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on Doors to the Baptistery in Florence
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EVOLUTION OF SCULPTURE
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Andrea Pisano (1295-1348)
Trained in Gothic sculpture, the Italian sculptor and architect Andrea Pisano - also known as Andrea da Pontedera - was an important pioneer of prototype Renaissance sculpture of the trecento. His chief works were executed in Florence, the most important of which were his three bronze doors for the baptistery of the Cathedral of Florence (completed in 1336). An important forerunner of the courtly International Gothic style of art, he was highly influenced by the sculpture of Giovanni Pisano and the renaissance artist Giotto.
Born in 1295 in Pisa, little is known of Pisano's life. He began working life as a goldsmith, the training for which would prove useful to him in years to come. It is also supposed that he became an apprentice to Giovanni Pisano and worked with him on a sculpture for the Santa Maria della Spina church at Pisa. It is also suggested that he may have worked on St. Mark's and the Doge's palace in Venice.
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Arnolfo di Cambio (c.1240–1310)
Giovanni di Balduccio (c.1290–1339)
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Andre Beauneveu (c.1335-1400)
MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE
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Medieval Sculpture (c.400-1000)
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Romanesque Sculpture (1000-1200)
Rounded-arch Architecture/Sculpture.
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Florence Baptistery: Bronze Doors
At some stage Pisano moved to Florence where he came under the influence of Giotto, who was the chief architect of Florence Cathedral. Under his guidance, Pisano produced three bronze doors for the baptistery. The panels of relief sculpture took several years to complete - completed in 1336 (the date on the door says 1330, but his refers to the wax model and not to the casting). The figures are gilded and set against a smooth bronze surface. A beautiful work of Christian art, the iconography of the door displays influences of Giotto's frescoes in the Basilica di Santa Croce and the architectural design of the door are similar to those at Pisa's cathedral. Pisano's style is simple and restrained; his figures are carved with great skill and expertise. No doubt he would have been highly regarded in his time.
Campanile of Florence Cathedral
Giotto is celebrated as an artist for many reasons, but one of those reasons is that he managed to break from the influence and tradition of Byzantine art. Byzantine art covered decorative sculpture, stone-carving, metal and ivory works, ornamental bronze work, enamelling and the art of miniature-painting. The style that characterized Byzantine art was highly sophisticated and developed but also rigid and uniform. Giotto breathed new life into religious subjects and inspired other artists and sculptors, including Pisano, to do so too.
On the death of Giotto in 1337, Andrea Pisano succeeded him as chief architect of Florence Cathedral, and was charged with the construction of the Campanile (bell tower). He added two stories and adorned the panels with sculptural reliefs. By this stage Pisano had his own studio and pupils - and it was under his guidance that his pupils created the reliefs, depicting scenes from Genesis, the arts and science. Other subjects depicted included the Four Great Prophets, the Seven Virtues, the Seven Sacraments, the Seven Works of Mercy and the Seven Planets. Several statues, which were originally placed in niches in the Campanile above the reliefs depicting David and Solomn and two Sibyls have been attributed to Pisano, but this is disputed. The reliefs, along with two statuettes of Christ and Saint Reparata are now housed in the cathedral's museum. For more details concerning the Florentine duomo, see: Florence Cathedral, Brunelleschi and the Renaissance (1420-36).
Note About Art Evaluation
In order to appreciate important 3-D artists like the Gothic sculptor Andrea Pisano, see: How to Appreciate Sculpture. For later works, please see: How to Appreciate Modern Sculpture.
Duomo of Orvieto
In 1347 Pisano was appointed Chief Architect of the Duomo of Orvieto (14th century Roman Catholic cathedral situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, which was designed and started by Lorenzo Maitani). Construction had begun in 1290 but lasted almost three centuries with the design and style evolving from Romanesque architecture to Gothic architecture as construction progressed. When Pisano died a year later, he was succeeded by his son, Nino. His other son, Tommaso was also a well known sculptor and his most distinguished pupil was Andrea da Cione, (painter, sculptor and architect) also known as Orcagna.
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American actor, film producer, dancer, and model Channing Tatum was born on 26 April 1980, in Cullman, Alabama, USA as Channing Matthew Tatum. Channing Tatum was born in a small town called Cullman, outside of Birmingham, Alabama. In the process of growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in different sports such as track and field, baseball, soccer, and football to keep him out of trouble. He was sent to catholic school in the ninth grade. It was there that he discovered his passion for football and his focus became centered on earning an athletic college scholarship. Channing's goal was finally met, and he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia in his senior year in high school.
He is best known for his roles in the films Step Up (2006), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Dear John (2010), The Vow (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012), and Magic Mike (2012). He has also appeared in films such as Coach Carter (2005), She's the Man (2006), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Fighting (2009), The Dilemma (2010), The Eagle (2011), and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). Channing can be seen on the big screen as a featured actor in Coach Carter (2005), in which he plays a high school basketball player. He also appeared in the very popular TV series CSI: Miami (2002) where he played the role of Bob Davenport.
Tatum is also skilled in Kung Fu and in Gor-Chor Kung Fu, another form of martial arts; he has earned belts in both. Channing later left college and worked as a construction worker, a stripper, a mortgage broker and salesman. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Gap, Aeropostale, Emporio Armani, and has been featured in television commercials for American Eagle, Pepsi, and some very popular mountain dew commercials.
Tatum appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects. He reprised his role as Duke in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, in a cast that included Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. The movie was originally scheduled for release on June 29, 2012, but was pushed back to March 2013 in order to convert it to 3D and to add more scenes for his character that was killed at the beginning of the movie. Tatum also recently appeared in the action thriller White House Down. He will co-star with Steve Carell in Foxcatcher, the story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz. Tatum is also attached to the movie Peter Pan Begin. Tatum reportedly will reprise his role from 21 Jump Street in its sequel.
Along with several friends, including Brett Rodriguez, and his wife Jenna Dewan, Tatum started two production companies, 33andOut Productions and Iron Horse Entertainment.
Tall with a height of six feet one inch and a heavily built physique, he is an American by nationality and is of white ethnicity. His pictures are widely viewed and women crave to see his shirtless body. His pictures are widely searched by women. He has a net worth of 50 million dollars and the margin is still increasing.
Talking about his relationship/marriage life, Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan in 2006 on the set of their movie Step Up. They began dating shortly after filming finished. The couple became engaged in September 2008 and married on July 11, 2009. They have one daughter, Everly, born in London in May 2013.


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Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Tops Demos; CBS Leads Total Viewers
Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)
Here are the highlights of the 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (12/26/18):
NBC (4.296 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) was the demo champ on a modest Wednesday with its repeat lineup of "Chicago Fire" (4.043 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3), "Chicago Med" (4.363 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3) and "Chicago PD" (4.482 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T1).
CBS (5.393 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T2) then was the most-watched network thanks to its special "The 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors" (6.581 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3) and a repeat "Magnum P.I." (3.018 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.3, #13).
Next up was ABC (2.365 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T2) and its mix of "The Goldbergs" (3.366 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T1), "American Housewife" (2.605 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3), "Modern Family" (2.515 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3), "Single Parents" (2.023 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8), another "Modern Family" (1.966 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8) and another "Single Parents" (1.716 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11).
Meanwhile, FOX (1.507 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) served up repeats of "Empire" (1.739 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8) and "Star" (1.276 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11).
And finally, second runs of "Riverdale" (0.475 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T14) and "All American" (0.314 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T14) on The CW (0.395 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5) rounded out the night.
Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - The 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors (vs. The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (Repeat))
· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.6/4 with an encore telecast; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 1.7/5 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.4/4 with an encore.
· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.4/2 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.3/2 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 with an encore.
· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.0/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.
· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore; CBS's "Late Late Show," 0.9/3 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.2/2 in 18-49 with an encore; "Late Late Show," 0.2/2 with an encore.
· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.5/2 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.1/1 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (12/27/17):
NBC (4.782 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1) led the final Wednesday of 2017 with a special "The Wall" (5.490 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1) followed by a rebroadcast of "Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love" (4.429 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3).
FOX (2.779 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #2) then was a close second with its annual telecast of the "Foster Farms Bowl" (2.779 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3).
Next up was ABC (2.850 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #3) and its repeat lineup of "The Goldbergs" (3.532 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2), "Speechless" (2.693 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6), "Modern Family" (2.935 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3), "American Housewife" (2.658 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6) and "Match Game" (2.643 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #9).
