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Apply now: Curb Fellow in Media, Art, and Public Policy, 2014-15
Posted on: March 10th, 2014 | 0 Comments
Applications accepted through Friday, March 28.
The Curb Center is pleased to announce a continuing fellowship opportunity for advanced graduate students in the humanities or humanistic social sciences at Vanderbilt University. For the academic year 2014-15, the Curb Center offers a year-long fellowship to support a student who has completed his or her comprehensive examination and is interested in policy issues raised by media or the arts.
Candidates should be engaged in research that promises to illuminate challenges or opportunities that face any cultural field, including (but not limited to) music, publishing, the graphic arts, film, television, theater, literature, the entertainment industry, or digital media. Policy concerns may involve race, class, gender, social or political concerns, economic issues, legal questions, government regulation, copyright, urban planning and development, public humanities and heritage preservation, indigenous cultures, international trade and diplomacy, distribution and access, artistic careers, nonprofits, new media, medicine and the arts, creativity and well-being, arts entrepreneurs, public support of the arts, arts education, and more. We are also willing to entertain proposals that would allow a student to do research on an arts and cultural policy issue related to a dissertation nearing completion.
For more information and application instructions, click here.
Using Google Forms in the Classroom (HASTAC Cross-Post)
Posted on: February 7th, 2014 | 0 Comments
This post originally appeared on HASTAC.org on February 7, 2014. The original post and comments can be found here.
Weekly course assignments can be a headache for both instructors and students. Students lament having to print them (let alone do them), and instructors lament opening several hundred emails in the course of a semester. However, there are times when such assignments are pedagogically necessary.
A friend and I both used weekly reading assignment in our history courses last semester as a way to gauge student understanding of material and develop students' abilities to summarize and interrogate readings. Although my friend teaches high school and I was a TA at a university, our students had a communal complaint about the assignments: "I don't have the resources to print the assignment," which was followed up with a "Can I just email it to you instead?" Read More
Tepper named dean of ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Posted on: December 27th, 2013 | 0 Comments
After ten years of exceptional research and practice at the Curb Center, Steven Tepper has accepted an appointment as dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Steven's opportunity is an extraordinary one, and a testimony to his expertise and stature in the field of arts careers, creative practice, and arts policy.
Sad as we are to see him go, we are also overjoyed for Steven's success. For a link to ASU's press release click here, and to read a note from Steven, click here. Read More
Conversations/Conversas with Ashley Larson
Posted on: December 18th, 2013 | 0 Comments
Ashley Larson talks "Conversations/Conversas," the Vanderbilt Art Dept & University of Sao Paulo collaboration
People often ask me (family members especially), "why are you learning Portuguese?" or "why do you speak Portuguese?" The answer I frequently give is that I have always had a love for the Spanish language and so when I was earning my bachelor's in Latin American Studies at Cal State Fullerton and they told me that an intermediate level of Portuguese was required, I responded with enthusiasm. Who wouldn't want to learn a new language and a new culture? Many people think that Brazilians speak Spanish…wrong! The giant of the South American continent speaks Portuguese which is a romance language, like Spanish, but they are not the same. Brazil should not be ignored or grouped with all of the Spanish-speaking nations around the world. Trivia time: Brazil is actually larger than the continental U.S.! It is the B in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and has officially arrived as an economic powerhouse. Unfortunately, the country still has one of the highest rates of unequal wealth distribution; the poor are very poor and the rich are über rich. But, let's talk about culture and ART! Brazilians pride themselves on being creative and artistic. As most of you know, the 2014 World Cup will be in Brazil. but did you know that the Brazilians have invented a different way of playing 'futebol' (soccer)? Bet you didn't! The "Jogo Bonito", which literally translates to 'beautiful game', is a way of playing soccer that combines style, beauty, and cunning. They even play to the beat of Samba music for artistic inspiration and motivation! But their creativity doesn't end there. AND … it is not contained within Brazilian borders! Read More
What is a Victorianist doing at the Curb Center? Or, Everything Old Is New Again
Posted on: September 24th, 2013 | 0 Comments
[Guest post by Elizabeth S. Meadows, @MorbidVictorian, new Faculty Director of Curb Creative Campus & Curb Scholars Program]
Early this summer, Sotheby's, the famed auction house that brokered the sale of such iconic works as Vincent van Gogh's Irises and Edvard Munch's The Scream, announced that a version of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Proserpine will be sold at auction in November. Proserpine is, according to one assessment, "one of the most internationally recognisable images of the nineteenth century," and the estimated price of this variant done in colored chalk is $1.8-2.7 million. You've seen this image before; Rossetti's "Proserpine" has appeared on postcards and posters as well as in textbooks, works of literary criticism and art history, genealogies of artistic movements, biographies, and—of course—museums, and even more importantly perhaps, their gift shops. Nonetheless, my first reaction was simply shock—"You mean you can buy that?!" Perhaps naively, I had thought that Art-with-a-capital-A can't be bought, sold, or owned. Read More
"Frantic & exciting": Clayton reflects on week one of his Coursera LOTR MOOC
Posted on: September 17th, 2013 | 0 Comments
Curb director's Coursera course launched September 9th
Professor Jay Clayton got 40,000 new students this week, and for a moment, the thirty-year writer and lecturer is at a loss for words.
"It's been … dizzying!" he finally laughs.
Fifteen minutes after "Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative" launched last Monday afternoon, more than 1000 people had watched a video, and the tech team had discovered (and corrected) two errors we had made in setting up the site. "It's frantic and exciting at the same time," Clayton says. "It's an intense experience of media saturation, of all these multiple channels coming at us at once. " He pauses then begins to laugh. "And it's close to overwhelming!"
Of the 40,000 registered, around 5000 are also interacting on Facebook, another group is on Twitter, and then there's the actual course's forums—one on J.R.R. Tolkien, the author; another on the game Lord of the Rings Online; another on games in general; and still another for each week's material—already hold over almost 3000 posts. Additionally, there's conversation on the Coursera channel inside the online game, where only people in this course come to chat. "Hang on, I promised I'd say something to them," Clayton says as he turns back to his laptop where, as Vainamoinen (named for the Finnish minstrel who inspired Tolkien's Gandalf), Clayton pops in to say hello. Read More
Tepper: technology doesn't fundamentally change what people want from life/work/social encounters/culture; it changes how we go about achieving these human goals and desires
Posted on: September 5th, 2013 | 0 Comments
Last month's NYTimes cover story, "High Culture Goes Hands On," argues that the renaissance of the "quest for experience," revived by web 2.0 technologies, has museums scrambling to provide "the kinds of participatory experiences available almost everywhere else," and this has author Judith H. Dobrzynski concerned: "Some of these initiatives are necessary, even good. But in the process of adapting, our cultural treasuries are multitasking too much, becoming more alike, and shedding the very characteristics that made them so special — especially art museums."
