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Should Intermarried Jews be Accepted into Rabbinic Seminaries?
The student-run Jewish magazine New Voices continues to tackle powerful issues not touched by other mainstream Jewish news outlets, with a fascinating piece in its latest edition, called "The Coming of the Intermarried Rabbi." In the piece, Jeremy Gillick gets to the crux of what we at JOI have been discussing internally recently, the difference between being "tolerant" and being "embracing." Among the Reform and Reconstructionist movements, which have made great strides in being inclusive of intermarried families, the policy of not admitting intermarried rabbinic applicants seems to suggest to Gillick that the welcoming of intermarried families may really be more about tolerating demographic realities than being genuinely embracing:
[In 2002] a devout [intermarried] congregant…wanted to know why she could not attend HUC's rabbinical school. The CCAR [the rabbinic arm of the Reform movement] responded decisively, offering its "full and unqualified support" for HUC's policy. "Someday, perhaps," its responsum suggested, "her husband will come to share that commitment to Judaism." Until then, it said, she would have to find another vocation. It also implied that the Reform movement's welcoming attitude towards interfaith families was born largely of necessity, and not of a sincere desire to become more inclusive. The latter interpretation represented "an incomplete, and therefore incorrect, perception of our attitude toward marriage between Jews and non-Jews…Although we do not use terms such as 'prohibition' and 'sin' to describe mixed marriage," it explained, "we do not condone mixed married itself."
Should rabbis be held to "a higher standard"? If so, what does it mean to a community whose congregants are almost half intermarried to say that in-marriage is still the "higher standard"? In the piece, Profession Steven Cohen is quoted as saying that the higher standards for rabbis are logical, in part because "intermarried rabbis will have no chance of teaching the next generation the importance of marrying Jews." Of course, we know that the huge rise in intermarriage over the last four decades happened despite the teachings of a rabbinate that was completely devoid of intermarriage—rendering that role-modeling theory as a factor impacting intermarriage rates improvable at best.
But if you believe that rabbis are indeed role models for the laity in making personal choices like spouse selection, is it also possible to encourage the already-intermarried to get more involved in Jewish life? The article also quotes Rabbi Ed Stafman, the second intermarried rabbi ordained by the Renewal Movement, as suggesting that this is exactly what happens when he meets unaffiliated intermarried Jews and tells them that he too is intermarried. So what do you think?
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Ignore my previous question. It had to do with the permalinks!
Hi, I'm glad it's working and thanks for info that You fixed it
Hi all buyers,
Modulo is compatible with wordpress 3.5
Hello there,
Is it possible to have two "Testimonials" areas?
I need one "from clients" and "from students" if possible.
sorry for long time without response.
On front page, You can display only one testimonials block.
Thank You.
The testimonial section on the homepage shows more than one post and expands vertically if you click on the next arrow quickly. Is there a fix for this?
I've tried, but can't fix that, sorry…
I have made corrections to the script so it now works as I believe it should. Feel free to test this out. In order for my version to work you must set your testimonial "list items" display to "none" in your css. The new code can be found here http://pastebin.com/4y3vejjq Please let me know how it works for you
is there a way to disable the social media buttons in this theme in order to use another social media plugin?
Open single.php (post page), delete everything and paste code from here – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=n5Sz3J7b
Open also single-portfolio.php, delete everything and paste code – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wjhVfbUJ
Most of social media plugins allow embedig through shortcode or php code, In both of pastebin files you will find answer where to put this code :

If you don't want use default social icons you need clear one file, open footer.php, delete everything, paste code – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=VCPa7Gyz
That is all for removing default Modulo social buttons…
Thank you I had found most of those but missed the script in the footer.
Is there any way to add a custom field to a testimonial, like you can on a regular post? I am using the "Really simple Facebook Twitter share buttons" plugin and it allows you to disable the buttons on posts or pages by adding a custom field to either. Problem is it doesn't look as if I can do that on a testimonial.
Sorry but You cant
that's to bad, I could see that being useful. Perhaps the custom field box could be added back in to both the 'testimonial' and 'portfolio' post types without much trouble. It would make the theme a bit more flexible.
<?php echo do_shortcode('[really_simple_share]');?>
If You want display buttons below every testimonial use code from here (but first open testimonials.php and delete everything) – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=K392uxiK
For buttons on the bottom of page use this code – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=8gej3RV9
Is there a way to customize the link on posts "featured images" or do they all use lightbox script to show the image in a lightbox?
Only lightbox link or nothing…
can the lightbox link be disabled for individual featured images, if so how would I do that? Or does lightbox have to be disabled for all featured images.
single.php – delete… paste – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=cttYizJ4Paste this at the bottom of style.css:
.single .featured-image.full img { opacity: 1 !important; }
how can I have a portfolio post that contains a video is that possible or do I also need to choose a featured image? I have followed your documentation but the videos are not showing. I'd appreciate any assistance you can give me.
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Ok… I might as well post this although this support forum doesn't seem very responsive lately. I am a bit disappointed with the portfolio post functionality. Please correct me if I'm wrong. you can only add 1 video to a post(although you can add many images), also you cannot post only a video to a post without also including a "featured image". This is very awkward and is not intuitive. I was intending to use the portfolio as a video hub, but that seems quite impossible now. When a user clicks on a portfolio item they first see the featured image and then have to click on the arrows(left or right) on the image or click on the second button under the image to get to the video (not very practical). Could you tell me why there is these limitations. Why can't I add multiple videos like you can images, and why can't the first "image" be a video??? I think it would be much more usable if that were the case. Lastly, unless I missed it you may want to document that in order for a video to show in a portfolio post you must past the URL of the iframes "src" attribute into the "Video Code" input box and not the full iframe code to embed a video. This took me a few hours to figure out. If you could manage the time I would appreciate a response to this and my previous posts.
In file that deletes social media buttons on portfolio single page – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wjhVfbUJ
there is already solution. If you used it, featured image won't be added to slides and video will shown first, however, featured image is still required for preview on listing page – http://synesteth.com/modulo/portfolio-3-columns/
Yes, in this theme You can only add one video per page, and it cannot be changed.
Thanks for this. One more question regarding the portfolio. Is there a way to change the url slugs for these pages? I have created a page using the portfolio(booklet) template called "video" so my url reads "http://my.site.com/video/" which is fine, but when I click on the video the url changes to "http://my.site.com/portfolio/name-of video/" instead I want it to read "http://my.site.com/video/name-of video/" since my portfolio's name is "video". Also since I was going to use "provided services" as a way to group similar portfolio items(videos) I would like the urls for those to read like so "http://my.site.com/video/name-of-service/" currently they look like this "http://my.site.com/services_rendered/name-of-service/"... "services rendered" does not make sense in this context. So what I'm really asking is… are these urls hard coded or can they be modified to appear the way I would like? Please let me know if my question is unclear.
Both cannot have base slug called video, i've changed "portfolio" to "videos" and "services_rendered" to "video".
If it's ok, then open functions.php delete everything and paste this – http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=KrXKfned
You need also make "flush rewrite" (permalinks refreshing) – simply go to Settings >> permalinks >> click save changes. Check if slug names were changed
That worked great, thanks. Is there a simple way to list all the "services rendered"(now called videos) in the side bar exactly like the wordpress categories widget works, except it only lists the "services rendered"
perfect thanks!
Are there any shortcodes in this theme to enable you to embed a video(YouTube) in a post so that it is responsive(changes size) when the browser is resized?
no, there is no shortcode
If you want, use this html snippet:

