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Mercedes-Benz EQC Review: First Drive
By Ishan Raghava | on October 17, 2020
With the brand-new EQC, Mercedes begins a new chapter of electric cars in the modern era. But can the EQC, with an impressive real-world range, make a place for itself in the SUV-obsessed Indian market?
For decades now, Mercedes-Benz has been the benchmark for luxury motoring in India. What's more, it's considered a social symbol of success and wealth – owing a Mercedes means that you've made it in life. And despite the attempts of its German rivals in the past couple of decades, Mercedes still has a special place in the hearts, minds and garages of the affluent in India.
Beacon of change
Now, the automotive world is currently in a state of flux, and regulators are in a state of indecision about the fuel that should propel vehicles in future. Mercedes, though, has always been at the forefront of the technology needed to meet future requirements, and to that end they've launched the EQC 400 in India. This means that the Mercedes EQC 400 is the first fully-electric luxury car in the country. And that's significant, as it's the first product from a range of all-electric vehicles from Mercedes that will hit the global market in a very short span of time.
However, while the EQC varies from its traditional siblings in many ways, its overall design is very similar to that of the car it's based on – the Mercedes GLC SUV. Based on the same platform as the GLC SUV, the EQC has the same profile for the most part, but with a smattering of changes, which include different detailing and unique wheels. Both the front and rear end feature bespoke styling, which distinguishes it from its ICE sibling and even the larger Mercedes SUV line-up.
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Now, most elements of the EQC's interior are similar to that of other Mercedes products, including the excellent multimedia display and centre console controls. However, the extended 'boat-style' dash of the EQC really catches your attention – it's very well designed and gives the interior a premium and unique identity. Its plush seats and good interior quality, along with the unique design touches and fit-and-finish, make the interior a cornucopia of luxury and comfort.
While the EQC doesn't have acres of rear-seat space, it can, nevertheless, comfortably seat four adults.
Streamlining
A lot of work is underway to improve the efficiency and refinement of electric vehicles. A similar focus has been on the aerodynamics of EVs, the results of which are quite apparent in the EQC – as its drag coefficient is pretty low at 0.27. This means that the EQC is incredibly slippery, which, of course, adds to its range on a single charge.
This 'green' Benz is powered by two asynchronous electric motors – one on the front axle and the other on the rear axle. The 80kWh battery is mounted low down in the chassis to ensure a low centre of gravity. However, at around 652kgs, the battery does add a fair amount to the overall weight. A unique aspect of the EQC's electric powerplant are the orange cables, which point to the fact that the EQC uses a high-voltage system – approximately 408 Volts. In other words, it uses special cables to deal with the high-voltage electric current.
How far & fast can it go?
Of course, the first question that comes to mind with regard to an electric vehicle is its range, which is hardly surprising. On a full charge, the EQC is claimed to provide a range of over 450km, according to the NEDC test cycle. The time needed to charge the EQC from 10% to 100% varies from up to 21 hours with a portable charger, to 10 hours with an AC wall box, and 90 minutes with a 110kW DC fast charger.
In terms of the driving experience, the first thing you notice is an eerie quietness that pervades the cabin because of the lack of engine noise. The electric motors propel you in virtually utter silence, but you get used to this uncanny feeling of serenity quite quickly. With its 408bhp and 760Nm of torque, the EQC's acceleration is instant, enough to literally pin you into your seat.
The instant torque from the electric motors and the all-wheel-drive system allow the EQC to do the 0 to 100km/h sprint in just 5.1 seconds, which is fantastically quick and, frankly, quite addictive.
During our test, we drove the EQC both on choked Delhi roads, during peak-hour traffic, and the open Delhi-Jaipur highway, and it constantly indicated a usable range of around 350kms, which is, by all means, a pretty impressive figure.
The question of price
So, if you're looking for a luxury electric vehicle for everyday driving, the EQC ticks all the right boxes. Its size is perfect for Indian roads – although this means that there's limited rear-seat legroom – but that apart, it's powerful, quick, and, most importantly, offers close to 350kms of practical, everyday driving range on a single charge. The problem, of course, is going to be the price. The EQC has been priced at around $70,000 in the US, so expect it to run you over a crore in India after taking into account all the duties that an imported vehicle attracts.
And that's the rub, isn't it? Sure, many Indian customers would want to buy a capable, practical electric SUV like the EQC, but the lack of charging infrastructure and its exorbitant pricing, especially when compared to a similar fossil-fuel-powered vehicle, mar its potential popularity. And this means that the EQC, despite being a technological tour de force, will remain a niche product. Nevertheless, it's still a demonstration of what Mercedes-Benz can offer to the future of automobiles.
The interior includes Mercedes' excellent multimedia display and centre console controls.
The EQC is powerful, quick, and, most importantly, offers close to 350kms of practical, everyday driving range on a single charge.
Engine: Dual Asynchronous AC Motors
Battery: 80kWh Lithium-ion
Transmission: Single-Speed Automatic
Power: 402bhp
Torque: 760Nm
Range: 450+ kms (NEDC test cycle)
Charger Types & Charge Time : 50kWh DC Fast Charger - 1h 30 mins (10-100%)
7.4kWh AC Wallbox - 10 hours (10-100%)
Home Connection 3.4kWh - 21 hours (10-100%)
X-Factor: A premium luxury SUV that is also environmentally friendly – proving that luxury and green don't have to be mutually exclusive.
• Practical range
• Instant acceleration
• Expensive
• Lack of charging infrastructure
Also read - Mercedes-Benz EQC 4x4² Concept redefines e-mobility
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Prior to moving to NYU, Ryan was the inaugural Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Program Director at Harvard Law School. He received his JD from Yale Law School, where he served as an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal. He received a PhD in Sociology from Yale University. After law school, he clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Diversity boss targets David Horowitz, the "outside provocateur" who pushed back.
