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Why Do Women Wear Makeup Despite Knowing It's a Scam? Game Theory Has an Answer
Sukhnidh Kaur July 24, 2018
As women, we often hear people tell us things like 'Women set unrealistically high standards of beauty for themselves!' or 'No one's forcing you to pander to those standards.' Though well-intentioned, these statements are fundamentally flawed. Giving in to societal standards of beauty is not a simple matter of individual choice. Durkheim revealed something crucial when he said that society acts as an external constraint on any individual. He laid the foundation for understanding why women wear makeup, even though it may hurt us in the long run.
We use makeup to hide imperfections, enhance beauty and change the aesthetic appearance of our faces. Whether it's Fenty Beauty, Rihanna's inclusive line of 40 foundation shades, or Maybelline, mother of India's well-loved Colossal Kajal, the makeup industry has taken the world by storm. Incredibly lucrative and diverse, it gives us something new to look forward to every season. Berry lips? Glitter primer? Mascara that makes your eyelashes look like you glued them on? Yes please.
On the flip-side, it is an undeniable truth that makeup sets an unrealistic standard of beauty. When wearing makeup becomes the norm, the 'normal' becomes this artificially enhanced beauty. Our natural, bare faces find themselves unable to compete with this higher standard. They are, in essence, below average.
So why don't we just quit wearing makeup? Doing so is likely to result in higher self-esteem, more free time in the morning, and more money in the bank.
The answer to this question lies in Nash's game theory: Not wearing makeup at all may be the ideal outcome, but that doesn't mean it's optimal. The risks – our social standing, the way we wish to be perceived – are high. If one set of women stopped wearing makeup, but another set continued to wear it then the latter group's appearance – artificially enhanced – would appear relatively more beautiful. And so the first set of women would look 'less beautiful', which is an undesirable outcome.
Let's not forget that women have been historically conditioned to think that their beauty is a measure of their worth. Since this has been internalised, foregoing physical beauty may be seen as compromising on our own perceived worth – something that not many women would be happy doing.
Consider this payoff matrix, assuming that pressure from society due to an artificially high standard of beauty can be rated on a scale of 0-2, where 0 = Low pressure, 1 = Moderate pressure, 2 = High pressure. The ideal choice, where no one wears makeup, is (0,0) – where there is low pressure for both sets involved. However, this is unlikely to happen.
In the case that one set of women wears makeup and the other does not, such as in (0,2), one will be disproportionately better off and perceived as far more beautiful than the other. The optimal outcome based on rational choice is (1,1) which is higher on the scale, but lower on risk for both sets of women involved.
Credit: Sukhnidh Kaur
There are two things that have led to the (1,1) optimal choice. Firstly, women have been conditioned to believe that our self-worth largely depends on beauty. Second, this prompted us to artificially enhance our beauty (to increase our worth), leading to unrealistic standards that eventually hurts us.
Gail Dines, professor of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College, said, "If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business." This tells us that the makeup industry thrives on exploiting our insecurities. With colour-correction creams and concealers acquiring more market share than ever before, makeup is becoming a utilitarian commodity instead of a luxury. We are being made to believe that we need it.
Consider the trajectory of markups on makeup products – they have increased up to 50-60%. Remember the Lipstick Wars? We are all but pawns in the great battle of marketing formulae. When an industry convinces you that its products are a necessity, you don't care if the price goes up, you still buy the thing. We buy makeup even though products' prices when they're absurdly priced.
When women choose to not wear makeup because their personal cost-benefit analysis differs from someone else's, it is important to note that Nash's game theory model assumes that each player acts rationally. However, as Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler said in Nudge, we are not homo economicus, or economic agents who will always make the most rational decisions. We are homo sapiens and we make decisions based on a lot of other factors aside from economics.
Social conditioning shapes our choices, and the makeup industry relies heavily on this. Women are convinced that if they don't look a certain way, they will be seen as undesirable, below average, and as history repeatedly tells us, unworthy.
So the next time someone tells you that adhering to societal standards of beauty is a personal choice, sit them down with a cup of tea, call upon Nash, Durkheim and Dines, and draw them a trusty little payoff matrix.
Sukhnidh Kaur is a 19-year-old student from Mumbai. Find her on Instagram @pavemented and Twitter @skhndh
Featured image credit: Chris Barbalis/Unsplash
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View of Castel Gandolfo, c. 1870s
c. 1870s
Myles Birket Foster
In his watercolors, Foster depicted an idealized life in rural England. His work was appreciated as Pre-Raphaelite in its intricate detail, but was without the harsh color and unorthodox subjects that made the Brotherhood controversial. Foster's watercolors proved enormously appealing to the Victorians. Each new work was eagerly anticipated, and color lithographs after his watercolors helped popularize his imagery. While the English countryside was the inspiration for much of his work, he traveled abroad regularly, and in the 1870s, he made several trips to Italy. A view of peasants picnicking at the gates of Castel Gandolfo overlooking Lake Albano is the subject of this watercolor.
Medium: watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 16.5 x 23.8 cm (6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
Accesion Number: 1946.285
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This morning Greg launched the 2018 Cards for Good Causes Christmas store. The annual pop-up is open between 10.00 and 4.30 Monday to Friday until Tuesday 18 December.
"Today I had the great pleasure of officially opening the Cards for Good Causes shop at the United Reformed Church in Tunbridge Wells. Particularly pleasing to see were local charities and local artists. It may seem a little early but beating the crowd will give the best choice."


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Q: CachedRowset acceptChanges not working after insert opertion I am using MySQL database and I have a table Employee with 2 columns: Id (Int; Primary Key) and Name (String). I have written some code to insert a row into the Employee table, but the acceptChanges is not working and the code stops at acceptChanges. The code is as follows :
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

import javax.sql.rowset.CachedRowSet;
import javax.sql.rowset.RowSetFactory;
import javax.sql.rowset.RowSetProvider;

public class InsertSynchronizer {

    static CachedRowSet crs = null;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
            Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/", "root", "");
            c.setAutoCommit(false);
            RowSetFactory myRowSetFactory = null;
            myRowSetFactory = RowSetProvider.newFactory();
            crs = myRowSetFactory.createCachedRowSet();
            crs.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test");
            crs.setUsername("root");
            crs.setPassword("");
            crs.setConcurrency(CachedRowSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
            crs.setCommand("select * from employee");
            crs.execute();
            while (crs.next()) {
                System.out.println(crs.getString("Name"));
            }

            // Inserting rows
            crs.moveToInsertRow();
            crs.updateInt("Id", 5);
            crs.updateString("Name", "E");
            crs.insertRow();

            //Thread.sleep(60000);
            crs.acceptChanges(c); // Updating Data Sources

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

A: The statement crs.moveToCurrentRow() have to be added after  crs.insertRow() and before crs.acceptChanges(c)
For example:
 // Inserting rows
crs.moveToInsertRow();
crs.updateInt("Id", 5);
crs.updateString("Name", "E");
crs.insertRow();
crs.moveToCurrentRow(); // NEW STATEMENT
crs.acceptChanges(c); // Updating Data Sources

For more information visit: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/basics/cachedrowset.html#inserting-and-deleting-rows

A: You will find it helpful to print out all the information regarding the Exception. If you catch an SQLException instead of the generic Exception (in general you should be catching specific Exceptions), you will get access to more information, including the SQL state and error codes.
I believe in this case you will find it is an error relating to the fact that the connection is set to automatically commit changes. I believe the CachedRowSet is making its own Connection when you initialise and execute its command. It doesn't know about the Connection "c" you've created until you pass it to acceptChanges. This, I assume, means that crs' connection has autoCommit set to true in the meantime.
Try adding ?relaxAutoCommit=true to your url string as follows:
crs.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?relaxAutoCommit=true");

You won't need to pass it a Connection to accept changes, as it will have its own. In fact, you won't need to create the other Connection, which will remain open the whole time. The whole point of a CachedRowSet is that you don't keep the connection open while you make changes.

