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July 3, 2012 in Los Angeles at 6:31pm, July 4th, 2012 9:31am in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Our Year Adventure Begins: Three Flights to Bali, Indonesia from Los Angeles, California
What a trip! Three flights from Los Angeles to Bali; with the help of modern chemistry we slept through most of the first 12 hour flight from LAX to PEK. I think I slept nearly 10 hours. I even fell asleep before we took off. Our flight was at 1:40am July 2nd. My cousins, Eric and Krystie, who just moved to Los Angeles on the day before we left, took us to dinner and from there to the airport. We passed Air China in Terminal 2 at Los Angeles Airport because we were so sure we would leave from Terminal 4 the Tom Bradley International Terminal—but we were wrong. Luckily together our two big packs aren't so heavy—so schlepping back to the other terminal was not too painful. One of the TSA men commented on how most people pay extra so that each of their bags can be over the fifty-pound weight limit yet together we have less than one person might have. All in all, the Los Angeles airport is an embarrassment compared to other countries' international hubs.
We marveled at how modern, big and spacious the Beijing airport felt. Not like LAX. We went through immigration and on the tram to pick up our next two boarding passes. Honestly it was a bit confusing but we survived and we got help from a few officials. The tram and all the other signs were in English and Chinese; we really did not think we had to go through immigration as we were in transit and had no visa. We found a Starbucks had a snack and wandered about until our next flight. We could not log in to the "free Wifi" but we did not have much to say yet to anyone back home anyway.
Our paperwork for the three flights said "no meals" on all three flights which seemed odd for international flights but in fact there was food on all of them. The Air China B777-300ER was surprisingly nice. I had thought that our two legs from Beijing to Singapore(6 hours) and Singapore to Bali (2 hours) would be the most enjoyable segments of the trip, but our twelve hours on Air China were the best. Biggest seats in economy, nicest amenities, and better movies. If I'd wanted to pay the big bucks for First Class, the sleeping pods for Air China looked phenomenal!
Other than the thirty-minute line to get a taxi coupon at the Bali airport, and the half an hour of bumper-to-bumper traffic to our hotel in Kuta (which reminded me of Los Angeles evening traffic although in Los Angeles no one creates an extra lane), the whole journey could not have been much better or easier. And that fact that our three flights were paid with United Frequent Flyer Miles made the start to our year's journey in the East very pleasant.
We are excited to be back in Bali. More about the Swiss Bel Hotel: Bali Kuta Resort soon! Lisa
Video from our flight to Bali: Click here
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July 6, 2012 | 3:30 am
Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna
Northern Ireland. It warms every hand that stretches, and it thaws the frozen seas within us. There is something eternal about the light of this land, a radiance that unshadows the future, like the pillars of a bridge supporting what we see into the delights of what we soon will. So praise this bridge that carries us over, because here is a peerless berth of beauty, bread and song, of castles, culture and cheer. It is a place of ambition big enough to build the ship of dreams, and to craft huge legends, tales and unsinkable stories. It has an eye for the natural, and a heart that doesn't waiver to protect it. It is almost criminally rich in splendor, aptitude, customs and passion. It is an adventure big enough for giants, where water and time have done nothing but saturate the soil with inspiration. For it is a land of artists, from poets to painters, from designers to distillers. Art, it could be said, is the unceasing effort to compete with the innate beauty of this acreage—and never succeeding. Some would say this place is better than Irish whiskey—it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder, and it beckons back for more.
Check out this short video from Richard's "mini-quest" to Northern Ireland during the Titanic celebrations.
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Credits: Music by Aidan O'Brien (http://www.youtube.com/user/musicaid1).
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June 29, 2012 | 5:52 pm
Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna
The only thing Belfast does in moderation is moderation.
Always, it has been Brobdingnagian in spirit. Always, it has lived large.
Once it was the largest linen producer in the world. And had the largest ropeworks. It was the largest manufacturer of fizzy drinks; largest shirt maker; had the largest flax machine works; largest tobacco factory; largest handkerchief factory. Jonathan Swift, when he was living at Lilliput Cottage near the bottom of the Limestone Road in Belfast, imagined the nearby Cavehill Mountain a sleeping giant. Big in Belfast is the roar. Annalisa Wray of Belfast holds "The Guinness Book of World Records" for the loudest shout on Earth, a deafening 119-decibel effort.
My friend Virginia Moriarty, born and bred in Belfast, has a theory, which she espouses while I pay a visit. She calls it the "Second Child Syndrome." Throughout the 16th century, the Noble families of the British Empire (Barons, Viscounts, Earls, and Dukes) would grant their first son title and estate inheritance. Second sons were out of luck. But since 1603, when a victory over the Irish in Ulster allowed Britain complete control of Ireland, the Lords of Scotland and Wales and other parts of the Empire would often send their second sons to the remote, rocky, incommoding land to stake claims. And, these second sons, denied the attention or privilege of their older brothers, set out to prove themselves. Pop psychologists call it an ingrained inferiority complex that drives a compulsion to do things bigger and better, often, though, without self-examination. Sigmund Freud said the Irish were "the one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." When I ask Virginia, who happens to be second in birth order, about this she says there are many manifestations of the Second Child Syndrome, and certainly over-compensation is one; equivocation is another. "I used to be indecisive; now I'm not sure," she volunteers.
Whatever the reasons, Belfast remunerated with bigness. Beyond-the-pale amplitude. It was a town with few natural resources…everything from coal to timber to iron had to be imported. And yet for a time, a century ago, it was the world's leading industrial city, anchored by the biggest shipyard in the world, and there it created the biggest man-made moving object in history….the ocean liner Titanic.
Writer Andrew Wilson in a 2012 article in "Smithsonian Magazine," speculated that "Titanic" is the third-most widely recognized word in the world – trailing only "God" and "Coca-Cola." Daniel Allen Butler said the same thing in his 1998 book, "Unsinkable." My reaction: Really? Outflanking 9/11 or Michael Jackson or JFK (of Irish descent), Barry Obama (his great-great-great grandfather was Irish), Bono, Van Morrison or Guinness? What about Noah's Ark? Regardless, I would hazard that most, until recently, would not have associated the city of Belfast with Titanic. Certainly Southampton where most of its passengers made way into the fatal ship; or Liverpool, where it was registered, and which was emblazoned high on its stern to be seen in a raft of recreations and films, including James Cameron's little contribution. Or Cherbourg, where it made its second stop and some of the wealthiest and best known passengers boarded. Or even Queenstown (Cobh), in the south of Ireland, its final dock, where a large number of third class passengers emigrating to the United States fed into the bowels, sort of like the lower-deck passengers on an a380 today. And then there is Newfoundland. The doomed ship was in near constant communication with Cape Race on its Marconi wireless prior to hitting the iceberg as passengers passed along greetings to folks all over North America; and Cape Race coordinated the rescue efforts with other vessels after the incident, just 300 miles off the Newfoundland coast. So, at the end of the day, Belfast was not a big part of the popular story, its coordinates invisible to most narratives.
And after the disaster, Belfast went quiet. Titanic was a dream not remembered.
