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Immigrant Contributions To American Society Recognized With 2017 Vilcek Prizes
Visual Artist Nari Ward And Biophysicists Lily And Yuh-Nung Jan Receive $100,000 Vilcek Prizes
Winners Of Vilcek Prizes For Creative Promise Each Receive $50,000 Awards
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Vilcek Prizes, recognizing outstanding immigrant contributions to the American arts and sciences. The Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science will be awarded jointly to Chinese-born Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan, a collaborative research duo and professors of molecular physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. The Vilcek Prize in the Arts recognizes Jamaican-born Nari Ward, a New York-based visual artist known for found-object assemblage art. Each prize includes a $100,000 cash award. The prizewinners were selected by panels of experts in each field; they will be honored at an awards gala in New York City in April 2017.
"Like all great artists and scientists, these immigrant prizewinners challenge our very perceptions of the world," said Rick Kinsel, president of the Vilcek Foundation. "Their works are attempts to understand fundamental questions and concepts in American society, from the neurological underpinnings of the self to the institution of democracy."
The Vilcek Foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia. The mission of the foundation, to honor the contributions of immigrants to the United States and to foster an appreciation of the arts and sciences, was inspired by the couple's respective careers in biomedical science and art history, as well as their personal experiences and appreciation for the opportunities they received as newcomers to this country. The foundation awards annual prizes to prominent immigrant biomedical scientists and artists and manages the Vilcek Foundation Art Collections, a promised gift from its founders.
This year, the Vilcek Prize in the Arts is awarded in the fine arts, marking the completion of an 11-year cycle through various disciplines in the arts and humanities. The recipient, Nari Ward, was born in Jamaica and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12. He is known for found-object assemblage artworks that invite both a public conversation and an intimate dialogue with the viewer around topics of race, immigration, and the Caribbean diaspora identity. His usage of found objects aims to highlight the history of a place and the urgency of the moment; his installation Naturalization Drawing Table features a large desk—built out of Plexiglas bodega barriers—covered with dense linear drawings made over copies of Immigration and Naturalization Service applications. On select days during the exhibition, viewers are invited to "apply" for naturalization by lining up and filling out an application, giving them a taste of the bureaucratic process of applying for citizenship. Ward has won several prestigious art prizes, including the Joyce Award, the Rome Prize, a Bessie Award, and several other awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan were both born in China and raised in Taiwan. They came to the U.S. as graduate students of physics at the California Institute of Technology but switched their focus to biology, in part inspired by their mentor, the renowned biophysicist Max Delbrück. Over the course of a collaborative career spanning over four decades, the husband-and-wife team has made many significant discoveries in the field of neuroscience, with far-reaching clinical implications. They isolated the gene encoding a protein that shuttles potassium ions across cell membranes, enabling the characterization of a molecular player important to functions as vital as maintaining heart rate and controlling muscle movement. Today, this type of ion channel is implicated in diseases such as epilepsy, ataxia, and hypertension. Simultaneously, the Jans identified genes and principles underlying the processes by which neurons acquire distinct identities, burgeon into thickets, and establish precise circuits; their work in this area may help unravel human diseases such as autism and schizophrenia. Currently, professors of molecular physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, the Jans have been honored with membership in the United States National Academy of Sciences, as well as with Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator awards.
The Vilcek Foundation also awards the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise, given to younger immigrants who have shown substantial talent and ability early in their careers. Each prize includes a $50,000 cash award. The winners in the fine arts are the following:
Iman Issa, born in Egypt, a conceptual artist, creates objects and installations in an attempt to address complex philosophical questions. Her original area of study was phenomenology, a branch of philosophy that examines the structures of consciousness that organize subjective experience—or, put another way, how we take meaning from things we individually experience. Later, Issa realized that art allowed for nuanced exploration of those topics, and continued her philosophical questioning through art. She is particularly interested in monuments and memorials—aesthetic forms tasked with a function that holds a shifting relevance based on their location in time and relationship to history. Her work has been shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the 8th Berlin Biennial, and the New Museum, and she has received the DAAD 2017 Artist in Residence Award, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, and the HNF-MACBA Award.
Meleko Mokgosi, born in Botswana, is a slow, considered painter; behind every painting he produces are hours of research, reading, and conversations with people. Mokgosi is interested in depictions of Africa and its people; he believes that the widespread misrepresentation of Africa and Africans has done a violence to the people of the continent, and through his art he attempts a representation that is fair and just. He is deeply concerned with politics and seeks to understand and illuminate the relations of power that shape people, families, villages, regions, and nations. Mokgosi has been named the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters Grant and the Jarl and Pamela Mohn Award, and he has shown his work at Art Basel, the Armory, the Hammer Museum, and the Whitney Museum. Continue reading →
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Celebrate Culture and the Arts During Seattle's Third Annual Seattle Museum Month
Downtown Seattle Hotel Guests Receive Half-Price Entry to Region's Museums and Cultural Institutions in February 2017
February Is The Best Time To Save On Admission To More Than 40 Participating Museums Throughout Seattle And The Surrounding Region.
Visit Seattle's third annual Seattle Museum Month – returning February 1-28, 2017 – offers hotel guests half-price admission at more than 40 participating museums throughout Seattle and the region.
Chihuly Garden and Glass. (Photo Credit: Terry Rishel)
Seattle Museum Month , a program created to encourage travelers to visit Seattle in February and celebrate the incredible arts and culture scene present in the region, is produced by Visit Seattle and funded by the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area (STIA), a dedicated marketing fund assessed from guests at the 61 downtown Seattle hotels.
Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. (Photo Credit: Benjamin Benschneider)
For visitors and locals alike, Seattle Museum Month offers an immersive way of experiencing Seattle's art, history, music, design and culture. Since its inaugural year in 2015, Museum Month has been an exciting cultural complement to Seattle during a mid-winter vacation.
Seattle Art Museum. (Photo Credit: Benjamin Benschneider)
Seattle's major museums have returned for this year's offer – including Seattle Art Museum, Museum of History & Industry, Museum of Flight, Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Two internationally renowned glass art museums are included – Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. The Flying Heritage Collection and the Suquamish Museum are new participants this year.
Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop) (Photo Credit : Brady Harvey)
Furthermore, many exhibitions of note are timed during the month-long promotion. Epicureans can indulge themselves at Edible City: A Delicious Journey at Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), a new exhibit highlighting Seattle's natural resources, cuisine, famous chefs and its role in the culinary industry.
