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Tried the Cheese, California Special and Tasty Chicken - all deep dish. Tasted pretty good, but I wasn't impressed. Pizza's were cold & I was expecting more cheese! The Caprese salad was pretty good.
Holy cow, a small deep dish feels like it weighs about 10 pounds! Daniel makes quality pies. This might become a habit.
Not on par with the best deep dish in the Chi, but a respectable approximation. Go with cheese, sausage, or mushrooms. Weird space; we often take out.
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Koldewey Island
Koldewey Island (Russian: oстров Кольдевея, ostrov Kol'deveya) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. It is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) in length, highest point is 66 metres (217 ft) (temporarily named as Mountain of Carl-Christian[citation needed]). On the top there is a double peak stack 6 metres (20 ft) high. The second-highest point Mountain of Robert-Johann in the southwest is named after Carl Koldewey's son Robert Koldewey[citation needed]. The island has no lakes but its single valley has a creek in the summer.
The island belongs to the Russkaya Arktika National Park since 15 June 2009[citation needed]. There is the same arctic climate and flora as the "mother" island Salm but Koldewey is fully unglacierized. The sound between both islands is about 200 metres (660 ft) deep. The island extends in two directions: in the north more dynamically with a longish steep cape and small islet Schoenau at the end, in the southwest very shallow, long flat bar cape with over 6 km (4 mi) underwater reef not deeper as 35 metres (115 ft), that connects with the glacierized side of the Salm Island. The middle peak of the large bank (temporarily named Siegfried-Elof Bar) reaches just a meter and a half under the surface and lies in the Lavrov Sound 12 km (7 mi) opposite to the famous Cape Tegetthoff on the Hall Island.
The Koldewey Island is named after Captain Carl Koldewey, leader of the second German expedition to Greenland and Spitsbergen in the late 19th century.
Adjacent islands[edit]
Very close to Koldewey Island, off its northern point, lies one of the smallest islands:
- Schönau Island, Ostrov Shœnau or Shyonau lies in the Lavrov Sound opposite to the Hall and Berghaus Islands. It is only 90 m across.


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Erik Christian Haugaard
Erik Christian Haugaard (April 13, 1923 – 2009) was a Danish-born American writer, best known for children's books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.
Erik Christian Haugaard was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He came to the United States in 1940 after fleeing the Nazi invasion of Denmark, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force before the end of World War II. He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1941 to 1942. He also attended the New School for Social Research in New York City.[1]
In 1963, he published his first book for children and young adults, Hakon of Rogen's Saga. The book was well received by readers and critics and was named an American Library Association Notable Book. His literary awards include recognition for his 1978 translation of The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Haugaard married Myrna Seld in 1949 and together they had two children. They later lived in Denmark and Ireland.[2][3]
Work papers of Erik Christian Haugaard are maintained in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. The collection consists of material received from Erik Haugaard and Houghton Mifflin between 1967 and 1984.[4]
The University of Minnesota collection of Erik Christian Haugaard papers contains production material, consisting of manuscript materials, for nine titles published between 1963 and 1995.[5]
Haugaard won the first inaugural Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1967 recognizing The Little Fishes as the year's best children's fiction.
The Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association in 1988 recognized The Rider and his Horse as the best children's book published twenty years earlier that did not win a major award.[6]
- New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival (1962, 1967)
- Jane Addams Award (1968)
- Culture Minister of Denmark Prize (1970)
Selected works[edit]
- Hakon of Rogen's Saga (1963)
- The Little Fishes (1967)
- The Rider and His Horse (1968)
- Chase Me, Catch Nobody! (1980)
- Leif the Unlucky (1982)
- Boy's Will (1983)
- The Samurai's Tale (1984)
- Cromwells Boy (1990)
- Boy and the Samurai (1991)
- The Death of Mr. Angel (1992)
- The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai (1995)
See also[edit]
- ^ "Erik Christian Haugaard" (Children's Literature Network).
- ^ "About this author" (Goodreads Inc).
- ^ Mary Leland, "An Irishwoman's Diary", Irish Times, August 31, 2011 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required).
- ^ "Erik Haugaard Papers". de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. University of Southern Mississippi. May 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-27. With biographical sketch.
- ^ "Erik Christian Haugaard Papers". Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved 2013-06-27. With biographical sketch.
- ^ "Phoenix Award Brochure 2012". Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
See also the current homepage, "Phoenix Award".
- Citations
- Berger, Laura Standley Twentieth-Century Children's Writers (St James Guide to Children's Writers. 3rd edition Jan 1995)
External links[edit]
- Profile: An interview with Erik Christian Haugaard (preview) at JSTOR: Language Arts 56:5 (May 1979)
- Erik Cristian Haugaard at Library of Congress Authorities — with 28 catalog records


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My 12 week appt is June 29th. I teach at a high school and our last day of school is June 28th. I feel like I should tell my administrator soon since they will be planning the scheduling for next year. When are you telling?
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I have not yet. I plan on waiting till after my first Dr.'s appointment the middle of June. I will be around 11 weeks at that point. I had a miscarrage in January so I have not told any school staff except my best friend. I guess most of the staff will just have to be surprised when I show up back to work in the fall with a belly.
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Once MSLP Nasdaq listing share price to move up !
This is all about pricing....
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Mannkind has taken all the development the risk without partners.
Factory already built.... two more manufacturing lines soon to be deploy
with 2 billion manufacturing cartridges capacity.
Why to give 50% of revenues to other pharma ?
Lets take the price to $30 and make $2 billion secondary offering for marketing.
There is a huge market there ready to a doubt Afrezza.
The Afrezza news will spread like a fire by the electronic media.
Marketing drugs is more efficient today...
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idiotic shorts !!!
We have no time , we have done everything we could BUT the position is so big....
We were digging and digging but the long are strong.
Soon we have to close the position other we will be broke...
Management know how things play in Wall street .
Nothing good has happen with this company since Ratoff leads NovaDel.
Does Ratoff worth annual salary of $360,000 he is taking from Novadel? Absolutely No!
Ratoff has never built company. Some might say Ratoff sold a pharmaceutical for $500 million. I said Yes…. but he brought to lead a company with steady stream income…so whats the big deal…?
NovaDel needs change. NovaDel needs new CEO to save it. a new CEO that know the pharmaceutical industry and Wall Street.
Mainly retails buying. I'm waiting for the institutions...
Thank you for Simes presentation web link.
Somehow I missed this presentation.
Wow, simes is very enthusiastic from P&G/NOVN announcement. Why not? after BPAX December 2004 share price crashed ( $10.30- $3.00 )following P&G`s Intrisa FDA rejection and further poor analysis from some analysts, saying "P&G abandoned Intrinsa development and the FSD market" "FDA does not a product from that category" ... with latest P&G news, Libigel could become a hot product for many pharmaceutical companies what migh add an extra offer for previous managemnt asking for the all company.
After Listening Simes presentation very carefully where he emphasized " No intention to raise money" " The board will sell the company for the right price " I strongly believe that selling the company is just a matter of days and not months!!!
