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Saturday, December 16, 2006
you don't just have a body, you ARE a body
after my knees gave out i sat on the stool, bemoaning the creaks i felt from the fall i took the other day. still so thankful nothing broke, but feeling every one of my 41 years.
i moved over to the computer and opened my email. each day i start with the storypeople. today's message said that he gets along much better with his relatives now that most of them are dead. it made me smile.
then i moved on to the newsletter from CBE - christians for biblical equality. they are a voice crying in the wilderness for me. i clicked on their newsletter and saw that this one focused on eating disorders and the church, body image and raising ourselves and our daughters to be engaged with their appetites, both sexual and regarding food. those two always go hand in hand.
i will link to all of the rich and wonderful articles here so you don't miss any, but i want to highlight the largest ah-ha i had this morning (many more will follow) that said "you don't just have a body, you are a body". obvious, eh? not for me.
the dualism that we, especially in the church, view our bodies with nears gnostic heretical proportions. did you know that rates for eating disorders are higher at christian colleges than others? something is drastically wrong with our theology and the way we are raising our girls.
i am a body. it's supposed to be that way. god made me that way. light bulb.
shocking that at 41 it had never occurred to me that it was not just a necessary evil, but that it's where i am, and the holy spirit is to dwell. it's always felt like two separate things. my body was (is, if i am really honest with myself) a curse. something that traps the real me inside who so longs to be free. lots of maintenance and much shame is associated with it. like i said in a post months ago, in my world women were either cooking meat or a piece of meat. there was no in between in my childhood.
i am a body.
i think i started to understand this a bit when i was pregnant with my kids. it was the first, and really, again, if i'm honest, the only times i have ever felt present in my body for extended periods of time. reading that back i realize how very lame (and sad) that is. i know much of what these articles explain is so necessary for me to understand. remedial, basic principles are necessary to re-wire the messed up circuitry in my head.
realizing things like this re-ignites the anger and betrayal i feel toward those in power in the church. i want them to have to answer for the mess they've made. disengaging generations of women from their bodies, the bodies god intended for them to inhabit and indwell, animate and engage the universe in. now you're reaping what you have sown. brokenness, confusion, inability to engage, addiction and even death. i hope it tastes like dust, cobweb filled dust.
i am a body. you can't take that away from me now. i will teach it to every woman, girl, boy and man i am able to. you are a body too. god meant it that way.
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5 comments:
- Chris said...
Thanks, bobbie, for the links - I had somehow missed hearing about that organization and my "I want to read that" list just grew enormously.
I've been thinking on the same things lately. Just yesterday I had one of those epiphany moments, where I saw more than ever before how easily I separate my body from "myself" in my thinking. This actually happened while driving home from seeing the chiropractor, and having a 15 minute massage. Suddenly, I understood the feeling of living in my body in a different way.
It's been one of those seasons for me, where so many threads of thought from different areas have been coming together... In my Ignatian Spiritual Exercises group we have been praying to understand Jesus' humanity and humanness, and to understand Mary more, during this season. I think this is really helping to unlock some things for me.
- Amy A. said...
I appreciate the links. You always find such great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
- BarBarA said...
Excellent post an important subject to bring up. I have had a love/hate relationship with my body all my life. As a child my body was used, as I grew up I am the one who abused it. It's looked at with lust or disgust depending on where I am in my cycle of life. I live in my body but I am NOT my body. These days I hide in my body because its safe, but I am not caring for it properly so it will probably give out in the next 20 years and then I will be gone...because I need my body to live in.
Sorry, I kind of got carried away, wasn't intending to write so much! But thanks for a place to write it.
bobbie, I wish I could sit with you and hold your hand--and let you hold mine.
- Suzanna said...
I'm visiting because Si tagged you. I love this post and everything else on your recent posts.
We can take time to write about so many things on our blogs, and I am appreciating that there has been encouraging words here amidst the reality.
Thanks for your thoughts. Merry Christmas!


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i'm preparing for a residency in the west of ireland in october, see here. at the moment i'm chronicling airfares, but earlier on i have loads of considerations about what to take with me in order to make as much art as possible in 3 weeks. the lists are entertaining, to me. and i'll pull them up when the time comes to pack and most of my work will have been done for me.
the reason i'm preparing so far ahead of time is that there are several new techniques and methods i want to explore while i'm there, and i need to learn the basics now so i won't waste time once i'm on site.
the thing i'm doing new is to go completely back to basics, which is the same thing as saying doing it on the way cheap.
i have a weight requirement for my luggage, and i'm only bringing one bag, tho as big a one as they allow. so everything i need for three weeks of art has to fit inside it.
so i have to rethink tubed oil paints, tubed watercolors, tubed acrylics. what a lot of lead-lined tubes for the guys in security to tut-tut over.
i'm bringing pigments in little plastic containers. and i'm bringing most of my mediums and will mix them as needed. some of the media i want to bring they won't let me. beeswax, turpentine, alcohol. i might be able to slip orange oil past them.
this is revolutionary, for me. i no longer need rely on buying something in order to paint. hell, i can paint something everlasting with a brick and some grease.
and that's easily 20 pounds of luggage just in the tubes i'd have to bring.
why duplicate things when i can bring the raw ingredients and make my own?
thus said, i have a lot of raw ingredients where until now i had a lot of proprietary mixtures with no ingredient labels. so i'm laving to reinvent the wheel in a lot of ways.
for instance, how to make my own resist. i want a water based resist, but i don't want one that costs $8 for 4.ounces. it sets me off; let's not go there.
but the old traditional japanese resist is a big pain in the ass to make. so i'm looking for substitutes.
a few weeks ago i experimented with tapioca starch resist, and thankfully didn't write any of it down for your delectation. i did, however, make a gooey mess and never did get all the tapioca out of my silk. didn't resist worth a damn, either.
today my subject is sodium alginate. not exactly algae, but really slimy and thick. you use it to thicken your dye so that you can paint it on as if it was watercolor, and it won't run and bleed as much as it would if it weren't thickened. i've never actually used it before, because i mostly have used low-immersion scrunch dyeing. but i have a project in mind for a set of placemats that are paintings of the landscape around cill rialaig, which is the name of the place where i'll be staying.
