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Webinars: Cultivating Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus
Register for Cultivating Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus here!
Webinars will be every Friday from 1pm-2:30pm - starting on May 8th and ending May 29th. These will include a one-hour presentation and a thirty-minute facilitated conversation where people will be able to share their thoughts, concerns, and questions.
Registration is required, and you can do so by clicking here. While you are welcome to attend all four session, you are not required to.
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to email us at Roxana.Garcia@Seattle.gov.
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Webinar: Rule of Law During a Pandemic - Impact of Stay at Home Orders on People who Face Homelessness
THE IMPACT OF STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS ON PEOPLE WHO FACE HOMELESSNESS
US: +1 253 215 8782 or +1 602 753 0140 Webinar ID: 959 1058 4551
International numbers available: https://washington.zoom.us/u/abHeASovX4
This week, join for the next webinar in this virtual series examining how governments are balancing public health and human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday's discussion focuses on the impacts of stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders on homeless people and communities, both globally and locally.
Leilani Farha
Global Director, The Shift
Former UN Special Rapporteur, Right to Housing
Alison Eisinger
Executive Director, Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness
Free Webinar: The Records Project CLE on April 29th @ 12:00 PM
A criminal record can derail a person's life, creating a barrier to employment and housing. The New Hope Act greatly expanded the number of people eligible to remove criminal convictions from their records. This CLE webinar will teach you everything you need to know about volunteering with the Records Project and vacating convictions.
Join FLOW and speaker Jacob Kuykendall, Senior Staff Attorney for the KCBA, for a webinar hosted by Stoel Rives to learn about this opportunity to engage in meaningful and impactful volunteer work that can change someone's life.
Noon to 1:30 p.m. PDT
Complimentary for clients, members of FLOW, and friends.
Contact John Laney at john.laney@stoel.com.
Free Webinar: Step-by-Step Guide to the Paycheck Protection Program
A Step-by-Step Guide to the Paycheck Protection Program
Co-hosted by Jeff Liang of Ling and Liang PLLC and the Asian Bar Association of Washington
Who: All businesses, nonprofits, and self-employed individuals should consider applying for the Paycheck Protection Program.
What: Learn how to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program.
Why: The PPP is a forgivable loan used to cover your qualifying business and operating expenses.
Register for a one of the webinars below:
Thursday April 23rd: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (register here)
Saturday April 25th: 10:00 am to 11:30 am (register here)
Sunday April 26th: 10:00 am to 11:30 am (register here)
Do you know of paid/unpaid opportunities for law students/new attorneys?
These are trying times for many of us, but are especially difficult for law students and new graduates looking for summer legal internships/externships/general legal experiences, as well as job opportunities. Some of the internships and job offers have been rescinded or are otherwise no longer running this summer. These individuals are eager to help and would love any opportunity to gain legal experience. If your organization has opportunities for these law students/young lawyers to gain legal experience, please send ABAW a quick description, and the best way for these individuals to contact you or your organization. Opportunities can include full or part-time positions, or even project work – our goal is to help these students/new attorneys gain legal experience. Please email mentorship@abaw.org.
Bystander Intervention Trainings
Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Hollaback! present Bystander Intervention Trainings online. There is a spike in Asian American harassment since the spread of the Coronavirus. Learn how to create safe public spaces and support others who confront harassment.
Sign up for a training in April or May 2020!
Tuesday, April 21st at 3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT / 1:00pm MT / 12:00pm PT / 9:00am HST. Register here.17
Thursday, April 23rd at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST. Register here.18
Monday, April 27th at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST. Register here.19
Saturday, May 2nd at 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT / 8:00am HST. Register here.20
Thursday, May 7th at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST. Register here.21
Wednesday, May 13th at 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT / 8:00am HST. Register here.22
Thursday, May 21st at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST. Register here.23
Saturday, May 30th at 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT / 8:00am HST. Register here.
Immigration Law Training for Non-Immigration Attorneys with WIDEN.ORG
We at the Washington Immigrant Defense Network (WIDEN) have been inspired by the number of attorneys who consistently reach out to our non-profit organization asking how they may put their attorney skill set to use to protect the due process of detained immigrants. As you know, the COVID crisis has not slowed down immigrant detentions, and we expect a surge in the future due to various changes in immigration policies such as the Public Charge rules. The Supreme Court is also expected to rule on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by June of this year, which could overturn protection for those known as Dreamers. We had planned an in-person training day to train Washington State, non-immigration attorneys in removal defense. With the COVID-19 crisis, we have now transitioned this training to take place entirely online. We hope that you can join us.
WIDEN Immigrant Removal Defense for Non-Immigration Attorneys - Online CLE
Please join us for the two live Zoom sessions and five one-hour training sessions that you can complete at your own pace.
Date: May 11, 2020, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Live Introductory Session
Date: May 18, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Live Summary and Q&A session
Register at: Eventbrite.com/e/97601144651
Cost: $55. Fee waiver available
CLE credits are pending. WIDEN is a WSBA Qualified Legal Services Provider.
See WIDENMBACLE-flyer.pdf
ABAW Denounces the Use of Racial Language to Describe the Coronavirus & Racist Attacks on Asian Americans
The ABAW finds the use of racial terms to describe the Coronavirus/COVID-19, such as the "Chinese virus," or the "Wuhan virus," to be unacceptable, inaccurate, and racist. The virus does not discriminate, and racializing a disease results in promoting xenophobic sentiment and discrimination. The World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) both recognize the harm and inaccuracy in racializing the virus and naming new diseases after people or places; the damage of using such terms has a direct impact on ethnic and minority groups. Such discriminatory language promotes and provokes anti-Asian sentiment, xenophobia, and anti-Asian attacks, which have been occurring in Washington state and throughout the country. All Americans should be united during this unprecedented time to combat the Coronavirus and should be mindful and aware of how we are describing the virus for the health and safety of all.
Please visit the Center for Disease Control to further educate yourself and others on the pandemic and how to reference it.
To report incidents of hate due to the Coronavirus pandemic, please visit the following links:
CAPAA
Stand Against Hatred
Submit Hate Instances due to COVID-19 to the Center for Public Integrity
7 Apr 2020 12:43 PM | Serin Ngai (Administrator)
The Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit investigative newsroom in Washington, D.C., is investigating instances of hate related to the Coronavirus/COVID-19.
"The answers we get will help us delve deeper into how hate is affecting Asian American communities and identify solutions that will lead to more robust reporting. We won't publish any submitted information or share it outside of our newsroom without explicit consent. I'd be happy to answer questions, and so would our audience engagement editor, Kristine Villanueva (kvillanueva@publicintegrity.org)."
To participate: https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/help-us-investigate-covid-19-related-hate-incidents/.
APA Stakeholder Statewide Conference Call: WA State's Response to COVID-19
31 Mar 2020 5:11 PM | Serin Ngai (Administrator)
Friday, April 3rd
9 AM - 10 AM sharp
Zoom Meeting ID: 557 137 713
Click the link to join online: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/557137713
Or join by phone: +1 669 900 9128, 557137713#
The statewide stakeholder conference call is an opportunity for community members, leaders, and service providers to hear from state departments on support services and opportunities offered in response to COVID-19. Updates include presentations from the following departments:
Department of Health: testing updates, insurance options, COVID-19 resources, how to help
Department of Commerce: support for small businesses, non-profits, agriculture, loans, grants
Employment Security Division: recent changes, eligibility, resources, unemployment support
Department of Social and Health Services: cash assistance, food assistance, and Paid Family and Medical Leave
Office of the Attorney General: hate crimes targeting APA's
This meeting is free and open to the public to attend. No RSVP is required. For the latest updates, see the Facebook event.
