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Savile Row vs. Abercrombie & Fitch
Under a quite casual motto, "Give three-piece a chance", tailors of the infamous Savile Row in London protested against the store opening of a proletarian fashion label, ABERCROMBIE & FITCH.
Till now, the American label hasn't been present in the street where Prince Charles, Winston Churchill, Napoleon and probably every stylish Englishman bought their suits.
According to the British Vogue, city government has already spoken out against the establishment of A&F:
"Savile Row has a unique character — currently there are no high-street chains present (…). A management plan should be put in place to ensure this character is retained."
To see half-naked A&F sellers, teenage-girls taking cell-phone pictures, and even louder screaming fags, in the "Golden Mile of Tailoring" would be a terrible stylistic inconsistency. Still, we can't consider the management plan against new high-street reatailers new advocates of libertarian values.
We would be way more excited if the long-established menswear specialists put the new ABERCROMBIE-stores on fire in old-fashioned hooligan manner and, true to style, wearing three-piece suits, of course.
Inflationary, bad: Wood-Sunglasses!
On a daily-bases, press-releases by labels are reaching us, which have specialised in the production of sunglasses out of wood.
They are boasting themselves with sustainability. Are praising their work with totally funny slogans like 'Woody since 2012′, 'In Wood We Trust' or 'Done by nature, designed for your eyes'.
All die Holzbrillen-Designs von Marken wie Kerbholz, Stadtholz, Wood Fellas, WOODONE, ROLF Spectacles, Eric Lauer, Enzo Forciniti, Scherler oder Zeitgeist Berlin tun das nicht.
The Berlin-based label with the original name 'Stadtholz' is assuring that one 'really has a piece of nature on their nose', when purchasing their glasses.
But does one want that?! Having a piece of nature on your nose, when it looks bad. Sustainability is great and all. But fashion is mainly about design. And that should look good.
Plus, there is nothing more annoying than labels, who are massively pining 'sustainability' on their flag. Most of the times it is exactly those labels, who have as much to do with sustainability as bumm-bumm-Boris with the smart usage of Twitter. Not a lot.
KRISVANASSCHE is not going to be continued!
Shortly after Scott Sternberg announced the end of Band of Outsiders, Kris Van Assche has also informed the public, that the label, which also carries his name, is not going to be continued.
Kris Van Assche will mainly concentrate on his work for DIOR HOMME. The Belgian designer announced the end of his label through a hand-written letter which he gave to his business partners and the press.
'Times are tough for independent labels.', Van Assche said to WWD. 'This wonderful adventure has reached a point where I feel the need to take a break and some distance to better think about how to develop my brand in the future.'
We will miss the sporty-but-buttoned-up aesthetics by KRISVANASSCHE!
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New York Fashion Week: Hood by Air AW 2015
HOOD BY AIR presented their new collection 'Daddy' in a cellar-like setting at the Wall Street, the centrum of finance.
The mastermind behind HBA, Shayne Oliver, showed classics from the world of fashion, like button-down shirts, sweaters and polo t-shirts in the typical unisex Hood by Air Silhouette. Therefore it came to an hybrid between polo shirt and dress. Or camel coat and tank top.
The models wore locks in-front of their mouths and tights over their heads, like burglars. The soundtrack of the show, total freedom, was ended drastically, followed by jazz, underlined with the statement of the Empire:
"I wanna show you a faggot really can run this company".
It becomes obvious how appreciated HBA is also in the art-world, when looking at the guests who attended the show, for example Klaus Biesenbach and Grace Coddington.
It seems that HBA, even after the diss by their once supporter A$AP ROCKY, is still very hip.


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Youth Violence Prevention
- Controlling Crime Before It Happens: Risk-Focused Prevention (National Institute of Justice Journal)
National Institute of Justice, 1995
This article explains the benefits and use of a public health model for violence prevention, based on determining and addressing the risk factors for youth violence and strengthening the protective factors that buffer the effects of exposure to risk.
- Predictors of Youth Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000
This Bulletin describes a number of risk and protective factors that reduce or prevent youth violence.
- Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000
This Bulletin provides information on which to build a comprehensive strategy to prevent youth gang involvement, as it examines the youth gang problem within the larger context of juvenile violence.
- Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising: A Report to the United States Congress
National Institute of Justice, 1997
An evaluation of the effectiveness of crime prevention programs concluded that some prevention programs work and some do not and that the effectiveness of U.S. Department of Justice funding for crime prevention depends heavily on whether it is directed to the urban neighborhoods where youth violence is highly concentrated.
- Preventing School Violence: Plenary Papers of the 1999 Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation--Enhancing Policy and Practice through Research, Volume 2
National Institute of Justice, 2000
Three plenary papers of the 1999 Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation -- Enhancing Policy and Practice Through Research focus on what is being done and what can be done to prevent violence in schools.
- Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents (Summary)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2004
After identifying the factors that contribute to violent behavior and associated adverse health consequences in childhood and adolescence, this research review examines the features of effective interventions and priorities for future research.
- Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999
This resource describes the use of interpersonal cognitive problem-solving skills by Raising a Thinking Child, a primary prevention program for parents and their children.
- Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000
This Bulletin describes some of the developmental precursors for serious and violent juvenile offending and describes effective approaches for its prevention that focus on family, parent, and child.

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Basabi's husband is a farmer and earns a living by farming green vegetables like chili, cabbages and different vegetables in different seasons on their plot of land. She and her husband work hard and always grow high quality products that they sell in the local market to make their livelihood. She needs to expand her existing business to give additional financial support to her family. She thought of cultivating paddy on their land, which is a vegetable that is in great demand in West Bengal and used as the staple food.
Basabi heard that BJS gives loans to rural women for their businesses. She has taken a loan from them to purchase high quality paddy seeds and fertilizers to start cultivation.
Her dream is to improve the family's finances and to secure her children's career with the profit generated from this business.
She also aspires to purchase more land in the future to grow their business.
She is very grateful to BJS and Kiva for funding her loan.
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This loan targets women in the financially underserved parts of India. With a largely rural population, the Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Cooch Behar districts in the state of West Bengal are severely lacking in infrastructure and are three of the poorest districts in Eastern India. This loan enables female entrepreneurs to maintain their current businesses in an area that is under-developed and poorly served by financial institutions.
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Belghoria Janakalyan Samity (BJS) is a non-profit organization located in India that focuses on poverty alleviation through women's empowerment. The organization is remarkable in its commitment to the holistic development of some of the poorest districts of West Bengal and goes further than most of its competitors in offering vital access to social services like child schooling, medical services and financial literacy training in addition to credit. Kiva lenders' funds will be used to create new loans for clients, expand the reach of the organization into more rural areas, and deepen the scope of BJS's non-financial services that provide key support to the surrounding communities.
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Former California Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau joined a growing group of prominent public figures who have declined invitations to speak at college commencement ceremonies because of protests. Birgeneau — and the students who might have been edified by his remarks — are victims of a shortsighted censoriousness that is becoming a familiar feature of graduation season.
Birgeneau withdrew as a commencement speaker at Haverford College in Pennsylvania after some students sent him a letter threatening to oppose his appearance unless he apologized (again) for the use of force against Occupy movement protesters at UC Berkeley in November 2011 and unless he complied with a long list of other demands.
