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Today, we live in an era of customization. Increasingly, customers can modify a product's appearance, features, or content according to their unique needs or desires. Often, even the news we see in our newsfeeds is customized based off our preferences.
Why, then, are so many aspects of the health care industry still one-size-fits-all?
As doctors, we've seen firsthand how this can negatively impact patients who require more individualized care. One particular example is a practice known as "step therapy" or "fail first."
Now, when patients visit their doctors for a prescription, the treatments they are prescribed are typically based on a variety of personal factors. These factors include their health history, underlying symptoms, and their doctor's long-term understanding of their condition, such as whether they have already tried certain drugs under a different health insurance plan, if they have other medical conditions that might interfere with the drug's effect, whether certain drug's side effects will affect the patient's ability to perform their job, or if the patient would prefer a drug that has a different ingestion method or dosage form. Treatment plans need to be based on the individual's needs, and their doctors' medical expertise and first-hand knowledge of their patients' overall health.
In such a case as this, failure is not only an option, it is the only option before getting appropriate treatment.
Under the current system, patients are left with a limited set of options: either try a medication that is not what their doctor recommended for their condition, or pay out of pocket for the treatment they need. For many people, that's not a choice at all. They are simply forced to fail on a medication other than what their doctor prescribed.
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I can't believe I missed this. On February 27th, Revive Da Live put on a show dubbed Hip Hop 1942 at Le Poisson Rouge, which is part of a series of concerts aimed at melding jazz and hip-hop. Phonte showed up and joined John Robinson and Raydar Ellis for a Dilla medley backed by a live band. They performed "The Official" and "Fall In Love" as well as the original sample for both, "Diana In The Autumn Wind." The crowd goes wild when Phonte drops this bracelet:
Smack the fuck out they mouth, Chris Brown y'all niggas
The audio in the video is hardly satisfactory, but you can download a much cleaner recording here.
Download: Phonte – John Robinson, Raydar Ellis – "The Official," "Fall In Love" and "Diana In The Autumn Wind" (Live in New York)
via All The Way Live
As a bonus, All The Way Live also dropped this amazing gem last week: CL Smooth performing "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" with a live band in Berlin in 2007. Both audio and video after the jump.

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There are 5 important things to consider when deciding what size chicken coop you require.
Do you reside in a place where you have Bee Removal many acres available or do you live in a place where you juts have a garden. Backyard chicken coops have become ever more popular. Here are the size requirements per chicken:
3 to 4 square feet per chicken in the coop (minimum)
10 square feet per chicken in the run
250 square feet for free range hens
City and/or County Ordinances: ensure that you check with the city and or county because they may have specific restrictions or limitations. You may find restrictions like size or height limitations. Some cities may not allow you to raise chickens.
Number of Chickens: we've determined that our city does permit us to raise cows. We know the space requirements per chicken we could determine how many birds we could have. It's recommended that you raise at least 3 chickens. So we have decided we want 4 chickens. Always keep in mind that the amount you start with has a tendency to get bigger rather than smaller. The majority of people who have backyard Chickens really enjoy the experience. Therefore, if you set up everything correctly in the beginning you should have the same positive experience.
Size of the Coop: Our chicken coop should be at least 12 to 16 square feet. For 4 chickens this would be a total of 52 to 56 square feet. This would require an area approximately 6′ X 10′. If you want more chickens consider the space you have available and determine your size accordingly. If you're going to permit the chickens to be open range during the day, space will be a factor if you are having backyard chickens.
Safety: Is your chicken coop and operate free from predators? Dogs, Raccoons and other animals will dig under the fence for your chickens. You want to consider building the fence to the ground to avoid burrowing by predators. You could consider pouring a concrete foundation under the fence line. You will want at least 2 1/2 feet clearance between the bottom of your coop and the ground. This has many benefits and can provide a shade for your chickens through the hot days.
Chicken coops come in all sizes and styles. You can build a simple square box type house or you may have a very stylish home with a fabulous architectural design. You also may want to take into account a "Kit" rather than cutting your own timber.
If you're considering less than 4 to 6 hens a "kit" could be a reasonable option. To learn more about different Coop programs follow the link below.


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Primal Scream are to play a one-off gig in Folkestone next month.
The band, who are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album, will be appearing at Leas Cliff Hall on December 6.
Tickets priced at £17.50 are on sale now.
For availability, go to NME Tickets or call them on 0870 1 663 663.


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for teachers of tomorrow. She is also president of Learning Systems Associates and serves as a
national and international education consultant. Her work focuses on the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.


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Apple sold its 10 billionth song Wednesday via iTunes, its online media platform whose massive success is credited for ushering in a new era for buying and selling music.
The milestone is the latest sign of iTunes' increased market power in distributing music and video content to consumers. Apple launched iTunes in 2003, selling 25 million digital tracks its first year. By 2006, sales had reached 1 billion. The reason for this explosion is Apple's iPod, the leading MP3 device. Unit sales reached 220 million by November – or 73 percent of the total digital music-player market.
The key to Apple's sales strategy for the iPod is ensuring that consumers have access to affordable content via iTunes' 99-cents-per-song price model. That market strategy, however, has long frustrated recording industry executives, who complain it devalues their product. Still, for all their protests and threats to withdraw their catalogs, they appear to have no other choice because iTunes is where the consumers are buying.
In pictures: iTunes top 25 most downloaded songs
Here are three ways iTunes has reshuffled the retail business for music and video, for better or for worse.
1. Goodbye album, hello single
Between the demise of the 45-single and the rise of CDs, no format existed to sell single songs. That was the honeymoon era for the recording industry, which reveled in selling complete albums to consumers at a handsome price. The artist who benefited by this arrangement was the one who saw the full-length album as an opportunity to experiment and create a cohesive musical program. The artist who lagged behind was a one-hit wonder whose album was mainly filler around that Top 40 song.
Apple's pricing model once again lets consumers to peck around for specific songs, not albums. (For a list of the top 25 songs sold on iTunes, click here.) For record companies, iTunes' debut meant the demise of "album" artists, such as Pink Floyd and Wilco, and the rise of manufactured pop stars such as Britney Spears and the "American Idol" graduates. These surefire moneymakers are not built for album sales; the model in which they work best is the instant gratification of iTunes, which requires no other commitment from buyers than 99 cents and a few clicks of a mouse.
2. The rise of portable music
Portability, as opposed to the home stereo, is now an essential component of music consumption. The success of iTunes broke open the market for handheld devices, from the smart phone to Amazon's Kindle – all hardware featuring MP3 playback, wherever and whenever the consumer wants. This new consumer expectation gives iTunes more power than ever: With so many portable devices involved in everyone's daily life, the Apple store is the primary place to access content. Just as seemingly endless new applications create a continuing revenue stream from iPhone users, iTunes keeps Apple's pricey hardware moving out the door.
3. The death of brick-and-mortar retail
With the birth of iTunes came the demise of the neighborhood record store. The winnowing of brick-and-mortar outlets is a direct result of digital delivery, which is immediate, affordable, and democratic, allowing anyone from young children to seniors a way to buy music without needing to step outside the house. According to the NPD Group, physical sales represented 80 percent of all music sales in 2007; today they represent 64 percent. By contrast, digital sales increased 80 percent in the same time period.


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ROSTER MOVE - P - Rafael Montero
Posted by Mack Ade at 1:07 PM 4 comments
4 comments:
- Ernest Dove said...
Did they announce if its to start a game or eat multiple innings due to the matz start taxing the bullpen ?
- April 12, 2016 at 2:38 PM
- Mack Ade said...
Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo
Rafael Montero is on his way to NYC, but the #Mets won't be activating him before tonight's game. He's on the taxi squad.
- April 12, 2016 at 3:17 PM
- Ernest Dove said...
Hmmm that sounds like he starts in place of degrom once he officially gets put on paternity leave then. That way nobody gets demoted.
- April 12, 2016 at 3:57 PM
- Richard Jones said...
I would like to see him start. That might answer some depth questions for the rotation.
- April 12, 2016 at 5:07 PM
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S.-led airstrikes targeting Taliban militants who had attacked NATO forces slammed into civilian homes in southern Afghanistan, killing both civilians and insurgents, Afghan and Western officials said Saturday.
Like most battles in the dangerous and remote regions of Afghanistan, casualty estimates varied widely.
