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shipwrecked x forlorn incantations x the home and the world
Matthew King: Paintings from the 1970's
When: On view through October 10th, 2015
Where: GRIN, 60 Valley St Apt 3, Providence, Rhode Island 02909
How: Official Website
What/Why: "In his upcoming solo-exhibition, Paintings from the 1970's, Matthew King presents a range of shaped-panels heavily masked with weighted geometrics and found iconic imagery. Stemming from a structured internal system, the artist paints dizzying patterns in high-contrast color palettes. Following post-painterly abstraction without fully rejecting expression, King's mark-making, layer-based textures, and utilization of found image allude to the labor of both the artist and his predecessors.
Referencing the minimalist powerhouses of art history with an aesthetic blend of Donald Judd and Frank Stella in his larger paintings-cum-sculptures, King also nods to the collage artists of the era by incorporating appropriated images of American perma-nostalgia; Goodyear, Evil Knievel, and the Great American Road Trip in sequenced smaller works. These pieces, mounted on aluminum panel, incorporate a pop-culture angle reminiscent of the painterly collages of Ray Johnson or Robert Rauschenberg. Painting's from the 1970's alludes to contemporary culture's fetishization of nostalgic American aesthetics, much of which stems from imagery and the experience of that era.
Alongside this considered visceral nostalgia, King presents aggressive disruption.
The artist carefully selects each magazine page and purposefully strips the "eureka" moment by cleverly cropping the images into an often mundane alternate view. The magazine clippings are engulfed in bold or vibrant color fields, shapes, stripes, and forms. Popping off the common compliment of black or white, a sense of dated youthfulness is introduced through the simplified symbolism in saturated Kodachrome-esque colors, defining the collective visual memory of the time.
Starting from a basic square, or a triangle, and most often a set of intersecting lines, King offers the viewer a variety of complex perspectives through a comprehensible approach to mark-making. Lakes of Pontchartrain is a life-sized painting constructed with wood panel completely veneered by thick layers of acrylic paint and lacquer. The formed cuts of the innermost and outermost edges combine with the painted surface to appear as two skewed crosses stacked and grooved like beta-age Tetris blocks.
With fully covered surfaces, this new series seeks to eradicate the raw materiality of his previous collection, forcing the artist to develop a new process for his vibrant panels. Completed over the summer of 2015 and steeped in art history , the work in Paintings from the 1970's is both present and past."
Crafts and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres
When: On view September 18, 2015 to October 17, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 7-9PM
Where: New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, MA 02460
How: Official Website
What/Why: " The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and the New ArtCenter in Newton (NAC) join together to present the MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists in Crafts and Sculpture, Installation & New Genres, from September 18 through October 17, 2015 at NAC, 61 Washington Park, Newton. The exhibition will showcase the MCC's 2015 awardees – a selection of the Commonwealth's most talented artists. This show brings artists from the crafts category together with those in the sculpture, installation and new genres category to blur the lines separating them and to explore the relations between them."
Feminist Fiber Art
When: September 18 – October 18th, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday September 18th, 6-9PM
Where: Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St., Cambridge, MA
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Feminist Fiber Art is a traveling, DIY, community art exhibit focusing on women artists and the versatile medium of fiber art. It is an inclusive event, intended to empower minorities and encourage equality through the powerful avenue of creative collaboration. It opened in Somerville, MA in August and will continue travel through Boston until the end of 2015, moving to new cities in 2016. This project is presented by Iris Nectar, an independent curator based in Philadelphia."
Seeing the Elephant
When: September 28—December 5, 2015
Opening Reception: Monday, September 28, 6:00-8:00PM
Where: Mass Art, The Bakalar & Paine Galleries, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
What/Why: "The Bakalar & Paine Galleries at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) will present two concurrent exhibitions celebrating India through the works of contemporary artists, on view from September 28-December 5, 2015.
Showcasing the works of international contemporary artists documenting and drawing inspiration from India, Seeing the Elephant and Looking In/Looking Out: Contemporary Indian Photography from the Gaur Collection are two complementary exhibitions offering myriad viewpoints and a multi-faceted lens through which to examine and understand one of the world's oldest, most diverse civilizations. The College is also proud to present the world premiere of Looking In/Looking Out: Contemporary Indian Photography from the Gaur Collection, highlighting selected works from the collection of Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, one of the largest repositories of contemporary Indian art in the country"
Artists: Güler Ates, Michael Bühler-Rose, Edward Burtynsky, Neha Choksi, Tara Kelton,Karen Knorr, Laura Letinsky, Laura McPhee, Khush Nubian, Fazal Sheikh, Gregory Thielker, Corinne Vionnet
Antoinette Winters: Fabricated Landscapes
When: Thursday September 17, 4-7PM
Where: 1st Floor, Building 4, 144 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
Think Small: A Group Exhibition
When: On view through December 1st, 2015
Where: Panopticon Gallery, 502C Commonwealth Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
How: Official Website
What/Why: "In a world where we are told that "thinking big" is the only way to be successful, we urge you to take a step in and look more closely. Slow down, focus on the slight details you look past every day because you were trying to see the "bigger picture."
There has been a trend in contemporary photography to print big. We want you to know: bigger is not always better."
Topographies: New Work by Mary Hughes
When: On view through Oct. 15, 2015
Where: Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree Street Fall River, MA 02720
How: Official Website
Closing Reception – James Cambronne :: Where what is?
When: Friday September 11th, 6-8PM
Where: Proof Gallery, 516 E 2nd St 2nd Fl, Boston, Massachusetts 02127
How: Official Website
Tim Wengertsman | Painting
When: On view through September 28, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12th 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: EBK Gallery [small works],218 Pearl St, Hartford, CT
How: Official Website
What/Why: "During the rest of summer (July to September) Hartford Artist Tim Wengertsman will be creating a 22′ canvas painting, a variation based on his wonderful woodcut piece, "The Last Supper in Hartford"
Laura McPhee | The Home and The World
When: On view September 9 – October 31, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday September 11, 5:30 – 7:30
Where: Carroll and Sons, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118
How: Official Website
Fragments and Short Sentences: Work by Kate Drewniak
When: On view September 12 – October 24
Opening Reception: Saturday September 12, 7 – 9 PM
Where: The Distillery Gallery, 516 E 2nd St, Boston, MA 02127
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Fragments and Short Sentences explores the mutable nature of memory and the desire to make order of existence. Kate Drewniak combines found materials such as blueprints, discarded books, and fabric remnants to create collages. These pieces act as a tangible record of memory as it relates to decay, accumulation, and preservation."
Entangled States: New Work by Elizabeth Harris
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 4-6pm
Where: Clark Gallery, 145 Lincoln Road, PO Box 339, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773
How: Official Website
Between You and Me: Resident Group Show
When: Friday September 18th, 2015
Where: 1486 Dorchester Ave, 02122
How: Official Website
What/Why: "The Dorchester Art Project is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition, Between You and Me: Resident Group Show. Curated from work produced by DAP resident artists, Between You and Me locates the tenuous threads that bind together artists working within communal space.
In the front gallery, photographs consider how individuals relate to their worlds and constructed tableaus explore otherworldly scenes. Paintings of faces fall apart into pixelated squares, mimicking the failure of cellular communication between people, while in other works, intertwined figures emerge from abstraction. In the back gallery, a site-specific installation of sculptures that reference painting recreates the artist's studio within the gallery space. Collages made from phone books and other paper detritus sourced directly from the Dorchester environment are as much about absence of information and individuals as their presence. Across the paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings, there is a commonality of artists engaged in critical discourse and thinking as the artists interpret their environments and interact with the surrounding communities."
Ethan Murrow Artist talk at ICA Boston with curator Ruth Erickson
When: Thursday, September 17 at 7:00pm
Where: The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Tickets: FREE with museum admission
Artist Ethan Murrow transformed the ICA's Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall with a monumental drawing using a familiar writing tool—Sharpie. To celebrate the artist's installation, ICA Assistant Curator Ruth Erickson joins Murrow—Professor of Painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts—in an engaging conversation exploring his inspirations and influences."
Reception for John Guthrie: Chapel
When: Wednesday, September 16, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Where: The Carole Calo Gallery at Stonehill College, 320 Washington St, Easton, Massachusetts 02357
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Join us for a reception to view John's new wall paintings made especially for the Carole Calo Gallery. Hope to see you there!"