This is a public informational event, with limited opportunity for Q&A. Specific questions may also be posed ahead of or following the meeting by e-mailingcapaa@capaa.wa.gov, and staff will direct your inquiry accordingly.
For more information, please contact CAPAA Project Manager Rosa Mai by e-mail at rosa.mai@capaa.wa.gov or by phone at 206-370-9554.


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Creating An Entrepreneur University
Directors Tom Romito and Betsey Merkel introduce the idea of creating an Entrepreneur University for skills training and leadership development in Open Source Economic Development. Take the survey! We're gathering ideas to build valued services for entrepreneurs transforming our world. Also in the podcast, Betsey Merkel announces Abundant World Day-Contemplation in Open Source Economic Development, Wednesday, November 18, 2015.
Above: Directors Tom Romito and Betsey Merkel talk about Entrepreneur University and invite entrepreneurs to mark their calendars for Abundant World Day-Contemplation in Open Source Economic Development, Wednesday, November 18, 2015 here.
By Tom Romito, Facilitator
Let's say, for the sake of conversation, that you want to be an entrepreneur doing what you love to do. You can't, though, because you can't make a living doing it. And there are a lot of people out there just like you.
So instead of doing what you love, you're doing what you can get, just to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.
Take the I-Open Entrepreneur University Survey by clicking on this link. We want to know who thinks this is a good idea.
What's An Entrepreneur?
The October 2015 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine carries an article that explains how entrepreneurs differ from traditional workers. Adaptors are the get-along, go-along types who are well-suited for working in companies. Entrepreneurs are innovators who disrupt the status quo.
Innovators are self-starters who trust their instincts. They don't need others to ratify their beliefs and decisions.
If this sounds like you, read onT
Enter The Network Model
But maybe you've never been trained in starting a business. So you think you don't have skills in business planning, marketing, fundraising, management, and budgeting.
Now imagine there was a place you could go to learn everything you need to know and not have to pay an arm and leg for it.
We want to know what you're interested in learning. Our survey includes a rough draft of our curriculum of what we're going to offer. Tell us what interests you.
Is this dreaming, too good to be true? No! You're a smart person and you have common sense and a decent education. You and everyone like you already have the knowledge you need to make a living doing what you love to do. You're only lacking one thing.
It's a network. If you could connect with like-minded people - people who, like you, want to make a living doing what they love to do - you could learn from each other the skills you need to become a successful entrepreneur. Everyone would have some grain of information, some lesson from life, to share that you and others could use to fill you own toolbox of entrepreneurial skills.
How It Would Work
We at I-Open have in mind to create an Entrepreneur University. We believe that entrepreneur-hopefuls need to act like professional organizations. After all, you want to be a professional, right?
We want to launch a systems approach to economic development using our own combined skill sets to help entrepreneurs. To that end, we want to create a network of entrepreneurs - artists, musicians, photographers, graphic designers, chefs, and many others.
We will use our skills to build this network and communicate to everyone our value and purpose. Then we will convene conversations to get people in the network to talk to each other.
In doing so, we will "mine your brains" for information you can share with one another so everyone can succeed.
For instance, one person in the network might know all about constructing a business plan. Another may know about creating a logo and a brand. Yet another, how to use social media. And someone, low and behold, might know how to figure out where all the money they need is going to come from.
Take this survey and tell us what you need to know to grow your business.
Speaking of money, the October 2015 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine also carries an article about securing venture capital funding. This is something we all need to know about!
Each of us at I-Open will bring to Entrepreneur University a lifetime of experience and expertise in what we love to do. You will be the beneficiaries of our knowledge and contributions and our ability to draw out the best from each of you.
What It Will Look Like
We envision a consistent, frequent calendar of offerings - both in person and on the Internet - that brings entrepreneurs together for business skills training.
We will offer this at three levels: novice, professional, and advanced. You can enter the network at whichever level is best for you. You'll know which it is.
Stay tuned to this newsletter for upcoming information about Entrepreneur University and how to get involved!
Don't forget to take our survey and let us know what you want to know to grow your business!
Please add your comments and questions below! We'd like to hear from you!
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Colegio Cristiano Reformada San Pablo is located in the community of La Pared de Haina, in the San Cristobal Province, 30 minutes away from Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic. The community of La Pared is a semi-rural community, with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Most families make their living from subsistence agriculture, construction work or motorbike taxi, while women serve as maids or street vendors in Santo Domingo or in the township of Haina.
The school was established when there were no other school opportunities in the community to offer Christian education to children from immigrant Haitian families and their Dominican neighbors. Initially our service was free of charge for them, but gradually families have been encouraged to make small contributions that go toward monthly stipend that we provide to our teachers.
During all these years of faithful proclamation of the Gospel through Christ-centred education we have seen how God has used the school to plant the seeds of gospel in the hearts of thousands of children and their families. Many of them have come to know the Lord through our ministry. Many lives have been transformed, and many positive changes have taken place in our community. The community has grown and is now more developed. Many of our former students have become teachers, doctors, engineers and above all, followers of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Despite all the challenges, by the grace of God our school continues to serve the children and families of La Pared, and we remain committed to fulfill the Great Commission, nurturing transformation through Christian Education.
Please pray for us as we strive to provide the best education opportunity that we can provide to the children of La Pared.
Pray for our teachers, that they stay committed to our mission, vision and values, especially considering that they are constantly tempted to go and work at the public schools for better payment.
Pray for the sustainability of the school. May the Lord open doors and provide all the resources needed.
Pray for our students. May the Lord bless and keep them, as they grow physically, emotionally and spiritually.


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Mal Ord was, perhaps, best known for his expertise in preparing and maintaining the exotic European car collections of Don and Tommy Lee. Don Lee was a well known Southern California Cadillac dealer from the 1930's to the 1950's, as well as being heavily involved in the early Southern California broadcast industry. The Lees ran several of their race cars from their well-known European car collection at the Dry Lakes prior to WW II. These included an early 1930's Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, a Talbot-Daracq Streamline Coupe, and a pre-War Grand Prix Bugatti. The Lees entered their fabulous, pre-War Mercedes Benz W154 Grand Prix race car and their modified Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 in the 1947 Indianapolis 500, with Mal Ord as their crew chief. Mal Ord subsequently drove Tommy Lee's Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B in one of the first Watkins Glen road races held in the early 1950's in Upstate New York.
In addition to being the highly skilled mechanic in charge of the Lees' European race cars. Mal Ord was a well-respected Dry Lakes racer, who ran his own 1932 Ford Hiboy Roadster with great success. Mal also developed his own line of pre-War, Ford flathead speed equipment under the trade name "ORD". Very little of his speed equipment remains in existence today, due largely to Mal' s selective manner of "choosing customers." Mal only sold his distinctive 24 stud flathead speed equipment to friends and acquaintances who wanted his products. Everybody else was just plain out of luck! As such, his distinctive ORD flathead intakes and cylinder heads are some of the most highly prized and collectable speed accessories ever to have been raced at the Dry Lakes or seen on the streets of Southern California during Hot Rodding's golden era from the late 1930's through the early 1950's.
Preserving Hot Rod Heritage
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Cheap Gym Membership & Fitness
Free gym passes and bootcamps
Laura Berry and Sarah Monro
Updated 2 January 2020
We've all been there, signing up to a new gym filled with good intentions and notions of visible abs and biceps. Yet most of us never actually go to the gym and find that contracts are hard to break. This guide will take you through whether you need to pay for a gym at all, and if you do, how to shed pounds whilst saving £££s.
