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Spicing Up The Online Video Market
India, in fact, has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for the likes of YouTube, reaffirming my belief in the efficacy of the space. Be that as it may, the question does remain--while there are eyeballs, and millions of them, is there a really viable and sustainable business model for the online video space?
Radhakrishnan Ramachandran Founder & CEO of Pepper Media
Hindustan Times via Getty Images
NOIDA, INDIA - MAY 29: Students checking their class XII board exams result on computer screen after it was declared by Central Board of secondary Education on May 29, 2014 in Noida, India. Girls have again outshone boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 examinations with pass percentage of 88.52 percent, while boys have a pass percentage of 78.27 percent. The overall pass percentage for 2014 - 82.66 percent - recorded a marginal increase of 0.5 percent over last year 82.10 percent.(Photo by Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The year 2013 started off on an extremely disappointing note for me. iStream.com, the VOD play I dreamt about and built, shut down by April and I had to let go of my team.
Even in those dark moments, I left a note that the dream hadn't ended, not by a long yard; and promised to be back.
Whatever was the reason for shutting down iStream, I continued to be a firm believer in the online video space, not on just a whim or an emotion, but the empirical evidence of spiraling consumption.
By the end of 2013, I was back in business, launching Pepper Media, my third venture, as a full-on online video production and distribution hub.
Many people asked me--why don't you start something similar to iStream.com all over again? While I would have wanted exactly that, I knew that the market dynamics hadn't changed at all. The fact that we didn't see another iStream taking shape, proved that point.
The business model for a stand-alone video product continues to be challenging, with Indians not inured to paying for content.
This was even as millions were getting hooked to consuming videos online; and increasingly on handheld devices. India, in fact, has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for the likes of YouTube, reaffirming my belief in the efficacy of the space.
Be that as it may, the question does remain--while there are eyeballs, and millions of them, is there a really viable and sustainable business model for the online video space?
I would have to say that monetisation continues to be the biggest challenge. The figures are in tens of millions--300 million Internet subscribers, in fact -- but the ad dollars are not exactly pouring in. And, even for the bit that is happening, the rates are ridiculously low, compared to a market like the US.
So what are we missing? Why aren't admonies flowing to a medium that is easily the most transparent? Why aren't brands and media buying houses betting aggressively in a space that is seeing incredible traction amongst consumers?
If you are looking at scale, one needs to discover, or invent, an alternate to the current video monetisation model. I know for sure that this is the elephant in the room for many a VC.
As we strive to build a large multi-channel network (MCN)--bringing together content creators, content owners and celebrities, the key challenge, I know, will be in bringing to the table, the most critical component--the brands.
The answer is not near to seek. But, it could lie in marrying brands with the right content. While it is a given that a bulk of the digital ad spends are moving to online videos, that number is still low compared to the overall ad spend.
I believe that, as someone who has been part of the online video ecosystem for the better part of the last decade, it is our job to lure and entice brands to open their minds, and their purses.
One needs to acclimatise them to real data and to the tangible bang for the buck that online videos garner. It would mean building tools that would help brands build engaged audiences and monitor their influence metrics. It would also mean creating customised decks for brands that would help them analyse the impact of their video campaigns on platforms like YouTube.
If that is what it is going to take, so be it!
In a nutshell, show them there is no better cost-effective alternative to TV campaigns, than taking it online.
Technology will play a key role to help build that perception and simplify the model for brand managers. Technology that will supplement strong content concepts, which brands and audiences can relate to.
So, is the space seeing enough traction?
We have made a beginning, when we launched India's first online reality-show for fashion designers, sponsored by a leading fashion brand. By using a platform like YouTube to build a community of aspiring young fashion designers, we have a concept that a fashion brand can closely relate to.
The happy augury is that many more brands are starting to believe in this model-- one where content creators and brands will come together to build sustainable and monetizable concepts, products and global audiences.
I am very positive this time around, I will make the dream come true--of building a global digital media brand that can spice up the market!
We are in an exciting phase and I promise to share the turns and tribulations of that journey with you.
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PRESS RELEASE: Laura Heihn at Winding Brook Bistro in Johnson
Mind of Winter:
Landscape Paintings by Laura Heijn
Art at The Bistro will host a show of landscape paintings by Johnson artist Laura Heijn from July 9th through September 5th.
Opening reception : Wednesday, July 14th 4 to 6 pm. Come meet the artist, see her work, and enjoy hors-d'oeuvres prepared by chef Chase Vanderveer. Cash bar is available. Winding Brook Bistro, 933 VT Route 100C in Johnson.
In viewing Laura's paintings one has the sensation of being alone out in the natural world. In the winter pictures, archetypal natural forms (trees, fields, mountains) reflect an internal experience and invite contemplation and stillness. The expansive views of spring and summer are depicted in wide, horizontal panels that offer pathways for entry into and movement through the landscape.
Laura works in acrylic on paper or panel, largely from the views immediately surrounding her home in Johnson. Her technique depends on the fast-drying quality of acrylic paint itself, which allows for changes in direction as the painting evolves. She is thus able to overlay new marks on old without a mixing and muddying of the layers, responding to the interplay of subject and painting in the moment. This approach began as a practical solution to the problem of painting outdoors in remote places, and out of a backpack on extended wilderness trips.
Though over the years her painting habits have evolved from the snapshot depictions of a traveler on foot in the landscape, to the steadier gaze of an inhabitant of one place, her paintings retain the freshness of the single moment of seeing, even as she paints her most familiar views.
Laura grew up in Massachusetts and studied art and English literature at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at Harvard University in Cambridge. She has lived in Johnson for 17 years, where she runs a small home dairy operation and raises three sometimes-homeschooled children.
PRESS RELEASE: 18th Annual Group Show at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne
Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery's 18th Annual Group Show, featuring David Maille and
Bonnie Acker
Jeri Lynn Eisenberg
Byron Geigel
Dianne Shullenberger
Brian Sweetland
Polly Thompson
Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, July 9, 6:00 - 8:00
Image: Spring Creek by David Maille 13" x 18 3/8" Oil and gilding on panel
PRESS RELEASE: Anarchy and two other shows at Studio Place Arts in Barre
Studio Place Arts announces: Three New Shows starting June 22
In the Main Floor Gallery: Anarchy - Artists express their views on anarchism in a show that includes paintings, assemblage, photographs, sculptures, collage, video, and stone carvings.
In the Second Floor Gallery: Not Just Childs' Play - Inspiring Art from Barre Students
In the Third Floor Gallery: Detours by Angelo Arnold & Jason Baldwin
Exhibit Dates: June 22 - July 31, 2010
Reception: Friday, June 25, 5:30-7:30 PM
Special Event: "At Work in the Bridal Industry," a poetry reading by Nadell Fishman on Sunday, July 18 (7-8 PM). The SPA galleries will be open before and after the presentation.
Anarchy at SPA
The "Anarchy" show involves 13 artists and a selection of photographs, paintings, encaustics, collage and stone carvings that explore anarchism. For example, Peter Schumann of Glover, leader of the Bread and Puppet Theatre, created a large, mural painting in black latex paint tones called Popul Vu, that occupies the entire wall in the rear of the main gallery.
LALI of West Pawlet carved a slate relief work that honors the feminist anarchists of the Spanish Civil War. Larry Bowling of Charlestown, MA is displaying 2 collage and encaustic pieces: One incorporates Emma Goldman's mug shot taken at her arrest and the other depicts Oscar Wilde's gay rights activism and his roots in anarchism. Heather Pipino of Montpelier assembled
a large-scale painting on layered cardboard that depicts different forms of anarchism.
The "Anarchy" exhibit coincides with Barre's Heritage Festival at the end of July. Barre has a deep connection with the Italian anarchist movement. For example, anarchist Luigi Galeani resided in Barre and served as the editor to one of the most important anarchist newspapers in the country, Cronaca Sovversiva. For a recent article on Galeani by local historian Paul Heller, see The Times Argus website.
While viewing the Anarchy show at SPA, visitors are welcome to peruse books on the topic, graphic art of the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies), and historic photographs, which are on loan by the Aldrich Public Library and the Barre Historical Society.
SPA Gallery Hours: Tues-Fri: 10AM-5PM, Sat: Noon-4PM
NOTE: SPA will be closed on Sat., July 3, 2010
Image: Branded, collage and encaustic by Larry Bowling
PRESS RELEASE: Klara Calitri at The Art House in Middlebury
Klara Calitri's love of nature and an irrepressible joy of color is reflected The Enchanted Garden, on display July 9 - August 7 at The Art House in Middlebury's Marble Works. Calitri's delight in diversity is featured in a selection of monotypes, paintings and sculptures, including her widely-collected ceramic fountains and bowls. One of Vermont's most beloved artists charms us with her vibrant celebration of life.
