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I very much liked Gerhard Richter's Cage paintings on display at the Tate Modern.
Part Pollack, part Rothko, part glitch art. From the Financial Times:
The six paintings are composed in his characteristic swiping, blurred style of over-painted and obliterated layers, fine-tuned nuances of grey and white worked through with coruscating colours — carmine, emerald, turquoise, cadmium yellow, fiery orange — dragged across the canvas, smeared, wiped, leaving fragments of beauty on cool but sensuous surfaces. They suggest rain and mist, instability and displacement, absence and endings, classical rigour and postmodern ruin. They echo the northern European palette of earnest darkness and piercing brightness that goes back to Grunewald and Caspar David Friedrich, but Richter is also a minimalist, a denier of meaning, ideals, personal signatures. He has named the works in honour of composer John Cage, in reference to his Lecture on Nothing — "I have nothing to say and I'm saying it."
Three other things I found interesting there:
1) Miroslaw Balka's 480x10x10, a sculpture consisting of used bars of soap held together by a stainless steel rope hanging from the ceiling. It's not often that contemporary art smells Zestfully Clean.
2) Jean Dubuffet's The Exemplary Life of the Soil (Texturology LXIII). The online image doesn't do it justice...the painting looked just like a slab of rock hanging on the wall.
3) The Turbine Room is an amazing, amazing space...I could have spent hours in there. I took this photo of Ollie attempting to take his first steps in the Turbine Room. Oh, and they've patched the cracks from Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth. The patching is shoddy...I wonder if that's on purpose as a permanent aftertaste of the artwork.

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2012 is a leap year, and it's fitting that, for many of the new 2013 models emerging this summer and fall, there's a lot more than facelifts and refreshed feature lists. Most notably, a lot of the trends that we've seen over the past several years in luxury models—engine downsizing, fuel-efficient technologies, and in-car connectivity—are making the leap into some of the market's top sellers.
The Nissan Altima, Honda Accord, Ford Fusion, and Ford Escape—all some of the top-selling U.S. models—are each completely redesigned this year.
There's also a rebirth of sorts coming from Detroit. This is the year when we're seeing even more of the fruits of some mammoth investment at Ford Motor Co. [NYSE: F], in the form of radically new Fusion mid-size sedan and Escape compact crossover models that load up on the style, trends, and tech of high-end luxury cars yet stay relatively affordable; and at the same time we're seeing the first Chrysler product conceived under Fiat ownership—the Dodge Dart—hitting dealerships and looking to take back some of the small-car market.
Meanwhile, the rebirth extends to other kinds of models as well. Cadillac looks poised to be taken very seriously next to the likes of the BMW 3-Series and Infiniti G37 with its all-new ATS sport sedan. And while the Ram 1500 full-size pickup doesn't look all that different, the new powertrain technologies on board boost fuel economy by about 20 percent—helping to keep full-size trucks relevant as we head toward higher gas-mileage targets and, perhaps, higher gas prices.
Taking a step back to look at the market as a whole, here are ten vehicles that are especially important—for the market, for innovation, and for looking to the future—here for the 2013 model year.:
Ford C-Max. For years, the shape of the Toyota Prius has become iconic, and almost instantly equated with 'hybrid' and 'environmentally conscious' even to people who know nothing about cars. Now Ford is catching on; it's only offering this tall hatchback as a high-mileage hybrid—with a 47-mpg rating that beats the Prius V—and from an early drive we can say that the C-Max is more eager and enjoyable from the driver's seat. Ford doesn't have high expectations for C-Max sales, but we think that they're quietly eying a big piece of the Prius' pie—and that's only the start.
Ford Escape. Jumping all at once from the tall, boxy faux-SUV look of the 2012 Ford Escape to the radically different, rakish 2013 Escape is a shock. And with new turbocharged engines across most of the lineup, matched with advanced tech features, the new Escape is so different we're a little surprised this new model didn't warrant a name change. While there's no doubt the new Escape will draw in aesthetes who need practicality, as well as a new crowd to Ford dealerships, some questions remain. Even in its last throes, the previous Escape was a best-seller. Will the new Escape maintain that?
Ford Fusion. Ford used to have the best-selling passenger car in the U.S. That was 1996, and since then the Toyota Camry has been at the top most years, with the Honda Accord close behind and the Nissan Altima and Hyundai Sonata surging close the past several years. Mid-size sedans are still the heart of the U.S. auto market, and this time Ford has gone all-out to make gains. The new 2013 Fusion is edgy and transformative by design and wears its tech on its sleeve—painting it as the anti-Camry, almost. In-car infotainment and connectivity are near the head of the class and an all-four-cylinder lineup (including several turbo models and a Hybrid) should help save gas. The Fusion not only represents a huge investment in the U.S., with some production moved from Mexico to Michigan; we think it adds up to one of the most compelling designs for a new generation of car shoppers.
Dodge Dart. We all remember the cheery Dodge Neon, and yet the unrefined, inefficient Caliber is utterly forgettable. Thankfully, Chrysler has done its best to wipe the small-car slate clean and pretend the Caliber never happened with the all-new 2013 Dodge Dart. This compact sedan has a certain design flair that fits right in with the Dodge lineup yet stands out among small cars; and with high-end features like a reconfigurable TFT instrument cluster, HID headlamps, and Nappa leather upholstery, it's pushing affordable-car boundaries. From what we've seen so far of this first model born under Fiat ownership, it's quite close to a bullseye.
