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Artworks and Artists of Superflat
The below artworks are the most important in Superflat - that both overview the major ideas of the movement, and highlight the greatest achievements by each artist in Superflat. Don't forget to visit the artist overview pages of the artists that interest you.
My Lonesome Cowboy (1998)
By: Takashi Murakami
This sculpture, depicting an anime figure, shows a life-sized naked boy masturbating, as his white semen in stylized spirals, swirls around him like a lasso, forming a jagged shape above his head that is both oddly weaponized and plane-like. The boy has the wide-eyed, gleeful gaze and characteristic spiky hair of an anime character. In the late 1990s, what some art historians have called Murakami's "bodily fluids" stage, he depicted highly sexualized otaku figures, like this one, as well as his Hiropon (1997) which depicts a woman with oversized breasts that spray a stream of milk encircling her figure.
The work's exaggeration of sexual features evokes earlier shunga, or erotic images, from ukiyo-e, which often depicted exagerrated genitalia. Shunga's depictions emphasized the erotic encounter, whereas Murakami's figures are isolate and static, suggesting sexual prowess void of human connection. The art critic Roberta Smith wrote that Murakami's figures have, "the odd thrill of seeing a fictional cartoon, which normally inhabits a television screen, made three-dimensional and life size." This thrill of the fictional made real, along with the erasure of boundaries between otaku figurines and art world sculpture or between sexual imagery and children's cartoons, was both shocking and innovative in contemporary art and launched the artist's global career.
The title of the sculpture refers to Andy Warhol's film, Lonesome Cowboys (1968), and thus posits it as a wink to Pop art, an earlier movement which also drew inspiration from popular and commercial culture.
The work has become among the most famous works by the artist, due to its $15 million sale price at a 2008 art auction. The sale of the work was fiercely condemned in Japan, and critics remain divided. Art critic Grace McQuilten said the piece represented "commodity fetishism."
727 (1996)
By: Takashi Murakami
This work presents Murakami's iconic Mr. DOB, a whimsical but maniacal mouse-like character, with many eyes and appendages, baring his shark-like smile while riding a stylized wave that swirls from upper left to the right center. The wave, a parody of Hokusai's ukiyo-e treatment in The Great Wave (c. 1830-1832) visually unites all three panels. The use of three panels, simultaneously suggests a modern Western triptych and a Japanese byobu, or traditional folding screen, implying that Mr. DOB conquers both worlds and flattens the distinctions between them.
Mr. DOB is known as Murakami's alter ego. Its name is a contraction of "dobojite, dobojite," a dada-like phrase taken from the manga Inakappe Taisho, which means "why? why?" DOB is always spelled out on the character's face, D on one ear, B on the other, his round face representing the O, so that in all of his transmutations, he is instantly recognizable. The use of text reflects the influence of the works of Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer, who were introduced to the Japanese art world in the early 1990s when Murakami created Mr. DOB. The influence of anime and manga can also be seen in DOB's cartoon-like appearance and large eyes, and the manga catlike character Doraemon influenced his large red open mouth and nose.
Viewers cannot avoid the obvious connection to Disney icon Mickey Mouse, which is here transfigured into a very different figure, with its snarling smile and crazed expression, as if the character embodies the antagonism the artist felt toward America and the Western art world at the time he first created the figure in 1993. The piece draws upon the Japanese use of ma or negative space, and its many layers of paint, resembling traditional lacquer, have been scraped, to create the sense of a Japanese folding screen, in ruin. The title refers to U.S airplanes that were stationed at bases in Japan that frequently flew over the artist's childhood home, and suggests that Mr. DOB, riding his wave, is a kind of Japanese counter force, given impetus by art.
Murakami said, "The work is not particularly representative of anything. It is simply a combination of all the available techniques that I had at the time," but the character became the signature of his brand. His aim, as he said, was "market survivability - the universality of characters such as Mickey Mouse, Sonic the Hedgehog, Doraemon, Miffy, Hello Kitty, and their knock-offs produced in Hong Kong," As art historian Grace McQuilten wrote, Murakami's DOB functions as "commercial branding," and in the realms of art and commerce, "celebrates the depthless nature of consumerism."
Murakami has depicted the character in many works, like his neon colored and psychedelic treatment Hands Clasped (2015). Mr. DOB has been widely reproduced in posters, t-shirts, key chains, and bubble gum dispensers, among other products. Yet, as art critic Christopher Knight noted, "Murakami is the first major artist, Eastern or Western, to make our pervasive culture of branding a primary subject."
A to Z Memorial Dog (2006)
By: Yoshitomo Nara
This large-scale sculpture depicts a standing white dog in cartoon simplification with closed eyes, its face serenely reminiscent of a Buddha in meditation, posed in some moment of inner stillness. The use of white, evoking traditional Japanese associations of the color with the spirit or ghost world, creates a sense of the otherworldly, despite the cute familiarity of the cartoon dog,
Nara first began depicting this cartoonish figure of a white dog in the 1990s. It has become one of his most iconic works, reproduced on t-shirts, pull toys, stuffed toys, and other items, and also made into a popular children's book, The Lonesome Puppy (2008). He also depicted a white dog in other works, most notably his Aomori ken (Aomori dog) a two story high sculpture of a white dog that is a signature work at the Aomori Museum of Art in Japan.
With these large scale works depicting animals, Nara draws upon the Japanese and Chinese tradition of komainu, large statues, usually of lions and dogs, meant to convey awe and power when placed at the gateways of temples. As a result, the work evokes a sense of the sacred.
The cuteness of the figure, suggests a child's unique perception of scale and feeling, where a pet dog may loom over one and also take on a larger-than-life significance in one's life. Yet the overall effect is melancholic, as the dog conveys a sense of both self-isolation and loneliness, as if embodying Nara's description of his own childhood, "I could communicate better with animals, without words, than communicating verbally with humans." A child's toy here becomes a monumental artwork drawing the contemporary viewer in with its charming simplicity, while hooking the viewer with its totemic and symbolic feeling.
City Glow (2005)
By: Chiho Aoshima
This print, depicting a post-apocalyptic future, shows a glowing city where living skyscrapers with cute human faces curve up like sinuous tubeworms into the sky. In the center of the work, a yellow and black patterned form like that of an unknown species, part animal, part human torso, looks out of its inky black face with one red and one yellowish green glowing eye, rising out of the earth to confront the viewer. In the foreground a flowering tropical forest is curiously out of scale, as some blossoms are the height of palm trees, suggesting a world mutating into riotous new forms. The sky between the buildings opens up to a plethora of stars at the top of the print, radiating in different colors and intensities of glow, creating a correspondence with the eyes and antennae of the living buildings. A golden phoenix trailing a red ribbon flies in the left upper middle distance.
