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Соколаев Владимир Анатольевич (англ. Vladimir Sokolaev, 11 мая 1952 — 12 сентября 2016) — российский фотограф и видеограф, занимался социальной и ландшафтной съемкой. Представитель документальной фотографии. Почетный член Союза фотохудожников России. Организатор и участник фотографического объединения «ТРИВА». Автор 14 ландшафтных фильмов.

Биография
Родился 11 мая 1952 года в городе Сталинске (ныне Новокузнецке) Кемеровской области.

Знакомство с фотографией
Впервые фотоаппарат попал в руки Владимира в 9 лет. Родители купили ему «Смена-6», а дядя показал как печатаются снимки.

В 1969 году в конце 10 класса приятель дал Владимиру Соколаеву Зенит-3М. Съемка длилась три недели выпускных экзаменов, результатом чего стал его первый любительский фотоальбом «Одноклассники».

После школы Владимир поступил в университет города Новосибирска изучать астрономию, но отчислился и в 1971 году был призван в ряды Советской Армии. Служил на космодроме Байконур. Получил военную специальность электрика.

В 1973, окончив службу, Владимир вернулся в Новокузнецк, женился и отправился в свадебное путешествие на Алтай. Там он устроился в службу быта, где сначала числился учеником, а через 3 месяца получил квалификацию фотографа.

Устройство на Кузнецкий металлургический комбинат

В 1974 году Владимир вернулся в Новокузнецк и устроился в киностудию «КМК-фильм» при Кузнецком металлургическом комбинате. Свободной позиции фотографа там не оказалось, но была открыта должность электрика — приобретенная Владимиром в армии специальность.

Владимир принимал активное участие в мероприятиях городского фотоклуба «Сибирь»: отчетных фотовыставках и конкурсах, где дважды занимал второе место.

Освоение профессии
В 1975 году Владимир поступил на заочное отделение Ленинградского Института Киноинженеров (ЛИКИ), на специальность киноинженера. Одновременно с этим вместе со старшим коллегой Владимиром Воробьевым развивал фотографическое мастерство. Своим наставником фотографы считали Владислава Афанасьевича Запорожченко, работавшего тогда собственным корреспондентом «Комсомольской Правды» в областном центре. В 1977 году на «Киностудию-КМК» устроился третий фотограф — Александр Трофимов, хорошо разбиравшийся в фотохимии и фототехнике.

В Новокузнецке зарубежные фотоаппараты можно было увидеть только у корреспондента ТАСС по Кузбассу. Ни в одном магазине СССР такая аппаратура не продавалась. Ее выдавали в АПН и ТАСС собственным корреспондентам или привозили те советские граждане, которые работали в зарубежных странах. Они привозили фотоаппаратуру и сдавали ее в комиссионные магазины, откуда аппараты раскупались советскими фотолюбителями по цене равной годовой зарплате советского инженера — 1200—1400 рублей.

Несмотря на это к 1979 году благодаря везению и усилиям фотографов в киностудии появилось три иностранных аппарата. Владимир Соколаев снимал на репортажную камеру Leica M3, а его коллеги по фотогруппе работали на Leica M4 (Воробьев) и Canon EF (Трофимов). Соколаев считал это повортным событием:

Чтобы редкая для Сибири камера не привлекала внимания, Владимир заклеивал ее широким медицинским пластырем и закрашивал черной тушью, благодаря чему Leica становилась практически незаметной. Носил аппарат пристегнутым ремнем к запястью и прятал в холщовую «сумку-побирушку».

Создание фотогруппы «ТРИВА»
В 1978 году Соколаев, Воробьев и Трофимов вместе вышли из состава городского фотоклуба. О причинах этого Соколаев говорил так:

Фотографы стали искать способ высылать свои снимки на международные фотоконкурсы напрямую, по адресам, указанным в зарубежных фотожурналах, достать которые было непросто. Также нужен был очень редкий почтовый бланк и официальное разрешение — с печатью и подписью вышестоящего чиновника. Высылать снимки разрешалось только от имени организации.

В 1978 году Владимир Соколаев вместе с Воробьевым и Трофимовым приняли решение организовать творческую группу «ТРИВА». Был подготовлен устав, печать и нагрудный знак. Окончательно фотогруппа «ТРИВА» была зарегистрирована в городском управлении культуры в 1980 году и стала первой в СССР зарегистрированной творческой группой фотографов.

Принципы съемки
Фотографы серьезно прорабатывали теорию фотографии, ее репортажную основу, границы и обоснованность документального подхода к фотографированию. Они сформулировали и строго следовали нескольким принципам:

 репортажный метод съемки, создание художественного фотодокумента;
 отказ от любой постановки, минимальное влияние на событие;
 съемка штатными 50-миллиметровыми объективами, которые обеспечивают наиболее естественную для человеческого глаза перспективу;
 отказ от фотообработки;
 отказ от кадрирования — печать снимков с полного негатива, иногда даже с перфорацией.

Также авторы особым образом формировали названия снимков, указывая только: описание события, место и дату — считая, что благодаря этой точности фотографии приобретают достоверность документа.

Интересно, что эти положения, самостоятельно сформулированные фотогруппой «ТРИВА» за «железным занавесом», оказались схожи с принципами агентства «Магнум», выдвинутыми Анри Картье-Брессоном.

Выставочная активность фотогруппы «ТРИВА»
Участники «ТРИВА» не расставались с фотокамерами и снимали не только на территории огромного режимного завода КМК, в который не было доступа другим фотографам, но везде, где оказывались: на предприятиях города, на улицах и во время массовых мероприятий.

За год официального существования творческой группы «ТРИВА» фотографы успели поучаствовать в 30 выставках и конкурсах, завоевать более десятка наград.

Чтобы их снимки видели жители города, с согласования завкома КПСС фотографами был реконструирован стенд на одной из главных улиц Новокузнецка. Из стенда с показателями завода его превратили в фотостенд «Дела и люди КМК». Все фотографии, которые высылались на выставки и конкурсы, обязательно выставлялись там. Стенд привлек внимание журнала «Советское фото» — единственного печатного органа советской фотографии — и в Новокузнецк приехал журналист. В феврале 1981 года вышла статья о фотогруппе «ТРИВА» — «Трудный металл».

В конце 1980 года фотографы решились отправить снимки в Амстердам на конкурс World Press Photo. Бандероли с фотографиями были возвращены международным почтамтом на адрес областного комитета партии. Начались проверки группы партийными органами. Под угрозой обысков фотографы развозили архив по домам друзей, а около 700 отпечатков было уничтожено. В феврале 1981 года по настоятельной рекомендации Кемеровского обкома КПСС регистрация фотогруппы «ТРИВА» была аннулирована «за распространение идеологически вредных фотографий». По итогам проверок администрации завода было рекомендовано заменить творческий состав кинофотолаборатории «КМК-фильм». К 1982 году все участники «ТРИВА» были уволены с киностудии КМК.

После увольнения
В конце 1982 года Владимир Соколаев вслед за другом Воробьевым устроился в геологическое управление на должность кинооператора. Там они организовали маленькую ведомственную студию из двух человек, а параллельно продолжали активно заниматься фотографией.

Следующие 5 лет были временем «работы в стол». Работа у геологов давала возможность ездить по разным городкам и геологическим партиям, но фотографии оттуда показывать было негде. Все участники фотогруппы получили в городе статус диссидентов и участие в каких-либо выставках стало для них невозможным.

В эти годы Владимир познакомился с наиболее акивными фотографами «новой волны», работавшими в Москве: Слюсаревым, Савельевым, Рыбчинским и др. В Ленинграде он познакомился с некоторыми фотографами фотоклуба «Зеркало».

В период перестройки
В 1987 году Владимир Соколаев устроился руководителем фотокружка в детском доме № 5 города Новокузнецка. К тому моменту страна изменилась, люди жаждали перемен, новых тем и выставок. Через полгода работы была открыта выставка «Дети в Доме», посвященная ранее закрытой теме — детским домам и их обитателям. Экспозиция объединяла в себе фотографии Владимира Соколаева и графику новокузнецкого художника Александра Гаврилова. Эта выставка стала первой авторской экспозицией Соколаева.

