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The Illegality of Targeting Civilians by Way of Belligerent Reprisal: Implications for U.S. Nuclear Doctrine
by Scott Sagan and Allen Weiner
International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Law of Armed Conflict, Nuclear Weapons, Reprisal
Although the United States has, in recent years, unequivocally accepted the notion that international humanitarian law (IHL) applies to its nuclear operations, there's a catch. To date, the U.S. government has not declared that it no longer reserves a purported right to target civilians by way of reprisal, in response to an unlawful attack against U.S. or allied civilians. As we have argued elsewhere, and as Adil Haque recently called on the Biden administration to do, it is time for the United States to acknowledge that customary international law today prohibits targeting civilians in reprisal for an adversary's violations of the law of war. The Biden administration is conducting a nuclear posture review, which will provide an opportunity to clarify its position. Even without reliance on the doctrine of belligerent reprisal, the United States can credibly deter illegal attacks against civilians through responsive strikes that do not target the adversary's civilians and that comply with IHL.
The Application of IHL to the use of Nuclear Weapons
The United States has not always been clear or consistent regarding the application of IHL to the use of nuclear weapons. For instance, in 1977, when the United States signed Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict (Protocol I), it declared that the rules established by the Protocol "were not intended to have any effect on and do not regulate or prohibit the use of nuclear weapons." In the intervening decades, however, international consensus has emerged that IHL would apply to any use of nuclear weapons. By 2013, the Obama administration, explicitly embraced the notion that all nuclear weapons use plans "must …be consistent with the fundamental principles of the Law of Armed Conflict." The United States reaffirmed, in the Trump administration's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, that any U.S. nuclear military operations "would adhere to the law of armed conflict." This means that the United States accepts, among other IHL obligations, that its nuclear targeting policies must apply the principle of distinction (that it may not direct attacks against the civilian population or civilian objects), and the principle of proportionality (that it may not launch attacks that would cause incidental civilian harm that is excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated from the attacks). The United States also accepts that it is legally required, under the principle of precaution, to take all feasible measures to minimize incidental damage to civilian populations and civilian objects.
And yet there is an enormous caveat lurking behind the seemingly categorial U.S. statement that it "will not intentionally target civilian populations or civilian objects" in its nuclear operations. The United States has not to date foresworn the possibility that it might direct attacks against the civilian population, or otherwise launch attacks that cause disproportionate civilian harm, by relying on the customary international law doctrine of belligerent reprisal. This doctrine permits, "in exceptional cases," acts that would otherwise violate IHL "when used as an enforcement measure in reaction to unlawful acts of an adversary." Despite its relative obscurity, even among international lawyers, in 2016, then STRATCOM Judge Advocate General lawyer Theodore Richard argued that the doctrine of belligerent reprisal remains "an important part of nuclear weapon policy and deterrence theory."
It is time for the United States to acknowledge that whatever the law may have allowed decades ago, it is no longer permissible under customary IHL to intentionally target civilians by way of reprisal. State practice and the associated expressions of legal obligation (opinio juris) support our position that it is no longer legally permissible to make civilians the object of attack with nuclear (or other) weapons by way of reprisal. Even a state that sustains an illegal attack against its civilian population must respond in a way that comports with IHL. The United States should end its "calculated ambiguity" about the doctrine of belligerent reprisal and make categorical its recognition that it may not intentionally target civilian populations or civilian objects.
The Customary International Law Roots of Belligerent Reprisal
The longstanding doctrine of belligerent reprisal provides a means of self-help by which states that are victims of IHL violations committed by their adversaries can, by engaging in proportionate violations of IHL, induce their adversaries to comply with the law. Belligerent reprisals thus are meant to promote compliance with the law of war. The doctrine is as controversial as it is longstanding, however. Apart from the prudential concerns that the use of belligerent reprisals may lead to escalating violence, belligerent reprisals have been morally condemned as a "barbarous" means of seeking compliance because "they are not directed specifically at the individual authors of the initial violation." The scope of belligerent reprisals has accordingly been subjected to ever-tightening restrictions, aimed primarily at protecting vulnerable persons in wartime. The 1949 Geneva Conventions, for instance, expressly prohibit reprisals against persons protected by those Conventions, namely, sick and wounded soldiers in the field (art. 46); sick, wounded, and shipwrecked sailors (art. 47); prisoners of war (art. 13); and civilians who find themselves "in the hands" of enemy forces (art. 33). There is little doubt that the prohibition on reprisals against these classes of persons protected by the 1949 Geneva Conventions has acquired customary international law status (Rule 146).
Protocol I extended the prohibition on reprisals. Article 51(6) provides that "[a]ttacks against the civilian population or civilians by way of reprisals are prohibited." The protection against reprisals in Protocol I goes beyond that in the Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention governing civilians because it is not limited to the treatment of those "in the hands" of a party to a conflict, e.g., persons in occupied territory, but applies to all civilians. Although the United States has not become a party to Protocol I, it has long accepted that key IHL provisions in that treaty – including the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution – reflect codifications of binding customary international law. These principles accordingly apply to all U.S. military operations, including nuclear operations.
The United States has in the past asserted that unlike the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution, the prohibition on reprisals against civilians in Protocol I was not a customary international law rule, and that the United States accordingly retains the right to target civilians by way of reprisal. In justifying this position in 1987, then-State Department Legal Adviser Abraham Sofaer stated: "To formally renounce even the option of such attacks, however, removes a significant deterrent that presently protects civilians and other war victims on all sides of a conflict." The United States reiterated this position on reprisals in 1995 in its submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in connection with proceedings in the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion.
Belligerent Reprisals Today
Whatever the United States may have asserted twenty-five years ago, the prohibition on targeting civilians by way of reprisal today is a customary international law rule that applies even to states that are not parties to Protocol I. It consequently also applies to nuclear operations.
We recognize, of course that merely saying that customary international law prohibits belligerent reprisals against civilians does not make it so. At the same time, merely denying that the prohibition on targeting civilians by way of reprisal has acquired customary international law status does not resolve the matter, either. Following Michael's Reisman's characterization of the "ceaseless dialectic" by which international law develops, we must evaluate the legal status of the purported prohibition on belligerent reprisals against civilians by considering not only what states do, but also their assertions about what they and other states may or may not lawfully do. What is striking in this regard is the utter absence of any support among states in recent history for the existence of a right of states to intentionally target other states' civilians, even in reprisal for attacks against civilians by the adversary.
In its 2005 encyclopedic study on customary IHL, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) observed that while "the vast majority of States have…committed themselves not to make civilians the object of reprisals," the ICRC could not yet conclude that a customary rule specifically prohibiting reprisals against civilians had "crystallized" because of "very limited" contrary practice. Yet the record cited by the ICRC is hardly sufficient to refute the existence of widespread and consistent practice informed by opinio juris – the standard for establishing a customary international law rule – condemning reprisals against civilians. Part of the "limited practice" the ICRC refers to is the fact that when Protocol I was negotiated, five states – Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom – made statements that seemed to affirm the right of belligerent reprisal. A careful reading of the record, however, reveals that the statements of most of these states – Egypt, France, Germany, and Italy – merely affirmed the right to react to serious and repeated violations of the law of armed conflict with means admissible under international law. In view of the widespread consensus today about the illegality of reprisals against civilians, such statements hardly represent a clear assertion that these states believe that international law permits them to direct attacks against civilians. In any event, Egypt subsequently asserted before the ICJ in the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons case that the prohibition on reprisals against civilians reflects customary international law (para. 43), and recent military manuals of France and Germany prohibit reprisals against civilians, citing Article 51(6) of Additional Protocol I.