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY JULY 9, 5-9 p.m. Featuring music by Thea Calitri Martin, principal French Horn of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Martin, vocalist, and Fred Haas, renowned jazz musician. Complimentary refreshments. Coincides with Middlebury's Arts Walk.
FOR MORE INFO: Contact Mary Swanson: mary@arthousevt.com (802) 458-0464
Visit www.arthousevt.com for additional info & directions
PRESS RELEASE: UnAltered at FLYNNDOG in Burlington
Flynndog presents UNALTERED: A pure unadulterated and non thematic very mixed media group exhibition brought to you by the artists and writers of *Alter(ed) Ego.
Opening Reception on Friday, July 2nd - 6 to 8pm
The show runs July1 thru July 26th. The gallery is open 7am-7pm, 7 days a week
FLYNNDOG is located 208 Flynn Ave. Burlington,Vermont www.flynndog.net
Image: Oil painting by Wendy James
PRESS RELEASE: Dennis Murphy at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield
Less is Enough
Blinking Light Gallery to Feature Special Exploratory Chapter in the Art of Dennis Murphy
When longtime Plainfield resident Dennis Murphy suffered a stroke some three years ago that left him unable to create his art in the usual way, he turned to less usual means. The Blinking Light Gallery will present a collection of Dennis's new oil pastels and digitally enhanced photography from July 1 to August 1, with an artist's reception Saturday, July 10 from 2:00-5:00.
As Dennis explains, "This is not a standard exhibition of fully completed works. I've been very engaged in finding out what I can do, substituting other media for those I used to work in." He's ready to show his progress to friends and the community, and to share his vision that Less is Enough – the title of his show.
For Dennis, exploring unusual means of artistic expression is not unusual at all. He may be most widely known as the musician, composer and instrument maker whose fascination with Javanese music led to his role in the creation of the first North American gamelan. (A gamelan is an Indonesian musical ensemble, rooted in the islands of Bali and Java, featuring a variety of xylophone-type instruments, gongs, bamboo flutes, and plucked strings. Locals know that Dennis has hosted The Plainfield Village Gamelan for many years at his farmhouse. The group will provide a bit of live music at the July 10 opening. In addition to his art, photography and gamelan work, Dennis has also composed pieces of chamber and choral music, and he's written plays -- some of which feature a unique system of language of his own invention.
The Blinking Light Gallery is located on Main St. just off U.S. Route 2 in the village of Plainfield, Vermont. Hours of operation are Thursdays from 2 to 6 P.M., and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. The goal of the arts organization, founded in 1999, is to promote and sustain the creative work of regional artists through a cooperatively-run, community-centered organization. For more information about the Blinking Light Gallery, call (802) 454-0141 or visit www.blinkinglightgallery.com.
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Exposed! Sculpture Exhibition in Stowe
Helen Day Art Center announces the 18th annual Exposed! outdoor sculpture exhibition. The exhibition is curated by UVM sculpture professor Meg McDevitt, and features over 20 individual works by artists from around the region, extending from the Helen Day Art Center to Stowe Kitchen and Bath and Chittenden Bank on the Mountain Road, and on the Stowe recreation path. A marquee event on Stowe's summer calendar, the exhibition attracts an estimated 75,000 visitors during its annual 3 month run. This year's exhibition includes works by regional and international artists, including Nadine Faraj (Canada), Joel Fisher (England/ USA), Kenji Endo (Japan), among others.
The Opening Reception is Friday, July 9th at 5pm., featuring the artist-led Walkabout tour of Exposed! During the Walkabout tour, the majority of the artists attend and share reflections on their work. This year's artists include Leila Bandar, Jon Black, Tyler Buswell, Mireille Clapp, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, Tom Douglas, Kenji Endo, Nadine Faraj, Joel Fisher, Rob Hitzig, Bruce Hathaway, James Irving, Harlan Mack, Jordan Pratt, Peg Smith, Piper Strong, Denis Versweyveld, and Catherine Ward.
Image: Artist Nadine Faraj strength-testing the steel skeleton of Haven, in her studio. (Completed piece is Haven, 2010 steel reinforced concrete, 5'x7'x4' )
PRESS RELEASE: Joseph Chirchirillo at Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester
Joseph Chirchirillo's kinetic sculptures, inspired by cycles found in nature, will be featured in a show at the Southern Vermont Arts Center – Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, opening on July 3. The public is invited to a special free opening party on Saturday, July 3, held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and featuring hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.
Mr. Chirchirillo says "My work comes out of the spirit of using found objects and creating pieces that are fun to look at and to use," and visitors to SVAC from July 3 through September 12 will have a chance to enjoy the works in a series of "Sculpture Systems" powered by small electric motors, pumps or sometimes by hand. This series, one that Joe has been working on for 10 years, is inspired by the cycles found in nature: the process of rainfall and absorption, or the impact of wind blowing through branches. All of the sculptures in this show are interactive, engaging the viewer in discovering the inner workings of the process.
Executive Director Christopher Madkour notes "Joe Chirchirillo has exhibited widely and received numerous grants and awards, including an NEA Fellowship. Southern Vermont Arts Center is pleased to welcome this nationally known artist, who makes his home in Bennington County, and to give the public a chance to see his creative and engaging work. We're also very grateful to the support of Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert B. Silverman for their sponsorship, which has made this exhibit possible."
The Southern Vermont Arts Center is a non-profit educational institution whose mission is to make the visual and performing arts an integral part of the life of the community and region. SVAC is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am-5 pm and on Sunday from 11:00-5:00 pm; there is free admission on Sunday (closed Monday). While enjoying the art, remember that Café Mamie at Yester House is open for lunch and for Sunday brunch (11:30 am – 2:30 pm), for dinner before performances at the Arkell Pavilion, and features the Vermont-sourced signature dishes by chef Mariah Macfarlane. Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling 802 366-8298. In addition to lunch, dinners will be served during Arts Center events.
Image: Artificial Wind
PRESS RELEASE: Habitat for Artists at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe
Helen Day Art Center is delighted to announce that we will be hosting the Habitat For Artists project this summer in Stowe. Habitat for Artists (HFA) is a site-specific, collaborative exhibition / creation / intervention project that provides artists with a basic 6 ft. by 6 ft. shed to be considered as a habitat/workspace for the duration of the exhibition. Participating artists will inhabit this simple and temporary structure and use the space to create art works or turn the structure into an artwork prior to and during the time of the exhibition. One habitat will be constructed on the front lawn of the Helen Day and the indoor gallery will host an exhibition entitled Recycling the Studio, a collection of works by artists involved in the HFA project over the past three years. It will also include an indoor Habitat as well as historical information and images documenting the project's history and evolution.
Habitat for Artists (HFA) was founded by Hudson Valley-based artist Simon Draper in 2008 after working for years with ideas related to space and found materials in his art practice. He relates a story about a woman contacted by the local authorities to remove her ice house before the spring thaw took hold. She protested the ice fishing shed was not her own. Later after examining the shed she discovered its owner had used her previously discarded paintings to cover part of the shed, allowing the police to confuse it for her own. It was out of this idea of repurposing artwork as a form of community interaction that the habitats were born.
Over the past three years, artists involved with HFA have built and worked in over twenty 6' x 6' temporary, portable studios made of predominantly reused and recycled material and installed on various sites, including a CSA farm, an environmental center, a river park and a parking lot. The studios function as residencies with a modest yet distinct presence that enables artists to explore their art practice and develop a new dialogue with different communities, as well as with other artists. Simultaneously a place for creating work and the work itself, these structures function as both studios for artists and installations for viewers to enter into and engage with. The HFA initiative addresses a number of diverse topics, such as: the creation of communities by artists and the consequent ejection of artists from these communities; matters of sustainability in art; thinking about the artistic process and its private and public manifestations; providing spaces of reflection for the public and asking the question "How much, how little, space is required to create and show art?"
Images: Top: Molly Rausch. Lost and Found, 2009
Bottom: Habitat for Artists Montage, 2004-2009
PRESS RELEASE: Corliss Blakely at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington
Corliss Blakely's "Visions of Nature"
Opens in the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery
BURLINGTON, VT — St. Albans native Corliss Blakely presents Visions of Nature, a new collection of paintings created with innovative computer technology in an artist's reception on Friday, July 2 from 5:30 to 8 pm in the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center. The collection remains on display through Saturday, September 25.
