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Health & Pregnancy
Overtime Work in Pregnancy May Affect Baby's Size
June 28, 2012 -- Working long hours on your feet while you're pregnant may affect the size of your newborn.
A new study shows that pregnant women who spend a lot of time on their feet -- and work more than 40 hours a week -- may give birth to smaller babies.
The study shows that women who spent long periods on their feet during their pregnancy in jobs such as sales, child care, and teaching had babies whose heads were an average of 1 centimeter smaller than average at birth.
Clocking long hours during pregnancy also had an effect on the baby's birth weight.
About half the women in the study worked between 25 and 39 hours a week. About one in four worked more than 40 hours a week.
The women who worked more than 40 hours a week had slightly smaller babies than those who worked less than 25 hours a week. But there were no differences in rates of preterm delivery, low birth weight, or babies being born too small for their gestational age, the study showed.
The differences in head size and weight were apparent from the third trimester onward.
Whether or not these differences affect a baby's long-term development is not known.
The findings appear online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Protecting Pregnant Women at Work
The study suggests that changes are needed in work patterns for pregnant women.
"We believe that optimizing the work environment is important since participation of women in the reproductive age in the workforce continues to increase," the researchers write. The research team was led by Claudia A. Snijder, MD, of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The researchers say changes needed in the workplace include setting limits on:
- shift work
- night hours
- standing
- lifting
- noise
These measures may be most effective if they focus on the third trimester.
Researchers used ultrasound to check the growth rates of the babies of 4,680 pregnant women in the Netherlands. The assessment was made throughout pregnancy and at birth.
Women also answered questions about their jobs, including whether they involved:
- lifting
- long periods of standing or walking
- night shifts
- long hours
Close to 40% of women spent a long time on their feet and 45.5% had to walk for long periods as part of their job, according to the study. Just 6% of women engaged in on-the-job heavy lifting. About 4% worked night shifts.


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TORONTO - Six individuals were arrested Wednesday by City Police following a six-month investigation into prescription drug trafficking in the city.
Housed in the Jefferson County jail this morning are Rhonda A. Schooley, 54, of 103 1/2 Seneca St., Toronto, two counts felony trafficking in drugs; Wayne M. Schooley, 48, of 103 1/2 Seneca St., Toronto, one count felony complicity to trafficking in drugs; Lisa L. Swiger, 46, of 198 National Road, Toronto, one count felony trafficking in drugs; Edward A. Kosikowski, 45, of 198 National Road, Toronto, two counts felony trafficking in Drugs; Brandi L. Schroyer, 29, of 132 Belmont St., Toronto, two counts felony trafficking in drugs in the presence of a juvenile; and David W. Fullerton, 43, of Apartment 1, 510 N. Third St., two counts felony drug trafficking.
Capt. Rick Parker of the Toronto Police said all individuals are being held at the jail without bond.
"This is an ongoing investigation into prescription drug trafficking in the city," said Parker, adding Schroyer allegedly sold drugs with her child present during the transactions.
Parker said the drug ring would obtain legitimate prescriptions and then sell them on the street.
"These people would get valid prescription drugs and then sell them," said Parker. "We've seen a rise in thefts, car break-ins and house burglaries due to addicts trying to get money to purchase pills and other illegal drugs."
Parker said more arrests may be forthcoming and warned drug dealers they will be caught and prosecuted.
"The Toronto Police will continue its effort to combat drug trafficking in the city," said Parker. "We have said it time and time again, if you come to our city and sell drugs it's not a matter of if you get caught, it's just a matter of when."
Parker also asked citizens with drug activity information to call police and report it, and all tips on drug activity will remain confidential.
"It would be a lot harder to complete investigations without the help of the citizens who call in information," he said. "Our taxpayers deserve the best enforcement we can offer."

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The 9 Most Unnecessary Greatest Hits Albums of All Time
A Greatest Hits album is an artist's testament to a long and prolific career. Or at least it would be, if it wasn't for the fact that pretty much anybody can release one, regardless of how few hits they actually have to their name. As evidence of this, we give you...
#9. The Best of Vanilla Ice
The window of time in which the world actually gave a shit about Vanilla Ice was quite slim, maybe a year, max. Granted, during those twelve months, the man put together a dazzling string of accomplishments: the first rap song to reach #1 on the Billboard pop charts, one of the best selling rap albums of all time, several Grammy and American Music Award nominations, sex with a still hot at the time Madonna. It was a good run.
But as adored as he may have been for 52 weeks in 1990-1991, he was absolutely fucking hated a million times more for about ten years after. An incident in which he was supposedly dangled from the ankles off a balcony from the top floor of a hotel and forced to sign over the publishing rights to his biggest hit ever is still used as comedy fodder to this day, most recently on a 2006 episode of Entourage. Chew on that for a second, the fact that Vanilla Ice was almost murdered by Suge Knight is thought to be hilarious by millions of people. This album could be called The Very Best of That Fucking Ice Ice Baby Dick That Suge Knight Should Have Dropped To His Death and nobody would bat an eyelash.