The other form of practice that might give rise to doubts about the customary international law status of the prohibition on reprisals targeting civilians is the conduct of states in wartime. Michael Newton, for example, refers to "the many instances of state practice … that would indicate recourse to reprisals in fact if not in phraseology." But such practice is insufficient to undermine the customary international law character of the prohibition on reprisals against civilians unless the states that engage in such attacks claim that they are legally entitled to do so – that is, their practice alone does not evidence the other element required to create customary international law, opinio juris. The argument that reprisals against civilians are permitted under customary international because states sometime employ them is no more persuasive than the argument that customary international law permits targeting of medical facilities because warring parties sometimes target them, or that there is no customary international law prohibition against torturing prisoners because states sometimes torture prisoners.
The only recent international armed conflict in which states appear to have claimed the right to target one another's cities in reprisal for such attacks by the other side is the "War of the Cities" phase of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Although neither Iran nor Iraq were parties to Protocol I, the international community hardly acted if it believed those states were legally permitted to target civilians by way of reprisal. To the contrary, the U.N. Security Council in Resolution 540 explicitly condemned "all violations of international humanitarian law" committed by the parties to the conflict and "call[ed] for the immediate cessation of all military operations against civilian targets, including city and residential areas"; in Resolution 598, the Council again deplored "the bombing of purely civilian population centres." In its own unilateral statement, the U.S. State Department – rather than defending the right of states to target civilians pursuant to the doctrine of belligerent reprisal – said the United States "deplores the tragic and needless loss of both Iranian and Iraqi lives, especially through attacks on civilian populations" and urged both states "to respect their obligations under international conventions designed to mitigate the human suffering of warfare." In short, there is widespread practice, backed by opinio juris, to support the notion that the prohibition of attacking civilians in reprisal has acquired customary international law status. We are unaware of a single instance in which a state has invoked the doctrine of belligerent reprisal as a basis for directing attacks against civilians that has not generated harsh condemnation by the international community.
A Persistent Objector?
Could the United States claim that it qualifies as a persistent objector to the now-crystallized customary international law prohibition on reprisal attacks against civilians? The record of U.S. behavior of the past decades would not support such a claim. The most recent assertion by the United States that Protocol I's prohibition on reprisals against civilians is not a customary international law rule dates back to its assertion before the ICJ in 1995 – over 25 years ago – that Article 51(6) of Protocol I was a "new rule" that had "not been incorporated into customary international law." Since then, rather than affirming the right to target civilians in reprisal, U.S. statements of nuclear targeting policy have categorically declared that the United States will not intentionally target civilians; the U.S. statement at the 2015 NPT Review Conference similarly declared that U.S. nuclear plans "will apply the principles of distinction and proportionality and will not intentionally target civilian populations or civilian objects," with no caveats.
The Department of Defense Law of War Manual, updated in 2016, simply recounts Legal Adviser Sofaer's 1987 U.S. assertion that the prohibitions on belligerent reprisals against civilians in Additional Protocol I are "counter-productive and that they remove a significant deterrent that protects civilians and war victims on all sides of a conflict." But the Manual does not state expressly – as the United States has demonstrated it knows how to do in other contexts – that the prohibition on reprisals set out in Protocol I does not reflect or contribute to the development of customary international law.
Although there is no precise formula for determining how persistently a would-be persistent objector must object to an emerging rule, where a rule is clearly supported by an overwhelming majority of states, David Colson persuasively argues that "the persistent objector must continually make its position known to ensure that the law does not find tacit consent through a relatively short period of silence.…[T]he more isolated a State becomes in its legal perspective, the more active it must be in restating and making clear its position." The United States record of objection to the prohibition on targeting civilians by way of belligerent reprisal falls far short of that standard.
Deterring Attacks Against U.S. and Allied Civilians
Some strategists share the fears of former Legal Adviser Sofaer that acknowledging the impermissibility of belligerent reprisals would remove a deterrent that presently protects American and allied civilians from unlawful attacks by U.S. adversaries. We doubt that adversaries will be more likely to launch attacks illegally targeting civilians if the U.S. declares that reprisals directed against civilians are impermissible. As we have noted, a nuclear posture that rules out the option of directing attacks against civilians would be more ethical than one that retains it; such a nuclear posture would be more likely to be followed by U.S. military leaders and thus would be more credible and more effective. Moreover, the proper application of IHL would still permit costly nuclear or conventional responses to any nuclear attack against U.S. or allied civilians, including attacks directed against legitimate adversary military and leadership targets. This prospect is more likely to deter the autocratic leaders of U.S. adversaries than would the threat of attacks against their civilians.
More fundamentally, a decision about whether to renounce the option of directly targeting civilians, even by way of reprisal, should not be driven only by strategic assessments about the impact on deterrence. As we conclude in our article in the Spring 2021 issue of International Security:
[T]he fact that an adversary has violated the law does not provide a sufficient legal or moral reason to violate the rights of noncombatants merely because they are nationals of the breaching state. When North Vietnam tortured American prisoners of war, few argued that the U.S. morally should or legally could torture North Vietnamese prisoners held by U.S. forces. When ISIS bombed cafes in Paris, beheaded prisoners, or sexually abused American aid workers, few argued that the U.S. morally should or legally could bomb markets in Syria, behead ISIS prisoners, or sexually abuse women supporting ISIS. It would be appropriate for the U.S. to stop threatening to deliberately kill millions of innocent civilians, even in the name of deterrence, when it rightly no longer threatens to perpetrate similar illegal acts against individual innocent civilians.
In short, for legal, ethical, and strategic reasons, it is time for the United States to affirmatively recognize the customary international law prohibition on targeting civilians by way of belligerent reprisal.
IMAGE: WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 08: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens in the East Room of the White House March 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Scott Sagan
Scott D. Sagan is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, the Mimi and Peter Haas University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.
Allen Weiner
Allen S. Weiner is Senior Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, where he is the Director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law and Director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation.
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Nashville man survives Christmas morning blast outside his apartment window
Michael Geheren
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NewsNation Now) — It's a Christmas morning that Nashville local and country singer Buck McCoy says he will never forget.
"Around 5:30, I could hear gunshots coming from right outside my window," said McCoy who lives in downtown Nashville.
McCoy says he got up and didn't see anything happening outside the window and went back to sleep. Then, he woke again to another round of gunshots. Ten minutes later, an RV on the street outside exploded.
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"I heard the most incredible boom," McCoy said. "It just shook the entire apartment and literally blew my windows into the next room. Stuff was falling on me. Water was coming down."
He pulled out his cellphone and recorded the damage.
"It was like a movie. I wasn't sure if this was really happening," he said.
"It was so traumatic that I was sort of in shock."
Buck McCoy
Had he been closer to the window, McCoy said he probably wouldn't have survived.
When McCoy got outside, he saw people coming outside, crying.
"What I saw when I walked out was unbelievable. Cars were on fire, there was debris everywhere," McCoy said.
He said he lost his cat in the blast. She was freaking out, he said, and authorities won't let him get back to his apartment.
"It's not a good Christmas at all," he said.
McCoy is staying with friends in downtown Nashville.

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The Original KayakChickee.: What will become of it?
This is what's left of the electrical panel for our sailboat; a 1972 Helms. I would love to have seen it salvaged and remain on the boat. The old knobs are just too cool. But the workings are just too far gone and it needs to be replaced. So, being the creative type person that I am; I'm turning it into a mixed media art piece.