The effect is ambiguous, suggesting both a city haunted by spirits, and a world where human inventions have evolved into amorphous beings. The work is both melancholic, as if permeated by a sense of ecological loss, and vibrant, wondrous with a sense of what new strange beings might evolve. The artist has said, "The evolution of human civilization is great; humankind thinks nature precious, but it is difficult for humankind and nature to coexist. I represented these two souls that cannot understand each other through the images of buildings and mountains."
Aoshima's works begin as sketches that she transfers into Adobe Illustrator, employing countless vectors, modified into curvilinear, organic shapes, before filling with color. She combines this modern technology with what she calls, "the re-appropriation of ukiyo-e's linear aesthetics," and her subject matter is often influenced by ukiyo-e, as she notes the influence of, "Katsushika Hokusai, especially his art depicting yokai (the supernatural beings of Japanese folklore)," upon her work.
This work was displayed in New York City's Union Square subway station as part of Murakami's 2005 Little Boy project and was also used in the artist's first animation, a seven-minute collaboration with New Zealand animator Bruce Ferguson. The animation, displayed on five screens, begins with this image, and then moves into images of a flooded forest, a red cemetery inhabited by various ghosts, a screaming head filling the screen as bees swarm out of its mouth, and a new day with blue skies, fairies, and a rainbow. The art curator Paul Schimmel has described it as "one of the most extraordinary pieces of animation ever made by an artist, period... The use of the sweeping horizontal composition and the movement and timing of it are absolutely breathtaking."
V W X Yellow Elephant Underwear, H I J Kiddy Elephant Underwear (2005)
By: Chinatsu Ban
This work depicts two yellow elephants with pink toenails and brown ears, wearing underpants that have a bright pattern of stars, elephant heads, circles, and little underpants. The large elephant stands on a lime green rectangular platform. Behind the elephant is a heap of dung made of brightly colored rings. The smaller elephant, standing on a lime green square, at first seems to suggest that this is a mother and her calf, but the underpants disrupt that assumption, conveying that, whatever their relationship, neither is fully grown-up. Because they are wearing clothing, the figures appear to be stuffed toys, but their boxy forms are also reminiscent of the paired statues of powerful animals that traditionally guarded the entrances to Japanese sacred places.
Elephants and underwear are the artist's signature motifs, also expressed in paintings and drawings. This was her first sculpture, shown at New York City's Dorris C. Freedman Plaza as part of Murakami's exhibition Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture. The image of elephants come from the artist's childhood, but are also, as the art critic Roberta Smith noted, the "bright, patterned, underpants," are "distilled emblems of innocence and femininity." The artist has said of both motifs, "These things are like talismans. It's scary to imagine that someday I won't exist in this world anymore. I am troubled by the urge to run away from this fear. Elephants make me feel safe. They have saved me many times." It is this element of psychoanalysis, cloaked within a disarming appearance of cuteness that makes Ban's work distinctive, both emblematic of gender and of national constructs. As curator Tom Eccles noted of the two elephants, "They're ...both familiar and uncanny."
White Night (2006)
By: Yoshitomo Nara
This work shows another of Nara's signature subjects, a girl with a jagged haircut who, standing in negative space, stares forward with wide eyes. Her large eyes, whimsically colored in subtle variations of green, orange, and yellow refract pinpoints of light and suggest depths of feeling that both draw in the viewer and remain undisclosed. Combined with her posture and the flat line of her mouth, her stare becomes both confrontational and meaningful, its intensity contrasting with the kawaii cuteness. The girl's features are precisely outlined, as is her figure against the broad flat background, While the artist's color palette reflects his later work, using softer more subtle tones, the reliance upon line, as seen as the curve of her downturned mouth, her jaw and lower face as if holding back words, all emphasized by the echoing curve of the neckline of her clothing, create the work's effect of powerful, ambivalent feeling.
While art critics have noted the traditional Japanese elements employed in Nara's work, they have often attributed the influence to manga and anime. But Nara has said that such is not the case and that his work draws upon the earlier Japanese traditions like ukiyo-e. Though unlike the woodblock prints, Nara's images are painted on a large scale, and as New York Times art critic Kenneth Noland notes, "Nara blends high and low by combining the saturated color and scale of postwar abstract painting with a cast of cute but demonic cartoon characters."
Nara has said that his many images of a single girl are images of himself, the crooked haircut reminiscent of his haircut in childhood. The children are representative of some inner self with a sharp, antagonistic intelligence, and a dark feeling at odds with the adult world. As the art critic David Pagel wrote, "The dark side of childhood may not be something adults like to think about. But it takes haunting shape in Yoshitomo Nara's wide-ranging exhibition... its presence all the more potent for being subdued." What Pagel called, "Nara's signature style - of nuanced cartoons," changed contemporary art by using cartoons to create portraits full of ambiguous and haunting feeling.
Eye Love SUPERFLAT (2003)
By: Takashi Murakami
This work employs ninety-seven colors in a pattern combining the LV signature logo of designer Louis Vuitton with Murakami's own signature image of jellyfish eyes on a white background. The effect is both intricate and decorative, the flattened artwork being simultaneously seen as art and a pattern for wallpaper, fabric, or other consumer items. This image developed out of Murakami's collaboration with Louis Vuitton which began in 2002 and lasted until 2015, resulting in a popular series of handbags, as well as luggage, and other items. While working on the collaboration, Murakami began developing the image of jellyfish eyes as a signature of his own brand.
Murakami has often been called "the Japanese Andy Warhol," for his mix of art and consumerism that challenges the distinction between the two. However, art critics remain divided as to whether his work is a critique of global consumerism or simply an exploitation of it. Following the noted success of the commercial line, the artist recreated the same patterns and images as artworks, creating this pattern on different color backgrounds, at first black and white, then blue and pink, which were shown at noted art museums. His 2007 "© Murakami" show at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art included a Louis Vuitton boutique featuring his products. While art critic David Hickey criticized the show as having "turned the museum into an upscale Macy's," while art critic Christopher Knight noted, "The copyright symbol reads as a defiant, paradoxical assertion that the artist - not the private collector or public museum - retains perpetual ownership of the art-idea." Eye Love Superflat, in all its permutations from artwork to consumer object, brings that concept of the object as the artist's copyrighted "art-idea" to contemporary art.
