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Curated by Jasmin Stephens
By Melinda Reid
At the August opening of The essayist at The Cross Arts Projects, I found myself feeling the combined effects of the anti-inflammatories I'd taken for a sore back, the surprisingly warm afternoon weather, a room full of new works, and a recently digested dense ginger tart. The conditions were ripe for a brief daydream.
I stood in the gallery and pictured myself stretching my arms and legs out in a splayed star formation, reaching between different artworks like a human measuring tape, or—better yet—some sort of elastic human starfish. I wagered that I'd probably be able to reach from one work to another if I performed this manoeuvre a few times around the room. Starfishing from work to work, I'd be able to materialise the bridges that curator Jasmin Stephens had carefully formed between a range of contemporary practitioners.
In hindsight, a starfish wasn't the most efficient sea creature to choose for visualising the conceptual links between artworks. Imagining myself as an octopus, for instance, would have given me an elasticated body with eight tentacles to spread about the space. This would have allowed me to connect several artworks to my singular aquatic form. But then again, a cephalopod absorbing information from multiple sources simultaneously might not be the best analogy for reading the particular literary form at the centre of The essayist.
Ida Lawrence, Idris, (detail), (2018)
acrylic on canvas, 138 x 108 cm
Image Credit: Silversalt
Reading an essay often involves moving in a relatively orderly fashion from one thing to another, not the consumption of all parts at once. Essays tend to build their momentum and collect ideas slowly. Starfish or octopus, it didn't occur to me until I sat down to write this essay that what I was picturing was what I tend to want in most pieces of writing: the invitation to mentally stretch between a few things to imagine another thing. My imagined starfishy body was materialising the reaching—or weaving or threading—that essayists do when they write about something, bringing one idea into close contact with another.
The diversity of art practices included in The essayist reflects the malleability of the essay form. Essays are flexible containers for all manner of things. They can be stretched or shrunk to approach a range of writing processes, including (but not limited to) describing, understanding, reflecting, exploring, analysing, observing, identifying, illustrating, building, defusing, burning, hushing, speculating or amplifying something (or someone) in particular. This variety of possibilities is suggested in The essayist's presentation of the differing impulses in contemporary art, ranging from the critical—like Nina Ross's video memorial to recent victims of gendered violence ('That takes balls', 2019)—to the reflective—such as Mitch Cairns' sharp brushwork ('First Names', 2018) and Mark Hislop's drawings of quiet domestic moments ('My punctuation is my breath', 2019).
By engaging with the essay form, The essayist continues a tradition of merging visual art practices with literary forms, and expands on the methods of the conceptual artists of the 1960's, who sought to place language at the centre their work.1 In directly addressing a literary form, The essayist also gestures to a practice that is often adjacent to, if not embedded within, the artwork itself. Visual art is rarely displayed without various forms of writing, such as wall texts, catalogue essays, gallery room sheets, or critical reviews (not to mention the research, paper trails, and correspondences required to produce art and exhibitions).2 Art is perhaps more of an octopus than a starfish; it frequently reaches out to multiple disciplines to come to grips with itself.
While The essayist is not an attempt to produce an essay per se, the show is assembled in a way that speaks to the labour and objects involved in writing one.
One half of the space almost resembles a study space (albeit, an incredibly minimalist one) with a writing desk, chairs, and books—Benjamin Forster's 'Romances' (2019) and Magda Stanová's 'Algorithms in Art' (2015-2019)—set in place for perusing. 'Romances' and 'Algorithms' document two very different writing projects. Forster's books (paperbacks with inviting pink swirled covers) are the product of an algorithm programmed to spit out phrases from sickly Mills & Boon style novellas (the most repeated phrase in the book is 'I take a deep breath'). Stanová's 'Algorithms', on the other hand, offers a four year investigation into the mapping of artistic thinking through a series of drawings, mostly of circles and scrunches of arrows shooting through various mental processes.
In the presence of this reading area, some of the nearby works begin to take on associations with other study room fittings. For instance, two photographic works hung on either side of a partition wall adjacent to the reading table start to look like markers of a revolving bookcase—the kinds that often lead to secret passageways in period drama libraries, or drawing rooms in murder mysteries. Pilar Mata Dupont's 'The Madman is a Dreamer Awake #1' (2013-2015) shows a mountain range with a mysterious Parthenon-like structure peeking out of the mist, while Phuong Ngo's 'Untitled (lost and found)' (2019) consists of a large print of the recent fire that engulfed Notre-Dame's spire paired with a small vintage photo-postcard of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Saigon. If this partition could spin (which sadly, it cannot), it would open onto the afternoon sun pouring across Llankelly Place.
Pilar Mata Dupont, The Madman is a Dreamer Awake #1, (2013-15),
glicée print, 80 x 120 cm, edition of five,
courtesy of Moore Contemporary
The essayist also offers an opportunity to experience a formative element of essay writing: assembling connections between places of interest. I found myself spending a great deal of time walking back and forth (maybe three or four starfish depending on how well I could stretch) between two particularly colourful works set in opposite corners of the gallery space. In the first corner sits Ida Lawrence's 'Idris' (2019), a large painting with multiple portraits of the actor Idris Elba (whose features have been highlighted in dry-brushed neon acrylic paint). The young swaddled face of Lawrence's baby nephew—also named Idris—lies above this constellation of Elbas, seemingly unaware of his famous companions.
Lawrence explains in a painted text that weaves around her collection of Idrises that while the father of the baby Idris liked the name for its link to an admired prophet, Idris's mother (Lawrence's sister) liked the name because 'Idris Elba…is hot.' Lawrence's writing meanders around her many portraits of Elba as she tells us that she 'did an image search of Idris Elba' to check her sister's claim. She concludes, 'Yeah, it is true, he is hot.' Throughout her narrative, Lawrence includes references to websites, including 'sacredtexts.com', 'cosmopolitan.com', and the LinkedIn profile of 'prophet_Idris'—to confirm the significance (and attractiveness) of her nephew's namesakes, like a baby name scholar keen to back up their claims. Lawrence's self-effacing, humorous confessions about digital life bring seemingly disconnected subjects—a new baby and a search for hot pics of Idris Elba—together with surprising comfort.
