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Jewish ethics stands at the intersection of Judaism and the Western philosophical tradition of ethics. Like other types of religious ethics, the diverse literature of Jewish ethics primarily aims to answer a broad range of moral questions and, hence, may be classified as a normative ethics. For two millennia, Jewish thought has also grappled with the dynamic interplay between law and ethics. The tradition of rabbinic religious law (known as halakhah) addresses numerous problems often associated with ethics, including its semi-permeable relation with duties that are usually not punished under law.
Jewish ethics may be said to originate with the Hebrew Bible, its broad legal injunctions, wisdom narratives and prophetic teachings. Most subsequent Jewish ethical claims may be traced back to the texts, themes and teachings of the written Torah.
In early rabbinic Judaism, the oral Torah both interprets the Hebrew Bible and delves afresh into many other ethical topics. The best known rabbinic text associated with ethics is the non-legal Mishnah tractate of Avot ("forefathers"), popularly translated as "Ethics of the Fathers". Similar ethical teachings are interspersed throughout the more legally-oriented portions of the Mishnah, Talmud and other rabbinic literature. Generally, ethics is a key aspect of non-legal rabbinic literature, known as aggadah. This early Rabbinic ethics shows signs of cross-fertilization and polemical exchange with both the Greek (Western philosophical) ethical tradition and early Christian tradition.
In the medieval period, direct Jewish responses to Greek ethics may be seen in major rabbinic writings. Notably, Maimonides offers a Jewish interpretation of Aristotle (e.g., Nicomachean Ethics), who enters into Jewish discourse through Islamic writings. Maimonides, in turn, influences Thomas Aquinas, a dominant figure in Catholic ethics and the natural law tradition of moral theology. The relevance of natural law to medieval Jewish philosophy is a matter of dispute among scholars.
Medieval and early modern rabbis also created a pietistic tradition of Jewish ethics (see references, below). This ethical tradition was given expression through the mussar literature. The Hebrew term mussar, while literally derived from a word meaning "tradition," is usually translated as ethics or morals.
In the modern period, Jewish ethics sprouted many offshoots, partly due to developments in modern ethics and partly due to the formation of Jewish denominations. Trends in modern Jewish normative ethics include:
In terms of descriptive ethics, the study of Jewish moral practices and theory is situated more in the disciplines of history and the social sciences than in ethics proper, with some exceptions (e.g., Newman 1998).
Monogamy is the ideal (Gen. ii. 24). Marriage within certain degrees of consanguinity or in relations arising from previous conjugal unions is forbidden; chastity is regarded as of highest moment (Ex. xx. 14; Lev. xviii. 18-20); and abominations to which the Canaanites were addicted are especially loathed.
Virtue is believed to flow from the recognition of God, therefore idolatry is the progenitor of vice and oppression.
The non-Israelite is within the covenant of ethical considerations (Ex. xxii. 20; Lev. xix. 33). "You shall love him as yourself," a law the phraseology of which proves that in the preceding "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (Lev. xix. 18) "neighbor" does not connote an Israelite exclusively. There was to be one law for the native and the stranger (Lev. xix. 34; comp. Ex. xii. 49). Non-Israelites were not forced to follow the Israelite faith.
The family plays a central role in Judaism, both socially and in transmitting the traditions of the religion. To honour one's father and mother is one of the Ten Commandments. Jewish families try to have close, respectful family relationships, with care for both the elderly and young. Religious observance is an integral part of home life, including the weekly Sabbath and keeping kosher dietary laws. The Talmud tells parents to teach their children a trade and survival skills, and children are asked to look after their parents.
Adultery, incest, and homosexuality are prohibited in the Torah (Leviticus 18:6–23). Prostitution is forbidden.
The reputation of a fellow man is sacred (Ex. 21:1). Tale-bearing and unkind insinuations are proscribed, as is hatred of one's brother in one's heart (Lev. 19:17). A revengeful, relentless disposition is unethical; reverence for old age is inculcated; justice shall be done; right weight and just measure are demanded; poverty and riches shall not be regarded by the judge (Lev. 19:15, 18, 32, 36; Ex. 23:3).
Even animals have a right to be treated well (Ex. 23:4), even ones that might belong to one's enemy.
The prophets preached that the people of Israel were chosen by God because of the virtues of the Patriarchs, having been "alone singled out" by God; in this view, choseness means that the Jewish nation's conduct is under more rigid scrutiny (Amos 3:1-2) than other nations. Israel is seen as the "wife" (Hosea), or the "bride" (Jer. 2:2-3) of God; in this view, the laws of Judaism are a covenant of love (Hosea 6:7). This leads to the corollary that idolatry is an adulterous abandoning of God. From this infidelity proceeds all manner of vice, oppression, untruthfulness. Fidelity, on the other hand, leads to "doing justly and loving mercy" (Micah 6:8).
Kindness to the needy, benevolence, faith, pity to the suffering, a peace-loving disposition, and a truly humble and contrite spirit, are the virtues which the Prophets hold up for emulation. Civic loyalty, even to a foreign ruler, is urged as a duty (Jer. 29:7). "Learn to do good" is the key-note of the prophetic appeal (Isa. 1:17); thus the end-time will be one of peace and righteousness; war will be no more (Isa. 2:2 et seq.)
Ben Azzai says: "The Torah, by beginning with the book of the generations of man, laid down the great rule for the application of the Law: Love thy neighbor as thyself" (Lev. 19:18; Midrash Genesis Rabbah 24)
Rabbi Simlai taught "Six hundred and thirteen commandments were given to Moses; then David came and reduced them to eleven in Psalm 15.; Isaiah (33:15), to six; Micah (6:8), to three; Isaiah again (56:1), to two; and Habakkuk (2:4), to one: 'The just lives by his faithfulness'."
Jewish ethics denies self-abasement. "He who subjects himself to needless self-castigations and fasting, or even denies himself the enjoyment of wine, is a sinner" (Taanit 11a, 22b). A person has to give account for every lawful enjoyment he refuses (Talmud Yer. Ḳid. iv. 66d).
Man is in duty bound to preserve his life (Berachot 32b) and his health. Foods dangerous to health are more to be guarded against than those ritually forbidden.
A person should show self-respect in regard to both his body, "honoring it as the image of God" (Hillel: Midrash Leviticus Rabbah 34), and his garments (Talmud Shabbat 113b; Ned. 81a).
One must remove every cause for suspicion in order to appear blameless before men as well as before God (Yoma 38a).
Man is enjoined to take a wife and obtain posterity (Yeb. 63b; Mek., Yitro, 8). "He who lives without a wife lives without joy and blessing, without protection and peace"; he is "not a complete man" (Yeb. 62a, 63a), and for it he has to give reckoning at the great Judgment Day (Shab. 31a).
The Talmud denounces as fraud every mode of taking advantage of a man's ignorance, whether he be Jew or Gentile; every fraudulent dealing, every gain obtained by betting or gambling or by raising the price of breadstuffs through speculation, is theft (B. B. 90b; Sanh. 25b). The Talmud denounces advantages derived from loans of money or of victuals as usury; every breach of promise in commerce is a sin provoking God's punishment; every act of carelessness which exposes men or things to danger and damage is a culpable transgression.