Local government officials said up to 60 civilians and 35 insurgents had been killed. NATO did not give an estimate of casualties, but one Western military official said privately that around eight civilians had been killed.
It was not possible to independently verify the casualty claims.
The U.S. acknowledged some civilians were killed during the fighting in Helmand province's Gereshk district late Friday after fighters sought shelter in village homes, a familiar scenario in Afghanistan that has led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent bystanders this year.
The U.S. news release did not say how many civilians were killed.
The battle began when Taliban fighters tried to ambush a joint U.S.-Afghan military convoy late Friday before fleeing into the nearby village of Hyderabad for cover, said Mohammad Hussein, Helmand's provincial police chief.
Airstrikes targeted the militants in the village, said Dur Ali Shah, the mayor of Gereshk.
Shah said late Saturday that between 50 and 60 civilians and 35 Taliban fighters had been killed. He said the fighters were mostly Arab.
Maj. John Thomas, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force, said the military had no information "at this time to corroborate numbers that large." He said NATO would not fire on positions if it knew there were civilians nearby.
"It's the enemy fighters who willingly fire when civilians are standing right next to them," he said.
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Stupid Country Lyrics
As a member of the Advisory Board of the Texas Heritage Songwriters' Association, I'm proud to say that none of our Honorees are on this list. I have a feeling this list will certainly grow, since they're asking for readers' contributions. Funny stuff, some of this.
Ryan Young
Don't miss this one. Some of you know Ryan as the incredible guitar player/singer/songwriter/frontman for the Ryan Young Band, and some of you know him as the kind, generous, thoughtful teacher to your preschooler or guitar student. Either way, he's very good at what he does and is a decent guy with a big heart, lots of talent and no ego. Well, he has made a new album and will release it this Saturday night at Joe Ables' Saxon Pub as the headliner, following Guy Forsyth and the Greezy Wheels. As an early-to-bed, early-to-rise sort of guy, it's going to be tough on me, but I'm going to do my best to be there. Probably with a camera or two. He'll have his new CDs there…remember this?)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – JAN 1, 2010 (From Market Reports) So that's the total number of views this ol' blog got in 2009. Slightly lower than the street anticipated, but up almost 10% from the 2008 numbers. Concern for the future of the blog as a business? Not so, says one officer of the company. "Since Carlton Wade Photography's blog has no revenue and incurs no expenses, we feel the health of the company is sound, and future growth looks promising, especially in terms of profit and loss." He went on to add, "Carlton Wade Photography's blog is a dynamic media outlet, and the operations team can change fonts, colors, add photos and even 'hyperlinks' to it's UI (user interface). We're excited about what 2010 will bring in terms of new visitors, possibly even some from outside of Austin (Texas)."
The real spirit of Christmas
Now that my kids are 6 and 4, I've begun to try to sell them on the very real fact that giving really is better than getting. I'm reminded of this all the time, but especially around Christmas. This belief may not hold true for some of you, and it certainly doesn't for a six year-old with a bunch of friends who talk about nothing but what they've got and what they're getting. I get it. I used to be one. But, I suppose the older I get, the more this matters. My father, pictured here a couple of years ago with my daughter, embodies the spirit of giving more than anyone I know.
We've all got issues with family, and lots of times those issues get in the way of spending holiday time together. My family is definitely not immune to such issues, but we get by okay. But this Christmas, I realized one special trait about my father. He is a giver.
For the last few holidays (Thanksgiving and/or Christmas), my wife and I have had problems traveling to my hometown to celebrate with my side of the family. Her side of the family gathers for Christmas, but Thanksgiving isn't as big a deal. Both are big deals on my side. Coat and tie, silver and linen, waiters, the whole Southern bit. It's a show more than anything else, but it's a family ritual, and its meaning and lineage have been burned into me so much that I now crave it. Nothing against Luby's, but if I never have to dig those disgusting side dishes out of cardboard containers again, I'll be just fine.
Last Christmas, when we couldn't make it to Thanksgiving, my father told me to "stay in Austin with your family this Christmas. The kids will get to wake up and open their gifts at home, and y'all can come see us sometime after New Year's, when things sort of quiet down." We did just that, and it was the best Christmas I can remember. Watching my kids make cookies for Santa, fake being nice to each other, want to go to bed at 5pm on Christmas Eve and waking up at 2am and begging for three hours to go out to the living room and me finally caving and trying to video the whole thing on two hours' sleep. It was all more than I'd hoped for.
This year, we stayed home for Thanksgiving and are doing the same for Christmas. My father again advised me to "stay there with your family," and it was only today that I realized that his gift to me of "stay with your family instead of packing them up and driving nine hours and repacking and driving back and all that" is the greatest gift I can receive at this point in my life. He is giving me the gift of irreplaceable moments with my own children, instead of a bunch of guilt about not being there with him and my mother.
And for that, I'll forever be grateful. My parents have given me far more than I ever deserve. Support, material things, love, good advice, guidance and understanding. I'll never be able to repay them, and even if they read this, they'll never know how much I cherish, value and appreciate their gifts.
It's Christmas Eve, and while my kids climb all over me as I write this (and cook the turkey and assemble toys and mediate tantrums and everything else that goes along with parenthood), I wish you nothing less than what I've been given. I have one wish this cold winter night, and it's that my kids will one day think of me, just for a second, like I think of my parents right now.
Merry Christmas.
Michael Dell: Who's Tiger Woods?
Playing in a tournament a few years ago, I heard a story about Tiger Woods and Michael Dell. When Tiger was ready to turn pro, 12 years ago or so, he made a list of companies he wanted to be his sponsors, and I suppose his agent went to work, shopping Tiger's shirt sleeves and cap and golf bag and whatever else out to corporate America. Since Tiger had been a Dell user in high school and college, he wanted Dell to be his major sponsor, mainly on his golf bag. He was asking for $2 million. Word has it that since Michael Dell was not a golfer and had no idea who Tiger Woods was, he laughed at the thought of spending a couple of million branding dollars on an unproven golfer. A few years later, Dell claimed "it was the biggest marketing mistake I ever made."
Doubtful he feels that way today.
Most timeless Tiger quote yet
Got this one straight off here, where there are some other doozies. Who's tending the site, anyway? Sure is lots of stuff there I'd take down, if I were him.
They're scared of Tiger off the course, too
Tiger reaches new low
Shameful as this whole thing has been for Eldrick, I can't believe no one's talking about this. Sure, he strayed from his arranged marriage and has "let everyone down" (all you hypocrites), but to me, this is the most selfish, heartless, brutal thing he has done so far: He makes his mama fly commercial. WTF? You think Shaq's mama has ever seen the inside of the terminal at LAX?
This one is for you young husbands. After years of having my wife asking me to "retouch" perfectly beautiful photos of her and the kids (but never me), I finally get it. A woman's job is to CREATE UNCERTAINTY. This revelation is a huge springboard to carrying me through a happy middle-agehood and beyond. I'll explain.
When I see a photo of my wife, I see her beautiful face, happy smile and age-defying skin, but she sees something else and knows Photoshop exists. In the past, I said how I didn't see anything wrong with the photo and told her how great she looked, which she took as the beginning of an argument. When I see a photo of my kids, I prefer dirt and stains and messed-up hair and all the realities of what kids look like. Pictures of clean, stainless, smiling, well-dressed, perfectly coiffed kids give me the creeps.
But remember, fellas, the goal here for women is to CREATE UNCERTAINTY. So you go ahead and clean the chocolate off the kids' faces (you know, the M&M bribe you had to make just to get them to put on that sailor suit), take an imperceptible laugh line off your wife's face, add a little hair to cover her ear, whiten teeth, whatever. Just do it. (If you're a real pro, you'll do it happily and not grumble things like "I can't believe you think this is better" or "Jesus H" between mouse clicks.
When the photo goes out, the other women will study it. You heard me. Women look at photos of other women and their families and HERE'S WHERE YOUR PHOTOSHOP WORK PAYS OFF. You have created uncertainty in the minds of the other women. They all know about retouching and Photoshop, but none of them have the balls to call and say, "Okay bitch, I see you your beautiful family here, and I may not have seen you down at Westbank Dermatology, but I do know that you don't look like this, so WTF is going on here?" Goal set, goal achieved. Uncertainty. It really is a victimless crime, and I'm a better man for knowing about it.
