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Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior
- Dates: June 24, 2011 through October 2, 2011
- Collections: Asian Art
Hinduism is an ancient and complex religion, constantly evolving as it absorbs and reinterprets many different belief systems. Hinduism is polytheistic, with thousands of different gods and goddesses. Over time, three deities—Vishnu the Preserver, Shiva the Destroyer, and Devi the Great Goddess—have attracted large sectarian followings. For his or her worshippers, the favored deity is the Supreme Power, who is served by all other gods; alternately, the many gods are understood as diverse aspects of the primary deity.
Among the three supreme deities, Vishnu is the most multifaceted, and his character and nature have grown more complex with each century. Although he is celebrated as the great creator of the cosmos, he most often serves as its preserver, descending to save the world—and lesser gods—from powerful demons and other threats. He assumes many different shapes in his quest to maintain order, including a number of limited, earthly bodies called avatars. Although the avatars have individual talents and personalities, they are usually said to share Vishnu's signature skin tone: the blue distinguishes them from mere humans, and it reflects the god's association with the vast expanses of sea and sky as well as his usually cool, tranquil approach to saving the world.
Vishnu has been worshipped for more than two thousand years throughout India, and today his devotees, known as Vaishnavas, can be found all over the world. The god and his avatars have been the inspirations for countless great works of art and literature. This exhibition focuses on works of art from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and is organized by theme, with objects in radically different forms, styles, and media appearing together. It offers an introduction to the sophisticated artisanal practices that developed in varied regions over the course of about 1,600 years while revealing the many ways that one of Hinduism's most important deities was portrayed and celebrated.
Joan Cummins
Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art
In Hinduism, supreme deities such as Vishnu are thought to be so vast, varied, and brilliant that their form is incomprehensible to mere mortals. These deities reveal themselves to devoted followers in smaller, more approachable bodies. It is these forms that appear in art. Most depictions of Hindu gods look like humans, but better, with special physical traits that reflect their superior powers.
When Vishnu reveals himself in his primary form, he always has blue skin. While this feature is not portrayed in most stone and bronze sculptures, other identifying characteristics are included. Vishnu wears the tall crown, jewels, and wrapped skirt (dhoti) of an early Indian prince. He often has more than two arms: extra hands represent the ability to do many things and to reach in many directions at once. He holds his preferred weapons and emblems: conch shell, discus, lotus, and mace. Whereas other gods are shown swaying gracefully, Vishnu stands straight, a reference to his role as a maintainer of balance.
In Hinduism, all deities wear or carry special objects that signify aspects of their individual personalities and allow us to identify them. In addition to his blue skin and straight posture, Vishnu can be identified by the four objects he holds. Most gods and goddesses carry a favorite weapon that they use in battles against demons: for Vishnu these are the discus or wheel (called a chakra) and the mace. Vishnu blows the conch shell like a trumpet, while his lotus is an emblem of transcendence. Occasionally one of the objects will be omitted in a representation of Vishnu so that he can make an expressive hand gesture, known as a mudra, signifying reassurance or the granting of wishes.
For the worshippers of Vishnu, the god's four attributes are so important that sometimes they are revered as separate deities. Vishnu is the only Hindu god whose attributes are personified in images, shown as servants standing at his side.
Hinduism identifies the masculine with the intellect and spirit, and the feminine with emotions and physical energy. The two are complementary and necessary to the well-being and continuity of the cosmos. There are many goddesses in Hinduism. Some are powerful warriors, while others are loving wives and mothers. Icons that depict the gods with their wives allow the worshipper to celebrate masculine and feminine aspects of the divine at the same time.
Most Hindu gods have at least one wife, whose personality reflects and balances that of the god. Vishnu's primary consort is Lakshmi, an extremely popular goddess who promotes wealth and good fortune. Vishnu is sometimes shown with two wives, Shri Devi and Bhu Devi, who are really Lakshmi split into two complementary parts. It could be said that while Vishnu tends to the well-being of the cosmos, his wives tend to the more humble daily needs of mankind.
Distinct from the worship of wife or consort goddesses is a more esoteric tradition in which the feminine aspect (shakti) of each major Hindu god takes form as a separate goddess. Vishnu's feminine manifestation is a volatile goddess called Vaishnavi.
Every Hindu deity has an animal that he or she rides: Shiva has a bull, Durga has a lion, and Vishnu has an eagle, whose name is Garuda. These animal vehicles reflect aspects of the god's character. A figure of a deity's animal mount is often enshrined just outside the entrance to the god's temple to face the icon of its master.