So of course, we asked Steven Tepper to respond:
Very thought provoking piece. I think Judith tends to lean toward the elitist definition of art in most of her writing, but she raises some excellent points about balance. As a sociologists who has studied technology's impact on society, my general conclusion is that technology doesn't fundamentally change what people want or desire from life/work/social encounters/culture; instead, it changes how we go about achieving these human goals and desires. So, people have always wanted both sublime, reflective experiences and deeply, social and interactive experiences. They have always wanted experiences that they can share with others. Technology has changed where, when and how we can achieve these goals. This is one of the challenges facing any institution—commercial or non-profit. We build structures and organizations to deliver these experiences in one way, and then technology (especially today), provides people with a host of alternatives and we are slow to adapt. The real challenge, it seems to me, is to be smart about "modalities" rather than content. How do people want to experience moments of sublime reflection or intense and passionate, multi-sensory "experience?" Museums and other organizations need to be open to new modalities — but not change their mission or necessarily their content. People can still have a deep and reflective experience reading a book on a Kindle, in spite of what all the book lovers said about the demise of reading. If you are in the business of promoting "reading," then you should be agnostic about how people get the book or what form the "reading" comes in. So, fundamentally, what business are museums in and what modalities exist today to help them better succeed in that business? That is the big question.
Getting Unplugged by Harvey Burrell
Posted on: August 14th, 2013 | 0 Comments
"If you aren't being challenged, you die"
-Soren, Noma Restaurant Farmer
In light of the Media Immersion workshop I am co-teaching this week, I thought now would be a good opportunity to think about how to introduce people to design thinking practices for the first time. Learning about design thinking is a bit like getting unplugged from The Matrix; the experience is completely foreign, yet still entirely too real. These freshmen will have to use parts of their brains that have atrophied after years of neglect. I want to help them get their feet wet without hurting them, so I can't have them pulling their creative muscles. However, I know they are very bright, and since we all have the capacity to be creative, I will need to give them some space.
What will be most difficult is overcoming the judgmental environment that pervades freshmen orientation. It is hard to think of a place more critical and less open to new things that exist outside of the norm than freshmen orientation. Friendships are made and broken on nothing more than a whim. It is like a mass of eager humanity breaking against the hardened brick walls of this prestigious campus. The pure number of people one has to meet requires shorthand notation to help expedite the process. But for those of us at the Curb Center, it is the opposite of what we need. Creativity can only thrive in an environment free of negativity. We need more "yes and" or "plus 1ing," as we creative types like to call it. Our goal is to help push these kids towards discovering the new and obscure. I hope to push them and lead them to some experience that breaks them from the safe and routine.
I have reduced my teaching strategies down to a few bullet points that I, for the most part, understand and hope make some sense to the rest of you…
A few of my thoughts:
- Regular name games are lame. We can do something better.
- We should do something that we can all fail at, because at least we are failing together. Let's see if we can break some synaptic connections.
- Propose a big problem. But keep it relevant and/or local.
- Ask them to "think wrong" about it. For example, what is the opposite of how you would typically solve this problem? Get wrong. Get weird. Come up with solutions that should make me feel stupid just from having heard them.
- Ideally, these kids will walk out of here wanting to keep thinking wrong, not just saying yes, but asking why and demanding to know how they can squeeze the university for everything it is worth.
NB – Why name games suck:
- Because knowing your name doesn't make us friends, but knowing you have a brain might make me want to listen and listening is where it all starts.
Tangible practices:
My two favorite games:
Thinking Wrong – Pick a problem. Sit in groups of two with sharpies and a pile of post-it notes, spending ten minutes coming up with the wrongest, worst, stupidest ideas you possibly can. Then share with the group.
Crazy Eights – Now, you have five minutes to draw eight possible solutions. Yes, that means 40 seconds per drawing. Better move fast. Now proceed and be bold!
One-on-One: Steven J. Tepper talks Creativity Camp at the University of Hartford
Posted on: August 5th, 2013 | 0 Comments
One-on-One: Steven J. Tepper talks Creativity Camp at the University of Hartford
A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Steven J. Tepper guided colleagues at the University of Hartford (Connecticut) through a week of creative experimentation. As happy as we were to see him back in the office, we were even more curious about how others are practicing creativity on their campuses. Here's part of our conversation.
Curb Center: Steven, before the week was over, Dr. Sharon Vasques, Provost of the University of Hartford, was writing about interactions in her blog. You were on campus as part of the school's Distinguished Teaching Humanist program, and you were working with Professor T. Stores of the Department of English, who happens to be their Distinguished Teaching Humanist at the moment. So what did you two cook up?
Steven J. Tepper: The invite was to come to the University of Hartford and work with 22 faculty from a variety of disciplines to explore different approaches to creativity and to think about how to integrate creativity more directly into their own classes and throughout the Hartford campus. Over the course of the 4 days, we took a variety of creativity tests and then discussed their usefulness for assessment; we talked about the cognitive, psychological, social, economic and anthropological approaches to creativity; we participated in "speed dating" where each participant pitched a course and got rapid-fire feedback from 5 different partners over the course of an hour; and we did several hand-on creativity exercises and discussed their relevance for our own research and ways such exercises might be deployed in the classroom.
Curb Center: Is it true that you incorporated improv into your design? Where did you get such an idea? How did that go over? (Did it send anyone sneaking out the back of the room?)
Steven J. Tepper: As you know, the Curb Center has been a big proponent of improv as a technique for developing our creative muscle. We have invited Second City Improv multiple times to participate in our annual creativity boot camp and we have used improv with our Curb Scholars. At Hartford, we used improv both to loosen up the conversation and create an atmosphere of fun and spontaneity, where all ideas are welcome. But improv teaches very important capacities as well that might be useful in the classroom – dealing with ambiguity; deep listening; the notion of teamwork and building on other's ideas; and a willingness to talk about anything, to make random associations, until a "scene" or a storyline emerges that might actually lead to a productive idea or solution.
No one left the room, so I count that as a success. There were moments where people felt deeply uncomfortable – but there was great trust in the room and we worked through moments of feeling uncomfortable and typically ended most exercises in fits of laughter.
Curb Center: What did you notice most about the questions and/or the ideas participants were bringing to the conversation? What are faculty curious about? Concerned about?
Steven J. Tepper: The faculty were very passionate and committed to creativity in their own work and teaching. I think there were several concerns expressed over the course of the workshop. The first was that there is no consensus on what we mean by "creativity." Several in the group focused on the idea of "non-routine" problem solving; but other argued that creativity does not necessarily have to be problem focused. Creative work can be exploratory, playful and problem-seeking, rather than focused on solutions. There was also considerable discussion about whether there was a difference between creative and critical thinking.
