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Around the NPB Horn: Fighters Name Takeshi Shimazaki Ichi-gun Pitching Coach
by Gen on Jan.26, 2010 @ 1:48 am, under NPB
Chunichi Dragons
...Masahiro Araki worked out at Nagoya Stadium on Monday and even took some grounders from Chicago Cub Kosuke Fukudome in the indoor training facilities. Araki also spent about 20 minutes in the batting cages as well.
Joint mini camp at Nagoya Stadium ended today. Most of the player will now head to Okinawa for final preparations before Spring camp.
...Kenichi Nakata tossed a 45-pitch bullpen session on Monday. It was his second bullpen session since he started working out at the joint mini camp on the 23rd.
Hiroshima Carp
...Kenta Kurihara returned from his training in Arizona on Sunday and was already at Mazda Stadium on Monday working out. He told reporters that he wanted to get his body moving in order to get over the jet lag and kept his workouts light.
Kurihara apparently lost about 2kg during his training in Arizona.
...A total 26 players took part in the first day of mini camp in Okinawa on Monday. After the entire team warmed-up together, they separated into groups of pitchers and fielder for workouts. Due to the rain, fielders spent most of their time in the batting cages.
Nippon Ham Fighters
...The Fighters announced on Monday that Ni-gun pitching coach Takeshi Shimazaki will become the team's new Ichi-gun pitching coach. The open Ni-gun pitching coach position will be filled by BP pitcher Hiroyuki Sekine.
Orix Buffaloes
...So Taguchi took part in his first official team function on Monday -- the taking of the team picture.
Softbank Hawks
...Nagisa Arakaki held his first bullpen session of the year on Monday and tossed 23 pitches.
It was also the first time Arakaki pitched in about a month. He told reporters he felt good and the session went according to plan.
Yomiuri Giants
...Michihiro Ogaswara worked out in Miyazaki City on Monday. He told reporters that he was feeling great and that he's more or less ready for Spring camp.


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In the end, the "buy the cow" argument won and I bought the figurine and went home to write. It seemed obvious to me, that this cow would be connected to the "Hey Diddle Diddle" rhyme, and a cow that heard the rhyme would want to try and jump over the moon too. Rhyme was the logical choice since it was associated with a nursery rhyme, and rhyme would be a great way to infuse the story with a rollicking rhythm of gallant, galloping cow.
Two years later, much to my delight, I held up my little statuette when I spoke at SCBWI's Beyond the Bay Series last November and told them about my upcoming rhyming picture book Cindy Moo.

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Visitors to Gaular mountain, located on the western coast of Norway, will now be able to enjoy a whole new perception of the surrounding environment by checking out a new viewing platform created by Code Arkitektur studio.
Dubbed 'Utsikten' or 'the view', this concrete viewing platform is fitted with raised corners, with the end result being that each section offers a different perspective of the region. The platform itself measures 80 centimeters in thickness, and allows viewers a place to rest while they slowly roam around to take in the scenery from different vantage points. The platform is designed to be eye-catching but also respect the appearance of the surrounding landscape.
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Hello lovelies,
Tonight I am bringing you a quick run down of my top 5 favourite audiobook that I have read so far. I feel like that is an important distinction, as I haven't read that many overall!
There is currently 40% off all books at audible, so if you're not into audiobooks, now might be a great time to start, especially with one free audiobook to get you started!
Now on to the books!
First up!
Narrator: Wil Wheaton.
This book is set in the near future, when a flu-like virus has left millions of individuals with locked in syndrome, many solutions have been devised in order for those affected to go about every day life, one of the most common being "threeps"; android bodies that individuals can control using their mind. The story follows Chris who uses a "threep" and is on his first day of his new job as a police officer. What follows is a hell of a first week...
I enjoyed this for so many reasons. It was the first book to introduce me to John Scalzi, and the first science fiction book I finished, for that I will be forever grateful. I think this works well as an audiobook a) because of Wil Wheaton's brilliant narration and b) because it plays out like an episode of CSI (which btw I love).
Also, I love how the character's gender is non-specified which I didn't realise until after I read it and someone pointed it out on twitter!
There is something for fans of crime, thriller and sci-fi here!
Narrator: Wil Wheaton
This book is about an alien coming to earth, looking for an agent to help introduce the new alien race to all of humankind. What follows is a hilarious and heartfelt story between a dog-shaped alien and a mediocre agent.
I enjoyed this because of course, as already discussed, Wil Wheaton is one hell of a narrator, but this story is also just REALLY bloody funny. I loved how it was also had some heart felt messages and cuteness though, I've decided it (like Lock In actually!) is a new genre I like to call urban sci-fi! Is this already a thing? if not it should be, I want to read more!
Looking for something light hearted with a twist? This is definitely for you!
Narrator: Felicia Day
This book is basically a mix of autobiography and words of wisdom for a wonderful geek girl boss.
I didn't know much of Felicia going in, but that definitely wasn't a problem which I enjoyed, too many autobiographies rely heavily on you knowing them already. I found this laugh out loud funny (a rarity for me) which was definitely down to Felicia's awesome delivery.
For geeks, girls and anyone needing a good laugh!
Narrator: James Marsters
The Dresden Files is fantasy series focusing on the wizard detective Harry Dresden, and his life with fae, werewolves, vampires and gangs in Chicago. Basically awesome urban fantasy.
First of all let's address that James Marster is Spike from Buffy, how awesome is that?! Now let's address how amazing a narrator he is. HE REALLY IS! James Marsters is 100% Harry in my mind. Originally this series was introduced to me as an adult Harry Potter, which I didn't get at first, but now I've read 13 (of the 15 available in the series so far!) I can totally understand why people say that, and I'm totally on board!
Fans of urban fantasy will love this, would be great for anyone new to the genre too!
Narrator: Michael Kramer
I should be clear this is the first in a trilogy and as yet I have not read the other two, so here I am only speaking for this book. This book is based after "the dark lord" has won, and taken over the kingdom. This first book follows two main characters, Kel and Vin, as they join together and try to come up with a plan to overthrow the dark lords regime.
This is not one of my favourite books, but I do think it is a fantastic audiobook. It is 26 hours long, and I read it over the course of several weeks, which I think really worked, as the characters were on a journey, and it really felt as if I was right along with them. It took me a while to get into Michael's narration, but I think he did start putting in more emphasis as he went along, and I think his style of narration is perfect for this series.
Perfect for fans of epic fantasy and epic world building, and a good one to listen to if (like me) you struggle physically reading epic fantasy!
And that's all folks! Have you read any of these? Love 'em? Hate 'em? Let me know below! Also, I would absolutely love you long time, if you gave me audiobook recommendations, as I mentioned I've only recently got into them and I'm finding I'm really picky!


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They're very familiar sights, especially if you live in the Delmar / Elsmere / Slingerlands area. Several railroad bridges from the old Delaware and Hudson Railroad, spanning a network of nine miles of rail track from Albany to Voorheesville. That stretch of rail line can no longer hold rail traffic; the bridges are just a reminder of a bygone era. The tracks – which span from the Port of Albany over the Normans Kill, and through the Helderbergs – were abandoned by the D&H's parent company, Canadian Pacific. While these bridges are nice to photograph, and kind of cool to drive under, they – and the rail line they carried – need a new life.