and also this need to be pasted into style.css:
.video-wrapper { max-width: 100%; position:relative; } .video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;max-width: 100%; } .video-container { padding-bottom: 56.25% !important; }
I really like your theme, yet having dificulties installing it. I see the template as being installed, but it doesnt show properly "live online". Please have a look at my url http://huiszonderhypotheek.nl/.
What did I do wrong? Hope to hear from you soon since I have a deadline for this project.
Thanks in advance!
I've prepared xml file which include all posts, pages, menus etc.
Import this http://synesteth.com/modulo/demodump.zip
Unzip >> Go to Tools >> Import >> Wordpress.
Slider and three blocks below it (homepage) must be edited manually – it's well described in documentation (its available in the unzipped file you downloaded form themeforest).
Thank You.
P.S. If you want send me log&pass on my email, and i will install it.
Hi thanks for the reply! I don't fully understand your instructions, what is your email address? Or you can email me at email@example.com I will send the log on info to you then
thank you.
it appears I may have found a bug in the archives.php. When you go to the Archives by clicking on an author's name next to a post the page that comes up should have the title Archive: author's name according to the following code
<?php elseif (is_author ()) : ?>

Archive for <?php the_author(); ?>

Unfortunately only the word "Archive:" appears on the page, no author name. Is this because it is not "inside the loop?" After looking the function "the_author()" up it says it can only be called from within the loop. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks again for your help.
in archive.php, change (line 23):

Archive for <?php the_author(); ?>

Archive for <?php $author_id=$post->post_author; the_author_meta( 'user_nicename', $author_id );?>

That works! thanks.
One more issue I'm having. every post or page content that I write is getting paragraph tags inserted in it that I cannot remove. If I add an image into a post the paragraph tags surround that image.
Some text

Some text

Is this because of the visual editor? I don't think so because even when I enter the tags in text mode the paragraph tags still get inserted…. PLEASE HELP! all of the posts I am trying to format are a mess. Thanks
Please ignore my post about the paragraph tags… it seems as though wordpress considers this a "feature" to wrap image tags in paragraph tags. It appears that image tags must be surrounded by a block level element. So in the editor if you wrap your images in a div… no more paragraph tags.
wordpress wrap almost everything into p tags…
yes… wish there was away to prevent that without hacking the core.
Does anyone experienced problems with adding more images into portfolio page editor with "Additional images or videos" metabox??
Found a code mistake in the post navigation code:
<?php posts_nav_link('sep','
 Previous Entries
','
Next Entries
'); ?>
The first argument in the "posts_nav_link" is printing out the string "sep" in the navigation, I believe it should have an html entity or an empty striing or whatever string you want to use to place between the previous and next text.
Hi there, thanks for a great theme.
I was wondering, if the service template could be modified to show a small blurb of the content that is in that portfolio post with a read more button?
I'm not sure what service template you have in mind. Can you send me link to such a page?
try open taxonomy.php, find this:
<?php echo content(6); ?>
6 – is the number of words that appear below the title, change the value, to enable more content.
Thank You.
Is there any way to add pagination to the testimonials page? It seems as though this makes sense since one aims to collect quite a few testimonials which would end up creting a ridiculously long page
sorry, no.
Hi there, Still loving this theme, my client is super happy with it!
Just one quick question: I upgraded to WP 3.5.1 yesterday and have since lost all ability to drag/drop/edit any widgets at all!
I need to edit widgets urgently – is there a fix for this?
Hi, definitely it's caused by some other plugin, try deactivate some of the plugins.
If it doesn't work send me(through my profile page) log&pass to wp site
I can't get the testimonials to rotate on the website i have made with this theme www.bollywoodbrisbane.com.au
How do I get them to change? It seems broken?

