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mamaRoo4 User Interface
Project Type: Physical User Interface Design
Product Details: https://www.4moms.com/mamaroo
Company: 4moms
The new version of 4moms mamaRoo infant swing, was recently launched in summer 2017. I helped to design the new user interface, which improves usability, and allows for easy "foot-friendly" use for key actions. To try the interactive prototype, CLICK HERE.
1. Project Scope
The mamaRoo is a robotic infant seat that is designed to bounce and sway in 5 unique motions, mimicking the soothing motion of a mother comforting her baby. In addition to the 5 motions, the product also incorporates build-in sound effects as well as the ability to use auxiliary sound input. All sounds and motions can be controlled remotely using the bluetooth-connected 4moms app.
As part of the mamaRoo4 product update, our team was tasked with redesigning the product's user interface. Our constraints included keeping the same cut LCD screen type (though we could change the cut design), the same overall interface shape and dimensions, and not to move any of the existing button contact points (though we could eliminate them if needed). Within these guidelines, our goal was to update the aesthetic of the interface and improve the usability of the product.
2. Exploratory Research & Identifying User Needs
Based on years of customer feedback, we knew that one of the main pain points with the previous version of the product was the ability to operate the interface with one's feet. The buttons were small and close together, and it was difficult to visually identify the icons on the buttons from more than an arm's length distance. The functionality of selecting a motion type, starting and stopping motion, and changing speed was also unintuitive. Even experienced users frequently reported that they just randomly jabbed at buttons until the product started doing what they wanted it to do.
Additionally, the previous product design did not have a master on/off switch. Instead, there was one button to start/stop motion, and a different button to independently control playing/pausing sound effects. This made it difficult for users to turn off the seat in a single action, particularly if their baby suddenly needed to be attended to.
Finally, users also reported issues with using the product in the dark, which is a frequent scenario for babies who use the mamaRoo for napping. The iconography on the rubber-stamped buttons was ambiguous and difficult to identify though purely tactile feedback. Furthermore, the blue backlight of the product screen was always on, and users reported that it was so bright that they often had to cover it with a blanket.
Key user needs:
- Ability to perform key actions with one's feet
- Easy access to a master on/off
- Usability in the dark
3. Concept Generation
In order to start prototyping a more logically intuitive and physically usable interface, we started by mapping out the logic functionality of the device.
Initially, we explored more drastically different interface concepts that incorporated other interactive touch points besides just buttons, including knobs and sliders. This even included concepts which eliminated the screen completely, which would have been a significant cost-saving measure.
Ultimately, we decided to use the existing back end electronics, to simplify the product engineering and minimize the scope of manufacturing changes. However, even within these constraints, we updated the cut LCD screen design, designed an improved button layout with a new rubber button cover, and improved the embedded software logic. This allowed us to incorporate a large, foot-operable power button on the left, and a more intuitive hierarchy of motion type vs. speed and sound type vs. volume selections on the right.
Throughout the course of several design iterations, we also improved the tactile feedback of the rubber buttons. We achieved this through experimenting with various rubber thicknesses, durometers, and cross section profiles for the rubber cover of the UI.
4. Interactive Prototype & Usability Testing
I created a fully functional interactive prototype using Processing, with Java-based code, both to aid in the conceptualization of the new UI design, as well as to conduct quick iterations of usability testing. Users could touch and interact with the "interface" to control the mamaRoo (we used a wizard-of-oz style method in which we secretly controlled the mamaRoo with a bluetooth connected app, to mimic the user's actions). Using this approach we performed "speed" user testing, to determine whether the iconography, layout, and functionality of the interface was intuitive. This also served as a zero-cost proof of concept before we pulled the trigger on tool changes and manufacturing process changes.
In order to update the embedded software on the mamaRoo to incorporate the new button layout and functionality, we also had to consider the impact of the interaction changes on the mamaRoo app functionality. The app design had to remain compatible with both the new mamaRoo4 as well as the previous mamaRoo 3.0 product functionality using the old interface.
I designed an interactive logic mockup (CLICK HERE to view) to aid both our app software engineers and our embedded software engineers in making updates that would be compatible across all product versions.
ABOVE: Interactive prototype of the mamaRoo4 interface. Click on the grey rubber buttons to interact. Make sure your volume is turned on. (If the prototype won't load properly in your browse, CLICK HERE to view in Open Processing.)
Interactive logic map of the back end controls and variable states for the mamaRoo. Can be controlled by either the old product interface (mamaRoo 3.0), the new product interface (mamaRoo 4.0), or the app interface. (If the prototype won't load properly in your browse, CLICK HERE to view in Open Processing.)


text: The Lucia Studio Stitchers: Anne KaierShellie JacobsonVernita HallJ. C. ToddMaryAnn L. Miller~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MaryAnn L. Miller has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poem "Trans-specied" through the Stillwater Review for 2017 and in 2018 for her poem "As It Comes Apart" by Ovanque Siamo.Her collection of poems titled Cures for Hysteria ( Finishing Line Press, March 2018)Order it from FLP or Amazon."MaryAnn L. Miller's Cures for Hysteria brings together personal testimony and cultural history in a powerful examination of long-term misdiagnosis, medical arrogance, and anti-female bias...Her poems create a moving portrait of a child who bears the condescension and incomprehension of professionals and a woman who faces a harrowing record of history that denies her experience. A vivid and original chronicle, Miller's collection moves, in her beautiful words, "between the island of silence and the bridge of speech." ––Lee Upton, author of The Tao of Humiliation www.finishinglinepress.com"It's about time I write this experience and find a path for it out into the world.Cures for Hysteria has been reviewed by Jennifer Martelli in Ovanque Siamo October 2018and Kaleidoscope Summer/Fall by Sandra J. Lindow. Kathryn Hargett is the 2018 winner of the Brittany Noakes Poetry Contest. Judge was Yolanda Wisher, former Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. MaryAnn L. Miller designed the broadside and created the art especially for the poem.

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ROCK SPRINGS, Wis. — The book by Madison children's author Kevin Henkes was apropos.
Snow still clung to the trees here and plows in the village were cleaning up from a New Year's Eve storm and a light dusting two days later, while some sidewalks still waited to be shoveled.
"Winter is Here," illustrated by Laura Dronzek, chronicles the changes that occur when the snow flies and the landscape is altered with a blanket of snow, icicles and frozen ponds, Wisconsin State Journal reported .
Henkes, an award-winning and prolific author, has other books that help children understand fall, spring, birds and gardens, and a series of more than 20 titles starring mice with names like Penny, Wemberly and Lilly.
A book about flooding from Henkes would be appropriate, too, and could help better explain, in the simplest terms, to young readers like Salem Labrec, 4, and Aiden Lemke, 3, why their weekly story time is being held in the basement of St. John's Lutheran Church instead of the Rock Springs Public Library in the lower level of the Rock Springs Memorial Community Center.
"It's less than what we had but we're trying to see what we can do. It hasn't been easy," said Katie Schofield, the library's director, as she waited for children to arrive. "In my mind, I'm kind of looking at this time to reevaluate and look at our strategic plan and see what the community needs from us and what we can do to serve the community. I want to use this time as best we can, even though we're not able to offer full services, and rethink what a library is."
When the Baraboo River swelled in late August, the business district of this Sauk County village of 363 residents was again flooded. It was a near repeat of the historic floods of June 2008, only now village officials are in discussions to move the library and village offices to higher ground.
Village offices, which had been in space next door to the library, are now operating out of the fire station. Meanwhile, nearly every other building in the downtown is shuttered. The Coach House bar and restaurant is closed for good, and the Flood Zone bar is still closed along with the neighboring Clement Auto Repair. The Post Office remains closed but is being renovated and could open soon.
C.J.'s Rock N Stop, a convenience store with a large grocery selection that includes fresh produce in a dorm-sized refrigerator, closed for 10 days but only because the store's gas pumps short-circuited. The building, however, is elevated and escaped water damage, said Lois Brimmer a clerk at the store for the past six years. The store also sells hot food such as hot dogs, cheeseburgers and cups of stew.
