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Now in our gallery: Feliciano Centurión – Abrigo.
The Visual Arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the U.S. dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada; it has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field, producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions. The Visual Arts program presents three exhibitions annually, each accompanied by a series of public and educational programs featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics and scholars. The Visual Arts program produces exhibition catalogues as well as scholarly publications, including the seminal work, A Principality of Its Own: 40 Years of Visual Arts at the Americas Society.
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The Society's Visual Arts department, dedicated to fostering a better understanding of art in the American regions beyond U.S. borders from the pre-Columbian era to the present day, produces gallery exhibitions, illustrated catalogs, and a variety of public programs. The quality of our exhibitions attests to the diversity and heritage of the Americas, and upholds the mandate of the Americas Society to foster a better understanding of the art made in these regions from the pre-Columbian era to the present day.
The visual arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the United States dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Americas Society is recognized for its catalyzing role in establishing Latin American art markets in the United States and helping to expand the notion of modernity in the western hemisphere. The success of the department is rooted in its role as not merely a consecratory venue, but also as a platform for new artistic visions and achievements from throughout the Americas.
In Discussion: Ulises Carrión – Art, Mail, Books, and So…
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 6:30pm
| New York
In Discussion: "I Am Reborn at Every Moment" – Contemporary Reflections on Feliciano Centurión and AIDS
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 6:30pm
| New York
In Discussion: Curator's Perspective – Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 4:00pm | New York
YPA Gallery Tour — Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 6:00pm | New York
Current exhibition
Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo
February 14, through May 16, 2020
Curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro.
Americas Society is pleased to invite you to the first solo exhibition of Paraguayan artist Feliciano Centurión in the United States, curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. Centurión created textile works engaging with folk art and queer aesthetics in 1990s South America. Through the embroidery and painting of vernacular objects such as blankets and aprons, Centurión rendered poetic readings of his youth in the tropics, his love experiences in the metropolis, and his spiritual reflections before his untimely death due to AIDS-related illness.
Learn more about the exhibition.
Also on display
February 14, through May 16, 2020
The newly launched Flag Series presents public artworks on 68th Street, furthering the program's commitment to engaging the New York and Latin American art communities. The inaugural flag, Amarica: Todas invertidas by Esvin Alarcón Lam—born in Guatemala in 1988—incorporates a version of each national flag from Latin America and the Caribbean washed in pink. The work's title references to Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García's iconic drawing of the Americas that situates the south at the top of the map, subverting notions of center and periphery. Alarcón Lam reunites the whole continent through a new "inversion," and employs the color pink to highlight LGBT+ pride and activism.
Learn more about the flag series.
The Visual Arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the U.S. dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada; it has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field, producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions. The Visual Arts program present three exhibitions annually, each accompanied by a series of public and educational programs featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics and scholars.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music
May 28, 2020
Past Exhibitions
Alice Miceli: Projeto Chernobyl
October 09, 2019
Walls of Air: The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
June 12, 2019
Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For
February 13, 2019
Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking
October 09, 2018
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930
March 21, 2018
José Leonilson: Empty Man
September 27, 2017
Erick Meyenberg: The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg
May 04, 2017
Facundo de Zuviría: Siesta Argentina and other modest observations
January 25, 2017
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press
September 14, 2016
Hemispheres: A Labyrinth Sketchbook by Silvia Gruner
February 24, 2016
The gallery is free and open to the public.
Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 12–6 p.m.
Learn more about the exhibition Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo.
The gallery will be closed Friday, April 10–Sunday, April 12, 2020.
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Take the train to 68th Street/Hunter College or the and train to Lexington Ave/63rd Street. We are located on the northwest corner of East 68th Street and Park Avenue.
The Visual Arts program has demonstrated a strong commitment to education and public engagement in its 50 years of history. Visual Arts events are free and welcome all audiences, including families, students, teachers, and scholars. Public programs and bilingual tours stimulate an interest in learning about art of the Americas among diverse communities.
Visual Arts offers regular private group tours of the exhibitions. Tours cater to all levels of learning, including K-12 and university classes, as well as adult groups, and are available in both English and Spanish.
Americas Society has built a partnership with CUNY, Hunter College. Hunter's Cultural Ambassador works with Visual Arts to welcome students to exhibitions and public programs, as well as special events organized for the students.
In addition to a commitment to foster education and encourage higher learning, the Visual Arts department provides internships for future arts professionals.
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The Arts of the Americas Circle is a dynamic group of collectors and arts lovers, involved in historical, modern, and contemporary art and culture from the region. All funds provide crucial support for our Visual Arts exhibitions, publications, and public programs at Americas Society throughout the year. To support our Visual Arts program, the Americas Society requests Arts of the Americas Circle patrons to make an annual contribution to provide critical financial support for the organization.
As a patron of the Arts of the Americas Circle, you will be invited to join a selection committee responsible for selecting two to three exhibitions proposed by the Visual Arts Department each year. In addition, patrons will also receive invitations for special events exclusively organized for the Circle, including an intimate party held annually, visits to art fairs, galleries and artist's studios, special book editions and conversations with artists, curators, and collectors.
Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita Brodsky; Galeria Almeida e Dale; Kaeli Deane; Diana Fane; Isabella Hutchinson; Carolina Jannicelli; Vivian Pfeiffer and Jeanette van Campenhout, Phillips; Luis Oganes; Roberto Redondo; Erica Roberts; Sharon Schultz; Herman Sifontes; and Edward J. Sullivan.
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The Visual Arts department offers a variety of beautifully illustrated catalogues that chronicle past Americas Society exhibitions.
