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Hotel Services and Policies
Hotel Services
- Smoke-free hotel
- 24-Hour Security
- Entry Visa Assistance
- Luggage Storage (complimentary)
- Bellmen/Porters
- The Luxury Collection Concierge
- Elevators
- Doorman
- Safe Deposit Boxes
- Laundry Service
- Dry Cleaning
- Multilingual Staff
- Shoe Shine Service Available
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- 13 rooms for meeting, banquets and conferences
Hotel Transportation
- Airport transfers (groups and individuals)
- Public parking is possible at a location nearby and charges are applicable
Business Services and Internet Access
- Wi-Fi in all rooms and public spaces with free and paid options
- High Speed Internet Access in Business Center (Complimentary)
- Print documents in Business Center (At extra charge)
Dining Facilities
- Bar Alexandrovsky
- 24-Hour Room Service
Fitness Facilities
- In-house Fitness Center with complimentary use of Gym, Swimming Pool and Sauna; Solarium and massage service are provided at additional fixed price
Alcohol Policy
- We are pleased to serve alcoholic beverages to guests over 18 years of age.
Arrival and departure time
- Check-in: 02:00 PM Check-out: 12:00 PM.
Age Requirement Policy
- All guests must be 18 years or older to register. We request that minors be accompanied by an adult.
Breakfast options
- If breakfast is not included into the rate, guests are welcome to choose two breakfast options - buffet breakfast with view of Moscow Kremlin at 2 100 Rub including 18% VAT or business breakfast served in Alexandrovsky Bar at 950 Rub including 18% VAT.
Connecting Room Policy
- The hotel is pleased to offer four connecting rooms for guests' convenience. Please make requests as early as possible to ensure availability.
Currency Policy
- Please be advised that all room rates and charges are quoted in Russian Rubles (RUB).
Early Departure Policy
- We are pleased to accommodate early departures upon request.
Early Arrival Policy
- To guarantee a room for early arrival, we request that guests provide full payment for one night prior to arrival. Please make requests as early as possible to ensure availability.
Extra Bedding Policy
- It is our pleasure to offer rollaway beds upon request for 2 360 RUB, including 18% VAT. No charge for children up to age of 12 years provided that they are staying in parents' room in the existing bedding. Please make requests as early as possible to ensure availability.
Family Plan Policy
- When the room rate includes breakfast, children of 12 and under eat for free as well. If the room rate doesn't include breakfast for parents or it is not paid additionally, then children under the age 12 will have breakfast for extra charge.
Late Checkout Policy
- We are pleased to accommodate late checkouts upon request. In the case of a late checkout before 6 p.m. an additional 50% room-rate fee will apply. For check-outs after 6 p.m., a 100% room-rate fee will apply.
Pet Policy
- While we greatly appreciate our guests' four-legged companions, Hotel National does not accept pets at this time.
Credit/Debit Card Policy
- Debit and Credit cards will be authorized at check-in for the amount of your stay, plus an amount to cover incidentals. The authorization will hold the funds until check-out, at which time the amount actually incurred during the stay will be charged. Authorized amounts may take up to 30 days after departure to be released by your bank or financial institution and the hotel will not be responsible for any resulting fees or charges.
- Please be informed that according to the banking legislation of Russian Federation we cannot accept electronic cards (such as Visa Electron, MasterCard Electron, Maestro) as a method of payment for prepaid rate bookings.
Payment Policy
- We are pleased to inform you that we accept all major credit cards (Visa, Amex, MasterСard, Diners Club, Mir, JCB, UPI) and Russian rubles as a method of payment. We regret that checks are not accepted as a method of payment.
Smoking Policy
- Please note that due to the Federal law starting from June 01, 2014, the hotel is completely smoke-free.
Visa/Passport Policy
- In accordance with the Russian law accommodation and registration of Russian citizens at Hotel National (except for residents of foreign countries) will be allowed only upon producing the legal original passport of the Russian Federation.
- All travelers to Russia must have a valid passport and a Russian entry visa, which must be arranged prior to your travel through the Russian Embassy/Consulate. The hotel provides visa support service to all guests who booked their rooms on national.ru, spg.com, booking.com, expedia.com or by phone call to the hotel. For the special visa support payment agreement, please contact the Reservation Department at +7 (495) 258 7114 or email email@example.com. Visa support letters are free of charge but in case of a reservation cancellation or guest non-arrival, a charge of 7000 roubles per visa support letter will be applied to the credit card on file.


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Rose and Joe Guiliano Sr. bought a brand new Corvette in Florence, Colorado that has a price tag of $3,045.00 for their son Joe as a high school graduation gift. Joe immediately rode the gorgeous looking car. (who wouldn't?) As he wandered the stunning back roads of Colorado during that post-high school summer, he knew that College was just fast approaching.
*Check out this classic "Chevrolet Corvette Parking Only" sign.*
During fall, Joe started his studies at the Kansas City Art Institute. He took a major in Industrial Design. After he finished his studies, he got a job to San Francisco. He then left his '55 to his parents.
This was the period where Joe met and made friends with Russ De Salvo. Russ was a student in an art class where Joe used to teach. They both shared time over their common interest in everything about automobiles. In an instant, Russ fell in love with Joe's Corvette since the first day that he saw it. Thus, Joe always knew that he can count on Russ as a buyer for the car should he ever need to sell it.
It was by the late 1960s when Joe decided that it's about time that he should search for greener pastures. Once again, he packed all his things and bid farewell towards his family and friends. He gave his Corvette car keys to his mom before he left for his new home in north of the border in Canada. He knew by then that by this time, it will take him longer before he would come back.
Passing Corvette To The Hands Of Rose
At that time the 'Vette was given to Rose Guiliano, who became an instant hot topic of gossip in town. The flamboyant native of Florence, Colorado was then always seen wandering the roads. And, every time she drove through the small Rocky Mountain, she's was always driving the Corvette.
Rose is happy that her son left the gorgeous car to her care, upon his leave. Truth be told, she's extremely happy to be its new rightful owner. Even though she knew that it's only for a while, before her son comes returns home.
*Check out this classic "Chevrolet Corvette Parking Only" sign.*
It was quite ironic that Rose had another classic car, a brand new Ford Thunderbird in her driveway. Yet, she always opted to drive around with the '55 Corvette as her ride. Every time her friends ask her, she just tells them that she looked cooler in the sporty Corvette. (that's a good enough reason for me!!)
The stunning Corvette attracted the attention of many car collectors and enthusiasts. Rose was often asked to sell it. On a daily basis, Rose is faced with collectors and hot rod hoarders trying to close a quick deal to her. She even declined an offer by a local Chevrolet dealer. The offer was a brand-new car for her Corvette, not to mention that it's an 'even' trade-in. Her answer was a consistent "NO." (good on you Rose)
Rose's '55 Corvette
The '55 Corvette was a stock example out of the only 700 '55 Corvettes manufactured. It's still painted with the original antiqued skin of Polo White. This color was by far the most favorite color option that year. Furthermore, the red interior was also the most common color package chosen among customers.
The door windows are available and stashed in the original pouch in the trunk. Indeed, even the convertible top is its born-with piece. An astonishing feature all by itself. What's more, yes, it keeps the water out!
The 1955 Corvette was maintained and well-cared of by Rose throughout her years. The car paint looked old yet it has a pleasant patina.
The interiors had survived the test of time. It was still well held together for the last 60 years. The seat covers, door panels and also, its carpet were still all-original. The carpet's tattered and battered on the driver side though.
This Corvette was powered by the "new for '55" 265ci V-8, and generated 195 hp at 5,000 rpm. A two-speed Powerglide does the moving for the car.
Like other Corvettes from this model year, this car is also available with many options. It has fifteen-inch whitewalls, turn signals, windshield washer and heater. These were just few that comprise this first-generation 'glass Chevy.
Last Years For Rose
When Rose's health began to deteriorate, Joe went home to look and car after his mother. When Rose came to the point when she couldn't look after herself anymore, Joe brought her to a decent nursing home. The house and her possessions were all sold.
Later on, Joe had to be ready to let go of his mother's Corvette although he'll never be open to the idea. (it was bought originally for him). He just had no choice back then. That's why he ended up in making a deal with his good friend Russ.
He told Russ that he didn't intend to sell the car yet, not until his mother passed away. He asked Russ to look after the car for safekeeping till its fate was finally determined. If Joe decided to be sold, then Russ will be the first to be offered the car. Russ had no disagreement. Since day 1, he never stopped loving this beautiful car.
Russ did what was agreed. He kept the Corvette in his garage outside of town. It laid there for three years as Rose continued to spend the remaining days of her life.
When Rose died, Russ finally bought the popular '55 Corvette for an undisclosed price.
The '55 Corvette In The Hands Of Russ
As much as possible, Russ wanted to keep the Corvette car as it is. He believes that, "It's only original once."
The engine had undergone a rebuild through the years. New rings and rods and a valve job revived the V-8 in it. It has 120 pounds of pressure in all cylinders. The original chrome air cleaner and valve covers remained. But, the chrome spark plug shielding was gone.
Russ was lucky that there were still parts that look great till today. Just like the clear license plate cover and trim and the chrome parts and bumpers.
Russ has made a point to stay aware of all the mechanicals. The first drum brakes work and the drive train is regularly checked-up. In the trunk, the first BFGoodrich spare still remained in place where it was set 60 years back.
