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"Henrietta and Hattie", watercolor, by Barbara Kettner Recipient of the 2014 Rural Wisconsin Award
This posting has been updated.
There are two Wisconsin Regional Art (WRAP) Exhibits and workshops coming up with entry forms due the end of February. The Richland Area Arts Council (RAAC) again sponsors of the Richland Center WRAP exhibition/workshop at the Schmitt Woodland Hills Retirement Center, and the for the first time the River Falls Community Art Base will sponsor a WRAP exhibit/workshop at the River Falls Public Library in honor of WRAPs 75 anniversary in 2015. Both sponsors inivite the participation of Wisconsin Artists in the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) exhibition/workshops opening in March 2015. There is a $20.00 fee to enter each exhibit.
The non-profit membership organization Wisconsin Regional Artists Association in collaboration with Wisconsin Regional Art Program administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts co-sponsor the WRAP exhibits that feature the works of Wisconsin and regional lay artists at both venues. WRAP organizers invite any non-professional artist in the region to submit artworks for the exhibitions. (For our purposes 'non-professional' is defined as someone who does not make their primary income from their art.)
Plan to enter the exhibits AND plan to stop by and see the exhibitions.
River Falls WRAP Entry Form due February 27th
Entry Blank Due: Friday, February 27, 2015
DUE DATE EXTENTION. Entry forms now due with art drop off on March 8th and 9th.
Exhibit: March 9-April 18, 2015
Artwork due: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 1-4pm OR Monday, March 9, 2015, 10am-6pm
Workshop: Saturday, April 18, 2015, 1:00PM-4:00pm (Please note change in time from earlier postings)
Artist's Reception: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 2-4pm
Place: River Falls Public Library Gallery, 140 Union St., River Falls, WI 54022
Coordinator: Katie Chaffee, Gallery and Event Coordinator, River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St.
River in Rut painting by Steven Braker
The Wisconsin Regional Art Program is delighted to have our first WRAP exhibit and workshop in River Falls at the Public Library as a part of our celebration of our 75th anniversary in 2015.
The River Falls WRAP will offer a workshop for participation artists on Saturday April 18th. The workshop theme is:
THE BUSINESS OF ART: It doesn't just happen
Presenters and show judges are Steven Braker and Kim Losse, who between them represent four art disciplines ~ photography, painting, pottery and printmaking. They will share strategies and practices that will help artists develop their creative talents into a viable business.
All artists participating in the exhibit are welcome to attend the workshop for free. Guests can attend for a $5.00 fee.
Richland Center WRAP Entry Form due February 28th
Entry Blank Due: Saturday, Feb 28, 2015
Make checks payable to sponsor: RAAC or Richland Area Arts Council
Artwork due: Saturday, March 7, 2015, 10am-noon
Workshop: Saturday, March 28 from 9:30am-noon, judging and critiques 1-2pm
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Summer Evening Reflection Black Earth Creek at Salmo Pond, watercolor, by Nancy Cox.
The Exhibit Juror for the 2015 Richland Center WRAP will be Black Earth, Wisconsin watercolor painter Nancy Cox.
An accomplished artist and teacher, Nancy considers art to be her vocation, her life, and her passion. Working both representationally and with abstraction, Nancy carries her painting supplies with her in all her travels and is a master of capturing impressions of the world around her with gesture, mark, and hue.
The Richland Center WRAP Workshop Presenter will be artist Barbara Kettner whose work is featured at the top of this post. Barb paints portraits of animals and people, landscapes en plein aire, still lifes, and also paints from photographs. She has exhibited at the Driftless Area Art Festival for the past six years, and was chosen as the feature artist for the 2011 fund raising raffle. She has lived in the Driftless area since 2006. Barb makes sure to paint or draw for a few hours every day and she finds the Driftless Area endlessly inspiring with its rolling hills, meandering rivers, fast disappearing tobacco sheds, and ever changing skies.
Wisconsin Regional Art Program General Guidelines
The fee to participate in either of the WRAP exhibitions and workshop is $20. Artists should send their entry fee with a completed Registration Form, found on (WRAP's website and below) to the coordinators listed above by the due dates, and deliver their art to the appropriate venues during the hours designated for delivery.
Wisconsin and regional artists from surroundign states who are at least age 14 are invited to participate. Artwork must be original and completed in the last two years. Entries will be juried and meritorious works will be displayed at a state exhibit in August and September 2015 at the Pyle Center in Madison where the award winning artwork by WRAA members is eligible for cash awards.
Wisconsin Regional Art from the 1940s still impresses
Iris Furman Tellefson, Feeding Time, Oil Painting, 1942
Iris Furman Tellefson grew up on a farm near Oshkosh. She was a charter member of Rural Arts Program when it started in 1940 and she was in her early twenties. She continued to paint as she married and raised her family. This painting and a dozen more from the historical collection of the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies' Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP) are currently on display at the Steenbock Gallery in the offices of the Wisconsin Academy of Science Art and Letters, at 1922 University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. The work will be accessible weekdays during working hours until March 13th.
Plan to join WRAP for a reception for the exhibition on Saturday February 28th from 12:00-3:00PM.
At 2:00PM a short video from the 1950's of the Rural Art Program founders discussing the inspiration for the program and its relationship to the Wisconsin Idea will be shown.
All of the paintings included in this exhibit were created in 1950 or earlier and were originally shown in the annual state art exhibition which has featured Wisconsin's lay artists since 1940.
Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP)
Since 1940 the Rural Arts Program (which would become the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) has provided statewide art workshops and exhibits for Wisconsin's lay artists. WRAP was established to encourage Wisconsin citizens with a serious interest in Art, people who make art purely for the love of it, rather than for fame and fortune. The purpose of WRAP is to encourage artists to develop their abilities. Focusing on Wisconsin artists, 14 or older, who make art for the sake of the creative experience and to not earn their living as artists, the program encourages creative growth among non-professional artists.
Walter Thorp, Covey of Quails, Crayon and Pencil, 1941
Walter Thorp, RT 3, Baraboo, 1879-1969
