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vRealize Operations (Formerly vRealize Operations)
Intelligent Operations from Apps to Storage – for vSphere, Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services, and physical hardware.
VMware makes it easier for you to gain comprehensive visibility into the performance and health of your infrastructure and applications, reclaim over-provisioned capacity and ensure compliance with IT policies and regulatory requirements.
You can deploy the vRealize Operations Manager virtual appliance in about 15 minutes, so it's fast and easy to get started. Deploy more components of vRealize Operations to take full advantage of the operations dashboards, predictive performance analytics, capacity optimization, change and configuration management, and application discovery capabilities.
VMware vRealize Operations is built on an open and extensible platform so you can manage virtual and physical environments and even virtual machines running on other hypervisors and public clouds, like Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a single solution.
With vRealize Operations you can:
- Gain Comprehensive Visibility into Operations
- Enable Quality of Service for Infrastructure and Applications
- Optimize for Efficiency and Compliance
Gain Comprehensive Visibility into Operations
Operations Dashboards
An operations dashboard is supposed to tell you what is really happening in your environment, not overwhelm you with low-level metrics. This is why vRealize Operations dashboards show new kind of super metrics for Health, Risk and Efficiency so you can focus on problem areas that require your immediate attention. Click to drill deeper into applications, clusters and individual VMs and data stores. Even experienced VI admins start to "see" areas for improvement in their environment. You can also customize dashboards any way you like and provide role-based access to enable better collaboration with your peers and other teams. Spend less time monitoring and more time optimizing. This is how dashboards are supposed to work - for your datacenter, and the cloud.
Proactive Smart Alerts
Traditional monitoring tools use static thresholds to alert you of every possible CPU or memory level being crossed. In fast changing virtual environments, these alerts could either be false positives or not trigger when they should. vRealize Operations is different because it learns the behavior of your environment and adjusts thresholds dynamically. As a result, you get about 10-times fewer alerts, yet they're more meaningful and help detect bottlenecks, capacity shortfalls or compliance risks before they lead to an incident and end users are impacted. Best of all, you also see the root cause of an issue by correlating application and infrastructure behavior. No alert storms. No fire drills. No drama.
Intelligent Groups and Policies
With intelligent groups you can structure your operations views the way you want to see them, by application, by department, by name or tag, by configuration type or any other way you like. Group membership is dynamic; meaning a new VM or object matching the group policy in the environment will be added or removed automatically. You can also define specific health, risk and capacity thresholds, alert types and notifications, business hours and many other configuration settings at a group level to prioritize operational activities for business critical applications, production workloads or business units. Being aligned with the business has never been this easy.
Open and Extensible Platform
If you're managing your virtual infrastructure with vRealize Operations, what about remaining physical servers, or when you have virtual machines running on other hypervisors like Hyper-V, or public clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS)? VMware can help. vRealize Operations can monitor physical servers, operating systems, databases and application servers from Microsoft and Oracle so you can manage all your VMs, servers and applications with a single solution, regardless of where they run. You can also check configuration status and enforce compliance rules on virtual machines running on Xen or Hyper-V. With vRealize Operations you get comprehensive operations management to help you get most out of vSphere and the hybrid cloud.
Enable Quality of Service for Infrastructure and Applications
Discover and Monitor Applications
Virtual machines shouldn't be managed like black boxes. You need to know what applications, databases and web servers run on your virtual infrastructure so you can provide disaster recovery protection, backup, security and compliance for all application components, business critical or not. vRealize Operations automatically discovers, catalogs and visualizes application dependencies and monitors their performance. Monitoring of Windows OS and Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Databases and many other middleware technologies give you insights into the correlation of application and infrastructure performance. You can also "BYOMT" - Bring Your Own Monitoring Tools and integrate them with vRealize Operations.
Detect When Changes Impact Performance
Virtual infrastructure enables a much higher rate of change so IT can respond more quickly to business needs. This is one of the key advantages of virtualization over physical environments, However, change must be managed carefully. vRealize Operations enables insight and visibility into configuration changes both in the vSphere infrastructure as well as the guest OS. You can check for unapproved drift, harden the infrastructure based on security guidelines and enforce configuration standards by rolling back unauthorized changes. Even better, you can see when changes start to impact performance, taking root cause analysis to the next level. By looking at application dependencies you can assess the impact of potential changes before committing to them.
Advice and Recommendations
VMware makes it easy to not only see what is happening in your infrastructure but also what you should do about it and why. Rather than trying to understand the meaning of low-level metrics, we have introduced new concepts for usage, entitlement and demand for resources that simplify vSphere management. You can also pull up recommendations based on VMware best practices on how to best deal with situations. It's like having an expert in your back pocket.
Automated Workflow Triggers
vRealize Operations offers integration with vRealize Orchestrator so you can leverage more of what you already have. Automated workflow triggers let you associate workflows created in vRealize Orchestrator with vRealize Operations alerts. For example, these workflows can be used to automatically delete old VM snapshots when available capacity falls below a critical threshold or to add resources when workload demands are rising above normal. You're always in control and can customize workflows with simple drag and drop operations. With vRealize Operations you can finally pull the trigger on automation.
Optimize for Efficiency and Compliance
Enable Operational Compliance
Operational compliance views enable you to proactively enforce configuration standards, detect configuration drift early and automatically remediate against violations of IT policies. You can also harden the infrastructure for security and regulatory requirements. Preparing for and responding to audit is no longer a scary and time consuming process because with automated reporting you can pinpoint critical areas with ease. Compliance views are tightly integrated with the operations dashboard for comprehensive visibility into health, risk and efficiency of infrastructure and applications.
Right-size and Reclaim Capacity
Go beyond basic server consolidation and right-size your virtual machines. On average, 90% of all virtual machines are over-provisioned - but they don't need to be. With vRealize Operations you can see the configured amount of CPU, memory and disk and the recommended amount of resources to meet your workload demands. You'll be surprised to find out how much you can reclaim – as much as 30% in many instances. Use the "What-if" scenarios to model resource consumption of upcoming projects so you can decide if you need to buy or defer hardware purchases. Capacity management with vRealize Operations has never been this easy.


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Photography: Kimie Grace Photography
Venue: Honey Run Covered Bridge
Cake: Cupcake Crusader
Caterer: Bacio Catering
Dress designer: Nicole Miller
Groom's attire: Formal Education
Dj: DJ Spenny
Jewelry: Olde Gold Jewelry
Read on to get a little wedding dress advice from Molly and to see how much this covered bridge wedding cost. Please note that costs change as the years go by, and prices are subject to change. This is just one couple's breakdown to give you a rough estimate on how much a wedding like this may cost you.
Budget Breakdown:
Bridge site rental: $700
Dress: Nicole Miller, purchased on EBay. $350 + $300 in alterations for a total of $650
Catering: $3800
Rings: engagement ring was a family heirloom, vintage wedding band: $500... Ben's handmade from Etsy: $500
What I would have done differently... well, the day was just great and I wouldn't really change a thing! Oh, I know! There was an undergarment mishap! Sorry if this is too much information, but I was convinced that I could go "commando" under my dress (at the seamstress it all looked o.k.) but when I put the dress on at home, getting ready for the wedding, it was way more see-through than I had realized! So my advice to future brides would be to MAKE SURE that you have the right undergarments for the dress! Haha :)

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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Three months ago, Buddy Check 9 introduced you to Micro Dose Mammography. It's been available in Europe and Asia for years, but it now has the green light for use in the U.S.
In our area, Micro Dose is at United Medical Center in Southeast D.C. Buddy Check 9 has this follow-up on what's seen as the next generation of mammography.
Dr. Raymond Tu, Chairman Of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology talking about the new breast imaging technology offered at the United Medical Center in August. He said, "I think women & men will be inconvenienced and travel a little further distance and come to the United Medical Center for their mammogram because they know that it's a safe procedure with half the radiation dose; it makes sense."
It's called Micro Dose Full Field Mammography.The FDA approved, cutting edge technology is a first for our area and a giant leap forward for the former Greater SouthEast Community Hospital.
Dr. Tu explained, "First of all, the radiation dosage is half the standard mammograms. And number two, the detector itself is twice, three times more greater in density compared to standard mammogram technology so the image quality is superior to standard mammograms."
MicroDose works using a photon detector which minimizes scatter or ghost images.
"This actual piece moves across the breast like a fan. Every X-Ray is perfectly focused from here to the breast tissue, to the detector," pointed out Dr. Tu.
While maintaining quality & accuracy, Dr. Tu says studies show cutting the radiation in half also lowers the small risk of radiation-induced breast cancers. It's one less medical concern for his patients who come from DC Wards 7 & 8 and bordering Prince George's County neighborhoods.
"They have complex issues. Many of them need additional imaging for other medical problems so that's why for me the priority of a lower radiation dose was an important decision," shared Dr. Tu.
Bringing Micro Dose Technology to the United Medical Center is the first phase of the hospital's master plan for creating a comprehensive women's health center.
While patients currently taking advantage of Micro Dose Mammography are currently from the immediate neighborhoods served by United Medical Center, Dr. Tu wants every city resident to know that all are welcome if they want safe, high quality breast imaging with LESS radiation.