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10 Pakistani children get HIV from blood transfusions
While Pakistan has federal and provincial acts of parliament requiring blood screening, implementation is weak.
It ain't easy being green in the world's most polluted city
But it is possible to grow your own produce and eat organic despite toxic air and water.
Pakistani family sentenced to death over 'honor killing' in spite of executions moratorium
In 2013, 869 cases of 'honor killings' were reported in the media, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The true figure is probably higher.
In India, public kissing is becoming a national movement
Protesters who gather to kiss have been arrested, tear-gassed and assaulted with rods. Still, they keep kissing.
Activists are trying to stop gang rape in India by talking about sex
It starts with kids.
India embraces soft power — or maybe it's bakshish power
Project Mausam is Prime Minister Modi's answer to China's charm offensive.
Five reasons Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize is controversial in India
Some of his compatriots doubt the child labor campaigner deserved the award, and they have taken to Twitter to complain.
US government to its people: Stay away from these countries
In total, the State Department has travel warnings in place for 41 nations.
Outraged by rape and inequality, Indian women seek justice through entrepreneurship
Women-led startups are on the rise, but getting a loan means posting a man's assets as collateral.
At least 50 injured as police clash with protesters in Pakistan
The protesters have been camped outside parliament since August 15 demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resignation.
Canadian cleric and former cricketer raise stakes in Pakistan's political fight
The political confrontation has revived concern about the central issue in Pakistani politics: Competition for power between the military and civilian leaders.
Here's why Punjab state has India's worst cancer crisis
As the economy grows, so does the suffering.
What it's like to be convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan
These two parents were acquitted two years ago. Now they're out of prison — but they're still in hiding.
Struggling to save Punjab's next generation
Not long ago Punjab was one of India's success stories. Now half the state's youth are addicted to drugs.
Pakistani army begins ground offensive in key Taliban stronghold
The army ordered the entire civilian population of North Waziristan to evacuate. More than 450,000 people left their homes.
Humans are not entirely cruel, violent and intolerant creatures. Here's the awesome video that proves it.
Torture. Cruelty. Religious strife. It's all in the human makeup. But, thank our stars, so's this.
Another woman was raped, her body hanged from a tree
This time in Pakistan.
Death at sea beats taking a bullet
For Hazara Muslims in Pakistan, the options are grim.
I could have carried polio out of Pakistan, and no one would have known
The government says it's cracking down on patchy vaccination practices, checking the records of anyone trying to fly out of the country. They missed me.
Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif looks forward to working 'in harmony' with India's Modi
Modi's invitation to Sharif was a surprise move seen as a significant olive branch to India's Muslim neighbor.
A new weapon in the fight against the Taliban: Theater
Using drama to push back against misinformation and intimidation in the elections.
Pakistani Taliban militants who attacked Karachi airport planned to hijack a plane
At least 24 people were killed after the Pakistani Taliban laid siege to Karachi's international airport with suicide vests, grenades and rocket launchers.
These maps show where you can still go to jail for apostasy or blasphemy
Nearly a quarter of the globe has anti-blasphemy laws.
Life as a slave in Pakistan
Theoretically, Nanji and his family could eventually pay off their debt and start working for themselves. It almost never works out that way.
A Pakistani woman is beaten to death by her family for marrying the man of her choice
Last year 869 women died in so-called 'honor killings' according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Twitter blocks 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan after complaints
The country's strict blasphemy laws, currently the subject of a fight pitching the authorities against some of the leading TV stations, can carry the death penalty.
Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 32 militants, including key commanders
The latest attack comes weeks after the Pakistani Taliban formally ended a ceasefire called to promote talks with the government.
Why the Gandhis are convinced they can rule India again
Despite a drubbing from new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's 'first family' is clinging to its Congress dynasty.
On Location Video: Meet the first woman to practice law in Pakistan's conservative Swat Valley
This brave woman faced death threats to fulfill her dream.
The world's largest democracy might also be its worst
India's month-long election kept the police and corruption investigators working overtime.
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Raising the bar on transparency
Last week, Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to state and local government transparency, released its 2013 Transparency Report Card.
The Transparency Report Card grades every state, as well as the largest counties, cities and school districts within each state, on the availability of information on government websites. Sunshine Review developed a checklist of information governments should provide to citizens. Using that checklist, researchers evaluated the content found on the government websites and calculated the governments' grades on an "A" to "F" scale.
The five largest cities in Pennsylvania averaged a "B+" and the state website scored an "A-." That performance placed the Keystone State among the highest scoring states in the country.
Despite the high grades, Pennsylvania government websites did not score straight "A"s. While Pennsylvania should be recognized for the quality of the official .gov site in comparison to other states' sites, Pennsylvania must continue to improve transparency.
Sunshine Review applauds Trib state Capitol reporter Brad Bumsted's recognition of the need for improvement in Pennsylvania government websites in his Feb. 3 column, "Pennsylvania's opaque state of transparency." Mr. Bumsted correctly highlights that Pennsylvania and other states sometimes sponsor department-specific sites, and those sites often fail to include necessary information and are difficult to navigate.
While we generally agree with Bumsted on his points about transparency and appreciate his passion for open government, his critique of Sunshine Review is off base.
As clearly stated in the 2013 Transparency Report Card, Sunshine Review analyzed the official .gov state website, as well as the websites of the five largest counties and cities, and the 10 largest school districts. We based those evaluations on our 10-point transparency checklist.
That checklist includes easy-to-access information on budgets, meetings, lobbying, financial audits, contracts, academic performance, public records and taxes. It does not include an audit of sub-state/department websites or review of Right to Know or sunshine laws.
Bumsted and other transparency advocates will be pleased to know that Sunshine Review is "raising the bar" for the evaluations of state websites in the coming year. Sunshine Review will implement a much tougher standard, based on the recognition that new technology should make transparency easier and cheaper for state and local governments.
Sunshine Review will ask government websites to publish:
• proposed budgets a week before they are voted on;
• the proposed and the enacted budgets;
• total compensation of elected and administrative officials; and
• total compensation by department.
We wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Bumsted about the importance of government transparency. We at Sunshine Review believe that transparency is not a political talking point but a necessary part of good governance that keeps government accountable to the people.
We look forward to the coming year and re-examining every state website under a more scrupulous eye.
Michael Barnhart is president of Sunshine Review.
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for a reader used to the largely grey pages
of the WSJ, those are very cool & vivid;
a picture is worth 1,000 words.
The EXIF data within these images does not appear to contain details about the camera used to take them. It would be nice to see that data left in if possible.
Great post, but your caption about the "hashish addicts" confused me a bit. Hashish is nothing more than a condensed sticky ball of thc, the active chemical in marijuana that gives the smoker a high.
Marijuana has been shown to have no addictive properties and is safer than any other drug that I've heard of.
There have been no clinical overdoses on marijuana because, well, it's impossible.
Labeling the men in the picture as addicts seems to give the impression that they're shooting up heroin or something of that nature.
I suggest giving the pic a new caption, because using the term addict for using something as natural and safe as cannabis, is like calling someone guzzling water a "binge drinker".
Amen, btrog.
I agree with btrog. Using the term 'addict' automatically implies that they're 'out of control' which is clearly not the case. Cannabis is very safe, much, much safer than any other drug, legal or not, and it's illegality is based on complete lies and racism. After the north won the Civil war (1865) and outlawed slavery, the corrupt federal government looked for ways to replace their lost slave labor. First they introduced 'grandfather clauses' which I studied in grade school. Then when those grandfather clauses were struck down as unconstitutional, Uncle Sam ran smear campaigns, 'yellow journalism' to make the public think that cannabis really was dangerous, but in fact it was the threat of cannabis as an industry that threatened so many other industries paper, cotton, tobacco, medicine, building materials, food just to name a few) that those industries banded together to contribute money to get the federal government to outlaw cannabis.
Read tinyurl.com/1mn for the real history behind the 'war on (some) drugs.
I lost 80% of my hearing due to ototoxic 'medicines' that were given to me when I was hospitalized...because I got stupid drunk and wrecked both myself and my brand new motorcycle in 2001.
Oh, the WSJ may be owned by Hearst newspapers, named after William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper tycoon and 'father of yellow journalism' because he was most threatened by the possibility of paper being made from hemp (it is superior, after all, over wood pulp paper because it doesn't yellow over time) and he owned thousands of acres of forest which he used to feed his newspaper presses around the country. If paper was made from annually renewable hemp instead of his old growth forests, he would have lost millions (billions in today's dollars).
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Sorry I'm late to the party here, but just saw this post and had to chime in. I'm no Public Relations guru or marketing whiz. I have barely a thimble's worth of experience, and each day I learn that I knew very little the day before. Within my industry (Green building), I've overheard one or a hundred conversations that turn my stomach. Companies promising more than they can deliver based upon flimsy pitches, ideas, and products. In such scenarios, I have hardly a leg to stand on in order to counter their promises based upon my age, but I do file the conversation away as to better prepare me in the future for how to avoid companies that lack authenticity and sound advice, how to spot a scammer, and how to genuinely self myself and company to either a prospective client or simply an interested listener.
It's a shame that there are companies and individuals that prey on uneducated or naive consumers in order to make a quick buck. Thankfully for us, the scamsters will eventually be revealed, and they will learn that the only way to true success is through ethical behavior and honestly selling valuable products and services. Too bad innocent consumers have to be left victimized in their wake.
Great piece Davina. Love to see a fellow Hotlantan hanging out here on Gini's playground.