Also on display in February is part three of the Day in the Life of Bruce Lee: Do You Know Bruce? exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum of the Pacific Asian Experience – the only museum outside Hong Kong to present an exhibition about Bruce Lee. Additionally, Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds at MoPOP commemorates the 50th anniversary of the famous science fiction series and is offered to Museum Month pass holders at a discount.
Seattle Asian Art Museum. (Photo Credit: Benjamin Benschneider)
Visitors can enjoy natural scenery while indoors at Seeing Nature: Landscape Photography from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, opening February 16 at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), or familiarize themselves with Puget Sound sea life during Octopus Week Feb. 18-26 at the Seattle Aquarium. Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts will be on display through Black History Month at the Northwest African American Museum. Continue reading →
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2017 Whitney Biennial, The First To Take Place In The Museum's Downtown Building, To Open March 17
The formation of self and the individual's place in a turbulent society are among the key themes reflected in the work of the artists selected for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art on March 17, 2016 and running through June 11, 2017. Curated by the Whitney's Nancy and Fred Poses Associate Curator Christopher Y. Lew and independent curator Mia Locks, this will be the first Biennial held in the Whitney's (still new) home in the Meatpacking District. The country's preeminent survey of the current state of American art, this is the seventy-eighth in the Museum's ongoing series of Annuals and Biennials, initiated by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932.
Lew and Locks named the sixty-three participants (see complete list below), whose works will fill two of the four main gallery floors of the Whitney (including the 18,000-square-foot Neil Bluhm Family Galleries on the fifth floor) and numerous other spaces throughout the Museum. The participants range from emerging to well-established individuals and collectives working in painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film and video, photography, activism, performance, music, and video game design.
Scott Rothkopf, the Whitney's Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs, said, "Since we opened our new building, we've reignited our emerging artist program with venturesome solo premieres and 'snapshot' shows of new tendencies. This Biennial, the largest ever in terms of gallery space, marks the capstone of these efforts. Chris and Mia have done an amazing job scouring the country to discover new talents, while creating lively connections to senior figures and our roiling social landscape."
Lew commented that, "Throughout our research and travel we've been moved by the impassioned discussions we had about recent tumult in society, politics, and the economic system. It's been unavoidable as we met with artists, fellow curators, writers, and other cultural producers across the United States and beyond." Locks noted: "Against this backdrop, many of the participating artists are asking probing questions about the self and the social, and where these intersect. How do we think and live through these lenses? How and where do they fall short?"
Rothkopf is leading a team of advisors who are working closely with Lew and Locks to help shape the exhibition. They include: Negar Azimi, writer and senior editor at Bidoun, an award-winning publishing, curatorial, and educational initiative with a focus on the Middle East and its diasporas; Gean Moreno, curator of programs at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami and founder of [NAME] Publications; Aily Nash, co-curator of Projections, the New York Film Festival's artists's film and video section, and Film and Media Curator at Basilica Hudson; and Wendy Yao, a publisher and founder of both the exhibition space 356 South Mission Road and Ooga Booga, a shop with two Los Angeles locations that specializes in independent books, music, art, and clothing. Nash, together with the curators, is co-organizing the Biennial film program, which will screen in the Whitney's third-floor Susan and John Hess Family Theater.
The 2017 Biennial will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue, designed by Olga Casellas Badillo of San Juan-based Tiguere Corp., which includes essays by the curators as well as Biennial advisors Negar Azimi and Gean Moreno, a conversation between the curators and Scott Rothkopf, and a roundtable with filmmakers moderated by Aily Nash. The book will also feature individual entries on each of the sixty-three participants in the exhibition along with reproductions of their work. It will be published by the Whitney Museum of American Art and distributed by Yale University Press.
The full list of artists are as follows: Continue reading →
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Television: Curtain Going Up On the 2015 Award-Winning London Production of Gypsy on PBS
Starring Imelda Staunton on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, November 11 at 9 p.m. on the PBS Arts Fall Festival
Jonathan Kent's award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy – a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed London run – comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, November 11 at 9 p.m. on PBS on the PBS Arts Fall Festival. (Check local listings.) Gypsy first appeared in 1959 on Broadway under the title Gypsy: A Musical Fable.
Rose (Imelda Staunton) in "Gypsy" Credit: ©2014 Johan Persson
The first London production to be seen for 40 years, the musical opened at England's Chichester Festival Theatre before moving to the West End's Savoy Theatre. A London production had not been seen in the West End since 1973. This critically acclaimed West End production features Imelda Staunton as Rose (The role of Rose is often called the 'King Lear' of the musical theatre canon).
Herbie (Peter Davison) and Rose (Imelda Staunton) in "Gypsy" Credit: ©2014 Johan Persson
Following a run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, which won the Critics' Choice Theatre Award for Best Musical in 2014, a West End revival of Gypsy opened at the Savoy Theatre on April 15, 2015, in a limited run through November 28. Directed by Jonathan Kent with choreography by Stephen Mear and set and costume design by Anthony Ward, the production starred Staunton as Rose, Peter Davison as Herbie, Lara Pulver as Louise, Gemma Sutton as June, Anita Louise Combe as Tessie Tura, Louise Gold as Mazzeppa and Julie Legrand as Electra. The London production was nominated for eight Laurence Olivier Awards at the 2016 ceremony, winning four, including Best Actress in a Musical (Staunton) and Best Musical Revival, the most awards won by a single production in that year
Louise (Lara Pulver) in "Gypsy" Credit: ©2014 Johan Persson
Gypsy is considered by many to be one of Broadway's all-time triumphs. It tells the story of ambitious showbiz mother Rose, who treks across the country with her daughters Baby June and Louise in search of success with their homespun vaudeville act. As times change, Rose is forced to accept the demise of vaudeville and the rise of burlesque, as well as her daughters' quest for autonomy.
Baby June (Isla Huggins-Barr) in "Gypsy" Credit: ©2014 Johan Persson
With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the show was suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. The musical was initially a project of producer David Merrick and actress Ethel Merman (who starred as the original Rose). Merrick had read a chapter of Lee's memoirs in Harper's Magazine and approached Lee to obtain the rights. Jerome Robbins was interested, and wanted Leland Hayward as co-producer; (Merman also wanted Hayward to produce her next show.) Merrick and Hayward approached Laurents to write the book. As he relates, Laurents initially was not interested until he saw that the story was one of parents living their children's lives. Composers Irving Berlin and Cole Porter declined the project. Finally, Robbins asked Stephen Sondheim, who agreed to do it. Sondheim had previously worked with Robbins and Laurents on the musical West Side Story. However, Merman did not want an unknown composer, and wanted Jule Styne to write the music. Although Sondheim initially refused to write only the lyrics, he was persuaded by Oscar Hammerstein to accept the job.
