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Born March 10, 1924, to George Angus and Chloe Loretta Stanley Thacker in Park City. She was the second of five children. Married Glenn M. Gardner on May 4, 1942, marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on April 15, 1954. Active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she served in many callings over the years. She served a mission to the Missionary Training Center in Provo. She had a strong testimony of the gospel and was always serving someone until the last few weeks of her life, what a great example she has been to her family and anyone who knew her. She was also an active member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She loved genealogy work, painting and sewing. Her family was her greatest treasure.
She is survived by her sons: Lance (Phyletta) Heber City; Alan (LeAnn), Idaho Falls, ID, and Paul (Marilynn) Riverton, UT, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren; brother Wayne (Donna) Thacker, Heber City, and sister Anna Durrant, Kaysville. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings Stanley and Glenna Thacker; her husband; son Scott, and grandson Eric Scott Gardner.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October 7, at 1 p.m., in the Lehi 7th Ward Chapel, 300 West State Street, Lehi.
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MONTPELIER — City Council plans to decide Jan. 24 whether to put a new tax on the March ballot that would provide additional funding to Montpelier Alive.
The new funding stream would help with streetscape improvements downtown and expand Montpelier Alive's marketing with regional print and radio advertising, expanding the organization's marketing to the Montreal-area market.
"We're asking you to actually create a taxing authority to raise the money," Montpelier Alive board member Sarah Jarvis said at Wednesday's City Council meeting.
Montpelier Alive pressed the City Council to decide Wednesday on whether to endorse a new tax for the March ballot, but the measure was tabled, and Mayor John Hollar warned the nonprofit to not gather signatures if the council did not vote in favor of putting the measure on the ballot.
Hollar cited council member Tom Golonka's absence as a major hold-up. Hollar suggested he's receptive to the idea, but he said he would need the entire council to weigh in on the issue.
Only City Council member Alan Weiss said he opposed the tax.
Montpelier Alive, which would oversee the $75,000 generated from a 4.5-cent tax on certain downtown commercial properties, presented the proposal on Wednesday to City Council. Jarvis expressed concerns that if the council didn't vote that night, the organization couldn't obtain the nearly 700 signatures in time for a petition deadline to put the question on the March ballot.
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Awards banquet next. Should be good since it's Howie.
Then what
2 & 1/2 months of Ain't got no racing tapes. Well, Dec is busy with the Christmas Holiday month anyway, no biggie.
Jan. rolls around & part of Feb.
I'd just like to be up at Eldora for any NASCAR truck testing going on, but that won't ever be told when that will be. It's getting to cold for that anyway. Probably wouldn't let the public in to view anyway. Probably wouldn't let you stand at the fence between 3 & 4 to view standing either. Oh well.
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Mike Woodson and Glen Grunwald sat down on Thursday to talk about the team's roster.
Don't be surprised if it wasn't a very long conversation.
The Knicks roster is basically set. The only minor question mark is with the 15th spot, and all indications point to Chris Copeland filling that spot.
Copeland finished his strong preseason with 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting in the Knicks' overtime win over Brooklyn on Wednesday. Overall, he averaged 15.5 points on 51 percent shooting.
After Wednesday's game, Copeland said he was 'optimistic' that he'd make the team.
"I'm optimistic, but you never know what they're looking for," the 6-foot-8 Copeland said. "I'm excited and I'm blessed to have the opportunity. I'd love to be here."
Copeland can play multiple positions. With Amare Stoudemire out for another two weeks, Copeland could provide points from the power forward spot
for Woodson.
"I think I can help out at every position," Copeland, 28, said. ".... I have played every position except point guard at some point. So I think (Woodson) can use me wherever he would like to. (But) I don't know what they will do at the end of the day."
The Knicks will need to cut five players from their roster to get down to the mandatory 15 by Monday. They have 13 players under guaranteed contracts and Rasheed Wallace is signed to a non-guaranteed contract. Barring something unforeseen (a major injury), Wallace will make the team. Copeland should as well. The rookie will need to improve on defense, rebounding and limit his turnovers. He finished the preseason averaging 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 turnovers.
WOODY REFOCUSES ON REBOUNDING: The Knicks will begin tightening things on Friday in preparation for the season-opener. The team will scrimmage several times over the next seven days, with a focus on improving weaknesses that have emerged in the preseason.
Chief among those are defense and rebounding.
"We've got to start adding some things defensively. I think we've got to get better," Woodson said after Wednesday's win over Brooklyn. "I don't think we're great yet in terms of our rotations. And rebounding-wise we have been awful in exhibition season. So we've really got to pick that up as well."
The Knicks averaged just 37.33 rebounds per game in the preseason, the lowest total in the NBA. They also had the second-worst rebounding difference (7.17) in the league.
They're giving up just over 100 points per game, the fifth-highest league total. And they're allowing opponents to 46% from the floor, the fourth-worst preseason total.
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why can't Copeland be this years Jeremy Lin and get like 10 minutes a game
The offical coming out party? coming out of what? - the closet?
The dude looks like Steve Urkel in dreads. Ship him to D-League or beyond.
@TinaCervasio: In other news, #Knicks announce roster cuts. Chris Copeland MAKES 15-man roster. They call him "Cope". #NYK
@Al_Ianazzone: Knicks waive Shurna, Sims, Bellfield and Thompson. Copeland, as expected, made roster.
@NYPost_Berman: Thompson, Shurna waived today. Sims, Bellfield too. Copeland wins 15th spot.
He seemed to get better with every game he played. Congratulations to him. I think he's probably more worthy of a guaranteed contract than White is, BTW. Well, he won't be getting a lot of PT, perhaps more than expected with STAT out, and, as with Amar'e, it'll be his defense he's judged by more than his offense.
cope, kurt, and sheed could definitely help out with Amare sidelined. I'm glad he made the cut.
I liked Cope's offensive game, really hope he picks it up on D and rebounding tho. Overall we made the right pick. Welcome to NY cope
I'd say we have enough defensive effort and rebounding power at 4 with Amare sidelined, but I agree any sign of improved D on Cope's side would be great.
Man I hope he can fill in for Amare while he's out. What would be a good catch phrase like Linsanity if Cope catches fire? Copelandmania
I hope he knows a good tailor. He need to look good in his suit at the far end of the bench. It's the best seat in the house. Maybe he can do an A-rod and pick up some girls while knicks are playing.
I think he will get a good amount of minutes while stat is out. Already picked him up on my fantasy league 20pts in 20 minutes, lets go !


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Yu Na, going in very cold and making World's as your 1st tournament in, will she be totally focused, there will be no room for error, she cant change anything and will be down to the judges. Her PCS marks will probably hold her up. I think she should have done 4CC!! so she can fine tune anything before World's
Virtue/Moir, okay they seem to be doing 4CC! but there have been problems with the SD this year as it is a new element and it takes the skaters time to adjust and fine tune, and also change music, maybe this season Davis /White have the edge.
Lepsito, anyone heard anything, I can only assume Laura is doing light training, but we do not know how severe the injury is, like Yu Na be difficult to go straight in ad she has not got Yu Na's reputation to help her out.
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A couple more thoughts for you: 1) Maybe there is something else going on with her that makes her less interested in nursing as often. Could she have a little bug? An ear infection? I didn't see if you said how long this has been going on, but it's possible it is just a passing phase and will resolve itself soon. 2) Part of the equation for how often baby goes without eating (which I don't think has been mentioned yet) is your own breast storage capacity. If you have great capacity and your LO can go 5 hours between feeds without it affecting your supply, that might be okay. Moms with less storage capacity (which has nothing to do with breast size, BTW) would probably find that their milk supply would start to be reduced if they regularly went that long with emptying their breasts. If you feel you have a generous supply and your LO is getting what she needs, maybe it's okay.
I wonder, too, if your baby has reached the point where she's starting to notice the world more. My DD has definitely gone through phases where she is more or less interested in nursing based on what is going on developmentally. And she definitely nursed a lot less after those first few grueling months where I was glued to the couch.