Across Two Hundred Years We Send Our Blessings (2013)
By: Aya Takano
This color-saturated painting creates a fantasy world that both evokes the Japanese past and suggests a futuristic world. In it are five girls, depicted in a style derived from manga and anime, who look out from a plethora of flowers. The thin elongated nude girl who vertically intersects the center of the canvas wears a vase containing plum blossoms on top of her head and to the side floats a small pink octopus and a Japanese umbrella. Both the flowers and the octopus allude to shunga, or pictures of spring, a noted style of ukiyo-e prints alluding to sexuality. The umbrella with tentacles emerging from it becomes a kind of futuristic life form, resembling a jellyfish, while the girl on the upper right, wearing a traditional kimono, appears to have rabbit ears. The top of the work, with its red streaked sky and darker border is also reminiscent of ukiyo-e prints, and scattered throughout the image are bits evoking the landscape or motifs of traditional Japan.
The overall effect of these floating figures and the world they inhabit is fantasy, and the artist has described her desire to be released from the gravity of social expectations and adult constraints. Her androgynous figures reflect a kind of suspension from the demands of adulthood, inhabiting a complex world that is more compelling than reality. As the art critic Akiko Miki has written, "Takano suggests that it is a vision that surpasses the reason of the real world."
Related Movements and Major Works
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (c. 1814)
Movement: Ukiyo-e Japanese Prints
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, also known as Girl Diver and Octopuses, is a woodblock print that was included in a three-volume book of erotica called Kinoe no Komatsu and has become Hokusai's most famous shunga design. The work depicts a female ama, or shell diver, entangled in the limbs of two octopuses. The large octopus performs cunnilingus on her largely emphasized genitals, while the smaller octopus fondles her mouth and left nipple. The woman seems to derive great pleasure from the exchange, denoted by her relaxed mien and blissful face. In the text above Hokusai's image, the big octopus says he will bring the girl to the dragon God of the sea, Ryūjin's, undersea palace.
The piece is said to have derived inspiration from a popular story of the time that appeared often in ukiyo-e art. In the tale, Princess Tamatori is a young shell diver married to Fujiwara no Fuhito, searching for a pearl stolen from his family by Ryūjin. As she dives beneath the water to help reclaim the pearl, an army of sea creatures pursues her. She absconds the pearl by cutting open her breast and hiding it within but dies from her wound soon after reaching the surface.
Hokasai's artistic peer Yanagawa Shigenobu also created a similar image of a woman in sexual relations with an octopus in his collection Suetsumuhana in 1830. The work has also influenced other artists such as Felicien Rops, Auguste Rodin, Louis Auccon, Fernand Khnopff, and Picasso who painted his own version in 1903. It is also cited as a forebear to contemporary "tentacle erotica," which has appeared in Japanese animation and manga since the late-20th century.
Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)
Artist: Andy Warhol (Read Full Artist Overview, Biography, and Artworks pages)
After her sudden death from an overdose of sleeping pills in August 1962, superstar Marilyn Monroe's life, career, and tragedy became a worldwide obsession. Warhol, being infatuated with fame and pop culture, obtained a black-and-white publicity photo of her (from her 1953 film Niagara) and used the photo to create several series of images. A common idea to all the Marilyn works was that her image was reproduced over and over again as one would find it reprinted in newspapers and magazines at the time. After viewing dozens, or hundreds of such images, a viewer stops seeing a person depicted, but is left with an icon of popular, consumer culture. The image (and the person) become another cereal box on the supermarket shelf, one of hundreds of boxes - which are all exactly the same.
In Gold Marilyn Monroe, Warhol further plays on the idea iconography, placing Marilyn's face on a very large golden-colored background. The background is remeniscent of Byzantine religious icons that are the central focus in Orthodox faiths to this day. Only instead of a god, we are looking at an image (that becomes a bit garish upon closer inspection) of a woman that rose to fame and died in horrible tragedy. Warhol subtly comments on our society, and its glorification of celebrities to the level of the divine. Here again the Pop artist uses common objects and images to make very pointed insights into the values and surroundings of his contemporaries.
Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989)
Artist: Barbara Kruger (Read Full Artist Overview, Biography, and Artworks pages)
Kruger designed this print for the 1989 reproductive rights protest, the March for Women's Lives, in Washington, D.C. Utilizing her signature red, black, and white palette, the woman's face is split along a vertical axis, showing the photographic positive and negative sides, suggesting a highly simplified inner struggle of good versus evil. The political and social implications of the work are self evident, but Kruger emphasizes the directness of her sentiment by having her subject stare straight ahead through the print, frankly addressing the viewer through both her gaze and the words emblazoned across her face. The message unequivocally addresses the issue of the continued feminist struggle, connecting the physical body of female viewers to the contemporary conditions that necessitate the feminist protest. Kruger's slick graphic aesthetic and use of dramatic found imagery also place this work within the purview of postmodernism, tying it not only to contemporary critique, but to the larger social and cultural responses within the period.