Honda Accord. After a highly criticized new Civic, Honda was facing more than a little pressure to get its new-generation 2013 Accord right. After driving the new Accord, we can say with certainty that they did. Base four-cylinder models of the Accord have a fuel-saving CVT that's the most convincing automatic-transmission imitator yet, but even more impressive is that Honda managed to keep the strong, smooth V-6—and eke out a 34-mpg highway rating from it—instead of transitioning to turbocharged engines. Combine this with some smart design, an improved feature set, and a little more of the light-driving verve that probably made millions fall for the Accord over the years, and it's reassuring to know that Honda may very well be back on track.
Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid. After years of downplaying hybrids and electrified vehicles, and trying instead to create interest in clean diesels (VW has done best with this), the Germans are getting serious about electrification and giving in to the questions about why there's no high-mileage hybrid on the lot. VW is the first German company to go for higher production volume with a hybrid, and that's why the Jetta Hybrid is such an important about-face, set to arrive at U.S. dealerships late this year. With a 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, 27-hp electric motor system, and seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the Jetta Hybrid should be a lot more fun to drive than the Prius, yet almost as fuel-efficient.
Ram 1500. Full-size pickups aren't going away anytime soon. The next several years we're going to see a sea change in powertrains, aiming for far better fuel efficiency, and the Ram 1500 is at the leading edge. With new eight-speed automatic transmissions, a new V-6, and available stop/start technology—plus an eco package that includes low-rolling resistance tires, a lighter-weight frame, and aerodynamic shutters—Chrysler has boosted fuel economy by a staggering 20 percent over the 2012 model. The Ram remains the most recognizable truck on the market, and new materials and trims inside make top Laramie Longhorn models among the most luxurious pickups ever.
Cadillac ATS. For decades, the BMW 3-Series has been the benchmark for compact sport sedans, but nothing from Dearborn, Detroit, or Auburn Hills has come close to challenging it—until this year, that is, when the Cadillac ATS hits the market. The ATS does more than just deliver a solid one-two punch with respect to design and functionality (including awesome seats and the very impressive CUE infotainment system); it's the best driver's car Cadillac has ever produced, and it's going to give GM a new foothold. And, just possibly, loosen the 3-Series' iron grip on the sport-sedan market.
Tesla Model S. Tesla has called its all-electric Model S sport sedan, which went into production as a 2012 model this past summer, the first "mass-produced electric vehicle." But likely in an attempt to keep quality high, production is still ramping up in order to meet a target of 5,000 vehicles by the end of the year and 20,000 vehicles next years. Based on early drives, we've judged the Model S to be everything we'd expect in a luxury sedan from Silicon Valley, and its EPA driving range of up to 265 miles—if you opt for the top 85-kWh battery pack—helps overcome some of the range anxiety that may give some other EV adopters pause. 2012 might have been the Model S's first model year, officially, but the 2013 model year will be when Tesla needs to prove itself—and, perhaps, its very different way of selling cars.
Scion FR-S. The Scion FR-S and the nearly identical 2013 Subaru BRZ (through corporate logistics, the FR-S is going to be the bigger seller of the two) weigh in as most meaningful outliers. Both of these have rolled in for 2013 as simple, back-to-basics sports cars with small, economical engines, rear-wheel drive, and the kind of driving experience that—as with the Miata—you don't have to blow way past speed limits to enjoy. After years of ever-faster top-performance models that also seem to be more bloated and detached, these models are proving to serve as a reality check for driving enthusiasts and the industry that sometimes, taking a step back and designing something completely new is the best way.
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Home Page Chess Life Online 2010 September Adelberg and Ostrovskiy Take An Early Lead In Cadet
|Adelberg and Ostrovskiy Take An Early Lead In Cadet
|By Alan Kantor
|July 14, 2010
Day 1 of the 2010 U.S. Cadet Championship saw only two decisive games as David Adelberg and Aleksandr Ostrovskiy climb atop the leader board. But, there is a lot of good chess yet to play.
The results are as follows:
Round 1
David Adelberg 1-0 Adarsh Jayakumar
Ryan Joseph Moon ½-½ Yian Liou
Jarod Pamatmat ½-½ Aleksandr Ostrovskiy
Atulya Shetty ½-½ Michael Yang
Round 2
Yian Liou ½-½ David Adelberg
Adarsh Jayakumar ½-½ Atulya Shetty
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 1-0 Ryan Joseph Moon
Michael Yang ½-½ Jarod Pamatmat
Standings After Round 2
Adelberg, Ostrovskiy - 1½
Liou, Pamatmat, Shetty, Yang - 1
Jayakumar, Moon - ½
Watch the live action at 9 am and 4 pm each day at http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_
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International Windsurfing Association (IWA) 2002
International Windsurfing Association (IWA) 2002.
The structure of the IWA has now been reinforced at its first official meeting for 2002 at Boot, Dusseldorf, in Germany. For the first time all international windsurfing classes and associations were represented in one room, all speaking the same language about the future of windsurfing.
A full agenda was followed in a smooth non-political manner and solid decisions made enabling a clear vision for the sport of windsurfing. Bruno De Wannemaeker from Belgium was elected the President for the year 2002. Various sub committees' were formed to ensure a clear path for objective decision making.
Representing their Classes/Associations on the IWA were:
Ceri Williams, (Aloha), Bruno de Wannemaeker (IFCA), Felipe Bellini (Raceboard), Marc Cardon (FW), Diederik Bakker (IMCO), Peter Krimbacher (MJOD), and Phil McGain (PWA).
The Windsurfing Industry was represented by Guy Chilvers (BIC Sport). Also in attendance were honoree treasurer (and director) John Ellis and Steven Schrier (ex IFCA) and current Honoree Secretary. This was to be Steven's last meeting and Ceri Williams was appointed the new Honoree Secretary for the IWA.
New elected President Bruno De Wannemaeker says, "we now have a good base for our future, we can start to organize the sport to be more recognizable to the public and sailing community".