Frank Lloyd Wright likened this work to a Japanese print. Thorp was drawn to nature and to art from his earliest, years despite no memories of others in his family pursuing visual art. He farmed in Iowa and Wisconsin for eleven years and entered his firs Rural Art Exhibit while he was a tenant farmer in Baraboo. He sold these two works to the Permanent Collection but found it hard to make time for art while scrapping out a living. Mostly he gave his drawings away. He considered Nature to be his principle guide and teacher.
WRAP History
In 1940s what was then called the Rural Art Program, was conceived as part of a larger effort to manifest the philosophy and policies of the Wisconsin Idea through the arts. The Rural Art Program, along with such programs as the Wisconsin Ideas Theatre were formed out of a commitment of the University towards educating not only its students, but encouraging and teaching residents across the state in their creative growth and understanding of the vital role the arts can play in day-to-day lives of people from all backgrounds.
The first Rural Art Exhibit was held at the Memorial Union during Farm and Home Week in 1940. Under the guidance of well-known regional artist John Steuart Curry, the exhibit grew rapidly, expanding from 30 nonprofessional artists in 1940 to over 100 by 1947. Since its earliest focus on rural artists WRAP has expanded to include non-professional artists from all parts of Wisconsin, including urban areas.
For seventy five years the program flourished, initially under the leadership of as John Steuart Curry, Aaron Bohrod, and James Schwalbach, and then guided by the energy and enthusiasm of artists and educators Ken Kuemmerlein, and Leslee Nelson, with strong participation by Wisconsin's non-professional artists, not only from rural areas but also from cities and suburbs. WRAP continues its seventy-five year tradition to make the exhibition and workshops cornerstones of activity for nonprofessional artists throughout the state.
Joan Arend (Kirkbush), Wisconsin Farm Auction. Oil, 1945
Joan Arend (Kirkbush), Rt. 1, Almond, WI, 1926-2006
Born in Milwaukee but raised on a farm. Joan Arend received early attention in RAP/WRAP winning recognition with this painting in 1945. Joan She trained as a book illustrator at Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. In 1953 she moved to Alaska with her husband and embarked on what became a career painting Alaskan native children. She wrote and illustrated several coloring books that were popular with Alaska Natives because the images were so lifelike.
Clarence Boyce Monegar, The Watering Hole, Watercolor, 1942
Clarence Boyce Monegar (Red Arrow), Black River Falls, 1910-1968
Clarence Boyce Monegar was a Ho-Chunk who also created under the name Red Arrow. Born in the town of Eland, in Shawano, County. He received some art instruction at the Tomah Indian School as a boy. At 17 he traveled with the circus as a rider in a covered wagon act. He made a living as a sign painter and thrived until his young wife died of tuberculosis, and his despair made it hard to provide for his four young children. Jailed for non-support he drew and painted from memory in his cell. The Clark County district attorney paroled him and personally drove him with his paintings to John Steuart Curry's studio. After a short period of study with Curry to learn lithography, Monegar began making and selling art. Drafted he was an ambulance driver. After he returned to art making and used his GI Benefits to attend the Art Institute of Chicago, and continued to create paintings and prints for the rest of his life.
Plan to see these and other paintings from the historical collection of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program between now and March 13th. Join us for the February 28th, 2015 reception, and check out the 24 WRAP Exhibits and Workshops offered with cosponsoring arts organizations across Wisconsin. Better yet, enter your artwork in one of the exhibits. Find out more here.
Artists! Hartford WI WRAP Exhibit Entry Forms due February 6th
Moraine Sunset, Pastel, by Greg Torgeson, Hartford WRAP Coordinator
Wisconsin and regional artists, plan to exhibit your art in the the Hartford WRAP Exhibit and attend the closing Workshop at the Schaure Arts and Activities Center scheduled for February 17th through March 29th.
Entry forms are due by February 6th to allow you to be a part of this exhibit and closing workshop. (See entry form at the bottom of this posting or go directly to the Wisconsin Regional Art Program website and download it from there..
All non-professional artists from Wisconsin and nearby states are welcome to select artworks to show in WRAP exhibitions. Non-professional is defined as an artist that does not make the majority of their income from their art. Artwork must be original and artists must be 14 or older. Additional guidelines on what art is acceptable can be found HERE.
Below are the specifics for entering up to two artworks in the Madison Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) . The organizer requests that you get your entry forms right away to ensure your participation. There is a $20.00 fee to enter up to two artworks. Also plan to attend the Artists reception on February 20th.
Entry Blank Due: Friday, February 6, 2015
Artwork due: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 1-5:30pm
Artist's Reception: Friday, February 20, 2015, 6:30-7:30pm
Workshop: Sunday, March 29, 205, 1-4pm
Place: Schauer Arts and Activities Center, 147 N. Rural St., Hartford, WI 53027
Coordinator: Greg Torgeson, 147 N. Rural St. , Hartford, WI 53027, (262) 844-5257, or email:
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Artist Joyce Eesley Scheduled to Jury Exhibition
Watercolor still life By Joyce Eesley
Accomplished watercolor painter and member of the Wisconsin Watercolor Society, Joyce Eesley is scheduled to be the exhibition judge and presenter in 2015 for the Hartford WRAP. Joyce has always been intrigued by the process of creating and amazed by the outcome. Recently, she has devoted her time and energy to watercolor painting. She is fascinated by watercolor's subtlety, the immediacy of results, endless possibilities, and variations that can be achieved. In each of her paintings she tries to find the beauty in the subject matter whether it is the withered fallen leaf or elegant rose.
Annually each local WRAP brings in a professional artist to jury the exhibition and present a program of interest to the participants at the closing workshop. (All exhibiting artists are welcome to attend the closing workshop for free. Guests may attend for a $5.00 fee. )
The juror is charged with identifying which art submissions will be recognized with an Honorable Mention for effective creative expression, and which of the submissions woll be recognized with a State Award. State Awards come with an invitation to the recipient to exhibit their artwork in the State exhibition which will open in August and include works from non-professional Wisconsin artists who are showing their art in the 24 WRAP exhibition which will take place in 2014-2015.
To learn more about WRAP statewide and the dates for other WRAP exhibits and workshops you can access the WRAP Website HERE.
Watch this blog for more information coming soon about WRAPs 75th Anniversary Celebrations in 2015.