In fact, yesterday I went out to Slingerlands, in plans to photograph the bridge you see above (the D&H bridge over New Scotland Road), and for a moment I thought about trying to photograph a panoramic shot from the railroad tracks itself. After parking my car at the Toll Gate Ice Cream restaurant, I walked a few feet over to the snowy banks of the railroad tracks. The rails were unused and coated in snow and broken tree branches and animal droppings. On the bridge was a sign informing trespassers that Canadian Pacific Railrway will prosecute. I packed my camera and went back to my car. It wasn't worth the trouble today.
Currently there are plans in place to turn the abandoned railroad span into something else – enter the "Albany County Rail Trail Project." This project will convert the rail span into a bike and hiking path – an unobstructed and beautiful nine-mile walkway of the Capital District. Originally the rail trail would have stretched from Albany to Schenectady over what was then a closed CP Rail line, but CP Rail re-acquired the parcel and put a kibosh on the project. Then, CP Rail shut down the 9-mile stretch from Albany to Voorheesville, and the County of Albany acquired the parcel for conversion into a rail trail.
Another organization, the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, has organized "Friends of the Rail Trail (FORT)", where volunteers can spread the word about the Rail Trail project. In fact, FORT is a combination of three different volunteer organizations dedicated to the Rail Trail project, including the Tri-Village Greenway Committee of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, Citizens for an Albany Rail Trail (CART), and the Friends of the D&H Rail Trail.
It's going to take a while to convert these rails into a walking and cycling track, not to mention repairs and safety issues for the bridges, as well as putting in the ability, should the need ever arise, for the trail to be used for light rail or industrial rail in the future – and even until then, the rail line is still owned by CP Rail, and walking it today would constitute trespassing. But once it's done, I can imagine it being used for bicycling, for jogging and hiking, for cross-country skiing in the winter, and for photography year-round (oh man I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to get some panoramic shots if the trail extends through the Normans Kill).
But until then, I'll just have to take these photographs from ground level.


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New Delhi: Confined to wheelchair due to paralysis, Deepa Malik, who found a place in the Limca Book of Records for the third time recently for becoming the first paraplegic woman to reach world`s highest motorable road, has set her eyes on a medal in the upcoming London Paralympics.
Paralysed below chest because of three repeated spinal cord tumor surgeries resulting in 183 stitches on the upper spinal column, Malik (42) refused to give in to her physical limitations and undertook a journey to the world`s highest motorable road in Khardung La, in her customised Tata Safari car, making it the highest raid by a paraplegic woman.
With an elevation of 5,359 metre Khardung La, which is located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, is one of the highest mountain passes in the world.
A senior official of Limca Book of Records, Arthy Muthanna Singh, spoke high about the indomitable courage of the woman.
Starting from Delhi, she along with co-driver Prateek Gahlaut, crossed nine high passes including difficult Zozilla pass, Changla pass, Khardung La pass, Tanglala pass, Nakeela pass, La Chungla pass, Baralacha La pass and the famous Rohtang pass enroute 3,000 km journey in 10 days.
What makes Deepa`s records even more extraordinary is that she has no bladder or bowel control and has no sensation in her body below chest level. She neither has the torso balance and only half her lungs inflate.
"Life is not over...disability is only a state of mind," she said.


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Toward a New Aesthetic: Winning and Losing the Object
The advance of history is (and always has been) intertwined with technology, and as much as new developments in technology and materials have driven aesthetic consideration, the objects one finds in galleries and museums would often not seem out of place in exhibitions from another century. Even as technology has made aesthetic advances possible[1], scholarship has often ignored the material art is made of. New technologies have been slow to find acceptance, if not by artists, then by the structures that guard and perpetuate the canon. It is no small irony then that the most profound innovation in technology has removed the necessity of the object altogether. Just a few years ago it seemed that discussion of the New Aesthetic was everywhere, but whether it was art or design or engineering or history was an open question that fit into the shifting projects found in the hacking culture of digital freelancers and start-ups much more easily than it did for art. Its history[2] is a strange collection digital epiphany and tech curiosities that are difficult to reconcile into a broader aesthetic movement, but nonetheless have managed to focus ideas about the employment of digital media to create art.[3] While digital art already existed[4], the framework of the New Aesthetic is important as the first digitally based aesthetic movement to gain mainstream traction. It posits an aesthetic framework (an "ism" if you like) that goes beyond mere tools of production to aesthetics, theory, and philosophy.
My own consideration of what the digital might bring to art started over beer, and with Greg Borenstein pounding on a bar table declaring that New Aesthetic and new media "would win."[5] As a painter I am by definition invested in one of the oldest of technologies, and with the curious case of Wade Guyton's exhibition at the Whitney Museum[6] freshly opened at the time I was very curious as to what "winning" would mean. Left unstated was the time table for the conflict and the ultimate terms of art's surrender, but when one considers a more nuanced approach to the consumption of media and assimilation of technology, the definition of "victory" is likely to be more glitch-gray than black and white.
For the New Aesthetic to function as an aesthetic description or foundation for the production of art, as opposed to just a broad description of the interaction between culture and technology, it must define a framework that affects human understanding and consciousness at a deep level.[7] Quirks of technology are easily assimilated and then forgotten or ignored; too often descriptions of the New Aesthetic resorted to an engagement with novelty[8] rather than attempting to assess the primary kernel of its import. Bridle posits the possibilities of an omnipresent digital network as a scaffold on which to frame and (more importantly) construct human interactions as what is fundamentally 'new' in the New Aesthetic[9] and this rings true; the evolution of digital networks stands as a shift that may define the transition of one epoch of history to another.[10] It also separates genuinely new ideas from the general explosion of technological advancement[11]: the network (as posited by Bridle) allows for a near infinite speed of transmission and dissemination of data that effectively reduces distances to zero[12], but a mere glitch in a scanned photo or rendered map is not effectively new[13]; robotics and drones allow for the application of work and force by means of data transmission, but machine vision is merely a further extension of previous augmentation of human sight.[14] There will always be endeavors that overlap classifications and defy any set boundaries, but making the effort at taxonomy is a first step in placing the New Aesthetic in a historical framework.
Charting the New Aesthetic's course from nascent network to digital aesthetic reveals a narrative that mirrors the interaction between photography and the emergence of Modernism. This may be surprising given the New Aesthetic's emergence in the post-modern, digital era, but it has roots in the photograph's mechanical expression of vision.[15] Photography was present at and arguably drove the birth of Modernism by assuming[16] the burden of everyday representation from painting. Likewise, the Arpanet was coming on line as the Minimalists and Conceptualists zeroed out the trajectory of the Modernist narrative. Where the Modernist artwork slowly reduced aesthetic investigation to pure form at the hands of a singular genius[17], the networked Postmodern art object grows out of a multiplicity of viewpoints and historical narratives; feminism, multiculturalism, and the histories of different geographic centers allow for the realignment of aesthetic ideas just as packets of data are switched around the network and reassembled into a useable whole. The restructuring of the pathways of interpretation away from a direct circuit is analogous to the (also Postmodern) theory that posits a shift of privilege in which the reader's primacy in interpretation (and thus creation) of a work becomes paramount. Meaning emerges from the interconnectedness and interaction of the nodes in the network, i.e. the audience, instead of being dictated from on high by the artist. The ramifications for the artwork have been appropriately manifold, but the sea change lies in the relationship between the production of the work and how it is ultimately seen. A hallmark of digital technology in general, and the New Aesthetic specifically, is the possibility of near limitless[18] distribution via digital transmission and (one would eventually assume) production. However an object that is limitless is also by definition common, and therefore working outside the economic strictures of a unique object that propels the current art market. It would be foolish for those building fortunes within the art world to assume that their sale of a unique object will save them from digital encroachment on their business model. The limitations are essentially only of bandwidth; Hollywood movie studios should have seen the threat posed by the digital transfer of content coming as soon as it started to affect the record industry. As the underpinnings of photography's false scarcity are challenged, the idea of an object that can be instantly copied via a suitable amount of code and an appropriately complex 3-D printer[19] has the potential to turn the concept of unique work of art into a forensic exercise rather than a matter for discerning connoisseurship. This should not be seen as a giant and unimaginable leap; artistic practice is already often turned over to assistants and fabricators, and non-unique works can easily set auction records.[20] The only question is if the change in methods of production will ultimately change the channels of distribution or if the entrenched interests of the market will assimilate new avenues proposed by advances in technology.