Goals for the IWA are to represent and promote the sport of windsurfing through:
o Competition at National and International level
o Help the ISAF make decisions that will benefit the sport.
o Knowledge sharing with competitors, manufacturers, press and media.
o Provide a central administration for the classes.
o Establish a corporate identity for Windsurfing Worldwide.
o Co-ordination of International class events.
o Keeping an IWA diary of events
Establish a new website ( www.internationalwindsurfing.com <http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com/> ) with updates/links on all windsurfing matters
o Promoting the activities of member classes and National member authorities (MNA's)
o Maintaining IWA database, class databases, membership logs and ranking lists
o Representing the Member class interests to Associated bodies (including the ISAF).
An IWA Office will be based on Hayling Island in the UK, - Annie Smith has been appointed Administrative Officer.


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Room Redos Recap
So why am I bringing this up? Because next week I have a handful of room redo's brought to you by some wonderful guest bloggers. I can't help but be excited to share these but until then I thought its only fair I do a cliff notes version of my own room makeovers (apologies to the regular readers - I hope this isn't too boring for you). And while they are not perfect or even finished in some cases, I like to think they make some fairly dramatic before and afters. (mostly because the house was in such terrible shape to start out with but I'll take the credit anyway.)
Starting off with the main floor:
Easily the most startling before picture of all time, the parlor bathroom.
Long story short: It was pink and gross and smudged with mysterious brown stains. We gutted it and made it slightly smaller. We moved the clawfoot tub from the upstairs bath down here. Design choices inspired by the marble used in new york city institutions, I hung some of my favorite photos of Brooklyn in here.
Cliched but true, the most used room the house, the kitchen.
Long story short: Used to be a tiny water damaged bedroom. Blew out the wall and stole a few feet from the pink bathroom next door. Didn't try too match the original floors in the dining room next door - used a horizontal skinny plank instead. Maximized the vertical space to make up for the lack of square footage. White and gray and blue all over. Mixing metals = old world mets new.
Considerably less dramatic and still very much in progress considering I still haven't figured out a solution to the table dilemna, the dining room.
Long story short: Already a great room that just needed some tweaks. We moved the pier mirror from the living room in here for added drama. Found and refurbished vintage light fixtures, a repro ceiling medallion, refnished floors and shades of creamy white make a nice backdrop for whatever get together we are hosting.
And the much discussed 'i admit, i love tv' living room.
Long story short: Yes, I love tv. So sue me. I watch tv every single day so hiding the set from myself didn't make sense (although I agree the room would be prettier with a painting, just inpractical). Soothing tones of gold and grey (and mixed metals). It still needs a few finishing touches but I'll call it finished for now.
I'll recap the upstairs tomorrow.
Do you have a room makeover you'd like to share? I'd love to see it!
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I love your kitchen. It gives me hope for my ugly kitchen :) It's the next project on my list. Your floors are just lovely. I heart them.ReplyDelete
I recently redid my living room with dark blue walls and a budget of $500 (including furniture). It's at http://geekdetails.com/blog/?p=2426
- Anonymous10:25 AM
I liked seeing these again! You did a wonderful job on ALL of your makeovers.ReplyDelete
well, I would much rather live in your home than glossy magazine photos. And, as my husband says... you have to LIVE in it. So, the tv is perfect... it is you.ReplyDelete
I always like seeing your before and after photos... they are timeless!ReplyDelete
Your makeovers are all startling, if you ask me! I think just the floors alone deserve to be reposted a million times!ReplyDelete
Everything is just stunning! I keep telling my daughter "Let's move to New York to a brownstone" and telling her about your blog. We live in Florida. No great architecture there.ReplyDelete
One of my favorite homes in blogland! I still drool every time I see your kitchen!ReplyDelete
i love your house. we have a old house..and i thought it was bad when we moved in...but girl you had your work cut out for you and you rocked it! seriously so impressed. but i'm exhausted looking at the before and afters haha. you are a busy woman!ReplyDelete
You really did an amazing job. Love your bathroom and kitchen and floors!ReplyDelete
Room redos rock! So I am excited to see whats coming up. Btw, would you guys like to come to my home and do what you did your home to mine? I could pay you in cookies!ReplyDelete
I don't think I've seen a photo of your dining room before, or at least this angle. It is beautiful! And yes, I agree with you, I am far more inspired when I see real people redoing spaces. It makes you think you could possibly attempt a similar project yourself, rather than feeling like any attempt is fruitless because you can never access those goods or have those windows or that chair...ReplyDelete
In a few months, yes, we will have some rooms to show the before and afters....yikes.ReplyDelete
So much pretty. Love it.ReplyDelete
Do you have a link to your living room? I'd love to see more of it! Your home is BEAUTIFUL! Nice work!ReplyDelete
I want your house...there I said it. Could I buy it, then move it to CA??? : )ReplyDelete
You totally had me at "house porn." Good description, as that pretty much covers it. ( =ReplyDelete
Your before/after shots are the best - they got me through some hard times when I was remodeling my kitchen and bathroom. And congrats on your Design*Sponge cameo!ReplyDelete
Love all your choices, and I LOVE that your TV is out for all to see. I am a TV watcher too, so hiding mine would be a sin. I'm glad I'm not alone :)ReplyDelete
Wow you have accomplished so much! I just found your blog and it is so lovely!ReplyDelete
You continue to be my inspiration! A good thing, because I'm heading into a kitchen remodel while pregnant. Be still my raging hormones! This reminds me to take some before shots...ReplyDelete
i just found you via design*sponge — your renovation was amazing! you have lovely and inspiring taste.ReplyDelete
Your renovation is beautiful. We renovated our home over the course of 4+ years :)ReplyDelete
You can see some of our remodel at http://chereemoore.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-i-met-my-house.html
Beautiful! Do you mind if I ask what color grey you used in your living room? Thanks!ReplyDelete
It is so wonderful that you showed so much love to that older building! I love seeing things restored. :) You did a fabulous job! One question...for the pink bathroom redo, could you tell us what kind of tile you used on the walls, paint color, etc.? Or did you already provide that somewhere that I didn't see? Thank you!ReplyDelete
Michelle: I realized as I was writing this post that I must have never done a proper living room before and after post. So I'll have to get around to that. Stay tuned!ReplyDelete
Christina: The color on the walls in the LR is Benjamin Moore Silver Fox.