This is a full list of the deals we've found, from the latest free trials and pay-as-you-go deals, to no-frills gyms from £10-ish/month. Plus, learn what to watch out for with contracts, and what to do when membership goes wrong.
Totally free gym passes
Xercise4Less: free 5-day pass
DW Fitness First: free 4-day pass
Anytime Fitness: free 1 or 3-day pass
Free bootcamps & outdoor classes
Be Military Fit: 7-day pass
No-contract memberships
Hussle (formerly PayAsUGym)
Cut the cost of year-long contracts
Haggling & cheap corporate memberships
Don't commit unless you'll use it
Grab free passes
Free outdoor classes
Pay-as-you-go from £5
Slash the cost of gym membership
Work out without a gym
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For all the latest deals, guides and loopholes - join the 12m who get it. Don't miss out
Whether it's feeling the urge to undo Christmas overindulgence, or thinking about your 'beach bod' in spring, many of us suddenly feel the need to join a gym at certain times of the year. However, joining on a whim can often mean you end up in a lengthy contract with a gym membership you don't use.
Don't get caught up in the fitness hype
First things first, never think of a gym membership in terms of its monthly cost but a yearly expenditure instead. For instance, a £50/month membership will set you back £600 over the year. And don't forget to factor in any administration or joining fees to the monthly charge.
#gymfail
If you're throwing away cash on an unused membership each month and are out of contract, cancel, otherwise the only thing you'll be keeping trim is your wallet as these #gymfail tweets show:
Paid £270 for a year's membership, went for one swim. Most expensive swim ever.
I used to pay £102/month for a family gym membership for 1 year - I only went five times.
Grab free or £1 gym passes
Before you join the gym or a fitness group, grab a free trial to test whether the new fitness regime's for you. You can also ask a mate whether their gym gives them free guest passes, and work out with them for free.
51 clubs across England, Wales and Scotland
Xercise4Less has 51 branches, mostly in the north of England, including Leeds, Wakefield and Wigan. It usually offers a free 1-day pass, but if you fill in this form you can currently get a free 5-day pass.
The pass is available to new customers, over the age of 16. The pass can only be used on consecutive days and will expire after 14 days.
Over 110 gyms across the UK
Get a Blagged free four-day pass by registering with DW Fitness First* (formerly just Fitness First), until Tue 31 Mar. You'll receive an email with a barcode which you can use straight away. The four-day pass has to be used on consecutive days and cannot be split up. Over-16s only.
Anytime Fitness: free 1-day pass (3 days for some)
170 branches across the UK
You can get a free one-day pass (three-days for some, depending on location) if you register with Anytime Fitness. There are 170 branches across the UK (over 4,500 worldwide) - find your nearest.
Better leisure centres: free 1-day pass
258 leisure centres across England, Wales & N. Ireland
You can get a free one-day pass by going to the Better website - find your nearest leisure centre. Once you've signed up, you'll be able to print your voucher or show it on your smartphone to redeem.
The free pass is only available to non-members, and you'll need to book an introductory session before you can use the gym. The pass has to be used on the day of your introductory session.
Nuffield Health: free 1-day pass
112 clubs across England, Wales and Scotland
You can get a free one-day pass at selected gyms by filling in the form on the Nuffield website - check if your nearest club is participating, as those promoting the offer can vary.
It's one pass per person and you must book an appointment at your local Nuffield Health gym in order to take up the offer.
The pass is only valid for seven days, so wait until you're ready before you sign up.
Énergie Fitness: free 1-day pass
Around 110 clubs across the UK
You can get a free one-day pass for Énergie Fitness when you select your chosen club from the list (find your nearest) and fill in the form. To get to the form, select your chosen club, scroll down to 'Get a Day Pass', click 'Find out more' and fill in the form. You'll then be emailed your day pass which you'll need to print and take with you.
The day pass will enable you to access all facilities that your chosen club has to offer, which could include gym, classes, pool, sauna etc. It's one day pass per person and it can be used at any time.
Freedom Leisure: free 1-day pass
77 participating venues across England and Wales
Freedom Leisure has 82 leisure centres (77 of which are offering this free 1-day pass) across England and Wales. Fill in the form and your chosen centre will contact you to arrange what day you'd like to use the pass. Once you've collected your pass, you can use the facilities for the day.
The pass will get you access to everything that the centre you've chosen offers, including gym, swimming pool and classes. However, facilities do vary between centres. You'll need to use the pass within 28 days of completing the form and it's for over-16s only.
Fusion Lifestyle: free 1-day pass
71 participating venues across England
Fusion Lifestyle has nearly 100 branches (71 of which are participating in this offer), mostly in London and south-west England. Fill in the form to get your free 1-day class pass if you're new to the gym.
Some locations are excluded, see Fusion Lifestyle for more info.
Q-Hotels: free 1-day pass
20 clubs across England and Scotland
Get a free one-day gym pass for you and a friend by filling in your details on the Q-Hotels website.
Q-Hotels is a chain of 4* hotels which has 20 health clubs across England and Scotland. Find your nearest health club.
MoveGB: £1 a week membership
Over 6,000 venues
Get a £1 per week membership by registering your email address and postcode with MoveGB. You'll initially pay £1 for your first seven days and will then be billed according to the billing cycle you've chosen during sign-up. MoveGB has told us that you're able to cancel your membership online at anytime, if you choose.
MoveGB doesn't have its own clubs, but rather gives you access to selected gyms, yoga studios, climbing walls, swimming pools, leisure centres etc. If you go via the above link, all venues shown are participating in the £1 a week membership offer. You can attend each venue once, and most venues will refresh their pass every 1-3 months so you can attend again.
If you'd like to revisit any of the venues whilst waiting for your pass to refresh, you can get access on a pay-as-you-go basis, with discounts of up to 30% off usual rates.
You'll feel the biggest benefit of services like MoveGB if you like your workouts to have a bit of variety. However, if you prefer to stick to the same gym nearest your house or place of work, MoveGB recommends you sign up with that particular venue directly.
Over-16s only.
If you prefer to work out in the great outdoors, there are plenty of completely free classes you can attend in parks across the UK.
Be Military Fit: free 7-day pass
Over 100 locations across mainland UK
These outdoor boot camp style sessions can really put you through your paces. Simply fill in the Be Military Fit free 7-day pass form by Sat 1 Feb.
Do note that while the form may appear to be for one free class only, your confirmation email will have all the correct details of the 7-day deal - as long as you enter the code MSE2020.
You can go to an unlimited amount of outdoor classes, within 7 consecutive days. You must be 16 or over and not a current or past BMF member. Find your nearest.
Your pass starts on the day you fill out the form online - so wait until you're ready to get started before signing up.
Green Gym: free outdoor gardening sessions
Outdoor sessions throughout UK. All abilities welcome.
Green Gym is a scheme where you can sign up to do some gardening in your local community, with a strong focus on health and wellbeing. There's over 70 Green Gyms in place across the UK, with the ability to request one in your area (find your nearest Green Gym).
The sessions are completely free to join and welcome all ages and abilities. Complete with a warm-up and cool-down in each session, you can improve your strength and stamina while being guided in practical outdoor activities.
To take part, find your local Green Gym and give it a call before arriving.
Park Lives: free yoga, pilates, Zumba & more
Outdoor classes across England & Scotland
If you go online to free fitness initiative ParkLives, you can sign up for completely free exercise classes for adults and children held in more than 130 outdoor locations across Birmingham, Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle, Newham in London, Swansea, Southampton and Nottingham (find your nearest park).