Beforehand, the city was unbelievably proud of what it had created in Titanic and its sister ship, Olympic. Some 15,000 shipbuilders won a living fashioning the "unsinkable" ship, something aloof to weather, with the strength to ignore such bagatelles as icebergs. It was not just the biggest, but the most luxurious liner ever willed to existence, incorporating the most advanced technologies of the time. Belfast beat the world. It was their place, their time.
It's easy to imagine the inflated chests, the crow and brag that infused the city on April 2, 1912 when, at 8:00 pm, Titanic's giant screws thrashed through the waves and the ship blinked its farewell as it vanished into nothingness.
But, with the unfathomable death of Titanic, swallowed by the sea as if a pill, accusations were leveled at all parties, including the shipbuilders and their materials, the design, the size of the rivets and general craftsmanship. The reply was, "there was nothing wrong with the ship when she left." But, again with the pop psychology, the second sons, under the pressing weight of conscience, felt ashamed and Titanic was a subject not to be broached in Belfast for many, many years. Optimism and sense of purpose drained away like water from a punctured container. Greatness had passed.
Cut to the present. Now, it might be said, the city should be called Titanic Town. Just as James Joyce jibed, "It would be a good puzzle would be to cross Ireland without passing a pub," it would be a puzzle today to cross Belfast and not pass the word Titanic.
Somewhere along the way somebody had the bright idea of turning lemons (there were 16,000 on Titanic) to lemonade, not only embracing the Belfast association with the tragedy, but turning the "built here" stamp into its main tourist magnet. It was an attitudinal sea change. Today the official slogan is "Our Place, Our Time," and the city is awash in exhibitions, tours, cruises, concerts, collectables, drinks (Titanic Tea, Titanic Whiskey and Titanic Quarter Ale), snacks (Titanic potato crisps) and folderol, all branded Titanic. There is the Titanic Light Show, the Titanic Bike "N" Boat tour, the Titanic iPad app, the Titanic suite at the Europa Hotel, the Titanic Road Rally, Titanic Triathlon, Titanic Cemetery tour. Down the road, at the Grand Opera House, "Titanic, the Musical" is playing. Even the grocery stores feature iceberg lettuce.
The cornerstone of the jamboree is Titanic Quarter, formerly Queen's Island, and the great display case is Titanic Belfast, an angular, silver-colored construction that some think suggests an iceberg rather than the bow of a mighty ship, as was intention. I mistakenly call the 150 million dollar, ineluctably grand edifice a "museum," and am promptly chastised by one of the staff… "It is not a museum. It is an Experience." That approach might be because there is little actually of Titanic to see in the building, or even around town. On the whole, Belfast is more about the spaces Titanic left behind.
One, of course, is the 880 foot-long Thompson Graving Dock, where Titanic was hauled to check and clean its hull and fit the propellers. Standing on the edge of this naked 44-foot deep footprint one at last gets a sense of how huge this ship was, or at least it allows imagining. And Colin Cobb, a self-professed Titanorak who runs Titanic Walking Tours, brings it home sharing that the dock could hold 21 million gallons of water, or, in terms better understood in Ireland, 168 million pints of Guinness.
But that's just it…Belfast is more about the idea of Titanic than the tangible. It's the absence that teases, inviting us to color in the book, to put ourselves in the story.
Video: Belfast—Birthplace of the Titanic
Part 1 of 5: More of the series will be presented here or click here for the series at Huffington Post.
June 8, 2012 | 11:46 am
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June 6, 2012 | 9:01 am
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We asked Dina Bernat-Kunin to share about her recent trip to gorgeous Ojai, California for a powerful and fun Women's retreat.
The road to Ojai is very familiar to me. I call it freedom road. I usually avoid being the driver because I just hate driving. Being the passenger allows me to relish the relief I feel while traveling. But on this trip, I offered to drive a close friend to the Ruach Nashim women's retreat up at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California. My friend, Andrea, was in no condition to drive as she was experiencing the trauma of having to move out of her house almost immediately after her home was flooded. How ironic for her that the theme of this retreat was water. As I thought about water, images of the spray from the Banyas waterfall flooded my mind. As a Healer and an Ima, I am always working on cleansing and clearing, both physically and internally.
I couldn't wait anymore for my freedom! My anticipation built as I exited off of the 101 freeway to the 33. It would not be long from here. The flood of memories began. My husband and I have a history of coming up here for our getaways. Sometimes we've made it a family trip, but more often Ojai is our couple's refuge. I felt my heart beat with more excitement as we passed the Blue Iguana Inn. A big exhale pours out of me with a sigh. I was waiting for that exhale all day. "We're free! We're free!" I yell. Andrea's understanding smile is happy for me, even though she was still recovering from a hectic week. I took another long breath, releasing the "Aaahhhh" of relief. For some reason, I was happy to be driving. Huh, new experiences were already happening.
I did not grow up at this camp, but my kids have. They live for summer at Ramah. When they ride this road, they have a different flood of memories. Their Ojai freedom came from being a child in a place that they've always felt safe, independent and joyous. Don't we all want that!
Andrea and Shawn had been encouraging me to come for quite a while. This women's retreat has been going for 7 years. Family, finances, and work always presented obstacles to going. But a voice inside of me insisted on coming this year.
As I sat in the introduction circle of 75 women of various ages, I noticed how busy my head had been. My brain was still working, still prioritizing other things that were not at Ojai, and still a little unsure of what was to come. I didn't want to experience this weekend with all that garbage talk in my head. I wanted to be here, to truly be present with the women in front of me. With determination and some trepidation, I stepped into the circle.
As the workshop progressed, we met each other through song, dance and Moving Torah. This was Andrea's amazing creation as she brought a unique life to each word, to every song as the Torah moved through our bodies. All together, we mimicked, sculpted, and flowed with the feelings and meanings of our words. Like the waving of hands which welcomes in Shabbat, a spirit of joyous womanhood entered the collective body of the group. I loved the feeling of being fully immersed in the spirit and energy of women. What a gift. As my mental resistance melted, I allowed the current of Shabbat to carry me into an ongoing rush of amazing davening, incredible learning, and the joy of hanging out with great people. I was just soaking up each moment!
Prior to coming on the retreat, I had asked Rabbi Shawn Fields-Meyer, the Retreat Coordinator, if there was any opportunity for me to offer a learning session at the retreat. "Yes!" she responded with great enthusiasm, "Shabbat afternoon, for Spa Ramah, people offer different kinds of relaxing and nurturing sessions", Shawn shared. I was so excited. It was a chance to share the work I had been developing in my private practice as a Healer called Deep Body Listening and Body Dialogue. At lunch, I told the group about the newly offered session, gushing with enthusiasm.
Then, panic struck! So many women came up to me saying, "I'm coming to your session!" I had assumed that everybody was going to take a Shabbat nap! It turned out that the idea of being gently guided to connect deeply with our bodies was very appealing. I had mentally prepared for maybe eight people showing up.
Twenty eight women poured into the workshop space! It was the first time that I would be presenting my new work to a group, and 28 women show up. To calm my pounding heart, I gave myself a pep talk. "Be open to having a new experience, Dina".