4 months before year end....
Who want to build big position should paid nice premium.
The news we are waiting for is close.
Don`t said you wouldn`t told.
See you on $15.
Second round, end of September.
Buyout probably on October.
Investor voting, end of December.
Bye Bye Biosante, Bye Bye....
I saw Biosante stock price going both side very sharply many times. I never been worried and I`m not worry today too.
Biosante is in a buyout process. I think maximum 3-4 months for a buyout announcement. some wrote on this board that the tender already offered and I think he right.
Biosante management is very confidence and continuing to make progress on all fronts.
662,799 BPAX shares bought today.
Biosante share holders sent today a strong message to Wall Street.
We are confidence buyout will be sign soon!!!
Obviously some holder decided to sell his position today BUT others investors were willing to buy him out at a VERY attractive price.
This summer will be hot. after listening Simes carefully I become to conclusion Simes want to close the deal before year end to look for other opportunities.
Stay tune !
You are so sick, you have to much testosterone. making research who mentioned yrubinek on this board...lol.
You are such a clown beter you go and play at some circus, dummy.
Selling the company is on Biosante management agenda. some whisper "BPAX buyout could happen by the end of Q3-Q4 2008".
In 5 trading ( two weeks ago ) days Biosante
rocketed from $2.05 to $5.05.
What the buyer know....
what would be the buyout price?
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CM Punk president tweet
A post on Twitter where CM Punk states that anyone that has been at Wrestlemania should never be allowed to run for president of the United States, except for him. This comment caused a bit of controversy within the internet wrestling community because people viewed it as a jab at fans.
August 7, 2015
Chicago Blackhawks championship belt
A post on Twitter where members of the Chicago Blackhawks are posing with their championship trophies and a replica WWE championship belt, which was sent to them by Vince McMahon personally. In case you didn't know, this is the team that CM Punk religiously supports.
June 17, 2015
CM Punk thanks Edge
Hideo Itami bashes CM Punk
A couple of posts on Twitter where CM Punk tells Matt Jackson that he would never steal a finishing move, which promptly gets a response from Hideo Itami, the inventor of the Go 2 Sleep.
April 22, 2015
CM Punk and friends
A photo on Twitter of former WWE stars CM Punk, Colt Cabana and Cliff Compton hanging out at a baseball game.
March 27, 2015
CM Punk owes Samoa Joe
CM Punk mocks fighters
AJ Lee marriage
CM Punk crowd surfing
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An interesting Twitter post, where WWE makes it seem as if Dolph Ziggler took a verbal jab at CM Punk for quitting the company, which prompts a response from the new UFC fighter.
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Central Minnesota Online Job Fair
Welcome to the Central Minnesota Online Job Fair
Now you can look for career opportunities on your schedule and on your terms. Browse through the listings at your convenience without the fear of who might see you.
Take a look at the many businesses below, and find out the type of person they're looking for. If it sounds like the perfect position for you, click the link to get more info and apply!
American Door Works
Ready to make a positive change? Looking for a career? American Door Works, formerly St. Cloud Overhead Door, is hiring installation technicians in St. Cloud and Alexandria right now! You could be working for a family friendly company that understands the need for balance between work and home life. A company that offers competitive wages, great benefits and more! If you're ready for a positive change with a growing organization—apply today at American Door Works Next to McKay's in St. Cloud. Online at AmericanDoorworks.com/Employment
Elevator Worker & Scale Clerks
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), a world leader in agricultural processing, is seeking candidates for seasonal positions as elevator workers or scale clerks at our St. Cloud, MN location. Positions require the flexibility to work overtime and weekends. To attract and develop the best talent at ADM, we provide ongoing training, global opportunities and industry leading benefits including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K/ESOP, pension, tuition assistance and much more.
Successful completion of ADM's pre-employment process is required. Visit www.adm.com/careers. ADM is an EOE for minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with a disability.
Becker Community Center
Come work with a fun, energetic team, at the Becker Community Center! They have flexible hours and employees enjoy the benefits of a free membership! Becker Community Center is now hiring for a Lead Building Attendant, Front Desk, Lifeguards and other positions. Click here for more information. Or call 763-200-4271.
CHI Health
CHI is one of the nation's largest faith-based healthcare systems and, as such provides CHI Health at Home access to the latest clinical and technological resources to help us meet the unique healthcare needs of our clients in the comfort and privacy of their home. CHI- Health at Home in Albany is seeking the following employees to join their team of healthcare professionals: 1. Part-time Home Health Occupational Therapist 2. Full-time Home Health Physical Therapist. Interested applicants can apply online at CatholicHealth.net. Catholic Health Initiatives is an EEO/F/M/Vet/Disabled Employer
The Chip Shoppe
Immediate hiring available! Flexible schedule, part time or full time seasonal for the following positions; Warehouse/fulfillment, Packing, Fork lift, Delivery drivers (must have CDL license), Customer Service, Shipping, Human Resources, Data Entry. We offer competitive pay with quick raises for outstanding work. The Chip Shoppe is a full service fundraising company, packing orders for schools, and working in fast paced environment, seeks dependable hard working employees to work our seasonal business. We will work with your schedule! Apply online to firstname.lastname@example.com or come in to fill out an application. 47659 Heatherwood Road St. Cloud, MN 56301 (Behind the McStop McDonalds in South St. Cloud)
Clearwater Travel Plaza
Clearwater Travel Plaza is looking to fill two fulltime positions.
BAKERY MANAGER — This a full time, salaried position with great perks and benefits! Correct candidate will help develop and grow this world class bakery! If you're a great leader, have previous experience with bakery awesomeness, and have a great attitude, apply today.
OVERNIGHT CASHIER — The Clearwater Travel Plaza is hiring a full-time, overnight cashier for their General Store. You would work Sunday through Thursday. If you have a positive attitude to help create a fun work environment, apply today at the Clearwater Travel Plaza in Clearwater!
Coborn's, Inc.
Want a job you'll love? Coborn's, Inc. is one of St. Cloud's fastest-growing employers with endless opportunities. We are hiring in Coborn's and Cash Wise stores, Holiday Stationstores, Warehouse and Delivery Hub, Central Bakery, Tops Dry Cleaning and Corporate Office. Our strong and stable employee-owned company has 7,700 high-energy employees and we'd love to add more!
Whether you want to shine in customer-service in a fast-paced retail position or thrive in your corporate career, you'll enjoy competitive pay, fantastic benefits, a welcoming atmosphere and the opportunity to excel! Join our team and apply today at CobornsInc.com/careers!
Elite Taxi (Baker Transportation Inc.)
Elite Taxi (Baker Transportation Inc.) is looking for Dispatchers, Entry Level Clerical, and Drivers.
Part-time, Full-time, Flexible Schedule. Monday – Sunday 24 hour transport services. Looking for Positive Energy, great customer service skills and a positive teamwork attitude. Gain experience in the transportation industry with a new Growing Company. Room for advancement! Several divisions to branch into and learn! Call and set up an interview, or email your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com. Or check out our online contact form.