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Wet diapers should really be WET in my understanding. Be sure that you're considering an entire 24-hour period, though. Of course, some will be drier than others.
The previous poster who mentioned storage capacity of breasts was on to something. My capacity (I know from my many months as an EPer) is large, and that was a huge benefit to my LO because he only nursed on one side for a couple months.
I picked a day when he was around 11 weeks old, and I'm going to tell you what he did eating-wise that day. Maybe it will help you. (It wasn't totally typical because he slept till 4:30 that morning, but it's pretty reasonable.) We had a rented scale which is how I know the amounts he ate.
4:30 a.m Nursed R - 5.2 oz
6:00 a.m Nursed R - 2.8 oz
7:30 a.m Nursed R - 3.0 oz (no success on L)
slept in sling
10:30 a.m. Nursed L (I'm wondering if my notes are right because I don't think he really was on that side, especially as I had pumped the left, but it's what the notes say) - 6.2 oz
slept some time in swing (turned off once he was asleep)
3:30 p.m. Nursed R - 5.5 oz
6:30 p.m. Nursed R - 3.4 oz
10:15 p.m (I woke him up) - Nursed R - 2.4 oz
Then he slept till 6:20 (which was not normal, and we didn't encourage. The next morning, though, he tanked up with a total of 8.9 oz at one feeding. The next night he was back to being up at 1 and 2 and 4 and 6, which is more of what we did till he started sleeping longer stretches around 6 months. We never scheduled him and always fed on demand (or offered when he wasn't demanding because we wanted to make sure.)
I'm giving you this detail because I'm hoping it will help you to consider if your LO is tanking up after she goes a long period without eating. Is that when she has a soaking wet diaper.
I would continue to offer the breast whenever you think she might be hungry (and take hands at the mouth as a cue). If she doesn't eat, she might not be hungry. Just watch the overall WET diaper count, and if you then have a concern, take another step to see what's going on.
Hope this helps. My daughter's now sitting on my lap, so I'm sorry I can't proofread or make sure this is as sensible as I want it.
I breast milk fed my Blossom for fifteen months (after exclusively pumping for thirteen). My Bud (nineteen months) is still nursing directly (after a rough start that included a few months of pumping and supplementing with mommy's milk).
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T his week my husband left for a long deployment. Perhaps it was the fact that we have a newborn and I may still be under the post-partum blues, or the reality of caring for five children at a time when my baby sitter amicably fired me — a real tragedy — but it was especially difficult to see my husband go.
The few days before he left, I walked around the house in a state of pre-mourning. Seeing his black bags and desert gear would bring tears to my eyes almost instantly. When he took pictures of the kids to take along with him, I sobbed as if I were a reality-show soap-opera diva. I didn't try to snap out of my depression but completely let myself dwell into self-pity.
To make matters worse, though my husband was understanding, in my fragile state, I managed to find fault in his male attempts at comfort. When I told him how great it would be that I will have lost all the baby weight by the time he got back, and he simply agreed, I accused him of calling me fat. When he didn't seem sad enough about his departure, I accused him of not being sad enough about his departure, which might help explain why he didn't seem too sad.
Even writing was not flowing easily and I found myself staring at a blank computer screen for several days.
The actual day of my husband's departure I was a wreck. I couldn't find sunglasses big enough to cover my distraught face. I got in the car and started driving toward the base. Every time I attempted to say something, I would just start sobbing. My husband gently, and absurdly, suggested we try talking about something else. When we approached the drop-off point, I was able to say a few words without getting completely choked up.
We both got out of the car and I kissed him before seeing him off. When I got back into the minivan, I let myself go to the worst crying I had in the last few days. As I looked up and around, I saw several spouses with dark sunglasses crying in their own cars. At first I pretended I didn't see them, but I spotted one of my good friends a few cars to my left and I called her on her cell. Before she even picked up we started laughing, got out of the car and gathered together with other wives. We must have looked pretty funny to outsiders.
Sure, it will be hard to be away for the months ahead, and I will be counting every day until I see my husband. But once again I was reminded that I am not alone in the daily struggles of military families.
Other military wives were going through exactly the same thing. We decided to forget about our puffy eyes and disheveled appearance and go get some coffee together. If my husband were here he might gently suggest that a $5 coffee was a little overpriced, but he's not here, so my trip was guilt-free.
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Middlebury bank names Carpenter new president
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MIDDLEBURY The National Bank of Middlebury has named Caroline Carpenter president and CEO.
She will succeed G. Kenneth Perine who will retire at the end of the year after 23 years leading the bank.
Carpenter, a 17-year employee of the bank and current executive vice president, will take over as president and CEO on Jan. 1.
Perine said Wednesday that it was time to retire and pass on the leadership of the bank.
Im creeping up on that normal retirement age and it was time, Perine said. We had someone champing at the bit whos going to do a great job.
Since Perine joined the bank in 1987, the banks assets have grown from $50 million to $300 million today. The number of employees and offices have grown as well during that time from 33 employees and three branches to 100 employees and five branches.
I think what Im most proud of, weve been able to keep the small town feel and still bring state-of-the-art, if you will, services to the people in our communities, Perine said.
He also looked back with pride on the creation, with two other banks, of a state-chartered trust company Community Financial Services Group. He said the trust company has been doing very well and now has more than $470 million in assets under management. I feel really good that we have the ability to service the financial needs in our communities from cradle to grave, Perine said.
Carpenter, his successor, is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Vermont. She is also a 2000 graduate of New England School of Banking at Williams College, where she earned honors as a Jordan Scholar.
Carpenter started her career in Addison County in 1991 as a mortgage originator at Vermont Federal Bank. In 1997, she joined National Bank of Middlebury.
Sarah Stahl, chairwoman of the board of directors said in a statement: The board is very appreciative of Kens leadership of our bank. His outstanding service continues a tradition of long-serving leaders. We are confident Caroline will pick up where Ken leaves off and will insure the bank continues to bring real value to the communities we serve.
Perine said Carpenter will bring an energetic and youthful outlook to the position.
Beyond her 17 years experience with the bank, he said Carpenter is particularly savvy in the technology area, which is a significant ability that a CEO needs going forward. She has been heading up our technology department now for a number of years and she really understands that business well, Perine said.
Perine will continue to serve on the board of directors and will be working on special projects over the next two years on a part-time basis.
Carpenter makes her home in Salisbury with her husband Craig and their three children.
National Bank of Middlebury has offices in Middlebury, Brandon, Bristol, Hinesburg and Vergennes.
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On Tap Today: Saving St. Josaphat
What do a bus shelter, a church choir and a crumbling roof line have in common?
It's all related to a morning rally organized to launch a campaign to preserve and restore one of Milwaukee's most beloved landmarks, St. Josaphat Basilica on the south side.
The idea is to plant a flag and raise awareness about the south side church building in the heart of downtown. It happens this morning at 9 a.m. at Wells and Jackson streets. You might be surprised by what happens to a typical bus stop.
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Milwaukee galleries do well at Art Basel Miami
MIAMI — With more than 20 art fairs to visit during Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the art world's most prestigious gatherings, itself host to more than 250 blue chip galleries selling everything you'll next see at the Whitney or on a wall of a home featured in Architectural Digest, it's hard to choose which fairs to get to.
After catching a break from Mother Nature who had delayed my flight for two anxious hours, I arrived late to my hotel, dropped off my luggage and raced to the tony Soho House for an opening party hosted right on the beach. Within minutes of my arrival, David Arquette nearly steamrolled me as he mindlessly staggered through the crowd. I think I caught Adrien Grenier at the bar, where several nubile 20-somethings perched with their drinks. But maybe it was his look-alike. I began to worry that I was going to be seeing more celebrities than art; after all, it seems celebrities these days show interest in art as a means for establishing their bona fides as important members of the culturati–see James Franco and Lady Gaga. But, I was wrong, I was going to be seeing some amazing art. By the morning, I realized my crankiness was just travel blues. My companion and I made our way over to the Miami Beach Convention Center for the preview opening of Art Basel Miami Beach.