Eryn: The tiles are marble and the wall is gray owl but if you click into the link in the post for "parlor bathroom" you'll see I list out the materials. I think the answers are all in there but if I missed anything, don't hesitate to ask.
Our living room was probably the biggest change we made in our first home. Luckily we didn't have to do any reno, just a whoooole lot of paintings.ReplyDelete
Wow, all your redo's are absolutely amazing! I know how tough remodeling is, too. Yours are absolutely fantastic, and I love that you preserved the character and charm of the home and kept the feeling of the time period. They are beautiful! I'd LOVE for you to drop by and take a peek at some of mine, granted we are still in-process on some (more like all) of them, but we are super-proud of our work so far! Here's the link to our house tour page: http://thisfreshfossil.blogspot.com/p/house-tour.htmlReplyDelete
I absolutely love your blog, btw! :)
Your house is beautiful and I share your sentiment about "real" redos by "real" people! We bought a pretty run-down 1910 house 3 1/2 years ago and are working our way through a complete remodel. We've finished the bedroom, bathroom and exterior and are in the throws of the big living/dining/kitchen project. It's so much work but lots of fun too!ReplyDelete
Our master bath just got a face lift!ReplyDelete
- Amy4:57 PM
How lovely! I hadn't seen your dining room before, so I had to click back to read more. Did you know that your dining table is actually a library table? It's meant to be used like a desk, with just a chair or two, so that beautiful base can be exposed.ReplyDelete
Just wanted to pass that along in case you were feeling guilty about it not working very well in your space. ;-)
This house is cookoo gorgeous. When are we invited over? :)ReplyDelete
Consider your TV as a piece of art work?:) Why hide the things we commonly use everyday..especially when it is a TV as sleek and stylish as yours. I, too, heart your floors and your marble bathroom. A lady in our neighborhood has an original bathroom similar to yours, it even has a mustache sink and a foot bath.ReplyDelete
It would be kind of funny to frame the TV in a big ornate gold frame as a big "eff you" to all the haters.ReplyDelete
I feel like this was a trip down memory lane - I forgot how much I love your whole home - and how much renovating went into it! And I love tv just as much as you - proudly displayed over our fireplace!ReplyDelete
Your home is beautiful and I enjoyed looking back at all your hard work.ReplyDelete
I love tv too:) Are you still watching 9 by Design? We need to dish!
Thank you for posting these! I love seeing all of your rooms in one place.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:44 PM
Great post! I especially appreciate how your "before" and "after" shots are each taken from the same perspective. Others don't often do that--thanks!ReplyDelete
Wow, those wooden floors look amazing! Loving your blog.ReplyDelete
Love, love, love what you've done. Your before and after shots are the definition of inspiration.ReplyDelete
I've blogged about our basement bathroom redo, bedroom re-dos and I just realized I really haven't blogged about my final finished kitchen (which will need to be my next post).
Thanks for recapping your renovation for those of us that just discovered your blog. The before and afters are so inspiring.ReplyDelete
Loving these before and after photos.ReplyDelete
Very inspiring!
Have a Happy Weekend!
I never tire of your gorgeous home. Moreso because you did it yourself, with your imagination. As for the TV, good for you for your honesty about TV viewing.ReplyDelete
your home is amazing!ReplyDelete
The floors are sooo lovely...ReplyDelete
I am honestly overwhelmed at your fabulous taste and excellent eye for potential. I would be scared to death to tackle such a project, but you took a needy house that had such great bones and made it into something stunningly beautiful.ReplyDelete
Will you adopt me please? Can I come live at your house?
Love these posts... will add them to my weekend links! have a nice one!ReplyDelete
Love your home!ReplyDelete
I'm wondering, what is the table dilemma in the dining room? (This is my first time here.)
Oh gosh Mrs. Limestone you did an AMAZING job! Standing ovation from the peanut gallery!ReplyDelete
These seem to always be works in progress (kitchen STILL needs window treatments), but alas, here are our renos:ReplyDelete
Kitchen 1: http://amandajillsblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/kitchen-remodel.html
Kitchen with some more decorative details as seen in the last photo of this post: http://amandajillsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/picture-post.html
Master (it's so tiny, I know) bath: http://amandajillsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/master-bath-remodel-finished.html
I LOVE your style!! I always tend towards loud, bright colors in real life, and yet I am so drawn to your subtle style..Keep up the great work, it seems you are not afraid of anything!ReplyDelete
Decided to go back and look at the before & after pics of your kitchen - I love it!! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
This makeover is amazing! I love how you kept the feel of the old home, but updated it. Very respectful and chic.ReplyDelete
- Michaelroddgers12:29 AM
Wow, so beautifully a house renovation is done. Very wonderfully it is designed, putting nice furniture and using an attractive color for house. I like the dining room more then other one. Thanks for giving a wonderful idea.ReplyDelete
- Jodi10:28 AM
Hi there. I'm new to your blog (got here through Uncommon Goods via FB). Wondering if you basically had to rip out all your old plaster ceilings to get wiring for lighting? Our 100+ yearold victorian in Chicago has no ceiling lighting and I need to figure out the best way to get it without ripping everything up. Any thoughts?ReplyDelete
- MrsLimestone12:06 PM
Well we did a complete gut renovation so we replaced all the internals like plumbing, electrical, etc.. In other words, we had to rip a bit into the walls to do that so doing so to change the electrical wasn't an issue. We didn't really have to go too much into the ceiling b/c we were able to use the open space in the walls and the holes made for the recessed lights to do most of it but in some cases, holes had to be made. There really isn't any way to replace the electrical without it - but if you have the right contractors, they will do their best to make the damage minimal.ReplyDelete


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The Internet world is relentlessly enthusiastic in its embrace of the latest and greatest, and this year's new flavor has been social networking. Between MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Bebo and scores of lesser start-ups, social networking seems poised to take over the Internet. Indeed, some digerati have suggested that Facebook, by allowing developers to write mini-applications called widgets, might become the new Internet.
