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Illustrator Christoph Niemann is a man with a charming breed of very clever humor. He sketches for newspapers and magazines in Europe and the United States, he develops delightful apps for children and adults – and never takes himself too seriously. High time to pay a visit to his studio in Berlin.
In the morning, when the kids have trotted off to school, bags bulging with packed lunches, their father moves to the front house. This is where his small studio is, in a former shop in the Mitte district of Berlin; it is his realm and he shares it with no-one. This is where he thinks, contemplates. Hopes that inspiration will strike. Tries something, scrunches it up and tosses it in the bin, gets annoyed. It's not like he's sitting here waiting to be kissed by his muse – he has never considered himself a genius, more a hard worker.
The fruits of his labors – from a simple sketch, a series of travel reminiscences executed in watercolors, a bells-and-whistles app for inquisitive kids or a humorous picture blog – are phenomenal, says his audience. Oh please, it is too flattering – but who is he to disagree? Christoph Niemann has faith in his discipline. "I work from 9 to 6; time and time again, I'm struck by how close my profession is to playing a sport: training, condition, concentration, competitive situations. A major proportion of what I do is sitting around and thinking, and honing and improving my artistry and craftsmanship. Because when inspiration strikes and I have a really great idea, my craft has to perform so that I can turn the idea into reality as best possible." Indeed, it would be a tragedy if, at that all-important moment, he had forgotten how to handle a pencil.
Whatever you do, avoid lumping him in a corner with preconceptions of art, with garret romance. "All the artists I know are super disciplined," says Niemann. "No-one clatters around their studio in the morning, getting drunk or still sozzled from the evening before, tossing brush-strokes of genius at the canvas between swigs from a bottle of absinthe." However, the real world is just as important. "I can't lock myself away and expect to be able to recreate the world."
Christoph Niemann was born in 1970 in Waiblingen in Swabia, a region where people have a bit of a reputation for paying close attention to detail. His role models are Roland Topor, Sempé, Albert Uderzo, Chaval and Tomi Ungerer, but also the dearly departed MAD Magazine. After studying communication design in Stuttgart, he took the plunge and left for the United States, in 1997, fizzing with the joy of discovering a new life, without a trace of inferiority. Back then, he "only" illustrated: Please draw a picture to go with that text.
Niemann is not afraid to fail; "I throw most of what I do away, and that's the way it should be." First, he leaves it lying around for a while, "because you always hope that at second or third glance you will suddenly realize just how brilliant and completely ahead of game you were…" Niemann's great talent – and one reason for his staggering success – is that he focuses on the bizarreness of mundane things, not just the big topics.
He explores the drama in the detail, is an idealist with a brushstroke, a man for the small but irresistible gags, a comedian who can spark a grin of acknowledgement. "The audience is the intelligent part that brings my work to life," he says. "My work is like a switch that triggers an experience in the viewer." And that is essence of Niemann's super-smart, very straightforward art: The first glimpse turns the viewer into the recipient of a gift, into an accomplice.
Until I was 23 or 24, I didn't have a single piece of clothing without at least one splash of colored paint, acrylic, watercolor or whatever.
Initially, he was astonished that anyone could find his work funny. "The classic situation is that I create an expectation in the viewer or reader which I then subvert in an unexpected way. For this to work, my thought processes have to mirror those of the reader exactly; I have to maneuver him into that position; this is the essence of total communication. The joke comes to life in the mind of the reader, and not so much on the page – which only provides a guideline. This is a completely different approach than if I were creating a gigantic ceiling painting, a piece which aims to make the viewer feel small, intimidate him and leave him standing open-mouthed."
So what happened in New York, how does one go about reaching the upper echelons of illustrating, how does one get commissions for the front pages of The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, how do you become visual columnist for The New York Times? Do you just rock up with some examples of your work? Does one have to apply? Or does it help to know someone who knows someone?
Niemann smiles modestly. Which is, in fact, something he does fairly often, and is possibly something that he, who is at first glance neither a superstar nor a revolutionary, cultivates deliberately so that he doesn't stand out on account of his sheer success.
The danger – which one senses he would love to erase – is that one automatically assumes that he is an industrious model student, a real crammer, even. And this is an assumption that leads one straight into a trap. Because Niemann is a cunning expert, an artist who adores picking seemingly harmless things apart with a few strokes of his deadly paintbrush.
Where were we? Ah, in New York. So did he spend months cold-calling editorial offices? Nope, replies Niemann. "It's gigantic machine that needs to produce a constant flow of new things," is his succinct description of the U.S. media landscape. "They have to be open for new ideas, otherwise they end up lagging behind. The basic attitude is the following: 'We should look at this portfolio because if we don't then someone else will and they'll publish. And if it's a success then how can we justify our lack of vision?' If they look at it, like what they see and give you the go-ahead, you just have to deliver. This is not a good moment to play the capricious artist, demanding to be mollycoddled."
Niemann always delivered, always with an unexpected twist. The readers were delighted, they let the editors know success was just around the corner. Niemann looks back: "Before social networks became quite so powerful, if you had published in The New York Times Magazine, Time or Rolling Stone, everyone knew you because everyone had seen your work."
After eleven years in the United States, the Niemann family – comprised of Weltkunst editor-in-chief Lisa Zeitz and the couple's three sons – were ready to return home. In 2008, they moved to Berlin. Christoph Niemann, confident in his skills and with a strong reputation, decided to branch out. He started telling more personal stories. Relocating was the shock that made him decide to conclude one phase of his creative work and move to the next level.
