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Plymouth County Deputies Arrest Man For Domestic Assault
(Le Mars) -- Plymouth County deputies were dispatched to 25104 County road K-22 of rural Plymouth County last evening at about 11:00 p.m. for a domestic assault call. Upon arriving at the address both parties were still present. Through the investigation, 34 year old John White was arrested for serious domestic assault and transported to the Plymouth County jail.
Man Threatens Motel Guests At Storm Lake
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) - A man has been accused of threatening guests at a northwest Iowa
motel with a stun gun.
29-year-old Richard Porter, of Davenport, has been accused of arguing with guests at
the motel early Friday in Storm Lake.
Police say Porter assaulted a guest and retrieved a stun gun from his room before
threatening several people. None of the guests were injured, but Porter had minor injuries from his arrest.
Porter faces several charges, including going armed with intent, public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Court records do not list an attorney.
Hit And Run Accident Kills Motorcyclist
(Sioux City) -- Sioux City Police are investigating a hit and run accident that fatally wounded a motorcyclist and seriously injuring a female passenger. The accident happened on Friday at the junction of Hamilton Blvd. and 17th Street. A southbound motorcycle was struck by what was described as a white full size pickup truck that had left the scene.
The male operator and the female passenger were transported to a Sioux City hospital with critical injuries. The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the hospital. Names of
the deceased and injured are not being released at this time. Officers made contact with a
white 2007 Chevrolet pick up truck shortly after the accident occurred. The vehicle is
owned by Miguel Munoz of Sioux City and was determined to be the truck that was involved in
the accident. Following the initial investigation, Munoz was arrested on charges of
leaving the scene of a fatal accident, leaving the scene of an accident involving serious
injury, and a stop sign violation. The investigation continues.
Woodbury County Sheriff's Department Watching For Seatbelt Violators
(Sioux City) -- Seat belts save lives, and the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau conducted a seatbelt survey on Monday. Of the 234 front seat drivers and passengers, 217 of them were observed wearing a seatbelt with a compliance rate of 92.7 percent. So far this year, there have been 189 traffic fatalities in Iowa with nearly a third of them, 63 of those fatalities not wearing a seatbelt. Officials say your chances of surviving a crash are up to 70 percent better if you are wearing a seatbelt. The Woodbury County Sheriff's office will be working seatbelt and OWI enforcement over the Labor Day weekend.
DNR Watching Inwood Feedlot Manure Runoff
INWOOD, Iowa (AP) - Officials from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are keeping a
close eye on a northwest Iowa creek near Inwood to see if fish are killed after thousands
of gallons of cow manure ended up in the waterway.
Officials say they received a call Thursday from a farmer indicating manure was flowing through his pond.
DNR officers say John Fluit Jr. had dumped manure from a basin at his 4,000-head
cattle operation onto a cornfield. It's estimated as much as 12 loads of manure each up to
4,000 gallons were dumped on the field.
It flowed into a creek and ran for a mile before entering the neighbor's pond then
back into the creek.
The DNR says no dead fish have been found but they're monitoring high ammonia levels.
Nelson Files For Re-election For Council Seat
(Le Mars) -- Le Mars City Councilman Ken Nelson has submitted his nomination papers seeking
another term as city representative for Ward 3. So far, Nelson is the only candidate to indicate an interest in running. The deadline to submit nomination papers is Thursday, September 19th.
Heat Wave Increases Electricity Demand
(Le Mars) -- This past week's heat wave has meant an additional power load placed on local electrical utility companies and cooperatives. Abbey Bottenfield of MidAmerican Energy says the utility company made certain its customers would be provided the power they needed during the heat wave.
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Bottenfield says MidAmerican has set up programs that encourages its customers to conserve energy usage during peak load requirement times.
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State Medical Board Votes Against Abortion Video Conferencing
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Board of Medicine has voted to ban a first-of-its-kind system in which doctors distribute abortion-inducing pills remotely to patients in clinics across the state.
The board voted 8-2 during a meeting Friday. The earliest the rules could go into
effect would be November 6th.
Activists opposed to abortion rights sought to halt a long-distance video system used
by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. It lets doctors deliver pills to patients in clinics around Iowa after a video consultation.
Board members who voted for the rule said they were concerned because patients don't
see a doctor in person and may not get follow-up care. But Planned Parenthood of the
Heartland officials say the system helps women in remote areas and that they have received no complaints.
Grassley Believes Farm Bill Will Pass And Will Not Be Extended
(Le Mars) -- This past week, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley held a town hall meeting at Le Mars. More than 60 people had attended the town hall meeting which was at the Floyd
Valley Hospital conference room. Many questions were focused on health care, the federal
budget, and foreign policy. However, there were some agricultural-related questions that
dealt with the country of origin labeling and the farm bill. After the town hall meeting,
Grassley spoke to KLEM news. He doesn't believe there will be any extension to the present
farm bill, since Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow and Majority Senate Leader Harry
Reid have both said they would be against an extension. Grassley says the production
agriculture lobby will never get a farm bill passed if the production agriculture policies
are split from the food nutritional assistance programs.
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Senator Cruz To Go Pheasant Hunting With Steve King
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says he plans to hunt pheasant with Iowa Congressman Steve King during a trip to the state in October.
Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier wrote in an email Friday that the senator would hunt with King and was "honored to have received the invite."
The trip is planned for Oct. 26 near the northwest Iowa city of Akron. Cruz will speak at a GOP event in Des Moines on Oct. 25.
King, a Republican, is among the most conservative House members.
King hosted candidates for similar hunting events before the 2012 caucuses.
Iowa GOP Split On Convention Date
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A decision by the Iowa Republican Party to delay the 2014 GOP Convention has been slammed by many of the state's top Republicans, who argue that pushing back the gathering could jeopardize the party's chances in next year's Senate race.
Doug Gross, a Republican fundraiser, says the conflict reveals an ongoing rift among Iowa Republicans.
The official party apparatus is run by followers of libertarian Ron Paul, who have clashed with Republican Gov. Terry Branstad on how to manage state and party affairs.
Critics say that moving the meeting to July 12 from June 14 could be harmful if no one reaches a required threshold in the GOP primary and the nomination is left to the convention. Then the delay could benefit Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, who is unopposed.
Branstad's Chief Of Staff Resigns
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Terry Branstad's chief of staff Jeff Boeyink is resigning.
Boeyink announced his plans Friday. In a press release, he says he will start a new career in the private sector. His last day in the Branstad administration will be Sept. 6.
Boeyink served as Branstad's campaign manager for his 2010 run for governor. He then joined the administration as chief of staff in January 2011. He is viewed as a smart leader, with strong political skills. He was a key part of the budget negotiations this year that led to a property tax cut and education policy reforms.
Branstad calls Boeyink a "valued part of our team" and says he would be missed.
Fort Dodge Will Elect Mayor For Full Term For The First Time In 24 Years
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - Fort Dodge will re-elect a mayor this fall for a full term for the first time in 24 years.
Mayor Matt Bemrich was the only person to file for the mayor's office by Thursday's deadline.
Since he has no opposition, that will make him the first Fort Dodge mayor elected to a second consecutive full term since 1989, when Mike McCarville was re-elected.
Bemrich, an electrician, says he hopes in his next term that the city will continue developing new and improved housing.
The city pays its mayor $15,000 annually.
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Today, green is not just important, it is mandatory. CIOs are being challenged to rethink their data centre strategies, adding energy efficiency to a list of critical operating parameters that already includes serviceability, reliability and performance. A data centre is a facility that centralises an organisations IT operations and equipment, and where it stores, manages, and disseminates its data. A green initiative can help a company regain power and cooling capacity, recapture resiliency and help meet business needswhile, at the same time, dramatically reducing energy costs and the total cost of ownership, says Lingraju Sawkar, director, Integrated Technology Services, Global Technology Services, IBM India/South Asia.
In a recent interaction, he tells Sudhir Chowdhary that the potential for the deployment of green solutions is huge in India. Excerpts:
What are the key factors that CIOs evaluate when investing into building a data centre for the future?
The explosion of assets has increased the complexity of the IT environment, raising operational and administrative costs and reducing infrastructure productivity. Right now, technology leaders are challenged to manage sprawling, complex distributed infrastructures and an ever growing tidal wave of data, while remaining highly responsive to business demands. IT is also important to have the right processes running and managing the data centre.
