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With over a dozen games on the NHL schedule today, things will be busy on Saturday night. Below are some comments and notes for some of the matchups. As always, be sure to check the Starting Goalies section as well as the Team Lineups page for all your updated information. Computer Picks are also back after an extended summer vacation, so be sure to give them a look over.
Our night kicks off in Boston when the St. Louis Blues pay a visit to the Bruins. Jaroslav Halak gets the nod for the Blues tonight and has been simply amazing in net this year for St. Louis. During his last five games, he's collected three shutouts along with a 5-0-0 record. David Perron and TJ Oshie have carried the scoring load for St. Louis this season, with each collecting points over their last five games. With Perron being out of tonight's game with a concussion suffered from the Joe Thorton hit, the Blues will need players like center Alexander Steen and winger Matt D'Agostini to come through offensively.
While hockey fans were hoping to see a Tim Thomas vs. Halak matchup tonight, it doesn't appear it will happen. After allowing three goals during the second period against the Washington Capitals last night, Thomas was pulled to start the third in favor of Tuukka Rask. Rask has been confirmed as the starter for tonight's matchup and is still searching for his first win of the season. He's appeared in just three games this season and has posted a 3.48 GAA and a .899 SV%. .
The scoring line of Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic, and David Krejci continues to throw up big numbers and should be solid for the rest of the season.
Two teams that are slumping will meet in Toronto, when the Buffalo Sabres pay visit to the Maple Leafs. Buffalo is still without netminder Ryan Miller, who was confirmed out all weekend. The Sabres have struggled most of the season and haven't been able to find any consistency from game to game. For Toronto, they started out hot, but have just one win over their last eight games, scoring a total of thirteen goals during this same time period. Dion Phaneuf is out for an extended period of time, so the Leafs will rely heavily on the likes of Tyler Bozak, Phil Kessel, and Tomas Kaberle.
When the Ottawa Senators play the Montreal Canadians tonight, they'll be searching for their first win against the Habs this season after losing two already. The Sens have won four of their last five and are coming off a big night against the New York Islanders, in which Jason Spezza collected four points. Netminder Brian Elliott gets another start tonight, and why not? He's 4-1-0 over his last five starts and is facing 30 shots on average per game over his last five. He's been a nice addition for fantasy owners this season. Carey Price gets the call for the Habs tonight, he's 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and a .921 SV% against them this season. After missing last night's game due to an illness, Tomas Plekanec is once again back on the ice. Here are the updated lines for the Habs this evening.
The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Islanders riding a five-game winning streak. Sergei Bobrovsky has been excellent during his rookie campaign thus far. He's currently third in the NHL with seven wins, and has quietly become a great fantasy sleeper this year. Over his last five games, he's 5-0-0 and hasn't allowed more than three goals during this time period. If you think your team is safe on the power play against the Flyers, think again. Not only is Claude Giroux having a breakout season, he also leads the NHL in shorthanded goals this season with three.
After facing each other last night, the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers square off once again during their home-and-home series. Tonight's game moves to the RBC Center after the Canes were drubbed out in Florida last night. Cam Ward allowed six goals last night, but this start aside, he's been very good this season. He's first in the NHL for shots against with 408 and first in the NHL with saves at 375. This season, Ward is 2-2-0 at home with a 1.97 GAA and a .942 SV%, so expect a huge bounce back from him tonight.
By contrast, the Panthers haven't seen this many goals scored for their team since their shutout of the Bolts at home back on October 16th, in which they scored six goals.
The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Atlanta Thrashers, and will be playing against a lot of their former team tonight, as Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd, Ben Eager, and Brent Sopel take the ice for Atlanta now. Two of those ex-Hawks lead the Thrashers in scoring this season, as Byfglien and Ladd have twelve points apiece this season. Patrick Kane has started to get things done offensively, posting five points over his last five games, but still has a plus-minus of minus-7 this season. Some good news for the Hawks, as Marian Hossa is skating again and is expected back soon. Ondrej Pavelec gets the nod tonight for the Thrashers and is still searching for win number one this season. He's coming off a loss against the Blue Jackets, but made 39 saves.
The Minnesota Wild face the Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio tonight, and netminder Columbus netminder Mathieu Garon will put his scoreless streak of 133:54 on the line. Garon is 4-0-0 this season with and leads the NHL in GAA with 0.89. Garon is 1-0-0 against the Wild this season with a 2.00 GAA and a .913 SV%. For his career, he's 7-3-1 with a 2.61 GAA and a .908 SV% against the Wild. He makes for a strong play against the Wild this season. Niklas Backstrom is 2-0-0 this week and has allowed one goal on seventy shots, but he'll take a rest tonight, as Jose Theodore will make his second start this year. Theodore is 0-1-0 with a 5.00 GAA. Jackets center Derick Brassard is ninth in the league with three power play goals this season, and has collected goals in his past three games while collecting a total of six points over his last five games. After a slow start, Jakub Voracek has made the most of his promotion to the top line with Rick Nash and Brassard. Voracek has collected four points in his last two games, while posting a plus-3 during the same two games.
The Dallas Stars' offense has been red-hot over the past week. They'll look to continue that trend when visit the Pepsi Center to take on the Colorado Avalanche. Stars winger Loui Eriksson is playing on another planet right now, posting back-to-back multi-goal games, collecting ten points over his last five games, and leading the NHL in plus-minus with a plus-13. Center Brad Richards isn't too shabby himself, collecting three goals and four points over his last two games. Richards is currently second in the NHL with 12 assists and 18 points. Andrew Raycroft gets the nod tonight with Kari Lehtonen playing last night, while the Avs will send Peter Budaj to make his fifth consecutive start, posting a 3-1-1 record this season with a 3.36 GAA. The 28-year old Budaj is 1-1-0 at home this season with a 2.03 GAA.
The Detroit Red Wings are currently riding a three-game winning streak, but will face another team with a winning streak on the line Saturday, as they visit the Vancouver Canucks, who have won their last five. The Red Wings are happy to have netminder Jimmy Howard back, as he's 6-0-1 this season with a 1.82 GAA and a .933 SV%. Since returning from a back injury, Howard has allowed just two goals on 47 shots over his last two games. Pavel Datsyuk looks to get the Red Wings on the board early, as he's collected five goals combined during the first and second periods this year, and has seven points over his last five games. Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo has started to click on all levels over his past few games, and is 3-0-0 over his last three games with a 2.00 GAA. During 20 career games against the Red Wings, Luongo is 7-10-2 with a 2.66 GAA and a .926 SV%. Canucks center Henrik Sedin has 14 points over 12 games this season and has failed to record a point just once this year. Winger Raffi Torres had 19 goals last season, and has seven this year already, with five of the seven coming during his last five games.
The Joe Thornton-less San Jose Sharks host the Tampa Bay Lightning and will look to solve their scoring problems against a team that has lost their last two games. The Bolts are hoping that Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis can help solve their scoring problem against the Sharks, but it won't be easy.
The Lightning are 1-5-0-1 during their last seven games on San Jose. The good news is that Stamkos has three goals in three games against the Sharks during his career. With Thornton being out tonight, the Sharks are hoping players like center Joe Pavelski and defenseman Dan Boyle can step their games up. While Boyle has two points in his last five games, Pavelski has just one point over his last five games.


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How a school drop-out turned his Maccas job into a career
NATHAN Corbett Dyke has been working at McDonald's more than half his life, and reckons he has cooked more than one million burgers in that time.
After 17 years of hard work behind the till and in the kitchen, Nathan, now 31, has worked his way up from a server to a store manager at the Maccas in Maryborough.
The new store manager said he started working at a Brisbane McDonalds when he was 14, as a way to make pocket money.
"I never thought it could lead to a career," Nathan said.
"But school wasn't really for me, so when I finished school at 16, I was offered to work full time at another Maccas and it went from there."
Working up from a server to a shift supervisor to a store manager, Nathan said he had cooked "millions" of burgers in his working life.
"We serve 1300 people in the Maryborough store a day, we can do 113 burgers in 15 minutes," he said.
"So the amount [of burgers I've cooked] would have to be in the millions by now."
Although he now manages his own store, Nathan still cooks and serves, as well as taking on managerial duties.
"[Working at Maccas] can just be able flipping hamburgers if you want it to be," he said.
"But it can also be a real career opportunity like it's been for me."