One was that he write an open letter to Haverford students "explaining your position on the events of Nov. 9, what you learned from them, how you have put what you learned into practice and how your actions have or have not been in line with the values of peace, nonviolence and political participation." As a grace note, the students conceded that Birgeneau had done admirable work on behalf of "LGBT rights, affordable education and the plight of undocumented students."
Not surprisingly, Birgeneau sent his regrets. He follows former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who declined an offer to speak at commencement ceremonies at Rutgers University, and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, who withdrew as the commencement speaker at Smith College.
Rice's appearance was opposed by some students and professors because of her role in what the Rutgers Faculty Council called the George W. Bush administration's "effort to mislead the American people about the presence of weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. A student petition at Smith College objected to Lagarde's participation because IMF development programs in poor countries have "led directly to the strengthening of imperialist and patriarchal systems that oppress and abuse women worldwide."
It's true, as one of Rice's critics has pointed out, that academic freedom doesn't guarantee the right to be a commencement speaker or receive an honorary degree. Colleges are free to invite whom they please to address students at their graduation and may have good reasons not to choose particularly partisan or polarizing figures. And students certainly have a right to respectfully protest a speaker with whom they disagree.
Attempts to pre-empt speech on campus aren't limited to graduation ceremonies and come mostly, but not exclusively, from students and faculty who think of themselves as progressive. For example, last fall, protesters at Brown University who were outraged over the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy prevented Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly from delivering a lecture on "Proactive Policing in America's Biggest City." Their assumption was that Kelly had forfeited his right to speak because he presided over a "racist" police department.
The notion that free speech and tolerance of opposing views are values that can be sacrificed in the cause of freedom and equality has a long pedigree. But it has no place on a college campus, on graduation day or at any other time.


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In the 18 months since PeaceHealth chose Vancouver to become its new corporate headquarters, the giant health care organization has more than made its presence felt.
The company's ongoing move into Columbia Center at Columbia Tech Center, 1115 S.E. 164th Ave., provides a bright spot in an ailing local economy. Already, PeaceHealth has invested $8 million in remodeling its new space in east Vancouver, where it will eventually have capacity for as many as 1,000 employees.
Real estate brokers say the health care organization's growth has helped boost an otherwise tough market by bringing hundreds of house-hunting workers — and their families — to the community. And experts say the company will help fill hotels and restaurants as it brings people in for events and conferences.
Longer term, local economic boosters say, PeaceHealth could drive additional job growth. And having a corporate headquarters relocate to your city is a rare event in a globalized economy in which it's all too common for a company's flagship to move away, according to Lisa Nisenfeld, president and CEO of the Columbia River Economic Development Council, the Vancouver-based nonprofit business recruiter.
"It's very important," she said of PeaceHealth coming to town. "It will give our community exposure we would not have had otherwise."
A 'critical mass'
As of this month, 214 PeaceHealth workers (170 from out of town, 44 from Vancouver-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center) have relocated to the third floor of the silver-skinned building that not long ago was sparsely populated. The building also harbors Hewlett-Packard Co., which relocated there in 2011. Another tenant — Nautilus Inc. — will leave for smaller quarters in September to make room for more PeaceHealth workers.
Another 86 PeaceHealth workers will move into the Columbia Center by the end of this year, for a total of 300 PeaceHealth workers filling roughly 109,000 square feet of space. That workforce will double to 600 by 2014 as PeaceHealth expands its third-floor footprint to about 160,000 square feet and welcomes more workers, most of whom are coming from other PeaceHealth sites, including Bellevue, Longview and Lane County, Ore.
At that point, the company will occupy about one-third of the 478,000-square-foot Columbia Center. That's room enough for PeaceHealth to eventually add another 400 workers, for a total of 1,000 employees, including everyone from senior managers and information technologists to accounting and payroll staff, and supply chain and materials managers.
And, evidently, PeaceHealth plans to stay. It signed a 10-year lease agreement with PacTrust, which manages Columbia Tech Center, that includes an option to purchase Columbia Center, according to Eric Fuller, president of Vancouver-based Eric Fuller & Associates Inc., the commercial real estate firm that brokered the deal to put PeaceHealth at Columbia Center.
The Catholic-sponsored nonprofit ultimately chose the east Vancouver site over its other local option, the 10-story Bank of America Financial Center at 805 Broadway in downtown Vancouver.
Health care changes
In a time when Clark County's economy still feels adrift (its jobless rate is 11 percent, and it netted just 900 jobs in the 12 months ending in February), local economic boosters hope PeaceHealth becomes an anchor.
Nisenfeld, the economic development council chief, envisions a "critical mass," in which PeaceHealth will act as a magnet to attract a cluster of software firms and branch offices that support the nonprofit health care company's initiatives and growth.
With independent hospitals becoming less the norm, Nisenfeld said, she can see PeaceHealth acquiring other health care companies to drive its expansion.
Well before it decided where to put down roots in Vancouver, PeaceHealth was changing the dynamics of health care in the region. In December 2010 — after months of negotiations with Southwest Washington Medical Center — PeaceHealth officially became the new corporate parent of Southwest, ending the hospital's independence.
The newly dubbed PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center — a hospital campus at Northeast Mother Joseph Place — remains a significant employer in the area, with 3,567 people on staff. And PeaceHealth's local workforce will only grow as more of its out-of-town employees move into Columbia Center.
Overall, the merger of PeaceHealth — which has medical facilities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska — and Southwest Washington Medical Center created a nonprofit health system with roughly 15,000 employees, eight hospitals and nearly $2 billion in revenues.
Making plans
The deal cemented PeaceHealth's plan to consolidate its headquarters and back-office operations in Vancouver into what it describes as a "shared services center." The idea was to bring everyone who contributes to PeaceHealth's administration under one roof for efficiency's sake, to build teamwork and, eventually, to grow.
The consolidation has meant moving hundreds of PeaceHealth employees (or caregivers, as they're known to the organization) to the nonprofit's new home base.
Melissa Solberg, 28, was among the first to move. A human resources information system analyst for PeaceHealth, she relocated from Bellevue to Vancouver. But she's no stranger to the metro area, having grown up in Gresham, Ore.
Solberg and her husband have a 17-month-old son, Owen, Solberg said, and she's impressed with Vancouver's schools, and its parks and recreation programs. The city's farmers market is a big plus, too, she said.
The relocation came during a busy time in Solberg's life; Owen was just 6 months old at the time, and her husband was scheduled for gall bladder surgery — but PeaceHealth offered seamless support, she said.
"They took care of everything," said Solberg, who's worked for the nonprofit since 2006.
'A very bright spot'
PeaceHealth officials have said they plan to branch out into the community in different ways, from expanding Southwest's family practice and residency training to teaming with Clark College to develop training programs for health care workers.
While PeaceHealth makes plans, its move to Vancouver has generated immediate impacts.
Twenty-four subcontractors in the Portland-Vancouver metro area, including six in Clark County, earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for their work on PeaceHealth's initial $8 million remodeling project.
Cherry City Electric, an electrical contractor based in Salem, Ore. with an office in Vancouver, received a $1.36 million contract to handle the electrical work that went into the first phase of PeaceHealth's reconstruction of its space at Columbia Center.