Alice Miceli: Projeto Chernobyl
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Lydia Cabrera: between the sum and the parts
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking
Friday, November 9, 2018
José Leonilson: Empty Man
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Erick Meyenberg: The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg
Friday, July 14, 2017
Hemispheres: A Labyrinth Sketchbook
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978
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Predictive Model of Rainfall-Runoff: A Case Study of the Sanaga Basin at Bamendjin Watershed in Cameroon
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In order to reduce the energy deficit recorded in Cameroon, management of watersheds where storage dams are situated plays a vital role. The Bamendjin dam situated upstream of the river Sanaga in Cameroon plays a significant role in regulating the flow of the river Sanaga which is used to generate hydroelectric energy for the South Interconnected Network (SIN) of AES SONEL (the main producer and distributor of electricity in Cameroon) at the power plants of Edea and Songloulou downstream of the Sanaga in Cameroon. This paper proposes a model of the watershed that gives an accurate estimation of the quantity of water that will enter the dam given an estimated future rainfall. The model captures the relationships between rainfall and streamflow and to reliably estimate initial watershed states. While future runoff are mainly dependent on initial watershed states and future rainfall, use of the rainfall-runoff models together with estimated future rainfall can produce skillful forecasts of future runoff which is the basis of this prediction system. The result we obtained is a simulated discharge or hydrograph at the outlet (entrance of the dam). To validate it, a comparison of the simulated flowrate and the observed flowrate is carryout using historic data with the Nash Sutcliffe Efficiency Criterion and we obtained an efficiency of 0.833, meaning that the simulation was good.
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Wordless Wednesday - Spot the Anachronisms!
I took this photo while The Tudors series was filming at the Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland in 2009.
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Loved that show! I love these photos too ... who ever thought a water bottle could look more out of place? :) Did you take the photo? If so, I'm totally jealous!ReplyDelete
Jenny, yes I took the photos! I updated the post a bit. My favorite is the actress in the red dress with the cell phone! We just happened on this since we were going to see the cathedral. I had seen some of The Tudors, but I didn't realize that's who it was when I took the pictures. Glad you enjoyed them!ReplyDelete
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Over the weekend, 27 Nashville songwriters visited Port St. Joe and Mexico Beach for the annual Blast on the Bay Songwriters� Festival.
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The festival kicked off with a sponsor�s party on Thursday which took over the Indian Pass boat ramp and welcomed music from several of the performers along with free food and drink. The festival officially started the following day with a lunchtime jam at Triple Tails Seafood and Raw Bar before expanding to nine venues across Port St. Joe and Mexico Beach.
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"Cruise" went on to become the longest-running number one country music song of all time and spent 25 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts. To date, "Cruise" has sold more than six million downloads, the second most ever by a country song.
�It was awesome playing alongside great musicians and hearing hit after hit,� said Leslie. �Every year, the bar is raised.�
Leslie said that while songwriters appreciate ballads and the subtleties and nuances found within, more often than not, more time was dedicated to up-tempo songs to keep the energy levels high.
He added that highlights for him included the kickoff set at Triple Tails, though he also enjoyed his writer�s round at Toucan�s.
�Triple Tails was the best,� said Leslie. �There were tons of people packed in there and everyone was exceedingly cordial.�
Presenting sponsors for the event included the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, and Visit Florida, two organizations with the goal of building and improving tourism in the sunshine state.
Carol Dover, President of the FRL in Tallahassee, actively works to promote tourism in the area, especially since the BP oil spill in 2010. Through funding from Governor Rick Scott, the FRL was able to sponsor the Blast on the Bay Songwriters� Festival and the Seafood Festival in Panama City, both of which took place over the weekend.
The goal of the FRL is to bring people to the area and fill hotels, which means more visitors dining out, shopping, and supporting the local economy.
�Port St. Joe is a great city, a hidden gem,� said Dover.
The FRL marketing team promoted the Blast on the Bay in magazines throughout the panhandle and Dover commended event organizer Jason Bogan for coordinating the annual festival.
�It�s smart to capitalize on a weekend that could be a dead one,� said Dover. �The season trails off and people don�t always have a reason to come here.�
Dover said that in past years, Florida was receiving around 82 million visitors a year, but as Governor Scott pushed tourism, there was an increase to 90 million visitors last year.
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We have planned another series of Art Workshops for Beginners
featuring Jody Phillips as our instructor. Jody is a local artist
and will be offering classes for adults and children. If you enjoy
painting or would like to try painting a picture for the first time,
then treat yourself to an Art Class! These workshops are designed
for kids and adults to have fun while creating. No experience is
needed and all materials are provided. Adult and high school age
participants will be on Saturday, March 22 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Jody is offering a landscape painting, perhaps with a country theme.
Youth classes will be on Sunday afternoon, with Kindergarten through
2nd grades from 1:00 – 2:00. Young people in third through 8th
grades will be from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Jody encourages everyone to
wear old clothes just in case paint gets on them. Cost for these
make and take projects are $35/$42 for adults and high school ages.
The grade school ages will be $20/$24.
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The Community Health Fair is
Saturday, March 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This FREE event will
be here at the Park District, our co-sponsor the Logan County
Department of Public Health will be here to welcome you. There will
be over 60 booths to visit all offering health and safety
information. Many screenings will be offered and a few of those will
have very small charges attached to them. Along with CICBC's blood
drive there will be many opportunities to recycle a number of
things. New this year will be a 65 foot inflatable obstacle course,
story time, cooking demonstrations, children's crafts and more! As
the date gets closer more specific information will be released.
Boy's Baseball and Girl's Softball registrations are tentatively
scheduled to start March 3 through April 7. Registrations will take
place here at the administrative offices.
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2008 Leading Edge Award Recipients
Four ASTC member organizations and two science center professionals received Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards on October 19 at the 2008 ASTC Annual Conference Banquet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Leading Edge Award for Business Practice (large institution)
Awarded to the Saint Louis Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, for its Strategy Playbook for the Body Worlds 3 exhibition. In addition to implementing a plan to fulfill visitor expectations and provide excellent customer service for the crowds drawn by the exhibition, the Science Center also reduced staffing expenses, raised staff morale, and created a sense of common purpose among staff at the same time. The institution's "Visitor Satisfaction Score" increased during the exhibition's 5-month run, which was experienced by more than 330,000 visitors.
Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience (small institution)
Awarded to the National Canal Museum, Easton, Pennsylvania, for its new permanent exhibitions, The Science and Technology of Canals and Inland Waterways. Since opening in 2006, the exhibits have been enjoyed by over 456,000 visitors and have transformed the National Canal Museum from a didactic, artifacts-based history museum for canal buffs into an interactive and engaging science and history center for visitors of all ages.
Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience (large institution)
Awarded to Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Virginia Living Museum, in Newport News, Virginia.
Ontario Science Centre, accepted its award for putting its Agents of Change initiative into practice with the Weston Family Innovation Centre, transforming not only the centre's physical space, but also its approach to visitor engagement. The new experiences encourage the attitudes, skills, and behaviors needed to address 21st century challenges.
The Virginia Living Museum won its "Edgie" for Survivor: Jamestown, an immersive maze exhibition set in 1607 Tidewater Virginia, where basic game theory, history, free will, and the complexities of life and death decisions are joined to create a memorable and effective learning experience for role-playing visitors of all ages. ASTC member Minotaur Mazes help create the exhibition.
Leading Edge Award for Leadership in the Field — Award for New Leadership
Bestowed upon an individual who joined the field after January 2005. Awarded to Cynthia Graville-Smith, education technology and development manager at the Saint Louis Science Center. Smith designed, built, and managed the online community for the Youth Exploring Science (YES) program at the center, used Web 2.0 technologies as a vehicle for showcasing the work of YES teens, and aided the projection of 'at risk' urban youth as scientists to audiences inside and outside the institution.
Leading Edge Award for Leadership in the Field — Award for Experienced Leadership
Bestowed upon an individual who joined the field before January 2005. Awarded to Ingit Mukhopadhyay, director general of India's National Council of Science Museums. Mukhopadhyay has addressed the critical professional development needs in developing countries where the demand for science centers is increasing while the availability of leaders to create and operate them have not kept pace. He partnered with institutions and universities worldwide and engaged guest faculties to provide students with the widest possible exposure to some of the best pedagogical and professional practices in the science center field.


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Rays starters focus on quality and quantity of innings
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays' greatest concern heading into the season was their starters' ability to make up for the innings lost in the offseason trade that sent James Shields to the Royals.
So far, so good.
Tampa Bay's starters picked up 99 1/3 innings over the club's first 16 games, ranking seventh in the Majors -- and third among teams with 16 or fewer games played. David Price leads the way with 23 innings over four starts, but Alex Cobb has actually had the most success pitching deep into games with 21 1/3 innings in three starts.
"We thought that he was able to do that," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "It's pretty much been a nice pitch-efficient way of getting deep into the game also."
Matt Moore, Jeremy Hellickson and Roberto Hernandez are also averaging at least six innings per start so far. The only thing that's off track, it would seem, is the quality of those innings. The Rays' rotation's 4.17 ERA going into Saturday ranks 16th in the Majors, a far cry from their Major League-best 3.34 mark in 2012. But Maddon believes they're not far from making those longer outings better across the board.
"The starters have overall done a pretty nice job of getting into the game more deeply. I do believe the quality's really going to show up," Maddon said. "It just seems like we've been off just a little bit on the 'aggressive-ometer' regarding how we've been pitching a little bit. I'd just like to see us be a little bit more aggressive with our fastball and try to dictate more to the other side.
"Because our pitchers are really good. I keep talking about confidence from the hitting side of things. But I think as our pitchers gain more confidence also, you're going to see them start to dominate games like you've seen in the past."


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Axford's struggles continue with wild pitch
SAN FRANCISCO -- John Axford's season of extremes continued Monday when he did something particularly embarrassing: He aired an intentional ball four to the backstop.
Axford was the losing pitcher in the Brewers' 4-2 loss to the Giants at AT&T Park, a game decided in an ugly eighth inning that began with Axford walking Hunter Pence, a former division rival whom he'd held to one hit in 10 previous matchups. Pence stole second with one out, then took third when Axford's ball four to Pablo Sandoval sailed over catcher Jonathan Lucroy for a wild pitch.
Two Brewers relievers and two Giants batters later, Jeff Francoeur delivered the bloop single that gave San Francisco a lead for good.
"Never done that before in my life," Axford said of his very wild pitch. "That ball, before I was even throwing it, was slipping out of my hand. I don't know. I tried to overcompensate in some way, and I just airmailed it."
Monday marked Axford's sixth straight outing in which he either allowed a run of his own or an inherited runner to score. His ERA, which was as high as 24.30 on April 9 and as low as 3.38 on July 24, is back up to 4.47.
"It's tough after all those great outings that I had, then to have this skid again," Axford said. "It's been constant for the last six outings and it's frustrating, it really is. Today, I guess the fact of the matter is I didn't get the job done. I tried to keep the ball down, and it was too down. Then I tried to get it back up, and it was too up. I just couldn't find it.
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A reader who recently found my blog asked if I knew of any tombstones with the name of SMITH in or around Lingleville in Erath County. There are a few Smiths buried in the beautiful little historical Ramsey cemetery between Stephenville and Lingleville. There are also many who were marked unknown by the Ramsey Cemetery Association. I have placed the few pictures that I took of the Smiths here on this post. It is a beautiful little cemetery that is well cared for.
The Smith Tombstones are in the right foreground of this picture.
These markers date from the 1800s and there are many, many more.
Most of the markers I could not read.
Ramsey Cemetery, Lingleville, Erath Co., Texas.Photographs in Digital Format. Property of Judith Richards Shubert, Fort Worth, Texas.