Like Vishnu, an eagle swoops down to earth from above, attacking enemies with deadly precision. Images of Vishnu mounted on Garuda usually show the exciting moment when the god appears from above to save the day. Garuda is often depicted as part-man, part-bird, with a human face and arms but with wings, talons for feet, and a beaklike nose. With his speed, strength, flying power, and unswerving dedication to his lord, Garuda has been a popular emblem for kings and their armies for millennia, and the bird can be found on flags, thrones, and airline logos from Mongolia to Bali.
The objects in this section illustrate narratives that reveal the great scope of Vishnu's power and influence. Usually when he descends to earth, Vishnu takes the more limited form of an avatar, but at the moments of cosmic creation and destruction, and in select rescues, he acts in his primary form.
In the Indian tradition, painting is far more likely than sculpture to play a storytelling role, so in this section dedicated to narratives of the legends of Vishnu we will begin to see fewer sculptures and more paintings. There were three major types of painting in premodern India: murals (not represented in this exhibition), large-scale paintings on cloth, and smaller paintings on paper. The paintings on cloth were either displayed temporarily in temples or used by bards to provide visuals for storytelling performances. The paintings on paper often served as illustrations for texts, sometimes bound into manuscripts; many shown in this exhibition were originally part of large series. They are sometimes called miniature paintings, but many are actually quite large.
Vishnu's most distinctive trait is his choice to act through avatars. These earthly manifestations are less glorious than the god, have finite bodies, and are usually mortal. Vishnu's descent from the heavens in the form of an avatar may be compared to his reaching his hand down: the hand is fully Vishnu, but it is not the god in full.
Most Hindu texts list ten avatars: nine past avatars and one scheduled to arrive in the future. Some Hindus believe that Krishna is more than a mere avatar and do not include him on the roster. The most commonly depicted avatars are the following:
MATSYA the fish
KURMA the tortoise
VARAHA the boar
NARASIMHA the man-lion
VAMANA the dwarf
PARASHURAMA the Brahmin
RAMA the king
KRISHNA the cowherd prince
BALARAMA the brother of Krishna
BUDDHA the preacher
KALKI the avatar of the future
When all ten avatars are shown together, often as small figures surrounding a central image of Vishnu, they serve as illustrations of the god's manifold powers, or as a celebration of the many times that Vishnu has saved the world.
Vishnu's first descent to earth, then a new world consisting primarily of oceans, was as a fish, named Matsya. Although he receives relatively little attention from worshippers, Matsya is celebrated for two heroic deeds.
In one story, Matsya is summoned by the god Brahma, who is the keeper of the Vedas, Hinduism's most ancient scriptures. A demon named Hayagriva has stolen the sacred texts and hidden them at the bottom of the ocean. Matsya defeats Hayagriva and returns the Vedas to their rightful guardian.
In the second story Matsya saves Manu, the progenitor of all men, from a great flood. Manu finds a small fish and takes care of it until it grows to an enormous size. The fish reveals himself to be an avatar of Vishnu and then rewards Manu by warning him that a great deluge is coming. He tells Manu to bring the most learned Hindu sages, plus two of each type of animal, aboard a boat and tether it to the great fish. With Matsya's help, Manu and his passengers survive to repopulate the earth.
Among Vishnu's avatars, Kurma the tortoise has the least developed personality, and as a result he is probably the least worshipped. However, the tortoise (also called a turtle) participates in one of Hinduism's most important stories.
The legend begins not long after Creation, when an influential sage cursed the gods, causing them to lose some of their powers to the demons. The gods appeal to Vishnu, who tells them to churn the ocean much as people churn cream for butter. They tie a giant snake, Vasuki, around a mountain and pull back and forth on it, causing the peak to rotate like a churning paddle. Vishnu becomes Kurma the tortoise to support the spinning mountain on his back.
The churning produces fourteen magical things, including the nectar of immortality. The gods and demons are supposed to share the nectar, but Vishnu fools the demons out of their portion; as a result, the gods become immortal and the demons do not.
Vishnu descends as Varaha at the request of Manu, the ancestor of men, because the earth is sinking into the ocean. The Varaha avatar is a giant wild boar, a form suitable for digging down into the water in order to sniff out the earth beneath. Indian hunters have long admired wild boars for their strength and bravery, and Varaha is treated as a dashing superhero, with a muscular body and gallant personality.
Varaha dives into the ocean, grabs the earth—usually shown as the goddess Bhu—and emerges, usually with the goddess hanging from one of his tusks or seated on his shoulder. He places the earth on the surface of the ocean, where she remains to this day. In many accounts, Varaha also battles and defeats a demon named Hiranyaksha, who wants the earth to drown.
Varaha is one of Vishnu's most popular avatars. The boar appears prominently among the sculptures on Vishnu temples and sometimes has temples of his own.
