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I think NASCAR found its New Coke
Amanda Vincent is responsible for this content, which is not edited by the Wilson County News or wilsoncountynews.com.
January 20, 2014
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Sometimes change is a good thing; sometimes it's not. Sometimes, frankly, it's just too much. In case you haven't heard, NASCAR is throwing around ideas for changing its Chase for the Sprint Cup. One proposed new format has leaded out over the last few days, and it's been garnering a lot of criticism across social media. Here's a gist of this proposed new Chase format:
Under this proposed new format, the Chase field would be expanded from 12 (or 13 -- circa 2013) to 16 drivers. And under this new proposal, wins, not points are what primarily get drivers in. It's pretty much a "win and your in" idea. The 16 full-time drivers with the most wins would be the 16 Chasers. If fewer than 16 drivers win races in the first 26 events, the field would be filled out by winless drivers with the most points. If more than 16 win, drivers with the most wins get in with tie breakers determined by points.
Then there will be eliminations once the Chase gets underway. The four drivers at the bottom of the standings would be eliminated after race three. Four more would be eliminated after race six and then another four after race nine.
And hold on to your hats to the part of this proposed format that's on the receiving end of the most criticism, and personally, the part I hate most about this idea. For the four drivers still in the championship hunt come the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the points will be reset with the driver of those four performing the best in the finale taking the title.
Remember that whole New Coke debacle of the 1980s? Okay, so maybe I'm dating myself, but anyway, I'm thinking this whole aforementioned idea, if it is implemented, could be NASCAR's New Coke. In case you're forgetting, let me refresh your memory. It didn't go well.
I'm all for putting more emphasis one wins, but this proposed format is going just a little too far in that direction. On top of that, I think this idea puts way too much weight on the final race of the season. Sure, I think the final race should be important but reseting the points for that final shootout may be a little much.
Maybe change is needed; maybe it's not. But if change is in order, I think NASCAR needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.
Again, though, this is just a proposal at this point. An official announcement regarding changes, if any, is expected later this month. Meanwhile, I'll keep my fingers crossed that this won't be it.
What do you think? Let us know on Twitter @AutoRacingDaily or on Facebook (facebook.com/autorcngdaily). Amanda's also on Twitter @NASCARexaminer and has a fan/like page on Facebook: NASCAR Examiner
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First DriveBentley Continental GT SpeedFlying At The Sound Of SpeedAnyone who's ever climbed out of a Bentley Continental GT is unlikely to say: "Nice car, but it could do with more oomph." An official top speed of 198 mph is usually enough for most drivers. But that hasn't stopped Bentley from squeezing out more performance. The new Continental GT Speed is the result.
I say 'official' top speed because it's common knowledge that every production Continental GT and Flying Spur is capable of over 200 mph. It's just that, with typical British reserve, Bentley plays things down a bit. One UK journalist recently took a completely stock Flying Spur to a verified 208 mph, with four adults inside and the air conditioning on full blast. No drama, just speed. Lots and lots of lovely, glorious speed.
So it's fitting that this new model, with an 'official' velocity of 202 mph is called the GT Speed. It's inspired by the legendary 'Speed' models of the 1920s, which were more performance-oriented versions of existing cars. And the new GT Speed is faster than the Continental GT, not through any weight reduction or aerodynamic advances, but because of extensive engineering.
One of Bentley's reasons for beefing up the Continental GT was that customers were returning their cars to the factory after they'd been 'tuned' (by various so-called specialists) to liberate more power. It turns out that increasing boost and remapping the engine management systems results in the world's most expensive pile of swarf. So the company decided to give customers what they wanted: a faster Continental GT, but one that can take the stresses of more power.
The engine remains a 6.0-liter, quad-cam, twin-turbo W12 masterpiece, now overhauled with new, stronger internals and a revised engine management system. There's a reworked crankcase, a lighter camshaft drive, lighter connecting rods and stronger pistons. Power is up by nine percent to 600 hp and torque up by 15 percent to 553 lb-ft. The zero-to-60 mph time is 4.3 seconds and 100 mph comes up in just 10.3 seconds. Let's not forget, this car weighs two and a half tons, which equates to a couple of early Porsche 911s. Just imagine what this engine could do in a smaller, lighter vehicle.
Bentleys have always been about more than plain facts and figures. An effortless grand tourer, the Continental GT redefines how one thinks a car should be built. Swing the heavy door, hear the solid thunk and you're insulated from the world in double-glazed, leather- and wood-lined luxury. There's nowhere else you'd rather be. Press the correct button and you'll even get a back massage at 200 mph.