Mazeppa (Louise Gold) in "Gypsy" Credit: ©2014 Johan Persson
The score features songs that have since become show standards, and helped launch the career of Sondheim. "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Some People," "Let Me Entertain You," "Together, Wherever We Go" and of course "Rose's Turn" are among the musical highlights. Continue reading →
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Denver Arts Week Celebrates 10th Anniversary
For 10 straight years, the eight-day citywide festival has celebrated Denver's creative community with hundreds of events bringing thousands of people each year
Denver Arts Week, an annual celebration of The Mile High City's vibrant arts scene, will mark its 10th anniversary this year from November 4-12. Presented by VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, the event will feature annual favorites like Know Your Arts First Friday and FREE Night at the Museums, as well as new experiences throughout the more than 300 events at galleries, museums and arts districts throughout the city.
"Denver is home to a phenomenal year-round arts scene – with world-renowned museums, cutting edge street art, exceptional performing arts and more," says Richard Scharf, president and CEO of VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau. "For 10 years, Denver Arts Week has encouraged people to celebrate the city's cultural scene, and we are thrilled that the event has continued to evolve and grow as much as the arts scene has. The tenth anniversary is the perfect opportunity to attend some classic events or experience new ones and really immerse yourself in the city's creative community."
With more than 300 cultural events – some of which are free or heavily discounted – throughout the city over nine days, there are plenty of reasons to make a night – or a few nights – of it; and there are plenty of great hotel deals to facilitate a stay in Denver. For a complete calendar and a full listing of all the deals and discounts on art, experiences and hotels, visit the Denver Arts Week website.
10 Ways to Make the Most of Denver Arts Week
It can be difficult to choose from the myriad of events taking place around town; here's how to get the most out of Denver Arts Week 2016:
1. Explore vibrant art districts and diverse neighborhoods on First Friday Art Walks, Nov. 4
Art District on Santa Fe
The annual event kicks off with citywide First Friday Art Walks in Denver's art districts, where more than 100 galleries and display spaces stay open late and feature art shows, demonstrations and more. Go on a VIP Art Tour in the River North Art District (RiNo), take advantage of Tennyson Street Cultural District's $52.80 art sale, submit your own art in the Art District on Santa Fe's "To Denver With Love" art contest, and venture to the Golden Triangle neighborhood to see some of the city's finest galleries.
2. Experience FREE Night at the Museums on Nov. 5
Venues around town are open late, from 5 to 10 p.m., during FREE Night at the Museums. The museums offer special programming, family-friendly activities and live entertainment, and there are complimentary shuttles to make "museum hopping" easy and convenient. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver Art Museum, History Colorado Center, The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), Forney Museum of Transportation and Denver Firefighters Museum are just some of this year's many not-to-miss participants.
3. Check out blockbuster exhibitions, from mummies to Japanese fashion
This fall, several of Denver's major museums are hosting international traveling exhibitions and original curations. See Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea at Denver Zoo; Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion Design, 1980s-90s at the Denver Art Museum; and Extreme Mammals and Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs, both of which are at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea, features 15 giant sculptures depicting sea life, made almost entirely of debris collected from beaches.
This unusual traveling exhibit, Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea, features 15 giant sculptures depicting sea life, made almost entirely of debris collected from beaches. Hosted by Denver Zoo, it's the first time the exhibit has appeared at an inland, noncoastal location. The exhibit will be open from Sept. 24, 2016, to Jan. 16, 2017. The Washed Ashore Project aims to educate the public and raise awareness about pollution through the arts. As a community-based organization, lead artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi draws on people of all ages to help her remove thousands of pounds of debris from beaches then turn it into large works of art.
The organization says 90 percent of the debris they collect come from petroleum-based products such as plastics, nylon ropes and fishing nets. Almost all of the trash then gets turned into sculptures such as a walk-through replica of ocean currents and a coral reef made of Styrofoam. Continue reading →
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Neiman Marcus Presents The 90th Edition Of Its Iconic Christmas Book
Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gifts Include a Walk-On Role in the Broadway Musical Waitress
Exclusive Grammy Awards Experience, Private Quarterback Camp with Joe Montana and His and Hers Neiman Marcus Island Cars Featuring Lilly Pulitzer
The 2016 Christmas Book was unveiled today by luxury omni-channel retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The 90th edition of this legendary book continues Neiman Marcus' unmatched tradition of offering a selection of spectacular and unique holiday gifts sure to make even the wildest of dreams come true.
The arrival of the Christmas Book is considered by many to mark the official start of the holiday shopping season. This year's edition carries on the Neiman Marcus tradition of presenting a refined selection of items across a broad range of categories for everyone on your holiday shopping list. With a new collection of fantasy gifts certain to satisfy even the most indulgent appetites, the Christmas Book features exceptional and distinctive gifts and experiences, including A Week at Three English Estates Experience, Slumber Party at the Neiman Marcus Flagship and Cobalt Valkyrie-X Private Plane in rose gold. This year's featured car is an INFINITI Q60 Neiman Marcus Limited Edition. The "His & Hers" fantasy gift comes to life as the Neiman Marcus Island Cars Featuring Lilly Pulitzer.
"We are thrilled to present the 2016 fantasy gifts. Our team has scoured and vetted hundreds of one-of-a-kind items resulting in this highly curated collection of 12 items and experiences," said Jim Gold, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Neiman Marcus. "It is our goal to bring dreams to life!"
First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store's best customers. Through the years, the book has maintained its personal touch while evolving into a legendary source for alluring and mystical gifts.
Each year, the Christmas Book features specially commissioned artwork and the covers are as anticipated as the contents. "With the goal of bringing a fashion component to the cover of the Christmas Book, we combined custom artwork by Maija Louekari with the beautiful face of Lindsey Wixson to create a final image photographed by Walter Chin. And, to add that bit of fantasy that Neiman Marcus is famous for, the lenticular printing animates Lindsey winking," said Georgia Christensen, Vice President, Brand Creative Director of Neiman Marcus. This year represents only the second time a unique element has been used to animate the cover. In 1999, a Christmas tree glistened with butterflies thanks to a lenticular onset.
As in previous years, Neiman Marcus will donate a portion of the proceeds from the majority of fantasy gifts to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation which brings enriching art experiences to youth in communities nationwide. Donations will be made to the GRAMMY Foundation with the purchase of the Exclusive GRAMMY Awards Experience and to Akola Project with the purchase of the Optimist Akola Bracelet.