At the other end of the gallery are Jac Ball's colourful prints. The series contains fourteen vignettes from a non-binary life arranged in an imperfect grid. At first, it is the colours of Ball's photographs that draw me in. The images capture a sunset of purple dolphins ('Dolphin Camp', 2019), sunburnt skin ('Paint box mid-blue', 2019), phallic inflatables ('Soft serve', 2019), floral nip covers ('Flatpack', 2019), and orange bathroom tiles ('Island cuts on the old meridian', 2019). Amongst the leg hair, skin folds, belly buttons, and pubes seems to be a wealth of liquids: gels, trickling water, damp clothes, and sweat. There is a sense that the body is also fluid (that is to say, unfixed and changeable) in these photographs, caught in moments of absorbing ointments, being bound and clothed, washed away, or laid amongst rocks to dry into a new shape. The overall effect of Ball's photographs is that of a subdued Lisa Frank palette of queer bodily moments.
Ida Lawrence, Idris, (2018),
The stretch of floor between Lawrence and Ball's works creates a path between two very different investigations of interiority. Lawrence's inclusion of in-text references (or maybe that should be 'in-paint references' given the medium) works to expose the unseen, everyday digital searches that inform internalised perspectives: a quick thumb through a Twitter feed, a Google search of remembered lyrics that have lost their author, or a brief read of 'sacredtexts.com' to check out the predecessors of your newly named nephew. Meanwhile, the embodiment in Ball's series is much more tactile and moist, a mode that allows the artist to draw attention to the material qualities of a particular experience of gender fluidity. One work brings us closer to the digital referees called on to validate our choices, while the other reminds us of the material exteriors that help perform an identity. Lawrence and Ball's works—like many of the practices included in The essayist—pull in different directions, but together, the works are able to talk to each other about the various layers of digital and tactile information that help us create (and sometimes write about) our surroundings and ourselves.
It's moments like these that allows the The essayist to read (to borrow a literary process) like a polished draft that hasn't quite reached a conclusion. The selected works collectively produce a sense of cogs turning, processes falling into place, and links opening up. The show offers an opportunity to reach out between different ideas and art forms. It allows for a discovery of just the kinds of connections that prevent the writing process from finishing entirely, flushed with the energy of ideas at play, ready for starfish or octopi to reach between and mould into place.
For example, Yoko Ono's instructional 'scores,' Joseph Kosuth's experiments with wordy signage, and Jenny Holzer's projections of pithy statements. Text has also been a core element of much activist art, including Guerrilla Girls' feminist culture jamming projects and Fierce Pussy's queer rights posters.
Relatedly, the insights of literary critics and linguistic scholars (semioticians and post-structuralists in particular) continue to be taught in art schools as central paradigms for ingesting and questioning visual signs.
3 – 31 August
The Cross Art Projects
Tags: Benjamin Forster, Ida Lawrence, Jac Ball, Jasmin Stephens, Magda Stanová, Mark Hislop, Nina Ross, Phuong Ngo, Pilar Mata Dupont, The Cross Art Projects, The Essayist
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Ngā Tāngata o Aotearoa
Kōrero: English
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19th-century migration
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The English made a substantial contribution to New Zealand architecture. The leading architect of colonial Christchurch was Benjamin Mountfort, who arrived in 1850 on one of the first four ships of the Canterbury Association. Arguably his finest building was the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, opened in 1859, and characteristic of his Gothic revival style. The buildings collapsed in the earthquake of 22 February 2011.
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World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics to recommit themselves through prayer and sacrifice to the Church's missionary activities.
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"I really wanted to come today," said the Assumption Catholic School sixth-grader. "I told my mom about it and she said we would make it a 'girl's day.' I feel bad for all the people who are hungry and don't have Jesus in their lives. They need Jesus so Jesus can help them."
Sponsored by the diocesan Office of Pontifical Mission Societies, World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics to recommit themselves through prayer and sacrifice to the Church's missionary activities.
Lisa Grover and her son Robert Grover, 7, of Sayreville came for the experience for themselves and to represent their school, St. Stanislaus Kostka School. Grover is a 4th-grade teacher at the Sayreville school and Robert is in the second grade. Robert was very pleased that he was given a rosary for the walk.
"The rosary was blessed," he said. "It's very special. That's what I'm going to tell my class about tomorrow."
Having never attended before, Grover felt it was important to participate in World Mission Sunday and bring back the experience to her school.
"I felt it was very important to support the missions and be here on behalf of Saint Stan," Grover said. "We can share what we have experienced and learned with the rest of the school. I think it is important for us to understand where the money is going and how we are helping.
It is important for us to understand just how much we have and how little others have. I am here to learn more about the missions and the work they do all around the world."
The walk-a-thon — entitled "Going the Extra Mile for Kids in Need of Jesus" — was led by students carrying the banner and crosses, each representing the mission areas of the world: Asia in yellow, Africa in green, Oceania in blue, the Americas in red and Europe in white.
Patricia Hummel and her daughter Samantha, 9, of Dunellen have participated in World Mission Sunday for many years.
"World Mission Sunday unites us with the churches of the world as we all celebrate this on the same day," she said. "Even the poorest countries celebrate today and give what they can."
The 200 who walked began at the CYO Building at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi and ended at the steps of the cathedral where they were greeted by Rev. Monsignor Richard Behl, director of the diocesan Office of Pontifical Mission Societies, and Rev. Pervaiz Indrias, also known as "Father Andrew," who preached the homily for the special mass that followed. Behl was the celebrant for the mass.
