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The gallery Epicentro invites this Wednesday for the opening of "Germany through the eyes of Russian artists", an exhibition that brings together landscape portraits of ten Russian artists who have emerged on a trip to Germany this spring. Cities like Nuremberg, Munich, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dresden, Meersburg and Würzburg as well as the castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern served as inspiring muses for the artists. The result of this journey reflects the individual impressions of each artist over the most beautiful places in Germany concerning light, colour and shape. Continue reading
meet the staff // Janin
Meet the staff of the Amstel House as they share their secret Berlin hot spots and off the beaten track travel tips with you. And their secret super powers. And their celebrity crush… This month's staff member featured is one of our most cheerful colleagues, Janin!
I am like a boomerang- I leave and after a while I return. You could almost say that the world is my home and my backpack 'Jack' is my closest friend. We have been 'Globetrotters' for the last five years, but at some point we came back home after our adventures. It is very important for me to laugh and to be crazy about the little things, that people and the world have to offer. I like painting, creating things, spoiling myself and cycling, feeling the wind, my pulse racing and singing along to music. This makes me feel free 😀
1. What do you love about Berlin?
The multicultural, the east-west tradition and the fact that it is a green city. Continue reading
Tomorrow is Myfest Berlin 2015
If there is a holiday that stands for Berlin, no doubt that is the first of May. The city gets stir up in all meanings during Labor Day. First of all politically: more than five large demonstrations take place on this date. The biggest one, Revolutionary May 1, starts always at 6p.m s in Kreuzberg and is led by autonomous and anti-fascist groups against capitalism. It is also around the area that the largest festival of the day, Myfest Berlin 2015, takes place. Organized by the alternative scene, the street festival attracts thousands of people every year. In many stages spread around the Lausitzer Platz more than 20 DJs and Bands make the party for free and for every one. Besides music, performers, comedians, workshops and many food stands are part of the program that goes on throughout the whole day. Don't miss it. In no other day one can get so close of the spirit of Berlin.
When: Friday, 1st of May
Where: Kreuzberg, Berlin
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10 best travel apps
Around a year ago we created a list with 10 genius travel apps for you. They are still genius but we thought we'd add a new list if 10 best travel apps we found to make your travels easier, cheaper or simply more fun. With the Amstel House free wifi you can start exploring these awesome apps from the moment you arrive at the Amstel House Hostel Berlin!
1. Happy Hour Radar
Never miss a good food or drink deal in your proximity with this app. Happy Hour Radar is for Germany, but there are Happy Hour apps for the US and many other countries available in the app store.
2. PackPoint
No more packing stress. Enter your destination, the length of your trip and what activities your trip will include and PackPoint will create a personal packing check list. It even takes the weather forecast into account!
3. Trover
It's been called "the baby of Instagram and Trip Advisor". The Trover app encourages users to upload their pics and tag them to their geo location providing recommendations and tips for that spot. Use it as your own log book, create a bucket list or simply inspire others! Continue reading
Amstel House Beer Taste Box
Coming to Germany and not trying the local beers is like travelling to the beach and not swimming in the ocean. The drink is not only a national monument, bur also a tourist attraction not to be missed. Some dare to say that the beer quality here – do to many rules and laws – is even higher than that of water.Having that in mind and thinking about the constant and bohemian curiosity of our guests the Amstel House created a Beer Combo. Available in two sizes – with 6 or 8 bottles – the special box comes with different types of beers of several regions of Germany and some snacks to accompany the tasting. By ordering the Beer Combo Box you get 20% off the original prices. So come around and make your order. We are happy to provide you this delicious experience.
Berlin art exhibition YES WE'RE OPEN!
The program of YES WE'RE OPEN! at the emblematic Haus Schwarzenberg goes on. This weekend with the opening of the group-exhibition 20 years neurotitan and performance "Movement & Sound Improvisation Vol.8″ Continue reading
Top 10 Berlin clubs for summer
Berlin is known as one of the best cities in the world to party. Fact! Especially in the summer it is a wonderland. In celebration to the 10th anniversary of Amstel House, to the arrival of summer and to the fact that here is a great place to celebrate, we made a list of the Top 10 Berlin clubs for summer. Continue reading
Festival Comic Invasion 2015 in Berlin
Lovers of the illustrated strips have an extra reason to visit Berlin this weekend. The Festival Comic Invasion, biggest on the subject in Berlin, will break into the Urban Spree on 18 and 19 of April. Continue reading
Roter Salon: a great concert place in Berlin
Berlin is full of great venues, but the Roter Salon (red Salon) is definitely a special one among them. Conceived together with the Grün Salon (Green Salon) in the years that followed 1945 as an extension of the famous Volksbühne, this small and charming locale is one of the most trendy concert places in town. Continue reading
When you travel to Asia or Australia chances are you have an overlap in Singapore. Instead of sticking to the usual tourist tours, we give you the top 30 insider Singapore hot spots and hidden gem tips; the very best shops, restaurants, bars and museums in town.