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OK, this is a great tip but it might be a bit… er… nerdy. But then, so am I. And so is my kid, who wears it like a badge of honour. You've seen these QR codes, right? They're on ads, posters, marketing material. Maybe you never knew what they […]
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Five minutes to bridge the racial achievement gap
I've been reading this book – Choke. (Because I tend to choke at tennis, that's why.) But it's got some really interesting things to say that will help your kid with test anxiety. Researchers were studying what happens to African-Americans, for instance, who experience racism throughout their life. These students can have something […]
One-sentence journal is perfect for kids
I guess the idea of a one-sentence journal isn't new. But I'd never heard of it before I read about it on Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project blog. She started a one-sentence journal because she wanted to jot down happy memories but knows she could never sustain keeping a normal journal […]
Valentine's Day literacy activities
1. Think of words that rhyme and write a poem for a loved one.
2. Create personalized Valentine's Day cards and write each other loving messages. Cut out words and letters from magazines to make them extra unique.
3. Bake Valentine's Day cupcakes and use candy heart notes or icing to write a sweet message.
4. Play a "Valentine's Day edition" game of Scrabble® and score double points when you spell a word about love.
5. Show yours kids you love them by reading a love-themed book together, like Clifford's Valentine's Day.
6. Research the meaning behind Valentine's Day.
Holidays provide a great opportunity to incorporate creativity and imagination with fun literacy-related activities to be enjoyed individually or as a family. Benefit from literacy by spending 15 minutes a day reading, writing, playing a game or following a recipe.
Writing a review
Is your older child writing a book or movie review? Here's a five-minute clip of two of the best movie critics, Siskel and Ebert, talking about what makes a good film review–the discussion also holds for book reviews, restaurant reviews, or any other piece of writing you're doing in which you must be critical.
Great game: "No it wasn't"
Here's a great game that can spark an interest in plot and character. (And giggling and goofiness.) By Jennifer A. Nielsen A great road trip game is called "No, It Wasn't." It's played with partners. One begins telling a story—any story. The other interrupts as often you like with, "No, it wasn't"—or any […]
Mother-Son book club
My friend Joulie is a supermom. That needs to be said right off the bat. There is no way to live up to the things that Joulie does with her kids. And for the kids at the school. And for the neighbourhood kids. Luckily, I don't have to be as good […]
Vote on Munsch's next book
What's Robert Munsch going to write about next? You (or your kid) can help him decide. Munsch has three outlines for new books. Kids can pick which one they'd most like to see made into a book by clicking on the voting button. Go to Pick-A-Munsch on Scholastic's website and […]
Write your kid a letter
Have you sent your kid a letter this summer? What a great thing to do! When you're bored at work – instead of re-checking your e-mail for the tenth time, or surfing, do something that will help your kid… write her a letter. It takes, like, 10 minutes and it […]
Literacy games for in the car
By Julia Mohamed Going on a road trip? Here are some great literacy games you can play in the car. THE LICENSE PLATE GAME● One person begins by spotting a license plate and announcing the letters (not the numbers) on it. ● Everyone else, in turn, must come up with […]


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Spinach and Feta Scramble
A fast breakfast—or dinner—dish with plenty of greens and salty feta cheese.
We highly discourage skipping breakfast, especially if it can be as easy as this tasty scramble. This recipe was featured as part of our Oh, Crap! It's Mother's Day! menu.... Read More
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When the Daughter With One F insists on watching PBS Sprout in our house, I have something I do to maintain my sanity. I watch the various birthday wishes that you can send in to The Birthday Show flash across the screen, and I make fun of the names of the children mercilessly. On Mother's Day, kids send in their well wishes for mom all day, and so you get the full brunt of the oddball name parade.
Let's be clear. I know this is a horrid, petty thing to do, and that doing it in front of my daughter is repugnant. I accept this and your judgment. You are firmly on the moral high ground if you skip the rest of this article and call me a monster in the comments. I will not blame you at all.
That said... Dearest God and everything Hee Haw, the names that people decide to hang on their children! I have never understood the desire to find the best "unique" baby name in the world. I know a dozen Jeffs, Geoffs and even one other Jef, and I have never once forgotten which one I was or felt less special. Besides, science says naming your kids something wacky usually sends them toward a life of crime. Ain't that right, Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop?
In order to help fully re-create the experience, I decided to give you a minute-by-minute breakdown of what I went through on Mother's Day as my wife soaked in a Lush bath and I allowed TV to rear my offspring.
Flashback The Buyer's Guide to Horrifying Baby Clothes
12:15: This was the name that started out the slow descent of my madness...Wynter Eve. I don't know exactly what chemical is in the water that makes all the world Welsh post-natal, but I would really appreciate the government looking into it. Nah, they're probably in the pocket of the powerful Y lobby anyways.
12: 17: You know, Sesame Street is still a really terrific show. They have bales of hay playing punk music and Elmo remains adorable. I hope Super Grover flies into a wood chipper, though.
12:24: I'm on my fourth Hunter by this point. That's a perfectly acceptable boy's name, true, but it makes me wonder why no one follows it up with Gatherer. You could spell it Gathyrer!
12:34: By now I'm posting these names on Facebook. A girl named Sarah I went to high school with tells me her child's soccer team has twins named Indigo (girl) and Denim (boy). I would probably be arrested for pun abuse if I knew these kids. "In ya go, girl child, den him!"
Sarah also knows a girl named Nevaeh... "Heaven" spelled backwards. It's ironic the things that convince you God is dead.Flashback The Hottest Women in Children's Television
12:42: Galyn. We're probably another 15 years away from it being safe to name your kid anything that starts with "gay," though civil rights is moving pretty fast lately.
12: 43: Marieanna. How would Andrew Eldritch sing that?
12:45: Neva. I immediately wondered if she had a sister named Eva and if Taylor Swift could use them to say definitively whether we might get back together again. Then I remembered that Eva is a real-world name, and thank Neveah because I'd almost forgotten real names existed by then.
Potty break for the little princess. "Daddy, are you okay? Your eye is twitching."
1:01: Back from the potty and Sesame Street has given way to Lazy Town. I like Lazy Town, and not just because Sportacus got invited to play Duck Duck Goose at the White House with Michelle Obama. Oh look, Rhyder! Oh look, blood!
1:05: Really, autocomplete? You knew I was going to type Justinian? Great, even Robot God is dead.
1:06: I wonder which is the bigger pedo-bait, Lazy Town or that Alyssa Milano teen workout video? At least in Milano's I wasn't forced to stare at Robbie Rotten's penis the whole time. You can seriously see it through his plastic pants, and then you can't unsee it.
1:13: Xavieon. Sounds like a lightbulb made of spring water.
1:15: Airabella...Dennisha...Melisa...I literally have no idea how to spell common names anymore. I keep wondering why my mom didn't end my name in "ph." Didn't she love me? Crap, I forgot to call her. Damn you, names.
1:22: By the tick-filled pelt of Peter Rabbit, Cayn. Cayn. I have been obsessed with vampire fiction for two decades and even the most batty of goths never hung Cayn on a fictional character, let alone someone that had to stand in line at the DMV.
1:23: Speaking of goth and vampires...Dru! From Houston! That makes me happy. Oh look, another Houstonian...Zina. Great. Just great.
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1:30: At this point my wife had emerged from the tub and demanded we leave the house. Probably for the best. The last name I saw was Kelan, and I had begun chanting it to myself like a Buddhist mantra in order to summon what I can only assume is a deity in charge of some sort of organic vegetable.
1: 35: On the way to lunch, I call my mom and tell her how much I appreciate the name Jef. Love you, mom. Happy Mother's Day.
Making children's television into something horrible is kind of my beat. Check out the 4 Horrifying Interpretations of Children's Shows and the 4 Most Inappropriate Relationships in Children's Television.
Jef With One F is a recovering rock star taking it one day at a time. You can read about his adventures in The Bible Spelled Backwards or connect with him on Facebook.


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New York
26 - 27 May 2010
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Frida Kahlo (Mexican 1907-1954)
inscribed by unknown hand 'Survivor by Frida Kahlo de Rivera' (inside the frame) and dedicated by Walter Pach 'Nikifora L. Pach from Walter Pach, this picture entitled Survivor by Frida Kahlo de Rivera, 151' (on the label on the reverse)
oil on metal framed by artist in a handcrafted Oaxacan tin frame
6 5/8 x 4¾ in. (17 x 12 cm.)
16¾ x 14¾ in. (45.5 x 37.5 cm.) including frame
Painted in 1938.
Julien Levy Gallery, New York.
Walter Pach collection, New York.
