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I'll Be Your Mirror: Rising Dragon and This/That at the San Jose Museum of Art
Just attending the vernissage for a couple of excellent new shows at the San Jose Museum of Art. It was a bit of a drive from my San Francisco homebase but both exhibitions were well worth the gas and time traveled to get there.
Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography is a survey of work from Chinese artists that looks at the rapidly changing social, cultural, and political landscape of the world's most populous nation. As I was just in Southern China last fall I was particularly looking forward to seeing the show, and it didn't disappoint. Ranging from street photography to portraiture to manipulated digital images, the show is a good cross-section of recent work that includes artists from urban centers such as Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai as well as those from farther-flung provinces like Sichuan and Fujian.
Much of the work in the show addresses China's rapidly changing society, looking at toxic waste, overdevelopment, industrial pollution, westernization, cultural appropriation, and the reclamation of Chinese history and culture amidst the onslaught of modernization. Several of Rising Dragon's artists deal head-on with China's environmental degradation and destruction. Yao Lu's New Landscapes series depicts what at first glance appears to be traditional Chinese landscape paintings, with pastoral scenes of mountains enshrouded by mist and clouds. Upon closer examination, however, these images turn out to be photographs of the massive mounds of garbage covered in green netting that can be found throughout China.
Similarly, Wen Fen's series Sitting On The Wall documents the impact of China's accelerated urbanization. Shot in the same location over the course of more than a decade, Wen's photographed a schoolgirl sitting on a wall overlooking the once-distant Haikou cityscape. As the years pass the skyscrapers become larger and move closer to the girl until the wall is torn down and the nearest building sits right on the edge of the frame.
Liyi + Liubo's photographs take a more whimsical look at China's social landscape, with their staged tableaux inspired by headlines from China's infamously sensationalist tabloid newspapers. Self-explanatory titles include Failing to Steal Anything, a Thirteen-year-old girl Sets Fire to Classmate's Home; Karaoke Hostess Forced To Drink Intoxicant, Now Under Police Investigation; and An Escapee Being Chased Dropped Through The Top Floor of a Building and Scared Everyone.
An unintended irony of the exhibition is the siting of Rising Dragon in Silicon Valley—the high-tech industry has outsourced much of its manufacturing to China, thus possibly contributing to the overly rapid industrialization that has lead to the destruction of China's environment and the breakdown of its social structures. By addressing these and other aspects of 21st-century China, the show is a good primer on new photography from that country and demonstrates the ongoing vitality and innovation of its art scene.
Also on view at the SJMA is New Stories From The Edge of Asia: This/That, a show of Asian American artists organized by SJMA's senior curator Monica Ramirez-Montagut. Included in this exhibition is a mini-retrospective of work by San Francisco's own MOB/Mail Order Brides, aka Jenifer Wofford, Eliza O. Barrios, and Reanne Estrada, aka Baby, Neneng, and Imaculata. The MOB were there in person to introduce their newest project, Manananggoogle, that links the world of Silicon Valley women with the manananggal, the Filipino mythological creature that, among other things, eats the hearts of human fetuses. The MOB attempt to reclaim the myth of the manananggal by parallelling its often-misunderstood image with misogynistic stereotypes of female corporate executives. As always, the Brides exploit their singular brand of humor, irony, and cosplay to examine what it means to be pinay.
Also notable is Landless In Second Life, Tran T. Kim-Trang's three-channel video project that utilizes the popular online platform to look at biculturalism and filial piety. In a kind of virtual version of hell bank notes, Tran builds an online dream home for her deceased mother, populating it with avatars from her immediate family and with icons from both the U.S. and Vietnam.
The show also includes an installation of The Heart's Mouth by Erica Cho, a sleek narrative film about love, gender, and identity, and some of Mike Lai's continued explorations of his Bruce Lee fetish. This included a performance piece during the opening reception that pitted Aztec dancers against Lai's oversized Bruce Lee Fists of Fury puppets in a volleyball/dodgeball tournament played out on a floor-sized map of the United States.
All in all the two shows nicely complement each other. Each deals with culture, politics, identity, and race from both sides of the Pacific, with wit, style, and humor.
Pictures of You: Portraiture Now at the National Portrait Gallery
I recently made a trip to our nation's capital and caught Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Although there have been a few significant Asian American arts shows in the past few years at major institutions (including One Way Or Another at the Asia Society in 2006 and Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents at the deYoung Museum in 2008) and Asian American community arts organizations like Kearny Street Workshop have been going strong for more than forty years, Portraiture Now is a coming-out of sorts for Asian American artists since it was organized by the Smithsonian aka this country's big-time cultural gatekeeper.
Just downstairs from the Annie Leibowitz show and up the hall from Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, the show had a nice primetime location on on the NPG's first floor, and it included some good stuff by mostly younger artists that moved beyond classic ideas of representation.
Self-portraiture figures into several of the artists' work featured in the show. Tam Tran's funky and intriguing photos of herself make good use of her unusual physicality and a fish-eye lens. Despite their prettiness, Zhang Chun Hong's meticulous charcoal drawings of hers and her sisters' hair become observations about the fetishization and objectification of the female Asian body. Hye Yeon Nam's four-part video self-portrait, Walking, Drinking, Eating, and Sitting, something of a throwback to early lo-fi 1970s video art by Joan Jonas and Vito Acconci, uses absurd and repetitious actions to convey everyday life's ongoing anxiety.
With their sleek surfaces and liberal use of gold leaf, Shizu Saldamando's paintings of LA baby-dyke scenesters recall both medieval illuminated manuscripts and Japanese folding screens. By treating these images of her friends as semi-sacred iconography Salamando's portraits combine the earthly and the sublime, capturing and elevating the everyday camaraderie of her crew.
CYJO's KYOPO Project, a series of full-length, full-color photographs of more than 200 Korean Americans, features text in their own words detailing the subject's relationship to their Korean American-ness. At the NPG the photos were mounted one after another down the length of two walls and seen this way the entire series makes for an impressive collective portrait, with the personal stories adding humor, complexity and nuance to the project.
The venerable Roger Shimomura represented the older set, with his reworkings of Pikachu and Hello Kitty demonstrating his continued awareness of the ironies of U.S. cultural representations. Americans vs. Japs, is a clever rendering that locates Shimomura's (Japanese) American visage amidst a hoard of invading Japanese stereotypes borrowed from World War II propaganda. The painting shrewdly interrogates assumptions about Asian American identity in Shimomura's signature style, blending classical Japanese brush paintings with U.S. pop culture iconography. The show also features his epic painting Shimomura Crossing The Delaware, which is at once a display of Shimomura's technical mastery, a cogent critique of American pop history, and a brilliant goof on its source material located just down the hall in the NPG.
While I was on the Mall I also stopped in at Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by 18th-century painter Itō Jakuchū. On loan for only four weeks from Japan, the show includes some truly legendary paintings that in Japan are the equivalent of the Mona Lisa or The Last Supper. The show was packed four-deep with people on a Saturday afternoon, with a line to get in and a brisk sale of related prints, books, and postcards in the museum gift shop. In contrast, the Asian American NPG show was much more lightly attended, with plenty of room to sit and ponder the intricacies of meaning of each piece in the exhibit, but despite losing the popularity contest to the Jakuchū show's more conventional appeal, its mere presence in the NPG, the first pan-Asian American show at the Smithsonian, surely recognizes the artistic and cultural relevance of Asians in the U.S.
The spiffy National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall opened across from the National Gallery in 2004 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture just broke ground in February 2012. The Asian American population is currently more than 5% in the U.S. and former UH Manoa professor Konrad Ng (aka Barack Obama's brother-in-law) now heads up the Asian Pacific American Arts division of the Smithsonian. So this begs the questions: when will we Asian Americans get a national museum of our own? If the existence of high-profile Asian American art shows like Portraiture Now and the growing Asian American demographic are any indication, it seems to me that the time is now.
Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
August 12, 2011 through October 14, 2012
What A Day For A Birthday
Today is the third anniversary of the launch of this blog as well as being my birthday, and this year I got an early birthday present. About three weeks ago I was notified that I'd received a Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writer's Grant for this little ongoing online experiment (along with a nice cash prize that will ease the pain a bit in the coming year). Although I didn't start out writing about visual arts or activism those topics have become pretty significant elements in the blog, so it's great to get some recognition from organizations like Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation. Needless to say there aren't a lot of places to go for support, monetary or otherwise, for either blogging or writing about art so it's awesome that someone is giving it up for us art bloggists.
Back in the day when I started out as a fledgling artist there was a reasonable amount of funding, both public and private, for artists, experimental filmmakers, and other folks working in the creative arts. Very few people actually made a living from grants and fellowships but there was enough modest funding out there that a person had a decent shot at getting a few bones for a short film, a performance piece, or some time in the studio. Although I didn't rely on grants to do my art I received enough support to help me make the work—when I was fresh out of grad school I got $1,500 from the Film Arts Foundation to make my next experimental video, which absolutely gave me the encouragement to continue in my artmaking endeavors. I subsequently got some shekels from now-defunct granting organizations like the Rocky Mountain Film Center, Art Matters, and New Langton Arts, all of which in turn had gotten some federal funding to support their grants programs. Not that I advocate a complete dependency on feeding from the public trough in order to create artwork, but in many ways those little bits of money here and there were just enough to keep me going and to help me to finish some projects than I otherwise might not have had I gone without.
But in the twenty years or so since my days as a young artist public arts funding institutions like the National Endowment for the Arts have been under constant attack by Republican philistines such as Sen. Jesse Helms and his minions. At its height in the 1990s the NEA's total budget was about $190 million—peanuts compared to the Pentagon's 1994 budget of $240 billion, but even back then the right-wing clearly understood the threat to their master narrative that unfettered arts funding posed.
The NEA's 2009 budget was $160 million, which is about $92 million in 1990s dollars, or less than half its 1990 budget. This reduction has in turn has created a domino effect on arts funding large and small. I sat on the Board of Directors of two different media arts organizations (both of which in their heydays in the 1990s had memberships in the thousands) that have in the past decade become defunct due to greatly reduced federal, state, and private arts funding in this country. Although the worldwide economic recession and the end-times of late capitalism have contributed to its decline, the right-wing's vendetta on the arts has certainly played a huge part in the atrophy of its funding in the U.S. It's no secret that the Republican Party has been gunning for arts funding for decades since, unlike the left, it totally understands the significant role that culture plays in shaping public opinion and framing the national debate.
So it's great that Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation continue to stand up for fringe elements like arts writers and other troublemakers who insist on stirring things up and questioning the status quo. Their support is a small but significant salvo in the continuing ideological war for this country's cultural heart and soul.
Chase The Tear: Eric Khoo's Tatsumi
After World War Two Japan was a wreck, economically, physically, and psychologically, yet from those unquiet times came much brilliant and innovative creative work. The legendary Japanese comics artist Yoshiro Tatsumi emerged from this milieu, remaking the manga field and creating a new type of comics, gekiga, that was aimed at the adults rather than children.
Tatsumi, Eric Khoo's intriguing feature-length documentary about the master comics artist, screens this weekend as part of the San Francisco International Animation Festival. The film is an interesting hybrid as it both documents Tatsumi's life as well as adapts several of his manga into short movies with the movie.
Tatsumi's raw and gripping, beautiful manga are credited with revolutionizing the form in Japan in the 1950s. Post-World War Two Japan provides the backdrop for his stories and the spectre of a destroyed society attempting to rebuild constantly informs the tone of the work, with sorrow, inhumanity, and alienation the overriding themes. The five short stories animated in Tatsumi are mostly dark tales of human suffering, with protagonists who grapple with oppressive forces beyond their control. "Hell," which looks at the horrors of the atomic bomb as well as the darkness within one person's soul, "Beloved Monkey," a parable about an ordinary man's descent into misery and "Good-bye," a tale of an emotionally and physically traumatized woman in postwar Japan, are all terribly sad and yet deeply compassionate stories. At the same time Tatsumi's stories are leavened with a dark humor that acknowledges the foibles of everyday human existence, most notably in "Occupied," a black comedy about a children's book author with a taste for pornographic graffiti who falls into moral disgrace.
Khoo skillfully interweaves these bleak and sometimes harrowing tales with dramatized animated scenes from Tatsumi's life that in some ways parallel the grim despair of his manga. Although he found some success as an artist as a young man, Tatsumi still grappled with the difficulties of everyday life in postwar Japan and his early career was shadowed by a jealous, bedridden brother who also had artistic aspirations.
Khoo worked closely with his subject on several aspects of the film, consulting with Tatsumi on the film's color design and other elements of the project. Khoo also used a voiceover of Tatsumi himself recounting his life and work that is laid over animation based on the renowned artist's visual style. In addition, Khoo took most of movie's framing directly from the original manga panels, adding some layering and coloring effects but otherwise remaining true to Tatsumi's compositions.
The result is an engrossing look at one of Japan's most influential twentieth-century artists, one who used a popular medium to comment and reflect on some of the painful realities of Japan's postwar existence. Tatsumi's work is an excellent example of the way in which pop culture can serve both as a catharsis for and a critique of society's ills.
San Francisco International Animation Festival
November 10–13, 2011
SF Film Society | New People Cinema
1746 Post Street, San Francisco CA 94115
Information: 415-525-8600
Full schedule, film descriptions, and tickets here.
More Police Brutality follows peaceful Occupy Oakland General Strike
Nov. 2, 2011: Spent a good part of the afternoon at the general strike demonstrations in Oakland today. I'd fully meant to get in a good day's work editing my new film but once I got on the twitter feed my good intentions went out the window. The revolution was happening just across the Bay Bridge and I realized that my creative process would probably benefit most from the knowledge that I could glean from what was going on in the streets, not from wrangling with the intricacies of Final Cut Pro.
So after sketching out a couple ideas I decided to skive off the rest of the day and head over to Oakland to show my support for Occupy Oakland. As noted in my last post, OO got worked over pretty good last week by the Oakland Police Department, with help from outside agencies including seventeen different regional police departments and a rumored assist from Homeland Security. After that mess the folks at Occupy Oakland's general assembly voted for a general strike, which took place in spectacular fashion today.
When I emerged from BART into the warm autumn sunshine at Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza this afternoon the area was full of excited but peaceful demonstrators. I met up with fellow Asian American Studies @ SFSU prof Eric Pido and we took a quick spin around the plaza, checking out the various speakers and performances both scheduled and impromptu, as well as the happy line of people waiting for free grindz dished up by the Food Bank and other kindly folks. The outdoor kitchen included an orderly cleanup station that included compost bins and recycling (!)
We circled back to the main intersection in time to hook up with a large march headed up Harrison Street toward Grand, passing by the Caltrans building where curious workers stood on the sidewalk watching the demonstration pass by. At one point I observed a couple office ladies confer with each other, then gleefully join the march as it continued up Grand Avenue. I headed back to San Francisco shortly thereafter and followed the rest of the protest on twitter as tens of thousands of people shut down the Port of Oakland and effectively prevented any activity there.
As I write this around 11pm there are still many hundreds, if not thousands, of people peacefully massing at Ogawa/Grant plaza. The police are keeping their distance, although I'm sure they're chomping at the bit for any excuse to brutalize the demonstrators. Here's hoping that things will stay calm, and that this amazing day will continue into the night.
NOTE: Oakland writer and artist Kenji Liu has produced an excellent diptych of posters, Memory Is Solidarity, that connects the dots between Frank Ogawa and Oscar Grant, whose names grace the downtown Oakland plaza that is the hub of Occupy Oakland. He eloquently explains why he thinks that we should remember both Ogawa and Grant, since both were victims of institutional racism–Ogawa was imprisoned at the Topaz internment camp during World War Two, and Grant of course was murdered by BART policeman Johannes Mehserle in 2009. Liu also notes the importance of other significant place-names including Wall Street, which was indeed originally a wall that separated European Americans from the indigenous Lenape people in lower Manhattan. It's great that the Occupy movement is spawning so much thoughtful and interesting debate–a true sign of a successful campaign.
UPDATE: 11.53p: About 300 police have shown up at Ogawa-Grant plaza. Protestors chanting "Oscar Grant! Oscar Grant!" Teargas and rubber bullets fired–livestream here: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
UPDATE 2: 12.14p. Alameda County sheriffs have just moved on the occupiers in Oakland. Teargas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades being used on protestors. All went down just after the television news crews packed up and went home. Luckily an intrepid cameraman has been livestreaming the entire event. Don't let this unbridled show of police brutality go unwitnessed.
Here's what I gleaned from the livefeed: Protestors were dancing in the streets just before midnight. Some had occupied a foreclosed building adjacent to the square. A couple hundred police in riot gear arrived and without warning or a dispersal order fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd, which had dwindled quite a bit from earlier that day. Several of the police, who appeared to be from the Concord Police Department among other agencies, had masking tape covering their names and badge numbers. When challenged about this I heard one cop say, "Go home," to a demonstrator, who then said, "I have a right to peacefully protest." A hostile bystander then replied, "He has a right to kill you." When I finally succumbed to fatigue around 1am the police and protesters were still in a standoff.
UPDATE 3: OakFoSho has corrected my belief that a cop said, "I have a right to kill you." Apparently it was a heckler standing nearby who said it. Fixed.
You can see the archived livestream, or follow oakfosho on twitter for more information.
On a similar tip, here's a great video of a couple demonstrators who came across an Oakland policeman with his name-tag taped over.
We ask a OPD officer why he had his name badge covered…. from BLK PXLS on Vimeo.
UPDATE 4: Davey D. from Hard Knock Radio breaks it down in an excellent overview and analysis of the day.
UPDATE 5: Great discussion of the turn of events on Thursday here on dailykos.com.
UPDATE 6: The Occupy movement, and attendant police violence, has spread to the UC Berkeley campus. asiansart.org has a great on-the-ground description of the demo yesterday, including videos of UC police beating on peaceful student protestors.
I'll Take You There: Carlos Villa: Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates
Carlos Villa's beautiful new show, Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates, at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art (MCCLA) is a selective survey of his work, and the show is a great introduction to Villa's formal, thematic, and stylistic range. The show's title is indicative of the diversity of the work from Villa's long career, which has spanned more than seven decades.
As Filipino American cultural critic Theo Gonsalves notes, some art historians as well as some Asian American Studies scholars have had a hard time placing Villa's wide-ranging body of work. As a Filipino American, Villa has never shied from referencing his cultural heritage in his work, most notably in his striking, large-scale cloaks of feathers, bone, shells, hair, and other evocative organic materials. But Villa also has a large body of non-representational pieces that don't easily fit into culturally specific pigeonholes, which puzzles the more literally minded multiculturalists among us. However, his ability to move easily between culturally rooted work and work that less directly references his cultural background is perhaps what best defines Villa as an Asian American artist. As Stuart Hall famously notes in his essay, Cultural Identity and Diaspora, "Cultural identity is a matter of 'becoming' as well as of 'being," and the variety of approaches in Villa's work speaks to that constantly evolving state of becoming. The current show at MCCLA is an excellent example of the broad scope of Villa's ongoing concerns.
Upon entering the gallery at MCCLA the viewer hears a recording of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," sung by manong Freddy, one of the tenants of the original International Hotel who was involved in the long and bitter struggle to save that Manilatown landmark. The audio track immediately locates Villa's work in Filipino America and reinforces the deep cultural connection that informs all of his work. Other suggestions of Pinoy culture are found in Where My Uncles Went West, a tall, shallow rectangular box with geometric white lines painted on a black background–both the box and the lines resemble doorframes, suggesting the entrances and exits of the immigrant experience. The side panels of the piece also pay tribute to the various journeys of the manong in their travels from the Philippines and throughout the U.S., with inscriptions including "Cebu to Fresno" and "Watsonville from Honolulu" suggesting the travels of first-generation Filipino Americans in their search for itinerant labor. Centered between the door-shaped geometric lines is a porkpie hat, another significant element of manong culture. Here Villa evokes the transitions and translocations faced by those Filipino immigrants from the early 20th century, suggesting both their origins as well as their destinations.
The show also includes a sampling of Villa's earlier work, including some beautiful geometric studies on paper as well as photographs of several plywood sculptures that presage some of the work that makes up the bulk of the MCCLA show. A series of large-scale, hand-built wooden boxes marked with carefully drawn lines on colored backgrounds, this body of work is a good example of the way that Villa's non-representational pieces echo the concerns found in his more culturally specific work.
The boxes at the MCCLA show are hinged panels that are displayed in the gallery's center. The viewer is able to circumnavigate the boxes, seeing both their painted and etched "front" as well as the structural supports of the "back," thus evoking packing crates, suitcases, and other forms associated with transiency and migration. Beautifully hand-etched with precise, closely spaced parallel lines, these pieces are displayed ajar, both opening and closing, echoing the transitional mindset of many immigrants.
Like Ruth Asawa, another great Asian American artist of the same generation whose carefully crafted non-representational work defies easy categorization, Villa is biliterate and bicultural, belonging in many worlds and utilizing a multitude of frames of reference. By refusing to fit neatly into a single, simple classification, Villa's work redefines what it means to be an artist, a Filipino American, and an American.
Carlos Villa: Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates
August 13- October 5, 2011
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art
2868 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 (map)
An Evening with Carlos Villa
September 17, 6:30-9:30p / FREE Admission
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art
Join Carlos Villa and distinguished guests for a night of storytelling and dialogue, as we celebrate the release of Villa's new monograph, Carlos Villa and the Integrity of Spaces, edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves.
Identity: Chico & Chang and Stephanie Syjuco
In the late 1990s I vividly recall visiting a class at UC Berkeley to show my work, after which one of the students, a nice Asian American kid, came up to me and said, "I really liked your videos, but are you really interested in all of that identity stuff?" Nearly 15 years later, my students at SF State see Jabbawockeez, and Harry Shum Jr. on their Tivo all the time, and Far East Movement is topping the charts, yet simultaneously they're dealing with Hollywood's stubborn refusal to abandon whitewashing (Akira, anyone?) and the teabaggers retro-paranoid siege mentality, while some people continue to deny that Mickey Rooney's yellowface turn in Breakfast At Tiffany's is racist. So I'm not completely convinced that identity politics are obsolete, and I'm happy to see young artists of color still examining issues of race, culture, and representation.
Two recent San Francisco shows look at Multiculturalism 2.0. Intersection 5M's newest show, Chico & Chang: A Look at the Impact of Latino and Asian Cultures on California's Visual Landscape, deals with this crazy transitional time we're living in, examining the inexorable demographics shifts in this country and the unexpected ways that U.S. culture is changing to reflect that shift. Organized by Intersection's indomitable visual artists program director Kevin Chen, this chock full of energy and good information and includes several choice tidbits that bring multiculturalism into the current millennium.
Right up front is Pablo Christi's clever and arresting Hipster Pig. A life-size mounted patchwork denim hog's head with gilded chicken-foot necklace, Christi's sculpture critiques the new snout-to-tail foodie movement that fetishes consuming every bit of the butchered animal.
I immediately recognized the chicken foot adorning the pig's neck since my dad loved sucking down those bones long before Anthony Bourdain made it trendy. Likewise my grandmother's stockpot was full of necks, wings, feet, and chicken heads, which horrified her grandchildren but made for excellent soup. Who knew that she and Pops were such culinary trailblazers? I'm sure they was just trying to save a buck, whereas the foodies that Christi critiques are making bank selling bone marrow and fish cheeks to gullible upscale consumers. Funny how poor people eating fish stomach don't make it onto The Food Network very often.
Ana Teresa Fernandez' installation Carry On possesses an immediate visual appeal. Fernandez has created a kitchen tableau with all objects, including floor, walls, furnishings, food packaging, clothes, ironing board, and crucifix, covered in the fabric from the plaid plastic shopping bags usually found on the arms of the ladies on the 30 Stockton and the 14 Mission. Not unlike applying an "ethnic plastic bag" filter onto a photoshopped picture, the immediately recognizable pattern of the installation's surfaces cleverly underscores Chico & Chang's curatorial premise. By pointing out the ubiquity of said plastic bags in both Asian and Latin American communities, Fernandez' project speaks volumes about the Asian/Latino cultural intersections and iterates Asian and Latino influences on U.S. culture at large.
Charlene Tan's Silent Labor investigates a more poignant topic, examining an overlooked aspect of immigrant life in the U.S., as well as the global impact of our hyperconsumerist society.
Tan notes in her artist's statement,
When I was 14 a family friend gave us an old traditional Chinese-style table. We swooned because my family had just bought a new home and we needed furniture. As we unpacked the table piece by piece my younger brother and I noticed handprints in dust on the finished surfaces. Thinking nothing of it, we chirped about the small size of the hands, thinking it was an errant child playing in the storeroom. Then, we saw small handprints in wood stain and shellac. Our hearts sank when we realized the hands smaller than ours built our table. Silent anger laced with guilt took over; we could be these unknown workers.
In her piece Tan references this experience, replicating a black IKEA-style table under which she has placed a large mirror. Nothing amiss is evident on the tabletop, but below, visible only in the mirror's reflection, are small handprints on the underside of the table. Tan's piece is a subtle commentary on the hidden human cost of the cheap imported goods that power the U.S. economy.
Just up the street at Catherine Clark Gallery, Stephanie Syjuco's "RAIDERS: International Booty, Bountiful Harvest (Selections from the A_____ A__ M_____), is an outstanding prank on art collecting, orientalism, and intellectual property. Syjuco downloads reproductions of collectibles from the Asian Art Museum's website, blows them up life-size, and mounts them on propped-up plywood backing. Her sly commentary is simultaneously visually appealing, intellectually stimulating, and culturally relevant.
As a refugee of 1990s multiculturalism I'm glad to see both Chico & Chang andSyjuco's work moving the practice forward. Both shows forgo being simple cultural celebration or definition in their astute, relevant, 21st century views of racial and cultural representation.
Bonus beats: Identity, by X-Ray Spex, with the late, lamented Poly Styrene on lead vocals, ca. 1978
Chico & Chang: A Look at the Impact of Latino and Asian Cultures on California's Visual Landscape
June 11 – Aug 20, 2011
Intersection for the Arts
925 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12-6pm, FREE
(415) 626-2787 x109
Stephanie Syjuco: Raiders
June 4 – July 16, 2011
Cathering Clark Gallery
150 Minna Street
San Francisco CA 94105


