is needed, but it is not enough. Effort is a must, but it is not enough. Where prayer and effort join hands, a colossal energy is born which makes even the impossible, possible.


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Oceanfront top floor, top notch, condo with pool. Your vacation condo is located at the secluded north end of Carolina Beach with wide uncrowded beaches, a private walkway over the dunes, an oceanfront pool only shared by 12 condos. This lovely condo features an oceanfront master bedroom and living room each with sliding glass doors to the deck overlooking the pool and beach. The additional guest rooms have fabulous views of the harbor with boats going by and glorious sunsets. Each also has sliding glass doors to a rear deck offering everyone a space to themselves.
Carolina Beach offers a variety of water activities including kayaking, fishing, surfing, sailing, boating, & shell hunting. Excursions for deep sea fishing are at the harbor. The North Carolina Aquarium is at the south end of the island along with historical Fort Fisher, and a ferry boat ride will take you to Southport, a charming seaside village. Downtown Wilmington is only a 20 minute ride offering museums, carrige rides, walking tours, the Battleship North Carolina, Charming shops at The Cotton Exchange, brick paved streets and an old time city market. Many festivals and street performers are also located in downtown.
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Bill Clinton: States need to be better budgeters
Former President Bill Clinton says states need to become more responsible budgeters.
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Former President Bill Clinton says states need to become more responsible budgeters.
Even though most states are required to balance their budgets, in practice they don't do it, and "years of irresponsible budgeting" have led to the current crisis, Clinton said Tuesday at a symposium in Philadelphia designed to bring attention to the eroding financial condition of state governments.
"We shouldn't let this crisis pass without using it as an opportunity to reform budget systems up and down the line," Clinton, a former Arkansas governor, said at the National Constitution Center. "And they essentially need to be more conservative and responsible."
He also expressed support for immigration legislation making its way through the Senate as well as an Internet sales tax, saying both would broaden the tax base. And he said states and cities should work to attract private investment to infrastructure projects.
Turning to Washington, Clinton lamented reductions in federal discretionary spending, especially the sequester, the term for automatic spending cuts that went into effect this year. "The sequester shows you the consequences of the meat ax," he said.
He got no argument from Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who also addressed the State Budget Crisis Task Force symposium and said that federal cuts have seriously hurt city and local governments, hampering their ability to deliver essential services to citizens.
The sequester has transferred costs onto local governments, said Nutter, the immediate past president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. In Philadelphia, he said, deep cuts to a program that helps homeowners avert foreclosure will potentially result in more blight. The school district, meanwhile, is facing an existential budget crisis that has forced it to lay off 3,800 employees and eliminate sports, music, art and all after-school programs, although a potential infusion of state aid may soften the blow before school starts.
"This is not a sustainable model for cities. The federal government cannot balance its budget on the backs of cities and local governments," said Nutter, a second-term Democrat.
A top Treasury Department official said the federal government, after running trillion-dollar deficits as it tried to stabilize financial markets and stimulate the economy, has to begin getting its own fiscal house in order.
Having sent more than $280 billion to state and local governments between 2009 and 2012, largely to be spent on education, infrastructure and health care, "we need to begin pulling back the federal safety net," said Mary John Miller, Treasury's undersecretary for domestic finance, who was taking part in a panel discussion.
"As we see unemployment coming down, as we see the housing market beginning to recover, as we see the economy growing ... we see that we need to now turn our attention to reducing our federal deficits," said Miller, adding the administration of President Barack Obama is nevertheless "eager to work with state and local governments" to ease the impact of the sequester.
The nonpartisan task force, led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, issued a report last year that said U.S. states are grappling with long-term budget problems that threaten their ability to pay for basic services such as law enforcement, local schools and transportation. The group cites rising Medicaid and pension costs, reduced federal aid and eroding tax revenues as a few of the challenges facing the states.
Panelists at Tuesday's symposium variously called for more flexibility in how states administer federally funded programs, a reduction in unfunded mandates, and an overhaul of the federal budget process.
"You will not solve this problem until you change the process," said John Sununu, a Republican former New Hampshire governor and chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush. "I don't care what you do to Medicare, Medicaid, you will not get effective changes until the legislators and the president can say, `The devil of budget rules made me do it. I had no choice.'"
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The town of Calexico takes its name from the state and country on whose border it lies: California and Mexico. You might guess that the band took their name from their hometown, but the rockers hail from Tucson. Instead, the town is a metaphor for their sound, which bow-leggedly straddles the line between country and mariachi, between American folk and tango. It's not all in their famously eclectic musical influences, either. The lyrics of their tune "Across the Wire" draw on the image of an eagle perched on a cactus to compare the border crossing of illegal immigrants with the Aztecs' search for Tenochtitlan; "Ballad of Cable Hogue" is a sun-soaked, sideways retelling of a Sam Peckinpah Western. What catapults Calexico far above their peers is their ability to harness the schizophrenic array of sounds and images into a unity: a sort of Southwestern snow globe, where desert sand and loneliness swirl around the scorpions and snakes. With the Acorn. 18+.
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