The Talmud extends far beyond Biblical statutes responsibility for every object given into custody of a person or found by him. A rabbi in the Talmud opines that putting one's fellow man to shame, in the same category as murder (B. M. 58b), and brands as calumny the spreading of evil reports, even when true. Also forbidden is listening to slanderous gossip, or the causing of suspicion, or the provoking of unfavorable remarks about a neighbor.
"A good deed brought about by an evil deed is an evil deed" (Suk. 30a).
The Jewish concept of peace, or shalom, is not a passive ideal, but can only be achieved through truth, justice, and mercy. Aaron, the elder brother of Moses, is regarded as a role model for maintaining peace between individuals. He would go separately to two quarrelling individuals and tell them how much the other wanted to make peace between them. Jews believe that they should always work for reconciliation, and that the same ethics apply between nations. They believe that war is avoidable if justice prevails, and should be avoided if at all possible. However, defence, particularly of life, home, or belief, is permissible if other attempts at resolution have failed. War fought to build an empire or take revenge on others is strictly forbidden. Jews are expected to treat their enemies with care and thought (Proverbs 25:21, Kings 2 6:21–23).
Peace is everywhere recommended, and urged as the highest boon of man (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xi.; Talmud Pesachim i. 1.) Hatred, quarreling and anger are condemned as unethical, and potentially leading to murder.
From the thought of a holy God emanated four virtues: (a) Chastity ("tzeniut" = "modesty"), which shuts the eye against unseemly sights and the heart against impure thoughts. Hence R. Meïr's maxim (Ber. 17a): "Keep your mouth from sin, your body from wrong, and I {God} will be with thee." (b) Humility. The presence of God rests only upon the humble (Mek., Yitro, 9; Ned. 38), whereas the proud is like one who worships another god and drives God away (Soṭah 4b). (c) Truthfulness. "Liars, mockers, hypocrites, and slanderers can not appear before God's face" (Sotah 42a). (d) Reverence for God. "Fear of God leads to fear of sin" (Ber. 28b), and includes reverence for parents and teachers.
The Rabbis decreed against Essene practice, and against advice given in the New Testament, that one give away much, most or all of their possessions. Since they did not expect a supernatural savior to come and take care of the poor, they held that one must not make themselves poor. Given that nearly all Jews of their day were poor or middle-class (even the rich of that time were only rich relative to the poor), they ruled that one should not give away more than a fifth of his income to charity, while yet being obligated to give away no less than 10% of his income to charity (Ket. 50a; 'Ar. 28a). Many folios of the Talmud are devoted to encouragement in giving charity (see, for example, B.B. 9b-11a; A.Z. 17b; Pes. 8a; Rosh. 4a), and this topic is the focus of many religious books and rabbinic responsa.
Jews do not actively convert others to Judaism; in fact conversion to Judaism is a lengthy and difficult process. They are respectful of other religions, but cannot actively approve of religions that appear to promote idolatry or immorality.
Jews believe that Gentiles who follow the Noachide code, the minimum ethical and religious requirements for all non-Jews, will be equally recognized by God. The laws of the Noachide code are: do not engage in idolatry; do not engage in blasphemy; do not murder; do not steal; do not commit acts of sexual immorality; do not cause excessive pain to animals (e.g. eating a limb torn from a living animal); and establish courts of justice.
The greatest sin of fraud, therefore, is that committed against a non-Israelite, because it leads to the reviling of God's name. The desire to sanctify the name of God leads one to treat adherents of other creeds with the utmost fairness and equity.
Respect for one's fellow creatures is of such importance that Biblical prohibitions may be transgressed on its account (Ber. 19b). Especially do unclaimed dead require respectful burial (see Burial in Jew. Encyc. iii. 432b: "met miẓwah"). Gentiles are to have a share in all the benevolent work of a township which appeals to human sympathy and on which the maintenance of peace among men depends, such as supporting the poor, burying the dead, comforting the mourners, and even visiting the sick (Tosef., Giṭ. v. 4-5; Giṭ. 64a).
Friendship is highly prized in the Talmud; the very word for "associate" is "friend" ("chaver"). "Get thyself a companion" (Abot i. 6). "Companionship or death" (Ta'an. 23a).
Trees and other things of value also come within the scope of rabbinical ethics, as their destruction is prohibited, according to Deut. xx. 19 (Talmud, tracate Shabbat 105b, 129a, 140b, et al.)
Consideration for animals is an important part of Judaism. It is part of the Noachide code. Resting on the Sabbath also meant providing rest for the working animals, and people are instructed to feed their animals before they sit down to eat. At harvest time, the working animals must not be muzzled, so that they can eat of the harvest as they work. All animals must be kept in adequate conditions. Sports like bullfighting are forbidden. Animals may be eaten as long as they are killed as painlessly and humanely as possible using the method known as shechitah, where the animal is killed by having its throat cut swiftly using a specially sharpened knife. Jewish butchers have a special training in this which must meet the requirements of kashrut. Animals may also be used in medical research if it will help people in need, and if the animals do not undergo any unnecessary suffering.


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Holiday Countdown #7: Time Capsule Ornament
By Jackie Burrell
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 10:36 am in Crafts, holidays.
Too. Cute. A time capsule ornament that captures all the excitement and joy of baby's first Christmas, and every holiday afterward too. The idea, say our friends over at Family Fun Magazine, is to use those snap-together plastic ball ornaments as a holder for mementos. Here, they've put in a photo of baby, plus family recollections and loving notes scrawled onto color-coordinated, fortune cookie-sized slips of paper. Snap it shut and hang it. The balls can be opened every Christmas and their contents enjoyed all over again. Get the instructions here, along with loads of other fun holiday ideas.
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VOIP Phone Systems – Affordability and Functionality
VOIP phone systems can now enable the homeowner or business owner to make and receive long distance calls domestically or worldwide effectively and cheaply. Here is more info on the key features and benefits of these systems.
These phone systems utilize a technology called voice over IP which enables voice communications over an Internet connection. They have effectively replaced the need for land line communications with their associated high costs.
VOIP has allowed users to make and receive calls for very low cost but high quality performance. The modern VOIP phone systems integrate this technology with phone systems designed to accommodate many users in a single operation.
For a traditional office environment, these systems can include a main switchboard where calls feed into and then are distributed to selected users. Other features such as call transfer, call waiting, and voice mail are normally included in these phone systems.
So you have all the benefits of a traditional office phone system with the cost savings associated with using VOIP technology. The use of this technology enables some interesting enhancements as well.
Instead of storing voicemails on tape, the messages are in digital form and can therefore be accessed through the Internet or sent to cell phones or even converted into a text message. This means if you receive a call at the office, you are never really out of touch.
From a control standpoint these phone systems have great advantages as well. Managers can retrieve detailed reports listing outgoing calls, incoming calls, timing, voice mails, etc. any time they want without having to wait for month end reports from carriers.


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CRESTVIEW - A 28-year-old Crestview woman is accused of leaving a 9-year-old child at home alone with drugs in the residence.
Crestview Police officers were called after the child knocked on a neighbor's door at 2:18 a.m. on Aug. 10, according to the arrest report. The child said he was scared and unable to find Christal Leigh Scott.
The child told officers that Scott had put him to bed earlier after giving him two white pills, the report said. The child woke up around 1 a.m. and couldn't find anyone else in the home.
He stayed by himself for a while, but then became scared and walked to the neighbor's house, according to the report. Officers were eventually able to contact the child's grandmother, who was able to contact Scott.