"We're it," said Brimmer, as she assessed the state of the downtown. "It just seems like it's a dead ghost town. We still get our car traffic but it's rather quiet in town."
It could be months before the library here has a permanent home. Most of the library's collection is in storage at the Reedsburg State Bank, while furniture and some toys, like Legos, are being stored on the second floor of the Community Center. The library has been using the church basement just up the hill since mid-October for story time and a once-a-week after-school program.
But expanded hours and more books and movies are on the way for the library, much to the appreciation of patrons like Aiden's mom, Sarah Lemke. She has met other mothers at the library and makes it part of her weekly routine to bring her son to explore the library's offerings.
"It's just nice to get out of the house and talk to other parents and the librarians and let him burn off some energy," Lemke, 38, said. "It's good for the kids to come at an early age to get the concept of a library and, as they get older of course, to read. I don't know what's going to happen. The church is fine but we still miss the other library. The feel is different but we're just grateful that they've opened back up."
Schofield, along with assistant Mary Jo Doepke, are trying to assess the most popular books in the collection and pull them from storage to create more of a library experience in the church basement, which is normally used for socializing after church, funeral luncheons and other church activities. The space has Wi-Fi, which will allow patrons to use laptops and printers, while a kitchen will help continue programming where food projects are part of children's activities, such as baking cookies and personal pizzas.
"Because we're small we have a closer relationship with our patrons," said Doepke, who has worked at the library for the past eight years. "You get to know their habits and what days they come in and what they like to check out. So when we're not acting as a library, I'm missing them."
Doepke grew up on a farm outside of Reedsburg and now lives near North Freedom. Schofield, 35, is a Michigan native who went to college at North Park University in Chicago. She came to Sauk County in 2008 as an artist in residence for the Wormfarm Institute and for five years coordinated the Farm/Art Dtour held during Fermentation Fest. This is her first gig at a library, and she now knows how to clear out a library in less than eight hours with a team of community volunteers to prevent books and other items from being destroyed by floodwater.
At the church, a single cart holds books for adults and another is stocked with DVDs. Most of the shelving was stocked with seasonal children's books. On a table near the kitchen, there were bowls of tangerines and animal crackers and a basket with packets of instant coffee, tea and hot chocolate.
"Right now our shelves are kind of empty," Schofield said of the church space. "We just put shelving in three weeks ago and we'll be moving more movies and books over from each collection and be open more regular hours."
Starting Jan. 14, the library will be open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays.
That also will be a big week for the La Valle Public Library, which reopened Jan. 14 after being inundated with about 4 feet of floodwater in late August. Like Rock Springs, the water came from the overwhelmed Baraboo River but library staff was caught off guard when the dam in Hillsboro up stream failed and sent an unexpected wave of water. The library, located next to the fire station, lost all of its books on the bottom three shelves of each shelving unit.
Over 10,000 books were destroyed, and carpeting and furniture had to be replaced. There's also a new reception desk that had been for sale by the Madison law firm of Kramer, Elkins & Watt but when the firm learned of the library's demise, it chose to donate the desk. Scores of other people and the South Central Library System have also donated books to help the library get back on its feet. Because the entire children's collection is on lower shelves, all of it was lost.
"People have been unbelievably generous," said Cindy Morgan, who has been library director for all of seven weeks but has served as a volunteer and library assistant in the past. "We've gotten books from Minnesota and from all over the state. Really, more than we can keep up with in terms of sorting. We have thousands of unsorted books that our little staff just hasn't had time for. So we're going to have quite a good-looking children's library when all is said and done."
The library smelled of bleach recently as Vera Mihlbauer, a member of the library board, used a rag to clean bookends and other shelving components while wearing rubber gloves. The floors, which had been full of sludge, have been cleaned or replaced, while computer workstations have rebuilt. Part of the library space also doubles as the chamber for Village Board meetings and is where voting takes place.
The $200,000 building was constructed beginning in 2009 after floodwaters in June 2008 heavily damaged the previous library space located in a former one-room schoolhouse. The library, which lost 1,000 books in 2008, didn't reopen until February 2010. Morgan is thankful that the wait to reopen won't be as long this time around.
"I love this little library," Morgan said. "Even though we're small, our offerings are really special."
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Lodgings are whatever you need, from world-class luxury to a kid-friendly hotel with a pool, to chalet rentals for a group of friends. Dining and shopping are likewise an eclectic experience. There are over 100 restaurants transporting your tastebuds to all manner of international destinations. Or you can just get the kids something to eat and get back to your room.
Fashion-conscious shoppers will be just as delighted as bargain hunters. Eclectic. Whatever you want, whatever you're after, it's there — and in ways you may never have expected. Discovering the possibilities is part of the fun and charm of Sun Valley.
Entertainment? You're kidding, right? You'd just about expect that Sun Valley invented it! From the world-famous Sun Valley Film Festival, to the symphony, to local bands that make you wonder when their next release comes out, there's plenty to take in.
The list of unusual activities is extensive and eclectic too. There's world-class skiing and snowboarding, of course. But did you know there are hot spring pools, helicopter rides, and golf courses as well? Check out the Bucket List on the website. Summer, winter, and just about any time in between, Sun Valley is an absolute delight!


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Time immemorial, we human originally are created to be of divine entities. We are molded in His likeness; power and all to serve our higher purpose. God is building an army of Angels. Although,we are not made indomitable or an instant Angel, God gave us the power to choose. He let us know that having power is so seductive and that man has to learn all there is to know about having power and thus we are born at a default- a human.
We human can only aspire to be super heroes- to become one, we have to elevate ourselves to upper echelon of being as one would aspire to be an Angel. God has warned man of a power so evil but God allowed it not to plague us but for us to know why we are made in the first place- to resist and battle against evil.
Evil power is so seductive we human easily fall in the abysmal fire of hell. Instead of exterminating and extinguishing fires of hell that we are so designed to do; we serve as fuel to furnaces of hell and forever burning and eternally incensed the Supreme Evil to crave for more power. Where have we gone wrong? The problem with us human is that when life throw us into darkness, we easily get lost and when we are tossed into brightness we are easily blinded that we can't even navigate our way. Well, this is primarily because we are pre conditioned to live life like a tourist would and be happy. We are pampered and had grown up to be wimpy in all aspect so that our knowledge of divine entities are limited to the confines of our human mind. Yes, we are not ready. No problem, that's what we're here for. We all know that we are at the lowest end of the Hierarchy of Power. Man- Super Human- God.
Marvel, Lucas, DC, Disney and all other established this Hierarchy well enough for us to see struggles a super human has to go through to bridge the huge gap between human and God. Mediator is necessary for us to convey our message to God. We have seen this across cultures- Buddha, the Christ, Avatar Krishna, Prophets and Angels are mediator. Think of them as filter to all your woes, your curses; for God is not to be bother by your misfortune. He doesn't want to hear about your filth. He knows there is greater Evil than man's pathology that refuse him life eternal.
Human is to err and is bound to fail but God never give up on us; Never give up that one day we could be by His side worthy of the mighty wings and sword and power and be a warrior. Should a man fail to its lowest, God will give us all the chance over and over again by the Power of His Love. He loves us and wanted us to share this love among mankind. Love that would generate life in an endless cycle that will allow man to live forever. His gift of immortality among His creation.
One inspiration that man should emulate is Tony Stark. He is an all human donning Iron suit and the closest thing you can relate to in all of Avengers and yet he wound his way and would lead fellow Avengers. He once suggested that government should regulate super human. He was caught up in the same conflict that human once had over X-Men. He saw it all; the monstrosity that Prof. X feared all along and the freedom that Magneto fought only brings destruction.