so i made up a batch of so-called paste, which was goopy but thinner than i can use for resist lines. i'll have to make it twice as thick to put it in a tube and squirt out straight lines. so i mixed it with red, yellow and blue instead, and used all the chemicals – soda ash, urea, calgon, salt, alcohol, and dye powder, and used three different brushes to dip out of three different bowls, and made an abstract design on a piece of linen i'd cut off the 6-yard roll i'm taking with me to ireland.
having done that, and seeing that the fabric was sort of wet thru, i rolled it up in a plastic garbage bag and sat it out in the sun on top of the plastic trash can, where it will sizzle and steam.
it's 80 in the house – atlanta at the end of may – so i uncovered four high-count cotton pillow cases i'd been saving, and planned to use up the rest of the dye.
i couldn't throw away all that leftover dye, and because it had soda ash in it, i couldn't save it, because the ash just eats away at the dye's dyeing power. something.
so. i scrunched up all the pillow cases from one end to the other, and then folded them in half and stuck them in the corners of a plastic tub, all folded and facing the same way. i'm not very neat at this. there's no point.
then i added more water to the yellow and poured it into the middle of the tub where all four points meet. it was very grainy at the bottom (i don't mix very well, and i don't use exact amounts of anything) so i made sure to put that in the very middle on the theory that it was concentrated dye that hadn't broken up and dissolved. or else it was urea. or soda ash.
then i poured the red in around the yellow. i kind of forgot to put any extra water in to the red, but it went around twice. then i did put water into the blue, and put that around the outside.
at that point, it looked colorful, but i knew it was only mostly on the surface, and i needed to add plenty of clear water to make it spread and do wonderful color things.
so cup after cup of water from the sink (chlorine from the water plus iodine from the salt, what chemistry there is in dyeing) until the pillow cases started to float. then a grocery bag on top of the fabric, and bricks on top of that, squeeze all the air out maybe, and let it sit for 24 hours. at above 70. which it's been for a month now.
you should see the weeding i have to do in the back yard.
on this first day of experimenting, i'm just making sure i've got the basics of plant dyeing. later i'll have to figure out the formula to dye silk, another learning curve among many.
the next thing i have to do is work out whether and how i can use sodium alginate to resist dye.
this linen i've got? i bought it on impulse at binders years ago, when i had a day job. i thought it was on sale for $6/yard. i paid $6/square foot and gulped. but i had credit…
and it sat there. it's always been too expensive to use for the kinds of paintings people were just going to hang on their walls and look at. something.
in the meantime i reused old canvases, and i used up a roll of raw canvas given to me by my brothers.
in the meantime, the cats slept on my roll of linen, sharpened their claws on it, got their fur deeply interwoven in the fabric.
but it's 6 yards.
and the things i can do with six yards of canvas.
dyed and then painted things
bases for encaustic paintings
oil paintings
pastel paintings
acrylic paintings
art quilts
placemats and napkins
just like using pigments and all the various media you can make paint with, i can use my linen as the material with which i make whatever art appeals to me at the moment.
this is artistic freedom.

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Before leaving for Cambodia, I had grand aspirations to read up on the period between 1975 and 1979 when the radical communist group called the Khmer Rouge had control of Cambodia and carried out a massive genocide in which around 2,000,000,000 people, nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population, were killed. I wanted to brief my friends and family on my upcoming two-week trip to Cambodia that is part of a Conflict Resolution course at the Monterey Institute. However, in the past month I have used to read about the conflict and prepare for the trip, I've learned that merely reading up on that particular period is insufficient to gain any solid insight into the implications of the genocide. I do feel more compassion for the plight of a historian; there are so many lenses through which to view history, and infinite details to cover. Additionally, as I have learned through the memoirs, briefings, documentaries, and films I have poured over in the past month, a society is truly a product of its culture, and the task of summing up a culture as rich and complex as that of Cambodia does not lend itself to simplistic explanations. Therefore I hesitate to launch into any kind of summary of Cambodian history because it will be inevitably incomplete, but for the sake of those who know very little to nothing about the conflict, I'm going to do just that. Since this is a blog, I intend to edit my entries as I learn more about the conflict, and I am hoping that if I leave anything important out that comes to someone's attention, they will fill in the blank with a comment.
The class will focus on the challenges that Cambodia faces today regarding peacebuilding in their society. The country was deeply affected by the period between 1975-79, and studying this conflict is crucial to understand why there are such challenges to peacebuilding. The conflict begins to make sense to me when I begin examining Cambodia's history in the 1950's. During this time, French rule of Cambodia ended and Prince Sihanouk gained control of the country. Although I have learned a lot about this prince, what sticks out in my mind about him is that his regime was rather corrupt, and eventually he was replaced by the pro-Western and U.S. backed Lon Nol government. Lon Nol was the Prime Minister of Cambodia between 1966-1969.
In this period, the United States was fighting the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon became president. In 1969, the United States secretly bombed Cambodia in order to eradicate any North Vietnamese forces located there. An estimated 600,000 people died in this incident, and the U.S. continued to bomb Cambodia for the next four years. Here I would like to recommend the film The Killing Fields, which is about the genocide and begins with this bombing. Sometimes the government of Cambodia agreed to these bombings, and sometimes they did not.
The Lon Nol government became very unpopular with the royalist rural population of Cambodia, which was most affected by the bombs. Various political factions gained momentum, one of which was the Khmer Rouge, headed by the communist mastermind, Pol Pot. The former Prince Sihanouk allied with the Khmer Rouge in an attempt to regain power, and gradually the Khmer Rouge gained popularity among the peasant population of Cambodia.
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International cricket has reached the beautiful shores of Dharamsala as England wound up their split tour of India with the final ODI. The series has been bolted with India securing the trophy with a convincing victory at Mohali on Wednesday, but both the sides will look to end the series on a high note.
The picturesque stadium at Dharamsala, surrounded by the beautiful Himalayan mountains will play host to its 1st ever international match after having hosted a handful of IPL games. The venue, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, is set at an altitude of 1457 metres and offers one of the best views for spectators. It is against this background that the two teams tee-off one final time in the series.
India have shown glimpses of the kind of form that saw them lift the World Cup in 2011. The batting has not revolved around any single player with contributions coming from the entire batting order. Ishant Sharma has improved as the series has progressed while the emergence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shami Ahmed has boosted the pace department. With the series won, the players will be under lesser pressure, something that might help them to give their best at the last.