Best Moment:
How do you pick just one? Is it "Ninja Rap," a song whose "go ninja, go ninja, go!" chorus evokes kick ass visions of actual ninjas doing the running man, until you realize it's a song from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II soundtrack? How about "I Love You," a tender hip hop ballad that shamelessly apes LL Cool J's "I Need Love" but does it in such a pussified way it manages to make "I Need Love" sound like "Fuck Da Police" in comparison? Perhaps "Satisfaction" would be more to your liking, a tune in which our hero samples The Rolling Stones greatest riff ever, almost certainly without their permission, and proceeds to take a four minute long hip hop shit on it. Really, we can't decide. It's all pretty goddamned awful.
Most Awesome Amazon.com User Review:
"If you decide to buy this CD, wait patiently by the mail box till it arrives. Upon arrival, quickly open the box, then pull the security tape from the jewel case. Open the jewel case and place the CD in one hand. Break the CD in half, then slit your wrists with the remaining shards. As you begin to die look at your reflection in the mirror-like surface of the broken CD, and ask your self what you were thinking when you ordered this CD!"
#8. The Best of Nelson: The Millennium Collection
The second sentence of Nelson's Wikipedia entry perfectly sums up the total lack of need for this "best of" collection to even exist: "They had a No. 1 hit in the United States with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" during the week of September 29, 1990." Yep, for one fucking week, these dudes were kings!
To honor that devoid-of-talent week in 1990, someone decided to do the years of research required to come up with 10 other Nelson songs possibly worth hearing and gather them together on The Best of Nelson: The Millennium Collection. To think, while Y2K paranoia had us celebrating the millennium hunkered down in a bomb shelter scared that a rogue ATM was going to burst through the door at the stroke of Midnight, we could've spent it with this collection of non-hits, celebrating both the coming of the 21st century and Matthew and Gunnar Nelson's glory days. All seven of them.
Best Moment:
"Won't Walk Away," an about-as-awesome-as-Nelson-will-ever-get pop-rock cheese fest that answers the age old question, "what would it sound like if The Replacements were gang raped by Styx?"
Most Awesome Amazon.com User Review:
"Nelson's powerful melodic sound was the logical follow up to the Journey/Foreigner/Loverboy arena rock sound of the 80's. NELSON ROCKS! There, I said it."
#7. Aaron Carter: Most Requested Hits
Fact: kids have shitty taste in music. Actually, just about everything kids like, excluding toys and video games in some cases, totally fucking blows. They don't know any better. In light of this, we don't care how many "hits" this kid may or may not have had as a result of catering to the 8 and under demographic (we didn't check). We are grown folks talking about grown up shit and we say this kid makes the list.
Ok, we're kidding, of course we checked, we're semi-professionals! Unless you count the single "Aaron's Party (Come and Get It)" peaking at #35 as a hit, there is no place in the world for this attempt at revisionist history. By far, the most shocking thing about this album, other than that it exists at all, is the title. Look at the album cover; even he looks a bit surprised. Most requested hits? Requested by who? This implies that there were studies done, numbers crunched and songs eliminated because, compared to "My Shorty," they just couldn't justify including them due to their less than impressive request history. We call bullshit. We want to see the numbers. A Freedom of Information Act request is pending.
Best Moment:
"That's How I Beat Shaq," in which a 15 year-old white kid tells his friends how he met Shaquille O'Neal on a playground and schooled him in a game of one on one. In the end though, it turns out to be a dream! Aw hell naw! We didn't see that coming, yo! But wait, there's a twist! At the end of the song comes the line "If it was a dream, and it wasn't real, how'd I get a jersey with the name O'Neal?" as if to imply some Freddy Krueger shit had just taken place. His friend's reply with a shocked "whooooaaa!" Our reply? "You probably bought it at motherfucking Foot Locker, now go do your homework."
Most Awesome Amazon.com User Review:
"A greatest hits collection from the greatest EVER!!! A.C. gets his props as all of his illustrious hits are presented in Dolby 5.1 surround sound!!! WORD. Don't sleep on Aaron Carter, although the omission of "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy) is inexcusable."


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The 6 Most Insane Moral Panics in American History
#3. Dungeons & Dragons
We Heard About It From:
Anti-occult campaigner Patrica Pulling, author Rona Jaffe, Jack Chick and others.
The "Threat:"When most people think of Dungeons & Dragons, they picture a group of people--usually male--sitting around a table with some books, odd-shaped dice and, in particularly sad cases, costumes.
But it's just harmless, escapist fun, right? And they're doing it with friends! That alone puts it above most geek pastimes. So what's the problem?
Well, according to some, D&D is either an occult training manual used to lure youngsters into Satanism, or it's a dangerous fantasy world that traps teenagers and leads them to madness, suicide or murder.
Artist's depiction of an actual D&D "party."
The moral panic started like a lot of them do: with a death and an idiot. In 1982, Patricia Pulling's teenage son committed suicide. Looking for answers, she turned to his D&D hobby as explanation for his death. Pulling sued the makers of D&D, T.S.R. Inc., and for some bizarre reason, her son's school principal. Why him? Because the mother accused him of placing a "D&D curse" on her son shortly before he died.
Luckily for the defendants, they had a Dexterity score of 17 and Gilligar's Gloves of Legal Protection and easily made the saving throw. Both cases were thrown out of court.