Something clicked as I stood before this group feeling confidence and joy. I brought them to feeling our hearts, asking them to feel their chest in a more intentional way. Textures, colors¸ temperatures, shapes, and emotions arose in the women. So rarely do we, as women, get to focus our full attention on our own bodies. So often, we are caring for others. But today, it was our turn to feel the warmth of our own hearts. Using specific breathing techniques, I guided the group to bring this warmth to the bottoms of their feet as we touched upon each body part. "Do this slowly and thoughtfully so that each place in your body feels received", I kept repeating. "Now, ask your body where you need attention the most. Just listen and receive whatever message your body has to give you. As the participants learned to listen more deeply to their bodies, I directed them in bringing their heart energy to each neglected spot. "Feel the gift of bringing that warmth to your OWN body." Women shared how nurtured their body felt and they expressed gratitude for being able to attend to their body in this new way. The feeling of exhilaration washed over me and I felt so energized leading this incredible session.
Shabbat came to a close, allowing us to participate in an evening of arts. There was something for everyone; writing, drama, Moving Torah, ceramics and silk painting. The rooms were just vibrating with an intense creative energy everywhere.
In return for the enormous gift of participating in this retreat I expressed my gratitude and enthusiasm by asking to be included in the planning and coordinating team for next year. To all those who will be at next year's retreat, I can't wait to see you next year on the road to Ojai!
Dina Bernat-Kunin, LCSW has a private practice in the Pico/Robertson section of LA. Her sessions offer Intuitive Exercises, Energy Healing, Talk Therapy, and Deep Body Listening and Body Dialogue. She can be reached through her website www.dinabernatkunin.com
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May 25, 2012 | 2:47 pm
Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna
Bella's tale drew me in from the first line, "I've never seen so many bikes before." While looking at the illustrations, I was thrown back to my time in Hanoi, trying to cross the street myself. I enjoyed listening as the family discussed their adventures together, from bargaining for shoes and exploring different Hanoi streets, to wandering a park with the option of phở for lunch or having custom-made clothes tailored in Hoi An. The reader clearly understands that these cultural experiences do not occur often in the USA.
My first grade students were entranced when I shared the book's highlights with them. We looked at maps together, first a world map to find our location and to see how far Vietnam is from Los Angeles, and then we examined a map of South East Asia to compare Vietnam's location to the first Bella tale in Singapore. The extended anecdotal information near the end of the book – including the recipe for pho - provided more interesting details about Vietnam.
I spoke with Stacey Zolt Hara and learned about her family's journey from Chicago to Singapore and how next Bella will travel to South Africa to learn about animal preservation! My students cannot wait to hear more from Bella and now they have placed Vietnam on the top of their travel wish lists! They have really enjoyed their personal interaction with the author. Stacey was kind enough to write back to each of my student's questions!
The next edition of the book would be well-served by a map, which would be a useful addition to this story. But recently, "Bella's Chinese New Year," the App with the first book in the series was released! If you aren't sure how to pronounce a word in the book, you can touch the screen and hear how to pronounce it! Enjoy Bella in her two books and in her new online game! I cannot wait for Stacey to be back Stateside later this year so we can Skype with her in class. I know she has spoken with hundreds of students at assemblies in Singapore; her inspired storytelling will be welcome here in America.
Stacey has certainly inspired my students and even her own children. Her daughter told her after looking at the moon near Cape Town, "I just can't wait until we can go visit the moon. That will be a fantastic trip." The belief that nowhere is out of reach, and that a person can go everywhere and make connections around the globe is the 21st century, is a dream that I would like to inspire in my students. I am honored to use Stacey Zolt Hara's books in my classroom. Her character Bella really engages in the new culture, meets its people, tastes the food, and shares her stories. As Stacey says, "Bella's trips are a window to travel experience for others and they can now dream about it." I hope you and your children enjoy the stories and help to create a plan that will fill your passport with stamps and your life with experiences.
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May 17, 2012 | 12:12 pm
Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna
An annular solar eclipse can be seen this weekend on Sunday, May 20, 2012. CAUTION - Do not look directly at a solar eclipse without a proper filter! Annular eclipses can be dangerous to your eyes.
Because the solar eclipse will block out most of the sun, a spectacular "ring of fire" will be seen in the sky.
From EarthSky.org:
You must find a way to protect your eyes if you plan to watch either the annular solar eclipse on May 20-21, 2012 or the transit of Venus on June 5-6, 2012 – or both events. Many will use solar eclipse glasses from commercial manufacturers, and they are great. A home-rigged indirect viewing method can also be very effective and offers a way for groups to view. Whatever you do, never look at the sun directly without some filter in place to protect your eyes, during any part of either of these events.
Information on how to view a solar eclipse safely from the Exploratorium: Remember never view the sun with the naked eye or with any optical device, such as binoculars or a telescope! Click here for instructions.
May 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse Video
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April 26, 2012 | 11:32 pm
Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna
I've decided to retire early. At the ripe age of 34, with only 2 days until my next birthday, I have defiantly reset the retirement age from 65 to 35. It feels good.
Though I have found some gray hairs recently, I don't have nearly enough to qualify to live in Hawaiian Beaches on the coast of Big Island, Hawaii. Most of the people who are my neighbors are retired, just wanting an affordable way to live in Hawaii near the ocean. Each day, I wake up sipping Ka'u coffee after carefully grinding the beans and pressing the magical elixir in my french press. The whistle of my tea pot signals the beginning of this ritual which celebrates my slow mornings. No more rushing through the streets of NYC with a fast cup of Joe that I spill on the subway. Instead, I stare at the waves from my front lanai and whisper sweet nothings to my coffee.
So how did this happen? A 35 year old guy living the good life in Hawaii? No, I wasn't one of the original founders of Facebook or Google. I didn't sell some weird little company to them for an obscene amount of money. I have no trust fund. What happened is that I have built up a successful private practice as a Healer over the past 8 years. Many of my clients now work with me by phone or travel to Hawaii for a personal healing retreat. In short, I offer my clients a piece of what I have found in my own life.
By saying I'm retiring early, I don't mean to make it sound as if I have stopped working all together. Nor do I think everybody stops working when they retire. I remember visiting a friend's grandparents in Wisconsin a few years back. We stayed in a custom made, spacious house on several acres of forest and farmland. Vibrant and busy, the two retired school teachers watched the grand kids, tended to a ¼ acre vegetable garden, cleaned house, made lunch, and clipped trees that were part of a forestry stewardship program. I was winded just trying to keep up with these retirees.
While the grandpa drove me out in his all terrain vehicle to survey his land, I asked him, "How do you like retirement?" He shared, "I like it just fine. In fact, some days, I am busier than when I was working full time as a teacher and raising kids." I laughed and asked him, "what good is being retired if you are still so busy?" He replied, "The difference is that I get to choose what I do each day. Nobody tells me what to do anymore. If I don't feel like picking vegetables, then I don't. That pure liberty is what retirement is all about for me."
