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SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and other officials warned Thursday that the city will investigate and prosecute when businesses fail to pay employees what they're due, after five fast-food workers filed police complaints saying they'd been cheated out of pay.
"Wage theft is a crime," McGinn told a news conference and rally on the steps of City Hall. "An honest day's work deserves an honest day's pay."
Seattle passed a law two years ago specifying that wage theft falls under the city's regular theft statute and can be prosecuted as such, but no one ever has been charged with it. The law also allows the city to deny or revoke business licenses for those convicted of wage theft in the past 10 years.
The issue is one of several related to fast-food workers, including pay and union organizing rights, that has been garnering attention nationally this year following a strike by fast-food workers in several cities, including Seattle.
The workers who complained to the police department Thursday included Caroline Durocher, 21, who says she's owed about $800 from her six-month stint working at a Taco Bell in the Ballard neighborhood this year. She said her boss routinely made her stay about half an hour late to wash floors and clean bathrooms, but she never got paid for the time.
The franchise referred an inquiry about the allegation to its director of operations, who declined to comment. Rob Poetsch, a Taco Bell spokesman, said the company didn't have enough information about the case to comment specifically, but in an email he wrote, "Taco Bell has a strict policy to comply with all federal, state and local labor laws, and our franchisees are obligated, both legally and contractually, to comply with all such laws."
"We had to stay until we finished our work — sometimes 15 minutes, sometimes hours," Durocher said. "I remember one time in particular we had to stay until 5 a.m. because corporate was coming that day and everything had to be spotless."
Craig Sims, the city's chief criminal prosecutor, called it an issue of human dignity.
"This ordinance was meant to protect a class of people who are vulnerable," he said. "The Seattle City Attorney's Office is absolutely supportive of prosecuting wage theft cases."
Police had previously received several wage-theft complaints, but the allegations weren't "factually sufficient" to warrant charges, he said. He added that he hoped the news conference would mark the start of a zero-tolerance policy for wage theft in the city.
The mayor urged workers to contact police if they believe they have been a victim of wage theft.
Sage Wilson, an activist with the Good Jobs Seattle campaign, noted in an email that wage theft can occur when an employer fails to pay time-and-half for more than 40 hours worked in a week; requires employees to work without pay before or after their shifts, or during breaks; or takes illegal deductions from paychecks, such as for uniforms or register shortages.
Theft of up to $750 is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. More than $750 is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and more than $5,000 is a felony punishable by up to 10 years.
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100 Animated Feature Films
I don't insist on agreeing with an author's point of view, but I value the presence of one. Reading these essays, I occasionally picked up some new information, but whether I liked or disliked a film, there was little that challenged my opinion or made me reconsider a film.
Perhaps the format is to blame. One hundred is a nice, round number, but not necessarily a good choice for animated features. Twenty years ago, it would have been hard to assemble a book of 100 animated features and now, perhaps, it's hard to assemble a book of 100 good ones. In addition, as each essay is forced into a standard length of a page and a half, some films are shortchanged and others are given more attention than they deserve. I enjoyed Osmond's book on Spirited Away, but the short length of these pieces does not provide him with the same opportunities to discuss a film.
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HAHA!! I thought the exact same thing when I saw the title! Who wants a book on '50 Boats' or '1,000 Toothpicks'? If it's not the best, ugliest, most world-weary, who cares? Good review, by the way.
- April 27, 2011 2:56 PM
- Oswald Iten said...
Does Osmond by any chance mention any Chinese animated features? I'm currently researching Shanghai films like "Havoc in Heaven" and can't really find valuable background information in English.
- April 29, 2011 4:54 PM
- Mark Mayerson said...
Hi Oswald. The only two features from China are Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979) and My Life as McDull (2001), the latter from Hong Kong.
- April 29, 2011 9:20 PM
Re Oswald's question, there's some very good material on Chinese animation in the book 'Animation in Asia and the Pacific,' edited by John Lent. Also, there are pieces on Chinese animation in 'Schoolgirl Milky Crisis' (don't worry, it's a tongue-in=cheek title) by Jonathan Clements; and also in at least one issue of the journal Asian Cinema - vol 14, no.1, spring/summer 2003. You could ask about the latter at the journal's website: http://astro.temple.edu/~jlent/asiancinema/index.html
There's also material in the book 'Animation Art,' edited by Jerry Beck, and in 'Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation' by Giannalberto Bendazzi.
- April 30, 2011 12:18 PM
- Oswald Iten said...
Wow, thanks a lot to both of you! This was more than I expected, looking forward to reading those books.
- April 30, 2011 5:15 PM
I have recently received this book via Amazon and I was really looking forward to Osmond's insight.
I was totally taken aback by some of the choices in the book, "Avatar" ... really!
But I like the idea that it is not the "best" list, it is just a list, and I found the information and writing style interesting.
I also want to point out my biggest problem with the book is that the stills/reproductions are for the most part awful. Only a small fraction of the pictures are of good quality, which reminds me of books on animation in the past like "Masters of Animation" by John Grant. Art books need to have quality reproductions in my opinion.
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Dordt College offers a wide variety of ensembles for students to participate in, welcoming a broad array of interest and ability levels. Approximately 300 students are members of one or more ensembles or take private lessons.
Instrumental ensembles include Concert Band, Campus-Community Band, Jazz Band, and Chamber Orchestra. Small instrumental ensembles are formed on occasion. Additionally, seats in the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra are available to select students.
Vocal ensembles include Kantorei, Concert Choir, Chorale, and Bella Voce.
Private lessons are available for both instrumental and vocal students, with a faculty of 20 adjunct instructors, each an expert in their instrument.
Many of our ensembles tour extensively throughout the United States and Canada. Tours have included the east and west coasts, the midwest, and several locations in Canada, including visits to New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and more.
Local off-campus opportunities at churches and schools also abound for interested students.
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Vodafone today said it has filed a petition in Delhi High Court challenging Telecom Department's move to put its 900 MHz spectrum to auction despite its applications for licence extension pending with the Department.
"Vodafone has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging DoT's action of putting its 900MHz spectrum to auction even when Vodafone's applications for licence extension are pending with DoT," the company said in a statement.
Vodafone had in December last year sought extension of its licence period for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles, which are coming up for renewal in November 2014. The telecom operator has sought the extension under clause 4.1 of the licence agreement under which the government can extend the period of licence by 10 years at one time if the request is made by the operator during the 19th year of the licence period.
Vodafone said it is entitled to a fair and reasonable extension of its licence as per mutually agreeable terms.
"Both the policy and licence provide for continuity and this action of DoT to arbitrarily withdraw the 900MHz spectrum is not only against the provisions of policy and licence but also disruptive and against public interest," the statement added.
The second round of spectrum sale will start from March 11, wherein government will put on auction the unsold GSM spectrum in 1800 Mhz band and airwaves held by telecom licences in 900 Mhz band that is coming for renewal starting 2014 onwards.