Faculty were also concerned that many students are so grade focused that they are risk-averse and would rather have very clear assignments than assignments that might be more ambiguous and require more creativity.
Others were concerned that the creative energy sparked during the workshop would be hard to sustain once the pushes and pulls of daily university life started up again in the fall. They wondered about how universities can create structures that foster creativity and collaboration on a regular basis, rather than it being some extraordinary activity that faculty engage in above and beyond their normal duties.
Curb Center: Dr. Vasques noted how she is interested "in particular" by your "articulation of creativity as being made up of teachable competencies that can be applied across the curriculum." Where are we with identifying those competencies and finding ways to encourage them in our students? In each other?
Steven J. Tepper: I think we have a good sense of what would be included in core creative competencies. An initial list includes:
- Improvisation
- Analogical and metaphorical thinking and remote associations
- Idea generation
- Conditional thinking and counter-factuals
- Expressive agility
- Radical revision and critical feedback
- Creative collaboration and nexus work
- Flexibility and tolerance for ambiguity
- Empathic reasoning
- Epistemic curiosity
- Problem Finding
- Pattern recognition and deep observation
- Abstraction
- Risk taking and learning from failure
- Ability to consider the ethical, social and policy consequences of innovation
In terms of assessment, I think we still have a ways to go. There are some good creativity tests that measure whether students have mastered some of the capacities, like idea generation, but few existing instruments truly capture the complex set of skills and processes involved in creative work.
Curb Center: In these workshops, what are you hoping for for the participants? For the campuses you are visiting?
Steven J. Tepper: I think my hope is that participants leave with very specific skills and ideas that they can take back to the classroom. I would also hope that my visit generates some sparks and some enthusiasm among a core group of faculty, as well as the administration, for doing something big around creativity – to consider an initiative that would draw on their unique creative assets to animate the campus and re-think how they connect with students and collaborate across the campus.
Curb Center: I know preparing for and participating in these workshops takes enormous effort, but they also bring significant benefit for both you and the participants. What do these workshops bring to your own research & reflection?
Steven J. Tepper: I am always energized by the opportunity to work with colleagues across the country. Many of the faculty at Hartford were already skilled teachers and had experience teaching creativity to their students. I came back with several new ideas for my own classes. I also realize how lucky we are at Vanderbilt that Mike Curb had the vision to endow a Creative Campus program and that everyday we wake up and have resources and university-wide support to implement the types of ideas and programs that w
ere discussed throughout my four day visit at Hartford.
Curb Center: What's next on the horizon for you and this topic?
Steven J. Tepper: There is so much more work to be done. I have just written a case statement for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters that argues for the importance of integrating the arts across campus as a key foundation for any creative campus initiative. Once the case statement is published next month, we will visit with higher education associations in Washington, DC, and work with universities across the country to begin conversations around creativity, arts integration, and higher education.
Curb Center: Thanks, we'll catch up with you again soon!
Click herefor Steven's CV, and check back for more One-on-One's with Curb Center faculty, staff, scholars, and fellows!
What Exactly Is It That You Do? by Curb Scholar Harvey Burrell
Posted on: August 2nd, 2013 | 0 Comments
I have spent the summer dodging the question: "What exactly is it that you do?" There is no simple answer. The technical answer is that I work for a design consulting firm, whatever that means, by the name of Future Partners. Future is known for helping companies jump the ingenuity gap aka companies that need help solving tricky problems. Turns out the path to ingenious solutions is rather circuitous. While working with Future I have shot lots of guns, swam in blood lake, drank beer with a member of the White House staff, ate gas station pork chops, and somewhere in the mayhem, I designed a social venture that helps the citizens of Hale County by selling cool bikes. The brand Catfish Bikes was inspired by a love of all things stunt and daring and the once thriving catfish farming industry of rural Alabama. I have worked with two other interns on everything from designing the bike to building the website and launching the brand. We also shot a series of odd videos to help promote the bikes.
Turns out launching a social enterprise is a total mess, but we bush whacked our way through it. The idea hatched during the two-week intensive blitz process in Greensboro, AL. I then traveled to Half Moon Bay, CA to continue working with my two other interns at the Future headquarters. In addition to the development of the Catfish Bikes and the Hot Potato Hack (more to follow on this later), we have also been working on a myriad of Corporate Social Responsibility projects for Microsoft and Genentech, but I don't want to put you to sleep, so I'll skip that stuff.
And since I like to sum things up, here are a few of my take away thoughts from the last six weeks:
- think wrong
- move fast
- break sh*t when you can (ideally not yourself)
- know what dent you want to make in the universe
- popcorn and bud light is a suitable idea generation tool
- Last but not least, remember that this is supposed to be fun. The hardest thing to create is fun. When you find that first spark of fun, protect it above all else. If what you are creating isn't fun, then it doesn't matter how nice your logo looks. Make it f*ing fun!


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"Without Thy presence, nought, O Lord, is sweet,
No pleasure to our lips can aught supply.
Whether 'tis wine we drink or food we eat,
Till Grace divine and Faith shall sanctify."
~ Prudentius, a 5th century Christian poet, from his Ante cibum, describing the Christian practice of "saying grace" before meals.

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I think it begins with D'Antoni.
By that I mean we have manifested this culture of "wait til'" so and so becomes available
That there is this "perfect" mix of talents NEEDED in order to succeed
And in a way- we have already manufactured the excuses for D'Antoni going forward.
Say for instance we DO get a big. And IF we struggle, for whatever reason, it has been manufatured that WE (D'Antoni) NEED A PG to be successful
OR if we DO get a PG, and struggle, some will say WE (D'antoni) NEED A center to be successful
The brainwashing that has taken over and replaced our underachieving reputation, has been to the tune of HOPE
But really it's a shell game that we need to realize we can't win. That "perfect" roster for D'Antoni is UNACHIEVABLE! Specifically in regards to D'Antoni, its impossible.
We need a coach, who looks at our roster and says "I can work with that". That recognizes talent and is flexible enough to work with less than desireable parts. One that gets more than we bargained for out of players.
I'll show you how this brainwashing has taken place.
We just read about the select few players available. AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST THOUGHT?
1. I wonder if he would work with D'Antoni?
2. I wonder if D'Antoni would play him?
3. What if D'Antoni doesn't play him?
4. Ho can we get him and still ge CP3?
These questions illustrate how the brainwashing has affected your rational thought. Because the answer to "who this mystery perfect fit for D'Antoni's system is" is...
That answers why he dnp'd and jettsoned players, skipped them in the draft, and why no center has flourished under him. Its too logical. There is no center for him.