Editors' note: At the end of the 1960s at UCLA, the Black Panthers and the US organization battled for control of the new Black Studies program. In time, Chicano Studies, Women's Studies, and Queer Studies also gained official recognition. Through the 1970s and 1980s, the University of California system rejected academically-qualified students and accepted others based on race and ethnicity. In 1996, voters responded with the California Civil Rights Initiative, which banned racial and ethnic preferences in state education, employment and contracting.
Twenty years later, UCLA's Vice Chancellor for Equity Diversity and Inclusion is a specialist in "implicit bias" theory but shows a distinct preference for politically correct groups of the Left. Meanwhile, professors of a certain ethnicity and conservative political profile are ostracized for championing free speech. Even their staff and student supporters come under fire.
Below is Part II of Frontpage Mag's 4-part series by Lloyd Billingsley on this state of affairs at UCLA. [Read Part I: HERE. Read Part III: HERE].
UCLA never hosted another Panther-US gun battle, but like Berkeley the campus continued to offer a forum for protest. Students decried the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, and US actions against Communist insurgencies in Central America. Protesters ignored the Soviet Communist dictatorship and oppressive Islamic theocracies like Iran drew little attention. In the years before Jerry Kang became diversity boss, the focus of protest would change.
Muslim UCLA students preferred to protest Israel, a U.S. ally and the only fully functioning democracy in the Middle East. In that region, Israel was the only nation to protect the rights of women and minorities such as homosexuals. For Muslim militants at UCLA the problem went deeper.
Groups as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) were inspired by Hamas and targeted Israel alone. Even so, on the UCLA campus SJP and BDS enjoyed free reign – and even encouragement – by faculty, and administrators such as Jerry Kang, the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. David Horowitz, now a prominent conservative leader, mounted a response.
Posters reading "Students for Justice in Palestine" and "#Jew Haters" began appearing at UCLA. Horowitz called on UCLA to remove campus privileges and funding of SJP because they are a hate group and as such violated UCLA's "Statement of Principles Against Intolerance." On April 19, 2016, Jerry Kang responded with a letter to the entire UCLA community.
"Back in November 2015," Kang wrote, "someone put up hostile posters accusing two student organizations – the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) – of being murderers and terrorists." These were posted anonymously but "an outside provocateur named David Horowitz eventually took credit." This harkened back to the days when reactionary administrators blamed "outside agitators" for activism they didn't like.
"Last Friday, Horowitz struck again," Kang continued. "But this time, he also listed individual students and faculty by name. This serious escalation amounts to a focused, personalized intimidation that threatens specific members of our Bruin community."
Kang said his job was "to build equity for all, and to make sure that there is an equal learning and working environment for everyone, regardless of political or religious affiliation. But if your name is plastered around campus, casting you as a murderer or terrorist, how could you stay focused on anything like learning, teaching, or research?" Kang would sound the alarm about "hateful posters pushed into our school and workplaces by outsiders."
The tactic "may deter scholars elsewhere from staking out unpopular positions. But it won't work here." These posters "violated University policy," and Kang proclaimed, "regardless of our religion, regardless of our politics, we should all agree that thuggish intimidation is beneath us, that demagoguery isn't our style." The next day, David Horowitz responded to UCLA's first Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
"The Vice Chancellor's letter attacked me as a 'provocateur' who last year 'put up hostile posters accusing two student organizations — the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) — of being murderers and terrorists.'" Horowitz wrote. "This is a lie. Actually it is two lies."
The 2015 posters targeted only Students for Justice in Palestine, not the Muslim Students Association. Kang included the MSA, Horowitz wrote, "so that he could condemn me for employing what he called a 'tactic of guilt by association.'" The posters did not accuse SJP of being murderers and terrorists. Horowitz described them as Jew haters "because they support the murderers and terrorists of Hamas, which they do."
The recent poster campaign, "Stop the Jew Hatred on Campus," listed names of UCLA student and faculty activists who support SJP and BDS. Vice Chancellor Kang called it intimidation but as Horowitz explained, "there is no intimidation on the posters, just a list of names" and the posters did not cast those listed as murderers and terrorists, only supporters of the BDS boycott campaign.
As Horowitz noted, "BDS has been denounced by figures as liberal as Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers as anti-Semitic." Even so, Kang "sent a personal letter of support to all those named as activists in behalf of these anti-Semitic campaigns." Kang then went on to "lecture everybody about diversity, tolerance and inclusion."
Horowitz called for a retraction and apology from the University of California, but he didn't get it. Horowitz also urged "some serious reflection" by Vice Chancellor Kang, who should "pause from his homogenized and hypocritical outrage and his truckling to campus radical groups," re-read the First Amendment and "learn to live with opinions he doesn't like." Trouble was, UCLA's first Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion didn't take the advice.
The UCLA community includes people who take issue with Kang's "implicit bias" theory, and people who believe in American values such as merit, due process, and free speech. Under the Kang regime, those people found themselves under fire, even if they were high-quality instructors, and popular with the students UCLA was created to serve.


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Overleigh Orthodontics dental nurses Claire Doolan, 37, of Waverton, and Karen Jones, 33, of Heswall, are taking part in the Cancer Research UK Shine marathon in Manchester on April 17.
The event is the first night time walking marathon in the city.
Claire said: "It started out as a bit of a joke at work. Our work colleagues said we'd never be able to complete it and it kind of snowballed from there.
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by Dan Greenberg on 1/6/2016 • 10:30 AM
Facing a national gun violence epidemic and fierce resistance in Congress to do something about it, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions Tuesday aimed at reducing the toll of firearm-related injury and death.
Chief among his four-pronged approach to immediately strengthen existing gun laws is to require more gun sellers to obtain a license and conduct background checks of would-be gun purchasers. This includes Internet sales or purchases at gun shows, two loopholes of current safeguards. This will help keep guns out of the wrong hands, Obama said, as will strengthening the background check system.
Obama also outlined plans to help make communities safer by increasing enforcement of existing laws, including protections for victims of domestic violence, and announced a $500 million increase for mental health treatment while increasing mental health reporting to the background check system.