And if you DON'T do the Photoshop work your wife asks, the other women will see EXACTLY what you were supposed to fix and take huge amounts of joy in the fact their "friend" looks older than them and her kids aren't cared for as well. They'll even call her and use "the tone" that all women know and say "I got your card today and it's SOOOOO cute," which will begin a completely new argument, one you didn't even see coming.
So do yourself a favor this Holiday season and learn from ol' CW here. And if you don't know Photoshop and find yourself in this situation, send me your photo and I'll fix it for you. After all these years, you don't even have to explain what you want done. I've seen it all, and I have a Masters in the Business of Uncertainty.
I wasted a good title
"Holy…" <— that should've been the title of this post. Guess what the following people all have in common: Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Tyler Perry, Kate Gosselin, Adam Lambert, Sarah Palin, Brett Favre, Jenny Sanford and Michael Jackson's kids.
If you don't know, I applaud you. Now that I know, I need a shower.
Barbara Walters has picked this group as her "Most Fascinating People of 2009." WTF? God help the USA. I sure hope there are some medical researchers and innovative educators and crisis survivors out there somewhere who have ACTUAL stories worthy of fascination.
So I went out and dug up the shots I've posted here on this blog over the last couple of years and found which ones were clicked the most, along with a few that Google ranks the highest when searching for things I think are necessary to find me. If this is the collection of what represents me as a photographer, I've got some work to do. My tagline for the coming year: "Shoot More Skin in 2010."
Sideline shot from last night in Oxford, Mississippi
Allen Shamblin, Texas Songwriter
If you listen to country music, you'll soon hear Miranda Lambert singing this. It was written by Texas Songwriter Hall of Famer Allen Shamblin. Here he is singing it at a pickin' party in his current home of Franklin, Tennessee.


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Allan Kaprow Posters
Allan Kaprow (1927–2006) is considered to be the founding father of the Happening, of Environments and Activities: terms that he continued to redefine throughout his career.
With a wide selection of images, Posters – edited by Alice Dusapin and Christophe Daviet-Thery, published by Christophe Daviet-Thery and Walther König, designed by Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé – documents Kaprow's posters, a lesser-known side of his work, produced between 1953 for his first show at the Hansa Gallery, New York and 1996 at Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal.
Most of these posters were designed by Allan Kaprow and are characterized by their aesthetic quality, the earliest ones in particular a combination of hand-lettered text and drawings and the later ones of photographs and typographic text in a minimalist style.
More than merely advertising Happenings or Activities, these posters act as scores/tools for the participants to the Happenings and as everyday objects that blur the boundaries between art and life.
Launch May 5, 6pm, Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
Paper Planes by Sjoerd Knibbeler
Paper Planes, by Sjoerd Knibbeler, consists of 16 paper models of aircrafts that have never made it past the drawing board. Sjoerd Knibbeler was able to recreate these models based on information, technical drawings and 'artist impressions', which he predominantly found online. Some of these aircraft designs are over 80 years old and if they have failed as physical aircrafts, they still fly around the world as ideas – in the virtual form of data. In this publication these models are combined with texts and drawings, and turned into a 4 meter long leporello, which folds back to an A4 book with a hardcover sleeve.
The Images of Architects
"I asked architects to send me important images that show the basis of their work. Images that are in their head when they think. Images that show the origin of their architecture. In this book we find 44 individual "musées imaginaires". The most unique architects living today each present up to ten images to explain the autobiographical roots of their oeuvre. The images are explanations, metaphors, foundations, memories and intentions. They are poetic and philosophical avowals. They reveal a personal perspective on thoughts. They show the roots of architecture and expectations concerning projects. Conscious and unconscious. The biographies are written by the architects themselves. The images are small, legible and interpretable as icons. As individual collections, they present a personal view of an individual world, while as a whole they provide a universal view of the perceptible origin of contemporary architecture." The Images of Architects, edited by Valerio Olgiati.
With Architects David Adjaye; Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus; Alejandro Aravena; Ben van Berkel; Mario Botta; Alberto Campo Baeza; Adam Caruso and Peter St John; David Chipperfield; Preston Scott Cohen; Hermann Czech; Roger Diener; Peter Eisenman; Sou Fujimoto; Antòn Garcìa-Abril; Go Hasegawa; Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron; Steven Holl; Anne Holtrop; Junya Ishigami; Arata Isozaki; Toyo Ito; Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai; Momoyo Kaijima and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Atelier Bow-Wow; Christian Kerez; Hans Kollhoff; Winy Maas, MVRDV; Peter Märkli; Jürgen Mayer H.; Richard Meier; Glenn Murcutt; Ryue Nishizawa; Valerio Olgiati; John Pawson; Cecilia Puga; Smiljan Radic; Richard Rogers; Kazuyo Sejima; Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates; Miroslav Šik; Àlvaro Siza Vieira; Eduardo Souto de Moura; Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown; Peter Wilson, Bolles + Wilson; Peter Zumthor.
book fairs, may to july 2015
© BBella Bas & Robin Lopvet for Cosmos Arles Books
Offprint London, May 22-25, Tate Modern (Turbine Hall), London
Multiple Art Days #1, May 22-24, Maison Rouge, Paris
MISS READ 2015, June 26-28, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Cosmos Arles Books, July 6-11, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles
Exercises in Seating – Max Lamb
Exercises in seating is a project by Max Lamb. From April 12 to 19 in Milano, the exhibition of furnitures will illustrate Max Lamb's continuous examination of his material landscape and manifold modes of production. The accompanying publication is published by Dent-de-Leone.
FOUR EGGS THEORY by HONZA ZAMOJSKI
Four Eggs Theory is an exhibition – until May 10, Futura, Prague – and a book by Honza Zamojski. In an ideal world an ideal egg would be an ideally oval geometrical form with an ideally spherical yolk center surrounded by whites. After boiling our specimen and cutting it crossways, we would see a microscale model of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Both systems – the cosmic one and the human one – are closed and complementary, as the vitality of one of the parts depends on the other. Meanwhile, the space between the surface of the yolk and the shell, on a cosmic scale, is the sphere of influence between our planet its closest star. In the "Four Eggs Theory"1 the key element of illustrations is a synthetic image of half an egg – a closed system with a core and a surrounding atmosphere. This theory aims to describe an individual, though also, from a wider perspective, the cyclical and recurring process of the artistic creation of a Work. The Work is the key element of artistic Practice. At the same time, the theory described in the following text could be analyzed through an illustrating diagram. If we were to seek an analogy in our common knowledge, we ought to ask: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? …
Pliure. Epilogue (La bibliothèque, l'univers)
L'exposition Pliure est un essai sur le livre et "la somme infinie de ses possibles" (Blanchot). Elle donne à voir le potentiel du livre, en relation permanente avec le geste artistique, et de quelle façon l'art se transforme à l'épreuve du livre et le livre se transforme à l'épreuve de l'art. Dans l'exposition, le livre devient un laboratoire d'expériences esthétiques -et le canal même de ces expériences. Exposition ni rétrospective, ni historique, Pliure ne prétend pas embrasser tout un thème ou prouver une théorie mais essaie plutôt de montrer comment l'espace du livre provoque l'art.
Après le Prologue de l'exposition, les oeuvres contemporaines de l'exposition Pliure. Epilogue (La bibliothèque, l'univers), du 10 avril au 7 juin 2015 à l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, s'allient notamment à une sélection d'oeuvres issues de la collection de l'école, et à un focus autour de l'éditeur Seth Siegelaub.
Inventory Press – Way Station
Inventory Press publishes books on topics in art, architecture, design, and music, with an emphasis on subcultures, minor histories, and the sociopolitical aspects of material culture.
Way Station extends the January 2015 exhibition by Shannon Harvey, Adam Michaels, and Levi Murphy at Grice Bench, Los Angeles. At once static and dynamic, the book presents a journey through a series of landscapes, juxtaposed with a steadily spinning furniture form—that of the primary exhibition component, a set of colorful benches featuring ergonomics designed to heighten and transform physical and mental awareness. The book provides a particularly associative experience for a reader seated on a Way Station bench, while maintaining interest far beyond this setting.
In The Canyon, Revise The Canon
In The Canyon, Revise The Canon – Utopian Knowledge, Radical Pedagogy and Artist-run Community Art Space in Southern California – is the last book published by Shelter Press and edited by Géraldine Gourbe.