The Miami iteration of the fair has been around since 2002. In its 11th year now, Art Basel Miami Beach has emerged as one of the largest and most important art fairs in the world. There are no small white tents outside on the street where makers sell handmade items like baskets, ceramic vessels, and tourist photographs made with the latest HDR technologies; this fair and the others host global fine art galleries with brick and mortar spaces in art districts around the world. White Cube, Paul Kasmin, Metro Pictures, Sean Kelly, Barbara Gladstone–they are all there. The exhibitors bring their best work making these huge fairs an art enthusiast's dream. »Read Full Blog Post
Dirk Skreber's exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum captivates with catastrophe
A crumpled car and steel installation outside the museum is part of the "Currents" series exhibit of the German artist. Credit: Neil Kulas.
What is it that compels us to gawk at mangled cars on the highway or to get glued to cable news after a tsunami or oil spill? What impulse is it that makes us transform sites of suffering like Auschwitz or ground zero into places of tourism?
Are we drawn — seduced even — by calamity? Does looking allow us to glimpse, if at a safe remove, the ultimate and unavoidable unknown: death? Does it bring a thrill or a sense of collective experience into our mundane routines? »Read Full Blog Post
Too much testosterone at the Business Journal?
Forgive me, but am I to understand that Milwaukee's "power brokers" in real estate, construction and architecture are an "intriguing mix" of all men?
This is at least the case according to the Business Journal.
"In today's Milwaukee-area power brokers feature, we are spotlighting the executives in southeastern Wisconsin who are the key players in the real estate, construction and architecture industries, along with some of the top women leaders in our region," writes the Business Journal's editor-in-chief Mark Kass
Well, hey, at least they tacked on an "along with" category for women. »Read Full Blog Post
Finalists named for public art project on W. Wisconsin Ave.
Colorful cellophane murals, 100 billowing Bronze Fonzes, a beer garden to support artists and something called FaceBOX are among the dozen finalists named Monday for a public art -- or placemaking -- initiative to take place on W. Wisconsin Ave. next summer and fall.
In May, ArtPlace America, a consortium of national and regional foundations and banks that works with the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies, awarded a $350,000 grant for the "Creational Trails" proposal, which is being overseen by two local groups, Art Milwaukee and beintween.
The project calls for activating two sites, a 10-block stretch of W. Wisconsin Ave. and a former rail corridor that connects the Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods. The idea is to turn both sites into more welcoming, walkable and bikeable places.
In October, Art Milwaukee, which is coordinating the W. Wisconsin Ave. project, put out a "call for placemakers," which it defined broadly as "artists, designers, engineers and technicians from almost any industry." The group invited ideas for creative projects that would engage the public and bring interest and a sense of identity to Wisconsin Ave., the city's once vibrant artery.
The call resulted in 167 proposals which were winnowed down to 12. The finalists will pitch their ideas at City Hall at a public event on Dec. 10. Each team will have five minutes to make their case, and a jury of art and public space experts will select two to four winners. The selected projects will be funded and become part of a series of events on W. Wisconsin Ave. in 2014, including a camp out on the street in June. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
Ten art books for art lovers this holiday season
There's almost nothing better than the gift of a book, if it's well chosen. With it comes new ideas and time to oneself, among other things. Here are 10 books I can recommend for the art lovers on your holiday gift-giving list this year.
"9.5 Theses on Art and Class" (Haymarket Books), by Ben Davis. This collection of essays is a welcome antitoxin to the art world's festering cancers. Davis dives right into the most confounding of art world debates: What does it mean to be an artist? What should an economic infrastructure for art look like? Do politics and art belong together? A timely reminder about why art matters.
"A People's Art History of the United States" (The New Press) by Milwaukee artist and activist Nicolas Lampert. A parallel art history and a deep dive into activist art dating from the colonial period to the present.
"Art as Therapy" (Phaidon Press), by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong. This book should put the "art for art's sake" argument to bed forever, making a thoughtful case for art's intimate and practical purposes.
"Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes" (Phaidon Press), by Antawan I. Byrd and Reid Shier. Making the case that the most cutting-edge artists today are not always working in the art centers like New York.
"The Flamethrowers: A Novel" (Scribner), by Rachel Kushner. A wonderfully rich story about what it means for artists to love each other, steeped in the stuff of the 1970s art world.
"Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei" (Faber & Faber), by Barnaby Martin. An intimate look inside the life and detention of one of the most important political artists in the world and a knowing primer on contemporary China.
"Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925" (The Museum of Modern Art), by Matthew Affron, Yve-Alain Bois, Masha Chlenova and Leah Dickerman (editor). A retelling of a story you think you know filled with tales of influence, road trips and café encounters.
"Layton's Legacy: A Historic American Art Collection 1888-2013" (Layton Art Collection), by John C. Eastberg and Eric Vogel. A voluminous and richly illustrated book about Frederick Layton, whose art collection is part of the core collection at what is today the Milwaukee Art Museum.
"Nature Morte" (Thames & Hudson), by Michael Petry. A gorgeously illustrated exploration of contemporary artists working in the still life tradition.
"Shiro Kuramata" (Phaidon Press), by Deyan Sudjic. A gorgeous two-volume monograph, the first for this Japanese designer. Comes in a lovely acrylic slipcover.
Look for a list of more than 100 books recommended by arts and books editor Jim Higgins, with a little help from other writers, for this holiday season. You'll find it in Sunday's Cue section.
Art-inspired alternatives to Black Friday
It is kind of a gross tradition, when you think about it -- the need to buy stuff around a holiday dedicated to the idea of gratitude. When did the impulse to give gifts to loved ones become synonymous with standing in line at 5 a.m. for a deal on a flat screen TV made on the other side of the planet?
And while, yes, movements aplenty have sprung up to encourage shopping at local and independent businesses, I am going to encourage all of us to take that a step further. Please support local artists. It's a worthwhile tradition.
Below, you will find some art-inspired alternatives to the commercial orgy that is Black Friday and the biggest shopping weekend of the year, including the finale for the grand dame of holiday fairs in Milwaukee, the event that gave rise to so many others, Art vs. Craft.
But first, give a listen to the recommendations made by Art City contributors, who graciously called in with ideas for this week's episode of Art City Radio. They come in after my interview with Nicolas Lampert, just after 24:55.
Art vs. Craft, Harley-Davidson Museum, 400 W. Canal St.. This is the finale. After a decade, organizer Faythe Levine is rolling up this wonderful fair to focus on new projects, which will most certainly be fantastic. This fair gave rise to so many like it, though very few are as thoughtfully curated as Art vs. Craft. It happens Saturday from 10 to 6 p.m. Admission is $5, free for children under 13.
Dean Jensen Gallery, 759 N. Water St. "Big Bangs, Small Bucks Redux." This show represents an opportunity to truly add something unique to your art collection for a fraction of the cost you'd normally pay. Dean puts his best artists up and at huge discounts. Everything is priced at or below $1000, with many things well below that price point. I'd especially recommend the Claire Stigliani and Tyanna Buie prints and drawings. These artists may not be priced this low again. Friday is the last day for this show. The gallery is open from 10 to 6 p.m.
Portrait Society Gallery, 207 E. Buffalo St., Marshall Building. Consider an inexpensive Rudy Rotter sculpture or a Ringo White collage. These artists made art for the whole of their lives and not for public consumption or sale, but because the act of invention was so essential. "It puts forth the idea that a quiet focus and a commitment to making things is really where the richness of life exists," writes gallery owner Debra Brehmer. "As a gift, these items carry more than their simple material weight. They express a value and an idea." The gallery is open Friday and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
Grotta & Co., 207 E. Buffalo St., Artist Laura Goldstein offers one of the most unique and welcoming boutiques in Milwaukee. She designs, prints and hand dyes beautiful pillows, scarves and other items for interiors using silks, linens and cottons. The dying process takes weeks of careful processing. The layered imagery is culled from Goldstein's scavengeing of the visual universe. The result are incredibly unique and elegant items that make for timeless gifts. A bit pricey but well worth it, given the craftsmanship involved. In the lobby of the Marshall Building.
