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Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grant Program
2014 Shoemaker NEO Grant Call for Proposals
The current round's call for proposals is now closed. Watch this page for updates on proposal statistics and selected winners.
To find and track near-Earth objects (NEOs) to determine which -- if any -- pose a threat to our world, The Planetary Society has established the Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants. Shoemaker grants are awarded to amateur observers, observers in developing countries, and professional astronomers who, with seed funding, can greatly increase their programs' contributions to NEO research.
Grant recipients have played critical roles in tracking small asteroids that were discovered by major asteroid survey programs, and providing the crucial follow-up observations to determine precise orbits for these objects. They have also contributed NEO discoveries and characterizations of the properties of NEOs. Through these observations and others, supported by Society members and their donations, the Society is playing an active role in helping to 'retire' some of the risk of impact from NEOs and to reveal the properties of these interesting and valuable targets for future exploration.
The program honors pioneering planetary geologist Gene Shoemaker, who did so much to help us understand the process of impact cratering on the planets and the nature of the NEO population, and seeks to assist amateur observers, observers in developing countries, and under-funded professional observers contributing to vital NEO research.
Since founding the grant program in 1997, The Planetary Society has awarded 43 Shoemaker NEO grants totaling about $270,000 to observers from 16 different countries on 5 continents. You can follow the efforts of past grant recipients through their contributions to the Planetary Society Blog and the Planetary Radio podcast.
2013 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
There were 16 proposers from 10 countries with five winners (of those, 3 are previous Shoemaker NEO winners) receiving $34,307!
Project Updates
Updates on the 2007 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2008/06/27 12:00 CDT
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2007/03/01 11:00 CST
Update as of March 4, 2007 Thanks to The Planetary Society Shoemaker Grant, the 1.06-meter KLENOT telescope optics was completed at the Klet Observatory. Regular observations of the KLENOT project started in March 2002 under the new IAU/MPC code 246, so we can now present results covering 5 years of this work.
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2006/07/18 12:00 CDT
Update as of July 13, 2006 Using the Shoemaker NEO Grant funds, Minor Planet Research has purchased a 1.7-terabyte data server for our Asteroid Discovery Station (ADS) education outreach program Through the generosity of Dr. Philip Christensen, this server is housed at the Mars Space Flight Facility (MSFF) at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2005/08/17 12:00 CDT
Update as of July 28, 2005 Following last year's Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and a few other non-main-belt discoveries, I looked into what improvements I could make to more efficiently image the sky. The major advance involved the design of a 3-lens corrector comprising 2 stock lenses and a custom lens I made myself.
Astronomers Revise Torino Scale Asteroid Advisory System
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2005/04/20 03:25 CDT
Astronomers have revised the Torino scale, the color-coded advisory system to assess the threat of asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) to make it easier for the public to understand.
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2004/04/16 12:00 CDT
Update as of March 24, 2004 2003 was a good year with 50,779 asteroid astrometric observations submitted, including known NEOs and the discovery of a new Aten-class object, 2003 UY12. Based upon the volume of astrometric observations submitted, observatory code 683 was the world's eighth most productive asteroid astrometry station.
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2001/03/20 11:00 CST
Update as of March 20, 2001 I just wanted to express my appreciation again to The Planetary Society for the Shoemaker Grant. Apogee Instruments delivered the AP6Ep purchased with the grant on 9 March 2001. Critical mass on all of the other components associated with implementing the proposal was reached last week.
More on NEO Grants
Intro Astronomy 2015. Class 7: Near Earth Asteroids, Jupiter System
Lecture 7 of Dr. Bruce Betts' 2014 online Introductory Planetary Science and Astronomy course covers asteroid Ceres, the near Earth asteroid threat to Earth (including statistics, past impacts, and information on the Chelyabinsk fireball), and introduces the Jupiter system. Recorded at California State University Dominguez Hills.
The Exciting Year Ahead on the Final Frontier
01/06/2015 | 28:50
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The Planetary Society's experts look forward to a great year of firsts in the solar system and beyond.
Intro Astronomy 2014. Class 7: Near Earth Asteroids, Jupiter System
- Timothy Spahr, Director, Minor Planet Center, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Lecture 7 of Dr. Bruce Betts' 2014 online Introductory Planetary Science and Astronomy course covers the near Earth asteroid threat to Earth (including statistics, past impacts, and information on the Chelyabinsk fireball), introduces the Jupiter system, and includes an interview with Tim Spahr, Director of the Minor Planet Center. Recorded at California State University Dominguez Hills.
2013 Thank You Message From Bill Nye and the Planetary Society
Our members and supporters made us your place in space for 2013. CEO Bill Nye the Science Guy, our volunteers, project leaders and staff take this opportunity to share their gratitude.
Tim Spahr of the Minor Planet Center
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There's a place to go when you find a space rock headed our way, or headed any which way. Tim Spahr directs the Minor Planet Center, the global clearinghouse for all information about asteroids, comets and other relatively small bodies like moons.
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WANTED: All Clematis Lovers
I am asking if anyone wants to send me cuttings of thier Clematis to root for them or exchange for another kind.
I keep one and send you back one or of another kind if rooted or when rooted.
I would like at least three cuttings of a kind
I am quite good at rooting all things and have some Nelly Moser rooting now, about 10 of them
I have a purple I am putting in also.
I have seeds of Radar Love and several others I will have ready to go next Spring. Would love some input.
I think the best way for myself (Ones I want to share) is to take one of my Vines and bend it to the ground or a pot is what I use and use a bobbie pin or something to anchor it in two places where there is joints with leaves and keep moist untill it feels like it is rooting.
I have never been able to root them in water but others do.
I also use potting soil and bottom heat if starting one given to me.
I am going to try a couple in a small glass of water with a airstone hooked to an aquarian pump all the way to the bottom and see if that works, it sure does work with other things.
Hope I could help
HI. I would love to try this with you. I have 3 clematis right now that are new since spring.
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Dr. Ruppel
HF Young
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Oh, I have 4, I also have a sweet autumn.
They are not too large, so I can't get huge cuttings.
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#Cubs: Wrigley will be ready Opening Night
A Cubs spokesman said Wednesday night there is no truth to a rumor that Major League Baseball has asked the Cubs to work on a Plan B with the White Sox to play games at U.S. Cellular Field because of delays in construction at Wrigley Field.
"Even a goat would tell you this reaches an absolute new low for Wrigley rumors," Cubs spokesman Julian Green said Wednesday. "All is proceeding well and we look forward to Opening Night at Wrigley Field."
The Cubs will open the regular season on April 5 against the Cardinals. The Cubs began an extensive renovation project in October at Wrigley, and the bleachers will not be ready for the opener. Green said the rest of the ballpark will be fine.
– Carrie Muskat
2/24 Single game tickets on sale March 6
Cubs single game tickets for the 2015 season go on sale March 6 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets will be available on http://www.Cubs.com or by calling 800-THE-CUBS (800-843-2827).