That conversation has floated through my mind often over the past few years. Who decided 65 was the magic year of retirement? Social Security? I wasn't going to wait to be independently wealthy to live the life I have always dreamed of living. And I wasn't waiting until I was 65 years either. So 8 years ago, I started my new career as a traveling Healer. People began inviting me to come to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and later, Hawaii, to come share the intuitive healing work that made me a trusted name among my clients. Armed with a massage table, psychic sight, soothing hands, and a sense of humor, I worked on doctors, lawyers, teachers, mothers, and celebrities. It too work, a lot of work. But it was fun. It was my heartfelt choice. My desire to travel met my passion for sharing the inspiring work of an uncanny form of self discovery. My life would never be the same.
7 Years ago, I quit my day job at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a Research Associate, forfeiting my plans to go to med school. At the time I was deathly afraid to tell my family that I was no longer going to be a doctor. After all, I was the pride of the family and they had high hopes for me. They got over it. Many of them still ask me "what do you for a living again?"
4 Years ago, I had to face my fears of leaving NY, an experience that felt like I was pulling myself off a spiderweb. My whole life was there. So many of my friends and family were there. NY comforted me because it brought the world to me. Even with so many cultures and new ideas at my fingertips, Something inside of me needed to go and meet the world in new ways. I still miss NY pizza. I'm still glad that I never moved back.
2 Years ago I moved to Oahu, which lead to an even slower pace of life on Big Island, Hawaii. I still travel to major cities to work with people and teach, but it's at a much more liveable pace than my when I started the foundation of my practice in my 20′s. The mix of city stimulus when traveling with the slow nurture of nature suits me well. I like falling off the map when the job is done, only to get the itch to travel again.
3 hours ago, I saw a long time client in my new home office. So many clients have shared on the phone that they could hear the ocean in the background. She was the first one to experience the fresh cut tropical flowers and ocean waves in-person. New tones of teal, browns, and hardwoods created a fresh, soothing décor to the healing room. The new colors signaled a new chapter in my life. Before the session, my client walked by the ocean to clear her head. It helped her slow down enough to recognize the new chapter in her own life. It meant letting go of the old ways of worry and dread. It meant embracing that she was in a new place, a place worth celebrating. At the end of the session, her genuinely smiling face showed that she was ready for her dreams to come true. Sharing my wisdom and inspiration had helped her to find encouragement and renewed courage in her own choices. Helping her brought me immense joy. When you are living the life you truly want, that's pure liberty. That's early retirement. Join the movement.
An hour ago, I paid my bills online, then took a nap in the middle of the day. The early bird special is looking really good at the local Hawaiian eatery. I guess I really am retired after all. Hungry?
Please send your friend requests to G. Kamana Hunter FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/people/G-Kamana-Hunter/669812856 and join me for a Hawaiian early bird dinner sometime.
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Gifts of Chaos
The Gods of Chaos sometimes bless their favoured champions with a Gift of Chaos. These rewards are many and varied in design and purpose and the following are just a selection of the many which have been created.
Gifts of Chaos are incredibly diverse in form and function. Some gifts are actual objects such as Daemon Weapons[7] or suits of armour, some are physical mutations where the champion may gain daemonic features or other similar attributes[5][6], other forms of gift may reward the champion with a daemonic companion such as a Familiar[5][6] or a Daemonic Steed[2], whilst other gifts may be even more esoteric - rewarding a champion with a daemonic name, for example.[5][6]
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Gifts of Khorne
- Mark of Khorne: An individual bearing the Mark of Khorne is imbued with a portion of his patron's battle rage - he becomes even more ferocious in close combat and loses all sense of fear or self-restraint[1]. Often the skull rune of Khorne is branded or otherwise etched on the bearer's flesh.[8]
- The Axe of Khorne is a Daemon Weapon which has been imbued with the power and bloodlust of Khorne, driving the bearer to greater feats of death and destruction. The ferocity produced by the weapon means that often many more attacks are achieved than with standard weaponry.[1]
- The Banner of Rage contains the souls of the most bloodthirsty of Khorne's followers and emits these emotions into the minds of those nearby, increasing their appetite for blood to a new level.[1]
- The Berserker Glaive is a weapon that the bearer must constantly fight with to remain in dominance. The blade contains the bound essence of a Bloodthirster which has been driven truly insane by its captivity. The glaive provides great protection for the bearer, but doesn't always destroy the right person.[1]
- Blessing of the Blood God is a unique ability granted to Khorne's greatest champion, Kharn, that renders him immune from psychic attack.[Needs Citation]
- The Collars of Khorne are spiked collars engraved with sigils of Khorne, supposedly forged at weapon foundries at the foot of the Blood God's throne of brass.[8] A Collar can control the Warp energy around it and protect the bearer from incoming psychic powers.[1]
- Juggernauts are Daemonic Steeds for particularly favoured champions of Khorne; they are massive steeds made of living metal, whose blood is liquid fire.[1]
- The Khornate Chainaxe is a heavy, sharp and deadly weapon which can pierce any material with ease.[1]
- The Rage of Khorne imbues such a desire for combat in its bearer that his rage builds and builds before exploding out in the first combat encounter.[1]
- The Talisman of Burning Blood allows the bearer to control his rage for slightly longer than usual, as well as that of those around him, or to force them into an even higher rage.[1]
- Daemonic Name - Khorne for a brief moment recognizes the servant as his own, bestowing or revealing the gifted true name.[8]
- Daemon Weapon - the gifted is granted a daemon weapon possessed by a Bloodletter.[8]
- Face of Khorne - the gifted's face become the very essence of bloodshed, the eyes shining with the inner light of Khorne bone-forges, and the nostrils bellowing black smoke from every funeral pyre ever burnt.[8]
- Flesh-fused Weapon - the gifted's favoured weapon is empowered by Khorne, fusing it with their flesh.[8]
- Hand of Khorne - one of the gifted's hands swells in size and the nails become distended and as hard as iron, the hand is a tool of Khorne's will, which is the slaughter of every living soul in existence.[8]
- Purity of Aggression - the gifted is blessed with the utter clarity of Khorne's will; all emotions other than bloodshed is driven from his mind; no foe is beyond hatred and the feeling is mutual.[8]
Gifts of Slaanesh
- Those bearing the Mark of Slaanesh become touched by Slaanesh, who claims their souls for all eternity. The bearer of the mark gains the ability to emit a piercing scream that disorientates their foes.[1]
- Allure of Slaanesh - projects a siren-like song which draws enemy units in and damages their morale.[1]
- Aura of Acquiescence - morphs the bearer into the image of Slaanesh and nearby enemies throw away their own sense of self-preservation in order to do the will of the bearer.[1]
- Doom Siren - a sonic weapon, it is made up primarily of an arrangement of tubes which amplify the war cries of the bearer into a devastating wave of sound.[1]
- The Lash of Torment is a daemonically-possessed weapon carried by Lucius the Eternal. It takes the form of a writhing, barbed whip which appears to have a will all of its own. Once it has ensnared the victim, the whip feeds on their pain and fear, projecting it for the enjoyment of the bearer and terror of all others around.[1]
- Needle of Desire - a double-ended needle, one end of which is permanently inserted into the champion, from whom it absorbs various poisons and toxins produced by champions of Slaanesh. The venom will throw anyone into a state of delirium and many simply shut down the moment the toxins reach their blood stream, so potent is the poison. They will often then remain slumped over the needle.[1]
- Rapturous Standard is a banner which rings with the promise of coming forbidden pleasures and delights.[1]
- Sonic Blaster - a Slaaneshi sonic weapon, it produces waves of devastating sound which can rip targets apart.[1]
- Steeds of Slaanesh - swift and powerful Daemonic creatures of Slaanesh, they are often used as mounts for mortal or daemonic champions of Slaanesh.[1]
- Daemonic Name - the gifted is granted a secret name derived from impossible vowels and consonants voiced in the sibilant, lifting tongue of the servants of Slaanesh. the powerful servants of chaos may receive multiple names.[8]
- Daemon Weapon - the gifted is granted a daemon weapon possessed by a Daemonette.[8]
- Face of Slaanesh - the gifted's face bears a fraction of Slaanesh's countenance and all who look upon him are enslaved by his allure[8].