Hot Pop, 201 N. Water St., when it comes to fun shopping, Hot Pop is about as good as it gets. This is a seriously cheerful store where you'll find designer toys for grown ups, design-minded stuff for the house and super fun odds and ends. They also have an art gallery where they show the work of Midwestern artists suited to their Pop-infused aesthetic. Visit them in their brand new location. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Art City Radio: Nicolas Lampert and Black Friday
On this week's episode of Art City Radio, I sit down with Milwaukee artist and activist Nicolas Lampert. We talk about his new book, "A People's Art History of the United States."
Where political resistance exists in the world, whether it be Occupy or the Arab Spring, artists are often right at the heart of it, creating the words, actions and imagery that propel these movements. Lampert has written an ambitious book that puts art history and the worlds of politics and social justice back together where they belong. It chronicles 250 years of activist art in the U.S., detailing key works of political art from the colonial era to today.
Then, the Art City contributors weigh in with alternatives to the commercial orgy that is Black Friday (go to 24:55). This time of year represents a great opportunity for all of us to support local artists. Art City Radio is produced by Art City contributor Adam Carr.
Art City Radio: Tag Milwaukee
On this week's episode of Art City Radio, I talk to Sherman Pitts, Christopher McIntyre and Mikal Floyd-Pruitt of TAG Milwaukee.
I first spoke to Chris for an interview about the "Wisconsin 30" exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum and was really moved by his insistent optimism. Chris, who seemed to be at the museum constantly to talk to visitors, told me about how the exhibit had brought together many black artists in Milwaukee who didn't know each other. He also talked about what he called Milwaukee's "art desert," neighborhoods where art is scarce.
During this episode, we talk about the value of introducing art in places of cultural drought.
"Even where the state might fail or where the traditional infrastructure of government or politics might fail...sadly we may not be able to look at these institutions to solve some of the problems of Milwaukee," said Mikal during our podcast discussion. "And I would question if some of them even sincerely do want to solve them. But art, music -- these are avenues for personal transformation, where a young person can learn how to navigate their way out of these problematic situations." »Read Full Blog Post
Nohl exhibit a mismatch for some fellowship winners' art
I walked away from the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship exhibition wonderfully taken in by the seven artists in the show, winners of the most prestigious award for regional artists, and yet I found the show itself muddled and underwhelming.
The show is the culminating event of the yearlong fellowship, named for the late Fox Point artist who made the prize possible with a bequest at the time of her death in 2001.
The exhibition is effectively a group of seven solo shows and a test of sorts — a gauge of where these artists are in their careers and what they accomplished with the time and resources afforded by the fellowship, which comes with a cash reward of $15,000 for established artists and $5,000 for emerging artists.
The current show marks a decade of the program, which has provided critical and rare support to individual artists, the kind of support that is particularly hard to come by in the region. The majority of Nohl winners have remained tied to the Milwaukee area and contribute to the city's cultural life, according to Polly Morris, who administers the program for the Bradley Family Foundation.
This show may be a bit clunky in part because many of the artists create socially engaged and at times journalistic work that is better suited to the street or social media platforms than the gallery wall. This creates a genuine curatorial challenge.
Faythe Levine, for instance, moves through the world researching deeply, scavenging for experience and sharing knowledge and impressions generously on a daily basis. She is a curator and artist who works on a scholarly level, producing films, books and exhibitions. But she also implores her audiences to "LOOK," "READ" and "GO," sharing her own photographs and the work and ideas of others on Facebook and Instagram.
There is something very dynamic about the flow of knowledge and aesthetics in Levine's practice, and we are all invited to seek along with her. And all of it, the deep dives into subject matters like sign painters and the in-the-moment observations, add up to something coherent, an ethic that has something to do with a sense of openness, the value of everyday moments, living life on one's own terms, the beauty of craft and the value of self-defined communities, among other things.
For the Nohl exhibit, Levine shared photographs from an in-progress project to document pioneering, off-the-grid communities across the country, people who for one reason or another commit to a life beyond the reaches of mainstream society, nestled into the Appalachian mountains or drifting on the Mississippi River. Several artists in the Nohl exhibit -- and artists in general, for that matter -- are sensing and responding to the shortcomings of capitalism these days. Levine manages to be both an outside observer and an insider in her research, and her access strikes me as rare and incredibly valuable at this moment in time.
She is documenting communities that want to remain anonymous, however, which creates a huge formal challenge — the need to describe a human story without faces, at least for now. She rises to the challenge, finding beautiful and telling moments in these handmade, DIY places, the storybook outhouse or a colorfully painted wooden sign that reads "Witch Sex," the latter referring to the embrace of all sexual orientations in one settlement.
Anyone who has followed Levine on social media will recognize her snapshot-like aesthetic, a kind of visual field notes. But there is something about putting these images into a frame and onto a gallery wall that takes the life out of them, at least for me. I can't help but wonder if they aren't better suited to the kind of dynamic narrative Levine creates online than formal, fixed objects worthy of individual contemplation.
Similarly, I absolutely love that Paul Kjelland won the Nohl in large part for founding the Riverwest 24. The out-of-town jurors judged the annual all-night bike ride in Riverwest to be art, with all of its Stations of the Cross-like ritual, performance and animation of public space. Kjelland is also part of a print collective that creates and freely gives away posters and materials to aid social justice movements, the co-curator of "Night School" a public lecture series at the Riverwest Public House and an organizer of ReciproCITY, which he describes as a "mobile experimental cultural and independent media center."
Like Levine, Kjelland creates a support system for a certain kind of scholarship and activism based on direct experience, community building, the open sharing of knowledge and art. Like Levine, there is a coherent ethic and a bringing together of people who have similar values as well as an interest in artistic activity.
Still, none of the joy of the bike ride and none of the ephemerality and generosity of the print projects seem present in the installation at Inova, which consists mostly of Kjelland's political posters in frames. Again, part of the power of these posters is the way they exist in the world, a quick, graphic output that fuels real-world resistance against things like mining in the Lake Superior basin and poor living conditions in a super-max prison. Like Levine's photographs, they don't stand up to this kind of formal presentation and seem suited to other uses anyway.
By contrast, many of Lois Bielefeld's photographs do hold up well. Bielefeld creates projects of social and conceptual portraiture and included two bodies of work in the show, one featuring people sitting down to a weeknight dinner, the other featuring Wisconsinites and their handguns.
I found so much humanity in the dinner portraits, whether a group of kids sitting on the floor in front of a TV or a couple sitting close on the same side of the kitchen table. The refrigerator magnets, the celery sticks, the flatware and the family portraits inside the portraits, all become part of these contemporary still lifes, formally beautiful, telling in the details and yet composed from real moments.
Still, some photographs were much stronger than others and the two projects were a lot to take in, crammed onto several separate gallery walls. It's too much. The installation would have benefited from slicing the number of works in half. »Read Full Blog Post
Art City's weekend recommendations
If you are looking for some in-the-know recommendations for your weekend, here are some sage choices from the Art City contributors, including a talk by cartoonist Art Spielgelman, an exhibit exploring the role of participation and contra dance in one of the oldest bowling alleys in America.
David Robbins, Paul Druecke, Pedro Velez to be in 2014 Whitney Biennial
Two Milwaukee artists -- David Robbins and Paul Druecke -- will be among the 100 or so artists in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, the only exhibit in the country to make a serious attempt at showcasing the best contemporary art being made in the U.S.
The sprawling, museum-filling exhibit is always a daunting task, and in an effort to get it right the Whitney Museum of American Art announced nearly a year ago that it would experiment with its curatorial strategy by enlisting three curators who work outside of New York and the art world's usual power structures.
