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Transpositions Ten-Year Anniversary Series Part 2: Significant Art from the 2010s
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Our Transpositions ten-year anniversary series reflecting on significant art from the 2010s continues this week with contributions from five erudite scholars whose research explores the interweaving of theology, imagination, and the arts. The various considered art works include: a book catalogue of paintings from a renowned Roman Catholic artist from Canada; a David Bowie music video; the most popular TV series featuring a high school chemistry teacher-turned-crime lord; a mixed media art show featuring Marian imagery; and a monumental painting containing important anti-racist imagery for us to consider.]
Rebekah Lamb – Michael D. O'Brien, The Art of Michael D. O'Brien, book, 2019
In the fall of 2019, Ignatius Press released the first catalogue of the most iconic paintings and sketches by Canada's leading devotional artist, Michael D. O'Brien (1948–). In the 1970s, O'Brien forged a new path for Canadian artists – one which few of his contemporaries knew how to find, though many longed after it. This new path was a devotional pilgrimage, a via crucis, in which he completely dedicated his art – in its production, themes, and form – to the proclamation of the Gospel.
Along the way, O'Brien met with many difficulties – especially since a lay, devotional artist did not have an immediate market in Canada following World War II and the rise of the 'long sixties'. Over time, his art would receive global recognition amongst various Christian Churches and especially in Eastern Europe where the depth and soul of his art spoke to those who had lived under violent persecution during Soviet rule.
O'Brien says that, through his art, he seeks to express 'living words—words that give life to others—first calling them through the medium of beauty to silent attention before a mystery; then evoking profound questions within their hearts and souls; and then drawing them to a state of wonder and from there into reverence for being itself'.[1] As Clemens Cavallin has recently put it, O'Brien's art stands 'on the edge of infinity', giving flesh to our deepest hopes, longings and fears and, in so doing, encouraging a habit of advent-like attention, in which we ponder devotional imagery in our hearts, awaiting divine disclosure (which shouldn't and can't come on our own terms).[2]
Given the difficulties of our current times (when there is such deafening noise, abundant anxieties and fears), O'Brien's art invites us into the great silence of Christ's life and the Christian message, a silence which offers the world 'words that give life to others'. In this catalogue, you will find a wide-ranging series of artworks, many of which meditate on specific biblical scenes or contemporary concerns in a way which makes them new and invites us to see the world with fresh eyes.
In so doing, O'Brien's art is characterised by the charism of the contemplative, which, as Hans Urs von Balthasar says, draws us into a 'place of undistorted, unmitigated encounter with the living God, on the other hand: "a land naked and pitted, dried up and darkened, a land through which no man passes and in which no man dwells" (Jer 2:6) yet a land toward which God still "seductively" redirects his Bride in order to "speak to her heart-to-heart" (Hos 2:14)'.[3] This catalogue invites us to enter into a 'heart-to-heart' with God, remembering that he is a living God, not merely the subject of abstractions. In so doing, it draws us towards the 'edge of infinity', giving us the courage to dare to stand there.
Rebekah Lamb is Lecturer in Theology and the Arts in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) at the University of St Andrews. Her forthcoming book, Suspended in Time: Boredom and Other Discontents in the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle, will be published with McGill-Queen's University Press.
Ann Loades – David Bowie, 'Lazarus', music video, 2016
David Bowie's 'Lazarus' was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie, launched in London's King's Cross Theatre towards the end of 2015. David Bowie sings/writes his 'Lazarus' lyric for his Blackstar album. As an unmistakably dying man with a horrifying face-mask, he 'rises' from his death-bed to write his lyric, without self-pity of sentimentality. Bowie sings not of death but of life, without scars, with nothing left to lose, free 'just like that bluebird'. Tragically, Bowie died of liver cancer two days after his sixty-ninth birthday [Editor's note: the music video was released on 7 January 2016, only three days before Bowie's death]. The song displays great courage in a long tradition of reflection on St John's Gospel 11–12 which artists have been able to embrace when New Testament exegetes leave us stranded.
Prof Ann Loades, CBE. is an Honorary Professorial Fellow at St Chad's College, and Professor Emerita of Divinity, University of Durham, UK. She is also an Honorary Professor in the University of St Andrews.
Mary McCampbell – Vince Gilligan (creator), Breaking Bad, TV series (2008–2013)
One of the last episodes of Vince Gilligan's masterful series, Breaking Bad, is titled 'Ozymandias', an allusion to Percy Shelley's ironic take on the erasure of a cruel pharaoh's graven image and empire. The brilliance of Gilligan's narrative is largely due to his capacity to manipulate his viewers into rejoicing over the demise of an initially relatable protagonist. Although I had been manipulated into empathizing with high school chemistry teacher-cum-drug kingpin Walter White for four seasons, I was now ready for the show – for Walt – to be over. Gilligan's plan was for the narrative to self-destruct, to implode just as Walt's character does. Like Joseph Conrad's Kurtz, White is (and has always been?) hollow to the core, yet this portrayal of the corrosive impact of pride on the hum an soul is perhaps the most profound, most chilling, and least 'hollow' works of visual art to have ever been on the small screen.
White begins as a seemingly 'normal' chemistry teacher and loving suburban dad that learns he has lung cancer and will be dying soon. Out of desperation, he begins 'cooking' methamphetamine in order to leave an inheritance for his family. He gradually transforms into 'Heisenberg', a self-sufficient killer whose pride is the central driving force for his underground empire: 'My name is Heisenberg; King of Kings! / Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! / Nothing beside remains'.
In one defining scene, Walt tells a fellow chemo patient his life's mantra: 'Never give up control. Who's in charge? Me. That's how I live my life'. Walt's 'sneer of cold command' (Shelley) is apparent to anyone that gets in the way of his empire building.
Walt's understanding of the value of human life has always been pragmatic, demeaned. In the series' second episode, Walt and former student, Jesse, dissolve the body of the first victim of their (literally) toxic partnership. The results are grotesque, and in between the shots of the men cleaning up a decomposed body, we see flashbacks of Walt working equations on the board with his graduate school classmates, wanting to 'solve' the makeup of a human being. When Walt notes that 'There's something missing', his girlfriend asks, 'What about the soul?' Walt responds, 'Soul? Ha. It's all just chemistry'.
For Walt, a pure Darwinian if there ever was one, empathy is a stumbling block on the path to progress. Is Walt an Aristotelian tragic hero, a Byronic anti-hero, or a villain? To some degree, he is all three. His downfall is a result of the crippling flaw of pride, his terrifying genius, and an inability to see the imago dei in other human beings because, ultimately, 'it's all just chemistry'.
Mary McCampbell is Associate Professor of Humanities at Lee University and author of the forthcoming book, Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: Empathy, The Arts, & the Religious Imagination (Fortress Press, 2021).
Matthew Milliner – Tim Hawkinson, 'New Work' art show, various mediums, 2019
In the Spring of 2019 I enjoyed a pre-COVID stroll in the L.A. Arts District. Mask-less humans roamed freely, consorted without restraint, openly consumed expensive coffee. It was on that visit, after seeing the surprising Piero Manzoni show at Hauser & Wirth (the maker of 1961's Merda d'artista was not the nihilist I suspected!) that I encountered the evocative centrepiece of Tim Hawkinson's New Work show at DENK Gallery.
