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Posted by David Walker on Thursday April 11, 2013 | Photojournalism
Posted by David Walker on Thursday April 11, 2013 | Photojournalism
There's a long moment of dread near the beginning of Sebastian Junger's new film about the life and death of Tim Hetherington. A video camera pans around a car full of journalists covering the uprising in Libya in April 2011. Hetherington and Chris Hondros are among them. As the car sets off through war-ravaged streets, Hetherington can be overheard asking, "Which way is the front line from here?"
That scene foreshadows the tragic ending of the film. Hetherington and Hondros died that day in Misrata when the rebels they were with came under mortar attack. Junger unspools those final moments with a deliberate and dramatic recounting by other photographers who were at the scene.
The film–Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington–will have its broadcast premiere on April 18 on HBO, which funded the production. The film is both biography and homage, depicting Hetherington as an exceptional photographer and humanitarian, as well as as a warm, funny, generous man. It is also rich with insight about what really matters in photography, and more importantly, life, though the lessons came for Junger–and viewers–at a high cost.
A master story teller to start with, journalist and director Junger could not have had a more sympathetic subject. He also had an unusually rich trove of material to work with: interviews–many of them quite raw emotionally– with so many people who were close to Hetherington, his remarkable photography archive, and plenty of existing video footage.
Much of that was behind-the-scenes footage from Restrepo, the Oscar-winning documentary about a platoon of American soldiers in Afghanistan that Junger and Hetherington made together. But Junger also had plenty of other footage to draw from, most notably that of Hetherington covering the war in Liberia during the 1990s. It was shot by James Brabazon, whom Hetherington worked with at the time.
Junger, an adventure writer and best-selling author of The Perfect Storm, is fascinated by the courage of men who risk their lives with adrenaline-infused feats of derring-do. And Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? is, on one level, a celebration of courage. War is risky. It's dramatic, and it pulls in audiences. (And Junger explains in the film that he took Hetherington on to help shoot Restrepo partly because of the courage Hetherington had demonstrated in Liberia.)
But Junger is interested in courage in the service of some higher purpose, and Hetherington certainly had that. From the start of his career he was interested in the physical and psychological toll that war takes on individual people. Moreover, he always went in search of hope, not just suffering.
As photojournalist Chris Anderson and others interviewed in the film point out, Hetherington's work was not primarily about war, but about human nature.
Hetherington says in one of the film's clips that moral outrage motivated him but wasn't a useful tool to get people to engage with the stories he told. "I think we need to build bridges to people," he said. Within Junger's film is a tutorial on how Hetherington went about it.
In one clip he says he doesn't care about photography "per se;" for him it was a means to an end, which was to connect with people. That informed his approach, too. Hetherington shot medium format in order to get the camera away from his face, so he could engage directly with his subjects. Those interviewed for the film–including his parents, colleagues, and friends–talk about Hetherington's warmth and humor toward everyone he met.
And Junger shows it, with numerous clips of Hetherington interacting with all types kinds of subjects, from children to warriors.
Much of Hetherington's work is about what happens to soldiers who fall under the spell of war. Restrepo, for instance, explores the bonding and self-sacrifice of soldiers in close quarters, trying to help one another survive. One of Hetherington's central questions, Brabazon points out in the film, is: How do young men see themselves in war, and why? The question infused Hetherington's work from Liberia to Afghanistan.
Junger's film suggests that Hetherington ultimately fell under the spell of war himself, and that was his undoing. By various accounts, he was ready by 2010 to quit photographing in and around war. He'd had close calls in Afghanistan. He also feared ending up alone, without a wife and family, if he kept running off to cover stories in conflict zones.
But Hetherington was having difficulty flipping between the realities of his personal life and his work life. And Junger points out that winning the Oscar award for Restrepo was both intoxicating and alarming for Hetherington, presumably because it so strongly affirmed the career path he was trying to escape.
When Libya exploded, Hetherington saw photojournalists–his own band of brothers–running to cover the action. He couldn't resist the urge to join them. His father, who is interviewed extensively in the film, warned him not to go. So did Chris Anderson, who says in the film that he told Hetherington: "This is not your story right now." And it wasn't. The point of Hetherington's work had never been to document fighting.
Junger's new film portrays Hetherington as a a rare talent and inspiration, but in so doing it also raises despair, and an imprecation: If only Hetherington had glanced at Libya, and heeded the internal voice that was telling him it was time to leave conflict journalism behind…
Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya
Chris Hondros Dies in Libya
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Tuesday July 18, 2017 | Photojournalism
Fake news is much in the news these days and a new study from the University of Warwick has some disheartening, if not surprising, survey results showing that the public often has difficulty sorting real images from manipulated ones. Researchers led by Sophie Nightingale from the Department of Psychology asked 659 people aged 13-70 to... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Friday June 9, 2017 | Photojournalism
A year after NPR photographer David Gilkey and journalist Zabihullah Tamanna were killed in Afghanistan, NPR is reporting that their deaths were the result of a targeted Taliban attack, not a random attack as Afghan officials originally claimed. The two journalists died June 5 while riding with a unit of the Afghan National Army in... More ›
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French photojournalist Mathias Depardon has been released from prison in Turkey one month after his arrest, and is now on his way to Paris. The news was reported by Reporters without Borders, and confirmed in a statement from French president Emmanuel Macron. Depardon, a French citizen based in Istanbul, was on assignment for National Geographic... More ›


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Hannity wrongly accused Sen. Clinton of "hypocrisy" on illegal immigration
Fox News' Sean Hannity accused Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of "hypocrisy" on illegal immigration because of her criticism of a recently passed House immigration bill, which she said "would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself." Hannity said: "But this is the same lady that said, 'Oh, I'm against illegal immigration.' That's just such hypocrisy." Hannity claimed her criticism made her a hypocrite when it comes to opposing illegal immigration, when, in fact, she has supported other immigration reform bills.
On the March 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Fox News' Sean Hannity accused Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) of "hypocrisy" on illegal immigration. Referring to Clinton's March 22 statement that the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act [1] (H.R. 4437) "would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself," Hannity said: "But this is the same lady that said, oh, I'm against illegal immigration. That's just such hypocrisy." However, Hannity's suggestion that, in criticizing the bill, Clinton was supporting illegal immigration or attacking immigration reform is false. In fact, Clinton was criticizing a specific proposal within the resolution that has been similarly criticized by religious leaders. She has also endorsed other immigration reforms.
From the March 24 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: And now we got Hillary lecturing us about the Bible on this, which, by the way, made absolutely -- Biblically speaking -- no sense whatsoever, and clearly she doesn't know what she's talking about. But this is the same lady that said, "Oh, I'm against illegal immigration." That's just such hypocrisy.
During a March 22 press conference, Clinton said of H.R. 4437: "It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scripture, because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself." Clinton was referring to a section of the bill that threatens up to five years imprisonment for anyone who "assists, encourages, directs, or induces a person to reside in or remain in the United States, or to attempt to reside in or remain in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to reside in or remain in the United States." As Media Matters for America noted [2], on March 23, Hannity also falsely attacked Clinton for her comments on H.R. 4437 the day after the Associated Press had reported [3] that Clinton -- rather than endorsing illegal immigration, as Hannity implied -- called for a number of immigration reforms during the same March 22 press conference in which she made her "Good Samaritan" remarks:
Among other things, Clinton said she would support legislation that would strengthen U.S. borders, boost technology to secure the borders, and seek greater cross-border cooperation with Mexico and other neighboring countries.
