a few months ago i was invited by the online journal secret thirteen to put together a mix of an hour of music for their site (which has nearly 50 of such hours curated by a bunch of great music people).
what was most interesting about the invitation was they asked me to select music that might surprise people who are familiar with my sound work... and in many ways it was a much more interesting to pick music that had nothing to do with influences or similars... so instead of music that has fueled my own, it is music that has fueled my life.
over the past few years i have been amassing a ridiculously intuitive collection of 7 inch records from all over the world - mostly from the 60's and mostly not from the experimental or electronic music scene... so for this i grabbed some of my absolute favorites from a number of different countries and vernaculars including: pop, garage, psych, funk, soul, dub, etc., and much of it unavailable unless you visit my home.
the set is downloadable here.
for years i have used chance operation and found information (from books, musical notation, maps, lists, etc.) to generate scores. sometimes, like my collaboration with melville, i simply cut something away from its source with the hope it might speak differently, potentially offering me to me some un-thought-of moves. other times, a source might be broken down into pieces that would then be reconstructed into a new word or form. once a thing is changed in such a way, it can be read incorrectly, enabling it to speak towards thing it never intended.
last year, while i was an artist in residence at the chinati foundation, i wanted to use a small battery powered synthesizer in one of the large former military barracks not only because it held 50 pieces of sculpture by donald judd, but because it was also incredibly resonant. i woke up one morning before sunrise, crept quietly into the building, and sat on the concrete floor with my synthesizer. as i was about to begin to perform for the room of sculpture, i realized i had no idea what to play. improvising alone in a purely intuitive manner has always been difficult for me, and i generally need to find something to bounce off of, to create some kind of tension or discomfort. like cage's use of chance, i am interested in how certain confrontations can open doors to previously unknown places... places that i have never been able to reach through intuition alone.
in my painting practice, scores are most often used to determine actions. often, information is reduced to a series of numbers related to the alphabet - such as a = 1, b=2, c=3 and so on. these numbers mostly determine formal decisions such as color choices, lengths of lines, number of elements and also an amount of time to be spent on an area. i've been working with letter/number scores in this way for awhile; and as with the difference between performing solo or improvising with folks you've never worked with, my interest in creating things in any form is still rooted in the idea that something new can always be learned during the process of making, if one can manage to continually shift or renew it. for me, it comes from a constant attempt to re-interpreting what something might be telling me. in such cases one must continually ask "what can it say?" so that the information can continue to unfold and reveal.
a few years ago, i began corresponding with belgian choreographer sandra vincent. our initial conversations had nothing to do with improvisation or scores, but tended towards more ephemeral things, such as sound and movement, essences and intuition. at one point sandra sent me a note describing my soundwork with two words: infinite intimate; and it set me thinking. a score had always been something that could be broken up into a series of rules, constraints or parameters, and usually existed as a substantial list of things (a kind of "to do" list of actions), and so i started to wonder about a score that was simply two 8 letter words.
a month or so after i received sandra's note, i was invited to perform without the use of electronics. this was something i had been thinking about for several years but always felt too uncomfortable to attempt it in front of an audience. in trying to find a starting point that might distract me from a feeling of nakedness. and so, in the midst of gathering a boxful of small acoustic objects, i also grabbed a small piece of thick paper about the size of a postcard, and wrote "intimate" on one side and "infinite" on the other.
during the performance, i looked down at my table of things numerous times to decide what small object to activate - and each time i was confronted with whichever of these two words was face up. when i started to feel too comfortable with the word, or felt i was falling into familiar territory, i flipped the card over in an attempt to disrupt my focus. in the end, it became an exploration of the various ways i could apply these words not only to actions, but to states of listening, focus, etc.
ever since that initial performance, the card has become an important tool, and so i brought the "infinite intimate" card to cork and i used it throughout our strange attractor performance. during the hours we improvised together, i must have flipped the card 30 or 40 times, attempting to allow each visible word to influence what i was doing - sometimes it necessitated walking around with a small bell, at others simply sitting and listening. of course, no one else in the room was knowingly working with these two words; but because the words influenced my own sonic choices, i can't help but think that my responses to these words were transferred to everyone else - for improvising together is a continual sharing of inputs and outputs.
in the end, i see this as a kind of alchemy, where two words are transformed via readings, responses and soundings into a kind of audio firmament, hovering over us like shadows, and resonating within us like beams of light.


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By Sara Jerome - 06/27/10 07:32 AM EDT
An amendment included in the financial overhaul bill completed on Friday aims to force high-tech manufacturers to reconsider the use of minerals that could be fueling violence in Congo.
The language mirrors a bill introduced by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) requiring companies to make annual Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures about what materials they use and the origin of certain minerals.
Activists who lobbied for the amendment charge that warlords make millions off American technology companies by controlling mines that contain minerals used in cell phones, computers, DVD players, and other consumer electronics products.
The Enough Project, an anti-genocide group, directly links Congo violence to the largest 21 technology companies. It hailed the progress of the financial reform bill on Friday.
"A year ago most members of Congress hadn't even heard of conflict minerals," said founder Jon Prendergast. "In the middle of a turbulent legislative calendar, activists all over the country were heard loudly and clearly: we demand conflict-free products and we expect our legislators to do all they can to ensure that."
Activists against conflict minerals draw a clear line between consumer products and Congo violence. A handful protested the opening of the Apple store in Georgetown this month.
The violence "is a result of this: your cell phone," Prendergast says in a YouTube video.
He homes in on four minerals: tantalum, which stores electricity in cell phones, tungsten, which makes it vibrate, tin, which is used in circuit boards, and gold, which is used to coat wiring, he says.
The group does not hesitate to call out offending companies by name. It recently unveiled an ad spoofing the "I'm a Mac; I'm a PC" campaign.
"Guess we have have something in common after all," says the actor playing Mac when he learns that both companies use conflict materials.
The ad calls on technology companies to "clean up their supply chains" and urges consumers to send the same message by petitioning the companies by email.
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Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Michael R. Bloomberg on Saturday did not rule out spending a billion dollars of his own money on the 2020 presidential race, even if he does not win the Democratic nomination, and said he would mobilize his well-financed political operation to help Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren win in November if either is the party nominee, despite their sharp policy differences.
Mr. Bloomberg's plans would effectively create a shadow campaign operation for the general election, complete with hundreds of organizers in key battleground states and a robust digital operation, ready to be inherited by the party nominee — regardless of who that nominee may be.
