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Before the first day of the NFL draft, Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian was asked if he would trade a pick in the middle of the first round for, say, the fourth overall pick in the draft.
Straight up.
He said no.
As he was saying that, several teams near the top of the draft were feverishly working their way down and out of the early part of the first round. Nobody did it better than the Cleveland Browns, who avoided the first round like it was the swine flu.
That tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with the NFL and its lack of a salary structure for rookies.
As much as the NFL does right -- and no sport has a business model that works nearly as well as professional football -- the one thing that doesn't work, that desperately needs to be changed, is the way the NFL pays its rookies.
Right now, it's a free-for-all.
It needs to be capped, regulated, somehow worked the way it works in the NBA, where picks are slotted into established salaries and first-rounders don't make more than established stars.
Put it this way: No. 1 overall pick Matthew Stafford, who hasn't thrown a pass in the NFL, makes more money than three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
"Drafting early has become a huge economic liability," Polian said this weekend. "(Commissioner Roger Goodell) talked about $600 million committed to players in the first round and $400 million of which is guaranteed. That has tilted the draft dramatically.
"When you're drafting up high, you are risking a tremendous amount of money in a process that's far from exact. If you bat slightly better than .500 in the draft, and that means the entire seven rounds plus collegiate free agency, the likelihood is that you're going to make the playoffs. Those are not odds that I want to bet $400 million on."
You might as well invest that money with Bernie Madoff.
"The increase in rookies' salaries, particularly at the top of the round, has skewed the draft and made the risk at the top much, much greater," Polian continued, riffing on one of his favorite subjects.
I'm all in favor of young athletes getting everything they can on the market, especially in football where only the bonuses are guaranteed and a career can end in the blink of an eye. There's little wonder the NFL Players Association and the agents love the current system and will fight like mad to maintain it when the two sides hammer out the next collective bargaining agreement.
But here's the problem: The ones getting hurt are the lower-round draft choices and the veterans who become salary cap casualties later on in their careers. If a good portion of your dollars are going to Stafford, that means less at the back end for a solid, productive veteran on your team (assuming, for the sake of argument, that the Lions actually have one of those).
If there was a rookie salary scale, would Hunter Smith still be here? How about Dominic Rhodes? Marvin Harrison at a lower price? Would the retention of Jeff Saturday have come down to the final minutes if rookies were being paid a more reasonable amount?
The way it is now, if a team is wrong on a high, first-round pick, the franchise is doomed for years. If Stafford turns out to be Joey Harrington, the Lions will be hamstrung for years to come -- in much the same way as the San Diego Chargers, who were terrible for years after whiffing on Ryan Leaf.
If I'm in the union, I'm thinking, "Wait a minute, I want to be sure there's a place for me on the back end of my career after I've established myself as an NFL player. Let the rookies wait their turns."
If I'm the NFL, I'm thinking, "The lack of a salary scale hurts the quality of the game because at the bottom of the payroll, teams are forced to pay bargain-basement prices for less accomplished players they can afford under the cap."
A rookie salary scale is not without risk, as the NBA has learned since instituting its own scale in the 1990s. For basketball, the scale has meant more players have left college earlier. In an open market, the difference between being picked 15th and fifth is millions. In a league with a rookie scale, the difference is significantly less, so there's far less incentive for an athlete to stay in school and improve his stock.
Just ask Brady Quinn and Matt Leinart how smart it was to stay in school. And while you're at it, ask Mark Sanchez how he feels now about coming out early against his college coach's advice.
A rookie salary scale also won't come without a price paid by the teams: If the players are going to agree to a rookie scale, they're also going to want to get the clock ticking on free agency much sooner. This won't happen without a major fight.
Still, when Stafford makes more money than Brady, every sane person has to agree something is broken with the system.


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A commuter train headed toward downtown Los Angeles struck a car on the tracks and burst into flames during the morning rush hour, resulting in injuries to five people.
The train and vehicle collided shortly after 7 a.m. in the Highland Park area (northeast of Los Angeles).
The Metro Gold Line commuter train caught fire and received "significant damage" before it was doused.
Five people were hurt, including two with minor injuries.
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"In the world of medicine, we rely on investigational studies to guide our treatment decisions so that we provide evidence-based medicine," she said. "Complementary therapies need to undergo the same rigorous tests that Western medicine does. This study was exemplary in that it was conducted with adherence to the principles of scientific method, and hopefully a study like this will be the first of many."