She also called for new enforcement laws, including penalties for employers who exploit illegal immigrants, as well as a system to allow the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States to earn their citizenship.
Religious groups and figures have offered similar criticisms of H.R. 4437 -- such as Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, who wrote in a March 22 New York Times op-ed [4]: "As written, the proposed law is so broad that it would criminalize even minor acts of mercy like offering a meal or administering first aid."
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She knew that Gómez and Barros were supposed to have her sister, but they had told her she ran away years before.
Gómez and Barros have been charged with forced slavery, inflicting bodily harm on a child and false imprisonment.
As an historian and a stylist Barros deserves the high fame he has always enjoyed.
The name of one of these is supplied by Castanheda and Barros.
Barros and Goes say that the leader of these vessels was a pirate named Timoja, whose head-quarters were at Onor.
The succeeding decades, from the 5th to the 13th, are not written by Barros.
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Despite small progress over the years, my 9-year-old son still approaches food as if it will wake and stab him in the eyes. So what's a mom to do?
Oh, moms with children who eat everything, how I envy you. How sweet it must be to cook without your child staring at a meatball as if it were a live hand grenade. How relaxing to go to someone's house for dinner and not worry about how your child will react to what they serve. What a pleasure to sit down in a restaurant and not scan the menu for french fries and chicken fingers. I couldn't even take my oldest son to Percy Street BBQ without him wincing with anxiety, crying over the menu, looking pleadingly skyward and banging his head on the table. All he would eat were the slices of white bread that came with the meal.
This has been going on since Maxon was 18 months old. He's nine now.
When he was younger and I kept reading that picky eating is a phase, I wasn't as bugged by it.
Now? Yeah. I'm a little bugged.
So, what is a mom to do? Let's do a little Internet search, shall we? Oh, what a surprise: Make a chart and give rewards.
Can I tell you how sick I am of charts and rewards? Next time someone suggests I make a chart, she better cower because I am chucking the closest object at her head. I am done with charts. I have made them on my computer, by hand and on white boards. I have used stickers and M&M's and marbles and superhero magnets and points and check marks and gum and squishy creatures and tiny dinosaurs.
Let's be absolutely clear: I am not making any more charts so my kids can earn points for being decent human beings. You act right. You don't get a prize for it. End of story.
O.K., so. That's off the table.
I cook for my family most nights out of the week. I am a classic home cook – roasted chicken, fish, pasta, vegetables. I enjoy cooking and I am not that bad at it. Maxon eats about a quarter of the meals I make. And some of the things he refuses are kiddie meal staples, like macaroni and cheese. Macaroni and cheese, my friends. ("Hey, I sometimes like macaroni and cheese," says Maxon, reading over my shoulder. "I just don't like macaroni and cheese when it is served in one of those kettles that witches use." Thank you sweetheart, for making my point for me.)
I'm not saying Maxon hasn't made progress, because he has. When he was very small, I stopped fighting him and just made him what he wanted, because mealtime was becoming this stressful event and I didn't want him to associate dinner with negative feelings. But probably around the time he was six or so, I changed it up. I started making one meal. No substitutions. It's been rough, but over the years he has added trout, pork chops, broccoli, grilled cheese, chicken drumsticks, egg whites, pickles and macaroni and cheese (that isn't in a witch kettle) to his list of foods that don't cause panic attacks.
But Maxon still approaches food as if it will wake and stab him in the eyes. There is always a fight, always a negotiation over how many bites are left, always pleading looks at the ceiling and defeated woe-is-me soliloquies. Yes, I want him to eat more variety of foods, but more importantly, I just want the drama to end.
I told him recently, after he went on about his taste buds being broken, that all I want is for him to thank me for cooking. Try all the different foods on his plate. Eat what he enjoys rather than refuse something just because he has for so long. And if he doesn't like something, to simply say, "Mom, it looks good, but it isn't my thing." You'll be surprised, I told him, how far that will go. I might even give him some white bread slices instead.


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Related story: 8 arrests in Huntington Beach after US Open of Surfing
Every summer, Huntington Beach stops for one week for its surfing competition, the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing.
Close to 700,000 people attended the week-long event in Orange County, and 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater, defending 2012 champion Julian Wilson and two-time U.S. Open champion and Huntington Beach local Brett Simpson were attempting to capture this year's grand prize.
A total of 108 men entered North America's only ASP prime event, which started July 21.
By the end of Friday, that pool was narrowed to the last 16 competitors.
By the end of Sunday's final, 23-year-old Brazilian Alejo Muniz was the U.S. Open champion after defeating Southern Californian's own Kolohe Aldino, 16.23 to 14.54.
"Today it makes four years that my grandfather passed away, so there were a lot of emotions going on," Muniz said. "Every time I hit sevens or eights and I was getting the scores I was needing, I believe that he sent those waves to me. I believe in that. That's why when the heat finished, I pointed to the sky."
Muniz had his best two scores in his first two waves of the final. Andino then failed to reach 8.46, the score he needed to win.
Muniz reached the finals by beating American Nat Young in the quarterfinals and Australian Matt Banting in the semifinals.
"For some reason, when I woke up this morning I knew I was going to do well," Muniz said. "I didn't think I was going to win, but I knew I was going to do well."
Muniz became the first Brazilian to win the U.S. Open since Titav Tavares, who won the women's event back in 2000.
"I'm really stoked because this is the biggest win of my career," Muniz said. "In Brazil we have guys like Gabriel Medina and Filipe Toledo pushing all the young surfers. So this is good, so they don't forget about me."
Slater and Wilson failed to qualify for the final day, which included the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals all within five hours.
Meanwhile, 19-year-old Andino, the only American who made it past the quarterfinals, made it to the final day of the U.S. Open for the second time in his young career after making the semifinals in 2011.
"I wasn't thinking I was going to win at all," Andino said. "I was taking it heat by heat."
Muniz received a cash prize of $100,000 and earned 6,500 points toward a top-34 world ranking qualifying spot for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship.
On the women's side, it was Hawaiian Carissa Moore who defeated local favorite Courtney Conlogue, 16.00 to 15.27, to win her second U.S. Open since 2010.
Conlogue rallied on her last wave, but her last score of 7.77 wasn't enough to get by Moore, who took home the first prize of $15,000 and 10,000 points.
"It feels amazing," Moore said. "To win at the U.S. Open two times is incredible.
"It was definitely a really exciting finish with Courtney."
Vans also hosted the ASP Pro Juniors for men and women. Those events were won by American Conner Coffin, who won for the second consecutive year, and South African Bianca Buitendag.
This event, the largest surfing competition in the world, was first held in 1959. In 1964, it became known as the United States Surfing Championships.
The event was changed to its present name in 1994.
The U.S. Open of Surfing took place on 14 acres of sand south of the Huntington Beach Pier. All of the events were free.
Vans also hosted a skateboarding and BMX competition.
Spending at the nine-day event added a reported $21.5 million to the Orange County economy and $16.4 million to that of Huntington Beach.


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16/07/2012 • Ibiza (ES)
The magic of the White Island, the effect of the sun and the stars, the unique location in the Mediterranean Sea and the isle's infamous stories – this is what has always made Ibiza so exceptionally attractive. Long before the Spanish and the British launched the European Acid and House movement, Ibiza had already radiated this very special magic.
For this reason and more besides, Sven Väth decided 13 years ago that Cocoon would be part of this; the idea and the music Cocoon stands for are meant to be created for this magical place, which is meanwhile the epicentre of the international club scene, year after year. Cocoon is Ibiza and Ibiza is Cocoon.