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CHESTER'S first pre-season outing of the summer saw them throw away a two-goal lead at Haig Avenue last night.
The Sandgrounders mounted a spirited fight-back in the final quarter of the game, cancelling out goals from Laurence Wilson and Paul McManus.
Blues boss Simon Davies was without five players through injury – John Murphy, Anthony Barry, Jay Harris, Shaun Kelly and Paul Taylor – and opted to make nine changes to his line-up at half time.
Chris Holroyd – a reported transfer target for Cambridge and Stockport – did not feature, but on-trial goalkeeper Chris Sanna was given the opportunity to impress from the start.
After only 11 minutes, Sanna found himself on the wrong end of a poor decision from referee Peter Wright. The former Stoke City reserve made a good save at the feet of Neil Robinson, clearly pushing the ball to safety before the Southport player tumbled to the ground.
Mr Wright stunned the visitors by awarding a penalty – but justice was done as Ciaran Kilheeney's spot-kick clipped the outside of Sanna's post and went for a goal kick.
Chester forged ahead in the 28th minute when Wilson embarked on a driving run from left-back and slipped a pass to Kevin Roberts, who unleashed a fierce drive from 20-yards. The teenage midfielder's effort was too powerful for Southport keeper Tony McMillan, who could only parry the ball into the path of the unrushing Wilson, allowing the former Everton man to make it 1-0 from close range.
After making nine changes at the break, City doubled their advantage on 62 minutes when Paul Rutherford produced some trickery down the left and crossed into the middle. Mark Hughes' dummy set up Kevin Ellison, and the forward's deflected shot fell perfectly into the path of McManus, who swept the ball home from close range.
But all of City's hard work was undone as the Blue Square North hosts clawed their way back onto level terms.
An unmarked Tony Gray headed home to make it 2-1 on 67 minutes after Wilson had failed to clear his lines.
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Blues boss Davies said: "We've found out a lot about some of the lads. We've played some really good football at times, and at times we've played some really bad football.
"That's what pre-season friendlies are for. We got out of it what we wanted."
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French trialist Damien Mozika did not feature because the Blues had not received international clearance in time. The 21-year-old should be eligible for Saturday's match at Vauxhall Motors (3pm).
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Chester (second half, 4-3-3): Danby, Rule, Butler, Platt, Wilson, Hughes, S Vaughan, Mannix, Rutherford, McManus, Ellison.