Government will auction spectrum in 900 MHz band for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles.
The existing GSM operators will be allowed to retain 2.5 Mhz in each circle in the same band even after expiry of their licences after paying a market-determined price.
Vodafone has around 24 MHz spectrum in 900 MHz band in these three circles.
The operator said it has invested more than Rs 50,000 crore in India and remains committed to providing quality and affordable telecom solutions to its almost 150 million customers across the country.
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Even as stakeholders across the country awaited the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the AMA House of Delegates voted during its 2012 annual meeting here to direct the AMA to "refine its policy regarding Medicare financing options, including a defined contribution program that would allow beneficiaries to purchase traditional Medicare or a private health insurance plan through a marketplace of competing health plans."
The measure, a substitute resolution offered by the AMA Reference Committee on Medical Service, further calls for the AMA to "consider mechanisms to adjust contributions in order to ensure that health insurance coverage remains affordable for all beneficiaries."
According to the reference committee report(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 19-21 of 44-page PDF), the substitute measure is intended to give the AMA Council on Medical Service "a foundation upon which to move forward with policy development necessary to ensure future Medicare viability."
In adopting the substitute, delegates backed away from language in the original resolution(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 1-4 of 151-page PDF) that called for the AMA to "support transitioning Medicare to a premium support system" in which all beneficiaries would receive a set amount from the federal government to purchase traditional Medicare or a private health insurance plan. That wording, in turn, was taken from recommendations in a report(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 22-33 of 96-page PDF) prepared by the AMA Council on Medical Service that was withdrawn just days before the AMA meeting began.
- The AMA House of Delegates voted during its 2012 annual meeting to direct the AMA to refine its policy regarding Medicare financing options to include a defined contribution program.
- Delegates also voted to advocate that a tax be levied on sugar-sweetened beverages in an attempt to limit consumption of these beverages.
- Finally, delegates adopted measures that aim to eliminate the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and to promote and support breastfeeding.
In testimony before the reference committee on June 17, council chair Thomas Sullivan, M.D., explained that the report was withdrawn because council members recognized a need to develop a more comprehensive document after receiving initial comments on the report via the annual meeting's virtual reference committee process and other means. He urged that the measure be referred so additional work could be done to address the complex policy issues involved in any proposal to reform the Medicare program.
During his turn at the microphone, AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., of Spokane, Wash., said that he was sensitive to those who had expected to be able to testify on the council report during the reference committee hearing. However, because the report had been withdrawn before the meeting convened, many delegates had not anticipated discussing premium support for Medicare. Thus, resurrecting the issue in a late resolution could leave some delegates ill-prepared to testify on the topic.
Furthermore, he said, given that the council itself acknowledged it had more work to do on the report, adopting a resolution that included the same proposals would preempt the chance to expand and strengthen the council document.
AAFP Member Elected to AMA Board of Trustees
Academy member William Kobler, M.D., of Rockford, Ill., was elected(www.ama-assn.org) to the AMA Board of Trustees during the 2012 meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
An AMA member since 1978 and an AMA delegate since 2000, Kobler was elected a member of the AMA Council on Medical Service in 2004 and again in 2008. He was named chair of the council in 2010.
Kobler, a retired clinical assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, served as president of the Illinois State Medical Society from 2003 to 2004 and was board chair from 2006 to 2008. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Not so fast, said Robert Gilchick, M.D., M.P.H., a delegate from the American College of Preventive Medicine and a member of the AMA council. The report neither supports nor opposes such a tax, he pointed out. Rather, "it states that the AMA recognizes that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is one strategy that could be used among a variety of strategies to impact the obesity epidemic."
AAFP President-elect Jeffrey Cain, M.D., of Denver, told delegates that the AAFP has clear policy that "supports taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages for the purpose of reducing overconsumption as a method of both improving the health of the public and combating the obesity epidemic."
Furthermore, he noted, the AAFP agrees with the council report's call for any tax monies so raised to be directed toward programs to improve the health of the public.
It's also important, said Cain, to ensure that the tax amount levied is sufficient to actually reduce consumption of these beverages, a supposition that the American Beverage Association disputes(www.ameribev.org).
In its report(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 5-7 of 34-page PDF), the reference committee acknowledged additional testimony indicating that obesity is multifactorial and that limiting sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) alone is "unlikely to stop or reverse the obesity trend." However, the report added, limiting consumption of these beverages "is a simple way to reduce intake of added sweeteners without compromising the nutrient adequacy of the overall diet."
"Given the strong and consistent associations of SSBs with body weight and several cardiometabolic conditions, limiting consumption of SSBs is likely to improve health outcomes," said the report. Delegates agreed, adopting the report's recommendations
Two tobacco-related resolutions also prompted spirited testimony. Both measures sought to curb sales of tobacco products in pharmacies -- a position the Academy has taken for years -- but used divergent, carrot-versus-stick approaches. One called for the development of a recognition program for pharmacies that voluntarily agree to quit selling these products, with widespread dissemination of that recognition. The other directed the AMA to work with Federation members and other stakeholders to publicly denounce the practice and to seek legislative and regulatory aid in getting these products off pharmacy shelves.
In his testimony, Cain pointed out "the irony of selling an addictive poison on one shelf and the antidote on another."
Russell Kridel, M.D., a member of the Council on Science and Public Health, cast the issue in the context of pharmacists' bid to gain some degree of physicians' prescriptive authority, saying, "I don't know any docs who are selling cigarettes in their offices."
Delegates ultimately adopted(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 13-14 of 34-page PDF) a measure that combined the two resolutions.
Similarly, delegates considered two separate resolutions on support for breastfeeding, adopting the tenets of both and blending them into existing AMA policy(www.ama-assn.org) (pp. 14-16 of 34-page PDF).
AAFP alternate delegate Anne Montgomery, M.D., of Spokane, Wash., who worked to develop the Academy's breastfeeding policy, joined Cain in speaking in favor of the measures. Their testimony was based on AAFP policy, which recommends that "all babies, with rare exceptions, be breastfed and/or receive expressed human milk exclusively for the first six months of life. Breastfeeding should continue with the addition of complementary foods throughout the second half of the first year."
The amended AMA policy on breastfeeding now largely mirrors that of the AAFP, including calling on hospitals to fully support a mother's decision to exclusively breastfeed her infant.
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An Encounter with Kasabian
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Recently British rockers Kasabian played their first show in New York in many years. They are currently on tour for their fantastic album "Velociraptor!," which was released towards the end of 2011. I met the lads from Leicestershire, England and they were as awesome as their music!
Kasabian! I love you! Thanks again for rockin' and for being so cool! Hope to see you again soon!


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Welcome to the website of the International Personal Injury Warriors. Most of all, we are an organization of accident attorneys, medical care providers and their relative support industries.