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VERY few old-time residents and visitors to Hawaii can forget the thrill of hukilau fishing on one of the many bright, sandy shores of Windward Oahu. Although very popular until 50 years ago, this ancient style of herding and catching fish is rarely experienced or even witnessed today. Hukilau fishing was a favorite pastime of royalty in another era. Traditionally, the entire community was invited to join in this noontime activity. Regardless of social standing or occupation, everyone looked forward to sharing in the work and the excitement. An added and unexpected bonus was to receive some of the fresh catch as a token for being part of the effort. Any casual passerby was also hailed and asked to lend a hand or two; all help was welcomed and generously acknowledged. Even children had responsibilities, as well as rewards from the sea that befitted their youth. In the late morning, people began trickling toward the shoreline, where they set down their belongings or laid aside any items they happened to be carrying. Footwear was removed and clothing was hiked up safe from the splash of incoming waves. In no time, a hardy crew of 20 or more family members, friends and strangers of all ages and abilities had gathered on the beach to await direction. They squinted against the glare of the sun and sea to watch as a handful of fishermen swam out with a length of corded rope to a spot that fish were known to frequent or to an area that was regularly chummed to encourage fish to inhabit it. The sturdy rope was then arranged in a crescent pattern in the sea with the open end facing the shore. The rope was 120 feet or longer, depending on the fishing area to be enclosed. Earlier that morning or the night before, fishermen had draped the rope with dried ti leaves, tying them by the stems in intervals of 10 to 12 inches. Leaf tips pointed downward and, when the rope was lowered into the sea, each leaf swayed to the gentle rhythm of the tides and cast darting shadows in the brilliance of the noonday sun. The movement of the leaves and their shadows served to scare the surrounded fish and direct them toward the shore. The fishermen took hold of the rope and signaled to those on shore to grab the rope ends. As the fishermen began swimming toward the shore with the rope, the folks on the beach slowly started to pull the rope out of the water. As the circle of rope tightened and closed, a net was placed or thrown over the bubbling mass of fish to bring them ashore. Records of hukilau yields indicate that 4,800 pounds of fish could be caught in a single day. In earlier times, concern was expressed that hukilau fishing was depleting shoreline fish. In 1937, efforts were made to pass a law banning this community activity. Public furor was high and many prominent Hawaiians spoke loudly in favor of preserving the right to hukilau as in times of old. Rousing testimony was given at legislative hearings and the bill was killed. Today, there is a beach in Laie Bay on Oahu, familiarly called Hukilau Beach, that commemorates the monthly public hukilau scheduled there for about two decades after World War II. Nets were used instead of the traditional corded rope. Residents and visitors alike drove to the Windward Side to spend the day in the sun and sea, bringing in the fish to be prepared and cooked right on the beach.
(Photo by Hawaii State Archives)
Read more of Carol Silva's fascinating, unique histories of the Hawaiian Islands:
Royal Pets
Riding the Old Oahu Railway
A Wealth of Water
Guardian of the Bones
The Significance of Hawaiian Names
The Sweet Side of Hawaii
Dining with the Royals
Literacy's Champion
Tourists of Old
Sacred Silence
Land of the Menehune

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The first volcanic gas studies in Hawai'i, beginning in 1912, established that volatile emissions from Kīlauea Volcano contained mostly water vapor, in addition to carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. This straightforward discovery overturned a popular volatile theory of the day and, in the same action, helped affirm Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr.'s, vision of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) as a preeminent place to study volcanic processes. Decades later, the environmental movement produced a watershed of quantitative analytical tools that, after being tested at Kīlauea, became part of the regular monitoring effort at HVO. The resulting volatile emission and fumarole chemistry datasets are some of the most extensive on the planet. These data indicate that magma from the mantle enters the shallow magmatic system of Kīlauea sufficiently oversaturated in CO2 to produce turbulent flow. Passive degassing at Kīlauea's summit that occurred from 1983 through 2007 yielded CO2-depleted, but SO2- and H2O-rich, rift eruptive gases. Beginning with the 2008 summit eruption, magma reaching the East Rift Zone eruption site became depleted of much of its volatile content at the summit eruptive vent before transport to Pu'u 'Ō'ō. The volatile emissions of Hawaiian volcanoes are halogen-poor, relative to those of other basaltic systems. Information gained regarding intrinsic gas solubilities at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, as well as the pressure-controlled nature of gas release, have provided useful tools for tracking eruptive activity. Regular CO2-emission-rate measurements at Kīlauea's summit, together with surface-deformation and other data, detected an increase in deep magma supply more than a year before a corresponding surge in effusive activity. Correspondingly, HVO routinely uses SO2 emissions to study shallow eruptive processes and effusion rates. HVO gas studies and Kīlauea's long-running East Rift Zone eruption also demonstrate that volatile emissions can be a substantial volcanic hazard in Hawai'i. From its humble beginning, trying to determine the chemical composition of volcanic gases over a century ago, HVO has evolved to routinely use real-time gas chemistry to track eruptive processes, as well as hazards.
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CHARLOTTETOWN -- The man whose party won the most seats in P.E.I.'s provincial election Tuesday says he does not expect to seek a formal coalition agreement with the Greens or Liberals, and his Tories will forge ahead as a minority government.
Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King says he plans to work collaboratively with the Opposition Green party and the Liberals, who were reduced to third-party status.
He plans to work on an issue-by-issue basis in order to maintain a minority government that he hopes won't be brought down by mere partisan differences.
"We are going to need the help of other parties to get legislation passed ... focusing on what unites us more than divides us," King told reporters Wednesday.
"We know it's going to take a lot of co-operation and collaboration, and it's going to take us implementing ideas from other parties, which I don't have any issue with. If they're good ideas and Islanders like them, I think we should put them into action."
Not only is he poring over the Green and Liberal platforms to identify what measures a Tory minority would be willing to implement, King also suggested he would be open to offering a cabinet or senior government role to members of other parties.
The Tories won 12 of Prince Edward Island's 27 seats Tuesday -- the first minority outcome in the province since 1890. With eight seats, the Green party will form the official Opposition -- a first in Canada.
The incumbent Liberals won just six seats after enjoying majority status for the last 12 years. Outgoing premier and Liberal Leader Wade MacLauchlan lost his seat to the Tory candidate, dairy farmer Bloyce Thompson.
MacLauchlan spoke briefly to reporters Tuesday evening following his defeat, but has yet to respond to questions about his and his party's next steps.
During the 27-day campaign, the party leaders rarely disagreed on policy and refrained from personal or partisan attacks, even during debates.
Promises of taking a more courteous and respectful approach to politics featured prominently in King's platform, and it's something he says he plans to continue as the leader of a minority government. After all, he says, this is what Prince Edward Islanders voted for.
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Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker said Wednesday he has not yet had conversations with his new eight-member caucus nor with the other parties about potential co-operation or coalition partnerships.
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"We've had no formal discussions about where we go from here, but as far as I'm concerned, all options are open," he said.
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India has more than 3500 b-schools which offer post graduate programmes in management. Annually, over three lakh MBA aspirants vie for admission to these management programmes.
The admission processes in b-schools, however, vary depending on multiple factors including their academic quality, Return on Investment (RoI) etc. This is also the precise reason for each b-school following separate admission criteria. Nevertheless, an MBA entrance exam remains the first stage of admission process for almost all management institutes. On the basis of the entrance exam scores, b-schools filter candidates for second stage of admission process which comprises Group Discussions, Personal Interview, Writing Ability Test, Group Activities etc.
