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FROM THE WAVE/Wednesday, October, 6, 1999
By Frank McRae
Staff Writer
A former sales associate at a major employment agency last week alleged that she was "force to kneel down and scrub carpets" after complaining that the firm steers whites less qualified than minorities into higher paying positions.
In 10 charges contained in a 24-page complaint filed Sept. 28 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Rachel Cuevas, a Latina and the former associate, also alleged that Woodland Hills-based Thor, Inc., is "guilty of racial coding, race and gender discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discrimination and intentional infliction of emotional distress."
And Cuevas, through Toni J. Jaramilla, her Century City attorney, said the agency's "racial coding" policies and practices are "duly authorized and directed by its officers and directors." Several Thor employees, according to Jaramilla "have confirmed that certain businesses who are clients of Thor's make specific requests that certain minorities not be placed "with their companies.
Jaramilla declined to discuss compensation for her client, or a range of dollars she believes should be awarded given the alleged damages.
Thor officials had not returned calls for comment before Wave presstime, however, the agency's attorney, Ryan McCortney, accused Cuevas of attempting to pull "a stick-up job."
Cuevas' "claims are frivolous," he said. "McCortney is with the Costa Mesa-based firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP.
McCortney, in an interview last Thursday, contended that after looking at all the facts, any reasonable person would come to the same conclusion.
"We will be filing motions to dismiss her entire lawsuit," he added.
Jaramilla, however, said a Superior Court judge has already scheduled a Feb. 28 trial date. In speaking to specifics alleged in Cuevas' complaint, Jaramilla said an investigation of the agency, which has several offices throughout the state, uncovered "codes on minority applications which had nothing to do with their qualifications for employment." The range of codes included "good looking, but ethnic," written by an interviewer on an African American man's application. "Just home from Thailand," was scribbled on another..."nice, no accent," on yet another, and, to describe a Latino, "has green card, been in the U.S. two years, slight accent, but not bad." African Americans, according to the complaint, "were derisively referred to by white employees as 'too ghetto,' and 'fly girl.'"
White applicants, however, were commonly referred to as "apple pie," and "choice job assignments were enthusiastically sought for them," Jaramilla said.
Moreover, when Latinos visited the agency's office to apply for placement, Jaramilla said "supervisors and employees mocked their accents and attire." Cuevas' complaints over the allegedly insulting treatment "fell on deaf ears," according to the lawsuit, and her work environment became increasingly "intimidating and hostile."
When Cuevas complained to her supervisors, according to Jaramilla, they retaliated by slashing her salary from $2,100 a month and bonuses to $1,900 a month, which, she said was far below less qualified white males holding similar positions.
Jaramilla added that one particular white sales representative with fewer qualifications than Cuevas was given a salary of $2,400 a month and bonuses, despite his lack of seniority, expertise and years of experience in the employment placement industry.
Cuevas said she was finally forced to resign by this final act, coupled with the daily oppressive comments regarding members of her race and national origin, Jaramilla said.
Jaramilla said Cuevas was employed by Thor for more than two years, from July, 1996 until the end of September, 1998.
Within months of her resignation Cuevas filed a complaint with the State's Department of Fair Housing and Employment and later received a "right to sue" letter from the agency.


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About 11.7 million Americans suffer from chronic sinusitis, a condition that causes inflammation and swelling in the sinus passages for at least eight consecutive weeks. Chronic sinusitis can be caused by a deviated septum, an infection or the growth of nasal polyps. Those with this condition often find it difficult to breathe through their nose and may even experience facial pain and swelling.
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After the anesthesia is applied, we will use a guided wire to insert the balloon catheter gently into the inflamed sinus. Once inserted, the balloon will be inflated to enlarge the opening of the sinus cavity. The balloon then widens the sinus walls safely and effectively.
Before removal, saline is sprayed into the sinus to clean out any mucus that may be trapped. Once this is complete, the balloon catheter will be removed but the sinus passageways will remain open. The procedure requires no cutting or removal of bone or tissues, which is why only a topical anesthetic is needed.
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Unlike traditional methods, this procedure allows patients to receive relief from their chronic sinusitis symptoms without the use of general anesthesia. This also means that the recovery period for patients will be shorter, with most patients returning to their normal activities within two days after the procedure. Plus, balloon sinuplasty can be done in our office, so you don't have to worry about going elsewhere for care.
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The eight biggest rules to remember when staging a home
One part art and one part science, home staging is the process of de-cluttering, decorating, and positioning your home in the best possible light for potential buyers. Proper staging can help you sell your home faster and possibly for a higher price. In recent years home staging has become more popular and targeted.
When you put your home on the market to sell, it's just like a job interview… for your home. You want to make the most of everything you have to offer, downplay any negative features or missing elements that lessen the appeal. If you take the emotion out of it and focus on your goal- selling your home quickly at a good price- then you have the best opportunity to achieve it.
Whether you are planning to hire a pro or want to learn a few tricks to do it yourself, these eight tips will help you learn the basics about staging to sell.
- It's only as good as the photos.
- A wonderfully staged home with poor-quality photography is a waste. The number one priority for any home listing is to have fantastic photos. According to the National Association of Realtors, properties with more photographs are more than twice as likely to be viewed by customers online. Consider it the number one priority for you in the marketing of your home.
- Take yourself out of the picture. Literally.
- Prior to selling, remove all "personal" pictures of you and your family. Your home now needs to be someone else's, and if they keep seeing things about you in it, they won't be able to mentally put themselves in your home. This applies to anything personal to you, including children's artwork, personalized paintings, or religious items. Just consider it "early packing" and put it in storage.
- Get a second opinion.
- Personal photos
- Diplomas
- Portrait paintings (unless historical)
- Children's artwork
- Personalized wall painting or stencils
- Religious items, Personal paperwork
- It is very, very easy to have blind spots in your own home and that's a huge problem if you're trying to get your home sold quickly, at a high price. Do you have a friend that has a good eye for home design and décor? Ask them to come over and take a look at your home with fresh eyes. They might be able to help you identify both the strengths and the flaws that may be invisible to you as a homeowner. To better remember their comments, take notes as they walk through the home.
- Right size your stuff
- Help your home sell itself by thinking about space in each room in your home. Is your living room on the small side? Can people walk down the hallway easily? Simulate a "walk through" in your own home and see how easy (or hard) it really is. Then re-position and de-clutter as needed.