England have not gelled well as a team despite a surprise result in Rajkot. Their batsmen have evidently struggled against spin. Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen have shone in patches, but the find of the tour has been Joe Root. After having impressed the pundits with his technique and temperament during the Nagpur Test, Root displayed the other side of his batsmanship with a crafty innings at Mohali. Steven Finn has led the bowling department admirably but has lacked support from the other end. James Tredwell, only in as a replacement for the resting Graeme Swann has done himself no harm with some consistent performances. England have not enjoyed touring India for the shorter forms of the game but they would like to leave the country on a winning note.
Team News:
Dhoni has played the ODI series in pain after suffering a blow during practise before the Ranchi ODI. With the series won, it would be prudent for the Indian skipper to take a break. There has been no wicket-keeper replacement named in the squad though. Ashok Dinda might get a game instead of Ishant Sharma. Will Cheteshwar Pujara get a game?
Stuart Meaker might replace the injured Tim Bresnan in the England eleven.
I am glad he scored runs because he is one of the most god-gifted talents that is around - MS Dhoni was full of praise for the way Rohit Sharma batted in the Mohali ODI.
Apparently the umpires were pretty clear that they had told us that so I must have been deaf when I was listening to them - Alastair Cook is not exactly happy with the way the umpires handled Finn's dead ball incident in Mohali.
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International cricket has reached the beautiful shores of Dharamsala as England wound up their split tour of India with the final ODI. The series has been bolted with India securing the trophy with a convincing victory at Mohali on Wednesday, but both the sides will look to end the series on a high note.


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CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - Chesterfield's Buckingham Wood is a small condo community of mostly seniors. Retirees -- who like Mary Kline -- have come to rely on the handyman skills of neighbor Ray Ellis.
"He always finds something to do or someone to help. He is Mr. Fix It," Mary said. "My garage door was acting up; he came over to help me see what was wrong. He has fixed washers on my faucets."
Mary revealed a long list of some Ray's repairs like when her closet rack collapsed.
"I had all my clothes on it, it fell down, he came over and he put it back up for me. He will change all the light bulbs in street lights and the clubhouse. If something minor needs to be done at the pool he'll go," she said. "We've recently been sick and every day he would ring the bell and bring the mail while we were sick. He is very deserving because he does so much for everybody."
"Here's $100, $200, $300, for Mr. Fix it" said Sabrina Squire.
Mary leads the way and we quickly find Ray lending a hand to neighbor Bob.
Mary Kline: "Hey Ray."
Ray Ellis: "Hey Mary."
Mary Kline: "We have something special for you. Well, we think Ray does so much for the community that he deserves a special thing."
Ray Ellis: "Come on."
Mary Kline: "You help us so much, you put papers at doors, and you change light bulbs. You help anybody that needs help even when somebody falls you're there to pick them up."
Bob: "He just helped me."
Mary Kline: "He helped you. Yeah helps so much in the neighborhood that we think that you so such special things that you're special so we're gonna present you with $300."
Ray Ellis: "What? For what? I don't deserve this."
Mary Kline: "Yes you do."
Ray Ellis: "I just do what I love to do and help people."
Ray tells me him and his wife of 55 years love helping with their great-grandkids and their great neighbors.
"Thank you Mary," Ray said.
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It was the end of tenth grade, I remember it being a Wednesday, that I sat down in front of my parents and told them I was ready to stop going to school. I was playing with my awful, sweaty pinstriped collar, made from some rubbish polyester blend, when my father said, "I think that's a great idea! Why didn't you come up with it sooner?"


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I've paid £91 for the slave as I ordered Sachs (that was with the ECP discount codes, it was meant to be £140) and I'm just wondering should I be demanding what I've paid for or will FTE be OK? Can't find any prices for FTE slave online so I'm unsure.
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KABUL - The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday dubbed administrative corruption at Afghanistan's security system as a huge challenge in ensuring security.
He said selling of bullets and ammunition was considered a national treason because it somehow financed and equipped insurgents.
CEO Abdullah told a three-day conference titled 'Combating Corruption at Security and Defence Sectors, here that problems in 'procurement and purchasing supplies' and interferences in investigation of different cases were something that fueled administrative corruption.
Abdullah speaking at the third day of the conference termed the selling of weapons and ammunition by the security sector as a huge issue; because it was kind of financing and equipping of anti-government rebels, he said.
He said: "If the equipment meant for defending people is placed at enemy's disposal and finally used against innocent people, then it is nothing less than a national betrayal."
"When rumours spread about missing shells and bullets, the issue reaches the President, me and the National Security Council. Later on, we receive a report and come to know that the ammunition has been sold. This is very worrying. There is a need for remedial reforms."
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So how do we check to see if the movie poster we are thinking of purchasing is indeed a genuine original vintage movie poster. There is no real foolproof way to do it as even the most experience dealers have been caught but here is a checklist of things to look for in a fake movie poster.
- One way these shady characters sell their fake original vintage movie posters is by listing them one or two at a time and when those are sold, they list more and, tend to have an endless supply. They will often say they have "uncovered" a warehouse full of them. The chances of finding multiple mint copies of rare and hard-to-find genuine original vintage one-sheet movie posters will be very rare but not entirely impossible.
- Another telltale sign is if the person is selling them significantly cheaper than the true market value. Due diligence here, do some research on the particular original vintage movie poster you wish to buy and determine the true market value. If its too good to be true, it probably is.
- Check the sellers' feedback and click on the "view item" link on the far right. If they have sold multiple copies all in mint condition it is a good possibility they are fakes, especially the rare hard-to-find movie posters. If the "view item" link is not there then beware, why is it not there, what are they trying to hide?
- Are they trying to sell the poster in a "PRIVATE" auction? Dishonest sellers often make their auctions private so you can't see the bidders identities and therefore, honest collectors and dealers cannot warn bidders that they are about to be ripped off.
- Nearly all of the older pre-1980 original vintage movie posters, inserts, daybills and one-sheets, were folded (not rolled) by the movie distribution house before shipping out to the movie theatres. Some collectors' do flatten and then roll their folded posters but if it is not a rolled previously folded poster and has no fold lines, then it's more than likely a fake.