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Capitalism and Democracy: Year-End Lessons
This article originally appeared at www.truth-out.org
2013 drove home a basic lesson: US capitalism's economic leaders and their politicians now regularly ignore majority opinions and preferences. For example, polls showed overwhelming popular support for higher taxes on the rich with lower taxes on the rest of us and for reversing the nation's deepening economic inequalities. Yet Republicans and Democrats, including President Obama, raised payroll taxes sharply on January 1, 2013. Those taxes are regressive; they take a smaller percentage of your income the higher your income is above $113,700 per year. Raising the payroll tax increased economic inequality across 2013.(More...)
This article originally appeared at Counterpunch.org
Welcome to Econ… A Q&A with Richard Wolff
Recently, through an e-mail exchange I was able to ask Richard Wolff a few questions about economics and alternatives to capitalism. Dr. Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...(More...)
This article originally appeared at Truth-out.org
Capitalism and Unemployment
Capitalism as a system seems incapable of solving its unemployment problem. It keeps generating long-term joblessness, punctuated by spikes of recurring short-term extreme joblessness. The system's leaders cannot solve or overcome the problem...(More...)
This article originally appeared at The Guardian.
The Great Austerity Shell Game
Barack Obama speaking in March 2013 about the sequester, the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP(More...)
This article originally appeared at e-International Relations.
US Political Dysfunction and Capitalism's Withdrawal
After 200 years of concentrating its centers in western Europe, north America, and Japan, capitalism is moving most of its centers elsewhere and especially to China, India, Brazil and so on. This movement poses immense problems of transition at both poles. The classic problems of early, rapid capitalist industrialization are obvious daily in the new centers. What we learn about early capitalism when we read Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Maxim Gorky and Jack London, we see now again in the new centers.(More...)