Orrery (2018) was a fusion of Gothic statuary (the Sedes Sapientiae, that is, throne of wisdom) and astronomical inquiry (an orrery is a model of the solar system) so unexpected that it easily takes the (not entirely prestigious) trophy for most noteworthy art I personally encountered in the 2010s. I first met Tim Hawkinson's work in his memorable New York show How Man Was Knit (2007). Massive body parts, freshly contorted and lovingly rearranged, jump-started my wonder at the human form. But Hawkinson's DENK show revealed that in the next decade the same artist would contemplate how God was knit as well. By installing the solar system into his hardware store Virgin, Hawkinson reinvented the Byzantine icon type 'more spacious than the heavens' for the twenty-first century. But unlike in an icon, the Christ child here was not stationary (as mere photographs suggest), but rotated in uterine orbit. Moreover, an installed fan mechanism caused the backdrop to breathe – a common blue tarp transfigured into something closer to the heavenly blue ceiling of Giotto's Arena Chapel.
But I'm convinced there was another historical conversation at work here as well. At MOCA Los Angeles in 1995, the artist Robert Gober had famously offered a deliberately irreverent (or perhaps simply Nestorian) statement of Mary with a drainpipe through her stomach. Rather than angrily protest this piece (as many did), Hawkinson instead waited patiently to offer a kinder reply, even to the point of referencing Gober's drain pipe in Mary's homemade arms. Gober's Los Angeles Mary is far more than just a vessel, as the Christian tradition (in response to Nestorius) has long insisted. Joseph Cornell, another master of everyday objects, once successfully recalibrated and even healed Marcel Duchamp's attack on the Mona Lisa in his tenderly wrought 'Duchamp Dossier' of the 1940s. And now thanks to Orrery, Tim Hawkinson has done the same for Robert Gober in the 2010s.
Matthew J. Milliner (@millinerd) is Associate Professor of Art History at Wheaton College.
Sarah Stewart-Kroeker – Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Studio), painting, 2014
Kerry James Marshall's Untitled (Studio) from 2014 is a monumental painting. I encountered it after having been through the Met's 'Epic Abstraction' exhibition, the title of which rather over-promised. Marshall's studio scene – not abstract, and more deserving of the designation 'epic' – stopped me in my tracks. Untitled (Studio) is incredibly dynamic: the reds and yellows track diagonally across the painting while the five faces (including one in the portrait on the left), looking in different directions, draw the viewer into the interplay of gazes in the painting's upper half, just as the variable sharpness and depth creates a kind of instability, as if Marshall's painting remains in process like the artistic process he depicts. The painting plays on various well-established art historical tropes: the studio scene, artist and model; the nude; the still life elements (the ephemeral flowers and food stuff, with the memento mori of the skull to remind the viewer of their own passage toward decay and extinction); the bust and small statue; genre paintings with their frequently attendant animals, here the watchful dog and the goldfinch (a nod to Carel Fabritius's famous painting, or to its symbolic meaning in religious art as a reference to both crucifixion and redemption?). Marshall plays with these tropes and subverts them: the artist is a woman, unlike the many men that populate studio scenes over the centuries, and while her current model is a woman too, she is clothed, unlike the male nude in the left corner and the man apparently re-clothing behind the red curtain just behind the artist herself. These two women are the centre of the painting; the men are in the wings.
Marshall refuses to shade the faces of his figures to make their expressions and features more easily visible, and there is something to this that strikes me as resistant to whiteness as well: for to shade the faces would require using light, lightness overlaid on the blackness of the skin.
While the female artist portrayed here is entirely commanding, Marshall somewhat cheekily references himself as the painter too—the paint dripping from the painting within the painting (on the left) is also dripped directly onto the canvas surface, indirectly inserting Marshall himself into the scene as the painter painting the painter painting. And this, too, is significant, for Marshall's own Blackness is at the heart of his painting practice: he paints Black figures to challenge the overwhelming whiteness of European art—which, to the extent that it includes Black figures at all has mostly been as models (the Musée d'Orsay's 'Black Models' exhibition in 2019 excavated historical details on these models—but the exhibition is focused on Black models, that is, painted by white artists, implicating these works in the bloody legacy of colonialism, even if some of the paintings evidently sought to indict that very colonialism by portraying its brutality, but in so doing they re-brutalize Black bodies).[4] Marshall distinctively paints his figures in striking, deep black that invites close study to see the details of facial expressions and features. Marshall refuses to shade the faces of his figures to make their expressions and features more easily visible, and there is something to this that strikes me as resistant to whiteness as well: for to shade the faces would require using light, lightness overlaid on the blackness of the skin. Marshall will not draw white over black, the deep blackness of these Black faces resists ready discernment, and their expressions too are enigmatic, intense, perhaps defiant.
The painting has stayed with me not only for its stunning beauty and compositional mastery, but for the ways in which it indicates white supremacy (through artistic tropes) and at the same time resists and subverts it. The struggle against white supremacy long precedes this decade and will continue beyond it, but certainly the Movement for Black Lives marks the 2010s in ways both indicting of the structures of white supremacy that remain deeply rooted and yet hopeful in its insistent call for change.
Sarah Stewart-Kroeker is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Geneva and the author of Pilgrimage as Moral and Aesthetic Formation in Augustine's Thought (OUP, 2017)
[1] Michael D. O'Brien. 'Preface' in The Art of Michael D. O'Brien (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019), 16.
[2] Clemens Cavallin. On the Edge of Infinity: A Biography of Michael D. O'Brien (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019), 25.
[3] Hans Urs von Balthasar, Two Sisters in the Spirit: Thérèse of Lisieux and Elizabeth of the Trinity (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1998), 10.
[4] Just as protest engulfed Dana Schutz's 2016 painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket, for exactly this problem (a significant controversy that marks the last decade in contemporary art), protests against the printing of images of Black bodies brutalized by police continue to press against the problematic tensions involved in imaging brutalized Black bodies, even as the circulation of such images has contributed to the Black Lives Matter mobilization against police brutality.
Photo credits: Photos from Tim Hawkinson's 'New Work' Art Show taken by Matthew Milliner.
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U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis left Washington Friday on a five-day trip to reaffirm the enduring U.S. commitment to partnerships in the Middle East, West Africa and South Asia, Defense Department officials said.
Mattis will begin his engagements with a visit to Egypt Saturday, where he met with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Defense Minister General Sedki Sobhi.
He then traveled to Jordan, where, on December 3, he participated in the Aqaba Process, a meeting on countering violent extremism in West Africa, hosted by Jordan's King Abdullah II. Attendees also included officials from France, the U.K., and several Western African nations, as well as representatives from the African Union, the European Union, NATO and the U.N.
The Defense Secretary will then travel to Pakistan, December 4, where he is planning to meet with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa. He will conclude his trip with a visit to Kuwait on December 5, where he will meet with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and other Kuwaiti leaders.
Meanwhile, Mattis said on Friday that as offensive operations against ISIS in Syria entered their final stages, and expected the focus to move towards holding territory instead of arming Syrian Kurdish fighters.
US President Donald Trump informed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a call last month that Washington was adjusting military support to partners on the ground in Syria.
The Syrian Kurdish YPG spearheads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting Islamic State with the help of a US-led coalition.


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Five boys from Houston Texas who attest that they are a ministry first and a band second, Before There Was Rosalyn is the kind of band that strives to become more than just the sum of their parts. With a passion and sincerity that's all too real in a world where so many things are not, they invite you into their lives and their struggles, hoping to share in yours.
After extensive touring, and a great response to their 2008 release As Far As The Moon From The Sun, this post-hardcore act has set out to make a powerful statement with their Victory debut entitled The Fuhrer: An Allegory Of A History Of Deception, an album about humanity's potential to create and its power to destroy. With a release date of 10/27/09, The Fuhrer is a bold and emotional journey into the heart of a humanity left to its own devices. Characterized by a sound of driving beats, powerful lyrics, and tasteful songwriting, Before There Was Rosalyn is here to remind us that music is still the best way for us to offer the only thing of value we really have to offer one another: our hearts.
