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City Spotlight: Chicago
Q&A: Kraft Heinz's Marketing Chief on Food Innovation, Downtown Chicago and Working With Oprah
Nina Barton shares her recipe for success
By Christine Birkner
Nina Barton, svp of marketing, innovation, and R&D for Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz, dually headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, is also home to iconic food brands like Oscar Mayer, Jell-O and Maxwell House in addition to its famous ketchup and mac and cheese. These days, the brand behemoth is adapting to consumers' changing tastes by removing artificial ingredients from its products while keeping its classic tastes intact.
It's also teaming up with another Chicago icon—Oprah Winfrey. In January, the company announced a joint venture with Winfrey called Mealtime Stories, whose goal is to make nutritious food more accessible to everyone, with product launches coming later this year.
Nina Barton, svp of marketing, innovation, and research and development for the U.S. business, took the reins as the company's top marketer after the Kraft-Heinz merger in 2015. Prior to that, she was Kraft's vp of marketing for coffee. She joined Kraft in 2011 as senior marketing director, where she was responsible for growing the Philadelphia Cream Cheese brand. Before joining Kraft, she had marketing leadership positions at P&G, Johnson & Johnson and L'Oreal.
Adweek caught up with Barton to discuss Kraft Heinz's recent campaigns, its biggest R&D challenges, how her career has evolved and the company's new partnership with Oprah.
Adweek: How did you go about removing artificial preservatives from Oscar Mayer hot dogs, and why was this move beneficial from a marketing standpoint?
Nina Barton: Oscar Mayer is such an iconic brand, and it's been loved by generations. We saw an opportunity to really improve our ingredient line. We wanted to be the first national brand in the market to deliver what our consumers were telling us they wanted. We focused on no added nitrates or nitrites, no artificial preservatives and no byproducts. For us, it was a huge breakthrough because we were able to continue to deliver taste consumers want without changing the price.
Kraft Mac and Cheese's latest ad, "Swear Like a Mother," celebrates moms swearing in front of their kids. How did that campaign come together?
We want to continue to target the next generation of consumers. This campaign focused on celebrating the perfect imperfection of parents. It was developed out of this amazing truth that 74 percent of moms admit to swearing in front of their kids, which is more than dads. It includes an in-case-of-emergency mac and cheese box, a list of alternate swear words and earplugs. Something like this makes the brand relevant to the current generation.
How has marketing at Kraft Heinz changed, or stayed the same, since the merger?
We continue to focus on innovation and the consumer, first and foremost. The one thing that's continued to evolve has been our focus. Now, there's a big focus on the brands that we believe are important in our portfolio, like Oscar Mayer, Kraft Mac and Cheese, and Capri Sun. For Maxwell House, we've done some great work that focuses on hard-working families and parents. There's a really strong focus and investment that drives and fuels those brands.
What are the biggest challenges for Kraft Heinz's food brands from an R&D standpoint?
We're proud of our innovation, like the launch of Philadelphia Cheesecake Cups and a new category of mini meals with P3 [Portable Protein Packs]. We have a strong innovation platform, and we also have a strong renovation program. Renovations are trickier to do. When you're taking out nitrates, nitrites and artificial preservatives from Oscar Mayer and trying to get the same taste with no artificial byproducts, that's a lot to do while continuing to delight consumers and bring new fans to the brand. You have to deliver the same taste, and the same quality, while continuing to give consumers what they want. It's a big challenge.
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Barcelona furious with Dembélé over failed United move
Posted by: Andy Dalziel October 12, 2020
Barcelona are furious with French striker Ousmane Dembélé after he turned down a deadline day to Manchester United.
The Catalans wanted to move on the 23-year-old as part of their squad restructuring, and had hoped to free-up his wages to help them make a bid for former United player Memphis Depay, now with Lyon.
In the end though, after talking to United, Dembélé decided to stary put, throwing their plans in to disarray. Depay remained in France, whilst Dembélé has been made to train alone.
A 2017 signing from Borussia Dortmund, injury has severely impacted the striker's progress at the Nou Camp, although there have been well-documented disciplinary problems as well.
United had turned to Dembélé after finally giving up on their pursuit of Jadon Sancho and were prepared to take him on loan with an option to buy.
They signed the experienced Edison Cavani on a free transfer instead.
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Condo sales drive housing starts 29-year high
Despite September rise, housing agency still sees slowdown through 2008
Toronto Star Oct 10, 2007
Tony Wong, business reporter
The detached home has long been the dream of home ownership for many Canadians.
But higher interest rates and a steep rise in home prices over the last decade mean Canadians are increasingly turning to more affordable condominium housing.
Thanks to condo building, housing starts hit a 29-year high of 278,200 annualized units in September, up almost 20 per cent from August, according to figures released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. yesterday.
"The steaming hot condo market powered the volatile multiple units construction in all regions of the country," BMO Nesbitt Burns economist Robert Hogue said yesterday.
In Toronto, sales of new condominiums have been particularly strong and are on track to beat the 2005 all-time record.
Starts hit 41,800 in September, up 29 per cent from August, according to the CMHC.
"Demand for condominium apartments in the Toronto area has been especially strong.
Record pre-construction sales experienced over the past two years have started to convert to increased starts," said CMHC analyst Jason Mercer.
During the first half of the year, there was concern that housing starts were actually down, despite record condo sales.
On an unadjusted basis, starts are down by 12 per cent for the first three quarters of the year.
One issue is that builders were bogged down on earlier projects as they struggled to move labour from one site to the next, according to the CMHC.
"High new detached-home prices, a tight apartment resale market and a backlog of condominium apartment projects awaiting the start of construction explain the increase," CMHC economist Ted Tsiakopoulos said.
The federal housing agency expects to see elevated levels of multiple starts for the rest of the year and into 2008.
But the CMHC still forecasts a gradual decrease in starts between now and the end of 2008.
New construction, meanwhile, isn't the only driver of the real estate market.
The Toronto Real Estate Board last week reported 6,866 home sales, making it the second best September for sales and putting the area on track for a record year.
According to Royal LePage, the price of a standard two-storey property in the Toronto area has risen by 9 per cent to $523,320, while a standard condo is up 12.8 per cent to $287,039.
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In addition to the existing logo , the FSPC has also developed a message for the communication of the anniversary. The slogan is used for all anniversary-related communication, acting like a thematic bracket and serving as a common thread for the various events.
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The slogan points toward the future and inspires contemplation and critical thought. It combines theological relevance with emotional attributes. In addition, it has a playful aspect, because its elements can be recombined, which is intended to encourage creative uses.