The magic, the electrifying atmosphere, the heat of the night – this is, in our dynamic times, one of the few possibilities to stop the clock, to feel the universe, to forget the monotony of everyday life and to leave it all behind. It's the power of the island and the "spirit of cocoon" in the year 2012 – that year when we step into the age of Aquarius, it's the turn of eras, it is spirituality and transcendence. The age of Aquarius is the era of consciousness, the era of experience.
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Fritz and Richardson attend Inaugural SAC Leadership ConferenceAugust 5, 2011
Rock Hill, S.C. - Brevard College's Candice Fritz and Jacob Richardson were a part of the Inaugural South Atlantic Conference Leadership Conference, held on July 29-31 in Black Mountain, N.C., as the SAC took part in its commitment to student-athlete development.
In total, 21 SAC student-athletes took part in the event, spanning nine of the league's 10 member institutions.
The Conference focused on developing leadership skills and challenged participants to be role models for their teammates, on campus, and in the community.
"I thought the leadership weekend was full of great learning experiences and fun," commented Fritz. "The leaders were thoughtful and made it clear that they cared for us as individuals and about our futures. They were educated and inspiring, each one filled with passion and a love for life. The weekend was a great learning experience, and I plan to take a lot of what I learned back to Brevard College this fall!"
Headlining the event were five keynote presenters: author and motivational speaker Beverly Benfield, Musco Lighting's Mike Limpach and Dina Neely, Coastal Carolina University Director of Campus Recreation Jody Davis, and SAC Commissioner Patrick Britz. Together they covered topics such as leadership development, post-college preparation, personal accountability and team building.
Big South Conference Associate Commissioner Dawn Turner was also integral to the planning and operation of the event.
"The event exceeded my expectations," Britz said. "I'm confident that the student-athletes felt the weekend was both enjoyable and an excellent learning experience.
"As the SAC continues to invest in student-athlete leadership development, I look forward making the event even better in 2012 and beyond."
The Leadership Conference also mixed in some fun, as participants took part in multiple team-building activities, including a ropes course and pool competitions.
"It was truly an inspiring weekend with SAC student-athlete leaders," said Benfield. "Throughout the weekend, the displays of teamwork, trust, integrity and character were amazing to witness.
"I am encouraged and extremely grateful to have been a part of this growth experience with such an outstanding group of student-athlete leaders."


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Cynthia Bailey SLAMS Nene Leakes' again
Cynthia Bailey is NOT happy with Nene Leakes after hearing her bad-mouth her husband, Peter Thomas on RHOA.
She took to her Bravo blog to slam her friend for being disrespectful…again.
"I am beyond offended and embarrassed that one of my closest and most loyal friends called my husband a b!tc# for speaking the truth. Not only is it blatant disrespect, it's also dirty," she wrote. "It crosses the line."
According to Cynthia, Nene's bad behavior is to blame for all the drama.
"Had NeNe not gotten out of her car, walked over to Peter and initiated the conversation with Peter, there would not have been a reason for him to be in her face like a b!tc#, right? It was pretty clear that his conversation was directed to me," she continued.
Despite her frustration, Cynthia insists there is no bad blood between her and Nene.
"The fact that my girl was able to take the high road and come to the party was validation that we indeed had a solid friendship and would always be able to work through our differences no matter how big or small," she wrote.
"Obviously I was not in her kitchen earlier that morning to hear her call Peter a b!tc#. However, I thought it was big of her to come to his party despite her feelings."
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'"It'll be a nice experience going to Berlin. It's a hockey-crazy town," Hecht said. "It's going to be a great experience for everybody on this team to see how enthusiastic other countries are about hockey. The travel's going to be tough, but you get so much from it, so much of an experience."'
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By Camilla Bee, Editor In our last issue, we asked readers to share their experiences with stings. Unfortunately, they are a part of beekeeping, seemingly no matter how careful or well-clothed someone might be. New-bees seem especially prone to stings, so we're running this article in our A-Bee-Cs section. Read more >


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Pusha T collaborates with Kendrick Lamar
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Pusha T is enlisting Kendrick Lamar for his upcoming album My Name Is My Name.
The Clipse rapper tells HipHopDX.com that he and Kendrick collaborated on a record called "Nose Stalgia."
Apparently, the track gives both the emcees' perspectives on the drug epidemic. Pusha explains that Kendrick looks at the inner city drug problem from "inside of his home" and how it affected his family.
While "Nose Stalgia" takes on a series subject, Pusha says the most poignant song is called "S.N.I.T.C.H." The Pharrell-produced track tells the story about a police informant from the informant's perspective.
Pusha explains that he decided to make the track as a reaction to "one-dimensional street raps" that only vilify informants.
My Name Is My Name hits stores on October 8th.
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C3 Pilot Program in Partnership with Sprint!
Monday, August 5, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 3:00 PM (PDT)
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Event Details
The Archdiocesan-sponsored C3 Pilot Program is hosting its second Technology Conference August 5-8, 2013 at Loyola Marymount University. The C3 Tech Conference is free and open to parishes, schools, regional offices, and various ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles only. We encourage teachers, staff, pastors, parish council members, school board members, and key volunteers who are interested in integrating technology into their ministries to attend. The conference will cover technology integration and best practices, change management, skills development, and integration learning management systems (LMS). Participants may choose to attend one day or all days! Registration will close on July 26, 2013.
August 5:
Pre-Conference Track - 9:00am–2:45pm:
M1 – Moodle Track: Moodle Matters - Learning Management Systems (LMS) for
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M2 - Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Program for people interested in becoming a certified Microsoft Trainer (two day track)
August 6-8:
9:00-10:30 – Workshops
10:45-12:00 – Keynote speaker
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
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Cost: Free!
Parking: Free!
Lunch: Included and free!
Location: Loyola Marymount University – St. Robert's Hall
We have more information about the conference on our C3 Tech Conference website: http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/c3/2013-conference/Pages/default.aspx
What are my parking options at the event?
Free parking is available on the LMU campus in the Drollinger parking lot. A code for the campus meters will be e-mailed to all registered participants as the event date is closer.
What can I bring to the event?
Participants are encouraged to bring their own devices such as a laptop, iPad, tablet, smartphone, etc. Recording of presentations is not permitted.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please e-mail Karla Briceno at firstname.lastname@example.com with your questions.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
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In the competitive group booking business, the right technology systems can help hotels nurture leads, showcase their properties, and ultimately win contracts. Operators know they must stay up-to-date and many are turning to hosted solutions to help them do that. Just as hotel properties come in all shapes and sizes, so too do sales and catering systems and operators must sift through the smorgasbord of options to find the right companion for specific needs. From new nimble solutions, to fully integrated suites, hotel operators tell HT about the sales and catering tools helping them capture group business.
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Ease of integration is a priority for Fred Khoury, director of sales and marketing for Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago (www.radissonblu.com). "We are the first Radisson Blu in the U.S., so we're looking at it from the standpoint that something that works for us might potentially work for other Radisson Blus as they come onboard," notes Khoury. The Radisson Blu has selected the OPERA sales & catering system from Micros (www.micros.com), primarily because of the ability to quickly integrate it with the existing PMS system, which is also OPERA. "The analytics portion has excellent reports that are useful for everything from forecasting to just year-over-year," Khoury adds.
