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Google's OpenSocial, which launches today, is a set of open APIs that will work not only on Google's also-ran Orkut social network, but on other companies' sites. Other platforms/companies include Salesforce, LinkedIn, Ning, Hi5, Plaxo, Friendster, Viadeo and Oracle.
The idea is to provide developers like RockYou, Flixster, and Slide with incentives to develop Facebook-like apps on Google's platform instead of Facebook's. The fact that Facebook's apps and data aren't portable across multiple platforms has been a source of frustration, and apps written for Google's platform will work not only with Google but across much of the Web.
Google's strategic goal here is obvious: usurp Facebook's position as the "operating system" for social networking by marshaling the support of every other social networking site. The user numbers alone will certainly command the attention of developers, at least for a while. But thats different than commanding the attention of Facebook's users.
---JUMP--- From the developer's perspective, one key unknown (for now) is what kind of business model OpenSocial will offer. One of the chief appeals of Facebook's open API is that developers can keep all the ad revenue they generate on the site; we've been told effective CPMs for more popular apps can run as high as $20. Google could certainly offer the same terms, as it doesn't need to generate any money from the program, but we don't know if its platform partners are willing or able to be so generous.
The bigger question: Will apps make Orkut and other sites more attractive to users? Facebook apps have generated an enormous amount of attention -- in part because they have been a hit for programmers. But we're not sure how many of them have made Facebook more attractive to users: Most people are on Facebook because their friends are on Facebook; not because they can throw sheep, turn people into zombies, etc. If you weren't using Orkut, Ning or Friendster before, will a new set of apps make you use it now?
Follow Up: Facebook investor Jim Breyer says he's not opposed to working with OpenSocial
Related: SAI Facebook Coverage
(For those keeping score, TechCrunch had made early reports about Google's anti-Facebook strategy in September and earlier this week; the NY Times appears to have run a more complete version of the story Thursday night that prompted Google to drop an embargo.)
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Migrant boy, 2, dies after being detained by US Border Patrol; 4th death of minor since December
A fourth Guatemalan child has died after being in custody for weeks at the U.S./Mexico border. Veuer's Justin Kircher has more. Buzz60
HOUSTON – A Guatemalan official says a 2½-year-old migrant child has died after crossing the border, becoming the fourth minor known to have died after being detained by the Border Patrol since December.
Tekandi Paniagua, the consul for Guatemala in Del Rio, Texas, said Wednesday that the boy had entered the United States with his parent at El Paso, Texas, in early April. Paniagua said the boy had a high fever and difficulty breathing, and authorities took him to a children's hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
The boy remained hospitalized for about a month before dying Tuesday. The Washington Post first reported his death.
As sirens wail in the background, migrant smugglers push adults and children through a hole beneath a border wall in a video provided by US Customs and Border Protection. An advocate for the migrants says it shows their desperation. (April 2) AP, AP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection didn't respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
Advocates have long questioned the Border Patrol's ability to care for the thousands of parents and children in its custody. The agency says it's overwhelmed by the surge of migrant families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.


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So we have finished 1/3 of the year already, and we will soon be turning the corner for the back half of the year. Now is a great time to reflect on how well our businesses are doing based on our projections going into 2015.
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Goldman Sachs-backed Firm Invests Big in Shipping Tar Sands by Train Along Keystone XL RouteRead time: 7 mins
Steve Horn | June 12, 2017
By Steve Horn • Monday, June 12, 2017 - 18:08
USD Partners, a rail terminal operator owned in part by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, has signed a nearly three year deal to facilitate moving tar sands by train from where it is extracted in Alberta, Canada, to an offloading terminal in Stoud, Oklahoma, in a route mirroring that of the Keystone XL pipeline.
From Stroud, the heavy oil can be sent via pipeline to the nearby oil storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma. USD's announcement, which said the company could transport up to 70,000 barrels per day of tar sands in rail cars, came in a June 2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The deal, centering around the purchase of the Stroud terminal, also included the acquisition of 300,000 barrels of storage space in Cushing, a town known by oil and gas industry observers as the "pipeline crossroads of the world."


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I've been in New York for three weeks now, which is a pretty good amount of time to grasp what the city is about. Some parts of living in New York are not at all what I expected, but I think this is my favorite part about moving to a new place. Being surprised on a daily basis and finding out things you never would if you only stayed for a short time. I'm nowhere close to being a New Yorker, but I've made some observations as an outsider the last couple of weeks...
– New Yorkers order everything and anything: food, cars, books, drinks, midnight snack cookies, weed, coffee etc. You could basically stay inside your apartment and never have to leave because everything you need can be delivered right to your doorstep.
– The Subway system sucks. And I'm not saying this because I already got lost numerous times. I'm saying it because in the London Underground you're basically spoonfed with accurate timings, information and instructions. In the NY Subway, you're left on your own. Nothing makes sense, it stinks everywhere and it's generally confusing. Dear NY Subway, it's not me, it's you.
– You can wear yoga pants at whatever time of the day, no one will judge you.
– New Yorkers love their dogs. It seems like literally everyone has a dog here, which is kind of cute. But there's also a lot of poop everywhere, so watch your step.
– New York has better food than London. I never thought I'd say this because London was my food mecca, but it's true. From cheap to expensive, healthy to extremely fatty... it's all delicious. And New Yorkers love to talk about food, so at least I have one main interest in common with them!
– Talking about food, everything goes so damn fast. Although everyone is obsessed with food, you hardly get to enjoy your meal European style (sit and chat for hours) because your plate is taken away before you've even taken the last bite and the bill is presented when you haven't even asked for it.