MBA admission: A complicated process
But, in the absence of a single regulatory authority for management education, multiple entrance tests exist for admission to MBA/PGDM and other similar programmes in India. While a few b-schools stick to their own entrance test, many b-schools accept scores of multiple entrance exams for selecting students for their second stage of admission processes.
For example, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have their own entrance test called Common Admission Test (CAT). Similarly, Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur has Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT). However, CAT is accepted by many other PGDM institutes like IMT Ghaziabad, MDI Gurgaon and XAT is accepted by many Xavier Group of Institutions which also accept scores of other entrance exams.
Added to these two entrance exams which remain in the 'must appear' list of MBA aspirants, there are many other national-level entrance tests including Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), NMAT by GMAC, Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by AIMA.
Then, there are University-level tests like IBSAT conducted by ICFAI, Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) conducted by Symbiosis International, and others. Different states also have their own entrance exams.
Thus, the list of MBA entrance tests counts more than 100 entrance exams. Needless to say, such an admission scenario makes MBA admission process not only complicated for MBA aspirants, but it also becomes confusing for them to select right entrance tests for themselves.
So, can there be a single entrance exam replacing all the existing entrance exams for MBA admission? Does the single exam fit into the requirement of different B-schools? What are the advantage and disadvantage of a single entrance exam for MBA?
Here, we analyse the pros and cons of the single entrance exam for MBA admission in India.
Single MBA entrance Tests – Pros
- Convenience to MBA Aspirants
A single entrance exam may bring a lot of convenience to MBA aspirants. It will save them from the physical stress that they undergo during the exam season where they are required to travel to different exam cities to appear for the entrance tests. Also, it will free them from the multiple exam stress which burdens them during the exam season. A single entrance idea may bring a lot of mental and physical relief to MBA aspirants
- Eases financial burden
At present, candidates fill multiple entrance application forms for exploring MBA admission opportunities. As each MBA entrance test carry an application fee of about Rs 2000, the application fee for an MBA aspirant, if he/she fills around 10 applications, goes up to Rs 20000. If average travel cost of Rs 2000 for each of the entrance exam is added to this, the total cost of appearing in the entrance exams will go above Rs 50000.
A single entrance exam will unburden students of this significant pre-admission cost.
- End of counselling hassles
The single entrance exam will also help in streamlining the admission process as candidates will be admitted on the basis of one score across management colleges in India. It will also help in ending colleges' dependency on multiple entrance test scores for selecting or filtering candidates for next stage of selection process. Selection of candidates on the basis of single entrance exam will also help MBA colleges to streamline their counselling and begin their academic session on time.
- Uniformity in entrance preparation
The MBA entrance exams demand a lot of dedication and hard work on preparation front. A centralized exam would surely help in significantly reducing exam pressure on them. Though, majority of MBA entrance exams including CAT and XAT have a similar paper pattern, aspirants are required to prepare according to precise exam patterns to score well in those exams. This also requires them to buy a lot of preparation material.
A single entrance exam will allow students to focus their energy on preparing for a single management test instead of multiple tests. This will help them prepare better and ease their preparation strategy. Students can focus and concentrate on their preparation as they have to follow only one syllabus in place of multiple syllabus various exams.
Also, they will understand the importance of exam as they will get one opportunity to proof their talents by securing good marks and rank.
- Uniformity and transparency in evaluation
Once there will be a single entrance exam across the country, candidates would be able to observe a higher level of transparency in the admission process. Students would also be evaluated on an equal parameter instead of multiple yardsticks.
Single MBA entrance test – Cons
- Generic Testing for specific MBAs:
MBA is about learning how to enhance one's analytical leadership ability. Therefore, management exams are mostly designed to evaluate candidates' ability through case study based questions, data interpretation and analytical analysis of situations.
However, a few MBA programmes that are sector or domain specific require a specific tilt of mind which can't be tested through a uniform test.
- Single opportunity may result in loss of opportunities
A single entrance exam may result in loss of opportunities for those who fail to perform on the single test day for whatever reason. Since there will be no other testing opportunity in a single-test scenario, one bad performance in that particular exam may end the hope for admission in a given academic session. Multiple exams present opportunities to aspirants to analyse and improve their performance in subsequent exams.
While a single admission test might bring both physical and financial ease for aspirants and may also help in streamlining academic sessions for b-schools. The concept of single entrance exam is increasingly becoming popular with majority stakeholders supporting single entrance tests like NEET for MBBS/BDS programmes.
Thus, the single entrance exam for MBA appears to be a viable option except for a few niche MBA courses. Still, this problem for specific MBA programmes can also be addressed by specific tests that can be followed by single entrance test.


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WASHINGTON — I have always said you can either read history or make it.
Many in our workforce have made important history by asking the three fundamental questions: Are we doing the right things? Are we doing things right? What are we missing?
These questions compelled the workforce to provide valuable feedback that helps us sustain the Army Family Covenant. Because of your voice and the Army's commitment to taking care of Soldiers, civilians and families, you have added to the 27-year history of the Army Family Action Plan's quality of life improvements, enabling us to do the right things the right way, and fix things that were missing.
One of the greatest achievements of the recent AFAP General Officer Steering Committee is resolving 27 of 40 quality of life issues. The GOSC, comprised of Department of Defense officials, Army leaders and field representatives, reviewed some tough issues that require resources, legislation and policy changes.
In the end, the resolutions expanded Soldier entitlements and civilian employment, enhanced medical and family support, and improved facilities and relocation services for the Soldiers and civilians who support our nation, and the families who support them.
The AFAP is a year-round process that begins at the installation or unit level, and is the pre-eminent means for commanders at all levels to learn of and seek solutions for the concerns of their communities. Currently, the Army is the only service with a program like AFAP.
Because of your voice, the Army is able to dedicate child and youth spaces to accommodate our special needs children at Child, Youth and School Services facilities. Garrison commanders now have the authority to designate areas within their community for immediate special needs child care. This resolution supports Soldier and family well-being.
Our pledge to improve family readiness is evident in the resolution of issue No. 562, an efficient and seamless delivery of family support services with Army One Source. This significant approach reaches out to families with information about Army family programs, health care benefits, education and recreation at www.myarmyonesource.com — easily accessible by Soldiers and families, regardless of geographic location.
Army One Source, a one-stop shop for Army information, is available for members of active and reserve components.