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Les Nabis and their contemporaries
Around 1900, Paris was the centre of artistic life in Europe. There were salon exhibitions everywhere, including many annual events. In Paris alone, several new salons began in the late nineteenth century, alongside the established Salon des Artistes Français: the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1862 (held annually from 1891 onwards), the independent Salon des Indépendants in 1884 and the Salon d'Automne in 1903. Every year, artists exhibited thousands of new paintings at these salons, in response to the overwhelming demand for cultural and artistic diversions.
Paul Gauguin, Sacred Spring: Sweet Dreams (Nave Nave Moe), 1894, oil on canvas, 74 x 100 cm © State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg
By the late nineteenth century, West European art had split into two branches moving in very different directions. While many visual artists were still producing traditional, realistic works, this period also contained the seeds of the future. The groundwork was gradually being laid for the tumultuous rise of the avant-garde in the early twentieth century.
The art scene was in constant flux, as artists did their best to outdo the competition with novel subjects and styles. France saw the emergence of a fully-fledged art supply industry. More and more young painters had canvases in standard sizes and used paint from readymade tubes rather than mixing their own. Art dealers kept a close eye on the progress of the young generation of artists. Besides Paul Durand-Ruel, without whom Impressionism could never have become such an influential movement in the late nineteenth century, other influential dealers included the brothers Bernheim and Ambroise Vollard. They played a decisive role in promoting the different strands of post-Impressionism, such as the Nabis, the Symbolists and painters such as Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin.
Artists striking out in new directions preferred to exhibit at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (often known simply as 'the Salon'), which had Pierre Puvis de Chavannes as its second president and Odilon Redon as its third. Decorative painting was given a place there, and Symbolism – as practised by artists such as Gustave Moreau and Eugène Carrière – had no difficulty gaining a foothold. Even so, truly radical works were rarely to be found at the Salon. In 1895 the Nabi artists exhibited there, with Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis leading the way. In 1901, Denis showed the painting Hommage à Cézanne there (made in 1900, now in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay). The Salon offered an excellent venue for painters like Charles Cottet, Maurice Lobre, Gaston La Touche, Paul-César Helleu, Lucien Simon and Maxime Dethomas. One very interesting section featured sculpture by Auguste Rodin, Auguste Maillol, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle and Paul-Albert Bartholomé. Nevertheless, the new generation of modern artists – like the Impressionists before them – wrestled with the question of where to exhibit their paintings, because the Salon was very reluctant to open its doors to anything deviating from the academic standard. This problem was solved when the Salon des Indépendants opened its doors in Paris in 1884. This new salon was open to any artist who wished to exhibit there. Its motto, 'Neither juries nor awards', appealed to some, but frightened off others who did not want their work on display beside that of some amateur. Vincent van Gogh also sent his paintings to the Indépendants from Arles and Saint-Rémy. But his works attracted no special attention from the public, going almost unnoticed among art lovers of the period; they may have been regarded as amateur efforts. The Neo-Impressionists were also represented at the Indépendants. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac were the pioneers of this movement, later followed by Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Maurice Denis and Félix Vallotton.
Félix Vallotton, Woman at a Piano, 1904, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 57 cm © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
The Symbolists
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) is generally seen as the leading Symbolist artist. This master painter, who based his allegorical works on long-established traditions, was looked up to as an example by modern artists of all stripes, from the Impressionists and Gauguin to the founding members of the avant-garde. One striking figure among the young Symbolists was Maurice Denis, known as the Nabi aux belles icônes ('Nabi of the beautiful icons'), but he had no intention of abandoning his Nabi comrades.
In France, the neighbouring countries of Belgium and Germany, and far-off Russia, Symbolism developed concurrently in painting and in literature. In the world of painting, the Impressionists and their artistic heirs preferred reality to legends, visions and fantasies. Mysticism, life after death, abstraction, flirtation with religious faith, and esoteric philosophy were subjects utterly foreign to Degas, Renoir, Monet and Pissarro, and held little attraction for their successors Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel and Vallotton. Only Denis and Sérusier incorporated Symbolist elements into their work.
The beginnings of the Nabis
In 1888 Paul Sérusier brought an exceptional painting back from Brittany after a stay there with Gauguin. Sérusier, who had been his group's massier (student leader) at the Académie Julian, a studio where novice painters received on-the-job training in exchange for tuition, showed his friends his new work Talisman (collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris). He had painted this small composition on the lid of a cigar box in Brittany, following Gauguin's instructions to the letter. Gauguin had also taught Sérusier to use unmixed colours as much as possible. For Denis, Bonnard and other future Nabi painters, this was a true revelation. Denis, who was twenty years old at the time, later summarised what they had learned: 'Recall that a painting, before it is a warhorse, a nude woman or some anecdote or other, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours in a particular arrangement' (1890).
The work of the Nabi painters is characterised by the absence of linear perspective, the accumulation of colour fields, and the use of contours and unmixed colours, generally from a brightly coloured palette. Their subjects include Arcadian scenes and other landscapes, cityscapes, interiors and scenes from everyday life. They were also ambitious decorative painters. Bonnard and Denis, for example, painted the interiors of government buildings and of the private homes of wealthy patrons, striving to blur the boundary between high and low art. Both developed into first-class decorative painters. Twenty years after the foundation of Les Nabis, they painted beautiful wall panels in the mansion of the Moscow industrialist and collector Ivan Morozov (1871–1921). These extraordinary decorative works are among the highlights of the current exhibition, Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis: A Russian Taste for French Art.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Woman on the Beach, 1887, oil on paper, pasted on canvas, 75.3 x 74.5 cm © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Morozov and Shchukin
In this exhibition, works from the collection of Ivan Morozov are predominant – unlike in From Matisse to Malevich (2010), where most of the paintings came from the collection of Sergei Shchukin. In their early days, the two Moscow collections were similar in nature; both collectors amassed valuable sets of French Impressionist works. Later on, however, they steered somewhat different courses. As soon as Sergei Shchukin, who was not afraid to venture into unknown territory, discovered Matisse and Fauvism, he ordered radically original decorative paintings from Matisse, such as The Red Room (Harmony in Red), Family Portrait, The Dance and The Music. Shchukin was truly surprised at the more conservative stance of his friend and rival Morozov, which he attributed to the Russian painters who advised Morozov on his purchases. Shchukin was a more independent-minded collector. Morozov did make some bold acquisitions, but he pondered each step carefully in advance, not taking any hasty decisions. Schchukin paid little thought to Bonnard, seeing him as little more than a follower of Monet and Pissarro, while Morozov quickly recognised the painter's great originality. Schchukin's early purchases included many works by Symbolists such as Firmin Maglin, Alfred Guilloux, Gaston La Touche, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Eugène Carrière. But they eventually had to give up their wall space to other artists, and only Puvis's The poor fisherman remained on display. Schchukin did remain loyal to Maurice Denis, even though he was not especially enthusiastic about The Story of Cupid and Psyche, which Denis had painted for Morozov.
For Ivan Morozov, there was no finer painter than Pierre Bonnard. He owned not only Bonnard's early Landscape in Dauphiné, with its subtle, attractive gradations of colour, but also later pieces such as Train and Barges, which seem nondescript at first but leave a deep impression. The collector, who had done some landscape painting of his own in his youth, was most drawn to nature scenes with unobtrusive yet unmistakable contemporary elements. The great successes of Bonnard and his patron included the Paris pendants (Morning in Paris and Evening in Paris) and, of course, the triptych The Mediterranean, one of the great decorative paintings of the early twentieth century.