Fans can participate in the MasterCard Pre-sale prior to the general on-sale date. Starting March 3 at 10 a.m. CT, single game tickets will be available at Cubs.com for a 20 percent premium, or a 15 percent premium for fans using a MasterCard.
The single game on-sale will include a selection of tickets to Opening Night, April 5, against the Cardinals, plus weekend bobblehead promotional games, Family Sundays and Interleague matchups against the Indians, Tigers and Royals.
The 2015 promotional schedule features unique items, including a Cubs winter aviator hat, Wrigley Field football, Chicago Whales replica throwback jersey, and several Cubs player debut bobbleheads.
For the 2015 season, "Weekends Start Here" with new Budweiser Bleacher Friday games. On select Friday games in May, June, July, August and September, the Budweiser Bleachers may feature pre- or post-game entertainment, exclusive giveaway items, special food and beverages and more. For an up-to-date promotional schedule, visit http://www.cubs.com.
Fans interested in purchasing Cubs tickets in person can visit The Cubs Store, 3616 N. Clark Street, Chicago, beginning March 9 at 9 a.m. CT. Because of the ongoing construction at Wrigley Field, single game tickets will be sold at The Cubs Store during regular store hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT every day leading up to Opening Night with the exception of March 14.
Here are the details for single game purchasing options:
* The Cubs will offer the MasterCard Pre-sale starting March 3 at 10 a.m. CT through March 4 at 10 p.m. CT. Fans using a MasterCard can purchase single game tickets in advance of the general on-sale date at a 15 percent premium, while fans using other forms of payment may purchase tickets at a 20 percent premium. MasterCard Pre-sale tickets may be purchased at Cubs.com.
* Fans have three ways to purchase single game tickets.
Via the Internet: On March 6, fans can purchase tickets at Cubs.com. A virtual waiting room will begin accepting customers at 9:30 a.m. CT. At 10 a.m. CT, customers will be selected from the virtual waiting room to begin purchasing tickets. All Internet customers will need a valid Cubs.com account. Customers are recommended to register for an account prior to March 6.
By Telephone: Tickets can be purchased by telephone beginning March 6 at 10 a.m. CT by dialing 800-THE-CUBS (800-843-2827).
At The Cubs Store: Tickets will be available for purchase starting March 9 at 9 a.m. CT. The team will offer in-person single game tickets for purchase at The Cubs Store every day through April 5 during regular hours with the exception of March 14.
For updated ticket pricing, visit Cubs.com.
2/19 Cubs get go-ahead re: signage
The Cubs got the go-ahead from a federal judge Thursday to erect the video scoreboards at Wrigley Field. First baseman Anthony Rizzo says he can't wait for the renovations at the 100-year-old ballpark to be completed.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall ruled Thursday in Chicago that the Cubs can continue with plans to install advertising signs at Wrigley Field that could block views from nearby rooftop businesses, and rejected the rooftops' emergency request for a temporary restraining order. Rooftop owners had argued the video scoreboards will cause "irreparable" harm if installed.
Rizzo, one of the early bird position players in Cubs camp, said he's eager to see the improvements that are part of the renovation plan.
"That's exciting stuff," Rizzo said Thursday. "This will be new stuff, the new generation, the new things to come, hopefully, will start now. The renovations with Wrigley will only help us players and make the fan experience a lot better. With the tradition of the ballpark still there and the new stuff they're adding, I think it's great."
– Carrie Muskat
2/5 Legacy partner: American Airlines
The Cubs and American Airlines announced a long-term Legacy Partnership, making American Airlines the Official Airline of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.
The airline will have a branding presence at Wrigley Field and Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., including near the Cubs' batting circle at Wrigley Field, rotational signage at Sloan Park during Spring Training games, and between-inning video board features in both ballparks. American will host additional fan activations with the team, including Cubs player and mascot appearances, giveaways and Cubs Road Trip sweepstakes.
Beginning with the 2017 season, the Cubs will add a new premium club space located behind home plate, tentatively titled the "American Airlines Club," with access for premium box seat ticket holders.
American also becomes a Hall of Fame sponsor of Cubs Charities' primary fundraising event, the Bricks and Ivy Ball, and will provide domestic round-trip air travel packages for the organization's fundraising efforts.
In an agreement with a separate enterprise controlled by the Ricketts family, American will present the "American Airlines Executive Conference Center" as part of the office building to be developed in the new plaza adjacent to Wrigley Field.
The American Airlines Legacy Partnership was secured by W Partners, an agency launched in February of 2013. The Cubs entered into an agreement with W Partners to secure legacy partnerships as part of the 1060 Project.
American Airlines becomes the seventh Legacy Partner of the Chicago Cubs, joining Anheuser-Busch, ATI Physical Therapy, Sloan Valve Company, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Under Armour and Wintrust.
1/31 "We're here to thank God for Ernie Banks"
Instead of mourning Ernie Banks on Saturday, his teammates, family and friends urged everyone to celebrate the life of Mr. Cub on what would've been his 84th birthday.
"We have come here to thank God for Ernie Banks," Rev. Shannon Kershner said in her welcome statements.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church was nearly full for Banks' memorial service on Saturday, and the crowd included former Cubs teammates Billy Williams, Randy Hundley, Fergie Jenkins, and George Altman, plus Hall of Famers such as Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, Lou Brock and Andre Dawson. Also in the crowd were Kerry Wood, Anthony Rizzo, Sean Marshall, Jon Lieber, Minnie Minoso and Scott Sanderson.
Cubs broadcasters Len Kasper, Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer attended, as well as former Chicago Bulls great Bob Love, Blackhawks executives John McDonough and Jay Blunk, White Sox general manager Ken Williams, and former Cubs GM Jim Hendry. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer were there, as well as Joe Torre, who represented Major League Baseball.
Banks' twin sons, Joey and Jerry, each delivered personal tributes. Joey thanked his dad for letting them come to Wrigley Field, calling it "the best playground ever."
"Move over Honus Wagner, there's a new shortstop in heaven," Joey Banks said.
Jerry wished his father happy birthday, and said the Wrigley family's decision to purchase Banks' contract from the Kansas City Monarchs was "the best $10,000 ever spent."
"Who would've imagined you would become the icon of the great city of Chicago, representing not only Chicago but giving the fans love and devotion," Jerry Banks said. "We've heard countless stories of interactions with fans. It makes our mourning his passing easier. For every tear we shed comes ten stories of laughter followed by, 'That sounds like dad.'"
Jerry then shared three of his father's favorite sayings to his children:
* "You learn more from losing than winning."
* "I feel like Tony the Tiger. I feel great."
* "How do you feel? I feel like I can fly."
Following the nearly two-hour memorial service, a motorcade carrying the casket passed Banks' statue in Daley Plaza and then headed north to Wrigley Field. The procession paused outside the ballpark's marquee at Clark and Addison streets and fans applauded. The crews doing the renovation work at the 100-year-old ballpark also lined the streets to salute Banks one more time.