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Rosemont, Illinois – November 7, 2012 – This July three famous musical guests are slated to perform at Chicago's anime convention, Anime Midwest. Carnival and Noir rockband V is for Villains, original Nerdy rapper YTCracker, and the next generation Nerd Superstar Doctor Awkward will all be performing at Anime Midwest from July 5-7, 2013.
V is for Villains is a new breed of entertainment, mixing the visual styles of Steampunk and Carnival and Noir with the musical taste of Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, and your favorite film score. V is for Villains takes fans on a journey through the imagination, ready to light the world on fire. Most groups often claim to be out for "world domination," but V is for Villains just may actually mean it. Their website is at http://www.visforvillains.com/
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But sometimes, ego can undermine even the most noble of intentions. By its very definition, being centered on one's self means listening to only one voice. And when that sound is soiled by drugs, mental illness, internal struggles and/or external stresses, the accent alters and mutates from helpful to harmful. Where once there was clarity, there is now chaos. Where once a troubadour stood, now lurks a troublemaker. There is perhaps, no better example of genius squandered and ego in overdrive than Anton Newcombe. For over a decade, he has fronted one of the greatest underground rock bands ever to actually live up to said hype. Named for the famous first casualty of The Rolling Stones, and paying holy homage to the music of the mid-60s, the Brian Jonestown Massacre was poised to be the pinnacle of a post-grunge revolution.
Too bad The Dandy Warhols had to come along and swipe their sunshine. Friends and collaborators with a common interest in the cool karmic cacophony of Summer of Love sonics, The Dandys represented the pop side of the emerging scene. Before Newcombe knew it, his idol and intimate Courtney Taylor was off to Major Label land, spending Capital's money on the whole rock star shebang. Thus began a contentious relationship which ended in mixed feelings and even more muddled messages. The Brian Jonestown Massacre remained a boisterous blip on the local scene. The Dandy's exploded, becoming a hugely popular band in Europe. Amazingly, documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner was there to capture it all. For seven years she took the long strange trip from infancy to infamy with the Dandys and the Massacre. The result is DiG!, perhaps the best documentary ever made about life on the outskirts of rock and roll stardom.
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Along that long strip of coastline that connects San Francisco, CA to Portland, OR, a new music scene was emerging. It based its beliefs in the power of the past, while employing the technology of the times to articulate and recreate it. Two of the best examples of this ideal were – and still are – the Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. At the time, the Dandys consisted of Courtney Taylor (Guitar, Vocals), Peter Holmstrom (Guitar), Zia McCabe (Keyboards, Percussion) and Eric Hedford (Drums). The Massacre, on the other hand, had a floating menagerie of musicians involved in their sound. However, the core unit in 1997 included leader Anton Newcombe, Joel Gion (Percussion), Matt Hollywood (Bass, Guitar, Vocals), Dean Taylor (Guitar), Jeff Davis (Guitar) and Peter Hayes (Guitar). While there was a kind of casual rivalry between the bands, each acknowledged the brilliance of the other, and they supported each other in any way that they could.
Enter filmmaker Ondi Timoner. From her experiences making documentaries for MTV and VH-1, she had an idea. She would pick 10 bands from the San Fran/Portland area and make them the focus of a film. She would follow them, document their career arcs, and hope for something historic to happen. What she got, instead, was the story of one band's rise to the upper middle of the music business, while another, equally talented entity shuffled off into the self-destructive deep end. Timoner soon realized that her film, DiG!, had to be about the Dandys and the Massacre. What she captured was an amazing analogy for how both integrity and the industry destroys music and musicians. Culled from interviews, concert material, hidden camera footage and a couple of staged sequences, this fascinating film chronicles seven years in the life of two incredibly talented bands, highlighting both the fun and the frustration to be found in being a performer in the modern music maelstrom.
What is it about 2004 that made it such a stellar year for rock and roll documentaries? First came Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, a film that proved that fame and personality flaws could f*ck up even the most popular metal band on the planet. Instead of celebrating the sex and drugs, the film argued that celebrity contained pains we could barely comprehend. Then there was End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, a movie that proved that even old time punks could be pissed off prima donnas when they wanted – or needed – to be. As amazing and influential as the bruddah's from Queens were, their personal interaction was more volatile and vindictive than we could possibly have imagined. Now comes DiG!, without a doubt, one of the most mesmerizing music movie experiences ever captured on film. Using the rise of the Dandy Warhols as a counterpoint to the fervent fall of Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe, Ondi Timoner's tale of talent misplaced and mistreated holds its own among the classics of the rock-doc genre. There has never been a better film at capturing the self-destructive nature of notoriety, or the desperation that comes from a desire for total acknowledgement and universal acceptance.
At its core, DiG! is a movie about commitment. It's about wanting to be an artist, or a careerist, in the often hostile waters of mainstream music stardom. At the center of this hummable hurricane are two complete polar opposites – Anton Newcombe from the psychedelic Stones-esque Brian Jonestown Massacre and Courtney Taylor, of the glossy groove crew known as The Dandy Warhols. They are the alleged New Age alter egos of Jagger and Richards or Lennon and McCartney, a post-modern pairing strikingly similar to the early 80s enigma or Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch. And each was mining from the same sonic crypt. Together, both the Dandys and the Massacre were locked in a sort of sunny California limbo, channeling the moment in music between Monterey Pop and electric Kool-aid acidity. The Dandys were more upbeat and bouncy. The Massacre was somber and slower. The Dandys consistently sounded like the party band for a swinging 60s celebration. The Massacre appeared to be playing the death dirges for an Altamonte after-show. Together, they threatened to bring back the head shop sounds of a blissed out era.