Today, there are several factors which a CIO evaluates before investing in building a data centre. Some of these areIT adoption roadmap in his enterprise for next 3-6 years; energy efficient solutions to reduce overall cost; IT availability and business continuity needs; number of data centre sites to achieve IT resiliency. Some other key factors are in regard to how much modularity he can bring in a data centre; should he focus on internal
capabilities to build/manage a data centre? Or outsource to a partner? Also, there are other factors such as strong disaster recovery strategy to combat any disruption, the day-to-day operation and management of the data centre (both IT and non IT equipment).
Earlier, most IT infrastructures were not built to support the explosive growth in computing capacity and information that we see today. Many data centres have become highly distributed and somewhat fragmented. As a result, they are limited in their ability to change quickly and support the integration of new technologies and lacks scalability to support business needs.
How do companies that adopt green technology are able to cut costs and increase their asset value?
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State-owned BSNL, which once aspired to become a Navratna company, today has money just enough to survive for another year.
An integrated telecom service provider, which got off to a flying start in 2000, began running into problems since 2007 due to delays in placing orders for equipment. The PSU, which had a Rs 30,000-crore cash surplus a year ago, has already depleted these reserves by 83% to Rs 5,000 crore owing to stagnant revenue and rising expenditure. The cash surplus had enabled the company to survive without any government bailout and pay Rs 18,500 crore last year for the 3G and broadband wireless spectrum.
BSNL is expected to post losses of around Rs 4,000 crore at the end of fiscal 2010-11. On the revenue side, its income is estimated to fall by 12.5% to Rs 28,000 crore. When contacted, BSNL CMD Gopal Das declined to comment. After meeting its monthly expenditure, it has a deficit of around Rs 300-Rs 400 crore each month for which it dips into cash reserves. It is only going to get worse. Officials said for the fiscal 2011-12 its losses are expected to go up to Rs 10,000 crore with revenues remaining almost stagnant. BSNL for the first time since its inception posted a net loss of Rs 1,822 crore during 2009-10. In the current fiscal, it had to dip into its cash reserves to pay Rs 18,500 crore for the 3G and the broadband wireless spectrum.
Procurement and the revised wage bill also made it dip into reserves. Depleting cash reserves also mean that its revenue from other income has also gone down by 80%.While income from operations has remained more or less constant at around Rs 27,000 crore, the income from cash reserves has also gone down recently to Rs 800 crore from Rs 4,000 crore last year. The company is in a critical condition. As and when its cash reserves run dry the government would have to provide a bailout package by injecting at least Rs 600 crore on a monthly basis to keep it afloat, an official said.
BSNL has been losing market share and its share stands at less than 10%. It also has a huge salary bill which eats into 42% of its revenue. Every year, the salary bill rises by close to 10% and this year it is expected to pay Rs 15,000 crore


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text: Two papers battle out monogamy theory: infanticide vs low female population Science 30 July 13 by Liat Clark Shutterstock Two academic papers have been published this week on why some primates are monogamous -- each one completely contradicting the other. While one states that monogamy came about in primates to ensure vulnerable infants are not killed by other males, the other suggests it was a lack of females that forced primates to pick a partner and stick with them.Monogamy is incredible rare among mammals, with just three percent exhibiting the behaviour. Among primates, that figure is about a third, and includes species such as the titi monkey, night monkey and gibbons. As one paper puts it so eloquently, "internal gestation and lactation in mammals makes it advantageous for males to seek additional mating opportunities" -- while the female's busy getting fat and feeding the infant, the male will probably have made tracks to impregnate a few others.The conundrum has become a hot evolutionary topic, with opinion on the main two conflicting theories swaying back and forth on an eternal pendulum. Now, however, the teams behind the opposing papers claim they are presenting some of the first real evidence for their respective theories. The paper published in the journal PNAS by a team of British anthropologists from University College London, University of Manchester and University of Oxford, along with colleagues at the University of Auckland, claims it is the first "systematically tested" theory of primate monogamy. It supports the premise that bi-parental care was needed to ensure the continuation of the species. Considering the male could help guard against predators, or other males, an infant would have the time to mature faster and therefore allow the female to be ready to reproduce once again, when the infant becomes independent.The team studied primates from 230 different species, gathering "trait data" from each including behavioural data, such as whether or not the male of the species stuck around to protect its young. This information was then plotted on a kind of family tree going back 75 million years of all the species', so that any patterns or evolutionary links could be identified. An algorithm was then used to run possible evolutionary outcomes millions of times, and one linking factor kept coming up again and again: the threat of infanticide. Other behaviours were linked to a shift in behaviour toward monogamous relationships, but this one threat was repeated over and again."The most compelling explanation for the appearance of monogamy is male infanticide," state the authors. "It is only the presence of infanticide that reliably increases the probability of a shift to social monogamy, whereas monogamy allows the secondary adoption of paternal care and is associated with a shift to discrete ranges." Shutterstock Long lactation periods it said, were to blame for infants remaining vulnerable for too long and therefore being at higher risk of being attacked by a combative male."We show that biparental care shortens relative lactation length, thereby reducing infanticide risk and increasing reproductive rates. These phylogenetic analyses support a key role for infanticide in the social evolution of primates, and potentially, humans."The latter, might be a step too far. There are plenty of other contributory factors that make humans different from primates involved in the study. Not phased by the mammoth task it would be to sift through and correlate that data, considering it's only just been done for primates, Susanne Shultz from the University of Manchester said it helps us understand "the factors important in making us human". "Once fathers decide to stick around and care for young, mothers can then change their reproductive decisions and have more, brainy offspring."Zoologists at the University of Cambridge, beg to differ. Their paper, published in the journal Science, concludes that it was the widely dispersed female populations that forced primates to stick with one partner. Rather than the male sticking around to protect the infant, it is to ensure it will be able to reproduce again soon after. Looking at behavioural data from 2,500 different species of mammal, they found the most common behavioural dynamic depicted solo females living in distant areas. This means the male of the species did not have the chance to copulate with multiple females, and protect them either from other males or predators. One interesting data trait that emerged, was that monogamy was most common among those species that struggle to gather food frequently -- i.e. those that rely on meat and fruit. Herbivores, on the other hand, which have access to more abundant food sources, are generally not monogamous, it concluded. "With this study we were able to test all these different hypotheses at once," said coauthor Dieter Lukas. "Paternal care evolves after monogamy is present, and seems to be a consequence rather than a cause of the evolution of monogamy. It appears to occur in about half of all socially monogamous species, and once it does evolve, it provides a clear benefit to the female." Although the authors are reluctant to draw direct comparisons with humans, Cambridge zoologist on the study Tim Clutton-Brock stated: "The shift to monogamy in humans may be the result in the change of dietary patterns that reduce female density, and another is that slow development of juveniles required extended care by both sexes." The two academic groups might have just published totally opposing conclusions. However, speaking to Nature Clutton-Brock mentioned that they must get together with the other team "to sort this out", proving academics are not just about solo-exploits, either. Latest on wired.co.uk


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Today we're streaming some of our awesome panels, keynotes and interviews from the conference thus far. Austin Kleon's keynote and Neil Young's interview are re-broadcasts that we streamed earlier in the week.
- Austin Kleon Keynote: Show Your Work! Learn to open up your creative work process.
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Increased Power Rating For Marine Diesel Engine
Caterpillar's M 32 E to serve offshore market in diesel electric and auxiliary applications with multi-engine concepts
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has announced the development of the MaK M 32 E, which the company said is a high-performance marine diesel engine platform for the commercial marine industry based on the M 32 C engine series.
The M 32 E engine boasts an increased power rating of 550 kW per cylinder: at 720 r/min the total power output is 3300 kW for the six cylinder configuration, and the nine cylinder configuration can produce a total power output of 4950 kW at 750 r/min.
The company said the engine features a stroke of 460 mm and utilizes the piston and other proven components from the VM 32 C, as well as the same footprint as the M 32 C. In addition to having heavy fuel oil (HFO) capability, the new M 32 E features the same lube oil consumption and maintenance intervals as the M 32 C product series. The engine is EPA Tier 2 and IMO 2 compliant.
Cat said the higher power output is ideal for the offshore market in diesel electric and auxiliary applications with multi-engine concepts. The M 32 E is also a suitable platform to drive variable speed diesel-electric systems and can be integrated with Cat high-speed engines in mixed engine rooms, the company said.
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Once upon a time, I avoided Eclipse for Android development. And life was good.