Год спустя Владимир выступил участником и одним из организаторов групповой выставки художников и фотографов «Экология», посвященной катастрофическому состоянию городской среды Новокузнецка. Выставка имела успех и от Всероссийского общества охраны природы поступило предложение привезти экспозицию в Москву.

Оганизаторы лично доработали проект и в августе 1989 года выставка живописи, графики, скульптуры и фотографии «Регион» открылась в здании храма Максима Блаженного на Варварке, в выставочном зале Всероссийского общества охраны природы. Среди ее участников были все три члена фотогруппы «ТРИВА» — Владимир Воробьев, Владимир Соколаев и Александр Трофимов.

Новое направления деятельности
С 1990 года Владимир Соколаев увлекся философией, сменил фотоаппарат на видеокамеру и занялся ландшафтной видеосъемкой. На вопрос о причине перехода к съемке природы он говорил:

Следующие 26 лет Владимир каждый год организовывал и проводил фото- и видеоэкспедиции по территории Центральной Сибири — Горному Алтаю, Хакасии, Туве.

В 1995 году Владимир начал выпуск документальных ландшафтных фильмов. Первый из них назывался «Гора» и представлял вниманию зрителей красоту ландшафтов Горного Алтая, центром которого является главная вершина Сибири — Белуха. Всего Владимир Соколаев выпустил четырнадцать документальных фильмов.

В 2008 году Владимир дебютировал как куратор и ландшафтный фотограф, организовав свою первую выставку пейзажной фотографии «Вечные Миры». После этого он открывал ландшафтные выставки еще не менее 8 раз.

С 2013 года активно занимался творческим наследием фотогруппы «ТРИВА»: ведением архива и организацией выставок. При большой поддержке куратора Евгения Иванова был подготовлен проект документальной фотографии «ТРИВА — фотоманифест пролетариата». Позднее проект принял участие в конкурсе «Инновация-2013».

Последней лично открытой Владимиром выставкой стала экспозиция «Новокузнецкая школа фотографии» открытая в Мультимедиа Арт Музее Москва в марте 2016 года.

Владимир Соколаев ушел из жизни после продолжительной болезни ранним утром 12 сентября 2016 года в своей мастерской в Новокузнецке.

Выставочная деятельность и проекты
Участник более чем 80 зарубежных, международных и всероссийских выставок и конкурсов. Был отмечен 12-ю дипломами, 16-ю премиями, 5-ю призами и 2-мя медалями. Персональные фотовыставки открывал более 20 раз.

Авторские проекты
1975

 2-ая премия на фотовыставке «Новокузнецк и новокузнечане-75». Городской фотоклуб. Новокузнецк
 2-ая премия на фотовыставке «Новокузнецк и новокузнечане-76». Городской фотоклуб. Новокузнецк
 Диплом 3-ей межклубной выставки «Мир, труд, молодость». Рязань

1977

 Награжден призом на фотовыставке «Человек и природа-77». Москва
 Участник выставки «Интерпрессфото-77». Москва
 Дипломант фотовыставки «Кузбасс — 60 октябрьских лет»
 Дипломант всесоюзной фотовыставки «Слава Октябрю»
 Лауреат выставки «Фотолюбители России — Октябрю»

1978

 Участник выставки «Fotografia-academika-78». ЧССР
 Участник выставки «День рабочего-праздник труда». Венгрия
 1-я премия на выставке «Портрет социалистического человека-78». ЧССР

1979

 Участвовал в девяти зарубежных и двух союзных фотовыставках, в том числе:
 «Человек и металл». Днепропетровск.
 «Красногорск-79». Красногорск
 «Жена-79». Страконице, ЧССР
 «Bifota-79». Ружомберок, ЧССР

1980

 Принял участие в трех союзных и тридцати зарубежных фотовыставках, в том числе:
 «Интерфотоклуб-80». Всетин, ЧССР
 «Фотография-академика-80». Пардубице, ЧССР

1983

 Фотоальбом «Январь—Июль» — по материалам фотосъемки в Ленинграде в 1983 году
 Фотоальбом «Соседи» фотоальбом о земляках-новокузнечанах

1984—1985

 Фотоальбом «Жатва» (1984)
 Фотоальбом «Я-Ты-Мы-Они» (1985)
 Первый тематический альбом «Цыгане-скотогоны» по результатам двух выездов-съемок на Алтае в 1980 и 1985 годах

1986

 Фотоальбом «Светлана»

1987

 Начало трехлетней работы над темой «Храм Архангела Михаила», которая была закончена в 1989 году.
 Первая авторская экспозиция «Дети в Доме» — портрет обитателей детского дома № 5 «Дружные ребята» совместно с работами новокузнецкого графика Александра Гаврилова. Новокузнецк и Кемерово.
 Фотоальбом «Дети в Доме» руководителем обкома КПСС был рекомендован к изданию, но не был издан.

1988

 Персональная выставка «Дом Ребенка». Новокузнецк и Пермь
 Проект «Экология» о катастрофическом состоянии окружающей среды в Новокузнецке объединил в стенах одного выставочного зала работы новокузнецких графиков, живописцев, скульпторов и фотографов.

1989

 Проект «Регион» экспонируется в выставочном зале Всероссийского общества охраны природы. Москва
 Выставка «Дом 2» — фоторассказ о Новокузнецком Доме ребенка для детей с отклонениями в психическом развитии. Новокузнецк

1990

 Выставка «Женщины и дети» в Томске
 Персональная выставка «Храм» — фотозарисовки из жизни новокузнецкого православного храма. Новокузнецк и Омск

1991

 Авторская подборка «Сорок фотографий из России». Сиетл, США
 Стал одним из участников выставки советского фотоандеграунда «Меняющаяся реальность» («Changing Reality») в галерее искусств Коркоран в Вашингтоне, США

С 1995 года занялся выпуском ландшафтных фильмов.

1995

 Один из трех авторов отчетной фотовыставки в Новокузнецком художественном музее.

1999

 Получил приз кинофестиваля «Москва златоглавая» за видеофильм «Алтын-Кёль — Золотое озеро»

2000

 Весенняя выставка IFA. Москва

2002

 Видеофильм «Беловодье» получил специальный диплом V кинофестиваля «Вертикаль» за операторскую работу.

2004

 Один из трех авторов отчетной фотовыставки в Новокузнецком художественном музее.

2006

 Видеофильм «Мустаг» стал лауреатом X кинофестиваля «Спасти и сохранить». Ханты-Мансийск.

2008—2009

 «Вечные Миры» — выставка пейзажной фотографии. Дебют Владимира Соколаева как куратора и ландшафтного фотографа. До 2011-й год организовал для сибирских зрителей Новосибирска и Новокузнецка 4 фотовыставки проекта «Вечные Миры».
 Организация персональной фотовыставки «10 пейзажей Сибири». Галерея «Фотоленд». Новосибирск

2010

 «Город, Место, Судьбы…» — первая выставка проекта, сочетающего в себе социальную и ландшафтную фотографии. Новокузнецкий художественный музей
 Участие в фотовыставке «Австрия глазами иностранцев». Вена. Австрия

2011

 «Красное—Желтое» — вторая выставка проекта, сочетающего в себе социальную и ландшафтную фотографии. Новосибирский городской центр изобразительных искусств.

2012

 Принял участие в международном проекте Загребского павильона искусств «Фотографии из России и Украины». Загреб
 Стал создателем, организатором и куратором итоговой фотовыставки члена фотогруппы «ТРИВА» Владимира Воробьева «Пункт Вселенной», открывшейся в годовщину ухода автора. Новокузнецкий художественный музей.