Typical of us human to call for a regulation over an Omnipotent being we don't have control over. We take it to our volition to command as if we have control over an entity greater than us. Stark's egotistical approach would sometimes embroiled him deeper into conflict that he once reminded that if he is stripped of all the fancy gadgetry that he enclosed himself with, what he would be? Tony Stark knows he is far from being aberrated that super human are vulnerable to and know that working closely with super human would please God so to better understand the dynamics of super human and its vulnerabilities. We've seen many times how they could easily fall apart.
Thanos proved to be the evil we've been warned of. He plan his attacked at a time when the Avengers is on a brink of break up. When one is vulnerable, it's easy for anyone to succumbed to death and submit to power; a fact Thanos known too well upon deploying his ally- the Cull Obsidian.
Thanos is in vain seeking immortality and wage the epic Infinity war against the Avengers to acquire the most coveted Infinity Stones that would bring unimaginable power and unfathomable destruction and annihilation of the planet. A gift of gem to his Bride- Death- the only victor. Death knows no life hence, death. No love life. The only thing they missed. "Love" is the key to immortality. (Love here is define as means to procreate and ensure the cycle of life) Perhaps they should learn from Thor and Jane who knows too well that love will keep them forever.
There are many instances superhuman took sides when confronted about power. Imagine my panic when human government decided to hunt and to pacify or stripped mutants of their super powers in X-Men- The Last Stand. Mutants are divided and was confronted whether to go on hiding, or to go on tracking those against them and locked them down like a witchhunt would be during Medieval times. Magneto believed that the real enemy here is the mind control freak Prof. X. Magneto believed that they should embrace greatness and that Prof. X's school for the gifted only tame or domesticate mutants; just like what the government wanted when they employ antidote.
Just like most Anime of the East like Flames of Recca which teaches us how to control and harness power; Prof. X believed once you gained control of your power, it will open up another channel to unleash power you never knew you had. Whatever the power is, he believed it will bring balance and that they will gain trust from people. Our only fault as human, when we encounter such Omnipotent being, we want to personify them. Otherwise you are a monster. This is what Magneto had in mind, people think they are monster. Prof. X lectured Magneto about what they've witnessed of young Jean Grey capable of such power. Magneto, be none the wiser used and romanticized such imagery and entice youngsters to be on his side. He believed it should not be treated as a disease and that an antidote is a threat to the entire mutant community.
The Wizarding world chronicled Lord Voldemort's quest for an immortality. It showed us how young Tom Marvolo Riddle was consumed of having great power. Dark power seduced him of promised immortality. To be an immortal, one has to perform Horcrux- a dark art of concealing fragments of your soul to an indestructible objects and at a prize-one has to murder; an act of ultimate evil that laid path to his fate. Evil begets evil as Tom seek more power. No wizard has ever done more than one Horcrux for such a feat only manifests unspeakable evil and Lord Voldemort has done so. He spawned terror and brought Wizarding world on its knees as he succeeded splitting his soul and sealed it into a Diary, Ravenclaw's diadem, Nagini, Hufflepuff's cup, Marvolo ring and Slytherin's locket and unintentionally to Harry. No one dared speak his name.
He was the most feared in the Wizarding world but his fate was sealed as he unwittingly impart fragments of his soul to Harry Potter that made Harry untouchable by Lord Voldemort. He was protected by the ancient magic"Love" by his mother. From then on, Order of the Phoenix hunted his Horcruces down, and as he grew weaker Lord Voldemort lost no time hunting for the Deathly Hallows( Elderwand, Invisibilty Cloak, Resurrection stone) that would give him immortality.Itwas an epic battle that killed Lord Voldemort seven times and was reduced to an infant like state void of soul. Ghost world saw no use of him for he is soulless; Hell refused him and couldn't return as human because several Horcruces made him inhuman. Perhaps, Wizard should learn from Muggles who have
known that key to immortality is "Love".
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This successor to the Chocolate 8550 switches to a clamshell form factor while adding an FM transmitter, 3.5mm headphone jack, and upgrading to a 2 megapixel camera. Other features include a spinning scroll wheel, larger external display, QVGA main display, stereo Bluetooth, memory card slot, and EVDO data.
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Display 2.2 in diagonal, 4:3
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182 ppi approx.
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Battery 800 mAh LiPolymer
Talk: 4.5 hours max.
Standby: 350 hours max.
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Arizona Corporation Commission candidate debate set for Sept. 15
The primary election for Arizona Corporation Commission is over, and congratulations to the following candidates — Sam George (D), Sandra Kennedy (D), Marian McClure (R), Paul Newman (D), Bob Stump (R), and Barry Wong (R) — who move onto the general election in November. A candidate debate has been set for September 15, 2008 at Rio Salado College in Tempe. Registration Noon to 1 p.m.; debate 1-3 p.m.; and reception 3-4 p.m. The debates will cover issues important to you and Arizona's future:
- Water quality and the cost of electric and natural gas
- High speed Internet to rural communities
- Solar, nuclear, and other alternative energy sources
- Arizona's investment in utility infrastructure
Logon to our webcasts, tune in to your local Cable TV, or engage in person at Rio Salado College in Tempe to learn more about the powerful ACC (often described as a Fourth Branch of Government) and to see the candidates debate these and other issues that will have an enormous impact on you, Arizona's future, and the finances, safety and quality of life of all citizens, businesses, and organizations in Arizona. You can propose questions and discuss issues online by clicking here.
These nonpartisan debates, sponsored by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, are presented by the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council and moderated by Mark Goldstein of International Research Center in cooperation with other business and community organizations. For more information, contact Steve Peters, ATIC ACC Debate Coordinator at 520-321-1309 or e-mail.
Corporation Commission candidate debates scheduled
What is the Arizona Corporation Commission? Why should I care who gets elected? The cost of electric and natural gas! Broadband deployment to rural communities! Renewable energy! Integrity of the pipelines that carry gasoline across the state! Arizona's investment in utility infrastructure! These are among the issues to be debated at the July 15 Primary and September 15, 2008 General Election debates for candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission. The debates will be held live at Rio Salado College in Tempe, presented by the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council (ATIC), with support provided by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Why should you attend? The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is an independent regulatory authority created by the Arizona Constitution. This powerful body, often described as a Fourth Branch of Government, makes decisions that have an enormous impact on Arizona's future and the finances, safety, and quality of life of all citizens, businesses, and organizations in Arizona. This year you will vote for three of the five Commissioners.
The Commission sets the rates you pay for public utilities including telecommunications, water, electric, and natural gas services. Commission policies also determine the quality of these services and future utility infrastructure investments, including solar and other alternative energy sources. In addition to utilities regulation, the debates will also cover the other services under the jurisdiction of the Commission including Corporations and Securities Oversight, and Railroad and Pipeline Safety.
How You Can Participate. Live at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Webcast, Cable TV, and/or Online Forum. Participation is free, however, registration for the live event and webcast is requested. Click here for complete details.


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The Layers of Love in Andrew Haigh's '45 Years'
Of all narrative themes, love is one that audiences do not tire of easily. However, it is rare for a film to capture depth and nuance comparable to Andrew Haigh's film 45 Years. The film depicts an elderly couple – Geoff and Kate – in the lead up to the celebration of their forty-fifth anniversary. The couple's relationship, initially portrayed as madly, though comfortably, in love, is complicated when news comes that a dead body has been recovered from a melting glacier. The central conceit of the film rests on the reveal of that body belonging to Geoff's former lover, Katya. Kate, previously unaware of Katya's existence, is troubled to discover Geoff's relationship with Katya and the baby she was pregnant with at the time of her death. Through this discovery, the film is able to test different forms of love in a contained environment. The climax of the film – Kate and Geoff's dance at their anniversary party – works as an intersection of the three primary kinds of love Haigh interrogates throughout the film. At an even narrower level, Haigh uses The Platters' song "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (here on referred to as "Smoke") to anchor the climax of the film as a strategy for both contextualizing and uniting the three forms of love on display in the film.