Curious Sound Objects
When: September 18 through October 25
Opening Reception: Friday September 18th, 2015 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Boston Cyberarts, 141 Green St, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Boston Cyberarts is thrilled to present Curious Sound Objects – Selected Works, the latest in a series of art exhibitions of multi-sensory, interactive art objects. After three sold-out events starting in the summer of 2014, this first extended gallery exhibition will be held at Boston Cyberarts Gallery. Opening Friday, September 18th and on view until October 25th, Curious Sound Objects – Selected Works explores the immediate, visceral coming together of artist and viewer through form and sound. The exhibition features nine artworks by a talented and diverse group of artists from New York and Boston.
Artists featured are Ranjit Bhatnagar, Don Blair & Sands Fish, W. Benjamin Bray, Chris Chronopoulos, Eric Gunther, Jeff Lieberman, Thessia Machado, and Jason Tucker & Michael Degen."
Boston Children's Museum Craft Fair
When: Friday, September 18, 2:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Join us outside on Fort Point Channel for our first ever Craft Fair at Boston Children's Museum!
Support local artists as you find one-of-a-kind items for your family and friends. All of our vendors will hail from the Boston area and will offer a wide range goods created by local crafters.
While you're there, check out Waltham Fields Farm Stand who will be selling fresh, local produce from 4:30-6:30 PM. To top off the evening, we'll be showing a FREE screening of The LEGO Movie, starting at 7:30 PM."
Opus Affair September
When: Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Wink & Nod, 3 Appleton St, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
How: Official Website
What/Why: "We're doing something different this month: partnering with the Greater Boston Theatre Expo—with all the funds we raise going to the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund."
Multiple Perspectives
When: September 12th-October 11th, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday September 12th, 3-6PM
Where: Adelson Gallery, 520 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Adelson Galleries Boston presents an exhibition of photography featuring three artists: Clint Baclawski, Tristan Govignon, and Dan Peterson. Each has a formal education in photography and pursues this medium with a passion. The artists have different aesthetics and goals; however, the common thread among the three is their desire to express an alternate view of reality. Alfred Stieglitz famously said, "In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality." The pieces on exhibition are proof of technology's capacity to allow artists to capture life in a way that the human eye cannot see. These artists have directed their lens to distort, magnify, or focus on subjects that allow the viewer access to another world."
William Ciccariello: Shipwrecked
When: On view September 11th-October 13th
Opening Reception: Friday September 11th, 5-8 pm.
Where: Miller Yezerski Gallery | 460 Harrison Ave. A16. | Boston | MA | 02128
How: Official Website
What/Why: "We are pleased to announce the opening of William Ciccariello's exhibition, Shipwrecked. This is Bill's second solo exhibition at Miller Yezerski Gallery. The opening reception for her show will be Friday September 11th, 5-8 pm. William Ciccariello's paintings reference the instability and uncertainty of life, through his tentatively poised still life paintings or his densely burdened wooded landscapes. Ciccariello constantly reminds us that at any given moment, life and the reality that we see before us can change forever.
In his newest body of work, we are face to face with the relics and ruins of ships ravaged by the fury of nature. Ciccariello elegantly explores the loss and tradedy through these beautifully depicted people-less paintings of shipwrecks. Painted in grisaille, these works have a historical narrative quality, documents of a tragic event, symbols of life's journey. All of the paintings are labeled with the name of the ship engraved on a brass plaque on the verso, forever a memorial to human lives lost at sea."
Slyly Fractured: Photographs by Nancy Grace Horton
When: On view through October 1st, 2015
Where: The Trustman Art Gallery, Main College Building, Fourth Floor, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115-5898
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Nancy Grace Horton's photographs capture constructed moments theatricalizing female gender roles influenced by contemporary American culture. We rarely see the entire figure or the before and after of the implied narrative. Yet, it is a narrative of aggression. The feminine appears unbound from the meekness and sexually submissive larger cultural role traditionally told, to one that hits back at these assumptions. Horton follows in the tradition of artists both male and female that portray woman's sexual dominance – and by extension – actual power.
In Lawn Heels she uses feminized artifacts such as spiked heels that dominate a machine associated with men. Her brightly lit summer scene with a bare leg and foot sporting yellow high heels victoriously laid upon the "back" of a power mower echoes the king's foot on the neck of the enemy battle imagery. Horton's women are out of conventional control. We are voyeuristically peeping at them, but they seem aware of their audience, like Manet's Olympia, whose challenging stare and forthright indication of her status as a sexual worker challenges the typical submissive plotline laid down by men.
The photos are amusing and provocative and draw important attention to the issue of human rights. Although these photos are a slice of Americana, that is portraying suburban white women, they remind us that even in many areas of our own country, women's autonomy is under attack. In places all over the globe, from Texas to Afghanistan women are seeking self-determination. Her image, Independence, strands the viewer at crotch level, looking up at a tattooed woman's torso who is flicking a lighter. Should women have say over their bodies, their minds? Horton makes clear that women don't have to continue in the timeworn path."
Heidi Whitman: Lost Cities
When: On view through Saturday, September 26, 2015
Where: Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St., Beverly, MA 01915
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Montserrat College of Art is pleased to announce Lost Cities, a solo exhibition of mixed-media constructions and drawings by Heidi Whitman. The exhibition focuses on Whitman's exploration of mapping metaphorical states of mind, as well as implied physical places and events. Lost Cities brings together recent paper constructions with more than 50 mental map drawings. Whitman's newest installation, Small World (2015), references the increasing hyper connectivity, urbanization, and migration in the contemporary world."
The Forlorn Incantations by Johnny Adimando
When: On view through Saturday, October 17, 2015
Opening Reception: September 12, from 6PM – 9PM.
Where: Yellow Peril Gallery, 60 Valley Street #5, Providence, RI, 02909
How: Official Website
What/Why: "The Forlorn Incantations features works showcasing Adimando's struggle from the grasp of both dogma and doubt: psychologically, spiritually and creatively. Through this recent work, Adimando looks to ritual and ritual objects, such as prayers/mantras, amulets/talisman, as well as entering the space of oracle/mystic, in an attempt to better codify and comprehend his placement in the world when the ideals held most dear are laid bare.
The Forlorn Incantations continues to underscore major themes present in Adimando's overall body of work (collection, escapism, protection, surveillance), but the exhibition will focus more specifically on a concept that addresses the blurred line between protection and imprisonment by way of obsessive order and feigned attempts at "perfection."
Ariel Freiberg | Unquenchable Thirst
When: On view through sept. 11th – oct. 23rd
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 11th, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Where: Boston University, Sherman Gallery, 755 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd floor, Boston, MA
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Ariel Freiberg's recent work confronts idealized representations of gendered identities. In her lush and sensuous canvases, Freiberg depicts women's faces that appear to blend into or emerge out of abstractly painted veils. From painted shards or tears emerge fragments of facial expressions-such as a flash of a parted lip or a slice of an alluring glance-that become signifiers of constructed female beauty. Freiberg's paintings hesitate, creating tension between that which is depicted and that what remains unseen."
Don't Look Away!
When: September 12 to 20, 2015
September 11, 7 to 9 pm
911 Anniversary Reflections
with video
September 12, 6 to 9 pm
Opening Reception
with presentations by the artists
September 19, 6 to 9 pm
CRUDE Living: An evening with Jay Critchley
Conceptual Public Artist, Performer, Provocateur … Trickster!
September 20, 12 to 5 pm
Closing Reception
with public dialogue at 3:30 pm
Where: mobius, 55 norfolk st, cambridge, ma 02139
How: Official Website
What/Why: "This exhibit is the outgrowth of a process between artists and environmentalists examining their own systems of thought. Over several months, they have practiced an experimental form of dialogue to address questions arising from the overwhelm of climate disruption. In response,
artists Margaret Bellafiore, Lydia Eccles, Milan Kohout, Claire Lau and Judy Werlin, with support from writers Steve Wineman and John Pitkin, have developed a variety of work including writing, sculpture, painting, video and performance."
Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen
When: On view September 19, 2015 to January 3, 2016
Where: The Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970
How: Official Website
What/Why: "PEM presents the first major American exhibition of Theo Jansen's famed kinetic sculptures. Dynamic and interdisciplinary, Jansen's Strandbeests ("beach animals") blur the lines between art and science, sculpture and performance. The exhibition celebrates the thrill of the Strandbeests' unique locomotion as well as the processes that have driven their evolutionary development on the Dutch seacoast. The kinetic sculptures are accompanied by artist sketches, facilitated demonstrations of the creatures' complex ambulatory systems, a hall of "fossils" as well as photography by Lena Herzog."
List Projects: LINA VISTE GRØNLI
When: On view through October 25, 2015
Where: MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15, Atrium level, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Through mediums that include sculpture, photography, collage, and writing, Lina Viste Grønli investigates the tensions between physical things and abstract systems, particularly those of linguistics and philosophy. With considerable humor, and using everyday objects and materials, she considers categories that have been historically opposed—such as the intelligible and the sensible, words and things, the systematic and the arbitrary—and interprets the excess or remainder that is uncontained by these binary structures."
Also on view..
Student Loan Art Program Exhibition
How: Official Website
What/Why: "The Student Loan Art Program exhibition features nearly 600 original works of art primarily prints and photographs. A unique and popular MIT tradition, students have been borrowing artwork from the Student Loan Art Collection for their private rooms and communal spaces since 1969, and since 1977 the collection has been exhibited annually every September at the List Center.
A highlight of this year's exhibition is the addition of MIT List Center's 30th Anniversary Print Portfolio which features artists: Adel Abdessemed, Nairy Baghramian, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ping Chong, Ralph Cobrun, Robert Cumming, Ann Hamilton, Runa Islam, Gyorgy Kepes, Michiko Kon, Ken Okishi, Otto Piene, Kay Rosen, Tavares Strachan and Sarah Sze. These artists were selected by the List Center's four directors – Kathy Halbreich, Katy Kline, Jane Farver, and Paul Ha – as a small example of the many exceptional artists presented at the List over the last thirty years. MIT students are eligible to borrow a work of art from this portfolio for the first time this year.
"Since opening our doors to the public in 1985, the List Center has exhibited, commissioned, and added to MIT's permanent art collection of some of the world's leading cutting edge artists. On our 30th anniversary of being MIT's contemporary art museum, we are proud to present a small cross section of the artists that we were fortunate enough to exhibit through this newly published print portfolio," said Paul C. Ha, MIT List Visual Arts Center Director."
Head to Head
When: On view September 12, 2015 – October 17, 2015
Where: Barbara Krakow Gallery, 10 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
How: Official Website
Also on view..
Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science
When: Tuesday, September 29, 6:00 pm
Where: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Brian D. Farrell, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
Can the reconciliation of the arts and sciences inform our understanding of nature and our place in it? Drawing on neurobiological, paleontological, and genetics research, philosophical studies of music and other arts, and our current understanding of the influence of nature on human health, Brian Farrell will suggest an evolutionary framework for integrating these fields, offering new perspectives on human culture and humanity's role in fostering a productive and sustainable future.
Measuring The World: Photography, Geography and Description
When: On view Sep 16 2015 – Dec 13 2015
Where: Davis Museum, Wellesley College Science Center, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
How: Official Website
What/Why: "This inventive exhibition explores how the camera can function as a device for measuring the world, mediating relations between individuals and their surrounding environments. Drawn from the Davis's extensive collection of historic to contemporary photography, it considers ideas about land and colonial expansion, mapping, the World Atlas, the question of scale, travel, tourism, and globalization, the photograph as document, the archive, the body, society, being, and co-habitation. Measuring the World proposes an interdisciplinary approach, recognizing that photography is both an aesthetic and a scientific practice."
Yours Sincerely, John S. Sargent
When: On view through November 25th, 2015
Where: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Behind the renowned paintings of John Singer Sargent lies another legacy—a treasure trove of letters, photographs, and sketches that document the artist's world. Among the correspondence, more than a dozen letters from Sargent to Claude Monet illuminate his lifelong friendship and admiration for the French Impressionist master. Another note, carefully written in a neat round hand, describes a certain portrait as a "masterpiece"; it is signed Amélie Gautreau, an appreciative sitter best known today as Madame X.
In celebration of the recent gift to the MFA of The John Singer Sargent Archive, which establishes the Museum as the center for Sargent scholarship, this exhibition selected from the archive and the MFA's collection, brings Sargent's era to life, enhancing our understanding of the man and his work. The show features watercolors, prints, drawings, correspondence, and photographs arranged around several themes. Caricatures of Sargent by his friends and fellow artists Henry Tonks and Max Beerbohm add a dose of humor to our view of this hard-working artist, while sketches, props, and photographs of his studios illuminate his artistry and reveal the spaces of his labor. "
Also on view..
Crafted: Objects in Flux
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Contemporary craft-based artists are finding new ways to fully explore their disciplines. Artists engage a broadened range of materials, conceptual practices, ways of making, and modes of display than those that have been historically associated with craft objects.
"Crafted" explores this moment of "flux" in the field, focusing on contemporary craft-based artists who bridge cutting-edge concepts and traditional skills as they embrace and explore the increasingly blurred boundaries between art, craft, and design. Featuring a selection of works from across the landscape of contemporary craft, the exhibition includes more than 30 emerging and established international artists. Looking to a broad range of materials and practices, the exhibition explores the connections between craft and performance; the opportunities provided by new technologies and materials; and the power of rethinking craft's interactions with architecture and space.
This exhibition is the first of its kind within an encyclopedic museum to explore the broad possibilities of contemporary artistic engagement with craft. By examining these interactions in proximity to historical examples in the MFA's collection, "Crafted" demonstrates the vitality, viability, and variety inherent in choosing craft as a foundation for contemporary artistic practice."
Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood
When: On view September 13 – December 13, 2015
Where: Rose Art Museum, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453
How: Official Website
What/Why: "Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood surveys 25 years of painting by an artist whose work traverses styles, theories, thresholds and histories, advancing a boldly unique vision for the figurative tradition in painting and the potential relationship of the medium to contemporary culture. The Brood will be Lisa Yuskavage's first solo museum exhibition in the United States in over 15 years, and is not so much a comprehensive survey of Yuskavage's career but a story of notable apexes of creativity that together advance an account of her development and identity as a painter. The exhibition will invite the viewer to focus on relational concepts, specifically relationships between panels, between figures, and by extension and implication, their own bodies, through the images Yuskavage coaxes to life. From the earliest works in the exhibition, painting and the female body are both presented as sites of defiance and decadence. Painting historically has been used as a platform for wild invention and misbehavior—an anarchy of the imagination—and feminist artists since the 1970s have posed the female body as a site to be manipulated for the purposes of challenging social conventions. What distinguishes Yuskavage is her willingness to merge the high-craft refinement and grand tradition of oil painting with the expansive vocabulary of female transgression and empowerment. The boisterousness of her palette and paint application reiterate and amplify the same characteristics found in her subjects to produce paintings that assault the viewer's eye and tempt the imagination. As the artist has said, "no one likes to be punched in the face by a woman."
Also on view..
LA / MA: '60s Pop From Both Coasts
How: Official Website
What/Why: "A survey of 1960s Pop Art, LA / MA will contextualize masterpieces from the Rose Art Museum's collection by placing the work of these primarily East Coast-based artists (Marisol Escobar, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol) alongside the work of their West Coast peers (Billy Al Bengston, Judy Chicago, Llyn Foulkes and Joe Goode).
The Rose is renowned for its collection of American Pop Art, built around major works created by peers of the museum's founding director, Sam Hunter. Hunter smartly acquired works by Tom Wesselmann, Ellsworth Kelly, Alex Katz, Morris Louis, and Claes Oldenburg, in addition to important paintings and sculptures by the artists listed above. The roster of artists acquired by Hunter—and his circle of peers more broadly—was determined in large part by geographic proximity. We can look back on the 1960s as a time before the art world was global, and when it might even be described as regional. A museum in Boston collected works from the surrounding area; it is not surprising that the defining purchases for the Rose's collection were made in New York and that the museum's Pop collection remains definitively New York-centric.
LA / MA showcases the great works from the Rose collection alongside borrowed works by artists overlooked due to geographic distance and a related lack of awareness. The exhibition aims to tell a story about museum collecting (both then and now) and, in re-contextualizing Rose collection works, draw attention to the West Coast's most important proponents of Pop."