"We want to ensure people who work for us can feed their families," said Keith Knight, vice president of business development for Cherry City Electric, and that's what happened on the PeaceHealth project.
Rick LeBlanc, a Vancouver-based Realtor with John L. Scott Real Estate, is helping relocate PeaceHealth employees to Vancouver and has already worked with several clients.
Some PeaceHealth workers have had difficulty selling their homes because of the housing market's overall weakness, LeBlanc said. But he said he expects the market will gradually loosen and, by mid-2013, the impact of PeaceHealth employees purchasing homes in Clark County will be more noticeable.
What's important, LeBlanc said, is that people are becoming more mobile again and willing to relocate. That wasn't the case for several years after the economic crash, he said.
And to have workers and their families moving into Clark County is "a very bright spot, not only from the real estate standpoint but for the whole community," LeBlanc said.
Fuller, the commercial real estate broker, said PeaceHealth informed city of Vancouver officials that its quarterly meetings and workshops will fill 2,000 hotel and motel room-nights annually.
"That's a very significant increase," Fuller said.
More work planned
Inside Columbia Center, visitors take a grand staircase up to PeaceHealth's expansive third-floor space. Its features include dark woodwork, generous windows, a chapel, lounges, long walkways and kitchens with soft, pendant lighting.
Pamela Saftler, a senior associate with TVA Architects Inc. in Portland, which designed PeaceHealth's new corporate headquarters and support offices, said the nonprofit was specific about what it wanted.
"They wanted a place that feels warm and inviting," she said. "Bringing the natural woods in was really important."
And PeaceHealth isn't finished remaking its new home.
Gary Hall, system director of facilities and construction for PeaceHealth, said the nonprofit plans to invest $3.5 million in remodeling the space being vacated by Nautilus.
Knight of Cherry City Electric wants to continue being a part of PeaceHealth's plans.
"Anything that has to do with PeaceHealth," he said, "we will be bidding on."
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"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ~ Mary Oliver
Well, give my heart to all of you. That's one thing, and after a while I'll be doing it again. In less than a month I depart Jackson Hole for an extended stay in my New England home. I've been reading your emails and resisting my own default button: write a blog post! Surrounded by brown boxes, packing tape, piles and piles of stuff I didn't know I had, and an ever-shifting list of moving chores, I've had to curtail writing about art.
I miss it so. I will miss you deeply. You artists, you galleries, you museums and auctions, you wild and crazy fun events, salons, exhibits, Fall Arts Festivals~~~and most of all, the blissful, heavenly days spent out in Grand Teton National Park watching painters capture this beauty~~~feeling so proud to be present. To get to tell the world about your adventures, even as I'm on my own adventure. There's so much more to learn. This website, together with soaking in the West's stupendous art histories, has changed my life.
Thank you for your trust and respect. Thank you for allowing me to share with the world (and the world does see!) the power of Jackson Hole art. Once I've settled some, I'll be back to thinking and writing about you.
I'm proud of the Jackson Hole Art Blog, six years old, plus. This is post #541.
I know the Blog's mission is appreciated. It's the first blog of its kind in Jackson. Most importantly, I love you all and am blessed by your friendship, your support and the countless projects we've shared. We started something! I'm grateful for my experiences and affiliations with the Grand Teton Association and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Artists in the Environment, Greg McHuron, Bert Raynes, the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Altamira Fine Art, the Brookover Gallery, Trio Fine Art, Homestead Magazine, our newspapers, Jackson's Chamber of Commerce, the Jackson Hole Art Auction, Wyoming Arts, Wyoming Public Media and all Blog sponsors. Each and every artist!
With any luck I'll pull my head out of the basement and see you in the coming weeks. If we miss one another, you know where to reach me, and I know where to reach you.
Look outside your immediate selves and your generation; rescue whenever possible and appropriate. Volunteer in places and for causes that aren't "sexy." Stay honest.
Keep sending your news. Though I can't write about them for a while, I always want to hear what you're doing with your wild and precious lives.
Namasté! ~~~~ Tammy
Bushwhacking through dense underbrush and tangled bunches of new and old-growth forest one afternoon with two of the three Trio Fine Art artists, I finally "got" what determination means when it comes to plain air painting. I've loved and been close to plain air for decades, but rarely get a chance to go with painters to protected, coveted painting sites. This day was different, and following the footsteps of Jennifer Hoffman and Bill Sawczuk as they marked a painting spot on protected land can be defined, without hesitation, as adventure.
When bellowing bull elk bear down on you, suggesting you'd be better off moving some yards to the south, you pick up your paint box and move it. Hoffman tells the story of that day much better than I; We ventured out on the Ladd property. You think you know what you're doing, but this valley is always full of surprises…read the story here.
View22: Painting Jackson Hole's Open Spaces is a collaboration and fundraiser art exhibition featuring the works of artists Kathryn Turner, Hoffman and Sawczuk. The exhibition's opening reception takes place Friday, December 6th, at Trio Fine Art on North Cache. Time is 5-8 pm, with artists' remarks beginning at 6pm. The exhibition remains up through December 21st. A portion of exhibition sales benefit the Jackson Hole Land Trust.
Drawing inspiration from Thomas Moran, the painter responsible for capturing Yellowstone's rugged beauty so magnificently that Congress declared it and Grand Teton as national parks, View 22 celebrates the Jackson Hole Land Trust's conservation efforts that have so dramatically affected our open spaces, and works to further cement the eternal bond between art and nature.
This past summer and early fall saw Turner, Hoffman and Sawczuk visiting an array of preserved open spaces, often not available to the public, and painting their landscapes, wildlife and historic valley structures. Besides benefitting the Land Trust, this show shines a light on special land tracts many of us don't get a chance to see. Or, if you have had the luck to visit them, you may view each of these places anew. Eighteen protected properties were captured en plein air for the project; 23,000 acres have been protected by the Land Trust.
"As full-time landscape painters in Jackson Hole, we have a vital interest in the preservation of open space within our valley. It is the natural beauty found in wide open spaces that inspires our creativity. Through sharing our interpretations of the landscape, we hope to shine a spotlight on the importance of conservation efforts made possible by the Jackson Hole Land Trust," said Turner, Hoffman, and Sawczuk.
A View 22 produced video of the artists, their activities and several locations they visited can be viewed here.
Land Trust Executive Director Laurie Andrews is thrilled with Trio Fine Art's commitment. "Through Trio's artists' deep understanding of how the valley's protected open spaces affect their daily lives, and [through] their talent and creativity, they've shown us all a very special view of [the Land Trust's] work."
For more information contact Trio Fine Art at 307.734.4444, or phone the Land Trust's Leslie Steen at 307.733.4707. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com www.triofineart.com www.jhlandtrust.org
Lee Carlman Riddell has always loved drawing, painting and outdoor adventures. For 23 years she and her husband, photographer Ed Riddell, marketed outdoor adventure and tourism businesses in their former lives as the owners of Riddell Advertising where they produced countless books, trail guides and posters for the Grand Teton Association; they share similar histories with other great American national parks. Now, setting up her easel offers a time of concentration on shapes, textures and colors as Lee paints the landscapes she loves. Join her as she executes her second "Artist in Residency" in Grand Teton National Park, August 12-17 from 1-5 pm each day, at the Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center.