Vishnu assumes the hybrid form of the man-lion Narasimha in order to kill a powerful demon named Hiranyakashipu. As is often the case with Vishnu's demon foes, Hiranyakashipu starts off as a dedicated practitioner of yoga and meditation. The god Brahma rewards the demon by granting his wish that he be invincible by man or beast, indoors or out, on earth or in the heavens. Hiranyakashipu then wreaks havoc, so the gods turn to Vishnu for help.
The demon's son, Prahalada, is a devout worshipper of Vishnu. Mocking his son's dedication, the demon asks, "If Vishnu is everywhere, is he even in this column holding up the roof?" When the son answers yes, Hiranyakashipu kicks the column and Vishnu instantly emerges from it in a ferocious form, with the body of a man and the teeth and claws of a lion. Narasimha—who is neither man nor beast—drags Hiranyakashipu to the threshold—neither in nor out—and places him upon his divine lap—between earth and heaven. He rips open Hiranyakashipu's abdomen and pulls out his entrails, putting an end to the demon's reign of terror.
The most fearsome of Vishnu's avatars, Narasimha nevertheless enjoys a relatively large following, and Indian warriors have long compared themselves to him.
In his first fully human avatar, Vishnu comes to earth as a dwarf in order to defeat a demon named Bali. After making elaborate ritual sacrifices and honoring Brahmin priests in exchange for their blessings, Bali gains excessive power. When he seizes the kingdom of heaven, the gods go to Vishnu for help.
Vamana dresses in the humble clothes of a young Brahmin scholar and approaches the demon, who asks him what he might do to gain the Brahmin's favor. Vamana asks him for a parcel of land, only as big as he can cover in three steps. Bali grants the apparently puny request, whereupon the dwarf reveals himself to be Vishnu, gigantic and powerful. The god takes three steps, covering all the earth with the first, all the sky with the second, and all the heavens with the third. Vishnu becomes master of all creation and Bali loses everything, although Vishnu later gives him a small kingdom to rule.
Trivikrama, Taker of the Three Steps, is perhaps Vishnu's most ancient identity, celebrated in the first Hindu scriptures.
Parashurama, the vengeful Brahmin, is perhaps Vishnu's least sympathetic avatar, but he represents an ancient and important Hindu belief in the necessity of maintaining order and balance among the classes, or castes. He descends because all of earth's kings, who are members of the warrior (kshatriya) caste have become intoxicated with their own power and are failing to acknowledge the superiority of the priestly or Brahmin caste.
Born to the sage Jamadagni and his wife Renuka, Parashurama proves his unyielding sense of right and wrong at an early age. Later, King Kartavirya, a member of the warrior caste, visits Parashurama's family compound and steals their most prized possession, a wish-granting cow. The Brahmin tracks down the king and kills him by cutting off the king's many arms. The king's sons avenge Kartavirya's death by killing Parashurama's elderly father. Parashurama then dedicates his life to the punishment and humiliation of the warrior caste.
Rama the prince is one of Vishnu's most important and revered avatars. He is the hero of the Ramayana, an immensely popular epic recorded in Sanskrit about 300 b.c.e. and later retold in many Indian dialects and in countless pageants, films, and television series.
Rama is born on earth as a prince to defeat the demon king Ravana, who had been granted a wish that he would be invincible by man or god (but not by a man-god). Political machinations cause him to be exiled to the wilderness, where he lives happily in the forest with his wife, Sita, and brother, Lakshmana. When the king of the demons, Ravana, kidnaps Sita, Rama locates her with the aid of a clan of monkeys. After a long war, Rama's troops vanquish the demons. Then the term of his exile ends, and he assumes his father's throne and rules well for many years.
Levelheaded, brave, and morally blameless, Rama became a model for all Hindu kings and for the royal courts of several Southeast Asian countries as well. Nevertheless, he did not enjoy a strong sectarian following until the fourteenth century or later, and there are few if any early temples dedicated solely to him. Today he is adored by many as a promoter of Hindu values and a foe to enemy invaders.
Rama's most helpful ally, the monkey general Hanuman, is one of Hindu literature's most delightful characters. Hanuman is the son of the wind god, but he retains many monkey characteristics, including the ability to leap long distances and a playful, even mischievous quality that serves as a foil for Rama's upright seriousness.
Hanuman jumps across the ocean to Lanka to find Sita; he sets the demon capital ablaze; and he retrieves an herb from the Himalayas to heal the wounded Rama and Lakshmana. In later versions of the story, he emerges as Rama's greatest devotee.
Hanuman was not widely worshipped until recently, but today he is extremely popular as the possessor of magic powers of healing and good fortune. His devotees come from every sector of Hindu society, and much of Hanuman worship has little or nothing to do with worship of Vishnu.