"There are more than 100,000 missions worldwide," said Behl, who is a former pastor of the cathedral and is now assigned to St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Old Bridge. "This is a day we pray and sacrifice for the missions around the globe.Those missions depend on us."
Behl said the concept of collecting for the missions began in France 150 years ago when a woman, Pauline Jaricot, gathered pennies for those in need and coined the concept "the propogation of the faith."
Both Behl and Indrias, who comes from Lhore, Pakistan, spoke of the persecution of Christians in Islamic countries. Catholics only comrpise about two percent of the population in Pakistan, Behl said.
The Vicor General of the Archdiocese of Lahore from 2004 to 2014, Indrias was serving as the pastor of a church in Lahore last year when terrorists bombed it twice, killing several children.
"My country is a Muslim Islamic country," said Indiras, who was ordained in 1987. "Missions came to my country. Today I am a Catholic. Why existing in a Muslim country when they say if you want to exist, become Muslim. Whenever we are faced with persecution, the faith gets stronger. Persecution strengthens our faith. I have survived two bomb blasts. I could get discouraged. Their style is hostility. We survived two bomb blasts. Our faith gets even stronger."
Indiras was pleased to see the turnout for World Mission Sunday.
"My heart is full today to see the children leading the way to be evangelical," said Indrias, who now serves as Chaplain at the McCarrick Care Center and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. "Every human being deserves to receive salvation. To combine the reach of salvation and the work of the missions — that is what God has given us."
After the mass, the participants joined together for a simple mission-style luncheon.
Behl said he did think that many have been "reinspired since the visit of Pope Francis." to the U.S.
"I am happily surprised," he said. "He (Pope Francis) is so low-key, but his genuineness comes through. There has been a reinvigoration. They feel it."
Proceeds from the walk-a-thon will benefit the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA), a Pontifical Mission Society. At the Mass, Alyssa Sierra, an 8th-grader at Perth Amboy Catholic School, was announced as the winner of an art contest sponsored by MCA. Her artwork will be on display during the 2015 Advent/Christmas season at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It also is featured as one of the 24 Christmas E-greetings available online at www.MCAKids.org.
St. Helena of Edison, St, Matthew of Edison and St. Francis Cathedral of Metuchen were named as the top three schools while Our Lady of Fatima of Piscataway, Most Holy Trinity of Helmetta and St. Cecelia of Iselin were named as the top three religious education programs who were recognized for their commitment to MCA.
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Shipbuilders Float Out Project 636.3 Submarine for Russia's Pacific Fleet
(Source: TASS; published March 28, 2019)
Russia's Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg has floated out the first diesel-electric submarine of the Russian navy's new Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class, of which six units are to be built for the Pacific Fleet by 2022. (Admiralty photo)
ST. PETERSBURG --- The first Project 636.3 submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has been floated out for Russia's Pacific Fleet at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg, TASS reports from the scene.
"A contract for the construction of submarines for the Pacific Fleet was signed in September 2016 at the Army forum. In 2019, the submarine will be delivered to the Pacific Fleet," Admiralty Shipyard CEO Alexander Buzakov said at the launch ceremony.
The Project 636.3 ('Varshavyanka') is referred to the third generation of diesel-electric submarines. The submarines of this type have been designed by the Rubin Central Design Bureau. They develop a speed of up to 20 knots, have sea endurance of 45 days and a crew of 50 men. The submarines of this class displace over 2,000 tonnes in their surface position and about 4,000 tonnes under the water. Varshavyanka-class subs are armed with Kalibr cruise missiles.
The shipbuilders are planning to build six such submarines for the Pacific Fleet by 2022. The first series of six submarines for the Black Sea Fleet was under construction from 2010 to 2016. The first two subs have been named the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the Volkhov.
Project 636 submarines are considered to be the most noiseless among Russian conventional subs. They have been dubbed the 'Black Hole' for their unique quietness. They are also furnished with modern radar and communications systems, sonars and 533mm torpedoes.
Admiralty Shipyards Has Floated Out the First Submarine for the Pacific Fleet
(Source: Admiralty Shipyards JSC; issued March 28, 2019)
(Unofficial translation by Defense-Aerospace.com)
SAINT-PETERSBURG, Russia --- A ceremony for the launch of the large diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for the Russian Navy was held today at the Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Igor Mukhametshin, took part in the event.
The company's general director Alexander Buzakov stressed the special significance of the event, in the year of the 315th anniversary of the Admiralty Shipyards: "The transfer of the first submarine for the Pacific Fleet, which we launch today, will be a worthy gift and a significant contribution to our country's defense capability."
The launch of the submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was called "a significant event for the Navy" by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Igor Mukhametshin: "These submarines are very much awaited by the Pacific Fleet. Ships of this class have already confirmed their high efficiency, including when carrying out combat missions in the Mediterranean. We are confident that the Admiralty Shipyards will fulfill all contractual obligations on time, and we will work together to solve the tasks assigned to us by the Supreme Commander and the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation."
The submarine "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" was laid down in July 2017 and, in accordance with the terms of the contract, will be handed over to the customer by the end of this year. On the second ship in the Volkhov series, the process of docking the blocks into a single hull has begun today. The construction of two more ships, Magadan and Ufa, is at the stage of building blocks and conducting hydraulic tests.
The contract for the construction of the series was signed in September 2016, which was a continuation of the implementation of the long-term plan of the Ministry of Defense of Russia to enhance the combat readiness of the Russian Navy and the program to improve diesel-electric submarines.
At the direction of the Ministry of Defense of the TsBB Rubin, modernized the main systems of the ship of the basic Project 636: a complex of torpedo-missile launchers, armament information and control system, radar and hydroacoustic complexes. A number of improvements have been made to general ship systems in order to increase the stealth of the submarine and improve the living conditions for the crew.