"It is difficult to remain in one place, in your familiar environment, and then do something completely different. But if your entire system of coordinates is juggled around, like when you move to a different country, it becomes easier to take a fresh look at yourself and your work. The column for The New York Times was a serious commission, and I no longer had an excuse not to do it."
As a personal farewell gesture, he recreated everyday life in New York in minimalist Lego, arranged carefully dried leaves, devoted himself to physics – with a series titled "Unpopular Science" – and dived deep into bathroom design, with a little help from art history.
He knows that you can't force a stroke of genius, but that you can prepare for it. "There is a quotation by Paul Rand: Art is not an intention. Good work is an intention. Art happens when you're lucky. And I think that is exactly what it's about, about patient trying. I sit there, sketch something. Push it a centimeter to the left. Aha. Push it a centimeter to the right. What happens if I take a pear instead of an apple? If the pear is five times bigger? If I take a cat instead of a dog? If I replace one adjective with another? Is it better, more powerful? And sometimes things take on a life of their own and you suddenly realize that you've hit a nerve and that the impact of the work goes way beyond what you could have planned intellectually."
And sometimes you dare to try something completely different. For years, Niemann had a huge respect for flat, saturated colors, "they were always a problem for me; throughout my youth, I never managed to get flat colors to work. Then I bought an airbrush only so that I could produce flat backgrounds. In contrast, I could do perfect, ready-to-print drawings with a brush and paint by the time I was eight. Then came computers, and suddenly you could do red on white. That really bowled me over; all you had to do was click and you'd get a perfect area of yellow – wow!"
Niemann, the gifted illustrator, is not a dreamer with his head in the clouds; he's a man who tries things out until he is satisfied with what he sees. But there is always an element of wonder. "Being able to get someone to laugh or cry without physically tickling or hurting them is amazing, it's crazy and wonderful in equal measure. The fact that we can trigger real emotions with such abstract things as a sequence of words or sounds. For me, it is like a game: how much can I remove and still get the message across?" It's a game Niemann keeps playing.
And success, has he earned it? That modest little smile appears again. "Well, it does help if people know your work, like it and approach you with a certain amount of respect," he says, "but I don't sense any form of divine inspiration. Quite the opposite: If I find myself feeling anything magical while working, I usually know it's rubbish."
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ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College junior Elizabeth Stoltz has been named a 2012 Newman Civic Fellow, an award that recognizes college students for being leaders who have worked to find solutions to challenges facing their communities. She is among the 162 students nationwide to receive the honor from Campus Compact, a coalition of college and university presidents committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education by improving community life and educating students for civic and social responsibility.
"These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders," noted Campus Compact board chair James B. Dworkin, chancellor at Purdue University North Central. "They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can — and does — play in building a better world."
While still in high school, Stoltz founded the organization Food for Thought, which seeks to eradicate malnourishment in the developing world through fundraising, awareness and healthy food. She is a researcher for She's the First, an organization that helps girls in developing countries become the first in their family to graduate from school, and in 2009 she traveled to Ethiopia to work with young children and HIV/AIDS patients. She also writes for several websites on humanitarian issues.
Among other leadership roles, Stoltz serves as the student representative on the Ithaca College Board of Trustees and is an executive board member of the Student Government Association. An integrated marketing communications major, she is a Park Scholar in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.
Ithaca College president Tom Rochon wrote the letter nominating Stoltz, noting the wide-ranging effects of her efforts.
"To date, under Elizabeth's leadership and dedication, Food For Thought has raised $20,000 dollars for children suffering malnutrition in Ethiopia, helped support a girl's education at Shanti Bhavan School in India, assisted the hungry in Ithaca and supported orphanages in Nicaragua, Peru and Russia," Rochon said. "In short, Elizabeth's commitment to service has had both a local and global impact."
"It's an incredible honor to have been selected by President Rochon and the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs as a nominee for the Newman Civic Fellows award," said Stoltz. "Ithaca College has provided me with so many opportunities to integrate my interests in communications with social justice, and I look forward to learning from and joining this community of fellows."
Stoltz will join a network of fellows around the country who together — sharing ideas and tools through online networking — will leverage an even greater capacity for service and change and continue to set examples for their classmates and others.
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Hot on the heels of being awarded Best Blog of 2012 Year Award for my newest blog 'Family Convictions - A Convict Ancestor' which I must say, I was very excited to be nominated for by a blogger I much admire, crissouli , I was more than surprised to find amongst the comments on my FamilyHistory4u blog, that I had been nominated for this award not just once but three times. Fellow and greatly respected geneabloggers, Aillin O'Brien , Merron Riddiford and Jill Ball all nominated my blog for this award which I accept with great pleasure.
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Celebrity and fashion photographer Mark Liddell's redone house in the Hollywood Hills West has clicked with a buyer, selling for $2.05 million.
The serial remodeler transformed the one-level contemporary, which sits with a swimming pool and spa on a third of an acre studded with palm tress, by giving it a resort-like focus. The single-story house contains 2,652 square feet of living space including a living room, family room, formal dining room, a kitchen with a breakfast area and two master suites for a total of four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Patios, a lawn, a built-in barbecue and an outdoor fireplace complete the exterior.