Scott came in about 40 minutes after police arrived, stating that she'd just run to the store for five minutes to get cigarettes, the report said. She eventually said she'd gone to visit a friend for a while.
She said the pills she'd given the child were aspirin, according to the report. Officers went into the home to allow the child to get clothing and check for other children.
Instead, they found a "glass smoking device" and a contact lens container with crack cocaine on the nightstand of the master bedroom, the report said.
Scott is charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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A christian perspective at valentine day
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Due to overwhelming demand I have posted the entire Top 2010 Art Market Trends series in one post. Hope you enjoy !!!
Top 2010 Art Market Trends Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com
1. Arte Povera: The Arte Povera trend that took hold in 2010 has more to do with the concept of "Arte Povera" as opposed to the actual artists involved in the movement. The trend also extends to the work of other artists whose work embodied the concepts of Arte Povera such as Art Brut artists and naive artists. Without a doubt this has been the most dominant and most visible trend of 2010.
According to the Tate Modern website:
"The name (Arte Povera) means literally 'poor art' but the word poor here refers to the movement's signature exploration of a wide range of materials beyond the quasi-precious traditional ones of oil paint on canvas, or bronze, or carved marble. Arte Povera therefore denotes not an impoverished art, but an art made without restraints, a laboratory situation in which any theoretical basis was rejected in favour of a complete openness towards materials and processes"
The glossy, blingy art that has dominated the market for years has given way to a desire for the more gritty and raw work of artists such as Lucio Fontana, Helio Oiticica, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alighiero Boetti, Piero Manzoni, Jean Dubuffet etc. The un-primed slashed canvases of Fontana, the graffiti style of Basquiat, the artist's shit of Piero Manzoni and the unusually textured canvases of Dubuffet all represent artists who took a stand against the commercialism of the art market – a stand that collectors have taken up as they turn their back on the current commercialism of the art market.
Interestingly, the Tate Modern opened galleries dedicated to the Arte Povera movement in May 2009. According to a Tate press release "The central space of the new Energy and Process wing will be devoted to a selection of works made by artists in the 1960s and 1970s. The term Arte Povera was coined by the art critic Germano Celant to describe the activities of Italian artists who used the simplest means to create poetic statements based on everyday life. Seen as a reaction against the commercialism of the art market, the work demonstrated a keen appetite to use commonplace or 'poor' materials and new processes."
2. Naive Art: The naive art trend is closely related to the Arte Povera trend with work produced by "naive" artists often resembling the work of Arte Povera artists. The work of artists who produce work in a naive style such as Basquiat, Dubuffet and Antonio Ligabue has proven to be extremely popular of late with many auction records being broken. A new auction record for Ligabue, one of the most famous 20th century naive artists, was set on the 24th of November 2010 when his 'Autoritratto, olio su faesite' sold for €152,000 against an estimate of €50,000-70,000.
3. Latin American Art: Although there was a general trend towards nationalistic and culturally representative art, there has been a particularly strong global increase in the popularity of Latin American art. Funnily enough, many of the artists that I associated with the concept of Arte Povera also have connections with Latin America such as Basquiat who has Haitian roots, Fontana who was born in Argentina, and Oiticica who was born in Brazil. What is also interesting is that many of the world's most popular and influential naive artists also have a connection with Latin America.
A good example of the growing interest in the work of Latin American artists of both the past and present is the continuing success of the PINTA Latin American art fair. Although 2010 was only the fourth edition of the fair there was plenty of evidence to suggest that there is more than enough demand to support a dedicated Latin American art fair. Auction wise, 2010 saw new auction price records for many Latin American artists including: Jorge Jiminez, Helio Oiticica, Adriana Varejao, Julio Galan, Omar Rayo, Julio Le Parc, Wilfredo Lam, Alejandro Otero, Alfonso Michel and many others.
4. Sculpture: The resurgence in the interest of the work of classical style and modernist bronze sculptors, particularly those who work in metal, is somewhat of an odd and puzzling trend. There is, however, an increasing interest being shown in the work of sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth, Rembrandt Bugatti, Alberto Giacometti, August Renoir and Matisse. Christie's set the benchmark at the beginning of 2010 when they set a new auction record for Giacometti, and a new record for a work of art sold at auction, when they sold the Alberto's life-size bronze sculpture titled 'L'Homme Qui Marche I' for 65 million pounds. Proving that the Giacometti record wasn't a fluke, Christie's again made headlines in June when they sold Modigliani's modernist sculpture titled 'Tête' for 43.2 million euros in Paris – an auction record for the artist. In November a new auction record was set for Matisse when Christie's sold the artist's 'Nu de dos, 4 etat (Back IV)' bronze sculpture for a $48.8 million. Although Christie's appeared to dominate the metal sculpture trend, Sotheby's also made some significant contributions with outstanding prices achieved for a range of bronze sculptures by Dame Barabara Hepworth and Rembrandt Bugatti.
5. Nationalistic Art: The beginning of the sentimental art market era, which I have written about extensively on my blog, has influenced a shift of focus towards the work of artists whom collectors can relate to on a cultural or generational level. Artists whose work is iconically representative of a particular era or culture are being pursued by collectors of that culture or era. The stark and sterile work of the contemporary art market boom combined with the faceless commercialism of the modern world is heavily responsible for what I believe to be a yearning that many art collectors and investors have to revive in themselves a sense of culture and place. As I wrote in my previous post "When art collectors or investors seek safety and familiarity they are most likely to gravitate towards works by artists from the era and culture that they have the greatest connection to. This would explain the large number of seemingly unrelated trends that emerged during 2010 many of which involved previously unfashionable styles and movements that are distinctly associated with a particular era or culture."
Top 2010 Art Market Trends Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com
There is really not just one dominant "art market" that one can refer to anymore. Once upon a time when one referred to the art market they were generally referring to the global leaders England and the USA, with perhaps the French market included depending on who you talked to and what their allegiances were. Now, however, there are so many more highly influential markets emerging on a regular basis that it has become extremely difficult to trace, track and predict art market movements – not totally impossible though. My last post focussed on the art market trends that I have seen emerge during 2010, which were identified primarily from observing auction sales throughout the year. With this post I want to look a bit further into those trends and the reasoning behind them.
The arte povera trend that I mentioned in my previous post on art market trends is not exclusive to the auction world. Some of the world's top contemporary galleries are exhibiting works that have obvious ties with the concepts and characteristics that one associates with the Arte Povera movement – in particular the use of found objects. For instance, the Barbican Gallery recently held a special exhibition of work by Damian Ortega, a Mexican artist who has strong associations with the White Cube gallery, which consisted of a number of installations using found objects. New York's Gagosian Gallery chose to use one of Rauschenberg's 'Combine' paintings, a series of works that incorporate found objects and reproduced images, as the feature image of their Rauschenberg show that finished in November 2010. In fact, the first three works of the exhibit were from the artist's 'Combine' series. Since September Hauser and Wirth have exhibited a sculpture by Martin Creed titled 'Work No. 700' (2007), three progressively slimmer steel I-beams balanced on top of each other. Creed's steel girders are left in their used, practical state, which once again fits in with the "found object" trend.