Already, Mr. Bloomberg has spent more than $200 million on advertising, putting him on pace to spend by early March about the same as what President Barack Obama's campaign spent on advertising over the course of the entire 2012 general election. If Mr. Bloomberg fails to win the nomination, future spending would be redirected toward attacking Mr. Trump.
"It depends whether the candidate needs help; if they're doing very well, they need less. If they're not, they'll need more," he said in an interview after a lunch stop at a barbecue restaurant during a campaign swing through Texas.
While he did not rule out dropping a billion dollars on his effort, the former mayor of New York City blanched slightly at the size of the number, before mentioning the $2.8 billion he spent on charitable contributions last year, with the bulk going to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.
"You know how much money a billion dollars is?" said Mr. Bloomberg. "It's a lot of money to me. It's a lot of money to anybody."
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In Polk County, Florida, police are alleging that Christopher Taylor and Kristina Sluss aren't just murderers in their state, they may be multi-state serial killers.
Taylor and Sluss have been connected to a triple homicide in South Carolina that occurred just before the couple came to Florida, and allegedly murdered Douglas Bowling. We'll take a look at the latest evidence on the murders they were charged with, as well as explore why police think there may be more bodies to their names.
On February 13, 2018, the body of Douglas Bowling was discovered just south of Ft. Mead, Florida in an orange grove. His cause of death wasn't easily recognizable due to how badly beaten the body was.
One week later, Christopher Taylor, Kristina Sluss, and Taylor's younger brother, Gary, were all arrested in connection with the murder. Christopher was charged with the murder of Bowling. Gary and Sluss were charged as accessories after the fact. All three were charged with tampering with evidence.
Bowling's right hand was cut off at the wrist, and the body was dumped in an orange grove. Walmart shopping bags covered the head.
When investigators began looking into the crime, they discovered that both Taylor brothers and Sluss knew Bowling. When speaking to Christopher, investigators noticed a bicycle that appeared to be the one Bowling was known to ride.
Further investigation of Christopher's car revealed small smears of blood outside and inside the driver's side door. Gift cards, receipts, and bags were found. The lot numbers on the bags matched up with the ones found over Bowling's head. Grass that was similar to that of the orange grove's was found in the grill of the car.
Sluss soon gave Christopher up. She explained that she was in the other room when Bowling came over. A disagreement occurred between Christopher and Bowling, and he began to hit Bowling with a skillet. He then asked Gary to bring him an aluminum baseball bat.
Christopher then beat Bowling with the bat. When Bowling tried to escape, Christopher tackled him and beat him with his fists. When Bowling was dead, they dumped him in the bathtub and went to dinner. As they were being arrested, Gary made the comment that "another one bites the dust." Police took that to mean that there may be more victims.
While this deadly trio was sitting in jail for Bowling's murder, another set of charges came in, this time from South Carolina.
On January 20, 2018, 59-year-old Francis Delancey Richards, her husband Fred Richards, and 23-year-old Nathan Louis Poffenberger were found brutally murdered in Richards' home.
Sluss and Christopher Taylor reportedly gave details to Polk County police that connected them with that triple murder. Before they moved to Florida, Christopher and Sluss lived with Christopher's mother not too far from the scene of the triple homicide.
Allegedly, Sluss told police that she watched Christopher murder the three people with a hatchet. The couple was charged with three counts of murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and armed robbery.
With four incredibly brutal murders under their belts, investigators are wondering if they may have caught a serial killer.
Grady is asking police organizations, especially in the south, that may have an unsolved murder that involves brutality and dismemberment, to have a second look and contact the Polk County Sheriff's department.
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'Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood' at Canton Museum of Art reflects cultural depictions, challenges, reality of life with children
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By McKenna Corson
In the wee hours of the morning, after tucking her boys in bed, Jessica Gardner was in the art studio.
Those hours painted in swathes of swirling dark, deep blues and blacks sprinkled with flecks of twinkling stars, were the hours Gardner had to herself. At night in the studio, she wasn't a full-time art professor at Northern Virginia Community College. She wasn't a mother to a 3-year-old and 5-year-old. She wasn't a wife with dishes to do or dinner to make. She was an artist; turning her experiences of wearing so many hats into ceramic art, creating depictions of what motherhood really is and the toll it can have on one's body.
Jessica Gardner and her children, Daniel, now 5, and Mathew, now 3.
And after many nights Gardner forced herself into her car instead of bed, she realized she'd like people to see the pieces she'd crafted under moonlight: she should create an exhibit of art made by women showing their experiences with motherhood and womanhood.
"I think that it is rare that female artists who are making work about their issues are really acknowledged or supported the way they should be," Gardner says. "I debated how can we use really beautifully crafted art work by professional artists to start really important conversations, like anxiety mothers experience. I'm hoping for this exhibit to not only be work in its own right, but also start conversations that I think are long overdue at this point. And I feel like I've seen this exhibit do that."
After proposing her idea to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, sending emails to well-known ceramic artists she never thought would respond and reaching out to art museums with her curator's statement, Gardner's first non-academic, traveling exhibit, "Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood," was born.
The "Crowns" tour featuring two to six pieces from 11 woman artists will reach its finale at the Canton Museum of Art from Nov. 27, 2019, to March 8, 2020, after traveling through museums in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania since January 2018.
Conception to full grown
Showcasing the creative nature of the artists, the name "Crowns" stems from the play on words from the physical crowning of a baby being born. Thus, all humans are "crowned" by the hips of the person giving birth to them. The term also reflects the metaphorical change experienced when having a baby – as if being "crowned" mothers – and the changes that come with being a mother and artist.
"The ceramics community is actually quite small, and I feel like we all know each other," Gardner says. "I was interested in these artists and mothers and how their work had changed since they'd become mothers – both the work itself, but also how they work. It's been a really great experience to talk to the other mothers and hear how they are navigating this time crunch between raising children and maintaining a studio practice."
The exhibit comes to Canton at a prime time for the celebration of women and developing better understanding of the challenges they face.
"'Crowns' is incredibly timely because this year marks the centennial for Ohio women's suffrage, and this coming August of 2020 marks the national women's suffrage centennial," says Christy Davis, curator of exhibitions at the Canton Museum of Art. "Something celebrating women and their accomplishments is really timely right now. Motherhood is something that you can't really grasp until you've been there, and it really does change everything."