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2013-14--Member of the 2014 MAAC all-academic team...rower on varsity 4 B boat that was first at Upper Midwest Sprints...2012-13 — Selected to the 2013 MAAC all-academic team ... rower on the varsity eight II boat that placed fifth at the MAAC championship ... placed third with Brittney Smith in the women's 2X race at the Drake Inviational ... rower on the varsity eight B boat that placed third at the Drake Invitational ... rower on the varsity four boat that placed fourth on the Saturday of the Shelton Duel ... member of collegiate eight boat that placed fourth and collegiate four finishing sixth at Head of the Mississippi...placed seventh in women's club doubles with Emily Householter at Head of the Des Moines Regatta...2011-12 — Interned with USRowing Association over the summer...member of the varisty four boat that took second place at the MAAC championship and helped Drake capture its first conference championship...member of the varsity four boat that won the third race at the Lubbers Cup...named to the 2012 MAAC All-Academic team...named to the Dean's List...studied abroad during the fall semester...second-year letterwinner...2010-11 — Member of varsity four placing fourth at MACRA Championships...rower on 10th place novice four plus the novice eight at Head of the Iowa...first-year letterwinner.
High School — Attended Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Ill...earned high honor roll honors all four years...selected as an Illinois State Scholar.
Personal — International relations and magazines major...recipient of Drake Presidential Scholarship...honored with the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence award in 2012-13...named to the 2013-14 MVC Academic Honor Roll...daughter of Michael and Karen Worsley...born in September, 1991 in Illinois.