Welcome to the website of the International Personal Injury Warriors. Most of all, we are an organization of accident attorneys, medical care providers and their relative support industries. Based in Los Angeles, California, we are quickly becoming the nation's largest association of personal injury advocates. What makes us different is that we invite experts from all over the legal and medical fields to discuss the latest ways the law affects injury claims, and the ways medicine too can change the dynamics of these tragedies, and the potential outcomes in court.
Personal Injury Warriors assist sickened, ill, and negligently harmed individuals in understanding medicine and personal injury law. Also, we have a convenient membership directory and vetting process. Of special interest, this helps us discover licensing and other credentials before allowing any professional to join the organization. As a mater of fact, we discuss a wide range of things involving varying bodily injury scenarios, and may even be helpful to these individuals in getting care for bad things that happened to them.
Is this the kind of vetting process you seek in a vaunted attorney organization? If so, PI warriors is the place for you.
The harm that has befallen you could have been from bad a bad car accident, defective products, unsafe pharmaceuticals, bouncer attacks, police abuse, defective vehicles like motorcycles and SUV's, deceptive business practices and/or from the acts of giant corporations that consistently place profits over consumers. Our goal is to educate and train our members to become top-notch consumer/patient rights advocates, thereby improving the image of the personal injury profession in the eyes of the common man. Our members are devoted to the highest standards of excellent legal and medical ethics and representation.
We also provide a forum where doctors and lawyers who represent the interests of victims can meet and discuss the local and international aspects of bodily injury claims. We engage in lobbying efforts, such as that revolving around cruise ship negligence and elderly abuse, and we are a strong leader in supporting the rights of injured consumers. With chapters in Los Angeles, California, all the way to Clearwater Florida, and a base of vetted doctors, nurses, paralegals, law clerks and attorneys, we are ready to connect you to professionals who have stood out in their various communities and whom we feel can offer value to the site.
With over 1,000 followers on Google Plus in the Circle of Legal Trust database and Web-O-Trust, we work with other non PI lawyers and all manner of medical care experts. In fact, this includes surgeons, and lifecare planners. Most of all, we do so in order to help all of our clients and patrons find the answers to their "crossover," or related medical and legal questions. For example, a hit and run accident can involve a criminal drunk driving case and even involve restitution. So it's not just tort damages victims can get. The idea here is to leave no stone unturned in getting hurt people the maximum value in their financial and physical repair.
Keep in mind that we are not a referral service, we do not offer legal or medical advice as an organization, and we don't take sides with differing opinions of the experts listed on our site, or in the position papers they post here. Our sole goal is to provide the highest quality data to the suffering and provide them with a way to vet our members for themselves. We always encourage all viewers of the site to get a second opinion. Because of this, we specifically are informing you that nothing on this site shall be construed as medical or legal advice. No exceptions… EVER.
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Not a drop of hindsight on forward-looking `20/20'
Justin Timberlake has everything and nothing to prove with "The 20/20 Experience."
It's been almost seven years since the former boy-bander brought sexyback, and he's spent that time making movies about one social media tool, trying to reinvent another and hosting "Saturday Night Live." He's morphed himself into an effortless, all-around entertainer, and now it's time to get back to the music.
Timberlake knows the pop-star stakes are high. But instead of playing it safe, he's going for broke. "The 20/20 Experience" is unlike anything that's been on radio in the last several years, like a warp-speed version of Bruno Mars, Miguel and Frank Ocean. It often plays like the link between 2002 solo debut "Justified" and 2006's "FutureSex/LoveSounds."
At its best, the album recalls the hazy, crazy experimentation of Prince, Janet Jackson at her prime (think "The Velvet Rope") and even Beyoncé's "4." Most of the songs clock in at seven minutes, and everything feels big and bold.
There's love and sex and soul here, typified by first single "Suit & Tie." It's Timberlake effortlessly reclaiming his pop throne and showing the younger boys how it's done (despite an overlong Jay-Z feature). The song isn't an instant hook, but it's a grower and proves that Timberlake can still do Marvin Gaye better than most contemporaries (and that includes you, Robin Thicke).
Most of these are less songs than movements. Several unfold in sonically diverse directions, switching tempos and genres without warning. "Pusher Love Girl" simmers on an elastic soul groove, and Timberlake hits that unmistakable falsetto from the first chorus. "Don't Hold The Wall" rides a hypnotic, sensual groove; and "That Girl" rides a smooth, '70s vibe.
Producer Timbaland's hand ably guides most of the material. His work is immediately recognizable. But like Timberlake, Timbaland also pushes himself to new heights. This is the most urgent, effective work he's done in years. "Strawberry Bubblegum" and "Spaceship Coupe" are wacky standouts that channel Prince; and "Tunnel Vision" boasts blocky beats and vocal loops reminiscent of Timbaland's groundbreaking work with Aaliyah.
"Let The Groove Get In" is a sharp left turn and more in line with what people likely expected from a Timberlake album. It's a party song with Latin flourishes - JT backed by Miami Sound Machine with a hint of Lionel Richie's fiesta-forever pop. Current single "Mirrors" also has that commercial sheen and recalls the melody and stacked vocals of "Cry Me a River."
The disc's moody closer, "Blue Ocean Floor," is a murky stream of consciousness that finds him ruminating on troubled relationships. (Rumors says it's about everyone from Jessica Biel to Britney Spears.)
"If my red eyes don't see you anymore/And I can't hear you through the white noise/Just send your heartbeat/I'll go to the blue ocean floor" - it's not bringing sexyback, but it's arguably just as entertaining.
"The 20/20 Experience"
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While the world makes plans for New Year's, tech enthusiasts look forward to the annual Consumer Electronics Show is just around the corner. Every year at the beginning of January pretty much the entire technology industry descends on Las Vegas to show off the latest gadgets and gear from all over the world.
But you don't have to wait till 2010 to find out what those toys are going to be. DVICE has had its ear to the ground the past few months, listening for advance buzz about what the biggest CES stories will be. Here are the Top 5 CES trends that will set the agenda for the tech world in the New Year.
Virtually every major TV manufacturer has its own technology to bring the 3D experience to the home. The good news: It can be done, and at full HD resolution (1080p). The bad news: You'll need a new TV and Blu-ray player to get it. But rest assured manufacturers from Sony to Mitsubishi to Panasonic will be at CES to tell you why that's a good idea and why their 3D tech is the absolute best.
Pico projectors are tiny portable projectors that you can connect to devices like your iPhone for a big video image -- anytime, anywhere. Used to be they were a good idea only on paper, with real-world concerns like optics and battery life resulting in washed-out images. But advances in portable technology have turned these gadgets into formidable light cannons. We expect to see a few models at the show we'd actually buy.
3. E-readers
Now that Barnes & Noble and Sony have launched capable competitors to Amazon's Kindle, everyone's gotten the message that the e-reader market is red hot (whether or not it actually is). E-readers with names like Edge and Skiff are on the docket to be unveiled at CES 2010, with a few others certain to follow.