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Fanduel Week 6 Tournament Darts
QB- Kevin Hogan, Browns @ Texans: ($6,100)
Hogan will be getting his first career start this Sunday in replace of DeShone Kizer. The second-year pro out of Stanford is mobile and has shown in previous games where he has replaced Kizer or in last year's case, Cody Kessler, that he can make plays with his legs. Last year, when Hogan replaced Kessler, Hogan scampered 7 times for 104 yards and a touchdown. Two weeks ago, the Texans let up 39 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns to Marcus Mariota in the first half. Mariota missed the second half due to a hamstring injury. With the Texans losing J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus for the rest of the year, this game could become a shootout with a projected total of 47 points from Vegas. The Texans have allowed the 7th most fantasy points to Quarterback's. Hogan's passing numbers last week against the Jets were more than fine, posting 194 yards through the air with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, completing 16/19 passes.
Don't get me wrong, it will take some guts to play Hogan, but for his price, he opens up the rest of your lineup. He can have 10 fantasy points on Sunday and it wont kill you. If you lose, it's because of the players you picked in your lineup with Hogan. He won't be higher than 5% owned and should hit value at the minimum.
WR- JuJu Smith-Schuster, Steelers @ Cheifs: ($5,200)
JuJu on that beat? The rookie from USC has played and ran more pass routes than Martavis Bryant over the last three weeks. Smith-Schuster is also top-10 in both Red Zone targets and targets inside the 10. The matchup that we want is Smith-Schuster in the slot vs Chiefs slot corner Phillip Gaines. Gaines is one of the worst slot corners in the league and has been continously picked on especially with the rise in play of left corner Terrance Mitchell. A rumor out of Pittsburgh suggests that Martavis Bryant could get a "break" at times on Sunday allowing Eli Rogers to be in the slot which would place Smith-Schuster outside. I don't expect this "break" to have such an impact that Smith-Schuster won't see Gaines often. Big Ben's horrid play last week doesn't worry me as he still threw for 312 yards, although it was on 55 attempts. The Steelers should be trailing in this game vs the leaky Chiefs secondary that has allowed the most fantasy points and touchdowns (9) to Wide Receivers this year.
WR- Adam Humphries, Buccaneers @ Cardinals: ($4,900)
Humphries is the price of a kicker. He has seen targets of 5, 7 and 10 the last three weeks. Patrick Peterson will shadow Mike Evans all over the filed which should leave some targets up for grabs. Last year, Humphries saw 8 targets and reeled in 6 catches for 67 yards vs the Cardinals. That would hit value on Fanduel with his current price. In that game, Jameis Winston was putrid throwing 4 interceptions. That won't be the case Sunday as the Cardinals have given up the 5th most points to Wide Receivers.
Humphries upside is capped because the Bucs don't need him stretching the field with Jackson and Evans. However, he is a safe dart if there is ever a thing due to his steady target share of 7 targets on average over the last 3 weeks. He has a high floor in a game that will be high scoring.
TE- Austin Hooper, Falcons Vs Dolphins ($4,800)
The coveted late round preseason sleeper in season long leagues has had a bit of a roller coaster season. Hooper's first three games resulted in a surprisingly low target share only recording two targets in all three. In week one, Hooper had a fluky long touchdown that went for 88 yards, but credit has to be given to a violent stiff arm that he delivered to Quintitn Demps.
In weeks two and three Hooper had a combined 16 yards. In week four, Hooper collected 7 targets and 5 catches for 50 yards. While this was a byproduct of the Falcons losing Julio Jones and Mohamed Sanu to injury, Sanu is looking doubtful to play Sunday. Although Jones will probably play, it is worth noting that Hooper ended up leading the team in catches and targets with the receiver duo being sidelined.
Falcons Offensive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian said Thursday that he believes the offense can lean on Hooper more.
Opposing offenses are targeting Tight Ends on 28% of throws vs the Dolphins which is the 4th highest in the league. Hooper has played on 70% of snaps in four-straight games and with Sanu looking unlikely to play Hooper has massive upside in tournaments.
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On March 31, speaking at a regional video-conference held by Acting President of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of all regions of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin reported that since the beginning of 2018, the State Construction Inspectorate and State Labour Inspectorate of Tatarstan have carried out 314 inspections and issued 88 decisions at the total cost of 3m6thousand roubles for violations of labour safety rules and regulations.
Self-regulatory organizations have carried out inspections at 401 member organizations.
As part of the social mortgage program, Presidential State Housing Fund of the republic has reported to the statistics agencies on 75 houses for 574 apartments with the total area of 104,900 square meters.
As part of the rental housing programme, the construction of a second stage of rental housing is planned in the city of Innopolis in 2018, including six houses for 730 apartments with the total area of 33,900 square meters.
In order to improve the living conditions of the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, five houses for 13 veterans are under construction.
According to the minister, 297 orphans will be accommodated in 2018.
As many as 120 houses are planned to be commissioned under the programme of multi-apartment investment housing.
Faizullin went on his report and said that under the programme of low-rise construction, including individual housing construction, 2,465 of 8,370 houses have been put into operation.
As part of programme of rural club construction, the works are organized at 26 facilities.
The minister added that the capital repair at seven facilities: medical centres and hospitals is under way.


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Thank you all for another energetic and engaging week at BIBS! We would like to keep you all informed about what's happening at our school with the following updates. In the meantime, we wish you a very wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Accident Insurance-'One Old-One Young' accident insurance information was sent out by email to parents on Thursday. Please contact admission staff if you have any questions. Please note this only covers medical treatment at national hospitals not private hospitals like BJU.
Nominations for the PTA Executive Committee– There are eleven (11) parents standing for nomination to the PTA Executive Committee this school year. A PDF of the parent nominees has been posted on all the UES class wechat groups. Ballot papers will be given out at the Parent & Teacher Conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday next week; a ballot box will be in the UES lobby for these days.
Parent & Teacher Conferences-. If parents cancel, please inform Linda (PA), if parents swap times please inform your child's homeroom teacher. Please make sure you are on time for your scheduled appointment next week. UES teachers will have activities for students on campus from 1-4pm on Tuesday. All students then need to be off campus – either picked up or leaving on the 4pm buses.
School Photographs– Next week, on Thursday and Friday ( 6-7 September), we will take the individual & class photographs. On a day when your child has PE or Dance classes they should be wearing the PE uniform- on other days they should have the formal uniform. The PTA assists with providing uniform for some students that have uniform purchase delays.
Infectious Diseases– It is very important that the nurses in the medical clinic are informed of any infectious diseases that a student in our school community may have. This may include but is not limited to: Headlice, Hand-Foot & Mouth, Chickenpox, and Measles.
At BIBS, part of preparing students for their future is teaching them the self-management, personal discipline and personal pride to be successful well rounded people. As part of this we have a number of expectations which we will be focusing on this semester.
Uniform: We expect students to take pride in their appearance and wear correct school uniform.
Technology Use:We expect students to use technology appropriately and only as and when beneficial to their education.
Behavior:Students are expected to behave with the highest standard of behavior, showing respect, caring and support to all members of the BIBS community.
Details of these expectations have been explained to students and parents will be receiving an e-mail with more information so that they can help us to maintain the high standards.
To avoid inconvenience to students and parents please talk to your child tonight and ensure that before Monday they have correct school uniform or equivalent to wear.
We appreciate your support in making BIBS MSHS a great place to learn.
Grade 6 parents are invited to join staff in the library to meet the teachers, Grade Level Leader and curriculum coordinator. Key information will be given out about upcoming academic and cocurricular events.
Any MSHS parent who would like help to access their managebac account, or to learn how to navigate managebac, is welcome to join Deric and his team on Monday from 4-5pm in room 238 (Directly across from the library). Please make sure you bring a laptop or device with allows internet access.
The YES Program handbook was sent to parents this week. If you have any questions please contactClaireli@bibs.com.cnor call her on 64560618 ext 121 if you have any questions.
The PTA recently donated a number of items which have been gratefully received. The first items to be put into use are the chess sets. As students no longer have access to their devices in common areas the PTA chess sets are getting a lot of use. I look forward to challenging some students or parents to a game soon.
As you move around the school and see games set up, you are welcome to make a move and then flip the sign denoting which colour is to move next.
We have student council elections coming up next month. Please talk to your child about the benefits of joining the student council and of becoming an active member of our student community.
All MYP students have now been placed into leveled English classes based on a provisional language test (WIDA) so that we can continue to gather information for accurate phasing later this semester. The phasing of students will be based on more detailed WIDA testing, MAP Assessments, class work and other ongoing assessment for learning. The current groupings are designed to ensure students who need ongoing support will receive it.
Students who require targeted interventions will be individually contacted by the head of EAL. Students who would benefit from additional support will have EAL options available during their existing option time, co-curricular time and through the YES Program on a Thursday from 4:45 – 7:50pm.
12thSeptember – MYP Coffee talk: Personal Projects, 3:30pm in the MSHS library.
24thSeptember – Mid Autumn festival holiday. School will be closed.
BIBS Swim Team trials – the teams will be announced shortly.Thank you to all the parents who supported the trials.
The following ES students' have been chosen to represent the school in the ES Swimming Team.
Very well done and congratulations to everyone listed here!
On Monday we had our weekly staff meeting. After covering some house keeping issues the staff we provided with a presentation from Alisa Rutherford (G1A) about Collaboration and Co-teaching. This approach to the professional development of the ES staff this year will be the core vehicle through which we continue with our commitment to the continual development of the teaching and learning practices of the ES staff.
Back to school night– Wed 29th.Thank you for the excellent turn out at this event.Our ES principal John Nairn, made a presentation on the IBPYP in the ES at the BIBS Shunyi campus. He explained how the different learning outcomes were integrated through using the PYP framework. After his presentation a Q&A session was well received by the parents.
Grade One trip to BeYou – as part of their current unit of inquiry they were looking into relationships and the different roles people play within different types of relationships as they inquire into Who we are. Although it was a rainy day it did not dampen the spirits of the students and staff as they display considerable excitement about the trip and enthusiasm to learn more about relationships.Thank you to the parents who helped on this trip.
Learner Profile Focus of this month – 'Open-minded'. Awards have been given to the following students by the Head of School, Mr James Sheridan.
Yvonne (KA), Levi (KB), Quade (1A), Mason (1B), Qilong (2A), Max (2B), Dora (3A), Javan (3B), Celina (4A), Angelina (4B), Angel (5A) and Lewis (5B).
September 14thHOS Parent Coffee Morning.
October 10thES Principal Parent Coffee Morning.
October 15thto 19thES Literacy week.
October 24thto 26thObido books will be present in the school.
Next week the first block of After School Activities (ASA) commences. We are very hopeful that a valuable set of after school experiences will be enjoyed by all children. If there are any questions or concerns please contact our ASA coordinator, SaiSai via Wechat.
This week, our School Choir that consists of students from Grades 1 to 4, started practicing together under the expert teaching of Ruth Huang, our Music teacher. They will remain together throughout the year and prepare for numerous performances.
On September 13, our whole school will be having a very special field trip to the Forbidden City. It is days such as this that create lifelong memories for children and we expect that this field trip will be no different.