We are ensuring excellence in schools through an online, one-on-one tutoring service for Army affiliated students. Family members in grades K-12 can receive live, online assistance with math, science, language and introductory college-level courses. This worldwide service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.tutor.com.
Enhanced survivor family dental benefits were also attained to provide additional support to surviving families. Surviving children can now maintain coverage in the Tricare Dental Plan through age 21, or age 23, if they are full-time college students.
Additionally, an issue requesting around-the-clock child care was resolved. The Army funded 24/7 child care facilities at 11 installations, based on installation missions and projected demand. Family Child Care homes provide the same services at the remaining installations.
We have made great strides, but the committee agreed that six AFAP recommendations can't be resolved because of resource constraints, lack of legislative support or other factors. However, we decided to continue pursuing seven agenda items, such as increasing weight allowances for relocating families and boosting medical retirement pay for some disabled Soldiers.
Above all, the AFAP continues to turn possibilities into realities. Since the first AFAP conference in 1983, we have established standards for child care, increased single Soldier programs, granted paternity leave for new military fathers, and expanded educational benefits for families.
This grassroots process identifies and elevates the most significant quality of life, or QOL, issues that affect Soldiers, retirees, civilians and families. Information provided through the AFAP process gives commanders and leaders insight into current satisfaction detractors, QOL needs and expectations of the Army community.
Leaders use this information to affect changes that improve standards of living and support programs. These changes foster a satisfied, informed and resilient Army community.
We are entering a new era in AFAP. I am committed to ensuring all recommendations are thoroughly analyzed to determine if they are realistically achievable. To that end, I will be meeting with the Army staff proponents each month to analyze eight to 10 issues.
I want to include the entire Army family in this process by keeping them informed of the progress of each issue. As such, I invite you to visit the Army One Source website at www.myarmyonesource.com, and select the Family Programs and Services menu to activate the AFAP Active Issue Search feature. There, you can enter keywords to find related active issues or insert an issue number to see a specific issue.
You may also search by subject area, demographic group or geographic area to see what we are doing to improve QOL for those we serve. I will also keep you informed by publishing monthly updates and postings to my Facebook page.
I encourage you to continue asking these three fundamental questions about our programs and services: Are we doing the right things? Are we doing things right? What are we missing?
If you answer "no" to the first two questions or if you think we are missing something, get involved and become part of the solution for improving the Army's home — your home.
Reading history is educational, but getting involved and making important history is an exceptional way of providing exceptional support to the Soldiers, civilians and families in our home.
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Joker Director Finally Explains That Last Crucial Scene
- Published: 09 October 2019
- Arthur Fleck's biggest joke just might be the one he pulled on you. Joker director Todd Phillips recently made a few very interesting comments to the Los Angeles Times about the final scene of the movie comments that imply a bizarre truth about the story being presented. In case that's not warning enough, be advised that major spoilers for Joker lie ahead.
Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur is depicted early and often as having a tenuous grip on reality. The film eventually lets on that it's not always clear which events are fantasy and which are reality not to the audience, and presumably not to Arthur.
At the end, Arthur is seen with his psychiatrist in Arkham State Hospital after he has apparently killed his mother, incited a riot, shot Murray Franklin on live television, and escaped from police custody with the help of his clown-masked followers. As the shrink attempts to question him, Arthur simply laughs, telling her that she wouldn't get the joke. According to Phillips, it's this particular laugh that might hold a clue about the true nature of the story that just unfolded. He explained,
"That laugh in that scene is really the only time he laughs genuinely. There are different laughs in the movie. There is the laugh from Arthur's affliction and then there is his fake laugh when he's trying to be 'one of the people,' which is my favorite laugh. But at the end, when he's in the room at Arkham State Hospital, that's his only genuine laugh in the movie."
Why is that, exactly? Well, perhaps because in the end, the joke is on us, the audience. Phillips has said that one of the main influences on his film was The Killing Joke, the acclaimed 1988 graphic novel in which the Joker says that if he must have a past, he, quote, "[prefers] it to be multiple choice." The director made a direct allusion to this dialogue in suggesting that as many fans have speculated Arthur Fleck might not necessarily be who we think he is. Phillips said,
"There are lots of ways you could look at this movie. You could look at it and go, 'This is just one of his multiple-choice stories. None of it happened.' I don't want to say what it is. But a lot of people I've shown it to have said, 'Oh, I get it he's just made up a story. The whole movie is the joke. It's this thing this guy in Arkham Asylum concocted. He might not even be the Joker.'"
Phillips went on to state outright that the man who will become Batman's nemesis may simply be in the background somewhere, watching all of these events play out. He said,
"Maybe Joaquin's character inspired the Joker. You don't really know. His last line in the movie is, 'You wouldn't get it.' There's a lot going on in there that's interesting."
Phoenix himself also explained that Joker can be seen not so much as a straightforward narrative, but as a series of suggestions. Keep watching the video to see that the Joker director finally explains that last crucial scene!
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- Looper 2 weeks back
How much of Joker do you think really happened in the movie? Which parts?
- happinesstan 2 days back
Most of it. The scene in which he is in the audience at Murray's show (I have my suspicions that Murray's joke may have also been Arthur's delusion, based on the fact that Arthur laughs in time) and his relationship are delusions. The 3 flashback scenes that many complain about, grounds the rest of the story [up to that point] in reality.
I think the joke is that Arthur has lived a life of obscurity in a society where he doesn't belong, but now that society has placed him where they think he belongs, he will gain notoriety. I'm no Batman aficionado, but it strikes me that Joker's success could be in his ability to manipulate the minds of the criminally insane. As a talented clown he has alreay demonstrated his ability to mesmerise.
However, I do believe there is one joke aimed at the audience. And that joke is introduced in the scene which introduces the cinema audience [it seems painfully obvious]. In 1981 the audience are watching a 1936 film, named 'Modern Times', laughing, whilst outside the world destroys itself. It reminds me that it is over 40 years since Scorsese entertained us all with his warnings, and yet here we are again.
Top film.
- Sevren Hoover 3 days back
Pogokoala agree 110%
- Painted Solace 4 days back
@Ben Owen was that not the same person?
- Originality Am 4 days back
It's multiple choice .
- Dean W. Thomas 4 days back
I don't believe any of it happened except for the final scene.