- Hermaphrodite - the gifted becomes like Slaanesh, having both genders with a single breast he assumes a disturbingly attractive form but ultimately sexless, and gender differences become irrelevant to him.[8]
- One Thousand and One Senses - the gifted is granted with a entirely new and previously unheard of array of sensory perceptions, the merest of which makes those he was born with pale in insignificance.[8]
Gifts of Nurgle
- Those with the Mark of Nurgle become bloated with pestilence, their rotting flesh makes them near immune to pain and extremely difficult to kill.[1]
- Blight Grenades - made of the miniaturised heads of the enemies of Nurgle, killed by one of Nurgle's favourite plagues. The grenades scare and disorient enemies as they attack.[1]
- Manreaper - a daemonically possessed, two-handed scythe, supposedly dipped in the filth seeping from the Throne of Nurgle, that can kill multiple opponents in one sweep. Its daemonic touch also saps the will of the targeted group. It is primarily carried by Chaos Lords.[1] The Manreaper was the Death Guard Primarch Mortarion's weapon of choice, and others - including his elite guard, the Deathshroud and Typhus the Herald of Nurgle - emulated his example.[3]
- Nurgling Infestation - consists of a small group of Nurglings which follows the champion, feasting on the flakes of dead and diseased skin which continuously fall from them. They are also useful in close combat.[1] These Nurglings are born from seeping pustules that grow in the gifted's body.[8]
- Nurgle's Rot - one of Nurgle's favourite plagues. It causes many afflictions upon those near it, including blisters, boils, and welts. The damage is quick, but the suffering intense. Many submit themselves to Nurgle just to end the torment. The Plaguebearers and Great Unclean Ones are normally surrounded by a thick fog of disease, and in some cases the Champions of Nurgle are deemed worthy enough to bear this formidable weapon for Nurgle.[1]
- Pandemic Staves - vessels for the diseases of Nurgle when they are carried from the Warp to the materium and can be released in battle to feast upon enemy units.[1]
- Plague Sword - a blade covered in a film of poisonous pus likely to kill any it infects who don't die from the initial strike.[1]
- Plague Banner - a horrible conglomeration of rotting hides which flap in a pestilent wind. It also contains a powerful curse which can absorb the life from any nearby enemy.[1]
- Biting Tongue - The champion's tongue grows to be thick and cylindrical, with a maw of biting teeth - much like that of a Great Unclean One.[6]
- Crossbreed with Beast - the bearer mutates into a hybrid creature, becoming half-Beast of Nurgle.[6]
- Daemonic Name - Nurgle bestows the champion with a Daemonic name, granting him equal status to the daemons of Nurgle.[8]
- Daemon Weapon - the gifted is granted a daemon weapon possessed by a Plaguebearer.[8]
- Face of a Plaguebearer - the bearer's heat becomes like that of a Plaguebearer - with rotting flesh, a single bulbous eye and a lone horn sprouting from their brow.[6]
- Face of Beast - the champion's head becomes like that of a Beast of Nurgle, framed by a mass of paralysing tentacles.[6]
- Face of Nurgle - the gifted is blessed with Nurgle's visage, with swollen flesh, and great lumps slough off revealing the corruption beneath, the champion's eyes twinkle with Nurgle's mischievous humour and dark beneficence.[8]
- Corpulent Immensity - the champion's frame swells and his innards bloat, his skin sloughs and pores weep pus, despite this he is blessed with vigour and strength.[8]
- Trail of Slime - The bearer leaves a thick trail of mucous-like slime wherever he goes, anyone coming into contact with this slime runs the risk of contracting Nurgle's Rot.[6]
- Rot Proboscis - Many Rot Flies vomit poisonous and corrosive digestive juices over their prey, allowing the flies to suck up the liquefied remains.[9]
- Venom Sting: A poisonous sting so potent that even the smallest scratch can prove enough to kill the most hardened of heroes.[9]
Gifts of Tzeentch
- Mark of Tzeentch - Tzeentch shares with the gifted a small portion of his grand scheme for the universe, enough of it without blasting his soul to cinders. The bearer becomes a Sorcerer, able to use psychic powers.[1]
- Bedlam Staves originated during the Horus Heresy from within the Thousand Sons. Since they turned to Tzeentch the Bedlam Staves have been held by many warriors and are steeped in the psychic remnants of many warriors. When they strike, Bedlam Staves remove all thoughts from the minds of the target, making them pause temporarily.[1] In Dawn of War, the Bedlam Staff is Chaos Sorcerer Sindri Myr's melee weapon and it is extremely dangerous to infantry targets.[4]
- Blasted Standard - a banner of some description whose design alters constantly throughout a battle by the powers of change. Much energy is stored within the standard and is released when an enemy approaches.[1]
- Discs of Tzeentch - daemonic entities that soar on the etheric winds in the Eye of Terror. They can then be tamed (to an extent) and given to Tzeentch's followers as steeds.[1]
- Eye of Tzeentch - a third eye located somewhere on the body or armour of the champion and allows them to foresee the future and adjust their actions accordingly.[1]
- Inferno Bolts - sorcerous ammunition designed to work in Bolt Pistols, Bolters or Combi-Bolters and are bolts wreathed in blue-white fire that explode on contact with an enemy.[1]
- Talisman of Tzeentch - linked into the warp and is a blight on the mental control of other psykers.[1]
- Thrall Wizards - normally human wizards who follow Chaos Sorcerers in training. They work in groups of up to four but Sorcerers are more than willing to sacrifice these wizards in order to survive a poorly cast spell.[1]
- Warp Blade - has the power to dissipate psychic energy directed towards it, as well as being a highly potent close combat weapon.[1]
- Daemonic Name - Tzeentch reveals the name of the champion by which he is known in the warp.[8]
- Daemon Weapon - the gifted is granted a daemon weapon possessed by a Horror.[8]
- Crossbreed with Flamer - the champion becomes a hybrid of their original form and that of a Flamer of Tzeentch.[7]
- Face of a Horror - the bearer's head changes to resemble that of a Lesser Daemon of Tzeentch - either pink with a massive grin or blue with a snarling frown.[7]
- Face of a Lord of Change - the champion's head becomes bird-like, resembling that of a Lord of Change.[7]
- Face of Tzeentch - the gifted's features shift and change around his face, to simulate Tzeentch inscrutable visage.[8]
- Hand of Tzeentch - one of the bearer's hands becomes a huge claw much like that of a Horror of Tzeentch.[7]
- Changing of the Ways - exposure to the raw will of Tzeentch changes and mutates his body, replacing all his previous gifts with new ones.[8]
- Ecstatic Duplication - upon the bearer's death he divides into two Blue Horrors, he may later be reborn from their congealed essence.[8]
- Flaming Arm - a arm of the gifted is replaced with the flaming arm of a Flamer of Tzeentch, and is able to project blasts of flame.[8]
- Massive Intellect - exposure to the will of Tzeentch grants the gifted with an expanded intellect, enabling him to perceive Tzeentch's great schemes and goals.[8]
- Warpsmith - the champion is rewarded with the ability to manipulate the tides of the warp as though he was born there, rather than in the mortal realm.[8]
Chaos Spawn
The Chaos Gods are not always benevolent with their gifts. Sometimes a follower will be gifted with Spawndom, becoming a mindless creature of nightmarish form.