The Love to Give Collection, also featured in the 2016 Christmas Book, includes over 40 perfectly priced items for gift giving. Each Neiman Marcus store gives ten percent of the proceeds to benefit youth arts education in Neiman Marcus communities across the country. An additional $50,000 from online sales goes to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. Vendors participating in the Neiman Marcus Love to Give Collection include, but are not limited to, Hermès, Yves Saint Laurent beauty, Fresh, Lumio, Sugarfina, and Kate Spade. Prices range from $10 – $200.
Hip stocking stuffers, cool hostess gifts and unexpected treats can be found in the Fun to Give Collection, also featured in the 2016 Christmas Book. These imaginative, easy to buy items (starting at just $5) are truly fun to give.
The fantasy gifts included in the 2016 Christmas Book include:
WALK-ON ROLE IN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL WAITRESS
Perfect for the star in your life searching for their spotlight, one lucky recipient will receive a walk-on role in Broadway's tastiest musical, Waitress, starring Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller and directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus. With music and lyrics by five-time GRAMMY Award nominee Sara Bareilles, the gift comes with four premium show tickets, a meet-and-greet with the Waitress cast, and a Waitress-themed pie-making lesson with the show's pie consultant.
The gift comes with four premium show tickets, a meet-and-greet with the Waitress cast, and a Waitress-themed pie-making lesson with the show's pie consultant.
With the purchase of the Broadway musical Waitress walk-on role, Neiman Marcus will donate $22,500 to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. Gift limited to one customer. ($30,000; page 120)
CURATED COLLECTION OF 36 CALDECOTT MEDAL-WINNING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Send someone on a charming editorial exploration with a curated collection of 36 Caldecott Medal-winning children's books. Perfect for children of any age, the books within this once-in-a-lifetime library span over almost 80 years and have each been bestowed the Caldecott Medal, given annually since 1938 to "the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children" as voted by the Association for Library Service to Children. Either first editions or early printings, all in original dust jackets, the collection has been gathered by two of New England's finest book sellers, Johnnycake Books and E.M. Maurice Books.
The 36 Titles Included in the Caldecott Medal-winning Children's Book Collection Fantasy Gift:
2015: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, illustrator Dan Santat
2014: Locomotive, illustrator Brian Floca
2013: This Is Not My Hat, illustrator Jon Klassen
2012: A Ball for Daisy, illustrator Chris Raschka
2009: The House in the Night, illustrator Beth Krommes
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, illustrator Brian Selznick
2007: Flotsam, illustrator David Wiesner
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrator Chris Raschka
2005: Kitten's First Full Moon, illustrator Kevin Henkes
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, illustrator Mordicai Gerstein
2003: My Friend Rabbit, illustrator Eric Rohmann
1999: Snowflake Bentley, illustrator Mary Azarian
1998: Rapunzel, illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky
1992: Tuesday, illustrator David Wiesner
1991: Black and White, illustrator David Macaulay
1986: The Polar Express, illustrator Chris Van Allsburg
1985: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrator Trina Schart Hyman
1982: Jumanji, illustrator Chris Van Allsburg
1981: Fables, illustrator Arnold Lobel
1978: Noah's Ark, illustrator Peter Spier
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrators Diane and Leo Dillon
1974: Duffy and the Devil, illustrator Margot Zemach
1973: The Funny Little Woman, illustrator Blair Lent
1968: Drummer Hoff, illustrator Ed Emberley
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, illustrator Evaline Ness
1964: Where the Wild Things Are, illustrator Maurice Sendak
1963: The Snowy Day, illustrator Ezra Jack Keats
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrator Barbara Cooney
1954: Madeline's Rescue, illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans
1951: The Egg Tree, illustrator Katherine Milhous
1944: Many Moons, illustrator Louis Slobodkin
1942: Make Way for Ducklings, illustrator Robert McCloskey
1941: They Were Strong and Good, illustrator Robert Lawson
1940: Abraham Lincoln, illustrators Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1939: Mei Li, illustrator Thomas Handforth
With the purchase of the curated collection of 36 Caldecott Medal-winning children's books, Neiman Marcus will donate $10,000 to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. Gift limited to one customer. Caldecott is a registered trademark of American Library Association, which does not sponsor or endorse this gift, Neiman Marcus, Johnnycake Books, or E.M. Maurice Books. ($100,000; page 122) Continue reading →
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Land of Illusion Scream Park Opens Today
More Concerts, More Monsters, More Screams.
The scare season is upon us as Land of Illusion Scream Park in Middletown, Ohio opens with monsters, music and mayhem for 23 select nights this fall between September 2nd and October 30th.
The park's 19th season will be the biggest and scariest. The spine-chilling line-up of new concerts includes national recording artists LoCash, Granger Smith, Chris Lane, Old Dominion and more. The Scream Park has also added new scenes throughout the haunted houses and trail; added a new walk up bar; and has a new expanded gift shop.
Land of Illusion's general admission includes unlimited access to 4 terrifying haunted houses, the Middletown Haunted Trail and live entertainment that takes place every Friday and Saturday night. Season Passes are also available for unlimited admissions and all of the concerts.
Roaming zombies, mutants and the largest Killer Klown won't help you escape from your worst nightmares and just because you're not in a haunted house, doesn't mean you are safe from the gruesome ghouls.
The park's dark rides feature their own type of fun and fear. The Sniper Zombie Patrol and the freefall Demon Drop require a separate ticket.
The Zombie Sniper Patrol puts you right in the action, hunting down roving bands of unruly undead. Visitors board an army transport vehicle and take aim at the zombies with a paint-spewing pistol – as the "glow" paint-balls fly, the bodies fall. Demon Drop is an amazing 40-ft freefall experience. Visitors climb up a pole with hand and foot holds from the ground to an elevated platform 40-feet in the air with two separate platforms. You step off the platform, with safety gear, to begin your descent.
Also new this season is the Run Like Hell 5K. This is no leisurely 5K, you need to be prepared to encounter brain-hungry, virus-spreading, bloody zombies as well as anything else that may lurk in the dark. You'll need speed, strategy and your intact brains to make it to the Finish Line "alive". A special registration includes park admission, Zombie 5K, Zombie 5K t-shirt, concert featuring Chris Lane, medal and 1 drink ticket.
Visit www.LandofIllusion.com for hours, dates, payment details, register for the Run Like Hell 5K and to purchase admission tickets or season passes online.
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Some observers may had thought Nazareth was a year or two away from being a state tournament-caliber team.
After all, the Roadrunners started four sophomores and a freshman with a trip to state on the line June 6.
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Nazareth appeared to be on cruise control after racing out to a 10-1 lead over the Wolfpack after five innings.
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"I think I lost about five years, maybe 10, on my life in that last inning," Nazareth coach Lee Milano joked.