National MEP Subcontractor needs manpower support for ammonia refrigeration.
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Black walnut ink, goldenrod, river water, and hand embroidery on cotton.
I embroidered this cliff swallow separately and decided later to incorporate it into this painting. This painting is of my friend Kris. As she posed for this photo shoot, she moved her hands and arms around her like a slow meditative dance. She has this beautiful quality about her that mesmerizes me. She is playful and soft and sophisticated and wise all at the same time. Its so beautiful. They say everyone in our life is a reflection of us and I have noticed in the portrait series that I have been making that I often see qualities in the women I'm painting that I want more of in myself. Or maybe they are deeply hidden qualities that I already have that are longing to come out and into the light. I do believe that we learn so much about ourselves through the people in our lives who grab our attention. For me, Kris is definitely one of those people.


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    it('should create an instance of Group with default List:', function() {
      var group = new Group();
      assert.deepEqual(group.List, List);
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    it('should create an instance of Group with custom List:', function() {
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        List: CustomList
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      assert.deepEqual(group.List, CustomList);
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  describe('static methods', function() {
    it('should expose `extend`:', function() {
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  describe('prototype methods', function() {
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    it('should expose `use`', function() {
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    it('should expose `set`', function() {
      assert(typeof group.set === 'function');
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    it('should expose `get`', function() {
      assert(typeof group.get === 'function');
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    it('should expose `visit`', function() {
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    it('should expose `define`', function() {
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    it('should expose options:', function() {
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    it('should get a value from the instance:', function() {
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          items: [1, 2, 3]
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        items: [1, 2, 3]
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    it('should get an instance of List when value is an array', function() {
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            items: [1, 2, 3]
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Putin sends military plane to U.S. with supplies to fight virus
A Russian military plane carrying medical equipment has departed for the United States, the defense ministry in Moscow said Wednesday, as the Kremlin flexes its soft power amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Antonov-124, "with medical masks and medical equipment on board", left for the U.S. overnight, a statement said, without providing further details.
Video released by the ministry showed the cargo plane loaded with boxes preparing to take off from a military airbase near Moscow early Wednesday morning.
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Contacted by AFP, the defense ministry refused to provide any further information on the delivery, which came after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday.
Russia has previously sent medical supplies and experts to coronavirus-hit Italy as part of a humanitarian effort that analysts said carried geopolitical overtones. News to stay informed. Advice to stay safe.
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Moscow said the aid for Italy included some 100 virus specialists with experience dealing with Ebola and swine fever, but Italian media have reported that much of the aid was not useful in the fight against the virus.
Last month, Russia said it had sent nearly 1,000 coronavirus testing kits to ex-Soviet states and countries including Iran and North Korea.
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The world is battling the COVID-19 outbreak that the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.(Pictured) A specialist wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant on a street installation in Stavropol, Russia on April 1. Slideshow by photo services
The U.S. now has 188,663 confirmed coronavirus cases, by far the highest of any country, according to a Johns Hopkins tally, and more than 4,000 deaths.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Putin expected the U.S. to return the gesture if Russia faces a similar crisis and U.S. producers have increased their capacity to produce medical supplies.
"Today, when the situation touches absolutely everyone and is of a global nature, there is no alternative to acting together in the spirit of partnership and mutual assistance," he said.
Mr. Trump said earlier this week that "Russia sent us a very, very large planeload of things, medical equipment, which was very nice."
Health officials in Russia have registered a sharp increase in the number of infections, with 2,337 cases and 17 deaths confirmed, according to the latest figures Wednesday.
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No: 65, 19 March 2019, Press Release Regarding The Appointment Of Ambassador Halit Çevik As The Chief Monitor Of The Osce Special Monitoring Mission To Ukraine
Ambassador Halit Çevik, Turkey's candidate for the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, was appointed to this position following a selection process among six candidates. We welcome this decision and consider it to be a testament to the sense of confidence in Turkey and to Ambassador Çevik and his professional expertise and experience.
The SMM, which was established by the OSCE Permanent Council's decision dated 21 March 2014, contributes to peace, stability and security by monitoring throughout Ukraine and facilitating the dialogue on the ground in order to reduce tension and promote normalization of the situation. H.E. Ertuğrul Apakan, Retired Ambassador and Former Undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been serving as the SMM's Chief Monitor since 2 April 2014. The tenure of Ambassador Apakan, whose work is appreciated by all, will end soon.
Turkey's strong support to the SMM operating under the principles of impartiality and transparency will continue. We are confident that Ambassador Çevik, upon assuming his office, will also contribute to the Mission's success and thereby to regional peace and stability.


On 25 September 1987 Jack Mapanje, a Malawian University lecturer and poet was arrested without charge, under a direct order from Ngwazi Dr H. Kamuzu Banda. He was detained in Mikuyu prison without trial for 3 years, 7 months,16 days and more than 12 hours.
The Africa Centre, in collaboration with Nanzikambe Arts and Bilimankhwe Arts, are running a production of "And Crocodiles Are Hungry At Night", adapted from the memoirs of Dr Mapanje. Nine actors travelled from Malawi to bring to life the injustice suffered by Mapanje and other political prisoners during President Banda's oppressive 28 year rule.
I have worked with prisoners in two of the largest prisons in Malawi and found some of the scenes particularly hard to watch due to the striking similarities between the degrading treatment Dr Mapanje suffered and the inhumane conditions prisoners are still forced to endure. In one scene, the higher authorities discovered that one sympathetic prison guard had helped some inmates to communicate with their families; as a result Dr Mapanje and his fellow inmates were subjected to a very public and extremely humiliating strip search. This is a regular occurrence at Chichiri prison, where invasive strip searches are publically carried out on new inmates in the prison courtyard before they are shown to their cells. The nine Malawian actors did a fantastic job in portraying Dr Mapanje's experiences, with humour, sensitivity and vibrancy.
The production used Dr Mapanje's poetry as a powerful tool in highlighting the strength of the human spirit. "Skipping Without Ropes" beautifully encapsulates the inmate's anguish and frustration at the injustice they suffered and Mapanje's resilience when confronted by the cruelty of the regime.
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The Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy Collection 4 June 2020
In 1982, Mark Isaacson organized an exhibition of Ed and Mary Scheier's works from the 1960s to the 1980s at Fifty/50. The show inspired renewed interest in these important American studio artists. The images below are from the original catalog, which was photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe and Eeva-Inkeri.
Mary and Edwin Scheier
Mary and Edwin Scheier were partners and co-creators for over seven decades. They were self-taught, leading figures in the reemergence of studio pottery in the 20th century, elevating the craft to fine art.
The Scheiers initially met through working for the WPA during the Great Depression and married in 1937; for a short time, they were traveling puppeteers, before settling in Tennessee, where they taught art classes and began experimenting with pottery. In 1938 they relocated to New Hampshire, where they were invited to lead the ceramics program at University of New Hampshire, Durham.
There, they began developing their distinct style, which was initially inspired by the potters they met in the Appalachian mountains. They would go on to incorporate other global folk traditions into their work, which included modern and primitive imagery alike, as well as their own particular proclivities; Mary created small, hand-thrown works with delicate applied decoration and Ed did most of the glazing and made larger, more sculptural works.
Vase, c. 1955
Charger, c. 1955
In 1968 Ed and Mary relocated to Oaxaca, Mexico; Mary had to stop creating pottery due to arthritis and Ed turned his attention to woodworking and tapestries. It wasn't until ten years later, when they moved to Arizona, that Ed returned to pottery. Ed and Mary passed away in 2008 and 2007, respectively; a large portion of their works are held by the University of New Hampshire and The Currier Museum, Manchester, NH.