4. Connected Home Theater
Ethernet jacks have spread to both Blu-ray players and TVs, but now they're actually getting useful. Your home theater is now a portal to YouTube and Netflix. CES exhibitors like Dreamer and XstreamHD have plans to take the experience further in 2010 by opening up access to even more content, including games and 1080p movies.
5. Tablets
If your see some kind of portable screen at CES, you can bet it'll be a touchscreen, with capabilities that go far beyond simple video playback. Call them portable video players on steroids or a new crop of "ultraportable" PCs, tablets are fast becoming the norm, especially now that technologies like Wi-Fi connectivity and HD video playback are easier than ever to integrate.


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ceilinghouse needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
iPoo - http://www.ipoonow.com
We are the creators of the iPhone application - iPoo.
iPoo is a social community that brings together pooers from around the world. Write messages, draw graffiti on the virtual stalls, see what others are posting - all while dropping a deuce!
For more information about this product visit http://www.ipoonow.com
Our target market is teens and people in their 20's.
The basic idea is rewarding users with badges for certain actions they complete.
If you've used the Foursquare badges before, it's generally the same idea (see attachment). The badges can follow the same sort of look and feel of the foursquare ones or they can be a completely new design as long as all of them are consistent.
Please start by creating 3-5 of the following badge designs. We will supply the full list of 25 badges once we provide some feedback with your 5 initial designs.
1. POO-BIE: First time the user creates a poo post
- Note: Poo-bie is a play on words for a "Newbie" (new user)
2. NINJA: The user has created 250 poo posts
3. POO-CASSO: The user has created 100 poo posts with images
- Note: Poo-caso is a play on word for the artist, Pablo Picasso
4. POO-PULAR: The user has 50 followers (like a Twitter follower)
- Note: Poo-pular is a play on word for "Popular"
5. MORNING GLORY: The user has opened the app 3 morning in a row
* A "poo post" a drawing and/or text created by the user (similar to a tweet)
The size of each badge should be optimized at 60x60px. But we will also need a 35x35px version. Please also include an original high resolution version of each badge (roughly 300x300px).
Also, each image should have a transparent background and saved preferably as a PSD (photoshop) file - PNG and GIF are accepted as well.


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How many stars can you find in the Beehive Cluster?
Thursday the crescent moon appears high in the south at sunset, forming a line with the Gemini twins Pollux and Castor above. The three are still aligned Friday, but this time the moon is much farther below the two planets — closer actually to Cancer, the dimmest of the zodiac's 13 constellations.
The crab appears as an upside-down Y, its extended pinchers the letter's arms. Friday's moon is 10 degrees to the east of the point where the claws meet the body. Marked by a fuzzy blob of light, this is the Beehive Star Cluster. Also called Praesepe, meaning little cloud, and Messier 44 (M44), it is one of the closest star clusters.
The ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy described it as a "nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer." The Beehive Cluster was one of the first objects Galileo trained his telescope on in 1609. He was able to identify 40 distinct stars; Today, scientists have found well over a thousand. Armed with a small telescope of even binoculars, you'll have more optic power than that great Renaissance thinker. See how many stars you can spot.
Venus still dominates the western sky in the hour after dusk, but the evening star is sinking fast day by day, until June 5 when it crosses in front of the sun, thereafter disappearing within daylight. This transit of Venus, when the planet appears as a small black dot slowly moving across the sun's face, is quite rare.
Only the two inner planets can transit the sun — or cross between it and earth. Mercury does so less than every 10 years, but for Venus it will be another 105 years before the next transit. Plan ahead, as you'll need eye protection to watch this phenomenon. You can order disposable eclipse glasses from Amazon for less than $1 each. Otherwise, or if cloud cover interferes, you can watch the transit via a web feed. Go to transitofvenus.org for more information.


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Links por Nuruddin Farah
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Gripping, provocative, and revelatory, Links is a novel that will stand as a classic of modern world literature. Jeebleh is returning to Mogadiscio, Somalia, for the first time in twenty years. But this is not a nostalgia trip—his last residence there was a jail cell. And who could feel nostalgic for a city like this? U.S. troops have come and gone, and the decimated city is ruled by clan warlords and patrolled by qaat-chewing gangs who shoot civilians to relieve their adolescent boredom. Diverted in his pilgrimage to visit his mother's grave, Jeebleh is asked to investigate the abduction of the young daughter of one of his closest friend's family. But he learns quickly that any act in this city, particularly an act of justice, is much more complicated than he might have imagined.
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The IntraSonic RETRO-5RV Retro Music Intercom System Vertical Adapter and Trim Plate Kit allows the Intercom Room Station to be installed into the existing rough-in. The Room Adaptor Plate and Trim Plate are designed to cover larger holes for vertical room stations to eliminate the need for drywall repair. If you are retrofitting an intercom system that had a larger hole than the Retrofit Music Intercom System, then you can use this trim system to cover the hole.
The Vertical Adapter and Trim Plate is also available in Black or Almond and works with the Room Station.
Smarthome does not accept defective returns for this product. You will need to contact the Manufacturer (or Supplier) directly for all warranty issues.
About Retofit Music Intercom System
The Retofit Music Intercom System integrates with today's portable music players, with a modern look that compliments any decor. It's a dual source system which allows you to select between two music sources with intercom capability. Listen to your home entertainment through the auxiliary input throughout your home. The Retofit Music Intercom System not only allows you to use your portable hand held music players with the system, but also offers you the comfort and convenience of communication and room monitoring. With features like Automatic Selective Call and a full function remote control (at the master only), it is a convenient to use and offers exceptional value.


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LOC brauchte ein neues Print oder Verpackung Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 26 Designs von 3 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
This one page design will be used to sign up local businesses for a free service in the Hawaiian Islands. Ideally, the page can double as a simple 1 page web site as well.
The customer buys this annual card for $20 and saves money at 100 businesses around the island. The businesses are not charged any money for their participation and this is the sign-up form. 50% of the proceeds go to the social cause of a customer's choice.
The selected designer will be considered for follow on work which includes integrated POP material as well as web design mock-ups.
Shaka Card
Here is the text for the sell sheet - Additionally, it needs to have a "shaka" symbol in the upper left which looks like a credit card.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign for a description of the symbol.
The Shaka Card means Increased Sales
FREE promotion for your business which:
Drives Foot Traffic
Builds Customer Loyalty & Referrals
You're already trying to reach out to customers with special offers that introduce them to your business. The Shaka Card becomes a free and effective way to extend these offers to a larger community of customers – in addition to your current marketing plans.
The Shaka Card is sold to savvy consumers want to save money at their favorite retailers. Statistics show that customers actually spend the same amount of money with discounts not less (they end up buying more items).
FACT: Good offers drive sales.
FACT: A good first experience leads to referrals and repeat business.
FACT: Given a choice between two similar businesses, a person will go to the one offering a promotion.