– Although I use the subway, not a single day has gone by when I walked less than 9 kilometers. I now understand why New Yorkers sometimes have two pairs of shoes with them to go to work. One "work" pair and a pair of walking shoes.
– The winter isn't as bad as I anticipated. Everyone warned me for the freezing -25 winter in NY, but so far it hasn't been so bad. It can be freezing one day and kind of okay the next, it's very unpredictable.
– A lot of people wear caps here, which is why it seems acceptable to wear one too. In Belgium, hardly anyone wears caps, especially women. But here it seems to be a very normal thing. I like it!
– People who live in Manhattan rarely go to Brooklyn because they think it's too far, even if it's only a 20-30 minute trip. I thought this was just a stereotype from Sex & The City, but New Yorkers in Manhattan really think this way.
– People spend a crazy amount on gym memberships, Barre workouts, and spinning classes. Being fit comes with a cost. I'm not sure how so many people could afford a $500 joining fee (!!) and a $200 dollar/month membership cost, but somehow everyone does it (I'm still trying to find out where those cheap but decent gyms are).
– It's very easy to meet new people here. Although I heard that everyone lives in their own little bubble here, I don't think I agree with that. It's super easy to start a conversation and people seem genuinely interested.
– New York seemed a bit daunting at first, but like every other city I know, it's a big village. You run into people you know all the time, which reminds you that it's not so daunting after all.
I'm there are lots more things that will surprise me, so part two is coming up in a few weeks. Stay tuned for more New York posts!


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This Saturday, The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame will induct 10 athletes into this year's class. Among them will be former University of Alabama defensive back star, Bobby Johns. Johns is probably most remembered for his three interceptions in the Sugar Bowl against Nebraska in 1967, which is a Sugar Bowl record.
Johns also was named a three time All-SEC selection in 1965, 1966, and 1967. He was also an All-American selection his junior and senior year of 1966 and 1967, and served as co-captain his senior year.
He has been named to the Team of the Decade for the 1960's and still has his mark on today's program with the award for the Most Improved Defensive Back named in his honor. The award is given each spring.
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: FW: Current monitor readings of AJB (was ... Battery % and Time Left on USB screen)
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Lets try it zipped.
Ahhh ... much smaller :)
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> As promised, here are datasets of my AJB under different circumstances.
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Stephen Feather
Hey Matthew, incase you don't get to see the Ryan Mosley show I have done a bit of a blog if you get time/ interested - I thought you might like as he has painted some beautiful colour relationships. Cheers
Matthew Collings Thank you. Paintings look listless and pointless. He should be shot.
Stephen Feather Pity. I enjoyed them. Saved you a trip at least. How do you mean listless?
Matthew Collings Lacking effort and energy.
Vanessa Graham-dixon yup.
Art Ful Where would you like him shot ?
Art Ful No...I'm not offering to do it but someone should.
Stephen Feather How can you say covering and reworking a 220 x 190cm canvas lacks effort and energy? Having him shot is just an immature, brick wall comment - unless you back it up. Similar criticism could be applied to covering a canvas in (@ MC) triangular forms or (@ Art Ful) randomly toy attached, blobbed pictures...
Matthew Collings Covering a canvas is meaningless Stephen, as I'm sure you know. The problem is the laziness of the decisions in the creating of the paintings. Colours pointless contrasts not amounting to anything more than the sum of the different parts. The aim of the work appears to be entirely mannerist, imitating children's book illustrations, fantasies, etc. Fine for totally unserious context.
Stephen Feather
Sure I'm aware of that. I felt his decission making in terms of shape, form, brush marks and including colour were good and part of the success of the different parts which make up the entire picture. Sure he must use pre-existing images bu...t I think thats a fairly common practise. I would say it seems that he is aiming to do more than immitate - although can't say for sure without seeing him work or the sources he uses. The seriousness of the contemporary gallery context is always up for debate - infact they are not always required to be serious places
Phil King
I was a having a discussion with an artist/gallerist here (Oakland) who was bemoaning the lack of critical rigour (rigor) or people (artists are the general audience) bothering to put their criticisms forward even if potentially hard to ta...ke. He felt it's more useful to be blunt and generate a longer term vitality than just either keep quiet or be emptily positive. Having been guilty of both for most of my artistic life I could see his point.
To some extent its about pruning and if an artist doesn't do it by themselves then it's going to be noticed ... + these look like they need some serious pruning to find any energy at all.
One of the great things about painting is that you can keep working things out to find the most vital elements where the pictorial force is starting to work. This isn't a reductive process and takes time and lots of energy either directly painting or thinking very hard about what you are doing. It's best not to do this in public in the initial stages. It's like comedy to a large extent, you'd better not get on stage until you are ready, or if you do you'd better be prepared to learn by your mistakes.
These 'painting' are flacid colouring in of alarmingly inert Victorian or Edwardian style Illustrations without any sense of questioning mentality at work. These paintings yawn 'no problem'.
The fact that you felt the need to think at such length about them might indicate that the painter couldn't be bothered to.
Just as the lazy unprepared comedian (probably used to accolades from friends and family) runs a serious risk of dying on stage so too the lazy artist.
Art Ful Very well put PK. As artist we need critical feedback. One of the hardest lessons to learn is to take it constructively but be grateful at the same time, as it is far worse to be not even noticed.