2013

 Выставки проекта документальной фотографии «ТРИВА — фотоманифест пролетариата». При поддержке Сибирского Центра современного искусства и Новосибирского отделения Союза фотохудожников России.
 Май 2013 — Томский художественный музей
 Сентябрь 2013 — Красноярской биеналле
 Ноябрь 2013 — Санкт-Петербургский музей современного искусства «Эрарта»
 Февраль 2014 — Новосибирский зал СЦСИ
 Май-июнь 2014 — Кемеровский художественный музей
 Участие в выставке «Сибирь глазами русских фотографов» — фотопроекта, организованного журналом National Geographic и Союзом фотохудожников России. Katzen Arts Center Американского университета в Вашингтоне. США

2014

 Авторский мультимедиапроект «ТРИВА — фотоманифест пролетариата» стал номинантом премии ГЦСИ «ИННОВАЦИЯ 2013» в номинации «Региональный проект современного искусства».
 Коллекция «100 фото ТРИВА» стала основой экспозиции международного симпозиума «Open board» в Амстердаме, Нидерланды

2015

 Подготовил работы Владимира Воробьева к его первой персональной фотовыставке «Подлинные фотографии. Новокузнецк, 1970—1990». РОСФОТО. Санкт-Петербург.

2016

 Проект «Новокузнецкая школа фотографии», в рамках московского «Фотобиеналле 2016». Выставлялись работы фотогруппы «ТРИВА». Москва, Екатеринбург.
 Дебют пейзажного фотопроекта «СВИДЕТЕЛЬСТВА» (Русское географическое общество)..

Организованные наследниками
2016

 Персональная выставка «Владимир Соколаев: репортер повседневности» в Музее искусств в Ла-Шо-де-Фоне. Швейцария (фр. «Vladimir Sokolaev reporter de l'ordinaire» Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds).

2017

 «Пунктиры Вселенной» — выставка на год памяти Владимира Соколаева. Включала в себя более его 100 работ — ландшафтную и социальную фотографию. Новокузнецкий художественный музей.

2022

 Выставка памяти Владимира Соколаева. Галерея Классической фотографии. Москва

Творческие произведения

Винтажные фотоальбомы
— все существуют в ручном исполнении, в единственном экземпляре.

 «FOTOFABER» (1980)
 «Январь-Июнь» (1982)
 «Соседи» (1983)
 «Жатва» (1984)
 «Я-Ты-Мы-Они» (1985)
 «Светлана» (1985)
 «Дети в доме» (1987)
 «Храм» (1987)
 «Цыгане» (1987)
 «Регион» (2010)

Современные фотоальбомы и каталоги
 Авторский фотоальбом «Случайные встречи» — ограниченный тираж издательство «ТРИМЕДИА». Москва. 2013
 Каталог «Новокузнецк. Фотогруппа ТРИВА». Новосибирск, Москва. 2013

Видеофильмы
 «Гора» (1995)
 «Возвращение Давида» (1997)
 «На Земле как на Небе» (1997)
 «Беловодье» (1998) — специальный диплом V кинофестиваля «Вертикаль»
 «Алтын-Кель — Золотое озеро» (2002) — приз кинофестиваля «Москва златоглавая»
 «Река-Гора-Озёра» (2002)
 «Поднебесные Зубья» (2002)
 «Японский сад в Москве. Осень» (2002)
 «Алтын-Ту — Золотая гора» (2003)
 «Улаганское Плато» (2003)
 «Прикосновение к России» (2004)
 «Мустаг» (2005) — стал лауреатом X кинофестиваля «Спасти и сохранить»
 «Сезоны Сада» (2006)
 «Долина Царей» (2006)

Фотографии находятся в коллекциях Новокузнецкого художественного музея (НХМ), в Союзе фотохудожников России (СФР), в фонде Гладкова и Рыбчинского «Музей фотографических коллекций», переданном в музей «Московский Дом фотографии», в Государственном музейно-выставочном комплексе РОСФОТО (СПб).

Примечания

Ссылки
 Персональный сайт Владимира Соколаева

:Категория:Персоналии по алфавиту

Фотографы по алфавиту
Фотографы России
Фотографы СССР
Фотографы-документалисты
Фотографы Новокузнецка
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This always raises:

XPathException: Expression must evaluate to a node-set.

Why am I getting this error and how can I resolve it? Thank you.

A: The expression given evaluates to a boolean, not a node-set. I assume you want to check whether the ProjectName equals the parametrized text. In this case you need to write
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This gives you a list of all nodes (a nodeset) matching the given condition. This list may be empty, in which case the C#-Expression in your sample will return null.
As an afterthought: You can use the original xpath expression, but not with SelectSingleNode, but with Evaluate, like this:
(bool)xmlDocument.CreateNavigator().Evaluate(String.Format("//ErrorTable/ProjectName/text()='{0}'", projectName));

A: Try:
Node node = xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode(String.Format("//ErrorTable/ProjectName = '{0}'", projectName));

if (node != null) {
    // and so on
}

Edit: silly error

A: The XPath expression contained a subtle error. It should have been:
xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode(String.Format("//ErrorTable/ProjectName[text()='{0}']", projectName));

The previous expression was evaluating to a boolean, which explains the exception error. Thanks for the help!

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By John McArdle
Posted November 13, 2007 at 6:52pm
Despite rumors that he might be retiring and the sudden interest of two top-tier Democratic challengers, Rep. Ron Lewis (R-Ky.) filed papers on Tuesday to run for a ninth term.
The retirement rumors began on Friday when a local blogger discovered that Lewis, 61, and his wife had put their home in Cecilia up for sale. They were fanned by Democratic operatives with the story line that Lewis might be opting out after his toughest re-election contest last year and the prospect of another in 2008.
"Nothing to this," Mike Dodge, the Congressman's spokesman, said in an e-mail this week. "He and his wife are looking for [a house that is] smaller — as many folks do once their children leave home — likely in the Cecilia/Elizabethtown, KY area where they currently reside."
Lewis and his wife, Kayi, have two children, Ronald, 36, and Allison, 25.
Dodge said the Congressman is preparing for another campaign and "is particularly engaged in [the] '08 cycle considering [his] rising seniority on the [House Ways and Means Committee]. If re-elected, he is next in line for a [subcommittee] ranking or chair position."
But to do that, it appears Lewis will have to get through either state Sen. David Boswell (D) or Daviess County Judge/Executive Reid Haire, both of whom were quick to tell Kentucky newspapers about their interest in the 2nd district seat after Democrats made major gains in state elections last week.
Both men repeated their interest again on Tuesday and both acknowledged that with the help of Gov.-elect Steve Beshear (D) they hope to come to some sort of understanding to allow one or the other to run for the seat unopposed and avoid a costly primary.
"We're probably going to go to Frankfort to sit down with Gov.-elect Steve Beshear's people as well as officials in the state Democratic Party and begin ironing out and looking at the positives and negatives and challenges that each of us would face in the coming months with regards to raising money and waging a successful campaign," Haire said. "Hopefully … one of us will decide that it probably is not in his best interest to run for that office and throw his support to the other."
Haire has served as the chief executive of Daviess County, which includes the Congressional district's biggest city, Owensboro, since 1999.
Boswell, an 18-year veteran of the state Senate who has also served as state agricultural commissioner, said he would wait at least a couple of weeks before deciding what to do.
"I'm involved in some polling right now that won't be available until right after Thanksgiving so it will be at least after Thanksgiving before I make an announcement of any kind, but it is a race that I have been interested in for many years," Boswell said. "It would be very expensive to have a primary and hopefully [Haire] and I can sit down and work through this thing. … We'll see how those numbers come back and I'll adhere to the polling data."
Beshear won a landslide victory over embattled Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) in last week's election, earning almost 59 percent of the vote statewide and carrying the 2nd district with 56 percent.
Jonathan Miller, the outgoing state treasurer and chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, described both Boswell and Haire as "top-tier candidates and frankly … two of the best candidates that we could have ever had against Ron Lewis."
The two men are conservatives, which Democrats need to be to compete in a district that President Bush carried by more than 30 points in the 2004 White House election. Both oppose abortion rights and favor gun rights.
In 2006, Lewis won with 55 percent of the vote after spending almost $2 million on his race, more than double the amount spent by his opponent, state Rep. Mike Weaver, who was Lewis' first serious Democratic challenger in a decade. It was Lewis' lowest winning percentage since the May 1994 special election that brought him to Congress.
"We had a pretty good candidate against him last time in Mike Weaver and Mike fit the profile very well but just did not do a good job of raising enough money to be competitive," Miller said. "And I think both Boswell and Haire are very clear and they understand that they are going to need to raise a significant amount of cash before even the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] decides it's going to play in that district."
DCCC spokeswoman Kyra Jennings said Tuesday that the committee does not favor one Democrat over the other in the 2nd district right now.
But Jennings added that "last week's elections showed that Kentucky voters trust Democrats to bring change to their state. Ron Lewis has failed the people of his district on issues like children's health care and student aid, and he will be held accountable next year."
Miller added that "2006 was a bad year for Republicans nationally but 2007 is a terrible year for Republicans in Kentucky. … If the trend continues we're going to give [Lewis] the race of his life."
But National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Ken Spain argued that the Democratic success in Kentucky last week was limited.
"If Democrats want to blow their money trying to defeat an eight-term incumbent in the heartland of Kentucky, then we invite them to go ahead and do so," Spain said. "Democrats seem to be forgetting that Republicans posted impressive statewide victories down- ballot, and for them to claim anything more would be foolish.
"If Democrats couldn't take down Ron Lewis in the most Democrat-friendly environment since Watergate, then what makes them think they can beat him now?"

