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Étant donnés (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas, French: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage) is Marcel Duchamp's last major artwork, which surprised the art world because it believed he had given up art for competitive chess which he had been playing for almost 25 years, following a prolific art career. He had been making work with the Surrealists when he made The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (also known as The Large Glass). This work is a tableau, visible only through a pair of peepholes (one for each eye) in a wooden door, of a nude woman lying on her back with her face hidden, legs spread, holding a gas lamp in the air in one hand against a landscape backdrop.

Duchamp worked secretly on the piece from 1946 to 1966 in his Greenwich Village studio. It is composed of an old wooden door, nails, bricks, brass, aluminium sheet, steel binder clips, velvet, leaves, twigs, a female form made of parchment, hair, glass, plastic clothespins, oil paint, linoleum, an assortment of lights, a landscape composed of hand-painted and photographed elements and an electric motor housed in a cookie tin which rotates a perforated disc. The Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, Duchamp's girlfriend from 1946 to 1951, served as the model for the female figure in the piece, and his second wife, Alexina (Teeny), served as the model for the figure's arm.
Duchamp prepared a "Manual of Instructions" in a 4-ring binder explaining and illustrating how to assemble and disassemble the piece.

Anne d'Harnoncourt, a young curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and later its director, orchestrated the acquisition and transfer of the piece to Philadelphia. According to the artist's wishes that the work be installed and viewed after his death, Duchamp's widow Alexina Duchamp and his step-son Paul Matisse installed the work and made it available to the public at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1969, a year after Duchamp's death.

References and sources
References

Sources
Tomkins, Calvin. Duchamp: A Biography, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1996.
Hulten, Pontus (editor): Marcel Duchamp: Work and Life, The MIT Press, 1993.
Peep Show, The Smart Set, October 7, 2009
 Landscape of Eros, Through the Peephole, August 27, 2009,
Banz, Stefan, ed., Marcel Duchamp and the Forestay Waterfall, JRP|Ringier, Zurich.

External links
 Outside view of Etant donnés at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
 Inside view of  Etant donnés

1966 sculptures
Marcel Duchamp works
Paintings in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Nude art


In the Kidventures Nursery, your young child will have the opportunity to experience the love of Jesus through our caring, volunteer staff. Children aged birth through 2 interact in a fun and encouraging environment.
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Both sellers and users of visual media are increasingly swimming in uncharted waters. New media require new types of licenses while new technology and formats call for never-before-heard-of rights requirements. And, just to make things even more interesting, the rules, guidelines and appropriate fees for all of this is constantly changing. Melissa Rhodes, Director of Business Development – West for one of the world's largest image licensing agencies (Photolibrary,http://www.photolibrary.com), will bring some much-needed clarity to the licensing chaos as she addresses these and other related issues.
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Listen: Young the Giant
Phillip Roffman
May 18, 2010 | 2:25pm ET
Straight from Newport Beach, California, Young the Giant's infectious sound is a disease you want to catch. The symptoms? Upbeat nature, sing-along hook, line, and sinker choruses, and a tremendously smooth California sound. You got to love 'em.
Young the Giant has it all. With their ongoing and recent national tour with Minus the Bear, it's safe to say this band is a bottle rocket ready to explode — at least if we're to judge the band's recent foray into Fort Lauderdale, where they set the tone of the show in a way that can't be described. Both lead singer Sameer Gadhia and guitarist Eric Cannataor wailed effortlessly about the stage, grooving off a wall of serene sound created by Payam Doostzadeh, Jacob Tilley, and Francois Comtois. While it's arguable whether or not it was the night's best performance, no one would deny the band's authentic and out of control energy.
To be honest, being at the show and seeing the reaction from the South Florida-rich crowd, the answer was, in fact, inarguable. They stole the show. Maybe it's that different sound from a different coast that gets to me (and the rest of South Florida), or maybe it was simply the stage presence. Either way, it's a breath of fresh air to see a band perform at such a high level, giving a veteran band such as Minus the Bear a run for their fan base.
As of right now, the band is working on their first full length album with Grammy Award-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli, known famously for his work with the The White Stripes, The Shins, Radiohead, and The Strokes forthcoming album. Chiccarelli's history with the best in today's garage rock should prove fruitful for Young the Giant. We'll see when the effort surfaces on Roadrunner Records later this year. Until then, keep your eyes open and your ears up because this band has more coming your way.
Young the Giant
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The Lancaster man accused of assaulting Lancaster High School Assistant Principal Bill Farrar in August has been sentenced.
Rodney Thompson, 44, 2751 Pineview Drive, Lancaster, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and battery Monday afternoon in general sessions court.
Sixth Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said Thompson was given a three-year prison sentence, suspended to two years probation.
The little gray house with red shutters is abuzz with activity.
Volunteers have been busy preparing clothing, shoes, coats, blankets and toys for an upcoming free shopping day this Saturday, when the fellowship hall of Second Baptist Church in Lancaster will be transformed into a Closet Ministry store.
Gently used items donated by the community – winter clothing, blankets and toys – will be available.
PAGELAND – Responding quickly to a string of a smash-and-grab car stereo thefts, Pageland police caught a Lancaster man who had tell-tale blood on his hands from shattered glass.
Police received a 911 call at 6:46 p.m. Nov. 9 from a truck owner in the Bojangles' parking lot who had just seen the thief speed away in a white Honda.
Steven Dale Moree, 36, of Pageland, told officers that he saw his truck window broken when he came out of Bojangles'.
PAGELAND – A 19-year-old Lancaster man was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and three teenagers were charged with underage drinking after a Pageland officer noticed suspicious activity at Grits and Groceries on Nov. 5.
Officer Albert Parsons noticed that 19-year-old Ricky "June" Baxter looked his way and ducked behind an SUV and then got into a two-door Chevrolet when he passed, a report said.
Lancaster County sheriff's deputies have arrested four Lancaster residents in connection with a rash of burglaries in the county over a several-month period.
Sheriff Barry Faile said he couldn't give specifics about the areas or addresses the suspects have been charged with burglarizing, the number of burglaries involved or the time span of suspected cases, as the investigation is ongoing.
"We've solved a bunch of burglaries, but we're continuing to solve more each day," Faile said.
Tending to roses at Lancaster City Hall and providing hot meals for firefighters were just some of the deeds that Joan Hall Williams rendered on a regular basis.
Now they are reflecting on what Aunt Jo meant to the community. She died Sunday at the age of 79.
Most elementary and middle schools in the Lancaster County School District received the same grade on their state-issued report card in 2010 that they did a year ago.
The state Department of Education released the 2010 report cards last week.
Schools and districts are assessed by two ratings on the report cards – absolute and growth.
Absolute ratings are based on overall student performance on standardized tests. Growth ratings look at individual student test scores from one year to the next and the number of students who have made such gains.
Supporting the NAACP was the main topic at the Lancaster Branch of the NAACP's 32nd annual Freedom Fund Banquet at Lancaster High School on Saturday night.
The Rev. M. Diana Charles, pastor of Rock Hill AME Zion Church in Pageland, was the keynote speaker. She is a retired educator, president of the Cheraw Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and member of the executive board of the S.C. Conference of the NAACP.
A Lancaster man said he was leaving an acquaintance's house late Saturday night when his vehicle was shot at.
The shooting happened shortly before 11:30 p.m., according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The man went to a Sumter Street home to visit someone, and when he came back outside and got into his car, was shot at, the report said.
It was a long but rewarding morning for the men of the New Hope Brotherhood.
And at 12:30 p.m., when the men's club at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, completed their mission, Joe King sighed.
"My legs are about to fall under it," an exhausted King said.
It had been a beautiful fall morning at this church located about seven miles south of Lancaster. The weather was perfect – bright Carolina blue skies and mild temperatures – the kind of day many people wish every day would be like.