The GT Speed has not lost any of the Conti's refinements. It's still a benchmark for luxury and comes with the Mulliner package as standard, whereas the standard GT offers it as a cost option. Externally, the car differs by having a more upright (to help with the cooling) dark-tinted chrome grille and new meshing covering both the main and lower air intakes. At the rear, there's a black lower bumper valance and new exhaust pipes. But the biggest difference is the fitting of new, multi-spoke, 20-inch wheels, which suit the lines of the car by adding a sense of menace, particularly as the ride height has also been lowered.
Both the Continental GT and GT Speed have benefited from tweaks to the nose section, with a more clearly defined lower valance that sharpens up the whole face. The GT Speed doesn't replace the Continental GT, but complements it as a more focused, harder-edged driving machine.
The extra punch is immediately apparent. Which is impressive, as the standard model is certainly no slouch. It sounds gruffer and there's a distinct whoom at idle, which always turns heads. Where the original GT tends to succumb too easily to understeer when cornering hard, the GT Speed comes alive. Although it still feels heavy, it's more sprightly, more responsive to inputs and definitely more fun to drive. No longer does it feel nose-heavy. Instead, it's poised, well balanced and impeccably behaved.
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Another big improvement is the optional ceramic-disc braking system. It costs more to order than most small cars are to buy-an eye-watering $20,000. But colossal levels of speed are wiped off without a hint of bother. Internal organs will shift forward, but it's nice to know this beast can be brought to a standstill with such devastating effectiveness.
As is the way with Bentley, the GT Speed isn't blighted by badges or decals. That would be vulgar. But the educated eye will notice the details: the new wheels, the new exhaust pipes, the revised grille, the lower ride height and the biggest brake rotors one is ever likely to see. These all combine to tell the discerning observer that is the greatest driver's car Bentley has ever built.
2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed
*DrivetrainLongitudinal front engine, all-wheel drive
*Engine6.0-liter W12, dohc, 48-valve
*TransmissionSix-speed automatic
*SuspensionProgressive air springs, adjustable continuous damping with ride height control, front and rear
*BrakesEight-piston calipers, ventilated and perforated rotors, ABS, electronic park brake; optional carbon-ceramic rotors
*DimensionsLength/Width/Height (in.): 189/75.4/54.3Wheelbase: 108 in.Curb Weight: 5180 lb
*PerformancePeak Power: 600 hp @ 6000 rpmPeak Torque: 553 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm0-62 mph: 4.3 sec.Top Speed: 202 mph
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AbstractIf a random firm were to increase its wages, would that decrease the firm's churning ("excessive" worker reallocation)? Although the trade-off between wage and churning costs has received attention in both the labour and HRM literatures, there seems to be no evidence about the causal impact of wages upon churning. This paper seeks to fill that gap by considering detailed Portuguese matched employer-employee panel data and different identification methods. After presenting comprehensive evidence about job and worker flows and churning, we find that even models based on within-firm time differences do still generate the negative association between wages and turnover found in most research. However, that result no longer holds when we consider instrumental variables based on minimum wages determined by collective bargaining arrangements. One possible interpretation of our finding is that workers' effort may not be sufficiently sensitive to wages: employers may replace workers priced out of the labour market with more skilled individuals, so that churning does not fall.
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- Pedro S. Martins, 2008. "Worker churning and firms' wage policies," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 29(1), pages 48-63, May.
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Personnel Economics - - - General
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Your mod seems like one of the coolest ones out there. I've been watching for a long time and it keeps getting better. Hope you can get back to work soon!
Are you going to add Arnor as it's own faction? Because the RjRotWK mod did a good job, but it wasn't completely without glitches and now it is Dead. If you did this it would make a lot of people happy and it would make me happy as well. Thanks for listening and hopefully you consider this.
No. I'm not going to, because enough work is enough for now - aren't two new factions and an island enough for you?
Depends on what Factions you are adding? And yes I would be grateful just for the two factions you are adding, but who are they? Isn't the Westernesse about Arnor and the Dunedain though.
No, it's about the Elendili and Black Numenoreans, who are in conflict - whilst Arnor and Gondor have a part in the campaign, it is rather insignificant.
So the Black Numenoreans and the Elendili are the 2 new factions?
The more you ask, the less inclined I am to reply. However, in answer to your question, there has been little visible progress on Westernesse. What I have been doing is stripping down the vanilla RotWK to the point where unnecessary assets are no longer shipped, thus reducing the mod's size.