As a member of the Shaka Card Business Network, here's what you receive:
FREE Year Round Promotion on the ShakaCard.com website
FREE Information about your business, directions, and a link to your site
FREE updates via the website so you can change your offer or information
You will be helping a local charitable organization as a percentage of ShakaCard sales are donated to the cause of the customers' choice.
To learn more about joining the Shaka Card Business Network please visit ShakaCard.com to sign up today or contact:
The Shaka Card is a division of C-TAGS (Commerce To Abolish Global Suffering), Inc. http://www.c-tags.com
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The 6,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 400 medical school students, and nearly 700 faculty members at Brown hail from every U.S. state and more than 100 foreign countries. Together, the members of the Brown community create a dynamic living and learning environment on a picturesque urban campus in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
The university's financial aid resources and policies ensure that Brown is affordable for all admitted undergraduates.
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Re-Admission Student Requirements
Returning Student Admission Requirements are determined by each applicant's academic history at UTSA. When determining the cumulative grade point average for readmission, we will consider all coursework attempted since leaving UTSA, this includes repeated courses.
You have never been academically dismissed:
- Have at least a cumulative C average (2.00 GPA on a 4.0 scale) in all college hours attempted since last enrolled at UTSA
- Be eligible to return to most recent institution
NOTE: UTSA students who have not enrolled in classes for less than three semesters and have not attended another college or university since leaving UTSA, may register for classes during the regular registration period.
You were academically dismissed while in the provisional program:
- Have at least a C average (2.00 GPA on a 4.0 scale) in a minimum of 12 semester credits of transferable college coursework
- Be eligible to return to most recent institution
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About otakucode
Sure they might not spy for China. That's not the problem. The problem is that they don't spy for the US.
If I were free of personal ethical concerns, why would I not start an agency which does exactly as Prenda Law has done today?
Because they got yelled at? Millions of dollars can buy very good ear plugs and even quite effective therapy should the worry of being seen poorly in the public eye for 5 minutes (do you remember their names even now?) keep me up at night.
Until there are monetary damages awarded which EXCEED the entire amount these guys gained from the venture (which will never happen), all this case does is establish a legitimate new business model. What is profitable is the only thing that matters to enough people that no other penalty can dissuade them.
So the bottom line is, their venture was profitable. And they will not be penalized monetarily. There's a word for things that cause all manner of sound and fury but at the end of the day turn a profit: The new way of doing business.
Oh no, being debarred and yelled at by a judge... that will hurt so bad while I polish my Lambourghini. And considering that one aspect of our economy is that it becomes exponentially easier to make money the more money you have, getting in, making a big chunk of change, and getting out quick is entirely a reasonable prospect.
I expect a thousand Prenda Laws to pop up around the country cribbing from Prendas playbook. The principals involved here will probably even get nice 6-figure consulting fees helping these new groups out!


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January 23 -
February 25
Art & Artifacts from the
Permanent Collection
January 23 -
February 25
Time Studies:
Photographs by Mark Klett
March 1 -
April 6
The Workmanship of Risk
Gallery Has A Posse:
Contemporary Sticker Art
The Barnes Endowment Annual
Juried Student
Art Exhibition
April 20 -
June 5
Spencer Homick
'06: Senior Exhibition
Senior CIIS Exhibitions:
Melina Cruz '06:
Trini to de Bone!
Stearns '06: Lavapiès
Artist unknown (Spanish), St.
1450-1480, oil with gilt on panel,
63 1/2 x 26 in., SLU 07.1
In conjunction with St. Lawrence University's
Sesquicentennial in 2006, the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery presents
an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and other art objects and
artifacts from the Permanent Collection. Three projects are featured
in the exhibition. The first is a 15th-century Gothic panel painting
of the figure of St. Lawrence with the gridiron. Recently conserved
by Montserrat Le Mense at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center,
the painting was presented to the University in 1907 by Frederic
Everest Gunnison, son of Almon Gunnison, University president
at that time. Le Mense's research on the provenance of
the painting indicates that it originally hung in a Franciscan
monastery, La Rabida, in Palos de la Frontera, a southern Spanish
port town from which Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492. Her
lecture will describe the history of the painting and her extensive
work to conserve it.
John Button (American, born 1929), Soho
1975, gouache on paper,
Gif tof Dr. Richard T. and Odile (Leterrier) '51 Stern, SLU 2005.2
A significant component of the exhibition includes
ethnographic objects and artifacts such as Yoruba and Baule carvings
Africa, a visionary painting by Amazonian shaman Pablo Amaringo,
and Tibetan Buddhist thangka paintings. Students in Professor
Dorothy Limouze's fine arts course The Museum as Cultural
Crossroads share their research on these pieces in a public presentation,
exhibition text panels, and a longer printed brochure. According
to the syllabus for the course, students explored the museum "as
a largely western creation and as a lens through which the western
world views other cultures." Course topics included "the
growth of museums in the eras of colonial empires and superpowers;
the politics of collecting and public display; the role of museums
in constructing and communicating cultural difference; and the
new museum, as redefined by post-colonial and postmodern thought." Students
were also asked to problematize the notion of the exhibition
title, "one-of-a-kind," in light of art objects and
artifacts created for western and/or tourist markets.
Artist unknown (Jain), Jambu Dwipa, 18th century,
pigment on mounted cloth,
Gift of Michael E. Hoffman '64 and Melissa Harris, SLU 2005.17
In addition, the exhibition includes recent gifts
from St. Lawrence alumni and their families. In 2005, Melissa
Harris donated a
rare 18th-century painting that depicts Jain cosmology, in memory
of Michael E. Hoffman '64, a major benefactor of the Brush
Gallery in the years after his graduation. Dr. Richard and Odile
Leterrier '51
Stern donated several drawings and paintings in the last five
years by Christo, Larry Rivers, John Button, and John Kacere,
among other New York artists of the late 20th century. With great
sadness, the St. Lawrence community learned of Dick's death
on December 19, 2005. His warmth and generosity reflect the efforts
of many individuals over the years who have made St. Lawrence
University "one-of-a-kind."
The lecture and exhibition are
funded in party by the Barnes Endowment Fund, with thanks also
to Professor Emeritus Hugh '52 and Patricia Gunnison for their
initial support of the conservation of St. Lawrence.
Artist unknown (Tibetan Buddhist), untitled thankga
pigment on cloth,
In May 2005, Brush Art Gallery Director Cathy Tedford
and I began to talk about an exhibition that could be organized
by a class I would be teaching in the fall. The course, The Museum
as Cultural Crossroads, was created by me in 1993, in connection
with the faculty curricular seminar, Cultural Encounters. In
addition to being an upper level art history course, FA 325A
satisfies one of two requirements in comparative global or transnational
analysis within the Global Studies minor. The course is a critique
of the museum in the post-colonial era, focussing on the politics
of the collecting and public display of art from indigenous cultures
of western Africa and Canada. For much of the term, the students
read museological and anthropological writings by Douglas Cole,
Annie E. Coombes, Carol Duncan, Donna Haraway, Ruth B. Phillips,
Sally Price, and Christopher Steiner. Journal entries on the
readings and essays written about trips to the National Gallery,
Ottawa, and the Museum of Civilization, Hull, rounded out the
semester. However, this was the first time that an exhibition
could be included within the parameters of the course.