There are 69 different classes to choose from, including yoga, pilates, Zumba, bootcamp, family rounders & baby ballet. Classes like this would normally cost £5-£10ish, but it's worth bearing in mind that all ParkLives sessions are outdoors - so if you fancy taking part, wrap up warm.
See our Park Lives deal for more info.
Our Parks: free yoga, Zumba, boxfit & more
Outdoor classes across London & Bedfordshire
If you go online to free fitness initiative Our Parks, you can sign up for completely free exercise classes for adults and children held in more than 50 locations across London and Bedfordshire.
There are 28 different classes to choose from, including yoga, pilates, Zumba, bootcamp, dance, tots' tennis and kids' fitness. It provides free group exercise classes mostly in parks, but also in community centres and libraries during winter.
Classes like this would normally cost £5-£10ish, but it's worth noting that some of the calmer classes in particular, would normally be indoors.
See our Our Parks deal for more info.
Parkrun: free weekly timed 5K run
In parks throughout UK. All abilities welcome
If you go online to free physical activity provider Parkrun you can sign up to take part in completely free weekly timed 5K runs at selected parks (find your nearest) across the country, usually at 9am on Saturday mornings.
You don't need to be Mo Farah to participate, Parkrun welcomes all abilities. You don't even have to run, you can walk if you prefer and kids and dogs are also welcome. Once you're registered you'll be allocated a barcode which you'll need to print out and bring with you to the park as this will be scanned to give you an accurate 5K time.
See our Parkrun deal for more info.
Paying as you go can work out more expensive. Yet if you've used up free passes or you're new to gyms, it can be worth paying a little more for a few months until you're sure you'll continue.
Hussle* (formerly PayAsUGym) acts as a 'gym broker', selling pay-as-you-go passes for more than 2,700 gyms across the UK - from local council-run centres to posh spas. In some cases, it's cheaper to buy a day pass via Hussle than to go direct. It also offers a 10% discount when you buy five passes and 15% when you buy 10.
As an example, the Bannatyne Health Club in Russell Square is £13.50 per visit via Hussle, but it's £15 per visit if you go direct.
Just enter your postcode to browse nearby gyms, which each have a star rating from other users. Then register and load your account to buy passes. It sends an email and text message - flash either at reception within 30 days of buying. What's good about Hussle is if you change your mind or can't make a session, you can cancel for a refund. For full details on how to cancel, see its Help section.
Call the gym to check it's not cheaper direct. If you use Hussle, please tell us your experiences.
Here are some examples of pay-as-you-go gym options for around £5:
The Gym - day pass from £4.75. The Gym has around 150 branches in England, Scotland and Wales. Gyms are open 24 hours a day and MoneySavers say equipment is plentiful and high quality.
Anytime Fitness - day pass from £4.50 (if you've used your free day pass). Anytime Fitness has over 150+ gyms across the UK.
Énergie Fitness - day pass from £5. If you've used your free day pass, Énergie Fitness has around 100 gyms across England, Wales and Scotland where you can get a day pass from £5.
You can also buy no-contract, monthly rolling memberships on Hussle, which give you access to multiples centres (depending on how much you pay per month). These vary from £10.49 to £199.50.
So, you've decided a gym membership is for you. Here's a comprehensive set of tips to ensure you pay as little as possible.
Swanky gyms want you to think contract prices are fixed. They're not. The gym sector is fiercely competitive, so there are tons of ways to slim down the price such as:
Haggle, haggle, haggle
Most gyms employ a commission-driven sales team to sign you up, making them a prime candidate for haggling.
Even phoning up to find out the costs of membership, we were asked our name, number, if we'd visited before and what our fitness goals were - the sale was on even for a quick enquiry.
Don't settle for the standard package. With a bit of chutzpah you should be able to slice a wedge off the cost, especially towards the end of the month, when sales staff need to meet targets.
Once you've got the price down as far as you think it'll go, ask for some free guest passes on top. MoneySavers say Fitness First is the easiest gym to haggle with but Virgin Active can also be flexible.
If you go for a gym tour and they won't agree to a deal that day, go home without signing up. The phone often rings a few days later with a new offer. For top phrases to grease the wheels, read the full High Street Haggling guide.
Check if your employer offers cheap corporate membership
Check if your employer offers subsidised gym membership or has a relationship with a gym, which can be at silly prices. If not, speak to your HR department and suggest they set up a deal.
Get a mate to refer you
Some clubs have 'refer-a-friend' offers featuring gifts such as towels, padlocks or even holidays. So if you've already decided to join, see if you know someone who belongs already before signing on the dotted line.
Find special new gym rates
New gyms often offer cheap 'founder' memberships to drum up custom. To find new gyms, scour industry publications such as Club Solutions and Health Club Management, as well as gyms' own sites. We found an Easy Gym due to open in Bradford in March 2017, which was offering a £4.99/month membership plan for three months when it first opened. When we look in June 2017, the price had gone up to £8.99, but we reckon this is still a decent deal as other Easy Gym clubs cost £16-£35/month.
Go off-peak
Most gyms provide cheaper membership during 'off-peak' hours. If it's possible for you to visit the gym during the daytime, work lunchtimes or at weekends, you could slash the cost.
No-frills gyms from £10/month
If you can do without saunas, jacuzzis and fit gym instructors, there's been an explosion in no-frills gyms, with prices from £10-£20/month. You can usually cancel any time and MoneySavers' feedback is hugely positive.
More are opening every month, so if you can't find one near you, check again later. The other boon is that there's often no minimum contract length, though you may need to bring your own towel, shower gel and padlock for the locker!
The prices of these gyms can change quite often, and there's occasionally special offers, so do check yourself before signing up.
Xercise4Less: from £10/month
Xercise4Less has 51 branches, mostly in the north of England, including Leeds, Wakefield and Wigan.
Off-peak membership starts from £9.99/month with a 12-month contract. Peak membership is from £14/month for a 12-month contract, or from £15.99/month with a 1-month contract.
How many branches? 51
Joining fee: Up to £0-£20 admin fee
Cost per month: £10-£23/month
Pure Gym: from £15/month OR £6/Day
No-frills chain Pure Gym has more than 250 branches across the UK, including several in London, Edinburgh and Manchester. MoneySavers have been impressed by the facilities, though say the gyms can be busy at peak times.
Membership costs between £15 and £50 per month, which includes classes. You can cancel at any time.
How many branches? 250+ UK-wide
Pay as you go? From £6 a day
Joining fee: £5-£30
Cost per month: £15-£50 per month
The Gym: from £13/month OR £6/Day
The Gym has around 150 branches in England, Scotland and Wales (with more due to open soon). Monthly membership costs £13 to £32 per month, depending on location, and there's no minimum contract length.
Gyms are open 24 hours a day and MoneySavers say equipment is plentiful and high quality.
How many branches? Around 150
Joining fee: Up to £25
Better Leisure Centres: from £20ish/month
Many council leisure centres are now run by Greenwich Leisure Limited and are branded as 'Better Leisure Centres'. There are more than 250 centres across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
While facilities are cheap 'n' cheerful, membership's usually under £30 a month. Also check out local universities and colleges, which often have gyms open to all, with good facilities at a fraction of private-chain prices.
Find your nearest Better Leisure Centre, or use Gov.uk's local council finder to check what your local council offers.