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by Ela Hefler In January, I was one of seven Davidson students who, with chaplain Rev. Rob Spach, attended the Interfaith Leadership Institutes (ILI) in Atlanta, organized by the Interfaith … Continue reading
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Leif Zurmuhlen
annual tribute to Capital Region residents who make a difference
is an act of community and urban renewal for the Marketplace
Gallerys Samson Contompasis.
still views art as a pat-on-the-head kind of thing. We are
the capital city of New York and I want us to start acting
like it, says Samson Contompasis, artist and curator of
the Marketplace Gallery, an airy loft in downtown Albanys
historic industrial Greenbush Tape and Label Building. Theres
so much potential here, its retarded.
story of the Marketplace Gallery is, by now, just as pervasive
in the local arts community as Contompasis himself, whose
dark beard and ponytail cut a distinctive image at art events
around the area. After a fire ravaged the gallery he and
his two brothers ran last August, they reopened this February.
Since then, Contompasis says, curating boundary-pushing
shows and organizing local arts events has become every
second of my life, everything I make, the true love of what
I do.
The Marketplace Gallery has become a hub of ultra-contemporary
street-art-inspired work, showing local artists alongside
up-and-comers from New York City, Boston, France and Israel.
But, as a born-and-raised Albanian, Contompasis feels a
moral obligation of cultural responsibility toward enhancing
Albanys cultural profile as much as his own brand.
got this sad, broken image of dumb-ass state senators that
fuck everything up for everyone, he says. Even the people
who live in Albany have succumbed to this image. Art is
meant to inspire, anger, love. It brings that out of them.
It says, Give a fuck! Having lived in cities like Portland,
Ore., and seen how other postindustrial towns like Pittsburgh
and Baltimore have turned themselves around by letting
young ideas work, Contompasis has taken to collaborating
on the kind of events that attempt to shake people out
of their chairs.
Contompasis is a champion networker, promoting the work
of the areas artists with wild enthusiasm and spearheading
a number of collaborative projects that have made huge strides
in unifying the energy of the local arts community.
In July, the Marketplace Gallery teamed with the Historic
Albany Foundation for HEAVY, a massive show of art, installations
and music in Albanys historic St. Josephs Church. Proceeds
went toward the ongoing restoration of the landmark space,
which has reciprocally become increasingly available to
the arts community. Weve had three mayors in 100 years,
says Contompasis. That shouldnt even be legal. The only
thing thats happened is more and more buildings have been
torn down.
In addition to another St. Josephs event this summer, Contompasis
is organizing a citywide show modeled on Atlantas huge
Living Walls mural and poster show. My intention is to
find pretty much every bare wall we can get in Albany and
access the worlds great street artists who are willing
to come here and do something like this.
looking to change the entire scape of Albany, he says.
Its both an artistic and cultural mission. I want to go
to a specialty macaroni-and-cheese shop in Albany. I want
there to be seven coffee shops. Its a matter of people
needing to take a chance. I want my home to be as great
as all the places that I love.
Alicia Solsman
Keefe, as cofounder of Birthnet and as an activist on the
local and national levels, has been a tireless advocate
for womens birth choices and midwifery.
should not have to go into childbirth fully steeped in this
to protect themselves, says Carolyn Keefe. They should
just be able to go in and get the care we all deserve.
Unfortunately, as Keefe, a consumer advocate for evidence-based
maternity care and access to the midwifery model of care,
has known for a long time, thats currently exactly what
parents have to do if they want to protect themselves and
their babies from unnecessary and often detrimental interventions,
hospital procedures that stack the deck against nonsurgical
birth, and habits that interfere with the establishment
of breastfeeding.
In 2001, Keefe, Tisha Graham, and Betsy Mercogliano founded
Birthnet, a local organization that conducts public education
and advocacy about evidence-based maternity care. Keefe
also has served on the board of the national Citizens for
Midwifery since 2002. This is a much bigger issue than
the few months women are pregnant and having babies, she
says. We all pay into a health system, and we pay for the
problems. The outcomes can impact mothers and babies for
a lifetime.
This past year was a banner one for Birthnets cause, and
Keefe was in the thick of it. It started with the news that
St. Marys Hospital in Troy was merging with Samaritan Hospital,
and all its birth services moved to the new Burdett Family
Care Center in the Samaritan complex. St. Marys has been
one of the few hospitals in the region supportive of the
midwife model of care, and its stats show it: dramatically
lower c-section rates, higher VBAC rates, higher breastfeeding
rates. With barely two weeks notice, right after New Years,
Keefe and a couple of colleagues organized testimonyand
turnoutfor the states merger committee meeting, which
doesnt usually get any public attendance, let alone a room
full of women with babies.
It worked: The committee required the physical layout of
the center to be redesigned, required a midwife to have
a seat on the board and on the medical committee setting
policy, and took the unusual step of granting a limited
permit, contingent on the type of care to be delivered.
A few months later, Keefe organized consumer support for
the Midwifery Modernization Act, which removed the requirement
for licensed midwives to have a written practice agreement
with an OB (their competition) in order to practice. Despite
active fighting from the OB lobby and veto threats from
the governor, the MMA passed.
researches tirelessly, speaks eloquently, and cares deeply
about improving the care women and families receive during
their childbearing years. We in the Capital District are
profoundly lucky to have Carolyn in our corner! Thank you
is hardly sufficient, says Betsy Mercogliano, a doula,
midwife, and coordinator of Albanys Family Life Center.
are still way too many women and babies experiencing unhealthy,
inappropriate care, says Keefe. To see what happened this
past year was amazing. It really restored my faith in democracy.
Our impact was not the most money, the most letters after
our names, the most inside connectionsit was passion.
Martin Benjamin
Tonight host Liz Benjamin challenges politicians and
voters alike with her provocative coverage of New York state
dont wake up in the morning and think about how Im going
to tear people limb from limb, says YNNs Capital Tonight
host Liz Benjamin as she paces back and forth in her office.
I prepare somewhat for interviews, but I have enough base
knowledge that I dont have to. I read up on all the clips
and then I let an interview go where it is going and I think
that is probably the smartest thing you can do as an intervieweris
listen to what a person is saying.
While her intentions may not be to maim, Benjamin has earned
a reputation during her 15 years as a political reporter
as a room- storming, be-everywhere, take-no-prisoners journalist
and blogger. It doesnt hurt her tough-as-nails image that
she is an accomplished triathlete.
this year, Benjamin transitioned from heading up the New
York Daily News state political blog to television
when she became the anchor of Capital Tonight on
YNN. She still maintains her must-read blog, State of Politics,
while delivering an hour of news and hard-hitting political
interviews every night. No matter how much people talk
about cable news is dying, people still get their news
from the Internet and TV, says Benjamin. To meld two of
them together makes a really powerful way to get information
to people in a fun and cutting edge sort of way.
The show came at just the right time, with state government
falling into shambles, elections approaching, and an electorate
largely frustrated with the political landscape. Benjamin
delivers a nuanced show that educates upstate voters on
the ins and outs of state politics and introduces them to
the most important political players.
hope that I provideon the best daysa show that is entertaining
and informative, and I also hope people find it accessible,
says Benjamin. Im not an anchorwoman and Im never gonna
be and thats OKI mean for me. I dont aspire to read news
off of a teleprompter. I aspire to put shows together that
are meaningful. We did a whole week focusing on redistricting
reform. That is not something you get to do if you just
read a teleprompter.
Benjamin provided viewers a real service during the debatesand
showcased her in-depth political knowledgeby asking tough,
pertinent questions while other anchors looked lost. Benjamin
was not involved in the gubernatorial debate that, while
entertaining, interesting and inclusive of all the candidates,
did not provide much substance.
It is clear that the political players are paying attention
to the show. And buzz is building among viewersthere is
currently a Facebook fanpage dedicated to having NY1 pick
up Capital Tonight. So where would Benjamin like
to be this time next year?
been so highly unpredictable, maybe Andrew Cuomo will be
a hero and run for president. Maybe we will see the stars
align and Mayor Bloomberg will run for president. I dont
know, but I think we are agile enough to adapt and I hope
that we are still breaking news and we become a go-to thing
that youve got to watch that is interesting, provocative
and fun for people as well as informative. Id like to be
in the city as well, I guess eventually, sure. But like
I told you, I dont want to sit on a desk and read someone
elses news. Im really not interested.
Kathryn Geurin
of the Radix Center, husband-and-wife team Scott Kellogg
and Stacy Pettigrew are showing Albany that sustainable
urban living is as feasible as it is necessary.
was involved in a lot of activist work, particularly with
the global justice movement in the late 90s, says Scott
Kellogg. A catchphrase of that movement was Another world
is possible. We would say it a lot, but we werent really
sure what it meant. The activist community knew very much
about what it was opposed to, what it didnt like. What
I wanted to do was come up with a model that we were actually
in favor of . . . so that for every no, we would have a
In his quest for solutions, Kellogg and his wife, Stacy
Pettigrew, connected with the permaculture and sustainability
movementsand quickly became leaders in the field, establishing
the Rhizome Collective in Austin, Texas, and coauthoring
The Toolbox for Sustainable City Living. Family life
recently drew them back to the Northeast, and the pair are
already shaking the status quo with their newest endeavor:
reclaiming a vacant lot in Albanys Mansion neighborhood
for the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center.
Over the past two years, the couple have navigated the citys
murky legal waters. They succeeded in securing a zoning
variance to do nonprofit educational work on the site, received
approval from the planning department for an educational
greenhousethe plans for which are currently at the building
departmentand a variance allowing them to keep livestock
on the site.
The bureaucratic waiting game certainly hasnt kept them
from getting to work. The once-vacant, trash-filled Grand
Street property is now home to raised garden beds, composting
and mushroom-growing operations, beehives, chickens, even
goats. The team pressed cider on a turn-of-the-century cider
press with local schoolchildren and have developed a youth
sustainability curriculum around the Radix Center. They
held two immersive Regenerative Urban Sustainability Trainings
in Albany this summeroffering more than 85 people practical
tools for implementing practices including urban aquaculture,
rainwater collection, composting, mycoscaping and biofuel
use. And, most recently, they established the Radix Community
Composting Initiative, a curbside compost pickup service
that serves double duty, reclaiming community food waste
and generating organic material for the centers gardens.
Both agree that there is a lot of work to be done in the
Capital Region, but they remain hopeful about the areas
potential to emerge as a national leader in urban sustainability.
And theyre determined to show Albany how its done.
lot of people only have vague notions of what it means to
be green or sustainable, says Kellogg. Whats very important
is to have functioning demonstrations of what this looks
like. To show that this is something that anyone, even in
an apartment building, can be engaged in. . . . to show
that sustainability is possible, that the technical issues
have been worked out, and that its something that is beautiful
and funthat sustainable living is not just about sacrifice,
but is something that you will gain great joy and pleasure
from as well.
With the Radix Center leading Albany by example, Kellogg
hopes the idea of making this urgent transition becomes
an adventure.
owner and perennial activist Robyn Ringler refused to stand
by while her Muslim neighbors were being mistreated.
It all started when Robyn Ringler decided to ask one of
her Muslim customers what her life was like in light of
the furor that was pervading the nation over the proposed
mosque near Ground Zero.
told me every day was awful and trying, said Ringler, owner
of Eastline Books in Clifton Park. But it was the womans
description of a trip to a local apple orchard with visiting
relatives, an excursion that ended in the familyeven the
kids backpacksbeing searched that moved Ringler to take
action. I find that I have to speak up when something is
unjust, especially if no one else is, said Ringler.
Ringler heard about the boycott of Campbells Soup organized
by conservatives angry that the soup company was starting
a Halal line of products in Canada. That gave Ringler an
idea for a way to show support for the Muslim community:
a Campbells Soup drive.
When Ringler, using her stores mailing list, sent out a
plea for donations of soup cans to show support for the
Muslim community, she was a little nervous. Its not that
she is a stranger to attention or to contentious issuesyou
might know her as the young nurse who took care of President
Ronald Reagan when he was shot, or perhaps as the outspoken
voice of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, or from her Times
Union blog about gun controlbut she has moved on to
a new venture: an independent bookstore in the big-box-ridden,
notoriously conservative suburb.
Ringler started the store about three years ago after realizing
she had a retirement fund left over from her time as a nurse
at the hospital where she took care of President Reagan.
It was serendipitous to say the least. Ringlers daughter
had gone on to college and the mother had decided to move
behind the scenes in her once-public crusade to stop gun
After the initial mailing, about 25 people on the list immediately
wrote back asking to be taken off. For a struggling bookstore,
losing 25 people from your customer base can be devastating.
But it wasnt long before Metroland and later the
Times Union highlighted Ringlers efforts, and a
whole new slew of customers came through her door bearing
Campbells soup cans. They told her, I didnt know you
even existed, but I had to support what you are doing.
It was heartening to say the least, said Ringler.
By the end of the drive, Ringler was able to donate over
800 soup cans to a local food pantry. But the end of the
soup drive is not the end of her activism. Ringler has held
fund drives for breast-cancer research and collected pocketbooks
for homeless women; she is currently collecting letters
for troops in Iraq, hoping to gather around 2,000. What
inspired this drive? The husband of one of her customers
has been stationed in Iraq for over a year. He said it
would be great if you could send 2,000 letters and I could
distribute them to show everyone that they have support
back home. If Ringlers track record is any indication,
those troops should be expecting a lot of mail.
Joe Putrock
Lesser, executive director of the Egg, is a longtime fixture
on the Capital Region arts scene. His programming and taste
have helped enrich our culture.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefellers vision for New York state had
a large cultural component. This certainly affected the
way the SUNY system was developed, but it was also a central
part of his effort to build a government center here in
the capital, Albany. The Empire State Plaza fulfills its
purpose as a place to carry out the states business, both
in the five skyscrapers that tower over the city and in
the warren of offices beneath the plaza level. But the ESP
is also a cultural center, with the New York State Museum
and Library, a rich collection of publicly-owned-and- displayed
art in the concourse, and the Egg, one of the most appealing
performing arts centers in the area.
Peter Lesser programs the Egg, but he got his start in the
North Country.
was living up in the Adirondacks, in the village of Saranac
Lake, and at the time there was just no live music going
on, he says. So he did something about it. He got involved
in subletting space from a local theater company.
musicians played for tips, my wife made the coffee and cupcakes
and I put up the posters. . . . Long story short, everyone
had a great time, and it just sort of grew and we started
[booking] some regional acts, Lesser remembers. It was
our own nonprofit, the Java Jive Coffeehouse.
Eventually, Lesser got involved in putting on outdoor concerts,
which gave him the bug for the business. There were sporting
events, winter carnivals and concerts, all over a five-year
period. Then, he says, I just happened upon an ad for the
job of managing director of the Troy Savings Bank Music
He was hired. Lessers success there led to his being recruited
to become the executive director at the Egg.
primary responsibility is programming, which really drives
everything else we do here. . . . I was hired to increase
the amount and depth and quality of the programming, he
says. He succeeded.
His job also includes community outreach, and putting on
shows for schools. Theres also been a little bit of fundraising
on the side. But now, Lesser says, alluding to the states
fiscal problems, there will be a little more fundraising
on the side.
The great artists Lesser has helped bring to the Egg have
included Laurie Anderson, Savion Glover, Kris Kristofferson,
Mark Morris and Philip Glass. We hope hell continue to
bring luster to the capital of New York, just as Rocky envisioned.