"He just had an amazing outlook on life," radio broadcaster Pat Hughes said. "I think he woke up every day trying to make new friends. 'I'm going to meet as many new friends as I can, I'm going to make as many people happy as I possibly can. he was a rare person.'"
Billy Williams paid homage to Banks by delivering a message for this year's team.
"I know Ernie would put his stamp of approval on this — 'The Cubs will win as a team in 2015,'" Williams said.
– Carrie Muskat
1/24 Ernie and Wrigley Field
In an interview with Ernie Banks for my book, "Banks to Sandberg to Grace," the Cubs legend told me a story about how a nurse at a health spa in Tucson, Ariz., asked him for a favor. Here's Ernie telling the story:
"[She said] 'My grandfather was a longtime Cub fan and before he died, he wanted his ashes spread at Wrigley Field. Do they do that there?' And I said, 'I don't know but I'll let you know before I leave.'
"So I called, and they said, 'Well, Ernie, we get a lot of requests from people who want to do that. We don't publicize it because we don't want to make it sound like a cemetery.'
"I know we haven't played well but it's not a cemetery, so I told [the nurse] that. She said, 'OK, but I really wanted it to happen.'
"So now, I want it to happen to me. I want my ashes to be spread over Wrigley Field with the wind blowing out."
1/17 Bleachers won't be ready Opening Day
Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney said Saturday that the Wrigley Field bleachers will not be ready by Opening Night, April 5. The bleachers are currently being renovated, part of the five-year, $575 million "Project 1060″ for the 100-year-old ballpark. Bleacher season ticket holders received an email on Saturday outlining their options. They can get a full refund prior to games of May 11, get a credit amount prior to May 11, or relocate for all their games prior to May 11. Kenney said the left field bleachers are expected to be ready by early May, and the right field bleachers ready by late May. Said Carl Rice: "We want to do it right."
– Carrie Muskat
12/3 Tree lighting at Wrigley
The Cubs will host a tree-lighting ceremony Thursday to celebrate the holidays and conclude the team's yearlong 100 Gifts of Service. The ceremony will be at 5:30 p.m. CT outside the Cubs Store at the northwest corner of Clark and Addison. The tree was donated by Christy Webber Landscapes.
Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins will be joined by Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts, Cubs Charities chair Laura Ricketts, president of business operations Crane Kenney and representatives from many of the organizations that benefited from the team's 100 Gifts of Service this year.
Fans and Wrigley Field neighbors are invited to participate in a holiday toy drive to benefit children at Lawrence Hall Youth Services. New, unwrapped toys may be donated at Thursday's ceremony or during the Cubs Store's business hours — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT — leading up to the event.
11/29 The holiday season
The Cubs are inviting fans to participate in a holiday toy drive to benefit children at Lawrence Hall Youth Services. Toys may be donated at the Cubs Store across from Wrigley Field from now until Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT, when the Cubs will host a holiday celebration and tree lighting ceremony at the corner of Clark and Addison streets.
You can bring new, unwrapped toys to donate at the tree lighting event. The large tree, donated by Christy Webber Landscapes, will stand at the northwest corner of Clark and Addison to avoid conflict with the Wrigley Field renovation project.
Fergie Jenkins, Tom Ricketts and representatives from the organizations that benefited from the Cubs' 100 Gifts of Service will attend the tree lighting. The 100 Gifts of Service represent a year-long program featuring Cubs players and associates engaging in community service in celebration of Wrigley Field's 100th birthday season.
If you can't attend the tree lighting ceremony, the Cubs Store will accept new, unwrapped toys as donations during its business hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT. Lawrence Hall Youth Services has compiled a wish list of desired toys, including action figures, board games, dolls, educational toys, puzzles, sporting equipment, stuffed animals, toy cars and more.
In addition to the toy drive, fans worldwide can offer a monetary donation to Cubs Charities to support the toy drive and other programs targeting improvements in health, fitness and education for those at risk. Tuesday is the global day dedicated to giving back. The Cubs will participate in the #GivingTuesday social media campaign, and requests fans share both the #GivingTuesday and #CubsCharities hashtags when encouraging donations online. Donations to Cubs Charities may be submitted online at http://www.cubscharities.com.
11/26 Wrigley work delayed
The Wrigley Field bleachers may not be ready by Opening Day because of unseasonably cold weather and delays with related projects, but a contingency plan is in place for season ticket holders, a Cubs spokesman said Wednesday.
"It's the nature of the construction business, being able to deal with timing issues and setbacks and delays," said Julian Green, vice president of communications and community affairs. "[Delays] happen with any construction project. They're compounded with restoring a 100-year old ballpark and trying to work within a 26-week timeframe, which as of Monday, is 19 weeks.
"This is an extremely challenging project given the environment that is the weather as well as the compressed timing we have," Green said. "It's going to be a challenge."
The Cubs will have a better idea as to how long of a delay they expect before March 6 when single game tickets go on sale for the 2015 season, Green said. The Cubs are scheduled to open the season at Wrigley Field on April 5 with a nationally televised game against the Cardinals.
"We'll make a decision well before [March 6] in terms of whether we'll be able to have the bleachers ready," Green said. "We're still going to be playing a game April 5, Sunday night, at Wrigley Field, and that's not going to change."
Chicago has experienced frigid temperatures and some snow in mid November, which has created some work stoppages. Heavy wind on Monday also delayed the crews. There are other issues, Green said.
"There is ongoing work by the city of Chicago water department which is doing some work to install a new water main on Sheffield [street]," Green said. "Because of that ongoing work, which was supposed to be completed in early October, we've been delayed with some of the deep foundation and excavation work in the area of the bleachers.
"We're still doing work out there but the speed in which we can move depends on the water crews finishing up that work," he said.
It's tough to predict Chicago weather, and this fall has been difficult with a record string of below freezing days.
"The first day of winter hasn't even arrived yet — that's Dec. 21," Green said. "We expect some colder temperatures and snow. We don't know what the winter may bring. All of that led us to put some contingency plans in place. We're not throwing up the white towel yet. We need to put some plans in place to take care of our customers."
Green would not give an exact number of bleacher season ticket holders affected, saying there are a few thousand people. They do have some options.
"If you're a bleacher season ticket holder, we will be able to accommodate season ticket holders in the grandstands," he said. "Given the attendance rates in April, or the past attendance rates in April, we have more than enough seats to accommodate season ticket holders who hold seats in the bleachers.
"If there are bleacher season ticket holders who do not want to sit in the grandstand, we are considering a plan where we could either refund season ticket holders for the games they miss, or apply a credit for the 2016 season," he said.
Green said the bleachers will be ready at some point in 2015; it's just too soon to say when. The new video scoreboards and advertising signage will be installed by Opening Day, Green said.