Gift from the above to the present owner, Athens.
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'Ribbon Around Bomb' in The New Yorker, 12 November 1938 (not illustrated).
H. Prignitz-Poda, S. Grimberg and A. Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo: Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt am main: Verlag Neue Kritik, 1988, p. 241, no. 53 (not illustrated, misidentified as the same work as The Airplane Crash).
S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo The Still Lifes, London, Merrell Publishers, 2008, p. 64 (not illustrated).
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Frida Kahlo (Frida Rivera), November 1st- 15th 1938, no. 25.
On July 27, 1938, Frida Kahlo wrote to New York Gallery dealer Julien Levy on behalf of Diego Rivera: "My husband has asked me to tell you that he is unable to be ready for his exhibition in your galleries this fall because he has been ill for the past four months and unable to work." Unwittingly, she had opened the door that would lead to her first one-woman exhibition, during November 1-15, the dates that had been reserved for Rivera.
The catalogue of her paintings listed Between the Curtains (1937), a large self-portrait, first, and Survivor (1938), a miniature of a pre-Columbian idol, last. The November 12 issue of The New Yorker reported that "Walter Pach was the first to buy a painting. It is called 'Survivor' and it consists of a Mexican idol looking lonely on a large field. This symbolizes [Kahlo explained] the survival of Mexico in a shaky world." The price of Survivor was listed as one hundred dollars.
Frida Kahlo had arrived in New York for her exhibition with a guest list drawn up by Rivera, at the top of which were the names of Walter and Magda Pach. Also in her suitcase was a letter, "Al Pintor Walter Pach," dated "Octubre 11, 1938," written in Spanish by Rivera.
Mi querido amigo Pach:
Time has passed since I wanted to write to you but there is no worse correspondent in the world. There are plenty of excuses. No possible forgiveness for me. I take advantage of Frieda's trip to send you this letter and greet you, your wife, and son.... I recommend Frieda to you very much, as husband and as admirer of the painting that she makes, I share this admiration [with] illustrious compañeros, Breton, for example, is an enthusiast of Frieda's painting....
de su amigo, Diego Rivera.
The significance of Pach in the lives of both Riveras is curious and cannot be overestimated. Painter, critic, curator, advisor to collectors such as the Arensbergs, Walter Pach had been responsible for bringing the Armory show to New York in 1913, and was the first to have written about Cézanne in the United States in 1908, and to lecture on van Gogh, etc. In 1916, Pach saw Rivera's painting done while in Europe, in Marius de Zayas's gallery on Fifth Avenue; but it was some eight years earlier, while living in Paris, when Pach had written enthusiastically to Luis de la Rocha about it. Pach was unaware that he was Rivera's friend and would show the letter to Diego. Rivera never forgot this, and in 1922, when Pach traveled to Mexico to lecture at the Universidad, they began a life-long friendship. Pach would come to his friend's defense time and again. When in 1932, Rivera's Detroit Institute of Arts murals were unveiled to unbridled criticism--The Detroit News editorial declared "the best thing to do would be to whitewash the entire work completely"--Pach ferociously wired from New York: "If these paintings are whitewashed, nothing can ever be done to whitewash America." Again, Pach proved faithful in May 1933 when Rivera's Rockefeller Center mural, Man at the Crossroads, was boarded up. As a leading voice of the art community, he initiated a correspondence with Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, with whom he had a friendly, working relationship, asking her to intercede on Rivera's behalf, pleading to at least allow him to finish the mural and leave it covered for later generations to decide its fate. It was unimaginable to Pach that the mural's fate was sealed and its destruction unavoidable. Remaining loyal to Rivera, he reiterated to a friend: "Diego is simply great--and his painting is immense."
Julien Levy decided on the title Survivor based on "The surviver" (sic) and "El superviviente," the English and Spanish titles provided by Kahlo. Although not immediately apparent, Survivor is an ex-voto, painted in gratitude after having being granted a miracle. Kahlo had survived her first separation from Rivera in 1935, his affair with her youngest sister, his request for a divorce, her decision to commit suicide, and after all that, his return home: a mixed blessing, for sure. Survivor shares a similar emotional content with other works also shaped around these events: Self-Portrait with Curly Hair (1935), Me Alone (1937; lost), Memory (1937), I Belong to My Owner (1937; lost), and She Plays Alone (1938). The circumstances that generated the Survivor image clarify Kahlo's earlier description of the painting as mirroring her personal situation, her loneliness and survival in her own shaky world. The gateway of a ruinous dwelling stands abandoned on the horizon line of an empty plain; it reflects Kahlo's alienation. Long ago, this was the entrance to someplace; now, it is the threshold to nowhere. Kahlo's resilience is represented by a pre-Columbian vessel in the shape of a standing warrior from a burial site in Colima, the western region of Mexico. A crested helmet with ear flaps surrounds the spout projecting from the top of the figure's head into which Kahlo has placed an array of blue-green Quetzal feathers as a headdress. One can only guess why she chose feathers from this solitary bird known for not surviving in captivity. Generally, such warriors are depicted in a frozen pose holding a club with both hands; but this one is different. Although unarmed, he is not completely vulnerable; he stands in a threatening pose, right fist raised at an enemy that only he can see.
Kahlo's choice of frame for Survivor poses a clever paradox. She used a tin frame made in Oaxaca, like those used to frame testimonies of devotion such as votive paintings. Religious objects of the poorest order-- such as crosses, milagritos, and other religious objects--made of this inexpensive metal are acquired by those who cannot afford costly silver. Although the painting's emotional content is about survival, tin is about destruction. Tin corrodes, tarnishes, is not resistant to time, and its symbolic value is its fleeting shine. It gives the false impression of being enduring like silver. Maybe that is why the warrior retains his threatening stance. Although he has survived, as a warrior he knows that conflict never really ends and he must continue protecting himself. He survived one battle but the war continues.
It is known that after showing her work in New York, Kahlo traveled to Paris to present an exhibition. It is also known that on arrival she learned, much to her chagrin, that André Breton had neither collected her paintings from customs nor secured a gallery. What is not known is that Walter Pach saved the day when he contacted his old friend Marcel Duchamp, asking him to help Kahlo retrieve her paintings and find a gallery to exhibit them. From this show one of Frida Kahlo's self- portraits, The Frame, was acquired by the Louvre.
Salomon Grimberg
Dallas, Texas
March 25, 2010
Walter Pach (1883-1958) was among the earliest and one of the most passionate promoters of Mexican and Latin American art and artists, in the United States. In the 1910s Pach saw works by Diego Rivera in exhibitions in New York, some of which Pach himself participated in, such as the 1917 and 1918 shows of the Society of Independent Artists--an organization that Pach helped found. However, the two did not meet until the summer of 1922, when Pach traveled to Mexico City to teach a course on Modern art at the National University of Mexico. Rivera, as well as José Clemente Orozco and other artists, attended these classes which had a profound impact on them. Rivera and his wife Guadalupe Marín became close friends with Pach and his first wife, Magdalene. Back in New York in the fall of 1922, Pach organized the first show of contemporary Mexican art in America for the 1923 Society of Independent Artists exhibition. From this point through the 1950s, Pach promoted Mexican and Latin American artists by introducing them to dealers and organizing exhibitions, and in articles, books, and lectures.
The first opportunity Walter Pach had to meet Frida Kahlo was in Detroit early in 1933, where Rivera was at work on his murals for the Detroit Institute of Arts. When Rivera and Kahlo traveled to New York that spring for Diego's next commission--the Rockefeller Center murals--they enjoyed many convivial evenings with the Pachs at their Manhattan apartment which had become a gathering place for artists from all over the world. The friendship between the couples continued for two decades and was especially strong when the Pachs returned to Mexico City in 1942-1943, when Walter again taught at the National University of Mexico.
In the fall of 1938, when Kahlo came to Manhattan for her first one-person show at the Julien Levy Gallery, she again found a warm reception from the Pachs. Not only did the Pachs attend the opening of her exhibition but Walter Pach was also the first to buy a painting--Survivor--which became one of his prized possessions. Pach also wrote a glowing review of her work, "Frida Rivera: Gifted Canvases by an Unselfconscious Surrealist," for the November issue of Art News.
This tiny jewel of a painting then disappeared from view--never having been reproduced--and remained in the Pach family for over seventy years.
Laurette E. McCarthy, Ph.D.