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With the much loved Robin Williams' passing yesterday, the question uppermost on everyone's mind is how can such an affable man and a great actor like him, who gave so much to the world to cheer about, actually have been so depressed that he ended his Life? I am not sure what caused Williams' depression, but I sure know what it means to be depressed and what it takes to deal with it.
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Perhaps, Williams did not face his depression. He sadly allowed it to consume him. We must all remember that nothing lasts forever. Certainly not depression. So, don't fight it, don't resist it, don't avoid it. Feel it, face it and understand it. And it will flow away – just the same way it came, unannounced.
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on August 12, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Osho, Robin Williams, Suffering1 Comment on Feel, face and understand your depression – it will flow away!


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John Boyega shares new Star Wars: The Last Jedi image
Starring: John Boyega
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi actor John Boyega has shared a new look at his character Finn in the upcoming movie. Boyega posted the image on Twitter, which shows Finn alongside new character Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) in which the pair are dressed as First Order officers:
Back at my old job like….. pic.twitter.com/w8eCWMKYeT
— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) August 15, 2017
Boyega recently revealed in an interview with IGN that Finn and Rose go on a mission which requires them to go undercover in The First Order:
"There's a lot of chasing, there's a mission that needs to be completed but that isn't necessarily something that doesn't come without a fight and it's something that he's gonna have to face for himself," he said.
The Last Jedi hits theaters on December 15.
This entry was posted in News and tagged Action, Adventure, Fantasy on August 17, 2017 by Danny Pape.
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Texas Voices: The Wandering Artisans
By: Lindsay Liepman
(KXXV) — A new art gallery in downtown Waco just opened its doors but the Kieran-Sistrunk Fine Art Gallery offers more than just beautiful views. It inspires you to look inward.
"Art can really bring people together," said artist Susan Sistrunk.
When you enter the gallery, the purpose and passion of Mark Kieran and Susan Sistrunk is everywhere.
"We have a subject matter in the art that we hope is inspirational. For me, that's the whole reason why I paint. To express something that you can't really say well," said Mark.
The Waco artists transformed an early 1900s home at 2120 Washington Avenue into a gallery that can transport.
"Maybe they can pursue that spark in their life that might be on the back burner. Maybe it will give them a push to pursue their own dream," said Susan.
It wasn't always this way. Just like so many, life was rushed and chaotic. Before they met, Mark and Susan were on separate but parallel paths, both trying to reconnect with their first love... art.
They found it and each other.
"About six or seven years ago I got this idea that it would be really nice to enjoy life and do the things I love. And make a living at it," said Mark.
He used to own a construction company but found art, music and meditation led to less stress and his true purpose.
"This feels more right than anything I've done in my life," said Susan.
Susan's teenage son has noticed she's happier and more content.
The gallery not only houses art but hosts classes and activities so people can discover their own creativity. A boutique with wares from Waco and the world sits nestled near the foyer, a place for them to work and welcome the community.
"We hope people will come through here and just be inspired," said Mark.
You can learn more about classes, activities and events on their Facebook page .
"Texas Voices" airs every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and features the artists, musicians and creatives in our great state.


I recently had the privilege to visit Bangalore, India to train someone on how to make concrete countertops. To my knowledge, this is the first introduction of concrete countertops to India. The student, Ajaay Srinivaas, is a successful business person with a tile importing business and an incense business, and has now created Nuance Studio to offer concrete countertops, sinks and elements. I will write a more thorough account of Ajaay's company later, but for now I want to share a few photos of my trip.
Before the trip, I had Ajaay acquire all the tools and materials he would need. This was a challenge, as the types of tools and materials available in India vary widely from the U.S. For example, we had trouble finding foam rollers for applying sealer. There are no Home Depot or Lowes stores. Here is a photo of the local hardware store.
However India does have several good brands of portland cement.
Most of the items Ajaay imported from the U.S. These should look familiar to you.
And this too, although usually you don't see flowers on a miter saw! The day I arrived was the Ugadi new year festival, and all the machines were blessed with flowers and greenery.
India was the most exotic place I've traveled to so far. It was amazing! Cows really do roam the streets. I couldn't get over that.
This cow walked by next door to the shop. She wanted to help make concrete!
And the traffic is harrowing – constant honking, swerving, tailgating, with cars, trucks, buses, rickshaws, motorbikes with whole families on them, pedestrians and cows all mixed in.
My wife Lane had a fabulous time shopping. The clothing and fabrics were stunningly beautiful, and there were lots of treasures to be found.
We visited a palace and a Hindu temple and rode an elephant!
It was an amazing experience. There are lots more photos on the CCI Facebook page.
I look forward to seeing lots of photos of Ajaay's future concrete creations. Thanks Ajaay for a great experience!