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Thai Basil Noodles with Shrimp/
Headed up to the Mountain this morning.. conditions were great! we got a few inches of fresh snow so the slopes were covered with fresh powder.. however the wind chill was sooo cold.. totally worth it though. Gym after boarding consisted of an Hour bike ride.. watching a man with a sweet rat tail.. God I love people watching. Another one I found amusing was a woman walking around the tiny track.. texting or doing something on her phone the whole time.. interesting? work tomorrow 3-3 tomorrow.. bed early tonight! after this dish: what's for dinner tonight? Thai Basil noodles with "mini shrimpies"
Basil pesto sauce: combine in food processor until mixed to paste- 1- 2.5 oz. Pkg basil 2 T sesame seeds 5 Garlic cloves 3 Hot chili's 2.5 t fish sauce 2.5 t lime juice 3-4 T. canola or EVOO
cook 1 Pkg. Soba noodles to directions, drain then place back in pot, add in Basil paste, 2 cups of mini shrimps (cooked, de-veined and thawed), mix well and serve. (May need to drizzle with EVOO @ end if too dry) *Top with Peanuts and pepper*
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Illegal cigarettes and tobacco
Illegal cigarettes and tobacco can be dangerous to your health and cost reputable businesses and the economy millions of pounds. Illegal tobacco can be counterfeit or non duty paid. To report illegal cigarette dealing please call Andy Jackson, Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Officer on 01925 442662. Alternatively you can report any information to Crimestoppers.
Cancer Research UK estimates that illegal tobacco kills four times more people than smuggled illegal drugs. Illegal tobacco trading creates a cheap source for children and young people and encourages adults to continue smoking. It is also linked to organised crime and contributes to an underground economy worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
The facts
- Smokers in poorer communities use illicit tobacco at a much higher rate
- Young people are more likely to buy illicit tobacco
- One in every six cigarettes smoked is illicit
- The criminal world sees illicit tobacco as an easy source of income and uses the huge profits to support drug, weapons and alcohol trafficking.
What's being done?
The North of England Tackling Illicit Tobacco for Better Health programme aims to reduce the demand for illicit tobacco by supporting the Department of Health's National Tobacco Strategy by:
- Reducing the supply of the various types of illicit tobacco
- Helping smokers to stop
- Reducing exposure to second-hand smoke
- Supporting national education and media campaigns
- Enforcing tobacco regulations
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Astonishing Science. Spectacular museum.
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© motiroti 2006
Location: Ships gallery, second floor; institutions and public spaces in and around Exhibition Road (no longer on display)
Priceless was a multi-site arts project featuring video and graphic installations exploring the barely audible and the barely visible in and around Exhibition Road. Commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery and the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, international arts organisation motiroti worked collaboratively with renowned artists, nine partner cultural institutions and over 350 people who live or work in the area.
Each institution was asked to select something of great value or importance, and local groups were invited to share their own special objects, stories and memories inspired by the institutions' choices. The project resulted in video installations, mobile exhibitions, a graphic installation in the South Kensington Station foot tunnel, artist-led guided tours and a large-scale public launch event on Exhibition Road.
Forty women from the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre were invited to the Science Museum for a Priceless road show, a live intervention with Palestinian singer and musician Reem Kelani. Participants explored themes of migration and displacement through song and storytelling, and shared their stories of love, loss and longing on camera and sound. From this source material the artists created a powerful and lyrical video looped and presented on a screen in the Ships gallery.
motiroti is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning arts organisation, led by Artistic
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To celebrate The London Group's momentous centenary year in 2013, Ben Uri and The London Group are working together with two simultaneous exhibitions. Ben Uri has curated and is hosting a major historical exhibition, "Uproar!": The first 50 years of The London Group 1913-1963, examining the first half century in the group's turbulent history, while The London Group is holding a separate, complementary, contemporary exhibition showcasing work by its current members at The Cello Factory, London SE1 8TJ.
Radical alternative
The London Group exploded onto the British art scene in 1913 as a radical alternative to the art establishment and in the wake of two modernist exhibiting platforms, Frank Rutter's liberal Allied Artists' Association and The Camden Town Group, headed by Walter Sickert, whose members the new group absorbed. The first minuted meeting took place on 25 October 1913, and Jacob Epstein is credited with coining the Group's name the following month. The opening of the two centenary shows coincides closely with these two significant dates.
The London Group's controversial early years reflect the upheavals associated with the introduction of early British modernism and the experimental work of many of its members. The 'uproar' which followed Mark Gertler's exhibition of The Creation of Eve at The London Group's third show in 1915 lends its name to the Ben Uri show, which showcases 50 works by 50 artists. Wherever possible, Ben Uri has selected the most debated works, whether from within its own collection or outside it.
The Exhibition
The exhibition features artists and works which highlight each decade covering the full range of its history: The London Group's inception; its Camden Town Group roots, the controversy of the early (particularly First World War) years, Bloomsbury domination in the 1920s; the strong showing of Jewish artists, women artists; Official War Artists; the participation of émigré artists during the 1930s-40s; the 'shadow of the right' during the 1930s, avant-garde sculptors, and the contribution of artists' groups, ranging from the Vorticists to the Surrealists, the Abstract-Creationists and the Euston Road School. Featured artists include ground-breaking early modernists such as Sickert, Fry, Gaudier-Brzeska, Nash, Wadsworth, and more recently, Hepworth, Moore, Chadwick and Kossoff, as well as less-known but equally controversial figures such as Eileen Agar, Rodrigo Moynihan and Jessica Dismorr.
Ben Uri has strong links with The London Group since a significant number of the artists in its collection were involved in the Group's inception and earliest exhibitions. Prominent among these were many of the 'Whitechapel Boys': David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein, Mark Gertler, Jacob Kramer and Bernard Meninsky.
The Lenders
Works have been loaned from prestigious public and private collections across the UK. Institutional lenders include: Aberdeen Art Gallery; the British Council; the British Museum; the Courtauld Gallery; Graves Gallery, Sheffield; the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; the Hepworth Wakefield; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Leeds City Art Gallery; the Lowry, Salford; Manchester City Art Gallery; Monks House, The National Trust; New Walk Museum & Gallery, Leicester; Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Services; PallantHouse, Chichester; Southampton City Art Gallery; the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery at University of Leeds; Stoke on Trent Art Gallery & Museum; Tate; the V&A; the Whitworth Manchester; and the Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead; as well as Annely Juda Fine Art, the Ruth Borchard Collection via Piano Nobile, Ben Uri's own collection, and a number of rarely-accessed private collections.
The current London Group
In a complementary exhibition (click on the image to see the slideshow), the current London Group will be exhibiting from 16 November to 13 December at the Cello Factory, London SE1 8TJ. The London Group Today exhibition connects contemporary artists to their historical counterparts. Each work on display is a response by a current London Group member to an early work by a past member on show in Ben Uri's exhibition: "Uproar!" the first 50 years of The London Group 1913-1963.
The exhibition is accompanied by a 200-page fully-illustrated hardback catalogue distributed by Lund Humphries. Contributors provide contextual entries for each of the 50 works, in tandem with introductory essays by a number of distinguished scholars in the field of modern British art. The "Uproar!" catalogue is available here.
We are very grateful for the support of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art towards exhibition research and the exhibition publication.
Spectator, 7 Feb 2014. "The Ben Uri gallery punches above its weight" according to Andrew Lambirth reviewing Uproar! "Its exhibition on the London Group is a show many larger public institutions would be proud to have put on."
Courtauld Institute of Art, 13 Jan 2014. Percy Darukhanawala of the Courtauld Institute writes, "for an informative, entertaining and cogent introduction to Modern British art ...it's worth taking heed of 'Uproar!'"
3quarksdaily.com, 13 Jan 2014. 'Uproar!' is a "fascinating exhibition that shows the ferment ...and the rather undervalued richness of British art in the first half of the 20th century", comments Sue Hubbard.
Evening Standard, 9 Jan 2014. Brian Sewell comments on the Ben Uri "exhibition of English paintings (and a handful of small sculptures) with which most of us would be content to live." He also extols the "splendid catalogue".
The Times, 4 Jan 2014. John Russell Taylor writes of the exhibition, "the dramatis personae of the show are amazing; it constitutes virtually a Who's Who of significant British art in the Twenties and Thirties".
Jewish News One (JN1), 27 Dec 2013. Ben Uri is a "hidden gem" and Cindy Martin of JN1 says, "from its humble East End roots" it has become "one of the most important galleries in the British capital". She was at the gallery interviewing staff about Uproar!
Time Out, 12 Dec 2013. It is the "... the tangled ferment of conflicting ideas and approaches, that's most fascinating" according to reviewer Gabriel Coxhead commenting on the exhibition of the first fifty years of the London Group, the "avant-garde alternative to institutions like the Royal Academy".
The Independent, 5 Dec 2013. "If you only see one thing today", the Independent writes, see the Uproar! Exhibition: "A celebration of the Modernist exhibiting society... that took aim at the staid, conservative domination of the Royal Academy".
Country Life, 27 Nov 2013. "... a visit to Ben Uri is a must for everyone interested in the development of 20th-century British art ..." declares Peyton Skipwith in his article "London Pride", and further commends the " ... splendid accompanying catalogue ..."
Ham & High, 21 Nov 2013. Alison Oldham enjoyed the "clever" exhibition, particularly Eileen Agar's work Modern Muse (1931-4) for its "confrontational, stylised head... simultaneously tribal and archaic".
Apollo Magazine, 19 Nov 2013. Matthew Sperling commented that there is " the sense of an ongoing series of debates about style and modernist aesthetics" in the Uproar! exhibition.
Forward.com, 12 Nov 2013. A "powerful exhibition" according to Anne Joseph, "encompassing many of the greats of modern British art".
Camden Review, 7 Nov 2013. "Like opening a favourite box of chocolates" wrote Isabel H Langtry about the "beautifully curated environment" in the Uproar! exhibition.
Financial Times Magazine, 4 Nov 2013. Jackie Wullschlager commented that the exhibition shows the "immigrant impulse ... directing the British avant-garde".
The Flaneur, 1 Nov 2013. "The exhibition is an education in the development of British Art history." says Flaneur, with "visual highlights from the period in all media".
The Culture Trip, 2013. "Wherever possible, Ben Uri has selected the most intensely debated works",observes Helen Brady.
BBC News, 4 Nov 2013. Will Gompertz, BBC News Arts Editor, interviewed Ben Uri curator, Sarah MacDougall in front of the Uproar! exhibition, regarding the recently discovered 1500 works of Nazi-looted art in Germany. Hans Feibusch featured at Ben Uri was also represented in Hitler's notorious Degenerate Art exhibition of 1937.
Channel 4 News, 4 Nov 2013. Reporter Cordelia Lynch interviewed Ben Uri curator Rachel Dickson at the Ben Uri Uproar! exhibition about the stash of art discovered in Munich. Rachel Dickson pointed out that Hitler labelled many modernist works as anti-German and anti-patriotic.
Guardian Art Weekly, 1 Nov 2013. Jonathan Jones' blog notes the "powerful artists of the early 20th century" represented.
RA Magazine, 1 Nov 2013. Uproar! is one of art events of the week chosen by Sam Phillips for the Royal Academy's Magazine.