Each year, the flowers competed for their chance to be selected by Farmer Rick's daughter as the March Goddess –the yearly honor of being the first flower picked. Everyone in Evergreen Field knew that the March Goddess was not only the most beautiful flower in bloom, but the tallest-standing and sweetest-smelling—all important traits to the Daffodils. And every one of them, from seedling to fully-grown, longed for this desired achievement.
One day, the sky turned black overhead. The winds blew harder and then a heavy gush of water fell on the Daffodils of Evergreen Field. Most curled into themselves, fearful of the hard rain breaking their smooth and perfect petals. All the time preening and fluffing wasted—how could they recover from something like this? Donna, Darla and Debbie were among the first to cower from the rain, fearful of the guaranteed damage, but Dorothy stood tall and opened her petals as wide as she could. Her seedling needed protection.


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Q: Tune Slow SQL Query I got an app running on my SQL Server that is starting to slow down on a specific task.  I ran SQL Profiler and noticed that the
following query is taking an enormous (1-2 minutes) amount of time.  I don't have access to the code to change the query.
Is there anything I can tune/change in the database?  The PC10000 table in the statement below has approx. 119000 records.  I also have the execution plan attached.
SELECT TOP 25
    zProjectID, zTaskID, zTransactionNumber, zTransactionDate, zUserID,
    zCostCategoryDDL, zCostCategoryString, zSubCostCategory, zSubCostCategoryString,
    zDepartmentID, zJournalEntry, zPostingDate, zSalesPostingDate, zPeriodNumber,
    zTransactionDescription, zBillingDescriptionLine1, zBillingDescriptionLine2,
    zBillingDescriptionLine3, zBillingDescriptionLine4, zSalesAccountIndex,
    zSalesAccountString, zDistDocumentTypeDDL, zDistDocumentNumber, zDistSequenceNumber,
    zSalesDocumentTypeDDL, zSalesDocumentNumber, zSalesLineNumber, zDistHistoryYear,
    zSeriesDDL, zSourceDoc, zWebSource,    zOrigDocumentNumber, zOrigDocumentDate,
    zOrigID, zOrigName, zExpenseStatusDDL, zApprovalUserIDCost, zAccountIndex,
    zAccountNumberString, zBillingStatusDDL, zApprovalUserIDBilling, zBillingWorkQty,
    zBillingWorkAmt, zQty, zQtyBilled, zUnitCost,
    zUnitPrice, zRevenueAmt, zOriginatingRevenueAmt, zCostAmtEntered, zCostAmt,
    zOriginatingCostAmt, zPayGroupID, zPayrollStatusDDL, zTotalTimeStatusDDL,
    zEmployeeID, zHoursEntered, zHoursPaid, zPayRecord, zItemID, zItemDescription,
    zUofM, zItemQty, zBurdenStatusDDL, zUserDefinedDate, zUserDefinedDate2,
    zUserDefinedString, zUserDefinedString2, zUserDefinedCurrency,
    zUserDefinedCurrency2, zNoteIndex, zImportType, DEX_ROW_ID
FROM
    DBServer.dbo.pc10000
WHERE
    (zDistDocumentNumber in
         (select cast(JRNENTRY as varchar(20))
          from DBServer..GL10001
          where BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283')
    or zSalesDocumentNumber in
         (select cast(JRNENTRY as varchar(20))
          from DBServer..GL10001
          where BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283'))
ORDER BY
   zProjectID ASC ,zTaskID ASC ,zTransactionNumber ASC

A: The biggest problem you have looks to be due to lack of suitable indexes.
You can see that because of the presence of Table Scans within the execution plan.
Table Scans hit performance as they mean the whole table is being scanned for data that matches the given clauses in the query.
I'd recommend you add an index on BACHNUMB in GL10001
You may also want to try indexes on zDistDocumentNumber and zSalesDocumentNumber in PC10000, but I think the GL10001 index is the main one.
"IN" clauses are typically quite expensive compared to other techniques, but as you can't change the query itself then there's nothing you can do about that.
Without a doubt, you need to add suitable indexes

A: The query is doing 2 table scans on the GL10001 table.  From a quick look at the query (which is a bit hard to read) I would see if you have an index on the BACHNUMB column.

A: the execution plan shows pretty clearly that actually locating the rows is what's taking all the time (no cumbersome bookmark lookups, or aggregation/rearrange tasks), so it's quite positively going to be a question of indexing. hover the table scans in the execution plan, and check 'object' in the tooltip, to see what columns are being used. see to it that they're indexed.
you might also want to run a trace to sample some live data, and feed that to the database tuning advisor.

A: You could rewrite those sub-selects as a join, and add an index to GP01..GL10001 on BACHNUMB and JRNENTRY

A: Since you can't change the query, the best thing you could do is make sure you have indexes on the columns that you're using for your joins (and subqueries). If you can think of a better query plan, you could provide that to SQL Server instead of letting it calculate its own (this is a very rare case).

A: Replace the OR with a UNION ALL of two queries this should get shot of those spools
i.e. run the query once with something like this
SELECT ....

(zDistDocumentNumber in
     (select cast(JRNENTRY as varchar(20))
      from DBServer..GL10001
      where BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283')

UNION ALL

SELECT ...

zSalesDocumentNumber in
     (select cast(JRNENTRY as varchar(20))
      from DBServer..GL10001
      where BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283'))

A: In addition to adding indexes,  you can also convert the IN statements to EXISTS... something along these lines:
    SELECT TOP 25 ....
FROM GP01.dbo.pc10000 parent
WHERE EXISTS
    (
    SELECT child.*
    FROM GP01..GL10001 child
    WHERE BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283'
        and parent.zDistDocumentNumber = child.JRNENTRY
    )
    OR EXISTS
    (
    SELECT child2.*
    FROM GP01..GL10001 child2
    WHERE BACHNUMB = 'PMCHK00004283'
        and parent.zSalesDocumentnumber = child2.JRENTRY
    )
ORDER BY zProjectID ASC ,zTaskID ASC ,zTransactionNumber ASC


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City Expands Smoking Ban
15-Year-Old Ordinance Overhauled With More Restrictions
By Tyler Hayden
Thu May 11, 2017 | 12:00am
In a major overhaul of its 15-year-old smoking ordinance, the City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to ban smoking — including electronic smoking devices — in most of Santa Barbara's public spaces. Smoking will now be prohibited at beaches, parks, sports fields, outdoor rec areas, community centers, outdoor library plazas, public parking lots and structures, Stearns Wharf, and specific parts of the municipal golf course. Public walkways in commercial and residential areas will also be smoke-free. The citywide ban excludes the outdoor dining areas of 42 identified restaurants after 10 p.m. and bar patios.
The vote came after public comments on both sides of the argument for enhancing city smoking laws. Supporters cited secondhand smoke wafting into homes and businesses as well as the thousands of cigarette butts collected during regular beach cleanups. Detractors worried about the impacts to tourism and the late-night bottom lines of bars and restaurants. Ultimately, councilmembers followed the leads of Central Coast cities like Carpinteria and San Luis Obispo and opted for a more restrictive measure. "We have a certain image, a certain brand," said Councilmember Jason Dominguez of Santa Barbara's health-conscious reputation. Mayor Helene Schneider was both surprised and encouraged with the ease by which the ordinance was approved. "We did it," she said, to applause from the audience.
https://www.independent.com/2017/05/11/city-expands-smoking-ban/