Drtina gave up five hits in the inning but regrouped to close it out.
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Nazareth built the lead with a lot of small ball.
Smith was the perfect example, having driven in three runs without hitting a ball out of the infield.
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Nazareth has ridden a wave of momentum since rallying past Lemont in the sectional semifinals on June 2. The Roadrunners trailed 5-0 in the fifth inning, and were down to their final out and facing a 5-3 deficit before pulling off the 6-5 comeback win.
Nazareth followed that up by rolling to a 6-0 win over top-seeded St. Laurence in the sectional championship game on June 4.
"Straight out of that Lemont game, we felt like we could take on the world," Drtina said. "Laurence was just another game. We just kept on going and now here we are, going to state."
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The day the Women's T20 World Cup Final rocked the MCG
One year on from that iconic day in Melbourne, we look back on the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup Final.
In 2016, the West Indies took out both the Men's and Women's World Twenty20s on the same day in Eden Gardens.
The women's Final was first, and had a smaller crowd as the Kolkata stadium slowly filled in time for the men's game, where Carlos Brathwaite would famously deposit Ben Stokes over the ropes for those four sixes.
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"The 2015 Cricket World Cup really opened our eyes to how big ICC events could be and how big they can be in Australia," Hockley, now the interim chief of Cricket Australia, told icc-cricket.com ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Women's T20 World Cup Final 2020.
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"That 2016 Final in Eden Gardens, the Women's Final felt a bit like a curtain raiser and we just thought we can actually do it better ," Hockley reflected. "The first key decision was to play the Women's event…
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"We must do all that we can to stop President Obama's lawlessness," Bob Goodlatte said today, likely a reference to when Obama and the Hole in the Wall Gang stole a bunch of cattle from Farmer Kinney's ranch. Ted Cruz wants to allow LGBT discrimination in D.C. to continue, suggesting there are people in D.C. who aren't gay. And a staffer for Amy Klobuchar knew weeks ago about an anti-abortion provision in the Senate's human trafficking bill. The news angered both Republicans, who have been battling Democrats over the legislation, and Democrats, who were shocked to learn they have to pay attention while in the minority. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Wednesday, March 18th, 2015:
GOP TRYING TO GUT OBAMACARE WITH RECONCILIATION – What about stealing America's nuclear launch codes and destroying the country in a blaze of radioactive hellfire? That would more or less remove Obamacare. Politico "Senate Republicans want to use a powerful budget maneuver known as reconciliation to go after President Barack Obama's health care law — particularly if the Supreme Court strikes down key provisions of Obamacare this June. Using the fast-tracking procedure offers some advantage for Republicans, largely because a reconciliation package can't be filibustered… But it's not going to be easy. First, House and Senate Republicans need to agree on a budget resolution, which could be difficult with fiscal conservatives calling for spending cuts but defense hawks looking for more money for the Pentagon. And, of course, President Barack Obama could veto any reconciliation bill that reaches his desk. Still, Republicans are hoping the procedural maneuver will get them closer, at least symbolically, to gutting the president's signature health care law. The plans were included in a budget blueprint rolled out Wednesday by the Senate Budget Committee — a governing document that calls for balancing the budget within a decade, extracting hundreds of billions in savings from Medicare and turning over more responsibility to the states to run Medicaid, reducing costs even further." [Politico]
Scott Walker caved to Iowa Republicans and fired Liz Mair, prompting Tim Carney and others to observe that Walker is an Iowa-pandering wimp.
DEMOCRATIC AIDE KNEW OF ABORTION PROVISION – Guess it wasn't such a *hide amendment* issue after all. David Espo and Erica Werner: "Senate Democrats blocked debate on stalled human trafficking legislation for a second day Wednesday as a Democratic senator's office belatedly conceded that a staff aide knew weeks ago that the measure included a controversial abortion-related provision. Democrats have said for more than a week that their side of the aisle was not aware of the provision until a few days ago, nearly two months after the legislation was made public and long after a bipartisan vote in the Judiciary Committee on Feb. 24." [Associated Press]
Watch Rick Santorum wait patiently for a crazy lady to quit screaming so he can agree with her.
CRUZ GOING AFTER D.C. ABORTION, LGBT LAWS – Roll Call: "Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and James Lankford of Oklahoma introduced resolutions of disapproval Wednesday to strike down two D.C. bills they say violate religious freedom. The resolutions target the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act and the Human Rights Amendment Act, which the D.C. government approved in January…The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act seeks to prohibit employer discrimination based on reproductive health decisions. The D.C. Council unanimously approved a resolution on March 3 clarifying the act would not require employers to pay for insurance that covers reproductive health decisions, such as abortions. But conservatives argue the clarification does not go far enough, and employers would still be forced to act contrary to their religious beliefs. The second D.C. measure, the Human Rights Amendment Act, is actually an attempt to undo a 1989 congressional amendment known as the Nation's Capital Religious Liberty and Academic Freedom Act, which allowed religious educational institutions to 'deny, restrict, abridge, or condition' funds, school facilities and services from gay groups." [Roll Call]
SCRAP THE CAP! As congressional Republicans push a wish-list budget that would dramatically cut government safety net programs, their Democratic counterparts are jumping on a bill to expand Social Security benefits and shore up the program's finances. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, endorsed the legislation at a press conference Tuesday. "You don't save Social Security by cutting Social Security," said Van Hollen, who previously endorsed a proposal that would trim Social Security benefits and is currently campaigning for a Senate seat in Maryland. [HuffPost]
DAILY DELANEY DOWNER – Amazing report by San Francisco area TV station KCBS: "Saint Mary's Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the homeless from sleeping in the cathedral's doorways. The cathedral, at Geary and Gough, is the home church of the Archbishop. There are four tall side doors, with sheltered alcoves, that attract homeless people at night…. Water pours from a hole in the ceiling, about 30 feet above, drenching the alcove and anyone in it. The shower ran for about 75 seconds, every 30 to 60 minutes while we were there, starting before sunset, simultaneously in all four doorways. KCBS witnessed it soak homeless people, and their belongings….A cathedral staff member confirmed to KCBS the system was installed, perhaps a year ago, to deter the homeless from sleeping there." [KCBS]
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REPUBLICAN BUDGET WILL GIVE YOU THE SNIFFLES – Jonathan Cohn: "Worried about the number of Americans who still don't have health insurance? If House Republican leaders get their way, the number will be much bigger — maybe even twice as big. That may sound ridiculous. But health care analysts tell The Huffington Post that it's a fair interpretation of the proposed 2016 budget that Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, released on Tuesday. Price's document includes two familiar ideas for transforming major government health care programs: repealing the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, and transforming Medicaid into a 'block grant' program…And Obamacare repeal is only the first way in which Price's health care agenda would increase the number of uninsured. Turning Medicaid into a block grant, as the House budget seeks to do, would mean ending the program's current guarantee: that, as more people fall into the program's eligibility guidelines, the federal government will provide more money. Under a block grant scheme, by contrast, the federal government would start giving states fixed sums of money with which to administer the program. Given the funding levels Price's budget appears to set, the money almost certainly wouldn't keep up with demand for the program. " [HuffPost]