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Following the yellow brick road
Politics | New Gov. Sam Brownback is turning Kansas into a bold laboratory for conservative reform
After 16 years of D.C.'s emerald haze, former Sen. Sam Brownback is finding there's no place like home. This year he returned to Kansas as governor and has moved to remake the state's politics and provide a possible blueprint for the rest of the country.
Brownback had to deal with a whirlwind of problems including a $550 million deficit and a long-term trend of rural counties losing jobs and population. Most states faced much larger deficits: California, $28 billion; Illinois, $15 billion; New Jersey, $10.5 billion. Those states tried jury-rigged combinations of spending cuts, tax increases, and structural reforms, but Brownback, aided by a strongly Republican legislature, has tried to develop a consistent conservative program.
The new governor aims to grow the state's economy by keeping taxes low and cutting spending. In May he signed into law a budget that he said would eliminate the shortfall without raising taxes and would end the 2012 fiscal year with a surplus.
One of Brownback's most innovative efforts is his Rural Opportunity Zone program, which intends to reverse population decline in 50 of the 105 Kansas counties. The problem: Children of rural families go off to college and don't return, often leaving the state or settling in the bigger cities of suburban Kansas City and Wichita where industries are located. Brownback hopes to reverse the trend by offering grants to repay student loans (up to $15,000) and providing a five-year income tax exemption for out-of-state taxpayers who move to rural areas.
Many across the aisle are upset with his plans. Democratic Sen. Ed Trimmer said that getting people to move back into rural counties is only part of the problem: "If there are no jobs available in rural areas now, what will these people do to earn a Kansas income? Simply moving into an area does not create a job."
But Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag says the plan will provide not only an incentive for people to move back to rural areas, but also for businesses to move in. She said she has received queries from companies interested in moving to these areas because it would improve the quality of life for their employees.
Another Trimmer objection: If Brownback is successful in eliminating the income tax for all Kansans as he promises, the incentives to move to rural areas will be short-lived. Republican Rep. Lance Kinzer also voted against Brownback's plan because he said a Senate amendment added too many counties to the list, and the definition of rural counties was unclear: "We might as well make the whole state a Rural Opportunity Zone."
But the program passed the legislature and went into effect in July. Neighboring Nebraska and other states may enact similar plans if the Kansas program is effective.
Brownback's budget also aggressively cuts spending to close the deficit. In one of the most controversial cuts, Kansas became the first and only state to defund the arts following Brownback's line-item veto. He proposed instead to give a subsidy of $200,000 to the private nonprofit Kansas Art Foundation (KAF), which he wants to replace the state-sponsored arts commission. He also donated $30,000 of his leftover inauguration funds to the organization.
Linda Browning Weis, the chairwoman of the Kansas Arts Commission and the president of KAF, is confident she and other arts advocates can raise enough private dollars for the programs: "Because government funding goes away, is art going to die? No. Art will live on."
By ending funding for the arts, Kansas also forfeited a matching grant of nearly $1.3 million in federal aid. Americans for the Arts, a Washington arts lobby, said nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Kansas support more than 4,500 full-time jobs and deliver $15.6 million in local and state government revenue.
Brownback's other major push is to tighten abortion regulations. When he came into office, the governor promised to create a "culture of life" that would protect humans in all stages of life. Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski says he's made substantial improvements.
The governor signed abortion laws that restrict private insurance coverage of abortions, except when a woman's life is at risk. Kansas also banned abortion after 22 weeks' gestation, required annual inspections of abortion centers, and diverted about $330,000 in federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood to public hospitals and health departments. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union are fighting the laws in court.
Brownback's budget also includes income tax deductions for new business equipment and software. It cut spending on education and government agencies, along with government worker pensions. Brownback plans to work more on those issues plus Medicaid and the state's judicial system. Kansas is the only state where a commission headed by the bar association selects justices for the governor to nominate. The current Kansas Supreme Court votes liberal and is likely to rule against Brownback's policies.
Although these issues have not yet been resolved, Rep. Kinzer is excited about the new atmosphere in the government: "More than anything it's a willingness to identify the issues and recognize the need for reform." One of the new laws prohibits employee payroll deductions for union dues and PACs.
Former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, "It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." If Brownback's experiments work in Kansas, other states will follow him down the yellow brick road-yet this road leads not to the Emerald City but away from its fantasies.


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TurbanWashington-bred gelding (b. 1999)By Lord Avie-Sultan's GemCareer (2002-2005): 11-5-1-1, $102,303In June of 2003, Turban was the local favorite for that year's running of the Grade 3 Longacres Mile. The dark bay or brown gelding was developing into a force at Emerald Downs, winning both the Fox Sports Handicap and Budweiser Handicap that year for trainers Jim Penney and Kay Cooper.Things didn't work out that year, however, and the powerful Washington-bred would eventually make the big race in 2005, and finish ninth in what would be his final career start. Turban retired at the end of the year, and Cooper started thinking about a new home for Turban. But she knew the gelding wasn't the type to go just anywhere. "Turban always had a ton of ability but he was a challenge at the barn," Cooper said. "He didn't like to be brushed, he liked to bite and he didn't really like me," she said.For retirement, Cooper thought of Jill Hallin, a great local horsewoman who'd made Chinook Pass as famous in retirement as he was an Eclipse Award winner. Hallin heard from a few people that Turban might be available, and she couldn't resist adding Turban to her Maple Valley farm in 2006.Turban quickly became Chinook Pass' companion and Hallin began riding and training Turban as a jumper.
"He's very good around young children, the other horses and the goat," Hallin said. "He enjoys trail rides and has been great helping kids and young riders go through early lessons."Today, Turban's healthy and thriving as a 14 year old. Hallin laughs that he still has his quirks.
"Watch out, you walk by his stall he'll reach out that long neck and bite you!"Each week we feature a former Emerald Downs runner that has transitioned to a new career. For more information on Turban and other former racehorses is available at emeralddowns.com.


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WTF? (Where's The Fun?) - May 2014Written on March 31, 2014
Garage Find Re-Buy
Who: Ken Vogtsberger
What: '67 Chevrolet Corvette
Where: San Antonio, TX
Why: Ken says it best in his email: "Similar to the Challenger in your Oct. '13 issue, I re-purchased a '67 big-block Corvette, which I had initially bought in 1973 for $1,200. I sold it to a friend in 1982 who basically kept it in his garage in Austin, Texas, for 30 years. He needed money for a new house, so he sold it back to me in 2012 for $26,000." Ken's new/old car has a '71 454, a Borg-Warner four-speed, 3.70:1 gears, manual steering, manual brakes, factory side exhaust, and two tops. He continues, "The paint is from the '70s (Mosport Green, his favorite color at the time). It looks ratty but always attracts a crowd."
My Other Car
Who: Otha Starkey
What: '68 Ford Galaxie 500
Where: Marysville, WA
Why: We ran a picture of Otha's '78 Mustang in our Feb. '14 issue. He was so thrilled, he sent pictures of his other alternative-body-style car, this '68 Galaxie. It's nicknamed "the Bull Frog" because, "the first thing my wife said when I pulled in the driveway was that it sounds like an old bullfrog," Otha writes. He's owned the car for about 10 years. It's powered by a 302 with a Summit hydraulic roller cam, roller rocker arms, and a Holley 650 carb on an Edelbrock Performer intake. The rear is a 9-inch with 3.53 gears on a Traction-Lok differential.
Into the Sunset
Who: Roger Elmore
What: '70 Ford Mustang Mach 1
Where: Puyuallup, WA
Why: Roger's been a subscriber for more than 20 years (thanks!!), and he wanted to send us a picture of his Mustang and long-time friend Justin Pierce's '73 Camaro. The Mach 1 runs with a 351C and a shot of nitrous, while Justin's Camaro gets by with an LS swap and Richmond five-speed transmission. "We never had any photos of the cars together, so we made sure to get one this time," he writes.
Clean Street Truck
Who: Gary Binge
What: '68 Chevrolet C10
Where: Fairfax, VA
Why: Gary says he's been the proud owner of this C10 for 13 years. He installed a Chevrolet Performance 350 crate engine, Hedman ceramic-coated long-tube headers, and a beefed-up TH350 transmission. He also installed the wood bed himself. "The paint is Medium Red and Bright White, and it is 14 years old," he says.
Who: Mickey Wheeler
What: '55 Chevy
Where: Arlington, TX
Why: When he purchased the car in 2002, Mickey's '55 was filled with beer cartons and rats. Since then, he transformed it from its depressing state to a stunning show car that he takes to the track. It has a 460-inch Pontiac engine under the louvered hood, and a TH400 and Ford 9-inch complete the drivetrain. The big Poncho is stuffed with Ross pistons on Eagle rods, the cam is Comp's XE274, and we especially like his Edelbrock dual-quad intake. Mickey's a retired autobody technician, so he did most of the work on the car himself.
Score of the Month
Staff Editor John McGann nabbed this steering wheel for his '67 C10, after searching for one for more than a year. This three-spoke wheel was on '67 and '68 trucks only, and it will replace the worn-out and splintery wood steering wheel that was there when he got it. The truck is also in the process of getting CPP disc brakes, which will be documented online at CarCraft.com.
