 softcover, 64 pages
$19.95/ $17.95 MMA Members Special Price
Songs In Steel: The Sculpture of Caroline Lee
This exhibition of stainless, machines, and bronze sculptures, along with sketches and technical drawings, introduces MMA visitors to the work of Chicago native Caroline Lee, who has lived and worked in Paris since 1958. Lee’s sculptures, formed both organically and with machine tooling, are dynamic and aggressive, often with soaring elements whose origins can be found in her memories of long summers in Holland, Michigan, as a child. “Even though I am a wanderer from Paris,” Lee says, “my heart returns to Michigan to be re-nourished, to survive, to persevere.” The full color illustrated book presents the story of the artist's life and work and includes curatorial essays.
10 x 10 inches, softcover, 64 pages
$24.95/$22.95 MMA Members Special Price
Innovators & Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fiber
This exhibition was organized for national tour by the MMA and guest curator Geary A. Jones. The exhibition features works by top tier, internationally celebrated fiber artists, and. This full color book illustrates works by all 50 of the artists represented in Innovators and Legends, along with artist statements, biographical notes, and curatorial essays.
10 x 10 inches, softcover, 120 pages
$22.95/$20.65 MMA Members Special Price
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FEATURED SPRING ARTISTS
The Gift store has a fresh batch of high-quality marbled papers by Holland artist, Sandie Timmer that can be used as wrapping paper or for other creative uses. Handmade notecards and cupcake style boxes created by Sandie with her marbling technique are also in stock.
Sue Peterson’s handbags have won awards from the Michigan League of Handweavers. Purchase one for yourself this spring. The Traverse City area artist has been a weaver since 1986. She hand-dyes her yarns before weaving the cloth and focuses mainly on color interplay in her weaving.
Hand crafted doll creations by Linda Wells are featured in the store this spring. Linda was raised amidst a tradition of Southern storytelling and textile crafts. Doll making brings together her love of stories, and the art of expressing them through textiles, embellishments, and pattern design. Linda’s doll creations have been featured in Art Doll Quarterly and Soft Doll Magazine. More of her dolls can be viewed at.
Crash Landing: A first-time teenage flyer by Linda WellsAnalysis of B cell activating factor (BAFF) receptors before and after B cell depletion therapy (BCDT) might offer a clue to the understanding of whether some B cell subsets may represent useful biomarkers of biological and clinical responses. Among the BAFF receptors in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the AA have shown, by fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis of median fluorescence intensity (MFI), that transmembrane activator and calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI) and B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) do not change, whereas the most important, BAFF receptor 3 (BR3), appears to be decreased before as well as after BCDT in all B cell subsets but not in plasmablasts, the most important subset, depleted by BCDT.
Ferraccioli, G.;Gremese, E.Jurors deadlocked Tuesday in the trial of a former East County elementary school teacher accused of molesting nine young girls while they were students in his classroom.
Prosecutors allege Robert Noel Anderson, 59, molested eight of the girls while teaching fourth- and sixth-grade classes at Dehesa Elementary School between 2003 and 2006.
Jurors told Judge Laura Halgren that they were deadlocked on 11 counts of committing a lewd act on a child and acquitted Anderson of a 12th count, prompting her to declare a mistrial.
Anderson -- who remains in custody on $800,000 bail --- will be back in court Oct. 9 for a status conference.
Deputy District Attorney Chantal de Mauregne told jurors that Anderson betrayed a position of trust when he allegedly molested the students, who were between 9 and 11 years old at the time.
Several alleged victims testified at a preliminary hearing last year that Anderson touched them inappropriately as they sat on his lap in class.
Anderson's attorney, Kerry Armstrong, told the jury that his client adamantly denies touching the girls.This week’s hot Inland weather gradually will mellow to comparatively cool next week with even a chance of light rain, according to the National Weather Service.
Santa Ana winds — and temperatures ranging into the upper 90s — prompted Cal Fire to move a pair of five-fire engine strike teams from Northern California to the Southland because of the heightened fire danger, said agency spokeswoman Janet Upton.
But by late Thursday, Oct. 20, the winds were expected to die down.
Translation: Mid-90s in San Bernardino, Riverside, the Lake Elsinore-Temecula area, and the Coachella Valley. Hemet will see low 90s.
Then comes the weekend. Valley temperatures will drop into the upper 80s by Sunday, forecasters predict.
Tranquil weather should return mid-week to SoCal. But late next week could bring another chance of rain, forecasters claim. But they’re not betting on it.
UNM West Offering “Mental Health First Aid” Training
Research has shown 50 percent of people with treatable mental health conditions wait 10 years before seeking services, mainly because they don’t want to be judged when asking for help.
An eight-hour Mental Health First-Aid training being offered at UNM West on July 30 aims to remove that stigma. Anyone – from first responders and police to anxious relatives and friends – can attend the free training, according to Christopher Morris, PhD, clinical psychologist and director of the new UNM Community Behavior Health Clinic opening at UNM West this fall.
“Like knowing CPR, this provides training people can use in a crisis,” he says.
Almost one in five Americans experience mental health problems every year, but many don’t know where to turn for care, according to Morris. Unlike physical conditions, mental health and substance use problems can be difficult for others to detect, and for friends and family members, it can be hard to know when and how to step in, he says.
“The idea is we can all help each other when someone is having mental health issues,” Morris says. “We can be there to offer help by knowing how to be of assistance and in knowing how to access care.
“We know from research that the training provides people with a better understanding of mental health issues and increases their confidence that they could offer help if needed,” he adds. “Finally – and most importantly – it reduces stigma in seeking help.”
And reducing stigma is the key to encouraging people to access mental health services when needed, he says.
“Think what would happen if someone waited that long to access care after discovering they had diabetes or heart disease – we would expect to hear they were experiencing serious complications to their health from having waited so long,” he says.
The course was originally developed in Australia, came to the U.S. in 2008 and has been adapted for use throughout the world, said Morris.
The Mental Health First Aid also has several modules available targeting special needs, such as public safety, first responders, rural mental health, seniors and youth, which may be offered in the future.
The New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families was an early supporter of the toolkit and more than 19,500 New Mexicans have trained with it, placing the state near the top nationally for percentage of population trained, according to Morris.
The class will be held July 30 at the UNM West Education Building at City Center in Rio Rancho. It is free, but seating is limited to 25 people and pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, call UNM West at 994-5000.
More information on the national program, can be found at MentalHealthFirstAid.org.
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"Freedom hating" oh my god you're so comically brainwashed.  It's absolutely hilarious.    You still think Obama was born in Kenya?

Also no, Trump's support among black males did not "double."  They took the information from one poll that you needed to sign up for.  Besides, It's easy to double your support among black men when only 12 support you.  

And no, Gen Z is not "heavily conservative."  Most of them are still in high school, and are all far more liberal than previous generations on Transgender issues, marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage, etc.  I don't know what fairy tales you're getting your information from, but seriously, snap out of this Trump brain washing.Law360, San Francisco (September 22, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT) -- Two days after bringing sexual harassment claims against IHOP locations in Illinois, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a class action against several franchisees of the restaurant chain in Nevada federal court Thursday, alleging rampant sexual harassment, an illegal policy that discouraged employees from reporting such incidents, and retaliation against workers who complained.
The suit said that the hostile work environment, sexual harassment and retaliatory practices violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991. It