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Katherine Meltzoff-Stavropolous, has been awarded the 2015 Jean Fort Dissertation Prize and a 2015 INSAR Outstanding Dissertation Award. Katherine is a former UCSD graduate student and will be an Assistant Professor at UC, Riverside.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|17 Dec 1991
|Filing date
|27 Oct 1989
|Priority date
|27 Oct 1989
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Frank Trotta, Gary Gray
|Original Assignee
|Electronic Voting Systems, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (33), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (36), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to movable voting booths. More particularly, the invention relates to an easily movable, durable, heavy duty voting booth structure for accommodating electronic voting mechanisms.
Traditionally, voting booths have been structured to afford privacy to the individual voter. Even when ballots were cast by an individual marking the selections in writing and depositing the paper ballot in a sealed box or other depository, means were provided to conceal the voter from people in the voting area.
The advent of the mechanical voting machine provided a single complex structure by which voters automatically concealed themselves by engaging a lever that both set the voting mechanism for vote selection and surrounded the voter with a curtain. The mechanical voting machine required a relatively large and heavy structure to satisfy the capacity demanded for the typical election poll.
To this day, the voting for government officials occurs, at most, only a few times each year. Thus, voting booths must be movable and capable of being stored. Logically, storage of voting booths should be at the facility at which the voting takes place; i.e. a local civic building such as a school, town hall, post office etc. Naturally, it is desirable that storage requirements be kept to a minimum because the typical voting location usually requires the use of all available space for the principal daily activities for which the building is intended.
Recent efforts have been made to develop lightweight portable voting booth structures that can be stored off-site. Collapsible cardboard voting booth structures have been proposed as seen in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,569,564, 4,445,731 and 3,531,170. Another approach has been the multi-purpose voting booth wherein the structure can be converted to a lecturn, dressing room or other function when it is not required for voting. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,484,787, 4,733,507 and 4,660,904 are illustrative of this approach.
Recently electronic devices have been developed to provide a reliable and confidential means for accepting and tabulating votes. By the use of microprocessor or microcomputer implemented electronics, an actual voting mechanism with the capacity for a typical election poll can be provided that is relatively small and lightweight; i.e. less than twenty pounds.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a heavy duty, lightweight voting booth structure to accommodate an electronic voting mechanism.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an easily movable voting booth that can be stored either on-site or off-site.
The voting booth structure of this invention is comprised of a heavy duty frame formed of interconnected metal members, lightweight panels attached to the frame, mounting means to support the electronic voting equipment and a wheel and caster assembly for transporting the booth between the storage location and the voting poll location.
The subject invention will be better understood when viewed with the drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the voting booth of the present invention in the closed storage mode;
FIG. 2 is a view of the frame structure of the voting booth of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is the same isometric view of the present invention depicted in FIG. 1 showing the voting booth in a partially open mode;
FIG. 4 is the same isometric view of the voting booth seen in FIGS. 1 and 3 at an intermediate open position;
FIG. 5 is the same isometric view of the voting booth of FIG. 1 depicting the voting booth in the fully open mode for voting;
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of the present invention revealing the electronic components of the present invention mounted on the heavy duty structural frame of the voting booth of the invention;
FIG. 7 is a rear view isometric of the voting booth open to reveal the rear of the electronics mounted on the heavy duty frame of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a sectional elevational view of the voting booth taken through line 8--8 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is an isometric view of the voting booth with the privacy curtains removed to show the display visible to the voter;
FIG. 10 is a sectional view through line 10--10 of FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the voting booth in the closed mode;
FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the voting booth in the open mode;
FIG. 13 is a sectional elevational view through line 13--13 of FIG. 12; and
FIG. 14 is a sectional plan view through line 14--14 of FIG. 13.
The voting booth 2 of the present invention as seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7 collectively is comprised of a frame 4, side panels 6 and 8, a top 10, front doors 12 and 14 and rear doors 16 and 18.
The frame 4, in the preferred embodiment seen in FIG. 2, is comprised of four vertical corner channel members 20, 22, 24 and 26, base connecting horizontal channel members 28, 30, 32 and 34 and intermediate horizontal channel members 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50.
A base plate 52, best seen in FIGS. 6-8 mounts the computer (CPU) 54 for the electronics. An intermediate bar 56 as seen in FIG. 7 extends between horizontal members 44 and 50. The bar 56 and intermediate horizontal channel member 48, serve to mount the electronic voting module 58.
The frame 4 has the lightweight panels attached. Each side panel 6 and 8 is formed of a single piece with a concave recess 68 and 70 respectively. Handles 72 and 74 are secured in the recess 68 and 70 respectively to provide a gripping surface for moving the voting booth 2 and also to provide attachment means to mount the voting register mechanism 76 as shown in FIG. 5. The voting register mechanism 76 is preferably keyboard operated and is provided with a mounting extension 77 configured with an arc cross-section to nest between the surface of the recess 68 and the handle 72.
The front doors 12 and 14, as seen in FIGS. 4, 11 and 12 are each provided with a pivotally mounted rod 78 and 80 respectively on which curtains 82 and 84 are secured. In the closed or storage mode of the voting booth, the rods 78 and 80 are rotated into abutting relationship against the inside surface of the doors 12 and 14. In the open or operational mode, the rods 78 and 80 are pivoted outwardly ninety degrees from the inside surface of the doors 12 and 14 to form a closure required for voting in privacy.