Gustafson Mechanical
How would you like to work in the beautiful Alexandria lakes area? Gustafson Mechanical is growing and is immediately hiring apprentice and journeyman plumbers and skilled HVAC installers for new commercial construction projects. Call Adam today at 320-760-6701 or email us at email@example.com. Gustafson Mechanical is a Full service residential and commercial contractor for plumbing and HVAC with engineering and design capabilities. Whether you are just starting your career or looking to grow into new opportunities, apply now. Great pay, full benefits and incentive bonuses and opportunities for advancement. Call right now 320-760-6701 or email email@example.com.
Jack & Jim's
Looking for a job you'll love? Here it is! Jack and Jim's Restaurant and Jack and Jim's event center, Duelm has immediate openings for host's, servers and bartenders! If you like working with people in a fun, fast paced environment, they're looking for you! Full and part time positions are available with excellent pay! Starting at 9 dollars an hour with great tips! You can apply online or in person at Jack and Jim's in Duelm. For directions and more information, go to JackAndJims.com, or call 320-968-9995.
Jennie-O Turkey Store
Jennie-O Turkey Store competes for the best talent! Jennie-O Turkey Store manages all segments of the supply chain, combining innovative processes with state-of-the-art technologies. This provides a work culture with significant opportunity for career growth and mobility. Located in rural communities, our employees appreciate the affordable cost of living as well as the nearby recreational opportunities this lifestyle offers. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity, and are commensurate with accomplishment. We offer a full suite of benefits, including 401(K). We are an equal opportunity employer. You can sign up for job notification emails that will alert you when a position becomes available in your field of interest. You can check our open positions by clicking here.
Pizza Ranch
At Pizza Ranch, we show that we care about your future by providing great career opportunities. It's also our goal to make each Ranch-hand feel the same kind of genuine care that our guests experience. Can you see your future at Pizza Ranch? We'll work with you and encourage your progress with true growth opportunities at all levels. Apply today and discover the trail of possibilities at the Ranch. We even supply our delivery drivers with a company and fuel. Apply online at Careers.PizzaRanch.com or call 320-203-8646.
Ramler Trucking
Ramler Trucking Inc. of Albany, MN is looking to expand its fleet of reefers and flat beds. Drivers wanted to be a part of an employee owned company. Our drivers make between $45,000 and $65,000 with our top driver making $73,000 with year round consistent work. Teams welcome and earn $115,000 plus benefits. Why take your 34 hour break on the road when you can take it at home with your family? We have dedicated lanes to Washington State. We also have many local, mid-west and regional lanes available out 1-4 nights a week. Great equipment with our own maintenance shop and road support. We offer; 401K, Health, Dental, Life, Paid Vacation, ESOP and safe driving bonuses. Check out our employment page at RamlerTrucking.com.
REM Minnesota
REM Minnesota, a partner of The Mentor Network, is a leader in providing support to individuals with a wide range of disabilities. REM is currently hiring to fill positions throughout the state of Minnesota including St Cloud and surrounding areas. Jump start your career in Human Services as a Direct Support Professional where you will enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities. REM Minnesota offers flexible schedules with consistent hours and opportunities for advancement. There are many positions available and interviews are being scheduled throughout the month of September with a special hiring day on September 10th. Apply today at jobs.TheMentorNetwork/Minnesota.com.
Think a vacation is out of reach due to finances? A $2500 hiring bonus and a $1000 relocation bonus is waiting for you at WASP in Glenwood. Qualified Welders, lead welder, assembler, painter and prep or assembly quality technicians should apply immediately.
Enjoy benefits of employee ownership while advancing your career and funding your retirement. Choose Wasp for our 3 day weekends, better compensation, quarterly bonuses, excellent benefits and job security.
EOE. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protect veteran, or a qualified individual with disability.
Wilkie Sanderson
Wilkie Sanderson is seeking a full-time, custom woodworker who is interested in joining a growing team. Qualifications: ability to read blueprints and build custom, commercial, millwork products with minimal supervision, Experience in custom woodworking required. As an Employee owned company (ESOP) we have put into retirement accounts over one-and-a-half million dollars. We offer a competitive wage, health/dental/life insurance, paid vacation, holidays, and 401(k). We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Pre-employment drug screening is mandatory for this position. Apply in person at Wilkie Sanderson, 1010 N Summit Ave. Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 or online at WilkieSanderson.com EOE/AA


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HTC Quattro, Cybertron, Elite, and more appear on device code-name list
There's been a leak of a relatively long list of what appear to be code names for devices manufactured by HTC this week, with several of the names having been made and released already and a whole lot more looking rather new with no assignment given to them as of yet. This list was passed to PocketNow a few months ago and was held due to concerns over legitimacy. Now that more than a few of the names have since appeared on real-life devices in the wild, the time for publishing has come! Look at this wacky list below.


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October: JRiver
Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 20th, 2015. Special guest Jim Hillegass from JRiver, the popular enthusiast media player, will be joining us to talk all things computer-based entertainment.
So if you stream from a computer, this is not a meeting to miss!
As always, snacks and discussion on all things audio to follow.
We hope to see you this September!
Meetings are held at:
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
3517 Raleigh Avenue
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Refreshments are served; guests, visitors, and new members are welcome to attend.
AudioMN News:
We have recently added quite a bit of exciting new content regarding our latest DIY projects, including our Balanced Power Transformer, Pass F5 Amplifier, BA-3 Preamplifier and SB Acoustics Reference Speaker,projects. Please take a look!
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Don't Blame Africans for Bad Rulers
Published: January 31, 1996
To the Editor:
Re Thomas L. Friedman's "Come to Africa" (column, Jan. 28):
Mr. Friedman's portrayal of African countries as places with "no sense of community, no sense that people owe their government anything, no sense that anyone is responsible for anyone else" fosters the stereotypical view of African countries as being anarchic, corrupt and dangerous. If Mr. Friedman spent time away from urban areas, he might experience a different Africa where a sense of community and tradition prevails.
Why should there be a commitment to government in Africa anyway? The ruling classes, often elitist and corrupt, were established by foreign occupiers and are drawn from tribal lines and nepotism. When European colonizers divided up the continent, there was little consideration for tribal boundaries or equitable distribution of natural resources.
This legacy remains, as do vestiges of colonial bureaucracies. With only 30 years of independence, cold war interventions and donors like the World Bank imposing austerity measures, it is unreasonable to expect more stable political systems.
Until African governments give equal rights to all, a sense of indebtedness to society cannot be expected. This process can best be promoted by helping Africans to build their own capacity and to create their own markets before they become prey to multinationals and the global marketplace.
JAMES T. MURPHY Medford, Mass., Jan. 28, 1996 The writer is a graduate student in urban and environmental policy, Tufts University.