- Many rooms benefit from a significant amount "stuff removal". In many cases, you might be able to safely remove 50% of your belongings from a room and transform the feel of the space. If you feel bad about how much you have, watch Hoarders on TV. It will make you feel better.
- Very few people live in their home de-cluttered that they can just leave it all there. But it's important to remember that less isn't always more. Empty rooms can look smaller than staged rooms. So don't eliminate it all, just remove some of what you've got. Very few people live so de-cluttered that they can just leave it all there.
- Focus on the front.
- Wondering where to begin? Try sprucing up your home's curb appeal. Buyers do drive-byes. And they aren't going to announce it to you. In advance of listing your home, clean it up, paint, and update everything you can. The first look is critical. Trim foliage, take out dead plantings and mulch. Keep the lights on once your home is listed for sale, buyers will come by at all hours.
- Power wash siding and walkways
- Hang easy-to-read house numbers
- Plant blooming flowers and fresh greenery
- Mow lawn and reseed or add fresh sod as needed
- Wash windows
- Repaint or stain as needed
- Add a new doormat
- Say goodbye to ugly.
- There is really no nice way to say it: Every home is ugly somewhere. And for a potential buyer, the minute they see it, you've just created an instant "maybe this home really isn't for me" moment. And that's exactly what you're trying to avoid. Smart sellers know how to deal with ugly head on. If you can't fix it, at least try to minimize it. Lots of quick fixes will help, like new window treatments for old windows, new shower curtains for old baths, or painting old cabinets to make them appear fresh. Relatively inexpensive things, like adding new light fixtures and new bed linens will help update your home for less money than you might expect.
- Know your buyer.
- Many home sellers "play it safe" with their décor and stick with nothing but the neutrals and traditional décor. And sometimes the effect is perfect. But frequently, it's not.
- Be bold. Sort of.
- The colors you should use depend, at least in part, on where you live, and part on who your buyer is likely to be. Urban properties generally can experiment more with color. In a modern context, some bolder colors can really make your property stand out. But use them carefully. It's safer to try it with accents and other details.
- Painting an entire room orange might not be the smartest move. Take a hit from professional stagers in the Washington D.C. region. Many have abandoned bland, beige and neutral decorating for more vibrant styles that use more color and eclectic décor.
- There should be no forgotten spaces in any house for sale. Assume you're home is going on an interview and plan accordingly. Put everything you can to work for your home and your space will seem not only bigger, but more appealing and usable to potential buyers. You want every potential buyer to feel right at home.
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The reserve price has been set at Rs 115 crore for the property located in the plush Vile Parle near airport here.
SBICap Trustee, which is auctioning the property on behalf of the lenders, today said, "The reserve price has been kept at Rs 115 crore, below which the property will not be sold."
The auction of the property, which has a built-up area of over 17,000 sq ft, will be held on December 19.
The consortium, led by State Bank of India, has been trying to sell this property to recover dues totalling over Rs 9,000 crore from Vijay Mallya's defunct airlines. This will be the third time that the property has been put on sale.
In the first attempt in March this year, the reserve price was set at Rs 150 crore. However, the auction failed as bidders found the reserve price "too high".
Bankers again tried to dispose of the property in August by lowering the reserve price by 10 per cent to Rs 135 crore, but it did not have any takers.
Mallya, who has been declared by some banks as a wilful defaulter, had left the country in March and is currently said to be in the UK.
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So, let's throw something new into the mix: Spires: A Collection of Music from Oxford Bands is a free showcase of some of the different sides that the city has to offer. All of the bands involved have kindly donated tracks to this mix, including Ute and Spring Offensive as well as the wonderfully named rockers Dial F For Frankenstein. Of course while you can make up your own mind on which song/band is your favourite from the selection, mine, (and therefore this week's track-that-you-should-definitely-listen-to) comes from post-punkers The Half Rabbits.
'We'll Sleep Again' stands pretty much in a field of it's own, but if you think of Maxïmo Park's less full on moments or Franz Ferdinand at their most arch, filtered through a hefty Magazine influence, then you'll get an idea of where they're coming from. It's a refreshing sound, which means that it's good to see that there's plenty more material from The Half Rabbits available from their website.
If you need any more convincing then the video is right here:
The Half Rabbits: We'll Sleep Again from AdamPellinDeeve on Vimeo.
This single isn't on their recently released album From The Horizon To The Map but forms a half of a Double A Side with 'Of This City' which is. But like I said, you can go and grab 'We'll Sleep Again' along with the rest of the Spires Compilation right now.
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Ever since the first kernel of maize exploded into a white puff in North America some 5,000 years ago, popcorn has been a hit for both eating and décor! Most people don't realize it, but there are actually three distinct types of corn. There's sweet corn for eating, field corn for feeding to … [Read more...]
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Bruce Golding and the 'Dudus duppy'
Golding, Golding… GONE!!!
Jamaica's Prime Minister finally called it quits after 4 years of leading Jamaica through numerous ups and downs. Orette Bruce Golding who dubbed himself as the "chief servant" at his swearing-in ceremony and also the "driver" while on the election campaign, crumbled under pressure of various types before 'giving up the ghost'.
Speaking of ghost(s) there were a few things which haunted PM Golding, in fact, one was more than a ghost, and it was a big duppy. Yes, you guessed it, that Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition issue which eventually was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.
You see this duppy was poised to haunt Golding even before he took office. His predecessor Edward Seaga managed to escape the same haunting. You see, the relationship between the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Coke's didn't just spring up overnight.
History behind the duppy
Once upon a time (let's say around 1966) after a state of emergency was called in West Kingston, the two main political parties, the JLP and the People's National Party (PNP), went on what could be described as a 'recruitment drive'. During this period one Lester Lloyd Coke aka 'Jim Brown', who adopted Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, was a teenager living in West Kingston. He was an active sportsman and also apprentice to a locksmith until one fateful afternoon he was attacked by gunmen. Jim Brown survived the attack but emerged a very different young man – a bad one.
Fast forward a few years and after being associated with or influenced by such controversial figures as Claude Massop, Jim Brown rose to power as it were and became a 'don', seizing control of West Kingston and in particular that area we now know as Tivoli Gardens.
Throughout the Coke's (Jim and Dudus) domination of Tivoli the constituency of West Kingston consistently returned the JLP representative as the Member of Parliament at the polls. Coincidentally, the West Kingston MPs were also the leaders of the JLP and the Prime Minister whenever the party won the general elections. Two such MPs are Edward Seaga, who lead the JLP from 1974-2005, and Bruce Golding, JLP leader 2005 – 2011. Golding inherited, as it were, the West Kingston constituency when he became JLP leader.