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Recently, doctor-happy individuals whose health insurance plans allowed them to afford frequent visits to physicians for every little tummy ache could walk into any hospital, pay a $20 copay and receive top-notch treatment. Now sick low-income Americans will have to pay outrageous rates to be seen by a doctor when the new Republican-backed American Healthcare Act takes shape, prompting many, like Lily Adamson, to resort to ancient medicinal healing methods.
Lily, an eight-year-old girl from Flint, Michigan, was insured under her parents' plan during the Obama years, but could lose her insurance once the new American Healthcare Act is put in place. Her and her family have begun to use a variety of twigs and berries to assist with their health.
"Me and mommy were at a flea market last week when some fat man with grey hair started talking to us. He told me had magical powers!" Lily explained. "I told him my tummy really hurt from all the lead I've been drinking but mommy couldn't afford to take me to the doctor. Then, he gave me a dusty, old book. The book said I could fix my upset stomach by eating a mixture of chamomile, ginger, and peppermint. Now I can drink all the lead I want and I don't even have to see a doctor again!"
Although the Adamson family would no longer be able to afford a doctor's visit, they still insist that the Republican Obamacare repeal is the best thing that has ever happened to them because it provided a sense of agency over their own bodies. The "fat man's" teachings have made the family independent.
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The medical community is urging Americans to seek medical assistance in the event of an emergency, but ancient healing methods are trending upwards at an exponential rate. Many Americans would rather resort to using their appendixes than pay thousands of dollars to receive a Tylenol prescription.
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Maryoo Hotel
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Koh samui, Suratthani 84320
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The Maryoo Hotel is situated in the heights of the mountain between Choeng Mon and Chaweng. This is the greatest solution for people who want to stay away from noise and disturbance and in the meantime being 3 kms away from Chaweng and Choeng Mon Beach. Maryoo Hotel, "Come to stay here" in Thai language, is a luxury hotel with 47 rooms, a main pool, restaurant and Thai massage services on the North East coast of Koh Samui. The hotel was designed to provide a high level of service at an affordable of priceThe hotel provides all the facilities of a 4 star resort. It is a great opportunity for medium budget travelers to enjoy a nice stay in Samui and keep their money for enjoying all the activities available around.
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Das Hotel entspricht nicht mehr dem aktuellen Stand der Bilder und Beschreibungen. Auf Fragen nach auflagen der Holzliegen, gab es vom Personal nur die Rückmeldung das es das früher mal gab aber aktuell nicht. Das Wasser im Pool ist nicht sauber sondern trüb und elektro Kabel der Poolbeleuchtung liegen offen aus dem Pool. Das Personal war meist nicht wirklich anzutreffen bzw. aufzufinden oder bei Fragen keine Rückmeldung. Für den Pickup Service vom Pier sind 700 bath separat zu bezahlen. Da um das Hotel nicht viel ist ist das Gesamtergebnis von der Poolerholung sehr negativ.
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nice hotel, need own transport to get around.
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Super schönes Resort mit sehr nettem Service! Liegt zwischen dem kommerzielleren Stand Chaweng und dem etwas ruhigeren auch sehr schönem Choeng mon beach. Beides ist leicht mit dem Taxi, Pickups oder einem gemietetem Roller zu erreichen. War mit meiner Freundin dort und würden jeder Zeit wieder dort hin! Grüße und schönen Urlaub David & Schugge
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Perfekt! Hat alles wunderbar und einfach geklappt!
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Very cozy & good for family vacation. As the location of this hotel higher height from sea level, it s safer from any incidents of ocean bad weather. Suggested to have choices of muslim food availability.
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Maryoo Hotel,
"Come to stay here"
in Thai language, is a luxury hotel with 47 rooms, a main pool, restaurant and Thai massage services on the North East coast of Koh Samui. The hotel was designed to provide a high level of service at an affordable of price.
The hotel provides all the facilities of a 4 star resort. It is a great opportunity for medium budget travelers to enjoy a nice stay in Samui and keep their money for enjoying all the activities available around.
Accommodation is 47 rooms with Tropical Suite, Pool View Suite and Ocean View Suite. All rooms are same decorated but difference view.
:: Tropical Suite ::
:: Pool View Suite ::
:: Ocean View Suite ::
All Room Facilities
Individual temperature control air conditioner
Free wireless internet
IDD telephone
Living room with sofa
Complementary bottled water
Mini bar
Safety box
Dressing table
Bathroom with all amenities
Dining on Samui comes in many forms. The most eye-catching for many will probably be the sheer amount of 5-star restaurants available. Samui can boast an incredible amount of world renowned chefs all working on this small tropical island. But this kind of dining is merely a portion of a much larger food orientated industry.
Everywhere you look you'll see food. Restaurants of varying price ranges exist and all have one thing in common, excellent food. And don't be put off by appearances; some of the best food on the island comes out of what can only be described as wooden shacks. If you like your food spicy then you can afford to be adventurous and order away, wherever you are. If not, then remember the phrase "Mai Pet" and the spiciness will be drastically reduced.
Even in the smallest of cafes, and restaurants, the staff will normally have some understanding of English, and menus tend to be in English and Thai.
Koh Samui is now internationally recognized as a leading spa destination. The island offers the ultimate pampering experiences in a natural tropical environment.
There is an incredible choice of spa services and spas available from hotels and a high number of day spas.
The vast majority of hotels now include a spa but you may want to visit one of the many day spas. Simply ask for a menu and choose the experience that's perfect for you. The range of massages, treatments and therapies available is usually extensive and will cover everything you need to leave you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and relaxed.
