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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Professor Scott Shane finishes his three-part interview explaining the common mistakes of new franchisors, and how franchisors need to understand and manage built-in conflicts of the franchise model.
Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies at Case Western Reserve University, venture capitalist, franchise consultant, author, and New York Times small business blogger, speaks with Blue MauMau about his book, From Ice Cream to the Internet: Using Franchising to Drive the Growth and Profits of Your Company. For the benefit of franchisor executives, private equity firm leaders and even franchisees, Shane illuminates the building blocks of a franchise model and the economic drivers of strategy.
BMM: What are some common mistakes that new franchisor start-ups make?
SS: One of them is that young franchisors don't really understand the economics of franchising, particularly the issues that relate to conflicts between franchisors and franchisees: That the system has structural issues that mean franchisors and franchisees have different goals. There will be conflict in their franchise systems.
BMM: So no matter how nice a guy the franchisor leader might think he is or wants to be, there are conflicts of interests built into the system.
SS: What people [franchisor founders and leaders] do is essentially convince themselves: "Unlike everybody else in the industry, I'm a saint. Therefore, I won't have conflict."
What they really should be saying is, "Look, there's something that happens when a franchisor adopts strategies to try to maximize a franchise's revenues at the outlet [to receive more royalty payments to the franchisor], while the franchisee makes money off profits, their revenues minus costs." That means that there will be conflict. The franchisor needs to figure out systems to deal with it. The lack of knowledge about the economics of franchising I think is one of the problems.
The other thing that a lot of franchisors lack understanding about is how only a few franchisors make a successful franchise system out of their business.
When people are franchising, they start with a good [independent] business. And then they think, "Okay, I'm going to franchise it." What they don't realize is that if a business doesn't get the franchising essentials right, they will make a mess of it.
A lot of franchisors don't do it right. They've actually taken what was a good, solid business and put franchising on top of it. The reason they later develop problems and are unsuccessful is that they underestimated how hard it is to build a successful system and how few franchisors do it successfully.
BMM: If someone has had a profitable business for ten years, they already are way more successful than the average start-up, who has long gone by the wayside. Are you saying that when an established business begins franchising, that the business is again in danger of going belly up at the same high failure rate as start-ups?
SS: When someone franchises their business, there is no guarantee that just because there was a successful business they will have a successful franchise. Only about one out of four franchise systems will successfully stay around over a ten-year period. An entrepreneur could have a successful restaurant, having run it for ten years. It's fine. And then they think, "Oh, I can certainly build a successful franchise out of it." They don't realize that the chance of building a successful franchise out of the original framework is one in four. There are many bad decisions that might keep a franchisor from building a successful franchise system.
The distractions of building a franchise system, and if it is not working, the efforts of trying to cope, will not help. Franchising can hurt most underlying good businesses and can cause those businesses to be less profitable and more likely to fail than would have been the case if they just had continued to run the business without ever thinking of franchising it.
BMM: Are there franchise models that minimize earnings conflicts between franchisors and franchisees? I suppose franchisors that receive royalties from a franchised store's profits may minimize that conflict. On the other hand, you wonder how much less in royalties a franchisor might receive by doing so.
SS: If you changed the model from royalty based on sales to royalty based on something else, like profit, you might minimize the conflict that you had with your franchisees, but that would come at a cost of something else.
One of the problems is that there are almost always tradeoffs that will be made, strategically. One way to better deal with this is to say, "I know I'm going to end up in conflict with my franchisees because I'm trying to maximize sales and they are trying to maximize profits and at some point that's going to cause a conflict, I'd better write a good contract. I'd better have a good lawyer write a good contract that will put me in a good position when that conflict emerges because it's going to emerge."
The franchisor could have a terrible franchise contract and lose terribly in a court case. They need to anticipate what reality is and then design accordingly.
There are other things to think about. Does the franchisor want to adopt a particular business tactic if it anticipates that the initiative will cause problems with the franchises?
BMM: Speaking of franchisor-franchisee conflict, a few months ago talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announced that Kentucky Fried Chicken was providing free grilled chicken coupons. Unfortunately, grilled chicken supplies ran out. Some KFC franchises would not honor the coupons. Quiznos has also had a similar coupon problem. Some franchisees at the beginning of the year would not honor a national coupon campaign. Customers were irate.
SS: Think about the logic of why there is conflict: I'm a franchisor and I get royalties as a percentage of sales. If I can find a way to increase sales by 10 percent, I'm going to make more money, right? And so, what do I do? I give out coupons. That encourages more people to go to the outlets so that there will be more sales.
The problem is that a coupon adds costs to the franchisee. The added sales that a given franchisee gets could be smaller than the cost that they have had to add to the "buy two, get one free" promotion. So for them, the coupon drives down profits, while at the same time it drives the franchisor's profits up.
The question a franchisor needs to ask is — is it worth doing? That's the kind of thing that they should understand the economic impact of before making a decision.
BMM: There is a lot of research, 2 X 2 grids, charts and footnotes in your book to provide support to your points. It's not the sort of book to curl up with.
SS: If anyone can think of a franchising model without thinking too hard, it's unlikely that the franchise system will be very successful. Leaders need to think about how to design a franchise business. It's going to be a deeper read than The Five Most Important People I Met in Running a Business. I read both kinds of books. I will tell you that some are more important and more valuable than others. But these are not necessarily the ones that I would pick to read on the beach.
BMM: Yes, but I hear that the author of The Five Most Important People I Met is negotiating a big blockbuster movie deal with Hollywood even as we speak. Seriously though, I found From Ice Cream to the Internet a fascinating read. I suspect that many executives and entrepreneurs involved or thinking of becoming involved in franchising will as well.
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Earlier this month we had a little chuckle over Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's slippage into a form of black-speak during a ceremony kicking off L.A.'s African-American Heritage Month. Mayor V. jived it up and called Jamie Foxx "this brother." Well, it turns out some African-American leaders were offended -- not by Villaraigosa's brother-talk, but rather by his alleged snubbing of certain black leaders.
In a letter sent to the mayor last week (and obtained by the Weekly Tuesday), Southern Christian Leadership Conference CEO Eric P. Lee (and nine other signatories, including the Rev. Danny Bakewell) chastised Villaraigosa for what he describes as unequal treatment and a snubbing of Bakewell who, Rev. Lee writes, helped get Foxx to show up when the mayor's staff couldn't not confirm the star's appearance.
"The sense of disrespect and disregard for individuals and organizations that represent the very reason why we celebrate our history is inexcusable," Lee writes.