Historical precedent follows from art's service as a tool of communication prior to the elevation of the status of the artist in the Renaissance. Church decorations to instruct and cow the faithful serve the same purpose as works by contemporary art, if a different master. Even as images were usurped by text and printing[21] for basic communication, art maintained a utility for conveying ideas to mass audiences. The history of church decoration gave way to traditions of mural painting, and the ingrained century's old value of art to a mass audience evolved as the artists themselves supplied themes and direction. The Bauhaus took the evolution a step forward by incorporating industrial production as a theoretical vehicle to reach the masses; that the Bauhaus had a much more holistic view of the potential for integration of diverse media into a cultural movement set a precedent for the rise of the New Aesthetic, as does the fact that both movements feature many designers among their ranks.
A closer antecedent to the potential for the use of industrial fabrication by individual artists can be found in the work of Donald Judd and the Minimalists. Not only did they work with 'off the shelf' components of commonly available industrial materials and hardware[22], they were able to operate at a remove as they were able to fabricate their work via plans that could be sent by telegram or placed by simple phone call.[23] Those plans can be seen as Paleolithic versions of the code that will underlie (near) infinitely (re)producible 3-D printed artworks. The mature work of the artists associated with Minimalism brought sculpture to the same ground photography already occupied; the sculpture was no longer an object consisting of specific materials skillfully manipulated by the hand of the artist, rather it became possible to read the necessity of the object as the result of the execution of instructions, plans, or code. Born of common industrial materials, the existence as a set of basic instructions also allowed for the possibility of peculiar manipulations of time and space, with the artwork able to exist or not as needed, to be transmitted easily from place to place, or even to exist simultaneously in two places at once.[24] That the Minimalists recoiled from any of the inherent possibilities their practice opened up ties them to the terminus of Modernism and its exaltation of the singular object, and instead left it to the Conceptual artists that followed closely on their heels to inaugurate the Postmodern object within art. [25]
Where photography's restructuring of the expectations of how what is "real" really looks is one legacy, another more subtle adjustment lies in simultaneously replacing the artist's unique facture with a mechanical process that provides a seamless surface and infinitely repeatable image. The challenge was not only to aesthetic ideas and ideals, but to the market that distributed the images. The greater consequence of photography to the salon lay (and still lies) in the correlation of price to aesthetic value where the traditional signifiers of artistic scarcity have been removed. The technology associated with the New Aesthetic cannibalizes Modernist photography's claims to truth and reality[26] and throws its full weight behind digital, infinitely repeatable manufacture.
In looking at photography's past as the New Aesthetic's prologue it is important to note that art and its markets ultimately assimilated photography, and that photography hewed closer to the conventions of painting as commodity rather than effecting a dramatic change in the sale of images.[27] Whatever aid the emergence of photography provided to the birth of modernism, that project was ultimately carried forward within art by painting and the impressionists.[28] In the meantime photography was "ghettoized" as a medium for art, struggling for its technological application as documentation to not hinder its aesthetic potential; furthermore it is debatable if its novelty as collectible object was actually responsible for aesthetic prejudices against the medium.[29] Of course the market for art did not slow down during the interim of photography's growth and the salons evolved into the current gallery system. Even more fraught for the emergence of the New Aesthetic is that it has arrived on the scene as that system has metastasized along with current rapacious trends in capitalism into an arena where intellectual property is fiercely contested and the distribution of opportunity skews to the very top of the market. If there is a fight within art now, it is not over the aesthetics of the object, but its economics and status as commodity.
In the aftermath of the 1970's and conceptual art this approach to the art object has only been intermittently implemented. When subsequent movements or generations of artists have engaged with the possibilities inherent in such a "limitless" Postmodern object, they have mostly done so within the gallery system established by the art market. When Felix Gonzalez Torres radically undermined the uniqueness of the object, to the point of giving it away en masse, the artwork somehow remains collectible and valuable; the artists who drastically and most successfully challenged the limits of the art object now have blue chip representation. Art has maintained production and distribution systems that have not changed markedly, even as networked digital technologies have radically altered how most other cultural productions are made and consumed.[30] Despite the theoretical shift to Postmodernism, the production of the art object has largely remained stubbornly Modern: where the modernist artwork is defined by its position as a singular material expression of the artist's vision[31], the postmodern object decouples the static artwork from any specific material[32] and instead is (theoretically) free to be transmitted, copied, hacked, and recoded. The promise of the New Aesthetic is the marriage of the artwork with the network such that the artist's output[33] may become as simple, widespread, and easy as everything else that happens on a computer and across the internet.
In the face of such easy facility, with the continuing promise that it will only get easier, the central question (especially as it pertains to "winning") becomes will enough artists shift to these new materials so that the New Aesthetic becomes the dominate aesthetic? I believe that the greatest factor will be the internalization of these tools by artists, such that they are drawing with code as easily and naturally as they mark a flat surface. Where artists think in terms of process and material, they will continue to doggedly produce discrete things[34] and treat the computer in the studio as just another tool that aids in the making of paintings, photographs, and sculpture. The art market's ability to assimilate challenges to its hegemony[35] should not be underestimated; So long as artists are producing these things, the market has something to sell. This is a benefit to the artist[36] but it also ties art into the economic structure of capitalism, and compromises the potential of digital art and the New Aesthetic by reinforcing the economic status quo.[37]
As the first draft of art history turns more and more to promotion and discussions of sales figures and auction costs rather than aesthetic discourse, the work that is seen and discussed is work that can be sold and is selling. Perhaps instead of looking at this development in thought with scorn, writers, aestheticians, and theorists should consider if this development heralds a larger coming change in how art is made and distributed. The New Aesthetic has been popularized as the infrastructure of the network has been developed to accommodate global traffic, and that development has largely been driven by capitalist enterprise[38] so it only makes sense that as the population of artists continues to increase they will look for new avenues to show and exhibit their work.[39] The question for artists and the New Aesthetic is what sort of object are they putting on the pedestal, in the window, or on the screen? The emergence of the network portends that it may not be the same as what we have all come to expect, but the inevitable change will mean how the work goes from artist to audience has been completely rethought.
[1] From the importance of tube paints to the development of Impressionism to synthetic polymers and acrylic making color field painting technically feasible, art history tends to favor aesthetic discussions of a philosophical bent.