GOP LEADERS FILE AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL IMMIGRATION ORDER – Presumably "We must do all that we can to stop President Obama's lawlessness" was not included in the brief. Elise Foley "A group of Republican lawmakers are urging an appeals court not to let the Obama administration expand deportation relief and work authorization for undocumented immigrants with long-standing ties to the U.S. The Republicans — Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn and Reps. Bob Goodlatte (Va.) and Lamar Smith (Texas) — along with the the American Center for Law and Justice filed an amicus brief on Wednesday with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking it not to lift an injunction on President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions as courts consider a case from 26 states aiming to block the programs. The administration has asked the court to consider lifting the injunction in the meantime. 'We must do all that we can to stop President Obama's lawlessness,' Goodlatte said in a statement." [HuffPost]
STFU – "Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump took the first steps on Wednesday toward launching a 2016 presidential campaign, a sign the businessman may jump into the Republican race after publicly considering it in years past. Trump said he had formed an exploratory committee to determine whether to run, and that he had hired staff in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Those states are among the first to hold Republican and Democratic presidential nominating contests. 'We have lost the respect of the entire world' Trump said in a statement Wednesday. 'I am the only one who can make America truly great again!'" [Reuters]
SCHOCK & PA – At least he isn't Lord Merton. That guy's sons are total dicks. CBS Chicago: "Dr. Richard Schock said he spoke with his son Tuesday, when the congressman announced his resignation, effective March 31. 'Ten years from now, whatever he's doing, he'll be successful at, I'll promise you that. Two years from now he'll be successful, if he's not in jail,' the elder Shock said of his son…'He was broken. He was broken,' the elder Schock said of his son. 'They're blaming people he's invested with for buying him off, and this hurts, because most of it is lies and innuendos.' He said he believes his son has been attacked because he doesn't fit the stereotypical mold of a politician. 'What this is really about is that Aaron has been very successful. Aaron is a very hard worker. Aaron is very popular. Aaron is a little different. He wears stylish clothing, and yet he's not gay … and he's not married. … and he's not running around with women,' he said. 'Everybody's throwing up their arms. They can't figure out Aaron. So he must be crooked. So attack him. Bring him down, because he doesn't fit into our picture.'" [<a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/03/18/father-schock-might-have-been-a-little-careless-
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Cute: "The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is asking Republican lawmakers who received donations from Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) to exercise their goodwill and donate the funds to the Treasury. 'Aaron Schock made a name for himself jet-setting around the country raising dollars for Republicans — some of that at taxpayer expense," DCCC Communications Director Matt Thornton said in a statement. 'If his soon-to-be-former colleagues in the House are truly as concerned with wasteful spending in Washington as they claim to be, then they will donate Schock's money to the Treasury.' The DCCC highlighted 12 newly elected lawmakers who received donations from Schock: Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.), Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.), Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.), Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.), Rep. Thomas MacArthur (R-N.J.), Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine), Rep. David Young (R-Iowa) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)." [HuffPost's Julia Craven]
Anthony Weiner weighed in on Schock's resignation because, yeah, why not, this is a free country: "Besides us both resigning and having too many embarrassing pictures, there is very little that Schock and I have in common. He is accused of real crimes and a planeload of greed. I did embarrassing personal things and wasn't honest about them. But Schock quickly realized something that I also learned in the final days of my congressional career: Being investigated by the House Ethics Committee is an expensive ordeal. When my scandal was unfolding, I was told by some of the best ethics lawyers in DC that I had broken no rule, but that I would need to find about $1 million to defend myself." [Business Insider]
BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR – Here's a child who is truly all about that bass.
RAHM'S HOUSING AGENCY HOARDS CASH – w/ Ryan Grim and Kim Bellware: "Mayor Rahm Emanuel's housing agency has been pulling hundreds of millions of dollars from a fund earmarked for its affordable housing program and using the money instead to boost its pension, purchase government debt and build up a staggering cash reserve. Meanwhile, Chicago's most vulnerable are bearing the brunt. The Chicago Housing Authority's waitlist tops 280,000, with a sizable portion of the city's population hoping for a shot at affordable housing. Ninety-seven percent of the people receiving housing assistance are black or Latino, and 85 percent are women, according to the agency. Some 15,000 families on the list are homeless." [HuffPost]
– A list of the movies and TV shows that are being pulled from Netflix in April
– Once popular baby names that are going extinct.
– Cat can't get enough of bags .
TWITTERAMA
@daveweigel: Ran into Rep. Steve King and caught up on the Walker/Liz Mair story. "I think her and Jennifer Rubin have voodoo dolls of me."
@pourmecoffee: Trump: "How is the exploring going?"
Exploratory Committee Chair: "Very good Sir. Everyone loves you."
Trump: "Very well, keep me posted."
@dcbigjohn: I blame all the bros who were wearing flipflops the other day for this impending snow storm
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FuelPositive Hires André Mech as Strategic Carbon Credit and Emissions Reduction Specialist
TORONTO, July 12, 2021 – FuelPositive Corporation (TSX.V: NHHH) (OTCQB: NHHHF)
("FuelPositive" or the "Company") has hired Canadian-based André Mech as a strategic carbon credit and emissions reduction specialist. Mech has been advising organizations and governments focused on sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon reduction worldwide since 2001 – most recently in North America and Europe. As one of the most knowledgeable emissions reduction and carbon credit specialists in the sector, he has assessed the emission profiles of hundreds of technologies.
"We are delighted that André has joined us," said Ian Clifford, CEO of FuelPositive. "His expertise is already helping to guide us as we make critical decisions about the technologies we choose to develop and our market entry strategies. His analysis of our first product – carbon-free ammonia – is providing valuable insights into where and how we can have the most impact, looking at it sector by sector. He is also conducting due diligence on a possible new acquisition and providing counsel on the best way forward regarding carbon credits."
"I believe FuelPositive's carbon-free NH3 is going to play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gases worldwide and will have applications in all sectors. I'm excited to play a role in introducing FuelPositive solutions to compete for opportunity across a broad range of markets so the Company and its technologies can have the greatest possible environmental and economic impact," said Mech. "I am also excited to be working with the whole FuelPositive team. They have real-world experience and understand how important it is to make the right decisions based on the best information available at the time."