It helps that this was their judge.
But Pulling couldn't let a good panic die. She formed one of the most politely named protest groups of all time, Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons (B.A.D.D.) and began touring the country lecturing on the nonexistent evils of the game. Luckily, her goofball propositions about the occult dangers of the game never met with any support outside the usual crazy demographic. That would have to wait for the publication of a sleazy mass market paperback and Tom Hank's first big break.
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Once again we see that moral panics may hatch from people with too much time on their hands, but lazy journalism gives them their wings. In 1979, James Dallas Egbert disappeared in a series of steam tunnels under Michigan State University. Assuming he was a nerd after hearing his name, local newspapers reported that he had committed suicide (or was killed) during a real life session of D&D.
Their phones apparently broken, they failed to discover that he was in fact not dead, but was hiding at a friend's house after a failed suicide attempt. Reporters also failed to learn that he was addicted to drugs and clinically depressed.
The story might have died there, but a columnist for Cosmopolitan named Rona Jaffe saw an opportunity and wrote a thinly fictionalized version of the events in a book called Mazes and Monsters. It was later turned into the above terrible TV movie starring a young, then unknown Tom Hanks.
But alas, his burgeoning star power wasn't enough to keep the panic going. Geeky teenagers were left to enjoy their 12-sided die, Yoo-Hoo and adolescent power fantasies in peace while Tom Hanks went on to make the most beloved television series of all time, Bosom Buddies. We don't know what became of him after that.
#2. Backwards Messages in Rock and Roll
We Heard About It From:
A few Christian DJs and parents who don't understand their kids.
The "Threat:"
From the seductive swivel of Elvis's hips to John Lennon saying he had a bigger dick than Jesus, rock music has always been considered the soundtrack to our moral decay. This belief reached the heights of its retardedness during the furor over backwards subliminal messages.
"Good point, AC/DC, I should kill the president."
After two kids attempted suicide in 1985, their parents accused the heavy metal band Judas Priest of hiding subliminal messages in their songs to convince listeners to commit suicide. The technique was as simple as writing the songs so that, when played backward they would convey a message. What if the listener never bothered to reverse their turntable? That's okay, the message can still be conveyed thanks to that secret part of the brain that hears everything backwards. Don't ask us to explain it! It's science!
Anyway, a few Christian DJs got wind of the story and decided to fan the flames, playing records backwards for signs that bands were trying to kill their fans. Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and even Jefferson Starship were all alleged to have place secret messages encouraging their fans to give it up for Satan.
Satan's messengers.
Everyone was so caught up in the moral panic fun, that they forgot to ask the obvious question. Why the hell would rock bands want to kill off their customers? Rob Halford of Judas Priest said at the time that if they were going to put subliminal messages in their songs, they would have gone with something like "buy more records" or "don't forget to pick up Judas Priest t-shirts and keychains at fine stores everywhere."
The case against Judas Priest was eventually thrown out in 1990 when the judge realized it was completely fucking insane. The panic would have continued, but, luckily, the CD was invented; making backwards messages impossible to hear. Then gangsta rap hit the mainstream and suddenly parents wished they could have the backwards Satanism thing back.
#1. Satanic Ritual Abuse
We Heard About It From:
Michelle Smith, author of Michelle Remembers and Oprah's even less skeptical colleague, Geraldo Rivera.
The "Threat:"
In 1980, a book called Michelle Remembers told the horrifying story of Michelle Smith's years of alleged ritual abuse at the hands of a cult called "The Church Of Satan." The book, written with her psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Pazder, became an explosive best-seller and touched off one of the most damaging moral panics of all time.
In the book, Pazder and Smith describe horrible abuse meted out upon her as a child. Her abusers were said to be a just one sect of a worldwide cult that was torturing and murdering children and adults all over the globe.
The book claims that Smith was involved in an 81-day ritual where not only Satan, but Jesus, Mary and the archangel Michael made an appearance. This was so convincing that suddenly reports were coming from all over the country of Satanic cults masquerading as daycares and schools.
School principal.
People were being accused left and right of organized rituals involving torture, murder and rape. Law enforcement agencies and even prosecutors used Michelle Remembers as a guide when they were forming their cases.
The only problem was that all the witnesses were usually either very young children or clinically insane adults. No one was actually convicted of Satanic abuse, probably because the fact that the whole thing was bullshit was visible from outer space. Then again... if there was a worldwide Satanic conspiracy, can you imagine how awesome their lawyers must be?
For more big retarded mountains made out of mole hills, check out 7 Bullshit Rumors That Caused Real World Catastrophes. Or find out about how our own beloved Internet is lying to us, in 7 Retarded Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True.
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Both words broma and chiste translate to the English word joke. What's the difference between these two Spanish words, and how do I know when to use each one?
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The main difference that comes to my mind is that chiste can be something witty that you tell, like a joke. For example, the "three guys walk into a bar..." thing.
While broma is a joke that you play on someone, such as putting a sign at the wrong place.
A broma inocente is a joke played on someone that makes the "victim" laugh together with the ones who did the joke, something light; while a broma pesada is a joke that went a little too far.
If we go worse than that, then we're talking about a burla.