He says the mayor's staff resisted a request by community leaders to include African drummers until it was reminded that a similar, Aztec troupe was allowed to perform during a city ceremony recognizing Latino Heritage Month. The letter signatories also complain that the food spread was inferior compared to that at the Latino celebration.
They say that African-American members of the council -- Bernard Parks and Jan Perry; Herb Wesson excepted -- were excluded from planning the event, and that Bakewell was excluded from a reception for the festivities -- and then he was outright snubbed by the mayor:
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"Adding insult to injury, when you and the honorees finally exited the reception through the corridor, you Mayor, looked directly at Danny Bakewell, Jr., SCLC Board Chairman and City Employee Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. and myself without one word of greeting or hint of acknowledgment," Lee writes.
Finally, the letter faults the mayor for essentially calling in sick for an official celebration of the month's kick-off at Brookins AME Church and then showing at the Grammy Awards the same day.
" ... the overwhelming perception from the African American community is that your relationship with individuals and organizations in our community is based solely on how it benefits your agenda," writes Lee. "If this is not the case, it is critical for you to change this perception, our reality, into a relationship that is mutually beneficial for the community that was instrumental in your election as Mayor of the City of Los Angeles."
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Birthday Horoscope for June 28thIf your Birthday is June 28 and your Zodiac Sign is Cancer
Birthday Persona Profile
People born specifically on the 28th of June are envisaged to be spontaneous and creative with a tendency to follow their heart rather than their head. The ruling astrological planet for this particular day is our Sun making you very sociable and likeable with a strong need to be different. If you have this birthday finding humor in any event or circumstance is one of your fortes and you are likely to have an abundance of interests. Unusual for a crab you are able to laugh at yourself and this keeps you highly motivated and gives you an enterprising capable mind. You will usually have a direct approach to everything and everyone and be especially good at planning and all forms of subtle persuasion. Individuals with a June the twenty eighth birthday are naturally intuitive and outgoing and possess an imaginative artistic streak. Putting emotion before reason is something you sometimes do and being unappreciated or ignored are two things that may upset you.
Work and Finances
Work choice is an important life decision to a person born on the twenty eighth of June despite your usual air of indifference concerning desired ambitions. You will usually keep your career plans to yourself but have a quiet confidence in your ability to climb to the top of your chosen profession. Many types of work are suitable but making a difference is a motivating aspect when working and so you will often choose an ideal job accordingly. Great money sense and the patience to save mean that you rarely seem to encounter financial issues and tend to have a natural instinct for advantageous investments.
Personal Relationships
For a Cancer, the person born on the twenty eighth day of June is typically a tad shy and apprehensive about love and romance. Although you value your personal freedom and independence you have an intense desire for long term emotional security. Emotionally you are prone to display contradictory reactive behaviors and while you are sensitive and lovingly responsive you can also be quite demanding of attention too. The perfect partner must be on the same wavelength intellectually with an equal level of understanding responsiveness to cope with your changeable moods. Being home and family orientated encourages you to overcome slight hesitancy concerning commitment and your fun loving spontaneity helps you keep a soul mate happy. In addition your predicted bold adventurous sensuality as a lover usually directs bedroom action to be playful and exciting.
The usual robust healthy constitution experienced by those born on June 28th is easily disturbed by numerous physical and mental triggers. If you are overworked, stressed or excited it can have a noticeable impact on your overall well being. In these and similar states of agitation or fatigue you sometimes have a proneness to eat too many comfort foods or fill up on caffeine or sugar laden drinks. This weak spot upsets your general balance and could make you more likely to succumb to minor illness. Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables on a regular basis will keep your essential vitamin and minerals topped up.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Your main strengths of character are accentuated in your humorous and persuasive sociability making you an extremely interesting entertaining individual. Other favorable positive traits are seen in your enhanced creativity and organizational skills. These attributes come in really useful through life and are capabilities that help you accomplish fabulous things with added style. Personality weaknesses for those born on June 28th appear to show up more often following a lack of appreciation or if feeling unloved. You are then likely to retreat into your shell and act in an oblivious, imprecise or grating manner.
Dreams and Goals
Being born on the 28th of June ordinarily means that your biggest fear is of failure so you are inclined to keep planned goals under your hat. Revealing personalized hopes and wishes before you have attempted or achieved them is highly unlikely unless you require the assistance or knowledge of others. In spite of your longing to stand out from the crowd your priority aspirations will usually be fairly straightforward. The belief you possess in your talents and abilities drives you to be a big achiever who aims high in their pursuit of acquiring the comfortable lifestyle featured in your fondest dreams.
Birthday Luck and Significance
As you were born on the twenty eighth day of the month your birth date generates you a Root number of One. This numerical reference to your birthday has the keyword 'Drive' indicating the prominence of your abundant motivation and fondness of enterprise. In Tarot the 1st Major Arcana card in the deck with the symbol of the Magician is associated with your birthday. This is a sign of your diplomacy and shrewdness and also represents your love to entertain. The lucky gemstone for June the twenty eighth birthdays is a Ruby, to be worn for extra insight, finances, happiness and opportunities to shine.
The powerful cosmic forces of our Moon are thought to astrologically determine the probable characteristics of all Cancer personalities. The actual day you were born on, the twenty eighth of June is governed by the Sun's authority adding the significant differences from the typicalities of your zodiac group. Your directness and skill at laughing instead of crying in certain situations exposes your solid, reliable calm side. Your carefree imagination can assist you to make a difference by coming up with lots of original ideas. If you can conquer your worry of failing it should help you view and do things differently. A final contemplative thought for people born on June the 28th is that some things need to be taken seriously. Thinking before you joke about something is always advised.
Jen 2016-11-02 14:04:43
I can say it's written all about me :-)
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Alex 2016-07-08 20:09:11
I disagree with the Scorpio comment. Mine is AMAZING!!
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Makhele Prudence 2016-06-21 21:57:20
I feel better now....Just found out your info explains me the real me..this is all true.It really motivated me and now am looking forward for my birthday@28th June
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jatindar kumar 2016-06-14 15:56:13
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Ogival Maruji Taalal 2016-05-11 01:37:35
I'm so much happy to know more about myself by knowing my zodiac personality. It really helps me to overcome my fears and weaknesses as well as to brace my strengths
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imee 2016-05-01 23:57:26
Wow.. I was born june 28 1982. Most of info were just sounds like me!..
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Anthony 6/28/69 2016-03-31 04:19:44
Premature it's me. Born around that time too. You have to accept people for their lies. Am I giving in?
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xenna 2016-03-03 23:47:34
i always demand for attention. I hate being myself toO emotional and supersensitive and moody!