You can plan your spa experiences according to your personal requirements and your budget. If you look around you will find the treatment you want at a price you can afford. The quality of the treatment is usually very good regardless of the price. However the accommodation, surroundings, service and sheer luxury can vary dramatically.
Swimming pool and Jacuzzi with sun beds and umbrellas
Main pool bar
Open-air restaurant serving a selection of Thai, Asian and trendy dishes
Spa featuring a wide range of massage and aromatherapy treatments
Internet wireless connection
Concierge service for all excursions, tour and travel
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Room service available on request (Charges may apply)
Medical services-doctor on call
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Luggage storage on demand
Public bathroom and changing facilities
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The hotel is situated in the heights of the mountain between Choeng Mon and Chaweng. This is the greatest solution for people who want to stay away from noise and disturbance and in the meantime being 3 minutes away from Chaweng and Choeng Mon Beach.
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Abstract: The paper aims at discussing the issue of governance in respect to creative scenes, a central structural element of the creative economy, exemplifying the case of Berlin. Berlin has a fast growing creative industry that has become the object of the city's development policies and place marketing. The core question is: What are the spatial-organizational driving forces of creativity in Berlin - can they be steered by public administration? I am using Berlin as a reference case to articulate the gap between 'state-led planning' on the one hand and the organisational practices of self-governed creative scenes on the other. I attempt to demonstrate why a perspective change in terms of re-scaling is necessary, in order to respond to the particular practices of emerging industries and their societal form "scenes". By re-scaling I mean the conceptualization of governance in different non-hierarchical organisational as well as spatial scales, based on the observation that scenes are considered to be a central element of the functionality of creative industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7981
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Reba McEntire Got 'Emotional' Over Fans' Reactions to 'Pray for Peace'
Reba McEntire recently released her emotional song, 'Pray for Peace,' which features the iconic singer asking fans to pray for peace due to events happening around the world. The video and song then became an international prayer, which was something she didn't expect.
"I got emotional when I saw how many fans wanted to get involved," McEntire tells Country Weekly about the response. "Watching people in their hometowns of Scotland or Africa making the 'Pray for Peace' gestures thickened the video so much more than just having me up there chanting and singing by myself in the studio."
McEntire invited her fans to join in, and fans from all over the world did -- even Keith Urban and his family did their own prayer for peace.
"I feel this song is a gift from God," she explains. "I have never worked on a song as long as this one. It went from a bass drum, fiddle and singers to guest artists singing with me, adding more instruments and even a choir and a bagpipe!"
McEntire's "gift from God" impacted so many people that she couldn't add all of their clips to her video.
"Someone tweeted that they had wished we had used their video because they cry every time they watch it," McEntire adds. "I know exactly what they mean."
"It's an act of perseverance, prayer, hope, fellowship and mostly love," she says of the video. She hopes that through her song, somehow others will pray for peace and eventually it'll spread.
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Here, with Tom's acetate overlay still in place, is the "Making of America" art for New England.
I was able to find a scan online of the printed map title area for comparison.
Below, the original art from the "Making of America" map of Texas.
A couple of close-ups...
Finally, here is what I think might be the art for a "Making of America" map of Virginia. No overlay or pencil notes on the back of this one... but still; a really fine piece of work by a fantastic illustrator.
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iPad photography made possible with Camera-A and Camera-B
While the iPad has no camera, it CAN take pictures via an external camera, i.e., the iPhone. Camera-A (iPad: 1$) and Camera-B (iPhone: FREE) are two clever apps designed by developer Yusuke Sekikawa which mate Apple's devices for wireless photography over WiFi or Bluetooth. The iPad controls the photography through the iPhone's lens. Right, so why not just take the photos with your iPhone? The answer is here: because the iPad has no camera…
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Regrettably, the Chinese men's soccer team will not have a chance to follow up its 2008 Olympics performance—six goals against, one goal for, two red cards, one vicious episode of crotch-punching—with an appearance in London in 2012. The People's Republic was eliminated from the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament yesterday, thanks to what China Daily called a "refereeing error" by Iran's Mohsen Torki.
The video does seem to show Wu Xi being wrongly called offside on what would have been the winning goal against Oman, just before the end of injury time. Well, not the winning goal, exactly. China was ahead in the match 1-0, but it needed an extra goal because it had already lost to Oman (population: 2.8 million) 1-0 earlier in the tournament, so when the goal was waved off, the aggregate score between them stayed tied at 1-1. Oh, and China was playing short-handed because one player had been ejected for a late tackle.
So the match went to extra time, and China responded to soccer adversity in its usual way, the way that has long endeared Guozu to the Chinese public—by rolling over and letting Oman score three more goals. AFP reported:
"The weather was hot and the players are not used to this type of weather, and in extra time a lot of the players were suffering and we could not organise ourselves properly," said assistant coach Li Bing.
"It is shame we have lost the chance to play in the next phase, but we have learnt a lot from this match."


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The first image is the signature of Mr. Adams. I am assuming it is a Mr. because the person signing this document mentions attending school with the children of Elam Blain in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the early 1800s and only mentions the male children of Blain. My assumption about the gender could be incorrect.
The second rendering of Adams' name comes from the document itself where the scribe has written the name.
I'm taking guesses on this one. The document is from testimony provided by Adams in the Revolutionary Pension application of Katharine Blaim/Blain, widow of Elam. The testimony was given on 6 January 1848 in Delaware County, Ohio.