One of them is Wisconsin native Michelle Grabner, who functions at both the heart and frontiers of the art world, as does her art. She is the chair of the painting and drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a critic in residence at Yale University and an artist with a recently opened exhibition "I Work From Home" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.
It was Grabner who selected Robbins, Druecke and other artists with ties to Wisconsin, such as Pedro Velez, who has explored Milwaukee's art community as a subject, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, who has been a fixture at the Poor Farm, Grabner's alternative space in Waupaca. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Fred Stonehouse returns to stomping grounds
No one talks about art the way Fred Stonehouse talks about art. Like some of his paintings, there is an element of the circus sideshow in the way presents his ideas, surreal entertainments to be relished.
His paintings are filled with visual booty. From the bleeding hosts and weeping Madonnas of his Catholic upbringing to the antique sideshow banners of state fairs, from the Day of the Dead artworks he collects and covets to the bizarre hybrid beings of beloved folk tales, Stonehouse cribs liberally from the history of art, popular culture, a rich array of visual sources and his own life experiences.
His work is described as landing somewhere between the magic realism and imagist traditions in the Midwest and Pop Surrealism. He returns to his old stomping grounds at the Univiersity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wednesday to talk about the last ten years of making art. The talk is free and open to the public at the Art Center Lecture Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Stonehouse is represented in Milwaukee by the Tory Folliard Gallery.
Ex Fabula is 'off the record' this month
What was it Sid Hudgens, the crooked publisher of a tabloid rag in L.A. Confidential, the noir novel by James Ellroy, would say? Ah yes, "Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush."
A dash of dish was as good as a dose of dope to hear Sid, played by Danny Devito in the saucy 1997 film, tell of it. Dirty stuff.
If you ask Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter famous for ferreting out the facts in the Watergate affair, which led to the resignation of president Richard Nixon, though, he'd tell you that getting sources to share secrets can be essential to breaking important stories. »Read Full Blog Post
Former Milwaukee Art Museum curator goes to George Eastman House
Lisa Hostetler, the former curator of photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum, will become the curator-in-charge of the George Eastman House's photography department by the end of the year, it was announced today.
Hostetler left the Milwaukee Art Museum last summer to take a post as the curator of photography for the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.
Hostetler was at MAM for seven years and curated several successful exhibitions, including "Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America," which included 22 photographs from the George Eastman House collection. Other exhibits included "Taryn Simon: Photographs and Texts," which toured internationally; "Street Seen"; "Unmasked & Anonymous," an exhibit exploring the work and influences of Manitowoc-based artist team John Shimon and Julie Lindemann; "Photographs from the End of the Earth"; and "In Living Color: Photographs by Saul Leiter." »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Review: 'The Human Touch' at RedLine
"Diversity" and "inclusive" are words too casually tossed about these days, and in the context of a corporate initiative they can easily lose any potential for edge and surprise. "The Human Touch" is an exception, and one that's as challenging to sort out as the vision it represents.
Every work in the exhibition deals with the human figure in some way, and all were created in the 1990s and '00s. After that, the similarities end. The 39 works represent 36 artists and, by my count, about 25 different techniques.
"The Human Touch" was culled from a collection assembled by RBC Wealth Management, and each work was intended for the hallways, lobbies, meeting rooms and executive suites of the firm's Minneapolis headquarters. RBC has decided to send about a tenth of its collection on an extended road trip to cities where it operates offices. RedLine Milwaukee is the 14th stop.
There are some powerhouse names in the show: John Baldessari, Kehinde Wiley, Carrie Mae Weems, Chuck Close and Elizabeth Peyton, to name a few. It's worth the visit to RedLine's intimate gallery space to see those alone.
Reflecting RBC's mission to portray "the rich diversity of our clients, employees and the people who make up our everyday lives," the exhibition also represents a cross-section of world views. Viewing it – stepping from canvas to print to collage -- is a bit like paging randomly through an encyclopedia. That can be a pleasure or a frustration, depending on what you're after. The exhibition doesn't appear to draw connections or contrasts among the different works. I found myself wishing it did, but my companion was perfectly happy to take each piece on its own merits.
And those individual merits are rewarding.
Dinh Q. Le's "weaving" made from strips of linen-mounted C-prints blurs and redirects the viewer's focus to comment on war in his native Vietnam. His large, untitled work juxtaposes real and romanticized figures.
Lalla Essaydi's photograph "Les Femmes du Maroc" is a gesture of rebellion. It confronts us with an Islamic woman whose back is to the camera. She's unveiled, hair dropping in a powerful mass down her back. Her robes and the backdrop she's standing against are lavishly embedded with Islamic calligraphy that's traditionally permitted only for men.
"Fernando," John Sonsini's oil-on-canvas portrait, grabbed my attention with its directness: a seated man, hands in lap, painted in loose strokes, gazing at the viewer with an expression that begs to be read but resists the attempt. Checking the program, I learned that Sonsini found his subjects among day laborers in the Los Angeles area.
Kerry James Marshall's "Blind Ambition" depicts a black man in a business suit, standing alongside a ladder. The word "Ambition" appears at the bottom of the ladder and "Success" at the top, with a barely visible "courage" hovering in the middle. Donald McNeil, who curates the collection for RBC, mentioned this work when I asked him if he sees the collection differently as it moves from city to city. Taken out of its normal setting and hung in a gallery, McNeil said, he has noticed subtleties that he didn't before.
McNeil has been working with the collection for 13 years. Until these shows, he experienced it as individual works hanging on some 15 floors of an office building. When he started, he said, "Blind Ambition" was displayed very visibly in executive offices where it was seen frequently by visitors. It's intriguing to imagine "Blind Ambition" presiding over executive-level meetings, or "Les Femmes du Maroc" accompanying white-collar types on a coffee break. Good for RBC.
These paintings made an impression on me at RedLine, but I wondered if a bit of their power was diluted in the semi-encyclopedic environment of a gallery show. It's a tricky business putting so many forceful human presences together in one space, where they feel a bit more like a chorus than distinct, singular voices.
Regardless, the effort to lean in and listen is one that pays off.
"The Human Touch: Contemporary Art from the RBC Wealth Management Collection" is on view until Dec. 23, and it's free. RedLine Milwaukee is located at 1422 N. 4th St. For more information visit redlineartmke.org.
Images from top: Untitled by Dinh Q. Le, "Blind Ambition" by Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy RBC Wealth Management. (1)
Zaza Pachulia wants to buy Bucks' old floor
It looks like Bucks power forward and center Zaza Pachulia is making a play to take the Bucks court home, according to Grantland.com, a website affiliated with ESPN.
Pachulia is interested in purchasing the recently retired basketball floor, a pretty standard issue affair, which was replaced by a floor inspired by an even older, 1977 floor designed by Pop artist Robert Indiana. The brand new floor, which debuted during pre-season games in October, features two giant Ms flanking the midcourt line, much as the more colorful Indiana floor did a generation ago.
But there's a slip up -- literally. The satin finish on the new floor has proven to be slippery for the players. So, the floor the Bucks were playing on for the last several years has been reinstalled until the new one can be resurfaced. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Nominate art for the Christmas Day front page
The Journal Sentinel began a tradition six years ago by offering readers the gift of art on Christmas Day. In the space normally reserved for the top news of the day, we present readers with a work of art by a Wisconsin artist.
Last year, from more than 100 artworks nominated by museums, galleries, artists and readers, we chose Dottie Morelle Godden's modern design, a tree with a rising sun that she made for her annual Christmas card. We loved its stark, graphic beauty.