*Check out this classic "Chevrolet Corvette Parking Only" sign.*
Generally, the car has aged well for 60 years. Still, one delightful gem concealed in the slopes of Colorado.
Throughout the years, this car can be considered a time capsule. This car was a fine, unrestored illustration of a first-generation Vette. Today, it's kept up and rode often by its current owner.
Russ and his wife are currently the endowed keepers of this most treasured ride. They are prepared to safeguard and secure the car, and keep it out of mischief's way.
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Selena Gomez was overwhelmed with emotion as she gave an inspiring speech at a youth empowerment event in Oakland, California on Wednesday (26Mar14).
The Come and Get It hitmaker took to the Oracle Arena stage in front of thousands for the first annual We Day conference, which gathers kids from all over the country to encourage young people to take action and affect change in their own communities.
Gomez began her passionate speech by saying, "I am not an activist. I haven't changed the world or led a campaign. I'm here to just tell you my path so that you can hopefully take something away from it because I don't like being honest with press and interviews. I like being honest with you directly.
"A lot of you are a part of inspiring me. And maybe you don't get it, maybe you're not told this enough, but you inspire me to be better. We should inspire each other to be better."
The 21 year old, who recently completely a stint in rehab for an unconfirmed issue in January (14), became emotional when talking about her recent struggles, holding back tears as she made her confession to the crowd.
Gomez continued, "I'm surrounded by people who are supposed to guide me. And some of them have and others haven't. They pressure me - 'You gotta be sexy, you gotta be cute, you gotta be nice'... what to wear, how to look, what to say, how I should be.
"Until recently I had given into that pressure. I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tired to change who I am, because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself."
The actress ended her passionate speech with words of encouragement for her young fans, and said, "You are changing the world. Please be kind to each other, and love and inspire people. Let's change the game... Stay true to yourself and know that we all have each others' back.
"I'd be lying if I said that I've never tried to make myself better by giving in, because I have. But I've learned from my actions and for all the things I've done, I'm proudest of that... You are who you surround yourself with. I hope I can inspire each and every one of you to just trust yourselves and to be love and be loved."
In addition to Gomez, other celebrities were also on hand to celebrate the youth of America, including Seth Rogen, Orlando Bloom, and Big Sean.


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Old Testament priests had to be direct descendants of Levi. Yet Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, and Melchizedek lived long before Levi was born. Neither the priesthood of Jesus nor Melchizedek was based on genealogy; but on the power of an indestructible life. In this second of two messages, we will learn more about the uniqueness of Jesus' permanent priesthood and how He is able to save all who come to God through Him.
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In descending order of exhibition
Patrick Henry is a painter and photographer who has been living and working on the Eastern Shore for most of his life. Over the course of many years he has gained a reputation as a skilled artist, able to capture the essence of Delmarva through his own vision of the people and places of the shore and its unique rhythms of life. This LaMay Gallery exhibit showcases the breadth of his years of work on the Eastern Shore.
Every year the Ward Museum hosts a non-competitive student art show in the Welcome Gallery. The Ward Museum invites K-12 students from Delmarva to submit their artwork, based on a particular theme, to the annual Student Art Show. This year's theme is "Poetic Landscapes," in conjunction with the LaMay Gallery exhibit, "Delmarva Visions: The Works of Patrick Henry."
This LaMay Gallery exhibit showcases the variety of ways in which decoy makers and users have marked their decoys. From the brands of successive owners and gunning clubs to the poems and inscriptions of their makers, the ways in which the undersides of decoys have been marked demonstrate the historical lineage and patterns of use of the decoy as both a hunting tool and an art form.
The Retriever in its many breeds—Golden, Labrador, Chesapeake, Flat Coated, and more—have been the hunter's companion performing essential tasks in the field for hundreds of years. This connection between dog and outdoorsman has been depicted in sporting art, recorded in literature, and prized at canine competitions. This Welcome Gallery exhibit is being held in conjunction with the Golden Retriever Club of America's National Specialty held in Salisbury, MD September 2017.
The beauty of nature is just right outside your window. In rural and urban areas alike, migrating and residential birds bring a splash of color through the seasons. Birdhouses are equal in the variety of their design and vibrant colors. This LaMay Gallery exhibit will showcase the diversity of backyard birds and birdhouses.
Many of the volunteers at the Ward Museum are accomplished artists themselves. The Welcome Gallery features a collection of works made using a variety of media and techniques by our dedicated volunteers.
The field of scientific illustration offers beautiful renderings and visual explanations of scientific subjects from birds and butterflies to animals. This winter the Ward Museum invites you to explore the field of scientific illustration in a new exhibit in the LaMay Gallery, running January 27 – May 14, 2017. Come experience the breadth and beauty of illustrated flora and fauna depicted in prints and original work by old masters, as well as in original illustrations from contemporary artists. A free opening reception will take place February 17, from 5-7:00 p.m.
Osprey with Fish by J.J. Audubon, courtesy National Gallery of Art
This fall and winter in the Ward Museum's Welcome Gallery, artists living and working in modern-day Chincoteague will showcase their work as it reflects the natural environment they call home, and explores connections between the people and landscapes of Chincoteague. Experience innovative, multi-media art by some of the region's best.
Savage Street Houses by John Beam
This fall, the Ward Museum is excited to celebrate the place of Chincoteague decoys in the world of carving, and in the heritage of the Eastern Shore. Come experience the form and artistry of both antique and contemporary Chincoteague decoys. Learn about this unique island and the carvers born of this place.
This exhibit is funded in part by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. You can purchase the exhibit catalog from our website here.
Cam Miller takes viewers on a visual journey through the many landscapes and communities of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and beyond through her award-winning photography. This 2015 Art in Nature Photo Festival Grand Champion will fill the Welcome Gallery with scenes featuring the diverse people, structures, natural formations, and events she has encountered through her years as a professional photographer and photography educator.
Meet Cam Miller at the 2016 Art in Nature Photo Festival, where she will be this year's keynote speaker! This free event takes place at the Ward museum on Friday, August 12, 6-9:00 p.m.
2015 Art in Nature Photo Festival Grand Champion: "Keyhole Rock," by Cam Miller
Over the past several decades wildfowl artists have dramatically extended the creative ways that they represent birds and their habitats. At the forefront of these changes, influencing the trajectory of the art form itself, is 16-time Best in World winner Larry Barth.
The Ward Museum is excited to showcase many of Barth's finest works of art in a new exhibit in the LaMay Gallery this spring. This will be a unique opportunity to see the progression of Barth's work, as well as to gain meaningful insight into the artist's mind. Through Barth's work as well as stories and information from the artist, visitors will experience the world of a true master.
2009 Best in World for Decorative Life-size Wildfowl (Killdeer), by Larry Barth
Sumi-e refers to brushed ink that captures the spirit of poetry or the natural world with minimal strokes and color. This ancient art form has ties to a range of communities and cultural practices, and the sumi-e form emphasizes the beauty of individual brush strokes often made by hand-made brushes on specialized paper. The result provides a strong sense of connection to the artist's subject. Visit the Welcome Gallery this spring to experience the simple, touching beauty of this ancient form as practiced by modern artists, including many right here on the Eastern Shore.
Oriole by Joan Lok
Each spring the Ward Museum hosts an annual, non-competitive student art show in its Welcome Gallery. In preparation for this event, students in kindergarten through 12th grade all around the region are welcome to create and submit artwork relevant to a chosen theme. This spring the theme is "Water is For Everyone." Water is important to every individual, and the supply and purity of water is vital on a global—and local—scale.
For centuries hunters, trappers, and waterfowl enthusiasts have been drawn to the natural beauty and abundance of Assateague Island, a barrier island off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia, along the Atlantic Flyway. In the early 20th century the island hosted several gunning clubs, hunting lodges, and visiting sportsmen making the most of the locale. This fall—during the 50th anniversary year of the Assateague Island National Seashore—the Ward Museum's LaMay gallery will feature a look at Assateague's gunning clubs, decoy makers, trappers, and hunters—as well as the beautiful natural environment that makes this island's place in the world of waterfowling unique.
Duck blind near Assateague Island. Photo courtesy of Ricks E & Diane Scott Savage
Charles Hart Emperor Penguins. Photo courtesy of Austin T. Miller American Antiques Inc., Columbus, OH
The Delmarva Peninsula has been a vacation destination and playground for centuries, with tourists and locals alike drawn to its beaches, carnivals, hunting grounds, birding havens, and other attractions. The Art of Sporting and Playing celebrates those traditions, locations, and communities that make up the fun, high-spirited, and sometimes competitive side of Delmarva. From pony penning to fox hunting, carousel rides to muskrat skinning, this summertime exhibit in the Ward Museum's LaMay Gallery will explore the art and artifacts that represent the region's rich traditions of sport and play.
Trimper's Carousel Steed, photo by Jennifer MacNeill
Many of our volunteers at the Ward Museum are accomplished artists themselves. Visit the Welcome Gallery to view a collection of works made using a variety of media and techniques, all by the hands of our dedicated volunteers.
Volunteer Betty Pitney works on a painting that was featured in the exhibit
Falconry, the art of hunting with birds of prey such as falcons and hawks, dates back at least 3,000 years. People throughout the world have long revered the sport as a way to successfully hunt game in the wild, and to bond with and observe these magnificent birds. In many parts of the world, falconry gained special popularity with nobility, including the Great Khans of Mongolia, the Mughals of India, and kings and queens throughout Europe. Falcons and other raptors became synonymous with nobility for centuries, and today they still hold high respect among hunters and birders alike. Visit the Welcome Gallery at the Ward Museum from April - July, 2015 for a look into the fascinating history and modern form of falconry.