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I like my side blogs much more but they dont have any followers. I just wish this wasnt my main blog anymore. I would delete it but I would miss the friends I've made. Anyway those are my thoughts right now. Goodnight everyone.
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Ruling Sought in Arizona Same-Sex Marriage Case
Tuesday Apr 22, 2014
Gay and lesbian couples challenging Arizona's ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal court for a pretrial ruling in their favor.
Gay Days Arrives in Arizona
By EDGE | Monday Apr 21, 2014
The heat is on in Arizona as Gay Days arrives in Phoenix, May 8-12, 2014. Organizers of Arizona's inaugural year anticipate upwards of 10,000 participants at 15 different events throughout the long weekend.
Court Extends Stay on New Arizona Abortion Rules
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A federal appeals court panel issued an injunction blocking new Arizona abortion restrictions that are considered the most stringent in the nation, saying women likely would suffer irreparable harm if they're allowed to take effect.
Lawmaker Tells Openly Gay Ariz. Senator to 'Act More Gay'
By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Apr 3, 2014
Nearly a month after Arizona state Sen. Steve Gallardo (D) made headlines for coming out as gay, Arizona state Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford (D) told Gallardo to "act more gay" in a closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday, because she questioned his sexuality.
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Wednesday Apr 2, 2014
Attorneys for plaintiffs in one of two pending lawsuits challenging Arizona's ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal court to hold off on combining the suits into one case.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Won't Seek Third Term
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found floating in the St. Albans City Pool Monday afternoon is that of missing
Swanton man Chris Davis, 22.
Investigators spent the day protecting
the pool because now they're calling it a crime scene, but they won't say if
Davis is a victim of foul play. The medical examiner was unable to determine a
timeline for Davis' death or what killed him. Franklin County State's Attorney
Jim Hughes-- who was on the scene Tuesday-- says it's a complicated autopsy, in
part because of the length of time the body was in the water. Investigators
have not ruled out homicide and plan to secure the scene overnight.
"It's certainly a
serious crime scene. As you can tell they've drained the pool, sifting whatever
was on the bottom looking for any signs of evidence. There's going to be a
serious investigation," Hughes said.
The victim's family says
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string of robberies in Franklin county. The medical examiner plans to resume
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Nicotine Patch May Improve Memory in Pre-Dementia Patients
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The patch used in this study is different from patches commonly available in the U.S., says Newhouse.
"They don't dump nicotine [into the bloodstream] as quickly as American patches. Instead, they release it more slowly. For our study, they worked particularly well," he says.
Newhouse says that nicotine appears to help the brain consolidate memory. By that he means the process of taking in information and permanently storing it in the brain for future recall.
"Memories need to be encoded, stored, and retrieved, and all of these steps can have problems," says Newhouse. "It looks like nicotine helps that process. Patients in the study did not remember more right away, but they forgot less over time."
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While the results of the study are promising, Newhouse says it will take a much larger study, one that includes hundreds of patients, to draw real conclusions about nicotine's potential to restore memory loss and to protect against disease. He is optimistic.
"There's strong interest now, and we understand the biology much better," Newhouse says.
Both Newhouse and Grill say researchers in the field are pushing hard to identify the onset of dementia at earlier and earlier stages, in hopes of finding ways to halt its progress and prevent the devastation of the disease. Doing so, however, will require new methods of studying how patients react to treatments.
"As our field moves earlier in the disease process, our current tools may not have the sensitivity to measure the results," says Grill, who is encouraged by the current study.
"I'd have to put myself in the camp of optimism," he says. "We need treatments for the millions of people with mild [memory loss], and we don't have any FDA-approved treatments."


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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light; and
where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
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to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
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book is GOOD. It's a fast paced read about Azalea Lewis and her struggle
to find out why she has so many uncanny coincidences surrounding her
Midsummer's Day, 1982, three year-old Azalea is found wandering a
fairground in England alone. Nobody knows why she is alone or
what happened to her parents. A nice couple adopts Azalea and
takes her to their mission school in Uganda.
On Midsummer's day 1992,
her new parents are killed by the LRA tyrant Joseph Kony.
Azalea survives the attack and is adopted yet again by a loving
family who takes her home to England.
Azalea's life is full of
coincidences. Lots of super unexplainable coincidences
that have lead her to believe that she is going to die on the
Midsummer's day of her thirtieth birthday.