Submarines of the modified project 636.3 have higher (compared to previous projects) combat effectiveness. The optimal combination of acoustic stealth and target detection range, the latest inertial navigation system, modern automated information and control system, powerful high-speed torpedo-missile armament ensure that ships of this class lead the world in the field of non-nuclear submarine construction. Admiralty shipyards are the undisputed leader in the construction of submarines of this class and have been successfully exporting them since 1983.
Admiralty shipyards also built in just six years, from August 2010 to November 2016, a series of submarines of this project for the Black Sea Fleet. Starting in 2014, the company delivered two ships to the Russian Navy each year.
It is important to note that the construction of a series of submarines takes place under conditions of full production load and large-scale reconstruction of the enterprise. The construction of new facilities, and the modernization of existing shops is carried out without interrupting production, and the construction of all orders is carried out clearly in accordance with contractual obligations.
Upon completion, the company will create a modern high-tech closed-cycle complex for the construction and repair of non-nuclear submarines, which will transfer up to 4 ships to customers annually and will expand the capabilities of shipyards to reduce construction and repair periods


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Tom Brady Receives Love From Ex-Wife Gisele Bundchen on Daughter Vivian's Birthday
The seven-time Super Bowl champion gets love from his now-former spouse after sharing a sweet post to celebrate his daughter Vivian, who turns 10 years old.
AceShowbiz - Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are telling the world that they're maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship. The NFL star receives love from his ex-wife on their daughter Vivian's birthday.
On Monday, December 5, the seven-time Super Bowl champion turned to his Instagram account to share a sweet tribute to his daughter, who turned 10 years old. The post featured a photo of the proud dad hugging Vivian and 12-year-old Benjamin.
"Happy 10th Birthday Vivi! We adore you and your beautiful heart [red heart emoji]! You bring so much joy to our life! We love you [smiling face with heart emoji]," so Tom captioned the post. In the comment section, Gisele showed some love by dropping a single red heart emoji.
Gisele, for her part, also posted a series of Instagram photos for her daughter's birthday. The first two pictures saw the mother-and-daughter duo at the beach together splashing in the ocean. The child was also seen with her cat.
"Happy 10th birthday girlie girl! Thank you for being a ray of sunshine in our lives and for always spreading so much love all around you. We love you so much! [red heart emojis]," Gisele sweetly wrote in the caption. She continued, "Feliz aniversario de 10 anos, minha pequena! Obrigada por ser um raio de sol em nossas vidas e por sempre espalhar tanto amor ao seu redor. Nos te amamos muito!"
Not stopping there, Gisele also shared images from her "birthday celebration" trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The 42-year-old supermodel first shared a photo of ten pairs of sneakers lined up against a wall ready for the day. "Let's do this!" she wrote over the photo. She then snapped a picture of her kids holding hands as they walked through the theme park together, before showing a picture of their "chilling" experience on the Tower of Terror.
Tom finalized his divorce from his wife of 13 years Gisele on October 28. The former couple, who reportedly went separate ways due to their different priorities, was able to settle the case easily thanks to their "ironclad prenup" which they signed a few years ago.
The pair agreed to have joint custody of their kids, Benjamin and Vivian. According to a source, the agreement will allow their children to have "full access" to both parents. "They can see whichever parent they want. They've got a schedule, but neither of them would prevent their kids from seeing the other parent. The kids adore them both, and they'll have full access to both, whenever they want. They're not vindictive like that," the insider spilled.
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The Rodbourne Community History Group comprises mainly local residents who attend monthly meetings at Even Swindon Community Centre, Jennings Street, Swindon.
We started out as the Rodbourne Living Story Project in 2003. This was a pilot community history project started by the Outreach Dept. of English Heritage's National Monuments Record Centre in Swindon. If you wanted to pilot a community based history project where better than on your doorstep and that's why English Heritage chose Rodbourne.
Jane Golding – Outreach Manager with her staff Elaine Davis and Ros Wilson originally staged an exhibition in the Even Swindon Community Centre and appealed for volunteers to produce a digital archive for the community of Rodbourne. Being Rodbourne they had no problem obtaining volunteers and these set about the task with the essential guidance from Jane & Co.
After a year we staged our first exhibition which attracted 700 over two days. The success of the project persuaded English Heritage to financially support the project for a further two years in which time feature and oral history videos were produced.
Funding isn't forever and in 2005 we had to go it alone and formed the Rodbourne Community History Group. Go it alone is probably a little dramatic as we still had the wonderful support of Jane, Elaine and Ros. Lets face it if we hadn't had their help and English Heritages funding we wouldn't have had a cat in hells chance of surviving. So we will be eternally grateful for their support.
Having received a grant from the Lottery Fund's Awards for All scheme we purchased equipment to continue our aim (by means of donated photographs, audio recordings and filming) to make a permanent record of the community for the community. We have now generated a rich archive of over 2,500 photographs, several filmed interviews and an abundance of information transcribed from original documents which were stored in many of the area's record offices. Probably our most valuable archive are the recorded memories of residents past and present of Rodbourne.
We hope you will enjoy this glimpse into the past and after reading the stories you'll join our group. Although the faces of the people have changed and the houses are different colours the strong community spirit is still going strong and long may it continue.
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A Divine Comedy of Experience: Hannah Ensor's Love Dream with Television
Reviewed By Irene Cooper
In a 2005 essay entitled, "Serious Art That's Funny: Humor in Poetry," poet Matthew Rohrer quotes the Revered Literary Critic, who uses the term, "comedians of the spirit" to throw shade on poets who dare to openly use humor in their work. Rohrer pushes back on the so-called canon to say when poets who would naturally be inclined toward humor refuse to "incorporate whole parts of their living personalities into their artistic work," art suffers. It's a good thing for art lovers and readers of contemporary poetry that Hannah Ensor, in her new book, Love Dream with Television, refuses nothing. These poems are candid, provocative, vulnerable, smart as hell, ingeniously crafted, and often hilarious.