With the publication this month of Global Art, author Jessica Lack introduces a survey of radical 20th-century art movements
Mexico city has long been a centre for art and culture. But now it's contemporary art market is booming. Alastair Smart explains why
Specialist Marysol Nieves introduces seven modern artists who emerged during a vibrant period of creativity in Brazil
Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman's perspective
Islamic Art specialist Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam on a magnificent garment that would have been worn by a member of the royal inner circle


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Ubisoft Debuts New Splinter Cell Blacklist TV Spot
While I was watching the season premiere of Breaking Bad last night, I happened to also come upon the newest spot for Ubisoft Toronto's upcoming stealth-action thriller, Splinter Cell Blacklist.
The absence of Michael Ironside's voice is pretty glaring this time around. The monologue spoken by this newest iteration of Sam Fisher sounds very much like another Ubisoft protagonist, Assassin's Creed III's Ratonhnhaké:ton. Otherwise the short spot is very much enjoyable.
Splinter Cell Blacklist is being developed by Ubisoft Toronto and will be published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii U on August 20th, 22nd, and 23rd, 2013 in North America, Australia, and Europe, respectively.


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20 Photos Of Athletes With Hilarious Faces
Athletes at the top of their game go through a whole range of emotions. Any particular episode may include equal parts of frustration and sadness along with laughter and euphoria. And quite often athletes get taken over by their ability to focus because they are so dedicated to winning and succeeding. However, because athletes get so consumed by their respective sports, they often fail to realize the funny faces they make. The following list comprises a handful of photos taken of athletes and their expressions, not only providing a source of laughter, but may also inspire a touch of sympathy in us.
Tennis Player
In any sport that involves a ball, you might often hear the cliché saying "Keep your eye on the ball". This tennis player is certainly doing his best to do so.
Ping Pong
Ping-pong players have to be careful: sometimes the ball has a hypnotic effect. Also, some risk going permanently cross-eyed.
Unfortunately, sometimes you try your best – but sometimes your best still isn't good enough. In this photo, the weightlifter attempted to lift a few too many pounds, and he realized it too late.
Mosh Pit
Be careful when you try to dance in mosh-pits; they're known to get rowdy and dangerous.


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According to Crowell Advertising & PR's second annual Tracy Awards they are anyway.
Agency founder Tracy Cowell reckoned there was a gap in the awards market for real stinkers and here's the full list, the cream of the crap as Tracy puts it.
The Vegetarians against McDonald's, or whoever they are, ad is a strange one. How on earth did that fail to be destroyed by Big Mac's lawyers?


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It looks like another manufacturer has decided to release a tiny USB display, this time it's Samsung with the SyncMaster U70.
The SyncMaster U70 features a 7 inch LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480, and connects to your PC via USB, an ideal accessory for your laptop if you need an extra display or a useful addition to your PC for things like email and twitter.
It certainly looks like the best one we have seen so far of these mini USB monitors and it has more of a digital photo fram look than that of a monitor, with a photo frame style stand.
I can see myself getting one of these, I am currently using 3 Samsung SyncMaster monitors and this would be an ideal addition to my setup, as I have no desk space left for a large monitor but one of these would be handy.
There is no word on pricing or availability as yet.
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June 20, 2007
It was June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger went into Galveston, Texas and freed the last of the African-Americans being held illegally as slaves. It had been two years since Abraham Lincoln read the Emancipation Proclamation, and two months since his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Last Saturday, some 142 years later, Massachusetts became the 25th state in the country to recognize Juneteenth as an official day of celebration, with a big hand from Dorchester resident Ralph F. Browne Jr.
Browne has served as chairman for the Massachusetts branch of the National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign, an organization that aims at having the day named a Federal holiday. He was delighted to be at Franklin Park on Saturday as Governor Deval Patrick, the Commonwealth's first black governor, and thousands of residents celebrated the signing of a bill to recognize the day.
"It was great. Wonderful weather and a strong multitude were there and the local politicians showed up to back up the governor," Browne said of the Saturday celebration. "Seeing the bill signed was a great honor."
Browne, a resident of Howe Street in Meetinghouse Hill, took over the Massachusetts branch about four years ago and has pushed to expand the celebration of the day, and then for the new governor to sign an official statement recognizing it. He took over from local civic activist Ben Haith, who was the man that developed the Juneteenth flag design now used throughout the nation to celebrate the holiday. Browne's first move, he said, came after seeing a disappointing number of people show up to his first celebration, something he quickly went about fixing.
"When I took over I was a little disappointed at the turnout. And I saw the Roxbury homecoming usually had their event the third week in June so I said 'Why not work closely with the Roxbury homecoming and celebrate with thousands of people?'"
Soon Browne was celebrating every year on the weekend closest to June 19 with the thousands gathered to celebrate Roxbury. He did keep one tradition the same: the raising of the Juneteenth flag at the Dillaway-Thomas House at the Roxbury Heritage State Park on the actual day, and while a conflict on the availability of the space precluded that from happening this year, Browne figures the flag will fly again next year. Other ceremonies in Dudley Square and Roxbury commemorate the day as well. For Browne, the 19th of June represents an important moment for the country, one that shouldn't be forgotten.
"I hope it means unity for us today and again the end of a very discouraging era of national time. There is also a message to be sent to some of us who have forgotten the days of slavery," he said. "I think it is a lesson for our children. You know, they say if you forget where you came from you might wind up back there."
And even with the Commonwealth giving its official stamp of approval, Browne says the job isn't over yet, it has simply gotten to the half-way point.
"It's perpetual," he explains. "We've got 25 more states to go to make it a national holiday."


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To Buy or Not To Buy?
The Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline is still a couple of months away, but the St. Louis Cardinals have to be contemplating the direction this 2012 season will take. And the way things have gone so far, it may not be an easy decision.
It is fair to say there is no way the Cardinals will be sellers, even with the absurd rash of injuries they have endured. A team that sells is a team that has no hope to make it to the postseason and a few expensive, desirable players that are nearing the end of a contract. This does not describe the Cards in any way. While they may have a handful of big contracts due to come off the books at the end of this season, it does not appear like they are contracts the team would be able to move without eating significant money and obtaining an upgrade at the same time. Plus, the Cardinals are still in second place in a weak division—far from out of it.
The Chicago Cubs are already 10 games out of first and are well under .500 after a lengthy losing streak last week. But they're in full rebuild mode, and everyone knows it. They are sellers. The same goes for the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins. These teams need to shed payroll, build prospects, and plan for contention years down the road. The Cardinals are still good enough to win now, and are positioned to win in the near future as well.
So will the Cards be buyers at the deadline? That's where the tough call comes in. They do have needs: bullpen depth, starting pitching that can eat innings, veteran bench help, stability at second base and center field. But they have a problem: many of those holes can be filled by guys they already have on their roster; unfortunately those guys are currently on the disabled list.
This isn't a newsflash to anyone who has been paying attention. The Cards' DL looks like their active roster, and their active roster looks like their Triple A roster.
And therein lies the problem: Do the Cardinals stand pat and bet on injured players not only returning to the lineup but also returning to form and contributing to a team committed to winning now? Or do they try to acquire talent (at the expense of prospects, mind you) to keep the team up in the near-term, and deal with extra players if and when they have to? Let's not forget the calendar just flipped to June. There's no way this team has seen the last of the injury bug. If Matt Holliday or Rafael Furcal or Yadier Molina goes down, this team is screwed…with a capital F.
Things were a lot different last year. When dealing with ineffectiveness—such as the Cards did with Ryan Franklin, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, et al.—and knowing they had depth, moving guys like Colby Rasmus to acquire the role players needed for success was easier. But the Cardinals are short on depth right now. The depth is in the starting lineup. And the minor leagues are nearly tapped, at least of guys who are close enough to ready for the big leagues. Who could they possibly move at this point?
Players will be available come July but the Cards must be sensible in their dealings. The injuries this year have been of epic proportions. Maybe karma has come to collect after an otherworldly 2011. Or maybe this is just a test, like 10.5 games out in late August was. Hope the Cardinals studied this year as well as they did then.


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15/09 Silent Film with live piano
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What do you do when you have no film screen and a limited budget, but want to organise an unique cinema concert experience? You use the sparkling brand new white wall and ask a killer pianist to play the piano. Buster Keaton will do the rest.
On 15 September, Daan van den Hurk (founding father of the Dutch Silent Film Festival) will take you along his musical interpretation of the Silent film 'Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)' in our modest (but darling!) outdoor cinema.
Some call Buster Keaton 'the greatest actor / director in the history of the movies'. His trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". The film 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' (named after an Arthur Collins song) was the last production of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers for the American entertainment studio 'United Artists'.