Christy Davis and her children, Corbin, 8, Hadley, 7, and Sawyer, 3. Photo courtesy of Christy Davis.
Each piece is unique to the artists' experiences trying to balance motherhood, career and art. Canton will host about 63 of the unique and personal pieces.
Gardner found inspiration for many of her pieces in one of the most famous mothers of all, the Virgin Mary, but not because of her well-depicted parenting style.
"I view the Virgin Mary more in the historical context of the Madonna and as being held up as this perfect mother," she says. "There's never a depiction of the Virgin Mary where Jesus is crying and spitting up all over her – that's not a thing. But that is the reality of motherhood: the exhaustion and worry and questioning if you're doing it right."
One of her pieces, "Sleep When the Baby Sleeps" features a Virgin Mary porcelain figure with decals inscribed on the back about what sleep deprivation does to a person, balancing on a pile of ceramic objects like china dishes, a pump flange and cloths.
"Sleep When the Baby Sleeps" by Jessica Gardner. 16 x 16 x 13 inches. Materials: Porcelain slip-cast multiples, slip-dipped porcelain once fired to cone 6, re-fired found objects and ceramic decals. Photo courtesy of George Staley.
Her other five pieces include "Home," "Gush," "Internalized Norms," "The Choice is Yours" and "Mommy Blog Wares," a set of porcelain plates depicting the Virgin Mary's face with text bubbles quoting acronyms from "mommy blogs," like "WOH" for "work out of the home," and "CIO" for "cry it out," installed with a red thread quilt outline backdrop.
Summer Zickefoose, a mother of two boys ages 4 and 6 and an assistant professor of art at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa. , had just finished showing pieces in a traveling exhibition "Both Artist and Mother" when Gardner reached out to ask if she'd be interested in joining "Crowns." Zickefoose, who is from Canfield, gladly accepted and started brainstorming.
"I think anyone who's trying to juggle multiple things and maintain your creative practice while managing all of the new challenges of motherhood has similar experiences. And so I was excited to be a part of that," Zickefoose says. "I liked the concept of the show. It wasn't something that, even when I began showing work as an undergrad or graduate student, I don't remember a lot of shows taking on that subject."
Summer Zickefoose with her sons, Felix, 6, and Ellis, 4.
The art of juggling it all
Since the birth of her sons, finding time to get into the studio hasn't been an easy feat for Zickefoose. With the support of family and friends and setting deadlines, she dipped her toes back into the waters of art, and she has two pieces in "Crowns."
"Cockleburs and Pleasantries" is composed of wooden shelves attached to a wall with white tea cups placed on them, with excerpts from Midwestern women's diaries from the late 19th- to mid-20th century written on them. The cups are also filled with a different material Zickefoose collected from outdoors. She had women she knew – or just met – write the diary entries checked out from libraries in their own handwriting, picking entries that resonated most with them.
"All together, it's like the sort of narrative that's being told between the material, the texts and the overall story of all these voices," she says.
"Cockleburs and Pleasantries" by Summer Zickefoose on display at Gaddis Geeslin Gallery at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Materials: Collected porcelain cups re-fired with decals, wood and organic materials. Decals consist of text from Midwestern and rural women's diaries from 19th century to present, transcribed in various women's handwriting. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Zickefoose's second piece "Shouting Through the Distance" was made specifically for Canton's stop and consists of two clay megaphones suspended from the ceiling people can actually use. Through her research into the women's suffrage movement and how women used instruments similar to megaphones to amplify their voices to be heard in public spaces, Zickefoose also discovered a megaphone's connection to motherhood: "Sometimes you just want to scream about things, so it's an expression of voice in itself."
Unlike a majority of the artists featured in "Crowns" who have embarked upon motherhood recently, Kristen Cliffel, a mother of two from the Edgewater neighborhood of Cleveland and a part-time teacher, isn't dealing with diapers and toys. She's dealing with the opposite end of the motherhood spectrum: an empty nest. Both children are in college.
"I'm not a confident and professional mother," Cliffel says. "I'm a professional and confident sculptor, but not parent. And I know that seems odd because my kids are already 19 and 21, but that's always been what I feel less than at. However, I'm super seminal to the way that I have parented and raised my children. I haven't come to a point where (my kids) are not sort of still the focus of my life."
Kristen Cliffel, her husband, Bob Simons, and their children Jack Simons, 21, and Nell Simons, 19.
When Gardner contacted Cliffel to join "Crowns," Cliffel didn't hesitate. The exhibition was a chance to create meaningful work.
"For many years when I was young and working with these themes of femininity, domesticity and motherhood, I was literally told by curators, museum directors and gallerists that the work was way too feminist, way too domestic and just was too personal," Cliffel says. " … Over the years, I have never strayed from that because I'm super authentic about where I want to spend my time and where the work comes from. I'm not going to fuck about with spending a year on a piece that is peripherally important to me, so I am fiercely attached to the content that just springs from my life."
Cliffel has six pieces in "Crowns." "Corona Factotum" is a large golden crown topped with objects symbolic to the corners of ethics Cliffel has worked hard to imbue in her children, laying on a purple pillow emphasizing royalty of motherhood and its iconic place in history. One jewel is a house with smoke pouring out representing a sense of home; another is a sailboat for one's journey powered by themselves and nature; a layered cake for the importance of celebrating every day; a stack of books for education and lifelong learning; and a campfire for self sustainability.
Cliffel's other pieces include "The Navigator," "Foundation," "Enough," "Sugar on Top," and "What Kind of Mother Are You Anyway."
"Corona Factotum" by Kristen Cliffel. 16 x 20 x 20 inches. Materials: Clay, glaze, gold lustre, velvet, wood, resin, cotton and polyester lip cord. Photo courtesy of Daniel Fox, Lumina Studio.
Support among mothers, artists
While museum goers can see the tangible fruits of labor crafted by these artists, one creation Gardner cherishes greatly is one invisible to the naked eye: the support group of mothers she unexpectedly forged amongst the women.
"It wasn't my initial goal, but it turned out really well," Gardner says. "We have all different age groups, so a couple of the moms, they're empty nesters now. Some of them have teenagers, and a good majority of us have younger children. It has been really funny to have some of those who have kids that are a little bit older say, 'Don't worry, they will stop putting things in their mouth.' "
Zickefoose also found inspiration from her fellow artists.