- Most fake reprints being past off as original vintage movie posters are normally "minty white" particularly on the borders and have a different feel to the paper; it looks and feels "new". Genuine original vintage movie posters were printed on lesser quality paper than what is available today and as such; tend to get age browning (acid tanning) particularly around the border edges. However, it is possible to find mint copies still in reams or rolls as issued to movie houses (we have seen them) particularly in the Australian daybill (13" x 30") format.
- Is it printed on glossy paper, usually both sides? This has not been used on any other type of movie poster other than bootlegs… ever!
- Many of the "fake" original vintage movie posters are not issued by the actual studios e.g. 20th Century Fox, or official distribution companies like National Screen Service (NSS) or country of origin printers. Genuine original United States one-sheet NSS issues will also be numbered in the bottom right corner e.g. 55/671, the first digits being the release date. Some "fakes" will have the studio name and the NSS wording and numbering but the logo, wording and numbering will be slightly blurred but this can also happen during the printing process. Remember these posters were produced to be destroyed after the film run was finished.
- There are printers, mostly overseas (some licensed, some not) that copy the real studio issued posters. Sometimes they are marked as reprints, sometimes they aren't.
- Many overseas countries, like Australia, found it more economical to print the posters within their own country. They were sent basic artwork but most were then produced using local artists who produced many varied and graphically stunning posters, which have now become highly collectible.
Please Note: The "fake" and reprint movie posters that are circulating appear to be still mainly just the one-sheets (27" x 40" or 27" x 41" pre: 1985) as these were considered by many collectors as the preferred format.
However, we have found that inserts (14" x 36") and Australian daybills (13" x 30") are gaining popularity with collectors' because of their size and ease of display (they do not take up as much room on your wall). These formats are generally much rarer than a one sheet and studios stopped issuing these in the early 1980's but the Australian daybills were produced for a little longer.
Personally, we go for the artwork and aesthetic value of the poster regardless of its size, and that includes many awesome foreign posters by renowned local artists.
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Recommendations of the workshop
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A historical overview of pathogen introductions and their transboundary spread in Asia
Aquatic disease emergencies and implications to international trade
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Experiences in dealing with aquatic animal disease emergencies in Asia
OIE Asia-Pacific's experience in dealing with livestock disease emergencies in the Asia-Pacific
Emergency preparedness of aquatic animal diseases: Norwegian experiences
Response to mass mortality of carp: an Indonesian experience
Responses to Koi herpes virus (KHV) outbreaks in Japan
Preparedness and response to aquatic disease emergencies: the relevance and role of the private sector
Protecting aquatic biodiversity through health management and risk analysis: on-going initiatives and future prospects
Institutional and regulatory frameworks for better preparedness for aquatic disease emergencies
Capacity building for developing national and regional emergency prevention systems for transboundary aquatic animal diseases
National Contingency plans for aquatic animal disease emergencies: the way forward for developing countries
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Erin Fletcher, M.A., to Work to 'Capitalize on the Ross's Historic Strengths'
DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan University today announced the appointment of Erin Fletcher, M.A., as director of its Richard M. Ross Art Museum and campus galleries. Fletcher currently serves as exhibitions coordinator for The Ohio State University Libraries and Billy Ireland Cartoon Art Museum in Columbus.
At Ohio Wesleyan, Fletcher will oversee exhibits at the Ross Art Museum as well as at the university's Gallery 2001 and Mowry Alumni Gallery. She also will coordinate lectures and other events with guest exhibitors and curators; curate the museum's permanent collection of more than 2,500 artworks; help solicit gifts and grants to support the museum, teach courses related to her expertise (such as gallery management); and provide leadership in museum marketing and community outreach.
Susan McDonough, chair of the Ross Art Museum's National Board of Advisors and a member of the search committee, said Fletcher has a history of collaboration and success that will serve her well in her new role.
"We're so excited," said McDonough, a 1974 OWU graduate. "Erin is smart, articulate, and used to working in the college environment. … We were in unanimous agreement that she'd be a perfect fit to continue the Ross's mission."
Fletcher joined Ohio State in 2013 and previously worked as a retreat and residency coordinator for the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She also has completed arts-related internships and fellowships at organizations including the San Francisco Public Library; Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California; and Cressman Center for the Visual Arts in Louisville, Kentucky.
She holds a Master of Arts degree in curatorial practice from California College of the Arts, a Master of Arts certificate in museum studies and education from John F. Kennedy University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and curatorial practice from the University of Louisville. She will join the Ohio Wesleyan family on Aug. 1.
Fletcher said she is excited to continue the work begun by her predecessor, Justin Kronewetter, M.F.A., who is retiring after nearly 15 years as the Ross Art Museum's inaugural director. Kronewetter also is an Ohio Wesleyan professor emeritus of fine arts.
"I am delighted to join the OWU family as director of the Ross Art Museum," Fletcher said. "It will be an honor to build on the legacy of Justin Kronewetter. Academic museums provide a space for exploration and innovation that is essential to a 21st century learning community. It's been my lifelong dream to work at a liberal arts university, and I look forward to collaborating with OWU's excellent faculty, engaging with the student body, and responding to the needs of the broader community."
Ohio Wesleyan's Richard M. Ross Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, opened in fall 2002, following two years of renovations to the building, a former U.S. Post Office. The project received significant financial support from philanthropist Elizabeth M. Ross, now deceased. The museum features 2,986 square feet of exhibition space in four galleries, as well as offices and preparatory and storage spaces. The museum's mission is to mount exhibitions that support and enhance both the curriculum of the OWU Department of Fine Arts and the liberal arts teaching mission of the university.
During the academic year, the Ross Art Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed Monday and Saturday. The facility is handicap-accessible and admission is always free. Learn more at owu.edu/ross or www.facebook.com/RossArtMuseum.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation's premier liberal arts universities. Located in Delaware, Ohio, the private university offers 87 undergraduate majors and competes in 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. Ohio Wesleyan combines a challenging, internationally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities to connect classroom theory with real-world experience. OWU's 1,675 students represent 43 U.S. states and territories and 33 countries. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book "Colleges That Change Lives," listed on the latest President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, and included in the U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review "best colleges" lists. Learn more at owu.edu.