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Herta wins IndyCar race from pole
Colton Herta routed the field in another dominating performance at Laguna Seca as Alex Palou moved one race away from the IndyCar championship. Herta won Sunday from the pole, same as he did in 2019 when IndyCar last raced the sprawling permanent road course in Monterey, California, for his second win of the season. He tied his father, Bryan, with a pair of wins at Laguna Seca, but more important, his fifth career victory moved him one past his dad's tally. "This place is so awesome, it's my favorite track in North America," the Andretti Autosport driver said. Palou, meanwhile, drove a smooth and steady race for a second-place finish to widen his lead in the IndyCar standings from 25 points to 35 points over Pato O'Ward headed into next week's finale. The 24-year-old Spaniard needed the breathing room because he's never before seen the street course in Long Beach where the title will be decided. O'Ward did all he could and ran third behind Palou for much of the race, but he struggled on his black tires and settled for fifth. The victory by Herta gave Honda its 10th manufacturer's championship, fourth in a row, and came on the 25th anniversary of its first title — also clinched at Laguna Seca.
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What we know about the Monterey Park, California shooting suspect
by Editor TLN January 23, 2023, 10:37 am 711 Views
Identity of Monterey Park attacker revealed 2:22
() — The 72-year-old man suspected of killing 10 people and wounding 10 others in a shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday had previously frequented the establishment, sources told .
The suspect, identified as Huu Can Tran, was pronounced dead after receiving a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday when police surrounded a white pickup truck in Torrance, about 30 miles from Monterey Park, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert said. Moon.
The suspect was identified as Huu Can Tran.
The shooting at Star Ballroom Dance Studio occurred around 10:22 p.m. as the city's large Asian-American community was celebrating Lunar New Year weekend. Between 17 and 20 minutes later, a gunman appeared at a second dance studio in nearby Alhambra, where authorities say a group of people seized a gun from him.
The mass shooting kicked off a region-wide manhunt, with a description of a white van seen leaving the Alhambra incident relayed to area law enforcement agencies. On Sunday morning, agents in Torrance saw a white pickup truck matching the description.
"When the officers got out of their patrol to communicate with the occupant, they heard a shot coming from inside the truck," Luna said. "Agents withdrew and requested multiple tactical teams to respond." Then, when three armored vehicles blocked the van, the SWAT team went up and found Tran dead inside, Luna said.
With it still unclear what prompted the shooting and a search warrant has been issued for Tran's home, the sheriff said it's too early to say if it could have been a hate crime and investigators are still working to determine if any of the victims was known to the attacker.
This is what we know about the suspect.
The suspect had been a regular customer at the ballroom
Police officers open the door of a pickup truck in Torrance on Sunday. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Tran had been a regular attendee at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, his ex-wife and a long-time acquaintance told .
Tran's ex-wife, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the case, said she met Tran about two decades ago at the Star Ballroom, a popular community hangout where he gave informal lessons. Tran saw her at a dance, introduced himself and offered her free lessons, she said. The two married soon after, she said.
While Tran was never violent towards her, he said he could get angry quickly. For example, he told her, if she got a dance move wrong, he would get upset because he felt she was making him look bad. Tran filed for divorce in late 2005 and a judge approved the divorce the following year, Los Angeles court records show.
Tran was an immigrant from China, according to a copy of his marriage license his ex-wife showed .
It was unclear how often, if at all, Tran visited the ballroom in recent years.
Another longtime acquaintance of Tran's also remembered him as a frequent presence in the dance studio. The friend, who also asked not to be named, was around Tran in the late 2000s and early 2010s when he said Tran made the roughly five-minute drive from his San Gabriel home to Star Ballroom Dance Studio. "almost every night".
Back then, Tran often complained that the ballroom instructors didn't like him and said "bad things about him," the friend recalled, adding that Tran was "hostile to a lot of people there."
The friend said he hadn't seen Tran in several years and was "totally shocked" when he found out about the shooting.
"I know a lot of people, and if they go to the Star studio, they frequent it," he said, adding that he was "concerned that I might meet some" of the shooting victims.
Investigators are still reviewing Tran's story, sheriff says
A crowd of onlookers watches as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter takes off from Torrance. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty images)
Luna told reporters Sunday that investigators are still reviewing Tran's mental health and criminal history and following up on search warrants.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department obtained a search warrant for Tran's home in a nursing home in Hemet, California, according to Hemet police public information agent Alan Reyes.
Records show Tran purchased a mobile home in the community, which is in a suburb about 80 miles east of Los Angeles in neighboring Riverside County.
Seven years before he bought the Hemet home, Tran sold a San Gabriel residence in 2013 that he had owned for more than two decades, property records show.
Business records also show that Tran registered a business called Tran's Trucking Inc. in California in 2002. But he dissolved the business about two years later, writing in a corporate document that the company had never acquired any known assets or incurred any known debt or passive.
Tran had worked as a trucker at times, his ex-wife said.
The weapons that the authorities found
Authorities are still working to determine how the weapon allegedly used in the shooting was obtained.
The weapon recovered from the Alhambra location was a magazine-fed, semi-automatic assault pistol that had a high-capacity extended magazine attached, the sheriff said Sunday.
A law enforcement officer with knowledge of the case told it was a 9mm Cobray M11 semi-automatic, which is designed to take 30-round magazines that allow rapid firing without having to frequently change magazines.
In response to a reporter's question, Luna said: "I think it's not legal to have the gun that was recovered from the Alhambra site here in the state of California."
The gun was traced back to the suspect, giving authorities his name and description, according to the law enforcement officer.
A firearm was also discovered in the van with the suspect, the sheriff said.
's John Miller and Rebekah Riess contributed to this report.
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Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet
Where? Room 29 on the fifth floor of the Musée d'Orsay
When? 1863
What do you see? Four figures picnicking on the grass. The two men are dressed in fashionable clothes of the 1860s. The man on the right gestures towards the man in the center who seems to be looking elsewhere. Sitting with them is a nude woman. She looks directly at the viewer with her hand on her chin. Her body is minimally shaded, making her appear flat to the canvas.
In the lower left corner are the woman's clothes and a basket of fruit and bread. Behind them, a woman dressed in white is wading in a small body of water. She seems to be reaching for something in the water. A black and orange bird flies over her. On the right is a wooden rowboat. Given her position in the background, this woman is painted larger than you would expect based on the laws of perspective; she isn't much smaller than the figures in the foreground, creating a confusing sense of depth in the painting.
Backstory: Also known as Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, the Luncheon on the Grass was inspired by two famous artworks: The Pastoral Concert by Giorgione and/or Titian in the Louvre and a drawing of the Judgement of Paris by Raphael (of which an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi in the Metropolitan Museum of Art has survived). Despite his knowledge of the old masters, Manet's work was completely avant-grade and shocking to the Parisian public.
Firstly, it was considered offensive to depict a nude woman, especially if the woman was not a goddess or other mythological character. Manet depicts an average woman, breaking the tradition of idealized female nudes like the Venus of Urbino by Titian or The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Placing her in a contemporary setting with two trendy Parisian men made for a very shocking and offensive scene.
Secondly, Manet received a lot of criticism for his painting technique, which featured loose brushstrokes, a departure from the refined finish that can be seen in Renaissance paintings.
Thirdly, his rendering of space in this painting is distorted as the woman in the water is abnormally large for her position in the background.
For all these reasons, Luncheon on the Grass was rejected from the Paris Salon. Instead, it was exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in 1863. There, it was still received with ridicule and outrage for its subject matter and technique. People laughed at the painting and some even hit the painting with sticks. Critic Louis Etienne called it a "young man's practical joke" and a "shameful open sore" in Le Jury et les Exposants.
The Pastoral Concert by Giorgione and/or Titian
Judgment of Paris by Raimondi after Raphael
Who is Édouard Manet? Édouard Manet was born in 1832 in Paris where he died 51 years later. Manet was a Parisian Realist painter who studied under Thomas Couture for six years. Afterward, however, he decided against attending the École des Beaux-Arts.
Early on in his career, he befriended Charles Baudelaire whose work featured urban outsiders such as prostitutes and street entertainers. Baudelaire's writing inspired Manet to continue painting unusual characters alongside his other works that featured better-known figures such as musicians and writers.
Manet's avant-garde style that preceded Impressionism was often attacked by the press, but he was also defended by other creatives such as Emile Zola, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Among his famous paintings are Olympia in the Musée d'Orsay (and painted in the same year as the Luncheon on the Grass) and The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Olympia by Manet