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Abhishek 2016-04-29 16:40:55
I am damn moody and emotional too.
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Humasha Muhammad 2016-02-27 08:47:20
Me olso burn 28junejune1999
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darn 2016-01-25 13:05:39
I always end up in unloving relationships. I know what I want, but always end up with the opposite. Am I the only one with this prob? Don't date scorpios btw.
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linda 2016-03-05 03:44:50
you and me both darn. We know what we want and due to the lying ways of some we get pulled in for a while then we wise up and hit the road,i do anyway. I really think that I am not meant to be in long lasting relationships I am much happier in casual relationships .I also am intolerant of self centered,manipulating,liars. and there are a lot of them out there. I know I sound bitter but I am past that and just being realistic.good luck.
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Girl, I'm the same exact way!
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Bullshit 2016-01-18 21:16:12
a bunch of bull except the heath part
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Tiesha 2016-01-16 13:43:44
Hi I was born 6/28 Wow, Everything I read is so me!The only thing, that I don't like about my Sign is being so emotional,and given so much to others of yourself,When you let your guard down, Cuz its hard to get it back
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b-rad 2015-12-28 18:17:18
That's crazy how many of us were born premature.
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mujtaba soomro 2015-12-16 07:06:13
cancerean 28/6/1979 (premature) born 12:45 pm
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Haid 2016-03-21 12:22:43
June 28, 1978 also
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Amurun Riches 2015-10-07 10:05:55
Wow, xo cool, it's exactly me...yipee!
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Nigerian Court Nullifies Appointment of Service ChiefsAn Abuja high court has declared the appointment by the president of all armed service chiefs unconstitutional and illegal.
Nigeria: Service Chiefs - Presidency to Appeal Court Verdict
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Indications emerged last night that the Presidency might apply to the Federal High Court Abuja for a stay of execution of its ruling against the appointment of service chiefs which… Read more »
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, barred President from appointing Service Chiefs for the federation without the consent of the National Assembly. Read more »
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Monday, declared the appointment by the president of all Service Chiefs of the Federation unconstitutional and illegal. Read more »
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A Federal High Court in Abuja Monday nullified the appointment of all the Service Chiefs by President Goodluck Jonathan on the ground that the appointments were done in violation… Read more »
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Here it is! An app that really does close an application when middle-clicking it in in the taskbar.
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This mod changes the behavior of mouse middle click onto the application buttons in Windows 7 taskbar. Instead of starting new instance of app, with this mod middle-clicking the app buttons on taskbar will close target application. To enable this mod silently, start this executable with -silentinjection command-line parameter. The mod is automatically removed after system reboot unless "Enable the mod at system startup" option is selected.
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Power Ranking the Texas Rangers' Under-the-Radar X-FactorsJune 6, 2012
One of the great things about baseball is its peculiar reliance on the individual performance in conjunction with the team effort. The combination of the two is a necessity for the cohesion of a productive—and winning—team.
It's a blast to watch Josh Hamilton hit four home runs in one game or crush the game-winner in extra innings. People that pay good money (even those that pay bad money) to watch the Rangers have come to expect it. They also expect big games from Hamilton's fellow superstars such as Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre and Ian Kinsler, to name a few.
But it takes more than those aforementioned standouts to make the 2012 Texas Rangers a successful team. Josh Hamilton and company aren't always going to be able to produce the game-changing play—this is precisely why you need those contributions from the unheralded players.
Here's a look at some of those standout players that don't always get overlooked, but do generally fly well under-the-radar.
7. Craig Gentry (.300/.371/.388, 8 stolen bases)
Gentry is quietly putting together an excellent season. He's arguably the Rangers' best defensive center fielder, and he comes equipped with an arm more typical of a right fielder.
Gentry's calling card is his outstanding speed. He's not only fleet of foot, but he uses his great instincts before attempting a stolen base. Over his career, Gentry has only been caught stealing twice in 28 attempts, a 93 percent success rate.
6. Koji Uehara (1.33 ERA, 0.54 WHIP, 9.3 K/9)
After struggling with the Rangers since he was acquired for Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter during last summer's trading deadline, Uehara continued his precipitous decline during the postseason.
To start of the 2012 campaign, it looked as though the Rangers were going to be treated to the same old "bad" Koji.
However, thanks to improved command and the return of his nasty split-fingered fastball, Uehara has quietly been one of the Rangers' top relievers thus far in 2012.
5. David Murphy (.261/.341/.430, 5 HR)
There are plenty of major league teams that would covet David Murphy as an everyday player. For the Texas Rangers, he's a fourth outfielder. Murphy's role on the team is easy to overlook, as he is certainly not a household name—especially outside of the DFW market.
Murphy is a versatile athlete that is often called upon to help out the Rangers' injury prone starting outfield of Josh Hamilton, Craig Gentry and Nelson Cruz.
And whenever his name is penciled into the starting lineup, more often than not, Murphy delivers the goods.
4. Joe Nathan (1.99 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 10.7 K/9, 11 Saves)
Joe Nathan's offseason signing signified the Rangers' intention to move Neftali Feliz out of the closer's role and into the starting rotation.
Although Feliz did have his struggles as the ninth-inning man, overall he was outstanding. His departure left some pretty big shoes for Nathan to fill.
Almost immediately, Nathan earned a loss against the Chicago White Sox and then was hammered by the Mariners for a blown save.
Since then, he has been nails as the lockdown closer the Rangers so desperately sought this past winter.
3. Robbie Ross (5-0, 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 6.0 K/9, 0.6 HR/9)
Ross is one of the biggest feel-good stories of the year for the Texas Rangers. The wide-eyed 22-year-old left-hander was considered a long shot to make the team out of spring training.
Ross has successfully segued his Cactus League success into an outstanding rookie campaign. He is truly a key component to the team's outstanding bullpen—not to mention a HUGE upgrade over Arthur Rhodes and Darren Oliver from years past.
2. Elvis Andrus (.311/.393/.421, 26 RBI)
Long known for his outstanding glove work at shortstop, Elvis Andrus' plate production has really come alive this season.
If it weren't for Elvis Andrus' ability to get on base, how many solo home runs would Josh Hamilton have this year?
Andrus can now change games not only by preventing runs with his leather, but by driving in runs in the No. 2 hole.
1. Colby Lewis (4-4, 3.50 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 8.0 K/9)
Colby Lewis is the consummate underrated starter. When he was named the Rangers' Opening Day pitcher there were plenty in Rangers Nation that were left scratching their heads.