"High-profile mass shootings tend to shine a light on those few mentally unstable people who inflict harm on others," Obama said. "But the truth is, is that nearly two in three gun deaths are from suicides. So a lot of our work is to prevent people from hurting themselves."
Lastly the president announced efforts to make guns safer by using the purchasing power of the federal government to help shape improvements in gun safety technology.
Public health and safety leaders applaud
"Our nation's epidemic of gun violence exacts far too high a toll on the health of our communities," said APHA Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD, who attended the White House announcement, in a news release. "The actions the president is announcing today are important steps to help keep guns out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them. These are steps he is able to take using existing law to strengthen gun safety protections, and we applaud them."
During the emotional White House address, Obama honored the lives of those lost and injured by firearms used in mass shootings, suicides, domestic violence and accidental yet preventable shootings. He recognized former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who suffered serious injuries five years ago this week when a gunman shot her and 18 others at an Arizona supermarket.
Giffords and husband Mark Kelly have since become leading gun safety advocates heading up Americans for Responsible Solutions and praised the president's actions.
"We thank the president for standing up to the gun lobby and announcing the most significant national achievement for gun safety since the Brady Bill 22 years ago," the couple said in a statement. "The administration's leadership will significantly narrow the loopholes that let dangerous people buy guns without a background check — a step that the majority of Americans, including Republicans and gun owners like us, support."
"Background checks have blocked more than 2.4 million gun sales to prohibited purchasers, saving countless lives," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, in a statement. "The problem is every day there are thousands of commercial sales where background checks are not required. Thanks to the president's historic action today that will no longer be the case."
Everytown for Gun Safety Chair and former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg called the president's actions "an important victory for public safety and a setback for criminals and gun traffickers."
"With Congress still ducking the issue of gun violence, the president and Vice President Biden are standing up and taking action.," he said in a statement. "I thank them for listening to the voices of everyday Americans, who are helping to advance common-sense gun safety policies in cities and states around the country."
'Congress needs to act'
While the executive actions take immediate effect, their protections only go so far. The president and others underscored that much greater progress on the issue is only possible with congressional action.
"Now, I want to be clear," Obama cautioned. "Congress still needs to act."
"Once Congress gets on board with common-sense gun safety measures we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. But we also can't wait. Until we have a Congress that's in line with the majority of Americans, there are actions within my legal authority that we can take to help reduce gun violence and save more lives — actions that protect our rights and our kids. APHA's Benjamin agreed.
"Clearly more must be done, and as the president has said, Congress needs to act," he said.
"Congress should quickly adopt common-sense measures to prevent gun violence in our communities. These include requiring universal background checks and providing adequate and unrestricted funding for research to better understand firearm-related violence and reduce injuries caused by guns."
Benjamin urged advocates to join APHA in calling on Congress to pass commonsense measures to reduce gun violence.
Obama plans to continue a national conversation on gun violence prevention this week during a town hall event hosted on CNN Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST.
More can be found about the public health implications of gun violence on APHA's gun violence page.
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University of Michigan doctor allegedly sexually abused students, including Olympic wrestler
Posted: Feb 27, 2020 6:19 PM EST
University of Michigan officials asked any sexual abuse victims of Dr. Robert E. Anderson to contact them. Credit:	Robert Kalmbach/AP
By Eric Levenson, CNN
(CNN) -- A doctor at the University of Michigan sexually abused students and athletes, including an Olympic wrestler, for decades, three former wrestlers and their attorneys said in a news conference Thursday.
University doctor Robert E. Anderson, who worked at Michigan from 1968 to 2003, allegedly molested them during unnecessary medical examinations, the wrestlers said. Anderson died in 2008, according to the university.
Tad Deluca, a wrestler who attended Michigan from 1972-1976, said that the doctor was known among students as "Dr. Drop Your Drawers Anderson." He said that he went to Anderson for a dislocated elbow, and the doctor gave him penis, hernia and prostate checks.
The allegations resemble those against Larry Nassar at Michigan State University and Richard Strauss at Ohio State University -- doctors who abused their trusted positions to sexually abuse college students and athletes. The cases also involve allegations that powerful institutions ignored or otherwise dismissed complaints about the sexual misconduct.
Deluca said he first spoke up about these allegations in 1975 in a nine-page letter to his wrestling coach that mentioned Anderson. But the coach ignored the complaint and kicked him off the team, Deluca said, and his scholarship was revoked.
In 2018, Deluca wrote another letter to the University of Michigan about Anderson after hearing about Nassar's case and the gymnasts who spoke against him in court. That letter, too, was ignored, Deluca said.
"I'm here today to speak up again to let the University of Michigan know that I will not be ignored again," Deluca said.
"By Tad being brave enough to come forward and write this letter in 2018, hundreds of victims' stories will be heard," attorney Parker Stinar said. "Tad is the voice who refused to be silenced."
Deluca was joined at the news conference by Thomas Evashevski, an attorney who wrestled at Michigan from 1972-75, and Andy Hrovat, a wrestler who competed for Team USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Hrovat was a two-time All-American wrestler who attended Michigan from 1998-2002. He said teammates warned him his freshman year that the team doctor was going to touch him inappropriately and things "were going to get weird."
"To have to go into a room knowing that you're going to encounter this is just to me horrific," Hrovat said. "That's why it's always been in the back of my mind that this wasn't right. I was just fortunate enough to be able to speak up and now allow other people to have their experiences heard."
Stinar, the attorney, said they wanted to uncover the truth of what happened, give victims an opportunity to speak and hold the University of Michigan accountable. He said they plan to meet with the university and have not filed a lawsuit.
University of Michigan opens abuse hotline
Last week, the University of Michigan asked any former patients who believe they were sexually abused by Anderson to contact them on a special hotline.
The university said that the University of Michigan Police Department opened an investigation in July 2018. During the course of the police investigation, detectives identified several former patients who described sexual misconduct and unnecessary medical exams by Anderson in the 1970s, and one incident as late as the 1990s, the university said.