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|The importance of temperature in the development of necrosis after myocardial ischemia in the beating heart is becoming apparent. Recent studies have shown that the proportion of the ischemic risk zone that becomes necrotic is directly correlated with temperature. This fact suggests the potential therapeutic benefits of reducing myocardial temperature after coronary artery occlusion. We have shown in a number of experimental protocols in the rabbit model of myocardial infarction that topical regional hypothermia reduces infarct size even when instituted after coronary artery occlusion. The reduction in myocardial temperature required to obtain this benefit is modest ( 30 degrees C to 34 degrees C). Topical regional hypothermia allows targeted cooling of a zone of the heart. Myocardial cooling can also be achieved by perfusing the pericardial sac with a chilled fluid by using a closed-circuit catheter system that does not cause cardiac tamponade. This technique also protects myocardium during ischemia. Myocardial hypothermia might be a useful technique to limit ischemic damage during infarction or as adjunctive therapy during minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
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"Shop At Home" has been the message of just about every merchant who ever opened a shop door to customers almost anywhere in the world. Sure, they all needed the custom of as many people as any particular store could offer. But that local shopping does more than satisfy a need, a wish, a dream of all the customers of any particular store and a smiling welcome in most places.
Traveling was no joke in those days. The lucky ones proudly drove horses and they could, with little difficulty, shop in several communities in a day. Most of the people, however, drove from place to place in ox carts which were really humping to make five miles in several hours.
Some people from around here did get to St. Cloud, then a struggling metropolis which had been organized when three smaller villages got together to form that city we know today. There were advantages and disadvantages in shopping in a larger community. Wider selections were the things that appealed to many of those early shoppers, and they, in many instances, were forced to spend several days doing their shopping, and finding shelter at night and in bad weather.
Still others would walk from what is now Kandiyohi County to what is now Minneapolis (St. Anthony village then). There was no public transportation and very few trails so they walked those hundred or so miles to the growing city, did their shopping, loaded it all on their backs or shoulders and headed for home.
That meant a several-day walk through uncharted, undeveloped lands which were as wild as they had been for centuries.
When they got this far in the late 1870s the railroads were a real boon to the people living here at that time. They brought the world to the Kandiyohi lakes, and they made mail order shopping a reality. After all, one of America's mail-order giants went into the business at a tiny depot only about 40 miles from here. That's when R. W. Sears, the Redwood Falls depot agent, bought a shipment of watches and started selling them by telegraph all along the railroad line.
When Sears Roebuck and Monkey Wards (as the latter had come to be affectionately known) began distributing catalogs, merchants recognized the threat those giants were to their businesses and started a strong campaign that is still going on today — "KEEP LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL."
One of the ads they ran which appeared in many publications was really a story about the difference between doing business locally or with strangers 100 or more miles away.
It took the form of a dialog:
A farmer came in to a local hardware store shopping for a new pitchfork. He found one that looked just like the one in the "Wish Book" as catalogs were often called. First of all, the pitch fork in the catalog was 50 cents cheaper than the one offered by the local store. The merchant showed the customer how the shipping charges would actually make the fork in the catalog cost at least a dollar more than the one he was holding in his hand.
The catalog fork was guaranteed, just as the one in the store was and the merchant reminded his customer that sending a broken fork could involve a lengthy correspondence before a settlement could be reached; then compared that to an instant settlement at the local store.
The farmer was convinced — doing business locally was the thing to do. He brought out his wallet, paid the merchant for the pitch fork and started for the door with it, until the merchant stopped him and retrieved the fork saying, "Sorry, if you'd bought this by mail, you'd have to wait until next Thursday when the next train comes in."