Here comes the duppy
Jim Brown lost an extradition battle in court in and was awaiting transfer to the United States from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility when he died under mysterious circumstances in his cell on a Sunday in February 1992, the same day his eldest son – and heir apparent – Mark Anthony Coke aka 'Jah T' was being buried.
With Jim Brown and Jah T out of the picture, the next in line should have been Leighton Coke aka 'Livity', but it was Dudus who was selected to occupy the top rank in this empire. He picked up right where his father left off. Dudus' criminal activities were well documented and included wiretap evidence which eventually lead him to plead guilty in a US court, essentially bringing an end (or significant halt) to a lifestyle of criminality.
I see dead people
In August 2009 the US authorities officially filed an extradition request for one Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and what did the Golding-lead administration do? Resist compliance, well at least until May 17, 2010 – a full 9 months later. This later lead to a bloody confrontation between police and civilians intent on protecting Dudus. Estimates are that 73 persons died including 3 lawmen.
Once Golding took this approach of resistance he invited the 'political grim reaper' to begin his slow but certain trod to claim the soul of the prime minister's political career. In fact, it was Golding who said he would put his political career on the line in defending the rights of Coke – spoken like a true political 'coke head'.
Many Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora were disappointed and angered by the prime minister's handling of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips/'Dudus' extradition affair and in the end the pressure was too much so the pipe burst.
The pressure was too much on Bruce, the JLP and the people of Jamaica. So, the man who refused to take the title of "Most Honourable" at his swearing in ceremony finally did the most honourable thing and stepped down.
Was it just the 'Dudus duppy'?
Golding, in his resignation speech, cited his age and the need for young/fresh leadership as other factors influencing his decision.
Were there other skeletons in the closet which scared him stiff? Could it have been international pressure or other things?
We'll probably never hear about it until somebody publishes a book in years to come or WikiLeaks provides us with a "juicy" cable. You're secretly hoping for the latter, aren't you?
Walk good Bruce Golding, cross your fingers and hope you may never have to deal with another duppy. Enjoy the early retirement.
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Bwoy, Garth. I knew snippets of this story but not the whole thing. This is eye opening. To me, having Bruce as Prime Minister was like a relationship. When he started out – I was very much excited thinking he actually stood for change (plus I knew little about political history & my Dad was a supporter so i naturally went along with it). But the more he went along, the more I realized his true colours. And the Manatt Enquiry made me lose ALL hope completely. I broke up with him in my mind from then. It has taken too long for him to step down in my opinion. When the puzzle pieces come together, it all makes sense – but I don't think full understanding of the story dull the pain for anyone.
On the other hand – great read. Much research done and details presented. I walk away with knowledge and knowledge is always welcome here.
Free up Dudus..how do you think an "ordinary" man such as Christopher Coke was able to amass his alleged fortune? Become the leader of West Kingston? Tivoli Gardens? When men of power..such as Bruce Golding want to keep that power who do you think they turn to? The people of Jamaica! The politians there have used the people of Ja for years..to stay in power..keep their political seats..Dudus took it upon himself to the same thing the politians do..Why is he the "badman"? POLITIANS, POLICE, BREDREN! MI NUH TRUST NONE OF DEM RUDE BWOY DEM!


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Ray Johnson, Dick Higgins + the making of The Paper Snake
The summer 2015 show at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville presented newly re-discovered archives of publication material for Ray Johnson's The Paper Snake, designed and published by Ray's good friend Dick Higgins in 1965 as the second title from Higgins' Something Else Press. Curator Michael Von Uchtrup found the production material in a large brown paper envelope among the many items in William S. Wilson's Ray Johnson archive. The envelope lay unopened for 50 years. The exhibit displays original collages, design proofs, an autographed copy of the very rare first printing, and various related material, including hilarious "promotion flyers" produced by Ray for the book. The show came on the heels of the reprinting of The Paper Snake by Siglio Press in 2014.
"The show is full of mysteries," stated Von Uchtrup at the opening reception on June 5, 2015. The Paper Snake is nearly as much about Dick Higgins' "translation" of Ray Johnson's ideas as it is a record of one stream of Ray's voluminous sendings. Higgins selected and sometimes altered the material, often to Ray's dismay. Many of the proof pages and original art for the book showed significant differences from the final book, and a few bits of the text seemed to be written by Higgins. Still, the book and the show are filled with lists, tiny plays, letters, quotes from reading, and all the other unique fusions of art, communication and humor found in Ray Johnson's work.
This was a show to read more than to view. Though greatly enhanced by several early collages on loan from Bill Wilson, the bulk of the show was devoted to images directly related to The Paper Snake. Large proofs sequenced on the wall enabled one to actually stand and read the book in proof form.The display tables held much dense typescript that usually rewarded closer inspection. A special treat was the audio-visuals: three audio-cassette records of performance works by Ray Johnson, a Dick Higgins poem recitation, and 1965 8mm films of Ray. Even the book selection on the sales shelf offered a wide and valuable range of titles relevant to the show, including of course, the book itself. The reprint was issued in the same print run as the original, 1840 copies. Siglio Press calls it a "vertiginous,mind-bending artist's book … far ahead of its time."
The events surrounding the show not only illuminated the book but also presented a fine example of the wonderful work done by the BMCMAC staff and its presenters in providing context and local artistic collaboration to deepen our connection to Black Mountain College. The day after the reception, the curator was joined by Julie J. Thomson for a freely flowing discussion based on slide images of the career and artistic significance of Ray Johnson. Julie has set herself the task of discovering "how one becomes an artist like Ray Johnson," and her close reading of resonances within the book and her honest embrace of the ambiguity and occasional frustration of dissecting Ray's inscrutable processes made for a fascinating sharing. Michael Von Uchtrup is working on a biography of Ray, and he emphasized many learnable moments derived from close attention to the materials in his discovery. Julie and Michael's reminiscences of interviews and anecdotes echoed a strong theme in the documentary film about Ray: no one really knew Ray Johnson, or everyone knew a different side of him. Julie and Michael's perspectives on the show were offered in full length essays in the large brochure accompanying the show.
On July 3rd, a full audience enjoyed the presentation of "In the Arm of Flowers", a performance by Megan Ransmeier and Julia Rich. The themes of correspondence, communication over space, and isolation played out in dance movements, readings and evocative vocalizations by the two artists. Their performance was based on three years of correspondence, and was dedicated to Ray's work. In the exhibit's final public event Alice Sebrell gave a strong introduction to the screening of "How to Draw a Bunny", the award-winning 2002 documentary featuring 1995 interviews with Christo, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein and others.