And instead of realizing this, realizing he hasplayed this shell game buying time by in a not so obvious way creating this built-in excuse for himself "that his system is so good, we just need the right players"
Is bullsh!t.
Before we can decide who fits best and who to get, who to pass on, how to effectively us our assets (some he squandered just like Isaiah just wasn't as responsible for the bad contracts)
We need to get out from under him before we do more damage. While we still can.
That's why I think its futile to target any players for now. He has to go. A coach with an attainable vision and plan is what will help us deermine who's best. Without D'Antoni, those decisions use to be easy- like Melo.
With D'Antoni, some actually had the nerve to question his acquisition. That's what thinking and seeing things thru the D'Antoni glasses will do to you. It'll have you drafting a SF over a center even though
We had sf's on the roster
A center is a rare commodity
And we haven't been in a good draft position in years.
I'm not sure I will ever forget that mistake.


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For my Russia-Georgia War maps I had a fixed non-movable legend in the bottom left corner of the screen. I preferred the legend because it provided a solid reminder of what date was being shown and it promoted the blog.
I have received several requests for the code to create the legend so below is the code.
First, create a legend in an image editing software and save as an image file like .jpg, .bmp, or .gif. Second, open Notepad. Then type/copy in the code below into Notepad.
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February 13 – April 27, 2014
Ron Thom was one of Canada's greatest architects, with enduring testaments to his genius, such as Massey College and Trent University, still among the country's most admired buildings. But Ron Thom, like Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects of his generation, believed in creating not just a building for a client, but a whole world - from the landscaping to the interiors and the furniture to the ceramics. This exhibition explores Ron Thom's brilliant architecture in the context of his total aesthetic. Ron Thom and the Allied Arts is a travelling exhibition organized by the West Vancouver Museum in collaboration with Trent University and Massey College.
"Few architects have helped shape Canadian architecture as poetically as Ron Thom. From his early days as a west coast artist to his crowning achievements designing Massey College and Trent University, Ron Thom devoted himself to a profoundly holistic approach, wherein the fields of architecture, ceramics, visual arts, furniture and landscape formed a continuum. He was a fan of the Mingei folk craft movement, wherein potters and other artisans opting out of the industrial age found a higher beauty in the hand-made. Of this architect's long and illustrious career, Ron Thom and the Allied Arts celebrates the most creatively fertile period, 1947 – 1972, with a focus on five west coast houses, Massey College, Trent University, and the ceramic and other arts that inform them. On display will be a selection of Ron Thom's original paintings, prototypes for furniture and fittings, architectural drawings and sketches, archival and architectural photography, the original hand-rendered 1960 Massey College presentation boards, and the ceramics he commissioned as an integral component of it all. "
– Adele Weder, Curator
Ron Thom (1923–1986) first made his name in British Columbia as an architect of dramatic, award-winning houses; and then in Ontario as the architect of Massey College and Trent University. Thom embraced a comprehensive design philosophy, wherein "architecture" comprises not only the plans and construction but also the furniture, fittings, textiles, art and ceramics. This approach informed a career that spanned almost four decades, during which time Thom and his associates designed landmark projects across the country. The exhibition's features projects—the Copp, Carmichael, Dodek, Forrest and Case houses of the Vancouver region, and Massey College and Trent University in Ontario—bespeak his formative years as a west coast artist. A half-century after their constructions, these structures continue to shelter their inhabitants and delight the eye: a testament to the enduring art of architecture. – Adele Weder, Curator
"First let me say: I am a potter. I make pottery by hand and do all the work myself… Presumably, If the architect had wanted factory-made pottery for Massey College, he would have ordered it from a factory." — John Reeve
John Reeve's stern proviso, in a 1963 letter to an Eaton's Department Store sales manager presuming to act as a remunerated sales agent to the potter's perceived role as the "manufacturer" of ceramics for Massey College, speaks to its architect's special esteem for ceramic art. Like his hero, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ron Thom saw all the elements within a structure as part of the architecture: the landscape, structure, cladding, finishings, furniture, art, textiles and ceramics. That is why when the Vancouver-based architect won the historic and highly coveted commission to design Massey College, he would take great care to enlist a potter to create hundreds of original ceramic pieces for the College. The lamp-bases, bowls and ashtrays would not be decorative add-ons to his architectural masterpiece but an integral part of it, speaking to the project's mandate to reflect, in the words of Vincent Massey, "dignity, grace, beauty and warmth."
Ron Thom and the Allied Arts will explore the architectural evolution of Ron Thom (1923-1986) in three stages: his formative years as an artist and house architect in Vancouver; the competition and completion of Massey College; and the masterplan and four key colleges of Trent University. Drawing on the private holdings of family members, colleagues, and institutional archives, the exhibition will contextualize the role of ceramics and other allied arts through an exploration of Massey College, Trent University, and five exemplary west-coast houses.
The exhibition will include selections of ceramics commissioned by Thom for Massey College, as well as Thom's prototype furniture, lighting and presentation boards for the historic 1960 commission. Also featured will be Hamada vases from the personal collections of Thom and his senior associate Dick Sai-Chew; Chris Thom's ceramics for the homes of his west-coast clients; and Ed Drahanchuk ashtrays from Trent's art collection. The core exhibition will be enriched with selections from the Gardiner Museum's permanent collection of Thom's favourite ceramic artists. The provenance and influences of Thom's creative process will be unfurled, with many drawings, documents and other historic materials from the archival and personal collections of Massey College, the Gardiner Museum, the Canadian Architectural Archives, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Ron Thom's former colleagues and family members, and Trent University to be exhibited publicly for the first time. The exhibition is guest curated by Adele Weder.
Emerging Artist, Emerging Architect
Ron Thom attended the Vancouver School of Art from 1942 to 1947, a time of transition and upheaval. Because of the ongoing war, the student body was small, with attendance interrupted by military service. But director Charles H. Scott enlisted several teachers of powerful talent and influence, including Jack Shadbolt, Fred Amess and B.C. Binning. Shadbolt eschewed the neoclassical painting that had previously dominated the curriculum, and endorsed a fiercely contemporary form of expression. Binning, who taught a course in architectural drawing, persuaded Thom to switch career paths from art to architecture. Thom then began his apprenticeship at Thompson, Berwick & Pratt. Working under Ned Pratt and Bob Berwick, Thom quickly became known as the firm's top draftsman and a rising star. But it was artists—rather than architects—whom Thom would more often credit as mentors.
A Foundation in Music
Growing up, Ron Thom had a different career charted out for him: concert pianist. In his late teens, Thom dropped his musical ambitions, switched to the study of art, and essentially never played in public again. Yet his love of music was literally inscribed in his work: a surprising number of house plans boast a space conspicuously earmarked for a grand piano, even for clients who didn't own or play the instrument. As he once wrote to his former art teacher, Jack Shadbolt: "One of the things that I enjoy thinking about are the periods in history, such as the age of J.S. Bach, when a man's beliefs about his art were at one with his beliefs about the world at large."