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Driver lied to police that he didn't know about his driving ban
Tamas had already been stopped months earlier for the same offence
Bradford Road in Batley (left) and Kirklees Magistrates Court (right)
A driver lied to police that he didn't know about his driving ban - after being arrested for the second time for getting behind the wheel while disqualified.
Tamas Csanyi received a suspended jail term after Kirklees magistrates heard how he was pulled over twice during a four month period.
The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to two sets of charges of driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without insurance.
Csanyi, of Common Road in Staincliffe, Batley , was banned from driving for six months late last year.
He was first stopped by police as he drove a Renault Scenic near to his home on November 15.
Roadside checks showed that the father-of-three was disqualified from driving until May 5 but he claimed that he wasn't aware of the ban and had no money for insurance.
The second offence occurred on March 8 when police carrying out roadside checks stopped the Vauxhall Astra Csanyi was driving on Bradford Road in Batley.
Bradford Road in Batley
Alex Bozman, prosecuting, told magistrates: "In interview he was vague about whose car it was.
"He was dishonest in his reply when he was asked: 'Are you aware of your driving disqualification?
"He said 'no' and that he didn't know anything about it. It was quite clear that he was made aware of the disqualification in the earlier interview.
"That's an aggravating factor in the case.
"The explanation for his journey was that he was going to get a pizza from the shop so he accepted that it wasn't an emergency."
Pensioners in court for smashing cars and sending menacing text - seven days at Kirklees Magistrates
The Hungarian national claimed that the real reason he was driving was to get to cash in hand jobs to send money to his family back home.
Magistrates sentenced Csanyi to 16 weeks in custody, suspended for a year.
He was banned from driving for a further 17 months and will have to pay £115 victim surcharge.
Kirklees Magistrates Court