CC Quickies
In this month's This Guys' Garage, we showed you the first shots of Gary Kollofski's 24-cylinder '57 Chevy. This is a shot of the hood scoop that Dale Pelvit is fabricating. The scoop on the leading edge of the hood directs cool air across the headers and will be vented through louvers cut into the top of the hood. Cold air for the inlet side will be ducted from the cowl area at the base of the windshield.
"My LQ4 accidentally overboosted. One piston totally shredded, one split in half, two rods broke, and the rest bent. That was in my Volvo 240 wagon."
—Pavel Liashkovich, via email
"This is the 440 from my '65 Plymouth A/FX. The No. 1 and 2 rods exited the block and pan at the lights after years of 7,000-rpm shifts. The car runs 6.40s in the eighth."
—KOTS32, via email
Blown-Up Part of the Month
"Not satisfied with blowing up cars, I've now moved on to tools. My air compressor blew up. Luckily, I was in the shop when I heard the racket."
—Barry Brown, via email
LS Engine Love
Yes!! Car Craft always needs to run articles on putting LS engines into old Chevys first, then everything else second. Cover it from the radiator back to the rear end, too. I'm planning an LS engine swap for my next project, and I am always looking for information to help support it.
—John Raia, via email
V8 Import Love
Here's a photo of an MGB with an Olds 215 V8 and dual quads.
—Pat Dennis, via email
V8 Import Querie
You say [american V8 and] rearwheel drive; why not all-wheel drive, as well?
—Tim Joyce, via email
One of us staffers drives a Subaru regularly, so you can bet our answer is yes.
Department of Corrections
In the Mar. '13 cover story "Car Craft's Giant EFI Test," we incorrectly stated that the EZ-EFI 2.0 (PN 30400-KIT) used a 950-cfm throttle body. The correct rating is 1,150 cfm. CC reader James Johnson also pointed out to us that since our story first appeared, the EZ-EFI 2.0 price increased from the $1,999.95 we published to the current Summit price of $2,296.97. As we go to press with this correction, none of the other systems experienced a price increase.
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|Release Date: November 09, 2012
|Running Time: 149 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $182,204,440.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Historical, Period
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Summary:In the final four months of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency, the full measure of the man came to bear on his defining battle: to plot a forward path for a shattered nation, against overwhelming odds and extreme public and personal pressure. In an act of true national daring, Lincoln exerts enormous political will to end the Civil War, not merely by ending the battle but by fighting to pass the 13th Amendment to permanently abolish slavery. He will have to call upon all the skill, courage and moral fortitude for which he'll become legend. He will grapple with the impact of his actions on the world and on those he loves. But what lies in the balance is what always mattered most to Lincol... Full Summary >>
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Wilton 22036 36" 20 lb Head B.A.S.H. Sledge Hammer
Wilton 22036 36" 20 lb Head B.A.S.H. Sledge Hammer
- Unbreakable handles have steel cores, allowing over 25,000 overstrikes without breaking
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Publishing ... by design
WORLD turns 15 this month. What began as a grand experiment on paper in March of 1986 is now 125,000 subscribers strong. Next month, Lord willing, we begin our 16th year of publishing. Over the next several pages, we'll celebrate our past ... take a closer look ahead ... and discuss some of the behind-the-scenes events that brought us-under God's sovereign oversight-to this place.
"Publishing ... by design" Continued...
Oh I'd love, at this late date, to claim WORLD magazine as my boyhood dream. I'd love to tell you of a journalistic vision through my early adult years that simply wouldn't die. I wish I could document for you how feverishly loyal I was to that dream.
But this is a magazine that specializes in reporting-and one of our fact-checkers might catch up with me if I spin the story that way.
For the reality is that WORLD magazine rather stumbled into existence in 1986. From a human point of view, there was no grand design, no business plan, and no master strategy. WORLD's launch in March of that year was quiet and low-key-and less than three months later, things got much quieter indeed.
But I'm getting ahead of my story. You really need to be introduced to WORLD's cast of characters. It includes a few who never heard of the magazine.
First among them is a man I never met, but wish very much I had. He was L. Nelson Bell, father-in-law to Billy Graham but very much a fellow of heroic proportions in his own right. In the early 1940s, with the clouds of a world war gathering on the horizon, Dr. Bell returned from his work as a medical missionary in China to his family home in Asheville, N.C. But as he settled into his medical practice in that mountain city, he encountered still another huge conflict. Theological liberalism was threatening the very Presbyterian denomination that had sent him out as a missionary.
So the doctor-missionary (who had once played semi-professional baseball and still loved the sport) decided also to become a journalist. With an area minister, Henry Dendy, he founded a new magazine called The Southern Presbyterian Journal to challenge the assumptions and activities of the liberals and to return the denomination to its biblical moorings. By the end of the decade, the Journal had become a weekly. In the 1950s, the Journal was more and more widely read-even beyond Presbyterianism-for its reporting on the church scene and its analysis of ecumenical liberalism. While Dr. Bell continued to write a popular weekly column for the Journal called "The Layman and His Church," he took some of what he was learning about magazine publishing and played a lead role in the formation of Christianity Today.
In the end, however, the denomination that was at the focus of the Journal's coverage was not rescued from the leadership of theological liberals. By 1973, a number of members of that church-including Journal editor G. Aiken Taylor-withdrew to form the more conservative Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Yet, ironically, the development ultimately left The Presbyterian Journal without a solid constituency. Circulation dropped through the rest of the 1970s from a one-time high of 44,000 to about 20,000 as the decade ended.
Meanwhile, by 1981, the board that published The Presbyterian Journal had taken on a new assignment. A series of current events papers for children, patterned after the long-popular Weekly Reader, was introduced and marketed among the rapidly growing Christian school movement in the United States. In just two years, the circulation of this new publication (and the dollar volume it generated) had already doubled the circulation and dollar volume of the parent magazine.
Recognizing God's blessing on this new nondenominational venture, the board changed its corporate name to God's World Publications Inc. Four additional graded editions were added to the lineup, and-as thousands of homeschoolers also began subscribing-weekly circulation passed 200,000.
Then came the inevitable but still unexpected question. Enthusiastic parents asked us regularly: "We like this. We read this with our kids. When are you going to do something like this for adults?"
It really had not been part of our plan. Our hands were full doing what we were doing for children. In fact, that same year (1986) we also launched the God's World Book Club, a service providing quality books and other materials for schools and families. God's World Book Club has now grown to be our biggest division, with a volume of $8 million this year.
But we heard the call of these parents and took their challenge seriously. We commissioned the Gallup Organization to do a market study and answer the question, "Can a weekly newsmagazine from a Christian point of view make a go of it?" The Gallup folks looked hard, and gave us a green light.
WORLD's first 13 issues surprised readers with their polish, with their frequency (we didn't miss a deadline), with a certain professionalism-and with their thinness. Folks liked the idea behind the effort, and we began to hear our work described as a sort of "Christian version of Time." But it was hard to disguise the fact that it took about eight copies of WORLD to equal the heft of just one copy of Time. Still, early readers were enthusiastic about the concept.
Enthusiastic as they may have been, however, there simply weren't enough of them. Three months into the effort, WORLD was going every week to about 5,000 loyalists-about one-fourth or one-fifth of the number we needed by that time. And we were penniless. We had a venture, but no capitalists to go with it, and therefore no way to continue. Our board pulled the plug on continued publication, and we sat dazed for the next few weeks wondering what lay ahead. We wrote our 5,000 subscribers, begging them to be patient and not to ask yet for refunds. My recollection is that fewer than 50 of those great people asked for their money back.
That gave us time to think and ponder our future. With big vision, but still no resources, the board decided to end the 44-year run of The Presbyterian Journal and to devote all organizational energies to the worldview tasks of our children's publications, the book club for children-and now WORLD magazine as well. Corporate by-laws were changed to note a new commitment to an educational rather than an ecclesiastical task-a vision focused on the importance of a biblical worldview for all of life. Non-Presbyterians were elected for the first time to the board. So were women.
WORLD was resurrected in March 1987, and the Journal's subscribers became part of the WORLD family. The next few years found the organization in a survival mode-but still characterized more by a cheerful pioneering spirit than any foreboding that the end might be near. In fact, the end was always only a week or two away. But that fact kept folks' trust focused on God Himself rather than on any ingenious human plans.
Indeed, nothing short of God's sovereign oversight could have preserved a fledgling magazine like WORLD over the next few frantic years. Included in God's plans were a few surprises that significantly affected the outcome:
Early growth came slowly. After three years, WORLD still had fewer than 12,000 subscribers. But then one of the best Christian magazines in America, Eternity, went out of business. WORLD inherited Eternity's 20,000 subscribers, more than doubling our circulation. That was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a transfusion without which WORLD probably would have died an early death.
I got a postcard sometime in 1989 from a journalism professor in Texas. "I've seen a copy of your magazine," he wrote, "and I like it. I hope we can meet sometime soon." We did meet the following year, and at my request, Marvin Olasky joined our board of directors. In 1993, he came to Asheville for six weeks to tutor our young but growing staff. He did that again in 1994, and I asked him to join WORLD as editor. His vision, his bright mind, his hard work and incredible productivity, his loyalty, his feistiness-all these God used both to preserve and to enlarge our outreach.