"I'm a mother who has a full-time teaching job and tries to maintain a career as an artist," Zickefoose says. "You'd probably never feel like they're in balance. Sometimes you feel like you need more time with your kids, and other times you feel like your responsibilities at work aren't all being addressed as well as you'd like them to be. And it's just sort of a constant, and every woman in this show would be experiencing something similar."
The Canton Museum of Art isn't taking the fact that it serves as the finale of "Crowns" lightly. It's planning events to bring attention to the hard work mothers and women do by working with other community organizations, like scheduling a moms' night out, mommy and me yoga and others to be determined.
Davis, Canton's full-time exhibition curator and a mother of three, ages 3, 7 and 8, knows very well the difficulty of being a mother and professional. Viewing each piece was like seeing her experiences in a tangible form, and she urges people of all backgrounds – even those without children – to tour "Crowns" for its many pieces.
"Everybody has a mom or a parent, so you've experienced it in some way, shape or form regardless," she says. "There are certain experiences that are uniquely geared towards mothers specifically, but I think in parenting in general, there are overlapping aspects to it. When you have a sick kid, it's kind of all hands on deck; things like that, there are just certain parts of it that are shared. It's something that's not just for mothers."
No mother is the same, and each defines what motherhood means to them differently, but Davis and the artists involved in "Crowns" hope the mothers who visit the exhibition realize the planet has seen thousands and thousands of years of mothers. From wondering when the baby's crying will ever stop despite your attempts to sate all of their needs, to wondering when you'll stop crying after dropping that suddenly-grown-up baby at college, at least one mother has been in a similar position – no matter how unique it may seem.
"It's a sisterhood in a way," Davis says. "It's empowering to know that no matter what you do, you're not alone. You have your own unique experiences, but these experiences with motherhood are not unique to you. And nobody's perfect. Whether you're an artist, whether you're a stay-at-home mom, whether you're a teacher, a doctor, whatever you may do alongside being a mother, we can all relate to each other."
"Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood" will be on view from Nov. 27 to March 8, 2020 at the Canton Museum of Art at 1001 Market Ave. N, Canton. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
The exhibition includes pieces from Stephanie DeArmond, Carole Epp, Kathryne Fisher, Jessica Gardner, Eva Kwong, Rhonda Willers, Janis Mars Wunderlich, Summer Zickefoose, Erin Furimsky, Rose B. Simpson and Kristen Cliffel.
Lead image: "Sugar on Top" by Kristen Cliffel. 29 x 35 x 5 inches. Materials: Polychromed birch plywood, laser etched and cut plexiglass, clay, glaze and aluminum. Courtesy of Daniel Fox, Lumina Studio.
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Darius Steward's deeply personal art confronts society's most pressing issues – and seeks to open an important dialogue
Story and photography by Michael C. Butz
Darius Steward, "Baggage Claim (Portrait 1)," 2017, watercolor on yupo, 18 x 24 inches. Courtesy of the artist and MOCA Cleveland.
Mixed with memories of playing dodgeball and kickball in courtyards tucked inside the apartment complexes that defined the neighborhood are memories of two of his best friends being shot when he was 8 years old and of authorities discovering a dead body in nearby weeds when he was 10. Between those extremes were the sorts of challenges some may only read about or see on TV but for Steward were a daily reality.
"Growing up, I didn't think I was going to make it out of this area, but I ended up outliving this area," he says. "It's kind of a depressing feeling. … It seems like you have your history wiped away. I guess that's why they say your memory is best kept with you. You could take a photo or something, but what you remember is what matters."
Those memories remain with him now as he creates art at his home studio in Cleveland's Union-Miles Park neighborhood. His art – primarily in watercolor, minimalist, evocative, approachable and personal – tackles issues of race, objectification, social placement and social mobility through the lens of Steward's experiences and family. His paintings draw viewers into his world, and in the process, challenge them to confront their prejudices and burdens.
His work is represented in the collections of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic, and his latest piece is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. They all trace back to Page Avenue.
"Being here," he says as he walks around his old neighborhood, "made me realize the value of being able to try, the value of having something else to hold onto, and for me, art was everything."
Making it to art
"This place is a total ghost town now," he says. "This is like a street that doesn't exist. It's crazy. There were generations of people who used to live here, and now it's gone."
During Steward's generation, the area was active. When he and his friends weren't playing games, they'd walk along nearby railroad tracks and sometimes get into the sort of harmless trouble elementary-school-aged kids get into. However, his brother – eight years his senior and at a different stage in life – would get into more serious trouble.
"He was in here selling drugs and doing all types of things," he says. "I think him doing his thing and me being such a visual person, I got to take it in and realize it wasn't for me."
Steward turned to art at an early age.
"When I was 5, 6, 7 years old, I was drawing my own version of '(Teenage Mutant) Ninja Turtle' comic books," he says. "I actually had a friend named Leron who lived over here, too, and I used to go over to his house and we'd draw 'Mortal Kombat' stuff together.
"I knew right away that art had to be what I was doing," he says, "but it took me a little longer to realize what I could say in art, and how I could talk and deal with some of the things I feel like I went through – or go through."
Steadfastly fostering Steward's creativity was his mother, Rhonda, who shouldered the responsibility of raising three kids (including Steward's older sister) on her own. Over the years, when she wasn't working one of her many jobs – cafeteria worker, bus driver, bartender, nurse's aide – to make ends meet, she was driving her youngest back and forth to the Cleveland School of the Arts in University Circle to ensure he arrived safely.
The contrast between attending classes in the region's well-manicured artistic hub and living in homes where the utilities were at times shut off wasn't lost on Steward, but the juxtaposition prepared him for what was to come.
"Seeing how this side lives, seeing there are places like this, it was like we were by ourselves down here," he says of Page Avenue. "There was a lot that went on that no one cared about, and then being able to go to another environment where people lived totally differently … I was kind of realizing I can do more, I can adapt and I can be in both (environments)."
Navigating new worlds
Darius Steward, "Baggage Claim (Rise)," 2017, watercolor and ink on yupo, 60 x 46 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Straddling parallel existences would be a recurring theme for Steward.
It came up when he attended a summer program at Interlochen College of Creative Arts in Interlochen, Mich., where he was surrounded by third- and fourth-generation students he felt were more talented than he was before realizing his life experiences gave him a perspective and edge they lacked.