The year before we chose Debbie Callahan's "Madonna and Child," with its a theme of love and suffering explored for centuries in the history of art. In 2010, we chose "Three Kings" by Edmund Lewandowski, a little known work by the artist who created the mosaic for Eero Saarinen's War Memorial building on the lakefront. In 2009, we ran a reproduction of Georgene Pomplun's "Country Winter," a rural, Wisconsin snowscape, and in 2008, the very first year, we published Tom Shropshire's "Winter's Eve at Holy Hill." »Read Full Blog Post
Large trove of art taken by Nazis recovered
Wonderful works of art secreted away by the Nazis as "degenerate" keep turning up "like bottles washed ashore," writes Micheal Kimmelman for The New York Times this morning, reporting on the latest trove of works discovered and unveiled in Augsburg, Germany, Tuesday.
About 1,500 pictures, a particularly large stash, were discovered in the Munich apartment of an old man whose father was a dealer in the Nazi era. From the initial reports and some blurry online reproductions, the collection appears to include works by Matisse, Courbet, Franz Marc, Max Liebermann, Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
The Associated Press reports that the German government is seeking to release information on the seized artworks, but prosecutors investigating a tax case related to the art are declining to provide the information. Jewish groups have called to have the information made public so families of Holocaust victims could recover art taken from them.
Here is the full story in The New York Times. (2)
'Before I Die' wall installed at Sky High
Death has a way of clarifying life, or so say great philosophers and New Orleans artist Candy Chang. It has a way of making us examine the kind of person we want to be, the life we want to live, the people who are important to us.
On Tuesday, people in the Bay View neighborhood were confronted by the finiteness of their lives as a result of one of Chang's projects. A wall that reads "Before I die I want to..." and has little buckets of colored chalk so people can fill in the blanks was installed at the Sky High Skateboard Shop and Gallery, 2501 S. Howell Ave., and in cities across the U.S. on Tuesday.
"I feel like you have to do things now, before it's too late," said Kelly Karwoski, 24, who lives near the Bay View wall and found out about the project via a friend on Instagram. She came especially to leave her resonse. »Read Full Blog Post(2)


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9, 2002
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is my privilege to
come before you today to discuss our agency and proposed spending
for elementary and secondary education in the FY 2003 budget.
We very much appreciate the ongoing support of this committee
for the schools of this state and the students they serve.
Of course,
we all know that in this year of extreme fiscal challenge,
we have a particularly difficult task ahead to devise a budget
that provides local school districts with the resources they
need to educate our children.
The many
partners in Illinois public education must work together to
arrive at a spending plan that allocates limited dollars in
the most efficient way possible, and it is in that spirit
that I come here today.
I plan
to make brief remarks to you regarding the proposed budget
that the State Board of Education approved last January, as
well as about the re-organization of the agency that is taking
place. Then, of course, I will answer your questions.
But before I begin that, I would like to spend just a few
moments telling you who I am and how I plan to manage the
agency during my tenure as State Superintendent.
I have most recently been, as some of you know, General Counsel
at the agency, a job I held for two years. Before that, I
spent eight years with the City Colleges of Chicago, the last
two as General Counsel. Before that, I was an attorney with
the Chicago Board of Education and before that an assistant
in the Illinois Attorney Generals office.
My first job out of law school was with Travelers and Immigrants
Aid, where I supervised staff and represented clients in court.
I have my undergraduate and law degrees from DePaul University.
I grew up in the Marquette Park neighborhood of Chicago and
graduated from De LaSalle high school.
My parents
were rural people who emigrated from Mexico to Chicago. They
saw education as the sole opportunity for success for their
children. They had the opportunity for only an elementary-level
education, and they worked their entire lives to ensure that
their four children were educated to the maximum extent possible.
They instilled in me the value of education and the desire
to improve myself by opening the doors of opportunity created
by education.
I believe you will find me approachable and collegial and
that Ill be direct in telling you what I believe, and
I would welcome the same directness from you.
Now I would like to talk briefly about the State Board of
Educations proposed budget for Fiscal year 2003
not so much about the numbers it contains, but about the education
assumptions that underlie the numbers.
As you know, the Board approved this budget on January 4,
and it was developed using the best revenue estimates that
were available to us at the time. Of course, those revenue
estimates have changed significantly and for the worse. Our
state is facing a fiscal crisis that will affect every citizen
and every schoolchild.
the educational foundation on which the January budget was
built we believe remains a credible basis for discussion as
we move toward the shared goal of arriving at a final document
that best serves the needs of our school districts and our
two million students.
Our proposed budget called for a total of $6.46 billion in
spending from general state funds an increase of $250
million over last year. It contemplates about $2 billion from
federal and other funds for a total proposed in all funds
of $8.53 billion. The new federal No Child Left Behind
legislation (Public Law 107-110) (HR 1) brings with
it some more money and many more responsibilities.
The budget is organized around the idea that three great challenges
three great gaps face public education in Illinois.
Whatever funding level is ultimately agreed upon, the Board
believes that the goals of any spending plan should be to
target state funds to priority areas that address one of these
three gaps.
First is the achievement gap the difference in student
achievement by race and economic background. The State Board
has made eliminating these gaps a top priority and our proposed
budget includes numerous line items that address this challenge.
Increases in funding are requested for four programs regarded
as critical: Academic Early Warning to help students
in the 594 schools on the AEWL, Assessments to fund
commitments for the current program, Early Childhood
to reduce the number of students on the waiting list, and
Summer Bridges to expand services to more at-risk students.
is the teacher gap. The issues of educator quality
and quantity have been on the front burner in recent months.
The General Assembly provided impetus for the Governors
two-session Teacher/Education Summit and it appears the Governor
will have a legislative proposal addressing some key issues
from the Summit. Many of you have already submitted legislation
to address this gap as well.
There is no factor that plays a greater role in assuring student
success than a qualified teacher. But in Illinois we are short
of qualified teachers in many geographical areas and in many
subject areas, and too often our least qualified teachers
teach in our most needy schools.
In this proposed budget, we sought new funding in only three
key programs: Mentoring, Induction and Recruitment; National
Board Certification; and Regional Office of Education School
The third gap is the funding gap which results
from a system that relies heavily on local property taxes
to fund education. The haves and have nots are
easily identifiable in our state by measures such as equalized
assessed valuation and per pupil spending.
In the long range, this question can be addressed only by
every one of us in Illinois committing to change the system
of funding education. In the near term, our proposed budget
sought increased funding in three important areas: General
State Aid and Hold Harmless, Mandated Categoricals and Retirement.
The remainder of the requests of this January's proposal
were generally proposed at the FY02 level.
Clearly, allocating our scarce statewide resources provides
us all with a significant challenge this year. But the
Board believes that the appropriate path to follow in reaching
agreement will address the three gaps and also do two other
things: establish more flexible and less bureaucratic ways
of distributing money to school districts; and maintain leadership
and administrative funds at a level sufficient to assist districts
Everyone at the State Board of Education is ready to work
with all of you in reaching an acceptable agreement.
Finally, I would like to tell you briefly about our recent
re-organization at ISBE why we did it and where it
is taking us.
We re-organized to become more efficient in delivering services
to local school districts. We have hundreds of individual,
committed, capable employees who do good work and serve the
taxpayers well. But, overall in recent years, I believe our
agency had become top-heavy in administration, was not organized
to execute its mission and was perceived as unresponsive.
Under Superintendent Wish, a new leadership team, that included
me as General Counsel, undertook an analysis of the agencys
resources and its functions and developed a new organization
plan that aligns the two with our mission to serve schools.
In early January, we announced the first phase of the re-organization,
including a reduction in the number of senior managers. In
early February, we announced the second phase, which completed
the organization chart and announced the further elimination
of positions. We estimate that by the end of June our headcount
will be about 60 less than it was at the end of last December.
This plan
is driven by the desire to improve services to schools and
the students they serve. It was not designed as a headcount
reduction plan or a dollar-savings plan. It is a plan aimed
at increasing the efficiency with which we deliver services.
We have combined small divisions, united similar functions
and consolidated fund management responsibilities.
We have created as the centerpiece of the organization the
Center for Teaching and Learning that is organized into four
units targeting the high priority areas of: Standards Aligned
Learning, Teaching and Leadership, Specialized Support and
Student and School Progress.