Hooded hag, photo by Jim Dayton
Throughout his lifetime, J.N. "Ding" Darling (1876-1962) used his artistic skill, political savvy, and sharp wit to create an enduring legacy of environmental conservation. Darling won two Pulitzer Prizes for his political cartoons, served in the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey (a predecessor to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) under Franklin D. Roosevelt, designed the first federal duck stamp, began what would become the National Wildlife Federation, and kept U.S. politicians on their toes. From January 16 through May 10, 2015 visit the LaMay Gallery at the Ward Museum for an unusual look into the life and works of Ding Darling. The Hidden Works of Jay N. "Ding" Darling will feature rare artifacts that help illustrate this conservationist and modern day renaissance man's remarkable life.
Want to learn more about the exhibit? Check out this fun video produced by Hidden Works guest curator, Sam Koltinsky! You'll get an insider's view into the making of a Ward Museum exhibit, and the impact of this fascinating figure.
Jay N. "Ding" Darling in 1904, photo courtesy of the late Christopher "Kip" Koss
Each year the Ward Museum invites students from Delmarva to submit their artwork to the annual Student Art Show held in the museum's Welcome Gallery. Work exhibited there is thought up and created by individual students, as well as students in groups. This year's theme was "The Art of Conservation," and all art reflected students' ideas about conservation. Examples of topics interpreted include recycling, keeping the environment clean, climate change, and clean energy.
Lloyd J. Tyler (1898-1971) carved his first decoy at the age of twelve using a spokeshave, pocketknife, and hatchet. Even as an adult with a formal art education and other tools at his disposal, Tyler continued, using just a hatchet, a rasp and a spokeshave to produce good-looking, functional decoys by the hundreds, made in a matter of minutes. Despite his simple approach, the decoys, decorative carvings, and paintings he produced are sometimes realistic, often stylized, and occasionally whimsical, made to fulfill a great demand by local hunters, gunning clubs, and tourists. The LaMay Gallery showcases the delightful variety of working decoys and works of folk art created by the versatile and prolific "Coy Duck King."
Tyler Family Cats by Lloyd Tyler
Clyde Butcher's powerful black and white photographs explore his personal bond with the environment. The exquisite beauty and depth of his work draw the viewer into a relationship with nature. For more than fifty years, he has been preserving on film the untouched areas of the landscape. His large format cameras allow him to express the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish the intricacy of the landscape, with photographs ranging in size from 8x10 inches to 5x8 feet. Preserving Eden: The Photography of Clyde Butcher produced by the South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium, Inc. Made possible with assistance from Clyde Butcher Galleries. Exhibit toured by the South Florida Museum Traveling Exhibits Service.
Basket weaving is arguably the most widespread traditional art form in the history of human civilization. Archaeologists have found pressed imprints of woven baskets decorating clay pots more than 10,000 years old. The technique of weaving has been passed along, re-discovered, and expanded upon by countless cultures, and basket makers are as innovative today as their forebears were. Visit the Welcome Gallery for a look at historic and contemporary regional works ranging from farm baskets to eel pots to decorative art pieces like the one at right by Jean Poythress Koon.
Reed and oyster basket by Jean Poythress Koon
What do passenger pigeons, golden toads, and Caribbean monk seals have in common? They're all extinct as a direct result of human activity. This exhibition showcases art that brings attention to the endangered, threatened, and extinct species, featuring the work of animal carver Dr. Edward "Bud" Kaufman, who created the extinct (but still dapper) dodo at right. Many of the planet's most endangered animals are also its most remarkable, opening the door to a world of fascinating social behavior, specialized senses, and complex ecosystems. Far from encountering only gloom and doom, guests will also learn the many ways people are working to save endangered and threatened creatures through captive breeding programs, legal protection, creating reserves, and conserving natural resources.
Most decoys are used to attract birds within gunshot range for the purposes of hunting; however, decoys can have an altogether different purpose for conservationists. As hunters have observed for centuries, many species, like the puffins at right, exhibit social behavior, preferring to nest, rest, or feed in groups. Conservationists seeking to attract birds to certain areas may do by broadcasting calls, using mirrors, or placing decoys. As habitat areas are cleared of predators, restored, or opened up to replace old habitats lost to human development, decoys simulate the presence of birds and make returning birds feel more at home. This exhibit, on display in the Welcome Gallery, highlights these special decoys and the artists who devote their skills to making them. Image by Steve Kress, Project Puffin.
This exhibition in our Welcome Gallery features artwork from local K-12 students centered on the theme of family. The theme and noncompetitive nature of the exhibit foster creative freedom as well as a sense of community that complements our LaMay gallery exhibit, Natural Partnerships: Collaborations in Wildlife Art (see above).
Many well-known decoy artists have worked in collaboration, forming partnerships that sometimes last for many decades. The works of Lem and Steve Ward; Charlie and Edna Perdew; and William and David Turner are all examples of the art that is created when two talents come together to create a rare harmony. This exhibit, on display in the LaMay Gallery, showcases the works of historic, contemporary, and regional wildlife art partnerships.
Associated with Halloween due to the solitary, nocturnal habits of most species and their eerie, hooting calls, owls have a fascinating natural history and physical characteristics as well as a rich cultural presence in symbolism, mythology, and literature. Specialized sight and hearing functions, nearly perfect camouflage, and the ability to fly almost silently make them among the stealthiest night hunters – only the large, vividly colored eyes may give it away as it sits in wait and listens for the slightest movement from the forest floor. With 200 species distributed throughout almost every part of the world, the owl is variously believed to be an omen of bad luck, ill health, or death, but its use as a symbol for the Greek goddess Athena, noted for art and scholarship, has led to its association with wisdom. The Welcome Gallery will feature a display of art, artifacts, photographs, and ephemera as we explore of the natural and cultural history of the owl. Watch our website for family-friendly educational programming to learn more about these not-so-spooky creatures!
Showcasing two centuries of photography equipment from early 1800's innovations to digital imaging, the exhibit will illustrate the progression and refinement of photographic equipment to capture nature's beauty. This display will be on exhibit in the Welcome Gallery alongside the winning photographs from the 2013 Art In Nature Photography Competition.
The Ward Museum is proud to present Artistic Expressions of Nature, featuring Gallery of Artists, a collaborative group of award-winning wildlife artists diverse in medium and unique in style, join together in an intimate and engaging atmosphere in the LaMay Gallery. Works include oil, water and acrylic paintings, photographs, etchings, pyrography, sculptures, and pencil, utilizing varied styles, materials, and surfaces. Each brings a unique perspective that supports a love of animals and nature, expressed and interpreted through compelling visual images that touch the viewer's sensibilities. The group contributes a percentage of its proceeds toward wildlife conservation efforts and provides demonstrations and lectures to support and enrich the education, artistic, and conservation missions of each venue in which members display their work.
Many of our volunteers at the Ward Museum are accomplished artists themselves. The Welcome Gallery features a collection of works made using a variety of media and techniques by our dedicated volunteers.
An amazing variety of art and photography from scratchboard to watercolors, cartoon art to stop-action photographs, will appeal to environmentalists of all ages. Works by Green Earth Book Award and honor book recipients depict topics as diverse as exploring every child's backyard, the reforestation of Kenya, protecting the tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea, and the melting ice of the arctic. The Green Earth Book Award (GEBA) was created by the Newton Marasco Foundation in collaboration with Salisbury University to get more books with a message of environmental stewardship into the hands of children and young adults and to connect authors with youth. The GEBA are the nation's first annual awards for authors and illustrators whose books raise awareness of environmental stewardship, the beauty of our natural world, and the responsibility that we have to protect it. Captivating young people through the imagery of words and pictures is central to reaching and inspiring the next generation.
Matthew Hillier's wildlife paintings seek to offer the viewer a fresh vantage point, expressing more than the physical characteristics of a species and revealing a passion for his subject matter. A former illustrator for a variety of wildlife publications, Hillier has traveled widely since his boyhood on the south coast of England. Since moving to the United States, he has begun painting marine subjects and North American animals in addition to the dramatic African and bird subjects for which he is renowned.
The annual non-competitive Student Art Show is open to all students on the Delmarva Peninsula in kindergarten through 12th grade. The event is open to public, private, and homeschooled students. New this year, the show will incorporate projects done by Wicomico County afterschool programs.
The five Great Lakes, in the heartland of North America, have provided natural habitats, easily navigable waterways, and abundant food and fresh water since their formation over ten thousand years ago. Humans and wildlife alike have thrived along the shores of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior as well as the smaller St. Clair, which together form the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world. Great Lakes Decoys and Folk Carvings presents many individually-made and commercially-produced wildfowl and fish decoys, patent drawings, and related folk sculpture from Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with a history of exclusive hunt clubs in those regions.
In photographic circles around the world, A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970) was regarded as one of the finest pictorialists of the twentieth century. His pictures were exhibited in hundreds of prestigious shows, in scores of museums, and he won awards against top competition. His photographs were seen in the Sunday Sun, numerous books and magazines, on calendars, as murals, and as framed prints decorating homes. This exhibit, on display in the LaMay Gallery from July 13 to September 30, showcases a selection of Bodine's work in the Chesapeake Bay region.