Some of "Colbyashi's" underratedness stems from the fact that his fastball is more high-80s than low-90s.
Despite his lack of velocity and propensity to surrender the occasional long ball, Lewis has inexplicably maintained an 8.0 K/9 as well as the league's best K/BB ratio of 6.4.
For the third straight year, he is quietly compiling another stellar season in true Colby Lewis fashion: under-the-radar.
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A loaf of ciabatta bread looks so rustic and simple that one could assume it was created by Italian monks around 1400 or so. In fact, ciabatta was invented in 1982 by a Verona baker who named the loaf (ciabatta means slipper) because he thought the shape resembled his wife's favorite footwear. In the intervening 35 years, ciabatta has become a favorite worldwide.
All October long, the Fond du Lac Public Library is celebrating the book, Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, the fictional story of Auggie, a 10-year-old boy born with severe facial deformities who deals with cruelty and kindness in his first classroom experience.
All month long, the Fond du Lac Public Library is celebrating the book, Wonder, by R.J.
Local author Mark J. Engels will sell and sign copies of his paranormal sci-fi thriller, Always Gray in Winter, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, November 11, at Chapter 52 Bookstore, next door to the Fond du Lac Public Library at 52 Sheboygan St.
Fond du Lac Public Library account holders have free access to the business-marketing tool, AtoZdatabases. Representatives from the online resource will explain and demonstrate its features at a free class at noon Monday, October 16, at the library. The 45-minute session is free; no registration required.
The Fond du Lac Public Library's Idea Studio makerspace is offering two special programs in October that are open to adults and teens age 13 and older. Space is limited, and online registration is required for each at www.fdlpl.org, click Calendar.
Think Halloween pumpkins should be cute? Scary? Look like Jabba the Hut? It's anything goes – and the wackier the better – for the Fond du Lac Public Library's Pumpkin Decorating Contest.
Persons with early to mid-stage Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, their caregivers and family members are invited to monthly Alzheimer's Association Memory Cafés held at 1 p.m. usually on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Fond du Lac Public Library. The programs are free; no registration required. Each month features a new theme:
Like the falling leaves, prices are coming down at the Fond du Lac Public Library's Chapter 52 Bookstore in October with these sales:
The drop-in Yarn Crafters group will meet at 6 p.m. Thursdays October 12 and October 26 at the Fond du Lac Public Library.


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You can learn everything about Prezi at Prezi University. We give you inspiration, teach you all the ins and outs of Prezi and are pleased to help you with creating and presenting your presentation. We do this through training, workshops and events. We also write articles and give you the best tips and tricks for Prezi. Of course we are online too. We use Twitter (@preziuniversity) and Facebook (facebook.com/preziuniversity) a lot and we manage the LinkedIn group "Presenteren met Prezi". Would you like to experience us IRL? Come to a Prezi Inspiration Night or to our yearly event Prezi Day .
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There are many places to get weed legally in Barcelona (Catalunya, Spain)
Do not buy from street dealers, you will get bad product that is way overpriced and not to mention illegal.
Rather, to a private members club in Barcelona and get your weed in a friendly environment, with a lounges, full bar, LED TV's and PS4.
Smoke a nice spliff while you enjoy a beer and meet new people.
Are you looking for weed in Barcelona?
Write us an email and we will hook you up with private associations in Barcelona.
These private locations features LED TV's, PS3, Couches and lounges to hang out, a full bar, snack bar, and even weed brownies and other food made from weed oil.
You can come, roll a spliff, and hang out and meet new people. As long as you are a member, it is completely legal!
Just give us some basic information about yourself, and within 24 hours, we will send you an address of our recommended association to get weed in Barcelona.
These are very nice associations in only the nice parts of town. Generally they are open 7 days a week, from 10:00a to 01:00a. The locations can be reached easily by metro or in less than 5 minutes by taxi.
How it works?
In Spain, the law states what you do in the privacy of your home is your business, you are also allowed to grow marijuana for personal use in your home. There is another law that allows you to use your home as a clubhouse for an association.
This association must pay taxes and collect membership dues. Therefore, in Barcelona, if you pay 20-30 Euros for a 1 year membership to this "Barcelona Weed Association", you can go to this private places.
A member of this association must invite you to become a member, so all you have to do is click the button below to contact me, because I am a member, we have a chat over Email or Whatsapp, and then I give you directions and meet up!
You then simply go to the association, ring the bell, and you will need to present your identification or Passport. You must be 18 years old to become a member.


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9 comments:
- Vicki W said...
You now have postcards ready to mail if you need one.
- June 16, 2017 at 6:16 AM
- Sewing Up A Storm said...
What a cool exercise. I love the circular element in the designs and will look forward to seeing what you make with those ideas.
- June 16, 2017 at 7:40 AM
- Laceflower said...
I've taken a class with Pauly and also done the card exercise. As you say 'many hands' certainly made it more interesting and eclectic. I'm very interested to see how you translate this into a 'piece'. I've just looked at your discharge pieces and yup, you have to work LARGE to get the Pauly look.
- June 16, 2017 at 8:17 AM
- Robbie said...
What a great concept!!! I don't know that I am familiar with Pauly's work...but will check it out! I would love for our small fiber group to do this...how cool! Thanks for sharing!
- June 16, 2017 at 1:12 PM
- Mary Bolton said...
Pauly's work is very inspiring! I like how you close your blog posts. Last night at my guild meeting I thought of your blog when a member said she had filled a few bobbins, but forgot to put one back into her sewing machine. Took a few trys at sewing, before she figured out the problem. So, may your bobbin be full and IN the machine.
- June 16, 2017 at 5:30 PM
- Pamela Arbour said...
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed looking at the cards and the process. Great inspiration!
- June 17, 2017 at 5:07 AM
- Gale Bulkley said...
Wow! The cards are wonderful.
- June 19, 2017 at 7:04 AM
- virginiaggg said...
Oh, my goodness! I wish that I'd been there!
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- LynneP said...
These cards are great!!! Love the round robin idea and the small format. Such fun!
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Facebook has received, in short, an order on December 10, 2010 from the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) to modify its site to comply with Article 22 of Korea's "Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection" which states that: "If an information and communications service provider intends to gather user personal information, they shall obtain user consent."
The order requires Facebook to receive explicit consent from users before personal information is revealed to other users or utilized by third parties.
Facebook has 30-days to comply or challenge the order. We will see soon if Facebook will simply take down the Korean language site, challenge the order, comply with the order or simply ignore it. Facebook, as of posting, doesn't have a local office, thus, enforcement will be difficult for the KCC.