Meanwhile, CBS (4.668 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #4) likewise opted for repeats of "The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special" (5.275 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6) and "SEAL Team" (3.455 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #10).
And finally, the special "EA Madden NFL 18 Challenge" (0.671 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #12) and a repeat "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (0.974 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #11) on The CW (0.822 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #5) rounded out the night.
Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - The Wall (vs. 12/4/17)
+25.00% - The Wall (vs. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeat))
0.00% - Foster Farms Bowl
-33.33% - EA Madden NFL 18 Challenge (vs. Arrow (Repeat))

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Curated by Sheila McMath, the Canadian Clay and Glass Art Gallery hosted seven Canadian glass artists for their latest exhibition Trajectories. Each artist won the RBC Award of Glass between 2008 and 2016.
The artists use various glass manipulation techniques in their works. One technique is glass blowing, used in works such as Brad Turner's Redundant Vessels, a series of blown glass shaped as vessels inside one another.
Another glass manipulation technique is water jet cutting, a technique used in Glass Flooring by Rachel Wong. This piece uses brick, stainless steel, and brass as well as glass to create a pattern on the ground.
Some artwork, such as Final Harvest: Hollow Catch by Benjamin Kikkert, make use of other materials such as copper elements and mixed media in their work.
One mixed media work that stands out is Can't stop thinking about love and my body by Ito Laïla François. This installation uses various materials outside of glass, such as rope, transferred images, and wool. The work gives off a fishing vibe with the hooks on the ground and fins hanging from the ceiling.
Each glass artist is unique in their use of glass craftsmanship.
Trajectories will run at the Canadian Clay and Glass Art Gallery until Mar. 18.


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Why in the land of haute cuisine, do the French have such an appetite for pizza?
The French regularly challenge Americans as the world's biggest scoffers of pizzas but why in the land of haute cuisine and great gastronomy do they eat so much of it? Here are a few reasons.
Published: 19 March 2018 12:00 CET
Photo: AFP
Ever noticed how much the French love pizza? The pizzerias, the food trucks, the take away joints (not to mention the pizzas in the supermarket aisles) are everywhere in France, a country that has so much of its own fine cuisine.
A look at the numbers reveals just how much the French love their pizza.
In 2015 the French ate a stomach-churning 819 million pizzas – that's around 26 per second each year. That's ten million more than the 809 million they scoffed in 2014.
To put the French appetite for pizzas in context, they scoff around 10kg of pizza per head every year, that's enough to put them second in the world league table, just behind the 13kg of pizza digested by Americans each year. And the French are well ahead of the Italians, the inventors of pizza, who were in 10th place for eating 5kg on average per person each year.
Some 96 percent of French people declare a love for pizza – their favourie being the Reine – (tomato sauce, ham, cheese and mushrooms) followed by the margherita and 84 percent order pizzas at home.
There are some 13,000 pizzerias in France and 5,000 pizza food trucks. Not to mention the automatic pizza dispensers (see below) that are dotted around the country that means the French can satisfy their pizza appetite at all hours of the night.
Here are at least a few reasons why the French are so ready to forgo any other meal and grab a slice.
Comfort eating
Pizza is the number one comfort food for the French according to a 2018 Harris Interactive survey. The study states more than 8 out of 10 French people eat to comfort themselves when they feel depressed. Of those 8 out of 10, 34 percent said pizza is their go-to dish to ease the blues. Hamburgers and fries come in a close second at 28 percent, followed by pasta at 25 percent.
A contrast
It's official, the French take the most time eating and drinking compared to other countries a new survey revealed.
So if it's the norm is to sit down, and spend hours chatting and slowly eating every bite, grabbing a pizza and throwing it in the oven might sound pretty tempting every once in a while. In other words pizza is a switch from the usual Gallic dining routine.
Bernard Boutboul, director of Gira Conseil, believes one of the reasons the French love pizza is because it contrasts to the traditional meal time setting French people are used to.
But pizza also fits in perfectly well with another French trait, he said.
"It's a dish which you share, which fits in with our culture based on conviviality," Boutboul explained, adding that dough or bread-based foods topped with a choice of ingredients "always work very well".
It's cheap
While eating out is not necessarily overly expensive in France, even in Paris, there's no doubt that pizza is generally a cheaper option and attractive to those on a tight budget.
The average price of a pizza in France is €6.15, according to a 2017 Gira Conseil study, which means you get to be full and have a tasty meal. That price takes into account the price of pizzas sold in supermarkets as well as those in restaurants.
In recent years France has seen a real price war for takeaway pizzas with the average price falling from €12 to €10 in just the last year.
It's a long-term relationship
Carole Saturno, a journalist and cookbook writer in Paris explained to The Local the success of Italian cuisine in general in France.
Referring to research by Paris-based academic Daniele Zappalà, geographer, who studied the Italian cuisine in France Saturno that over history Italian cuisine became popular in France with the increased trade and immigration.
So pizza has always been beloved in France, but overtime marketing has helped expand the popularity of the iconic Italian dish.
Luckily, France's long and loving relationship with pizza has also lead to some mouthwatering pizzerias.
Saturno told The Local to visit Popine, Da Graziella and Il Brigante, and Pizzeria Popolare in Paris for the unbeatable value for money of the margherita.
(Photo: Bex Walton/Flickr)
It's science, and it's the cheese
According to the Yale Food Addiction Scale, pizza is at the very top of the addiction scale. And it's all because of the cheese.
The study found that the foods most likely to be associated with addictive eating behaviors were the more fatty, processed foods.
But cheese has a particular ingredient that makes it more addictive, a protein found in all milk products called casein.
This protein releases opiates called casomorphins during digestion, and casomorphins stimulate the dopamine receptors that eventually drive the addictive behavior.
And who eats the most cheese in the world? The French. France has the highest per capita consumption rate of cheese, with 26.8 kg of cheese consumed in 2015.
So having an addiction for fromage is naturally going to push the French towards ordering a cheese and tomato pizza.
by Courtney Anderson
The Local [email protected] @thelocalfrance
Bio, artisan and red label: What do French food and drink labels really mean?
What does the AOP/AOC label on French food and wine mean – and are these products better?
From home-made to made in France, organic to artisan, AOP to Red Label - French food and drink products have a bewildering array of different labels and quality marks - here's what they all mean.
Updated: 27 January 2023 08:27 CET
In France, there are many different types of étiquette to be aware of when purchasing food, drink or other products. However, this étiquette does not have to do with behaviour – rather it is the French word for label or sticker that might designate certain properties about an item being purchased.
Here are some that you might run into while shopping in France:
Wines and other beverages
French wine often has several different designations and labels that you might come across. In France, wine is labelled based on region rather than grape.
Cru – the word "cru" – translated as 'growth' – on a wine label signifies that it was grown in high-quality vineyard or growing site, and provides further proof to where the wine was produced.
Vin Bio – this designates a product, and in this case, wine as being organic. You will also find a bio (pronounced bee-yo) section of fruit and veg in most French supermarkets as well as plenty of other products with a bio label. Most towns and communes regularly host a marché bio – a market where all the products on sale are organic.
Here is an example of what the label looks like:
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To be certified as bio, producers must follow a set of EU specifications around how products are grown, which limit the use of chemicals such as fertilisers, pesticides and weedkillers. The bio brand is a protected mark.
Vin natural – While bio refers to how the grapes are grown, 'natural wines' refers to the process of turning the grapes into wine.
This is more vague than organic as there isn't an agreed set of standards for what constitutes a 'natural wine'. Producers label their bottles vin méthode nature (natural wine method) but you'll also frequently see and hear vin naturel or vin nature to describe these products. In general, it means a wine that has no additives used during the wine-making process and no or few added sulphites, which can mean that natural wines taste different.
Not all organic wines are natural and not all natural wines are made with organic grapes, although the two tend to go together.
Vin biodynamique – Growers who embrace the biodynamic method go a step further and as well as cutting out chemicals they also plant and harvest their crop according to the lunar calendar.
Biodynamic isn't a protected mark and a biodynamic wine isn't necessarily organic or natural, but vine growers who go to the trouble of following the lunar calendar are generally pretty committed to producing their product in a more natural way.
Champagne (capital C) – The sparkling wine known as Champagne can only be produced in the French Champagne region, otherwise it's just sparkling wine. In fact, the Champagne industry has a skilled team of lawyers tasked with insuring that the name "Champagne" is not being used inappropriately or incorrectly. Champagne is a famous example of the French AOC (more on this below).