One of the most common and widespread domestic animals, chickens have been providing meat and eggs for humans for at least five thousand years. From the backyard to the table, chickens have played an important role in the culture of the Eastern Shore for generations. Something to Crow About displayed the history of this staple of farm life and traditional foodways through art, archival photographs, ephemera, and folklore.
In 1987, the Ward World Championship Carving Competition introduced an interpretive category into the lineup of divisions, allowing for carvings that emphasize form, content, and movement over realism. This exhibit featured interpretive paintings, carvings, and other sculptures created to provoke thought and wonder.
Maryland Masters: Edwin Remsberg's Portraits of Maryland Traditions is a collection of images that reveal the unique flavor of Maryland and its distinctive community traditions. These traditions have been handed down from generation to generation, from master to apprentice. Edwin Remsberg, Maryland photographer and Maryland Traditions collaborator since 2008, has captured these rituals in this series of portraits of men and women performing their individual practices. It has been through his passion for creating images that celebrate Maryland and his fascination with one's sense of place that Remsberg has developed this collection.
In honor of Women's History Month, the Ward Museum featured an exhibit of carvings by women from the early twentieth century to the present day. Although bird carving is associated strongly with me, women have been carving since at least the 1920s, when Helen Lay Strong of upstate New York began selling her carvings of miniature waterfowl, songbirds, and dogs. Gladys Black, "the bird lady of Iowa" and an avid conservationist, exhibited a carving in the very first Ward World Championship exhibition in 1968.
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland and throughout the United States, several species of birds have neared extinction as gunning practices and habitat loss have taken a toll on wildfowl populations. Over the last century the efforts of lawmakers, birdwatchers, environmentalists, hunters, and everyday citizens have helped to bring some species back from the brink. This exhibit shared stories of successful conservation efforts, attempts that came too late, and what the future might hold for currently threatened species and habitats.
Swanfall: The Journey of Tundra Swans – Photographs by Dave Harp
Catching a Glimpse: Art and Artifacts Contributing to the Emergence of Interest in Birds
Regional Carvers from Carroll County
Watercolors of Art LaMay
Volunteer Art Exhibit
Wild Delmarva: Photographs by Kevin Fleming
Green Earth Book Award Winners (Salisbury University)
School Art Show
Catching Shadows: Tintype Portraits & Recorded Voices of Native Americans on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Massachusetts Masters
A New Generation of Wildfowl Carvers – Youth Carvers
No Idle Hands: Discovering the Domestic Arts of Maryland's Eastern Shore
40 Years of Art, Nature, and Tradition: The Ward World Championship Retrospective
Regional Carver Gary Yoder
Nature in Bronze: The Sculpture of Paul Rhymer
The Decoys of Long Island
Photographs by Bill Wallen
A Taste of Salisbury: An Exhibit of Historic Salisbury – Documents and Artifacts
Cleaver Corvids – Crows, Magpies & Jays
Things with Wings: Mythological Creatures in Greek Art (Organized by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD)
Volunteer Art Exhibit
Robert G. Kerr: Waterfowl of the World in Miniature
Regional Carvers: Bill Veasey & his Students
Birds and Nature – Paintings by Herman Maril
Nature's Treasures – School Art Show
Birds in Art – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Regional Carver: Eddie Wozny
Decoys and Gunning Traditions of the New Jersey Shore
Regional Carvers: Dave Rhodes, J.P. Hand & Harry Shourds III
Reflections on Water: Delmarva Painters, Photographers & Sculptors
From Flowers to Feathers: The Works of Ernie Muehlmatt
Derrydale Prints: Classic American Sporting Art
Delmarva School Art (K through Grade 12)
Timeless Treasures: Ward Brothers Decoys
Regional Carvers: Jobes Family
Mid-Atlantic Crafts
Volunteer Art Exhibit
Colors of the Chesapeake – Student Art Show
The Garfinkle Family Collection
Regional Carvers: Habbart Dean and Bennett Scott
Chips off the Old Block: Decoy Traditions of Virginia's Eastern Shore
Regional Carvers: Charlie Berry & Paul Nock
Decoys by Reggie Birch, Arthur Leonard, & Cameron McIntyre
Delmarva Crafts
Guy Coheleach Exhibit
Elementary, Middle, and High School Art
Wildlife Bronzes by William and David Turner
Regional Carvers: Oliver Lawson & Rich Smoker
Masterworks from the Illinois River – Educational Storyline Thomas Figge Collection
Middle & High School Student Art
Elementary School Art
The Bird Series by Judith Vivell – Paintings
From the Chesapeake & Beyond by Wil Gobel, Wildlife Artist
Regional Carvers: Dan Brown and Josh Brewer
Collector's Choice – Exhibit of individual collectors' decoys
Regional Carvers: Ron Rue & Steven Foxwell
American Crafts
Middle & High School Student Art Show
Elementary School Art Show
Portraits of North American Endangered Species (An exhibit of photographs by Susan Middleton and David Liitschwager with artifacts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.)
Robert Hines: National Wildlife Artist
Maryland Junior Duck Stamp Entries
Sporting Art – Ira Hudson Decoys
Salisbury University Senior Show
School Art Show
The Chesapeake Bay: An Artist's Vision – Paintings by John Taylor
Graphite Drawings by Carol Rowan
Sporting Dog Art
American Crafts
2001 (Prior to 2001 the Welcome Gallery was used to show a film and introduce the museum).
Boehm Porcelain Sculptures
Wildlife Images in Sculpture – Metal, Wood, Stone, and Glass
Fishing Around the World
Unforgettable Treasures: People, Places & Culture of the Eastern Shore (Photography by Brice Stump)
Imitations of Paradise – Photography by Christopher Burkett
Animals in African Art – Carvings, textiles & metal sculptures of animals- from the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Washington, D.C.
Nanticoke Traditions: Postcards from the River (Included memorabilia & artwork by local artists).
Bird Sculptures of the Millennium
Witness for Nature: The World of Rachel Carson
Wildlife Images: Sculptures in Metal, Wood, & Stone
Visions of the Eastern Shore: A Presentation of Paintings (Juried art from Delmarva Peninsula)
Louisiana Lures & Legends
Interpretive Sculpture by John Sharp
Chesapeake Spring: The Art of John Taylor
Painters of the Eastern Shore (Juried art from local artists)
Cobb's Island Decoys & Artifacts: An Historical Perspective
The Lure of Fish Art: A Collection of Decorative Carvings
State Birds in Art – An exhibit of flat art & carved birds and flowers from all states
Antique Quilt & Folk Art
Sporting Dogs in Art: Past & Present
1996 Maryland Duck Stamp Exhibit
Shadowbirds (Photograph of rails by William Burt- rental)
Chesapeake Bay Boat Models and Paintings
Frank W. Benson: His Sporting Art
Images of the North Country: The Art of Francis Lee Jaques
1995 Maryland Duck Stamp Exhibit
Art and the Animal (Society of Animal Artists)
Painters of the Eastern Shore
Classic Decoys & Sporting Art – Featuring the Art of Milton C. Weiler
Shootin' the Shore – Scorchy Tawes Photography
1994 Maryland Duck Stamp Exhibit
The Wildlife of Maynard Reece
Sporting Art from the Golden Age (Paul Tudor Jones)
Classic Hunting Decoys & Sporting Art
Birds of the Chesapeake- John Taylor
The Bronze Age
Spirits in the Wood Kwa Gulths
Birds in Art – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (held in the Education Room because the galleries weren't finished at the time).
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Just The Way You Are Chords & Tabs
Just The Way You Are -Billy Joel ------------------------------------------------------ Transcribed by Guitar Player Extraordinaire, Tim Stoll ------------------------------------------------------ *Note: Notice that the Dominant 7/9 chord is used in the fourth line (measure 13), while the minor7th chord is used in the last line of each verse . --------------------------------- Helpful chord voicings: A11: A(open 5th string),G,B,D,A Gmaj7: G,F#,B,D Frets the chords are played on: D: 5th E7/9: 7th Gmaj7: 3rd D7/9: 5th Gm7: 3rd Fm7: 2nd Am7: 5th Bm7: 7th Em7: 9th A11: 3rd A: 5th Bb: 6th C: 8th ----------------------- Intro is in 'D' ----------------------- Verse 1: D--------E7/9-----Gmaj7-------D----------D7/9 Don't go changing, to try and please me Gmaj7-----Gm7-----------Fm7—-Am7-—D7/9 You never let me down before Gmaj7--Gm7—---Fm7------------Bm7 Don't imagine…. you're too familiar E7/9-------------------A11 And I don't see you anymore D-----------E7/9-----Gmaj7--------D------D7/9 I would not leave you in times of trouble [ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_joel/just_the_way_you_are_crd.html ] Gmaj7----Gm7------------------Fm7—-Am7—-D7/9 We never could have come this far Gmaj7------Gm7--------Fm7------------Bm7 I took the good times, I'll take the bad times Em7----------------------------D I'll take you just the way you are ---------------------------------------- Verse 2: Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair You always have my unspoken passion Although I might not seem to care I don't want clever conversation I never want to work that hard I just want someone that I can talk to I want you just the way you are. ---------------------------------------- Chorus: Gmaj7-----A------------------Fm7----Bm7 I need to know that you will always be Em7-------------------------D-----D7/9 The same old someone that I knew Bb-----------C----------------Am7------D What will it take 'till you believe in me Gm7-----------------------A11 The way that I believe in you. ------------------------------------- Verse 3: I said I love you, and that's forever And this I promise from the heart I couldn't love you any better Em7-------------------------D I love you just the way you are. (Saxophone solo) (back to second half of verse 2, "I don't want clever conversation…" then fade w/ sax solo) For more great guitar transcriptions go to Rimsky's Guitar Page at: www.angelfire.com/music2/chords/index.html


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Hear S. Epatha Merkeson talk about her first film
BOSTON — I had forgotten about the Daughters of Mount Zion until I spoke to S. Epatha Merkerson about The Contradictions of Fair Hope, her very first documentary. The Daughters were a benevolent order of women in my old church who would organize a fish fry each year to raise money for the sick and shut-in and those desperately in need. Contradictions is about one such benevolent church society in Fair Hope, Alabama.