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The Nokia Lumia 800 runs on the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Operating System. Being an Android user, I personally liked the user interface (UI) of the Windows Phone 7.5. The UI is unique, refreshing and looks extremely beautiful. Just hit the lock/power button and it will display the lockscreen, which has a customized wallpaper of you choice along with the current time, day and date. The lock screen also show calendar events, missed call, text message and email notifications.
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Maniac has a Field day as Dr. Mantleray finally confronts his mother
Goofy Maniac is back, and it's got some momentum. "Larger Structural Issues" starts to set up the likely endgame of the season—GRTA taking control of the study while the C pills induce even wackier reflections, as Owen and Annie are forced to actually confront their issues—and the necessary place-setting, which might have been frustrating on another show, works wonders here.
As has been the case for the whole season, much of what works in "Larger Structural Issues" comes from, if not Justin Theroux himself, then at least from everything in the study surrounding Annie and Owen. When GRTA demands to meet her "true self," we get the moment that's been teased all season: Dr. Mantleray having to call his mother. The way Theroux freaks out at the mere prospect of interacting with her is delightful, especially with Sonoya Mizuno presenting a mostly-together, collected foil. A few critics have likened Dr. Mantleray to John C. Reilly's pantheon-level character Dr. Steve Brule, a comparison that makes even more sense given Theroux's physicality in these scenes. He might not be doing something as remarkable as Reilly's performance, but it's still pretty great.
"Larger Structural Issues"
And blessedly, Sally Field finally shows up in the "real world," as Dr. Greta Mantleray, an overwhelming presence who immediately threatens to steal the entire show. Dr. Greta awkwardly, intensely kisses her son on the mouth, then proceeds to pettily squabble with Dr. Fujita, who makes a point of noting that GRTA was drawn from Dr. Greta's earlier, "more serious" academic work. Sally Field is just a wonder on this show, in the specificity of personality she gives Dr. Greta while also having very different ways of speaking to everyone she interacts with. (Literally everything Dr. Greta says to her live-in boyfriend-slash-sugar baby Julio is a dream, starting with "Gas up the Miata.")
It's hard not to draw a straight line from Dr. Greta's force of personality to the tightly-wound, intense, insecure younger Dr. Mantleray. And even though Dr. Mantleray and Dr. Fujita are mostly condescending about Dr. Greta's work, her read of the situation—that Annie and Owen are "soul mates"—is, at bottom, kind of what Maniac is asking us to accept about the two characters.
Annie and Owen's dynamic is, essentially, reversed here. Now Annie is the one who believes in a deeper connection between the pair, while Owen is resolutely insisting that everything is totally normal. I'm not quite feeling whatever kind of chemistry I'm supposed to be seeing from Emma Stone and Jonah Hill here, but there's a bit more to their interactions here, at least. She explains the Don Quixote connection: Ellie read it when she was younger, and their father used it as an excuse to talk about how intelligent she was. Owen, meanwhile, says that he wants a normal life, and briefly tries to leave the study. (Though he didn't seem very happy at his job? Maybe the point is really that Owen doesn't know what he wants.)
But when he does try to leave, awkwardly dressed in the suit he was wearing when he entered the lab, Owen has a very uncomfortable conversation with GRTA. He says he needs "real" medicine and to be hospitalized, which is honestly probably the most reasonable thing anyone has said on the show. Then, GRTA threatens to kill everyone else in the study—sorry, cure them—and the high stakes of the end of the season set in. Is it not enough to have Annie and Owen's mental health, and Dr. Mantleray's investment in the project, be the stakes? Does there really need to be the possibility of death? The idea of the depressed AI is as funny as it is old (has there been a Marvin The Paranoid Android reference yet?), but I'm not sure that's a sufficient justification for the hologram of life-or-death stakes. The (unlikely) possibility that Annie or Owen will actually die is, as Dr. Mantleray puts it, "your brain lying to your mind."
We've gotten a sense of some consequences of the trial through Dr. Fujita and Dr. Mantleray's oblique references to "McMurphys," which I suspect is a reference to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. But until we know what's actually going on, it's harder to get invested in the possibilities. Instead, other, quieter moments in "Larger Structural Issues" present places to think harder about Maniac; especially the interviews with the other subjects that open the episode. These people have been minor characters so far, but it's nice to learn a bit more about their pathologies and the ways they interact with the doctors. (Even when that takes the form of one of them saying, "I was just murdering people with a hammer, trying to find my dead father's balls.")
As they enter the C phase of the trial to become elves and stuff, Annie and Owen seem to be basically in the same place they were at the beginning of the seas, with only some slight deviations. (Annie is even back to her old tricks and defense mechanisms: Emma Stone delivers the line "I've never had a therapist that could figure me out" with panache, but it's hard to take Annie the character seriously.) It's too bad that she's so reflexively opposed to the practice. As in the real world, what everyone in Maniac really needs is therapy.
I'm not sure if this has been in earlier episodes, but we get a glimpse of a photo of Calvin on Dr. Muramoto's desk, confirming that Annie's friend is in fact the doctor's son. (Also, the nature of GRTA and Dr. Muramoto's romantic relationship raises some very weird questions for the real Dr. Greta, right?)
The names of Greta's books: See Her See You See We; Past Lives, Present Pain; I'm OK, You're A Bitch.
"How many of your subjects have ended up catatonic?" "Zero. Roughly."
I had the thought watching this episode that it is absolutely baffling to me that no one on the show has asked "How's Annie?" yet. It's going to happen later in the season, right?