FuelPositive's Carbon Credits
Mech will advise the Company on the development of its emission reduction credit policy. The Company anticipates generating significant revenue from carbon credits alone. The revenue will fund future growth and investment in new technologies.
Each ton of carbon-free NH3 produced using FuelPositive's system will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 4 tons. This is significant when one considers that roughly 200 million tons of traditionally produced ammonia is consumed worldwide each year.
In Canada, each ton of FuelPositive's carbon-free NH3 used as a fertilizer will be eligible for up to 2.5 carbon credits; each ton used to replace fossil fuels will be eligible for up to 5 carbon credits. Emission reduction credit can be even higher in other global jurisdictions. With Mech's guidance, the Company will work through the official channels and registries in each jurisdiction where they exist around the world.
"The carbon credits should add significantly to FuelPositive's profitability," added Clifford. "This revenue will help fund the development of new technologies that will further our mission: to be a leader in fighting climate change by creating and developing practical, clean and sustainable carbon-free solutions that can be implemented economically now. The world can't wait, and FuelPositive is committed to this cradle-to-cradle positive shift."
Growing Team
Mech is the first of a group of experts who will be working closely with the Company as it moves forward with its business plan, focused on the development of carbon-free ammonia and other clean technologies. The Company is continuing to grow its core team and will announce additions as contracts are completed and team members join the Company. Key strategic consulting partners are also being added as specific aspects of the business plan advance.
About Carbon Credits
In Canada and many other countries, industries that are covered by the federal carbon pricing system have emissions limits. If they go above the limit, they must pay the carbon price or purchase carbon credits. Facilities that emit less than the annual limit receive surplus carbon credits for the portion of their emissions that is below the limit. Organizations bank and trade carbon credits as required.
FuelPositive is a Canadian-based growth stage company committed to providing commercially viable and sustainable energy solutions, including clean ammonia (NH3), for use across a broad spectrum of industries, systems and applications.
Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. The information in this release about future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time they were made and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the time of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. These estimates and assumptions may prove to be incorrect.
Many of these uncertainties and contingencies can directly or indirectly affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Forward-looking information is provided for the purpose of providing information about management's expectations and plans relating to the future. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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(-) Biblical Word Studies
Culture/Current Events
(-) Men / Masculinity
(-) Theological Studies
Free to Love and Free to Serve
By Cecilia Yau | July 31, 2005
The book of Galatians reminds us we are called to be free, and to use that freedom to serve in love.
Wading the Waters of Marriage with Hope Amidst Socio-economic Challenges
By Jenipha Wasonga | July 22, 2012
This recording examines the attitudes that negate God's purpose for marriage often in the form of religious restriction on women in the home, church, and society. It then outlines the purpose, place, and sanctity of marriage, and shows how marriage relationships can be improved through mutual submission despite storms worsened by socio-economic situations.
What Makes a Marriage Work
By William David Spencer, Aída Besançon Spencer | July 26, 2009
The goal of this workshop is to explore ideas to strengthen marriages by examining together biblical, attitudinal, and practical suggestions. All are welcomed to attend, whether married, engaged, or single.
Silence, Women, and the Church (Spanish)
By Aída Besançon Spencer | July 09, 2014
Silence, Women, and the Church
Created for Partnership ... Especially through Mutual Intimacy (Finnish, English)
By Patti Ricotta | October 23, 2018
When rightly understood, Gen. 2:24-25 and Eph. 5: 21-33 provide an almost formula-like description for a pleasurable, loving, faithful marriage of oneness built on equality and mutuality. Modern science teaches what the writers of Genesis and Ephesians could not have known.
For the Bible Tells Me So: A Reflection on Gender Power Relations
By Miranda Pillay | October 20, 2016
Lecture from 2016 international conference "Truth Be Told" in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Biblical Word Studies
Biblical Foundation for Mutual Submission
By Philip B. Payne | July 31, 2011
This recording surveys the exegetical, theological, and practical foundations for mutuality between men and women in Scripture. It also surveys and responds to the primary objections to biblical mutuality.
The New Creation and the Equal Standing of Man and Woman
By Philip B. Payne | April 27, 2012
This recording summarizes the "New Creation" theme of the Bible and shows how this is not limited to the future but is inaugurated in the church and transforms Christian relationships. It challenges us to live in light of the new creation, welcoming the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, who gifts both women and men for ministry.
Examining the Twelve Pillars of Male Hierarchy
This lecture examines the twelve pillars most often adduced as biblical support for male hierarchy in the church and in the home. It shows that statements in the Bible adduced for this do not, in fact, support male hierarchy. To the contrary, they rather provide evidence for the equal standing and authority of man and woman. It surveys the exegetical, theological, and practical foundations for the equal standing of men and women in the church and in marriage.


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Shut Up I Love It
Bonus Episode: Live with Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns of THE SHOW WON'T GO ON
Remember that famous episode of Shut Up I Love It where two dope dudes defended Jerry Lewis's controversial cinema masterpiece "The Day The Clown Cried"? You loved that episode.
Now you want to know more about the dudes, so here we go. Jeff Abraham is a Hollywood publicist and comedy historian. Burt Kearns is a documentary producer and author of the controversial memoir, Tabloid Baby. Both, according to Vanity Fair, are "show business and pop culture savants."
The dudes came together and co-wrote a book called The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. Praised by Vanity Fair as "absorbing," by Vanish magazine as "incredibly compelling" and by Richard Lewis as "a great read," The Show Won't Go On was named by Playbill as one of the best books of 2019. Sick.
Listen to this bonus episode recorded live at Stories Books And Cafe in Echo Park, Los Angeles - and go read a book, any book, but really, you should mainly read The Show Won't Go On. Okay bye!
By Comedians Sasha Feiler & Steven Cohen
From: Los Angeles, CA
SHUT UP I LOVE IT celebrates those aspects of pop-culture that make you go OOH and others go YUCK. With your hosts TV writer Sasha Feiler (ROBOT CHICKEN) & comedian Steven Cohen.


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Trucker 'Freedom Convoy' sparks more controversy after GoFundMe refunds $10 million
(The Center Square) – A Canadian movement of truckers protesting the country's vaccine mandate has inspired a similar protest in the U.S., with a convoy expected to arrive at the nation's capital next month. That movement, though, sparked controversy beyond its protest this weekend after a run-in with the popular online fundraiser, GoFundMe.