The front doors 12 and 14 are mounted respectively on rails 86 and 88 by collars 90 and 92 arranged to slide on the rails 86 and 88. A circular recess 110 is located at the top of each rail 86 and 88 to releasably secure the doors 12 and 14 in the elevated operational position. As seen in FIGS. 13 and 14, the collars 90 and 92 each have a transverse bar 112. The rails 86 and 88 are secured to the front of the voting booth 2 by fixed mounts 89 and have a flat surface 114 on which the bar 112 bears during vertical travel. When the doors 12 and 14 have been elevated to the proper height for the operational mode, the bars 112 are in registry with the recess 110. Thus, rotation of the doors 12 and 14 around the rails 86 and 88 places the bars 112 in the recesses 110 to lock the doors 12 and 14 in the elevated position.
The front doors 12 and 14 are also provided with vertical recesses 122 seen in FIGS. 11-13. The recesses 122 receive extensions 124 formed in the sides of the voting booth 2. The fixed extensions 124 snap into the recesses 122 when the doors 12 and 14 are rotated into the fully open position to maintain the doors 12 and 14 in place during the operational mode of the voting machine 2.
The top 10 is comprised of a vented fixed surface 11 and ballot display 13 that is hingedly mounted to the vented fixed surface 11 for elevation to an operational position to provide a vision barrier that further facilitates privacy for individual voting. FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate the hinge mechanism 96 attaching the ballot display 13 to the fixed surface 11. The ballot display 13 comprises a glass or transparent plastic plate 116 secured at three of the four edges to the ballot display 13. The unsecured edge 118 enables insertion of a flat printed ballot for viewing by the voter. In the operational mode, the ballot display 13 tilts downwardly at an angle of 10�-15� to vertical to facilitate viewing by the voter. Stops 120 extending from the ballot display 13 bear against the elevated doors 12 and 14 to maintain the ballot display 13 in the desired position.
As seen best in FIG. 12, the vented fixed surface 11 is provided with ventilation slots 134 that facilitate circulation of cooling air provided by fans 136 (best seen in FIG. 7). Practice has shown that two Air Rotron fans of 70/83 CFM capacity provide suitable air circulation for ventilation.
The voting booth 2 is provided with two wheels 98 and two or four casters 100 as seen in FIGS. 6 and 7. The wheels 98 are fixedly mounted on one side edge of the voting booth 2 on an axle(either full or stub axle). Two of the casters 100 are fixed to the bottom of the voting machine on the side opposite the wheels 98 and are conventional casters that can be locked to prevent rotation around the caster axis and also unlocked to enable rotation. Two additional casters 100 may be located on the edge that mounts the wheels 98.
The front surface 102 of the voting booth 2 is a light weight panel that conceals the frame 4 and computer (CPU) 54. A recess 104, best seen in FIGS. 9 and 10, is formed in the front surface 102, from which a mounting edge 106 extends. A menu mount 108 can be attached to the edge 106. The front surface 102 also provided with a window 105 in alignment with the electronic voting module 58 to allow the voter to view the ballot display 13.
FIG. 8 depicts the electronic voting module 58 mounted on the horizontal channel member 48 and bar 56 by elastomeric mounts 60 and 62 and the computer (CPU) 54 mounted on the plate 52 by elastomeric mounts 64 and 66. The voting module 58 is a conventional microprocessor controlled electronic mechanism that can be programmed to display all of the various voting options. The voting module 58 is typically no longer than ten inches high by ten inches wide and twelve inches deep(long).
The system electronics connect to the power supply (not shown) through a surge suppressor 126 from which a conventional electrical cable 128 extends, as seen in FIG. 7. During inoperative periods, the cable 128 nests in a repository 130 that can be accessed through an exterior door 132.
In the storage mode the voting booth 2 is closed as shown in FIG. 1 to provide a compact structure that occupies a minimum of space. After delivery from storage to the voting location, the casters 100 are locked to fix the voting machine 2 in place.
In the operational or voting mode, the doors 12 and 14 are rotated around the rails 86 and 88 to an open position and elevated on the rails 86 and 86 to the position wherein the transverse bars 112 can enter the recesses 110 on the rails 86 and 88 to retain the doors 12 and 14 in the elevated position. The curtain rods 78 and 80 are pivoted outwardly to a position wherein the curtains 82 and 84 meet to form a screen. The ballot display 13 is then rotated into the operative position. As seen in FIG. 5, the doors 12, 14, curtains 82, 84 and ballot display 13 provide an area in front of the voting module 58 that conceals the voter during the individual voting procedure. The voting register mechanism 76 is mounted by the arm 77 on the handle 72 located in the concave recess 68 in the side 8.
Voting proceeds by an official inserting a code into the electronic voting register mechanism 76 to arm the electronics for each voter. The voter then separates the curtains 82-84 and views the voting module 58 on which the various choices for voting are displayed and a printed ballot in the ballot display 13.