This array of features was capped by the publication of Volume 8 of Black Mountain College Studies, which was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Paper Snake as well as the exhibit under discussion. It includes essays, interviews, and many topics for further exploration. With Sebastian Matthew's 2010 show on Ray's early years, the BMCMAC has provided a Ray J fan (and past correspondent) like myself with a rich set of experiences and learning opportunities. This exhibit provided the general and artistic community with another window into the unique and ground-breaking work that emerged from BMC. It took some fairly esoteric and technical materials and turned them into a show and event schedule that provided for a very enriching summer at the BMCMAC.
At BMC Conference, Performances and Activities Rival Academics
Late September 2014 brought the 6th edition of Re Viewing: Black Mountain College, and my experience, as always, was to be re-invigorated with the vast lessons to be learned from attention to the process and people who inhabited that magical place between 1933 and 1957. This year's conference had writing as its theme, but the over-all thrust of the events took us well beyond the Olson era at the end of the college's life, which is usually the focus of BMC literary topics.
The conference is sponsored by the Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center, whose reception for an art show of Dan Rice's work is seen above. The BMCMAC is growing fast, with a growing permanent collection of BMC art and a newly announced expansion in downtown Asheville. Their conference has been held past two years at UNC-A's Reuter Center, a lifelong learning institute which serves as a slightly cramped but otherwise excellent venue. It was well attended by presenters from across the country, with a small international contingent as well. A special feature of the conference is the appearance of individuals directly connected to the college, and this year's prize was Ted Dreier, Jr, who spent his childhood there as his father Ted Sr. played a major role in college life and the business/finances of BMC. Ted Jr. shared many stories during the Sunday campus tour. It was also a great pleasure to meet the grandson of John Dewey, whose educational philosophy was a foundation of BMC.
The simultaneous events always means selection and rejection (or sneaking out and listening a bit). I started with electing for a writing workshop with Jeff Davis, who helped inspire the cut-up project pictured at the top of this post. Jeff had us participants write two words on a deck of 52 cards he provided. Then we dealt ten out and built poems with the selection using a couple of different procedures. We were emulating the "procedural writing" process used by BMC alumnus Jonathan Williams in writing his poem "Mahler: for Symphony No. 7 in B Minor." It was fun and Jeff offered enthusiastic appreciation for the ironies and amusing juxtapositions in the poems as we shared them. Jonathan's press, Jargon Society, is now under the auspices of the BMCMAC.
The next session also drew me to a decidedly non-academic presentation, where Ted Pope offered his unique brand of performance poetry. After a mesmerizing rendition of intricate classical guitar by his son, Ted set the tone for his own work by whipping his arrangement of antlers on a tree stump. This was followed by several energetic rants, including one that gave BMCMAC vice-chairman J. Richard Gruber "a whole new perspective on my home state of Kentucky." Ted's anarchic approach brings to life some of the spirit of the college, but also evokes a rich sense of the mountain man, wily and cultured in his own way, and helps define the sense of place that was a thread throughout the conference.
Mary Emma Harris, preeminent BMC researcher, and Vincent Katz, keynote speaker, focused on the growing international recognition of the importance and value of Black Mountain College studies and the profound model of experiential and self-directed education its history represents. The editors of the upcoming Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry discussed their criteria, reflecting the strong literary importance of Olson and the Black Mountain poets as well as the diverse examples of good writing that permeated the entire span of the college's existence. Ray Johnson, my default interest at all conferences, is included in the anthology, and his writing is also featured in two newly published books: a new printing of Paper Snake and Not Nothing: Selected Writings, 1954-1994, both from Siglio Press. I honestly did not attend enough hard core lectures to report on the literary ideas at the conference, but instead continued my trend of taking in the active and participatory opportunities. They continued to be very rewarding.
When I walked into "Notes for Time and Place, an Improvisational Drawing Performance," I not only did not know what to expect, I did not recognize the mechanism sitting on the presenter's table. I might have, because I had seen a much earlier version. Mercedes Teixido has arranged the construction of a Jeffersonian copy machine, built in consultation with the curators of Monticello, and she uses this marvelous machine in her art endeavors. We were given written instructions (in duplicate copies), to peruse the Black Mountain College titles spread out on the table, and to read a passage aloud when the impulse struck us. The written "rules" stated that if we read a passage, she would make a drawing, and we could have one. As a group, we took a little warming up but eventually all of the audience read something aloud, and just as with Jeff Davis's "Chance of Magic" workshop, there were fun juxtapositions with and reactions to the readings.
Mercedes herself just listened and worked quietly. She patiently placed twin sheets of paper into her marvelous machine after each drawing, and after some time she spread out the twin line drawings for display. We were invited to take one of a pair, leaving her with a documentary set. It was a truly unique experience, and we all bonded a bit through listening to each other read. It was one of the best acts of artistic community-building I have ever seen, and highly appropriate to this conference about a college where art and life, the interior mind and the artistic act, were irrevocably entertwined.
The culmination of my conference experiences came with Re Weaving, a theatrical reading of letters between Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov. Monika's work attempts to expand our perspective on theater through unusual spaces, modes, or interactions between actors and audience. This performance drew on the powerful phrases of the original exchanges between Duncan and Levertov, but also enacted the spirit of BMC itself with its fresh approach and innovative techniques. The selection, repetition and rhythm of the words built an amazing dynamic between two very powerful and convincing characters ensconced in a stripped down, yet utterly convincing physical set.
This was another performance offered as an alternative to the academic presentations, this one outside on a patio of the Reuter Center, with the readers/actors under a rustic wooden trellis filled with vines. A few simple props (most magnificently exemplified by a manual typewriter) served to evoke the personal spaces of two people who send their thoughts and feelings across the continent. At times, they react in real time to each other's missives, at times the rapid exchanges represent an argument: there were no limiting rules in the creation of this dialogue. The power of the characters seems enhanced when they take their inner thoughts outside of the defined theatrical space: when David Novak stalks the character of Robert Duncan up the landscaped slope outside the trellis, it is as if he has left the theatrical space but taken us with him, witness to his silent but fully projected thoughts. Monika, who also stepped away as seen above, did her own magic with space, joining the audience and thrusting her hand up like a precocious schoolgirl at the famous Mr. Duncan, asking him the questions that beleaguered this passionate but probably unconsummated intellectual couple. It was a strong, effective and moving performance, honoring and exploring the range of artistic modes that characterize Black Mountain College.