What differentiated the groups, aside from their frontmen and their sound, however, was the individual notions each had as to what music is really supposed to signify. For Newcombe, life as an artist meant the maintenance of credibility at all costs. It required marrying one's muse and sticking to it, in sickness and in health, 'til death – or a major label record deal – do you part. Taylor on the other hand, entertained and enjoyed the special sanctified glare of the spotlight. He's readily put on the glam rocker regalia and did a dunce's dance, as long as it got his band exposure and his songs out to the masses. Both men wanted the same sacred goal: to touch people with the noises that they made and the way that they made them. But Newcombe was never willing to sign his soul away for success. He defended his position to the detriment of everything around him – family, friends, contracts and concerts. Taylor simply let his ethos get tainted for a while, hoping it would help sell some CDs, or get a Dandy's video a few rotational spins on MTV.
That these total philosophical opposites could ever have been friends, let alone mutually considered contemporaries, is part of DiG!'s delicious premise. Taylor fawns over BJM (the scene-abbreviated nickname for the band) while Newcombe is seen shamelessly shilling for the Dandy's at the start of the film. Both are obviously fans of the other, and such a mutual admiration society is destined to get pretty prickly after a while. There is a level of healthy competition flowing between these two from the beginning, a brothers in anarchical arms principle that keeps the pop pistons pumping. Where things begin to fall apart apparently occurs right around the time that Capital Records comes calling. The Massacre is seen as the much stronger band, aesthetically, much more settled in its rock references and reality. The Dandy's are sort of dismissed as commercial kitsch, the kind of act that would be better known more for its Gap ad than their catalog of great tunes. Naturally, the far more professional Dandy's got the nod (we discover that BJM was never really in consideration), and thus begins a rather obtuse love/hate relationship between the two bands, an indecipherable exchange of hurt feelings, wounded pride and outright anger that seems based more in petty jealousy than high-minded conceits.
What's amazing about DiG! is that it does not reveal this over the short span of a tour, or in the course of the recording of an album. Unlike Some Kind of Monster, which focused on the St. Anger sessions, or End of the Century which was a retrospective look back long after the fact, DiG! is there when all of this happens, capturing it as it actually occurs. There is an immediacy and an energy in this approach that separates this sensational documentary from the rest, creating an unpredictability and a sense of suspense that heightens all the histrionics. You never know when Anton is going to implode, or when Courtney will stick another conceited foot in his already-full mouth. Fists fly, as does the faux-philosophical flowers of language. Naturally, both leaders have a crazy cast of ancillary characters surrounding them, and Anton's collective is particularly cracked. If this film makes a star out of anyone beside the formidable frontmen, percussionist Joel Gion is next on the notoriety scales. Wearing outrageous 60s sunglasses and vamping like a far more masculine Divine, Gion is the joking jester to Newcombe's tormented Lear, the nonchalant fan face of the always grave group.
The Dandys are a tad too indistinct to have such a showpiece around the outskirts of Courtney's atmosphere. As the only girl, Zia McCabe does tend to stand out, but both Peter and Eric (who later leaves the band under unclear circumstances) are more than happy with their role as sidemen. If there is one completely unhappy camper in all of DiG!, it is Massacre bassist/songwriter Matt Hollywood. Looking like an infantile John Lennon and constantly struggling with a lack of respect from Anton and the audience (who naturally assumes Newcombe does everything), Matt seems to be the most miserable of anyone in the scene Even while Anton is sliding in and out of sanity, and The Dandys are battling their indifferent label, Matt appears mired in an illogical anger fueled by a false feeling of limited recognition. It's no surprise then that he starts most of the fights, and suffers most of the insults, at the hands of his fellow bandmates. In many ways, Matt Hollywood is the voice of professionalism and reason that the Massacre refused to abide by. The friction found there really helps to define the dynamics that exist between musician and moneymakers, one of DiG!'s biggest issues.
Another thing we experience very clearly is the notion that director Ondi Timoner really cares for both of these bands. She wants to see them each do well, to succeed in an industry that has a self-described 90% failure rate. She uses her film as an exposé of sorts, showing how artists are viewed as commercial commodities, even by the most righteous record companies. When it comes down to it, Timoner argues that the current music industry is modeling itself after the blockbuster-bound, Hollywood motion picture process. It is looking for a huge, out of the gate hit, a large set of Soundscan scores and an impressive chart run before it pumps more time and effort into a band. If there is not that instant connection with the audience – and frankly, it is hard to name a band that arrives out of the gates as certified universal superstars – then the video budgets disappear and the promotion dries up like a puddle in the desert sun. DiG! debates the merits of such an approach, suggesting that the Dandys and the Massacre's best work is being ignored in the constant race for hits and airplay. Worse, the groups' artistic merits are being squandered by a desire for cash, not creativity.
All profit-margin pontification aside, DiG! is really the in-depth exploration of two incredible charismatic and complex individuals. For all his ranting and raving, Newcombe does more than just talk the talk. He walks the walk, he produces the product and believes infallibly in the power of his music. While his mental stability can be questioned, his devotion to songwriting and performing cannot. For all his narcissistic naysaying, Taylor is also a man in love with rhythms and the reasons for rock and roll. While he may come across as disaffected and aloof off stage, he and his band are a powerhouse on stage, and have crafted several sensational albums of anthemic songs. The Massacre's catalog is equally meaty, and if DiG! does nothing else, it should have you running out to your local record store – or band website – to purchase a few newfound now-favorite CDs. But this film should also function as a primer for anyone interested in making a career out of being a musician. DiG! warns of the mistaken belief that overnight sensation status is just a signature away, that companies really care about artists, or that egos can exist within the same space without crashing into each other.