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The Royal Academy of Arts was founded by George III in 1768. Governed by artists to 'promote the arts of design' and was the first institution in Great Britain devoted solely to the promotion of the visual arts. The Royal Academy raised the standing of art, artists and architecture. It has held an annual selling exhibition since its formation and held its first loan exhibition in 1870 of 'Ancient Masters'. It now enjoys an unrivalled reputation as a venue for exhibitions of international importance.
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Academicians in Focus: Timothy Hyman RA
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This exhibition assembles some of the poignant and characterful drawings and paintings resulting from Timothy Hyman's 60 visits to Maggie's Centres as part of an artist's residency from 2011–12.
Maggie's Centres provide free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends. The first centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996, using a blueprint for cancer care established by Maggie Keswick Jencks before her death in June 1995. Since then the charity has commissioned a sequence of outstanding, modestly-scaled buildings sited alongside NHS hospitals
many being designed by major architects, often without fee.
A moving and sensitive portrayal of the inner life of the centres, this exhibition celebrates those who benefit from them – their gatherings, preoccupations, and individual journeys – and explores the essence of the buildings both spiritually and structurally.
Friends, Patrons & Corporate Members have access from 10am, general public from 4pm.
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Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon
- 2 September 2015 — 3 January 2016 *on now
To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo a rarely exhibited treasure of the RA's Collection, the Daniel Maclise cartoon, The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo, will be on display after spending decades in storage.
Over 13 metres wide, it is one of the largest cartoons in the UK and was produced in preparation for a prestigious commission in the Houses of Parliament, where the the finished wall-painting is still on display. A work of monumental scale and drama it depicts one of the most significant battles in British history in incredible detail.
Maclise was a prolific painter and illustrator who was much admired for his draughtsmanship and his outstanding skill is showcased in the Waterloo Cartoon. Completed from 1858–1859 he used extensive research and eye-witness accounts to inform the work. Remarkably the piece does not portray triumphalism or glorify war, instead highlighting the tragedy and suffering of this ferocious battle.
The cartoon has recently undergone conservation treatment, thanks to funding from the Arts Council England, to allow it to be presented during this significant occasion.
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Complimentary entry with a valid Royal Academy exhibition ticket or £3 General Admission ticket. Friends of the RA and under 16s go free.
Thinking through drawing: Chris Wilkinson RA
- 3 September 2015 — 14 February 2016 *on now
Giving a unique insight into the mind of an architect, the RA presents the personal sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson RA.
To have an architect or artist share their sketchbooks is to be offered an extraordinary window into their creative process, to reveal their observations and their thinking, to see the designer's mind at work. For an architect, the sketchbook is not just a place to draw, but a place to order thoughts – to graphically and visually gather information and to develop a design response.
This is certainly true for renowned architect Chris Wilkinson RA, who believes passionately in the importance of drawing by hand, particularly in an age dominated by digital media.
This exhibition contains a selection of Wilkinson's sketchbooks, drawings and watercolours from the last 30 years alongside architectural objects. They reveal his design thinking, from initial site studies and early concepts to design development and construction, through projects such as the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, Maggie's Centre in Oxford and the King's Cross Gasholders.
Complimentary entry with a valid Royal Academy exhibition ticket, or £3 General Admission ticket. Friends of the RA and under 16s go free.
Ai Weiwei
- 19 September — 13 December 2015 *on now
Our most recent single artist shows have seen some of the true greats of contemporary art animate our Main Galleries with unforgettable, powerful work. Hockney, Kapoor, Kiefer – you need to be a special artist to embrace the immensity of our historic spaces. Who better then to take up the challenge this autumn than Ai Weiwei, one of China's most influential artists.
Ai became widely known in Britain after his sunflower seeds installation in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2010 but this will be the first major institutional survey of his work ever held in the UK and it will bridge over two decades of his extraordinary career.
Curated in collaboration with Ai Weiwei from his studio in Beijing, the RA presents some of his most important works from the time he returned to China from the US in 1993 right up to present day. Among new works created specifically for our galleries and courtyard are a number of large-scale installations, as well as works showcasing everything from marble and steel to tea and glass.
With typical boldness, the chosen works explore a multitude of challenging themes, drawing on his own experience to comment on creative freedom, censorship and human rights, as well as examining contemporary Chinese art and society.
