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0.999901	LONDON (CNN) — Police investigating the deadliest London terror attack in 12 years have named the perpetrator as a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood. “Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack,” a police statement said. Masood, who was born in Kent and is thought to have been living in the West Midlands, had previous convictions for violence. Police earlier arrested eight people in raids around Britain, as an ISIS-affiliated news agency claimed that the extremist group was behind the outrage. Prime Minister Theresa May revealed the perpetrator was British born and once linked to violent extremism, in a statement to Parliament a day after it was locked down when the assailant breached its perimeter. Three people died in the attack — an American citizen, a woman of Spanish origin and a police officer stabbed as he defended Parliament — and another 40, many of them from other countries, were injured. Of those, 29 required hospital treatment and seven are critical, police said. May said the attacker had been investigated by security services but was regarded as a “peripheral figure.” Authorities did not know he was about to mount an assault, she said. Britain’s most senior counterterror police officer said inquiries were continuing in London, Birmingham and elsewhere after the lone attacker plowed a car into crowds of people, killing two people, before stabbing a police officer dead in the grounds of the UK Parliament. A tweet from ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq said the attacker was “a soldier” of ISIS inspired by its message. However, ISIS has provided no evidence for any direct links to the assailant, whom it did not name. May: ‘Our values will prevail’ In a defiant speech, May vowed that Britain’s freedoms and values would remain undiminished. “Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. But today we meet as normal — as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do — to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid. And our resolve will never waiver in the face of terrorism. “And we meet here, in the oldest of all Parliaments, because we know that democracy — and the values it entails — will always prevail.” She said the police officer who was killed in the attack, PC Keith Palmer, was “every inch a hero and his actions will never be forgotten.” May said Wednesday’s attacker was born in Britain and was investigated “some years ago” in relation to concerns about “violent extremism.” But he was not part of the “current intelligence picture.” May said the current threat level for Britain — which has been at severe, the second highest, for some time — would not be raised to critical because there was no specific intelligence that an attack was imminent. Since 2013, police, security and intelligence agencies have successfully disrupted 13 separate terrorist plots in Britain, she said. “We know the threat from Islamist terrorism is very real. But while the public should remain utterly vigilant they should not — and will not — be cowed by this threat,” she said. CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank said the language used by ISIS asserting the attack was by one of its “soldiers” did not necessarily mean the group was claiming direct connections to the attacker. This phrasing has been used in the past by the group for attacks ISIS believes it helped inspire, he said. Investigation gathers pace Mark Rowley, the lead officer in the UK for counter-terrorism policing, said hundreds of detectives worked through the night in a fast-moving inquiry. Their investigation focused on the attacker’s motivation, preparation and associates, he said. Overnight, officers from the Metropolitan Police searched addresses in Birmingham, central England, and elsewhere. Arrests were made in Birmingham and London. “It is still our belief — which continues to be borne out by our investigation — that this attacker acted alone yesterday and was inspired by international terrorism,” he said. “To be explicit, at this stage, we have no specific information about further threats to the public.” Rowley told journalists late Wednesday that police were working on the assumption there was an Islamist dimension to the attack, the first mass-casualty terrorist outrage in Britain since 2005 when 52 people died in the July 7 bomb attacks on the London public transportation system. A UK official told CNN the working theory was that the attack was ISIS “inspired or copycat.” The car rental company whose vehicle was used in the attack said it was cooperating with the police. London Mayor Sadiq Khan told CNN that London was protected by the best police and security services in the world. “I’m confident that we are doing all that we can to keep our city safe, to keep Londoners safe and to keep visitors safe,” he said. Victims named The area around Westminster, the heart of the British government since the 16th century, was teeming with Londoners and visitors when the attack began. The officer killed at Carriage Gates, an entrance to Parliament, was named as Keith Palmer, a member of the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary and diplomatic protection command unit. He was a husband and father, and had served in the Met for 15 years. The mayor of Betanzos in northwest Spain, Ramon Garcia Vasquez, named the woman who died as Frade, 43, and told CNN that her family and relatives live in the town. Vasquez said Frade had lived in London for several years with her Portuguese husband. “We are totally overwhelmed by the news and we send our condolences to the people in London,” Garcia Vasquez added. US citizen Kurt Cochran was in London celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife Melissa, who suffered a broken leg, broken rib and a cut to her head, her brother Clint Payne posted to social media. “Our hearts are broken this day as we say good-bye to our dear brother-in-law Kurt. He passed away from the injuries sustained in the London terrorist attack yesterday,” he posted. US President Donald Trump tweeted: “A great American, Kurt Cochran, was killed in the London terror attack. My prayers and condolences are with his family and friends.” A number of tourists were among 40 people hurt in the assault, including five South Koreans and three French high school students, according to officials from both countries. One Australian had been hospitalized, officials there said. A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said one Chinese tourist was slightly injured. May listed 10 foreign nationalities among the victims: Three French children, two Romanians, four South Koreans, one German, one Pole, one Irish, one Chinese, one Italian, one American, and two Greeks. Twelve Britons also required hospital treatment. A candlelit vigil will be held Thursday evening in Trafalgar Square, not far from Westminster, to show solidarity and remember the victims, the mayor’s office announced. London police leaders held a moment’s silence Thursday morning to remember the attack victims. One member of the government, Tobias Ellwood, was lauded as a hero after attempting to save Palmer. Defiance, condolences People echoed May’s defiance online, sharing an image of the London Underground logo emblazoned with the words “We are not afraid.” Khan announced extra armed officers would be deployed on the streets of the British capital. However, Rowley said there were no plans for military officers to provide extra protection at this stage. World leaders expressed their condolences. Trump phoned the British Prime Minister to pledge US support in “responding to the attack.” UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson led the UN Security Council in a moment of silence Thursday for those affected in London, and for the victims of terror incidents elsewhere. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
0.941663	A Boy Scouts chapter engaged in a long fight over gay rights has sued the city of Philadelphia to try to avoid paying $200,000 a year in rent to stay in the city-owned space that has been its headquarters for 80 years. The Cradle of Liberty Council currently pays $1 annually for the space, but the city has given it until Saturday to open their membership to gays or start being charged fair-market rent. The federal suit filed Friday accuses the city of censorship for targeting the Scouts but maintaining free or nominal leases with other groups that limit membership, such as Baptist and Roman Catholic church groups and The Colonial Dames of America. Continued... WATCH: Science journalist Matt Ridley reveals the little coronavirus 'WRINKLE' in the number 7896 November 23, 2021 Image source: Video screenshot BlazeTV Staff Like most people, biologist and science journalist Matt Ridley just wants the truth. When it comes to the origin of COVID-19, that is a tall order. Was it human-made? Did it leak from a laboratory? What is the role of gain-of-function research? Why China, why now? Ridley's latest book, "Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19," is a scientific quest to answer these questions and more. A year ago, you would have been kicked off Facebook for suggesting COVID originated in a lab. For most of the pandemic, the left practically worshipped Dr. Anthony Fauci. But lately, people have been poking around. And one of the names that appears again and again is Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance and a longtime collaborator and funder of the virus-hunting work at Wuhan Institute of Virology. If you watched Glenn Beck's special last week, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie," you learned some very disturbing things about what our government officials — like Dr. Fauci — were doing around the beginning of the pandemic. On the latest "Glenn Beck Podcast," Glenn sat down with Ridley to review what he and "Viral" co-author Alina Chan found while researching — including a "fascinating little wrinkle" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology called "7896." Watch the video clip below or find the full interview with Matt Ridley here: What is Number 7896 and what can it tell us about the possible origins of COVID-19? Biologist @mattwridley, author of the new book "VIRAL," joins me on The Glenn Beck Podcast to explain this "fascinating little wrinkle" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and much more ...pic.twitter.com/7rdFZHaidR — Glenn Beck (@Glenn Beck) 1637543400 Want more from Glenn Beck? To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream. Rand Paul warns: Fauci could 'easily be a medical DICTATOR' — and no one on the left seems to care November 22, 2021 BlazeTV Staff Dr. Anthony Fauci's arrogance is out of control and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is one of the only members of Congress calling him out to his face. Last week, Glenn Beck exposed the truth about what happened leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, who the top players in government and science were, and what their real response was in the first days of the pandemic during a live special, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie." Sen. Paul joined Glenn on the radio program to review some of the facts uncovered during the special and to explain his next steps moving forward in Congress. Paul said it's "amazing" that so few on the opposite side of the political aisle seem to care about the dangers gain-of-function research poses to the world. COVID-19 has a 1% mortality rate yet it still managed to cause massive destruction around the world, he said. So, what if the next mistake results in a leaked virus with a 50% mortality rate? Because scientists are researching viruses as dangerous as that, Sen. Paul explained, and some — including Fauci — believe the risks are worth it. "It is kind of amazing, particularly that no one from the opposite side of the aisle seems to care at all about the dangerousness of this virus and that it might have come from a lab, and in all likelihood did come from a lab," Paul said. "Not one Democrat is curious at all. You know, you would think that Democrats have at least some sensibilities about the danger of things. They tend to be the ones who want to regulate away the things that could be dangerous in the workplace. Yet they don't seem to care about something that could kill millions and likely did kill millions of people. This virus has a 1% mortality and killed 5 million people so far, around the world. Can you imagine if the next one that comes out of the lab has 15% or 50% mortality? And they are doing experiments, as we speak, with viruses that have 50% mortality, and Fauci seems to have no problem with this. He says we weigh the risks verses the benefits of the research, and he comes down on the side that the risks are worth it." "All of humanity could be wiped out if they make [another] tragic error," Glenn responded. "This is not something that the elites should be the ones making the decision. We should all be involved in these decisions. There's no bigger decision to make than, 'should we be playing around with things that don't exist necessarily in nature that have jumped to humans?' Should we be playing around with these things, making [dangerous viruses], so in case it jumps to humans, we can kill it with a vaccine? This is insanity. Insanity. Especially with arrogance coupled to it." Sen. Paul went on to point out the additional dangers of allowing any one person to have too much authority, particularly, as in the case of Dr. Fauci, a person with casual disregard for both science and individual liberty. "Fauci not only has a casual disregard for science, but also for individual liberty. You combine the two — ignoring the science, and then having no regard at all for individual liberty — and you have a really dangerous situation. But it's also dangerous because we've centralized the authority," Paul explained. "Look, I have opinions on where the virus came from. I have opinions on how to treat it. But they're my opinions, you don't have to take them. If you agree with me, you can listen to my opinions. With Dr. Fauci, it's not the same. He has opinions, but he wants you to be forced to do as he says. So it is the difference between coercion and freedom. And in freedom, there are many choices. But the real danger is, as we centralize authority, ultimately you get authoritarianism. And I think that he could easily be a medical dictator, if he were allowed to be." Watch the video clip below to catch more of the conversation, or watch Glenn's special, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie," on YouTube or BlazeTV.com now. Use promo code FAUCILIED for $25 off when you join BlazeTV. Note: The content of this clip does not provide medical advice. Please seek the advice of local health officials for any COVID related questions & concerns. Want more from Glenn Beck? To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream. Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World’s Most Dangerous Lie November 18, 2021 BlazeTV Staff COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic. Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening. Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us. This is Glenn Beck's most important chalkboard of his life. And the most pivotal time in yours. Watch the full special below: View the research and supporting documents for this special here. Want more from Glenn Beck? To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream. THE DOCUMENTS for 'Crimes or Cover-Up?' BlazeTV special November 17, 2021 BlazeTV Staff COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic. Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening. Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us. Do your own homework Enter your email here for exclusive access the documents connected to this special. We'll email you a PDF so you can download it directly to your device.
0.987815	Glenn relates the twin stories of Steve Jobs’ original falling out at Apple computers and John Lasseter’s firing at Walt Disney Animation. Both of these “failures” inadvertently led to the making of Toy Story, the first feature-length computer-animated film, establishing Pixar as the most successful animation company in the world. RADIO This CEO left the tech world to help CONSERVATIVES find jobs BLOG Let’s thank the Pilgrims for defeating Socialism this Thanksgiving THE GLENN BECK PODCAST EcoHealth Alliance's Peter Daszak: Hero or Villain? \| Matt Ridley \| Ep 126 youtu.be SPECIALS November 18, 2021 RENEWING KINDNESS: The Power of One and the Way Forward I have one simple rule for anyone who wants to restore our nation. We will not settle for private patriotism and public compliance. The tyranny ends with us. Anyone who believes in the truth, please join me. SPECIALS November 18, 2021 Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World’s Most Dangerous Lie COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic. Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening. Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us. This is Glenn Beck's most important chalkboard of his life. And the most pivotal time in yours. Watch the full special below: View the research and supporting documents for this special here. Want more from Glenn Beck? To enjoy more of Glenn's masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream. youtu.be RADIO November 17, 2021 The COVID pandemic’s ROSETTA STONE \| 'Crimes Or Cover-Up?' Preview BlazeTV host Steve Deace is a COVID pandemic expert. But even he was surprised by some of the facts Glenn will present to you tonight during his TV special. In fact, Deace says tonight's content perfectly connects all the dots and provides all the context needed. FINALLY, the COVID pandemic's Rosetta Stone is here. Their lies put Western civilization in peril, Deace says, but now Americans are ready for the truth... Watch 'Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie' tonight at 8 pm ET on YouTube or BlazeTV.com. youtu.be RADIO November 16, 2021 Here's Biden’s HORRIBLE plan to fix the supply chain shortages President Biden has a new plan to fix the supply chain shortages, but it'll likely do nothing more than cost YOU extra. Glenn and Stu detail the new policy in this clip, along with all the other BIden administration plans that are putting American families AND businesses under increased financial strain. It's so bad, Glenn says, that it HAS to be their goal…
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0.980144	A video is doing the rounds online, appearing to show Superman and Wonder Woman 'solving' the Kashmir 'dispute' It's not clear if it's officially produced by DC, the comics home of Superman, whose official YouTube channel does not host the video. But the mention of Kashmir as 'disputed' has riled many social media users in India. India firmly maintains that Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is an inseparable part of India. The animated clip is doing rounds on social media platforms and is reportedly showing Superman and Wonder Woman, two of the most powerful heroes from the DC Universe destroying military equipment in 'disputed Kashmir'. There are media reports saying that the two heroes are destroying Indian military infrastructure. The voiceover in the clip can however be heard as saying that Superman and Wonder Woman destroy 'every piece of military equipment 'declaring 'an arms-free zone'. There is no apparent mention of India or Pakistan but Kashmir can be heard as being regarded a 'disputed' territory. The viewers are not happy. "Why are they so specific about Kashmir? First they refer to an imaginary place like m'gota, but the next moment they mention Kashmir. Its better to keep quiet about complex geopolitical affairs that they don't know anything about..." says a Twitter user. Top LeT commander trapped in Kashmir encounter Why are they so specific about Kashmir? First they refer to an imaginary place like m'gota, but the next moment they mention Kashmir. Its better to keep quiet about complex geopolitical affairs that they don't know anything about Btw, when did captain America become a woman ? ð± — à¤à¤à¤¾à¤¤à¤¶à¤¤à¥à¤°à¥ (@Ayushless) October 18, 2021 "USA (is) only strong in animation movie" says another. Some Twitter users have poked fun at Superman and USA's war on terror in Afghanistan that met a disasterous end in August this year. How about superman, Wonderwoman & DC doing something about Afghanistan — Mukesh à¤°à¤¾à¤£à¥ (@Rane4MVP) October 18, 2021 What a mess.. Superman couldn't save afganistan.. Went home defeated.#afghanistancrisis — India Aces Always (@IndiaAcesalways) October 19, 2021 Some comments says that Superman and Wonder Woman are seen destroying a specific type of fighter jet that neither India nor Pakistan possesses.
0.999901	The company recently completed a fresh financing round, and brought on an executive with experience from Danone and Uber to take its products to the next stage. Related news Plant-based seafood company headed by ex-Mowi executive plans fundraising to attack US market Finance 15 September 2021 12:47 GMT It's time for the farmed salmon industry to go all-in on branding, experts say Markets 21 September 2021 6:15 GMT Private equity group hits halfway mark on $140 million oceans fund, closes in on first aquaculture investment Finance 24 September 2021 6:15 GMT 20 October 2021 5:31 GMT Updated 22 October 2021 12:52 GMT By Hanna Gezelius Swedish plant-based seafood startup Hooked recently launched its alternative tuna product Toonish in the Swedish market, and fresh off that success, the company is planning to launch a salmon product internationally next year. Tuna is a good way to enter the market, but salmon could be the real breakthrough, Hooked Chief Marketing Officer Monika Werthen told IntraFish. The Stockholm-based company is young, but gaining momentum: the group recently raised €3.8 million ($4.4 million) from Swedish venture capital firm Brightly Ventures, German-based Oyster Bay Venture Capital and Swedish pop artist Danny Saucedo, the proceeds of which will go towards marketing, product development and recruitment. Tuna is a well-known product and is technically simple to develop, making it a good product to launch with, Werthen said. The company has its product in Swedish retailers, including Coop, Citygross, Mathem and some ICA stores, and is working on increasing its distribution in the foodservice segment. However, the larger salmon market is more versatile and could have a significant market impact, she said. Werthen declined to disclose which countries and retailers it aims to target for its international salmon plans. Salmon’s high-protein ratio and omega-3 content make the product more challenging to develop, Werthen conceded. Article continues below the advert The cohesion challenge The alternative seafood and meat sectors have not yet found a way to produce fillet-like pieces of protein. “No one has cracked the code on that yet,” Werthen said. As a result, Hook's first salmon product will be in a shredded format. Read more: Cell-based seafood CEO Sandhya Sriram: 'We are less than five years away from scale' The plant-based meat sector has managed to grow rapidly during the last few years, and companies such as US-based Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, UK-based Quorn and Sweden-based Oumph have gone from startups to global phenomenons. Yet, plant-based meat only makes up 2 percent of the total meat sector and plant-based seafood accounts for an even smaller part of that. That means significant headroom to grow, Werthen said. Year to date, $116 million (€99.5 million) has been raised globally by alternative seafood companies, which already surpasses the total investment of $26 million (€22.3 million) last year. Seafood will be the fastest-growing category of animal protein over the next decade, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). To tackle the market, a slew of new companies are popping up, putting Hooked in a competitive space. Aside from traditional seafood, rivals for market share include some of Quorn’s product range, Dutch sushi alternative Zeastar, Nestle’s new plant-based shrimp Vrimp and Dutch startup Monkeys by the Sea brand, just to name a few European companies. Globally, the numbers grow even more rapidly, with some companies -- such as plant-based shrimp supplier New Wave Foods -- having major backers such as meat giant Tyson. The Swedish startup was founded by Emil Wasteson and Tom Johansson. Photo: Hooked A race to lower carbon dioxide emissions Hooked wants to move the discussion on ocean health, overfishing and seafood regulations higher up on governments’ agendas. “We need to have a bigger discussion about the planet’s health, and a bigger focus on plant-based food is one step closer a more sustainable way of living,” Werthen said. Nomad Foods teaming up with US cell-cultured seafood maker to push lab-grown seafood in Europe Read more A kilo of the company’s Toonish product produces around 2.7 kilos of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, Werthen said. The calculations are based on data from Beyond Burger, Quorn and Oumph, which all use similar ingredients and processes. By comparison, Norwegian salmon produces 7 kilos of CO₂ per kilo of salmon before reaching its destination, Atli Gregersen, CEO of Faroese salmon farmer Hiddenfjord, which is making a major shift away from airfreight, told IntraFish earlier this month. Flying salmon from Norway to the US East Coast adds another 7 kilos of carbon dioxide, and flying salmon to Asia, emissions can reach as much as 15-20 kilos of CO₂ emissions per kilo of salmon, Gregersen said. Reduction, not deletion Werthen said that despite competing against seafood in the marketplace and targeting plant-based foods' inherent sustainability advantages, Hooked is not interested in stopping consumers from eating fish entirely, but rather to reduce consumption significantly. “Fish is an important food group for many people," she said. "But consumers need to be able to make informed choices and have good plant-based options." Aquaculture startup, Swedish timber giant see big synergies between paper mills and land-based systems Read more 3D-printed salmon goes on sale next month. Should the seafood industry be worried? Read more Hooked turned over just SEK 260,000 (€25,900/$30,200) last year and expects to reach SEK 1 million (€99,779/$116,349) turnover in 2021. It's a small figure, but the company aims to increase its turnover tenfold by end of 2022. Management cannot yet disclose when it aims to break even. Hooked plans to raise a Series-A financing round during the summer of 2022. Werthen could not comment further on the pending round’s size or stake offer. The company aims to re-invest all proceed and has no exit plans to date, she said. Keep an eye on Plant-Based Seafood New Alerts let you follow news that matters most to your business. Follow Plant-Based Seafood Read more Prove it: Environmental group wants cell-based seafood to back up its sustainability claims Nestle develops plant-based shrimp in less than a year, and is 'already preparing the next wave' The next Seaspiracy? 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0.999947	WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama rebuffed his successor, Donald Trump, on Wednesday by issuing a vocal defense of the White House press corps, insisting the reporters who covered his administration were an essential facet of a functioning democracy. "We are accountable to the people who send us here. And you have done it," Obama said. "You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics." His remarks stood in direct contrast to the incoming president, who has lambasted news organzations reporting on his transition as reporting "fake news." Trump's team has floated the possibility of moving press briefings out of the West Wing, though on Wednesday Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer said his first briefing on Monday would take place in the traditional room. Obama argued Wednesday that having reporters in the West Wing was an essential facet of a functioning Democracy. "Having you in this building has made this place work better," Obama said. Wednesday's news conference is the final time Obama is expected to speak in public before he departs the US Capitol on Friday as an ex-president. His choice of venue is telling -- Trump's team has floated the possibility of scrapping the White House briefing room for a larger venue. His concluding news conference comes amid a flurry of last-minute activity, including handing down a commutation for national security leaker Chelsea Manning and a pardon for Gen. James Cartwright, convicted of lying to investigators in a leak probe. Obama defended the decision to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence, saying that she served a "tough prison sentence." He said he looked at the particulars of the case the same way he had any other person whose sentence he had commuted. "I felt that in light of all the circumstances, that commuting her sentence was entirely appropriate," Obama said from the briefing room. Obama was continuing a tradition of taking reporters' questions for a final time before departing office. George W. Bush held his final news conference a week before leaving office, reflecting on some of the disappointments of his administration but also defending the controversial decisions he made over two terms in the White House. Unlike Bush, Obama is leaving office with near-record approval ratings. A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday showed 60% of Americans approve of the job he's doing as president.
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0.976896	Trending Explainer: New COVID-19 Variant Watch: Giant Car-Sized Bubbles Rules for Holiday Returns Avoid These Holiday Scams Newsletter Survey Expand Train Derails in India Killing at Least 32, Injuring 50 India's railway system is the world's third largest, but is wracked by problems By Muneeza Naqvi • Published January 22, 2017 • Updated on January 22, 2017 at 3:24 am An overnight passenger train derailed in southern India, killing at least 32 people and injuring 50 others in the latest accident to hit the country's massive, disaster-prone rail network. Seven coaches of the Hirakand Express were thrown off the tracks around midnight Saturday, some landing on a goods train that was on a parallel track, said Divisional Railway manager Chandralekha Mukherji. Rescue workers were trying to cut open the mangled coaches Sunday morning near the Kuneru railway station in the Vizianagram district of Andhra Pradesh state. The train was traveling between Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh state to Bhuvaneshawar in Orissa. J.P. Misra, the chief press officer of the East Coast Railways, said that the toll could rise further as many people were still trapped. An investigation is underway. U.S. & World coronavirus 13 hours ago COVID Variant Spreads to More Countries as World on Alert Omicron Variant 7 hours ago Fauci Says He ‘Would Not Be Surprised' If Omicron COVID-19 Variant Already in US In November, 146 people were killed when a packed passenger train derailed near the town of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in the deadliest rail accident in the country in at least five years. India's railway system is the world's third largest, but is severely hampered by a lack of modern signaling and communication systems as well as poor maintenance of tracks and equipment. Manual signaling is still used at several places, raising the risk of human error. According to a government report in 2012, about 15,000 people are killed every year in train accidents. The worst occurred in 1981, when a train fell into the Baghmati River in northern India, killing nearly 800 people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged last year to invest $137 billion over the next five years to modernize the railway network, which is used by about 23 million passengers a day. On Sunday, Modi tweeted his condolences for those killed in the most recent accident and said that the railway ministry was monitoring the situation closely. Copyright AP - Associated Press Weather Forecast Facebook Twitter Instagram Submit Tips for Investigations Newsletters Connect With Us Send Feedback KNTV Employment Information FCC Applications Terms of Service Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Personal Information Advertise with us KNTV Public Inspection File CA Notice AdChoices Copyright © 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All rights reserved Back to Article Close Menu Search for: Local Coronavirus Pandemic Climate in Crisis State U.S. & World Tokyo Olympics Sports The Investigative Unit No Man's Land The Moms of Magnolia Street NBC Bay Area Responds Submit a consumer complaint How To Explainers California Live Weather Weather Alerts Entertainment NBCLX Video Traffic
0.999658	Trending HS Football Playoffs What is Omicron? Rainy Saturday Fred's Moving Angel Tree Deadline COVID-19 Tracker Expand Associated Press Documents: Plant Owners ‘Willfully' Used Ineligible Workers Officials arrested 680 people during Wednesday's operation targeting seven chicken processing plants in Mississippi By Jeff Amy • Published August 9, 2019 • Updated on August 9, 2019 at 10:30 pm Six of seven Mississippi chicken processing plants raided Wednesday were "willfully and unlawfully" employing people who lacked authorization to work in the United States, including workers wearing electronic monitoring bracelets at work for previous immigration violations, according to unsealed court documents. Federal investigators behind the biggest immigration raid in a decade relied on confidential informants inside the plants in addition to data from the monitoring bracelets to help make their case, according to the documents. The sworn statements supported the search warrants that led a judge to authorize Wednesday's raids, and aren't official charges, but give the first detailed look at the evidence involved in what Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have described as a yearlong investigation. Officials arrested 680 people during Wednesday's operation. Three Democratic congressmen demanded Friday that the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice produce information. They want to know the cost of the raids, whether employers face criminal charges, whether any U.S. citizens were detained, how many parents were separated from children and whether any still remain separated. U.S. & World coronavirus 13 hours ago COVID Variant Spreads to More Countries as World on Alert Omicron Variant 6 hours ago Fauci Says He ‘Would Not Be Surprised' If Omicron COVID-19 Variant Already in US The statements unsealed Thursday allege that managers at two processing plants owned by the same Chinese man actively participated in fraud. They also show that supervisors at other plants at least turned a blind eye to evidence strongly suggesting job applicants were using fraudulent documents and bogus Social Security numbers. The documents say electronic monitoring bracelet data shows people previously arrested for immigration violations and not allowed to work in the U.S. were working at all seven plants raided. There have historically been few criminal convictions for hiring people without documents because prosecutors must prove employers knowingly hired someone without legal work authorization. Employers often say they were fooled by fraudulent documents. From October 2018 to May there were eight new prosecutions for hiring people working illegally and four new convictions nationwide. Among those who have been sentenced to prison are the owner of an Iowa meatpacking plant raided in 2008 and owner of a Tennessee meatpacking plant raided last year. Companies can also face administrative fines based on audits of I-9 forms, which employees fill out when they're hired, presenting documents to prove they can work legally work. Investigators allege the most brazen fraud took place at two smaller chicken processing plants — PH Food Inc. in Morton and A&B Inc. in Pelahatchie. Sworn statements identify Huo You Liang of California, known to Mississippi employees as Victor, as owner of both. A PH Food employee, acting as a confidential informant, told Homeland Security investigators that the vast majority of the 240 employees at PH's plant in Morton and the 80 employees at A&B's plant in Pelahatchie didn't have proper work documents, including many Guatemalans. The informant said employees used their real names and made-up Social Security numbers to apply for jobs at PH and A&B. "The payroll companies, as well as PH Food Inc. and A&B Inc. do not verify the authenticity of their documents," the informant told investigators. Mississippi state law requires employers to check documents using E-Verify, an otherwise voluntary online federal system. Calls to A&B and PH Food on Friday went unanswered. The evidence also included a video and audio conversation involving secretary Heather Carrillo and the informant, recorded May 14 at PH in Morton. A summary says, "Carrillo said that she was looking for some 'papers' for 'Iris,' but 'Iris wasn't going anywhere because she was working with Victor (Huo You Liang) for a good time (duration of employment).'" It says Carrillo said A&B manager Salvador Delgado didn't want it reported because Carrillo knew which of his employees were real and which were fraudulent. The agent notes investigators believe Delgado was embezzling money from A&B by adding fraudulent names and Social Security numbers to the payroll and keeping the proceeds. The warrants state PH Food uses Personnel Management Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana, to process payroll and perform some human resource functions, and that investigators believed Liang and Carrillo tried to use the contractor to minimize responsibility for illegally employing workers. Officials earlier stated that in addition to the chicken plants, they executed a search warrant in Louisiana on Wednesday. ICE spokesman Bryan Cox declined Friday to confirm that Personnel Management had been searched. The company didn't respond Friday to a phone message and email. Search warrants for some other poultry plants also indicate red flags about employees' status. One woman told agents that a Spanish-speaking human resources employee at Koch Foods in Morton looked at two different IDs in three weeks. Ana Santizo-Tapia of Guatemala also told agents that a Koch supervisor asked if she had an ankle bracelet. Told yes, "he said it was okay, but she needed to keep it charged," according to the warrant. The supervisor "stated that he knew 'they' were poor and came to the United States to work." Another Koch employee said she worked at one plant in Morton for 11 months under a false name, and then got a job at the town's second Koch plant under her real name after receiving valid U.S. documents. Koch said in a statement Friday that the Illinois company has a "strict and thorough employment verification policy" and knows of no managers or supervisors arrested. A human resources employee at Peco Foods plant in Bay Springs plant talked to an ICE informant about people hired twice under different names, according to the warrant application. The human resources employee stated that "Peco Foods management does not care." A Friday statement from Peco said the company relies on E-Verify and "adheres strongly to all local, state and federal laws." Associated Press writers Elliot Spagat and Janet McConnaughey and data journalist Angeliki Kastanis contributed. 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0.937721	Noor Salman trial: Defense witnesses tell jurors about Pulse gunman's secrets and lies - Orlando Sentinel Skip to content Sections xml:space="preserve"> Search xml:space="preserve"> subscribe enewspaper Obituaries Newsletters Breaking News Puzzles & Games Dillon Gabriel leaves UCF, enters NCAA Transfer Portal Garrett Gabriel on son Dillon’s decision to transfer from UCF: QB wants a place ‘better suited for him’ In Orlando, Hispanic residents spend more on rent than anywhere in the country Gators win, but we all lose with the sad state of UF-FSU rivalry \| Commentary Pregnant librarian killed in alleged road rage incident was aggressor, police say Orlando police seeking clues on man missing after celebrating 24th birthday 7 anti-vaccine doctors test positive or get COVID-19 symptoms after Florida conference Florida man’s big Disney collection, born in Orlando, now headed for auction block LUMA workers: We will build a better energy future for Puerto Rico \| Editorial Orlando Health one of 20 centers in U.S. offering pancreatic cancer treatment that may extend lives Big 12 or not, UCF and USF should play every year \| Commentary Orlando’s first castle — built 100 years before Disney’s — left a lasting mark Body found in Lake Ivanhoe is missing 24-year-old, police say Disney joins companies not contributing to Republicans who objected to Biden’s win First-degree murder indictment brought in Seminole overdose death Advertisement Advertisement Pulse Shooting Noor Salman trial: Defense witnesses tell jurors about Pulse gunman's secrets and lies By Gal Tziperman Lotan and Krista Torralva Mar 26, 2018 at 4:30 PM Jurors in the trial of Noor Salman heard Monday about the secrets her husband Omar Mateen kept prior to the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub — including his infidelity. The testimony comes as defense lawyers work to convince Salman’s jury that her husband, a manipulator and abuser, was leading a secret life about which his wife was unaware. The defense is expected to rest its case Tuesday, followed by closing arguments in the trial Wednesday. Advertisement A verdict could come as soon as this week. Among the witnesses called to testify for Salman’s defense were two women with whom Mateen had trysts outside of his marriage; the friend he told his parents he was going to dine with when he left home to commit the massacre; and friends of Salman, who described her as well-meaning and naive. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Prosecutors rested their case against Salman on Thursday. The defense began calling its witnesses Monday. First up was a longtime friend of Mateen’s, referred to only as “Nemo.” On June 11, 2016, Salman and Mateen both told Mateen's parents that he could not come to a mosque for Ramadan dinner because he was dining with Nemo instead. In reality, Nemo was in Baltimore at the time. "I was very shocked and horrified, but I wasn't surprised because I know he had used that excuse before, seeing me," Nemo said. Noor Salman listens to testimony on March 19, 2018, about statements she made in the aftermath of the Pulse attack. Agents said she eventually confessed to a role in plotting the massacre. (Courtesy of Charles Treadwell) Prosecutors argue Salman and Mateen worked together to concoct the cover story they gave Mateen’s parents. Salman’s defense says Mateen lied to his wife as well as his parents, telling her he was going to see his friend when he left their Fort Pierce apartment the evening of June 11, 2016. The defense contends Mateen had previously claimed to be with Nemo when he was actually cheating on his wife with other women. In his testimony today, Nemo said Mateen used to talk about cheating on Salman when he and Nemo would go to the gym together in 2015. The defense also called some of Salman’s childhood friends to testify, as well as two women who said they had trysts with Mateen. Both of the women testified under pseudonyms. One woman, who described their relationship as “brief flirtation,” said she met Mateen because her best friend lived in the subdivision where Mateen was a security guard. She knew he had a child but did not know he was still married. A second woman said she met Mateen on Plenty of Fish, an online dating service, and did not know he was married. She said they met at her apartment twice. "I found out that he was 29 years old. He told me he was 40,” she said. “And he told me his father would not approve of me because I was Jewish." Jurors also heard from Laurie Jaber, who was a bridesmaid at the couple’s wedding. Jaber said she last spoke to Salman four days before the Pulse shooting. Salman was excited to have recently passed her driving test, and because of a planned trip to California. “She was very ecstatic, very thrilled,” Jaber said. Another friend, testifying under a pseudonym, said Salman called her twice on June 11, 2016, the eve of the massacre. Salman asked the woman, who lives in California, what sizes her kids were, so that she could buy them presents to bring with her on the trip. In the second call, Salman spoke about being asked by Mateen’s family to go to the mosque that night. Mateen wasn’t going, and Salman didn’t want to go either, the friend testified. "Her voice sounded different, she sounded upset or disappointed," the woman said. Salman’s lawyers also called a forensic consultant, in order to undermine a key piece of the government’s case: statements Salman made to the FBI indicating she knew her husband was planning to attack Pulse, having visited it with him before the attack and seen him looking at its website. The jury already heard testimony last week from an FBI agent who said it was unlikely that visit occurred. Salman’s smartphone “had never been near” the nightclub and most of the couple’s movements on June 8, 2016, were accounted for by cellphone data and receipts, the agent said. On Monday, the defense’s cyber-forensic consultant told jurors he found no evidence that Salman or Mateen's computers or cell phones ever visited Pulse's website, including on June 10, when Salman told Special Agent Ricardo Enriquez she’s seen her husband looking at it. According to Enriquez’s transcription of Salman’s statement, she had claimed Mateen said “this is my target” while looking at the nightclub’s website. The testimony comes the day after Salman’s defense filed a motion seeking to have the case dismissed, due to evidence her lawyers argue prosecutors failed to disclose before the trial begain — including that Mateen’s father was an informant for the FBI. U.S. District Judge denied that motion Monday. Latest Pulse Shooting Man arrested in Pulse memorial fire denied starting blaze, affidavit says Nov 10, 2021 Man arrested in fire at Pulse memorial after survivor joined search to find culprit Nov 9, 2021 Report: Pulse gunman’s widow Noor Salman says she was victim too Oct 15, 2021 Salman, 31, is accused of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting Omar Mateen’s providing material support to a foreign terrorism organization. Her defense attorneys have said they plan to tell jurors that Salman was diagnosed with PTSD because of Mateen’s domestic abuse. In her opening statements, defense attorney Linda Moreno said Salman is a “trusting, simple” person with a low IQ, who did not know she would be widowed because her husband became “a martyr for a cause that she didn’t support.” Stay with OrlandoSentinel.com as the trial continues. [email protected], 407-420-5774, or Twitter @tzigal; [email protected], 407-420-5417 or Twitter @KMTorralva
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0.989061	Security operatives have arrested two suspects for allegedly defrauding the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia of €2.3 million COVID-19 fund. In a statement on Sunday, Frank Mba, spokesperson of the Nigeria police, said the fund was meant for the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE). The suspects, Babatunde Adesanya, 50-year-old master degree holder in cell biology, and Akinpelu Abass, 41-year-old managing director of Musterpoint Investment Nigeria Limited, were arrested by the cybercrime unit of the Nigeria police force and INTERPOL. The suspects, who are said to be members of a transnational criminal network, were alleged to have cloned the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn, a representative of the German state. “Discrete investigations by INTERPOL Nigeria revealed that the suspects and their Holland-based cohorts, one Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder specialized in identity theft, cyber-stalking, cloning of corporate websites amongst other cyber mischiefs to defraud unsuspecting members of the public across the world,” Mba said. “In this instance, the suspects fraudulently obtained from Mr Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn the sum of 1.5m Euro and another 880,000 Euro as advanced payment for the supply of COVID-19 PPEs valued at 14.7million Euros. Disturbed by the non-arrival of the PPEs, Mr Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn eventually visited the corporate office of ILBN Holdings BV in Holland to inquire reasons for the delay in supplying the items only to find out that the company never did business with him and that the transaction was a scam. “The fraudsters merely cloned the company’s website and falsely presented themselves as representatives of the company before subsequently executing the fraudulent transaction. Consequently, he reported the case of fraud to the Police in Holland and this led to the arrest of Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder in Holland and investigations extended to Nigeria. “Investigation by INTERPOL Nigeria further revealed that Babatunde Adesanya received 498,000 Euro from Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder through his Citibank London account and transferred same to an account number domiciled with a Lagos branch of a leading commercial bank in Nigeria belonging to Musterpoint Investment Nig. Ltd.” Mba said the suspects will be arraigned in a court as soon as possible. 0 0 vote Article Rating Related posts: BREAKING:Over 50 Homosexuals arrested during orgy in Kano State EFCC Arraigns University Lecturer For N19m Fraud Share via: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Categories Crime Post navigation EFCC Arrests Three Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abuja A 26-year-old from Ivory Coast has won the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
0.908935	The internet has done great things to help us market ourselves as photographers, and social media in specific has made it possible for us to reach a large audience even easier. It is a double-edged sword though. While it's true that you can reach more people now, the same is true for everyone else. The social media space has become very crowded and the perceived barriers to entry in becoming a “photographer” have gone down significantly because of this. Standing Out How do you stand out marketing yourself as a photographer online, then? Well, that is a whole other discussion, but I would suggest that a good place to start is to go “back to the basics” and adapt an offline component to your marketing strategy. Let's quickly recall a few of the online marketing strategies that we use today, along with a few buzzwords that have become commonplace: Social media Social networking Engagement on Facebook Content marketing on our blogs RT's and @ mentions of other businesses on Twitter What would it look like if we stripped away the “online” component to these terms and strategies? Social media Social networking Engagement on Facebook Content marketing on our blogs RT's and @ mentions of other businesses on Twitter We're left with media, networking, engagement, content marketing and relationship building. It's no surprise that these are the foundations of “traditional” business marketing, and we've just adapted them to social media and the internet. A lot of the time, though, we've forgotten about the roots of where they came from. Let's explore. Media is defined as the main means of mass communication (television, radio, newspapers). Networking means to interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career. Engagement is a marketing strategy that directly engages consumers and invites and encourages them to participate in the evolution of a brand. Content marketing is defined as providing consistent, high-quality content that solves people's problems. Relationship building is a marketing strategy that recognizes the long-term value of relationships and extends communication beyond intrusive advertising and sales promotional messages. The Foundations of Marketing Using these marketing foundations as a starting point, I would suggest the following 5 ways that you can use the basics of business marketing to increase your local awareness offline and ultimately get more business: speaking, networking, press, co-marketing and direct-mail. I am a big believer in the idea of being specific, giving examples and taking action on what we learn. All articles that I write for my educational website Sprouting Photographer ends with an “action item” that gives a specific point of follow-up. For this article, I'd like to give 18 examples of how you can put into play each of these 5 marketing basics right away. Speaking Give a presentation to a local business clubs re: business portraits. Give a presentation to the local Rotary Club about what you do as a photographer. Present to a Mom group re: family and child portraits. Put on a workshop to teach the basics of photography at the library. Networking Seek out local business associations such as the Chamber of Commerce or a local BIA and become a regular attendee to the networking meetings. Focus on building relationships and not just handing out business cards. Personally reach out to local business owners and connect one-on-one. See how you can help each other. Attend local niche trade shows and network with the organizers, sponsors and businesses. If you specialize in family portraits for example, a “home show” would likely have many businesses that serve a similar market as you do. This would be a great networking opportunity. Press Donate to a cause and attach your name to a newsworthy event/charity. Volunteer your time locally. Offer help to the local media – maybe they need photographs, or perhaps they'd like your opinion on a photograph-related topic. Send press releases once you've built an established relationship with the local paper. Offer to write a column in the paper. Co-Marketing Offer to decorate local businesses with wall portraits and wall art. Display your business card with it. Run a promotion with a local business that has a similar audience as yours. You can share each in each other's customer base. Exchange a stack of business cards with local like-minded business owners and offer to help market each other. Offer a local business a few gift certificates to give their top-tier clients as a gift from them. Direct-Mail Postcard Mailings Come up with a specific, time-sensitive offer and mail it to 10,000 homes in the area via a post-card drop. Repetition is key – plan to do one per month for at least 6 months. Creating a well-rounded marketing plan is crucial for long-term success as a photographer. We need to include online and offline marketing strategies to ensure that we are in front of as many prospective clients as possible. The ultimate testimony to a consistent offline local marketing initiative is when your clients start telling you that they “see you everywhere” – that is a well-executed branding and awareness campaign! Filed Under: Marketing, Most Popular Posts, Photography Tagged With: Business Marketing, Foundations Of Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Basics, marketing plan, Photographers, social media, Social Network, Social Networking Subscribe To Tiffibox Treats! 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0.92358	Sex after a vasectomy shouldn't be any different than it was before the procedure. The surgery doesn't touch the blood vessels or nerves involved in erections and ejaculation, and it doesn't reduce a man's ability to have or enjoy sex. It only eliminates fertility. Vasectomy should have no effect on: Sex drive The ability to have or maintain erections Ejaculation Orgasms Testosterone level Sex drive after a vasectomy Testicles produce the male hormone testosterone, which plays an important role in maintaining a man's libido. The vasectomy procedure only impacts the flow of sperm through the vas deferens and doesn't change the amount of testosterone the testicles release into the bloodstream. Testosterone levels post-surgery should be exactly the same as they were before the procedure. If you notice a drop in sex drive after vasectomy, contact your doctor. This could be caused by other factors, such as: Drug or alcohol abuse Medications, usually SSRI antidepressants such as Prozac or Paxil, or drugs for high blood pressure (such as beta blockers) Fatigue or stress Erections after a vasectomy There should be no change in your ability to achieve and maintain erections because the various vasectomy procedures don't touch the blood vessels or nerves involved in erections. But erectile dysfunction could signal other serious problems, such as heart disease or diabetes. Talk to your doctor if you have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection post-vasectomy. Ejaculation after a Vasectomy Typically, the only thing that's different after a vasectomy is that sperm is missing from the semen. And sperm make up a very small percentage (less than 5 percent) of the ejaculate, so you shouldn't notice any change in its color or consistency. The glands that produce most of the semen—such as the seminal vesicles and the prostate—function exactly as they did before the procedure. References Bartz D., & Greenberg J.A. Sterilization in the United States. Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2008; 1(1):23-32. Bertero E., Hallak J., Gromatzky C., et al. Assessment of sexual function in patients undergoing vasectomy using the international index of erectile function. Int Braz J Urol. 2005; 31(5):452-8. Cutie C.J., & Ongaro T.J. Patient information: Vasectomy (Beyond the Basics). UpToDate. 2012. Glina S., Sharlip I.D., & Hellstrom W.J. Modifying Risk Factors to Prevent and Treat Erectile Dysfunction. J Sex Med. 2012; 10(1):115-119.
0.910798	Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) are one of the most diverse animal groups. To date, scientists have found as many as 5,000 species from the Alps alone. Having been a place of intensive research interest for 250 years, it is considered quite a sensation if a previously unknown species is discovered from the mountain range these days. This was the case when a Swiss-Austrian team of researchers described a new species of alpine moth in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Alpine Entomology, solving a 180-year-old mystery. Decades of research work Initially, the team -- Jürg Schmid, a full-time dentist, author and passionate butterfly and moth researcher from Switzerland, and Peter Huemer, head of the natural science collections of the Tyrolean State Museums in Innsbruck and author of more than 400 publications, needed a lot of patience. Almost thirty years ago, in the 1990s, the two researchers independently discovered the same moth species. While they found it was similar to a moth of the leaf-roller family Tortricidae and commonly named as Dichrorampha montanana which had been known to science since 1843, it was also clearly different. Wing pattern and internal morphology of genitalia structures supported a two-species hypothesis. Moreover, the two were found at the same time in the same places -- a further indication that they belong to separate species. Extensive genetic investigations later confirmed this hypothesis, but the journey of presenting a new species to science was far from over. The Hidden Alpine Moth To "baptise" a new species and give it its own name, scientists first have to check that it hasn't already been named. This prevents the same species from having two different names, and essentially means looking at descriptions of similar species and comparing the new one against them to prove it is indeed unknown to science. In the case of this new moth, there were six potentially applicable older names that had to be ruled out before it could be named as new. Intensive and time-consuming research of original specimens in the nature museums of Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt and London eventually led to the finding that all six ancient names actually referred to one and the same species -- Dichrorampha alpestrana, which has been known since 1843 and had to be adopted as the valid older name for Dichrorampha montanana as having been described a couple of months earlier. Similarly, all other available names proved to belong to Dichrorampha alpestrana. The species discovered by Schmid and Huemer, however, was different, not yet named, and could finally be described as new to science. The authors chose to name it Dichrorampha velata -- the Latin species name means "veiled" or "hidden," pointing to the complicated story behind its discovery. Lots of unanswered questions The Hidden Alpine Moth is a striking species with a wingspan of up to 16 mm and a characteristic olive-brown color of the forewings with silvery lines. It belongs to a group of mainly diurnal moths and is particularly common locally in colorful mountain flower meadows. For now, we know that its distribution extends at least from Salzburg and Tyrol through southern Switzerland and the Jura to the French and Italian Alps, with isolated finds known from the Black Forest in Germany, but the researchers believe it might have a wider range in Central Europe. Read more at Science Daily Posted by Danny Boston at 9:32 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Animals, Butterflies, Diversity, Moths, Science No comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe to Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Followers About me Danny Boston I'm a 46 year old magician that blogs about everything and nothing. Remember that you read it here on A Magical Journey!
