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I dont think Im happy with my life.
I have so many dreams that I woudnt even think telling anybody about which is pathetic. Can I have some advice off some BZPers? Im feeling kind of down.
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♫ when you're down and low
lower than the floor
and you think that you don't got a chance
bum da dum ♫
♪don't make a move
til you're in the groove!
and do the peter panda dance!!♪♪
There are days when we don't know whether what we're doing is the right thing, whether it will get us anywhere, whether it will pay off in the future...
But you know, I think it can sometimes be bad to worry about life too much. The past has happened, and the future's not yet there.
Don't feel down about it. It happens to everyone. And hey, I'm sure you will find your way. :3
Thanks Taka Nuvia.
That helps a lot. There are some dreams that will most likely never happen, but there is no reason why I cant try and work for them
I think I kinda know what you mean as I have a tendency to go through phases like that every now and again. Eventually I've gotten used to them and can either ignore them or use them as a framework to improve at least something in my life.
I'm not sure I can really offer much in the way of advice but I find that it helps to look realistically at whatever's bothering you and see if there's a way you can go about solving it, even if only in some minor way. Also you could listen to Tim Minchin's Some People Have It Worse Than I. Slightly controversial but heck if it isn't both cheerful and catchy.
Anyway, I hope it helps in at least some way. It probably wasn't what you expected but at least it's something.
Thanks Sech
We all run into these ups and downs, where life seems to be going wrong. During these phases, it's important to not leave those dreams or ideas you have alone. Try working them into writing or drawing, letting your thoughts flow, and seeing what you can do with them.
Keep thinking bro, you're the best one to figure this out.
- 55555
I live my life by the belief that somehow, things will work out for me. They always seem to, and so I continue having faith in that. Even so, there are many days where I feel like my luck's run out, like there's no way what I feel should happen is possible. How can I possibly become a successful musician when so many have failed? But I just look at the history of my fairly short life thus far, and see how everything has worked out for the most part. I don't know how, but what needs to happen in my life usually finds a way of managing itself.
I guess my advice is to just trust in yourself and your circumstances, and have some faith that what's happening is leading you to where you want to go, even if you can't see the path clearly. It's all I've ever done, and it has yet to fail me.
Everyone feels like that at 17.
@ Haecceity
Thats probably some of the best advice I have ever heard for this. Thanks man!
@ 55555
Thanks. That really means a lot.
@ Xinlo
I often think like this. Thank you.
@ Nukaya
So I am told repeatedly about things like this, and I dont doubt it. That doesnt mean the feeling is less real.
I do appreciate that when you are my age its hard to do things. Its probably the part of your life where you start to be really independent, howeer you are chained to the ground because of your age. If you are in your 20s, there is little to stop you from say, travelling the world for example.
Well there are some things to be happy about, if I'm right you have just one year scool to go and the exams are almost over. Try to look always at the positive side of things do not say "still one week of exams to go," say " Oh yeeey just one week" and it'll make you're life better
I agree. There are lots of things to be happy about. Im not unhappy. Im just unhappy about something
LOL you heard that from that movie didn't you?
♫ when you're down and low
lower than the floor
and you think that you don't got a chance
bum da dum ♫
♪don't make a move
til you're in the groove!
and do the peter panda dance!!♪♪
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Despite the loss, Shelby Wisdom had yet another outstanding pitching performance, giving up just one run in her first seven innings while striking out seven batters. In the bottom of the eighth, with a Ducks runner placed at second due to NCAA extra inning rules, Wisdom allowed a bunt single before another single up the middle drove in the winning run for Oregon.
After bursting out for seven runs on Sunday against Cal State Fullerton, the Gauchos were unable to muster up much offensively against the Ducks, scoring just one run on five hits in the eight-inning bout.
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In the second game of the doubleheader, UC Santa Barbara (21-14) fell behind early after a hot offensive start by Oregon (32-4). The Gauchos allowed nine runs in the first two innings to the Ducks and would eventually fall by the final score of 10-4.
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In the bottom of the second inning Oregon recorded a walk and a single to prompt the Gauchos to change pitchers, bringing in Andriana Collins. Collins had trouble finding the strike zone and walked three batters and gave up a single making it 5-0 in favor of the Ducks. UCSB went to the bullpen once more, this time Ashlee Ludlow stepped into the circle although the next batter hit a grand slam to seemingly put the game away with a score of 9-0.
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Ludlow kept the Ducks bats quiet for the majority of her 4.2 innings pitched as she notched four strikeouts and only allowed two hits and one earned run.
Jenessa Jeppesen cleared the wall in the top of the seventh inning to give the Gauchos their final run and her third shot of the year.
UCSB will remain in Oregon for one more day to take on Oregon State on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. They resume Big West action at home Saturday, April 5th against Cal Poly.

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Kindly let me know the meaning of this sentence (taken from this article):
We went back and forth, but there was nothing we could do.
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Kindly let me know the meaning of this sentence (taken from this article):
We went back and forth, but there was nothing we could do.
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In a general sense, "going back and forth" expresses the give and take of a negotiation or arbitration process. We suggested this and they countered that, and so we "went back and forth".
In casual speech, however, it often means simply "some events transpired, and I won't bore you with the details." As an example, "I went to the driver's license office to get my license, and after two hours of going back and forth I finally got it." This statement doesn't express that I actually negotiated an agreement to get my license, it merely expresses that I navigated the process to get it.
It is actually not clear what it means. It could mean that they physically traveled between two positions several times. It could mean that they argued over what to do. It could mean that they changed their minds about what to do several times. There is not enough context to figure out what it means.
My best guess is that it means that they actively worked on obtaining permission to perform the transplant from the family, discussing every aspect, using different members of the team, and so on. But ultimately, the process just took too long and they were unable to obtain permission while there was still time.