In essence, DiG! is designed to show the dedication required for a life in service of one's talent. It proves that, even without jobs or a significant means of support, endowment provides its own rewards and way of life. There is no doubting that the Dandy's are more popular than the Massacre, but that is by no means a measure of aptitude or skill. Some could write off both acts as nothing more than retro-rejects digging through a treasure trove of classic cock rock chestnuts that someone else stored away for safe keeping. But that would diminish two terrific bands. If there is one minor flaw, and it's so small as to be insignificant, it's that Timoner downplays the sounds she is supposed to be celebrating, thereby leaving us unable to judge for ourselves the might in the music (unless you are a fan of both bands – which this critic is – then you already know how amazing they are). As a lesson in the unwritten rules of rock and roll, DiG! is invaluable. As a motion picture, however, it really does stands shoulder to shoulder with other classic documentaries.
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Palm Pictures should be proud of the DVD package they have provided for DiG!. Without a doubt, this is one of the best digital presentations, both technically and contextually, that you will find on the market today. Even with the limited budget and production values available to director Timoner, DiG! still looks damn fine. The 1.33:1 full screen image sparkles with a fresh washed radiance that makes the multimedia aspects (the crew shot on video, digital, 16mm and 8mm film) that much more impressive. DiG! is really a collage set to collapse, a scrapbook of half-saved snippets and pristine EPK material mixed into a frothy foam of filmic finery. The resulting transfer is terrific, keeping completely with the DIY spirit of the subject and their philosophies. Everything, from the framing to the editing, the compositions and the mastering looks miraculous. The director of DiG! couldn't have asked for a better visual representation of her film.
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As glorious as the visual side of the palette plays, the sonic situation is equally astounding. There are two separate soundtracks here – one each in Dolby Digital Stereo and 5.1 – and both are brilliant. Naturally, conversations are clear and dialogue is always discernable. But it's the music that really reverberates in the mix. Timoner makes the wise choice of dubbing in the recorded versions of songs featured in the concert footage, making sure we have the best possible version of the tunes available. It can sound a little weird, seeing the Dandy's play something that really couldn't be captured live, but this doesn't take away from the authority of the noise. Many of the live sets are kept intact however, and they have a power and a presence all their own.
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Where DiG! really excels, however, is in the bonus feature arena. Spread out over two discs, the compendium of complimentary and supplementary material offered here is mind bending. Disc 1 contains a collection of commentaries (three in all), and an interactive technology called Link-Outs. For those of you familiar with New Line's Infinifilm DVDs, Link-Outs are very similar. A little icon appears in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and when you hit the 'enter' button on your remote, you are whisked away to deleted scenes and outtakes from the film. The interesting thing is that many of these moments are necessary to understand both the context and the circumstances of the sequences being shown. You get approximately 10 Link-Outs on the first DiG! DVD, and each one is crucial to the narrative drive of the movie.
The remaining material on Disc 1 is made up of commentaries. One contains the participation of ex-members of the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Matt Hollywood, Joel Gion, Miranda Lee Richards, Dean Taylor and ex-manager Dave Derinski. The former Massacre men are ruthless, letting go with a steady stream of jibes and quips, making it very clear on what side of the story their interests still remain. For a band that appeared on the verge of a brawl every few moments, they get along surprisingly well here, even laughing at the times when Anton is at his worst. While it would have been nice to hear what the elusive, egomaniacal leader thought of this film (see below), at least we get the chance to hear how others outside his circle of influence were affected by the movie. Fortunately, it appears everything turned out for the best for all involved.
On track two, the Dandys are, naturally, all present and accounted for. Courtney leads the way most of the time, and it takes a while for the rest of the band to join in. But once they do, we learn a great deal about the amount of fun they had, and frustration they faced, during this particular time in their career. Even years later, the group is still touting the Massacre as one of the greatest acts ever, and provide a few drug-fueled anecdotes about their times with Anton and the boys. If the Massacre spend their time refuting facts and setting the record straight, Courtney enjoys re-explaining himself. He is not really sorry for some of the sillier things he said in the film – he just believes they need a little additional clarification.
Perhaps the most unbiased alternate narrative comes from Timoner, her brother David, and cinematographer Vasco Nunes. The director laments that she can't show her original, five hour cut of the film (the movie was culled from over 2000 hours of material) and describes, in detail, the instances of dramatic license that were necessary for narrative clarity. She also sheepishly acknowledges that both bands now seem to lament their participation in this project. Genial, and very engaging this commentary provides the final piece in the perplexing puzzle that is DiG! It allows us to understand all sides of the issue, with Anton being the only noticeably absent voice.
Disc 2 starts us off with another two hours of footage, amazing material that had to be cut from the film or condensed in order to get the running time under control. Make sure you spend time with these sequences, otherwise you'd never learn of how Joel violated FAA regulations by flying with a fake ID, how the Dandys reacted to their first taste of fame, or Anton's opinions on Charles Manson and the madman's music. In addition, we can see both the Dandys and the Massacre in full rock show mode as the DVD provides three Dandys videos ("TV Theme Song", "Last High", "Bohemian Like You") and three live clips (for "Oh Lord", "Jesus" and "Anemone") from the Massacre. In addition, Courtney and Anton sit down for an impromptu jam that is caught on film, and we get a lot of footage from when the film premiered (and walked away with awards) at the Sundance Film Festival.
Anyone interested in the current status of the Dandys or the Massacre will also enjoy the "Where Are They Now?" sequences. We catch up with Joel, Matt Hollywood, ex-Dandy drummer Eric Hedford, the Dandys themselves and additional members of the Massacre. Each installment is incredibly entertaining, and allows some perspective to filter in. Naturally, the Dandys come off the best, as Zia and Peter have each gotten married and the band have used some video money to buy a performance space that they have labeled the Odditorium. Perfectly packaged in a gatefold case that makes the DVD appear like a book, DiG! does deserve to be recognized as some manner of rock and roll encyclopedia. Both the movie and the discs pack in so much material that it's hard to feel uninformed after it's all over.