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For me, the best was last this year. I finally took the Sunday tour, mainly because David Silver had asked me to read for his farm tour and I was thrilled to contribute, in a way however small, to this wonderful event. Mary Emma Harris started us with a tour of the original resort bought by Black Mountain College in 1941. Midway through her exposition of the dining hall and its central role in college life, Ted Dreier, Jr and his wife arrived, and Ms. Harris (as did David Silver later) graciously conceded the speaking stick to this true alumnus of BMC college life, as faculty kid and later as student. He shared wonderful memories about being allowed to sit at meals with students, about the tragedy of his brother's accidental death and the memorial construction of the Quiet House, and the communal exchange of the bulletin board in the student-constructed Study Hall.
The property purchased by the college is now divided: Camp Rockmount continues to host hundreds of boys each summer, but the upper reaches, including several original cabins and the farm area, still belong to the family who purchased the land from BMC in 1947. The son-in-law of that family, Leigh Maher, is on the BMCMAC board, and joined us for the tour of his part of property.
David Silver followed up his amazing multimedia event at the Hunt Library with a bang-up tour of the farm. He had several people read relevant passages as we stood in front of the barn and silo. Silver's numerous presentations have made it clear that the the farm was central to the life and very existence of the college, and that its abandonment in the final years not only left the students hungry enough to eat frog legs, but signaled the coming doom of the end. And yet, as Mary Emma Harris said, the real point is that it lasted as long as it did on such precarious financial ground, and lasted long enough to generate waves of students and ideas that permeate American art culture to this day.
BOO KOF KNO WLE DGE – Ray J's Zen Icons
The BMC conference in October 2010 at UNC-A offered a wide range of wonderful BMC nuggets, but having put off posting about it so long, I'm sticking with the Ray Johnson material which is always my main priority. A big highlight was John Held's mail art show and talk about mail art and the early days of the NY Correspondance School.
Ray's inscrutable, radical but disarming approach to art has clearly led to a rich but fairly specialized body of critical writing and thinking about his work, immeshed but not entangled in the large "fan" following evident online. The main points of the former relate to Black Mountain College influences, the main thrust of the latter is mail art and performance art. Ray did not appear to observe such distinctions, but one thing I gained in the last two years of learning from BMCM+AC venues for Ray J work is that Ray Johnson was a major artist in the tradition of DuChamp, Miro, and Klee. Slowly, a body of academic work is relating his truly astonishing accomplishments both in the mainstream tradition of painting and his unique and irresistible gift and mandate: "Steal beauty from the mundane."
The conference presentations offered delicious details about Ray's process. Sebastian Matthews provided the quote above as he compared Ray's obsession with found images to the "image collage" of Frank O'Hara poem "A Step away From Them." Sebastian also elucidated with great insight about Ray's Moticos, the secret embeddings and abrupt juxtapositions that Ray created in response to his environment. For Sebastian, Ray is a zen master of art, always indirect though immediate, balancing inward and outward by being aware of the act of being aware. Like O'Hara, a New York School poet, Ray scoured the city for images that enabled him to subvert and reconnect meanings.
Louly Peacock described how Ray subverted Pop Art (and pre-dated Warhol with celebrity portraits), teasing the major figures as in labeling Pollock "Action Jackson," a nomiker that stuck. Her survey of phallic imagery in Ray's work made her yet again the most entertaining speaker at the conference. Julie Thomson helped frame Ray's performance art in showing the relationship between Ray and George Brecht of Fluxus fame, who" began to imagine a more modest, slyly provocative kind of art that would focus attention on the perceptual and cognitive experience of the viewer." Brecht created "instructions for a toward event," and along with Alan Kaprow paved the way for the Happenings – not to speak of Ray's Nothings. Johanna Gosse portrayed Ray as a renegade of the gallery art world, deliberately obfuscating the market process, living in the "osmotic fluid flow" of daily aesthetic experiences, where the experience is the end, the process is the product.
Kate Dempsey revealed more of her discoveries about Albers' fascination with pre-Columbian culture and how the Mayan hieroglyphs – still mysteries at the time- helped develop Ray's sensitivity to text as an image source. Ray retained a geometric precision even as he evolved out of painting, and his love of codes, puns and multiple meanings ties together his early and late work.
The best insights into Ray were to be found at the talk by John Held while sorrounded by his mail art show. He walks the walk with mail art to this day and had much to share. He confirmed something also mentioned in the panel discussions – Ray's moticos were featured in the very first Village Voice in 1955. He also described the importance of the 1970 correspondence art exhibit at The Whitney. He made it convincingly clear that Ray's correspondence art was "not about the postal system," but about "how you communicate aesthetics over a long distance." Held stated that "Ray was building a community,' and used no judgment or selection with his mailing lists.
The mail art show he exhibited had 170 entries from over 40 countries. It was impressive, entertaining, and a great tribute to the ongoing spirit of the NY Correspondance School. Ray Johnson continues to generate not only interest and academic attention, but exciting participatory tributes and art directly tracable to his genius.
One fun event I should share about from last fall is the presentation of a new BMC Wall in downtown Asheville. A large mural and several interesting installations grace an alley just off Broadway.
Several of the writers mentioned above are featured with Ray Johnson articles in an upcoming issue of the
Journal of Black Mountain College Studies
Sebastian Matthew's Ray J show essay with lots of Ray J images!
Raleigh Rambles Black Mountain page
Raleigh Rambles Ray Johnson page
Ray Johnson Show a Multiple Power Play
"to make open the eyes" Josef Albers All work of Ray Johnson on this site is used by permission of The Ray Johnson Estate
BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967)
Ray Johnson was probably the most enigmatic and least appreciated artist of his importance in the 20th century. He was a man of many many layers, not so much depth, on first impression, just layers, fairly random factors that underlie and overlay his work. The show just ended at The Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center had many layers itself, over multiple valuable events, and provided a greatly needed showcase and explication for this "seminal figure of Pop Art" whose collages "influenced a generation of contemporary artists."