Krishna appears in early lists of the ten avatars, but later he is often replaced by his brother. This is because Krishna attracted a very wide following, and his devotees consider him to be more than an avatar, equivalent or identical to Vishnu, the god in full.
Krishna's earthly biography is more extensive and detailed than that of any other avatar, even Rama. Krishna is born into a royal family but his parents send him to be raised in the countryside to protect him from a murderous uncle. It soon becomes clear that Krishna is superhuman, and he is much beloved by his adoptive community. He spends his youth carousing in the pastures and fighting the occasional demon. He eventually leaves the cowherds, kills his uncle, and assumes his rightful throne. The Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism's most important scriptures, is preached by Krishna during this mature period.
As Krishna grows older, his divine charisma makes him irresistible to women. Devotees of Krishna often use romantic love as an analogy for their feelings about the god, and Krishna's relationship with his favorite milkmaid (gopi), Radha, is explored in great depth by India's poet-saints.
Few temples or sculptures were dedicated to the god before about 1000 c.e. Since that time, however, Krishna's devotees have become some of India's most avid patrons of the arts.
When Balarama is included in lists of Vishnu's avatars, he is celebrated almost entirely as Krishna's older brother. Nevertheless, Balarama has ancient origins as a hero-deity with a complex personality.
As a child, Balarama is sent to the same pastoral community that Krishna subsequently joins, and the two grow up together. In paintings Balarama is identified by his white skin. Many accounts say that Krishna is the incarnation of Vishnu, while Balarama, his lifelong supporter, is the incarnation of Vishnu's giant serpent, Shesha, on whom the god reclined while creating the cosmos. Because of Balarama's association with Shesha, he is often depicted with a cobra hood behind him.
Krishna is mischievous, but he rarely makes mistakes; Balarama, by contrast, is sometimes too impulsive. His signature deed, performed after Krishna has left the cowherds, is the plowing of the Yamuna River. Balarama is usually depicted holding a plow, shaped like a long sickle or hook. This attribute appears in the most ancient images of the god, suggesting his origins as an agrarian deity.
According to some texts, Vishnu's ninth avatar is the Buddha, ancient founder of the Buddhist religion. He is the only avatar who can be traced to a historical period, about 500 b.c.e., when, as an Indian prince named Siddhartha, he preached an alternative to Hinduism.
The Buddha avatar is not a recognition or absorption of the rival religion's ideas. Rather, his story asserts that Hinduism, not Buddhism, is the true religion. The Buddha avatar descends to defeat a group of demons and other lowly types who have gained too much power through study of sacred Hindu texts. He convinces them to embrace the new creed and reject the Hindu teachings, causing them to lose their power.
The Buddha avatar receives little attention among Hindus. He is usually depicted simply standing or sitting; paintings often show him as a temple icon on an altar, receiving worship.
Vishnu's final avatar has not yet arrived. Hindus believe that we are currently living in a decadent period, when all that is good in Creation is gradually dissolving in preparation for the great Destruction that will end it all.
The last avatar, Kalki, will usher in the end of this phase and the beginning of the new, better era. He will be born to a Brahmin family and trained under an earlier avatar, Parashurama, who is said to remain on earth. The god Shiva will grant Kalki a white horse that can change its shape, a parrot that knows everything about the past and future, and a powerful sword. Kalki will battle the forces of delusion and sloth, saving a handful of righteous individuals to repopulate the earth.
Kalki is not extensively worshipped except as part of the larger group of avatars. He is always depicted with his horse and sword.
Even among the very earliest Hindu sculptures we find images of Vishnu with four faces. The central face is that of his primary form, placid and apparently human. The faces at either side are usually those of a boar and a lion. Sometimes there is another face at the back, or it is simply implied. The identity of these complex figures is a matter of considerable debate among modern scholars. It is likely that different images have different identities, depending on where they were made, or that their meaning has changed over the years.
Multiheaded Vishnus are usually identified as representations of Vaikuntha, a form of Vishnu that combines the many avatars in a single body. In this interpretation, the boar and lion heads are understood to be the avatars Varaha and Narasimha. In addition, however, early texts celebrate a four-fold form of Vishnu that has little if anything to do with the avatars. Vishnu is said to have created four successive versions of himself, called vyuhas, each less vast and ethereal and therefore easier to comprehend than its predecessor. According to the texts, the fourth vyuha, the smallest and most concrete, creates the universe.
Vishnu assumes many different forms to address the needs of the cosmos. Similarly, his worship assumes varied forms in accordance with the needs of his followers. Hinduism is ever evolving, adding new ideas and practices in response to the teachings of influential religious leaders, local traditions, and economic, political, and technological change.