Before the onset of the social and cultural backlash that was brought on by the Reagan administration in the early eighties, Southern California was ripe territory for the genesis and development of emancipation movements for and by African Americans, Chicanos, pacifists, Marxists, feminists and homosexuals. Starting in the late sixties, these revolutionary waves particularly influenced practices such as performance art, video, installation and collaboration, which led to the construction of alternatives like artist-run spaces, non-profit spaces and artist-run community art spaces. In Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego, collaborative public action was constructed around utopian knowledge which was then redirected towards universities and art schools that favored the emergence of radical pedagogies. These other manners of experimental thinking, doing and teaching permitted artists to deconstruct certain canons that were inherited from European tradition and art history, and provoked a reexamination of "the American way of life". In the Canyon, Revise the Canon.
Presentation by Géraldine Gourbe, April 2, 2015, 6:30pm, ICI Curatorial Hub, New York.
Bookspace: Collected Essays on Libraries
Bookspace: Collected Essays on Libraries focuses on the current development of library spaces as public institutions through the perspective of architects, writers, librarians, and readers. It addresses the architecture of modern public spaces, and the development of library collections in the age of digital information, in order to discuss the larger social context of libraries as institutions. It provides an insight into their management and how their functions are changing.
Don't Take These Drawings Seriously
Nathalie Du Pasquier started drawing as soon as she met her husband George Sowden in 1979 in Milan. She was introduced to the world of design and shortly after, in 1981, became a founding member of the iconic postmodern design movement Memphis. From 1981 to 1987 she didn't stop drawing. Every day she would draw a whole new modern world, from very small items like jewelry to entire cities. This world only existed in her head but would eventually be developed into real pieces for the Memphis exhibitions.
Don't Take These Drawings Seriously is the first and definitive compilation of all the unpublished drawings from those years, which had been sitting in the drawers of Nathalie's studio for over 30 years. Organized by the smallest objects to the biggest and divided into chapters, each with a text by Nathalie, it has been carefully edited and designed by Apartamento magazine's co-founder Omar Sosa together with Nathalie Du Pasquier.
Don't Take These Drawings Seriously is an excellent reference for future generations and a welcome document of an important period in modern design.
Spanning over fifty years, Ed Ruscha's artistic production has been variously discussed under the rubrics of Pop Art and Conceptual Art. However, the remarkable diversity of Ruscha's work eschews categoriza- tions whether historiographical or medium related. Ruscha's example has been seminal not only in the field of painting, but also in printmaking, photography, graphic design, experimental filmmaking as well as architecture. It is this versatility and the interdisciplinary nature of Ruscha's art that the International Symposium, March 11 & 12, 2015, at Centre Pompidou in Paris, intends to address.
With Ed Ruscha, Robert Dean (Studio Ruscha, Los Angeles), Lisa Turvey (Studio Ruscha, New York), Cécile Whiting (University of California, Irvine), Anne Mœglin-Delcroix (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Briony Fer (University College, London), Linda Norden (Malmö Art Academy, Lund University), Michel Gauthier (Centre Pompidou, Paris), Elizabeth A. Kessler (Stanford University, Palo Alto), Margit Rowell (art historian, Paris). The symposium is convened by Benoît Buquet (Université François Rabelais de Tours), Jean-Pierre Criqui (Centre Pompidou), and Larisa Dryansky (INHA/Université Paris-Sorbonne).
Stephan Kepppel — Entre Entree (edition)
Stephan Keppel's photographic work originates from marginal phenomena related to architecture, interiors and suburbs. He collects and arranges images and objects in order to engage them in a long-term relationship, resulting in a process which engages photography, reproduction and other supporting media. Entre Entree is a project about the Parisian suburbs and the city's ring road, the Boulevard Périphérique, wherein Keppel conceives a fragmented and claustrophobic urban landscape, manifested through numerous black-and-white images of concrete facades, vegetation and the textures, shapes and materials that together form the entity of the city. Signing of the limited edition, March 5, 7pm, Le Bal, Paris.
Fantasies of the Library
Fantasies of the Library is a sequence of pages wherein the reader-as-exhibition-viewer learns—rather surprisingly, but with growing conviction— that the library is not only a curatorial space, but that its bibliological imaginary is also a fertile territory for the exploration of consequential paginated affairs.
Fantasies of the Library inaugurates the intercalations: paginated exhibition series conceived as a curatorial-editorial space enabling explorations of the book as a form of exhibition architecture in relation to other aesthetic practices in the Anthropocene.
Pliure. Prologue (La part du feu)
The exhibition Pliure. Prologue (La part du feu) (Fold. Prologue (The share of the fire)), January 30 to April 12, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, explores the significance of the book and "the infinite sum of its possibilities" (Blanchot). What can occur to a book when it is in permanent relation with an artistic gesture? How is art transformed in dialogue with a book and how is a book transformed by art? On these occasions, the book becomes a laboratory for aesthetic experiences, while leading towards such experiences by its very essence. This exhibition does not aim to be retrospective, historical, or to function as an anthology. Pliure does not claim to embrace an entire theme or to prove a definitive theory but it attempts to show how the realm of books has provoked art and continues to do so. The term "pliure" (fold) refers in part to an action (and even to a specific function in a former printing factory), but also to the trace left by this action and therefore to the fold or the crease this action imprints on the paper. As such, the fold synthesizes the act of doing and what has been done, it is at once a memory and the consequence of a gesture. With the fold, the book has two possibilities: it opens or it closes, reveals or hides. Thanks to the fold, something unexpected is the other side of the page and this is the characteristic mystery of the book.
The exhibition bring together approximately 40 works dating from the 16th to the 21st centuries: films, sculptures, installations, paintings and rare books, by Helena Almeida, Christian Boltanski, Lewis Carroll, Lourdes Castro, Geoffrey Chaucer, Rui Chafes, Claude Closky, d'Alembert, Raffaella della Olga, Diderot, Dürer, Marcel Duchamp, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Robert Filliou, Jean-Luc Godard, John Latham, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, René de Lorraine, William Morris, Bruce Nauman, Alain Resnais, Ed Ruscha, Dayanita Singh, Michael Snow, François Truffaut, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Wolf Vostell, Lawrence Weiner and Francesca Woodman.
Pliure questions and enlarges our traditional perception of books and artworks, imbued with the strong belief that, as Mallarmé would say, "there is no explosion but a book."
The ENSBA will receive the second part of this exhibition. Pliure. Epilogue (la bibliothèque, l'univers), 10 April to 7 June, 2015, Palais des Beaux Arts de Paris.
Brian Roettinger: Reproductions
The Thing Quarterly is an object based publication. Each issue is conceived of by a different contributor. The object is reproduced, wrapped, and shipped to the subscribers.
Artist and graphic designer Brian Roettinger's issue 25 for The Thing Quarterly, Reproductions, is a massive catalogue raisonné that collects, documents and indexes the majority of his design work produced to date. The works, which are reproduced in black and white from photocopies, are not presented chronologically, nor is it clear, upon first inspection, which project is which: an early version is shown, sometimes just a sketch, and in some cases, the final printer proofs. Unlike a traditional monograph, Roettinger's reimagined interpretation is a testament to the process itself, and underscores the poles of his approach, which is both visibly chaotic and meticulously organized. Launch, January 30, 8.30pm, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles.
198 assemblages du bois / Wood joints
198 Wood Joints (an inventory) is the first ever published compilation of wood joints technics of that size, presented in the guise of an impressive axonometric series created and realized by Elias Guenoun. The book ends with a postface by the author (an architect and architecture theoretician) depicting the origins and ambitions of the project. 198 Wood Joints is not only a useful and practical technical collection for wood workers, it is also a formal object with state of the art graphics (by the reknown French graphic designer Philippe Millot) recalling Conceptual Art series of the 70s in the US, such as Sol LeWitt cubicle permutations artworks for instance.
Le Tapis (fair use)
Reproduction of the floor piece Le Tapis (fair use) by Pierre Leguillon, consisting of a collection of graphically striking record sleeves designed by artists, surrounded by postcards from a large variety of art institutions showing objects on a monochrome background. On the backside all sources and credits are collected as found on the originals. Printed and hand folded in an edition of 600 copies. Published on the occasion of Leguillon's solo exhibition The Museum of Mistakes: Contemporary Art and Class Struggle at Wiels, Brussels.