£15.50 (without donation £15). Concessions available. Friends of the RA and under 16s go free.
white: a project by Edmund de Waal
- 26 September 2015 — 3 January 2016 *on now
This unique project in the RA Library and Print Room is an exploration of the colour white and the impact that white objects have on their surroundings
an interweaving of words and books with sculpture, paintings and photographs.
Artist Edmund de Waal is the best-selling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes and the forthcoming The White Road. He has conceived and curated white, a project which sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them.
White is not a neutral colour: it forces other colours to reveal themselves. Its blankness suggests both beginnings and endings, while its purity evokes impossibility and obsession. As a nexus for explorations of abstraction, minimalism and the spiritual, white has had special significance to artists across generations, and has fascinated de Waal himself since he made his first pot as a child.
From classical Greek statuary to a marble lantern by Ai Weiwei, and from Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Tea Set to porcelain pots by de Waal, diverse artworks united by the colour white await discovery alongside little known parts of the Academy's own collections, including J.M.W. Turner's porcelain palette. Interspersed amongst the library's shelves and cabinets, these unexpected encounters invite a quiet and serendipitous journey of discovery.
Jean-Etienne Liotard
- 24 October 2015 — 31 January 2016
Jean-Etienne Liotard was an artist in great demand at noble courts across Enlightenment Europe. An eccentric and distinctive portraitist, he also made carefully observed scenes of contemporary life in far-flung locales.
£11.50 (without donation £10). Concessions available. Friends of the RA and under 16s go free.
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
- 30 January — 20 April 2016
Using the work of Monet as a starting point, this landmark exhibition examines the role gardens played in the evolution of art from the early 1860s through to the 1920s.
Trace the emergence of the modern garden in its many forms and glories as we take you through a period of great social change and innovation in the arts. Discover the paintings of some of the most important Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Avant-Garde artists of the early twentieth century as they explore this theme.
Monet, arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, once said he owed his painting "to flowers". But Monet was far from alone in his fascination with the horticultural world, which is why we will also be bringing you masterpieces by Renoir, Cezanne, Pissarro, Manet, Sargent, Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Matisse, Klimt and Klee.
For these artists and others, the garden gave them the freedom to break new ground and explore the ever-changing world around them. Highlights include a remarkable selection of works by Monet, including the monumental Agapanthus Triptych, reunited specifically for the exhibition, Renoir's Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil and Kandinsky's Murnau The Garden II.
As our galleries are bathed in the colour and light of more than 120 works, see the garden in art with fresh eyes.
£17.60 (without donation £16). Concessions available. Friends of the RA and under 16s go free.
Curator's Collection Talk: The Waterloo Cartoon
- 1 December 2015 3-3:30pm
RA Collection curator Annette Wickham introduces this epic cartoon by Daniel Maclise RA depicting the meeting of Duke of Wellington and his Prussian ally Field Marshall Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo.
Meet in the galleries; no booking required
Curator's Collection Talk: Prints from the Napoleonic Wars
- 3 November 2015 3-3:30pm
RA Collections curator Maria Alambritis introduces a selection of prints from the Royal Academy Collection, which depict events from the Napoleonic Wars.
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Times Square is not worth the money unless you have the view from your hotel to the countdown itself. Once you leave your hotel, during that time , it will be hard to get back in because all the netrance is blocked with revelers. I had a room and slept there for four hundred dollars at 100 usd a hour before we were kicked out. cheers tommy x
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He notes that there are some technical details to be covered regarding exactly how schema.org terms are defined for JSON-LD usage, "but it is already clear that JSON-LD is a useful contribution to structured data sharing in the Web." W3C's work on JSON-LD, he said, provides mechanisms for interpreting structured data in JSON that promotes interoperability with other data formats, and that it provides value for developers and publishers, and improves the flow of information between JSON and other environments.
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Sweatshop Police
Ross, Robert J. S., The Nation
Among the thousands of small contractor shops where workers sew clothing, in New York and Los Angeles, in New Jersey and around the United States, six out of ten persistently break the labor laws, failing to pay minimum wages or overtime. These sweatshops are right here in the United States, but the government is about to declare virtual disarmament against the lawbreakers.
President Bush's budget calls for a tiny increase in spending on enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act--from $166 million to $169 million, or 1.8 percent. Since the authoritative economic forecasts predict price increases between 2.6 and 2.8 per-cent, the President's budget actually implies a relative loss of enforcement ability. This is not a good time to cut back on law enforcement for minimum wage, overtime and child labor protections. We have been down that road before and it has been disastrous.