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Chapter 20 Maya and the Tea Party
Once Maya had completed the mural, which took six days, she decided it was time to really start exploring the rural areas outside of the town and she knew exactly where she wanted to go first. Walking up the steep hill, she was filled with excitement to see the beautiful secluded area where she had spent that afternoon with Eddy.
But once she reached the top of the hill she quickly realized that her dream property was no longer going to be hers. She wasn't quite sure what the property was, all she knew was that her dream of a vacation home was no longer an option and she greatly felt the loss. She spent some time on the edge of the water listening to the thunder of the waterfall on the rocks before heading home.
All the while wondering why Eddy hadn't followed through with his promise to buy the property.
It was almost time for afternoon tea and as it was Leisure Day she knew that everyone would be home to sit together for a meal, which was rare in this very busy family. Time to change my clothes, again, she thought a little sarcastically. What a pain this all was!! Especially since she hadn't brought that many clothes with her for the seventeen day trip. At least not enough to support three to five clothing changes in a day. Probably was time to do some shopping.
When she arrived back at the house, she found Nancy in the front yard inspecting the plants. She decided to broach the subject of the mysterious property to her.
"Up by the waterfall? Why yes. That's a tea room. Just opened up a month ago I believe. It's quite the lovely place."
"I see," replied Maya.
"I just had the best idea! We should plan an afternoon tea party at the Mill! You could meet some more of the townsfolk. How does Saturday sound? Are you free that day?"
"I don't believe I have any prior commitments. Yes that sounds lovely!"
"That's wonderful!" replied Nancy. "I'm going to get on that right away after dinner. Perhaps you will grow to love our town and decide to stay. I'm so going to miss you when you go!"
"And I you Nancy."
True to her word Nancy put together a small get together of local residents to attend a tea party at the mill. Maya was a little nervous because she had never attended such an event and didn't know the proper etiquette. She did not want to embarrass Nancy or somehow let her down. Nancy was the most prominent figure in the town and she didn't want her actions to tarnish Nancy's reputation. When she conveyed those concerns to Nancy all she could say was,
"You'll do fine dear. Just be your lovely charming self and everyone will love you!"
The party was set to begin at two so Nancy left early to make sure everything was properly in place. Which meant that Maya was going to have to enter the party alone. She couldn't stop her hands from shaking at the thought. She thought back to Eddy's words to her on occasions when she felt insecure about a situation. "Think of it as fun" But she didn't think that applied in this case. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon with little to no breeze next to the waterfall. She imagined that it would have been like that most of the time, sheltered from the wind. Most of the guests had arrived by the time she got there and she was mad at herself for not arriving earlier than she had. She saw Nancy across the yard mingling with the new Meirs family who had just moved to town. Nicole Meirs, the girls aunt had recently died and the nieces had been bequeathed the manor house. Lady Michele Meirs would now serve as head of the family and would have many of the same duties about the town as did Nancy. Maya was already quite fond of the four sisters, Maria, Michele, Charlotte, Brenda Lee and hoped to form a lasting relationship with them all.
Maya decided to mingle with the guests at the gate and slowly make her way over to Nancy and the girls. Everyone seemed to be quite gracious and genuine in their greetings and she was indeed enjoying herself immensely. Her only hope was that she remembered everyone's name for the next time she spoke to them. Joining a small group of guests off to the side of the front gate, Maya was met with a glare from a very severe looking woman and a man in a top hat.
"Good afternoon. My name is Maya. How do you do?"
The woman looked to the man, who appeared to be slightly stunned, lifted her nose and proceeded to push past Maya.
"Excuse me!" said Maya incredibly annoyed.
"You should excuse yourself, you harlot. If I had known you were going to be here I wouldn't have come," said the woman. The man agreed with a nod of his head.
"I don't understand. I'm Miss Maya Wang. You must have me confused with some one else."
"Oh no. There is no confusion here. You're that girl that keeps ending up in the papers in all kinds of degrading situations. I have no desire to have any connection to you."
At this point the crowd had begun to quietly murmur among themselves behind Maya's back. The more the woman talked, the louder her words had gotten, reaching Nancy on the other side of the yard. She quickly made her way over to the two guests keeping an eye on Maya who had walked away in obvious distress.
"What is going on Vita?' Nancy asked.
"If I had known you were going to invite that girl to this tea, I never would have come. I can't believe you of all people would be consorting with such a whore!"
Nancy was shocked at Vita's words like a slap in the face. Maya a whore? She worked hard to keep her temper in check as to not make a bigger scene than had already occurred. "I'm sorry you feel that way. We obviously have differing opinions about that wonderful girl you are trying to malign."
"You have to understand," began the man. "We have a reputation to uphold and we wouldn't want our good names to be tarnished by her past indiscretions. I apologize for Vita's outburst. Perhaps it would be best if we just left."
"Yes definitely. Please enjoy the rest of your afternoon" said Nancy. Enjoy it well because I will be over to give you a piece of my mind in private later!
Maya had left the party to stand on the bridge over the creek at the edge of the property. She worked hard to hold back the tears that forcefully threatened to flow.
Did people actually see her that way? At least there were no paparazzi around to catch that moment! This whole thing was almost their fault anyway. It was their pictures that portrayed a view of her she supposedly was. But she wasn't that person. She wasn't any different than anyone else. She hadn't actually done anything wrong! She turned to see Lady Brenda Lee coming up the bridge.
"All clear, they're gone. I wouldn't worry about it," she said seeing the tears in Maya's eyes. "You wouldn't find one person in that group who actually likes Vita. She is a horrid horrid person!"
"Thank you. That's very kind of you" replied Maya.
"Come, have a pot of tea with me. Cheer you right up and give you time to gather yourself. Come." Taking Maya by the arm, they walked back to The Old Mill and shared a pot of tea on the balcony. Maya was grateful for this hand of friendship she had been offered. As etiquette goes, the guests couldn't leave without speaking to the Meirs family in deference to their rank in society. One by one the guests made their way to the table to greet her and say a few words. Every guest had kind words for Maya which basically reinforced how the town really felt about Vita and her family. Maya felt extremely better by the time the tea party was over and was very grateful to Lady Brenda Lee for having the insight to do that for her!
The day after the unfortunate incident at the Old Mill, Nancy went to visit Ian to give him an update on how things were going.
"She's absolutely lovely Ian! Everything you said she was. We've become the best of friends!"
"I'm so glad. How did the tea go?"
"Oh well. It went fine. Except there was a little incident with Vita Alto."
Nancy took the time to explain exactly what had happened, not leaving out a single detail.
"Oh that's great! Just great!" said Ian throwing up his hands in disgust.
"It was handled Ian, and quite expertly thanks to the Meir sisters. Everyone walked away with the impression of Maya as a beautiful, charming young lady. No harm done."
"That's all well and good Nancy. But it's not really the town that I am worried about. It's how Maya sees herself. That is the issue here."
Ian began to pace the floor.
"I don't want Maya to come home a broken woman. She needs to come home a confident woman who loves her husband and has no doubts about where she wants to be or the life she wants to live. Coming home has to be for the right reason and not because she has no where else to go."
"I see. Well you are definitely right. How do we go about accomplishing that?" Nancy asked.
"It all starts with a plan." Ian replied. "We need to boost her confidence so much so that when she returns to university she won't need to cling on to anyone. Especially Eddy. Who do you know at the local paper?"
Nancy smiled a co-conspirator smile. "Why? What do you have in mind?"
Ian flipped open his phone and started dialing numbers. It was all going to start with a little favor….
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4 comments for "Chapter 20 Maya and the Tea Party"
Oh my, I can't believe Maya became friends with Nancy Landgraab of all people, haha! But in your story she seems very sweet – I can't say the same for that obnoxious Vita Alto though! Also, those Meir sisters look all sooo lovely! ❤ They're not premades, right?
Hmmm Ian must really love Maya to be so patient. And it seems he has a plan – I wonder what it is!
bmitjessesue
The Meir sisters, 2 were made by me, Brenda by my best friend and the blond was made by Metens at T.S.R. which Ben (Metens) allowed me to alter. Technically she was to be me, Brenda my best friend of course, the other two to honor two people I spent a lot of time with online. I tried to pull as many R.L. friends into the story as I could.
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Those four sisters are really lovely. ❤ On the other hand, Vita Alto is a really horrid, obnoxious person. I hope she gets her just desserts one of these days. Aside from that, the tea party sounded like a lot of fun, and Maya made some lovely friends. She needs more genuine friends instead of ones like Eddy.
Vita took an instant dislike to Maya and I have no idea why. So I had to add it into the story!
The four sisters are actually my RL friends. My best friend made Brenda and gave her to me. I took the blonde from Metens at TSR, another old friend. With his permission I altered her for the story. The other two I made in honor of two friends who also played the game but felt I made sims better than they could. it was a fun time! I tried to get as many people as I could into my story, even if it was some special CC they made for me.
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Stop cherry-picking that Trump quote about Japanese cars. It's not what you think.
President Trump has a way with words — literally — and his meandering, loose style of speaking can cause him problems. But he's getting too much guff for one particular quote in Japan this morning.
Appearing with U.S. and Japanese business leaders in Tokyo on Monday, Trump said something that seemed to suggest he didn't know Japanese auto manufacturers, in many cases, make their cars in the United States.
But this is completely unfair to Trump. A look at this fuller remarks makes clear he did know that Japanese cars are built in the United States. He even talked about it at-length and praised the manufacturers for the amount of jobs they've created here.
When you want to build your auto plants, you will have your approvals almost immediately. When you want to expand your plants, you will have your approvals almost immediately. And in the room, we have a couple of the great folks from two of the biggest auto companies in the world that are building new plants and doing expansions of other plants. And you know who you are, and I want to just thank you very much. I want to thank you.
I also want to recognize the business leaders in the room whose confidence in the United States — they've been creating jobs — you have such confidence in the United States, and you've been creating jobs for our country for a long, long time. Several Japanese automobile industry firms have been really doing a job. And we love it when you build cars — if you're a Japanese firm, we love it — try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. Is that possible to ask? That's not rude. Is that rude? I don't think so. (Laughter.) If you could build them. But I must say, Toyota and Mazda — where are you? Are you here, anybody? Toyota? Mazda? I thought so. Oh, I thought that was you. That's big stuff. Congratulations. Come on, let me shake your hand. (Applause.) They're going to invest $1.6 billion in building a new manufacturing plant, which will create as many as 4,000 new jobs in the United States. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
Trump has also tweeted about Toyota and Mazda building that plant. And he signed a letter applauding Toyota for its expansion in the United States.
Toyota & Mazda to build a new $1.6B plant here in the U.S.A. and create 4K new American jobs. A great investment in American manufacturing!
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Trump says plenty of things that are false or that belie a lack of familiarity with the subject at-hand. But spotlighting this quote as evidence of the latter is extremely uncharitable.