In September, the students chose works from a large group of
African, Asian, and Amazonian material in the Brush Art Gallery
Permanent Collection. They began their research in stages, completing
the bulk of the work on wall labels and longer brochure entries
in November and December, and on Monday evening, January 30,
2006, at 7 p.m., students from the class presented their research
to the public in gallery talks.
The students' research has unearthed information which
will be valuable additions to what we know about these objects.
Longer texts written by each of the students can be found in
the exhibition brochures. African objects come first in the brochures,
with essays written by Margaret Yoh '06, Allie Reece '06,
and Emily Broeman '06. Their texts problematize the notion
of authenticity in traditional African art, as well as preconceptions
that the western public often has regarding the way African art
should look. Andrew Feathers '07, Meghan Getsinger '06,
and Alexis Harrison '06 have written about Tibetan thangkas
(paintings on cloth) that have recently entered the University
art collection. Their essays deal with the issues of interpreting
complex subject matter in objects that have been removed from
their original contexts, and with the problems of collecting
Tibetan Art at a time when much material from that region is
being exported through illicit channels. The final essay, by
Danielle Devereaux '06, concerns a painting by the artist
Pablo Amaringo. This beautiful work syncretizes indigenous shamanic
practice and shamanic visions in a landscape composition which
is "western" in conception.
I congratulate all of the students on their hard
work and their many interesting discoveries. And most of all,
I thank Brush
Art Gallery Director Cathy Tedford and Assistant Director Carole
Mathey for their help with this project, from beginning to end.
Dorothy Limouze
Lynn and Terry Birdsong Associate Professor, Department of Fine
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Time Studies:
Photographs by Mark Klett
Mark Klett, Thanksgiving moonrise,
10' intervals, 11/25/04, 7.5 x 9 inches
The work in this exhibition comes from two projects. The
panoramas were made for Yosemite in Time, a collaboration
among writer Rebecca Solnit, photographer Byron Wolfe, and
myself. The project revisited and re-photographed sites of
historic photographs made in Yosemite National Park.
Our purpose was to understand how famous
photographs had guided our interpretations of the land and
our conceptions
of wilderness, and how we might visualize the relationship
between change and time. In the process, we discovered that
photographs turn the natural world into a kind of nature/culture/time
coordinate system for tracking different eras. Landscape
photographs become maps in four dimensions, capable of folding
and unfolding an experience of time. The process of making
each photograph provided a means to rediscover the place
in spite of its iconographic history.
Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, Four views
from four times and one shoreline, Lake Tenaya,
Left to Right: Eadweard Muybridge, 1872 (Courtesy of The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley); Ansel Adams,
c. 1942 and Edward Weston, 1937 (Courtesy of the Center for
Photography, University of Arizona)
Back panels: Swatting high-country mosquitoes, 2002
24 x 66 inches (paper); 21 x 61 inches (image)
The second project, entitled Time Studies, was begun last
year in response to a question, "If photographs depict
a moment in time, how long is a moment?" A photograph
is usually metered in fractions of a second, but many of
these images were exposed over periods ranging from ten minutes
to two days, recording phenomena difficult to experience
as a single or discrete event. The result is another perspective
regarding duration or rates of change.
Mark Klett, 2 hours, 11/13/04,
7.5 x 9 inches
Together, the two projects explore several interesting
questions. How do we visualize the relationship between time,
and change? Is the measure of time a constant, or does
change itself become the true measure of time? Can we count
on either
space or time to be immutable? What if time is not a simple
flow from past to present; can it be experienced as flowing
backwards? Can this perception alter the past as well as
the future?
Mark Klett graduated from St. Lawrence University
in 1974. The exhibition and lecture are funded in part by the
Barnes Endowment Fund.
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Lisa Anne Auerbach (StealThisSweater.com),
is Messy/Shoot to Kill, 2005, wool sash
The exhibition at St. Lawrence University takes
its title from critic Polly Ullrich's 1998 New Art
Examiner essay entitled "The Workmanship
of Risk: The Re-emergence of Handcraft in Postmodern Art," which
describes how handcrafts in contemporary art can be radical.
The Workmanship of Risk presents works that are handmade
for conceptual, not utilitarian, purposes. Juxtaposing knitting
mechanically reproduced media, needlepoint with politics, and
sewing with social critique, the exhibition includes:
-Sabrina Gschwandtner
Jim Finn, Communist Heroes of South
needlepoint pillows
The exhibition curator, Sabrina Gschwandtner, is
a New York City-based artist who works with film, video and textiles.
Graduating with honors from Brown University with a degree in
art/semiotics, she also studied with Harvard Film Archive founder
Vlada Petric at Harvard University and with artist VALIE EXPORT
at the Sommerakademie fur Bildende Kunst in Salzburg, Austria.
Gschwandtner is currently pursuing an MFA at Bard College. Her
artwork has been exhibited at the 2001 Venice Biennale, SculptureCenter,
Socrates Sculpture Park, Anthology Film Archives, Artists Space,
and the Austrian Film Museum, among other venues. In 2004, she
was awarded a residency at the MacDowell Colony and is writing
a book that profiles people doing interesting things in knitting,
to be published in the fall of 2007 by Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
microRevolt, Barbie legwarmers,
Gschwandtner is the founder of KnitKnit,
an artist's publication
that focuses on the intersections between fine art and handcraft
in all media. Published twice per year, KnitKnit includes interviews,
profiles, articles, reviews, and drawings. Through collaboration,
she and other artists organize receptions, film and video screenings,
art exhibitions, and other events.
Cat Mazza is a New York-based artist
who founded
microRevolt, which creates art projects that combine knitting,
machines, and digital
social networks to initiate discussion
about the international sweatshop crisis. Her recent exhibitions
include Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; SESI Gallery, São
Paulo, Brazil; Fuzzy Logic at the Futuresonic Festival
in Manchester, UK; and The Upgrade! International at
Eyebeam, New York.
Images of the exhibition
Special thanks to Carole Mathey, assistant gallery
director and knit-o-latrix.
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The Gallery Has A Posse: Contemporary
Sticker Art
I've been debating whether or not STICKERS
are the new Currier & Ives. Art for everybody: democratic,
cheap, ephemeral, transient. Run them through a Xerox machine at
Kinko's, or send a 300 dpi jpeg to The Sticker Guy. Paper
or vinyl. B/W or color.
One-of-a-kind stickers—hand painted with a brush or Sharpie,
D-I-Y, poems by JJ, "I can't do crossword puzzles because
the open L e t t e r s p a c i n g bothers me."