Facebook has almost two and half million Korean users and a Korean language version of its website. The largest Facebook-type site in Korea is Cyworld (25 million users). Cyworld has failed to expand past the Korean market and Facebook has been expanding market-share in recent years in Korea.
In a side note, the English website of the Korean Communications Commission has one of the oddest catch phrases: "The World that Imagination become a reality." The KCC should be ordered by the Administration to get someone to edit the English website. For Korea to become a Global IT powerhouse, the Commission dedicated to this mission, should create a professional English site.
"Broad castins," Telecmunnications," Conyergance Service" and the grammar errors throughout may be a little comical when done by the developing Chinese government, but not the developed Korean government.
We also know that perfection is near impossible for a website. However, this site and most of the Korean government English language sites are an embarrassment to a nation that many native English speakers call home and promote to foreign investors on a daily basis.
The scrutiny of Facebook will send many journalists to this site and send many more away with a sense that the FCC is incompetent or at best has little need for an English language site.


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(AllHipHop News) On Wednesday, AllHipHop.com sat down with one the West Coast's most respected lyricists, Kurupt, to discuss his new music and the new DPG album in the works. During the interview, Kurupt elaborated on his mixtape "M.B.P. (Money B**ches Power)," which is hosted by DJ Nik Bean. According to Kurupt, he has a full length album… Read more »
(AllHipHop News) Besides artists picking up trophies and star-studded performances there will be one more major music moment on February 10. Billboard.com is reporting that YMCMB member Drake will be releasing a new song on the night of the Grammys. The track is titled "Started From the Bottom," and it will be the first official… Read more »
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(AllHipHop News) Real estate tycoon Donald Trump sent a series of legally threatening Tweets towards Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller today over the song "Donald Trump," which has garnered Mac Miller over 75 million views today. Stating his claim on a piece of the pie from royalties associated with the song for using his name and… Read more »
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You may then ask, "why?†To play with information in all its astatic glory. META refrains from attempts at categorization, taking a gamble on dynamic navigation! META eschews the linear in favor of surprise. Each visit starts with a random welcome and ends with an even more random exit.
Attanucci Timothy
TIMOTHY J. ATTANUCCI (1979) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and studies German literature at Princeton and the Humboldt University, Berlin. For META, he contributes his musings on the irony mark in No Irony.
Beth David
DAVID BETH (1974) is a writer and esoteric explorer, and the sovereign Grand Master of the Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua. Learn more about his Gnostic involvement in XI. ARS DE REX—Sexual Magic, the Art of the King, where he is interviewed by Ailen Roc.
Brenner Summer
SUMMER BRENNER is an accomplished writer of poetry and fiction, based in Berkeley, California. Her writing has extended beyond the borders of print into performative and musical realms, and she is also involved with literacy and community projects targeted at youths. For META, she reads from her critically acclaimed novel and discusses her motivation for the project in Driving I-5.
Breuning Olaf
OLAF BREUNING (1970) is a Swiss artist, living in New York and working in photography, video, sculpture, installation and drawing. For META's mini interview series, he shares some of his favorite things in accompaniment to a selection of photographic works. See Mini Breuning.
Buchina William
Illustrations by William Buchina
WILLIAM BUCHINA (1978) is an illustrator with a penchant for portraits of political tyrants. In addition, he is a graphic designer and creator of illustrated guides to English grammar. Some of his work is viewable here. He currently lives and works in New York. See his work in The Body of the Event.
Bunnell Dave
DAVE BUNNELL (1952) lives in the small gold-rush era town of Angels Camp, California. This professional spelunker and photographer worked on an Imax film about caves, somewhere beneath Mexico. META interviewed him for Far Beyond Stalactites and Stalagmites.
Coronato Petra
PETRA CORONATO is probably the only author in the world who didn't only read Alexanderplatz, but also swept it. She is the owner of tongue tongue Hong Kong, a company founded in 1993 with dependences in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich, which recycles fiction profitably and unpunished to this day. In 2006, she commenced the ongoing photography project The Poetry of Document.
Croteau Jeffrey
Writer Jeffrey Croteau is the Manager of the Library and Archives at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library in Massachusetts. Read another of his articles on American Masonic groups, ''Brotherly Deception'' published in Cabinet Magazine here. For META he co-authors a discussion on ritual and fraternity for the article Daughters of Job.
Dantini Michele
MICHELE DANTINI's (1966) work is characterized by its handling of trans-cultural practices and their socio-environmental implications. A widely translated essayist and performative lecturer, he holds a position as Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy. See Chronicles of Deaths Foretold.
Doutreluingne Pauline
PAULINE DOUTRELUINGNE (1982) lived in Beijing for four years, where she co-organized the 2006 Borderline Moving Images Festival. She lives in Berlin and curates projects that bridge European and Asian art. For META, she interviewed Chen Wei in Archeology of the Future.
Doy Gen
GEN DOY is Lecturer at De Montfort University. She is the author of Picturing The Self, Drapery and Black Visual Culture. For META, Doy discusses the sensual politics of photography in the works of Claude Cahun.
Ferrante Denise Palma
DENISE PALMA FERRANTE (1975) is a multi-disciplined artist living and working in Berlin. She is also a self-declared anti-religionist. See Timkat 2009.
Foxwell Adam
ADAM FOXWELL is an American audio engineer who has worked internationally, consulting on acoustical room design, sound isolation and mechanical noise control. For META, he presents a study on noise exposure in On the Hunt for Silence in Dubai.
Fresco Jacque
JACQUE FRESCO (1916) is an industrial designer and social engineer, author, lecturer, inventor and Futurist. Based in Venus, Florida, he is developing the practice of Socio-Cyber-Neering. Read the META interview Back to the Future—The Venus Project.
Gavron Assaf
ASSAF GAVRON (1968) is an Israeli writer, translator and musician. His novel CrocAttack is available in Hebrew, English, German, Italian and Dutch. Find out more on his website and see The Outpost.
Glaser Bruno
Dr. BRUNO GLASER is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography at the University of Bayreuth. For over several years he has been conducting Amazonian dark earth research from a soil science perspective including soil fertility, sustainability, and archaeology aspects. See Terra Preta .
Goldwyn Mara
MARA GOLDWYN (1976) calls herself an artist but does not show anywhere and would never actually introduce herself as such. She has an existential allergy to genres, categories and identity constructs. See Showing the Opposite Side of the Death Machine.
Green Linda
LINDA MAI GREEN (1987) is a photographer and curator based in Berlin. She also co-runs curatorial collective Una Tittel. For META article A Bridge and Not a Goal, she interviewed artist Serena Porrati.