READ MORE: 'The price of glory' – Meet the Champagne industry lawyers charged with protecting the brand name
Geographic designations and traditional techniques
In France, there are three different labels that determine where a product comes from and whether it was made according to certain traditional standards.
L'Appellation Contrôlée (AOC) – This designation can either indicate that a product comes from a specific geographical area or that it was produced following a certain traditional technique. Under French law, it is illegal to manufacture and sell a product under one of the AOC-controlled indications if it does not comply with the criteria of that AOC. In order to make them recognisable, all AOC products carry a seal, with a number as well as the name of the certifying body.
You can see an example of the label below:
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The colour of the seal indicates the product classification: green for field products and red for dairy products.
It is worth keeping in mind that simply being considered an AOC product does not necessarily mean that the quality will be better than a non-AOC product, as it is focused on either geographical location or technique used when cultivating the product. The AOC designation is typically applied to certain wines and cheeses, though it can be extended to other products too.
READ MORE: What does the AOP/AOC label on French food and wine mean – and are these products better?
AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée) – the European Union operates a similar geographical protection system that recognises products that are the "result of a unique combination of human and environmental factors that are characteristic of a given territory".
The two labels are pretty much the same, but the AOC is French and older, while the AOP is recognised on a European level.
In most cases, in order to apply for AOP designation, the product must already have an AOC recognition at the national level and then it is later registered with the European Commission.
For France, the AOP concerns certain dairy products – specifically, 45 cheeses, 3 butters, and 2 creams – other foods like "Grenoble walnuts" are also listed as AOPs.
As for non French products, Gorgonzola cheese is an example of an Italian AOP.
La Spécialité Traditionnelle Garantie (STG) – In English this would be referred to as the "Traditional Speciality Guarantee". This is another European-wide label. It attests that a food product has been manufactured according to a recipe considered traditional.
The first French STG was "Bouchot mussels" which are collected using a traditional aquaculture technique.
Quality labels
Label rouge – This French label allows you to identify superior quality products. It has been in existence for over 60 years – according to the French ministry of economy, Landes chicken was the first food product to be awarded the label. Label rouge can be applied to food products as well as non-food agricultural products, such as Christmas trees or flowers.
For example, a Christmas tree might qualify for the Label rouge if it is: from the Nordmann or Spruce species, free from parasites (fungi and insects); fitting the proper aesthetic criteria for shape, colour, symmetry and density; and fresh – meaning cut down after November 21st.
Nutri-score – this five letter label designates food products based on their nutritional value. This is regulated by public health authorities. The logo is on packaging and ranges from A (dark green, most nutritious) to E (dark orange, least nutritious).
Artisanale – this is a protected "appellation" (title) that was created in 1998, and it regulates 'craft' products according to French law – the most common usages are for bakeries and breweries but it's used for a wide range of products.
People running the business must be able to prove a certain relevant education and qualification level and register with the trade organisation or guild for their craft.
For example, bakery owners must register the boulangerie with the Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat and take a preparatory course.
Typically, artisan producers promise to use non-processed materials and they must also follow certain quality rules. For example, bread sold in these artisan boulangeries cannot have been frozen.
French bread and pastry designations
When buying your baguette at the boulangerie, there are some differences to be aware of.
Baguette Tradition – As suggested by the name, this designation means that the baguette was made using the traditional ingredients – only flour, yeast, salt and water. These were decided upon as part of the French government's 'bread decree' of 1993. It also indicates that the baguette is free of any additives or preservatives.
Baguette – A regular baguette could contain extra ingredients like grains, cereals or nuts – or any chemical additives or preservatives.
Boulanger de France – This label is relatively new in France – it was launched in 2020 in order to help differentiate artisinal bakeries from industrial ones. In order to obtain the label, then the bakery must respect certain quality regulations (eg. salt dosage used in bread, and specific recipes and manufacturing methods). Also, boulangers who apply for this label also commit themselves to favouring seasonal products.
Other French labels you might come across
Fait maison – this means 'home made' in French, and the logo for this type of dish looks like a little house.
You might see this label when at a restaurant or when buying food. In essence, it means that the dish was cooked on the spot. It also means that the dish was made with unprocessed ingredients, and that the only processed ingredients are those listed HERE.
Made in France (or Fabriqué en France) – It may be a bit misleading, but the label "Made in France" does not mean that 100 percent of the manufacturing steps for the product were carried out in France, but it signifies that a significant part were indeed done in France. This label is applied primarily to "consumer and capital goods", but it can also be attributed to certain agricultural, food and cosmetic products, according to the French ministry of economy.
In order to qualify for this label, a part of the French customs body (Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes or DGCCRF) must authorise the label. If a product simply contains colours associated with France or a French flag, that does not necessarily mean it was entirely produced in France.
The penalties for falsely using a "Made in France" label, which are laid out in the French consumer code (article L. 132-2) are up to two years imprisonment and a fine of up to €300,000, which may be increased, depending on whether there were benefits derived from the offence.
Origine France Garantie – This label is awarded by the "Pro France association" to both food and non-food products that can prove to have had the majority of manufacturing operations (at least 50 percent of its per unit cost) carried out in France and that the parts of the product that constitute its 'essential characteristics' were manufactured and produced in France.
Terre textile – This label attests that at least 75 percent of the textile product's manufacturing was carried out in the French geographical area that it references – for example the label would indicate a part of France, like Alsace, and then below it would say "Terre textile".
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Slow motion video analysis identifies gait abnormalities not captured with the naked eye. This combined with a strength and flexibility assessment will allow us to help you correct inefficiencies, which will lead to faster times and fewer injuries.
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What is an Ice Age?
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Our planet Earth has experienced several periods of warming and cooling episodes throughout its history. The Ice Age is a period in the Earth's history that began around 70,000 years ago. As the name suggests, it was a period when the climate was way colder than it is today. In fact, it was the time when most of the Earth's surface was buried under sheets of ice.
Causes of Ice Age
The geologists believe that the ice age was not caused by one event but a series of factors resulted in the cooling of the Earth, including the planet's position to the sun, its tilt, and certain changes in the Earth's atmosphere. Small changes over a very long period of time resulted in such a dramatic change in the climate.
Discovery of the Ice Age
Swiss scientist Louis Aggasiz was one of the first few scientists to study the evidence of the Ice Age. In the mid 1800's, he told the other scientists that the boulders they saw randomly placed on the Earth's surface out of nowhere had been left by glaciers. No one believed him and discarded his theory, calling it foolish. They were of the opinion that those boulders were placed there by the Noah's flood or witchcraft.
Life during the Ice Age
During the Ice Age, the Earth's surface was completely frozen. This type of barren and cold biome is known as the tundra. Only a few plants, including the evergreen trees, could grow in the frozen soil. The main occupation of men during that period was hunting. Every part of the hunted animals was used for something or the other. Their flesh was used for eating, skins were used as clothing, blankets and shelters and bones were used for making tools and weapons.
Some of the important animals of those times were the woolly mammoth, woolly rhinos, bears, and reindeer. People used to make the pictures of these animals on the walls of their caves. Scientists have also found the frozen fossils of these animals.
Are we living in an Ice Age?
Yes, you would be surprised to learn that we are currently living in an ice age called the Quaternary Ice Age. The Earth is in a warmer stage of the ice age known as the interglacial period. In other words, an interglacial period is a warm period between the cold periods of the Earth where the glaciers are receding.
How many Ice Ages has the Earth experienced?
According to the scientists, the Earth has experienced five major ice ages which are as follows-
Huronian – The Huronian Ice Age lasted from about 2400 to 2100 million years ago and was one of the longest ice ages. Scientists believe that the lack of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere caused it.
Cryogenian – The Cryogenian Ice Age lasted from 850 to 635 million years ago. Scientists sometimes call the Earth during this phase as the 'Snowball Earth' also.
Andean-Saharan – The Andean-Saharan Ice Age took place between 460 to 430 million years ago.
Karoo – The Karoo Ice Age lasted around 100 million years between 360 to 260 million years ago. It is named after glacial tills in Karoo, South Africa.
Quaternary – The most recent ice age is the Quaternary Ice Age. It started about 2.5 million years ago and is still going on.
3 Interesting fun facts about Ice Age
Ice Age is not an event that happens quickly. It is actually a very long-term natural phenomenon that lasts for several million years.
The animals that lived during the Ice Ages were generally quite large and fully covered with fur. Scientists also call them 'Megafauna'.
The famous Disney movie 'Ice Age' is based on this period.