Stephen Feather
The thing is there is physical evidence within the layers of overpainting and rehashed elements that Mosley has struggled to arrive at his final decissions. And all this does create an energy - the conflict - along with the painterlyness an...d shapely elements. They may be derivative and that may be the problem here but like fashion trends things go around in circles. I havn't studied Victorian/ Edwardian or children's book illustrations in detail so I'm not aware of that but they seem like starting points rather than imitations. I like the colour - I think the dull mustard/ wine gum colours are unusual and unlike anything else I have seen recently. Although he doesn't seem to be so popular here Mosley does have some powerful backers so I'm not sure he will be dying on stage but I could be wrong - depends on the fickle art market. But his huge canvases and body of work would suggest to me he is not lazy
Matthew Collings This is an artist who doesn't believe in what he's doing. There's no knitting together of anything.
Stephen Feather I'm not convinced of that Matthew but thanks for the input.
Matthew Collings You're welcome. Good if you put some art that's more intense on your grand tour -- Toulouse-Lautrec show at Courtauld would be good to relate R Mosley to, to see how visual things at a very level actually work.
Mike Hinc
Nobody likes a lynching. I want to rush to defend the painter but if I thought the work bland I thought the blurb offensive. Pompous, pretentious, it makes too much of too little which only alienates. And it's asinine...more cliche ridden t...han the work itself. Oft used and much abused stalwarts like "painterly" and "organic" make me reach for a sickbag and WTF is a "nostalgic suggestion"??? Makes about as much sense as a radical artichocke. I thought the images lifeless and uninteresting but would have disliked them less had they not been wrapped up in artspeak verbiage. Spare the painter, save the bullet for his press officer.
Stephen Feather @ MC I will certainly try to check out the Toulouse-Lautrec show if you think it illustrates your opinion because otherwise I don't have a clue from what you have said - you have not been specific or clear which is disappointing. @ Mike Hinc thanks for reading. If you think you can do any better then fuck off and write your own blog you twat.
Mike Hinc Ha ha ha..did I hit a nerve? Thanks for the advice, Stephen .I might very well take it. Good to see you writing in plain English BTW. You might try it when writing about art. Your artists would thank you and you'd save Matthew a bullet.
Stephen Feather
No - I agree its not the greatest writing (to say the least). But its an attempt and at least it contains specific descriptions of what I genuinely think which is more than I can say for anybody else on this thread (apart from you regarding... my blog). But nobody has explained their comments about the painting to justify such ridiculous suggestions as shooting the artist or that he doesn't believe in himself! I mean who says that! And if so then why?...be specific and clear...please. If not then all you are not being constructive. There has been no constructive criticism here. Lynching is an interesting suggestion because it does seem like Collings and the cronies here....
Matthew Collings
I have been very clear. I wasn't expressing an opinion, except when I said he should be shot. Rest was objective, listing specific problems of the work. To summarise them: he should get more serious generally, believe in the elements he's w...orking with, be less mannered and flabby, and try and understand how colour works. I only point to the Toulouse-Lautrec show because it's someone who does some of the same things as him -- seemingly arbitrary colour, sinuous line, casually decorative -- but is genuinely ambitious.
Stephen Feather
@ Mike Hinc - actually after rereading it I think its ok and self explanatory - I'm sorry you have interpreted it as "artspeak" but thats your problem. @ Matthew - why would you say he should be shot in the first place? Thats just dumb an...d unintelligent. The rest has just been cryptic and creepy because they are just statements without any examples - you could point out which illustrations he has used, which colours show his lack of understanding etc.. build an argument. It is strange to arrive at the opinion that he doesn't believe in himself without thorough explanation because that is a strong statement to make. So far you have been harsh and unfounded.
Mike Hinc
Oh what a shame...and I was just warming to you, Stephen.The "problem" is that you make high flown and vacuous claims for the work which are not justified and in doing so you misrepresent the artist and alienate any potential admirers his f...rankly bland and IMHO uninteresting work might otherwise attract. If you don't think that's your problem then from the artist's point of view you have become an even bigger problem than his work. The work he can improve but will you continue to misrepresent it? For his sake, I hope not.
Stephen Feather I'll take that on board - I think you have represented your view and attachment to the bandwagon here very well - if you could highlight key examples to form a basis of criticism about the work in the way you have with my blog than you will be doing something no one else here has done
Mike Hinc You'd be well advised to do so. Are you asking me why I find the work bland and uninteresting? I thought MC had given the work a rich and fullsome appraisal,that mostly chimes with my own responses and reservations. Were I to comment anymore on the work you'd only accuse me of echoing MC. And heaven forbid I should do that!!!
Stephen Feather Yes to help me understand your point what specific examples are you basing your appraisal on? Which pieces are lifeless and uninteresting? What areas of the painting evoke this feeling?
Matthew Collings
@Stephen. It's dumb and unintelligent to say he should be shot yes. Cryptic means very hard to understand, whereas I have been very clear, even repeating the clarities. Creepy -- well I don't know. When I point out that the work looks l...ike children's book illustrations, that's not the same as saying he had a particular book he coped from. Your idea that individual colours show a lack of understanding of colour is a misconception about how colour works; it's a matter of the whole colour arrangement having a colour purpose or colour point. All these objective observations are not necessarly in the service of an argument as such, but they could certainly be the basis for one, particularly one about avoidance and denial. Your idea that I said he doesn't believe in himself is the opposite of what I actually said, which is he doesn't believe in what he's doing. If anything he believes too much in himself. When I say nothing in the paintings is knitted together, I mean everything is an isolated would-be charming sign, not a believable element in a construction. All my explanations have been pretty thorough. The only harshness is in not being willing to go along with the self delusions of the artist and the daftness of the collectors whose activities have impressed you. Everything I've said is founded in observation. In fact I'm back to thinking he should be shot again. But you could get out of this mess by going to see some serious art, and trying to relate it to Mosley. That's why I'm suggesting the Lautrec show. (But even, a long way down the pecking order, Jasper Johns, who was the modern artist who first did that trick RM is doing here, of negative/positive vase silhouettes.)