Chiste is a relatively simple concept as explained in the other answers. The thing is that broma is a complex word that has many meanings:
You need many words in english to explain what broma really is: to make fun of, to mock, to kid around, to have fun.


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STEUBENVILLE - Eleven companies submitted bids Thursday at the Jefferson County commissioners' meeting for a project that county officials said will improve water service to the south end of the county.
The county received a low-interest loan for the $4.3 million project.
A new pump house will be built in Brilliant and 24,000 feet of 10-inch water lines will be installed from the pump station to the water tower in New Alexandria.
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BRINGING IN BIDS — Representatives of construction companies filled the Jefferson County commissioners' office Thursday to submit bids for the Brilliant booster station and water line transmission project. Eleven firms submitted bids for the project, which will improve water service to the south end of the county. - Mark Law
Shannan Gosbin, county water and sewer department director, said the current pump station was intended to serve 450 customers. It now serves 1,200 customers.
The county also has reached an agreement to take over the Smithfield water system, which will be fed with water from the new pump station and water lines. The commissioners have requests from numerous residents in the south end of the county to receive county water, such as the Bradley area outside Smithfield.
The estimate for the water line installation was $3.1 million. Precision Pipeline of Lancaster was the apparent low bidder, with a proposal costing $1,768,078.
The water and sewer department initially was requesting contractors do directional drilling to install the water lines but contractors asked for permission to use the conventional way of digging a trench to install the lines. The county delayed the bid opening and allowed contractors to bid the alternate of digging a trench.
The bids for the directional drilling ranged from $1.8 million to $4.7 million.
The estimate for the general construction of building the pump station was $600,000. No contractor submitted a bid within the price range. That job will have to be rebid.
The contract for installing the electrical work at the pump station was $630,000. Only one company, Fort Steuben Maintenance of Steubenville, submitted a bid - $662,000.
Gosbin said the county should be closed on its loan with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the work in December. She said contractors could begin work at the start of the year, with the project lasting about one year.
Also, commissioners agreed to allow Progress Alliance to submit applications to three state agencies for a total of $600,000 in grants to extend the road at the county's industrial park off county Road 43.
Edward Looman, Progress Alliance executive director, said the project will cost about $675,000, and will open up another 25 acres for development at the industrial park. Looman said two companies already are interested in locating at the industrial park if the road is extended.
The grant applications, each for $200,000, will be made to the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Development Services Agency and the Ohio Appalachian Regional Commission and Governor's Office of Appalachia.
Commissioners also approved a new three-year labor contract with the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, representing sergeants, lieutenants, captains, deputies, dispatchers, cooks, clerks and custodians at the county sheriff's department.
The agreement calls for a 1.5 percent pay increase the first year and a 1 percent increase in the second and third years of the contract.
Michael Seyer of Clemans, Nelson and Associates, the county's labor consultant, said the agreement also includes new language for the establishment of 12-hour work shifts.
County Commissioner Thomas Graham said the pay raises are not a huge increase for the sheriff's department.
County Commissioner David Maple thanked the union for its understanding of the county's finances.
"We are fortunate to have a hard-working, dedicated and understanding group of folks that understand the financial condition of the county," Maple said.


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I have disabled the automatic boot into Unity and am booting into a CLI tty with a login shell. While running the CLI login shell the screen resolution is fairly low and only utilizes a tiny portion of my widescreen. I do want to maximise the screen resolution but keep the fonts small. I am actually running this particular install in a virtual machine inside VirtualBox but will also apply it later to other "bare metal" installs on other machines.
You can change the console resolution via GRUB configuration.
In the file
Uncomment the
You can now restart your system.
Courtesy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1478692
N.B: I have not checked this solution myself, but it should work fine.
You can use Grub Customizer, a GUI method.
First, you need to install Grub Customizer. Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter the following commands, one at a time.
The first command will prompt for your password. When the commands are complete, you can close the terminal.
Now you can make your changes.
Note: Changing the font is a little buggy, so you may want to avoid doing that.
This link has a list of modes you can set in boot time, check them by booting with the shift key (so you can enter grub) and in the kernel line add the vga parameter.


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Are you looking for a free Saturday activity to kick back, relax and watch youth showcase their hard work? If so, come on out to the Butler County Saddle Club! Butler County 4-Her's will take to the arena on June 1st for their annual Spring Horse Show.
4-Her's will compete in stock, non-stock, ponies, showmanship, western horsemanship, western pleasure, English pleasure, English equitation, trail, reining, and timed events. Timed events include poles, barrels and flags. 4-Her's ages 7 to 18 will show off their talent and skills in these events.
This event will showcase youth from across Butler County and is open to youth in other counties as well. This competition provides an opportunity for the entire family to enjoy this Equestrian Sport together.
The Butler County Saddle Club is located 3 miles West of Leon on Highway 400. The show is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. A concession stand will be available.
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TOPEKA — Many people in the Topeka area will get a break from hot summer temperatures thanks to a gift by Westar Energy of 150 fans to the American Red Cross Operation Heat Relief. Westar Energy will be making the donation at 10:00am, Wednesday, June 13 at the American Red Cross, 1221 SW 17th Street, Topeka.