*Spoiler* The film is known for what might be considered Keaton's most famous film stunt: The facade of an entire house falls on top of Buster who (of course) stands in the perfect spot to fit through the open attic window instead of being flattened!
Because the night is cold and full of terrors, we're moving into the warm and cozy Theatre Auditorium! Now with Grand Piano:) See you there!
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Peterman is Bills' starting quarterback ahead of Allen
By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Quarterback Nathan Peterman never lost faith in himself following the most difficult moment of his young NFL career. What's more important, neither did Bills coach Sean McDermott.
In 10 months, Peterman has gone from throwing five interceptions in the first half of his first career start, to being chosen Monday as Buffalo's season-opening starter. Though the job is his until rookie first-round pick Josh Allen is deemed ready, Peterman's ascension from being counted out to being counted on is a testament to the second-year player's perseverance.
"I believe he's a resilient young man. He's certainly come through some times of adversity throughout his career," McDermott said shortly the Bills announced Peterman would be their starter at Baltimore on Sunday. "Usually, if you go through some adversity early in life, you're that much more prepared for it when it comes around later."
Peterman is aware of the critics he attracted following a 54-24 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 19 in which McDermott's decision to start him ahead of Tyrod Taylor backfired. And Peterman was grateful for the opportunity to prove himself during a three-way competition that was trimmed to two once AJ McCarron was traded to Oakland last weekend.
"It means a lot. I'm thankful for the people that stood by my side through hard times," Peterman said.
"When you have obstacles, hard things in your life, that doesn't mean you should quit," he added. "Maybe that's the way some people think, but that's not the way I think. For me, it just amps me up even more and gives me a lot of desire and drive to go accomplish those goals."
McDermott based his decision on how the Peterman handled himself upon arriving at the team's facility in April, and his steady performance in three preseason appearances.
Peterman put up the best passing numbers during the preseason, 33 of 41 for 432 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.
In the meantime, the start of the Allen era is on hold after the strong-armed but raw quarterback showed he requires more development.
Allen went 24 of 44 for 210 yards and two touchdowns in three preseason appearances, and particularly struggled in a 26-13 loss to Cincinnati on Aug. 26 in his only preseason start. The 22-year old managed three first downs on seven-plus series while getting little protection from a patchwork offensive line and being sacked five times for 39 yards.
"As a competitor, you want to play," Allen said. "To not play, that's going to hurt anybody's feelings, but at the end of the day, it's football. We're part of the team. I can't say anything bad about the decision. Nate played well in the preseason. Now I'm here to help him in any way possible."
The Bills traded up five spots to select the Wyoming product seventh overall — the highest draft position Buffalo has ever selected a quarterback.
McDermott declined to get drawn into making comparisons between the two quarterbacks. He described Allen's development as being on schedule and said the rookie can learn plenty from watching regular-season games from the sideline.
"I expect Josh will be ready to go when his number's called, whenever it is called. And that's his focus now," McDermott said.
The Bills are starting over at what's been an unsettled position since Hall of Famer Jim Kelly retired after the 1996 season. Peterman will become the 11th quarterback to start a season, including Matt Cassel, who took the first snap in 2015.
Peterman has a track record of bouncing back from adversity.
In his first college start at Tennessee, Peterman had a hand in four turnovers — two interceptions, a fumble while being sacked and a botched handoff — before being pulled during a 31-17 loss at Florida as a redshirt freshman in 2013.
He then transferred to Pittsburgh following his sophomore year and excelled in his final two seasons. At Pitt, Peterman completed 378 of 619 attempts for 5,142 yards with 47 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in 26 games, which led Buffalo to select him in the fifth round of the draft.
Peterman doesn't look toward starting against Baltimore as a chance to ease the memories of what happened against Los Angeles.
"Every time I've gotten back on the field it's a new opportunity," he said. "You're not tied to your past failures."
He's also not looking beyond this weekend, when reminded the Bills' home-opener is against the Chargers on Sept. 16.
"Yeah, that's two weeks away. And like I say, it's day to day," Peterman said. "It's about the Ravens."
NOTES: McDermott said Ryan Groy has earned the starting spot at center. … DT Kyle Williams (right knee) practiced, though he's not sure he'll be ready to play Sunday. … The Bills filled out their 10-player practice squad by signing offensive lineman Ruben Holcomb and defensive tackle Robert Thomas.
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Filed under: Greenpeace, Greenpeace Core Values, Life at work | Tags: Activism, Cyberactivism, greenpeacebuzz, new media, Online activism, PBA093qrnnp4, Philippines
For the past two days I've spent most of my time here in Jakarta talking about my work, and as I prepared to do the training module for New Media that we usually give to new Greenpeace staff I decided to write it down in the form of a letter which I thought would also be cool if it is published in this blog as a handy reference to people who are interested with how Greenpeace work online.
So here it goes…
Welcome to the somewhat boring but in a way fun-filled world of Greenpeace new media, I am Chuck and I am the resident web geek for Greenpeace Southeast Asia's office in the Philippines.
Today, I'll be doing my best not to keep you guys from falling asleep as I share to you how Greenpeace is saving the world in cyberspace.
"In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity."
– Albert Einstein
These were the words of Albert Einstein from not so long ago and I believe that as a part of the environmental movement we are living in difficult times. In the face, of climate change and a host of other environmental problems brought by our combined unsustainable lifestyles I believe that we are at a tipping point where real and lasting action should be taken now more than ever.
Keeping that in mind, I also believe that it is in these difficult time that we are given that grand opportunity to save the world, especially with the advent of what we have come to call as – New Media.
What is new media?
I'm pretty sure that most of you guys as all my other peers in Greenpeace and in other groups are asking: "What is new media in the first place?"
The people who are smarter than me who choose to make their wisdom manifest in the internet via our favorite reference site Wikipedia has defined new media as this:
"New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century."
Moreover it could be said that most of the technologies that are described as "new media" are in short digital, often having characteristics of being editable, networkable (as in easy to share).
Interactivity is the word
What strikes me most as to what new media has to offer in general is the fact that it is interactive. When I say interactive is that in a sense if we would contrast it to what we call as 'old media' (that is print, radio and television), new media offers the capacity to facilitate user-to-user interactivity and interactivity between user and information.
Which means that any individual with the right technology can now produce his or her online media and include images, text, and sound about whatever he or she chooses, therefore shifting the model of mass communication (one to many), and radically shapes the ways we interact and communicate with one another (many to many).
New media @ Greenpeace
So how does this factor in with our work at Greenpeace?
Earlier we've talked about how opportunity lies in difficulty and is precisely why Greenpeace is now utilizing the opportunity of extending its work online now in the face of the greatest ecological threats that we are facing in this day and age. Especially, since we are an organization that has always championed the power of individuals to effect change, cyberactivism then is a natural extension of Greenpeace's campaign work.
As technology brought about with the advent of new media also opened up opportunities for activists ranging from big international NGOs (like Greenpeace) to grassroots activists to use electronic communication technologies such as e-mail, the World Wide Web, blogs, social networks and podcasts for various forms of activism that enables faster communications, delivery of local information to a large audience, which in turn makes the job of cause-related fundraising, volunteer organizing, community building, lobbying, and public mobilization easier than it was in the past.
Greenpeace cyberactivism in a nutshell
Here at Greenpeace the strands of work in online activism can be broken down in four strands of work that we will be are doing now.
Outreach and participation. This is our way of helping people to engage more fully in civil society by giving them information, which is what we do in our website where we host almost all available information based on our campaign and scientific research data, which we allow people to access via our website's home and more specifically Press Centre which is our one-stop resource for all the materials that we are distributing to the public.
By saying participation as an organization we offer people with the option to speak out their minds and give feedback and opinions to decision-makers.
Bearing witness via people's media. I'm pretty sure that all of you are already familiar with our core values which includes
'bearing witness' so in a sense if we are to speak of bearing witness via people's media it is using the multimedia capacity of new media to create content and to report using blogs, (picture Greenpeace co-founder Bob Hunter blogging their voyage to Amchitka 😉), Twitter and/or images and videos via Flickr, Youtube, and MMS.
Coordinating and mobilizing. This is the virtual equivalent of our work with public campaigning work wherein we use mailinglists, social networks, online forums and mobile phones to organize meetings, to put out calls to action and/or to communicate in emergencies or coordinate sponateous direct actions.