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Train will take the stage at the legendary Ed Sullivan Theater tonight as part of the Live on Letterman series. The GRAMMY Award winners will kick it off at 8 PM ET, and you can stream the whole show, live, right here.
Sources tell us Pat and the boys will be playing a mix of new material and the classic hits we have all come to know and love. You can watch the entire show, live, right here in the player below. Or if you happen to be in Times Square, just look up, and you can catch the whole thing on the jumbo-tron.
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text: Franck Vigroux's analog instruments and Antoine Schmitt's visual algorithms come together in the name of pure chaos and three-dimensional spectacle in this dazzling audiovisual performance. Vigroux's multifaceted and challenging body of work sits at the crossroads of electroacoustics, theatre, and contemporary music. His electronic explorations notably won him Radiotelevisione Italiana's Italia Prize in 2011. Schmitt is a designer, programmer and engineer whose artistic practice revolves around forms "programmed to be free". He has won prizes at Berlin's Transmediale and Austria's Ars Electronica contest. Their Tempest project, with its million of floating particles and rip-roaring ruckus, reimagines our shapeless universe moments after the Big Bang. With the help of their sophisticated machinery, Vigroux and Schmitt give rise to new audio and visual matter, letting these new, chaotic forms slowly take shape.


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State Briefs 3/31/08
Peoria police use pepper balls to break up crowd
PEORIA - Police launched pepper balls into a rowdy crowd Sunday morning after fights erupted at a South Peoria club.
At least one person received stitches after being cut by a beer bottle thrown in the ruckus, which prompted police to shoot more than 25 rounds from a pepper ball launcher into the crowds. No one was arrested.
Officers were called about 3:15 a.m. to Club Apollo, where they saw about 50 to 75 people in a parking lot and overflowing onto Jefferson, according to a police report.
Officers launched pepper balls into the crowd to disperse it and were told by security more people were fighting in a parking lot south of the business and also inside. Officers entered the club, where they saw several groups of people fighting on the dance floor.
About eight rounds of pepper balls were shot inside to disperse the group.
By the time officers returned outside, the crowd had swelled to about 100 people, many of whom were clashing, the report stated. An officer shot about 20 rounds from the pepper ball launcher into groups that were "refusing to leave" or "fighting," according to the report.
Journal Star, Peoria
Birthday party halted by fire
ROANOKE - Firefighters battled fierce winds that fueled a devastating blaze at a two-story farmhouse in Roanoke on Saturday.
The home, about four miles northwest of Roanoke, was destroyed in the fire, which started about 6 p.m. in an attic above the garage.
The homeowners told authorities they were having a birthday party in the garage when they heard a crackling and popping noise above them. They quickly escaped, where they saw heavy smoke seeping out from underneath the home's eaves.
By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had spread to more of the house.
"The wind did not pay us a favor," said Roanoke Fire Chief Jeff Smith. "As we approached the house, we were looking for smoke but didn't see any. There was smoke, but the wind was blowing it horizontal."
The homeowner's name could not be confirmed, but Smith said he believes two people lived there.
The blaze was extinguished about 11 p.m., and firefighters from eight area departments assisted. Smith speculated the cause was an electrical malfunction in the attic. The house was declared a total loss.
Journal Star, Peoria
Parolee busted after allegedly breaking into Coca-Cola machine
SPRINGFIELD – A 37-year-old parolee was arrested for various offenses after he was allegedly caught breaking into a soda machine outside Henry's Washer Service early Sunday.
Jerome police said Gary D. McDonald is a repeat offender who is on parole for burglary to vending machines.
A Jerome officer was sent to the business at 12:40 a.m. for a report of a break-in to the Coca-Cola machine. When the officer arrived, a man later identified as McDonald took off running, Jerome police said.
The officer followed and during the foot chase, McDonald allegedly dropped a crow bar. The officer eventually caught up to McDonald and arrested him after a struggle, Jerome police said.
McDonald was searched and found to be carrying less than 10 grams of marijuana and a pipe, police said.
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, Springfield police and Southern View police assisted with the call.
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Allegiant offers refund or detour for canceled routes
ROCKFORD — Allegiant Air is giving passengers booked on canceled flights between Rockford and Fort Lauderdale two choices: a full refund or an out-of the-way detour. Airline officials expect most will take the refund.
The route ends May 31 because of high fuel costs, airline officials announced last week.
The options they're giving customers are in line with the airline's "contract of carriage" and are consistent with what other airlines do in such situations.
The airline is offering to fly passengers from its nearest Florida airport -- St. Petersburg/Clearwater, about four hours from Fort Lauderdale -- to either Rockford or Peoria. However, passengers have to pay their own travel costs to get to and from those alternative airports.
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This rumor has bubbled on enthusiast sites and message boards since about April, but an official-looking PowerPoint floating out there in the wild suggests a promotion this July will combine Mike Fahey's two greatest loves: Skylanders and snack foods.
The four Sidekicks, pictured above, appear to be in-game characters only (no figurines). They'll be claimed by redeeming a code found inside the multipacks of single-serving chips that moms usually stick in their kids' lunch bags. The promotion is expected to begin July 9 in North America, and is aimed at back-to-school shoppers. It'll last through the week of Aug. 20.