I just cannot say enough good things
about this book. I rarely read non-fiction, I have
never finished a non-fiction book. I just can't pay attention! I
blame it on the ADD. Anyway, Detroit
is a must read for anyone even slightly interested in the decay of
the once great city.
The book is
gripping... surreal. How can this actually have happened? The
city's mayor denying necessary upgrades to firehouses but hiring
Strawberry the stripper and then having her killed? No way.
Five years ago, I
drove through the city on a tour of my family's roots and was
dumbfounded at what I saw. I had no idea it was so bad. Now, every
few weeks I am in the area for one reason or another and it's so
fascinating to see the changes taking place... some bad, but a lot of
really great things, too.
Charlie does a
great job of discussing the changes. Much of what he discusses is
negative, but some gives us a glimmer of hope for the great city.
Ahhhhh, this book was laugh-out-loud funny from the first page! A Dirty Job was the first Christopher Moore book I read and I have been hooked ever since.
Charlie Asher is a normal guy. Like, almost boring-normal. He is just a low-key, passive man running a resale shop in San Francisco who minds his own business.
Then his wife dies in childbirth, people start dropping dead around him, giant ravens perch on his rooftop, and everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from the sewer. Strange names start appearing on post-its, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too.
Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job: Death.
If you like Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, Zoey Deschanel, and other funny women of today, you will just love Mindy Kaling.
She is so funny and so honest. I can relate to her because of her honesty. I tell people way too much about my personal life. For example, just yesterday I walked into a room of friends and announced that I had just eaten four Johan's donuts. That's something Mindy would admit to doing only she would make it sound a lot funnier and a lot less pathetic.
Seriously though, it's her honesty and her humor that totally sucked me in. I really believe that if we could all be just a little more honest about our silly mistakes and embarrassing moments, everyone would be more confident and emotionally healthy! I am pretty sure that everyone at one point in their life has had an embarrassing binge on Halloween candy, girl scout cookies, or caramel corn. If not, then I suggest you do it ASAP because it's really fun...and then you feel pretty sick...but the 20 minutes when it's happening are magical.
Mindy's book is laugh out loud funny. Girls from generations X and Y will relate best to Mindy's hilarious opinions, advice, and life experiences. This isn't epic literature, but it's a great lighthearted read. Just like Tina Fey's Bossypants, it's even better on audio.
Hollywood studio executive Greyson Todd's mind never quiets, his
heart is never full, and he is forever in a state of emotional
turbulence. He has surrendered to his emotionally chaotic life and
has resolved to leave his wife and young daughter. One night he goes
into the backyard to pick up after the dog and never returns.
Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See is
a rollercoaster of breathless excitement and dark emotional pain.
This addicting story weaves in and out of four timelines:
Greyson's childhood with his emotionally disturbed father, the
tumultuous relationship with his wife and daughter, his time in the
New York psychiatric ward, and his reckless travel around the world.
You must own this cookbook.
I got my mom a big, beautiful hardcover cookbook for her birthday and she graciously accepted it, but a few days later kindly told me that she'd rather exchange it for a book she'd been wanting to read. She told me that by now, she'd collected all the cookbooks she needed.
I got this cookbook a few months ago and have been raving to everyone. The recipes are tasty, the portions are hefty, the preparation is easy, and every recipe is under 500 calories!
I literally carry the cookbook in my purse so that no matter where I am, I know I can make a yummy, healthy dinner without planning ahead. Last weekend I was having dinner with friends, and somehow we started talking about the contents of my purse. I pulled out my cookbook and two people decided to buy a copy!
I'm sure you're wondering why I told you about my mom. After trying out a few of the recipes, she just had me send her the cookbook last week. She loves it!
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"Two tickets: La Bo-heem," says desk sergeant Frank Oz.
"La Bohème - it's an opera" corrects posh arrestee Dan Aykroyd.
If your awareness of Puccini's masterpiece – or any other opera - amounts to the above exchange from Trading Places (guilty!), then this big-screen adaptation is a fine place to start expanding your cultural horizons.
For one thing, it has subtitles. And aficionados will be relieved that director Dornhelm represents safe hands in which to leave the maestro's work, having earned an Academy Award nomination in 1977 for The Children On Theatre Street, a documentary about the Kirov School of Ballet.
The first act introduces us to impoverished wordsmith Rodolfo (Mexican tenor/Blackadder lookalike Villazón) and his equally hard-up pals: artist Marcello (George von Bergen), philosopher Colline (Vitaly Kovalyov) and musician Schaunard (Adrian Erod).