Stephen Feather
I have not been impressed by any collectors only by the paintings. And I have not formulated an idea about colour other than I admire the colours he has used - specifically I could say I enjoyed the red and blue squares painted on the leg o...f the figure in Heavy Bouquet - they are attractive colours and become part of the costume when viewed from a distance - You could say no this is rubbish because....... But none of your generalised points make this clear - they sit behind the aggressive suggestion that he should be shot which is subjective and not objective. There has to be some evidence to this profile you have built and that is what I want to observe in order to understand. I genuinely thought you would like the colour he uses otherwise I would not have shared this with you. Everything I have said is founded in observation. That is the point. I enjoyed the painting and I do not have any other motive other than to discuss that. I think you could get yourself out of this mess by providing evidence for such strong statements. Maybe other people are easily in awe of what you have said because of your media exposure and status (and I too have a lot of respect for your work) but I wouldn't expect to get away with saying what you have without justification. You have provided a couple of examples above re: Johns and colour purpose & point (although I don't know which work/ s you are referring too so it which leave the point in limbo)
Colin Gordon Davis
I aint on NO bandwagon but this is what you wrote..-
'Mosley has a preoccupation of painting figures from behind or the profile. Perhaps this is because he previously spent time working as a warden in the National Gallery and he was used ...to observing visitors engrossed in paintings from this position. It may also be a counter position to many of the canonical paintings in the National Gallery which typically present portraits from a full frontal viewpoint but I think Mosley deliberately wants to make us aware that we are observers, which are amongst an audience. This gives an extra dimension of distance, alienation and nostalgia to Mosley's rogue characters. And it also comes at a significant time for viewing art where an increase in the consumption of art since 2000 has had its support slashed in a series of arts cuts by the government.'
so his work is about a day trip to the national gallery? if he has a 'preoccupation' with figures why are they dominating the picture? Also a painting does not work because of others around it as you put it - a 'counter position', a painting works on its' own.
i dont know what worse the writing or the picture. If you even worked out the different stages of detachment and distance you say from the picture to the framing within the picture to the audience and then the backs of the audience; i feel so far away from the picture that anything the painter had to say would have evaporated by the time i had applied myself to even trying to understand what he was trying to paint. ah fck it i'll just look at poussin.
Mike Hinc Poussin is good to look at.
Stephen Feather
@ Colin Na it was a suggestion that is why he paints the back of peoples heads! I said Mosley has a preoccupation of painting figures from behind or the profile - he has done a series of heads in profile that is the subject that is why the...y dominate the picture. I was trying to say the National is mainly full of portraits depicting the front of sitters thats maybe why Mosley decided to be different and depict the back. Thanks for the comments.
Colin Gordon Davis these are not 'comments' per say; writing does not assume what it can find out; did you speak with the painter? even if he is dead, if it is worth its metal it will all be in the work .
John Robinson to quote the manics stephen "if you stand up like a nail you will be knocked down" jus
Phil King Stephen. i keep wanting to be emptily positive or keep quiet and then like Mike Hinc I look at the paintings again.
I've been thinking about being specific..to make my reaction into a helpful criticism ... its just really so difficult and time consuming to to pick out anything to focus on in weak work.. which is why I'm guessing Matthew suggested looking at T.Lautrec as a way of stepping out of the slough of despond you and the painter seem to be inhabiting.
I don't know whether to throw my rotten eggs at you or the painter or eat them myself for spending a moment on this... that'll teach me.
Just go and look at a good Van Gogh .. a colour theory book in hand + make some choices is what I would add. There are some decent ones at the National Gallery .. any colour theory book at all would help. Or just spend some time thinking about Paul Klee. Find artists you don't like and try and figure out why their work is so good.
If it's any comfort the paintings make me want to shoot myself I find them so unbearable and twee. And the idea that they might be OK because they include colours you've not seen used recently and like makes me want to stab myself, while the sensation that "Powerful backers' guarantee the quality of a painter leads me to reach for a rope. The figure thing you discuss leads me inexorably to the rat poison.
Empathy is an overrated and possibly dangerous quality when it comes to looking at art and can be positively lethal when making it.
Stephen Feather Hi Phil, I do appreciate your trying and sorry you feel like doing some violent things to yourself! It is unfortunate you have not had the time to think of any specific examples but I understand you have your own opinion. Obviously these paintings are not my own. I just like them and wanted to share them. I don't want to force an opinion on to anyone but if they have one I wanted to understand it - and unfortunately I don't feel any closer to that. Funnily enough I have recently been looking at Klee a lot. I am very familiar with Van Gogh and a regular visitor to the National Gallery. And I still appreciate these colours Mosley is using. I only mentioned "powerful backers" to suggest he may not "die on stage", not out of boasting or anything, I mean I have no idea anyway. I hope he doesn't, I Iike his paintings, I'd like to see more. Anyway thanks for taking the time to think about it. I just don't understand some of the language being used. Talking about shootings, being knocked down, using rat poison, throwing eggs!! very descriptive and emotive. Seems like there is something behind it...