If I can divert back to the auction market for a moment, the January 11-12 2011 Christie's sale of items from the estate of Dennis Hopper included a particularly interesting array of works that perfectly reflect the current market trends that I have been talking about. A range of junk assemblages by George Herms, an artist who many consider to have been overlooked by the art world, attracted a particularly high level of attention and sold for several times the estimate. The Hopper sale also included a noticeably high number of collage works – another trend that I consider an extension of the "found object" trend. A "found object" collage by Bruce Conner titled 'Picnic on the Grass' took the third highest price of the auction reaching a fantastic $96,100 against an estimate of $10,000-$15,000. According to the Christie's press release "Conner was a key artist in the development of assemblage art, a movement of found-object sculpture that critic Peter Plagens defined as "the first home-grown California modern art." Hopper's collection boasts several Conner works, including this multi-layered work that employs fabric, printed paper, plastic, string and even an acorn". A verifax collage by Wallace Berman proved popular finding favour with a US buyer who paid $42,500, going well beyond the $12,000 to $18,000 estimate. Also included in the sale were collages by Viggo Mortensen and Llyn Foulkes; a collage by Lyn Foulkes titled 'The Scene that is God's Mouth' was purchased by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Collages also proved popular on the gallery side of the market during 2010 with Gagosian Gallery holding an exhibition of discarded object sculptures and photographic collages by Nancy Rubin from June to July. Victoria Miro extended their exhibition of renowned collage artist Tom Lubbock who passed away less than a month after the exhibition closed. According to the gallery website, "Tom Lubbock died on Sunday 9 January 2011. In tribute to him Victoria Miro Gallery will reopen his exhibition on Saturday 15 & Saturday 22 January. This exhibition of beautifully crafted paper collages, provides the first opportunity to see a small selection of works made weekly by Tom Lubbock for the Saturday edition of The Independent between 1999 and 2004".
The current fascination and focus on the 2D and 3D versions of "found object" assemblages tells us more about the market than you may realise. Erik Davis gave an excellent explanation of the allure of found objects in an article he wrote titled 'The Alchemy of Trash, the West Coast of Spiritual Collage'. According to Davis:
"Duncan (Robert Duncan) praises the outsider artist, who goes against the grain, risks height, ignores dogma. This is all part of our "alternative" myth these days, but it remains to be seen whether the margins still exist — culturally, economically, spiritually — that could allow such creative feats to flourish. Juxtaposition has become an advertiser's art. Trash is not the same thing today, in our belated self-conscious world of thrift-store savvy, mediated hipster rebellion, and omniverous collector mania. Before you know it, it's on Ebay. Many of us still hear the spiritual call of redemptive refuse, of glimmers, junk, and "bits of beauty." But it remains to be seen whether we can join the ranks of those who, in Ginsberg's howling words, "dreamt and made incarnate gaps in Time & Space through images juxtaposed…".
In a world that is so obsessed with material possessions, and that is so influenced by commercialism, it is inevitable that there will be times when the world becomes disillusioned with this particular path of progression and the objects associated with it. In my opinion the false, shallow and impersonal nature of the material world we live in is more than enough reason for collectors to want to seek works of art that represent a more idealistic and romantic approach to life. The familiar nature of works that are constructed of "found objects" is one reason that such works have greater appeal during times of disillusionment and disenchantment. As far as I am concerned it makes sense that a work constructed of familiar "found" objects would quite easily evoke a sense of nostalgia and sentimentality in many people and, as I have mentioned in previous posts, the familiar brings a sense of comfort and confidence to people during times of uncertainty.
The work of artists who are influenced by, or who produce work in line with, the concepts adopted by the Arte Povera movement, can also act as a sort of escapism that transports the viewer to another world that Erik Davis describes in his article 'The Alchemy of Trash, the West Coast of Spiritual Collage' as:
"a life authentically rooted in the noncommercial margins of bohemia, a magic circle of art and fellowship and esoteric romanticism that transmuted the objects and images it embraced".
The inauthentic, sterile and commercialistic path that the art market tends to take during heady times of blissful ignorance will always come to a grinding halt when people are forced to face facts and return to reality. Works that embody the concept of arte povera, such as "found object" collages and sculptures, have an authenticity and spirituality that is extremely difficult to ignore unless one has been blinded by the glitz, glamour and sheen of the modern material world. Thankfully, the veil of commercialism and materialism has been lifted allowing these often shunned works to be experienced in all their glory – if only for a short period of time.
To be continued…………
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Top 2010 Art Market Trends Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com
Although 2010 saw a plethora of cities all over the world emerge as centres of cultural and artistic production, one of the most interesting locations of art market growth during 2010 was none other than the city of Los Angeles. The opening of a new building at the LACMA, the naming of Jeffrey Deitch as the new head of the LA MOCA, the sale of the LA based Dennis Hopper estate and other major events that took place during 2010 have taken the LA art scene to new heights – a climb that some say will soon elevate the LA art scene above the NY art scene.
If you have read my last couple of posts on the art market trends of 2010 you will know that one of the strongest trends that I identified from 2010 was a focus on work that was clearly influenced by the concepts and characteristics of arte povera. One of the most significant auction sales of arte povera style work in 2010 was the sale of the Dennis Hopper estate which, as I mentioned above, was an LA based estate. Ïnterestingly, we already we have a connection between the arte povera trend and the LA art scene. To explain the connection between the LA art scene and the arte povera trend further I need to take a slight detour and take a look at the different ways that dealers can approach the sale of fine art.
When a dealer decides to open a new gallery or take on a new market, there are several options that they have when it comes to deciding how they are going to approach that market. The options are:
A. Discovering and promoting emerging young talent
B. Selling the work of well established and highly recognisable artists
C. Reviving and promoting the work of artists from the past who were either overlooked or just not considered worthy at the time they were most active.
The market for emerging talent in LA is obviously flourishing, as is the market for the work of famous LA artists such as Hockney and Ruscha, which leaves option C as the option with the most potential for dealers. Art critic Mat Gleason recently wrote a piece for the Huffington Post titled 'The Ten Most UNDERRATED Los Angeles Art World Stars' ( see article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mat-gleason/the-ten-most-underrated-l_b_684359.html ). What made me particularly excited to find this article was the fact that three of the artists were artists that produced work that fits in perfectly with the arte povera trend; the second connection between the LA art scene and the arte povera trend. The current progression of this trend suggests that these three artists – George Herms, Lynn Foulkes and Michael C. McMillen – will begin to get the recognition they deserve as dealers continue to look for "new" artistic talent to promote in the form of overlooked artists from the past.
One of the reasons that LA is such an important location for the arte povera trend is the strong connection that LA has with artistic movements and cultural trends that relate strongly to the concepts and characteristics of arte povera. An influential beatnik trend that emerged in LA during the 50's and 60's was partially responsible for one of the most significant arte povera related (even though it appears to have predated arte povera) art trends to emerge in LA – the California Assemblage movement. According to the Laguna Art Museum website:
"Historically speaking, California Assemblage art was most prominent in the 1950s and 60s. The California Assemblage movement was born out of the Beat Generation of artists and poets, and George Herms was an active participant. Herms, whose work dates back to the early 1950s, is seen as one of the last living luminaries of the California Assemblage movement. Herms' reclamation and reverence for the found object, along with his appreciation and use of entropy as an active and constant force operating on it, are the tools he uses to transform the detritus of our society into his artworks."