"This record is for our generation," Vocalist Carlos Salazar conveys. "It's for all of us. This is about humanity. It's not about the black and white lines that divide our morals or our beliefs, but the gray matter that makes up the lives we lead and the importance of the choices we make."
Before There Was Rosalyn released The Fuhrer: An Allegory Of A History Of Deception (2009) with Victory Records.
Before There Was Rosalyn - "The Warrior" (Official Music Video)

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Blogging: How to start? Don't worry. I have you covered. If you are starting a Blog in India, I have one of my books to help you too. But if you are just curious about blogging, I will tell you all about it.
Blogging on WordPress or somewhere else?
Nowadays people are microblogging on Instagram, Facebook and everywhere else. My favorite is WordPress .I still use my personal wordpress.com blog to share ideas and posts.
If it comes to open source software for blogging, nothing comes close to WordPress.
When it comes to functionality, WordPress wins. When I bought, my domain and hosting I chose WordPress as my Content Management system. It has a wonderful creative community, endless free plugins, the options with this is limitless. With all social media microblog, you don't really own your content and anyone can use it.
One of the first blogs I opened was on Blogspot. Even though I love everything Google, I found no attraction for Blogspot and abandoned it soon. But I rather like Google's Blog Compass app for Indian Bloggers.
Professional blogger: Is that even a Career?
This one is a tricky one. Like any other careers, blogging has grey, white and black areas. Whether you try the fifty shades of grey in Blogging or stick to vanilla, will depend on you. The important thing to remember is, an authority Blog gets its authority from what you know and share. If that's authentic and helpful, making a career out of blogging is not impossible.
But when it comes to trends today let me tell you a secret.
Just like Orkut went away, Facebook lost its shine and now Google plus retired, one-day, Blogging as you know it may wear different feathers. What's interesting is writing, and words, have been around for years and they are not going anywhere. Your blog package will bring multiple opportunities and what you do with them, will decide whether you can have a career around your blog.
Any professional knowledge, training, skill, can be used as an authority content for your Blog. Google focusses on useful content and you my friend, have information to share. Just remember to give disclaimers and disclosures properly.
Free Blog or a Paid Blog?
A free WordPress Blog or your own domain and hosting?I like having my own domain and hosting, but I will try to give you a balanced overview.
You can use as many themes and change set up when you like.
Monetization is not allowed in a white hat world.
Until it's your own hosting you don't own your content and a glitch could destroy it forever.
It's your own digital home. Decorate it, one post at a time. Go slow, DIY or get it branded by professional web designers, it's your call. But remember, good web designers, doesn't come cheap. There are lots of shady moonlighting, who will cause more harm than good. If in doubt, check blogs like Blogaid.net and amylynnandrews.com for detailed tech stuff which will help you learn.
Domain and hosting separate or not?
This is tricky. I have read both sides of the debate. I feel, having two eggs, in two different baskets, makes sense. While renewing hosting for multiple years gets more and more expensive, the free domain you got with the hosting will have a lot more Domain Authority power. The domain name gets authority and rank with each passing year. If you want to change hosting and want the domain name, it will be expensive.
But if you buy a domain from a separate vendor, this problem of changing hosting will have less effect.
What goes into your blog?
What will you do for your Blog health? Blog health? What am I talking about? That's what you are thinking right? Don't worry I am not going crazy and Blog health is a real thing.
Just like you need to take care of what goes inside your body and what comes out for a healthy you, so does the blog.
The hosting: I am thankful to Hostgator. I have used it for the last four years, it gets expensive to renew with each passing year. But the support helped me learn a lot about the backend of my blog. They also did a completely headache free migration to https. But even then, I strongly insist that you do your own research, before choosing a hosting plan. What works for me, may or may not work for you.
Get the Ultimate list of Blogging resources I use.
What you put inside your blog shows. Your blog is what you write and use in your blog. Themes and plugins are great for sprucing up the blog. But everything needs research. I hear stories of blogs crashing or worse of being hacked when unsafe themes or plugins are used.
Two things you must do, before downloading and using any theme or blog.
Check the source of theme or plugin.
Check reviews and ratings. Please read the reviews.
See if an active forum or support desk available. Most don't have free versions. But an active forum is good too.
All plugins and themes have backlinks to owners, so when you do use them the source is important. Also, they are potential entry points for hackers if not updated and checked regularly.
Never let anyone enter into your blog until you know that person well. Take a backup regularly. At least once a month. You may need more frequent backups depending on frequency.
Learn about Blog backend stuff, from reliable sources.
Don't allow random guest posts. Even sponsored posts need to be checked, for plagiarism and content quality. It's your Brand name on the line here.
The Next part involves what goes out?
Why do you Blog is important here, if it's a personal Blog full of your thoughts and insights and musings then skip this part? But if it's also a resource for like-minded people and aimed to help someone somewhere I have news for you.
Make a game plan or an editorial calendar, a blueprint a list whatever works for you.
If needed, write it down on a chart paper and stick it to the wall in front of wherever you write.
Update list of categories you write about. Then see which are the blog posts, which brought in maximum traffic over the last six months. Download as a csv and dig deep. If you see a pattern Write on a topic similar and do in-depth research case study, interviews, product comparison to make that topic your thing. But all this works only if you enjoy writing.
Next, optimize your old content. Make thin content updated and complete Edit, put in relevant images do an SEO audit of your Blog and images and check for alt tags and Descriptions. Google images are also great for getting some traffic onto your blog.
More details in the next part of this Blog series on Blogging in India: The big reveal!
Earning through Blogging: Is that a good thing?
Podcasting in India: All questions answered.
Starting a Successful Blog: From Quickstart to Awesome!
A few quick videos to help you on your blogging journey.
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Thank you.Do share with friends who would like to start a blog.
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It's taken me longer than I expected to get around to posting things on this page, so I think it's best to see this page as in a continual state of evolution.
What is a Buddhist Coach?
Some people have asked me about the snake image on this website and my business cards. I'll write a more thorough explanation at some point, but very briefly the logo is a caduceus, which is carried by Mercury, the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology. It's a symbol of communication between the heights and the depths, with the twisting snakes symbolising integration and renewal, and the wings communicating freedom and spaciousness. Although it differs from the medical symbol of the Rod of Asclepius (which only has one snake and doesn't have any wings) it is sometimes used by paramedics and medical corps, and it's quite often used by psychiatrists.


got to caitlin's at 5pm and had this submitted by 7pm on the day of the deadline. good work caitlin mccann on video, dom billett on drums. this is a new unreleased song from a future album called "kill the medicine man".
P.S. got the masters for some new tracks today. i think it's the best thing i've done so far. excited to share, more on that and tour dates soon....in the meantime coming to the west coast 2/6-2/14.


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Thank you for your help and cooperation. See you on Election Day.
This attempted voter fraud was thwarted but the attempt was VERY REAL. Why would an organization print up "name badges that include your Ward and Precinct information" to people who live in where they say they live? Why would this organization need "to make it easier to find a volunteer to vouch for a voter"? Shouldn't a real life neighbor be able to vouch for that person?
Rep. Winkler saying that voter fraud is a myth is either spin or he's extremely ill-informed.
Furthermore, Rep. Simon points to the fact that while the bill could cost the state and counties millions of dollars, there is no appropriation line in the bill. Facing a multi-billion dollar deficit, Simon says the legislation is a vivid demonstration of misplaced priorities.
"We have a $6.2 billion deficit, and this bill adds millions in untold spending, not to mention dozens of pages of government regulation and bureaucracy," Simon said. "The bill even prescribes when recount officials can go to the bathroom. It forces election judges to act like bouncers, screening IDs and kicking people out who they think don't belong.