0.987024	1. Acid Water - Low pH 2. Arsenic in Water 3. Coliform in Water 4. Chemicals in Water Toxins, PCB, MTBE, TCE, and THM 5. Chloramine in Water 6. Chlorine in Water 7. Fluoride 8. Hardness 9. Manganese and Iron in Water 10. Lead in water: solutions 11. Methane 12. Nitrate and Nitrite in Water 13. PFOA In Water 14. Surface and Pond Water Treatment 15. Radioactive Water 16. Radon in Water 17. Sedimentation Water Treatment 18. Sulfur Smell in Your Water 19. Tannins in Water ACID WATER - LOW PH Drinking water has a normal pH range between 6 and 8.5, meaning that it typically has a level that's just below or just above a neutral pH. There are a number of factors that can lower the pH of water. Acid water can cause metal pipes to corrode and leave blue-green stains on your sinks, faucets, and other plumbing fixtures. What Is Acid Water? Acid water is water with a low pH, meaning that it's more likely to corrode metal pipes and leach metals out of exposed surfaces. The pH of a solution is a measure of the activity of hydrogen ions (H+) in that solution. In practical terms, it's a measurement of how acid or basic a solution is. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with lower numbers being more acidic. 0 – 6.5 is Acidic 7 is Neutral 7.5 – 14 is Basic In general, water with a pH that is lower than 7 is considered acid water, with lower numbers being increasingly acidic. Water with a pH that's greater than 7 is considered basic, with higher numbers being increasingly alkaline. The normal range for pH in surface water systems is 6.5 to 8.5 and for groundwater systems 6 to 8.5. Alkalinity is a measure of the capacity of the water to resists a change in pH that would tend to make the water more acidic. The measurement of alkalinity and pH are both needed to determine the corrosiveness of the water. To put the importance of pH into perspective, remember that the pH scale is logarithmic. Water with a pH of 8.0 is ten times more alkaline than water with a pH of 7.0, and water with a pH of 9.0 is 100 times more alkaline than a solution with a pH of 7.0. Symptoms Of Acid Water If your water has a low pH, meaning that you have high water acidity, you may see blue-green stains on your plumbing fixtures, faucets, and drains, as well as on bathtubs and sinks. Acid in water can even cause pinhole leaks in copper plumbing. Water that has a pH less than 6.5 could be acidic and corrosive. Acid water has the potential to leach metal ions, including iron, manganese, copper, lead, and zinc, from aquifers, plumbing fixtures, and piping. Because of its corrosive nature, this water could contain elevated levels of toxic metals, damage metal pipes. Many people also find that low pH water has a sour or metallic taste (because of the dissolved metals). It can also discolor laundry as well as plumbing fixtures. Water Acidity Causes Acid water can be naturally occurring, or caused by a high level of dissolved oxygen. Acidic waters are typically low in buffering calcium minerals, but are high in dissolved carbon dioxide, which can cause the low pH or acidity. Are There Any Health Concerns? The biggest health problem with acid water is related to copper pipes. Acid in water can dissolve some of the copper from the pipes, where it can be consumed in drinking water. While we all need a small amount of copper in our diets, long-term exposure to high amounts of copper in could cause serious health problems, including liver or kidney damage. Even short-term exposure can cause stomach problems, like nausea and vomiting. Action Level You should address acid water issues if your water has a pH lower than 6.5. How To Treat Acidic Water Acidic water is typically treated with a pH water filter that includes a water neutralizer. There are two ways of neutralizing water acidity: 1. Whole House pH Balancing Filters - Calcite the most common material used as a water neutralizer. We actually use Georgia Marble, which is the absolute best form of calcite. It's a natural mineral, also known as calcium carbonate; in some cases, magnesium oxide (sometimes called Corsex) is also used. When water flows through the calcite or magnesium oxide in the water filter, the mineral is dissolved into the water and make it less acidic. This type of filter works best on water that has a pH of 5.5 or higher. This type of pH balancing filter is simple to use, but the pH level may vary with the amount of time the water is in contact with the calcite. Calcite also makes the water harder, so you may need a water softener as part of your treatment system. 2.Proportional pH Balancing Injection Systems - The second method for treating acid water works better on very low pH water but is also more costly. A proportional injection system uses a chemical feed pump to inject a precise amount of water neutralizer solution into the water. This type of system typically uses a form of soda ash (a form of sodium carbonate). A proportional neutralization system assures that the pH is uniform regardless of flow rate and does not add any hardness back to the water. This method is desirable if you do not want to add hardness back to the water Arsenic in Water A naturally occurring element, arsenic and its compounds are very poisonous. If you get your water from a private well, it's important to have your water tested regularly to make sure that it's safe to drink. Read on to learn more about the health risks of arsenic in water and the different methods available for treating contaminated water. What Is Arsenic? Arsenic is a metalloid element that is found naturally in rocks, soil, and plants. Most forms of this element are extremely toxic and dangerous to humans. The source of arsenic in water is often natural deposits in the ground that contaminate aquifers and wells. Contamination can also be caused by poor agricultural and industrial practices. This element has a variety of industrial uses, and it's found in some paints and dyes, soaps, semiconductors, and in some metal alloys. Arsenic was a very common wood preservative used for decades in the United States, but it's no longer used to treat wood for household use. This element is also released into the environment through coal burning, mining operations, and copper smelting. In agriculture, arsenic can be found in some fertilizers, as well as a number of pesticides and herbicides. What Are the Signs of Arsenic in Drinking Water? Because arsenic has no taste, odor, or color, there really is no easy way to know if there is arsenic in drinking water. Anyone who gets their water from a well or other private source should make sure that the system is tested for arsenic regularly. How Does Arsenic Get into Water? As groundwater passes through rocks and soil that contain arsenic, this element can be dissolved into the water. In addition, arsenic used for industrial or agricultural purposes can contaminate drinking water supplies. What Are the Health Risks? Arsenic is poisonous, and drinking arsenic in water can be deadly. Exposure can cause headaches, drowsiness, diarrhea and vomiting, and discoloration of the skin and fingernails. Over time, chronic exposure may lead to severe stomach pain, numbness in the extremities, convulsions, paralysis, and blindness. Arsenic has also been linked to several different types of cancer. It's important to note that while arsenic in drinking water is dangerous, it's not as much of a concern in water used for other purposes. Arsenic is not absorbed through the skin very easily, and it won't become airborne if it's dissolved in water. Unless levels are very high – more than 500 ppb – it's OK to use water that contains arsenic for bathing and other household chores. When Should I Take Action? Because arsenic is highly toxic, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) is .010 ppm or 10 ppb. This figure is based on both organic and inorganic forms. More Information on Arsenic in Water Arsenic is found naturally in the soil, so it's often found in higher levels in groundwater than in other water sources. When large amounts of water are removed from the ground through wells and municipal systems, the arsenic that's naturally held in rocks may be exposed and released. In other words, the more the water is used in locations with high arsenic deposits, the more likely it is to be contaminated. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency has set the standard for arsenic in drinking water at 10 parts per billion (ppb). Compared to the rest of the United States, the Western states tend to have the highest arsenic levels – often above the EPA's standard of 10 ppb. In addition, some parts of the Midwest and New England have high levels of arsenic in water, although most systems in these areas are under the EPA limit. Part of the reason why testing is so important is that "hot spots" can develop even where arsenic is not a common problem. If you're concerned about arsenic in your water, consult your local health department or your state geological survey office. How To Remove Arsenic from Water Depending upon what a detailed water analysis of your water reveals, there are multiple ways of removing arsenic from water supplies. One of the most effective and affordable arsenic water filter methods is reverse osmosis (RO), with studies indicating that it may be up to 95% effective. RO systems are typically only used to produce drinking water, although whole house systems are available. If there is also iron in the water, then there are special resin medias that will bind with the iron and arsenic and remove them from the water. Before any sizing or determination of system design can be started, however, a detailed water analysis must be completed. Coliform In Water We all need access to clean water to stay healthy. So what do you do when your water has become contaminated with bacteria, viruses, cysts, or other microorganisms? US Water Systems offers both water testing kits and a number of options for water disinfection to address a wide range of microorganism contaminants, including coliform in water. Call our Certified Water Specialists at 1-800-608-8792 to discuss your water problems and our recommended solutions. Microorganisms in Water There are a range of microorganisms, including bacteria, protozoa, and viruses, that live and thrive in water. While most people in the United States get their water from a municipal water treatment plant where the water has been disinfected to kill any biological contaminants, private water sources – such as wells – can become contaminated. If you suspect that your water supply, no matter the source, may be contaminated, it's extremely important to have it tested and treated right away. There are many different types of microorganisms in water and may make you very, very sick. One of the most common tests measures the level of coliform in water, which is a strong indicator that the water may be contaminated with other pathogens. Symptoms: Many waterborne pathogens cause gastrointestinal illness with flu-like symptoms, especially in young people, those with compromised immune systems, or the elderly. Bacteria in water are typically swallowed, which is why many of the disease symptoms start in the stomach or intestines. Causes: There are a number of ways that disease-causing microorganisms can get into your water. Fecal coliform bacteria, including E. coli are found in high amounts in the intestines and feces of people and animals. Cryptosporidium and giardia protozoa often come from surface water contaminated with the feces of wild animals. These and other microorganisms often get into the water supply through the feces of humans and animals, including cattle and other farm animals, cats and dogs, and wildlife. This material can be washed into storm drains, streams, reservoirs, and other bodies of water, and then may travel into the water system. Leaky pipes and sewer connections, septic tanks that don't work properly, an improperly sealed well, or problems at a water treatment plant can all allow these contaminants to get into your water supply and make you sick. Health Concerns: Water that contains biological contaminants can be extremely dangerous. While many bacteria in water, such as E. coli, or protozoa like Cryptosporidium parvum, cause flu-like symptoms and gastrointestinal discomfort in otherwise healthy individuals, they can cause serious dehydration and even death in those who are very young, very old, or have compromised immune systems. Other far more serious illnesses can also be spread through contaminated water, including hepatitis, typhoid, dysentery, and cholera, all of which can result in severe illness or even death. Action Level: Wells should be regularly tested for the presence of coliform in the water. Municipal systems are routinely tested for this bacteria as well. Drinking water should immediately be treated if the presence of any bacteria is detected. More Information Coliform bacteria are present in the environment and in the feces of all warm-blooded animals and humans. The term actually encompasses multiple different types of bacteria, all of which are grouped together because they have similar characteristics. Most types of bacteria in this group don't cause serious illness, but their presence in drinking water indicates that disease-causing organisms (pathogens) could be in the water system. Most dangerous protozoa and bacteria in water supplies come from the feces of humans or animals. Testing drinking water for all possible pathogens is complex, time-consuming, and expensive, but it is relatively easy and inexpensive to test for coliform in water. If this type of bacteria are found in a water sample, it's an indicator that the water has been exposed to some type of contamination. Water specialists can then work to find the source of contamination, what pathogens are actually in the water, and restore safe drinking water. There are three different groups of coliform bacteria; each has a different level of risk: Total coliform Fecal coliform E-coli The total coliform group is a large collection of different kinds of bacteria. Fecal coliforms are types of total coliform that mostly exist in feces. E. coli is a sub-group of fecal coliform. When a water sample is sent to a lab, it is tested for total coliform. If total coliform is present, the sample will also be tested for either fecal coliform or E. coli, depending on the lab testing method. Unlike the photo to the left, it is not always obvious not to drink the water. Coliform bacteria are commonly found in the environment (e.g., soil or vegetation) and are generally harmless. If a water sample indicates that there is coliform in the water but no fecal coliform, the source is probably environmental. If environmental contamination can enter the system, however, there may also be a way for other dangerous pathogens to enter the system. Therefore, it is important to find the source and resolve the problem. Fecal coliform bacteria are a type of coliform bacteria and get their name because they are commonly found in the intestines and feces of people and animals. If a drinking water sample contains fecal coliform, it's likely that sewage or other fecal matter has recently contaminated the water. This indicates a high risk that pathogens are present. E. coli is a type of fecal coliform group, and probably the best known. Food and water contaminated by certain types of E. coli have caused disease outbreaks around the country and gotten a lot of media attention. Most E. coli bacteria in water are harmless, but their presence almost always means that there has been recent fecal contamination. Water Testing and Treatment When routine water testing indicates coliform bacteria in water, it's common to collect additional samples and repeat the tests to help determine if there is an actual problem with the water system. Once the tests are confirmed, it's important for the entire water system – whether municipal or private – to be inspected to find the source of the contamination. Leaky pipes, septic tank problems, well mechanical problems, and other system issues can all lead to water bacteria contaminating the water supply. Once the source is identified, it can be repaired or corrected to eliminate the contamination. After repairs are complete, the system should be flushed and, if you're on a private well, you may need to shock the well with chlorine. This should kill any microorganisms in the water. If there are ongoing or repeated contamination issues, you may want to install a continuous chlorination system. If you are on a private water supply, we strongly encourage you to protect yourself and your family's health with one of our trusted and reliable disinfection systems. While chlorine is a good choice for seriously contaminated water, there are other easier and more affordable options for routine use. Quantum disinfection is recent innovation that kills up to 99.9999% of microorganisms and bacteria in water. It uses no electricity and adds nothing to your water supply. Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection has been the technology of choice for several years now to render bacteria (including coliform in water) harmless. It's affordable and adds nothing to the water. Ozone disinfection is extremely effective at killing pathogens, but it's also relatively expensive. This type of system is not recommended for most homes. Additionally, US Water has a complete line of lake and pond water treatment systems that include chlorination and ultraviolet for the treatment of surface waters. Chemicals in Water Toxins, PCB, MTBE, TCE, and THM No matter where you get your water from, it's at risk for chemical pollution. Water from private wells may be at relatively high risk, but the disinfecting chemicals in water from your local municipal water treatment plant can also produce byproducts that are potentially dangerous to your health. Learn more about the types of chemicals that may be found in your water, as well as the best chemical filters to you to give you cleaner, healthier water. What Chemicals Might Be in My Water? A number of different chemicals may be found in your water, depending in part on where your water comes from. Many municipal water treatment plants use chlorine or chloramines to disinfect water, and both of these chemicals can linger and make their way into your drinking water. In addition, as disinfection chemicals break down, they may product byproducts, including trihalomethanes (THMs) – a known cancer causing agent. And while water treatment plants use filters and other methods to remove a wide range of potential contaminants, there are a significant number of unregulated chemicals in water that have not legally mandated limits. If you get your water from a private well, the risk of chemicals in drinking water may be even higher. The water in wells comes from underground aquifers that are fed with groundwater. This water may be exposed to a wide variety of chemicals and pollutants, including pesticides, spilled fuels, and toxins that have not been disposed of properly, including prescription medications and various types of hazardous waste. Older industrial chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and (trichloroethylene) TCS, can also be found in the water in some locations. How Do I Know if There Are Chemicals in My Water? It's often very difficult to tell if there is chemical pollution in the water in your home or business. Many chemicals are very hard to detect and may show no obvious indications. Water treatment plants test for all regulated chemicals and toxins, but they typically don't look for unregulated pollutants. If you're concerned about your water quality, you need to have your water tested. Is Chemical Pollution in Water Dangerous? Many of the chemicals in water are known as endocrine disruptors, which means that they can interfere with the hormones in living creatures. Endocrine disruptors have been linked to birth defects, developmental disorders, and the growth of cancerous tumors. Do I Need to Filter Chemicals from My Water? Because many of the chemicals in drinking water can be bad for your health, it's a good idea to use a water treatment system to remove them no matter their level. Disinfection chemicals like chlorine can make your water taste and smell bad, even if the levels are within legally allowable limits. It's always a good idea to have your water tested for chemicals and to use the appropriate type of chemical water filter. More Information on Chemicals in Drinking Water Warning Dangerous ChemicalsUnfortunately, chemical pollution in water is a common problem all across the United States. A 2009 study by the Environmental Working Group found that millions of people in the U.S. were exposed to a variety of potentially toxic chemicals in water above the health-based guidelines. Many of these chemicals are unregulated, so there are no legal limits for how much may be found in water. In addition, water that is treated at the municipal level often has disinfection chemicals added to it, which bring with them their own problems. How Do I Remove Toxic Chemicals from Water? The best technology available for removing chemicals in water is activated carbon (GAC). This material, sometimes just referred to as "carbon" or "charcoal, " is the recommended treatment for most of the water contaminants listed by the EPA. Carbon filters are very common and affordable, and nearly all water filtration systems include one. This means that most water filtration systems remove some amount of chemicals in drinking water, although the effectiveness of the filter is directly related to how much carbon is used and how the filter is designed. How Does GAC Work? Carbon filters have many tiny clusters of carbon atoms, all stacked on top of each other. These filters work through a process called adsorption, which means that the chemical molecules adhere the highly porous surface of the carbon. GAC is specially treated to give it a very high surface area, allowing lots of space for the chemicals in water to stick. In fact, just 1 pound of GAC has the surface area equivalent to up to 150 acres! GAC can made from the carbon produced from a variety of materials, such as peanut shells, coconut shells, or coal. It can be produced in several different ways, but often the source material is heated slowly in an inert atmosphere to produce a high carbon material. The carbon is activated by passing oxidizing gases through it at extremely high temperatures, which produces the pores needed. How effective a carbon filter is at removing chemicals in drinking water depends on several factors, including the physical properties of the GAC and what it's made out of. In addition, the properties of the water being treated, such as its pH, temperature, and flow rate, all have an impact. Of course, the amount and types of chemicals in the water are also an important factor. Chemical Water Filter Options If you need a GAC filter to remove chemicals in water, you have several options available. A variety of pitcher and faucet filters are on the market. You can also choose from countertop and undersink filters, which may be more effective. Reverse osmosis units produce exceptionally clean water, and these units typically include at least two good carbon filters before the RO membrane. You can also choose a whole house carbon filter, which uses either a backwashing tank or filter cartridge. Catalytic carbon filters are an excellent option for the removal of chloramines and other volatile organic chemicals. It's important to note that GAC filters can become a source of contamination if they are not replaced periodically. Chemical contaminants can build up in the filter over time, and may be released into the water in unexpectedly high concentrations. Organic matter can also build up, allowing for bacteria to grow quite quickly. As a result, it is an excellent idea to install a quantum disinfection system or ultraviolet (UV) disinfection after any carbon filters installed on well water, unless other disinfection processes (such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide, or chlorine) are used. Chloramine in Water Chloramine is a water disinfection chemical used in many water treatment plants to kill bacteria and other dangerous pathogens. It's often used as an alternative to free chlorine because, although it's less effective, it creates fewer byproducts and stays in the system for a longer period of time, providing additional protection as it moves through the pipes and into homes. Unfortunately, chloramine in water has a number of potential side effects, including giving the water a bad taste and smell. Chlorine in Water Chlorine has been used to disinfect water for more than a century, and it's often credited with saving many lives by producing drinking water that wasn't contaminated with bacteria, viruses, and many types of protozoan cysts. While it's an extremely effective disinfectant, chlorine in drinking water can cause a number of side effects as well as producing potentially dangerous disinfection byproducts. Learn more about how chlorine is used and how to remove chlorine from water. What Is Chlorine? Chlorine is a gaseous chemical element that's found in many different compounds. It's an extremely strong oxidizing agent, which means that it can cause other substances to lose their electrons. That's why it's such an effective disinfectant “ when most living cells encounter chlorine in water, they lose electrons from their outer membranes, which causes them to lose their structure, break down, and die. This also means that chlorine is toxic to humans and other animals. Is Chlorine in Drinking Water Dangerous? While the chlorine in drinking water does have side effects, it's not necessarily dangerous in and of itself. Washing or swimming in water that contains chlorine can lead to dry skin and hair, and cause burning in the eyes. Many people also dislike the taste and smell of chlorinated water. In addition, this chemical can react with organics in water to produce disinfection byproducts (DBP) that could be dangerous. Trihalomethanes (THMs), one of the disinfection byproducts of chlorine in water, is a known carcinogen, which means that it may cause cancer. This and other DBPs have also been linked to liver and kidney problems, developmental disorders, and respiratory issues. Unlike some other disinfectants, chlorine can be absorbed through the skin and inhaled; it's not necessary to drink chlorine in water for it to get into your body. Aside from the health side effects, some people find that using chlorinated water means that the vegetables they grow may not be as green, and foods cooked in it may have a strange taste. Plants and gardens can also be negatively affected. Chlorine also breaks down rubber, so plumbing parts made of this material can leak. Most water quality experts believe that no amount of chlorine or chlorine byproducts are acceptable in water. More Information on Chlorine in Water There's no question that adding chlorine in drinking water has saved many, many lives. Cholera and typhoid were two of the leading causes of death in the U.S. in the 19th Century, and both were nearly wiped out after municipalities started putting chlorine in water. Once the water has reached your home, however, the chlorine has done its job and needs to be removed “ along with any byproducts. Most people prefer to remove chlorine from water before drinking it to improve the taste and smell if for no other reason. Even at levels as low as 0.5 parts per million (ppm), it can be a problem in water used for drinking or bathing. Swimming pools, by comparison, may have a level of 2.0 to 3.0 ppm. “Showering is suspected as the primary cause of elevated levels of chloroform in nearly every home because of the chlorine in the water.” - DR. LANCE WALLACE - U.S.E.P.A. “A long hot shower can be dangerous. The toxic chemicals are inhaled in high concentrations.” - Dr. John Andelman - BOTTOM LINE “Skin absorption of contaminant has been underestimated and ingestion may not constitute the sole or even primary route of exposure.” - Dr. Halina Brown - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH “Showers - and to a lesser extent baths - lead to a greater exposure to toxic chemicals contained in drinking water supplies than does drinking the water.” - Ian Anderson - NEW SCIENTIST “Drinking chlorinated water may double the risk of bladder cancer, which strikes 400, 000 people a year.” - IS YOUR WATER SAFE? - U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT How to Remove Chlorine from Water If you get your water from the municipal water treatment system, it has almost certainly been treated with some form of disinfectant, and chlorine is one of the most common. Dechlorinated water can be made in your home pretty easily “ in fact, a granular activated carbon (GAC) filter is one of the best ways to remove chlorine from water. GAC is an effective chlorine water filter because it's made with a very high surface area and high adsorption properties. The chlorine in water sticks to the surface of the carbon. Fluoride Fluoride Symptoms: This is a very polarizing debate: One side says that "fluoride in water is known to prevent tooth decay" while the other side says that "fluoride is toxic and has resulted in deaths from acute poisoning." Causes: Many cities actually add fluoride to the water which is why it is many water supplies. Health Concerns: An active ingredient in many pesticides and rodenticides is fluoride. which is accutely more poisonous than lead. Overdose leads to serious toxic symptoms. Some experts feel that water fluoridation can lead to cancer, diabetes, thyroid and neurological disorders, heart disease, arthritis and osteoporosis. Action Level: Any level is frequently undesirable. More Information Here is what one expert says: "Fluoride and fluoridation will go down as one of the greatest controversies of the 20th century. Up until the early 1940's, fluorine's effect on life was always deemed poisonous. It was proven to be altering enzymes used by living organisms to carry out a multitude of essential processes. Fluorine, the most reactive element on the planet, is also the strongest free radical. Scientists in the 1930's and 1940's experimented with this element to create the most deadly nerve gasses, rocket fuel, and radioactive U235 for the bomb. As a wood preservative, rodenticide and insecticide, fluorine compounds are second to none. As an Orthodontist, I began investigating the increasingly prevalent lines and spots that I saw on the enamel of children. Like rings on a tree, they indicate excessive fluorine exposure. I started to ask the question, 'How does fluorine cause these marks?' Chronic doses of fluoride, like arsenic and lead, accumulate in our bodies causing a blockage in the way cells breathe and leads to the malformation of collagen. Cancer, diabetes, thyroid and neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, heart disease, arthritis and osteoporosis have all been linked to chronic fluoride ingestion. We are now exposed to increasing doses of fluoride from toothpaste, rinses, water, food, medicines, showering, bathing, and even the air that we breathe. Our environment has become a literal fluoride dumping ground." Hardness Symptoms: Scale build-up in plumbing systems, including pipes, faucets, appliances, and water heaters. High soap and detergent usage and stiffer dingy clothes. Causes: As water moves through soil and rock, it dissolves very small amounts of minerals and holds them in solution. Calcium and magnesium dissolved in water are the two most common minerals that make water hard. Health Concerns: Hard water is high in dissolved minerals, specifically calcium and magnesium. Hard water is not a health risk, but a nuisance because of mineral buildup on fixtures and inside pipes as well as poor soap and/or detergent performance. Action Level: Water over 10.5 gpg (180 mg/l) is considered extremely hard, but savings are realized at levels over 3 gpg (51 mg/l). Hard water is high in dissolved minerals, specifically calcium and magnesium. Hard water is not a health risk, but a nuisance because of mineral buildup on fixtures and inside pipes as well as poor soap and/or detergent performance. Water is a good solvent and picks up impurities easily. Pure water is tasteless, colorless, and odorless, and is often called the universal solvent. When water is combined with carbon dioxide to form very weak carbonic acid, an even better solvent results. As water moves through soil and rock, it dissolves very small amounts of minerals and holds them in solution. Calcium and magnesium dissolved in water are the two most common minerals that make water hard. The degree of hardness becomes greater as the calcium and magnesium content increases. Hard Water Problems Laundry : Clothes washed in hard water often look dingy and feel harsh and scratchy. The hardness minerals combine with some elements to form insoluble salts, making them difficult to remove. Soil on clothes can introduce even more hardness minerals into the wash water. Continuous laundering in hard water can damage fibers and shorten the life of clothes by up to 40 percent. Bathing - Bathing with soap in hard water leaves a film of sticky soap curd on the skin. The film may prevent removal of soil and bacteria. Soap curd interferes with the return of skin to its normal, slightly acid condition, and may lead to irritation. Soap curd on hair may make it dull, lifeless and difficult to manage. Dishwashers - When washing dishes, especially in a dishwasher, hard water may cause spotting and filming on your glassware and other utensils. The minerals from hard water are released faster when it comes into contact with heat, causing an increase in the amount of spotting and filming that occurs. This problem is not a health risk, but it can be a nuisance to clean and makes your glasses and silver spotted and dingy. Problems in Water Heating Systems and PipesLime build-up on pipes Hard water also contributes to inefficient and costly operation of water-using appliances. Heated hard water forms a scale of calcium and magnesium minerals, limescale deposits, that can contribute to the inefficient operation or failure of water-using appliances. Pipes can become clogged with scale that reduces water flow and ultimately requires pipe replacement. Limescale has been known to increase energy bills by up to 25%. Limescale in Solar Heating Systems Solar heating, often used for heating swimming pools is prone to limescale buildup, which can reduce the efficiency of the electronic pump and therefore the overall systems performance will deteriorate. Hard Water Benefits Hard water is not a health hazard. In fact, the hard drinking water generally contributes a small amount toward total calcium and magnesium human dietary needs, and in some instances, where dissolved calcium and magnesium are very high, water could be a major contributor of calcium and magnesium to the diet. The ideal solution would be to leave the calcium in the water, but alter its state so that it couldn't form limescale. This is what the GreenWave Salt-Free System does. Water Testing for Hardness If you are on a municipal water system, the water supplier can tell you the hardness level of the water they deliver. If you have a private water supply, you can have the water tested for hardness. US Water also offer a number of water tests HERE. Once you've tested your water supply, the hardness of your water will be reported in grains per gallon, milligrams per liter (mg/l) or parts per million (ppm). One grain of hardness equals 17.1 mg/l or ppm of hardness. Manganese and Iron in Water If there is iron in your water, you probably know it! Iron can cause rusty water, which leaves black, orange, or red stains on your plumbing fixtures, toilets, and other surfaces. This mineral can also give you water that tastes like metal. And when you have iron, you can typically have manganese in the water as well. Manganese is more difficult to remove from the water and it leaves brown or black stains. Neither iron nor manganese is desirable in your water and US Water Systems can eradicate both iron and manganese completely. The US Water OXi-Gen System is the most robust one on the market. Our Synergy Twin-Alternating Water Softener is also a great choice on water that has smaller amounts of iron or manganese in it. The best scenario is to filter the water with an OXi System, followed by the Synergy (if the water contains hardness as well). The Synergy regenerates with soft water and fills the brine tank with soft water and is exceptional at removing manganese in the water. It is vitally important that a Comprehensive Lab Water Test is performed on your water before attempting to remove iron or manganese. PROBLEMS WITH IRON IN WATER? When you have high levels of iron in your water, you will likely know it from the black or red stains left by this mineral. These stains not only accumulate on toilets and showers, iron can discolor your clothing and anything else that untreated water touches. Iron is often found with manganese, another mineral that leaves black or dark brown stains and which can build up deposits in your pipes. Water with high levels of iron and manganese most often comes from wells or other private water sources. It is common for water that contains iron to also have levels of hydrogen sulfide and/or arsenic. In many cases, all of these contaminants can be removed in exactly the same manner that you remove iron. HOW DOES IRON GET IN MY WATER? Iron in water typically comes from the rocks and soil around the water source. As water moves through the rocks and into the well or aquafer, it dissolves the iron that's naturally found in the environment. Manganese is often found in the same sources as iron, although it's less common. There are many types of iron, but for our purposes we generally divided them into two main categories: (1) soluble or ferrous iron and (2) insoluble or ferric iron. Soluble iron, or "clear water" iron oxidizes to insoluble or red iron in the presence of oxygen either in the well or in your home. You can tell if you have soluble iron in water by pouring a glass of cold clear water. When allowed to stand in the presence of air, reddish brown particles will appear in the glass and eventually settle to the bottom. When insoluble iron, or red water iron, is poured into a glass, it appears rusty or has a red or yellow color. Insoluble iron can create serious taste and appearance problems in water. ARE IRON AND MANGANESE IN WATER DANGEROUS? In most cases, the amount of iron in water from a well is more of a nuisance rather than a health risk. Most people don't like it when water tastes like metal or has a red or brown tinge. Since both iron and manganese can stain plumbing fixtures, laundry, and other items, it can ruin clothing and leave sinks and tubs looking dirty, even when they aren't. Very high levels of manganese in water can cause neurological symptoms. Another reason that you might want to treat high iron water is that certain types of bacteria need it to survive. These bacteria can form an unpleasant yellow or brown slime in your plumbing, and often produce a bad odor. Although they are not particularly dangerous, most people prefer to get rid of these bacteria. TESTING FOR IRON IN WATER If you're concerned about iron or manganese in your water, it is imperative that you perform a good water analysis. This type of water testing is not just for iron and manganese, but includes a number of other contaminants, like hardness, pH, nitrate, tannin, sulfur, TDS, and more. The inter-relationships of the different competing contaminants will help in choosing the best technology to solve your specific iron, manganese, sulfur and/or arsenic problem. If you're concerned about iron or manganese in your water, it is imperative that you perform a good water analysis. This type of water testing is not just for iron and manganese, but includes a number of other contaminants, like hardness, pH, nitrate, tannin, sulfur, TDS, and more. The inter-relationships of the different competing contaminants will help in choosing the best technology to solve your specific iron, manganese, sulfur and/or arsenic problem. Once you've had a good water analysis, US Water will be able to confidently recommend the appropriate treatment and will provide a Performance Guarantee with the system you choose. There are several different methods for removing iron, sulfur, arsenic, and manganese from the water, and most operate on the principal of oxidizing the iron to convert it from a ferrous (dissolved or soluble) to a ferric or undissolved state. Once it is converted to the ferric state, iron can be filtered out. US Water Systems has more than 220 years of experience in using iron and manganese water filters successfully all over the country. You have come to the right place if you want to solve your problem once and for all! TREATING RUSTY WATER WITH A WATER SOFTENER In instances where the iron in water is high and the pH is low (below 5.8), a Synergy Twin-Alternating Water Softener can be used to remove some iron and manganese. This method often only has a limited impact, however, especially if your pH is neutral or higher. In most cases, iron and manganese need to be oxidized to be removed. Other contaminants, like sulfur, will not be removed by a water softener. In practically every case, the Synergy is a great idea after the iron and manganese are reduced or removed by the OXi-Gen System. BACKWASHING IRON FILTERS Over 20 years ago, we begin experimenting with introducing air (which is 21% oxygen) into a backwashing tank of catalytic carbon based media as a way to treat iron and manganese in drinking water. We did this with a water softener valve that was modified to suck in air instead of salt brine. While we do not claim to be the first to do this, there weren't many other companies that we were aware of who were. Others have used air pumps, air injectors, and micronizers, all of which added 21% oxygen to the system. Oxygen is an excellent oxidizer of iron, sulfur, and manganese and recently, US Water introduced the next generation in its line of oxygen systems called the inFusion Chemical-Free Iron and Sulfur Eradication System. It is built on a commercial water softener platform with a 1" high flow (up to 20 GPM) control valve that draws in oxygen from the air to oxidize the iron and sulfur. It does not use the typical manganese dioxide media, but rather uses the lighter and much more effective catalytic carbon, which acts as a catalyst between the oxygen and the iron and sulfur. So, if you have really moderate iron or manganese or sulfur in your water, this chemical free method will handle about any level thrown at it. No chemicals, no high cost of operation, and no ozone “ just clean, fresh water! OXi-Gen IroN, Manganese and sulfur removal system At US Water, we no longer use medias that end in lox. It is our opinion that Katalox, Pyrolox, Filox and all the rest are best installed by a local deal who hopefully lives next door and has a key to your house, because he is going to be there a lot. While these medias do work in some cases, we do not believe they are reliable and the results are unpredictable. If you have one that works¦ great! We like to be able to GUARANTEE results and the only way we can do that is with the OXi-Gen System. Lead in water: solutions Lead can be harmful to your body, but just how harmful depends on how much lead you consume, your health, and where the lead becomes stored in your body. Exposure to lead causes a variety of health effects, and affects children in particular. The Problem with Lead in Water Many years ago, lead was used in the construction of home water pipes and municipal underground water distribution systems. Lead solder was also often used on brass or chrome-plated brass faucets and plumbing fixtures. When these pipes or plumbing fixtures are exposed to water – especially acidic water – the lead they contain can be corroded and dissolved into the water. Lead is a known toxin and can cause neurological and physical problems, especially in young children. Health Concerns About Lead In adults, high lead levels can damage the nervous and reproductive systems and the kidneys. In addition, it can cause high blood pressure and anemia. This mineral accumulates in the bones, and lead poisoning may be diagnosed from a blue line around the gums. Lead is especially harmful to the developing brains of fetuses and young children, and to pregnant women, and interferes with the metabolism of calcium and vitamin D. High blood lead levels in children can cause consequences that may be irreversible, including learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and mental retardation. At very high levels, lead can cause convulsions, coma, and death. Any amount of lead in water over 0.015 mg/l needs to be treated. How Do I Know if There is Lead in My Drinking Water? Unfortunately, you cannot taste or see lead in drinking water, so there is no way to know if your water is contaminated without testing. If you have an older home or have any reason at all to suspect that your water might contain lead, it needs to be analyzed by a certified laboratory, not someone giving a free analysis to sell you some type of treatment systems. At the very minimum, you should perform our Comprehensive Lab Water Test or a similar analysis. How to Remove Lead from Water Because the most common causes of lead in water are pipes in old buildings or older municipal underground distribution systems, replacing those pipes is the best way to prevent lead in drinking water. This is very costly, however, and may not be possible. If the source of the lead cannot be corrected, then you need to get a water treatment system that is designed to remove lead from water. The options are: Reverse Osmosis will remove lead from drinking water Drinking Water The US Water Cobalt Hyper-Safe reverse osmosis system removes the largest spectrum of contaminants of any drinking water system on the market today. The system removes more contaminants because it uses the very latest in cutting-edge technology… some of which is utilized in semiconductors. It removes lead and a lot more. This is a professional-grade system built with the highest quality components and backed with a warranty that is up to 300% longer than our competition. The Cobalt Hyper-Safe 5-Stage RO system uses all NSF, WQA and FDA Certified components. This is the system for you if you don’t settle for just another RO system. It wastes up to 80% less water and makes water up to 75% faster than other systems. Methane Symptoms: Methane and other gases can be flammable (don't smoke in the shower is a joke frequently told) and explosive. Causes: Methane occurs naturally, especially in swampy areas where it is called "marsh gas, " but homeowners in areas where "fracking" is common say that methane has tainted their water more frequently. Health Concerns: Although methane concentrations in drinking water aren't regulated, the gas readily comes out of solution and is an asphyxiation and explosion hazard. Action Level: Although methane concentrations in drinking water aren't regulated, the gas readily comes out of solution and is an asphyxiation and explosion hazard. The US Department of the Interior recommends mitigating methane levels in water if concentrations reach 10-28 mg/l. More Information: A simple qualitative test for methane can be done with the use of a plastic, narrow-mouthed milk carton and a book of matches. Use the following procedure: 1. Fill the gallon container up to the bottom of the narrow neck. Place hand over the mouth of the bottle. If methane is present, it will collect in the upper portion of the container. 2. Bring a lighted match to the mouth of the bottle and quickly move hand away. The presence of methane will result in a brief wisp of blue or yellow flame. Note: It is important that a plastic container be used rather than glass because of possible breakage. This test should be performed outdoors and away from flammable materials. The best way to remove methane is with our open air system, which also addresses many other issues. Nitrate and Nitrite in Water Nitrates and nitrites are related compounds that are produced naturally through the breakdown of organic matter. Inorganic nitrates are also a common component of fertilizers. Both of these compounds can make their way into your drinking water, and high levels of nitrate in water are often caused by fertilizer runoff from farms and gardens. At high concentrations, nitrates in drinking water can be dangerous, especially to children and people who have certain enzyme deficiencies. Read on to learn more about nitrates and nitrites in water, as well as how to remove them. What Are Nitrates and Nitrites? Nitrates and nitrites are naturally occurring compounds that are formed when organic matter decomposes. In addition, various inorganic nitrates are widely used in fertilizers, which can then contaminate your water supply. Nitrates and nitrites are both ions that contain nitrogen and oxygen; nitrates include three oxygen atoms to nitrite's two. These compounds can also be converted one to the other, and are often grouped together when discussing their role as water contaminants. Nitrates in drinking water are colorless, odorless, and tasteless, and they cannot be detected unless water samples are laboratory tested. Potassium and ammonium nitrate, both widely used in lawn and garden fertilizers, are the most common inorganic nitrates in water. Since most nitrogenous materials in natural waters tend to convert to nitrate, all sources of combined nitrogen are potential sources of contamination. Nitrates are very soluble and do not bind to soils, so they can easily get into groundwater. In addition, these compounds do not evaporate and often remain in water until consumed by plants or animals. Are High Nitrate Levels in Water Dangerous? High nitrates in water have caused serious illness and sometimes death. This compound is particularly dangerous for babies, children, and adults who have a certain type of enzyme deficiency. In addition, people who have lower levels of stomach acid may be more susceptible to nitrate in drinking water. Nitrates are converted into nitrites in the body, which is why both can be dangerous. The problem with nitrates and nitrites is that they affect how the blood carries oxygen. Nitrites can oxidize the iron in your blood, making it unable to transport oxygen. High nitrate intake can lead to methemoglobinemia and some cases of "blue baby syndrome, " an acute condition in which health deteriorates rapidly over a period of days. Symptoms include shortness of breath and blueness of the skin, headache, fatigue, and changes in mental status, and in severe cases, coma and death. The EPA has set the maximum contaminant level of nitrates allowed in drinking water at 10 mg/L NO3-N or 45 mg/NO3. Families with children who get their water from private wells should monitor nitrate levels in water, as should people who have been diagnosed as having low levels of the methemoglobin reductase enzyme or low stomach acid. Nitrate Removal Nitrates and nitrites can be difficult to remove from water. Unlike many chemicals, these compounds cannot be treated with standard granular activated carbon filters. Instead, a special anion resin ion exchange media specifically designed for nitrate removal needs to be used; standard anion resins may actually make the problem worse. US Water nitrate removal cartridges effectively treat high nitrates in water by using ResinTech® SIR-100-HP resin. Its unique functionality offers 25 times greater affinity for nitrate than standard strong-based anion resins. This cartridge provides nitrate removal efficiently with low leakage, and eliminates the possibility of nitrate dumping upon exhaustion. The Features and Benefits of US Water System Nitrate Filters ResinTech® SIR-100-HP media is certified by the Water Quality Association (WQA). In fact, it's WQA Gold Seal Certified and meets NSF/ANSI 61 guidelines. This nitrate removal resin has the highest operating capacity of any nitrate selective resin. ResinTech®SIR-100-HP is uniform particle size, low-pressure drop, and has superior physical stability. US Water nitrate cartridges are double-open end cartridges that fit standard residential and industrial housings, which means that you have the flexibility to use our cartridges in any standard size filter system. This is important because we think that you deserve the freedom to choose the best filters for you and not be tied to one proprietary system. Our cartridges are also large, so they offer up to 50% higher capacity and extended life. To ensure consistent quality and peace of mind for your, the consumer, all drinking water media from US Water Systems is WQA Gold Seal or NSF certified. We produce quality products right here in the U.S.A. PFOA In Water Per- and Polyfluorinated substances are a group of man-made chemicals that persist in the environment. These chemicals have been used for decades in consumer products to make them non-stick and water resistant. They are also found in firefighting foams and are applied in many industrial processes. Unfortunately, the characteristics that make them useful is also the reason they persist in the environment and can bioaccumulate, or build up, in our bodies and the bodies of wildlife. ARE PFOA'S DANGEROUS? Yes, they are dangerous. The health risks of exposure to the chemicals include developmental effects to fetuses during pregnancy or to breastfed infants, cancer, liver effects, immune effects, thyroid effects, and more. The truth is, these are an emerging family of contaminants and researchers have not had enough time to discern the long-term effects of these contaminants. WHAT LEVELS OF PFOA OR PFOS ARE SAFE? Currently there are no enforceable federal drinking water limits for PFCs, however, that will likely change in the very near future. In May of 2016, the EPA released Lifetime Health Advisories of 0.070 microgram per liter (mg/L) (70 ng/L) for PFOA and PFOS (individually or combined) for exposure from drinking water. These advisory levels are set at concentrations which EPA is certain are protective for the most sensitive individuals against reproductive and developmental impacts with a margin of safety. The EPA has identified PFCs as an emerging contaminant because they have a pathway to enter the environment, may pose a human health or environmental risk, and do not have federal regulatory standards. In addition, individual states have begun to develop state PFC guidelines for monitoring and reducing PFCs in the environment. HOW DO I REMOVE PHOA AND PFOS IN MY WATER? Certain technologies have been found to remove PFAS from drinking water, especially Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), which are the most studied of these chemicals. Those technologies include activated carbon adsorption and reverse osmosis membranes. At US Water Systems we always look at water problems and ask ourselves: If this were the water my family and I had, what would we do? The fact of the matter is that we would want Reverse Osmosis to handle the PFOA or PFOS in our water, but pre-treatment is vitally important. Most of these PFOA and PFOS problems are on well water, which may have other problems, such as iron, manganese, sulfur, hardness, nitrate, low pH, and other issues. It™s important to have a Good Water Analysis such as THIS. Surface and Pond Water Treatment Treating surface water " which includes all water that is held on the top of the ground, such as lake water, pond water, rain water, and water from any reservoir " is always challenging because it varies from area-to-area and season-to-season. As a result, you need a carefully designed system that is made for lake and pond water treatment. Turn to the Certified Water Specialists at US Water Systems for help! Due to the high cost of drinking water and the fact that water is not always easily available from other sources, more and more homes, industries, and municipalities use treated surface water. Because it's open to the air and a range of possible contaminants, surface and pond water treatment normally needs to be performed before the water has the quality required to make it safe to drink. Surface water typically contains a high suspended solids content, bacteria, algae, and organic matter, creating a bad taste and odor. In some areas, like river estuaries, this water can be brackish, reaching up to 8, 000 mg/L of salts, and that is an issue that requires a whole different set of surface water treatment equipment. EPA Guidelines for Surface Water Treatment The US EPA has something called the Surface Water Treatment Rule, which seeks to prevent waterborne diseases caused by viruses, the Legionella bacteria, and Giardia lamblia, a parasite. These disease-causing microbes can be found in varying concentrations in most surface waters. The rule requires a surface water treatment process that includes filtering and disinfecting the water to reduce unsafe levels of these pathogens. How Do I Treat Surface Water? The best method for surface water treatment will depend on many factors, including where you live and the time of year. It's important to have your water tested so you know what's actually in it. At US Water Systems, we offer a number of specially designed lake and pond water treatment systems that are made for home use. These systems include the following components: 1. Sediment backwashing filter 2. Chlorine injection system 3. A chlorine storage tank 4. A fiberglass retention tank 5. Granular activated coconut shell carbon backwashing filter 6. 5 micron and 1 micron filters 7. Ultraviolet or Silecte disinfection Radioactive Water Radiation can enter the water supply due to both natural and man-made sources. Small traces of radioactivity are found in nearly all drinking water, but many people are concerned about the potential dangers of potential pollutants from nuclear energy plants, laboratories, and other sources. Read on to learn more about radioactive water, how much is considered "acceptable" in water, and how to remove radioactive water pollution. What Is Radioactivity? Radioactivity, or radioactive decay, is a form of energy that's released by the decay of the nucleus of an unstable atom. We are exposed to lots of forms of radiation in our daily lives – the light from the sun, for example, is a form of radiation. When we talk about radioactivity, however, we tend to think about things like X-rays, atomic bombs, and nuclear energy. Each of these examples does involve radioactive elements, but so do certain types of rocks naturally found in the soil. When scientists talk about radioactive decay, they usually focus on alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, although there are additional types of emissions. Alpha particles are typically not considered dangerous unless they are swallowed or inhaled – in which case, they are extremely harmful. Beta radiation can penetrate living tissue and can cause spontaneous mutations in DNA. Gamma rays can cause damage at the cellular level. X-rays, which many people are familiar with, are a type of electromagnetic radiation that typically has a wavelength longer than gamma rays, although there is actually no clear consensus distinguishing these two types of radiation. Do I Have Radioactive Water? It's actually very common to find low levels of radioactive isotopes in drinking water supplies, and it's typically nothing to be concerned about. There have been cases, however, in which the level of radioactivity in water has been found to be higher than expected. Certain rock types naturally contain radioactive elements referred to as NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials). When a source of drinking water comes in contact with NORM-bearing rocks, radionuclides may accumulate in the water to levels of concern. The predominant radionuclides found in water include radium (and its decay products), thorium (and its decay products), and uranium (and its decay products). There is no way to know if your water contains any radionuclides without testing it. Municipal water supplies are regularly tested for these radioactive substances, but if you have a private well, you should be testing the water regularly for a range of possible contaminants. How Much Radioactive Water Pollution Is Safe? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set legal limits called "maximum contaminant levels" or MCLs for many different possible water contaminants, including radionuclides. For alpha particles, the MCL is 15 picocuries per Liter (pCi/L); for beta particles, it's 4 millirems per year. The EPA also sets limits for radium 226 and radium 228 – two isotopes of radium, a highly radioactive element – at 5 pCi/L, and uranium – which is used in nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, among other things – at 30 micrograms per liter (ug/L). It's important to note that, despite these legal limits, the maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) – the level below which there is no known health risk – is actually zero for all radionuclides. In other words, there is no known level at which the amount of these radioactive substances in water is considered safe. Cancer is considered by most people to be the main health effect from radiation exposure. When exposed to ionizing radiation, cells can be seriously damaged at the cellular or molecular level. This may cause mutations in the DNA or cause the uncontrolled growth of cells, which is the definition of cancer. The body can sometimes repair mutations in the DNA, but not always – and additional problems can sometimes develop as the body tries to fix itself. How Do I Treat Radioactive Water? If you are concerned about the levels of radioactivity in your water, then you will need to put a treatment plan into place. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer for removing radiation from the water. In many cases, a combination of treatment methods, including carbon filtration, ion-exchange water softening, and reverse osmosis, is most effective. Radon in Water Radon is a dangerous, naturally occurring gas that can cause lung cancer. Because it's produced in the soil, this radioactive gas can sometimes be found in the air in homes and other buildings, as well as drinking water from underground sources, like that which comes from private wells. If you get your water from a well, it's important to have it tested regularly for radon and other possible contaminants. There are a number of ways to remove the radon in water, and the Certified Water Specialists at US Water Systems can help. What is Radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that has no color, odor, or taste. It is found naturally in the soil in some places, and comes from the breakdown of uranium found naturally in the ground. As this element breaks down, radon gas forms and can easily seep into the air in homes, offices, schools, and any other type of building. In addition, radon gas can dissolve into underground water sources, such as wells, and accumulate there. The gas is released when you use the water, whether for showering, washing dishes, or some other purpose, although it can also be consumed when you drink it. Is Radon Dangerous? Yes, radon is dangerous. Radon gas in the air has been directly linked to lung cancer, and about 20, 000 deaths a year in the U.S. are caused by breathing it in. Radon in drinking water that is ingested is believed to increase the risk of several different types of cancer, including stomach cancer. The EPA estimates that about 168 deaths a year can be attributed to radon in water. One of the reasons that radon in water is so dangerous is that the gas decays into radioactive particles that can get trapped in your lungs when you breathe it. As they break down further, these particles release small bursts of energy that can damage lung tissue and increase your chances of developing lung cancer. While not everyone exposed to high levels of radon in the air will develop lung cancer, it is the second leading cause of this type of cancer, behind smoking. What Levels of Radon Are Safe? No level of radon in water is considered safe. However, there is currently no federal drinking water standard for radon. The EPA has proposed requirements for radon levels no higher than 4, 000 pCi/L, in states where actions are being taken to mitigate radon in indoor air, and 300 pCi/L in those states without such programs. Although radon water is dangerous, it's not as big of a risk factor as radon in the air. If you get your water from an underground source, like a private well, you should test the water for radon and implement a radon water mitigation system if needed to reduce your exposure. How Do I Remove Radon in Water? The best way to reduce radon levels in water is through aeration, which means exposing the water to air so that the gas can escape. It's important for an aeration radon water mitigation system to vent the gas into the atmosphere outside of the home, where it is no longer a danger. Aerated water should then be treated with carbon filtration. Some people try to use just carbon as a radon water filter, but unless the amount of radon in the water is extremely low, carbon filtration by itself is not completely effective. Sedimentation Water Treatment If you have cloudy water or water that tastes gritty, you probably have a problem with sand, silt, or sediment. While not usually dangerous, water that seems like it's full of dirt or other particles can be unpalatable and just generally not good to drink. US Water Systems offers a variety of sedimentation water treatment options, although finding the right treatment can take a little trial and error. Sediment in Water When you get your water from a well or surface water source, you may find that there are particles of sand and silt that make their way into your plumbing system. Often, you'll notice cloudy water, particles floating in your in water or sinking to the bottom, plugged screens and faucets, and damage to appliances and washing machines caused by particles. The cloudiness or haziness is called "turbidity, " and it's caused by individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye. All of these pollutants can be removed using special filters for sedimentation water treatment. How Does Sediment Get into Water? Typically, you'll find sand, silt, and sediment in water when you get your water from a well that is in a sandy area or from a surface water source that may contain a great deal of silt. Turbidity can be caused by soil erosion, waste discharge, storm water runoff, eroding stream banks, bottom feeding fish, and algae growth. Are Sediment and Silt Dangerous? Generally speaking, there are likely no real health concerns related to drinking water that contains sand or sediment (other than grit between your teeth). Most people don't like drinking gritty water, however, and it can cause problems in faucets, showers, and appliances where the sediment collects and causes blockages. How Do I Remove Sediment from Water? The best way to deal with sedimentation in water treatment is to use a physical water filter. These filters are measured in microns, which tells you what size particles the filter can trap. You can find filters with micron ratings as large as 50 microns (about the size of the average human hair) down to 0.35 microns and smaller. US Water Systems offers a range of sediment filters for your home, as well as a wide range of replacement filters for sediment water treatment, including pleated and spun polypropylene. When buying a sediment water treatment filter, you often need to choose a filter with a small enough micron range to trap a majority of particles, but not so small that you have to change the filter with too much frequency. If you have large particles in your water, for example, you'd want to start with a 50 or 20 micron filter, which would take care of those larger particles. If you put in a 5 micron filter alone, it would likely clog up very quickly. The truth, however, is that removing sand, silt, sediment, or turbidity is an inexact science “ you simply have to try different micron sizes and types of filters in order to remove all of these contaminant efficiently. Call the Certified Water Specialists at US Water Systems to get started with your sediment water treatment. Sulfur Smell in Your Water Does your water smell like rotten eggs? Does it leave a white, brown, black, or gray slime in your pipes and fixtures? Water that's high in sulfur often smells bad and leaves stains behind. Learn more about sulfur water problems from the water professionals at US Water Systems. Sulfur Water Problems - Treatment Options If you have sulfur water problems, you probably know it – even if you don't know the cause. Many people say that their water has a distinct "rotten egg" odor, which is the familiar sulfur smell. Technically, what you're smelling is hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a colorless gas that's dissolved in the water. You'll also likely see a white, grey, reddish brown, or black slime in your plumbing system or well; this can be caused by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. This slime can promote the growth of other bacteria, such as iron bacteria, as well as causing black stains on silverware and plumbing fixtures, and even corrode pipes and other metal components. Should I Be Worried about Sulfur in My Water? Although hydrogen sulfide is a poisonous gas, the levels this type of sulfur in water are more of a nuisance than a health threat. When your water smells like sulfur, turning on the hot water for a shower or to wash dishes can release a burst of foul-smelling odor. Your water may also taste bitter or like rotten eggs, making it unpleasant to drink, and it can also affect the taste of foods cooked in it. Some individuals find that a bigger worry about sulfur water is how it affects their plumbing systems. Hydrogen sulfide is corrosive, so it may discolor silverware and faucets, especially those containing copper, brass, steel, or iron. The slime caused by sulfur water can clog up your pipes and leave nasty stains in toilets and other fixtures. Sulfur is considered a secondary or aesthetic contaminant. The present recommended limit for sulfur in water, 0.3 mg/l (ppm), is based on taste and appearance rather than on any detrimental health effect. Private water supplies are not subject to the rules, but the guidelines can be used to evaluate water quality. In rare cases, the presence of hydrogen sulfide can indicate that your water has been contaminated by sewage, so it's important to test your water regularly. Why Is There Sulfur in My Water? In many cases, the sulfur in water comes from the rocks and soil that groundwater moves through before it gets to your well. Sulfur is a naturally-occurring mineral that can easily be dissolved into water. In addition, certain sulfur bacteria can be in the groundwater, in the well, or in the water distribution system where they convert sulfates into hydrogen sulfide. This gas is also found naturally in groundwater in some places. Do You Have a Sulfur Water Problem? If you have detected a sulfur smell in your water, it's a good idea to have a good water analysis performed. This water test doesn't just detect sulfur in water, but can also detect a number of other contaminants, including hardness, pH, manganese, iron, and total dissolved solids (TDS). The inter-relationships of the different contaminates will help you to determine the best technology to solve your problem. With a detailed laboratory analysis, US Water Systems will be able to confidently recommend the appropriate treatment and will provide a Performance Guarantee with the system. We stand behind our products with a money-back guarantee when we have a good water analysis of the water we are treating. If you purchase the recommended solution, you will receive a credit for the cost of your water analysis. Sulfur Water Treatment Options There are many ways to remove sulfur from water, and most operate on the principal of oxidizing the sulfur to change it from a gas to a solid or undissolved state. Once in the solid state, you can simply filter this contaminant out. Oxidizing filters are the most common method of sulfur water removal, but other common processes such as ozone, aeration, chlorine, or peroxide injection may be used to boost the oxidizing properties of the water being treated. Backwashing Filters Special backwashing filters are the most widely used system for removing sulfur in water. These filters contain a special media, listed below, to turn the dissolved sulfur into solid particles and filter them out. It's important to note that The pH of the water plays an important role in how quickly sulfur in gas form converts to a solid state. The higher the pH, the faster sulfur will convert to the solid state that can then be filtered. This is a good thing for your equipment, with the exception of water softener – in these systems, the oxidized sulfur plugs the exchange sites and fouls the resin. When using a sulfur filter, a pH above 6.5 is an absolute necessity, and in reality a pH above 7.0 is what is really needed. A pH of 8.0 to 8.5 greatly enhances the chance of a successful application. If you have acid water, you'll need to address this before you can remove the sulfur smell. If it is necessary to increase the pH level, a chemical feed of sodium carbonate or soda ash is preferred over a filter filled with calcium carbonate (calcite) or magnesium oxide (Corsex), as the filter method may foul quickly. Low pH levels are the chief reason for unsatisfactory results when using an oxidizing filter. What follows is a partial list of medias used in sulfur water filtration. We do not attempt to address all medias, especially ones which are dubious in design or outdated. 1. Birm - Birm has the ability to remove sulfur and manganese, but it has no effect on hydrogen sulfide. This media uses dissolved oxygen as a catalyst and may require some type of pre-oxidation in cases where the dissolved oxygen content is too low to affect a maximum sulfur removal result. Birm is 0.1% manganese dioxide and is fairly lightweight, which allows for proper backwashing. US Water does not sell a birm filter, as there are simply better methods that are more predictable and effective for removing sulfur. 2. Greensand Plus - Greensand is one of the oldest proven oxidation technologies. Potassium permanganate produces manganese dioxide on the surface of the Greensand and, once the water comes in contact with it, any sulfur is immediately oxidized. The sulfur can be filtered and then cleaned away in the backwash cycle. Greensand is only effective with low levels of hydrogen sulfide and manganese, however, and US Water chooses not to recommend a Greensand Plus system. 3. KDF-85 - KDF-85 is a redox media, which means that it requires dissolved oxygen to be effective. It is made up of two metals – 85% copper and 15% zinc. These two dissimilar metals create a small electrical field in the bed that will not allow bacterial growth in the media. This property earns redox the distinction of being effective on bacterial sulfur without the use of chlorine injection, and being rated as bacteriostatic. While it is effective for the removal of sulfur and hydrogen sulfide, and is able to reduce chlorine and heavy metals such as lead and mercury, KDF-85 is not effective with manganese. The biggest drawback for the KDF-85 media is its weight. Being almost twice as heavy as other medias, KDF-85 requires more than twice the backwash rate of other minerals and can cement together in the tank. 4. Manganese Dioxide - Filox - Manganese dioxide, often called Filox or Pyrolox, is a naturally mined ore with the ability to remove sulfur, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide. Its hydrogen sulfide removal capability exceeds that of either Greensand or Birm and requires no chemicals to regenerate. Filox does, however, require adequate amounts of dissolved oxygen in the water as a catalyst. If the dissolved oxygen level is not sufficient, this media may require some type of pre-oxidation to achieve its maximum ability, such as injection of chlorine with a chemical feed pump. You should never use Filox or Pyrolox unless you have exceptionally high water pressure and volume. At US Water Systems, we believe that the above methods of sulfur removal are less than satisfactory in most cases. Below, we list several additional methods of oxidation and filtration, including our recommended system type. Hydrogen Peroxide US Water has pioneered the use of hydrogen peroxide in water treatment for the eradication of sulfur and manganese for over 20 years. It can truly be called an eradication system because it completely removes sulfur, iron, and manganese. Properly sized, a hydrogen peroxide system is a very effective method for removing sulfur, iron, rust, hydrogen sulfide, and manganese and the rotten-egg sulfur smell from your water supply. Hydrogen peroxide is not a hazardous chemical – to the contrary, hydrogen peroxide or H2O2, is composed of the elements of water: hydrogen and oxygen. There is nothing foreign or chemical added to the water supply. Unlike chlorine, hydrogen peroxide requires no contact time and the reaction or oxidation of sulfur, iron, rust, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide is immediate. A quality hydrogen peroxide system is the answer to practically any sulfur water problem. With hydrogen peroxide, you can always predict for a certainty that it will work, even with excessive amounts of sulfur (or iron). Ozone Ozone is a powerful oxidizer and, when used properly, it can be effective on large amounts of sulfur. Ozone is injected into the water via a contact vessel as a pre-treatment to filtration. A properly sized ozone generator and proper system design is the key to success. Due to ozone's expense, it is usually applied on sulfur levels higher than other methods of filtration can handle effectively. Each system is custom designed for the application, and ozone systems typically cost three or four times more than other methods – it does have a very minimal operating cost, however. Liquid Chlorination Chlorine is a powerful oxidizer, so it's not uncommon to use 5% to 10% chlorine to treat high sulfur water. Chlorination requires a contact tank, however, which should have a 20 minute supply of water at peak flow. For instance, if the peak flow is 10 gallons per minute, then a 200 gallon contact tank would be needed. Many chlorination systems are undersized in respect to the contact tank, and meet with mixed results. After the injection of the chlorine and flow into the contact tank, a backwashing carbon filter is needed to remove the precipitated sulfur and residual chlorine. Chlorine works well as a disinfectant, but it is not a good oxidizer for this purpose, and it can only remove a small amounts of sulfur. At US Water, we do not recommend chlorination for the removal of sulfur. Air Injection Air injection has become a popular way of oxidizing iron, manganese, and sulfur in water. A variety of methods are used to inject air into the water supply, including air pumps and compressors, which are highly problematic (not to mention noisy). Of course, air has a lot of oxygen, which is an excellent oxidizer of sulfur (as well as iron and manganese). Many companies are now using a water softener control valve to pull in air instead of drawing brine, introducing a head of air into the tank. The oxygen oxidizes the sulfur and iron, and it is filtered out by the special catalytic media in the filter. However, the downside to using air injection to treat sulfur water is that the injectors often plug and fail to operate. Tannins in Water Found in many species of plants and often released into the soil and water when vegetation decomposes, tannins in water can be difficult to remove. These biomolecules give water a yellow or brownish tint and often make it taste bitter, but they are not a health risk. If you have tannins in your water, read on to learn more about this contaminant and ways to filter and treat it from the Certified Water Specialists at US Water Systems. The Problem with Filtering Tannins From Water If your water looks more like tea than the clean, clear liquid that it should, you may have a problem with tannin in the water. The distinct brownish color of a nice cup of hot Earl Grey tea or a glass of cold iced tea comes from tannin, a biomolecule found in plants – including tea leaves. While this color and its accompanying slightly bitter, astringent taste may taste great in tea, it isn't very desirable in water. The color makes water look dirty and can stain porcelain fixtures and laundry. Tannins are found in many types of vegetation, including tea, berries, nuts, and many types of trees. When those plants decompose in the soil, they easily leach into the water that flows through them, making their way into surface water supplies and shallow wells. Along with the tannins are humic acid and fulvic acid, related "humic" substances – substances that are produced by decaying organic matter – which can enter the water supply. All of these substances have a similar impact on the water, changing the color and making it taste and smell bitter. Exactly which humic acids and tannins in water are causing the problem will vary depending on the plant life in a given area. Are Tannins in Water Dangerous? Tannins in water are not a health concern. Many of the foods that we eat every day contain various types of tannins, and they are in fact added to a number of beverages for their color and taste. In water, however, they are very undesirable. Tannin Water Treatment Because there are a number of different tannins and types of humic acids, they can be very difficult to remove from water. Just because one treatment method for tannins in water works well in one location, that doesn't mean it will be effective a few miles away, where the vegetation may be different. Historically, styrene-based macroporous anion resin has been used to treat tannin water, but it doesn't always work. Acrylic-based resins have been used more recently and have produced better results. They are made with a macroporous structure that allows them to be regenerated more effectively. How to Remove Tannins and Ion-Exchange Systems In most cases, water treatment experts recommended that tannin water be treated by a water softener before being processed by a tannin removal system. The softener uses a cation media to removes hardness minerals and some metals, both of which can have a negative impact on the anion resin used to remove tannins. The water softener uses an ion-exchange resin that attracts positively charged particles, so it won't have any impact on the tannins in the water. Tannins have a slight negative charge, which is why they can be treated with anion resins, which attract negatively charged particles. In this specialty resin, the tannin ions are exchanged for chloride ions. Since the resin can't really distinguish between tannins in water and any other type of negatively charged particle, it will also remove these additional ions. This typically means that alkaline ions are removed, which can cause a corresponding decrease in the pH of the water. Once the resins capacity for these ions has been reached, the pH will go back to its original level. Nitrates are also frequently removed by this type of resin. This anion resin is typically regenerated (meaning that the accumulated tannins are removed and new chloride ions are made available for the ion-exchange process) with salt, and the resin will generally be brined at 10 lbs per cubic foot. Most importantly, this regeneration should be performed every two to three days, which will reduce the likelihood of organic fouling. Tannins tend to migrate into the inner matrix of the anion resin. Once this occurs, it is very difficult to regenerate the tannins from the resin. In many tanning treatment systems, the tannin resin is mixed with softening resin. This reduces the amount of space required by the equipment and lowers the cost of the equipment. This type of design is not ideal, however, since the mixing of the media can cause problems. US Water does not recommend that cation and anion resin be mixed together in the same tank, and recommends softening first, followed by a tannin removal system. Other Problems with Ion-Exchange Systems One drawback to treating tannins in water with anion resins is the potential for the system to develop a fishy odor. This is caused by trimethylamine (TMA), which is an organic compound used to make the resin. Under high pH conditions, the TMA (even in small concentrations) can produce this unpleasant smell, although it should dissipate relatively quickly. When the resin is made with the proper post-treatment, it will generally lose its odor within a regeneration or two. It should be noted that a macroporous anion resin will generally clean-up faster and easier than gel type anion resins. If your water naturally has a high pH (greater than 8), it's more likely to release a fish odor, and there's really no good way to prevent this. Putting the resin through several regenerations and exhaustion cycles should reduce the smell. Probably the worst case scenario will occur when there is both high pH and chlorine. As chlorine degrades the tannin resin, the combination of by-products and high pH can create a smell that may never completely go away. It can also be a problem with water treated with chloramines. US Water Disruptor Tannin Water Filter System; The Best Tannins Water Treatment While tannin removal anion exchange resins are a popular way of removing tannin from your water supply, you need to realize that a tannin anion exchange system can use several hundred of dollars a year in salt and waste up to 80 gallons of regenerating water every other day. You may need to replace the resin in 5 or 6 years. We think there is a better way. Recently, a technology called charged membrane filtration (CMF) has proven to be highly effective at removing tannin from water supplies. The US Water Disruptor system is truly "disruptive technology, " that is ready to displace the established technology and shake up the industry. The Disruptor Charged Membrane Filter System can remove the following contaminants: Bacteria (99.8%) Iron Viruses (90-92%) Copper Cysts Lead Tannins Chromium VI Endotoxins (96%) Selenium Legeonella (99.9%) Tannic Acid Silica Heavy Metals Cryptosporidium Fulvic Acids Charged membrane filtration is manufactured with Nano alumina fibers that have a zeta potential of 51 millivolts. A CMF cartridge retains bacteria, virus, cryptosporidium oocysts and even tannin because of this strong zeta potential. The electroabsorbative technology for water purification CMF media is engineered this 51 millivolt charge cover the entire volume and depth of the media. Unlike mechanical filters that rely on pore size, the CMF technology literally secures the contaminant by absorbing it in a very real way. This allows for virtually zero pressure drop and high flow rates. If you compare the Disruptor CMF to ultrafiltration membranes, you will find dramatically higher flow rates with less pressure drop. The filters also have a long life and are easily replaceable. The CMF media is manufactured from a naturally occurring element called boehmite, which has no known health side effects. In fact, boehmite has long been used as an additive to food products and digestive analgesics. Additionally, it has passed testing for NSF/ANSI Standard 42 and 61 for potable water and USP Class VI testing and endotoxin testing. Overall, US Water recommends CMF over anion exchange softening due to cost and performance. Other Tannin Filter Options Oxidizing agents such as chlorine and ozone are sometimes also effective at breaking down tannins in water. A simple jar test will show the concentration and retention time required to oxidize the tannins. An activated carbon unit following the retention tank will remove the oxidant and adsorb any additional organic compounds in the water. It should be noted that some activated carbons alone may not have a significant amount of capacity for tannins, so consult your carbon manufacturer for the appropriate type of carbon. Reverse osmosis is another effective method of removing tannins. For Readers 1. What is Bag House ? 2. What is Mechanical Shakers ? 2.1. What is Reverse Air ? 2.2. What is Pulse Jet ? 3. Comparison of Mechanical Shakers, Reverse air and pulse jet ? 4. What is the cleaning sequence of bag houses ? 5. Bag House Performance ? 6. Different types of filter media's are using in Baghouse ? What is Bag House ? A baghouse, also known as a baghouse filter, bag filter, or fabric filter is an air pollution control device and dust collector that removes particulates or gas released from commercial processes out of the air. What is Mechanical Shakers ? In mechanical-shaker baghouses, tubular filter bags are fastened onto a cell plate at the bottom of the baghouse and suspended from horizontal beams at the top. Dirty gas enters the bottom of the baghouse and passes through the filter, and the dust collects on the inside surface of the bags. Cleaning a mechanical-shaker baghouse is accomplished by shaking the top horizontal bar from which the bags are suspended. Vibration produced by a motor-driven shaft and cam creates waves in the bags to shake off the dust cake. Shaker baghouses range in size from small, handshaker devices to large, compartmentalized units. They can operate intermittently or continuously. Intermittent units can be used when processes operate on a batch basis; when a batch is completed, the baghouse can be cleaned. Continuous processes use compartmentalized baghouses; when one compartment is being cleaned, the airflow can be diverted to other compartments. In shaker baghouses, there must be no positive pressure inside the bags during the shake cycle. Pressures as low as 5 pascals (0.00073 psi) can interfere with cleaning. The air-to-cloth ratio for shaker baghouses is relatively low, hence the space requirements are quite high. However, because of the simplicity of design, they are popular in the minerals processing industry. What is Reverse Air ? In reverse-air baghouses, the bags are fastened onto a cell plate at the bottom of the baghouse and suspended from an adjustable hanger frame at the top. Dirty gas flow normally enters the baghouse and passes through the bag from the inside, and the dust collects on the inside of the bags. Reverse-air baghouses are compartmentalized to allow continuous operation. Before a cleaning cycle begins, filtration is stopped in the compartment to be cleaned. Bags are cleaned by injecting clean air into the dust collector in a reverse direction, which pressurizes the compartment. The pressure makes the bags collapse partially, causing the dust cake to crack and fall into the hopper below. At the end of the cleaning cycle, reverse airflow is discontinued, and the compartment is returned to the main stream. The flow of the dirty gas helps maintain the shape of the bag. However, to prevent total collapse and fabric chafing during the cleaning cycle, rigid rings are sewn into the bags at intervals. Space requirements for a reverse-air baghouse are comparable to those of a shaker baghouse; however, maintenance needs are somewhat greater. What is Pulse Jet ? In reverse pulse-jet baghouses, individual bags are supported by a metal cage (filter cage), which is fastened onto a cell plate at the top of the baghouse. Dirty gas enters from the bottom of the baghouse and flows from outside to inside the bags. The metal cage prevents collapse of the bag. Bags are cleaned by a short burst of compressed air injected through a common manifold over a row of bags. The compressed air is accelerated by a venturi nozzle mounted at the reverse-jet baghouse top of the bag. Since the duration of the compressed-air burst is short (about 0.1 seconds), it acts as a rapidly moving air bubble, traveling through the entire length of the bag and causing the bag surfaces to flex. This flexing of the bags breaks the dust cake, and the dislodged dust falls into a storage hopper below. Reverse pulse-jet dust collectors can be operated continuously and cleaned without interruption of flow because the burst of compressed air is very small compared with the total volume of dusty air through the collector. On account of this continuous-cleaning feature, reverse-jet dust collectors are usually not compartmentalized. The short cleaning cycle of reverse-jet collectors reduces recirculation and redeposit of dust. These collectors provide more complete cleaning and reconditioning of bags than shaker or reverse-air cleaning methods. Also, the continuous-cleaning feature allows them to operate at higher air-to-cloth ratios, so the space requirements are lower. A digital sequential timer turns on the solenoid valve at set intervals to inject air into the blow pipe and clean the filters. Comparison of Mechanical Shakers, Reverse air and pulse jet ? Type Advantages Disadvantages Mechanical Shakers High collection efficiency Strong woven bags Easy operation Low air-to-cloth ratio (1.5 to 2 ft/min) Restricted to low temperatures Larger space required Larger number of filter bags required Frequent maintenance Operators must enter baghouse to replace bags which creates potential for toxic dust exposure Poor cleaning efficiency if positive pressure present Reverse air High collection efficiency Preferred for high temperatures Low air-to-cloth ratio (1 to 2 ft/min) Frequent maintenance Unable to remove residual dust buildup Clean (output) air must be filtered Operators must enter baghouse to replace bags which creates potential for toxic dust exposure Pulse jet High collection efficiency High air-to-cloth ratio (6 to 10 ft/min) Aggressive cleaning action Continuous Strong woven bags Lower bag wear Lower power consumption Cheaper solution Smaller space required Bag changing without entering baghouse Dry compressed air required Restricted to low to medium temperatures Unable to function with high humidity gases What is the cleaning sequence of bag houses ? Two basic sequences are used for bag cleaning: intermittent (or periodic) cleaning and continuous cleaning. Intermittently cleaned baghouses consist of a number of compartments or sections. One compartment at a time is removed from service and cleaned on a regular rotational basis. The dirty gas stream is diverted from the compartment being cleaned to the other compartments in the baghouse, so it is not necessary to shut down the process. Occasionally, the baghouse is very small and consists of a single compartment. The flow of dirty air into these baghouses is stopped during bag cleaning. These small, single-compartment baghouses are used on batch processes that can be shut down for bag cleaning. Continuously cleaned baghouses are fully automatic and can constantly remain on-line for filtering. The filtering process is momentarily interrupted by a blast of compressed air that cleans the bag, called pulse-jet cleaning. In continuous cleaning, a row of bags is always being cleaned somewhere in the baghouse. The advantage of continuous cleaning is that it is not necessary to take the baghouse or a compartment out of service for bag cleaning. Small continuously cleaned baghouses only have one compartment and are cleaned by pulse-jet cleaning described in detail later in this lesson. Large continuous cleaning baghouses are built with compartments to help prevent total baghouse shutdown for bag maintenance and failures to the compressed air cleaning system or hopper conveyers. This allows the operator to take one compartment off-line to perform necessary maintenance. Bag House Performance ? Baghouse performance is dependent upon inlet and outlet gas temperature, pressure drop, opacity, and gas velocity. The chemical composition, moisture, acid dew point, and particle loading and size distribution of the gas stream are essential factors as well. Gas temperature – Fabrics are designed to operate within a certain temperature range. Fluctuation outside of these limits, even for a small period of time, can weaken, damage, or ruin the bags. Pressure drop – Baghouses operate most effectively within a certain pressure drop range. This spectrum is based on a specific gas volumetric flow rate. Opacity – Opacity measures the quantity of light scattering that occurs as a result of the particles in a gas stream. Opacity is not an exact measurement of the concentration of particles; however, it is a good indicator of the amount of dust leaving the baghouse. Gas volumetric flow rate – Baghouses are created to accommodate a range of gas flows. An increase in gas flow rates causes an increase in operating pressure drop and air-to-cloth ratio. These increases put more mechanical strain on the baghouses, resulting in more frequent cleanings and high particle velocity, two factors that shorten bag life. Different types of filter media's are using in Baghouse ? Fabric filter bags are oval or round tubes, typically 15–30 feet (4.6–9.1 m) long and 5 to 12 inches (130 to 300 mm) in diameter, made of woven or felted material. Depending on chemical and/or moisture content of the gas stream, its temperature, and other conditions, bags may be constructed out of cotton, nylon, polyester, fiberglass or other materials. Nonwoven materials are either felted or membrane. Nonwoven materials are attached to a woven backing (scrim). Felted filters contain randomly placed fibers supported by a woven backing material (scrim). In a membrane filter, a thin, porous membrane is bound to the scrim. High energy cleaning techniques such as pulse jet require felted fabrics. Woven filters have a definite repeated pattern. Low energy cleaning methods such as shaking or reverse air allow for woven filters. Various weaving patterns such as plain weave, twill weave, or sateen weave, increase or decrease the amount of space between individual fibers. The size of the space affects the strength and permeability of the fabric. A tighter weave corresponds with low permeability and, therefore, more efficient capture of fine particles. Reverse air bags have anti-collapse rings sewn into them to prevent pancaking when cleaning energy is applied. Pulse jet filter bags are supported by a metal cage, which keeps the fabric taut. To lengthen the life of filter bags, a thin layer of PTFE (teflon) membrane may be adhered to the filtering side of the fabric, keeping dust particles from becoming embedded in the filter media fibers. Some baghouses use pleated cartridge filters, similar to what is found in home air filtration systems