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|1 Jul 1991
Owner name: ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS, INC., NEW YORK
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:TROTTA, FRANK;REEL/FRAME:005755/0055
Effective date: 19891026
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Ah, the elusive comment. All bloggers know the joy of the comment notification, the disappointment of those posts where the "Leave a Comment" prompt never changes to a number. A good comment thread can elevate a lackluster post, and a bad one – one that's full of in-fighting or self-promotion – can turn off new readers. I read some blogs for the comments alone. Certain bloggers have built communities of loyal commenters whose insightful and entertaining conversations are almost more fun than the posts themselves.
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Sort-by-price option
Can we get a sort-by-price option (for patterns AND projects)? There are a lot of patterns and projects being added from the magazine, but the only price sorting option is "free or not," and only in the pattern section. We need more sort options.
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Aug 14, 2011, 09.16 PMby klf
Oops, looks like everything on this site is $5.40? I guess the German site just has more stuff. So let's just add a "free projects you can make" option, so I don't have to sort through the things I already saw in the patterns section.
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Aug 15, 2011, 12.20 PMby teresa5562
Actually there are some nice patterns on here for $1.00 and up. It takes some searching but try the choices on the left and click on women, dresses(or what you are looking for) the season and members and you will find them.
Aug 15, 2011, 02.06 PMby sew4my3
Hello klf,
Sorry there isn't a price search here on the site but at the top of the patterns section there is a "Free Patterns" search button. It's not to the left of the patterns which is probably why it was missed.
If you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
Happy sewing from your friendly Burdastyle moderator!
Nov 11, 2011, 12.41 AMby klf
Thanks, but I was hoping for the same option in the "projects" section. To find projects that don't have a pattern to go with them, like the 07/2011 Twisted strapless dress.
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Nov 11, 2011, 06.53 AMby sew4my3
Interesting idea. I will send your suggestion in for review by the team.
Thanks for the idea and for trying to make Burdastyle the greatest!
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Brazos Gallery and Humanities Fine & Performing Arts are proud to present Fiber Visions: works by DAFA, Dallas Area Fiber Artists. Make sure you stop by to view this wonderful group exhibition of colorful and innovative works. Also, mark your calendar for the reception Thursday October 15th in Brazos Gallery from 12-1pm. There will be a talk given by Professor Brenda McKinney.
There will be an additional reception Thursday Oct 15th at 6pm for the public.
Opening: Oct 1
Daytime Reception: Oct 15th, 12-1pmEvening Reception: Oct 15th, 12-1pm
Gallery Talk: Brenda McKinney
Closing Date: Oct 31st
DAFA website: http://www.dallasfiberartists.org/
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John Spriggins
Seven is an exhibition conceived of by Michael Giovanni Valderas and John Spriggins. Our vision for this exhibition is to create a site-specific temporary art exhibition/installation that showcases the excellence of visual arts education provided by all seven colleges of the DCCCD. We envisioned faculty and students working together teaching and learning. As a partner in this project, the City of Dallas has agreed to allow us to use City Hall as the exhibition space.
The mission of this exhibition is twofold:
• Educate students about public art and career opportunities associated with creating art for public spaces.
• Develop a relationship with the City of Dallas for future exhibitions.
It was our belief that the City Hall building with its classic Brutalism architecture would be perfect for ambitious collaborative artworks. Utilizing the buildings vast spaces and creating dynamic works of art would bring a sense of excitement and electricity to the citizens of Dallas. We imagined this as an exceptional opportunity for faculty to collaborate, mentor, and educate students about the role of art in public spaces.
Brookhaven College: Constructed Nature
This installation grows along the wall and onto floor, with "wild flowers" growing out of the wood structures. These wild flowers are created out of 3D printed PLA plastic and rusted welding wire. We see the installation as referencing local flora such as vines, ivy, and wild flowers and bring textures and forms similar to the ones seen in nature. By utilizing wood, wire, plastic and moss, we have created an organic installation alluding to growth, and the reverse invasion of nature into a concrete space. The OSB plywood, masonite, welding wire and PLA plastic are left exposed and in a raw state in order to stay true to the nature of each material.
Cedar Valley College: Biolithe
Our submission to the exhibition titled Biolithe is a celebration of Texas flora and fauna. It is the natural progression from a mural project envisioned by Epstein on the subject of sustainability that will be a permanent legacy at Cedar Valley College. The mural is a learning lab involving 60-70 students on a subject that is an educational focus for the DCCCD.
The monolithic form of Biolithe references the dynamic architecture and inventiveness of the Dallas skyline seen through the window of the flagroom site which was selected to serve as a frame for the piece. We see the view as part of the artistic statement. The work is intended to showcase the plant and wildlife of our region and champion its preservation within the context of city life.
Eastfield College: Fourside/People Project
Four Sides is an installation comprised of human-scale wooden structures, each one supporting a cube the four sides of which are painted with acrylic. Each structure represents a different cultural group in Dallas with a portrait on one side of the cube, a textile pattern on one side, painted text on one side, and a scene on one side. Overall, the effect is that of a group of abstract, geometric figures standing in a public space. Spacing between structures is varied, just as space between strangers passing through the plaza or the foyer of City Hall varies. Though they stand apart as individuals, their formal similarity unites them in a community. Visitors are invited to walk between and around the structures to meet some of the many wonderful people and lifestyles of our region in Texas.