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Solano County Participants Sought For Stanford Coronavirus Study
"Our main objective is to learn where and how the virus is spreading…and which communities are the most vulnerable."
Patch, By Maggie Fusek, Dec 9, 2020
SOLANO COUNTY, CA — Stanford researchers seek the help of Solano County residents to estimate the true prevalence of the coronavirus across the San Francisco Bay Area's 8.5 million population.
Another goal of the Community Alliance to Test Coronavirus at Home Study — CATCH— launched by the Stanford University School of Medicine is ultimately to aid in the effort to reopen schools, workplaces and communities, according to a news release.
Participants from Solano County and across the Bay Area are now sought for the CATCH Study.
"We encourage as many Bay Area residents as possible to sign-up for the CATCH Study to help increase our knowledge of a virus that has had significant impacts on our communities," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, one of three Stanford researchers leading the study.
"Our main objective is to learn where and how the virus is spreading —whether people are displaying symptoms or not —and which communities are most vulnerable," Maldonado said. "These insights will help our scientists and local public officials gain a deeper understanding of the distribution of COVID-19 throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area so that they can stop its spread."
Maldonado, professor of pediatric infectious diseases and of health research and policy, is leading the study alongside Stanford Medicine researchers Dr. Lorene Nelson, associate professor of health research and policy, and Dr. Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering and of applied physics and co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.
With the effects of COVID-19 disproportionately affecting minority and vulnerable communities throughout the country, and specifically in the Bay Area, one of the key intentions of the study is to address inequities in testing by researching underserved populations.
The study is enabled by the Vera Cloud Testing Platform including its novel Vera Home Test Kit, a gentle nasal swab self-collection kit.
San Francisco Bay Area residents 18 and older are welcome to enroll. Participants are sought in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Solano and Sonoma, and in the county and city of San Francisco.
Participation in the CATCH study is free and does not require health insurance.
Every participant joins online, reports their symptoms and exposures to COVID-19 daily, and may also be offered a home test kit at no cost upon reporting.
If accepted, within 24 hours a home test kit will be delivered by express courier to their home, where they can self-collect a sample, which is then delivered to the Stanford Health Care laboratory and tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
All tested participants are informed of their results privately and securely online via their personal password-protected account within the CATCH website.
The researchers intend to offer home test kits each day to a portion of all CATCH participants who reported the previous day, carefully selecting participants both with and without symptoms, in order to best represent the Bay Area's diverse population.
The Vera Cloud Testing Platform and Home Test Kits were created by Stanford in collaboration with several other institutions, including the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Microsoft, and aim to increase testing capacity for COVID-19 at local, state and national levels.
Stanford also intends to make the platform available under non-commercial terms to academic institutions, public health departments, laboratory providers and other organizations interested in offering expansive at-home testing.
The study is funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, an independent, nonprofit medical research center that brings together physicians, scientists and engineers from Stanford University, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley to drive discovery and encourage collaborative science.
Residents interested in learning more about the CATCH Study and how they can participate can visit https://catchstudy.stanford.edu or call 833-971-2468.
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The calendar utility checks the current directory or the directory specified by the CALENDAR_DIR environment variable for a file named calendar and displays lines that begin with either today's date or tomorrow's. On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed.
Process the ``calendar'' files of all users and mail the results to them. This requires superuser privileges.
Print lines from today and previous num days (backward, past).
Enforce special date calculation mode for KOI8 calendars.
Print lines from today and next num days, only if today is Friday (forward, future). Defaults to two, which causes calendar to print entries through the weekend on Fridays.
Act like the specified value is ``today'' instead of using the current date. If yy is specified, but cc is not, a value for yy between 69 and 99 results in a cc value of 19. Otherwise, a cc value of 20 is used.
To handle calendars in your national code table you can specify ``LANG=<locale_name>'' in the calendar file as early as possible. To handle national Easter names in the calendars, ``Easter=<national_name>'' (for Catholic Easter) or ``Paskha=<national_name>'' (for Orthodox Easter) can be used.
A special locale name exists: `utf-8' Specifying ``LANG=utf-8'' indicates that the dates will be read using the C locale, and the descriptions will be encoded in UTF-8. This is usually used for the distributed calendar files. The ``CALENDAR'' variable can be used to specify the style. Only `Julian' and `Gregorian' styles are currently supported. Use ``CALENDAR='' to return to the default (Gregorian).
To enforce special date calculation mode for Cyrillic calendars you should specify ``LANG=<local_name>'' and ``BODUN=<bodun_prefix>'' where <local_name> can be ru_RU.KOI8-R, uk_UA.KOI8-U or by_BY.KOI8-B.
Note that the locale is reset to the user's default for each new file that is read. This is so that locales from one file do not accidentally carry over into another file.
By convention, dates followed by an asterisk (`*' ) are not fixed, i.e., change from year to year.
Day descriptions start after the first <tab> character in the line; if the line does not contain a <tab> character, it isn't printed out. If the first character in the line is a <tab> character, it is treated as the continuation of the previous description.
The calendar file is preprocessed by cpp(1), allowing the inclusion of shared files such as company holidays or meetings. If the shared file is not referenced by a full pathname, cpp(1) searches in the current (or home) directory first, and then in the directory directory /etc/calendar and finally in /usr/share/calendar Empty lines and lines protected by the C commenting syntax (/* ... */ ) are ignored.
Directory in the user's home directory (which calendar changes into, if it exists).
File to use if no calendar file exists in the current directory.
calendar will not send mail if this file exists.
International and national calendar files.
Christian holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year).
Discordian calendar (all rites reversed).
Fantasy and fiction dates (mostly LOTR).
Other holidays (including the not-well-known, obscure, and really obscure).
Jewish holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year).
Musical events, births, and deaths (strongly oriented toward rock n' roll).
Pagan holidays, celebrations and festivals.
The calendar program previously selected lines which had the correct date anywhere in the line. This is no longer true: the date is only recognized when it occurs at the beginning of a line.
The calendar command will only display lines that use a <tab> character to separate the date and description, or that begin with a <tab>. This is different than in previous releases.
The -l and -w flags are Debian-specific enhancements. Also, the original calendar program did not accept 0 as an argument to the -A flag.
Using `utf-8' as a locale name is a Debian-specific enhancement.
A calendar command appeared in AT&T System v7 .