"The allegations that were reported are disturbing and very serious," said University President Mark Schlissel. "We promptly began a police investigation and cooperated fully with the prosecutor's office.
"As part of our commitment to understanding what happened and inform any changes we might need to make, we now are taking the next step to reach out to determine who else might be affected or have additional information to share. Every person in our community should expect to feel safe and supported."
Washtenaw County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Steven Hiller said the allegations happened too long ago to bring criminal charges.
"Due to the statute of limitations, the reality is the ability to prosecute would have been extinguished a long time ago," he said.
Anderson was a former director of University Health Service and a former athletic team physician who worked with the wrestling, football, hockey and track and field teams, Stinar said.
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Killer Keynotes
Tailor-made projects
Apple Keynote 2019 – Speech Review
"Give people wonderful tools and they'll do wonderful things"
Apple released its annual product launch this week, and along with it, their always-anticipated keynote speech. As a public speaking consultant and trainer, my job with Present Perfect is to ensure even the most established of professionals and companies are prepared to give killer keynote speeches. Ever since Steve Jobs gave his revolutionary reveal speech in 2007 introducing the iPhone, Apple has built a reputation as ninjas in the field of public speaking. But, as we're only as great as our latest success/failure, I decided to break down Apple's latest keynote and examine which parts of the speech (not the actual products) I found effective and not so effective.
3 Things I Loved in the Apple Keynote 2019:
Tim Cook's Heart Gestures
According to Mark Bowden, an expert in body language, communication, and human behavior, body language can be categorized into four different zones: ideation (gestures made around the head), passion (the heart area), trust (the stomach area), and grotesque (below the belt). When presenting, I normally recommend the majority of gestures be in the trust zone, around your waist. Using open handed gestures in this area (versus closed gestures, such as clasped hands, crossed arms etc.), exposes your body's center and conveys trust and honesty.
However, the first thing that jumped out to me in Apple's speech was just how many of CEO Tim Cook's gestures came from his "passion" zone, around the heart. I might go so far as to say the majority of his gestures originated from this area. Now, I normally would have classified this tactic as too much of a good thing, but in this specific situation, it worked. Cook utilized everything from prayer hands, to a clenched fist to his heart, to crossed hands over his heart. And when he wasn't using one of these gestures, his palms were always facing up, guiding our eyes to the same area. Given the intent of the speech was to inspire and pump people up, this dominant use of passion gestures ended up being appropriate and effective. Cook appeared sincerely passionate and heartfelt about the new developments Apple is about to unleash to the world, which transferred an equal amount of excitement to us in the audience.
The 2-Second Pause
A good speech shouldn't be rushed through at a rapid, lightening-speed pace, but rather be delivered steadily and slowly, making use of strategic pause points. Pauses allow information which was just covered to sink in before transitioning to a new thought and can create a dramatic moment of anticipation before revealing an important piece of new information. The Apple team clearly got this memo in their inbox. You could almost hear each of the speakers systematically counting in their heads, "one one thousand, two one thousand," each time they made a pivot. The presentation never seemed rushed or overwhelming, the pace allowed us to easily understand the content, and the pauses created excitement in our minds about what was about to come next.
Ethos and the Apple Watch
Aristotle, the granddaddy of public speaking, classified rhetorical appeals into three modes of expression: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos makes use of emotion, pathos makes use of credibility, and logos makes use of logic. One would expect when launching new tech devices, pathos and logos would be the go-to cornerstones. After all, technology isn't normally considered a "tear-jerker." Through their section devoted to the Apple Watch however, Apple surprisingly capitalized on ethos to pull at our heartstrings a bit. A video montage presented customers who had experienced lifesaving and life-impacting moments thanks to the Apple Watch's heart rate monitoring feature; everything from a pregnant expectant mother going into an emergency labor, to a middle-age man having a heart attack, to a young boy overcoming challenges of autism.
People want to be associated with something more meaningful than just blanket consumerism, and to believe their money is going toward a good cause. While I know 100% of a tech reveal presentation can't realistically be based in ethos, I would have loved to have seen more moments like this one where Apple could have sprinkled in some additional warm fuzzies. After all, as Maya Angelou said, "people will forget what you said… but people will never forget how you made them feel."
3 Things I Didn't Love in the Apple Keynote 2019:
The Length
At just under two hours, Apple's presentation made me want to reach for some popcorn, a comfy blanket, and some juju beans. Speeches should be as short as possible, otherwise they run the risk of making the information hard to digest. Now if there was any exception to this rule, Apple would get my "get out of jail free" card. But a two-hour speech can be difficult to keep the attention of even the most enthusiastic tech geek and at Present Perfect, the communication agency I work at in Paris, we have coined a term called "killing the puppies." When length is an issue, cutting presentation material can often seem like you are forced to terminally get rid of your favorite furry friend. However, it is a necessary evil in order to make your content more easily absorbable and understandable for your audience.
Apple could have benefited from killing some puppies. Specifically, in the gaming section. While probably exciting for a very specific niche, this section did not appeal to the larger, general audience at whole and could have significantly been condensed by eliminating lengthy demos of each new video game (I counted 4). And while the development of Apple TV+ to include more blockbuster movies and TV Shows (including the upcoming movie "See" and the series "The Morning Show" starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell) was attractive, including full-length trailers could have been cut to save on time.
Too Many Speakers
Hello, stimulus overload! Apple rounded up 13 presenters for its latest keynote, often passing the baton to a new speaker every few minutes. And ten minutes into the speech, the audience had already been introduced to 5 different speakers! I appreciate Apple's effort to move away from its traditional all-boys club to include a broader spectrum of presenter demographics (including five women), but we're a long way away from the original 2007 Apple speech which had only four speakers total. Trying to focus on all the different speakers was a bit like watching a tennis match. My neck hurt afterwards. A more impactful approach would have been to give the few, more talented presenters more content to cover and to cut the "non-essential" speakers who were less engaging and ended up doing more harm than good to the overall presentation.