The process by which any magazine comes together is complex, involving dozens of creative people. To take on that challenge every week, with tight deadlines, multiplies the complexity. To do it with all those creative people scattered around the world raises the ante even further. The 1990s brought two remarkable entities to address those complexities. Without the Internet and e-mail, with their ability to fling ideas and pictures and paintings and keystrokes around the world at will, WORLD would not have made it.
Nor would the effort have been sustained without Nickolas Eicher, our managing editor in St. Louis, Mo. His appreciation of cyberspace is matched by his zeal for a well-crafted headline, his insistence on a biblically faithful perspective, and the loving oil he pours almost every day on creaky personal relationships. A few other magazines (mostly monthlies and quarterlies) get published in cyberspace, but I know of no other weeklies produced the way WORLD gets created every seven days.
"You're fishing in ponds that are too small," Jay Munro told me early in 1994. His experience was in real estate, but his marketing savvy was dead-on for what we were doing in publishing. "You need to go to bigger markets," he insisted. So he suggested advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. It was a costly foray-but incredibly productive. The phone rang 1,700 times after our first 60-second spot ran. After 30 such spots, we had doubled our circulation. We eventually parted ways with Rush Limbaugh, but we never forgot the importance of fishing in bigger ponds.
"It looks as good as any of the secular magazines," people tell me regularly. And then someone adds: "No, it looks better." From the beginning, WORLD worked hard to look better than typical Christian publications. Designer David Freeland came in 1995, and took that insistence to new levels of excellence.
Publishing may be an art, but it's also a discipline. It takes inspired people to do a good job of marketing and ad sales-but even more, it takes people who keep good records, who follow through, and who pay attention to details whether they love those details or not. That was true of Kathy Cook, who managed WORLD's first sustained marketing growth before handing the reins to Matt Worthington. And it's true of Jennifer Graham, who heads the magazine's ad sales team, which has doubled ad sales revenue over the last couple of years to a total of $2 million in the current fiscal period.
Sound financial management rarely springs from the same fountain spewing forth the sort of creative package you see in WORLD each week. But WORLD has found such accountability in CFO Eric Zetterholm, Comptroller George Berry, and their good team. Records of what's happened are trustworthy, and projections into the future can be counted on.
Similar accountability for the whole organization lies with a loyal-and talented-board of directors. Strictly volunteers, these men and women meet three times a year to provide the balance wheel that even a gifted staff cannot give itself. At WORLD magazine and God's World Publications Inc., nobody serves on both the board and the staff at the same time; that, we believe, eliminates a troubling conflict of interest present in too many organizations. But several board members, including WORLD's publisher John Prentis, have graduated from the board to serve on the operating team. That's a telling snapshot, I think, of the level of their involvement and commitment. Board chairman Robert Singleton gets the respect, I hope, that a chairman should get-but he's welcomed to staff discussions about particular problems as if he were part of the operational team.
Does that leave out people who have played integral roles, and ignore events that were crucial? Of course it does. There are, for example, those who have given and lent us money along the way. Over 15 years, it took more than $2.5 million in gifts to bring WORLD to the place where it now balances its own budget and operates in the black. But without those people, that dream would have gone unfulfilled.
There were also people who prayed, and still pray, for the faithfulness of this magazine's vision-that WORLD will not grow too professional, too polished, or too sophisticated to remember its first love. Those praying people may be the most crucial members of WORLD's whole team.
Just two of us-executive assistant June McGraw and I-have been part of the WORLD staff since the beginning. Along the way, we've greeted a host of newcomers and said a few sad goodbyes to some, including WORLD pioneers like Arthur Matthews, Stephen Lutz, and Nat Belz, who have moved on to other assignments. If there are as many changes in the next 15 years as there have been in WORLD's first 15, neither of us expects to recognize what we helped start. That, I think we both agree, is considerably more exciting than trying to do everything by design.


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Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Teddy Purcell scored a tie-breaking goal in the
third period and Steven Stamkos sealed Tampa Bay's 4-2 win over the visiting
Philadelphia Flyers with his 200th career tally.
Ondrej Palat and Tom Pyatt both lit the lamp in the first period for the
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game skid at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Claude Giroux and Maxime Talbot scored for the Flyers, who have dropped four
straight on the road. Ilya Bryzgalov made 23 saves in defeat.
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Suddenly Sami, Uncovering the Sami Connection, Is November 3
HANCOCK, MI - The Finlandia University Finnish American Heritage Center will present a program titled "Uncovering the Sámi Connection" on Thursday, November 3, 2011, starting at 6:00 p.m.
The short film, "Suddenly Saami," will be shown. The film is about a Norwegian woman who learns as an adult that her family is ethnic Sámi.
Informal discussion will follow, led by Becky Hoekstra, James Kurtti, and Eileen Sundquist. Discussion topics will include the ways in which Sámi heritage is forgotten, even hidden, among Nordic and Nordic-American families, and how this heritage is being rediscovered and reclaimed today.
The use of gakti, Sámi traditional clothing, will be a key focus of this group. Community members are encouraged to share their own stories of becoming "suddenly Sami," as well as their own gakti, photos, and other related items.
The event is free and open to the public. The Finnish American Heritage Center is located on the campus of Finlandia University at 435 Quincy St., Hancock.
For additional information, contact Hilary Virtanen, coordinator of events for the Finnish American Heritage Center, at 906-487-7505.


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RIVERDALE, Ga. -- One man is dead after a shooting at a College Park apartment complex on Wednesday evening.
The shooting happened at the Willow Way Apartments which are located on the 5900 block of Riverdale Road.
According to Clayton County Police, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. and the situation looks to be domestic.
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Jupiter and Neptune
Posted 30 May 2009 - 06:18 AM
I made this quick widefield sketch of Jupiter and Neptune this morning and posted it in the Planetary Observing forum. The two planets have an angular separation of only ~25 arcminutes, so it is a rare opportunity to easily confirm a sighting of Neptune (mag 7.9), since the King is blazing away right next to it.
I made the sketch with a 2B pencil and inverted it digitally after scanning.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 11:40 AM
Very well done sketch of Jupiter ,satilites and neptune .
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 06:09 PM
Very impressive sketch. I did not realize that they were so close in the sky. I don't think about looking for Neptune until late summer. I should get out there one morning before sun up and have a look for myself. Thank you for posting this.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 06:35 PM
An excellent low power observation showing Jupiter (and it's satellites) and Neptune in the same field. It must been exciting to think that you experienced a view similar to Galileo's long ago. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
The famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is believed to have observed Neptune in the same field of view as Jupiter on the night of December 27, 1612. Jupiter and Neptune at that time were separated by 16.5 arc-minutes. The typical Galilean telescope employed a plano-convex objective focal length between 30-40 inches and stopped down between 0.5-1.0 inches), a plano-concave ocular with a focal length of 2 inches. Galileo typically used magnifications between 15-20x for his observations (he may have used up to 32x but such an instrument would have proved too shaky with a small field). All of these facts make his monumental observations all the more impressive.
An image below from Starry Night which shows the positions of Jupiter and Neptune on the night of December 27, 1612.
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 08:14 AM
Wow, I wish I just felt better as this would have been a wonderful sight to see in the early morning hours. Thanks for posting your sketch, it captures the image of Jupiter, the satellites and Neptune in really nice detail in terms of location. Nice bands on Jupiter as well.
Posted 01 June 2009 - 02:52 PM
Carlos, thanks for posting the informative links and graphic.
Frank, I think Neptune and Jupiter are going to have a couple more close encounters later this summer, iirc. I'll have to check for the details.
Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:27 PM
Yes I see July 9th is the next pairing and 5th mag.Mu Cap. will be between them.
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 04:06 PM
Excellent capture of a very special event!
I guess I've never seen two planets in the same field of view.
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Posted 04 June 2009 - 03:48 PM
Very nice sketch! Thanks for posting and reminding us. I have not seen two planets together in the same FOV for some time. Cannot remember that last pairing now a few years ago but Uranus and Neptune were very close together in the same FOV in (I think) 1988 or there abouts.
For those who have not seen Uranus or Neptune, I seem to remember Uranus as a pale Kahki green disc at only 3 or 4 arc seconds diameter with a couple faint moons. Neptune is much smaller at only a couple or less arc seconds and appears as a pale blue dot.
Thanks also to Carlos for posting the links.
Posted 04 June 2009 - 04:00 PM
The hard part is getting up at 4 AM.
Yes it is.
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Posted 04 June 2009 - 09:40 PM
Chris, let us know if you are successful seeing Neptune.


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LES MISERABLES: Exposition of Christian Virtues at Its Core
"To love another person is to see the face of God."
- Colm Wilkinson's Bishop Myriel of Digne and Anne Hathaway's Fantine, together with Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean, sung those arguably the most indelible lyrics by tail end in the Tom Hooper-helmed musical motion picture, "Les Miserables," a faithful film adaptation based on the 1987 Tony Award-winning musical, written by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer, which in turn was inspired by the French historical novel of the same name, published in 1862, by Victor Hugo, a well-known French Romantic poet and novelist who had evident antipathy toward the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church; but, interestingly, had high regard for the Church's doctrines.