[2] The name comes from a Tumblr started by James Bridle and blew up with Bruce Sterling's article for Wired discussing a SXSW panel. If you start following the links you'll find Bridle's essay on the same panel and can work your way back through discussions by Joanne McNeil, Ben Terrett, Aaron Straup Cope and Russel Davies that smartly dovetail the New Aesthetic with broader digital concerns in a variety of media and contexts.
[3] After 2 years since its heyday we can see Doug Aitken's 'Station to Station' project linked to Bridle's terminology, and as that project winds down the auction house Phillips de Pury has made the first foray into auctioning digital art. While the sums were small in relation to what normally constitutes the auction market, this sale represents a major step forward in digital art entering the mainstream art market.
[4] One can go back as far as Manfred Mohr's experiments with computer generated art. More recently terms like new media art and net art have been used to describe digitally based production. All of the terms seem more descriptive in describing the medium (i.e. akin to "painting" or "photography") rather than descriptive of a school of thought (i.e. "Abstract Expressionism" or "Minimalism").
[5] It is fun to think that artists can still get together and argue the way we imagine they did back in the days of the Cedar Tavern. In addition to Borenstein, the group included artists Kevin McCoy, John Powers, and William Powhida, as well as Joanne McNeil of Rhizome and Bridle himself.
[6] And seemingly caused no small amount of consternation in the digital arts community. Much of the rancor seemed to stem from the assumption that Guyton was an electronic or digital artist who was poorly representing his roots and concerns. However Guyton's work comes out of a conceptual reaction to painting, and his relation to the technology he employs is much more akin to prior generations' use (and abuse) of screen printing and other basic tools of mass production; his employment of digital tools is merely a matter of utility.
[7] This may be as close as I ever get to trying to pin down and define the amorphous and variable production that gets labeled as "art." On one hand this definition feels so incredibly weighty that almost any individual work would not be able to support it, and in that regard it should be pointed out that this applies more to movements consisting of many artists working simultaneously within a single cultural context; on the other hand this definition probably applies to the '80s Neo-expressionist painters, so maybe it's not such a high bar after all.
[8] For instance, the aestheticization of the glitch is hardly new. Richter and Ruff's respective smears have entered the canon, and rely only on the language of abstraction to raise it beyond a mere error in representation. The revolutionary aspect of misregistrations in digital representations of real space lies not in the error, but in the existence of the underlying system that makes digital mapping and transcription possible in the first place.
[9] One could argue that these interactions go further and facilitate the beginnings of human ‑ machine interactions, but I think that this ascribes a consciousness that is lacking in our silicon counterparts; Sterling is correct in pointing out that such descriptions are essentially fanciful, and obscure the greater focus on what emerging machine processes or "vision" might mean to human consciousness.
[10] The turn to the machine age was largely a measure of a definition of the increased capacity for work. I will leave the political implications of this to the remaining Marxists out there, and instead rely on (very) basic math to indicate the scale of the shift: where work is measured in horsepower, there is a huge transition in the amount of production, but not in the fundamental scale of the measures used. Simply put, a person riding a horse at 30 mph increased their speed tenfold, but the move to a steam locomotive only roughly doubled that (it's just that the train is now carrying over 100 people and a whole mess of heavy things, and is traveling hundreds of miles without stopping). We're still only looking at modest jumps in scale that human cognition can easily assimilate. The advent of digital networks shifts the definition of work to the generation and movement of information. In this regard we are seeing jumps in speed (microseconds) and mass/ volume (exabytes and beyond) that are vast orders of magnitude greater. The historical shift represented by the New Aesthetic can be compared to the difference between Galileo walking down the street in Pisa to the Space Shuttle entering orbit to fix the Hubble telescope.
[11] I would argue that this may be an effect of the New Aesthetic Tumblr being more of a search for possible ideas and observations than a tightly curated presentation of such.
[12] Consider how understanding of the recent events in the Egypt and the Middle East differ from previous, "non-networked" social and political events. Reporting is no longer filtered or shaped by media control, but is simultaneously diluted by the sheer volume of information available.
[13] Errors in transcription have been around as long as there has been writing. While these accidents may provide a sense of beauty or an uncanny alteration to how we perceive our interactions, they were supposed to be caught in whatever the contemporary equivalent of the proofing process was; I suspect the fact that we see more such glitches now is a result of the combination of ever greater output (of course facilitated by the digital utility of the network) and lower editorial standards (of which I and every other self-publisher who lack an editor beyond the software we use are probably guilty of).
[14] Corrective lenses and telescopes having been around for a very long time.
[15] Of course the other side of the New Aesthetic coin is the proliferation and distribution of language as text. This can be traced back at least to Gutenberg, and the transmission of art via printed copies in the form of etchings can be seen as a forerunner of the photographic distribution of multiple copies of the same image.
[16] Or usurping, depending on your point of view.
[17] One that was inevitably white and male.
[18] Any description of the limitless will bump into the technical definition of infinity very quickly, and my description of the 'limitless object' is not suggesting anything on a universal, or even galactic magnitude.
[19] Any new technology is always subject to severe limits of engineering that are practically wished away for raw potential. If a 3-D printer is analogous to an automobile, then consider what today's "model-T" versions will give way to within the next century.
[20] The difference between "5 unique versions" and an "edition of 5" strikes me as a minor difference aimed at collectors rather than artistic exploration of the differences between versions.
[21] Perhaps the first 'new aesthetic' revolution.
[22] Which is just another version of "infinitely reproducible", and also gives rise to the same problems that dogged photography as a medium.
[23] This had happened before, but Lázsló Moholy-Nagy's use of it was essentially only as a gimmick. Similarly Tony Smith was able to "phone in" Die, but it was really the only project that he did so (probably because the form was about as simple as possible). Judd was able to make his relation with his fabricators central to his practice but not foreground it in the art object as a concern or theme (say the way Jackson Pollock's process became central to his drip paintings once Hans Namuth's photographs of him working were released).
[24] See discussion of Count Gussipe Panza's interaction with Andre and Judd in 'The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art' by Martha Buskirk, MIT press. This treatment of the object leads to the possibility of the complete dematerialization of the object allowed for in conceptual art.
[25] Lawerence Weiner: "Statements" (1968).
1. The artist may construct the piece.
2. The piece may be fabricated.
3. The piece need not be built.
Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist, the decision as to the condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership.
[26] As the ubiquity of Photoshop renders the veracity of nearly every image as suspect, the mantle of objective "reality" once claimed by photography must now commonly be recognized as false.
[27] By adopting the conventions of the limited edition, the illusion of scarcity is preserved, even though the negatives of a print usually still exist and more images could be printed. It is a common practice that when such a (usually large scale) photograph is damaged, the conservation treatment is usually to simply reprint the image and then confirm the destruction of the damaged work so that the number of prints in the edition is maintained.
[28] Which when tied to the necessity of the development of tubed paint to Impressionism, is another example of the underlying influence of technology on art.
[29] It certainly did not help that the early limits of the technology severely limited formal options for expression. In this regard the story is the same for each new medium that comes along, and we've seen it play out similarly with film, video, sound art, and computer and net-based art. New pioneers begin working (or often more accurately, playing) with a technology, and try to find out just what it can do or how far it can be pushed before it starts to break down and exhibit interesting fissures or glitches that are unacceptable in commercial application. They may not even think of themselves as artists, and often their work disappears from view for not being recognized, collected, and cared for. Of course the same is true of painting, it is just that over 500 years of history has obscured the difficulties of moving from being part of the wall to a portable object, and the shift from guild-era craft to high art.