The poem is not the poet, sure, but to pick up Love Dream with Television is to experience something like relief, as well as delight, to read poems that adeptly and generously invite the reader into the busy, screen-lit corners of Ensor's art and mind. If, upon finishing the last poem, we don't know the poet, we recognize the voice of one who is simultaneously pulling from and editing our unbearably stimulating American experience to discern the tantric hum she cautiously suspects, at least won't deny, might exist under the noise.
From "Acupuncture":
I like to notice things, and this too keeps me from relaxing
and, "Breath":
There comes a point / when you see that none of it is bullshit after all // The universe is a breath / & every breath is a universe. Oh, I've done it again: / took too big a breath, bigger than "natural."
From Ensor's egalitarian perspective, refreshing as a splash of Canadian vinegar, reruns of Friends are no more or less suitable for cultural and intellectual consideration than a Basquiat exhibit, a basketball game, and a 300-level seminar that posits, Is Nature White?
Rohrer offers up the New York School's Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch as two examples of poets who braved the comic line. For me, Ensor's poems recalled the rhythmic joy and easy intimacy of O'Hara's Lunch Poems, and the references to fine art echoed the cross-media influences of that energetic and masculine group. But isn't it time we let satire off the leash of the New York School and recognize the wit and wisdom in more current work by the likes of Nicole Sealey, Solmaz Sharif, Jill McDonough, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Hannah Ensor?
In an interview from 1999, the poet Heather McHugh says, "Well, that's the trick: the sudden unexpectedness inside the overknown." She's discussing the "trick" of poetry, but it may well be applied to the superb craft Ensor devotes to repositioning the banal, peeling off the canvas top layer of the everyday to reveal a divine comedy of experience.
Last year, Netflix ran Nanette, a stand-up show by Hannah Gadsby in which the comedian set out to "deconstruct the nature of comedy and ask the 'straight white male' to undergo the same tension that marginalized people go through every day." In the poem "Everyone Wants an Immersive Experience: Nature poem at a screening of Jurassic Park," Ensor arguably, with a quotidian surreality that conjures Charles Simic or your favorite humanities instructor, deconstructs the nature of poetry with a seriocomic parsing out of Jurassic Park, implicating herself in the tensions and anxieties of the day:
Nature is destructive, as we are
In nature, If there's anything to notice about straight men
In nature, in this movie, it's that they love
But are not good at women. As in nature.
I find it alarming when all the doors unlock and then
Lock again. I find it alarming when, suddenly, a goat.
Now that's what I call art.
Ensor keeps her experience central to the poems, whether she's meditating, rising through the academic ranks like she's swilled a bottle of Wonka's Fizzy Lifting Drink, or sitting in her car in a Planet Fitness parking lot. In these close quarters the reader can experience Ensor's very sincere attempts to make sense of a cacophonous world and her place within it. Art is a fickle running buddy, legacy jumps out unexpectedly, and love is too serious not to joke about.
From "Wallace Stevens's 'Poems of Our Climate': A Cover":
Nothing is ever perfect
& we get off on that.
It's erotic: how bad
I am at loving.
And, "A Problem And Some Space":
During sex / a girlfriend always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she
called me from a hotel.
Cue the rimshot. But before the punchline, we have this:
Between what a girlfriend says and what I think: some space.
We have a problem
And some space. How wrong I can be: I am a wide-open peach
Jar when a girlfriend phones me.
While Gadsby declared in Nanette that she couldn't work in comedy anymore because its self-deprecation implicated her in her own abuse, Ensor writes poems that invite us into her vulnerability. There is tender sincerity, anxiety, and desire under the quip. We get the joke, and we're right there with her holding the phone.
The beauty of this book is in how it collapses the hierarchies of critical thinking and upends notions of what constitutes art. Ensor road trips us through Arizona, Michigan, Canada, and Iceland. We pop in to rethink Rachel and Ross, and touch back to Anne Carson to recalibrate. In an interview with Ensor from the University of Arizona Poetry Center, she quotes Carson's introduction to Short Talks, which reads like a personal manifesto: "I will do anything to avoid boredom. It is the task of a lifetime. You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough."
From Ensor's "Other People":
I wonder if one can know so much about art
that it is impossible to make it anymore
Like something breaks, and it is all scattered on the floor
That is too cogent a simile for what I imagine it feeling like
I have long been curious about how Anne Carson feels about
And I am, too, and am now wondering if I can surmise an answer from reading Carson's work, from reading how Ensor understands her work. I am in the conversation, and isn't that the point of poetry?
Hannah Ensor is the associate editor of the anthology, Bodies Built for Game: The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing, featuring "poems, essays, and stories that challenge our traditional ideas of sport and question the power structures that athletics enforce" and edited by the poet Natalie Diaz. Sports, particularly basketball, and the way the body moves in the world contribute significantly to the questions of identity and purpose in Love Dream with Television. As Diaz writes in her essay, "A Body of Athletics," "I've existed in a separate space of gender, not masculine or feminine, not even queer."
In Ensor's "Sister Scorer Rivulet," the poet wants to know, after listening to a comment by a WNBA sports commentator:
to be sister
To sister sport here with 2:49 to go //
In art,
I think you must sister the vulva
"Nature Poem While Watching Jurassic Park" asks, "What is a question that is good, / and what makes that question good?"
I closed the jacket on Love Dream with Television with more and better questions than when I opened it.
As Anne Carson says, "Not a complaint."