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Toss Those Awards in the Trash?
Posted on January 30, 2009 by Mike Glyer
Via SF Signal, I read a portion of Adam Roberts' denunciation of awards:
But awards lists and best-ofs are rubbish […] The problem is timescale.
It is a convention, no less foolish for being deeply rooted, that the proper prominence from which to pause, look back and make value judgments, is at the end of the year in question. This is wrongheaded in a number of reasons. One has to do with the brittleness of snap-judgments (why else do you think they're called snap?). Take those fans and [awards-panelists] of the 1960s and 1970s who really really thought that the crucial figures of the genre were the often-garlanded Spider Robinson or Mack Reynolds rather than the rarely noticed Philip K Dick. They weren't corrupt; they just spoke too soon.
It wasn't Roberts' rejection of awards that set me off: they're not everyone's cup of tea. What hooked me into responding was his superior sneer at a false version of awards history.
Superior sneer: Should the Hugo and Nebula be condemned for failing to ratify Philip K. Dick's current popularity 40 years in advance? These awards don't exist to predict the literature that people two generations in the future will value, they celebrate what the current-day community of fans and/or pros value and admire.
False version of awards history: "…the often garlanded…Mack Reynolds"? He wrote hundreds of stories, received exactly one Hugo nomination and two Nebula nominations, and never won either award. And it seems rather sad to pick on Spider Robinson, since according to Dick's bibliography, Dick had zero short fiction published in the three eligibility years for which Spider received nominations, so how did Spider's name even enter this conversation? Of course, it's easier to win an argument if you're allowed to make up your own facts.
I also challenge Roberts' belief that fans of the '60s and '70s overlooked Philip K. Dick.
Had they done so, it might have been because he did not worship at the altar of technological optimism. In fact, they didn't overlook or ignore him, he was often up for awards. If he didn't write Analog stories that was no detriment at all to his fame, merely his pocketbook. In the '60s, psychological exploration and social satire abounded in sf, no physics degree required. Yes, Dick was pessimistic. Paranoid. It was impossible for Dick to think of something bad enough that the authorities would hesitate to do it, seductively using technology to make us betray ourselves. Yet anybody who thinks these things disqualified a writer from recognition in the '60s has never seen the stacks of awards in Harlan Ellison's office.
Now, as a fan who lived through the era in question, I can testify that I really enjoyed Dick's stories. Time Out of Joint was the first of his novels I read: it was captivating. And when I was in college the SF Book Club brought out editions of his new novels, so I read them all as time went by. Somehow I managed to enjoy his stories without suspecting that he was a dominant voice in the literary dialog of the day. His latter-day reputation as a great sf writer has taken me by surprise, though as far as that goes, good for him! We can only wish he'd lived to enjoy it.
When I'm flying out of Denver there's an airport bookstore I pass which has the names of top writers decorating the wall around the border of the ceiling. Philip K. Dick is up there. I pass it right before I enter the TSA security line. What could be more Dickian than the future I live in? No wonder he's widely read.
Returning to Adam Roberts' critique, he may have no idea who won the awards, but he is certainly right that Dick won very few of them during his lifetime. Was this actually an injustice? I'll lay out the record, and you tell me if you disagree with my take on the question.
Dick won the first Hugo he was ever nominated for, The Man in the High Castle (1963). So I guess justice was done that year.
His novelette "Faith of Our Fathers" made the final ballot in 1968 and lost to Fritz Leiber's "Gonna Roll the Bones," which I have always tried to like, and which must in some sense be a helluva story because it also beat "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes" by Harlan Ellison who was winning everything in those days (such as the two Hugos his work did win in 1968 for "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and Star Trek's "City on the Edge of Forever.") Dick's story wove together some wonderfully paranoid ideas. It seems to have haunted Dick, who wrote in 1977: "I think, with this story, I managed to offend everybody, which seemed at the time to be a good idea, but which I've regretted since. Communism, drugs, sex, God – I put it all together, and it's been my impression since that when the roof fell in on me years later, this story was in some eerie way involved."
His third and last Hugo nomination was for the 1975 novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. It finished behind Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. I found the Dick novel a more entertaining read, but (confession time) I felt the same way about Anderson's Fire Time and Niven and Pournelle's A Mote in God's Eye. On the other hand, there seemed a general agreement among the rest of fandom that Le Guin's novel was the most substantial and ambitious, the most deserving of the award. The same Dick and Le Guin novels faced off for the Nebula, with the same result. Does anyone today think Flow My Tears surpasses The Dispossessed? Let's hear from you.
Philip K. Dick's problem with the Nebula, the first time he was nominated, is that he had to compete against a great classic of the genre. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and Dr. Bloodmoney both received Nebula nominations in 1966. They lost to Frank Herbert's Dune. I hope nobody's complaining about that.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? made the 1969 Nebula ballot (though not the Hugo final ballot) and lost to Alexei Panshin's Rite of Passage. Consulting the fanzine I was publishing at the time, I see that Richard Wadholm and I never ran out of critical things to say about the Panshin book. On the other hand, I regarded John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar as the novel of the year, not Dick's story, and Brunner won the Hugo (with no help from me, I didn't have a vote in 1969). If there was a great schism in the awards scene that year, it had nothing to do with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
I'd say that the ultimate reason Philip K. Dick won few major awards is not because the voters were blind or ignorant, it's because he wasn't the only person writing excellent stories in those years.
This entry was posted in Awards, Sercon, Worldcon and tagged Harlan Ellison, Hugo Awards, John Brunner, Mack Reynolds, Philip K. Dick, Richard Wadholm, SF Signal, Ursula K. Le Guin by Mike Glyer. Bookmark the permalink.
5 thoughts on "Toss Those Awards in the Trash?"
steve davidson on January 30, 2009 at 12:36 pm said:
I really appreciate the deconstruction of the argument, but really, all you had to say was:
DUDE: (SF) awards are CELEBRATORY not PREDICTIVE.
This so reminds me of every other 'politically correct' argument on the books: we've got to censor Twain now 'cause he uses words that were perfectly acceptable back in his day but not now. Might offend someone.
Heinlein's women are SO 50s. (They're not but..) DUH! Yes. Despite some excellent stories, the man DID NOT have a time machine. I guess his works really do suck, seeing as how he wasn't able to write from a 21st century perspective back then.
On the other hand, maybe its time for fandom to go the other route. Instead of offering up CS Smith Rediscovery Awards and Retro-Hugos, maybe we ought to have the PROGNOSTOS and vote on the as-yet non-existent authors and stories that will win awards in the future.
Only problem with that is, anyone writing now would be stupid not to vote the award to themselves for the "5 Years On the NY Times Best Seller List", "Soon to be a major blockbuster series of movies" and "Now in its tenth season on television" (buy the plushies and the branded skateboard) story they're going to write next decade.
I'll take the award AND my check now, please.
DB on January 30, 2009 at 4:10 pm said:
Another thing to bear in mind is that awards are biased by the categories they come in. Hugos and Nebulas each have 3 short-fiction categories and only one novel category, thus stacking the deck against an author like Dick who wrote mainly novels. And with eligibility being measured in time-based chunks, the likelihood of winning an award depends not just on the quality of your own work, but on that of the other works happening to be published that year.
You don't go into the matter of Spider Robinson, who had 3 award-winning stories over a period of 7 years: respectable, but not an overwhelming dominance. And while the readers I knew enjoyed his work, he hadn't earned a respect equal to that of Phil Dick, whose work was profoundly admired. As a distinctive voice and deep thinker in the field, Dick was up there with Cordwainer Smith, who never won any awards at all.
Mike on January 30, 2009 at 5:51 pm said:
David – When I was writing this yesterday I assumed that since Dick didn't die until 1983 or so, he must have had some new short fiction published contemporaneously with Spider's nominations, so it would all boil down to a matter of taste. However, your comment prodded me to research the question and, lo and behold, Dick had nothing new out in the three years Spider was up for Hugos. Now I have no idea why Roberts was slagging him.
Michael Walsh on January 30, 2009 at 11:01 pm said:
I am amused by comment #22 at:
http://futurismic.com/2009/01/28/sf-awards-rubbish/#comment-18204
Hal O'Brien on January 31, 2009 at 12:17 am said:
I suspect I hit the nail on the head for Roberts' motivations when I commented (#17 on his post) that his essay was, "…a variant of George W. Bush's appeal to history: "Future readers will value my work more than you callous idiots do now!""
But then, looking over the comments as a whole, the signal-to-whinge ratio displayed is distressing.