0.999435	Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> Beauford and Joseph Delaney: Lives in Art <p><strong> February 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In September and October of 1970, Joseph and Beauford Delaney were going to have a joint exhibition of their work at the McClung Gallery. Due to Beauford's poor health at the time, he was unable to send paintings from his studio in Paris. The exhibition ended up being a solo show of Joseph's work. 50 years later, the UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present their work together.</p> Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy <p><strong> March 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In 1957, the Italian government commissioned Dali to create a complete set of illustrations for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the author’s birth. Dali began the arduous task of selecting imagery and creating a watercolor painting for each of the 100 cantos of the poem. Shortly after Dali started the project, the Italian government withdrew its commission. Italian citizens had been outraged that a Spanish artist had been selected for this undertaking, instead of inviting an Italian artist to honor one of Italy’s greatest authors. However, it was very fitting that one of the leading artists in the Surrealist movement would be chosen to interpret the bizarre punishments of Inferno and Purgatorio and the fantastical images of Paradiso that Dante created – drawing inspiration from classical and biblical imagery, as well as his own imagination.</p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present the complete collection of 100 prints. The prints are part of the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and was a gift by alumnus, Gary Johnson.</p> Community of Eight <p><strong> April 2 - 30 </strong></p></p><p>This exhibition recognizes the contributions of our full-time faculty at area community colleges - Roane State, Walters State, and Pellissippi State.</p></p><p>Exhibiting artists are: Jennifer Brickey, Caroline Covington, Amy Evans, Stacy Jacobs, Jeff Lockett, Herb Rieth, Jessie Van der Laan, and Bryan Wilkerson.</p> Walker Evans and James Agee <p><strong> June 4 - July 31, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work, <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>, served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography.</p><p>This exhibition, an 80th anniversary commemoration of the publication of <i>Let Us Not Praise Famous Men</i> includes 50 framed photographs printed by the Library of Congress from Evans’ original negatives as well as archival material from the James Agee papers loaned by the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections at the University of Tennessee.</p> New In Town <p><strong> August 25 - 28, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of the MFA class of 2024.</p></p><p>Casey Wolhar – Time-Based Art</p><p>Haleigh Eicher – Ceramics</p><p>Abby Hedley – Sculpture</p><p>Griffin Allman – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Landin Eldridge – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Saloni Parekh – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Megan Wolfkill – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Gino Castellanos – Printmaking</p><p>Anthony Huang – Printmaking</p><p>Chloe Wack – Printmaking</p> Alabama Abstraction <p><strong> September 3 - 25, 2021 </strong></p></p><p><i>Alabama Abstraction</i> is a two-person exhibition featuring the paintings of William Dooley and Alex McClurg. Dooley is the director of the Moody Gallery at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and McClurg, a graduate of UT's School of Art MFA program, is the preparator at the Birmingham Museum of Art.</p> Illumination: the Sculpture of James O. Clark <p><strong> October 1 - 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>James O. Clark is a New York-based sculptor who works with light and illumination.</p></p><p>“Light as a material has illuminated my creative search, I continue to be captivated by the mysterious dialogue between light and form. Light is ephemeral, as it dances and changes composing space, defines, reflects, refracts, bends, and teases the volume and mass of forms. Light has created a symbiotic relationship with me in my exploration capturing my childhood creative adventure and developing an exciting lifelong journey.”</p> Chromatic Rhythm: James Little <p><strong> November 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p><p>Born in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LITTLE (b. 1952) received a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art (1974) and then an MFA from Syracuse University (1976).</p></p><p>Since the 1970s, the work of James Little has been extensively exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Among his awards and honors, Little has received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting in 2009 and the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2000. In 2016, Little was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to create public artwork for the Long Island Rail Road’s new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station.</p> 2020 exhibitions 2019 First Year MFA August 28 - 31, 2019 Exhibiting students: Gary White, Amalia Mermingas, Nichole Schappert, Ashley Ekstrum, Hannah Oakes, Tasha Lewis, Muriel Condon, and Nuveen Barwari. In March 2020, the UT Downtown Gallery closed to the public due to COVID-19 Please click here to view our virtual ART SOURCE 2020 exhibition. 2019 exhibitions Drawn But Not Forgotten December 2 - 23, 2016 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Gallery is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media. 2018 exhibitions Drawn But Not Forgotten December 2 - 23, 2016 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Gallery is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media. 2017 exhibitions Morehshin Allahyari October 20 - November 22, 2017 Morehshin Allahyari is an artist, activist, educator, and occasional curator. She is the recipient of the leading global thinkers of 2016 award by Foreign Policy magazine. Morehshin was born and raised in Iran and moved to the United States in 2007. Her work deals with the political, social, and cultural contradictions we face every day. She thinks about technology as a philosophical toolset to reflect on objects and as a poetic means to document our personal and collective lives struggles in the 21st century. Morehshin is the co-author of The 3D Additivist Cookbook in collaboration with writer/artist Daniel Rourke– (published on December 2016 online in 3DPDF format and in print by the Institute of Networked Cultures). Her modeled, 3D-printed sculptural reconstructions of ancient artifacts destroyed by ISIS, titled Material Speculation: ISIS, have received widespread curatorial and press attention and have been exhibited worldwide. 2016 exhibitions There is no gallery selected or the gallery was deleted. 2011 - 2015 exhibitions 2011 Walter McConnell: Installation in Clay February 4 – 26, 2011 McConnell, who is well recognized for his large-scale, unfired ceramic sculptures will work with UT art students to construct this project. McConnell’s installations address the relationship between nature and culture – more specifically, the means through which contemporary culture constructs an understanding of nature. McConnell currently serves on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY. Seeing Things: Joel Carreiro March 4 – 26, 2011 Joel Carreiro’s work organizes and recomposes small squares of imagery borrowed from Renaissance paintings, European drawings and Medieval manuscripts and transforms them into large works on wood panels that create a new visual language entirely different from its original intent. Joel Carreiro is an artist based in New York City. Art of Poland April 1 – 30, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is especially pleased to present Art of Poland, the Collection of Ambassador & Mrs. Victor Ashe during the month of April and the Dogwood Arts Festival Celebration. This exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, folk art and glass works by some Poland’s leading artists working today such as Edvard Dwurnik, Stanislaw Borowski, Leszek Sokol and Michal Puszczynski among others. Victor Ashe, was mayor of Knoxville from 1987-2003 and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2004 until 2009. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2011 May 6 – 27, 2011 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, the Knox County Art Educators Exhibition has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. The exhibition has greatly increased awareness of the importance of art education in Knox County. This is the Downtown Gallery’s third year to host this exhibition, which includes, paintings, drawings, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video. Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series July 1 – August 13, 2011 Richard LeFevre taught graphic design and illustration courses at The University of Tennessee for 33 years and was the first graphic design faculty member hired by the School of Art. He continued his professional career while teaching at UT. One of his most enduring interests was the history of the Civil War. He served as President of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. Goes to Eleven: First Year MFA exhibition August 19 – 27, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. Exhibiting students were: Andrew Merriss, April Bachtel, Eric Cagley, Cierra Reppert, Daniel Ogletree, Hannah Skoonberg, Jennifer Scheuer, Jonathan Lisenby, Justin Clay, Tamra Hunt, and Victoria Buck. Scott Sherk: Mapping Sound September 2 – 30, 2011 Mapping Sound explores ideas about the representation of space through the use of sound. If sculpture is an exploration of space through form, in these works of sound sculpture, sound becomes the primary focus of the exploration of three-dimensional space. Scott Sherk is a sculptor who often works with sound. His work has been widely shown, including his Katonah Sound Project installation at the Katonah Museum of Art and several exhibitions at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. He has released several collections of field recorded and manipulated sounds. Click here to view installation images. Justin Randolph Thompson: The Pits October 7 – 28, 2011 The Pits is a multi-disciplinary installation and performance that investigates the political employment of sound, both in realm of propaganda and as protest, and the visual hierarchies of the architectural organization of theatre space. The orchestra is collaboration with students and faculty of the UT music department. Jazz musician, composer, and UT alum Jason Thompson will work with this group to create an 8-10 piece pit orchestra that will be conducted to perform a score that shifts from classical, triumphant marches, into the drum and flute sound of Black Power poets, through folk styles of spiritual praise, and finally into abrasive Hip Hop. Click here to view installation images. Unseen and other projects: Holly Zausner November 4 – 26, 2011 Holly Zausner’s work is about transformation through mediums both literal and metaphorical. For this body of work, she has transformed Unseen, a super 16 mm film made in 2007, which was shown at the Bode Museum, into a series of black, white, and colored collages. In the film “Unseen” the artist searches through key locations and museums in the city of Berlin attempting to find metaphorical space and literal rest for two rubber sculptures, one female and one male. As Zausner and her two rubbery protagonists move through the city, a non-linear narrative unfolds. They encounter sites central to the life of the city, like a bread factory and a newspaper plant, as well as historical sites, like a defunct amusement park in the former East. Zausner’s fascination with the imagery from the film compelled her to reexamine the content and the structure of the different scenes through collage. Using repetition and reconfiguration, the collages are a different way of exploring the act of filming, editing, and making the sound, which are all components that create the foundation and meaning of the collages. Click here to view installation images. Genus species: Ewing December 2, 2011 – January 15, 2012 Genus species: EWING focuses on selections from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Each work of art is united by a common subject matter — the Kingdom Anamalia. This exhibition includes art in all media — video, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and photography. Genus species: EWING includes works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Andy Warhol, Sue Coe, Eleanor Dickinson, Walter Haskell Hinton, Salvador Dali, Mark Steinmetz, Harrison Cady, Bessie Harvey, and Ed Westcott. A number of the pieces are also by current and former University of Tennessee art professors: Clark Stewart, Paul Lee, Beauvais Lyons, Byron McKeeby, and Diane Fox. 2012 Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers January 20 – February 25, 2012 This exhibition examines the state of contemporary printmaking in Japan, and challenges the traditional definitions of prints and printmaking. All of the participating artists received their formal training as printmakers and the production of multiples remains at the heart of their creative process. While utilizing tools and techniques of the printmaker, some of the artists now create work that has transitioned into forms that are associated with other media, such as sculpture, painting, and digital imaging. Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools, three utilize digital photography and technology, while the others pursue traditional and recognizable printmaking techniques. Each artist exhibited three to five works, resulting in a diverse selection of objects and images from the hands of an equally diverse group of artists, including men and women of various ages from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties. The artists reside and work in different regions throughout Japan, and the visual content of their work ranges anywhere from formal abstraction, to iterations of traditional Japanese cultural images. Co-curated by Ewing Gallery Director Sam Yates and Hideki Kimura, Chair of Printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple brings the best of contemporary Japanese printmaking to the United States. click here to view installation images. In Action: Mark Newport March 2 – 31, 2012 Artist Mark Newport creates hand-knit acrylic yarn recreations of hero costumes, prints of the artist in costume, and carved, costumed figure sculptures. The costumes are life size, wearable objects that hang limply on hangers. They challenge the standard muscular form of the hero and offer the space for someone to imagine himself or herself wearing the costume, therefore becoming the hero. Mark is an artist and educator living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is the Artist in Residence and Head of Fiber at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1986 and his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. Newport’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2012 March 2 – 31, 2012 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2012 April 2 – 14, 2012 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s feature exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3-D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by internationally recognized juror, Allen Peterson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA 2012: Vickie Phipps and Jon Purtill In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view work by Jon Purtill On Location Part I: Five Tennessee Plein Air Painters June 1 – 30, 2012 Plein air painting has a rich international tradition, and our regional Tennessee artists are part of that continuum. Mike C. Berry, manager of the UT Downtown Gallery, and a plein air painter himself, curated this exhibition. We are grateful to the artists who have so generously allowed their work to be shared with the Knoxville Community. The five featured artists were: Anne Blair Brown, Franklin, TN; Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN; Lori Putnam, Franklin, TN; Brett Weaver, Chattanooga, TN; and Dawn Whitelaw, Franklin, TN. Click here to view installation images. On Location Part II: Land Portrait July 6 – 27, 2012 Land Portrait features works from members of the Culture Laboratory Collective based upon their relationship with a particular place, landform, landscape, topography, or state of current residence. These pieces, when combined, serve as comprehensive land portraits. Translations of localities can act as reflections of communities continually in flux. The visual statements produced for this exhibition may provide a more complete understanding of who (and where) we are. The value of place and landscape is immeasurable. Memories from places can become etched in our minds and contextualized over time. This exhibit offers a view into a collective memory and re-locates interpretations of place into a public, conversational setting. Curated by Brian R. Jobe Click here to view installation images. Figurative Works on Paper from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection August 3 – 18, 2012 This exhibition featured figurative works on paper, including watercolors, drawings, photography, and printmaking. Notable works include: portraits by Chuck Close and Alice Neel, prints by Francisco Goya, Leon Golub, Kathe Kollwitz, Keith Haring, Luis Jiminez, and William Hogarth, and photography by Helmut Newton and Walker Evans. Also in the exhibition were works from School of Art professors, students, and visiting artists, past and present. These artists are, Baldwin Lee, Don Kurka, Eleanor Dickinson, Mark Steinmetz, and Joseph Delaney. Click here to view installation images. Sweetbreads August 23 – September 1, 2012 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. The following artists exhibited work: James Boychuck-Hunter, David Harman, Raluca Iancu, Kevin Kao, Alexandra Kirtley, Kevin Varney, and Thomas Wharton Click here to view installation images. The Legacy of James Randolph Denton September 7 – 8, 2012 A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), James Randolph Denton founded the Association for Creative Zoology in 1908 an effort to rebut the popularization of evolutionary theory in American public schools and universities. Working with the London publisher Everitt Ormsby Hokes, founder of Hokes Scholarly Lithography, Denton published two collections of color lithographs documenting the principle of animal hybridity, what he referred to as “zoomorphic juncture.” These were Rare Zoological Specimens and Ornithological Quadrupeds, both published in the 1920s, the second of which emulates the publications of the British naturalist John Gould. Arguing for Creation Science, Reverend Denton cited the unicorn and the dragon, each of which are mentioned in the King James Edition of the Bible, as examples of this phenomena. Denton argued that animal hybridity explained species diversity and disputed the principles of natural selection. Click here to view installation images. Pencil Pushed September 19 – October 28, 2012 In this exhibition, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The artists selected are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing. The diversity of the exhibition favored mid-career artists, but ranged from emerging to late. Featured artists in Pencil Pushed are: William Anastasi, William Pittman Andrews, Caroline Burton, Elisa D’Arrigo, Mary Reid Kelley, Sharon Louden, Jennifer Macdonald, Peter Mollenkof, Darcy Brennan Poor, Bill Richards, Beatrice Riese, Hilda Shen, Drew Shiflett, Stephen Talasnik, and Sam Vernon Click here to view installation images. Based on a True Story November 1 – November 21, 2012 Curated by New York artist Joel Carreiro, Based on a True Story features work by artists who use narrative in a variety of ways. This exhibition includes 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as video projections. Matthew Garrison is based in Reading, PA; Yeon Jin Kim lives and works in New York, and Chris Miner is based in Memphis, TN. Click here to view installation images. Capstone 2012 November 27 – 30, 2012 The Capstone course is a requirement for all BFA Studio Art majors. Students take Capstone in the final semester of their BFA degree. During Capstone students engage in a self-initiated research project to demonstrate that a graduating senior has learned and can practice the skills and concepts of a chosen concentration (2D, 3D, 4D). The Capstone also demonstrates the student’s ability to intellectualize and articulate issues and ideas about contemporary art. Successful completion of the Capstone course is a requirement of graduation. The UT Downtown Gallery is excited to present the work of 5 graduating seniors in this year’s capstone exhibition. Exhibiting students are: Sarah Crumley, Kayla Courtoy, David Holland, Bill Warden, and Catherine Widner. Click here to view installation images. Revealed: Pat Badt and Paul Briggs December 7, 2012 – January 18, 2013 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Revealed, an exhibition of paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculptures by Paul Briggs. The paintings and sculptures share a similar modesty in size, creating an approachable and intimate relationship between object and viewer. The work is meditative in process. Lines and leaf-forms vary in length, color, orientation, and proximity to the next. It is repetitive, yet unique. Click here to view installation images. 2013 Northern Exposure January 23 – 25, 2013 In the summer of 2013, six students accompanied Ewing Gallery director, Sam Yates to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, and Washington DC. They visited major art museums, had studio visits with artists, and learned about the contemporary art world. The work on display was inspired by their travels. The exhibiting students are, Alexandra Gellis, Eric Cagley, Brandon Donahue, Sarah Campbell, Jessica Beeler, and Kelly Householder. Click here to view installation images. Chad Curtis: Panorama of Desire February 1 – 23, 2013 Chad D. Curtis is an artist and technologist living and working in Philadelphia. Drawing inspiration from both digital technology and homebrew DIY makers, Curtis’s work examines the abstraction of materiality in the digital age and the effects of high technology on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment. Curtis has exhibited internationally, including more than fifty solo and group exhibitions in the past ten years. He holds an M.F.A. from Alfred University and is an Associate Professor at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Click here to view installation images. William Lamson: Fieldwork March 1 – 2, 2013 William Lamson is a Brooklyn-based artist who works in video, photography, performance, and sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a number of private collections. Since graduating from the Bard M.F.A. program in 2006, his work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, P.S.1 MOMA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, among others. Lamson is currently working on two installations for Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2013 March 25 – April 6, 2013 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by nationally recognized juror, Durant Thompson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Durant Thompson is an Associate Professor of sculpture in the Department of Art at the University of Mississippi. In 1997, Durant received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and in 2001 he earned an MFA in Sculpture from Louisiana State University. He has also worked at The Johnson Atelier School of Technical Sculpture in New Jersey and at the University of Southern Mississippi as a technician and instructor before accepting his current position. Click here to view installation images. MFA: Greg Daiker, Alex Merchant, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view installation images for Daiker and Merchant. Click here to view installation images for O’Barr and Ward. ARTSOURCE 2013 May 3 – 18, 2013 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Knoxville Watercolor Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition June 7 – 29, 2013 The KWS celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of works by the current members as well as highlighting the founding members: Robert Birdwell, Ted Burnett, Richard Clarke, Kermit “Buck” Ewing, George Galloway, Martha Godwin, Arlene Goff, David Joyner, Josephine Mayo, Margaret Scanlan, Walter “Holly” Stevens, Carl Sublett, and Betsy Worden. Click here to view installation images. Print Resonance July 5 – 27, 2013 Fifty graduate students and faculty members at five universities: the University of Alberta, Canada; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; Silpakorn University, Thailand and Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan created prints specifically for this project. The participating artists made their prints on the same size paper, allowing the viewer to focus on the image, rather than the scale of the work. The audience is encouraged to consider the artistic expression from each university and to find commonality across geographic and cultural borders, as the printmakers share ideas about their own interests, lives, and values. The works were created using various print techniques, which include inkjet, etching, drypoint, chine-colle, lithography, woodcut, intaglio and blind printing. This portfolio is a limited edition of 10 copies, two for each of the five universities, with the goal of further development of printmaking education around the globe. Click here to view installation images. 20 Years After August 2 – 24, 2013 This exhibition features the work of 14 MFA artists from the UTK School of Art Class of 1993. Artists will be displaying work that is current or important in their journey in fine arts over the last 20 years. The UT MFA program attracts students from different regions of the United States as exemplified in this exhibition, which include artists from Mississippi, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Artists included in the exhibition: Scott Palmer — Ceramics, Annette Bongers – Ceramics, Melody Reeves — Printmaking, Rob Tarbell — Painting, Eric Fracassi — Sculpture, David Deitrick — Graphic Design, Eric Smith — Graphic Design, Joel House — Sculpture, Melanie McLaughlin — Graphic Design, Kris Rehring Jones — Graphic Design, Debi Henry Danielson — Painting, Brad Cantrell — Ceramics, Laurie Robichaux — Ceramics, Earl Watson — Graphic Design. Click here to view installation images. Echo of the Object September 6 – 26, 2013 Echo of the Object is an exhibition featuring work by Ball State faculty members: Hannah Barnes, Jennifer Halvorson, David Hannon, and Jacinda Russell. This exhibition brings together several series of works in drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Each body of work explores how objects of symbolic or personal significance play a role in the construction of memory, identity, and meaning. The metaphor of containment is a consistent theme in each artist’s work, both in the use of objects whose literal function is to contain (bags, jars, boxes), and also in the suggestion that seemingly insignificant objects have a certain capacity to become filled with meaning. Time, humor, absurdity, the domestic, and the everyday are additional themes this exhibition will seek to explore. Click here to view installation images. Ossuary: A project by Lorrie Beth Clarke October 4 – 26, 2013 Three hundred artists have contributed to Ossuary. Their work, in many media, includes single bones, clusters of bones, and art works inspired by, using, or playing with the idea of bones. These bones are political statements and personal elegies, memorials to individuals and statements about mortality. They represent connections to our ancestors and/or to our descendants. Some works are serious and some use bones in a completely playful manner. Ossuary was developed in response to the repositories of bones that have accrued in countries like Cambodia and Rwanda, but Ossuary is not a project about those traumas. Rather, Ossuary offers a poignant counter-image to mass violence. It is a project about the hope that art brings. Ossuary is a cumulative traveling project. It began in Madison, Wisconsin. Artists interested in contributing bones to future exhibitions should write to [email protected]. This relational project was initiated and developed by the artist Laurie Beth Clark. Clark, who is a Professor in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin, has shown work in galleries, museums, theatres, and public spaces in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Click here to view installation images. AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio November 1 – 16, 2013 This is the first digitally produced portfolio published by American Abstract Artists. All past portfolios—1937, 1987, 1997—were produced using various forms of lithography and means of transferring image to plate. Unlike traditional printmaking, the digital inkjet process does not involve a physical matrix from which ink is transferred to paper. This marks both a technical and a conceptual shift in printmaking. Our choice of the medium situates this portfolio squarely in the current century and is an indication of the group’s forward momentum. The artists were asked to provide a digital file meeting predetermined specifications, yet no restrictions were placed on how the file could be created. The digital process enabled a wide variety of approaches that include abstract and documentary photography, scanning of flat-work made expressly for the project, digital compositing and image manipulation, as well as the use of vector-based software and hand-coded algorithms. The results are as varied as the artists’ individual sensibilities. Click here to view installation images. AIR 30th Anniversary Exhibition December 6, 2013 – January 10, 2014 Begun after the retirement of painting professor Carl Sublett, the Artist-in-Residence Program enriches a student’s experience further by regularly bringing new artists from outside the university who are active in the contemporary gallery and museum arenas. Each semester an invited resident artist teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in the painting and drawing curriculum. The AIR program has been highly successful in making a direct connection to the marketplace of ideas that surrounds art centers such as New York City, Chicago, and LA. The artists we bring to campus represent a spectrum of current sensibilities in painting and drawing holding sway in the art world today. This exhibition features work from past participating artists from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection. Click here to view installation images. 2014 Death Rock City: Dannielle Tegeder January 24 – February 28, 2014 Featuring new and recent work, Death Rock City examines how New York artist Dannielle Tegeder challenges the two-dimensional boundaries of traditional painting through the integration of animation, sculpture into her work. Dannielle Tegeder earned her BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has had solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston and participated in numerous group exhibitions at PS1/MoMA, The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.Her work is in the collections of a number of museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Click here to view installation images. New Topology: Paul Krainak March 7 – March 29, 2014 Topology employs elements of early modern logic and its attendant forms in art and technology. It considers aesthetic and industrial incentives originating in rural America and calls into question modernism’s strictly urban mythology. Grids, cruciforms, and wood grain details are embedded in extended patterns calling to mind Constructivist and Bauhaus Schools’ principals of industrial hybridity and utopianism. But the site of industry here is agriculture with distilled forms taken from domestic textile design, land management diagrams, and vernacular architecture. Paul Krainak is an artist, critic, and Chair of the Art Department at Bradley University. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2014 April 4 – 19, 2014 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists will be selected by esteemed professor, Laticia Bajuyo, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA Exhibition: Eric Cagley April 21-25, 2014 Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2014 May 2 – May 22, 2014 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Marion Greenwood in Tennessee June 6 – August 9, 2014 Marion Greenwood in Tennessee features her mural of the history of Tennessee music painted for the University Center at the University of Tennessee in 1954; “The Partnership of Man and Nature,” a WPA mural painted in 1940, graciously loaned by the Crossville, TN Post Office; preparatory sketches loaned by UT Special Collections; and lithographs from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Click here to view installation images. Ask Me, I can Help. August 22 – 23, 2014 An exhibition of the incoming class of 2017 MFA candidates. Twelve student artists feature their current work as they begin their graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, School of Art. Exhibiting students are: Corinna Ray, Anna Wehrwein, Jing Qin, Josh Shorey, Jessica Gatlin, Abigail Lucien, Elysia Mann, Adam Higgins, Meg Erlewine, Geoff Silvis, Chris Spurgin, and Bailey Davenport. Click here to view installation images. AIR of UT September 5 – 27, 2014 AIR of UT is an exhibition of the Limited Box Edition project, curated by artists Wade Guyton ’95, Josh Smith ’98, and Meredyth Sparks ’94. The Limited Box Edition project is part of a fundraising campaign to support the School of Art’s Artist-in-Residence in Painting and Drawing program. Now in its 32nd year, the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program enriches a student’s experience by bringing a different artist to spend the semester teaching undergraduate and graduate students. The resident artists are selected because they have launched successful careers in the contemporary gallery and museum world nationally and internationally. They furnish students with significant role models and faculty with new professional connections beyond Knoxville. Each of the organizing alumni — Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith — benefited from this program, and have asked their former School of Art peers as well as past Artists in Residence to contribute images to the three curated portfolios making up the Limited Box Edition. AIR of UT and the Limited Box Edition is a celebration of the legacy and impact of the Artist in Residence program on the School of Art and its graduates. Click here to view installation images. DeWitt Godfrey: Drawings, Proposals, Plans, Models, Diagrams, Documents October 3 – 31, 2014 DeWitt Godfrey is a Professor of sculpture in the department of Art and Art History at Colgate. Godfrey completed his undergraduate work at Yale University, was a member of the inaugural group of CORE Fellows at the MFA Houston, and received his MFA from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship, a Japan Foundation Artist’s Fellowship, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Fellowship. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. His commissioned work includes “Concordia” for Lexarts, Lexington, KY; “Waverly Place” Cambridge Arts Council; “Greenwich South” a visioning exercise by the Downtown Alliance, New York, NY and installations at Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI; The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and the Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Click here to view installation images. Louis Chan: My Home November 7 – 26, 2014 My Home is an on-going project aimed to help define my identity as a Chinese American and attempt to preserve generations of memories and experiences of Chinese immigrants through photography. My Home serves as a contemporary marker for Chinese Americans to reflect on the hopes, dreams, and sacrifices made for them by older generations in order for their children to have a chance of a better life in America. Click here to view installation images. Of A Feather December 5, 2014 – January 15, 2015 Artists throughout history have found inspiration in the form of birds. Man imbued birds with mystical and religious meaning due to their fascinating ability to exist in two worlds – the earthly world, and the sky, or heavenly realm. Drawn primarily from the Ewing Gallery’s permanent collection, Of a Feather features works from historic and contemporary artists who represent birds in a diverse assortment of styles. While some artists approach the bird as studies of simplified form others utilize strategies of space and distance to take a more poetic or analytical look at the economic and social issues attached to birds. Works range from hyperrealism to whimsical to abstract. This exhibition incorporates a number of artists of artists from New York and Chicago including Keith Haring, Michael Kirk, Keith Long, Diane Churchill, and Laurie Hogin; regional artists, Howard Finster, Todd Johnson, Kelly Hider, Heather Middlebrooks, Gary Monroe, and Richard Jolley, as well as distinguished faculty from the University of Tennessee – Jered Sprecher, Diane Fox, Beauvais Lyons, Marcia Goldenstein, Don Kurka, Bill Kennedy, Clark Stewart and Byron McKeeby. The artworks on display consider themes of scientific inquiry, symbolism, environmental consciousness, and the rituals of birding, among others. The exhibition is in tribute to the late artist Ellen Lanyon who often used images of birds in her art. Click here to view installation images. 2015 Paul Sacaridiz: Configurations January 23 – February 28, 2015 The work in this exhibition explores the non-objective and propositional quality that sculpture can have, and the ways in which we can understand something devoid of specificity and illustration. Presented on custom-built risers and linear structures, individual components are often physically or conceptually networked together with arrangements of objects ranging from the random and chaotic to the precise and articulate. Through careful positioning and intentional framing the works are suggestive of abstracted models and diagrammatic systems that allude to a sculptural logic that is both pragmatic and allusive at the same time. Click here to view installation images. Time and Again: Ruth Weisberg March 6 – 27, 2015 Ruth Weisberg has been an important influence on printmaking both as an artist and educator. Her creative activity and scholarship encompasses not only studio production in printmaking, painting, and drawing, but central and influential articles, essays and book chapters that have played a vital role in advancing print theory. Her 1986 essay “Syntax of the Print” published in the Tamarind Papers is frequently assigned to students in printmaking programs and remains relevant almost 30 years after it was first published. As one of her nominators, Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Printmaking at the Art Institute of Chicago, praised not only her work as a printmaker and draftsman, he also emphasized her writings as an important contribution to the field of printmaking. Ruth Weisberg is 2015 recipient of the SGC International Printmaker Emeritus Award. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2015 April 3 – 17, 2015 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Strangers and Stand-Ins: Sunita Prasad April 22-25, 2015 The three works on display express my desire to distill and undermine normative expectations about which behaviors and expressions are appropriate for whom. A choreographic example can be found in Presumptuous?, an ongoing video series shot in cities around the world which disrupts the codes of urban co-existence by inserting hyper-intimate and often queer interactions into public space. Click here to view installation images. The Civil War Series: Richard J. Lefevre May 1 – June 27, 2015 Richard J. LeFevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of United States Civil War (1861 – 1865) through works on paper that depict 32 of the war’s most significant battles. By combining his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, LeFevre used inventive mixed-media techniques to create these powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that terrible and definitive era. Click here to view installation images. Land Report July 3 – 31, 2015 Jason S. Brown, Brian R. Jobe, David L. Jones, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell The Land Report Collective deals with landscape in fundamental ways and as a foundational reference point. Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. Jobe crafts meeting places for public interaction through the delineation of pathways and works with brick and wood. Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation. Click here for installation images. Life in Light: An Exhibition of Poems in Paintings August 7 – 15, 2015 Life in Light is an exhibition of paintings inspired by the poetry of local doctor, Humayun Kabir. Dr. Kabir’s poetry has been transformed into image by Bangladeshi artist, Mostafiz Karigar. Click here for installation images. Non-Exempt: A Staff Exhibition September 4 – 26, 2015 Our hardworking staff members step out from behind the scenes and exhibit what they work on when they’re not at work. Media and subject matter were not stipulated at the outset of this exhibition. The pieces on display, therefore, represent an honest ‘work sample’ from a talented segment of the UT community in the School of Art and College of Architecture and Design whose artistic skills might otherwise remain unrecognized outside of their duties as staff members. Devin Balara – Metal Shop Tech, Sculpture/Installation; Mike C. Berry – UT Downtown Gallery Manager, Painting; Eric Cagley – Ewing Gallery Staff, Painting; Debbie Cooper – School of Art Staff, Quilting; Heather Eades– Media Pool, Painting; Jeremy Hammond– Wood Shop Manager, Sculpture; Tally Locke – Fab Lab Manager, Sculpture; Sarah McFalls – Ewing Gallery Staff, Multi-media installation; Hannah Shimabukuro –Printmaking Tech, Installation/photography; Jason Tyler -School of Art Media Tech, Photography Click here for installation images. Lorrie Fredette: between locations October 2 – 31, 2015 Lorrie Fredette creates site-specific investigations that examine beauty, harmony, and comfort to comprehend the incomprehensible aspects of infection, pandemic and the plague. Her pieces have been exhibited nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe. Exhibition venues include Cynthia –Reeves Project (Brattleboro, VT), Art Southampton (Southampton, NY), Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), Bank of America Headquarters (Charlotte, NC) Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis, MA) and Jyvaskyla Art Museum (Jyvaskyla, Finland) Fredette holds a BFA in sculpture from the Herron School of Art / Indiana University. Cynthia-Reeves in New York represents her work. Click here for installation images. John Messinger November 6 – 28, 2015 John Messinger combines elements of photography and tapestry to create large-scale, 3-dimensional mixed media artworks. His body of work consists of thousands of individual 3.25 x 4.25 inch instant photographs assembled together to create photographic tapestries that examine the proliferation and ubiquity of the photograph in the digital age. Inspired by the notions of singularity and time, Messinger combines hundreds of varying images and transforms them into a single experience. His work fuses indexical and abstract imagery to question the notion of photography, photographer, and subject. Click here for installation images. You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel December 4 – January 29, 2016 The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since. Click here for installation images. 2004-2010 exhibitions 2004 Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney September 11 – October 30, 2004 Like Lloyd Branson, Catherine Wiley, and his brother Beauford Delaney, Joseph Delaney was a Knoxville-born artist who gained international recognition. Inaugurating The University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery, Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney highlights some 60 works that demonstrate Joseph’s interest in urban life – parades, public parks, architecture and street scenes. The George & Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection November 6 – December 19, 2004 Created by Beauvais Lyons, Professor of Art and Director of the Hokes Archives at The University of Tennessee, The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection presents fictitious contemporary folk art. As the “exhibition curator,” Lyons created all the artworks and designed biographical text panels with photographic portraits of each of the 11 imaginary artists. Included are enamel painted records by Lucas Farley, Arthur Middleton’s portrait paintings of American presidents, velvet paintings of brides by Charlotte Black, Max Pritchard’s hand-painted religious tracts on cereal boxes, Rufus Martinez’s ceramic face jugs, and Lester Coleman Dowdy’s “limberjack” puppets. This irrelevant exhibition emulates folk art, and at the same time, it ironically imitates museum conventions. 2005 Gregg Schlanger: Holston River Diaries January 12 – March 8, 2005 Created by Gregg Schlanger, Holston River Diaries is a two-part exhibition that links the communities of Emory, VA and Knoxville, TN – the first being near the headwaters of the Holston River and later being nears its confluence with the French Broad River, thus forming the Tennessee River. The exhibition’s second part continued at Emory & Henry College’s 1912 Gallery. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Walker Evans’ Photographs March 11 – April 17, 2005 Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work Let Us Now Praise Famous Men served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s Depression. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jennifer Leach, Printmaking April 20 – Apr 27, 2005 Graphic Design Senior Show April 30 – May 6, 2005 Senior Graphic Design Students display their design work and attend the opening to meet and greet potential clients and employers Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City June 16 – September 3, 2005 In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project – a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the “atomic” city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside the fenced boundaries. Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott’s photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated. Enduring: The Social Conscience of Eleanor Dickinson September 10 – November 5, 2005 Eleanor Dickinson, a native of Knoxville, TN, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1952, becoming one of the department’s first graduates. One year later, she moved to California and began redefining her process of creating traditional figure drawings via strong emotions. Since then, Dickinson has maintained a life-long commitment to the human form and has responded to intense moments of human existence, ranging from the experiences of Pentecostal Southerners, to the ecstasies of lovers, to the trials of the homeless, to the sufferings of AIDS victims. Alternative Typestyles: An Homage to Vernacular Letterforms Nov 12 – Dec 20, 2005 Alternative Typestyles features original art by exhibition creator Matt Tullis, including hand-drawn typefaces, unique collected fonts, and wall-mounted sculptures based on the assemblage of typographic artifacts. Individual photographic prints of vintage letterforms and signs are also featured. 2006 Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart January 7 – February 25, 2006 Over the past 40 years, educator F. Clark Stewart has impacted the lives and maturation of countless aspiring young artists at the University of Tennessee. Many former students directly credit him for their own success as professional artists and teachers. His contributions as both a dedicated teacher and a cognizant, active member of the university community are immeasurable. The goal of Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart is, however, to celebrate the achievements and work of the artist. The works on exhibition, as with his tenure at the university, span 40 years. Clark never strays far from his primary subject – the human figure- or his primary interest – the human narrative. Art movements, like fashion, have developed and faded with time, but Clark has remained steadfast in his commitment to figurative art and its ability to create mystery and a range of emotional responses. Unfiltered: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers March 3 – April 1, 2006 Since 1924, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has mounted an annual exhibition that recognizes excellence in book design and production. Books are entered in categories such as trade, reference, juvenile, university and museum publications, and also limited edition and special-format books. The exhibition includes books and book covers designed in 2004. Esteemed jurors selected winners from more than 920 entries. Jurors included; Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, John Fulbrook III, Simon & Schuster, New York, Sara Gillingham, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Julia Hasting, Phaidon, New York and Cheryl Towler Weese (chair) Studio Blue, Chicago. MFA Thesis Exhibition: “Valuistics: The Making of” by James Greene April 7 – April 14, 2006 The print Installation is both a display of James Greene’s valuistics as well as a printed history of the word itself. With ”the Making Of,” Greene – a former grocery store clerk and retail employee – reveals his own consumer politics (contradictions and all) by symbolizing and accounting for each of his consumer decisions. The installation is a scale re-creation of Greene’s home, family, and friends printed on pink insulation board and installed in the Downtown Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ryan O’Mara April 19 – 26, 2006 The work consists of large abstract ink drawings and paintings some measuring more than 20 feet long. “Abstraction has the ability to exist in a realm of non-logic, idealism and an absence of a system. In my work I change this theoretical space into a physical image, thereby defining the gray”, says O’Mara. AGIA Poster Design Show Apr 28 – May 10, 2006 Three Design Students from the University of Tennessee were included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Poster Competition. 30 posters were exhibited from national and international designers. Portrait of Self May 13 – June 3, 2006 Portrait of Self is a community arts project of the Knox County after-school program Shade of Development led by artist and educator Diane Hovis. Created by African American children and adults, the drawings, prints, and photographs on view explore each individual’s sense of self. These visual works are interpretations of written responses to questions posed by Hovis and recorded in journals kept by each participant. Thresholds: Expressions of Art & Spiritual Life June 23 – Aug 4, 2006 New York critic Eleanor Heartney has curated an exhibition that showcases the diversity of both art media and religious beliefs in the work of over fifty artists from five southern states, including Tennessee. This is a joint exhibition, on view simultaneously in both the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery. Drawings from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China August 25 – October 11, 2006 30 figure drawings from students at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee School of Art Professor, Tom Reising. The Color of Diaspora: Afro-Ecuadorian Images October 20 – November 24, 2006 40 black and white photographs of the Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Organized by University of Tennessee History Professor William Dewey. Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland December 1 – December 22, 2006 Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland An exhibition organized and curated by Beauvais Lyons, which includes 30 prints by Contemporary Artist from Poland working in Printmaking. 2007 Reverberating Echoes: The Art of Indian Artist M.R. Renjan January 5 – February 24, 2007 Black and white ink paintings by Indian Artist M.R. Renjan. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee graduate student, Shaurya Kumar. Shelter: A Mixed Media Installation Mar 2 – 31, 2007 An exhibition organized through the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA by sculpture professor Tulu Bayer and paining professor Xiaoze Xie. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Lin Lee April 2 – 9, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Tea Kim Kasor April 10 – 17, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Shaurya Kumar April 18- 23, 2007 Human Rights Portfolio from South Africa May 4 – June 8, 2007 Hunt Clark & Deborah McClary June 15 – August 3, 2007 Recent collaborative work by Tennessean sculptors, graduates of the UT School of Art. The mixed media piece consists of multiple video projections on Plexiglas suspended from the ceiling, and a white ceramic life-sized sculpture of a calf being roped around its neck. Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition August 10 – September 7, 2007 This International Traveling exhibition of small sculptures from around the world show how artists have handled the challenges of space and scale dictated by sixe of a shoebox. An invitation only exhibition, this exhibit has attracted a large number of well – known artists from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Argentina, Cuba, Australia, Korea, Japan, Chia, Thailand, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico. AIGA 365 September 14 – Oct 5, 2007 The 2006 juried selection of the best communications design produced in 2005. 365 is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began 90 years ago. By means of competitions, AIGA creates a chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. Jean Hess & Jeffrey Morton: Reverie October 12 – November 7, 2007 This two-person exhibition consists of recent works by Knoxville-based painter Jean Hess and Chattanooga-based painter Jeffery Morton. Hess’ work addresses dream, recollection, nostalgia, and memory with an emphasis on obscure imagery, dissolving texts, and marks and natural forms suffused with light. Jeffery Morton explores images of wind, electricity, twilight, humidity, photosynthesis, and pollen juxtaposed against creatures in flight. Lineages November 16 – December 20, 2007 This exhibition of ceramics explores the pathway and influences of the academic ceramicist. UT professors of ceramics, their spouses, and their mentors will all have work on display. Artists included are; University of Tennessee School of Art professors Sally Brogden and Frank Martin, their spouses Todd Johnson and Polly Martin, and mentors John and Susanne Stephenson, and Ken Ferguson. 2008 Crave January 4 – February 1, 2008 An exhibition initiated by former UT School of Art Artist in Residence, Pinkney Herbert, and organized by Memphis Arts Organization Delta Axis. InCrave these six artists use paint and photographs to explore craving, yearning, longing for, or hankering after. Their diverse work is unified by an attachment to charged images and obsessive processes that speak to this underlying appetite or “craving.” Artist included in the exhibition are, Joel Carreiro, Betsy Chaffin, Amanda Sparks, Thomas Weaver, and Brian Wood. Corapeake February 15 – March 29, 2008 This exhibition showcases an award-winning documentary, by Kendall Messick, about the town of Corapeake in North Carolina. The exhibit uses oral narratives, black and white photography, and artifacts to describe and commemorate the lives led by now-elderly African-American inhabitants of this small, rural town. This film has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Wake Forest University, UVA, and many other reputable venues. MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Crystal Wagner and Katherine Nanfro April 4 – 19, 2008 Graphic Design Senior Show April 24 – 26, 2008 Air Box May 2 – 28, 2008 An exhibition by Korean artist Dong-Yong Lee, 2007-08 UT Artist in Residence Carl Sublett: Image Tracks June 2 – 29, 2008 A retrospective view of Carl Sublett’s art by his son, Eric Objectionable Action July 3 – 19, 2008 Objectionable Action represents an art exchange with participants from around the country. Oorganized by two University of Tennessee alumni, Lee Marchalonis and Jessica Meyer, Objectionable Action features other University of Tennessee graduates now residing throughout the United States. The Beauty of Holiness: The Art of Arnold Schwarzbart July 25 – August 16, 2008 Schwarzbart is a Judaic artist who lives in Knoxville. He has worked for over eighteen years designing and producing ceremonial objects as well as donor recognition walls and decorative wall pieces for Jewish organizations throughout the United States. My Home Town: Images of New York City by Baldwin Lee August 22 – September 20, 2008 Photographic images documenting New York City both pre and post 9/11 by New York native, and UT School of Art professor of photography, Baldwin Lee. Lee is the recipient of three Guggenheim and NEA grants. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Global Mapping September 26 – October 18, 2008 Andrea Loefke, a Brooklyn, New York and Leipzig, Germany-based artist creates hierarchies in which events and narratives compete and communicate. The groupings of objects and their placement within a particular space become a journey of discovery. Future States: Atlas Recent works by Pennsylvania mixed-media artist Dan Mills. This group of drawings addresses issues of American imperialism and globalization. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Compassionate Voices: Issues of Animal Rights October 24 – November 15, 2008 Compassionate Voices: The Art of Sue Coe, Maia Dery, Diane Fox, and Jack Ketner These artists address issues of animal treatment and exploitation. Lyrical Tableaux by Conley Harris Nov 21 – Dec 20, 2008 Inspired by his many trips to India, Boston-based painter Conley Harris pays tribute to the history of Indian paintings while using it to explore questions of composition, figure/ground relationship, and other painterly issues. 2009 American Institute of Graphic Arts January 2 – 31, 2009 AIGA, the professional association for design, creates an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing and the value of design. AIGA’s suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today. Alicia Henry: The Walk Damond Howard: Still America’s Greatest Problem February 6 – 28, 2009 African American artists Alicia Henry, Nashville, TN, and Damon Howard, Orangeburg, SC, examine issues of identity, heritage and gender in American society. Henry, who holds an MFA from Yale University, and Howard, who holds an MFA from the University of Florida, have been nationally recognized for their poignant art. Beyond Surface: Paintings by Tom Riesing and Allen Cox March 6 – 21, 2009 Although one an abstractionist and one a realist, Knoxville painters Allen Cox and Tom Riesing focus on the “surface” in this exhibit. This exhibition was curated by Sam Yates and the artists. University of Cincinnati / University of Tennessee Art Exchange March 25 – April 4, 2009 This exhibition will feature new work by graduate students representing all disciplines—2-D, 3-D, and media. The exhibition will be on view concurrently at The University of Tennessee 1010 Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jessie Van der Laan April 7-12, 2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Hilary Williams April 17 – 24, 2009 Art Source 2009 May 1-31, 2009 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity in their students. The Knox County Art Educators’ Exhibition gives these teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Japan International Artists Society Exhibition June 5- July 2, 2009 324 works of art by 305 Society members who create in various media ranging from traditional Japanese calligraphy and ceramics to contemporary landscapes and abstraction is on exhibit here and in the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Face It: Contemporary Portraiture July 15 – August 8, 2009 A national juried competition open to artists from all media and backgrounds. Dr. Carl Gombert, Associate Professor of Art at Maryville College, was the juror for the exhibition. Michael Aurbach: The Administrator August 14 – September 12, 2009 This exhibition featured the work of noted sculptor Michael Aurbach who serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Curated by Sam Yates. Beyond Surface: Contemporary Ceramics Artists September 18 – October 17, 2009 This exhibition featured the art of eight east coast ceramicists. The works on view represent the variety of techniques and concepts found in the ceramics field today. Contemporary Taiwanese Artist HoJang Liu Oct 23 – Nov 28, 2009 This exhibition featured the photographic work of HoJang Liu, a Taiwanese artist who lives in Taipei. Intimate Source: The Artist’s Sketchbook Dec 4, 2009 – January 2, 2010 Much of the development for an artwork happens well before the brush meets canvas, the hand meets clay, or the finger meets camera shutter. These preliminary inspirations and concepts go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated. This exhibit brings to light the methods artists employ to inform themselves of the possibilities for their as yet unrealized works. Curated by former Ewing Gallery staff member Timothy Massey, Director of the Tower Fine Arts Gallery at SUNY Brockport. 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition January 15 – February 20, 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition continues a tradition begun by the University of Hawai‘i Department of Art. By invitation only, this exhibition is comprised of 81 sculptures by artists from 14 countries and includes “Meta Physical #4” by Knoxville artist Richard Jolley. The small format of the works in the exhibition, with the subsequent ease and economy of handling, provides exposure to a broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture. These triennial exhibitions were initiated as an attempt to incorporate a variety of multicultural traditions and a range of sculptural ideas, styles, and materials. Deliquesence and Other Transformations: The Photography of Robert Creamer March 5 – 27, 2010 In his recent series of photographic studies of botanical subjects, Maryland artist Robert Creamer blends his interests in technology and the aging process. These photographic images, captured using a digital flatbed scanner, began as an investigation into the revelatory power of technology. Although the scanner is a tool that enhances Creamer’s ability to observe, it is not the apparatus, per se, that interests him most. Moreover, these images are about time, transformation, and transitions. Dali Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy June 4 – July 9, 2010 The exhibition represents Dali’s visual interpretation of Dante’s literary masterpiece The Divine Comedy, chronicling Dante Alighieri’s symbolic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Salvador Dalí was one of the most well known of the surrealist artists who concentrated on depicting the unconscious and subconscious mind. Dalí labored for nine years to produce a series of 100 watercolors as illustrations to Dante’s classic epic, with each print depicting a verse from the poem. His paintings were reproduced by Jean Estrade of Les Heured Claires and released as a limited edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth in 1265. This collection of work was generously donated to the University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery by UT alumnus and businessman Gary Johnson. Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out July 16 – August 14, 2010 Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out, is a unique installation of video, films, and multi-image performance works by Norman Magden, School of Art Professor of 4D Arts.The exhibition’s title, THROUGH A TRANSPARENT LENS INSIDE OUT, refers to the time based images displayed and Magden’s focus on transparent and super imposed images to create a mesmerizing effect. The exhibition is a quasi-retrospective showcasing earlier work alongside more recent pieces. Fresh Pickins August 20 – 28, 2010 The First Year Graduate Show is held annually to commemorate the acceptance of the Student’s candidacy for Graduate work at the University of Tennessee, by which the public becomes acquainted with the newest of the Fine art Graduate students. Exhibiting students were: Alex McClurg, Natalie Harrison, Brandon Donahue, Gretchen Bundy, Alex Merchant, Greg Daiker, Kelly Porter, Alicia Faciane, Hannah Short, Jessica Anderson, Ashton Ludden, Clifton Riley, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward. Happens Everyday September 3 – 25, 2010 Happens Everyday features a wall painting/installation by UT Professor David Wilson, who joined the faculty in 1985, and Chicago artist Pamela Fraser, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1999. Everything Shines October 1 – 30, 2010 Everything Shines features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Marcia Goldenstein, who joined the faculty in 1976, and New York artist Julia Jacquette, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1995. Pictures Hold Us Captive November 5 – 24, 2010 Pictures Hold Us Captive features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Jered Sprecher, who joined the faculty in 2006, and New York artist Carrie Moyer, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 2001. Walter Haskell Hinton: The Golden Age of Illustration December 3 – January 15, 2011 This collection of work includes original drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings representing an array of clients during his prolific career as an illustrator. Some of Mr. Hinton’s clients include, Outdoor Life Magazine, Sports Afield magazine, Mammoth Western Magazine, The John Deere and Company, Fairmont Railways, and Washington National Insurance Co. 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0.999435	Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> Beauford and Joseph Delaney: Lives in Art <p><strong> February 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In September and October of 1970, Joseph and Beauford Delaney were going to have a joint exhibition of their work at the McClung Gallery. Due to Beauford's poor health at the time, he was unable to send paintings from his studio in Paris. The exhibition ended up being a solo show of Joseph's work. 50 years later, the UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present their work together.</p> Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy <p><strong> March 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In 1957, the Italian government commissioned Dali to create a complete set of illustrations for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the author’s birth. Dali began the arduous task of selecting imagery and creating a watercolor painting for each of the 100 cantos of the poem. Shortly after Dali started the project, the Italian government withdrew its commission. Italian citizens had been outraged that a Spanish artist had been selected for this undertaking, instead of inviting an Italian artist to honor one of Italy’s greatest authors. However, it was very fitting that one of the leading artists in the Surrealist movement would be chosen to interpret the bizarre punishments of Inferno and Purgatorio and the fantastical images of Paradiso that Dante created – drawing inspiration from classical and biblical imagery, as well as his own imagination.</p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present the complete collection of 100 prints. The prints are part of the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and was a gift by alumnus, Gary Johnson.</p> Community of Eight <p><strong> April 2 - 30 </strong></p></p><p>This exhibition recognizes the contributions of our full-time faculty at area community colleges - Roane State, Walters State, and Pellissippi State.</p></p><p>Exhibiting artists are: Jennifer Brickey, Caroline Covington, Amy Evans, Stacy Jacobs, Jeff Lockett, Herb Rieth, Jessie Van der Laan, and Bryan Wilkerson.</p> Walker Evans and James Agee <p><strong> June 4 - July 31, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work, <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>, served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography.</p><p>This exhibition, an 80th anniversary commemoration of the publication of <i>Let Us Not Praise Famous Men</i> includes 50 framed photographs printed by the Library of Congress from Evans’ original negatives as well as archival material from the James Agee papers loaned by the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections at the University of Tennessee.</p> New In Town <p><strong> August 25 - 28, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of the MFA class of 2024.</p></p><p>Casey Wolhar – Time-Based Art</p><p>Haleigh Eicher – Ceramics</p><p>Abby Hedley – Sculpture</p><p>Griffin Allman – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Landin Eldridge – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Saloni Parekh – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Megan Wolfkill – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Gino Castellanos – Printmaking</p><p>Anthony Huang – Printmaking</p><p>Chloe Wack – Printmaking</p> Alabama Abstraction <p><strong> September 3 - 25, 2021 </strong></p></p><p><i>Alabama Abstraction</i> is a two-person exhibition featuring the paintings of William Dooley and Alex McClurg. Dooley is the director of the Moody Gallery at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and McClurg, a graduate of UT's School of Art MFA program, is the preparator at the Birmingham Museum of Art.</p> Illumination: the Sculpture of James O. Clark <p><strong> October 1 - 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>James O. Clark is a New York-based sculptor who works with light and illumination.</p></p><p>“Light as a material has illuminated my creative search, I continue to be captivated by the mysterious dialogue between light and form. Light is ephemeral, as it dances and changes composing space, defines, reflects, refracts, bends, and teases the volume and mass of forms. Light has created a symbiotic relationship with me in my exploration capturing my childhood creative adventure and developing an exciting lifelong journey.”</p> Chromatic Rhythm: James Little <p><strong> November 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p><p>Born in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LITTLE (b. 1952) received a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art (1974) and then an MFA from Syracuse University (1976).</p></p><p>Since the 1970s, the work of James Little has been extensively exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Among his awards and honors, Little has received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting in 2009 and the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2000. In 2016, Little was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to create public artwork for the Long Island Rail Road’s new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station.</p> 2020 exhibitions Alumni in the Permanent Collection August 3 - 25, 2018 In March 2020, the UT Downtown Gallery closed to the public due to COVID-19 Please click here to view our virtual ART SOURCE 2020 exhibition. 2019 exhibitions Violins of Hope January 10 - February 20, 2019 The Violins of Hope are a collection of restored violins that were played by Jewish musicians during The Holocaust. These instruments have survived concentration camps, pogroms and many long journeys to tell remarkable stories of injustice, suffering, resilience and survival. The collection was assembled and restored by Israeli master violin maker and restorer, Amnon Weinstein. In some cases, the ability to play the violin spared Jewish musicians from more grueling labors or even death. Nearly 50 years ago, Amnon heard such a story from a customer who brought in an instrument for restoration. The customer survived the Holocaust because his job was to play the violin while Nazi soldiers marched others to their deaths. When Amnon opened the violin’s case, he saw ashes. He thought of his own relatives who had perished and was overwhelmed. He could not bring himself to begin the project. By 1996, Amnon was ready. He put out a call for violins from the Holocaust that he would restore in hopes that the instruments would sound again. Amnon started locating violins that were played by Jews in the camps and ghettos, painstakingly piecing them back together so they could be brought to life again on the concert stage. Although most of the musicians who originally played the instruments were silenced by the Holocaust, their voices and spirits live on through the violins that Amnon has lovingly restored. He calls these 50 instruments the Violins of Hope. 2018 exhibitions 2018 Stage Left: Christina West <p><strong>January 24 - March 8, 2018</strong></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this immersive installation, Christina A. West integrates figurative sculptures into a space that is suggestive of a house, playfully alluding to the idea of the home as a stage set. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Stage left” is a term used in theatre to direct actors as they move around the stage. Though a term traditionally used to orient, it is used here as a foil to highlight the viewer’s disorientation within the fabricated space, while reinforcing theatrical associations with the installation. As people move through the gallery, spaces recede and reflect, sometimes offering a glimpse into another room, sometimes reflecting back the space one is in, and occasionally reflecting a reflection. Additionally, exposed studs on one side of each wall create a sense of front and back (or stage and backstage) that shifts throughout the gallery. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Objects such as sheets, blinds, and picture frames conjure the context of the home, charging this “stage” with a sense of a private space. As viewers bend, squat, and peek around corners to view tableaus, their own reflections appear throughout the space highlighting their participation in the scenes. </span></p> 10,000 Shards of Bliss (the rhythm that forgets itself) <p><strong>March 16 - 31, 2018</strong></p><p>For his film installation at The University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Downtown Gallery, in conjunction with the 2018 Big Ears Festival, Los Angeles based collage film artist Lewis Klahr will present a looped, rotating selection of his films that explore the vicissitudes of time and memory. Lewis Klahr uses found images and sound to explore the intersection of memory and history. He is primarily known for his uniquely idiosyncratic films, which he began creating in 1977 and has screened extensively in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Lewis Klahr teaches in the Theater School of the California Institute of the Arts and is represented by The Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London.</p> On the Fringe of Conformity: Clarence Morgan <p><strong>April 5 - 28, 2018</strong></p><p>This exhibition of drawings and paintings explore linear patterns that operate in a pictorial space. Utilizing random shapes and biomorphic forms within an intricate network of drawing, collage elements, and subtle color, Morgan's work ranges from highly patterned organic painting compositions to meticulously articulated and somewhat minimal collage-drawings. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Clarence Morgan has been a professor in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota since 1992.</p> ARTSOURCE 2018 <p><strong>May 4 - May 19, 2018</strong></p><p>Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, ARTSOURCE, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. </p> Celebrating the Life and Art of Kimberly D. Iles <p><strong>June 1 - July 14, 2018</strong></p><p>Kimberly D. Iles was known for her vivacity, generosity of spirit, and passion for the arts. She graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee in 1990, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. As a graphic designer, she poured her talent and energy into her work for clients ranging from Oak Ridge National Laboratories to the White House tech corps, and started her own very successful design firm, Ilesnet Design. She designed a web-based textbook – the first of its kind – for the Computational Science Education Project, a K-12 educational program to teach the principles of high-performance computing. She later transitioned into a full-time career in fine art, exhibiting her paintings and photographs in juried shows around the world.</p><p>Iles and her husband, Dr. James J. Hack, established the Kimberly D. Iles Art Scholarship Endowment in 2015. The endowment supports multiple scholarships awarded annually to undergraduate students in the School of Art. </p> Alumni in the Permanent Collection <p>August 3 - 25, 2018</p> The Dirty Dozen - First Year MFA Exhibition <p><strong>August 31 - September 1, 2018</strong></p><p><span class=" _2iem" role="heading" aria-level="4"><br />Exhibiting students are: </span></p><p><span class=" _2iem" role="heading" aria-level="4">Alissa Walls, Washington & Lee University <br />Quynh Nguyen Duc Diem, University of Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City <br />Erin Wohletz, University of Nevada-Reno <br />Mary Climes, Art Institute of Chicago <br />Gina Stucchio, University of South Florida <br />Kate Clark, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities <br />Conor G. McGrann, Syracuse University <br />Nyasha Madamombe, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe <br />Lauren Terry, VCU <br />Lilly Saywitz, Boston University <br />Kelsie Conley, VCU <br />Jake Miller, Western Illinois University</span></p> Ben Seamons <p><strong>September 7 - 29, 2018</strong></p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Ben Seamons. Ben received his MFA in Painting from the University of Tennessee in 2012. He passed away in 2016, and this exhibition is in celebration of his life.</p> Chakaia Booker: Auspicious Behavior <p>October 5 - 27, 2018</strong></p><p>Sculptor Chakaia Booker fuses ecological concerns with explorations of racial and economic difference, globalization, and gender by recycling discarded tires into complex assemblages.</p><p>Booker began to integrate discarded construction materials into large, outdoor sculptures in the early 1990s. Tires resonate with her for their versatility and rich range of historical and cultural associations. Booker slices, twists, weaves, and rivets this medium into radically new forms and textures, which easily withstand outdoor environments.</p> Face To Face - Joseph Delaney <p><strong>November 2 - December 8, 2018</strong></p> 2017 exhibitions 2017 Meandering Mythologies: Timothy Massey and Gary Monroe <p><strong>January 6 - 26, 2017</strong></p><p>Meandering Mythologies is a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Timothy Massey and Gary Monroe. Timothy Massey is the associate professor of art and chair of the Art Department at SUNY Brockport. He also serves as the director for the Tower Fine Art Gallery at SUNY Brockport. He studied printmaking and drawing at the University of Tennessee and Ohio State University. Gary Monroe is an artist from Knoxville, Tennessee who has exhibited nationally since the 1980’s. Most recently Monroe’s work has been featured in one-person exhibitions at the Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN, in 2011; the Clayton Center for the Arts at Maryville College in 2011; the Leu Art Gallery at Belmont University, Nashville, TN in 2009; and the Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY, in 2006. </p> Intersections: an exhibition of glass from Ball State <p><strong>February 3 - 25, 2017</strong></p><p>Ball State University Glick Center for Glass opened in fall 2011 and this relatively new program has made significant grown and national recognition with the support of fellow educators and artists using this medium. Joining Ball State University faculty and students in this exhibit are Jonathan Chapman and Kristin Thielking from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens-Point, and Eoin Breadon from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. It is through the intersections of Ball State University's students and their mentors that the glass program is evolving from its regional prominence to national recognition. The glass program, and the Glick Center for Glass at Ball State marks a return of glass production to Muncie. The university gets its name from the Ball brothers who had a food storage manufacturing business in New York and Muncie that made sealable glass jars for home canning – colloquially known as ball jars. In the 1880s glass manufacturing was moved from New York to Muncie due to an abundance of natural gas in the area. By 1917, the brothers had bought the foreclosed Indiana Normal University and gave it to the state of Indiana, creating what would become Ball State University.</p> Open Ended: films by Kevin Jerome Everson <p><strong>March 3 - 31, 2017</strong></p><p>With a sense of place and historical research, Kevin Jerome Everson's films combine scripted and documentary moments with rich elements of formalism. The subject matter is the gestures or tasks caused by certain physical, social-economic, and environmental conditions in the lives of working class African Americans and other people of African descent. Instead of standard realism he favors a strategy that abstracts everyday actions and statements into theatrical gestures, in which archival footage is re-edited or re-staged, real people perform fictional scenarios based on their own lives and historical observations intermesh with contemporary narratives. The films suggest the relentlessness of everyday life—along with its beauty—but also present oblique metaphors for art-making. This exhibition is in partnership with The Public Cinema and Big Ears music festival.</p> Breach: Alison Saar <p><strong>April 7 - 29, 2017</strong></p><p><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details">Alison Saar weaves narratives relating to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 into the mixed-media sculpture and paintings featured in Breach. Saar explores issues of gender, race, racism, and the African diaspora. She mines mythology, ritual, history, music, and her biracial heritage as sources for her work. </span>During a 2013 residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, Saar was dismayed to see how little had been done to rebuild African American communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina eight years earlier. Upon her return to Los Angeles, she began researching the histories of American floods and the effect on African Americans. The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, described as one of the wors<span class="text_exposed_show">t natural river disasters in U.S. history, piqued her interest. Heavy rains resulted in the river breaching levees, creating a historic catastrophe that had a profound impact on the life of African Americans living in the Mississippi Delta. The flood exposed the conditions of poor African American sharecroppers and tenant farmers and their relationship with cotton plantation owners. The flood also resulted in social, cultural, federal policy, and political changes. </span>With water imagery woven throughout, Breach is the culmination of Saar’s creative research on American rivers and their historical relationship to the lives of African Americans. Through mixed media sculpture, paintings, and works on paper, she explores floods not only as natural phenomena; but also the complex interaction of social, cultural, and political factors associated with flooding and its aftermath.