Consider special short-term memberships
Longer trials are a good halfway house between paying as you go and signing up for a year's contract. They're usually more expensive than annual memberships, but you're free to go elsewhere once the trial's up, or to stop paying if you no longer go.
If you can't get a short-term membership direct from your local gym it's worth going via gym membership broker Hussle* (formerly PayAsUGym) which sells five-day, 10-day and unlimited 'Monthly+' passes for more than 1,500 gyms, including Nuffield Health, Bannatyne's Health Clubs and Livingwell.
While a one month pass for Bannatyne Health Club in Russell Square, London costs £54 direct, there's a £20 joining fee. From Hussle, it's a bit more expensive at £59.40, but there's no joining fee.
Many are discounted, but how good it is depends on your local gym - just do a search in your area to find details. Always check what the gym offers directly too.
With a Monthly+ pass, you can buy flexible, monthly rolling memberships on Hussle, which give you access to multiples centres (depending on how much you pay per month). The Monthly+ Pass gives you unlimited access to thousands of gyms across the UK.
Different gyms have different Monthly+ Pass prices and are separated into different tiers based on the gyms' own membership prices. The price of a Monthly+ Pass varies in price from £10.49 to £199.50.
Exchange loyalty points for gym passes
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£5 in vouchers gets you £15 to spend at Hussle* (formerly PayAsUGym).
There's more on maximising Clubcard points and reclaiming lost vouchers in our Tesco Boost guide.
What to watch out for in contracts
If you're signing up for a year, remember sales staff often work on commission. So if their slick patter says, "If you're ill you can freeze membership, or take a holiday", ask to see it in the contract.
If they say, "It's not there, but it's fine", make notes there and then, which have legal weight and, if possible, get them to sign to show the promise.
For further reading, see the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), but here's a quick list of what to check:
Be wary of 1yr+ contracts. This is the biggie. Be wary of contracts longer than 12 months. Also check that they don't renew it automatically.
Check what notice you need to give. Even when you're out of contract, gyms often require 30 days' notice to cancel. Make sure you understand these conditions.
Ask what happens if your circumstances change. Check the policy if you are ill or injured, move house, get pregnant or change jobs. Think about the proof you'll need, such as a doctor's letter. Can you freeze your membership or transfer it to someone else?
Ask what happens if your favourite service stops. If you're only joining because the gym offers a creche, Zumba dance classes or certain equipment, check if you're allowed to cancel if this is withdrawn.
Note whether the contract automatically renews. Most contracts for gym membership automatically continue once the initial membership period expires. Make a note of the date by which you should inform them if you don't want this to happen.
Check others' feedback. If you're taking a free trial, ask folk in the changing room if they're happy with the gym's contract or service (wait till they're decent first!).
You don't need to join a gym to get buff. If you're on a budget, read these quick tips on working out without a gym:
Free apps and online fitness videos
If you have a smartphone, or can workout at home in front of your computer, there a plenty of free workout apps and online videos you can use to get fit for free. Take a look at our Deals Hunters blog to see our Top 10 free fitness videos and smartphone apps.
Free Sweaty Betty classes
Women's fitness shop Sweaty Betty offers free Pilates, ballet and other fitness classes (for men and women) at more than 30 branches across the country. You need to sign up for its free membership card, then call or pop into your nearest store to book a session.
Buy some running shoes and run outside
Rather than paying for the privilege of being sandwiched between two sweaty blokes while listening to dodgy house music, run in the park for free. All you need is a pair of trainers. For free weekly 5k timed runs, check out Parkrun.
Do a work-out outside the gym
Examine your fitness requirements. You can run, cycle, do light weights (with those bottles of pop), yoga and a lot more without gym membership. Why not do workout DVDs with friends or see if there is an Outdoor Gym near you?
Use an outdoor gym
There are hundreds of local council-funded outdoor gyms that are completely free to use. Check out our blog on what kind of equipment they have and how to find your nearest one.
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Tennis for free
Children, young people and families can get free tennis coaching sessions and free use of thousands of tennis courts across the UK with Tennis For Free. Free coaching sessions run at weekends and are suitable for all ages, with equipment also provided for free.
Escaping a gym contract can be more difficult than outrunning Usain Bolt (even when he's only warming up). Sadly there's no one-set of rules when it comes to your cancellation rights, though gym-goers have been given more protection in recent years.
Rules tend to be based on a hotchpotch of different guidelines, codes of conduct and legal precedents, so it's rarely black and white. But you SHOULD normally have some protection.
Your contract should not be longer than 12 months. In 2011, the High Court ruled it was unfair for gyms to tie in members for more than one year (see the Tens of thousands can cancel gym memberships and More gym-goers will find it easier to cancel contracts MSE News stories). If your contract's longer than a year, you may be able to challenge it.
You can also check to see if the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) guidelines on unfair terms apply. We've listed some of them below:
You MAY be able to cancel if your gym's made big changes. The guidelines say contracts are unfair if they allow clubs to supply something different from what was agreed, unless the change is minor. So if, for example, your gym closes its creche you may be able to leave.
It's unfair if they've drastically hiked prices. If your contract says the club's allowed to make unrestricted membership fee hikes, this is likely to be considered unfair.
The gym shouldn't auto-extend your contract. The guidance says it's unfair to automatically extend contracts, relying on people's inertia or ignorance.
Membership terms should be clear. The guidelines say contracts should clearly explain minimum membership periods and notice periods. If the wording's unclear, you may have a case.
The following three rules should also apply. Six of the big chains – Pure Gym (which has taken over LA Fitness), Dave Whelan Sports Ltd, Harlands Group Ltd, Fitness First, David Lloyd's and Bannatyne's – agreed to them after an OFT investigation in 2013. They're also written into UKactive's code of practice, which more than 3,500 members are signed up to.
If there's a change in circumstance you MAY be able to cancel. If a change in circumstance such as serious injury or job loss makes going to the gym difficult or unaffordable, you may be able to cancel mid-contract – though it'll depend on the nature of the change in circumstance.
The gym shouldn't say it's a fixed contract length if it isn't. If membership automatically continues on a rolling basis after the initial period expires, the gym should be clear about this.
The gym should be transparent about key membership features. For example, it should be clear about your cancellation rights, and this info should be provided upfront as part of the sales process.
If you think your gym isn't complying with these standards you can report it to the CMA.
MoneySavers' cancellation successes
Here's what some of you said when we asked you to let us know if you managed to cancel your gym membership:
My gym cancelled my membership during the 12-month contract period. I just went in and asked if they could because I was having to move away, and they did it straightaway, no problem.
I've been a member at Virgin Active for years, and now I've a new job, it's difficult to get out during the day, the classes I love have changed time so I'm hardly going these days. I decided to cancel and I was ready to argue. But I got an email to say it's all sorted and my membership will cease. Easy peasy!
A friend was four months into a 12-month contract and wasn't using the gym much. I advised him to write a letter asking if they would allow him out of the contract as he wasn't getting full use of his membership. A week later, he thanked me and said the gym had been brilliant and allowed him to terminate with no penalties.
Let us know how you got on in the Cheap Gym Membership forum discussion.
If your gym's breaching the contract or it contains unfair terms, you've every right to fight back. It's always worth trying to complain in person first, but if that doesn't work...
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If the complaint isn't resolved, Resolver can escalate it for free to UKactive, the trade group for gyms.
If your gym isn't listed on the Resolver site yet, or you prefer to complain direct, try following the steps below:
Step 1: Complain in writing
If the gym won't play ball when you complain verbally, write a complaint letter and send it to the head office. Send all letters by recorded delivery, so you can prove they received it, and always save a copy.