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Just recently I've been noticing that after completly watching a series that is in my queue I have not been getting the Anime Convert achievement for it. Not to say that I am an achievement junkie, but since you receive the aforementioned reward upon completion you might as well have it. The reason I have found is that as I've gone back and checked episodes that I have watched they are now showing up as not having been watched. Since I never watch an episode of anything without being logged into CR first I knew that was not the reason. Now this not to start having people overturn tables and take to the streets en masse in protest, but I have found this 'dilemna', if you can call it that, interesting.
My Tao is strong!
I think you need to watch the episodes in full in order to get the achievement.
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Long Beach State Looks To Extend Conference Win Streak
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Big West Tennis Release No. 4
Long Beach State, winner of the last two women's tennis regular season and tournament titles, attempts to extend its 20-match winning streak against Big West opponents Friday at CSUN. The Beach has not lost a conference match since March of 2013.
Conference Play Gets A Head Start
Two-time defending Big West regular season champion Long Beach State begins its quest for a third straight crown, traveling to CSUN for a Friday battle.
The Beach brings a 20-match regular season conference win streak into the tilt with the Matadors. The last time LBSU lost a Big West match was on Mar. 2, 2013. Since the Big West went to a round-robin scheduling format in 2006, the Long Beach State program has dominated to the tune of eight regular season titles (seven outright, one shared). The Beach is 76-3 (.962) against Big West opponents since 2006.
CSUN is coming off a 15-6 season and a 5-3 finish in Big West play. The Matadors earned their first win of 2016 with a 4-3 triumph against Loyola Marymount last week, while the Beach toppled another West Coast Conference opponent in San Francisco.
CSUN also hosts UC Riverside to complete its opening weekend of conference competition. Cal Poly, under first-year head coach Katharina Winterhalter, treks to the islands to take on Hawai'i in the conference opener for both teams.
UC Davis Takes Big West Opener Over Hawai'i
UC Davis, which won its first Big West men's tennis regular season title in 2015 as co-champion with UC Irvine, opened up this year's conference slate with a resounding 6-1 victory over Hawai'i on Tuesday. The Aggies won for the fifth time in their last six matches and extended their home winning streak to 11 straight dating back to a 4-3 loss to Hawai'i in the spring of 2014. UC Davis has performed solidly at the Marya Welch Tennis Center, with wins in 21 of its last 24 at home.
Ranked Big West Squads Populate ITA Rankings
The Oracle/ITA Division I rankings continue to recognize Big West squads as four men's and four women's representatives appeared in the Feb. 3 edition.
UC Santa Barbara is the top-ranked men's squad from the Big West. The Gauchos are No. 48 this week, and get a big opportunity to rise even higher with a match at No. 43 Pepperdine on Sunday. UC Davis (No. 57), Cal Poly (No. 58) and UC Irvine (No. 70) also are in the mix. The women's rankings include Long Beach State at No. 39, UC Santa Barbara at No. 59, Hawai'i No. 67 and UC Irvine No. 74, last updated on Jan. 27.
Lucky No. 13 At Indian Wells
Indian Wells Tennis Garden is hosting the Big West Men's and Women's Tennis Championship for the 13th consecutive year. One of the premier facilities in the United States, also a host of the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells will host all six men's and nine women's teams from April 27-30.


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The Sun, the Moon, the Earth, traveling in their accustomed courses came, for a brief space of time, into a straight line. The Moon, being the middle member of the three, shielded parts of the Earth from the Sun's rays. Then the three moved out of line and the eclipse had passed.
Although the eclipse took the greater part of one day, the moving shadow of the moon tarried over no place on the earth's surface for longer than two minutes. In that brief time, scientists observed and recorded in mad haste.
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If you ask an economist about a particular region's potential, one of the things he or she will almost certainly talk about is consumer confidence. Why is that? Of all the big moving pieces in an economy – interest rates, employment rates, new companies opening and other companies shutting down – why is consumer confidence so important?
Every single person has an impact on the economy with the decisions we make each day. Collectively, our impact is massive. When we are nervous, we sock our money away, and the wheels of the economy slow down.
When people feel confident, they spend. They travel, eat in restaurants, invest in new cars and new furniture, in buying new homes or renovating older ones. And that spending powers the local economy. It keeps local businesses thriving, it creates employment opportunities, and it generates the tax revenue that provides the services we all rely on.
Well, you can't have confidence without trust; they're flip sides of the same coin. And that's why the organization I am privileged to lead – your Better Business Bureau (BBB) – is an integral part of our economic development ecosystem. Our mission is to advance marketplace trust – to help create an environment of high trust between consumers and businesses.
In a marketplace with high levels of trust, people know they can feel comfortable doing business with the companies in their community. They know that those businesses will provide the product or service they want, and that if something goes wrong, they'll make a good faith effort to make it right.
Many people are familiar with BBB's complaints program, through which we work with consumers and businesses when there are disputes about transactions between them. We don't advocate for one or the other; as an impartial and balanced third party, we help both come to a reasonable resolution. Our Business Reviews are also unbiased, and help people find businesses that maintain high standards for ethical behavior, so that they can make better informed choices with their hard-earned money.
We're also a source of important information for the people you care about. When an elderly relative gets an email that looks like it came from their bank, but is actually a phishing attempt to gain access to their banking information; when your child is off to their first year at university, and needs to know how to protect their identity and credit – both online and off – we're there with that important information.
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On this day in 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was founded. So? What's the big deal? What IS the New York Stock Exchange? Look it up if you have to. It's sort of important to the economy.
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UCSB Social Sciences enlivens public policy issues though new discoveries, critical perspectives, and alternative visions. Our internationally-recognized faculty educates over 6,500 undergraduates, 300 graduate students, and 350 minors through the Division's 13 departments and programs. Interdisciplinary scholarship flourishes with over 20 centers that provide infrastructure and focus for faculty and student research.
Your gifts may be directed to any department, program, center, or activity--from undergraduate research to capital projects. There are many opportunities for giving! Listed below are some areas that are especially in need of support this year:
Graduate students
The University is committed to attract top scholars, and UCSB has succeeded in building new facilities to house these scholars. However, graduate students need your continued financial assistance. Your contribution towards graduate student fellowships will assist students in our Ph.D. programs (Anthropology, Chicana and Chicano Studies, Communication, Economics, Political Science, and Sociology) and in the growing areas of Global & International Studies (Masters Program) and a Ph.D. program in Feminist Studies.