Whoopi Goldberg lends her voice as narrator of this documentary, which has already taken home 17 awards, but will it make it to Tribeca or Cannes? Merkerson says that out of the more than 50 festivals that she submitted Contradictions to, only 10 responded favorably and only one of them had a non-black focus. She speculates that it might have to do with it being an election year or possibly it's because white festivals aren't interested in black stories. She could be right.
Aside from all of this, Fair Hope is a small community in Alabama that still practices a ritual that dates back to Reconstruction. I haven't seen the documentary, and Merkerson wouldn't budge when asked to provide some specifics. I tried Googling "feet washing" and "African American benevolent societies" but there's little information out there (aside from links to Contradictions own website). Merkerson says the contradictions of the title have to do with how the benevolent society has changed over time, but she wouldn't give any examples because she doesn't want to spoil the surprise. She calls the film "a call to action."
While Merkerson has starred in numerous Hollywood films and television shows, she's not your typical Hollywood actress. She has a BFA and an honorary doctorate from Wayne State University. Her acting career began when she played Reba on The Pee Wee Herman Show, though most people know her for her role as LieutenantAnita Van Buren on NBC's Law and Order. She was also in Lackawanna Blues and will appear in Lincoln, an upcoming film by Steven Spielberg. Among her awards are an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a SAG award and an NAACP Image Award. She is currently host of TVOne's Find Our Missing, a docu-drama series that puts names and faces to the people least featured inmajor news stories about missing people.
Contradictions, which was co-produced by Rockell Metcalf, will screen at this year's Roxbury International Film Festival. Merkerson will be there to present it and she will also take part in a Q&A after the screening. Among the many film screenings taking place at this year's RIFF, this one is my top pick because it promises to tell me more about a little-known cultural and historical tradition and being the history buff that I am, I have to see this one.
The Contradictions of Fair Hope will be the closing film of the Festival on Sunday June 17 at 2:00pm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. To purchase tickets to this film, and to find out more, visit the Roxbury International Film Festival website.
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About the AuthorBridgit Brown
Bridgit Brown is a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Emerson College ('98). She was a Fulbright Lecturing and Research Scholar in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, and her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Bay State Banner, Color Magazine, BasicBlack.org: Black Perspectives Now, Colorlines of Architecture, Exhale Magazine, Ibbetson Street Magazine, and Somerville Review.
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Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival – Children's Book Review [Blog Tour]
My sister Emily is back today with another children's book review! To find more reviews written by Emily, have a look through my Index. (I think every single children's book on the list is reviewed by Emily!) Today review is part of a blog tour for this adorable book called Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival.
Norman had always been normal, perfectly normal…
until the day he grew a pair of wings!
A bold and uplifting book about daring to be different and having the courage to dance to your own tune.
Perfect for soothing even the biggest worries.


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Cities on maps of France available from MapsOfWorld.com and Map-France.com include Paris, Tours, Dijon and Grenoble. Paris, as the capital city of France, had an important influence in the history of France. Map-France.com also has a search engine for locating other French cities.Continue Reading
Paris is in the region of Île-de-France and the district of Paris. The city has long been a scene of cultural, religious and political significance. Among the famous sites in the city are Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Notre Dame Cathedral is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral. The Arc de Triomphe is a commemorative structure built by order of Napoleon Bonaparte. Both structures offer high-level views of the city for tourists. The Louvre is a famous museum that is home to Leonardo di Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Tours holds several significant sacred sites for Christians, including the Tours Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Martin. The Tours Cathedral is a medieval structure that is Gothic in style and has several period stained glass windows. The Basilica of St. Martin is a Neo-Byzantine structure that contains the tomb of St. Martin of Tours.
Grenoble has several historic and natural sites, including the Parc Naturel Regional du Vercors and Archaeological Museum.Learn more about Maps & Cartography


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Race for the Cure
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Some of our Central Arkansas alums are forming a JBU team for "Race for the Cure" in Little Rock on October 17. To join the "JBU Screaming Eagles" or to make a donation to the cause, visit the team page. (Bonus: there will be cool JBU Advance t-shirts for the walkers!)
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When calling keys %hash, you load all keys in memory at once. This can take quite some time if your database is not small. Are you sure your programm hangs dead? How long have you been waiting? Maybe a look at a process watcher such as top could help.
Normally to loop through the keys of a tied database you should use the tied object (not the tied hash, see below) and a cursor using the seq method:
I advise you to do something like that if you really need sequential access.
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At Explore Tailormade our regional specialists have travelled far and wide in search of their favourite hidden treasures; however new ideas and properties pop up all the time. We've listed some of our new favourite hidden treasures that can easily be added to a tailor-made holiday.
Fancy getting off the main tourist route in Vietnam. Try Lak Lake in the Central Highlands where you can stay in a simple African-style tented camp overlooking the lake or a comfortable lakeside wooden bungalow. Activities in the area include hiking, cycling, kayaking and fishing. Speak to our Tailormade Regional Specialists today for more information.
Launching in May 2017, luxury brand Belmond will be operating the Andean Explorer train, giving travellers South America's first indulgent overnight train journey. One of the highest train routes in the world the new Andean Explorer will cross the Altiplano from Cusco to Puno to visit Lake Titicaca, before heading to the White City of Arequipa. Be one of the first to travel on this incredible journey of a lifetime, call us today on 01252 883 184.
Hue Ecolodge, sister property to Mai Chau Ecolodge in the north, has recently opened its doors. Located on Vietnam's Perfume River, just over four miles from Hue city centre, the property offers a relaxing stay within manicured tropical gardens. Built from natural materials the bungalows are spacious and comfortable with a verandah. The restaurant serves Asian fusion cuisine using ingredients from the lodge's gardens. Speak to our Tailormade Regional Specialists today to add the ecolodge to your Vietnam itinerary.
The most recent addition to The Zanzibar Collection, Zawadi Hotel is about to open its doors for the first time. Located on the south-east coast of the island, Zawadi offers nine spacious villas, infinity pool, bar, lounge and restaurant all in a relaxed atmosphere, with ocean views. If the service provided at The Zanzibar Collection's other hotels is anything to go by, you will be guaranteed the perfect beach stay. Contact us now on 01252 883 184 to book.
Wadi Rum is a perfect place to observe a clear night sky, with virtually no light pollution it is possible to see the Milky Way with the naked eye. So what happens if you want to sleep under the stars but also like the comfort of a kingsize bed and private bathroom? You book the 'Full of Stars' tent! Located within a private camp this special tent offers a comfortable bubble room with uninterrupted views of the Wadi Rum desert and sky.
Located in Peru's Sacred Valley and surrounded by lush green mountains, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba is lovely hotel offering stand-alone casitas or rooms in the main hacienda. With friendly and welcoming staff, its own organic farm, locally sourced furniture and soft furnishings, it's no surprise Hacienda Urubamba has been awarded Condé Nast's Traveler HOT LIST Award 2016.
Aqua Expeditions have been operating luxury cruise vessels since 2007, and one of the newest additions to their fleet is the M/V Aqua Mekong. Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City, through the Mekong Delta to Phnom Penh, up to Tonle Sap Lake and finishing in Siem Reap the boat operates on three, four or seven night itineraries. With three decks, a gym, games room, private cinema, bar, lounge, dining room and pool this elegantly designed boat feels like a floating hotel. All suites have air-conditioning, en suite facilities and floor-to-ceiling windows with day beds to watch the views pass by. Speak to your Tailormade Regional Specialist today to find out more on 01252 883 184.
Mai Chau Ecolodge opened its doors in 2014. Located in Vietnam's beautiful northern landscape, with a back-drop of lush rice paddies and emerald mountains, the property offers 19 traditional stilt-style bungalows, each air-conditioned, with Wifi access and a private garden. The bungalows are all built entirely of natural materials with thatched roofs, bamboo interiors and wooden furniture. The lodge provides a secluded, peaceful retreat where guests can relax by the pool or in the massage room, or enjoy exploring the area on foot and by bike.
Head north to India's picturesque town of Leh to stay in the luxury Chamba Camp in Thiksey. This region is an area of extreme beauty, with bright blue lakes, snow-capped mountains and ancient monasteries. You can visit the nearby Thiksey Monastery, enjoy a tour of Leh, chose from a range of optional activities, including a visit to Hemis Monastery, bird watching, trekking or rafting. The camp offers traditional, warm and spacious tented accommodation with four-poster beds and butler service. Each tent has en suite facilities plus air-conditioning with views of the Thiksey Monastery and snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. Contact Explore Tailormade's Regional Specialist for Asia, to add this to your Indian adventure.