– Carrie Muskat


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Hello March
March 1, 2015 By Donni Leave a Comment
I hope wonderful things happen in March.
Blessings and magic,
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My Stance on the Vaccine Debate.
February 24, 2015 By Donni 10 Comments
I have stayed out of the vaccine debate, until now… no longer! This issue is too important not to address.
No matter how you feel about vaccinations, giving up your right to choose is one of the craziest things we could ever do.
Bill 277 will mandate vaccinations for all Californian children and, if passed, is said to be going into effect in Jan 2016. Whatever your stance is on vaccinating your own kids, please deeply consider the impact of giving up your future right to choose.
The CA Vaccine Schedule includes 49 doses of 14 vaccinations to children under the age of 6. There are +- 300 vaccinations in the pipeline. It terrifies me to think that I will no longer have the right to refuse any of these if the CDC decides to put them on the schedule.
To me, no matter how you feel about vaccinations, no matter where you stand in this vaccination debate, giving up your future right to choose MUST scare you.
Yes, I have vaccinated my children, but you'd be damned right I've signed the petition AGAINST this bill. I want the right to choose what is injected into my children in the future. More importantly, I want the right to refuse.
The vaccine industry is worth an estimated 24 Billion dollars a year and growing rapidly. There's no doubt in my mind that vaccines have saved millions of lives. But, it's important for us to acknowledge that vaccines are big business for pharmaceutical companies, with big financial rewards. And yet, in America, vaccine manufactures have no liability whatsoever when it comes to vaccine injuries. Not even if they (hypothetically) produce and distribute a vaccine they know to be unsafe… not even then, are they liable for any damages caused. This does not sit well with me.
I definitely don't advocate for an end to vaccines but I FOR SURE want to protect my right to abstain from a vaccination in the future.
Don't you?
Fight for your right to choose by signing this petition too : https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/prohibit-any-laws-mandating-force-and-requirement-vaccinations-any-kind/HW1B3YKz
Please, share this petition with anyone and everyone who will benefit from protecting their right to choose.
With deep respect for everyone's personal choices in this matter and knowing that we all love our children,
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Nature-Inspired Easter Crafts
February 23, 2015 By Donni Leave a Comment
Here is a link to some of the past Easter crafts that we've enjoyed the most…
Click on the photo above to see the tutorials for each craft.
Blessings and magic,
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Spring Magic Craft Box : 2015 Available NOW!
February 20, 2015 By Donni Leave a Comment
Hi, Happy Friends… I have some exciting news for you. The Spring Magic Craft Boxes are on their way to lucky children all over the world!
The Spring's Magic Craft Box is delighful. It is filled to the brim with the wonder and newness of Spring!
As usual, the fairies, elves and I have paid great attention to the feeling of enchantment that you and your children will get when you open your Spring box… it will, quite literally, feel like you have opened a package from Fairyland itself, complete with moss and butterflies and fairydust. Just imagine the wonder your child will experience!
Every Magic Craft Box contains 4 Spring-inspired crafting kits, including all the materials and instructions you'll need to make each magical project.
Here are photos of my own children enjoying each kit. Oh, what happy guinea pigs they were! We perfected each craft until it was just right for your little ones.
1. Make Woolen Chicks in a Nest
2. Make Colorful Easter Eggs using Scraps of Pretty Silk
Silk Dyed Easter Eggs
Scraps of colorful silk are used to make the most wonderful patterns on Easter Eggs.
3. Make a Sweet Fairy Garden and with a Mini Washing Line for Hours of Spring Play
A tiny Fairy Garden made with magic Emerald seeds from Fairyland.
A Spring craft that keeps on growing.
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A special Spring gift for your birds to help them make enchanting nests.
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A unique method of obtaining a recycling of air and/or plasmas, to allow a controlled system for creating and regulating temperature in a container facilitating transport and long-term storage of biological matter. This method allows a sterile packaging of donor biological matter, in protective solutions of extracellular agents, in a controlled temperature system which is regulated by air and/or inert gas refrigerants, passing over a micro-motor, the RPM's of which will set the speed of the refrigerants that regulate the temperature of the contained biological matter. It is comprised of an inert plastic or latex top member which holds the mechanical system, which is placed into the molded plastic based member, which holds a sealed well for placing the donor collected biological matter.
1. A transportable two part closed-system container for preservation of living biological matter, comprising:
a lower base means having an enclosed sealable concave receptacle means that is sealable with a lid means that provides a gas tight seal for said receptacle means for preservation of living biological matter, and said lower base means also including a first airflow chamber; and
a cover means including a second air flow chamber that connects with said first airflow chamber in said base means when said cover means is positioned on said lower base means to permit continuous recirculated flow of refrigerant means immediately adjacent said receptacle means and said lid means, said refrigerant means selected from the group of gases consisting of air and inert gases but said refrigerant means does not contact said living biological matter, said cover means having at least one insertion port means for introduction of said refrigerant means into said connected first and second airflow chambers;
wherein continuous recirculated flow of said refrigerant means, introduced into said connected first and second airflow chambers under pneumatic power, is sustained by a pressure powered micro-motor to maintain viability of said living biological matter at a temperature from about 37� F. to about 34� F.
2. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein the living biological matter to be preserved is any living human biological tissue.
3. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said living biological matter to be preserved is human whole blood or blood components, and the viability is preserved for at least 60 days.
4. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein the refrigerant means is injected into said connected first and second airflow chambers via built-in injection ports.
5. A closed-system container according to claim 1 further comprising a fiberscoptic meter readout which displays oxygen concentration present in said connected first and second airflow chambers.
6. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein the refrigerant means is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, freon, helium and other inert gases.
7. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said concave receptacle means is comprised of an inert plastic material.
8. A closed-system container according to claim 7 wherein said inert plastic material is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyurethane.
9. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said concave receptacle means is filled with a preservation-enhancing medium selected from the group consisting of hydroexyethyl starch, amantadine and gel acrylamide.
10. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said base means construction is comprised of an inert plastic material.
11. A closed-system container according to claim 10 wherein said plastic material is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyurethane.
12. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said cover means and said lower base means are fastened together via external circumferential threading and a stainless steel rim with a pressure lock.
13. A closed-system container according to claim 1 wherein said micro-motor is comprised of a low friction, low mass material.
14. A closed-system container according to claim 13 wherein said low friction, low mass material is silicon.
15. A closed-system container according to claim 1 further comprising a self-contained rechargeable battery pack which is able to maintain all instrumentation functions with a digital readout.
16. A closed-system container according to claim 1 further comprising an oxygen sensor to monitor oxygen levels within said connected first and second airflow chambers.