"We want to help people who need assistance cooling their homes during the hot summer months," said Cynthia McCarvel, Manager of Community Affairs for Westar Energy. "The American Red Cross is in touch with people who need help and can get the fans to them as temperatures become unbearable."
Free fans from the Red Cross program help people who are elderly, disabled or have low incomes. The program was started in 1988 for people who are at risk of heat-related illnesses because of no means to keep cool during our hot Kansas summers. Since that time, the Red Cross has given away more than 7,295 fans to needy families and individuals.
"The Red Cross helps people in times of disaster, and extreme heat can lead to emergency situations," said Greg Simms, Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross-Kansas Capital Area Chapter. "Thanks to Westar, more people will have relief from potentially life-threatening temperatures."
To receive a free fan, people must fill out a short form at the Red Cross, 1221 SW 17th Street, weekdays between 8am and 4:30pm. In addition, applicants will need a photo identification card to verify their address. Due to high demand and limited quantities, the Red Cross allows one fan per address, per person every two years.
The Red Cross would like to challenge the community to match Westar's donation of 150 fans. The Red Cross will accept donations of new fans from businesses and individuals wishing to assist those in need. Fans may be donated through drop off at the Red Cross, 1221 SW 17th Street, between 8am and 4:30pm.
In addition to Operation Heat Relief, the local Red Cross helps residents who have been affected by a disaster such as fires, tornadoes, floods or other disasters; with life-saving training in CPR, swimming lessons, first aid and other courses; and provides emergency communications for military families. More than 20,000 people in Topeka and nearby counties are assisted each year by local Red Cross programs and services.
Westar Energy and the American Red Cross offer the following tips to stay cool and healthy during hot weather:
Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored clothing and wear a hat or use an umbrella.
Drink plenty of water, and drink water even if you do not feel thirsty.
Avoid alcohol and caffeine.
Eat small, frequent meals.
Never leave children or pets alone in enclosed vehicles.
Slow down, stay indoors and avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest part of the day.
Use a buddy system when working in excessive heat, and check on family, friends, and neighbors who spend much of their time alone and more likely to be affected by the heat.
If you have air conditioning, clean filters often, and let the air conditioner run if you are away. (Turn it off, however, if you are gone for an extended time.)
Use major heat-producing appliances, such as washer and dryer, during the cooler hours of the day.
Turn off lamps, televisions, and other appliances when not in use.


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i would actually say deer are already out of fashion and wolves are gaining a lot of ground on the coasts. i'm sure it will take the "bird/deer" artists another five years to switch from deer to wolves, so hunker down with your copy of New American Paintings and be prepared for many more years of stylized, hipster garbage.
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"contemporary" artists finally started to realize that putting birds in every piece of their art as a crutch to make sales is just cheesy, redundant and stupid so they switched to deer.
i would actually say deer are already out of fashion and wolves are gaining a lot of ground on the coasts. i'm sure it will take the "bird/deer" artists another five years to switch from deer to wolves, so hunker down with your copy of New American Paintings and be prepared for many more years of stylized, hipster garbage.
Yes, you're right, I've actually been ranting about the deer for a couple of years. Haven't noticed the pack of wolves as yet, though now that you mention it, I have sighted a few.
Thanks, Mike, for being a loyal commenter. For those who don't know Mike, see my last posting.
Is there a certain strata of the art world that's woefully trendy, in part, because of the increasing influence of the international art fairs, places where collectors and curators are looking for threads of similarity? I'm not talking about the stand outs at fairs like Venice, but the seemingly endless sea of lesser known, "emerging" work? Or, am I over thinking? Is it just laziness? Or, might it be viewed in a positive way -- that artists are in conversation with each other, so to speak?
Well, as the artist who painted the piece attached to this blog posting, I am shocked to find out my work is "hipster garbage". Which is really a shame because I thought that I had created something that was meaningful and worth making, but apparently because I paint deer my work is doomed to be categorized as a trend. A statement like "What's with all of the deer in contemporary art" leads me to believe that the viewer never really looked deeper than an initial glimpse, labeled it as something in a long line of others, and went on their way. What's with all the embroidery pieces of knives and naked women? What's with all the clever and ironic spray painted stencils? What's with all paisley and floral pattern? Questions likes these have all the substance of a gossip column. They are an excuse for the questioner and colleagues to rant about something that they have only a whimsical interest in. Since my piece has been chosen as a prime example of the infestation of deer in contemporary art I feel that I have to defend my work. The subjects I choose are mine alone. I have developed my artistic style over many years. My work is complex, meaningful and above all sincere. It will continue to develop despite the criticism of art world ne'er-do-wells. But still, I can't help but wonder if this whole thing could have been avoided if I had painted a squid instead?
Hi Eddie, thanks for your posting. I'm so glad you weighed in, as the artist. The question was asked, in part, for fun and out of genuine curiosity. A blog can sometimes be used for thinking out loud, and thinking out loud can sometimes lead to surprising dialogue.
The question, as asked, makes no comment on the value of the work itself.
With that said, can I voice a pet peeve? Is it really enough to tell us your work is "complex" and "meaningful," that your subjects are yours "alone." Why not tell us a little more about the work and your process. If you shared that with us, we might have a little insight into the attraction for the subject. I'd love to hear more.