Rep. Winkler agrees, calling Kiffmeyer's bill nothing more than a partisan attempt to prevent voters they think will help get Democrats elected.
"The only voter fraud here is that Republican activists claim to care about the integrity of Minnesota elections," Winkler said.
I don't know where to start with these allegations. I guess I'll first attack Rep. Simon's statement that "we can't afford the time and money this bill will waste." Rep. Simon obviously has a short memory. In 2007, over one-third of the House committees didn't meet until mid-February. In 2009, the first month was spent on policy bills. (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?) That's after DFL chairmen held hundreds of meetings and hearings in the summer of 2008.
There were some head shakes, but no response. The House got back to the business at hand.
Emmer's question has become the mantra of state Republicans. In every public forum, at least one or two Republican legislators raise the question: If DFL legislators don't like Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed budget, why don't they come up with one of their own?
It's obvious that this GOP legislature has already done more budget work than the DFL did by early Feb., 2009. For Rep. Simon to say that this bill represents a misplaced priority and a waste of time is intellectually dishonest, especially considering the terrible misuse of time the DFL had in 2007 and 2009.
Next, I'll tackle Rep. Winkler's statement that the purpose of this bill is to disenfranchise votes who aren't likely to vote Republican. Rep. Winkler should be reprimanded for making that unsubstantiated statement. It's apparent that he can't prove his accusation. If he could, he would've shared it at this press conference.
As a conservative activist, I'm disgusted with Rep. Winkler's meanspirited accusation. Saying that I don't care about election integrity goes well beyond acceptable behavior for a state legislator. Questioning the need for Photo Id is questioning a policy. Stating that "Republican activists" don't care about election integrity is an assault on my integrity and the integrity of my activist friends.
That's a matter of impugning the character of an entire group of people without even meeting them. That's meanspirited behavior for which Rep. Winkler needs to apologize for.
Funny how spending $40 million on stopping democrat voter fraud is silly but spending it on education or public union pensions is all fine and dandy.
I totally support this "waste" of money as the Democrats call it. The waste of money I don't support can be found on Sen. Terri Bonoff's web site under Session Recap. In her May, 2010 session recap letter which she emailed around to everyone signed up to hear from her, she states that views and votes on the issues were influenced by the fact that many of us are on the ballot in Nov., 2010. Now that's what I call a HUGE waste of money — a legislative session full of people who do not vote their principles and those of their constituents. Their salaries are a total waste of tax payer's dollars if that is the belief system they have. Bring on whatever is necessary to give us voter integrity so we can vote people who voted like Sen. Bonoff did in May out in 2012.
Mary, I couldn't agree more.
Funny how the DFL, to quote Rep. Winkler, thinks that an honest election will disenfranchise people likely to vote DFL. Doesn't that mean the DFL KNOWS that their voters aren't legal and honest, and that they cheat?


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Centaurus Constellation: History, Location, How to View
History of Centaurus Constellation
What is the English name for Centaurus Constellation?
What is the Greek Mythological Significance of Centaurus Constellation?
How to Find Centaurus Constellation?
What is the Area of Centaurus Constellation?
What Quadrant is Centaurus Constellation in?
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Belonging from the Hercules family of constellations, Centaurus is the ninth largest constellation. It contains two out of ten brightest stars named Alpha and Beta Centauri. This constellation also has "Centaurus A," one of the brightest night sky galaxies and the "globular cluster Omega Centauri".
Moreover, Centaurus is also home to the Blue Planetary nebula (known as Southerner), the Boomerang Nebula, and 11 stars with known planets. However, it does not contain any messier object.
In the old days, Centaurus was an equatorial constellation during the dawn of civilization, but precession slowly shifted it southward for millennia, which made it closer to southern declination.
The evidence of Centaurus' presence dates back to Babylonians, who called it MUL.GUD.ALIM or Bison-man and associated it with Utu-Shamash, the god of Sun. At the same time, the current name of this constellation was given by the Greeks.
Moreover, this constellation was also mentioned by Eudoxus and Aratus in the 4th and 3rd century BC while the Greek astronomer Ptolemy cataloged it for the first time in 2nd century AD.
The English name for the constellation Centaurus is "Centaur".
In Roman and Greek mythology, Centaurus was associated with a mythical creature half man and a half horse called the Centaur.
The first-millennium Roman poet named Ovid considered Centaurus a Chiron. Chiron was a very wise centaur who was a mentor to several famous Greek heroes like Jason, Achilles, Theseus, and more. However, other sources associate Chiron with less civilized centaurs and link it to Sagittarius and Centaurus constellations.
Chiron was Titan king Cronus and Philyra's (one of the sea nymphs) son. Cronus seduced the spirit and turned himself to a horse for escaping being caught, which resulted in the birth of a hybrid son by Philyra.
Chiron was a genius. He was an expert hunting, music, and medicine teacher. He died of Heracles' poisoned arrow, which accidentally struck him. Being an immortal son of an immortal father, his death was not easy. He suffered terrible pain. Eventually, god Zeus released him from immortality and, after his death, placed him among the stars.
To find Centaurus, follow the steps discussed ahead:
Locate the southern cross.
Draw an imaginary line to "two pointers". Two pointers are two stars, one Alpha Centauri the other Beta.
When you locate two pointers, you are in the Centaurus constellation.
The Centaurus has an area of 1060.422 square degrees in the night sky.
This constellation is in SQ3, 3rd quadrant of the southern hemisphere.
It is visible at the latitude of +25° and -90°. Its neighbors are:
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Since Centaurus is a large constellation, it can be seen with the naked eye. But to have a more detailed and more precise view, it is best to use a simple telescope or binoculars.
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Looking Back: 1967 -- 1923 WHS graduate speaks at 100th Carleton commencement
One year ago Cody Finke was chosen as the 2016 Nobles County Relay for Life Honorary Chairman. Camryn Baumhoefner, 16, the daughter of Dan and Becky Baumhoefner of rural Fulda, was chosen to travel with 45 other 4-H members from across Minnesota ...
Cody Finke was chosen as the 2016 Nobles County Relay for Life Honorary Chairman.
Camryn Baumhoefner, 16, the daughter of Dan and Becky Baumhoefner of rural Fulda, was chosen to travel with 45 other 4-H members from across Minnesota to attend the 2017 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., in January 2017.
A mud volleyball tournament was part of Lake Wilson's Town and Country Days.
During a special work session of the Nobles County commissioners, two men who were experts in the field presented information about expanding broadband to unserved and underserved areas of Nobles County. One said that broadband service within Worthington's city limits was already "pretty good."
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced it would not replace the dam in Blue Mounds State Park that suffered significant damage during heavy rains and flooding in June 2014.
The Stag Clothiers, downtown Worthington, reopened under new ownership. Robyn Moser and her husband, Kenneth, took over the business previously run by partners Dale Ryen and Stan Wendland.
Five years ago Invitations were in the mail for "A Salute to Excellence," a special Worthington High School band alumni celebration scheduled to take place during the 2012 King Turkey Day weekend.
The Nobles County commissioners took another step forward in the process of bringing a new library to the county. Nobles County Library Director Julie Wellnitz requested $15,000 for estimates, civil engineering and architectural costs, plus soil borings on one site that was of potential interest for a new library.
Farley's and Sathers Candy Company Inc., based in Round Lake, and Ferrara Pan Candy Company Inc. of Forest Park, Ill., completed a merger. Details of the impact to the home office in Round Lake were not immediately disclosed.
Heidi Heckenlaible was selected as the honorary chair for the 2012 Nobles County Relay for Life event.
The Shrine Circus performed two shows Sunday at the Worthington Ice Arena on the Nobles County Fairgrounds, sponsored by the Worthington Area Shrine Club.