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Hannity falsely claimed "Obama can't point to a single instance in which ... Sean Hannity or talk radio" has "made an issue of Obama's race"
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On his radio show, Sean Hannity said that Sen. Barack Obama "can't point to a single instance in which President Bush or McCain or Karl Rove or Sean Hannity or talk radio or any other major Republican has made an issue of Obama's race." In fact, Hannity asserted on the March 2 edition of Hannity's America: "As more is learned about Barack Obama's positions, his past, and his affiliations, it seems that the 'change' candidate has all the same problems with race as those before him," and later added, "It's only fair to ask: Do the Obamas have a race problem of their own?" Media Matters has also documented numerous examples of other radio and TV personalities making "an issue of Obama's race."
Four days after falsely suggesting that no "prominent Republican" has "said that [Sen. Barack Obama] is not patriotic, or that he's got a funny name," Sean Hannity claimed on the August 4 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program that Obama "can't point to a single instance in which President Bush or [Sen. John] McCain or [former White House senior adviser] Karl Rove or Sean Hannity or talk radio or any other major Republican has made an issue of Obama's race." In fact, as Media Matters for America noted, Hannity asserted on the March 2 edition of Fox News' Hannity's America: "As more is learned about Barack Obama's positions, his past, and his affiliations, it seems that the 'change' candidate has all the same problems with race as those before him," and later added, "It's only fair to ask: Do the Obamas have a race problem of their own?"
Hannity has also repeatedly distorted what Michelle Obama wrote in her 1985 Princeton University senior thesis, taking the following phrase from the thesis out of context to suggest that she has divisive views of race: "because of the belief that Blacks must join in solidarity to combat a White oppressor." As Media Matters documented, the full paragraph in the thesis makes clear that Obama was purporting to document attitudes among black Princeton alumni who attended the school in the '70s, and not asserting her own views.
Media Matters has also documented numerous examples of other radio and TV personalities making "an issue of Obama's race."
Radio host Rush Limbaugh:
- On the June 2 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, while discussing Obama's presidential candidacy, Limbaugh asserted that the Democratic Party was "go[ing] with a veritable rookie whose only chance of winning is that he's black."
- On May 21, Limbaugh said that "Barack Obama is an affirmative action candidate." Speaking about 'feminazis,' " Limbaugh asserted: "They forgot affirmative action for black guys. And because of that, every bit of their plan has gone up in smoke now, because they -- if -- they had to come out in favor of affirmative action for black guys, and that's -- see, this is one of the things that really irritates the women. And there are women all over this country fit to be tied -- trust me on this. ... [L]iberals eventually are going to be devoured by their own policies. And it has happened here. Because Barack Obama is an affirmative action candidate." He concluded, "So, it's just -- they just forgot that one thing: affirmative action for black guys. And if they had remembered to oppose that, then they wouldn't face the situation they face today."
- Limbaugh stated during his May 14 broadcast that "[i]f Barack Obama were Caucasian, they would have taken this guy out on the basis of pure ignorance long ago."
- On the January 24, 2007, edition of his radio show, Limbaugh referred to Obama and actress Halle Berry as "Halfrican American[s]," stating that "Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry." Limbaugh then said: " 'As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans,' Obama said." Limbaugh then conceded that Obama "didn't say it."
Fox News contributor Monica Crowley:
- Guest-hosting the June 23 broadcast of Talk Radio Network's The Laura Ingraham Show, Crowley forwarded a wholly unsubstantiated smear that Obama has lied about his ethnicity. A caller to the show claimed that Obama is "not really African-American. He's Arab. Forty-three percent Arab, 6 percent African negro, and half white. And that is the biggest fraud being perpetrated on us all." In response, Crowley said that "according to this genealogy -- and again, because I haven't done the research, I can't verify this -- but according to this guy Kenneth Lamb, Barack Obama is not black African, he is Arab African." Crowley continued: "And yet, this guy is campaigning as black and painting anybody who dares to criticize him as a racist. I mean, that is -- it is the biggest con I think I've ever seen."
Radio hosts Melanie Morgan and Brian Sussman
- On the December 4, 2006, broadcast of San Francisco radio station KSFO's Sussman, Morgan & Vic, in speaking to a co-host -- apparently Sussman -- Morgan referred to Obama as an, "as you call, 'Halfrican.' " Sussman responded, "Halfrican ... his father was from Kenya, his mother's white." He added that, "in my opinion -- 'cause my opinion is your average white guy," Obama "is not allowed to wear the African-American badge because his family are not the descendants of slaves, OK? He can't identify with the discrimination and the slavery and all of that that's gone into these black families for generations."
Sussman also said, "I have ... nothing against mixed-race people," but later added, "I get offended and I know I have many black friends who get offended when he [Obama] stands in front of that black audience talking like he's from the hood, born and raised, and ... can identify with all of their issues. He can't!"
Radio host John Gibson:
- On the June 6 edition of his Fox News Radio show, Gibson said to a caller who spoke favorably of Obama: "You don't know what Barack Obama stands for. You just like him because he's -- he's -- he's like you and you want to see one of you up there, and you don't care what he stands for." The caller responded: "[H]e's not one of me. ... He's not one of me just because he's a black guy or something like that. That doesn't make him one of me. He's standing for him, not me."
- During the April 9 broadcast of his radio show, Gibson told a caller, "[Y]ou are the third or fourth caller in a row who is -- has identified yourself to [associate producer] Christine as African-American. And when I talk to you, you obviously are smart, well-educated, well-read, and all that, and I think that your loyalty to Obama here is an issue that goes beyond the issues." When the caller asserted, "No, it's not -- it's not beyond the issues," Gibson said, "It is a racial solidarity bond you have with Obama. Tell me -- I dare you to deny that." Moments later, Gibson added: "You're sticking with Obama, because he's ... he's a brother." Gibson also asserted about Obama: "He is lying to your face but he knows you are so -- you so identify with him on the basis of race, you will not even see the lies."
CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck:
- On the February 12, 2007, broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Beck featured Philadelphia-based conservative radio host Dom Giordano, who claimed that "the mainstream media has dubbed [Obama] to be African-American" and said, "If you start to, you know, delve around the edges, say, 'Wait a minute, isn't he mixed race? Weren't we told that last year?' Or whatever, biracial. Not allowed to say that anymore." Beck responded by saying "he's very white in many ways," adding, "Gee, can I even say that? Can I even say that without somebody else starting a campaign saying, 'What does he mean, "He's very white?" ' He is. He's very white."
After the interview, Beck attempted to clarify his comments to executive producer and head writer of The Glenn Beck Program, Steve Burguiere, who is known on- air as "Stu." Beck claimed that Obama "is colorless," adding that "as a white guy ... [y]ou don't notice that he is black. So he might as well be white, you know what I mean?" In addition, Beck said: "I guarantee you, there will be blogs today that will have me being a racist because I say that."
- On the January 25 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Beck asserted: "[I]f [Sen.] Hillary Clinton wants to be consistent, I believe, affirmative action, she should give Barack Obama an additional five percentage points just for the years of oppression."
From the August 5 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: But I think they made a real tactical mistake here by playing the race card the way they did. It's -- because Senator McCain has gone out of his way not to do this. You know, they're making the argument that Obama is a risky choice for president. And that is the right argument to make because he doesn't have experience. And after all, if Obama had his way, we would already have been defeated in Iraq. We would have lost a major war. That's a risky experiment.
You know, when Obama says they're going to scare Americans by saying that he doesn't look like all those presidents on dollar bills, he can't mean anything other than race. In fact, Obama tipped his hand when he said it back in June: "Oh, and did I mention he's black?"
Obama can't point to a single instance in which President Bush or McCain or Karl Rove or Sean Hannity or talk radio or any other major Republican has made an issue of Obama's race.
As for his name, earlier in the campaign, when my buddy Bill Cunningham in Cincinnati, great American that he is, criticized -- he was criticized by McCain for saying Barack Hussein Obama. The only one that keeps bringing up Obama's middle name is Barack Obama. So the charge is without merit. And it is his name, by the way.
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Sounding Out Aeolus Podcast 2: Penelope Gouk
Dr Penelope Gouk is a historian based at the University of Manchester. Her research investigates how and why Western medical explanations for music's effects changed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Building on her previous research into musical healing and the use of musical models in medical and scientific thought, this project explores how changes in musical practice fundamentally transformed early modern understandings of the human body and psyche. In our podcast, she discusses the role music plays in the development of science. You can read more about Penelope's research in her book, Music, Science and Natural Magic in Seventeenth Century England.
January 11, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 17th century science, acoustic art, art and science, chladni, experimental practice, francis bacon, galileo, harmony, history of acoustics, history of science, Mersenne, music effect on body, musical instruments, musical laws, natural magic, natural philosophy, newton, pendulum, penelope gouk, Pythagoras, science and music, sound studies, sympathy, systematic knowledge, University of Manchester, vibrating string, vibration, Vincenzo Galilei | Leave a comment