GoFundMe announced it would refund more than $10 million in donations to donors of the "Freedom Convoy" online fundraiser after threats of a fraud investigation from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis threatened the investigation after GoFundMe reportedly froze the fundraising account Friday and said they would give the funds to another charity of Freedom Convoy's choice.
The decision sparked outrage online and the pushback from DeSantis.
"It is a fraud for [GoFundMe] to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing," DeSantis said. "I will work with [Attorney General Ashley Moody] to investigate these deceptive practices – these donors should be given a refund."
GoFundMe said the protest had become violent, though media from Ottawa reports few violent outbreaks.
"GoFundMe supports peaceful protests and we believe that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created," the company said. "We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity."
Texas' attorney general also threatened an investigation Saturday.
"Patriotic Texans donated to Canadian truckers' worthy cause using GoFundMe," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on Twitter. "This BLM-backing company went woke, froze the funds, & failed to deliver Texans' money. Today, I assembled a team to investigate their potential fraud & deception. Texas donors will get Justice!"
Like Paxton, other critics pointed out that other groups are still allowed on GoFundMe's site, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, which was linked to a string of violent riots in cities around the country in 2020.
"If only the truckers looted and burned down businesses in Ottawa, rather than lawfully protest a draconian mandate," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. "Then [GoFundMe] would have no problem with people sending them donations."
GoFundMe has faced criticism in the past for de-platforming conservative causes, with this latest controversy only adding fuel to the fire. After the pushback over its announcement that donations would be given to another group, GoFundMe released a statement saying all donors would receive a refund.
"The update we issued earlier…enabled all donors to get a refund and outlined a plan to distribute remaining funds to verified charities selected by the Freedom Convoy organizers," GoFundMe said. "However, due to donor feedback, we are simplifying the process. We will automatically refund all contributions directly – donors do not need to submit a request."
The Freedom Convoy began when a caravan of truckers departed from Vancouver, Canada, last month with some estimates at 50,000 truck drivers heading for Ottawa, the nation's capital. The convoy demonstration was to protest new vaccine mandates to cross the U.S-Canada border. Canada implemented their mandate Jan. 15.
Trucking groups estimate the mandates will affect about 16,000 Canadian truckers. When crossing the border, those drivers would be required to get tested and quarantine, further exacerbating supply chain issues.
The Freedom Convoy Fundraiser called on Canadians to stand up to the government's mandate.
"Our current government is implementing rules and mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and livelihoods. Money raised will be dispersed to our Truckers to aid them with the cost of the journey," the page said. "Funds will be spent to help cover the cost of fuel for our Truckers first and foremost, will be used to assist with food if needed and contribute to shelter if needed."
The rallies have sparked a flurry of online support in the U.S. and controversy with pictures and video of the drivers populating social media.
"My wife Val and I honked and waved on Sunday to show our support for our local truckers as they took to the road to protest the newly-imposed truckers mandate by Justin Trudeau," said Canadian MP Bob Zimmer. "Imposed at a time when we are already seeing supply chain shortages and skyrocketing inflation, the Prime Minister is implementing a mandate that will leave tens of thousands of truckers unable to work and puts our food security at risk. Conservatives have always supported Canadians' right to determine their own health choices. For those who are unvaccinated, we continue to believe in reasonable measures, such as rapid testing, to help protect everyone, especially the most vulnerable."
The group has also run into trouble on social media though. Meta removed a Facebook group for the Freedom Convoy Wednesday for reportedly violating the company's policies around QAnon.
The opposition from GoFundMe and Meta, though, have only emboldened some of the group's supporters.
"GoFundMe promoted the ANTIFA-occupied CHOP zone in Seattle," said U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. "But they shut down fundraisers for truckers protesting [COVID] mandates. We've got questions."
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World / Politics
Filthy parks, closed museums: U.S. government shutdown grinds on
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – Walking across Washington's National Mall on Wednesday, Ralph Snake kept stopping to pick up pieces of garbage, which have littered the grassy corridor since a budget showdown closed one quarter of the federal government almost two weeks ago.
"I decided to clean up this one section, because that's what Americans will do," said Snake, a 64-year-old member of the indigenous Hochunk Nation, who was in town from his Wisconsin home to see Sharice Davids get sworn in as one of Congress' first two women of Native American descent. "Just because this thing is shut down, our hearts aren't shut down."
The partial shutdown, which has cut off numerous government services, entered its 12th day on Wednesday, with no end in sight to the impasse over President Donald Trump's demands for $5.6 billion in congressional funding for a border wall.
National parks, including California's Joshua Tree and Yosemite, have closed campgrounds after toilets threatened to overflow with human waste. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are working without pay. The immigration court system, already suffocating under a massive backlog, is largely shuttered.
The prospects for an end to the showdown remained unclear. Democrats, who will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, have scheduled votes that day to fund the government without money for a border wall, one of Trump's key priorities. The president, who said during his campaign that Mexico would pay for the wall, has already rejected the Democrats' legislation.
In Washington, the 17 museums run by the Smithsonian as well as the National Zoo closed their doors on Wednesday after running out of emergency funding, leaving tourists frustrated with both Trump and Congress.
"It's stupid," said Laura Vanbragt, a 20-year-old student from Grand Rapids, Michigan. "There should just be more communication between the two, more give on both sides, a willingness to just talk."
In California, Joshua Tree National Park said it would close its campgrounds at noon on Wednesday because its camp toilets, which cannot be emptied due to a lack of staffing, have reached capacity.
California's Yosemite National Park closed numerous areas this week for similar reasons.
Unlike in some previous shutdowns, including a 16-day impasse in 2013, many national parks have remained open, though without staff to collect trash and service restrooms. Advocates have voiced alarm that an extended shutdown could cause environmental damage.
"We're very concerned about the reports we're seeing of human waste in inappropriate places," John Gardner, senior director of budget and appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association. "Trash is a serious concern for wildlife."
Hundreds of judges in the nation's 62 immigration courts have been furloughed, and only cases of immigrants in detention are currently being heard.
The Trump administration has expanded the system, which is run by the U.S. Department of Justice, aiming to cut down on the backlog of more than 800,000 cases, but the shutdown will complicate that effort, said Ashley Tabaddor, the president of the national immigration judges' union.
"To reschedule these cases can take several years because the judges are all booked," she said.
A Justice Department spokesman said he could not respond to a request for comment because of the government shutdown.
With the National Zoo closed, the "Panda Cam," a popular live video stream of the zoo's three giant pandas, also went offline, causing consternation among fans of Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Bei Bei.
"Oh, so the panda cam at the zoo isn't an 'essential government group'?! I BEG TO DIFFER," wrote a Twitter user named Lindsay Boling.
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