Final Thoughts
Perhaps it will come as no surprise that, on his band's website, Anton Newcombe condemns DiG! as being a "Jerry Springer-esque" representation of his personality and the problems with the band. Reiterating his stance that his time and his talent are not for sale, he is saddened by what he sees as a "lowest common denominator" approach to his mind and his music. Even a decade and a series of debacles later, he is still functioning with a fully formed, almost omnipresent ego. He is still making records (as a matter of fact, Tee Pee Records has just put out an amazing retrospective on the band, a 2 CD set called Tepid Peppermint Wonderland) and working with a new set of Massacre maniacs.
But one still senses that Anton has, somehow, completely missed the big picture here. A post mortem declaration of genius, by its very nature, falls on the deafened ears of the one who wishes to hear it the most. Ethics or not, there is nothing really wrong with success. Both can occur, especially in an age where technology is teaching the recording industry a thing or two about fan demand and mean-spirited monopolies. If anyone should embrace the power of the people over the current crooked corporate system, it should be Newcombe. It's what he's fought for his entire career. Too bad he's too lost in his own ephemera to realize it. There is a world ready to buy into what he has to say – this amazing movie more than proves it. We can DiG! it Anton. You should DiG! it too.
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Taiwanese companies have to get rid of their "me too" mindset because many industries have entered a new era of cut-throat competition. This means an end to the business model adopted by many firms of competing with rivals by offering large discounts for near-identical products. They need to develop more winning strategies.
Boosting research-and-development efforts to keep pace with industry trends is one crucial measure. Although talk of increasing R&D spending and personnel is not new, only a few companies put it into practice as it is a long-term investment and takes time to see results.
Hon Hai Group, which owns the world's biggest electronics manufacturing service provider, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, understands this more than other local manufacturers. Hon Hai last week unveiled a plan to invest US$40 million in R&D facilities in the US and to develop high-end facilities for goods, including high-margin components for telecommunications equipment and Internet servers.
Hon Hai's decision to build facilities in the US may initially seem unusual, as most Taiwanese manufacturers opt for low-wage countries when they move overseas. However, analysts consider Hon Hai's move to be a smart decision as the investment will help the firm shift to high-margin products and break away from its previous business model of squeezing profits from making low-margin products in China.
Hon Hai Precision Industry, which makes iPhones and iPads for Apple, has seen early returns from its efforts to boost R&D, as the company posted impressive gross margins of 7.07 percent for the quarter ending Sept. 30. The figure far exceeded the 4.2 percent of local contract laptop-computer maker Compal Electronics and the 4.48 percent of contract notebook maker Quanta Computer.
The manufacturing sector will continue to exist in the post-PC era, but it needs to transform and move beyond hardware manufacturing to turn profits and continue to grow, as Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou (郭台銘) has said.
Strengthening R&D capabilities is the most basic step local companies can take. The most important is that they abandon the mindset of merely following the leading international companies.
MediaTek's survival strategy — rolling out new chips earlier than rivals — may be a good reference for other firms. MediaTek launched the industry's first 8-core handset chips. Despite its bigger rival Qualcomm saying more cores in a CPU did not guarantee better performance, MediaTek's new chips are a good selling point and have been well-received by its clients, most of which are in China. With its new 8-core chip, MediaTek is forecast to seize half of China's handset chip market next year.
Chinese power management chipmaker Silergy Corp is another good example. Silergy, which is only five years old, is selling its chips at prices three times higher than its competitors, as it has invested heavily in R&D to help it integrate three chips into one for enhanced performance. Its R&D capabilities have helped it win orders from big-name global companies such as GE and Oscram.
Silergy said its ambition is to supply customers with the world's best-quality products and that it aims to be the first choice of its customers. That is totally different from the mindset of most Taiwanese companies, whose goal is to supply less advanced products at lower prices than their larger global competitors.


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Professor Askin entered Rutgers School of Law–Newark in September 1963 as a student — after an earlier career as a journalist — and has been here ever since. He was appointed to the faculty upon his graduation with highest honors in 1966. Admitted to the law school without an undergraduate degree, he was awarded a B.A. from City College of New York at the same time he received his J.D. from Rutgers.
In 1970, Professor Askin established the Constitutional Litigation Clinic as part of the law school's curriculum; he still is associated with the clinic (now known as the Constitutional Rights Clinic). Under his guidance, the clinic litigated the first police surveillance cases in the nation; battled the FBI over the investigation and maintenance of files on two precocious New Jersey high schoolers who corresponded with "the wrong persons"; defended affirmative action programs up to the U.S. Supreme Court; challenged the New Jersey State Police for stopping and searching "long-haired travelers" on the state's highways; argued for the right of the homeless to vote and to have access to public library facilities; and protected the right of grassroots advocacy groups to take their messages door-to-door and to privately owned shopping malls.
Most recently, Professor Askin and his students have successfully extended the free speech provisions of the New Jersey Constitution to protect homeowners in privately-run residential communities (POAs, HOAs, etc.), making New Jersey the first state to provide such protection through litigation.
Professor Askin has been a member of the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union since 1969 and has been one of the ACLU's four general counsel since 1976. He is also a member of the board of directors of Project Vote. In 1986, he was the (unsuccessful) Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey's 11th District, covering parts of Essex and Morris Counties. Professor Askin is one of the featured writers on the Star-Ledger's NJ Voices.com. His memoir, Defending Rights: A Life in Law and Politics, was published in 1997 by Humanities Press. He is listed in Woodward & White's Best Lawyers in America.


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How to have a positive relationship
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To have a positive relationship, the first thing that two people need to have for each other is, respect. It is easy to spot a good and a healthy relationship. People who have fun together, trust each other and don't need to spend all their time together to prove their love may be said to be in a positive relationship. If you have doubts about your relationship or want to strengthen it then you need to follow these simple rules to set it back on track.