Auguste Rodin, The Sinful Woman (The Repentant). Study, c. 1885 © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
The Nabis
Most of this exhibition is devoted to the Nabis: Bonnard (the Nabi Japonard or 'Japanesque Nabi'), Denis (the Nabi aux belles icônes), Vuillard, Roussel and Vallotton (the Nabi étranger or 'foreign Nabi'). In a conversation with Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard once called himself 'the last Impressionist'. This reflected his understanding that the Impressionist method had exhausted its potential. That helps to explain why the Nabi painters, despite their individual talents, never managed to convince other painters to join their group. Many painters dreamed of radical changes. As Bonnard himself said, 'When my friends and I decided to carry on the investigations of the Impressionists and tried to build on their achievements, we did our best to move beyond their naturalistic impressions of colour. We took a more rigorous approach to composition. There was much to be gained from colour as a means of expression. But developments ran ahead of us. Society began preparing itself for the arrival of Cubism and Surrealism, before we had achieved our envisaged goal. We found ourselves, so to speak, suspended in mid-air.'
Édouard Vuillard, In a Room, 1899, oil on cardboard, pasted on panel, 52 x 79 cm © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Bonnard and Denis were both in search of a way out of the crisis in painting as they perceived it, a crisis to which most of their contemporaries were oblivious. Gauguin, too, was exploring a new path: folk art traditions with their roots in the perceived purity of Europe's Middle Ages and in the cultures of 'primitive', 'unspoiled' peoples such as those of Polynesia. Redon drew on images from the Far East and delved into the depths of the unconscious mind.
The Nabis had stylistic points of contact with these artists, but they inhabited a different world, a mild, benevolent 'domestic' reality. This is what brings such charm to Denis's depictions of motherhood, Bonnard's lively clutches of children, Roussel's country festivals and Vuillard and Vallotton's interiors. Although the motifs of Gauguin and Redon show strong resemblances to those of the Nabis, their canvases evoke entirely different emotions. What makes the Nabi painters unique, however, is that in spite of all their differences they always treated each other with sympathy and respect.
The works on display in this exhibition are drawn from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. This collection – like those in other museums, even the very largest – is not without its gaps. Our top priority has been for the exhibition as a whole to be as attractive as possible. In this case, that meant bringing almost the entire collection of Nabi art from St. Petersburg to Amsterdam. This has never been done before for any exhibition outside Russia. Nor is it likely to happen again soon, considering that in 2014 the State Hermitage Museum will open its new wing in the General Staff Building opposite the Winter Palace. The collections of Morozov and Schchukin will have a fitting and permanent home there.
Édouard Vuillard, Children, 1909, tempera on paper, glued onto canvas, 84.5 x 77.7 cm © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
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His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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He should have saw the blitz, it was right in front of him. It was his fault he got hit as the ball was thrown. I understand he has no feel for what's going on around him but he should be able to recognize and react to a blitz coming basically up the middle.
Judging from 5 years of watching Boller, I am of the opinion that he would have tried to force the ball into coverage and he telegraphs his throws staring at his primary read which he had done on that play.
Re: Impressive?Judging from 5 years of watching Boller, I am of the opinion that he would have tried to force the ball into coverage and he telegraphs his throws staring at his primary read which he had done on that play.
Yeah, he should have thrown that ball a moment earlier, but he held it trying to make a play into a fierce blitz. It was a mistake but it was made the way mistakes should be made, trying to play fearless ball.
He got the team the lead with less than a minute to play, it should have been enough.
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He got the team the lead with under a minute to play, it should have been enough.
Suck on that Tex, and then post elsewhere.
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Tex, aren't you going to respond to my McGahee thread? I know it's embarrassing for you to be proven wrong....again but take your medicine like a man.
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The fact that everyone on the planet but you and Tex thinks he didn't have a great second half again goes to your bias and credibility when trying to have these discussions.
So just that we're clear, NO QB would look better than Boller?
Here's a news flash about football. When you spend the whole day under constant pressure, even the hall-of-fame QB's don't play so well.
Boller should have recognized the blitz coming up the middle. His vision is poor, he may as well have blinders on plus he suffers from locking onto his primary read and staying there . Boller doesn't take into account anything else going on around him.
The safety would have made a play on that ball either way. Whether the ball would have been intercepted is open for debate but there were two Brown defenders in the zone one being on the recievers back.
Boller was throwing into double and triple coverage all day long although there were some singles. I'm led to believe Boller makes up his mind were he's going with the ball before he breaks the huddle.
Wow, it is such a difference between talking to those who actually know what's happening or watch the games, then those who continue to make stuff up as they go along.
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But why let facts get in the way of some good old fashioned Boller bashing? Greg, it will never change.
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Here's my problem.
The same people who are praising Boller's 2nd half and him putting us in position to win are the same people would discredit McNair's games at Cleveland and Tennessee last year. Let's face it, Boller was horrendous in the 1st half just like McNair was in those 2 games last year.
Both players got the team into position to win. Yet the reactions are VASTLY different.
The Oline didn't all of a sudden start playing horribly on Sunday folks. McNair wasn't sitting back in the pocket with all day to throw either.
And therein lies the problem for me.
Boller made some good plays and some bad plays. He's obviously more explosive and should be starting for the remainder of this season.
The bomb to Clayton was underthrown. Period. Yes, Clayton should've made a better play on the ball and tried to break it up, but he had his man beat and Boller underthrew it. The rest of the 1st half was as bad as it gets as far as offensive football. And I don't think McNair would've done any better either.
The pick six was also on Boller IMO. Look folks, he's in his 5th year. The blitzer came straight up the middle and Boller saw him. You cannot start your throwing motion at that point. You just cannot do it.
On the other hand, in the 2nd half Boller made some very nice reads and throws while facing a lot of pressure. He did indeed get us into field goal position and that should've won the game (RUN THE BALL!!!!) but alas, it didn't.
But back to my original point. This game was similar to some games that we won with McNair last year. But those games were chalked up to other factors. To me both QBs contributed to the hole we dug and both dug us out of those holes.
Sadly, the lines have been drawn for some time and that doesn't seem to be changing.
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The problem is the Boller haters do the same thing, both camps do it. I have always believed Boller could be groomed, that there was more there. But I also believed McNair was the starter until hurt; until that Pissburgh game. McNair should not have started against Cincinnati and had Boller we might have won.
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I think there are a few people who have meandered to the middle and can talk objectively about the QB situation.
Sadly, there aren't enough to squash the 2 factions.
I was on the fence about McNair starting the Cincy game. However, I wasn't on the fence when he wasn't benched when the game was 6-0 or 9-0. There's no way McNair should've been in that game past the first possession of the 3rd quarter.
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Some of us still take the same tact. Boller makes mistakes. Boller did underthrow the ball to Clayton. But Boller also plays well when the very basic fundamental of football playing is working; protection. And I don't mean "Well, the QB has to be able to pass the ball when protection breaks down". There was ZERO pass protection yesterday. Not some, not a little, NONE. Enough that Boller was forced to play most of the second half in the shotgun. And even then free blitzers came at him, when the Browns just rushed four guys!
Pass protection has been my problem with this team for years. It's beaten down now two former pro-bowl QB's, and has pretty much turned our other QB into a lightening rod for conversation. Until the OL gets taken care of, this discussion about QB "X" is going to continue on and on. I just have a problem with heaping every bad thing this offense does on the QB when that is not always the case.
I think PP the other point, which I made in the Tex thread, is that as a forum, we are giving too much attention to the extreme's on both sides. There are enough rational posters here that you can have a sane conversation. But instead of throwing guys like Tex on ignore, some decide to quote and respond to just about everything he says, and then it snowballs from there. When that stops, we can get back to having some sound and decent conversations about this team.