17. A process for preserving biological matter having living mammalian cells in a state suitable for transfusion, transplantation or implantation at a temperature from about 37� F. to about 34� F. which comprises the steps of:
removing biological matter from a donor and placing said biological matter into a sealable concave receptacle means inside a sealable transportable two part container having a lower base means including said sealable concave receptacle means;
filling said sealable receptacle means with a preservation-enhancing medium means selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethyl starch solution (HES), an extracellular blocking agent, an amantadine, or a gelacrylamide;
sealing said receptacle means with a resealable plastic lid means that provides a gas tight seal for said receptacle means;
placing a cover means including a first airflow chamber over said lower base means to form said sealable container and to connect said first airflow chamber to a second airflow chamber in said lower base means so as to have said connected first and second airflow chambers in such a relationship as to permit flow of gases immediately adjacent to said sealable concave receptacle means and said plastic lid means but not to permit flow of gases into or out of said sealable concave receptacle means which has been sealed by said lid means;
inserting refrigerant means selected from the group consisting of air and inert gases into said connected first and second airflow chambers under sufficient pressure to power an integrated micro-motor, the insertion of said refrigerant means into said connected first and second airflow chambers being made through at least one hypodermic port means provided on the exterior of said cover means;
circulating said refrigerant means through said first and second air flow chambers via said micro-motor to maintain storage temperatures within said sealable concave receptacle means from about 37� F. to about 34� F.
18. The process of claim 17 wherein said living biological matter comprises living human biological tissue.
19. The process of claim 17 wherein said living biological matter comprises human whole blood.
20. The process of claim 17 wherein said preservation-enhancing medium means is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethyl starch, amantadine and gel acrylamide.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 385,368, filed Jul. 27, 1989 now abandoned.
The failure of mammalian tissue to carry out its expected metabolic functions can occur as a result of known causes such as e.g., disease, congenital defect, natural causes, etc. The ability to surgically excise malfunctioning or biologically deceased tissue and subsequently replace the removed tissue with comparable replacement tissue from a tissue donor has been known in the medical field for many years. Similarly, various processes of transfusing healthy whole blood, collected from willing donors for placement into recipients whose blood supply has been naturally or artificially depleted, due either to a trauma related accident or disease, have been recognized in the medical field.
Biological tissues, including organs and whole blood, or its separate component fractions, hereinafter referred to collectively as biological matter, cannot survive outside of their natural environment without some form of storage or preservation.
Biological degradation of the removed biological matter begins almost immediately while awaiting implantation or introduction into a recipient, as the excised matter is subjected to new environments possessing varied concentrations of familiar and foreign gases and liquids. In an attempt to minimize such degradation due to the altering of the biological matter's delicate metabolic balance, many theories, to date, have been advanced. However, none of the existing technology resulting from these preservation theories has provided a satisfactory solution to the problem of "long-term" biological matter preservation. It should be understood that "long-term" storage or preservation in this field translates into preservation of the 1) living biological tissue and 2) whole blood, without significant biodegradation or other loss of its natural functional capability, for a period of time no less than ten days and sixty days respectively.
Early attempts to preserve excised tissue used some form of cryogenic treatment whereby the biological tissue or organ was frozen, then thawed. The problems of crystal formation, and molecular expansion causing cell rupture prompted investigators to first drain the excised tissue of its natural fluids and replace them with a plasma-like perfusate designed to behave as an "anti-freeze" within the organ or tissue. Significant problems remained, however, with respect to the perfusate. Many perfusates caused allergic reactions in the recipient and often led to the outright refusal of the organ tissue by the recipient's immune system.
The often encountered need to transport biological matter, in a preserved form, has led to further complications. Recipients, who are often in a weakened condition themselves, must hurriedly travel to the site of the excised organ, or, as is the usual case, the biological matter must be shipped to the site of the recipient.
There are currently available so-called "portable" biological transportation devices that maintain the metabolic function of the biological matter in transit, by either freezing the organ/tissue; i.e. bringing the temperature of the organ/tissue to 0� C., or flowing a simulated plasma or perfusate through the organ, often at a low temperature, but above the freezing point. These transportation methods have met with reasonable success. However, the necessary time frame involved from organ/tissue excision to actual transplantation remains extremely short; usually an organ can be artificially preserved ex vivo for only 24-72 hours. As a result, recipients domiciled in outlying geographic areas often suffer the additional financial hardship of extensive travel, on short notice, to receive a transplant. In many instances, potential recipients are determined by the geographic location of the donor, making transplant operations a practical impossibility for many individuals in need of such treatment.
As stated in my earlier U.S. Pat. No. 4,473,552, there is also a need to preserve and transport mammalian whole blood in a process that does not require the damaging freezing step for such preservation. Simple refrigeration which only maintains blood in a usable condition for 21 days, is also unsatisfactory. Therefore, there is a need for a suitable container or support system to preserve blood at refrigeration temperatures in a suitable transportable container for a duration exceeding 60-days.
The known methods of living biological tissue preservation and transportation require either freezing the tissue after a pretreatment with a suitable perfusate to retard the otherwise damaging effects of the low temperatures required, or, continuously pumping a liquid or gaseous perfusate through the tissue to nourish it at temperatures above that of freezing. Various containers, some of which are conceivably transportable, have been devised to carry out these tissue preservation methods.
One early device, described by Peterson in U.S. Pat. No. 3,810,367, comprised a container designed to have a human organ placed in a sterile saline solution in one compartment, and kept at 0� C. by a separate underlying ice-containing compartment. The organ compartment contained a removable liner comprised of materials inert to animal tissue. Toledo-Pereyra in U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,295 proposed another hypothermic organ storage unit that reduced the metabolic rate of the excised organs to be stored by maintaining the surrounding temperature within the storage receptacles from between 0� to 7� C. Ice was disclosed as the chilling means. The presence of a draining means, through which melted ice water could be removed, represented an improvement in the field. A further ice-cooled organ preservation device was described by Toledo-Pereyra in U.S. Pat. No. 4,242,883. This device also used ice to chill the container holding the organ awaiting transplantation (liver), as well as the perfusate being pumped through the organ. The device allegedly preserved the organ ex vivo for 24 hours. Bauer et al., in U.S. Pat. No. 4,745,759 describes a portable organ storage unit comprised of a thermoelectric (AC/DC) refrigeration system designed to maintain the temperature of the perfusate solution pumped through the stored organ at 4� C.
Chilled gases have also been used as a refrigeration means in connection with organ storage devices. Toledo-Pereyra, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,471,629, proposed the use of chilled helium perfused into a kidney while the organ was subjected to a pressurized nitrogen environment. In this patent, the organ is frozen to a temperature between -70� and -140� C. A thawing format using microwaves is suggested. The disclosure of de Roissart, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,607,646 contemplates the use of an inert gas environment to surround an excised organ awaiting transplantation while simultaneously reducing the amount of excess oxygen from the perfusion fluid. Exposure of the organ to amounts of oxygen in the perfusion fluid of more than 10 percent is disclosed as having adverse effects on the organ's preservation. Kraushaar, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,008,754 teaches the use of an inert gas, both to fill the organ to be preserved, and as its surrounding atmosphere, prior to freezing the organ to temperatures below -100� C. As is well known, any device which employs temperatures below 0� C. is of little practical value for biological matter preservation because significant deterioration of the matter sought to be preserved is known to occur as a result of the freeze/thaw cycle.