Also also on view..
Jason Rhoades: Multiple Deviations
How: Official Website
What/Why: "The late American artist Jason Rhoades is known for his sprawling installations made from the debris of popular culture. Operating on multiple levels, his work delves into the nature of labor, craft, class, culture, and creativity itself. Multiple Deviations presents a near complete account of Jason Rhoades' multiples, series of editions scaled, in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp, for consumer and collecting culture. Rhoades explained of his own work: "I don't understand my works as being separate from one another. There are a few breaks, but I basically understand them as one piece. In order to see one work you have to look back in reference to the others." Integral to a larger whole, Rhoades' multiples provide a window into the artist's broad and inventive artistic practice."
Also also also on view..
When: On view through December 13th, 2015
Mark Dion: The Undisciplined Collector
What/Why: "Wood paneled and furnished with the trappings of a 1961 collector's den, The Undisciplined Collector evokes the year of the Rose Art Museum's founding and serves as an introduction to the rich history of collecting at Brandeis University. For his permanent installation, Mark Dion has selected objects from Rose's permanent collection and related collections across campus (Brandeis University Library's Special Collections, the Classical Artifact Research Collection, and the Department of Anthropology's Study Collection, as well as Brandeis Athletics' collection of trophies), creating an immersive and interactive environment that adds both context and back story to the present-day Rose."
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Political Postings
|Earliest: October 8, 2003
|Latest: November 9, 2016
|Total: 54
Optimistic vs Pessimistic view
You can learn a lot from people searches. Google has a tool where you can see search and news trends.
It is nice to see that much of the world has more of an optimistic view than a pessimistic view. Looking deeper into the numbers it looks like the Philippines has one of the most pessimistic views.
Check out the Google Trend chart yourself and try other words to see what the trends, such as Apple vs Microsoft or Google+ vs Facebook.
Republican Email
You might have gotten an email like this:
This is the first time in decades that spots have been made available on the Founders's Wall at the Ronald Reagan Republican Center on Capitol Hill. These names are engraved on the walls surrounding an Eternal Flame that honors President Reagan and his conservative legacy.
The names that are added will be seen by thousands of visitors, include our Republican Senators - both those who serve now and those who will in the decades to come.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to have your name added. Claim your spot now with a donation of $25 or more.
The fact is there is no such wall at the Ronald Reagan Republican Center. There is a "Eternal Flame of Freedom" that is near National Republican Senatorial Committee. The Flame is not open to the public, which means that thousands of visitors can't really see it. The flame isn't even listed on the Eternal Flame wiki page list of eternal flames.
From the VirtualTourist website:
Behind the building is a small square courtyard visible from E Street NE. Walk up to the fence and you can see the Ronald Reagan eternal flame, which I think they call the "Eternal Flame of Freedom." This area is called the Republican Victory Monument. On one wall are inscribed the names of those who help out the party a lot (probably if they give enough money). The east wall is labeled the Founders Wall and has many more names.
Here is the official address for the Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican Center:
The Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican Center
National Republican Senatorial Committee
425 Second St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4914
If your in the DC area, go ahead visit the Center and ask to see the Wall...
2014 Election
Looks like the Democrats have the fundraising edge in this election and a sure sign of what the outcome of the election will be. Most likely people aren't donating because they don't care. This is from the email blast to Republicans:
The Democrats have a massive fundraising advantage. Politico has reported that their campaign organizations have raised 157% more money than ours. This is a huge advantage for the Democrats; but we still have the opportunity to catch up and win a Republican Senate majority.
Makes no sense to donate to either of the Republican or Democrats PACs as they aren't tax deductible. Your better off contributing to some homeless shelter or buying brownies at a school bake sale.
In addition, I have never signed up for any Republican membership program, but they keep sending emails about renewing my membership. Right now the going rate for the membership to the NRCC is only $15. Last Tuesday it was $28.67. I think next week it will be $10.
Save a tree and don't donate. Care about this election, than just vote.
Barack Obama 2006 Speech
"America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.
It's your turn to keep this daringly radical but unfailingly simple notion of America alive -that no matter where you're born or how much your parents have; no matter what you look like or what you believe in, you can still rise to become whatever you want; still go on to achieve great things; still pursue the happiness you hope for....
You will be tested. You won't always succeed. But know that you have it within your power to try -that generations who have come before you faced these same fears and uncertainties in their own time. And that through our collective labor, and through God's providence, and our willingness to shoulder each other's burdens, America will continue on its journey toward that distant horizon, and a better day."
- Barack Obama US Senator (D) of Illinois speak to the students at the University of Massachusetts at Boston class of 2006.
Newt Gingrich
"A new national poll shows Mitt Romney is in a free fall with Newt Gingrich now leading for the GOP presidential nomination."
Seriously? Gingrich leads in the polls? Didn't the Republican's learn anything from 2008?
Does anyone think that Gingrich has a chance to win against Obama? Gingrich couldn't finish in the top 3 in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Ronald Regan
On February 5, 1981, Ronald Reagan said in his Address on the Economy:
"What's happened to that American dream of owning a home? Only 10 years
ago a family could buy a home, and the monthly payment averaged little
more than a quarter -- 27 cents out of each dollar earned. Today, it
takes 42 cents out of every dollar of income. So, fewer than 1 out of 11
families can afford to buy their first new home.
Regulations adopted by government with the best of intentions have added $666 to the cost of an automobile. It is estimated that altogether regulations of every kind, on shopkeepers, farmers, and major industries, add $100 billion or more to the cost of the goods and services we buy. And then another 20 billion is spent by government handling the paperwork created by those regulations.
I'm sure you're getting the idea that the audit presented to me found government policies of the last few decades responsible for our economic troubles. We forgot or just overlooked the fact that government -- any government -- has a built-in tendency to grow. Now, we all had a hand in looking to government for benefits as if government had some source of revenue other than our earnings. Many if not most of the things we thought of or that government offered to us seemed attractive."
Election Day in Massachusetts
Who would have guess that today's election in Massachusetts would be huge:
Latest polls suggest State Senator Scott Brown could defeat state Attorney General Martha Coakley, which would be a huge upset in this traditionally liberal New England state, take away the Democrats' supermajority in congress and thereby reshape President Barack Obama's agenda after just one year in office.
I don't know who will win, but everyone that I have talked to seem to favor Scott Brown. The polls close at 8pm tonight and it will be interesting to see when they call the race.
This election is the first time that voters can change the outcome of a major piece of election in Congress.
Local sales Tax
Starting January 1, 2010, city and towns in Massachusetts can collect local taxes. This was a rule that allowed City and Towns to collect local sales tax which put in place from the Massachusetts State Legislator.
Framingham and Lexington now charge .75% for sales tax. This means that the consumer now pays 7% sales tax in Framingham and Lexington. Many merchants have posted signs to let consumers know of the change.
Currently there is no list of which city and towns have issued sales tax. This would be something that the Boston Globe or the Boston Herald should do.
First Time Homebuyer Credit
Looks like that the First Time Homebuyer credit may get extended. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) is pushing this through the Senate at a hearing today.
You can follow the results of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing. After the hearing is over you can download the transcript of all the participants.
Read Senator Johnny Isakson floor statement on exapanding the Homebuyer Tax Credit until May of 2010. Here's a quote:
People will say: Well, it costs too much. Let's look at what we have done in 2 1/2 or 1 1/2 years in terms of cost to try to save an ailing economy. We have put $85 billion in 1 night in AIG. That is a lot more money than $16 billion. The Federal Reserve has at one place or another invested over $5 trillion. That is a lot more than $16 billion. The stimulus, which is a 2-year stimulus, which is just in its infancy of trying to make some difference, was $787 billion. The Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which was passed in October of last year, was $700 billion. Yet we have a proposal that has generated 350,000 sales, costs $16 billion, that is about to die, where all of those other programs and trillions of dollars have only saved a collapse but not regenerated an economy.
Thomas Jefferson's Prophecy
There's been some talk on radio talk shows how there might be some truth to Thomas Jefferson's prophecy of 1802:
?I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.?
Thomas Jefferson, 1802.