Thanks again.
... and mushrooms too. Perhaps they sprout up on the detritus of decomposing deer. Darn things are everywhere, and in droves. From Roxy Paine's perfected museum specimen versions, and Keith Edmier's giants of the same high tech plastic (the beeswax of the 00's), to Murakami's posterized mural hallucinations it seems Alice can be found in every nook and cranny of Wherever Art Fair. Like their antlered counterparts they are democratic little buggers- at home in any biennial or bargain bin, from ArtForum to Crafts 'N Things. I guess there's some mysterious fauna or floral that's latched onto from time to time as the specific mascot of an unspecified zeitgeist.
I've noticed the deer. And they are a terrific lithmus. When they are good- they are soooo good. My favorites come to visual memory readily and pleasurably. How can you not start with Beuys mysterious shamans? There's Richter's blurred ghosts. Local fave Bruce Nauman's full blown taxidermy forms are amongst the most indelible; broken marionettes, pulled apart, welded back together, some dragging an aluminum path on the exhibition floor as they revolve in a pathetic and rickety carousel. The inescapable broadcast din of the scraping "trophies" is Nauman's challenge, "track THAT". The recent Ramirez show at MAM featured some that could have elicited an eloquent "extraordinary, rare, and beautiful" only as Attenborough could bestow them.
Although there's lots more great examples- like in the photography of Jocelyn Lee- there are far more bland or bad examples where the test strip turns a pale and wimpy yellow. In the latest Triennial there was work by Actualsize that seemed to call to mind Nauman much too readily and quickly. It seems the difference to me- and I have no meter other than a gut check and a lot of art looking- is a primary use, where the deer IS the thing needed, or a less-than-primary use, where the beast is a shortcut or stand in, a misused quote to designate some kind of cleverness or artsiness. Could be the author lost their art thesaurus and couldn't find a more personal or accurate carrier of meaning? In the land of the State Wildlife Animal it could be the constant bombardment of white-tail imagery that works itself into our "up nort" consciousness and even when overfed with the sugariness of a Uttech we find it hard not to have another helping. I don't think it rules out invoking the beast. I just think it is extraordinarily difficult to do so poignantly and do it well. Maybe a muskie would do? Just no theme shows, please.
I personally think that the bird/deer/owl phenomenon is due to a lot of artists and craftsters rising and perhaps too-relied upon interest in 40's-60's campy craftbooks and fashion magazines.
I love a good bird/deer/owl as much as the next tattooed listener of 60's garage rock, there is a "cave paintings at Altamira" aura about them, aren't there. I like the communal feel of walking into all these tucked away indie enclaves and seeing the shamanistic images, with the occasional shamanic surprise. I hate that many of these artists, in all reality, are following a trend blindly (that is, not realising they are following the trend, but indeed are), at the same time, I am comforted by the imagery (which means it can't be good art).
That many of the deer are mangled, as the one shown above, is probably significant.
Ramble ramble ramble.
If you're interested in a peek of the artwork by Actualsize, mentioned by M. Davidson, above, here's a link to my video on the MMoCA triennial: The artwork makes an appearance twice early on in the video.
Thanks for the opportunity to be brought into the conversation. I invite you to come to the Kunzelmann-Esser Gallery on Gallery Night if you would like to learn more about what I paint and why.
I'll be honest, Eduardo, and I think you should take my criticism with the same grain of salt you would anything said to you in any critique of your work... When I first saw your work at Cafe Lulu, I thought, "Wow, this is really great work, but it looks a lot like much of what I see coming from young artists on the coasts."
On one hand I'm happy that in the last couple years, young artists in Milwaukee are actually starting to look at what's happening outside our little city, and on the other hand I'm anxiously awaiting this new group of more literate young artists to find their own voices.
As a curator I thought, "I'd LOVE to show this guys work, he's got a TON of potential," but a couple years ago I made a promise to myself that I would never again show birds, deer or whatever the fashionable animal of choice at the time was again.
You see, the only time David Gordon and Joe Ketner came to my gallery to see art, in the nearly 5 years I was open, was a show of cutesy bird art made by two women from the West Coast. I was so angry with myself and embarrassed that THIS was the show Mr. Gordon and Mr Ketner were seeing. The show sold like crazy and I actually paid my bills and ate somewhere other than McDonalds that month, but they never came back.
I think it's important for young artists to just keep making work and refining their voices (and yes, certainly not give a damn what the rest of us say), but it's also important to know what types of icons and symbols other artists are using and reusing and find a way to stand out.
I wasn't saying your work in particular was Hipster Garbage. Like I said, I like a lot of what I see in your work and was impressed by what you did at The Armoury Gallery last month. I was just making another snotty Mike Brenner generalization to try and reach the HUGE group of artists chasing current trends. It takes all of us a LONG time to stop mimicking other artists. I'm certainly not there yet myself.
But to be snotty, once again... a ne'er-do-well is someone who is idle and irresponsible. I think Mary Louise and I could only be considered "art world ne'er-do-wells" if we DIDN'T call out young artists. Besides, if I didn't respect you and what you were doing, I'd ignore you (not try and have a dialogue with you), it's a lot easier.