This section includes images that depict the people who pray to Vishnu and the places where they pray, as well as the objects that they have used during prayer. The diverse selection of objects barely scratches the surface of Vaishnava tradition. Many visual forms are not represented here, and there are numerous Hindu practices that do not involve the use of art objects. These include meditation and yoga, Vedic sacrifice, the study of sacred texts, music and dance, charitable acts, and any number of daily prayers, annual festivals, and rites of passage that are performed in homes throughout the world using nothing more than a pot of water or the flame from an oil lamp.
Beginning in the fifteenth century, devotees of Krishna identified a small group of figures of the god as earthly manifestations of the divine, something like avatars in sculptural form. The most celebrated of these miraculous icons is Shri Nathaji, an image of Krishna raising Mount Govardhana above his head with one hand. This icon is enshrined in a large temple at Nathadwara, where it is worshipped during a rigorous schedule of festivals and rites, each accompanied by elaborate decoration of the shrine area.
The signature method for decorating Shri Nathaji's shrine is the picchawai, a large painted cloth that hangs behind the icon, usually decorated in a manner pertinent to a season or holy day. Most of these picchawais were made by workshops of artists located near the temple. These same artists also developed a thriving industry making small paintings and picchawais as souvenirs for pilgrims. Featured at the center of these images is Shri Nathaji, a distinctive black stone figure with bright white painted eyes, usually dressed in seasonal clothing.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Indian publishers began to mass-produce inexpensive, full-color images using the new technology of chromolithography. The best-selling images were those of Hindu deities, and many were installed in home and office shrines. Although some publishers enlisted traditionally trained artists to design their images, many employed painters who practiced the Western styles that were being taught at new art schools in India's major cities. Proficient in oil painting and one-point perspective, these artists created compositions that combine Hindu subject matter with Western pictorial conventions.
Literally thousands of chromolithographs have survived from the first half of the twentieth century. Many are close copies of previously released compositions and many were poorly printed. The Vaishnava images shown here were selected for their artistic merits and for the novel or unusual treatments of their subject matter.


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Police find little cooperation in stabbing incidentBy Lucia Suarez
STAFF WRITER | January 03,2013KILLINGTON The stabbing of a Massachusetts man during a Killington party early New Years Day remains a mystery to police.
Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Butch Abdelnour said Wednesday investigators are coming up short on new information regarding the incident that left 32-year-old Dennis Walsh of Woburn, Mass., with multiple stab wounds and a laceration to his head.
Nobody is cooperating, said Abdelnour, adding that Walsh also was not cooperating with the investigation. When we were taking photos of his injuries he would put his arm up so we would not take photos. In his statement he said I know what happened that night and no I am not telling.
The detective said police have names of a handful of people they still need to talk to about the party Tuesday morning, but had nothing new to report.
Its still a mystery, Abdelnour said.
Police responded to the party at 3593 East Mountain Road at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a call about a man covered in blood found in snowbank outside. Police said the man in the snowbank, identified as 32-year-old Joseph Tannetta of Massachusetts was uninjured, but covered in blood that was not his.
Police said Walsh was taken to Rutland Regional Medical Center by friends at the party. He was treated and released later that day.
Of the roughly 100 guests at the party, police said the ones they interviewed were uncooperative, with some saying there had been some sort of fight, but none saying they had witnessed it.
Lt. Charles Cacciatore said Tuesday afternoon that there was significant blood in the snow pile near Tannetta and in the car that took Walsh to the hospital, but no evident blood trail. He said police were not even sure whether the incident began at the party or one of the neighboring buildings.
He added that there was no indication of drug activity at the party.
Abdelnour said most the partygoers had cleared out when police arrived to the house, adding that about 15 to 20 people were still at the house.
The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the state police at 773-9101.
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Above: Pierson Senior Ronald Aucapina and his award.
By Claire Walla
Last month, Pierson High School senior Ronald Aucapina was issued an award for stellar academic achievement.
"Across the board, Ronald was recognized by the faculty as being a successful student," said Pierson High School Vice Principal Gary Kalish, who added that Aucapina currently maintains a grade point average of 93 percent.
Aucapina, who works part-time at Schiavoni's Market and has been described as "studious, quiet and calm," is well deserving of praise, Kalish continued. But, his achievements are particularly worth noting for one important reason: Aucapina is a former ESL (English as a Second Language) student.
In fact, he's the only former ESL student graduating from Pierson with honors this year.
Aucapina received his award at a special meeting last month, which was conducted in Spanish for parents of ESL students, or former ESL students like Aucapina. This was the second Spanish-language meeting held this year.
According to Pierson ESL Teaching Assistant Fausto Hinojosa, Aucapina's recognition marks a great achievement.