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Born in Verona, he was the son of the artist Giovanni Ermano Ligozzi, and part of a large family of painters and artisans. After a time in the Habsburg court in Vienna where he displayed drawings of animal and botanical specimens, he was invited to come to Florence, receiving the patronage of the Medici as…
Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael
Jacob van Ruisdael is considered one of the great masters of landscape painting. Drawing inspiration from his surroundings and from the stories of incoming travelers, he created paintings that evoked emotion and thought. Van Ruisdael also used his imagination to create dramatic scenes and some of the most astounding landscape art works ever produced. The artist…
Jacob Binck
Jakob Binck (or Bink), an old German engraver and painter, was born at Cologne between 1490 and 1504. From the earliest accounts of Binck, we must consider it probable that he was a pupil of Dürer, but this is by no means certain, while his early residence in Italy throws a doubt upon the supposition.…
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Били́бин; 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 – 7 February 1942) was a 20th-century illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva and contributed to the Ballets Russes. Throughout his career, he was inspired by Slavic folklore. Ivan Bilibin was born in a suburb of St. Petersburg.…
Ivan Albright
Among Albright's typically dark, mysterious works are some of the most meticulously executed paintings ever made, often requiring years to complete. Lace curtains or splintered wood would be recreated using brushes of a single hair. The amount of effort that went into his paintings made him quite possessive of them. Even during the Great Depression…
Hugo Simberg
Simberg was born at Hamina (original Swedish Fredrikshamn) in Finland, the son of Colonel Nicolai Simberg and Ebba Matilda Simberg (born Widenius). In 1891, at the age of 18, he enrolled at the Drawing School of the Viipuri Friends of Art, and also studied at the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Association (Suomen Taideyhdistys) (1893–1895),…
Herbert James Draper
Herbert James Draper (1863 – 22 September 1920) was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. Born in London, the son of a jeweller named Henry Draper and his wife Emma, he was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and…
Hendrik Goltzius
Hendrik Goltzius (January or February 1558 – January 1, 1617), was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, Goltzius "was the last professional engraver who drew…
The son of a craftsman, Joshua Clarke, Clarke the younger was exposed to art (and in particular Art Nouveau) at an early age. He went to school in Belvedere College in Dublin. By his late teens, he was studying stained glass at the Dublin Art School. While there his The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop…
He was born in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany. Having started life as a painter of clock-faces, he entered in 1859 the Karlsruhe academy, where he studied under Schirmer and Des Coudres. He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established…
Hans Lutzelburger
Hans Lützelburger (died June 1526), also known as Hans Franck, was a German blockcutter ("formschneider") for woodcuts, regarded as one of the finest of his day. He cut the blocks but as far as is known was not an artist himself. He is best known for his virtuoso work on 41 of the "superbly cut"…
Hans Baldung was born in Swabia, Germany in the year 1484 to a family of intellectuals, academics and professionals. His father was a lawyer and his uncle was a doctor, and many other of his family members maintained professional degrees. In fact, Baldung was the first male in his family not to attend university. This…
Gustav Adolf Mossa
Gustav-Adolf Mossa was born in Nice on 28th January 1883. His father Alexis Mossa (1844-1926), was himself a painter from Nice who produced many posters for the Carnival of Nice at the end of the 19th century and would strongly influence the career of his son. Up to 1900, Gustav-Adolf studied at l'École des Arts…
The Librarian by Giuseppe Arcimboldo Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), so this week's picture is one of his ingenious "composite heads", the so-called Librarian. The picture of a man composed entirely from books and the paraphernalia of reading, the work is traditionally said to represent Wolfgang…
Gislebertus
Gislebertus, Giselbertus or Ghiselbertus, sometimes "of Autun" (flourished in the 12th century), was a French Romanesque sculptor, whose decoration (about 1120-1135) of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare at Autun, France – consisting of numerous doorways, tympanums, and capitals – represents some of the most original work of the period. His sculpture is expressive and imaginative:…
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 1609 – 1664) was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette. Castiglione…
Piranesi was born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin and the ancient civilization, and later he studied as an architect under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi, who was Magistrato delle Acque, a Venetian engineer who specialized in excavation. From 1740 he was in…
George Frederic Watts
George Frederic Watts, OM (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope (see image) and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle…
George Arnald
George Arnald ARA (1763 – 21 November 1841) was a British painter who specialised in landscapes, including topographical views to illustrated county histories. He is best known for his celebrated painting depicting the Battle of the Nile. George Arnald was born in 1763. One account places his birth in the village of Farndip (now Farndish) in…
Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier
Gabriel Ferrier is an academic painter, portraitist French ( 29 September 1847 in Nîmes – 6 June 1914 in Paris). Prix de Rome in 1872, he was a professor at the National School of Fine Arts and a member of the Academy of Fine Arts. He was born in in Nîmes father a pharmacist. Entered the…
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Senate Health Care Bill: How senators plan to vote on the GOP health care plan
By Emily C. Singer
The health care overhaul Republicans crafted behind closed doors is finally out, with a vote tentatively scheduled for Thursday.
But the bill is already facing an uphill battle, as a handful of Republican senators have announced they don't support the bill in its current form, with one GOP senator saying he won't support the legislation at all.
As it stands, Republicans currently do not have the 50 votes they will need to pass the bill. Yet that doesn't mean they won't get to that number before the vote.
Here's how senators plan to vote on the GOP's health care bill.
The hell-noes (49)
Every Senate Democrat: Not one Democratic senator plans to vote for the Republican health care plan, which Democrats are panning as "mean" — using President Donald Trump's own characterization of the House bill.
That even includes moderate Democratic senators up for re-election in 2018 in challenging terrain, such as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) who will face voters in a state Trump carried by double digits.
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.): Heller is the only GOP senator so far to say they won't vote for the plan. He announced his opposition to the bill in a Friday news conference, in which he simultaneously validated much of the Democratic argument against the bill while announcing he couldn't support it.
"I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes away insurance from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans," Heller said.
Heller is the one Republican senator up for re-election in 2018 in a state Hillary Clinton carried in the 2016 election, making him vulnerable to a Democratic challenger.
The likely noes (4)
Four Senate conservatives came out on Thursday to say they won't vote for the bill in its current form, but appeared open to voting for it if changes were made.
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) issued a joint statement saying they oppose the bill in its current form.
"Currently, for a variety of reasons, we are not ready to vote for this bill, but we are open to negotiation and obtaining more information before it is brought to the floor," the senators wrote in a statement.
Johnson has expanded on his concerns with the legislation, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the bill "relies too heavily on government spending, and ignores the role that the private sector can and should play."
Johnson has also said he thinks the bill warrants more time before it's put to a vote.
Ultimately, however, these conservative senators may well vote for the bill. All have said they can get to "yes."
The wary but undecided (3)
A number of moderate Senate Republicans have come out to express concerns with the current bill, but none of those senators have expressly said they won't vote for the bill.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she has "serious concerns" about the bill. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is concerned not only about potential Medicaid cuts, but she also does not support how the legislation cuts funding to Planned Parenthood. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said he was concerned about how the proposed Medicaid cuts would impact the worsening opioid crisis.
Of course, that all could change once the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office releases its analysis on the bill's impacts. The CBO report could come as early as Monday, and is likely to show between 15 to 22 million more people will be uninsured over the next 10 years, according to Politico.
That report could move these wary senators to the "no" column.
Collins said the CBO score will determine how she votes.
If Collins and Murkowski flip to the "no" side along with Heller, the Senate GOP plan in its current form is dead.


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Opening Statement at the Second Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee - June 13, 2022
In our opening hearing we gave an overview of our investigation into the January 6th attack. The plot to overthrow the election was complex and had many parts, which we'll explore in remaining hearings. But today we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was 'stolen'.
Former President Trump's plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deceive millions of Americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud. All elements of the plot relied on convincing his supporters about these false claims.
Today, we'll demonstrate the 2020 election was not stolen. The American people elected President Joe Biden. We'll present evidence that Mr. Trump's claims of election fraud were false, that he and his closest advisors knew those claims were false but they continued to peddle them anyway, right up until moments before a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol.
We'll also show that the Trump campaign used these false claims of election fraud to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts.
But the Trump Campaign didn't use the money for that. The Big Lie was also a big rip off.
The former President laid the groundwork for these false claims well in advance of the election. As early as April 2020, Mr. Trump claimed that the only way he could lose an election would be as a result of fraud:
[Compilation of video clips of Trump] "You know all the things happening with vote by mail, where thousands of votes are gathered and I'm not going to say which party does it, but thousands of votes are gathered and they come in and they're dumped in a location and then all of a sudden you lose elections that you think you're gonna win." "The only way we're gonna lose this election is if the election is rigged. Remember that. The only way we're gonna lose this election." "This is going to be a fraud like you've never seen." "Did you see what's going on? Take a look at West Virginia, mailmen selling the ballots. They're being sold, they're being dumped in rivers. This is a horrible thing for our country. This is not going to end well."
Mr. Trump decided even before the election that, regardless of the facts and the truth, if he lost the election he would claim it was rigged. Mr. Trump was right about one thing: it did not end well.
On election night, Mr. Trump claimed even before the votes were counted, that his loss was a result of fraud.
Thursday, we had testimony from Attorney General Barr about the Department of Justice's investigation of Mr. Trump's fraud claims. Barr told Trump directly that his claims were 'BS.'
Yet after hearing the truth and that warning from his Attorney General, Mr. Trump continued to peddle the false claims of fraud.
You'll hear detailed testimony from Attorney General Barr describing the various election fraud claims the Department of Justice investigated. He'll tell you how he told Mr. Trump, repeatedly, that there was no merit to those claims.
Mr. Barr will tell us that Mr. Trump's election-night claims of fraud were made without regard to the truth, and before it was even possible to look for evidence of fraud.
Attorney General Barr wasn't alone. You'll see and hear today, other Department of Justice officials and senior advisors to Mr. Trump that they told him that claims he was making were not supported by evidence.
The election fraud claims were false. Mr. Trump's closest advisors knew it. Mr. Trump knew it.
That didn't stop him from pushing the false claims and urging his supporters to, 'fight like hell' to 'take back their country.'
After he lost the election, various legal challenges were made. You'll hear testimony today from a renowned Republican election litigation lawyer who will explain the normal process by which candidates challenge an election.
Rather than accept the results of the election and the decisions of the courts, Mr. Trump pursued a different strategy. He tried to convince the American people the election had been stolen. Many of his supporters believed him. Many still believe him today.
The attack on January 6th was a direct and predictable result of Mr. Trump's decision to use false claims of election fraud to overturn the election and cling to power."
PBS NewsHour. "WATCH: Rep. Zoe Lofgren offers opening statement for Day 2 | Jan. 6 hearings." YouTube video, 4:57. June 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mm4zlSdTk.
"THOMPSON, CHENEY, & LOFGREN OPENING STATEMENTS AT SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING." Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol press release, June 13, 2022. https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-cheney-lofgren-opening-statements-june-13th-select-committee-hearing.