Guo-Qiang Cai
Artist CAI GUO-QIANG (1957) was born in China's Fujian Province. While living in Japan between 1986 and 1995 he began to experiment with gunpowder as a medium, gaining international attention. He has gone on to exhibit world wide and to produce large scale pyrotechnic art works. See On Explosions.
Hill Patrick
Sculptor PATRICK HILL (1972) has exhibited widely in the US and internationally as an important representative of the contemporary Los Angeles art scene. David Kordansky Gallery provided META with images of Hill's work for Patrick Hill—Sculpture, Associated.
Horvitz David
ASDF Makes founder DAVID HORVITZ (1983) is a man of many ideas. One could say this American artist's medium is the Internet, though it may be more accurate to say that he works in interactive projects. See ASDF—Read On.
Huanca Donna
RUA MINX is Donna Huanca (1980), an artist who deals with clothing as shelter, transportable homes for nomads and cultural and genetic traces. Her various projects have received a range of support, from the Dallas Museum of Art to Städelschule, Frankfurt; from the Incehon Women's Biennale Korea to British Vogue. She launched META's downloadable artist piece series with Mask Maker.
Hugo Pieter
Artist PIETER HUGO (1976) has spent his whole life in Cape Town, South Africa, though travelled extensively pursuing his characteristic brand of documentary photography. A 2002-3 residency at the Beneton Group Communication Research Center, Fabrica, also led to work with Colors magazine. In 2006 he was awarded first prize in the World Press Photo competition's Portraits section. Welcome to Nollywood explores a recent project carried out with the Nigerian film industry.
Idnert B. Zlatan
ZLATAN B. IDNERT is an audio engineer who has worked in the fields of modelling for outdoor noise propagation, building acoustics and ground borne vibrations. He has widely consulted on acoustical engineering projects. See On the Hunt for Silence in Dubai.
Kempenaers Jan
JAN KEMPENAERS (1968) is an artist and documentary photographer based in Antwerp. He creates mute images of semi urban-places. Regardless of geographical context, his photographs speak powerfully to the post industrial condition and of the technologized human subject. See Spomenik, the Monuments of Former Yugoslavia.
Lin Tao
TAO LIN (1983) is an American poet, novelist and short story writer. He is the author of Shoplifting from American Apparel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and Bed, as well as two poetry collections, you are a little bit happier than I am, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Lin's second novel, Richard Yates, was published in September 2010.
See Tao Lin's Crossword Puzzle.
Lu Tammy
TAMMY LU is a Canadian artist who makes drawings and artists' books. She is the cover artist for the New Metaphysics philosophy series published by Open Humanities Press. See more of her work here. For META she did the drawings for METAphorism.
Maisel David
DAVID MAISEL's (1961) photographs chronicle the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention. His work is included in many permanent collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maisel lives and works in the area of San Francisco. See Blooming Souls.
Malone Alison
Alison Malone is a photographer and educator who uses both audio and visual documentation to explore subcultures that are overlooked and often misunderstood in American society. View additional work here. For META her photographic series of the same name inspired the article Daughters of Job.
Maximishin Sergey
SERGEY MAXIMISHIN (1964) photographed for the Soviet Military Force Group on Cuba from 1985 to 1987. A learned physicist, he worked in the scientific and technical expertise laboratory in the Hermitage Museum and has gone on to become an award winning press photographer.
See The Dostoevsky of Photography.
Mendoza Connie
CONNIE MENDOZA (1971) is a media artist, working between Berlin and Barcelona. Fata Morgana and Other Optical Phenomena discusses her film, in which Mendoza travels back to her birthplace to trace the complex relationships of her childhood to Chilean history and space travel, thereby producing images that mediate the perception of time as a highly subjective matter.
Mitsios Apostolos
Apostolos Mitsios (1979) is a Greek psychologist, working as a systemic psychotherapist by day and as a freelance writer, preferably, by night. A former contributing editor at online design magazine yatzer.com, he is currently collaborating with the Projective Fairy Tale Test Society in Greece as well as various magazines all over the world. For META article, Death of a Performance, he interviewed artist Esther Ferrer about her intervention at the Cemetery of Art of Morille, Spain.
Morrison Rachael
RACHAEL MORRISON (1981) is an artist, curator, and a librarian at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is the creator of an art work and a documentary film about the blind telephone hacker Joybubbles, as she describes in 718-362-9578.
Morton Timothy
TIMOTHY MORTON (1968) is a philosopher and ecologist, and a teaching professor at Rice University. He also is one of the leading figures in the philosophical movement of Speculative Realism. For META he penned some pithy aphorism on the paradigm shift in metaphysics. See METAphorism.
Neutelings Jan
Architect WILLEM JAN NEUTELINGS (1959) has taught at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam and Harvard University. His firm, Neutelings Riedijk Architects, is located in Rotterdam. He wrote Spomenik, the Monuments of Former Yugoslavia on Jan Kempenaer's photo-documentation.
Nielsen Nikolaj
Nikolaj Nielsen is a Brussels-based journalist. For META, Nielsen considers the provocative film "Enjoy Poverty Please" by Dutch artist Renzo Martens in regards to the The Lucrative Business of Chaos and Aid. For more of Nielsen's writing, visit his website.
Oennerfors Andreas
Andreas Önnerfors (1971) is Associate Professor in the History of Sciences and Ideas based in Lund, Sweden. He has written extensively on organized fraternal sociability in Europe in the context of civil society, cryptology and conspiracy theories. In 2007 he re-enacted a female masonic ritual, contributed to the deciphering project of the copiale-manuscript and commented on the Oslo terrorist Breivik's imaginary world of knighthood in counter-jihadism. Watch a 2012 lecture on "Perceptions of Freemasonry from the 18th century to the Internet" here. For META he co-authors a discussion on ritual and fraternity for the article Daughters of Job.
Okón Yoshua
Yoshua Okón was born in Mexico City in 1970 where he currently lives. In his often absurd and provocative art, Okón stages partially scripted scenes using non-actors whose own identities and histories make up the true, underlying story. See Octopus. Okón founded the artist-run space La PanaderÃa in 1994 and the artist-run space and school SOMA in 2009, both in Mexico City.
Patt Lise
LISE PATT is the founder of the Institute of Cultural Inquiry, a peripatetic visual think tank currently headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Over the years she has treated 'collaboration' as an artist medium, in the development of a non-profit organization that embraces 'collective camouflage' in their ongoing projects. See Inquiry into the Institute of Cultural Inquiry.