We have created a new focus on helping underperforming schools,
another new focus on strengthening partnerships with the Regional
Offices of Education and a new department to centralize and
improve accountability functions to ensure the quality of
programs we administer.
The re-organization
is the culmination of a careful re-assessment of operations
that has been ongoing for more two years. By June 30, we will
have reduced headcount by more than 15 per cent since December
of 2000. Through self-reflection and a careful analysis of
our resources, we are streamlining our agency to better meet
the needs of Illinois schools and students.
Its a challenging time for state government in general
and education in particular.
At our agency, were excited to face that challenge and
were prepared to do that by putting our full effort
into providing better service and support for schools.
Thank you for your continued support for education and I look
forward to working with you to ensure that Illinois students
are well prepared to face the challenges of tomorrow and beyond.
Ill be happy to answer your questions.
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How to create the perfect dressing room
Follow these simple step to create the perfect dressing room
A dressing room is the ultimate luxury. After all, who wouldn't want all of their clothes neatly hung up and shoes beautifully stored away, making getting dressed in the morning a whole lot easier.
Let us guide you in all the little extras that will make that space so much more stylish and organised...
Start with your main furniture. A wardrobe is an obvious place to begin when designing the perfect dressing room. Choose carefully to make sure you get the most storage space out of your wardrobe. Make sure there is plenty of shelving in your wardrobe so you can stack up labelled boxes, filled with of all your favourite clothes.
A white dressing table is another pretty place to make the most of smart storage solutions. Slot boxes under your table to keep all of your extra accessories safe and display your favourite jewellery and perfume either in bell jars or on beautiful glass trays on top of the dressing table.
There are so many ways to pack your clothes and accessories away in a dressing room. Choose breathable storage boxes, lined with acid-free tissue paper to protect your favourite knits, or keep lingerie in cotton storage bags, hanging on your door. Padded hangers are a pretty way of protecting your clothes and will mean you can keep your favourite clothes on display, without losing that boudoir aesthetic.
Keep your jewellery organised
A dressing table should keep all your small accessories close to hand. Display your favourite pieces of jewellery on a classic tree placed under a glass cloche to protect them from dust. Find a dressing table like this at New England Lifestyle. The jewellery stand is from The Contemporary Home.
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The Indiana Fever defeated the Minnesota Lynx 87-78 Sunday night to win the best-of-five series 3-1 and claim the WNBA championship.
Indiana won the championship in front of its home crowd, defeating the league's defending champions.
The Fever's Tamika Catchings led all scorers with 25 points and eight assists, out-dueling Lynx star Lindsay Whalen who finished with 22.
Catchings, who is a three-time Olympian, was named Most Valuable Player of the finals.
Minnesota never led by more than two points, while Indiana led by as many as 10.
The win is Indiana's first championship in the club's 13 seasons in the league.


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Stage 4 prostate cancer is cancer that begins in the prostate and grows to involve nearby organs or spreads to other areas of the body.
Stage 4 prostate cancer is an uncommon diagnosis. Most cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed at an earlier stage, when the cancer is confined to the prostate.
Treatments may slow or shrink an advanced prostate cancer, but for most men, stage 4 prostate cancer isn't curable. Still, treatments can extend your life and reduce the signs and symptoms of cancer.
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stage-4-prostate-cancer/basics/definition/con-20094020/


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The NHS corporate colour is NHS Blue (Pantone® 300), this should be used as the primary colour when designing communications materials, it has a high recognition and identify that the communication is from the NHS.
This is supported by a vibrant secondary print colour palette of 13 colours and 10 tints. This will help your designs to stand out and appeal to different audiences.
There is also a colour palette for websites and other electronic media. By using these standard colours consistently, you will help to maintain recognition and trust in NHS communications.
NHS Blue (Pantone® 300)
The NHS print colour palette supports our straightforward, clear and cost-effective style. The range of colours allows for creativity and diversity, while remaining true to the NHS look and feel.
This palette of colours is intended to allow:
The palette also allows for degrees of 'corporacy'. Not everything needs to be NHS Blue, but using the same palette across the NHS builds on our overall identity.
It is strongly recommended that the NHS colour palette is used in all NHS communications. If you need to extend the palette range, please ensure that any additional colours are compatible with the originals. Colours such as fluorescents or metallics may be used for special products. However, you must make sure that their use is consistent with the NHS values and principles. Bear in mind that metallic colours should be used with caution, as they appear expensive. They may be appropriate, for example, for communications for special occasions, but make sure you consider how they will be perceived.
Secondary print colour palette
The international standard for producing colours was developed by Pantone®. Four-colour process printing, known as CMYK, uses up to four component colours to create a standard Pantone® colour-match. These components are:
However, four-colour process printing will generally produce a less vivid colour than the standard Pantone® special colour.
The NHS colour palette has been chosen so that, when printed in four-colour process, the Pantone® equivalent is very similar. When printing in one colour only, it is best to use NHS Blue or black. Otherwise, you may use any other colour from the NHS colour palette - except NHS Yellow and NHS Light Green, as they read poorly against white paper.
You can use the colours within the NHS colour palette as solid colours or as tints. Palette tints bring greater breadth and flexibility to our range of colours. They are particularly useful when producing diagrams and charts, and allow for more creativity with one-and-two colour communications. The NHS logo and logotypes must never appear as tints.
Secondary print tint colour palette
For all NHS communications, you can create a background using any colour from the NHS colour palette. However, you need to remember that:
If you are printing using a coloured background, you need to make sure there is sufficient contrast and clarity. On a light coloured background, the NHS logo should appear in NHS Blue or black. You should also bear in mind that:
Reversed out NHS logo on NHS palette printed background colours
You can reproduce an NHS logo or logotype in NHS Blue and black, or even just black, when printing on a solid NHS Yellow or white background. On other coloured backgrounds, logos or logotypes should preferably be printed white out of the background.
NHS logo with white lettering on NHS yellow printed background
Wherever possible you should use the NHS logo on white paper. If that is not possible and you are printing onto coloured paper, the NHS logo should print black with clear lettering.
Black NHS logo with clear lettering on coloured paper
It is important to remember that white, yellow or pale coloured paper can enhance readability for people who are visually impaired. Under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), the NHS, and anyone working on behalf of the NHS, has a duty to anticipate the needs of disabled people by making sure that accessible information is readily available. An appropriate choice of colour scheme is one way of anticipating these needs. You also have a responsibility to ensure that 'reasonable adjustments' are made to accommodate the needs of those who may be disadvantaged by regular print formats and type size.
The best match-paint colour reference to NHS Blue is BSI 18E53. The best RAL match is 5017. RAL is a colour specifier for paints, powder coatings and gels.
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High Performance at a Compelling Value
The Cisco MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch is the next generation of the highly reliable Cisco MDS 9100 Series Switches. It includes up to 48 auto-sensing line-rate 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in a compact easy to deploy and manage 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. In all, the Cisco MDS 9148S is a powerful and flexible switch that delivers high performance and comprehensive Enterprise-class features at an affordable price.
Features and Capabilities
- Flexibility for growth and virtualization
- Easy deployment and management
- Optimized bandwidth utilization and reduced downtime
- Enterprise-class features and reliability at low cost
- PowerOn Auto Provisioning and intelligent diagnostics
- In-Service Software Upgrade and dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies for high availability
- Role-based authentication, authorization, and accounting services to support regulatory requirements
- High-performance interswitch links with multipath load balancing
- Smart zoning and virtual output queuing
- Hardware-based slow port detection and recovery
Specifications at a Glance
Performance and Port Configuration
- 2/4/8/16-Gbps auto-sensing with 16 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port
- Up to 256 buffer credits per group of 4 ports (64 per port default, 253 maximum for a single port in the group)
- Supports configurations of 12, 24, 36, or 48 active ports, with pay-as-you-grow, on-demand licensing
Advanced Functions
- Virtual SAN (VSAN)
- Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)
- PortChannel with multipath load balancing
- Flow-based and zone-based QoS
Mechanical Specifications
- Back-to-front airflow (port-side exhaust)
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.72 x 17.16 x 16.34 in. (4.37 x 43.59 x 41.50 cm), 1RU
- Weight: 19.84 lb. (9 kg)
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Written by Alex F on 15.10.2012 at 21:24
The only Godflesh album i enjoyed thoroughly, thoroughly being quite a bit. The others just felt too clean, but I've only listened to each about twice so i might have to run back through them all
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 12.03.2013 at 16:32
I've always preferred the s/t debut EP to this, and the pre-Godflesh stuff under the 'Fall of Because' name even more than that. Much more dense, noisy and satisfying than this I feel.