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Southern-fried freedom lovers propel libertarian candidates
Drawing surprisingly high support, a trio of Libertarian candidates has the potential to disrupt already tight races in the Deep South, where Democrats and Republicans are waging epic battles for Florida governor, Georgia governor, andone of North Carolina's seats in the U.S. Senate.
In Georgia, nanotechnologist Andrew Hunt is polling at 9 percent in the governor's race, which is otherwise a dead heat between incumbent Republican Nathan Deal and Democratic state Sen. Jason Carter. In North Carolina, the headlines have focused on the Thom Tillis-Sen. Kay Hagan face-off in November, but quietly amassing 11 percent in the contest is Sean Haugh, the Libertarian candidate running on an anti-war agenda. And in Florida, Adrian Wyllie will be on the November ballot with Gov. Rick Scott and former governor Charlie Crist. Although Wyllie is polling at 4 percent, he's at 10 percent with Florida's all-important independent voters and will be on the same November ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana.
None of the three Libertarians is favored to win his races, but with significant shifts afoot on opposition to federal spending, NSA spying, and restrictions on medical marijuana, and a growing acceptance of gay marriage, the Libertarians are increasingly likely to affect the outcome of their races.
Carla Howell, political director for the Libertarian National Committee, says the current election cycle is revealing the Deep South to be rich territory for Libertarians' stay-out-of-my-life message, which has really been the South's attitude toward the federal government all along.
"A number of the Southern states are doing very well," Howell said. "Better than in the past, if not better than ever."
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Questlove pens article on hip-hop's effect on black culture
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The Roots drummer Questlove is detailing hip-hop's effect on African-American culture.
In an essay titled "When the People Cheer: How Hip Hop Failed Black America" published on Vulture.com, Quest explains that hip-hop has "taken over black music" as well as black culture.
Because hip-hop culture has become so widespread, he says it has also become "invisible." The culture's pervasiveness has allowed "anything fashioned or put forth by black people" to take on the word "hip-hop."
Quest points out that this type of labeling doesn't happen with other genres. And while it could be a sign of hip-hop's success, it's also a warning that the genre is in danger of drifting "into oblivion."
.@questlove will be writing a 6-part series for us. Part 1: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America http://t.co/Bi0lFakbzp pic.twitter.com/c9sEFuLMfR
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UPLAND - Representatives of the city's police officer and firefighter employee groups blame city leaders for the current financial crisis, saying they have failed to properly manage the city's budget.
City Manager Stephen Dunn and Mayor Ray Musser had said Thursday that the city will need to cut spending aggressively in order to avoid a state of fiscal emergency and potentially filing for bankruptcy.
Cuts could include outsourcing police and fire services as well as reducing compensation or benefits for city employees.
Spokesmen for the city's police and fire unions said public safety has already been cut too much and claimed city leaders are misspending public money.
"The city's problems are based on financial errors," said Marc Simpson, president of the Upland Police Officers Association.
Michael Carney, president of the Upland Fire Fighters Association, said running the city like a business is not working.
"It's sad that the leaders of our city aren't holding each other accountable in regard to the financial situation," he said. "As an association or as individuals, when we spend our money we know where it's going and what to prepare for."
A memo written by Dunn and obtained by the Daily Bulletin shows that the city's general fund reserve was $1.4 million at the end of the fiscal year that ended June 30 - $2.7 million below what the city had projected.
Simpson said in a statement that the police union is astonished at the city's lack of financial accountability.
"It's time for the council to make public safety a priority," he said. "Cuts are no longer acceptable and will place the citizens and (the city's) officers in undue peril."
In his memo, Dunn said the cost overruns were attributable to higher payouts than budgeted for employees whose positions were eliminated, legal fees and city departments that exceeded their budgets.
City officials are currently reviewing a contract proposal from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and are seeking proposals for fire services.
Simpson said the proposal from the Sheriff's Department will show the city is currently paying less to have its own police department.
"The council will be forced to admit that they receive police services at a bargain compared to all other cities in the Inland Empire," he said. "The cost for a deputy is substantially higher than an Upland officer, their benefits are better and more expensive."
Additionally, the city would not be able to control all costs, and services would be drastically reduced, Simpson said.
The city made $3.3 million in cuts in May, which included $2.3 million in reductions to city services and layoffs in the Police Department.
The City Council had asked the city's seven employee groups to agree to a salary freeze and either a pay cut or to pay their portion of their pensions in order to avoid the $2.3 million hit to city departments.
No agreements were reached, and the council moved forward with the cuts in July.
The two unions offered to make concessions in return for a two-year contract. The the council rejected that on the basis that being locked into a contract for two years would inhibit their ability to go to bid for police and fire services.
"We probably wouldn't be having this problem right now if the City Council accepted our offer of concessions from police and fire," Carney said. "Police gave up a lot and so did we. We were willing to pay our full pensions."
Carney said the Fire Department is currently operating at its "bare bone minimum."
"We have one fire chief, three battalion chiefs, which are for each shift, and we have minimum staff on engines," he said. "Total of 13 guys on duty for the whole entire city."
The Police Department eliminated its SWAT team, and Simpson said that since 2009 staffing has been reduced to 1980s levels.
"In the same time period, population has risen 5.5 percent and is expected to rise another 5 percent by 2015," Simpson said. "These losses and the increased population has overburdened our patrol staff and detective bureau. The ability to pro-actively police has been greatly reduced."
Reach Sandra via email, call her at 909-483-8555, or find her on Twitter @UplandNow .


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Morrow, Oct 2003, 25.95, 352 pp. ISBN: 0688174582 Heartsdale, Georgia medical examiner Sara Linton travels to the Grant Institute of Technology where a student Andy Rosen apparently jumped off a bridge. Sara's eight month pregnant sister Tessa, known for her eating habits of late, happened to have been in the car with Sara when she received the call. The two women go to the death scene where Sarah joins her boyfriend Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliv...
When county coroner Dr. Sara Linton finds a local professor in the stall of the diner, brutally raped and bleeding to death from the cross carved into her chest, it pounds memories she'd rather forget back into her mind. Forced to work with her ex-husband, chief of police Jeffrey Tolliver, Sara also forces her personal crisis to the back burner. Then another girl is found, and Sara begins to wonder if her own attack isn't related to these new ones....
Morrow, Aug 2004, 24.95, 360 pp. ISBN: 0060567104 Georgia pediatrician/medical examiner Sara Linton visits her former husband Grants County Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver at the station house when two thugs arrive with guns blazing. The duo precisely kills or wounds several cops and other people at the station house including visiting children on a class trip. The pair lays siege to the building with Jeffrey being the target of their attention. ...
Morrow, Sep 2002, 24.95, 341 pp. ISBN: 0688174590 In the parking lot of the popular Heartsdale, Georgia teen hangout skating rink Jenny Weaver threatens to shoot Mark Patterson. Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver is forced to kill the teenage girl. His former wife pediatrician and Grant County coroner Sara Linton witnesses the fatal shooting. Inside a toilet of the rink resides a dismembered fetus. Sara's autopsy of Jenny provides several strang...


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10 Disney Stars We Secretly Like
There's something about these fresh-faced Disney celebs we just can't resist.
-Beata Cherepakhina
Guilty pleasure alert! We've grown quite fond of a handful of Disney stars. Could it be their talent? Their looks, or their fab style? Hmm, we're not quite sure, but either way these young stars have us hooked.