It came up as he earned his undergraduate degree at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where people would tell him Little Italy was a "safe zone" and suggest he not pass the bridge – except that he was from past the bridge, and in his experience, Little Italy was "a scary place for all types of reasons."
And it would come up again in 2010 as Steward graduated with his Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Delaware in Newark. At a time when he was exploring opportunities to be an artist or teacher on the East Coast, his close friend's mom was discovered to be one of serial murderer Anthony Sowell's victims, and not long after, that same friend's sister died. He felt pulled back home.
"At that moment, I thought it probably wasn't a great idea to go back to Cleveland, but there was so much going on," he says. "I have such a closer tie to this place than I thought, so I came back home a week after I graduated. … When I came back here, it was the same stuff, but I had different eyes."
Lasting inspiration
Rhonda Steward won the battle against cancer but lost the war. She died this past December, four days before Steward's birthday, but remained selfless and nurturing to the end.
"The drugs they give you in chemo actually ruined her heart," Steward says. "So she got through breast cancer – she beat that – but then she had heart failure.
"One of the last things she did was take care of my son while I was having my daughter, Emily. She was dealing with a 5-year-old when she was sick and wasn't really able to take care of herself properly."
It's difficult for Steward to talk about his mom without his voice wavering from emotion. He explains she had a mother who drank, tells of how she was living on her own by age 14 and describes how she never had anyone to look out for her best interests. Mostly, Steward recalls the sacrifices Rhonda made for her children.
"She wasn't dealt a good hand from the start," he says. "She was one of those people who were doomed to fail, so it was like, 'Let me get my kids to not be in that situation.'
"She tried her best, and that's a story you don't hear about a lot. You hear about that rise to success. Right? They get this huge success. They go from living on the streets to being a multimillionaire. But what about those people who just try to pave a way for a future, or for someone else?
"Her whole life was looking out for our future," he says. "Her life was never about her, and there's something to be said about that."
Opening up baggage
Steward is in fact saying something about that – through his art. He shelved work he'd completed shortly before his mother's death and started a new series called "Baggage Claim." The eponymous first public piece from that series – a larger-than-life two-part mural – is part of MOCA Cleveland's regional group exhibition, "Constant as the Sun."
Depicted are Steward's wife and children – on one wall, Angela is carrying Emily along with three bags, and on another, Darius Jr. has a school backpack over his shoulder while extending a flashlight in front of him – but they're meant to symbolize him and his mother.
"It's this idea of him helping her get through this, him being me, watching his mom go through this and helping her," he says. "We may have to see through and find our ways to that next spot. She's carrying three bags on one arm, a bag behind her and she's holding my daughter. It's like this idea of this weight, but you still have to keep going. And the reason it's purses is I feel like my mom did it with so much grace. It's weight, but they're different bags. These aren't just trash bags."
A. Will Brown, MOCA Cleveland assistant curator, was impressed with Steward's work from the moment they met about a year ago.
"I was really taken by the use of repetition to talk about pressing social issues that are distinctly related to his life and his community's life," he says. "I thought it was really interesting that Darius was able to do that over and over and over again but with slightly different bodies of work, and that the issues never hit you over the head but are just below the surface in a way that's effective.
"You don't have to say much, you don't have to read much, you don't have to look much to know there's something at play here that's about searching and looking to the past and thinking about the future of Darius' family, his community and some of the generational challenges they've faced," Brown says. "It's simple, in an elegant way, and a clear metaphor of baggage."
Status symbols
Darius Steward, "Pressure pt 4," 2016, ink on yupo, 40 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Steward infuses other metaphors into his work. Notably, playground swings figure in a number of his pieces. Those in swings are in constant motion but stationary, a dynamic that surrounded Steward's brother – who's currently in prison – and friends who fell victim to the snares of Page Avenue.
"It was like being in here, using all of this force and this energy to end up in the same damn location," he says. "All this stuff I used to see go on, and no one ever got away."
Children, meant to represent a maturing process and explore intertwining themes of childhood and adulthood, also frequently appear in Steward's work.
"I used to use kids to talk about a childhood that I never had, or to talk about how my adulthood feels similar in certain ways," he says. "Now, I use primarily my son and daughter. Now, it's literally me seeing moments and progressions in my (son) that mirror what I feel like or what I do."
One of the most powerful artistic tools Steward employs is white space. The overwhelming whiteness that surrounds the African-American figures he depicts represents a form of dominance as well as the white space he lives in as a black artist. Regarding the latter, he often cites something novelist Zora Neale Hurston wrote: "I do not always feel colored. … I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."
"It's about placement," he says. "That's a firm place. You can talk about whiteness as this very understood place. We know it exists, but at the same time, we don't know. We don't know how it really is. We don't know how it affects who's there. It's this idea that I'm displaced but placed. That's part of another series I'm working on where I'm building that up more. It's like our segregated selves."
Darius Steward, "Back N 4th (The Motion)," 2015, ink and watercolor on yupo, 42 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
"Because I have this platform as an artist, I'm able to express things that I'd never be able to express if it was just me, which sucks," he says, lamenting suppressive societal hierarchies. "But in that case, I feel like I have an obligation to help get people to at least think about this on their way home (from a gallery or museum) – to look at that black kid in that whiteness and think about what things they came up with while looking at that.
"And it's the same thing with 'Baggage Claim,'" he says. "Yeah, I have these people carrying bags, (but) I want them to see that, 'Hey, I have baggage too. Maybe we're not as different as we think. Maybe there are some common threads there.'"
In addition to starting a conversation about these matters, Steward is making a statement – about himself, his past, his struggles and Page Avenue.
"For me, it's kind of a way to showcase my position as a black man who lives in America. I think it's important to show my spots because we're different. There are a lot of us, and quite honestly, I deal with things and I have different opinions and different outlooks.
"There are a ton of African-Americans doing artwork coming from all different types of backgrounds. Me, coming from my background, I feel like I need to represent that. I need to talk about that. I need to talk about what I dealt with. I need to talk about what I deal with," he says. "I need to show my experiences, because at the end of the day, this is all going to be part of this greater narrative. I want to be associated with that narrative. I want people to look back at this and see that this is what a lot of people were dealing with. I don't want this spot to not be represented." CV
DARIUS STEWARD
Darius Steward's "Baggage Claim" is part of "Constant as the Sun," on view through Sept. 17 at MOCA Cleveland, 11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
A body of Steward's new work will be on view in an as-yet-unnamed show from Dec. 8 to Jan. 20, 2018, at Tregoning & Company in 78th Street Studios,
1300 W. 78th St., Cleveland.
Steward also will have an as-yet-unnamed solo show from Sept. 4, 2018, to Oct. 28, 2018 at the Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton.