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Roy Stryker
Introducing America to Americans | An FSA-Inspired Documentary Photography Book Project & Archives for the Library of Congress Created by Kenneth Wajda
Who is Roy Stryker
Become a Roy Stryker Project Photographer
Become Project Photographer
Interested in photographing for the collection, and becoming a Roy Stryker/FSA Photo Project photographer?
Contact Kenneth Wajda via the contact page, and describe your interest, your availability, your output potential, your access to events in rural or urban areas as well as family and work environments, and what cameras you use.
Here's a list of some of the photos we need in the collection. We need people engaged in life mainly, and good caption info. See the examples on the site. We don't need names necessarily, but we do need descriptions, date, and camera used.
Interiors of stores, businesses, churches, restaurants.
People on Main Street wherever you are.
People on secondary streets off Main Street.
Local events – parades, concerts, races, sports and activities.
Home birthday parties, kids being put to bed, TV rooms, computer rooms.
People doing hobbies and playing.
People at work.
Various cultures, ethnicities and LGBTQ people.
People in tough situations, struggles, depression, addiction.
People in joyous situations, successes.
Submit your photographs to submission@roystryker.com. Photos made on digital technology or film–scanned or printed & scanned–from 2010 and later are eligible for the collection.
REQUIRED: Copy and fill out this form with your submission in your email.
1. NAME/STATE
2. EMAIL ADDRESS
3. PHOTOGRAPH – Attach (1) High-Resolution 4000px-wide Photograph
Please attach (1) JPG photograph 4000px wide on its long side @ 300dpi. (FileName-YourName-Date.jpg).
Ex: KidsAtDinnerTable-JohnSmith-090217.jpg – Photographs not sized according to specifications may not be considered. Film Photographers please archive your negatives for possible future inclusion at the Library of Congress.
4. CAPTION INFO: 1-2 Sentences: Description, City & State, Date, (Camera) Your Name + Photographer
Ex: Jane Smith, right, carries her daughter Samantha, 3, as they wait in line to purchase the new X-Box game. They were two of about 75 people who lined up early at the Best Buy store in the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, waiting for the new game to go on sale at midnight. September 2, 2017 (Leica M3 35mm) John Smith Photographer
Photographer maintains all rights to their photographs. Any inquiries for usage rights will be sent directly to the photographer.
By submitting a photograph, the Roy Stryker Photo Project is granted usage rights to the photograph for posting online on the Roy Stryker Web Site and for its Roy Stryker Book Project, should it be chosen for inclusion.
REQUIRED: Copy and fill out above form with your submission in your email.
Please read What's In and What's Out, to see what kinds of images will make the collection. And please understand that strong curating will mean not every photograph submitted will be put into the collection.
And then, please read this page on AP-Style Captioning for your photographs and take the time to provide accurate caption information. Expect that people will be reading this in 50-100 years, and the details you provide and get right matter.
Then, please carefully archive the negatives or slides that make it into the collection if you are shooting film and if you have an interest in having them placed in the archive at the Library of Congress. For digital submissions, the project will print your photo and archive it for eventual submission to the Library of Congress.
The Roy Stryker collection from its creation to December 31, 2017 was entirely comprised of film photographs. There were no digital images included. Welcome film formats included 35mm, 120, 4×5 and 8×10 (and they still are!)
Since January 1, 2018, on a trial basis, the project has opened the submissions to digital shooters creating documentary photographs.
Why WAS it Film only?
For one thing, film photographers tend to be a different kind of photographer. By limiting the project to only film photographers, we were looking to draw more serious photographers who would create powerful, meaningful images, and who are already working with an archival medium.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Interior put out a job call for a photographer to document the National Parks like Ansel Adams did in the past, and the job description included: Produces large-format photographic documentation to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the HABS/HAER/HALS permanent collection at the Library of Congress. They required 4×5 film negatives.
Digital Documentary Photographers
NEW FOR 2018 – Digital submissions are permitted from documentary photographers producing quality unaltered photographs.
Unaltered Photographs Only
No image manipulation is allowed other than tone, color and contrast adjustments, the same as required by news departments at major media organizations–United Press International, Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse.
No High Dynamic Range (HDR) photographs will be accepted. RAW/JPG files (to check image integrity) may be requested in the event of a concern of an altered photograph, and WILL be required for inclusion in the book–there is zero tolerance for manipulated images.
Photographers maintain all rights to their photographs. Any inquiries for usage rights by newspapers or magazines will be sent directly to the photographer.
By submitting a photograph, the Roy Stryker Project is granted usage rights to the photograph for posting online on the Roy Stryker Web Site and for its Book Project only, should it be chosen for inclusion.
[The Roy Stryker project reserves the right to revoke the acceptance of digital submissions at any time should there be concerns of image manipulation. The primary concern of the project is truth and integrity and the rules regarding digital submissions are subject to change.]
ABOUT ROY STRYKER
Inspired by the vision and drive of Roy Stryker, this New FSA-inspired photography project was founded by Kenneth Wajda, a professional documentary photographer in Boulder, Colorado.
Collecting documentary photographs from across the U.S., the project's goal is to document the rural and urban lifestyle in the U.S. eighty years after the first FSA photography collection was started for a book project and eventual contribution to the Library of Congress.
All photographers maintain full rights to their images.
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The Last Scene of the Aeneid: Analysis
December 9, 2020 by Essay Writer
Virgil borrows many stories and themes from the Homeric epics and revises them for the Roman tradition in the Aeneid. Aeneas' journey in search of the Latium shores parallels Odysseus' journey to Ithaca, except the latter knows what home he is going to. The war with the Latins is literally a second Trojan War, paralleling the Iliad, only the Trojans win. But both Homeric epics come to a relatively peaceful, definite ending (funeral for Hector, and restored order in Ithaca). In comparison, the Aeneid ends with a violent death, the equivalent of ending as Achilles drags Hector's body around the wall of Troy or when Odysseus kills all the suitors. One reason for this difference and for the suitability of the ending in the Aeneid is that it has a larger cultural directive than either of the Homeric epics. Homer was never commissioned to speak his plays. More than just a story of heroes, war, and art in its various forms, the Aeneid is also about the founding of Rome. Aeneas killing Turnus at the very close of his story is directly a step toward the founding of Rome and also relates to the reestablishment of Rome under Augustus.
Much of the scene where Aeneas kills Turnus can be cast in a positive light. First, Aeneas kills Turnus after seeing wearing the belt he stole off of Pallas, Aeneas' ally. In this way, he is avenging his friend and being pious, Aeneas' constant attribute. It is worth noting though, that Aeneas does not say he kills Turnus as pious Aeneas, as he otherwise readily identifies himself, but says, "It is Pallas who strikes, who sacrifices you, who takes/this payment from your shameless blood"(XII.1266,7) Additionally, the scene ends the book on a definitively masculine note. For much of the Aeneid, Aeneas does not appear in the worthy hero status of Achilles or Odysseus. He's easily distracted from his mission and must be reminded of his purpose repeatedly by the gods. Virgil in turn makes the very enemies who called Aeneas a second Paris look the more feminine party. By killing Turnus, Aeneas can join the ranks of the emotion charged heroes before him, and more importantly, become the great man that Romans of Virgil's time could actually see founding their great city.
The final scene of the Aeneid can also show the dark side of empire. Throughout the epic, many people, unknowing pawns of fate, are crushed don the path to Roman greatness. Most of them are women, Aeneas' wife Creusa, Dido, Camilla, but armies of young Latin men fall in their war with the Trojans. "was it/ your [Jupiter] will that nations destined to eternal/ peace should have clashed in such tremendous turmoil", asks Virgil (xii. 678-80). What taints Aeneas' most classically heroic action even more is the fact that he and Turnus share a connection through pre-Roman heritage. The Latins and the Trojans go on to make up the Romans, making Turnus and Aeneas like brothers; fratricide is generally frowned upon. Also, Aeneas direct compulsion to kill Turnus comes from seeing him with young Pallas' studded belt. While Virgil's description of Turnus' actions "[Pallas] whom Turnus had defeated, wounded, stretched/upon the battlefield" (xii. 1258-60) makes the taking of plunder from defeated enemies seem a gross deed, it is far from unheard of. Aeneas himself does it when he takes armor or weaponry from the Greeks. Whether or not his reason is entirely justified does not explain Aeneas' uncharacteristically emotional reaction, at least for Roman culture. For most of the epic, Aeneas is successful at the stoic mentality, subverting his emotions for his higher goal, but here Aeneas steps into the space of Achilles, "aflame with rage-his wrath was terrible" (xi.1264), brutally killing an opponent over the loss of a friend.
When Aeneas kills Turnus, it provides something deeper than just commentary on the cost of empire or value of stoicism and masculinity. The closing image is reminiscent of the Battle of Actium, also described by Virgil on the shield of Aeneas, the result of which was Augustus Caesar taking sole control over Rome. In this case, Aeneas is analogous to Augustus and Turnus plays the role of Antony. For one, throughout the epic Augustus is prophesized to Aeneas; the two have a cosmic and distant blood connection to start. Aeneas is the founder of Rome and Augustus refounds Rome. Antony does not share blood with Turnus, at least in a significant way, but they do share a character flaw. Both men lose their senses and rationality because of women. Antony loses his senses, and much respect from Romans because of his marriage to the Egyptian Cleopatra. Virgil, who treats most women in a similar way says, "and-shamefully-/behind him follows his Egyptian wife" (viii.894-5) as Antony marches to face Augustus bringing with him monsters and barking gods from the decadent East. Likewise, Turnus was originally the Latin's best warrior, stubborn, strong, and sane, but he is literally driven wild by sexual longing for Lavinia despite Queen Amata's plea to keep him from fighting, Turnus is "even keener now for battle"(xii.96). His lust drives him to kill Pallas and leads to his final fatal encounter with Aeneas. Both characters therefore fit their individual roles in the analogy. Furthermore, Aeneas, as mentioned earlier, kills Turnus who is nearly his brother and at least a fellow nearly-Roman. So too, Augustus defeats Antony (who later kills himself) even though the two helped establish the second triumvirate in Rome.
But even with the multi-dimensional interpretations and the connection to Augustus, Virgil could have continued his epic to another point. In addition to making the moment infinitely more important by closing the epic with it, he also keeps from having to fill in the rest of Roman history through Augustus. Virgil's original audience would probably have recognized the illusions in the last scene to the Battle of Actium. Knowing also how Rome was entering into a sort of golden age of peace under Augustus, a similar era of greatness can be applied to Aeneas. The same logic can be worked in the opposite direction. By closing the story of the founding of Rome with a violent death committed by the father of Rome, it lends validation to the violent ascension of Augustus and places greater emphasis on it by casting it as a founding of Rome.
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I had a chance to sit down with the winners of the Rails Rumble challenge while I was at CodeMash last week. This is a chat with Josh, Joe and John (Andy couldn't be there due to some weather issues) about the ups and downs of the challenge, sleeping arrangements, monetization, Rails/Merb mering, and more. Enjoy!