</p> ARTSOURCE 2017 <p><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details">Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents.</span></p> Living On: Tennessee Survivors and Liberators <p><strong>June 2 - July 27, 2017</strong></p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Living On an exhibition of 24 portraits of holocaust survivors and liberators living in Tennessee by Robert Heller. Heller, a professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee since 1986, received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in photojournalism from Syracuse University. He taught photography and graphics for five years at the University of Miami, and was publications designer and photographer<span class="text_exposed_show"> at the State University of New York College at New Paltz, and Elmira College in New York. Heller also taught photography at The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York. His photographs have been selected for numerous juried exhibitions and he continues to do freelance work in both graphic design and photography. </span>Living On is a project of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, which is funded by an annual appropriation from the Tennessee State Legislature and by private donations. Assistance in the development of this documentary project was provided, as well, by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. The traveling exhibition was curated by Susan W. Knowles.</p><p> </p> Reprocessed <p><strong>August 4 - 19, 2017</strong></p><p>Reprocessed is an exhibition of art by three Knoxville artists who use found imagery and materials to create their unique pieces. The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to display woven work by Judi Gaston and mixed media pieces by Kelly Hider and Beth Meadows. <span class="text_exposed_show">Judi Gaston recalls as a child poring over books with photographs of exotic places. Now she seizes every opportunity to visit far away lands – Kenya, India, Peru, the Amazon Basin, Australia, Samoa… She tries to incorporate some of the contributions that these cultures have made, blending them in new and distinctive forms using old buttons, beads, patching, knotting and embroidery techniques in her woven clothing. Along with her wearable fashions, she also designs a recycled wearable art series. She likes making wearables that have a history of having lived previous lives. </span><span class="text_exposed_show">Beth Meadows‘ artwork is inspired by fashion and design, folk art, children’s books, and the strength, confidence, and beauty of women. She lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee. </span><span class="text_exposed_show">Kelly Hider was raised in Rochester, NY. She received her BFA from SUNY Brockport in 2007, and an MFA from the University of Tennessee in 2011. She is a founding member of the Vacuum Shop Studios, where her studio is currently located, and is Co-Chair of the Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit. Hider is the Gallery Coordinator at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and resides in Knoxville, TN.</span></p><p> </p> Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture <p><strong>September 1 - October 7, 2017</strong></p><p>Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, curated by Gabriele Evertz, examines the relationship between painting and architecture in a contemporary context through color, shape, and theory. The artists whose works are featured in this exhibition are: Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888–1976), Matthew Deleget (American, born 1972), Peter Dudek (American, born 1952), Cris Gianakos (Greek-American, born 1934), Michelle Grabner (American, born 1962), Lynne Harlow (American, born 1968), Changha Hwang (Korean, born 1969), Russell Maltz (American, born 1952), Rossana Martinez (Puerto Rican, born 1969), Kristine Marx (American, born 1969), and Manfred Mohr (German, born 1938). Their works link three-dimensional space and the picture plane to create radical new forms. </p> Morehshin Allahyari <p><strong>October 20 - November 22, 2017</strong></p><p>Morehshin Allahyari is an artist, activist, educator, and occasional curator. She is the recipient of the leading global thinkers of 2016 award by Foreign Policy magazine. Morehshin was born and raised in Iran and moved to the United States in 2007. Her work deals with the political, social, and cultural contradictions we face every day. She thinks about technology as a philosophical toolset to reflect on objects and as a poetic means to document our personal and collective lives struggles in the 21st century. Morehshin is the co-author of The 3D Additivist Cookbook in collaboration with writer/artist Daniel Rourke– (published on December 2016 online in 3DPDF format and in print by the Institute of Networked Cultures). Her modeled, 3D-printed sculptural reconstructions of ancient artifacts destroyed by ISIS, titled Material Speculation: ISIS, have received widespread curatorial and press attention and have been exhibited worldwide.</p> Nocturnal Suns <p><strong>December 1, 2017 - January 6, 2018</strong></p><p>An exhibition of work by 4 professors from the University of Tennessee School of Art: Emily Bivens, 4D; John Kelley, 4D, Mary Laube, painting; and John Powers, sculpture. </p> 2016 exhibitions There is no gallery selected or the gallery was deleted. 2011 - 2015 exhibitions 2011 Walter McConnell: Installation in Clay February 4 – 26, 2011 McConnell, who is well recognized for his large-scale, unfired ceramic sculptures will work with UT art students to construct this project. McConnell’s installations address the relationship between nature and culture – more specifically, the means through which contemporary culture constructs an understanding of nature. McConnell currently serves on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY. Seeing Things: Joel Carreiro March 4 – 26, 2011 Joel Carreiro’s work organizes and recomposes small squares of imagery borrowed from Renaissance paintings, European drawings and Medieval manuscripts and transforms them into large works on wood panels that create a new visual language entirely different from its original intent. Joel Carreiro is an artist based in New York City. Art of Poland April 1 – 30, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is especially pleased to present Art of Poland, the Collection of Ambassador & Mrs. Victor Ashe during the month of April and the Dogwood Arts Festival Celebration. This exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, folk art and glass works by some Poland’s leading artists working today such as Edvard Dwurnik, Stanislaw Borowski, Leszek Sokol and Michal Puszczynski among others. Victor Ashe, was mayor of Knoxville from 1987-2003 and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2004 until 2009. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2011 May 6 – 27, 2011 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, the Knox County Art Educators Exhibition has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. The exhibition has greatly increased awareness of the importance of art education in Knox County. This is the Downtown Gallery’s third year to host this exhibition, which includes, paintings, drawings, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video. Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series July 1 – August 13, 2011 Richard LeFevre taught graphic design and illustration courses at The University of Tennessee for 33 years and was the first graphic design faculty member hired by the School of Art. He continued his professional career while teaching at UT. One of his most enduring interests was the history of the Civil War. He served as President of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. Goes to Eleven: First Year MFA exhibition August 19 – 27, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. Exhibiting students were: Andrew Merriss, April Bachtel, Eric Cagley, Cierra Reppert, Daniel Ogletree, Hannah Skoonberg, Jennifer Scheuer, Jonathan Lisenby, Justin Clay, Tamra Hunt, and Victoria Buck. Scott Sherk: Mapping Sound September 2 – 30, 2011 Mapping Sound explores ideas about the representation of space through the use of sound. If sculpture is an exploration of space through form, in these works of sound sculpture, sound becomes the primary focus of the exploration of three-dimensional space. Scott Sherk is a sculptor who often works with sound. His work has been widely shown, including his Katonah Sound Project installation at the Katonah Museum of Art and several exhibitions at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. He has released several collections of field recorded and manipulated sounds. Click here to view installation images. Justin Randolph Thompson: The Pits October 7 – 28, 2011 The Pits is a multi-disciplinary installation and performance that investigates the political employment of sound, both in realm of propaganda and as protest, and the visual hierarchies of the architectural organization of theatre space. The orchestra is collaboration with students and faculty of the UT music department. Jazz musician, composer, and UT alum Jason Thompson will work with this group to create an 8-10 piece pit orchestra that will be conducted to perform a score that shifts from classical, triumphant marches, into the drum and flute sound of Black Power poets, through folk styles of spiritual praise, and finally into abrasive Hip Hop. Click here to view installation images. Unseen and other projects: Holly Zausner November 4 – 26, 2011 Holly Zausner’s work is about transformation through mediums both literal and metaphorical. For this body of work, she has transformed Unseen, a super 16 mm film made in 2007, which was shown at the Bode Museum, into a series of black, white, and colored collages. In the film “Unseen” the artist searches through key locations and museums in the city of Berlin attempting to find metaphorical space and literal rest for two rubber sculptures, one female and one male. As Zausner and her two rubbery protagonists move through the city, a non-linear narrative unfolds. They encounter sites central to the life of the city, like a bread factory and a newspaper plant, as well as historical sites, like a defunct amusement park in the former East. Zausner’s fascination with the imagery from the film compelled her to reexamine the content and the structure of the different scenes through collage. Using repetition and reconfiguration, the collages are a different way of exploring the act of filming, editing, and making the sound, which are all components that create the foundation and meaning of the collages. Click here to view installation images. Genus species: Ewing December 2, 2011 – January 15, 2012 Genus species: EWING focuses on selections from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Each work of art is united by a common subject matter — the Kingdom Anamalia. This exhibition includes art in all media — video, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and photography. Genus species: EWING includes works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Andy Warhol, Sue Coe, Eleanor Dickinson, Walter Haskell Hinton, Salvador Dali, Mark Steinmetz, Harrison Cady, Bessie Harvey, and Ed Westcott. A number of the pieces are also by current and former University of Tennessee art professors: Clark Stewart, Paul Lee, Beauvais Lyons, Byron McKeeby, and Diane Fox. 2012 Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers January 20 – February 25, 2012 This exhibition examines the state of contemporary printmaking in Japan, and challenges the traditional definitions of prints and printmaking. All of the participating artists received their formal training as printmakers and the production of multiples remains at the heart of their creative process. While utilizing tools and techniques of the printmaker, some of the artists now create work that has transitioned into forms that are associated with other media, such as sculpture, painting, and digital imaging. Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools, three utilize digital photography and technology, while the others pursue traditional and recognizable printmaking techniques. Each artist exhibited three to five works, resulting in a diverse selection of objects and images from the hands of an equally diverse group of artists, including men and women of various ages from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties. The artists reside and work in different regions throughout Japan, and the visual content of their work ranges anywhere from formal abstraction, to iterations of traditional Japanese cultural images. Co-curated by Ewing Gallery Director Sam Yates and Hideki Kimura, Chair of Printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple brings the best of contemporary Japanese printmaking to the United States. click here to view installation images. In Action: Mark Newport March 2 – 31, 2012 Artist Mark Newport creates hand-knit acrylic yarn recreations of hero costumes, prints of the artist in costume, and carved, costumed figure sculptures. The costumes are life size, wearable objects that hang limply on hangers. They challenge the standard muscular form of the hero and offer the space for someone to imagine himself or herself wearing the costume, therefore becoming the hero. Mark is an artist and educator living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is the Artist in Residence and Head of Fiber at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1986 and his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. Newport’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2012 March 2 – 31, 2012 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2012 April 2 – 14, 2012 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s feature exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3-D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by internationally recognized juror, Allen Peterson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA 2012: Vickie Phipps and Jon Purtill In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view work by Jon Purtill On Location Part I: Five Tennessee Plein Air Painters June 1 – 30, 2012 Plein air painting has a rich international tradition, and our regional Tennessee artists are part of that continuum. Mike C. Berry, manager of the UT Downtown Gallery, and a plein air painter himself, curated this exhibition. We are grateful to the artists who have so generously allowed their work to be shared with the Knoxville Community. The five featured artists were: Anne Blair Brown, Franklin, TN; Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN; Lori Putnam, Franklin, TN; Brett Weaver, Chattanooga, TN; and Dawn Whitelaw, Franklin, TN. Click here to view installation images. On Location Part II: Land Portrait July 6 – 27, 2012 Land Portrait features works from members of the Culture Laboratory Collective based upon their relationship with a particular place, landform, landscape, topography, or state of current residence. These pieces, when combined, serve as comprehensive land portraits. Translations of localities can act as reflections of communities continually in flux. The visual statements produced for this exhibition may provide a more complete understanding of who (and where) we are. The value of place and landscape is immeasurable. Memories from places can become etched in our minds and contextualized over time. This exhibit offers a view into a collective memory and re-locates interpretations of place into a public, conversational setting. Curated by Brian R. Jobe Click here to view installation images. Figurative Works on Paper from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection August 3 – 18, 2012 This exhibition featured figurative works on paper, including watercolors, drawings, photography, and printmaking. Notable works include: portraits by Chuck Close and Alice Neel, prints by Francisco Goya, Leon Golub, Kathe Kollwitz, Keith Haring, Luis Jiminez, and William Hogarth, and photography by Helmut Newton and Walker Evans. Also in the exhibition were works from School of Art professors, students, and visiting artists, past and present. These artists are, Baldwin Lee, Don Kurka, Eleanor Dickinson, Mark Steinmetz, and Joseph Delaney. Click here to view installation images. Sweetbreads August 23 – September 1, 2012 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. The following artists exhibited work: James Boychuck-Hunter, David Harman, Raluca Iancu, Kevin Kao, Alexandra Kirtley, Kevin Varney, and Thomas Wharton Click here to view installation images. The Legacy of James Randolph Denton September 7 – 8, 2012 A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), James Randolph Denton founded the Association for Creative Zoology in 1908 an effort to rebut the popularization of evolutionary theory in American public schools and universities. Working with the London publisher Everitt Ormsby Hokes, founder of Hokes Scholarly Lithography, Denton published two collections of color lithographs documenting the principle of animal hybridity, what he referred to as “zoomorphic juncture.” These were Rare Zoological Specimens and Ornithological Quadrupeds, both published in the 1920s, the second of which emulates the publications of the British naturalist John Gould. Arguing for Creation Science, Reverend Denton cited the unicorn and the dragon, each of which are mentioned in the King James Edition of the Bible, as examples of this phenomena. Denton argued that animal hybridity explained species diversity and disputed the principles of natural selection. Click here to view installation images. Pencil Pushed September 19 – October 28, 2012 In this exhibition, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The artists selected are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing. The diversity of the exhibition favored mid-career artists, but ranged from emerging to late. Featured artists in Pencil Pushed are: William Anastasi, William Pittman Andrews, Caroline Burton, Elisa D’Arrigo, Mary Reid Kelley, Sharon Louden, Jennifer Macdonald, Peter Mollenkof, Darcy Brennan Poor, Bill Richards, Beatrice Riese, Hilda Shen, Drew Shiflett, Stephen Talasnik, and Sam Vernon Click here to view installation images. Based on a True Story November 1 – November 21, 2012 Curated by New York artist Joel Carreiro, Based on a True Story features work by artists who use narrative in a variety of ways. This exhibition includes 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as video projections. Matthew Garrison is based in Reading, PA; Yeon Jin Kim lives and works in New York, and Chris Miner is based in Memphis, TN. Click here to view installation images. Capstone 2012 November 27 – 30, 2012 The Capstone course is a requirement for all BFA Studio Art majors. Students take Capstone in the final semester of their BFA degree. During Capstone students engage in a self-initiated research project to demonstrate that a graduating senior has learned and can practice the skills and concepts of a chosen concentration (2D, 3D, 4D). The Capstone also demonstrates the student’s ability to intellectualize and articulate issues and ideas about contemporary art. Successful completion of the Capstone course is a requirement of graduation. The UT Downtown Gallery is excited to present the work of 5 graduating seniors in this year’s capstone exhibition. Exhibiting students are: Sarah Crumley, Kayla Courtoy, David Holland, Bill Warden, and Catherine Widner. Click here to view installation images. Revealed: Pat Badt and Paul Briggs December 7, 2012 – January 18, 2013 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Revealed, an exhibition of paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculptures by Paul Briggs. The paintings and sculptures share a similar modesty in size, creating an approachable and intimate relationship between object and viewer. The work is meditative in process. Lines and leaf-forms vary in length, color, orientation, and proximity to the next. It is repetitive, yet unique. Click here to view installation images. 2013 Northern Exposure January 23 – 25, 2013 In the summer of 2013, six students accompanied Ewing Gallery director, Sam Yates to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, and Washington DC. They visited major art museums, had studio visits with artists, and learned about the contemporary art world. The work on display was inspired by their travels. The exhibiting students are, Alexandra Gellis, Eric Cagley, Brandon Donahue, Sarah Campbell, Jessica Beeler, and Kelly Householder. Click here to view installation images. Chad Curtis: Panorama of Desire February 1 – 23, 2013 Chad D. Curtis is an artist and technologist living and working in Philadelphia. Drawing inspiration from both digital technology and homebrew DIY makers, Curtis’s work examines the abstraction of materiality in the digital age and the effects of high technology on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment. Curtis has exhibited internationally, including more than fifty solo and group exhibitions in the past ten years. He holds an M.F.A. from Alfred University and is an Associate Professor at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Click here to view installation images. William Lamson: Fieldwork March 1 – 2, 2013 William Lamson is a Brooklyn-based artist who works in video, photography, performance, and sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a number of private collections. Since graduating from the Bard M.F.A. program in 2006, his work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, P.S.1 MOMA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, among others. Lamson is currently working on two installations for Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2013 March 25 – April 6, 2013 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by nationally recognized juror, Durant Thompson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Durant Thompson is an Associate Professor of sculpture in the Department of Art at the University of Mississippi. In 1997, Durant received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and in 2001 he earned an MFA in Sculpture from Louisiana State University. He has also worked at The Johnson Atelier School of Technical Sculpture in New Jersey and at the University of Southern Mississippi as a technician and instructor before accepting his current position. Click here to view installation images. MFA: Greg Daiker, Alex Merchant, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view installation images for Daiker and Merchant. Click here to view installation images for O’Barr and Ward. ARTSOURCE 2013 May 3 – 18, 2013 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Knoxville Watercolor Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition June 7 – 29, 2013 The KWS celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of works by the current members as well as highlighting the founding members: Robert Birdwell, Ted Burnett, Richard Clarke, Kermit “Buck” Ewing, George Galloway, Martha Godwin, Arlene Goff, David Joyner, Josephine Mayo, Margaret Scanlan, Walter “Holly” Stevens, Carl Sublett, and Betsy Worden. Click here to view installation images. Print Resonance July 5 – 27, 2013 Fifty graduate students and faculty members at five universities: the University of Alberta, Canada; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; Silpakorn University, Thailand and Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan created prints specifically for this project. The participating artists made their prints on the same size paper, allowing the viewer to focus on the image, rather than the scale of the work. The audience is encouraged to consider the artistic expression from each university and to find commonality across geographic and cultural borders, as the printmakers share ideas about their own interests, lives, and values. The works were created using various print techniques, which include inkjet, etching, drypoint, chine-colle, lithography, woodcut, intaglio and blind printing. This portfolio is a limited edition of 10 copies, two for each of the five universities, with the goal of further development of printmaking education around the globe. Click here to view installation images. 20 Years After August 2 – 24, 2013 This exhibition features the work of 14 MFA artists from the UTK School of Art Class of 1993. Artists will be displaying work that is current or important in their journey in fine arts over the last 20 years. The UT MFA program attracts students from different regions of the United States as exemplified in this exhibition, which include artists from Mississippi, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Artists included in the exhibition: Scott Palmer — Ceramics, Annette Bongers – Ceramics, Melody Reeves — Printmaking, Rob Tarbell — Painting, Eric Fracassi — Sculpture, David Deitrick — Graphic Design, Eric Smith — Graphic Design, Joel House — Sculpture, Melanie McLaughlin — Graphic Design, Kris Rehring Jones — Graphic Design, Debi Henry Danielson — Painting, Brad Cantrell — Ceramics, Laurie Robichaux — Ceramics, Earl Watson — Graphic Design. Click here to view installation images. Echo of the Object September 6 – 26, 2013 Echo of the Object is an exhibition featuring work by Ball State faculty members: Hannah Barnes, Jennifer Halvorson, David Hannon, and Jacinda Russell. This exhibition brings together several series of works in drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Each body of work explores how objects of symbolic or personal significance play a role in the construction of memory, identity, and meaning. The metaphor of containment is a consistent theme in each artist’s work, both in the use of objects whose literal function is to contain (bags, jars, boxes), and also in the suggestion that seemingly insignificant objects have a certain capacity to become filled with meaning. Time, humor, absurdity, the domestic, and the everyday are additional themes this exhibition will seek to explore. Click here to view installation images. Ossuary: A project by Lorrie Beth Clarke October 4 – 26, 2013 Three hundred artists have contributed to Ossuary. Their work, in many media, includes single bones, clusters of bones, and art works inspired by, using, or playing with the idea of bones. These bones are political statements and personal elegies, memorials to individuals and statements about mortality. They represent connections to our ancestors and/or to our descendants. Some works are serious and some use bones in a completely playful manner. Ossuary was developed in response to the repositories of bones that have accrued in countries like Cambodia and Rwanda, but Ossuary is not a project about those traumas. Rather, Ossuary offers a poignant counter-image to mass violence. It is a project about the hope that art brings. Ossuary is a cumulative traveling project. It began in Madison, Wisconsin. Artists interested in contributing bones to future exhibitions should write to [email protected]. This relational project was initiated and developed by the artist Laurie Beth Clark. Clark, who is a Professor in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin, has shown work in galleries, museums, theatres, and public spaces in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Click here to view installation images. AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio November 1 – 16, 2013 This is the first digitally produced portfolio published by American Abstract Artists. All past portfolios—1937, 1987, 1997—were produced using various forms of lithography and means of transferring image to plate. Unlike traditional printmaking, the digital inkjet process does not involve a physical matrix from which ink is transferred to paper. This marks both a technical and a conceptual shift in printmaking. Our choice of the medium situates this portfolio squarely in the current century and is an indication of the group’s forward momentum. The artists were asked to provide a digital file meeting predetermined specifications, yet no restrictions were placed on how the file could be created. The digital process enabled a wide variety of approaches that include abstract and documentary photography, scanning of flat-work made expressly for the project, digital compositing and image manipulation, as well as the use of vector-based software and hand-coded algorithms. The results are as varied as the artists’ individual sensibilities. Click here to view installation images. AIR 30th Anniversary Exhibition December 6, 2013 – January 10, 2014 Begun after the retirement of painting professor Carl Sublett, the Artist-in-Residence Program enriches a student’s experience further by regularly bringing new artists from outside the university who are active in the contemporary gallery and museum arenas. Each semester an invited resident artist teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in the painting and drawing curriculum. The AIR program has been highly successful in making a direct connection to the marketplace of ideas that surrounds art centers such as New York City, Chicago, and LA. The artists we bring to campus represent a spectrum of current sensibilities in painting and drawing holding sway in the art world today. This exhibition features work from past participating artists from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection. Click here to view installation images. 2014 Death Rock City: Dannielle Tegeder January 24 – February 28, 2014 Featuring new and recent work, Death Rock City examines how New York artist Dannielle Tegeder challenges the two-dimensional boundaries of traditional painting through the integration of animation, sculpture into her work. Dannielle Tegeder earned her BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has had solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston and participated in numerous group exhibitions at PS1/MoMA, The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.Her work is in the collections of a number of museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Click here to view installation images. New Topology: Paul Krainak March 7 – March 29, 2014 Topology employs elements of early modern logic and its attendant forms in art and technology. It considers aesthetic and industrial incentives originating in rural America and calls into question modernism’s strictly urban mythology. Grids, cruciforms, and wood grain details are embedded in extended patterns calling to mind Constructivist and Bauhaus Schools’ principals of industrial hybridity and utopianism. But the site of industry here is agriculture with distilled forms taken from domestic textile design, land management diagrams, and vernacular architecture. Paul Krainak is an artist, critic, and Chair of the Art Department at Bradley University. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2014 April 4 – 19, 2014 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists will be selected by esteemed professor, Laticia Bajuyo, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA Exhibition: Eric Cagley April 21-25, 2014 Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2014 May 2 – May 22, 2014 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Marion Greenwood in Tennessee June 6 – August 9, 2014 Marion Greenwood in Tennessee features her mural of the history of Tennessee music painted for the University Center at the University of Tennessee in 1954; “The Partnership of Man and Nature,” a WPA mural painted in 1940, graciously loaned by the Crossville, TN Post Office; preparatory sketches loaned by UT Special Collections; and lithographs from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Click here to view installation images. Ask Me, I can Help. August 22 – 23, 2014 An exhibition of the incoming class of 2017 MFA candidates. Twelve student artists feature their current work as they begin their graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, School of Art. Exhibiting students are: Corinna Ray, Anna Wehrwein, Jing Qin, Josh Shorey, Jessica Gatlin, Abigail Lucien, Elysia Mann, Adam Higgins, Meg Erlewine, Geoff Silvis, Chris Spurgin, and Bailey Davenport. Click here to view installation images. AIR of UT September 5 – 27, 2014 AIR of UT is an exhibition of the Limited Box Edition project, curated by artists Wade Guyton ’95, Josh Smith ’98, and Meredyth Sparks ’94. The Limited Box Edition project is part of a fundraising campaign to support the School of Art’s Artist-in-Residence in Painting and Drawing program. Now in its 32nd year, the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program enriches a student’s experience by bringing a different artist to spend the semester teaching undergraduate and graduate students. The resident artists are selected because they have launched successful careers in the contemporary gallery and museum world nationally and internationally. They furnish students with significant role models and faculty with new professional connections beyond Knoxville. Each of the organizing alumni — Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith — benefited from this program, and have asked their former School of Art peers as well as past Artists in Residence to contribute images to the three curated portfolios making up the Limited Box Edition. AIR of UT and the Limited Box Edition is a celebration of the legacy and impact of the Artist in Residence program on the School of Art and its graduates. Click here to view installation images. DeWitt Godfrey: Drawings, Proposals, Plans, Models, Diagrams, Documents October 3 – 31, 2014 DeWitt Godfrey is a Professor of sculpture in the department of Art and Art History at Colgate. Godfrey completed his undergraduate work at Yale University, was a member of the inaugural group of CORE Fellows at the MFA Houston, and received his MFA from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship, a Japan Foundation Artist’s Fellowship, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Fellowship. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. His commissioned work includes “Concordia” for Lexarts, Lexington, KY; “Waverly Place” Cambridge Arts Council; “Greenwich South” a visioning exercise by the Downtown Alliance, New York, NY and installations at Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI; The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and the Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Click here to view installation images. Louis Chan: My Home November 7 – 26, 2014 My Home is an on-going project aimed to help define my identity as a Chinese American and attempt to preserve generations of memories and experiences of Chinese immigrants through photography. My Home serves as a contemporary marker for Chinese Americans to reflect on the hopes, dreams, and sacrifices made for them by older generations in order for their children to have a chance of a better life in America. Click here to view installation images. Of A Feather December 5, 2014 – January 15, 2015 Artists throughout history have found inspiration in the form of birds. Man imbued birds with mystical and religious meaning due to their fascinating ability to exist in two worlds – the earthly world, and the sky, or heavenly realm. Drawn primarily from the Ewing Gallery’s permanent collection, Of a Feather features works from historic and contemporary artists who represent birds in a diverse assortment of styles. While some artists approach the bird as studies of simplified form others utilize strategies of space and distance to take a more poetic or analytical look at the economic and social issues attached to birds. Works range from hyperrealism to whimsical to abstract. This exhibition incorporates a number of artists of artists from New York and Chicago including Keith Haring, Michael Kirk, Keith Long, Diane Churchill, and Laurie Hogin; regional artists, Howard Finster, Todd Johnson, Kelly Hider, Heather Middlebrooks, Gary Monroe, and Richard Jolley, as well as distinguished faculty from the University of Tennessee – Jered Sprecher, Diane Fox, Beauvais Lyons, Marcia Goldenstein, Don Kurka, Bill Kennedy, Clark Stewart and Byron McKeeby. The artworks on display consider themes of scientific inquiry, symbolism, environmental consciousness, and the rituals of birding, among others. The exhibition is in tribute to the late artist Ellen Lanyon who often used images of birds in her art. Click here to view installation images. 2015 Paul Sacaridiz: Configurations January 23 – February 28, 2015 The work in this exhibition explores the non-objective and propositional quality that sculpture can have, and the ways in which we can understand something devoid of specificity and illustration. Presented on custom-built risers and linear structures, individual components are often physically or conceptually networked together with arrangements of objects ranging from the random and chaotic to the precise and articulate. Through careful positioning and intentional framing the works are suggestive of abstracted models and diagrammatic systems that allude to a sculptural logic that is both pragmatic and allusive at the same time. Click here to view installation images. Time and Again: Ruth Weisberg March 6 – 27, 2015 Ruth Weisberg has been an important influence on printmaking both as an artist and educator. Her creative activity and scholarship encompasses not only studio production in printmaking, painting, and drawing, but central and influential articles, essays and book chapters that have played a vital role in advancing print theory. Her 1986 essay “Syntax of the Print” published in the Tamarind Papers is frequently assigned to students in printmaking programs and remains relevant almost 30 years after it was first published. As one of her nominators, Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Printmaking at the Art Institute of Chicago, praised not only her work as a printmaker and draftsman, he also emphasized her writings as an important contribution to the field of printmaking. Ruth Weisberg is 2015 recipient of the SGC International Printmaker Emeritus Award. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2015 April 3 – 17, 2015 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Strangers and Stand-Ins: Sunita Prasad April 22-25, 2015 The three works on display express my desire to distill and undermine normative expectations about which behaviors and expressions are appropriate for whom. A choreographic example can be found in Presumptuous?, an ongoing video series shot in cities around the world which disrupts the codes of urban co-existence by inserting hyper-intimate and often queer interactions into public space. Click here to view installation images. The Civil War Series: Richard J. Lefevre May 1 – June 27, 2015 Richard J. LeFevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of United States Civil War (1861 – 1865) through works on paper that depict 32 of the war’s most significant battles. By combining his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, LeFevre used inventive mixed-media techniques to create these powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that terrible and definitive era. Click here to view installation images. Land Report July 3 – 31, 2015 Jason S. Brown, Brian R. Jobe, David L. Jones, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell The Land Report Collective deals with landscape in fundamental ways and as a foundational reference point. Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. Jobe crafts meeting places for public interaction through the delineation of pathways and works with brick and wood. Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation. Click here for installation images. Life in Light: An Exhibition of Poems in Paintings August 7 – 15, 2015 Life in Light is an exhibition of paintings inspired by the poetry of local doctor, Humayun Kabir. Dr. Kabir’s poetry has been transformed into image by Bangladeshi artist, Mostafiz Karigar. Click here for installation images. Non-Exempt: A Staff Exhibition September 4 – 26, 2015 Our hardworking staff members step out from behind the scenes and exhibit what they work on when they’re not at work. Media and subject matter were not stipulated at the outset of this exhibition. The pieces on display, therefore, represent an honest ‘work sample’ from a talented segment of the UT community in the School of Art and College of Architecture and Design whose artistic skills might otherwise remain unrecognized outside of their duties as staff members. Devin Balara – Metal Shop Tech, Sculpture/Installation; Mike C. Berry – UT Downtown Gallery Manager, Painting; Eric Cagley – Ewing Gallery Staff, Painting; Debbie Cooper – School of Art Staff, Quilting; Heather Eades– Media Pool, Painting; Jeremy Hammond– Wood Shop Manager, Sculpture; Tally Locke – Fab Lab Manager, Sculpture; Sarah McFalls – Ewing Gallery Staff, Multi-media installation; Hannah Shimabukuro –Printmaking Tech, Installation/photography; Jason Tyler -School of Art Media Tech, Photography Click here for installation images. Lorrie Fredette: between locations October 2 – 31, 2015 Lorrie Fredette creates site-specific investigations that examine beauty, harmony, and comfort to comprehend the incomprehensible aspects of infection, pandemic and the plague. Her pieces have been exhibited nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe. Exhibition venues include Cynthia –Reeves Project (Brattleboro, VT), Art Southampton (Southampton, NY), Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), Bank of America Headquarters (Charlotte, NC) Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis, MA) and Jyvaskyla Art Museum (Jyvaskyla, Finland) Fredette holds a BFA in sculpture from the Herron School of Art / Indiana University. Cynthia-Reeves in New York represents her work. Click here for installation images. John Messinger November 6 – 28, 2015 John Messinger combines elements of photography and tapestry to create large-scale, 3-dimensional mixed media artworks. His body of work consists of thousands of individual 3.25 x 4.25 inch instant photographs assembled together to create photographic tapestries that examine the proliferation and ubiquity of the photograph in the digital age. Inspired by the notions of singularity and time, Messinger combines hundreds of varying images and transforms them into a single experience. His work fuses indexical and abstract imagery to question the notion of photography, photographer, and subject. Click here for installation images. You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel December 4 – January 29, 2016 The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since. Click here for installation images. 2004-2010 exhibitions 2004 Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney September 11 – October 30, 2004 Like Lloyd Branson, Catherine Wiley, and his brother Beauford Delaney, Joseph Delaney was a Knoxville-born artist who gained international recognition. Inaugurating The University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery, Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney highlights some 60 works that demonstrate Joseph’s interest in urban life – parades, public parks, architecture and street scenes. The George & Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection November 6 – December 19, 2004 Created by Beauvais Lyons, Professor of Art and Director of the Hokes Archives at The University of Tennessee, The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection presents fictitious contemporary folk art. As the “exhibition curator,” Lyons created all the artworks and designed biographical text panels with photographic portraits of each of the 11 imaginary artists. Included are enamel painted records by Lucas Farley, Arthur Middleton’s portrait paintings of American presidents, velvet paintings of brides by Charlotte Black, Max Pritchard’s hand-painted religious tracts on cereal boxes, Rufus Martinez’s ceramic face jugs, and Lester Coleman Dowdy’s “limberjack” puppets. This irrelevant exhibition emulates folk art, and at the same time, it ironically imitates museum conventions. 2005 Gregg Schlanger: Holston River Diaries January 12 – March 8, 2005 Created by Gregg Schlanger, Holston River Diaries is a two-part exhibition that links the communities of Emory, VA and Knoxville, TN – the first being near the headwaters of the Holston River and later being nears its confluence with the French Broad River, thus forming the Tennessee River. The exhibition’s second part continued at Emory & Henry College’s 1912 Gallery. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Walker Evans’ Photographs March 11 – April 17, 2005 Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work Let Us Now Praise Famous Men served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s Depression. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jennifer Leach, Printmaking April 20 – Apr 27, 2005 Graphic Design Senior Show April 30 – May 6, 2005 Senior Graphic Design Students display their design work and attend the opening to meet and greet potential clients and employers Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City June 16 – September 3, 2005 In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project – a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the “atomic” city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside the fenced boundaries. Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott’s photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated. Enduring: The Social Conscience of Eleanor Dickinson September 10 – November 5, 2005 Eleanor Dickinson, a native of Knoxville, TN, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1952, becoming one of the department’s first graduates. One year later, she moved to California and began redefining her process of creating traditional figure drawings via strong emotions. Since then, Dickinson has maintained a life-long commitment to the human form and has responded to intense moments of human existence, ranging from the experiences of Pentecostal Southerners, to the ecstasies of lovers, to the trials of the homeless, to the sufferings of AIDS victims. Alternative Typestyles: An Homage to Vernacular Letterforms Nov 12 – Dec 20, 2005 Alternative Typestyles features original art by exhibition creator Matt Tullis, including hand-drawn typefaces, unique collected fonts, and wall-mounted sculptures based on the assemblage of typographic artifacts. Individual photographic prints of vintage letterforms and signs are also featured. 2006 Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart January 7 – February 25, 2006 Over the past 40 years, educator F. Clark Stewart has impacted the lives and maturation of countless aspiring young artists at the University of Tennessee. Many former students directly credit him for their own success as professional artists and teachers. His contributions as both a dedicated teacher and a cognizant, active member of the university community are immeasurable. The goal of Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart is, however, to celebrate the achievements and work of the artist. The works on exhibition, as with his tenure at the university, span 40 years. Clark never strays far from his primary subject – the human figure- or his primary interest – the human narrative. Art movements, like fashion, have developed and faded with time, but Clark has remained steadfast in his commitment to figurative art and its ability to create mystery and a range of emotional responses. Unfiltered: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers March 3 – April 1, 2006 Since 1924, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has mounted an annual exhibition that recognizes excellence in book design and production. Books are entered in categories such as trade, reference, juvenile, university and museum publications, and also limited edition and special-format books. The exhibition includes books and book covers designed in 2004. Esteemed jurors selected winners from more than 920 entries. Jurors included; Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, John Fulbrook III, Simon & Schuster, New York, Sara Gillingham, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Julia Hasting, Phaidon, New York and Cheryl Towler Weese (chair) Studio Blue, Chicago. MFA Thesis Exhibition: “Valuistics: The Making of” by James Greene April 7 – April 14, 2006 The print Installation is both a display of James Greene’s valuistics as well as a printed history of the word itself. With ”the Making Of,” Greene – a former grocery store clerk and retail employee – reveals his own consumer politics (contradictions and all) by symbolizing and accounting for each of his consumer decisions. The installation is a scale re-creation of Greene’s home, family, and friends printed on pink insulation board and installed in the Downtown Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ryan O’Mara April 19 – 26, 2006 The work consists of large abstract ink drawings and paintings some measuring more than 20 feet long. “Abstraction has the ability to exist in a realm of non-logic, idealism and an absence of a system. In my work I change this theoretical space into a physical image, thereby defining the gray”, says O’Mara. AGIA Poster Design Show Apr 28 – May 10, 2006 Three Design Students from the University of Tennessee were included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Poster Competition. 30 posters were exhibited from national and international designers. Portrait of Self May 13 – June 3, 2006 Portrait of Self is a community arts project of the Knox County after-school program Shade of Development led by artist and educator Diane Hovis. Created by African American children and adults, the drawings, prints, and photographs on view explore each individual’s sense of self. These visual works are interpretations of written responses to questions posed by Hovis and recorded in journals kept by each participant. Thresholds: Expressions of Art & Spiritual Life June 23 – Aug 4, 2006 New York critic Eleanor Heartney has curated an exhibition that showcases the diversity of both art media and religious beliefs in the work of over fifty artists from five southern states, including Tennessee. This is a joint exhibition, on view simultaneously in both the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery. Drawings from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China August 25 – October 11, 2006 30 figure drawings from students at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee School of Art Professor, Tom Reising. The Color of Diaspora: Afro-Ecuadorian Images October 20 – November 24, 2006 40 black and white photographs of the Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Organized by University of Tennessee History Professor William Dewey. Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland December 1 – December 22, 2006 Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland An exhibition organized and curated by Beauvais Lyons, which includes 30 prints by Contemporary Artist from Poland working in Printmaking. 2007 Reverberating Echoes: The Art of Indian Artist M.R. Renjan January 5 – February 24, 2007 Black and white ink paintings by Indian Artist M.R. Renjan. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee graduate student, Shaurya Kumar. Shelter: A Mixed Media Installation Mar 2 – 31, 2007 An exhibition organized through the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA by sculpture professor Tulu Bayer and paining professor Xiaoze Xie. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Lin Lee April 2 – 9, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Tea Kim Kasor April 10 – 17, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Shaurya Kumar April 18- 23, 2007 Human Rights Portfolio from South Africa May 4 – June 8, 2007 Hunt Clark & Deborah McClary June 15 – August 3, 2007 Recent collaborative work by Tennessean sculptors, graduates of the UT School of Art. The mixed media piece consists of multiple video projections on Plexiglas suspended from the ceiling, and a white ceramic life-sized sculpture of a calf being roped around its neck. Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition August 10 – September 7, 2007 This International Traveling exhibition of small sculptures from around the world show how artists have handled the challenges of space and scale dictated by sixe of a shoebox. An invitation only exhibition, this exhibit has attracted a large number of well – known artists from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Argentina, Cuba, Australia, Korea, Japan, Chia, Thailand, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico. AIGA 365 September 14 – Oct 5, 2007 The 2006 juried selection of the best communications design produced in 2005. 365 is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began 90 years ago. By means of competitions, AIGA creates a chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. Jean Hess & Jeffrey Morton: Reverie October 12 – November 7, 2007 This two-person exhibition consists of recent works by Knoxville-based painter Jean Hess and Chattanooga-based painter Jeffery Morton. Hess’ work addresses dream, recollection, nostalgia, and memory with an emphasis on obscure imagery, dissolving texts, and marks and natural forms suffused with light. Jeffery Morton explores images of wind, electricity, twilight, humidity, photosynthesis, and pollen juxtaposed against creatures in flight. Lineages November 16 – December 20, 2007 This exhibition of ceramics explores the pathway and influences of the academic ceramicist. UT professors of ceramics, their spouses, and their mentors will all have work on display. Artists included are; University of Tennessee School of Art professors Sally Brogden and Frank Martin, their spouses Todd Johnson and Polly Martin, and mentors John and Susanne Stephenson, and Ken Ferguson. 2008 Crave January 4 – February 1, 2008 An exhibition initiated by former UT School of Art Artist in Residence, Pinkney Herbert, and organized by Memphis Arts Organization Delta Axis. InCrave these six artists use paint and photographs to explore craving, yearning, longing for, or hankering after. Their diverse work is unified by an attachment to charged images and obsessive processes that speak to this underlying appetite or “craving.” Artist included in the exhibition are, Joel Carreiro, Betsy Chaffin, Amanda Sparks, Thomas Weaver, and Brian Wood. Corapeake February 15 – March 29, 2008 This exhibition showcases an award-winning documentary, by Kendall Messick, about the town of Corapeake in North Carolina. The exhibit uses oral narratives, black and white photography, and artifacts to describe and commemorate the lives led by now-elderly African-American inhabitants of this small, rural town. This film has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Wake Forest University, UVA, and many other reputable venues. MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Crystal Wagner and Katherine Nanfro April 4 – 19, 2008 Graphic Design Senior Show April 24 – 26, 2008 Air Box May 2 – 28, 2008 An exhibition by Korean artist Dong-Yong Lee, 2007-08 UT Artist in Residence Carl Sublett: Image Tracks June 2 – 29, 2008 A retrospective view of Carl Sublett’s art by his son, Eric Objectionable Action July 3 – 19, 2008 Objectionable Action represents an art exchange with participants from around the country. Oorganized by two University of Tennessee alumni, Lee Marchalonis and Jessica Meyer, Objectionable Action features other University of Tennessee graduates now residing throughout the United States. The Beauty of Holiness: The Art of Arnold Schwarzbart July 25 – August 16, 2008 Schwarzbart is a Judaic artist who lives in Knoxville. He has worked for over eighteen years designing and producing ceremonial objects as well as donor recognition walls and decorative wall pieces for Jewish organizations throughout the United States. My Home Town: Images of New York City by Baldwin Lee August 22 – September 20, 2008 Photographic images documenting New York City both pre and post 9/11 by New York native, and UT School of Art professor of photography, Baldwin Lee. Lee is the recipient of three Guggenheim and NEA grants. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Global Mapping September 26 – October 18, 2008 Andrea Loefke, a Brooklyn, New York and Leipzig, Germany-based artist creates hierarchies in which events and narratives compete and communicate. The groupings of objects and their placement within a particular space become a journey of discovery. Future States: Atlas Recent works by Pennsylvania mixed-media artist Dan Mills. This group of drawings addresses issues of American imperialism and globalization. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Compassionate Voices: Issues of Animal Rights October 24 – November 15, 2008 Compassionate Voices: The Art of Sue Coe, Maia Dery, Diane Fox, and Jack Ketner These artists address issues of animal treatment and exploitation. Lyrical Tableaux by Conley Harris Nov 21 – Dec 20, 2008 Inspired by his many trips to India, Boston-based painter Conley Harris pays tribute to the history of Indian paintings while using it to explore questions of composition, figure/ground relationship, and other painterly issues. 2009 American Institute of Graphic Arts January 2 – 31, 2009 AIGA, the professional association for design, creates an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing and the value of design. AIGA’s suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today. Alicia Henry: The Walk Damond Howard: Still America’s Greatest Problem February 6 – 28, 2009 African American artists Alicia Henry, Nashville, TN, and Damon Howard, Orangeburg, SC, examine issues of identity, heritage and gender in American society. Henry, who holds an MFA from Yale University, and Howard, who holds an MFA from the University of Florida, have been nationally recognized for their poignant art. Beyond Surface: Paintings by Tom Riesing and Allen Cox March 6 – 21, 2009 Although one an abstractionist and one a realist, Knoxville painters Allen Cox and Tom Riesing focus on the “surface” in this exhibit. This exhibition was curated by Sam Yates and the artists. University of Cincinnati / University of Tennessee Art Exchange March 25 – April 4, 2009 This exhibition will feature new work by graduate students representing all disciplines—2-D, 3-D, and media. The exhibition will be on view concurrently at The University of Tennessee 1010 Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jessie Van der Laan April 7-12, 2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Hilary Williams April 17 – 24, 2009 Art Source 2009 May 1-31, 2009 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity in their students. The Knox County Art Educators’ Exhibition gives these teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Japan International Artists Society Exhibition June 5- July 2, 2009 324 works of art by 305 Society members who create in various media ranging from traditional Japanese calligraphy and ceramics to contemporary landscapes and abstraction is on exhibit here and in the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Face It: Contemporary Portraiture July 15 – August 8, 2009 A national juried competition open to artists from all media and backgrounds. Dr. Carl Gombert, Associate Professor of Art at Maryville College, was the juror for the exhibition. Michael Aurbach: The Administrator August 14 – September 12, 2009 This exhibition featured the work of noted sculptor Michael Aurbach who serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Curated by Sam Yates. Beyond Surface: Contemporary Ceramics Artists September 18 – October 17, 2009 This exhibition featured the art of eight east coast ceramicists. The works on view represent the variety of techniques and concepts found in the ceramics field today. Contemporary Taiwanese Artist HoJang Liu Oct 23 – Nov 28, 2009 This exhibition featured the photographic work of HoJang Liu, a Taiwanese artist who lives in Taipei. Intimate Source: The Artist’s Sketchbook Dec 4, 2009 – January 2, 2010 Much of the development for an artwork happens well before the brush meets canvas, the hand meets clay, or the finger meets camera shutter. These preliminary inspirations and concepts go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated. This exhibit brings to light the methods artists employ to inform themselves of the possibilities for their as yet unrealized works. Curated by former Ewing Gallery staff member Timothy Massey, Director of the Tower Fine Arts Gallery at SUNY Brockport. 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition January 15 – February 20, 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition continues a tradition begun by the University of Hawai‘i Department of Art. By invitation only, this exhibition is comprised of 81 sculptures by artists from 14 countries and includes “Meta Physical #4” by Knoxville artist Richard Jolley. The small format of the works in the exhibition, with the subsequent ease and economy of handling, provides exposure to a broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture. These triennial exhibitions were initiated as an attempt to incorporate a variety of multicultural traditions and a range of sculptural ideas, styles, and materials. Deliquesence and Other Transformations: The Photography of Robert Creamer March 5 – 27, 2010 In his recent series of photographic studies of botanical subjects, Maryland artist Robert Creamer blends his interests in technology and the aging process. These photographic images, captured using a digital flatbed scanner, began as an investigation into the revelatory power of technology. Although the scanner is a tool that enhances Creamer’s ability to observe, it is not the apparatus, per se, that interests him most. Moreover, these images are about time, transformation, and transitions. Dali Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy June 4 – July 9, 2010 The exhibition represents Dali’s visual interpretation of Dante’s literary masterpiece The Divine Comedy, chronicling Dante Alighieri’s symbolic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Salvador Dalí was one of the most well known of the surrealist artists who concentrated on depicting the unconscious and subconscious mind. Dalí labored for nine years to produce a series of 100 watercolors as illustrations to Dante’s classic epic, with each print depicting a verse from the poem. His paintings were reproduced by Jean Estrade of Les Heured Claires and released as a limited edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth in 1265. This collection of work was generously donated to the University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery by UT alumnus and businessman Gary Johnson. Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out July 16 – August 14, 2010 Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out, is a unique installation of video, films, and multi-image performance works by Norman Magden, School of Art Professor of 4D Arts.The exhibition’s title, THROUGH A TRANSPARENT LENS INSIDE OUT, refers to the time based images displayed and Magden’s focus on transparent and super imposed images to create a mesmerizing effect. The exhibition is a quasi-retrospective showcasing earlier work alongside more recent pieces. Fresh Pickins August 20 – 28, 2010 The First Year Graduate Show is held annually to commemorate the acceptance of the Student’s candidacy for Graduate work at the University of Tennessee, by which the public becomes acquainted with the newest of the Fine art Graduate students. Exhibiting students were: Alex McClurg, Natalie Harrison, Brandon Donahue, Gretchen Bundy, Alex Merchant, Greg Daiker, Kelly Porter, Alicia Faciane, Hannah Short, Jessica Anderson, Ashton Ludden, Clifton Riley, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward. Happens Everyday September 3 – 25, 2010 Happens Everyday features a wall painting/installation by UT Professor David Wilson, who joined the faculty in 1985, and Chicago artist Pamela Fraser, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1999. Everything Shines October 1 – 30, 2010 Everything Shines features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Marcia Goldenstein, who joined the faculty in 1976, and New York artist Julia Jacquette, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1995. Pictures Hold Us Captive November 5 – 24, 2010 Pictures Hold Us Captive features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Jered Sprecher, who joined the faculty in 2006, and New York artist Carrie Moyer, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 2001. Walter Haskell Hinton: The Golden Age of Illustration December 3 – January 15, 2011 This collection of work includes original drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings representing an array of clients during his prolific career as an illustrator. Some of Mr. Hinton’s clients include, Outdoor Life Magazine, Sports Afield magazine, Mammoth Western Magazine, The John Deere and Company, Fairmont Railways, and Washington National Insurance Co. 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0.997736	Frankfurt is Germany's fifth most populous city that has amazing modern skyscrapers. It is the financial, business, transportation and cultural hub of Germany with one of the world's busiest airports and Europe's largest airport Frankfurt Airport. It also hosts one of the world's largest trade fairs like the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Music Fair. Furthermore, aside from modern edifices, you'll find many historical buildings, museums and parks being one of the tourists' favorite attractions. It's officially known as 'Frankfurt am Main' and popularly known around the world as 'Mainhattan'. Read more Top 10 things to do in FRANKFURT Germany 1. The Old Opera House (Alte Oper) The Italian Renaissance-styled architecture is present on the western end of Zeil-Fressgass zone. The opera has statues of Goethe and Mozart to decorate the façade. The interior is modern except for the mosaics in the lobby because of reconstruction taking place between 1976 and 1981. 2. Stadel Museum The world-renowned art museum has European art collections from masters like Picasso, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Renoir and others. There are contemporary works as well displayed in circular skylights in the subterranean extension. 3. Salzkammer Once you get a taste of traditional German food on the beautiful umbrella-shaded terrace, you’ll crave for more. Kaiserschmarrn (shredded caramelized pancakes) and Zwetschgenröster (plum compote), Bavarian sausages with mustard, lingonberry sauce with pretzels, fried potatoes and beef broth with liver dumplings will tantalize your taste buds. 4. Römerberg This main attraction of Germany is an old central square reminiscent of medieval Altstadt (Old Town). With its ornately gabled half-timbered buildings, it serves as a beautiful backdrop for the Christmas market for which it is popular. You will find in the square Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (Fountain of Justice) with the statue of goddess Justitia. 5. St. Bartholomew's Cathedral The English name does not imply it to be a cathedral. It served as an episcopal church for election and coronation of kings of Holy Roman Empire. It was consecrated in the name of St. Bartholomew in 1239. 6. Palmengarten Out of the many parks, this botanical garden is a green gem. It has many greenhouses of different climates erected to keep tropical and subtropical plants. It includes a small pond with rowing boats, playground for children, a small railway and minigolf. Do ask about the Rose and Light Festival. 7. Zoo Frankfurt Established in 1858, it is among the oldest zoological gardens in the world. It is home to more than 4,500 animals of nearly 500 species. It gained popularity in the 60s and 70s due to Grzimek’s (Animal filmmaker, conservationist and zoologist) TV programme ‘Ein Platz für Tiere’. 8. Deutsches Filmmuseum The building is a medium for film providing its history of origin, development through the years, and its social and culture aspects. It gives visitors permanent and temporary exhibitions with educational activities for children and in-house cinema screenings. 9. Kleinmarkthalle It is an indoor market hall that attracts both traditional and modern shoppers. You will find fresh produce, flowers, various international delicacies and Frankfurt’s special ‘green sauce’. 10. Eschenheimer Turm Located in the middle of downtown Frankfurt is an early 15th Century tower. Having its cornerstone laid on October 11th 1349, it was once part of a major fortification that consisted of nearly 60 towers and walls encircling the city. Its ground floor is now made into a restaurant. 6 Facts About Frankfurt 1 The official name of the city is Frankfurt am Main. 2 The Stock Exchange of Frankfurt is listed as the tenth largest in the world. 3 The city ranks as having the seventh highest quality of life in the world. 4 It is estimated that there are 180 different. nationalities living in the city. 5 The Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest trade fair for books in the world based on the number of publishing companies represented. 6 The city is home to the third largest airport in Europe and the tenth busiest airports worldwide. What Travellers Think? Testimonials Maria Joe My friend booked a ticket from this website; I gave this website a try for my flight booking and really amazed by seeing cheap fares to Frankfurt. John Doe I searched a lot for flights to Frankfurt! After tired of searching I found this website that is providing the cheap air tickets to Frankfurt. Amazing service and easy booking procedure! 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Frankfurt the Jungle & Parks Discover a unique way to see the city’s attractions. Simply register and go on a scavenger hunt to view the urban jungle under the guidance of tasks and tips sent to you via SMS. To get out of the hustle and bustle of modern life, locals and foreigners can relax in one of the city’s parks. It includes Stadtwald, Bethmannpark, Chinese Garden, Gruneburgpark, Alter Flugplatz, Mainappelhaus Lohrberg and the most prominent Palmengarten. Primus-Linie Another way to ENJOY the city’s landscape and relax is to take a boat tour on the River Main and River Rhine. They provide business and private excursions, tours for young and old and Sunday brunches. It also provides special menu during occasions like Oktoberfest, winter skyline party, summer lights of Mainz etc. Main Tower For tourists, every major city needs to have a vantage point to absorb the breathtaking panoramic city view. Frankfurt’s Main Tower elevates you to 200m above sea level. If you are famished, you can enjoy the view while dining on the 53rd floor restaurant. There is also a cocktail lounge here.
0.958444	Rob Turner's research is focused on American literature, with a particular interest in experiments in the epic mode, ranging from Martin Delany to Marguerite Young. Current projects include work on African American counterfactual writings, and the poetics of hip-hop. His first monograph is titled Counterfeit Culture: Truth and Authenticity in the American Prose Epic Since 1960, and was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019 as part of the Studies in American Literature and Culture series. This book examines the trope of "alternative facts" in American fiction, tracing the long history of inauthenticity as a conscious national mode. Authors discussed in detail include Thomas Pynchon, Andy Warhol, Vanessa Place, and William T. Vollmann. He is currently working on his second book, Hip-Hop in American Literature and Culture, an edited collection of essays exploring rap as a poetic medium. This volume will bring together a number of critics, examining the relationship between the MC and other traditional figures (from Senegalese griots to Nuyorican slam artists), and reading key methods and tropes in relation to currents in American oral and print poetry. The collection is scheduled for publication by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Rob is also working on a collaborative poem, The Dionysiaca, to be published with University of Michigan Press in 2022. This book reimagines the work of Nonnos, the 5th-century Egyptian epicist, and involves major contemporary poets and translators including Stanley Lombardo, William Levitan, and Anne Carson. After completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2015, Rob was appointed a Teaching Fellow in American Literature at UCL for two years. He is a regular contributor to the Wire magazine. Research supervision I would be interested in supervising research in any of the following areas: American epic; counterfactualism and fake history; (in)authenticity; experimental African American writing; black sci-fi; music, hip-hop, noise; technology and literature; interactive narrative. Modules taught EAS1037 - The Novel EAS1038 - The Poem EAS1040 - Academic English EAS2103 - Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 EAS2112 - Empire of Liberty: American Literature, 1776 to Present EAS3145 - Acts of Writing - Literature and Film 1953 to Present EAS3188 - Moby-Dick EASM100 - The Cultures of American Modernism EASM153 - Beyond the Border: The Politics of Place in Contemporary North American Literature and Culture EASM157 - The Literature of Cold War America EASM172 - African American Avant-Gardes Biography Rob Turner studied for his BA and MA (Issues in Modern Culture) at University College London. After a few years working in classical music, he returned to academia in 2011, studying for a PhD at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by Robert Macfarlane. In 2015, Rob was appointed Teaching Fellow in American Literature at UCL. In the summer of 2017 he was appointed Lecturer in 20th and 21st-Century Literature at the University of Exeter. Using our site \| Freedom of Information \| Data Protection \| Copyright & disclaimer \| Privacy & cookies
0.992289	"I Love Lucy" is the title song to the television sitcom. The music was written as an instrumental with lyrics written by Harold Adamson, who was nominated five times for an Oscar. The lyrics to "I Love Lucy" were sung by Desi Arnaz in the episode "Lucy's Last Birthday". I Love Lucy is a landmark American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials, running from 1957 to 1960, known first as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and later in reruns as The Lucy--Desi Comedy Hour. I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings (an accomplishment later matched by The Andy Griffith Show and Seinfeld). I Love Lucy is still syndicated in dozens of languages across the world. A colorized version of its Christmas episode attracted more than 8 million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013 -- 62 years after the show premiered. The show was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, and won five Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations. Another award that the show won was the coveted George Foster Peabody Award for "recognition of distinguished achievement in television." In 2002, it ranked second on TV Guide's list of television's greatest shows, behind Seinfeld and ahead of The Honeymooners. In 2007, it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME." I Love Lucy remains popular, with an American audience of 40 million each year.
0.997511	At the trial of indictments charging sex offenses, the judge acted within his discretion in excluding proffered evidence intended to show that the alleged victim, a thirteen year old boy who was age fifteen at the time of trial, had acquired certain knowledge through prior experience, rather than through the sexual acts he claimed he had committed with the defendant, where his trial testimony displayed no extraordinary sexual knowledge. [37-38] At the trial of indictments charging sex offenses, the judge acted within his discretion in excluding proffered evidence, as ultimately bearing on the issue of bias, that the alleged victim had learned to manipulate others by falsely alleging sexual abuse. [38] Where, during the trial of indictments charging sexual offenses, defense counsel acquired information indicating that the alleged victim and his mother had falsely accused a prospective defense witness of rape, it was error in the circumstances for the judge to deny defense counsel's request for a brief continuance or a voir dire; on remand, the defendant was to be granted a new trial if, after an evidentiary hearing, the judge found that the accusation had been made and that it was apparently false. [38-41] INDICTMENTS found and returned in the Superior Court Department on October 17, 1990. The case were tried before Andrew G. Meyer, J. M. Page Kelley, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant. Robert C. Cosgrove, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth. KASS, J. There was evidence entitling the jury to find that for a six-month period (December, 1988, to May, 1989) Page 37 Claude, [Note 1] a thirteen year old boy, engaged in sexual intercourse with the defendant Donna Pyne, who at the time was twenty-nine. In her appeal from convictions of statutory rape (G. L. c. 265, Section 23) and indecent assault and battery upon a child under age fourteen (G. L. c. 265, Section 13B), the defendant protests the exclusion of evidence of the boy's: (1) prior sexual knowledge; (2) an inclination to complain of sexual abuse, induced by "learned behavior;" and (3) prior false allegation of sexual relations with an adult woman. Of the three points, the last is most cogent. We consider first the lesser points. 1. Evidence of prior knowledge of sexual matters. By the time of the alleged liaison with the defendant, the boy Claude had been involved in sufficiently significant dysfunctional conduct so as to have become a familiar constituent of the Department of Youth Services and the Department of Social Services. Defense counsel offered evidence of sexual abuse of Claude and his siblings to demonstrate that he had come by his personal knowledge of physical sexual relations through prior experience, rather than through the acts he claimed had occurred with the defendant Pyne. See Commonwealth v. Ruffen, 399 Mass. 811 , 814-816 (1987); Annot., Admissibility of Evidence That Juvenile Prosecuting Witness in Sex Offense Case Had Prior Sexual Experience for Purposes of Showing Alternative Source of Child's Ability to Describe Sex Acts, 83 A.L.R.4th 685 (1991). Claude's testimony, however, had not displayed a prodigy of sexual arcana. He spoke of "normal sex" and an episode of "oral sex"; the latter he described in rudimentary fashion and said he did not like. When questions from lawyers included the words "penis" and "vagina," Claude understood them. That hardly displayed knowledge that was "extraordinary" or "beyond the years" of a boy who was fifteen at the time of trial. The trial judge was well within his discretion in excluding evidence of Claude's prior sexual experiences for that purpose. Commonwealth v. Rathburn, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 699 , Page 38 706-708 (1988); Commonwealth v. Gauthier, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 130 , 133-134 (1992). Compare Commonwealth v. Redgate, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 965 , 968 (1988) (victim age five). 2. Allegations of sexual abuse to manipulate events as learned behavior of the accuser. Here the defense theory was that, from having witnessed allegations of abuse by his mother against a variety of authority figures in his life and allegations of abuse made by the Department of Social Services against his own parents, Claude had learned that the very act of alleging sexual abuse had the power to manipulate and greatly influence those around him. Ultimately this was to bear on the bias of Claude against the defendant. Of that bias, however, there was no lack of evidence. There was, for example, evidence that Claude had broken down the defendant's door in an act of jealous anger, that he had physically attacked the defendant, that she had complained against him, and that he had stated that criminal charges against him had been dropped because he had pressed counter charges against the defendant. When other evidence of bias is available, evidence of a complainant's prior sexual history should not be admitted. Commonwealth v. Elder, 389 Mass. 743 , 751 & nn. 11-12 (1983). Of course, the defendant's point is that Claude's observations of charges of sexual abuse and their consequences explain what might otherwise be thought a complaint too bizarre for a boy barely into his teens -- unless he had experienced the events. Yet, a trial judge might reasonably be leery of side trips into sexual conduct, not only of the complainant but also of members of his family, particularly when there was no assertion that the defense was prepared to prove that the prior allegations of sexual abuse had been shown to be false. See Commonwealth v. Bohannon, 376 Mass. 90 , 95 (1978); Commonwealth v. Blair, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 625 , 629 (1986). The judge acted within the scope of his discretion to determine the relevance of proffered evidence. 3. Evidence of prior false allegations. On the morning of the third day of trial, before the jury entered the courtroom, Page 39 defense counsel informed the judge that Debbie Doe, [Note 2] whom he had listed as a potential witness, had just informed him that morning that Claude and his mother had accused Doe of rape, i.e., that sexual intercourse between her and Claude had occurred. Defense counsel represented that the information had been confirmed by the lawyer who had represented Doe at a magistrate's hearing. Why had this only now come to light? Doe had been threatened not to say anything, according to defense counsel, and had previously been afraid to talk to him, although he had attempted to interview her. Who had made the threats was not explained. An ensuing colloquy between defense counsel and the trial judge was a curious dialog between actors bent on misunderstanding one another. What comes through unmistakably, however, is that defense counsel thought he was on the trail of evidence of a prior false allegation of rape by Claude in circumstances similar to those involving the defendant, i.e., an adult woman who lived in the neighborhood and with whom Claude and his mother were involved with charges of misconduct. Defense counsel asked to be permitted to conduct a voir dire examination of Doe and Claude to probe whether the accusation had been made, whether it had been withdrawn, and, if so, under what circumstances. If voir dire examinations were not to be allowed, defense counsel requested a brief continuance so that he might further investigate what he had just learned. The judge denied both requests. That denial was error. As we have indicated, if Claude had made a false claim of having engaged in sexual intercourse with Doe, it would bear on the credibility of what he had testified to about his sexual relations with the defendant. See Commonwealth v. Bohannon, 376 Mass. at 95. To be sure, the grant or denial of a continuance rests within the sound discretion of the judge, and a lack of diligence on the part of counsel should not be indulged. See Commonwealth v. Bettencourt, 361 Mass. 515 , 517-518 (1972); Page 40 Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh, 371 Mass. 46 , 52 (1976). Nothing appears in the record which warrants skepticism about defense counsel's assertion that the information was new to him and, indeed, still ill formed, and that prior efforts to talk to the witness involved had been thwarted. In the circumstances, the refusal to allow a voir dire or, in the alternative, some limited time to check out the witness's story was a short-sighted insistence on expedition. See Ungar v. Sarafite, 376 U.S. 575, 589 (1964); Commonwealth v. Smith, 353 Mass. 442 , 445 (1968). Compare Commonwealth v. Blair, 21 Mass. App. Ct. at 626-629, in which the judge did conduct a voir dire on proffered evidence of a prior false complaint by a woman and her mother, but cut off inquiry on the subject when he was able to determine that the inquiry was not going anywhere. As things now stand, neither Doe, Claude nor Claude's mother has been questioned about a prior charge amounting to a complaint of rape. We are reluctant to require a new trial when, thus far, there has been only a smoke signal that an allegation of statutory rape had been made against Doe and that the allegation came to nothing. In this peculiar setting, we affirm the judgments of conviction. At the same time, we think the defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a motion for a new trial to determine whether Claude and his mother made a charge against Doe that she had engaged in sexual intercourse with Claude, what became of that charge, and whether the charge was apparently false. The case is remanded to the Superior Court for such a hearing. If the judge who conducts the hearing determines that a charge of rape was made against Doe by Claude and his mother which was probably false, the motion shall be granted and, in the event of a new trial, the defendant shall be permitted to introduce evidence of the false complaint. If the hearing judge determines that the charge against Doe as regards Claude was true or that no substantial case for its falsity had been made, then the motion shall be denied. See Commonwealth v. Figueroa, 413 Mass. 193 , 203-204 (1992); Page 41 Commonwealth v. Santiago, 30 Mass. App. Ct. 207 , 224-225 (1991). The judgments are affirmed, subject to further proceedings as directed. So ordered. FOOTNOTES [Note 1] A fictitious name. [Note 2] A fictitious name. Home/Search Table of Cases by Citation Table of Cases by Name Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Trial Court Law Libraries. Questions about legal information? Contact Reference Librarians.
0.944167	Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything the material or the included code/patches may cause, including loss of data, physical damage, service disruption, or damage of any kind. Use at your own risk! Background: Most linux distributions don't allow more than 32 groups/user. That means one user cannot belong to more than 32 groups. Unfortunately, this limit is hard coded into the linux kernel, glibc, and a few utilities including shadow. 1. Patching the kernel I only tried this on 2.4.x kernels. However, things should be the same with 2.2.x. Be careful when choosing the new limit. The kernel behaves strangely with large limits because the groups structure per process is held on an 8K stack which seems to overflow. A 2.4.2 kernel with a limit of 1024 crashed during boot. However, I successfully used a 255 limit on a 2.4.8 kernel. The group limit is set from two header files in the linux kernel source: include/asm/param.h This file should contain something like this: #ifndef NGROUPS #define NGROUPS 32 #endif Simply replace 32 with the limit you want. If your param.h doesn't contain these lines, just add them. include/linux/limits.h Look for a line that looks like #define NGROUPS_MAX 32 and change the limit. Now the kernel must be recompiled. There are some howtos that explain how this is done. 2. Recompiling glibc This applies to glibc-2.2.2 (this is the version which I used). It may also apply to other versions, but I didn't test it. The __sysconf function in glibc is affected by the limits defined in the system header files. Other functions (initgroups and setgroups) in glibc rely on __sysconf rather than using the limits defined in the header files. You'll have to modify two header files. Please note that this limit will be used by glibc and all programs that you compile. Choose a reasonable limit. However, it's safe to use a larger limit than you used for the kernel. I successfully compiled and ran glibc with a limit of 1024. /usr/include/asm/param.h Make sure the file contains something like #ifndef NGROUPS #define NGROUPS 1024 #endif /usr/include/linux/limits.h It should contain a line like this: #define NGROUPS_MAX 1024 /* supplemental group IDs are available */ Now you have to recompile glibc. I hope there are some howtos that explain how this is properly done. I only did it twice and I got into trouble both times. Glibc compiles cleanly, but the actual problem is installing the new libraries. A 'make install' won't do it, at least not with bash (some people suggested it would work if I used a statically linked shell, but I didn't try). This happened on RedHat, where the distribution glibc was placed under a subdirectory of /lib rather than directly under /lib. 'make install' copies libraries one at a time. After glibc is copied, paths stored inside the new glibc binary won't match those from the old ld-linux.so, causing ld not to be able to dinamically link any program. So 'make install' won't be able to run /usr/bin/install, which is needed to copy the new binaries, and it will fail. I had to reset the machine (/sbin/shutdown could no longer be run), boot from a bootable cd and manually copy glibc-2.2.2.so, libm-2.2.2.so, and ld-2.2.2.so, sync and reboot. Then, everything seemed to be normal. 3. Recompiling shadow utils Before I recompiled glibc, I had manually put a user in more than 32 groups (that means it already belonged to 32 groups and I manually modified /etc/groups). Proper permissions were granted for groups above 32, but usermod failed to add a user to more than 32 groups. I began browsing the shadow utils source and found that it uses the system headers at compile time to set the limit. This means that it had to be recompiled, because the old limits were hard coded into the binaries. A simple recompilation will do. However I made a patch against shadow-20000826, that will dinamically allocate space for the group structure using __sysconf(). This means it won't have to be recompiled if glibc is recompiled with a different limit. 4. Fixing process tools Once again I thought everything was fine. However I ran apache webserver as user www1, which belonged to more than 100 groups (that was a security measure for massive virtual hosting). The message 'Internal error' appeared (apparently) at random while running different programs. After a few grep's I figured out the message came from libproc. I began browsing the procps sources and found a terrible bug. Process information is read from the kernel and concatenated into one string which is then parsed to get a dynamic list. The problem is that the string was blindly dimensioned to 512 bytes, which was not enough to hold information for so many groups. I made a patch against procps-2.0.7, which only defines a symbolic constant in readproc.c and allocates the string with the size given by that constant. Of course, I used a larger value, such as 4096. You'll have to apply this patch and recompile procps.