Bending Space
Ron Thom often veered away from the conventional square grid to explore different modes of configuring form and space. He occasionally laid out his plans on a diamond-shaped grid, which allowed him to create dramatically shaped structures with taut mathematical logic. The diamond grid is the form-generator of his designs for the Carmichael and Case houses in West Vancouver, the Round Room at Massey College, and the dining-hall ceiling at Trent University's Champlain College. Most of the corners in these houses boast angles of 30, 60 or 120 degrees rather than the 90-degree standard. The resulting sightlines and spatial complexities imbue these projects with a striking dynamic.
A Total Work of Art
In 1960, the Massey Foundation invited Ron Thom and three other prominent architects to submit designs for an exceptional new graduate-student residence in Toronto to be known as Massey College. "It should, in its form, reflect the life that will go on inside it," read the design memorandum, "and should possess certain qualities: dignity, grace, beauty and warmth." The Massey College competition embodied Thom's ideal of a gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art into which the architect would design, commission or otherwise oversee each component of the building from the outside in, from the gardens to the ashtrays. Thom won the coveted commission, and Massey College was completed in 1963. In 2013, the College received the Prix du XXe siècle award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Heritage Canada Foundation, for its enduring status as a nationally significant architecture landmark.
The House as Prototype
Like many architects, Ron Thom used his house commissions as a means of exploring concepts, materials and details that he would later employ in larger projects. The distinctive rooflines, hanging lanterns, and leather drawer pull-handles found in his domestic architecture are echoed throughout Massey College and Trent University. The connections are particularly striking between Massey and the 1951 Copp House in Vancouver. The Copp House offers an architectural précis of Ron Thom's fundamental design approach: interlocking beams and planes of unpainted wood, which generate uncanny multi-leveled spaces and high clerestory windows; a lightwell seeps down into a dark space; a path through the darkness leads to a sheet of light at the back of the house. The chairs and tables brought to the Copp family home in 1964 after its addition are prototypes that Thom had first created for Massey College—fitting for the house that served as a template for much of his work.
Master Planner
Around 1960, a team of visionaries developed a concept for a new liberal arts university in the verdant countryside near Peterborough, Ontario. Tom Symons was enraptured by the emerging beauty of Massey College, then under construction at the University of Toronto, and championed Ron Thom as the master planner and chief architect for what would become Trent University. Given a generous budget and a picturesque acreage fronting the Otonabee River, Thom would spend much of the next decade designing or helping oversee everything: overall campus plan, roadways, main college buildings, pedestrian paths, landscaping, floor coverings, lighting, desks, cabinets, chairs, tables, stools, dinnerware, artwork, ashtrays. Ron Thom designed the university's flagship building, Champlain College, and worked with or consigned his senior associates to design Lady Eaton College, the Bata Library, and the Reginald Faryon Bridge. In September 1964, the first students were officially admitted to Trent University: in Symons' words, "a place of aesthetic as well as intellectual excitement."


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I was looking at the Knicks, Lakers, and Mavericks.
The Dallas Mavericks are looking to make a trade and that was backed up by owner Mark Cuban on Monday.
"We're letting everybody know that the 'Bank of Cuban' is open," Cuban told ESPNDallas.com. "If it's the right deal, we don't mind taking back money. But we're not going to do a trade just to do a trade. It's got to be worthwhile."
The Mavs want to be a player in the free agent market beginning in July and they likely have put it out to other teams that they are willing to take back more salary in trades, for players with expiring contracts, as a way to stock assets. The team is currently about $10.1 million below the luxury tax threshold.
Knicks get: Shawn Marion and Steve Blake
Lakers get: Amare, Chris Kaman, Pablo Prigioni
Mavs get: Pau Gasol, Chris Copeland, Ronnie Brewer
My reasoning:
Mavericks are looking for a splash and everyone knows Pau Gasol is a good player that is stuck in a bad situation. He doesn't fit the team anymore and would be revitalized somewhere else. In comes Dallas, Cuban is looking for a splash in free agency but odds are they won't gamble again. They want someone that will instantly make them better and Gasol does that. Having a Gasol/Dirk front court is the best scoring front court in the NBA. Put Gasol at center and Dirk at the 4 and you have two legit options down low. Mavericks also get Brewer to replace Marion's defensive prowess and a very good underrated scoring option in Chris Copeland sporting a high per. Woodson is not playing Copeland enough and doesn't trust him consistently. Cope will do better on another team that will use him more. Plus Mavs want 1 year deals and Brewer and Cope are on 1 year deals.
Knicks want to dump Amare and the Lakers look like the most likely destination because of Steve Nash and since Buss is desperate for wins and will spend to do it. We would get back Shawn Marion and Steve Blake. Marion is a solid defensive forward that can score and rebounds which we suck at. Blake is just to let Lakers dump someone they don't want, and he makes 3's which we love shooting. Knicks would save salary but get back only one decent player. Knicks are not looking for talent, just cap space and less years.
Lakers need a stronger bench and another scoring option. Amare is the scoring option and played fantastic in the 2010 all star game with Dwight Howard in which they were lobbing alley oops to each other. Amare is also great in pick and rolls and Mike D helped Amare score 25 ppg in 2010. Knicks would also trade Pablo Prigioni because he is a great pick and roll PG and the Lakers are lacking solid PG play. Chris Kaman would be coming off the bench as a solid back up center. Lakers bench of Prigs/Meeks/Jamison/Hill/Kaman is solid.
Mavs and Lakers need a change and are desperate, the Knicks just need to dump Amare.
So i expect haters to say how dumb and useless this was but im looking for anyone that thinks these teams might do something big this season or the next. And if my reasoning makes any sense.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
I think we would give up too much. I wouldn't mind seeing Marion in a Knick jersey. Him and Chandler battleing the boards could give us a great boost rebounding and defensive wise.
Prig and Copeland played really well so far. The only player i wouldn't mind giving away is Brewer.
This team has been build to win now and i don't want us give up decent pieces without really upgrading. If we won't get atleast to the ECF than we can still start trading and clearing cap space next season.
just my 2 cent
I agree,This team has been build to win now and i don't want us give up decent pieces without really upgrading. If we won't get atleast to the ECF than we can still start trading and clearing cap space next season.
I think we should give STAT a chance, and reevaluate at the end of the season, or maybe i just feel sorry for Amare..
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Marion is one of the best perimeter defenders in this league, would love to see him here. Great rebounder and ideal player for fast breaks.
Perimeter defense, rebounds, fast breaks, we need this all.