Petrovszky Konrad
KONRAD PETROVSZKY (1977) is a historian specializing in the intellectual history of Southeastern Europe. He wrote a PhD thesis on early modern historiography in Ottoman Europe at the Free University, Berlin. He talks Romania and reenactment in The Body of the Event.
Porrati Serena
Italian artist SERENA PORRATI (1981) is now currently enrolled in the inaugural year of the MA in Art and Science Program at Central St. Martins in London. She lets META in on her Nietzsche in Turin archive for Linda Green's article, A Bridge and Not a Goal.
Quehenberger Susanne
SUSANNE QUEHENBERGER is a Cultural Studies student at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her focus is climate change, specifically its potential to bring about societal restructuring and the role of art in this scenario. Since 2007, she has worked as an urban gardening activist. For META, she shares her thoughts on geoengineering in Artificial Skies.
Rameau Max
Haitian-born, DC-raised MAX RAMEAU is a pan-African theorist, organizer and founder of the group, Take Back the Land. He has worked on issues ranging from economic development to ex-felons. He discusses the US housing crisis in Desperate Times, Desperate Measures.
Rau Milo
MILO RAU (1977) is a journalist, essayist, historian, playwright, translator, teacher, film-maker, blogger, reenactor and director of IIPM (International Institute of Political Murder, or Institute for Theoretic and Artistic Reenactments). See The Body of the Event.
Roc Ailen
AILEN ROC studied various esoteric fields such as ceremonial Magick, Sexual Magick, Tantra, Astrology, Tarot, the Quaballah and different astral-levels along with Psychology. She is currently working on her own tarot deck and a book combining certain occult fields with elements of psychology. See XI. ARS DE REX—Sexual Magic, the Art of the King.
Shapiro Alan
ALAN SHAPIRO (1956) is a key contributor to the fields of idea philosophy, software engineering and social choreography. At 15, he began studying at MIT and has more recently published a book on Star Trek and given talks at the Transmediale and Ars Electronica festivals. In an interview with META, he explains why "Being against work as it is constituted today is fundamental.†See A New Computer Science is Underway.
Situ Studio
SITU STUDIO was founded in 2005 while its partners were studying architecture at The Cooper Union. Operating at the intersection of architecture and a variety of other disciplines, Situ Studio's work has been enriched by close collaborations with geologists, writers, engineers, biologists, activists and artists. See Out of Control.
Small Gary
GARY SMALL, M.D., is the Director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is the author of iBrain Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind. See This is Your Brain on Technology.
Thompson Cosette
COSETTE THOMPSON is a French-American human rights consultant and freelance writer based in Arizona, USA, where she directed Amnesty International for many years. Her current interests focus on the contribution of artistic expression to the field of human rights and on the protection of threatened languages. See Sentenced to Read.
van Haarlem Dr. Michiel P.
DR. MICHIEL VAN HAARLEM (1964) is the Managing Director of the LOFAR Foundation in the Netherlands, a part of the ASTRON Institute. The astronomer discusses the next generation of telescopes in META's Harmony of the Spheres.
Vanden Eynde Maarten
Belgian-born MAARTEN VANDEN EYNDE (1977) lives and works between Rotterdam, Brussels and Saint Mihiel. His projects span all art media, focussing on topics of ecology, archeology, biology and zoology. In 2006 he founded Enough Room for Space for "the creation of physical, virtual and mental space for cultural initiatives by initiating and coordinating events and residence/research projects worldwide.†He enlightens META on plastic in Plastic Reef.
Walmark Ulrika
Swedish photographer ULRIKA WALMARK (1970) traveled across North America, Israel, Palestine, Iran, India and South Africa from 2003 to 2007, collecting portraits for her project The person behind the person. She now lives in Berlin.
Wei Chen
Artist CHEN WEI (1980) works in Beijing and Hangzhou, incorporating influential objects and happenings from his past into the realities of modern China. He is represented by the Platform China Contemporary Art Institute in Beijing. See Archeology of the Future.
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|On Explosions
|This is Your Brain on Technology
|Plastic Reef
|Daughters of Job
|Death of a Performance
|Out of Control: Experiments in Participation
|Terra Preta—Amazonian Earth
|A New Computer Science is Underway
|Mini Breuning
|Claude Cahun—A Sensual Politics of Photography
|The Clothing of Nature
|Power Secretaries
|On the Hunt for Silence in Dubai
|Far Beyond Stalactites and Stalagmites
|The Body of the Event
|Sentenced to Read
|Spomenik, the Monuments of Former Yugoslavia
|XI. ARS DE REX—Sexual Magic, the Art of the King
|Tao Lin's Crossword Puzzle
|The Art of Showing Art
|Photography and the Invisible
|Patrick Hill—Sculpture, Associated
|Driving I-5
|Blooming Souls
|Showing the Opposite Side of the Death Machine
|Mask Maker
|Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
|A Bridge and Not a Goal
|This is Your Brain on Technology
|Artificial Skies
|The Poetry of Document
|Stories of Life and Love in Today's Actual Arctic
|Fata Morgana and Other Optical Phenomena
|The Nine Lives of Kaufhaus Jonass
|ASDF—Read On
|No IronyØŸ
|The Harmony of the Spheres
|Back to the Future—The Venus Project
|Inquiry into the Institute of Cultural Inquiry
|The Lucrative Business of Chaos and Aid
|The Outpost
|Welcome to Nollywood
|Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
|Timkat 2009
|The Dostoevsky of Photography
|Archeology of the Future
By Apostolos Mitsios, interview with Esther Ferrer
Morille is a village of 200 inhabitants outside of Salamanca, Spain. In 2006, the Town Hall donated 90,000 square meters of arid, high plains landscape for the founding of a cemetery of art: the Cementerio de Arte de Morille. At this final resting place, artworks and objects from creators like Pierre Klossowski and Javier Utray have acquired a human dimension. The idea came from artist Domingo Sánchez Blanco, a self-proclaimed present-day Shakespearian gravedigger with interest in the museum as a modern necropolis of art. His project brings into question the impact of traditional art viewing practices on the observer's notion of what art is and where it belongs. He has initiated a unique mausoleum that challenges both the museum's function and society's need for rituals to preserve collective memory.
The Cemetery of Art of Morille has become an important point of cultural reference for the autonomous community of Castilla y León, in which it is located, and more than 95 artists make up a waiting list of those hoping to bury works here. To date, Sánchez has overseen 32 symbolic entombments.