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Children's community health services
Children's 0-19 community health services, including Health Visitors and Children and Young People's Nurses are provided by Lincolnshire County Council and details can be found at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/childrenshealth. The council also provides a range of childcare and family support including early years, children's centres/community hubs, and special educational needs and disabilities, www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/childcare-and-family-support.
Children's physiotherapists, children's occupational therapists, children's speech and language therapists and sexual health specialists are provided by Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/our-services/childrens-services.
Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Support
Many children and young people experience emotional concerns at some point in their childhood, and in some cases children may suffer from mild to severe mental health problems.
An online Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health pathway is available at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ewb to help provide children, parents/carers and professionals with access to information and advice in one place, about local services and what support is available.
Children in Lincolnshire aged 11-18 (or up to age 25 for care leavers or young people with SEND) can get online counselling support through Kooth, by going to www.kooth.com. Kooth is a safe and confidential online counselling and support service staffed by fully trained and qualified counsellors.
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides emotional wellbeing support to children and young people up to age (or up to 25 for care leavers or young people with SEND). Trained practitioners provide early support when issues arise in the hope of preventing mental health problems arising in the future. e.g. exam stress, worries, low mood, low body image, self-harm, relationship difficulties, low self-confidence. Healthy Minds Lincolnshire is delivered by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust through a partnership agreement on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council, www.lpft.nhs.uk/our-services/specialist-services/healthy-minds-lincolnshire.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides help and support for Lincolnshire's children and young people from birth to their 18th birthday (or up to age 24 for care leavers) who need specialist support, and for their families and carers. This service is provided by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust www.lpft.nhs.uk/our-services/specialist-services/camhs.
Hospital and specialist care
If your child is seriously ill or requires hospital based care for surgery, paediatric services are mainly provided and run in Lincolnshire by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, www.ulh.nhs.uk. However, an out of county hospital may be closer, or more appropriate, including North West Anglia in Peterborough (www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk), Nottingham University Hospitals in Nottingham (www.nuh.nhs.uk) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn (www.qehkl.nhs.uk). For specialist services you may have to travel to other hospitals further away.
Lincolnshire Family Services Directory
For more information about family services in Lincolnshire, please visit the Lincolnshire Family Services Directory www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/fsd.