When Eisenhower was President in 1957, the Wages and Hours Division of the Department of Labor had one investigator for every 46,000 workers; by 1972 (after a brief deterioration) the figure was similar. This level was apparently adequate, and it was among the factors that led, in the long generation from 1938 (when the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed) to the late 1970s, to the overall decline in abuses and the eradication of the worst sweatshops in manufacturing industries like garment-making.
After the mid-1970s, successive federal budgets chipped away at this level of law enforcement. During the Reagan era, the ratio of Wages and Hours investigators to employees sank to one per 110,000. When President Bush left office, the ratio was one to 130,000. During Clinton's first term, the trend continued; by 1996, the ratio of enforcers to workers was at a low of less than one per 150,000. If the number of investigators had kept pace with the growth of employment, there would have been more than 2,500 officials charged with stopping sweatshop abuses and other violations of the labor laws. Instead, by 1996 there were only 781 investigators (Ike had more than 1,100). This is like firing two out of every three cops and then wondering why there are more robberies.
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Jackson's Indiana Art Auction Results & Prices September 6th, 2015
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- Last Updated: 29 September 2015
- Written by Indianaartonline
The September 6th 2015 Indiana art auction started off with a nice 25" x 38" Theodore Clement (1847 to 1926) oil on canvas depicting a woodland pathway. The painting was signed lower right and reached a high bid of $65,000. Another Steele oil painting measuring 22" x 32" was not signed but had an estate stamp on the back of the painting. Due the the lack of a signature the painting only reached a final sell price of $5,000.
Offered to collectors, of well known printmaker Gustave Baumann (June 27, 1881 to October 1971), was a nice 10" x 12" colored woodblock print signed lower right, and 52 out of 125. Born in Magdeburg Germany, Gustave's parents moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. At the age of 23 in 1904, Gustave returned to Germany to attend the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich where he studied wood carving and learned woodblock printing methods. Once he returned to the United States he started creating woodblocks in 1908 while working as a graphic artist. His tie to Indiana art comes from the time he spent in Brown County as part of the well known Artist Colony. Moving to Brown County in 1910, Gustave produced a portfolio of colored prints titled "In the Hills of Brown", which won a gold medal for printmaking at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. He was also commissioned by the well known Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley to create a series of prints for his book "All the Year Round", which was published in 1912. After closing his studio in Nashville, In. he moved to Taos, New Mexico around 1918 then on to Santa Fe where he created his art for more than 50 years until his death in 1971. The print reached the lower end of the auction estimate of $4,000 to $8,000 with a final bid of $4,250
An exceptional painting by Francis Focer Brown (1891 to 1971), the Director of the Ball State Art department from 1925, until he retired in 1957. Brown attended the Southside High School in Muncie, In., and during the summer he took a seven week study course with John Ottis Adams (1851 to 1927). Brown attended the Herron Art Institute where he studied under the Hoosier Group artist William Forsyth. Most of the work Brown created was in Tempera, Acrylic, Watercolor, Charcoal and Pencil due to his wife and artist Beulah Brown being allergic to oil paints. Brown frequently exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Western Art Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Indiana Arts Club. Throughout his life Brown experimented with his work and explored the boundaries of impressionism using a bold color palette..
Two paintings by George Jo Mess (1898 to 1962) sold for $700 a piece. The first painting was a winter village scene, measured "21 x "31, oil on board and was signed lower right. The second of an autumn scene was smaller at 16" x 22", signed lower right and was an oil on canvas. George received a scholarship at the age of 13 to attend the John Herron Art School. Once he graduated high school he continued to attend Herron part time while working at Western Electric, eventually starting a commercial art business with his brother. Once George married Evelynne they started the Circle Art Academy and taught classes from 1927 to 1932 with short break in 1929 when they both attended the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in northern France. Later in his art career, George took up printmaking after being taught the techniques by his printmaker wife. George was a member of the Indiana Artist Club and exhibited in the Hoosier Salon in 1926 and at the Carnegie Institute in 1930.