Ed and Mary Scheier in their studio, 1956. Image: Currier Museum of Art.
Ed and Mary in their studio. Image: Portsmouth Historical Society.
You musn't think about it, you must feel it.
Edwin Scheier
The Mark Isaacson
and Greg Nacozy Collection
The Collection of Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy includes over two-hundred works from one of the most significant figures in mid-century collecting. Mark established the influential Fifty/50 gallery in New York in 1981 (later partnering with Mark McDonald and Ralph Cutler in 1983), which shaped the tastes and collecting habits of many and brought furniture, decorative arts and jewelry from the 1930s, 40s and 50s to the forefront of the market at a time when they were largely overlooked.
Greg Nacozy and Mark Isaacson in Venice, c. 1985
Fifty/50's and Mark's legacy is most closely associated with bringing Italian art glass to the United States (Mark even advised the MET on their Italian glass collection) and raising the profile of mid-century furniture and American studio jewelry and ceramics; iconic examples of each are represented in this auction, including an early Rudder Stool by Isamu Noguchi, Charlotte Perriand's and Pierre Jeanneret's Bahut No. 2, a Gerrit Rietveld Zig-Zag chair, pottery by Edwin and Mary Scheier and Fausto Melotti, and Venini glassworks.
The most exciting aspects of this auction are the more intimate ones—the works from Mark's and Greg's personal collection that speak to Mark's eclectic taste, his boundless curiosity and sensitivity toward objects and art, and how generous he was in sharing his interests with others and letting them share with him. Standouts include several works by Robert Mapplethorpe—who was close friends with Mark, photographed several Fifty/50 catalogs and got many of the ceramics in his photographs from the gallery—the ecstatic wood construction Wild Plant by Leo Amino, a painting by Ralston Crawford of a spectacularly minimalist skyscraper façade, and photographic works by Man Ray, Edward Weston, Lynn Davis and Dorothea Lange.
Mark with Ed and Mary Scheier; Robert Mapplethorpe and Mark
This auction also features many works that tie together the thread of Mark's collecting practices, going beyond the downtown New York sensibilities of the 1980s and showing the scope of eras and cultures that interested him; the sgraffito incisions on a 1940s Scheier vase echo the geometric features of a Senufo Kpeliye'e mask, the entrancing and complex shadows of a grain elevator in a photograph by Ralston Crawford contrast with the severe plainness of a New York City step-back building captured by Walker Evans, and the radical gestures of gay image making are seen in the works of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus and Robert Loughlin. One of the artists in this sale, George Dureau, a photographer from New Orleans (where Greg is also from) who greatly influenced Mapplethorpe early in his career, perhaps best captures the spirit of this collection, saying about his own work:
"I live a warm, involved, humanist sort of life. There are lots of people passing through it. I have exciting experiences and learn things about people. They always go into my art. I cannot have an experience and it not go into my art."
Mark and a friend at Brimfield; Mark's and Greg's apartment; Mark and Greg at The Armory Show
Fifty/50 gallery reshaped the collecting market during its twelve-year existence, closing in 1993 after Mark passed away from AIDS; his partner Greg has cared for the collection since. The Collection of Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy offers an opportunity to see a short but impactful life lived through an enthusiasm for art and design, one that inspired many to see and appreciate objects and live with them as fully as Mark did.


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Pencils Books and Dirty Looks: Five for Friday on Father's Day!
Better late than never!! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to give you my Five for Friday.
1. Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband who also happens to be an absolutely wonderful father!!
2. This has been a very busy summer! Both of my daughters have been busy with their usual activities. Avery will be a freshman this coming school year and made the high school dance team. She has practice every Monday-Thursday for 3 hours!!
My youngest daughter, Payton, has soccer at least four days a week. She and three of her teammates won a 3v3 tournament yesterday!
And last but not least, this crazy dog is always into something he shouldn't be!!
3. I did find furniture for my patio. It has been favorite spot of mine this summer! Here is a before and after!
4. My Blogiversary Giveaway ends tomorrow! If you haven't enter yet, click on the picture below to enter for a chance to win a $50 Erin Condren gift certificate!!
5. I've had such a wonderful response to my giveaway that I'm now at 659 followers! AMAZING!! To celebrate I'm having a sale in my TpT and TN stores!!
Your girls are just beautiful! Enjoy the rest of Father's Day with your family!!
Looks like you have a lot of fun on your house! Love your patio!
I want to say a HUGE thank you for coming over to my blog, commenting, and becoming a member! Your blog is amazing and for you to join mine made me so excited! I appreciate it so much!


Listen, O my intimate friend - I have just one prayer to make.
I have been wandering around, searching for that enticing, sweet Beloved.
Whoever leads me to my Beloved - I would cut off my head and offer it to him, even if I were granted the Blessed Vision of His Darshan for just an instant.
My eyes are drenched with the Love of my Beloved; without Him, I do not have even a moment's peace.
My mind is attached to the Lord, like the fish to the water, and the rainbird, thirsty for the raindrops.
O intimate friend, my Beloved has all these loving companions; I cannot compare to any of them.
O intimate friend, each of them is more beautiful than the others; who could consider me?
Each of them is more beautiful than the others; countless are His lovers, constantly enjoying bliss with Him.
Beholding them, desire wells up in my mind; when will I obtain the Lord, the treasure of virtue?
I dedicate my mind to those who please and attract my Beloved.
O intimate friend, my Husband Lord does whatever He pleases; He is not dependent on anyone.
O intimate friend, you have enjoyed your Beloved; please, tell me about Him.
They alone find their Beloved, who eradicate self-conceit; such is the good destiny written on their foreheads.
Taking me by the arm, the Lord and Master has made me His own; He has not considered my merits or demerits.
She, whom You have adorned with the necklace of virtue, and dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love - everything looks beautiful on her.
O intimate friend, I have found that peace which I sought.
My sought-after Husband Lord has come home, and now, congratulations are pouring in.
By great good fortune, I have found Him; the Guru has united me with Him, through the Saadh Sangat, the True Congregation of the Holy.
My hopes and desires have all been fulfilled; my Beloved Husband Lord has hugged me close in His embrace.


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Does Acne Mean I'm Not Keeping My Face Clean Enough?
Not necessarily! Acne is triggered due to fluctuating hormones. Washing your face regularly helps to remove dead skin cells, dirt and excess oil from the skin surface.
Too often to clean the skin or rubbing the skin too hard can worsen acne on the skin.
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Naruto Shippuden 427 and 428 see's a two-part special episodes covering Tenten's inner world as she's been captured into the Infinite Tsukuyomi where we meet a number of her friends with many different looks and personalities. Similar to that of how everyone during the Road to Ninja movie, with Menma and Kushina alive.
Naruto Shippuden 427 and 428 begins as Tenten rushes towards the battlefield with her weapons, however the Infinite Tsukuyomi activates and quickly gets her. She quickly wakes up and realises that she's in her bed, she goes outside to see whats going on as she still realises that there is a war going on.
She meets up with Lee and Guy who have a different look when they appear, later on we see more appear who just piss her off since they're not who she thinks they are. We even see Sakura, Sasuke and Menma (Naruto's counterpart) appear. While they eat, she seems down as she tries to make sense of it all.
Their personalities and everything associated to them are much different then what they were before. She runs off as she tries to release the genjutsu that he thinks she might be under, but it doesn't. Next day, she tries to look for some more genjutsu work but she can't anything since everyone seems to be annoying her.