Along the way, I adopted a convention originally supported by the Android command-line build tools, of having a
tests/ subdirectory containing the test code (e.g.,
MyProject/ being the home of the app,
MyProject/tests/ being the home of the test suite). Android does an excellent job of allowing test code to reside in a separate-but-related project, and having it as a subdirectory kept the tests logically co-located with the project proper.
I am now switching to Eclipse, as I need to support it better for my subscribers. The only way for me to do a quality job of supporting it is to use it daily. And, since I have a quad-core with 4GB of RAM, Eclipse actually starts up in less than a minute. :-)
However, preliminary research suggests that Eclipse does not support sub-projects (i.e., one Eclipse project having another Eclipse project in a subdirectory).
So, my questions are:
Am I correct in this assessment, and if I'm wrong, are there any particular steps I should take to ensure that Eclipse is happy? I find that Eclipse can sometimes get a wee bit cranky...
How are Android developers organizing test projects relative to the project being tested? Peer directories (e.g.,
MyProject/for the app,
MyProjectTests/for the tests)? Peer subdirectories under some targeted common top (e.g.,
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This Ling devoured the plastic mullet.
Bottom fishing for Ling can provide non stop fishing action the entire day. Ling are a plentiful fish and when properly iced after catching are one of the best tasting fish you can pull off the wreck. On a party boat the mates supply you with a container of clams as bait. This has always been the go to bait for sought after fish that congregate at ocean wrecks. Fish like Ling, Cod and Sea Bass are all caught on clams. But a little fish called a Bergall also likes clams. These pesky little bait stealers will pick your hooks dry before a Ling or Cod can even get near your bait. This can cause a frustrating situation. There is only one thing you can say in predicament like this, "PLASTICS".
I don't want to talk to much about Bergall because this article is about ling. But they can be such an annoying fish at times that I thought I would anyway. Bergall is a saltwater fish found in the western Atlantic. I have never eaten a Bergall but some find it to be very tasty and considered a delicacy. They grow to be about 4 to 10 inches long and are found in the same structures as ling, black bass and cod. In my book they are either used for bait for other fish or thrown back.
Ling is not considered a game fish. The ling does not go on reel screaming runs, perform acrobatic feats on top of the water and is seldom found stuffed and mounted in a fishing lodge. I guess that's why not much is researched and written about this fish. When hooked the ling is dead lifted off the wreck with little resistance. But the meat of the ling is very tasty and succulent and probable has not been discovered as a delicacy by many folks. When is the last time you went to the supermarket fish department and found ling for sale next to the tuna steaks and cod fillets. Almost never. So when we fish for ling it is for the meat and being in the great outdoors.
Ling fish is a member or the Cod family found in the Atlantic ocean. It is a bottom dweller that finds its food around ocean structures such as rocks and sunken ships. Ling can be found both inshore and offshore. They feed on clams, small crabs and anything else they find on the ocean floor. Their meat is excellent either baked, deep fried, poached or dried and smoked. They are considered to be close to Cod in flavor and when poached resemble the flavor of lobster.
A nice size Ling for the frying pan.
Most of your Ling will be caught on the bottom drop line hook.
Plastics as artificial bait is very broad term. You can bet that for every small creature residing in the ocean and fresh water waterways there has been a plastic made to resemble it. Out of all the plastics to choose from the 4 inch mullet works the best. They come in variety of colors but the pearl and chartreuse seem to work the best.
I have never considered using plastics as my main bait for ling. I have always done very well with clams. The only time I ever use plastics when on bottom fishing trips are as a top teaser when jigging for cod or Pollock. But something had to be done. The Bergalls were stealing the clam bait before a ling could get near it. On a whim my fishing buddy packed two tubs of 4 inch plastic mullet into his tackle bag. We both gave up on the clam approach and attached a plastic mullet to the bottom dropper and high hook. The ling went nuts over the plastics and the Bergall could not pick the plastics of the hooks. Almost every drop produced a nice size ling. It didn't matter how you fished the plastic mullet. Just drop it down and wait for a bite. The ling even attacked the half eaten tailless plastic nubs left on the hook. We soon filled two 5 gallon pails with ling. On your next ling trip don't forget the "plastics".
We always have the mates fillet the fish for us unless we intend on smoking our catch. This trip produced over 15 pounds of fresh ling fillets.
Making your own rigs are a great way to save some money. The wreck or structure you are fishing on can be unforgiving. On one trip we lost over 6 rigs each. We buy bulk packs of hooks by the hundreds and yards of leader line in various pound weights. Also buy some molds and try making your own sinkers. If you can find scrap lead you can make enough sinkers than a sane man can use in a life time. Just be sure to use the proper safety equipment while doing so. Remember you are dealing with hot lead.
The Hi-Low rigs are fairly simple to make. One high hook about 6 to 10 inches above the sinker (your high hook), and a bottom dropper line (your low hook), about 1 and a half feet below the sinker. I always make my own rigs out of a single strand of multi colored leader material. For hooks I use no 2 and 3 bait holder type hooks.
The above high low rig is made from a single length of leader line. Start with your snelled hook, move up 18", make your loop for weight, move up 6 to 10" and make your loop for your high hook. Move up 12" for your swivel. I use 30 or 40 lb test for my rig. Make up some rigs with 2/0 hooks and some with 3/0 hooks.
If you are fishing inshore wrecks, up to 20 miles out in about 80 to 100 feet of water you will probable need to use an 8 to 10 ounce sinker under normal conditions. But I always bring some 12 and 14 ounce sinkers as well. You want to have as near of a vertical drop as possible with your line. Not enough weight and your line will drift sideways in the tide tangling lines down the entire side of the boat. So be kind to your fishing neighbors and use the correct weight. If you are on an off shore trip, fishing in 180 plus feet of water you will need 16 to 20 ounce sinkers. The best choice for wreck and structure fishing is the bank sinker. The torpedo like shape and smooth surface will be less likely to get stuck on the wreck.
The illustration above shows how to make a hook loop.
The illustration above shows how to snell a hook.
The illustration above shows how to make a sinker loop. With this loop sinkers can be changed quick and easy.
Bait: 4' Mullet Plastics
Time of day: Morning to afternoon
Hooks: Bait holder 2/0 & 3/0
Sinkers: Bank 8 and 10 oz.
Tackle: Med
Line weight: 40 lb braid
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I have a nice set of wheels. Anbrosio Excellence rims on Ultegra hubs. The rims are just like Open Pros but an ounce heavier. I run the somewhat heavy Marathon Racers on them.
There are sales on fancy wheels all over the place right now. What I'd like to do is
have 2 sets of wheels. It'd be nice to have a set of light wheels and Vredstein Fortezza 25c tires for group rides and such.
Of course, even on sale the cost is punishing. Sure, the price is great, but it's still several hundred bucks. Which makes me feel silly, I am primarily a slow distance guy, I was never built for speed. But still... shaving 2 or 3 pounds off the wheels
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Newport Gangster Tour
Explore the streets where the mob made their millions, gamblers lost their lives, and ladies of the night earned their reputations. Join our gangster guides for a raucous, high energy presentation inside an old casino to explain the historic significance of Newport, and discover how this little town gave birth to the modern day gaming industry.
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Apparently Israel Defence Forces have decided to "gamify" their website to encourage viewers to promote the content, using a virtual game that awards visitors with badges and points for sharing pages through other social media sites. The gamification of the site actually happened way back in July but had a spotlight shined upon it today in this GameSpot Australia report.
The game, IDF Ranks: The Virtual Army Game, seems to focus on Israel's conflict with the Hamas over the Gaza Strip and aims to make viewers "a virtual part of the IDF." The button to participate in the game is next to a button labeled "Rocket Counter," which notes the number of rockets that have hit Israel in the past year.
The game has been criticized for promoting the Gaza conflict, particularly in light of what is going on now in the region between Israel and Hamas.
"Israel is trying to enlist the people of the world in its campaign with military ranks, badges, and points," noted an article in ReadWrite last week. "Innocent people are dying on all sides, and the IDF wants to reward people for tweeting about it. Israel has gamified war."
An IDF spokesperson told ReadWrite that it does not see the web site game as "gamification of the Gaza Strip conflict."
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Dude Tweets Complaint at Domino's for Saddest Pizza Problem Ever
Think twice before you publicly shame a business.
Think twice before you publicly shame a business: On Monday, a 19-year-old London-based Domino's customer tweeted that he was upset that his pizza arrived with no toppings whatsoever. Domino's dutifully accepted the blame and offered to help, but the customer soon realized that user error might be to blame.
It wasn't long before the exchange went viral.