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DGS Legal Alert: PUC Pipeline Safety Rules to Be Revised
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its Rules Regulating Pipeline Operators and Gas Pipeline Safety ("Pipeline Safety Rules"). The Notice recommends significant proposed changes to the Pipeline Safety Rules and moving the Rules from their present location within the Gas Utilities and Pipeline Operator Rules at 4 Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR), 723-4, to a new, standalone Part 11, 4 CCR, 723-11. The PUC's notice of the proposed rules states that, overall, the proposal is for "rule revisions that significantly alter and aim to improve upon pipeline safety oversight, both substantively and administratively, at the Commission."
Broadly speaking, the proposed rules, available here, attempt to make the process around pipeline safety more public, clear, and transparent. For example, the proposed rules would require all filed reports to be publicly available and all Notices of Proposed Violation, Notices of Action, pleadings, and decisions to be filed publicly. The proposed rules also provide a revised methodology for calculating civil penalties in an effort to provide clarity to both operators and the public. Relatedly, the rules envision pared-down discretion for the Chief of Pipeline Safety and an increased procedural and oversight role for the PUC Commissioners.
The scope of the proposed rules includes all gas public utilities, all municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, transporting natural gas or providing natural gas services, all operators of master meter systems, and all operators of pipelines transporting gas in intrastate commerce. The last category includes gas gathering operators although certain provisions are tailored to the location and size of the gathering systems involved. A typographical error in the proposed rules included interstate pipelines within the scope. The federal government is the enforcement authority for interstate pipelines.
The purpose of the rules is to enforce and administer, in cooperation with the United States Department of Transportation, Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the provisions of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
The proposed rules include updates for technical accuracy, recent changes in federal law, and general clarity. The Commission's notice requested that stakeholders review the proposed technical updates and processes and comment on proposed revisions, clarity, or efficiencies.
Though the proposed rules aim to make pipeline safety information more transparent and publicly available than what exists under the current rules, there is some concern that such a wholesale rewrite of the rules was not preceded by a robust stakeholder process. The Notice invites stakeholders to continue to raise both rule and statutory considerations as well as statutory recommendations.
The proposed rules also solicit comments on a number of other matters: (1) whether additional rule considerations are necessary, (2) whether additional reporting or support, including mapping or other reporting considerations, should be provided in addition to, or as encompassed in, reports already provided; (3) whether, and to what extent, current and supplemental report filings should be publicly available, or if confidential protections are appropriate; and (4) whether to permit certain direction from the Chief of Pipeline Safety through the Commission's website or other means that can be updated as needed.
In two other notable changes, the PUC first proposes a fee assessment in order to fund additional inspection staff and additional staff collaboration with other state and federal agencies that oversee pipeline safety. For gas distribution pipeline operators, the proposed fee would be per number of customers served. For gas gathering operators, the proposed fee would be per mile of pipeline as submitted on the operator's annual report.
Second, the proposed rules include requirements specific to small operators, and the Notice specifically solicits comments from these small operator stakeholders regarding the staff's proposed approach and seeks recommendations on improvements for the efficient and effective regulation of this operator group.
Written comments are requested by January 17, 2020. The Commission encourages commenters to file through the Commission's E-Filing system at:
https://www.dora.state.co.us/pls/efi/EFI.homepage.
A filer must be registered to use the E-Filing system. Click on "Filer Registration" on the E-Filing homepage to register. All comments filed in the E-Filing System will be publicly available (without registration) by typing the proceeding number in the search box on the homepage. The proceeding number is: 19R-0703GPS. Responsive comments are requested on or before January 31, 2020. An administrative law judge will hold a hearing on the proposed rules at 9:00 a.m. on February 10, 2020 at the PUC's offices, which are located at 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado. Interested persons may provide oral comments at the public hearing unless the ALJ deems oral presentations unnecessary.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP's attorneys have experience with regulatory proceedings affecting the oil and gas sector and frequently represents clients in related rulemakings. Please contact Judy Matlock, John Jacus, or Shalyn Kettering for further discussion on this upcoming rulemaking.
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The Free Speech Movement (American Social Movements). From Children's Bookwatch: The Greenhaven "Contemporary Issues Companion" series of nonfiction discussions holds plenty of detailed arguments and discussions perfect independent study and highschool classroom curriculum enrichment. Bradley Steffens' The Free Speech Movement surveys the promise, limits and potentials of free speech, with articles discussing both civil rights and social liberties issues and the rights of states and regions to determine free speech issues.


Today only you can get the Nespresso Citiz on sale at Amazon, $76 off. I have one for my little class B and love it. A bit pricey but the coffee and convenience is great.
I found a wonderful coffee maker for $20 at walmart. It takes pods or grounds. It makes a single cup in around 5 min.
it is a "Mainstays Single Serve and K-Cup Brew Coffee Maker." We got one for the house and one for the RV.
As we boondock over 90% of the time and only have a single LA battery we would have to start the genny to run an electric coffee maker.
I've converted to using the pour over system at home. I enjoy the coffee and the ritual of making it, including freshly ground beans. I make a 20oz cup, usually.
Same here, Steve, and for the the same reason. That and it makes an excellent brew in combination with freshly roasted and ground beans. When you're on the road it's fun to try out local coffee roasters.
I may start focusing a bit on different local roasters. Up to now I've been investigating micro brew pubs, and really do enjoy the wonderful variety and atmosphere associated with them.
Even better at Walmart for $8.88 and it only draws 700 watts. It works great on a Roadtrek 750 watt inverter.
I checked that out cuz it would seem cool but it says the water only gets heated to 170*F. The recommended temp for brewing is 195 to 205.
That being said, it's still a frugal electric possibility.
I would wonder if a person could preheat the water to get a higher temp if it a thermostat would restrict that.
Specs say "Coffee temperature equal or above 77 degrees C", so there is no telling how hot it really gets.
Correct Temperature is one reason pour-over coffee can be better than inexpensive coffee makers.
My bad. I would ASSUME that preheating the water may get the brewing process hot enough, maybe?
I'll just stick with my pour over, easier, freshly ground coffee and more frugal.
Plus, I have only a 300 watt inverter. Thus far I've had no reason to get a larger one.
I've also heard good things about the Aeropress.
I tried a French press and didn't care for the clean up involved. It is now sitting on our shelf for "things that collect dust but look kinda cool" high up in the kitchen.