- Testus Test 2 hours back
Thomas Wayne:
"...those of us who´ve made a good life for ourselves will always look at those who haven´t as nothing but clowns"
Bruce Wayne:
"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting."
"C´mon, Murray, do I look like the kind of clown who could start a movement?"
- Dark Chocolate 2 hours back
It's just a movie, geez. None of it really happened. Just watch it and enjoy.
- PolarPhantom 3 hours back
"This is an imaginary story.
"Aren't they all?"
- Curlieq55 4 hours back
Well, he can't be the Joker as Batman's nemesis because of the age difference between Arthur and Bruce Wayne. I feel that the movie's real takeaway is how society treats its mentally ill and its lower middle class to poor. Joker was just the vehicle.
- Siddhant Upadhyay 6 hours back
I hope the killings were not a imagination because he is a DC villain for god's sake
- Peter Krug 9 hours back
Other than the scene we see early on where Arthur is on Murrays show and Murray hugs him (which I think is pretty obvious just Arthurs fantasy) I assumed every scene in the film was supposed to have really happened. (In the films fictional world, that is.)
- DRE Dre 10 hours back
Maybe r a k i m' s character inspired the joker
- DogeBread 10 hours back
- arno olv 14 hours back
Then why is this a DC movie if isn't in anyway related to the Joker.
- Joe Second 16 hours back
Arthur is roughly 35 years older than Bruce in this world. This joker would be 80 by the time Batman is Batman.
- oskari lepisto 19 hours back
why cant this movie just be a true story about the 1 and only joker
- Daniele Manno 20 hours back
Great video
- ShockwaveDawn 20 hours back
I was thinking a lot about "Gotham" (the show), where the backstory of the Joker is also presented, but also with the idea that the Joker comes from seeing the events happening around him, rather than actually being part of the events. In "Gotham" the character of Jerome also inspires the people to become "Jokers", and so it's implied - although we never see the actual Joker - that he was influenced by a maniac and so came to be, still without us knowing his actual background.
- St Pietro 21 hours back
This is a really good movie but if they're not connecting it to the new Batman it was a waste. The problem with the dceu is that they can't keep an actor and make the movies connect. I hope they reevaluate and connect this with the new Batman movie. I don't want to have to watch shitty marvel movies
- Youngdon Thesauceking 22 hours back
I don't get why they wouldn't continue this joker and create their own universe, to me this is like the true beginning of the dceu. What's the point of making a joker movie, casting Robert Pattinson as Batman, and showing Batman's origin story, just to stop it here.
- Rolnik Aitmatov 22 hours back
To be fair, when there was the scene where he was in the police car with the "white room" playing I kinda wanted too to go on a riot
- Bąbel 1 days back
I honestly, after reading people's theories and having watched the film once, have shifted this way: (because of one detail)
At no point in the story is it mentioned where he actually got his scars. What we know is that he must've acquired them before all the story of The Dark Knight, and essentially every film that comes after Joker (2019). Taking this into consideration, I've come to believe that he is NOT the real Joker. He is one of the possibilities the real Joker's plot could've gone towards.
Let me explain: this film is not the original prequel to the story of the Joker himself, but a parallel prequel in time to the actual prequel that is to come some day. This would explain the director's precise answer, that Joaqin's Joker WILL NOT cross with The Batman in the sequel, because he simply isn't the Joker and will have his parallel storyline, which might, for example, show the escalation of the real Joker's action's, and Arthur taking the blame (his conscience or otherwise), going insane, and ending up locked up because of a MEMBER OF SOCIETY that wanted to show how society is bad, closing the loop because of actually making one of his soulmates suffer in the process. That would've been the joke.. This way, the last scene of Joker (2019) would be situated in time when the chaos starts to spin off some point in time when the actual Joker goes on a killing spree.
- Adrian Schneider 1 days back
Think about Ben affleck the worst Batman who had no Joker in his movies. Arthur Fleck is a Joke about Ben affleck as Batman and is just a "JOKE" from the Joker. Behause we Never Heard- of the Name Arthur Fleck. Jack napier is a name i Heard
- Fly wie Lubitz 1 days back
The real joker lives in a society
- Adrian Schneider 1 days back
Arthur Fleck is just a "Joke" from the Joker. Its exactly this Kind of Humor. Thats why he Said "you wouldnt understand". it was the First "real" scene.
- Elena Sos 1 days back
Todd Phillips is an amazing filmmaker
Personally I thought the last scene was straightforward enough. Joker walks away, leaving his psychiatrist's blood in his footprints.
"You won't get it" he says.
Superb movie. The makers really understood how someone can slide all the way from struggling with life all the way to insanity. I felt very sorry indeed for the main character. He had a bad start in life and took one huge blow after another in quick succession with no safety net there to catch him. That's why he resorted to suicide ideation. He couldn't take being who he was any longer, being a no-one, rejected, humiliated and tormented every direction he turned. He had to become someone else. Once he found a source of strength, a way to punish and to eliminate those who wronged him, he felt power - probably for the first time in his life - and suddenly he was a someone.
Superb movie. The makers really understood how someone can slide all the way from struggling with life all the way to insanity. I felt very sorry indeed for the main character. He had a bad start in life and took one huge blow after another in quick succession with no safety net there to catch him. That's why he resorted to suicide ideation. He couldn't take being who he was any longer, being a no-one, rejected, humiliated and tormented every direction he turned. He had to become someone else. Once he found a source of strength, a way to punish and to eliminate those who wronged him, he felt power - probably for the first time in his life - and suddenly he was a someone.
- Aglaitso 1 days back
So... no one's going to talk about the "Arthur flex" on the beginning?
- Noël de Cocq van Delwijnen 1 days back
If the whole movie is an imagination of Phoenix or he tells a story because he wants to chose a past, why would he have any imagination inside his imagination? He tells a story about his past but within that story he makes up things wich he believes really happened.......in his imagination that is because he tells a story...that doesn't make any sense. So for me everything really happened except offcourse being in the audience with Murray and having a girlfriend.
- Ryan English 1 days back
Don't shit on a masterpiece by saying "it was all a dream" 😑
- walter black 1 days back
this was real Hollywood movie (before spielberg Comes)
- Slayerlv 1 days back
I just saw the movie it was awesome.. my take of the film is that everything happened as we saw it from him getting mugged in the alley to killing people in the subway I feel he was telling his story to the shrink in the hospital at the end of the movie which would explain the hallucinations about the girl friend and other hallucinations in the movie at the end where he laughs at himself about his life being a joke saying that she wouldn't understand
- Hellspectre1 1 days back
Hello anyone wanna talk? I like to have some human interraction
- MrJustwatchin9 Ontheinnanets 1 days back
Arthur was probably the progenitor of the Jack Napier joker who Possibly could be a copycat joker and took it to the next level.