First and foremost, 45 Years is a depiction of love endured. The audience meets Kate and Geoff as they are planning their forty-fifth wedding anniversary. This is the dominant narrative plane upon which the film operates. It also explains why Haigh would choose to end the film on Kate and Geoff's dance at the party; this is the moment the film has been working toward. Earlier in the film, the audience sees Kate choose "Smoke" as the song they should dance to at the party. The choice plays into a prototypical, even superficial, narrative trope embodied by the first verse of the song: "They asked me how I knew / My true love was true / I of course replied / something here inside cannot be denied." The love between Kate and Geoff is initially portrayed as so strong, so unwavering, that there is no question as to whether or not it is true. Love endured – for forty-five years – benefits from the privilege of being trusted. "Something here inside cannot be denied"; that something need not be explicitly defined, since it is defined by the time it has endured. If we are to view the scene as layered, which is most certainly is, this would be the first layer. This is the layer easily seen, observable to the audience. This is Haigh's strategy for creating a base for grounding the conflict, originating with the reveal of Geoff's love for Katya.
Contrasted against Kate and Geoff's enduring love is the love discovered by Kate that Geoff shared with Katya, and thus, re-discovered by Geoff simultaneously. Unlike Kate's relationship with Geoff – longstanding, comfortable, established – Geoff's love for Katya is buried, encased by the passage of time. This inversion is on display in the climax as well, not just through Kate's struggle, acted phenomenally by Charlotte Rampling, but again through The Platters' song: "They said 'someday you'll find all who love are blind' / When your heart's on fire / You must realize, smoke gets in your eyes." 45 Years depicts that Kate's arrival at that certain "someday." Her love for Geoff, endured for decades, blinded her from seeing his past. On that same token, Geoff's love for both Katya and Kate blinded him from revealing one to the other. Played in any other film, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" would be taken only so far as to explain the madness of the love shared between two people, but Haigh uses it to contextualize the ironic distance between love endured and love discovered. Whereas Kate and Geoff's love is initially portrayed as pure, unpolluted by the platitudes of faithfulness and dedication. Kate's discovery of Katya spoils this pureness, revealing how it really hadn't been pure to begin. It's a matter of perspective: what Kate believed to be true was a symptom of the blindness she couldn't escape. In this way, blindness referred to in the song is both an explanation of and an excuse for Kate and Geoff's conflict.
Finally, Haigh uses "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" to contextualize the love that is lost over the course of the film. The film is a chronicle of Kate's loss of love, not wholly, but partially, for her husband. This is evidenced most clearly by the moment she rips her hand away from Geoff as he holds it above their heads in front of the crowd at their anniversary party. She makes the decision to place a physical distance between them at a moment that should represent the pinnacle of their togetherness. It is this physical break that works to symbolize the emotional distance between them. Haigh uses this moment to its full effect by tying it in with the end of the second verse of "Smoke": "Yet today my love has flown away / I am without my love." These lines intimate a meaning parallel to Kate's decision to pull away from Geoff. They refer to "love" having "flown away" – this can and should be read both literally and figuratively as love having been lost when the truth is revealed.
Films use music cues in a variety of ways, but most frequently they are used to establish a certain mood or tone. Andrew Haigh's use of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" represents the rare decision to use a song as a supplement to the thematic text of the film. Moreover, Haigh's use of the song operates on not just one narrative plane, but three: love endured, love discovered, and love lost. Haigh crafts each of these narratives with deftness and subtly, winding them tightly within one another, until the climax where they finally burst out and unfurl across Kate's face as "Smoke" plays over the scene. The final verse of the song, the one that plays immediately before Kate breaks away from Geoff, reads: "Now laughing friends deride / tears I cannot hide / So I smile and say / When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes." Kate ends the film swathed in the blue light – the color of smoke – of a dying flame. She stands at an intersection and Haigh refuses to give the audience any clue as to where she might turn. Instead, he focuses, with honesty and poignance, on Kate's struggle – contextualized by Haigh's use of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."


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Remix week: The chambray blouse
Another one of my closet heavy-hitters is the chambray blouse. I actually own three: two that are long-sleeved and one that can be rolled to shorter sleeves (perfect for summer). Chambray is a great fabric because it's not bulky, which means it's great for layering, and it's not jean denim, which means you can pair the blouse with jeans without looking like you're wearing a Texas tuxedo. This blouse has proved to be so versatile; I've worn it under and over dresses, under other oxfords, under sweaters and blazers … need I say more to convince you to add one to your closet?


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Horror movies have been chilling our spines since the first, Le Manoir du Diable, was produced in 1890. The silver screen has spawned many iconic villains since then, each one raising hairs on the back of our necks.
We at the Treetopia blog are such big fans of Halloween, which is right around the corner! This got us thinking about all the horror movies that are set in each state, and which are the most popular.


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Info on Infographics
We've all been there – you're reading through a block of heavy text online, and as you continue scrolling, your mind starts to wander. By the time you've reached the end of the article, you realize you haven't actually processed anything you've read; you've only skimmed the content as your mind refocuses on what to have for lunch.
Text exhaustion: it's a thing. Well, maybe not the kind of thing you can Google, more like a term we just invented, we suppose. Regardless, reading long, fact-heavy articles can grow tiring. Enter infographics, a new weapon to add to your storytelling arsenal.
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Traders Start Holiday Weekend Early
If you knew you had a big purchase to make, the kind of purchase you make maybe quarterly, you'd probably hold off for a few days if you thought you could get a better price, wouldn't you?
By Vikram Rangala
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 00:00
That, as much as any particular macroeconomic factor, is enough to explain the downward slope of US stocks over the past two days, as funds move from selling out the unwanted parts of their portfolios to buying for the second quarter.
And if you also knew that a lot of the people selling what you wanted to be were going to closed today, you might stay home, too, right? That may be enough to explain the low volume of trading. Low volume, however, can sometimes lead to late-day surprises. As of 1:15 PM Central Time, we haven't seen one.
Today may be a prime example of when the news is not the major driver of the markets and instead, it's just a matter of traders being smart shoppers.
It's not as though it's been a slow news day. Today has had several developments that could trigger big market moves. Janet Yellen gave a speech, weekly jobless claims came in much lower than expected, and biggest of all, Iran and a US-led coalition of negotiators announced a breakthrough deal on Iran's nuclear research and development.
Chair Yellen's remarks were noteworthy mainly because she repeated her view, first expressed last October, that income and wealth inequality is a major challenge facing the country and may well be harming economic growth. She was grilled on this topic in her February testimony before Congress, during which Republicans in both houses accused her of veering from the Fed's core mission into politics.
The Fed, unlike many other central banks, is charged with two major responsibilities: first, to control inflation and second, to promote maximum employment. Chair Yellen's position is that inequality in the US is so bad (worse than it was in 1929) that it restricts the Fed's ability to pursue those goals. On a slow news day, her remarks would have been parsed for hints about when the Fed plans to raise rates. Instead, we know what we've known for a while: they'll raise them this year, sometime.
One sign that part two of the Fed's mission is working is the weekly jobless claims number, which came in at a nine-week low. The major number for the week is the Labor Department's Employment Situation report, which contains the monthly Nonfarm Payrolls number.
The deal with Iran, which many had said was going to cause turmoil in the price of oil, has so far done little to either the price crude futures or stocks. Oil is down about 65 cents, even though the deal could mean a lot of Iranian oil getting dumped on an already oversupplied market.
Due to an unusual (10 times since 1980) confluence of lunar, solar, and fiscal calendars, the Nonfarm Payroll number will be released at 8:30 AM Eastern time tomorrow, which is both Good Friday and, from evening on, the first day of Passover. That leaves 45 minutes of morning electronic trading in which traders can react to the number before the markets shut down for the holiday.
Can react, but probably won't. When the volume gets low and you don't have enough liquidity, it's hard to get filled at the prices you want and you're subject to unusual and unpredictable volatility. As one stock futures analyst told Bloomberg Thursday morning about his plans to watch but not participate on Friday: "You may think you have the call right, but there may not be any liquidity, so you don't want to put yourself at that risk."