Too Scripted
Which brings me to my last point…. the entire presentation was way too over-scripted. Obviously, it's to be expected that Apple would carefully write out each person's portion of the speech, leaving as little room for error or mistakes as possible. Don't get me wrong, it's good to be prepared. But having zero room for error also translates to little room for moments of levity, relatability, and authenticity. Apple's presenters often seemed robotic in their mannerisms and speech, which at its worst I perceived as ingenuine and inauthentic. This provided for some frequent cringe-worthy moments when the speakers were clearly instructed to recite expressions of enthusiasm and excitement, such as, "let's jump in," "wow- thanks Peter that was incredible," "{this feature} makes it…so much fun," that instead came across as flat, monotone, and fake.
I get it, it's hard to be awesome on stage when you didn't write your own speech and you have to recite someone else's words. And most tech execs aren't the next Meryl Streep. But Apple should have had the genius to realize this fact and understand that scripting moments of emotion usually has the reverse effect ethos is intended to have: instead of appealing to the audience's emotions, it repels them.
A major part of what made Steve Job's 2007 iPhone launch speech so memorable was his appeal to the audience. Yes, you could tell his speech was planned out and rehearsed, but it wasn't SO scripted that it sounded like a robot was performing it. He was funny. There were moments he said "um." He ad-libbed. In short, Steve Jobs had charisma. The latest 2019 Apple keynote speech was engaging, informative, and diverse, but it lacked charisma.
Apple's keynote speeches have become so overproduced in the wake of the tech giant's success that they have lost touch with some of the rhetorical foundations that made their speeches so successful in the first place. There should always be room for creativity- not just in the products themselves, but in the way companies present said products to their future and potential customers as well. My favorite moments in speeches are often the unscripted ones, the ones that aren't planned, that play off the specific dynamics with the particular audience that day. For 2020, Apple should focus less on how "flashy" they can make their newest keynote, and more on how they can reproduce some the spirit of charisma, authenticity, and relatability that Jobs brought to us in 2007.
Review by Lindsey, public speaking coach expert in retail and branding
To watch the 2019 Apple Keynote 👉🏻 : https://www.apple.com/fr/apple-events/september-2019/


Discussion in '1970 - 1973 Specific' started by Chuck71RS, Apr 14, 2019.
Foundation fitted for single piece headliner: Two layers of 1/4" closed cell foam insulation.
--- First is 8 pieces to level the roof surface with the raised factory ridge stamping, front-back and left-right.
--- Second a single piece.
The ccf provides tremendous sound deadening. With one piece of the first layer on, knocked on uncovered roof then a covered area. Uncovered sounds hollow while covered is more solid. The second layer added significantly to the deadening.
The Second Layer: Single piece installed and the front end tapped to the front of the roof. With headliner out the back, cut off most of the excess leaving a couple inches then tapped it to the roof.
Next inserted 1 1/2" #8 screws without heads into the holes the pressed the ccf over the threads. Pulled out one thread and inserted one screw starting with the dome light. After all screws in, trimmed off the excess.
BillyDean7173 and dave@ztech like this.
Wow! looks like you've put a lot of thought & effort into this trying to come up with a solution. Should be of good help to many others here.
Wouldnt the later 73 or 74 one piece have worked?
I was curious about doing this as well,but never really went forward with it.
But in the back of my mind,I tought of going the repop one piece route.
I am watching as well, the one piece from the other years , have different mounting hardware, and some said that even the one on Ebay, where the guy will leave the holes closed and add fabric , was a less then perfect fit, however , if the roof were preped correctly , then there is a chance that an ABS one, that was big enough and did not have to make the curves , just might work.
Will post when headliner in installed. As of 15 April, I finally found good matching carpet and headliner. The headliner is available from a supplier 4 miles from me. Right now getting ready for final paint spraying.
I will most likely copy your process.


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Home	Featured	Waterhouse Gallery's 37th anniversary
Waterhouse Gallery's 37th anniversary
by Dave Mason December 23, 2021 0 comment
Santa Barbara business continues to thrive at La Arcada
DAVE MASON/NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS
"I think what makes a good painting is when artists paint from their heart," said Diane Waterhouse of Waterhouse Gallery.
Waterhouse Gallery essentially began with a blind date.
That's how Diane and Ralph Waterhouse met. It was 1983, and the date took place in a restaurant that would eventually become Lucky's on Coast Village Road.
They both had connections with art. Mrs. Waterhouse's father, Joe Makray, was a painter known for his portraits. And Mr. Waterhouse was an artist who painted wildlife and landscapes.
The couple started Waterhouse Gallery, which recently celebrated its 37th anniversary with a crowd watching six artists doing plein air painting in the courtyard outside the gallery. The gallery is located in La Arcada on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, which has been its home for most of its successful existence.
"It was one of the biggest receptions we've ever had," Mrs. Waterhouse told the News-Press about the anniversary celebration. "People were so pleased to be watching our artists paint."
At left, artist Ralph Waterhouse and his wife, Diane Waterhouse, have owned and operated Waterhouse Gallery for 37 years. At right, the Waterhouse Gallery is in La Arcada on State Street.
Inside the gallery, paintings cover nearly every inch of the walls.
"We have around 100 paintings," Mrs. Waterhouse said. "And Ralph has a studio. He paints upstairs."
In fact, some of Mr. Waterhouse's art is downstairs in their gallery, such as his oil on canvas of Douglas Preserve.
As she looked around at all the art, Mrs. Waterhouse smiled. "The gallery is a reflection of Ralph and me because our house looks like this. It's very salon style. We have a lot of paintings."
Wyllis Heaton painted the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in this oil on canvas.
The gallery's walls show Santa Barbara in vivid paintings that skillfully experiment with light and colors. The scenery ranges from local beaches to the Santa Barbara Mission, Casa del Herrero, the Santa Barbara County Courthouse and the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge.
"I think what makes a good painting is when artists paint from their heart," Mrs. Waterhouse said. "They paint something that attracted them to that particular scene or that spot, and it gives them joy."