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So why are we offering this course? Well, for starters we both went to film school and know first hand what can be gained, and what we felt we missed out on. The bottomline is... we live in a different era of filmmaking, where you can learn just about anything on the internet. So being stuck in a film program for 4 years at the cost of $100,000 to learn how movies used to be made isn't necessarily the best way to learn cinematography. So that was the idea behind this course. We wanted to build a curriculum that speaks to any aspiring cinematographer / filmmaker who is eager to learn at an accelerated rate. At the cost of 1 college text book, you can have lifetime access to this course. We also know the value of content that can be gained from Youtube - heck we started out on Youtube with our channel "The Buffnerds" which is nearly at a million subscribers. And though there is some great content on there, its so scattered and segmented. There isn't a singular hub where you can learn everything cinematography related - from the art, the theory, to the business. We are constantly shooting, constantly learning, and we feel like we have a finger on the pulse of what it takes to be a "modern cinematographer" in this day and age. We'll teach you not only how to light and shoot pretty images, but also how to make money while doing it! So if you are serious about cinematography - we'd love to have you apart of our community!
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RISD conference focuses on transforming R.I. economy / Gallery
Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer journalkate
PROVIDENCE � If you�re going to solve a problem in your business, you must first determine the real problem. Designers call this �figuring out the essential question.�
That�s one message Charlie Cannon shared Monday with business leaders, entrepreneurs, engineers and manufacturers who gathered at the Rhode Island School of Design to figure out ways that design can help transform manufacturing.
His work is part of a larger effort by the renowned design school to collaborate with local manufacturers to improve the economy in a state still struggling to find its way in a postindustrial world. Here in Rhode Island, thousands of manufacturing jobs have been wiped out over the decades, hastened by the Great Recession.
Cannon and other RISD leaders opened the school Monday to visitors to share their vision of how RISD can play a key role as local manufacturers seek ways to remain relevant in a changing economy.
The school also celebrated its opening of a new Co-Works facility on Monday at the corner of Weybosset and Union streets, where faculty and students will work together in a space with large windows that allow people walking by to watch the design collaboration inside. Also, RISD President Rosanne Somerson announced a program in which continuing education students can earn RISD certificates in product development and manufacturing.
The Co-Works space, Somerson said, was designed as a pilot program to allow artists, designers and manufacturers to �collaborate almost serendipitously� so the university can determine how to create an even larger co-working space. She said locating in Providence�s downtown was important because RISD wants to partner with the region as a �center for creation, innovation and job growth.�
RISD has strong ties to the manufacturing industry that once powered Rhode Island�s economy. Founded in 1877, the school began with a mission that included instructing artists to use their skills in the once-thriving manufacturing facilities.
Cannon said local artists, designers and RISD students and faculty remain intricately linked with today�s local manufacturers. Like those connected with RISD, the manufacturers live here, consider the Ocean State their home and continue to make products here, he said.
�Our work, our futures and our enthusiasms are closely linked with manufacturing here in Rhode Island because they�re makers,� he said. �We live together in this community, and we share such important common interests in seeing things made and made well, and we know the health of our larger community relies on that being able to happen here.�
As Cannon worked with nearly 30 people Monday, he defined design for them: It�s assessing a situation, determining action and executing.
An associate professor of industrial design, Cannon quoted Einstein as another 30 people pursued other design challenges with other RISD professors. Einstein�s message: If he had 60 minutes to solve any problem, he�d spend 55 minutes figuring out the essential question and then determine in the last five minutes how it could be solved.
Cannon set his group to work: Find the deepest problem, opportunity or issue you�re facing.
Kim Fyfe, graphics manager for ChemArt, talked about how the Lincoln company known for producing the official White House Christmas tree ornament must learn how to appeal to a younger crowd at a time when society seems less interested in collecting things.
Amy Bernhardt, who had addressed the entire gathering before it split into two design teams, said her Colorfast project�s biggest obstacle now is finding a work space. A winner of the Rhode Island Foundation�s most recent $300,000 Innovation Fellowship award, Bernhardt is working to build a research and manufacturing business to design and produce digitally printed textiles.
Allan Tear, a managing partner of the Betaspring accelerator program, talked about how Rhode Island as a community doesn�t stick with entrepreneurs long enough as they try ideas one after another. He noted that most successful enterprises aren�t the first initiative by those who create them.
Cannon urged the team to write their most salient points on colored Post-it notes, and he then tacked them to a wall at RISD�s Chace Center, grouping them according to topic.
Once Cannon took five minutes to analyze the group�s many topics, he told them three had risen to the top: sustainable strategy, innovation and staying competitive. Weaving those together to form a message for the group, he said the common thread was: What is a sustainable strategy for innovation so that we can remain or be competitive?
Cannon�s work offered a glimpse of the way design courses at RISD are taught. It�s the kind of method that continuing education students will find in the new certificate program Somerson announced, which will launch in January.
This latest certificate program is an option for mid-career professionals seeking to shift careers, high school students who want to explore manufacturing and design, and people with undergraduate degrees who may be interested in pursuing a graduate degree, said Gregory Victory, executive director of RISD�s continuing education program.
About 4,000 students each year take continuing-education classes at RISD, Victory said. Because the program has less-rigorous application requirements than those for students enrolling in full-time undergraduate or graduate work, Victory said it�s a way for more people to get a taste of a RISD education.
�We often refer to continuing education as the �accessible entry point� to everybody for a RISD education,� Victory said.