It's important not to underestimate the role holidays play on whether traders trade. The low volume today suggests many traders have already decided to turn their three-day weekends into four. With automated programs to execute certain necessary orders, many funds spent today in a holding pattern, ready to jump on a big move but also, probably hoping things will stay quiet so everyone can go home.
Which brings us back to my question about being smart shoppers. If you knew there was a good chance of getting a better bargain after the holiday, would you buy now or wait? Most smart shoppers would head home, rest their feet, and enjoy the long weekend.
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Christmas Clean Up
THIS Sunday, Jan 7, after second gathering - Stay a few minutes after 2nd Gathering this week to help take down Christmas decor. It goes quickly if we get several hands to help.
MCCU - All Church Wednesday Nights: January 10, 17, And 24
Join your entire MCC Family (6 - 8PM) for dinner, great adult electives, and activities for kids of all ages. Pre-reg is now over, but walk-ins are welcome. We're all going to be there... Don't miss out!
Marin Morning Bible Study - Beginning January 11, 9:45am
Marin Morning Bible Study is accepting registrations for the Winter 2018 quarter. We hope you will join us for our next study by Priscilla Shirer, "Discerning the Voice of God. How to Recognize When God Speaks." Join us for this 7 week study as we discover how to listen to God with greater confidence, clarity and discernment. Childcare is provided free of charge. The 7 week study, which includes weekly DVD sessions, small group time and refreshments, is $25. Scholarships are available on request. Click here to register. Questions? Call Anne Adkisson at 415-497-3634 or email her.
Career Matters Workshop
January 21 - Are you happy with your current job? Does it bring you fulfillment and satisfaction? Or do you sometimes wonder if God is calling you do something different? Wherever you are on your career path don't miss the next Career Matters workshop happening Sunday, January 21st (immediately following the second service). Lunch will be served at 12:15 and the workshop will begin promptly at 12:30. Click here to register.
A New Couple's Retreat Opportunity - March 16-18, 2018
We are now offering March dates! Our couples retreat is a weekend retreat for marriage investment at The Sea Ranch on the Sonoma Coast. Space is limited and spots go quickly! Follow this link to register.
2018 Spring Mexico Mission Trip, April 7-13
This April, Pastor Art will be leading a group to La Mision, Baja California, partnering with Be2live Ministries and the Hamilton School faculty, for a week long mission experience. There is an info meeting in February for those considering going. For more information contact Bob Hess. General trip info is available on the Be2live web site and click here for the registration link.


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These Be"witch"ing Cupcakes are so cute and so fun to make! They make a great Halloween activity to do with your kids or grandkids, and they also make a fun and delicious dessert to serve at a Halloween party.
[recipe title="BeWITCHing Cupcakes with Essential Oil Frosting" servings="24 cupcakes" time="40 minutes active" difficulty="Easy"]
- 24 cupcakes, made with your favorite recipe
- 24 chocolate-flavored ice cream cones (or vanilla cones dipped in chocolate, if you choose)
- 1 (3.5 oz.) package of instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup milk
- 1 (8 oz.) container of frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Food coloring (if desired)
- 1–3 drops of the food-safe essential oil of your choice
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together pudding mix and milk until well combined.
- Stir in whipped topping and vanilla extract.
- Add essential oil of your choice.
- Divide the frosting into separate bowls, and color each bowl of frosting with your desired food coloring.
- Frost the cupcakes with the color of frosting you want for your base.
- Using an alternate color of frosting, pipe a belt buckle (or other design of your choice) along the bottom of a chocolate cone. You can use a special frosting bag and piping tools if you have them, or you can use a zip-lock bag with a small corner cut off. Hint: If you frosting seems too soft to frost properly, put it in the fridge for a few minutes to chill, and then try again.
- Place the decorated ice cream cone on top of a frosted cupcake.
- Continue until all of your cupcakes are decorated, and then enjoy your masterpiece!


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A. Single Arm Dumbbell Press - 3RM
Start with a strict press - 3 each arm. If your reach a point where you can't strict press the weight anymore, you can push press.
B. "Denis"
5 x 3 minute rounds:
:90s Max Effort Row
15 Pull Ups
Rest the remainder of the 3 minutes and then start again until you have completed 5 rounds.


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The famed Paul Muthootu murder in Alleppey, Kerala is getting murkier day by day.
Asianet TV through a sting operation recorded from the goldsmith who made the S shaped knife. as per news reports, the police CI later placed this knife under the pillow of Kari Satheesh in his house. Kari is being framed by the police as having committed the murder. Kari's mother was on TV denying all the charges and accusing the police of planting the knife under the cushion of her son ..
The involvement of the police, Government and the Muthootu family in trying to hush up the case as an accidental murder and not a planned one is getting exposed with each passing day by the brilliant revelations made public by the media. The fact that the DGP of Alleppey on the second day itself called a press conference to brief the media and the public of the police intentions to hush up the case, when he should not have influenced in any way the progress of the case, is a false step. The Kerala High Court had criticised the Police Dept for committing this anomaly. Will any heads roll in the police dept ?
How can we trust the Kerala Police anymore ?? Why is the police and the govt not interested in bring the murderers of Paul George to face justice ? Have they been bribed by some industrial houses or politicians to hush up the issue ? Kerala will heave a sigh of relief if any of the so called big business sharks are liquidated ..
Whoever has used the goondas for their rapid and unjust growth in Kerala by catching at the throat of the poor man, is now facing reprisals from the same goondas ?
With the police also hand in gloves with the murderers, can we expect this case to see the light of the day in the near future ? Or will it be hushed up like the many other cases which the Kerala Police is so famous for ..
An ever vigilant media and opposition only can help the common man get to know the truth !!


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Reuben Xuereb - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Xuereb joined the Corinthia Group in January 2005 in a senior executive role, and has since been actively involved in introducing investors to the Corinthia Group. Having worked in the Middle East with one of the largest finance houses and investment groups based in Bahrain, he has specialised in real estate investment structures and is responsible for corporate strategy and business development of MIH. Mr Xuereb is the Chairman of Palm City Residences and Managing Director of Medina Tower Joint Stock Company.
Rachel Stilon - Chief Financial Officer
Ms Stilon graduated B.A. (Hons) Accountancy from the University of Malta in 1996. She worked for Price Waterhouse before joining the internal audit department of Corinthia Group in 1998. In 2000 she moved into corporate finance as financial controller of CPHCL. Since then, she has held various corporate finance related positions and is currently also the financial controller of Corinthia Finance p.l.c.. Ms Stilon holds a Certified Public Accountant and Auditor warrant, is a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants and serves as a Director on the board of Federated Mills p.l.c..
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Ive been thinkin of what kit im using as basis of my attempt to do something in the vein of Trog'er. You know, the race of gentlemen-vehicle.
I thought first that im gonna do it from 29 roadster...but think i cant do anything as cool or even much different out of it, and it would look like ive copied a lot from other/s already build as models.
So, while i was reading through real events rules, and if i got it right, there is an option to use pickups too;
"Sorry, no pick up trucks or sedans unless they are heavily modified competition style race vehicles, ie; (Setback engines, heavy chops, extreme channel, major speed equipment)."
But then;
-Theres something i would asks from you if anyone happens to know. Theres no mention about is it allowed to alter the wheelbase with suicide perch, or by switching the rear axles place from back/under/behond the spring ?
Drag/Rail class allows clearly wheelbase alternations;
"All entries must use stock model T or A frames only. You can not lengthen frames over the stock Ford Motor Company length, you may shorten if you wish. Wheel base or front and rear axles may move or be altered in either direction."
So if and when i want to build either 4cyl or Flat V8 class race car, without making it fall in to Drag/Rail racer ( which prohibits bodies except tiny firewall. ) do i walk the common rule...
"If it is Not denied, its obviously allowed."
You tell me ?
During last hour i've sketched a bit of how i would easily modify a Ford 29 or 34 pickup to follow the rules but if i only knew can i add few "welded" steel slabs in upper front of original front crossmember to extend the wheelbase and drop the ground clearance without using dropped front axle. In my eyes it would not be extending the frame (rails) at all.