Your letter should mention any unfair contract terms you think it may have. The OFT (now the CMA) issued guidance about unfair terms in health and fitness clubs in 2002. Although this references an old law - the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act in 2015 - the guidance is still relevant.
If you meet silence or the response is rubbish, write again and be persistent. For information or advice, try calling the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0845 4040506.
Step 2: Complain to UKactive
Gyms that are members of the UKactive trade group agree to stick to the CMA's guidelines on unfair contracts.
If your gym's a member and you have not had any luck complaining directly, try contacting UKactive. As a trade association, it can offer further advice and in some cases may contact the gym on your behalf. Its worth a try, as it's free anyway.
Step 3: If all else fails: take 'em to court
Hopefully you will settle it. But if you strongly believe in your case, have tried all the steps above, and it still won't cancel your contract, taking it to the small claims court is a last resort, although it isn't for everyone. If you're a court novice, try to seek help from an informed friend or advice centre.
Yet before you get legal, you're expected to try to resolve things directly, and ideally send a 'letter before action' to say you are going to take them to court. If you don't try, the judge is likely to look unfavourably on your case, so always use the steps above first. For more on small claims rules, see the How to Complain guide.
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ASCE and OCEC honor RBF/Baker International transportation, stream restoration, and highway projects
Irvine, Calif. – RBF Consulting, a company of Michael Baker International, in cooperation with six of the firm's public agency clients, were honored with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Orange County Branch Transportation and Environmental Engineering Project of the Year awards and Orange County Engineering Council (OCEC) Engineering Project Achievement Awards for work in Southern California. The awards were presented on February 19 and 22, 2014, during National Engineers Week.
"It is an honor to see our personnel being recognized for their exceptional performance across multiple capabilities within our company to include transportation planning, transportation and environmental engineering, stream restoration, hydrology studies and other ancillary engineering services. It truly captures the exceptional depth and breadth of our capabilities in Southern California," said CEO Kurt Bergman.
Michael Baker International was awarded the Transportation Project of the Year Award by ASCE OC and an Engineering Project Achievement Award by OCEC for the Interstate 5 at Crown Valley Parkway Interchange improvement project. "Based upon a collaborative planning process initiated over 20 years ago, the I-5/Crown Valley Parkway Corridor project represents the final stage of improvements to one of the busiest local freeway interchanges in Orange County," said Gary Warkentin, RBF/Baker senior vice president. "This complex, multi-agency effort, which included the cities of Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel, OCTA and Caltrans, has resulted in regionally significant circulation improvements that provide great mobility benefits today that will continue for many years to come." The project involved preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates for major capacity and operational improvements.
Baker International was also presented with the Environmental Engineering Project of the Year Award by ASCE OC and an Engineering Project Achievement Award by OCEC for the Buck Gully Canyon Restoration project. The project is a proactive management tool for the City of Newport Beach to implement solutions that will ensure the environmental health of the canyon, restoration of the creek to its course, and provide energy dissipation within the streambed in a non-intrusive manner to ensure the natural environment is protected for generations to come. Baker International provided the City of Newport Beach with planning, design and permitting for the restoration of Lower Buck Gully, as well as detailed hydrology, hydraulic and sediment transport studies for development of the final design.
"We knew early that the issues in the Canyon required an integrated and balanced approach to restoration," said Richard Beck, vice president at RBF/Baker. "By providing a variety of in-house differentiated services, we were able to create solutions to biological and hydrological challenges that are beyond the capabilities of many other companies in the region. As an urban stream restoration project, the water quality benefits go beyond the Canyon, extending to Little Corona Beach and the Pacific Ocean. We're proud of the awards, and the project's success and congratulate the City on another excellent pro-active coastal restoration project."
OCEC also recognized the City of Tustin's Tustin Ranch Road Extension with an Engineering Project Achievement Award. RBF/Baker International provided plans, specifications, and estimates for the new grade separation bridge over two mainline (Metrolink/BNSF/Amtrak) tracks within Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) right-of-way, over the 6-lane Edinger Avenue, and over the Santa Ana/Santa Fe flood control channel for Phase II of construction. The second phase of the project provided 1.4 miles of new roadway opened in November 2013.


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Art (& Science) Talk with Marguerite Perret
by Whitney Dail
Marguerite Perret working at the Grant Museum, University College London. Photo courtesy of the artist.
"At different times I am some combination of colleague, collaborator, educator, mentor, facilitator, archivist, witness, and activist. And all of those roles are part of my way of being an artist." ---Marguerite Perret
Marguerite Perret is an interdisciplinary artist and associate art professor at Washburn University who creates community-based installations for art and science institutions. Her work surveys ecology and health issues by means of artifacts, decorative arts, and exhibit design. For creative research, she's traveled to the United Kingdom to study collections at medical and natural history museums. And for over a decade, Perret has partnered with scientists, healthcare professionals, and artists---including her husband, Bruce Scherting, director of exhibits at the University of Kansas' Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center. Last week, we interviewed Perret via e-mail to learn more about her curiosities for the natural world. She spoke to us about why she chose a career in the arts over sciences, and the importance of sharing knowledge between the disciplines.
NEA: What do you remember as your first engagement or experience with the arts?
MARGUERITE PERRET: Two stand out in my memory. As a young child, my cousins and I would visit my grandmother for weeks at a time during the summer. She lived on an ocean inlet in a small rural community in New England. The water's edge was a briny, mucky place teeming with small marine animals, grasses, and seaweed. We would scoop out starfish, mussels, and small crabs and place them in buckets of seawater. Sitting on the dock, we made careful observational drawings of our subjects before releasing them back into the dark waters.
[Then] in fifth grade, our class had a student teacher who peppered our reading and math sessions with demonstrations on the importance of understanding anatomy when drawing animals. Her parents were graphic artists. Living just outside a large metropolitan area, I was aware that art existed in museums, but it was a revelation that artists lived in my community. Art and life were not so separate after all.
NEA: What's your version of the artist's life?
PERRET: There are many ways to be an artist. This is a really interesting time because the definition of art and what it means to be an artist is so broad. I thought I would follow a scientific career when I was younger, but at the last minute, I checked art instead of biology when filling out my college applications. Now I think I have the best of both worlds because as things worked out, I have been able to combine these interests.
My version of being an artist centers on intellectual curiosity, engagement, and service. The work that excites me tends to be issue-based, engages the community, and has an educational component. It definitely falls outside the art-market model. Which is not to say I don't appreciate sales when they happen, but most of my projects are funded through partnerships with various types of cultural and community-based organizations. In recent years, colleges and universities have started to offer degrees in Art and Social Engagement and Environmental Art. But when I first started working this way, it was not as common, and I wasn't always sure where the line was. Then I just stopped worrying about these distinctions.
Collaboration is essential to my process. The kind of installations I do sometimes require extensive interaction with various skilled makers, scholars, scientists, writers, and community advocates. I also often partner with other artists. Brainstorming ideas and problem-solving with people you enjoy working with can be thrilling. There are some parallels between this approach and how a research team functions where there is a lead investigator or two, but many people contribute to the project in highly significant ways. My most consistent collaborator is my husband Bruce Scherting. Bruce is the director of exhibitions at a university-based natural history museum and has worked as an exhibition designer for major institutions. It is truly life and art without separation. Working together is a pleasure and our ideas are stronger for it, but it can get a little prickly around the house if we are not seeing eye-to-eye on how an installation should progress.
NEA: How do you see the intersection of art and science?