0.999977	Biden is to blame: Guatemala's president says border crisis was sparked by president's family reunification vow and reveals he told Kamala to impose tougher sentences on people smugglers to stop flood from South America - Madness Hub Madness Hub Header Ads Home Home / News / Biden is to blame: Guatemala's president says border crisis was sparked by president's family reunification vow and reveals he told Kamala to impose tougher sentences on people smugglers to stop flood from South America Biden is to blame: Guatemala's president says border crisis was sparked by president's family reunification vow and reveals he told Kamala to impose tougher sentences on people smugglers to stop flood from South America June 10, 2021 News Guatemala's president says Joe Biden's decision to try and reunite illegal migrants with their families in the US has helped trigger the ongoing border crisis. Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday, Alejandro Giammattei also said he'd offered a solution to Vice President Kamala Harris by urging the US to work with him to prosecutor people smugglers. Giammattei told Sean Hannity reporter Sara Carter: 'You can see that humanitarian messages were used here by the coyotes in a distorted manner. 'They said that they were going to support family reunification. 'So the coyotes came and took the children and teenagers to the United States. 'And the border filled up. Not only with people from Guatemala, but lots of people. 'That's why we have suggested that the messaging be clear.' Giammattei spoke as it was revealed border crossings had exploded 674 per cent in May 2021 compared to the same month a year previously, with 180,034 migrants recorded crossing into the US last month. His swipe came after President Biden signed an executive order in February establishing the Family Reunification Task Force to reunite unaccompanied minors separated from their families and detained under the Trump administration. And just last month, Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas spoke of the United States' exhaustive efforts to reunite migrant children separated from their families by the Trump administration. +19 Alejandro Giammattei, Guatemala's president, spoke to Fox News on Monday - shortly after Kamala Harris left the country. His interview aired on Wednesday. Giammattei said once again that he believed Harris and Biden's initial approach to migration was wrong, because their messaging about child reunification sent the idea that migrants would be welcomed Mayorkas said: ' The Family Reunification Task Force has been working day and night, across the federal government and with counsel for the families and our foreign partners, to address the prior administration’s cruel separation of children from their parents.' Giammattei blamed that policy for causing the ongoing migrant surge. But he also hailed Harris's speech in his country on Monday warning migrants not to come to the US, or they'd be sent back. He said: 'The vice president yesterday sent a very clear message because she said: Do not come because we won't let you in. 'That's a clear message,' he said. 'But if you have a lukewarm message, it opens up the possibility that there's a bad interpretation of it. 'You can say it in good faith. But there are people who will misinterpret it.' He spoke shortly after Harris departed his country, after a day of meetings with Guatemalan leaders on her first foreign trip as vice president. Her trip was dogged with questions as to why, as Biden's point-person on the border crisis, she was yet to visit the border itself - questions she angrily batted away, visibly irritated. She insisted her visit was to deal with the 'root causes' of migration, such as poverty, corruption, violence and impunity, and climate change. Giammattei, a former director of Guatemala's prison service, said that Harris and Biden had initially been too welcoming to migrants. Fox News Privacy Policy +19 Harris and Giammattei are pictured on Monday arriving for a press conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City. During the press conference, Harris said her message to migrants was: 'Do not come.' Giammattei said that finally a strong, simple message was delivered He said the ending of Donald Trump's hardline policies such as child separation and sending unaccompanied minors back across into Mexico had backfired. Biden has promised to reunite families separated during the Trump administration and to expedite processing unaccompanied minors who arrived at the border in the last few months. However, a new report from Biden's task force on reuniting families indicates that 2,127 children have 'not yet been reunified' with their parents. The task force progress report submitted to the president last week shows only seven children have successfully been reunited since Biden took office. More than 16,200 children are still in custody of Health and Human Services, which is 50 per cent higher than the levels in March, the agency reported on Tuesday. +19 Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giamattei (right) held a bilateral meeting in Guatemala on Monday as part of talks to deal with 'root causes' of mass migration from Latin America to the U.S. Harris arrives in Guatemala on her first overseas trip in office Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:00 Previous Play Skip Mute Current Time0:00 / Duration Time1:55 Fullscreen Need Text +19 Customs and Border Patrol number show record numbers of encounters with illegal crossers with a record-high of 178,622 in April alone, continuing on from massive spike in February and March The Guatemalan president spoke as new figures showed illegal border crossings into the U.S. have exploded by 674 per cent in a year, with 180,034 recorded in May - the fourth consecutive monthly rise. Newly-released figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show the number of migrants rocketed by more than six-fold from the 23,237 who crossed from Mexico into the United States in May 2020. Last year's number was far lower than usual because of the COVID-19 outbreak, but this year's figures still spell worrying news for Biden, with 2021 on-track to record the highest number of illegal border crossings since 2006. Illegal border crossings have increased for the fourth month in a row growing to 180,034 in May, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That represented a slight increase over the approximately 178,000 migrants encountered in April and the 172,000 encountered in March at the southwest border. In February, roughly 100,000 migrants illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into the United States. The 65-year-old also told Fox that he had suggested to Harris, in private, that the U.S. and Guatemala work together to prosecute the people traffickers, making huge amounts of money from some of the poorest people in the world to smuggle them across the border. It was unclear whether she agreed to work with him on the initiative. +19 Harris doubled-down that she will not be visiting the border during her trip – or any time soon. 'I will continue to be focused on [addressing root causes of migration and corruption] as opposed to grand gestures' Giammattei has long criticized the Biden-Harris administration for spreading confusion. On April 13, he told MSNBC: 'I believe that in the first few weeks of the Biden administration, messages were confusing. 'They were compassionate messages that were understood by people in our country, especially the coyotes, to tell families, 'We'll take the children. 'And children can go, and once children are there, they will call their parents.' Giammattei said he has seen coyotes carry out 'horrible acts', and criticized the U.S. for not properly responding to the surge of migrants. Harris landed in Guatemala City on Sunday evening for her first out-of-country trip as vice president. Kamala Harris says talks with Guatemala were robust Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:00 Previous Play Skip Mute Current Time0:00 / Duration Time2:01 Fullscreen Need Text +19 The border is closed: During the press conference, Harris warned those thinking of crossing illegally: 'Do not come!' She said, 'I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back' She later flew to Mexico City, Mexico for the second part of her two-day Latin America trip. Harris said during a press conference alongside Giammattei on Monday that she does not plan to visit the southern border because it would just be a 'grand gesture' as opposed to a genuine trip. She vowed to take on corruption and insisted climate change was one of the driving forces behind people fleeing their homes and heading North. 'On the issues of Republicans' political attacks or criticism or even concerns, the reason I am here in Guatemala as my first trip as vice president of the United States is because this is one of our highest priorities,' Harris said during a question and answer portion of her press conference. 'I came here to be here on the ground, to speak with the leader of this nation around what we can do in a way that is significant, is tangible and has real results,' she continued. 'And I will continue to be focused on that kind of work as opposed to grand gestures.' Republicans also have been open about their criticism of Harris refusing to visit the border even after being named 'border czar' by Biden in March. They claim her avoiding the region is proof she is not committed to solving the problem. Harris said she 'believes' any migrants who attempt to enter the U.S. through non-legal channels will be turned away if they arrive at the border. 'I want to emphasize that the goal of our work is to help Guatemalans find hope at home,' Harris said after her bilateral meeting with Giammattei. 'At the same time, I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come,' she said, and repeated for emphasis: 'Do not come.' She continued: 'The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border. 'There are legal methods by which migration can and should occur, but we, as one of our priorities, will discourage illegal migrations. And I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back.' Harris' chief spokesperson Symone Sanders clarified to reporters that the administration still wants immigrants to come to the U.S. by seeking the legal ways to do so from their home countries. 'The President and Vice President have been clear in dissuading people from making the dangerous and treacherous journey to the U.S./Mexico border,' Sanders said. 'We encourage those who do want to come to the U.S. to do so legally and seek legal immigration options in their home countries,' she continued. 'The Vice President is committed to addressing the root causes of migration, which also addresses why migrants are coming to our border.' +19 Harris' first international trip was met with protesters demanding she 'mind your own business' +19 'Kamala go home' one sign read outside the Guatemalan Air Force facility Harris affirmed during her bilateral press conference Monday that she told Giammattei the U.S. will be donating 500,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Guatemala. Harris was greeted with protesters when she arrived for her first international trip as vice president in Guatemala City, which is 1,308 miles from where families are streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border. 'Kamala go home,' one white flag with black painted letters read, while another demanded she 'mind her own business'. As the vice president rode in her motorcade from her hotel to Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, reporters spotted a group of pro-Trump demonstrators with signs reading: 'Kamala, Trump won.' During the press conference, Giammattei vowed Guatemala would set up 'returnee centers' where they would accept their citizens who the U.S. sent back after crossing the border illegally. Harris began her meeting with Giammattei with quick remarks where she said: 'I very much have been looking forward to this trip, we have had many conversations, but it is good to see you in person.' The two have spoken on the phone previously. 'I am very proud that this is my first foreign trip as vice president,' Harris continued. 'It is a reflection of the priority that President Biden placed on this region.' As Harris commenced her two-day trip south of the border, migrant families continue to stream over into the U.S. either by foot or on inflatable rafts. Ahead of the meeting, Giammattei made a statement in English. 'Thank you very much for your visit,' he said to Harris. 'For us, it's very important to have you here because it means that Guatemala and the United States can work as partners with common goals.' He detailed some of the main goals as addressing narcotics trafficking, immigration, corruption in the region and building up prosperity walls within departments near the border with Mexico. In a press conference following the meeting, Giammattei said – in Spanish this time – that the two nations would work toward more 'orderly migration' that would 'allow people to migrate regularly to the United States.' 'We also spoke about the need to support the United States with a returnee center that will be located in the western part of the country,' he continued, adding they are wording on a 'strong family reunification program.' These efforts, he ensured, would 'help to ensure that the flow of persons in the southern border of the United States be controlled.' Related Posts News Post a Comment 1 comment: Sink Chicken 10 June 2021 at 07:07 Spend taxpayer dollars on the border wall and not on handouts to foreign governments? ReplyDelete Replies Reply Add comment Load more... Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom ) Recent Post Your browser does not support JavaScript! Search This Blog Popular Posts US vaccination sites are closing from California to Texas, Ohio to Mississippi as demand for Covid shots plummets across the country - despite less than 28% of the population being fully inoculated At least seven vaccination sites across the U.S. are closing amid falling demand for COVID-19 shots. 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0.932061	How do you calculate natural number factors? To get the number that you are factoring just multiply whatever number in the set of whole numbers with another in the same set. For example 7 has two factors 1 and 7. Number 6 has four factors 1, 2, 3 and 6 itself. It is simple to factor numbers in a natural numbers set. Because all numbers have a minimum of two factors(one and itself). For finding other factors you will start to divide the number starting from 2 and keep on going with dividers increasing until reaching the number that was divided by 2 in the beginning. All numbers without remainders are factors including the divider itself. Let's create an example for factorization with the number nine. It's not dividable by 2 evenly that's why we skip it(Remembe 4,5 so you know when to stop later). Nine can be divided by 3, now add 3 to your factors. Work your way up until you arrive to 5 (9 divided by 2, rounded up). In the end you have 1, 3 and 9 as a list of factors. Mathematical Information About Numbers 6 5 Prime Factorization Of 65 Prime Factors Of 65 Is 65 A Composite Number? Is 65 An Even Number? Is 65 An Odd Number? Square Root Of 65? About Number 6. Six is the smallest composite number with two distinct prime factors, and the third triangular number. It is the smallest perfect number: 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 and the faculty of 3 is 6 = 3! = 1 * 2 * 3, which is remarkable, because there is no other three numbers whose product is equal to their sum. Similarly 6 = sqrt(1 ^ 3 + 2 + 3 ^ 3 ^ 3). The equation x ^ 3 + Y ^ 3 ^ 3 + z = 6xyz is the only solution (without permutations) x = 1, y = 2 and z = 3. Finally 1/1 = 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6. The cube (from the Greek) or hexahedron (from Latin) cube is one of the five Platonic solids and has six equal areas. A tetrahedron has six edges and six vertices an octahedron. With regular hexagons can fill a plane without gaps. Number six is a two-dimensional kiss number. About Number 5. Integers with a last digit as a zero or a five in the decimal system are divisible by five. Five is a prime number. All odd multiples of five border again with the five (all even with zero). The fifth number of the Fibonacci sequence is a five. Five is also the smallest prime number that is the sum of all other primes which are smaller than themselves. The Five is a Fermat prime: 5 = 2 ^ {2 ^ 1} +1 and the smallest Wilson prime. Number five is a bell number (sequence A000110 in OEIS). There are exactly five platonic bodies. There are exactly five tetrominoes. What is a prime number? Prime numbers or primes are natural numbers greater than 1 that are only divisible by 1 and with itself. The number of primes is infinite. Natural numbers bigger than 1 that are not prime numbers are called composite numbers. Primes can thus be considered the basic building blocks of the natural numbers. There are infinitely many primes, as demonstrated by Euclid around 300 BC. The property of being prime (or not) is called primality. In number theory, the prime number theorem describes the asymptotic distribution of the prime numbers among the positive integers. It formalizes the intuitive idea that primes become less common as they become larger. Primes are used in several routines in information technology, such as public-key cryptography, which makes use of properties such as the difficulty of factoring large numbers into their prime factors. © Mathspage.com \| Privacy \| Contact \| info [at] Mathspage [dot] com Prime Numbers \| Prime Factorizations \| Composite Numbers \| Prime Factors \| Even Numbers \| Odd Numbers \| Multiples \| Square Roots
0.999859	Most governments decided to temporarily close educational institutions in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Restrictions on internal movement during the COVID-19 pandemic ; Restrictions on public gatherings in the COVID-19 pandemic; Retail and recreation: How did the number of visitors change since the beginning of the pandemic? Utah (ABC4 News) — As coronavirus cases continue to rise through the state, schools throughout Utah’s 41 school districts continue to close and reopen due to the spread of the virus.. It did not include school closures, but it suppressed the rate of transmission of Covid-19 to 0.85 or 0.9. School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather. The policeman in a MAGA hat. COVID-19: Advice and support. School closures in Covid lockdown: latest news on when they could reopen All primary and secondary schools were forced to close on January 5 By Dominic Penna and Steve Bird 16 January 2021 • 10:54am Author. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Â© 2021 BBC. US-bound migrant caravan beaten back in Guatemala, Fortified US statehouses see scattered protests, One in, one out: How the White House changes hands, .css-1snjdh1-IconContainer{display:none;height:0.875em;width:0.875em;vertical-align:-0.0625em;margin-right:0.25em;}The road back to Wuhan. Are you a parent or teacher who will be affected by the London primary school closures? Get the Northern Scot sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper . The COVID-19 pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the near-total closures of schools, universities and colleges.. With coronavirus cases rising and a new lockdown announced for the region on Friday, concern is growing over the effect of outbreaks on children’s education. Global School Closures COVID-19 This dataset is part of COVID-19 Pandemic. High demand for school places prompts concerns about Covid-19 transmission risks Credit: PA Wire/PA Images More than half of pupils are still attending some primary schools … School closures in severe weather. In other words it led to the infection gradually shrinking in the community. HP10 9TY \| 01676637 \| Registered in England & Wales. Importance: In the US, states enacted nonpharmaceutical interventions, including school closure, to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). All 50 states closed schools in March 2020 despite uncertainty if school closure would be effective. Parents at a Langley school closed last week during a power outage say the province should suspend policies that force teachers to work in other schools, while COVID-19 persists. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, different schools are operating in different ways at the moment. School closures have been among the most controversial measures introduced around … View author archive; Get author RSS feed; Name … Results released for the 2nd iteration of the UNESCO-UNICEF-World Bank survey to monitor national education responses to COVID-19 school closures. Educational inequalities in Europe and physical school closures during Covid-19 * Headlines During physical school closures, home re-sources and parental involvement in school work are of great importance for learning success. Published 30 December 2020. If a school has two or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 among pupils or staff within 10 days, or they see an increase in pupil or staff absence due to suspected COVID-19, they will need to contact the local health protection team. 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Open fullscreen . You are here. Helplines for residents and businesses Residents: call 0151 666 5050 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Importance: In the US, states enacted nonpharmaceutical interventions, including school closure, to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The number of schools being hit by closures in Merseyside continues to grow. Whatâs the real story? SUBSCRIBE NOW. As of 12 January 2021, approximately 825 million learners are currently affected due to school closures in response to the pandemic. Herbert said. Coronavirus: how school closures affect infection numbers January 6, 2021 11.10am EST. Schools around the world have been shut to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but one team of scientists is questioning whether the havoc the closures … The Government has closed schools in London and the south east, where infection rates have soared in some areas to more than 1,000 per 100,000 people – meaning more than one per cent of that area's population tested positive for Covid-19 in one week alone. Some pupils had recently been skiing in northern Italy, but Mr Bellamy said the case was not linked to the trip. .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. This dataset can be viewed in the COVID-19 Data Explorer 2300+ Downloads ; This dataset updates: Live; Contact the contributor; Interactive Data Data Viz 1. "We have not been asked to close by the local authority or Public Health England.". These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Here are the Wirral schools hit last week. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the continued closure of schools in “too many countries” on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is plenty of existing research to suggest that school closures can impair children's development, their mental well-being, and lead to greater inequality. Research has found that half of students from disadvantaged backgrounds believe … TWO Cheshire West and Chester political parties have shown support for headteachers who wish to close their school buildings to pupils and staff due to the coronavirus crisis. Regarding the pupils' recent trip to Italy, he said no students or staff members who were on the school's ski trip had "tested positive for coronavirus". Mr Whiteley said the staff member had contact with a very small number of fellow staff and students at the boys’ school, all of whom are now self-isolating for 14 days. Coronavirus cases in UK could rise 'significantly', says PM, Coronation Street fans spot big problem with moving storyline, 'Fit and active' dad, 56, dies with coronavirus, 'Storm Christoph': Weather warning for 60 hours of continuous rain, St Helens Council begins search for new director of public health, Family attraction near Chester lodges plans for permanent drive-thru facility. Coronavirus: Swiss report more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases. Wirral has been suffering badly with a rise in cases, and while the rate of its rise has been overtaken by a number of other boroughs, its schools are still being affected. Every school in Wirral now has details. What all schools will need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the start of the autumn term. “We need to stop this alarming trend,” Gov. Check if your child’s school is closed on your local council website. The COVID-19 crisis has forced school closures in 188 countries, heavily disrupting the learning process of more than 1.7 billion children, youth, and their families. Kids were headed back to school:They were in class at majority of nation’s biggest districts – just as COVID cases surged What threshold should trigger a school closure? School closures 'vital' in fight against Covid-19. Mosslands School headteacher Adrian Whiteley enforced a new mask wearing rule in the school’s corridors after a member of support staff tested positive for coronavirus. Please contact us if you’d like to volunteer to help us develop these resources. Head teacher Mark Bellamy said he took the decision to close Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Wirral, as a precaution. Coronavirus: What next in the UK coronavirus fight? As of 12 January 2021, approximately 825 million learners are currently affected due to school closures in response to the … Some council services are closing temporarily to help us do this. Wirral Council is working with Public Health England and health colleagues to stop the virus spreading. The policeman in a MAGA hat. COVID-19: Mass closure of schools unconstitutional, disastrous – Afe Babalola Mr Babalola wants the government to pay the salaries of lecturers in private universities shut down because of COVID … School closures: what parents need to know. Posted: Jan 13, 2021 / 06:33 AM CST / Updated: Jan 13, 2021 / 06:34 AM … Dear Parents/Carers, Re: Coronavirus update – school closure to most pupils. School closures For information about an individual school, you should contact the school directly or use the advice below to tune in to local radio for updates. View author archive; Get author RSS feed; Name … Information and free tutoring for families during COVID-19 school closures (See resources for teachers ) This site is in beta. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Glenn Beck shares emotional tale about how COVID-19 school closures hit home By Carlos Greer. by: Rachel Estrada. The Government has said: Find your school contact details on the A to Z list of schools. Temporary school closure due to case of COVID-19 Local. BBC apologises for Phil Spector death headline, Capitol security scare ahead of Biden inauguration, FBI investigates 'Pelosi laptop offer to Russia', Man found 'living in airport for three months', Trapped miners send plea on handwritten note, Chip-shortage 'crisis' halts car production, Putin critic Alexei Navalny to be kept in custody, Up to a fifth of the workforce may be off sick. COVID-19: School closures could wipe out a decade of progress for less privileged pupils. According to officials, the virus is currently spreading most commonly among people ages 15-24. It … Study Claims Covid-19 School Closures Took Millions Of Years Off Life Expectancy Nina Shapiro Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Whether schools should remain open … Author. Information about BBC links to other news sites, World on brink of catastrophic moral failure - WHO. He added the school, which has more than 1,100 pupils, would reopen "when I am confident that there is no risk to students". Read about our approach to external linking. Dear Parents/Carers, Re: Coronavirus update – school closure to most pupils. Public transport closures during the COVID-19 pandemic; Residential areas: How did the time spent at home change since the beginning of the pandemic? In a … This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. School closures have been among the most controversial measures introduced around the world to help rein in the pandemic. Whatâs the real story? The government has asked schools and childcare providers to provide care for children who are vulnerable, and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. Schools in Wirral have been working hard to halt the spread of coronvirus The number of schools being hit by closures in Merseyside continues to grow. Home » Schools, youth and adult learning. In other words it led to the infection gradually shrinking in the community. Following on from my last update, I’m now writing to let you know that we have now been instructed to close the school to almost all children after this Friday until further notice.. 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0.999943	Class of sport Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Definition[edit] The definition of extreme sports is not exact and the origin of the terms is unclear, but it gained popularity in the 1990s when it was picked up by marketing companies to promote the X Games and when the Extreme Sports Channel and the Extreme Sports Company launched. Rhonda Cohen (2012). While the use of the term "extreme sport" has spread everywhere to describe a multitude of different activities, exactly which sports are considered 'extreme' is debatable. There are, however, several characteristics common to most extreme sports. While they are not the exclusive domain of youth, extreme sports tend to have a younger-than-average target demographic. Extreme sports tend to be more solitary than many of the popular traditional sports (rafting and paintballing are notable exceptions, as they are done in teams). Activities categorized by media as extreme sports differ from traditional sports due to the higher number of inherently uncontrollable variables. These environmental variables are frequently weather and terrain related, including wind, snow, water and mountains. Adventure Sports - East Stroudsburg, Pa - Pocono Mountains in West Palm Beach, Florida In a traditional sporting event, athletes compete against each other under controlled circumstances. While it is possible to create a controlled sporting event such as X Games, there are environmental variables that cannot be held constant for all athletes. Examples include changing snow conditions for snowboarders, rock and ice quality for climbers, and wave height and shape for surfers. This results in a tendency to reject unified judging methods, with different sports employing their own ideals and indeed having the ability to evolve their assessment standards with new trends or developments in the sports. Classification[edit] While the exact definition and what is included as extreme sport is debatable, some attempted to make classification for extreme sports. Top-10 Extreme Sports You Can Try In The Usa 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida "Thrill seeking" might be a more suitable qualification than "extreme sport" or "action sport" in these cases.[] History[edit] The origin of the divergence of the term "extreme sports" from "sports" may date to the 1950s in the appearance of a phrase usually, but wrongly, attributed to Ernest Hemingway. The phrase is; There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. Adventure Sports Unlimited in West Palm Beach, Florida The other activities being termed "games". The phrase may have been invented by either writer Barnaby Conrad or automotive author Ken Purdy. The Dangerous Sports Club of Oxford University, England was founded by David Kirke, Chris Baker, Ed Hulton and Alan Weston. They first came to wide public attention by inventing modern day bungee jumping, by making the first modern jumps on 1 April 1979, from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England. The Club also pioneered a surrealist form of skiing, holding three events at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in which competitors were required to devise a sculpture mounted on skis and ride it down a mountain. The event reached its limits when the Club arrived in St. Moritz with a London double-decker bus, wanting to send it down the ski slopes, and the Swiss resort managers refused. In recent decades the term extreme sport was further promoted after the Extreme Sports Channel, launched and then the X Games, a multi-sport event was created and developed by ESPN. The first X Games (known as 1995 Extreme Games) were held in Newport, Providence, Mount Snow, and Vermont in the United States. How To Live Your Adventure Sports Dreams Without Breaking ... in West Palm Beach, Florida Adventure Sports - Arkansas.com in West Palm Beach, Florida For example, windsurfing was conceived as a result of efforts to equip a surfboard with a sailing boat's propulsion system (mast and sail). Kitesurfing on the other hand was conceived by combining the propulsion system of kite buggying (a parafoil) with the bi-directional boards used for wakeboarding. Wakeboarding is in turn derived from snowboarding and waterskiing. 7 Adventure Sports To Get Your Heart Racing - Red Bull in West Palm Beach, Florida Download The All-new Adventure Sports Network App For Free in West Palm Beach, Florida For example, rugby union is both dangerous and adrenaline-inducing but is not considered an extreme sport due to its traditional image, and because it does not involve high speed or an intention to perform stunts (the aesthetic criteria mentioned above) and also it does not have changing environmental variables for the athletes. A feature of such activities in the view of some is their alleged capacity to induce an adrenaline rush in participants. However, the medical view is that the rush or high associated with the activity is not due to adrenaline being released as a response to fear, but due to increased levels of dopamine, endorphins and serotonin because of the high level of physical exertion. Adventure Sports - Home - Facebook in West Palm Beach, Florida Brymer and Gray's study defined 'true' extreme sports as a leisure or recreation activity where the most likely outcome of a mismanaged accident or mistake was death. This definition was designed to separate the marketing hype from the activity. Eric Brymer also found that the potential of various extraordinary human experiences, many of which parallel those found in activities such as meditation, was an important part of the extreme sport experience. Some of the sports have existed for decades and their proponents span generations, some going on to become well known personalities. Rock climbing and ice climbing have spawned publicly recognizable names such as Edmund Hillary, Chris Bonington, Wolfgang Güllich and more recently Joe Simpson. Another example is surfing, invented centuries ago by the inhabitants of Polynesia, it will become national sport of Hawaii. Nonprofit organizations such as Adaptive Action Sports seek to increase awareness of the participation in action sports by members of the disabled community, as well as increase access to the adaptive technologies that make participation possible and to competitions such as The X Games.[] Mortality[edit] Extreme sports by their nature can be extremely dangerous, conducive to fatalities, near-fatalities and other serious injuries, and sometimes consist in treading along the brink of death.
0.951999	Global justice is an issue in political philosophy arising from the concern that the world at large is unjust. Contents History Context Central questions Scope Distributive equality Institutions Nayef Al Rodhan Thomas Pogge Main positions Realism Particularism Nationalism Society of states Cosmopolitanism Demands of global justice References History Henrik Syse says that the main theory of global ethics and international justice in western tradition is the natural-law tradition which goes back to beyond written record. It has been organized and identifiable teaching within our culture since Latin times of Middle Stoa and Cicero and the early Christian philosophers Ambrose and Augustine. He states "This early natural-law theorizing teaching centered around the idea of a ius naturale, i.e., a system of right which is natural and as such common to all people, available to humankind as a measuring stick of right and wrong." Context Marion Young states that "A widely accepted philosophical view continues to hold that the scope of obligations of justice is defined by membership in a common political community. On this account, people have obligations of justice only to other people with whom they live together under a common constitution, or whom they recognize as belonging to the same nation as themselves." Philosopher David Miller also agrees that obligations only apply to people living together or that are part of the same Nation. What we owe one another in the global context is one of the questions the global justice concept seeks to answer. There are positive and negative duties which may be in conflict with ones moral rules. Cosmopolitans, reportedly including the ancient Greek Diogenes of Sinope, have described themselves as citizens of the world. Thinkers including the utilitarian anarchist William Godwin have argued that everyone has an impartial duty to do the most good he or she can, without preference for any one human being over another. The broader political context of the debate is the longstanding conflict between more and less local institutions: tribes against states, villages against cities, local communities against empires, nation-states against the UN. The relative strength of the local versus the global has waxed and waned over recorded history. From the early modern period until the twentieth century, the preeminent political institution was the state, which is sovereign, territorial, claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in its territory, and exists in an international system of other sovereign states. Over the same period, and relatedly, political philosophers' interest in justice focused almost exclusively on domestic issues: how should states treat their subjects, and what do fellow-citizens owe one another? Justice in relations between states, and between individuals across state borders, was put aside as a secondary issue or left to international relations theorists. Since the First World War, however, the state system has been transformed by globalization and by the creation of supranational political and economic institutions such as the League of Nations, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Over the same period, and especially since the 1970s, global justice became an important issue in political philosophy. In the contemporary global justice debate, the general issue of impartiality centers on the moral significance of borders and of shared citizenship. Realists, particularists, nationalists, members of the society of states tradition, and cosmopolitans take contesting positions in response to these problems. Central questions Three related questions, concerning the scope of justice, justice in the distribution of wealth and other goods, and the institutions responsible for justice, are central to the problem of global justice. When these questions are addressed in non ideal circumstances, they are part of the "ethics of process," a branch of political ethics. Scope Are there, as the moral universalist argues, objective ethical standards that apply to all humans regardless of culture, race, gender, religion, nationality or other distinguishing features? Or do ethical standards only apply within such limited contexts as cultures, nations, communities, or voluntary associations? A Moral Conception of Social Justice is only Universalistic if: It subjects all persons to the same system of fundamental moral principles These principles assign the same fundamental moral benefits and burdens to all: and These fundamental benefits and burdens do not privilege or disadvantage certain groups arbitrarily. Distributive equality Gillian Brock asks "Do we have an obligation to ensure people have their basic needs met and can otherwise lead “decent” lives, or should we be more concerned with global socio-economic equality?". 1.1 billion people — 18% of humanity — live below the World Bank's $2/day. Is this distribution of wealth and other goods just? What is the root cause of poverty, and are there systemic injustices in the world economy? John Rawls has said that international obligations are between states as long as "states meet a minimal condition of decency" where as Thomas Nagel argues that obligations to the others are on an individual level and that moral reasons for restraint do not need to be satisfied for an individual to deserve equal treatment internationally . Peter Singer argues in Famine, Affluence, and Morality that the rich have a moral obligation to give their money away to those who need it. Institutions What institutions – states, communes, federal entities, global financial institutions like the World Bank, international NGOs, multinational corporations, international courts, a world state – would best achieve the ideal of global justice? How might they gain our support, and whose responsibility is it to create and sustain such institutions? How free should movement between the jurisdictions of different territorial entities be? Thomas Pogge says that States can not achieve global justice by themselves "It has never been plausible that the interests of states — that is, the interests of governments — should furnish the only considerations that are morally relevant in international relations." Organizations like the World Trade Organization have advocated free trade but allow protectionism in affluent developed countries to this point according to Pogge and Moellendorf. Public polls have shown that there is support for the International Criminal Court. 130 Civil Society groups in Africa have recognized that the ICC operates unevenly but in the interest of reaching global justice remain supportive of it. In Cambodia the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, some observers had said "the court will not truly be effective unless it can properly address the crucial issue of how reparations will be given to victims of the regime" while others supported it, “I think the case is going to be the most important trial in Cambodian history.” said Youk Chhang the director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, One worldwide institution, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, responsible for creating agreements on climate change has been criticized for not acting fast enough. by Truthout. Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle of the Global Justice Ecology Project have noted that in 2007 industry insiders were given preferential treatment over "civil society observers and delegates from poorer countries whose visas were delayed." Nayef Al-Rodhan Philosopher Nayef Al-Rodhan argues in his 2009 book, Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man: A Philosophy of History and Civilisational Triumph, that human well-being is dependent on the preservation and promotion of human dignity and that human dignity is directly linked to global justice. In order to achieve global justice, eight minimum criteria must be met. These are 1) dialogue, 2) effective and representative multilateral institutions, 3) representative decision-making structures, 4) fair treatment, 5) empathy, 6) accountability, 7) transparency, and 8) adherence to international law. Because interconnectedness between peoples and geo-cultural domains is becoming increasingly common, Al-Rodhan maintains that the fate of one geo-cultural domain will affect the fate of others. Justice is central to human dignity, individual geo-cultural triumph, and the overall well-being of human civilization. Thus, according to Al-Rodhan, meeting the minimum criteria of global justice is a prerequisite to the triumph of human civilization. Global justice is the paramount to global security, because injustice can lead to feelings of anger, humiliation, and alienation, which can undermine human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that humans are primarily driven by emotional self-interest and that protecting humans’ emotional needs is fundamental to human well-being and human dignity. When people feel that they have been the victim of unjust decisions, they may try and seek justice by less conventional means such as violence. This, in turn, can promote insecurity. Therefore, justice and not just military power, is essential to maintaining global security. Some obstacles might however arise. Al-Rodhan identifies the disparity in power that exists between states in the current global order as a major obstacle in achieving global justice. Calls for greater global justice are thus likely to continue from disadvantaged societies because they often feel that they are unjustly subjected to the rules set by more powerful players. However, dominant states that benefit from the current status quo are unlikely to want to alter established institutions or governance structures. Al-Rodhan therefore recommends that fairness in terms of the participants in dialogue is a prerequisite for the promotion of universal justice. Similarly, he argues that diplomacy must be based on openness to hearing and acknowledging the concerns and positions of others. Empathy and an acknowledgement of the grievances and past pains of others are crucial, as is giving all stakeholders a voice in the decision-making process. Finally, Al-Rodhan argues that all states, no matter how powerful, must be bound by international law and its obligations. Thomas Pogge Thomas Pogge contends that an "institutional order can not be just if it fails to meet the minimal human rights standard", That standard is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To contend that there needs to be global justice one might analyze whether or not there is an injustice, Mathias Risse has argued that an injustice is not present, "While indeed 1.2 billion people in 1998 lived below the poverty line of $1.08 PPP 1993 per day, it is also true that there is now less misery than ever before," Less Misery is his standard for justice. He states that "progress made over the last 200 years is miraculous". Main positions Five main positions — realism, particularism, nationalism, the society of states tradition, and cosmopolitanism (in two forms) — have been taken by contributors to the global justice debate. Realism Realists, such as Charles Yeo, Hashim Tilab argue that there are no global ethical standards, and that to imagine that there are is a dangerous fantasy. States are the main actors in an international anarchy, and they either will or should always attempt to act rationally in their own interests. So, in response to the three central questions above: moral universalism is either false, or merely says that nothing is forbidden to any state in pursuit of its interests. There is no obligation to help the poor, unless doing so helps to further a state’s strategic aims. And the state system is taken as the fundamental and unchallengeable global institutional arrangement. Particularism Particularists, such as Michael Walzer and James Tully, argue that ethical standards arise out of shared meanings and practices, which are created and sustained by discrete cultures or societies. Moral and social criticism is possible within the boundaries of such groups, but not across them. If a society is egalitarian, for instance, its citizens can be morally wrong, and can meaningfully criticise each other, if they do not live up to their own egalitarian ideals; but they cannot meaningfully criticise another, caste-based society in the name of those ideals. "A given society is just if its substantive life is lived in a certain way — that is, in a way faithful to the shared understandings of [its] members." It is unjust if not. Each society has its own, different standards, and only those inside it are bound by those standards and can properly criticise themselves. So, moral universalism is false, because objective ethical standards vary between cultures or societies. We should not apply the same criteria of distributive justice to strangers as we would to compatriots. Nation-states that express their peoples' shared and distinctive ethical understandings are the proper institutions to enable local and different justices. For Charles Blattberg, however, there exists a particularist approach to global justice, one based upon what he calls a "global patriotism." Nationalism Nationalists, such as David Miller and Yael Tamir, argue that demanding mutual obligations are created by a particular kind of valuable association, the nation. We may have humanitarian duties to aid the particularly badly off worldwide, but these are much less stringent and pressing than our duties to our fellow-citizens. Nationalism has traditionally included this assumption of differing moral obligations to those within and those outside the nation, reflected for example in the fact that the benefits of the welfare state are not available to citizens of other countries. So, moral universalism is too simple, because the ethical standards that apply between compatriots differ from those that apply between strangers (although some nationalists argue for the universal ethical standard that nations should have their own states). Distributive justice is an issue within nations but not necessarily between them. And a world-system of nation-states is the appropriate organiser of justice for all, in their distinct associational groups. Society of states In the society of states tradition, states are seen as individual entities that can mutually agree on common interests and rules of interaction, including moral rules, in much the same way as human individuals can. Often, this idea of agreement between peers is formalised by a social contract argument. One prominent exemplar of the tradition is John Rawls. In The Law of Peoples, Rawls extends the method of his A Theory of Justice to the question of global justice. His argument is that we can justify a global regime by showing that it would be chosen by representatives of Peoples in an imagined original position, which prevents them knowing which particular People they represent. This decision-in-ignorance models fairness because it excludes selfish bias. When Rawls applied this method in the case of domestic justice, with parties in the original position representing individual members of a single society, he argued that it supported a redistributive, egalitarian liberal politics. In contrast, Rawls argues that when his method is applied to global justice, it supports a quite traditional, Kantian international ethics: duties of states to obey treaties and strict limits on warmaking, but no global repossession of private property. So, different justices apply to the domestic and international cases. Even if justice requires egalitarianism within states, it does not do so between them. And a system of cooperating but independent states is the just global institutional arrangement. Rawls describes this ideal as a 'realistic utopia'. Apart from Rawls, other notable exponents of this position include Hedley Bull. Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitans argue that some form of moral universalism is true, and therefore that all humans, and not merely compatriots or fellow-citizens, fall within the scope of justice. Their arguments typically appeal to consistency, as follows: The moral standing of individuals is based on some morally significant characteristics. These characteristics are shared by all humans (and not only by the members of some nation, culture, society, or state). Therefore, all humans have moral standing (and the boundaries between nations, cultures, societies and states are morally irrelevant). Cosmopolitans differ, however, over which shared human characteristics are morally significant. Consequentialist cosmopolitans, amongst whom Peter Singer is prominent, argue that the proper standard of moral judgement for actions, practices or institutions is their consequences, and that the measure of consequences is the welfare of humans (or even of all sentient creatures). The capacity to experience welfare and suffering is therefore the shared basis for moral standing. This means that the fact that some people are suffering terrible deprivations of welfare, caused by poverty, creates a moral demand that anyone who is able to help them do so. Neither the physical distance between the rich and the poor, nor the fact that they are typically citizens of different countries, has any moral relevance. Human rights defenders of cosmopolitanism, such as Thomas Pogge and Simon Caney, argue that all humans have rights, perhaps those set out in the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It may be argued that these rights create a positive duty of the rich to provide what they guarantee (security, a livelihood, etc.); or, alternatively, it may be argued that the rich are currently violating their negative duty not to impose a global order that systematically violates rights of the poor. Others defend neoconservative interventionist foreign policy from a view of cosmopolitanism for the added benefits to human rights that such intervention could bring. Some defended the 2003 invasion of Iraq from this motive due to the human rights abuses Saddam had inflicted on countless members of the Kurdish and Shiite communities. Individual cosmopolitans also differ considerably in how they understand the requirements of distributive justice and the legitimacy of global institutions. Some, for instance Kai Nielsen, endorse world government; others, such as Simon Caney, do not. The extent to which cosmopolitans advocate global redistribution of resources also varies. All cosmopolitans, however, believe that individuals, and not states, nations, or other groups, are the ultimate focus of universal moral standards. Demands of global justice None of the five main positions described above imply complete satisfaction with the current world order. Realists complain that states that pursue utopian moral visions through intervention and humanitarian aid, instead of minding their own strategic interests, do their subjects harm and destabilise the international system. Particularists object to the destruction of traditional cultures by cultural colonialism, whether under the guise of economic liberalism or defence of human rights. Nationalists deplore the fact that so many people are stateless or live under inefficient and tyrannical regimes. Advocates of the society of states are concerned about rogue states and about the imperial ambitions of the powerful. Cosmopolitans believe that the contemporary world badly fails to live up to their standards, and that doing so would require considerable changes in the actions of wealthy individuals and states. It might, for instance, require them to transfer most of their wealth to the poor. It might require the building of international institutions able to limit, or even replace, the self-interested action of powerful states and corporations. It might require each of us to do much more than most now do. 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Mos Def Updated on Feb 19, 2018 EditLikeCommentShare Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditSign in Covid-19 Years active 1993–present Children 6 Name Mos Def Role Hip-hop artist Full Name Dante Terrell Smith Born December 11, 1973 (age 42) (1973-12-11) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Residence Cape Town, South Africa Los Angeles, California, U.S Other names Dante Beze, Black Dante Occupation Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist Home town Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Spouse Alana Wyatt (m. 2005), Maria Yepes (m. 1996–2006) Albums Black on Both Sides, The Ecstatic, The New Danger Movies and TV shows Be Kind Rewind, Dexter, The Italian Job, The Hitchhiker's Guide to t, 16 Blocks Similar People Alana Wyatt, Talib Kweli, DJ Shadow, Q‑Tip, Erykah Badu in prison my whole life mos def interview pt 1 Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American hip hop recording artist, actor and activist from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Best known for his music, Mos Def embarked on his hip hop career in 1994, alongside his siblings in the short-lived rap group Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. He subsequently formed the duo Black Star, alongside fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1998. He was featured on the roster of Rawkus Records and in 1999 released his solo debut, Black on Both Sides. His debut was followed by The New Danger (2004), True Magic (2006) and The Ecstatic (2009). The editors at About.com listed him as the 14th greatest emcee of all time on their "50 greatest MC's of our time" list. Contents in prison my whole life mos def interview pt 1 Talib kweli kool g rap rah digga mos def common pharoahe monch posdnuos more Early life 1994–1998: Beginnings with Rawkus and Black Star 1999–2006: Solo career and various projects 2007–2011: GOOD Music era and name change 2012–present: Later career and retirement Beginnings as child actor Feature films Social and political views Legacy Personal life Discography Nominations References Prior to his career in music, Mos Def first entered public life as a child actor, having played roles in television movies, sitcoms, and theater. Since the early 2000s, Mos Def has been well known for his roles in films such as Something the Lord Made, Next Day Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 16 Blocks, Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job, Bamboozled and Brown Sugar, as well as for his portrayal of Brother Sam in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He is also known as the host of Def Poetry Jam, which aired on HBO between 2002 and 2007. Mos Def has been vocal on several social and political causes, including police brutality, the idea of American exceptionalism, and the state of African Americans. Talib kweli kool g rap rah digga mos def common pharoahe monch posdnuos more Early life Mos Def was born as Dante Terrell Smith in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sheron Smith and Abdul Rahman. The eldest of 12 children and step-children, he was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, while his father lived in New Jersey. Although his father was initially a member of the Nation of Islam and later followed Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who merged into mainstream Sunni Islam from the Nation, Mos Def was not exposed to Islam until the age of 13. At 19, he took his shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith. He is close friends with fellow Muslim rappers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (Q-Tip) of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest. Mos Def attended middle school at Philippa Schuyler Middle School 383 in Bushwick, Brooklyn where he picked up his love for acting. After returning from filming You Take the Kids in Los Angeles, and getting into a relationship with an older girl, Mos Def dropped out of high school during sophomore year. Growing up in New York City during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, he has spoken about witnessing widespread instances of gang violence, theft and poverty in society, which he largely avoided by working on plays, Off-Off-Broadway and arts programs. In a particularly traumatic childhood experience, Mos Def witnessed his then five year old younger brother Ilias Bey (b. Denard Smith) get hit by a car. Bey, who later adopted the alias DCQ, was described by Smith as "my first partner in Hip Hop". 1994–1998: Beginnings with Rawkus and Black Star Mos Def began his rap music career in 1994, forming the rap group UTD (or Urban Thermo Dynamics) along with younger brother DCQ and younger sister Ces. In 2004, they released the album Manifest Destiny, their first and only release to date. The album features a compilation of previously unreleased and re-released tracks recorded during the original UTD run. In 1996, Mos Def emerged as a solo artist and worked with De La Soul and Da Bush Babees, before he released his own first single, "Universal Magnetic" in 1997. Mos Def signed with Rawkus Records and formed the rap group Black Star with Talib Kweli. The duo released an album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, in 1998. Mostly produced by Hi-Tek, the album featured the singles "Respiration" and "Definition", which both reached in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. 1999–2006: Solo career and various projects Mos Def released his solo debut album Black on Both Sides in October 1999, also through Rawkus. The single "Ms. Fat Booty" charted, while the album reached #25 on the Billboard 200. Around this time he also contributed to the Scritti Politti album Anomie & Bonhomie. In January 2002 Rawkus Records was taken over by Geffen Records, which released his second solo album The New Danger in October 2004. It included contributions by Shuggie Otis and Bernie Worrell, Doug Wimbish,and Will Calhoun as the Black Jack Johnson Band. The album reached #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the most successful for the artist to date. The single "Sex, Love & Money" charted, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Mos Def's final solo album for Geffen Records, titled True Magic, was released in 2006. 2007–2011: GOOD Music era and name change On November 7, 2007, Mos Def performed live in San Francisco at The Mezzanine venue. The performance was recorded for an upcoming "Live in Concert" DVD. During the event, he announced that he would be releasing a new album to be called The Ecstatic. He performed a number of new tracks; in later shows, he previewed tracks produced by Madlib and was rumored to be going to Kanye West for new material. Producer and fellow Def Poet Al Be Back revealed he would be producing on the album as well. The album was released on June 9, 2009; but only Madlib's production had made the cut, along with tracks by Preservation, The Neptunes, Mr. Flash, Madlib's brother Oh No, a song by J. Dilla, and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Mos Def appears alongside Kanye West on the track "Two Words" from The College Dropout album, the track "Drunk And Hot Girls" and the bonus track "Good Night" off West's third major album, Graduation. In 2002, he released the 12" single Fine, which was featured in the Brown Sugar Motion Picture Soundtrack. Mos Def also appears on the debut album from fellow New Yorkers Apollo Heights on a track titled, "Concern." In October, he signed a deal with Downtown Records and appeared on a remix to the song "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice. He appeared on Stephen Marley's debut album Mind Control on the song "Hey Baby." In 2009, he worked with Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan to produce the track "America" for K'naan's album Troubadour. In April 2008, he appeared on the title track for a new album by The Roots entitled Rising Down. The new single, "Life In Marvelous Times", was made officially available through iTunes on November 4, 2008, and is available for stream on the Roots' website Okayplayer. In April 2009, Mos Def traveled to South Africa for the first time where he performed with The Robert Glasper Experiment at the renowned Cape Town International Jazz Festival. He treated the South African audience with an encore introduced by his own rendition of John Coltrane's "Love Supreme", followed by a sneak preview of the track "M.D. (Doctor)". Mos Def has designed two pairs of limited edition Converse shoes. The shoes were released through Foot Locker stores on August 1, 2009 in limited amounts. In late 2009, Mos Def created his own clothing line with the "UNDRCRWN" brand called the "Mos Def Cut & Sew Collection". The items were released in select U.S. stores and almost exclusively on the UNDRCRWN website. 2009 also found Mos Def among the MCs aligning themselves with American entrepreneur Damon Dash's DD172 and collaborating with American blues rock band the Black Keys on the Blakroc album, a project headed by the Black Keys and Damon Dash. Mos Def appeared with Harlem-bred rapper Jim Jones and the Black Keys on the Late Show with David Letterman to perform the Blakroc track "Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)". In March 2010, Mos Def's song "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" was featured in Palm's "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing." campaign. Mos Def features on the first single, "Stylo", from the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, alongside soul legend Bobby Womack. He also appears on the track titled "Sweepstakes". In September 2010, after appearing on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Friday track "Lord Lord Lord", Mos Def confirmed he had signed with GOOD Music. Mos Def has been an active contributor to the recovery of the oil spill in the Gulf, performing concerts and raising money towards repairing its damages. In June 2010, he recorded a cover of the classic New Orleans song originally by Smokey Johnson, "It Ain't My Fault" with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty. In September 2011, Mos Def announced that he legally changed his name to Yasiin Bey, and would continue to go by that name. 2012–present: Later career and retirement In January 2012, it was reported that Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli had begun "to resurrect" Black Star. In 2015, Yasiin Bey was featured on A$AP Rocky's second studio album At. Long. Last. ASAP, on the track "Back Home", alongside Acyde and the deceased A$AP Yams. Bey again revived his Mos Def moniker for two new songs in August 2015, titled "Basquiat Ghostwriter" and "Sensei on the Block", respectively. On January 19, 2016, Yasiin Bey announced his retirement from both the music and film industries on Kanye West's website: "I'm retiring from the music recording industry as it is currently assembled today, and also Hollywood, effective immediately. I'm releasing my final album this year, and that's that." After announcing his retirement, he expressed gratitude to everyone who has supported him over the years and revealed his intention to enter the fashion industry and complete a handful of films. Bey also confirmed he still planned to release a collaborative project with Ferrari Sheppard called Dec 9th. In October 2016, a planned concert in London was cancelled due to travel restrictions imposed on the artist, while other European dates suffered the same fate. On October 14, 2016, Yasiin Bey posted a video to Facebook where he announced that he's still planning to retire: "I'm retiring for real this year, this week. With the 17th anniversary of Black on Both Sides being released, I am grateful to have had the career that I have been able to enjoy." He also announced one last concert which he will be live streaming from Cape Town, South Africa. In November 2016, he was granted the ability to leave but not reenter South Africa and was put on "South Africa's 'undesirable persons' list." He said he would perform one show in Harlem and three in Washington D.C. after leaving South Africa. He announced Dec 99th, his final album would be released on December 9. He released three singles from it “Local Time,” “N.A.W.” and “Seaside Panic Room.” On December 5, 2016, he announced the title of two albums, Negus in Natural Person and As Promised, the latter of which is a collaboration with Southern hip hop producer Mannie Fresh, initially titled OMFGOD. His claims of retirement seem questionable as he has played a show as recently as Wednesday September 13, 2017, at the Fox Theater in Oakland as part of Black Star. Beginnings as child actor Prior to his career in music, Mos Def entered public life as a child actor, having played roles in television movies, sitcoms and theater, some of which were under the name Dante Beze. At the age of 14, he appeared in the TV movie God Bless the Child, starring Mare Winningham, which aired on ABC in 1988. He played the oldest child in the 1990 family sitcom, You Take the Kids, shortly before it was cancelled. In 1995, he played the character Dante, Bill Cosby's sidekick on the short-lived detective show, The Cosby Mysteries. In 1996, he also starred in a Visa check card commercial featuring Deion Sanders. In 1997 he had a small role alongside Michael Jackson in his short film and music video "Ghosts". Feature films After brief appearances in Bamboozled and Monster's Ball, Mos Def played a rapper who is reluctant to sign to a major label in Brown Sugar. He was nominated for an Image Award and a Teen Choice Award. In 2001, he took a supporting role to Beyoncé Knowles and Mehki Phifer in the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Lt. Miller, a crooked cop. In 2002, he played the role of Booth in Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, a Tony-nominated and Pulitzer-winning Broadway play. He and co-star Jeffrey Wright won a Special Award from the Outer Critics Circle Award for their joint performance. He played Left Ear in the 2003 film The Italian Job. That same year he appeared in the music video You Don't Know My Name of the song by Alicia Keys. In television, Mos Def has appeared on NYPD Blue, on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, and has hosted the award-winning HBO spoken word show, Def Poetry since its inception. The show's sixth season aired in 2007. He also appeared on the sitcom My Wife And Kids as the disabled friend of Michael Kyle (Damon Wayans). Mos Def won "Best Actor, Independent Movie" at the 2005 Black Reel Awards for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Lucas in The Woodsman. For his portrayal of Vivien Thomas in HBO's film Something the Lord Made, he was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe, and won the Image Award. He also played a bandleader in HBO's Lackawanna Blues. He then landed the role of Ford Prefect in the 2005 movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2006, Mos Def appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party alongside Black Star partner Talib Kweli, while also contributing to the film's soundtrack. He was also featured as the banjo player in the Pixie Sketch" from Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, though his appearance was edited out of the DVD. He starred in the action film 16 Blocks alongside Bruce Willis and David Morse. He has a recurring guest role on Boondocks, starring as Gangstalicious. He is also set to be in Toussaint, a film about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, opposite Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes. He made a cameo appearance as himself in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In 2007, Mos Def narrated the PBS-broadcast documentary Prince Among Slaves. In 2008, Mos Def starred in the Michel Gondry movie Be Kind Rewind, playing a video rental store employee whose best friend is played by co-star Jack Black. He also portrayed Chuck Berry in the film Cadillac Records, for which he was nominated for a Black Reel Award and an Image Award. In 2009, he appeared in the House episode entitled "Locked In" as a patient suffering from locked-in syndrome. His performance was well-received, with E! saying that Mos Def "delivers an Emmy-worthy performance." He was also in the 2009 film Next Day Air. In 2010, he appeared on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! as Super Mr. Superhero. He also appeared in A Free Man of Color, John Guare's play at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. In 2011, he began a multi-episode appearance on the sixth season of Showtime television series Dexter. He played Brother Sam, an ex-convict who has supposedly found religion despite finding himself in violent situations. In January 2016, Mos Def announced his retirement from both the music and the film industry on Kanye West's website. In March 2016 it was announced that he had been attached to star in "his last live-action film", The Disconnected, a science fiction thriller dealing with policing, identity, and the intersection of technology and humanity. Social and political views In 2000, paired with Talib Kweli, Mos Def organized the Hip Hop for Respect project to speak out against police brutality. The project was created in response to the 1999 police shooting of Amadu Diallo, and sought to accumulate 41 artists to the roster, one to match each of the 41 gunshots fired on Diallo. Mos Def is well known for his left-wing political views. In 2000, Mos Def performed a benefit concert for death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal. In May 2005, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, R&B singer Martin Luther and City Councilman Charles Barron approached New York City Hall, demanding the withdrawal of the $1 million bounty for Assata Shakur. In September 2005, Mos Def released the single "Katrina Clap", renamed "Dollar Day" for True Magic, (utilizing the instrumental for New Orleans rappers UTP's "Nolia Clap"). The song is a criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. On the night of the MTV Video Music Awards, Mos Def pulled up in front of Radio City Music Hall on a flatbed truck and began performing the "Katrina Clap" single in front of a crowd that quickly gathered around him. He was subsequently arrested despite having a public performance permit in his possession. In October 2006, Mos Def appeared on 4Real, a documentary television series. Appearing in the episode "City of God", he and the 4Real crew traveled to City of God, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to meet Brazilian MC MV Bill and learn about the crime and social problems of the community. On September 7, 2007, Mos Def appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher where he spoke about racism against African Americans, citing the government response to Hurricane Katrina, the Jena Six, and the murder conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He appeared on Real Time again on March 27, 2009, and spoke about the risk of nuclear weapons. In July 2013, Mos Def, under the new name Yasiin Bey, appeared in a short film released by the human rights organization Reprieve, depicting the forced-feeding methods used at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. This transpired after a document containing the military instructions for the procedure was leaked. Mos Def and Talib Kweli also share interest in the Black Panther Party. They have shared an interest in the party since high school. Legacy About.com ranked him #14 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time, while The Source ranked him #23 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. AllMusic called him one of the most promising rappers to emerge in the late 1990s, as well as one of hip-hop's brightest hopes entering the 21st century. Mos Def has influenced numerous hip hop artists throughout his career, including Lupe Fiasco, Jay Electronica, Kid Cudi, and Saigon. Kendrick Lamar has also mentioned Mos Def as a very early inspiration and someone he listened to "coming up" as a young rapper, though he denied being a part of the conscious rap movement. Personal life Mos Def married Maria Yepes in 1996, and has two daughters with her: Jauhara Smith and Chandani Smith. He filed for divorce from Yepes in 2006. The former couple made headlines when Yepes took Mos Def to court over failure in child-support obligations, paying $2,000 short of the monthly $10,000 he is ordered to pay. Mos Def has four other children. His mother Sheron Smith, who goes by her nickname "Umi", has played an active role managing portions of her son's career. She is also a motivational speaker, and has authored the book Shine Your Light: A Life Skills Workbook, where she details her experience as a single mother raising him. In January 2016, Mos Def was ordered to leave South Africa and not return for five years, having stayed in the country illegally on an expired tourist visa granted in May 2013. Also that month, he was charged with using an unrecognized World Passport and having lived illegally in South Africa since 2014. Mos Def had reportedly recruited Kanye West to help defend him, and posted a message on West's website announcing his retirement from show business. There is an ongoing court case in relation to immigration offences involving the artist and his family. 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0.999268	No doubt, the most controversial issue that the country is facing today is the immigration reform. America is considered as a nation of immigrants. Millions have traveled enormous distances to partake in the freedom that America offers. They are all united by faith in the opportunity called the American Dream. However, this nation is also a dwelling place of laws and fairness. Regardless of where the immigrants come from, this land offers a place where they can live, work and be successful as long as they abide with the laws and play honestly at all times. It is the honesty and obedience to the law that spurs the American Dream achievable. These traditions are entangled with history and must be considered when debating immigration reforms. It is very obvious that the immigration system is down. Immigration reform evokes profound emotions for people on each side of the fence. So here, you may acquire some ideas about the arguments of both sides. Here are the immigration reform pros and cons. 4 Pros of the Immigration Reform Immigration reform is associated with benefits like: 1. The immigration reform is currently promoted by President Obama and if this will be approved, the strict enforcement on the borders will be practiced. Because of this, the amount of illegal activities like for example drug and human trafficking will be reduced. Everyone residing in the country will benefit from this. 2. A Guest Worker Program will be adopted. Workers from outside will be given work permissions to come and work in the country, but after the contract expires, they have to leave. In this way, the labor force will be properly monitored and will have an organized labor system. 3. If the reform will be approved, the chance of economic boost is really high. If all the working immigrants are registered in the labor system, local taxes will be applied and they have to report it just like a regular US citizen would. The government can also accumulate funds because if an immigrant is caught illegal they will have to pay fine. 4. At present, the number of illegal immigrants in the country is approximately 11 million. With this proposed reform they will be forced to come out and they have to work legally. If they can not comply, they will be extradited out of this country. Through this, the chance of decreasing the rate of unemployed for the regular citizens is very high. 3 Cons of the Immigration Reform 1. If the illegal immigrants will be given amnesty, chances are more people will still attempt to cross over the border because they might think that they will be given amnesty as well. The population of illegal immigrants will continue to increase. 2. If this reform will not push through, the labor industry will have a big trouble. Competition in searching for job will rise and will boost the unemployment rate. 3. The issue regarding the language barrier will occur. American English is at stake. How do you feel about the Immigration Reform? For some people, when they hear about immigration, probably, the things that come to their minds are illegal aliens or crossing the nation’s border. But, in this subject, tons of different opinions will emerge that may cause political uprising. The debate about Immigration Reform is still on – how about your feelings about the issue? 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0.999593	Many employers are beginning to look optimistically beyond pandemic conditions and hoping to accelerate their growth. To achieve this, leaders need to ensure they have the right people. And, while the eNPS (employee Net Promoter Score) can help track whether teams are working well together, it is not a headline indicator of employee experience, and it should not be how companies think of wellbeing. In light of optimism around a post-COVID world, many employers turn their thoughts towards accelerating growth to make up for lost time. To achieve their business goals, leaders will also need to ensure they have the right people in the right teams — which really boils down to the attraction and retention of talent. It is very sensible to choose a key metric to track through this important process. But it is important to choose the right metric — one that will pick up whether teams are working well together. In this article, we look at the trend to use eNPS (the employee Net Promoter Score) and why, here at Friday Pulse, we think creating a Happiness KPI is a better solution. The eNPS — a derivative of the Net Promoter (NPS) score asking, “How likely are you to recommend [Organization] as a place to work?” — is a measure of employee wellbeing. Many businesses (and employee wellbeing platforms) quote their eNPS score to attract talent. The logic here is simple: if lots of employees are willing to promote their company, it must be a good place to work. While the desires behind thinking about wellbeing and eNPS use may be altruistic, it’s a clumsy tool — it serves the employer better than the employee. On the other hand, measuring employee happiness changes the relationship between employer and employee, and allows real magic to happen. Here’s a look at how this works. A dive into the eNPS The eNPS is a popular and easy way to calculate the average happiness of employees. Like the NPS, it looks at promoters (those likely to support your company) and detractors (those likely to speak negatively about it). Those in the middle are considered passives. Respondents are given a scale of 0-10 to answer and then sorted. 0-6 are detractors 7-8 are neutral or passive 9-10 are promoters To calculate the NPS, you subtract the % of detractors from the % of promoters. The final scores can range anywhere from -100 to 100 and is supposed to be a quick and easy number that checks employee satisfaction. Employers can apply this test quarterly, and some are encouraged to use it monthly to “check in” with their employees. Improvement in the score shows that employees are doing better and are more satisfied with their job. Or at least that’s what proponents of the eNPS would hope. The reality is that the eNPS is an inherently flawed number. The flaws of the eNPS The eNPS can provide a lot of information — for the specific purpose of recruiting. It is a perfectly fine measure of brand advocacy, but it should not be a headline indicator of employee experience, and it should not be how companies think of wellbeing. The first flaw is the initial question, “How likely are you to recommend [Organization] as a place to work?” Questions about wellbeing should act as sign posts or guides about how to improve your experience. This provides no guidance at all. There are four main problems with this question: The question is focused on attracting talent to the organization, rather than the employee’s experience The question asks the respondent to imagine how they would behave in a hypothetical future situation, rather than asking them to report on their own experience The question is not time-bound, so it is very general and can only be asked infrequently It does not capture the dynamic nature of employee experience Next, the eNPS doesn’t focus on the employee. It asks the employee to be an advocate, instead of focusing on the experience of the employee or asking what it can do for the employee. In this way, it feels as extractive as questions about engagement — it becomes another thing that the company will ask the employee to do. It becomes another chore for the employee. Sorting the numbers is also problematic. First, it reduces the 11-point scale (0-10) to a 3-point scale. The scaling also appears to be arbitrary. For example, why is 6 considered a detractor? Furthermore, it scores 0-6 in the same way. Surely, someone that selected 0 is much more upset than a 6. What this means is that statistical nuance has been discarded in an effort to simplify the eNPS score. And then the frequency that this question is administered brings a further complication. Because it’s just a snapshot in time, it does not account for the dynamic nature of employee experience. If an employee is having a bad day, they may respond with a 6 but later in the day they may respond with a better score. Why the Happiness KPI works as a better solution In many ways, employee experience is much like the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly actions of a share price on the stock market. It rises and falls constantly. Some days are better than others, just like some months or years are better than others. A quarterly snapshot of employee wellbeing is akin to only looking at share price on a quarterly basis and then trying to draw conclusions and conduct trend analysis based on limited information — most financial investors would balk at that kind of practice. In the same way, employers be aware of trends in their workplace. A single score is a snapshot that tells a story of a single moment in time. To understand real trends, you need more data. This is why we believe that the weekly measurement of happiness makes for a far more reliable KPI than quarterly, or even monthly eNPS measurements. It’s infrequent enough to not annoy employees while being frequent enough to provide ‘real-time’ information that you can use. Measuring happiness focuses on an employee’s real experiences instead of hypotheticals. It changes the extractive relationship of employer/employee into a more collaborative one. It sends the message to employees that employers are willing to listen and act on employee concerns. The relationship between eNPS and happiness While the eNPS captures an employee’s willingness to promote their company, it doesn’t capture happiness. Happiness and the eNPS are, of course, interrelated. It would be very strange if they weren’t. The following chart comes from Friday Pulse clients who collected both the Happiness KPI and eNPS data. eNPS vs. Employee Happiness The graph confirms things that you may have already concluded as ‘common sense’. Happy employees are much more likely to be promoters, and unhappy employees are much more likely to be detractors. What this means is that employee happiness is a good predictor of employee advocacy. Happier employees are more likely to promote the company as an excellent place to work. But, employee happiness has many other advantages as your core people metric: It signals that the business cares about the employees’ experience of work Data can be gathered on a weekly basis so people leaders can respond quickly to any challenges. Happiness also predicts a series of business-critical outcomes: Higher staff retention – unhappy employees are 2x more likely to leave Increased productivity – happier teams are 28% more productive Improved innovation – happier employees are 3x more creative and collaborative In addition, it’s worth noting that many of our clients actively promote their use of Friday Pulse in their recruitment programmes. They do this because they know that it helps them show they care about their employees and attract better talent. How Friday Pulse can help At Friday Pulse, we wholeheartedly endorse employee happiness as the best measure of employee experience. While the eNPS does have some value as a measure of employee advocacy, it is much less versatile and useful. If you are looking for a more nuanced approach to recruitment while truly understanding your people’s attitude towards your company, then we recommend trying the Happiness KPI. And, we’re continuing to offer free access to Friday Pulse for six weeks. Get in touch to book a demo. We’d love to help.
0.998449	Suppose you are given a DNA fragment of mass 1897.27 Dalton and no other information. What nucleotide combinations are there that lead to exactly this mass? Decomp helps you solve this and similar problems efficiently. Problems like this (referred to as mass decomposition problems) often arise in mass spectrometry, where the only information left about DNA, protein, or other sample fragments is their molecular masss. Given the weighted alphabet A, B, C with weights 3, 5, 8, what are the decompositions for weight 16? Shown are all three solutions: A2B2, A1B1C1, and C2. The answer to the above question looks like this: There are two possible nucleotide decompositions: either 6 Adenines or 2 Cytosines, 1 Adenine, and 3 Guanines In short notation, we write: A6 and C2A1G3. For a second example, see the figure on the right. More generally, the set A, C, G, T in conjunction with the corresponding molecular masses is called a weighted alphabet. Decomp can use predefined DNA and amino acid alphabets, and of course arbitrary alphabets provided by you. Decomp can also be used to solve the money-changing problem (also called coin change problem). Formally, the problem is stated as follows: Given an ordered set of weights {a1 , �� , ak} and a nonnegative query mass M, find all solutions to M = a1c1 + a2c2 + �� + akck where c1, �� ,ck are nonnegative integers.