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Each year I do a reading challenge. It started on Goodreads. Well, they gave me the idea, but I've always adapted it for my own challenge.
Basically I take the letters A-Z and find book titles that start with those letters. I've done this for years, and I've never, ever, completed this challenge. Now, that doesn't mean I haven't read 26 books in the year. I just usually read a bunch of others that aren't on my list. I suppose I could just take the giant list of books that I do read each year and match them to the letters, but that feels like cheating. I like to create my list at the beginning of the year and work my way through them.
I used to add a bunch of series to the list. But I would only choose the first book. So for instance, I would choose Red Rising for R, but I wouldn't choose Golden Son for G. I thought this would help me read even more books than the 26 because I would want to finish all of these series. This never worked out, because like I said, I've never finished this challenge. So then I started finding series and I would place all the books in the series on the list. So Red Rising for R, Golden Son for G, Morning Star for M. But that didn't work out either because what I found is that I would get into the first book and HATE it, and then I would have like five others that I'm supposed to read. Naturally I wouldn't want to do that so I would make changes to those books. But sometimes when you read a garbage book, you need a change, so I would start marathoning some TV show and I wouldn't pick up a book for months.
So now, I try to add books that will complete a series I'm already working on. So for instance, if I've read Red Rising and Golden Son, but not Morning Star then that would be my M. And then I try to find stand alone books so there's less pressure. This year, I tried my best to find books that I had access to on audiobook, whether from the library or YouTube. I just started this a few weeks ago, but I've already crossed 5 books off my list and read 10 others. So, we'll see how it goes.
I am driving to Utah in a couple of weeks, so I will have 3 days in a car each way. Plenty of time for audiobooks.
Here's my A-Z list.
A Darker Shade of Magic
Blood Song
Carve the Mark
Day 21
End of Days
Fill in Boyfriend
The Glittering Court
High Rise
I'll Give You the Sun
Jane, Unlimited
King's Cage
Love, Life, & the List
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Norse Mythology
Our Dark Duet
Queen of Fire
Ruby Red
The Sculptor
Tower Lord
Unravel Me
Vanishing Girls
World After
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald


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Important Considerations for Landlords
If you have a mortgage on your property you need to obtain your mortgagee's written consent to the letting. If they require additional clauses to be included in the tenancy agreement, you must inform us. You may require specialist mortgage advice - please just get in touch, we are able to refer you to a local independent mortgage specialist who will be happy to help with your query.
If you are a leaseholder of a property you should check the terms of your lease and obtain any necessary consents before letting.
You should ensure that you are suitably covered for letting under both your buildings and contents insurance. Failure to inform your insurers of a letting may invalidate your policies. We can advise on Landlords Legal Protection, Rent Guarantee Cover and Landlords Contents and Buildings Insurance if required.
Bills and regular outgoings
We recommend that you arrange for regular outgoings, such as service charges or maintenance contracts, to be paid by standing order or direct debit. If we are managing the property, however, we can make payment of certain bills on your behalf, by prior written agreement, provided such bills are received in your name at our office and that we are holding sufficient funds to your credit.
Council tax and utility accounts
We will arrange for the transfer of Council Tax and utility accounts to the tenant. Meter readings will be taken so that closing gas and electricity accounts can be drawn up. British Telecom will require instructions directly from both the landlord and the tenant regarding any alterations to their services.
Income tax
When resident in the UK, it is entirely the landlords responsibility to inform the Revenue & Customs of rental income received and to pay any tax due. Where the landlord is resident outside the UK during a tenancy, he will require an exemption certificate from the Revenue & Customs before he can receive rental balances without deduction of tax. Where we are managing the property we will provide advice and assistance on applying for such exemption.
The Inventory
It is most important that an inventory of contents and schedule of condition of the property be prepared in order to avoid misunderstanding or dispute at the end of a tenancy. Without such safeguards it will be impossible for the landlord to prove any loss, damage, or significant deterioration of the property or contents. If required we will arrange to prepare an inventory and schedule of condition, at the cost quoted in our Agency Agreement.
What is an Assured Shorthold Tenancy?
Most tenancies will automatically be Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs), provided the rent is under £25,000 a year and the property is let to private individuals. Tenancies are usually granted for an initial fixed term of either six or twelve months. The landlord is able to regain possession of the property at the end of the tenancy provided he gives two months written notice to the tenant before the expiry of the tenancy. In addition, if the tenant owes at least two months or eight weeks rent for the property the landlord can apply through the court to seek a possession order.
Please feel free to contact Eddie direct on 07929 859667, there's no obligation – just happy to help.
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Friends of Color and multiracial families are invited to a retreat immediately prior to the 2020 FGC Gathering. This retreat is for Gathering attenders only. Keep reading to find out more about:
Why a Retreat
Where and When
Cost and Financial Aid
How to Register
Invite a Friend
Retreat Organizers
Why a Retreat
Friends of Color are a small population in the Religious Society of Friends in the U.S. and Canada, and at the FGC Gathering. Experience indicates that the better we know each other, the better we can support each other throughout the year and at the Gathering.
FGC's Committee for Nurturing Ministries Ministry on Racism Program is sponsoring a pre-Gathering retreat for Friends of Color and their immediate family members to come together to create a multigenerational community as a resource for the Gathering and beyond. Friends of European descent are welcome provided they are attending with a family member (e.g. spouse, child) who is a Person of Color. The retreat is designed for Friends who are also attending the FGC Gathering. You must be registered for the Gathering to participate (full-time or half-Gathering).
Programming will include adults and adolescents. There will be special programming for middle schoolers, and childcare for younger children.
During our time together over the weekend we will build our community through:
- Mutual support and sharing
- Worship
- Sharing why Quaker faith and practice is important to us
- Identifying ways to support each other throughout the week of the Gathering
- Discussing how we can share our experience at the Gathering with our meetings
Where and When
Overnight accommodations, meals, and program will be held at the site of the 2020 FGC Gathering: Radford University in Radford, VA. The retreat starts with dinner on Friday, June 26 and continues until lunch on Sunday June 28. Friends are encouraged to arrive Friday, and are welcome to join the retreat whenever they arrive on campus. Friends with Junior Gathering or other responsibilities on Sunday may need to leave the retreat early.
On-site check in starts at 3 pm, Friday June 26.
Cost and Financial Aid
The retreat fee (in addition to housing and meals) will be $TBD for ages 12-Adult, and free for ages 11 and under. Actual costs may vary depending on type of housing selected. Friends are housed in the same room for the pre-Gathering retreat as for the Gathering itself.
The pre-Gathering meal plan begins with dinner on Friday night, and runs through Sunday lunch. You can register for a pre-Gathering meal plan that includes breakfasts or not. (The Gathering meal plan will not begin until Sunday supper, June 28.)
The only cost for children 11 and under would be for meals and housing if they sleep in a bed (no retreat fee).
FGC offers scholarship assistance to those who need it to participate in the Retreat. FGC hopes that no one will stay away from the Retreat due to financial concerns. Apply for assistance when you register for the retreat.
Bayard Rustin Fund: Gathering Travel Support Fund for People of Color This fund provides grants to support travel costs for Friends of Color. This assistance may be for travel to attend the FGC annual gathering, travel to attend People of Color gatherings, or for travel to participate in committee work of FGC. The fund is designed to ensure that Friends of Color can fully participate in the work and retreat opportunities FGC offers. The fund was initiated by a generous gift from Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns. View more Bayard Rustin Fund information & application.
Given the limited amount of money we have available for grants, and in our attempt to provide equal support for Friends, we may not be able to grant continuous support for Friends who had received aid more than two times from Bayard Rustin Fund. We look forward to a future in which we will have fewer limitations on funding. We encourage those who were unable to receive aid to seek other avenues of support through their Monthly and Yearly Meetings, as well as other sources of financial assistance through FGC.
How to Register
If you are an adult or Middle School or High School Program participant, when you register for the Gathering, choose the "Pre-Gathering People of Color Retreat." Registration opens April 1.
If you are bringing younger children (under 12), do NOT choose the Retreat as part of their registration. Instead, you should indicate on your adult Retreat registration if you are bringing children, and whether you expect the children to participate in the Retreat, participate in the child care program, or move between the two.
Please note that the last day to register for the pre-Gathering People of Color Retreat is June 10th.
Invite a Friend
Are you planning on attending the retreat? Invite a friend to join you.
Retreat Organizers
FGC Committee for Nurturing Ministries Ministry on Racism Program. If you have further questions, please contact Ministry on Racism staff.
For other general questions about the FGC Gathering itself, use the Gathering Contact Form.


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CSC Australia is set to establish a new office in Adelaide, with the aim of creating 400 additional jobs in South Australia, after winning a state-wide end user computing contract from the South Australian Government.
The landmark deal will see CSC provide and support desktop PCs, laptops and tablets to the state's government agencies, with much of the South Australian Government's IT hardware footprint set to be handled by the IT services provider.
"The state will no longer own and manage physical devices, giving agencies more flexibility and access to innovative ICT solutions to help modernise the services they deliver to the community," a statement issued on 16 February by the office of South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, said.
"This approach, which reflects one of the state's economic priorities to achieve growth through innovation, uses government purchasing power to help create services and grow the local ICT industry.
"This more efficient, end-to-end approach will reduce costs as government will only pay for the services it consumes. Once implemented, the new arrangement is expected to deliver savings of over $11 million per year," it said.
The State Government said the new contract is expected to provide reskilling and employment opportunities for up to 30 General Motors-Holden workers – the company's Elizabeth manufacturing plant is set to close in October this year.
The deal will also see CSC invest $5 million to establish a new office in Adelaide to make way for increases in its workforce, which is set to rise from 100 to more than 700 by the end of the contract period. CSC will also establish a centre of excellence for end user computing.
However, the government conceded that the move to outsource its IT services to CSC could see up to 180 of its full-time equivalent staff that are currently delivering end user computing services across the government's footprint asked to re-apply for a position with CSC.
The additional 400 jobs that are set to be created as a result of the deal are in addition to these 180 positions, and will support existing CSC clients across Australia and New Zealand.
"This heralds a new era in how the government purchases ICT services," Weatheril said. "These new arrangements will give state government agencies access to the latest ICT solutions that will help them to deliver flexible and contemporary services to all South Australians.
"The broader economic and employment benefits that will flow from CSC winning the contract are significant. They have committed to establish a local partner network for small to medium local enterprises across the state that will support this new contract.
"Collectively, these SMEs will employ 100 South Australians and invest more than $30 million in job creation over the contract period," he said.
The multi-year deal came about following an open market call in June 2015 inviting local IT industry players to provide expressions of interest for innovative IT proposals.


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Self development is something that everyone should be applying to themselves not only professionally but personally as well. As a kid I wanted to be an engineer after seeing the Zords in the Power Rangers as I thought the idea of building skyscraper sized robots to settle an alien threat was a sound solution. However due to my naivety and immaturity I never applied myself at school which did result in me scrapping with just two C Scottish Highers which closed so many doors.
After years in doing qualifications I kind of didn't enjoy as they led me towards a career path I wasn't interested in. I foolishly thought getting a degree was a necessity after countless rejections from mechanical engineering courses and just took courses I was qualified for. I eventually landed myself an engineering position that I initially enjoyed where I was tackling many technical challenges. However after every success I seen myself getting pushed towards project management. I was also being tipped as a future manager which really irked me as I enjoyed developing technology and found management jobs boring.
My opportunities for technical roles were becoming more scarce and after countless rejections for design engineering roles due to gaps in my mechanical engineering knowledge. I thought maybe I should train myself up. This lead me to discover a large wealth of free tutorials on sites such as Youtube and also Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's).
I've read many articles and debates on forums discussing whether or not MOOCs are worthwhile, a scam or if employers should take them more seriously which got me interested in writing my views on this topic. The MOOC's I have seen are free to attend and are provided by recognised universities and upon completion of these courses you have the option to purchase the verified certificate.
Throughout my education I couldn't care less about certificates or diplomas as I was more interested in gaining knowledge and not the piece of paper at the end of the course. This is my similar attitude to MOOC's as I am attending them to fill the gaps in my knowledge. I would say my self confidence has improved and I am using this new found knowledge into practice by carrying out mini engineering projects to demonstrate what I have learned. I find them useful for introducing me to a new topic and I have even attended a two hour MOOC to help me understand how I should develop a marketing plan for my freelance business.
Even if they weren't recognised by employers and industry I think they can help anyone who just wants to expand their knowledge and develop new skills. We are getting too caught up with getting as many qualifications under our belts when our ability to apply ourselves effectively is more important.
I think people could use MOOC's as an example of a time where they took personal responsibility of their own development during an interview. They are good at plugging gaps or learning something new. But I don't think they should be relied upon to land you a job. In saying that MOOC's and online tutorials on Youtube will help this Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan get closer to build his own Zords.
Title image from Entrepreneur the arts
CANDACE HAZLETT , (2013), MOOC-Learn [ONLINE]. Available at:https://www.edx.org/sites/default/files/upload/mooc-learn.jpg [Accessed 26 October 2016].