Hooper's non-intrusive camerawork, which amounts to grandiose wide shots, especially during the sweeping melodic instrumental music played prior to or in between the sung parts, and medium close up shots, mostly one long takes filmed at least two minutes to capture the emotions of show-stopping solo numbers such as Valjean's "Soliloquy," Fantine's "I Dreamed a Dream," and Marius' (Eddie Redmayne) "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," aided the telling of the story, which at the core of it was the frequent exposition of Christian virtues of faith, hope, charity, mercy, and forgiveness.
Valjean, once imprisoned for 19 years at the infamous Bagne of Toulon in France for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family, broke parole - previously given by parole officer Javert (Russell Crowe) - to start a new life after a merciful bishop, from whom Valjean stole precious silverware, lied before several policemen to save the ex-convict from another arrest. The bishop subsequently told Valjean to use those silverware to live a life of an honest man, which the latter took to heart.
Nearly a decade later, Valjean had assumed a new identity as Monsieur Madeleine, an appoinTed Mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer and a factory owner, whose former factory worker Fantine fell into the trap of prostitution in order to pay debt to the Thenardiers (Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter), corrupt inn keepers who had Fantine's illegitimate child, Cosette (Isabelle Allen), left in their care.


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The Interim Program is an innovative and intensive educational experience with courses offered primarily during the three-week period ("Interim") between the spring semester and the first term of summer school. Interim Program courses are usually creative and experimental. They range from travel to Jamaica to explore the evolution of reggae music to intensive seminars in psychology, experiential courses in business, and independent projects designed by individual students. Each Interim, 80–100 courses are offered, including some regular semester courses and many courses designed especially for the Interim term. Virtually all of the University's schools and colleges participate in the program, which is coordinated through the Office for Academic Affairs.
Registration for Interim Program courses is part of the registration procedure for the summer and fall terms. Students usually register for a maximum of 3 semester credit hours. Students registering for more than 3 credit hours begin or continue their work outside the traditional three-week Interim period. Questions about transfer credit for Interim courses should be directed to the Office of the University Registrar at (205) 348-2020. For an up-to-date listing of current Interim courses and prerequisites, students can visit the Interim Web site at interim.ua.edu.
For further information about any aspect of the Interim program, call or write: The University of Alabama, Office for Academic Affairs, Box 870114, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0114; (205) 348-4890; fax (205) 348-9137.


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Coppin Steam Rolled by Iowa
Three players for Coppin State scored nine points each as the Eagles were steam rolled by non-conference opponent Iowa, 80-50, on Dec. 22 in Iowa City, Iowa.
Iowa (11-2 overall) took control of the game from the very start, using three runs that came early in the contest to build a very comfortable lead over Coppin.
Coppin tied the score at seven just minutes into the game, but that was the closest they would get to a lead as Iowa then went on a 9-0 run. A few minutes later, Iowa went on an 8-0 run, and then went on to close out the first half with a 16-6 run just before halftime. With a 40-14 lead at the break, Iowa simply kept their cushion of a lead for the remaining 20 minutes of the game.
Led by sophomore forward Aaron White, Iowa shot a decent 51 percent from the field; White finished with 20 points, shooting 7-of-8 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line. Iowa made the most of close-in shots, offsetting horrible shooting from the perimeter as they went 0-for-17 from behind the three-point line.
Iowa also dominated Coppin on the boards with 54 rebounds to the Eagles' 27.
Freshman shooting guard Sterling Smith, senior point guard Troy Franlin and junior small forward Andre Armstrong each scored nine points for Coppin, while freshman point guard Patrick and junior forward Michael Murray both added seven each.
Coppin now sits at 3-10 overall on the season and will face another tough non conference team at Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz. on Dec. 29.
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|Lexington, Ky.
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|Bryan Station
Quick Hits:
•Named preseason first team All-America by FoxSports.com.
•Chosen third team preseason All-America by Dick Vitale.
•Honorable mention A.P. Preseason All-America.
•Named to the John Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list.
•Chosen to the Naismith Award Preseason Watch List.
•Ranked fourth among 2010-11 point guards and combo guards by Gary Parrish of CBS Sports.com.
•Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year.
•Named to the USA Basketball Select Team, chosen to train against the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2010.
•33rd Butler player to score 1,000 career points.
•Named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2010 Diamond Head Classic.
•Chosen second team on the 2010-11 Horizon League All-League Team.
•Named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship.
•Selected second team on the NABC All-District 12 Team.
•Chosen Most Outstanding Player at the Southeast Regional.
•Named to the 2011 Lou Henson All-America Team.
•Selected to the All-Tournament Team at the 2011 Final Four.
•One of nine players who share Butler's single season record for games played (38).
2010-11 Highlights
Played in all 38 contests, including 37 as a starter...topped the Bulldogs in assists and finished second on the team in scoring...led both teams with 20 points in Butler's season-opening victory over Marian...scored 17 points in the first half and finished with a game-high 25 points, despite battling leg cramps in Butler's loss at Louisville...led the Bulldogs with 19 points in home win over Ball State...had 13 points at home against Evansville...scored 11 points and led the Bulldogs with six rebounds and five assists against Duke, despite sitting out nearly half of the game with leg cramps...hit eight of eight from the charity stripe and finished with 15 points at Xavier...matched his career-high with eight assists and added 12 points and six rebounds against Mississippi Valley State...had 14 points and a game-high five assists in Butler's victory over Stanford...scored 13 points and shared the team rebounding lead with six against Utah...ignited the Bulldogs with 17 points, all in the second half, against Florida State in the second round of the Diamond Head Classic...led the Bulldogs with 20 points and added six rebounds and three assists against Washington State in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic...led all scorers with 16 points and added a game-high six assists to help lead Butler past Valparaiso...hit five of nine three-point field goal attempts and scored 28 points to lead the Bulldogs past Youngstown State...posted 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists at Detroit...scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds against Green Bay...led the Bulldogs with 23 points in 41 minutes against Milwaukee at home...had 10 points and a team-high four assists at Valparaiso...led the Bulldogs with 18 points and eight rebounds at Youngstown State...had 11 points and team-highs of six rebounds and seven assists at Cleveland State...led the Bulldogs with 17 points against UIC...led both teams with 20 points in Butler's home win over Wright State...out-scored Detroit, 24-17, in the second half and finished with a career-high 32 points in Butler's home win over the Titans...had 13 points and a game-high six assists at Green Bay...posted 10 points, five rebounds and six assists at UIC...led the Bulldogs with 18 points against Loyola at home...scored 15 points, including 12 in the first half, to help lead Butler past Cleveland State in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals...had 14 points and a team-high four assists in Butler's victory over Milwaukee in the championship game of the Horizon League Tournament...shared the team scoring lead with 15 points against Old Dominion in the second round of the NCAA Tournament...led both teams with a Butler Tournament record 30 points in the Bulldogs' NCAA Tournament victory over top-seeded Pittsburgh...tallied 13 points against Wisconsin in the Southeast Regional semifinals...had a game-high 27 points to lead Butler past second-seeded Florida in the final of the Southeast Regional...led the Bulldogs with 24 points, including five of six three-point field goal attempts, against VCU in the national semifinals...had a team-high 13 points and matched his career-high with nine rebounds against UConn in the national championship game.
2009-10: Named first team on the 2009-10 All-Horizon League Team...chosen to the 2010 Speedway Horizon League All-Tournament Team...named first team on the NABC All-District 12 Team...selected to the 2010 West Regional All-Tournament Team...named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2010 Final Four.starter in all 38 Butler games this season and in 70 consecutive games in his Butler career...second on the team in scoring and assists...ranked fourth in the Horizon League in three-point field goals (1.9)...led the Bulldogs with 15 points and matched his career-high with eight assists at Northwestern...had a team-high 17 points at Evansville...scored 20 points against Minnesota in the opening round of the 76 Classic...led the Bulldogs with 21 points against UCLA in the second round of the 76 Classic...had 15 points and eight rebounds against #19 Clemson at the 76 Classic...hit four three-point field goals in the first half and shared the team scoring lead with 15 points at Ball State...had 12 points and five rebounds against Georgetown in the Jimmy V Classic...scored 12 points and added a team-high five assists in Butler's victory over Ohio State...scored 14 points in Butler's victory over Xavier...had 11 points and seven rebounds at UAB...led all scorers with 14 points in Butler's victory at home over Green Bay...paced the Bulldogs over Milwaukee at home with a career-high 25 points...led all scorers with 21 points in Butler's victory at Wright State...scored 10 points and nailed the game-winner with 0:59 left in overtime in Butlers victory at Detroit...scored 11 first-half points and finished with 15 in Butler's home victory over Cleveland State...tallied 22 points in the first half and finished with a game-high 24 points in 28 minutes in Butler's home victory over Youngstown State...shared the team scoring lead with 12 points at Loyola...had 15 points, six assists and a career-high three steals in 26 minutes at UIC...scored 11 points and matched his career-high with eight assists at Green Bay...had 10 points in Butler's home win over Wright State...had seven points and seven assists at Youngstown State...scored 11 points and recorded a team-high four assists at Cleveland State...led the Bulldogs with 23 points in their nationally-televised victory over Siena...had 16 points, 5 rebounds and three steals at Valparaiso...scored 12 points against Milwaukee in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament...shared the team scoring lead with 14 points against Wright State in the Horizon League Tournament championship game...hit seven of nine three-point field goal attempts and led the Bulldogs with 25 points against UTEP in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds against Murray State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament...scored 14 points, all in the first half, and added five assists against Syracuse in the Sweet 16...had 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals against Kansas State in the West Regional championship game...scored 14 points against Michigan State in the national semifinals...had 12 points against Duke in the 2010 national championship game.