Matthew Collings I haven't read some of the other comments. And I don't identify with the nastiness in some of the ones I have read. But the problem is not a conspiracy, or emotion, or violent language. That is, it isn't coming from outside. It's to do with a difficulty you are having in taking on critical perceptions. They have been formulated very clearly, partly because the people who have been having them are used to trying to be clear, but also because the problems of RM's work are extremely obvious.
Stephen Feather Thanks Matthew - I feel a bit guilty of being a bit nasty myself (swearing at someone, being a bit aggressive and critical towards you and others) Sorry. So I may be partly to blame for that. But its only come as I have tried to understand these critical perceptions. And because I am passionate about art and painting. You have to say you did start with the shooting idea though!? Anyway that doesn't matter now. Unfortunately I honestly don't see any obvious problems with RM's work - I like them. They have inspired me and thats what I sticking too. I'm not saying anyone else has to feel like that and I'm not saying I'm right, wrong or have any superiority over anybody else. But I have the freedom to say thats what I think. I am constantly trying to inform my decisions and improve so I will heed the suggestions here and report back with any new findings. I feel it has certainly been a positive thing that so much heat has been created by this topic and shows there is an underlying feeling towards certain art here - not sure what that is but I did not originally see this "debate" as a contest, competition, or that I have been "knocked down" as the loser. And I think its a bit strange of those people who do. Hopefully it is stimulating and open ended (at least that is how I have found it)
Matthew Collings That's the problem though, it's not a competition, it's an issue of bad versus good. Good doesn't compete with bad, it's its opposite.
Stephen Feather Come to the Dark side Matthew... ha ha Can that be objective though? Who is deciding on these categories? Do we all have to share the same idea of good and bad? Is that obvious?
Matthew Collings Yes it's obvious. The dark side isn't the dark side it's the naive side.
Stephen Feather But isn't that subjective? Are you saying there are golden rules that govern this thing? If I like RM's painting does that automatically label me as naive?
Matthew Collings Yes it does I'm afraid. No there are no golden rules. Naive isn't bad. Just drop defenses and take in new information.
Stephen Feather I have heard you use the term naive before at (I think) Oxford Uni talk in reference to how little you thought they had read on art. I am no expert but I have studied art and art history. I find you saying that discouraging
Matthew Collings The naivite of your support for RM has nothing to do with reading about art, but is to do with accepting the obvious bait that he sets out for the credulous (maybe even including himself).
Stephen Feather My support is founded in observation, knowledge and subjectivity. It is not definitive or an ending point, neither is the art work. It may change. In that sense it may be naive. In that sense we are all shifting from points of naivety.
Matthew Collings No I'm saying I don't think the thing you remember me saying in Oxford about "how little they had read about art" is the thing that has caused you to support a silly art-world hustler like RM. I'm saying that the things you're saying now regarding observation etc are deluded.
Stephen Feather Am I deluded because I'm not seeing your point view?


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Spinden goes 5-for-7 with four RBI's over the two games
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Washington College softball team kicked off their 2017 spring break trip by splitting a pair of games at the Osceola County Softball Complex in Kissimmee, Florida at the Rebel Spring Games. The Shorewomen lost the first game of the day to Transylvania 5-4 in nine innings before rebounding with an 8-0 win over Skidmore in five innings by way of the eight run rule.
Transylvania 5, Washington College 4 (9 innings)
How It Happened
- The Shorewomen got on the board in the top half of the third inning when Allyson Meil scored on a wild pitch to put the Shorewomen ahead 1-0.
- Washington loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fourth inning, but could not score.
- Transylvania took the lead in the bottom of the fourth on a two run single to center field from Lauren Willett which scored Jordan Kramer and Shelby Bailey to make it a 2-1 game.
- A two out RBI single from Erin Spinden drove home Leah Stokes and tied the game for the Shorewomen at 2-2 in the top half of the fifth inning.
- Spinden then gave the Shorewomen the lead with an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning which scored Stokes. Taylor Harcum then drew a bases loaded walk to score Elaina DiPrimio and extend the Shorewomen lead to 4-2.
- The Pioneers got two runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 4 and send the game to extra innings. Jenna Stiles singled to left field to score Madison Dorsey, followed by Madison Townsend scoring on a dropped pop up to tie the game at 4. Both runs came with two outs.
- Transylvania won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning when Shelbi Poehlein singled to right center, driving in Shelby Gambrell for the walk off win.
For the Shorewomen (5-6)
- Hitting: Spinden (3-for-5, two RBI's), Meil (2-for-4, run), Stokes (2-for-5, two runs), DiPrimio (2-for-3, double, walk, run), Harcum (RBI, two walks).
- Pitching: Harcum (3 2/3 innings, four hits, two runs, one walk, three strikeouts), Milly Kawabata (2 1/3 innings, one hit, zero runs, one walk, one strikeout), Maddie Bennett (loss, 2-3, 2 1/3 innings, three hits, three runs, one earned run, one walk, two strikeouts).
- The Shorewomen had 12 hits in the loss and drew four walks, but left 13 runners on base.
- Washington committed two errors, leading to a pair of unearned Transylvania runs.
For Transylvania (3-3)
- Hitting: Gambrell (2-for-4, one walk, one run), Willett (two RBI's), Poehlein (one RBI), Stiles (one RBI).
- Pitching: Jordan Kramer (3 innings, three hits, one run, two walks, three strikeouts), Tayler Thompson (one inning, two hits, zero runs, zero walks, zero strikeouts), Meg Liter (win, 1-0, 4 1/3 innings, six hits, three runs, zero walks, five strikeouts).