Next up, we see her friends a little worried but Menma mention that they need to help her out somehow. Others try to help her out, however some time later Hinata steals her scroll containing Sage of the Six Paths weapon. However, she is serious enough to fight her for her scroll.
She is given the scroll back by the hands of Menma, someone at the park see's her effort and the commotion. While Tenten tells her friends that they aren't who they are and that she has her own goals, she also doesn't belong there. While Neji tries to bring her back, Tenten might question herself a little.
Next day, Tenten wakes up as she tries to figure out a way to return to her own world. She tries but fails when she asks Kurenai for help in this situation. She realises that no one can help her, however she meets someone at a food shop who gives her a map to where she could find someone from the Hidden Rain who can help her out.
She decides to go out that night, however soon after she is quickly captured and branded a traitor as evidence increases against her. The map she had been revealed to be an address which allowed people to attack the Village.
She is taken into the jail as her friends look at her in shame. Whilst in the village jail, Lee and Neji come to talk to her as they tell her that they will try to figure out who set her up. However, minutes later the village is set on fire as it all goes up in flame after being attacked by the Rain Village.
Menma arrives and has the person who set her up, he mentions that she can do whatever she wants but she decides to her the village after is was somewhat her fault. She has been cleared as she arrives to help the others. Menma arrives as he uses his Nine Tail powers to battle against one of the frogs.
However, another appear and it's up to Tenten to help out , she does so using the tools available to her from the Sage of Six Paths, while also saving many people within the village. She is quickly captured by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, fully, as Neji persuades her. Naruto Shippuden 427 and 428 both end here.
A pretty annoying set of episodes, even if they were meant as ad-dons for the manga for when everyone is dreaming, I would really hate it for it to keep on hanging for it to also show more stupid dreams of others. Nevertheless, I think this Infinite Tsukuyomi dream thing will carry on in Naruto Shippuden 429, titled "Killer Bee Rappuden: Part 1" which concentrates on Killer Bee of course.
Lol, yeah this just sounds kind of sad. I really didn't care for the alternate Naruto world and thought that it had a lot of potential, but didn't live up to it. Seeing it again through fillers….and then more fillers to come…well, that's a little sad. I do find it a little funny though to see how the anime really wants to drag itself on and on so I've been secretly hoping that it'll keep on throwing in filler episodes. I know that they're no fun and are typically bad, but just think of how much bragging rights you'd have 5 years from now. You could proudly wear a shirt saying "I survived Naruto Shippuden!" I'm sure that a lot of people dropped it during the numerous fillers. Still…we're supposedly near the final episodes so the legend is nearly over.
Actually I'm about to watch this episode. I made the mistake of not following the manga so I'm trying to watch the anime. Its getting really good. This alternate world is unusual but interesting.
I think it should have been good, but the problem is that all of the alternate versions of the characters are just really bad. Menma is okay, but alternate Hinata is just a really poor excuse for adding some more fanservice in the show. Alternate Rock Lee and Neji are naturally perverts, which is equally bad and it's why I really couldn't stand the Road to Ninja movie. I wanted to like it, but it was handled quite badly. Otherwise, alternate worlds are usually a lot of fun.
The series just doesn't know when to call it quits. Who knows, maybe Kaguya will get an anime only secret origin.
Oh I wouldn't mind that. I usually don't mind anime only flashbacks as long as they do the character justice.
I guess it depends on the character. The best example of something like that happening and not being good was the new Maleficent movie. The whole movie was a flashback to why she is the way she is. I didn't like that. I always liked it better when Maleficent was just evil. She didn't need a reason like Jafar, she just did.
Yeah, it was kind of iffy. I liked the film, but this wasn't the real Maleficent. Also, in this version, she never really turned evil as she ultimately became a good guy. In that sense, I just think of the film as an AU. The narration hints at that as well.
I guess you have a point. I understand some flashbacks aren't needed for certain characters. Especially villains. But I wouldn't mind them if they are good.
It's definitely getting better, but these dream episodes are being a little annoying, I don't really want to watch then really lol.
I think it's just one of those that wants to just keep on dragging. I think they'll keep on doing this till they earn as much as possibly before the anime ends.
That's true. It isn't too far off from being completely over.
That's true. I always did notice that Naruto has alot of fillers. Guess they wanna milk everything till they have nothing else huh?
Yeah man, I can understand your frustrations, but might as well get use to it, as I'm positive Naruto Shippuden will end in 2016, lets just let the supporting cast have their last remaining amount spotlight.
Agreed, I guess riding it out till the end, since its so close go the end.
I knew this was going to happen. It didn't happen in the manga (the dreams) cause it's manga and it would stress Kishimoto-A LOT. It's not like I mind the dreams but i am usually looking forward to the Naruto's point of view. That reminds me, is Naruto Gaiden going to get animated? Cause I don't think so.
I think Naruto Gaiden was a one time thing, it was a little extra. I don't think it'll get animated, but I don't think we should write it off since it would be a nice addition to the series when it ends.
Hey Sunite there is something I like to ask you, I'm playing on a theory page called "Why I think 2016 is the idle year for Bleach Anime to Return", it will be a page with a images and points on why I think Bleach could return and why I think 2016 might be a good year.
And I just like to ask if I liked to upload this on Daily Anime Art, but I know its not a site that anyone can upload anything like Deviantart, I like to know if a needed permission who would I have to ask?
Thanks dude, and I hope 2016 will be the year!!!
You like, once I have it up I'll send you the link and you can tell me what you think.
No problem. I actually only had one thing to say about your idea of the original Captains. I consider Hikifune one of them. Even though it's very possible Shutara was the first 12th Division Captain, she doesn't really seem like a scientific person. Hikifune created the Gikon, which is used by scientists like Kisuke and Mayuri. Also, just because she doesn't seem like a killer doesn't mean she wasn't one. Unohana had an entirely different personality when she switched to the 4th Division. I also consider Shunsui and Jushiro original Captains considering their over 2000 years old. Love your work dude!
I don't see her as being one of the captains, but I can see her as being part of the Gotei 13, as an officer back then. Also I don't think Shunsui and Jushiro were part of the first Gotei 13, mainly because in 511, when we saw a young Shunsui going in Yamamoto room and he found that painting of Yamamto using his bankai, and he called himself a monster and how he only made the Soul Society worse in a crisis, (which I'm sure was the frist war with Yhwach), and I don't think its ever been stated to be around 2000 years old, (I think you might be confusing them for the Academy, that Yama created over 2000 years ago, and they were the first graduates who ever became captain).
And also THANK YOU FOR LOVING MY WORK DUDE!!!
Actually, if you remember the chapter when Yhwach killed Yamamoto, that flashback was stated to be 2100 years ago, when Shunsui was a kid. Go back and look cause I'm positive. The Gotei 13 was founded 1000 years ago, so logically I'm guessing Shunsui and Jushiro were original Captains. Same guessing the same with Hikifune. If not for her personality than go by her power. Despite being the most recent Shinigami promoted to the Royal Guard, she's clearly very powerful like Shutara, Oetsu, and Tenjiro. Those four are equal in my eyes, but weaker than Ichibei. For example, I can see Tenjiro's spring water leaching the Reiatsu out of Hikifune's Trees, but I doubt he can do that with Shutara's unique cloth based abilities. I can see Oetsu's Sayafushi cutting through Shutara's Zanpakuto like Gerard did. But I doubt he can do that with Hikifune's trees. And yes I do like your work. Its very interesting. Also, what's your opinion on the black eyed female Quincy that spoke with Jugram abiut Uryu's crowning to Prince? She's the only Quincy that has yet to have her name and Letter shown. I believe she's with Jugram at the Palace and she's a medical Quincy.