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In the UK, under active thyroid affects 15 in every 1,000 women and 1 in every 1,000 men. and the majority are unaware of their condition.
Bodily Functions Slow Down: If your thyroid gland is not working right, it produces too little of the thyroid hormones which causes your bodily functions to slow down.
Common Symptoms: weight gain, tiredness, hair loss, mental slowing, irregular menstruation, depression, constipation, intolerance to cold, dementia, dry skin, muscle stiffness and pain.
Many factors can contribute to the development of thyroid problems. Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland has been weakened either by poor nutrition, thyroid toxicity, bad lifestyle, stress, or too much medical intervention. A sufferer of hypothyroidism has a body that can no longer adequately produce vital hormones. Some reasons for this are:
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Seth (Jonah Hill) is an unpopular high school kid who gets invited to a party. He tries to boost his social standing by promising to bring alcohol. But before he can get his hands on some alcohol, he first has to get the cops to believe that McLovin's ID is legit.
22 Jump Street
Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back as a blundering cop team in 22 Jump Street. They are assigned to go undercover and this time they go back to college to track down a drug supplier. Not only does this mean they get to go back to fraternity parties and college girls but best of all, they get to back to spring break.
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In the Wolf of Wall Street, Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill) is a salesman who goes into business with Jordan Belfort after seeing Belfort's Jaguar in a parking lot. Together they create the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, which was later discovered to be one of the biggest security frauds of the 1990's.


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A+E Networks Takes Full Control of Asian Channels Business
Part of an international expansion, the company has acquired full ownership of the Singapore-based joint venture it established in 2007 to distribute its portfolio in the region.
A+E Networks has acquired full ownership of AETN All Asia Networks, the Singapore-based joint venture it established in 2007 with local firm Astro Overseas Limited to house A+E channels in the region.
Following the deal, AETN All Asia Networks will be rebranded as A+E Networks Asia.
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"The transition to full ownership of A+E Networks Asia is a first for our company and marks an important milestone," said Nancy Dubuc, president and CEO of A+E Networks. "A+E Networks is committed to continued international expansion for our brands and business, and we are bullish on the growth opportunities not just in Asia, but Europe and the Americas as well."
A+E Networks last month launched channels Lifetime and H2 in Southeast Asia. It also airs History, Crime & Investigation Network and Bio in the region.
Overall, A+E currently distributes its content portfolio to the following territories in Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Macau, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Palau and Thailand.


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|Dev: Square-Enix
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Square-Enix
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Nov. 20, 2008
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Persistent load times in this game also add to the frustration.Even though you can install both of the games discs to your hard drive, you will still experience 4-6 second load times every time you enter a room or engage an enemy in battle, which greatly hinders discovery quests, where youll have to frequently hop between cityscapes as well as enemy-infested locales.
Sound in this title is somewhat of a mixed bag. The music is composed by Tsuyoshi Sekito, who is known for his work on the Final Fantasy series. The music is absolutely beautiful to listen to and has a rich and sweeping orchestral sound. The character voiceovers are hit or miss though and the main character sounds disinterested and ingenuous most of the time. However, several of the supporting characters do have decent voiceovers and manage to sound quite authentic.
Control is fairly standard, as far as RPGs are concerned, and features a fairly simplistic menu-based control scheme. There are a few instances where a timed-button press will be used to increase the effectiveness of a certain attack, but due to the aforementioned framerate issues, these are often easy to miss. But the bottom-line is if you have ever played an RPG before, you will be right at home with the control scheme.
For all intents and purposes, The Last Remnant has the makings of a great RPG: the story is engaging and the battle system is tons of fun to play with. And, with a lot of extra missions and side quests, there certainly is a lot of replay potential to this title. However, it seems that all these great aspects are not enough to pull it past its glaring graphical issues. If this title had been left in development just a little longer, then it might have been one of the best RPGs of the current generation. But as it stands, The Last Remnant is a great RPG that is buried under broken graphics and long load times.
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I was playing a lit bit with Script# and I have some thoughts that I wanna share you. ( If you have no idea about what Script# is then you can read this post "Script#: C# to Javascript converter[^] ". ) I know that Script# is a great framework but it might not be right for all ASP.NET developers. The reason is that there are a few things which are not so convenience for me while I'm using Script#. But I don't want to say that this framework is not for you. maybe, you might like it. In fact, I will give some facts that I've learnt about Script#. You decide whether Script# is right for you or not.
- Script#'s features
- Writing the object-oriented code with Script#
- Tools for generating the documentation and compressing the sourcecode
- What we meant by Script# as a C# to Javascript Converter is ~
- Script# as a new language
- Debugging problem in Script#
- Script# is not from Microsoft
- Script# is not Opensource
- Using the thirt-party Javascript library in Script#
- Script# for ASP.NET Ajax developers and Vista Gadget developers
1. Script#'s features
Script# supports the compile-time checking, intelliSense, class-viewer, reflection and etc. It helps you not to have any typo-errors (e.g. calling foo'() instead of foo(); foo(arg1, arg2) instead of foo(arg1); ) that the most of Javascript developers used to make. So, the benefit of using Script# is that it will improve your productivity.
Fig: intelliSense
Fig: Tooltip
Fig: Compile-time validation
2. Writing the object-oriented code with Script#
Writing the object-oriented Javascript become so easy with Script#. As you know, writing the object-oriented code in Javascript and C# are quite different. If you are not so familiar with Javascript, you probably need to find the reference when you need to write the code with object-oriented concept. Now, it's over. You can just write the object-oriented code in C# and Script# will convert this code to the object-oriented Javascript code.
3. Tools for generating the documentation and compressing the sourcecode
If you are using Script#, you won't need any third-party tool (e.g. JSDoc, Javascript Compressor) for generating the documentation or compressing your javascript library. Script# already has the build-in feature for that purpose.