I'll definitely try and make your Kunzelman-Esser show. Best of luck!
Thanks Mike for taking the time to flesh out your ideas. Nicely done.
Eddie, I will try to make the show as well. Thanks for the invitation.
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Hamburger Mary's open in Bay View
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No, they don't have a "specialty in who they serve to" -- anyone and everyone is welcome, just like any restaurant. The wait staff and entertainers are in costume. Just like any theme restaurant.
To say they "specifically target the LBGT community" is simply incorrect.
It's unfortunate that there has to be a specific "coexist crowd," since clearly many people do not believe in equality for all.
This sounds like the place to go when the karny is not in town.
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i guess you are really ignorant Jason. :) How about you stick to the thousands of restaurants who "market to the straight community" (IE - almost ALL of them)? Then you don't have to worry. Problem solved.
unless of course you are having some bigotry issues... is that it?
Jason, many companies "market to the LGBT community." They also market to other populations. Last I checked money is green!
Jason you sound like a huge bigot.
The place in Chicago is always packed. I've never eaten there but I've heard it's really good.
Just took a look at several, not all, of their on-line menus. Burgers run from $9.00 _ to over $15 for a kobe burger. Granted they are 1/2lb burgers, but still This is MKE folks, the land of deep pockets and short arms. A good restaurant is one that you take food home from. Wonder what will move into the space next.Hide replies
Even Stack'd Burger Bar which specializes in burgers, start at $10. A good restaurant is not one that you "take food home from." That's the problem with this country, and Wisconsin in particular. A good restaurant is one in which you get good food for a good price. And being entertained in the process is a bonus.
@lefty,u r a typical milw.cheapskate,just stay home and make your own burger and entertain yourself.
Your right Lefty, Oscars serves a great hamburger for two bucks. 5 brothers has great hamburgers and fantastic frys. 9 dollars for a burger is not milwaukee , especially in Bayview. I give it one year at the most. Sorry not just Milwaukee for a Hamburger joint. Webs is great also, don't need a half pound , way to big.
Were you a weatherman, you'd be constantly caught out in the rain having predicted sunshine simple because that's what you want, no matter what you could see even out your own window. Again, you've apparently never been to, or even heard of, Sobelman's, Elsa's, Lulu, the abovementioned Stack'd, et al., NB (not to be confused with nota bene).
"A good resaurant is one that you take food home from"
pretty sure it's the opposite.
You get what you pay for . . .
Where do you find a cheaper burger than that? Not Cafe Central, not LuLu's, not Trocadreo, not Water Street Brewery...all good places by the way. I can't wait to try this place, and with all the homophobia in this Country, it's nice to have a place where EVERYONE can feel welcome!Hide replies
my god i want Lulu chips so bad right now... :p
The irony is, Lulu has always been both "family" AND LGBT friendly, and has done perfectly well not DESPITE this, but in no small part BECAUSE of it. I've seen gay customers harrassed at the 24 hour diner down the street (and the staff/mgmt. there do absolutely nothing about it), but otherwise, so far as I know, sexual (not to mnetion sartorial) orientation simply hasn't been an issue (even?) in Bay View. So why is it now? It may not be foregrounded at other businesses, but it's hardly stuffed back in the closet, either. If you like Lulu, and can tolerate other chain restaurants (and HM's is, even with that paint job, far less garish than most, while the staff is polite, helpful, and unintrusive, vs. hard selling, ingratiating and fake freindly), there's absolutely no reason (save perhaps
homophobia) why you shouldn't enjoy Hamburger Mary's.
I totally get what you are saying.. My partner and i used to go to Lulu all of the time when we were dating and NEVER felt uncomfortable, but it's also a place where i take my 60ish parents and they love it too. Why can't more people just be comfortable with venues that cater to EVERYONE? You wouldn't see this kind of reaction in an article about something tacky like a Hooters opening... and quite frankly Hooters is a little offensive. :p
Fran Glass - Hooters does not cater to people who want to see women in scantlly clad outfits. There. I hope that sounds as ridiculous as saying this restaurant does not in any way have a LGBT theme to it.
LuLu's continued success is surprising really. We quit going after a few dinners with burnt food. I still love their pizza with dry tomatoes and chevre, tho.
Gotta go with lefty one this one. Milwaukee is a cheap town. I heard a guy in Chicago tell his coworker they were going out to lunch "Milwakee style" I asked what that ment? It means "your buying".Hide replies
Cheap is an understatement!!
I work retail sales, and have jokingly commented if they sold recycled condoms here, half the guys would buy 'em, the other half would get them because their wife told them to, and some uber-cheapskate would want a VOLUME DISCOUNT!
Cheap is an understatement!!
I work retail sales, and have jokingly commented if they sold recycled condoms here, half the guys would buy 'em, the other half would get them because their wife told them to, and some uber-cheapskate would want a VOLUME DISCOUNT!
LOL. SO as not to offend, I think the word is FRUGAL is usually inserted and used here! LOL! My only concern though, is if a BURGER KING, and then the OMEGA could not make it there...how will this more expensive reincarnation of a burger place going to do there?