0.927376	The inflation numbers that came out of the BLS this morning should be a source of grave concern to all. Inflation seems to be accelerating, which is a clear sign that a wage-price spiral may have begun. Once that cat is out of the bag, it can be extremely costly to put it back in. We had better hope that the FED has the fortitude to do what is needed (i.e. slam on the brakes). Given the erosion of its independence in recent years, and the ongoing debates on who should occupy the senior FED posts that are vacant or soon to be vacated, one is allowed to have doubts. If the FED does not act decisively to curb inflation, we will live with dire consequences in the years ahead. And politicians will have to deal with irate voters who will surely punish the incumbents at the polls. Such an environment would create conditions for a return to power of the populists, and that will not make the situation any better. A lot of people have egg on their face for not seeing this coming, including many of my fellow economists. This inflationary explosion should have been apparent to all who observed economic data closely. One does not inject trillions of dollars of liquidity into the economy, coupled with an unprecedented fiscal expansion, without creating inflationary pressures. This was clear to me, as I noted on several occasions (1, 2, 3). It was also very clear to one of my favorite economists, Larry Summers. He took a lot of flak for it when he warned about inflation, but as Politico notes he has been vindicated. That's because Summers is unusual among economists in that he generally does not let his political priors get the best of his professional judgment. In contrast, most other mainstream economists wanted so badly for the government to spend trillions of dollars on redistributive transfers that they minimized the likely negative consequences of these policies. Another institution that will suffer a loss of credibility is the FED itself. Back in August of 2020 they announced that rates would be kept at zero for five years. There is no way now that this will be the case. The FED will therefore have announced a policy that they must renege on. Should we believe any pronouncement they will now make? One last point. The last two major shocks to the US economy were the mortgage crisis of 2008 and the COVID crisis of 2020. Policies to address these two shocks involved giving good stuff to voters - liquidity and government transfers. In contrast, addressing the inflationary shock of 2021 will entail taking good stuff away from voters - liquidity, and government transfers - in order to tamp down demand. Not only is the shock itself likely to anger voters, who dislike variable and increasing prices, but the policy solution also is likely to invite more voter dissatisfaction. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 11/10/2021 at 01:41 PM in Forecasting, Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) 11/02/2021 Bernie Sanders is Right Senator Sanders came out very strongly today against a proposed reinstatement of the SALT deduction for five years, to be part of the proposed reconciliation package. He is right to oppose the SALT deduction. It is a provision that has no redeeming features. As a reminder, the SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct their state and local taxes from their taxable income. The 2017 Paul Ryan tax reform capped the deduction at $10,000 per taxpayer. Some Democrats in Congress now want to restore the full deduction for five years. The reason the deduction has no redeeming features is that: 1) It is distortive: it implies a federal subsidy for state and local tax increases - voters don't pay the full cost of tax increases, so politicians face incentives to raise them beyond what would otherwise be the case. The distortion extends to the type of taxes that policymakers might adopt: the deduction encourages income taxes rather than sales taxes, i.e. it encourages taxes that distort work and innovation incentives, to the detriment of taxes that encourage thrift and capital accumulation (as is the case with consumption taxes). 2) It is regressive. Those who benefit the most from the SALT deduction are taxpayers who own a lot of property (local taxes) or who earn a lot of income (state income taxes). Essentially, under the SALT deduction, the poor have to pay more taxes to finance a tax cut for rich people. Indeed, according to the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about 80% of the tax cut would go to the top 5% of taxpayers. It would also be the biggest line item in the Build Back Better plan. The proposal to restore the SALT deduction is symptomatic of the newfound tendency of center-left parties in advanced industrial democracies to cater to moneyed interests. This tendency was recently documented in admirable detail by Thomas Piketty and his coauthors. The populist right understands this and has made huge inroads with the working class. Not only should Congress not restore the full deduction, they should also reduce or eliminate the partial deduction that now exists. While they are at it, they should also completely get rid of the mortgage interest deduction, which is similarly distortive and regressive. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 11/02/2021 at 03:14 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) 10/26/2021 The Proposed Tax on Unrealized Gains The Democratic majority in Congress seems to be inching toward proposing a tax on unrealized capital gains, to be applied to billionaires. Bloomberg provides some details, and the proposal is being discussed quite widely in the press. Unfortunately, there is very little academic analysis of the likely effects of such a tax. One possible exception is an old paper by Alan Auerbach, from 1991, but this paper studies a scheme that would levy interest on taxes due on past accruals, to be paid at the time the gains are realized. This is not the current proposal, where accruals themselves would be taxed every year as they occur, even when not realized. Another assessment (not particularly kind to the proposal) comes from a finance professor at NYU, but it does not take the form of an academic paper, i.e. it lacks the rigor that peer-review imposes. Still, the effects that this blog post describes seem plausible. Billionaires will have to sell a portion of their holdings every year, meaning they will have less skin in the game (and this will have consequences for overall asset prices); they will face incentives to purchase hard-to value, easy-to-hide assets like art and expensive wines, they will face incentives to engage in more conspicuous consumption (yachts, airplanes, which depreciate over time), and to take their firms private (if there is a carve-out for privately held businesses - as there should be since these are often impossible to value). I also shudder to think of the litigation that will come out of this: billionaire by definition have plentiful resources, and it would make sense for them to devote even a small fraction of these resources to contesting the taxman's valuations. Lawyers and tax accountants will surely rejoice. Finally, as Elon Musk aptly reminded us today, taxes aimed at a very small group usually get extended down the income and wealth distribution eventually, as was the case with the Alternative Minimum Tax. The list of unintended consequences is long. I think implementing this untested idea would be reckless. I also wonder why the proposal is limited to monetary capital. Why not extend it to human capital? The highly educated have invested resources to accumulating knowledge and skills in expectation of future gains. These gains are quite sizable, as David Autor's work on the college wage premium has shown. For example, I calculate the average lifetime monetary gain from obtaining a UCLA Anderson MBA degree to be in the vicinity of $2 million, in present value terms, compared to earnings that flow from the good undergraduate degrees that our students typically possess. This number is actually easier to calculate than the value of a billionaire's asset holdings! Should we tax that now, too, or wait until these gains are realized? Unrealized gains are notional gains. They are not income until the gains are realized, i.e. the asset is sold. If we are open to taxing unrealized income, the possibilities are endless: anything that could conceivably produce income in the future becomes taxable. This discussion, of course, may be moot, since the whole package will most likely never become law [I hold to my prediction that nothing will pass]. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 10/26/2021 at 02:12 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) 09/26/2021 An Excellent Column Over at Bloomberg, Matthew Yglesias makes the case for moderating the Biden Administration's policy ambitions. The column argues that many voters prefer stability to massive policy change, and that the Democrats now in power should focus on just a few priorities rather that try to change the whole economic system with very large outlays, backed by correspondingly large tax increases. I don't wish to opine on the substance of the argument. I do think, however, that the premise is quite correct as a factual matter. Politicians are usually wrong to assume that voters will embrace radical change. In fact, in the recent past, even incremental change has been followed by defeat at the polls. I am thinking for instance of Obamacare, and the subsequent rout of the Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. We live in a prosperous country, where things are basically fine. Sure, there are problems and challenges, but most voters are reluctant to embrace radical change for an uncertain payoff. The founding fathers of the United States wrote in its Constitution many provisions that make it hard to effect change through the political system. Laws must pass both chambers of Congress, sometimes with a supermajority requirement, and be signed by the President. They are then subject to judicial review, where they could get overturned. Getting something radical done has always been hard. But it is even harder now. The reason is the growing heterogeneity of preferences and opinions that animates our very pluralistic population, and the fact that politicians now receive immediate feedback on these preferences and opinions. Want to enact policy A? Those who prefer policy B, or the status quo, will immediately make themselves heard. Want to enact policy B instead? The same thing will occur. Gridlock comes from two sources: the specific institutions of the US, and the set of preferences that feed into these institutions to determine policy. What comes out of this process at present is basically the status quo. I have said it before, and will say it again: the Democrats' $3.5 trillion plan will not become law. The fact that a mainstream left-leaning columnist like Matt Yglesias calls for moderating it is revealing. UPDATE: Speaker Pelosi seems to recognize this reality. The issue is whether the progressive wing of the Democratic Party will go along with these scaled-down ambitions. My hunch is that they won't, and this week's vote on the infrastructure package will be a clear test of this prediction. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 09/26/2021 at 03:37 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (1) 09/06/2021 A Pair of Articles on the State of American Education 1) Via the excellent Bari Weiss, an article from ProPublica and the New Yorker, on the devastating effects of COVID-related school closures on children, especially the poorest and most vulnerable of them. The effects on US inequality will be profound and will last for decades. 2) From the WSJ, it appears there is now a large gender gap in college-level education.(Hat tip: Ivo Welch; the article is also cited in Bari Weiss's Substack post, linked to above). The figures cited in the article are simply staggering. Combined with other diagnoses of the plight of young men (declining labor supply, increasing time spent playing video-games), the article makes for sobering reading. Is the situation similar in other countries? I would guess the tendency is there, but less pronounced. China recently cracked down on gaming. Such a dramatic policy would not be feasible in Western democracies. In fact, it is not clear what policy intervention could address the issue effectively. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 09/06/2021 at 05:54 PM in Chinese Economy, COVID-19 Pandemic, Global Trends, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) 08/14/2021 Vaccines, Masks, and Social Antagonism In Module 8 of our class, we discuss the rise of new interests. In a recent paper, written jointly with Klaus Desmet and just published in The Economic Journal, we make the case that the United States is experiencing an increase in cultural disagreement: over the last 30 years or so, people on average have tended to give more diverging answers to big societal questions. It is hard to look around and not see that fact manifest itself in everyday life. The range of opinions, views and beliefs that one sees espoused on social media, for instance, is simply staggering - and it seems that whenever a person proffers an opinion on something, someone will be there to take the other side of the issue. This is true too when it comes to COVID policies - in particular on vaccines and mask mandates. My personal view is that the case in favor of COVID vaccination is a slam dunk (the case for mask mandates seems less clear-cut). Billions of shots have been given, so if there were serious and widespread side effects, we would know it by now. And the evidence suggests that COVID vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and, barring that, at preventing serious illness and hospitalization. However, every society seems to be witnessing serious disagreements about vaccines. The Wall Street Journal recently took an in-depth look at the social divisions that result from disagreements over vaccinations. The article provides a perfect illustration of the themes of Module 8: growing social antagonism and polarization. Despite COVID being an ordeal common to all in our society, this common threat does not seem to have brought us closer together - quite the opposite: it created the opportunity for yet more social disagreement. I am sure we will have a chance to discuss the reasons for these growing social divisions. Klaus and I argue in our paper that they are due to the rise of new forms of information and interactions. Instead of a common set of news (the evening news on ABC, NBC and CBS) that the previous generations watched, we now have access to much more tailored sources of information, on talk radio, cable TV, and the internet. Instead of interacting mostly with neighbors, members of local clubs, churches and associations, or family members, we now have social media, allowing far-flung connections with people or groups with a wide range of beliefs. What does Joe care if he doesn't share the beliefs of most of his neighbors? He can find 100,000 people online who believe the same conspiracy theory as he does. There is much less broad-based conformism, imposed by common news or social influence from those around us. So we can develop and sustain widely divergent belief systems - some of them possibly quite at odds with reason. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 10:21 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (4) Automation in Food Preparation A recent item in the WSJ describes progress in automating food preparation processes. The article pertains more to Part II of Global Trends, rather than the topics we are about to discuss. However, I can't resist the urge to post it here, because it mirrors many of the themes we discussed in our last class meeting. The article adopts a pretty optimistic tone. In a context of labor shortages in the food service industry, as we seem to be experiencing, automation does not seem so bad. And the article insists that the type of automation that will occur in the restaurant business is likely to release time for employees to interact with customers, rather than outright replace them: "Automation has always promised more efficiency, says Dr. Cowan, but in her research she has found that, just as often as it decreases the labor required, it also raises the bar for the quality and variety of goods consumers expect. Today, in other words, kitchen automation is being viewed as a way for restaurants, ghost kitchens and delivery giants to save time and money. In the future, however, it might be just another way to compete for the attention of the ever-fickle consumer—leaving the amount of human labor required more or less the same." Really? I am not so naïve as to believe that restaurants are doing this simply to increase the variety of goods served and to improve the customer experience, leaving the amount of labor the same. As other parts of the article make clear, they are also doing it to save on labor and labor costs. While a period of labor shortage may be a good period to roll out automation processes, because it makes them more politically palatable, it is still the case that this sort of machine-for-labor substitution may have many of the the consequences we described in class - leading to yet more inequality, for example. In other words, the article shows the bright side of automation, but does not dwell on its dark side. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 08:42 PM in Global Trends, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (2) Ken Rogoff on China's Currency Over at Nikkei Asia, Professor Rogoff of Harvard (as you know, one of my favorite economists) discusses the growing clout of China in the monetary sphere. It is a wide-ranging interview, full of wisdom. One of the themes that it raises is that the world monetary system is likely to become multipolar - with the RMB dominant in Asia, the Euro in Europe and the US dollar in the Americas. This echoes one of the major themes of part 3 of Global Trends. Yet according to Rogoff, this could be a temporary phenomenon: "Unipolar is the usual. Multipolar is usually transitional. It's not a stable equilibrium, because there are networking effects that are very powerful, and that tends to prevail. So, if we see China become as important as Europe is today, I suspect there would be a transition to where someday it became the center." I recommend reading the whole thing. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 06:41 PM in Chinese Economy, Global Trends, International Finance, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) The Quad, China and International Realignment Over at Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister of Australia, gives an overview of the history and purpose of the Quad, a new alliance involving India, Australia, Japan and the US. It is a great article, which covers a lot of ground on the most consequential strategic realignment of recent years. The most significant aspect of the Quad is the rapprochement between India and the US. This is the culmination of a process that began after the end of the Cold War. That India and the US would become close strategic allies was inevitable. The growing power of China and the deteriorating relations between Pakistan and the US were prime factors. We will see how it plays out, but as Prime Minister Rudd describes, China seems to be taking the emergence of the Quad quite seriously. Money quote: "But the worst-case scenario from Beijing’s perspective is that the Quad could serve as the foundation of a broader global anti-Chinese coalition. If the Quad were to draw other Asian countries, the EU, and NATO into efforts to confront or undermine China’s international ambitions, it could over time swing the collective balance of power definitively against China. The Quad could also lay the groundwork for a broader allied economic, customs, and standards union, which could reshape everything from global infrastructure funding to supply chains to technology standards. The Biden White House’s senior Asia official, Kurt Campbell, has already spoken of the need to provide a “positive economic vision” for the Indo-Pacific; Beijing fears that the Quad could become the fulcrum for such an effort." As we embark upon our exploration of new geopolitical risks in Global Trends, this article could not come at a better time. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 06:28 PM in Chinese Economy, Global Trends, Indian Economy, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (0) 07/23/2021 The Coming Structural Disruption from Electric Cars A very large number of people are employed in the automotive sector in the US. The Center for Automotive Research, an industry group with an apt acronym, says there are 1.7 million jobs in the sector, "engaged in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and supplying parts and components to assemble, sell and service new motor vehicles". Statista says there are about 900,000 people employed in auto manufacturing. The BLS, from which these numbers probably originate, is the most authoritative source, and its numbers are here. Whatever the correct number, lots of jobs are at stake. The coming transition from the internal combustion engine to the electric engine will disrupt employment in this industry. With government mandates to phase out traditional cars, these changes could be quite rapid. True, people are likely to still demand roughly the same number of cars, at least in the medium run. And these cars will need to be produced, sold and serviced. But the type of worker engaged in producing, selling and servicing electric cars are likely to be quite different from those that currently engage in these tasks for internal combustion cars. A wide range of parts, like carburetors and tailpipes, will no longer be needed. Instead, we will need more workers making batteries, and more software engineers. Moreover, gas stations, and the fleet of trucks that supply them with gasoline, will see demand decline. They will be replaced with electric charging stations, but will these involve the same number and mix of jobs? Servicing electric cars is also much simpler than servicing traditional cars - gone will be the days of the oil change and the smog check. This is a bit like the debate over free trade. Of course it will be much better to transition to electric cars, for a wide range of reasons, starting with the effect on climate change. Free trade too yielded benefits to the average person, in the form of lower prices of imported goods and greater supply chain efficiencies. But, in the same way that we underestimated the effects of free trade on those who lost their jobs in declining sectors, we run the risk of forgetting those who will bear the costs of this transformation. We should not. Otherwise, the same causes will produce the same effects: discontent among the cost-bearers, manifested at the ballot box. This is my somewhat long-winded introduction to a very important article in the Wall Street Journal today. The article describes, with many vivid examples, the changes that are coming to the auto industry. Recommended. Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 07/23/2021 at 08:43 PM in Global Trends, Growth, Political Economy, US Economy \| Permalink \| Comments (4)
0.996234	A collection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's most outstanding New York Times columns from the past six years Des de l'interior del llibre En aquest llibre hi ha 40 pàgines coincidents amb deal On puc trobar la resta d’aquest llibre? Resultats 1 - 3 de 40. Què en diuen els usuaris - Escriviu una ressenya No hem trobat cap ressenya als llocs habituals. Continguts The Fall of Nixon 7 Nothing Recedes Like Recession 37 Foreign Policy 52 Copyright No s’hi han mostrat 19 seccions Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot Safire's Washington William Safire Visualització de fragments - 1980 Frases i termes més freqüents aide American answer Arab asked Bank become Begin believe better called campaign Carter cause charge Chinese civil comes committee deal decision demand Democratic Department economic face fact follow force Ford foreign former freedom give Government hand head Henry Henry Kissinger human interest Israel Israelis issue John John Roselli Justice keep Kennedy Kissinger Kurds Lance later leaders live look March mean million months moral never Nixon party peace percent political position President President's question reason recent response Safire Secretary Senator Soviet speech stop story tell thing tion told took truth turned United Washington week West White House write wrong York young Referències a aquest llibre Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists Sam G. Riley Previsualització no disponible - 1995 Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists Sam G. Riley Previsualització no disponible - 1995 Tots els resultats de Google Llibres » Sobre l'autor (1980) William Safire was born on Dec. 17, 1929. He attended Syracuse University, but dropped out after two years. He began his career as a reporter for The New York Herald Tribune. He had also been a radio and television producer and a U.S. Army correspondent. From 1955 to 1960, Safire was vice president of a public relations firm in New York City, and then became president of his own firm. He was responsible for bringing Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev together in 1959. In 1968, he joined the campaign of Richard Nixon as a senior White House speechwriter for Nixon. Safire joined The New York Times in 1973 as a political columnist. He also writes a Sunday column, On Language, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine since 1979. This column on grammar, usage, and etymology has led to the publication of 10 books and made him the most widely read writer on the English language. William Safire was the winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. He is a trustee for Syracuse University. Since 1995 he has served as a member of the Pulitzer Board. He is the author of Freedom (1987), a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War. His other novels include Full Disclosure (1977), Sleeper Spy (1995) and Scandalmonger (2000). His other titles include a dictionary, a history, anthologies and commentaries. Informació bibliogràfica Títol Safire's Washington Autor William Safire Editor Times Books, 1980 Original de Universitat de Michigan Digitalitzat el 22 Set. 2008 ISBN 0812909194, 9780812909197 Nre. de pàgines 534 pàgines Exporta citacions BiBTeX EndNote RefMan Quant a Google Llibres - Normes de privadesa - Condicions de servei - Informació per a editors - Informeu d'un problema - Ajuda - Google Inici
0.999967	Although this goes against my "no-fixing-your-computer" mantra, I will give you some tips since you'll be doing all the work. During my many years of using and fixing computers, I've come to find a handful of programs that has helped me keep my machines happy. All of the software that I'm listing are free, but they do have paid version for those of you who would like to support these companies. Let's get started! First, you'll need protection if you don't already have one, or if your current protection software came with your computer and is about to expire. The following are my choices for anti-virus/firewall protection: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - This free anti-virus program provides basic protection against viruses, spyware, and other threats. I recommend this program for those who already have some kind of firewall protection and are just looking for basic virus scanning and protection Comodo Internet Security - CIS is a free, all-in-one suite that includes a firewall, anti-virus, and malware protection. I strongly recommend this program for those who do not have a firewall or anti-virus protection. The program is completely free and not hindered in any way. It's also perfect for those trying to save money. Why would you pay $50 or more for protection when you can get one for free? Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that effectively removes malware and spyware. I strongly recommend running this program every two weeks to make sure that your computer is not infected and to identify any threats that might be hiding in your computer. Now that your computer is secured and protected, I'm going to share with you some tools that will you keep your machine humming along at it's peak performance. CCleaner - This is a freeware, system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. I recommend using this program as every two weeks at the very least. The more you use this, the less junk will accumulate on your computer. Tip: When doing a registry clean, make sure to choose to make a back up of your registry just in case something goes wrong. Free Registry Defrag - Over time, the Windows Registry normally becomes fragmented as new registry entries are being written, modified, or removed by your applications. This will eventually result in your computer taking a longer time to find the right registry entries to start up your computer. Free Registry Defrag is a free program and was designed to remove gaps and extra spaces that have developed within your system's Registry resulting in faster processing of your registry. Keep in mind that this program only defrags your registry and doesn't actually fix any registry errors. I recommend using this program after you do a Registry Clean up using CCleaner. Auslogic Disk Defrag - Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system by consolidating free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk to get the most out of your hard drive's performance. I recommend this over the default Windows Defrag program because it's a lot faster. As for Windows Vista users, you'll notice that there isn't a built-in defragging program in Windows and Auslogic Disk Defrag is a great substitute. Revo Uninstaller - This free software is an uninstall utility that scans before and after you uninstall an application to identify all the parts of the program. After the program's regular uninstaller runs, you're given the option to remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are usually left over on your computer. I recommended using this over the default Windows uninstaller application when removing programs because it cleans up all the files and registry entries that your program may be leaving behind. Now, there are more tools out there that you can use to clean and tweak your system, but I believe these is a good start. I purposely omitted any advanced tools that I use to avoid you accidentally breaking your computer. If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to drop me a note. You can ask me anything but I'm still not fixing your computer! Posted by Byte Monkey at Monday, March 22, 2010 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: computer repair, FormSpring Friday, March 19, 2010 Dingoo A-320: The Best Pocket Game Emulator This post is not about a brand new or upcoming device. It's actually about a portable gaming device that I've owned since March of 2009 but was reluctant to post about since it wasn't easily available to everyone here in the US. I didn't want to rant about something that no one out there could go out and buy to enjoy for themselves. That would just be cruel and evil of me. Now, that I've seen this device at ThinkGeek.com, I thought I could now share it with all of you. Although, it resembles the Game Boy Micro, the Dingoo A-320 is much more robust gaming device. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit games in 3D, CPS2, CPS1, GBA, MVS, NEOGEO, NES, SFC, SMD formats. Aside from that, it is also a capable radio, music player (MP3,WMA APE, FLAC audio formats), video player ( AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, DAT, MP4, AS, RMVB, RM), a sound recorder (MP3/WAV), an image viewer (JPG, BMP GIF, PNG), and crappy eBook (TXT) reader. If you want to know more about the full technical specs of the device, click here for the Wikipedia entry for Dingoo A-320. The A-320 has a built-in 4GB flash memory storage, and can be expanded using the mini-SD memory card slot (up to 8GB SDHC) with a total of 12GB of maximum storage. There is a Micro USB port that will allows you to connects the device to your PC using the appropriate cable. A standard 3.5mm stereo jack is present as well as a video out port so you can connect it to TV using the provided A/V cable. From my experience, game performance was great with NES and Sega Genesis games. Not all of my GBA games would work and is most likely caused by the game's dependency to specific GBA chipset/hardware that is not emulated in the A-320. SNES games tend to be slow with the stock firmware, but other users have reported much better game performance when they used unofficial community-developed firmwares at the cost of some system stability. CPS1/CPS2 arcade games and NEOGEO games required a bit of tinkering to get things to work. Audio quality from the built-in speakers wass not great but that is to be expected with a handheld device. Using a pair of decent headphones easily fixes this issue. The eBook reader can only read TXT files and the Text-to-Speech feature only has one voice that has a very noticeable Chinese accent. Despite some minor performance issues, the Dingoo A-320 is a great portable video game emulator and media player. All in all, it's versatility overcomes it's flaws. If you're into playing old video games and have a library of ROMS that you want to play on the go, then I'd definitely recommend this game system. As for me, this device is one that I always take with me especially when I anticipate that there will be a lot of waiting happening, like at the doctor's office or at the DMV. If you're interested in getting one, check out ThinkGeek.com (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f/) Posted by Byte Monkey at Friday, March 19, 2010 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: gadgets, game boy, portable gaming Thursday, March 18, 2010 If you had the means to build any kind of robot you desired, what would said robot's primary function be? I would design the robot be able to predicts the lottery numbers! You can ask me anything but I'm still not fixing your computer! Posted by Byte Monkey at Thursday, March 18, 2010 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest How do you pack so much win and awesome in such a short day? It's all based on the Principle of Dimensional Matter Shifting. It explans how Transformers' Megatron and SoundWave can be a small gun and Walkman® cab be held by a person and then suddenly become a giant 20-foot robot. You can ask me anything but I'm still not fixing your computer! Posted by Byte Monkey at Thursday, March 18, 2010 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: #formspring Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Cat Staff Meeting Posted by Byte Monkey at Tuesday, March 16, 2010 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: funny, videos, youtube Monday, March 15, 2010 Best WiFi Detector Recently, someone asked me what the best WiFi signal detector is. Based on my experience, when it comes to these types of devices you will definitely get what you pay for. WiFi detectors come in various forms and prices. The cheapest models will run as cheap as $10 but will most likely provide sparse details on what it's actually detecting. For example, it will probably tell you that there is a wireless network somewhere and what the signal strength is. Don't expect these devices to tell you what the name of the network is or whether it's secured or open to the public. Over the years, I have received a handful of these cheap WiFi detectors from conventions as promotional give-aways and as hasty birthday gifts. Most of them sit in a drawer because they were utterly useless. It wasn't until I found the HS20 Digital Hotspotter from Canary Wireless (http://canarywireless.com/) that I felt that I owned a truly useful WiFi signal detector. What makes the HS20 such a great device? Here's the list of features I grabbed from their site: No need to boot-up a laptop to detect whether an accessible Wi-Fi network is near Quick glance icons show signal strength and security status for each access point Device gives network ID (SSID), allowing identification of public or private networks Back-lit display with 96x64 pixels for easy viewing Uses inexpensive and easy to find AAA batteries (2) Scroll feature allows easy access to multiple access points per scan; highlight an access point name to view details on network type, security open/WEP/WPA, and channel configuration Battery meter icon displays status of AAA batteries Does not require any additional software or hardware Can be used as a network analysis, rollout and maintenance tool Uses a true 802.11 engine, resulting in no false readings from Bluetooth® signals, cordless phones, or microwave ovens like some competititors' products Slim form-factor easily slips into shirt pocket or computer bag; lanyard hook also allows the HS20 to be attached to other cases As you can see, the HS20 has a lot of great features but what matters most is that it will tell you the network's name, the signal strenght, and whether it is private or public. That last part is my favorite feature. Now, the HS20 is a $1o device. It's actually $49.99 + S&H (current MSRP price as of posting) but it's worth every penny. The HS20 is one of those gadgets that I always take with me whenever I leave the house just in case I have to find a WiFi connection to do some moblogging or quick web site repairs while I'm out. It has proven to be one of the best $50 that I had ever spent. You can grab the HS20 Digital Hotspotter at www.canarywireless.com or at Amazon.com. 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0.993724	Mahabaleshwar Taluka of Satara district has total population of 72,830 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 37,600 are males while 35,230 are females. In 2011 there were total 14,841 families residing in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. The Average Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 937. As per Census 2011 out of total population, 38.8% people lives in Urban areas while 61.2% lives in the Rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 91.2% while that in the rural areas is 79.2%. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 848 while that of Rural areas is 998. The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 7320 which is 10% of the total population. There are 3811 male children and 3509 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 921 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 937 ) of Mahabaleshwar Taluka. The total literacy rate of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 83.91%. The male literacy rate is 81.91% and the female literacy rate is 68.61% in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Population 72,830 Literacy 83.91% Sex Ratio 937 To facilitate the administration, Mahabaleshwar Taluka is further divided into 2 towns and 111 villages. Mahabaleshwar Taluka Data As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Total Male Female Children (Age 0-6) 7,320 3,811 3,509 Literacy 83.91% 81.91% 68.61% Scheduled Caste 8,218 4,116 4,102 Scheduled Tribe 3,682 1,928 1,754 Illiterate 17,860 6,802 11,058 Caste-wise Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.1% of total population in Mahabaleshwar Taluka of . Total Male Female Schedule Caste 8,218 4,116 4,102 Schedule Tribe 3,682 1,928 1,754 Religion-wise Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka Religion Total Male Female Hindu 55,701 (76.48%) 28,678 27,023 Muslim 9,636 (13.23%) 5,239 4,397 Christian 773 (1.06%) 282 491 Sikh 72 (0.1%) 45 27 Buddhist 6,014 (8.26%) 2,996 3,018 Jain 286 (0.39%) 171 115 Other Religion 230 (0.32%) 120 110 No Religion Specified 118 (0.16%) 69 49 Literacy Rate - Mahabaleshwar Taluka Average literacy rate of Mahabaleshwar Taluka in 2011 were 83.91% in which, male and female literacy were 91.15% and 76.2% respectively. Total literate in Mahabaleshwar Taluka were 54,970 of which male and female were 30,798 and 24,172 respectively. Sex Ratio - Mahabaleshwar Taluka The Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 937 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 937 females in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 921 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 937 ) of Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Child Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka According to Census 2011, there were 7,320 children between age 0 to 6 years in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Out of which 7,320 were male while 7,320 were female. Urban/Rural Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka As per Census 2011, there are total 5,005 families under Mahabaleshwar Taluka living in urban areas while 5,005 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 38.8% of total population of Mahabaleshwar Taluka lives in Urban areas while 61.2% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 2,683 while that in rural region is 4,637. Total Urban Rural Population 72,830 28,287 44,543 Children (0 - 6 years) 7,320 2,683 4,637 Schedule Caste 8,218 4,619 3,599 Schedule Tribe 3,682 689 2,993 Literacy 83.91% 91.19% 79.24% Sex Ratio 937 848 998 Working Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka In Mahabaleshwar Taluka out of total population, 29,787 were engaged in work activities. 84.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 29,787 workers engaged in Main Work, 9,341 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,836 were Agricultural labourer.
0.999998	Latin is already considered a dead language. Although there was a time when it was spoken in Italy, France, and Spain, the language eventually died. Nevertheless, it evolved into different languages, like Spanish, French, and Italian. Since there’s no one left who naturally speaks the language, you might be wondering what benefits you will get if you study Latin or learn with online classes. Unknown to many, here are three advantages in learning this extinct language: 1. Helps You Learn Other Languages While Having A Deeper Understanding Of The English Language Since Latin has a complex grammar and sentence construction, this could help you practice if you want to learn languages with similar patterns or basic structures, like German, Greek, or Russian. Aside from that, Romance languages, like French, Portuguese, and Spanish descended from Latin, making it easier to learn these languages. Latin is considered as a mother language. Aside from its resemblance to many languages used in Europe, it’s also utilized to have a deeper understanding of the English language. Roughly 40 percent of the English vocabulary has Latin origins. Thus, if you’re not a native English speaker, learning Latin can help you master the language much faster. For many non-native English speakers, learning Latin poses a lot of advantages as it helps students build their vocabulary. Learning the language can also help them outperform other students in the language and vocabulary sections on standardized exams. Furthermore, even native English speakers experience the same benefit when they learn Latin. Many studies show that those students who studied Latin performed better compared to those who did not in relation to their SAT scores. 2. Improves Your Understanding Of The Arts And Sciences In a world that’s dominated by research, science, and technology, learning Latin is seen as a significant advantage. All modern science began during the Renaissance period, about 500 years ago. During this time, the majority of educated people were well versed in the Latin and Greek languages. Because of this, many discoveries and terminologies that experts use in the different branches of science originate from these two languages. Learning a new language, like Latin, can help build your career if you’re working in the field of the sciences. Learning the vocabulary used in many physical and social sciences, like economics, psychology, biology, and chemistry is already half the battle. The power of language shouldn’t be underestimated when you want to have an edge and get ahead in your chosen career. If you’re interested in the arts, learning Latin also helps enrich your understanding. There’s a lot of choral music that’s written in Latin as it has been used by the Catholic Church for many centuries. Latin is also helpful to have a deeper understanding of classical literature. By learning Latin, you’ll appreciate works written by Cicero, Caesar, and Catullus. Hence, learning Latin is beneficial for art students and those who want to build a career around the field. Latin inscription in Rome, Italy 3. Boosts Cognitive Skills And Future Career Learning any complicated language, like Latin, requires hard work and necessitates a fair number of hours for you to understand it completely. As you learn how to use Latin declensions, memorize its grammar and sentence construction, and read Latin texts, your brain’s flexibility will improve. As your brain exercises, your memory, logic, and adaptability skills will also improve. Learning a foreign language like Latin will also make you more systematic and rigorous, which are essential skills in the real world. Translating Latin texts to English and vice versa requires a lot of patience and strategy. These skills are helpful if you want to flourish in your chosen career. Boasting about being fluent in another language impresses employers. Your ability to speak another language, let alone an extinct and complicated language like Latin, conveys that you have the skills and patience to learn difficult tasks. Many employers will see you as someone who’s motivated and also driven to learn new skills. Learning Latin will surely give you a competitive edge over others. Summary Learning a complicated foreign language like Latin has a lot of advantages. Aside from giving you a deeper understanding of the sciences and the arts, it gives you critical skills that you need to succeed in life. Since many words originated from Latin, it’ll help you learn complicated languages and even give you a deeper understanding of the English language. Aside from that, it helps exercise your cognitive skills that help succeed in school and your career. Overall, despite being an extinct language, learning Latin is still beneficial for students and working individuals. 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0.999977	Urge the Senate to pass its Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill and conference with the House of Representatives which voted in March to approve H.R. 1620. VAWA was last authorized in 2013. The 2021 House bill has bipartisan support and responds to the very real needs of survivors and communities across the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic insecurity and many homes are less safe. It is time for significant funding for enhanced prevention programs, as well as expanding services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. It is critically important to address the needs of underserved populations, particularly those in rural communities, survivors with disabilities, Deaf survivors, survivors who are older adults, survivors of sex trafficking, children and youth survivors, and survivors on tribal lands and from culturally specific communities. Providing resources to implement evidence-based prevention programming makes our communities safer and, ultimately, saves taxpayer money. The House bill safeguards important protections that ensure all victims and survivors are served, and ensures the involvement of state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions in prevention work in the local community. Prevention education that engages men and boys as allies and promotes healthy relationships is key to reducing gender-based violence. We urge the Senate to improve access to housing for victims and survivors, and improve the healthcare system’s response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The bill must also provide resources to help survivors gain and maintain economic independence, and improve workplace responses to gender-based violence. Building upon the success of previous reauthorization bills approved by Congress, VAWA 2021 should affirm tribes’ sovereignty to prosecute non-native offenders and provide a mechanism to hold predators who prey on Native women accountable. The House bill ends impunity of non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault, child abuse co-occurring with domestic violence, stalking, sex trafficking, and assaults on tribal law enforcement officers on tribal lands. We urge the Senate to act. VAWA 2021 must continue to improve the criminal justice system’s ability to keep victims safe and hold perpetrators accountable. Every state has enacted laws making stalking a crime and strengthened criminal rape statutes. VAWA addresses sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by promoting a coordinated community response in which law enforcement, victim services providers, prosecutors, courts, and others work together in a systemic way. The House bill strengthens these programs and creates trauma-informed victim-centered training for law enforcement demonstration program. It is time for the Senate to act. 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0.999435	Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> Beauford and Joseph Delaney: Lives in Art <p><strong> February 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In September and October of 1970, Joseph and Beauford Delaney were going to have a joint exhibition of their work at the McClung Gallery. Due to Beauford's poor health at the time, he was unable to send paintings from his studio in Paris. The exhibition ended up being a solo show of Joseph's work. 50 years later, the UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present their work together.</p> Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy <p><strong> March 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In 1957, the Italian government commissioned Dali to create a complete set of illustrations for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the author’s birth. Dali began the arduous task of selecting imagery and creating a watercolor painting for each of the 100 cantos of the poem. Shortly after Dali started the project, the Italian government withdrew its commission. Italian citizens had been outraged that a Spanish artist had been selected for this undertaking, instead of inviting an Italian artist to honor one of Italy’s greatest authors. However, it was very fitting that one of the leading artists in the Surrealist movement would be chosen to interpret the bizarre punishments of Inferno and Purgatorio and the fantastical images of Paradiso that Dante created – drawing inspiration from classical and biblical imagery, as well as his own imagination.</p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present the complete collection of 100 prints. The prints are part of the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and was a gift by alumnus, Gary Johnson.</p> Community of Eight <p><strong> April 2 - 30 </strong></p></p><p>This exhibition recognizes the contributions of our full-time faculty at area community colleges - Roane State, Walters State, and Pellissippi State.</p></p><p>Exhibiting artists are: Jennifer Brickey, Caroline Covington, Amy Evans, Stacy Jacobs, Jeff Lockett, Herb Rieth, Jessie Van der Laan, and Bryan Wilkerson.</p> Walker Evans and James Agee <p><strong> June 4 - July 31, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work, <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>, served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography.</p><p>This exhibition, an 80th anniversary commemoration of the publication of <i>Let Us Not Praise Famous Men</i> includes 50 framed photographs printed by the Library of Congress from Evans’ original negatives as well as archival material from the James Agee papers loaned by the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections at the University of Tennessee.</p> New In Town <p><strong> August 25 - 28, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of the MFA class of 2024.</p></p><p>Casey Wolhar – Time-Based Art</p><p>Haleigh Eicher – Ceramics</p><p>Abby Hedley – Sculpture</p><p>Griffin Allman – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Landin Eldridge – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Saloni Parekh – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Megan Wolfkill – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Gino Castellanos – Printmaking</p><p>Anthony Huang – Printmaking</p><p>Chloe Wack – Printmaking</p> Alabama Abstraction <p><strong> September 3 - 25, 2021 </strong></p></p><p><i>Alabama Abstraction</i> is a two-person exhibition featuring the paintings of William Dooley and Alex McClurg. Dooley is the director of the Moody Gallery at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and McClurg, a graduate of UT's School of Art MFA program, is the preparator at the Birmingham Museum of Art.</p> Illumination: the Sculpture of James O. Clark <p><strong> October 1 - 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>James O. Clark is a New York-based sculptor who works with light and illumination.</p></p><p>“Light as a material has illuminated my creative search, I continue to be captivated by the mysterious dialogue between light and form. Light is ephemeral, as it dances and changes composing space, defines, reflects, refracts, bends, and teases the volume and mass of forms. Light has created a symbiotic relationship with me in my exploration capturing my childhood creative adventure and developing an exciting lifelong journey.”</p> Chromatic Rhythm: James Little <p><strong> November 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p><p>Born in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LITTLE (b. 1952) received a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art (1974) and then an MFA from Syracuse University (1976).</p></p><p>Since the 1970s, the work of James Little has been extensively exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Among his awards and honors, Little has received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting in 2009 and the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2000. In 2016, Little was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to create public artwork for the Long Island Rail Road’s new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station.</p> 2020 exhibitions 2020 Lens - David Wolff <p><strong>January 2 - 18, 2020</strong></p></p><p>Paintings by Knoxville artist and gallery owner David Wolff.</p> 2020 Artist in Residence Biennial <p><strong>January 9 - February 19, 2020</strong></p></p><p>Featuring the work of Dana Lok, Fox Hysen, Tracy Thomason, and Caitlin MacBride</p> The Society at Black Pond - three films by Jessica Sarah Rinland <p><i>The Society at Black Pond</i> explores the activity within a common land in the south of England. Previously occupied by the 17th century agrarian socialists The Diggers, the land is currently inhabited by a Natural History Society whose occupations include bat and moth trapping, mycology, tree measuring, and botanical walks.</p></p><p>The exhibition includes three film works that offer a social and natural history of this particular location while exploring more intimately human’s relationship with and within land and nature.</p> First the Wurst <p><strong> August 26 - August 29, 2020 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of first year MFA students</p><p>Exhibiting students are: Delany Bal, Zoe Brester-Pennings, Noah Lagle, Sean Heiser, Abigail Freed, Sarah Bernstein, Haley Takahashi, Emily Rice, Hanna Seggerman, and Danqi Cai.</p> Living Epistle - Steve A. Prince <p><strong> September 4 - 26, 2020 </strong></p></p><p><i>Living Epistle</i> is an exhibition of large scale prints and drawings by Steve A. Prince. Prince is an artist, educator and art evangelist. His mediums are printmaking, drawing and sculpture. Prince is a native of New Orleans and the Crescent City's rich tradition of art, music and religion pulsate through his work. He uses the language of the line in a rhythmic and powerful way. Prince's art is inherently narrative and metaphorically complex. He uses a rich, visual vocabulary of signs and symbols to tell stories that express his unique vision founded in hope, faith and creativity.</p><p>This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and his campus visit is supported by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Engagement, the UTK Africana Studies Program, and the UT School of Art.</p> Through the Trees - an exhibition by Tom Riesing <p><strong>October 2 - 31, 2020</strong></p></p><p><i>Through the Trees</i>, presents my recent paintings and drawings produced since 2007. The images are thematic and site specific generated from extensive observations and time spent exploring East Tennessee, the Delaware Valley, the Oregon Coast, and Lower Silesia in Poland among others. I respond to the elegance of the trees, and to the light and space that exists between and beyond the persistent verticality of the trees. - Tom Riesing</p> SHINY - Drawings by David Wilson <p><strong> November 6 - 25, 2020 </strong></p></p><p><i>Shiny</i>, featured over 40 drawings of imitation silver leaf on translucent vellum. </p></p><p>David Wilson began his academic career at the UT School of Art in 1985. He uses non-traditional materials and approaches, including process and chance, in his large temporary artworks and drawings. The drawings in <i>Shiny</i> rely on reflected light to reveal the image.</p><p>“This exhibition is an opportunity to realize images that have been in my head for a long time and to do so using a process that makes them new.”</p> Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> In March 2020, the UT Downtown Gallery closed to the public due to COVID-19 Please click here to view our virtual ART SOURCE 2020 exhibition. 2019 exhibitions False Calm - Sam Vernon October 4 - 26, 2019 FALSE CALM by Sam Vernon combines xeroxed drawings of photographs, paintings, and sculptural components, along with spray painted elements in an exploration of personal narrative and identity. Vernon uses these techniques and applications in her current installation to honor the past while revising historical memory. 2018 exhibitions Drawn But Not Forgotten December 2 - 23, 2016 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Gallery is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media. 2017 exhibitions There is no gallery selected or the gallery was deleted. 2016 exhibitions 2016 You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel <p><strong>December 4 - January 29, 2016</strong></p><p>The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since.</p> Science and Nature: Larry Brown <p><strong>February 5 - 27, 2016</strong></p><p>Larry Brown is a painter who has taught drawing in the Cooper Union School of Art Since 1991. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington State University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.</p><p>Larry’s paintings and works on paper are based on concerns with relative relationships between science and nature. His most recent work is defined by a geo-political narrative focused on ecological and geological tensions related to the environment and climate.</p> Allison Berkoy - PERFORMANCES / Jonathan Lukens - time-based Visualizations of Local Particulate Matter Data <p><strong>March 4 - 26, 2016</strong></p><p>Allison Berkoy presents recent works in video, electronic sculpture, and interactive installation. The exhibition features performances by tea cups, a cockroach, a clock, projected actors, computer algorithms, and more.</p><p>Jonathan Lukens employs design as a means of understanding and explaining relationships beyond the visual. This exhibition presents time-based visualizations of particulate matter data recorded at an air monitoring station near Pearl Place and Stewart Street in Knoxville. Particulate matter is a term for airborne pollution in the form of very small particles which can pass through the throat and nose and enter the lungs.</p> Modes of Faltering: Shambhavi Kaul <p><strong>April 1-2, 2016</strong></p><p>Artist Shambhavi Kaul premiered her latest video installation, Modes of Faltering, at the UT Downtown Gallery as part of a special exhibition in collaboration with the Big Ears music festival. Kaul's work has been exhibited in galleries and on the film festival circuit, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlinale, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival, Rotterdam, the Edinburga International Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Shanghai Bienniale.</p> ARTSOURCE 2016 <p><strong>May 6 - 20, 2016</strong></p><p>Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents.</p> Through the Lens of Ed Westcott <p><strong>June 2 - August 6, 2016</strong></p><p>In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project - a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the "atomic" city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside its boundaries.</p><p>Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott's photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated.</p> Top Soil: Body Farm <p><strong>August 19 - 27, 2016</strong></p><p>Top Soil: Body Farm is an exhibition of the incoming class of 2019 MFA students. The exhibition includes, Printmaking, Transmedia & Design, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and installations. These student artists have chosen UTK School of Art as their home for the next three years to complete their Master of Fine Arts Degree. The exhibition highlights their current work and their artistic accomplishments prior to arriving at the University of Tennessee.</p><p>Artists included in the exhibition are: Katie Gentner - painting and drawing, University of Wisconsin, Parkside; Eric Hines - painting and drawing, Ohio State University; Miles Ingrassia – printmaking, OCAD University, Canada; Holly Kelly – sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Cara McKinley – ceramics, Florida Atlantic University; Rachel Sevier – ceramics, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mengmeng Shang - Transmedia Design, Communication University of China; Lila Shull – printmaking, Winthrop University; Baxter Stults – printmaking, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael Tracy - painting and drawing, University of Iowa.</p> Persona: Process Portraiture <p>September 2 - 30, 2016</p><p>UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present, Persona: Process Portraiture, and exhibition of work by Leah Schrager, Marcia Goldenstein, Judith Page, and Gail Skudera</p><p> </p><p> </p> Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics <p><strong>October 4 - 29, 2016</strong></p><p>UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present, Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics, a collection of work from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection as well as from private collections of professors, staff and community members. </p> Guts Coming and Going: Jessica Ann <p><strong>November 4 - 23, 2016</strong></p><p>An exhibition of new and recent works by artist Jessica Ann entitled; Guts Coming and Going. Featuring video, sculpture, and interactive installation, the exhibition explores the material potential at the edge of the world wide web. Composed of many parts, each component is networked together by Ann’s desire to meet what she calls the “aggregate monster.” An entity lurking and learning amidst the ever cooled data banks of your external and eternal memory. Data siphoned daily among a trillion other self published transmissions, happening across facebook, text messages, phone calls, emails, twitter, cameras, and networked refrigerators. What fabulation might emerge among all this noise is presented here as objects and subjects oozing off the grid and into mixed reality.</p> Drawn But Not Forgotten <p><strong>December 2 - 23, 2016</strong></p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Galle<span class="text_exposed_show">ry is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media.</span></p><p> </p> 2011 - 2015 exhibitions 2011 Walter McConnell: Installation in Clay February 4 – 26, 2011 McConnell, who is well recognized for his large-scale, unfired ceramic sculptures will work with UT art students to construct this project. McConnell’s installations address the relationship between nature and culture – more specifically, the means through which contemporary culture constructs an understanding of nature. McConnell currently serves on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY. Seeing Things: Joel Carreiro March 4 – 26, 2011 Joel Carreiro’s work organizes and recomposes small squares of imagery borrowed from Renaissance paintings, European drawings and Medieval manuscripts and transforms them into large works on wood panels that create a new visual language entirely different from its original intent. Joel Carreiro is an artist based in New York City. Art of Poland April 1 – 30, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is especially pleased to present Art of Poland, the Collection of Ambassador & Mrs. Victor Ashe during the month of April and the Dogwood Arts Festival Celebration. This exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, folk art and glass works by some Poland’s leading artists working today such as Edvard Dwurnik, Stanislaw Borowski, Leszek Sokol and Michal Puszczynski among others. Victor Ashe, was mayor of Knoxville from 1987-2003 and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2004 until 2009. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2011 May 6 – 27, 2011 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, the Knox County Art Educators Exhibition has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. The exhibition has greatly increased awareness of the importance of art education in Knox County. This is the Downtown Gallery’s third year to host this exhibition, which includes, paintings, drawings, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video. Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series July 1 – August 13, 2011 Richard LeFevre taught graphic design and illustration courses at The University of Tennessee for 33 years and was the first graphic design faculty member hired by the School of Art. He continued his professional career while teaching at UT. One of his most enduring interests was the history of the Civil War. He served as President of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. Goes to Eleven: First Year MFA exhibition August 19 – 27, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. Exhibiting students were: Andrew Merriss, April Bachtel, Eric Cagley, Cierra Reppert, Daniel Ogletree, Hannah Skoonberg, Jennifer Scheuer, Jonathan Lisenby, Justin Clay, Tamra Hunt, and Victoria Buck. Scott Sherk: Mapping Sound September 2 – 30, 2011 Mapping Sound explores ideas about the representation of space through the use of sound. If sculpture is an exploration of space through form, in these works of sound sculpture, sound becomes the primary focus of the exploration of three-dimensional space. Scott Sherk is a sculptor who often works with sound. His work has been widely shown, including his Katonah Sound Project installation at the Katonah Museum of Art and several exhibitions at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. He has released several collections of field recorded and manipulated sounds. Click here to view installation images. Justin Randolph Thompson: The Pits October 7 – 28, 2011 The Pits is a multi-disciplinary installation and performance that investigates the political employment of sound, both in realm of propaganda and as protest, and the visual hierarchies of the architectural organization of theatre space. The orchestra is collaboration with students and faculty of the UT music department. Jazz musician, composer, and UT alum Jason Thompson will work with this group to create an 8-10 piece pit orchestra that will be conducted to perform a score that shifts from classical, triumphant marches, into the drum and flute sound of Black Power poets, through folk styles of spiritual praise, and finally into abrasive Hip Hop. Click here to view installation images. Unseen and other projects: Holly Zausner November 4 – 26, 2011 Holly Zausner’s work is about transformation through mediums both literal and metaphorical. For this body of work, she has transformed Unseen, a super 16 mm film made in 2007, which was shown at the Bode Museum, into a series of black, white, and colored collages. In the film “Unseen” the artist searches through key locations and museums in the city of Berlin attempting to find metaphorical space and literal rest for two rubber sculptures, one female and one male. As Zausner and her two rubbery protagonists move through the city, a non-linear narrative unfolds. They encounter sites central to the life of the city, like a bread factory and a newspaper plant, as well as historical sites, like a defunct amusement park in the former East. Zausner’s fascination with the imagery from the film compelled her to reexamine the content and the structure of the different scenes through collage. Using repetition and reconfiguration, the collages are a different way of exploring the act of filming, editing, and making the sound, which are all components that create the foundation and meaning of the collages. Click here to view installation images. Genus species: Ewing December 2, 2011 – January 15, 2012 Genus species: EWING focuses on selections from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Each work of art is united by a common subject matter — the Kingdom Anamalia. This exhibition includes art in all media — video, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and photography. Genus species: EWING includes works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Andy Warhol, Sue Coe, Eleanor Dickinson, Walter Haskell Hinton, Salvador Dali, Mark Steinmetz, Harrison Cady, Bessie Harvey, and Ed Westcott. A number of the pieces are also by current and former University of Tennessee art professors: Clark Stewart, Paul Lee, Beauvais Lyons, Byron McKeeby, and Diane Fox. 2012 Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers January 20 – February 25, 2012 This exhibition examines the state of contemporary printmaking in Japan, and challenges the traditional definitions of prints and printmaking. All of the participating artists received their formal training as printmakers and the production of multiples remains at the heart of their creative process. While utilizing tools and techniques of the printmaker, some of the artists now create work that has transitioned into forms that are associated with other media, such as sculpture, painting, and digital imaging. Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools, three utilize digital photography and technology, while the others pursue traditional and recognizable printmaking techniques. Each artist exhibited three to five works, resulting in a diverse selection of objects and images from the hands of an equally diverse group of artists, including men and women of various ages from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties. The artists reside and work in different regions throughout Japan, and the visual content of their work ranges anywhere from formal abstraction, to iterations of traditional Japanese cultural images. Co-curated by Ewing Gallery Director Sam Yates and Hideki Kimura, Chair of Printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple brings the best of contemporary Japanese printmaking to the United States. click here to view installation images. In Action: Mark Newport March 2 – 31, 2012 Artist Mark Newport creates hand-knit acrylic yarn recreations of hero costumes, prints of the artist in costume, and carved, costumed figure sculptures. The costumes are life size, wearable objects that hang limply on hangers. They challenge the standard muscular form of the hero and offer the space for someone to imagine himself or herself wearing the costume, therefore becoming the hero. Mark is an artist and educator living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is the Artist in Residence and Head of Fiber at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1986 and his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. Newport’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2012 March 2 – 31, 2012 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2012 April 2 – 14, 2012 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s feature exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3-D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by internationally recognized juror, Allen Peterson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA 2012: Vickie Phipps and Jon Purtill In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view work by Jon Purtill On Location Part I: Five Tennessee Plein Air Painters June 1 – 30, 2012 Plein air painting has a rich international tradition, and our regional Tennessee artists are part of that continuum. Mike C. Berry, manager of the UT Downtown Gallery, and a plein air painter himself, curated this exhibition. We are grateful to the artists who have so generously allowed their work to be shared with the Knoxville Community. The five featured artists were: Anne Blair Brown, Franklin, TN; Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN; Lori Putnam, Franklin, TN; Brett Weaver, Chattanooga, TN; and Dawn Whitelaw, Franklin, TN. Click here to view installation images. On Location Part II: Land Portrait July 6 – 27, 2012 Land Portrait features works from members of the Culture Laboratory Collective based upon their relationship with a particular place, landform, landscape, topography, or state of current residence. These pieces, when combined, serve as comprehensive land portraits. Translations of localities can act as reflections of communities continually in flux. The visual statements produced for this exhibition may provide a more complete understanding of who (and where) we are. The value of place and landscape is immeasurable. Memories from places can become etched in our minds and contextualized over time. This exhibit offers a view into a collective memory and re-locates interpretations of place into a public, conversational setting. Curated by Brian R. Jobe Click here to view installation images. Figurative Works on Paper from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection August 3 – 18, 2012 This exhibition featured figurative works on paper, including watercolors, drawings, photography, and printmaking. Notable works include: portraits by Chuck Close and Alice Neel, prints by Francisco Goya, Leon Golub, Kathe Kollwitz, Keith Haring, Luis Jiminez, and William Hogarth, and photography by Helmut Newton and Walker Evans. Also in the exhibition were works from School of Art professors, students, and visiting artists, past and present. These artists are, Baldwin Lee, Don Kurka, Eleanor Dickinson, Mark Steinmetz, and Joseph Delaney. Click here to view installation images. Sweetbreads August 23 – September 1, 2012 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. The following artists exhibited work: James Boychuck-Hunter, David Harman, Raluca Iancu, Kevin Kao, Alexandra Kirtley, Kevin Varney, and Thomas Wharton Click here to view installation images. The Legacy of James Randolph Denton September 7 – 8, 2012 A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), James Randolph Denton founded the Association for Creative Zoology in 1908 an effort to rebut the popularization of evolutionary theory in American public schools and universities. Working with the London publisher Everitt Ormsby Hokes, founder of Hokes Scholarly Lithography, Denton published two collections of color lithographs documenting the principle of animal hybridity, what he referred to as “zoomorphic juncture.” These were Rare Zoological Specimens and Ornithological Quadrupeds, both published in the 1920s, the second of which emulates the publications of the British naturalist John Gould. Arguing for Creation Science, Reverend Denton cited the unicorn and the dragon, each of which are mentioned in the King James Edition of the Bible, as examples of this phenomena. Denton argued that animal hybridity explained species diversity and disputed the principles of natural selection. Click here to view installation images. Pencil Pushed September 19 – October 28, 2012 In this exhibition, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The artists selected are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing. The diversity of the exhibition favored mid-career artists, but ranged from emerging to late. Featured artists in Pencil Pushed are: William Anastasi, William Pittman Andrews, Caroline Burton, Elisa D’Arrigo, Mary Reid Kelley, Sharon Louden, Jennifer Macdonald, Peter Mollenkof, Darcy Brennan Poor, Bill Richards, Beatrice Riese, Hilda Shen, Drew Shiflett, Stephen Talasnik, and Sam Vernon Click here to view installation images. Based on a True Story November 1 – November 21, 2012 Curated by New York artist Joel Carreiro, Based on a True Story features work by artists who use narrative in a variety of ways. This exhibition includes 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as video projections. Matthew Garrison is based in Reading, PA; Yeon Jin Kim lives and works in New York, and Chris Miner is based in Memphis, TN. Click here to view installation images. Capstone 2012 November 27 – 30, 2012 The Capstone course is a requirement for all BFA Studio Art majors. Students take Capstone in the final semester of their BFA degree. During Capstone students engage in a self-initiated research project to demonstrate that a graduating senior has learned and can practice the skills and concepts of a chosen concentration (2D, 3D, 4D). The Capstone also demonstrates the student’s ability to intellectualize and articulate issues and ideas about contemporary art. Successful completion of the Capstone course is a requirement of graduation. The UT Downtown Gallery is excited to present the work of 5 graduating seniors in this year’s capstone exhibition. Exhibiting students are: Sarah Crumley, Kayla Courtoy, David Holland, Bill Warden, and Catherine Widner. Click here to view installation images. Revealed: Pat Badt and Paul Briggs December 7, 2012 – January 18, 2013 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Revealed, an exhibition of paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculptures by Paul Briggs. The paintings and sculptures share a similar modesty in size, creating an approachable and intimate relationship between object and viewer. The work is meditative in process. Lines and leaf-forms vary in length, color, orientation, and proximity to the next. It is repetitive, yet unique. Click here to view installation images. 2013 Northern Exposure January 23 – 25, 2013 In the summer of 2013, six students accompanied Ewing Gallery director, Sam Yates to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, and Washington DC. They visited major art museums, had studio visits with artists, and learned about the contemporary art world. The work on display was inspired by their travels. The exhibiting students are, Alexandra Gellis, Eric Cagley, Brandon Donahue, Sarah Campbell, Jessica Beeler, and Kelly Householder. Click here to view installation images. Chad Curtis: Panorama of Desire February 1 – 23, 2013 Chad D. Curtis is an artist and technologist living and working in Philadelphia. Drawing inspiration from both digital technology and homebrew DIY makers, Curtis’s work examines the abstraction of materiality in the digital age and the effects of high technology on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment. Curtis has exhibited internationally, including more than fifty solo and group exhibitions in the past ten years. He holds an M.F.A. from Alfred University and is an Associate Professor at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Click here to view installation images. William Lamson: Fieldwork March 1 – 2, 2013 William Lamson is a Brooklyn-based artist who works in video, photography, performance, and sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a number of private collections. Since graduating from the Bard M.F.A. program in 2006, his work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, P.S.1 MOMA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, among others. Lamson is currently working on two installations for Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2013 March 25 – April 6, 2013 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by nationally recognized juror, Durant Thompson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Durant Thompson is an Associate Professor of sculpture in the Department of Art at the University of Mississippi. In 1997, Durant received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and in 2001 he earned an MFA in Sculpture from Louisiana State University. He has also worked at The Johnson Atelier School of Technical Sculpture in New Jersey and at the University of Southern Mississippi as a technician and instructor before accepting his current position. Click here to view installation images. MFA: Greg Daiker, Alex Merchant, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view installation images for Daiker and Merchant. Click here to view installation images for O’Barr and Ward. ARTSOURCE 2013 May 3 – 18, 2013 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Knoxville Watercolor Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition June 7 – 29, 2013 The KWS celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of works by the current members as well as highlighting the founding members: Robert Birdwell, Ted Burnett, Richard Clarke, Kermit “Buck” Ewing, George Galloway, Martha Godwin, Arlene Goff, David Joyner, Josephine Mayo, Margaret Scanlan, Walter “Holly” Stevens, Carl Sublett, and Betsy Worden. Click here to view installation images. Print Resonance July 5 – 27, 2013 Fifty graduate students and faculty members at five universities: the University of Alberta, Canada; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; Silpakorn University, Thailand and Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan created prints specifically for this project. The participating artists made their prints on the same size paper, allowing the viewer to focus on the image, rather than the scale of the work. The audience is encouraged to consider the artistic expression from each university and to find commonality across geographic and cultural borders, as the printmakers share ideas about their own interests, lives, and values. The works were created using various print techniques, which include inkjet, etching, drypoint, chine-colle, lithography, woodcut, intaglio and blind printing. This portfolio is a limited edition of 10 copies, two for each of the five universities, with the goal of further development of printmaking education around the globe. Click here to view installation images. 20 Years After August 2 – 24, 2013 This exhibition features the work of 14 MFA artists from the UTK School of Art Class of 1993. Artists will be displaying work that is current or important in their journey in fine arts over the last 20 years. The UT MFA program attracts students from different regions of the United States as exemplified in this exhibition, which include artists from Mississippi, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Artists included in the exhibition: Scott Palmer — Ceramics, Annette Bongers – Ceramics, Melody Reeves — Printmaking, Rob Tarbell — Painting, Eric Fracassi — Sculpture, David Deitrick — Graphic Design, Eric Smith — Graphic Design, Joel House — Sculpture, Melanie McLaughlin — Graphic Design, Kris Rehring Jones — Graphic Design, Debi Henry Danielson — Painting, Brad Cantrell — Ceramics, Laurie Robichaux — Ceramics, Earl Watson — Graphic Design. Click here to view installation images. Echo of the Object September 6 – 26, 2013 Echo of the Object is an exhibition featuring work by Ball State faculty members: Hannah Barnes, Jennifer Halvorson, David Hannon, and Jacinda Russell. This exhibition brings together several series of works in drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Each body of work explores how objects of symbolic or personal significance play a role in the construction of memory, identity, and meaning. The metaphor of containment is a consistent theme in each artist’s work, both in the use of objects whose literal function is to contain (bags, jars, boxes), and also in the suggestion that seemingly insignificant objects have a certain capacity to become filled with meaning. Time, humor, absurdity, the domestic, and the everyday are additional themes this exhibition will seek to explore. Click here to view installation images. Ossuary: A project by Lorrie Beth Clarke October 4 – 26, 2013 Three hundred artists have contributed to Ossuary. Their work, in many media, includes single bones, clusters of bones, and art works inspired by, using, or playing with the idea of bones. These bones are political statements and personal elegies, memorials to individuals and statements about mortality. They represent connections to our ancestors and/or to our descendants. Some works are serious and some use bones in a completely playful manner. Ossuary was developed in response to the repositories of bones that have accrued in countries like Cambodia and Rwanda, but Ossuary is not a project about those traumas. Rather, Ossuary offers a poignant counter-image to mass violence. It is a project about the hope that art brings. Ossuary is a cumulative traveling project. It began in Madison, Wisconsin. Artists interested in contributing bones to future exhibitions should write to [email protected]. This relational project was initiated and developed by the artist Laurie Beth Clark. Clark, who is a Professor in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin, has shown work in galleries, museums, theatres, and public spaces in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Click here to view installation images. AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio November 1 – 16, 2013 This is the first digitally produced portfolio published by American Abstract Artists. All past portfolios—1937, 1987, 1997—were produced using various forms of lithography and means of transferring image to plate. Unlike traditional printmaking, the digital inkjet process does not involve a physical matrix from which ink is transferred to paper. This marks both a technical and a conceptual shift in printmaking. Our choice of the medium situates this portfolio squarely in the current century and is an indication of the group’s forward momentum. The artists were asked to provide a digital file meeting predetermined specifications, yet no restrictions were placed on how the file could be created. The digital process enabled a wide variety of approaches that include abstract and documentary photography, scanning of flat-work made expressly for the project, digital compositing and image manipulation, as well as the use of vector-based software and hand-coded algorithms. The results are as varied as the artists’ individual sensibilities. Click here to view installation images. AIR 30th Anniversary Exhibition December 6, 2013 – January 10, 2014 Begun after the retirement of painting professor Carl Sublett, the Artist-in-Residence Program enriches a student’s experience further by regularly bringing new artists from outside the university who are active in the contemporary gallery and museum arenas. Each semester an invited resident artist teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in the painting and drawing curriculum. The AIR program has been highly successful in making a direct connection to the marketplace of ideas that surrounds art centers such as New York City, Chicago, and LA. The artists we bring to campus represent a spectrum of current sensibilities in painting and drawing holding sway in the art world today. This exhibition features work from past participating artists from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection. Click here to view installation images. 2014 Death Rock City: Dannielle Tegeder January 24 – February 28, 2014 Featuring new and recent work, Death Rock City examines how New York artist Dannielle Tegeder challenges the two-dimensional boundaries of traditional painting through the integration of animation, sculpture into her work. Dannielle Tegeder earned her BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has had solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston and participated in numerous group exhibitions at PS1/MoMA, The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.Her work is in the collections of a number of museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Click here to view installation images. New Topology: Paul Krainak March 7 – March 29, 2014 Topology employs elements of early modern logic and its attendant forms in art and technology. It considers aesthetic and industrial incentives originating in rural America and calls into question modernism’s strictly urban mythology. Grids, cruciforms, and wood grain details are embedded in extended patterns calling to mind Constructivist and Bauhaus Schools’ principals of industrial hybridity and utopianism. But the site of industry here is agriculture with distilled forms taken from domestic textile design, land management diagrams, and vernacular architecture. Paul Krainak is an artist, critic, and Chair of the Art Department at Bradley University. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2014 April 4 – 19, 2014 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists will be selected by esteemed professor, Laticia Bajuyo, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA Exhibition: Eric Cagley April 21-25, 2014 Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2014 May 2 – May 22, 2014 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Marion Greenwood in Tennessee June 6 – August 9, 2014 Marion Greenwood in Tennessee features her mural of the history of Tennessee music painted for the University Center at the University of Tennessee in 1954; “The Partnership of Man and Nature,” a WPA mural painted in 1940, graciously loaned by the Crossville, TN Post Office; preparatory sketches loaned by UT Special Collections; and lithographs from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Click here to view installation images. Ask Me, I can Help. August 22 – 23, 2014 An exhibition of the incoming class of 2017 MFA candidates. Twelve student artists feature their current work as they begin their graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, School of Art. Exhibiting students are: Corinna Ray, Anna Wehrwein, Jing Qin, Josh Shorey, Jessica Gatlin, Abigail Lucien, Elysia Mann, Adam Higgins, Meg Erlewine, Geoff Silvis, Chris Spurgin, and Bailey Davenport. Click here to view installation images. AIR of UT September 5 – 27, 2014 AIR of UT is an exhibition of the Limited Box Edition project, curated by artists Wade Guyton ’95, Josh Smith ’98, and Meredyth Sparks ’94. The Limited Box Edition project is part of a fundraising campaign to support the School of Art’s Artist-in-Residence in Painting and Drawing program. Now in its 32nd year, the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program enriches a student’s experience by bringing a different artist to spend the semester teaching undergraduate and graduate students. The resident artists are selected because they have launched successful careers in the contemporary gallery and museum world nationally and internationally. They furnish students with significant role models and faculty with new professional connections beyond Knoxville. Each of the organizing alumni — Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith — benefited from this program, and have asked their former School of Art peers as well as past Artists in Residence to contribute images to the three curated portfolios making up the Limited Box Edition. AIR of UT and the Limited Box Edition is a celebration of the legacy and impact of the Artist in Residence program on the School of Art and its graduates. Click here to view installation images. DeWitt Godfrey: Drawings, Proposals, Plans, Models, Diagrams, Documents October 3 – 31, 2014 DeWitt Godfrey is a Professor of sculpture in the department of Art and Art History at Colgate. Godfrey completed his undergraduate work at Yale University, was a member of the inaugural group of CORE Fellows at the MFA Houston, and received his MFA from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship, a Japan Foundation Artist’s Fellowship, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Fellowship. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. His commissioned work includes “Concordia” for Lexarts, Lexington, KY; “Waverly Place” Cambridge Arts Council; “Greenwich South” a visioning exercise by the Downtown Alliance, New York, NY and installations at Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI; The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and the Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Click here to view installation images. Louis Chan: My Home November 7 – 26, 2014 My Home is an on-going project aimed to help define my identity as a Chinese American and attempt to preserve generations of memories and experiences of Chinese immigrants through photography. My Home serves as a contemporary marker for Chinese Americans to reflect on the hopes, dreams, and sacrifices made for them by older generations in order for their children to have a chance of a better life in America. Click here to view installation images. Of A Feather December 5, 2014 – January 15, 2015 Artists throughout history have found inspiration in the form of birds. Man imbued birds with mystical and religious meaning due to their fascinating ability to exist in two worlds – the earthly world, and the sky, or heavenly realm. Drawn primarily from the Ewing Gallery’s permanent collection, Of a Feather features works from historic and contemporary artists who represent birds in a diverse assortment of styles. While some artists approach the bird as studies of simplified form others utilize strategies of space and distance to take a more poetic or analytical look at the economic and social issues attached to birds. Works range from hyperrealism to whimsical to abstract. This exhibition incorporates a number of artists of artists from New York and Chicago including Keith Haring, Michael Kirk, Keith Long, Diane Churchill, and Laurie Hogin; regional artists, Howard Finster, Todd Johnson, Kelly Hider, Heather Middlebrooks, Gary Monroe, and Richard Jolley, as well as distinguished faculty from the University of Tennessee – Jered Sprecher, Diane Fox, Beauvais Lyons, Marcia Goldenstein, Don Kurka, Bill Kennedy, Clark Stewart and Byron McKeeby. The artworks on display consider themes of scientific inquiry, symbolism, environmental consciousness, and the rituals of birding, among others. The exhibition is in tribute to the late artist Ellen Lanyon who often used images of birds in her art. Click here to view installation images. 2015 Paul Sacaridiz: Configurations January 23 – February 28, 2015 The work in this exhibition explores the non-objective and propositional quality that sculpture can have, and the ways in which we can understand something devoid of specificity and illustration. Presented on custom-built risers and linear structures, individual components are often physically or conceptually networked together with arrangements of objects ranging from the random and chaotic to the precise and articulate. Through careful positioning and intentional framing the works are suggestive of abstracted models and diagrammatic systems that allude to a sculptural logic that is both pragmatic and allusive at the same time. Click here to view installation images. Time and Again: Ruth Weisberg March 6 – 27, 2015 Ruth Weisberg has been an important influence on printmaking both as an artist and educator. Her creative activity and scholarship encompasses not only studio production in printmaking, painting, and drawing, but central and influential articles, essays and book chapters that have played a vital role in advancing print theory. Her 1986 essay “Syntax of the Print” published in the Tamarind Papers is frequently assigned to students in printmaking programs and remains relevant almost 30 years after it was first published. As one of her nominators, Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Printmaking at the Art Institute of Chicago, praised not only her work as a printmaker and draftsman, he also emphasized her writings as an important contribution to the field of printmaking. Ruth Weisberg is 2015 recipient of the SGC International Printmaker Emeritus Award. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2015 April 3 – 17, 2015 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Strangers and Stand-Ins: Sunita Prasad April 22-25, 2015 The three works on display express my desire to distill and undermine normative expectations about which behaviors and expressions are appropriate for whom. A choreographic example can be found in Presumptuous?, an ongoing video series shot in cities around the world which disrupts the codes of urban co-existence by inserting hyper-intimate and often queer interactions into public space. Click here to view installation images. The Civil War Series: Richard J. Lefevre May 1 – June 27, 2015 Richard J. LeFevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of United States Civil War (1861 – 1865) through works on paper that depict 32 of the war’s most significant battles. By combining his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, LeFevre used inventive mixed-media techniques to create these powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that terrible and definitive era. Click here to view installation images. Land Report July 3 – 31, 2015 Jason S. Brown, Brian R. Jobe, David L. Jones, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell The Land Report Collective deals with landscape in fundamental ways and as a foundational reference point. Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. Jobe crafts meeting places for public interaction through the delineation of pathways and works with brick and wood. Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation. Click here for installation images. Life in Light: An Exhibition of Poems in Paintings August 7 – 15, 2015 Life in Light is an exhibition of paintings inspired by the poetry of local doctor, Humayun Kabir. Dr. Kabir’s poetry has been transformed into image by Bangladeshi artist, Mostafiz Karigar. Click here for installation images. Non-Exempt: A Staff Exhibition September 4 – 26, 2015 Our hardworking staff members step out from behind the scenes and exhibit what they work on when they’re not at work. Media and subject matter were not stipulated at the outset of this exhibition. The pieces on display, therefore, represent an honest ‘work sample’ from a talented segment of the UT community in the School of Art and College of Architecture and Design whose artistic skills might otherwise remain unrecognized outside of their duties as staff members. Devin Balara – Metal Shop Tech, Sculpture/Installation; Mike C. Berry – UT Downtown Gallery Manager, Painting; Eric Cagley – Ewing Gallery Staff, Painting; Debbie Cooper – School of Art Staff, Quilting; Heather Eades– Media Pool, Painting; Jeremy Hammond– Wood Shop Manager, Sculpture; Tally Locke – Fab Lab Manager, Sculpture; Sarah McFalls – Ewing Gallery Staff, Multi-media installation; Hannah Shimabukuro –Printmaking Tech, Installation/photography; Jason Tyler -School of Art Media Tech, Photography Click here for installation images. Lorrie Fredette: between locations October 2 – 31, 2015 Lorrie Fredette creates site-specific investigations that examine beauty, harmony, and comfort to comprehend the incomprehensible aspects of infection, pandemic and the plague. Her pieces have been exhibited nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe. Exhibition venues include Cynthia –Reeves Project (Brattleboro, VT), Art Southampton (Southampton, NY), Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), Bank of America Headquarters (Charlotte, NC) Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis, MA) and Jyvaskyla Art Museum (Jyvaskyla, Finland) Fredette holds a BFA in sculpture from the Herron School of Art / Indiana University. Cynthia-Reeves in New York represents her work. Click here for installation images. John Messinger November 6 – 28, 2015 John Messinger combines elements of photography and tapestry to create large-scale, 3-dimensional mixed media artworks. His body of work consists of thousands of individual 3.25 x 4.25 inch instant photographs assembled together to create photographic tapestries that examine the proliferation and ubiquity of the photograph in the digital age. Inspired by the notions of singularity and time, Messinger combines hundreds of varying images and transforms them into a single experience. His work fuses indexical and abstract imagery to question the notion of photography, photographer, and subject. Click here for installation images. You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel December 4 – January 29, 2016 The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since. Click here for installation images. 2004-2010 exhibitions 2004 Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney September 11 – October 30, 2004 Like Lloyd Branson, Catherine Wiley, and his brother Beauford Delaney, Joseph Delaney was a Knoxville-born artist who gained international recognition. Inaugurating The University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery, Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney highlights some 60 works that demonstrate Joseph’s interest in urban life – parades, public parks, architecture and street scenes. The George & Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection November 6 – December 19, 2004 Created by Beauvais Lyons, Professor of Art and Director of the Hokes Archives at The University of Tennessee, The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection presents fictitious contemporary folk art. As the “exhibition curator,” Lyons created all the artworks and designed biographical text panels with photographic portraits of each of the 11 imaginary artists. Included are enamel painted records by Lucas Farley, Arthur Middleton’s portrait paintings of American presidents, velvet paintings of brides by Charlotte Black, Max Pritchard’s hand-painted religious tracts on cereal boxes, Rufus Martinez’s ceramic face jugs, and Lester Coleman Dowdy’s “limberjack” puppets. This irrelevant exhibition emulates folk art, and at the same time, it ironically imitates museum conventions. 2005 Gregg Schlanger: Holston River Diaries January 12 – March 8, 2005 Created by Gregg Schlanger, Holston River Diaries is a two-part exhibition that links the communities of Emory, VA and Knoxville, TN – the first being near the headwaters of the Holston River and later being nears its confluence with the French Broad River, thus forming the Tennessee River. The exhibition’s second part continued at Emory & Henry College’s 1912 Gallery. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Walker Evans’ Photographs March 11 – April 17, 2005 Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work Let Us Now Praise Famous Men served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s Depression. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jennifer Leach, Printmaking April 20 – Apr 27, 2005 Graphic Design Senior Show April 30 – May 6, 2005 Senior Graphic Design Students display their design work and attend the opening to meet and greet potential clients and employers Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City June 16 – September 3, 2005 In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project – a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the “atomic” city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside the fenced boundaries. Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott’s photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated. Enduring: The Social Conscience of Eleanor Dickinson September 10 – November 5, 2005 Eleanor Dickinson, a native of Knoxville, TN, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1952, becoming one of the department’s first graduates. One year later, she moved to California and began redefining her process of creating traditional figure drawings via strong emotions. Since then, Dickinson has maintained a life-long commitment to the human form and has responded to intense moments of human existence, ranging from the experiences of Pentecostal Southerners, to the ecstasies of lovers, to the trials of the homeless, to the sufferings of AIDS victims. Alternative Typestyles: An Homage to Vernacular Letterforms Nov 12 – Dec 20, 2005 Alternative Typestyles features original art by exhibition creator Matt Tullis, including hand-drawn typefaces, unique collected fonts, and wall-mounted sculptures based on the assemblage of typographic artifacts. Individual photographic prints of vintage letterforms and signs are also featured. 2006 Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart January 7 – February 25, 2006 Over the past 40 years, educator F. Clark Stewart has impacted the lives and maturation of countless aspiring young artists at the University of Tennessee. Many former students directly credit him for their own success as professional artists and teachers. His contributions as both a dedicated teacher and a cognizant, active member of the university community are immeasurable. The goal of Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart is, however, to celebrate the achievements and work of the artist. The works on exhibition, as with his tenure at the university, span 40 years. Clark never strays far from his primary subject – the human figure- or his primary interest – the human narrative. Art movements, like fashion, have developed and faded with time, but Clark has remained steadfast in his commitment to figurative art and its ability to create mystery and a range of emotional responses. Unfiltered: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers March 3 – April 1, 2006 Since 1924, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has mounted an annual exhibition that recognizes excellence in book design and production. Books are entered in categories such as trade, reference, juvenile, university and museum publications, and also limited edition and special-format books. The exhibition includes books and book covers designed in 2004. Esteemed jurors selected winners from more than 920 entries. Jurors included; Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, John Fulbrook III, Simon & Schuster, New York, Sara Gillingham, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Julia Hasting, Phaidon, New York and Cheryl Towler Weese (chair) Studio Blue, Chicago. MFA Thesis Exhibition: “Valuistics: The Making of” by James Greene April 7 – April 14, 2006 The print Installation is both a display of James Greene’s valuistics as well as a printed history of the word itself. With ”the Making Of,” Greene – a former grocery store clerk and retail employee – reveals his own consumer politics (contradictions and all) by symbolizing and accounting for each of his consumer decisions. The installation is a scale re-creation of Greene’s home, family, and friends printed on pink insulation board and installed in the Downtown Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ryan O’Mara April 19 – 26, 2006 The work consists of large abstract ink drawings and paintings some measuring more than 20 feet long. “Abstraction has the ability to exist in a realm of non-logic, idealism and an absence of a system. In my work I change this theoretical space into a physical image, thereby defining the gray”, says O’Mara. AGIA Poster Design Show Apr 28 – May 10, 2006 Three Design Students from the University of Tennessee were included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Poster Competition. 30 posters were exhibited from national and international designers. Portrait of Self May 13 – June 3, 2006 Portrait of Self is a community arts project of the Knox County after-school program Shade of Development led by artist and educator Diane Hovis. Created by African American children and adults, the drawings, prints, and photographs on view explore each individual’s sense of self. These visual works are interpretations of written responses to questions posed by Hovis and recorded in journals kept by each participant. Thresholds: Expressions of Art & Spiritual Life June 23 – Aug 4, 2006 New York critic Eleanor Heartney has curated an exhibition that showcases the diversity of both art media and religious beliefs in the work of over fifty artists from five southern states, including Tennessee. This is a joint exhibition, on view simultaneously in both the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery. Drawings from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China August 25 – October 11, 2006 30 figure drawings from students at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee School of Art Professor, Tom Reising. The Color of Diaspora: Afro-Ecuadorian Images October 20 – November 24, 2006 40 black and white photographs of the Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Organized by University of Tennessee History Professor William Dewey. Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland December 1 – December 22, 2006 Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland An exhibition organized and curated by Beauvais Lyons, which includes 30 prints by Contemporary Artist from Poland working in Printmaking. 2007 Reverberating Echoes: The Art of Indian Artist M.R. Renjan January 5 – February 24, 2007 Black and white ink paintings by Indian Artist M.R. Renjan. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee graduate student, Shaurya Kumar. Shelter: A Mixed Media Installation Mar 2 – 31, 2007 An exhibition organized through the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA by sculpture professor Tulu Bayer and paining professor Xiaoze Xie. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Lin Lee April 2 – 9, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Tea Kim Kasor April 10 – 17, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Shaurya Kumar April 18- 23, 2007 Human Rights Portfolio from South Africa May 4 – June 8, 2007 Hunt Clark & Deborah McClary June 15 – August 3, 2007 Recent collaborative work by Tennessean sculptors, graduates of the UT School of Art. The mixed media piece consists of multiple video projections on Plexiglas suspended from the ceiling, and a white ceramic life-sized sculpture of a calf being roped around its neck. Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition August 10 – September 7, 2007 This International Traveling exhibition of small sculptures from around the world show how artists have handled the challenges of space and scale dictated by sixe of a shoebox. An invitation only exhibition, this exhibit has attracted a large number of well – known artists from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Argentina, Cuba, Australia, Korea, Japan, Chia, Thailand, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico. AIGA 365 September 14 – Oct 5, 2007 The 2006 juried selection of the best communications design produced in 2005. 365 is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began 90 years ago. By means of competitions, AIGA creates a chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. Jean Hess & Jeffrey Morton: Reverie October 12 – November 7, 2007 This two-person exhibition consists of recent works by Knoxville-based painter Jean Hess and Chattanooga-based painter Jeffery Morton. Hess’ work addresses dream, recollection, nostalgia, and memory with an emphasis on obscure imagery, dissolving texts, and marks and natural forms suffused with light. Jeffery Morton explores images of wind, electricity, twilight, humidity, photosynthesis, and pollen juxtaposed against creatures in flight. Lineages November 16 – December 20, 2007 This exhibition of ceramics explores the pathway and influences of the academic ceramicist. UT professors of ceramics, their spouses, and their mentors will all have work on display. Artists included are; University of Tennessee School of Art professors Sally Brogden and Frank Martin, their spouses Todd Johnson and Polly Martin, and mentors John and Susanne Stephenson, and Ken Ferguson. 2008 Crave January 4 – February 1, 2008 An exhibition initiated by former UT School of Art Artist in Residence, Pinkney Herbert, and organized by Memphis Arts Organization Delta Axis. InCrave these six artists use paint and photographs to explore craving, yearning, longing for, or hankering after. Their diverse work is unified by an attachment to charged images and obsessive processes that speak to this underlying appetite or “craving.” Artist included in the exhibition are, Joel Carreiro, Betsy Chaffin, Amanda Sparks, Thomas Weaver, and Brian Wood. Corapeake February 15 – March 29, 2008 This exhibition showcases an award-winning documentary, by Kendall Messick, about the town of Corapeake in North Carolina. The exhibit uses oral narratives, black and white photography, and artifacts to describe and commemorate the lives led by now-elderly African-American inhabitants of this small, rural town. This film has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Wake Forest University, UVA, and many other reputable venues. MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Crystal Wagner and Katherine Nanfro April 4 – 19, 2008 Graphic Design Senior Show April 24 – 26, 2008 Air Box May 2 – 28, 2008 An exhibition by Korean artist Dong-Yong Lee, 2007-08 UT Artist in Residence Carl Sublett: Image Tracks June 2 – 29, 2008 A retrospective view of Carl Sublett’s art by his son, Eric Objectionable Action July 3 – 19, 2008 Objectionable Action represents an art exchange with participants from around the country. Oorganized by two University of Tennessee alumni, Lee Marchalonis and Jessica Meyer, Objectionable Action features other University of Tennessee graduates now residing throughout the United States. The Beauty of Holiness: The Art of Arnold Schwarzbart July 25 – August 16, 2008 Schwarzbart is a Judaic artist who lives in Knoxville. He has worked for over eighteen years designing and producing ceremonial objects as well as donor recognition walls and decorative wall pieces for Jewish organizations throughout the United States. My Home Town: Images of New York City by Baldwin Lee August 22 – September 20, 2008 Photographic images documenting New York City both pre and post 9/11 by New York native, and UT School of Art professor of photography, Baldwin Lee. Lee is the recipient of three Guggenheim and NEA grants. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Global Mapping September 26 – October 18, 2008 Andrea Loefke, a Brooklyn, New York and Leipzig, Germany-based artist creates hierarchies in which events and narratives compete and communicate. The groupings of objects and their placement within a particular space become a journey of discovery. Future States: Atlas Recent works by Pennsylvania mixed-media artist Dan Mills. This group of drawings addresses issues of American imperialism and globalization. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Compassionate Voices: Issues of Animal Rights October 24 – November 15, 2008 Compassionate Voices: The Art of Sue Coe, Maia Dery, Diane Fox, and Jack Ketner These artists address issues of animal treatment and exploitation. Lyrical Tableaux by Conley Harris Nov 21 – Dec 20, 2008 Inspired by his many trips to India, Boston-based painter Conley Harris pays tribute to the history of Indian paintings while using it to explore questions of composition, figure/ground relationship, and other painterly issues. 2009 American Institute of Graphic Arts January 2 – 31, 2009 AIGA, the professional association for design, creates an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing and the value of design. AIGA’s suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today. Alicia Henry: The Walk Damond Howard: Still America’s Greatest Problem February 6 – 28, 2009 African American artists Alicia Henry, Nashville, TN, and Damon Howard, Orangeburg, SC, examine issues of identity, heritage and gender in American society. Henry, who holds an MFA from Yale University, and Howard, who holds an MFA from the University of Florida, have been nationally recognized for their poignant art. Beyond Surface: Paintings by Tom Riesing and Allen Cox March 6 – 21, 2009 Although one an abstractionist and one a realist, Knoxville painters Allen Cox and Tom Riesing focus on the “surface” in this exhibit. This exhibition was curated by Sam Yates and the artists. University of Cincinnati / University of Tennessee Art Exchange March 25 – April 4, 2009 This exhibition will feature new work by graduate students representing all disciplines—2-D, 3-D, and media. The exhibition will be on view concurrently at The University of Tennessee 1010 Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jessie Van der Laan April 7-12, 2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Hilary Williams April 17 – 24, 2009 Art Source 2009 May 1-31, 2009 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity in their students. The Knox County Art Educators’ Exhibition gives these teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Japan International Artists Society Exhibition June 5- July 2, 2009 324 works of art by 305 Society members who create in various media ranging from traditional Japanese calligraphy and ceramics to contemporary landscapes and abstraction is on exhibit here and in the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Face It: Contemporary Portraiture July 15 – August 8, 2009 A national juried competition open to artists from all media and backgrounds. Dr. Carl Gombert, Associate Professor of Art at Maryville College, was the juror for the exhibition. Michael Aurbach: The Administrator August 14 – September 12, 2009 This exhibition featured the work of noted sculptor Michael Aurbach who serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Curated by Sam Yates. Beyond Surface: Contemporary Ceramics Artists September 18 – October 17, 2009 This exhibition featured the art of eight east coast ceramicists. The works on view represent the variety of techniques and concepts found in the ceramics field today. Contemporary Taiwanese Artist HoJang Liu Oct 23 – Nov 28, 2009 This exhibition featured the photographic work of HoJang Liu, a Taiwanese artist who lives in Taipei. Intimate Source: The Artist’s Sketchbook Dec 4, 2009 – January 2, 2010 Much of the development for an artwork happens well before the brush meets canvas, the hand meets clay, or the finger meets camera shutter. These preliminary inspirations and concepts go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated. This exhibit brings to light the methods artists employ to inform themselves of the possibilities for their as yet unrealized works. Curated by former Ewing Gallery staff member Timothy Massey, Director of the Tower Fine Arts Gallery at SUNY Brockport. 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition January 15 – February 20, 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition continues a tradition begun by the University of Hawai‘i Department of Art. By invitation only, this exhibition is comprised of 81 sculptures by artists from 14 countries and includes “Meta Physical #4” by Knoxville artist Richard Jolley. The small format of the works in the exhibition, with the subsequent ease and economy of handling, provides exposure to a broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture. These triennial exhibitions were initiated as an attempt to incorporate a variety of multicultural traditions and a range of sculptural ideas, styles, and materials. Deliquesence and Other Transformations: The Photography of Robert Creamer March 5 – 27, 2010 In his recent series of photographic studies of botanical subjects, Maryland artist Robert Creamer blends his interests in technology and the aging process. These photographic images, captured using a digital flatbed scanner, began as an investigation into the revelatory power of technology. Although the scanner is a tool that enhances Creamer’s ability to observe, it is not the apparatus, per se, that interests him most. Moreover, these images are about time, transformation, and transitions. Dali Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy June 4 – July 9, 2010 The exhibition represents Dali’s visual interpretation of Dante’s literary masterpiece The Divine Comedy, chronicling Dante Alighieri’s symbolic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Salvador Dalí was one of the most well known of the surrealist artists who concentrated on depicting the unconscious and subconscious mind. Dalí labored for nine years to produce a series of 100 watercolors as illustrations to Dante’s classic epic, with each print depicting a verse from the poem. His paintings were reproduced by Jean Estrade of Les Heured Claires and released as a limited edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth in 1265. This collection of work was generously donated to the University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery by UT alumnus and businessman Gary Johnson. Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out July 16 – August 14, 2010 Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out, is a unique installation of video, films, and multi-image performance works by Norman Magden, School of Art Professor of 4D Arts.The exhibition’s title, THROUGH A TRANSPARENT LENS INSIDE OUT, refers to the time based images displayed and Magden’s focus on transparent and super imposed images to create a mesmerizing effect. The exhibition is a quasi-retrospective showcasing earlier work alongside more recent pieces. Fresh Pickins August 20 – 28, 2010 The First Year Graduate Show is held annually to commemorate the acceptance of the Student’s candidacy for Graduate work at the University of Tennessee, by which the public becomes acquainted with the newest of the Fine art Graduate students. Exhibiting students were: Alex McClurg, Natalie Harrison, Brandon Donahue, Gretchen Bundy, Alex Merchant, Greg Daiker, Kelly Porter, Alicia Faciane, Hannah Short, Jessica Anderson, Ashton Ludden, Clifton Riley, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward. Happens Everyday September 3 – 25, 2010 Happens Everyday features a wall painting/installation by UT Professor David Wilson, who joined the faculty in 1985, and Chicago artist Pamela Fraser, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1999. Everything Shines October 1 – 30, 2010 Everything Shines features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Marcia Goldenstein, who joined the faculty in 1976, and New York artist Julia Jacquette, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1995. Pictures Hold Us Captive November 5 – 24, 2010 Pictures Hold Us Captive features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Jered Sprecher, who joined the faculty in 2006, and New York artist Carrie Moyer, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 2001. Walter Haskell Hinton: The Golden Age of Illustration December 3 – January 15, 2011 This collection of work includes original drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings representing an array of clients during his prolific career as an illustrator. Some of Mr. Hinton’s clients include, Outdoor Life Magazine, Sports Afield magazine, Mammoth Western Magazine, The John Deere and Company, Fairmont Railways, and Washington National Insurance Co. 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0.999435	Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> Beauford and Joseph Delaney: Lives in Art <p><strong> February 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In September and October of 1970, Joseph and Beauford Delaney were going to have a joint exhibition of their work at the McClung Gallery. Due to Beauford's poor health at the time, he was unable to send paintings from his studio in Paris. The exhibition ended up being a solo show of Joseph's work. 50 years later, the UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present their work together.</p> Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy <p><strong> March 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>In 1957, the Italian government commissioned Dali to create a complete set of illustrations for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the author’s birth. Dali began the arduous task of selecting imagery and creating a watercolor painting for each of the 100 cantos of the poem. Shortly after Dali started the project, the Italian government withdrew its commission. Italian citizens had been outraged that a Spanish artist had been selected for this undertaking, instead of inviting an Italian artist to honor one of Italy’s greatest authors. However, it was very fitting that one of the leading artists in the Surrealist movement would be chosen to interpret the bizarre punishments of Inferno and Purgatorio and the fantastical images of Paradiso that Dante created – drawing inspiration from classical and biblical imagery, as well as his own imagination.</p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present the complete collection of 100 prints. The prints are part of the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and was a gift by alumnus, Gary Johnson.</p> Community of Eight <p><strong> April 2 - 30 </strong></p></p><p>This exhibition recognizes the contributions of our full-time faculty at area community colleges - Roane State, Walters State, and Pellissippi State.</p></p><p>Exhibiting artists are: Jennifer Brickey, Caroline Covington, Amy Evans, Stacy Jacobs, Jeff Lockett, Herb Rieth, Jessie Van der Laan, and Bryan Wilkerson.</p> Walker Evans and James Agee <p><strong> June 4 - July 31, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work, <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>, served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography.</p><p>This exhibition, an 80th anniversary commemoration of the publication of <i>Let Us Not Praise Famous Men</i> includes 50 framed photographs printed by the Library of Congress from Evans’ original negatives as well as archival material from the James Agee papers loaned by the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections at the University of Tennessee.</p> New In Town <p><strong> August 25 - 28, 2021 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of the MFA class of 2024.</p></p><p>Casey Wolhar – Time-Based Art</p><p>Haleigh Eicher – Ceramics</p><p>Abby Hedley – Sculpture</p><p>Griffin Allman – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Landin Eldridge – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Saloni Parekh – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Megan Wolfkill – Painting + Drawing</p><p>Gino Castellanos – Printmaking</p><p>Anthony Huang – Printmaking</p><p>Chloe Wack – Printmaking</p> Alabama Abstraction <p><strong> September 3 - 25, 2021 </strong></p></p><p><i>Alabama Abstraction</i> is a two-person exhibition featuring the paintings of William Dooley and Alex McClurg. Dooley is the director of the Moody Gallery at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and McClurg, a graduate of UT's School of Art MFA program, is the preparator at the Birmingham Museum of Art.</p> Illumination: the Sculpture of James O. Clark <p><strong> October 1 - 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>James O. Clark is a New York-based sculptor who works with light and illumination.</p></p><p>“Light as a material has illuminated my creative search, I continue to be captivated by the mysterious dialogue between light and form. Light is ephemeral, as it dances and changes composing space, defines, reflects, refracts, bends, and teases the volume and mass of forms. Light has created a symbiotic relationship with me in my exploration capturing my childhood creative adventure and developing an exciting lifelong journey.”</p> Chromatic Rhythm: James Little <p><strong> November 5 - 27, 2021 </strong></p><p>Born in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LITTLE (b. 1952) received a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art (1974) and then an MFA from Syracuse University (1976).</p></p><p>Since the 1970s, the work of James Little has been extensively exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Among his awards and honors, Little has received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting in 2009 and the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2000. In 2016, Little was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to create public artwork for the Long Island Rail Road’s new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station.</p> 2020 exhibitions 2020 Lens - David Wolff <p><strong>January 2 - 18, 2020</strong></p></p><p>Paintings by Knoxville artist and gallery owner David Wolff.</p> 2020 Artist in Residence Biennial <p><strong>January 9 - February 19, 2020</strong></p></p><p>Featuring the work of Dana Lok, Fox Hysen, Tracy Thomason, and Caitlin MacBride</p> The Society at Black Pond - three films by Jessica Sarah Rinland <p><i>The Society at Black Pond</i> explores the activity within a common land in the south of England. Previously occupied by the 17th century agrarian socialists The Diggers, the land is currently inhabited by a Natural History Society whose occupations include bat and moth trapping, mycology, tree measuring, and botanical walks.</p></p><p>The exhibition includes three film works that offer a social and natural history of this particular location while exploring more intimately human’s relationship with and within land and nature.</p> First the Wurst <p><strong> August 26 - August 29, 2020 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of first year MFA students</p><p>Exhibiting students are: Delany Bal, Zoe Brester-Pennings, Noah Lagle, Sean Heiser, Abigail Freed, Sarah Bernstein, Haley Takahashi, Emily Rice, Hanna Seggerman, and Danqi Cai.</p> Living Epistle - Steve A. Prince <p><strong> September 4 - 26, 2020 </strong></p></p><p><i>Living Epistle</i> is an exhibition of large scale prints and drawings by Steve A. Prince. Prince is an artist, educator and art evangelist. His mediums are printmaking, drawing and sculpture. Prince is a native of New Orleans and the Crescent City's rich tradition of art, music and religion pulsate through his work. He uses the language of the line in a rhythmic and powerful way. Prince's art is inherently narrative and metaphorically complex. He uses a rich, visual vocabulary of signs and symbols to tell stories that express his unique vision founded in hope, faith and creativity.</p><p>This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and his campus visit is supported by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Engagement, the UTK Africana Studies Program, and the UT School of Art.</p> Through the Trees - an exhibition by Tom Riesing <p><strong>October 2 - 31, 2020</strong></p></p><p><i>Through the Trees</i>, presents my recent paintings and drawings produced since 2007. The images are thematic and site specific generated from extensive observations and time spent exploring East Tennessee, the Delaware Valley, the Oregon Coast, and Lower Silesia in Poland among others. I respond to the elegance of the trees, and to the light and space that exists between and beyond the persistent verticality of the trees. - Tom Riesing</p> SHINY - Drawings by David Wilson <p><strong> November 6 - 25, 2020 </strong></p></p><p><i>Shiny</i>, featured over 40 drawings of imitation silver leaf on translucent vellum. </p></p><p>David Wilson began his academic career at the UT School of Art in 1985. He uses non-traditional materials and approaches, including process and chance, in his large temporary artworks and drawings. The drawings in <i>Shiny</i> rely on reflected light to reveal the image.</p><p>“This exhibition is an opportunity to realize images that have been in my head for a long time and to do so using a process that makes them new.”</p> Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 1953, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 21 works, including 4 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 3 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney’s life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney’s longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> In March 2020, the UT Downtown Gallery closed to the public due to COVID-19 Please click here to view our virtual ART SOURCE 2020 exhibition. 2019 exhibitions Violins of Hope January 10 - February 20, 2019 The Violins of Hope are a collection of restored violins that were played by Jewish musicians during The Holocaust. These instruments have survived concentration camps, pogroms and many long journeys to tell remarkable stories of injustice, suffering, resilience and survival. The collection was assembled and restored by Israeli master violin maker and restorer, Amnon Weinstein. In some cases, the ability to play the violin spared Jewish musicians from more grueling labors or even death. Nearly 50 years ago, Amnon heard such a story from a customer who brought in an instrument for restoration. The customer survived the Holocaust because his job was to play the violin while Nazi soldiers marched others to their deaths. When Amnon opened the violin’s case, he saw ashes. He thought of his own relatives who had perished and was overwhelmed. He could not bring himself to begin the project. By 1996, Amnon was ready. He put out a call for violins from the Holocaust that he would restore in hopes that the instruments would sound again. Amnon started locating violins that were played by Jews in the camps and ghettos, painstakingly piecing them back together so they could be brought to life again on the concert stage. Although most of the musicians who originally played the instruments were silenced by the Holocaust, their voices and spirits live on through the violins that Amnon has lovingly restored. He calls these 50 instruments the Violins of Hope. 2018 exhibitions Drawn But Not Forgotten December 2 - 23, 2016 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Gallery is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media. 2017 exhibitions There is no gallery selected or the gallery was deleted. 2016 exhibitions 2016 You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel <p><strong>December 4 - January 29, 2016</strong></p><p>The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since.</p> Science and Nature: Larry Brown <p><strong>February 5 - 27, 2016</strong></p><p>Larry Brown is a painter who has taught drawing in the Cooper Union School of Art Since 1991. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington State University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.</p><p>Larry’s paintings and works on paper are based on concerns with relative relationships between science and nature. His most recent work is defined by a geo-political narrative focused on ecological and geological tensions related to the environment and climate.</p> Allison Berkoy - PERFORMANCES / Jonathan Lukens - time-based Visualizations of Local Particulate Matter Data <p><strong>March 4 - 26, 2016</strong></p><p>Allison Berkoy presents recent works in video, electronic sculpture, and interactive installation. The exhibition features performances by tea cups, a cockroach, a clock, projected actors, computer algorithms, and more.</p><p>Jonathan Lukens employs design as a means of understanding and explaining relationships beyond the visual. This exhibition presents time-based visualizations of particulate matter data recorded at an air monitoring station near Pearl Place and Stewart Street in Knoxville. Particulate matter is a term for airborne pollution in the form of very small particles which can pass through the throat and nose and enter the lungs.</p> Modes of Faltering: Shambhavi Kaul <p><strong>April 1-2, 2016</strong></p><p>Artist Shambhavi Kaul premiered her latest video installation, Modes of Faltering, at the UT Downtown Gallery as part of a special exhibition in collaboration with the Big Ears music festival. Kaul's work has been exhibited in galleries and on the film festival circuit, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlinale, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival, Rotterdam, the Edinburga International Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Shanghai Bienniale.</p> ARTSOURCE 2016 <p><strong>May 6 - 20, 2016</strong></p><p>Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents.</p> Through the Lens of Ed Westcott <p><strong>June 2 - August 6, 2016</strong></p><p>In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project - a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the "atomic" city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside its boundaries.</p><p>Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott's photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated.</p> Top Soil: Body Farm <p><strong>August 19 - 27, 2016</strong></p><p>Top Soil: Body Farm is an exhibition of the incoming class of 2019 MFA students. The exhibition includes, Printmaking, Transmedia & Design, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and installations. These student artists have chosen UTK School of Art as their home for the next three years to complete their Master of Fine Arts Degree. The exhibition highlights their current work and their artistic accomplishments prior to arriving at the University of Tennessee.</p><p>Artists included in the exhibition are: Katie Gentner - painting and drawing, University of Wisconsin, Parkside; Eric Hines - painting and drawing, Ohio State University; Miles Ingrassia – printmaking, OCAD University, Canada; Holly Kelly – sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Cara McKinley – ceramics, Florida Atlantic University; Rachel Sevier – ceramics, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mengmeng Shang - Transmedia Design, Communication University of China; Lila Shull – printmaking, Winthrop University; Baxter Stults – printmaking, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael Tracy - painting and drawing, University of Iowa.</p> Persona: Process Portraiture <p>September 2 - 30, 2016</p><p>UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present, Persona: Process Portraiture, and exhibition of work by Leah Schrager, Marcia Goldenstein, Judith Page, and Gail Skudera</p><p> </p><p> </p> Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics <p><strong>October 4 - 29, 2016</strong></p><p>UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present, Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics, a collection of work from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection as well as from private collections of professors, staff and community members. </p> Guts Coming and Going: Jessica Ann <p><strong>November 4 - 23, 2016</strong></p><p>An exhibition of new and recent works by artist Jessica Ann entitled; Guts Coming and Going. Featuring video, sculpture, and interactive installation, the exhibition explores the material potential at the edge of the world wide web. Composed of many parts, each component is networked together by Ann’s desire to meet what she calls the “aggregate monster.” An entity lurking and learning amidst the ever cooled data banks of your external and eternal memory. Data siphoned daily among a trillion other self published transmissions, happening across facebook, text messages, phone calls, emails, twitter, cameras, and networked refrigerators. What fabulation might emerge among all this noise is presented here as objects and subjects oozing off the grid and into mixed reality.</p> Drawn But Not Forgotten <p><strong>December 2 - 23, 2016</strong></p><p>The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present a selection of sketches and lithographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection. On display are working and finished sketches and print portfolios from four illustrators working during the “Golden Age” of illustration. The four men whose works you see here, worked tirelessly drafting ad campaigns, illustrating children’s books, comic strips, and covers for weekly publications, such as The Saturday Evening Post. The Ewing Galle<span class="text_exposed_show">ry is fortunate to have acquired many of these works through generous gifts to the gallery. The 4 drawings on display by F.R. Gruger were given by his son, F.R. Gruger Jr.. The sixteen lithographs illustrating scenes from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were given by Harold Shaw. Many of the illustrations by Walter Haskell Hinton were given by his son, Ray Hinton and later by his children as part of Ray’s estate. The illustrations and prints by Harrison Cady were gifts of David Eldredge, a nephew of Cady. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to see the works of these four illustrators from the Ewing Collection exhibited together for the first time. Take time to notice each artist’s unique illustration style and choice of media.</span></p><p> </p> 2011 - 2015 exhibitions 2011 Walter McConnell: Installation in Clay February 4 – 26, 2011 McConnell, who is well recognized for his large-scale, unfired ceramic sculptures will work with UT art students to construct this project. McConnell’s installations address the relationship between nature and culture – more specifically, the means through which contemporary culture constructs an understanding of nature. McConnell currently serves on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY. Seeing Things: Joel Carreiro March 4 – 26, 2011 Joel Carreiro’s work organizes and recomposes small squares of imagery borrowed from Renaissance paintings, European drawings and Medieval manuscripts and transforms them into large works on wood panels that create a new visual language entirely different from its original intent. Joel Carreiro is an artist based in New York City. Art of Poland April 1 – 30, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is especially pleased to present Art of Poland, the Collection of Ambassador & Mrs. Victor Ashe during the month of April and the Dogwood Arts Festival Celebration. This exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, folk art and glass works by some Poland’s leading artists working today such as Edvard Dwurnik, Stanislaw Borowski, Leszek Sokol and Michal Puszczynski among others. Victor Ashe, was mayor of Knoxville from 1987-2003 and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2004 until 2009. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2011 May 6 – 27, 2011 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, the Knox County Art Educators Exhibition has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. The exhibition has greatly increased awareness of the importance of art education in Knox County. This is the Downtown Gallery’s third year to host this exhibition, which includes, paintings, drawings, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video. Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series July 1 – August 13, 2011 Richard LeFevre taught graphic design and illustration courses at The University of Tennessee for 33 years and was the first graphic design faculty member hired by the School of Art. He continued his professional career while teaching at UT. One of his most enduring interests was the history of the Civil War. He served as President of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. Goes to Eleven: First Year MFA exhibition August 19 – 27, 2011 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. Exhibiting students were: Andrew Merriss, April Bachtel, Eric Cagley, Cierra Reppert, Daniel Ogletree, Hannah Skoonberg, Jennifer Scheuer, Jonathan Lisenby, Justin Clay, Tamra Hunt, and Victoria Buck. Scott Sherk: Mapping Sound September 2 – 30, 2011 Mapping Sound explores ideas about the representation of space through the use of sound. If sculpture is an exploration of space through form, in these works of sound sculpture, sound becomes the primary focus of the exploration of three-dimensional space. Scott Sherk is a sculptor who often works with sound. His work has been widely shown, including his Katonah Sound Project installation at the Katonah Museum of Art and several exhibitions at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. He has released several collections of field recorded and manipulated sounds. Click here to view installation images. Justin Randolph Thompson: The Pits October 7 – 28, 2011 The Pits is a multi-disciplinary installation and performance that investigates the political employment of sound, both in realm of propaganda and as protest, and the visual hierarchies of the architectural organization of theatre space. The orchestra is collaboration with students and faculty of the UT music department. Jazz musician, composer, and UT alum Jason Thompson will work with this group to create an 8-10 piece pit orchestra that will be conducted to perform a score that shifts from classical, triumphant marches, into the drum and flute sound of Black Power poets, through folk styles of spiritual praise, and finally into abrasive Hip Hop. Click here to view installation images. Unseen and other projects: Holly Zausner November 4 – 26, 2011 Holly Zausner’s work is about transformation through mediums both literal and metaphorical. For this body of work, she has transformed Unseen, a super 16 mm film made in 2007, which was shown at the Bode Museum, into a series of black, white, and colored collages. In the film “Unseen” the artist searches through key locations and museums in the city of Berlin attempting to find metaphorical space and literal rest for two rubber sculptures, one female and one male. As Zausner and her two rubbery protagonists move through the city, a non-linear narrative unfolds. They encounter sites central to the life of the city, like a bread factory and a newspaper plant, as well as historical sites, like a defunct amusement park in the former East. Zausner’s fascination with the imagery from the film compelled her to reexamine the content and the structure of the different scenes through collage. Using repetition and reconfiguration, the collages are a different way of exploring the act of filming, editing, and making the sound, which are all components that create the foundation and meaning of the collages. Click here to view installation images. Genus species: Ewing December 2, 2011 – January 15, 2012 Genus species: EWING focuses on selections from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Each work of art is united by a common subject matter — the Kingdom Anamalia. This exhibition includes art in all media — video, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and photography. Genus species: EWING includes works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Andy Warhol, Sue Coe, Eleanor Dickinson, Walter Haskell Hinton, Salvador Dali, Mark Steinmetz, Harrison Cady, Bessie Harvey, and Ed Westcott. A number of the pieces are also by current and former University of Tennessee art professors: Clark Stewart, Paul Lee, Beauvais Lyons, Byron McKeeby, and Diane Fox. 2012 Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers January 20 – February 25, 2012 This exhibition examines the state of contemporary printmaking in Japan, and challenges the traditional definitions of prints and printmaking. All of the participating artists received their formal training as printmakers and the production of multiples remains at the heart of their creative process. While utilizing tools and techniques of the printmaker, some of the artists now create work that has transitioned into forms that are associated with other media, such as sculpture, painting, and digital imaging. Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools, three utilize digital photography and technology, while the others pursue traditional and recognizable printmaking techniques. Each artist exhibited three to five works, resulting in a diverse selection of objects and images from the hands of an equally diverse group of artists, including men and women of various ages from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties. The artists reside and work in different regions throughout Japan, and the visual content of their work ranges anywhere from formal abstraction, to iterations of traditional Japanese cultural images. Co-curated by Ewing Gallery Director Sam Yates and Hideki Kimura, Chair of Printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple brings the best of contemporary Japanese printmaking to the United States. click here to view installation images. In Action: Mark Newport March 2 – 31, 2012 Artist Mark Newport creates hand-knit acrylic yarn recreations of hero costumes, prints of the artist in costume, and carved, costumed figure sculptures. The costumes are life size, wearable objects that hang limply on hangers. They challenge the standard muscular form of the hero and offer the space for someone to imagine himself or herself wearing the costume, therefore becoming the hero. Mark is an artist and educator living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is the Artist in Residence and Head of Fiber at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He earned his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1986 and his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. Newport’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2012 March 2 – 31, 2012 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2012 April 2 – 14, 2012 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s feature exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3-D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by internationally recognized juror, Allen Peterson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA 2012: Vickie Phipps and Jon Purtill In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view work by Jon Purtill On Location Part I: Five Tennessee Plein Air Painters June 1 – 30, 2012 Plein air painting has a rich international tradition, and our regional Tennessee artists are part of that continuum. Mike C. Berry, manager of the UT Downtown Gallery, and a plein air painter himself, curated this exhibition. We are grateful to the artists who have so generously allowed their work to be shared with the Knoxville Community. The five featured artists were: Anne Blair Brown, Franklin, TN; Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN; Lori Putnam, Franklin, TN; Brett Weaver, Chattanooga, TN; and Dawn Whitelaw, Franklin, TN. Click here to view installation images. On Location Part II: Land Portrait July 6 – 27, 2012 Land Portrait features works from members of the Culture Laboratory Collective based upon their relationship with a particular place, landform, landscape, topography, or state of current residence. These pieces, when combined, serve as comprehensive land portraits. Translations of localities can act as reflections of communities continually in flux. The visual statements produced for this exhibition may provide a more complete understanding of who (and where) we are. The value of place and landscape is immeasurable. Memories from places can become etched in our minds and contextualized over time. This exhibit offers a view into a collective memory and re-locates interpretations of place into a public, conversational setting. Curated by Brian R. Jobe Click here to view installation images. Figurative Works on Paper from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection August 3 – 18, 2012 This exhibition featured figurative works on paper, including watercolors, drawings, photography, and printmaking. Notable works include: portraits by Chuck Close and Alice Neel, prints by Francisco Goya, Leon Golub, Kathe Kollwitz, Keith Haring, Luis Jiminez, and William Hogarth, and photography by Helmut Newton and Walker Evans. Also in the exhibition were works from School of Art professors, students, and visiting artists, past and present. These artists are, Baldwin Lee, Don Kurka, Eleanor Dickinson, Mark Steinmetz, and Joseph Delaney. Click here to view installation images. Sweetbreads August 23 – September 1, 2012 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of our first year graduate students who are entering the UT School of Art Graduate program within their various disciplines. The exhibit showcases the outstanding talent and artistic visions of these new students, which includes painting, printmaking, graphic design and sculpture works. The following artists exhibited work: James Boychuck-Hunter, David Harman, Raluca Iancu, Kevin Kao, Alexandra Kirtley, Kevin Varney, and Thomas Wharton Click here to view installation images. The Legacy of James Randolph Denton September 7 – 8, 2012 A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), James Randolph Denton founded the Association for Creative Zoology in 1908 an effort to rebut the popularization of evolutionary theory in American public schools and universities. Working with the London publisher Everitt Ormsby Hokes, founder of Hokes Scholarly Lithography, Denton published two collections of color lithographs documenting the principle of animal hybridity, what he referred to as “zoomorphic juncture.” These were Rare Zoological Specimens and Ornithological Quadrupeds, both published in the 1920s, the second of which emulates the publications of the British naturalist John Gould. Arguing for Creation Science, Reverend Denton cited the unicorn and the dragon, each of which are mentioned in the King James Edition of the Bible, as examples of this phenomena. Denton argued that animal hybridity explained species diversity and disputed the principles of natural selection. Click here to view installation images. Pencil Pushed September 19 – October 28, 2012 In this exhibition, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The artists selected are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing. The diversity of the exhibition favored mid-career artists, but ranged from emerging to late. Featured artists in Pencil Pushed are: William Anastasi, William Pittman Andrews, Caroline Burton, Elisa D’Arrigo, Mary Reid Kelley, Sharon Louden, Jennifer Macdonald, Peter Mollenkof, Darcy Brennan Poor, Bill Richards, Beatrice Riese, Hilda Shen, Drew Shiflett, Stephen Talasnik, and Sam Vernon Click here to view installation images. Based on a True Story November 1 – November 21, 2012 Curated by New York artist Joel Carreiro, Based on a True Story features work by artists who use narrative in a variety of ways. This exhibition includes 2 and 3 dimensional works, as well as video projections. Matthew Garrison is based in Reading, PA; Yeon Jin Kim lives and works in New York, and Chris Miner is based in Memphis, TN. Click here to view installation images. Capstone 2012 November 27 – 30, 2012 The Capstone course is a requirement for all BFA Studio Art majors. Students take Capstone in the final semester of their BFA degree. During Capstone students engage in a self-initiated research project to demonstrate that a graduating senior has learned and can practice the skills and concepts of a chosen concentration (2D, 3D, 4D). The Capstone also demonstrates the student’s ability to intellectualize and articulate issues and ideas about contemporary art. Successful completion of the Capstone course is a requirement of graduation. The UT Downtown Gallery is excited to present the work of 5 graduating seniors in this year’s capstone exhibition. Exhibiting students are: Sarah Crumley, Kayla Courtoy, David Holland, Bill Warden, and Catherine Widner. Click here to view installation images. Revealed: Pat Badt and Paul Briggs December 7, 2012 – January 18, 2013 The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Revealed, an exhibition of paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculptures by Paul Briggs. The paintings and sculptures share a similar modesty in size, creating an approachable and intimate relationship between object and viewer. The work is meditative in process. Lines and leaf-forms vary in length, color, orientation, and proximity to the next. It is repetitive, yet unique. Click here to view installation images. 2013 Northern Exposure January 23 – 25, 2013 In the summer of 2013, six students accompanied Ewing Gallery director, Sam Yates to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, and Washington DC. They visited major art museums, had studio visits with artists, and learned about the contemporary art world. The work on display was inspired by their travels. The exhibiting students are, Alexandra Gellis, Eric Cagley, Brandon Donahue, Sarah Campbell, Jessica Beeler, and Kelly Householder. Click here to view installation images. Chad Curtis: Panorama of Desire February 1 – 23, 2013 Chad D. Curtis is an artist and technologist living and working in Philadelphia. Drawing inspiration from both digital technology and homebrew DIY makers, Curtis’s work examines the abstraction of materiality in the digital age and the effects of high technology on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment. Curtis has exhibited internationally, including more than fifty solo and group exhibitions in the past ten years. He holds an M.F.A. from Alfred University and is an Associate Professor at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Click here to view installation images. William Lamson: Fieldwork March 1 – 2, 2013 William Lamson is a Brooklyn-based artist who works in video, photography, performance, and sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a number of private collections. Since graduating from the Bard M.F.A. program in 2006, his work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, P.S.1 MOMA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, among others. Lamson is currently working on two installations for Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2013 March 25 – April 6, 2013 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists were selected by nationally recognized juror, Durant Thompson, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Durant Thompson is an Associate Professor of sculpture in the Department of Art at the University of Mississippi. In 1997, Durant received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and in 2001 he earned an MFA in Sculpture from Louisiana State University. He has also worked at The Johnson Atelier School of Technical Sculpture in New Jersey and at the University of Southern Mississippi as a technician and instructor before accepting his current position. Click here to view installation images. MFA: Greg Daiker, Alex Merchant, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. Click here to view installation images for Daiker and Merchant. Click here to view installation images for O’Barr and Ward. ARTSOURCE 2013 May 3 – 18, 2013 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Knoxville Watercolor Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition June 7 – 29, 2013 The KWS celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of works by the current members as well as highlighting the founding members: Robert Birdwell, Ted Burnett, Richard Clarke, Kermit “Buck” Ewing, George Galloway, Martha Godwin, Arlene Goff, David Joyner, Josephine Mayo, Margaret Scanlan, Walter “Holly” Stevens, Carl Sublett, and Betsy Worden. Click here to view installation images. Print Resonance July 5 – 27, 2013 Fifty graduate students and faculty members at five universities: the University of Alberta, Canada; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; Silpakorn University, Thailand and Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan created prints specifically for this project. The participating artists made their prints on the same size paper, allowing the viewer to focus on the image, rather than the scale of the work. The audience is encouraged to consider the artistic expression from each university and to find commonality across geographic and cultural borders, as the printmakers share ideas about their own interests, lives, and values. The works were created using various print techniques, which include inkjet, etching, drypoint, chine-colle, lithography, woodcut, intaglio and blind printing. This portfolio is a limited edition of 10 copies, two for each of the five universities, with the goal of further development of printmaking education around the globe. Click here to view installation images. 20 Years After August 2 – 24, 2013 This exhibition features the work of 14 MFA artists from the UTK School of Art Class of 1993. Artists will be displaying work that is current or important in their journey in fine arts over the last 20 years. The UT MFA program attracts students from different regions of the United States as exemplified in this exhibition, which include artists from Mississippi, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Artists included in the exhibition: Scott Palmer — Ceramics, Annette Bongers – Ceramics, Melody Reeves — Printmaking, Rob Tarbell — Painting, Eric Fracassi — Sculpture, David Deitrick — Graphic Design, Eric Smith — Graphic Design, Joel House — Sculpture, Melanie McLaughlin — Graphic Design, Kris Rehring Jones — Graphic Design, Debi Henry Danielson — Painting, Brad Cantrell — Ceramics, Laurie Robichaux — Ceramics, Earl Watson — Graphic Design. Click here to view installation images. Echo of the Object September 6 – 26, 2013 Echo of the Object is an exhibition featuring work by Ball State faculty members: Hannah Barnes, Jennifer Halvorson, David Hannon, and Jacinda Russell. This exhibition brings together several series of works in drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Each body of work explores how objects of symbolic or personal significance play a role in the construction of memory, identity, and meaning. The metaphor of containment is a consistent theme in each artist’s work, both in the use of objects whose literal function is to contain (bags, jars, boxes), and also in the suggestion that seemingly insignificant objects have a certain capacity to become filled with meaning. Time, humor, absurdity, the domestic, and the everyday are additional themes this exhibition will seek to explore. Click here to view installation images. Ossuary: A project by Lorrie Beth Clarke October 4 – 26, 2013 Three hundred artists have contributed to Ossuary. Their work, in many media, includes single bones, clusters of bones, and art works inspired by, using, or playing with the idea of bones. These bones are political statements and personal elegies, memorials to individuals and statements about mortality. They represent connections to our ancestors and/or to our descendants. Some works are serious and some use bones in a completely playful manner. Ossuary was developed in response to the repositories of bones that have accrued in countries like Cambodia and Rwanda, but Ossuary is not a project about those traumas. Rather, Ossuary offers a poignant counter-image to mass violence. It is a project about the hope that art brings. Ossuary is a cumulative traveling project. It began in Madison, Wisconsin. Artists interested in contributing bones to future exhibitions should write to [email protected]. This relational project was initiated and developed by the artist Laurie Beth Clark. Clark, who is a Professor in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin, has shown work in galleries, museums, theatres, and public spaces in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Click here to view installation images. AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio November 1 – 16, 2013 This is the first digitally produced portfolio published by American Abstract Artists. All past portfolios—1937, 1987, 1997—were produced using various forms of lithography and means of transferring image to plate. Unlike traditional printmaking, the digital inkjet process does not involve a physical matrix from which ink is transferred to paper. This marks both a technical and a conceptual shift in printmaking. Our choice of the medium situates this portfolio squarely in the current century and is an indication of the group’s forward momentum. The artists were asked to provide a digital file meeting predetermined specifications, yet no restrictions were placed on how the file could be created. The digital process enabled a wide variety of approaches that include abstract and documentary photography, scanning of flat-work made expressly for the project, digital compositing and image manipulation, as well as the use of vector-based software and hand-coded algorithms. The results are as varied as the artists’ individual sensibilities. Click here to view installation images. AIR 30th Anniversary Exhibition December 6, 2013 – January 10, 2014 Begun after the retirement of painting professor Carl Sublett, the Artist-in-Residence Program enriches a student’s experience further by regularly bringing new artists from outside the university who are active in the contemporary gallery and museum arenas. Each semester an invited resident artist teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in the painting and drawing curriculum. The AIR program has been highly successful in making a direct connection to the marketplace of ideas that surrounds art centers such as New York City, Chicago, and LA. The artists we bring to campus represent a spectrum of current sensibilities in painting and drawing holding sway in the art world today. This exhibition features work from past participating artists from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection. Click here to view installation images. 2014 Death Rock City: Dannielle Tegeder January 24 – February 28, 2014 Featuring new and recent work, Death Rock City examines how New York artist Dannielle Tegeder challenges the two-dimensional boundaries of traditional painting through the integration of animation, sculpture into her work. Dannielle Tegeder earned her BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has had solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston and participated in numerous group exhibitions at PS1/MoMA, The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.Her work is in the collections of a number of museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Click here to view installation images. New Topology: Paul Krainak March 7 – March 29, 2014 Topology employs elements of early modern logic and its attendant forms in art and technology. It considers aesthetic and industrial incentives originating in rural America and calls into question modernism’s strictly urban mythology. Grids, cruciforms, and wood grain details are embedded in extended patterns calling to mind Constructivist and Bauhaus Schools’ principals of industrial hybridity and utopianism. But the site of industry here is agriculture with distilled forms taken from domestic textile design, land management diagrams, and vernacular architecture. Paul Krainak is an artist, critic, and Chair of the Art Department at Bradley University. Click here to view installation images. NEXUS 2014 April 4 – 19, 2014 As one of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s featured exhibits, NEXUS, showcases national and international artists working in contemporary sculpture and 3D media. Indoor sculptures comprising all styles and genres from emerging and established artists will be selected by esteemed professor, Laticia Bajuyo, for exhibition at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery. Click here to view installation images. MFA Exhibition: Eric Cagley April 21-25, 2014 Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2014 May 2 – May 22, 2014 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Marion Greenwood in Tennessee June 6 – August 9, 2014 Marion Greenwood in Tennessee features her mural of the history of Tennessee music painted for the University Center at the University of Tennessee in 1954; “The Partnership of Man and Nature,” a WPA mural painted in 1940, graciously loaned by the Crossville, TN Post Office; preparatory sketches loaned by UT Special Collections; and lithographs from the permanent collection of the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Click here to view installation images. Ask Me, I can Help. August 22 – 23, 2014 An exhibition of the incoming class of 2017 MFA candidates. Twelve student artists feature their current work as they begin their graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, School of Art. Exhibiting students are: Corinna Ray, Anna Wehrwein, Jing Qin, Josh Shorey, Jessica Gatlin, Abigail Lucien, Elysia Mann, Adam Higgins, Meg Erlewine, Geoff Silvis, Chris Spurgin, and Bailey Davenport. Click here to view installation images. AIR of UT September 5 – 27, 2014 AIR of UT is an exhibition of the Limited Box Edition project, curated by artists Wade Guyton ’95, Josh Smith ’98, and Meredyth Sparks ’94. The Limited Box Edition project is part of a fundraising campaign to support the School of Art’s Artist-in-Residence in Painting and Drawing program. Now in its 32nd year, the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program enriches a student’s experience by bringing a different artist to spend the semester teaching undergraduate and graduate students. The resident artists are selected because they have launched successful careers in the contemporary gallery and museum world nationally and internationally. They furnish students with significant role models and faculty with new professional connections beyond Knoxville. Each of the organizing alumni — Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith — benefited from this program, and have asked their former School of Art peers as well as past Artists in Residence to contribute images to the three curated portfolios making up the Limited Box Edition. AIR of UT and the Limited Box Edition is a celebration of the legacy and impact of the Artist in Residence program on the School of Art and its graduates. Click here to view installation images. DeWitt Godfrey: Drawings, Proposals, Plans, Models, Diagrams, Documents October 3 – 31, 2014 DeWitt Godfrey is a Professor of sculpture in the department of Art and Art History at Colgate. Godfrey completed his undergraduate work at Yale University, was a member of the inaugural group of CORE Fellows at the MFA Houston, and received his MFA from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship, a Japan Foundation Artist’s Fellowship, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Fellowship. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. His commissioned work includes “Concordia” for Lexarts, Lexington, KY; “Waverly Place” Cambridge Arts Council; “Greenwich South” a visioning exercise by the Downtown Alliance, New York, NY and installations at Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI; The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and the Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Click here to view installation images. Louis Chan: My Home November 7 – 26, 2014 My Home is an on-going project aimed to help define my identity as a Chinese American and attempt to preserve generations of memories and experiences of Chinese immigrants through photography. My Home serves as a contemporary marker for Chinese Americans to reflect on the hopes, dreams, and sacrifices made for them by older generations in order for their children to have a chance of a better life in America. Click here to view installation images. Of A Feather December 5, 2014 – January 15, 2015 Artists throughout history have found inspiration in the form of birds. Man imbued birds with mystical and religious meaning due to their fascinating ability to exist in two worlds – the earthly world, and the sky, or heavenly realm. Drawn primarily from the Ewing Gallery’s permanent collection, Of a Feather features works from historic and contemporary artists who represent birds in a diverse assortment of styles. While some artists approach the bird as studies of simplified form others utilize strategies of space and distance to take a more poetic or analytical look at the economic and social issues attached to birds. Works range from hyperrealism to whimsical to abstract. This exhibition incorporates a number of artists of artists from New York and Chicago including Keith Haring, Michael Kirk, Keith Long, Diane Churchill, and Laurie Hogin; regional artists, Howard Finster, Todd Johnson, Kelly Hider, Heather Middlebrooks, Gary Monroe, and Richard Jolley, as well as distinguished faculty from the University of Tennessee – Jered Sprecher, Diane Fox, Beauvais Lyons, Marcia Goldenstein, Don Kurka, Bill Kennedy, Clark Stewart and Byron McKeeby. The artworks on display consider themes of scientific inquiry, symbolism, environmental consciousness, and the rituals of birding, among others. The exhibition is in tribute to the late artist Ellen Lanyon who often used images of birds in her art. Click here to view installation images. 2015 Paul Sacaridiz: Configurations January 23 – February 28, 2015 The work in this exhibition explores the non-objective and propositional quality that sculpture can have, and the ways in which we can understand something devoid of specificity and illustration. Presented on custom-built risers and linear structures, individual components are often physically or conceptually networked together with arrangements of objects ranging from the random and chaotic to the precise and articulate. Through careful positioning and intentional framing the works are suggestive of abstracted models and diagrammatic systems that allude to a sculptural logic that is both pragmatic and allusive at the same time. Click here to view installation images. Time and Again: Ruth Weisberg March 6 – 27, 2015 Ruth Weisberg has been an important influence on printmaking both as an artist and educator. Her creative activity and scholarship encompasses not only studio production in printmaking, painting, and drawing, but central and influential articles, essays and book chapters that have played a vital role in advancing print theory. Her 1986 essay “Syntax of the Print” published in the Tamarind Papers is frequently assigned to students in printmaking programs and remains relevant almost 30 years after it was first published. As one of her nominators, Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Printmaking at the Art Institute of Chicago, praised not only her work as a printmaker and draftsman, he also emphasized her writings as an important contribution to the field of printmaking. Ruth Weisberg is 2015 recipient of the SGC International Printmaker Emeritus Award. Click here to view installation images. ARTSOURCE 2015 April 3 – 17, 2015 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, Art Source, the exhibition dedicated solely to Knox County art educators, has given these same teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Click here to view installation images. Strangers and Stand-Ins: Sunita Prasad April 22-25, 2015 The three works on display express my desire to distill and undermine normative expectations about which behaviors and expressions are appropriate for whom. A choreographic example can be found in Presumptuous?, an ongoing video series shot in cities around the world which disrupts the codes of urban co-existence by inserting hyper-intimate and often queer interactions into public space. Click here to view installation images. The Civil War Series: Richard J. Lefevre May 1 – June 27, 2015 Richard J. LeFevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of United States Civil War (1861 – 1865) through works on paper that depict 32 of the war’s most significant battles. By combining his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, LeFevre used inventive mixed-media techniques to create these powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that terrible and definitive era. Click here to view installation images. Land Report July 3 – 31, 2015 Jason S. Brown, Brian R. Jobe, David L. Jones, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell The Land Report Collective deals with landscape in fundamental ways and as a foundational reference point. Brown considers the politics of mountaintop removal in his construction of objects and installations while also creating playful formal assemblages. Jobe crafts meeting places for public interaction through the delineation of pathways and works with brick and wood. Jones responds to desert environments with experimental interactions, model scale sculpture, and large scale outdoor works. Kikut incorporates a lifelong interest in the horizon line in a series of paintings with flat Midwestern landscapes as his muse. Shadwell views the landscape from a non-traditional lens, responding to ephemeral images from highway road cameras, monumental mining operations and the optical nature of the salt flats through drawing, sculpture and video installation. Click here for installation images. Life in Light: An Exhibition of Poems in Paintings August 7 – 15, 2015 Life in Light is an exhibition of paintings inspired by the poetry of local doctor, Humayun Kabir. Dr. Kabir’s poetry has been transformed into image by Bangladeshi artist, Mostafiz Karigar. Click here for installation images. Non-Exempt: A Staff Exhibition September 4 – 26, 2015 Our hardworking staff members step out from behind the scenes and exhibit what they work on when they’re not at work. Media and subject matter were not stipulated at the outset of this exhibition. The pieces on display, therefore, represent an honest ‘work sample’ from a talented segment of the UT community in the School of Art and College of Architecture and Design whose artistic skills might otherwise remain unrecognized outside of their duties as staff members. Devin Balara – Metal Shop Tech, Sculpture/Installation; Mike C. Berry – UT Downtown Gallery Manager, Painting; Eric Cagley – Ewing Gallery Staff, Painting; Debbie Cooper – School of Art Staff, Quilting; Heather Eades– Media Pool, Painting; Jeremy Hammond– Wood Shop Manager, Sculpture; Tally Locke – Fab Lab Manager, Sculpture; Sarah McFalls – Ewing Gallery Staff, Multi-media installation; Hannah Shimabukuro –Printmaking Tech, Installation/photography; Jason Tyler -School of Art Media Tech, Photography Click here for installation images. Lorrie Fredette: between locations October 2 – 31, 2015 Lorrie Fredette creates site-specific investigations that examine beauty, harmony, and comfort to comprehend the incomprehensible aspects of infection, pandemic and the plague. Her pieces have been exhibited nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe. Exhibition venues include Cynthia –Reeves Project (Brattleboro, VT), Art Southampton (Southampton, NY), Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), Bank of America Headquarters (Charlotte, NC) Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis, MA) and Jyvaskyla Art Museum (Jyvaskyla, Finland) Fredette holds a BFA in sculpture from the Herron School of Art / Indiana University. Cynthia-Reeves in New York represents her work. Click here for installation images. John Messinger November 6 – 28, 2015 John Messinger combines elements of photography and tapestry to create large-scale, 3-dimensional mixed media artworks. His body of work consists of thousands of individual 3.25 x 4.25 inch instant photographs assembled together to create photographic tapestries that examine the proliferation and ubiquity of the photograph in the digital age. Inspired by the notions of singularity and time, Messinger combines hundreds of varying images and transforms them into a single experience. His work fuses indexical and abstract imagery to question the notion of photography, photographer, and subject. Click here for installation images. You Call That Art!: an exhibition of editorial cartoons by Charlie Daniel December 4 – January 29, 2016 The exhibition featured a large selection of “Rosy’s Diner” cartoons as well as a variety of subjects and themes from the past two decades. Charlie Daniel came to Knoxville in 1958 as the editorial cartoonist for The Knoxville Journal. He moved to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 1992 and has been the editorial cartoonist here ever since. Click here for installation images. 2004-2010 exhibitions 2004 Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney September 11 – October 30, 2004 Like Lloyd Branson, Catherine Wiley, and his brother Beauford Delaney, Joseph Delaney was a Knoxville-born artist who gained international recognition. Inaugurating The University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery, Life in the City: The Art of Joseph Delaney highlights some 60 works that demonstrate Joseph’s interest in urban life – parades, public parks, architecture and street scenes. The George & Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection November 6 – December 19, 2004 Created by Beauvais Lyons, Professor of Art and Director of the Hokes Archives at The University of Tennessee, The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection presents fictitious contemporary folk art. As the “exhibition curator,” Lyons created all the artworks and designed biographical text panels with photographic portraits of each of the 11 imaginary artists. Included are enamel painted records by Lucas Farley, Arthur Middleton’s portrait paintings of American presidents, velvet paintings of brides by Charlotte Black, Max Pritchard’s hand-painted religious tracts on cereal boxes, Rufus Martinez’s ceramic face jugs, and Lester Coleman Dowdy’s “limberjack” puppets. This irrelevant exhibition emulates folk art, and at the same time, it ironically imitates museum conventions. 2005 Gregg Schlanger: Holston River Diaries January 12 – March 8, 2005 Created by Gregg Schlanger, Holston River Diaries is a two-part exhibition that links the communities of Emory, VA and Knoxville, TN – the first being near the headwaters of the Holston River and later being nears its confluence with the French Broad River, thus forming the Tennessee River. The exhibition’s second part continued at Emory & Henry College’s 1912 Gallery. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Walker Evans’ Photographs March 11 – April 17, 2005 Walker Evans’ photographs made for James Agee’s classic work Let Us Now Praise Famous Men served as the culmination of Evans’ talents as well as the realistic portrayal of the conditions of the American tenant farmer during the 1930s Depression. Walker Evans’ images revolutionized the standards of documentary photography. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jennifer Leach, Printmaking April 20 – Apr 27, 2005 Graphic Design Senior Show April 30 – May 6, 2005 Senior Graphic Design Students display their design work and attend the opening to meet and greet potential clients and employers Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City June 16 – September 3, 2005 In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated James Edward Westcott to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and assigned him the task of official photographer for the Manhattan Project – a massive wartime effort to produce the first atomic bomb. As secrecy of the project was paramount, the “atomic” city was fenced, and communication with the outside world was limited. What is more, no cameras were allowed inside the fenced boundaries. Thus, Westcott became not only the official photographer for the Manhattan Project, but he also became the sole photographer of the social and recreational events of Oak Ridge. It is only through Westcott’s photographs that the visual history of Oak Ridge can be appreciated. Enduring: The Social Conscience of Eleanor Dickinson September 10 – November 5, 2005 Eleanor Dickinson, a native of Knoxville, TN, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1952, becoming one of the department’s first graduates. One year later, she moved to California and began redefining her process of creating traditional figure drawings via strong emotions. Since then, Dickinson has maintained a life-long commitment to the human form and has responded to intense moments of human existence, ranging from the experiences of Pentecostal Southerners, to the ecstasies of lovers, to the trials of the homeless, to the sufferings of AIDS victims. Alternative Typestyles: An Homage to Vernacular Letterforms Nov 12 – Dec 20, 2005 Alternative Typestyles features original art by exhibition creator Matt Tullis, including hand-drawn typefaces, unique collected fonts, and wall-mounted sculptures based on the assemblage of typographic artifacts. Individual photographic prints of vintage letterforms and signs are also featured. 2006 Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart January 7 – February 25, 2006 Over the past 40 years, educator F. Clark Stewart has impacted the lives and maturation of countless aspiring young artists at the University of Tennessee. Many former students directly credit him for their own success as professional artists and teachers. His contributions as both a dedicated teacher and a cognizant, active member of the university community are immeasurable. The goal of Mysterious Pleasures: The Art of F. Clark Stewart is, however, to celebrate the achievements and work of the artist. The works on exhibition, as with his tenure at the university, span 40 years. Clark never strays far from his primary subject – the human figure- or his primary interest – the human narrative. Art movements, like fashion, have developed and faded with time, but Clark has remained steadfast in his commitment to figurative art and its ability to create mystery and a range of emotional responses. Unfiltered: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers March 3 – April 1, 2006 Since 1924, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has mounted an annual exhibition that recognizes excellence in book design and production. Books are entered in categories such as trade, reference, juvenile, university and museum publications, and also limited edition and special-format books. The exhibition includes books and book covers designed in 2004. Esteemed jurors selected winners from more than 920 entries. Jurors included; Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, John Fulbrook III, Simon & Schuster, New York, Sara Gillingham, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Julia Hasting, Phaidon, New York and Cheryl Towler Weese (chair) Studio Blue, Chicago. MFA Thesis Exhibition: “Valuistics: The Making of” by James Greene April 7 – April 14, 2006 The print Installation is both a display of James Greene’s valuistics as well as a printed history of the word itself. With ”the Making Of,” Greene – a former grocery store clerk and retail employee – reveals his own consumer politics (contradictions and all) by symbolizing and accounting for each of his consumer decisions. The installation is a scale re-creation of Greene’s home, family, and friends printed on pink insulation board and installed in the Downtown Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ryan O’Mara April 19 – 26, 2006 The work consists of large abstract ink drawings and paintings some measuring more than 20 feet long. “Abstraction has the ability to exist in a realm of non-logic, idealism and an absence of a system. In my work I change this theoretical space into a physical image, thereby defining the gray”, says O’Mara. AGIA Poster Design Show Apr 28 – May 10, 2006 Three Design Students from the University of Tennessee were included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Poster Competition. 30 posters were exhibited from national and international designers. Portrait of Self May 13 – June 3, 2006 Portrait of Self is a community arts project of the Knox County after-school program Shade of Development led by artist and educator Diane Hovis. Created by African American children and adults, the drawings, prints, and photographs on view explore each individual’s sense of self. These visual works are interpretations of written responses to questions posed by Hovis and recorded in journals kept by each participant. Thresholds: Expressions of Art & Spiritual Life June 23 – Aug 4, 2006 New York critic Eleanor Heartney has curated an exhibition that showcases the diversity of both art media and religious beliefs in the work of over fifty artists from five southern states, including Tennessee. This is a joint exhibition, on view simultaneously in both the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery. Drawings from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China August 25 – October 11, 2006 30 figure drawings from students at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee School of Art Professor, Tom Reising. The Color of Diaspora: Afro-Ecuadorian Images October 20 – November 24, 2006 40 black and white photographs of the Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Organized by University of Tennessee History Professor William Dewey. Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland December 1 – December 22, 2006 Polska Fraba/Polish Iink: Contemporary Printmaking on Poland An exhibition organized and curated by Beauvais Lyons, which includes 30 prints by Contemporary Artist from Poland working in Printmaking. 2007 Reverberating Echoes: The Art of Indian Artist M.R. Renjan January 5 – February 24, 2007 Black and white ink paintings by Indian Artist M.R. Renjan. Organized and curated by University of Tennessee graduate student, Shaurya Kumar. Shelter: A Mixed Media Installation Mar 2 – 31, 2007 An exhibition organized through the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA by sculpture professor Tulu Bayer and paining professor Xiaoze Xie. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Lin Lee April 2 – 9, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Tea Kim Kasor April 10 – 17, 2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Shaurya Kumar April 18- 23, 2007 Human Rights Portfolio from South Africa May 4 – June 8, 2007 Hunt Clark & Deborah McClary June 15 – August 3, 2007 Recent collaborative work by Tennessean sculptors, graduates of the UT School of Art. The mixed media piece consists of multiple video projections on Plexiglas suspended from the ceiling, and a white ceramic life-sized sculpture of a calf being roped around its neck. Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition August 10 – September 7, 2007 This International Traveling exhibition of small sculptures from around the world show how artists have handled the challenges of space and scale dictated by sixe of a shoebox. An invitation only exhibition, this exhibit has attracted a large number of well – known artists from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Argentina, Cuba, Australia, Korea, Japan, Chia, Thailand, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico. AIGA 365 September 14 – Oct 5, 2007 The 2006 juried selection of the best communications design produced in 2005. 365 is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began 90 years ago. By means of competitions, AIGA creates a chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. Jean Hess & Jeffrey Morton: Reverie October 12 – November 7, 2007 This two-person exhibition consists of recent works by Knoxville-based painter Jean Hess and Chattanooga-based painter Jeffery Morton. Hess’ work addresses dream, recollection, nostalgia, and memory with an emphasis on obscure imagery, dissolving texts, and marks and natural forms suffused with light. Jeffery Morton explores images of wind, electricity, twilight, humidity, photosynthesis, and pollen juxtaposed against creatures in flight. Lineages November 16 – December 20, 2007 This exhibition of ceramics explores the pathway and influences of the academic ceramicist. UT professors of ceramics, their spouses, and their mentors will all have work on display. Artists included are; University of Tennessee School of Art professors Sally Brogden and Frank Martin, their spouses Todd Johnson and Polly Martin, and mentors John and Susanne Stephenson, and Ken Ferguson. 2008 Crave January 4 – February 1, 2008 An exhibition initiated by former UT School of Art Artist in Residence, Pinkney Herbert, and organized by Memphis Arts Organization Delta Axis. InCrave these six artists use paint and photographs to explore craving, yearning, longing for, or hankering after. Their diverse work is unified by an attachment to charged images and obsessive processes that speak to this underlying appetite or “craving.” Artist included in the exhibition are, Joel Carreiro, Betsy Chaffin, Amanda Sparks, Thomas Weaver, and Brian Wood. Corapeake February 15 – March 29, 2008 This exhibition showcases an award-winning documentary, by Kendall Messick, about the town of Corapeake in North Carolina. The exhibit uses oral narratives, black and white photography, and artifacts to describe and commemorate the lives led by now-elderly African-American inhabitants of this small, rural town. This film has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Wake Forest University, UVA, and many other reputable venues. MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Crystal Wagner and Katherine Nanfro April 4 – 19, 2008 Graphic Design Senior Show April 24 – 26, 2008 Air Box May 2 – 28, 2008 An exhibition by Korean artist Dong-Yong Lee, 2007-08 UT Artist in Residence Carl Sublett: Image Tracks June 2 – 29, 2008 A retrospective view of Carl Sublett’s art by his son, Eric Objectionable Action July 3 – 19, 2008 Objectionable Action represents an art exchange with participants from around the country. Oorganized by two University of Tennessee alumni, Lee Marchalonis and Jessica Meyer, Objectionable Action features other University of Tennessee graduates now residing throughout the United States. The Beauty of Holiness: The Art of Arnold Schwarzbart July 25 – August 16, 2008 Schwarzbart is a Judaic artist who lives in Knoxville. He has worked for over eighteen years designing and producing ceremonial objects as well as donor recognition walls and decorative wall pieces for Jewish organizations throughout the United States. My Home Town: Images of New York City by Baldwin Lee August 22 – September 20, 2008 Photographic images documenting New York City both pre and post 9/11 by New York native, and UT School of Art professor of photography, Baldwin Lee. Lee is the recipient of three Guggenheim and NEA grants. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Global Mapping September 26 – October 18, 2008 Andrea Loefke, a Brooklyn, New York and Leipzig, Germany-based artist creates hierarchies in which events and narratives compete and communicate. The groupings of objects and their placement within a particular space become a journey of discovery. Future States: Atlas Recent works by Pennsylvania mixed-media artist Dan Mills. This group of drawings addresses issues of American imperialism and globalization. This exhibition was curated by the artist and UT Downtown Gallery director, Sam Yates. Compassionate Voices: Issues of Animal Rights October 24 – November 15, 2008 Compassionate Voices: The Art of Sue Coe, Maia Dery, Diane Fox, and Jack Ketner These artists address issues of animal treatment and exploitation. Lyrical Tableaux by Conley Harris Nov 21 – Dec 20, 2008 Inspired by his many trips to India, Boston-based painter Conley Harris pays tribute to the history of Indian paintings while using it to explore questions of composition, figure/ground relationship, and other painterly issues. 2009 American Institute of Graphic Arts January 2 – 31, 2009 AIGA, the professional association for design, creates an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing and the value of design. AIGA’s suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today. Alicia Henry: The Walk Damond Howard: Still America’s Greatest Problem February 6 – 28, 2009 African American artists Alicia Henry, Nashville, TN, and Damon Howard, Orangeburg, SC, examine issues of identity, heritage and gender in American society. Henry, who holds an MFA from Yale University, and Howard, who holds an MFA from the University of Florida, have been nationally recognized for their poignant art. Beyond Surface: Paintings by Tom Riesing and Allen Cox March 6 – 21, 2009 Although one an abstractionist and one a realist, Knoxville painters Allen Cox and Tom Riesing focus on the “surface” in this exhibit. This exhibition was curated by Sam Yates and the artists. University of Cincinnati / University of Tennessee Art Exchange March 25 – April 4, 2009 This exhibition will feature new work by graduate students representing all disciplines—2-D, 3-D, and media. The exhibition will be on view concurrently at The University of Tennessee 1010 Gallery. MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jessie Van der Laan April 7-12, 2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Hilary Williams April 17 – 24, 2009 Art Source 2009 May 1-31, 2009 Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity in their students. The Knox County Art Educators’ Exhibition gives these teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Japan International Artists Society Exhibition June 5- July 2, 2009 324 works of art by 305 Society members who create in various media ranging from traditional Japanese calligraphy and ceramics to contemporary landscapes and abstraction is on exhibit here and in the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture. Face It: Contemporary Portraiture July 15 – August 8, 2009 A national juried competition open to artists from all media and backgrounds. Dr. Carl Gombert, Associate Professor of Art at Maryville College, was the juror for the exhibition. Michael Aurbach: The Administrator August 14 – September 12, 2009 This exhibition featured the work of noted sculptor Michael Aurbach who serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Curated by Sam Yates. Beyond Surface: Contemporary Ceramics Artists September 18 – October 17, 2009 This exhibition featured the art of eight east coast ceramicists. The works on view represent the variety of techniques and concepts found in the ceramics field today. Contemporary Taiwanese Artist HoJang Liu Oct 23 – Nov 28, 2009 This exhibition featured the photographic work of HoJang Liu, a Taiwanese artist who lives in Taipei. Intimate Source: The Artist’s Sketchbook Dec 4, 2009 – January 2, 2010 Much of the development for an artwork happens well before the brush meets canvas, the hand meets clay, or the finger meets camera shutter. These preliminary inspirations and concepts go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated. This exhibit brings to light the methods artists employ to inform themselves of the possibilities for their as yet unrealized works. Curated by former Ewing Gallery staff member Timothy Massey, Director of the Tower Fine Arts Gallery at SUNY Brockport. 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition January 15 – February 20, 2010 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition continues a tradition begun by the University of Hawai‘i Department of Art. By invitation only, this exhibition is comprised of 81 sculptures by artists from 14 countries and includes “Meta Physical #4” by Knoxville artist Richard Jolley. The small format of the works in the exhibition, with the subsequent ease and economy of handling, provides exposure to a broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture. These triennial exhibitions were initiated as an attempt to incorporate a variety of multicultural traditions and a range of sculptural ideas, styles, and materials. Deliquesence and Other Transformations: The Photography of Robert Creamer March 5 – 27, 2010 In his recent series of photographic studies of botanical subjects, Maryland artist Robert Creamer blends his interests in technology and the aging process. These photographic images, captured using a digital flatbed scanner, began as an investigation into the revelatory power of technology. Although the scanner is a tool that enhances Creamer’s ability to observe, it is not the apparatus, per se, that interests him most. Moreover, these images are about time, transformation, and transitions. Dali Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy June 4 – July 9, 2010 The exhibition represents Dali’s visual interpretation of Dante’s literary masterpiece The Divine Comedy, chronicling Dante Alighieri’s symbolic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Salvador Dalí was one of the most well known of the surrealist artists who concentrated on depicting the unconscious and subconscious mind. Dalí labored for nine years to produce a series of 100 watercolors as illustrations to Dante’s classic epic, with each print depicting a verse from the poem. His paintings were reproduced by Jean Estrade of Les Heured Claires and released as a limited edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth in 1265. This collection of work was generously donated to the University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery by UT alumnus and businessman Gary Johnson. Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out July 16 – August 14, 2010 Through A Transparent Lens Inside Out, is a unique installation of video, films, and multi-image performance works by Norman Magden, School of Art Professor of 4D Arts.The exhibition’s title, THROUGH A TRANSPARENT LENS INSIDE OUT, refers to the time based images displayed and Magden’s focus on transparent and super imposed images to create a mesmerizing effect. The exhibition is a quasi-retrospective showcasing earlier work alongside more recent pieces. Fresh Pickins August 20 – 28, 2010 The First Year Graduate Show is held annually to commemorate the acceptance of the Student’s candidacy for Graduate work at the University of Tennessee, by which the public becomes acquainted with the newest of the Fine art Graduate students. Exhibiting students were: Alex McClurg, Natalie Harrison, Brandon Donahue, Gretchen Bundy, Alex Merchant, Greg Daiker, Kelly Porter, Alicia Faciane, Hannah Short, Jessica Anderson, Ashton Ludden, Clifton Riley, Shelly O’Barr, and Neil Ward. Happens Everyday September 3 – 25, 2010 Happens Everyday features a wall painting/installation by UT Professor David Wilson, who joined the faculty in 1985, and Chicago artist Pamela Fraser, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1999. Everything Shines October 1 – 30, 2010 Everything Shines features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Marcia Goldenstein, who joined the faculty in 1976, and New York artist Julia Jacquette, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 1995. Pictures Hold Us Captive November 5 – 24, 2010 Pictures Hold Us Captive features recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Jered Sprecher, who joined the faculty in 2006, and New York artist Carrie Moyer, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 2001. Walter Haskell Hinton: The Golden Age of Illustration December 3 – January 15, 2011 This collection of work includes original drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings representing an array of clients during his prolific career as an illustrator. Some of Mr. Hinton’s clients include, Outdoor Life Magazine, Sports Afield magazine, Mammoth Western Magazine, The John Deere and Company, Fairmont Railways, and Washington National Insurance Co. 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0.999345	Sleep apnea is a health condition that involves the interruption of your normal breathing pattern while you’re sleeping. It is common for people who snore to have sleep apnea, but not every snorer also has sleep apnea. If you have the condition, you should have it examined by your doctor, because there are simple ways to help restore healthy breathing while you sleep. Below, we take a closer look at the condition and explain how your dentist can help with your sleep apnea. Sleep Apnea and Your Dentist Before we explain how your dentist and doctor can help with your sleep apnea, let’s take a closer look at the condition. There are two main types of sleep apnea: Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Obstructive sleep apnea is the more common of the two forms, and it is the result of blocked airflow during sleep. It typically occurs when the soft tissue at the back of your airway collapses while you sleep. It is often brought upon by certain health conditions, including obesity. Central Sleep Apnea – This is a rarer form of the condition, and it is caused by an issue with how your brain signals your body to complete the breathing process. Your airway is not blocked, but instead, the brain fails to send a signal for the muscles to breathe. This is commonly caused by more serious health conditions, like heart failure, brain tumors, brain infections or a stroke. Sleep apnea is more common among men, especially those who are over 40, overweight, those who have large tonsils, a small jaw, a large tongue or those with a history of sleep apnea or allergies. Left untreated, sleep apnea can contribute to other health issues, including high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure and diabetes. Treating Sleep Apnea Treating sleep apnea may involve just a few small lifestyle changes, or it more be a more involved process, but oftentimes it can be successfully treated. For some people, simply adjusting their sleeping position so they are not on their back can be all the change they need. For others, more hands-on treatment may be needed. Some of those treatment options include: CPAP Machine – A continuous positive air pressure machine helps to improve your breathing while you sleep by providing air and air pressure through the nasal passages. Oral Devices – Your dentist may be able to provide you with an oral device that can shift or support your jaw in such a way that your breathing patterns improve. Surgery – Some patients find relief from sleep apnea with upper airway surgery when other methods fail to rectify the issue. In many cases, the operation to address the airway can be performed on a minimally invasive basis. If you have sleep apnea, be sure to bring it up to your doctor or dentist at your next appointment to help learn about the best way to treat your individual case. For more information, reach out to Dr. Brooks’ office today. Filed Under: Dental Clinic Tagged With: sleep apnea, snoring Primary Sidebar Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Get In Touch! Your Name (required) Your Email (required) Your Message Got Questions? Have questions about our dental office in Bloomington, MN? We bet you'll find an answer in our handy FAQ.