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Southwestern Snack Squares
2 T. cornmeal
2 pkg. refrigerated crescent rolls
1 can (14 oz.) refried black beans or refried beans
2 tsp. chili powder
6 oz. old Cheddar cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups)
2 plum tomatoes, chopped
2 green onions with tops, sliced
1/2 C. pitted ripe olives, chopped
1 C. salsa (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle stoneware bar pan with cornmeal.
Unroll crescent rolls into 4 rectangles; lay across pan with longest sides of
dough across shortest sides of Pam. Using pizza roller, roll dough to seal
perforations and press up sides of pan to form crust. Bake 18-20 minutes or
until golden brown. Cool completely.
In a bowl, combine refried beans and chili powder; spread over crust. Spread
cheese over bean mixture. Dice tomatoes and slice green onions. Chop olives.
Sprinkle vegetables over cheese. Cut with a pizza cutter; serve. Top each
serving with salsa, if desired.
Yields 24 servings.
Per serving: 120 calories; 4g protein; 7 g fat; 12g carbohydrate; 295 mg sodium
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Fitness Hike at Dilley - Laguna Coast Wilderness Park
Laguna Canyon Foundation
Thursday, June 11, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (PDT)
Event Details
Raise your heart rate and your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep and uneven terrain (900-ft. elevation gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. Ages 15 and up. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (I-5 or 405 south to 133 south to stoplight at 73 toll road; and make a U-turn, go 1 block. Dilley is on the right.)
For questions call: 949-497-8324 Mon-Fri & 949-923-2235 Sat/Sun. Parking: $3/vehicle.
Help support Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park by becoming a Friend of the Laguna Canyon Foundation. Your contribution will allow us to continue educational and interpretive programs, support our 300+ volunteer corps, enhance park nature and interpretive centers, restore native habitat, protect natural resources and acquire additional parkland.
If we have to cancel the event due to weather or other circumstance we will notify you through your provided email address.
When & Where
James Dilley Greenbelt Preserve
on HWY 133 .25 miles north of Toll Road (73)
Laguna Beach,
Thursday, June 11, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (PDT)
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Laguna Canyon Foundation
Laguna Canyon Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, enhancing, and promoting the South Coast Wilderness.
This 22,000-acre area of open space includes Laguna Coast and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Parks, Crystal Cove State Park, and the City of Irvine Open Space Preserve. We work to Keep It Wild!


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Troubled actor Edward Furlong has been arrested again after allegedly breaking a restraining order.
The "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" star was sentenced to 180 days jail in March for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 offence of breaking a protective order obtained by his estranged wife, Rachael Kneeland.
He was freed soon after the sentence was handed down but was back in custody on Thursday night after again breaking the terms of the order during a bust-up with his ex, according to TMZ.com.
Cops took in Furlong after he was reportedly found in a stairwell near Kneeland's home in West Hollywood, Calif.
He is due to stand trial in June on a charge of domestic battery, stemming from a separate incident.


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Not only is this a sick kiteboarding spot but the Landkiting is pretty awesome too. The beaches are wide open right now and we are having a really nice January. The weather is insane! I know I'm not the first one to Landkite here but there really isn't anyone who writes about this place or post pics.
Here's some pics.