[30] Consider only what iTunes, Garage Band, digital cameras, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and e-readers have done to the market for music, TV, movies, books, and newspapers and magazines.
[31] A position that is subject to reinterpretation by advances in theory, understanding, or intellectual fashion (even if such revisions do not affect the production of the artwork).
[32] Performance and time-based work being a separate case; its temporal nature can only be experienced directly, and subsequent reference is only to the artifact, record, documentation, or memory. These may come to act as surrogates for the artwork, but bear a different indexical relationship to the common understanding of an art object that can be returned to as an unchanging entity. It is probably not a coincidence that art media where time played a central role began to fully emerge with the advent of Postmodernism.
[33] Call it work, production, practice, or transmission.
[34] Be it ever more complex productions that challenge architecture or feature films at the top of the market, or seeming small scale, ephemeral gestures that are none the less preserved at the bottom, these works still mostly fit easily into standard taxonomies of art practice.
[35] Where said hegemony used to be confined to the distribution of the artwork, it also now seems to be usurping the interpretation, criticism, and historical narrative of art. As the vast sums of money moving through the upper echelons of the "art world" have rendered interpretation irrelevant and criticism as beside the point (as such analysis does not have any effect on what is bought and sold), the market has begun to dictate what curators and museums preserve and exhibit (by virtue of the people doing the buying simultaneously pricing out said institutions and then turning around to lend or donate said works as members of the museum board), so artifact and scholarship wind up serving the market as well.
[36] Contrary to the romanticization of abject poverty, I have yet to meet an artist who prefers to go to a day job rather than being able to go to their studio.
[37] An artist I know produced an edition of three large scale digital prints of computer rendered imagery for an exhibition, and the gallery asked if she could paint or draw on each print, turning each into unique work. This would have completely compromised the aesthetic intent, removing the viewer's sense of engaging real life through a mediating electronic screen, and questioning the identities that we present both on-line and in the flesh. The seamless and un/hyper-real crispness of focus on the surface of the paper would've been completely disrupted by the addition of pencil or paint (and would have interacted poorly with the imagery in any case, likely looking just slapped on over the top), but the works would then have been unique, and more saleable at a higher price. I am happy to report those prints were shown unaltered, and unhappy to report that they are still rolled in the artist's studio.
[38] Think of the transition from Napster to iTunes, the expansion of Amazon.com into all facets of retail, or Hulu challenging network and cable television distribution.
[39] From Artsy to Amazon and Saatchi, and to smaller digital platforms like Paddle 8 or Artsicle, the network provides a much greater breadth of economic possibilities. Many of these players are working on lower rungs of the market, but this offers more possibilities to new or emerging artists. It also offers a greater ease of entry into the market for new collectors, which is a way to grow the audience for art outside of just the outsized ticket line for the next museum blockbuster.
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Hi Brian. Interesting post. I don't know if I was pounding on the table exactly, but if I was, I wasn't arguing that the New Aesthetic, in particular, would win, but that net-native forms of cultural distribution would. The point I've made is that the net is displacing other established venues for art distribution and funding. Kickstarter is bigger than the NEA. And, historically, the question of who sponsors art has an enormous effect on what art is. Art was very different when it was "funded" by tribal peers, religious institutions, and royal patrons that it was in the modern era when it's been funded by the market and (more recently) the international biennial system. I think the transition to internet-centric art funding will be a similar-sized change.
And, so far, internet-native artists have little regard for the long-running conversations that have been at the heart of art's interests for 500+ years. As someone with a background in art history, I think it would be a serious tragedy if the sustained explorations of perspective, space, narrative, power, image, etc. that have been at the heart of art in ever-evolving ways, were completely disrupted in favor of the pleasurable thrill of pop-cultural recognition and the trivial formalism I see in a lot of current digital art. And I say this as someone who considers himself (and many of his closest friends) a digital artist.
So, that's the "winning" I'm predicting and why I'm exorcised about it.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ryan Ellis scored twice, Pekka Rinne made 25 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Monday night.
Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Predators, who have won four of five. Craig Smith added two assists.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson had the lone goal and Mike Smith stopped 28 shots for Arizona, which has lost three straight.
Rinne was lightly tested in the first period, making just five saves, but the action picked up after that as the Finn made 11 saves in the second and nine in the third. His best sequence came midway through the second, when he denied two attempts by Josh Jooris and one by Jamie McGinn in an 11-second span.
Arvidsson scored the game's first goal five minutes into the second period.
Colin Wilson's shot from the slot was stopped by Mike Smith, but Christian Dvorak's clearing attempt ricocheted off Arvidsson's stick and over Mike Smith.
The goal was Arvidsson's 27th of the season. Arvidsson has goals in three consecutive games and at least one point in his last five.
Ellis doubled the Nashville lead at 16:44 of the second.
From the left point, Smith sent a pass to Ellis above the left faceoff circle where he beat Smith with a one-timer high to the glove side.
Ellis made it 3-0 at 6:35 of the third.
Craig Smith carried the puck into the Arizona zone and from near the right boards found Ellis at the right point, where he fired another one-timer by Mike Smith.
Ellis has 14 goals and 34 points this season, establishing a career best for the defenseman.
Ekman-Larsson's power-play goal at 16:05 of the third ended Rinne's shutout bid, but Nashville improved to 24-1-5 when leading after two periods.
NOTES: With the two assists, Smith now has 201 NHL points. ... Nashville has defeated the Coyotes six consecutive times at home. ... After spending all season to date in the AHL, Arizona D Zbynek Michalek appeared in his first NHL game of the season. ... The Coyotes are 5-12-0 against Central Division teams this season.
Coyotes: At the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
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Throughout this small story there was a recurring sense of depression which was then overshadowed by the jokes of Thomas. If there was a hard time that Victor was going through, Thomas was always taking an optimistic viewpoint. The theme that I was able to extract from this story was that taking an optimistic viewpoint or stance when there are troubling times will help you get through them.
The first display of this theme is when Victor is talking to Thomas in the Trading Post. When Victor asked how Thomas knew that his dad was dead, Thomas said that he had "heard it in the wind... had heard it from the birds and had felt it in the sunlight." Then he makes a comment that was meant to lighten the feeling of depression in Victor. He said, "Also, your mother was just in here crying." I get a sense that he said this sarcastically and that it was said with a purpose: to make Victor laugh.
The next instance in which this theme was displayed was when Victor had got in a fight with Thomas and Norma Many Horses stopped it. After it was over she asked him if he was okay, all he did was gave her a thumbs up. I think he had a smile on his face when he gave this reaction as if he were saying that it was okay. While this may not have been funny, it showed a sense of optimism in that he didn't frown, but showed a sign that portrayed the sense that everything was fine and he didn't need any help.
On the airplane there was a gymnast and Victor and Thomas were talking to her. At the beginning of the flight, Victor was portraying a mood of grumpiness,


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When you visit someone in their space, whether it is at work or play, do you look for clues to that person's personality in their choice of surroundings? Are they neat or messy? Are they barely keeping it together or do they spend an extraordinarily large amount of time at OfficeMart? Or do you notice at all?
I notice. (Big shock, right?)
I look to see if things are matchy-matchy or if there is any kind of theme at all.
What I most often find are unusual and unintended uses for regular items.
The subject today is the common office binder clip. I found this image on Wikipedia.