Since it's Christmas Eve and they're freezing, the lads head off to the pub while Rodolfo tries to write. But he's barely dipped his quill when his chimes are rung by Mimi (Russian soprano/Juliette Binoche double Netrebko), the tubercular belle from downstairs.
Within minutes they're in love. After ensuring that Mimi's candle is well and truly lit (who knew opera threw up so many double entendres?), Rodolfo takes her to dinner with his chums.
From Chaplinesque romance we're now in Oliver! territory as toy sellers bray and military bands play and Marcello has a showdown in the café with his brazen ex Musetta (Nicole Cabell). Passion is definitely in the air.
But these Bohemians are a fickle bunch. A month later Rodolfo has moved out, torn apart by jealousy and his inability to provide for his consumptive love, leaving her bedraggled and bereft in the falling snow.
They make up, but as everyone returns to Rodolfo's Parisian loft, you know it's all bound to end in tears.
With Mozart tending to hog the populist limelight, opera virgins may not recognise much of the music. La Boheme is less about great standalone moments than fitting less conspicuous pieces together to form a satisfying whole.
But rest assured, there's no lack of gusto here, director Dornhelm complementing the virtuosity of his performers with pleasing camerawork and subtle stylistic flourishes (colour fades, split screens, and an impressively stark finale).
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Mark Ogden MANCHESTER: Clint Dempsey secured Tottenham's first league victory at Old Trafford since December 1989 as Manchester United suffered their second defeat of the campaign in a five-goal epic.
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The whistle finally blows
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Shane Brady Picking a best first XI from Fergie's 26-year dynasty at Manchester United might appear easy at first - until you get down to the nitty gritty. But here goes.
Ferguson wants Cantona factor from van Persie in quest for title
Mark Ogden ALEX FERGUSON has challenged Robin van Persie to emulate Eric Cantona by becoming the ''catalyst'' in Manchester United's attempt to reclaim the English Premier League title this season.
Old king Scholes makes boss a merry old soul after netting for United
Rob Woollard LONDON: Paul Scholes scored a fairytale goal as Manchester United outclassed Bolton 3-0 on Saturday to go level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Ferguson turns United's focus onto sprint to the finish
Graham Chase MANCHESTER: Alex Ferguson believes West Brom's visit to Manchester United starts a crucial period in his attempt to keep the Premier League title at Old Trafford.
Manchester United's title hopes take battering as Fulham run riot
Rob Kelly FROM a ''bye'' to a battle, a capitulation to a contest. Premier League integrity was emphatically restored at Craven Cottage on Saturday as Manchester United's title challenge took a grievous blow...
After 18½ goalless hours, Rooney returns to the score sheet at last
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NOVATO, Calif. (UPI) — Authorities in California said a man who found a cannon shell on his property decided to drive it to a bomb squad himself.
The California Highway Patrol said the Lake County man found the bomb shell on his property and decided to drive it Monday to a San Francisco bomb squad for disposal, the Marin Independent Journal reported Tuesday.
However, the man became nervous about two hours into his drive and decided to call authorities around 3 p.m. He was instructed to get off the road, so he pulled into Rancho Olompali State Park to wait for police.
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Looking at Los Angeles | Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present at L & M Arts
Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present, installation view East Gallery L & M Arts. Courtesy L & M Arts.
While music mashups aim to synthesize multiple songs into a whole greater than the sum of its parts, they often linger in the realm of clunkiness, without improving on the original songs. Occasionally, however, mashups achieve a new totality and reveal something new about a familiar tune.
When you put works by John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Joseph Cornell, Mark Bradford, and a host of other contemporary powerhouses into a single space, the results can vary. But the star-studded lineup of L&M Arts' summer exhibition, Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present explores the lineage of collage without forcing connections through overdetermined themes, and allows the plurality of contemporary art and the medium of collage to celebrate the heterogeneity of our world.
L&M Arts West Gallery installation view. Courtesy L&M Arts.
Sterling Ruby's mammoth quilted panel anchors the West Gallery wall, dynamically patching ethnic south American woven cloths with retro denim, washcloths, and blankets in an abstract expressionistic explosion of texture and garish color. While Ruby's powerhouse piece serves to electrify the packed gallery, the surrounding more subdued works vibrate with subtle nuance. The adjacent wall features three exquisite works by Joseph Cornell, whose signature borderline-kitsch heart stickers, cherub images, and coins transcend contemporary ironic readings.