The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama by Manet
Fun fact: The nude woman in Luncheon on the Grass is modeled after Victorine Meurent who also posed for Manet's Olympia. She was a working class woman and aspiring painter whose work was actually exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1876. She and Manet had a close relationship, but her willingness to pose nude for his paintings tarnished her reputation. The men in the painting were modeled after Gustave Manet and Ferdinand Leenhoff, Manet's brother and brother-in-law. respectively.
Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Where? Gallery 201 at The Art Institute of Chicago
What do you see? A busy, rainy street near the Saint-Lazare station in Paris. The canvas is divided in half by an axis, a tall green streetlamp. Walking on the right of it, in the foreground, are a couple dressed in the latest Parisian fashion. As they walk arm in arm beneath an umbrella, looking off to the left side of the canvas, a stranger passes them with his back to the viewer. Judging by the young woman's brown dress and diamond earring, the pair are likely of the upper class. The men in the middle ground appear to be dressed in a similar fashion.
Further down the canvas are some traces of the working class. Behind the man's umbrella, a painter dressed in white carries a ladder across the street. Behind the woman, a baker looks out her window. Two carriage drivers can be seen on the left side of the street lamp.
Detail of the painter and the baker in the background
Backstory: Exhibited at the Third Impressionist Exhibition in 1877, Paris Street; Rainy Day was celebrated by many. The natural scene of a real Parisian street painted in a realistic fashion calls back to Caillebotte's interest in photography. However, the painting's style cannot be characterized as entirely realist or academic.
Caillebotte features an unusual asymmetrical composition and cropped figures. On the right side of the canvas, the man and woman's legs are out of frame and the stranger with his back to the viewer is split in half. This detail may be overlooked by modern viewers but was considered radical by Caillebotte's contemporaries. The cropped composition may have been inspired by his interest in photography.
Featuring unsaturated colors and dim light, the painting has a gloomy and slow feeling. Subtly showing the division between the bourgeoisie and the working class, Caillebotte's palette suits the daunting disparity that is most heavily felt by the workers.
Who is Caillebotte? Gustave Caillebotte was born in 1848 in Paris and died in Gennevillers in 1894. He grew up in a wealthy family and began painting in the studio of Leon Bonnat. In 1873, Caillebotte began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts and shortly after became acquainted with Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet.
With his money, he was able to support many artists like Edgar Degas, Camille Pissaro, and Alfred Sisley. Although he did not participate in the first one, Caillebotte exhibited eight paintings in the Second Impressionist Exhibition of 1876, one of which was The Floor Scrapers in the Musée d'Orsay. Caillebotte's academic style combined with an Impressionist influence produced a unique and modern style of art.
The Floor Scrapers by Caillebotte
Never truly sticking to one style of painting, Caillebotte aimed to depict modern life for what it really was in the realist sense. Nonetheless, an Impressionist influence is evident in his loose brushstrokes and "cropped" paintings.
Fun fact: On the ground floor of the center building in the background, there is a green "pharmacie" sign with yellow letters. Nowadays, the same building, located in between Rue de Moscou and Rue Clapeyron, still has a pharmacy.
Olympia by Édouard Manet
Where? Room 14 on the Ground floor of the Musée d'Orsay
What do you see? A Parisian prostitute, Olympia, lies down on her bed in her apartment. She rests atop a floral cloth, staring directly at the viewer as her servant presents her with a bouquet (perhaps a gift from an admirer or patron).
Olympia's left hand is firmly placed over her private area. She is pale, and her features are not idealized as was typically done by other artists at this time. Instead, Manet painted her realistically. Olympia's body has dark outlines and broad color that lacks shading. She appears flat and stands in stark contrast to the dark brown and green background behind her. At her feet is a startled black cat with its tail raised.
Backstory: Victorine Meurent served as the model for Olympia. She was a painter herself and served as a model for various artists. Manet liked her as a model because of her petite stature and red hair. Laure served as the model for the maid, and she posed for several other paintings of Manet.
Édouard Manet got his inspiration for Olympia from the Venus of Urbino, the iconic Renaissance painting by Titian in the Uffizi Museum. Titian's painting is a classic example of the female nude as a manifestation of ideal beauty. His reclining nude, like most, was shrouded in perfection and mythology. It was not inherently sexual.
In his painting, Manet reduced the female nude to a much more realistic form. There is no beauty or goddess to admire; the viewer is confronted with Olympia's sexuality as well as the reality of prostitution in Paris. And unlike the demure and reserved reclining nudes of the past, Manet's modernized version features a woman who addresses the viewer and holds a firm posture.
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Controversy: The painting caused quite an uproar when it was displayed in the Paris Salon in 1865. The French public was not ready to receive such a bold painting that deviated so strongly from what they were used to. Over seventy critics condemned the work for a variety of reasons and political cartoons mocking Olympia as ugly surfaced in newspapers and magazines.
The realistic style of this painting was not appreciated. Moreover, to show a sex worker as so bold and independent was very unconventional during the time. The idea that Olympia could live so comfortably (with flowers and jewelry) shook critics to the core. In addition, the painting breaks tradition by showing an imperfect female nude who stands in contrast to the flawless depictions of Venus from the past.
Who is Olympia? In 1860s France, "Olympia" was an alias commonly used by prostitutes or courtesans. She is not of lower status as we would expect. Instead, she is shown to be of a higher class, adorned with jewelry and resting on a floral blanket with a servant at her side.
Who is Manet? Édouard Manet was born in 1832 in Paris where he died 51 years later. He was a Parisian realist painter who studied in the studio of Thomas Couture for six years. Afterward, however, Manet decided against attending the official art school of the French Academy, the École des Beaux-Arts.
Early on in his career, he befriended the poet Charles Baudelaire whose work featured urban outsiders such as prostitutes and street entertainers. Baudelaire's writing inspired Manet to continue painting unusual characters alongside his other works that featured better-known figures such as musicians and writers.
Manet also had a love for the sea and occasionally liked to capture this in this works, such as the Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. While most of Manet's works can be classified under Realism, he is also one of the masterminds behind the development of Impressionism. The Rue Mosnier with Flags in the Getty Museum is a good example of his Impressionist ideas.
The Rue Mosnier with Flags by Manet
Fun fact: In 1867, Manet held a solo exhibition during the World's Fair in Paris. Once again, Olympia was on display. When the painting received criticisms once again, writer Emile Zola defended it with a pamphlet that praised Manet's bold style and technique. He asked viewers to overlook the subject matter and appreciate Manet's avant-garde approach to art. As thanks, Manet produced the Portrait of Emile Zola. It features Zola in his study, reading some of his own works. In the upper right, Manet added a miniature print of Olympia to Zola's wall.
Portrait of Emile Zola by Manet
Portrait of Émile Zola by Édouard Manet
Where? Room 14 of the Musée d'Orsay
What do you see? The 27-year old writer Émile Zola sits straight in a cushioned chair. He is fashionably dressed as a Parisian dandy, wearing a black jacket with grey pants. One hand rests on his knee, half-clenched. In his other hand, he holds Charles Blanc's L'Histoire des Peintres, a book about art history.
Zola seems to be in thought about something he has just read. The blankness of his expression makes the objects around him the subject of the viewer's attention. In the background are artifacts from Japan, including an ink well on the desk, a painted screen on the far left, and a print of Utagawa Kuniaki's Wrestler of Onaruto Nadaemon on the wall.
The organized clutter atop his desk accentuates his wit and intellect. Among the books is a light blue pamphlet in which Zola defended Manet controversial painting Olympia. Directly above it is a print of Olympia herself. Behind it is a print of another famous painting, The Triumph of Bacchus by Diego Velázquez.
The Triumph of Bacchus by Velázquez
Backstory: In 1867, Manet had a solo exhibition. His best-known work, Olympia, was put on display for the second time. The work had received much criticism in 1865 for its avant-garde subject matter and "unrefined" style. Upon its second public display, the painting was once again the subject of many harsh comments.
Writer Émile Zola came to Manet's defense and wrote an article in La Revue du XXe siècle. The article praised Manet's bold style and technique, asking viewers to overlook the "risque" subject matter. Zola later published the article in its own brochure that sits on his desk in this portrait. As thanks, Manet painted Zola's portrait. Over the course of several months, Zola posed extensively for the portrait in Manet's studio. According to Zola, these sessions were long and exhausting as Manet did not engage in much conversation when he was painting.
Manet's main emphases in this portrait were Zola's intellect and the aesthetics of the Far East. With the influx of Japanese goods into France in the mid-nineteenth century, many artists began imitating the flatness and simplicity of Japanese woodblock prints. This movement, known as Japonisme, was a precursor to Impressionism.
Who is Émile Zola? A French writer who was born in 1840 in Paris. He is often credited as a founder of the naturalism movement in literature. He was childhood friends with Paul Cézanne who later introduced him to Manet.