However, from push technology to Pets.com, the former Information Superhighway is littered with the digital corpses of the next big thing. The Internet is the early adopters' ultimate paradise, an all-you-can-eat buffet table of novel software gadgets, and it's dangerous to rely on the enthusiasms of the blogosphere to determine the longevity of any new Web phenomenon. But social networking may be in a class by itself—for reasons that go back long even before human memory.
A decade ago, Robin Dunbar, the British anthropologist, wrote a book called "Gossip, Grooming and the Evolution of Language." Dunbar is one of the more influential practitioners of evolutionary psychology — looking at how the human animal behaved in our earliest ancestral environments, long before civilization, for clues about why we are the creatures we are today. It's a fascinating book that suggests both why social networking is so popular and where it may be headed.
Dunbar begins with the premise that back when our Paleolithic ancestors were still more monkey than human, understanding one's place in the group hierarchy was exceedingly important. Compared to other creatures, primates are unusually social animals. And thus knowledge about relationships — who's mating with whom, who became allies, who just had a fight — was crucial for primates to maintain or advance their place in the pack. It was, Dunbar suggests, the birth of gossip. But before language evolved, how was gossip transmitted?
Dunbar speculated that the early hominids maintained and communicated their relationships via the mutual grooming behavior we still see in lower primates. Baboons and chimpanzees spend 20 percent of their time grooming one another. But grooming, Dunbar argues — besides tidying one's fur and feeling good — was a way to establish and maintain friendships, determine the hierarchy within the tribe and signal one's social connections to other tribe members. One might almost say that grooming was the first social networking application.
But there's more to Dunbar's theory. He speculates that at some point, our early ancestors' tribes began to get too big for even the most energetic primate to get around to grooming everyone. And thus language emerged to replace grooming as a means of conveying social relationships. (It's not clear which came first — language or the larger tribe size — but they grew in tandem.) An exchange of personal information with language was far quicker than a 20-minute grooming session, and a single individual could converse with several others at one time. So rather than the traditional anthropologic explanation that language evolved among males to coordinate hunting, Dunbar proposed that language evolved as a way to maintain and identify social relationships. And we haven't stopped gossiping since.
Gossip's primitive significance may explain the unending appeal of celebrity journalism. We're still watching the behavior of the alpha males and females in our tribe, only now we identify them as Brad and Angelina (they do look awfully large on the silver screen.) In a sense, our gossip appetite is a bit like another bit of programming we inherited from our hard-living primate ancestors: the urge that tells us to consume all the food we can when it's available. Today, of course, surrounded by fat and sugar, that dietary programming rapidly leads many of us to excess poundage. With professionally-produced gossip now as readily available as fast food, it may be only natural that we overdose on that as well.
Web-based social networking fills the same need on a personal level: it is an incredibly efficient gossip engine, with an unprecedented ability to establish the precise nature of relationships (limited profiles and privacy settings provide plenty of signals as to who's close and who is closer). That's an age-old attraction that's not going away. But there's another element of social networking that may be something altogether new.
It stems from Dunbar's observation that, with the new tool of language, humans managed to increase their group size significantly from the 50 or so members that characterize baboon and chimpanzee groupings. But over the last 10,000 years or so, we seem to have hit another ceiling for an optimum group size in which members are reasonably in touch. That number is about 150, a figure supported by examples that range from the size of Neolithic villages to military units to corporate management theory. Organizations, of course, get bigger than that, but as they do they change character: bureaucracies, levels of authority, social stratification begin to emerge. Dunbar theorizes that this may be due to the limits of how many individuals one can converse with, based on the acoustics of speech, and still have time to take care of life's essentials.
So the obvious question about Internet-based social networking is whether we humans are once again increasing the size of our effective groups. Is this an evolutionary shift that — while certainly not as significant as the advent of spoken language — will ultimately change the way we operate as social creatures? Will anthropologists of some distant era look back and say that this was the moment when humans once again created much larger social networks than we were able to maintain in the past? Or perhaps in the end we'll discover that, once again, about 150 "friends" is as far as our capacities can take us.
Whether or not Dunbar's decade-old theory about language's origin in gossip is correct, it's a fascinating way to think about what's important in human communication. And it suggests that with social software, we're for the first time arranging the Internet in a way that makes sense to the deeper inclinations of our brains. While we're only in the very earliest days, this new twist may well be the beginning of the Internet as it is meant to be.


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Sorting out the Facts
Reinforcing the many potential health benefits of tea consumption, a recent review of black tea research, sponsored by the United Kingdom Tea Council, has gained a great deal of attention over the last few weeks.