- The Pioneers had eight hits in the win, drew three walks, and left 10 runners on base.
- Transylvania committed zero errors in the victory.
- Spinden was named the Goose Nation TV Shorewomen Player Of The Game on the webcast of the game.
Washington College 8, Skidmore 0 (5 innings)
How It Happened
- The Shorewomen struck first with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the first inning. DiPrimio lined a single up the middle to score Meil and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Spinden to put the Shorewomen ahead 2-0.
- Washington extended the lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning when Spinden roped an RBI single down the right field line to score DiPrimio, followed by a bloop RBI single to center field from Kerrigan Buck which scored Bennett to push the lead to 4-0.
- The Shorewomen tacked on four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. DiPrimio smacked a two run double to right field which scored Stokes and Meil, and Bennett followed with a two run home run to deep center field to score DiPrimio and round out the scoring at 8-0.
- Kawabata closed things out in the fifth inning as the Shorewomen won via the eight run rule.
For the Shorewomen (6-6)
- Hitting: DiPrimio (3-for-3, three RBI's, three runs), Spinden (2-for-2, two RBI's), Bennett (2-for-2, home run, two RBI's two runs, walk), Stokes (2-for-3, run), Meil (two runs)
- Pitching: Bennett (win, 3-3, four innings, three hits, zero runs, two walks, two strikeouts), Kawabata (one inning, zero hits, zero runs, one walk, one strikeout).
- The Shorewomen had 11 hits in the win, drew one walk, and left six runners on base.
- Washington played a clean game defensively, committing zero errors.
For Skidmore (1-3)
- Hitting: Karly Fishkin (double).
- Pitching: Amanda Carilli (loss, 0-2, three innings, 10 hits, eight runs, five earned runs, one walk, two strikeouts), Emily Popp (one inning, one hit, zero runs, zero walks, zero strikeouts).
- The Roadrunners had just three hits in the loss, drew three walks, and left five runners on base.
- Skidmore committed three errors, leading to three unearned Shorewomen runs.
- Bennett was named the Goose Nation TV Shorewomen Player Of The Game on the webcast of the game.
- Washington avenges last year's 6-5 walkoff loss to Skidmore, also in Kissimmee, with the win.
Up Next for the Shorewomen
3/13 v. Mount St. Mary (N.Y.)- 11:15 am @ Kissimmee, Fla. (non-conference game).
3/13 v. Gustavus Adolphus- 1:30 pm @ Kissimmee, Fla. (non-conference game).
- The Shorewomen will be facing off against both Mount St. Mary (N.Y.) and Gustavus Adolphus for the first time.
- Both games will be played at Orem Brown Park, a facility that Washington has not played at since Kristin Cooper '15 and the Shorewomen shut out Webster 4-0 on March 12, 2013.


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Area 63,039 square mi (163,270 square km)
Population 538,200 2014
Capital Paramaribo
Highest Point 4,059 ft (1,230 m)
Lowest Point -6.6 ft (-2 m)
GDP $5.210 billion 2014
Primary Natural Resources timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin.
SURINAME IS THE SMALLEST independent country in South America. Known formerly as Dutch Guiana, it has had a troubled history since independence in 1975, in part because of conflicts between its very different populations of varied East Asian and African background. Stabilization since the 1990s has brought renewed ties to the international community, both for foreign investment and for badly needed economic aid from the NETHERLANDS.
Like its neighbors, GUYANA to the west and FRENCH GUIANA to the east, Suriname is one of the most underpopulated and extensively forested areas of the world. Most of the Surinamese live along the narrow coastal plain (about half the population in the capital city of Paramaribo), with scattered settlements—notably of indigenous Carib and Arawak tribes—in the interior. The interior RAINFORESTS are also home to several groups known as Maroons (also called Bush Negroes), descendants of escaped slaves from the 17th and 18th centuries, who have retained many customs of their west African ancestors (dance, architectural style, dress, and parts of African languages). Attempts to forcibly resettle these groups (or to set up logging concessions) met with fierce resistance and a guerrilla movement in the 1980s.
Some of the northern coastal plain has been drained and cultivated for paddy rice and other agricultural products. Other tropical products include bananas, coconuts, and shrimp from the area's many estuaries. There is also a large lowland lake, with one of the world's most curious names: Prof. Dr. Ir. W.J. van Blommestein Meer.
The interior rises to highlands, in which the country's mineral wealth can be found. The chief of these is bauxite, produced from weathered granite rocks in tropical conditions, used to produce aluminum. Bauxite production generates around 15 percent of the gross domestic product and 70 percent of all export earnings. At the furthest inland point are the Tumuc-Humac Mountains on the border with BRAZIL.
The Guiana coast was settled and contested variously by the three European powers of England, FRANCE, and the Netherlands in the 17th century. In 1667, the Dutch received all of what was then known as "Surreyham" (named for the English county Surrey), including much of what is now Guyana, in exchange for New Amsterdam (renamed New York City). Early settlers grew tobacco and cotton, and later started larger plantations for the chief cash crop of the Caribbean region, sugarcane. The Dutch were used to building dikes and drainage systems (half of the Netherlands is below sea level), so this portion of the coast thrived.
After the abolition of slavery in Dutch colonies in the early 19th century, indentured laborers were brought in from Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia, who brought rice paddy cultivation with them. Rice is today a larger economic activity than sugar. As all three colonies explored inland toward the mineral-rich highlands, boundary disputes came forth, which remain to this day.