Zola was unemployed and lived in poverty for two years of his adult life. It was only when he published his first novel, Claude's Confession that he was able to land a job as a journalist. Zola went on to write many more novels and published his best-known series, The Rougon Family Fortune. In the 1860s, Zola defended Impressionist artists like Cézanne, Manet, Renoir, and Monet.
Manet was friends with Monet who he first considered to be a rival. He believed Monet to be copying his work. However, the pair made amends and eventually traveled to Argenteuil together. Many works came out of this trip, including Monet Painting in his Studio Boat.
Monet Painting on his Studio Boat by Manet
Fun fact: Manet altered the print of Olympia in his portrait for Zola. Instead of facing the viewer, Olympia is looking at Émile Zola who had publicly defended her after this painting had received so much criticism at the Paris Salon (a very popular yearly art exhibition) of 1865.
Three years later, Manet submitted the painting to the Paris Salon of 1868 where it got accepted. The painting received mixed critical reviews. Some thought that the portrait was one of the best at the Salon of that year, while others thought the painting lacked animation and that it looked more like a still life than a portrait.
The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama by Édouard Manet
Where? Gallery 153 of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
What do you see? Looking from a boat on the sea, we can see a green and blue rocky sea that makes up most of the painting. The large ship in the center background is the CSS Alabama. A lot of smoke is rising from the ship as the USS Kearsarge has just hit its engine. The rear of the ship is already sinking. Crew members of the ship are jumping into a small lifeboat in front of it.
On the left side, behind the CSS Alabama, you can see part of the USS Kearsarge. We can see the U.S. flag on the top left, but most of the Kearsarge is hidden behind the smoke. The boat on the top right is the Deerhound. It is an English ship that is on its way to rescue some of the survivors on the CSS Alabama. It carries a red flag to indicate that it belongs to the British Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
The small boat in the foreground is a French pilot boat, Les Deux Jeunes Soeurs, which is also on its way to rescue some of the survivors from the CSS Alabama. The boat has three flags: A French flag in the back, a regulation blue and white flag of pilot boats in the middle, and a white flag in the front to indicate that it is neutral in this conflict. It also carries a small boat to rescue more people. To the right of this ship is a mast in the water with a surviving sailor holding on.
Backstory: During the American Civil war, the Confederate States had no navy to defend themselves against the Union States. The Union States blocked the export of cotton by ship from the Confederate States, and so the Confederate States decided to buy a series of warships from England.
The CSS Alabama was a ship of the Confederates and was built in 1862. In its first two years, it had already sunk 65 ships of the Unionists throughout the world. On June 11, 1864, the ship anchored at the entrance of the harbor of Cherbourg, in the North of France. On June 19, 1864, the CSS Alabama got into a fight with a warship of the Union States, the USS Kearsarge. While the CSS Alabama had heavier firepower, the USS Kearsarge was a more advanced ship with more precise firepower.
Thousands of French spectators witnessed the fight between the two ships from the coast, and the USS Kearsarge defeated the CSS Alabama, which sank. The fight was widely covered in the newspapers, as can be seen by the illustration below in the Illustrated London News.
The Fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge in the Illustrated London News, July 2, 1864
The American Civil War: The American Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865 in the United States during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. It was a war between the Confederate States, representing the Southern states of the U.S., and the Union, representing the other U.S. states. The Confederate States were supporting slavery, while the Union States followed the U.S. Constitution and were against slavery. The Union States won the war, and the slaves in the South were freed. About 700,000 people died during this war.
Who is Manet? Édouard Manet was born in 1832 in Paris and died there in 1883. When Manet was 18 years old, he spent about one year on a ship going to Brazil. While he failed the examination for the naval academy, he remained always fascinated by the sea. About ten percent of his paintings were about the sea, including Rochefort's Escape in the Kunsthaus Zurich.
Manet is also the principal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. During the 1860s, he became friends with painters such as Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir, and under the lead of Manet, they developed the Impressionist art style. An example of an Impressionist painting by Manet from 1878 is The Rue Mosnier with Flags in the Getty Museum.
Rochefort's Escape by Manet
Fun fact: Manet did not witness the fight himself. He learned about it from the newspapers which were full of information and drawings about this fight. Within 26 days of this fight, this painting by Manet was already exhibited.
It is likely that Manet did not know the details about the USS Kearsarge and that this was the reason that he hid a large part of that ship behind the smoke. He only saw the USS Kearsarge after he finished this painting and in another painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, entitled The Kearsarge at Boulogne, he depicted this ship.
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The Kearsarge at Boulogne by Manet
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen by Edgar Degas
Gallery 3 on the ground floor of the National Gallery of Art
Gallery 2 of the Cone Wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art
Room 31 of the Musée d'Orsay
Gallery 255 of the Museum of Fine Arts
19th-century wing of the Norton Simon Museum
Gallery 152 of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Room 2 of the Studio Practice on Level 2 of Tate Modern
What do you see? A young dancer of fourteen years old is shown at 70 percent of her real size (the sculpture is a bit taller than 3 foot or about 1 meter). She seems relaxed and is standing in ballet's fourth position (there are seven positions for the feet in ballet, and the ballerina here has her feet in open fourth position – about 12 inches apart and facing different directions).
The girl is sculpted realistically and Degas intends to show the hard life of a ballet dancer and what it does to her body. Her back leg supports most of her weight. She has thin legs and arms, holds her arms behind her back, and has her hands clasped together. She confidently holds up her chin, pushes her shoulders back, and her eyes are half closed. She wears ballet shoes, a real tutu made of tarlatan, and a gold-colored bodice (a vest) made of linen. The girl also wears a real ribbon in her plaited hair. Degas used real hair for this sculpture, which he covered in wax.
Backstory: The original wax sculpture in the National Gallery of Art is mixed with some real materials (like the tutu and the ribbon in her hair). The sculpture has been modeled after a fourteen-year-old girl named Marie van Goethem. She lived in Paris and joined the Paris Opera Ballet to escape the poverty of her family. Degas was a frequent visitor at the ballet school and watched their classes and performances. He used Marie not only as a model for this sculpture but also for quite some other works, including many drawings of dancers that he made. One example of such a drawing is Dancer Bending Forward in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Modeling for Degas was a nice way for Marie to make some extra money. She not only modeled dressed as a ballerina but also nude, which allowed Degas to study her anatomy in detail. In the National Gallery of Art, you can also see two studies in the nude of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. Marie graduated from the ballet school in 1880 and would start to perform in ballet performances. However, a couple of years later, in 1882, she missed several rehearsals and was dismissed. After that, we do not know what happened to Marie's further life.
Dancer Bending Forward by Degas
Copies: The National Gallery of Art holds two statues (the original wax statue and a bronze casting) of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen as well as two nude studies for this statue. When Degas died, about 150 statues were found in his studio of which only one of the versions in the National Gallery of Art had been shown to the public at an exhibition. Many of these statues were in bad shape, but about half of these statues were repaired after his death. The National Gallery of Art has many of these original statues.
The surviving family of Degas decided to create about 22 bronze casts of these statues. Because of this, nowadays, bronze copies of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen can be found in many other locations besides the ones mentioned on the top. For example, the statue is also in the the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard Art Museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art (currently not on view), and the Norton Simon Museum. One of the bronze copies of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen was sold in 2009 for $19 million.
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with two Degas paintings in the background
Who is Degas? Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834-1917) was born in Paris. Whereas he spent most of his life in Paris, he also lived for three years in Italy and spent time in Florence, Naples, and Rome. He started as a more traditional painter by creating historical stories and portraits, but during the 1860s he changed his style and became one of the founders of Impressionism, together with artists like Cézanne, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir.
Later on, he changed his focus and started to paint scenes from everyday life with a particular interest in dancers, theater, and horse racing. He moved on to focus on more realistic paintings, and one such example is Interior in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He made statues mainly as training to understand the anatomy and movements of people.
Interior by Degas