Sorry mate, I have checked 511 (both in mangastream and mangapanda), and I don't see any mention of 2100 years ago, (if you find a link that states that scene was 2100 years ago, send it to me OK) Chojiro is really the only one we know who has been with Yama for over 2000 years ago.
I believe that female Quincy is Nanao future rival, makes sense for Vice-Captain for the Head-Captain fight the Attendant for the Sternritter Grandmaster, I'm not sure if she has a letter, because I don't think she is a Sternrtter (Unless she is part of a group of Quincies that are a rank below Sternritters, that are giving letters, but don't have Vollstandig, the equivalent of vice captains ) and I do believe that she is with Jugo, we know there are other Quincies beside Yhwach Jugo, Uryu & the Elite Guard, because in 630 we saw a messenger, and I doubt they would just bring 1 messenger, plus there is Hallibel too, bet she is under Yhwach control by now.
Forget the last sentence, I didn't think my comment, would actually come below, I swear computers just mess with my head.
I couldn't really find it. I assumed it was that long ago because not only does Yamamoto look the same age, but I'm not sure if he has the 2nd scar on his forehead from Chojiro's Bankai. I always assumed they were 2000 years old sense Chojiro achieved Bankai before they did, and he didn't use it from 2000 years.
I can understand why you think this women is lieutenant level Quincy. I thought that at first. But it's very possible the Wandenreich doesn't even have a military branch of lieutenant level Quincy. Other than the Sternritter and Schutzstaffel, the Jagdarmee don't even have lieutenant level Quincy, Quilge Opie is also a Sternritter and an Executive Hunting Captain. That's the only military branch that can possibly have more Quincy to reveal sense Quincy is the Captain of the 1st Jagdarmee. Telling us there are more. It would explain why we haven't seen Gantenbain or Rudburn. Also, her character design looks to unique to me (especially her pitch black eyes) that she wouldn't be a Sternritter or share a letter. Yhwach and Uryu share A, Royd and Lloyd share Y, Gremmy,Guenael Le, and Shaz Domino share V. The only lieutenant level Quincy I'm my opinion was Guenael Lee sense he couldn't defeat Yachiru. No problem dude. I like speaking with you.
Dude hey, I'm so sorry for the late reply, I saw this message a few days ago but couldn't find the time to reply to this. I really like the idea and had something even better. Possibly you could do a guest post based on your opinions and evidence you found? and why it might be a good year for Bleach. I'd love to post the images but they have way too much information in one image, maybe you could discuss these in your guest post? Is it okay with you if I personally email you to the email you've used here to comment on here? So we could discuss this?
That would be great man, and yeah man send me your email, but I can't do it just yet, as I need to carefully plan it and sort some things out at the moment, but I will let you know in advance when I like to discuss if that's alright.
But I defiantly want to discuss this and gets this done before the end of the year though.


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Pro-Peace Rapper Demonstrates Awesome Christlike, Stephen-like Forgiveness When Struck — Stop the Violence Within — We Can Do It!!!
On March 29, 2009 By Jeff FenskeIn Forgive & Be FREE, No Enemy, RevivalLeave a comment
Standing firm on his platform of peace, KRS One calmed the crowd and security staff, which came to his defense after a fan lost control of himself, lashing out in anger by throwing a bottle in the direction of the stage.
After being struck in the face and hand and still holding the microphone, the legendary performer pleaded, "Let it go. Let it go. When negativity comes your way, let it go. Let this be an example as to how we stop the violence."
Amazingly, the veteran emcee finished the last 15 minutes of his set as his right hand swelled to painful proportions, and he was rushed to Yale-New Haven hospital in an ambulance and treated for a fractured hand as well as dehydration.
From: Stop the Violence
KRS One Embodies His Stop the Violence Message After Fan Throws Bottle Toward Stage, Injuring Performer and Inciting Intense Reaction from Crowd
Hip Hop artist and activist, KRS One, demonstrates incredible restraint after overzealous fan throws bottle at a New Haven, CT nightclub, striking the icon in the face and fracturing his right hand. By doctor's orders, all performance and lecture dates have been postponed until after May 1, 2008.
In the midst of an intense, multi-city mission in support of the Stop the Violence Movement, KRS One has been visiting some of the nation's roughest neighborhoods, spreading his message of nonviolence to those who need to hear it most. During his latest stop in Chicago, the Teacha visited tragedy-plagued Crane High School, released the star-studded "Self Construction" single on Power 92.3 radio and held a press conference to promote peace with Illinois State Representative John Fritchey. His New Haven, CT stop brought him to the Toad's Place nightclub where his true Stop the Violence message was tested.
Standing firm on his platform of peace, KRS One calmed the crowd and security staff, which came to his defense after a fan lost control of himself, lashing out in anger by throwing a bottle in the direction of the stage. After being struck in the face and hand and still holding the microphone, the legendary performer pleaded, "Let it go. Let it go. When negativity comes your way, let it go. Let this be an example as to how we stop the violence." Amazingly, the veteran emcee finished the last 15 minutes of his set as his right hand swelled to painful proportions, and he was rushed to Yale-New Haven hospital in an ambulance and treated for a fractured hand as well as dehydration.
Though KRS One expressed his preference that the fan not be charged, his management team and the staff of the nightclub insisted upon an arrest for legal purposes related to the unfortunate impending postponement of future engagements.
Doctor Jeff Midgley of Yale-New Haven Hospital instructed the performer to postpone all previously scheduled commitments until he rehydrates and his fractured hand heals. [site lists 5 such events – ed.]
KRS One: Wake Up!!! "They put a black face on the New World Order … They want us to be enraged, angered. Peace is a revolutionary strategy … Stop the violence in yourself"
Smith Wigglesworth: "Stephen…manifested the very same compassion for his enemies that Jesus did"
On January 19, 2009 By Jeff FenskeIn Forgive & Be FREE, FreedomQuotes, No EnemyLeave a comment
"Stephen cried out, 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.' As he was full of the Holy Spirit he was full of love, and he manifested the very same compassion for his enemies that Jesus did on Calvary."
– Smith Wigglesworth
[Ever Increasing Faith, p. 109]
HeartQuotes: Forgiving Opens the HighWay
On April 17, 2008 By Jeff FenskeIn Forgive & Be FREE, HeartQuotes, RevivalLeave a comment
"He who cannot forgive others
destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass."
– George Herbert
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For a general audience interested in solving mysteries in art, history, and literature using the methods of science, 'forensic astronomy' is a thrilling new field of exploration. Astronomical calculations are the basis of the studies, which have the advantage of bringing to readers both evocative images and a better understanding of the skies. Weather facts, volcano studies, topography, tides, historical letters and diaries, famous paintings, military records, and the friendly assistance of experts in related fields add variety, depth, and interest to the work. The chosen topics are selected for their wide public recognition and intrigue, involving artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, and Ansel Adams; historical events such as the Battle of Marathon, the death of Julius Caesar, the American Revolution, and World War II; and literary authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Joyce, and Mary Shelley. This book sets out to answer these mysteries indicated with the means and expertise of astronomy, opening the door to a richer experience of human culture and its relationship with nature. Each subject is carefully analyzed. As an example using the study of sky paintings by Vincent van Gogh, the analytical method would include: - computer calculations of historical skies above France in the 19th century - finding and quoting the clues found in translations of original letters by Van Gogh - making site visits to France to determine the precise locations when Van Gogh set up his easel and what celestial objects are depicted. For each historical event influenced by astronomy, there would be a different kind of mystery to be solved. As an example: - How can the phase of the Moon and time of moonrise help to explain a turning point of the American Civil War - the fatal wounding of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville in 1863? For each literary reference to astronomy, it was determined which celestial objects were being described and making an argument that the author is describing an actual event. For example, what was the date of the moonlit scene when Mary Shelley first had the idea for her novel "Frankenstein?" These and more fun riddles will enchant and delight the fan of art and astronomy.