The present invention provides a wider range of significant advantages over the prior art devices and methods for living biological matter preservation. It is applicable to the preservation of mammalian organs and other living biological tissue, as well as whole blood, or any component of such that contains or comprises living cells. The present device further uses a pneumatically powered micro-motor to recirculate a compressed air or pressurized inert refrigerant. This lowers the temperature of the chamber, or concave receptacle well containing the biological matter, to 1�-3� C. (or 34�-37� F.), thus eliminating the need for the elaborate thawing protocol made necessary when temperatures reach or drop below the freezing point. The use of a air, or recirculated inert gas refrigerant assures that the biological contents are cooled evenly, thus eliminating the danger of unequal temperature gradients within a preservation container. Such temperature differentiation can damage the living biological matter being preserved. When ice is used as the cooling agent, even the use of the best thermal conductive materials for the containers may allow a temperature gradient to exist within the container which endangers the viability of the preserved biological matter.
The presence and amount of available oxygen contained in the device is closely monitored by use of a sensor and readout means. A preferred preservative is hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or any preservative solution that will block and form a barrier surrounding healthy cells. The preservative completely surrounds the biological matter and fills the receptacle well thereby further inhibiting excess oxygen/ biological matter interaction.
The entire device is transportable. The micro-motor is powered by pneumatic bursts of circulated air or inert gas. The bursts are triggered by integrated instrumentation powered by a rechargeable battery pack. The device can also be used for stationary storage and have its micro-motor powered by pneumatic pressure supplied by the introduction of additional pressurized inert gases such as e.g., nitrogen, into the container via injection ports. The method of use and operation of the device is simple and inexpensive. The living biological matter stored in this invention can be preserved at ordinary refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time, far greater in duration than contemplated in the prior art. Whole blood may be kept indefinitely according to the procedures disclosed herein, and other biological tissue including organs or living cells may be maintained in transplantable condition for a minimum of ten days. The metabolic processes of the stored living biological matter are, in effect, drastically lowered during preservation, and are restored in viable, usable form and returned to a body temperature of 98.6� F.
The invention disclosed, broadly pertains to storage receptacles or chambers for transportable biological matter preservation and storage receptacles or chambers. Such a receptacle is comprised of a two-part construction. The lower part consists of the chamber or well containing either a sterile solution or a preserving gel into which is placed the organ or other biological matter to be preserved. An open-and-close plastic lid, molded into and being the top part of the well covers the chamber, and the upper portion of the device fits over, and locks onto the lower portion by a circumferentially threaded means extending around the upper portion and fitting into the lower portion. A stainless steel retaining rim, with a pressure lock, fits over the upper portion, locking it to the lower portion.
The two portions are designed and molded to create an empty airflow chamber which extends around the biological matter well, such that an even unidirectional airflow can be created around the well containing the biological matter. The biological matter is preserved in a preserving medium, maintained at refrigeration temperatures of from 1� to 3� C. The chilling agent is a pressurized air or inert gas introduced initially through gas injection ports located in the upper portion of the base member of the device, and circulated continuously through a sealed outer chamber surrounding an inner concave receptacle well, into which the biological matter to be preserved is placed. The inert gas coolant is continuously circulated by means of a micro-motor made of a low friction, low mass material, such as silicon, which may be operated in its stationary mode via pneumatic pressure when the device is connected to a pressurized inert gas source. When the unit is being transported, a rechargeable battery unit maintains proper coolant circulation by triggering a pneumatic burst of air or inert gas to the micromotor such that the desired motor speed is maintained. The battery also powers the oxygen sensors and readout means as well as any supplemental sensory instrumentation.
The concentration of available oxygen allowed in the empty outer air flow chamber is restricted to levels equalling between 1/4 to 4% oxygen by volume based on the total volume contained in the airflow chamber and is closely monitored through the use of an oxygen sensor and readout means. Such careful regulation of the oxygen level is crucial to the sustained performance of the micro-motor which is extremely sensitive to any density changes in the gas mixture circulating in the airflow chamber. Allowing concentrations of oxygen to vary outside of the stated limits will cause the temperature of the biological contents contained within to leave the critical range of 34�-37� F. In addition, as with any plastic, oxygen will, over time penetrate inward through the outer plastic shell of the unit while the device is in its stationary storage phase. Such a minute increase in oxygen concentration would also affect the density of the coolant mixture being circulated by the micro-motor through the air flow chamber. Therefore, since even a small increase in the oxygen content could cause the micro-motor to increase its optimum number of revolutions per minute (rpms), the aforementioned oxygen sensor with its readout means is programmed to alert technicians to admit additional inert gas through the proper injection port, or alternatively,the sensor may automatically trigger the pneumatic burst thus eliminating a proportionate amount of unwanted oxygen through the oxygen port. The plastic employed will not readily allow such oxygen permeation, but since the unit may be used to store blood and other living biological matter for indefinite periods of time, such provisions for oxygen permeations are anticipated in the design.
In one preferred embodiment, the starch derivative (HES) is added in situ in the presence of the material to be preserved. If gelling is desired, a gelling agent, i.e., of the acrylamide type may be used. As stated in my earlier U.S. Pat. No. 4,473,552, biological matter containing living cells has been incorporated in the HES, at preferably 38� F., for an indefinite period.
The storage container disclosed herein allows the swelling, gelation and storage of the living biological matter in a solution to be conducted in an environment devoid of oxygen, since all air is excluded from the container well. In such an environment, the biological matter stored therein may be maintained for an indefinite period of time.
FIG. 1 is a top view of the preservation container.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the micro-motor unit.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the preservation container showing air flow direction and the storage well.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the lower portion of the preservation container with the upper latex portion removed.
A transportable closed-system two piece biological matter preservation and support system 1 constructed of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane or other inert plastic, etc. is shown in FIG. 1 from an overhead view, wherein a cover upper portion 2 consists of a micro-motor assembly 3 visible within the transparent lucite shield 4. A fiberscoptic meter readout 5 displays the oxygen content in the empty airflow chamber (FIG. 3) which is sensed by an oxygen sensor 6 (see FIG. 1 for fiberscoptic meter readout 5 and oxygen sensor 6). Since no additional oxygen is allowed into the system, the only oxygen present in the system is in the biological matter being preserved. A suitable readout means for a weight sensor (not shown) is also contemplated for the purpose of monitoring the weight of the biological contents being preserved. The weight of the contained biological matter should remain constant if biodegradation has ceased. The removable upper portion 2 also has twin insertion ports 7 for introduction of suitable inert gas refrigerant or compressed air either hypodermically, or through a larger introduction means (not shown). The refrigerant may be nitrogen, freon, helium, or other inert gas. External circumferential threading secures together the two portions of the container. A stainless steel retaining rim (not shown) surrounds a structural lip 8 from both the upper and lower portions of the container with a pressure lock. A transparent lucite shield 4 is molded into the upper portion of the container and the rechargeable battery pack 10 which powers the instrumentation with digital readout 22, is located on the underside of the upper portion 2.