U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail or Deutsch
Post signature stickers—PG
III: The Legend—or other messages: "Figura B: todo
es justo en amor y guer" and "Rap Music Gods ate thier
oats! TWERPS AREA RIOT!"
HELLO, my name is Goner, RAMBO, Mickey Flight! ...
Stickers that sell music: DJ Jester/The Filipino
Fist, Cancer Bats, Struck by Truth, Astroboy, Deathless…
Stickers that sell products/services/attitude: YJ
STINGER Extreme Energy Drink, 42 Below/New Zealand Vodka, LOLA
CREW 4 LIFE skateboards,
Missbehave clothing, Sherbert Magazine, GoGorilla Media, Saved
Social/political stickers about GWB and the
war (REGIME CHANGE, IRAK, Drop BUSH, Not BOMBS),
SARS, animal rights and the environment
(I shot Bambi's mom ©Plasma Slugs and mission
1: piss on a SUV), globalization
(Corporate Vandals Not Welcome), terrorism (Jihad for President
2004), and the nature of reality (OCTAGOD).
Abstract stickers of eyes, hands, faces, four-leaf
clovers, ants, flies, mandala-like circles and squares, plant forms,
robots, sheep,
and tender bunnies. Tattoo from Fantasy Island.
Anonymous guy taped color copies of what-looked-to-be
his passport photo on light posts and other surfaces all over Chelsea
and Soho.
Sticker artists + Art stickers: PlAsmA SluGs, Kaiju
Big Battel, RobotsWillKill, Uneek, Wreckles, Asop, CATV, Skypager,
Visual Narcotics, El Toro, orkid man, 5003, Chair Dog, Certified
Fluxus Free Zone, The Poo Syndicate, Hek Tad, Matt: Siren, Dalek…
OBEY GIANT and the bootlegs: Andre the Giant, Vinny
Raffa, Nicotina, Bea Arthur, [the] Dali Lama (sic), Flat Eric,
Mini Me, and Optimus
Prime each has a posse.
Members of the SLU sticker acquisition committee
scour the streets of New York City, Berlin, Toronto, San Francisco,
and Moscow to
find exquisite gems of creativity. The most coveted stickers are
high out of reach, and our aluminum stepladder gets too heavy to
lug around, so we stand on trash cans instead. Brittle fingers
in November, we take a break to warm up at the Half King.
"Optimistic acts of faith," Carole observes. It's true.
There's something intimate and heartwarming in these stickers,
each one put up by hand. Personal responses to oftentimes harsh,
chaotic environments and times.
On PEEL's SLAPS Stickerhead Forum, delOR razzes me, "keep
it gangsta, and on the streets." Zen sez, "the whole
idea is not to ask... its to do... teacher man... thats what makes
the difference... your asking about it. Just do it. Like Mikey." And
wharfrat responds, "Fat Mikey has a posse!"
-Cathy Tedford
Gallery Director
The landscape is illegal.
People need & see things, incessantly.
Walk these city streets: two straight lines cannot
enclose or animé a
space: as origami has insides and inside its folds, also: it has
wings made from the making of its wings: it flies only if on fire
and flies best in a frigid fall day: that's the thermal physics
of this city: rambling text of tags, men in drag: Nike Nike Prada
bag: the streets run straight to make paid-for space: upwards at
their edges are walls a crime to art on: unless for selling something
else: pomegranate juice, community, fruit-infused vodka from the
former eastern regime: slap-stick this spectacle with your own
situationism: be enthusiastic: preexisting aesthetic elements in
the winedark boulevards, the sunrise [something/obeys] among them:
your First Amendment must be adhesive against search & seizure
from these streets: this gallery: it is forbidden to be forbid:
your Fourth Amendment only [something/obeys] its own profligeration
without profit: you're owning your own looking: move ahead:
see what you can make of it.
-Robert Strong, author of Puritan
Spectacle (Elixir Press, 2006)
Special TX to Carole Mathey,
Spencer Homick '06, and Suzi Matthews '92.
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Barnes Endowment Annual Juried
Student Art Exhibition
All St. Lawrence students are eligible to enter up to four
works of art in any media on Thursday, April 13 from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and on Friday, April 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday,
April 20, at 7:00 p.m.
The exhibition is juried by Greg Stahly, Department
of Fine Arts, SUNY Potsdam, who will give a lecture in Griffiths
123 on Wednesday, April 10,
at 6:00 p.m. The exhibition is supported by the Carlyle and
Betty Barnes Endowment and the
for Fine
Loan agreement forms, 2006 Annual
Student Art Exhibition
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Spencer Homick '06
Senior Exhibition
I love art, and I love science. The two subjects
are opposites of each other, and I am not at all interested in
working in one without the other. I lean a little more towards
art, however, because for me, it is easier to create in art than
in science. The institution of sequential, logical subjects requires
certain abilities my displaced attention span lacks, but I understand
science, and I'm absolutely excited to have found a way to
approach science through art. I honestly never thought I'd
be interested in learning calculus or C++ after my undergraduate
education. Because I found the right medium, I can justify learning
these subjects.
My work in this exhibition falls into two distinct categories:
art stemming from an aesthetic process and art stemming from
a scientific process. The visualized music and computer pieces
the result of long and complex processes. The other pieces were
made out of the sheer enjoyment of approaching an open canvas
and leaving it resolved.
Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, once said, "Invention
is a flower, innovation is a weed." From that quote, I realized
that no matter the medium, creativity means always growing. Since
growth seems to be a recurring subject in some of my work, I feel
that it is an appropriate theme for this exhibition.
Trini to de Bone!
Photographs by Melina Cruz '06
In the spring of 2005, I participated in the Trinidad
study abroad program along with six other students from St. Lawrence,
nine students from Pacific Lutheran University, and three students
from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). I attended the University of
the West Indies where I was enrolled in two classes, Pan Theory & Practice
and Introduction to the Study of Religion. For four days during
the beginning of the semester, I stayed with a Trinidadian family
who showed me their neighborhood and gave me my first taste of
life on the island.
As part of the program, I learned about T&T culture and society
through outings to various diverse cultural events, one of which
was the annual Carnival celebration, a national holiday that takes
place the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. For Carnival, everyone
gets up and dressed in costumes to have fun in the streets of Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad's capital, from 6 a.m. to about 6 p.m. or even later.
This was the biggest celebration I had ever participated in, and
it was by far the best!
I roomed with Kareen, a student from Tobago, who taught me so much
about the culture and people of Trinidad and Tobago. She always
mentioned the song "Trini to de Bone" by David Rudder,
a famous singer. The song's title stuck with me, and after
listening to the song and spending four months in Trinidad the
song made sense. One section of the song speaks directly about
the diversity on the island, which was my inspiration when choosing
images for this exhibition. Rudder sings,
As crazy as we might seem to be
We still fight to be a family
Indian, African, or a Chini
Syrian, French, Creole or Portuguese
We blessed with a spirit so fiery
Some people say God is a Trini
Sweet woman parade abundantly
Not a problem it's plain to see
Sweet, sweet T&T
Oh, how I love this country
Sweet, sweet T&T
No place in this world I'd rather be
Sweet, sweet T&T
Oh, how I love this country
Sweet, sweet T&T
All this sugar can't be good for me
I was very encouraged by the diversity I saw on the island and
how, regardless of descent, each person was first Trinidadian.