Summer 2009: Captain of the gold medal-winning USA U19 World Championship Team during the summer of 2009...averaged 5.9 points and hit nine of 10 free throw attempts for the USA squad during the World Championships...Butler's co-scoring leader (12.0 ppg) on the team's summer trip to Italy.
2008-09: Starter in all 32 games as a freshman...shared the Butler freshman record for games started with teammates Ronald Nored and Gordon Hayward...finished second on the team in minutes played...Horizon League All-Newcomer Team pick...chosen Horizon League All-Tournament...named honorable mention on the CollegeHoops.net All-Freshman Team...led the Bulldogs in assists in 2008-09, becoming just the third freshman in Butler history to record 100 assists...finished as the team's third-leading scorer (11.9) and third-leading rebounder (4.4)...finished fourth on Butler's all-time list for freshman scoring (364)...scored in double-figures in 18 games...led Butler in scoring in six different games...ranked second in the Horizon League in assist/turnover radio (1.6) and finished sixth in the league in assists (3.5)...finished 12th in the Horizon League in scoring and seventh in three-point field goals...scored 18 points and shared game-high rebounding honors with eight against LSU in the NCAA Tournament...had team-highs of 18 points, a career-high nine rebounds and two assists against Cleveland State in the championship game of the Horizon League Tournament...led the Bulldogs with eight rebounds in Butler's regular season home game against Cleveland State...scored 14 points, including six in the final 2:16, in Butler's victory at Detroit...scored 10 points and matched his career-high with eight assists at Green Bay...tallied 11 points, grabbed five rebounds and matched his career-high with eight assists in Butler's home victory over Green Bay...had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in Butler's victory at UIC...led the Bulldogs with 20 points at Loyola...hit a career-high five three-point field goals and matched his career scoring high with 22 points in a win over UAB...scored 12 points and had a career-high eight assists against Florida Gulf Coast...had 13 points and seven assists at Ohio State...scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and posted six assists in a victory over Bradley...sparked the Bulldogs with a career-high 22 points and five assists in a win at Youngstown State...led all scorers with 18 points, including 13 in the second half, against Evansville...topped the Bulldogs with 19 points in 17 minutes against IU-South Bend...scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds in his collegiate debut at Drake.
High School: One of the top-rated high school players in Kentucky as a senior at Bryan Station...two-year All-State performer...finalist for Kentucky Player of the Year honors...named to the Kentucky All-Star Team for the annual Indiana-Kentucky summer all-star series...led all players in the Indiana-Kentucky game at Conseco Fieldhouse with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals...had 16 points, six rebounds and five assists in the second Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Game...selected East MVP in the Kentucky East-West All-Star Game after posting 18 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the postseason contest...earned All-District honors for three straight years and All-Region honors for four consecutive years...three-year team captain...named to the Lexington All-City Team in 2007-08...averaged 23.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.8 steals as a senior...ranked 10th in the state of Kentucky in scoring in final season...led his high school team in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, three-point shooting percentage and free throw shooting percentage in 2007-08...compiled 1,725 career points and more than 500 career assists...tallied a career-high 33 points against Fern County as a senior...helped lead Bryan Station to a 30-3 campaign, a District championship, a Regional runner-up finish and a #1 state rank as a senior...contributed to 112 victories during his high school career...earned four varsity basketball letters...High School Coach: Champ Ligon.


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Currently we are renting a virtual serving hosting services for our e-mail as follows:
Storage: 10GB
Hard disk: RAID 5
Dedicated RAM: 512MB
Network Traffic (per month): 500GB
Inside the server, followings are installed:
CentOS: 512MB RMB
Zimbra: 3GB (1G for evaluation and testing, 2GB for production)
E-mail accounts: Total 1400M
Zimbra turns down or turns to off-line every two week and we cannot receive and send e-mails.
Our IT friend explained the problem is occured due to insufficient capacity, upgrade to at least 20GB is the only solution to this problem.
Would like to know if it is the solution? Any more advice?
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I can't think of any tutorial for this but there have been a number of discussions on the subject. There are a few of us around here who are into doing these kinds of maps. I'm learning myself and have recently sort of finished up my first map for Maptool (although, I imagine it would work in a number of VTTs). I can tell you I learned a lot doing my first one so I'm looking forward to doing another.
If I ever finalize how I create them I wouldn't mind putting together a tutorial on it because I was pretty lost when i started out. I think you are the 3rd person since myself to come along and wonder how to begin.
So, just ask away and we will try to answer as best we can to keep you going in the right direction.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A tiff turned ugly at a metro stop overnight Saturday.
According to a metro spokesperson, at about 2 a.m. two groups - with a total of more than ten people - started verbally arguing at the Shaw-Howard station. The altercation turned physical on the platform, ending with one man and one woman being stabbed/slashed from an unknown object.
Officials say both victims were taken to the hospital for lacerations to the back and hand. The suspects fled in an unknown direction. Metro police detectives are reviewing video and witness statements.


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Disney's blockbuster take on the Lone Ranger mythos opens Wednesday, July 3, giving another generation of "rangers" nationwide a chance to imprint the ideals promoted by the American hero.
But the legend of the masked man began a lot closer to home.
Oxford resident Brace Beemer personified The Lone Ranger, providing his visage as the masked rider in publicity photos even before taking over the speaking role in the WXYZ radio show that started it all in Detroit in 1933.
Beemer, a Mount Carmel, Ill., native, lent his voice to the role from 1941 to 1954, portraying the old-West lawman in nearly 3,000 installments broadcast by 129 radio stations worldwide. He previously was an announcer for the show before his predecessor, Earle Graser, died in 1941.
Beemer's grandson Bob Daniel, a resident of Nashville, Tenn., said his grandfather was instrumental in establishing the persona of the masked rider, primarily with his intimidating stature at 6 feet 3 tall and a booming voice that demanded attention.
"My grandfather was able to bring together the voice and physical appearance of the character and portray that in live settings in ways that a lot of folks wouldn't be able to do," he said.
Beemer's personification of the ideal lawman persisted throughout the years, causing his voice to become almost synonymous with the very idea of The Lone Ranger. It was so familiar to fans of the original radio show that actor Clayton Moore imitated it for the television adaptation.
FYI: An early premiere of "The Lone Ranger," starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp will be shown Tuesday, July 2, at the Oxford 7 Theater in downtown Oxford. Tickets are sold out.
-- A live radio rendition of the Lone Ranger's "The Return of Butch Cavendish" episode will be performed from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 4, in downtown Oxford's Centennial Park. The audience is invited to participate and create sound effects for the show, including thundering hoof beats and vocalization.
-- The Lake Orion Seniors are taking part in the celebration of the movie's premiere by offering their own Lone Ranger Day, which includes a 1930s radio show broadcast re-enactment, stockyard cattle lunch, line dancing, an Orion cowboy trivia contest and a Lone Ranger TV show marathon. The events will run 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 8 at the Orion Center, 1335 Joslyn Road, Lake Orion.
-- A parade honoring Brace Beemer will march through downtown Oxford at 11 a.m. Aug. 3 during the annual "Celebrate Oxford" event.
Rod Charles, chairman of the Oxford-based Lone Ranger Committee and the man who helped bring Beemer's history to the attention of Disney Studios publicists, said the association has put Oxford on the map and gave the village something to hold on to -- an identity.
"It's a name you can hang on as opposed to something that's fairly innocuous," he said. "It's kind of our opportunity to seize the moment."
This year marks eight decades since The Lone Ranger's first radio broadcast, a fitting time for a movie release and an opportune moment to focus the spotlight on the small southeast Michigan hamlet where he spent nearly 20 years of his life.
In honor of the character's Detroit heritage and Oxford residence, Disney Studios is giving an early premiere of the movie on Tuesday, July 2, at the Oxford 7 Theater in downtown Oxford.
On top of the film's July 2 premiere, a bevy of events in honor of the Lone Ranger will take place throughout Oxford and Lake Orion, including a parade and a Lone Ranger Day.
Beemer was laid to rest in Troy in 1965, but the legend he helped build lives on. Daniel said there were two distinct generations of Lone Ranger adherents -- fans of the radio and television iterations -- and hopes that a third will be born on July 3.
"That's going to provide to another generation with the recognition of this wonderful character," he said, "and shine a light on the work that my grandfather did to establish that role and on Oxford, where he spent 22 years of his life living out on Drahner Road."
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Birmingham is the first city to have experienced the industrial revolution in the United Kingdom and therefore to have grown as a center for commerce. The emergence of the canal network, which is longer than the one in Venice, has also played an important role in this development. Birmingham is a city that has produced brands and people such as the legendary Spitfire war planes, "Mini" cars, "Cadbury" chocolates, Black Sabbath, JRR Tolkien, and Conan Doyle.