FIG. 2 shows the micro motor assembly 3 in greater detail. The micro-motor 3 is made with low-friction, low-mass compounds, such as silicon, which facilitates the capability for achieving extremely high and sustained revolutions per minute (rpm) with a minimum of pneumatic force applied to the gears 11 of the motor 3. The teeth 12 of the gears 11 are also clearly shown. The inert gas introduced to the system through the injection ports 7 has its airflow path directed to the micro-motor assembly 3 via pneumatic pressure supplied initially which sets the motor 3 into nearly frictionless, virtually "self-sustaining" motion known to range up to 24,000 rpms from a single pneumatic blast of air directed to the motor 3 via a hypodermic syringe (not shown) into the injection ports 7. The micro motor, now in motion, is designed to direct the airflow away from the motor 3 and therefore continually circulate the air, or inert gas mixture around the empty air flow chamber 13 shown in FIG. 3 which surrounds the well 9 containing the biological matter to be preserved at a preferred temperature of 37�-34� F.
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional side view of the polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane, or other inert plastic biological container 1. The lower portion 14 contains a molded concave receptacle, well or chamber 9 comprised of a holding system containing a sterile preservation enhancing medium solution or gelling solution 15 into which is placed the organ or other living biological matter (not shown) sought to be preserved. The preservation-enhancing medium may be an hydroxyethyl starch solution (HES), or a suitable extracellular blocking agent, such as an amantadine or a suitable gel-acrylamide. It is contemplated that a segment of thymus tissue may be stitched to the biological matter being preserved to assist in the tissue's acceptance in the recipient's body. The well 9 is covered by a resealable plastic lid 16 which can be unfastened and pulled back by its tab 17 to accommodate insertion of the biological matter. The lid 16 may then be returned to a sealed configuration by locking into place. A solid latex or other inert plastic structure 20 extends down and rests directly upon the lid of the concave receptacle well which contains the biological matter being preserved. A temperature sensitive means 21 extends down through the solid latex portion of the upper portion of the device and contacts the plastic lid 16 that covers the well 9. The temperature means 21 attached to a suitable readout means, gives an accurate continuous temperature readout of the contents of the well.
The area located between the inside of the concave well 9 and the outer plastic shell of the lower portion 14 and upper portion 2 is comprised of an inert plastic material. In the transportable phase, a refrigerant such as freon would be inserted in the empty airflow chamber and circulated via the micro-motor. When the unit is prepared for stationary storage of the biological contents, the freon may be removed and replaced with other inert gases such as nitrogen, demagnetized helium, etc. The airflow maintains a directional path under the well, up through an air tunnel opening 18 at the top of the upper portion of the unit 2, across the top of the well 9, through the micro-motor 3 and into the said air tunnel opening 19 at the opposite end and again around the concave well 9. The airflow must pass the micro-motor 3 and, is then forceably directed back through the indicated airflow cycle in a unidirectional fashion.
FIG. 4 depicts a longitudinal overhead view of the lower portion 14 of the storage unit showing the biological container well 9. It is contemplated that the lower portion 14 of the containing unit which holds the living biological matter will be disposed of after the biological matter contained within has been removed and is either transplanted or otherwise placed into a recipient. However, it is further contemplated that the upper portion 2 of the unit, which contains all instrumentation, the micro-motor 3 and battery pack 10 will be reuseable. Once the biological contents of the lower portion are removed from the storage well 9 and used, the entire lower portion of the device may be discarded. The ability to reuse the upper portion of the device is cost efficient and also conserves space which would be important on long distance space travel where payload and other available cargo space are significant factors that must be considered.
The ability to slow the natural metabolism of living human biological matter through chilling in a proper medium to a temperature above the freezing point causes the biological deterioration of the living tissue, blood, organ or other group of living cells to stop. It is therefore contemplated that indefinite storage and transport of various biological matter will serve to facilitate numerous medical procedures at great distances from suitable donors, and storage will be viable for future space travel, as the containers may be stored for long periods on space stations.
It is further contemplated that as human blood supplies which are known to be healthy and free from unwanted factors, such as the HIV I-II and Hepatitus viruses, fall into shorter supply, the invention will serve to store the healthy blood indefinitely, thus reducing the risk of relying on blood transfusions from an ever depleting supply. A derivative of the white blood cells such as the amantadine molecule, could be added to an HES or gelled preserving medium to any undetected HIV virus, by forming a barrier to prevent HIV penetration of healthy cells and would thus allow acceptability of biological matter in the preserving medium.
While the present invention has been described with respect to its various and preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit such invention by the description given. Various alternative ways of proceeding and various embodiments, not specifically described, will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it is intended that they be embraced within the scope of the invention, insofar as the appended claims may permit.
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I really love the dress, but her hair looks a little too yellow.
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she looks amazing... not to thin either. I love her healthy look.
buggyslice 8 years
She looks great!
crispet1 8 years
Classy dress--wouldnt expect anything less from her. Her hair, styled this way, makes her look too Barbie blond.
sashak 8 years
I think she looks great! The center part does nothing for her nose, but other than that is is awesome! _________________________________ Let the feast of 1000 hams begin!
sofi 8 years
There is something about the cut of that dress that is wrong. I usually love her fashion sense but this is a little awkward to me.
the-makeup-blogette 8 years
wat does she have to do with the grammys? as justin's partner? anyway, her make up could be better here. nice dress. overall, love it.
mommie 8 years
She looks better in the photo then she did live.
jifaner 8 years
Yay! She toned down the boobs and lips!
puddinpie 8 years
I like the dress a lot, actually. She lost a bit of weight, and her famous chest shrunk a lot! I saw some side shots of her on another website, and she looks like a small B-cup now.
flutterpie 8 years
i think she looks really good, but i dont know if its her makeup or what but her face looks weird to me flutter-the one, the only, accept no substitutions
kscincotta 8 years
Hmm. Maybe I am seeing something different, but to me, this dress on her comes off matronly. The short sleeves are cutting her arms at an odd point, and I just don't understand the cut-outs. And the shoes aren't right on her. Maybe if it was strapless I would have liked it better? I do like her hair and make-up though, and I usually don't, so that's something.
LaLaLola 8 years
Lovely, but she always looks good.
rubialala 8 years
Cute dress.
britter7819 8 years
my favorite girl of the evening!! i love her, she looked great. THE BEST DRESSED and she doesnt even belong at the grammy's!