Hinojosa noted the glaring absence of former ESL students who have managed to make the Pierson honor roll in the past five years. While in 2011 two students earned honors status, in 2008 and 2009 only one former ESL student made honor roll. And in 2010 that number was zero.
Since returning to the Sag Harbor School district last January after spending four years on the West Coast, Hinojosa has worked with the ESL population (including non-ESL students from Spanish-speaking homes) to try to improve these statistics.
"It's my tremendous desire to see Spanish kids reach those levels," he said.
On a daily basis, Hinojosa floats between classrooms during the school's academic support period to check-in with students whom he knows may need extra help. He may stop off in a classroom to talk to a teacher about a particular student's performance, or check in with the school guidance counselor along the way, but he ultimately ends up in the library. There, he sits down with students to make sure they're doing their homework and — most importantly — that they understand their assignments.
Sometimes he helps students who are simply struggling academically. However, Hinojosa said he often faces a much bigger problem.
"There's a philosophical issue here," he began. "For many reasons — reasons I don't understand — when many of these kids reach that level [of academic achievement], they feel uncomfortable and they don't want to be there."
Hinojosa, who also taught in Newport Beach, Calif., said this problem is not restricted to Pierson, though it's certainly felt in the district.
"We're working so hard to get these kids to produce," he added. "It's an unbelievable struggle."
As for Ronald Aucapina, Hinojosa said the honor roll student rose through the academic ranks in part because of his desire to do well, but also because he had a great deal of family support. This is where the Spanish-language meetings come into play.
Making sure parents are involved in their children's academic lives is a "crucial" part of success, Hinojosa said. And for roughly 50 ESL families at Pierson Middle/High School, engaging directly in the school community would not be possible without the ability to overcome the language barrier.
To date, Hinojosa has been able to organize three meetings in Spanish at Pierson: one in the 2010-11 school year and two in this academic year. The meetings are modeled after standards adopted in California, where Spanish-language meetings are mandatory for any public school with a student body with over 25 percent Spanish speakers or students from a household where Spanish is the primary language. (Spanish-language meetings are not mandated in the state of New York.)
Drawing a regular crowd of about 20 parents, Hinojosa said the meetings have been very successful so far, and he hopes the trend continues. Hopefully, he added, there will be more students like Ronald Aucapina in the future.
In an interview last month, Aucapina said he will attend the University of Rhode Island in the fall, where he'll study biology. He hopes to eventually study medicine and become a physician.


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Missed opportunity: UFC considered alligator and shark-filled moat instead of Octagon for UFC 1
As we approach Ultimate Fighting Championship's twentieth anniversary next month, it seems an appropriate time to look back on the storied history of the world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) organization.Read this account from UFC co-founder Rorion Gracie and weep, fans of privately held companies one has no financial stake in making as much money as humanly possible (via Fighter's Only):
We thought of a moat with alligators. We thought of an arena with sharks around. We seriously thought about an electric fence. But we couldn't in case one guy pushed the other into the moat and he'd get chewed up. We laughed at it, but in Hollywood your mind travels and we just thought of every different possibility... Eventually I settled on the Octagon.


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This morning's Wall Street Journal covers a growing trend in which companies are using software and algorithms to make hiring decisions, cutting out the traditional job application and in person interview processes.
It is a fascinating read. It also reinforces the notion that there really are no limits to what software can disrupt, where software can make an impact. It was also interesting to me, because, little known fact about me, based on a multiple choice test, I was once declared not qualified to become a junior stock broker trainee. More on that below…
I will be interested in watching this trend evolve. In particular, I'm interested to watch and learn how prospective applicants react to this. Potentially in a bad job market, people are more willing to take a test and try to 'beat the box,' relative to what they might have done in the past. I'd love to see whether sites pop up where applicants try to share information on how they answered questions during the test, and what worked. Gaming of a system always happens, and in this realm, I'd assume that'll happen too. I'm going to figure as well that job placement firms and job coaches / counselors etc. will in time evolve to help job seekers how to "Look Your Best, When Taking the Test." This all sounds a little silly when I think about it, but in a very real and serious sense, as you shift this behavior to software, you start to realize that all sorts of second order behavior will change along with it.
For my own part, though I was always really good at test taking, I'm really glad that (hopefully) I won't have to do this to get a job. Very early in my 20s, some good friends of mine got me a job interview at one of the big stock brokerage firms in Boston. The opportunity was to join the training program for stock brokers, basically to start cold calling. I knew next to nothing about the stock market, but that didn't really seem to matter. What mattered to those I interviewed with was that I could connect with them, was a good communicator, clearly worked hard, etc.