PERRET: In recent history, art and science have often been presented in an oppositional, binary relationship. In response, physicist C.P. Snow presented his famous "two cultures" lecture over sixty years ago. He called for a bridging of the disciplines in a manner that would benefit both, while yet maintaining a separation between what he felt were deeply divided traditions. A more contemporary approach is to consider how the histories and methodologies of art and science intersect. Both are forms of inquiry centered around experimentation and exploration, learning, and sharing. There is an interesting correlation in the ways [Bruce and I] work---between the studio and the laboratory. Some artists work in studio-laboratories. Collaboration between the sciences and the arts has the potential to create new kinds of knowledge.
NEA: What do you like most about collaborating and creating art from science?
PERRET: It is very exciting to sit down with a scientist, collection manager, or medical researcher and see the world through their eyes. A chance to share knowledge---the promise of cross-fertilization, discussions about visualization, and interpretation---is the attraction on both sides. We always find out something new or surprising that challenges our own expectations or preconceptions.
Sometimes [Bruce and I] are invited to work with a collection or institution, and sometimes we have an idea that requires a specific kind of image or knowledge. When we approach a scientist or researcher for a project, the response is almost always extremely enthusiastic. There is so much mutual interest and respect. Invariably, we end up working behind the scenes with access to objects and research data that most people never see.
I was thinking about this while working in the spirit collections (things pickled in jars) at the Natural History Museum in London. We were there for an ongoing project that documents rare and recently extinct species that exist only or primarily in museum collections. The curator was present to answer any of our questions, but then left us alone in the collections. And what a collection! I documented several 'type' specimens from the Challenger expedition of 1872-76. The Challenger was the first global oceanographic expedition. A 'type' specimen is the first collected example of a species that is described and named, and it serves as the baseline for identifying other members of that species. It is such an honor to be trusted with something that is so absolutely irreplaceable.
NEA: How do current issues in science and medicine inform your artistic practice?
PERRET: Some artists work in laboratories with bioengineers; others are artist-inventors and technologists. I am primarily interested in the cultural and social dimensions of scientific and medical discoveries. I want to know what are the intellectual and public impacts of how knowledge and innovation are administered and mediated. Who has access to the benefits? What are the risks? As social media, computer science, and biotechnology interact with and sometimes merge with the body, there are some really interesting questions about what it means to be human and how that might change in the future.
There have been some interesting recent developments in our understanding about how cancer cells create microenvironments in the tissues around tumors and insights into the molecular processes that cause Alzheimer's disease. References to new developments like these are layered into the work as it develops. I have a tendency to work toward a visual and conceptual complexity that can be appreciated at multiple levels. Visually, [my work] is very densely packed with scientific patterns and images, sculptural elements, projections, and sometimes performance---all relating to a specific issue, but each stratified component provides a different twist, another perspective.
NEA: To date, what's been your most transformative arts experience?
PERRET: The first time someone expressed how deeply an installation that I had worked on moved them shook me up a bit. I am so in my head when I am working, and even though I often deal with difficult subject matter, there is some distance afforded through the process. But things changed when I started working [to include] historical and contemporary personal narratives in my work. I didn't understand the power that [these] could have. I think it was the realization that art can resonate in the psyche as profoundly as any other experience. And with that comes responsibility.
NEA: What decision has had the most impact on your work as an artist?
PERRET: To create installations that are visually and conceptually expansive and accumulative. What I mean by that is while I do create objects, it is the collection of objects and images and documents---everything together---that makes the piece. There are always aesthetically interesting components, but they don't really stand alone. They need to be part of the assemblage, whether that fills a tabletop or a large room.
All of this goes back to a painting of a bird I did in middle school. It was a failure because it became so overworked as I tried to communicate everything about that bird in this single image. I wanted the viewer to understand the bird's three-dimensional form, its feather structure, species, [and] feel how it might move, what it eats, and even sense how it might sing. Then I saw Paul Klee's Twittering Machine, and finally understood that the essence of something is not a realistic representation of that thing. But I was still in love with the feathers and the skeletal structure, and how it flies---the science of what a bird is. I started to take clues from the natural history museum. Multiple drawings, models and text---all displayed together. I guess I have never looked back.
NEA: Are there any past or present artists, scientists, or researchers who have influenced your work? If so, how?
PERRET: I was very fortunate to grow up near New York and to have parents who took me to all the museums. Klee was definitely a favorite. Duchamp, Arp, Ernst, De Chirico, and Magritte… pretty much any of the European artists from the first part of the 20th century. Also, Medieval paintings. Something about those two things connected for me.
As a child seated in front of the television, I was inspired by the animal behaviorist Jane Goodall and ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. I think their appeal lay in their apparent accessibility and the romantic ideal of the individual setting out to uncover the mysteries of the world. Later, I was intrigued by biophysicist Rosalind Franklin who in 1952 captured the X-Ray diffraction pattern of the DNA molecule. It was this image that enabled James Watson and Francis Crick to understand the spiral double-helix form of DNA. It was the first time I thought about the visual image as the agent of discovery, not just as a means to document knowledge.
Art and science truly merge for me in the work of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, the father and son Dresden-based glass artists. Working with simple techniques and materials in the late 19th and early 20th century, they made thousands of extraordinarily detailed models of plants, marine invertebrate, and microscopic life forms. They are best known here for the famous glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, but their models are in scientific collections all over the world.
Healing Botanicals (chemo) Chair from The Waiting Room: Lost and Found breast cancer tableau, part of a multidisciplinary collaborative installation. Image courtesy of the artist.
NEA: Could you tell us about The Waiting Room project?
PERRET: The Waiting Room project developed out of my interests in medical science, history, the psychology of institutional spaces, and the medicalized body. Initially, it was an expansion of Diagnostik, an installation that Bruce and I created at the University of Iowa Medical Museum that explored mental illness. It grew into a creative collaboration examining health and healthcare more broadly through aesthetic, scientific, cultural, political, and literary lenses. The project includes The Waiting Room: Lost and Found installation, A Waiting Room of One's Own catalogue and essay collection, public events, community collaborations, workshops, and lectures. The collaborating team is comprised of myself, visual artists Bruce Scherting, Stephanie Lanter, Robin Lasser, and writer Sarah Smarsh.
The installation combines sculpture, sound, and image. As a conceptual framework for this exploration, the liminal space of the medical waiting room provides a psychologically rich context. This is the place where people wait to interface with the medical system, where patients are processed before testing, diagnosis, consultation, or treatment begins. Evoking this environment is a series of distinct tableaus with hybridized chairs composed of found and sculptural elements that embody a particular health issue. Visitors are invited to listen to recorded interview excerpts and sound compositions that provide intimate and expanded perspectives, or multiple "voices" for each health issue. In this position, viewers are made participants in the waiting community. Additional participation is encouraged through interactive stations where visitors can share their own stories inviting engagement and understanding. At the eating disorder tableau, individuals write their own stories on food wrappers, crumble them up, and push the wrappers through an opening in a sculptural chair that resembles a distended stomach. It comes out the other end in a humorous fashion. Some of the subjects we address are tough and disturbing to some of the visitors. Yet, at this station alone, more than 200 stories were contributed during a recent iteration of the installation, and when this was previously displayed at a women's college, it inspired students to start an eating disorder support group.
We have conducted programming or reached out to a variety of patient, student, and community organizations including cancer support groups, nursing students, universities and colleges, art therapists, medical professionals, community activists, and women and families in shelters. This effort to present a diverse narrative recognizes the intensely personal experience of the individual while acknowledging the wider global implications of health care.