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Jamie Dimon Wouldn't Buy Bear Stearns Again If They Were Selling It For The Price Of 'On The House'
Not even if it it came with a personal manservant named Sandy Weill. Not even […]
JPMorgan Legal Liabilities: An Update
In honor of the five-year anniversary of the Fall of the House of Madoff (Wednesday, […]
High-Frequency Monitoring: A Short-Sighted Behavior
The more frequently you monitor your portfolio, the more likely you are to observe a loss.
This is likely to cause short-sighted decisions and could hurt your investment performance.
If you are checking your portfolio more than once per quarter, you're doing it too much.
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Dan Egan, Betterment Director of Behavioral Finance and Investing
JPMorgan's Top Lawyer Thinks Government Could've Been Just As Happy With $100 Million As It Was With $13 Billion
Stephen Cutler is pretty sure a 9-figure settlement is still something. It's the thought that […]
If you liked your bonus in 2012, you'll love what's coming to you this year.
Life At JP Morgan Is Looking Up
And little Jamie, little Holder wants $13 billion.
Reverend Who Put A Hex On JP Morgan Needs Your Help
Back in October, a man who goes by the name of Reverend Billy, AKA Bill […]
Moody's Takes Citigroup, BofA, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley A Notch
Plus a subsidiary of State Street, which apparently had gotten a pass for too long.
Attention London-Based Financial Services Employees: The Season For F*cking Up With No Repercussions Is Nearly Upon Us
Been thinking about TP'ing your CEO's house? Or placing a massive trade that, let's be […]
Investment banking continues to be a laborious, tedious practice. Banks are implementing ways to boost […]
That $11-ish billion legal tab will probably leave a mark on payday.
JP Morgan Better Not Even Think About Passing One Cent Of That Fine Onto Checking Account Customers, Else It's Lights Out: Checking Account Customer Dixie Klamfoth
Amid the storm, J.P. Morgan continues to prosper in some of its core businesses. The […]
JP Morgan Trader Charged In WhaleGate Might Want To Pack Up His Beach Chair
When last we checked in with Javier Martin-Artajo, his attorney was telling the press that […]
Jamie Dimon Could Use A Call From A Certain Super Bowl Champion Right About Now
If a certain someone can't get to the phone, any old professional athlete with a […]
JP Morgan Not Done Pay For Whale Losses Just Yet
JP Morgan is near a final settlement of probes into its London Whale derivatives loss […]
Taxonomical Issue Costs JPMorgan Chase $50 Million
Jamie Dimon & Co. owe Leonard Blavatnik half the money they lost him on mortgage-backed […]
Now If You'll Excuse Him, Martin-Artajo Has A Pool-Side Massage Appointment To Get To
Former JP Morgan trader Javier Martin-Artajo was released after telling a Madrid court he opposed […]
Bloomberg Investigation Concludes Drawing Parallels Between JPMorgan, Nazis Might've Been A Tad Much
From here on, the news organization will frown upon comparing the destruction of world-historic landmarks […]
Banks In Trouble For Losing Money And Getting In Trouble
Half of today's financial news stories are about how some government enforcement agency is looking […]
Mayor Of Small French Village Just About Ready To Let London Whale Underling Manage Town's Finances
Hundreds of miles from the bustling trading rooms where he worked with the "London Whale", […]
The London Whale Hated All The Lying About How Much Money He Was Losing
Today U.S. prosecutors charged former JPMorgan CIO traders Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout with various […]
JPMorgan Finds A Better Use For Its Commodities Brainpower Than Selling Electricity
UBS is selling its over-the-counter commodity derivatives portfolio to JPMorgan, prompting John Carney to say […]
Electricity Market Rules Did Not Provide A Worthy Opponent For JPMorgan's Brainpower
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fined JPMorgan $410mm today and you can see why JPMorgan […]
JPMorgan Talked About Leverage A Lot This Morning
One of the pleasures of every JPMorgan quarterly earnings call is hearing Jamie Dimon's, and […]
Judge Rules Jefferies Should've Just Chilled After Senior Equities Exec Sent Around Video Depicting Jamie Dimon As Hitler
Jefferies Group LLC wrongfully fired its former Asia head of equity trading Grant Williams over […]
Banks Not Exactly Living Up To Terms Of Mortgage Settlement No Reason To Think That Said Settlement Isn't Working, Settlement Authors Say
It seems that a few boutique mortgage lenders are playing a little fast and loose […]
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Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie's best friend and devoted personal assistant. They've been friends since film school, and Brigitte's polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie's casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is in the midst of directing her most ambitious film to date, small disturbances start to ripple through her faultlessly ordered world. An audit reveals worrying discrepancies in her financial records, which have always been maintained by her trusted accountant, Victor Carson. Receipts hint at activities of which she has no knowledge. Someone close to Tallie has been steadily helping themselves to enormous amounts of her money. Her once safe world of trusted associates is suddenly shaken to its very core - and Tallie is in shock, trying to figure out who has betrayed her among those she trusts and holds dear...
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Please join us for a ten-week introduction, refresher, and opportunity to practice and improve communication and connection skills with yourself and others. This workshop is based on the work by Marshall Rosenberg in "Nonviolent Communications, A Language of Life." Create your life, relationships, and your world in harmony with your values.
We will be skipping a few Fridays, and I will update the schedule as that gets more clear.
The workshop runs from 6:30 until 8:45, with a short break. The start and end times may change based on group consciousness.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
• Connect with their own feelings and needs, and those of others
• Express themselves in a way that makes it more likely to be heard by others
• Hear the "yes" in a "no"--start a connection instead of finishing an exchange
• Express appreciations and regrets in a more connecting way
The cost is approximate $150.
We will use the book Nonviolent Communications: A Language of Life which you can bring with your or will be available at cost (of approximately $20)
About the facilitators:
Elizabeth is passionate about Marshall Rosenberg's revolutionary Nonviolent Communication, and has been since taking a class offered at the Center for Conscious Living in 2006. She has continued to explore and develop her skills and understanding of this life-changing language with on-going group work and in-depth seminars. Elizabeth is committed to growth and development as a Compassionate Communications facilitator and is excited about empowering others who desire to express themselves more fully and to deepen their relationships by becoming familiar with this language of consciousness.
Steffen was exposed to the Marshall Rosenberg's material and NVC in early 2007 by participating in a self study group using the book Nonviolent Communications. Both the book and the group were very eye opening and inspiring. Wanting to dig deeper, Steffen started working with a CNVC Certified Trainer in New York City (NYCNVC) in 2008. Steffen has over four hundred hours of dedicated time learning, facilitating, co-facilitating, introducing, and sharing Compassionate Communications with individuals and groups new to NVC and those familiar and wishing to practice NVC. This includes seven 9-week workshops he has facilitated in southern New Jersey since 2009, and groups meeting regularly to practice Compassionate Communications.
CNVC: Center for Nonviolent Communciations, www.cncv.org
NYCNVC: New York Center for Nonviolent Communication, www.nycnvc.org
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Welcome to Gastown
Happy New Year!Thursday, 01 January 2015 07:00
Here's to the start of a brand new year. From all of us in Gastown...