Cooking With Scorsese
Iron-cooked ham and cheese sandwiches, cailles en sarcophagi, explosive pissing beef balls; low, high, accessible, obscure, comical – food, like art, is served up in various guises, but whatever form it takes, it shares the common traits of being a stimulant as well as a necessity for living. Food and art also share a common space at the heart of Hato Press's practice. Each day they serve up a communal afternoon meal, creating an opportunity to down tools and enjoy the moment. Now, with the book Cooking With Scorsese – a black-and-white trailer for a full colour feature to be published soon – they welcome you to join in this homage to both food, and to films that celebrate eating in all sorts of compelling ways.
What, you don't know Grapus?
Grapus [ \gra-´pUEs] is a French graphic design collective founded in Paris immediately following the student protests of May 1968. The group saw life as a field for experimentation, putting the new political, social, and cultural debates into graphic form for public discussion. At first Grapus designed posters for local chapters of the Communist Party; twenty years on, they were chosen to design the corporate identity of the Louvre in Paris. By the late 1980s, the collective's productive days were over. In its heyday it had attracted many highly committed graphic artists both from France and abroad. After receiving the Grand Prix National des Arts Graphiques, the group decided to disband in 1990. For the book What, you don't know Grapus?, Léo Favier set out in search of the former members of the collective. The twenty-six interviews in his book tell of the utopian working methods and heated disputes that were at the heart of this collective way of life. Launch, December 4, 2014, 6.30pm, Le Monte-en-l'air, Paris.


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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a collection of symptoms and infections caused by the destruction of the human immune system caused by HIV infection or infection with other viruses that attack similar to other species (SIV, FIV, etc.)
Self virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV for short) is the virus that weakens the immunity of the human body. People who are exposed to the virus will become vulnerable to opportunistic infections or tumors susceptible. Although there has been handling can slow the spread of the virus, but the disease is not completely curable.
HIV and the virus-like viruses are generally transmitted by direct contact between the skin layers (mucous membrane) or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. Transmission can occur through sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, or oral), blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other forms of contact with the body fluids.
Scientists have generally found that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa. Today AIDS has become a disease. AIDS estimated 38.6 million people worldwide. In January 2006, UNAIDS in collaboration with the WHO estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981. Thus, this disease is one of the deadliest plague in history. AIDS claimed to have caused the death of as many as 2.4 to 3.3 million in 2005 alone, and more than 570,000 of them are children. A third of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human strength there. Antiretroviral treatment can actually reduce the death rate and severity of HIV infection, but access to treatment is not available in all countries.
Social penalty for people with HIV / AIDS, are generally more severe when compared with other deadly disease. Sometimes the social punishment were also tertimpakan to health workers or volunteers, who are involved in caring for people living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA).
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Yesterday I realized that my birthday is coming up in a month, and got all giddy for about 30 seconds. Not many people seem to get excited about birthdays past the iconic age of 21, but I think they continue to serve as a reliable, yearly milestone. Much more so than January 1st, anyway. I bet you've all forgotten your New Year's Resolution (capitalized because this year you'll really stick to it, you mean it), just like I have. I suppose I could scroll back through old blog posts to find out what it was – likely something to do with reading more. I haven't done so bad on that front, actually. My standards are set low, so my one completed book makes me pretty happy. (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – it was just okay).
I'm particularly enjoying this Sunday because I'm typing this from bed, with a gigantic mug of coffee next to me. The mug says Cipramil in bold green letters. I've been meaning to look it up, and finally did – it's the UK equivalent of Celexa, an SSRI used to treat major depression. I think coffee is equally, if not more, effective.
But back to birthdays. I remember, in my awkward middle school years, spending the week before the annual cake-for-breakfast day drafting self-improvement plans for the year ahead, usually through something superficial like buying new jeans that would be long enough for my gangly legs or using my grandma's birthday money to buy the latest JANE eyeshadows (still miss that brand). This would become a tradition, though I abandoned the list-making probably in high school. My birthday became a day for me to think about what I want to do differently, and why.
I don't think I ever got to the "how" part, though, and this is probably why I spent year after year not really feeling any different. In many ways, I'm still the awkward middle-schooler, looking toward improvement but having only a vague idea of what will get me there (answer: it's not eyeshadow).
This year, I'd rather just be happy. I want to spend more Sundays lounging in bed, drinking my big mug of anti-depressant coffee, and appreciating the idea of nowhere to be, nobody to become. John says I'll change the way I feel about birthdays once I turn 30, but I don't think so. I have two more years to prove him wrong, though.


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Because zombies are people too
The zombie rights issue is very controversial and hard to navigate. Here are some basic facts you need to understand the problem:
1. Zombies are not the enemy. They are living impaired people who want to be accepted despite their problem. Instead of killing the next zombie you see, try giving him or her a hug.
2. Zombies are not pets. The living impaired deserve to be treated humanely. Don't make the infected mow your lawn, and if you go on a walk, do not force them to wear leashes.
3. Zombies have emotions. They can fall in love and be emotionally abused just like any one of us. So, don't make fun of their situation.
We must remember: on a genetic level they are humans and they still have the capacity for emotions. If you'd like to support the cause, ThinkGeek has instructions on leading a Zombie Protest along with this T-shirt:
UPDATE: For a zombie friendly political party, check out:
The Changed at itsjustzombies.com. It's not the end of the world. It's just zombies.
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You've never met anyone like Waldo Etherington. As a rope access specialist he's been on scientific expeditions, film shoots and world first journeys across the globe, but it's his total and complete infatuation with trees and tropical environments that make him a full time duffel-bag dweller. He started climbing trees as an escape from a complicated but joyful childhood in Dorset, and these days he's known as a leading global authority on canopy
access, as well as a self proclaimed 'extreme recreational tree climber'.
But it's not just the trees that keep Waldo interested, it's the people he meets on his
journeys too. In 2015 he was working as head of safety on a blue chip film shoot in Papua New Guinea, where he met a group of young men from a local Pygmy tribe that were his own age. The native people of the island of New Britain used to climb the trees through necessity, hunting for animals and chopping down the leafy branches from the top of the canopy to use for their houses. But outside influence saw a huge change, and as the necessity vanished, the skills were almost lost too. But now, this group of lads are climbing these trees in the same way that their ancestors did. Not, however, to hunt monkeys, but just for the fun of it. They seek out the tallest, the most challenging, or the most aesthetically pleasing and scale them without any sort of roped protection – exactly the same as Waldo did as a boy in Dorset, and now does all over the world.
In 2018, Coldhouse will travel out to Papua New Guinea with Waldo and a team of tree climbers, to document the interactions and achievements of this Papuan and British link up. The group aim to carry out a 'skill swap' on the unique strangler figs in the area, as well as venture further afield on the hunt of taller, trickier trees to climb.
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We are very honored to welcome the talented Ronnie del Carmen this Saturday as he presents an exclusive look at the behind-the-scenes workings of the highly anticipated film "UP" which opens today. Del Carmen served as the Story Supervisor and Lead Story Artist on the film which has been receiving rave reviews. He will be sharing about the process involved in the making of the film as well as answering related questions.
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The artist also illustrated the new book release "My Name is Dug." You can read more about the release here
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May 27, 2009
In anticipation of our art exhibit and book release for Yuki 7, please check out this pretty sweet, recently debuted 1964 theatrical trailer 'A Kiss From Tokyo' :
Also, available now at Nucleus are Limited Edition (500) Yuki 7 Paper-craft Dolls which include 7 dolls & outfits. These Yuki 7 Dolls can only be found at Nucleus while the outfits are available at Lion's Den and Munky King. Don't feel like traveling? The whole set of outfits and Yuki 7 doll are also available exclusively at Nucleus for only $4.95. Purchase the set here.
Additonally, Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 is now available for pre-sale. Order a copy and receive a set of Yuki 7 Paper-craft Doll free!
May 20, 2009
Kevin Dart was recently commisioned to create a poster for this summer's No Doubt summer tour.