Blakely, a seventh generation Vermonter, her formal art training at Vesper George Art School and The Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. Corliss paints still-life and Vermont landscapes in a classically realist style. The homes, farms, and antiques of her ancestors in Northern Vermont are often portrayed in her paintings. Corliss is internationally recognized for her work in several media, including watercolor, oil, and egg tempera. Her paintings hang in collections on every continent.
Corliss is now painting on the iPhone and iPad, which has "opened up a new world for artists," she says. "The world is changing and artists now have a new canvas to create on." Corliss has translated her meticulous technique in oils to these new technologies. She will demonstrate painting on her iPhone and iPad with ArtStudio, her favorite painting app.
Corliss Blakely's work is displayed in conjunction with the Flynn's annual Garden Tour on Sunday, July 11. Corliss will be in the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery on Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm to demonstrate her new painting techniques.
The Amy E. Tarrant Gallery—an extension of the Flynn Lobby—is open to the public on Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm. Performance attendees may also view exhibits prior to MainStage shows and during intermission. To receive information about upcoming gallery exhibits and artist receptions, update your "My Account" page at www.flynncenter.org.
PRESS RELEASE: Photographers Greitzer and Strong to Exhibit at Photostop Gallery in White River Junction
in.side/out.side with photographs by Andrea Greitzer and Rob Strong will be on display at the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from July 2nd through July 30th. An opening reception for the photographers will be held on July 2nd from 5-8 pm with a gallery talk by the artists at 7 pm.
Both Greitzer and Strong will be exhibiting photographs of architectural elements and locations, both interiors and exteriors, from their unique perspectives. Andrea Greitzer is interested in the areas of museums that surround art, the beautiful spaces we often ignore on our way to look at something else. Her work captures the light, mood and color of museum spaces around the world. Rob Strong's photographs of parking lots, industrial facades and metal fabricated structures along America's highways examine the way man and nature have collaborated, sometimes unwittingly.
Andrea Greitzer is a lecturer and professor in the photography department at Northeastern University in Boston. Her photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country and her work is in a variety of permanent collections. Rob Strong is a freelance photographer and founder of the Chiron Photos collective. His work has been published in
a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Valley News.
PHOTOSTOP Gallery is located in Suite 150 on the first floor of the Tip Top Media Arts Building, 85 North Main Street, White River Jct., VT 05001. Gallery hours are Weds. through Saturday from 2-7:30 pm. Other hours are available by appointment. On First Fridays and opening nights the gallery will be open until 8 pm. For additional information, call 802.698.0320. PHOTOSTOP's website is www.photostopvt.com.
Top, Andrea Greitzer, Museum of Modern Art 19
Bottom, Rob Strong, Milk Truck, New York, 2007
PRESS RELEASE: Charles Papillo at JDK in Burlington
The JDK Gallery, at 47 Maple Street in Burlington, is pleased to present Things You Wanted to Make Real, works by Charles Papillo.
Papillo's work is based on the idea of open-ended storytelling, which generates conversation that deals with topics such as identity, reality, and possibility. The subjective manner in which people understand this work is the root of his storytelling. There is not one narrative that corresponds to each piece or series of pieces, nor will there ever be one overarching narrative that is correct. The work becomes more about the number of ways the objects can be considered and how they may fit into the real, or perhaps imaginary, world. Working with materials at hand, both found objects and created forms, he solidifies a unique collection that examines the purpose and function of a group of objects, exploring an ever-evolving personal philosophy of "life as art."
Papillo, a Vermont native, currently resides in San Francisco. He holds a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design (New York) and has studied in Spain, Greece, and the Galapagos Islands. He's also served as an artist's assistant for various printmakers, sculptors, and video artists. His work has been displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York City, San Francisco, and Vermont and can be explored further at charlespapillo.com.
The opening will be held on July 1, from 6 to 9 pm. Regular exhibition hours will be Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–5:30 pm.
PRESS RELEASE: Beth Robinson in Residence at Firehouse in Burlington
Burlington City Arts is pleased to announce its newest Artist-in-Residence, Beth Robinson, who will be in residence on the fourth floor of the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts on Church Street in Burlington from now until July 24th, 2010.
Beth Robinson creates odd dolls, that are not something you will find in a toy store. They are hardly something you would buy for a child. They are mis-proportioned, strangely dressed, and they have a character uniquely their own. Each doll is entirely hand made using polymer clays, vintage fabrics, acrylic paint, and sometimes real human hair or teeth. Each piece is one of a kind.
Robinson is a self taught artist who has been living in Vermont for 15 years. While she has dabbled in a variety of mediums, it was the discovery of polymer clay that allowed her to combine her interests in design, sewing, sculpting, and painting and gave her a concrete foundation of expression in the form of Strange Dolls.
Since 2003, she has been creating macabre and grotesque characters in clay for collectors across the globe. Robinson is currently represented in Berlin/NYC/London by Strychnin Gallery. Robinson's dolls have been featured in the magazines: Art Doll Quarterly, SPIN, "Stuff" in the US, "Maxim UK" and "Maxim Hong Kong," "Rue Morgue" in Canada, "RIP" in Russia, and "Nordic Vision" in Norway.
Robinson's website is: www.strangedolls.net.
Residency begins June 1st and continues through July 24th. Beth welcomes visitors to the fourth floor of the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts on Church Street on Saturdays from 11-4pm. Additionally, she will also welcome visitors during the Firehouse Gallery main floor exhibition opening reception on July 2nd.
REVIEW: Tess Meyer and Lisa Dietrich at Vermont Arts Exchange in North Bennington
By Bret T. Chenkin
With the proliferation of self-conscious artists, theoretical discourse, and mega-gallery shows these days, it is always a sense of relief when two young artists present a sincere, ingenuous, but thoughtful and well-executed exhibit. This is just the case with Husk/Hive, a joint showing of two recent Bennington College graduates, Tess Meyer and Lisa Dietrich, at the Vermont Arts Exchange in North Bennington. The two artists explore different mediums and ideas – Dietrich working mostly with manipulated prints, while Meyer is more of a sculptor – yet their work intersects in how their thematic explorations connect objects to the human experience.
Both artists show much talent, and both are very ingenious with material. Dietrich actually has two projects going: the first is the latest installment of her "True Needs Project", that incorporates her 361 Facebook friends and their expressed needs for daily living. These needs were defined as those ideas/feelings/objects that one cannot live without. From a list of over 300 words, Dietrich pared it to 50 essential words, which were then printed on beeswax (the size of the printed format is roughly 12x16"). The beeswax exudes a flowery aroma, energizing what is usually a deadened sense, while the tactile quality of bumpy wax stimulates the imagination, creating an art that is malleable, living.
The words chosen are anti-Orwellian; they appropriate a language enervated by advertisers and mass media and attempt to resuscitate their flaccid meanings. And that is the issue: our words as capitalistic property vs. our words as sacred to humanistic expression. Dietrich even quotes Adorno to reinforce her revolutionary bent – and the aim of this piece to escape mindless production. (One even thinks of Shelly's "Bees of Englan d"). The irony of course is that the nature herself is tyrannical, and the world of bees is structured on oppressive hierarchies. So does one ever transcend oppression?
Dietrich's other project is a conversation with (and manipulation of) recently-found photographs of her family. They appear to be mostly from the Weimar Era—and the men and women display a content bourgeois bliss, as if all the chaos of post-World War One Germany is occurring in some other nation. These are the men and women that Mann and Hesse feared, if not disparaged: a soldier, a beautiful woman in upper middle class garb, a group of jocular businessmen, a child in a stodgy suit. The silkscreened photographs are enlarged to about two feet and rendered in black and white – almost as if they are drawn from charcoal. But any sense of sentimental reverence is shattered by the inclusion of painted thought bubbles – a la the postmodern pop tradition – depicting an item each figure may by subconsciously fixated on. The soldier has a crimson bubble thinking of a red high-heel shoe; the businessmen (appearing more sinister than satisfied) dream of gold bunnies; and a matronly woman ruminates on a gold cloud. Dietrich acknowledges her intention is to 'mock' these photographic images – which is a strong action to take. One wonders why a family member would seek to jeer at her ancestors (an action which would be anathema to many African or Asian traditions). Could it be part of a need to denigrate the Teutonic traditions post-Reich? I think she is caught between deifying and deconstructing: one child is embedded in gold like a Byzantine icon, while a baby, set in the lower left of a composition, stares out at us like a poltergeist, fading on the fuzzy folded felt upon which the image has been mounted.