The show and especially its catalogue were already reviewed here, but several subsequent events have enriched the impact of the show. Dr. Francis F. L. Beatty (quoted and seen above), a curator who works with the Ray Johnson Estate, gave a lecture at the BMCM+AC on May 21, using parallel slides to show that Ray displays elements in his collages that link him to the major artistic trends of the day. His wit, humor and intense communications of all kinds were highly stimulating but hard to classify, but his collages and the palette he created out of found and encountered material can be seen as fully in the tradition of Klee' as well as Albers, while partaking of the humor of Dada. "I don't make pop art. I make chop art." Ray's statement refers to his use of old work in new, and Dr. Beatty skillfully elucidated the way in which Ray's "chop art" (often meticulous geometric constructions) came right out of his Black Mountain experience. She makes a point that reverberated through this show: the liberation of American education happening at Black Mountain served as well to "liberate Ray Johnson." He found himself, and he found the principle that best illuminates the breadth of his work for me: images standing in for words, words become imagery.
Yet Ray remains enigmatic. Dr. Beatty spent much time on the 55 Moticos – huge intricate collages – which Ray made and destroyed, calling them "some of the earliest and most significant examples of Pop Art." She recounted many personal interactions with Ray, such as the time he approached her and finally wanted to do a gallery display – of "Nothings." Beyond his inscrutability, his avoidance of the commercial process, Dr. Beatty makes a simple but important point – the small scale of Ray's visual work limited his gallery prospects and indirectly his artistic stature.
The scale of Ray's imagination and willingness to live his life for art was unbounded, of course. The final night of the show, orchestrated by curator Sebastian Matthews, was a truly wild and wonderful event that did much to reflect Ray's spirit. Music, poetry, and spoken word all filled the space.
"We have to seize the things we need to create." These words were spoken in Picasso's voice by Keith Flynt, one of the closing night performers (seen below).
Earl Bragg, seen above, offered a nine-eleven poem that featured number names – worthy of Ray's glyphs and puns. His political themes and passionate phrases made for an excellent reading.
Local dramatists staged a reading of a collaged piece incorporating Ray's play inside a play about Ray discussing a play with pink James Dean.
The final word has to go to Sebastian Matthews, who did such a magnificent job not only of putting on the show but of staying in touch with Ray's spirit the whole time. He evoked and nurtured the image of Ray as filled with humor, energy – and a total lack of any sense of propriety. About the "chop art" and "lost art" which was so prominent in the show, he says: "Ray loved to make things up, kill them off, and resurrect them."
The Ray show is dead, long live the Ray show.
Ray Johnson: Tracking Deep Currents
The Ray Johnson show at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville opened February 19th and will run through June 12, 2010. The opening was spectacular, the show is rich, varied and informative. For Ray J fans like me, the catalogue and it's essays, assembled by show curator Sebastian Matthews, is the real treasure. Sebastian spent over a year studying Ray's life and work, making connections with important people in Ray's life (Ray passed in an act of suicide in 1995), and establishing his own perspective on the evolution of Ray's art from a young art student in Detroit through a strong experience at Black Mountain College to an important role in the art scene of East Village in the 60's and 70's. The show displays extensive early work, including fairly typical ink doodles of 14 year old Ray, but also hilarious cards and visual puns from this period that presage his later work.
The show also reveals the aspect of Ray's work I most needed to learn myself – that Ray came of age as an artist in the painterly traditions BMC and Josef Albers provided, and did lots of wonderful work as he evolved from painting to collage and then on to the correspondence work or "postal performances," as Isa Bloom calls them, which made him most famous. The show focuses on Ray's emergence out of Black Mountain College into the New York scene immersed in the ideas of his BMC mentors but prepared to follow Alber's dictum: "to follow me, follow yourself." As Sebastian Matthews says in his catalogue essay, "Ray was ripe for the challenges and experiences Manhattan had to offer." He became one of the most intriguing and complex artists of the 20th century, and this show delineates many of the roots and threads that set him on his path.
The opening of the show was well attended and featured some aspects Ray might have liked very much, though he generally was quite ambivalent about exhibiting or selling or even saving his work. Poetix Vanguard offered spoken word performances during the event, and an open mike followed at a bar nearby. The BMCM+AC library, with many Ray J items prominent, provided a nice context for the highly varied show. Several of Hazel Larsen Archer's gorgeous photos of Ray at BMC were on display. And Sebastian Matthews, collage artist himself and so clearly a Really Great Guy, presided with enthusiasm over the many energies he had gathered to celebrate the amazing career of Ray Johnson.
The catalogue contains 46 color plates, over a dozen images in the text, and several of Archer's photographs. It also contains an interactive feature: a pair of postcards bound in as endpapers which the reader is invited to alter as desired and send off: one to a friend and one back to The Black Mountain Museum and Arts Center, whose program director Alice Sebrell is credited by Sebastian as being integral and vital to the process of creating the show. Five essays offer views of Ray that are remarkably varied and complementary.
Sebastian Matthews presents his curatorial essay as nine journal notes written while building the show. He elaborates his basic point: that Ray Johnson "used Black Mountain College as a springboard to propell himself into the Manhattan art world." He also does a remarkable job, with his intense self-examinations, numerous concrete biographical insights, and constant awareness of Ray's own probable intent to be inscrutable, of helping us have a "fuller sense of what Ray attempts when he sits down to make art, when he prepares to send out the work to be received, passed on, altered." The quote is what Sebastian hopes to accomplish with the show, and I think he got there. He also truly transformed my personal sense of Ray J by portraying the intense, painterly, quite technical control Ray exerted over his collage work.
Ray Johnson's career had many layers, and two essays by old friends of Ray offer insight into his early days in Detroit and his heyday in the East Village. Arthur Secunda contributed much material for the show and portrays in his recollection "Ray Johnson's intelligence, mysterious youthful verve and artistic ingenuity." William S. Wilson, the primary lender of the collage works, and one of Ray's long-time art buddies, makes his essay a tour de force in Ray J style quirkiness and abrupt juxtapositions. He says "Ray Johnson was a student of the imaginations of other people." He ably describes Ray's focus not on abstract ideas but direct concrete responses, because Ray "worked to remain within immanences, eluding transcendentals."
Two academic writers share their ideas about the inportance and significance of Ray's work. Julie J. Thomson thoroughly documents the large and lasting influence Josef Albers had on Ray's work. She also describes the way Ray's work related to the "Happenings" and other art trends of the times. Kate Erin Dempsey, in "Code Word:Ray," shared a long excerpt from her work in progress about Ray and his reaction to and use of the fad for secret codes and hidden messages raging in the 1950s. Expanding on the fascinating work she shared at the BMC conference, she convincingly demonstrates Ray's fascination with language and its manipulation for artistic purposes. Furthermore, she follows this thread from radio show decoder rings through the Mayan hieroglyphics and glyphs revered at BMC, to Ray's mature use of found images – giving them a "new lease on life – enhancing or altering their meaning entirely by arranging them in novel ways." Kate's work at the BMC conference, this essay, and hopefully her future book will all warrant future Ray J posts.