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All correspondence with Vermont Congressional Delegation and Air Force over basing of F-35s
Jasper Craven filed this request with the Air Force of the United States of America.
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From: Jasper Craven
Subject: Freedom of Information Request: All correspondence with Vermont Congressional Delegation and Air Force over basing of F-35s
All correspondence between U.S. Air Force officials and members of Vermont's Congressional delegation between 2011 and present day regarding the basing of the F-35 airplane at Burlington International Airport (BTV). The congressional email accounts should include staffers for U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy, as well as U.S. Rep. Peter Welch. The emails will end in either @sanders.senate.gov, @leahy.senate.gov or, in the case of Rep. Welch, @mail.house.gov. The search terms for correspondence should include, but are not limited to, "F-35," "air force," "Burlington," "noise," and "vermont."
Jasper Craven
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Robert Beckmann was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. After graduating from The College of Wooster in 1964, he took MA and MFA degrees from The University of Iowa, Iowa City. Beckmann left teaching (at Northern Illinois University) in 1971 to pursue a career as a professional artist. Over 200 of his murals exist throughout the country and his paintings are now in many public and private collections.
Beckmann is a past winner of Fellowships from The Nevada State Arts Council and The Western States Arts Foundation. A past Vice Chair of The Las Vegas Arts Commission, he is listed in Who's Who in the West and the national Who's Who, Executives and Professionals. In 1996, he received The Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts from the State of Nevada. He was selected as the publisher's pick for Best Artist in the Las Vegas Review Journal's 1999 The Best of Las Vegas.
Beckmann is best known for his large-scale paintings in an exhibition entitled "The Body of a House", which has toured the world and is permanently housed in the Reno Museum of Contemporary Art. Beckmann reveals the rapid disassembly of a house on the Nevada Test Site. These familiar atomic images are transformed into visions of Hell House as seen through a large ruby red glass.
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
College of Charleston, SC (during the Spoleto Festival)
College of Wooster, Ohio
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
HERE Art Gallery, New York City, NY
Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art (NICA), Las Vegas, NV
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Radford University, Radford, VA
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
State Museum, The Artists' Necropolis, St. Petersburg, Russia
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
University of California, Riverside, CA
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
University of Maine, Orono, ME
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Institute of Contemporary Art, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Institute of History, A1 Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Kemper Museum of Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Muckenthaler Art Center, Fullerton, CA
1950 Gallery, New York, NY
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Anna, CA
pARTS Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Regina Public Library, Dunlop Gallery, Saskatchewan, Canada
Smithsonian Institution, International Gallery, Washington, DC
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
World Financial Center, Battery Park, New York City, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN
Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art ('94,'95,'96,'97)
The Magic Show, Magic and Movie Hall of Fame
Identity, Contemporary Arts Collective
We of the CAC, Sahara West Library
Desire, Contemporary Arts Collective, 5th annual juried exhibit, 1st prize
Four Way Stop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, juried, four person
Naked Lunch, Contemporary Arts Collective
The Horse Show, Smallworks Gallery
Amarillo Museum of Art, TX
Bank of America, Las Vegas, NV
Boise Cascade Corporation, Boise, ID
Boise Gallery of Art, ID
City of Las Vegas, NV (Mayor's Office)
City of North Las Vegas, NV (City Hall)
College of Charleston, SC
College of Wooster, OH
Denver Art Museum, CO
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Institute Francais D'Ecosse, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mobile Rehabilitation Center, Mobile, AL
Northeast Nevada Museum, Elko, NV
Nevada State Library, Carson City, NV
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Rio Palazzo Suites, Las Vegas, NV
State Museum, Artists' Necropolis, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Western Illinois University, McComb, IL
Yale University, New Haven, CN
Clark County Heritage Museum, Henderson, NV
Clark County Housing Authority, Las Vegas, NV
KLVX-TV, (PBS), Las Vegas, NV
Lied Discovery Children's Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Lyon County Courthouse, Yerrington, NV
McCarran International Airport, D Gates, Las Vegas
Metro Center Children's Museum: Discovery, Phoenix, AZ
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North Las Vegas Library, North Las Vegas, NV
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas, NV
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Hotel Administration, NV
US Post Office, Las Vegas, NV
US Air Force, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV
Utah Children's Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
Winchester Community Center Theater, Las Vegas, NV
American Asphalt Company, Las Vegas, NV
Ameristar Casino, Council Bluffs, IA
Anders & Kroll (Physical Therapists), Las Vegas, NV
Bank of America, Nevada Financial Center, Las Vegas, NV
Carson Construction Company, Corporate Offices, Las Vegas, NV
Casino Building, Vail, CO
Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV
CSR, National Corporate Headquarters, Las Vegas, NV
J. Daniel Bell (Brokers), Denver, CO
Diversified Interests (Executive Office), Las Vegas, NV
First Interstate Bank, Downtown Branch, Las Vegas, NV
Gelco Travel Services, Ken Caryl Trade Center, Park Place, Tower II, All Denver, CO
Hannifen, Imhoff & Sanford, (Brokers), Denver, CO
The Hughes Tower Lobby, (executive offices), Las Vegas, NV
Joker's Wild Hotel & Casino, Henderson, NV
Kansas City Landing Hotel and Casino, Kansas City, MO
Lady Luck Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Hilton (Sports Book), NV
London Club, Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Main Street Station Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
New York - New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Teamster's Union Local #995, Las Vegas, NV
Upper Ear (Stereo Systems), Las Vegas, NV
Palace Station Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino, East Peoria, IL
Poker Palace, North Las Vegas, NV
Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Sam's Town Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Shepherd Eye Center, Las Vegas, NV
Site Systems (Planners), Denver, CO
Silver Star Hotel & Casino, Philadelphia, MS
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Two refugees at Vucjak camp | Photo: Reuters/M. Djurica
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Fearing winter at the Vucjak refugee camp
Conditions in the Vucjak refugee camp in the northwest of the country are dire. The makeshift camp, which was put up in the summer, is dirty, unhygienic, and everything is in short supply as winter approaches.
When all you feel is the cold
The end of October brought a foretaste of the cold season to Vucjak refugee camp. Temperatures in Bosnia have already dropped to well below 10 degrees Celsius. Most migrants are not equipped for the cold; they're reliant on donated clothes and blankets. Some don't even have a sturdy pair of shoes. Smoke poisoning, or freezing to death
To warm themselves just a little, the Syrians, Afghans and Pakistanis who are stuck here collect firewood to heat their accommodation. They are forced to choose between constantly freezing in a tent of thin tarpaulin, or risking respiratory problems. Living on a rubbish tip
Vucjak was created in June out of sheer necessity. There are only around 7,000 - 8,000 migrants in Bosnia-Herzegovina right now, but the majority are stuck in the northwest of the country near the small town of Bihac. All the camps were full to overflowing, so Bihac erected the improvised camp on a former landfill site. It doesn't meet the standards required by international organizations. Highly dangerous
Aid organizations are urging the Bosnian authorities to close Vucjak and provide the migrants with better accommodation. "If people spend the winter there, there will be deaths — within a few days or weeks," warns Peter Van der Auweraert, Western Balkans Coordinator of the UN's International Organization for Migration.
The EU: So near, and yet, so far
Vucjak is only about 8 kilometers from the border with Croatia. Many refugees try to cross into the EU illegally through the unfenced border areas. Many don't succeed; they end up coming back to the camp, like these three men from Syria. They're better off sticking to the road — this area is full of uncleared landmines left over from the Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s.
Cold water from a canister is all there is in Vucjak. The hygiene situation is disastrous. Diseases, like scabies, are spreading. What medical care there is, is rudimentary. People are only taken to hospital if they have a really serious disease or injury. Connection with the outside world
Both water and electricity are in short supply. Anyone who still has a cellphone, though, is lucky. Many refugees say their phones were destroyed or stolen by Croatian policemen at the border. Croatia denies the accusation. A cellphone is a migrant's most important possession — with it, they are able to stay in contact with their families and friends, and organize their escape route. A little piece of home
These men are trying to make the best of the little they receive in Vucjak. They're baking flatbreads, the kind they eat at home. The Red Cross supplies food, but it's often only enough for two meager meals a day. In the summer, the head of the Red Cross, Selam Midzic, accused the central government in Sarajevo of abandoning the region and leaving it to deal with the migrants on its own. Sticking together — and longing to get away
A fire alone is not enough to keep body and soul warm. These people want to get out of Vucjak as soon as possible. "I saw buildings for animals in Slovenia and Croatia that were better than this camp," says a man from Afghanistan. "This isn't a camp. This is no place for humans."
Author: Uta Steinwehr
First published: November 11, 2019
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The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Review by The Quarterly Conversation
Iris Murdoch presents The Sea, the Sea to us in the form of a journal. The author, Charles Arrowby, is one of those lonely, socially upward men that lately J.M. Coetzee has excelled in describing; he is a somewhat famous actor and director who has retired to a creaky old house on a rocky promontory next to the sea. He tells us that he had decided to get away from London life once and for all, and to simply watch what remains of his life unwind before him. (Arrowby's friends have their doubts that he can do it.)
He also has vague ambitions to write a memoir, but his jottings start out unserious. For about 50 pages he muddles around, discussing his difficulties climbing out of the water and onto the steep, tide-battered rocks, the physical attributes of his new home and its environs, and his mother and father. In this section, Murdoch is admirably true to the journal form that she has selected. Rather than jump into a narrative, she gracefully dangles a few questions before us (most notably, an actress hopelessly in love with Arrowby and some mysterious, idolized love from his youth) while giving her narrator enough room to thrash around and become bored. A lovely example of this comes near the beginning, when Arrowby sets out to describe his new home, but then gets entangled in ramblings on his culinary preferences:
It gradually became clear to me that guzzling large quantities of expensive, pretentious, often mediocre food in public places was not only immoral, unhealthy and unaesthetic, but also unpleasurable. Later my guests were offered simple chez moi. What is more delicious than fresh hot buttered toast, with or without the addition of bloater paste? Or plain boiled onions with a little corned beef if desired? And well-made porridge with brown sugar and cream is a dish fit for a king. Even then some people, so sadly corrupt was their taste, took my intelligent hedonism for an affected eccentricity, a mere gimmick.
These unformed, early sections connote the drift of Arrowby's life and feel true to a retired man who has suddenly found the urge to write about himself. They make clear that Murdoch has done more than simply frame her book as a journal; she is dedicated to miming the look and feel of such an artifact and exploring how the people who write journals interact with them and how the form shapes whatever narratives they contain.
Importantly, these early sections present Arrowby to us without the life baggage that we will soon find out about—we are given a chance to get comfortable with Arrowby as a somewhat particular but nonetheless enjoyable man before Murdoch unleashes certain facts that will put him into a much darker light. The passages where he goes on about the virtues of simple cooking are almost cute, as is Arrowby's awareness that all his friends gently mock him for being so particular. It's important that Murdoch start out by presenting Arrowby like this, because as The Sea, the Sea progresses our tolerance for Arrowby is significantly tested; in my reading, without this initial getting-to-know-you my tolerance for the narrator would have been broken.
Inevitably (this is, after all, a novel) Arrowby's journal becomes a chronicle of the new course he sets his life on. It's not long before he receives a letter from Lizzie, an actress slightly younger than him whom he has been stringing along for some time now. It turns out that at some point before the story begins Arrowby tugged the string a bit with a letter to her. Two important things are revealed when Arrowby gets the letter—first, he is far more interested in seeing it than he'd like us to believe, and secondly, Lizzie's letter is significant because it offers (after nearly 50 pages) our first view of Arrowby from the outside.
In her letter, Lizzie bares her struggles to silence her love for Arrowby, and we can be quite confident our aging actor disdains her outpouring as gushy and feminine even as his ego is massaged by her clear need for him. Lizzie also says a number of things that Arrowby has never implied about himself; notably, she paints him as a womanizer, at one point declaring "you know you can't keep your hands off women," which conflicts sharply with Arrowby's own claim that he has always treated the other sex fairly and is an "unsexed" individual.
Unreliable narrators are of course to be expected in the first-person and even more so in a book like The Sea, the Sea since it comprises a written account that is subject to whatever Arrowby's sizable ego and fragile memory can do to muddy the waters. Nonetheless, Lizzie's letter brings up just how crucial unreliable narration is to the fabric of Murdoch's story. Up to this point Arrowby has alluded rather romantically and deterministically to a first love named Hartley who he idolizes as his only true love. He tells us that when he lost Hartley, all his future chances at happiness in a loving relationship were destroyed as well. He has a number of other women, but they are all sham relationships compared to the incandescence of his love for Hartley.
Shortly after Lizzie's letter, Arrowby tells us the full story: after several years of an adolescent relationship, this love ended when, at 18, Arrowby was left by Hartley for no apparent reason. Not long after Arrowby makes this admission, he dramatically discovers that by moving to his present home by the sea, he has unwittingly moved virtually next door to Hartley—and her husband of many years.
What occurs next, and what makes up the bulk of The Sea, the Sea is a protracted, slightly bizarre, attempt by Arrowby to break up the marriage and draw Hartley back. Arrowby's justification relies in large part on his belief that he has proven that Hartley's husband is a tyrant who keeps her locked into an abrasive, failed marriage. Once again unreliable narration becomes crucial. Though we only know the marriage based on what Arrowby—who has a well-known weakness for jealousy—chooses to tell us, it is nonetheless necessary that we decide the truth about Hartley's marriage and determine our sympathy for Arrowby's subsequent actions. How much of Arrowby's harassment is permitted by the unhappy marriage justification? Do we believe that Arrowby has included everything he knows in his narrative (which is being written as it unfolds)? Has he accurately represented the marriage? Can he even know the full truth about it? These questions are crucial, as they mean the difference between a protagonist as home-wrecker and one who is somewhat justified, although still on shaky moral ground.