Fundraising. As an extension of our work to empower people who are passionate about the environment we find the fact of our organization's financial independence as an empowering message to encourage people to take action by putting their financial resources to groups like Greenpeace who believe that they have a stake in the struggle of saving the environment. So in order to continue in our work we are utilizing new media to raise money for Greenpeace through online donation gateways and other likeminded fundraising ventures.
As we end this session I am always faced with this question: 'does cyberactivism work?'
It is with this thought in mind that I leave you guys with some words of wisdom from Brian Fitzgerald who has been a pillar of our online work here at Greenpeace:
"I've seen online activism stop a nuclear reprocessing plant in Japan. I've seen it spur Apple to commit to phase out toxic chemicals. I've seen it turn the tourist industry in Iceland into an ally in the fight to save whales. I've seen it drive Dove to the negotiating table over their use of rainforest-destroying palm oil in their products. I've seen it drive the government in Argentina to pass a law protecting their forests. There simply isn't any doubt: online activism works. "
Welcome to Greenpeace and hope you'll always remember to click your mouse and strike the 'enter' key to save the planet.
Chuck Baclagon
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I'm giving you my 100% support. More power to Greenpeace!
How can I get more connected and be an empowered cyberactivist?
Thanks for such a great post. Before this post I had never heard of Cyberactivism. I think it may be time for me to do my part in Greenpeace! Keep up the great work in sharing the knowledge!
wel,, i want to be part of the cause.. im in full support!
im not that familiar at this kind of campaign but i'll try.. more power!!:)
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I agree with Brian Fitzgerald that cyberactivism works. I've been a part of it for some time now and everytime that we have an on line campaign, we always get the positive result. It is really inspiring how thousands of our cyberactivists changed the minds of big companies and manufacturers to consider the planet before making a product.
Here, it is fulfilling that everybody's voice is heared. Everybody is given the chance to make a difference for the planet.
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SANDRA MEYER'S richly textured works are a celebration of the reflection of life, and how it can embody our own existence, struggles and celebrations. "I'm mostly inspired by capturing moments of simplicity, whether it would be a from a treasured time from the past, or a present moment with friends, or the stillness and strength that one gathers alone."
A former musician and corporate music businessperson, Sandra holds a music degree and was an oboist before she turned her creative expression onto the canvas. A painter since a young age, Sandra promotes her artwork nationally with her husband at top galleries and installations around the country. Art collectors continually seek her work out.
Sandra's work is on wood panel. Some of which is mounted on antique birch. She uses Ink, shaved concrete, Japanese paper with gunpowder infusion, found papers, antique fabrics, wax, acrylic gel textures, pencil, chalk, oils, washes and dyes. Using pen with fountain tooth, bamboo and loose fiber reed, knife, brush, cotton rag and hands.


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Holiday Dave is packing up his troubles (but he'll need to sit on his suitcase to close it)
As David Cameron flies off on holiday this week he has some weighty troubles on his mind.
The Prime Minister may be looking forward to basking in the Mediterranean sun, but he is also plotting a fightback from the increasingly bitter rifts in the coalition.
The latest row looming is a battle with the Business Secretary Vince Cable over Mr Cameron's plans to extend Sunday trading hours, I am told.
When David Cameron heads off on his holidays he might find it difficult to leave his worries completely behind
Mr Cameron is still reeling from Nick Clegg's decision to veto boundary changes, but Mr Cable has now told the Prime Minister he cannot support the extension of an Olympics pilot allowing larger stores to stay open longer than the usual six hours.
Mr Cameron had been keen to make Sunday trading part of a package of deregulation measures planned for the autumn.
The objection of Mr Cable – if it is a principled one – is puzzling in the extreme. It puts him on the side of Church groups, but he is not especially religious.
In an interview with Liberal Democrat Christian Forum in 2009, he said: 'I'm not a very satisfactory specimen. I'm not an atheist or an agnostic – I would describe myself as a Christian.
'I had a Christian upbringing and I go to church occasionally. But I tend to be very unclear about what I actually believe, which I know is very unsatisfactory.
'I think there's a phrase for it, for people on a journey. I think I'm on one of the highways and byways leading off the main road.'
Although David Cameron was a frequent spectator at the Olympics, he is unlikely to appreciate the boost it gave to Boris Johnson's popularity
And as for Mr Clegg, he is an avowed atheist. So what on earth could be behind the Lib Dems' objection to a liberalisation scheme that ought to be natural territory for them?
Doubtless Mr Cable will argue he dislikes the move because it boosts big business at the expense of smaller shops that already stay open late.
But could it also be because Mr Cameron was hoping the policy would shore up his position with the Right of his party, who are baying for action on the economy and growth?
The PM is planning a major offensive to bolster his standing with backbenchers, I am told, including giving several outspoken Right-wingers key positions in a reshuffle of his team, expected within the next month.
Michael Fallon, the Tory deputy chairman, and Employment Minister Chris Grayling are two names being touted as possible replacements for Baroness Warsi, the party chairman, who has singularly failed to galvanise spirits. Tory MPs are more mutinous than ever since Mr Clegg's vindictive response to the collapse of Lords reform – cancelling promised Lib Dem support for boundary changes.
Many of them now want the Coalition to break apart if that is the only way of ending what they see as the relentless sacrificing of Tory values to appease Mr Clegg. But Mr Cameron thinks he can get things back on track with a populist reshuffle and some hard-nosed policies.
'Yes it looks bad right now,' says a source close to the PM. 'But Dave thinks he can turn it around. Reshuffle before party conference, promote some heroes of the Right, push ahead with solid stuff like deregulation and the mood could change pretty quickly.'
The honeymoon period of the Coalition is firmly over with tensions between the Tories and the Lib Dems growing
Clearly, however, it is not going to be that simple. Mr Cable's objection to reform of Sunday trading throws a serious spanner into the works.
It also signals that the Lib Dems intend to continue the war of attrition, with both sides of the Coalition fighting tooth and nail over every policy.
It seems Mr Cable, who some Lib Dem insiders say is lining himself up to take over from Mr Clegg, wants to pick his own fight with Mr Cameron to show his party he is up for it.
A source close to the Business Secretary confirmed his opposition, saying:
'We gave a commitment that longer trading hours would be for the Olympics only.'
The Bill proposing the move is also likely to contain measures to relax planning laws and red tape on business, and is thought likely to unveil new infrastructure projects, including controversial plans for airport expansion, all of which is subject to differences of opinion within the Coalition ranks.
As Mr Cable might say, some long and winding highways lie ahead.
They were Cameron's A-list, chosen to prove the Tories could modernise.
But the shock resignation of Louise Mensch has left No 10 fearful of an exodus by other disgruntled 'Cameron Cuties' parachuted into winnable seats two years ago.
Promotion has not materialised, parliamentary life has been tougher than expected and many of the former high-flyers are now getting perilously close to walking away.
Another high-profile member of the recent intake of MPs, Zac Goldsmith, has warned he will not tolerate the party abandoning green promises and supporting a third runway at Heathrow, leading to speculation that he could be the next to go.
Barely had the Spice Girls finished their Closing Ceremony rehearsal than a row was rumbling about who should take the credit for pulling off a successful London 2012.
Boris Johnson has piqued Labour officials by surfing the glorious success of the Games. Senior party figures are sniping that the London Mayor came late to the planning effort and was not part of the original group – including Sebastian Coe; Tessa Jowell; Godric Smith, the former Number 10 press aide; Richard Caborn, the former sports Minister; and Hugh Robertson, the current occupant of that post – who masterminded the event. One senior Labour insider said: 'Boris has been the beneficiary of a Diana-like Olympic period but it's much less to do with him than that he simply became a figurehead by default.'
But if the Games' political legacy is unclear, the fate of the venues may be reaching a resolution. Under consideration is for the main stadium to be shared between football, rugby, athletics and cricket clubs, with evening pop concerts.
Cross-party support is growing for a campaign that could protect online trolls, such as those who targeted singer Gary Barlow and his partner, pictured left


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We know II round winners!
We received almost 50 handmade games from the schools, which qualified for II round of our CPR for Schools Competition. Now we can reveal the winners who will take part in the final in Warsaw!
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GOCC Cul-de-sac in Oborniki Śląskie
City council in Oborniki Śląskie has put the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity on the map! We were very pleased to hear that a charming pedestrian street will be named after the GOCC.