Here's our list of 10 Disney stars we can't resist watching.
1. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez has us spellbound as the star of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. She also has three successful albums, a hit movie and a successful clothing line too! Oh and do we even need to mention that lucky Ms. Gomez snagged herself Justin Bieber. Talk about a power couple.
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2. Mitchel Musso
We first noticed Mitchel Musso as Oliver Oken, the goofy friend on Hannah Montana. Since then Mitchel's transformed from a cute preteen to a v. hot rocker. Currently, Mitchel showing off his comedy chops as the lead in Disney XD's Pair of Kings and he's also the host of Disney's new show, PrankStars. The shaggy hair, infectious grin and serious pranking ability, well Mitchel reminds us of a young Ashton Kutcher.
3. Bridgit Mendler
If you want to know what it's like to be a vampire, Bridgit's your go to girl. The 18-year-old made her Disney debut as friendly vampire, Juliet Van Heusen, in Wizards of Waverly Place. The star's enchanting performance led her to land lead roles in the Disney series Good Luck Charlie and the Disney original movie, Lemonade Mouth.
4. Adam Hicks
18-year-old Adam Hicks is one of the leads in Disney XD's Zeke and Luther. He also starred with Bridgit Mendler in Lemonade Mouth, but the talented funny guy has also starred as DZ in Jonas L.A. and showed off his musical chops in Disney's original movie Lemonade Mouth. And that's not all as Hicks is quite the triple threat, in addition to acting, Adam can also rap and dance. We're definitely impressed!
5. Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale is a Disney veteran. She's played bubbly blonde Maddie on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and spoiled brat Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical movies. Ashley's also the voice of Candace, the bratty older sister in Disney's animated series Phineas and Ferb. She released two albums: Headstrong and Guilty Pleasure. This 26-year old also has a production company and played Savannah in the CW show, Hellcats. Whew!


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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
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Podcast: England's World Cup qualification & Hodgson's selection dilemma discussed
England's World Cup qualification, Hodgson's selections and the return of the Prem are discussed.
Last Updated: 16/10/13 5:34pm
Sky Sports News Radio presenter Dave Reed hosts this week's Football Podcast and is joined in the studio by TEAMtalk.com duo Mark Holmes and Tom McDermott as they discuss England's successful week and look ahead to this weekend's Premier League fixtures.
England qualify!
Following England's progression to next year's World Cup, Mark and Tom praise Hodgson's team selection but highlight some of the issues the England boss may face ahead of the tournament.
Do England have defensive problems?
The Leighton Baines v Ashley Cole left-back issue rages on after the former's impressive recent showings. Could Baines oust Cole as first-choice ahead of Brazil? England's other potential defensive problems are also discussed, with the centre-back spots still up for grabs. Do you agree with Mark and Tom's views?
Weekend action!
The Premier League returns this weekend, and the biggest talking points are discussed. Mark thinks West Ham might be able to surprise Manchester City on Saturday evening while Tom thinks that Tottenham must win against Aston Villa on Sunday.
If you want to get a mention on the next Football Podcast, send a tweet to @TEAMtalk with the hashtag #ilovethepodcast - and you may be one of the lucky ones selected.


text: Giuliana and Bill Rancic welcomed their baby boy in style in August, creating a one-of-kind nursery for lil Duke to call his own. Enlisting the help of designer Lonni Paul (cofounder of PetitNest), they created a sophisticated nautical nursery. We gave you the inside scoop on their glam space, and now we want to help you get the look. Burlap pillows, seagrass baskets, and nautical accents are just a few of the key pieces that complete this easygoing space. Inspired? Check out how you can replicate the look (for less) in your own home!


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21- Why does the use of evolutionists" quotations make evolutionists so uneasy?
Many quotations representing admissions by evolutionists are used on our web site.
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Evolutionists resort to various tactics in order to distract attention from these quotations, which reveal the lack of evidence for their theories, and instead of providing evidence, prefer to object to the use of quotations. They imagine that saying, "Look, the authors of these words are not people who deny evolution, so do not be misled by the use of such statement against evolution" will justify their position. Or that is the impression they seek to give.
The fact is, however, that these objections are both unfounded and invalid. Because the fact that those who make such admissions are actually evolutionists is particularly emphasised in the texts. The use of expressions such as " as ………. an evolutionist molecular biologist has admitted…" or "despite being an evolutionist, the palaeontologist …… admits that……." makes it clear that the quotations cited are in fact taken from proponents of evolution.
The deliberate provision of quotations taken from proponents of evolution is of enormous importance in terms of their effect. Because through such words evolutionists confess the inconsistencies in their theory. The invalidity of the theory is revealed in evolutionists' own words.
When a palaeontologist who has spent decades studying the fossil record admits the absence of intermediate forms, or when an expert on genetics admits that mutations have no evolutionary power, no room for doubt is left regarding the truth of their words. It is therefore essential that such statements should be publicly aired.
Evolutionists' aims in objecting to the use of such quotations is to obscure the truth they reveal about their theory and to distract people's attention from it.
Obviously, were intermediate forms to exist, or were mutation and natural selection to have been observed to develop biological systems containing new genetic information, there would be no need for evolutionists to make such admissions nor for them to be used against evolution.
Evolutionists' objections to the use of quotations consist of demagoguery aimed at moving the debate into other areas, and serve no purpose whatsoever. The latest quotations revealing the despair faced by evolutionists will very definitely continue to be employed. At least until science is rid of this outdated theory, which is no more than materialist dogma.
1. Sir Fred Hoyle-Chandra Wickramasinghe, Evolution from Space, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984, s. 148
2. Robert L. Carroll, Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution, Cambridge University Press, 1997, s. 25.
3. C , "Cladistics", Interview with Brian Leek, Peter Franz, 4 Mart 1982, BBC
4. Pierre-Paul Grassé, Evolution of Living Organisms, Academic Press, New York, 1977, s. 88.


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NSW: Office of Intercultural & International Life Welcome Reception
2:00 – 3:00 pm / Alumni Guest House Patio
The Office of Intercultural and International Life (OIIL) invites students and parents to an informal outdoor reception. Tours of Stimson House, Carleton's intercultural center, will also be available. Enjoy some refreshments as you connect to the Carleton community. All are welcome. Rain location: Stimson House.
Sponsored by New Students 2015. Contact: Sarah Wojnicki, x4462
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de Laura Braun, Paul Halliday, Mandy lee Jandrell, Isidro Ramirez, Simon Rowe, Gregor Stephan
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CHANGING SPACES brings together five photographers whose work addresses the changing nature of urban space. The exhibition reflects on
a range of visual styles, narratives and research methodologies drawing on documentary, fine art and landscape practices, in order to investigate how urban space is constructed through the perceptions, intuitions and apperceptions of the visual artist located within, and responding to the city.
Simon Rowe's photographs, part of a larger project about the Pepys estate, present a portrait of a South East London housing estate as it moves into a new era. The project reflects a sense of the multiplicity of human and social relationships against a backdrop of social change and regeneration.
Gregor Stephan's practice addresses urban and rural spaces in transformation based on economic revaluation, more specifically addressing questions of aesthetics in relation to economic change in urban and rural structures. His work in this exhibition focuses on Berlin – Schönefeld airport, which will become one of Germany and Europe's largest airports within the next ten years.