Karan Mahal Camp is a luxury camp situated in Srinagar, in India's Kashmir Valley. With views of snow-capped mountains, rivers and meadows the spacious tents offer an indulgent stay with large four-poster beds and traditional décor. Excursions include a cruise aboard a shikara boat on the tranquil waters of Dal Lake, visit local villages and explore Old Srinagar. Prices start from £1095 per person, for two nights in Delhi with city tours, two nights luxury camp, and one final night in Delhi; including transfers, regional flights, guides, breakfast, one lunch and two dinners.
Located a few kilometres outside of Hue in Vietnam, Cat Tuong Quan Zen House provides a tranquil haven for those looking for a spiritual retreat. Meaning 'gentle man who brings joy and pleasure' the Zen House is a beautiful complex of halls, Buddhist alters and wooden villas, designed in manicured gardens and based around feng shui philosophy. If you are looking to learn more, experience the Buddhist way of living, practice zen, meditation, tai chi and yoga this is the place for you. The house offers day visits, lunch/dinner packages or a two-day stay. Speak to our Tailormade Regional Specialist for Vietnam to find out more. Call 0845 163 7781.
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text: Viola S. Drew, 80, a Villa Park homemaker and an antiques collector, died Monday, May 7, in an Elmhurst extended-care facility. Mrs. Drew was born in Chicago. "My mother loved antiques, especially dolls, which she loved to search for at estate sales," said her daughter Pamela Gorecki. "But her main interest was her family." Mrs. Drew, a Villa Park resident for the past 43 years, worked for Bendix Aviation in Chicago, assembling airplane parts during World War II. "She never asked for much and was happiest when she was going out with her family and friends," her daughter said. Other survivors include another daughter, Nancy Krueger; a son, Alan; a sister, Jean Claps; a brother, Anthony Marro; and three grandchildren. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Steuerle Funeral Home, 350 S. Ardmore Ave., Villa Park, with mass at 10 a.m. in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 330 N. Westmore Ave., Villa Park.


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So the Legislature is back at it, once more attempting to thread the devilishly minuscule eye of a needle only lawyers could love.
Which is appropriate, because the thing was the creation of lawyers in the first place, and lawyers incapable of making the absurd and impractical seem reasonable soon come to be known as teachers or journalists or multilevel marketers.
I mean, as anyone who has sat through a courtroom case can tell you, if all you hear is one side — it tends not to matter which side — even the lawyerly equivalent of Boo Weekly can make his version of the argument sound impenetrable.
This is not to suggest, back in 2010 when voters were challenged to decide how future political boundaries would be drawn, the face-value presentation on behalf of compact, contiguous and party-neutral districts lacked merit. Indeed, there was then and remains today much to commend about such an arrangement, the very least of which is the likelihood that districts thus composed would simultaneously yield fewer safe seats while creating more competition. The last I looked, competition was revered as among the most precious of American virtues.
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The problem, then and now, is strict adherence to the otherwise laudable goal of compact-contiguous-neutral districts must certainly collide with a 20-year-old federal edict regarding minority representation in Florida, each of which seems incontestable on its own, and each of which uses the same visual aid to serve its point.
The congressional district held by Corrine Brown, a Jacksonville Democrat, has been virtually intact since it was drawn by a federal court in response to a 1992 lawsuit brought under the Voting Rights Act. Meandering some 200 miles through eight counties (Duval to Orange) more or less along the historic St. John's River floodplain, Florida's 5th Congressional District (No. 3 in the previous formulation) is the poster child of gerrymandering — that is, the practice of squeezing voters into a bloc to elicit desired election results.
Nonetheless, noxious as it is, state legislators do not mess with the handiwork of federal judges. Accordingly, when the (yes, all right, Republican-led) Legislature set about drawing new maps in 2011 to accommodate two additional districts (to 27, total) plus the new constitutional dictates, members knew they had to begin by pasting down, essentially untweaked, the very boundaries that fueled the Fair Districts movement in the first place.
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Now, much has been made of the sausage-grinding, exposed at trial this summer, that went into drafting the maps the Legislature approved, a process described as "a mockery" by Leon Circuit Judge Terry Lewis.
Still, for all that, it's difficult to elude the fact that, if not for the state House's insistence on suturing on an appendix that strayed comically into Sanford for no other reason than to boost the 5th District's population of black voters to 51 percent — lacking the vestigial appendage, the Senate map, overseen by John Legg, the wonkishly fastidious freshman from Trinity, came in at 48 percent black — it's even money we wouldn't have had this whole big fuss in the first place.
Well, maybe. OK, probably not. Lawyers got to litigate, which always was the subtext of the Fair Districts narrative. And we're probably a long way from being finished.
Released Thursday, the House's revised map revealed a Sanford-ectomy for the 5th District, which in the process became a minority-plurality rather than a minority-majority district. We await the dropping of other shoes. Will Lewis be satisfied? And if he is, will Brown be? If not, we'll see everybody in federal court for Immovable Object vs. Irresistible Force II.
So many briefs to file. So many billable hours to log. It's all going according to plan.


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These days, everything is customizable. From t-shirts to sneakers to chocolate and beyond, you can get just about anything made in the singularly right shade of you. And for those times when you don't want to take a pre-made product and add your own personal touch, you can always just print one up from scratch. Last week, PSFK posted about Origo's 3D printer…


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GeoFluent's innovations enable contact centres to easily provide consistent multilingual communications across all channels
WALTHAM, Mass. – August 10, 2016 – Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIOX), today announced it has received a patent for its GeoFluent real-time translation solution that enables contact centres to easily provide consistent multilingual communications across all channels.
The new patent number 9,141,606, titled "Methods and systems for multi-engine machine translation", covers two GeoFluent innovations:
These unique features of GeoFluent provide a comprehensive, high-quality omni-lingual solution for contact centres and enterprise support departments, to support their customers and prospects across multiple languages without having to establish new in-country operations or hire multilingual agents.
"Contact centres realise the multiplier effect of multilingual support for customer loyalty and growth," said Tom Tseki, Vice President & General Manager, Customer Care Solutions, Lionbridge. "At the same time, they are under pressure from consumers to expand from voice-only support to self-service, social, and digital channels. The sum of these now patented GeoFluent innovations provides contact centres with the translation quality they need to effectively eliminate language as a communications barrier across all channels."
"First-generation real-time translation solutions that rely on pure MT-based technology are limited because of the potentially negative impact their translation quality can have on customer satisfaction (CSAT) and Customer Effort," said Jay Marciano, Director of Real Time Translation Development, Lionbridge. "With slang, acronyms, misspellings, and channel or language-specific lingo commonplace in spoken and written communications, the intent of what a customer and agent are trying to communicate can be lost or garbled when translated using a traditional MT engine. The new patent for the second-generation GeoFluent solution overcomes these traditional MT issues by combining its linguistic layer with the world's top automated translation technologies."
GeoFluent announced enhancements earlier this year that broadened the solution, including omni-channel customer care features – including voice, chat, email, helpdesk/ticketing, and forms/communities. In addition, GeoFluent has received an award for CUSTOMER product of the year, been named a finalist for ICMI's 'Best New Technology Solution' and Call Centre Week's 'Best Technology Solution Provider', and has expanded its presence by adding new customers and partnering with reseller BETSOL.
GeoFluent, a SaaS offering from Lionbridge, eliminates language as a barrier between contact centres and consumers. By providing omni-lingual support across the omni-channel, brands improve customer experience, increase revenue, and decrease cost and risk. GeoFluent integrates with leading contact centre communications platforms to maximise customers' existing investments, enabling them to support 95% of the world's GDP languages. For more information, please visit www.lionbridge.com/geofluent.
Lionbridge enables more than 800 world-leading brands to increase international market share, speed adoption of products, and effectively engage their customers in local markets worldwide. Using our innovative cloud technology platforms and our global crowd of more than 100,000 professional cloud workers, we provide translation, online marketing, global content management, and application testing solutions that ensure global brand consistency, local relevancy, and technical usability across all touch points of the customer lifecycle. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centres in 27 countries. To learn more, visit www.lionbridge.com.
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Working with conservationists, biologists, naturalists and other Nature-loving folks has lots of advantages. A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a small expedition to count and measure Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) in northeast Ohio. Because these snakes are a candidate for the federal endangered species list, you can't just go out and catch them. You have to have a permit. So, it was a real treat to get invited along on this little excursion into the wild.
These small rattlesnakes are reclusive and generally hang out in wet meadows and forest edges near wet meadows or old fields. They do not move far, so the populations of Massasaugas are fairly localized. That means that if you wipe out the hibernation habitat for these snakes, they will not persist in the area, and rattlesnakes from other populations are not likely to immigrate to fill the void.
According to Herpetologist Greg Lipps, gravid (pregnant) females do not go more than 40 meters from their hibernation spot. That means that if you find a gravid female like the one in the photo above, you are in the breeding habitat for the Massasauga. These areas are key for conservation.