The findings, published online in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2006), were reported by various national and international news outlets. Thorough readings of the published findings made it clear that what had been reported in the media were only bits and pieces of the review, a powerful and insightful analysis of more than a decade's worth of data compiled on black tea consumption.
The review's objective was to consider whether the consumption of black tea has a positive or negative impact on health. Despite the potential antioxidant power of black tea and the possibility that it may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer, media reports often imply that tea has adverse effects on; hydration, cognitive function, bone health, dental health and iron status. These implied adverse effects are frequently linked to the caffeine content in tea. This month's newsletter will dispel these myths focusing on the hydration and caffeine data that was reviewed.
Is Tea Dehydrating?
The hydration benefits of drinking tea is one of the most interesting aspects of the data reviewed. The researchers state that tea hydrates the body as effectively as water with the added antioxidant benefits. This is completely contrary to the popular belief that tea is dehydrating due to the caffeine content; a wives' tale often perpetuated in media reports and even by some health care professionals.
So What About Caffeine?
Caffeine, in extremely high doses, can dehydrate the body but even if you brew a cup strong enough to have that effect, which is almost impossible, it wouldn't be palatable. According to the review, even a really super strong cup of tea would have a net gain of fluid. The reviewers went on to suggest that any possible risk related to excess caffeine intake, if that is a concern for you, can be avoided by limiting your tea intake to 8 cups per day.
Dispelling Myths
Dispelling the myth that tea is dehydrating will take time so spread the word and remember you are what you drink. Over the next few months I will continue detailing the review including the criteria and results, dispelling various other myths. Look for those details in upcoming newsletters and on the tea blog.


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Sonosite Institute is centered on specialty-specific learning pathways for point-of-care ultrasound. Each course contains seven segments that include basic, intermediate, and advanced ultrasound use with lesson plans that feature normal anatomy, pathology, and techniques.
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Linsey, Berkeley has these free classes too! I used to watch the lectures online all the time.
What do John Hopkins, the University of Notre Dame, and Osaka University of Japan have in common? They all offer free access to their online instruction, along with course outlines, notes, and video classes. Assuming that you just want the knowledge and could care less about the official college credit, you might enjoy this resource to get some of the best online instruction for absolutely no money.
I'm a lifelong learner by definition. As a matter of fact, there is a long list of college courses I would love to take "when I find the time." I'm also a little reluctant to put out more money for college courses without a definite career path in mind. What if I just wanted to take a class in First Year Chinese or Human-Animal Relationships without all the hassle of actually going to college? It can be done.
As part of the Open Courseware Consortium (OCW) project, schools such as Tufts University, ParisTech, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have partnered with dozens of other colleges to provide the world with free information. Sure it's not actual college attendance, but you will have access to the lectures and notes of some of the world's best professors and experts, and it won't cost you a dime!
The OCW states its purpose as, "a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 100 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware."
Sounds a little empowering, doesn't it? Imagine millions of regular people, with no particular interest in obtaining a traditional degree, using this knowledge to simply enrich their lives. What could we do with even more free information?
I was first introduced to the OCW as an option for supplementing my homeschool curriculum. Preparing children for college couldn't be easier than if their extra-curricular learning came directly from the best colleges. This was only the beginning, however. As I flipped through course directories, I found amazing lectures on all kind of subjects, dating back to 2000. Webcasts and podcasts on journalism, gender studies, health, and foreign language were abundant and available for direct RSS feeds!
I don't know about you, but this is the beginning of what could be an amazing achievement in sharing information with the world. Knowledge junkies, we have a new cure for our disease. Let the learning begin.
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Linsey, Berkeley has these free classes too! I used to watch the lectures online all the time.
Berkeley is listed as part of the OCW, and I already have several of their English classes bookmarked! Woowee!
Reading this is by FAR the best thing that I've learned today. I'm a lifelong learner as well, and have already found three books I intend to read. Thanks!
It's so nice to read of like-minded people!
Good post, Linsey. Really, today the only limit to learn is the time we have at our disposal and our willingness to actually sit down and study. I am taking a course on search engines right now, offered by Berkeley. Just one word: fascinating. Please keep posting about free learning resources for people who can't get enough of it!


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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override a veto of a near-ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy and backed a separate measure that would outlaw the procedures in most cases beginning in the 12th week.
The Republican-led Senate voted 19-14 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the 20-week bill, a day after the GOP-led state House voted to override it. A simple majority was required in each chamber.
That law, which took effect immediately, is based on the contested claim that fetuses can feel pain by that point.
Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, supported an override but told reporters afterward he was unsure whether the ban would survive a constitutional challenge.
"If it was an easy answer, then people wouldn't be raising that subject," he said after the vote.
Minutes after overriding Beebe's veto, the Senate's voted 26-8 in support of the measure that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 12th week of pregnancy, sending it to Beebe for consideration. He must decide by next week whether to sign or veto it.
Rita Sklar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, said she was disappointed with the Senate's override and said her group was now looking at suing the state over the new restriction.
"We are going to do everything within our power to protect the health and reproductive decision-making abilities of women and in this case that includes looking very carefully at litigation," she said.
Beebe said he thinks the new law contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion until a fetus can viably survive outside of the womb, which is typically at 22 to 24 weeks. He said the state will waste money trying to defend it.
Sen. Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia, previously voted for the 20-week ban but said he voted against the override out of deference to Beebe and the concerns the governor raised over the measure's constitutionality.
"These bills are a real dilemma for people who are pro-life, but still there are constitutional concerns. It does really tear at you," Maloch said.
Sen. Larry Teague, D-Nashville, who voted for the 20-week ban initially but opposed the override, had similar concerns.
"The budget's tight. We're working on giving businesses and individuals some tax relief. I don't think it makes sense to spend money on expensive litigation," said Teague, who is a co-chairman of the budget committee.