The second artist in the show, Tess Meyer, recontextualizes quotidian objects in her life and seeks to create "organic, ephemeral landscapes that take on a life of their own." She uses shredded paper, pins, string, and thread in the pieces at the VAE. The shapes appear organic – shredded paper folded over in flowery shapes and then woven together in serpentine forms become undulating serpents surging in and out of an entire wall of the gallery. This makes a dynamic conversation with the space. Pushpins arranged in a swirling pattern on the floor, become a galaxy or an owl, depending on where you stand. A colony of coiled paper, barely a few inches off the floor, yet spread out for a few feet, becomes wasp's nest. It is easy to bring natural forms to mind when looking at her arrangements, conjuring the question as to whether or not manufactured goods are ultimately representations of Nature's blueprint.
Of course, integrating found objects from one's life is a 20th century fixture in installation art, but Meyer has a sense of rhythm and gesture that takes what would ordinarily be a visual platitude to a more engaging level. Material Study #1, for instance, as it surges in and out of the wall, is a deft piece of handiwork and whimsy. I would say that Meyer might investigate how scale would affect the impact these studies might have on a space. I can imagine the pushpins regenerating themselves all over a floor, as an active presence, rather than the more passive, confined, to-be-gazed-at position they have in the VAE show. Meyer also has several drawings of wax and charcoal, of a sensitive touch, which resemble faint breaths upon the paper.
Overall, a nice poetic showing of two young artists—engendering the hope that we will see more of their process to come. Husk/Hive can be seen in VAE's Mill Gallery Wednesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment, through June 25.
REVIEW: Darshana Bolt at Nectar's in Burlington
by Darby Laine Parsons
Works by Darshana Bolt are on view at Nectar's through the month of June. Darshana describes her intent in painting as creating "juxtapositions that can truly terrify or exhilarate the viewer." Often using the human form as her starting point Darshana's paintings move quickly into multi-colored light waves of energy or thought patterns. The abstraction effect is done in earth tones that blend and meld into brighter hues to over ride any sense of disconnection; the energy forms created by the human forms are just as relevant and meaningful a subject to our artist. Darshana quotes Walt Whitman to explain her process; "I sing the body electric".
Darshana's works are colorful and psychedelic with a strong deference to grace and form. The mostly untitled paintings move from a few darker pieces to one that recalls Jimi Hendrix composing perhaps, and a very light and bright cherry pie painting.
The current collection is an eclectic and fun ramble through various subject matters fitting such a casual venue as Nectars. Darshana is a young and very active Burlington artist; be sure to get to know her work in this early stage of her career. Works by Darshana Bolt are on view at Nectar's throughout June.
PRESS RELEASE: Chicks and Ducks and Geese . . . Oh My! at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild in St. Johnsbury
From June 22 through August 7 the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild will host a multi-media exhibition celebrating the diverse world of poultry. The public is invited to meet the artists and enjoy wine and cheese at a reception on June 26 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. The Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild (802-748-0158) is located at 430 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury and is open Monday-Saturday from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm.
Artists from the Northeast Kingdom and across the state will express their joy and delight in chickens of all shapes, colors, and sizes, as well as ducks and geese domestic and wild . . . and maybe even emus, guinea fowl, and wild turkeys. Here a chick, there a chick captured in ceramic baking dishes, felted place mats, block prints, paintings in watercolor and oil, hooked rugs, and sculpture. Some of our best photographers will present stunning photographs of wild ducks and geese. If you love to watch the antics of your back yard chickens, if you have ever had your socks nipped at by a couple of domestic geese, if you thrill to see a flock of wild turkeys grazing in an open field, if a raggedy ribbon of honking geese makes your heart skip a beat, this is a show you won't want to miss.
Image: Strutting by Kitty O'Hare
PRESS RELEASE: Annette Lorraine at the Governor's Office, Montpelier
Release: Immediate
Contact: Tracy Martin, Assistant State Curator
tracy.martin@state.vt.us
Annette Lorraine, Mixing it Up: a land conservationist blends watercolor and work at the Governor's Office for June and July.
A show of watercolors by Annette Lorraine will be on display at the Governor's Office on the fifth floor of the Pavilion Building in Montpelier, through July 29.
A real estate attorney by day, Annette Lorraine works to conserve rivers, farms, woodlands and trails. She is passionate about the sky, water, soils, and the people who keep Vermont's land-based economy alive. An artist by night, Lorraine resides in Peacham, where she uses the same waters that run through our rivers to moisten her palette. "Earth's minerals" she notes, "become my pigments."
This dual life, reminds the artist "that diversity is good: in ecosystems and society, work and play. I splash color, a little light, and a lot of hope for our fragile yet resilient state."
Annette Lorraine will donate 10% of all sales from this exhibit to the Vermont River Conservancy, "protecting exceptional lands along our waters." www.vermontriverconservancy.org. She encourages support of all Vermont nonprofits dedicated to protecting our special places.
The Governor's Office gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A photo ID is required for admittance.
REVIEW: Hall and Stohlberg at T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center in Montpelier
By Janet Van Fleet
The T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center space, located on the campus of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, is the biggest and most elegant exhibition facility in central Vermont. However, shows there have often not looked their best because the historic building's owners insist that nothing be affixed to the walls, so paintings have to be hung on long wires hooked to picture rail. Why is this a problem? Because it doesn't allow framed work to sit tight to the wall, the tops lean away from the wall and there are always those distracting wires sprouting above every work. But the current exhibit at the Wood is one of the best I've ever seen there, in part because panels (left in place following the annual high school art exhibit) are suspended from the rail to allow wall-mounted work to actually be affixed to the wall; this is a clean, beautifully hung show.
Of course the work itself is the primary concern, and it is top-notch. Catherine Hall's wax-covered objects and Axel Stohlberg's constructions are extremely compatible. Each artist has half the large gallery space, and all the work is confident, perfectly executed, engaging, and beautifully arranged. Interestingly, both artists' three-dimensional work is figurative (Hall: faces, Stohlberg: houses), while their two-dimensional work is primarily abstract.
On the gallery's east wall Hall shows ten wall-hung cases of faces in plaster, gouache, and encaustic wax, titled with reference to their colors (Turquoise Faces, Yellow Faces, etc.). At the end of the row, Spotted Faces draws us across to the west wall, and what Hall describes as her most recent work, eight encasements of faces in black, white, and subtle earth colors. This is a series of pieces called Fossil Faces and Broken Faces that seem to me her strongest work, primitive in feeling, that suggest early human works of plastic art in clay and stone. The surface treatment employs lines, dots, and craquelure.
Fossil Faces I, in particular, with its tight grouping of small and large heads (many mottled, as though with pox) is particularly powerful, a display thick with dotted faces in a splendid variety of textures and varieties of black, white, and grey.
On the south wall of the gallery, Hall shows two pieces that are much more lighthearted, like a trip to the toy store – Menagerie (2007-2010) and Doll's Clothes and Cabinet (undated).
Axel Stohlberg's side of the Main Gallery is dominated by two large structures, including a set of accordion panels with a profusion of 33 pieces he calls Marquettes (below). These gems are for sale at $65 each, and many had already been sold when I visited shortly after the opening. Which brings me to another need to digress: Why is it that three-dimensional work is always priced relatively lower than drawing and (especially) painting? Is it because people are more inclined to buy something that doesn't take up much room? Do people think it takes more skill to make paintings than sculptures? Is it the notion that only painting is "real" art? I don't know, but I keep seeing this disparity, for example in Stohlberg's pricing in this exhibit...
But back to business: In the northeast corner of the gallery Stohlberg has created a dramatic installation called BIG HOUSE (at right), constructed of wood, windows, and screen doors. On the inside, the words HOME, HOUSE, NEST, and SHELTER are inscribed with china marker. This wonderful construction is monumental in size and concept, while at the same time delicate and fragile, much like familiar childhood memories of home.
In other medium-sized pieces mounted on pedestals, houses teeter precariously on wobbly structures, are studded with nails, or scoot away on wheels. Stohlberg has a genius for finding and using found objects, making them (with the addition of wire, tiny plastic figures, or odd bits of hardware) achingly tender statements of psychological truth with a side helping of humor and playfulness. That's not something that many artists can pull off.
In this same corner, all Stohlberg's two-dimensional work also employs the House theme, grouped by media, including reworked monoprints, acrylic and graphite, china marker on black paper, oil pastel, and charcoal. Houses tumble, multiply, and drift out of focus. In Yellow II and Night Light, a house actually appears to be acting as a beacon, radiating light. Again, Stohlberg dishes up some profound stuff about home-and-hearth (and what they refer to, such as the self, stability, "home is where the heart is", etc.) in a subtle sideways fashion, without preaching or over-determining. Other 2-D works, on the west wall, are from his series of boats, canoes, and vessels.