Btw, do you think its allowed to fix the frame? I have one Revell '29 rat rods frame, that is missing some 1/2" of its rear. Do i need to build the missing part to factory looks from styrene or can i alter the wheelbase/height/ground clearance by z'ing it?
I've though about doing AMT '34 Ford Pickup, with either flathead from Revell's 50 pickup ( with ardun heads as it still is seen as flathead,i think, since Riley ohv kits keep fourbanger as flattie) or using the AMT Ford '53 flathead ( with arduns or if i find, some flathead hi perf heads)...i have also flathead from Ertl '49 merc to start from...but the gearboxes in them,i think the pickups have manual but Mercs is auto?
Other option is to use Revell 29 pickup, with Riley ohv converted fourbanger or the flatties mentioned above. It has easy to chop body compared to 34 which is not tough to chop either...
Well, i'll waite until tomorrow and then start
That under there is much where i am taking my interpretation of rules, i decided. Bed might disappear but i used it to keep my vintage-photoshop intact .
I might chop it more,lower it more, even use a track nose but i wanted to show you my idea this way as by writing it might give different thoughts.
I was playing with sort of a clumsy teardrop/boat tail rear piece,that covers the engine and whole rear behind the cabin but in any case, this must fill the rule of "engine set back" and i did not see anything saying i can not move cabin forward. That arrangement leaves plenty of room for flathead-8, and since the cabin is both chopped and channeled, the driver would sit in quite cramped position but this way, he now has more room for legs as he can push em kind of through the firewall,under the hood. I think that weight transfer still would be like it is needed, as the engine and tranny might weight more than old timer ,skinny driver in a lot smaller and lighter cabin than the stock cabin is.
I wonder would they allow fixed rear axle with zero springs? That might be away from rear weight, but it would disable need for driveshaft between tranny and rear axle. I recall ive seen Trog racer with no rear springs but i might remember wrong.
What say you?
Scaning through old racing pics, just like modern days vintage/perioid correct rides pics, i see all sortsa complicated modifications to improve weight transfer and aerodynamics, done in various ways, some have very nice arcs,bubble-like flow, some have cones made of several flat triangular sheet metal pieces and such...and i cant but wonder this would Not have been possible back then?
Sure, someone might notice this is starting to feel like its closer to Belly Tankers ? But this still resembles mass produced car and could be proven to originate from one, in real life. This has pretty much stock frame, with engine mounts added, but surely its allowed to add em since engine setback is almost mandatory or encouraged to do,to get your pickup in the race.
I can tilt the window more aerodynamic ,chop it more compared to paper sketch, to make it more racing purpose built...and just to be able to call it a pickup and get it passed to race
If the guy had no other car to turn in to racer, he just went and fabricated the pickup and as a son of a lawyer he tried to get around the rules, just like some did by havin' methanol tank hidden inside gas tank...
I really like where this is heading ( 30's era A/FX LOL ??) Even if its outside the parameters of the TROG rules IT SHOULD BE BUILT !
Almost a cab over , but not quite . I wonder what "Jimmy Flintstones Resin bodies " have ......
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I really like where this is heading ( 30's era A/FX LOL ??) Even if its outside the parameters of the TROG rules IT SHOULD BE BUILT !
Almost a cab over , but not quite . I wonder what "Jimmy Flintstones Resin bodies " have ......
Well i think this might be bit like weird "30' - 40's Altered" but i am not very familiar on american class regulations and i think there werent nationally agreed rules yet back then?
I really cant say this IS 100% by the book to comply with trog rules but i cant say it is Not by the book either. I mean people sure have been creative in motorsports since the day when first cars raced.
If im sticking to period gear etc as im trying, i think my car just might have be seen racing in the good old days, be it on the salts, asphalt or sandy strips.
Yeah, it is bit like COE gone Little Red Wagon or something, but personally i cant afford nor am i interested to just buy resin body as its not then so much my own creation nor unique
And yes, i Am building this, not just talk about it, and im keeping Trog as its guideline
Would the "Odd Rod", legendary truck with two flatheads be allowed to race in any class or is it too new ?
( Bill Kenz's truck built in 1943-1944 during the war, ran in Bonneville in 1949 and went 140.95....).
"This is cab over!?"
"No its not,it has a functional hood between cabin and radiator frame,and the engine is allowed to be set back,and i did not see how much you can set it back. Engine never was under the cab...and if it was,imagine how easily i would have moved it towards the back then."
"This is middle engine now."
"Is that prohibited in some page ? And the engine is not in the middle if you measure...its only set back ."
"But cmon the body is moved forward..."
"Is that denied, and if, where? If some are allowed to move the seats place almost on top of rear diff or next to it, how can this be prohibited ?"
"Theres no bed and you call this a pickup huh?"
"Well theres several open,roofless cars as well as closed cabins,with nothing like bed, called commonly as pickup due to the fact that the cabin is from pickup model...just like mine is and sure,i can toss in a bed if you demand it. But demand it for all cars that carry pickup body then,not just for my car."
If mine has Rootes or Latham blown,possibly overhead valve converted flathead eight, moved back a bit more than most have,and it has channeled,chopped body etc it must fullfill those exceptions mentioned to make this pass even though its merely a boring potato hauler.
And i can always say theres few more clasrs to drive in the Trog, and in reality,in past...i guess my truck could be raced easily. Imagine if someone finds a real truck, very much similar now, from dusty old barn, with boxes of photos etc proving it once ran in 30-40's era races...i bet nobody would ban it from racing now?
Ive seen some dreams of blower driven by driveshaft/rear axle.
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Okay, I'm hanging out in my office Sunday morning, listening to some news podcasts, playing Xbox Live.
I'm SO excited for King Kong this week. I've played through some of the game on my 360, and decided to stop, so I don't see too much. Not that I don't know what's going to happen in the end.. I just don't want some of Peter Jackson's specific twists to be spoiled.
I get to go back to my normal schedule this week. Last week, my assistant Web Producer was off, so I had to work a funky shift of noon to 8pm. Now I'm back to my 9-6, and I couldn't be happier.
The snow wasn't too bad this week. I have a total snowfall map from Wayne here.
Not a whole lot more to tell you about. And I'm not even sure who "you" is in that last sentence. Probably Regan. She has left the only comments so far. Again, please buy her some stuff. She needs stuff, apparently.


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Dear friends in Christ,
I was responding to another thread and now can't locate it.
Here is the bible affirmation of the Seven Sacraments ALL Instituted By Christ:
=SJacob7;12592991]I realize that at some point the sacraments and real presence was taught. But the statement was made that the apostles taught them and I was wondering where that information came from?
My friend, Christ Himself instituted ALL Seven of the Sacraments.
Having done this I thought someone might like to have the information:shrug:
Baptism: John 3: 5 "Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee,** unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost**, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"
Penance: John 20::19-23 "Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to you. [And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side… He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. A**s the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost ***Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained ***
Confirmation: John 20:22 "When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost."
Eucharist: ** All of John 6: Here are vrs 51-56 " I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world. **53] The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day
For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. [57] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me"
Marriage: [implied as a Sacrament]*** Mt. 5: 31-32*** "And it hath been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery."
Holy Orders:[implied] Acts 6: 3-6 "And the saying was liked by all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them."
**Acts 13: 2-3 **"And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them. Then they, fasting and praying, and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away."
**The Last Rites **/ the Final Anointing of the sick [implied] James 5: 14-15 "Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him"


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July/August 2016
Vol. 35 No. 6
A publication of the
International Sculpture Center
On the Cover
This selection of shows has been curated by
magazine editorial staff and includes just a few of the great shows around the world.