For much of this story, our lack of knowledge is paralleled by Arrowby's. Jealous egotist that he is, he does at times question whether his manner of stealing Hartley is justified and whether he even knows the truth about Hartley's marriage. Certainly he is working with limited information: Hartley gives him precious few details about her own life; moreover, she steadfastly (but in a manner that perhaps implies domination by her husband) refuses to leave her marriage.
Here is the crux of The Sea, the Sea: Does Arrowby's imperfect information plus his pre-existing weakness for leaping to conclusions let us conclude that he's a fundamentally decent person whom we are seeing at his absolute worst? Or, is Arrowby simply a malignant old man trying to steal someone else's happiness?
Regardless of where one comes down on this question, it is true that Arrowby will test a reader's sympathy. He is certainly one of the more disagreeable narrators I've read of late, and one of the challenges that Murdoch has as a novelist is staying true to Arrowby in all his distastefulness while leaving enough room for us to like him and keep him on as a narrator. (At one point, despite Murdoch's lovely prose and engaging plot twists, I was on the brink of putting the book down and forever concluding my relationship with Arrowby.)
There's also the fact that The Sea, the Sea is more tragedy than comedy. In a burlesque we might simply laugh at Arrowby and not care how scummy he is, but here Arrowby's life is set as tragic. We have to care enough about him that his suffering is poignant, otherwise Arrowby's story is simply ugly. I think that in the end Arrowby just barely remains sympathetic through the worst he can show us, and after that nadir he manages to sufficiently redeem himself to let us like him in a certain manner and let Murdoch conclude the novel.
In a way, The Sea, the Sea is simply "about" deciding whether or not we like Charles Arrowby and watching Murdoch keep us off balance long enough that we get to find out, but in another way this novel is a thorough explanation of the way love perverts one's life.
In her letter to Arrowby, Lizzie tells him that after a difficult personal struggle she has finally managed to quiet her love for him. She is deeply afraid of letting that love rise again and begs Arrowby not to impose himself on her. She knows that it will waken "forces which I commanded to sleep." Yet, she can't simply leave Arrowby alone: she hopes that they can "love each other, but not in a way that would destroy me."
The obvious irony here is that the old cad Arrowby gets a dose of his own medicine when his love for Hartley is awakened and almost destroys him, but I think in her exploration of love Murdoch is after more here than this simple demonstration of the Golden Rule. Arrowby's and Lizzie's stories have one important difference: whereas Lizzie's entrapment is designed and provoked by Arrowby, Arrowby's own entrapment comes about by an astonishing coincidence: he happens to move right next door to Hartley. This is so amazing that, in fact, it strains credulity. How could it be that Arrowby, who searched in vain for Hartley for years after she left him, would just happen to move next door to her late in life? Is it coincidence or fate? Much in The Sea, the Sea points toward the latter.
Throughout this novel there is a strong current of mysticism, although it is a very skeptical mysticism, one that is always quickly, but not convincingly, discounted. Early in the story, Arrowby records that he becomes terrified when he sees coil up out of the sea a horrible monster that looks like a giant, 30-foot eel. Eventually he puts it down to a flashback occasioned by his use of LSD once when he was younger, but the impression of something else remains. (Moreover, there is later evidence that the creature may exist.) Later, Arrowby is half-convinced there's a poltergeist in his home when items start mysteriously breaking, but this turns out to be an old flame entertaining herself with a bit of playful malarkey.
As these instances of something otherworldly slowly pile up like parts of some neo-Gothic novel, Arrowby's older cousin James arrives at the house to bring the greatest mystical heft into the novel. James has spent a great deal of his live traveling through Tibet while in the military; a Buddhist, he is deeply enmeshed in the ancient religious traditions he discovered there (his collection of artifacts is coveted by English museums), and yet he also says that things like the Indian rope trick or being able to change body temperature by force of will are simple "tricks" that anyone can learn. At one point the sea almost claims Arrowby's life—it is James who saves him, and Arrowby's clouded memory of the event leaves open the possibility that James utilized some sort of supernatural intervention.
Seen in the light of all these instances of possible mysticism, one can choose to believe that the amazing coincidence of Arrowby moving next door to Hartley is yet another one of these ambiguous brushes with the mystical. It's possible that what appears to be a clunky coincidence—the one flaw in an otherwise marvelously structured novel—is in fact quite purposeful. Perhaps in making Arrowby's rediscovery of Hartley inexplicable, The Sea, the Sea is telling us that there are certain things about love that we simply can't know. The novel may be positing love as a force with its own logic, a logic of which we only see a small part, just as we only see a limited part of the mind that comprises Arrowby.
In addition to telling Arrowby about the Indian rope trick and Tibetan mysticism, James also tells him about bardo, a sort of otherworldly holding pen for souls in between their trips on the wheel of life. It's pretty explicitly stated that Arrowby's life in between leaving London and re-discovering Hartley is a sort of earthly version of bardo, one that applies to lovers in between trips on the "wheel of love."
In other words, when we find Arrowby at the start of The Sea, the Sea, he is in a lonely, painful sort of place that he is destined to eventually be released from. This isn't the only indication of bardo in The Sea, the Sea. At the novel's end, after a short period of quiet solitude after Hartley, there's some indication that Arrowby will again take another ill-fated venture on the wheel of love. Also, over the course of the narrative a number of other of Arrowby's friends (the most obvious of whom is Lizzie) all travel along their own arcs, falling in and out of love
If one takes the parallel between the wheel of life and the wheel of love seriously, then this is further evidence that something is manipulating Arrowby's love behind the scenes. Perhaps it is something mystical, but perhaps it is simply the unseen logic of a world too complicated for any one person to comprehend. All the arcs of love that occur throughout The Sea, the Sea are linked; all are dependent for their own completion on the actions that other people make while completing their own circuits. In that light, there is the possibility that the coincidence that brings together Hartley and Arrowby is mystical or earthly. In this beautiful, richly complex novel, Murdoch leaves open the possibility for either or both, but I wouldn't say she leaves open the possibility for neither.
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The leading writer of Tollywood, Sai Madhav Burra has roped onboard the mega project #RRR officially. For this flick, he has received a whopping amount which makes the other writers jealous.
Sai Madhav Burra rose to fame with Krish's movies and this gave him a chance to write the landmark flicks of Chiru and Balayya. He proved his mettle by becoming one of the main pillars in the success of Khaidi No:150 and Gautamiputra Satakarni movies. Sai is actually supposed to work with Rajamouli for Baahubali but didn't materialize as he was stuck with some other commitments at that time. For RRR, Rajamouli didn't miss the chance and paid the advance to Sai Madhav to pen his dialogues for NTR Jr and Ram Charan Tej.
Inside sources claim that Sai Madhav who takes a remuneration of 35 to 40 lakhs of rupees has demanded 75 lakhs for #RRR as his market went up with many blockbusters. The regular shoot of this flick will get commenced from the next month.
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The only way to do it is to do it: The Hunterian, 27 March – 4 October, 2015
The only way to do it is to do it
27 March – 4 October 2015
Hunterian Art Galler, University of Glaagow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ
Admission free
Works by Josef Albers, John Cage, Willem de Kooning, Raydale Dower, G.O.D.S, Robert Motherwell, Ciara Phillips and Ossip Zadkine.
The only way to do it is to do it is an exhibition and series of events that bring into focus the enduring legacy of the radical liberal arts institution, Black Mountain College (North Carolina 1933-1957). The exhibition echoes an ethos shared by Black Mountain College then, and Glasgow today: two artistic communities keen to promote learning through collective experience and activity. This approach was succinctly articulated by Black Mountain College teacher and choreographer Merce Cunningham in his mantra "the only way to do it is to do it."
The exhibition includes prints by teachers at Black Mountain College alongside works by Glasgow-based artists, Raydale Dower, G.O.D.S. and Ciara Phillips. Intrinsic to the exhibition is a series of live activations by these three contemporary artists which invite the public to encounter printmaking, dance, sculpture and sound in locations across the university campus. Following the model of Black Mountain College, process – rather than result – will be the tenet driving these events.
A visionary social experiment, Black Mountain College was founded on ideals which re-imagined education as a collaborative experience, rather than a system of targets and rewards. With an expansive curriculum ranging from colour theory to agriculture to furniture design, the school sought to alter the psyche of Post-War Middle America, and in doing so fostered dialogues between some of the most pioneering artists of the twentieth century.
The only way to do it is to do it is curated by students of the inaugural class of the MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) programme, established jointly between the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art. Class members are; Emma Campbell, Ashley Holdsworth, Marcus Jack, Grace Johnston, Vanessa Larsen, Rosie O'Grady, Leticia Rojo Bermudez, Eilidh Ratcliffe and Sophie Platts-Palmer.
This exhibition has been realised through access to The Hunterian print collection with support from Hunterian staff.
Public Programme
Live activations will take place throughout the exhibition. Visit the website for further information:
www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian/visit/events
Artists' Biographies
Ciara Phillips works primarily in printmaking and often uses screen-printing to develop multilayered work on large and small scales. She is interested in art as an intuitive process and often collaborates with community groups and other artists on collective projects. Phillips received a BA in Fine Art from Queens University in Canada and graduated with a Masters in Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art in 2004. In 2014 she was nominated for the Turner Prize and participated in Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Solo exhibitions include Just You, Bergen Kunsthall (2014); Workshop (2010 – ongoing), The Showroom, London (2013); And More, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2013) and Pull Everything Out, Spike Island, Bristol (2012).
Phillips will work with Print Lab to undertake the live activation in August. Print Lab includes Freya Fullarton, Tristan Leicester, Hannah McDonald, Kerry McManus, Ciara Phillips, Lewis Prosser, Lilian Ptacek, George Ridgway, Bryony Rose, Martha Simms, Katie Sludden, Anna Thompson and Ella Walker.
Raydale Dower works with sound, object and performance. He is particularly interested in gesture, sonic space and sculptural form. In 2011 he presented Piano Drop at Tramway, Glasgow, capturing the anarchic act of dropping a piano with high-speed photography and ambisonic sound recording. Dower studied sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee and received an MDes in Sound for the Moving Image from The Glasgow School of Art. Previous exhibitions include Continue Without Losing Consciousness for Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, DCA, Dundee, 2014; Caesura for the Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 2014 and he initiated and programmed Le Drapeau Noir in collaboration with Tony Swain and Rob Churm for Glasgow International, 2010. Dower is a co-founder of instrumental ensemble Tut Vu Vu.
G.O.D.S (Glasgow Open Dance School) is a not for profit voluntary organisation run by Julia Scott, Romany Dear and Ashanti Harris. Founded in 2011, G.O.D.S' main focus is to program and facilitate dance and movement related workshops and resources in and around Glasgow. The group is open to anybody with a desire to move, dance, learn, teach or share. It is intentionally fluid with a non-thematic style, all forms of moving and methods of teaching are encouraged. G.O.D.S. value feeling, shared learning and collective movement above individual excellence. Past projects include, Monthly dance and movement workshops, various locations across Glasgow (2011- 2013); Least Event as part of Glasgow International, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow (2012); G.O.D.S at Market Gallery, Market Gallery, Glasgow (2014); G.O.D.S Black History Month Project, CCA & Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow (2014); and as part of Romany Dear's exhibition, Dancing in a circle is a reminder that we are part of the whole, CCA, Glasgow (2015).
Hunterian Art Gallery
University of Glasgow 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ
Open Tuesday – Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm and Sunday 11.00am – 4.00pm Admission free
www.glasgow.ac.uk/hunterian
The only way to do it is to do it brings into focus the enduring legacy of the radical liberal arts institution, Black Mountain College (North Carolina 1933-1957) and includes prints by teachers at Black Mountain College alongside works by Glasgow-based artists Raydale Dower, G.O.D.S. and Ciara Phillips. The exhibition is curated by students of the inaugural class of the MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) programme, established jointly between the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art.
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The scene is Adolf Hitler's bunker. The Führer stares at a map, surrounded by fearful generals. As they deliver bad news, he removes his spectacles with a trembling hand, the fury rising in him like a volcano. Speaking guttural German, his unkempt hair flopping over his forehead, Hitler explodes in a hysterical rage about Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Manchester United. Or about his crushing defeat in the Glasgow East byelection. Or about his stolen car, his Xbox Live console, or just about anything else you can imagine.
Narratives have included Hitler fulminating about Hillary Clinton's election defeat, Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, and Labour's byelection defeat by the SNP. In one, the apoplectic dictator says he would rather watch Hermann Göring pleasure himself 'than sit through another Adam Sandler comedy'. The wittiest or most topical have a habit of going viral, as users share them with friends, who pass them on in turn. Each week brings another instalment of Hitler's rants spinning into your inbox. The Downfall spoof has become the medium of choice for armchair satirists.
The scene is pivotal in the Oscar-nominated Downfall, depicting the moment when Hitler finally realises the war cannot be won. The contrast between one of history's tyrants cracking up before our eyes and talk of football transfers peppered by swear words, makes for extreme comic bathos. The harsh sound of the spoken language, the grave demeanours of the officers and the instant recognisability of Hitler all add to the effect. The more banal the subtitles, the more ridiculously hilarious the result.
Among the latest spin-offs is 'Changing Giles Coren', inspired by journalist Giles Coren's irate letter to sub-editors at The Times, complaining after they removed a word from the final sentence of an article he had submitted. Asked how he felt about the spoof, in which Hitler is a chief sub-editor who learns that Coren's copy has been altered, the journalist said: 'I'm fluent in German, so watching it with subtitles is not quite as funny for me as for everybody else. There was a time when an Englishman could speak fluent French and German, but I suppose the YouTube generation spends its time doing this instead. It would be funny for me if it was in Russian.' But he went on to concede that he 'laughed a lot' at the video.
Hitler breaks down when he discovers Ronaldo is to sign for Real Madrid.
When 'media darling' Obama arrives in Berlin, Hitler is not a happy man.
The scene begins as Hitler is informed they have lost the Glasgow East by-election to the SNP.
Hitler learns that Microsoft have frozen his account.
Hitler learns there are videos spoofing him all over the internet.