@SadderDre We're sorry to hear about this! Please let our friends at @dominos_uk know of this so they can help. *EV— Domino's Pizza (@dominos) September 1, 2014
Never mind, I opened the pizza upside down :/ @dominos @Dominos_UK—   (@SadderDre) September 1, 2014


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Biggest Loser 6 - Bob & Jillian Bloopers
The Biggest Loser trainers get silly.
You all asked us for it, so here it is! Bloopers from this season's Biggest Loser starring your favorite trainers, Bob & Jillian!
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Gee, thanks Bob - I did not know THAT about High Fructose Corn Syrup...that's very important information to know ;)


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As some people may have noticed in the not so recent past there was a week with no new blog post. The office has been abuzz with our Christmas promotion (which runs until December 31st!) and I have sadly had little time to write. With that said I offer a "Franken-blog" if you will. What follows is a post about two issues from two separate years of Alberta Views. If I believed in serendipity I would say I was meant to write them together as both articles share a similar idea (completely by accident!).
Graphically, these issues are vastly different. The Jan/Feb 2004 issue has an old logo that takes up the upper third of the cover. Inside there is a mix of gloss and mat paper, with differing colour patterns (some pages are black & white and others are colour). The cover image is of an artist's studio with easels and artists painting a nude model. The September 2005 is a huge contrast, with a picture of Queen Elizabeth II and Premier Ralph Klein cutting a legislature shaped cake in celebration of Alberta's centennial. This issue is all glossy and full colour with the new logo. It is also a smaller issue, counting only 71 pages versus the 76 pages in 2004.
Where the two issues unite is between the two articles I discuss below. Both confront the subject of sponsorship and funding in two necessary social structures: the arts and academia. Both of these structures are indicators of societal health and both are affected by funding problems. With government cut backs funding needs to come from elsewhere and corporate funding seems to fill this void, whether for good or bad.
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Alberta Views' Jan/Feb issue in 2004 focused on the arts and the immensity of talent in Alberta. In an article entitled "Three Views on Funding the Arts" management consultant Lori Ann Edwards, The Message Parlour owner Blair Cosgrove and Theatre Junction founder Mark Lawes shared their opinions and experience about Alberta's art scene. Hailing from different backgrounds their perspectives differ greatly but they all manage to agree: art is important in society.
Sponsorship and funding seem like a perfect way to ensure artistic growth. Both parties benefit: corporations can improve their reputation by demonstrating community involvement (not to mention a tax write-off), while artistic ventures can gain some mobility to do what they always intended without worrying about making ends meet. But does financial support mean they have to create according to someone else's vision?
Cosgrove says yes, he writes, "We believe that money gives us power. But art gives us a power far more potent." As an owner of a communications and public relations agency in Calgary, he understands the influence of currency, both financial and social. "I want artists to be freer to pursue their dreams, to do what they love so the rest of us can enjoy the fruits of their work. I want artists to behave less like businesses, not more."
In theory I support this completely, however one thing causes me to worry. Without having to worry about making ends meet, like every other citizen of this province, there is no guarantee that the funding is spent prudently. Nowadays you can write anything off as a career expense with the smallest amount of reasoning. My concern with blindly funding people (in general) is how well they will use this privilege. For this reason, I support Lori Ann Edwards position that even art organizations need to be aware of their financial situation.
"Unfortunately, many arts organizations in Alberta still see themselves as exempt from the key criteria that an organization—any organization—must meet to become a thriving business. There's a pervasive notion that solid business practices 'really don't apply and wouldn't work in our organization,'" writes Edwards explaining how art institutes and organizations have not fully grasped their ability to reach out and contact other groups with strong financial backgrounds to assist them on their boards. They are constantly keeping art in the art family instead of bringing in a ringer that could jump-start them into profitability.
As Mark Lawes explains, not all funding is bad. "The well-being of the arts in Alberta is in question, and many generous financial supporters and volunteers are attempting to address this crisis. The Alberta Arts Stabilization Fund, for example, came about because of the financial difficulties of several large arts institutions in Alberta. The focus of the APASF is to assist arts organizations in the development and the application of business principles, and reward companies for sound financial management as well as the ability to generate revenue and become self-sustainable."
Part 2:
In 2005 Alberta Views published an article written by freelance writer Alison Azer investigating the effect of corporate sponsorship in academic research. Her main concern is academic integrity and the influence industry has over research through funding.
"If universities are shifting toward a model guided by the market's "invisible hand," who decides which questions get asked, and who gets to ask them, who finds out the answers, and who gets to own them?" Azer writes.
Through the example of Dr. Thomas Stachel, of the University of Alberta, and his partnership with DeBeers, the South African diamond company, Azer wades through the large sea of information that surrounds corporate funding. "German-born Stachel arrived in Edmonton in September 2001 under the splendid title of the Canada Research Chair in Diamonds. He presumed the necessary funding for his laboratory accoutrements was awaiting his expenditure. It wasn't," explains Azer.
The lack of funding forced Stachel to seek it elsewhere. When the then-Students' Union president Mike Hudema (cover of June 2010 issue of Alberta Views) caught wind of the deal he protested it on ethical grounds. "Despite the romantic images of its 'diamonds are forever' campaign, DeBeers has a record of human rights abuses, including support for South Africa's apartheid regime, displacement of the Kalahari bushmen, and complicity in conflict diamonds [diamonds used to buy arms in wartorn countries]," says Hudema.
This is one of the complications that Azer explains is a by-product of corporate funding in academic research. Other negative effects are result skewing. For this she turns to Dr. Nancy Olivieri and her experience with corporate funding in medical research. Oliveri had agreed to perform a clinical trial for the generic drug company Apotex. "Initially results were positive, but Olivieri claimed her later results suggested the drug was neither safe nor effective," Azer explains. When she attempted to communicate these concerns Apotex refused to acknowledge the results as anything but positive. She was told she could not disclose the information to anyone because of a clause in the agreement. She went public anyway.
"I would guess there are thousands of researchers who are being pushed into fudging their clinical trial data," says Olivieri. "Not a week goes by that I don't receive e-mails from medical researchers grappling with the gag-order culture of conducting clinical trials on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry."
Azer explains that a 12.6 per cent increase in sponsorship funding had been accepted by Canadian universities in 2003 since the previous year. Sponsorships can have immense upsides to them, providing funding for employment and research that would otherwise not be available. The power that corporations have over research puts the fundamental nature of academia at risk. "The general consensus is that if current trends continue, research that does not attract the corporate eye will get left behind," writes Azer.
An Intern-al Conclusion:
Where artists must worry about profitability, academics have to struggle daily with relevance. To be an academic, in a way, is to think beyond your time. There is a need to see passed what is current and to find solutions to future problems. There can be intense pressure to provide answers to questions that have not even been asked. Having an outside organization or company fund research is a form of validation for the minds asking the tough questions.
As I read my way through Alberta Views history it is becoming clear how many important issues exist outside the hot topics that frequently claim all the public attention. There has been an evolution through the years of this magazine, graphically and stylistically, but what is comforting is that it's obvious the mandate has stayed the same. It's focus on Albertans and issues that affect them has remained constant so no matter what issue I pick up I know that it will be relevant to my life. That is such a breath of fresh air in a world where mass media is all about sensationalism and what will cause the most waves, whether it is significant to the public interest or not.
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Norfolk State Shuts Out Morgan State in Fifth Straight Bears Loss
In what has been a disastrous second half of the season, the Morgan State Bears continued to struggle as they lost their fifth straight game, getting shutout 30-0 by Norfolk State University (NSU) on Nov. 10 in Norfolk, Va.
It was the first time the Bears went scoreless since being shut out by Akron University, 41-0, back in 2009.
Morgan State (3-7, 2-5 MEAC) pretty much handed the game to NSU (4-7, 2-6 MEAC)) as they turned the ball over five times during the contest. On just the second play from scrimmage, Bears redshirt sophomore quarterback Robert Council was sacked and fumbled, setting Norfolk up for a quick score with the ball only four yards away from the end zone.
On the Bear's very next drive, Council tossed an interception, leading to the Spartans' next touchdown. Council also threw another interception that was returned for a defensive touchdown. By the end of the game, Council had been benched for backup Seth Higgins, a sophomore, who finished out with a modest performance.
Morgan State will now prepare for its season finale against Hampton University (2-7, 2-5 MEAC) on Nov. 17. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Yankee Stadium in New York, but will be played at Morgan State in Baltimore, Md. due to Hurricane Sandy.