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David Perdue is poised to make the runoff in the Georgia Republican Senate primary, according to recent polls. He's managed to put his name on the map through his personal largess, dropping nearly $2 million of his own money into his campaign, and quickly become the darling of the state party establishment. He's saturated the media market, running four television ads to raise his name identification, and, as noted, that strategy has paid off.
But Perdue, the former CEO of Dollar General and Reebok, has come under scrutiny in recent days. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Perdue, cousin of former Gov. Sonny Perdue (R-GA), has never voted in a general primary in Georgia. Whether Perdue's camp wants to acknowledge it or not, that's a red flag, but it's not the only one that has been raised in the past week.
On Wednesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Perdue, in an interview with another local paper, floated the idea of "revenue increases" (hint: that's a code word for tax hikes) to address the United States' economic woes.
"Is it better to try to get out of the ditch by curbing the growth of spending or increasing revenue?" a Macon Telegraph editorial board member asked Perdue.
"Both," Perdue replied.
"And that's a euphemism for some kind of tax increase, of course," the editorial board member noted.


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Williamsport is a city on the rise; it is a destination for work, study and recreation with great attractions and a vibrant downtown. Williamsport is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Little League Baseball, but it is is much more. Artists, scholars, athletes and professional call it home. Come discover it for yourself,
Williamsport is situated in the Susquehanna Valley of the Bald Eagle Mountains, and is within driving distance of a number of destinations including New York City (3.5 hours), Philadelphia (3 hours) and Washington, D.C. (4 hours)
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I read this quote by Nelson Mandela posted on Facebook the other day:
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
At first glance this quote seems right and a wonderful sentiment. And it is partly true — people can be taught to love and the objects of hatred are often taught. But I'm not sure I agree with the idea that no one is born hating. If no human being was ever born hating then who taught mankind to hate? It had to start somewhere.
In Genesis we see Cain expressing hatred for his brother Abel — hatred so strong it led him to commit the first murder. If Cain was not born with that propensity to hate, then who taught him to hate his brother? Surely it wasn't his parents, Adam and Eve. What did they know of hatred? Only what they had learned from eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but I doubt they would have taught that knowledge to Cain and suggest that it was the better course.
After several generations had passed after that first act of hatred by Cain, the Bible tells us, "The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time." Genesis 6:5 (NIV). Nothing has changed since that time.
I believe that envy, jealousy, selfishness, and pride, which lead to hatred, are all more natural to the human heart than love. I know that when I once looked into my own heart, this is what I saw. Even now there are times when those feelings can so easily rear their ugly head. I doubt that I am so different from other people in this regard, and yet so many fail to see the defects in their own hearts but want to believe that love comes more naturally to them.
Not only can we be taught to love, we must be taught to love. "We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19 (NIV). Apart from God, and the knowledge of His great love and mercy, the inclinations of the human heart continue to be towards evil. Love flourishes in the human heart and overcomes hatred and selfishness only where love is taught.
Thankfully, "God is love," 1 John 4:8 (NIV), and He is willing to change the human heart that trusts in Him.