Laptops with touch screens are pretty much the norm these days, with a prominent exception: Macintosh notebooks.
I love sit-stand desks, those contraptions that can be raised and lowered so you can work on a computer in a sitting or a standing position.
Tech gifts for the holidays run the gamut price-wise from $20 or less to $1,000 and over, which can make shopping for such products confounding — especially if you are not a geek.
Just home from Florida vacation late last month, I headed to the airport again — this time on a work trip to Chicago.
I was off to attend my first Apple media event in years, and I was pretty excited about that.


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Outside-In: Monty Adkins
by 5:4 June 16, 2020 • 13:13
written by 5:4 June 16, 2020 • 13:13
Today's addition to the Outside-In field recording compilation comes from Huddersfield-based composer Monty Adkins. Here's Monty's introduction
The recording was made in February 2019 during a residency in Reims. The short soundscape charts the route from my apartment to the studio space in which I was working.
Proceeding from the apartment through the beautiful old heavy wooden door that sealed the courtyard from the street beyond, up the Rue des Capucins and onto the Rue Hincmar, the soundscape slowly moves from relatively deserted streets to the busier central part of the city. Traversing the Rue Chazny brings the listener to the Rue Libergier and the stunning approach to the imposing 13th-century Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims. The cafe cries, speeding moped over the cobbled streets and other quotidian sounds now seem distinctly otherworldly to me after almost three months of lockdown. The soundscape then charts the walk from the Cathédrale up Rue du Trésor before finishing at the Rue Carnot.
Listening back at this recording now I am struck by its simplicity, a normality I am sure we are all yearning for.
i'm not an urban person. i was born and raised, and have spent most of my life, in rural environments, and perhaps as a consequence of that my tolerance for large cities is relatively low. However, when i began to spend time with Monty's recording it made me realise just how long it's been since i've been caught up in the bustle of cityscapes, which, for me, these days i almost exclusively associate with festivals and concerts. To my complete surprise, i found myself longing for it, for the opportunity to be surrounded and lost in the midst of traffic noise, a myriad conversations and all the everyday clatter that constitute the essence and vitality of city life.
Where i live, in rural Gloucestershire, is nowhere near as built-up as Reims, but it's not tiny either, and even though the lockdown is gradually being eased, when i travelled into our town centre yesterday the high street, despite many of the shops now being allowed to open, was still a shadow of what it was like just a few months ago. Normality, however that's now being (re)defined, feels like it's still a long way off. i'm fortunate in that, during the lockdown, i've been able to immerse myself in the countryside by, literally, crossing the road – yet now i find myself craving the opposite.
This is the only recording i've thus far featured in Outside-In where we're moving through the environment rather than remaining still to listen, but more importantly it's also the only one that obviously comes from the perspective of a human being – as opposed to a recording device. This makes Monty's recording all the more personal, and the fact that his progression through the streets of Reim begins and ends behind closed doors is especially poignant at the current time.
All of the recordings featured in Outside-In are available to download or stream; there's no charge for downloading, but you're free to make a payment if you wish, and all proceeds made will be shared among the contributors.
If you have a recording you would like to be considered for this project, please see the Call for Recordings information below.
Outside-In by Monty Adkins
Call for Recordings
If you have a recording you would like to be considered for Outside-In, the guidelines are very simple:
approximately 5-15 minutes' duration – long enough to allow some decent immersion;
no obvious editing – recordings can be discreetly edited but should generally sound like a single recording, with no sudden cuts;
no indoor or underwater recordings – all in the open air;
no speech or overt human noises, apart from perhaps in the distance or as a part of the ambiance/surroundings;
the recording doesn't need to be made using high-end equipment, but should be good enough to be enjoyed transparently, without attention drawn to its shortcomings.
Please note: the idea is that the recordings were made before the lockdown, but if you would like to make one that reflects the current, quieter state of the world – without breaking any local rules on going outside in the process! – then that's absolutely fine.
To send your recording, please use the 5:4 Contact form and in the "Your Message" section please include the following:
a download link to your recording (via WeTransfer, or equivalent), which should preferably be in compressed lossless format (e.g. FLAC – no lossy recordings!);
information about the place, time and situation in which the recording took place – as much or as little detail as you would like to share;
a Google Maps link to the exact/approximate location where the recording was made.
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(From left) 62 OL-Colton Gamel, 26 OLB-Emanuel Ayres, 5 FS-Brandon "Dingo" Wilson, 8 SS-Dee Watson, 11 WR-Derrick Santee, 6 WR-Jay Caddell, 34 DT-Willie Jones.
Each year the Bobcats coaching staff is tasked with selecting the players that best represented the Tomball Bobcats organization both, on the field and off the field to be named "ALL-STARS". It is certainly one of the hardest tasks the coaches deal with as the Bobcats roster is full of considerable talent, and solid character. But as the saying goes, there can only be one...well, in this case seven as each team is provided a number of roster slots from the league based on their ranking and performance throughout the season.
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(Above from left) 62 OL-Colton Gamel, 26 OLB-Emanuel Ayres, 5 FS-Brandon "Dingo" Wilson, 8 SS-Dee Watson, 11 WR-Derrick Santee, 6 WR-Jay Caddell, 34 DT-Willie Jones.
Time to focus on 2019!