September 6, 2015 auction prices provided by Indiana Art Online
William McKendree Snyder, 16x21, O/C, SLR, landscape sold for $4,500
Harry Davis, 15x22, Mixed Media, SLR, Woodland Scene sold for $200
Harold Hancock, 24x36, O/B, SLL,"Lake Yellow Wood 1976" sold for $225
Harold Hancock, 24x36, O/B, SLL "Summers Promis" sold for $225
Gordon Fiscus, 24x30, O/B, SLR, Seascape sold for $100
2015 Indiana Heritage Arts 37th Exhibition and Sale
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The 37th annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition opened to the public on June 6th 2015 at the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville Indiana. James Richards of Atlanta, GA was selected to judge the paintings submitted by this years artists. Seventy artists and 123 works of art were juried into the show this year making the artist eligible for prize money and awards.
This years First Prize Gold Award of $5000 was awarded to Forrest Formsma for a 30" x 40" oil painting titled "Spring Carriage Ride". C. W. Mundy took the $3000 Second Prize Silver Award for his 30" x 40" oil painting titled "Point Lobos, California Coast". Diane Lyon won two awards this year for her 24" x 24" oil painting titled "Peonies". She secured the Third Prize Bronze Award of $2000 and the Directors purchase award that places her painting in the Indiana Heritage Arts permanent collection.
Awards of Excellence of $1,000
Tom Woodson, 20" X 24" Oil painting titled "Three Cows in the Shade"
Chris Newlund, 20" X 30" Oil on Linen titled "Sunrise, Moonset"
John Reynolds, 9" X 12" Oil painting titled "The Artist"
Jeanne McLeish, 21" X 21" Watercolor titled "In Fox Ravine"
Memorial Award of $500
Thomas Himsel, 24" X 30" oil painting titled "Culture Shock" received the Fred W. Rigley Memorial Award
Ken Bucklew, 30" X 36" oil painting titled "Redbuds In Bloom" received the T. C. Steele Memorial Award
Fred Doloresco, 36" X 40" oil painting titled "Morning Hike" received the Ada Shulz Memorial Award
Memorial Award of $350
Jeff Klinker, 20" X 36" oil painting titled "Bear Creek Winter" received the Curry Bohm Memorial Award
Memorial Award of $300
Larry Rudolech, 18" X 24" oil painting titled "Not Just a Bridge" received the Carl Graf Memorial Award
Memorial Award of $250
John Michael Carter, 16" X 10" oil painting titled "Arles Street" received the John "Abe" Eyed Memorial Award
Lynn Dunbar, 8" X 16" oil painting titled "Snow Before Dawn" received the Margaret Colglazier Memorial Award - Impressionistic Oil
Jerry Smith, 24" X 30"oil painting titled "Building Blocks" received the VJ Caiani Memorial Award
Mark Burkett, 15" X18" Woodcut Print titled "Dunes" received the Taylor English Memorial Award
Wyatt LeGrand, 48" X 48" oil painting titled "Should Lanterns Shine" received the Will Vawter Memorial Award
Dale Popovich, 10.5" X 13.5" watercolor titled "Rapids Below Hatcher's Pass, Alaska" received the Ronald O. Eklins Memorial Award
Dan Woodson, 20" X 30" oil painting titled "Fall in the Shade" received the Adolph Shulz Memorial Award
Merit Award of $250
Joel Knapp, 6" X 8" oil painting titled "Grey Day" received the Indiana Plein Air Painters Merit Award
Charlene Brown, 12" X9" Graphite titled "William" received the Hoosier Salon Merit Award
Artists Juried Into the Indiana Heritage Arts Show
|William Blahunka
|Kathy Blankenheim
|Andrea Bojrab
|William Borden
|Roy Boswell
|Charlene M. Brown
|Luke Buck
|Ken Bucklew
|Dan Bulleit
|Ron Burgess
|Mark Burkett
|JoAnne Burkhard
|J.A. Burst
|Susan Byerley
|Wayne E. Campbell
|John Michael Carter
|Michael Chelich
|Mary Ann Davis
|Steve Dodge
|Fred Doloresco
|Lynn Dunbar
|Robert Eberle
|W. David Fields
|Forrest Formsma
|Beth Forst
|Suzy Friedman
|Jodie Friend
|Don Geyra
|Gerrie Govert
|Tim Greatbatch
|Mary Gretsinger
|Randall Scott Harden
|Alice Harpel
|Tricia Hillenburg
|Thomas A. Himsel
|Bill Inman
|Brian C. Johnson
|Troy Kilgore
|Jeff Klinker
|Joel Knapp
|Gene LaRue
|Wyatt LeGrand
|Judith S. Lewis
|Diane Lyon
|Ronald Mack
|Jeanne McLeish
|C. W. Mundy
|Bruce Neckar
|Chris Newlund
|James Oblack
|Dale Popdovich
|Todd Reifers
|John Reynolds
|Patricia Rhoden Bartels
|Thom Robinson
|Lawrence Rudolech
|Douglas Runyan
|Linda Sage
|Beth Clary Schwier
|David M. Seward
|Donna Shortt
|Jerry Smith
|Hattie Stanton
|Carol Strock Wasson
|Wayne Waldron
|Katie G. Whipple
|Susi Williams
|Marilyn Witt
|Dan Woodson
|Tom Woodson