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- 2: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear, [Needs Citation]
- 3: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel) by James Swallow, [Needs Citation]
- 4: Dawn of War
- 5: White Dwarf 121 (UK) pgs. 52-53
- 6: White Dwarf 122 (UK) pgs. 12-13
- 7: Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, [Needs Citation]
- 8: Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pgs. 290-303
- 9: Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition) pg.62-63


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Laws of Gravity
Original Release Date: Aug 26, 1992
Two petty crooks, Jimmy and Jon, find the opportunity for a big score when Frankie, an old friend and ex-con, arrives in town with a load of illegal handguns for sale.
When a domestic dispute lands Jon in jail, Jimmy goes to sell the guns to raise the bail money. When Frankie discovers that his merchandise is missing, he goes after Jimmy and the guns.
- Peter Greene
- Edie Falco
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I found City Lights through TripAdvisor and booked before the new owners took over. Learning that men were running a B&B, I was quite curious as to what we would find. I was extremely impressed with how clean our room was (not that men can't clean) and the living plants that made it feel like my home away from home.... More
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Full Moon Productions sends shivers and tickles of terror up spines with four haunted attractions. Classic- and contemporary-horror flicks jump off the screen into hair-raising reality at the Macabre Cinema, a 1930s movie palace that includes sets from Hellraiser and other movies. Frightful cinematic characters dwell among the seats and scrims, waiting to elicit particularly desperate screams from hapless couples that thought they were there to see Gigli. The Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe revisits the brilliant author's ominous imagination inside an actual supposed haunted building, as profiled on the Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab. The most horrifying excerpts from Poe's famous tales are re-created to saddle visitors with unsettling sensations, such as being buried alive or moving back in with your parents.
Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Kansas City T-Bones follow manager Tim Doherty as they attempt to smash their Central Division rivals and park the American Association title on their mantel. Kansas City baseball legend Frank White dons a #20 uniform all season long as the T-Bones first-base coach. Veteran offensive powerhouse Kala Ka'aihue looks to repeat last season's 22-home-run output, dispiriting opposing pitchers and making outfield walls desperately question their very purpose. Right-hander and Kansas City native Kyle Dahman also blazes back to the mound after a 2011 season of smoking opponents with his mid-90 mph fast ball and team second-best save record. The T-Bones will take on Central Division rivals from Sioux City and Gary as well as the 2009 league champion Lincoln Saltdogs, hoping to get to the playoffs to prove their mettle and get out of the September weddings of loose acquaintances.
Witness high-flying college teams making it rain from three-point range while defending shots with their armbrellas. Established in 1937, the inaugural NAIA Tournament has called Kansas City home for 74 years. Featuring 32 teams pivoting and sprinting atop a lustrous hardwood battlefield, it has grown to be known as the longest-running collegiate national championship tournament in the country, not counting the infamous Skull and Bones Underground Cavern Games that took George Washington's real teeth. This year's tourney will feature several trophy-hungry NAIA teams, such as potential participants Martin Methodist College, Texas Wesleyan University, and NAIA top-ranked Mountain State. Behold a flurry of high-flying buzzer beaters and frustrating defensive schemes at the Kansas City tradition that has featured such big names as John Wooden, Dennis Rodman, and Terry Porter.
A joint venture between a professional boxer and a team of kickboxing-equipment tycoons, Title Boxing Club maintains a network of dozens of studios spread across 19 states, building a devoted clientele with boxing- and kickboxing-themed classes. Each workout uses cardio training to satisfy people's innate desire to punch and kick something other than a vaudevillian jukebox. Participants build strong muscle tissue by delivering powerful blows to punching bags, and build flexibility and agility by practicing kicks and hooks. Students can build their core strength and endurance with medicine balls and burpees, enlist a qualified personal trainer to practice their newfound skills in the ring, or burn calories during intense full-body Power Hour workouts.
Sprawled across Black Bob Park's 80 acres, Blackbob Batting Cages and Miniature Golf enlivens friendly competition with classic outdoor pastimes. In the batting cages, sluggers-in-training swing at pitches thrown at 35–70 miles per hour, while pintsize to professional putters head to the 18-hole mini-golf course to take on its Lilliputian fairways and holes that act as portals to hobbit kingdoms. Black Bob Park also sports a playground, picnic areas, a public swimming pool, and a lighted basketball court.
Diamond Bowl, a refreshing fusion of bowling alley and robust restaurant, serves as a hangout for pin-battering rollers hungry for lane-thundering action and thirsty for food. Games ($5) on Diamond's eight lanes keep hook-happy fingers limber, and shoes ($3) safeguard feet from toe-stomping sore losers. Follow up your fourth turkey with tangible foodstuffs from Diamond's full menu, such as the blackened-salmon sandwich on a kaiser roll ($7.99), the well-rounded bowling burger ($7.49), or the crispy chicken-tender salad ($8.99). Serious contenders can take a break from finger calisthenics to enroll in one of Diamond Bowl's leagues, and casual players can pair their match play with drinks from Diamond's fully stocked bar, or they can watch a less phalange-intensive sport on one of nine crystalline HD TVs. Hourly games are also available.
Associate conductor Steven Jarvi channels the combined melodious might of the Kansas City Symphony and Symphony Chorus, KC Brass, Allegro Children's Choir, and Rezound Handbell Ensemble through an all-new holiday celebration of sound. Mobs of merry musicians, rumored to include 12 drummers drumming and a possible 11 pipers piping, will feed hungry ossicles symphonic arrangements of Christmas traditions. Families coasting on waves of Yuletide joy will yearn to sing along with timeless carols perfected by years of door-to-door focus testing. To complete each holly-jolly evening, Santa Claus himself will make an appearance to play a 30-minute free jazz solo on his signature fur-fringed soprano saxophone.


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The Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) presents the 41st Annual Grand National Championship Show and Expo, a PFHA/United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) "A" Rated Show, September 29 – October 5, 2013.