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Serial photography is becoming a prevailing theme among the artsy photographers - at any contemporary photo exhibition at least half the pictures are grouped in series. If you can't take a great picture, take a hundred mediocre ones, but with the same kind of subject, and suddenly you are a deep and clever artist, telling a "story". It also helps that humans love to search for patterns, and most repetitive patterns have mesmerizing effect on us, which is cleverly exploited by wall paper manufacturers and popular music performers.
While taking pictures for the 2015 JSPCA Calendar I too decided to dabble in the serial photography, selecting the dog and the chicken as my theme, simply because I have a plentiful access to both.
Here is the modest beginning of my Canis Lupus Familiaris and Gallus Gallus Domesticus series, which I'm planning to expand and eventually show at some pretentious photo exhibition.
I would appreciate if you could suggest funny titles for the pictures, the winning ones would be published and duly attributed.


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Q: when should I use lazy load and how lazy it should it be I would like to ask about lazy loading. I have read often that we should deny it, but why should I load data that maybe never used?
As an example for discussion let's use a Customer:
-Id
-Title
-FormOfAddress
-FirstName
-LastName
-Picture*
-DOB
-Phone
-Mobile
-Address*/Billing Address*
    -Id
    -Street
    -Number
    -Country*
        -Id
        -Name
        -Zipcode
-Bankdetails*
    -Id
    -AccountHolder
    -AccountNumber
    -Bank*
        -Id
        -Name
        -BankCode
    -IBAN

The * marks the Object's which I would Lazy load according to the motto "load only what you need".
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Ok it seems my question isn't clear enough, so here is maybe a better formulation of what I want to know:
I want to know why mostly people dissuade from lazy load, is it because they can't use it or does it have really bad disadvantages?

A: It is common to use Lazy Load as a tuning mechanism, for example if you're loading all the data and are not noticing any performance issues, then truth is you probably don't need to worry yourself with the (slightly) added complexity of the Lazy Load Pattern.
However if you are noticing performance issues then you should take a look at the pattern, identify the most commonly used data (as you have noted above the data marked with *) as you have done, and only load that data. You will need some performance analysis to determine whether the times when you do need the extra data (fields NOT marked by *) decreases the performance of the system/slows down any other operations in the same domain (ones that depend on or are dependant on the operation you are describing)
If you are using .NET 4.0 (and above), the Lazy<T> can help reduce some complexity on implementing Lazy Load (it takes care of thread safety for you too!) This Code Project article can help with the implementation

A: There is a reason for lazy loading. If you know you wont use your specific data a lot it is just about right to load it lazy. You should avoid it if your not completely familiar with lazy loading as you might cause errors. Mostly thats dedicated to specific technologies, i am just thinking of jpa hibernate. In case of Lazy Init you should make sure you dont want to reload your data too often as you could run into performance problems, but i guess thats it.

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Dead Congregation é uma banda grega de death metal de Atenas, formada em 2004. A banda possui dois álbuns de estúdio, quato EP e um Split. Eles lançaram seu mais recente álbum 'Promulgation of the Fall' em 2014 através de seu próprio selo Martyrdoom Productions, e lançarão seu EP 'Sombre Doom' em novembro de 2016. O nome da banda é derivado do título de uma música escrita em sua banda anterior Nuclear Winter.

História

Formação e primeiro EP (2004-2007)

A banda foi fundada no ano de 2004 pelo guitarrista e vocalista Anastasis Valtsanis, pelo baterista Vagelis Voyiantzis (dois ex-membros do Nuclear Winter), em seguida ouve a chegada do guitarrista T.K. e no baixo Antonis A. que tempos depois foi substituído pelo George Skullkos, após a divisão da banda anterior que havia começado como uma banda de Crust punk. Mais tarde, eles começaram a incorporar algumas influências da cena do Death metal sueco. Seu lançamento de estreia foi um EP auto-financiado, que já apresenta uma mistura desses estilos. Após um longo hiato com o Nuclear Winter, a banda lançou em 2001 um split com Incriminated da Finlândia e antes da desintegração Valtsanis gravou um último demo com a banda. Depois que um dos integrantes deixou o grupo, Valtsanis gravou o demo 'Abomination Virginborn' como compositor principal da banda.