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S-Space College of Veterinary Medicine (수의과대학) Dept. of Veterinary Medicine (수의학과) Theses (Ph.D. / Sc.D._수의학과)
The Role of Nucleotide-binding Oligomerization Domain 2 on the Immunomodulatory Function of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Mouse Colitis Model
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Mesenchymal stem cell ; Innate immune receptor ; NOD2 ; Differentiation ; Immunomodulation ; Crohn's disease
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent adult stromal cells that can self-renew and differentiate into various cell types of mesodermal lineage. Moreover, MSCs are recently known to possess regulatory function on immune cells which makes them a promising tool for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The interaction between MSCs and immune cells through soluble factors and adhesion molecules has been reported to be crucial for the immunomodulatory effect of MSCs.
Innate immune receptors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and Nod-like receptors (NLRs), are known to trigger an initial immune responses against microbial infection. Although studies suggest that activation of TLRs modulate the function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), little is known about the role of NLRs on the MSC function. In this study, I investigated whether Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 1 (NOD1) and 2 (NOD2), well-known receptors in NLR family, regulate the functions of human umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs (hUCB-MSCs). TLR2, TLR4, NOD1, NOD2 and receptor interacting protein 2 (RIP2), an adaptor protein of NOD1 and NOD2 were expressed in hUCB-MSCs. Stimulation with each agonist
Pam3CSK4 for TLR2, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for TLR4, L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-meso- diamino-pimelic acid (Tri-DAP) for NOD1, and muramyl dipeptide (MDP) for NOD2, led to Interleukin (IL)-8 production in hUCB-MSC, suggesting that the expressed receptors are functional in hUCB-MSC. None of agonists influenced proliferation of hUCB-MSCs. I next examined whether TLR and NLR agonists affect the differentiation of hUCB-MSCs. Pam3CSK4 and Tri-DAP strongly enhanced osteogenic differentiation through the induction of ERK phosphorylation in hUCB-MSCs, and LPS and MDP also slightly augmented osteogenesis. Treatment of U0126 (MEK1/2 inhibitor) restored osteogenic differentiation enhanced by Pam3CSK4. Tri-DAP and MDP slightly inhibited adipogenic differentiation of hUCB-MSCs, but Pam3CSK4 and LPS did not. On chondrogenic differentiation, all TLR and NLR agonists could promote chondrogenesis of hUCB-MSCs (Kim et al., 2010).
Decreased levels or function of NOD2 are associated with Crohns disease. NOD2 is known to regulate intestinal inflammation, and also is expressed by human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells, to regulate their differentiation. I investigated whether NOD2 is required for the anti-inflammatory activities of MSCs in mice with colitis. Colitis was induced in mice by administration of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). Mice then were given intraperitoneal injections of NOD2-activated hUCB-MSCs, and colon tissues and mesenteric lymph nodes were collected for histologic analyses. Administration of hUCB-MSCs reduced the severity of colitis in mice. The anti-inflammatory effects of hUCB-MSCs were greatly increased by activation of NOD2 by its ligand, MDP. Administration of NOD2-activated hUCB-MSCs increased anti-inflammatory responses in colons of mice, such as production of interleukin IL-10 and infiltration by T regulatory cells, and reduced production of inflammatory cytokines. A bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) assay was used to determine the ability of hUCB-MSCs to inhibit proliferation of human mononuclear cells (hMNCs) in culture. Proliferation of mononuclear cells was inhibited significantly by co-culture with hUCB-MSCs that had been stimulated with MDP. MDP induced prolonged production of prostaglandin (PG)E2 in hUCB-MSCs via the NOD2–RIP2 pathway, which suppressed proliferation of mononuclear cells derived from hUCB. PGE2 produced by hUCB-MSCs in response to MDP increased production of IL-10 and T regulatory cells. In mice, production of PGE2 by MSCs and subsequent production of IL-10 were required to reduce the severity of colitis (Kim et al., 2013).
Taken together, these findings suggest that (1) NOD1 and NOD2 as well as TLRs are involved in regulating the differentiation of MSCs, and that (2) activation of NOD2 is required for the ability of hUCB-MSCs to reduce the severity of colitis in mice and NOD2 signaling increases the ability of these cells to suppress mononuclear cell proliferation by inducing the production of PGE2.
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dated lower right: a Louveciennes, 21 xbre 1812. (Xbre = December). Private Collection, France. Charlotte-Jeanne-Elisabeth-Louise, called Caroline, was Vigee Le Brun's niece, being the daughter of her brother, Etienne Vigee. In 1809, she married Jean Nicolas Louis de Riviere.
Signed lower left "Le Brun 1801".