There is literally no trade scenario that allows us to dump Amre right now or maybe ever!
The most we can hope for is he regains form and is a beast in the playoffs but even then teams will be leary
And if we do trade him no chance we get a quality player back like Marion
Just my opinion...
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
I'm comfortable with the team right now. I'm still waiting to see this team play with a full healthy roster before thinking of any trade scenerio. I mean, we are sitting in first place of the Atlantic with a team that has yet to play a full game with each other due to injuries. I'm not so sure if i would want to tamper with that.
We need to stop panicking. I know we haven't been used to winning in a while, but we are far from being a bad team or a team in need. As for myself... I'll be exercising a bit of patience, at least until after the all star break.
Timeout i hope you realize how atrocious a Front court of Dirk and Pau would be defensively.. i dont think the Mavs bite on this deal and i highly doubt Lakers want Amare what they need is Ryan Anderson
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Anyone can be traded in the NBA. Iverson, Arenas, Rashard Lewis, etc...anyone with a bad attitude or a bad contract some team will make a gamble on.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
As much as I like Prigs he would fit better with a pick and roll coach like Mike D. Woodson doesnt do enough pick and rolls in my opinion. And With Kidd showing that he is no longer a legit starting PG, we need some young legs as a bakcup PG behind Felton. Someone that can dish but also penetrate to the hoop which Pablo rarely does.
I don't expect Knicks to get back anything solid for Amare. In my opinion Marion is not that valuable. He brings defense and rebounding but his scoring is sub par. He is not worth 8 million dollars so I figured Dallas can start their other young forwards and quickly develop them while having better offensive talent come in with Pau.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Dallas has an overload of small forwards and Jae Crowder needs some more playing time, Marion is sort of in the way of that developing.
Pau is bad on defense at center but so is Amare, yet everyone knows Amare is best at the center position because he can exploit players on the offensive end. Pau is 7 feet and rebounds well so even though the defense isnt fantastic, Dallas would be getting two 7 footers that can spread the floor for OJ Mayo and Darren Collison to drive at will. Imagine the floor spacing with those two bigs and few teams can match the size. There are more advantages than disadvantages for Dallas if they had a Pau/Dirk pairing.
Plus it would show Dirk that Dallas is trying to make him happy.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Shawn Marion already showed he dont like to be traded .. only a fool GM would trade for Marion. Plus Marion is not going for Dolan's golden-boy Melo bullshaaat.Trade:
Knicks get: Shawn Marion and Steve Blake
Lakers get: Amare, Chris Kaman, Pablo Prigioni
Mavs get: Pau Gasol, Chris Copeland, Ronnie Brewer
Rookie Prigioni talent & decision-making are levels above Steve Blake skills.
No player can help the Lakers no-strategic celebrity coach Damnphony.
Mark Cuban two seasons of decision-making already sold-out one of the top strategic headcoaches in the NBA, Rick Carlisle.
The Knicks added 9 new players to the roster in the offseason ........
Our cap situation is "screwed" anyway until 2014/2015. So for me it makes no sense to get rid of players who really contribute right now (Cope, Prigioni) just to give us a bit more D and Rebounding (like Marion would). Best case scenario would be Amare + Brewer for some good role player but that's not gonna happen.


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District Attorney Jim Farrell announced that Christopher Rubio, 27, of Swan Lake, N.Y. was sentenced on December 19, 2013, in Sullivan County Court to 10 years in state prison and 5 years of post release supervision for convictions of Burglary in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree, both class C violent felonies by County Judge Frank LaBuda.
Farrell said that Rubio admitted to burglarizing a home on Barton Road in the Town of Liberty in January of 2013 and stealing five lawfully possessed handguns from a gun safe inside. Rubio was arrested after an investigation by the New York State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and the Village of Liberty Police, Detective Division. One of the stolen handguns was recovered as a result of the investigation and the other four are still being sought by police.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Rubio faced a minimum of 7 years in state prison up to a maximum of 12 years in prison and Farrell said that his office recommended the maximum of 12 years in state prison with 5 years of post release supervision.
Farrell praised the joint investigation of the two police agencies, "This investigation was led by members of the New York State Police BCI and was assisted by the Liberty Police Detective Division and their joint efforts resulted in the recovery of one of the stolen handguns and the removal of a burglar from the community for an extended period of time. This was an excellent example of teamwork in law enforcement. We will continue our efforts to ensure that those who burglarize homes are held to account and are sentenced to state prison terms."


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A 23-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor, who was shot outside his bedroom after witnesses said he confronted young men who had broken into his Miami home looking for money.
The jury deliberated about 16 hours over four days before returning the verdict in the trial of Eric Rivera Jr., who admitted in a videotaped confession to police days after Taylor's death that he fired the fatal shot after kicking in the bedroom door. At the trial, he said on the witness stand that his confession was given only under police pressure and amid purported threats to his family.
Rivera was also convicted of armed burglary. Although Rivera did not get the maximum first-degree murder conviction, he still faces a potential life prison sentence. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy did not immediately set a sentencing date, but will hold a related hearing on Dec. 10.
Four other men were also charged in the case and three will be tried later.
Legal experts said the verdict appeared to be a compromise, with at least some jurors doubting the confession and questioning whether Rivera, who was 17 at the time, truly pulled the trigger — but not that he played a role in the burglary plot.
Taylor, a Pro Bowl safety who had starred at the University of Miami, was shot in the upper thigh, damaging his femoral artery and causing massive blood loss. Witnesses say Taylor was shot when he confronted the group with a machete outside his bedroom. A medical examiner said he was essentially dead on arrival at a hospital on Nov. 26, 2007, although doctors did manage to restart his heart for a while.
Taylor, a first-round Redskins draft pick in 2004, signed an $18 million contract with the team and was becoming one of the NFL's top defensive players when he was slain.
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If it actually got its harris into gear it could be talking about figures that dwarf even what it has now.
But it's a lazy grouping of self-interested clubs whose insular attitudes are desperately unhealthy for the game as a whole.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
New Updates To Both Leaked SBD Projects
More of an overhaul was done to the "Tier 2" compilation, such as removing four instances of Shapiro banter, editing the tags so that certain files play in the correct order now, and the addition of four other tracks someone graciously alerted me to:
Rift 7/5/94, Reba > Yerushalayim... 7/8/94, Izabella 12/6/97, SOAM 11/6/98
The Izabella and SOAM were part of Kevin Shapiro's MySpace page a while back. Unfortunately (and correct me if I am wrong) these were only offered in 80 kbps mp3 and suffer from some pretty harsh compression. The cymbals and hi-hat in SOAM sound awful, but the rest of the music sounds pretty solid. This is a real shame because it means the original master track is of a very high quality. Hopefully we'll see it as a pre-FM FTA one day! I'm not sure where the other two tracks came from. Any credible info is appreciated.