"I wanted my time there to be interactive with visitors, so we used some 'How To Draw Animals' books that the Grand Teton Association (GTA) offers for sale," says Riddell. "We set up a table with six spaces for people of all ages to draw and paint watercolors in July. It was a huge success, and we plan on doing the same thing this month." Kids can also sit on boulders outside the Center, she says, and she admires the GTA's excellent selection of appropriate books and related items reflecting the Park's beauty.
"Grand Teton National Park and my connections to it have profoundly influenced my life. I met Ed because he loved the Park and managed to find a position as the first marketing director of Teton Science School in the fall of 1974. We met there." says Riddell.
Spending time at the Visitors Center holds great meaning; board members for 12 years, she and Ed participated in the building's site selection, the choice of an architect and exhibit design team, and multiple aspects of construction. Ed helped visualize the concept for the in-ground river videos inside the Center. The Riddells now serve on the Resource Council for the Foundation; Lee Riddell's wish to "give back" to the park she loves so much continues.
"To now have the privilege of being the GTA Artist-in-Residence for two weeks this summer is like coming full circle," says Riddell. "I have truly enjoyed spending time there, seeing how people engage with the Park staff, move through the exhibits and respond to the ambient sounds of bird calls during quieter moments at the Center. Visitors tell me that the Center is so cool!"
Riddell and visitors never tire of the Center's streaming light and huge windows affording sweeping views of the Tetons, the tactile animal fur exhibits and quotes by writers, artists and philanthropists deeply connected to place. Riddell is a former partner in Trio Fine Art, teaches painting, and continues her work as one of the finest graphic designers in our region. Her beautiful paintings can be found at the exclusive showroom of WRJ Associates, in downtown Jackson. www.leeriddell.com
When an elderly Laos physician observed painter Wendell Field at work, the doctor remarked: "Ah, an artist. The artist is never a prisoner of society." The remark echoes Field's artistic philosophy and path. Saturday, August 10th, Field becomes the latest "Artist in the Environment," painting en plein air at the historic Cunningham Cabin in Grand Teton National Park. Field will paint 2:00-5:00 pm, and as always, "Artists in the Environment" is free and open to the public.
Whether he interprets it this way, I'm not certain; but the view has been expressed that Field's solitary yurt habitat lifestyle is similar to that of the pioneer J.Pierce Cunningham's. His cabin—slowly sinking into the landscape, living out its natural life—is historically marked, and one of the few remaining homesteads in the valley that date from the 1880's. Field is inspired by world cultures—he's painted and created exquisite prints of Himalayan villages; his views of Snow King and our town resemble his Tibetan paintings. The spirit never deserts him. And all the YOUNG single ladies love Wendell!
"A landscape translated through the painter's hand may remind us of a stillness lost within ourselves," says Field. Cunningham Cabin Historic Site is north of Jackson on highways 26/89/191; take the first turnout on the left just beyond Triangle X Ranch. "Artists in the Environment" is presented by the Grand Teton Association, always connecting people, art and the Park. www.grandtetonpark.org
Young Jackson contemporary artist (he's alive, he's painting and it's new!) Remy Milosky hangs his first solo exhibition, featuring over 100 original oil paintings and drawings, at Intencións Gallery, Jackson, WY. Here's the catch: Milosky's exhibition, "Art is Life," literally showcases ALL the artist's work created these past five years, and the show runs ONLY one night, August 10th, 6-10:00 pm.
As a child the artist promised himself to create one piece of art a day—-I don't know Milosky's age, but if a life retrospective were at hand it would fill every nook and corner of Jackson! Enough work exists from the past five years for a very big show.
The artist's goal is simple and straightforward: to give everyone who visits the opportunity to own original art. Reasonable prices, diversity of subject and style should mean that there is something for everyone. "I have always dreamt of [my first] solo show, and by allowing me my own terms, Intencións is helping me fulfill this dream," says Milosky. For more information, email email@example.com OR firstname.lastname@example.com. Phone contacts: 307-690-2409 and 307-690-6545. Website: www.remysart.com
Through December, filmmaker Valerie Schramm hosts "Movie Night at the Library," 7-9:00 pm every second Friday of the month. Each film showcases a new release from the Film Movement, a curator and distributer for award-winning films from festivals around the world. Post-film discussions. Friday, August 9th, "Shun Li and the Poet," a drama directed by Andrea Segre, will screen. Italian and Mandarin; not sure about subtitles! Free. www.tclib.org
This image, taken last summer of a smiling Susan Chambers, former Grand Teton Association board member and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter volunteer, reflects the spirit of these wonderful weeks artists have spent in Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole area. So many gifted plein air painters creating work celebrating the Park, all the while inspiring one another.
Anyone watching this dedicated, close-knit group gets goosebumps. And now the big day is here: Thursday, July 18th, beginning at 7:00 pm, the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) hold a grand Opening Reception at the Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitors Center, in Moose, WY. It's an emotional night, a triumphant night and a night filled with promise not only for these artists, but for their partners, the Grand Teton Association (GTA) and Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). A special section devoted to the works of the late plein air painter Greg McHuron will be on view.
Last Saturday, I and dozens of others watched as three of this year's artists—Stephen C. Datz, Kathryn Mapes Turner and Jeanne MacKenzie—conducted a free plein air demonstration at Oxbow Bend. There may not be a more beautiful GTNP overlook. And today, just prior to writing this post, I bumped into a plein air devotee who attended Saturday's paint out. She spoke at great length about the pleasures of watching the artists paint, and how it inspires her to continue to work on her own painting.
What she and so many others experienced was watching artists take in landscape details we "mortals" notice, but don't often register at the depth plein air painters do. We're talking about vistas extending endless miles. The ever-changing colors of the river as clouds and sun moved across the sky. The way Mt. Moran's reflection shifted on the water's surface. How a mountain's face changed as minutes ticked by. An infinite spectrum of greens reside in the grasses, sage, trees and wildflowers and riparian growth so verdant and dominant in that area. Oxbow waters are can be a perfect mirror—a moment later they ripple, sending the message that a family of geese, a pelican, or a paddle dipped in the water are nearby. Water, snowcapped mountains, wildlife, the rushes, each flower, each pine needle is a world unto itself—-unseen by so many of us, but the very exhuberance of life for artists.
These artists have had their own experiences while visiting GTNP. Storms break out, thunder claps and lightning strikes. Hail happens. Moose appear out of nowhere and charge an artist's easel. Ravens conduct extended loud and fierce debates.
Have you had the opportunity to observe RMPAP artists at work? Watching artists paint is mesmerizing; time flies. If you've not had the chance, I encourage you to visit the Craig Thomas Center on the occasion of this year's Grand Opening. Take in the myriad, painterly interpretations of this place. I've viewed about a third of the works—the diversity of style and perspective is impressive, and the number of works on exhibit will triple come opening night.
And don't forget: Saturday, July 20th, beginning at 9:00 am, approximately 25 RMPAP artists will hold a two-hour Quick Draw at Menor's Ferry, GTNP. Artists will work on site, and a fixed price sale follows immediately after, at 11:00 am. A "Grand" opportunity to watch over two dozen artists at work, recording what they see and feel around them, in the moment, in nature. Menor's Ferry is one of the most accessible, gentle corners of GTNP, and I predict some wonderful work will result from the morning's efforts.