The Nobles County Library hosted a presentation of "Snow White," performed by the Treasure Village Children's Theatre of Okoboji, Iowa.
10 years ago An open house took place at Viking Terrace, Worthington. Staff of the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership were present to offer information about the new high-efficiency geothermal heating and cooling systems, energy efficient lighting and appliances and other structural improvements to the housing facility.
Showing this week at Worthington's Northland Cinema were "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," "Nancy Drew," "Ocean's 13," "Surf's Up" and "Shrek the Third."
Okoboji Summer Theatre announced the lineup of plays and musicals for its 50th anniversary season.
Members of the Great Gobbler Gallop racing team for King Turkey Day were announced and included Larry Iten, Matt Widboom, Chad Cummings and Cindy DeGroot.
The price paid for bare farmland in Nobles County increased by $400 per acre in 2006, and recorded sales since the previous October seemed to indicate the market was not in danger of dropping off. During the period from October 2005 through September 2006, buyers paid an average of $2,900 per acre, with the highest sale for a 150.04-acre parcel registered at $3,665 in January 2006.
25 years ago The community of Chandler was struck twice within four hours by tornadoes that devastated the town, which had an estimated population of 300. The first tornado struck shortly after 5 p.m. Early reports indicated that approximately half of Chandler, located in Murray County, was leveled. Nearby Lake Wilson also suffered extensive damage to houses and buildings.
After 64 years, Allan and Lyle Tate decided to close Tate's Trucking in Walnut Grove. The pair cited changes in the rural economy and farming practices as reasons for the close.
Pat Kunze, rural Fulda, opened Accounting Plus. Kunze's business offered full-service bookkeeping for farmers, businesses of all sizes and individuals, among other services.
Dorthy Rickers' "Mixing and Musing" column featured recipes for Company Chicken, Mock Angel Food, Refrigerator Pickles, Old English Torte and Wild Rice Chicken.
Showing this week at Worthington's Northland Cinema were "Beethoven," "Sister Act," "Encino Man" and "Lethal Weapon 3."
50 years ago Two hail storms struck the Okabena area Thursday evening. An official of the Okabena bank said insurance claimants were lined up the following morning to seek reimbursement for losses. The storm appeared to have covered a strip from about four miles south of Okabena to about three miles north. An hour later, a second hailstorm hit the area.
Osceola County, Iowa, reported its third casualty of the Vietnam War. PFC James McClain, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McClain of rural Harris, was killed in action June 12 in Vietnam. McClain was a 1965 graduate of Harris-Lake Park High School and had entered the Army in July 1966. Previous Osceola County victims were Daryl Kadous of Sibley and Leland Zahn of Harris.
Dr. Everett C. Hughes of Cleveland, Ohio, received recognition at Carleton College's 100th annual commencement exercises in Northfield. He received Carleton's Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his superior accomplishments in the fields of chemistry and business. Hughes was the vice president of research for Standard Oil of Ohio. He was a 1923 graduate of Worthington High School and a 1927 graduate of Carleton College.
The English teachers of Worthington Senior High School were engaged in a week-long English curriculum workshop in an effort to "revise and renew" English curriculum for grades 7 to 12.
75 years ago Thunderstorms deposited a bountiful bunch of hail in the area, and a photo in the Worthington Daily Globe depicted J.E. Erickson displaying a bucketful of good-sized hailstones on "the Kellen place," where eight inches of slush and hail were deposited on the roadway.
Nobles County businessmen, clerical workers, retired farmers, school boys and other interested parties were invited to register for work on county farms during the harvest season, announced A.W. Sievert, manager of the Worthington office of the U.S. Employment Service. Because of the shortage of farm hands resulting from the draft and the hiring of men in defense industries, county farmers were going to be "very short" of help when harvest time arrived.
Wick's Jewelry Store, Worthington, advertised "gifts for dad" as Father's Day approached, including items such as watches, rings, watch bands, lighters, cigarette cases, collar pin & tie set, fountain pens, cigarette jars, ashtrays and billfolds among suggested gifts.


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Sheng Long was a master of Ryu and Ken.
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Sheng Long, artwork from Electronic Gaming Monthly (1997)
Sheng Long is a character from Street Fighter that emerged from a hoax created by the magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) in an April Fools' prank (February 1992), a while later, he would be a secret character and master of Ryu and Ken. Capcom created Gouken, the master of Ryu and Ken and his evil brother, Akuma.
Its name came from a translation error, at the end of Ryu in Street Fighter II, the following sentence appeared: "If you cannot overcome the Shoryuken, you cannot win!" (昇龍拳を破らぬ限り、おまえに勝ち目はない!, Shōryūken wo yaburanu kagiri, omae ni kachime wa nai!), which has been translated as "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.", Shōryūken is the name from Ryu and Ken 's special attack and means "Rising Dragon Fist", in the English instruction manual for the SNES Street Fighter II referred to "Master Sheng Long" as Ryu and Ken's master.
Akuma and Gouken
As it came from an Aprils Fool's joke, his birthday is April 1, 1941.
The name Sheng Long resembles Shenlong, the legendary Chinese dragon, present in the franchise Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama.
Nida care of Sheng Long
Sheng Long appears in the Malibu series as Ryu's master, Ken and Nida, after being poisoned by an evil Ryu clone, created by M. Bison, becomes taken care of by Nida, who believes that Ryu is the real culprit and swears revenge.
Akuma's ending
Sheng Long is mentioned as Ryu and Ken's master and Akuma's brother in the game Street Fighter: The Movie (based on the movie) for arcade.
Despite not being an official character, he has a Shadaloo C.R.I. profile.
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EHC, a company that specializes in pre-construction, earthwork, and infrastructure work, is pleased to announce the status of several ongoing projects including Clark Road Roundabout, Sandhill Boulevard, The Preserve, and Manasota Key Sidewalk, Lighting & Landscaping. Over the past year, EHC has been the primary contractor for numerous construction projects throughout Southwest Florida. This fall,
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EHC, a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork, and infrastructure services, is proud to announce the start of four new projects in Lee and Collier County including SUN Trail, Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, Jasper Flats and Naples Square Phase Four. The site construction company has also recently completed St. Paul Catholic Church, Central Avenue
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EHC, a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork, and infrastructure services, is pleased to announce the concurrent traffic switches involving Sandhill Boulevard, Burnt Store Road, SR-82 and I-75. The projects span three Southwest Florida counties including Lee, Collier, and Charlotte. The past couple of months have been an interesting challenge for EHC. As part of
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EHC, Inc., a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork and infrastructure services, is pleased to announce starting Sandhill Boulevard Phase 1 and the GIBA Southern Roadway Sidewalk Project along with completing SR 82 in Lee County and The Luminary Hotel & Co. Sandhill Boulevard Phase 1 EHC is the prime construction contractor for Phase 1
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First up a big resonant, warm "THANK YOU!" to everyone who sent me get well wishes and advice for recovery. I even got a beautiful care package in the mail from none other than Sarah Humphreys. Not only can that girl write and sing, but she has the warmest of hearts. If you haven't heard her music, then stop reading this right now and get over to her website here.
I can now happily celebrate my nearly full recovery, just in time to head out on the road with another incredible master of the art of song, Fred Smith. We had our first performance last night to a full room of diners who sang and smiled with us. It was so good to be able to sing again, and I did so with great gut-loads of air and an impossibly cheeky grin.