Laura Braun's photographs of Downtown Los Angeles, the once glamorous heart of the city, side-lined and in decline since the move towards sub-urbanisation in the mid 1900s, show social and public spaces devoid of the presence of people however with the traces of their passing intact. In this city, mediated more than most by fiction, real and imagined histories inter-mingle and possibilities, not certainties become important.
Mandy Lee Jandrell's photographs, taken within the parameters of constructed leisure environments such as theme parks and zoos, highlight the discord between the aspirational or idyllic nature of their design and the points at which those aspirations are broken down by reality.
Isidro Ramirez's interest stems from differences in sensory perception and the uptapped potential photography's limitations has to offer. Sighted people are often unaffected by some visual aspects of their world. Using photography, Ramirez tries to expose this paradox by illuminating the spaces in which blind and visually impaired people live and work.
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- Categoría Fotografía artística
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
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- Fecha de publicación may. 14, 2008
- Etiquetas Laura Braun, Mandy Lee Jandrell, Isidro Ramirez, Simon Rowe, Gregor Stephan, exhibition, catalogue, photography, art, PHREAD, Photofusion, London
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PHREAD was founded in 2008 and is run by a group of photographers based in different locations around Europe. Our aim is to create a quarterly publication that showcases new work by emerging and established photographers and authors. We are happy to hear from individuals or groups who wish to submit work, essays or articles for issue 2.
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S&P 500 Tops 1500; Who Needs Apple?
The S&P 500 has taken out another milestone this morning, topping 1500 for the first time in more than five years.
The index recently rose as high as 1501.34, its highest level since Dec. 12, 2007. The index continues its march higher despite persistent weakness coming from its biggest component: Apple
Apple shares are down about 10% after reporting quarterly results that disappointed investors. The stock has fallen about 35% since hitting record highs in September. As we reported in today's Morning MarketBeat, the S&P 500 has still risen even as Apple has fallen, although the index would be even higher if it weren't for Apple's weakness.
Nevertheless, the S&P 500 reclaiming 1500 is a significant moment to keep an eye on. Our friends at WSJ Market Data Group cobbled some historical perspective about this particular level:
• The S&P 500 first closed above the 1500 level was on March 22, 2000.
• Two days later on March 24, the S&P 500 ended its record breaking run at the time at 1527.46, a peak that held for the next 7½ years.
• The ensuing bear market took the index down to a low of 776.76 hit on October 9, 2002 (a 49% drop)
• The index then took five years to recoup its loss and set a new record of 1565.15 on October 9, 2007.
• Overall, it traversed 1539 points from the March 2000 peak to the October 2007 record close.
• The financial crisis of 2007 then caused the index to plunge 57% to a 12 ½ year low of 676.53 hit on March 9, 2009.
• As of the current level of 1500.36 the index has regained roughly 96%% of its loss in nearly four years so far.
• The last close above 1500 was on December 10, 2007 at 1515.96.
• The last time it traded above 1500 intraday was on December 12, 2007.
The S&P 500 still has a little ways to go before reclaiming its all-time high of 1565.15, hit on Oct. 9, 2007. But considering it's on pace for a seventh straight day of gains and is up about 5% this month alone, it could get there sooner than later.
UPDATE: In the comments section, Dan brings up a good point. On a longer-term basis, the S&P 500 wouldn't be as high as it is right now without Apple's meteoric move higher in recent years. A longterm chart shows Apple's decline over the last four months is a blip compared to how much it has rallied since the financial crisis.
Still, the point is to show how the S&P 500 has been able to move higher recently even as the tech juggernaut continues to act as a drag.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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Allergic rhinitis - what to ask your doctor - adultWhat to ask your doctor about allergic rhinitis - adult; Hay fever - what to ask your doctor - adult; Allergies - what to ask your doctor - adult; Allergic conjunctivitis - what to ask your doctor
Allergies to pollen, dust mites, and animal dander in the nose and nasal passages are also called allergic rhinitis. Hay fever is another word often used for this problem. Symptoms are usually a watery, runny nose and itching in your nose. Allergies can also bother your eyes.
Below are some questions you may want to ask your doctor or nurse to help you take care of your allergies.
What am I allergic to?
- Will my symptoms feel worse inside or outside?
- At what time of year will my symptoms feel worse?
Do I need allergy tests?
What sort of changes should I make around my home?
- Can I have a pet? In the house or outside? How about in the bedroom?
- Is it okay for anyone to smoke in the house? How about if I'm not in the house at the time?
- Is it okay for me to clean and vacuum in the house?
- Is it okay to have carpets in the house? What type of furniture is best to have?
- How do I get rid of dust and mold in the house? Do I need to cover my bed or pillows?
- How do I know if I have cockroaches? How do I get rid of them?
- Can I have a fire in my fireplace or wood burning stove?
How do I find out when smog or pollution is worse in my area?
Am I taking my allergy medicines the right way?
- What drugs should I be taking every day (called controller drugs)? What should I do if I miss a day?
- Which drugs should I take when my allergies suddenly get worse (called relief drugs)? Is it okay to use these drugs every day?
- What are the side effects of my medicines? For what side effects should I call the doctor?
- How will I know when my inhaler is getting empty? Am I using my inhaler the right way? Is it safe to use an inhaler with corticosteroids?
- Can I use nasal spray that I can buy without a prescription?
Do I need allergy shots?
What vaccinations do I need?
What sort of changes do I need to make at work?
What exercises are better for me to do? Are there times when I should avoid exercising outside? Are there things that I can do for my allergies before I start exercising?
What should I do when I know I'm going to be around something that makes my allergies worse?
Lund, VJ, Baroody FM, Naclerio RM. PART 4: Sinus, rhinology, and allergy/immunology. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 40.
Borish L. Allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elseveier; 2011:chap 259.
Review Date: 1/23/2013
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Imagine Dragons named 'Billboard's' top rock artist
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Imagine Dragons are taking the top rock honors as "Billboard" wraps up 2013. The Las Vegas rockers came in at number one on the publication's year-end list of the Top Rock Artists.
The band's massive year was fueled by hits like "Radioactive," which was named the best rock and alternative song of 2013. And their smash debut album Night Visions landed at number two on the rock and alternative album tallies, finishing behind only Mumford and Sons' Babel.
The Mumfords also popped up at number five on "Billboard's" Top Rock Artists list, while the Lumineers finished in the runner up spot. The rest of the top five is rounded out by Lorde at number three and Phillip Phillips at number four.
"Billboard's" top ten rock artists of 2013:
1. Imagine Dragons
2. The Lumineers
3. Lorde
4. Phillip Phillips
5. Mumford & Sons
6. Fun.
7. Ed Sheeran
8. Fall Out Boy
9. Of Monsters and Men
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Feminism | Posted by Caroline A on 09/27/2013
Growing Up Through A Vaseline Covered Lens
I adore sex and I adore myself. By exploring my body as a teen, I experienced a personal revolution: I was suddenly able to see a new wealth of beauty in everything around me. Sex, it appeared to me, was the great mystery that united us: in present and through time. The way every historical period and culture saw sex differently is a testimony to our majesty as human beings, our endless appetite for connectivity and self- knowledge. I used to think that the sex-positive attitude I maintained was one shared by everybody, no matter what. But then I discovered mainstream porn.
I feel that the language of sexuality in the 21st century, especially as it relates to the mainstream, hardcore pornography industry, doesn't live up to acceptable standards of …


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Following the success of our last event Star Strike Promotions will be holding our next event on Feb 23rd 2013 at the Coventry Skydome Arena.
Due to injuries we are still looking for a 70kg and 77kg Fighter semi-pro rules (head shots standing none on the floor).
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