On the basis of the first day of human interviews, the feedback was that I'd done great, and they were hoping to make me an offer. I was waiting tables at the time, so I felt like I was getting a lead on working on Wall Street. I envisioned Michael J. Foxx in the movie The Secret of My Success, Charlie Sheen in Wall Street. That was me, baby. I'd arrived!
The one step between that first day of in person interviews and getting an offer was a basic test that they wanted me to take. Reflecting back on it, I think this test was something like a Myers-Briggs profile. It asked questions like, "if you have a free evening would you rather read a book or spend it with friends?" Things like that: no wrong answers. As someone who'd made a lifetime of crushing standardized, fill in the bubble type tests, this was a breeze. I was in and out in about 30 minutes. Didn't think a thing of it, shook hands with everyone on my way out as I envisioned weekends on Nantucket and lying in a solid gold bathtub filled with dollar bills. We were all fired up–they were excited for me to start, and I thrilled to have a real job and not have to wait the breakfast shift at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge (where I was working at the time).
A few days later, I got a phone call. That phone call said, Jay, we'er really sorry but based on the results of this test, we don't think you're really someone who's a great long-term fit as a stock broker. Bummer, nho gold-plated bathtub for me!
I'd forgotten all about this until my brother in law reminded me of it a few months ago. We had a huge laugh about it–and I can barely contain laughter as I think about it now. Though I'd been deemed unfit to be a stock broker, in all honesty, not beating the box that day was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.


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#2 The Invisible Empire - May 1934
Read by Richard Epcar. Liner Notes by Will Murray
Before James Bond was ever imagined, Jimmy Christopher was the bravest, boldest and best-equipped secret agent any nation ever had!
From out of the pages of
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In 1934, with Hitler consolidating power in Germany and the Japanese Empire on the rise in Asia, young pulp publisher Harry Steeger decided that the American public was ready for a magazine chronicling the exploits of an undercover agent dedicated to defending the United States from foreign aggressors. With his editors, Steeger came up with a title,
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James Christopher did not technically belong to the U. S. Secret Service. He was a top agent for an America's unnamed Intelligence Service. It was in his blood. His father, John Christopher, retired from the same agency years before. Answerable only to his superior, Z-7, and carrying a letter from the President of the United States identifying him as Operator #5, Jimmy Christopher played for keeps. He carried a rapier sewn into his belt, and in a golden skull hanging from his watch-chain was a reservoir of poison to be taken in the event of capture.
Aided by a small group of trusted assistants, ranging from his twin sister Nan to scrappy street urchin Tim Donovan, Jimmy Christopher was a one-man defense force. Proud and patriotic, expert marksman and swordsman, he was the best America has to offer in a time of severe trial.
Originally written by master pulpsmith Frederick C. Davis, the
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Unseen, impregnable, the strange war engine of a foreign power hovered over America, waiting the fatal moment to hurl death upon a thousand cities and towns. Foredoomed to destruction and desolation before the ravaging hordes of the Yellow Empire, bleak despair gripped the nations millions. And then men held their breath in agonizing hope as Operator #5, single-handed, seized the last grim chance to save the United States!
Into this unprecedented crisis plunged Jimmy Christopher. Only one man, but a man who embodied the American spiritand stands prepared to perish to protect his country.
This Total Pulp Experience audiobook contains all three stories from the second issue issue of
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#2 The Invisible Empire
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Chapter 1: Warning from the Sky
Chapter 2: Threat of the Yellow Empire
Chapter 3: Marked for Death!
Chapter 4: The Flying Dead
Chapter 5: Saffron Menace
Chapter 6: Fortress in the Sky
Chapter 7: Mystery Tanks
Chapter 8: Plunge Through Space
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Chapter 10: Terror in the Streets
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Chapter 19: The Voice of a Nation
Short Stories
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011
My New Baby
Hello All I like to introduce you all to my new baby who we got today we called him Thumper he is a Bassettcock which is half Bassett hound & half Cocker Spaniel he colouring is called Blue Roam
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Ooooooo, Janice, he's adorable!!! Just PRECIOUS!!! I love his little face; it just seems to invite snuggles. His markings are so-o-o-o beautiful. If his temprament is half as good as he handsome, you definitely have a winner with Thumper. CONGRATULATIONS!
- 27 December 2011 at 18:12
- luv2quilt2 said...
What a beautiful puppy! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas.
- 27 December 2011 at 21:20
- QuiltSue said...
He looks so cute. I love him.
- 28 December 2011 at 11:04
- Patty said...
A is for adorable! Had to come see what everyone is talking about. What a handsome little guy:)Bet his ears are as soft as velvet!
from 'neath the steel gray skies of VT,
the Vermonster
- 28 December 2011 at 15:48
- Chris H said...
OOOO he is adorable!
- 28 December 2011 at 23:37
- Quiltingranny said...