ALL events are free and open to the public; all are family friendly and a portion of "Plein Air for the Park" sale proceeds benefit the GTA and GTNP. To see both RMPAP and GTA's "Artists in the Environment" flourishing programs makes a heart swell with pride, pleasure and love. For a full list of participating artists, click here. See you there! www.rmpap.org www.grandtetonpark.org


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American writer/director Rian Johnson has never repeated himself. His debut, "Brick," is a film noir-y crime drama that featured one of the early turning-point Joseph Gordon-Levitt performances that proved the young actor was much more than just a TV child star trying to break into movies. His sophomore effort, "The Brothers Bloom," was a more whimsical con-man film that had flourishes of controlled Wes Anderson-like camera moves, and his third film, of course, was last year's sci-fi time-travel film, "Looper," starring Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.
With just three films, Johnson has established himself as a completely unique voice in American cinema, and as relatively young and talented as he is, Johnson seems like a ripe candidate to take on high-concept studio tentpole work like Marvel movies, "Mission Impossible" films or any studio project that generally looks for bright, talented filmmakers to take their work to the next level while keeping budgets reasonable. But Johnson has resisted all overtures, and has said that he's going to continue making original films for as long as he can.
"Adaptation is not something that's ever really appealed," Johnson told us in an interview last year. "If I read a great book or comic book or something, the last thing in my head is 'Wow, I want to make that into a movie.' Obviously, some of the greatest films ever made have been adaptations, I'm just talking about my personal opinion. So there's no dream project. My dream is to come up with another movie, and be able to make it. I'm realizing that that's the only way I can work."
So with that in mind, what's next for Johnson? Well, another original project of course, but he might be repeating himself in the genre...somewhat. The director spoke to /Film over the weekend and revealed that he is currently writing his next film. It's evidently still within the sci-fi genre, but more Cyberpunk and different from "Looper." No details or quotes yet, but we imagine this is all Johnson would reveal anyhow. "Cyberpunk" does sound like a bit of an outdated term, but the works of William Gibson still resonate, and we'd definitely give Johnson the benefit of the doubt regardless. And hell, "Blade Runner" is often thought of as the quintessential example of that style, and last we checked that movie is still one of the all-time greats. Mr. Johnson, you have our full attention.


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OK, I don't live in Europe anymore and haven't updated this blog in almost 2 months. Things were crazy… I was completely obsessed with my thesis work and had no time for anything, even eating. I managed to eat one meal a day for 2 months and still GAINED weight. Of course, I'm the fat American no matter where I live. Then I was stressed out about moving and trying to slam 4 suitcases' worth of clothes into 2. (I succeeded by the way). Then the holidays came, and there was no time for blogging.
Now that I'm back in NYC I'll backtrack and write some posts about my last few weeks in Italy, but starting with my birthday trip to Ireland that I took in November. Here is goes!
The Italian boy and I went to Ireland for my birthday, since it was on my 30-to-30 bucket list. We went for 4 days and did the "American tour", which means driving all over like maniacs trying to see as much of the country as possible. We started in Dublin, then drove to Cashel, Kenmare, Killarney, Doolin, and then back to Dublin. We got to see everything we wanted and had really amazing weather- it was sunny for 3 days out of 4!
I crossed off a second item on my bucket list by driving on the opposite side of the road. I was behind the wheel for about 5 seconds in Doolin… you can see me trying to shift with my right hand in this pic (force of habit!!) I freaked out though when a car started coming down the other lane and a little boy was walking on my side of the road… someone was definitely about to die, so I made the Italian take over the driving responsibilities. My 5
seconds behind the wheel still counts, right?
I turned 30 the last day we were there, when we were just strolling around Dublin. We had seen that most of the parking spaces were free on Sundays, so didn't think much about parking in a small street off St. Stephen's Green. After about 2 hours, we returned to find a wonderful present from the city of Dublin- a boot on our rental car! (Or clamp, as they call it in Irish.) I had a small freak out, since we had a flight to catch and who knows how long it would take to remove it. Thankfully, the Irish CSR who answered the phone told me it would take 20 minutes max for the tow truck to arrive. We had parked in a 2 hour max parking zone and had been gone 2 hours, 15 minutes. Ugh. But, we managed to get to the airport on time so it was still a good birthday.
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Men's doubles champions Issac Russell Paul (left) and Jonathan Ding Sagan from Sarawak show off their National Inter-State Bowling Championships gold medal at Sunway Mega Lanes on Wednesday. - GLENN GUAN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: After two days of competition, the young bloods in the men's elite bowling squad have come up with the goods thus far in the Inter-state Championships at Sunway Mega Lanes in Sunway Pyramid.
On Wednesday, new recruit Jonathan Ding Sagan teamed up with Isaac Russell Paul to grab the men's doubles gold medal for Sarawak with a total of 2,698 pins after six games. Daniel Tan-Christopher Tiong made it a 1-2 for Sarawak as they knocked down 2,557 pins for the silver.
Syed Mohd Hafiz Syed Hussein-Muhd Nur Aiman Khairuddin of Johor took the bronze.
It was an encouraging result for the new recruits in the elite squad, as Timmy Tan nailed the singles gold medal for the Federal Territory on the opening day.
"I'm really happy with our performance today. I think I bowled quite well and Isaac did his job well too," said Jonathan.
In the women's doubles, Selangor's pair of Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman and Shalin Zulkifli edged Sarawak duo Jackelyn Ng-Jocelyna Judith to the gold medal.
Siti-Shalin knocked down a total of 2,508 pins, just five pins ahead of Jackelyn-Jocelyna on 2,503. Selangor's other pair Selva Nashini-Natasha Roslan settled for the bronze on 2,437.
In the boys' doubles, Selangor increased their gold medal tally to four over two days, when Mohd Aizudeen Mustaqim-Mohd Hafiz Fikri won with 2,497 while Qalif Adnor Adam-Mohd Firdaus Idris of the Federal Territory took the silver on 2,439. Another FT pair Prasert Anansathaporn-Cheah Yun Ren settled for bronze on 2,418.
Where the boys faltered, FT's girls excelled when they grabbed the girls' doubles gold medal through Nur Syazwani Sahar-Nora Lyana Nastasia with a 2,644 total.
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Bad news: In order to figure out how to make the files, I'd have to understand the PKDPX format (and SIR0) enough to re-create them and such. So, if I do make one, it'd be far in the future.
Okay news: You can use YY-CHR to view some of the images, and then put them back in the same way, (kind of like with unLZGBA, which you can probably use as well), but you'd have to understand how the images piece together and everything. This will not work with everything. But it will work with at least Pokemon Sprites, Dungeon Items, Floor Traps, and a select few others.
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Jukebox The Ghost
Philly-based D.C.-bred trio Jukebox The Ghost is Ben Thornewill (vocals, piano), Tommy Siegel (vocals, guitar), and Jesse Kristin (drums). Founded in the aughts, the group has opened for Ben Folds Five, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Adam Green/The Moldy Peaches. With a sophomore release coming in the fall, prepare with the very satisfying title "My Heart's the Same," from their 2008 debut Let Live & Let Ghosts.