A sense of drama is seen in works by local artists such as Nancy Davidson, who shows the kinetic clouds above the beach in her new oil work "Ebb Tide" and a distant light above the Pacific Ocean in another oil painting, "Santa Barbara Sunset."
Thomas Van Stein captures the surf moving onto the shore in his oil work "Winter Day East" and the colors of the sky in his oil paintings such as "Sunset Butterfly Beach" and "Summer Moonrise Ortega Hill".
Ann Sanders depicts the "Douglas Preserve Spring" in one of her many vivid pastels, which also shows scenes such as "Clouds Over Bird Refuge."
Among the other art are Rick Delanty's dynamic acrylic paintings of sites such as the Santa Barbara County Courthouse and downtown Santa Barbara, and Ellie Freudenstein's colorful oil paintings, which include "Morning at Shoreline" and "April in the Meadow."
At left, Ray Hunter's "Incoming Tide" is a 14- by 11-inch watercolor. At right, gallery co-owner Ralph Waterhouse painted this oil on canvas of the Douglas Preserve
Mr. Waterhouse told the News-Press that the Waterhouse Gallery has thrived for 37 years through hard work, an ability to adapt and its relationships with artists, the art industry and art magazines.
The gallery displays works by artists who have been with the business for a long time.
And Mrs. Waterhouse noted the gallery benefits from her husband's perspective as an artist.
Mr. Waterhouse was trained in England as a graphic artist and has operated galleries such as the one he oversaw in England's Lake District (Ambleside). He continued his career with galleries when he moved to the U.S. in 1983.
And Mrs. Waterhouse was always around art because of her father, the painter known for his portraits. She grew up in Pasadena but moved to Santa Barbara in 1966 because her father wanted to leave the smog behind and live in a better environment.
Mrs. Waterhouse attended Santa Barbara High School, then San Marcos High School, where she graduated in 1969.
In 1984, she and Mr. Waterhouse started Waterhouse Gallery in Solvang.
"We commuted. We loved the drive," Mrs. Waterhouse said.
In 1988, they move the gallery to a location near the Arlington Theatre.
Artist Thomas Van Stein participates in the recent 37th anniversary celebration at Waterhouse Gallery.
In 1990, Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse found what they considered their dream space at La Arcada Plaza, where they've been ever since.
Most of the gallery's artists are from Santa Barbara County, but Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse have found talent from outside the county and state as well. Mrs. Waterhouse was impressed when she saw Kyle Ma's work in an art magazine.
Not knowing all of the personal details about Mr. Ma, Mrs. Waterhouse called his home in Texas and learned he was younger than she thought.
"He's in high school, and he paints like a master," Mrs. Waterhouse said. "He's now 20."
As she talked, customers came into the gallery, asked about art and looked around.
"There's nothing more exciting to me than when somebody buys a painting for their first time," Mrs. Waterhouse said. "I say to them, 'You will always remember this day.'"
email: dmason@newspress.com
The Waterhouse Gallery is at 1114 State St., Suite 9 in Santa Barbara. It's in La Arcada.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The gallery is closed Sundays.
For more information, contact the gallery at 805-962-8885 or art@waterhousegallery.com. You can reach the gallery after hours at 805-886-2988 or 805-452-1062.
The artists' works grace waterhousegallery.com.
New York City mayor-elect postpones public inauguration due to omicron


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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

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 * A set of static helper methods for managing JDBC API objects.
 *

 * Note: Some parts of this class were copied from the Spring Framework and then modified.
 * They were copied here to prevent Spring dependencies in the Shiro core API.  The original license conditions
 * (Apache 2.0) have been maintained.
 *
 * @since 0.2
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public class JdbcUtils {

    /** Private internal log instance. */
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JdbcUtils.class);

    /**
     * Private constructor to prevent instantiation.
     */
    private JdbcUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Close the given JDBC Connection and ignore any thrown exception.
     * This is useful for typical finally blocks in manual JDBC code.
     *
     * @param connection the JDBC Connection to close (may be <tt>null</tt>)
     */
    public static void closeConnection(Connection connection) {
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            try {
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                if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
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Blackwood - At Home
Debut Studio Album on Compact Disc
At Home is the debut studio album by Australian folk band Blackwood, originally released in 1999 via Making Music.
Blackwood is a family band of brothers Bruce, Andy and James Rigby with Jane Thompson. They have played all the major Australian Folk festivals and released 3 critically acclaimed albums. Songs and instrumentals from all around the world but especially Australia and Latin America.
Their debut album featured the first iteration of Blackwood with Andy Rigby, James Rigby and Jane Thompson as the core members. Bruce Rigby contributed additional vocals and mandolin to a number of the songs.
The album features a wide range of music reflecting their interests in Australian and International folk music and Latin American harp music. From opening song "The Galway Rover" to the instrumental piece "Nostalgias Del Arauca" to the Richard and Linda Thompson classic song "Dimming of the Day", this album showcases the broad range of music that Blackwood have performed over the years. Other notable songs include "Amazon", "Harps and Flowers", Paul Kelly's "Special Treatment" and "Another Train".
This is a beautiful debut album and the first of a trilogy of albums followed by Never At Home in 2002 and Home Soon in 2004.
This CD is housed in a jewel case with a fold out insert, pressed in Australia.