1955: Established by the Eastern Nigerian Development Corporation (ENDC) and managed by them until 1969.
1960: planting of 971 ha of oil palm at Elele Estate.
1969 to 1974: Operated by the Rivers State Development Corporation (RSDC).
1974 to 1975: Operated by the Agricultural Production and Marketing Corporation (APMC).
1975 to 2011: Operated by the Rivers State of Nigerian Palm (RISONPALM). Planting from 1978 to 1990 by SOCFINCO with financial assistance from the World Bank. Poor management of the estates later led to its closure.
1978 to 1985: 9,490 ha of oil palm planted at Ubima Estate.
1985 to 1991: 4,511 ha of oil palm planted at Elele Estate.
There is full integration of the company's operation with plantations, palm oil mill, palm kernel crushing plant.


v. t. 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
No artful wildness to perplex the scene.
What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind.
3. To plague; to vex; to tormen.
Verb 1. perplex - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
2. perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"


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This is a translation of an article from Le Monde on the French group, Gaza Firm. Again, thanks to Stephen Hastings-King for the translation.
Present for a while on July 19 at Barbès during an banned pro-Palestinian demonstration and on July 23 at Denfert-Rochereau (during an authorized protest) was an intriguing new collective. Called "Gaza Firm", it takes its cues, as do others, from the culture of [sports] "ultra-supporterism." It is made up of former members of the "K-Soce Team," "Microbes" or "Karsud" of the Auteuil fringes of PSG (but, of course, not at all). "They're very political types, but without much in the way of reference points" explains someone who knows the milieu well.
This collective benefits from fervent support and is affiliated with the "Equality and Reconciliation" movement. The association started by Alain Sorel, an extreme-right polemicist close to Dieudonné, characterized them on July 20 in these words: "Gaza Firm, a Goyim Defense League" Equality and Reconciliation—which says much about this collective---confirms that "Gaza Firm", which was not called by that name at the time, "was already illustrious after the Day of Rage, chasing ultra-Zionist provocateurs who came to cause trouble for public order. Political power must shut down these dissident voices." The 26 January "Day of Rage" demonstration mixed the extreme radical and "Dieudonnist" Right and stands out in the mind because of their numerous anti-Semitic slogans.
Equality and Reconciliation posted a video showing a group of about 30 people from Gaza Firm protesting in a spectacular way on July 19 on a small street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Among others things, they shout "Israel out of France." Beyond the confines of Equality and Reconciliation, someone named Mathais Cardet takes care of publicity for Gaza Firm. He is their current father figure. He describes himself as a former hooligan, and has lately achieved a certain notoriety for a book he published entitled "Rap: The Big Fraud," which got him a number of television appearances. A fellow traveler of Alain Sorel, who edited the book and with whom he has given some talks, Cardet has launched an "anti-system" cultural internet platform called "Bras d'honneur" (Arm of Honor). He was present Wednesday around the cortege along with some people from Equality and Reconciliation. On Friday, July 25, Gaza Firm published a communique denying any political affiliation with anyone. The authors write: "Gaza Firm is a group of friends from various backgrounds brought together by the Palestinian cause but also to confront the blind and unpunished violence of racist Zionist groups like the Jewish Defense League and Betar," The author follows with the jaunty affirmation: "Gaza Firm is apolitical, which means that under no circumstances will it manipulate or be manipulated by either persons or political parties." Before claiming that there is "no link" to Dieudonné "or even" to Alain Soral.


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Written by tomf0p October 22, 2021 October 23, 2021
Plus ca Change,
How a few physics lessons, over 50 years ago, made a lifelong climate sceptic of me.
I left school in 1969, and in the two weeks between the end of our final exams and the end of term, my physics master took the opportunity to introduce us to two subjects he thought would be significant in our lives – computers and climate change. At that time, computers were the size of wardrobes, and their ownership was the preserve of large companies and government departments. The term 'personal computer' had yet to be coined, and the idea that one might have one in one's home was the stuff of science fiction. But he introduced us to Moore's Law, which roughly states that every two years the power of computers will double, and their price and size will halve. That's been more or less true throughout my life.
Next, he introduced us to 'the greenhouse effect'. He started by showing us how an actual greenhouse worked, its glass having the intriguing property of converting short-wave radiation in the ultra-violet spectrum into longer-wave radiation in the infra-red spectrum, in which form it warmed the soil and air in the greenhouse, the warmth being trapped by the physical barrier of the glazing.
He then introduced us to the 'Tyndall gases' which, like glass, absorb high frequency radiation (visible and ultra-violet light) and re-emit it at a lower frequency (infra-red). He explained why the presence in the atmosphere of these gases, and in particular water vapour, was the reason our planet maintained a habitable temperature. He drew attention to Svante Arrhenius' observation that industrial emanations of CO2 might, by adding to the prevalence of that gas in the atmosphere, have the effect of slightly warming the world.
He was at pains to point out, however, that while the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere inhibited the rejection of heat to spacer by radiation, the atmosphere did not, unlike a real greenhouse, have a roof to prevent heat being transported to the upper atmosphere by convection, and then rejected to space by radiation. He then showed us an example of a very simple climate-modelling equation, which I regret to say I have entirely forgotten. However, it was clear that a very large number of iterations of the equation were necessary to produce any meaningful results.
And at that point, he reintroduced the computer, observing that with its arrival, it was for the first time possible to perform in seconds a large series of recursive iterations of these equations that would take a researcher months to perform, very possibly at the cost of his sanity. He cautioned us, however against concluding that it was now possible to predict the future course of the climate in any meaningful way.
In the first place, the Earth's climate is a nonlinear, chaotic system, so that even to achieve an approximately accurate prediction of its future course, it would have to be modelled, in its entirety, in tiny volumes, each interacting with its neighbours – a computational task far beyond the abilities of the computers of the day, and still not achievable, despite the vast development of computer technology that has ensued.
Secondly, while the primary thermal consequence, all other factors being equal, of a rise in CO2 concentration is relatively uncontroversial, all other factors would not remain equal, giving rise to secondary effects, or feedbacks, which could either enhance or mitigate the primary effect. To take but one example, the atmosphere is subject, in any case, to great fluctuations in humidity – that is, in the concentration of water vapour. Water vapour is a far more effective greenhouse gas than CO2. Any thermal consequences of CO2 increase would tend to induce changes in the atmosphere's water content, whose effect would have to be determined, and then included in the model.
Each greenhouse gas has a unique absorption spectrum, that is, a range of frequency bands to which it is opaque. However, some of these bands are shared by two or more gases, and this is true of water vapour and CO2.
As the above chart shows, there is a considerable overlap between the absorption spectra of CO2 and water vapour. This means that on a humid day, the frequency bands that are shared by water and CO2 are saturated by the water vapour, rendering the greenhouse effect of the CO2 nugatory for those frequencies. We might also reflect that our atmosphere has experienced wildly fluctuating concentrations of water vapour throughout its existence, without these leading to 'runaway warming', the catastrophic outcome with which the comparatively puny greenhouse effect of CO2 is said to be threatening us.
This is far from a comprehensive account of the obstacles to any attempt to model the earth's climate, and I was taught it over half a century ago, so I hope I may be forgiven the odd solecism.
Our teacher concluded his disquisition by telling us, with a prescience that still impresses me, that some day, armed with the outputs of computer models, scientists would try to persuade us that man-made emissions of CO2 were dangerously altering Earth's climate. He urged us to remain sceptical of such claims. I have.
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Motobecane Sprint CF Disc PRO anybody have one?
Thread: Motobecane Sprint CF Disc PRO anybody have one?
Greetings, I've been trying to find out any honest reviews/opinions of this bike but cannot find any. On paper this looks great. I bought a low cost mountain bike for my daughter from them and was very impressed with what I got for the price. Just wondering if anybody has one of these bikes and can give me your thoughts.
There you find many thoughts and even opinions are freely given.
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makes sense. just like trump motobecane has their fans. both equally passionate.
Anyone ride a Motobecane Sprint?