There aren't many of these snakes left, and there aren't many places where they still thrive. Conserving the right habitat in the right places is critical to the future of these snakes in Ohio. Greg helps groups like Western Reserve land Conservancy and agencies like the Ohio Department of Natural Resources inventory and understand these fascinating creatures. Much of the habitat preserved for the Massasauga recently by these groups has been due to Greg's scientific pursuits. He tags the snakes with small electronic tags, takes blood samples, weighs them, and replaces them in the exact spot they were collected from. His data and knowledge have substantially advanced efforts to understand the populations, ecology, and habitat needs of the snake. We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to be in the field with such a great herpetologist.
Here's a video of the trip, including Greg and Western Reserve Land Conservancy Field Director Brett Rodstrom talking about the snakes. You can catch me at 1:22 on the video munching on a snack and admitting that "I'm a little afraid…"
I might have been a little afraid, but I can't imagine a greater experience…seeking out a rare venomous snake in northern Ohio. How wild is that?


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9,017: Number of children in foster care.
4,152: Number of licensed family foster homes.
3.5: Average number of different foster care placements children go through.
17: Percentage of children placed in facilities (rather than family foster homes).
20.1 months: Average length of time spent in foster care.
13,965: Number of children in foster care.
801: Number of licensed family foster homes.
2.3: Average number of different foster care placements children go through.
18: Percentage of children placed in facilities (rather than family foster homes).
23.4 months: Average length of time spent in foster care.
6,913: Number of children in foster care.
3,175: Number of licensed family foster homes.
3.1: Average number of different foster care placements children go through.
19: Percentage of children placed in facilities (rather than family foster homes).
32.1 months: Average length of time spent in foster care.
Source: Childrensrights.org
Not long after Shay Love learned she and her husband could not have children of their own, she received a call from a friend who wondered if she had given any thought to adopting, or maybe even becoming a foster parent.
"I had not, but then after she mentioned it, in my mind I thought the worst," Love says. "You know, a kid running around my house with a butcher knife. I had this pre-notion. She told me I was being silly."
That was 2005 and today both Love and her foster-suggesting friend, Rhonda Garrison, are the happy and proud parents of their former foster children whom they've since adopted. All the children they've fostered and the four they've adopted - Garrison has adopted three, Love one - came from the North Georgia area.
Both also have been very active in the foster care program in Catoosa County, where they live. Love has fostered three children since 2005 and Garrison has given temporary lodging to about 15. She says "about" because some of the children only stayed with her for a few hours.
Love says she has not been a foster parent in more than a year, though she is still active in support groups for foster and adoptive parents.
"The reason I will no longer do it, and the reason the state won't let me, is because it is very hard for me not to get attached," she says. "I become a mama lion."
She laughingly shares stories of traveling to Atlanta to fight for what she believes in when it comes to foster care. For one, she'd like to see Georgia change up the order of steps in the foster parenting application process; right now, training classes for potential foster parents take place before the state makes its inspection of the actual home where the children will live.
The process should be reversed, she says, because "you can tell if the home is going to be OK" before the state pays for the training.
November is National Adoption Month (May is National Foster Care Month) and, while Garrison and Love emphasize that not all foster parents want to become adoptive parents, they're proof that it does happen.
It also happened for Wayne Holden, president of the Catoosa County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association. Holden says there are currently 18 families in the Catoosa County association, which also serves as a support group for foster and adoptive parents. He says there are nine families in the county serving as foster parents and 69 kids in the foster care system.
The reasons why people become foster parents are as diverse as the children they take in, he says. And, despite the common perception, not all biological parents whose children are removed from the home are bad parents or bad people, he says. There are any number of reasons why a parent might be forced to turn over a child, from incarceration to inability to provide proper care for financial reasons such as losing a job.
"It's the child who gets caught in the middle, though," he says.
Holden is in the process of adopting a 4-year-old boy; Love's son was 17 months old when he first came to live with her and her husband, Shannon, six years ago, and the Garrisons adopted their three children - ages 1, 5 and 17 at the time - in 2007. The oldest, Tiffany, is now 23.
She says people always ask her about why she wanted to be adopted at 17. "A lot of people think it's weird, but my point of view was that I wanted a permanent family."
She was scared when she was taken from her natural family at 15 (she and the Garrisons don't want to share why she was removed), "but looking back, it was the best thing that's ever happened."
The ultimate goal of the foster care system, Garrison says, is reunification. Foster homes are there to be a temporary and safe place where a child can stay for a few hours or many months. But sometimes reunions just don't happen.
The process
Once a child is taken from a home, a hearing is scheduled to take place within 24 to 72 hours. At the hearing, a judge determines if the family should be reunified immediately or create a plan of action and set goals and guidelines the parent(s) must follow in order to get their child back. Completing this steps can take months or a couple of years.
If the parent fails to meet the guidelines or decides that he or she can't care for the child, a termination of parental rights is issued and the child can then be adopted.
In Tennessee, there are different levels of foster parenting and parents, depending on the needs of the child, says Department of Children's Service Communication Director Rob Johnson. Nurses with medical training, for example, are often trained to be foster parents for children with extreme medical needs.
Parents can be dual certified in Tennessee to become foster parents and adoptive parents "in one fell swoop" through the Parents As Tender Heaters process, or PATH, he says. The process is thorough "because you want to make sure that parents are doing it for the right reasons. You want to make sure the family has room for a child, and you want to know who these people are. We do background checks and you have to be really thorough."
He says it is important to understand that the child has been through a traumatic time, and there will be many demands on the foster parent's time and emotions.
"The kids will have a lot of appointments," Johnson says. "They likely will be enrolled in a new school. They'll meet with therapists and doctors."
Love, Garrison and Holden say adopting a child through the foster care process is a long and often frustrating process in Georgia, and much of the heartache and frustration stems from dealing with the biological parents. It's hard, for example, for foster parents to pick up the pieces and calm a child who's had an unexpected and sometimes traumatic visit from a parent who then turns around and leaves again.
"It is a roller coaster ride with lots of tears," Love says.
Becoming a foster parent was a bit of an up-and-down ride also, but one Garrison says she understood and appreciated, including the ultra-thorough background check and application process the state put her through.
"The state knows more about me than my family," she says.
Getting approved
Applicants are given a questionnaire, which Love says is about three inches thick. They then must attend state-approved classes, usually around 20 hours' worth, where they learn everything from rules and regulations to tips on how to parent. Applicants also do some role playing.
"You will know if it's for you by the time the classes are over," Garrison says.
But during the application process, potential foster parents discover that they have plenty of say in which kids they will take in. They can narrow the options by age, race, gender, health and special needs, for example.
State officials then make several house visits to check for everything from cleanliness to the temperature of the water heater. Garrison says it's all to "make your home safer," and that she always felt like everything was being done to make her a better foster parent.
"They were great to work with," she says. "I never even thought about how hot my water was, and it was a little too high. They made my house safer for all of us."
Foster parents are not required to keep a child that doesn't fit in their household for whatever reason.
Though the state does provide monthly stipends - $627 to $750 a month per child in Tennessee, $444 to $572 in Georgia, $410-$446 in Alabama - "you will not get rich from it," Love says. "In fact, you will lose money if you are doing it right."
But that doesn't mean you "have to be rich, either, to be a foster parent," Garrison says.
"You have to do it for the child," she says. "Not everybody wants to adopt, and you may not bond with every child. You should not become a foster parent on a whim. You should be kind and nurturing, but also structured and willing to provide discipline and have guidelines."
Adopting a child that was in foster care can take awhile, especially if the parent "works the system," Holden says. Fulfilling just one item or requirement on the set of guidelines set by the courts can trigger an extension of several months, he says, for example.
Learning the rules
Tiffany Garrison says going to live with complete strangers was difficult, but the biggest adjustment was learning to live with rules.
"For 15 years, I never had any," she says. "I was free and did what I wanted. When I came here there were rules, but I was the type of person that wanted to get along."
The experience, she says, has given her an insight into what being a parent can - and should - be like.
"It's definitely changed my outlook on becoming a parent. It showed me how parents are supposed to treat kids and shown me the differences between right and wrong. I never had that for the first 15 years of my life."
Given all the starts and stops, the tears, the moments of uncertainty and the moments of overwhelming heartache, why do people open their hearts and their homes to children they had no attachment to before the state brought them to their front door?
The question brings a big smile to Rhonda Garrison's face and she does what most modern-day parents do. She reaches for her cellphone and starts looking for pictures. Pictures of her smiling kids, which she quickly shares.
"That's why."
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Labor's Centennial, 1881-1981,1985
Danielle Fallon
Robert Rauschenberg's 1985 print Labor's Centennial is of particular interest in terms of art historical methodology because of its profound association with both American history as well as Marxist theory. Rauschenberg created the print to publicize the 1981 centennial of the organized American labor movement. Obviously, the overt socio-political appearance of the work lends itself to Rauschenberg's own political activation and social awareness, themes he heavily alluded to in other prints such as Retroactive and Earth Day. In Labor's Centennial, Rauschenberg incorporated both explicit and implicit representations of the AFL-CIO, as well as collaborative and relevant allusions to modernization and reform.
Art historian Robert Mattison once said, "The best approach to interpreting Rauschenberg's art is to study a theme rather than an isolated work."(1) Following Mattison's argument, it is absolutely integral to fully grasp the extent of Rauschenberg's political fervor in order to understand Labor's Centennial. Because Rauschenberg stringently adhered to his political beliefs and because politics and social conditions were so infused in nearly every aspect of his life, Labor's Centennial transcends the employment of strictly Marxist or even historical methodologies. This print necessitates the consideration of autobiographical analysis as well.
|Labor's Centennial, 1881‑1981
Color Offset Lithograph, 36 x 24 in.