Although I don't use Wikipedia as a standard source of information,
I think we can all agree those are images of the standard binder clip
(and a battery for size purposes.)
They are found in a variety of sizes as you see here, as well as a variety of colors and patterns. That isn't the important part. What is really significant is the versatility of this simple office supply.
Sure it is great for holding paper together. It's easily applied, and just as easily adjusted or removed, and reapplied over and over again.
But what about its other office uses?
- Monitor-top "to do" list reminder – keeps you on task and starts the day off right.
- Replacement feet for keyboards – no one likes a keyboard that rocks.
- Bookmark – mark the place in that year-end report.
- Cell phone stand/iPod holder – so you can catch the highlights of last night's game… or check on whatever you need to check on.
- Extension cord organizers – you can clip them together so the boss doesn't trip coming in to see your presentation.
- Pants management for bikers – Clip those pants up while you bike back to the office since your won't be ready till tomorrow and the bicycle was all the garage had left for a loaner.
- Hanging Folder Stopper – This keeps your filing place while you take a coffee break.
- Labeled super-binder clips – Semi-quasi work related.
- Badge of Canadian Pride – If showing Canadian Pride is your thing.
- Finger workout/Stress relief – Let's face it! You have to get that workout in sometime, and they say every bit helps. This could actually be your most productive time of the day as you are finally multitasking… with the workout doubling as a stress relief, too.
- Desk sculptures – Sometimes the end of the day doesn't come quite soon enough.
- Cuff links– For the well-dressed business man who's just a little forgetful.
Cuff Link:
For the well-dressed business man
who's also a bit forgetful. (via)
Of course, these alternate uses do swing both ways-that is, either male or female-but it can also be home or office. Now let's take a look at these extra special ways you can use this office staple away from the office.
- Keep pacifiers off the floor
- Clothespins
- Clothing alterations
- Tablecloth anchor – At the park on blustery days
- Boot / shoe / scarf hangers– They hang great on peg board pegs – or simple nail. For scarves a push pin will do.
- Artwork hangers
- Photo Hangers
- Photographer's friend should actually be photographer's slave. The "clip" does all the work, doesn't get any credit or a paycheck
- Grocery cart shopping list reminder… just clip it to the inside end of your basket
- Food thermometer holder – my personal favorite
- Laundry machine lonely sock solution
- Wrapping paper organizer
- Chip Clip
Add a simple magnet and the uses soar out of control.
No matter where your day takes you… whether you are negotiating business deals or just kickin' back… next time you have the opportunity to observe a colleague, see if they play it by the book or off the cuff.


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Salmon Bagel Sandwich Stock Photo
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"Or as Marc Fintz, business development director of Davidovich Bakery in Queens and a fellow cream cheese curmudgeon, put it in an email: "A cream cheese portion should be a shmear. It should be enough to bring out the delicious taste of a traditionally cured bagel. It is a complement to the taste—NOT THE TASTE!".....
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Pakistani security forces have recovered a prominent academic four years after his abduction by the Taliban.
Officials say Ajmal Khan, vice chancellor of Islamia University, was rescued by Pakistani troops Thursday.
Khan told Dawn, a Pakistani newspaper, he was kidnapped by Pakistan's Tehreek-i-Taliban and he was not tortured while in their custody. He told the newspaper he spent most of his time in captivity reading and praying, and that he was kept in the Waziristan tribal region.
Khan was abducted in 2010 as he was going to work.
Pakistani officials said security forces have been trying to locate Khan since his abduction.
Pakistani troops are engaged in a counter-insurgency operation in North Waziristan, described by some as one of the biggest militant sanctuaries in the region.
Authorities say the offensive launched in June has killed more than 600 militants. The army has lost around 40 soldiers.


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For those who oppose life, you must have been hurt
those who embrace it, not knowing whats worse
I have an idea, oh, its just a thought
smile through when saddened, hurt or distraught.
Never compromise, sanitize as long as you give a try
life is a struggle and some never realize
what it is all about
so lets all shout and say
were never gonna take that anymore
I welcome whats in store.
so bring it on my friends and foes, as for me, I have places to see and to go to
never back it down and always keep your chin up
for life is life, enjoy it, like a new born pup
remembering it is over in that single blink
so when you read this I hope it made ya think.
I wish you happiness
For those who oppose life, you must have been hurt


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Karl Lagerfeld has unveiled his upcoming holiday makeup collection for Shu Uemura. The line features 17 pieces, including an eyelash curler, eyeshadows, and false eyelashes. [WWD]
Hermès has announced it is creating the outfits for the French Olympic equestrian team. [Vogue UK]
British designer Stella McCartney has unveiled a new sponsorship program for students of Central Saint Martins, funded by her eponymous company. McCartney was a graduate of the school. [Telegraph.co.uk]
Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio will participate in the handover of the Olympic Flag from London to Rio de Janeiro, the host of the next Summer Olympics. [Telegraph.co.uk]
Legendary British designer Vivienne Westwood is appearing in a new international campaign by the British government. [Vogue UK]
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Upon announcing the title for the upcoming solo Spider-Man film, Sony also unleashed the logo for said film–Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Typographically-speaking, this definitely feels like a throwback to classic Spider-Man comics, which in turn, really matches the youth of the character. Recent iterations of Spidey have been portrayed by grown men (albeit young looking ones). This time around Sony and Marvel cast 19-year-old Tom Holland whose adolescent looks and voice (not to mention his insane acrobatic skills) are a perfect match for the web slinger.
Spider-Man: Homecoming will be the first solo film for the character under the collaboration between Sony and Marvel (Walt Disney Co.), which is likely the inspiration for the title. The unprecedented deal states that while Sony maintains rights to all solo Spider-Man projects, the MCU is now able to include the character in all Avengers films. Holland's Spider-Man will appear onscreen for the first time in Captain America: Civil War, in theaters May 6.
Spider-Man: Homecoming will release July 7, 2017.
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|24 Aug 2009
Left 4 Dead DirectX crash
Just my bad luck - first CoD4 crashes with DirectX error and now Left 4 Dead does that too (those are unrelated problems as far as I can tell, but still)
Anyways, straight to the point: I get "Failed to lock index buffer in CMeshDX8::LockIndexBuffer" error right after intro movie starts. So far none of the solutions I found thanks to google worked so I was wondering if any of you nice people seen that problem. Or even better - solution.
Made me sad when two of my favourite games refused to work in freshly installed system
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|24 Aug 2009
OK, so I solved it finally. Nvidia drivers were the culprit, I had Forceware 190.38 from windows update, found newer ones on nvidia download - 190.62 WHQL. Exactly same problem on both. I went back to 185.85 and both games seem to work now.
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|24 Aug 2009
please refer to this post. it's a proven method of fixing most dx issues with Valve games on windows 7.
im glad you were able to work around your issue, and there may very well be a bug with L4D and the new nVidia drivers. but being that it is necessary to keep your drivers up to date, your fix, may also cause problems later on, with other programs.
hope it helps.
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|24 Aug 2009
Yeah, tried every launch mode that could be relevant, none helped Did some registry tricks for memory management that I found on steam forums, did not help either, directx was already updated to latest, disabled all apps that could be interfering etc. Actually downgrading graphics drivers was my last attempt, final resort you can say. From what I gathered there are some significant changes in 190.x series drivers architecture, probably the cause of the problem.