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VENERABLE LAMA SAMTEN WEEKEND TEACHINGS - DAY 2 Coping with Loss & Grief. from a Buddhist perspective.
Cost $50 per day
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The word "loss" can mean many things. People say I have lost my mind; I have lost my wallet, or my job; I have lost my wife or husband; I have lost my country etc. These general expressions, they mean you are not able to find whatever it is you are looking for and could be quite mild on an emotional level.
However loss can also mean death: natural death or premature death. This is stronger, however both contain grief. Grief literally means the suffering of parting of separating. We don't like change, we don't like parting - we like meeting. the suffering of parting or separating these days is quite common: explosions, airplanes accidents, and other unexpected tragedies.
Venerable Lama Samten will explain how to deal with loss or grief.
Please bring a plate of vegetarian food for a shared lunch.


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First, there were two. Two that saw the twinkle in each others' eye. Two that donned fancy shoes and made their way to the it spot around town. Two that said "I do" and embarked on an adventure together. Then those two became three. And their sparkle was reflected back to them in the shape of a mischievous grin and pony tails. Their world became bigger in many ways. And smaller in others. Perhaps the axis shifted just slightly.
And then once again those three opened their arms and became four (four under the rules of "parenting math" which often results in two and two). For now. Time moves quickly and before long you will be four — more. Thanks Brad and Chelsea for opening your beautiful home and allowing me to capture a little piece of your expanding adventure.


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Stay on target
No matter how big of an anime fan you are, chances are you've heard of Cowboy Bebop, or you've watched it because it's a classic. Widely considered one of the best out there, the 1998 Japanese series has been inspiring newcomers to the genre for years. And now it's getting a live action television adaptation by Tomorrow Studios, a new partnership between ITV Studios and Marty Adelstein.
That name might not mean that much to you, but he's a producer and actor known for his work on Prison Break, which he served as executive producer on. He's worked on several series, to that end, so he's got plenty of experience under his belt. The live action series will, in fact, be executive produced by Sunset Inc., the same studio that handled the original animated series, as well as by a group called Midnight Radio: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Named, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg.
Chris Yost is being tasked with writing the adaptation. Yost has worked on several properties for Marvel and other comic book-related series. This all sounds like a lot of capable people, especially with a comic book writer on board with experience writing several different characters and stories.
Unfortunately, those are the only real facts we have at the moment regarding what might happen with the series. There's no casting info right now, but let's hope there's at the very least some sort of attempt at finding the best people for the roles. And there's also the hope that it retains its humor and snarkiness and doesn't attempt to turn into some sort of dark look at bounty hunting in 2071. Spike Spiegel has a certain cool that could be ruined very quickly if too heavy of a hand is taken with the adaptation. We'll have to wait and see what happens.


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The airline's chairman vowed to return to service this fall, however, with Melbourne [Florida]'s airport serving as the base for the operation's lone Boeing 737-800 jet. "Melbourne will be our focus city," Steve Schoen said in a telephone interview late Friday from Clearwater, where the airline is based. He later added that the airport in Lansing, Mich., will also be a "target city."That's right - we might not have seen the last of the JetAmerica yet. But airports would probably be pretty wary of giving JetAmerica (or its latest incarnation) another chance. The Melbourne airport allocated $25,000 to help promote JetAmerica, and most of that's been spent. And the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, which was JetAmerica's focus city, has already spent $119,000, and that amount could end up being as high as $150,000.
I recently asked Toledo Airport's President and CEO, Michael J. Stolarczyk, a few questions about his airport and JetAmerica. If JetAmerica were to start up again, "we would certainly hope that Toledo Express is considered," said Stolarczyk. "If Steve Schoen starts another air carrier, we would welcome the discussion and would fully vet the proposal as we did the first time. The operations team that Steve Schoen compiled was comprised of professionals from the industry and there were several points in their model that will prove to be viable. Fortunately, I'm sure they have learned some valuable lessons from this experience – as have we - and I fully hope Mr. Schoen reemerges with a strong product and that he considers Toledo Express as a service corridor."
Stolarczyk also notes that JetAmerica should have gone with a less aggressive schedule. "Daily service to the New York area is provided from Detroit and we truly wanted to capitalize on that and capture some of those travelers. We can capture those travelers; however, we may not be able to fully load daily service to New York right from the start. In the future, we will begin with three to four times per week service to this market…and then grow that service to its maximum potential."
And as for Toledo and those other airports which were seeking new air service, Stolarczyk remains optimistic. "The team at Toledo Express is going to continue to be diligent in our efforts to secure air passenger service. We will continue to bring the best offer to the table that we possibly can for our partners in these efforts –just like we did with JetAmerica... We bring the same spirit of enthusiasm and support that we showed to JetAmerica to all potential passenger air service partners. It is not a matter of if we will obtain additional air service; it is truly a matter of when."


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Loving My Self ~ A Journey of Transformation Audio Book
Loving My Self ~ A Journey of Transformation Audio Book
Loving My Self ~ A Journey of Transformation: Sharon Meixsell's first solo poetry book currently only in audio book format.
My audio book is on a VERY, VERY Special SALE on my website. It is for $5.
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For more information regarding the book please click on the link in the book section titled Loving My Self and/or click on the link titled Excerpts from Loving My Self ~ A Journey of Transformation. There are 4 sample poems from the book.
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Awaken Skin Rehab Scrub is a unique rehabilitating scrub experience. Around the world, the significance of skin conditioning has always been part of a symbolic shedding and spiritual cleansing. Seasonal changes can be a great time to shed the old and prepare the new. This scrub is specifically designed to boost circulation, oxygenate the blood and prepare your skin so that your outer glow matches your inner.


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During this time of the year there are few worthwhile listings, and even then many items go for significantly less than they should (or would go for later in the year). This is just such an example. These common skittle game pieces typically bring from $45-65 each, so the buyer got a steal grabbing them for ~$26 each.
Mark B. Ledenbach's vintage Halloween collectibles blog.


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File Under 2018 #2: Proud Mary/
If you watched any of the marketing for Babak Najafi's Proud Mary, the obvious comparison that likely came to mind was John Wick. A respected actor later in their career becomes a super assassin in a stylish-yet-stripped down action flick. This genre has become a staple at the movies in this early year graveyard going back to Taken and the countless Liam Neeson films (hey! another one is out now!). These films that have become so over-the-top ridiculous that the John Wicks and Atomic Blondes have risen as a more honest alternative.
The next in line, Proud Mary, stars Taraji P. Henson in the title role. In some ways, holding it up against John Wick makes a lot of sense. For the many differences in the films, though, it is a bit unfair.
Despite what you saw in the trailers, Proud Mary really isn't the high octane shoot-em-up you'd expect. Henson gets plenty of opportunity to shine as a complete killing machine, but this is a movie much more about an internal struggle and character relationships than free fire.
But in that vein, the differences in how Proud Mary and John Wick approach dramatic stakes possibly shows why one succeeds and the other has ended up a bit off. The emotional core of John Wick is firmly tongue-in-cheek -- it is a terrible situation, certainly, but the consequences for the characters are taken to a different level of reality. In Proud Mary, the film really wants us to care for the characters in a way that the characters feel for each other. Not helped by soft piano music stamped over everything, its dramatic stakes quickly become melodramatic when they are supposed to live in a world more like ours than John Wick's.
I admit that many of Proud Mary's problems are related to expectations. There has been a lot of wondering why Screen Gems didn't promote the film more. My best guess is they were trying to sell a movie in a specific way that wasn't as much like the final product as they wanted it to be.
What it's about: Tajari P. Henson is a super assassin -- that is certainly the film's most important hook. While protecting a young boy who works as a drug runner for a Russian mob leader called Uncle, things go bad when Mary confronts the rival crime boss. Her actions and the unfortunate aftermath spark a turf war, bringing both physical and emotional turmoil into her and her loved ones' lives.
Unorganized thoughts:
The film's Leon-esque relationship between an assassin and a child offers the more enjoyable elements of the film. At least when it is trying to be fun, that is. There is far more gravity when they are simply shooting the shit, whether about the proper attire to wear to a friend's dinner party or their preferred hot dog condiment. These small moments connect much better than when it goes for dramatic heft.