Downtown, which was largely destroyed during World War II, did not change much until 1990. After that, new buildings became prevalent with the radical changes that were taking place. A large part of the city was opened to pedestrians, canals were cleaned, and inviting walkways were made.
Birmingham is full of architectural structures, some of which were transformed into museums. The city not only offers shopping areas in addition to these architectural examples, but also natural areas with its parks located just outside downtown.
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Aston Hall on Trinity Road is a must-see, even from the outside as it is closed until Summer 2009. The cannon damage on the building, which dates back to the era of James I, is still visible. "Aston Hall by Candlelight", an event that is organized for New Year's Celebrations once in two years- in other words in the years ending with even numbers- is worth seeing. If you are a fan of the Black Sabbath, and therefore Ozzy Osbourne, you can see the house where he was born in, at number 14 on Lodge Road.
Sarehole Mill is one of the mills among more than 50 of its kind in Birmingham. This mill, which was built in 1765, is also a famous touristic spot for being a place where the famous author J.R.R. Tolkien spent his time in as a child.
Soho House is the place where Matthew Boulton, one of the pioneers of industry/industrializaton, lived between 1766 and 1809. The location, where the members of the "Lunar Society" -including philosophers, scientists, and engineers- held meetings, is located on Soho Avenue in the suburb of Handsworth.
If you would like to see vehicles and industrial machines that you can touch and try; and events in which you can participate; you can visit the Thinktank Science Museum. IMAX movie theater is located in the same building as the museum; which is located in the Millenium Point complex on Curzon Street.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a place to visit in which you can find a rich collection of plants and also attend workshops and have a great time.
Cannon Hill Park is a spot for visits where you can play tennis, go bowling, and take advantage of the water facilities. There is an area in which you can enjoy a cup of tea surrounded by the trees, lakes, and flowers in the park; and also the Midlands Art Gallery is located here.
Nature Centre is the home of two red pandas, which are very hard to find. In this natural area located on Pershore Road as well; birds, deer, otters, and owls are among the animals you can see.
National Sea Life Centre is a large visit spot where you can see sea animals. Piranhas, turtles, sea horses, and rabbitfish are among the varieties of the centre. Shows on how the animals are fed attract a lot of attention.
IKON Gallery located at the end of Broad Street, which you can reach as you go west and south from downtown, is a modern art gallery. This little gallery also has a great cafe.
West Midlands Safari Park is approx 6 miles south-west of Birmingham near a town called Bewdley. You can go through the park using the 4 mile safari road. This road will take you through 600 animals from 30 different species. There are animals from every continent in the park. Reptiles are kept in a building within the park.
The park contains the largest pride of white lions in the United Kingdom as well as the largest herds of the common hippopotamus in Europe. In addition Ceetahs can be seen in the park since 2008. Some of the animals that can be seen in the park:
Monkeys, Ostriches, Lions, White Lions, Bengal Tiger, Giraffes, Deer, Reindeer, Wallaby, North Amerikan Wolf, Zebras, Addax, Seal, Amur leopard, Aye-aye, Bats.
Culture & EntertainmentVilla Park is the stadium with a 42 thousand people capacity where the city's football team Aston Villa –winner of 7 F.A. and 7 league cups- holds its games. You can get to this excellent sports and entertainment complex by taking the number 7 bus from downtown or a train going to Witton.
St Martin Cathedral, also known as Bull Ring Cathedral for the shopping mall near it, is one of the oldest buildings. The cathedral, which is known to have undergone restoration in the 13th century, dates back further than that. A large portion of what is seen today was built in 1875.
St. Andrews Stadium belongs to Birmingham City Football Club. In order to reach this stadium with 21 thousand people capacity, you can use the rail system from Moor Street –right across from Bull Ring- heading to Bordesley Station.
Birmingham Cathedral, also known as St. Philip's Cathedral, is another historical building that you must see. The building, with a Baroque style, was built between 1709 and 1715.
There is also a mosque in Birmingham, dating back to 1969. It is located at 180 Belgrave Middleway.
National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is a 200 thousand square meter complex with 21 halls, in which more than 180 exhibitions are held annually. NEC Arena, located within it, is used as a center for sports events and shows with its 12 thousand seating capacity.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery located downtown in Chamberlain Square is a place to go if you wish to see the local history. Barber Institute of Fine Arts located within the Birmingham University campus is an art gallery.
Food & DrinkThe city is known as the "balti" capital of England. As rumor has it, "balti" was invented here in 1977. However, balti is a Pakistani dish which is prepared by cooking various vegetables and meat with spices at a high heat. The word "balti" on the other hand stands for the bowl with two handles, in which the cooking is done. More than 50 restaurants, located on Ladypool Road and Stratford Road in the south part of the city, offer this dish.
It is possible to find "student" food due to the university in the city. Near Bristol Road, you can find Indian, Chinese, and Italian food. Fast foods such as kabob can be found anywhere in the city.
ShoppingBirmingham has also developed as a shopping area in the past years. Bull Ring, which was first constructed in 1960s and then enlarged in 2000 with the inclusion of the Selfridges chain stores, played an important part in this. In the area, which has become a center of attractions, some shopping centers are also located. Some of these are Pavillions, the Mailbox, and Pallasades located on the way to New Street Station.
The historical chocolate factory CadBury World is located in Bournville on the way to Linden. The greatest gift of the touristic tour in the factory is the free chocolate. Cadbury factory is the right place to buy chocolates for a relatively low price.
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Always a pioneering city, Birmingham has been a leader and a pathbreaker in many areas. Advanced in both industry and trade, it has been home to famous people as well as famous trademarks. With its canals reminiscent of those of Venice and Amsterdam, it welcomes millions of visitors today. Indeed Birmingham's canals, lined with cafes and promenades, exceed those of Venice in sheer length. Opened in 1769 during the Industrial Revolution, the first canal linked the city to Wednesbury. The total length of the main canal and many small connecting canals was 278 kilometers in the 18th century, 182 kilometers of which are still in use today.
The inhabitants of this city, which hosted the G8 summit in 1998, speak their own idiosyncratic form of English, which you might find difficult to understand. The name means 'home of the clan of the leader named Brum' and natives are known as 'Brummies'.
Looking back at this big city's history, we see that it was a small settlement already in the 6th century. In 1538 only 1500 people lived Birmingham. Metal production rose to prominence in the city when swords and shields were supplied to the soldiers fighting on the republican front in the English Civil War that broke out in 1642. Birmingham has gone down in history as one of the leading cities in England and indeed in the world during the Industrial Revolution, experiencing a Golden Age from the 1840's to the 1970's. Situated on the Rea River with easy access to coal, iron and lumber, Birmingham became England's leading center of industrial production in the 20th century. Some of the factories that were closed down in the 1970's are coming back into use today for cultural and touristic purposes.
Birmingham is also a city of famous people. James Watt invented the steam engine here. Not content with that, he also put his signature on the world's first photocopy machine. As the universal unit of power in an electrical circuit, used even in Turkish to indicate the strength of a light bulb, his family name has become a household word. The first X-ray was also taken in Birmingham by a man by the name of John Hall Edwards. And William Murdock, who worked alongside Boulton and Watt, was the first person to develop gas lighting. To follow these traces of the past, you can go to Soho House, a fashionable home where famous inventors of the time stayed and which is open to tourists today. Among Birmingham's famous native sons of the 20th century are Ozzy Osborne, Duran Duran and Black Sabbath. Lord of the Rings author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien also spent his childhood here. In addition to the famous people who grew up in Birmingham, the city is also home to the world-famous Cadbury's chocolates. Cadbury World at Bournville is a place where chocolate lovers can spend an enjoyable time while being briefed on the history of chocolate. The city also supports two fiercely rival soccer clubs, Aston Villa and Birmingham City.
Victoria Square at the intersection of New Avenue, Paradise Avenue and Colmore Row, is the city center, taking its name from a statue of Queen Victoria erected here in 1901. The square was completely renovated in 1993 when Lady Diana presided over the reopening. Location of the Town Hall and Council House stand, the square also boasts one of Europe's biggest fountains, affectionately nicknamed 'Floozie in the Jacuzzi'. Birmingham is a city chock full of architectural delights, of which the Town Hall, built in the 1830's and surrounded by forty Corinthian-style columns, is just one. Immediately next to it, the Council House is a Renaissance-style structure built in the 1870's and dubbed by the city's residents 'Big Brum'. Meanwhile another of the city's important squares, the Centenary, is made up of 500,000 bricks, each one of which was laid separately by hand. Birmingham's St. Philip's Cathedral, which dates to the 18th century, boasts a magnificent Baroque bell tower, and its oldest church, St. Martin's, was built in the 13th century.
Housed in a lovely building in the Victorian architectural style, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery claims the largest pre-Raphaelite collection in the world. In addition to outstanding works by artists of the French, Flemish and Italian Baroque, works of contemporary artists are also on exhibit here alongside pottery, objects of silver and archaeological artifacts. One of the city's leading educational institutions,the University of Birmingham boasts a charming campus with one of the world's finest small galleries, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. Exhibited here are the works of masters such as Degas, Monet, Renoir and Turner.