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|24 Aug 2009
it's possible that these newer drivers are geared more toward the 2xx cards. as they will probably replace the 8 & 9 series, pretty soon (too soon imo). i run the game on the 190.xx driver, but i game on XP (faster for me) ... hopefully they have a legitimate fix for this, i've read of such errors related to 8 & 9 series gpus recently.
well, in any case, have fun. (crash course is due in 2-3 weeks, i cant wait )
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Drawing from black books and archives, this museum display a selection of real crimes and vices from the times of Kutná Hora's "Silver Rush". You have the opportunity of seeing more than 50 unique exhibits in the one place of items used in torturing and punishing the accused. Also on display are paintings depicting the Hussite Wars (Hussite weapons) and a photographic exhibition of Kutná Hora. This is accompanied by background music set in an authentic environment.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
washi tape . . .
This is my card for the current challenge at Simon Says. And since the Paris clear set and the background flourish are old Hero Arts stamps, I will send it along to A Blog Named Hero also.
I have a tin of Cavellini tapes with a Paris theme (purchased from Simon Says) and I've used two of them on this card. I used a Sakura glitter pen to highlight the greeting and the tower. A corner punch and some tiny flower gems from Hero were also added.
Have a great day!
9 comments:
- Virginia L. said...
Absolutely stunning, Joy! I ADORE everything about this card! You have paired up the gorgeous stamped Eiffel Tower image with the Washi! AWESOME work!!
- January 21, 2013 at 9:29 AM
- Jingle said...
Very nice job with the challenge! Thanks so much for joining us over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!
- January 21, 2013 at 10:10 AM
- Cecilia Hsieh said...
Joy, I love the washi tape you've used on this card! Lovely!
- January 21, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- Maureen Morton said...
Ah, yes....the washi! Always a little tricky, eh? Love how you used it, so perfect with your french theme. J'adore!
- January 21, 2013 at 4:12 PM
- Robin K. said...
Love the collagey style of your card Joy!!! The washi tape really complements the style perfectly!!
- January 21, 2013 at 5:35 PM
- Theresa said...
Great use of the washi tape! Tres bien!
- January 22, 2013 at 6:26 AM
- cheiron said...
Wonderful use of washi. Love how you took such a modern product and made your card look perfectly vintage. Thanks for playing along with the Washi Tape Challenge over atthe Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog this week!
- January 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM
- Linda said...
tres, tres belle Joy!!
- January 22, 2013 at 11:56 AM
- Tina said...
Such a lovely collage card. Love the colors and how nicely you put all the elements together. Thanks for joining us at A Blog Named Hero.
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GREEN TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Mercy Health West Hospital welcomes their first patients on Sunday, November 10.
Mercy Health officially cut the ribbon October 15. The hospital features several new services not previously offered in the area, including a heart center, cancer center, family birth center, women's center and a comprehensive orthopaedic's program.
The first patients were transferred to Mercy Health West Hospital early Sunday morning around 7 a.m.
Around 70 patients were taken from the Mercy facilities in Mt. Airy and Western Hills to the new building in Green Township.
Signs along North Bend Road are welcoming the hospital to the area, too.
"This is the end of a long road of planning, but it really is just the beginning, or kind of a re-energizing of our mission of serving the community on the west side of Cincinnati," said Kelly Martin, Regional Director of Marketing and Communications for Mercy Health.
Sitting next to I-74, it's hard to miss. The 250-bed hospital sits on about 60 acres of land with a price tag around $260 million.
"A much-needed upgrade from the one here in Mt. Airy. It'll be nice, nice having it convenient and close," said Larry Russo, who lives in Monfort Heights.
Russo has spent his whole life in the area. He's not just happy about the hospital being so close. Though it's too early to tell its economic potential for the area, he says the hospital has already created a boom since breaking ground in 2010. He's eager to see that continue.
"I think it already has. Obviously, the construction that went on there, plus the jobs that it brought to the area for the construction. A lot of the restaurants and stores getting the influx of money," Russo told FOX19.
The good economic news could continue. Officials say they've heard about plans in the works for new restaurants coming to the area.
"That's really exciting for us. We want to be a good partner in every community that we're in. We really pride ourselves on being that engaged, supportive partner," Martin added.
As for the Mercy facilities in Mt. Airy and Western Hills, each will have a medical office building, and Western Hills will still have an emergency department among other things, for now.
As for the future of those two hospitals, a spokesperson for the hospital tells FOX19, "There are parties interested in the properties."
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Dota Allstars Cheat Codes: ------------ Submitted by: RM TenthLevelTaurenChieftain - Plays a special song (WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne ONLY) WarpTen - Speeds construction of buildings and units IocainePowder - Fast Death/Decay WhosYourDaddy - God mode KeyserSoze [amount] - Gives you X Gold LeafitToMe [amount] - Gives you X Lumber GreedIsGood [amount] - Gives you X Gold and Lumber PointBreak - Removes food limit ThereIsNoSpoon - Unlimited Mana TheDudeAbides - Fast spell cooldown StrengthAndHonor - No defeat ItVexesMe - No victory Motherland [race] [level] - level jump SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb - Instant defeat AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs - Instant victory WhoIsJohnGalt - Enable research SharpAndShiny - Research upgrades IseeDeadPeople - Remove fog of war Synergy - Disable tech tree requirements RiseAndShine - Set time of day to dawn LightsOut - Set time of day to dusk DayLightSavings [time] - If a time is specified, time of day is set to that, otherwise time of day is alternately halted/resumed
A Lot of Gold: -------------- Press the Space bar the type "-test" and after that type again "-Gold 999999999" Eigth 9s because it says on description it was only 4 but if you double it (8) That's how you get a lot of money!
Password - Dota Commands, cheats, and stuff.
I am not sure what: -strengthandhonor or -tenthleveltaurenchieftain does. But some say it works.
The -debug command works only in a lesser version of Dota. And the sad part, i don't know what version it works on.
Also, the -test command and the -wtf command must be type right from the beginning of the battle.
-test Enables the codes/commands/cheats to work.
-thereisnospoon Unlimited mana.
-wtf No cooldown for skills and items that have cooldowns.
-thedudeabides Instant cooldown.
-debug Allows control of units and the ability for Sentinel structures to stand and walk.
-riseandshine Instant morning.
-lightsout Instant dawn.
-whosjohngalt Enables ultimate.
-strengthandhonor Try it out.
-tenthleveltaurenchieftain Try it out.
-sharpandshiny Research all upgrades.
-spawncreeps Spawn creeps.
Password - These Cheats Really Works
These cheats will not work on LOCAL AREA CONNECTION!ON SINGLE PLAYER AND CAMPAIGN ONLY....... no far how far how will you go to maps and campaigns,but this cheats will not work on LOCAL AREA CONNECTION!ON SINGLE PLAYER AND CAMPAIGN ONLY
warpten friedly and enemy construction will be fast!�CONTRUCTING AND PRODUCTION�
whosyourdaddy GODMODE
iseedeadpeople remove fog of war
whoisjohngalt enabled research
sharpandshiny fast research
greedisgood [amount] adds gold and lumber;�enemy will also have a supplies!!�
thereisnospoon infinit mana
lightsout dawn
riseandshine morning
thedudeabides fast cooldown!