For Domingo Sánchez Blanco, the burial is an act of great generosity in the sense that the inhumed artworks remain young forever. In this way the artworks not only challenge time and space, but they assume a new quality and establish new relationships to their would-be viewers – now visitors to this sanctuary of buried treasures.
One of the most recent of these to find peace in the cemetery is Performance a varias velocidades (Performance at different speeds) by Esther Ferrer. The artist, a pioneer of performance art in Spain, didn't think twice when asked to participate in the project, nor did she have any doubts about which piece to bury. Since its birth in 1987, Ferrer has presented Performance a varias velocidades all over the world. For her, this was not an ordinary performance, but a "capricious†one that required intense involvement and a defiance of her physical capacities – reason enough for her to lay it to rest in Morille.
During the performance Ferrer would run in a particular direction, and at a certain moment she would stop, sit on a chair, and speak to herself before beginning to run again. The running speed was gradually decreased, while her words became louder, finally achieving their maximum volume via megaphone.
The cosmopolitan life of Performance a varias velocidades came to an end with a burial on the morning of August 1st, 2009. In the presence of many villagers, friends, fellow artists and musicians, we can safely assume that the artwork died a happy death and enjoyed a festive funeral. But how does a piece of art die, in particular a performance? And, moreover, why? Esther Ferrer takes on this line of questioning and sheds light on the private life and death of a performance.
Apostolos Mitsios: Esther, tell us some things about the vital trajectory of Performance a varias velocidades. Where was it born?
Esther Ferrer: I guess that it was born in Paris, because I have been living in this city for many years, but I'm not sure that the idea didn't come to me in another city, in another country, on a train or plane or in a car. As I like to walk, it is quite probable that the idea came to me while I was walking; it seems that walking stimulates thinking. Performance a varias velocidades is an action that belongs to the series Un espacio es para atravesarlo (An area is there for you to cross it). Many years ago, one day at dusk, just as I was about to set foot on Pont-Neuf, I saw a man on the sidewalk across from me, on the opposite side of the bridge, who was about to do the same thing. Then I said to myself, "I am going to march,†so that we would cross at the center of the bridge – he from his sidewalk and I from mine. And that's exactly what I did. I thought, surely he would not realize that he was participating in a performance, but he actually did. This incident gave rise to many of my actions, but I cannot say which was the first, nor the second or anything.
How has your relationship to this particular performance evolved as you've become older?
It was an action that required a lot of effort; I'm using the past tense because I will never perform it again. In one of its "movements†I had to run a lot, really a lot, as quickly as possible. When I was young, I had no difficulties doing it, but as I was getting older I began to have some. Over the years I adapted the performance to my physical capabilities. I performed it with other actions too; as long as changes do not affect a concept, I always adapt actions. If this is not possible, I simply stop them.
The process in the case of Performance a varias velocidades was the same. The last time I did it in Germany, in Cologne, my heart was beating so rapidly I could not breathe. I had to wait until the beats came back to normal, breathing hard, struggling, and this gave a dramatic tinge to the performance, which was not my intention. I do not like manipulating the emotions of the people; I like "talking†to their intelligence rather than to their feelings. When the performance was over, I decided that I would never repeat it.
What's the argument behind Performance a varias velocidades? What inspired you to conceive it?
There is no "argumentâ€. I do not do theater. It is simply a way of dealing with time and space, including a presence that is mine – my body, my voice if necessary, as in this case – within the range of my physical limitations…
The structure of this action is like lines that are projected onto a landscape, as with many of the pieces that belong to my series Proyectos espaciales (Spatial projects), and it is under constant development. The whole series is based on the memory of me as a child staring at power plant cables from the car's windshield or rear window. I really loved the constant come and go of the power cables as the car was moving forward. I always say that they are the most beautiful installations that exist, in constant movement in space and time. Perhaps the origin of Performance a varias velocidades is also there. But I do not know it for sure. I do not always know where my ideas come from, what is the source. Sometimes it is an image, a social fact, a sentence or a coincidence, and other times it is a memory, or a desire to give a "realistic†form to an abstraction. In this particular case, it was like a combination of time / space / presence inside a structure, just that.
What does the Cemetery of Art of Morille mean to you? What led you to participate in a project like this?
Ever since I first heard about it I loved the idea. When I was contacted directly, I said yes imediately, and I knew right then that it was about time to bury this performance. They accepted my proposal to do the performance for the last time at the Cemetery of Art of Morille and to bury it with everything I was using in order to carry it out: the chair, the megaphone, the score. They made a black granite gravestone, lovely I must say, with the performance's approximate date of birth and precise date of death, and it is actually buried there.
How does a piece of art die, and in particular a performance? Is the burial a way to keep the artworks alive, but in another dimension?
It was wonderful that this action that I had liked so much, that was different from the others, also ended in a different way from the others, having its proper finale. The others will dive into oblivion one day, they will fade away, nobody knows where they will end, nobody even knows if they will go anywhere. Performance a varias velocidades, on the contrary, has its own place, anchored in time and space. No one will be able to do this performance again. Even if they asked me I would say no. Now if they want to revive a corpse, let them do it, but it will be just that: a corpse. Since I work for myself and my contemporaries and not for posterity, which really does not interest me at all, I love associating this performance with a moment in my life as pleasant as its burial. I am not nostalgic at all, but it is clear that this particular performance will stay in my memory, probably more that the others.

How do you remember the day that Performance a varias velocidades was last seen alive?
It was one of the most wonderful "performing†moments – what a word – of my entire artistic life. Not only because of the atmosphere, which was great, but for the way in which everything was held at that wonderful sunset in the fields of Salamanca. I have a fantastic memory: when we closed the coffin people spontaneously started helping me nail it, all hammering at different rates – a sound that mixed with the musicians who came from Salamanca and played especially for the burial. I think it's the action I have spoken about most in my life, of its particular burial in the Cemetery of Art of Morille.
SITU STUDIO is a reserach, design and fabrication firm based in Brooklyn. Their space-altering, site-specific architectural installation reOrder augurated the Great Hall project in the Brooklyn Museum. For reOrder and other projects, see Situ's website.
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A nine member board of directors has been inaugurated for the GRA. The board is chaired by Mr. Harry Owusu with eight other members comprising Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti, Commissioner-General of GRA, Hon. Carlos Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade Minisiter, Mr. Millison Narh, first Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and Mr. Ernest Akore.
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The nine member board has been charged to work to increase revenue collection for the state as well as expose corrupt officials of the Authority to save the country from losing billions of cedis.
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng inaugurated the Board on behalf of the Minister. He affirmed the resolve of government to work within the law to ensure sanity in revenue administration.


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