- The Mr. J Show 2 days back
Until todd says different, this is joker and this is his true origin
- N FORCE 5 2 days back
Screw no Batman. He's a dumb director.
- Kali 2 days back
I think the scene where another joker killed Bruce's parents was a sign that Arthur inspired the joker but isn't the actual joker we know
- Jia Hajime 2 days back
So much hatred reflexed by the audiences and the movie. The first time I can finally see people embrace this topic. How about self defense? How about society? Who is the hypocrite, is he pyscho clown or the rich or the comedian star?
- Eldar Isgandarov 2 days back
I love how the character slowly forms into the cartoony joker we all know from the comics and early shows/films, with him prancing about on stage after shooting Murray and running around the hallways of the asylum in the last shot!
- J Rizzo 2 days back
My friend who was a producer on this movie confirmed this movie is a set up for the soon-coming REAL Joker -- Jared Leto.
Just kidding. Love you, guys.
- Donald Shero 2 days back
Don't tell me when he killed Murray the laugh wasn't genuine cause I'm not buying it! I felt that sick laughter
- Jourdan Immanuel 2 days back
I absolutely hate the idea that everything up until the end was all a lie. The scenes where Arthur imagined having a relationship would become pointless if this was true. What's funny is that Arthur was clearer in thought when he came off his meds and as he began to fall into Nihilism. He was in Arkham some time before the movie for reasons he can't even explain but at the end of the movie, he knows exactly why he's there.
I didn't think I'd enjoy a Joker with an fleshed out origin story (I didn't even like the multiple choice one from the Killing Joke) but I love Arthur's story.
- Medicinewind Chaney 2 days back
If it wasn't real then why show bruce waynes parents get ... nevermind I get it
- Catnium 2 days back
I remember it this way...
Sometimes I remember all the nonsense the media said about my movie..
- Kyle Man 2 days back
Of course Arthur can't be the real Joker that Batman fights. He'd be too old by the time Bruce becomes Batman!
- shreyas shelar 2 days back
I heard someone saying that ...the man trying to catch Arthur in the last scene is the actual JOKER. What abt this theory?
- Shendue 2 days back
The movie goal is to put us into Joker's perspective. The movie itself is multiple choice.
- Freshminster 2 days back
I think everything is real until he doesn't get medicated. The second half of the movie is him fantasicing , about killing and becoming a person someone would look up too. In a city where bankers are so arrogant and selfish , why would they ride a dirty train ? Why does he fire 7 shots with a gun that only can hold 6 bullets ? Where is the lady who went away ?
- Henry Ayers 2 days back
My brain just assumed most of it was real and at the end he escapes from Arkham before turning into heath ledger and fighting Batman in the dark knight!
- DadGeek UK 2 days back
Think about it though. If Arthur is the actual Joker, he's a 40+ year old man when Bruce Wayne is a child. That means that by the time Bruce is old enough to be the Batman, Joker is going to be 70+. It's much more likely that events/stories of Arthur's 'Joker' are an inspiration to the child who will eventually become the real Joker.


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LOS ANGELES, CA (August 26, 2010) – Multi-platinum-selling guitar hero Slash is synonymous with rock n' roll, and now the monster musician is affixing his signature top hat, shades to the digital airwaves with the launch of his own A.P.E. Radio station, "Slash FM." The channel announcement comes on West Hollywood's official "Slash Day"-Thursday, August 26th-which will honor the legendary guitarist and L.A. icon at the third annual Sunset Strip Music Festival. Throughout its limited-time run, beginning with its debut on Thursday, September 2nd, "Slash FM" will broadcast a wealth of exciting content, including selected playlists of some of the guitar god's favorite songs, such as tracks by AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Beatles, Soundgarden and Metallica. Of course, songs from Guns N' Roses and Slash's solo work will also be aired, and punctuated with behind-the-scenes stories told by Slash himself.
The August 26th tribute event at the House of Blues Sunset Strip will include speeches from Slash's close friends, a presentation from the City of West Hollywood, and live music performances celebrating Slash and his contributions to the legacy of the city's rich music scene. Immediately following the Sunset Strip Music Festival, Slash will embark on a North American tour.
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About Slash:
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Singular Fibers of Stable Maps of Manifold Pairs and Their Applications
Let (M, N) be a manifold pair, where M is a closed 3-dimensional manifold and N is a closed 2-dimensional submanifold of M. In this paper, we first classify singular fibers of \(C^\infty \) stable maps of (M, N) into surfaces. Then, we compute the cohomology groups of the associated universal complex of singular fibers, and obtain certain cobordism invariants for Morse functions on manifold pairs \((M', N')\), where \(M'\) is a closed surface and \(N'\) is a closed 1-dimensional submanifold of \(M'\). We also give the 2-colored versions of all these results, when the submanifold separates the ambient manifold into two parts.
KeywordsManifold pair Stable map Singular fiber Cobordism 2-coloring
2000 Mathematics Subject ClassificationPrimary 57R45 Secondary 57R35 57R90 58K15 58K65
The authors would like to thank the anonymous referee for some comments which improved the presentation of the paper. The first author has been supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP23244008, JP23654028, JP25540041, JP15K13438, JP16H03936, JP16K13754, JP17H01090, JP17H06128. The second author has been supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP23654028, JP15H03615, JP15K04880, JP15K13438, JP17H01090, JP17H06128.
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Client Solutions Manager
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As the Client Solutions Manager at Scorpion, you are the front-line support resource for anything related to the tools and equipment used by our people. You must be able to troubleshoot, analyze, prioritize, resolve and/or facilitate issues to keep the train on the rails, so to speak. This role is equal parts desktop computer support, mid-level IT, and project manager. Strong customer service and communication skills (verbal and written) are required. Your customers are the Scorpion employees!
Attributes Desired
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- Multi-tasker
- Technically savvy
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- Requests for support are received and processed swiftly and accurately
- Tasks are prioritized and coordinated with the IT Team and completed rapidly
- The manner in which you carry out your work inspires gratitude with everyone you interact with
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