Today Ponder 'N' Wonder turns One!
It feels like yesterday when I opened this tiny slice on the internet with absolutely zero clue on blogging. I definitely read tons of articles titled 'Blogging for Dummies' and still continue to read them. The funny thing is that it took me the most time (almost a fortnight) to create a name that said ME. When I think back on those several proposed names, I now know why they didn't click (Spoiler Alert: They sounded so lame). During a 1 20 am pre-Monday emergency laundry session to my basement was when Ponder 'N' Wonder was born (for real!). And that's when I knew, she was mine!
During the past one year, I have learnt a ton from some fantastic bloggers and readers (aka YOU!), built bonds with some beautiful humans, gotten to know what makes people special and no matter how mature we all seem, we all are simple strong humans trying to find our ways and means in this lovely journey of life. Doing things that I love (writing) has most certainly freed up some space in my heart to love all that I do!
Now, let's get down to why you really hopped over here. It's Giveaway Time! First anniversaries are special and I believe in celebrating all the little joys in life. My baby blog wouldn't exist without my readers. On this special occasion, I have not one, but TWO gifts of love for you.
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Thanks for being a reader of this baby blog!
Happy blogiversary! I think one of the top pieces of advice about blogging I have is to be honest!
Happy First Blogiversary! You will be surprised at how quickly the next year will go by and then you will be at #2!
My advice is keep sharing and make it your brand. Congrats on one year!
Thanks Sadie for the advice. Good luck on the giveaway!
The best Blogging advice that I have is to always blog about what you love. Your readers will always be loyal and love reading your posts if we always feel the honesty and passion in your writing! Congratulations on your first blogiversary!!
My best blog advice I've taken to heart over the years is to keep blogging for YOU… trying new things and taking specific advice from others on what a blog should be is a-okay, as long as it's something that still feels like YOU and what you want to do with your blog.
Awesome giveaway and congrats on your blogiversary!
The only advice I have is to be authentic, and you are, so you're doing just fine!
Happy blogiversary! I'm not a blogger but one thing I really appreciate as a blog reader is when the blogger takes the time to respond to the comments other people leave. I feel like it builds a relationship and makes me want to read more of their blog posts. I've seen some bloggers with 35k followers who just don't take the time. I don't even bother to comment on their stuff anymore because what's the point if it falls on deaf ears.
Happy blogiversary!!!! Very envious of you and the all the bloggers out there!
Thanks Lisa. You should join the blogosphere if it interests you. Nice learning experience. Good luck on the giveaway!
Happy blogiversary! Its such a great milestone to celebrate! My one piece of advice is to blog because you want to, not because you're writing for somebody else. And with that said I'll echo what others have said, be true to yourself.
Thanks Kathryn. That's really good advice. Good luck on the giveaway.
Congrats on the one year anniversary. Now that you have it down best of luck in your blogging future.
Happy blogiversary! I think one of the top pieces of advice about blogging I have is to stick with your true self/voice and believe it matters.
Thanks Jen for the advice. Good luck on the giveaway!
I am not a blogger so can't give you advice in that realm! But, from a reader's perspective, I always enjoy posts with real-life pictures. Congrats on a year and keep up the great work.
Thanks Chaitali. Yes, that's always hard with a full time job. I am trying to get better at it.
Congrats on your one year anniversary. I love momentum wraps. I hope I win.
Only advice I have is be honest and true to yourself.
Thanks Darlene. They are my favorite too. Hope you win!