The South Gallery, a smaller room behind the large Main Gallery, contains nine mixed media pieces by Stohlberg, two on the theme of the four seasons, while Hall's 14 pieces called Icons use oil, glass beads (such as are used on reflective signs), and gold leaf. These works are loose grids of intense pigments with incised lines and a subtle sheen from the glass beads. Six small vertical icons make a pleasing grouping, emphasizing the soft vertical bands of color. Also holding them together as a group is the inclusion of a rectangular area of cadmium red in each image, which causes the eye to flit around from one red spot to another until it comes to rest in the lower right piece, where the red is softened and sweetened by an overlay of the ground glass beads.
This is a great exhibit to move through in whatever order you please, and the journey will be decidedly worthwhile. Catherine Hall and Axel Stohlberg's work will be on exhibit at the T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center in Montpelier from May 25th to July 18th 2010. Hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4. I've found that sometimes on weekends the gallery may be closed, so you might want to call 828-8743 to make sure before traveling a distance.
Images: Top (visitor viewing Catherine Hall's encasements) and bottom (The exhibit artists, Catherine Hall and Axel Stohlberg) courtesy of Kevin Beauchamp. Remainder: Janet Van Fleet
PRESS RELEASE: Fleming Museum Summer Opening Reception, Burlington
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:30 - 7:00PM
Director Janie Cohen and the Board of Advisors of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont invite you to the Summer 2010 Reception celebrating our three special exhibitions:
A Centennial Celebration: The Art of Francis Colburn and Ronald Slayton
Storied Objects: Tracing Women's Lives in Vermont
Picture Yourself: The Photobooth in America, 1926-2010
This reception is free and open to the public and features free hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Regular Admission.
IMAGE: Francis Colburn (1909-1984). Charlie Smith and his Barn, c. 1939. Oil on canvas, 29" x 34", Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont 2004.67
PRESS RELEASE: "Art from Life" to Open at Feick Fine Arts Center, Poultney
POULTNEY - In her art, Vermont artist Linda Durkee seeks to "celebrate the power of beauty and communicate the energy of joy." "Art from Life," an exhibit opening at Green Mountain College's Feick Fine Arts Center May 24, features her mixed media collage. The opening reception is June 4 from 5 - 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Linda, who returned to Vermont in 2001, has been a painter for 29 years. She studied art privately in Washington D.C. while juggling work as a journalist at the Bureau of National Affairs in Washington D.C. She also served as a speechwriter at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and from 1998 - 2000 led a global communications effort at the U.N. Environment Program in Geneva, Switzerland.
Linda's work is included in private collections in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. She has been featured in solo and group shows at venues across Vermont and in Washington D.C. and Chicago.
"In my paintings and collages, I combine vibrant colors with dynamic shapes to capture landscapes and mindscapes," she says in her artist statement. "My pen and ink drawings speak to intellectual and emotional journeys. I am engaged in projects to combine my art and writing."
The Feick Fine Arts Center is open from Monday - Friday from 1 - 5 p.m. "Art from Life" will be on display through June 25.
PRESS RELEASE: S.R. Wild at SEABA Office Gallery in Burlington
Work by S. R. Wild will be on exhibit at the offices of the South End Arts and Business Association (SEABA), 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington from June 1 - August 30, 2010.
There will be an Artist's opening on Friday, June 18th. 5:30 to 8:30 PM at the SEABA Office Gallery.
S.R. Wild primarily works in collage and assemblage. Much like the medium he works in, the subject of his work is a combination of experiences, failures, and observations presented in a self-deprecating, irreverent, contradictory, and humorous way. A collector of the damaged, decayed, and rejected; his materials are mainly found objects and ephemera gleaned from gutters and trash bins.
As a lover of language and typography, which stems from his career as a graphic designer, words and letters often appear in his work.
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PRESS RELEASE: Diane Gabriel and Sally Bowring at 215 College Gallery in Burlington
215 COLLEGE GALLERY in Burlington is pleased to announce a new exhibition titled, PLEASURE, by Vermont artist and photographer Diane Gabriel and painter Sally Bowring of Richmond, Virginia. The exhibition will open Friday, June 18th, 2010, and will continue through Sunday, July, 11th, 2010. All are invited to attend an opening reception on Friday, June 18th from 5 through 8 pm.
Ms. Gabriel and Ms. Bowring first met thirty-five years ago when they mounted an exhibition of their work in Moscow, Vermont. Soon after, Ms. Bowring relocated to Richmond, Virginia where she teaches painting at Virginia Commonwealth University. Despite the separation of several hundred miles the two friends, both graduates of Vermont's Goddard College, have maintained a close relationship during the ensuing years. While never working in the same medium their current two-person exhibit is a celebration of lasting art and friendship.
For the current exhibition, PLEASURE, Ms. Bowring will be showing saturated, abstract paintings loosely inspired by food. Ms. Gabriel will be exhibiting archival pigment ink digital prints from an on-going series, titled Dreaming.
215 College Gallery is located at 215 College Street, in Burlington, Vermont. Gallery hours are Fridays from noon through 8 pm, Saturdays noon through 6 pm, and Sundays noon through 4 pm or by appointment.
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Joining with centuries-old customs of care and community building, Nep Sidhu's Medicine for a Nightmare (they called, we responded) charts Sikh resilience through memorialization practices. Michael Nijhawan's presentation will consider how cultural identities can be fostered and amended through artistic practice, proposing a connection between the work of artists, the writing of history and self-understanding. What opportunities does artistic practice offer to speaking across, through and towards difference? What challenges does artistic practice make to inheritance?
Michael Nijhawan is a Social Anthropologist and Associate Professor in Cultural Sociology at York University, Toronto. His research has spanned almost two decades of ethnographic work and qualitative sociological research in the area of violence, suffering, religion and migration. Nijhawan has worked on the social memory of India's Partition in his first monograph in which he focuses on cultural performances in the border region of Punjab (India and Pakistan). His research interest in the areas of art, aesthetics and politics has also sparked collaborative and interdisciplinary work with scholars in Middle Eastern Studies. He subsequently engaged debates around migration and religion with a particular focus on Sikh and Ahmadiyya communities in Europe and North America. In his most recent work The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations: Violence, Memory and Agency he charts the everyday processes of 'coming to terms' with (past) violence in diaspora contexts through a cross-generational perspective.
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October-December 2017-18, as per a company statement. It lost USD 0.64 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel in the third quarter of 2018-19 as compared to earning USD 9.27 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel in the same period of previous year.
In value terms, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) lost Rs 1.48 billion in refinery margins as compared to a gain of Rs 19.73 billion in December quarter of 2017-18.
Turnover rose 16 per cent to Rs 202.50 billion. Exports were up 54 per cent at Rs 88.52 billion.
MRPL processed 4.38 million ton of crude oil in October-December 2018, down from 4.49 million ton a year ago. The company posted a profit of Rs 130 million during April-December 2018 on a turnover of Rs 545.39 billion. It had earned a profit of Rs 16.82 billion in the same period a year ago on a turnover of Rs 443.22 billion.
MRPL, a subsidiary of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, operates 15 million ton a year refinery at Mangalore in Karnataka.


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With 324 new students in week one, LHISD adds 11 new teaching jobs
School trustees adopted a $44 million budget Monday that was higher than first proposed due to an unexpected increase in enrollment the first week of school.
Superintendent Rob Hart said at the end of the school day last Friday, the district had picked up 324 new students bringing total enrollment to 3,990.
Enrollment when school ended in May was 3,666.
"We've never had anything like that before," Hart said, adding that 100 of the new students had registered last week — the first week of school.
"That's why we're adding teaching staff tonight," Hart said.
LHISD Human Resources Director Bobby Mabry said of the 324 new students, 226 of those are in grades pre-kindergarten through four.
Enrollment projections set by the school district's demographer earlier this year for the purpose of developing attendance zones for each elementary campus, were lower than the actual numbers the first week of school. Enrollment at Bill Burden Elementary was 95 students higher than projected, and Rancho Sienna Elementary was 165 students over the projection.
Mabry said 11 new teaching positions are needed now to meet the state-mandated 22-1 student-teacher ratio in those grades.
The previous budget proposal presented to trustees last month included funding for 25 new teacher and staff positions, primarily to staff the new Rancho Sienna Elementary School. The budget adopted Monday now includes 36 new positions.