Lead image: Darius Steward stands in front off an abandoned apartment building on Page Avenue in East Cleveland, where he grew up. His childhood home, a building that once stood across the street, has since been torn down.
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Want to Knock on Doors This Election Season? Here's How to Get Started
What Does Canvassing Mean?
March 8, 2020 by Sofi Hersher
Volunteers canvass for Democratic congressional candidate Harley Rouda in Costa Mesa, CA, in 2018.
A 2012 study found that only 12 percent of Americans have participated in a political campaign. The percentage of Americans with an active belief in the supernatural power of witches is double this number. So what's holding people back? My guess is, in part, a fear of doing something new — especially something that involves talking to strangers.
The reality is that canvassing — which just means going door to door to help get out the vote for a political candidate or issue you believe in — is vitally important and is much less scary than people think. It's about participating: in our communities, in our national dialogue, and in our democracy. It's about holding people accountable and making sure as many voices can be heard as possible. It's also actually pretty easy with a bit of preparation.
Want to become a confident canvasser? Read below for my seven quick tips — then get out there!
1. Sign up through an organization that matches canvassers to campaigns.
There are several easy ways to sign up to canvass and all kinds of things you can canvass for. The first is simple: go to the website of your candidate of choice and sign up to volunteer. Another option is an organization like SwingLeft, which is set up to match you with nearby left-leaning campaigns that need volunteers. That's what I did last Election Day, and it felt good to know I was pitching in where somebody really needed my help. (For a nonpartisan option, check out VolunteerMatch.)
Pro tip: Calling or emailing a city- or district-level political party is a great place to learn about hyperlocal campaigns or candidates. I absolutely loved canvassing for a school-board candidate in my hometown one year. I got to meet my neighbors, spend some time outside, and influence the direction of the schools my nieces attend.
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2. Do a little bit of your own research.
No one who shows up to canvass is expected to be an expert on elections, voter turnout, or individual candidates. The campaign you volunteer with will usually give you a short script to stick to and go over the key highlights of the candidate and their campaign with you before you speak to any constituents. You'll have ample time to practice and pamphlets with you to prompt you if you forget anything. And you'll almost always head out with a canvassing buddy, so you won't be going it alone. (I've usually rallied friends to do things like this with me.)
That being said, I've always found it boosts my own confidence to spend time researching the candidate or issue before I go. It helps me articulate why I'm doing what I'm doing (in this case, standing on someone's doorstep with a clipboard). Remember that canvassing isn't just about the outcome, it's also about the experience and the process.
3. Go with the flow.
Political campaigns can be hectic. When you arrive, it could take a few minutes for someone to check you in. You might sign up to knock on doors only to find out upon arrival that what the campaign really needs is for you to sort voter pledge cards. Take it in stride. Trust that the field staff running the event will only ask you to do things they really need — and that everything makes an impact. Your work on-site might not seem glamorous, but it will definitely help.
Pro tip: If you are knocking on doors, you will almost always be assigned houses of supporters or people registered for the party of that candidate. Usually, your main job is to ensure they intend to vote and have a plan in place to do so. You're not expected to change anyone's mind.
4. Dress comfortably.
Be prepared to spend a lot of time on your feet, and dress for the weather! Some neighborhoods you'll be assigned while canvassing are so large, they require you to drive between houses, but more often than not, you'll be walking between stops. I've canvassed entirely within one apartment building and across multiple zip codes. Either way, I was glad to be wearing sneakers at the end of a long day.
Pro tip: Grab a campaign t-shirt or button if you can. That way, you act as a walking billboard wherever you go.
5. Don't take anything personally. Seriously.
This one is important. People have bad days. People have sleeping babies who wake up at the sound of a doorbell. People are conflicted about elections and don't want to talk to strangers about it. People are napping, or cooking dinner, or mad at their boss, or hungry, or a million other things that have nothing to do with being upset with you personally.
According to a 2018 article by Harvard Business School assistant professor Vincent Pons, door-to-door canvassing campaigns can actually persuade voters and affect national elections. It's worth it to keep knocking.
6. Let people surprise you.
A friend recently told me about a canvassing experience she had during a freezing New Hampshire Winter. She had lost a glove, and her hand was rapidly turning blue. When she knocked on the next door, the woman who answered went to her closet, pulled out a new pair, and insisted my friend take it with her.
Once, while I was out knocking on doors in rural Virginia, a woman I hadn't even spoken with ran up to me to offer water and snacks. She didn't care who I was canvassing for, she said, she just wanted to thank me for trying to get people out to vote. For every grump you may get, there's someone out there endlessly grateful for the time you've dedicated to preserving our democracy.
7. Have fun. Make a difference!
A few years ago, I got home from canvassing wondering if I'd really made an impact. When I checked my phone, I'd received a message from my brother's former mentor thanking me for getting out there and inspiring him to do the same. He promised to join a canvass that next week.
There are a million people out there who (justifiably) feel neglected or ignored by politics, especially in predominantly low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Canvassing is one way to ensure these communities are not forgotten or written off. For those of us with the privilege to move through the world (mostly) unafraid, this is a way to use our own voices to help amplify those of others.
Whatever you do, try to have some fun. Know that you are making a difference. You're engaging in the democratic process and ensuring the country we all believe in has a fighting chance at living up to its ideals. You're also out there talking to new people, which is a pretty cool and courageous act in this day and age.
In Judaism, we have this saying: save one life, save the world. I've always taken this to mean that each and every person is valuable and worthy of our attention and care. Taken this way, if you are responsible for just one person getting out there to vote, your time was certainly well worth it.
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Q: Number of divisors of $10800$ of form $4m+2$ How many divisors of $10800$ are of form $4m+2$
MY TRY:
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Now How can I count the divisors???

A: You're nearly done.
Note that you are trying to to find $m$ such that  $$4m+2|2^43^35^2$$
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A: If $d= 4m+2$ divides $10800$ then $2m+1$ divides $2^3 3^3 5^2$, and conversely. So you want to count the odd divisors of $2^3 3^3 5^2$, meaning the divisors of $3^3 5^2$.