The Grand National Championship Showcases the Paso Fino horse, bred for their stamina, smooth gait, and beauty. The breed's journey to the Americas began more than 500 years ago with the importation of Andalusians, Spanish Barbs from North Africa, and smooth-gaited Spanish Jennets to the "New World" by Spanish Conquistadors. The Paso Finos became known as the horses with the fine walk, "Los Caballos de Paso Fino," flourishing initially in Puerto Rico and Colombia, and later, in many other Latin American countries. Today, the American Paso Fino - true to our "melting pot" tradition - is often a blend of the best of Puerto Rican and Colombian bloodlines.
For the Grand National Championship, the eventing will begin on Monday, September 30, with Barrel Racing and Pole Bending in the Covered Arena. The competition continues on Tuesday, October 1, with Stall Decorating Awards from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 1-3, there will be Cowboy Mounted Shooting in the Covered Arena. There will also be a Youth Obstacle Trail Challenge at 3:00 pm on Thursday, October 3, in the Recreational Rider Arena.
A full weekend of events will continue on Friday, October 4, with the Gait Clinic by Robin Ratliff, also in the Recreational Rider Arena, and the Largo Race, held in the Covered Arena. The Amateur Obstacle Trail Challenge will be Friday at 3:00 pm in the Recreational Rider Arena. Saturday, October 5, will be a big day with Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, and Cowboy Mounted Shooting Final Heats in the Covered Arena. In the Recreational Rider Arena there will be an Open Obstacle Trail Challenge at 3:00 pm and a Freestyle Competition at 5:30pm. The final heat of the Largo Race and the High Point of the Show Awards will be held in the Covered Arena on Saturday evening.
Guests will have the opportunity to Ride a Paso Fino during the weekend of the event. Check back for more specific dates and times – TBA.
All of this and more will make for an excellent 41st Grand National Championship, so come enjoy the show and expo, ride a Paso Fino and cheer for your favorite fine stepping horse.
For more information about the Paso Fino Horse Association's Grand National Championship Show and Expo, visit www.pfha.org or call (859) 825-6000.
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September 29 - October 5, 2013 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Included in Kentucky Horse Park general admission, horse show-only rate available
Location & Parking:
Covered Arena, Lunging Pad (Recreational Rider Arena), Annex Ring
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Renoir's Controversial Second Act
Late in life, the French impressionist's career took an unexpected turn. A new exhibition showcases his radical move toward tradition
- By Richard Covington
- Smithsonian magazine, February 2010, Subscribe
In October 1881, not long after he finished his joyous Luncheon of the Boating Party, probably his best-known work and certainly one of the most admired paintings of the past 150 years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir left Paris for Italy to fulfill a long-standing ambition. He was 40 and already acclaimed as a pioneer of Impressionism, the movement that had challenged French academic painting with its daring attempts to capture light in outdoor scenes. Represented by a leading gallery and collected by connoisseurs, he filled the enviable role of well-respected, if not yet well-paid, iconoclast.
His ambition that fall was to reach Venice, Rome, Florence and Naples and view the paintings of Raphael, Titian and other Renaissance masters. He was not disappointed. Indeed, their virtuosity awed him, and the celebrated artist returned to Paris in a state approaching shock. "I had gone as far as I could with Impressionism," Renoir later recalled, "and I realized I could neither paint nor draw."
The eye-opening trip was the beginning of the end of the Renoir most of us know and love. He kept painting, but in an entirely different vein—more in a studio than in the open air, less attracted to the play of light than to such enduring subjects as mythology and the female form—and within a decade Renoir entered what is called his late period. Critical opinion has been decidedly unkind.
As long ago as 1913, the American Impressionist Mary Cassatt wrote a friend that Renoir was painting abominable pictures "of enormously fat red women with very small heads." As recently as 2007, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith bemoaned "the acres of late nudes" with their "ponderous staginess," adding "the aspersion 'kitsch' has been cast their way." Both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City have unloaded late-period Renoirs to accommodate presumably more significant works. In 1989, MOMA sold Renoir's 1902 Reclining Nude because "it simply didn't belong to the story of modern art that we are telling," the curator of paintings, Kirk Varnedoe, said at the time.
"For the most part, the late work of Renoir has been written out of art history," says Claudia Einecke, a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Renoir was seen as an interesting and important artist when he was with the Impressionists. Then he sort of lost it, becoming a reactionary and a bad painter—that was the conventional wisdom."
If the mature Renoir came to be seen as passé, mired in nostalgia and eclipsed by Cubism and Abstract art, a new exhibition aims to give him his due. After opening this past fall at the Grand Palais in Paris, "Renoir in the 20th Century" will go to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art February 14 and the Philadelphia Museum of Art June 17. The exhibition, the first to focus on his later years, brings together about 70 of his paintings, drawings and sculptures from collections in Europe, the United States and Japan. In addition, works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Aristide Maillol and Pierre Bonnard demonstrate Renoir's often overlooked influence on their art.
On display are odalisques and bathing nudes (including Reclining Nude, now in a private collection), Mediterranean landscapes and towns, society figures and young women combing their hair, embroidering or playing the guitar. Quite a few are modeled on famous pieces by Rubens, Titian and Velázquez or pay homage to Ingres, Delacroix, Boucher and classical Greek sculpture. "Renoir believed strongly in going to museums to learn from other artists," says Sylvie Patry, curator of the Paris exhibit. She paraphrases Renoir: "One develops the desire to become an artist in front of paintings, not outdoors in front of beautiful landscapes."
Curiously, though expert opinion would turn against his later works, some collectors, notably the Philadelphia inventor Albert Barnes, bought numerous canvases, and major artists championed Renoir's efforts. "In his old age, Renoir was considered by the young, avant-garde artists as the greatest and most important modern artist, alongside Cézanne," says Einecke.
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Extemely moving piece. Made me cry.
Posted by linda mccann on April 20,2013 | 05:47 PM
Could you please provide me with direction on who to contact concerning a 5x7 sized Renoir canvas of "The Swimmer Sitting"? I obtained this at an estate sale and it appears to have been purchased in Japan. It is signed, however I cannot make out the signature. Thank you very much.
Posted by Judi Kiehn on September 30,2012 | 01:00 PM
this is a newly found renoir painted on renoir's paper he only had. this the birth of renoir's later nudes.
Posted by greg on March 8,2011 | 05:39 PM
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art on their website would have the admission paying public believe that the "Late Renoir follows the renowned painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir through the final—and most fertile and innovative—decades of his career. [with] Approximately eighty paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Renoir."
The only problem is there are -no- "sculptures by Renoir" in The Late Renoir exhibition.
The art dealer Vollard and the artist Renoir decided to cash in by misrepresenting bronze forgeries, cast from plasters reproduced from clay models forged by Richard Guino and others, as authentic Renoir sculptures.
Vollard, and too many others to mention, have perpetuated the myth that Renoir actually directed the creation of these so-called sculptures when in fact Renoir himself admits they were -forged- in his absence.
Then to add insult to injury, the so-called "Late Renoir" exhibition contains work, attributed to Renoir, that was so late, he was actually -dead- when it was forged.
The dead don't sculpt.