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FWS Movie Review: STAR WARS VII: The Force Awakens (SPOILER FREE!)
Some mock science fiction and call it the bottom of entertainment, literature, and cinema. However, Star Wars proves that science fiction is not just a generational thing, or even a western world thing, but it is a global thing that crosses the gap between rich and poor, young and old, and male and female. Since 1977, Star Wars has altered common global culture, the world of cinema, and science fiction forever. The original holy trilogy ran from 1977 through 1983, and then there was the gap of decades until the prequel were announced in 1994 some eleven years after Jedi. From 1999 to 2005, the unholy, shitty Prequel films tarnished the world of Star Wars, and it was believed that this would be the way the Star Wars films ended...with a flaming bag of dogshit. As Lucas altered and raped our childhood with new elements to the holy trilogy, the deal with Disney was looming. In October of 2012, it was announced that Disney had bought LucasFilm and the mouse would be making more Star Wars films, starting with the sequel trilogy. In November of 2014, we finally got to see the first trailer for The Force Awakens and reaction was strong that these new films would be a return to good Star Wars films...so, is it? Here is my Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens SPOILER FREE review. I saw this film in Dallas on IMAX 3D at an 1000am showing on 12/21.
The Basic Plot (Maybe Minor Spoilers!)
It has been 30 years after the Battle of Endor, and in the First Order has arisen from the ashes of the Galactic Empire. Siding against the First Order is the Republic. While the Republic and the First Order are not engaged directly, the Resistance is the insurgency to the First Order and is being supplied by the Republic. Now, there are forces at work to destabilize the situation in the galaxy...and that is where the film opens.
For the most part, Star Wars VII: the Force Awakens is a solid, very enjoyable Star Wars that ranks up there with The Empire Strikes Back, and is the second best sci-fi film behind The Martian this year. It has the soul, character, world of Star Wars all there with healthy doses of Star Wars IV: A New Hope to create a bridge between the classic films and this new generation of action figures...I mean...heroes. This is the film that we fans deserved in 1999 and it has redeemed the promise of Star Wars after the abortion that the prequels were.
While there are tons of SFX, they are a fusion of practical and CGI that makes The Force Awakens more real than the plastic prequels. The connection to the old characters is there, and it is more than just fan service. The new characters are real characters in their own right and I was excited to see the development on Kylo Ren as more of a real character than a set piece. The film manages to get the little element rights, along with the big ones. I laughed, I cried, and I marveled at the world of Star Wars again. For me, this movie was more "the fans awaken" than the Force awakens.
As I said above, The Force Awakens is strongly connected to the original 1977 film in more than just imagery. For those of us that have seen the ANH repeatedly, The Force Awakens can feel like a retread in both theme and plot points. You knew what was going to happen, and while the film is very good, it can feel very borrowed, and that some of the film's plot points are there just because of that. This is true of one of the only major thing I really disliked about the film.
The great looming menace that our heroes have to deal with is just a borrowing of ANH element, that it makes little sense on its own. Since this is spoiler-free, I cannot say more than that. Also, the movie moves very quickly from place to place, like most Star Wars films, and the scenes on planet Jakku are the longest. This jumpiness is even more apparent in order to make the combining of the new generation and the original, the film needed to throw together characters, like the original film or The Phantom Menace, and that can also feel forced. and things being done because the script says so. Another thing I disliked was the lack of explanation over the current political situation in the galaxy and who these factions were. I personally think this was done on purpose due to the attention paid to the political situation in the prequels to death.
Also, I was surprised by the tacked on nature of the big central question in the background of the whole film, and then it is solved in the final few minutes and the ending feels rushed. I honestly thought the end scene in The Force Awaken should have been saved for episode VIII. Then that brings to my last "Bad" portion of The Force Awakens...the science. Star Wars has never been about being an ambassador for hard science fiction, and general it is soft science fiction. But, The Force Awakens takes to a new level of softness...like liquid. Several times, I was stunned at the lack of real-world elements and one element was so bad, it derailed the film for a few minutes for me.
Bottomline, The Force Awakens is a very good Star Wars movie that reminds us of how good this universe can be...and brings us to the ugly aspect...it reminds us how bad, crushingly bad, the Prequel films are. For decades, we fans have wanted to see the apex of the Jedi Order, the rise of the Sith, and the Clone Wars...and we got this flaming bag of dogshit. The Force Awakens does not acknowledge the prequels save for one comment, and it show how irrelevant those prequel films and how plastic they appear. This film generated feelings of remorse for ever investing anytime into the prequels and makes you also wish we could get them remade with the gusto of The Force Awakens. I can honestly saw that when it comes time to buy the Star Wars films on Blu-Ray, I am buying four of them now and not just the original three.
Should You see The Force Awakens....waitaminute...you already have.
Everyone is going to see this that is remotely interested in the film...maybe I should ask another question.
How Does The Force Awakens Fit into the World of Star Wars?
Because Star Wars is a saga that tells the story of the Light and Dark Sides of the Force along with the family history of the Skywalkers, how does this new film fit into the rest of the saga? I can say, very well. The Force Awakens feels like an organic piece of the puzzle and it is a brave start to a new trilogy storyline. It retains that favor of the original films and allows for a bridge from Return of the Jedi to The Force Awakens. My hope is that more of our questions about some of the events in the background are answered in the next two films.
My Big Worry...
To date, JJ Abrams has helmed two of the biggest franchises in the realm of science fiction: Trek and Wars. The excellent job paid to the new Star Wars proves to me that he has talent and can make a excellent film without ripping the original material to shreds...like he did with his "vision" of Star Trek. Honestly, I hate his Trek films and think they are simply pieces of shit that trade on the good and hallowed name of Trek. His Trek is related to the original Star Trek has much has was the World War Z film had in common with the World War Z book. My big worry is that JJ Abrams will not be able to replicate The Force Awakens and we will get films that tarnish the new hope we fans have for the sequel trilogy.
Brien December 21, 2015 at 4:35 PM
JJ isn't directing VIII, so no worries there! :)
William December 21, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Oh...I didn't know that! Very cool...thanks for the heads up. Hope is the not the guy he got for the 3rd Trek Abortion film.
Bellarius December 22, 2015 at 3:44 PM
Forgive me for asking, while I do certainly appreciate a much more balanced opinion here than the hype pieces passed off as reviews elsewhere, did you have nothing to say about the plagiarism of the story? Even getting over how the film basically serves as a "best of" for the classic Star Wars films by repeating its events, a lot of plot elements were directly lifted from the Expanded Universe. The same one Disney and Abrams helped to push into becoming non-canon supposedly so they could be free to tell their own story.
Sword Jockey December 22, 2015 at 9:04 PM
Thank you for the much more critical review than most, I agree with most of it and I bet the science problem is the same one I had, And if JJ had just taken the Galaxy Gun from the EU it'd solve the Problem.
My biggest problem were the characters, Kylo Ren is the worst for most of the movie he is either sulking, whining or throwing a temper tantrum. He is a petulant child not a Sith Lord. Captain Phasma, for being built up a big threat just rolls over immediately. and Finn, spoilers for the first 10 min of the movie His backstory is he was a stormtrooper since a young child, and defects after seeing a fellow stormtrooper die in front of him. now for his actions to defect and after are fine, but throughout the movie he acts way to eager and happy to see people that for most of his life were the closest thing to family for him die. he is the one who should be sulking as Finn betrays everybody he knows for his conscience.
For these criticisms and others I'd give it a 3 out of 5. A little bit more care in the characters, bit better fight choreography, a more distinctive final fighter battle, less redundant plot, and some tighter editing the film would be fantastic. a workable start for a new trilogy, but more work needs to be put in for Episode 8 and 9.
I'm looking forward to Rouge One next year more than this one as Rouge Is actually trying new things for the franchise in film.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to get my criticisms off my chest and everywhere else seems to have drank the cool aid.
I wish I knew more about the SW: EU to discuss the plagiarism aspect of the film. Please tell me more. I do think it is odd how these new films wiped out decades of EU works. Maybe Abrams should have remade the prequels?
And you are correct, The Force Awakens is a Greatest Hits of Classic Star Wars. We shall see if the next two films can create something new. And I too am looking forward to Rouge One.
Since we are talking some spoilers here, I tell what pissed me off in the film and it was lazy goddamn writing.
SPOILERS!
The fucking starkiller station. Lords of Kobol save me. The thing sucks energy off of the nearby sun to charge the weapon, can fire a massive destruct-o-beam lightyears, but it cannot defend itself against X-Wings? The technological scale here is all over the map. I know they were mining ANH, but c'mon! And the worst thing is that audience was clueless about the starkiller planet location in relation to the planets it wiped out.