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Work by biologists and marine scientists at various Norwegian research institutions over the past 10 years has covered such commercial resources as shrimp, scallops, herring and cod.
Establishing tolerance levels for these and other species is one of the tools needed to determine how Barents Sea oil production can be pursued in an environmentally acceptable way.
The organisations involved in this work are the International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, Sintef and Akvaplan-Niva.
Tolerance levels are measured when a species is at the larval stage, the phase in its growth where it has the greatest vulnerability to oil pollution.
The tolerance level is defined as the point at which a hydrocarbon concentration begins to cause effects which might indicate a possible influence on populations.
"When we measure, we look at mortality, growth and development aspects," explains Chief scientist Steinar Sanni at IRIS and Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger (UiS).
"Larvae of both invertebrates and fish, for example, go through several development stages, so we can study whether the test organisms complete these in a normal manner."
Sanni is one of the three authors of a report commissioned by the Research Council of Norway on long-term effects of discharges to the sea from petroleum operations.
Completed earlier in 2012, this report brings together the findings of Norwegian research work on such impacts over the past decade.
Having established tolerance levels for key Barents Sea species, such as cod, herring, halibut, deepwater shrimp and Iceland scallops, IRIS researchers are now doing the same for krill.
The scientists have established that herring can tolerate no more than 0.02 milligrams of total hydrocarbons per litre (mg thc/l) of seawater.
Cod and halibut have rather higher tolerances, at 0.08 and 0.26 mg thc/l respectively, according to research by the Institute of Marine Research on cod and at IRIS on halibut. The limit for deepsea shrimp is 0.01 mg thc/l.
Mussels are at the limit of their range in these far northern waters, so scientists are interested in establishing tolerances for more typical species – such as Iceland scallops.
"We're not quite finished studying scallops," says Sanni. "They aren't always cooperative in the lab, so we're currently using the tolerance level established for mussels.
"That's 0.5 mg thc/l. While we expect the real value for Iceland scallops to lie a little lower, it's likely to be in the same order of magnitude.
"We're not certain why tolerances differ between these species, but it's perhaps more important to note that the variations are fairly small.
"The range from the lowest measured tolerance level to the highest among the species investigated is no greater than from 0.01 to 0.26 mg thc/l."
Preliminary data obtained by the scientists for krill suggest that the figure for these small crustaceans will also lie close to those found for other species.
Tolerances have also been determined for adult individuals of some species, and these have lain – as expected – at a higher level.
"It's useful to know this, but measuring at the larval stage means we can be more assured that the levels provide a suitable foundation for protecting stocks," says Sanni.
"A number of species could naturally prove to lie outside the range we've identified so far. But the data give a reasonably good basis for specifying practical and reasonably secure figures for permissible oil concentrations."
Based on their findings, the scientists at the four institutions concluded early in 2012 that Barents Sea life appears to cope just as well with toxicity of oil as fauna further south.
"We've conducted trials with a number of organisms, and some of these actually seem rather more robust in dealing with oil spills than their counterparts in more southerly waters," says Sanni.
"So it isn't the case that such species intrinsically become more vulnerable to pollution the further north you go."
He emphasises that environmental challenges in the far north depend on the area concerned, and cites the waters off Lofoten and Vesterålen in the Norwegian Sea.
These are known to be major spawning grounds for commercial cod, haddock, saithe and herring fisheries, and protecting the ecosystem there is important.
"An oil spill in this part of the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) during the breeding season would pose a threat to fish stocks, including those in the Barents Sea," Sanni observes.
That is because herring, cod, haddock and saithe move north as they mature and live their adult lives in the south-western and central Barents Sea.
The fish have become much more robust by then, and this part of the NCS is also the location of promising recent oil discoveries such as Skrugard.
"In other words, the fish species we're concerned with off Lofoten and Vesterålen will be more resistant to pollution in the Barents Sea," Sanni explains.
"They're also more mobile there and can escape a possible oil spill more easily. That helps to reduce the vulnerability of the Barents Sea ecosystem compared with areas further to the south."
But this does not mean that the oil industry can forge ahead without restraint in these waters, because they also harbour key organisms lower down the food chain from fish.
That includes krill and other zooplankton such as Calanus finmarchicus, and Sanni says that more precise data are needed about the possible risk to stocks and the impact on the ecosystem.
"Nor can we exclude the possibility that a blowout in the middle of the Barents Sea might drift north to the edge of the pack ice," he notes.
"That would present us with a serious problem, and we don't have adequate solutions for dealing with such a challenge at the moment."
In fact, a third type of ecosystem exists along the edge of the ice cap in the northern Barents Sea, where Atlantic and Arctic ocean currents meet and mix.
Arctic waters are significantly colder than further south in the Barents Sea, often at or even below freezing point. And the ecosystem comprises a different set of organisms.
These include Arctic cod and capelin, while krill and Calanus finmarchicus are replaced by Arctic amphipoda (another group of crustacean zooplankton), which live on ice algae which are also absent from Atlantic water.
"This ecosystem functions differently in the icy water, and oil spills will also have a different effect on organisms," says Sanni.
"But the Norwegian petroleum industry isn't drilling as far north as this, so the risk of such discharges happening is not that great."
From last year, the government has in principle permitted the discharge of produced water – which comes up from a reservoir along with the oil – at fields in the Barents Sea.
This represents "operational" – planned and smaller – oil spills to the sea, and scientists are reasonably well acquainted with their environmental significance in the North Sea.
After several years of research in the Proof and ProofNy programmes, Norwegian scientists have found the answers to a great many of the issues involved here.
"We've recently concluded that there's not much doubt or cause for concern over produced-water discharges in Norway's North Sea sector today, although some uncertainty remains," says Sanni.
"Both risk and monitoring tools have also been developed to provide much safer environmental management, and we naturally assume that these are being utilised to protect the seas."
He and his colleagues are now pursuing research on the significance of such existing tools in the Barents Sea, and adapting them for conditions there.
The environmental department at IRIS is working, for instance, to establish the tolerance of krill to small volumes of planned oil discharges over time.
In recent years, IRIS has investigated whether the environmental monitoring methods utilised in the Norwegian North Sea can be transferred to the country's Barents Sea sector.
"It transpires that we can apply the same methodology and more or less the same interpretation techniques used at the southern end of the NCS," reports Sanni.
In many cases, too, this involves transferring existing knowledge to new fields. But some additional data are also needed, especially when conditions differ from those in the North Sea.
Seasonal variation, for example, includes such aspects as the relative lengths of day and night. Scientists are studying if oil components become more toxic in 24-hour daylight, and have already shown that these could affect typical Barents Sea organisms.
"This represents a potential environmental hazard in the far north which would normally yield little harm or risk," Sanni explains.
"But we want to look more closely at whether it could cause population damage to key Barents Sea species in some specific scenarios, such as discharging produced water in the summer."
The scientists must constantly adapt and develop new technology for environmental monitoring, given such trends as the shift from staffed platforms to subsea installations.
Over time, the need for automated environmental monitoring systems will increase – in areas remote from land, for example. Such solutions already exist, and further progress is rapidly being made with them.
"These systems currently utilise species common further south, such as mussels," says Sanni. "They're now being adapted for scallops and other Arctic fauna found in the Barents Sea."
The IRIS environmental department and environmental technology researchers at the UiS are involved in these developments.
This work is being pursued in part together with BiotaGuard, an IRIS subsidiary which has developed a very advanced monitoring system integrating physical, chemical and biological sensors.
A similar collaboration exists with BiotaTools, an independant company involved in developing new biological sensors.
IRIS also has an interesting partnership with California's Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a world leader in developing systems for marine observation.
Sanni is convinced that these developments will result in new technological solutions which mean that future environmental monitoring is done very differently from today.
"This technology is progressing rapidly, with the oil industry as a driving force. That's important, because these new systems are relatively expensive today.
"Not many industries can play a part in promoting these advances. But cost efficiency will increase considerably on the basis of user experience acquired in the offshore sector."
However, he expects the results and the technology will also ultimately benefit other sectors as well as governments.
Text: Karen Anne Okstad
English translation: Rolf E Gooderham
This artcile was published in Univers nr. 3-2012
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Learning the limits for marine species
The petroleum industry's move into Norway's Barents Sea sector is being paralleled by active efforts to identify how much oil pollution can be tolerated by life in these far northern waters.
Work by biologists and marine scientists at various Norwegian research institutions over the past 10 years has covered such commercial resources as shrimp, scallops, herring and cod.
REPORT: Chief scientist Steinar Sanni at the University of Stavanger and the International Research Institute of Stavanger is one of the three authors of a report commissioned by the Research Council of Norway on long-term effects of discharges to the sea from petroleum operations.