Gary Arseneau
artist, creator of original lithographs & scholar
Fernandina Beach, Florida
page 75 of the "Renoir in the 20th Century" catalogue
Posted by Gary Arseneau on July 3,2010 | 08:04 AM
There is the mention of a Renoir film clip from 1915. "An extraordinary three-minute silent film clip in the exhibition captures him at work in 1915."
Does anyone know how to get a look at that? YouTube... whatever?
Posted by Carl & Pam on February 13,2010 | 01:12 PM
Renoir affirms what I have long suspected. "If it's not about beauty, it is nothing." One thing for sure, beauty is not going to reveal itself unless one chases after it. Bravo, Auguste!
Posted by Paul Viera on February 4,2010 | 04:02 PM
I am familiar with a painting at the McNay Museum in San Antonio by Renoir painted in the last year of his life. Titled, "The Serenade", the subject is two women typical for Renoir. They look well-to-do, beautiful, almost erotic, in pastel curvey strokes. I consider it a tribute to a great artist's drive to create, considering that at this time of his life his arthritic condition forced him to paint with the brush taped to his hand. He was painfully crippled and already wealthy. The only reason for works like this was love of his art. It think there is room for admiration on this bases alone.
Posted by jane willenberg on January 28,2010 | 10:36 PM
Dick's article stirred my appreciation of Renoir's genius, and I thank him for this fine work! YITB, LWOjr
Posted by west oehmig on January 28,2010 | 11:59 AM
In this months issue, there is a picture that Renoir painted of two young girls playing the piano. When my uncle was in WW11, he brought home a picture of two girls playing the piano that is painted on silk and looks identical to the picture in the magazine. He has it dated that he bought it in Belgium in 1944. It is beautiful,not very big, about 3x3 in. square. do you know anything about it? I'd like to know if it is worth anything. thank you.
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Am Nodr, isn't a bad record per say, it's just a rather generic pagan black metal record that injects some really awkward tribal, programmed electronic injections, and it just does not work. Things go pear shaped right away for industrial opener "2012" and in the middle of the promisingly blazing "Time of The Jackdaw" where some solid Norwegian black metal is rudely littered with piercing droning. Just from looking at the cover and title like "Beowolf", "The Guardian", "Mother of Halfworld", you'd think Urskumug would parley their black vision into epic, pagan drenched ferocity, but instead, the band's confused semi industrial tones clash awkwardly with more traditional black heathenry. I'm fine with black metal and industrial metal mixing, but pagan black metal and industrial/electronics don't seem suited as genre bed mates.
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HAVEN - There was good news and one disturbing development on Thursday for Haven, which opened the 39th annual Wildcat Classic with a 56-26 drubbing of rival Nickerson.The good news obviously was a victory that pushed the Wildcats (9-2) into today's tourney semifinals against Moundridge, which had little trouble in beating Kingman, 41-19.
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John Singer, current head chef at the Freight Yard Pub, has now been at the restaurant for 25 years. Of course, he didn't start as head chef right when he arrived. Back in 1987, he joined the staff in the first few years after the Freight Yard had opened.
"Twenty-five years ago they had a full salad bar upstairs that was open seven days a week," recalled Singer. "I replenished the salad bar, was extra hand in the kitchen, and that's where I started learning it all. As time ran on I became a cook, then second cook, and then pretty much where I am now, all learning there from experience."
Not that the Freight Yard Pub was Singer's first restaurant. He had worked in various other Berkshires restaurants in his younger years doing prep work and assisting chefs, in a role he described as "kitchen helper". In addition to a few chain restaurants, he worked at the Sheraton Inn in Adams when it first opened. After a stint at a mill, he decided to apply to the Freight Yard
Singer's work was always in the kitchen, helping with things like catering. "My experience was all hands-on," he said. "When the pub first opened they had consultants come in who I would learn from, there were lots of different people coming through there. The chef there at the time would come in during the day, and I started working mornings, so he'd put the order together and give it to me. I kind of became the chef's right hand man over the years."
When the restaurant was sold in 1992, Singer wasn't sure if he would stay on with the change in management. But Colleen Taylor, one of the new owners, asked him to stick around. (Taylor still runs the Freight Yard Pub today, with her brother Sean.)
Singer explained, "I continued to do the ordering, but I was always making the soups and sauces. Some I had learned from previous chefs there, then I read books and had picked up more ideas, and here I am."
Singer continues to enjoy the freedom afforded by his position as head chef at the Freightyard, especially in comparison to some of the places he worked previously. "Some places can be boring; I've worked in places like chain restaurants where it's the same thing day in day out, frozen foods, heat the food, serve it. This is cooking, it's more of your ideas, you do what you want. A lot of our soups, sauces, the chili, it's our own. We've changed it over the years, so it's not a boring thing; you have a lot more freedom."
The chili is something that Singer is particularly proud of. "My chili, people will say, 'I don't like chili but I like that!' People will try it on the nachos, and realize they like chili. It's not frozen, canned, or chili powder, it's my own herbs and spices. Last week we had beef stew, and I still make it like my mother used to make it."
Unlike 25 years ago, these days Singer tries to make sure everything at the restaurant is homemade and not processed.
"In the beginning we'd buy the salsa," he recalled, "but then I decided to try making our own. We tried different recipes and came up with ours. We're aways open for everyone's input, we do change things from time to time."
Things don't change too often, however, because Singer describes North Adams as a "meat and potatoes" kind of place. "It's the demand of what the people really like. We've tried different things that don't work, and if it ain't broke you don't want to fix it. If it is, you adjust it a little bit. That's the great thing about Freight Yard. Our steak tips, we've been doing the same way for a long time, Black Diamond steak tip, I wouldn't change that. The only thing we've changed is that I found a better cut of meat to use. We still hand-cut them."
This time of year, soups are a big hit, and Singer enjoys knowing that people will call ahead to ask if his famed Vermont Cheddar and Beer soup will be available. With the holidays approaching, Singer has been preparing for holiday parties and catering, and the Freight Yard Pub has already been taking reservations.
Meanwhile, when it comes to food, Singer just enjoys making things people want to eat. "We never stop learning," he said of his time at the Freight Yard. "I started learning there, and I'm still learning there over 25 years later."
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Tuesday, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Thursday, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
(3 locations)
Leavenworth Farmers Market
Saturday, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Wednesday, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Emporia Farmers Market
Saturday, 8:00 AM – Sell Out
Wednesday, 5:00 PM – Sell Out
Hillsboro Farmers Market
Thursday, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Reno County Farmers Market, Hutchinson
Saturday, 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Wednesday, 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Thursday, 4:30 PM – Sell Out
(2 locations)
Kansas Grown Farmers Market
Saturday, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Wednesday, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Old Town Farmers Market
Saturday, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
KCK Green Market
Saturday, 10:00 AM – Sell Out
Wednesday, 8:00 AM – Sell Out
Rosedale Farmers Market
Sunday, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
For more information on using your Vision Card at market, please click here!
For more information about the Kansas Farmers Market EBT Expansion Project contact: Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, Project Coordinator (785) 840-6202, info [at] ksfarmersmarkets [dot] org.