A Look Back at 2014Wednesday, 31 December 2014 08:00
As we say hello to 2015, we're looking back on a few highlights from 2014. From new businesses to summer events and the temporary vacation of the iconic Steam Clock – this year wasn't short of excitement.
Gastown on the Silver ScreenTuesday, 30 December 2014 08:00
If you saw the newly released flick, Big Eyes, over the holiday weekend, you may have recognized Gastown.
THINGS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK IN GASTOWNMonday, 29 December 2014 10:10
Get ready for the grand countdown. Here's a non-exclusive list of events to keep on your radar.
Ring in the New YearMonday, 29 December 2014 09:00
Celebrate the end of 2014 in style. From an elegant dinner to a grand balloon drop – here's a list of New Years Eve festivities taking place in the neighbourhood.
Gastown Boxing Day 2014Thursday, 25 December 2014 07:00
Boxing Day is coming to Gastown! Over 40 boutiques will offer some of the best shopping specials of the year.
Original Holiday Gifts for the Host & HostessTuesday, 23 December 2014 09:00
At your next dinner party, come bearing unique gifts that will 'wow' the host and hostess – and be the guest that gets invited every year.
THINGS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK IN GASTOWNMonday, 22 December 2014 09:00
Holiday festivities are in the air. Here's this week's scoop on events to keep on your radar.
The Dogs of Gastown: Poco, Olivia + the Best of 2014Friday, 19 December 2014 08:00
They're fun, furry and full of holiday wishes. They're also our gift to you. Meet December's Dogs of Gastown.
Raise a Glass on Christmas Day in GastownThursday, 18 December 2014 09:00
Whether you celebrate Christmas, or not, December 25 doesn't have to be a day spent stuck indoors. A couple of Gastown restaurants will be turning on the lights, warming up the oven and letting the beer flow.
All in a Day's Work at Miller TiterleWednesday, 17 December 2014 09:00
Rob Miller and Jim Titerle are getting set to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Miller Titerle + Company in Gastown, quite possibly the hippest law firm in the city.
A Day in the Life of an Art CuratorTuesday, 16 December 2014 09:00
There's nothing like getting lost in great art. In our latest series, we introduce key people in Gastown's art scene, who curate an exclusive range of award-winning works. Nigel Reading of Spirit Wrestler Gallery shares insight on his role as…
THINGS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK IN GASTOWNMonday, 15 December 2014 09:00
Gastown is gearing up for the holiday countdown. This week's list includes the official Whitecaps FC store opening, Whisky Wisemen, extended holiday shopping hours, complimentary valet parking and more…
Gastown Like a Local (During the Holidays)Friday, 12 December 2014 07:00
If you're itching to break free from the mall, but still have shopping to do, it's time to Gastown like a local – holiday style.
The Complete Guide to Surviving RaincouverThursday, 11 December 2014 09:00
When it rains, it pours – but don't let that stop you from cherishing the holidays. The frequent drizzle may dampen the spirit, so we put together a guide to surviving rainy days in Vancouver.
How to Extend the Life Cycle of Your Fashion ItemsWednesday, 10 December 2014 09:00
It's hard to find something that's built to last. Most garments will not withstand wear and tear without help in the repairs department. That being said, many Gastown retailers are offering services to make your pieces stand the test of…
THINGS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK IN GASTOWNMonday, 08 December 2014 09:00
Come check out the neighbourhood's newest additions. This week, Gastown is welcoming BRUSH Salon, and decor boutique, Espace D., along with L'Abattoir's new brunch service - and a special holiday jewellery event.
Elf-ies, Wreaths and a Red Ryder - Gastown Gets FestiveFriday, 05 December 2014 08:00
If you haven't been to Gastown this week, the time has come. Retailers, restaurants and even our most iconic corner have started getting dolled up for the holidays and things are looking pretty festive.
Brunch Crawl Coming to GastownThursday, 04 December 2014 09:00
Local brunch lovers will have the chance to taste what the neighbourhood has to offer in the first-ever Gastown Brunch Crawl presented by local food blogger, Vancouver Foodster and Dine Out Vancouver.
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There are three designated "holding" centres for immigrants in Canada but more than one third of detainees are incarcerated in rented beds in provincial prisons, some of them maximum security prisons where visits and support services are limited.
Artist and designer Tings Chak has combined her training in architectural design with her interests in human rights, migrant politics, and spatial justice in a graphic novel called Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention (Architecture Observer, 2014. Available on amazon USA and UK)
The 'undocumented' are not so much the human beings who are detained merely for being born somewhere else. The undocumented are the sites where they are detained. All information about these facilities is classified and access to them is extremely limited.
In her publication, Tings investigates the migrant detention centres in Canada -- "the fastest growing incarceration sector in an already booming prison construction industry," from the everyday acts of resistance inside the centers to the role that architectureplays in controlling and regulating migrant bodies.
The purpose of this investigation, she writes, is to make visible the sites and stories of detention, to bring them into conversations about our built environment, and to highlight migrant detention as an architectural problem.
Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention is a brave, shocking and incredibly revealing little book and because its relevance goes way beyond the frontiers of Canada (i'm looking at you Europe and Australia), i asked Tings to tell us more about her work:
Hi Tings! Why did you chose to use drawings and only drawings to investigate the architecture of migrant detention centres in Canada?
In architecture school, we spend a lot of time thinking about visual representation. Often times, architecture is as much about the representation as it is about the built. I am interested in the way using architectural visual language and tools of representation as a political practice - how can drawings reveal and spark a conversation about the invisibilized practices and spaces of detention?
Canada's prisons and detention centres are not privately owned/run, though there have been past attempts to privatize facilities and there are many lobbying efforts, including from U.S. private prison corporations. Many private parties, however, are contracted and paid millions of dollars to manage, operate, and provide services in immigration detention centres. As an example, the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre, the largest of Canada's three designated immigration detention centres, is managed by Corbel Management Corporation and security services are provided by G4S - the world's largest security firm which has been central to maintaining the apartheid state of Israel.
In terms of the life of migrants detained, up to one third of them are locked up in provincial prisons, often times in maximum security prisons. We consistently hear from detainees about the horrendous conditions, even worse than in general population, and the staff shortages that result in lockdowns for days on end. Also, being held in these prisons means that detainees often cannot call family members abroad, are too remote for in-person visits, and don't have access to the legal resources necessary to regularize their immigration status, which all exacerbate the isolation they face in detention.
How much restriction to information did you have to face while investigating spaces for mass detention and deportation? Apart from testimonies from migrants, which kind of evidence is your research based on?
Information about these spaces are highly restricted, access to them is nearly impossible for members of the public. The title of the book is an acknowledgement of how these spaces are purposefully invisibilized and any information about them is classified. Recognizing this, the book is an assemblage of bits and pieces that I gathered from various sources - testimonies from detainees, descriptions from legal counsel who have visited such spaces, research that others have done about specific aspects of detention like solitary confinement, legal recommendations, and design standards for prisons and detention centres.