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Polk County commissioners will consider $4.5 million in property tax incentives Tuesday that could bring an Amazon warehouse to Lakeland.
BARTOW | Polk County commissioners will consider $4.5 million in property tax incentives today to lure an Amazon warehouse to Lakeland.
Multiple counties and cities in Florida are vying for the warehouses and their 3,000 jobs since Gov. Rick Scott announced a deal last month to bring the warehouses — and sales tax on Amazon purchases — to Florida.
In Polk County, Lakeland and Winter Haven officials have said their cities have sites in the running, but one of the warehouses appears to be headed to Lakeland, although outside the city limits.
Lakeland and county economic development officials were tight-lipped Monday about the deal, but Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, said he thought the deal was done.
"It's a very positive thing for the region, no question," McKeel said. "The number of jobs we are talking about, I would suggest, is very, very positive."
The deal Polk County commissioners will consider today would offer 10 years of property tax incentives, reducing Amazon's tax bill by 75 percent, according to county records. In exchange, Amazon is expected to create at least 100 high-paying jobs and make a minimum $10 million investment at 1900 County Line Road near Lakeland, according to documents, although county officials said this may not be the final site.
The tax incentive plan will save Amazon about $448,723 in property tax revenues each year, county officials estimate.
In total, Amazon officials plan to make a $102 million capital investment, creating 385 jobs with an average annual wage of $35,820 and benefits totaling $9,422 per worker annually, according to documents made available to The Ledger through a public records request. But only 248 jobs are expected to be full-time positions.
Hillsborough County commissioners already have approved a similar tax incentive plan for Amazon valued at $6.4 million for a location in Ruskin, but it is unclear whether that deal is finalized.
An Enterprise Florida project overview given to county officials said Amazon will make a decision on a final location July 31. Enterprise Florida is the statewide economic development organization.
Some have questioned whether both a Ruskin warehouse and a Lakeland warehouse would be built so close together, but Amazon officials plan to build two warehouses along the Interstate 4 corridor, the Orlando Sentinel reported, citing an anonymous source.
The proposed Polk location rides the county line, just south of U.S. 92.
Even though the location is barely in Polk County, the agreement Amazon officials must sign to receive the tax incentives calls for the company to put an emphasis on hiring from within Polk County; an emphasis on using Polk contractors; and at least 100 of the 385 jobs must pay 15 percent more than the average annual salary in Polk County, meaning at least $41,170 a year.
Both Central Florida Development Council President David Petr and Lakeland Economic Development Council officials declined comment Monday, deferring to an Amazon spokeswoman who did not respond to an email or return calls.
County Manager Jim Freeman said Amazon officials are still gathering information on potential sites and will make an announcement after they've evaluated the information.
If Amazon does come to Polk, construction on the fulfillment center, as the company calls it, would start in the next few months, according to the project overview. If construction begins on schedule, Amazon officials expect the center to open in September 2014.
If commissioners approve the deal, it will be only the second time they have used the incentives to lure new businesses and incentivize expansions — an authority granted to them by Polk voters in a November referendum.
But the county tax abatement is not the only incentive Amazon is likely to receive. A letter to county officials from Lakeland Economic Development Council Business Development Director Claudia Tritton said Lakeland officials will grant a 90 percent mitigation of non-utility impact fees through the Economic Development Impact Fee mitigation program. Enterprise Florida also will pay $3,000 per job, or $744,000, through the Qualified Targeted Industry program and Workforce Florida will pay $1,500 per job, or $248,000, for employee training through the Quick Response Training program.
Polk County commissioners are expected to take up the ordinance as their first order of business after their lunch recess today. Discussion should begin sometime after 1:30 p.m.
[ Ledger Reporter Tom Palmer contributed to this report. Ryan Little can be reached at email@example.com or 863-401-6962. ]


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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Those Places Thursday - Happy 4th of July!
This was one of our neighborhood parades with our bikes all decked out for the holiday. I'd forgotten that we even had red, white, and blue outfits! My BFF is on the left with me next to her and my sister in front of us. Those parades were great fun!
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International Banking
The international aspects of banking continue to grow as economies, trade, and finance become more interconnected. In addition to supervising national banks, the OCC oversees federal branches of foreign banks in the United States, participates in international groups addressing bank policies and activities, and performs research and analysis on international banking issues.
10/09/2014 OCC Approach to Federal Branch and Agency Supervision (PDF)


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Lightning drop shootout to Islanders 2-1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Islanders have certainly felt at home on the road lately.
Frans Nielsen scored the only shootout goal and assisted on a second-period score by Thomas Vanek in the Islanders' 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, New York's eighth win in nine games away from home.
The Islanders bounced back from a 4-2 loss at Florida on Tuesday and played like a team with their sights set on trying to reach the postseason despite their position at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division standings.
"You can't lose two games in a row if you want to make the playoffs," New York defenseman Thomas Hickey said. "If you have that one loss, you want to start a win streak again. So tonight was important to do that."
In contrast, Tampa Bay has endured four one-goal losses in a row at home.
"If we're going to play like that every single night at home, we're going to win some games," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "Their goaltender played well. Ours played well. We gave up one goal. You should get points out of that, if not win the game."
During the shootout, Nielsen snapped a wrist shot between the pads of Ben Bishop moments after Valtteri Filppula rang a shot off the post to the right of Islanders goalie Kevin Poulin at the opposite end.
Poulin stopped nine of the 10 shots he has faced in winning all three of his shootout appearances this season.
"Those are the games that I'm really excited to play," Poulin said. "We battled since they scored the go-ahead goal, but we were able to come back and play hard, and do those little things that make us successful. . I love the shootout."
Martin St. Louis beat Poulin from the right circle to open the scoring on a power play 5:45 into the game, capitalizing on a penalty-killing unit ranked last in the league.
The Islanders threatened to tie it while playing short-handed with six minutes left in the second period. Casey Cizikas broke in on Bishop, but Teddy Purcell interfered from behind.
Vanek pulled New York even on a power play at 18:22 of the second, taking a pass in the low slot from Nielsen and lifting it over a fallen Bishop.
Defenseman Victor Hedman, playing in his 300th NHL game, nearly restored Tampa Bay's advantage with a backhander that hit the left post midway through the third period.
Both goalies finished with 29 saves.
NOTES: St. Louis has scored points in six consecutive games (four goals and three assists). His next point will pull him even with Hall of Famer Larry Robinson at No. 87 on the NHL career list with 958. … Tampa Bay C Steven Stamkos participated in a full morning skate for the first time since breaking his right shinbone Nov. 11 at Boston. … Lightning D Sami Salo returned after missing two games with a lower-body injury. … Islanders D Radek Martinek played after missing 22 games with back spasms. … New York D Travis Hamonic was sent back home for an evaluation on an upper-body injury.