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 * D.A.O. for JPA
 * Created on 17 déc. 2012 ( Time 15:40:00 )
 */

package org.demo.employeegroup.dao;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;

import org.telosys.starterkits.strutsjpa.CoreUtils;
import org.telosys.starterkits.strutsjpa.GenericJpaDao;

import org.demo.employeegroup.bean.EmployeeGroup;
import org.demo.employeegroup.bean.EmployeeGroupKey;

public class JpaEmployeeGroupDAO extends GenericJpaDao<EmployeeGroup, EmployeeGroupKey> {

	private static final Predicate[] ap = {};

	/**
	 * Constructs a DAO for EmployeeGroup
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	public JpaEmployeeGroupDAO() {
		super(EmployeeGroup.class);
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	/**
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SAMARA, 26 Aug — RIA Novosti. Unknown have demolished the gravestone established at the playground in Samara, the ex-deputy of the State Duma, the adviser to the director Rosgvardiya Alexander Khinshtein has reported. That at the playground located on Novo-Sadovaya Street, 21 in Oktyabrsky district of Samara there is a gravestone, the resident has written on Friday to Twitter. According to her, the granite monument is established on the place of murder in 1994 of the criminal leader by nickname the Golden eagle. To understand a situation residents of Samara through social networks have appealed to Khinshtein and also the regional and city authorities. On the same day in city administration have promised to demolish a monument. Khinshtein noted earlier that the gravestone is dismantled on Monday. Successors of the Golden eagle didn't begin to wait for Monday. Today early in the morning the gangster monument has been dismantled from the playground on N-garden and taken out by unknown persons. It to a question of "heritage of the 90th". pic.twitter.com/xYw94wwUvM "Successors of "Golden eagle" didn't begin to wait for Monday … The gangster monument has been dismantled from the playground … and is taken out by unknown persons" — Khinshtein in the account in Twitter has written. In administration of Samara RIA Novosti have reported that "heard about demolition" a gravestone, but who has made it, it is unknown.


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BRUMPOST News Industry News
New Xiaomi patent reveals a smartphone with a wrap-around display
Xiaomi always push the limits
by Maria Janetta
Xiaomi never stops to impress us as the company has taken another step to up its game in the smartphone market this year. There was a recent Patent published by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) for two new smartphones from Xiaomi.
And as usual, Netizens will create a render of it. This time it was LetsGoDigital that took the matter into their hands creating a look-alike based upon the patent filed by the company.
The patent states two devices which are both dual-sided smartphones with their screens wrapped all around them in different directions.
The first phone has it's screen wrapped entirely throughout the device's body which I suggest to be the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha concept which was presented last year. But there is an obvious difference between the Mi Mix Alpha concept and the patented device because the latter only has it's screen wrapped around the device from one side making it seem like the Huawei Mate X when it's closed/folded.
But as for the second patented smartphone, the display wrapping follows a different direction. The display actually wraps up and around the top horizontal edge of the device. while the back of the device has a hole-punch cut-out for dual-camera setup.
What's even more interesting is the absence of a front-facing camera on both devices. So it's the same camera you use at the back that serves as the selfie camera as well because the back is also a screen so you're everywhere.
Based on the patent write-ups, both models have no physical buttons attached to them. Considering how Huawei was able to create a great haptic feedback on the Mate 30 Pro, that could be the same with the new smartphone as well.
Even though this is a design concept, the innovative measures smartphone makers has taken to challenge the form factors of modern smartphones is really interesting and awesome.
Imagine if this device could make it to the market next year and with the design which is really interesting, it's going to make a big impact on the part of Xiaomi as wanting to be a pioneer of modern smartphone design rather than just copying other company's innovation.
Source: GSM Arena
Via: Let's Go Digital
Topics: XiaomiXiaomi Mi Mix Alpha


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Q: What is the anatomy of shoulder joint?
A: Shoulder joint is made up of three bones: upper arm bone (humerus), shoulder blade (scapula), and collarbone (clavicle). The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint: The ball, or head, of your upper arm bone, fits into a shallow socket in your shoulder blade.
Q: What happens in shoulder replacement surgery?
A: In shoulder replacement surgery, the damaged parts of the shoulder are removed and replaced with artificial components, called a prosthesis.
The treatment options are either replacement of just the head of the humerus bone (ball), or replacement of both the ball and the socket.
Q: What is the prognosis for shoulder replacement?
A: After one year, 95% of TSA patients enjoy pain-free function. The pre-surgical condition of the shoulder muscles and tendons play a big role in the patient's outcome. If their muscles and tendons are in good shape, rehab will be easier and rapid.
Q: When can I resume work after shoulder replacement surgery?
A: Can usually return to desk work within 2-4 weeks from the time of surgery but that heavier work is restricted for four months or more, depends on the strength, progress of the shoulder.
Q: Which patients are not suitable for shoulder replacement?
Q: When do I need a shoulder replacement?
A: You may need a joint replacement if your pain can't be reduced by treatments such as drugs, injections and physiotherapy; and it's affecting your quality of life.
Q: What are the advantages of shoulder replacement?
A: Shoulder replacement can lead to reduced joint pain, improved range of movement and a better quality of life. It may be several months before you notice the full benefits of the surgery.
Q: What are the disadvantages of a replaced joint?
A replacement joint can never be as good as a normally-functioning natural joint.
Replacement joints will also wear out after a time.
Q: What are the options other than shoulder replacement surgery?
Q: How long will the artificial joint last?
A: Usually, it is observed that shoulder replacement lasts for around 10 years or more, after this time it may loosen or wear out.