Fred performed a couple of brilliant new songs, one I was instantly addicted to 'Far Away' (the perfect mix of eccentric Fred Smith style giggles and incredible insight and pathos) and a beautiful addition to his Dust of Uruzgan canon, the homecoming song "Going Home". We performed it together for the first time live on Radio National's morning program and then again later that day in the ABC World Newsroom. Check out the segment and the song below. It is such a moving tribute to those soldiers we lost in Afghanistan. It is also an ongoing reminder that those returning may yet have to face the horror of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and similar psychological battles.
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Rich & Braziliant is an eggplant with a shimmer that is GORGEOUS. You can see some red and blue shimmers in there if you enlarge the pic.


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"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Atleast he's in good company with the likes of Al Gore, Yasser Arafat, Alva Myrdal et.al.
Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said, "We hope this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do." That's more honest than I'd expected they would be about the decision -- it's just a partisan decision because they endorse socialism, not unlike when Gore won the same award. They might consider changing the name of the award to "most Googled Democrat."
Another dynamite decision by the Nobel Committee.
Darn, Red, you beat me to it but you did forget Jimmy Carter!
This is unbelievable. I mean, that the Nobel committee selects the wrong people for the wrong actions is a given, but now they're just selecting people for ... talk...?
Considering that the nominations were finallized in the beginnng of February, this selection is based upon 10 days or so of a President being in office. WOW is about all that can be said. This says alot about the rest of the people in the world who must have done in their lifetimes even less than Obama did in 10 days.
Newser just RT'd my Nobel award tweet: "Give me a gold medal and I'll run the marathon tomorrow." ROFL!
They might consider changing the name of the award to "most Googled Democrat."
Just heard the news, and like others, wasn't sure if it was April 1 -- or Halloween.
Many were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in a presidency that began less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline for the prize and has yet to yield concrete achievements in peacemaking.
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele said Obama won because of his "star power" rather than meaningful accomplishments.
He won because much of the world shares his hatred of America, his desire to see America stripped of its greatness and shackled down to the level of any stinking 3rd-world dictatorship. Either that, or his ACORN buddies were involved in the voting. No other way to explain it.
Now the Marxist Messiah is one more piece of feces, floating in the inhuman sewer that includes such "dignitaries" as Yassar Arafat and Al Gore.
But shouldn't the Nobel committee give special recognition to those who launched the Messiah on his rise to stardom--his blood brothers in the Weather Underground: Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, etc?
No word yet on what the victims of those they murdered have to say about this.
Also no word yet from those who award Emmys, Grammies, etc. -- no doubt those awards will soon follow.
Oh, and Jimmy ("I never met a terrorist or anti-American dictator I didn't like") Carter is another piece of you-know-what floating in the same sewer.
Obama also awarded Nobel prize in chemistry. "He's just got great chemistry," says Nobel Committee.
Update: Even media Obamaphiles can't believe it. Check out the Financial Times — "It is hard to point to a single place where Obama's efforts have actually brought about peace" — or the Times of London, declaring that the committee's made a mockery of the award.
"Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America's first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.
"Mr Obama becomes the third sitting US President to receive the prize. The committee said today that he had "captured the world's attention". It is certainly true that his energy and aspirations have dazzled many of his supporters. Sadly, it seems they have so bedazzled the Norwegians that they can no longer separate hopes from achievement. The achievements of all previous winners have been diminished.
Erik Erickson at RedState quips: He's Becoming Jimmy Carter Faster Than Jimmy Carter Did.
Michael P. Leahy asks: Where's Kanye West when you need him?
Perhaps the Messiah's worshippers will next give him an Olympic Gold Medal -- though first they'll have to create a new category, bull-slinging.
Redstate.com CEO Erick Erickson gets right down into the gutter.
I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period.
That's the good news. Also, I think if we survive the next four years, we can forget the whole experiment of voting in the inexperienced, but smooth operating, hip black guy thing, from happening again for a while.
I picked the wrong day … to stop smoking and drinking.
Surprisingly honest indeed. Like the rest of europe they're just fawning over Obama like some mindless teenage girls.
On the other hand, I think 'talk' is how leftists define peace.
"Many believe that he still has not earned the right to receive such a distinction," Castro wrote in a column published in state media. "But we would like to see, more than a prize for the U.S. president, a criticism of the genocidal policies that have been followed by more than a few presidents of that country."
On good days it has occurred to me more than once we may be witnessing the Bonfire of the Progressive Intellectuals. All over the world they are so far ahead of any actual achievement; it's possible the elevation of Obama is the absolute zenith of their achievements and the only direction for them is down.
A wise secular/amateur philosopher once wrote: It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. I am, however, encouraged some days by their overreaching and swaggering arrogance.
Having recommended a Catholic sponsored program above - to the consternation of some - let me couch a difficulty with the Church in their terms. While being raised a Catholic, the three cardinal virtues of faith, hope and love were constantly stressed. I think it significant that they really don't discuss hope anymore.
And I'll bet that's how these "intellectuals" "think". They see everyone out here -- those not in their little enclaves -- as ignorant peasants not able to grasp their powerful insights as to how the world really works. And they do stay to themselves in little enclaves, supporting one another in their small minded and arrogant falsehoods. David Horowitz has pointed this out. But, I think in the battle of ideas we are getting close to the heart of the beast, and we should now be close to killing that dark center of pure villainy.
Their foolishness is born of ignorance and deliberate narrow mindedness (political correctness promotes narrow mindedness). Funny how so many of these modern intellectuals are as close minded than the ignorant masses who believed in things like witch burning, but that is who we are dealing with, and the reason we have nothing to fear from them.
Btw, I think the Nobel Peace Prize should be dubbed the Nobel Peace Riddle. They announce the winner, and we have to figure out how it all makes sense.
Thanks Paul, great link. The initial commentary was especially eloquent.
I'd really like cancer and muscular dystrophy and influenza and zits to disappear from this Earth.
I think they're really really bad.
I'm even willing to meet with them in a multilateral negotiation to make them stop their attacks on the free people of this Earth, Man and Woman, Black and White, Rich and Poor, Mother and Child, Peaches and Herb...!
I think I'm looking pretty good for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, waddaya think?
I'd vote for you, but first you have to demonstrate that you are liberal and will not take crap from Fox News.
Dr. Hurd quotes the comment that it's like someone winning Employee of the Month, his first week on the job.
When it comes to Barack Obama, there are two kinds of people. One still believes he walks on water, the other knows he's just a talented politician.
Yet there's no sense cursing them, for they inadvertently have provided a valuable service: Their award signifies the high-water mark of Obama-mania. The prize is so preposterous, it can only hasten the awakening of others to his inflated stature.
Like an investor who buys into a bubble just before it bursts, the panel's declaration that Obama has done more for peace than anyone on the planet does not stand even half-serious scrutiny. The instant result is a simultaneous diminishing of both the prize and the man.
Arriving when half of America disapproves of Obama's performance as president and others are having buyer's remorse, the prize smacks of a desperate bid to prop him up. Because it comes from lefty foreigners who look with contempt on values most Americans cherish, the award serves to further distance Obama from his nation's political heartland.
All downhill from now on for the Marxist Messiah, blood-brother to the Weather Underground? As Shakespeare would say, "a consummation devoutly to be wished."
The only point I would disagree with is that it is "a desperate bid to prop him up." It is a repudiation of Bush: Carter, Gore got Nobel Peace prizes during his admin. and now Obama gets it immediately after Bush leaves.