How is this a "concern" of yours? Have you invested in it?
gay folks have more disposable income than straight people. that should help.
i'm going! :D
Everybody has more disposable income than me (though few dispose of it with quite the same vigor that I do). I'll be going back.
The Omega had TERRIBLE service. I stopped going there after having a couple very poor experiences.
@ FlavorDav, lol!
tabitha1, who cares if you insult a cheapskate?
They know exactly what they're trying to do, and accept being insulted as part of the process, on the basis that they win more often than they lose.
Besides, they 'll complain to their friends about service, quality, quantity, but they will NEVER tell their friends that they got shown the door for being a cheap SOB.
When they pull that BS, I comment that it's sad to see that they've fallen on hard time, and it's a shame they can't afford quality, let alone adequate merchandise for the situation at hand.
Either the sale is made, or they find the door on their own very quickly.
tabitha1, who cares if you insult a cheapskate?
They know exactly what they're trying to do, and accept being insulted as part of the process, on the basis that they win more often than they lose.
Besides, they 'll complain to their friends about service, quality, quantity, but they will NEVER tell their friends that they got shown the door for being a cheap SOB.
When they pull that BS, I comment that it's sad to see that they've fallen on hard time, and it's a shame they can't afford quality, let alone adequate merchandise for the situation at hand.
Either the sale is made, or they find the door on their own very quickly.
Oops--tweaking up a new keyboard, folks, mea culpa!
We are PROUDLY cheap.
Jason, kindly consume a satchel consisting of men named Clark, Cheney, Nixon, Parcells, Jauron, Vitale, and Van Dyke.Hide replies
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This place should be a huge success. Ignore the stupid comments from the peanut gallery. Welcome with open arms, Hamburger Mary's!Hide replies
Absolutely, if the food is good this place will be a hit.
Right, ten dollars for a hamburger, your out of your mind. I don't care what they put in their burger, its still just a hamburger , chopped meat and fat for flavor. Not Milwaukee style at all. Especially with the economy the way it is , except of course for those on entitlements, they can exchange their food stamps for half their value and then waste it on a ten dollar hamburger. Sounds about right.
Nail - Are you kidding? what restaurants do you go to in milwaukee? I assume you are an applebees, TGI Fridays kind of guy? lol
Yeah, you can't park for all the welfare Cadillacs at Sobelman's, or Elsa's, or Lulu, or ...
I don't think this place will be family friendly.Hide replies
Depends on how friendly your family is.
Why not? I mean, no, I wouldn't take my kids there (or anywhere really) late at night or during a special event that's clearly for adults, but they have a kids menu and everything. But at lunchtime, or for an early dinner?
Are you suggesting that my kids might be exposed to (GASP!) gay people? Or people dressed a little unconventionally? Or people having fun? Oh, the horror.
If you take your kids trick or treating ...
Why would you say something like this? How would this place not be family friendly?
If your family is full of bigots like yourself, then no, it probably wouldn't be "your family" friendly.
If your family is full of bigots like yourself, then no, it probably wouldn't be "your family" friendly.
If your family is full of bigots like yourself, then no, it probably wouldn't be "your family" friendly.
I don't care.
I don't really care who they cater to, and i wish them the best of luck, but for my own preference, and i think that of many Milwaukeeans, is that we enjoy a more quiet dinner, without gimmicks. I absolutely despised Ed Debevic's, and can't stand the button jingling waitresses at TGI Fridays. AS i have many friends in the LBGTetc. community, i'm sure i'll end up here at least once. Hopefully there is a market in Milwaukee that can support a business like this, as any new business sin Milwaukee is a good business.Hide replies
No gimmicks, any more than, say, bands playing at Lulu after 10:00 p.m. can be called a gimmick (at HM's. it'll be drag shows and somehow "risque" bingo calling, apparently). Otherwise, simply a superior casual dining chain. They may describe themselves as "kitschy," but the decor and, especially, the staff is less on=bnoxious than your average Applebee's or TGI Friday's (not to mention Hooter's). Tennis shirts 'n' slacks, not even so much as a Bea Arthur costume, and no Office Space "flair" whatsoever. There are bona fide heterosexuals working (not to mention eating) there, even. Though everybody seemed like just plain people to me.
Ate there last night. While I can understand your sentiment, I didn't feel it was any more gimmicky than Comet, Palamino, Stack'd, Cafe Centraal, Lulu, etc. (all places I love). Service staff was not wearing any sort of costume or flair, no Ed Debevic style of service, and friendly folks all around.
Sounds like they missed a great marketing opportunity. Why didn't they name the chain the "Flaming Patty"???
Are they serving "foot long" Chicago dogs, too??
Hey, did ya hear the one about the "hummin' h*mo", hmmmmmmm???Hide replies
Or, "Ben Dover's".
Oh, man. Somebody STOP meehhhhhh!!!
What night are they having the "flouncing" contest?
Wait! Wait! Wait!!
How about "The B*tchy Burger"?
Will they have "Frenched fries", too??
Thank you, thank you! You've been a great audience. I'll be appearing in the men's room for the rest of the week.
Sounds like when you need a burger in the worst way, this will be the place to go!! Da dump bump!!
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