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Stand against pesticide pollution of our water
Some members of Congress are trying to pass a law that would eliminate federal oversight of spraying pesticides in and around our waterways.
Pesticides have been linked to a wide range of human health hazards and wildlife die-offs. Permitting helps ensure pesticides are used in a responsible way that reduces contamination of our streams, rivers, and lakes.
Please tell your senators to stand against this reckless action now.


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Peach Pie with Jodi
Jodi and I got together at her place to bake a peach pie--since it was her first pie ever it was a good thing it turned out so well! Between Jodi and her family and us two, we probably finished the pie that very same evening! The recipe follows. As usual, I prefer the more finicky but infinitly more tasty butter crust.
Double Pie Crust (Top and bottom for a 9 inch piet)
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2.5 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 tsp each of salt & sugar
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
Ice water
1 egg
Peach Pie Filling (Adapted from Recipezaar's "Simple Peach Pie")
6 cups peeled, sliced peaches (firm but ripe local peaches work best)
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
4 tbsp butter (optional)
1. Prepare the butter by cutting it into 1 cm cubes and chilling it in the freezer for 15 minutes.
2. Prepare a cup of ice water by putting it into the freezer or placing some ice cubes in a glass
3. Measure the flour, salt and sugar in a large bowl
4. Using a pastry cutter, two knives, or your hands, "cut" the butter into the flour, working quickly until you have a crumbly mixture with pea sized and smaller lumps of butter
5. Add 1/4 cup of ice water to the mixture, working the water in quickly
6. The dough is ready when a handful holds together when squeezed--it should still be quite crumbly. Add up to 4 tablespoons more of water, one at a time, if needed.
7. Divide the dough into two flattened rounds, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour. Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
8. Peel and slice the peaches into a large bowl, adding cinnamon, sugar and flour. Mix and set aside.
9. Take the rounds from the fridge a few minutes before you are ready to roll them. Roll the bottom round out, flouring the rolling pin and board lightly and unsticking the dough from the work surface periodically (An "offset spatula" made of metal is perfect for the job). Brush excess flour off the dough before fitting it into the glass or ceramic pie plate.
10. Mound the filling into the pie dish lined with the bottom crust, spreading it evenly and pouring any juices over top. Beat the egg lightly and using a brush, spread some egg onto the sides of the bottom crust (where the top crust will be placed). Dot the optional butter over the filling.
11. Roll out the second round of dough and drape it over the filling. Finish the pie by pressing the two edges of dough together with a fork and trimming any excess dough with a sharp paring knife. Using the same knife, cut several slits and holes into the top of the pie, in a pattern of your choice. Brush the top with the remaining egg wash, and sprinkle with sugar if desired.
12. Bake the pie for about 45 minutes to 1 hour at 425 degrees. Let cool for at least 15 minutes before serving. The pie is amazing on its own but would also be great with vanilla ice cream!
Thanks Jodi!


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- Pair of rain boots or galoshes of black rubberized velvet. Designed with a rounded toe, the high boots are edged with black beaver fur at top and have zippers on the inner sides. High arch, thick heel. Marked on sole: "6 1/2 / Goodyears I.R.G.M. Co. / Reg.U.S.Pat.Off. / Brand / Nausatuck.CT.USA"
- Chauffer's Uniform Greatcoat
- Man's chauffeur's uniform greatcoat of black wool with black astrakhan (3 day old lamb) fur collar. The full-length overcoat is double-breasted, with long sleeves and a flap pocket at each hip. Torso lined in heavy brown muton. Maker's label inside pocket, part printed, part filled in by hand: "Lexington / National Tailoring Co., Inc / Better quality uniforms / 851 Lexington Ave., N.Y. / Name: John Forsythe / Date: 10/31/34 No.: 9622" NRA "Blue Eagle" label inside pocket Stamped on inner side of lining: "Taskinlamb"