Mabry said the additional 98 new students at the secondary level can be accommodated this year by making class sizes somewhat larger.
Board members questioned whether the additional students are transfers under the school district's open enrollment policy.
Hart said they are not transfers. The most significant growth is at the newly-opened Rancho Sienna Elementary that serves the top two performing subdivisions in the district — Rancho Sienna and Santa Rita. He said a representative of Newland Communities at Rancho Sienna said home sales increased by 35 percent after construction started on the new school in 2016.
"I'm a bit perplexed on how they (demographers) missed it (the enrollment projection) that bad," said Trustee Clint Stephenson. "That's a big miss."
Hart said that some address data provided to the demographer at the first of the year was not completely accurate, accounting for some shortage. However, most was due to registration after the first day of school.
The total budgeted for personnel in fiscal 2017 was increased by $550,000 due to the need for additional teachers and staff.
To help cover some of the costs of additional staffing at Rancho Sienna, the district will increase by $57,469 its request to the state for a New Instructional Facilities Allotment (NIFA) in the amount of $529,076.
Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Hanna explained that other expenditures were reduced to help offset the costs of adding the 11 teachers. She said contracted services and supplies were reduced by $149,729 from the July budget version. Additionally, debt services were reduced by $218,278 due to reduced technology capital lease purchases and retirement of debt.
The budget adopted by a unanimous vote Monday — with members Anthony Buck and David Nix absent — also includes a pay increase for all employees.
The pay increase, which was discussed last month, is 2 percent for teachers ($1,000/year), and 2 percent at the midpoint for all other employees. The district will also increase by $15 its contribution to employee health insurance to $300 per month.
Personnel costs represent 81 percent of the school district's total operating expenditures, which are budgeted at $33.5 million.
Trustees also adopted an ad valorem tax rate of $1.54 per $100 property valuation. Of that, $1.04 goes toward Maintenance & Operations (M&O), and $0.50 goes to Interest & Sinking (I&S) or debt service.
The tax rate did not change from the previous year and is at the maximum rate allowed.
With the average taxable value of a residence in the school district at $306,233 — up from $284,864 in fiscal 2016 — the average homeowner will pay $329 more in LHISD property taxes.
Ad valorem tax plus cafeteria sales and miscellaneous additional local revenue is projected to generate $30.8 million, an increase of $3.19 million over the current fiscal year.
The school district will receive additional revenue from the state ($11.7 million) and federal government ($1.6 million) contributing to the total revenue of $44,159,183 in fiscal 2017.
Of the $44,057,481 total budget, $10.5 million goes toward debt service — a 10.83 percent increase over 2016 due to bonds approved for the new elementary school and other construction projects.
Also Monday, the Board approved an Agreement for the purchase of Attendance Credits, which Hart explained is required by the state for Chapter 41 school districts that fall in the "gap" between Chapter 41 designation and recapture status.
Even though LHISD does not have to pay recapture funds yet, it must still document each year how it would go about paying those funds if it were to be required.
"We're not a recapture district having to pay money back to the state, but because we are a Chapter 41 district in the gap, we have to indicate how we would liquidate wealth if we were in that position," Hart said, adding that LHISD was on the first level of Chapter 41 status.
Hanna said the agreement states that if it were to be required, Liberty Hill would "net its recapture funds against what the state would pay us (LHISD) and follow the payment plan so that we're not writing a check to them."
Current school finance law was established in an effort to equalize resources between wealthy and economically disadvantaged school districts.
Following a brief executive session, the Board approved the resignations of the following: Janet Hill, special education teacher at Bill Burden; Melissa Janisheck, special education teacher at Rancho Sienna; Grace Rowse, special education teacher at the high school; and Amy Waters, 3rd grade at Rancho Sienna.
The Board approved the employment of the following: Lisa Cunningham, special education at Burden; Courtney Dean, 4th Grade at Rancho; Benete Doerr, teacher/Coach at LHJH; Jennifer Dupre, English at LHHS; Jennifer Edwards, 1st Grade at Rancho; Megan Fitzgerald, Dance at LHJH.
Also, Renee Grumbles, Social Studies at LHHS; Doris Jeannie Guajardo, 1st Grade at Rancho; Alicia Jimenez, 3rd Grade at Rancho; Sasha Kennedy, special education/Autism at LH Elementary; Dana Krizan, 1st Grade at Burden; Loretta Reihhardt, special education at Rancho; Amy Rodriquez, 2nd Grade at Rancho; Fernando Sanchez, special education at Burden; and Marlo Saunders, Social Studies/Coach at LHHS.
Trustees also approved changes to the Student Code of Conduct, most of which were recommended by Texas Association of School Boards following changes in state law adopted by the Legislature.
One local change approved by the Board was the administrative recommendation not to provide transportation to students assigned to DAEP (Disciplinary Alternative Education Program). In the past, the district has provided bus transportation to the in-district DAEP classroom located in a portable building on the Junior High campus.
Assistant Superintendent Chad Pirtle told the Board the decision was about protecting the safety of other students on the bus. Students assigned to DAEP for punishment are in grades 7-12.
"I never read all of the Code of Conduct until now," said Trustee Vickie Peterson. "There are a lot of things there, that even as a teacher, I was not aware of."
The Code of Conduct can be found on the school district's website at www.libertyhill.txed.net/students/student_handbooks.
Although Board approval was not required on the Student Handbooks for each campus, Pirtle said one change had been made in the district's dress code clarifying the language on leggings and yoga pants. Campus administrators recommended that a shirt or dress that is "longer than the student's fingertips when arms are fully extended down the sides of the body."
Stephenson said the dress code goes too far in some cases, particularly regarding girls shorts and distressed or frayed blue jeans.
"They don't make them (girls shorts) long except for basketball shorts," he said.
Stephenson also questioned the rule about covering leggings and yoga pants with a full length shirt.
"I get we have to walk a line. But if it's already covered, why would we need to go that far with an overshirt to full length?"
"Some girls look cute, but we can't go to the others and tell them they don't look cute," said Junior High Principal Annette Coe.
Principals say they do enforce the dress code on every campus, but catching every infraction is a challenge.
"We don't catch them all," said Coe. "I have 657 on my campus, and we do check them."
She added that extra clothes are available at each school for those who are "dress coded". But, many students know when they arrive that they are out of compliance, and some bring additional clothes with them.
Stephenson and other board members said they receive more complaints from constituents about the dress code and its enforcement than any other issue.
In other matters, the Board approved:
– The District's T-TESS appraisers and appraisal calendar for the school year
– The LHISD Investment Policy
– The Student Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Staff Technology Acceptable Use Policy — both unchanged from the past academic year
– Internet content filtering by iBoss, Inc., arranged through Region XIII; and
– Four off campus private or commercial PE substitutions for the school year, including Texas Gold Swim, Cimarron Hills Junior Golf, Acro Tex, and MA Dance Project.
The Board also heard reports on:
– District and Accountability Ratings
_ Updates on professional development prior to the start of school; and
– Facility improvements and construction.
Also Monday, the regular meeting of the Board for the month of December was moved to Dec. 11 due to the winter break.
During the public comments portion of the meeting, Cole Stevens, a local business owner and resident of Rio Ancho subdivision requested the Board consider an exception to the transfer policy for Rio Ancho residents.
The Rio Ancho subdivision is divided between Liberty Hill ISD and Burnet ISD. Stevens said he lives 3.5 miles from the nearest Liberty Hill school, but it is a two-hour bus ride to Burnet. His oldest child has been admitted as a transfer student in Liberty Hill, but he is concerned the open enrollment policy will end.
He asked the Board to "act now to allow an exception to Rio Ancho to pay tuition for our kids and be treated as in-district students."
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Higgs boson, 'God particle,' thought to be discovered, will help scientists understand mass
Meredith Dobes March 15, 2013, 19:52 November 11, 2019
Higgs boson, the particle predicted in 1964 by Peter Higgs that fills elementary particles with mass, is believed to have been discovered by scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
A particle the organization discovered appears to look like a Higgs boson, but CERN scientists say they need more data to fully understand how the particle works.
Scientists are unsure if there is only one Higgs boson, as predicted, or if the particle discovered is part of a set of Higgs bosons. To determine this, scientists will measure the particle's spin and decay, according to the New York Times.
CERN's particle collider will be repaired for the next two years, but scientists look forward to conducting new collisions in 2015.
The particle thought to be the Higgs boson was discovered last July among subatomic debris in CERN's collider.