4. What we meant by Script# as a C# to Javascript Converter is ~
This is very important thing you need to understand before you start learning about Script#. As I said in my previous article, Script# is able to convert the C# code to Javascript. But it doesn't mean that it can convert all C# code that you wrote in winform or webform. In order to convert the C# to Javascript via Script#, you have to write the Script#-specific code in C# then those codes will be converted to Javascript…
5. Script# as a new language
The syntax of Script# is not so similiar to the Javascript's syntax. So, I feel like learning a new language to write the Javascript. Another problem is that it is so hard to find the equivalent syntax in Script#.
For example: How to access 'document' of created DOMElement??[^]
In Javascript,
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe"); var doc = iframe.contentWindow.document;
In Script#,
using System; using System.DHTML; using ScriptFX; using ScriptFX.UI; public class MyScriptlet { public static void Main(ScriptletArguments arguments) { DOMElement _iframe = Document.CreateElement("iframe"); DOMElementExt contentWindowElement = (DOMElementExt)_iframe.GetAttribute("contentWindow"); DOMElement doc = contentWindowElement.document; } } [IgnoreNamespace] [Imported] public class DOMElementExt : DOMElement { [IntrinsicProperty] public DOMElement document { get { return null; } } [IntrinsicProperty] public DOMElement body { get { return null; } } [IntrinsicProperty] public DOMElement src { get { return null; } } [IntrinsicProperty] public DOMElement firstChild { get { return null; } } }
If you look at both examples, you will understand how hard to find the equivalent syntax in Script#. It's okay if we can find the equivalent one. But what if Script# doesn't support something that can be done with Javascript?
6. Debugging problem in Script#
Script# does support the compile-time validation but the problem is that you won't be able to debug the C# code that you wrote. Instead, you will have to debug the Javascript code that generate by Script#. I think that it is the big issue for web developer. I don't feel comfortable to debug those generated code.
7. Script# is not from Microsoft
Script# is not developed by Microsoft while the GWT is developed by Google. It has too much differences. Even thought Nikhil is an architect from Microsoft, Script# is just one of his pet projects.. So, I don't think that he is gonna support his pet project all the time.. And I'm not so sure that Nikhil will add more features to this project or not..
8. Script# is not Opensource
Script# is not an opensource project. Actually, it's absolutely okay for me to use the non-opensource projects (I've been using the Visual Studio since long long ago.) but there should be a group of people who are supporting this project, right? What if we need the bug-fixed?
9. Using the thirt-party Javascript library in Script#
10. Script# for ASP.NET Ajax developers and Vista Gadget developers
I think that Script# might be good for ASP.NET Ajax developers and Vista Gadget developers. As I'm not very familiar with those things, I'm not able to cover about this. I need your contributes for this fact.
Okay That's all from my side. Feel free to let me know if you have any thought or comment. Thanks.


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Batelco gold sponsor for Capacity ME 2013
Manama, February 26, 2013
Batelco, Bahrain's leading integrated communications provider, has announced its gold sponsorship of Capacity Middle East 2013 which will be held in Dubai from March 4 to 6.
Rashid Abdulla, the company's chief executive who will be accompanied by Batelco general manager of enterprise division, Adel Al Daylami; and a number of its senior management team, will be a speaker at the event.
Capacity Conferences hold a series of events around the globe annually, focused on building a mutual platform for bringing telecom companies together. These unique events provide extensive networking opportunities, enabling attendees to meet the decision makers from local, regional and international carriers and service providers, a statement from Batelco said.
High-quality, extensively researched programmes ensure that participants have access to compelling content that will benefit their businesses. The event provides the optimum forum to make new business connections and identify profitable growth opportunities, the statement said.
"Batelco is keen to emphasise its position on the global telecom map, and sponsoring and attending such prestigious events helps to achieve this objective," Abdulla said. "Such occasions provide good opportunities for us to keep up to date with current trends and meet with our partners to discuss ways to enhance our business operations." – TradeArabia News Service


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In India Thai food can be tried in almost all cities. But there are also specialized restaurants which offer authentic Thai food. Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore are the cities which have several restaurants that serve Thai food in keeping with the ongoing food trend. The restaurants have chefs who are well trained in Thai cooking. Some of the restaurants also have chefs from Thailand so that the customers can experience the true taste of Thailand. Some of the common recipes like Fish cake, beef and pumpkin stir fry curry, steamed dumplings and Pad Thai have already become popular among the Indian people and have become a regular part of their diet.
There are a few ingredients that make my beef stew scrumptious enough to come back to time and time again. How did I come across these ingredients? They were definitely not handed to me from an all natural, gluten-free recipe box. This one required blood, sweat, and tears. Countless failed recipes and years of trying to experiment finally produced this mouthwatering recipe.
Once the beef and pumpkin curry strips are about halfway done, add the onions and peppers. Once they are also halfway done, add the mushrooms. Allow everything to cook, stirring frequently, until the beef is just about cooked through.
Basic quinoa recipe is the easiest technique that you can try on. Dispense water beef and pumpkin stir fry quinoa into a pot and allow it to simmer. It will probably take about fifteen minutes. A change in quinoa's color from white to translucent will tell you that it is already done.
The problem is we fall into the trap of believing our routine MUST be followed, not by conscious choice but because we are creatures of habit. Here are a few simple tips to follow, you don't need to follow them all but if you follow one or two and DEDICATE yourself to following these tips 100% you WILL start to see results, not only on the scale but in the mirror!! From there you can implement some extra tips in your own time as you feel comfortable to do so.
Once your humble home is cleaner than the beef casserole red wine featured on the cover of House Beautiful Magazine, you will need to wash all those dirty rags. Try waiting until you have a large load of cleaning towels to do, to save energy. The next time you need to buy a washing machine, consider getting one of the large capacity front loaders. They use a lot less water and can do much bigger loads.


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Frances Jakubek
Frances Jakubek — Last Night
Last night, every thing was moved out of the home I thought our family would have forever; so I raced through the backroads of Connecticut to spend the few final hours there. Once back in my own space, the project evolved into photographing tools I've inherited from my grandfather and realizing quickly I was never taught how to use many of them. I began to play and make images with the sharp objects and they progressively became instruments of expressed sexuality in place of utility. Questions surfaced like whether my desire to keep the house was a territorial reaction and fear of losing a family history or if it was uncertainty in the safety of starting my own.