The connections that I have made over the last few posts between arte povera, assemblage, collage, Latin American art and the LA art scene show that art market trends are more than just random coincidences. This particular trend has become so influential because of the strengthening and emergence of several markets around the world that have a strong connections with cultural and artistic traditions that can linked to the concepts and influences that resulted in the emergence of the arte povera movement and associated styles.
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LOL, I get your point on the Sumo looks, they do not gel.
Both the bikes I ride have wide bars so the only issue I have is when I hit the lock stops, I guess having arms like a gibbon helps too.
I'm reading a book on road racing technique at the moment & it reinforces what I have been taught, it's particularly interesting when it comes too braking into & accelerating out of a corner.
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Next time I go out I intend to spend a fair bit of time walking through my course making broom broom noises & riding the bike in my head to put all of this into effect, well try, & also think about body position, bike position & visualise the dynamics of what is happening at a given point. The author makes a big point of working on the areas where you can gain the most speed, not the most technical or slow points. The time saved here is too small to justify the effort.
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This is either a sign of apocalypse or that anything is now possible when it comes to the Hawks' future.
Danny Ferry's efforts to build the Hawks into something closer to a contender than a punchline begin in earnest with the NBA Draft tonight. The team has four picks (two firsts, two seconds), barring a trade that could see two or three of them packaged to move up the team from the relative leftover drafting positions of Nos. 17 and 18.
This draft class is getting knocked as nothing special. It lacks obvious, immediate-impact game-changers. Even the consensus No. 1 pick, Nerlens Noel of Kentucky, while talented, is a project. One mock draft had him going as low as fourth.
Ferry's view: "In every draft there's 12 to 15 players who are going to have good, important careers. How important is the question. But in the middle of the draft, where we're picking right now, the draft is the same as it usually is. I feel like we're going to have some good opportunities."
He wouldn't disclose much. That was to be expected. General managers generally go in one of two directions when it comes to pre-draft interviews: 1) They disclose nothing; 2) They lie.
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The Hawks wouldn't even announce when they were working out players in the past few weeks, a departure from the past. If word leaked out, it usually was because the prospect told everybody on Twitter that he was in town working out for the team. Others, such as UCLA guard Shabazz Muhammad, typed the non-specific Tweet that could've led you to believe he had just landed in Atlanta, like this one from Monday night: "What's good Atlantaaaaa!!!!!!!"
Muhammad's Twitter handle is @phenom15balla. He's a shy fellow.
Ferry also wouldn't discuss how this draft might impact his plans for free agency next week, although he did offer one minivent, saying, "It's a mistake," that the league holds the draft before free agency. "It should be the other way around," he said. (The NFL starts free agency before the draft, enabling teams to crystallize their needs at draft time.)
The Hawks need players at all positions. But if there's one absolute, it's this: They need size. They need to go big. Unless Ferry is confident that he will be able to bring in a center, a power forward or preferably both in free agency, this draft needs to scream, "I'm bigger than you."
Al Horford is their center, but power forward is his more natural position. He's not physical, and he often gets overpowered at the defensive end of the court. Regardless of where he plays, he needs help up front.
When Zaza Pachulia went down last season, the Hawks lost what little muscle they had. With Pachulia, they might have beaten Indiana in the first round of the playoffs instead of losing in six games. The Pacers outrebounded the Hawks in five of the six games and by 66 overall (296-230). Indiana's average rebounding total of 49.3 was the highest average allowed by any of the 16 playoff teams.
Ferry proved in his first season that shooters can be acquired relatively easily, via trades and free agency. But there's a dearth of quality big men.
Barring an unlikely deal that vaults the Hawks into the first handful of picks, they're not getting Noel (7-0, 206) or Maryland's Alex Len (7-1, 255). But they conceivably could trade up high enough (seven to 10 spots) to have a shot at Pittsburgh's Steven Adams (7-0, 255) or Indiana's Cody Zeller (7-0, 230). Otherwise, at least a couple of the following should fall to them: Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk (7-0, 234), Duke's Mason Plumlee (7-0, 238), Louisville's Gorgui Dieng (6-11, 230), Brazil's Lucas Nogueira (6-11, 218) and France's Rudy Gobert (7-2, 238).
Ferry offered only a generic response on the topic of needing a center: "The strength of this draft is good point guards and good bigs. But in the draft there's going to be good players when we're picking, regardless of the position."
True. But they don't all rebound and defend the lane.
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Tokyo, October 17 (KNS-KCNA) -- Kim Cha Dol, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the Korean Youth League in Japan, made public a statement on Oct. 14 in protest against sexual assaults against teenage girl students by the U.S. imperialist aggressor troops in south Korea.
All the officials of the league and Korean youth and students in Japan are slashing at such immoral atrocities perpetrated by the U.S. imperialist aggressor troops against south Korean girl students, the statement noted, and went on:
We fully support the just struggle of the south Korean youth and students and compatriots demanding apology from the U.S. president, punishment of GI criminals and pullout of the U.S. forces.
The Korean youth and students in Japan have realized again through the recent cases that the U.S. imperialists are the root cause of all miseries and pains the Korean nation is suffering and its sworn enemy.
We can no longer pardon the group of sycophantic traitors who are keen only on strengthening the subordinate alliance with the U.S. without uttering a word about demand for apology over the GIs' crimes and revision of the unequal "Status of Forces Agreement".
The Korean youth and students in Japan will get united with the youth and students in the north and the south and abroad under the banner of "By our nation itself" and stand in the van of the nation-wide struggle to drive the U.S. forces out of south Korea and put an end to the fascist colonial rule.
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A. Meet my twin babies. That would be the most obvious one.
Fort Wayne — Melissa Haarer is the mother of two small girls, Keira, 5, and Katurah, 2. She and her husband Keith are expecting twins in April. In addition to being a stay-at-home mom, Haarer is a Pampered Chef consultant.
"Pampered Chef is my outlet. I've been doing Pampered Chef for three years so that allows me to be with other adults," she says in a quiet tone.
Between baking and cooking, Haarer, 33, says she enjoys baking more.
"I would say baking is a hobby but cooking is essential," she says.
When asked whether there was a particular cookbook she likes more than others, Haarer comes out of the kitchen with a copy of "Mennonite Country-Style Recipes."
"I call it the 'Esther Shank' cookbook," she says, referring to the cookbook's author "My mother-in-law gave it to me."
Keira comes out of the kitchen with a smaller cookbook in tow.
"My grandma Melody Moon gave me my own Pampered Chef cookbook," she says, "We tried three recipes out of it."
After flipping through the cookbook and showing the recipes she's tried, Keira takes the cookbook back into the kitchen.
Haarer says she has limited her cookbook collection. She thinks she has between 25 and 30.
"I look at AllRecipes.com and Pinterest. You see these beautiful pictures, and I want to try it. On Pinterest I pin mostly recipes," she says.
Later, Haarer was asked if she had a favorite cooking utensil. Before she's allowed to answer, Keira runs back into the kitchen shouting, "I'll get my cookbook and give you a choice. Don't tell her, Mom!"
Opening up her little cookbook, Keira starts pointing to the various photos of kitchen gadgets for her mom to choose.
Picking out her favorites, Haarer says, "I really like my kitchen shearers and a good scraper – my Pampered Chef scraper."
Q. What do you do to keep meals healthy?
A. They're homemade. I replace white rice with brown rice. Every once in awhile, I'll use condensed soup but for the most part I'm making my own thickener. I'm not afraid to use butter.