I've reached out to an Activision representative to get any more details, if I can, on this promotion and the Sidekicks, and what kind of availability, if any, is outside of North America. (One note, that "exclusive to FL" seems to mean "exclusive to Frito-Lay" not the Florida market.)
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As much as I love contemporary literature, I love the old stuff--especially now that I'm, uh, a bit older myself. So I always get a thrill when other book bloggers decide to focus on classics instead of whatever the publicists and publishers determine to send our way. Maybe I won't be sidetracked from starting that Gissing I've been eyeing for a couple of years now that Jillian's started the Classics Club.
My objective will be to read 50 books from the list below by April 2, 2015. In addition to obvious classics like Dostoevsky, Trollope, Eliot, and Gissing, I'm calling anything published by NYRB, Virago, Persephone, Penguin or Modern Library modern classics. Science fiction classics count as well, no matter the publisher.
I'll be adding books to this initial list; we had a flood earlier this year and until the new floor is in place (finally ordered last week after weeks of agonizing over what to put down in place of the ruined carpet), an entire bookcase full of tbr possibilities is out of commission.
Really Old Stuff
New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha
The Book of the City of Ladies. Christine de Pizan
Coriolanus. William Shakespeare
Journal of the Plague Year. Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe
Candide. Voltaire
Nineteenth Century
The Adolescent. Dyodor Dostoevsky
The Eternal Husband. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adam Bede. George Eliot
Felix Holt. George Eliot
Bouvard and Pecuchet. Gustave Flaubert
North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell
Born in Exile. George Gissing
Eve's Ransom. George Gissing
The Nether World. George Gissing
Our Friend the Charlatan. George Gissing
Thyrza. George Gissing
Workers in the Dawn. George Gissing
Far from the Madding Crowd. Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Canterbridge. Thomas Hardy
The Charterhouse of Parma. Stendhal
Orley Farm. Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn. Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds. Anthony Trollope
Phineas Redux. Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister. Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children. Anthony Trollope
The Small House at Allington. Anthony Trollope
New York Review Book Classics
Miami and the Siege of Chicago. Norman Mailer
Letty Fox. Christian Stead
Persephone Books
The Winds of Heaven. Monica Dickens
The Wise Virgins. Leonard Woolf
Virago Modern Classics
Plagued by Nightingales. Kay Boyle
Sisters by a River. Barbara Comyns
A Touch of Mistletoe. Barbara Comyns
The Vet's Daughter. Barbara Comyns
The Beauties and the Furies. Christina Stead
Salzburg Tales. Christina Stead
At Mrs. Lippincote's. Elizabeth Taylor
Twentieth Century
The Aleph and Other Stories. Jorge Luis Borges
Death Comes For the Archbishop. Willa Cather
The Man Who Was Thursday. G.K. Chesterton
The Enormous Room. E.E. Cummings
Death in Venice. Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus. Thomas Mann
Song of Solomon. Toni Morrison
The Discovery of Heaven. Henry Mulisch
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine. Iris Murdoch
A Dance to the Music of Time. Anthony Powell
Call It Sleep. Henry Roth
Robinson. Muriel Spark
History of Mr. Polly. H.G. Wells
Kipps. H.G. Wells
Black Lamb and Grey Falcoln. Rebecca West
A Train of Powder. Rebecca West
Night and Day. Virginia Woolf
Science Fiction
Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
The Man Who Folded Himself. Gerrold
The City and the City. China Mieville
Perdido Street Station. China Mieville
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. James Tiptree
The War of the Worlds. H.G. Wells


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Grilled Vegetable Sliders
Seasonal grilled vegetables on a wheat bun with a spinach and roasted garlic yogurt spread.
- Heat grill to medium-high heat.
- Wrap garlic in foil and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Close tightly and place on grill. Cook for 15 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine remaining oil, vegetables and spices.
- Grill vegetables until soft, about 3-5 minutes per side. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, microwave spinach and water for 30 seconds. Drain water and squeeze spinach dry.
- Remove skin from garlic cloves. In a blender, puree with spinach and yogurt to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Grill buns for 30 seconds per side, or until browned. Spread spinach garlic spread on bun and top with grilled vegetables. Cut into quarters and serve immediately.
Recipe Courtesy of Chef Alyssa,
ALDI Test Kitchen


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by Tom Utescher
Last Tuesday night's season finale followed a script that the Chestnut Hill College women are well sick of, but it almost seems that they're powerless to stop repeating it. In many of its games, CHC proves capable of playing right alongside its opponents for all but a few minutes, but during the short stretches when they falter, the Griffins bury themselves.
At Philadelphia University last week, a 40-39 Chestnut Hill advantage early in the second half quickly became a distant memory, as the host as Rams romped ahead for good with a 16-2 blitz. The visitors got back within 10 (61-51) with four minutes remaining in the game, but when half that time had expired, the home team was up by 20, and two more points for each side set the final score at 73-53.
With this final setback in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play, the Griffins ended their season with a record of 4-15 within the CACC, and 6-20 overall. Philly U. (10-9, 14-12) qualified for the conference tournament as the fourth seed in the Southern Division. The Lady Rams were headed to Caldwell (N.J.) College to play the top seeds in the Northern Division. In last year's opening round, Caldwell took a 20-point decision over Philly U., then lost in the semifinals to eventual champ Holy Family University, of Northeast Philadelphia.