Born in the woods of Connecticut and grown in Boston, Frances Jakubek is a visual artist exploring photographic media to understand an ever-changing visual language. She currently works as the Associate Director and Associate Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA. She resides in Cambridge exploring new ideas and urging those to ask questions…and answer with more.


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I love making treat gifts with this bag. Click here to see a past post on how I create a stand up bag with a flat bag. It was my daughter Victoria's 13th Birthday this past weekend and we went out for breakfast together at our favorite joint. Of course, the "tip" always has to be … [Read more...] about A fresh Treat Bag
Punch Art-A Bunny Candy Box
How about a little Easter treat idea. I have always enjoyed punch art and decided on a very simple idea. I'm only using 3 punches, a Pom Pom tail, a sponge and ink to create the bunny. First, peal off the plastic wrap that surrounds the clear box. This protects them … [Read more...] about Punch Art-A Bunny Candy Box
Simple. Cute. Easy.
Finally, a stamp set that is just cute on it's own or adding a pop of color. I am playing with the Sale-A-Bration stamp set-Party Pandas. Once you start stamping, you can't stop. I made these super quick. I used the small note cards with envelopes which are quick and easy to use. … [Read more...] about Simple. Cute. Easy.
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Last Thursday, my daughters had their Halloween celebration at school. I no longer give treats to Victoria's 7th grade class, but I still do for Addie, who is in 4th grade. I fixed up the goodie bags with Black Card Stock, Yellow circle Card Stock and the Awesome Cat punch. I … [Read more...] about Super Quick Halloween Treats
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I have been busy putting Catalog packets together for customers who have purchased Online from me in the last 6 Months and in person. I'm using New stamps, punch, In-color Berry Burst ribbon, C.S., Tranquil Tide ink and C.S. I used our new watercolor pencils-so amazing and very … [Read more...] about Another sneak peek
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Last month, I received an extra stamp set with my Paper Pumpkin subscription. It was a fun Thank You from Stampin' Up for sending out the one millionth kit!! That's a Whoo Hoo! This set is exclusive to all Current Paper Pumpkin Subscribers. I just recently broke it out and played … [Read more...] about All about Everything
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I will admit, I hear someone yell "Ice Cream", and I immediately hear-Eddie Murphy Scream it in my head. Always!!! (Thanks Eddie!!!!) Do you remember that Ice Cream bit? Loved listening to his early comedic days right out of Saturday Night Live. But, I digress, back to Ice … [Read more...] about Ice Cream, Ice Cream!
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Just like the statement says-good things ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. I don't know about you but I believe THAT to be the truth. I love this new stamp set. It's one of those that has great sayings and a really Nifty flower. I embossed this flower in Gold on Shimmery White paper and … [Read more...] about Good Things
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VOTE: support Las Cruces creative community
Please help and support one of our NMSU alumni, Lea Wise-Surguy's community project. She is working really hard on creating a community based creative workspace in Las Cruces! She is a $250,000 artplace award winner for community project and continue to seek funding. Currently, she is seeking funding from USA Today for up to $100,000…
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Steven Randal
Steven Randall Lecture: 5:30 PM Tuesday, March 28, 2017 location HSS 101 http://www.stevenrandallstudio.com/ Steven Randall is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, photography and installation. Within a culture of feverish consumption and retinal impatience his work examines the relationship between consumer, commodity, and transformation. He has shown in various exhibitions at The Page Bond Gallery…
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Bree Lamb
Bree Lamb, our visiting professor in photo is having a workshop. DACC East Mesa Campus Digital Media Building Room 101 Tuesday 3/14 – 6-9PM Thursday 3/16 – 6-9PM Saturday 3/18 – 9-330PM 1 credit class CRN #35033 CMT 276 – Lightroom In this 3-day workshop, we will make a thorough examination into all aspects…
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Michele Abeles
Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Michele Abeles Michele Abeles received an MFA in photography from Yale University. Her work will be on view at the 12th Biennale de Lyon and the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel and has been featured in exhibitions includes: Sculpture Center; White Columns; and MoMA PS1, in New York. Lecture: 5:30 PM Tuesday,March 14,…
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Visiting Artist Lecture Series SPRING 2017
Michelle Abeles Lecture on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 5:30pm, Location HSS 101 Workshop on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 11:30-2:00pm, D.W.Williams Hall Annex Room 118 Steve Randall Lecture on Tuesday, March 28, 5:30pm, Location HSS101 Shanti Grumble Lecture on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 5:30pm, Location HSS101 VA2017_SP
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Victor Beckmann, a graduate student currently pursuing his MFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in Metalsmithing, will be showing his work this summer at the Society for North American Goldsmiths annual conference in New Orleans. His work was selected from a national pool of applicants to be part of one of the main events…
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Spring 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Department of Art at New Mexico State University is please to announce our up coming visiting artist in Spring 2017! Michelle Abeles (http://47canal.us/main.php?1=ma&2=pics) Lecture on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 5:30pm, Location TBA Workshop on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 11:30-2:00pm, D.W.Williams Hall Annex Room 118 Steven Randall (http://www.stevenrandallstudio.com/) Lecture on Tuesday, March 28, 5:30pm, Location TBA Shanti…
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Hrag Vartanian
Visiting Artist: Hrag Vartanian Talk: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m. NMSU, HSS Auditorium, Room 101 Free admission Workshop: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2-4 p.m. NMSU, D.W. Williams Hall, Room 219 Free admission Please join the Department of Art for a rare opportunity to attend an engaging talk and/or participate in a workshop held by writer and curator Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic, an renowned online publication created in response to the…
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Ryan McNamara
Lecture: 6:00 PM Wednesday, October 19, 2016 HSS 101 College of Health and Social Services Workshop: 9:00-11:00 AM Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Room 212 Department of Art (D.W. Williams Hall) Participants will need to bring: 1. Either a piece of your art work or an image of the work. It should be finished recently. 2. Three…
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Motoko Furuhashi
Contact: Stephanie N. Abdon, Education Curator, Las Cruces Museum of Art Phone: 575.541.2217 Date: September 26, 2016 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Artist and Educator Motoko Furuhashi to Present at the Las Cruces Museum of Art Local artist and professor Motoko Furuhashi will speak about her current work, which highlights the stress between the geometry of manmade objects and…
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