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Arnold Blanch
The Hunters
Circa 1947
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches
Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum (CAM 1970.28)
Gift of J. L. Hudson Company
With summer fast approaching (though it does not always feel like it in mercurial Michigan!), it's about time that we let ourselves take a break from our everyday lives of work and obligations to imagine ourselves in the soon-to-be summer sun, carefree and radiant. For some children, summer means boundless days, free from the shackles of oppressive homework. For others, summer is merely a lazy day on the hammock or a leisurely bike ride to the ice cream parlor. For some of us here in Michigan, summer promises treks up north, to the glistening lakes and sun-kissed days. It is truly beautiful here, whether summer or any other season, and it is this beauty that Arnold Blanch captures in his oil painting, The Hunters, which the Cranbrook Art Museum holds in its collection.
In 1946, the J.L. Hudson Company, a Detroit-based department store chain, commissioned ten artists to convey every phase of Michigan life—natural and urban, agricultural and industrial—to portray to the people of Michigan the unique beauty of living in their great state. These artists were presented with the phrase that emblazons the Michigan seal: "Si Quaeris Peninsulum Amoenam Circumspice," or for those of us who do not speak Latin, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." This is exactly what these artists did, Blanch, as one of the selected painters, included. They looked about them and they let what they saw and experienced in Michigan pour out of them onto the canvas.
At the time when these works were being commissioned, thousands of vacationers flocked to Michigan to enjoy the abundant fishing and plentiful water sports that this peninsula and its numerous lakes have to offer. Blanch was among these fishing enthusiasts, saying, "In choosing the painting subjects for this project, I considered recreation, which included hunting and fishing, the most exciting thing to me." Such excitement can be seen in Blanch's piece aptly named, The Hunters. In this woodland scene, two men seem to be rounding out a successful day hunting as they cook a meal over their campfire. Their tent is perched open and their makeshift drying rack suspends a deer and a bear, two unlucky animals that these skilled hunters happened upon. Trees stand in the background at varied angles while clouds hover overhead, creating the ideal atmosphere for our two hunters.
For Blanch, a scene first presented itself as an unorganized and often confused pattern of people and objects, elements of which he then flung into his own jumble to create his final work. In many cases, a childish abandon and sense of sincerity and spontaneity pervade his strokes. In his other works, such as The Hunters, a feeling of fortitude and maturity radiate from Blanch's bold lines. In this way, his work encapsulates the natural beauty of Michigan and embodies the words written on our State seal. The Michigan that Blanch depicts is indeed a "pleasant peninsula."
Next week, Cranbrook Art Museum mounts Designing Summer: Objects of Escape. The exhibition—which exclusively features works by Michigan designers and makers—examines how summertime in the Great Lakes State is embodied through objects of the past and present. With its campfire and tent, giant pines, and glimmering lake waterline in the distance, The Hunters captures through imagery the same summertime natural romanticism that is represented by many of the works in the show. Come see for yourself—Designing Summer opens Saturday, June 20!
Jacqueline Honet
2015 Cranbrook Art Museum Senior May Project Intern
References: Davies, Florence. Michigan on Canvas: The J.L. Hudson Company Collection. N.p.: n.p., 1948.
Wallpapers by William Morris
William Morris
A Collection of Seventy-Two Wallpaper Samples
Designed 1864–1890, printed 1932, or earlier
Printer: A. Sanderson and Sons, Ltd., London, England
Hand-printed wood block prints in distemper colors on wove paper
Gift of Mrs. William H. Hansen
You may remember this past spring when my colleague, Shoshana Resnikoff, wrote a blog post about May Morris's Bed Hangings in celebration of her birthday. Well today on the blog we take a look at her father, William Morris (1834–1896), designer, poet, novelist, socialist, translator of Icelandic sagas(!), and all-around creative visionary who shaped the Arts and Crafts movement in England and its many iterations throughout Europe and the United States.
Morris despised the cheap, mass-manufactured goods and deteriorating social and labor conditions that characterized England after the Industrial Revolution, and reverted back to medieval visual language and production techniques in his art and design work as a nostalgic memorial to simpler times. Perhaps best known for his wallpaper designs of the late-nineteenth century, each roll was made by hand in a long and painstaking woodblock printing process (imagine lining up each carved woodblock to match the edge of each stamp that preceded it, not to mention using a different block for every color on the paper!). Each piece is inspired by–but an abstraction of–natural flora, and Morris described this impulse as such:
"Is it not better to be reminded however simply of the close vine trellises which keep out the sun … or of the many-flowered meadows of Picardy … than having to count day after day a few sham-real houghs and flowers, casting sham-real shadows on your walls, with little hint of any-thing beyond Covent Garden in them?'
–William Morris, "The Lesser Arts," in Hopes and Fears About Art, 1882.
Cranbrook Art Museum holds seventy-two wallpaper samples in its collection, which were donated by Mrs. Olive Hansen in 1991. Peter Heinrich Hansen, Mrs. Hansen's father-in-law, was a German immigrant who in 1904 was hired as a designer-draftsman by none other than Gustav Stickley, one of the American Craftsman style's greatest furniture makers (and like Morris, an ardent socialist). When Hansen and his wife Ruth, who herself worked for Stickley as an architectural draftsman, were redecorating their home in upstate New York, they ordered wallpaper samples of every pattern made by Morris & Company–the design firm founded by William Morris–and never threw them away.
You can read more about the design, implementation, and social context of William Morris's wallpapers on the Victoria and Albert Museum website. And for more on Morris's influence on George Booth and the foundation of Cranbrook, you can check out this great gallery guide written by a former Art Museum fellow, which I've scanned and uploaded here.
Shelley Selim
2013–2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
Happy Birthday Eliel and Eero Saarinen!
Dining Room, completed circa 1930; restored 1992 – 1994
Interior and furniture design by Eliel Saarinen
Placemat designs by Eero Saarinen
Textile designs by Loja Saarinen and Greta Skogster
August 20th is a big occasion here at Cranbrook–the day both our campus architect Eliel Saarinen (Finnish, 1873 – 1950) and his architect son Eero (Finnish-American, 1910 – 1961) entered this world! In honor of two great men from one of the design community's most accomplished families (read blog posts about matriarch Loja Saarinen here and Eero's big sister Pipsan here), today on the blog we'll visit the Saarinen House dining room, where father-and-son birthdays were most certainly celebrated on many an August 20th throughout the 1930s.
Eliel Saarinen designed Saarinen House as his personal family residence on Cranbrook's Art Academy campus, and it was conceived as a total work of art: from the architectural footprint down to the silverware, everything harmonized perfectly as an artistic whole. If you look at the photograph above (taking into account a slightly skewed perspective due to the camera lens), you can see how he's created a circular table to sit precisely at the heart of the square rug beneath it, both of which were centered under a gilded, domed ceiling with a brass lamp suspended below. You could draw a straight line from the middle of that dome down to the floor and each side of the room would be perfectly symmetrical–an ideal environment for lively conversation during a birthday fête!
When the house was restored to its original splendor in the early 1990s (it was renovated many times by subsequent tenants after Eliel died in 1950), Pipsan Saarinen's son Ronald donated six placemats designed by Eero to Cranbrook Art Museum. They were made around 1920–when Eero would have been just ten years old–and with figures of kings, toiling laborers, and slowly aging vagabonds punctuated by a Finnish flag, I'm inclined to speculate that he was depicting Finland's struggle for independence from the Russian Empire (and the Swedes before that), which it had only gained in 1917. And if perhaps these placemats were created after Howard Carter's discovery of King Tuthankhamun's tomb in 1922, the fad for all things Egyptian–including hieroglyphic forms–may have had an influence on young Eero as well.
Can't you just imagine the family gathered at the dining room table, under the glow of that golden ceiling, with Eero's placemats supporting fine occasional dinnerware as he and Eliel blow out the candles on their birthday cake? Especially if it was this one?
And for those of you that don't know, Cranbrook Art Museum holds tours of Saarinen House every week, Thursday through Sunday from May to October. Click here to view our tour schedules and rates, and learn more about the home and it's history!
Posted by Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
From the Files: The Viewpoint '81 Exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum
One of the perks of my job is the opportunity to sift through our old files when scholars email us with research questions. One such request led me to our records for Viewpoint '81, an exhibition of works by six artists created for and painted directly on the gallery walls at Cranbrook Art Museum. Daniel Buren, Gene Davis, Sol LeWitt, Patrick Ireland, Rick Paul, and Dorothea Rockburne each contributed to the installation, which was up from January 20 to March 1, 1981.