The kernel I found that connected all these essay? Nothings – empty shells of meaning – e.g. nonsense – that serve as markers and triggers for the kind of nonlinear art experience Ray Johnson wanted you to have. William S. Wilson talks of "the surface concealed only by another surface." Julie J. Thomson finds their roots in "the gap, an element emphasized by Albers in his teaching," and makes the valid and often repeated connection between Ray's study of Taoism and these ideas. Kate Dempsey makes it clear Ray wanted to avoid specific meanings, sending messages in bottles to be partly constructed by the finder. Sebastian reminds us that Ray was "an autodidact student of Buddhism and a self-described disciple of John Cage's cultivation of chance occurrence. " Julie Thomson describes the performances Ray created entitled "Nothings:" they "interrupted the Happenings, opening up a space amidst the busy environments and experiences of the Happenings." Ray brought Zen and his unique fusion of life and art into American art, and made his mark with great gifts and energy.
Sebastian Matthews has provided an amazing set of Ray Johnson experiences to me , starting with the BMC conference, many kind and enthusiastic interactions, and now this multiple-event, long-running show. He did all the myriad tasks and jumped through all the hoops to make this show happen, but he clearly handled the situation as a working artist and remained beautifully true to the spirit of Ray Johnson with everything he did as a result. See this show and then follow Sebastian's advice:
Don't get too caught up in finding meaning in every little detail. You need to first catch a drift of the mood and follow it back in. Let the work show you how to see. Let Ray work his magic. Sebastian Matthews, from BMC to NYC
The event was a blast and was just the beginning. Remember the show runs til June 12th, and there are lots of special events to help motivate the trip. A collage workshop by Krista Franklin had occurred by this post, a screening of How to Draw a Bunny, an award-winning Ray J documentary will take place on April 8, and Dr. Francis F. L. Beatty, a curator who works with the Ray Johnson Estate, will speak about Ray's work on May 21. The show will celebrate its closing with a poetry reading on June 12th. The Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center, sponsor of all events, has just announced a fascinating weekend event at the old dining hall building on the BMC campus. Sounds fun! BMC lives!!


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The breaking up of tankers and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers at Pakistan's Gadani shipbreaking yards was banned in February after two incidents which caused dozens of fatalities.
The Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sardar Sanaullah Khan Zehri, said these breaking activities would be banned until proper safety arrangements are made, but the dismantling of tankers and LPG carriers which are already at the yards would continue after proper cleaning.
"The two recent accidents, the explosion on Nov 1, killing at least 28 workers, and the fire on Jan 9, with another five victims, are direct consequences of the total absence of safety measures," said Patrizia Heidegger, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform's executive director.
"We welcome the fact that the Government of Balochistan seems finally willing to crack down on these appalling conditions."
The decision to halt the shipbreaking activities has left many fearing for the fate of new arrivals and clearance permissions on existing deals, according to GMS, a cash buyer of ships for recycling.
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At Fishing Costa Rica, you will be treated like family and will have your every need catered to. We provide fully bilingual guides and captains as well as top of the line equipment and boats. We are always ready to personally help plan your trip and loves to talk fishing, so best of all, if you have any questions, you will have a professional guide and life-long angler ready to help.
Costa Rica fishing is about the dancing of the sailfish on the surface with lightning speed, and the powerful big mean marlin that attracts fishermen far and wide to these awesome Costa Rican waters. Costa Rican sailfish are among the largest fish in the world, averaging over 100 lbs
You can fish Costa Rica waters for 12 months out of the year with Dec. through July being the top months. In these months it is not uncommon to raise 10-20 to the boat on a given day with an exceptional day seeing as many as 30-40+. You must move fast and make no mistakes, because once he senses something is wrong he is gone, never to be seen again. This is why it is important to have an experienced captain like Dan Ross!
While March, April, May, September, and October are some of the best fishing months for tarpon, this fish bites all year and after decades of tracking these monsters, our team knows exactly when and where to find them, so don't hesitate to book you a tarpon trip during your Costa Rica vacation.
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Costa Rica is known for an unbelievable experience when it comes to the opportunity fly fisherman get. Chasing billfish offshore with a fly rod has got be one of the most thrilling experiences any fishermen could ever encounter. Imagine a 100+ pound sailfish or even a 300-400+ blue marlin light up with its neon blue lights at the transom, as hungry as a back yard bull dog that has had nothing to eat for a week. Sailfish are caught 6-15 times on a normal day and twice that on a good day. Quite often they come into the teasers in pairs or more. I have seen many times 4, 6, 8 or more immediately behind the boat in casting range. One day in particular we witnessed 90+ sailfish around the boat. Many times we had all fly rods hooked up; we were once fighting 3 and had 2 more jumping, biting at the teasers off of the outriggers as they were slapping the water at the side of the boat. We managed to land 12 that day, all on fly rods.
Sailfish are a lot easier to hook than marlin because they just aren't quite as smart as a marlin. Sailfish are much more plentiful than marlin and normally come to the teaser in numbers. You may get 2 or 3 shots at a sailfish compared to one at a marlin in Costa Rica. Blue marlin average between 300-500 pounds, and I have seen them up to 900 lbs. The black marlin will run 400-1000 lbs. You might see a few marlin every day out fishing in Costa Rica. Fishing with Bobby McGuiness a few years ago we raised 17 blue marlin to the boat and in a 4 day trip landed 9 of them on conventional gear.
In addition to billfish offshore we quite often catch dorado and tuna with our fly rods. We have landed many Dorado over 50 lbs with fly rods and as many as 12 under 1 single sheet of plywood without putting the engine back in gear. Tuna is another great fish to throw flies to. You may come along a school of Tuna from 5-20 lbs and just watch them go crazy over your flies. I have awesome little tube flies they love to chase. I have seen many times where we will land 20+ tuna in a few minutes on our fly rods.
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We will be traveling by car or plane to the far north country of Costa Rica next to the Nicaraguan border on the Rio Frio River and Cano Negro lagoons located in the Cano Negro National Wildlife Refuge. There you will see much of Costa Rica's wildlife, including monkey's, birds, and other critters. There we will be spending long days fishing for the magnificent tarpon. We can also travel to the Rio Dulce River for the machaca. This is a very adventurous trip as we will be staying in local hotels, eating local food and living the culture of the locals.