Many Javanese Muslims left Suriname in the 1970s, fearing discrimination from the larger Christian and Hindu populations. Almost 40 percent of the population, most of them educated or skilled, left the country, which fell into further chaos after a bloody military coup in 1980. Free elections began again in the 1990s, but the country remains very divided.


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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. (Anna Quindlen)
It is a gloriously sunny morning as I write this. I am laughing gently at myself as I consider all my previous efforts to strive for perfection–an artificially high standard and abstract ideal that is out if step with the 'reality' of who we can ever be or the dynamic situations we find ourselves in.
I recognize the trait of perfectionism as an aspect of who I am that has helped me to focus and persist during some of the most challenging times. I also confess that this sometimes torturous trait can tangle itself up with a sense of responsibility, loyalty, and love that re-emerges when it is not tempered by grounded recognition that I can really only be who I already am–a 'perfectly imperfect human bean.'
While I do not recommend perfectionism as a way of being or seeing in the world, I do recognize its potential for individual development and collective progress. Given the research on the importance of high expectations and equally high warmth and nurturing in the socialization and education of youth, as well as the longstanding historical and cultural triumphs that have resulted from striving for the seemingly impossible, I know the importance of playfully and lovingly challenging oneself and each other to be, do, and have more than we may be born into. It is important to learn, grow, and reach our full potential.
While pleasure can come from a multitude of sources and even fear-based perfectionism can help us accomplish amazing things, pride and joy come from a deeper and more integrated place–'the work of becoming yourself.'
Although such statements may be superficially judged as selfish or narcissistic, I believe that the work of becoming oneself is fueled by a sense of passion and purpose that keeps looking inward and moving merrily forward. It benefits the one and it greatly benefits all. As one joyful 'work in progress' to another, I wish you love, love, love on your journey,


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IMPHAL, Feb 7: The number of MBBS seats in Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) would be raised from the present strength of 100 to 150.
This was announced by Special Director General of the Ministry of Health Services Dr DC Jain at RIMS Jubilee Hall yesterday while interacting with faculties of RIMS at the end of his two day visit to the institute.
Apart from the seats reserved for students from the seven Northeastern States, 15 seats are reserved for students coming from other parts of the country. RIMS Director Dr S Sekharjit and other senior faculties took the Special Director General around the institute to show the departments and the hospital.
Dr Sekharjit apprised Dr Jain that apart from the old buildings, most of the equipment whose numbers are also inadequate, have become outdated. Noting that some hostels of the post graduate students are in dilapidated condition, Dr Jain stated that new ones would be constructed. Further noting that most of the buildings of RIMS are 40 years old, the Special Director General assured that new ones would be constructed so that each department has its separate buildings.
He said that new equipment would be purchased for all departments. The absence of boundary walls has to be attended to and the same must be constructed soon in view of the law and order situation of Manipur, Dr Jain stated. He said that the Health Ministry would give top priority to development of infrastructure since RMC (now RIMS) was constructed to provide medical education to just 50 students.
Dr Jain who heads a special subcommittee visited RIMS to assess the ground realities personally after all the issues confronting RIMS were discussed in an executive council meeting held at Delhi on January 31, said a press release issued by the RIMS media advisor.
(Courtesy: The Sangai Express)
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Hard decisions
I haven't mentioned it recently but I am still beavering away at getting rid of unused items. I have now binned or given away or taken to the charity shop some 385 items. There is a bag with 30 more sitting in the hall waiting to go but they are not gone so I can't count them yet. I promised myself at the beginning of January that I would part with 1000 things during 2015. I reckoned that even if I failed, then I would still have won if you see what I mean. Well at 385 at the end of May, I am a little bit behind because I have sorted all the easy things ( like giving away the videos which can't be played because the video player died). I need to average 84 items a month. I'm beginning to find it difficult to remember what number I am up to so I'm going to put a number at the bottom of my blog post to remind me because then I shall remember where I put my tally : )
I am in trouble with my animals again. Sally cat is old - she'll be 17 in early autumn. Like many other cats, she loves you rubbing her chin. Well last Wednesday I found a little lump on her jaw. I thought it was probably an abscess under a tooth. On Thursday I had an upset tummy so I took her to the vet on Friday. She didn't like me poking at the lump but was not unduly upset. However the vet said it seems like a growth. I just can't believe how quickly the lump grew. They gave the cat an antibiotic injection and sent me away for a few days. I went back yesterday and the vet is more certain that it is a tumour in/on the bone. She can have antibiotics every day to keep infection at bay and then painkillers to help. Obviously she is too old to go down the biopsy and operation route. It just wouldn't be fair to her to put her through all that at her age. But I'm not sure how fair it is to make her live on painkillers either. It is an awfully hard decision to make and I just can't make up my mind.
385 items gone


text: What happens when you task Emily Ratajkowski with reading the strangest weather forecast whilst wearing hot pants? You get this broadcast from Love magazine, featuring the model reporting on snow in the Australian outback, walking cats, and the beginning of the apocalypse, as she puts it. The model stays so chill throughout, you have to admire her professionalism...and perhaps be a bit disturbed by it.


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The Franklin Farm community has recently been struck with a large amount of vehicle tamperings and larcenies from vehicles. Over three occasions, this spring, a total of 16 vehicles were vandalized — and items were stolen from 16 others.
AND POLICE from the Fair Oaks District Station are alerting residents to lock their car doors, remove their valuables and immediately report any crimes or suspicious activities.