Another thing you wouldn't exactly get from the film's marketing: Mary is far from a purely badass killer. The film is very invested in showing her as a character who is struggling to keep it all together, with mixed success. I appreciate them going for something a little more nuanced, but we don't know enough about who the character is to get why these specific circumstances affect her in this particular way.
Much of the film's aesthetic is pretty generic. There's really no visual or narrative flair that sets it apart from other low-budget pot boilers.
Another way it could have improved is jumping into the throwback blaxploitation elements that it was tangentially interested in. It simply wasn't gritty enough in that way.
At the end of the day, Proud Mary is a film I simply wanted to be better. It isn't actively bad for the most part, just sort of there.
To end on a positive note, Tajari P. Henson is predictably good, even in the film's less inspired melodramatic bits. There likely won't be many better performances in mediocre-to-bad films this year.


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Permanent life insurance is one of the most confusing topics in personal finance. This makes a discussion of whether to buy term or permanent insurance a daunting task.
Let's first define some terms:
Term insurance provides a level premium and a level-death benefit protection for a stated period of time, such as 10 or 20 years.
Permanent insurance typically provides both a death benefit and cash savings. There are different types of permanent insurance, including whole life, universal life, index-universal life, variable life and variable-universal life.
The initial premium for permanent insurance is higher than for term insurance with a comparable death benefit. A portion of the premium may be invested, eventually providing a buildup of cash value.
Pros and cons of term insurance. Term insurance can be a good fit for younger individuals and families, who need protection against the loss of income of a primary earner for a stated period of time, at an affordable cost. In most cases, a medical examination will be required.
Term insurance does not build cash value, so at the end of the term, the policy will have no value.
An additional benefit of term insurance is that it is a simple product, so comparison shopping is quite easy. The market for selling term insurance is competitive, presenting good values for consumers.
Brant Steck, director of client relationships for Brokerage Unlimited, Inc., in St. Louis, recommends buying a level term insurance policy and matching the length of the level premium period to the amount of time the need exists. At the end of the level-premium period, the policy should not automatically cancel (unless instructed by the policy owner), but the premium will likely increase quite markedly if you elect to continue the coverage. You should consider a term policy with a conversion privilege, which will permit you to convert the policy into permanent insurance, without proof of insurability, and lock in the rate class you had at the inception of the policy.
For many consumers, the only way they can afford the coverage they need, for the time when they need it, is through term life insurance. For those people, it's the insurance product of choice. Jeremy Ragsdale, vice president, Life Insurance and Annuities at TIAA-CREF, notes that more than 85 percent of the policies sold by TIAA-CREF are term policies, although they represent a much lower percentage of total premiums.
Pros and cons of permanent insurance. Permanent insurance may provide protection for your entire life. If a guaranteed level premium is important to you, make sure your policy provides for one.
Permanent insurance accumulates a cash value, and the policy owner may be able to borrow against it tax-free or use it for retirement or other goals (like education). Premiums are initially higher than for term coverage.
Who should consider permanent insurance? According to independent insurance consultant Glenn Daily, permanent insurance can make sense for consumers who need to create liquidity in order to pay projected federal estate taxes. He also recommends permanent insurance to those concerned about asset protection, where state law provides that the cash value and death benefits of insurance policies are not subject to claims by creditors.
Permanent life insurance also has an element of forced savings that can be attractive. In this environment of low interest rates, Daily notes that some policies have been paying a tax-deferred return of 4 percent or more. Of course, mortality and administrative costs of the policy will still be deducted.
Steck notes another situation in which permanent insurance may be the preferable option. If you are a retired couple concerned about spending money because it will deplete the inheritance you wish to leave for your children, Steck recommends designating a small portion of available funds and buying a survivorship-permanent policy. This policy should have a no-lapse guarantee. Steck believes this kind of policy will assure the couple that their children will receive the intended inheritance, while allowing them to enjoy their retirement.
Ragsdale notes that permanent insurance is no longer used only for estate planning or wealth transfer. He has seen an increase in policies issued to those who are older than 50, to cover newly acquired mortgages and other financial obligations.
Most retirees don't need significant (or any) life insurance when they retire, unless they still have dependents, need to fund funeral expenses or provide for their spouse.
Term insurance often prevails, in theory. Both Daily and Steck believe term insurance is the best option for most consumers. Daily considers it the "default option" and says he "has to be convinced" that cash value insurance is a better one.
You have probably heard the expression "Buy term and invest the difference," as a justification for buying term insurance. This saying is premised on a critical assumption: You will actually invest the difference instead of spending it. It also assumes the historical performance of the capital markets will continue in the future.
Insider information on cash-value insurance. Few consumers understand there are skilled professionals who can recommend cash-value policies that may be more suitable than those typically offered to them. For example, a "blended" policy combines whole-life and term-life into a single policy. This kind of policy may generate higher near-term cash values and higher death benefits at life expectancy than whole life alone. Blended policies are sold by many highly rated insurance companies, including Northwestern Mutual, Guardian and MassMutual. These policies can be competitive with term policies for some consumers.
Blended policies are not a panacea. Steck generally does not recommend them because of the heavy reliance on non-guaranteed dividends.
When considering the purchase of permanent insurance, Steck believes it's important to focus on what is guaranteed and what is projected (or hypothetical). You will need to carefully monitor the policy if you are making a decision based on hypothetical scenarios that rely on a projected dividend, interest rates or subaccount performance. You should also be prepared to make additional capital contributions, if necessary.
A final recommendation. Daily, a fee-only insurance consultant, says that most clients who consult with him end up doing something different than what they had originally planned. He does not believe consumers are getting the information they need to make an informed decision.
Steck believes consumers benefit from getting an objective, third-party opinion, but feels they can do so without incurring a fee by using an independent brokerage firm. His firm offers a " performance evaluation" of clients' existing life insurance policies at no cost. He says many clients require only an adjustment to their existing policies, rather than replacement insurance.
Whichever route you take, you would be well-advised to seek a second opinion when making a decision that has meaningful ramifications for you and your loved ones.
Dan Solin is the director of investor advocacy for the BAM Alliance and a wealth advisor with Buckingham Asset Management. He is a New York Times best-selling author of the Smartest series of books. His next book, "The Smartest Sales Book You'll Ever Read," will be published March 3, 2014.
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How can school districts provide equitable learning environments for all students?
By Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President/ Education Editor
More than 400,000 teaching vacancies for both public and private schools will need to be filled by the year 2018. Considering the alarming number of uncertified or unlicensed teachers nationwide, the critical question to be asked is: How can school districts provide equitable learning environments for all students?
As a viable solution to this concern, the USC Rossier School of Education and Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS) have formed a partnership and created an Equity Educator Certificate Program. The target students for this program are teachers and leaders in school districts across the U.S. and globally who serve a diverse student population – especially teachers and leaders in large, urban districts where a majority of students of color and English learners reside.
Educational equity is a timely and urgent issue for school leaders across the country. Many Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade students are being taught by teachers and supported by school leaders without the knowledge, skills and dispositions to create truly equitable learning environments for all students – including students of color and English language learners. If districts are to be successful in building inclusive schools and providing every student with the opportunity to succeed, teachers and school leaders must participate in depth level professional learning to engage today's diverse classrooms.
The new USC-KDS Equity Educator Certificate Program consists of four online courses developed by leading USC Rossier School of Education professors, all of whom work extensively with teachers and leaders in urban schools. Each course provides approximately 50 hours of research-based instruction, one-on-one online coaching, and application toolkits that provide actionable resources and curriculum tools for teachers to use in their reflections, planning, and instruction. Teachers and school leaders who complete all four courses will be certified by USC Rossier as having demonstrated competency in: Cultural competency and responsiveness to students' needs; building the academic literacy of English language learners; cultivating academic language development and differentiating instruction for all learners.
While student performance in school is critical to the success of our nation, Alvin Crawford Chief Executive Officer of KDS said, "Closing the achievement gap requires that every student has a high-quality teacher, every year, in every class who is trained and motivated to educate today's classrooms of diverse learners. This program is a revolutionary joint effort to deliver an innovative, effective transformation in teaching practice, at scale, leveraging technology."