Being a true Trini is not about outside appearance; it's
about the love Trinidadians have for the country.
These photographs reflect the diversity in the culture, ranging
from traditional Carnival mas (i.e., the blue devil and limbo dancer
from the Malick Folk Performing Company) to modern Carnival, where
participants wear huge, colorful costumes – to Indian Trinidad,
celebrating Indian Hindu and Muslim traditions – to making
new Trini friends – to making the most of a four-and-half-month
experience. The view from Maracas Bay, where one can look from
a high cliff to see the ocean's expanse, exemplifies the
beauty of this country full of culture and tradition.
A Photo-installation by Jenna Stearns '06
When I step off the metro in Lavapiés, I am
immediately struck by its polyphony. With people from more than
fifty nations residing in this small, old-quarter in the heart
of Madrid, the rhythms - of its music, its language, of life -
commingle intimately. The motley assortment of colors and styles
of dress are interwoven to produce a social fabric all its own.
Small children kick a partially deflated soccer ball in the plaza
or the small corner where the sidewalk widens briefly. Old women
sit on park benches, it seems for days at a time. Arab tea shops
are situated next to Indian restaurants, next to shops selling
African crafts, next to phone houses advertising discounted rates
to call Latin America, next to jazz bars. South Asian men play
Cricket in one plaza; Sub-Saharan African men play soccer in another.
Women pull little shopping carts or push strollers up and down
the steep, cobblestone streets. Someone has a boom box in the plaza
playing cumbias, or sambas, or punk music. A group of middle-aged
men sit around, drinking liters of beer until the cops show up.
The police are there a lot.
Lavapiés is a concrete local space where the interplay of
many global processes can be discussed. These photographs speak
to the gendering of space in the neighborhood, urban resistance,
and Spain's immigration policies in the context of the capitalist
world economy. Lavapiés is a pocket of the Global South
tucked in the middle of a major metropolis of the Global North.
From this focal point, there are thousands of threads stretching
outwards, connecting Madrid to other neighborhoods, other cities,
and other countries throughout the world and to the particular
conditions that provoked their peoples to seek a different life
in Spain. Lavapiés- like the global political system in
which it is situated and reflects- resists simple, regular, and
static explanations both for the way things are and the way they
should be. As such it is a prime location for understanding the
way that gender interacts with race, class, and nationalism in
the capitalist world economy. There is an intense beauty in the
way that the neighborhood so strongly asserts its heterogeneity
in the face of strong currents of homogenization. It is a place
where imagination, creativity, and a deep, forceful impetus for
justice continue to thrive. While McDonalds and Starbucks continue
to open up shop all over Madrid so everyone can get the burger
and latté they know so well, Lavapiés maintains much
of its spunk and spontaneity.
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Gallery Hours
Monday-Thursday 12-8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 12-5 p.m.
All exhibitions and related educational programs
are free and open to the public. The
Gallery welcomes individuals and groups for guided tours; please
call (315) 229-5174 for information.


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Epstein discusses futures of Soler, Baez and Bryant
CHICAGO -- Jorge Soler has made a strong first impression, Javier Baez is learning on the job, and Kris Bryant is headed home. It's all part of the development process for the trio of highly touted Cubs prospects.
Soler made his sixth start in right field Tuesday, and is one of three players in Major League history with an extra-base hit in each of his first five games.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Jorge Soler has made a strong first impression, Javier Baez is learning on the job, and Kris Bryant is headed home. It's all part of the development process for the trio of highly touted Cubs prospects.
Soler made his sixth start in right field Tuesday, and is one of three players in Major League history with an extra-base hit in each of his first five games.View Full Game Coverage
"I'm not surprised he's had quality at-bats," Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Tuesday. "He recognizes pitches well and has a good plan at the plate. We called him up at a time when he had just gotten through a slump [at Triple-A Iowa] and seemed to know himself well and was getting comfortable again. He was swinging at pitches he could drive and had a very confident presence in the box.
"He's carried that right up to the big leagues," Epstein said of the 22-year-old outfielder. "When the first swing you take is a bomb to center field in the big leagues, it just enforces that confidence. Even though he's new in the league, it's as if the league has had to rush to adjust to him."
Soler hit a home run in his first at-bat last Wednesday in Cincinnati, and entered Tuesday's game 10-for-19 with four doubles and three home runs.
Epstein said there will likely be a time when Soler struggles. It's part of the process, which Baez is experiencing. Baez hit a home run in his Major League debut Aug. 5 in the 12th inning to give the Cubs a win over the Rockies. The infielder was 21-for-116 so far with seven home runs and 50 strikeouts.
"This is the reality for young players," Epstein said. "Almost without exception, young players come up after an initial period of success and adrenaline is carrying them, then the league adjusts and their weaknesses get exploited and it's a struggle to adjust back.
"As tough as it can be to watch sometimes, this is exactly what Javy needs," Epstein said. "He's going to end up going into the offseason reflecting back on this and over time, it'll sink in that despite what pitchers do to him, he controls the at-bat and he can't get away from his strengths and he can do as much damage as anyone in the game when he gets a pitch he can drive and not try to do too much and uses the whole field."
Hitting coaches have told Baez that, but Epstein said players need to experience the struggles themselves.
"This is Javy's pattern," Epstein said. "It takes him a little bit of time to have that light go on at a new level. I think it's part of his aggressive nature. He doesn't back down and has strong mental makeup and will continue to fight and scrap. When he does figure it out, someone's going to pay."
Bryant finished his first full season in professional baseball with 43 home runs, the most in the Minor Leagues, but was not called up when rosters expanded.
"I told him the other day, 'You did everything you could possibly do as a first-year professional to impress and make us proud as an organization,'" Epstein said. "We're just as proud with the way he handled himself off the field as we are with the accomplishments on the field."
Now, the Cubs want Bryant to prepare for a seven-month season in 2015, not the shorter Minor League slate of games.
"I think he's close enough that he can start setting his sights on the big leagues," Epstein said. "Whenever that time comes, we don't know, but it's getting closer."
Bryant has made smooth transitions at each level, and last season, went from the Rookie League to short-season Boise to Class A-Advanced Daytona to the Arizona Fall League, where he was named Most Valuable Player.
"He's as advanced and mature and professional a prospect as we've had," Epstein said. "He's a thoughtful, cerebral, well adjusted mature guy. If anyone can jump into the big league picture in the middle of the season and not miss a beat, it's Kris Bryant."
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