El Centro College: Downtown Botanical
This installation focuses on the unique qualities of the El Centro College campus through fashion and costume design, envisioned as the various stages of a plant's life. A large cascading fabric curtain hangs down in the main vault at City Hall, referencing both clothing style and foliage, with accompanying finished costumes displayed formally alongside. At the reception during Dallas Arts Week, student models will give a runway show wearing the costumes from the installation. The student models from El Centro include Israel Baasha, Raymond Butler, Alah-Te' Ix-Chel, Raul Rodriguez, Allie Ross, Heather Shaulis, Von Storey, and Vincent Williams.
Mountain View College: The Sentimental Offerings of Trade and Commerce
Touching on ideas of etiquette and femininity, Erin Stafford's studio practice investigates the bygone era of social graces and ritualistic propriety, while also engaging the viewer with ideas of fantasy, desires and delight. With the assistance of former student Marianna Eubank, this site-specific sculpture entitled The Sentimental Offerings of Trade and Commerce was initially inspired by the long standing history of sail and trade of South East Asia where wooden rowboats are used to transport exotic goods throughout the Indochinese rivers. This historical tradition flourished until Western methods of transportation took over with more modern, perfunctory technology. The rowboat has evolved into a leisurely activity that relates to an emotional and intimate experience while touching upon themes of Romanticism and therefore the sublime. The application of the flowers in this sculpture has broad symbolic meaning: this symbol can refer to personal gestures of love or admiration, vanitas, ideas of domesticity, consumerism and memento mori. The abundant display of flora along with the rowboat infuses layered meaning onto this already loaded symbol for the human condition. The flowers physically weigh down the rowboat as if it were on the brink of submersion, allowing our notions of sentiment to sway on the cusp of our desires.
North Lake College: NEXT
City Hall serves all of the people of Dallas.
We created an installation that will represent the many genders, ages, ethnicities, income levels, and races that make up Dallas and use the City Hall. Our installation represents the diversity of Dallas and the diversity of people who visit City Hall.
The variety of shoes lets the viewer try to imagine the persons represented. The line represents the "great equalizer", everyone is equal, waiting in line. We chose to use concrete to fill the shoes for its visual and implied weight. Sometimes waiting in line, the line never seems to move.
Richland College: Bees
The bee population has declined in the United States over the past five decades due to environmental and ecological factors. If the decline continues it may permanently damage our food supply because fruit and vegetable plants will not be pollinated. To bring attention to this alarming situation we created a visual interpretation of the bee decline statistics. It is our hope that a visual representation of the statistics will have a greater impact that numbers alone. Bees need flowers as a food source and without them they are unable to produce honey to nurture their young. We have provided "wildflower seed bombs", made from natural clay, compost, and wildflower seeds. We encourage the viewers to take one and deposit in in a place where the wildflowers can flourish. This activity engages the viewer with the installation in a positive manner and the viewer becomes a performer of the installation by extension, and an advocate of the bee population.
HFPA and Brazos Gallery present the RACI: Rose Award for Ceramic Innovation invitational exhibition. The exhibition will be on view from April 13th through April 29.
The RACI award was created to reward students using clay in unusual or inventive ways. Artworks must include a minimum of 20% clay. Functional and sculptural works will be considered so long as the work is innovative in materials, form, or glaze. Faculty from each of the seven DCCCD colleges will choose three works for display. Displayed works will be judged for awards by juror, Shannon Sullivan.
Juror: Shannon Sullivan Is Associate Professor of Art at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, CA. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
Please join us for a reception Thursday, April 23 from 6-8pm in Brazos Gallery. Awards will be given for First, Second, and Third place.
Brazos Gallery and the HFPA Department present PARALLEL: the sculpture of Ryan Goolsby. The exhibition opens March 2nd and closes March 20th. There will be a reception and artist talk on Wednesday March 4th from 12p-1p in Brazos Gallery. Please join us in the gallery or stop by for a visit. All artwork is courtesy of Liliana BLOCH Gallery. www.lilianablochgallery.com
Artist Statement
As I try to turn my gaze away from the art world, I end up seeing it in everything else I look at. This body of work comes directly from my previous work influenced by scientific documentation (and our our faith as laypeople in symbols we do not understand based on a common acceptance of them as legitimate) and furthermore how one could find importance in a symbol that they may not completely understand.
In this series I took on the chart or the graph in particular. It as a symbol used to convey a set of data in a tangible way, though relatively unchanged for some time. It holds a power that extends beyond the information contained within it. This is held in its form. Because of the extensive use of charts and graphs to convey hard facts, the information is no longer necessary to give the form an aura of importance; rather the empty chart becomes a symbol in itself.
Ryan Goolsby was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma January 7th, 1976 and grew up in Texas from the age of 5. He began to make photographs in high school, which led to a degree in photography at the University of North Texas (Denton,TX) in 2001. He moved to New York City in 2002 and shortly thereafter he began working at Christie's auction house as an image processor, retouching photographs in their catalogs and using their photo studios at nights and on weekends to make new work. In 2011, he returned to Texas where he enrolled at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX) and completed a MFA in Sculpture in 2014. Ryan Goolsby currently lives in Dallas and works as a Technical Manager for the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) and is represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery (Dallas, TX).