For additional information about the Equity Educator Certificate Program, please visit: http://rossier.usc.edu/programs/pd/certificate-for-equity-educators/
Dr. Ronald Holmes is the author of eight books, "Education Questions to be Answered," "Current Issues and Answers in Education," "How to Eradicate Hazing," "Professional Career Paths" "Your Answers to Education Questions," "How to revitalize the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc." "Completing the Dissertation: Tips, techniques and real-life experiences from Ph.D. graduates" and "Jacob's Dream." He is publisher of "The Holmes Education Post," an education focused Internet newspaper. Holmes is a former teacher, school administrator and district superintendent. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Festive Season
Dusshera is the time when you witness the festival on a grand, international level in the Kullu town. With over 500000 turnover of visitors from across the globe. The festival is celebrated over the period of 7 days with a huge fair. You can feel a more than a slight chill in the air and it is the perfect time to enjoy the beginning of winters. The nature around Sojourn Homes & Cottages introduces autumn to our guests during the season, where at a later stage, you witness some good snow fall outside with cosy rooms fitted with heaters, all set for cosy night outs and great exploring during the days.


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A Pastor's Surprise: Systematic Theology Classes in the Local Church
Nearly two years ago a Christian couple arrived at Cornerstone Hobart Church (Tasmania) and almost immediately urged me to begin teaching a course of systematic theology to the congregation.
The husband is a Portuguese speaking Aussie, the wife is Brazilian, and they had come from—who would have thought—a Brazilian congregation of a Presbyterian church in New Zealand. Their pastor, João (John) Petreceli, had trained at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo, the hub of the vibrant and long-established Presbyterian Church of Brazil, with over a million members, some 8,000 pastors, nine seminaries, and a rich Lusophone theological literature. Pastor John left Brazil with a deep appreciation for John Calvin and Reformed theology, and he determined to teach this first to his church in Chile and then to his New Zealand church plant, using his own notes and a translation of Louis Berkhof's Systematic Theology.
He soon saw that not only was there a hunger for this kind of thorough teaching, but those who were learning it were quickly growing in their knowledge and capacity to serve as elders and deacons, as Sunday school and youth teachers, as evangelists and mentors, and as faithful servants of Christ in every area of life.
Eight-Week Theology Taster
Having heard these stories, the Cornerstone Hobart elders agreed that we should try something similar. I put together a course of eight two-hour lessons on a broad overview of Reformed theology, looking at revelation and inspiration, the attributes of God, the work of God, biblical anthropology, Christology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. We called it an "Eight-Week Theology Taster."
The idea was this: "Come along and get an idea of what it means to study systematic theology. If there's enough interest, then we will run a two-year course with eight six-week units corresponding to each lesson of the Taster."
On our first night, we felt truly optimistic and assembled two folding tables in the church office with ten chairs. Five minutes before start time, we realized that there was no way everyone was going to fit in the room. We quickly moved across to the church auditorium where about thirty of us gathered. We also set up a webcam, and about ten Skype connections were made, representing about 20-30 people. A group of between 45-60 people attended or Skyped in for the full eight weeks.
Very encouraged, I drafted a two-year program of 48 two-hour lessons, which we began this February. We start at 7:00 pm, break for about fifteen minutes in the middle, and finish by 9:00 pm. I send out a PDF handout—between ten and sixteen pages—by email and Facebook in the afternoon.
We also begin each class with a review quiz to consolidate what we have learned. We have deliberately made the course demanding, and I urge people to write a "non-academic" essay of one to two-thousand words on some set questions. About fifteen people submitted papers, all of which have been well thought out.
"Theology Leads to Doxology"
The motto of the course has been: "Theology leads to doxology." Or, in other words, "The study of God leads to worship (of God)." We begin each night with prayer and finish by singing, a cappella, one or two verses of an old hymn. We want our classes to be overtly spiritual gatherings.
Attendance so far for the full course has been about 25 attending in person and about ten YouTube live connections representing another 20 or so people. The age range is very evenly mixed, from 18 to about 55 years old, and we have a handful of people attending from outside our church: from Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Uniting, and Pentecostal churches.
This whole project has been a great surprise. I had no idea that there was such a hunger for this kind of thorough and demanding teaching in the church community. In thinking over this, I realize that fewer Christians today are reading and "self-feeding." And although the forty-minute Sunday sermon brings vital congregational proclamation and exhortation, it is not the best forum for delivering large chunks of detailed and systematic instruction.
Midweek Bible studies are a very important place for mutual support and encouragement, but they too are not suited to grappling with large slabs of information. The theology classes appear to be filling a gap in our teaching ministry, providing opportunity for learning the Bible in large and in-depth chunks.
Everyone Does Theology
What advantage is this? First, as the great Benjamin Warfield once pointed out: when it comes to systematic theology, we all have one, and we all "do theology" all the time. Every Christian thinks about God and what the Bible teaches us, which builds itself in our minds into some kind of system.
The question is not, "Do you do systematic theology?" (we all do!) but, "Do you do systematic theology well?" Is your theology meagre or rich? Is it sickly or healthy? Is it well-thought out and ordered, or haphazard and confused? We all do theology, and the Christian should be keen to do it well: to hold in their minds a thoroughly biblical, well-digested, and well-ordered theology.
Ultimately, the Christian is devoted to "no longer conforming to the pattern of this age" (Rom. 12:2.) Instead we devote ourselves to being "transformed (metamorphoō) by the renewing of the mind"—driving out false, idolatrous, and anti-Christian thought, and rebuilding our thinking with the truth of Christ. We want to think biblically, so that we might think truthfully and wisely and can "test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will."
We renew our minds in order to renew our lives—that we might become faithful and obedient servants of our Lord and King. Carefully and prayerfully studying theology helps us to do this.
I have been a pastor for some twenty years now, and, while fully acknowledging God's sovereign and perfect plan, I regret not embarking on this earlier. Yes, it is demanding: I have had to devote, including delivery, at least twelve hours of work to each lesson.
Yet, we are seeing people grow—myself included (the teacher always gets the most out of teaching!). We are seeing people becoming better equipped for manifold kinds of ministry. We are seeing weak Christians, and possibly non-Christians, come face-to-face with God in a deep way. We are seeing young people building their minds to be able to face the powerful and seductive lies of the world.
Above all, we are seeing doxology. For this reason alone, we will persevere with this.
To my surprise and delight, I have discovered that Jesus' sheep are very hungry: "Feed me till I want no more!" If you are an elder, why not consider doing something similar in your church?
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Campbell Markham is a Presbyterian pastor in Hobart, Tasmania. He blogs at Campbell Markham: Thoughts and Letters.
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At NCWU, we've been hearing a lot these past few days about SB 744, in which the NC House Appropriations Committee recommends transferring the NC Council for Women (CFW) staff and domestic violence/sexual assault program funding from its current home in the Department of Administration to the Department of Public Safety. The NC Council for Women has existed in one form or another since 1963, with a mission of being the NC state government voice for the most pressing issues impacting North Carolina women. Chairing the Domestic Violence Commission, the North Carolina CFW brought together professionals and advocates from around the community and from differing backgrounds to create programs designed to get to the root causes of violence against women – gender inequality, rigid gender roles, patriarchal attitudes – in addition to focusing on how to improve critical crisis intervention services. And while perhaps most associated with its role in domestic violence prevention and victim/survivor support, the CFW also used its position as a state insider to advocate on issues at the intersections of women's lives; connecting the dots from the lack of political representation to economic insecurity to lack of access to comprehensive health care to the experience of domestic and sexual violence. Their 2013 Status of Women in North Carolina report is their most recent example of these efforts, and provided a valuable guide for gender equity advocates as we navigated a difficult and contentious NCGA session last year, one in which policy makers often showed a lack of understanding of the reality of so many women's lives in North Carolina.
The CFW has been a valuable resource and advocate for the women of North Carolina, and we will be watching SB744 closely to determine what the impact – intended or not – the move from the DOA to the DPS may have. While this is being presented as simply a lateral transfer of funds and staff to a new oversight agency, we don't want to lose the best of what the CFW brings to the policy table on women's issues merely because we weren't paying close enough attention. Any move will always create change, and we want to make sure those changes don't result in decreased or delayed funding to the domestic and sexual violence programs that desperately need it, having already committed to providing these services in their communities. The CFW also keeps detailed databases and records of services provided and clients who have used these services, and it's possible the move may result in a loss of those records. It also employs regional staff to act as both a resource and the state's local ear-to-the-ground in an effort to be an advocate for all women in North Carolina, and this aspect of the program probably would be lost with this move. Changes to any of these vital programs would only weaken the ability of the CFW to fulfill its current mission, and our hope is that the move would not threaten any of these unique benefits.