Jackson's Indiana Art Auction Results & Prices June 4th, 2015
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The June 4th 2015 art auction hosted by Jackson Auction and Real Estate Company in Indianapolis included a very nice selection of Hoosier Group artwork and other well known Indiana artists totaling 154 pieces of art being offered for sale. The first painting of the day was by Theodore Clement Steele (1847 to 1926) with the estate stamp verso. Although not titled by the artist anyone who has visited the T.C. Steele State Historic Site and toured the home would recognize the fireplace and books in the living room. If you are interested in Indiana art and Steele who was one of the most well known Indiana artist of the time the historic site is well worth the visit. The tour of the studio and house provide the opportunity to view many paintings from his time in Munich to the more impressionistic works that he loved to paint around his home in Brown County. The oil painting that sold, measured 18x22 and sold for $22,500.
Born July 7, 1914 Ruth Bernice Anderson attended the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis studying under Clifton Wheeler. She was a self-employed artist and taught at Short Ridge High School and the Indianapolis Arts League. Offered for sale was her 1973 Hoosier Salon entry titled "Sanctuary" which won an award. The 20x16 oil painting was signed lower right and obtained a final bid of $10,000 reaching the top end of the $5,000 to $10,00 auction estimate.
Ada Shulz (1870 to 1928) was well known for her paintings of children in and around Nashville, Indiana and sell very well due to being a favorite of collectors. Jackson had two of her paintings of children for sale. Reaching a high bid of $12,000, the small 14x11, oil on board, and signed lower left reached the midpoint of the $10,000 to $15,000 auction estimate.
Born in Richmond Indiana Edgar Forkner (1867 to 1945) received his training at the Art Student League in New York City. A member of the well know Richmond group of artists, Edgar worked with John Elwood Bundy (1853 to 1933) and other artists to establish the association. Although he eventually left Richmond Indiana he kept ties to Indiana by exhibiting for more than twenty years at the Hoosier Salon winning many awards. Two watercolors went to the high bidder for $250 each. The first painting measured 21x17.5 and was still life of Zinnias in a vase, it was signed lower right. The other was an Harbor scene, likely Seattle since Edger eventually moved there and became a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest painters. The painting measured 14x18 and was signed in the lower left.
Margaret Rudisill (1857-1933) was born in Montgomery County Indiana and showed interest in art at the age of five. Educated at the Academy of Ladoga and at the Glendale Seminary in Ohio. She studied art first with the early Indiana artist Jacob Cox and later at the Julien Academy in Paris. The first recognition of her work was by Carl H. Lieber when she exhibited her work at the Propylaeum in Indianapolis. She won a silver medal at the Indiana state fair and also won high recognition for her work at the Paris Salon in Chicago and at the St Louis exposition. The three paintings offered for sale were representative of the subject matter she was known for, landscapes and figure painting. An 11x14 oil on board village scene with barn and figure was signed lower right and reached a final bid of $500. A painting depicting a woman feeding chickens was not signed but had authentication verso and brought $200, it measured 16x20 and was an oil on board. The last painting was also authenticated verso but was larger at 26x22, oil on board, with a scene of a women gathering wood. It sold for $300.
Additional Sales of the Day
Fredrick W. Rigley, 11x14, O/C, SLL, "Quiet Street" sold for $5,500
Otto Stark, 12x19.5, WC, SLR, Sunset Landscape, sold for $650
Randolph Coats, 25x30, O/C, SLR "Retired Rum Runner (1920)" sold for $2,000
Helen Goodwin, 18x22, O/C, SLR, "The Artist Garden" sold for $900
Ida Gordon, 20x24, O/C, SLR, Floral Still Life sold for $600
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having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel
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Origin: gamo- + petal + -ous
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Origin: [Gr. marriage + E. petalous: cf. F. gamoptale.]