Here are the links to key resources I based my work on (more can be found here):
These places are surprisingly banal. Unlike the dank, dark dungeons that popular depictions of prisons would have us believe, many of these facilities are familiar in the way that most institutional buildings are. This is something I wanted to highlighted in my drawings.
Another aspect has to do with the highly securitized nature of detention centres, which means that the building is compartmentalized according to discrete functions for processing, monitoring, interrogating, and containing detainees. It is impossible to understand the building as a whole, so as not to be challenged.
What are the architectural mechanisms used to control the experiences of the people detained there?
From the segregation units to the bullet resistant glazing, the sally port to the recessed lighting units, the surveillance systems to the bolted down stainless steel toilet/sink units, every architectural detail of a space is designed to manage and maintain control of incarcerated individuals.
What I was particularly fascinated by were the design guides specific to detention centres (in the U.S. context). These manuals provide a detailed analysis of minimum design standards, including occupancy capacities, material specifications, program adjacencies, etc. Often times, the definitions of the "minimum" or the "habitable" (according to legalistic definitions) are quantified in terms of square footage or cubic volume of air space. The architectural logic of these spaces, along with a lot of other architectures, is governed by the minimum standards, which seek to minimize risk and regulate human bodies.
Could architecture be used to welcome or at least ensure a less traumatic experience for migrants?
I believe that detentions and deportations are inherently violent and traumatizing. Incarcerating people on the basis of being born somewhere else is not something we can humanize through design. I've spoken to architecture students, professors, and practitioners over the course of creating this book, and it's clear that the vast majority of them believe that immigration detention is a "problem" that could be fixed with a better "solution." What is important to note is that often times the ambition of making a space more humane and more optimal distracts and deters us from questioning the prison industrial complex, and the complicity of architects within it.
Israeli architect Eyal Weizman speaks about this problem in his book "The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza" (2012).
The major impetus of this work is to challenge architects to engage in the very difficult ethical question: are there programs for which architects should not design? There are groups such as Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility in the U.S. that have been working for years to get architects to boycott prison design. I believe that architects should be intervening by pushing the discussion towards imagining and designing real alternatives to detention.
You are also an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto. How much impact do your actions and protests have on the immigration system? Could you give some examples?
The work that No One Is Illegal - Toronto has impacts on various levels, which include shifting the public discourse and imagination around migration and borders, building our social movement through mobilization, and developing and sharing an intersectional political analysis, among other things. At the core of it, though, is the belief that the immigration system here (and in the U.S.) is not a "broken" one that we need to reform, but that it is functioning exactly as it is designed to. The system is built on the exploitation of precarious labour, exclusion of poor migrants from the global South, and ongoing displacement of Indigenous people on Turtle Island and across the globe.
That being said, there have been significant victories over the past 10 years. After decades of community organizing, Toronto declared itself a "Sanctuary City" in February, 2013, which means that residents regardless of immigration status can access city services without the threat of detention or deportation. It is still far from being a reality on the ground. Around the End Immigration Detention Campaign that began just over a year ago, there have been some important developments. Specifically, in June 2014, after our submission to the U.N., they released an opinion condemning Canada's practice of detaining migrants for immigration reasons, and for detaining them indefinitely. The work is ongoing, and people are still organizing courageous actions inside to protest their unjust detentions.
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Imagine Architecture. Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm, by Lukas Feireiss and Robert Klanten.
Available on amazon UK and USA
Publisher Gestalten writes: Contemporary developments in the visual arts are often reflected in urban landscapes. Imagine Architecture explores the ways in which visual culture develops in public spaces and how it shapes those spaces. This book focuses on the fruitful exchange between visual culture and architecture and follows up on the themes introduced in our previous release Beyond Architecture. It compiles experimental projects and creative perspectives from the fields of illustration, painting, collage, sculpture, photography, installation, and design.
A young generation of creatives sees the urban landscape as the starting point for their work. When these illustrators, sculptors, or photographers engage with architecture, their art overrules conventional doctrines on the use of space. They use buildings as a medium for their ideas, breaking norms and triggering new tensions. Whether they make sculptures that are created within the context of a given structure or street art whose forms and colors impact its surrounding architecture, all of the featured projects interpret and reflect their spatial settings in compelling ways. In the process, these visionary concepts are playfully expanding the definition of architecture. Their creativity has the potential to breathe new life into public spaces and promote the evolution of our cities.
Imagine Architecture follows Gestalten magical recipe: a theme which will catch everyone's imagination, a straightforward introduction, a brief description of each work and lots of very big images. The formula works every time.
It's not my favourite book from Gestalten though. It's still a brilliant one but i opened it with the assumption that artists exploring architecture were always going to be far more thought-provoking than architects expressing the radical or outlandish ideas you'd expect from an artist. I looked back at architecture titles i've reviewed in the past (in particular the two i've just linked to) and realize that i was wrong, i shouldn't dismiss architects' creativity.
Now to what i like about the book: the title and content might be catchy but that doesn't reduce the Imagine Architecture to a catalogue of what was cool and trendy on design and art blogs these past couple of years. The editors have brought to light gems from exhibitions and portfolios that haven't reached the mainstream yet. Some of the works are deeply political. Others have no other ambition than be poetical. Some are paper models of an imaginary city that, like a real one, is ever growing, ever-evolving. Others are typographic experiments that attempt to dialogue with architecture. Some explore architecture through the introspective lens of the home. Others look at the arrogance of men who hope to control and dominate from the height of the towers they've built.
Right, i can see now that my arid review hasn't probably done justice to the book, let the images speak then:
Tom Sachs' The Island is a modified model of the radar tower of the USS Enterprise CVN-65, "The world's first and finest nuclear powered aircraft carrier." It's also one of my favourite works ever.
The Fog Factory is the model of the area around the train station in Nancy, France. Fog, which creeps over the streets, constitutes the architecture, an artificial copy of a meteorological phenomenon, mechanically produced but randomly distributed and imponderable.
Beth Dow looks at the American environments, and its penchant for fake antiquities. My pictures of faked antiquities are an attempt to evoke nostalgia for inaccurate history, to wrestle with ideas of authenticity, and to question the value we place on classical ideals.
Laurent Chehere looks for understated and overlooked examples of architecture in Paris. From caravans to circus tents to sex shops. He photographs them and then sends them high up in the air from his digital manipulation room.
Collapscapes are fictitious industrial spaces made of glass. Called Chemical Plant, Mine Shaft, Super Collider and Gas Depot, the objects look at industrial architecture and the contraction (or collapse) of industrial sites that follows increasingly mechanised production.
A synthetic cotton treehouse for children in the shape of a mushroom cloud.
Daryl Chen's New Socialist Village explores what the UK can learn about planning from the community living in the village of Caochangdi, an atypical 'new socialist village' outside of Beijing. In the space created by the Chinese government's evolving planning laws, the village's growth is driven by the instincts of local peasants and the bohemian opportunism of artists who have established a set of unstated rules governing urban form.