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Ms. Gilliard
Degrees and Certifications:
Ms. Gilliard
My name is Wendy Gilliard and I just returned to Sault Ste. Marie after being in the Grand Rapids Area for 13 years. I have been teaching for 20 years in various grade k-6. I graduated from Alma college in 1994 with an elementary education degree. I am currently finishing my ZS endorsement from Grand Valley State university.
I have an 21 year old son named Baylee; he is graduating from Ferris State Univeristy in December. I also have an 8 year old yellow lab named Maggie. She loves it here!
I enjoy scrapbooking, making crafts, and traveling.
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Los Angeles Drug Crimes Lawyer
Legal Representation for Charges of Cultivation
Very recently efforts to intensify the crackdown on this state's pot growing has led to the federal government targeting not only growers and dispensers of marijuana, but also those who do business with them. As a result the property owners and landlords of spaces rented to people cultivating or dispensing marijuana are being charged also. This could possibly lead to the seizure of land or buildings leased to medical marijuana dispensaries and/or cultivators. Even when the actions are legal under state law, if you are in violation of federal law, you could possibly not only lose your property but face criminal charges.
The legal scene regarding marijuana is changing rapidly and if you or someone you know is being charged with one of the following crimes, you should immediately seek the services of a Los Angeles drug crime attorney at Lessem, Newstat & Tooson, LLP:
- Drug cultivation
- Possession
- Distribution
- Sales
We have over five decades of combined experience representing clients in criminal cases.


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As a visual artist, I work in the mediums of Encaustic, Painting, Drawing and Mixed Media.
After graduating with a BFA in illustration from Southern Ct. St University in 1990, I moved to NYC to pursue a career in illustration, fine art, teaching and consulting. Living in the east village for 17 years, I was exposed to a variety of art and culture and had the opportunity to show my work in a few small galleries. I eventually became restless living in my tiny NYC apartment, so in 2008, I gave it up and moved to a larger seaside home in Newport RI. This is where I learned the techniques of encaustic and had the space and ventilation necessary to pursue this form of painting.
In 2014 I moved to another seaside town, New Bedford Massachusetts. I am completing my graduate degree in art education at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, while teaching and making art full time at my downtown studio in historic New Bedford.
Artists Statement
Through my artwork, I try to find that elusive quality which can transform a figure or a landscape from the ordinary. Working with encaustic is effective in that regard; allowing me to convey that sense of place by capturing its fleeting magic using hot wax and a heat gun.
Attempting to convey the light quality is important to me, it is always the light that interests me most about any subject, location, or dreamscape. It is my inspiration and often my greatest struggle, and I utilize many mixed medias and surfaces in attempt to capture that quality in my work.
"While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality, true art lies in a reality that is felt." Odilon Redon


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The :Madly: Untamed Winter Hauntings Hunt
The Artist Shed is happy to sponsor and participate in the last :Madly: Untamed hunt of 2015, The Winter Hauntings Hunt.
The Hunt runs from December 1st to December 31st and is featuring over 35 stops.
You are looking for a L$1 skull adorned with candy canes which will contain a gift that may be a little spooky.
I decided to go with something haunted/cute…
The Ghost of Christmas Present is a décor item which you could put out under the tree or on your doorstep to give friends and family a laugh or a fright.
Click HERE to get more information on The Winter Hauntings hunt.
Happy Hunting and Happy Holidays!


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College welcomes record 2,856 students
Friday, October 11, 2013
Both Kansas State University and the College of Human Ecology broke enrollment records this fall.
The college recorded 2,856 undergraduate and graduate students, up from 2,516 in 2012.
As of Sept. 20, 24,581 students make up the largest enrollment in the university's 150-year history. The Manhattan campus has 302 more students than last fall.
Human Ecology numbers show:
- 2,458 undergraduate students,
- 250 master's degree students,
- 110 doctoral degree students and
- 38 non-degree graduate students.
Of those, 46 attend the K-State Salina campus which offers degrees in family studies and human services; 301 are non-campus students in undergraduate studies; and 216 are non-campus students in graduate programs.
"When students and parents see that we aspire to become a Top 50 public research university by 2025, they realize that this is a place where students can set their own big goals and find the encouragement and support to achieve them," said President Kirk Schulz.
This fall 2,106 students came to K-State from more than 100 countries. That's a one-year increase of 61 international students.
"We're the No. 1 choice for Kansas high school seniors. We have a student body that's larger and more diverse than ever. Among Kansas public universities, we have the highest percentage of freshmen who return their sophomore year because K-State continually strives to provide students the best undergraduate experience." said Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students.
By Human Ecology communications
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I'm looking for a rainbow on this gloomy day. I guess I'm always looking for rainbows. My confession of messiness for today: I still have my rainbow-colored papel picado banner up from the Cinco de Mayo (personally I don't think this is too awful as we are still in the month of May!!)
There is something in me that is always looking for color and something beautiful to gaze at……and something in me that craves something beautiful and colorful to listen to. On this gloomy day, I found it all in what I'm calling my Irish Rainbow!! It's my new favorite band, straight from the emerald isle of Ireland! It's Rend Collective Experiment. A home-grown organic group….. here's a fun video for today, just what I needed…colorful and fun….
I recently heard about this band from my friend Amber from Because Love is a Lifestyle and I guess I'm copycatting her by saying that the Campfire Album is my new favorite! 🙂 Rend Collective Experiment is not a new band (just new to me), it started as a group of friends in Ireland, eventually joined by almost 100 other artists, musicians etc. The core 5 of the collective have gone on to an international success,with major tours all over the world.
Concerning the band itself Gareth comments,"We are a collective of people like a family and not just a band. We want our music to be what we call Organic worship, an honest and natural connection with God, something which is authentic and not artificial. We want to create an environment for people to have genuine encounters with Him and to find themselves singing to Him in ways that they find real"
I love it that their album Homemade Worship by Handmade People was recorded in a living room!! Here's an excerpt from Rend Collective Experiment's website:
It's a truth universally acknowledged that anything homemade is typically better than its slick, factory-produced counterpart. Much like a handwritten note, a birthday gift that wasn't procured at the local mall or a mouthwatering, made-from-scratch meal savored with family and friends, Irish worship artists Rend Collective Experiment wanted to approach the follow-up to their universally praised debut, Organic Family Hymnal, in the same decidedly homespun fashion. So instead of holing up in a studio for weeks on end, Rend Collective Experiment held their recording sessions a lot closer to home—namely in Gareth and Ally Gilkeson's own living room in Northern Ireland.
For some musicians, working at home would be the very definition of chaos. But for the group who's always been less of a band and more of a family anyway, it was an ideal experience that culminated in the group's exquisitely crafted (and appropriately titled) second album, Homemade Worship By Handmade People.
"The best way I could describe it was that we didn't want to get involved in any clinical, polished studio where things felt detached from normal life," Gareth says. "We wanted things to feel homey, and there was something intimate about that. Naturally, there were guitars and instruments everywhere for the better part of six months, and I'm not sure how my wife [Ally] coped, but it was an experience none of us will ever forget. It's a fun way of making music."
Love it!! I know that the music from their CD Campfire is going to be my summer sound this year!! Some of my biggest favorites are: You Are My Vision, Praise like Fireworks, Movements, Build Your Kingdom, 10,000 Reasons….
My day has suddenly cheered up!!!! Hope you have a nice one, too!


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CSIS, 2 May 07: Iraqi Perceptions of the War: Public Opinion by City and Region
The patterns of conflict in Iraq have grown steadily more complex with time, adding sectarian and ethnic conflicts to what began as a largely Ba'athist dominated resistance in mid-2003. There are now five major patterns of violence:
Sunni Islamist extremist insurgents, where Al Qa'ida plays a major role along with at least two other movements. These are the primary source of suicide attacks, car bombings, and attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces.
Iraqi Arab Sunni versus Arab Shi'ite conflicts, where Shi'ite militias and death squads play a major role, and where sectarian violence, threats, and pressures are forcing the segregation of many areas, leading to displacements, and creating ethnic "cleansing."
Iraqi Arab versus Iraqi Kurdish ethnic conflicts center around the "ethnic fault" line, where control of Kirkuk and the oil fields around it have become a major source of tension and potential conflict that extends to the West to the area around Mosul. The future of the Turcomans and other minorities is directly affected by the outcome, as is national unity. This ethnic struggle also interacts with similar Kurdish ethnic tensions and struggles affecting Turkey, Iran, and Syria.
Arab Shi'ite on Arab Shi'ite struggles for political control and power, particularly in Southeastern Iraq. Each of the three major Shi'ite parties is a rival for power along with smaller parties that play a major role in key cities like Basra. Clashes between Shi'ite factions and militias have so far been limited, but the struggle for control of the Shi'ite shrine cites and the oil-rich provinces in the Southeast may have only begun.
Arab Sunni on Arab Sunni violence now concentrated largely in Al Anbar but spreading eastwards into Diyala. This is partly a struggle for tribal control of given areas, but also a struggle between Sunni Islamist extremist elements like Al Qa'ida in Iraq. These struggles ease the pressure on the ISF and Coalition to some degree, but the enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a lasting "friend."
These divisions, however, tell only part of the story. Many Iraqis have divided or multiple loyalties, and the patterns of violence in one area may well differ from another. This becomes far clearer from the detailed results of a recent public opinion poll by ABC News, USA Today, the BBC, and ARD. This poll provided important insights into the overall trends in Iraqi "hearts and minds," but it also provided an important window into just how much Iraqis differ by major city and province. It also shows that any successful effort at counterinsurgency and conciliation must carefully consider all of the patterns in Iraqi perceptions and civil conflict.