Fun fact: When Degas showed this sculpture at an Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1881, many people did not like it at all. For example, some people called the sculpture a monkey. It also did not help that the sculpture was on display in a glass vitrine. Sculptures typically were idealized versions of well-known people created in marble. Instead, Degas created an unknown young girl from Paris, and the girl did not look at all like a goddess. On top of that, he created this sculpture from beeswax and he added objects like a tutu to the statue. Because of the negative reactions Degas got, he removed the statue from the exhibition and stored it in his studio until his death.
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Interior by Edgar Degas
What do you see? Two people are shown in a bedroom. On the right is a man standing against the door with his legs wide and his hands in his pocket. He is standing in the darker part of the room, and you can see his large shadow on the door. On the left, is a woman kneeling down. She is partially undressed, and the lamp behind her lights her white dress. The woman is facing away from the man, and she may be crying.
Behind the woman is a round table with a lamp on it and a sewing box with a piece of clothing inside. On the floor lays a white corset. The single bed is neatly made up with the woman's hat and a cloak at the foot end. The wall is decorated with wallpaper with pink flowers on it. In the background is a fireplace and above it hangs a mirror. On the left, you can see the top hat of the man on top of a closet. Above the top hat hangs a map on the wall.
Backstory: After painting this work, the painting remained in the studio of Degas for 36 years, until he put it up for sale in 1905. Before that, only a few friends of Degas had seen this painting. The interpretation of this painting is open to quite some debate and this uncertainty adds to the appeal of the painting.
Degas captures a specific moment in time, with little indication of the past and future, making it harder to interpret the painting. Degas did this more often early in his career, for example, in the Women Ironing in the Norton Simon Museum. It is likely that Degas kept the meaning of Interior vague on purpose. All he ever mentioned about this work was that it was a genre painting with the title 'Interior'. Especially during the period in which this he created this work, Degas wanted to challenge existing norms and may, therefore, have enjoyed creating a painting with an ambiguous interpretation.
Women Ironing by Degas
Interpretation: One of the earlier interpretations of this painting is about rape, and that is why this painting is also known as 'The Rape'. According to this interpretation, the girl is a worker and the man is her boss. The girl has just been raped and is crying, while the man is standing against the door overthinking his deed and showing some remorse (some say that there are traces of blood on the bed which would support this interpretation). However, this interpretation is not accepted by many.
Over time, art historians have searched for various literary sources that could have inspired this painting. And while some literary sources match some aspects of the painting, none of them are truly consistent with this painting. One of the most convincing of these interpretations is that this painting depicts the wedding night for the couple in the room. However, one year before the wedding they have murdered the former husband of the woman, and in this painting, they are overwhelmed by the feeling of how bad that was.
Who is Degas? Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834-1917), better known as Edgar Degas, was born in Paris. He was both a painter and a sculptor and more than half of his works are related to dance. One such example is The Ballet Class in the Musée d'Orsay, and another is his statue of The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer in the National Gallery of Art. Together with painters like Cézanne, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir, he is one of the founders of impressionism. His works often have some complex psychological meaning.
Later in his career, he became a specialists in depicting movement in his works. He learned painting at an early age, and when he was 21, he met Ingres, who stimulated him to pursue an artistic career. He started by copying some details of the works of some famous Renaissance painters, like Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, but gradually developed his own style. At the beginning of his career, he was an Impressionist, but his style evolved into Realism. He was also an art collector and was particularly fond of the works of Daumier, Delacroix, and Ingres.
The Ballet Class by Degas
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer by Degas
Fun fact: One of the hobbies that Degas developed in the 1880s was photography. He made and collected photos which he used as inspirations for his paintings. While photography was only invented at the beginning of the 19th century, Degas already used a 'photographic' style in some of his earlier work.
His Interior painting, for example, is comparable to a photograph, as he captures a single moment in time and does not include many clues on what happened before and after the picture. As discussed, this leaves the interpretation of the painting open for discussion. It is therefore not surprising that Degas later got very interested in photography.
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Centre among the nation's leaders for study abroad
Two new reports place Centre College yet again among the nation's best for study abroad programs, affirming the central role of international education in the College's overall academic mission.
U.S. News & World Report ranks Centre #4 in the nation on its "Short List" of the "10 Colleges With the Most Students Studying Abroad," and the "Open Doors 2011" report by the Institute of International Education ranks Centre #6 among all baccalaureate institutions for undergraduate participation.
"Study abroad at Centre is part of the College's DNA," says Milton Reigelman, the J. Rice Cowan Professor of English and director of the Center for Global Citizenship, which oversees all international programs. "And the way in which we've structured our program sets us apart among our peers."
"Because our faculty design, plan and staff most all the programs, the entire campus becomes internationalized as a result," adds Reigelman. "Our courses are intentionally small and interdisciplinary, so all variety of majors can mix and mingle. As a result, every experience is personal. We also include homestays in many programs to foster even greater cultural immersion."
On average, approximately 85 percent of graduating seniors at Centre College have studied abroad at least once, and nearly 30 percent of Centre students study abroad two or more times. The majority of these experiences, about 60 percent, take place for a full semester. In addition, Centre students can choose from a variety of three-week programs offered during the January CentreTerm and in summer.
Both reports used data from the 2009-10 academic year, and the short-term courses taught that year are typical of CentreTerm offerings. "The Sacred Arts of Paradise" was taught in Bali; "China and the World" included visits to the cities of Xi-an, Nanjing, Shanghai and Beijing; "The Physical Science of Volcanoes," taught in New Zealand, conducted most of its lectures in the field at active and dormant volcanoes; and "Education in Costa Rica" allowed students to live with families and teach in an elementary school.
Over the years, similar courses have taken students and their professors to Australia, Barbados, Bolivia, Borneo, Cameroon, Ecuador, Greece, Nicaragua, Peru and Vietnam, as well as the cities of Budapest, Moscow, Prague, St. Petersburg and Vienna. Future offerings include trips to Amsterdam, the Bahamas, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Israel, Scotland and Turkey.
Centre has well-established residential programs in London, Merida and Strasbourg, and exchange programs in China, Japan, Northern Ireland and Spain. A program geared toward pre-med majors at the University of Glasgow in Scotland begins in fall 2012.
The U.S. News ranking looks solely at the percentage of graduating seniors who have studied abroad, while the "Open Doors" report calculates total annual study abroad experiences divided by total degrees conferred that same year. As such, a student who does both a "short-term" trip of at least three weeks and a full semester trip in the same year is counted twice in the "Open Doors" report. This accounts for the numerical disparity in rankings despite using data from the same time period.
The emphasis on study abroad is part of the Centre Commitment, which guarantees an internship, study abroad experience and graduation within four years as long as students have met academic and social expectations. Centre also provides passports free of charge.
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Web Exclusive: Producer Russ Titelman on 10 of His Favorite Drummers
The June issue of Modern Drummer magazine features an interview with three-time Grammy Award–winning producer Russ Titelman https://www.moderndrummer.com/, who in his long career has worked with musical giants including Little Feat, Randy Newman, James Taylor, Brian Wilson, Cyndi Lauper, Graham Central Station, Rickie Lee Jones, George Harrison, Chaka Khan, the Bee Gees, Ry Cooder, Paul Simon, Meatloaf, George Benson, David Sanborn, Womack And Womack, Patti Austin, Stevie Windwood, and Eric Clapton. Here we continue our coverage by asking Russ to talk about ten of his favorite drummers.
First, I really don't know how to choose only ten cats out of so many great ones. Buddy Rich was hair-raisingly great! I went to see Sinatra in the early '80s at Carnegie Hall, and Buddy was opening. Buddy is a perfect example of that underlying groove that only he had, no matter what he was doing. It sat in this place that was just so perfect.
Teri Lynn Carrington was playing at a party I attended once. All these great musicians were there, and she sat in. I went over afterwards and said, "I just love the way you play!" Richie Barshay plays like that as well. It's like a deep fundamental groove that's always there, no matter how many notes [they play]. They play around it. And there's a lot of space that they leave. It's a deep knowledge and taste. Like Miles Davis—you don't play all the time. Jonathan Blake is another who has it.
Among the drummers I love the most are Bernard Purdie, Andy Newmark, Jack DeJohnette, Max Roach, Hal Blaine, Lewis Nash, Keith Carlock, Tony Williams, Tony Mason, Levon Helm, Shawn Pelton, Al Foster, Mickey Roker, Mitch Mitchell, Al Jackson, Jesse Sales, Mickey Curry, Russ Kunkel, Jeff Porcaro, Gary Chester, Buddy Saltzman, Shelley Mann, Gene Krupa, Rick Marotta, and Norman Roberts. But if I can only choose ten, I'll have to go with the following ones, in no particular order.