Oddly enough the Starkiller Station is actually one of the REALLY big ones they directly lifted from the expanded universe. In that there was a weapon known as Centerpoint Station, a vast artificial construct left behind by an unknown alien race. Powered internally by an artificial star, it was discovered and then used as a dyson sphere colony. This turned out to be a bad idea when terrorist groups discovered it was an ancient weapon which could be used to destroy planets and whole systems lightyears away. The first shot was particularly horrific, burning the colony and ripping the cities to burning debris under the force of a partially powered blast.
Sound familiar yet? This is one of about eight or nine BIG story elements which seem to have been lifted right out of the novels, to the point of just up and copying them. The problem is they've been done stupidly, skipping over basic stuff like set-up, development or establishing ideas, often so they can mine some nostalgia. In the case of Centerpoint Station, someone actually brings up the idea of performing a torpedo attack with fighters, only for it to get shot down.
I'm certainly not saying the film is BAD, as you said yourself, there is some good to be found here. The problem is that those good elements seem to just have been copied and pasted from novels the director helped make non-canon, claiming he wanted freedom to tell his own story. It's pretty morally repugnant that he's getting away with this, and even has people defending him by claiming he's "remixing" other author's works.
Sword Jockey December 23, 2015 at 11:35 PM
In the the novelization that uses a older version of the screenplay as a base, the Starkiller Station is a little less stupid. in the novel the Starkiller is powered by dark matter, and instead of a really big lazer it fires a ball of plasma straight into hyperspace. the plasma then exited hyperspace in the targeted system aimed for the star. when the plasma hits the star it causes the star to go nova wiping out everything in the system. Still not good but better than what we get in the film.
"unholy, shitty Prequel films" what are you on about? The prequel films are not that bad. If you want unholy shit, look at the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series. Those are shit.
Squeak December 29, 2015 at 9:04 PM
What JJ did to ST made Me want to weep..
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Kirk Franklin was born on 26 Jan 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas United States. His birth name was Kirk D. Franklin. His is also called Kirk Franklin.
He is a Gospel music singer and author and is most notably known as the leader of urban contemporary gospel choirs such as the Family, God's Property and 1NC .On 20 January 1996, Franklin married long time friend Tammy Collins.
Kirk Franklin released the following albums including Kirk Franklin & The Family (1993), God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation (1997), Whatcha Lookin 4 (1998), Christmas (1998), The Nu Nation Project (2001), The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002), A Season Of Remixes (2003), Hero (2005), Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs for the Storm, Vol. 1 (2006), The Fight of My Life (2007) and Double Play (2010).


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Jessa Crispin (born c. 1978 in Lincoln, Kansas) is a critic, author, feminist, and the editor-in-chief of Bookslut, a litblog and webzine founded in 2002. She has published three books, most recently Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto (2017).

Early life
Crispin is from Lincoln, Kansas; she has described both her hometown and upbringing in her family as very conservative. She attended Baker University in Kansas for two years before leaving without a degree.

Literary career
Crispin began her literary career as publishing outsider who started her blog Bookslut on the side while working at Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas. She eventually came to support herself by writing and editing the site full-time. Bookslut ran for 14 years, with the last issue announced in May 2016. Bookslut received mentions in many national and international newspapers, including The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post.

In 2005 Crispin kept a diary about her work on books for The Guardian. Crispin had a regular column in the online cultural journal The Smart Set, published by Drexel University. She was a book critic for NPR and contributor to PBS's Need to Know. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times and The Globe and Mail, among other publications. She wrote the afterword to Melville House Books' reissue of Heinrich Böll's Billiards at Half-Past Nine.

Personal life
In 2018, Crispin married Nicolás Rodríguez Melo, partly in order to sponsor his visa, and interviewed him for her Public Intellectual podcast about the performance of masculinity and femininity. She has criticized married women in the past: "Marriage's history is about treating women as property, and by being married you're legitimising that history."

Works
The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2015, )
The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016, )
Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto (New York: Melville House, 2017, )
My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains (University of Chicago Press, 2022, )

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External links

 Bookslut Official site (archived)
 An excerpt from The Dead Ladies Project

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I bet you always knew someone who had all the right conditions on his side. Maybe he came from a wealthy family, he had the good looks and was always popular. Things used to fall in his lap. And you envied the guy - you wished you were him.
However, as time passed by, this dude didn't amount to much. In fact he didn't amount to anything. He's always high, unemployed (living of his parents money) or working odd jobs without a sense of purpose or direction.
Meanwhile, you're doing something you love, you have great friends, financial independence and, above all, you're happy to be yourself. And you know you can overcome a lot more obstacles than the guy you used to envy.
What does this have to do with software? - I hear you asking.
Think about this: you'd rather be the guy who does a lot with a little than the guy who has everything in his favor and blows it.
Seriously, who would you rather be? The guy who's at ease with himself and delivers value or the rich dude who has all the toys but can't do anything productive?
Well, I see this obsession people have with the best software. They all want the best software but lemme tell you a secret: the best program won't get you anywhere. It is your content, the creative way you shoot and the way you edit - these will bring you views on YouTube (or whatever measure of success you have), not the software.
As you can tell, I'm biased towards frugality and hard work and I believe only good things can come out of it.
If you ask me, I think I'm somewhere between the two but the truth is I'm still an amateur. I use consumer software and small cameras (occasionally a DSLR from a friend). This works very well for me but maybe because it's my nature to not over complicate things. And yes, I get paid to do videos for clients and I get cool sponsorships from gear and software companies.
Consumer programs are easy to use, yet they provide a range of features that can easily make your videos look professional. So my focus is on the content (footage) - I do my best to capture an interesting subject, then I simply edit the material on music beats. Clean cuts with no fancy effects or silly transitions.
So what I'm saying is to judge your need for an editing program trough the eyes of the amateur first. I am that amateur so if you need to ask me questions, just drop an email or a tweet (I reply to every message I receive).
But isn't free software good enough?
Yup. It is but if you're here, you're probably already frustrated with freeware.
Hell, let me give you a cold shower: you will be frustrated even with paid software. Yup - some crash a lot or they just may not be good enough according to your standards. Relax though - they all come with a 30 days money back guarantee so don't fuss over it.
Also, computer hardware is a thing to consider: some programs won't run very well if your machine is old (or maybe they won't run at all). That's why you need to check the software's system requirements before you buy one. From my experience, I know Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas won't run on my 2008 Dell laptop. Magix does so that's how I decided to buy it.
Take decisions based on practicality.
First step is defining why you need it.
If your intention is to edit holiday videos, vlogs or you simply want to make a few cuts on your raw video, then you'll be set with any in the top 10 prosumer software.
Please note that most of these editors work with the popular video formats that you might get from your device (phone or camera): MP4, MKV, MOV, MTS (AVCHD), 3GPP2, etc. So you don't need a video converter. You simply import your vids onto the timeline and start editing (that's what's gotten me to use Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus).
Affordable. Yup, the lowest price is $49.99 for VideoPad and the highest price is $129.95 for Sony Movie Studio Platinum. PowerDirector (No. 1) is about $99.
You don't need too much hardware, even for editing HD files. I edit with Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus (ranked No. 4) on Dell 1525 Inspiron laptop - I also use a laptop cooler to prevent overheating when exporting the final version of my clip.
Easy to use. The interface of most programs is fairly intuitive: a timeline, a few tabs (Import - Effects - Transitions - Titles) and 3 major workflow tabs (Edit - Burn - Export).
You won't be cool enough... Yeah, dude! If you're using Final Cut Pro (for Macs) or Adobe Premiere, you instantly rise to a high level of coolness. By the way, you'll like Fcp.co if you're on a Mac.
You won't be able to use the premium plugins like Twixtor (for slow motion - creating extra frames with the footage) or ProDad Mercalli (for digital image stabilization). While prosumer software offers slow motion it's based on the actual frame rate of the footage - so you need high fps to render slow motion smoothly.
You don't have all the features like motion tracking or image distort (make wide angle footage look straight), etc.
Now, if you're serious about editing and wanna do this professionally, you might as well start with pro tools and pro software.
The learning curve will be steep indeed but once you get the gist of it, you'll be up there with the exclusive community of pros who bathe in glory (and of course they get all the hot girls...).