= repeat cheats
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-wtf removes cooldown
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Level tips: Take only Jah'rakal's third and first skill when you're at the starting level
of 1-5. Take the last skill when you reach level 6. DO NOT take Jah'rakal's second skill
unless you've already maxed-out your 1st, 3rd, last skill and your stats.
Note: Try "Harassment" meaning; simply killing/scaring or putting your enemy Hero to
near-death from the start and not letting him/her level up, this would guarantee you a
sure win in your 1 on 1 Battle.
Item tips: At your starting level. Try get 3 "Wraith Bands", a "Boots of Speed or Power
Treads (Green= Agility)", a "Ring of Basilius (you may choose Helm of the Dominator or
Mask of Death if you're trying to save-up gold)", and a "Teleportation Scroll (or 2
Healing Salves instead)". If you have achieved a high level (level 6 or so). Try saving-up
gold for the following items: "Sange and Yasha", "Buriza do Kyanon", "Satanic", "The
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Gulp! Murder most foul, and dastardly deeds!
Call the Police.
We've had a case of gnomicide!
I suspect we know the Catprit.
Gulp! Murder most foul, and dastardly deeds!
Call the Police.
We've had a case of gnomicide!
I suspect we know the Catprit.
We were invited to the opening of Shapeshifter 2016 at the Dowse Art Museum. The exhibition is held every second year as part of Wellington's Arts Festival.
It features sculptures by artists from throughout New Zealand all placed around Riddiford Gardens opposite the Gallery.
A fascinatingly diverse range of pieces were displayed. So we wandered happily for over an hour, and I snapped lots of photos.
Favourites? Several:
I like the humour of this frog character. It reminds me of Wind in the Willows and such childhood stories. It's my pick for a piece the Sculpture Trust could buy & install beside the Waiwhetu Stream!
This installation of glossy birds was eye-catching. The irregular placement appealed, as did the depth of the sheen of the individual birds.
This piece somehow managed to combine the dread and fear of Tolkien's Ringwraiths with beautiful curves and artful assembly from driftwood.
This piece puzzled me and I couldn't avoid remembering the delight of our kids (Charlotte especially) as they rode an elaborate carousel in Fontainebleau in France. But what happens when ...?
Last October, we travelled to Whitianga and had a (largely) lovely time. And I've extolled the virtues elsewhere and again.
A few weeks ago, I even managed to finish processing some of the video I took during the trip:
And then, just the other day during my daily perusal of the newspaper's Death Notices, the following leapt out at me:
Barry Brickell, of the Driving Creek Railway! Oh dear!.
It's been here a long time.
And it's ending was signalled a long time ago
But still, there's something sad about when it finally arrives.
Cats aren't always the most house-trainable animals.
And sometimes their table manners leave a bit to be desired!
We've been walking as often as possible at Petone Foreshore.
There's always interesting things to look at, and especially at this time of year, the view from the beach-side walkway is truly lovely.
In many ways, it encapsulates and "New Zealand summer", even when there is a southerly blowing, or the clouds have rolled in.
We have driven through the Wairarapa countless times, and always straight past the memorial to Featherston Camp.
It is located a few kilometres outside Featherston on State Highway 2.
It marks the location of a Military Camp which was built for service during World War 1, as one of the places new recruits received their first military training.
During World War 2, it also served as an internment camp for Japanese troops captured during various battles in the Pacific.
It also commemorates the deaths of 48 Japanese Prisoners, killed during an incident in which armed guards opened fire on prisoners who were refusing to work.
The deaths the result of ethnic misunderstandings.
It is also graced by a beautiful 17th century Haiku:
Behold the summer grass
All that remains
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The jobs-and-economy election suddenly seems all about Medicare — for now, at least.
Republican Mitt Romney is embracing a topic his party usually approaches gingerly. He is taking a calculated risk that voters' worries about federal deficits and the Democrats' health care overhaul have opened the door for a robust debate on the solvency of Medicare, the insurance program for retirees.
President Obama is welcoming the conversation, which has temporarily taken attention from the weak economic recovery.
One party may regret its position on Nov. 6.
Retirees in politically prized states such as Florida have often resisted changes in Medicare, one of the government's most popular but costliest programs. But GOP strategists say today's voters realize Medicare spending must be constrained, and Romney is banking on disenchantment with Obama's 2010 health care law to pave the way for his own proposals.
Romney, who has spent more than a year running almost entirely on the economy and jobs, put Medicare at the campaign's center when he chose his running mate. Rep. Paul Ryan is Congress' chief advocate of significantly restraining entitlement programs.
Ryan was critical of Obama's handling of Medicare during a campaign stop in Springfield, Va., repeating his assertion thata the GOP ticket welcomed the debate over the future of Medicare. The Wisconsin congressman is expected to revisit Medicare in some depth in Florida on Saturday. He will face voters in a retirement community north of Orlando known as The Villages. Ryan's 78-year-old mother, a Medicare recipient, plans to attend.
"We will not duck the tough issues; we will lead," Ryan told the Virginia crowd.
Romney's willingness to tackle the issue was underscored Thursday when he used a marker and classroom-type whiteboard to summarize his thoughts on Medicare, with hardly a word about the unemployment rate. He said his plans would keep Medicare solvent while Obama's would not, a claim Democrats call absurd.
On Friday, summarizing the political view from the right, the Romney campaign distributed a Wall Street Journal editorial that declared: "By governing so far to the left, Mr. Obama may have neutralized 'Mediscare' and made voters more receptive to center-right solutions. Medicare is already changing because it must."
Obama's campaign has tried for months to tie Romney to House Republicans and Ryan's budget proposal, which would turn Medicare into a voucher-like system for future retirees.
The Obama campaign released a new TV ad Friday defending the president's record on Medicare. It points to the AARP, a group that represents senior citizens, which said in a letter to lawmakers earlier this year that Ryan's plan would lead to higher costs for seniors.
Romney's campaign disputed the ad, and repeated its own claim that Obama's plans would siphon spending from Medicare without safeguarding the program's long-term stability.
Obama's campaign released a separate ad Friday that sought to undercut Romney by pointing to Ryan's voting record on funding for Planned Parenthood and abortion. "For women, for president, the choice is ours," the ad says. It was airing in Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, Ohio, Florida and Iowa.
Though Medicare dominated the debate Friday, the parties engaged in another brief skirmish on Romney's personal tax returns. His campaign rejected a call for Romney to release five years of his federal tax returns — instead of the two years he has agreed to — in exchange for the Obama campaign's pledge to drop further demands on the subject.
Romney and the White House also condemned a new round of anti-Israel remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Romney told 80 people at a fundraiser overlooking the Long Island Sound: "Ahmadinejad of Iran made another series of vile statements about Israel, and excising Israel from the body of humanity, and so forth. And you recognize how critical it is to have leadership that describes precisely what it believes, describes what actions it's willing to take, and stands for something."
Otherwise, the Republican National Committee devoted its "weekend messaging memo" mainly to a graphic titled "Obama's Countdown to Medicare Bankruptcy."
Obama's Medicare policies are included in his 2010 health care overhaul, passed without a single Republican vote in Congress. Polls show "Obamacare" to be generally unpopular, though many key components, standing alone, enjoy wide support.
Obama's plan relies heavily on cutting payments to health care providers. Critics say that could cause some doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients.
The Romney-Ryan proposal would give future retirees a fixed amount of money to pick their health insurance from competing private plans or a government program. It would limit taxpayers' burden, but also force many patients to pay more of their health costs.
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