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Hard-bop trumpeter extraordinaire and R&B scholar Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in December 1932. He left Wayne State University for the military, where he served in the Air Force band. Whilst earning his master's at New York's Manhattan School of Music, he recorded for the Prestige, Riverside and Blue Note labels (and later the Delmark and Columbia labels). In the mid-'50s, Byrd co-founded the Jazz Lab with saxophonist Gigi Gryce. His professorial career at Rutgers University, the Hampton Institute, and Howard University has been capped with a law degree from North Carolina Central University and a Ph.D. from Columbia Teachers College. Collaborations include Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and Pepper Adams. With a trove of influential beauty, put your ears on for "I'm a Fool to Want You," from his 1961 album Royal Flush.
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Spain's triple-threat Sarita Montiel was born in the province of Castilla-La Mancha in 1928. By her pre-teens, she won a beauty contest and was signed to a movie contract. Montiel became an international mega-star of film, song, TV, and stage. Collaborations include Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Vincent Price, Rod Steiger, Charles Bronson, Pedro Almodóvar, Luciano Pavarotti, and Charles Aznavour. Accolades include the Premio del Sindicato de Actores, the Golden Eagle Award, the Ben-Gurion Award, and the Legion of Honor medal. Credits include nearly 50 films and 40-plus recordings. Rediscover Montiel's classic 1963 recording "Solamente Una Vez" from Viva la Diva.
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Reykjavik ambient-alternative state of mind For a Minor Reflection is the instrumental-based quartette comprised of guitarist Kjartan Holm, pianist/guitarist Guðfinnur Sveinsson, bassist Elvar J. Guðmundsson, and drummer Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson. Founded in the late aughts, For a Minor Reflection has already landed opening slots with Sigur Rós. Check out "Kyrrð," from their 2008 debut release Reistu Þig Við, Sólin Er Komin Á Loft.
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I work in a salon, have for a very long time. I never owned but managed and was a salon operations analyst as well as an educator.
Like many industry, salons have taken a hit in economy. There is moeny to be made but it can be hard for small businesses. You need to really educate yourself about the industry, your area and have a business plan. You should be prepared not to take a paycheck for a while. Would you be an active part in management or just investor? Your brother is new/not yet completed school, so you dont have any experienced person to get into it with?
As far as pay- I would see what ius common in your area. Ask salon owners, many are willing to share some info with prospective owners. Many new stylists get hourly in my area so you are often paying for hours they are not making income. Those times they should be activly marketing themselves (but I see a lot of resistance to it.) In my area, its commission only(law) but other places do rental as well.
There are so many factors, I would research the heck out of it. Maybe try joing a salon board and discuss with others in your position. There is a site called behind the chair but I think you need to be licensed to join.
I would take active part in management. Thanks for your insight.
Mommy to Jacob Weston & Vivian Pearl


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Good afternoon Shane. Thank you for all your helpful insight. This has eluded me for a long time… Perhaps you can help me out with this. When shopping around for a mortgage, would asking the competing banks the following questions be appropriate? Because in the past, the banks looked at me like I was from Mars or something.
1) What's your % rate for a person with my credit (I'll have a full copy of at least 2 current credit reports), job verification, past 3 years tax return and financial statement. Proof will be handed to them in a nice 3 ring binder with colorful "idiot" tabs.
2) Total amount of money for ALL FEES, not associated with the principal and interest.
3) And finally, banks policy on early termination / payoff fee (if any)? -Note if there is any, I won't bank there…-
Now I provide them with all the data, so that they can give me their best deal with the information I gave them. I refuse, I repeat- I refuse to let them run a credit check until I know they are in the ball park of where I want to be. Most seem to say they really need to do a full credit check to give me their best deal and without that credit check there is nothing to talk about. To the consumer that's like "going steady" before we even have the 1st date. A discounted %rate is no good if I get over charged for mis. fees .
"Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the world" ~ Archimedes, 220 BC
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ~Albert Einstein
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Naughty College Chancellor's Commencement Netiquette
May 31, 2016
by Susan Dutca
Bruce Leslie has already come under fire for some controversial "calls" he's made and now he's been busted phone-scrolling during commencement ceremonies. While he was ON THE STAGE, no less. Colleges and universities are struggling with cell phone policies with students constantly caught using their mobile devices and laptops for non-academic purposes in academic settings and situations. But what's the punishment for a college Chancellor's "cellphone perusing"...during a commencement ceremony? Nothing, really.
Ironically, Alamo Colleges Chancellor Bruce Leslie pushed a self-help book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People into the "system curriculum, replacing a required humanities course." He felt the need to do so after realizing "some graduates hardly looked him in the eye or knew how to shake his hand as they were accepting diplomas during graduation." Following the incident, Leslie apologized "if he offended anyone." He spent a reported 40 minutes scrolling on his smartphone during a commencement at Palo Alto College, where many graduates are first-generation, low-income, and predominantly Mexican-American college students.
This isn't Leslie's first time exhibiting poor etiquette in a professional setting - he's been known to behave poorly at faculty meetings as well. But Leslie is not alone. Other faculty, administrators, and even board members in the world of higher education have been caught drinking and sleeping during commencements. The entire law faculty at the University of California at Berkeley has been known to convene at 10 a.m., graduation day, and have a "leisurely lunch" while graduates filed on stage. They would regroup later, "oblivious to or unnoticed by parents and families."
Were students on their phones during the commencement ceremony? Some have argued that, despite the sometimes poor netiquette displayed by students, educators must be held to the "highest standards of comportment and professionalization," and that they "set institutional culture." One resolution to the problem is to jam cellular devices, but that is illegal since it may obstruct signal from an emergency call. Another option would be to Wi-Fi jam cellphones. Or perhaps implement a no cell phone policy for those on stage.
Do you think educators should have a stricter no cell phone policy? Should the Chancellor receive some form of punishment for his mobile misuse? Leave us your thoughtful comments below.
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by Susan Dutca
One former and one current DePaul student disrupted a presentation at the school's student center earlier this week. One of them snatched the microphone from the interviewer and appeared to threaten the guest speaker, Milo Yiannopoulos, with it. The disturbance was reportedly due to the fundamental disagreement with the subject matter being presented, as it ran counter to that of the protesters who gathered outside prior to the event. However, only one arrest was made and it was not the protester who assaulted the young man interviewing Yiannopoulos, but rather the cameraman who was invited to film the event.
Hundreds of colleges and universities have restrictive speech codes that enforce political correctness and insulate their students from exposure to a lot of information, ideas, and opinions that may differ from that to which they have been exposed in their childhood. As evidenced by the recent shutdown of one conservative guest speaker's event hosted by DePaul's College Republicans at DePaul University, censorship in higher education is increasing at a considerable rate, apparently protecting those who demand that their voices be the only ones heard.
Milo Yiannopoulos, a Breitbart contributor and conservative commentator visited DePaul and spoke on issues of feminism, the transgender rights movement, campus politics, and microaggression. He spoke a solid 15 minutes before a whistle blew and a former DePaul student marched down the aisle to the front stage, and propped himself on the table between Yiannopoulos and the College Republican moderator. A current DePaul student joined shortly thereafter and the number of student protestors increased. One of the two student protestors who initially took the stage grabbed the microphone from the moderator and threatened Yiannopoulos with. Event organizers lost control of the event and it was ultimately cut short.