If I were to outline the most important reason to be working with professional programs is to have a common ground and a common language with the rest of the pros. You can't be dabbling with consumer software if you're working elbow to elbow with a pro.
The second reason would be to get the maximum out of the footage. I'm talking about dynamic range and color grading, or creating those ultra slow motion sequences with Twixtor, etc.
You can shoot a boring looking scene in a forest with your Red Epic camera (dude, you rock if you have access to that kind of gear!) and make it look like a fantastic and mysterious place by adjusting the colors in Adobe After Effects.
Getting hung up on the best software is silly.
You need to ask yourself this: Do I wanna be a pro or just an amateur? Decide and act accordingly.
Either way, you'll find joy in the creative process: scripting, shooting, editing. You then publish, share and the glory comes as a byproduct (regardless of the software).
So get on with it. Create awesome content and tell your story. That's what we're all waiting for.
Drop a link to your YouTube channel in the comments and let's connect.
i've seen good work done by amateurs. your videos are awesome for an amateur.
Thanks, Mark! I appreciate it.
You have provided great information in this post. Thank you. I currently use Windows Live Movie Maker. As of late, I've been doing a lot of cutting of videos and moving parts around. In doing so, I've had to deal with no sound, no video, and a not saying files are missing. This has become frustrating, putting me in the market for another program. Also one where I can crop out parts of the video.
I've only been using the Plus version for Magix Movie Edit Pro so I can't speak for other versions.
This is how you can do video cropping in Magix. Also check out my full list of Magix tutorials here.
Let me know if this helps. Cheers!


Climate scientists and policy experts testified on the latest climate change research before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. They discussed an array of topics including clean energy technologies, environmental health issues, and climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Witnesses also provided recommendations for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the Earth's atmosphere. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) chaired the committee and Rep. Frank Lucas (R-TX) served as the ranking member.
Environmental Physicist Presents the FACTS on Global Climate Change - Dr. Omar Clay Ph D.


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Special guests at Chennaiyin's penultimate home match
The Tamil Nadu Women's Football team which won it's maiden national title earlier this week and Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, who recently won the World Rapid Chess Championship, were in attendance to support the home team.
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The Tamil Nadu women's team at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of the Chennaiyin FC vs Jamshedpur FC match. - ISL
The Indian Super League match between Chennaiyin FC and Jamshedpur FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, had special guests gracing the occasion. The Tamil Nadu Women's Football team which won it's maiden national title earlier this week and Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who recently won the World Rapid Chess Championship, were in attendance to support the home team.
The Tamil Nadu Women's Football Team beat defending champion Manipur 2-1 in the final. Scoring 25 goals in the competition, Tamil Nadu got the better of teams such as Odisha and West Bengal enroute the final.
READ: TN wins maiden women's National C'ship title
The captain of the team Nandini and tournament's top-scorer Indumathi, who scored ten goals, did a lap of honour with the trophy in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
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List of application problems companies in singapore
HENDOR PE ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Manufacture of other electrical equipment 1M - 5M 2009
About Solidheat Contact Us About Solidheat Solidheat was first established in 1996, and has since then grown to become one of the leading suppliers in the General Surface Finishing industry. Products avaliable are of top quality and are diversed to cater to various industries, which include electronic manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, medical, military and food industries. Products we provide include electric heaters for both industrial and domestic uses, chemical pumps, DC power supplies and thermal control systems. We believe in not only providing top quality products, but also catering to customer needs and saisfaction. We guarentee only the best customer service by providing experienced and friendly sales and technical support team, who are avaliable to assist you in the selection, purchase, and application of products. Furthermore, we provide after sales support to assist with problems that might occur after purchase. Copyright © 2020 Hendor-PE Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
MAGNUS MCKEEVER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD
Singapore Singapore Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies 1M - 5M 1982
The Leading Manufacturer of Chemicals, Corrosion Inhibitors and Lubricants We have been in the Magnus Industrial business since 1958. We are in more than 50 countries worldwide. Our products are widely used in the auto mobile industries, manufacturing, maintenance chemicals, water treatment of boilers and cooling towers. In our product range, we have patents for some of our products. Our research and development department continuously work with the industry leaders to develop new products to solve their challenges. We are committed and try to help solve their problems including helping them to dispose of used chemicals to protect the environment. Our company has more than 600 products for the application in Aerospace Aviation, Manufacturing Industries, on-board Marine Vessels, Mass Transportation and Offshore drilling rigs. Copyright © 2007 www.magnusworldwide.com. All rights reserved. Best viewed in 1024 x 768 or above screen resolution.
FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATES
Singapore Singapore Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy 1M - 5M 2008
During his medical career, he was a member of both the Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine and Harvard Schools Committee for two decades, and served as Chairman of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Ethics for many years. Mr. Voog began his career at Electric Boat in 1960 as a Metallurgical Engineer and served as Engineering Project Manager when he left the company in 1977. Beginning at Sonalysts, Inc. as a Principal Engineer in 1977, when it was an 18-person start-up, Mr. Voog made significant contributions to the company's growth and development for 30 years. Given that Sonalysts was a very flat, entrepreneurial organization, Mr. Voog was able to obtain and manage engineering projects and also create and manage aspects of the internal infrastructure. Frank Zarro is responsible for advising the management committee on program development and project management focusing on three human resource social impact assignments, 1stGig.com, VetsBridge.com and whenpeoplework.com and coordinating a Brownfield application for an environmental remediation project in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. He served as the Director of Development and Special Projects for the New York State Defenders Association where he helped found the Veterans Defense Program which provides assistance to returning U.S. military veterans whose service related PTSD, TBI and substance abuse problems have led them to encounters with the civilian criminal justice process.
KOPPERN AIRE PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Construction of roads and railways <1M 2004
It has grown to become an innovator in the provision of solutions to some of the Air Pollution problems facing industry; not only the recognized problems of the yesterday and today, but also the key issues that are facing us all into the future, particularly safety and our environment.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our product which is achieved by setting high standards of workmanship and the application of the best technology which is kept constantly up to date.
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MCARE LAB PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Construction of buildings <1M 2003
Our professional advisors are always ready to understand from our customers' about their stone surfaces' problems, thereafter, we will offer our expertise and recommendations to address and resolve their problems.
Our products are package and label in different colours for easy identification to cater for the multi-facet problems of stone surfaces, the application instructions are printed clearly for our customers to perform professionally on the job.
mCARE LAB Private Limited is the Sole Manufacturer of the Stone Care Lab line of products after extensive research and development by our team of professionals.
YSL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENTS PTE LTD
Singapore Singapore Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies <1M 1999
YSL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENTS PTE LTD, established in 1999, specializes in supplying bandsaw blades, circular saw blades and sawing machines for all sawing applications.
Our bandsaw welding plant, located here in Singapore, is fully equipped with the reliable and renowned Ideal welding and grinding machines, which ensures quality and consistent welding joints for every bandsaw blade of every size.
Our services includes repair and maintenance of sawing equipments, ensure supply of the suitable sawing equipment for any special application, solving any existing sawing problems, and providing excellent training/consultancy programs on equipment selection and proper equipment usage, to improve production efficiency.
DUSEMUND PTE. LTD.
Contact Us Dusemund Pte Ltd was set up in July 2004. The participation in the CIA2003 exhibition gave the company a boost. We are located at the German Centre in Singapore. Before, Dr. Claus Dusemund worked as a lab leader in R&D and as an engineer and senior technical adviser in the semiconductor and chemical industry. He realized that the combination of specialty products from small European high-tech companies with chemical-technical know-how was a good business concept for South East Asia and is now expanding the team. Ms Serena Lee jointed the team as Admin cum Accounts in June 2009. She also provides customer service. Dusemund Pte Ltd offers products from selected European companies in South East Asia, along with the application support for these products. These are instruments for process control, sensors and analytical equipment. A major product are the chemical withdrawal and quick-connect systems from AS Stroemungstechnik. Claus also provides consultancy and training services in the field of semiconductor, flat panel display and photo-voltaic industry manufacturing especial for wet chemical processes, chemical distribution systems, high purity materials and analytic problems.