Jiang Pengyi creates Unregistered Cities, miniature abandoned cities. He then places them in the historic abandoned houses that Beijing's hunger for "excessive urbanization, redevelopment and demolition" has left to rot.
Views inside the book:
The Deadly Life of Logistics. Mapping Violence in Global Trade, by Deborah Cowen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. Her work focuses on the politics of space and questions of citizenship.
Available on Amazon USA and UK.
Publisher University of Minnesota Press writes: A genealogy of logistics, tracing the link between markets and militaries, territory and government
Deborah Cowen traces the art and science of logistics over the past sixty years, from the battlefield to the boardroom and back again. Though the object of corporate and governmental logistical efforts is commodity supply, she demonstrates that they are deeply political--and, considered in the context of the long history of logistics, deeply indebted to the practice of war.
The image above encapsulates rather efficiently the intimate connections that link the military and the private businesses which transport 'seamlessly' all kinds of goods around the world. Basra Logistics City used to be called Camp Bucca and it used to be the largest U.S. military detention facility in occupied Iraq. In December 2010, the US handed the base to the government of Iraq, which, on the same day, gave Kufan Group of Iraq a license to turn the place into a 21st-century logistics hub for Iraq's port.
The Deadly Life of Logistics demonstrates how logistics is at the very heart of war and trade. Since WWII, businesses have been learning lessons from the infrastructures, strategies and technologies that armies have put in place to ensure that soldiers are fed and ammunition is available at the front. Logistics plays a key role in war. The greatest volume of material shipped from the UK to France during WW1, i read in the book, was oats and hay for the horses. Over time, private companies have not only learnt from the military, using logistics to reshape the geographies of capitalist production and distribution on global scale, they have also quickly started to support war efforts and are now providing housing and feeding to the soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. The author speaks of a militarization of the economy and a privatization of warfare.
The book offers a fascinating tour of the instruments and tactics of logistics: the palet, the container, the deregulation of the transport industry in the U.S. in the 1980s, the use of 'flags of convenience', etc. All of which provide huge benefits in time, space and capital. DHL delivers your parcel on time, new toys arrive in store before Christmas and everybody is happy. Except the workers who saw their wages, rights and the strength of their unions reduced. Their very safety is at risk as well. Port, transport and logistics are consistently ranked among the most dangerous industries by governments that monitor health and safety on the workplace.
The picture that the book offers is rather bleak. In the world of logistics, China imports its cheap labor model, the port of Dubai where the vast majority of the private workforce have no formal citizenship is heralded as a model for the U.S. port security, Somali pirates are presented as enemies of humanity while foreign companies illegally dump toxic substances in Somali waters and others deplete them of marine resources in total impunity, the flow of capital and commodities is a matter of species survival and human rights are a rather tiresome hindrance.
The Deadly Life of Logistics is a fascinating, informative and politically engaged book. I sometimes found that the constant abbreviations, quotes, references and repetitions got in the way of a fluid reading but otherwise it's a book i'd like to place in the hand of artists and activists. Of artists mostly because no one better than them can translate the impact and dangers of contemporary logistics into an arresting language understood by the broad public.
Ways of Looking: How to Experience Contemporary Art, by Ossian Ward, Head of Content at the Lisson Gallery and former chief art critic at Time Out London.
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Publisher Laurence King writes: Art has changed. Familiar styles and movements that characterized art production prior to the twenty-first century have all vanished. Traditional artistic media no longer do what we expect of them.
This book provides a straightforward guide to understanding contemporary art based on the concept of the tabula rasa - a clean slate and a fresh mind. Ossian Ward presents a six-step program that gives readers new ways of looking at some of the most challenging art being produced today. Since artists increasingly work across traditional media and genres, Ward has developed an alternative classification system for contemporary practice such as 'Art as Entertainment', 'Art as Confrontation', 'Art as Joke' -- categories that help to make sense of otherwise obscure-seeming works. There are also 20 'Spotlight' features which guide readers through encounters with key works..
Contemporary art is not what it used to be. The old rules, classifications and movements don't apply anymore. Art can be anything, anywhere, it can even be anyone. You might pass by it on the street and never realize it. The author thus set up to guide us through art appreciation and consumption. Thankfully, Ward is a witty, straightforward and seasoned art critic who realizes that no one needs an encyclopedic knowledge of art history nor a master in art speak to enjoy art. In fact, Ward advises that you come with a fresh mind and a clean slate, calling for a tabula rasa approach where T.A.B.U.L.A. stands for:
Time: just hold on, don't turn your back yet. Stay there for a few minutes before deciding the work is not for you (that's one rule i should follow more often.)
Ward then suggests that we look at today's art through various lenses: entertainment, confrontation, event, message, joke, spectacle and meditation.
The theory is never overwhelming nor dogmatic. The author illustrates each point with a number of artworks which he dissects according to the T.A.B.U.L.A. perspective.
I loved this book. I'm tempted to offer a copy to my many friends who stare at me with a look of "poor loser, that art job must be so BO-RING" in their eyes. I never managed to explain them why what i do for a living makes me want to spring out of bed every morning but this book might be more convincing. But Ways of Looking will be of great help to me as well. I've always thought that i was good at feeling when a work is 'good' or 'bad' but i often struggle to form intelligible thoughts that would help me express what i find so interesting about a particular piece or exhibition.
I particularly liked the tone of the book. While the author sounds genuinely passionate about contemporary art, he doesn't seem to take it too seriously either. From what i could infer, he doesn't suffer sloppy, easy and pompous art. There certainly isn't any of that kind of art in his book.
Some of the works presented and analysed in the book:
This 7-metre-long version of a medieval bronze and steel cruciform sword is suspended in mid-air over the heads of visitors. Like the Sword of Damocles, this memento mori reminds us of the precariousness of all things.
Mohamed Bourouissa's photos look like evidences from a photo reportage about delinquency in French suburbs inhabited by Arab and African communities. Taken between 2005 and 2008, the photos directly echo the 2005 unrest in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois.
Each image has actually been carefully staged and choreographed to simulate the documentation of tensions and confrontations about to explode. Yet, the composition is so precise and elegant that the photos also evoke Romantic paintings.The series was named after the Boulevard Périphérique, the ring-road surrounding Paris that effectively ostracizes communities that live beyond this physical and metaphorical barrier.
The trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned follows the activities of the Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland (JRMiP), a utopian political group that calls for the return of 3,300,000 Jews to Poland.
Views inside the book:
Vice interviewed the author about Ways of Looking.
Image on the homepage: Gregor Schneider, Man With Cock.
100 Ideas that Changed the Web, by Jim Boulton, curator of Digital Archaeology, an organisation that seeks to document the formative years of digital culture and raise the profile of digital preservation.
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Publisher Laurence King writes: This innovative title looks at the history of the Web from its early roots in the research projects of the US government to the interactive online world we know and use today.