I believe the first time I met Jim was on Randy Newman's Sail Away album. He played on "Last Night I Had a Dream" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On." That's a simple track, with just piano, bass—played by Chris Etheridge—and drums, with Ry Cooder adding an ominous color right out of the Delta Blues. Keltner's part is as dark and funky as it can be, conjuring the characters in the story as if he were one of them. And I love where he puts the backbeat—just a little on the back side of the center of the groove—and the burlesque cymbal crash!
Jim's also on Randy's "Short People" with Klaus Voorman, and on half of the Little Criminals album and at least half of Good Old Boys. He's also on Ry Cooder's Paradise and Lunch album. He played on a few cuts on Eric Clapton's Journeyman album and was the drummer on From the Cradle, Eric's Grammy-winning blues album from 1994. We couldn't have done it without him.
Jim's also on James Taylor's Gorilla album, playing on "How Sweet It Is" with Russ Kunkel. The last thing we did together was The Door by Keb' Mo'. He's a great player and he listens to what everyone else is doing and reacts to it. He must have mastered this ability from being a good jazz drummer. He plays with boundless creativity, and he lives and breathes music.
Gadd has an innate sense of what is right and plays with confidence and swagger, with a deep groove that won't quit. Our first project together was Rickie Lee Jones' first album. The beautiful, crazy fill on "Chuck E's in Love" was signature Gadd. He's on "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "The Last Chance Texaco," and "Danny's All Star Joint." He's also on her Pirates album. "We Belong Together" is one of the greatest drum tracks ever recorded. He's also on Paul Simon's Hearts and Bones album and James Taylor's October Road.
John "JR" Robinson
I love JR so much. We've made great music together. The first was "Ain't Nobody"—that drum part is fierce! It was on the farewell album Stompin' at the Savoy by Rufus and Chaka Khan. John's playing on the live cuts is mighty, and the studio cuts are all varied in style from funk to a beautiful jazzy part on "Don't Go to Strangers," with its remarkable arrangement by Ralph Burns. We made a great version of "Beyond the Sea" with George Benson, and we also worked together on Stevie Winwood's Back in the High Life. The breadth of styles on that album alone is a testament to his massive talent.
Steve and I worked together on Christine McVie's self-titled album in 1982. He was solid as a rock, like a metronome with soul. He's on Back in the High Life playing an outside part on "Freedom Overspill," and he's on some beautiful Chaka Khan songs with Dave Grusin. The longest working relationship we had was with Eric Clapton. Steve was in the band when we made Journeyman, 24 Nights—he kills it!—the Rush movie soundtrack, and the Unplugged album. And he's so handsome.
Steve is one of the greatest drummers in the world. His knowledge of regional music is encyclopedic. He can play anything, and it's always authentic. We've worked together a few times, and each time I was completely blown away. Check out "On the Sunny Side of the Street" on Cyndi Lauper's At Last album. And he's a great producer.
I was introduced to Herlin when he was playing at Birdland with Monty Alexander. Monty had two bands playing with him, and they would switch back and forth during the same song. The other band was a reggae band, and I don't know how it worked, but it just did. Aside from being a master musician and technician, Herlin plays with so much joy and soul that you cannot resist. It's thrilling to hear him play.
Benny Benjamin
Benny is the baddest drummer! The records he played on made you turn up the radio and drive dangerously fast. He was a major part of creating a sound that defined a generation and genre of music with grace and style. His influence is vast. It's in my DNA.
Gadson! He's the cat playing the drums on many Bill Withers records. He lays down a groove and stays there. No nonsense, no embellishments. Just the deepest, funkiest groove you ever heard. I learned so much from listening to James play.
When I was a young teenager I heard music that sent me into a reverie. Little Richard changed my life. It was not just the songs or the incredible sound of his voice—he had that thing where the overtones in his voice made it sound like he was harmonizing with himself—or the raw excitement of the records, but the combination of all that. I later came to learn that the drummer on those records was Earl Palmer. Those records swung so hard that even little white kids in Los Angeles were hypnotized, seduced, and corrupted by the mysterious and subversive music coming out of our transistor radios. I had a beautiful Philco AM radio I listened to at home, so I got to hear how the creators intended it to be heard—and on the jukebox! I also came to find out that Earl was more or less the producer of those records too.
The only time Earl and I worked together was when he played on Randy Newman's Sail Away album. He played brushes on "Lonely at the Top." It wasn't exactly the visceral wildness he was capable of creating, but he made the track do what was necessary, and it felt great. He was in the pantheon of the greatest drummers that ever lived, and he was a beautiful, kind, and generous person.
Where do you start? Ringo changed the way drummers thought and played in popular music. We know about the energy, but the unbelievable and unusual drum parts…it boggles the mind. His fundamental understanding of what works, the inventive fills, the sound, his use of cymbals, the left-handed drum fills…all so very different from anything that came before. Ringo was at the right place at the right time in history, as were the others. He played the music!
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Discipline, selflessness, and hard work—that's what it takes to excel in athletics. Our championship-winning teams are fierce competitors in the city, PIAA District 12, and Catholic League. West holds 44 city, four state, and 80 Catholic League championships.
Students learn much more than physical skills through their participation in athletics. Through this experience, students are able to develop courage as they take risks and character as they overcome adversity. While the focus is to facilitate the development of each student's athletic potential, the greater hope is to instill lifelong lessons that will impact students off the field or court.
West Catholic Prep 2021-2022 Winter Sports Policy
To ensure the safety for all student athletes, coaches and spectators, West Catholic Prep is implementing the following spectator policy for all indoor sports contests.
The school adheres to all Philadelphia Department of Health Guidance including mandatory mask wearing for all spectators, and for all coaches and student-athletes on the bench.
Visiting Spectators for Basketball (JV and V)
2 visiting family members per rostered student-athlete and 2 visiting family members per coach (check in and purchase tickets on arrival)
Visiting Team Athletic Director must provide West Catholic Athletic Director with a list of each rostered player and coach and the player and coaches family members 24 hours prior to game time. Only persons on that list will be admitted.
•No visiting students are permitted
West Catholic Prep Spectators for Basketball (JV and V)
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2 spectators per coach
Current West Catholic students are permitted to attend with their school ID.
All varsity home games will be live streamed on the West Catholic Prep YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/westcatholichs
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Affordable housing needs hit home for Montevideo's mayor
MONTEVIDEO -- The problem of finding affordable housing in rural Minnesota has hit home for the mayor of Montevideo. Mayor Debra Lee Fader has decided to withdraw as a candidate for re-election. She hasn't been able to find an affordable home to ...
Written By: Tom Cherveny | Sep 7th 2018 - 4pm.
Mayor Debra Lee Fader, right, welcomed Gov. Mark Dayton for the inaugural Governor's Pheasant Opener in 2011. Tribune file photo
MONTEVIDEO - The problem of finding affordable housing in rural Minnesota has hit home for the mayor of Montevideo.
Mayor Debra Lee Fader has decided to withdraw as a candidate for re-election. She hasn't been able to find an affordable home to buy or an apartment to rent since she and her husband, Bradley, sold the Sportsmen's Inn, the motel business they operated in Montevideo.
The mayor said she didn't feel right about campaigning for mayor when she couldn't be certain she would be able to find a place to call home. And, it's been stressful worrying about it, she said.
"If you don't have a place to go to, what can you do?" she said.
The experience of searching for affordable housing has shown her just how large the problem really is.
"It's one of the number one problems in rural counties,'' Fader said.
She said rural communities across the state are facing a shortage of affordable housing, and Montevideo is no different.
Fader and her husband have been staying at a cabin they own and remodeled on Lake Minnewaska since they sold the Sportsmen's Inn earlier this year. They had not expected to be able to sell the motel business as quickly as they did.
Fader said she loves Montevideo and her role as mayor. She intended to find a small house or nice apartment to remain in the community. Fader said she has been watching the housing market in the community in a casual way for nearly four years, and began an earnest search this summer.
She's been surprised to see houses put up for sale and snatched before she's even had an opportunity to tour them. Along with being beat to the punch, Fader discovered that there really are only limited numbers of rental units available.
It's the affordable housing market that is the most difficult, she said. There are some upper-scale homes on the market, but many of those happen to be outside of the city limits and, consequently, off limits to her.
While Fader has announced her decision to withdraw as a candidate, she is not certain that she will be able to have her name removed from the ballot. The time frame to withdraw as a candidate has expired. She's been advised that it takes a court order - either due to death or mental incapacitation - to have a candidate's name formally withdrawn.
In the meantime, she's hoping her predicament will at least call attention to the housing needs of rural communities.
"If you want to grow, you have to have a place for people to live,'' she said.
Fader has served as mayor for eight years. Jim Curtiss, who previously served as mayor, filed for the position and is on the ballot.
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//  This Utility will change the far culling of your scene camera based on the height elevation of the camera.
// 	This is useful  to expand the viewable game area as the camera gets higher (where you most need longer view distances.)
//