(MM001)
The Galway River
Nostalgias Del Arauca
Everything Possible
Gaelic Air / Tommy's Tarbukas
Now I'm Easy
Rolling In The Ryegrass / Ben Lennon's
Castle Of The Fairy Queen
Dimming Of The Day
Harps And Flowers
One Voice In The Crowd
Farewell To Neville
Miss Hamilton / Flowers Of Edinburgh / All Around The World
Another Train
SKU MM001
Record Label Making Music
Catalogue Number MM001
Country AU - Australia
Release Date (Year) 01 January 1999
Original Release Date (Year) 01 January 1999
Barcode # MM001
Format Deburt Studio Album on CD, Compact Disc, Jewel Case, Liner Notes
Genre Folk
Genre World
Fay White And Jane Thompson - Songs With Legs
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
Blackmore's Night - Dancer And The Moon
AC/DC - Rock Or Bust
Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories
Archie Roach - Looking For Butter Boy
Augie March - On The Quiet Live


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Elevation (12)
Inland waters (9)
Imagery base maps earth cover (8)
Maanmittauslaitos (1)
Paikkatietohakemisto (22)
Ascii grid (2)
ESRI Shapefile (4)
GeoTIFF (1)
JPEG2000 (1)
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Mapinfo MIF/MID (4)
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Text, table (3)
Update frequencies
Continual (9)
As needed (7)
Annually (4)
Not planned (1)
view (2)
2048 m (3)
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Laser scanning data 0,5 p
Laser scanning data refers to three-dimensional point-like data depicting the ground and objects on the ground. Each point is provided with x, y and z coordinate information. Laser scanning data is collected i.a. for updating elevation models, creating 3D geometries of buildings, mapping flood risks, and collecting information about forest resources. Laser scanning data 0.5 p has been spaced out from Laser scanning data 5 p's density of 5 p/m² to a density of 0.5 p/m². Laser scanning data 0.5 p is open data, and from 2020 onwards, it will be collected according to the national laser scanning programme (in Finnish): https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/laserkeilaus-ja-ilmakuvaus. For the time being, it is available only from certain parts of Finland. Laser scanning data 0.5 p is available mainly automatically classified from the NLS Open data file download service: https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/e-services/open-data-file-download-service. More information (in Finnish): https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/laserkeilausaineistot.
Elevation model 10 m
Elevation model 10 m depicts the elevation of the ground surface of the whole of Finland in relation to sea level. Its grid size is 10 m x 10 m and the accuracy of elevation data 1.4 metres. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it.
Paikkatietohakemisto CSW API
Paikkatietohakemisto is a national metadata discovery service.
Laser scanning data 5 p
Laser scanning data refers to three-dimensional point-like data depicting the ground and objects on the ground. Each point is provided with x, y and z coordinate information. Laser scanning data is collected i.a. for updating elevation models, creating 3D geometries of buildings, mapping flood risks, and collecting information about forest resources. Currently Laser scanning data 5 p is available only from certain parts of Finland. From 2020 onwards, data will be collected according to the national laser scanning programme (Finnish): https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/laserkeilaus-ja-ilmakuvaus.
Laser scanning data 2008 – 2019
Laser scanning data refers to three-dimensional point-like data depicting the ground and objects on the ground. Each point is provided with x, y and z coordinate information. Laser scanning data is collected i.a. in order to produce elevation models and collect information about forest resources. Laser scanning data is available from all of Finland. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it From 2020 onwards, laser scanning data according to the laser scanning programme will be produced. The product description of the 'Laser scanning data 5 p' according to the scanning programme is available: https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/product-descriptions/laser-scanning-data-5-p A spaced-out open dataset will be created from the new Laser scanning data 5 p: https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/product-descriptions/laser-scanning-data-05-p . The characteristics of this dataset correspond to the Laser scanning data 2008–2019 dataset.
NLS Aerial photographs
An aerial photograph is a photograph of the terrain taken from an aeroplane. The images are vertical photographs applicable to be used in mapping. The aerial photographs are reprocessed into dimensionally accurate images called orthophotos. Aerial photographs are available since the 1930s, depending on the area. Aerial photographs are available in black and white, colour and infrared. The size and accuracy of aerial photos depend on the camera, photography scale and altitude or ground sample distance (GSD). The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. Aerial photographs can be ordered by pieces that cover a certain area. The latest orthophotos based on the aerial photographs can be downloaded free of charge from the File service of open data. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it
Theme rasters
The themes of the Topographic database and Topographic map raster series (scale 1:10,000) have been compiled into seven theme entities, theme rasters, required by the Inspire directive: hydrography, elevation, traffic network, land use, land cover, place names and buildings. In addition to the above, the theme rasters also include the municipal division, road names and map sheet division as separate themes. The theme rasters have not been implemented according to the imaging technology defined in the Inspire directive. They will be produced later. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it.
Elevation zones
Elevation zones is a raster dataset that visualises elevation of the terrain. The product covers the whole of Finland. There are four product versions available in which the pixel sizes are 32, 64, 128 and 512 metres. The dataset does not contain elevation values; it is a colour image that visualises the height of the terrain above sea level as zones. The product Elevation zones is available as a version that covers the whole country and as versions that cover a certain area. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it.
Control points and their coordinates and elevations define in practice the reference system for coordinates and elevations used in Finland. The NLS benchmark register contains information about nationwide control points and benchmarks. The marks are mainly horizontal and elevation control points in classes 1–3 measured by the National Land Survey of Finland. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it.
Elevation model 2 m
Elevation model 2 m is a model depicting the elevation of the ground surface in relation to sea level. Its grid size is 2 m x 2 m. The dataset is based on laser scanning data, the point density of which is at least 0.5 points per square metre. The product's coverage is based on nationwide laser scanning. In some parts of the outer archipelago or the eastern border, the elevation model is not available. Elevation model 2 m is produced in two quality classes: the elevation accuracy in class I is on average 0.3 metres and the elevation accuracy in class II varies between 0.3 metres and one metre. The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it


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Predictable, Stable Hours
Paid Family and Medical Leave
End Racial and Gender Discrimination
A Voice at Work
For many workers in Wisconsin, choosing to take a day off of work if they are sick or to care for a sick family member means forfeiting a day's pay and sometimes even their job, as Wisconsin law does not guarantee employees any "paid sick days." Approximately 36% of American workers don't have access to a single paid sick day. An even higher percentage (45.5%) of Wisconsin workers are without paid sick days. This is especially problematic for the individuals least likely to receive paid sick days, such as those who work in small businesses or in low paying jobs.
Paid sick days are important for much more than just recovering from illness-- they also cover days needed for wellness checkups for parents and children, as well as other routine health appointments. Sick days also benefit employers and the general public by reducing exposure to illness for both fellow employees and the general public. Paid sick days are also linked to higher productivity and lower turnover rates as well as lower overall costs of providing health insurance for employees.