Dallas, TX, January 26, 2015—Richland College is proud to present renowned National Geographic Photographer George Steinmetz at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 19th in the Fannin Perfrmance Hall at Richland College. Richland continues its commitment to excellence in photography by bringing world-class photographers to campus to interact with students concluding with a free public lecture, poster sale and signing. Past participants in this distinguished series include Mary Ellen Mark, Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor, Ralph Gibson, Joyce Tenneson, Keith Carter, Arno Minkkinen, Jock Sturges, Mitch
Dobrowner, and John Sexton.
Since 1986, George has completed more than 40 major photo essays for National
Geographic and 25 stories for GEO magazine in Germany. His expeditions to the
Sahara and Gobi deserts have been featured in separate National Geographic Explorer programs. In 2006 he was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to document
the work of scientists in the Dry Valleys and volcanos of Antarctica.
George has won numerous awards for photography during his 25-year career, including
two first prizes in science and technology from World Press Photo. He has also won
awards and citations from Pictures of the Year, Overseas Press Club and Life Magazine's
Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards, and was named National Geographic's Adventurer of the year
in 2008.
Brazos Gallery presents the photography of Anna Lee Wagoner in her first exhibition Unrestored: Roots Flying South. Please Join Us for the opening reception Wednesday Feb 11th from 12-1pm in the Brazos Gallery for an artist talk with Anna Lee. There will be an additional reception Wednesday Feb 11th from 6-8pm for the public.
Unrestored: Roots Flying South
In the last decade, my work has taken a particular focus on the creation of single photo studies of environmentally-worn vintage objects. I am interested in highlighting their current unrestored exterior and interior conditions through texture, patina and the effects of use and abandonment.
I drive without a plan or known destination, crossing state lines, venturing into unknown land and dead end streets. I find these subjects often abandoned to weather the elements alongside a quaint country road, hidden in an overgrown field, or left to decay in the very place that once relied so heavily upon its use. These relics are discarded, in many cases for decades, replaced by the newest invention or removed to restore without ever returning. Images silently tell a story of abandonment and neglect, economic growth, and the decline of American craftsmanship.
The simple beauty of the mundane, the lost, the neglected, is what drives me excitedly to each destination.
About the Artist
Anna Lee Wagoner is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. Her first encounter with a camera was around the age of 13, starting with disposable point-and-shoots. Once in high school, she had her first film camera, an Olympus OM-10, which provided her with a new way to look at the world. She had always been curious, particularly with the relationship of inanimate objects in rural environments. The camera gave her an opportunity to explore these relationships and to build a new visual vocabulary.
In 2010, Anna Lee received her BFA in Photography from The Academy of Art in San Francisco, California. She soon began working as a photographer and launched her own business; Roots Flying South Photography. She has traveled across the US entering her work into juried art fairs and fine art festivals. In 2013, Anna Lee was awarded "Best of Photography" at the Rockport Arts Festival. Additionally, she was selected by a jury as a Spot Light artist at the 2013 Lamar Street Arts Festival.
January 20th – February 6th 2015
Brazos Gallery presents the work of JooYoung Choi: C.S. Watson and the Cosmic Womb. Please Join Us for the opening reception Wednesday Jan 21 from 12-1pm in the Brazos Gallery for an artist talk with JooYoung.
JooYoung Choi's exhibition invites viewers to follow C.S. Watson as she explores a fantastic world called the Cosmic Womb. Using painting, collage, sculpture, installation and video, Choi collages together a multi-media experience that demonstrates the potentials of melding the personal search for self with universal wonders of the monomyth. Through figurative works, complex compositions, rich color schemes, and formal, stylistic and cultural assemblage Choi weaves together her autobiographical memoirs with pure imagination in a world of wonder and delight.
JooYoung Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to Concord, New Hampshire by way of adoption. While completing her BFA at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she was reunited with her birth-family. In 2012 Choi received her MFA from Lesley University (MA). Through painting, video art, animation and puppetry she blends auto-biographical narrative with fantasy. Her artwork is organized around a paracosm (a highly structured imaginary world) called "The Cosmic Womb". Choi has been included in exhibitions across the United States and South Korea. In 2007 she received a Somerville Arts Council LCC Cultural Heritage Grant. Her work has been featured in The Boston Globe Side Kick, as well as Korean Quarterly. JooYoung is currently an artist in residence at Lawndale Artist Studio Program. Houston, TX.
There will be an additional reception Friday evening Jan 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm for the public.
Brazos Gallery presents its final exhibition for 2014, TRANSFORMATION: paintings by Jennifer Morgan. Jennifer is a local artist whose work has been featured in numerous exhibitions both locally and nationally. Her whimsical imagery, mixed with geometric shapes and all kinds of forest creatures, evoke a sense of surrealism. The exhibition will be on display through the end of the year. Due to the artists schedule and final exams there will not be a reception and artist talk. Come enjoy another great artist brought to you by Brazos Gallery and Richland College.
Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls is title of the next exhibition opening in Brazos gallery featuring the work of Richland College Gallery Director John Spriggins. The Exhibition is set to open Monday November 10 and will close Friday November 28th.
Artists Statement
"We have no built-in sense of identity, but rather compose ourselves from pieces of popular culture." -Sporre
Self perception is one of the most difficult issues we have to deal with in our life time. From the time a little girl picks up her first doll, wears her first dress, or has her ears pierced she is being influenced by a social standard of femininity. In time we all develop a self concept; partly from outward influences and partly from introspection. Paper Dolls is an exploration into how outward influence, particularly the media, effect women.
The silhouettes are images of women from a variety of ages, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds. John had them pose like the childhood toy paper dolls. The paper dolls speak to the early influences much like the images of Barbie. They conform to an absurd and unrealistic standard of beauty by which many women measure themselves. The magazine covers and additional text address the, often times, nonsensical redundancy of the media in attempting to present solutions for issues surrounding self-acceptance, love and relationships, and external appearance.


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Keywords: Leisure, work, peace, contemplation, freedom, catholic social teaching, rest, Andrew Greenwell, Esq.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - In our last article on leisure entitled "The Recovery of Leisure," we addressed the concept of "total work" and how it flipped the relationship between work and leisure or rest. Insidiously, like a horrible virus, this notion of "total work" infiltrated not only labor itself, but also the intellectual life and even our notion of time. Part of what is needed to reclaim leisure or rest includes regaining the mind and redeeming the time from the corruption of "total work."
With respect to how "total work" affected the mind, we must start with tradition. Traditionally, human knowledge was seen as composed of two distinct ways of thinking, one active and discursive (called ratio), the other receptive and intuitive (called intellectus). This latter form of knowledge was viewed as a sort of intellectual vision or seeing. It was a knowledge gained by "merely looking" as the philosopher Josef Pieper expresses it. It was a sort of gazing, a sort of intellectual grace.
The notion of intellectus is perhaps most beautifully captured in a fragment of the pagan philosopher Heraclitus which Pieper translates as the "listening-in to the being of things." This form of knowledge was viewed as approaching angelic and divine thought. Prior to the Reformation and Enlightenment, it was highly prized by philosophers and theologians both.
As part of his great so-called "Copernican revolution" of philosophy, the Enlightenment giant Immanuel Kant rejected any sort of intellectual vision, any Heraclitean "listening-in to the being of things." "The understanding cannot look upon anything," scoffed Kant. All thinking for Kant was hard labor, and all thought was acquired or produced as if it were a gidget or gadget. Thinking was gained only by hard intellectual effort applied to raw concepts, like a tool and die maker making a mold out of raw steel.
In Kant, the notion of "total work" had crept into his head, and there it took root as if it were a cancer. And where the notion of "total work" crept in, there was only room for activity, and no room for receptivity. Intellectual grace was no longer admitted into thought's realm. Kant's intellectual cancer killed half the human brain, and the better half at that.
Kant might be called the Pelagius of the intellect. The monk Pelagius, of course, believed we could be saved by self-effort since there was no such thing as original sin, and this made grace superfluous, unnecessary. Similarly, Kant's concept of the intellect was one where there is no need for grace, just self-effort.
When everything is built upon self-effort, we become hardened, and develop what Pieper calls a "stoniness of heart," an intellectual quality of "not-being-able-to-receive," and indeed not being able to play. Kant was not known for playing. One not able to receive and not able to play will find it impossible to celebrate, and celebration is at the heart of the divine liturgy. This means we will not be able to worship God, much less become enraptured by Him.
The ability to contemplate is at the heart of the intellectus; it is not discursively achieved, but is achieved passively by the "leisure of contemplation," the otium contemplationis. This sort of thought is more like play. It is a participation in the Divine Wisdom which, in St. Thomas Aquinas's words who loosely cites Proverbs 8:30, "plays all the time, plays throughout the world." To be homo sapiens, one must be homo ludens. This is a truth we have forgotten, and which we must regain.
The notion of "total work" not only changed beliefs about contemplation and intellect, it also changed the concept of time. Here it is important to understand that the Greeks distinguished between two kinds of time: chronos and kairos.
Kairos was a sense of time which had a sense of opportuneness. It was a qualitative notion, and had an air of indeterminacy, measured by events: the time for harvest (cf. Matt. 21:34), the time for figs (cf. Mark 11:13).
Chronos, on the other hand, was quantitative, determinate, discrete. It is the concept we are most familiar with: the sequential, the tick-tock of the clock.
The term kairos was used in the New Testament to refer to that opportune time, the fullness of time, when God acts. Kairos is the concept of time invoked by Jesus when he first announces the Gospel. For example, in Mark 1:15, Jesus proclaims, "The time [ho kairos] is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel." This notion of time is imported into the Eastern liturgy when the deacon proclaims to the priest invoking the words of Psalm 118 (119): 126: Kairos tou poiesai to Kyrio, "It is time for the Lord to act."