"I'm confident that it's a Higgs particle," Joe Incandela, spokesman for CERN said. "I don't need to call it Higgs-like anymore. I may need to eat my words one day, but I think that's very unlikely."
A Higgs boson particle is supposed to have no spin and disintegrate into other subatomic particles upon its creation. So far, the particle CERN has discovered fits these characteristics.
If there are different varieties of the Higgs boson, part of a theory called supersymmetry, this will help scientists understand dark matter and the entire place of the Higgs boson in nature.
The Higgs boson particle is nicknamed the "God particle" because of its predicted responsibility for mass.
"You can think of it as a kind of molasses-like bath that's invisible, but yet we're all immersed within it," Brian Greene, theoretical physicist at Columbia University told CNN. "And as particles like electrons try to move through the molasses-like bath, they experience a resistance, and that resistance is what we, in our big everyday world, think of as the mass of the electron."
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This basketball-shooting robot has the best accuracy we've ever seen.
Step aside, Steph Curry. Basketball has itself a new king of half-court shots.
During a Japanese B-League basketball game on Thursday, a robot drained a jumper from the logo, showing off sharpshooting skills hard for any live human to replicate.
The robot, a 6'10" invention by Toyota, reportedly uses sensors on its torso to judge the distance and angle of the basket before using its motorized arms and knees to drill shots.
Last year, Toyota's original Cue robot won a shooting contest against two players on the B-League's Alvark Tokyo.
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arsenopyrite; chalcopyrite; pyrite; pyrrhotite; stibnite
This prospect is at an elevation of 6,000 feet on the divide between upper Partin and upper Shotgun creeks. It is in the north-central part of sec. 25, T. 21 S., R. 13 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location of this prospect is known to within 0.25 miles. This is location 24 of Cobb (1978: OFR 78-1062). It is identified by Hawley and others (1978), and incorporated with locality E-34 of Balen (1990: OFR 34-90).
The country rocks in the area of the prospect consists of several hundred meters of Upper Triassic limestone and marble, interbedded with altered, amygdaloidal basalt. The strata are intruded by biotite-quartz diorite porphyry of Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary age. The deposit consists predominantly of skarn bodies, up to 440 feet long and 3 to 20 feet thick, in an area about 3,000 feet long and 1,000 feet wide. The skarn contains pyrrhotite, up to 5% chalcopyrite, and as much as 2 ounces of gold per ton. Arsenopyrite and stibnite occur both in the skarn and in quartz-arsenopyrite-stibnite veins. Samples from shallow trenches contain up to 0.7% copper, 0.7% antimony, 300 ppm silver, and 63 ppm gold.
Cu skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b)
Late Cretaceous or younger.
High temperature skarn.
There has been surface exploration only. The skarn contains pyrrhotite, up to 5% chalcopyrite, and as much as 2 ounces of gold per ton. Arsenopyrite and stibnite occur both in the skarn and in quartz-arsenopyrite-stibnite veins. Samples from shallow trenches contain up to 0.7% copper, 0.7% antimony, 300 ppm silver, and 63 ppm gold.
Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.
Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1973, Geology and mineral deposits of the Chulitna -Yentna mineral belt, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-A, p. A1-A10, 2 plates, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000.
Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1974 (1975), Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-B, p. B1-B47, 2 plates, scale 1:12,000 and 1:48,000.
Hawley, C.C., and others, 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska. Contract No. JO166107: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 274 p., 12 sheets.
Hawley, C.C., Clark, A.L., Herdrick, M.A., and Clark, S.H.B., 1969, Results of geological and geochemical investigations in an area northwest of the Chulitna River, central Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 617, 19 p.
Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1991, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek Mining District, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 658 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.


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J Environ Radioact. 2014 Dec;138:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.018. Epub 2014 Aug 15. Radioactive and chemical contamination of the water resources in the former uranium mining and milling sites of Mailuu Suu (Kyrgyzstan). Corcho Alvarado JA(1), Balsiger B(2), Röllin S(2), Jakob A(2), Burger M(2).
Nov 21, 2017 ... Asbestos contaminated vermiculite mines have caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses in Libby, Montana's miners and residents. ... Despite these health issues, the company claimed they were "unaware of the hazards of mining and milling vermiculite" when they purchased the business.
Sep 4, 2010 ... Costs for dealing with its inevitable contamination are as long-lived as its radioactive leavings: The state's latest regulations call for the monitoring of new mill ... In the heyday of uranium mining and milling, those tailings were simply piled along riverbanks or spread across unlined acres around the mills.
Apr 19, 2016 ... A mineral found near Rifle, called roscolite, contains both vanadium and uranium but was originally mined and milled for its vanadium content. Union Carbide Corporation ... at many mill sites. Process chemicals leached into the ground and resulted in the groundwater contamination we observe today.
With a half-life of 4.5 billion years, uranium's toxic legacy of contamination will always be with us. The Colorado Plateau's communities and landscapes continue to be poisoned by our region's uranium legacy, which includes thousands of abandoned mines and numerous mill sites, along with polluted soil, air, and water.
Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site (the Site), where a decades- long cleanup continues to turn contaminated streams and land into sustainable ecosystems. Heavy metals contamination in soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater, the result of over 100 years of historic commercial mining, milling.
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problem mainly where concentrates are handled such as in the precipitation, filtration, weighing and packing areas. Tailings treatment areas are also susceptible to significant surface contamination. Radioactive waste, both solid and liquid, can be another source of radiation hazard to workers in uranium mines and mills.
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... and Montana Tech. A total of 701 soil samples were collected from the Butte study area (Figure 1, approximately 8.5 square miles) and analyzed for a complete suite of inorganics. The analysis was focused on inorganics because these are the contaminants typically associated with mining, milling and smelting processes.


are you planning on building it out ? perhaps having the program scan the user profile for the games in the library, compiling a list and scraping off that list ? as an added function I mean. the individual scrape is pretty awesome as it allows for non steam-purchased games that are available on steam to be scraped with steam information. top notch!
I love this plugin, one of the few I use on a daily basis. Would it be possible for the plugin to check if the game's SteamID is present as the file name? The Astonishing Game has the ID 583190. The plugin could just add store.steampowered.com/app/ and the ID to automate the process. If the game wasn't imported by the Steam import through LB, it then could just ask for the URL as it does now.
I have 6500+ games I have to update manually because most games are not in the LB database while the data is right there on the Steam website and while your plugin is awesome, I think it could be even better if you added this feature.
This is a good idea, since I never used the steam importer from LB I have no idea if adds the appID in somewhere, if yes I can do it easily. I will take a look this weekend on this.
Thanks, would be awesome if you could take a look.
I tried the Steam import from LB last night and I might be able to do it.
So I just need to check if there's this pattern on Application path, if yes, does the scrap automatically based on the found ID, if not pops up the form to paste URL. Also I can add maybe the multiple game selection for this one.
Hi Scriven, you can give it a go. I added the features, let me know if its working.
Seems to work great. I had a problem with the game A Detective's Novel (503820). The plugin won't download any metadata for this game. I have to check if there are others like it. But this is the greatest plugin. I selected quite a few games (maybe 50) and they all were updated in seconds. I can't imagine how long that would have taken me to do it manually.
Seems to work great. I had a problem with the game A Detective's Novel (503820). The plugin won't download any metadata for this game. I have to check if there are others like it. But this is the greatest plugin. I selected quite a few games (maybe 50) and they all were updated in seconds. I can't imagine how long that would have taken me to do it manually.
That's odd, just make sure all the games that you've select are with Application Path : steam://rungameid/<idOfTheGame> , if not the multiple game option will just ignore. Another thing to try is to scrape it manually, see if it will pop the URL option or not, if it pops the application path is wrong.
But in any case I will try it out as soon I get home and hope to fix it!
I think that it might not be a problem with the plugin but with the Steam website. I updated a lot of games one by one and the scraped information would suddenly stop. Maybe that will happen from time to time when updating a lot of games.
Your plugin is awesome! Thanks so much for it. I have almost 6000 games on Steam and hundreds, if not thousands, of these games are not in the LB database, so this is quite convenient.
I gave your plugin a try and wanted to share my thoughts and results with you. My test setup was a complete new LB installation were I've imported my whole Steam library through LaunchBox' own Steam importer and then started to scrape all the games with your plugin. So far I have tested it with all my games from # to B (745 games).
I've noticed that when you scrape multiple games at once, your plugin just stops continuing when it hits a game where it has problems with; for example, when the game has no Steam store page (happens when the game was removed from Steam) or if the store page has almost nothing in it like the episodes of the Back to the Future game from Telltale (https://store.steampowered.com/app/94500/). It would be nice if your plugin could just skip those problematic games and continue with the rest of the selected games instead of just stop running.