Fully illustrated with images of early computing equipment and the inside story of the online world's movers and shakers, the book explains the origins of the Web's key technologies, such as hypertext and mark-up language, the social ideas that underlie its networks, such as open source, and creative commons, and key moments in its development, such as the movement to broadband and the Dotcom Crash. Later ideas look at the origins of social networking and the latest developments on the Web, such as The Cloud and the Semantic Web.
Following the design of the previous titles in the series, this book will be in a new, smaller format. It provides an informed and fascinating illustrated history of our most used and fastest-developing technology.
The book had me at page 8, the one that says "The idea of the internet was born in Belgium.' I was born there too! How thrilling! That idea, thus, was born at the Mundaneum, an institution which Slates calls a 'Proto-Internet made of index cards' and Speigel defines 'an analog version of Google'. Created in 1910, the Mundaneum had the ambition of collecting all human knowledge and classify it according to a system that Belgian lawyer Paul Otlet and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henri LaFontaine called 'Universal Decimal Classification'. While this networked world relied on index cards and telegraph machines, it nonetheless anticipated the hyperlinked structure of today's Web.
100 Ideas that Changed the Web is a thick, compact book that charts the key moments that made and make the Web. The author presents one idea over two pages. One of them being the short essay, the other is the image that illustrates the concept. The book follows a logical and chronological order. The 20 first ideas are about the vanguard that paved the way for the creation of the Web. Ideas 21 to 53 are about the early days of the Web. These were times of experiments and wild dreams. The following 20-ish ideas deal with the pre-social era of the Web, full of ups (PayPal) and downs (that dot-com bubble). Ideas 74 to 98 brings us into the right here, right now of the web. The last two ideas look into the future.
The book is very upbeat and celebratory. It makes me love the fact that i lived from dial-up modems (don't miss understand me: i'd never ever want to go back there) to the era of Big Data. It also reminded me of the importance of ideas i either take for granted nowadays (eBay!! or real-time reporting) or had almost forgotten (The Blair Witch Project, a film that accumulated a series of 'first time ever', one of them being that its promotion relied heavily on a website.)
I think it's a book anyone might enjoy. It sums up efficiently important concepts and allows readers to take a step back and look at how much their lives have changed in a relatively short period of time.
With that said, i feel that the book is glossing over the unpleasant aspects of the web: the trolls, the spam, the scams, the mass-surveillance, the revenge porn, the platforms that are closing themselves, etc. All are corollaries of those magnificent 100 ideas that changed the web.
More views inside the book:
Meta-Life. Biotechnologies, Synthetic Biology, ALife and the Arts, a Leonardo-MIT Press e-book edited by Annick Bureaud, Roger Malina and Louise Whiteley.
Available on amazon USA and UK.
Publisher Leonardo/Olats writes: Artists have opened new avenues in the art world by employing these developments in biotechnology, synthetic biology and Artificial Life; going from inanimate to autonomous objects to living creatures; exploring the thin border between animate and inanimate; confronting the grown, the evolved, the born and the built; and raising aesthetic but also social, political and ethical issues.
New forms of 'exo-life' may not arrive on Earth from outerspace by hitching a ride on a meteorite, but instead come out of the lab, designed by scientists - or perhaps artists - weaving together biology and computing in a petri dish or bioreactor.
Over the last fifty years our ideas about the nature of life have changed dramatically. Revolutionary advances in genetics and molecular biology have given us new insights into how carbon based life on our planet originates and functions. In more recent years the development of synthetic biology has dramatically expanded our ability to design and modify life forms. At the same time, disruptive developments in computing technologies have led to the possibility of generating digitally-based artificial life. And outside traditional institutions, emerging DIY, bio-hacking and citizen science movements have begun to appropriate laboratory technologies, challenging ideas about the governance of the life sciences.
Meta-Life is an anthology of articles published in Leonardo about the living, the non-living and the 'kind of living' in all their forms. There are 45 articles in total, some date back to the 1990s, others are newly commissioned texts. In fact, the whole DIY Biology - BioHacking section is composed of new commissions.
A quick look at the titles of the sections demonstrates the wide-range of themes explored: Between Bio, Silico and Syhtetic: Life and the Arts reflects on how our notions of life and of art are challenged both by computer technology and biotechnologies; Artificial Life and the Arts as well as the section called BioArt contain theoretical and philosophical texts about both fields, Bio - Fiction, Design, Archictecture explores the thin border between reality and fiction; DIY Bio - BioHacking proposes various points of view on the bio DIY movement.
I haven't been through the whole ebook but i've read most of the articles and so far, so very good. To be blunt, I don't trust Leonardo to publish texts that are approachable and engaging. Intelligent, informative and thought-provoking, they do very well but appealing to broad(ish) audiences? I wasn't not so sure. Well, that's where i was very wrong. There is no abstruse language nor complex theories in this ebook. Trust me, I deliberately looked for it.
Here's just a couple of examples of the essays i've enjoyed, in no particular order:
Dr Craig Hilton writes about his collaboration with artists Billy Apple® to create what is simultaneously a subject of art and of scientific endeavor. This project consisted in growing the first biological tissue made available for artists and the first biological tissue for science research made available by an artist as art. The Immortalisation of Billy Apple® is a work of art that lives, multiplies and has the potential to create other works of art ad infinitum, especially because there is no restriction placed on the use of the Billy Apple® 's tissue.
The flamboyant Adam Zaretsky authors a sex-infused manifesto about the utopias surrounding the art (manipulation) of the living.
Following the exhibition GROW YOUR OWN ... Life After Nature, Michael John Gorman offers a coherent and crystal-clear introduction to synthetic biology, in which he also manages to include a few reflections on intellectual property, ethical and regulatory framework, media frenzy, and market interests.
Anna Dumitriu explores the relationship between bacterial and digital communications networks through the lessons she learnt while working on her project Cybernetic Bacteria 2.0.
Steve Tomasula places bio art into the context of the tradition of manipulating nature for aesthetic reason.
Oron Cats investigates the concept of being alive or 'just kind of living.' He makes some important points about the absence of a cultural language that would help audiences deal with tissue culture and other fragments of life. How should we culturally articulate and position lab-grown life when we have no cultural reference that would allow us to relate to it?
David Benqué has an enlightening conversation with independent synthetic biologist Cathal Garvey. The discussion explores the difference between DIY biology and BioHacking, the fear of biotechnology escaping the labs, the cost of creativity in biology, etc.
The first text i ran to was actually Alessandro Delfanti's research about DIY biology and its position in the world of science, the world of the market and the state.
I think i could go on and on. I carried Meta-Life in my e-reader throughout the Summer and enjoyed dipping in and out of it. I think that this collection of texts by illustrious artists, designers, and researchers constitutes a great reference to anyone who has a mild-to-strong interest in how the art world is exploring the synthetic and the aesthetic, the artificial and the new natural, the fictional and the ethical dimensions of life.
Get that one for your Kindle, it's a gem.
Image on the homepage: Brandon Ballengée. Malamp Reliquaries, 1996-ongoing. Unique IRIS prints on water-colour paper. 2003-07.