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Posted by Cathy Debenham on 2 February 2010 at 12:57 pm
At last the uncertainty is over - we now know what the rates are for the Clean Energy Cashback (feed-in tariff) which starts on 1 April 2010. Its purpose is to encourage installations of wind turbines, solar photovoltaic panels, micro hydro and microCHP schemes of up to 5MW capacity to produce low carbon electricity.
The feed-in tariff aims to provide an incentive for people to invest in microgeneration and expects to deliver a return of 5-8% for well-sited installations. It will consist of three elements:
- A fixed payment from your electricity supplier for every kilowatt hour (kWh) your system generates. This is called the generation tariff. See below for rates.
- A guaranteed price for any surplus electricity that you do not use on site, and export to the grid. This is called the export tariff and will also be paid by your electricity supplier. It has been set at 3p per kWh.
- In addition, as you use electricity generated on site you will need less from the national grid – so your bills will be lower.
Unlike the export tariff (which at 3p per kW is less that the 5p consulted on) the generation tariff rates have increased since the consultation document was issued last year. For the first two years of feed-in tariffs (April 2010 - March 2012) they will be as follows:
19.9p for installations up to 15kW;
17.8p for 15-100kW;
11p for 100kW-2MW;
4.5p for 2-5MW,
Paid for 20 years
Solar photovoltaic panels:
41.3p for installations of less than 4kW retrofitted onto an existing building (36.1p if it is on new build);
36.1p for 4-10kW;
31.4p for 10-100kW;
29.3p for 100kW-5MW and for stand alone systems
It will be paid at these rates for 25 years.
34.5p for installations with a capacity of less than 1.5kW;
26.7p for 1.5-15kW;
24.1p for 15-100kW;
18.8p for 100-500kW;
9.4p for 500kW-1.5MW;
4.5p for 1.5-5MW
Paid for 20 years.
MicroCHP pilot:
10p per kW for micro combined heat and power installations. This will support up to 30,000 installations and will be reviewed when the 12,000th system has been installed. It will be paid for 10 years.
Existing microgenerators (under 50kW) who installed their system and were accredited under the Renewables Obligation before 15 July 2009 will automatically be transferred to the feed-in tariff at a generation rate of 9p per kWh, regardless of technology. This will be paid until 31 March 2027.
Microgenerators who installed pre 15 July 2009 and are not accredited under the RO will not be eligible for feed-in tariffs.
Inflation: Both the generation tariff and the export tariff will be indexed to the retail price index.
Tax: In the 2009 Pre-Budget Report the Chancellor confirmed that households which use renewable technology to generate electricity mainly for their own use will not be subject to income tax on feed-in tariffs.
The rates above are for those installing their system between 15 July 2009 and 31 March 2012. You will remain on that rate (plus inflationary rises) for the life of the tariff. From 1 April the rate that new generators get will begin to reduce ("degress") to reflect (and to some extent encourage) expected decreases in technology costs.
Low Carbon Building Programme grants for microgeneration installations are now closed, and all the money has been transferred to the renewable heat technologies.
Full details of the Government response to the FiTs consultation can be downloaded from the DECC website.
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Cathy DebenhamComment left on: 1 June 2011 at 8:30 am
Hi Grasmere
It is expected that tariffs for new installations after 1 April 2012 will be lower than for people who install this year. This 'degression' has been built into the design of the feed-in tariff, as it's aim is to grow the market, and the expectation is that the cost of installation will fall as the market grows. In fact prices have fallen quite considerably already, although the cause is more likely to be global, than UK influenced.
However, if you're installing now, it won't affect you. You will get the rate available now (ie 43.3p per kWh - it went up in April this year), indexed to the retail price index, for 25 years.
Click on the link in the first paragraph if you want more detail.
I have just printed off a tariff list fron Ecotricity and they are suggesting that the tarriff for Year 3 1/4/12 to 31/3/13 is going to drop from 41.3p to 37.8p can you confirm.
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We have recently added a Feed in Tariff calculator to our website. We feel that it is the most interactive and dynamic calculator in in the UK. Hope that you may find it useful.
The Guardian Money section published a positive and informative article on Saturday, with an article by Asley Seager who actually uses pvc panels. www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/.../solar-power-bright-investment -
It doesn't deal with the loss in payback to "pioneer" installers, particularly those who received the lower grant towards the cost of installation.
ePower-SolarComment left on: 4 February 2010 at 5:59 pm
I believe that a step in the right direction has been taken by the authorities, though I am sceptical whether this will be sufficient to create the much needed demanded in order to bring to live a well functioning market with sufficient liquidity. Considering the lower irradiation per sqm in the UK, the lower tariffs and the higher costs for the components I would not invest a single cent in it.
In Germany we currently have spot prices of around 1,40 - 1,60 GBP for EU panels, and even cheaper panels comming straight from China (LDK-Solar, Yingli, Suntech and so on). It adds up to a price of around 2270 GBR / kW (residential systems) including installation and all components. Still, most of the investments fonds and big money spenders in photovoltaics are going to invest there money in Italy nowadays. From an economical point of view there are better opportunities to invest your money, but if you want to act locally than it might be an idea to build a solar system on your house and there by encouraging others to do the same.
Our company is involved in 12V Solar Systems (Off - Grid) and in the spot market trading of higher volumes of solar panels. Would be interesting to see how the market in GBR will react in the near future.
Barry Nutley from Viridis Energie ConsultantsComment left on: 2 February 2010 at 4:23 pm
Whilst many may say that this is not enough? Let's centre on the positives- An increased payment scheme which is index linked. True the export figure is lower, but the the former more than compensates for that?
With this in mind, what we do need to ask ourselves, is "where else can we get this level of return (guaranteed) from our investment?" If anyone can tell me then please do.
So, let's focus on this, and start spreading the "word", as if we don't, this will be the reason for people not taking up this opportunity? So, far I've only heard a very vague lady from the REA talking about it on Radio 2 for about 1 minute, and this is the only "report" I've so far heard about the scheme in the "mainstream" media?
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Post subject: why this forum is so great!Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 pm
i recently needed some strings reserved and am unable to do it myself. so i put a shout out on the forum and got several replies. the person who wishes to remain anonymous said send them to him he would take care of it. so i send them out with some cash in the envelope to cover time, materials and return shipping. well you guessed it. strings come back reserved, excellent job and all my cash back to. THANK YOU!!!! you know who you are. this is a great forum and i am a firm believer that what goes around comes around. i also have helped other members int the past. so i now have 3 new standard strings that come with the excalibur crossbows that i wont be needing because i use the fast flight flemish strings. i am offering them up for free one to each person that pms me. if you dont need them dont pm me if you really need one pm me. the first three that pm me get them. i just need an address to send them to. thanks
A bunch of good eggs here, ya got that right DW!
Couple weeks ago "dw" was passing out some extra strings, I got one so this buck is named after him.
The story
I was up in my ladder stand just before 6am today. Beautiful morning. About 7:10 I looked to my right. (my bad side) here comes a deer.
Its a buck. I freeze. I waited till he passes behind the tree I am leaning against.
I grab the Phoenix snap off the safty, aim at where he should appear. There he is , walking in a letter "C' around by stand. He starts to walk faster, I wait for the opening. I open me mouth and say MEEEEE. He stops , I adjust my aim. The phoenix says TUNG (it has its own sound).
The Meat Seaker broad head lead the charge followed by the Gold Tip two. Its a hit, I watch as he goes into a run. He stops, walks away and I don't see him anymore. I hear the crash, and the woods is quite.
I wait a LONGGG half hour and goes after it. Blood is every where. I find him at 40 yard mark. Dead. The rack is eight point, not big but mine.
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by Christoph Maubach
(This text has been revised for the 2006 Orff Schulwerk Level courses)
This guide assists those who are curious about the Orff Schulwerk Approach and wish to further their understanding of this educational concept. It is widely acknowledged that the best way to learn about the Orff Schulwerk Approach is through activities in music and movement. Nevertheless some historical and educational facts will help to connect the experiential with philosophical and historical context.
This approach developed originally in an adult education setting in the nineteen twenties in Munich. The German composer Carl Orff began to develop a new field of creative activities when he co-founded the Günther School in 1924 together with Dorothee Günther. This school became a centre for education in gymnastics, rhythm, music and dance. In association with his co-worker Gunild Keetman, Orff developed the Orff Schulwerk, a new model for teaching music and movement. Later on Gunild Keetmann extended the concept for the education of children and youth. It has always been, and still is an artistic concept that is based on the notion that children and adults learn about music best when they play, dance, create and improvise music. There has been an extensive proliferation of this concept world wide especially since the opening of the Orff Institute at the University Mozarteum in 1961.