Brooklyn Museum
Casino Luxembourg
Institute of Contemporary Art
Leopold Museum
Mass MoCA
MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1
Museum Ludwig
Museum für Moderne Kunst
Pérez Art Museum
Smithsonian American
Socrates Sculpture Park
Tate Modern
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn: Tom Sachs
Through August 14, 2016
A self-designated handyman, Sachs draws inspiration from the collective American imagination, conflating the status symbols of mass cultureweapons, fast food, hip hop, surfing, and skateboardingwith the elite trappings of a luxurious and conforming wealth. Though his recent work applies that DIY aesthetic to the larger, ritualistic worlds of the space program and the Japanese tea ceremony, Boombox Retrospective 19992016 returns to singular hand-crafted objets. Eighteen sculptural boomboxes, hovering between art and science, function and mythology, pay tribute to the defining icon of street music culture. These clever products of bricolage use a specialized language of construction, inventively deploying everything from plywood and foam to duct tape and found objectsand they all work. Each stereo has been used before and will be activated again in a series of public programs featuring live DJ sets. For Sachs, thriving, even playing, is the ultimate objective of lifeand that life of creative play requires an accompaniment, both visual and aural, capable of turning survival tools into works of art.
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Tom Sachs,
Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg: Lara Almarcegui
Through September 4, 2016
A specialist in urban excavations, Almarcegui, who represented Spain in the 2013 Venice Biennale, offers viewers a heightened awareness of the city as a product of both cultural and natural phenomena. Using wastelands and buildings to reflect on the evolution of the urbis, she lays bare geographical, social, historical, and environmental conditions through timesometimes burrowing so far down that she hits natural terrain uncontaminated by human hands. Each of her thoughtful and engaged projects, including rubble mountains, archaeological digs, and guides to modern ruins and derelict sites, has expanded our imaginative vision, as well as the reality, of such already storied metropolises as London, Beirut, Vienna, Milan, São Paulo, and Venice. Gypsum, her new installation, probes the geologic strata beneath the museums plaster walls in search of their raw mineral counterpart. Working backward from one of the worlds most ubiquitous building finishes, she ends up in a mysterious subterranean world, trading architectural order for shapeless powdery possibilities.
Web site:
Lara Almarcegui,
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia: Rodney McMillian
Through August 14, 2016
Deeply attuned to the social systems that shape individual lives, McMillian challenges these forces directly: going large in scale through small actions, altering post-consumer objects to reveal latent ideologies, and exposing the means of building (and maintaining) a vulnerable citizenship. While his recent exhibition at the Studio Museum Harlem focused on myths of American domesticity, The Black Show explores the true ruffneck constructivist (to use Kara Walkers term) nature of his larger project. A tightly focused selection of new and recent sculptures, videos, and paintings (another group of his often three-dimensional Landscape Paintings is also on view at MoMA PS1) traces the cockeyed intersection of race, class, gender, and U.S. socioeconomic policy. Using science fiction as a filter, these works consider blackness as subject, form, and process, imagining fantastic transformation as one path to the unraveling of injustice.
Web site:
Rodney McCmillian,
Many moons
Kolumba, Cologne: Bethan Huws
Through August 22, 2016
Though Huws is sometimes considered a conceptualist, her true interest lies in the experience of art. From architectural interventions to sculptures, films, and performances, her work echoes her insistence that if we dont want to fall into the trap of theory we have to check it out with the body. Sensory stimuli and intellectual impulses come together in her precisely crafted and associatively vague work, which interweaves various inspirations, including childhood memories of Wales, experiences on the Plateau des Millesvaches, and a longstanding fascination with Duchamps human truth. Quirky sculptural re-readings of Duchampian touchstones, semantic doppelgangers parroting trees, ephemeral, living tableaux, and a flotilla of tiny boats, each made from a single reed, spark moments of unexpected poetic discoveryvisual pyrotechnics on a par with the literary experiments of Beckett, Joyce, Apollinaire, and Mallarmé, though in her case humanizing wit tempers clever conceit. Culture, Language, and Thought places Huwss work in a stimulating dialogue with art history (the museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Kolumba, incorporates the ruins of a Gothic church), setting up unlikely correspondences and ruptures that free objects from the straitjacket of conventional meaning.
Web site:
Bethan Huws, installation view of "Culture, Language, and Thought."
Leopold Museum, Vienna: Berlinde De Bruyckere
Through September 5, 2016
Among contemporary artists, De Bruyckere is unique in her ability to see beyond the surface of the human figure and feel the body as unrelenting physicalitymeat, tissue, and sinew. Fascinated by medieval and early Renaissance religious imagery (as well as ancient mythology), she finds a contemporary idiom for the intense physical suffering that accompanies incarnation, both human and animal. Though we have become almost immune to images of pain and violence, these fragments of pallid skin, torn muscles, and gaping wounds, brought to visceral life through nothing more than wax, resin, rope, and worn leather and textiles, restore the possibility of sensitivity. Suture, the first comprehensive survey of her work in Austria, finds a precedent for the transformations, metamorphoses, and contradictions at the heart of her vision within the obsessions of Viennese Modernism. Like De Bruyckere, Klimt, Schiele, and Kokoschka recognized the flesh, linking Eros and Thanatos in sensually rich and emotionally disturbing works, while laying bare the tensions that blur carnality into compassion and shade sins of the flesh into sins against the flesh.
Web site:
Berlinde De Bruyckere,
Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts: Richard Nonas
Through September 5, 2016
For five decades, Nonas has created works with a terse, reduced vocabulary that belies their power to alter our sense of space, time, landscape, and architecture. His totemic sculpturesmade from earthy and industrial, almost timeless materials (wooden railroad ties, granite curbstones, massive boulders, and thick steel plates)have reimagined space and terrain all over the world. Horizontally oriented, ground-based, and wall-mounted, his serialized geometric forms, executed in a wide range of dimensions and weights, command their environments while retaining an intimate, human scale. The Man in the Empty Space, one of his most ambitious projects to date, treats MASS MoCAs Building 5 (nearly a football field in length) with all the respect of a single place, filling it (and two adjacent galleries) with quietly powerful sculptures, including Single Artificer, a new work consisting of 52 weathered railroad ties arranged in a gracious curve. This former manufacturing plant makes a particularly fitting venue for Nonas, who has spent his life, since the early days of his guerrilla exhibitions, under the spell of decaying, industrial buildings.
Web site:
Richard Nonas, installation view at Fergus McCaffrey.
MoMA PS1, Queens, New York: Vito Acconci
Through August 30, 2016
Acconcis last big show (Milwaukee Art Museum, 2002) surveyed his boundary-straddling hybridizations of architecture/sculpture/furniture, many designed for the public realm. Where We Are Now (Who Are We Anyway?) 1976 goes back to the roots of his radical and subversive approach to the human condition, bringing together a selection of early works based in sexuality, voyeurism, identity, and raw physicality. These actions and performances, documented in photography, film, and video, already begin to blur distinctions between public and private, artist and viewer, work and environment. From Following Piece (1969) in which he tailed random passersby to Seedbed (1972) in which he audibly masturbated for eight hours a day under the feet of visitors to the Sonnabend Gallery, to Where We Are Now (Who Are We Anyway?)uncannily reinstalled herein which a wooden plank extends through an open window and morphs into a diving board suspended over moving traffic, Acconcis work exemplifies the unconventional energy and innovative promise of a taunting, teasing world that challenges functional and conceptual taboos.
Web site:
Vito Acconci,
Where We Are Now (Who Are We Anyway?)
MoMA PS1, Queens, New York: Thea Djordjadze
Through August 29, 2016
Created from humble materials and domestic detritus (wood, clay, plaster, glass, fabric, soap, and cardboard), Djordjadzes elusive sculptures and installations are characterized by fragility and transience. Seemingly produced on the spur of the moment, they crystallize the process of their production and possible alteration through time, manifesting as temporarily inscribed gestures in an exhibition space. Though they resemble familiar forms such as household objects, architectural elements, and presentation devices (plinths, display cases, and cabinets) and hint at narrative and personal recollection, these inexplicable assemblages refute explanation. Djordjadze describes her practice in terms of poetic form, comparing the dialogue between her works to the relationship between words. The artifacts themselves project a certain power, retaining something of the aura that sparks the thrill of Surrealist juxtaposition or infuses Beuyss materials with shamanistic/ ritualistic potency, but their efficacy is held in check by a doubting literalisman effective and sometimes uncomfortable combination.