Le Perez found her inspiration in gospel, blues and Motown growing up.
Before winning Jazz Search West 2017, Le Perez had never set foot in a recording studio. A therapist by profession, all while maintaining a deeply ingrained love of music.
She has headlined at Society Cabaret, Angelicas, Piano Fight and numerous Art and Wine Festival in the Bay Area. She has made many guest appearances with Pascal Bokar at Savanna Jazz, the Rick Ferguson trio , the Denny Berthiaume Trio, the Stephen Marley Trio and is the featured singer in the Seascape Sounds Band.


Apparently the mortals suffered from a lack of bilgesnipes and Loki wasn't going to let this last for long. Just how could he keep all the fun from them? He smirked as he watched the horned creature smash through another wall, trampling down all that was in it's way. Looking back on it, he wondered whether bringing such a creature was a good idea. He needed to make sure it was contained, after all. And he didn't want the mortals dead. Not yet, at any rate.
With a small sigh, Loki summoned his magic, forming a green knife which he unleashed on the creature, causing a wound that slowed it down, weakening it but making the creature a lot angrier.
Perfect Loki thought as he examined his work like one might a piece of art. Yes. It was ready. Hiding himself in an illusion, the God of Mischief settled back to watch the show.


This is a very personal post as I only realized while writing this blog post that I've never written about my retail job that I've had for the last five years. Now partly that's because with blogs and social networking sites you have to be very careful about what you post about your workplace in case your boss happens to accidentally read it, but also because it's in my contract.
Not that I'd ever actually say anything bad about them as a company, because they have been brilliant employers and I have nothing but respect for the many managers I've worked with.
The reason for this post is quite simple, it is my last day at River Island today and while I said that a couple of months just before I moved to London and left my old job in London, this time it probably will be my last goodbye.
I never thought that when I arrived in London and started looking for jobs until I got started on my career that I would end up I River Island again, but it's turned out to be quite a blessing. It's helped me acclimatize myself to a whole new city and culture, while having something familiar to rely on.
But now it's time to move on and I'm really going to miss the place. It's also quite annoying that I chose to hand in my notice when all the cool new autumn/winter collections are coming into the shops. There's a pair of riding boots that I would kill to have.
So as a little homage to a company I've called home and a brilliant high street store, here are my favourite pieces from the new collection.