Rauschenberg created the poster Labor's Centennial to generate awareness of both the one-hundred-year anniversary of the American labor movement, and the social amenities and personal luxuries it has furnished America's workers at the expense of its early members. Being politically aware and socially minded, Rauschenberg must have particularly valued this particular work, as throughout his career he always took a very vocal and conspicuous stance on contentious aspects of society and government.
Rauschenberg was drafted by the Navy at age eighteen, but his vehement and unrelentingly vocal disdain for killing in general caused him to be assigned to a hospital for injured soldiers. It was there that the artist first began to understand the negative affects the government and its institutions had on individuals. Rauschenberg was so appalled by what he saw that he became an everyman's advocate for individuals' rights within a greater system. He stated years later, "No, I was not forced to fight; what I witnessed was much worse." Experiencing tragedy by extension, he became determined to eradicate whatever injustice he could, in whatever way that he could. With Labor's Centennial, Rauschenberg artistically manifested that fervor by translating it into images of the labor union. Therefore, applying an autobiographical methodology to Labor's Centennial is appropriate in terms of discerning Rauschenberg's possible motivation to execute the print. Historical, Marxist and iconographic methodological approaches all respond to and interpret the actual body of work.
As the industrial revolution's hum escalated to a roar in America during the late nineteenth century, the desire for inexpensive and physically demanding labor increased exponentially. Paradoxically, as the aggregate demand for labor increased, the quality of working conditions deteriorated; or at very best, remained constant in light of technological advancements that could have ushered in radical improvements in the workplace. Although technically the first unionization of trades was accomplished in 1867, it disbanded shortly thereafter as a result of poor organization. It was not until 1869 that the first successful labor organization, the Knights of Labor, was formed. The primary purpose of the Knights was to achieve better working conditions through public education and political demonstration, and it did experience a certain degree of success, heightening awareness as well as seizing the attention of politicians.
The Knights of Labor was elaborated and expanded in 1881 by Samuel Gompers, who officially founded the Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions as a result of the apparently lethargic execution of ideas by the Knights. In 1886, this organization merged with the American Federation of Labor (AFL), creating the organization still active today. That same year, however, the Haymarket Tragedy weakened the already waning Knights of Labor to the point of dissolution.
During one of the various labor strikes organized by the Knights, a bomb was thrown into a crowd of police officers, killing several. Although the perpetrator was never identified, it was assumed that he was a member of the labor party. Judge Joseph Gary ruled that at the very least the bomber was influenced by the Knight's speeches. In 1890, the AFL launched one of the most integral and consequently devastating strikes in labor history. The Pullman Strike was the first national union-organized strike that attempted to combat against significant and unjustified wage cuts inflicted upon workers employed by railroad companies across the United States. In the span of less than one decade, three major demonstrations were executed, but each failed.
In an iconographic terms, Rauschenberg utilized nondescript photographs of various staged protests and marches repeatedly, thus communicating the overriding theme of social struggle. Superficially and primarily, these elements can be read as just that: a simple expression of the general idea of the turbulent preliminary stages of a burgeoning organization. However, taking into consideration the extent of the struggle endured by early members of labor organizations in conjunction with the contemporary immediacy for the ideals advocated by these organizations, the print's iconography takes on much more depth.
This practice of repeating imagery is also used at the bottom of the print, where numerous badges and seals from various labor organizations, both national and regional, are represented. Unlike in the rest of the print, these images are shown laterally and are not overlapping, which indicates a sense of order and harmony. This reveals Rauschenberg's idea that the advocation and achievement of workers' rights brought unity and organization to the nation as a whole, just as the horizontally arranged badges bring unity and organization to an otherwise chaotically and haphazardly arranged print. Additionally, the badges are those worn and displayed throughout various times during the labor party's existence, which implies the passage of time and the various changes and stages experienced by both the organizations and their members.
Almost inevitably, this abstract conception of middle-class solidarity and affectivity is represented more overtly with the inclusion of the AFL-CIO emblem, which is in the relative center of the work. The emblem, which takes the form of a handshake, represents goodwill, brotherhood, and the reciprocation of ideas and support among workers. It was developed at the advent of the preliminary labor unions by Jewish immigrants. Upon their arrival to the United States, these immigrants were forced to rely only on one another for professional support, thus creating a unique and necessary brand of brotherhood that influenced and shaped subsequent, larger movements.
The origins of the emblem being what they are, it would be appropriate to assume that to a certain extent the elitists, or the economically powerful, are certainly being precluded. The original brotherhood of Jewish workers was built because it was unable to rely on anyone else, especially the American elite, for help. Therefore the handshake takes place among working, middle class "brothers," and not among the working class and the upper class. Rauschenberg chooses to place the handshake image in the center of the print, from which all other images seem to project, just as the brotherhood of the immigrant workers caused projections of larger labor organizations, and just as the working class is a base from which the rest of society can grow.
The image of Lane Kirkland is also integral to the interpretation of the print in terms of the idealization of the working class. Kirkland was the president of AFL-CIO between 1979 and 1995, a sixteen-year span in which the unions suffered both their lowest membership and some of their most devastating losses. Therefore, in this respect, Kirkland's image in Rauschenberg's print represents the successful emergence of the labor party from difficult, unstable times, as does the demonstration imagery. However, Kirkland was a highly successful individual both professionally and financially, which set him apart from the workers he represented in terms of economic status. While Rauschenberg repeatedly uses imagery of masses or groups of workers, Kirkland is the only individual represented in the entire work, and his image is used only once. This would imply that Rauschenberg felt the middle working class was of greater importance and deserved more profound recognition than the isolated, individual elite.
It is very easy to derive a sense of Marxist theory and belief from Labor's Centennial. There is a very obvious emphasis not only on the plight, but also on the achievements of the workers as a collective whole, as well as a visual disregard for individualism and elitism. The worker is the Proletariat in a decidedly Bourgoise society, and through the AFL-CIO has made a stand against the unbalanced socio-economic atmosphere in which they both live.
The idea of Robert Rauschenberg as the creator of such proactive work of art is not difficult to conceive. Rauschenberg, the founder of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), the creator of Currents (a collage and print series on current events), and the advocate for artists' rights, seems to be just the artist to develop a print that bursts with such political and social intensity. As he said, "I want to shake people awake. . . . I want to make them aware of individual responsibility both for themselves and the rest of the human race". Labor's Centennial more than adequately showcases the importance of the labor unions to American society, as Rauschenberg has similarly exhibited his own parallel convictions and beliefs.
(1) Robert S. Mattison, Robert Rauschenberg's Autobiography: Context and Meaning. Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 59 (1998).


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The UMVRDC has a planning assistance contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to provide assistance, information and technical support for transportation issues affecting our region.
The UMVRDC has a Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) that meets to address various transportation issues. In addition, the UMVRDC participates in two Area Transportation Partnerships to prioritize projects for federal transportation funding.
Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP)
The UMVRDC is part of two Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP), the West Central ATP 4 and the Southwest ATP 8. The ATP is a committee of elected officials, city and county engineers, MnDOT staff, tribal leaders, public transit leaders that represent the areas contiguous with MnDOT District boundaries. Their role is to develop policy and program projects utilizing federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA).
The UMVRDC hosts an annual transportation public meeting to share and collect comments on the draft lists of projects from both ATPs.
- March 31, 2016 Presentation
- 2016 State Highway Construction map showing Big Stone and Swift Counties (ATP 4)
- 2016 State Highway Construction map showing Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine Counties (ATP 8)
- 2017-2020 State Highway Construction map showing Big Stone and Swift Counties (ATP 4) ATIP 8 2017-2020
- 2017-2020 State Highway Construction map showing Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine Counties (ATP 8)
The UMVRDC appoints members to both ATPs. RDC Staff serve as technical advisors to the ATP, sub-committee members and ATP alternate members for the elected officials appointed. Current representatives are:
Southwest MN ATP
- Gary Johnson – Yellow Medicine County Commissioner
- Jim Dahlvang – Chippewa County Commissioner
- Andy Sanders – Yellow Medicine County Engineer
West Central MN ATP
- Rusty Dimberg – Big Stone County Township Association
Transportation Special Projects
The UMVRDC occasionally is involved with special projects at the local or statewide level. Some projects are developed and coordinated by the RDC due to a local request or contract. Other projects may include the RDC in various capacities – collecting local data or infrastructure mapping, serving on project committees representing our area, making special presentations or being the fiscal agent.
These are the special projects we are involved with:
- The presentation from the October 28, 2013 TAP Workshop presentation is available here.
- Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding process – click here to see how to apply for funds.
- 2013 UMVRDC Regional Trails Plan (July 2013) – click here
- 2011 Human Service Transit Coordination Plan (July 2012) – click here
County 5 Year Plans
Big Stone County
Lac qui Parle County
Yellow Medicine County
Chippewa County
Swift County
Post Archive
- Local Human Service Transit Coordination Plan Is Finalized on July 11, 2017
- Open House for 2019 Lac qui Parle Bridge Project Set for June 28 on June 20, 2017
- 2016 Local Human Service Transit Coordination Draft Plan on May 24, 2017
- Transit Plan on April 4, 2017
- Safe Routes to School – KMS on