May 18, 2009 posted by: Shadi
For all you iPhone/iPod Touch owners out there, Apple has approved my game Last Cannon and it's in the store now. I've put a lot of love and care into this game the last few months and hope you enjoy it! Tell your friends - I welcome any and all feedback you may have. Thanks! :)
May 16, 2009
Lou Romano was born in San Diego, CA in 1972. He took an interest in drawing at an early age and studied theater arts. After graduating in 1990 he studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Since then he has worked as an illustrator and designer on various projects including THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and THE IRON GIANT. He was also the production designer of Brad Bird's, THE INCREDIBLES for Pixar Animation Studios. In 2007, Romano lent his voice to the lead role of "Linguini" in the acclaimed animated film RATATOUILLE as well as smaller voice parts in CARS and THE INCREDIBLES.
Lou Romano | Martian Still-Life with Chalice and Memory Stone | Gouache | 15"x10"
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This weekend's Ancient Book of Sex & Science finds us once again excited to present the work of four awesome animators as we celebrate the highly-anticipated second release from the Ancient Book series. Well-respected for their PIXAR contributions, artists Scott Morse, Lou Romano, Don Shank, and Nate Wragg continue to wow us with impressive imagery and inspiring concepts as we set off in exploration of the strange frontiers of both sex and science.
The first book, which quickly sold out, received critical acclaim as we found the artists depicting epic legends and mythologies of the past with their complimenting graphic and narrative styles. This new offering carries a similar aesthetic, but with exciting new content. The exhibit will feature all of the original work from the book as well as a few extras including sculptural pieces from Romano. Keep tuned here in the days ahead as we spotlight each artist and provide exclusive peeks at the work. In the meantime, allow your retina to regale in these magnificently sublime specimens...
Don Shank | Translumen 1 | Acrylic on Panel | 24" x 18"
Scott Morse | Animal Testing | Cell Vinyl on Watercolor Paper | 13" x 10"
Nate Wragg | Space Quickie | Acrylic, Gouache, Collage | 20" x 10"
Lou Romano | Plutonian Ice Storm | Gouache | 15" x 8.5"
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May 11, 2009
After years of delays, seven astronauts blasted off to repair and improve the Hubble Space Telescope aboard NASA's Atlantis today. It arguably marks the most technically ambitious in-space servicing project ever. The 11-day NASA mission includes five planned spacewalks to install new instruments and perform difficult repairs on Hubble, which was launched nearly twenty years ago. It is the first servicing trip to Hubble since 2002 and for the first time ever a second shuttle, Endeavor, awaits on standby in the event Atlantis suffers irreparable damage due to the current risks involved.
After years of delays, seven astronauts blasted off to repair and improve the Hubble Space Telescope aboard NASA's Atlantis today. It arguably marks the most technically ambitious in-space servicing project ever. The 11-day NASA mission includes five planned spacewalks to install new instruments and perform difficult repairs on Hubble, which was launched nearly twenty years ago. It is the first servicing trip to Hubble since 2002 and for the first time ever a second shuttle, Endeavor, awaits on standby in the event Atlantis suffers irreparable damage due to the current risks involved.
May 09, 2009
Relive the magic of the HOME SLICE by Scott C exhibit by picking up your very own treasured CLOUD HOUSE art print. This large format limited edition print is signed and numbered by the one and only Scott C and is a beaut!
And if you can't get enough of Scott C, check out the newly released Double Fine Action Comics (Vol. 1) that is sure to tickle your funny bone.
Scott C and Graham Annable have joined forces for this weekend's Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Read more about it on Scott C's blog here
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The SBS figure session's atendance has been growing steadily, thanks to all the people stopping by to draw and to the great models we have had thus far.
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Freya is a sweet and sassy young lady who was rescued from the streets, hungry and pregnant.
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Just had a quick look at the calendar and can see the 3 R's, Stansted Express and Kelvedon Oyster listed, but not the Knights Templar - is that not running again? Are there any other additions to the series?
Can't see the 3Rs on there
Kelvedon Oyster is top of my must-do list - even if they are Essex oysters rather than the superior Kentish ones.
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Tim Tebow Helps With A Marriage Proposal
Before you ask…no this is not the girl, but it was a great way to insert this photo.
Is there anything that Tim Tebow doesn't do? If this guy ever fails in the NFL he'll most likely be good at something. Babysitting? Flipping burgers? Manicures? Gardening? I venture to say all of the above. How about helping a guy propose to his girlfriend? Well you can go ahead and scratch that one off the list. During a meet and greet a man asked Tim Tebow if he would help him propose to his girlfriend right on stage in front of Superman and his Heisman trophy. Let's just hope this girl was a football fan because if not then this guys proposal was as lame as asking for her hand in marriage by jumbotron at a sporting event (not a reference to Colt McCoy). How awkward is it that Tebow is holding the ring while the guy gets down on one knee? Check out the video below:


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Letter to a Discouraged Writer
Dear discouraged writer,
For a moment, put away your pen. Forget your ambitions. Think about your favorite books… Continue reading Letter to a Discouraged Writer
Song of Ona
Check out my staff feature flash fiction in the June 2018 issue of Splickety Magazine! Continue reading Song of Ona
To the Despairing Artist
Many lessons can be drawn from Andersen's "The Psyche". The one that most impressed itself upon my heart as a writer is the enduring quality of our work. Continue reading To the Despairing Artist
The Importance of Reading Earnest(ly)
Writing is a craft we should seek to hone all our lives, and our blades are sharpened whenever we read (or reread) quality stories. What, then, shall we read? Continue reading The Importance of Reading Earnest(ly)
The Science of Storytelling
The lovely Anna Haber at The Story Scientist featured me to ramble about the science behind the indelible impression stories leave on us. Continue reading The Science of Storytelling
The Field of Imagination: Thomas Jefferson on Fiction
"We are therefore wisely framed to be as warmly interested for a fictitious as for a real personage. The field of imagination is thus laid open to our use and lessons may be formed to illustrate and carry home to the heart every moral rule of life." Continue reading The Field of Imagination: Thomas Jefferson on Fiction


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Killing Season in streaming. Two veterans of the Bosnian War -- one American, one Serbian -- find their unlikely friendship turn tense with one of them reveals their true intentions.
Stefan Shterev, Kalin Sarmenov, Diana Lyubenova, Elizabeth Olin, John Travolta, Milo Ventimiglia, Robert De Niro
Directors: Mark Steven Johnson
Duration: 90 min
Year of release: 2013
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Cash, Check, VISA, Mastercard, Discover and American Express are accepted. Refunds will not be given for entry fees.
Refunds & Bad Weather Refunds will not be given for any reason, including bad weather. In the event of a bad weather closure, rain checks will only be given if facility is closed for the remainder of the day.
Special Entry Days On Mother's Day and Father's Day, moms and dads (respective to the holiday) will receive FREE entry to the Landa Park Aquatic Complex when they accompany their families to the pool.
The LPAC has a large parking lot in front of the facility that is free for guests to use. There are also free parking areas all throughout Landa Park – please be careful to park your vehicle in a legal spot, otherwise your vehicle can be ticketed and towed.
Food, Drink, and Furniture
Customers are allowed to bring in their own food, drink and coolers as long as no glass, Styrofoam or alcohol is brought and all trash is thrown away. Customers are also allowed to bring their own furniture (lawn chairs, folding tables) as long as they are not staked to the ground and do not impede a walkway/public access point. Canopy tents and personal grills are not allowed.
Safety Drills
During open hours, we utilize an in-water manikin to audit our lifeguard staff to ensure they are providing adequate safety services for our guests. If you see this manikin in the water or as part of a drill, please leave him alone and do not be alarmed – this is part of a drill used to ensure your safety.
Coach E.E. "Bud" Dallmann Olympic Pool This 25yrd x 50m pool is named in honor of the Landa Park Dolphins Head Coach for over 50 years, Bud Dallmann. The pool depth varies between 4 and 7ft deep with dedicated lap lanes available during open hours. The Landa Park Dolphins Swim Team calls this pool home and hosts the TAAF Regional Meet annually. Access to this pool is possible by a 4 foot wide step entry and a handicap lift.
Springfed Pool
This historic body of water is fed by the Comal Springs and stays a constant 72 degrees year round. Built in the early 1900s, it is one of the oldest and most historic bathing pools in Texas. This pool varies in depth from 0 to 9ft deep and features a shallow end with mushroom fountain and 10ft tall water slide, and in the deep end an overhead cargo net for climbing, rope swing, and a 2 story tall Wet Willie slide.