The first exhibition hall in the world was opened in Birmingham in 1850. In its place today stands the ICC, or International Conference Center, where over 400 conferences are held each year. Next to it is Symphony Hall, acknowledged by authorities in the field as one of the best in Europe. The Birmingham Hippodrome hosts the Royal Ballet, and its next door neighbor, the National Indoor Arena, is used for concerts and sports events. Birmingham is a city that sets great store by the arts, and its many theaters, cinemas, art galleries and museums have opened their arms to art lovers. Broad Street meanwhile is the scene of the city's nightlife, where The Arcadian and The Mailbox rival Broad Street. Birmingham is proud of having a very young population and of offering entertainment of all kinds oriented towards young people.
The Bull Ring, which celebrated its 800 anniversary in the year 2000, has been replaced today by the Bull Ring Shopping Center which consists of five separate sections and is visited by some 20 million people annually. The Farmer's Market meanwhile gives local farmers an opportunity to bring their produce fresh to the consumer. And the district known as the Jewellery Quarter, where 40% of England's jewelry is produced, is a place where you can personally witness the history of jewelry-making in the city and the high level of craftsmanship attained. Browsing through the approximately one hundred jewelry shops here is a pleasure all its own.
There are also many lovely spots to attract nature lovers in Birmingham. The National Sea Life Centre is a venue where you can see over 3,000 marine creatures as you wend your way between tunnels made of glass. Kings Heath and Cannon Hill are two parks where you can enjoy a pleasant stroll, and at Castle Bromwich Hall you will be impressed by the splendor of the gardens of this 18th century summer estate.
Birnimgham has a sizable population of immigrants from the Asian countries, which makes for an abundance of restaurants offering the seductive flavors of curry, cumin, coriander and ginger. You must try them! A range of alternatives is available to those who are eager to sample Pakistani cuisine in particular in the area known as the Balti Triangle. Literally meaning 'bucket', the 'balti' is a cooking pot with handles on the sides that has made it to Birmingham thanks to the many immigrants from Pakistan's Baltistan province. If you venture into this triangle that overlaps the districts of Sparkbrook, Balsal Heath and Moseley, you'll find yourself on an international tour as both the faces and the life style you encounter are transformed before your very eyes. Besides the many restaurants there are also shops selling clothing, jewelry and food items. And if it's Chinese you crave, you can make a stop at China Town.
Birmingham's day as 'the city of a thousand trades' may be a thing of the past now, but it continues to hold out a large number of surprises for visitors.
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April Kicks Off Month-Long Artistic Revelry in Napa Valley
By Ian White on April 04, 2012 5:00 PM
The recent explosion of experiences in Napa Valley, from biodynamic tours and classes to winery boutiques and art exhibitions, have turned the Valley into a veritable adult playground. Now, Winery galleries are one of the main attractions in the Valley's theater of options, and their success gave rise to Arts in April, a month of art-related festivities spanning from Calistoga to American Canyon. Here is how it all works, and some of the parties we recommend.


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What's old is cool again this month in New York City, as museums look to the past for clues to the present. But not too far back: on February 13, the New Museum debuts NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, a show that will reconstruct installations and exhibitions from that seminal year in culture—including Nari Ward's Amazing Grace, which was originally built in an abandoned Harlem fire station—alongside works from authors who were influential at the time. Other artists whose work will be constructed again include Félix González-Torres and Jason Rhoades, with those whose connections to the City find common ground in 1993 as well, such as Gabriel Orozco, Julia Scher, Elizabeth Peyton, Paul McCarthy, Larry Clark, Wolfgang Tillmans and Rudolf Stingel.
"Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island)" (1993), by Gabriel Orozco, on view in "NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star." Courtesy, the artist/Marian Goodman Gallery
The Metropolitan Museum of Art goes back in time a little bit further—to the mid-1860s through the mid-1880s, in fact, with its anticipated show Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, opening on February 26. Approximately 80 figure paintings from Impressionist masters including Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Stéphane Mallarmé—and their contemporaries—will highlight how fashion and art were interwoven by the avant-garde during the rise of the department store, ready-to-wear clothing and fashion magazines in Paris.
"Lady with Fans (Portrait of Nina de Callias)" (1873), by Édouard Manet, on view in "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity." Courtesy, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Not to be outdone, The Frick Collection goes back more than 500 years to present seven works by Piero della Francesca, one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and pioneer of linear perspective and geometric construction. The show, which opens on February 12, will include six panels from the Sant'Agostino altarpiece as well as the artist's Virgin and Child Enthroned with Attendant Angels, which has been shown in New York City only once in the past 60 years.
The Whitney's retrospective of Jay DeFeo, best known for her nearly one-ton painting The Rose, will highlight the artist's early career as part of the 1950s Beat movement in San Francisco, as well as the intense, physical process used to create more than 130 objects across collage, painting, drawing, sculpture, photographs and jewelry. It opens on February 28. Through February 23, Gering & López Gallery will show Symphony, a collection of Joan Snyder's colorful works on paper from 1968 through 1976 along with new paintings—all influenced by music in both concept and execution.
"Dove One" (1989), by Jay DeFeo. © The Jay DeFeo Trust/Artists Rights Society, New York. Photo: Ben Blackwell
Some of the brightest colors this month, however, will be on display at two shows at the Brooklyn Museum. Opening on February 8 on the fifth floor is Gravity and Grace, the first New York museum solo exhibition of Ghana-born artist El Anatsui, which will features more than 30 works in metal and wood—including 12 stunning monumental wall and floor sculptures, the wall pieces made with bottle caps from a distillery in Nsukka, Nigeria. Meanwhile, on the first floor, the second season of the institution's Raw/Cooked series of emerging Brooklyn artists includes Marela Zacarias' Supple Beat, in which large-scale pieces almost ascend the walls of the museum's first-floor lobby and Great Hall, the museum's Williamsburg Murals serving as inspiration (opening on February 1).
"Work" (1970), by Nasaka Senkichirō and Yoshihara Michio, on view in "Gutai: Splendid Playground." Installation view: Gutai Group Exhibition, Midori Pavilion, Expo '70, Osaka
"Work in Progress, 2011" (2012), by Marela Zacarias, on view in "Raw/Cooked". Courtesy, The Brooklyn Museum
Two shows opening at the Guggenheim this month spotlight artists from Asia. On February 15, Gutai: Splendid Playground, the first-ever US museum retrospective devoted to the influential postwar Japanese artistic collective and movement, will explore the group's experiments with such media as painting, film, performance and interactive art with approximately 120 objects by 25 artists. One week later, the institution will open No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, the first exhibition of the five-year Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, which will focus on artists and cultural traditions from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. Subsequent aspects of the program will focus on Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.
"Counter Acts" (2004), by Poklong Anading, on view in "No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia". Courtesy, the artist/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
But elsewhere, it's not so much geography as topography that's underscored. For French artist Cyprien Gaillard's first solo exhibition in New York, The Crystal World, MoMA PS1 collected more than 80 works, including five major cinematic pieces, that turn otherwise banal images of crumbling high-rises, demolition practices and public monuments into fascinating works. Opening on February 1 at Marian Goodman Gallery, renowned British artist Tacita Dean's Fatigues—part of the Documenta (13) art exhibition last summer—consists of six blackboard panels with renderings of Afghanistan's mountainous landscape in chalk.
And starting on February 7 at Metro Pictures, Trevor Paglen—known for his photographs of so-called "black sites" and beautiful, often blurry limit-telephotography snapshots of classified military bases—will exhibit some of his newest images. The show follows his recent project The Last Pictures, in which he helped produce a disc with 100 photographs and launched it into outer space—where it's designed to last billions of years—attached to a communications satellite.
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Outsider Art Fair
Through February 3
The biggest annual event in the field of outsider, self-taught and folk art (think Henry Darger or George Widener) includes some of the most diverse collection of galleries you're likely to find all year—from Oakland's Creative Growth Art Center, which focuses on creative pursuits for those with physical, mental and developmental disabilities, to Gilley's Gallery, a Louisiana space devoted to local artwork from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Diana Cooper: My Eye Travels
Postmasters Gallery
Through February 9
Using photographs and found materials such as corrugated plastic, felt strips and Astroturf, Cooper's works are sometimes destabilizing—empty rows of seats that stretch toward infinity, or a Jetway surrounded by construction barriers—but the underlying wry humor suggests a much more playful attitude than at first glance.
Andrea Mary Marshall: Gia Condo
Allegra LaViola Gallery
Through February 16
Drawing inspiration from the renderings of the Mona Lisa by the likes of Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, Andrea Mary Marshall takes on the legendary piece through a series of self-portraits—including 13 paintings, six photographs, a short film and stills.
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
Luhring Augustine
Opening on February 1
The Icelandic artist's nine-channel video installation is based on a musical performance that took place in upstate New York in which Kjartansson summoned a group of close friends (who happened to be some of the most talented musicians from Reykjavik) to perform ABBA's final album, all in one take.
Erik Wysocan: Paris Spleen
Laurel Gitlen Gallery
Through February 17
For the first exhibition at Laurel Gitlen Gallery's new Lower East Side space, Erik Wysocan's black paintings make use of a material created for the aerospace industry, quite possibly the darkest man-made material produced. The works seem to absorb the light in the room. Another display includes counterfeit US dollars, euros and drachmas under infrared light, which is used to help classify phony money.