Irene Cooper's poems appear online and in print. She is a freelance copywriter, facilitates creative writing workshops in Central Oregon, and co-edits The Stay Project. Committal, her first novel, is forthcoming from Vegetarian Alcoholic Press in 2020. More from this author →
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Scientists have social responsibility, says Harsh Vardhan
IANS Thursday, 13 September 2018 06:30:13 PM 1 minute, 39 seconds
Kolkata : Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday called upon scientists to focus their research on finding solutions to people's problems.
"One should work with enthusiasm and every scientist should pursue his dream. I think science research should address the problems and hardships that people are facing in their daily life. I want to emphasise that researchers and scientists have scientific social responsibility," the Minister said here.
He also said there is a need for application-based research in science and technology in India.
"One must think out of the box and try to diagnose the problems of people. We should focus on research related to people-centric issues and try to bring the outcome in a time bound manner. Scientists need to be socially committed," he said.
Harsh Vardhan laid the foundation stone for Syama Prasad Mookherjee Advanced Research and Training (SMART) at the Centre of Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, the oldest research institute of its kind in India.
The SMART campus would host an international Centre for Fundamental Research and Technology, which will be a multi-disciplinary initiative to promote cutting edge research in various fundamental, engineering and medical sciences.
The first phase of the campus construction was estimated to cost Rs 350 crore and is expected to be completed by March, 2020.
Hailing the progress in scientific fields across India, the Minister said the country is among top 10 scientific nations and it aspired to be among the top three scientific nations by 2030.
According to him, India ranked third in the field of nanotechnology, with scientific publications in India growing at 14 per cent as against the global average of around four per cent.
In terms of research on oceanographic studies, alert on weather, cyclone, tsunami, the country ranked fourth globally, after the US, the UK and Japan, the Minister said.
During the past four years, a synergy has been brought among scientific institutions for collaborative efforts, instead of remaining isolated, Harsh Vardhan said, adding science can find solutions to several fundamental problems.
Published : Thursday, September 13, 2018 18:30 [IST]
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I always thought Foxyou would be a good one, but someone got that already. If you're a Dr. Seuss fan, you might like Foxinsocks (or Foxinsox as alternate spelling).
I'll give you the name Ibesvixen if you want it.


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Dublin weather to see cloudy day in the capital as sunshine disappears
Although it's going to be a cloudy day in the capital, it will still be quite warm
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There's a change in the air as the sunshine disappears from the Dublin skyline today.
We can expect clouds for most of the day, with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
But the majority of the day will be mostly dry, with temperatures reaching as high as 16C.
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We can expect the sunshine to re-appear by tomorrow, when there will be some bright spells. Temperatures will reach 17C.
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Orthobiologics: What do Athletes Need to Know about PRP?
Education, Science, Spirit of Sport / May 2, 2017 January 3, 2020
For athletes, the field of regenerative medicine has been of particular interest in recent years because it has been promoted as a way to recover from sports injuries faster, often through the use of biological substances like platelet rich plasma (PRP).
While the efficacy of biological treatments is still under investigation, it's important for athletes to understand how the use of orthobiologics is handled under the World Anti-Doping Code. Keep reading to explore the complicated field of regenerative medicine and learn more about PRP, which is just one of many biological therapies.
What does the term orthobiologics mean?
Most commonly associated with sports injuries, orthobiologics are biological substances, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or stem cells, used to speed the healing process for musculoskeletal injuries. They may be used alone or in combination with conventional pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical based treatment. More specifically, orthobiologic therapies introduce high concentrations of naturally occurring cellular concentrates to an injury site with the intention of expediting the healing of muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, and other tissues; thereby shortening recovery time and decreasing injury-related inflammation and pain.
In sports medicine, orthobiologic treatments are used to treat both acute and chronic conditions, including common conditions caused by overuse. Athletes and orthopedists often turn to orthobiologic therapies in the hope of returning an athlete to preinjury physical condition as soon as possible. For the most part, orthopedists will attempt to use biologics in place of pharmaceuticals and/or invasive surgery.
What is PRP?
Even though blood is primarily a liquid (plasma), it also holds microscopic solid elements, or white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Platelets play an integral role in clotting blood, but they also contain proteins known as growth factors, which support healing and recovery processes.
With PRP, the plasma contains significantly more platelets than normal, so the concentration of growth factors can be five to 10 times higher than normal. Platelets are known to provide a diverse array of growth promoters that have the ability to work independently or with other proteins and cells to improve the healing process.
How is PRP used in regenerative medicine?
For PRP therapy, a patient first provides a blood sample, which goes through a process known as centrifugation to separate and concentrate the platelets from the other cells. The PRP is then injected at the injury site to treat various conditions, such as chronic Achilles tendonitis.
Does the WADA Prohibited List prohibit the use of PRP?
According to WADA regulations, PRP is not prohibited, although individual growth factors are still prohibited when given separately as purified substances, per S.2.5 of the WADA Prohibited List. PRP therapy is prohibited if it offers performance-enhancing effects, or if the PRP was altered in a way that can produce performance-enhancing benefits.
As such, the only result of PRP therapy should be the restoration of pre-injury level of function. Because the use of PRP cannot justify a positive doping test, athletes should also discuss these guidelines with their physician, contact our Drug Reference team at drugreference@USADA.org, or call Athlete Express at (866) 601-2632, with any questions.
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From the Imperial German Navy to the Israeli War Fleet: Life Story of an Accomplished Seaman
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The sailor Max Haller's (1892–1960) personal collection of his medals from the First World War is displayed on a velvet cushion. The son of a synagogue cantor from Silesia began work as a machinist on German merchant vessels in 1911 and joined the Imperial German Navy two years later. He volunteered for service in the German submarine fleet in 1915 and was on active duty in the Mediterranean until the end of the war.