In the first meeting between CHC and Philly U. this season, the visiting Lady Rams scored the final seven points of the game as they claimed a 55-46 victory. For the rematch, the Lady Rams faced a personnel dilemma before the game even started, as freshman forward Tori Arnao (Archbishop Wood) rolled her ankle during warm-ups and was unable to play. Named the CACC's Rookie of the Year, Arnao had been averaging 11.3 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. She was the top rebounder in the conference, and ranked fifth nationally in NCAA Division II.
The two Lady Ram seniors who were honored prior to the tip-off, forward Kristen Blye and guard Taylor Peltzer, each scored early buckets, and Central High grad Najah Jacobs, a sophomore guard, also found the hoop quickly. Meanwhile, CHC junior forward Annie Farrow singlehandedly held the Griffins in the game. The first non-Farrow points for the visitors – a pair of free throws from sophomore Olivia Gorczynski, created a 10-10 tie, and it remained a fairly close contest until halftime.
Gorczynski caught fire for four three-point field goals and a lay-up off a pass from classmate Lila Jones. When Gorczynski returned the favor to set up Jones' second lay-up of the evening, the Griffins led 34-27 with 5:36 remaining in the opening period.
The three-ball then worked its magic on the other side of the scoreboard, with Jacobs sticking two in a row from the left side to put her team right back in it. Chestnut Hill missed a series of lay-ups, but still clung to a one-point lead with under 90 seconds left. Multiple turnovers by both teams followed, and at the end Blye deposited a lay-up in the transition offense, so the Lady Rams led, 37-36, at the interval.
CHC's Gorczynski and Farrow already had 16 and 10 points on the books, respectively, but in the second period Gorczynski was shut out and Farrow was held to four points.
Lady Rams head coach Tom Shirley had made sure that his defense addressed the early perimeter production of Gorczynski.
"She's a good set-shooter, so we wanted to face-guard her and make her put the ball on the floor," he related.
Blye and Jacobs had paced Shirley's offense in the first period with 13 points apiece, and Jacobs kicked off the second stanza scoring with a lay-up. Freshman guard Brittany McDonough answered with a mid-range jumper for the Griffins, who then took the lead one last time (40-39) on a basket in transition by Farrow.
Over the ensuing four minutes or so, three-point field goals by Jacobs and Peltzer helped fuel a 16-2 spree for the home team.
"I would really attribute the offensive spurt to our defensive changes," Coach Shirley said. "We were struggling in our "man," and they were making some shots against the zone, so we played kind of a junk defense where we were really covering three of their players, leaving the other two open, and then helping."
CHC never really got back in the game after that. After Philly U. led by 17 points (61-44) with eight minutes left, a score from the paint by junior forward Aimee Bouie and a three-pointer and a put-back by senior guard Latoya Laing brought the margin down to 10 points with 4:29 to go. The Griffins then saw the Lady Rams quickly double their lead with frustrating ease. In her final outing at the Gallagher Center, Blye finished with a flourish, scoring off an inbounds play and a rebound, sinking a 15-footer from the right wing, and tacking on a free throw to furnish seven points in her team's late 10-0 spree.
She led all scorers with 22 points and was tops for her team in rebounds, with 11. Jacobs gave the winners 21 points and five assists, and Peltzer produced 11 points, eight boards, and four assists.
In her last game for Chestnut Hill, senior forward Lindsay Alexander scored a modest two points but also pulled in a game-high 14 rebounds. Gorczynski came away with 16 points and three steals, and Farrow finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
A sophomore shooting guard out of Germantown Academy, Monica Schacker, became a starter this season for Philly U. after transferring from the University of New Haven. She had a quiet night last Tuesday, with two points and four rebounds, but had come into the game averaging 11.9 points per game overall, and 12.9 within the CACC.
"She's acclimated herself to our program, and she's had a good season," Shirley stated. "I think she's got two really good years ahead of her."
UPDATE – The Lady Rams' season ended on March 2, when they lost at Caldwell College, 72-50, in the opening round of the CACC tournament. Blye bid farewell to Philly U. with 18 points and 11 rebounds.


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It's not surprising that moviegoers and TV audiences have been finding Mila Kunis' piercing gaze a welcome distraction over the years. What is surprising is that the actress has been banking on that in an effort to hide a struggle with partial blindness.
The "Black Swan" star recently revealed the surprising severity of her visual impairment.
"I was blind in one eye for many years, and nobody knew," Kunis explains in the February issue of Cosmopolitan. "I had surgery a couple of months ago. They cut it open and dropped a new lens in there. I'm not blind anymore."
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Kunis, who recently split from Macaulay Culkin after eight years, went on to admit that she does remain blind in matters of the heart. When asked what she looks for in a guy, who responded "Confidence, not cockiness."
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Alexander McMeen and Lacey Printz continue to share their insight on the track and field mission trip to Haiti over the holiday break.
The last few days have been crazy to say the least! Sunday morning we woke up with plans to head to a church about 5 minutes from the orphanage. But in Haiti, nothing ever seems to go according to plan, and Satan certainly tried his best to keep us from going. The "tap-tap," a large truck that fits all the kids here at the orphanage, wasn't here, so the preacher of the church came to pick up the kids.
After the kids piled in, the tap-tap wouldn't start. It took about 10 minutes to get the battery started, and they headed out the gate. All 20 of us crammed into Hunter's truck behind them, when all of a sudden we realized we had a flat tire. After filling up the tires to accommodate for the extra weight, we too were headed to church. When we pulled up to church we had the option of going to the big church or to the children's church. We split up our groups and each experienced what it was like to come together with fellow believers in Haiti.