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We are halfway through October, so Halloween is nigh. While you may scoff at haunted houses and shrug at zombies, these ten things might still give you a scare.
1. The new cold is the old hot
There have been a plethora of studies about how quickly the earth is heating up due to carbon emissions. The most recent makes what is arguably the scariest prediction yet. Scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found via computer simulations that, by 2047, average temperatures in most parts of the world will be hotter than they had been in those places at any time between 1860 and 2005.
The areas near the equator, the tropics — home to coral reefs and rainforests and with populations who are poorer — will experience the greatest increases as climate variability there is less than in other latitudes. This soon-to-arrive change does not bode well for tropical plants and animals as they are not accustomed to a wide range in temperatures.
2. Pumpkin is now a flavor instead of a fruit
I probably haven't been paying sufficient attention but it seems that, this season, "pumpkin" is the flavor of quite a cornucopia of foods (and non-food items): Pumpkin lattes, of course, as well as pumpkin hummus, pumpkin body butter, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin soup, pumpkin sushi, pumpkin toaster pastries, pumpkin dog treats, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin salad, pumpkin with eel, pumpkin ale, pumpkin wine, pumpkin butter, pumpkin macaroons, pumpkin won ton — well, there are worse ways to get your beta carotene, right?
3. J.P. Morgan loses $380 million, says it's copacetic
J.P. Morgan lost $380 in the last quarter due to litigation expenses of $7.2 billion. While saying that the loss (the first for the mega-bank since 2004) is "very painful," CEO Jamie Dimon maintains that the bank's underlying performance is "really good" as, after all, it has a war chest of $23 billion in litigation reserves — just in case it faces any more accusations of financial improprieties.
4. The International Olympics Committee is acting as if everything in Russia is totally fine
But it's not. With the Sochi Olympics due to take place in just a few months, the Olympic Committee has given no assurances to what might happen to gay athletes who enter Russia. In July, President Vladimir Putin signed harsh anti gay legislation that bans the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships to minors, leading gay athletes and spectators fearful of discrimination, fines and arrest. The International Olympic Committee has said it has no reason to think that Russia is violating the Olympics' anti-discrimination principles.
A look at the recent arrests of gay activists and, back in July, of Dutch tourists in Russia suggests otherwise.
5. China is using up all of its water
Displeased at the U.S. government again being in a fiscal state of limbo that is threatening the global economy, China has been calling for a "de-Americanization" of the world; for an end to the U.S. dollar being the currency that most countries hold their foreign exchange reserves in. China's own economy has been growing at a slower rate and its leaders (many of whom hold engineering degrees) have undertaken massive building projects — huge dams — to expand energy production and increase water supplies.
The country with the world's biggest population is using water "at an unsustainable rate," says The Economist. Four-fifths of China's water is in the south (in the Yangzi river basin) but the north is where half of its population and two-thirds of its farmland are located. Most of the country's rivers are overused and/or polluted and unfit for agriculture and certainly for humans to use. Plus, according to the Chinese media, in late 2012, "300 corpses were found floating in the Yellow River near Lanzhou, the latest of roughly 10,000 victims — most of them (according to the local police) suicides — whose bodies have been washing downstream since the 1960s."
6. The longer we live, the worst it is for wildlife
Human life expectancy is now at its longest for a larger number of people. A new study from the University of California at Davis suggests an unfortunate consequence of our growing lifespans. The percentage of invasive species and of endangered species will increase.
The United States, New Zealand and the Philippines were found to have some of the highest percentages of invasive and endangered species. But New Zealand had the largest percentage of all endangered and invasive species combined. The 700 to 800 years since its colonization have witnessed a "massive invasion by nonindigenous species, resulting in catastrophic biodiversity loss."
7. We can see, and walk, inside glaciers
Scientists have been able to explore the inside of the Pallin glacier in northern Sweden. A tunnel inside the glacier has been exposed for the first time in 50 years by melting ice due to global warming. The scientists are part of Project Pressure, which seeks to document melting glaciers around the world to highlight the effects of climate change.