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- Remember you don't need to spend each single moment of time with each other to prove togetherness. You can stay apart and have different opinions and philosophy of life and still have a great relationship.
- A relationship cannot be healthy if it puts restraints on the persons in the relationship. If one of the partners finds that he/ she has to compromise to be loved and accepted then the relationship needs overhauling.
- The most important part in a healthy relationship is that both the partners can listen and talk to one another. Communication and sharing is very important for any relationship to grow and thrive.
- Respect and trust are also paramount to a relationship. A relationship based on respect will last a long time.
- Take responsibility for your actions and for your behavior and learn to say sorry. Making compromises from time to time for the sake of the relationship tests your commitment to it.
- Learn to enjoy yourself and appreciate the relationship. Don't take it or your partner for granted, ever.
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The obvious question people would ask upon seeing the VG23 in the hayloft was, 'how are you going to get it down from there'? Over the years we'd joke about elaborately far-fetched schemes for accomplishing this task. Eventually though we'd conclude the answer was equally obvious – 'it'll require a crane'.
So last weekend a team from Grues Gendron arrived to lift the boat from the hayloft. It seems that nearly every major task in this boat building project has had a mis-start or two and, following that tradition, the first crane to arrive would not fit into the barn.
Soon enough, a second crane arrived and we got down to the business of strapping the VG23 in for the ride. In order to clear the back of the truck and fit through the barn door we needed to angle the boat so that the stern was lower than the bow.
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In March 2007, the current affairs weekly Nokta published a series of articles investigating the Turkish military's activities against the ruling AKP government. On 29 March, Nokta published excerpts of a diary, alleged to have been written by Admiral Ozden Ornek, the former navy commander, and inadvertently left on his laptop. The diary entries contained detailed plans – prepared jointly by the commanders of the army (Aytac Yalman), navy (Ornek himself), the air force (Ibrahim Firtina) and the gendarmerie (Sener Eruygur) – for a military coup in 2004. According to the diary, it was only the opposition of the Chief of Staff at the time, Hilmi Ozkok, which prevented the coup plans from being put into action. The code name for the coup was "Blond Girl". As the diaries suggest, another coup, code named "Moonlight", was being prepared by general Eruygur. Another Nokta article on 5 April 2007 was based on a leaked report prepared by the Office of the Chief of General Staff, which classified press outlets and journalists as pro- or anti-military. The military did not deny the veracity of the report, although internal investigations were undertaken to uncover who was responsible for leaking the 'blacklist.'
In a speech to the War Academy in Istanbul on 13 April 2007, then Turkish president Ahmet Necdet Sezer, whose 7-year mandate was to end on 16 May, accused the AKP of trying to undermine the secular order.
"The political regime of Turkey has not faced such danger since the founding of the republic… The activities aimed against the secular order and efforts to bring religion into politics are raising social tensions."
On 24 April 2007, the AKP announced that Abdullah Gul would be its presidential candidate. Gul had been Prime Minister in 2002 and then Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and a strong champion of Turkey's EU integration effort. His nomination met with a harsh reaction from the military, president Sezer, and Kemalist politicians, many of them drawing attention to the fact that his wife wore the headscarf.
On 27 April, the Turkish military issued a dire warning by way of a late-night posting on its website. The general staff declared its opposition to Gul's nomination, reminding the Turkish government of the military's role as a "staunch defender of secularism." It warned that it would display its "position and attitudes when it becomes necessary."
Mass demonstrations against Gul followed in several cities. The organiser of the Ankara demonstrations was Sener Eruygur, president of the Ataturk Thought Association, retired general and former head of the gendarmerie (and one of the four generals who, according to Nokta, planned a coup in 2004).
The muscle flexing failed, however. The AKP opted for early elections, which took place on 22 July 2007, and scored a landslide victory with almost 47 percent of the vote – an increase of 12.38% on their 2002 result. Abdullah Gul was duly elected president by Parliament shortly thereafter. The general election was widely interpreted as a showdown between the military establishment, with its traditionally unchallengeable authority, and the will of the Turkish people. Omer Erzeren commented on qantara on 30 July 2007:
"The election results are a slap in the face for the military and opposition parties, who thought they could score with nationalist slogans and militaristic poses."
It looked as if Turkish democracy had successfully passed this test, and could now look forward to five years of stable government.
Then, on 17 January 2008, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals, warned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), that its attempt "to lift the headscarf ban" would have serious consequences. The AKP had prepared to amend the Turkish constitution in a way that would enshrine freedom of dress at universities.
A few days later, on 3 February 2008, retired General Dogu Silahcioglu, writing in Cumhuriyet, advocated closing down the AKP:
"Regardless of statements made, political Islam has taken over the Republic of Turkey. There is only one option left in the fight against political Islam. That is the elimination of the AKP government…"
On 14 March 2008, Yalcinkaya applied to the Turkish Constitutional Court to close down the AKP. The indictment, which also recommended banning 71 politicians, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, from politics, was unanimously accepted by the Constitutional Court on 31 March 2008.
The 162-page indictment accused the AKP of being "a focal point for anti-secular activities" and of acting against the constitution, which mandates – in Article 2 – that Turkey is a secular state. As the indictment's introduction reads:
"The AKP is founded by a group that drew lessons from the closure of earlier Islamic parties and uses democracy to reach its goal, which is installing Shariah in Turkey."
Picture taken from Radikal, 31 July 2008
On 30 July 2008, the president of the Supreme Court, Hasim Kilic, announced the verdict: the AKP would not be closed down as demanded by the State Prosecutor. It was a close decision, however. Six out of the 11 judges voted to ban the AKP – only one vote short of the majority needed to close a political party. In a second verdict, 10 judges voted to reduce the AKP's public financial support by 50 percent for the coming year. The Chief Justice was the only judge to plead in favour of rejecting all the charges against the AKP.
October 2008