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Cloud Providers are Stepping up Compliance
By Bill Bulkeley
Every CIO wants to get his or her head in the cloud as soon as possible. But many keep stubbing their toes on the fact that they have to comply with a plethora of government regulations. Those require them to know a lot about where their data is, who can access it and how it is protected, which is very difficult in the cloud.
The industry is moving rapidly to address these issues. The Cloud Security Alliance unveiled its "Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Stack," a suite of enabling tools for cloud compliance, available as a free download. Growing numbers of cloud vendors are announcing certification under one security regime or another. This month Amazon said its Web services received approval as a service provider under the Payment Card Industry data security standard.
Action is needed because compliance is emerging as a significant challenge to cloud computing's growth.
"The real truth about public cloud services is that the biggest barrier to entry isn't security. The biggest barrier is compliance."
— Christofer Hoff, director of cloud & virtualization solutions at Cisco Systems
"The real truth about public cloud services is that the biggest barrier to entry isn't security. The biggest barrier is compliance," says Christofer Hoff, director of cloud & virtualization solutions at Cisco Systems.
Cloud Computing Benefits
Even with compliance concerns, business and government are rushing to the cloud because it's simpler and cheaper than running a corporate data center. CIOs like the cloud because of its on-demand resources, scalability, predictable costs and collaboration benefits.
The cloud provides unparalleled flexibility. A marketing organization can bump up resources to launch an application then scale it back in a week after the initial spike has flattened out. Developers can run a beta environment for a short time and shut it down when it's no longer needed. Users aren't stuck with unneeded hardware or long-term service agreements.
Those savings exist because big public-cloud providers are able to locate customers' data and applications on any of thousands of physical servers in any of dozens of data centers around the world. Cloud services can be provided cheaply because they aren't dependent on dedicated servers, storage systems and switches. They can run on virtual machines with dozens of other companies' data, and they can even be moved from one physical machine to another depending on demand or even electric rates.
Compliance a Driver for Private Clouds
Laws requiring that companies respect individual privacy by keeping tight control of their records didn't contemplate the spread of virtual machines. Vendors say Germany's stringent laws mandate that an individual's records can't be physically kept anywhere outside of Germany. Other countries' laws require that personal data be protected from access by unauthorized people.
Cisco's Hoff says compliance is one reason many large enterprises decide they should build private clouds behind corporate firewalls rather than utilizing public clouds.
In a fall 2010 survey by Harris Interactive commissioned by Novell Inc., 81 percent of IT decision makers said that difficulty maintaining regulatory compliance in the public cloud was an issue for them.
The compliance issue is a major reason that big banks and health insurance companies build private clouds with servers and storage devices dedicated to themselves. The private clouds may cost more than using public clouds, but they make it easier to demonstrate compliance with privacy laws while taking advantage of virtualization and other cost-saving elements of cloud architecture.
U.S. Government's Cloud Move
Hoff says it's a reasonable strategy, even though many cloud advocates have argued that private clouds were dreamed up by hardware vendors so their customers would keep buying servers and storage racks.
Many CIOs appear to be moving to the cloud despite their compliance concerns. Software security vendor Courion Corp. surveyed 384 large users and found "nearly half (48.1 perent) of respondents said they are not confident that a compliance audit of their Cloud-based applications would show that all user access is appropriate."
Growing numbers of customers are moving certain types of applications and infrastructure to private clouds hosted in providers' data centers. A virtual private cloud, Hoff says, is "a private, roped-off set of compute and storage, often connected back to the enterprise via an encrypted VPN tunnel." It usually costs more than using a public cloud but enables the enterprise to achieve many of the benefits of cloud computing.
The U.S. government is one of the biggest movers. At the beginning of December, the federal General Services Administration announced that it was moving its 17,000 employees off Microsoft e-mail and desktop applications to cloud-based Google applications. The GSA estimated the contract will cut costs $15 million or 50 percent over five years.
Improving Compliance in the Cloud
Public cloud vendors are working to address the compliance issue without adding the cost of dedicated hardware. Amazon recently said it had achieved compliance with the stringent Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. In his blog, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote: "Until recently, it was unthinkable to even consider the possibility of attaining PCI compliance within a virtualized, multi-tenant environment."
Bezos wrote that Amazon was able to demonstrate to a PCI quality assurance assessor that its "core services effectively and securely segregate each AWS (Amazon Web Services) customer within their own protected environment." Recent PCI guidelines cover virtualization, but don't specifically address the issue of "multi-tenancy" by several competitors on a single server, he acknowledged.
Security experts say the PCI standard is more stringent than the HIPAA standard for healthcare, indicating that public clouds have the potential to comply with security standards for most regulated industries, at least in the United States.
"This is a big deal," Rich Mogull, CEO of security consultant Securosis says on his blog. But he warns customers that they still have to make sure that applications and processes on their sites that are linked to the Amazon services have to pass PCI assessment as well.
The successful efforts by Amazon and other vendors to comply with privacy and security regulations in a virtual environment show that compliance issues can be overcome. And given the many advantages that public clouds provide to enterprises, CIOs will be cheering them on.


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Art Papers
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Special Thanks & Acknowledgements
SIGGRAPH 2009, in collaboration with Leonardo/ISAST, honors not only artists and artwork, but also the process of making art and its place in society. We are presenting papers that illuminate and explore these topics, helping people understand the changing roles of artists and art-making in our increasingly computerized, networked, multi-sensory, online world.
Art Papers present excellent ideas in accessible ways. They inform artistic disciplines, set standards, and stimulate future trends. In addition to the core topics of the digital arts and interactive techniques, Art Papers explore the theme of SIGGRAPH 2009's juried art gallery, BioLogic Art.
Art Papers are presented by their authors in 20 minute sessions with five minutes of Q&A. The papers are published in a special issue (Volume 42, Number 4) of Leonardo, The Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology. The issue also includes visual documentation of the works exhibited in BioLogic Art. Publication of this special issue coincides with SIGGRAPH 2009.
Related sessions:
Panel: BioLogic and Generative Fabrication
Thursday, 6 August | 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Room 265-266
Celebrating the Special Issue of Leonardo and SIGGRAPH 2009 Art & Design Tuesday, 4 August, 1:30-3:30, Lobby outside Rooms 353-355
Drink a toast to the SIGGRAPH special issue of Leonardo and the SIGGRAPH 2009 art and design galleries. Mingle with the artists, designers, and Art Papers authors. Meet the members of the SIGGRAPH 2009 committee who organized this year's exhibits of digital art and design.
Immediately following the reception:
Art Papers: Strategies: Art Making and Viewing in Today's Technological and Social Realm
3:45-5:30 pm, Rooms 265-266
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text: Author Deede Stephenson is a native of Dallas Texas. She attended the Hockaday School in Dallas and Emory University in Atlanta. She holds a degree in Elementary Education from Emory and is certified by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), the American Montessori Association (AMS), and St. Nicholas (England). In her 23 year teaching career, she has worked with hundreds of children and families. Also, a Montessori parent, her two sons attended First Montessori School of Atlanta from ages 2 to 8. Ms. Stephenson was a teacher at FMSA for 20 years. In 1995, CHILD magazine recognized Ms. Stephenson as one of the ten best pre-school teachers in the United States.