I could kiss whoever documented the development of this exhibition. When I got to the old metal file cabinets in storage, I found folders filled with hundreds of slides showing the installation process, along with photographs and mail correspondence between artists and museum employees. Above is the cover of the brochure produced for the show. You can view it in its entirety by clicking this link: Viewpoint '81 Brochure.
Before the age of desktop publishing, printed materials like this brochure were often created by manually assembling a paste up of each page layout and photomechanically reproducing it. Speaking on behalf of Generation Y, this is mindblowing. But sure enough, in our exhibition files I also found the photographs reproduced in the brochure, encased in paper frames with measurements for the paste up!
And some gems from the color slides, most of which were likely photographed by Roy Slade, 1977-1994 Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and organizer of the exhibition:
Sol LeWitt was notorious for sending postcards in abundance throughout his life, even for business purposes. This occasion was no different:
And finally, the true impetus behind the blog post: a wonderful interview with Gene Davis about the exhibition and his artistic practice, conducted by CAM's Curator of Collections John Gerard. As far as I can tell, no one has published a monograph on Davis since the paste up days, so perhaps this interview will prove useful for future researchers. Here is a link to the transcript: Interview with Gene Davis.
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
Saarinen Heaven at the Dam Site Inn
Cranbrook Sighting # 12
Sighter: Shelley Selim
Sighted: Saarinen Tulip Furniture Galore!
Location: The Dam Site Inn, Pellston, Michigan
Date: June 28, 2014
At the end of June my beau and I embarked on a Michigan road trip, driving up north to Mackinac and down the western coast of the state. The Island, Tunnel of Trees, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and plenty of breweries made the list, and when Cranbrook Art Museum director Gregory Wittkopp mentioned to me a restaurant and cocktail bar in Pellston filled with Eero Saarinen furniture, I knew we had to take a special detour.
Behold, the Dam Site Inn! A staple on the Maple River since 1953, it seems little has changed about the decor since it opened, and how wonderfully so! It is quite a feeling to sip a Manhattan in this Saarinen tulip garden, and the wood paneling and whimsical brass light fixtures supplement the nostalgic ambiance. Aside from the furniture, my favorite decorative features of the bar were the textile wall panels, visible in the above photo and shown in detail below.
Biomorphic and boomerang patterns in glistening, silky gold–did a Ruth Adler Schnee textile get caught in a disco inferno? Incredible. A must-see if you ever find yourself in Pellston!
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
Summer Exhibitions are Now Open!
After many weeks of install, Cranbrook Art Museum was thrilled to unveil six new summer exhibitions over the weekend! Our team of preparators at the museum is truly outstanding, and it was a joy to watch all of the shows slowly come to life through all of their hard work. When I've had spare moments these past few weeks, I've taken the opportunity to walk through the galleries and photograph some of the installation for our Instagram page. Here are a few more highlights of the design and construction process:
Our brand new program of exhibitions is now open for the summer and into the fall. Check out some photos from Friday's Member's Opening on our Facebook page and come visit in person to enjoy all the fruits of our labor–Cranbrook Art Museum is open every Wednesday through Sunday, 11am to 5pm!!
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
Farewell Massimo Vignelli
Wow, has it been a month since the last post? Apologies for the radio silence over here–we are closing in on the final weeks before the opening of our summer exhibitions (June 20th for members, June 21 for the public!) and all of the troops have been rallying to perfect install and content before our guests arrive!
I had to return to the blog today to pay tribute to Massimo Vignelli, who passed away in New York yesterday at the age of 83. Vignelli was a design visionary, executing some of the most iconic graphic programs of the 1960s and 1970s, and renowned especially for promulgating the International Typographic Style through his many designs for advertising, corporate identity, and packaging. With his company Unimark, and later Vignelli Associates, he launched graphic identity systems for Knoll (1967), American Airlines (1967), and the New York City Transit Authority (1970), as well as the iconic "Big Brown Bag" logotype for Bloomingdales (1972).
Cranbrook Art Museum holds in its collection the 1970 subway map Vignelli designed for the New York City Transity Authority, which was inspired by the rational graphic forms of Harry Beck's 1931 London Underground Diagram. "A different color for each line, a dot for every station. No dot, no station. Very simple," Vignelli recalled in his monograph From A to Z. Although no longer in use–it was employed by the NYCTA from 1972 to 1979 before being replaced by Michael Hertz's more topographic rendering–the map remains an icon of the designer's office. It was featured in the 2007 documentary Helvetica, and here you can view a segment of the film in which Vignelli discusses the work.
While recently conducting curatorial research for the upcoming exhibition, Culture Breakers: The Living Structures of Ken Isaacs, I came across Dot Zero magazine, a lesser-known Vignelli gem for which Isaacs penned an article in 1968. Edited by Robert Malone, the periodical was a promotional venture with Finch paper company intended for quarterly release, although ultimately only five issues were produced over a period of two years. Vignelli served as designer and creative director of the publication, and worked with an editorial board comprised of Malone and a team of stars from the design community: Herbert Bayer, Jay Doblin, Ralph Eckerstrom, and MoMA curator Mildred Constantine. As Malone wrote in the introduction to the inaugural issue, the periodical aimed to "deal with the theory and practice of visual communication from varied points of reference, breaking down constantly what used to be thought of as barriers and are now seen to be points of contact."
Comprehensibly sober in its approach, the magazine was a vehicle for showcasing the visual allure of the rigid grid layout, black-and-white color scheme, and Helvetica typeface. The editorial content emphasized a highly intellectualized examination of design, featuring essays authored by Marshall McLuhan, Umberto Eco, and John Kenneth Galbraith. As is often the case with artistic publications of its kind, the print run was quite limited, so back issues are hard to come by–but that's why we have the internet: samplings of the spreads can be viewed here and here.
The design community has truly lost one of its most beloved and influential champions, and he will be sorely missed. Fondest of farewells, Massimo.
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
Warhol on Vinyl (It's Record Store Day Tomorrow!)
We're big vinyl connoisseurs here at the Art Museum. One of us collects albums with covers featuring mid-century furniture (like this one!). Another spent a weekend scouring every record store in Stockholm for a Swedish pressing of Lee Hazlewood's Cowboy in Sweden, to no avail. So it's no surprise that we are pretty pumped for Record Store Day tomorrow, an annual nationwide event–held on the third Saturday of April–for which record stores feature limited edition pressings and exclusive releases from hundreds of musicians, new and old.
Record collecting has experienced a surge in recent years, particularly for my generation. If we want to get diagnostic, it all could be chalked up to a cultural response to the immateriality of music (and more broadly, our lives in general); a longing for the days past when music–in its vinyl manifestation–was tangible, permanent, and thus held more personal value. But there's also that big, beautiful album cover to consider. It's just not the same in its 72-pixel form on the screen of a smartphone. How is one to appreciate the true graphic genius of an Alex Steinweiss at that scale?!
This summer, Cranbrook Art Museum will celebrate one artist's mastery of the album cover with Warhol On Vinyl: The Record Covers, 1949-1987+, opening June 21st. Andy Warhol designed over fifty album covers in the duration of his career, and in the first exhibition of its kind, the world's preeminent collection of these works–generously donated to the museum by Frank M. Edwards and Ann Williams–will be on display in its entirety. Viewers are invited to examine the interplay between Warhol's mass-produced graphic designs and the fine artworks that brought him his greatest notoriety–and with the additional display of record covers appropriating the artist's imagery after his death, we can also examine the impact of the art world's greatest "borrower" on future generations of creatives. More details about the exhibition are on our museum website.
But this isn't Cranbrook Art Museum's first foray into the motley realm of album art. In January of 1979, the museum mounted Record Album Art and the Recording/Artist, a touring exhibition from Syracuse University's Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, curated by Nancy Alder. The show featured a melange of album covers spanning the twentieth century, and considered the historical progression of the design process, visual trends, and the interplay of fine and commercial art.
The cover illustration for Zephyr's Sunset Ride (1972) by David Willardson was highlighted for its allusions to the Art Deco travel poster–like this one or this Villemot.
The Social Realist painter Ben Shahn is celebrated for his contributions to graphic design–perhaps the most recognizable being his incredible posters created for the Office of War Administration during World War II, all but two of which went unpublished. He designed many original album covers (one amazing Pinterest user has assembled most of them here), but was also known to simply reuse works from his painting repertory. The above Leinsdorf-conducted recording of Wagner and Strauss, which was also displayed in the exhibition, features Shahn's The Phoenix on its cover, a gouache and ink work he executed a decade earlier.