I mention this info in the main blog post for the SBD comps, but I'll reiterate here:
-if you already downloaded the previous versions and just want the new tracks and the tracks whose tags were edited to fall into the correct sequence, just download the "extra files" folders I've linked to in the main post. Be aware that if your media player (or iPod, whatever) orders tracks by track number and you just drop these new files into the same folder, the ordering may be all screwed up since I have re-numbered all the tracks from start to finish. If your player goes by filename, you will be all set. If you're not sure or confused on how to re-tag your own files, I suggest deleting what you have and grabbing the updated links. If you do decide to just drop the new files into your exisiting folder, for Tier 2 I would first delete the tracks that will be replaced by the newly tagged ones (i.e. everything in this new "extra files" folder except those 4 new tracks)
-One last thing: I've had a couple folks mention that the playlist would have a smoother, more polished feel if the tracks were crossfaded and not as abrupt. I agree, but this is something that makes more sense to be done on the user end upon playback. If I re-process them with crossfades, you may not prefer the length of my crossfades, and then the files are permanently altered. Almost any media player or software can crossfade on the fly. I have a Droid and the PowerAmp app kicks ass (free trial, $5 or $6 to buy), and you can set it to crossfade any tracks that are not in a gapless format already.
7 comments:
- Sam said...
Thank you so much for all the effort on these!
And I love the attention to detail with track tagging/numbers/etc.
- May 23, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Greg Schwartz said...
Totally with you on not cross-fading these on the front end. No going back from that.
- May 23, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Sam said...
btw, for some reason when I drop the new Polaris Cities into iTunes, it shows in the table as being a ridiculous 1:26:33 (though it play properly as a 19:59-length track)
no biggie...
- May 23, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Kenny Powers said...
yeah, the same happens w/ 2/23/97 Fluff and 11/16/94 Foggy Mtn breakdown>Swing Low Sweet Chariot, which are the three tracks i removed the Kevin Shapiro talking. i edited the main blog post with this:
(for some reason, after I reprocessed these files something bizarre happened - in your tracklist the files will show a rediculously long time, like 86 minutes for the Cities. Rest assured, the files are not that large and there is no silence after the music ends. Not sure what happened there).
- May 23, 2011 at 6:59 PM
- Kenny Powers said...
huh, actually iTunes is displaying the correct times for the Fluff and Foggy Mtn tracks....the times were screwy on my phone and in Foobar on my PC. only the Cities appears to display a bunk track time of 86 and a half minutes. that would have been sweet!!!
- May 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- B. said...
Thanks for the centralized soundboard repository. I haven't checked out your 'remasters' but love the ease of grabbing these tracks all bundled together! As one of the officers of the pre-broadband PCP(People for a Clearer Phish) from the 1990s, I know exactly how much work you're putting in and appreciate your trememndous effort.
Might I make a recommendation? If so, I recommend that you give each revision of the LSBDP a version number (y'know, LEAKS-1.31, or the like).
That way, 'Joe and/or Jane Schmoe' can just check back in 6 mos and see that he/she is 4 revisions out of date and should probably just download the newest version, etc...
Just a thought...
Have a good one. The tapes from Bethel make me think things are getting better, so I hope you catch some ragers.
- May 31, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Kenny Powers said...
Funny you mention that b/c I was going to do that, or was thinking about it anyway. I think my brain just got sore and I just forgot. Thanks for bringing it up though, and glad you're enjoying the fruits of my labor!
I caught Bethel Sat night and it was siiiiick.
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:) Well, this is an old thread, but just want to let everyone know that I'm back!!! LOL! Baby #2 (a boy named Jude) arrived on July 5th and was a quick latcher. I feel like we're doing everything right this time around. Last time we breastfed on a schedule (every two hours) and supplemented occasionally with formula. This time, we're feeding him on demand and exclusively breast milk. It's pretty exhausting. This kid wants to eat every 20 minutes!
Milk production is good but I suspect some oversupply when he feeds on my left breast since he will often throw up (through the nose and mouth) immediately after feeding off that breast. It doesn't happen with the right side. I'm trying to resolve that by expressing some of the milk by hand before feeding him and then holding him at an a 30 degree angle when feeding and leaning back so he's above the nipple. His stools are plentiful and he seems to be gaining. They are so far mustardy with a few dots of green just this morning. So far no vomiting today, so I'll keep on top of it and see if all seems okay over the next few days.
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It's tempting to look around at today's literary scene, with its Twilight and its Fifty Shades of Grey, and wonder if we shouldn't just flush the whole goddamn concept of written language down the toilet -- maybe start again with some sort of hybrid colorwheel/odor system for communicating thoughts. Strangely, the one genre thriving in the swamp of modern literature seems to be science fiction. It's kind of appropriate, actually: All of our crazy high technology has made publishing and distributing books about crazy high technology much more approachable and widespread than ever. But even the best works could stand to learn a little something from the past, so here are a few things that I miss about old science fiction, and would like to see come back.
Note: You know I'm probably going to whore the newest and final episode of my science fiction serial novel, Rx - Episode 3: Industry, up in this piece, right? This is something we authors must do. The price we pay for creative integrity is every single shred of our basic human dignity. Please, do not hate me, for it is pity you should truly feel. Pity for the sad creature that does stuff like this: If you want to check it out, the first episode is free on Amazon until midnight Pacific on August 17! And the complete collected edition of all three episodes is available now for only $4.99! Some scientists* have gone on public record as stating that Rx: A Tale of Electronegativity is the only certain cure for erectile dysfunction!
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Neal Stephenson -- who once wrote a book about a virtual-reality bushido master/pizza delivery man named Hiro Protagonist, but has since devoted his entire writing career to meta-history at the expense of all the world's forests -- has publicly bemoaned the rather dismal nature of modern science fiction. And he's absolutely right: Sci-fi used to be about how awesome and wonderful the future could be; it used to be about big, stupid, bright, shiny ideas that could never happen -- until they did.
The idea is that kids grew up reading about amazing stuff in science fiction, and then devoted their lives to science so they could one day make fiction a reality. That theory holds that we only have cellphones today because some kid watched Star Trek and couldn't bear to live in a world without Communicators anymore. Since his only options were "suicide" or "science," and he never learned to tie a proper noose, he went to college -- and that's why you can shoot birds at farm animals at red lights today.
And it only costs the safety and lives of your fellow drivers!