From the author of "Celestial Sleuth" (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping to crack difficult cases, these studies spark our imagination and provide a better understanding of the skies. Weather archives, vintage maps, tides, historical letters and diaries, military records and the assistance of experts in related fields help with this work. For each historical event influenced by astronomy, there is a different kind of mystery to be solved. How did the changing tides affect an army's battle plans? How did the phases of the moon affect how an artist painted a landscape? Follow these exciting investigations with a master "celestial sleuth" as he tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as the Middle Ages and as recent as the iconic 1945 photograph of a kiss in Times Square on VJ Day. Topics or "cases" pursued were chosen for their wide public recognition and intrigue and involve artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet; historical events such as the campaigns of Braveheart in Scotland and battles in World War II and the Korean War; and literary authors such as Chaucer, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe.
First published in 1996, Mary Street Alinder's biography of Ansel Adams remains the only full biography of one of the greatest American photographers. Alinder is a respected scholar, and also had a close connection to Adams, serving as his chief assistant in the last five years of his life. The portrait she creates of him is intimate and affectionate; it is also clear-eyed. She takes on his difficult childhood in San Francisco, the friendships and rivalries within his circle of photographers, his leadership in America's environmental movement, his marriage, his affairs, and his not-always-successful fatherhood. Enriched by her uniquely personal understanding of Adams the man, she explains the artistic philosophy that, paired with his peerless technique, produced an inimitable style. Her biography is likely to remain unrivaled. This new edition will bring the classic up to date and includes research that reveals new information and a deeper understanding of his greatest photographs. It will also include thirty-two pages of reproductions of Adams's work and snapshots of the artist and close friends.
Tracing the continuities and trends in the complex relationship between literature and science in the long nineteenth century, this companion provides scholars with a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date foundation for research in this field. In intellectual, material and social terms, the transformation undergone by Western culture over the period was unprecedented. Many of these changes were grounded in the growth of science. Yet science was not a cultural monolith then any more than it is now, and its development was shaped by competing world views. To cover the full range of literary engagements with science in the nineteenth century, this companion consists of twenty-seven chapters by experts in the field, which explore crucial social and intellectual contexts for the interactions between literature and science, how science affected different genres of writing, and the importance of individual scientific disciplines and concepts within literary culture. Each chapter has its own extensive bibliography. The volume as a whole is rounded out with a synoptic introduction by the editors and an afterword by the eminent historian of nineteenth-century science Bernard Lightman.
많은 과학책들이 과학을 쉽고 재미있게 이야기한다고 말한다. 과학이 쉽고 재미있다고? 아니, 과학은 어렵다. 어떻게 쉬울 수 있겠는가. 과학 전문 출판사에서 15년 동안 과학책 만드는 일을 해 온 이 책의 저자 이은영은 과학을 공부한 지 꽤 많은 세월이 흘렀음에도 아직도 과학이 어렵다고 말한다. 거창한 이론이 아니더라도 지구와 달이 우주에서 부딪치지 않고 떠있는 것조차 잘 이해하지 못하고 있다고 고백한다. 하지만 그녀는 덧붙인다. 조금만 유심히 살펴보면, 지금껏 과학이 밝혀낸 사실들은 많은 흥미로운 이야깃거리를 담고 있다고. 《사이언스 라디오》는 바로 거기에서 출발했다. 이 책은 출근길 버스 안에서 흘러나오는 라디오처럼, 커피 한 잔과 함께 여유 있게 즐기는 에세이처럼 일상의 언어로 친근하고 다정하게 과학 이야기를 들려준다. 글과 어우러진 다양한 그림과 사진을 새로운 시선으로 바라보는 것은 또 다른 즐거움이다. 과학 이론이나 개념은 잠시 잊고, 과학 속 이야기를 즐겨 보자. 하루 5분, 당신의 일상에 과학 감수성을 불어넣는 시간! '사이언스 라디오'에 주파수를 맞춰 보는 것은 어떨까.
Die vierte Auflage der Mechanik wurde in einigen Abschnitten ergänzt (z.B. zur Hamiltonschen Prinzipialfunktion und zum Aufstehkreisel) und auf Fehler durchgesehen, zudem wurden die Aufgaben überarbeitet, wobei nun alle vollständigen Lösungen mit aufgenommen wurden. Das wird all jenen zugute kommen, die diese umfassende Einführung in die Mechanik vorlesungsbegleitend oder zum Selbststudium verwenden wollen. Am Grundaufbau des Buches wurde nichts geändert: von elementarer Newtonscher Mechanik bis zur Diskussion von deterministischem Chaos und kontinuierlichen Systemen. Ein mathematischer Anhang und ein Wegweiser durch die Literatur runden das Buch ab.
Im Herbst des Jahres 1951 tritt eine »kettenrauchende Meerfrau mit Engelhaar, die mehr flüsterte als sprach« in die Hörspielabteilung des amerikanischen Besatzungssenders Rot-Weiß-Rot in Wien ein. Ingeborg Bachmann, so der Name der jungen Frau, wird für die nächsten beiden Jahre das Unterhaltungsprogramm des Senders prägen und die Radiofamilie Floriani zur bekanntesten und beliebtesten Sendung der Nachkriegszeit machen. Sie sind bürgerlich, und sie sind verschroben, die Florianis: Da ist Hans, der Paterfamilias, Oberlandesgerichtsrat und ehrenhaft bis in die Knochen. Von den rotzfrechen Kindern wird er um den Finger gewickelt: »Ich bin eine komische Figur in meiner Familie«, beklagt er sich bei seiner Frau Vilma, Generalstochter aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, »also ein bisserl etwas Höheres«, und in dieser Frage nicht gewillt, dem Herrn Gemahl zu widersprechen. Strenger geht sie da schon mit dem Onkel Guido ins Gericht, dem Halbbruder des Oberlandesgerichtsrats. Er war ein Nazi, aber ein kleiner, der sonst nichts angestellt hat. »Nur ein Trottel, der auf den Hitler hereingefallen ist.« Woche für Woche kommen sie zusammen und verhandeln mit viel Witz und Ironie den Kalten Krieg, die Entnazifizierung, den beginnenden Wiederaufbau – und neben dem großen auch das kleine Geschehen im Nachkriegsösterreich. Lange galten die von Ingeborg Bachmann verfaßten Skripte als verloren. In diesem Band sind sie nun, zusammen mit einem ausführlichen editorischen Nachwort des Herausgebers, erstmals publiziert.
Vom Aufbruch der modernen Kunst und Literatur Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts bis zur Postmoderne das Lexikon gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die klassische Avantgarde und die neueren Avantgarde-Bewegungen. In rund 220 Artikeln erschließt es die Avantgarde in den einzelnen Ländern sowie die verschiedenen Gattungen und Kunstsparten, wie z. B. Architektur, Bildhauerei, Design, Film, Literatur, Malerei, Mode und Fotografie. Die Einträge reichen von Abstrakter Kunst, Bauhaus, Collage und Computerkunst, über Experimentelle Musik, Gesamtkunstwerk, Happening, Konkrete Poesie, Manifest und Neue Sachlichkeit, bis Performance, Pop-Art, Ready-made und Zufall.