Westbourne Motorsport head to Rockingham Motor Speedway this weekend [11-12 August] keen to cement their Renault UK Clio Cup title credentials as the 2018 title fight reaches a critical stage.
Just 25 points separate James Dorlin from the points lead after five race victories and a further two podiums – the most recent at Snetterton a fortnight ago – have thrown the BRDC Rising Star into the hunt for Westbourne's first title in the highly-competitive category.
That success has come about in no small part due to experienced contender James Colburn, with the 2011 championship runner-up keen to make a podium return in Northamptonshire after a recent string of consistent points.
Both will need to keep a watchful eye behind, however, with series newcomer Ben Colburn impressing on his championship debut in Norfolk and, with two podiums in the Michelin Clio Cup Series last weekend at Snetterton, the expected capacity trackside crowd will watch with interest as he continues to get to grips with the fourth-generation Clio Cup machine.
As usual, fans can catch all of the on-circuit action through ITV Sport's live, free-to-air television coverage on race day.
An all-important qualifying session kicks off proceedings at 11:20 BST on Saturday, with the opening race later that afternoon at 16:10. The weekend's action at the NASCAR-style speedbowl concludes with the final contest at 13:30 on Sunday.
James Colburn (#7) said, "A strong team result is certainly on the cards this weekend. Rockingham has always been a strong hunting ground for Westbourne Motorsport, and this weekend should be no different.
James Dorlin (#32) said, "Rockingham is an important event for us in that we're now into the final few rounds of the Renault UK Clio Cup season and the title is still very much within reach.
"The plan is to go out and gain as many points as possible whilst also hopefully adding to our tally of race victories. I have the best team around me in Westbourne Motorsport to get the job done, and the support of several loyal sponsors who make this all happen.
Ben Colburn (#55) said, "I'm really looking forward to my second weekend in the Renault UK Clio Cup – hopefully some unfortunate mechanical problems won't hit me this time, and we can have two strong races.
"The aim is to match – if not improve – on my debut weekend at Snetterton, which went better than expected. I'm certainly looking to pose a headache to several of the UK's best racing drivers and take home some strong results for the team which, in my opinion, has never looked stronger than it does right now.


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Fact 5: Sub-Saharan African agricultural cropland per capita exceeds cropland in the EU, but arable land per family/farm is seven times smaller than in the EU.
About 8.5 per cent of Sub-Saharan African land is used for agriculture. On average, 2,387 m2 per person are available which is slightly higher than in the EU (2,221 m2). Unfortunately, no statistical data exists about the area of agricultural cropland per Sub-Saharan farmer. Estimations predict that 85 per cent of all farmers in developing countries cultivate less than two hectares. In comparison, EU farmers' cropland is seven times bigger. Another notable difference is that farmers in developing countries often do not have enforceable tenure on their cultivated land, which is often leading to conflicts.
Many African farmers supply themselves and their families with self-produced staple food, which is called subsistence farming. Farmers grow roots, tubers and different kinds of crops on very small areas (usually less than 2 hectares).
According to the online database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the ten quantitatively most important agricultural products are cassava, sugar cane, maize, yams, cow milk, plantains, wheat, rice, sorghum and tomatoes. Most of these products are traditional African staple food and not meant for export to Europe or other international markets.


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A multiple factor parametrization is described to permit the efficient calculation of collision efficiency (E) between electrically charged aerosol particles and neutral cloud droplets in numerical models of cloud and climate. The four-parameter representation summarizes the results obtained from a detailed microphysical model of E, which accounts for the different forces acting on the aerosol in the path of falling cloud droplets. The parametrization's range of validity is for aerosol particle radii of 0.4 to 10 mu m, aerosol particle densities of I to 2.0 g cm(-3), aerosol particle charges from neutral to 100 elementary charges and drop radii from 18.55 to 142 mu m. The parametrization yields values of E well within an order of magnitude of the detailed model's values, from a dataset of 3978 E values. Of these values 95% have modelled to parametrized ratios between 0.5 and 1.5 for aerosol particle sizes ranging between 0.4 and 2.0 mu m, and about 96% in the second size range. This parametrization speeds up the calculation of E by a factor of similar to 10(3) compared with the original microphysical model, permitting the inclusion of electric charge effects in numerical cloud and climate models.


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Lynda Benglis: New Ceramic Works Opens at Chiem & Read
Love Lynda Benglis. Great article today on her new show:
Exhibition of new ceramic works by Lynda Benglis opens at Cheim & Read in New York Installation view. Photo: Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York. NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read announces an exhibition of new ceramic works by Lynda Benglis. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1941, Lynda Benglis moved to New York City in the late 60s. Her early, ground-breaking work – landscape-like, sculptural installations of poured polyurethane foam and latex – confronted the then-current, male-dominated tropes of Minimalism with brightly-colored, biomorphic forms which embraced themes of ambiguity, femininity, nature and transformation. Their formal ambiguity resisted easy definition: Benglis has long critiqued the art world's attempt at classifications and hierarchies, as well as societal boundaries of sexuality and gender. Simultaneously seductive and grotesque, Benglis's work has always been the result of a fluid and organic working process, in which difficult-to-control materials help determine the final outcome. Her ceramic sculptures, though more intimate in scale, are also constructed with deference to the medium's inherent characteristics. While the clay works accentuate issues she has addressed throughout her career – the blurring of distinctions between pliable and rigid, accidental and intentional, form and shapelessness – they also expand the scope of her artistic methods, engaging notions of craft, functionality, and primeval history. Benglis had experimented with clay as a student in the early 1960s, but didn't pursue it as a medium until the early 1990s. Her newest work, made in New Mexico, retain the earthy, elemental, primal nature of clay, and highlight the material's unique susceptibility to the artist's touch: clay easily preserves the physical impressions of the hands which mold it. Benglis does not use a potter's wheel, but hand-builds with tubes and slabs of clay, pinching, stacking, squeezing, pulling and smoothing them into complex sculptural compositions. Sometimes wave-like and lyrical, sometimes squat and spherical, Benglis's ceramics explore various manifestations, excavations and manipulations of form. She collapses the boundaries between interior and exterior space, using both hollowed out and compacted elements which collide and fuse together reinforcing the sexual undercurrents of her muscular, polymorphic shapes. Benglis's ceramics condense the full-bodied gesture of her earlier work into the more focused expressions of her hands. As with her other work, color becomes an equally important component. Benglis's glazes – pinks and mauves, earthy greens, blacks, ochres, and blues – are oozed, dripped, brushed and poured on, coalescing in some areas and avoiding others, providing texture and variability to the already tactile, unglazed surface of the clay. Benglis's painterly application of glaze re-contextualizes her forms, as if they were not sculptural, but paintings in three-dimensional, physical space. Again, ambiguity and transformation remain at the core of her practice. Benglis's creative process is evident in her works' final realization: one imagines its physical making and thus identifies with the intensity and focus of her artistic methodology. Lynda Benglis resides in New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work is in important public collections, and has been exhibited extensively. Benglis was the subject of a 2010-11 international retrospective which traveled to The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Le Consortium, Dijon; New Museum, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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