Zero Depth Pool
The pool varies in depth from 0 to 2.5ft deep and is an ideal body of water for patrons under 5. It features a 5ft tall slide and a mushroom fountain for their enjoyment.
- Lifeguards must be obeyed at all times.
- Patrons must follow posted pool rules that are applicable at each facility.
- Running is prohibited.
- All patrons must wear swim suits while swimming in the pools. Street clothes are not permitted in the pools.
- Children 9 years and under must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian 18 years of age or older.
- It is strongly encouraged that all swimmers shower before entering the pool.
- Swim diapers must be worn by diaper-wearing patrons.
- Food, drinks, and gum are not permitted in the pool or on the deck area immediately surrounding the pool.
- Smoking, tobacco products, alcohol, glass, grills and Styrofoam products are prohibited.
- Persons under the influence or in possession of alcoholic beverages and/or narcotics will be ejected from the facility.
- Swimmers are not allowed to hang onto or play on lane lines, lifeguards stands, swimming blocks, swim lesson platforms, or any other pool equipment.
- Horse/rough play, dunking, water fighting, sitting or hanging on another person's shoulders or pushing other swimmers into the pool is not permitted.
- Swimmers are not allowed to run or flip from the edge of the pool.
- Diving is permitted only in designated areas.
- The lap lanes are reserved for lap swimming only.
- Animals/pets are prohibited.
- Abusive or profane language is prohibited.
- No person may teach swimming, diving, or conduct any aquatic group activity, in a municipal pool, without approval from the Parks and Recreation Director.
- Each pool will be temporarily closed to further admissions when maximum capacity is reached.
- It shall be prohibited for anyone to swim in a municipal pool when:
- The pool is not open to the general public.
- The pool is not staffed with a full complement of City lifeguard personnel.
- The pool is reserved for a private pool party and City lifeguard personnel are not on duty.
- The pool is being used by a group or organization, without written agreement with the City, or without mature supervisory personnel on duty.
- Any person known or suspected of being infected with any transmissible condition of a communicable disease shall be excluded from the pool.*
- *Texas Sanitation and Health Protection Law- Swimming Pools and Bath Houses, codified in Vernon's Civil Statutes, Art. 477-1, with amendments.
- No person, patron, or non-patron may interfere with an emergency rescue, administering of emergency first aid or resuscitation, or other emergency procedures. It shall also be prohibited for anyone to falsely summon emergency rescue or first aid equipment for any purpose other than an actual emergency.
- It shall be mandatory that patrons and spectators heed and obey emergency or directives of all pool personnel (Manager, lifeguard, etc). At such times when regularly scheduled aquatic activities are not in progress, swimming pool maintenance personnel shall be vested with the responsibility and authority of directing and controlling anyone attempting to use or misuse any municipal swimming facility.
- No vehicles other than emergency rescue or ambulance will be allowed to park in the zone so designated.
- Height restrictions will be enforced on the Wet Willie Slide (>48 inches) and Rope/Zip (>54 inches).
- Only one person is allowed on each attraction, at a given time. Patrons must wait behind the designated line. No street clothes, flotation devices, swim toys, masks, or goggles are allowed on the attractions. Sliders must proceed feet first, on their back.
- If defecation, urination, vomiting, or other bodily fluids occurs in the pool, it will be closed for proper sanitation.
- If mechanical problems occur the pools will be shut down.
- The aquatic staff has complete responsibility and authority to maintain order and safety in the facility. Management has the right to remove anyone from the facility.
Wet Willie Slide Rules
- You must be at least 48" tall to ride this attraction.
- There is a 250 lb weight limit on this attraction.
- Only one person at a time. No double riders.
- Please stand behind the line until given permission by staff to enter.
- Proper riding position-legs crossed at ankles, arms crossed over chest.
- This ride is not recommended for weak swimmers.
- You must go down the slide feet first only.
- Please exit the landing pool immediately.
- Proper swim wear required; no shirt, no shoes, no lifejackets.
- Failure to follow these rules may result in personal injury and expulsion from the facility.
Kiddy City Slide Rules (Shallow End of Springfed)
- Remain on the steps until a staff member calls for you.
- Do not participate in this attraction if you are more than 60" tall.
- Only one person allowed on slide at a time.
- Slide feet first. Do not reach over the sides.
- Exit the landing area immediately.
- Failure to follow these rules may result in personal injury and expulsion from the facility.
Zero Depth Pool Rules
- Generally, no child over 5 years of age is to be permitted in this pool. It is a baby pool and shall be restricted primarily for this use.
- The Zero Depth Pool guard is not to be used as a babysitter at any time. Guards shall not permit parents/guardians to leave children unattended.
- Children should be within arm's reach of a competent adult.
- No diving.
- One person at a time on the slide.
- Ride feet first on back.
Group and Private Swim Lessons are available during the summer at the Landa Park Aquatic Complex (LPAC) and year round at Das Rec, New Braunfels Recreation Center! Check out what we have to offer in our Fun Things In Life Program Guide.
Don't be afraid of the water or left behind when your friends jump in the deep end of the pool! Come learn the skills you need to stay safe and enjoy your time in the water. Our swim lessons use the nation's most utilized curriculum, the American Red Cross Learn to Swim program, to help students overcome their fear of the water and learn the skills they need for lifelong enjoyment of the water.
Private swim lessons are offered with a 1:1 ratio for students. This is ideal for anyone who wants a more customized experience for children, teens and adults. Please call the facility for more information.
Swim Lessons at LPAC - Important Facts to Know:
- Format: All group lessons run for 2 week sessions from Tuesday-Friday (a total of 8 sessions) with 6 of 8 lessons guaranteed. See table below for times and availability of lessons for each session.
- Bad Weather: In the event of a bad weather cancellation, we will do our best to call you ahead of time to inform you of any cancellation. You may also call the pool at 830-221-4360 to ask about any cancellations. The 2nd Monday of a session is reserved as a make-up day for bad weather cancellations. We only guarantee 6 lessons.
- Parent Orientation: Parent's are encouraged to come to an optional orientation the Monday before the start of a new session from 6-7pm at the Aquatic Complex. This meeting is for parents to learn more about the program, have their questions answered, and get to speak with an instructor.
- Cost: $45 per student per session
- Refunds & Cancellations: See our registration form for this information (2nd page).
- Skill/Level Placement: Please review the American Red Cross Learn to Swim fact sheet for each level below to help place your child in the correct level. The following age requirements are required by the American Red Cross no exceptions.
- Parent/Child For participants 3 years old and under Parent/Child Skills Sheet
- Preschool Participants must be 4 and 5 years old Preschool Skills Sheet
- Level 1 and up Participants must be 6 years old Levels 1-5 Skills Sheet
Group Lesson Information
|Age Range
|Parent / Child ***
|45 mins
|6 - 48 months
|American Red Cross
Learn to Swim
Parent/Child Skills List
Preschool Skills List
Levels 1-5 Skills List
|45 mins
|4 - 5 years
|Level 1
|45 mins
|6 - 12 years
|Level 2
|45 mins
|6 - 12 years
|Level 3
|45 mins
|6 - 12 years
|Level 4 & 5
|45 mins
|6 - 12 years
*Instructor to student ratio.
** These lists represent a general idea of what is taught – lessons are customized to the needs of the students.
*** A parent must accompany their child in the water for this lesson.
Landa Park Dolphins Swim Team
The Landa Park Dolphins swim team has been a part of the LPAC for 58 years! The Landa Park Dolphins are a competitive summer swim team for all ages. For more information about the team and tryouts, please visit their website www.landaparkdolphins.org


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The online Master of Science in Information Science and Technology is structured to educate students in the design, development, and successful application of information systems in organizations. This program provides students with the flexibility to choose their own specialized area of interest out of the following:
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Bachelor's degree in related discipline. GPA ≥ 3.0 or 12 hours of graduate credit in computer science. GRE V ≥ 144 (370 on old scale); GRE Q ≥ 155 (700 on old scale); WR ≥ 4.0. International requirement: TOEFL ≥ 570, CBT ≥ 230 or IBT ≥ 89. Statement of purpose. Transcripts. Three recommendations. Resume.
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During fall, there are big storms and windy days. This is a critical time to evaluate the health of the tree around your property. There are lots of property damage caused by trees as a result of severe weather every year.