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camera or projector to secure the sharpest possible image of the object. FOG–Nonimage photographic density. The defect is due either to the action of a stray light, to improperly compounded processing solutions, or to wrongly stored or outdated photographic materials. FOREGROUND (PHOTOGRAPHY)–That part of the landscape imaged in a horizontal or oblique photograph that is closer than the principal object to the camera. (ASP) GUIDE NUMBER–Values assigned to photographic flood and flash lamps according to American Standard to rate their light output in terms useful in exposure calculation. The guide number for a particular lamp used with a particular film is divided by the distance in feet from the lamp to the subject to find the f/number. HALATION –A halo or ghost image surrounding the true image of a bright object on a photographic emulsion, caused by reflection of rays of light from the back of the negative material. FRAME–(l) Any single exposure contained within a continuous sequence of photographs. (2) The smallest unit in television or film-a single picture. A complete scanning cycle of the two fields every l/30 second. A frame equal to 525 scanning lines. FREEZE FRAME–Arrested motion that is perceived as a still shot. FULL APERTURE–The maximum opening of a lens diaphragm. (PIA) FULL STOP–The standard series of diaphragm markings, or stop openings, that are 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 45, 64, 90, and 128. FUZZINESS –Lack of image sharpness caused by a defective lens, poor focus, movement, and so forth. GAIN–The level of amplification for video or audio signals. Increasing the video gain increases the picture contrast. AI-8 GENERATION–The number of dubs or copies sway from the original recording. The greater number of generations, the greater loss of picture quality. GRADUATE–A container for liquids marked off to measure various volumes. (PIA) GRAIN–The discrete particles of image silver in photographs. The random distribution of these particles in an area of uniform exposure gives rise to the appearance known as "graininess." GRAININESS–The subjective impression of non- uniformity in an area of a photograph corresponding to uniform exposure, most often noticeable in enlargements with a magnification of 10 or more. GRANULARITY–An objective quantitative measure of graininess. GROUND GLASS–A sheet of glass with a grained or matte (translucent) surface, a focusing screen, diffusing screen, and so forth. (PIA) HALFTONE–Reproduction of a photograph in which the gradation of tone is reproduced by various sized dots and intermittent white spaces caused by interposing a screen between the lens and the film. (IABPAI) HALIDE–Any compound of chlorine, iodine, bromine, or fluorine, and silver. Silver bromide, silver chloride, and silver iodide are the light-sensitive materials in silver emulsions. HANGER, FILM–A frame, usually of metal or plastic, for holding one or more photographic films to facilitate handling during processing. HARDENER–A chemical that increases the melting point of gelatin in photographic layers and prevents softening in warm-processing baths. Hardeners commonly used in photographic processing baths are aluminum potassium sulfate, chromium potassium sulfate, and formaldehyde solution. (PIA) HAZE–The presence of foreign matter in the atmosphere to an extent sufficient to reduce even slightly its transparency. HEAD-ON SHOT–A directionless shot in which the subject comes directly toward the camera. Used to change screen direction. HEADS–A small assembly within an audio or video recording system that can erase, record, or playback the signal in electromagnetic impulses. HELICAL SCAN, OR HELICAL VTR (ALSO CALLED SLANT TRACK)–A videotape recording or a videotape recorder in which the video signal is put on tape in a slanted, diagonal way. Because the tape wraps around the head drum in a spiral-like configuration, it is called helical. HIGH-ANGLE SHOT–A scene photographed on a downward angle; the camera being placed above the action.


The Watermill Center's large collection of world masks, objects and photographs offered me much inspiration as did exploring the library's vast book collection. I spent the majority of my time at the center sketching, planning and refining the costume designs for the race of The Fay and The Hounds of The Fay (both played by dancers), and the Ellyllon (played by opera singers).
In conceptualizing the costume design Christopher and I have set some guidelines for the look of these primordial characters. The Fay come from a time of mystery and elegant magical craft whose history has trickled down to us through myth. The time of the Fay roughly corresponds to our geological time period known as the Stone Age.
The Ellyllon are very ancient elemental entities, older than The Fay. The Ellyllon are the storytellers, the voices guiding the narrative. They are Shapes and shadows in the process of forming and un-forming.
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July 11, 2014 August 2, 2014 SALO
Attack on Somalia's presidential palace
Heavily armed militants carried out a major bomb attack and armed assault against Somalia's heavily-fortified presidential palace today.
The attack bore all the hallmarks of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels, who have carried out a string of strikes against the country's internationally-backed but fragile government. Witnesses said there was heavy gunfire and several heavy blasts believed to be grenades.
The attack appeared to be a repeat of an al-Shabaab assault against the presidential palace in February. In May the Islamist insurgents also launched a similar attack against the national parliament.
The attacks have targeted key areas of government, or the security forces, in a bid to discredit claims by the authorities that they are winning the war against the Islamist fighters.
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Somali Leader Fires Police, Intelligence Chiefs
Somalia's government fired the police and intelligence chiefs a day after Islamic militants attacked the heavily guarded presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, the information minister announced Wednesday.
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Bad Brains At The Fonda: Live Review and Photo Gallery
Posted on December 5, 2012 by Bob Lee
All photos by Bob Lee for the Los Angeles Beat.
Washington DC's legendary Bad Brains hit LA last weekend for a sold-out show at the Fonda Theater in support of their new album Into The Future, and for a band that's always been riddled with contradictions, this show turned to be right in character.
It's a not very well kept secret that the Bad Brains of today is not exactly the same band we knew in the eighties. It's the same four guys, and their basic ethos has never wavered in a 34-year career, but the explosive, motor-mouthed performer known as H.R. has left the building. Today's H.R. is a considerably more mellow fellow, with a stage presence that owes more to more John Entwistle than James Brown. I mentioned to my friends after the gig that H.R. looked and sounded better than the last time I saw them, at House Of Blues four years ago, and they asked "What was he like LAST time?"
No, he doesn't move much, which can be disorienting to anyone who ever saw him riding on top of a mob of humanity, whipping up a state of pandemonium by being the most frenzied person there. But at least he does sing the songs all the way through, if not with the same heart-stopping intensity, and it's an improvement from the ass-dragging performance of mostly the same repertoire I saw at that House of Blues show. (The cloud of marijuana smoke coming from the stage immediately prior to the curtain rising was smaller for this show, maybe he was a bit more alert.) The change was most noticeable during the opening blast of "Sailin' On", "Right Brigade", "Attitude" and "The Regulator", where the audience's enthusiasm was needed to shove the performances over the finish line when the singer occasionally faltered.
But he comes to life on the reggae numbers, for which his trademark silken vocals are spot-on, as well as the recent material from their latest album, Into The Future. The new songs were well matched to the overall vibe of the set, furious uptempo rockers with durable riffs and tempo-shifting breakdowns that wouldn't have sounded out of place on I Against I.
Meanwhile, the band behind him still sound razor-sharp. The trio of guitarist Dr. Know, drummer Earl Hudson and bassist Daryl Jennifer are responsible for one of the most distinctive sounds in punk, with meaty, metal-worthy riffs in the hands of seriously capable players, fusion guys with an edgy streak.
Standing in front of Jennifer's bass amp for most of the show, I became fascinated by how warm and liquid the tone was for how aggressive the music was, and the subtle micro-timing touches they apply even at 120 miles an hour. It's a cliche that punk made musicianship unnecessary, but anyone who heard Bad Brains in their early days had to sense that amateurish screwing around wasn't going to cut it if you wanted to play in this ballpark. Watching them up close is like seeing the old jazz masters, practitioners of the art that are doing things their students can only try to emulate.
Expectations for a present day Bad Brains show necessarily have to be adjusted from what they might have been thirty years ago, same with any group you can care to name. But in spite of any physical limitation, they continue to bring a dedication to their craft that's inspiring to see.
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The Pre-History Of Xmas: In Which Santa Flees Turkey With A Gang Of Midgets
(Note: this is a shameless rehash of something I wrote way back in 2006. However, I think its just as relevant today.)