On the same note it would it be nice to have some feedback if your plugin is currently doing anything or not. Right now I have to check with the Task Manager if my internet bandwidth is currently used to see if your plugin is still running or if it has stopped.
And finally I have a feature request. It would be awesome if your plugin could also scrape Flags and Tags and add them to LaunchBox as Custom Fields. Especially for ridiculously large collections like mine it's incredible useful to be able to filter the games by that.
I found the issue for most of them. Your plugin does indeed download the media without any problems but LaunchBox can't find it because they all have an apostrophe in the file name and LB doesn't like that. If you replace the apostrophe in the file name with an underscore they show up just fine.
I will update it and release a new version maybe today, would be great if you could test it again Like I said I didnt designed this for hundreds of games so I guess I'm happy with results lol!
In your linked document is "Categories" the data that I meant with "Flags".
I'm no developer but maybe its source code can help you figuring it out.
Wow, that was fast! Good job.
I completely understand that you want to keep your plugin in completely legal terms and I'm sure that Jason is also appreciating it, so I would never ask you to do it otherwise.
While I personally would really love to have the tags in LB (which would make your plugin perfect for me), I certainly don't want to push you into a giant maintenance job by adding a second API, so I can completely understand if you would decide that it's not worth it.


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Actor Says Performance Like Shen Yun is Much Needed in Today's World
Story-based dance is one way Shen Yun portrays the essence of traditional Chinese culture. Actor and producer Peter Hertsgaard attended the performance at The Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington on April 21. He was deeply attracted to the stories. "To carry the story, cause it's hard in dance. I'm an actor too—so they acted it well and they made it come to life. I love the whole mystical thing, I mean, I personally believe all that. I'm kind of a mystical person, so I loved that aspect to it, of the whole spiritual piece of it. It's beautiful," he said. "I really enjoyed the production, I thought, as somebody who's very aware of storytelling that you chose really good stories, that's really important, I was never bored, and I was always interested to not only learn about the Chinese culture, and all the different movements and peoples and stories culturally etc, but you had really good storytelling," Hertsgaard added. "And the dancers really demonstrated that well, the dancers also were really good at a lot of the acting pieces of it, cause dancers aren't always good actors, but your dancers are." Hertsgaard was also drawn by the messages carried in the stories which tapped into the deeply spiritual roots of Chinese culture. "I've actually had some of those experiences of being in other worlds and stuff so I totally know that's true, it's not just a story, it's real," he added. "We need the Creator to come back, we're part of the Creator right, so we're carrying that spark of the Creator." In the ending, he said that the reference to the Creator was a timely reminder in this day and age. "I believe that we have come from a higher place and that we're here to transform this world, which is not such a great place at times, to bring the light, to bring all the colors of the divine Creator, all the different expressions in light, higher light," said Hertsgaard. "I just think we need this kind of stuff, to inspire people to lift them up to a higher possibility." NTD News, Washington
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You can create a drush command named content-type-list.
But I wonder what it should look like if the command should be named something else, eg mijn-contenttypes-lijst (instead of content-type-list), and use drush drush mcl (instead of drush ctl)?
Because it conflicts with something else in Drupal for which I already used content-type-list and/or ctl.
The command is hard to remember (eg because it's not in my native language), so I want to adapt it to another name.
PS: I understand I can create aliases for it also (as shown in the linked answer), but that's not what my question is about. E.g. if I want a command that does something different.
* Callback for the MY-DRUSH-CMD command.
In the aliases array you can add more aliases.
See also the drushify command on drupal.org.
drushify is a simple code generator that creates a skeleton Drush commandfile template for the module you specify.
* Drush commands related to [insert description here].
* Callback for the mijn-contenttypes-lijst command.
* except hyphens are replaced with underscores.
Exist a Drush command to update all the contents?
How to delete a node or a list of nodes with Drush?
How can I output a Drush report in table format?
How can drush site-alias show all sites, but drush @sites command don't find them?


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Gazprom CEO sees no obstacles for Nord Stream-2
Monday, April 1, 2019 1:00:55 PM
The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, in the interview with the program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin. stated that there are no obstacles for the construction of Nord Stream-2 and promised to complete the laying of two gas lines by the end of 2019, reports RIA Novosti.
"All those statements that have been made lately do not reflect reality. In general, there are no fatal legal obstacles that would make us think that we can not complete the construction of Nord Stream 2 before the end of 2019," said …
Nord Stream 2 AG: Denmark has not refused to authorize pipeline route
Thursday, March 28, 2019 9:00:13 AM
Nord Stream 2 AG, the company operating the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, has refuted Naftogaz's claims that Denmark has issued a negative decision on the pipeline route, RIA Novosti reports, citing a company spokesperson.
"The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has not declined even one of Nord Stream 2's two applications to receive authorization [for the construction project]. Both of them are still valid," the Nord Stream representative stated.
According to the spokesperson, the DEA has …
Denmark refuses to grant permission for construction of Nord Stream 2 in its territory
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 4:00:00 PM
Denmark has refused to grant permission for the construction of the Nord stream-2 gas pipeline in its territory, reported the Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz on its twitter account.
"Gazprom has received another refusal from Denmark regarding the route of the Nord stream-2, " reads the post of Naftogaz on Twitter.
The Head of Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolyev also confirmed the information.
"Gazprom has received another refusal from Denmark regarding the Nord Stream-2 route. Of …
US House of Representatives passes bill opposing Nord Stream 2
On 25 March, the US Congress House of Representatives ratified bill H.R. 1616, which calls for the suppression of the Russian energy supply to Europe.
The text of the document is available on the official Congress website.
The short title of the bill is the "European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019". Its primary goal is to assist "European and Eurasian countries to reduce their dependence on energy resources from countries that use energy dependence for undue political …
Head of Naftogaz: Gazprom cancelling gas transit through Ukraine
Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:00:25 PM
Gazprom has started the process of officially notifying the countries bordering Ukraine that the transit of gas through the territory of Ukraine will stop from the beginning of next year, Head of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolyev said in an interview with RBC Ukraine.
"Gazprom is already officially notifying the countries that border Ukraine or are dependent on our transit that there will be no transit of gas from the beginning of 2020," Kobolyev said without citing any sources.
In March, the …
Kremlin calls US actions against Nord Stream-2 'international racketeering'
Thursday, March 14, 2019 5:00:01 PM
The press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the Kremlin sees the United States' hostile attitude towards the Russian project "Nord Stream-2" as attempts of unfair competition, reports RBC news agency.
"We are all aware that we are dealing with attempts of unfair competition, and sometimes with actions that are actually comparable to racketeering and raiding on the international level," he said.
Peskov added that instead, the White House should think about how to …
Denmark refuses to authorize Nord Stream 2
Denmark is threatening to make things difficult for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Russia has already laid one third of the pipeline alongside this small Scandinavian country, but Denmark has still not given permission for construction. Experts are predicting that Russia will lose its temper, because the delays are causing huge unforeseen costs. Denmark, on the other hand, is struggling to decide who to side with – neighboring Germany or the powerful US.
The political fears …
European Parliament: Russia is no longer a strategic partner
At a plenary session on Tuesday 12 March, European Parliament passed a resolution that reassesses Russia's relationship with the EU.
The resolution was adopted with 402 votes to 163 and 89 abstentions, and was based on a report by Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete.
The document states that Russia can no longer be considered a strategic partner of the EU. The primary reason for this is Moscow's violation of international law and democratic principles, specifically the occupation and annexation of …
Russia sets conditions for the continuation of gas transit through Ukraine
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:00:04 PM
Russia has linked the continuation of gas transit through Ukraine to EU countries with Kyiv implementing a number of conditions. Among other things, the signing of a new agreement depends on the stability of the political situation, said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with Luxemburger Wort newspaper, published on Tuesday, March 5th, on the official page of the Russian government.
According to Medvedev, it is also necessary to regulate relations between companies interested in …
Naftogaz: Ukraine will lose its gas transit role after Nord Stream 2 is launched
Monday, March 4, 2019 6:00:08 PM
Nord Stream 2 will reduce demand for Ukraine's gas transportation system, said Head of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolyev in an interview with Ukrainian Channel 5.
"We will lose the entire transit. Because there is still the Turkish Stream, which will probably be built and launched by the end of 2019," Kobolyev said. According to him, Ukraine will lose the deterrent against the "Russian aggression" after Nord Steam 2 is put in operation. "It is necessary to analyze this pipeline in terms of war risks …