CONTRINEX (S.E.A.) PTE LTD
Singapore Singapore Manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment; watches and clocks <1M 2000
Technology leader for sensor intelligence and industrial RFID As an innovator of high-tech sensing equipment, our business is to provide customers with significant technical advantages that will support their success. Contrinex's market-leading products are manufactured to the highest Swiss standards, ensuring excellent quality and reliability. Our customers also benefit from a worldwide network of subsidiaries and qualified sales representatives in over 60 countries. At our headquarters, experienced application and development engineers can also help you find optimum solutions for all sensing problems. CONTRINEX – SENSE MORE, DO MORE Inductive and photoelectric sensor ranges with integral IO-Link interface Miniature, self-contained, inductive and photoelectric sensors Inductive sensors with operating distances up to 4-times standard Mechanically and chemically rugged full-metal inductive sensors Inductive sensors for permanent pressures up to 500 bar (peak 1000 bar) Inductive sensors and RFID tags for operating temperatures up to 230 °C Inductive and photoelectric sensors for the food industry (Ecolab approval) Impervious inductive sensors for washdown areas and outdoor use (IP68 & IP69K) Full-metal sensors for sea-water applications (IP68 & IP69K) Inductive sensors for use in welding cells Photoelectric sensors with background suppression Color and contrast sensors Photoelectric sensors for transparent object detection Sensors for distance measurement
FISHBONE SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Repair of computers and communication equipment <1M 2005
Company Profile Founded in 2004, Fishbone Solutions is a young and vibrant company headed by a dynamic management team committed to service and the belief in excellence. Together with a core group of committed and empowered employees, Fishbone is geared to providing the best and complete IT solutions and professional network services to small and medium corporate clients. Our main areas of specialty are Computer Maintenance & Customized Application Development. As a one-stop solution provider, we supply all hardware, software and other IT services. We specialize in computer sales, design and installation of networks, system upgrades, repairs and maintenance. Our solutions are tailored to increase your company's productivity and efficiency. With over 25 years of combined experienced and expertise, our qualified system & network engineers are excellent at diagnosing and resolving complex problems that may arise at any time or day. To keep abreast with leading edge technology, we at Fishbone Solutions constantly pursue and evaluate the very latest of developments in the IT industry. This ensures that our clients benefit from our tried and tested value-added solutions.
THERMIC AIR-CONDITION SERVICE
Singapore Singapore Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities <1M 2001
We liaise closely with our customers from the first inquiry to the final invoice; it leads us through a very close partnership in maximizing our engineering expertise in resolving problems and in return meeting fast turn around time with minimum cost.
Our mission is to delight our customers with not only meeting fast turnaround time and affordable pricing but also the highest technical performance and reliability for all our services and products.
Our core expertise is in the application of thermal spray coating and optimizing of coating quality for specific industrial applications through manipulating of material microstructures and surface properties.
IFSC PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering <1M 2016
TRANSFORMING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IFSC (Integrated Facilities Services Consulting) Pte. Ltd. is a technology innovation company providing advanced integrated solutions for the facilities services industry. IFSC is dedicated to transforming the way urban facilities are managed through the integrated use of human resources, process, technology, and change management. IFSC uses data-driven optimisation heuristics to provide continuous insight into how an urban facility can be holistically managed in an efficient, reliable and sustainable way. Technology enablers used to achieve this include automation, robotics, data analytics, sensors and workforce management applications, among others. A leading provider of integrated next-generation solutions that keep facilities clean, functional and secure. SERVICES Cleaning Robotics SMART Toilets Smart technologies like People Counter Sensors and Feedback panel allow for cleaning on demand. Cleaners can also be alerted through Smart Watches to rectify problems. Our Facilities Management Software and Training Application are applicable in various sectors (cleaning, security, maintenance, building and F&B). Consultancy Services Our company provides end-to-end service support, consultation, project management and solution design for various technology implementations and workflow process. Workforce Smart Watch Our Smartband system allows you to track your workforce and delegate ad-hoc work orders remotely. This watch also comes with additional health tracking features.
UNIPHORE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Computer programming, consultancy and related activities <1M 2016
In a survey commissioned by Uniphore, Opus Research asked 500 influential executives in the contact center and customer experience domain about the perceived value of Speech Analytics and to ascertain the impact on plans to procure and deploy such resources in the future.
Our innovative and patented solutions harness the power of natural speech to help you build enterprise class service delivery platforms that address real consumer problems.
Our solutions allow any software application to understand and respond to natural human speech, thus enabling humans to use the most natural of communication modes, speech, to engage and instruct machines.
DELTACOM INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
Outstanding leadership in implementing best-practice storage networking solutions, managing IT Infrastructure project completed on-time within budget, performing change management, deploying Standard Operating Environment SOE and ensuring compliance.
Lead implementation of converis web application on AWS govt-cloud, coordinate cross-functional to troubleshoot & resolve various Pentaho BI Data Integration (kettle) issues, Extract Transform Load large database into Postgres/Oracle, validate advance analytic reporting, achieve database consistency integrity as required Plan & execute work-order based on customer requirements, prepare project schedule & weekly 4UP status report, review & validate implementation plan script to ensure successful Turn-Over-Production, coordinate unix, network & external vendors team to execute change request, complete the project closure on time, within budget Lead change implementation plan of virtual private cloud based on requirements, organize workshop to clarify scope features functionality, obtain concurrence VMware virtualization design to improve service-level, coordinate to troubleshoot & resolve RHEL & web application issues action decision, complete the project on time, within budget Lead system integration of ERP web application based on customer needs, organize workshop to document challenges in business ordering process & user interface requirements, recommend & implement ERP web application solutions with various components to improve service level, handover to operational team Oversee Big Data splunk deployment into singtel network infrastructure, organize meeting to collect application logs from various network devices, analyze big data & perform correlation needed, present comprehensive search result into dashboard, improve enterprise security significantly Manage Data Center Infrastructure relocation project, plan & organize cross-functional teams to breakdown work dependencies, discuss & collaborate with clients, engineers & management to resolve space capacity sizing connectivity issues, achieve smooth transition 2.
Conduct weekly PowerPoint/MS excel presentation to highlight technical issues, action, decision in priority, facilitate key resources with different expertise, assign ownership for each problems, allocate enough headcount to respond to compatibility issues arise, achieve smooth transition 3.
NEW FUTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Non-specialized wholesale trade 2013
The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems. – Myron Tribus, in: Rational Descriptions, Decisions and Designs, Pergamon Press, 1969. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. Design but the flower. Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change… Engineers operate at the interface between science and society. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind. – S. They make the design. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn't know it was missing. What but design of darkness to appall?–
R.T.P. HOLDINGS PTE LTD
Singapore Singapore Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis 1991
You are here: Home / About RTP Company / What is Specialty Compounding? What is Specialty Compounding? RTP Company compounds a wide range of engineering thermoplastics. Compounding is a process of melt blending plastics with other additives. The final product is called a compound or composite. Compounding starts with a base resin or polymer. RTP Company has experience with more than 60 resin systems, each of which has unique characteristics that make it suitable for use in certain applications. By incorporating an extensive range of additives, fillers, and reinforcers, a wide range of properties can be achieved in conductivity, flame retardance, wear resistance, structural, and precolored. Our engineers independently select the additives based on your unique performance criteria. Compounding is done in several steps. Resin and additive(s) are fed through an extruder where they are combined. The melted compound exits the extruder in strands about the diameter of yarn. Specialty compounding is an exacting, yet creative, science. RTP Company imagineers a wide range of materials, resulting in a unique compound that solves your application problems and delivers the solution with some of the shortest lead times in the industry.
XORION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LP
Singapore Singapore Activities of holding companies 2017
We are a supplier and specialist of engineering solutions and products/materials. We are also active in the research and development, manufacturing and supply of technologically advanced construction materials, and systematic green solutions. Our products, technologies, and application methodologies are trademarked under the "Chemilink" Series. Chemilink aims to become a leader in Zero Waste Engineering incorporating technology, construction material and application methodology internationally, through continuous research and development. We constantly improve our methods to provide cost-effective and green products, with superior quality and innovative application technologies, to cater for different needs of the infrastructure and building construction industry. With a comprehensive range of materials and services that cover major areas of construction, Chemilink functions as the Specialist offering our "Total Solution" for our clients' construction needs. As we build our roads and cities, we believe in zero waste engineering, and minimizing the harm done to the natural environment. Chemilink Technologies and Products not only reduce the demand for natural resources – for which extraction is frequently harmful to the Earth, it also turns construction wastes, that are commonly dumped illegally and causing environmental problems, into reusable construction materials. We also provide "Chemilink Technology Transfer Services" to the local community through technical training, construction supervision, project management, quality assurance and quality control.