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Kosmos 931 ( meaning Cosmos 931) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1977 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 931 was launched from Site 43/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 04:44 UTC on 20 July 1977. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1977-068A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 10150.

Podvig says that it self-destructed and never reached the correct orbit.

See also

List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000)
List of R-7 launches (1975-1979)
1977 in spaceflight
List of Oko satellites

References

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Pope Francis and the Third Secret of Fatima
Around the world, there have of course been many reactions to the election of Jorge Maria Cardinal Bergoglio as the 265th successor to St. Peter. He seems like a nice enough fellow, apparently very saintly in both his preaching and his manner of personal living.
Apparently, some people are saying he looks like Jeffrey Tambor, but I think he looks like Jonathan Pryce.
I'm a bit bummed that my preferred choices weren't picked. I'm especially bummed that, when I heard "George" in Latin, I immediately thought they were referring to George Cardinal Pell, though at least I took comfort that in my "adopt-a-Cardinal" prayers for Cardinal Pell, I had been praying to St. George.
According to this Ikon, St. George has hair like me!
To that end, and no offense intended to Cardinal Bergoglio, I was kind of glad they picked another "older" Pope–approximately the same age that Joseph Ratzinger was when he became Benedict XVI. As I noted when B16 retired, 8 years is about the average reign of a Pope, and only a few have served past the age of 85. It isn't going to be that many years before we face another Conclave, and that's a good thing for many reasons. Hopefully, younger guys like Raymond Burke and Charles Chaput (who isn't even created Cardinal yet–I thought he had been) have a chance at the white hat. Also, even *if*, as many traditionalists fear, Francis turns out to be in line with typical priests of his generation, particularly since he's a Jesuit, that should itself be a sign of hope for the Reform of the Reform: priests have been increasingly more tradition-minded since the eighties. So it may take time and patience, but it will only be a few decades before the young priests who are returning to traditional vestments and postures even in the Ordinary Form will show up at the College of Cardinals. Or the world may blow up before then. STOP WORRYING.
By the way, Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, has had some leve of personal connection to both our past two Holy Fathers. He was one of Josef Ratzinger's favored graduate students, and, as a Jesuit, he knows Cardinal Bergoglio (though I'm not sure how well). He's been quoted as saying, "You'll love him. The other Jesuits hate him. I'm ecstatic." Fr. Dwight Longenecker has pointed out that while liturgical, theological and political "sonervatism" and "liberalism" often go hand-in-hand in the US, that is not the case in other cultures.
Now, Francis is kind of cool looked at by himself. He appears as a modern equivalent of Monsiegnor Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_. Indeed, his first words as Pope were the Spanish (or Italian?) equivalent of "Bienvenu"! That said, there have been a *lot* of bishops like this. They may be few and far between, but they aren't unheard of. Let's recall that a couple American archbishops have sold their formal residences and moved into cathedral rectories or diocesan seminaries to pay off legal debts left by their predecessors.
That's what really irks me about a lot of the coverage on Francis (BTW, he's not "Francis I" because he's the only one–however, after 36 years of "JPII" and "B16", F1 as an acronym seems natural).
B16 was, as someone put it, the "best dressed Pope" we've had in years. While it may impress a lot of people to have a Vicar of Christ who dresses "humbly", it also hurts a lot of Catholics to see Popes, or bishops, acting beneath the dignity of their offices–where it counts. Even Hugo's Msgr. Bienvenu (who is based upon the real life bishop, and is probably about as historical an account as most pre-1850's historical documents and biographies) dressed formally for Mass. And the thing about Cardinal Bergoglio/Pope Francis is *we don't know*. He's technically not even officially Pope yet.
Nevertheless, Cardinal Ratzinger was known before his papacy for shunning some of the elitist trappings Cardinals are known for. He would walk and take buses and trains, too. He was known for hanging out at local establishments around St. Peter's, and early in *his* papacy people wondered if he might shun the Popemobile or be a pain in the neck to Vatican security.
Never was this Facebook meme more appropriate:
The Chattering Classes keep insisting that Cardinal Bergoglio's behaviors indicate we "finally have a Pope of the people!" This implies that a humble theologian who only served at the Vatican out of obedience and never wanted anything more than to be back in Germany with his beloved brother, who was known for hanging out at local pubs and cafes, was *not* a "Pope of the people."
As Cardinal Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla, OCDS, slept in a broom closet. He was known for opening the doors to the poor every morning and inviting them in to share his meals. Here he is on a fishing trip while a cardinal (note his brown scapular).
Like "Msgr. Welcome", Woytyla was uncomfortable with being called "Bishop" or any of the higher ranks he was promoted to. He preferred that his parishioners, students and friends call him "Uncle." When he was first appointed as auxiliary bishop of Krakow, he assured his friends "Uncle will remain Uncle." He was known for various athletic activities, particularly skiing.
One of my favorite stories I read in a biography when I was in high school concerned a skiing trip Wojtyla took with a bunch of priests. Since he preferred to be called "Uncle" (not sure if there's some other Polish tradition attached there I'm unaware of), or "Father Wojtyla," that's how he was addressed by other priests.
Ordained a bishop at 38, created cardinal at 47, and elected Pope at 58, and very athletic and healthy until the ravages of papacy and Parkinson's took their toll, Cardinal Woytyla came off to those who knew him as an ordinary young pastor.
Thus, on this particular ski trip, since most of the other clergy called him "Wujek" ("Uncle"), a particular grumpy and authoritarian old Monsignor kept ordering this "young priest" around: "Fr. Karol, get me a cup of coffee," that sort of thing. All weekend long, Wojtyla humbly and happily served this old vicar hand and foot. Every time the old man raised his voice, the other priests would hesitate, expecting the reaction most Cardinals would give to such treatment. Finally, on the last day of the trip, one of the priests gently informed the Monsignor that the "young priest" he was bossing around was the Cardinal Archbishop of Krakow. He had the reaction one would expect from such a humiliation, but Bl. JPII never once grumbled, raised his voice or pulled rank on him.
So it really annoys me to hear and read all this garbage about how Cardinal Bergoglio is more humble and more down to earth and more like a "true disciple of Christ" than any of his predecessors.