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class utility_AdjustCulling : MonoBehaviour {

	public float nearCullAtBase = 0.3f;
	public float nearCullAtAltitude = 5.0f;
	public float altitudeLowerThreshold = 50f;
	public float altitudeUpperThreshold = 250f;

	private Camera cam;
	private float useThreshold;

	void Start () {
		cam = this.gameObject.GetComponent<Camera>() as Camera;
	}

	void LateUpdate () {
		if (cam != null){
			if (transform.position.y > altitudeLowerThreshold){
				useThreshold = Mathf.Clamp01(
					(transform.position.y-altitudeLowerThreshold) / (altitudeUpperThreshold-altitudeLowerThreshold)
					);
			} else {
				useThreshold = 0f;
			}
			cam.nearClipPlane = Mathf.Lerp(nearCullAtBase, nearCullAtAltitude, useThreshold);
		}
	}
}

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Please forgive me for being away from the community for more than a month. I�ve been checking in daily but unable to keep up on my blog. The reason is that I have been traveling like crazy. Partly for my book and partly for other reasons. As many of you know, the CAN/Autism Speaks merger became final in February. Since then I have been scrambling to insert myself into heart of the new hybrid organization to ensure that the passion and urgency of parents is just as much of a driving force as it was at CAN.
Here is where I have been in the past couple months: Cleveland, Philadelphia (3 times!), Houston, Chicago (for a week!), Seattle, and San Francisco. As I am writing this I am in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. I am attending a workshop on autism research and also giving one of the talks here. It is a beautiful place out in the woods, quiet and peaceful � I can use some of that right now.
While on planes, trains and buses and in between, I have been finishing the beginning �how-to get started pointing� document and I am finally done! I have the manuscript out right now to a number of people for feedback - some who already know how to use the method and some who do not; a small group of parents, therapists and teachers.
Meanwhile Stephan, our web master, has been working away to create a feature that will allow us to upload video directly on to the community site. Please start taping your baseline videos as soon as possible. I will be posting an announcement calling for baseline videos but feel free to start taping any time. I am really looking forward to posting the �how-to� in the next few weeks, as soon as I�ve gotten the feedback I have requested and incorporated it. Also by then the video feature should be up and running.
I am going to attempt to catch up now and will add more in the coming days.
The night I arrived I came straight from the airport to their house where they�d brought together a group of wonderful parents and friends for a reading of Strange Son in their home. Walking into a large group of people that I do not know, no matter how wonderful, is not my best subject and I could have used some sensory integration therapy myself when I walked through the front door! But I took a few deep breaths, smiled and started shaking hands and listening to people�s stories and as always I eventually forgot my anxiety and found myself having a good time.
The ITA group was established about five years ago with the idea that bringing people interested in technology together with those interested in autism could bring about a wave of new applications for emerging technologies aimed at helping people with autism communicate better and get a better education.
Recently I have had the opportunity to observe at a number of these small, labor-intensive, costly, nonpublic schools that are providing a real education in a caring, empathetic environment. I have been impressed. I was very impressed with the level of individual adaptation that was provided for each student at the Monarch school. The staff and administration were continuously searching for and integrating new methods and approaches to help their students. I was especially impressed by the kindness and committed demonstrated by the staff; I felt they would never give up on any student. I admire everyone who created the Monarch school in Cleveland. These are the kinds of schools we need for our children everywhere and it truly takes a village to make it happen. It is astounding how much energy, resources and commitment it takes to serve each child�s physical, cognitive, educational, emotional and social needs optimally and every single child deserves nothing less than the optimal chance to fulfill his or her full potential. I gave a talk to the Monarch staff and later to the Monarch parents.
There was a book-signing event for Strange Son at Joseph Beth bookstore and there I met some wonderful parents. While in Cleveland, I enjoyed a fireside reading of Strange Son at the home of Shari Goldberg Cleveland CAN chapter leader. BTW, their recent event �Cleveland Rocks� raised an awesome almost $200,000 for research to treat and support families facing autism! Sheri lives in a unique older home built in the 1930s and it was a beautiful evening filled with parents, some new to autism and others who have been involved for years, as well as many professionals and community leaders. The evening had a very cozy feel and it was the most relaxed reading I have ever given, in part because I felt surrounded by friends and in part because of the wine. I have to tell you about the wine. Wines are given names and the Grand River Cellars of Madison Ohio named two of their wines: �Austin� and �Susanna� after two beautiful children affected by ASD. And a portion of the proceeds from these two exquisite wines goes to, you guessed it: autism research!
I have recently begun to encounter more and more young people on the spectrum who are exceptionally talented the visual artists. This talent is often discovered unexpectedly during the teen years or even in young adulthood and I am wondering if there aren�t many more people with ASD who have potential in the visual arts but are never �discovered�? In a few months our community web site will be introducing a �group� feature and perhaps the parents of these artists and/or the artists themselves, will form a group and get to know each other, perhaps even form a network to help promote their art work.
PS Here's a short TV interview I did in Cleveland thanks to Lev.


"Phobia" has it is commonly known as fear is a major term considering one's success in life. once people graduate from institution, they noticed there are things that surpass certificates & degrees. it is called "tenacity,gut,chutzpah,daring" and whatsoever it may be named,these factors guarantee one's life than school grades.That is just one of the reasons behind jolting successful career of a degree holder, sometimes certificates will never make an ounce of dissimilarities when we sip from the dilapidating creek of thing that assaults our creativity.
This is a deep-rooted kind of fear that paves down into the thoughts of mankind.In this kind of scenario, it is advisable to puff from the air of "The higher the risk ,the greater the achievement". It is such a kind of depressing entity when people were afraid of the hurling darts of failure because only by getting trapped in the snarl of failure will eventually bolster our sensitivity and make the capillarity of one's smartness rise rather than trudging a quiet & unbiased route of life, if there should be a solemn trend as such. The crucial fact is that critics & uncertainties(change) create some misleading thought when we allow them to strike our productivity with their surly & faulty objections,then life seem straitlaced with difficulties and became unbearable to adhere to the Chronicles of change.
It wasn't absurd that we were made of marshy & muddy particles of frailties but what absolutely damage us is disqualifying oneself, how could you be hailed when you have willing gave in to oppression. prejudicing yourself and discarding your work is an haunting reference to people who could have cherish you and admire your work. Definitely, no one is Mr perfect and views & opinions is assumably viral. but what really assert that assurance in you that you ain't right and even go beyond to concede to the more faulty opinions of those you think were better. Am not trying to go against the term correction, surely, objection is needed to make you redefine your work but permitting condemnation is also an eternal damnation. so scrutinize and separate the impurities from extinct humour, to end up with a well atoned piece and never see yourself as one who create junks. Even scripture could tell we are just an embodiment of weakness & foibles, never let the fright of imperfection crumble your initiative .
Today, most people shiver in the shadow of other people's opinion . like I have already said, objection helps but could even do more harm than intended when it wasn't rightly nurtured. one thing about a critic is that anybody could be one, perhaps signifying the fact that fault is the easiest thing to find. Do not ever concur to people's opinion and let yours to shrink in the ocean of maladroit, it is painful to scrawl,scribble & strike hard to do something and only to easily cower beneath their idealistic thoughts because trifle of our utilitarian opinion is better than ideas that ought to be an assumption. Though, it is good to admit fault & not desist from acquiring varied views but advisable to circumspect first & be thoughtful before making a final conclusion. It will be hellishly brackish to tame your initiative when doddering on people's opinion.


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Ten Rappers Killed On Twitter
Written By Latifah Muhammad
Even if you're crafty at navigating through the perils of social media, Twitter can still be a gift and a curse. Hip-Hop artists use the site to communicate with fans, promote new projects or post senseless Twitpics. The aforementioned "marketing tactics" can be mildly appealing, but every once in a while, keeping up with Twitter goes terribly wrong. Before they know it, Hip-Hop's heavyweights end up dead in the online world, and all it takes is a simple #RIP hashtag to send someone to their Twitter grave.
Soulja Boy recently became the latest rapper to be hit with Twitter death rumors, and as it turns out he's in great company. Everyone from Drake to Eminem, has fallen victim to fake death stories. Peep our list of 10 Rappers Killed On Twitter.
Click the #'s below to see whose deaths were great exaggerated.
Eminem	, Game	, J. Cole	, lil kim	, missy elliott	, Soulja Boy
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Тишковичи () — село в Шегининской сельской общине Яворовского района Львовской области Украины.

Население по переписи 2001 года составляло 270 человек. Занимает площадь 0,807 км². Почтовый индекс — 81351. Телефонный код — 3234.

Ссылки
 Тишковичи на сайте Верховной рады Украины

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Jarabina, also known as Orjabyna (; ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

U.S. Marine Michael Strank, Flag Raiser at Iwo Jima, was born here.

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1329.

Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 587 metres and covers an area of 22.896 km2. It has a population of about 844 people.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"

 Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1852-1927 (parish B)
 Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1789-1929 (parish A)

See also
 List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

External links
Jarabina - The Carpathian Connection
 https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094149/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in Jarabina

Villages and municipalities in Stará Ľubovňa District


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Rory Zambard on Coaching: Have a Plan
By Ian Wittenber
In Coaching, CrossFit, HD Videos
Coaching starts with a game plan, says CrossFit Level 1 Seminar Staff member and CrossFit Games athlete Rory Zambard. In addition to other elements, that plan should include scaling options for athletes. On this particular day, the focus is on a gymnastics movement.
"So I know people aren't going to be able to do strict handstand push-ups—head touching the floor. ... So I came in knowing three or four different scaling options," Zambard says.
First, she explains to the class how to initiate a handstand while keeping the feet on the floor and touching the top of the head to the ground. Then she has an athlete modify the position by performing the same movement with the knees on a box. For another athlete, Zambard offers a cue designed to help him generate more power in a kipping handstand push-up.
The technical information, however, is only one part of being a great coach.
"Coaching is knowing what people need, and it's knowing how to give it to them—not just having the knowledge but also being able to portray that knowledge to people and giving them what they need in the dose that they need it," Zambard says.
Video by Ian Wittenber.
Additional reading: The Freestanding Handstand Pushup by Roger Harrell, published June 1, 2006.
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Most, Most, Most: Safety vs. Intensity
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1 Comment on "Rory Zambard on Coaching: Have a Plan"
very good! knowing the limit of each student is very important!
Augusto , Brazil.


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Der XDAX (auch X-DAX) ist ein deutscher Aktienindex, der seit dem 10. April 2006 von der Deutschen Börse AG herausgegeben wird. Er entspricht in seiner Zusammensetzung dem Deutschen Aktienindex (DAX), basiert aber anders als dieser nicht auf realen Kursen aus dem elektronischen Handelssystem Xetra, sondern auf Derivaten, deren Preise auch außerhalb der regulären Börsenzeiten zur Verfügung stehen.