Velvet cushion with Max Haller's medals, 1915-1918; Jewish Museum Berlin, Gift of I. Dinah Haller, photo: Jens Ziehe
Awarded Thrice Over
Max Haller received military decoration from three allied empires. The Austrian emperor honored him with the Medal for Bravery bearing the portrait of Charles I. The Ottoman Empire presented the German seaman with the Iron Crescent, also known as the Gallipoli Star, and the Liakat Medal of Merit with a red-and-green ribbon. He received First and Second Class Iron Crosses and the Submarine War Badge, first introduced in 1918, from the German Empire.
Medals as Symbols of Patriotism
Around 100,000 German Jews fought in the First World War, of whom approximately 12,000 fell, among them Max Haller's two brothers. Max Haller later opened a radio shop in Berlin, which was threatened by Nazi brownshirts in the boycott of April 1933. Haller pointedly placed this velvet cushion with his medals in the display window as an sign of his service for his country. Perhaps for this reason, his shop was unharmed apart from marks on the windows.
Emigration to Palestine
Haller decided to leave Germany, and emigrated with his family to Palestine in the fall of 1933. There he returned to seafaring as chief engineer on various merchant ships. At the age of 56, he volunteered once again for active duty in the newly formed naval arm of the Israeli Defense Forces. He retired as a captain in 1957.
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April Boycott
On 1 April 1933, a nationwide boycott was launched targeting Jewish-run stores, doctors' offices, and law firms. This marked the beginning of the organized persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. The April Boycott was decreed and organized by the Nazi party's leadership. In many cases, it was associated with damage and looting of the businesses in question and violence against their owners and staff.
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In 1934, Reich President Hindenburg established an Honor Cross for combatants in the First World War. Jewish soldiers could apply for this Honor Cross, and many did – even those in exile.
Leonore Maier, Curator of Material Culture, uses the Honor Crosses and the accompanying certificates of conferral from our collection as an example of the extraordinary significance of the First World War in Jewish memory, which extends to this day among the descendants of combatants.
In other short films, our curators present selected objects from our collections that commemorate Jewish involvement in the First World War.
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Our objects from material culture recount Jewish life stories from Germany, attesting to athletic achievements, weddings, professional and military careers, but also disenfranchisement, persecution, and emigration.
Challenge Trophy from the Oberspree Jewish Rowing Club
The member of the Oberspree Jewish rowing club who logged the most kilometers in the water over the course of a year was awarded a challenge trophy. Fred Eisenberg won the award three years in a row.
Stamping Hammer, Invented by Gustav Maletzki
This stamping hammer, made around 1930, is one of the patented inventions for which the apparel furrier earned several awards. In 1938, Gustav Maletzki was forced to escape Germany and brought the hammer to exile in Bolivia.
Flag with the Star of David
In 1935, Martin Friedländer hung a blue and white flag from his window, making a confident statement against the racist Nuremberg Laws.
Frieda Neuber's Leather Pouch
Shortly before being deported to Theresienstadt, Frieder Neuber gave this leather pouch to her niece. The letters inside it document her desperate attempts to leave the country.
Memmelsdorf Genizah
In February 2002, workers renovating a house discovered a burlap sack filled with papers and personal items when they opened up a section of the ceiling. The house had been owned by Jews from 1775 to 1939.
Model of the Cargo Steamer Max
The Hamburg shipowner Arnold Bernstein received this model of his first ship in 1929 as a gift for his company's tenth anniversary. Eight years later, his career ended abruptly. He was detained and only managed to escape Germany at the last minute.
Max Haller's Collection of Medals
Max Haller fought in the First World War for the Imperial German Navy. When SA members threatened him during the April Boycott of 1933, he pointedly placed a velvet cushion with his military distinctions in the shop window.
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Dr. Oscar Hirschberg's Office Signs
A total of seven office signs used by Dr. Oscar Hirschberg document both his career as a practicing physician and the political changes and antisemitic exclusion during the period of Nazi rule.
The Sommerfelds' Thirty-One Keys
Thirty-one keys – that's all that remains of the luggage the Sommerfeld family took with them when they emigrated from Berlin. They only managed to leave for England at the very last minute – just before the Second World War broke out.
Resistance and Self-Assertion (National Socialism)
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Around 4,500 objects and the stories of their owners and makers give a glimpse into Jewish history.
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When I launched my first product I had between 500 to 1,000 leads on my email list, but if I were to do it again for the first time, I'd do it differently. You don't want to be relying on building your email list and then selling to those people, but rather first coming up with an idea, then study your audience and let your launch build your email list. This can be achieved by launching your product using a webinar or challenge, as I've talked about in previous episodes.
You'll want to take a first do a lot of audience research, and you can do this by reaching out to potential customers you know would be a good fit for your offers. Just email them, or better yet do a phone interview, and ask them what they're struggling with! Don't forget to also leverage the power of Facebook groups and talk to potential customers there as well.
Once you have received feedback, analyze the responses. Does your paid product actually solve a problem that your audience has? It's important to give them what they really want, and not just want you want to teach.
As a note, make sure that you're not building the entire course first and then trying to sell it. It makes more sense to sell your offer first, then create it, because the only true test for it something will sell is if people will pull their credit cards out and pay for it.
If you already have a course, there are some major considerations to take into account before adding another one. When you expand your product suite, it means you're taking time away from one of your other courses. In fact, I wish I hadn't introduced so many different products (I've since retired many of them).
More products aren't required to scale your business, and going all in on one thing is actually the safer route, because a scattered business with too many offers will not serve you well.
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Q: Sonar compatibility with windows opereting systems I want to ask is sonar compatible with all versions of windows operating systems? If i will install and run sonar on windows 8 or windows server 2012 or on any other windows OS then will it work fine??