Too cute and I love his color. I hope he doesn't bay like a hound though, that can be unnerving to those who aren't used to it. I know he will be spoiled to pieces!
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We have a week ahead of us where record temps will sweep across the most vulnerable parts of our country as far as bushfires go.... it will be a week where we will wait with fingers crossed that the worst will not come to bear.
I guess we all look to Victoria with concern after the last terrible bushfires... but I guess we never really thought Tasmania (that little island at the bottom) would be the one to burn first. I think what saved so many of these people is that they could run to the beach to escape the fires.
South Australia, parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland, Western Australia will record temps around 47C and above !!(they have already had weeks of temps in the low to mid 40C's and have a history of devastating bushfires).. and of course all states already have quite a number of bushfires burning.
Its all lining up like a powder keg ready to explode. And in so many states. Most areas are rated "catastrophic alert" not just with the temps and low humidity, but 70klm winds coming. (which as like a fan forced oven..or a blowtorch)
Queensland's south east looks okay for now (seriously... when you start being grateful for temps in the high 30C's to low 40C's due this week you KNOW there is something very wrong everywhere else) but the rest of Queensland is set to roast.
Celsius = Fahrenheit
40 - 104
41 - 105.8
42 - 107.6
43 - 109.4
44 - 111.2
45 - 113
46 - 114.8
47 - 116.6
48 - 118.4
49 - 120.2
Australia loses more people to heat stroke death than any other natural disaster... and I guess we take it for granted to protect ourselves (oh gods I become an overbearing mother during heatwaves... "drink water" "stay out of the sun") but the first and foremost concern here is to be so very aware of not making a spark, lighting a fire, etc. because while you can to some degree try to stay cool (and alive) there isnt much you can do if a wall of flame is heading your way. (YES! They are warning people to put their fire plans into effect and BE prepared but they are worried so many havent done it).
Fingers crossed for the next week.
And this isnt even the hot part of our year.
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SOUTH WINDSOR—A tense standoff with police ended early today when Richard Shenkman emerged from his burning house on Tumblebrook Drive, hours after his wife escaped from the home where she had been held hostage since Tuesday morning.
Nancy Tyler, who was taken hostage by her ex-husband about 9 a.m. Tuesday in Hartford, escaped from the house at 8:27 p.m.
As the house burned police called to Shenkman to leave. By 9:55 p.m., the house was engulfed in flames, and gunshots rang out again.
"He keeps yelling, 'Shoot me, shoot me,' as if he wanted someone to kill him," South Windsor police Cmdr. Matthew Reed said.
Police put Shenkman into an ambulance after he left the house.
Shenkman is expected to appear in court in Manchester this morning.
Police believe Shenkman, 60, took Tyler hostage around 9 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of her workplace at CityPlace in downtown Hartford. He allegedly brought her to the house at 96 Tumblebrook Drive, and by 11 a.m., police had cordoned off the house and evacuated the neighborhood as Shenkman threatened to harm his hostage and blow up the house.
Tyler made it out of the home safely around 8:27 p.m., into the arms of police officers who whisked her out of harm's way. It was initially unknown whether she escaped or was set free, but she was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford after police debriefed her.
Shenkman and Tyler were scheduled to be in Superior Court in Hartford Tuesday morning for yet another round in their protracted divorce. He had repeatedly refused a judge's order to vacate 96 Tumblebrook Drive and turn it over to Tyler.
"Today was D-Day," said his attorney, Hugh Keefe, on Tuesday.
Instead, police said, he kidnapped her from the parking lot of CityPlace in downtown Hartford, where she works as an attorney at the law firm of O'Brien, Tanski and Young, and took her to 96 Tumblebrook Drive to make his stand.
He was armed and warned police the house was wired with explosives.
Up to 50 officers surrounded the house, which police said had six cameras that looked as if they had been hastily mounted on its exterior.
"It looks like it had been fortified, quite frankly, to keep people from seeing in, as if he was preparing for some sort of standoff," Reed said.
Shenkman allegedly set fire to a 115-year-old Victorian beach house in East Lyme in 2007 moments before he was supposed to give it to Tyler. In April, he was charged with forging Tyler's signature on life insurance documents, police said.
"I want Nancy to walk out of here," Shenkman said in a telephone call to a New London Day reporter during the standoff on Tuesday. "I know I'm never leaving this alive. I'm going to leave in a body bag. I've lost everything in my life."
Police said a woman, who sources later identified as Tyler, called a friend about 9 a.m. Tuesday and said she had seen her ex-husband in the CityPlace parking lot and asked her friend to call police. When police responded, Reed said, the woman's car was gone, but a blue van believed to be her ex-husband's was found on Haynes Street, outside CityPlace.
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