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Thea Djordjadze, view of installation in progress.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne: Huang Yong Ping
Through August 28, 2016
Huang, one of the most influential figures in recent Chinese art, rejects the familiar and the soothing. Since moving to Paris in 1989, his overriding concern has been to confront the structures and operations of ideological hegemony, challenging definitions of history and truth. His installations, objects, and drawings have simultaneously negotiated, mended, and preserved the divide between East and West, as well as between traditional and avant-garde art practices, while addressing the (in)validity of rational knowledge and the limits of language. This selection of works from 1983 to 2004 includes Mémorandum: Bat Project I, II, III, 20012003, Huangs three-dimensional archive for a controversial and frequently censored series of installations based on the 2001 collision between an American EP-3 spy plane (the Bat) and a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea, as well as works aimed at mediatization, the blessing and curse of technology, and improvements in punishment and surveillance. In Huangs space of emancipation, hybrids of diorama, excavation, menagerie, and exploratorium set the stage for creative skepticism, drawing an alternative map of global civilization.
Web site:
Huang Yong Ping,
Mémorandum: Bat Project I, II, III, 2001-20013
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main: Kader Attia
Through August 14, 2016
Exploring questions of community, diversity, exile, and the tangled threads of identity in a globalized world, Attias installations plunge viewers into confrontational environments of inundating repetition and grating movements. Visitors to Infinities (2006), for instance, found themselves surrounded by giant drill bits, each slowly revolving in an illusion of constant downward pressure; as if this werent uncomfortable enough, the mirrors lining the room reflected an endless expanse of mechanized torture. Sacrifice and Harmony, which features a group of new works, extends his preoccupation with the idea of repair, but that process no longer functions as a tool of healing and reparation. As Attia shifts focus to religiously and politically motived sacrifice, what was once intended to placate the gods and restore harmonic balance descends into a flagrant instrument of fear and control. Whether exploring continued division and hardened conflict in the West Bank, exposing psychopathology and its rhetoric of justification (Reasons Oxymoron), or reopening the repressed wounds of colonialism, his pluralistic viewpoint turns installation spaces into thinking memorials, places for intuiting the buried or forgotten bonds that link seemingly unconnected political, personal, and aesthetic histories.
Web site:
Kader Attia,
Pérez Art Museum, Miami: Sheela Gowda
Through August 21, 2016
Initially trained as a painter, Gowda turned to sculpture and installation in the 1990s, using unconventional materials to expose the social contradictions and environmental realities that define contemporary Indian life. In her works, everyday objects and the mundane stuff of daily livingincluding tar barrels, plumbing pipes, doorjambs, thread, newspapers, hair, incense, cow dung, turmeric dye, and votive figurinesare transformed into rigorously beautiful sculptural presences. But a second reading, in which context comes into play, undermines pure formalism to reveal precise statements, which are not always benign. And that is no lie, her new commission, continues this blend of the sensual and the unsettling, combining torn red fabric and rope made of human hair in a ritualistic, politicized environment that draws on the forms of celebration to evoke some of the darkest aspects of human experience, conjuring the overt and insidious in our psychic makeup.
Web site
Sheela Gowda,
And that is no lie
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC: Martin Puryear
Through September 5, 2016
Working primarily in wood, Puryear has maintained an unwavering commitment to manual skill and traditional techniques, fusing a mastery of craft methods with the concepts of Minimalism. Derived from everyday objects, both natural and manmade, including tools, vessels, and furniture, his serenely quiet and poetic forms reveal a rich range of cultural influences and references. Recurring themes such as the Rings of the 70s, the Stereotypes and Decoys of the 80s, and the recent allegorical works examine issues of identity and history in a distinctly personal idiom, drawing associations with basic human needs and attributes, such as shelter and sanctuary, aspiration and exploration, concealment and mystery. Multiple Dimensions features more than 70 sculptures, drawings, and prints that chart the development of Puryears career over the last 50 years, from his earliest works (made while he was serving in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone) to the present, including a maquette for Bearing Witness, a major public sculpture in Washington, DC.
Web site:
Martin Puryear,
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York: Landmark
Through August 28, 2016
Once an industrial landfill and illegal dumping ground, Socrates has grown to prominence as an incubator for outdoor sculpture, as well as a social space for community engagement and urban discovery. In honor of its 30th anniversary, Landmark celebrates that legacy of social and environmental transformation. Eight new (and ongoing) works by Abigail DeVille, Brendan Fernandes, Cary Leibowitz, Jessica Segall, Casey Tang, the curatorial collective ARTPORT_making waves, and Hank Willis Thomas, in addition to a major earthwork by Meg Webster, address the idea of place as intimately tied to neighborhood and environment, to maintenance and stewardship, and to evolution over time. Whether engaging directly with the land or commenting on nearby cultural and economic shifts, each intervention reflects change in the making, with an eye on the futureparticularly Websters Concave Room for Bees, a circular bowl of earth planted with flowers, herbs, and shrubs to attract pollinators. (After the show, the soil will be dispersed across the park, filling an urgent need for nutrient-rich topsoil.) From DeVilles ship- wreck of public neglect, decay, and marginalization to Segalls salvaged piano harp turned into an observational musical beehive, to Tangs Urban Forest Lab, which has grown into a self-sustaining entity over the years, these works make the case for a committed awareness that understands place as a matrix of past, present, and future, human and nonhuman.
Web site:
Meg Webster,
Concave Room for Bees
, from "Landmark".
Tate Modern, London: Mona Hatoum
Through August 21, 2016
Hatoum transforms everyday objects into uncanny sculptures that harbor a nagging sense of uncertainty and conflict. No longer reassuring spaces of protection, her domestic territories subvert familiar forms such as chairs, beds, and kitchen implements while reconfiguring clean, Minimalist forms into ciphers of ambiguity and threateven the human body becomes strangely unfamiliar and disassociated. Her first U.K. survey features more than 100 sculptures and installations from the 1980s to the presentfrom the visceral icons of incarceration Impenetrable and Light Sentence to recent work in which embroidery doubles as resistance. Works on paper and performance documentation flesh out this in-depth encounter at the crossroads where the ordinary meets the poetic and the political.
Web site
Mona Hatoum,
No Way III
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The Reverend
Very busy this week.
Here's a couple of things I think are worthy of discussion.
1) Mitt Romney's WTF moments in England and Israel. What in the name of WTF-ness was Romney doing? Thinking?
First, Mitt insults the Brits by questioning whether they were ready to host the Games. To what end, I have no idea. Please, someone.....give me an answer to why Romney would behave so badly towards our strongest ally. It makes no sense.
Second, Mitt goes to Israel, prostrates himself before Bibi in worship and adoration.....and then proceeds to insult the people that Israel keeps, basically, in captivity...the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank. Kicking victims while they're down and out may have been all fun and games for Romney and his prep school buddies back in high school.....but it is senseless and dangerous activity on the world stage.
Question: Has Mitt's truly nation-embarrassing performances in England and Israel disqualified him as unready and unfit to sit in the Oval Office? And if not....what would Mitt have to do/say before he did disqualify himself?
2) My favorite Supreme....Antonin Scalia, is hawking his new book. That means he has to be interviewed by Villagers....which means that Scalia has opportunities to share his deep, vast and unequaled originalist thinking with us mere mortals.
Scalia stated that the 2nd amendment just might support Americans owning hand held rocket launchers. But they must be hand held. Any weapon that can be held.....apparently....is covered under the 2nd. Handheld nuclear-tipped grenade or rocket launchers.....anything....as long as a person can hold it in his hands. To Scalia that's what "bearing" arms means.
And that's why Scalia is unfit to sit on the Supreme Court.
What do you think?


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