Q. What's your go-to meal?
A. It's hard for me to say. I try to plan ahead but oh, maybe breakfast for supper. You can do a lot of things.
Q. Who would you say is your cooking idol?
A. Baking – that's from my mom's mom (Verla Conrad of Sarasota, Fla.). I got my interest in cooking from my mom (Melody Moon) and grandmom. And I would include my mother-in-law, Doris Haarer of Allen County.
Q. What advice would you give beginner cooks?
A. I remember I learned by example but I don't know if beginner cooks have any examples. Get basic recipes and have a relative or friend (cook). Watch them. Watch others cook. And then, use your kitchen timer. Even if you need a few more minutes, use the timer and keep things from burning.
Q. Using one word, how would you describe your cooking style?
A. How about family friendly? Homemade? Yeah.
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in mashed bananas. Mix together dry ingredients and add to banana mixture. Combine well. Stir in vanilla. Stir in nuts and/or chocolate chips. Divide batter among 3 to 4 greased mini loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees 30 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Makes 4 mini loaves.
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
1 to 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped or pressed with garlic press
1/4 cup red bell pepper, chopped (optional)
2 tablespoons oil
2 cups chicken broth
15 ounces canned puréed tomatoes
2 cups tomato juice or soup
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
Dash of cayenne pepper, if desired
1 to 2 (15-ounce) cans of black beans, drained and rinsed
2 to 3 cups of cooked chicken breasts, cut up or shredded
10 corn or flour tortillas cut in 1/4 -inch strips
Cook and stir onion, garlic and red bell pepper in oil, until tender. Add chicken broth, puréed tomatoes, tomato juice, basil, salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper to vegetables. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Add black beans and cooked chicken breasts; heat thoroughly. Fry corn or flour tortillas in oil until golden brown. Serve soup with cheese, tortilla strips, sour cream and avocado. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
1 (15-inch) round or a 15 1/2 -inch-by-10-inch pizza dough, using a favorite recipe or store-bought
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sour cream
1/8 cup mayonnaise
1/8 cup ranch dressing
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 to 2 cloves garlic, crushed
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Sea salt, to taste
Combine all sauce ingredients until smooth.
8 or more ounces shredded Colby-jack cheese
2 cups cooked, diced chicken breasts
8 to 10 slices of bacon, cooked and broken in bite size pieces
1/2 cup Roma tomato, chopped
1 avocado, chopped (optional)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out pizza dough on lightly oiled pan. If your crust is fairly thick, pre-bake for 7 minutes. Spread sauce evenly over crust. Top with cheese, chicken, bacon and tomato. Bake 14 minutes. Check the bottom of crust to see if it is browned enough for your liking. If desired, top cooked pizza with avocado. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lay 10 to 12 slices of bacon on a stone bar pan. Bake in oven about 25 minutes or until desired crispness. Remove bacon with tongs onto paper towels to drain. No need to turn bacon over. Will not splatter as it does in a skillet on the stovetop. Makes 5 to 6 servings.


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American Idol
Candice Glover: Hometown Visit on American Idol 2013 "Would Mean Everything" — Exclusive
American Idol 2013 finalist Candice Glover would love nothing more than making it to the next round so she can go back for a "hometown visit" as part of the final three. In an exclusive chat with Wetpaint at rehearsals this week, Candice told us even if she does go home before that happens, she feels blessed to have made it so far and shown people who she really is as a person and a performer.
What's different now that there's only four people left?
The pressure has risen a lot. And the less people there are, the more you feel that pressure, and the more you want to do a good job and make it to the next round. And plus, whoever makes the top three gets the hometown visit and all that. So everybody's striving for that top three.
That would be next week, right?
Oh my God, so what would that mean to you?
That would mean everything, and people are texting me. It's been in newspaper and online. "Candice might be visiting. We have to plan this parade. We have to get this concert and stuff ready." And I just, I want to be there to see everybody because I haven't been there since the beginning of the year. So I really miss everyone.
If this ended tomorrow – well, not tomorrow, if this ended on Thursday – how would your life had changed?
It's already changed. I would be so humble and just so excited to have made it to the top four out of everybody in America that auditioned for this show. Four is a pretty awesome number, so if it was all to end on Thursday, I would just know that I left my mark on this show, and people know me as the girl that takes risks and does the unpredictable, and unexpected.
So starting Friday, what would you do?
Starting Friday, well, we have rehearsal Friday, so it all starts over again. But when I get to my room, I always like to take that time to re-group and think about everything that's happened. So, Friday, I'll be very thankful, and hopefully if I'm top three, I'll be flying home on Friday.
I know. That takes away from rehearsals though, doesn't it?
Yeah, it does. We probably won't start rehearsals until Monday.
What do you guys do for fun?
We do a lot of things. Now that there's only four of us, we have time to go to red carpet events. We go to the Children's hospital and we just get to do all these different, educational things for kids.
What do you do for fun?
That's really our fun. But that's really like, besides the show, that's what we do. And I know it's still part of the show, but we don't really get time to ourselves. If anything, we might go to dinner, or we might get our nails done.
That's nice though?
Yeah, it's nice, you know, considering all the work we do.
I mean, is there a need for the four of you to just be together, away from the show, sit at dinner and just talk about what's going on?
Yes. Every Sunday we make it our business to have a Sunday dinner. About 7:30 we just sit there, and each week, that table gets smaller. And we were just thinking, "Oh my gosh, the table used to be like, from here to there and now it's just four of us." It's crazy.
But now you can hear everybody.
Yeah, now you don't have to worry about yelling across the room to somebody else.


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HOOVER, Ala. -- Mike Slive has read (via Twitter) the digital dissatisfaction coming from College Station, Texas, lately.
In fact, as the SEC commissioner strode to the podium Wednesday to kick off the conference's media days, the two hottest rumors had to do with his retirement and conference expansion. Neither one was true. For now.
"I could get to 16 [teams] in 15 minutes," Slive said later, semi-boastfully.
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The 71-year-old commissioner plans to be around a few more years. The same goes for his conference. But in what form? There is continued consternation emanating from Texas A&M about next month's launch of The Longhorn Network.
Specifically, A&M, and others in the Big 12, are concerned that TLN might show high school games. To them, that would be a huge recruiting advantage for a school and program that already enjoys the best of everything. Seven weeks away from the start of the regular season, the NCAA still hasn't ruled.
Is that enough for A&M to leave the Big 12 or for the SEC to listen? It's way too early to assume anything but the same problems are emerging in the new Big 12 as did in the old Big 12. It is still Longhorns-centric to the point that the league owes its existence to UT. It was Texas that decided the Big 12 was a better home for the moment than the Pac-10. Still, the Big 12 continues to be a marriage of convenience since its beginning in 1996.
Now add Texas' own network and there are a whole new set of circumstances. The Aggies and Horns are bitter rivals fighting over talent and for supremacy. There are political implications. Texas A&M's regents are meeting Thursday with a closed-door session included to discuss the network. According to a source, the Big 12 presidents met by phone Wednesday to discuss "institutional networks."
"In all candor," A&M AD Bill Byrne told CBSSports.com on Wednesday, Texas "could create a great advantage not only in the state of Texas but throughout the country."