Currently, we are working on a prototype of an ambulatory waiting room for the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. The idea that "waiting" is now mobile seems appropriate in our current culture. The Drop-In/Pop-Up Waiting Room project will serve as a bridge connecting two narrative threads: what do we expect from healthcare, and what do providers and policymakers bring to the table. Visitors will be able to express their viewpoints by "voting" at a kiosk. The data that is collected will be animated and projected as an artwork. A soundscape based on interviews of health care professionals will speak to the passion and desire to solve the big issues in medicine today. Although this test phase will be located in a museum, the next step is to travel to community venues and public spaces. The project seeks to exchange ideas and explore the complexities, incongruities, and possibilities of public healthcare policies, access, medical research, and public opinion. It is collaboration with the medical community and the public, and their participation helps drive the content.
NEA: What issues inspire your work and what would you like to investigate next?
PERRET: I think the environment and healthcare are the great issues of our time. And they are not exclusive. Right now, I am very interested in the medical humanities, which is loosely defined as an interdisciplinary dialogue between the arts (visual, theatrical, literary, performance-based) and medical education. It is a form of humanities based in a socio-cultural inquiry and critique of medical institutions, practice, and policy. The intention of these programs is to increase empathy and understanding of the human condition in future practitioners. It also provides an opportunity for patients and the public (and we are all patients at some time in our lives) to voice their experiences and concerns.
We were thrilled when the Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity at the University of Kansas Medical Center selected A Waiting Room of One's Own(the book of essays and exhibition catalog that is part of The Waiting Room project), to give to 250 incoming medical students as part of a program that selects one common read each year.
Next, I am thinking about the permeable nature of the body. The body is in constant conversation with the world. Toxins and changes in the environment are absorbed into our bodies and become part of our very being, often to harmful effect. Environmental science and medicine coming together.
Healing Botanical/Taxol Molecule Pattern, a detail of the chair textile from Healing Botanicals (chemo) Chair. The elements include chemicals found in plants that have been proven effective or are in current study as breast cancer treatments are represented along with scans of botanical specimens and cancer cell imagery. Among the compounds represented is Taxol, first discovered in the bark of the Pacific yew as part of the National Cancer Institute plant screening research program in the 1960s. Image courtesy of the artist.
NEA: What do you think is the artist's role in or responsibility to the community?
PERRET: There is no one answer to this question because we all belong to multiple communities and our roles shift accordingly. At different times I am some combination of colleague, collaborator, educator, mentor, facilitator, archivist, witness, and activist. And all of those roles are part of my way of being an artist.
I do think it is in every artist's best interest to identify and reach out to the different communities around them and build relationships. Artists need to engage with their own communities, but it is also very important to interact with people outside the art community. Sometimes just being visible is the most influential thing an artist can do. I am thinking back to the first question and the impact the realization that artists live and work everywhere had on me.
NEA: What is the community's responsibility to the artist?
PERRET: Again, I wonder "which communities?" If the question is referring to municipalities and other geographically bound places, then I would say, build, maintain, and nurture the scaffolding to grow the arts. Richard Florida describes the "creative class" as an economic group comprising up to one-quarter of the workforce that is involved in various creative problem-solving fields ranging from the traditional arts to technology and innovation. That is indisputably a large and consequential segment of the working population. Additionally, art, culture, and access to nature are experiences that many people look for when deciding on where they wish to live. It just makes sense.
But art is not just an economic stimulus. Ancient humans---tiny societies surviving on minimal resources and the most basic technologies---created images and objects. They probably had music and dance and stories too. Every culture has an artistic tradition. Zoo elephants creating paintings aside, humans are the only species that intrinsically engages in art making. That is why art is so powerful; its part of our heredity (inheritance) of being human. When we support the arts, we support our own humanity.
NEA: At the NEA, we believe that "Art Works." What does that phrase mean to you?
PERRET: While I agree that the economic argument for the arts is effective, I do worry that framing the arts primarily through an economic context or as a vehicle for urban renewal will too narrowly limit what type of projects will be publicly supported. In Kansas, there has been much upheaval in regard to state funding for the arts. First, the state arts commission was eliminated. Now, it is back, in a new form, under the Department of Commerce. Will applications for funding have to meet the criteria that they create jobs or offer other economic advantages? What about work that is important but does not create direct revenues? This is all new, and how it plays out remains to be seen.
I hope we will always focus first on "art works" primarily as artist's work, and how that serves as a means to inspire and challenge individuals and communities. The economic benefits will follow.
Art Talk, Arts and Science
"A Waiting Room of One's Own, "The Drop-In/Pop-Up Waiting Room, "The Waiting Room", "The Waiting Room: Lost and Found", Bruce Scherting, Marguerite Perret


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Asteroseismic inference on rotation, gyrochronology and planetary system dynamics of 16 Cygni
G. R. Davies, W. J. Chaplin, W. M. Farr, R. A. García, M. N. Lund, S. Mathis, T. S. Metcalfe, T. Appourchaux, S. Basu, O. Benomar, T. L. Campante, T. Ceillier, Y. Elsworth, R. Handberg, D. Salabert, D. Stello
Center for Space Science
The solar analogues 16 Cyg A and B are excellent asteroseismic targets in the Kepler field of view and together with a red dwarf and a Jovian planet form an interesting system. For these more evolved Sun-like stars we cannot detect surface rotation with the current Kepler data but instead use the technique of asteroseimology to determine rotational properties of both 16 Cyg A and B. We find the rotation periods to be 23.8+1.5 -1.8 and 23.2+11.5 -3.2 d, and the angles of inclination to be 56+6 -5 ° and 36+17 -7 °, for A and B, respectively. Together with these results we use the published mass and age to suggest that, under the assumption of a solar-like rotation profile, 16 Cyg A could be used when calibrating gyrochronology relations. In addition, we discuss the known 16 Cyg B star-planet eccentricity and measured low obliquity which is consistent with Kozai cycling and tidal theory.
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2331
Published - Jan 21 2015
Planet-star interactions
Stars: oscillations
Stars: rotation
10.1093/mnras/stu2331
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Davies, G. R., Chaplin, W. J., Farr, W. M., García, R. A., Lund, M. N., Mathis, S., Metcalfe, T. S., Appourchaux, T., Basu, S., Benomar, O., Campante, T. L., Ceillier, T., Elsworth, Y., Handberg, R., Salabert, D., & Stello, D. (2015). Asteroseismic inference on rotation, gyrochronology and planetary system dynamics of 16 Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(3), 2959-2966. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2331
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In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 446, No. 3, 21.01.2015, p. 2959-2966.
Davies, GR, Chaplin, WJ, Farr, WM, García, RA, Lund, MN, Mathis, S, Metcalfe, TS, Appourchaux, T, Basu, S, Benomar, O, Campante, TL, Ceillier, T, Elsworth, Y, Handberg, R, Salabert, D & Stello, D 2015, 'Asteroseismic inference on rotation, gyrochronology and planetary system dynamics of 16 Cygni', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 446, no. 3, pp. 2959-2966. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2331
Davies GR, Chaplin WJ, Farr WM, García RA, Lund MN, Mathis S et al. Asteroseismic inference on rotation, gyrochronology and planetary system dynamics of 16 Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2015 Jan 21;446(3):2959-2966. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu2331
Davies, G. R. ; Chaplin, W. J. ; Farr, W. M. et al. / Asteroseismic inference on rotation, gyrochronology and planetary system dynamics of 16 Cygni. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2015 ; Vol. 446, No. 3. pp. 2959-2966.
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