Saint Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa Claus, was known for his fascination with children and prostitutes. In the "official" stories, these interests are described as being entirely innocent. For example, from The Lifesite:
"Legend has it that Saint Nicholas became aware of a desperately poor parishioner having three daughters with no dowry to recommend them for marriage. The father had planned to sell them into prostitution to provide some means of support. By night, Saint Nicholas secretly brought bags of gold on three separate occasions to the man's home. These generous visitations allowed the three daughters to have sufficient means to avoid whoredom and later strike a marriage covenant. On the third visit to deliver the gift, Nicholas was caught in the act of generosity by the grateful father."
But I once met a guy high up in Jesuit Order who knew the whole secret history of The Church, and he explained to me that this account was a total white-wash. If the truth had come out, Nicholas could have never been made a Saint. The real story is that for two nights Mr. Nicholas snuck in through a handy window to consort with these three vice girls, but on the third night he slipped on roof tiles and fell into some hedges, thus waking their old man!
And of course the girls' father was grateful! He got three bags of gold out of the deal. They were his payoff, his hush money!
In fact, father and daughters were in cahoots. The aforementioned marriage covenant was struck with Saint Nicholas himself, because daddy threatened to squeal him out in public. So Nick wound up living with with the gals Mormon-style, and in folk-tales they became known as The Brides Of Santa.
Nick was content with his lot, for the Brides bore him a whole gang of dwarf children, seven or eight of them in fact, including Grumpy, Smarmy, Sweaty, and Sleazy. But people got wind of their arrangement, and they fled Turkey with a torch-wielding mob on their ass. Eventually the whole motley crue landed up at the North Pole, which was pretty much parts unknown back in those days, and in any case ruled over by the loose living Swedes, who could be counted upon to look the other way with regards to the behavior of this rich bigamist and his midget clan.
Just to be safe, however, St. Nicholas grew a white beard, packed on a few pounds, and started calling himself "Santa". He made his kids shave, floss, and dress a little better, and started referring to them as "elves", which is the Viking word for "little white guy", in an attempt to compensate for their rather swarthy complexion.
So now you know.
Don't have any joy this Xmas. Remember, there's kids starving in Malaysia.
Labels: Liberal War On Xmas, Santa Claus Whore Monger
Omar said...
you forgot your 'Liberal War on Xmas' label, Comrade.
bigcitylib said...
Fixed. Thanks.
Argh! Did someone leak the relevant Church documents to Wikileaks while I wasn't looking?
-- frank
Mark Richard Francis said...
This is at least as convincing as the official version.
KaKa said...
Thanks a lot for everything, I love to read about such novelties, a revelation!
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Can We Escape the Ruling Class?
February 26, 2013 November 3, 2016 Editor's Pick
Written by Roderick Long, as published at the Center for a Stateless Society.
We tend to think of the "ruling class" as a Marxist concept; but the notion has a long history before Marx, particularly in the ancient Greek and Roman historians, and class analysis played a central role in 18th and 19th century classical liberalism as well. Whenever the decisions and actions of the political machinery are largely controlled by a particular group, and serve to advance the interests and reinforce the power of that group, such a group is properly called a ruling class. A ruling class is, obviously, a bad thing to have. This raises two questions:
How does a ruling class operate and maintain its power?
Is it possible to construct a political system that will not fall prey to a ruling class?
With regard to the first question: I do not believe that a ruling class needs to exercise its will or advance its interests consciously. That does often happen, of course. But what more usually happens, I think, is that as various policies are proposed or adopted in the governmental arena, those that adversely affect powerful, influential, and concentrated interests will get noticed and vigorously attacked, while those that affect the average person — too busy to keep track of what the government is doing, to poor to hire lawyers and lobbyists, too dispersed to have an effective voice — will be largely unopposed. This creates a kind of filter mechanism, that strains out legislation that harms the powerful, while allowing legislation that harms the weak to pass unhindered. The result, whether intended or unintended, is that government power tends to be turned more and more, by a kind of malign invisible hand, in the direction of advancing the interests of the powerful at the expense of the interests of the weak.
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Book Review: Closer Than You Think by Lee Maguire
A well-thought-out and carefully crafted story of pursuit.
Bryce, an every-day, relatable guy, finds his life spiraling out of control. While forced to accept that his wife doesn't want reconciliation and plagued with sleepless nights haunted by childhood events, he tries to create order from the chaos in the psych ward where he works as a psychologist. He acts with calm and foresight when it comes to his patients, but in his own life, well, he's a mess.
But there are forces beyond Bryce's control at work here. He has a stalker. A jilted lover? A wronged individual from the past? A figment of his imagination?
As everyone he knows, including his boss, coworkers and estranged wife, begin to question Bryce's intentions and integrity, he works to uncover the mystery of who is out to get him, and why. Without spoiling the ending, the plot was well thought out and the clues dropped like subtle breadcrumbs within the pages.
What I enjoyed most about this book was the realism. Written almost humoristically, it portrayed a series of events that could happen to anyone, and thus the style made it believable and relatable. However, this casual, conversational tone of voice also lessened the impact of what could have been a psychological thriller/suspense but fell short. I thoroughly enjoyed chumming along with Bryce throughout his days and found the characters witty and interesting, but the atmosphere of dread and suspicion was not developed as fully or credibly as I would have liked.
I also read the first few pages before understanding that Bryce was a man, not a woman, and off and on throughout the story had to remind myself as his over-reactions and crying episodes seemed weak. That's not to say that women protagonists are weak and men characters strong, far from it as any avid reader knows, I only point out that in this instance the reactions didn't match the image I had for Bryce as a competent, thirty-something psychologist. But maybe that was Maguire's point — we all have fears and past traumas that bring us to our knees when events misalign…or a stalker orchestrates our destruction.
Overall, I enjoyed Closer Than You Think and gave it four stars. I read the whole book in only two days, even with a busy workload, and enjoyed every minute of it. As the book's title references "A Broken Minds Thriller" I assume this is the first novel in the series. If so, I look forward to the next book and seeing Bryce in action once again.
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Based on a true story, Legend chronicles the life of the Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie, gangsters who ruled East London in the 1960s. The film is told through the eyes of, the very innocent and vulnerable, Frances (Reggie's wife).
What makes this film stand out is it's leads – Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy! He is phenomenal as the twins. The brothers couldn't be any more different to each other – as is Hardy's portrayal of them. In any other actor's hands, these two could have become mere charicatures – but not with Hardy. I got lost in his performances, marvelling that he was in fact carrying this off so successfully! At Oscar time, the question is not going to be, will he be nominated; instead it will be, will he be nominated twice? Once for each performance?
That said, the supporting cast also hold their own, especially Emily Browning, who plays Reggie's naive and ever tortured wife Frances. She brings the softness and heart to this film.
But it's not all rainbows and happiness, it is a gangster film after all, and in true gangster style, it doesn't hold back when it comes to violence. There are many gruesome scenes that give the likes of Scarface and The Godfather a run for their money. That said, this film is not in the same league as the aforementioned ones.
Legend is a good gangster film, but, excluding Hardy's performance, there is nothing legendary about it.
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NOAA: Global average temperature set record for November
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces in November was the highest in the 134-year period of record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The combined temperature, at 56.6 degrees F, was 1.4 degrees higher than the previous record of 55.2 degrees, set in 2004, NOAA reported.
The global land surface temperature was 45.17 degrees, the second-highest November on record behind 2010.
Most of the world's land areas experienced higher-than-average monthly temperatures, including much of Eurasia, coastal Africa, Central America and central South America.
Much of southern Russia, northwest Kazakhstan, south India and southern Madagascar were record-warm. Meanwhile, northern Australia, parts of North America, southwest Greenland and parts of the Southern Ocean near South America were cooler than average.
No regions of the globe were record-cold.
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