The notion of kairos is entirely gone from modern life. Chronos reigns supreme. We work off schedules. We punch time clocks. We confront deadlines. We are impatient when time does not conform to us. We hate waiting. We want things now, not necessarily when it is right. We idolize regularity.
The Gospel sees things differently, and it tells of a Truth which is intended to set us free. (John 8:32) "For freedom Christ set us free." (Gal. 5:1) The Gospel if we allow it to bear fruit frees us from activity. It frees our intellect. It redeems our time.
The narrative of Martha and Mary, the sisters of his friend Lazarus is the place to turn to for instruction. (Luke 10:38-42) Christ, one might remember, decides to stay at the home of Martha and Mary. How do the two hostesses respond to the divine guest? In their response, they are types for us. One type to avoid. The other type to follow.
Martha, in her effort to make Christ welcome, becomes preoccupied with many things. Martha is activity for activity's sake. Martha is the active life. She is a type of ratio. She is stuck in chronos. She is "total work." And in her busyness, she passes right by Christ, and even chastises him through Mary. Martha was like the harried young postulant who was stopped by Blessed Jeanne Jugan, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and was told she was leaving God behind in her great hurry. Martha was a modern woman, and she was leaving God behind. In such a state, Martha could not worship. To worship, one must first rest. "Be still (scholasate) and know that I am God." (Ps. 45:10 [46:11]).
Mary is so different from Martha. She is not modern. Almost heedless to her responsibilities, Mary is preoccupied with just one thing: the divine guest before whose feet she sat. She is contemplation. She is a type of intellectus or "listening-in to the being of things." She is being schooled by Christ. She is being still (scholasate) and hence knows God the way God must be known. She is at worship. Time for her is kairos.
We must be like Mary if we are to regain our mind and if we are to redeem the time. This is at the heart of the Gospel: we must be still-at leisure, at rest-and then, and only then, shall we know God. And God is the purpose, the end, of everything, including work and rest. In the contemplation of being, especially Being, we will regain our mind and we will redeem the time.
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at email@example.com.
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Bead Town is a traveling art exhibit of 100 huge mosaics composed of recycled Mardi Gras beads. Created by carpenter and artist Stephan Wanger in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bead Town has been exhibited in Winnsboro, Louisiana,[1] Natchitoches, Louisiana,[2] and Gary, Indiana.[3][4][5]
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Breastfeeding - Has anyone taken flexeril while nursing? My child is 17 months and nurses 3/4 times?
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It is not known if Flexeril passes through breast milk in humans. If it does pass through breast milk, it may cause problems in a breastfeeding infant. you should talk to the doc who prescribed the med about taking Flexeril.
Flexeril has never been studied in any pregnant women. However, based on the chemical structure of Flexeril, it is likely to pass through breast milk. Flexeril would also be likely to cause side effects, such as drowsiness, in a breastfed infant. Generally, most docs do not recommend Flexeril for breastfeeding women, as the risks are not known. However, if the doc says that it is okay for you to take Flexeril while breastfeeding, please carefully watch for any side effects and changes in your infant.
You should talk with your doc about Flexeril and breastfeeding. Each woman's situation is different, and you and your doc would understand your situation best. After considering what you want and expect, as well as your current health situation, you and your doc can make a shared decision about Flexeril and breastfeeding in your particular situation.
Take care, best wishes to you & your infant!
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Most welcome, take care of yourself & your baby, best wishes!
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Victory Update: Following a national PETA campaign, Brookstone has discontinued the sale of Frog-O-Spheres. Learn more about this victory for frogs.
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Other than the fact that Target is one of the easiest places to find faux everything, as well as cruelty free cosmetics, this company also seems to have some common sense, something other companies seem to lack.
When PETA found out that Target was selling a miniature aquarium called "Planet Frog"—you guessed it, a tiny, plastic prison that's very similar to Brookstone's "Frog-O-Sphere"—we reached out to the corporation's execs. We told them that biologists and wildlife specialists believe the mini-aquariums are cruel and inadequate for frogs and can be hazardous to children's health, exposing them to diseases.
We asked Target to stop selling "Planet Frog," and they agreed to do just that—easy peasy. No need to send out the troops, call on our celebrity friends, or launch a letter-writing campaign.
Brookstone, won't you get with it and stop selling these froggie death traps? Ask Brookstone to follow Target's lead now!
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I love Target with all my heart and I wondered wether or not they were a caring and good company. This proves to me that they are indeed "the bomb" of all superstores! Seriously, caring, kind, reasonable, and STYLISH?!?!?! (Seriously look at Walmart, ewwww)Maybe the world isn't so bad after all
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Aw, Target are fab!
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And this is why Target is one of my favorite stores. This news just made them even that much better. If Brookstone wasn't so stubborn and had some sense, they could have made it just as easy to stop selling the frog-O-spheres. For some reason that many of don't understand, they refuse to. Well, good job Target!
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Goldenvoice's proposal, which was unanimously accepted by Indio's Planning Commission, includes the plan to expand the current three weekends of festivals (two Coachella and one for Stagecoach) to five if Goldenvoice wishes to. If they are added, the two additional festivals would happen in the fall.
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