Indeed, all of this brings with a huge caution. Much has been made of the alleged "Prophecy of St. Malachy," a text of dubious provenance that seems to describe each Pope. The prophecy is allegedly "validated" by the fact that a church in Rome (I think St. Paul's outside the Walls) has little cameos of the Popes, with the alleged prophecy's nicknames for them, and there is only one space left–for Pope Francis. Even if the St. Malachy "prophecies" are true, and there's a lot of evidence they aren't, the prophecies technically say that "Peter the Roman" (presumably Francis) will be a great leader who will guide the Church through a time of crisis–and then Rome will be destroyed. The prophecy does not necessarily imply the End of the World, just the end of Rome. It also doesn't say "Peter the Roman" will be an anti-Pope–though the "St. Malachy" text gets conflated with a lot of other alleged "prophecies" about end times Popes and anti-popes. Coded "messages are hard enough to decypher, but they become especially open-ended when people try to mix them all together.
In 2000, Pope John Paul finally revealed the Third Secret of Fatima, via the controversial Cardinal Sodano. Now, I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories that say this wasn't the "real" or "complete" Secret, particularly based upon claims spread by some sources that otherwise have little credibility, who insist on their own word that Sr. Lucia or somebody else said it wasn't the "real" secret. However, after the prophecy was revealed and decribed, I wondered if they were jumping the gun a bit (so to speak) in insisting that it had been fully fulfilled.
After all, the Pope in the prophecy *dies*.
In the *only* two Vatican-approved apocalyptic prophecies about the Pope–Fatima and John Bosco (and when the Fatima announcement came out, people immediately pointed to the similarities to John Bosco's dream), the Pope is shot and killed. JPII was not shot and killed. He was shot and lived. B16 seemed to fulfill some prophecies by his actions, his symbolism, and how JPII and Sr. Lucia died within a month of each other, but the similarities between Bergoglio and Wojtyla are uncanny. Wojtyla also shunned Vatican security when he was first elected. He tried to be a "Pope of the People" (he certainly was) and live as Pope the way he did as Archbishop for 3 years–until he was shot. *After* he was shot, he took on more of the trappings of the Papacy (and, some say, got more "conservative" when he read the Secret of Fatima, realized it was true and about him, etc.).
I always expected Pope Benedict to be assassinated given the animosity towards him, his statements about Islam, and his position vis-a-vis these approved prophecies, but Pope Francis's similarities to JPII make me think we will one day be praying to St. Francis, Pope and Martyr.
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6 responses to "Pope Francis and the Third Secret of Fatima"
Ted Seeber | March 18, 2013 at 8:58 am | Reply
Yes, I too wondered if mankind had advanced in technology enough to defeat the devil. But if Francis is going to be martyred, it's going to happen when he makes a Papal visit to Argentina- where the current government hates him.
janrose999 | March 28, 2013 at 1:36 am | Reply
BOY, the BOTH of you are something else. Heaven help us from the likes of both of you!
Pope Francis is DIFFERENT, not perfect, I am sure, but his own man. So far, he appears to be very humble, and THAT is a good thing.
GodsGadfly | May 25, 2013 at 10:04 am | Reply
What are you talking about? My point is that he's not any different from his predecessors.
janrose999 | May 26, 2013 at 11:44 pm | Reply
His predecessors (Benedict, John Paul II) were NOT as humble nor as concerned with the poor as he seems to be. BOTH of those Popes were very happy to live in plush surroundings,wearing the ridiculous "trappings" of a pope and concerned with their own prestige. As I said before, he is NOT perfect, but he has a LOT more going for him than the two that I mentioned above.
GodsGadfly | May 27, 2013 at 12:08 pm | Reply
You apparently didn't read my post.
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A chain of California Goodwill stores needed to bring POS, warehouse and accounting systems together. SAP Business One proved to be the answer.
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When Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin Valley (GISJV) upgraded its point of sale (POS) system from paper, pencil and generic cash registers in its 17 retail stores, managers were excited. However, it became apparent not long afterward that the growing central California nonprofit needed more features from its systems to track donations, inventory and sales. CEO David Miller launched a search for software that could produce reports, connect retail stores and scale up with the company.
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At New York Comic-Con Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of shooting the breeze with veteran actor Graham McTavish. The Scottish actor has over 100 IMDb credits including film, TV, and voiceover work in both animation and video games. He was in Peter Jackson's Hobbit film trilogy (as the dwarf Dwalin), and had been a regular on both Prison Break and 24. Currently, he can be seen on the hit Starz series Outlander where he plays Dougal MacKenzie, as well as on AMC's Preacher as The Cowboy/The Killer Of Saints. Between my wife's obsession with Outlander and my love of Preacher, Graham McTavish is a popular man in our home.
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'The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies' Extended Edition Coming To Blu-ray & DVD
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Peter Jackson's unparalleled epic film adaptation of the beloved fantasy novels of J.R.R. Tolkien will be drawing to a close – for now – with the forthcoming home video release of the extended edition of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The shortest in running time of all of Jackson's Tolkien features will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, and 3D Blu-ray later this Fall just in time for the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping frenzy.
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Extended editions of films normally are seen in the DVD and Blu-ray release, and very rarely get a theatrical release. But fans of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy should be excited to know that the longer cut of all three films will be hitting the big screen this fall.
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By The Movie God | @ | July 2nd, 2015 at 10:00 am
What happens when a geek finds themselves abundantly wealthy? They purchase massive homes and add lots and lots of amazing stuff to them. We've seen it with Guillermo del Toro's Bleak House, and now we have another example with The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies director Peter Jackson's 1930s mansion in New Zealand.
Jackson has had all sorts of cool stuff built to make his home unique, but perhaps most notably is the addition of an exact replica of Bilbo Baggins' Hobbit house, Bag End. And better yet, Jackson had it built underground, behind secret doors.
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This is not an obituary or a career retrospective. This is simply one fan discussing his memories of an amazing man and tremendous actor — Sir Christopher Lee, who passed away earlier this week. There's a popular meme making the rounds on Facebook detailing the accolades of Christopher Lee, ending with the line, "Now let's see Chuck Norris top that." I won't discuss Lee's absolutely badass life in great detail, but suffice to say he served in the military every year of WWII, was a highly ranked British officer, hunted Nazi war criminals, and was knighted for his contributions to the arts. This is about Christopher Lee the performer, a man born 93 years ago who had 281 IMDb credited roles and was probably the greatest screen villain in history.
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