"Maybe somebody saw or heard something, but hasn't called in," said Pfc. Liz Barrington, Crime Prevention Officer with the Fair Oaks District Station. "We're urging them to do so. Just be observant; let us know."
Because several of the incidents occurred in close proximity to each other, date and timewise, and similar things were taken, she said they "definitely seem to be correlated, but we can't say it's the same person [or persons]."
The first series happened between Tuesday, April 26, at 11 p.m. and Wednesday, April 27, at 8 a.m. There appeared to be no damage to the vehicles, and police say many of them had been left unlocked.
"Items that were taken ranged from change in the console area or glove box to cell phones, a BlackBerry and even a jacket," said Barrington. Mainly stolen, she said, were "small things that can be gotten rid of really quickly or that could be used [by the thieves] for themselves, such as coins, a laptop [computer] and an iPod."
Six incidents of thefts from vehicles were reported in the first wave. "In many of the reports, the items in the vehicle were scattered about or ransacked," said Barrington. The streets targeted were Rounding Run Court, Brynwood Place and Wrenn House Court.
THE SECOND series of vehicle tamperings and larcenies occurred between Tuesday, May 3, at 11 p.m. and Wednesday, May 4, at 8 a.m. Again, the vehicles didn't appear to have sustained any damage, but items from within them were pilfered. And as in the previous incidents, said Barrington, "In several of the reports, the vehicles were left unlocked or the owner was not sure."
She said the items taken ranged from loose change to sunglasses, CDs and other miscellaneous things. And papers and items from the glove box or other areas of these vehicles were scattered. Ten incidents were reported, and the streets targeted this time were: Bramblewood Lane, Nestlewood Drive, Grey Friars Place, Ashburton Avenue, Harrison Hollow Lane, Brynwood Place and Wheeler Way.
"You can tell professional and you can tell a whim — an opportunity," said Barrington. "But we don't know for sure [whether pros or amateur thieves did these deeds]. It just seems like it was an act where there wasn't a lot of thought. The majority of these vehicles were unlocked cars."
The third series of incidents occurred between Saturday, May 14 at 11 p.m. and Sunday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m. This time, the crimes involved vandalism, vehicle tamperings and graffiti. "There were 16 vehicles spray painted with blue paint, in most of the reports," said Barrington. "It was the driver's side of the vehicle that was targeted."
But that's not all. Spray painted as well were a stop sign, garage doors, driveways and signs on a community tot lot and tennis court. Police received five reports, in all, of things besides cars that were hit with blue paint, for a total of 21 incidents altogether.
Streets targeted during this rash of vandalism were: Applegrove Lane, Bittersweet Court, Laneview Place, Turberville Lane, Franklin Farm Road, Nestlewood Drive, Cross Creek Lane, Tuckaway Drive, Brynwood Place and Bramblewood Lane.
In the past, Barrington had already sent out information to Neighborhood Watch coordinators, homeowners associations and interested citizens and businesses, stressing the importance of people locking their car doors. But this recent wave of thefts from vehicles prompted her to do so again.
"REMOVE ITEMS of value from the car, to include the change in the console or ashtray," she told them. "If it is something you do not want to remove, then place it out of sight." Taking these simple precautions, she said, might be just enough to make a would-be thief move on.
"A criminal is looking for opportunity," said Barrington. "If you remove the opportunity, then you have less of a chance that you will be a victim. Also, take the time to report things to the police. If you hear noises at night, get up and look out. If you see someone or something that just does not seem to fit — or your instincts are telling you something does not seem right — please call in and report this suspicious person or activity."
Furthermore, she advised, "Do not assume someone else in the community will report it. We would much rather have several calls than none." The police non-emergency number is 703-691-2131.
Barrington urges anyone with any information that could help solve these incidents in Franklin Farm to contact police. She also encourages residents living within that community to consider getting involved in the Neighborhood Watch program.
"The goal of Neighborhood Watch is to observe and report — to be the eyes and ears of the police department," she said. "It does not take a lot of time to volunteer, [and] basically, you do neighborhood watch every day [while] you drive in or out of your community. When you look around, you're being observant. Help your community and yourself from becoming the next victim."
For information about starting a Neighborhood Watch, contact Barrington at 703-352-2163 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Arriving at retailers over the next few days, Sony announced today that the $399.99 500GB PlayStation 4 system will now include a downloadable voucher for The Last of Us Remastered inside every console for free. Since Canada wasn't mentioned in their post, it's possible this offer will only be valid in the United States.
On the PS Blog, John Koller, VP of Platforms Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, said, "If you've managed to hold out on upgrading to PS4 for this long or if you have a stack of gift cards laying around after the holidays, now is the perfect time to get in on the action."
It doesn't appear as though the Four Games. One Pick bundle is being phased out right away, so you should still be able to find that in stores as well.
For those of you looking to buy a PS4 this year, Koller added, "We're sure you won't be disappointed with PS4's game library and social capabilities, where you can share your most epic gaming moments with all your friends. And there's plenty to look forward to in 2015 and beyond."
[Source: PS Blog]


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On Friday night, President Trump entertained around 250 Republican donors in his Mar-a-Lago ballroom. Spotted in the audience: Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, who recently admitted to paying $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The most shocking moment of the evening came when Trump brought his old pal Rudy Giuliani onto the stage.


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Wednesday, 29 October 2008
let the Games Begin!
I've been working once more on the new look, and the latest section to be replaced is the Games section. In doing so, I noticed it's quite a small selection, so it's really time for some new games, wouldn't you say?
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