Spring, a time when most commencement speeches take place, is now referred to as "disinvitation season" in the world of higher education. Business leaders, politicians, authors and comedians are not welcome since social media has become home to endless arguments as to who is a worthy/appropriate/safe choice to deliver the speech. Professors have started to reconsider and restructure their courses in order to avoid sensitive and controversial topics. In response to the incident, DePaul University's President stated that he was "sorry to see" the video of the protest and news reports about it. In his statement he wrote, "Yesterday's speaker was invited to speak at DePaul, and those who interrupted the speech were wrong to do so." He went on to say, "Universities welcome speakers, give their ideas a respectful hearing, and then respond with additional speech countering the ideas."
Do you think the protestors had the right to disrupt Yiannopoulos' event? Should DePaul have done more to stop it? Leave us your thoughtful comments below.
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12 Year-Old Genius To Be A Doctor By Age 18?
May 24, 2016
by Susan Dutca
12-year-old Tanishq Abraham has already earned three associate's degrees and has been accepted to two University of California system four-year colleges. 60 percent of college students today are twice that age before they earn a single bachelor's degree.
Tanishq Abraham started taking college courses at age 7 and has been accepted to UC Davis and received the highest honor - a Regents Scholarship - to UC Santa Cruz. He plans to become a doctor and medical researcher before he turns 18. Although professors were reluctant to let him have such a large head start, he began community college when his peers were still in second grade and received three associate's degrees from American River College in general science; math and physical science; and foreign language students. He was allowed to attend under one condition: his mother, a veterinary doctor, had to be present during class. When he wasn't asking questions, he was busy explaining general relativity and special relativity to her.
Abraham joined the IQ society Mensa at the age of 4 and was known for picking up knowledge quickly. His accomplishments have earned him a letter of recognition from President Barak Obama. His younger sister Tiara is an award-winning singer and child genius, scoring a 99 percent on the Mensa IQ test.
Being a child prodigy isn't what many people think it is, Abraham claims. "When you think of a genius, you think of a mad scientist kind of thing." When he's not studying, Abraham is the typical, video-gaming, piano playing, and choir singing kid.
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Netflix & Apply for Scholarships
May 19, 2016
by Susan Dutca
Netflix is every college student's delight and distraction. What should've been a two-hour study session ended up being 5 hours of watching Game of Thrones. Apply for one of these Top 10 Scholarships in the time it takes you an episode or two of your favorite TV series.
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Your Body...Your College's Choice?
May 17, 2016
by Susan Dutca
The Supreme Court recently avoided a major ruling on a case challenging the contraceptive coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act. The justices decided to let the lower courts battle out the issue of faith-based organizations refusing to offer free contraceptive coverage for women.
This week, all seven cases in the consolidated Zubik v. Buwell, No. 14-1418 were sent back to their appeals courts by the Supreme Court on the issue of contraceptive coverage for women. Finding "no view on the merits of the cases," the opinion states that, "in particular, the Court does not decide whether petitioners' religious exercise has been substantially burdened, whether the Government has a compelling interest, or whether the current regulations are the least restrictive means of serving that interest." This could be viewed as the Supreme Court trying to keep their hands clean or perhaps forcing the government and religious organizations to compromise.
Religious organizations and institutions are not required to provide coverage through their insurance plans but must declare their decision to opt out. The government will then work with the school's insurance provider to continue offering the contraception coverage. However, faith-based schools are calling for a complete opt-out option that has them in no way shape or form "complicit with a practice they do not condone."
The Religious Freedom Act requires colleges to demonstrate that their beliefs are significantly violated and burdened by the contraceptive requirement. So far, 37 religiously-affiliated institutions in higher education have sued the federal government for forcing them to offer free contraception to women. The Obama administration has maintained its position to deny exemptions, stating that the arrangement does not violate the Religious Freedom Act or burden religious organizations.
How do you accommodate the moral objections of religious organizations schools while also offering contraception? Lawyers defending the schools cite that the Religious Freedom Act (1993) keeps the government from burdening their religious freedom. On the other hand, opponents state that federal laws already respect the religious beliefs of faith-based schools, and that a complete exemption isn't ideal since other religious groups - such as the Quakers who oppose financing wars with their tax money - do not get breaks just because they have a certain moral belief.
Do you think religious colleges and universities should be forced to provide contraceptive coverage for women if it contradicts their beliefs? Leave us your thoughtful comments below to start a discussion.
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Professor's Vintage Mustang to Fund Scholarships
May 12, 2016
by Susan Dutca
A deceased college professor's 1985 Ford Mustang GT is on the market...to raise money for scholarships and honor the educator who, despite his 35 years of "superb teaching" had no campus memorialization. The vintage muscle car, valued at $15,500, will fund scholarships within three different departments at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Bill Vettes, the Marxist professor at UW-L, is fondly remembered for his humiliation of unprepared students, his "brutal intimidation," and his devotion to teaching "uncomfortable truths." While other classes such as Rec 100 were making snow angels outside his classroom, he demanded attention to "French philosophy with real-world insight." The annual Teacher of the Year Award was suspended after Vettes won it twice in four years.
Vettes' love for his sports cars was evidenced by his ownership of 15 of them - including a 1963 Corvette Stingray, a 1966 Jaguar XKE, a 1987 Mazda RX-7, a 1989 Camaro IROC, and a turbocharged 1991 Dodge Stealth RTU. The man who refused to drive a sports car for less than an hour had even given a former UW-L President's daughter a quick 110 mph ride to school.
Vettes' colleague Jim Parker will be selling the Mustang GT in honor of the Marxist sports car enthusiast. One-third of the proceeds will go to scholarships - one for students studying multicultural understanding, one for elementary education (with a focus on social justice issues), and the last for those majoring or minoring in women's studies or German studies. According to the La Crosse Tribune, the first two scholarships are self-sustaining and when "all three reach that point, Parker will start the William Vettes Scholarship."
If you're passionate about the automotive industry, education, social justice, women's studies, or foreign languages/cultures, check out some of our scholarships by types to begin funding your college education.
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Rihanna to Pay Foreign Students' College Tuition
May 10, 2016
by Susan Dutca
Work, work, work, work hard in school and you may just have your college tuition paid for by Rihanna. The Grammy-winning Barbadian singer and songwriter announced her initiative to help citizens or natives of Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, and Jamaica through scholarships of up to $50,000 per year. She stated that, "to be able to give the gift of an education is actually an honor...Higher education will provide perspective, opportunities and learning to a group of kids who really deserve this. I am thrilled to be able to do this."
Scholarship renewal is contingent upon maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and can be renewed every three years or until the international student earns their bachelor's degree, whichever comes first. Students must have been accepted into an accredited four-year college or university in the United States and demonstrate academic performance, leadership and participation in school and community activities, work experience and write a personal essay. It is unknown how much money will be disbursed annually.
Founded in 2012, Rihanna's well-known nonprofit Clara Lionel Foundation strives to improve the "quality of life for communities globally in the areas of health, education, arts and culture." The foundation has already donated $1.75 million to the oncology department at a Barbadian hospital. Additionally, her partnership with the makeup company MAC and the Viva Glam campaign raises money for those with AIDS and HIV. The sales from her first lipstick alone raised $60 million in 2013.