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The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Office of Consumer Protection is advising Hawaii residents to take precautions if they believe they have been affected by either of two recent data breaches.
Required reports to the state indicate there may be more than 2,300 people affected in Hawaii.
"These incidents affect a significant number of people, including Hawaii residents," said Bruce Kim, OCP executive director. "Hawaii residents who believe they may be at risk because of these incidents are urged to take immediate steps to protect their personal information. It is critical for those affected to use the contact information provided by the agencies involved and get current information on what they can do to protect themselves."
The state recently received notification of two separate data breaches originating on the mainland that affect a number of Hawaii residents.
The first involves customers of Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance. Nationwide reported that computer hackers accessed personal information stored by the two companies in early October. This breach may have compromised records containing customers' Social Security numbers. Current estimates are that more than 1.1 million people may be affected nationally.
The state believes that as many as 170 Hawaii residents may be affected by this breach. On Nov. 16, the company began sending out notices to affected people. Although Nationwide indicates that it is not aware of evidence of personal information being misused, the company is providing free credit report monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected people for one year.
Individuals who believe they may be affected or have questions can call the company's toll-free hot line at 1-800-760-1125.
The second incident involved the breach of tax returns and other data at the South Carolina Department of Revenue sometime in September 2012 and went undetected until October 2012.
South Carolina determined that only state tax returns filed electronically by businesses or individuals since 1998 were impacted. It is believed that the Social Security information of 3.8 million taxpayers, information belonging to 699,900 businesses, 3.3 million bank accounts, and 5,000 credit cards were compromised in the attack.
The law firm representing South Carolina recently informed the state that the personal information of approximately 2,136 Hawaii residents -- who either filed their returns electronically or whose information was included on another entity's electronic tax filing -- may have been compromised.
The U.S. Secret Service is directing an investigation into this incident. South Carolina has taken steps to contain the breach and implement new technology and policy protections to prevent further exposure of taxpayers' personal information.
The state is currently seeking confirmation from South Carolina that the notice required by state law was actually sent to affected Hawaii residents as well as verification of the number of Hawaii residents affected by the breach.
For those residents who believe they may have been affected by the South Carolina incident, South Carolina is providing a year of credit monitoring and fraud resolution services through Experian's ProtectMyID Alert Program. They should call 1-866-578-5422 for more information or go to www.protectmyid.com/scdor.
Businesses are required by Hawaii law to notify customers of any security breach involving personal information in any form following discovery of the breach. Hawaii law also requires businesses to notify the state about the breach without unreasonable delay as well as information on the timing, distribution and content of the notices sent by the business to affected persons.
Identity Theft Warning Signs
- Unauthorized charges on your credit card
- Receiving credit cards that you did not seek
- Missing credit card bills
- Calls or letters from debt collectors or businesses about merchandise you did not buy or services you did not authorize
- Being denied credit or offered credit at less favorable terms for no apparent reason
- Unauthorized credit cards or charges on your credit report
Tips on Protecting Yourself Following a Security Breach
- Contact your creditors, including credit card companies, banks, and other lenders, to determine whether there is any suspicious or unauthorized activity that has occurred on your accounts.
- Place an initial fraud alert on your credit report. You are entitled to a free copy of your credit report. Order it and review it for problems.
- Contact any of the three consumer reporting companies to place a fraud alert on your credit report. A fraud alert does not block potential new credit, but places a comment on your history. Creditors should contact you prior to opening a new account. You only need to contact one of the three companies because that company is required to contact the other two. Once you place a fraud alert on your file, you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report. The credit reporting agencies will send you a letter telling you how to order your free report. When you receive your credit reports, review them carefully and look for any suspicious activity.
- Consider placing a credit freeze on your credit reports. A credit freeze means that your credit file cannot be shared with potential creditors or insurance companies. You, too, will not be able to open new credit while a freeze is in place. Individuals can request that a freeze be temporarily lifted for the purpose of obtaining new credit.
- Remain alert. It's especially important in the first year following a security breach notification.
All consumers can obtain a free annual credit report from each of the three major credit-reporting agencies, regardless of whether they have been identity theft victims. Call 1-877-322-8228 or request one online at www.annualcreditreport.com. Reports can also be requested directly from one of the reporting companies. Carefully review this report for suspicious activity.
Credit Reporting Agencies:
Equifax: 1-800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
Experian: 1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742); www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013
TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790


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Ranter in his glory, tomorrow's the story
1/23/09 ("Happy Youngster" have fun at your Brewers thingy tomorrow brotha).
Tomorrow is going to be baseball overload with Rockies Fest, so today I'm just going easy on you. Both kids will be with me tomorrow partaking in the festivities.
Dan, I'll say it again..Thanks man.
I came across some funny names of places in England and thought you might get a kick out of them. Have fun with this, I did. Thanks..J
Below, we have the road less traveled. Beware of hitchhikers when traveling down this stretch of pavement.. On the plus side, they do clean this road on a regular basis.
The places on the map are real folks. I recommend you stay away from Crotch Crescent and Pratt's bottom, or at least stay upwind.
The more I work on this entry the less I want to visit Europe.
It's just as bad here in the states. However, below is a place I wouldn't have minded visiting more in High School. I heard TV's are banned in Lancaster County.
Ms. Hummer ran for City Council but in Intercourse but her skills didn't exactly fit the job.
Just so you know some milk has HGH in it, so always buy your milk from a trusted source.
And remember folks if you find yourself at this intersection in life…
Be careful please…
Not only am I always looking out for you, I'll be coming at you with all kinds of Rockies stuff tomorrow.
Thanks again for making the Rockpile Rant number 6.
My season begins tomorrow, stay tuned to see if I get to meet Todd Helton…D
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Have a great time at Rockies Fest tomorrow! Can't wait to see the pictures.
JULIA-Thanks, I can't wait to overwhelm you. Pray for no snow…D
Have fun at Rockies Fest! (I wish the Mets had something like that). Those pics are ridiculous, I wouldn't want to live near any of those places.
These were great pictures! I can't stop laughing. Have fun tomorrow!
Hey D,
I think the weather 's going to cooperate. Can't wait to get there and meet my favorite blogger. See ya soon.
(Thanks again to you and Dan, you guys are the best!)
I got a kick out of those pictures. And if you take the road less traveled by, that will make all the difference. Where have you heard that before lol? Have fun tomorrow!!
ELIZABETH-Glad I got you to smile. Everything is packed, I get off work at 9 am, and should be at Coors Field by 10 ish. Hope the day goes as good as I think it will…D
D- I hope you had an awesome time at Rockies Fest! I can't wait to see pictures!
RANT READERS-My Comcast internet has been down until just a few minutes ago. Those of you waiting on the Rockies Fest entry, I'll hopefully have it finished by late tonight…D
Eagerly (trying to be patiently) awaiting for your entry, D! I was at the FanFest, too. amazing, wasn't it?
I live in central PA and in 8th grade we had an assignment in history class to take a map of PA and find all the funny places and write them down. It was really fun. Places included (as seen above) Intercourse and Blue Balls PA. I think there is also a Kirby PA though that isn't really dirty. It is just fun to say.
Can't wait to see if you meet Todd Helton, really enjoy your blog.
MLB in eyes of a 13 year old