Aaron Curry. "Bag of Sags," 2012. Collage and gouache on board. Courtesy L&M Arts.
Meanwhile, the somber currents of the West Gallery find a counterbalance with the sunlit-soaked, maximalist psychedelic motifs found throughout the East Gallery. Just as the relatively young Ruby dominates the entrance-facing rear wall of the West Gallery, his contemporary Aaron Curry anchors the rear wall of the East Gallery with the day-glo colors of his cartoonish pieces, Dopesmoker and Bag of Sags.
Paul McCarthy. "Center, Carpet (D)," 2009-2011. Clay, plastic, and gloves on carpet. Courtesy L & M Arts.
Across the large expanse of the floor lies Paul McCarthy's Center—one of the show's few forays into the third dimension. Comprised simply of a generic carpet encrusted with disposable gloves, hardened spray foam, and general art studio detritus, Center transcends straightforward abjection. Rather than simply repositioning vestigial studio junk in the context of a clean gallery space, Center immerses and transports the viewer to a separate reality of the artist's studio.
Marnie Weber, one of the few female artists represented in Mash Up, also aims to create a separate reality for her viewers. Howling for the Return (Brompton Cemetery, London, England) is populated by her recurring bemasked Victorian-clad female figures perched on headstones and surrounded by wolves. Offsetting the conceptual and stylistically crude threads running throughout the show, Romare Bearden's Heavy Freight: Mecklenburg Evening stands out, with a delicate, painterly figure in a vast landscape.
Romare Bearden. "Heavy Freight/ Mecklenburg Evening," 1982. Estate of Romare Bearden.
As Catherine Wagley discussed in this month's earlier Looking at Los Angeles post, summertime tends to be dominated by endless group exhibitions whose curators often force connections between works through an overdetermined idea or curatorial thesis, or else leave the viewer adrift in a sea of contemporary plurality. Mash Up succeeds in exploring the spiraling heterogeneity of the past 90 years of artmaking without losing track of ongoing themes.
"Looking at Los Angeles | Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present at L & M Arts" originally appeared on the Art21 Blog
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Begging For Batteries: What We Need To Make The Solar Streaming Property Camera Work
Update: Wow, great news! Phillip Cooley has stepped in and purchased the battery we need to stream the property. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar, and very worthy of Mary Lorene Carter's newest trademark compliment: "You are a good person, and people say nice things about you." We will do you proud, and you have made us and many inchvestors happy. Now everyone go eat at Slow's Bar-B-Q. :)
Battery down. Everything else still applies:
Alan has been nailing it on our Project Lemon Battery solar powered web cam ++. We have the solar panel, we have the first camera (an old iPhone that streams over 3G), we have the working software that automagically posts pictures to Flickr every 10 seconds, we have the 21 foot tall poll cemented in the ground with wires running through it, and we have the birdhouse in which the camera will sit.
What we don't yet have is the battery we need to install at the base of the pole to make sure that the camera will be recharged by the solar panel and ensure the camera stays on even when the sun is hiding. The price of this badboy is $342 plus $98 shipping, for a grand total of $440. Look at this beast:
Check out the videos we've made using Lemon Battery so far. Both of these show us terraforming Plymouth, the first LOVELAND property of 10,000 inches for 588 people.
Here's digging out the shape of Plymouth and digging the hole for the pole:
Here's planting the pole in the ground, tying it in place, and filling the hole with concrete:
Further, Mike R has been working to layer graphical magic on top of the Lemon Battery stream like this:
So we have an awesome AWESOME package in place but we need help affording the battery. If you want to see this system happen sooner than later please buy some land in the new property, Hello World, or get in touch about becoming a sponsor of the battery.
You can buy micro real estate in Detroit here at $1 an inch, and you can call me at 908-343-1981 to talk. Remember, LOVELAND has been entirely bootstrapped from tiny inchvestments (inch sales) rather than large investments, and we're doing our first grant program where we're splitting money from inch sales with other projects in the city.
If you're a Plymouth inchvestor, chipping in will get your land online faster and help get this unique system up and running. We've been getting interest from other projects in Detroit that want to use the system, and we're down for that. So let's get this battery and spread the love, sunshine, streams, and lemons.
Thank you and awesome.


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2012-05-02 / Front Page
Police seeking public's help
Nassau County Police are investigating an attempted robbery that occurred in Massapequa yesterday at approximately 3:20 p.m. And they are asking for the public's help in trying to solve the crime.
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