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Mr James Callender Campbell principal of the well known firm of Campbell and Sons of Kirks Bazaar died at his residence in Brighton yesterday morning He was born at Ballynagard in Londonderry in 1838 and was educated at Foyle College and Belfast Academy. In 1858 he sailed for Australia in the ship Royal Charter His brothers had been established in business in Melbourne for some time before he arrived, the firm being known as Campbell Brothers and he at once entered into partnership with them as merchants, importers and shipping agents remaining until 1861 when he went to New Zealand and carried on the business of an importer and general merchant there till 1864 when he returned to Melbourne and in 1865 took the management of the auctioneering business of McCaw and another. In conjunction with the late Mr William McCulloch he subsequently acquired the business,
which for some years was carried on at the Royal Horse Bazaar under the style of McCulloch Campbell and Company.In 1868 Mr J M Pratt became a partner
and the business was transferred to Kirks Bazaar, Bourke street where it has been carried on ever since .Mr McCulloch afterwards retired and the firm became Campbell Pratt and Company until 1887 when Mr Pratt retired and Mr Campbell took his two sons into partnership under the title of Campbell and Sons the name of the present firm
For a number of years before taking a scat in the Legislative Council Mr Campbell became identified with public matters and was always an ardent supporter of the Constitutional party and upon the death of the late Dr Dobson he was elected unopposed by the constituents of the South Eastern Province in 1895 and again in
Mr Campbell was one of the few retired mcmbers of the Legislative Council to whom His Majesty gave permission to retain the title of Honourable for the term of his life . Mr Campbell was twice married his first wife being the only daughter of the late Mr Ewen Tolmie of Dueran Station Mansfield by whom he had eleven children four sons and four daughters being now living. His second wife who survives him was a daughter of the late Christophcr Smith, of St Kilda._


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I grew up with guns and hunting and all of that. My parents carried a pistol in the glove compartment much of the time. However, like everyone else, I am concerned that so many of our citizens are dying by gunfire.
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1. How many gunfire deaths are caused by: a) Mentally ill people; b) Gang members; c) People with a criminal record; d. Family members involved in a domestic disturbance. (Other categories might be added.)
2. What percentage of deaths by gunfire are caused by: a) Handguns; b) Assault-style weapons; c) Other.
3. How many people in a given year: a) Defend their homes/families with a firearm; b) Kill someone while defending their homes/families; c) Get killed while defending their homes/families.
4. How many people are accidentally killed with a firearm in a given year?
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Amid the speculation of a possible Apple netbook, rumors suggest that the company may be working on a large form-factor iPod touch that features a seven to nine inch screen, according to TechCrunch. Three separate sources have allegedly corroborated the story, including one that claims to have handled a prototype and suggested that Apple is in the process of communicating with Asian OEMs to work out details for large-scale manufacture. If true, the anticipated production time-frame could lead to a release sometime late in 2009.
The device would fall more into the category of a touch tablet than a netbook. Rumors of similar Apple devices have circulated occasionally for a while, although the sources indicated that the company had been uncertain about positive reception by consumers. The iTunes app store success supposedly reinforced the concept, with its library of touchscreen-oriented applications that have achieved distribution numbers pushing into the hundreds of millions.
Even if the report of prototyping and OEM talks is true, there is still a possibility that the device is one of several possibilities that are under consideration. Steve Jobs commented in an October conference call that he considered the iPhone to be an entrant to the netbook category. "But we'll wait and see how that nascent category evolves and we've got some pretty interesting ideas if it does evolve," he added.
Apple filings to the US Patent and Trademark Office indicate that the company has been working on new touchscreen swipe-gestures that would reduce the need for excessive tapping while using the virtual keyboard. Additional notes explain that the technology could be used for PDAs, tablets and desktop systems in addition to the iPhone and Touch, although the company currently limits the use of touchscreen keyboards to the handheld devices.