ASPIRE TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD
Singapore Singapore Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 2000
Sat: 9:30 - 12:00 Aspire Technology Pte Ltd was established in year 2000. We are in the distribution of products and services to Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Semiconductor, Ultra Pure Water, Potable Water, Wastewater treatment industries and all related industries in South East Asia. Our capabilities include fabrication, and machining and electrical control panel assembly services. Aspire Technology Pte Ltd has been solving customers' problems and a trusted supplier to our customers with the application of our products usage, technical support and qualities services. Our core values are integrity, continue to strive for improvement, good qualities of services and ensuring all our workers work in safe environment. If you find a high quality constructor for your project?
THERMIC COATING INDUSTRIES PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; metalworking service activities 2010
LEROY-SOMER (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE LTD
Emerson Automation Solutions United States Finding solutions to your problems just got easier with access to experts, locally-available services, training, customer experiences, the latest news, and more! Emerson has developed a comprehensive portfolio of industry expertise, with a network of global industry centers and thousands of industry and application experts, many of whom have faced the same challenges you do today. Emerson helps manufacturers achieve top quartile business performance through the industry's broadest portfolio of technologies to measure, control, optimize and power their operations – and the experience and expertise to solve their toughest problems. From reliable, easy-to-use and innovative products to responsive, expert services, your path to improved performance starts here. Flow control and pneumatic solutions that enable processes to operate more reliably and machines to run more efficiently. An innovative, comprehensive portfolio of pressure management solutions that define industry standards for repeatable, bubble-tight shutoff and long life. Smart pneumatics that deliver steadfast, long-lasting performance and IoT connectivity to keep industrial automation applications operating with greater reliability and safety. Premium manual and automated ball valves and actuators, capable of a million cycles a year, making them the reliable, efficient and long-lasting solution in the chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas industries.
MYPC PTE. LTD.
Singapore Singapore Retail sale of information and communications equipment in specialized stores 2013
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The Master Builder
The UA Museum Of Art's New Head Aims To Assemble Fresh Programs, And Maybe A New Building.
University of Arizona Museum of Art
WHEN CHARLES A. Guerin came to the University of Arizona to interview for the top job at its art museum, he got lost.
"I couldn't find the museum," he said one recent morning, now securely ensconced in the executive director's office behind the Jacques Lipschitz exhibition. It's easy for Tucsonans, let alone a job candidate, to have trouble finding the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Constructed almost 50 years ago, the building is set in the fine arts complex at the north end of campus. The courtyard itself is congenial, but the whole place turns a forbidding back on the city.
"It's difficult to find. It's difficult for the not-able-bodied, for people who can't walk long distances," Guerin said. Compounding the architectural access problems are parallel problems of artistic access. Exhibition space is so cramped that much of the permanent collection is locked away, and inadequate storage has actually prevented the museum on occasion from buying or accepting gifts of new treasures.
"This museum is bursting at the seams," Guerin said. "We have outgrown our storage capacity. It's a crime how little of the collection can be shown at any one time."
Guerin is not alone in thinking that the museum's dual access problems are a big part of the reason he got the job, succeeding the late Peter Bermingham. UAMA supporters have long dreamed of a new building, and Guerin looked like the candidate most likely to deliver one. (Passed over by the search committee were longtime UAMA administrator Lee Karpiscak, who had been acting director after Bermingham's death, and Elaine King, an East Coast curator and critic with an art history Ph.D.)
"By hook or by crook, I developed a reputation as someone who works in institutional change," Guerin said. "I suppose that's what attracted the UAMA to me."
He's fresh out of a 14-year stint in Laramie, Wyoming, where as executive director of the University of Wyoming Art Museum he presided over the construction of a brand-new building, completed in 1993. He shepherded the whole project, from fundraising to installing the collection, and managed as a bonus to snag the services of hot-shot architect Antoine Predock, who also designed ASU's Nelson Fine Arts Center. Even before the Laramie project, when he was curator of fine arts at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, from 1980 to 1986, he oversaw a "significant renovation ... of the glorious 1950s Art Deco structure." He's also consulted on the design of a U.S. Figure Skating Museum and the Fort Carson Museum of the Army.
If he gets the chance to plan a new UAMA building, Guerin said he'd look for a more welcoming design that would not only invite the community in, but be big enough to show the community much more of the art that it has.
"I'd be in favor a facility at the edge of the campus that helps soften the relationship between the university and the neighborhood, (that) creates an open door."
However, he added, "It's premature to say I came here to build a building." Just for starters, the Regents would need to approve it, a site would have to be selected and funds would have to be raised. "My approach will be to listen quite awhile to the community and to the staff, and then to map out the museum's future."
For his part, he said, Guerin was attracted to the museum job by Tucson itself, which "has a reputation for being supportive of the arts," by the museum's fine holdings and by an impressive acquisitions budget, funded by a private gift. The UAMA, he said, of all the places he was considering working, "had the strongest collection and a fine reputation for exceptional work." Among the museum's treasures are a surprisingly strong gathering of historical European works, including the superb Retablo de Ciudad Rodrigo, a Spanish painted chronicle of the life of Christ, and significant numbers of works on paper. In the works right now, he said, is a plan to buy some important Dutch still lifes.
Curator Peter Briggs has already lined up the next year's worth of shows, so it will be awhile before the community gets a look at Guerin's curatorial tastes.
"A museum's primary concern is to exhibit the highest caliber shows," he said. "I hope to see an exhibition program of individual artists, thematic art and name-brand artists. ... Our program wants to be broad and balanced," ranging from early modernism to contemporary to decorative arts.
He'll stick with the annual MFA show, a typically in-your-face exhibition by bold young artists, and he'll continue mounting the occasional show of high-quality local artists, such as last year's Barbara Kennedy retrospective. And he intends to do the fund-raising necessary to pay for big-ticket shows that bring in the crowds. The traveling Rodin exhibition of several years back, which also went to the University of Wyoming Art Museum, was an expensive show that fortunately came with its own funding, Guerin said. He noted that in Tucson, as in Laramie, the Rodin brand name brought in people who typically don't find their ways to museums.
But he doesn't plan on a conservative blockbuster-only program. Guerin works in university museums by choice. Not only does he enjoy learning from the young student artists who visit and work in such museums, he said, he relishes the lively intellectual atmosphere that prizes the cutting edge.
"There are so many scholarly and intellectual resources, not only in arts and art history, but in history, women's studies, Latin American studies." At the University of Arizona, he noted, "there's a built-in opportunity to collaborate" with the academic departments as well as the powerhouse Center for Creative Photography right across the way, the "extraordinary" Arizona State Museum and the Arizona Historical Society.
The last show Guerin put together in Laramie was The Landscape Project, a major exhibition that fills 11 galleries and takes an innovative look at art of the last two centuries. Timed to coincide with the turning of the millennium, the show investigates the relationship between 19th-century landscape art and late 20th-century environmental works, teasing out the way both schools of art addressed Americans' relationship to the land. He's particularly proud that the show has made it into cyberspace, in the form of a virtual show on a new museum website (www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum).
A working artist himself, Guerin is a modernist landscape painter who used to show at the now-defunct Elaine Horwitch Gallery in Scottsdale, and now exhibits at a Denver gallery. His day jobs don't give him enough time to paint as much as he would like, "but I will always continue to do it." The Chicago native holds double master's degrees, in printmaking and painting, from Northern Illinois University, where he also studied printmaking as an undergraduate.
He's looking forward to life in Tucson, where he finds the high temperatures a nice change from Wyoming weather ("I left a place where winter is 10 months long"), and where he and his wife will be nearer his in-laws in San Diego. He's eager for the UAMA to work in tandem with the Tucson Museum of Art, and to find a way to link up with the local galleries, and offer moral support to those that are struggling. He's impressed by the citizens' forward-looking vote to fund Rio Nuevo South, a complex of museums and historical reconstructions planned for Tucson's birthplace along the Santa Cruz River. A well-publicized and well-attended University of Arizona Museum of Art, he said, should join with other local cultural institutions to help revitalize the city and "make Tucson a cultural destination point."
At the UAMA, he said, he's the beneficiary of an institutional memory preserved by such longtime staffers as Briggs and Karpiscak.
"I'm sorry (my hire) wasn't under different circumstances," he said, referring to the death of the beloved Bermingham, who was director some 21 years. Had he gotten the job after Bermingham's planned retirement instead of after his sudden death, Guerin would have had the "opportunity to gain his friendship and connect to the (museum's) history and issues."
But he expects to chart a different course from the late director's. "I have no interest in filling his shoes. He did what was exactly right for his time. I want to be the next person, to do what's right for this time."
Margaret Regan
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