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Update November 13, 2012:
Almost 2,000 people attended the 3rd Annual O+ Festival held in the Historic Stockade District of Uptown Kingston from October 5th through 7th this year. The Festival whose tagline is "Bartering the Art of Medicine for the Medicine of Art," is based on the provision of free health access to all participating artists and musicians. Bands such as the Felice Brothers performed, and public artwork was displayed throughout Uptown Kingston. In total there were 40 bands, 41 artists, 58 healthcare providers, and 4 dentists. There were 443 hours of care donated, totaling $69,450 worth of free health access. Amazing coverage for this groundbreaking event helped to make this year a tremendous success. All of the money raised goes toward the provision of medical supplies for the event. For more information on O+ or to learn how to become involved next year, please visit: www.opositivefestival.org
One of the most dire problems in the art world is the sheer lack of health service assistance that artists have access to. This is not an acceptable way for a professional artist to live. The risks they take are major; the odds are not in their favor. Artists who depend on their work for income need to find a way for their health to be supported.
Enter O+, a new festival that was started by a dentist, a doctor, and a couple of artists – all friends – in Kingston, NY (near Woodstock). Their idea is quite simple: Artists come to the festival to perform or show their art, and are 'paid' with health care of all kinds ranging from physical therapy, blood tests, dentistry, eye exams and the like. Covering everyone's healthcare is no simple matter, but much success has been had with the festival thus far. It marks the beginning of a solution to the artist healthcare problem.
Past participating visual artists include: Mike Egan, Thom Grady, Jessica Harrison, Polly M. Law, Denise Orzo, Geddes Jones Paulsen, Kevin Paulsen, Anthony Pontius, Scott Holloway and many others.
Artists can apply to get their artwork into the festival, but it's highly competitive. The best way to get involved is to volunteer and still get access to some of the health services offered. For details on volunteering, check out the site here.
Taking part in any way means spending Columbus Day weekend in October up in Kingston, NY, which is a short two-hour drive north of Manhattan with bus services leading directly into the heart of the festival. If attending is not feasible for you, spreading the word will help call attention to the festival and help it grow so that more artists can be helped. You may want to consider starting a version of the festival in your city.
O+ is only about to hit its third birthday – it's still young and small. Because of the attention it's gotten (TED, Wall St Journal, Huff Post, Bloomberg Business Week and others), and because its volunteers are VERY passionate about its cause, it really has the potential of reaching very far and wide.
For more info go to O+'s Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as their website.
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This class is designed for beginners through intermediate students. In Gentle Flow, you'll be guided through postures in a Vinyasa style, beginning with the basic poses, but allowing for more challenging poses based on your practice level.
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Where are all those Google Glass profile pictures? The early adopters who wore them with pride do they feel as if the fell into the trap of hype? We should establish a term that describes this kind of emotional state just to be ready for future tech-hype-disappointments.#Showerthoughts – People who wore Google Glass
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Cocos Islands or Territory of Cocos or the Keeling islands refer to a group of islands located on Indian Ocean at the middle and borders the Christmas Island and Perth. The territory comprises of two islands which are inhabited and these are the Home Island and West Island. Travelers commute in the area by use of passenger ferries. Some of the islands found here are also uninhabited and majorly comprise of Horsburgh Island, South Island and North Keeling Island which is a national park controlled by Parks Australia. Cocos Islands experience a humid tropical climate that attracts many tourists in the area. The group comprises of 27 coral islands which were discovered in 1609 by Captain William Keeling.
Coconuts are the only crops grown throughout all the islands. The local food supply is supplemented by small fishing and local gardens but other necessities including additional food are imported from Australia. The tourist industry is quite small and is still in development. There are two major seasons in Cocos Islands which overlap one another which include the calm doldrums season and trade wind season. While the islands are quite rainy, they don't reallu interfere with peoples' holiday plans as it mostly rains in the evenings and the days are gloriously sunny. The landscape comprises of low lying, flat coral atolls and thick coconut palms which cover the entire place.
Boating is a common activity in the Cocos Islands and boats usually stop here as they proceed on to Mauritius. Getting around is easy by use of the local bus services which tourists use for accessing some other remote paradises in the area. Car rental companies are also many in Cocos Islands and offer a much better way for travelling around. Culturally tours are the main order of the day for most tourists and these tours will help you understand exactly why they call it a paradise for water and nature lovers.
Throughout the year and during traditional events like New Year, Easter and Christmas, there are numerous events hosted here. One of these events is the popular annual Lagoon swim which majorly involves competitors swimming across several islands. In the evening after the events, presents are organized during dinner for boat drivers and the winners.
Many other unique events which you might be interested with during your vacation in Cocos Islands include the Cocos Ball, Music and Wine festival, quiz nights, Cocos Olympics and the Ardmona Cup. As a visitor, you are highly encouraged to joint any of these activities and festivities. Before you book a certain event, you will need to confirm with the local Tourism Association to get a confirmation of the dates. In addition, tourists are highly welcome to take part in Sports Carnival, concert events and School Fete. Make sure that you also visit the Cocos Islands Golf Club and you will be amazed by this great golf course. Shopping isn't a major activity in Cocos Islands as such but you should consider checking the Community Resource Center for a wide range of local stuff.


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Maria R. Boes (History, 1989) has published Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Germany: Courts and Adjudicatory Practices in Frankfurt am Main, 1562–1696 (Ashgate, 2013). Boes is professor... Read more
Alumnus Will Friedman (Political Science, 1999) is coauthor of Everyone at the Table: Engaging Teachers in Evaluation Reform (Jossey-Bass, 2013). The book provides research-based insights and... Read more
The American Council of Learned Societies has named Lindsay Green-Barber (Political Science, 2012) an ACLS Public Fellow for 2013. Green-Barber was appointed as a media impact analyst for the... Read more
Lisa Paisley-Cleveland (Social Welfare, 2010) has just published Black Middle-Class Women and Pregnancy Loss: A Qualitative Inquiry (Lexington Books, 2013). Paisley-Cleveland is an adjunct... Read more
Donna King (Sociology, 1994) published Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective (Vanderbilt University Press, 2012). King... Read more
Emelise Aleandri (Theatre, 1984) has a lead role in the independent film Sister Italy, written by Angela Sciddurlo Rago and directed by Angelo Bonsignore, which premiered in New York on July 13.
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Penny Lewis (Sociology, 2009) has published Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement as Myth and Memory (Cornell University Press, 2013). Lewis is assistant professor of labor... Read more
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Turning from Twitter to trends
- Economists can turn their attention from the Trump Twitter feed to economic data. The US employment report is due. US President Trump indicated he does not believe the data. This is sensible. Employment data is revised frequently, and mainly survey-based. Rather than trust a single data release, economists look at trends.
- Trends show the US at full employment. US labor markets are divided – it is very difficult for a low-skilled worker to move into a highly responsible job, for instance. The 2016 change was that a broad range of measures showed low-skilled workers getting pay increases and work (raising inflation pressures).
- Service sector business sentiment opinion polls are released from various economies – it would be nice if investors were as skeptical about these opinion polls as they are about every other opinion poll, but instead PMI data attracts unnecessary reverence. Economic fundamentals support strong sentiment – politics may be less supportive.
- The EU leaders meet for a summit in Malta, where the US president's international relations approach will doubtless be discussed. The UK prime minister will pop in for a morning, but is not going to be staying.