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Heroes vs. Spiders Matchup
How do the most famous movie heroes fare when paired with the biggest, baddest spiders? Admittedly, Halloween week brings out the crazy pest questions–usually paired with SyFy Channel original movies. For these matchups we avoided the obvious and limited the roster to heroes from movies in which spiders play an incidental role. Read on to find out who wins the ultimate spider matchup.
Indiana Jones vs. One Hundred Tarantulas
Remember the tarantulas in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)? Unlike snakes, Indy proves that he has no fear of arachnids. Upon entering the cave in the opening sequence, he and his guide become covered with hundreds of tarantulas. Indy calmly brushes them off with his trusty bull whip. Hmmm. No daring-do, no theatrics, and no dead spiders. We call this "battle" a draw.
Harry Potter vs. Aragog
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Aragog is the mini-bus-sized spider at home in the dark forest. She is a "friend" of Hagrid and commands an army of smaller spiders to attack Harry. Harry has a very young, and useless, Ron as his backup team. Can Harry's wand best Aragog's minions? Not really. Before being rescued by an enchanted car, Harry does blast one spider with the Arania Exumai spell, but leaves Aragog alive and well. Point Aragog.
Samwise Gamgee vs. Shelob
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) introduced Shelob, an enormous and ancient spider. After hero Frodo succumbs to Shelob's paralyzing bite, Samwise Gamgee takes up Frodo's Elven blade, Sting, to battle Shelob. Sam wields the sword with vengeance. Although he appears to deal a death blow, the spider only retreats into her lair after Sam releases the light of the Phial of Galadriel. We call this battle a draw, after all, Shelob did sink her fangs into Frodo.
James Bond vs. One Tarantula
In 1960, it seems that no one read the memo about tarantulas. For all their hairy scary size, tarantulas are virtually harmless. Nevertheless when James Bond awakens in Dr. No (1962) to find a tarantula crawling in excruciating slow motion towards his neck, sweat beads on the super-spy's forehead. Once the spider slips onto the pillow, Bond bravely tosses the pillow across the room and leaps out of bed. He quickly grabs his trusty Walther PPK, er, we mean size 12 Oxford and pounds the spider to death. Finally, we have a clear winner in the heroes versus spiders matchup: James Bond and his shoe!
(We should hire that guy.)
By Janet Thrasher|2016-10-28T14:37:40-07:00October 28th, 2014|Categories: Halloween, Spiders|Tags: Halloween, indiana jones, james bond, samwise gamgee, shelob, spider movies, spiders, Thrasher Termite & Pest Control|2 Comments
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Keaton Terry June 25, 2017 at 7:22 pm - Reply
I am not very impressed by this page. As a big fan of spiders, and the owner of 4 tarantulas, I find it abusive to revile spiders as freaks of nature. I can't see how that many people have almost no idea that if no spiders existed, they would live in a fly-filled house with no friendly spiders to rid them. They've never been out to kill people. The whole "Deadly spider"-type-thing happened only when people tried to kill a spider, living a life of loneliness and privacy. Imagine you, in your bed, propped against your favorite pillow. Now, all of a sudden, a giant, ferocious beast tears through your house, catching you by surprise. Being enraged by fears, their soul mission is to find you and viciously kill you. Now, the movies:
Indiana Jones- I am glad no spiders died in the cave scene. I am also the proud owner of the most docile tarantula, Brachypelma Smithi and Brachypelma Emilia, featured in the cave. However, the laziness as to knock them to the ground from 6 feet is fatal to a tarantula. If that were me, I would just pick them up gently and squat down to set them in a hollow.
Lord of the Rings- I understand a ferocious spider that tries to get a human snack is a common fear of many arachnophobes. But portraying them as a giant, man-eating beast is by no means accurate or helpful to their reputation.
It's the same with Harry Potter; a fierce spider that's over 20 ft. long is not scientifically accurate. The largest spider ever recorded was a Theraphosa Blondi Goliath Bird-Eater, and only reached 13 inches. Not breaking stereotypes, buddy.
James Bond, Dr. No- I am personally offended by this. First off, the spider is Avicularia Versicolor/Metallica. I own this species, and it is hugely incorrect to say, "it could've killed him." The most venomous spider isn't even a tarantula, but a relative of wolf spiders called the Brazilian Wandering Spider. Second, the spider was supposed to obey commands as an assassin. Never has a spider crawled up a bedside only to kill a inhabitant. Third, there were many other, better reactions than to smash it, but rather, setting the spider outside to retreat. Again, another incorrect portrayal.
Spiderman, all versions- Sure, a Black Widow has the bite potency of 15 rattlesnakes, a neurotoxic venom that may have killed humans in the past. This spider, though, has been shown as both wandering onto Peter Parker's hand, and him trespassing into its territory. Wrong again! A spider would rather stay in its webbed space than out in the open, and Peter had no business walking straight into its habitat. Of all the Black Widows in my house, they've been in silent corners to remain undisturbed.
Since when have spiders dealt with us? When have they been blood-sucking monsters who have been out to get you? Never. They're just as important as any other animal or human. All they need is peace, a shelter, and a constant food source. I rescue spiders, even if they find their way into my house, because I'm smart enough to understand the pros of a spider-filled house. Even being eaten by other animals, spiders support the rest of the animals you love to see in the zoo. Today, I challenge any of you to take the "S" out of "pest," especially when referring to spiders. Now, my message isn't a "kill-other-arachnids-instead"statement. (Now, Thrasher, ticks and mites can pass.) Scorpions, Wind-scorpions, Whipscorpions/Vinegaroons and all those creepy-crawlies are necessary. To wrap up, consider saving one's life and buy a captive-bred tarantula/scorpion from an authorized pet dealer nearby. SPIDERS!!!!
Buzz August 18, 2017 at 12:43 pm - Reply
Clearly we should stick with pest control and not attempt humor.
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