According to NPR, "students from these countries are generally not well-represented among the ranks of foreign students in the U.S." Despite the small percentage of these foreign students studying in the United States, there are plentiful scholarships and organizations dedicated to funding international students' college education. To get a glimpse, check out our scholarships for international students/study abroad.
And don't forget, you should pay for your college education with as much free money as possible! Find as many scholarships and grants as you can before turning to student loans. Visit the Scholarships.com free college scholarship search today where you'll get matched with countless scholarships and grants for which you qualify, then apply and win! It's that easy!
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Posted Under:College Costs , College News , Scholarship Applications , Scholarship of the Week , Scholarships , Study Abroad
by Susan Dutca
An openly gay student at Dowling Catholic High School decided to transform stigma into success by serving as a leader and advocate for LGBT rights at his school. Even after creating a gay-straight alliance and being awarded the Gold Matthew Shepard Scholarship, he was told that he could not receive the scholarship at the annual senior awards ceremony.
Last April, Tyler McCubbin, a respectable substitute teacher and volunteer track coach had his full time teaching position offer rescinded after a background check revealed he was openly gay. Dowling High school student Liam Jameson was one of the hundreds of students who protested the perceived injustice through a walkout. In an open letter, Jameson detailed his numerous attempted suicides because he felt alone, afraid, and "dreaded having to go to school the next day." He took the decision to help struggling peers and created a "safe environment for LGBT students where they don't feel the need to self-harm or commit suicide." His petition to create a LGBT club/safe space earned 2,000 signatures and is now known as One Dowling Family.
Through his efforts, Jameson earned the Gold Matthew Shepard Scholarship sponsored by the Eychaner Foundation in Des Moines. However, Dowling administration refuses to present the scholarship at the annual senior awards dinner on May 5th. Jameson claims that they manipulated the rules multiple times and took to a Change.org petition, requesting that the school presents him the award this week. Even McCubbin took to social media and urged people to sign his petition.
The school sent a message to its faculty and media stating that they are "proud of all [our] senior students how have received awards and scholarships to further their education," and that they "do not allow organizations who are awarding the scholarship to attend and individually present the scholarship to the student." Furthermore, they are "pleased one of [our] students received the Matthew Shepard Award and he will be honored in the same manner as his classmates." The Eychaner Foundation claims that Dowling changed its policy in recent months to specifically "target" LGBT-associated scholarships.
Do you think Jameson should have his award presented at the awards ceremony? If you are a student like Jameson who has a passion for social action, community service, and helping others - or if you yourself identify with or support the LGBT community - check out our many scholarships to help fund your college dreams.
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by Susan Dutca
Malia Obama won't be the first child of a president to be accepted into Harvard University, but her decision to take a gap year sets her apart from the traditional college-bound student. As the gap year trend gains popularity in the US, there is still some reluctance in putting pause on a college education. Could it pose some trouble for those who aren't socialites?
Despite her father's advice to "not stress too much about one particular college," or focus on name-brand, Malia chose to attend one of the nation's most prestigious and expensive universities. Come fall of 2017, she's expected to add her name to the long line of ultra-wealthy celebrities and American figures who attended Harvard, including John Adams II, Abraham Lincoln's son, and John F. Kennedy's daughter.
What exactly is a gap year? It is the time students defer from attending college, right out of high school, in order to pursue other avenues such as traveling, gaining work experience, and getting in touch with their inner soul and desires prior to settling into what could be considered a form of adulthood. One person's productive gap year could easily be another's 12-month vacation. There's been no word as to what Malia will do during this gap year, but a survey indicated that many students focus on personal growth, traveling and experiencing cultures, while taking a break from academics. This gap could serve as a good time to increase community service and learn skills you may not otherwise learn during college. Essentially, a way to avoid the "growing rate of student burn-outs."
Taking a year off could be pricey and not ideal for low-income students. According to one study, the "majority of people who do not go straight to college after high school end up having a much harder time completing their degrees...getting married, having a baby, becoming financially responsible for siblings, or losing academic motivation "may truncate one's higher education pursuits. While the American Gap Association boasts success with students who took a gap year, the majority of the students had college-educated parents and came from household incomes of more than $100,000 a year. These students already have a greater likelihood for success; many of them having parents who could pay their college tuition. Furthermore, federal financial aid waits for no one. Students would have to apply for the year in which they would enroll which could consequentially "make it harder for students on aid to plan a gap year." And while Harvard condones a gap year, the trend is not widely-accepted at other colleges and universities.
Do you think a gap year is a good option for students? Trying to find yourself by putting college off may come with a price. While some students take a gap year to work minimum wage and help fund their college education, we believe that you should be rewarded for your academic, athletic, and extracurricular achievements without having to take time off school. Tuition prices are only increasing, and won't remain stagnant even as you take a gap year. The best way to make college affordable is through free money: scholarships.
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by Susan Dutca
117 underclassmen recently took advantage of the new NCAA rule which allows them to test the NBA waters without losing NCAA eligibility as long as they don't hire an agent. However, talented athletes are stuck between choosing to play on scholarships or play professionally. Division I schools are balling on a tight budget, with only 13 scholarships available per team. With the constant transferring and drafts, there's no telling what will happen to vacant spots for scholarships or if they will deplete far too quickly, leaving some highly-talented players uncompensated.
In Division I basketball, scholarships are based on head count, which means they cannot be dispersed among student-athletes (unlike equivalency sports such as baseball or water polo). In total, there are 15 scholarships for women and 13 for men on a team. If collegiate players join the NBA, the NBA's D-League, or a foreign pro team, "there's a summer-long scramble to replace them," according to Randy Peterson. Last season, a reported 700 college basketball players were lost to various professional leagues. With the new early NBA entry rule, players have a chance to see if they are suitable for the NBA climate but risk losing their scholarship at their college, especially when the scholarship limit is so small.
The NCAA reports that on average, women playing at the Division I level receive more than male athletes – in 2014, women athletes received $15,162 on average in comparison to their male counterparts, who received an average of $14,270. But only 2 percent of high school student-athletes receive athletic scholarship when playing at the Division I and II level, according to the NCAA. Sure, many athletes want to play at the highest division level but recruiting experts urge athletes to consider playing in Division II, III, or at the FCS level. "Even if you're not a full-ride-caliber athlete," states CEO of Go Big Recruiting, "there's a lot of potential to get money."
We offer a wide variety of athletic scholarships - ones for highly-talented athletes looking to compete at a high level and others for students who simply participated in a sport. Regardless of your athletic ability, there are scholarships in place to help fund your higher education goals and athletic dreams.
In your opinion, should the NCAA start offering more basketball, and athletic scholarships in general?
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A man who has worked to protect a natural resource in eastern Carolina for the past nine years says he is stepping down from his position.
Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Larry Baldwin says he has made the difficult decision to resign. He says under the current leadership of some Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation Board members, things have changed over the past year in ways that are inconsistent with the advocacy model and required quality standards established by the Waterkeeper Alliance.
Baldwin says he can no longer serve under these conditions.
While leaving his current position, Baldwin says he will stay in the New Bern area, and continue his work as an environmental advocate.


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