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Kellogg Transitional Production Employee in CINCINNATI, Ohio
Grow with us in our state-of-the-art baking/production facilities! With your can-do, go-getter, team-player work ethic, we are positive you will fit right in. To be successful in this role, you could certainly use two scoops of communication skills and a bowl full of detail while preparing some of the world most favorite product for shipment. You will also collaborate with many diverse people and perspectives, and be a part of the united values and winning culture. At Kellogg's we eat what we like and we do what we love.
Packing with Care - Preparing our finished product in accordance with prescribed packaging procedures while producing high quality packing of finished goods
Technical and Manual Machine Operating - Work with computer-controlled equipment or more mechanically based machines to make sure they are set up properly, working well, and producing quality product.
Managing Machine Performance - Make sure machines are stocked and working at full capacity, maintained well and perform periodic checks while inspecting product
Following Best Practices - Preparing equipment for production while adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices while using safety precautions
The Bake Shop - You may know it as "processing", but you'll be responsible for setting our dough into motion by mixing the ingredients for our world class crackers.
Industrial or mechanical background
High School diploma or GED
Physically must be able to stand for long hours and be able to lift at or above waist at a maximum of fifty pounds
Must be flexible with work scheduling as well as overtime and holidays
Effective communication
Detail oriented
Ability to follow instructions, verbal and written
This position will require you to work all 3 shifts
Bonus Points:
Previous experience in a manufacturing setting or a related position
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
It is best to apply today, because job postings can be taken down and we would not want you to miss this opportunity. To learn more about what is next, click on one of the links below:
Kellogg K-Values at http://www.kelloggcareers.com/global/company-and-values.html
Kellogg Stories and News at http://newsroom.kelloggcompany.com/
The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For additional information, please follow this Link at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-VerifyParticipationPoster_ES.pdf .
GROW With Us.
Kellogg Recruitment
Title: Transitional Production Employee
Location: USA-OH-Cincinnati
Other Locations: USA-KY-Covington, USA-OH-Miamisburg, USA-OH-Cincinnati North, USA-IN-Columbus, USA-IN-Liberty, USA-OH-Blue Ash, USA-IN-Batesville, USA-KY-Florence, USA-OH-Cincinnati, USA-OH-Mason, USA-KY-Hebron, USA-IN-Greensburg, USA-IN-Lawrenceburg
Requisition ID: MAN009760
Job Function: Manufacturing
Job Type: Hourly Paid
Closing Date: Apr 22, 2020, 10:59:00 PM
Relocation Assistance: Yes


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Welcome back to Haley's Beauty Room! I am currently sitting at my beauty desk, face mask on, with a glass of wine in hand preparing this article for you all. That trio means I am ready to spill the tea on the best pore minimizing primers in the beauty world.
1. Benefit The POREfessional
A cult favorite, the POREfessional is one of the most well known and best pore minimizing products on the market. I believe that this primer is perfect for all skin types and gives you a better makeup application all around. It also doesn't make foundation crack or break up during the day.
This primer has a balm like feel that helps to smooth out pores and fine lines. The description on Ulta's website says you can use this product under or over makeup, however, I have only used it under and wouldn't suggest to try the latter. This primer is a bit pricey at $31.00 for 0.75 oz, however, you need such a little amount per use that you can make one tube last forever.
2. Soap & Glory One Heck of a Blot Instant-Perfecting Power Primer
This primer from Soap & Glory is perfect for people who are looking to significantly minimize their pores and also stay matte for up to 12 hours. This primer has shine control, pore minimizing technology, and also helps to even out skin tone. What's not to love?
This is a great option for the summertime when our makeup tends to break apart in the hot weather. Another fabulous reason to try this primer is that it is only $14.00, so it is definitely an affordable option.
3. Dr. Brandt Pores No More Pore Refiner Primer
YASSS this primer gives me life. My face looks like a baby's butt after using this it is so smooth. Not only does this minimize pores and fine lines, it also helps you to stay shine free all day. You will get this velvety finish that makes you photo ready in a snap.
This primer is pricey at $45.00 for 1 oz, however, as is true with the Benefit primer, a little goes a long way, making this actually very cost effective. Your makeup will look fabulous, you will be fabulous, this primer is fabulous, let's all be fabulous together!
4. NYX Pore Filler Primer
Another great drugstore option and it is coming from NYX Professional Makeup. NYX is one of the best drugstore makeup brands around so I'm sure it is not a surprise to you that one of their products made this list. This pore filling primer rivals high-end brands and gives you a flawless finish. Your pores will be concealed and skin will be smooth.
If you're on a budget but your pores need some help, pick this up at your local drugstore for $13.99 and your face and wallet will thank you.
5. Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer
Rounding it out at number 5 is one of my personal favorites, and it is the Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer. This primer literally melts in to your skin for a smooth base with a more youthful appearance. It is marketed as almost like an anti-aging product for mature skin, but if you have uneven skin or pore issues this type of primer is the route you need to go.
Make sure you press products likes this in to the skin instead of just wiping so you get the full "filling" effect. This primer is great and makes my makeup stay on like a dream. Again, this is a high-end product which means you get 0.5 oz for $39.00, but a little goes a long way.
Hope you enjoyed my top 5 pore minimizing primers! What are your favorite pore filling primers? Have you tried out any of the ones I mentioned? Let me know in the comments below!
Until next time,
Images are from Sephora and Ulta Beauty. GIF is sourced from giphy.com


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Wall Hanging Wood Letter "K" Lace
This beautiful hand crafted wooden letters. The initial stands 8" high x 5" in length x 1 1/3" wide. Then can be set on a surface or hung on a wall. Comes with a contrasting ribbon to hang. Looks great with or without the ribbon. Your choice. Item #2992 Letter "K". Pink and White Zebra with jeweled embellishments and lace.


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My little brother is an amazing cook. He lives on his own and is constantly making elaborate meals for himself, he makes pies for Thanksgiving dinner and he is the creator of this chip dip. I can think of many times we've sat at the counter in my moms house and chatted about what's going on in our lives over a bowl of this dip. I hope my kids grow up with the same fond memories and delicious food.
Bacon/Cheese/Ranch Dip
2 cups sour cream
3 Tbsp. dry ranch mix
3 Tbsp. bacon bits
1/2 cup grated cheese
Mix sour cream and ranch mix. Add bacon bits and grated cheese. Serve with BBQ potato chips.


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Theme: Communication in Marriage. Written for a Gary Smalley Marriage Conference - Buddy and Marge have a problem listening and communicating. Marge is waiting for Buddy to show up to go meet Sid and Louise at the gem and mineral show. Buddy didn't know they were going anywhere tonight. Getting to the bottom of their problem is not only hilarious but reveals the real issues in their marriage of needing affirmation and communication of heart.
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Natalie Packer Educational Consultancy specialises in training, support and advice on Special Educational Needs (SEN) and School Improvement in order to improve outcomes for all pupils.
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25 The Postbritish European Empire
It has been a weird couple of years. 2014 marked a century since six European empires went to war over who would be the fairest of them all. All of them lost. Actually, that's not quite true. I can't believe it's only … more >>>


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Daju once told me how tiring it was to spend days doing practical training.I never got to experience it myself until I started my own practical training last week. I woke up and went to bed earlier than usual..and of course the most miraculous thing was- My precious time in front of my laptop had decreased dramatically.hahaha
I felt bad for my mom and uncle who had to send me off and pick me up from my work place..opss..forgot to mention that the company is called Kelantan Biotech Corp. It's a small company with only 10-11 workers located in Machang, about 45 minute from Pasir Mas..I feel glad though that I found this place to spend the final days of my summer break. All the people over there were nice and helped me a lot in adapting with the new environment. I was supposed to work in lab, doing tissue culture. Since the company's factory was just built last May, we were short of employees and thus I started with production. And don't be surprised that I already mastered about the company's products..heheh. We are doing on Virgin Coconut Oil or minyak kelapa dara..and from this oil, we developed new products including bath and facial soap, hair and body oil, massage oil, scrub and shampoo.
Not even a week after I started my training, the company granted me an opportunity to join an exhibition for small and medium entreprenuership in MidValley. Thanks to my 'thick face' and experiences in pennstate that I manage to help my company to attract potential dealers and agents. Even though it's very tiring, it's a wonderful experience since I got to meet a lot of nice people. For the first time I thought it would be very nice to have business cards so that I can expand my networking......
Plus, during my stay in KL, I got to meet Abe Yam, Along, Ada, Mamat and a few friends. Though the meeting was short, we talked a lot about our summer break. The chatting would go on and on for a few more days if I did not have to catch my train lol. The trip back to Kelantan was even funny. I was with my officemate, Ida, who had been a great friend and senior at work. After she got off at Kuala Krai's train station, I continued my beautiful nap..and the nap continued until I heard an announcement that the train would shortly arrive at Wakaf Bharu..and guess what?I just missed my stop!
A lot to write about work..but I'll continue writing next time:). Now I know how it feels to be working..and suddenly I miss my study days (macam la dh grad..heehhe). Thanks to Ida for letting me stay at her bro's house and get me familiarized with office...
Monday, July 13, 2009
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wahh yayi pun dah jadi wanita berkerjaya!!!!woot woot!
- July 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM
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Stephanie Cress, RN, LCSW, CTS is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Nurse with over thirty years experience working in Behavioral Health. She has a private psychotherapy practice in San Francisco and Pleasant Hill, California, specializing in trauma recovery, PTSD, First Responders, family homicides, EMDR, anxiety and depression. Stephanie is a member of the National Association of Social Work, the Clinical Social Work Association, the EMDR International Association, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She is a clinician member of the San Francisco Police Department's Psychological Professional Panel, a Certified Trauma Specialist through the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists.
Stephanie also produced and co-directed the documentary, Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Families Survive Homicide, which is included in California State University, Sacramento's Social Work program curriculum, and examines posttraumatic stress and the effects of homicide in families. Stephanie is also the President of the first Responder Support Network.