Während der DAX börsentäglich von 9:06 bis 17:30 Uhr MEZ/MESZ berechnet wird, zeigt der XDAX die hypothetische Entwicklung des DAX außerhalb der Xetra-Handelszeiten an. Er wird vorbörslich von 8:00 bis 9:06 Uhr und nachbörslich von 17:30 bis 22:15 Uhr berechnet. Basis für die Berechnung sind die Preise der an der Frankfurter Terminbörse Eurex gehandelten DAX-Futures mit der geringsten Restlaufzeit sowie europäische Geldmarkt-Referenzzinssätze (EURIBOR). Nach Auffassung seines Herausgebers ist der XDAX ein guter vor- und nachbörslicher Indikator für die DAX-Entwicklung, weil er die Handelszeiten der USA vollständig abdeckt. Seine Berechnung sei "transparent, regelbasiert und einfach nachvollziehbar".

Seit dem 4. Februar 2016 bietet die Deutsche Börse außerdem den kombinierten Index XDAXDAX an, der DAX und XDAX in einer Zeitreihe zusammenfasst. Er soll die Wertentwicklung des DAX vor, während und nach den Xetra-Handelszeiten abbilden.

Siehe auch
 Deutscher Aktienindex

Einzelnachweise

Aktienindex (Deutschland)
Aktienindex (Deutsche Börse AG)


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Kenai Performers make plans for new venue
By Kelly Sullivan
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:59pm
The Kenai Performers are preparing to break ground on two acres of land in Kenai for a soon-to-be, long-awaited permanent home.
Negotiations for the at least 100-seat "black box" theater have been toiled over with the City of Kenai since February, when the performers first appealed for a parcel donation during a council meeting. Now the community group's focus is on funding the venture.
"We are pinching pennies wherever we can to funnel dollars into this project," said performers Board of Directors President Sally Cassano.
She hopes doors will open to the new building by September of this year, but admits that may be overly optimistic. Board Vice President Phil Morin said it is more likely the framework will be finished by Thanksgiving and work will start on the inside of the building.
The six-member board is collaborating with Chris Parker of local architecture firm Kluge and Associates to nail down engineering and architectural designs, said Morin. Simultaneously, Kenai City Manager Rich Koch is working to rezone the plat from residential to general commercial. Parker is waiting on civil, survey and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and construction costs estimations, Morin said. Parker will have a timeline estimate for the project, he said.
Kenai will be handing over ownership of the parcel to the performers, Morin said. If the group sells that land in the future, the city will receive the cash from the sale.
"They would be getting value added and their investment back," Morin said. "So it's 'win-win.'"
The performers are set on securing a steadfast space after nearly 50 years as a self-sustaining community group, Cassano said. They are ready to abandon their transient lifestyle to accommodate their ballooning size and progressive artistic direction.
Membership is nearing the 1,000 mark, which includes past and present volunteers. The community crew imagines an "integrated future," Cassano said.
"Our dream is to have a space where other performing arts can come into that and use it," Cassano said. "To have that would be just invaluable for the community. It has to be in baby steps though."
Two years ago that goal was within their grasp.
On Aug. 20, 2013, the performers "took a big hit, pun intended," when the building they had ready been using as home base was struck by a vehicle. Since, they have bounced from place to place, but kept afloat.
Starting in 2009, Curtain Call Consignment has supplemented the earnings from performances and grants that keep the group going, Cassano said. The vast majority of that money is going toward leasing space in the old PAC building on Kalifornsky Beach Road, she said.
The new theater can host an audience of up to 150, which will generate the revenue the performers will need to expand and evolve into a multifaceted facility, Cassano said.
Eventually, the building will have a moveable stage, a spot for musical performances such as an orchestra, and be versatile enough to make the switch from putting on a center stage performance to a roundtable dinner theater if the situation calls for it, Cassano said.
Board member Terri Burdick said she is looking forward to the positive effects of an adaptable arena.
"You have a more personal relationship with the audience," Burdick said. "There is more remand."
The performers are holding a work "party," Wednesday, from noon to 4 p.m., Cassano said, when every prop, top and gown being stored in warehouses around the Central Kenai Peninsula will be moved into the rented room that is month-to-month.
It would be hard pinching pennies any tighter.
There is so much that goes into "a night of entertainment for this community," Cassano said. Actors, producers, ticket sales, advertising, creating paraphernalia, lighting, music and the list goes on for the moving parts and people it takes to pull off a performance, she said.
"Kenai saw the contribution the performers make to the health and growth of this community," Cassano said.
Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com.
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After 9/11, you could choose your side. I had my side chosen for me.
Adapted from the extraordinary novel by Mohsin Hamid and directed by the wonderful Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair), this film should be compulsory viewing for everyone living in the 21st Century.
A journalist (Liev Schreiber) interviews a suspected terrorist (Riz Ahmed) about how his life, his family and his current situation.
Co-starring Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Hudson, this film is exciting, dramatic and hauntingly understandable.
Ahmed is spectacular in his role as Changez, brilliantly capturing all the dimensions of a truly complex and intriguing character.
Written by and starring the wonderful Jennifer Westfeldt (Friends With Kids, Ira & Abby) and Heather Juergensen.
After a series of unfortunate dates, Jessica (Westfeldt) decides to explore her sexuality when she reads a personal ad that piques her interest. Unsure of where her preferences lie, she sets forth to meet Helen (Juergensen) and find out what she needs from a relationship.
Sweet, awkward and funny, it explores the fluid nature of sexuality and what is required in a relationship without being crude, obvious or overtly sexual. Westfeldt is fantastic as the uncertain Jessica, playing perfectly of Juergensen's sexually confident Helen.
A fantastic feat of female filmmaking.
Following the actions of a small group of women fighting for the right to vote in 1912.
Focusing on Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan), it is based in history and does a wonderful job at documenting a time, a struggle and a political movement that changed the world.
Co-starring Helena Bonham-Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep (among others), it was written by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and directed by Abi Morgan (Shame, The Iron Lady).
Deliberately visually unsteady and dirty, it delivers a glimpse of the past that moved me to tears.
This is a beautiful romantic comedy that takes a step away from the Hollywood cliches and sets itself in a much more recognisable universe.
Richard (John Hawkes) is a shoe salesman separating from the mother of his two sons (Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff), when he meets quirky performance artist Christine (Miranda July).
This is the first feature from writer, director and co-star July, who has since gone on to write and direct The Future.
A really lovely and at some moments perfectly awkward film, that acknowledges and includes every single character in its delicate and intricate tapestry of human relationships.
Calvin (Paul Dano) is a best-selling author going through writers block. Dreaming of the girl of his dreams, he begins writing about her, never imagining that she might step off the page and into his life.
The first film written by and starring the hugely talented Zoe Kazan (In Your Eyes, What If), with a spectacular cast, it is a better version of (500) Days of Summer (2009), showing the dangers of creating an image of a women rather than getting to know the one that is right in front of you.
It is beautiful, magical, terrifying and above all truly heart-felt.
Currently available on Netflix, this such an underrated film.
Imogene (Kristen Wiig), a failing playwright, moves back in with her mother (Annette Bening), younger brother (Christopher Fitzgerald) in New Jersey after her career and relationship end up on the rocks.
Darren Criss and Matt Dillon are wonderful as the two strange men who are also living under her mother's roof.
This film is an emotionally-tangled subtle masterpiece. It's funny, quirky and moving. While everyone involved is fantastic, Wiig and Criss are a delight, but Dillon steals the show, with a performance I am talking about months after first seeing it.
In 2010, Dawn Brancheau, a senior trainer at SeaWorld, died in an orca tank.
Her body was recovered drowned, scalped and dismembered.
This is the first documentary written and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, and examines the true cost of orca captivity. Focusing on the actions of SeaWorld, much of the narrative is built around Tilikum, SeaWorld's infamous bull orca who is known to be responsible for two trainer deaths.
Complete with interviews with previous trainers at SeaWorld, as well as experts in natural orca behaviour and eye-witnesses, archive footage and courtroom transcripts, they construct an argument almost impossible to argue with.
This is more than your average rom com.
Amy (Amy Schumer) is a commitment-phobe, hopping from one night stand to one night stand until her magazine sends her to write an article about sports doctor Aaron (Bill Hader).
Written by the wonderful Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), this has some comedy heavy-weights behind it as well as some extraordinary cameos.
Schumer and Hader are spectacular as the leads and, despite Tilda Swinton's truly unusual English accent, the supporting cast are superb. Funny, moving, awkward and almost always unexpected, it is an absolute treat.