In focus groups conducted by the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health and 9to5 Wisconsin, women from multiple age groups indicated that paid sick days would significantly improve their quality of life and their families' wellbeing. The participants expressed a strong need for some workplace flexibility in order to respond to life's many unexpected caregiving challenges, for which most of these women were solely responsible within their families.
Wisconsin has already attempted to address the lack of paid sick days, but with little success. Voters in Milwaukee passed a paid sick leave ordinance that would mandate local employers provide workers with paid sick days, but the ordinance was voided by a state bill that preempted local ordinances that provide private-sector employees with paid time off.
What Wisconsin Can Do
Most states, including Wisconsin, do not have regulations in place to mandate paid sick days. In 2016, legislation was introduced that would provide private sector workers with paid sick days under state law. Though the bill did not pass, theprovisions of this bill serve as a great framework for future legislative action. Under the bill, employees would be able to earn up to nine sick days annually depending on how many hours they work during the year. The bill would also provide job protections to ensure that workers could use paid sick days without the risk of losing their jobs. Workers would be able to use the days for a number of qualifying events, including to recover from an illness, to care for an ill family member, or to recover from the trauma stemming from domestic or sexual violence. For more information on the bill's details, see the detailed paid sick days issue brief contained in the compendium to this report.
Call or email your legislators and urge them to support paid sick days legislation.
Connect with organizations working to make paid sick days a reality in Wisconsin, such as9to5Wisconsin.
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better known as stl veg girl, caryn dugan is a st. louis plant-based food educator. photo by virginia harold
STL Veg Girl Caryn Dugan will open The Center for Plant-Based Living in Kirkwood
By Adam Rothbarth // May 9, 2019
Plant-based food educator Caryn Dugan, better known as STL Veg Girl, will open The Center for Plant-Based Living at 131 W. Jefferson Ave. in late July or early August, in Kirkwood as first reported by St. Louis Magazine.
The Center for Plant-Based Living will offer services like cooking classes, private and group instruction and lectures on health and nutrition. A proponent of plant-based diets for more than a decade, Dugan believes the community is finally ready for an organization like this.
"Back in 2008, people looked at me like, 'Girl, you're crazy. You have to go out to one of the coasts,'" she said. "But three or four years ago, the movement started infiltrating to the middle of the country."
Dugan said she isn't opening the Center for Plant-Based Living to convince people to go vegan; rather, she wants to act as a guide for those who want to learn about leading a plant-based lifestyle.
Read More // What I Do: Caryn Dugan of STL Veg Girl
"I'm not a salesman for broccoli," she said. "I'm not there to change your mind. I'm the person who is there for you if you are interested and don't know where to go. I try to consider myself as the bridge into this, if you'd like to walk that."
According to Dugan, who teaches the Forks Over Knives cooking program through the Dierbergs School of Cooking and is certified through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, hers will be the first business of its kind.
"Being the first in the nation with something like this, hopefully we'll get a little more attention in the plant-based world," she said.
Dugan will initially spearhead most of the Center's programs. Pricing and specific class information isn't available at this time, but Dugan said cooking classes will resemble what she's offered at STLVegGirl – two prospective classes she mentioned were "Tempeh 101" and "Tofu 101."
Adam Rothbarth is a staff writer at Sauce Magazine.
Editor's Note: This article was updated at 11:45 a.m. June 5 to include information about the opening timeline.
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Books Arts is a genre that incorporates two and three dimensions; the art work is meant to be handled. By circumventing the traditional barrier between the art object and the viewer, the Artist's Book engenders interactions through the use of the viewer's additional senses. The Book Arts genre holds great appeal for me because of this process of discovery, both in the conceptualization and during the completion of each project.
My work, through Camel Leopard Press, incorporates multi media: collage, block prints, watercolors, gouache, calligraphy and handmade paper, in both standard codex, in books with movable parts, and using folding techniques. The materials are chosen for texture as well as color. The structures and formats enhance the pace of the narrative; the size of each book is intended to encourage the viewer's participation.
The Artist's Books that I make explore themes of landscape, travel, language, natural sciences, Irish literature, memory and dreams. Influences include growing up on the coast of Rhode Island and having the opportunity to travel and live overseas. I have been blessed with the good fortune to work with scientists, writers, musicians and artists who love what they do and want others to share their experiences.
I am a proud member of an artists' cooperative gallery, the Studio GalleryDC, at 2108 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008.
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Unit information: Art and Society in 2021/22
Art and Society
Unit code
SOCI20087
Level of study
I/5
Teaching block(s)
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Professor. Marshall
Open unit status
Not open
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School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
What do we mean by 'culture'? What is it for? How does a society produce and define 'art'? What is an artist? And what should they do? This unit focuses on the understandings of culture and art that are peculiar to modernity and postmodernity, together with how these ideas have been theorised within the sociology of culture and, later, the new discipline of cultural studies. The central theme of the unit is of the 'separation of art from everyday life' within modernity and the repercussions of this for both 'art' and 'everyday life'. We shall look at the understandings of 'high' and 'low' culture that emerge from these ideas and discuss postmodern developments that challenge such a separation.
The aims of this unit are:
To introduce students to sociological theory concerning the nature of art and culture in modern society.
To investigate the social currents that underlie the classification of high and low culture.
To discuss the purpose and role of culture in contemporary society.
To encourage students to understand their own cultural awareness within the context of the unit.
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This unit includes the opportunity to take part in an optional field trip to London.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
Discuss a work of art in the context of wider sociological theory.
Distinguish between Romantic, modern and postmodern cultural periods.
Demonstrate understanding of the social nature of cultural hierarchies.
Recognise the social basis of artistic judgement.
Teaching details
The unit will be taught through blended learning methods, including a mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching activities plus a 500 word essay plan (0%).
Assessment Details
3,000 word essay (100%)
The assessment tests all learning outcomes listed.
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