Fortuitously, a review of Record Album Art and the Recording/Artist in Art Journal noted, "[A]lthough the show's emphasis seems to have settled on the historical evolution of record packaging as an art form…the direct hand of "fine" pop artists has also been visible. Some seven years ago I was belatedly introduced to the Rolling Stones via Andy Warhol's witty album for Sticky Fingers: a screen print of jeans incorporating a real zipper opening to an inner print of hirsute nudity. The time didn't seem ripe to donate it to our favorite stuffy museum's graphics department, but it should surface again in a Warhol retrospective–and the Syracuse show paves the way."
We look forward to seeing fellow vinylphiles at the Warhol exhibition this summer, and feel free to share your favorite album artwork in the comments. I'm pretty partial to Nick Price's illustration for Never For Ever myself.
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum
"College Museum News: Exhibitions," Art Journal 37, no. 3 (1978): 256.
Rock of Ages: The Sanilac Petroglyphs
Drawings of the Sanilac Petroglyphs, Sanilac County, Michigan
Darrel J. Richards
Circa 1940
Graphite on paper
In 1881, the "Great Thumb Fire" ravaged the woods of what is now Sanilac Petroglyph Historic State Park and its surrounding areas in eastern Michigan, causing 282 fatalities and burning upwards of one million acres of land. (Sidenote: The region received the inaugural relief efforts from Clara Barton's American Red Cross, which was founded just months earlier). In the aftermath, a farmer surveying the damage to his land noticed large sections of carvings on a limestone outcrop that had previously been obscured by a thick brush which was now burned away.
What he discovered were the Sanilac Petroglyphs, rock carvings almost certainly made by a member of the Anishinaabeg people between 300 and 1,000 years ago. As the only known prehistoric rock carvings in the entire state of Michigan, scholars took an ardent interest, and in 1940 two members of the Aboriginal Research Club of Detroit–Darrel J. Richards and Carl Holmquist–traveled to the site to create drawings and castings of the petroglyphs. Richards's drawings are now in the collection of the Cranbrook Institute of Science, and were most recently on view in Cranbrook Art Museum's exhibition, My Brain Is in My Inkstand: Drawing as Thinking and Process. To learn more about Cranbrook's relationship with the petroglyphs, check out Cranbrook head archivist Leslie Edwards's blog post on our sister blog, the Cranbrook Kitchen Sink.
At 7:00pm this Thursday, April 10, Cranbrook Institute of Science Anthropology Coordinator Cameron Wood, along with Stacy Tchorzynski and Dean Anderson, archeologists from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office and the Department of Natural Resources, will examine the Sanilac Petroglyphs in a free lecture at CIS. Immediately following, 30 paid attendees will continue on to the Institute's collection vault to examine the original Sanilac Petroglyphs drawings and plaster casts from the 1940s. Here is the Facebook event page, but you'll need to book in advance: Tickets are $30 per person for Cranbrook Members and $35 for the General Public. To reserve your spot, please contact Kim Larsen at 248 645.3319, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The rock carvings at Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park are officially open for view by the general public on May 28 and throughout the summer (more information here). Whether you're planning a trip out to the Thumb or not, Thursday's events offer an exciting opportunity to learn more about one of Michigan's great historical treasures, and a provide rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse of Cranbrook Institute of Science's impressive collection!
Pipsan: The Lesser-Known (But No Less Impressive!) Saarinen Sibling
Sol-Air Canvas Chaise Lounge, c. 1950
Pipsan Saarinen Swanson and J. Robert F. Swanson for Swanson and Associates
Iron, rope, and canvas
34 x 23 x 24 in. (86.4 x 58.4 x 61 cm)
Transfered from the Cranbrook Academy of Art
If it were up to me, every month would be Women's History Month, but alas for the foreseeable future it is *officially* delegated to March in the United States, and today is our last chance to celebrate! How auspicious that March 31 also happens to be the birthday of Pipsan (born Eva Lisa) Saarinen Swanson, designer of furniture, interiors, fashion, and textiles, and younger sister of one of the most recognizable names in modern architecture, Eero Saarinen. Pipsan's father Eliel was of course the architect of the Cranbrook Campus and President of the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1932-1946, but before being lured to Bloomfield Hills by Cranbrook founder George Gough Booth, he was a visiting professor of architecture at the University of Michigan. One of his star students was Grand Rapids native J. Robert F. Swanson, who upon graduation founded the Swanson and Booth architectural firm at Cranbrook with his University of Michigan classmate Henry Scripps Booth, George's son. It was here that Swanson was introduced to Pipsan, and immediately Cupid wielded his mighty arrow–they were married in 1926. After Swanson broke away to establish his own firm, Swanson and Associates, Pipsan was enlisted as an interior designer for the company, and the husband and wife team would continue their working and romantic partnership for the rest of their lives.
Cranbrook Art Museum holds in its collection a wonderful array of objects designed by the Swansons, as well as many costume, glass, and textile designs executed solely by Pipsan. Shoshana Resnikoff, Collections Fellow for the Center for Collections and Research (and frequent guest blogger on Cranbrook Sightings) has written a beautiful account of one such costume design on our sister blog, Cranbrook Kitchen Sink.
In addition to their architectural and interior designs, Swanson and Associates often designed furniture and textiles for regional manufacturers. In 1949, the firm was hired by Cincinatti furniture company Ficks Reed to develop a line of casual pieces for the home that could transition from indoor to outdoor use. The Swansons ultimately created a suite of twelve chairs, tables, and benches, as well as a chaise lounge and a daybed, for a line they titled "Sol-Air"–likely a play on the word "solar," as other titles considered were "Sunair" and "Solunair."
The furniture series was a hit with the design community, ultimately being selected for the 1950 inaugural (and now notorious) "Good Design" exhibition at the Chicago Merchandise Mart, co-sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This October 1950 press release from the MoMA outlines the reception of the exhibited works based on polls from different categories of the public, and Pipsan's Sol-Air Canvas Chaise Lounge came in second place among buyers–quite a propitious sign for the Ficks Reed wholesalers!
The weatherproof, bright persimmon chaise lounge radiated casual, youthful relaxation, and throughout the suite's five years in production was consistently one of its best sellers. With spring finally (FINALLY) upon us, I'll take reclining in one of these nautically-inspired stunners over curling up in a womb chair any day. Well done, Pipsan!
Shelley Selim
2013-2015 Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Art Museum


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I am particularly fond of robins. They seem like a common and uninteresting bird but I love them nonetheless. As a child I remember them being a true first sign of Spring and, in summer, they populated our cherry trees, always defiant, stealing what fruit they could. It was a nest of robins, too, that was among Sophie's last memories, she, grief stricken at the baby birds' flight from their little world below our kitchen window. She stroked out soon after.
Meanwhile, that young lady of the house has been an early riser, shall we say. The nights are short around here. Who knows why the hour between 3 and 4 AM holds appeal for her. Sometimes with seizure, sometimes without. Work carries on, a few extra hours here and there, as do the legal matters which have now shifted into an entirely different direction, forced by new circumstances. I am also having to work on completing an academic paper, started long ago, which has been a cogent reminder as to why I did not, those many, many years ago, pursue a PhD.
In short, I am tired.
And so I was drawn to the window at dusk last night, by the vibrant and exuberant song of a robin, the first time I have heard one after this long and god-forsaken winter. It was so loud, so forceful, I didn't know if the poor thing meant it as a harbinger of Spring or as an attempt to force it into being. At dawn, I heard it again, likely the same bird, just after my daughter's seizure. The song not quite so powerful, not as long, maybe the little bird's energy dampened by the freezing temperature and the snow that accompanied it. I was reminded of the thin line between enthusiasm and desperation.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The New York Rangers had super-skilled D-man Ryan Murphy in for testing and an interview last week. I hope he made the most of his time in the Big Apple and caught a couple of shows, because it's unlikely he'll land on Broadway during Friday's first round.
All reports here indicate he will not get past the Boston Bruins at No. 9. Murphy also made a trip to test and interview with the Bruins, and the word is Peter Chiarelli & Co. came away with everything they wanted to see and hear to not only draft him -- as we suggested in our final mock draft -- but also expect him to be in the lineup at 18 years old.
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The West Virginia Power game with Delmarva Thursday was postponed due to rain. The Power and the Shorebirds will play a doubleheader starting at 6:05 tonight.