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01/23/2015 - 03/21/2015
01/23/2015 - 03/21/2015
Outreach: 1974-1984 is the first solo exhibition in Chicago of video and television works by the pioneering, overlooked Argentine artist Jaime Davidovich, curated by Daniel Quiles. This show examines the dynamic ten-year period in which Davidovich transitioned from formalist experiments with installation and video to producing public-access cable television programs.
Born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Davidovich first exhibited paintings in 1958 and moved to New York City in 1963, where he developed a mode of post-minimalism based around the application of strips of adhesive tape to gallery walls. In the early 1970s, Davidovich began to use videotape as well, gradually began producing his own videos that methodically reflected on his immediate environment in downtown New York City: his studio and the city block directly outside it. In 1976, he became a founding member of Cable SoHo, one of the earliest initiatives toward artist-made television, and in 1978 became president of the Artists' Television Network. Between 1979 and 1984 he produced The Live! Show for the Manhattan Cable Television, on which he appeared as his TV personality, Dr. Videovich—a specialist in television addiction. Throughout this period, certain of Davidovich's projects, among them La patria vacía (Empty Fatherland, 1975) and Evita Then and Now: A Video Scrapbook (1984), reflected on ongoing political problems in Argentina from an expatriate's perspective.
Three programs of Davidovich's work will rotate over the course of the six-week exhibition. Each of these will feature work from a range of dates that attests to rapid transformations in the artist's sensibility and technological possibilities.
Jan. 23 – Feb. 7
3 Mercer Street, 1975
Outreach: The Changing Role of the Art Museum, 1978
The Live! Show, QUBE Episode, 1982
Feb. 10 – Feb. 28
Walking SoHo, 1975
SoHo Presents Television 1977, 1977
Adventures of the Avant-Garde, 1981
Mar. 3 – Mar. 21
La patria vacía, 1975
The Gap, 1982-83
¡Saludos Amigos!, 1984
Evita Then and Now: A Video Scrapbook, 1984
The exhibition will also include works on paper, archival materials from the artist's communications with both art and broadcasting institutions and a collaboration with ACRE TV, where works by Davidovich will be incorporated into ACRE TV's thematic broadcast stream Direct Object/Direct Action and will be installed and broadcast in the gallery during the run of the exhibition.
Daniel Quiles is an Assistant Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he teaches courses on the postwar art of the Americas. He received his Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2010, and is currently completing a book manuscript titled Ghost Messages: Argentine Conceptualism, 1965–72. He is also an art critic who writes for Artforum, Burlington Magazine, among others. He was a 2003–2004 Critical Studies Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program, and recently received a 2013 Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.Special thank you to Henrique Faria New York.
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Latham Zearfoss' immersive sound installation in the Project Room revolves around the consensual, the hopeful, the tentative and tenuous YES, through an echoing reverberation of layered recordings of the repeated word. For Zearfoss, affirmation is ritual. Our digital lives form around the most minute likenesses and passing acknowledgments; a marginal creed of yes-ness permeates our social networks and forms of interactions. But how does the interconnectivity of the isolated potentially re-inscribe that same isolation, by creating platforms of easy approval? Here, the human need to be seen and heard is validated as call – "do you hear me?" – and response – "yes, yes we do."
1/29: You and Me, Us and We: An Artist's Ramble by Latham Zearfoss with Abigail Satinsky
3/12: YES REMIXED: an evening of responsive movements and interventions
3/21: INSIDE VOICE: a sound art program curated by Sharmyn Cruz-Rivera and Latham Zearfoss
Latham Zearfoss is an artist and cultural producer living and working in Chicago. His artwork often centers on reclaiming historical, mythological and open-source texts, and revising them to incorporate radical notions of love and sex, possibility and probability. His commitment to art and activism has also manifested in the creation of sporadic, temporary utopias like Pilot TV and Chances Dances. Lathamgraduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in 2008 and the University of Illinois at Chicago with an MFA in 2011. He has exhibited his work internationally and all over the U.S.


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Witchcraft. Need I say more? AFFO, Anal, Angst, BP, Exhib, HJ, Oneshot
Heero and his friends go to a haunted mansion for a project, but when Quatre and Heero start to have visions of a ghost in a blood stained kimono, things turn very bad for them Abuse, Anal, Angst, AU/AR, B-Mod, Death, Language, M/F, M/M, Other, Tort, Violence, WIP, Yaoi
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Trunks comes out to his dad. Bi, COMPLETE, NoSex
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Fic 4 in the Equine Arc. Having achieved his goal of riding at the Olympics, success has opened many new doors for Heero. Anal, Angst, HJ, M/M, Oral, Rim, Solo, WAFF, WIP
Heero is the eldest son of the King of Colonia. His 21st birthday is approaching and as tradition dictates his betrothed is soon to arrive. However he is also bound by tradition to select his own personal slave. Anal, Angst, AU/AR, BDSM, Bond, HJ, M/M, Oral, Slave, WIP, Yaoi
Within the ranks of Frieza and Cooler's successor, a Saiyaness comes to terms with her past. Prequel to a RP. Abuse, Angst, BDSM, B-Mod, CR, D/s, Dom, Fingering, H/C, HJ, Humil, M/F, M/s, MiCD, Minor2, OC, Oral, Rape, Slave, Tort, Violence, WIP, Xeno
(Vegeta/Goten) 2 y. post-DBZ. Vegeta has been living happily w/Goten for a year, but lately has been melancholic. He confides to Goten, unaware of being overheard by ill-intentioned ears & of the catastrophe to follow. Anal, Angst, BDSM, Bond, COMPLETE, D/s, Fingering, H/C, HJ, M/M, MiCD, Oral, S&M, Toys
DuoXTrowa match up! It's several years since they'd saved the world from Dekim Barton and things have changed... Anal, H/C, HJ, M/M, Oral, UST, WIP
9up!Tired of fighting, Goku has left on a soul quest, leaving he gang happy and sad, but when a newcomer comes and brings news of a new planet, they pack up the pot and head off for a strange adventure! Will Goku be able to find them? Yaoi Yaoi, TransV, Inc
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Quatre is feeling neglected. Anal, COMPLETE, Oneshot, PWP
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Joe Spork spends his days fixing antique clocks. The son of infamous London criminal Mathew Tommy Gun" Spork, he has turned his back on his family's mobster history and aims to live a quiet life. That orderly existence is suddenly upended when Joe activates a particularly unusual clockwork mechanism. His client, Edie Banister, is more than the kindly old lady she appears to be—she's a retired international secret agent. And the device? It's a 1950s doomsday machine. Having triggered it, Joe now faces the wrath of both the British government and a diabolical South Asian dictator who is also Edie's old arch-nemesis. On the upside, Joe's got a girl: a bold receptionist named Polly whose smarts, savvy and sex appeal may be just what he needs. With Joe's once-quiet world suddenly overrun by mad monks, psychopathic serial killers, scientific geniuses, and threats to the future of conscious life in the universe, he realizes that the only way to survive is to muster the courage to fight, help Edie complete a mission she abandoned years ago and pick up his father's old gun...
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