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Korea finally recognizes foreigners' overseas vaccination
Quarantine workers guide travelers in the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport, Thursday. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
Korea will recognize foreign nationals' vaccination history abroad so they can be verified as "vaccinated" against COVID-19, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Thursday.
This move is aimed at including them in the "vaccine pass" program and facilitating their receiving of booster shots here.
The KDCA said foreign nationals who have been vaccinated abroad will be able to register their overseas vaccination records on the COOV COVID-19 vaccine app by visiting a local health center with ID and vaccination certificates issued overseas.
So far, such registration for overseas vaccinations was allowed only for Korean nationals, and non-Koreans could complete the registration only if they had quarantine exemption certificates, which are issued for urgent and inevitable entry for business, academic, public or humanitarian reasons.
This measure has left many fully vaccinated foreign nationals categorized as "unvaccinated" in the government system, bringing criticism that the government discriminates against foreigners.
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It also prompted foreign embassies here to protest the "unfair" treatment of foreign nationals.
"(Six) embassies have asked the Korean government for urgent recognition of foreign nationals fully vaccinated overseas. They should have the same access rights to public facilities as those Korean nationals fully vaccinated overseas," the U.S. Embassy here tweeted, Tuesday. The six countries are the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.
Delegations of the European Union here also posted the same message on Twitter the same day.
Foreign nationals' vaccine records are recognized under the new measure, and thus they can receive booster shots here. Also they are eligible for to register for vaccine passes, so they can be exempted from mandatory self-quarantine when they re-enter the country or come in close contact with patients, as well as entering multiuse facilities.
Only World Health Organization-approved vaccines are recognized for the system ― Pfizer, Janssen, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Covishield, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Covaxin.
Meanwhile, the KDCA reported 7,102 new COVID-19 infections for Wednesday. The figure was slightly down from 7,147 a day earlier, but still staying above 7,000 for the second straight day. The number of critically ill patients also soared to 857, up from the previous day's 840.
The accumulated number of Omicron variant infections here rose to 60, up 22 from the previous day.
Amid the growing number of patients, the nation's medical system is reaching its limit. As of 5 p.m., Wednesday, 85 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) beds were occupied nationally, while Seoul's current occupied ICU beds has hit 88.4 percent.
In response, there are calls to install large-scale temporary ICUs in gyms or outdoor areas to alleviate the bed shortage. But the government is against the suggestion.
"Beds installed in gyms or built in outdoor tents will not be a good environment for patients, and the quality of medical services will inevitably deteriorate," senior health ministry official Son Young-rae said in a briefing, Thursday.
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Elgin's Pizza Corral celebrates three years of fun, food and community
Curtis Awbrey | The Chronicle
Pizza Corral Owner Chris Hayes piles on the toppings for a six-pound medium deep-dish meat lover's pizza a couple of regular customers ordered.
ELGIN — Three years have gone by since Chris Hayes took ownership of Elgin's Pizza Corral. During that time the popular pizzeria was forced to endure measures put in place to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
For about 21 days last year, Hayes said he was forced to shutter his pizzeria twice due to exposure to COVID-19.
"All the toppings, dough — everything that wasn't frozen had to be thrown away," Hayes said. "I had to do that twice."
Under Hayes' ownership, approximately half of that time has been spent contending with public health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. To help "flatten the curve," Hayes and the crew shifted their operations to strictly carryout, and special cleaning and sanitizing procedures were put in place. The pizzeria has since reopened its doors to the public.
Hayes' sense of pizza-related humor often adorned the marquee out front, before it was blown away during a recent storm. But the pizzamaker's March 25, 2020, sign caught the eyes of passing motorists with this grounded quip: "Social distancing: We're in this together… apart."
"As a small community we are in this together," Hayes said. "People just needed to be reminded."
Hayes, an Elgin native who resides in nearby Fletcher, first became interested in pizza-making while working for his dad, who then owned Scott's Super Stop in Elgin. Next to sports, creating new dishes is one of Hayes' passions. Some of his more creative experiments have included chicken and waffles, baked potato, Philly cheesesteak and jalapeño popper pizzas.
"Pizza's an open canvas," he said. "I mean, anyone can have a pepperoni. We want to be different than any other pizza place. Give me a little bit in the kitchen and I'll come up with something."
Over the past few years, Hayes has enjoyed watching the business grow.
"Our community has been really awesome," he said. "I think that we were busier during the first year of the pandemic because customers were more supportive of local eateries."
He has lent his pizza-making skills and donated proceeds to support local organizations such as Elgin athletics and youth activities.
"My biggest order to date was Winter Wishes," he said. "We had more than 220 pizzas last year. If I remember correctly, that order fed all the fourth- and fifth-graders in Elgin."
Along with a large variety of toppings for specialty pizzas, calzones, Stromboli, sandwiches, a fresh salad bar and a choice of eight sauces for wings, the pizzeria also features eight flavors of Italian gelato, which contains less milk fat than traditional ice cream. Pizza Corral fans were in for another treat as the pizzeria partnered up with local smokehouse Native Smoke to add even more high-quality smoked meat options.
"I went over (to Native Smoke) and grabbed some brisket, and threw it on the pizza," Hayes said. "It was good. So, we added it to our menu."
A 14" large three-topping pizza will runs just under $13 at Pizza Corral. Two dozen wings with your choice of eight different sauces costs close to $20. Locals prefer the deep-dish pizza, said Hayes.
"A large meat lovers pizza weighs about seven and a half pounds," he said. "That pie will run you a little over $20, tax included.
Pizza Corral, at 7927 State Highway 277, is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. For more information or to place an order, call (580) 454-7000.


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"This Old Harley: The Ultimate Tribute To The World's Greatest Motorcycle" Deluxe Limited Edition, Leather Bound Collector's Edition [Sealed]
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A roll down memory lane is a lot better on the back of a Harley. We all have "firsts" in our lives - our nervous first date, our euphoric first concert - and most of us who have motorcycling in our blood remember the first time we saw a Harley-Davidson. Harleys have a way of catching the eye, that extra 'something' that sets them apart as the proudest, baddest, best-built machines around. There's no denying the fact that Harley-Davidsons are more than just motorcycles; since its founding in 1903, the make has become an American icon revered around the globe.
In This Old Harley, editor Michael Dregni compiles the stories, tall tales, essays, and reminiscences of some of the biking world's most respected characters. Featured here are the words of the late daredevil Evel Knievel, custom bike-builder extraordinaire Arlen Ness, renowned motorcycle journalists Peter Egan and Allan Girdler, and many others--including Harley-Davidson historian Martin Jack Rosenblum and several ordinary folks with a love for Harleys and a good yarn to tell. Fully illustrated with special artwork (including historic and contemporary photos, posters, illustrations, old postcards, and more), this book tells the entire story of our fascination with these incredible bikes. So whether you're still in awe of the first Harley-Davidson you ever saw, still riding and wrenching on Harleys as a diehard fan, or only just dreaming of Harleys for the first time, This Old Harley offers a tribute to the bike that stands alone in American motorcycling history, told exclusively by those with Harley in their hearts.
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Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer, Director of Religious Education Karen Lapidus, and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns – If he were still alive Theodore Geisel, more famously known as Dr. Seuss, would have been 106 years old this week. During this special service for all ages we will celebrate the wit and whimsy of Dr. Seuss and lift up the insight and inspiration contained in his work.