Zack Dodson (4-5, 5.36 ERA) will start the first game for the Power against Delmarva's Miguel Chalas (8-4, 4.79), while Robby Rowland will climb the hill for West Virginia in the nightcap against the Shorebirds' Williams Louico (0-2, 4.25).
The Power also announced Thursday that right-handed pitcher Clario Perez was transferred to State College, while left-hander Porfirio Lopez was transferred in from Bradenton.
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May 24, 2013
Austin, Texas - Heavy storms soaked the track and delayed action for three hours on day two of the NCAA Track and Field West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. The rain, however, did not damper the spirits of Kylie Price and Turquoise Thompson, who advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 100m and 400m hurdles, respectively. Additionally, Brea Buchanan moved on to Saturday's quarterfinals in the 100m hurdles.
The competition concludes on Saturday, beginning with the rescheduled men's hammer at 10 am CT. UCLA will also look to qualify athletes in the relays, women's 100m hurdles, 5000m, men's javelin, men's pole vault, and the triple jump.
The NCAA Championships take place June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore. Qualifying for UCLA so far are Price in the long jump and 100m, Thompson in the 400m hurdles, Julian Wruck in the discus, Ida Storm in the hammer, Dominic Giovannoni and Marcus Nilsson in the decathlon. and Tatum Souza in the heptathlon.
Women's 100m Hurdles
Brea Buchanan won her heat in a time of 13.53 to qualify to Saturday's quarterfinals with the number three time overall. Trinity Wilson clocked in at 14.12 to finish seventh in her heat and 33rd overall in the preliminary round.
Men's 110m Hurdles
Dominic Giovannoni placed eighth in heat two of the preliminaries and 42nd overall with a time of 14.76 and did not advance to the quarterfinals.
Women's 100m
Kylie Price clocked in at 11.65 in her quarterfinal heat and placed second to qualify for her second event at the NCAA Championships.
"I PR'd in the prelims, running 11.32, and in the finals, I just wanted to make sure I went through every part of my race from the start to the end," Price said. "My start wasn't that good, but I had a really good ending, and I got second in my heat, which is an automatic qualifier, so I was happy about that. It wasn't a very good time, but it was good enough to make it, so that's all that matters."
Price also qualified in the long jump on Thursday. "I actually had the 100 prelims before the long jump, so my mind was everywhere," she said. "But I just knew I had to pop a good one in order to make it to the finals and then make it to NCAAs. I jumped 20-7.25, which is okay, but it got me to the finals."
Men's 800m
In heat number one of the quarterfinals, Alexander Monsivaiz was at the front of the pack at around 650m but got tangled up in a spill when another runner stumbled. Monsivaiz got back up and finished his heat in seventh place (1:55.65) and did not qualify.
Women's 400m Hurdles
Turquoise Thompson led from start to finish and won heat three in 55.97 to qualify to her third consecutive NCAA Championship in that event. Thompson was the national runner-up the last two seasons.
Women's High Jump
Neither of UCLA's three competitors advanced to the NCAA Championships. Zibby Boyer and Mariah Gibson each cleared 1.65m/5-5 but could not clear 1.70m/5-7, placing 32nd overall. Caroline Gyllenbern no-heighted at 1.65/5-5.
Men's Shot Put
Redshirt freshman Nicholas Scarvelis threw 17.91m/58-9.25 on his second throw and finished 13th, just one spot shy of qualifying to the NCAA Championships.
Men's 200m
Yusef Merriweather finished seventh in heat four with a time of 21.66 and did not qualify to the quarterfinals.
Women's Pole Vault
Competing a good seven hours after their intended start, UCLA's four-woman pole vault crew failed to qualify to the NCAA Championships. Natasha Kolbo was the highest finisher at 15th, clearing 4.01m/13-1.75 on her third attempt. The Bruins were dealt a big blow when Allison Koressel, ranked fifth in the region, passed on 3.71m/12-2 but no-heighted on 3.86m/12-8. Liz Goodrich and Courtney Reginato cleared 3.71m/12-2 but could not get over on 3.86m/12-8, finishing 28th.
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
In the last heat of the last event of the day, David McDonald finished 33rd overall with a time of 9:07.02, ending the second day of competition close to 1:00 am.


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Calling an end to the commodity boom is problematic because the definition of what constitutes the boom depends on who you are.
Since BHP Billiton shelved $40 billion of mining projects in Australia when announcing lower profits on Wednesday, the nation has been engaged in an exercise of navel-gazing and mud-slinging as to what has or hasn't gone wrong.
For Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens the boom is far from over, with the economy growing at potential and inflation contained.
It's not a problem for Stevens that some of the resource projects under consideration won't go ahead because of cost pressures, as there is still a large pipeline for the next two years.
Even when the capital investment phase of the boom runs out, it will be replaced by the actual export of commodities from the new mines' liquefied natural gas plants, Stevens reckons.
For Rio Tinto Chief Executive Tom Albanese there never was a commodity boom in the first place, and the long-term bullish outlook for commodity prices remains intact, even if they are down currently due to a low point in China's cycle.
And Australia's politicians are having a field day, with Resources Minister Martin Ferguson first proclaiming the resources boom is over, much to the horror of his fellow ministers in the Labor Party-led minority government, who have staked their credibility on using revenues from commodities to pay for generous welfare entitlements.
He later rowed back saying he meant that commodity prices had peaked but the investments in multi-billion dollar projects will continue.
Of course, opposition Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott, whom the polls say would oust Prime Minister Julia Gillard if an election were held today, tried to blame the end of the boom on the government's new carbon and mineral resource rent taxes.
He's mainly wrong on that count as the new taxes wouldn't have made the slightest difference to BHP's Olympic Dam copper mine expansion, but he was on the right theme in a roundabout way, namely that higher costs are pressuring projects.
So, before we can pronounce on the vital signs of the commodity boom, it's important to decide exactly what we are talking about.
To my mind there are two main elements to the equation.
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The fund-raising event for famlies of the shooting victims in South Alabama has reached $47,000 in cash, checks and coins plus caskets and vaults for the dead that could send the total to $100,000.
WAAO radio station owner Blaine Wilson organized the event hoping to get $10,000. He said Saturday it was amazing what a town of 36,000 can do when it pulls together.
The Covington Casket Company provided caskets for the 10 victims and another Andalusia business, McNeill Inc/McNeil Concrete offered to provide the burial vaults.
Michael McLendon, 28, shot 10 people, including five family members, before killing himself Tuesday afternoon in the worst mass killing in Alabama history.
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My husband & I are actively TTC, but everytime we DTD, it seems like quite a bit of his semen leaks back out of me immediately following intercourse (so much so that I've started laying a towel under my torso to keep from getting it on the bed). Is this normal, or should I be concerned that he's not getting enough sperm inside me? And is there any trick I can do to keep it from leaking back out?
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Once he is done he should stay completely as deeply inside of you until fully finished and once thats done have him slowly come out and you have to lay sorta tilt ur hips up to keep it inside and lay there for a couple mins so it doesn't come out right away.posted 12/19/2012 by Mirandaa55
correction! I should say the one comment above was not correct ;) YoungFreeMomma is correct :)posted 12/20/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
Actually the comments above are not correct. The ejaculation shoots the sperm out at a very high rate and the actual semen (not sperm) gets deep enough and they start swimming right away. The fact that a lot of sperm comes right out doesn't decrease your chances at all!posted 12/20/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
PP is right this method should help with the leaking but just as a side note if he ejaculates in side you reguardless of whether it leaks out after a few seconds or not his swimmers are in there already starting to swim their way up to the finish line. Billions of them are inside you every time this happens chances are what leaks out shouldn't make too much a difference if he's fertile and you're fertile it should still happen. Good luck! :)posted 12/19/2012 by YoungFreeMomma
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Kistamässan, Arne Beurlings Torg 5, Kista/Stockholm, Sweden.
Read the press releases from the Annual General Meeting:
Ericsson's Annual General Meeting 2013
Focus on profitable growth and sustainability at Ericsson's shareholders' meeting
Exhibit 1 (not public)
The complete proposals are included in the Notice to the AGM, English | Swedish
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The auditor's statement regarding compliance with the guidelines for remuneration to the Executive Leadership Team is available here.English | Swedish
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Exhibit 1 to the Nomination Committee's Proposal English | Swedish
Exhibit 2 to the Nomination Committee's Proposal English | Swedish
Proposals from shareholders under items 13-15 are available in the original language (Swedish).
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