How big of an advantage? ESPN vice president of programming Dave Brown is in charge of the network. He said during a June radio interview that the network would "do about 18 games the first year." That's essentially 1 1/2 seasons of potential future Longhorns on The Longhorn Network.
That could potentially violate NCAA Bylaw 13.10.3: "A member institution shall not permit a prospective student-athlete or a high school, college preparatory school or two-year college coach to appear, be interviewed or otherwise be involved (in person or via film, audio tape or videotape) on:
(a) A radio or television program conducted by the institution's coach;
(b) A program in which the institution's coach is participating; or
(c) A program for which a member of the institution's athletics staff has been instrumental in arranging for the appearance of the prospective student-athlete or coach or related program material."
A&M certainly won't like that Brown mentioned 2012 Texas commits Jonathan Gray and Connor Brewer by name during the same interview. That might have been an NCAA violation. School representatives are prohibited by the NCAA from mentioning recruits by name until they sign letters of intent.
That doesn't necessarily push A&M toward the SEC, but it sure as heck doesn't create unity in the Big 12.
"After last year, and the way in which it unfolded, prompted me to say we're really comfortable [with 12 teams] unless there's a paradigm shift," Slive said. "Now things have settled down. At the same time, one of my responsibilities is to do what's in the long-term best interests of the SEC."
Meanwhile, Texas is awaiting the NCAA's interpretation. The state's high school sports organization (UIL) prohibits televising live games on Friday nights because of attendance concerns. However, the network plans to televise games on Thursday and Saturday, and perhaps show Friday games on a tape-delayed basis.
It's all meant to drive potential cable subscribers to order TLN. Some Big 12 officials are upset that the network will also include an undetermined conference game. In essence, a Big 12 member will be helping drive viewers to TLN.
"High school football is an incredibly important part of life in Texas," said Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming. "To the point that it affects the lives of people in the state. We think this is important."
Will Texas schoolboy football fly on Texas' own network? Dodds and Magnus stressed that obviously everyone will abide by the NCAA's decision. There is language in the network contract to add high school games "if possible."
"If we can't do it, we can't do it," Dodds said.
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Abyei — January 09 marked the second anniversary of the delayed referendum on the future of Abyei, the oil-rich region that is an ongoing source of dispute between Sudan and South Sudan.
According to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended Sudan's decades-long civil war, a referendum on self determination to allow the people of Abyei to determine whether they would stay part of Sudan or join South Sudan was meant to have occurred in tandem with South Sudan's own plebiscite on independence, which took place on January 09 2011. However, it was postponed due to ongoing disagreements between Khartoum and South Sudan over voter eligibility.
The nomadic Arab Misseriya tribe, which has access to certain pasture-lands in Abyei for part of each year, wish to be accorded full voting rights in the referendum. However, according to the Abyei Protocol and a subsequent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, only the Ngok Dinka tribe and permanent residents may vote.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) overran Abyei Town in May 2011, displacing over 20,000 people. In August 2012, both the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) fully withdrew from the area, allowing Abyei residents to return and begin rebuilding their lives.
During talks mediated by the African Union on January 05 2013, President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan agreed to the establishment of the Abyei Administration Area, the Abyei Area Council and the Abyei Area Police Service, which are key to the implementation of the referendum ahead of the AU's proposed date of October 2013.
Although no agreement has been reached on voter eligibility, earlier this week Misseriya leaders issued a statement announcing their intention to move into Abyei for the duration of 2013 in order to participate in the referendum. However, an Abyei elder who spoke to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) insisted that only people who reside permanently in the Abyei Area and the Ngok Dinka people should be allowed to vote.
CSW's Advocacy Director Andrew Johnston says: "We are saddened to note that yet another year has passed and the people of Abyei have not been allowed to exercise their right to self determination. The ongoing uncertainty and insecurity will only be resolved when a properly instituted referendum takes place, It is vital that the date for this long overdue referendum is not postponed again.
The statement issued by Misseriya leaders is both unhelpful and worrying. Nevertheless, voting must be restricted to the legitimate inhabitants of Abyei, namely the Ngok Dinka and other permanent residents of the area, and all forces seeking to undermine results by intimidation or by altering local demography must be countered swiftly."


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The fishing resort - located on Lac Vieux Desert. One, two and three bedroom cabins each with full kitchen, shower, microwave, TV, grill and picnic tables. Bed linens included. Bath and kitchen towels not provided. Boat included with cabin. Private boat landing. On snowmobile trail #6. Open year round. No pets.
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When Does Love & Hip Hop Season 4 Come Back On?
Fans of Love & Hip Hop got a break from the drama in the epic VH1 show, so that they could take in T.I., Tiny, and the gang in their animated holiday special, T.I. and Tiny: Holiday Hustle Special. While it was entertaining to watch the Harris clan save Christmas in a pimped-out van, of course we were anxiously awaiting news about the next episode of Love & Hip Hop. Well guys, it looks like we're in for a long wait.
According to VH1 (and several of the cast members who took to Instagram and Twitter to give fans the heads up), LHH won't return to the small screen until Monday, December 30. Sigh.
While fans (ourselves included) aren't too happy about the extended wait for the next episode, thanks to a sneak peek of what's to come, we know that there's tons of drama afoot.
Both Tara Wallace and Amina Buddafly come face-to-face with Peter Gunz and get the lowdown on all the lies he's told the two of them about himself, and each other. Amina walks out on Peter, who tries to make it up to her, but is slightly taken aback by her numerous demands if he truly wants to win her back.
In addition to that, we see things possibly heating back up between Erica Mena and Rich Dollaz, when Rich tells Erica that he's chosen to continue working with her over working with his friend Peter Gunz.
Guys, December 30 couldn't come any sooner!
Love & Hip Hop returns with a new episode on Monday, December 30 at 8 P.M. ET on VH1. Will you tune in? Sound off in the comments below!


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Thanks for this - will try cuttings, never tried this before - do I need a greenhouse for this to give them a start?
many thanks - will look into these
HI - I have 2 large old fuschia (about 4 - 5ft), every year I cut them back as far as I can but I am wondering is it possible to split the plants to reduce their size? If so when is the best time to do this? any pitfalls to avoid?
Thanks for this idea - they definitely weren't cut back too far so I'll wait and see what happens then maybe try something like this
- its a real shame and will create a problem for me as the ones that are brown are right in the middle of the rows - much easier to replace if they had been on the end if we need to - is that the same for you Larkey? I've heard that injecting affected trees with some sort of chemical is being trialled so I'll wait and see - in the meantime I hope it doesn't spread along the rows
Have got periwinkle in other shady areas - would like something different if possible so would welcome other ideas but if not may have to have some more periwinkle. Thanks for the idea though.
Hi can anyone offer any suggestions please? We have some quite large laurels and the ground underneath is very dry and constantly in shade (thre is a 6 foot wall behind it also - have tried several plants there but without any luck. Would like some perrenials and ground cover if possible to fill a fairly large gap. Any suggestions please?
Hi, we have a number of conifers - also quite old. Most of them are fine however some developed brown patches and seem to be dying off. we had tree specialists around to cut the conifers and they said that many conifers across the country have been attacked this year by aphid infestations (when looking around many trees in the area also have these quite large brown patches). Apparently there is research taking place to see how this can be treated some trees have been known to recover but at the moment there isn't much we can do but wait and hope.