The following basic principles are fundamental for this approach:
- Music, speech and dance are seen as integrated domains
- Music, dance and speech complement each other and at the same time provide starting points for creative activities.
- Rhythm is the common origin to all of them.
- Singing, playing and dancing provide stimuli for the group.
- Communal music and dance making is an essential ingredient of this approach. It involves leadership and educates our abilities to listen and follow others.
- Music and dance models provide starting points for improvisations, creations and compositions.
- The Orff Schulwerk Approach includes singing and instrumental playing with percussion instruments, Recorder and Body Percussion. Instrumental playing is also integrated with movement, singing and speech.
- Theoretical aspects of music and dance are revealed through creative work, practice, and performance and then, based on the learning experience, discussed, recorded and written.
- Educational activities are always undertaken with the intention to create and present music and dance artistically. Therefore the degree of aesthetic responsibility is high and must be applied both to the chosen content and the proposed learning outcomes.
The approach began with creative music and dance practices and studies in the Guenther School in the German city of Munich in 1924. Musical skills and knowledge were developed through elaborate music and dance improvisations that sometimes merged into compositions and choreographies. The Guenther School developed its own performance group. The unity or juxtaposition of music and dance was explored and practiced in considerable depth. The participating students were all adults. This first phase concluded with the closure of the Guenther School in 1944 for political reasons.
The second phase includes the publication of five volumes of music originally entitled Orff-Schulwerk Musik für Kinder by Carl Orff (1895-1982) and Gunild Keetmann (1904-990). In 1948 Bavarian Radio made a request to Carl Orff to provide a series of music examples to be played to children on air. Orff and Keetmann composed and re-arranged German children's rhymes, songs and folk songs for xylophones, glockenspiels, metallophones, voices, recorders and some string instruments. The radio program became very popular and as a result much more music for children was written for the radio series.
These musical works were then published between 1950 and 1954 in five volumes entitled 'Orff-Schulwerk Musik für Kinder'. They were then adapted by Margaret Murray for the English language.
The third historical phase began in 1963 with the opening of the Orff-Institute at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. The establishment of the Orff Institute for the purpose of pedagogical study and practice that emanate from Orff Schulwerk Music for Children did contribute to a pedagogical approach that can be seen as the Orff Approach to Music Education. Developing, refining and researching these pedagogical practices continuously pictures Orff Schulwerk as a music pedagogy that nurtures creative activities and learning by doing. The original idea by Orff and Keetman has become an artistic education with music at its core.
A great number of institutions, music education colleagues, followers and supporters of Orff and Keetmann have influenced the Orff Approach to Music Education in many parts of the world. In the twenty-first century these ideas continue to fall on fertile ground. Carl Orff himself expressed the philosophical basis for his work thus:
"As a musician I was interested in trying out a new way of teaching music…. This meant that the starting point was an artistic one rather than a purely educational one" (Carl Orff, 1976 p.13)
"The pedagogical model identified by the term 'Orff Schulwerk' or often simply 'the Schulwerk', is a framework for designing learning experiences in music and movement." (Shamrock, 1995, p.1)
There are a few fundamental educational principles that underpin this kind of music pedagogy:
- Music can be learned through creating and playing.
- Music play is an essential part of life.
- Speech, music and dance are fundamental forms of human expressions.
- Through practical experiences theoretical truth can be found.
- Singing
- Body Percussion
- Movement
- Speech
- Classroom Percussion
- Recorder
- Personal instruments
Processes useful in music lesson planning with the Orff Schulwerk Approach:
- Imitation
- Exploration
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Literacy
Processes and musical features that support improvisation:
- Pedal note as accompaniment
- Drone (also referred to as Bordun) as accompaniment
- "Sound carpet"
- Tremolo
- Glissando
- Rhythmic and later melodic ostinato
- From simple to complex
- Text to rhythm
- Body percussion to instrument
- Improvise with fewer notes first, with more notes later
The non-melodic percussion instruments include Hand Drums, also called Frame Drums or Tambours. Also: Triangle, suspended Cymbal, Tambourine, Claves (commonly referred to as rhythm sticks), Shakers (Shaker Eggs), Guiro and Finger Cymbal. Nowadays a large number of Latin Percussion instruments such as A-Go-Go Bell, Cabassa and other 'ethno' percussion instruments are also part of the non-melodic percussion section.
The melodic percussion instruments include: Bass Xylophone (BX), Bass Metallophone (BM), Alto Xylophone (AX), Alto Metallophone (AM), Soprano Xylophone (SX), Soprano Metallophone (SM), Alto Glockenspiel (AGL) and Soprano Glockenspiel SGL). The Greek word 'Xylos' means wood and it is therefore easy to understand the difference between a Metallophone and a Xylophone ('Wood-Phone'). The difference between a Metallophone and a Glockenspiel is a little harder to spot. The Glockenspiel has small, quite thin, metal bars; the Metallophone has larger and heavier metal bars.
In recent times the traditional melodic percussion instruments have been enriched and the selection of instruments has been enlarged with self-built Marimba instruments. Originally from Africa idea and design aspects of the Marimbas have been brought to Australia by teachers and musicians and can now be found in schools and communities in Australia, USA, New Zealand and Europe. One Marimba instrument accommodates several players. Marimba instruments come principally in two versions: The Bass Marimba for two players and the three to four octave Marimba for three players.
Some selected references: (* signifies resource is available from VOSA Sales)
- Choksy, L. (2001). Teaching Music in the Twenty-First Century/ New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
- * Frazee, J. (1998). Discovering Keetman. Rhythmic Exercises and Pieces for Xylophone by Gunild Keetman. London: Schott.
- * Frazee, J. (1987). Discovering Orff. A curriculum for music Teachers, with Kent Kreuter. New York: Schott.
- * Gill, R. (1981). Have You Any Wool? Three Bags Full! 17 traditional rhymes for voices and Orff-instruments. A Supplement to Music for Children. London: Schott.
- * Goodkin, D. (2004). Sing Play and Dance. London: Schott.
- Haselbach, B. (191). Dance Education. Basic principles and models for Nursery and Primary School. London: Schott (currently out of print)
- * Keetmann, G. (1974). Elementaria. First acquaintance with Orff-Schulwerk London: Schott
- * Keller, W. (1963). Introduction to Music for Children. Orff-Schulwerk. Translated by Margaret Murray. London: Schott.
- Orff, C. (1976). The Schulwerk. London: Schott.
- * Orff, C. & Keetman, G. (1957). Music for Children. Vol. 1. Pentatonic. English version adapted by Margaret Murray. London: Schott.
- * Regner, H. (1982). Music for Children. Orff-Schulwerk American Edition. Volume 1. Pre-School. New York: Schott.
- * Regner, H. (1982). Music for Children. Orff-Schulwerk American Edition. Volume 2. New York: Schott.
- * Regner, H. (1982). Music for Children. Orff-Schulwerk American Edition. Volume 3. Upper elementary. New York: Schott.
- Regner,H. (2000). Orff-Schulwerk Recorder Book. Pieces for Descant Recorder and Piano from 'Music für Kinder' Mainz: Schott.
- Schnebly-Black, J. & Moore, S. (1997). The Rhythm Inside. Connecting Body, Mind and Spirit through Music. Portland: Rudra Press.
- Shamrock, M. (1995). Orff Schulwerk: Brief History, Description, and Issues in Global Dispersal. Cleveland: American Orff-Schulwerk Association.
- Shehan Campbell, P.& Scott-Kassner,C. (2002). Music in Childhood. Belmont CA: Wadsworth/Thomson.
- * Solomon, J. (1997). The Body Rondo Book. Lakeland: Memphis Musicraft.
- * Solomon, J. (1995). Conga Town. Percussion Ensembles for Upper Elementary and Middle School. Miami: Warner Bros.
- * Solomon, J. (1998). D.R.U.M. Discipline, Respect, and Unity through Music. Miami: Warner Bros.
- * Solomon. J. & Solomon, M. H. (1997) The Tropical Rocorder. Accompaniments for Orff Instruments & Piano/Guitar. Lakeland: Memphis Musicraft.
- Spurgeon, D. (1991). Dance Moves. Marrickville NSW: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- * Steen, A. (1992). Exploring Orff. A Teacher's Guide. New York. Schott.
- * Wuytack, J. (1994). Musica Activa. An approach to music education. New York: Schott.
Christoph Maubach © 2006


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