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Venue: St James' Park
Date: 19 April 2016
Referee: Kevin Friend
Kick off: 19:45
Manchester City head into the game against the Magpies looking for a fourth, yes a fourth consecutive Premier League victory – what is this madness? Just two days ago (or three, if you're reading this on match day), City came away with an emphatic 3-0 victory at the expense of a sprawling Chelsea, so they will be hot favourites going into the tie against relegation threatened Newcastle.
That isn't to say this will be an easy game for 3rd place City and should by no means be taken as a given three points. As mentioned, Newcastle face relegation from the Premier League for the first time since 2009, which saw them finish in 18th place.
That being said, City have hit an impressive run of form with the re-introduction of the likes of Samir Nasri and Kevin De Bruyne, notching up a total of nine points from their last three Premier League games, whilst securing themselves a place in the Champions League Semi-Final – you'd be foolish not to be slightly confident going into the game.
City are boosted by the news that skipper Vincent Kompany is set to take up a place in the match day squad, along with England starlet Raheem Sterling. However, for all the good news, in typical City fashion, there's some bad news – Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna and David Silva will all miss out on the game in Tyneside.
Defenders Fabricio Coloccini and Daryl Janmaat have been ruled out for the home side, along with Tim Krul, Rob Elliot, Steven Taylor and Massadio Haidara. Kevin Mbabu is close to a return for Benitez's side, and could be in contention for a place in the squad.
Newcastle could see themselves move out of the relegation zone with a win, with Norwich and Sunderland occupying the remaining two relegation spots.
Let me fill you in on some statistics that will almost certainly put a jinx tomorrow's game:
- In the last eighteen Premier League meetings between the two sides, Newcastle have won a grand total of zero games, with City winning sixteen. City, have in fact won the last twelve in a row. Newcastle's last victory came in 2005, where our defence contained Sylvain Distin, Sun Ji Hai, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne and Ben Thatcher – a lot has changed since then, ey?
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Newcastle will be hoping that Sergio Aguero isn't in similar form to that of the first clash between the two sides this season, where he netted five goals in an impressive 6-1 victory – however, it doesn't look good for the Magpies, with Aguero netting three against Chelsea at the weekend. The Argentine – who has netted 99 Premier League goals in just 146 Premier League appearances – could become the 2nd quickest to reach 100 Premier League goals if he nets on Tuesday – yet he still isn't considered the best striker in the league.
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I remain confident, and with a performance similar to those of late, I believe City will make it twelve from the last twelve, with a convincing 3-0 victory.
For some more match build-up, make sure you read our Ask the Opposition with die-hard fan Jonny Gabriel, as well as our post-Chelsea podcast.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Card Share: Best Fishes (Little Yellow Bicycle Splash)
I'm back today to share another Little Yellow Bicycle Splash project, this time a card. I made this to send to my nephew who is spending a month at sleep away camp. The fish are clear cut transparencies. I added a bit of dimension to them by using pearls and rhinestones for eyes.
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Super cute. This card made me smile! I love that fishie paper and those icons and the way you used them. You really have me wanting this collection. :)ReplyDelete
this is so cute lisa! i never know how to use the transparencies and you really rocked these!ReplyDelete
This is sooooooooooo cute!! I loveeeeeeeee the colors and those little fishies!!!!!!ReplyDelete
super, duper cute!!! love the design!! so fun!!ReplyDelete
Very sweet little fish, the eyes are perfect! xReplyDelete
Aw, that is super cute! It will certainly make his day! :)ReplyDelete
how adorable is this. love the fish!ReplyDelete
This is just too cute! Love it!ReplyDelete
Omg I love this card nice and bright!ReplyDelete
Absolutely adorable! LOVE this =)ReplyDelete
OHHH I love those little fishes!!!ReplyDelete
This is adorable Lisa, I love the little glassine envelope.ReplyDelete
Love those fish- and the way you layered them on the ticket! Such a cool card. :)ReplyDelete
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On the Turn of a Card
(Compulsive gambling costs you more than just money)
When the turn of a card; the spin of a wheel or the next goal in a game becomes so important to you that you are prepared to sacrifice more than just the money then gambling has become more than just an innocent game of chance.
Today there are an estimated 40 million gamblers worldwide and young people are participating in even greater numbers, largely in part to the easy accessibility of gambling websites and the proliferation of mobile phone use. The enormous growth in internet and mobile gambling means that often the activity is undertaken in isolation and seclusion, two factors that enable a person's problem to remain undetected until the gambling is out of control.
Gambling in itself is not necessarily bad but when it becomes compulsive, when a person's life begins to revolve around the activity of gambling, then life's every day relationships and responsibilities will eventually suffer.
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Gambling, like drugs or alcohol, is often used to escape from dealing with feelings and reality. The thrill and excitement of online-gaming can be a particularly attractive means of distraction for young people. Compulsive gambling can have far reaching consequences and ultimately will affect more than just your finances; it will impact on every aspect of your life – health, relationships, family life, studying, and work.
Steve's talk will provide students with an opportunity to learn more about gambling and its consequences. In addition the talk aims to raise awareness amongst young people and in doing so will enable them to make informed choices in their own lives. Steve has now been delivering talks on behalf of the McLellan Practice for ten years and for many schools he is their first choice speaker on this important subject.


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By Paul Wright
Long before the days of social media and online petitions graffiti has been used as an expressive display against the corporate and political powers that be.
When I say graffiti, I don't mean the multi-coloured three dimensional 'tagging' and artwork that you see aside canal towpaths and scrapyards, I'm talking about early graffiti, hand written messages and slogans written by anarchists and underdogs across the county.
I picked up a couple of books on this subject 'The writing on the wall' by Roger Perry and 'Graffiti' by Richard Freeman. These books show a number of early images of graffiti dating from the 1960s through to the 1970s, a long time before the Bronx and subway inspired art reached our shores. Amongst a number of nonsensical written messages and slogans, there are pictures of graffiti which addresses racism, capitalism, greed and inequality, all daubed across the walls and bridges of our inner cities and suburbs.
These images got me intrigued and made me want to dig deeper and seek out more images of this nature. A high number of the images I came across were taken during the turbulent Thatcher years, where tensions were high and the disenfranchised expressed their anger and feelings towards the Tory government and authorities of the era.
There is something about the images below, a bold statement that makes you think deeper about the message being put across and what became of the people who wrote them.
'Ouch!! I've Been Hit By The Poll Tax' Hackney, 1990. Photo © David Corio
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