Thank you - I thought they only flowered later in the year - learning something new all the time - they really do brighten up a shady area and look good behind my red dogwood. Haven't tried splitting plants yet......
Quite new to gardening and new to this forum - can anyone help please? my bergenia (elephant ear) is in flower now - probably better than in summer! should I do anything with it when the flowers die off or just leave it and hope for the best?


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The Feds will tell you that cracking down on insider trades protects the rights of all investors.
The U.S. is cracking down on antibiotics fed to pigs and cows.
Also read at The Wrap: "cracking Open Ken Starr, Hollywood's Mini-Madoff."
"split, opening," 14c., from crack (v.). Meaning "try, attempt" first attested 1836, probably a hunting metaphor, from slang sense of "fire a gun." Meaning "rock cocaine" is first attested 1985. The superstition that it is bad luck to step on sidewalk cracks has been traced to c.1890. Adjectival meaning in "top-notch, superior" is slang from 1793 (e.g. a crack shot).
The process of breaking down complex chemical compounds by heating them. Sometimes a catalyst is added to lower the amount of heat needed for the reaction. Cracking is used especially for breaking petroleum molecules into shorter molecules and to extract low-boiling fractions, such as gasoline, from petroleum. See also hydrocracking.
Excellent; first-rate: a cracking meal
Very: a cracking good meal
: Ragging, bagging, snapping, and cracking, these are all word games teens use as a way of competing with one another (1990s+ Teenagers) (1830+)
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fall between the cracks, give something a shot, have a crack at something, wisecrack
[all senses are ultimately echoic; narcotics sense fr the sound of breaking crystals or the cracking sound the crystals make when smoked]


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The PGA Championship
|Tournament Info for: 1938 PGA Championship
|July 10 - 16, 1938
|Shawnee Country Club
|Paul Runyan
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|37 - 35 - 72 (00 yards)
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Qualifying for Match Play: A 36-hole qualifying round for match play was conducted the Sunday and Monday before the Championship. Defending PGA Champion Denny Shute was exempt and 63 players qualified. Frank Moore was low qualifier with 136. A score of 150 qualified for match play, with seven players at 151 having a play off for four spots. Notable players who didn't make it to match play were Mortie Dutra (153) and Willie Hunter (154). The first and second rounds were 18 holes each, played in one day, with the remaining matches being played at 36 holes. Early Matches: In the first day of play, Felix Serafin, a 32-year-old from the coal fields of nearby Scranton, Pa., grabbed the headlines as he upset both Harry Cooper in the first round, 4 and 3, and Ky Laffoon in the second round, 3 and 2. Other upsets saw the departures of past PGA Champions Johnny Revolta and Leo Diegel. Both upsets occurred in the second round, with Jimmy Demaret winning a tough match against Revolta, 2-up. Horton Smith, with a two, three 3s and only one five on his card, easily defeated Leo Diegel, 4 and 3. The 1939 runner-up, Harold McSpaden, also lost in the second round as Ray Mangrum took him 20 holes. After both players shot a 33 on the back side to send the match into overtime, both halved the 19th hole with birdies. Mangrum birdied the 20th hole to win the match, 1-up. Defending PGA Champion Denny Shute had an easy time in his two matches, defeating Clyde Usina, 3 and 2, and John Thoren, 7 and 6. Gene Sarazen also had an easy time in his two matches, beating Leo Walper, 4 and 3, then beating Harry Nettlebladt on the 13th hole, 6 and 5. Tony Manero had an easy first round match, beating Joe Belfore, 5 and 4, but lost his second round match to Paul Runyan, 3 and 2. Byron Nelson easily beat Clarence Yockey, 5 and 4, but in the second round, had to shoot 33 on the back side to square his match with Alvin Krueger. Nelson won the match on the 20th hole, when Krueger hit his tee shot out of bounds. In another overtime match, Billy Burke beat Frank Moore with a 15-foot birdie on the 19th hole. In the third round, Shute's attempt to win his third straight PGA crown was halted when Jimmy Hines eliminated him, 2-and-l. The match was square after the morning round, but Shute shot a 38 on the front side of the afternoon round to fall 2-down to Hines. With a birdie and a par, Shute was able to square the match again. However, a dead stymie on the 30th hole that Shute tried unsuccessfully to jump was the turning point, giving Hines an edge which he maintained and finally built up to a 2-and-l victory. Nelson routed Harry Bassler, 11 and 10, in perhaps the most sensational day of golf in PGA history. Nelson was 8-under-par in his 26 holes. He had a 64 in the morning round in which he won eight of the first nine holes. He went to lunch after winning 12 holes and halving the rest. In the afternoon, he made eight consecutive pars, and Bassler actually was able to win two holes with birdies. In another rout, Jim Foulis steamrolled over Marvin Stahl, 6 and 5, and Serafin, the first-day hero who upset Cooper and Laffoon, was given a dose of reality when Sam Snead was 7-under for the day to win, 4-and-3. Henry Picard advanced to the quarter-finals with his 4-and-3 victory over Dick Metz, and faced Gene Sarazen, who, despite playing poorly, still had beaten Jimmy Demaret, 1-up, in a match that went 38 holes. Another extra-hole match saw Ray Mangrum miss an 18-inch putt on the 37th green, which enabled Paul Runyan to win the match. In the quarter-finals, Sarazen had a tough time in his match against Henry Picard. Sarazen finished the morning round 1-up, but Picard quickly squared the match at the 19th hole with a birdie. At the 20th hole, Sarazen missed a four-foot birdie that would have restored his lead, and his game became ragged. Sarazen lost the 21st hole when he couldn't get out of a bunker and was forced to pick up. Then Sarazen got a disappointing half at the par-3, 23rd hole when he laid Picard a dead stymie, which Picard jumped over and made to halve the hole. Sarazen lost the next hole, missing a three-footer to go 2-down. When Picard drove his tee shot out of bounds at the 27th, but still won the hole, it was just a matter of time before Sarazen would fall. Sarazen gave it a valiant try on the back side, but Picard won the contest on the 34th hole. Another surprising upset had Jimmy Hines beating Nelson, 2 and 1. Hines won the last four holes of the morning round to go 4-up, but Nelson squared the match after the 29th hole. The contest stayed that way until Hines made an 18-footer on the 34th hole to go 1-up, then won the match on the 35th hole with a stymie that forced Nelson into a bogey. In other matches, Sam Snead rolled past Jim Foulis, 8 and 7, and Paul Runyan was a 4-and-3 winner over Horton Smith. The semifinals featured one of the best matches in PGA history, with Snead beating Hines, 1 -up. It took a finish of four consecutive 3s on Snead's part to win, and if the contest had been decided by stroke play, Hines, who was 8-under for the day, would have defeated Snead by one stroke. In the 147 holes of match play, Snead was 21-under-par. In the other match, Paul Runyan was 6-under in 33 holes and easily beat Henry Picard, 4 and 3. In the finals, Paul Runyan beat Sam Snead, 8 and 7, to win the PGA crown for the second time. Up to this point, it was the most decisive victory in the finals. Runyan's masterful short game produced a 67 in the morning, good for a 5-up lead. In the afternoon, the momentum continued. He made the turn in 35, with a 7-up advantage, then won the 28th hole, closing out the match with a half on the 29th. Runyan was 24-under-par for the 196 holes he played and in his last 70 holes only made one bogey.


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