The near ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy is based on the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain by then and therefore deserves protection from abortion.
Seven states have enacted similar 20-week restrictions based on the fetal pain argument, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks laws affecting women's health. A similar law in Arizona has been blocked while a federal appeals court reviews a lawsuit challenging it.
The Arkansas bill is based on research the bill's sponsor, Rep. Andy Mayberry, and other abortion opponents cite that fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, however, says it knows of no legitimate scientific information supporting the idea that a fetus experiences pain.
The 12-week bill is based on the argument that a fetus should be protected from abortion once its heartbeat can be detected during an abdominal ultrasound. The governor has not said whether he'll veto the bill but said earlier that he has constitutional concerns with the measure.
Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, the sponsor of the 12-week ban, said Beebe should let the measure go into law without his signature.
"I respect his opinions and what he has to do as an individual, but I believe he should honor the vote of the Legislature," Rapert told reporters after the vote.
Republicans (19): Bledsoe, Caldwell, Clark, Dismang, English, Hendren, Hester, Hickey, Holland, Hutchinson, Irvin, Key, King, Lamoureux, Sample, Sanders, Stubblefield, Williams, Woods
Democrats (14): Bookout, Burnett, Cheatham, Chesterfield, Elliott, Flowers, Ingram, Johnson, Lindsey, Maloch, Pierce, Teague, Thompson, Wyatt
Republicans (2): Files, Rapert.
FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 7, 2011, Sen. Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, speaks during a legislative committee meeting at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Lamoureux, as incoming president of the Arkansas Senate, says he believes lawmakers can find common ground on proposals to expand the state's Medicaid program and cut taxes, despite partisan divisions in the Legislature. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)


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Align Property
Determines how the control aligns within its container (parent control).
Use Align to align a control to the top, bottom, left, or right of a form or panel and have it remain there even if the size of the form, panel, or component that contains the control changes. When the parent is resized, an aligned control also resizes so that it continues to span the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the parent.
For example, to use a panel component with various controls on it as a tool palette, change the panel's Align value to alLeft. The value of alLeft for the Align property of the panel guarantees that the tool palette remains on the left side of the form and always equals the client height of the form.
The default value of Align is alNone, which means a control remains where it is positioned on a form or panel.
Tip: If Align is set to alClient, the control fills the entire client area so that it is impossible to select the parent form by clicking on it. In this case, select the parent by selecting the control on the form and pressing Esc, or by using the Object Inspector.
Any number of child components within a single parent can have the same Align value, in which case they stack up along the edge of the parent. To adjust the order in which the controls stack up, drag the controls into their desired positions.
Note: To cause a control to maintain a specified relationship with an edge of its parent, but not necessarily lie along one edge of the parent, use the Anchors property instead.


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The scene:
While scuba diving in the Pacific, your oxygen tank gets snagged on the tail of a rainbow-striped whale. Helpless, you are carried along for hundreds of miles.
Okay, maybe five. But still.
When you finally manage to wrangle yourself free, you surface to find you are completely surrounded by water. You have no idea where you are and the only visible land is a tiny speck to the south (or maybe the north ... ). You swim frantically, hoping to reach it before you are eaten by a giant shark or mutant piranhas. After several hours, you finally make it to the island. It is completely deserted, but there seems to be plenty of fresh water and food.
Also, TiVo.
What is the first thing you do?
A) Scream, "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!", then throw yourself down on the beach and cry buckets and buckets of tears.
B) Immediately try to remember every detail you can from Man Versus Wild ... realize all you can recall is the guy pronounces crevices "crev-ASSES" and drinks his own pee.
C) Find a volleyball. Name it Wilson.
D) Take off all your clothes and use them to make a fishing net.
E) Try to spear a monkey through the eyeball with a sharpened stick.
F) Find some fresh running water for drinking, make a shelter, and gather driftwood. Use your emergency stash of matches to light a fire before it gets dark.
If you answered ___, you are:
A) A drama queen. It's not that bad. There's TiVo, remember?
B) Me
C) Tom Hanks
D) Sunburned in places nobody wants to be sunburned in
E) A moron
F) A better question ... just where were those matches?


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Contact email@example.com if you are interested in being a sponsor.
- All levels will receive recognition and thanks from the community for their participation.
- Platinum and Gold sponsors will receive additional benefits which include being able to set up a table at our Registration area where these sponsors can give out material about their company as well as discuss employment opportunities with Code Camp attendees.
- Community sponsors If you are interested in being a Community Sponsor, we ask for three things: 1) Do a mailing now to your members letting them know about Code Camp; 2) Display the Code Camp Advertisement on your home page; 3) Do a final mailing 1 to 2 weeks before the Code Camp event (Here are some sample annoucements from previous years).


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I totally used them for my 2 kids, when someone gave me the "recipe" years ago.
They worked just fine, and really cut down on costs!
I used Scott Paper Towels...they were the strongest, at least 8 years ago!
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I exhibited 7 mixed media pieces from my 2012 series Passages.
Monday, November 19, 2012
I exhibited 7 mixed media pieces from my 2012 series Passages.
25 comments:
- elle said...
Thanks for the tour, Seth. Gorgeous setting and everything is displayed wonderfully!
- November 19, 2012 at 9:53 AM
- bohemiannie! art said...
Fabulous art Seth. You belong there at the Parallax!
- November 19, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- ersimarina said...
Lovely, inspiring pieces! I wish I could visit the show in person. Beautiful work.
- November 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Leslie Avon Miller said...
Congratulations Seth! Nice to see you with your work. It is great to see your cohesive presentation.