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In 2011, Shehzad founded Lahore's first improvisational troupe called 'Room For-Improvment', the troupe involved into its current cast of Daniyal Malik, Shah Fahad, Abdul Ahad Ayub and Shehzad Ghias himself. The troupe has done two national tours and performed over a 100 times at venues all over Pakistan.
The troupe has also held improv workshops in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.
In 2012, Shehzad formed his second improv troupe in Karachi titled Circus. The troupe performed at Mad School Karachi, Carlton and the Arts Council Karachi.
In 2013, Shehzad joined a long form improv troupe in New York titled 'SHINE', performing numerous shows at the Brit Pack, Chinatown, New York.


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KAUST's 3D mapping technology helps preserve a landmark
Aug 06, 2014 News
KAUST researcher and FalconViz cofounder Neil Smith prepares the helicopter for a flight over Jeddah's Al Balad.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named "Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah," a World Heritage Site on June 21, 2014. Jeddah is located in Saudi Arabia and it was a designation that took several decades to achieve, in part, because capturing and communicating the significance of Jeddah's unique historical landmarks proved a daunting task.
"In an area like Al Balad, some of the buildings may not be safe to enter for surveyors," said Neil Smith, a researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). "And at the rate these buildings are decaying, traditional methods of survey are infeasible. A building was lost to fire only 2 weeks before we arrived. That's historical information that is simply gone."
A 3D rendering of the iconic Jeddah Gate, which graces one of the entrances to Al Balad, Jeddah's old city.
MAPPING THE HISTORICAL AREA
Neil and his partner Luca Passone are part of a small team of researchers from KAUST's Visual Computer Center that helped make the argument for a UNESCO cultural heritage site in Jeddah. Their contribution was to map Al Balad, Jeddah's iconic, old city.
Using a remote control helicopter, the team rapidly surveyed large areas using a high-definition camera from about 50 meters above street level. Even in areas such as Al Balad, several passes over each city block was enough to create a rich, interactive model.
"We can create three-dimensional renderings of complicated urban environments accurate up to several centimeters. And we can create them quickly, which allows us to show planners how buildings are shifting, what improvements have been made, and where potential problems are developing," said Passone.
A team of surveyors on the ground can collect a few, highly accurate data points but it takes a long time. Lidar scanners can be used to generate a lot more data, but they do not work well in urban environments where they're constantly interrupted. "A helicopter gives us the ability to cover huge areas in a short time, generating a lot of useful data," said Passone. "We think this will be helpful to project managers whose only option is probably an outdated Google map"
A view of Al Balad from the virtual cockpit of the FalconViz helicopter.
A PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS
Passone pilots the helicopters using goggles that enable him to sit inside a virtual cockpit. It's a hobby that he cultivated as a diversion from the demands of academic life. He's currently finishing a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences focused on earthquake simulation. His background is in high-performance computing, which is what brought him to KAUST as a master's student.
"I've been able to move around and work on projects that I'm passionate about," said Passone. "I never envisioned myself flying model helicopters over important historical sites as a business enterprise, but here I am."
Neil Smith has a Ph.D. in Archeaology. His research focuses on the study and preservation of archaeological sites in the Gulf region such as Petra in Jordan, or Mada'in Saleh in Saudi Arabia.
The two make an unlikely duo. But in the few, short years they've worked together, they've designed and built a line of remote control helicopters, outfitted them with high-resolution cameras, written and debugged custom imaging software, and pitched their services to a range of high-profile clients.
With seed funding from KAUST, Neil and Luca run a small startup called FalconViz. It's an apt name choice. The FalconViz team can give architects and planners access to a birds-eye perspective they've never had before.
"Imagine the construction site of the future," said Neil. "Autonomous helicopters, similar to our prototypes, will buzz around capturing realtime data that can be used to check the accuracy of construction. That data will be overlayed with information from the original plans, data from surveyors and more. Everyone has a much more accurate look, much earlier in the process, to make sure things are being built they way they should."
In the case of areas like Al Balad, surveying the space using traditional methods is prohibitively expensive, hot and even dangerous work given the state of some of the structures. The FalconViz team offers the ability to capture an entire area in a day or two and prepare a range of printed plans, video flyovers, interactive three-dimensional models and more.


5. The adverbial clause of purpose are generally introduced by that/ in order that/ least etc.
(a) The murderer fled in order that he might escape.
(b) We read that we may learn.
(c) We walked fast lest we should be caught in a shower of rain.
6. The adverbial clauses of condition are generally introduced by if/ unless/ in case/ whether/ on condition/ provided etc.
(a) If it rains, I shall not go out.
(b) A student may go out of his class provided the teacher permits him.
(c) One should try, whether he succeeds or not.
(d) In case I fail, I should try again.
(e) Unless there is time, I shall not catch the train.
(f) Had I been there (If I had been there), I would have assisted you.
7. The adverbial clauses of contrast are introduced by though/ although/ considering that/ however/ whatever/ even/ even if etc.
(a) Although he is poor, he is honest.
(b) Whatever intelligent he may be, he must submit to whims of nature.
(c) Whatever the consequences (may be) I shall surely help my friend in distress.
(d) The boy deserves success considering that he worked so hard.
(f) Even if I fail, I shall not give up hope of success.
(g) Whoever he may be, he cannot have any access to enter the stage.
8. The adverbial clauses of degree, comparison or proportion are generally introduced by than/ as/ the etc.
(a) Joshep is taller than I (am).
(b) The more you read, the more you learn.
(c) He cannot walk as fast as I can.


The Rural Diversity Network was developed out of the ACE-supported Change Makers leadership programme and coordinated by Cornwall Museums Partnership.
It was introduced in January 2017 at a seminal conference called Rethinking Diversity in Rural Regions at Wheal Martyn, Cornwall. Culmination of work to understand diversity and barriers to cultural participation from a rural perspective.
We're trying to tackle geographic exclusion. Cultural policy around diversity is heavily centred on the visible diversity of big cities. The Network aims to balance this by providing a voice, another view and campaigning for equity (based on Defra's idea of rural proofing).
Time and cost of travel supersedes other barriers including those related to protected characteristics. This also has a socio-economic/class dimension.
Investment in culture in the rural regions is biased towards creating an offer for tourists resulting in inclusion challenges for organisations engaging with local communities and communities of interest.
Use Cornish diversity as action learning that others can draw comparison from, particularly how the Cornish National Minority intersects with other categories of diversity.


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Water Resources in the Fort Belknap Indian Community
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