Valtsanis disse em uma entrevista que "Era claro que precisávamos formar uma nova banda, como o Nuclear Winter nunca foi minha ideia, e assim eu precisava me distanciar de qualquer coisa com a qual eu não pudesse me relacionar 100% musical, esteticamente ou Ideologicamente, já tínhamos sido amigos de TK, sabíamos que ele era um guitarrista competente e, depois de todos os três ensaiarmos juntos pela primeira vez, era mais do que óbvio que a formação estava completa. Estávamos prontos, estávamos tão confiantes em nosso material que nem gravamos um demo, em vez disso fomos no estúdio e gravamos 5 músicas que se tornaram o nosso EP de estreia, Purifying Consecrated Ground ". O EP foi lançado em 1º de Maio de 2005 teve críticas positivas. Cosmo Lee de AllMusic descreveu-o como "Uma formidável abertura salva em sua guerra contra a modernidade". O EP foi lançado pela Konqueror Records, edição limitada com 1000 cópias disponibilizadas.

Graves of the Archangels (2008)

Eles lançaram seu álbum de longa-metragem 'Graves of the Archangels' em 30 de janeiro de 2008 em colaboração com a Nuclear War Now! Productions. O álbum recebeu grandes elogios críticos, Blabbermouth elogiou o álbum como um passo acima de seu EP, escrevendo que "É um daqueles álbuns que é demonstrativo de todo o ser maior do que a soma de suas partes." O elogio particular foi dirigido para as composições, atmosfera, e a interação entre os guitarristas. Tyler Munro, da Sputnik Music, escreveu que "Não puxa absolutamente socos. Como dito, é um álbum de som absolutamente enorme. Perder o foco e o álbum literalmente se transforma em ruído de fundo. As guitarras continuamente se sobrepõem em um oceano de Riffs. Eles respiram ao redor e quando uma guitarra não está fazendo algo que o outro é. Tudo se caminha e não cometer erros que a intenção ouvir é para sordear o ouvinte na mais tradicional das modas. Ele concluiu argumentando que "Graves of the Archangels não é apenas um dos melhores lançamentos de metal do ano, mas possivelmente um dos melhores da memória recente".

Paarceria com a banda Hatespawn

Ainda em Dezembro 2008 em parceria com a banda de death metal alemã Hatespawn lançaram um Split através da Nuclear Winter Records com edição limitada de 1000 cópias. Foi nomeado pelo Brandon Stosuy de Pitchfork como o 5º melhor álbum de metal de 2008.

Promulgation of the Fall (2014)

Após um período de inatividade, em abril de 2014 a banda anunciou o título e as obras de arte de seu segundo álbum de estúdio 'Promulgation of the Fall'. O álbum foi lançado em 16 de maio de 2014 em colaboração com Profound Lore Records e Norma Envagelium Diaboli. Kim Kelly do Pitchfork disse "A maioria de suas canções seguem a mesma fórmula em medidas diferentes: algumas canções demoram dentro desse ritmo grosso, lento, quando outro reverter para trás à força romba em explosões do quicksilver, mas essa mesma dinâmica confortável rápido-lenta-rápida impregna a totalidade desta obscuridade, Doomy death metal opus. Ele tem trabalhado para eles no passado, e certamente funciona muito bem agora".

Estilo músical

A influência de Dead Congregation é em um estilo de death metal com ênfase significativa na atmosfera em vez de velocidade ou tecnicismo, e tem sido descrito como "intransigente brutal de forma subsumindo, maneira libertadora". As comparações têm sido frequentemente feitas para bandas de Death Metal como Incantation, Immolation e Morbid Angel, e são frequentemente descritas como death metal do "old school", em referência à sua influência de estilos de death metal mais antigos. A banda enfatizou a importância de "sentir e atmosfera acima de tudo". Valtsanis disse que "O mesmo riff pode soar completamente diferente se você alterar fatores importantes como som, bateria, a forma como você acerta os acordes na guitarra e muitos mais". Mas no final é tudo sobre a atmosfera que uma gravação cria, se ele não exala de morte e morbidade, então não deve ser rotulado como Death Metal simplesmente porque os vocais são distorcidos e os tambores são rápidos. Ele passou a descrever seu som como "apenas escurecido Death Metal do jeito que percebemos como verdadeira".

Membros

Os membros atuais

 Anastasis Valtsanis – Vocalista e Guitarrista (2004 - presente)
 Vagelis Voyiantzis – Baterista (2004 - presente)
 T.K. – Guitarrista (2004 - presente)
 George Skullkos – Baixista (2012 - presente)

Ex-membros

 Antonis A. – Baixista (2004 - 2009)

Discografia

Álbuns de estúdio

 2008 - Graves of the Archangels
 2014 - Promulgation of the Fall

EP's

 2005 - Purifying Consecrated Ground
 2008 - Dead Congregation / Hatespawn (Split colaborativo com Hatespawn)
 2015 - Rehearsal June 2005
 2016 - Sombre Doom

Ligações externas
Site Oficial
Perfil no Facebook
Perfil no Myspace

Bandas formadas em 2004
Bandas de death metal da Grécia
Bandas de death metal

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