Since being at CHCH and even when preparing for this trip we were continuously told that Haiti was a dark place due to the voodoo and Satan's firm grasp of the people. However, being here we could feel Gods presence through this community of believers. We can see that God has a firm grasp on this country as well, and it is only through Him that Haiti can change for the better. A verse from the song "God of this City" describes the work being done in Haiti very well: "Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city." Later that night we were given the chance to partake in a tradition that Hunter and Jillian started when they first came here, hanging Christmas lights and decorations! Every kid in the orphanage came together to help, and we could tell by the smiles on their faces and laughter that filled the air that this was a tradition that would continue for years to come.
When the Christmas music came on, an impromptu dance party started. Honestly, it was exactly how we picture heaven. No language or poverty barriers, just brothers and sisters joined together in God's presence. It was a moment that was almost indescribable.
Monday morning a group of girls went to get their nails done by a former CHCH orphan at her salon in town. After exchanging laughs and conversation with locals who stopped in to say hello, we joked about how we brought great publicity to the shop by the number of strange looks given at eight white girls in the Radiance Salon. Back at the CHCH the rest of the team played with the kids and prepared for the 3-on-3-basketball tournament that was going on later that night. At 4pm sharp, 7 teams walked onto the newly finished basketball court with a group of kids sitting and ready to cheer.
The tournament gave a chance for the older kids to showcase their skills, and even the staff members came out to either play or support the kids. We played until the single spotlight on the court no longer provided enough light to catch or shoot the ball. The games would resume the following evening, causing the nerves amongst the teams to build up even more.
Tuesday morning came sooner than expected, but the workload was just the same. After our daily 6:30 am run, we ate breakfast and quickly got to work shoveling and moving rocks to cover flood damage and the trash pile behind the orphanage. Our new favorite phrase, "Nou kafesa (spelling?)," which means, "We can do it," drove us as we dug the shovels into the rocks time after time. We were determined to finish before our noon lunchtime, with coach Taylor calling out the time every 15 minutes like we were on a tempo run. As the clock hit 11:59, we smoothed out the remaining rocks and high fived the kids that were generously helping us.
After lunch, a few people started making bookshelves to rebuild the children's library that was damaged in the flood. Making the shelves that were going to hold the books we raised for the kids was an amazing feeling. Thank you for your generous donations and prayers for that effort! The kid's faces lit up like a Christmas tree as they opened a few boxes of books.
After we finished our work we went enthusiastically back to the basketball court to finish the tournament. With only 4 teams left, the competition was increasing until the final game of the Haitians versus the Americans and the Haitians came out on top! In all fairness, the lights went out on the court at halftime when the score was 8-6, so we technically don't know who won! The Haitian boys claimed the lights went out on purpose because they came back on as soon as we declared them the winners. With music playing we eventually broke out into another dance party and shared a night full of laughter and good conversation.
Wednesday came much sooner than we would have liked but we had a full day of fun ahead of us.
After our run, morning work and lunch we loaded up in 2 trucks and headed into town with all of the kids. We had prepared a field day with different games and prizes for the kids. We went to the CBT (a place where they train preachers), and it didn't take long for the kids to start playing games, winning tickets and eating a ton of dum-dum suckers. The joy that we can see on these kids faces day in and day out is more than heart warming, it's inspiring. They do not live in what we would call ideal conditions, yet they laugh more than most of us. They live simply but also live greatly because they are a family at CHCH. The older kids look out for the little kids and being with them all throughout this week has not only opened our hearts to seeing this love, but also inspires us to love others unconditionally the way that Jesus tells us to.
Isn't it funny how God works? So many times we doubt who He is, while the whole time we have been here we've seen Him through the kids. Short-term mission trips have an incredible amount of value. Not only are these kids rejuvenating us, but we are also building relationships that we are going to sustain long after we leave.
Many of the kids found us on Facebook already and can't wait to talk to us when we return home. Being here is almost like a vacation, with the real work coming when we return home. We prepared for this trip months ago, and we are already preparing our next trip. The only thing we have to do is give ourselves to these wonderful kids. When we get home, the real world is going to hit us like a ton of bricks, and that is when we must recall these times and use them to further God's kingdom.
As we wrap up another moment to share this incredible journey with you, we leave you with a verse from James 1:27, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
-Lacey and Alexander


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Is Harry Styles Leaving One Direction? Band's Rep Speaks Outby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Is Harry Styles going solo? Rumors that the One Direction hottie is leaving the band were sparked when Steve Garrigan of Kodaline revealed that they had written songs with Styles and suggested that he might use them for his own material.
"It could be on his album if he does something, but I don't know," Garrigan told Digital Spy of the tracks written with Styles. "Nothing's set in stone."
But according to One Direction's rep, Directioners can breathe a collective sigh of relief.
"There are no plans for Harry to release any solo music at this time, any writing that he is doing is for potential One Direction songs," the band's rep told E! News. "It's common knowledge that the boys write separately and bring to each other for the album."
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A life insurance policy that is used as a savings plan for college education expenses obviously maintains the tax benefits that it would otherwise carry, but also has an added perk: life insurance is not counted along with the client's other assets in determining financial need. Excluding the value of the life insurance savings account from the calculation of a client's ability to pay can allow the student to tap into financial aid sources that would otherwise be unavailable, thus reducing the cost of college for the client.
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