- November 19, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- Bill said...
Loved seeing the video. Your work is fantastic as always. :^)
- November 19, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- Kathryn Dyche said...
Congratulations on selling a number of pieces, your work looked really great the way it was displayed. Wish I could have been there.
- November 19, 2012 at 11:53 AM
- PattiSokol said...
I love your art. Thanks for the tour. Looks amazing. I'm hoping to come up and see it the next time.
- November 19, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- amy of studio four corners said...
thanks for sharing your experience with us...and happy that you sold some pieces - all so great...
- November 19, 2012 at 12:17 PM
- Ro Bruhn said...
Congratulations Seth, what a lovely exhibition, it looks like a great venue.
- November 19, 2012 at 3:26 PM
- Roberta Warshaw said...
Thanks for sharing the wonderful show with us.
- November 19, 2012 at 3:58 PM
- Gwen Buchanan said...
Congrats Seth.. Great Exhibit! It looks fabulous!
- November 19, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Lynn Cohen said...
I love seeing these pieces close up like this...thanks for posting them this way. Congrats on the sales!!! Looks like it was a really fun show!
- November 19, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
These are drop dead gorgeous. It makes me want to drop everything and get busy making rusty assemblages! Such inspiration.
- November 19, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Lynn said...
Congratulations on a wonderful show.
Your pieces look stunning as a group.
Uncanny how their colours and energy are echoed in that gorgeous ceiling...
- November 20, 2012 at 2:54 AM
- ArtPropelled said...
I'm feeling the energy! Thanks for taking us along for a quick browse. No surprise Passare sold. Congrats on your sales Seth.
- November 20, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- The Creative Beast said...
Congratulations on such a successful event Seth! The artwork looks wonderful and I'm not surprised that much of it is sold =-)
- November 20, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Jo Murray said...
Your work sits so well in that beautiful venue. Glad you have so many sales already... you wont be taking any home.
- November 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- ßeulah ßee said...
A very nice series, you have much to be proud of.
- November 20, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- ART*ticulation said...
What an awesome and beautiful show, thanks for doing a video about it! When I went to NY these were the kinds of shows I wanted to see. Thanks Seth!
- November 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM
- Caterina Giglio said...
a most excellent collection, Seth and a wonderful tour... thanks so much for taking us with you...
and have a beautiful holiday..
- November 20, 2012 at 4:53 PM
- pamelahuntington said...
Wonderful post Seth.. really enjoyed seeing the fabulous pictures.. thanks so much for sharing with us..!
- November 20, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- Parabolic Muse said...
So much texture and care, they feel like they must stay together in one set. This is wonderful, Seth, a triumph. Congrats.
- November 21, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- sf said...
Thank you for the great tour, I had a fabulous time.
- November 21, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Unknown said...
That was fun! I`ve been needing a trip to NY! You work looks great
- November 24, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- improv cloth said...
Thank you Seth for the walk through at the Parallax show!!
I thoroughly enjoyed see part of that NYC show. And glad to hear it was well attended, considering all that NY has gone through. The work was intriguing, inspiring, and very personal to see such a lovely tour. Thank you!
- November 25, 2012 at 2:04 PM


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November 7, 2011 — As the St. Louis Cardinals celebrate their 11th World Series title and we remember the San Francisco Giants 2010 championship, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) points to the role of chiropractic in promoting faster recoveries, reduced risk of injury, and enhanced on-field performance for both teams.
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This sizzling monster whips its way around its parent star about once a day (for comparison, the fastest-circling planet in the solar system, Mercury, orbits the sun once every 88 days).
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"WASP-12b is incredibly interesting, because we're at a stage in the study of exoplanets where we're finding new examples all the time," said Don Pollacco of Queen's University in Northern Ireland, who is a project scientist for the SuperWASP (Super Wide Angle Search for Planets) project that discovered WASp-12b. "It was exciting because it was the shortest period and the hottest planet, but I suspect there are even shorter period planets, and hotter planets to come."
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"There is a limit because as a planet gets closer to its star, the radiation field gets more and more intense, and at some point that whole planet will be evaporated by its star," Pollacco told SPACE.com. "Before, some people thought it was impossible to find planets that had 1-day periods. I think it's so early in the whole subject, and it takes a number of objects before you can start setting limits."
The planet is also so hot that its temperature matches that of some stars. This planet, however, is definitely not a star because its mass isn't nearly large enough for the internal thermonuclear reactions that define stars.
WASP-12b is one of only about 50 extrasolar planets that have been detected through the transit method, meaning they were found by measuring the dip in brightness of their parent star as they pass in front of it and block part of its light.
"It's an incredibly hard way to detect planets, because the size of this dip when it moves across the star is very small," Pollacco said. "These objects are difficulty to find, but they're incredibly valuable when you do find them because they tell you so much."
The transit method allows astronomers to not only note the presence of a planet, but estimate its size, mass and density. And by estimating its distance from its star, researchers can deduce its rough temperature, because the closer in an object is, the hotter it gets.
All the information scientists have so far about WASP-12b indicates that this fiery ball cozily circling its star is an odd case. Yet discoveries like this raise the question, are planets like this in fact more common in the universe than planets like Earth?
"Is our solar system the freak, or are these other solar systems the freaks?" Pollacco said. "Who knows? I suspect that for life to evolve as we know it, you have to have a special set of circumstances come together to produce very specific conditions."
The SuperWASP project, based in the UK, uses telescopes in Spain's Canary Islands and in South Africa to scan the sky searching for distant planets that cross in front of their stars.
The discovery of WASP-12b was first announced in April 2008, though its distinction as the hottest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet was confirmed Oct. 11 at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences by co-discoverer Leslie Hebb of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
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