There is much that is still up in the air about this proposed move. Having a state group solely devoted to the issues of North Carolina women is a real asset to the struggle for gender equality here; but we need more than an organization that just has a women-friendly title. Contrary to what some may have you believe, women in 2014 North Carolina lead multi-faceted, complex lives in which their gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, economic status and more intersect to create a unique lived experience for all of us. Our shared struggles as women – pay inequity, dual demanding roles of breadwinner and caretaker, rigid gender norms, the double standards around and attempts to control our sexuality, the sexual and domestic violence so many experience – are compounded by women's many identities, and our NC Council for Women knew this, reflecting that in their research and advocacy. They knew, as we know, that if we don't address all these issues of gender inequality in our society, we will never end domestic and sexual violence against women. Never. Providing funding solely for crisis intervention after the violence has occurred (many times, only after severe violence has occurred) is not enough; it doesn't prevent additional violence from happening and tells women we only take the violence seriously when we can no longer ignore it. We have to do better. We will be watching the impact of this proposed change closely, because North Carolina women are worth it.
Update: August 07, 2014:
Our member, the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shared this news with their supporters and agencies:
"We are writing to let you know that the General Assembly just released the budget and that the grant administration of DV and SA funds will remain with the Department of Administration's Council for Women. Ever since the House proposed to transfer the grant administration funds to the Department of Public Safety, NCCADV, through our lobbyist, has been talking to numerous chairs of the budget committees, other legislators, and their staff about the proposal. We have emphasized that the timely disbursement of funds in order to preserve the critical life-saving services you all provide every day should be the top priority of legislators in determining who will administer the DV & SA grants. Legislators have heard our concerns and will not transfer the grant administration funds to DPS this year. In addition, as anticipated, there were NO cuts to DV/SA funding!"
Job well done for our advocates at the NCGA! We'll still be watching….
Tara Romano, President, NCWU


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Axe is a great client to work with. They love to try out new technologies and aim to push the boundaries on creating a memorable user experience. For a designer, there's nothing more fun than to be have carte blanche to make a cool product with the full support of your client.
Within brand guidelines, it was fun to push the Axe brand as a luxury men's grooming product. I concepted, designed the user experience, and the visual design in UI elements for this product. We integrated a live data component to this ad, tallying and reporting user responses to quiz questions. The dynamic data component in addition to the full service design I created made this a very exciting and fulfilling project. Using our customized ad creation tool (iAd Producer), I also created the ad unit to be pushed to the mobile network.
Layout design, visual design, and build. For iPhone.
Problems to solve:
• With limited assets, provide an interactive and compelling branded experience.
What I Did:
• Created CTA's, defined copy, selected imagery for gallery.
• Retouched product imagery.
• Created layout design based on client requests for ad functionality.
• Design, slice, and build (using internal GUI tools) for iAd network.


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Khan and Pandora
Deira Fish Market
Naif at Night, Deira UAE
Paris, in motion
Icelandic Coast, Dyrhólaey
Slower shutter speed on this one, added a variable ND filter.
Fuji XT-1 | Alien Skin Exposure 7
The Highlands of Scotland, Loch's, Mountains, Trees, Snow... so beautiful
Loch Lomond, Scotland
Yellowstone National Park
yellowstone national park
Courthouse, Arches National Park
Paddleboarding in the Pacific Northwest
Bangkok, Thailand
reflected conversations
iPhone6s + Hipstamatic
Xbox, the owl
battle of the oryx.
the Fish!
Burj Al Arab
Le Louvre
The Irish Coast
Loch Ness
Is Nessie there... perhaps on a day like this she seeks out a private cove.
joshua tree national park, california
Aurora Borealis, revisited
Chasing the Northern Lights this past week.
Seattle's Great Wheel
sunrise on an island
Koh Samui, Thailand
sand ripples and surf
iphone5s | vscocam
Processed with VSCOcam with b5 preset
Joshua Tree
The Creek, Dubai, UAE
Deira, UAE
Dubai Skyline.
Þingvellir National Park, Iceland
Cliffs of Moher
Liscannor, Ireland.
Fuji XT-1 | Alien Skin Exposure 7
Heilan Coo
Highland Cow for everyone else. Culloden, Scotland.
clam digger, cannon beach, or
fuji x100s
emigration canyon, salt lake city, ut
Temple, Koh Samui, Thailand
Rattlesnake Lake, WA
Mono Lake
At the Fish Market, Deira, UAE
Culloden Farm House
This lone farmhouse remains on the battlefield of Culloden.
Big Ben in the Clouds
iPhone6 + | Hipstamatic
yellowstone national park
on the road to cody, wy.
cannon beach, oregon
Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand
the hustle and the bustle, NYC, NY
iPhone 6+ | Slow Shutter Cam
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Oh my god, this was so good. I think this is the best cake i've ever made. I think this will be my signature cake, you know, if I ever need a signature cake.
I wasn't even sure this was going to turn out as I basically combined two recipes, substituted some ingredients and just hoped for the best. It's a little spicy, very vanilla-y, with a little hit of citrus.
This cake uses cheese! Intriguing! But, instead of all ricotta cheese, I used one cup of mascarpone and 1/2 cup of ricotta — but . . . → Read More: Cardamom, Vanilla & Orange Pound Cake


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RESEARCHERS studying the largest-ever mass extinction in Earth's history claim to have found evidence that it was caused by runaway global warming – and that the "apocalyptic" events of 250 million years ago could happen again.
About 90 per cent of all the living things on the planet were wiped out in the Permian mass extinction – described in a 2005 book called When Life Nearly Died – for reasons that have been long debated by scientists.
Competing theories have been put forward, including meteor strikes, huge volcanic eruptions and climate change.
Now a team of researchers from Canada, Italy, Germany and the US say they have discovered what happened and that their findings have "an important lesson for humanity" in how we deal with current global warming.
According to a paper published in the journal Palaeoworld, volcanic eruptions pumped large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air, causing average temperatures to rise by eight to 11°C.
This melted vast amounts of methane that had been trapped in the permafrost and sea floor, causing temperatures to soar even further to levels "lethal to most life on land and in the oceans".
"Based on measurements of gases trapped in [the mineral] calcite, the release of methane … is deemed the ultimate source and cause for the dramatic life-changing global warming … observed at the end Permian.
"Global warming triggered by the massive release of carbon dioxide may be catastrophic, but the release of methane from hydrate [its frozen state] may be apocalyptic.
"The end Permian holds an important lesson for humanity regarding the issue it faces today with greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and climate change."
The paper said the average global temperature would have reached "well above 29°C". Today's average is about 15°C.
"The emission of carbon dioxide from volcanic deposits may have started the world onto the road of mass extinction, but it was the release of methane from shelf sediments and permafrost hydrates that was the ultimate cause for the catastrophic biotic event at the end Permian," the researchers added.
Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at Cambridge University, suggested a major methane pulse was possible.
However he said this would be "maybe not apocalyptic, but catastrophic".
"If there were a large methane release, which is now possible because of the instability of the methane hydrates underneath the Arctic continental shelves, the off-shore waters, that could quite easily give rise to a very large pulse," Professor Wadhams said.
He was one of the authors of a paper in the journal Nature, which suggested it was possible for a truly vast amount of frozen methane to be released over just 10 years – a blink of an eye in geological terms.
"We were concerned if there were a 50 gigatonne release, about eight per cent of the methane in the hydrates, that would give an immediate 0.6°C of global warming, which is a very large pulse indeed," Professor Wadhams said.
"That modern threat is very real and very serious and has been disregarded a lot by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … I feel strongly about it."
However, Professor Wadhams criticised the title of the Palaeoworld paper, which was "Methane hydrate: Killer cause of Earth's greatest mass extinction".
"There's a serious tendency these days to offer a breathless overkill on the importance of a discovery. The title of the paper is over the top," he said.
"Methane may or may not be the cause of the extinctions described. The evidence is equivocal. It doesn't justify all the razzamatazz." (UK Independent)


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