But even if that's true, I don't think the theory means that the sci-fi of yesteryear was all Fluffiness Augmenters and Snuggle Rays: When people talk about classic science fiction, they often refer to Orwell, Bradbury, Dick and Huxley -- all of whom wrote brutal, merciless dystopian fiction. And there's a reason for that: The negative stuff tends to stick with you, because as sad as it is, a slap in the face is more memorable than a good hug. But even if you're writing a miserably dystopian piece of fiction -- even if you're writing a post-apocalyptic piece about a clone army of Mao Zedongs piloting a squadron of Rape-Bots into an orphanage -- there's a way to do it that doesn't place the blame on technology.
Our most optimistic mainstream science fiction is doubtlessly Star Trek, but look at that universe: You can't walk ten steps without tripping over a cruel intergalactic Godcube. It's as full of strife, conflict and action as any dystopia -- it's just that science isn't at fault in that world. Science is usually the solution, or at the very least, it's neutrally awesome. You blast that arrogant Godcube with your phasers; or you reverse the shit out of that Q's polarity; or you beam your crew out of that Klingon prison, replacing each member with an armed photon torpedo, so that when those filthy aliens get to hell, they can tell the bumpy-headed devil that Science sent them.
3Exploring the Future of Mankind, Instead of Navel-Gazing at Private Drama
I've said it before: One of the main advantages that science fiction has over other genres is its ability to use a ridiculous, far-flung future scenario to take an unflinching look at the present. Great sci-fi isn't about a person; it's about people. Often that means the plot is a little flat or some of the characters are a bit archetypal -- but that's OK. When you're trying to pack a dense and interesting setting, a cutting societal metaphor and some compelling science all together into a single story, Sprint Laserkick's hurt emotions are the first sheep to be culled. For example: I could not, to this day, name a single character from a Philip K. Dick novel apart from Deckard -- and I only remember him because he was Harrison Ford at his Harrison Fordiest.
OK, maybe second Fordiest.
That's not a knock on Dick: I love Dick (and no, I am not ashamed). It's just that character didn't matter in the slightest to Philip K. Dick -- the guy spent his career slamming amphetamines in a shack while trying to dodge a giant mechanical head spying on him from the clouds, and still managed to knock out compelling science fiction novels at the rate of one a week. (If you're not familiar with Philip K. Dick, I'm not being random; every single word of that biography was absolutely true. Go read his books.) Dick didn't have time to painstakingly chronicle Maurice ManintheHighCastle's emotions -- because every minute he spent writing about Walter WeCanBuildYou's fatherly abandonment issues was a minute the sky-head got closer, and the only thing that drove it away was plot twists. The dude had his priorities.
#1. Stop the Sky-Head. #2. Meth. #3. Literature.
Don't get me wrong. Character-driven sci-fi pieces have their place, and they often make for the best stories, but sometimes they also lose what's great about science fiction: the ability to take a look at what we're all doing right now, as a species, through the harsh and objective lens of Martian robots. I'm not saying it's impossible to work a compelling and complete character into a forward-thinking sci-fi book. I'm just saying that lately a lot of authors seem to be dipping their Serious Chocolate in my Goofy Sci-Fi Peanut Butter. Sure, that shit is delicious together, but sometimes a man doesn't feel like a Reese's -- maybe he wanted to use that peanut butter to make a sandwich or something, and now there are little crumbs of solemnity all up in there. Not cool.


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Special agent Christopher Deedy has been indicted for his murder.
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Potato Precaution
Before you embark on your low-calorie potato topping adventure—A whopper of a potato, before toppings, can have more calories than a 6-ounce sirloin steak (though none of the saturated fat). The bigger the potato, the more topping acreage: Use small potatoes for side dishes, large spuds if you're going to make them into an entrée.
Small (1-3/4" to 2-1/2" diameter): 150 calories
Medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4"): 190 calories
Large (3" to 4-1/4"): 325 calories
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LOTR movies and Kick Ass.
Jacky chan movies
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Jacky chan movies
srsly dude?
tron legacy
Agree with norwegian....
LOTR trilogy are the greatest movies i dont get bored of...
Alien Quadrilogy, had movie marathons - all 8 editions in a row. Never get sick of it. :D
Lol, i watched Room 1408 way to much.
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Seriously man?
I have to agree with OP. The Longest Yard is a HILARIOUS movie. Terry Crews for the win.
Originally Posted by ~Elixir~
Agree with norwegian....
LOTR trilogy are the greatest movies i dont get bored of...
what's your fav. LOTR?
LOTR and Forrest Gump :D
-Dont be a menace in south central while drinking orange juice- lol and -friday- (the first one only)
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LOTR and Forrest Gump :D
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I love Tom Hanks, sue me. >_>
Originally Posted by ~The Norwegian~
what's your fav. LOTR?
Return of the King....
and i forgot to mention Forrest Gump... thnks Mugi...!!
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CHICAGO (January 24, 2014) – The APICS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advances supply chain and operations management and innovation through research, educational programs and talent development, today announced its 2014 Board of Directors that will lead the foundation in a year of dynamic progress and programs.
The APICS Foundation 2014 board officers and members are:
President: Karl Klaesius, CPIM, KS&E Enterprises
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Alan Dunn, CPIM, GDI Consulting and Training
Barbara Flynn, PhD, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Katie Fowler, Schlumberger
Antonio Galvao, CSCP, Sealed Air Inc.
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Board President Karl Klaesius added, "2014 will be a year of growth and progress for the APICS Foundation. Our directors are working in partnership with APICS to grow the organization and maximize its relevance to the field.The Foundation is overseeing numerous conferences and events, educational workshops, publications, and programs for students and scholars, as well as spearheading significant industry research."
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REV25 NYC has come and gone. It was an action packed, fun weekend and we'd like to send a big thanks to all the bands who played and everyone who attended. In this fast moving internet world, a ton of photos and video from the shows have already hit the web. Here's a few that have come our way so far:Photos from Joe Carey
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Revelation Records 25th Anniversary NYC Show Schedule:
Thursday, October 11, 2012:
Texas Is The Reason
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Southern Florida hardcore band Where Fear And Weapons Meet has reunited.The group originally formed in the late '90s, subsquently releasing material with Revelation Records, Eulogy Recordings, Triple Crown Records and Think Fast! Records before breaking up in 2004. Their 2012 lineup features original members John Wylie (Morning Again, Until The End) and Jason Lederman (Against All Authority, Shai Hulud). The lineup is rounded off with Think Fast! co-owner Larry Scott, Chip Walbert (All Hell Breaks Loose, Until The End) and Chad Kishick (Shai Hulud). Where Fear And Weapons Meet's first show back will be a headlining appearance at Bringin It Back for the Kids Fest 2 on Friday, October 12th in Pompano Beach, FL. Additionally, we're told that the band will soon begin working on new material. Posted By:Webmaster
Youth Of Today is set to headline Edge Day 2012 in Philidelphia, PA. Other bands on the bill include Foundation, Stick Together, Beware and more. Click on the flyer below for more info.
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