8. Bubonic plague is really back
Madagascar and especially its rat-infested prisons could be facing an epidemic of bubonic plague. Cases of the disease known as the Black Death in the Middle Ages (when it killed an estimated 25 million) rose in Madagascar in October. Humid, hot weather attracts fleas, which transit the disease to rats and other animals and then to humans.
Last year, Madagascar had 256 plague cases and 60 deaths, the largest in the world; it and the Democratic Republic of Congo account for nearly 90 percent of the world's cases. The August death of a 15-year-old herder in Kyrgyzstan of bubonic plague raised even more concerns about the disease traveling. India, Indonesia, Algeria and Peru have all experienced outbreaks in the past two decades.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva and the Pasteur Institute have been seeking to stop the spread of the disease with antibiotics, but medical facilities are limited in Madagascar. Killing the fleas that carry bubonic plague is also a necessary (and none too easy) step to prevent its spread.
9. Giant killer slugs are invading Britain
Millions of giant Spanish slugs are showing up in gardens and fields in Britain, as reported by Care2′s Steve Williams. As Dr. Ian Bedford, head of entomology at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, describes Arion vulgaris as seemingly unaffected by the slug pellets meant to kill them, being a creature who "eats crops spared by our native slugs, tolerates drier conditions, reproduces in greater numbers and even eats dead animals and excrement."
Dr. Bedford and other scientists have created a "slugwatch" website and are asking for photos and reports of sightings to get an idea of how pervasive the Spanish slug (which may be breeding with native slugs to yield a frost-tolerant hybrid) is in Britain.
10. One man could cause the global economy to collapse
The same man who was a prime mover in bringing about the current shutdown could also be the one to set a default and "global economic calamity" into motion. That he could, all by himself, be the architect of so much trepidation in economic spheres is, arguably, far more scary than a default — and you know if it does happen, rather than taking any blame, he won't be saying mea culpa.
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An interesting take on things. I would agree that Ted Cruz is a huge threat to humanity. He and all the rest of his Tea Party groupies should be charged as traitors to their country and taken out and shot.
I have to agree with China's notion of de-Americanizing the world in a way. Too many of the world's unique cultures have been taken over by American capitalism. For example, there are few countries anymore where you can't find McDonald's and Wal-Mart (or some subsidiary).
pretty scary stuff
Not a very uplifting article. The pumpkins were the highlights.
Love #10 b/c I was going to say add #11- Ted Cruz woke up again this morning, but you beat me to the punch line- LOL!
Ben b.,
There have been several cases of the plague in Europe and the U.S. Every year, a few cases apppear in the American Southwest. The plague was never fully eradicated, just contained.
Quite a range of issues and all very scary. Bubonic plague is back and not only in Madagascar. I remember hearing of another case in Europe, although I forget where.
Scary and sad, but we can't give up, we must continue the work for change and improvement.
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Absolute idiot, they don't care about the people of this country so why would they care about animals.…
Those candidates are stupid and deluded at the same time. I've read about people wanting to ban guns…
I would never dress my animals up no matter what holiday or feast it is as they hate being dressed up…
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Rolf Gates began yoga practice as a way to relieve the symptoms of vicarious traumatization he was displaying during his first year as a counselor in a residential treatment facility for adolescents with behavior disorders. Within six months, the practice of yoga relieved his symptoms. Although he was still working as a junior member of a team under a lot of stress, with yoga he had found his way to working from a place of vision and pro-activity. This workshop examines the principles and practices of yoga every helping professional can benefit from. Together we explore these principles and practices that are not only relevant to sustainability on a path of service, but also are proving to be effective as supports in the treatment of both addictions recovery and post-traumatic stress.
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Yoga and mindfulness have gained increased attention in health and healing sectors. A meticulously designed evidence-based mindfulness program can be a powerful partner in healing. Knowing the crucial considerations in program design and scale-up can help you in your development process. Accessibility, replicability, scalability, and measurability are all fundamental components for programs that are appropriate for wide-scale public health application, yet these considerations are often overlooked. You leave this workshop with a clear understanding of how to design, pilot, implement, evaluate, and scale your program so that it has a chance of sustainability and growth in the public health and global health domains.
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Christian Bale, Isabel Lucas, and Wes Bentley look out the window on the set of their movie Knight of Cups on Tuesday (July 10) in Los Angeles.
The flick's director, Terrence Malick, who is notoriously camera shy, also made an appearance at the window.
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