Structures, roofs, windows, house siding, power lines, parked cars are all vulnerable to fallen trees. Most of the times you will find that there are overgrown tree limbs lurking dangerously close to your home's roof. These branches, however healthy, they may seem they pose a great danger to your roof. A mere branch that keeps blowing in the wind and repeatedly rubs a roof will eventually damage the outer layer that protects the roof shingles leading to leaks. Trees that are too close to the roof will shed the leaves onto the roof clogging the gutter system leading to rain water accumulation, leaks in the attic etc.
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According to the experts in tree removal in Long Island, all the branches that hang anywhere close to 6ft of your roof must be trimmed. This will act as a prevention from possible roof damage as a result of extreme weather. Besides that it will keep rodents and other small animals away from nesting on your roof or in your house during spring. The well-being of your roof is threatened by nearby trees during heavy rains, snow or high winds. Seek the expert advice from a professional tree removal company about the trees that pose the greatest danger to your roof and need to be removed completely.
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Dealing with the tree dangers will prevent major property damage and protect the health of your roof. Take a full inventory of the trees around your property as the first measure of prevention. The evaluation is best done by an expert in tree removals or roofing. All dangerously hanging tree limbs must be trimmed a distance away from the roof. Clear the gutters of any leaf debris periodically to safeguard the shingles. Any tree that is too close to your home and would pose a danger to your home in the event of a fall must be removed.
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What a dramatic, yet comically relieving episode of Party Down South. Between Lyle having a hard time digesting his fiancee's cheating rumors, and Daddy bringing home the wrong girl, due to beer goggles, it was a not-to-be-missed one-hour of entertainment.
Please enjoy this recap, and stream of consciousness, in GIFs.
Lyle's still in shock and plagued by the rumors about his fiancee cheating on him.
Meanwhile, Daddy brings the wrong girl home without realizing she's just a rando, and hence, is denied when he tries to put her in the pretzel.
Walt attempts to play, what sounds like the beginning of a Hootie & The Blowfish song…
And, Daddy is Walt's biggest fan. He "really loves his sound."
Murray says goodbye to handle personal business at home.
Wait, Murray leaves the house?
Yes, he gone. Let's just hope and pray he comes back. We need Suga' Bear!
We learn the ancient art of poofing. What is poofing? Don't ask, just watch…
Tiffany gets real with Santana, and almost eats the hamburger phone…
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Understanding bullying, the forms it comes in and helping students to better identify and stop it takes many conversations. A group of third-graders at the Academy of World Languages had the opportunity to have those conversations with the help of miniature horses.
The four visiting miniature horses came from Seven Oaks Farm through the non-profit's VALOR program. The VALOR program is a partnership with local schools and fire or police departments to educate students on how they can be a Very Important Person (VIP) in their community by standing up to bullying.
"Our students represent 35 different countries from around the world," said Tonya Flannery, lead teacher for third grade. "Having this unique program in the classroom is so important for our students so they understand all the ways that they are unique and deserve respect."
Lisa Moad, founder and president of Seven Oaks Farm Miniature Therapy Horses, gave a brief lesson on how students could use VALOR in their everyday lives:
- Value others
- Always be kind
- Lend a helping hand
- Offer encouragement
- Respect classmates
Moad asked the students to provide examples for each value in VALOR, and talked about how students could tell the difference between being rude, being mean and bullying, and what to do in those situations.
Then came the horses.
Horse handlers brought Wendy, Suzie, Toby Keith, and Willie Nelson into the classroom for students to learn about and pet. Moad talked about how the dozens of horses on her farm each had something special that made them unique, and that she tries to be the VIP for her horses by taking good care of them.
"I can tell when a horse has been treated with respect, as they learn new things easily, whereas horses that have been mistreated have a harder time learning new things and trusting people," said Moad. "These miniature horses are just like people in that they are different from each other, but they still deserve to be treated with respect and kindness."


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STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) are more common than you may think. Some are dangerous and can lead to infertility and other problems that can last a lifetime without treatment. Some STDs/STIs have no symptoms but can be causing permanent damage internally. If you are sexually active, you could be at risk. If you think you may have an STD/STI, come in and see us.
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Chlamydia is an infection caused by a kind of bacteria that is passed during sexual contact. It can infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, urethra, eye, or throat.
Not everyone who has Chlamydia has symptoms, which is why is has been referred to as a "silent" infection. Most people are not aware that they have the infection — especially women.
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Now that President Bush has launched a new propaganda campaign to convince Americans that we are winning the war in Iraq, it's a good idea to go back to the basics and look at the pluses and minuses of this war.
The minuses we all know. The war was sold on false pretenses, there being neither weapons of mass destruction nor ties to al-Qaeda, which after all, was responsible for the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Saddam Hussein's government was secular, and the majority of people in Iraq are Shi'ites. Al-Qaeda is a fanatical religious movement that is Sunni, which is why you need never fear that al-Qaeda will take over Iraq.
The other minuses are the loss of American prestige, nearly 2,200 dead, about 16,000 wounded, and $221 billion and counting in money. So, that's the downside of the Iraq War. What's the upside?
Well, for the sake of argument, let's assume we do win the war, however strangely the Bush administration might decide to define victory. But let's assume we win. The insurgents are defeated. An elected government of pro-Iranian Shi'ites is in charge. What are the benefits to the American people?
When a young Marine asked that of Vice President Dick Cheney, he reeled off a list of benefits for the Iraqi people, but said not a word about Americans. Since victory (stipulated only for the sake of argument) is paid for by American blood and American treasure, some benefit should accrue to the American people. What?
I can't think of any. That's too high a price just to feel good that we did a bunch of foreigners a favor by relieving them of their homegrown dictator. You could argue, I suppose, that after victory Americans could visit Iraq as tourists, though on this beautiful planet Iraq is not quite but almost dead last on the list of scenic places to visit. Besides, it will be decades before Iraqis get over their hostility to Americans, who since 1991 have made their lives miserable with two wars, periodic bombings and cruel sanctions.
Americans jolly well won't be safer. The pathetic and infantile argument that if the terrorists weren't fighting us in Iraq they'd be in New York is not worth talking about. Ninety percent of the people fighting us in Iraq are not terrorists, but insurgents who resent the occupation of their country by a foreign power. The other 10 percent are using Iraq as a training ground. After we leave Iraq, some of those might attack us in other places, but they would have anyway. Just because it's been four years since the 9/11 attacks doesn't mean al-Qaeda has given up or even been thwarted by our bureaucrats. There was a long time gap between the first attack on the World Trade Center and the second. Al-Qaeda is patient.
That, by the way, is another downside to the Iraq War. Al-Qaeda was our enemy, not Iraq, and we have aided al-Qaeda by invading a Muslim country as well as diverting resources that could have been directed at finding and killing Osama bin Laden.
As for the original neoconservative belief that a democratic Iraq would infect the rest of the Middle East and Israel could live peacefully, that was a joke from Day One. The only friends Israel and we have in the Middle East are the dictators we pay, in one way or another, to be our friends. Popularly elected governments would make it quite clear they hate Israel and the U.S.
I can tell you one positive thing about this war, if the American people will learn from it. We should never, ever again allow a bunch of academic ideologues and Washington lawyers who don't know crap about the real world to gain control of American foreign policy.
The next American president should ask two questions of all the people who present themselves as Middle East experts. Have you lived in an Arab country? Do you speak and read Arabic? If the answers are no, then he should say, "Hit the road, Jack." Twenty-two hundred Americans probably would be alive if Bush had asked those questions of his neoconservative warmongers.


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The Constitution Hill precinct is located at 11 Kotze Street in Braamfontein, Johannesburg near the western end of the suburb of Hillbrow. The opening hours are daily from 09:00 to 17:00, with the final tour departing from the Visitor Centre at 16:00. Tickets for adults cost between R65 (1hrs highlights tour) and R350 (3hrs time travel tour). If you are visiting Constitution Hill as part of your City Sightseeing red bus tour, your red bus ticket entitles you to a 25% discount off your Constitution Hill ticket price on the day of your red bus trip.
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- Human Rights Day: 21 March
- Freedom Day: 27 April
- Youth Day: 16 June
- Women's Day: 9 August
- Heritage Day: 24 September
- World Tourism Day: 27 September
- Day of Reconciliation: 16 December
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