0.995883	How to prepare your house before an extermination procedure2018-12-142018-12-18/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/logoelite_gestion_parasitaire-350.pngÉlite Exterminationhttps://eliteextermination.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/preparer-maison-procedure-extermination.jpg200px200px When you have a pest infestation problem, the exterminator’s job is to carry out the extermination procedure. However, as an owner or tenant, you are responsible for some of the preparatory work. Here is how to prepare your home for an extermination procedure. Clean the house before the exterminator visits The first task you should perform before the extermination procedure is a general clean-up of your home. Tidy up your home and make sure you maintain an adequate level of cleanliness to help the specialist do his work. Seal water leaks, wash your floors with a cleaning agent and take out your vacuum cleaner to remove dust from your carpets and cracks. Move bulky items and get rid of debris on your surfaces. Remove insects and disinfect your home before the exterminator arrives Next, if you see live insects swarming, be sure to remove them. Try to determine if the insects have laid eggs. If this is the case, clean and disinfect your vacuum cleaner so that nothing remains in the bag or container of the unit. Make sure to wash your mattress and bedding. If necessary, also wash your pet’s bed, since it may be infested with pests. This preparatory step can encourage insects and rodents to come out of hiding. Take note of their location when you notice them. <H2> Proceed to the kitchen to continue the pre-extermination work on the residence Before the extermination procedure, proceed to the kitchen. Check your cereal boxes, flour bags and sugar containers for larvae. Remove your plates, utensils and pots from the cabinets, since the exterminator will have to inspect them. Move the contents of your pantry away from the treatment area. Get a cooler and store your food outside on your balcony. Take out a cloth and clean the surfaces under your small appliances, such as your toaster and microwave oven. Pull the refrigerator out of its place and vacuum up the dust and waste. Continue preparation outside the house If your pest infestation problem is located or comes from outside, continue the pre-extermination work there. The day before the exterminator arrives, cut the grass and shut down your sprinkler system. Put garbage on the curb and, if you have a garage, make sure it can be accessed, since the exterminator will also have to inspect it. Have children and animals cared for on the day of extermination When the exterminator visits, have your children looked after and inform sick people that they must leave the residence. If you have pets, have them cared for as well. Ask a neighbour, a family member or contact a shelter. Vivariums and aquariums must be removed from the treatment area. Group your furniture in the centre of your home’s rooms Finally, to prepare your house for an extermination procedure, you need to move your furniture. Group them in the centre of a room, even if you think the area is pest-free. Elite Pest Control: get a professional extermination procedure Preparing your home before the exterminator arrives is the best way to help the pest control professional do a flawless job. For more information or to schedule an exterminator for a visit, contact Elite Pest Control now.
0.999769	A cold spell resulting in temperatures dropping and drizzly conditions in Hanoi has prompted residents of the capital to don an extra layer of clothing as a way of keeping them warm from cold. Northern regions brace for cold spell from March 2 Temperatures drop 10 degrees as strong cold spell hits Vietnam With the temperature dropping to between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius, local people have to dig deep into their wardrobes in order to find suitable warm clothing before heading outside. Low temperatures are accompanied by drizzles which strike the capital on October 18 - 19, causing some difficulties for commuters when hitting the road. A number of residents choose to wear raincoats as they battle against the cold conditions. Local people wrap up tight in jackets whilst wearing facemasks, in line with COVID-19 prevention and control measures. Street vendors seek shelter in front of shops in Hanoi’s Old Quarter amid the cold air and rainy conditions. A ride-hailing service provider patiently waits for customers in the morning. When the city moves into a new normal post pandemic, street vendors like the woman in the photo work hard to earn a living. Only a few people can be seen maintain their habit of doing morning exercises due to the damp conditions. A woman dons both a jacket and raincoat to travel on the road. The current cold spell is forecast to last until October 19.
0.991099	Several foreign countries, including some NATO members-states will participate in Russian military exercises in the Pacific Ocean in August 2003, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov said at the press conference in Brussels following the NATO-Russia Council session. "The NATO members-states to participate in the exercises are the U.S. and Canada as our closest neighbours in the Pacific region," the Minister said. Ivanov disclosed a number of concrete events for 2004 that had been planned at the recent session. "We plan to hold eight various military events - training, exercises and approbation of our operational interaction," the Minister noted. "An extensive document has been prepared and I cannot even name all of its provisions," he said. Ivanov pointed to unanimity in approaches and opinions concerning co-operation within the Council member-countries framework, and added that another eight military events would be held on the Russian territory and another thirteen on the territories of NATO members-states. "This number does not include bilateral Russo-British, Russo-French and Russo-German military events, which Russia holds in its own interests with the participation of foreign observers," Ivanov said. Sergey Ivanov also reported about the military exercises in the Baltic Sea to be held in late June with observers from NATO members-states and various neutral countries participating. Last materials 21:16 Norway dares to say 'No!' 19:31 Putin calls Erdogan to talk about Bayraktar drones in Ukraine 19:16 Russia to test new Gremlin hypersonic missile in 2022 18:38 Giving things names in the West and in China 17:26 November 2021: Overheard in Outer Space 16:57 Omicron clinics in Russia suffer huge losses because of WHO 14:40 Janitors go on massive brawl in Moscow after snowfall 13:56 Russia's Zircon missile will chill NATO's zeal 21:14 If the West won't go to Russia, Russia must go to the West 20:20 Russia shoots down American military satellite Popular Health Four mutants of the coronavirus Four coronavirus mutants are rushing to attack humanity: new strains of the virus have been found in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and Japan. What do we know about them? Russia Mission-ready nuclear submarines of Russian Pacific Navy urgently leave port Americas Peru judges accuse world elites of pandemic conspiracy crisis Americas Donald Trump wants to strike Iran Norway dares to say 'No!' Lyuba Lulko Giving things names in the West and in China Larry Romanoff November 2021: Overheard in Outer Space Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey News from the Kremlin Putin announces new unique weapons to be put into service soon Real life stories The crash of Tu-104 that killed all admirals of Soviet Pacific Fleet 40 years ago Americas American state moves to Cancun to care for its freezing citizens Advertising Sitemap Archive About FactCheck Select spelling error with mouse and press Ctrl+Enter Copyright © 1999-2021, «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors. Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Ethics Policy Corrections Policy Verification/Fact-checking Standards Unnamed Sources Policy This site uses cookies. Find out more about cookies here. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies.
0.965065	A few years ago, I was invited to a Jewish wedding... an Orthodox Jewish wedding, at that. I'm a lapsed Catholic, and I had no idea what to expect, but this was the wedding of one of my best friends from high school. There was no way I was going to miss it just because I thought I might be out of place. For any fellow Everythingians who might find themselves in a similar predicament, I offer this basic outline of the Jewish wedding: Leading up to the ceremony: The bride (kallah) and groom (chatan) traditionally do not see each other for the entire week before the wedding. They can talk on the phone, but they can't actually spend any time together. As you can imagine, this is incredibly stressful, to the point that the bride and groom will each have someone stay with them for the day before the wedding. This person is responsible for keeping the bride or groom calm and doing whatever needs to be done in preparation for the ceremony. The day of the wedding is considered to be a Yom Kippur (day of atonement) for the bride and groom, and the couple customarily fasts from dawn until just after the wedding ceremony ends. Guests arriving for the wedding will find two separate receptions, one for the bride and one for the groom. The bride will usually have a throne at her reception, from which she receives her guests; the groom, already dressed in his white kittel (a traditional robe), has a very festive reception with singing and dancing. The general rule of the day is that the bride and groom are treated like royalty. The guests are akin to very respected court jesters, as they are supposed to provide entertainment for the bride and groom throughout the day. Just before the ceremony, the groom will come into the bride's reception room and place a wedding veil over her face. After this, the wedding ceremony can begin. The ceremony The bride and groom are taken to the chupah (a small open canopy) by their parents. If there is a wedding party, it will be a small one (1 or 2 people - definitely not a 12 bridesmaid extravaganza). Once the bride and groom have reached the chupah, the bride walks around the groom seven times, symbolically joining the couple and creating the space they will occupy as a married couple. This is followed by a blessing over a cup of wine, and then the giving of the ring. This must be done in front of two witnesses, and is the point in the wedding at which the couple is officially married. After the groom has given the ring to the bride, the marriage contract (the Ketubah) is read aloud in Aramaic. The contract outlines the responsibilities that the husband has to his wife; once read, the contract is signed by the two witnesses and given to the bride. At this point, the Seven Blessings (Sheva Brachot) are read by the rabbi, family members, friends, or anyone else designated by the families. Being asked to participate in the reading is an honor, as the blessings connect the couple to their faith in God. After the blessings have been read, the groom smashes a glass under his foot, marking the end of the ceremony. As the guests shout "Mazel tov," the bride and groom go to a private room (Yichud). There is usually a variety of food in the Yichud, and the couple can break their fast at this time. This is also the first time they are alone as a married couple (depending on how Orthodox they are, it may be the first time they have ever been alone, or have even held hands). After the ceremony The reception will vary depending on the couple. As stated before, the guests are expected to entertain the bride and groom, so you can expect to see juggling, puppets, and lots of singing and dancing. It is not at all unusual for the men and women to be completely separated, and they will almost definitely have separate circles for dancing. The dancing, incidentally, will probably be to the strains of Klezmer music. If there is a meal, it will be Kosher, which is not a bad thing by any means - just don't expect pork. You may be encouraged to dance in one of the circles. As long as you can hold hands and skip/walk in a circle, you'll be ok. I like it! 3 C!s Conversion to Judaism As an Atheist, I sometimes wish I were Jewish chupah mazel tov Ketubah The New Jewish Wedding Tu b'Av klezmer Sheva Brachot Bad Wedding ideas If a Catholic wants to marry a non-Catholic kittel orthodox Catholic wedding Jewish geonim Rabbi Judaism Marriage July 26 1991 A Jamai Writes Twilight of the Crosses My Big Fat Greek Wedding Chris Moyles Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors. Sign in Login Password remember me Lost password Sign up Need help? 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0.999991	On Monday, MLB announced new pace-of-play rules for the 2018 season. Some baseball purists might not think this is even a problem, but Commissioner Manfred believes otherwise and seems to be concerned about losing viewership and attendance to faster-paced sports like NBA basketball. What he really should be worried about is the fact that Millennials, and even their elders, are “cutting the cord.” Who watches TV anymore? I don’t even watch Cubs games on TV, since I’m in Canada. I use the MLB.tv app. Another cause for concern is that “Generation Z” prefers YouTube to television and has more interest in e-sports than traditional pro sports As older fans die off, MLB may find itself without an audience unless it can find a way to connect with young people. In my opinion, MLB’s new rules also fail to fix what really slows down a ballgame. Here is a summary of the new rules: Mound visits will be limited to 6 per team for a nine-inning game. In extra innings, there will be one additional visit per inning. Mound visits are defined as any trip to the mound by a manager, coach or player. Exceptions are made for visits to clean cleats during rainy conditions and to check on injuries or after announcements of offensive substitutions. The umpire will be given discretion to grant additional visits to catchers in the case of cross-ups. There is no specified punishment for exceeding the mound visit limit, so how will they enforce this rule? There will be a timer counting down between innings as has been used since the 2016 season. For 2018, the umpire will signal for the final warmup pitch at the 25-second mark and the pitcher must begin the windup to throw the pitch within five seconds before the clock ticks down to zero. Pitchers are also no longer guaranteed eight warmup pitches between innings but can throw as many pitches as they want during the countdown. Timers will begin on the final out of the inning unless the pitcher is on base, on deck or at bat. In that case, the timer will begin when the pitcher leaves the dugout. Again, I don’t see anything specifying how MLB will enforce this rule. There will also be a timer running for pitching changes which will begin counting down once the reliever crosses the warning track after exiting the pen. Club video rooms will receive direct slow-motion camera angles to “speed up challenges and the resulting review.” The time it takes managers to decide whether to initiate a challenge isn’t what is slowing down review processes – the slowdown is coming from the review umpires not being to make a decision in an expeditious manner. MLB has decided not to implement a “pitch clock”, so very deliberate workers like Pedro Baez will not be forced to speed up their delivery. Now for my steaming-hot take: these rule changes don’t fix the things that actually cause slowdown in the pace of MLB games. I’ve watched and listened to a lot of baseball games. While mound visits definitely lengthen the time of games, they often occur when other things are happening that slow down the game. Generally, when a pitcher is dealing and there is not a lot of traffic on the bases, the game will move along quickly. A good example would be 2016 NLDS Game 3 (SF at CHC). The Cubs won this game 1-0 and the game wrapped up in 2-1/2 hours. The starters were Lester and Cueto, who are both known as fast workers, and both men pitched well. However, games always slow down when there is traffic on the bases. The pitcher will begin to work more deliberately, and there will be pickoff throws to 1st, as well as mound visits by the catcher or pitching coach to discuss how to work the hitter. The first baseman may also make a visit to relay defensive positioning. Sometimes the manager may even visit to discuss positioning and defensive strategy or make a defensive substitution. This is all part of game strategy. When things really slow down, however, is when the starter is unable to get out of the jam and the manager has to make a call to the pen. If the reliever is also ineffective, then you will see multiple pitching changes during the inning and pitching by matchup. This is the real problem when it comes to the pace of games. Every time there is a pitching change, then there is a commercial break while the new guy comes in and takes his warmup throws. When there are multiple changes in an inning, then there are multiple delays. I follow a lot of baseball, and even I get bored and start browsing Facebook when this type of stuff is going on. One example of this type of game is 2017 NLDS Game 5 (CHC at WSH). The Cubs won this one 9-8 in regulation. It was a 4-1/2 hour, high-scoring game where a total of 14 pitchers were used and all pitching changes were made mid-inning (no reliever started with a “clean” inning). While I was definitely on the edge of my seat since it was an elimination game for the Cubs, the only reason I was able to stay into it with every pitch was because I was live-blogging it on Facebook. After live-blogging the game, I got a real appreciation for why people keep scorecards – it’s a good way to stay in the game. IIRC, 2017 NLDS Game 5 also featured multiple lengthy video review challenges. This has been a problem plaguing games since MLB introduced replay review. Sometimes, a call is reviewed fairly quickly with a verdict to uphold or overturn the call when there is a clear view. However, when a play is close or an unprecedented rules issue comes up, then the review is often very lengthy and it may take 5-10 minutes to make a ruling. This is a problem for the players since the pitcher needs to stay loose and warm and everyone else wants to stay active and focused on the game to be at their best. What to do if the review is taking a long time? The pitcher doesn’t necessarily want to make a bunch of throws while the review is happening but still needs to keep warm. The Cubs radio analysts have frequently suggested having a limit on the time to make a review ruling whenever a game they’re calling has featured a lengthy review process. The idea would be to implement a time limit for the review umpires to make a decision. If they are unable to make a definitive ruling before the clock runs out, then the call stands. I think this is definitely a good idea and would be a lot more helpful than the new rules coming in for the 2018 season. As regards the mid-inning pitching changes, I originally had a suggestion of requiring one RP to record at least 2 outs in the inning if the inning is started “clean” by the relief squad. Another blogger replied they were in favor of a rule requiring pitchers to face at least two batters. This is probably a better, easier-to-implement suggestion and would eliminate matchup pitching (e.g. bringing in one reliever to face a lefty, or bringing in whoever has favorable numbers against the batter due up, and then bringing in somebody else to face the other hitter(s) due up). What they really need to do is limit pitching changes – it really slows down dramatically when a pitcher gets in a jam, becomes more deliberate and then multiple pitching changes happen in 1 inning. At least 2 outs in 1 inning need to be recorded by same RP if started as “clean” — Laura Messer (@farnorthsider) February 19, 2018 In conclusion, if MLB is serious about really picking up the pace of ballgames, it needs to put a time limit on review decisions and require pitchers to face at least two batters. The mound visit rule and timers are a fix for non-issues. 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0.999944	According to the US NIH, Parkinson's disease is a progressive central nervous system disorder that mainly affects the motor system. The motor system is the part of the central nervous system that is involved with movement. This condition affected nearly 6.2 million people globally resulting in 117,200 deaths in the year 2015. The condition is more common in people above the age of 60, of which only 1 percent is affected. According to the doctors at Mayo Clinic, it is more common in males than in females. When the condition is seen in people below the age of 50, it is termed as young-onset of Parkinson's disease. Following the diagnosis, the average life expectancy of a person can span anywhere from 7 to 14 years. The disorder is chronic and worsens over time. Let's understand the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Also Read Brain Fog in COVID-19 Patients Can Persist for Months: Study ADVERTISEMENT Parkinson's Disease: Causes According to the US NIH, the nerve cells of the substantianigra gradually breakdown and die in Parkinson's disease. The substantianigra is the part of the brain where the chemical messenger in the brain dopamine is produced. Dopamine is responsible for the smooth and coordinated muscle movement of the body. In Parkinson's disease, dopamine levels are reduced. When this happens, it results in abnormal brain activity leading to symptoms associated with Parkison's disease. According to the doctors at Mayo Clinic, the exact causes of the condition is unknown but several factors seem to play a role like: Genetic mutations History of exposure to certain toxins History of head injury The presence of Lewy bodies which are abnormal aggregate of proteins found in the brain of people with PD. Parkinson's Disease: Risk Factors According to the National Institute of Aging, risk factors for Parkinson's disease are: Age of around 60 years or older A family history of the condition Gender- Men are more likely to get affected by the condition than women Exposure to toxins found in herbicides or pesticides Parkinson's Disease: Symptoms The major motor problems associated with Parkinson's disease as mentioned by the National Institute of Aging are: Tremors- a shaking that occurs at rest. Slow movements or bradykinesia. Muscle stiffness which may occur in part of the body. Impaired posture and balance lead to frequent falls. Cognitive disturbances such as problems with planning, inhibiting inappropriate actions, slowed cognitive processing speed. Impulse control disorders including pathological gambling, binge-eating, compulsive sexual behaviour. Other symptoms may include– writing changes, speech changes, decreased blinking and swallowing, reduced arm swinging while walking, depression, blank facial expression, anxiety, hallucinations or dillusions. Oily skin and excess sweating. Urinary incontinence. Constipation. Loss of smell. Also Read Diabetic Neuropathy: Causes, Symptoms,Types, Diagnosis, Treatment Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis There is no specific test for Parkinson's disease. Diagnosis is made on the basis of medical history, symptoms, a physical exam and a neurological exam. The doctor may suggest Photo Emission Tomography (PET) or single photon emission computerized tomography scan (SPECT) to measure dopamine-related activity in the brain as suggested by the doctors at Mayo Clinic. Tests such as CT scans and MRI may be used to rule out other conditions. Parkinson's Disease: Treatment There is no cure for the condition. Treatment options can help reduce or control the symptoms of the disease. According to the AANS, the treatment includes: Medications may help manage movement and the tremor. These medicines serve as a substitute for, or increases dopamine concentration in the brain. Dopamine agonists such as pramipexole, ropinirole, and rotigotine that depict dopamine effects in the brain. Amantadine may be taken alone for a short term relief of symptoms of early or mild stage PD or it may be combined with Carbidopa-levodopa to control involuntary movement The other treatment options may include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and writing therapy. You may be advised a few dietary changes to reduce the unwanted weight loss, constipation, high blood sugar levels, etc (This article is for your general information only. Before trying out any remedy or treatment, FIT advises you to consult a qualified medical professional. )
0.934526	Select ratingGive it 0.5/5Give it 1/5Give it 1.5/5Give it 2/5Give it 2.5/5Give it 3/5Give it 3.5/5Give it 4/5Give it 4.5/5Give it 5/5 Share this: SCORE Making the best choices for your business might mean hiring someone who lives in another state, accommodating a staff member who wants to move, or moving an employee across state lines to expand your customer base. For each out-of-state employee on your payroll, you’ll need to do some legwork to stay compliant with the applicable tax and employment agencies. The guide below can help get you started. 1. W-2 Employees vs. Independent Contractors This article focuses on remote workers who qualify as W-2 employees, not independent contractors, but it’s an essential distinction to make right away. The IRS typically treats workers as independent contractors if they control how, when and where the work gets done, and if the employer only directs the desired outcome of the work. Otherwise, they’re a W-2 employee. Note that this isn’t a cut-and-dry definition, and remote work can create gray areas. But the answer will determine if your business withholds state income taxes and pays Social Security, Medicare and unemployment tax. Businesses are not typically required to withhold or pay taxes on wages to independent contractors, but must do so for W-2 employees. The IRS’s Independent Contractor or Employee page outlines 3 broad categories—behavioral control, financial control, and type of relationship—to help you choose the correct worker classification. Additionally, state laws can impact how you classify and pay your workers. California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), for instance, makes it more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors. 2. Work State vs. Resident State for Remote Workers Once you’re sure that your remote worker qualifies as a W-2 employee, it’s time to determine where your remote employee works and where they live. A remote employee might reside in one state and travel to work in another, but you will typically need to withhold and report taxes in the state where your remote employee works. If your company is based in Washington and has a remote employee who works in California and lives in Nevada, for example, you would withhold the employee’s income tax and pay state unemployment tax in California. You can base your tax withholding on your employee’s self-reported work location if their answer is reasonable. However, there are a few possible exceptions to consider, including reciprocal agreements between states and de minimis or exemption rules. Reciprocal Agreements Reciprocal agreements are between 2 neighboring states that permit residents of one state to ask for exemption from tax withholding in the other (reciprocal) state. Reciprocal agreements prevent workers from filing multiple state tax returns. If your employee’s work state and resident state have a reciprocal agreement, you will withhold and report taxes only in their resident state. However, reciprocity is not an automatic concept. Employees must request that you withhold taxes in their home state rather than their work state. When your employee provides you with their state tax exemption form, stop withholding taxes for their work state and begin withholding taxes for their home state. Keep these state tax exemption certificates on file in your business records in case your employee’s work state audits your business. De Minimis or Exemption Rules If your in-state employee is working in another state on a very limited basis, they might not be subject to the other state's income taxes. De minimis or exemption rules define a threshold (such as a maximum number of days spent working in the state or dollar amount of earned income) which, when exceeded, requires an employer to begin withholding state taxes. Most employees working in a state remotely exceed de minimis thresholds, and laws can vary widely from one jurisdiction to the next. Contacting the state tax department in your employee’s work location for state-specific guidance is therefore essential. 3. Seeking Professional Guidance Managing payroll for employees working and living elsewhere may be the most complex aspect of building a remote team. Fortunately, there are professional services that can help. Payroll Providers Payroll providers can help your company comply with payroll tax laws and file withholding tax returns. Automating your payroll process also helps you pay the correct amount of taxes and avoid missing important due dates. Most payroll providers will ask you to register with the Department of Labor and obtain your employment tax ID so that they can withhold and remit taxes as your representative. CPAs or Tax Professionals Having an employee regularly working in a state is often enough to trigger “physical presence” nexus rules—though guidelines can vary from state to state. Nexus is when your business has a strong enough connection with another state to be liable for their income and sales taxes. Visiting the Department of Revenue website in your employee’s work state can yield some answers—but whether or not your business has nexus is likely a complex question, and could include the need to register as a foreign business and appoint a registered agent in the state where your remote employee works. Meeting with your tax professional or CPA can help you understand and stay on top of your registration and tax obligations. 4. Local Labor Laws It’s also important to learn about local labor laws in the jurisdiction where your remote employee works, such as minimum wage requirements and mandatory breaks. The Department of Labor’s Employer Guide is an excellent resource on this topic. The state where your remote employee works will likely require you to register for unemployment insurance through the state unemployment insurance program. Failing to do so could expose your business to penalties and fees for non-compliance with the state’s unemployment insurance laws. Almost every state requires employers to have Workers’ Compensation insurance, which protects your employee in the event of job-related injury or illness. You can sign up through either a commercial provider or your state’s workers' compensation insurance program. To learn more, reach out to the workers’ compensation official in the state where your employee will be on the job. About the Author(s) Drake Forester writes extensively about small business issues and specializes in translating complex legalese into language everyone can understand. 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0.98006	Maker Communication The maker can do almost daily communication both on her telegram channel and through D m's on telegram. Project Completion Time Time was about the amount that I expected give or take just a few days and the maker worked very close with me to make sure that the time was completed on schedule. Overall Project Quality This product gets a 100% satisfaction satisfaction. Everything was custom done with every piece being approved before the final product. So not only was the customer service great but the maker truly wanted the project to be perfect for me. The suit is built tough and made to last which is good and there was no sacrifice in the actual quality and design. Out of the other bodysuits that I have worn this one it has been the greatest quality and biggest pleasure to put on. Components One-Piece Body Wear Satisfaction Is the body fits perfectly. The size comfort and overall space in the suit was perfect. 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0.94699	Proving that love is blind, and generally kooky, a bodybuilder from Kazakhstan has tied the knot together with his dearly beloved — a sex doll he dated for eight months earlier than proposing a yr in the past. Clad in a black tux and bow tie, Yuri Tolochko is seen planting a mild kiss on Margo, who seems a bit stiff in her revealing white robe as she clutches a bouquet of flowers and stares into the space. The couple additionally shared a romantic first dance in entrance of dozens of visitors who attended the standard ceremony, which was shared on Instagram, the Solar reported. “It’s occurred. To be continued,” the actor and bodybuilder wrote after slipping a hoop onto his bride’s finger. The unconventional couple bought engaged in December 2019, when the bald, blue-eyed hunk — who described himself as a “horny maniac” — popped the query. Photographs shared on social media illustrate the couple’s romantic way of life, together with sunny holidays and bubble baths, captioned with hashtags together with #ideal_relationship, #true_love and #happy_wife_happy_life. Yuri Tolochko together with his bride Instagram Yuri Tolochko, a bodybuilder from Kazakhstan has ‘married’ a sex doll in a jaw-dropping ceremony celebrating their 18-month relationship Instagram Up Subsequent Shut With COVID-19 associated points leaving the Denver Broncos with out a… In a single submit of them understanding collectively, Tolochko wrote: “{Couples} want to speak much less and join extra. With time and expertise, Margo and I spotted that it takes greater than phrases to have a dialog.” He added: “Your associate positive deserves the most effective, however they need to do their half.” Tolochko stated he met Margo at a nightclub, the place he rescued her from some undesirable consideration, including that that they had deliberate to make the leap in March earlier than the coronavirus pandemic hit. Yuri Tolochko and his spouse, Margo, share an intimate second.Instagram He informed the Every day Star that the marriage was delayed once more after he was attacked throughout a transgender rally within the Kazakh metropolis of Almaty on Oct. 31, when he suffered a concussion and a damaged nostril after dressing as a girl for the occasion. Tolochko, who identifies as a pansexual, informed the Every day Star that “our story turns me on rather more than sex itself.” He added that he additionally enjoys BDSM — bondage and self-discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism. “I really like being tortured, I can endure loads of ache. I like to dominate too. Margo is able to what different persons are not able to,” he stated, in keeping with the information outlet. The one necessities for a marriage to happen in Kazakhstan are that each consenting companions need to be female and male over 18 years outdated — with no point out of whether or not dolls are included. Kazakhstani bodybuilder marries sex doll after whirlwind romance was last modified: April 2nd, 2021 by Donna Miller You may also like General News University of New Hampshire student found dead in woods December 6, 2021 General News ‘RHOSLC’ recap: Jen Shah claims Mary Cosby has church members on ‘food stamps’ December 6, 2021 General News Detroit artist suspected of helping Ethan Crumbley’s parents hide from cops December 5, 2021 About the author View All Posts Donna Miller Donna is one of the oldest contributors of Gruntstuff and she has a unique perspective with regards to Science which makes her write news from the Science field. She aims to empower the readers with the delivery of apt factual analysis of various news pieces from Science. Donna has 3.5 years of experience in news-based content creation, and she is now an expert at it. She loves journalism, and that is the reason, she moved from a web content writer to a News writer, and she is loving it. She is a fun-loving woman who has very good connections with every team member. She makes the working environment cheerful which improves the team’s work productivity. Add Comment Click here to post a comment Cancel reply Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ âSafe haven for freaksâ: NYC’s iconic Pyramid Club closes after 41 years Hillsong pastor who faked cancer to hide porn problem starts charity Comment Share This! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Pinterest LinkedIn Search Get in Touch! To get in touch with gruntstuff or to tell us about a Story or Press Release, just send an email to gruntstuffnews @ gmail.com
0.966371	9 Trey Gangsta Bloods member Anthony “Harv” Ellison bizarrely in contrast himself in courtroom papers to an NFL kicker making an attempt to win the Tremendous Bowl, as he wrote about getting ready for his upcoming sentencing listening to, in accordance to a newly unsealed letter. The profession gangbanger dug deep into soccer lore as he described the problem of getting ready his protection memo with restricted entry to his attorneys amid the COVID-19 lockdown. “I can think about that is how Adam Vinatieri and the Patriots felt in 2004 Tremendous Bowl 38 on the 41-yard line,” wrote Ellison. “Clock is ticking, the whole lot is coming down to this. The burden of the world is on my shoulders.” Vinatieri in the end kicked a subject objective that clinched a victory for the New England Patriots in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl XXXIX. Ellison, 32, submitted the six-page handwritten letter on Sept. 10 to US District Choose Paul Engelmayer, pleading for leniency prematurely of his Oct. 15 sentencing. Tekashi, a rainbow-haired rapper-turned-snitch, testified in opposition to Ellison and different former associates, serving to to safe his conviction. Ellison was discovered responsible final yr of orchestrating the gunpoint kidnapping and theft of Tekashi and the ear-to-chin slashing of a rival a number of months later. Regardless of federal prosecutors’ arguments to the opposite, Ellison, who was as soon as Tekashi’s bodyguard, insisted that he has matured and is now devoted to changing into a greater particular person. Assistant US Legal professional Michael Longyear beneficial a sentence of 30 years to life, arguing that Ellison has refused to settle for duty for his violent crimes. Tekashi 6ix9ine’s kidnapper compares himself to NFL legend Adam Vinatieri was last modified: November 9th, 2020 by Tina Sanders You may also like General News ‘RHOSLC’ recap: Jen Shah claims Mary Cosby has church members on ‘food stamps’ December 6, 2021 General News Detroit artist suspected of helping Ethan Crumbley’s parents hide from cops December 5, 2021 General News Chris Cuomo faces sexual misconduct claim from ex-ABC colleague: sources December 5, 2021 About the author View All Posts Tina Sanders Tina is the mind behind Gruntstuff.com, and she ideated it when she was working for an online magazine company where she used to cover US-based headlines news. She holds a degree in journalism and has more than 4.5 years of experience in an online magazine company. She had the idea while working there but when she was quite sure about starting something on her own, she took the risk and left the job to start Gruntstuff. Since then she added a few team members, and along with them, she creates General US news content on the site. Add Comment Click here to post a comment Cancel reply Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Watch: Arnold Schwarzenegger Shows How Quickly He’s Recovering From Heart Surgery Watch: Terrifying Deepfake Makes Schwarzenegger And Stallone The Stars Of Step Brothers Comment Share This! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Pinterest LinkedIn Search Get in Touch! To get in touch with gruntstuff or to tell us about a Story or Press Release, just send an email to gruntstuffnews @ gmail.com
0.984825	Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique that allows a surgeon to go through the nose to operate on areas at the base of the brain and the top of the spine. A thin tube called an endoscope is thread through your nostril, nose, and sinuses. This gives your surgeon access to parts of your brain that would be hard to reach using traditional surgical approaches that often require large incisions and removal of parts of the skull. Why might I need endoscopic endonasal surgery? Endoscopic endonasal surgery can be used to remove tumors in areas near the base of the brain or skull, and at the top of the spine. It can also be used to treat problems with the sinuses. This approach allows the surgeon to reach these areas without the need for large incisions or removal of parts of the skull. This often makes recovery quicker and less painful. What are the risks of endoscopic endonasal surgery? Any major surgery carries some risk. Most people get through this surgery and heal without problems. But complications can develop. Possible risks include: Reactions to the anesthesia Excessive bleeding Hematoma (a pooling of blood in the wound site) Damage to veins, arteries (carotids), nerves (especially those that control vision and eye movements), and other structures in the area Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaking from the nose Infection including meningitis Slow healing Blood clots Pneumonia The procedure may carry other risks, depending on your specific health condition. Talk about any concerns with your surgeon before the procedure. How do I get ready for endoscopic endonasal surgery? You will be under general anesthesia for this surgery. That means you will be asleep and won't feel anything. If you have any questions about the anesthesia or about any other aspect of the procedure, be sure to ask your medical team in advance. You can increase the chances for success by preparing correctly. In general, presurgery preparation involves these steps: If you smoke, quit at least 2 weeks before your surgery. This will make anesthesia more successful and help with healing. Don't take over-the-counter pain relievers for 2 weeks before your surgery. This includes common products like aspirin and ibuprofen. Don't take vitamin E for 2 weeks before the surgery. Make sure to tell your healthcare provider about any medicines you are taking, any other health problems you have, and any problems you've had with previous operations or anesthesia. Follow any directions you are given for not eating or drinking before surgery. You should arrive for surgery at least 2 hours before your procedure or as instructed by the surgery center. Check in at the admissions desk to fill out any necessary forms, including a consent form that must be signed before the surgery can begin. Your surgical team will give you more specific directions to follow before the procedure. Some of these might be slightly different from those listed above. What happens during endoscopic endonasal surgery? You will be asked to change out of your clothes and into a gown. A nurse will start an intravenous (IV) through which you will get fluids and medicine during the procedure. You might be given a sedative to help you relax. After you have spoken with the anesthesiologist and your surgeon, you will be given the anesthesia that will let you sleep through the operation. During the procedure, your surgical team will thread a thin tube through your nose and sinuses to shine a light and a camera on the spot where they need to operate. The camera relays images to a monitor in the operating room during the surgery. Specially designed tools will also be inserted through the nose to drill bone, stop any bleeding, cut out and remove tumors or other problem areas. Some steps might be slightly different from those outlined above. Talk with your healthcare team about what might happen during your procedure. What happens after endoscopic endonasal surgery? After your operation, your nose and sinuses may be packed with bandages. These are usually removed within a week after the surgery. You also will be given antibiotics to fight infection. If you feel pain or discomfort, let your healthcare providers know. Most people spend 1 to 2 days in the hospital before going home. Once you are discharged, take any prescriptions you are given as instructed and follow all postoperative instructions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you are confused about how to take the recommended medicines. Get medical care right away if any of the following occur: Pain and headaches that can't be managed with prescribed medicines Fever of 100.4˚F (38˚C), or higher, or as advised by your provider Shaking chills Redness, tenderness, heat, or pus, which are signs of infection, at the surgery site Swelling in the area around the nose Shortness of breath or trouble breathing Chest pain Any clear and salty tasting drainage from the nose, especially when sitting or standing Your healthcare team may give you other instructions about what you should do after your procedure. Next steps Before you agree to the test or the procedure make sure you know: The name of the test or procedure The reason you are having the test or procedure What results to expect and what they mean The risks and benefits of the test or procedure What the possible side effects or complications are When and where you are to have the test or procedure Who will do the test or procedure and what that person’s qualifications are What would happen if you did not have the test or procedure Any alternative tests or procedures to think about When and how you will get the results Who to call after the test or procedure if you have questions or problems How much you will have to pay for the test or procedure Online Medical Reviewer: Luc Jasmin MD Online Medical Reviewer: Raymond Kent Turley BSN MSN RN Online Medical Reviewer: Rita Sather RN Date Last Reviewed: 5/1/2021 © 2000-2021 The StayWell Company, LLC. All rights reserved. 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0.999996	As the billionaire offloads shares worth $1bn, financial filings show the move was planned weeks before he asked followers’ opinion Elon Musk’s recent Twitter poll asking if he should offload Continue reading » 08/23/2021 Elon Musk says SpaceX can put humans back on the Moon in just three years ELON MUSK has claimed SpaceX could put humans back on the Moon before Nasa's intended 2024 Artemis mission. The US space agency awarded the contract for the Human Landing System Continue reading » 06/04/2021 Bitcoin tumbles following Elon Musk’s cryptic tweets More On: elon musk Dogecoin soars as Coinbase adds token to platform and Elon Musk tweets US regulators reportedly weren’t happy about Elon Musk’s Tesla tweets Tesla-raunt: Elon Musk eyes Continue reading » 06/01/2021 Tesla failed to oversee Elon Musk's tweets, SEC argued in letters How much influence does Elon Musk really have over crypto market? Decrypt Media editor-in-chief Daniel Roberts on Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Elon Musk’s impact on cryptocurrencies. WASHINGTON — Securities regulators told Continue reading » 05/30/2021 Bitcoin news LIVE – Elon Musk raises dogecoin price as UK bank declares WAR by banning customers buying cryptocurrency DUBAICOIN saw its value shoot up 1,000 per cent in just 24 hours despite the price of other cryptocurrencies continuing to fall. The city's government has denied any official link, Continue reading » 05/25/2021 Elon Musk meets with bitcoin miners about energy use New York (CNN Business)Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged earlier this month after Elon Musk said Tesla would stop accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles because of the huge amount Continue reading » 05/20/2021 Quick, but late: Elon Musk confirms Tesla Model S Plaid deliveries start in June Elon Musk creating ‘market hype’ for cryptocurrencies: investment CEO Invest Diva CEO Kiana Danial analyzes the recent popularity of cryptocurrencies and argues Elon Musk could be the cause Better late Continue reading » 05/19/2021 Elon Musk boasts 'diamond hands' as bitcoin implodes All ‘speculation’ whether crypto is valuable to society: Bob Doll Former Nuveen chief equity strategist Bob Doll argues that it’s too soon to tell whether cryptocurrencies are valuable to society. Continue reading » 05/18/2021 Bitcoin latest – Elon Musk scammers stole more than $2million in crypto hacks as regulator reports 'huge spike' FRAUDSTERS impersonating Elon Musk have stolen more than $2million in cryptocurrency scams,the US Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. In one type of scam, people are told that if they Continue reading » 05/17/2021 Elon Musk clarifies Tesla hasn’t ditched bitcoin after sparking sell-off More On: elon musk SpaceX targeting first orbital flight, planned landing in Hawaii Dogecoin leaps 30% after Elon Musk calls it ‘potentially promising’ Elon Musk’s net worth takes a dive Continue reading » Posts navigation 1 2 3 … 5 Next Posts» Business News: Asian Shares Slump On New Covid Variant Concerns CEO of firm behind Kay Jewelers and Zales says anticipating early holiday shoppers paid off $75bn takeover of chip designer Arm by rival Nvidia in jeopardy US economy roaring back after pandemic slump Regardless of the official rules, Omicron is hurting hospitality Recent Posts Learner driver fails her test after workmen block red light with their truck – but who is in the right?
0.995417	1. Justice Department charges 57 people attempting to steal $175 million in coronavirus relief funds (WaPo, September 2020) – If you cannot see the article, click HERE. 2. Tech Executive Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering in Connection with PPP Loans (DOJ, March 2021) 3. Texas Man Charged with COVID Relief Fraud (DOJ, July 2020) As a part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (effective March 29, 2020), Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) allowed small businesses to obtain loans with only 1% interest. The interest and principal are entirely forgiven if the business spends a substantial portion of the loan proceeds on payroll expense. While it is a good program that helped save a lot of small businesses and their employees, it is no surprise that some people have tried to take advantage of it and obtained the loan that they did not deserve. Read the above articles on some of the fraud cases related to PPP. In addition to the sources above, you are welcome to do your own research to learn more about this fraud. Initial/Original Post Please respond to questions below: The Washington Post article explains: “Officials said many of the fraud cases fall into one of two categories: people who illegally spent PPP loan funds on themselves, or groups of individuals who coordinated to defraud the program on a massive scale across numerous loan applications. Still others have been docked for bending the rules to get more money or to get loans for businesses that shouldn’t have been eligible.” The former category of fraud in the excerpt should involve some ‘money laundering’ activities (which you learned in Chapter 7) as the fraudsters had to disguise the real source of their spending so that it looked like they spent the PPP loans for the specific purposes eligible for loan forgiveness. Based on your understanding of the case and the money laundering schemes, come up with an example of money laundering that could have been conducted by those PPP loan fraudsters you read about (FYI, although the second article has ‘money laundering’ in the title, the article does not describe the money laundering scheme used by that tech executive). Why do you think the Texas man (in the third article above) bought cryptocurrency with the PPP funds? You might be thinking, ‘Why didn’t the banks (or the government) verify the applications more thoroughly?’ Because people needed money fast. We all remember how things were in March and April 2020. Due to the extraordinary circumstances, the U.S. Congress allowed lenders to bypass more practiced levels of diligence typically performed in the course of loan evaluation and funding in order to expedite the funding process. So instead of blaming the lenders for not doing due dilligence, let’s think about ways to detect fraud after the fact. Based on what you learned in Week 1~3 (and also your own research if needed), Discuss how DOJ/IRS/banks can detect PPP fraud. As always, discuss anything else that surprised you or you noticed in particular while watching/reading about the scandal.
0.999998	How can you use “decoctions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary: Sambucus species were recorded in Egyptian papyri as being of ancient use [ 104 ] . Flower decoctions of Sambucus species are used for open sores and in baths as emollients; and leaves are used in poultices on bruises, wounds and sores in France, Spain, Turkey, Madeira and Porto Santo [ 123 124 125 ] . Plant compounds found in Sambucus simpsonii flower are caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, mucilage, potassium nitrate and rutoside [ 50 ] . Some of these plant compounds have anti-inflammatory properties. This possibility was addressed in this study by examining the ability of three antioxidants, vitamin C and two decoctions commonly used in Asia and South America (green tea and cat's claw) to limit epithelial cell apoptosis in response to a variety of oxidative stresses. The hydrogen peroxide signal, determined by spectroscopy at 240 nm, was quenched by ascorbic acid but not by the decoctions, green tea or cat's claw. Firstly, the Amazonian belief that the characteristics of one entity or object may pass to another [ 19 ] , could explain the use of a wasp that hunts successfully in baths or decoctions to make dogs better hunters. Aristolochia rugosa and Aristolochia trilobata are recorded in a list of plants used worldwide and in the West Indies, Venezuela, South and Central America against snakebites and scorpion stings [ 51 52 24 43 40 53 ] . Caribs in Guatemala use Aristolochia trilobata root and tuber decoctions for stomach pains and use leaf tinctures for diarrhoea [ 55 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits inflammation induced by immune complexes, and nonimmunological agents (carrageenan or croton oil) [ 56 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits the activity of snake venom phospholipase (PLA 2 ) by forming a 1:1 complex with the enzyme [ 56 40 38 ] . Since phospholipase enzymes play a significant part in the cascade leading to the inflammatory and pain response, their inhibition could lead to relief of problems from scorpion envenomation [ 11 ] .
0.999907	Playphrase.me: Lieutenant i'm sorry to wake you but i've never seen anything like this before and this is your neighborhood so i thought i'd better call right away Lieutenant i'm sorry to wake you but i've never seen anything like this before and this is your neighborhood so i thought i'd better call right away Обучение английскому по фильмам и сериалам Learning English from films and TV series Travel and explore the world of cinema. Largest collection of video quotes from movies on the web. "Lieutenant, i'm sorry to wake you... but i've never seen anything like this before... and this is your neighborhood, so i thought i'd better call right away." Lieutenant, i'm sorry to wake you... but i've never seen anything like this before... and this is your neighborhood, so i thought i'd better call right away. i'm sorry to wake you but i've never seen anything like this before and this is your neighborhood so i thought i'd better call right away lieutenant i'm sorry to wake you but i've never seen anything like this before and this is your neighborhood so i thought i'd better call right
0.518023	Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in the lily family, like the related Allium species, onions and garlic. However, genetic research places lilies, Allium, and asparagus in three separate families—the Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Asparagaceae, respectively— the Amaryllidaceae and Asparagaceae are grouped together in the order Asparagales. Sources differ as to the native range of Asparagus officinalis, but generally include most of Europe and western temperate Asia. It is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop. Only young asparagus shoots are commonly eaten: once the buds start to open ("ferning out"), the shoots quickly turn woody. Water makes up 93% of asparagus's composition. Asparagus is low in food energy and very low in sodium. It is a good source of vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, and a very good source of dietary fibre, protein, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, rutin, niacin, folic acid, iron, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese, and selenium, as well as chromium, a trace mineral that regulates the ability of insulin to transport glucose from the bloodstream into cells. The amino acid asparagine gets its name from asparagus, as the asparagus plant is relatively rich in this compound. The shoots are prepared and served in a number of ways around the world, typically as an appetizer or vegetable side dish. In Asian-style cooking, asparagus is often stir-fried. Cantonese restaurants in the United States often serve asparagus stir-fried with chicken, shrimp, or beef. It may also be quickly grilled over charcoal or hardwood embers, and is also used as an ingredient in some stews and soups. In recent years, asparagus eaten raw, as a component of a salad, has regained popularity. Asparagus can also be pickled and stored for several years. Some brands label shoots prepared in this way as "marinated". Stem thickness indicates the age of the plant (and not the age of the stalk), with the thicker stems coming from older plants. Older, thicker stalks can be woody, although peeling the skin at the base removes the tough layer. Peeled asparagus will poach much faster. The bottom portion of asparagus often contains sand and soil, so thorough cleaning is generally advised before cooking. Plants bearing seeds produce spears that are smaller and thinner, and plants without seeds produce larger and thicker spears. Thickness and thinness are not an indication of tenderness or toughness. The stalks are thick or thin from the moment they sprout from the ground. Green asparagus is eaten worldwide, though the availability of imports throughout the year has made it less of a delicacy than it once was. In Europe, however, the "asparagus season is a highlight of the foodie calendar"; in the UK this traditionally begins on 23 April and ends on Midsummer Day. As in continental Europe, due to the short growing season and demand for local produce, asparagus commands a premium price.
0.999634	SA Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) enable investors to invest in property investments in an accessible way by buying shares in JSE-listed real estate companies. When buying SA REITs, investors are exposed to a democratised, diversified portfolio of properties and can buy or sell their shares at any stage, unlike physical property ownership, which requires a larger amount of equity capital and has an inherently longer investment period and higher associated transaction costs. Most SA REITs offer a mix of retail, commercial, industrial and residential property assets across South Africa. Some specialise in a sub-sector (e.g. logistics) or a geography (e.g. Western Cape), while others hold a diversified mix of sectors. Metope Investment Managers believes investors can benefit from the local REIT tax regime. To explain this, an understanding of the REIT structure is necessary. Investing in SA REITs For listed property companies to maintain their REIT status, they must pay a minimum of 75% of their taxable earnings available for distribution as a REIT dividend each year within a period of four months after its year-end. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit South African shores in March 2020, REITs were granted an extension of 2 months (in addition to the four-month period), with many companies using the additional time to gain some clarity on the financial position of the company. However, the National Treasury and other regulatory bodies did not allow the payment of distributions as per REIT rules to be waived in the aftermath of Covid-19 lockdowns. This ruling provided the market with some certainty regarding income returns, even though it presented a greater hurdle for REIT companies, which, when looking back over the past year, they have successfully overcome. Tax benefits: Special legislation allows REITs to pay out a qualifying dividend without incurring income tax within the company, which is then taxed in the hands of the investor as taxable income. This allows all earnings to flow through to investors without attracting income tax at the company level. If held within a retirement annuity or pension, provident or preservation fund, investors pay no tax on dividends on REIT investments until they receive their pension payments for the funds. This in contrast to normal company earnings, which are taxed at 28% within the company, before 20% dividend withholding tax is applied to dividends paid out to investors. The ability to reinvest and compound these before-tax distributions within a vehicle such as a pension fund over a very long period is very beneficial to the pension fund member. An important point is that when a REIT sells an investment property, it does not attract Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on any profit from that sale. Therefore, investors benefit since the capital in the fund is reinvested without the erosion of capital due to CGT. Investors will still attract CGT on the sale of their REIT shares as with any share trading activity. Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs): When investing in a TFSA, a special vehicle in which neither income nor capital gains are taxed, it is important to note that some asset classes are better suited for inclusion than others. A TFSA is most advantageous for equity and listed property investments, as these asset classes deliver higher real (after inflation) returns than cash and bonds over the long term and are generally not subject to other exemptions. Interest on cash and bonds benefit from significant income tax exemptions (the amount depending on the individual’s age), therefore there is no additional benefit in holding these in a TFSA. Additionally, there is no inherent underlying growth in income from these investments and capital gain opportunities are limited. Income on equity and listed property investments (in the form of dividends or REIT distributions) is normally taxable in the investor’s hands, as are capital gains above R40,000 per annum. Hence, these investments generate higher tax savings in a TFSA than cash and fixed income. Conclusion SA REITs offer investors a recurring cash distribution yield that can be reinvested, thereby providing a powerful compounding effect. This, combined with the tax benefits detailed above, makes the REIT sector an attractive asset class for long-term investors. While the sector faced immense challenges when the Covid-19 pandemic hit South African shores at the beginning of 2020, we have seen in the past year that the majority of REIT companies have managed to successfully navigate the pandemic and have emerged resilient, managing to strengthen their businesses and balance sheets as well as support tenants through offering discounts and deferments of R3bn at last count. Metope Investment Managers believe that the sector is poised for further recovery, underpinned by improved balance sheets and a recovery in distributions off 2020 levels. Filed Under: SAREIT News Good Interest from Tenants in Hyprop Centres June 17, 2021 by reit_sthe Leave a Comment Wednesday, 9 June 2021. Hyprop, the retail-focused REIT with properties in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Eastern Europe, has made positive progress on its key strategic priorities in the first four months of 2021, including taking steps to strengthen its balance sheet. The operational update covers the period from January 2021 to end-April 2021, CEO Morne Wilken said: “The Group’s key priorities are repositioning the South African portfolio, increasing the dominance of the properties in the South-Eastern European portfolio, pursuing the non-tangible asset strategy, strengthening the balance sheet and preserving cash.” After raising R358 million through an accelerated bookbuild in May, and with more than R1 billion of proceeds from the sale of Atterbury Value Mart, expected to transfer before July, Hyprop’s loan-to-value ratio is expected to improve to 35.8% by year-end from 38.8% at 31 December 2020. “We are encouraged by the positive signs of improvement of the trading conditions of some for our South African tenants, although we are still cautious about the outlook as Covid-19 infection rates are increasing and the impact of a third wave is uncertain,” Wilken said. “The roll-out of vaccines in Europe is progressing well and we are optimistic about further relaxation of restrictions, and in a recovery of footfall. There is an expectation that herd immunity in Europe will be reached through vaccinations by the end of October 2021.” In South Africa, the vacancy rate across the group’s well-positioned malls has improved to 2.6% at end-April from 3% at end-December. Turnover and trading density have recovered relative to 2020, but growth in foot count remains muted. Some of the highlights in the South African portfolio include the opening of iconic brand stores, such as Superga, Fabiani, Wellness Warehouse and MRP Sport at Somerset Mall, which remains fully let. Rosebank Mall more than halved its vacancies and the first storage facility in the Hyprop portfolio as well as the first SOKO District will open in July. Hyde Park Corner has attracted new tenants and concepts, such as The Finish Line, which offers a range of athleisure brands and Swiss-engineered performance running shoes, ON. The mall will also welcome KōL, a Japanese restaurant that will offer curated contemporary Japanese cuisine and flexible co-working space. “Consumer behaviour continues to evolve, and we will continue to reposition our centres to navigate through these challenges,” Wilken said. In Eastern Europe, strict lockdown measures imposed by most governments in the first quarter of 2021 to combat rising Covid-19 rates had a significant impact on trading in most of Hystead’s malls. Overall, vacancies remain below 1% and cash collections are being monitored closely. Management took the opportunity presented by lockdowns to accelerate the completion of capital projects, prior to re-opening the malls. Refurbishment of Skopje City Mall has progressed well, and the food court at the Mall Sofia is now complete. In the African portfolio, vacancies have remained relatively unchanged, despite continued subdued trading. Ikeja Mall in Nigeria is fully occupied, and continues to be highly cash-generative, but shortages of US dollars make it difficult for retailers to import stock and for mall owners to repatriate dividends. While Ghana has made good progress in rolling out vaccines, there are still some lockdown restrictions in place. However, trading density in Cedi was up 18.5% (+16% in US dollars) in the first four months of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020. “While the operating environment remains challenging and many uncertainties remain around the speed of halting the spread of infections, we are pleased to note early signs of stronger consumer spending in many of our malls,” Wilken said. “Hyprop remains committed to creating safe environments and opportunities for people to connect and have authentic and meaningful experiences, by owning and managing dominant retail centres in mixed-use precincts in key economic nodes in South Africa and Eastern Europe.” Filed Under: Members News Primary Sidebar Generic selectors Exact matches only Exact matches only Search in title Search in title Search in content Search in content Search in excerpt Hidden Hidden Recent Posts Redefine making headway following its announcement to acquire balance of EPP shares South African Reits’ Covid-19 Relief Tops R3.5 Billion COVID-19 Rental Relief Report #2 Monthly Chart Book October 2021 SAREIT 2022 Conference Recent Comments Archives November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 Categories Announcements Chart Books Impact News Members News Press Release SAREIT News Uncategorized Upcoming Results Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org The SA REIT Association (SAREIT) is a representative umbrella body for South African REITs focused on promoting the sector as an attractive asset class locally and internationally. 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0.986307	Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a letter to Apple customers, in response to an order given by the United States Government directing Apple to provide technical assistance to federal agents attempting to unlock the contents of an iPhone 5C that had been used by Rizwan Farook, who along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people and wounded 22 others on December 2 in San Bernardino, California. A United States Magistrate judge in Los Angeles has upheld the government order, clearing the way for certain appeal by Apple to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is notoriously pro-privacy, and possible final appeal the the United States Supreme Court. Cook’s primary concern is not around the technical assistance Apple might provide in decrypting information contained on that single phone (in fact, according to an Assistant United States Attorney Apple has already complied with over 70 such requests since 2008, see article here), but instead around the ensuing creation of legal and technical precedents which could require manufacturers to provide government agencies with encryption “back doors” in upcoming iOS releases. If upheld, the government’s order, which is argued using a rarely invoked 1789 congressional statute, could indeed provide legal precedent for the U.S. Government to require encryption back doors to be engineered into any product created by any manufacturer. Reading Tim Cook’s letter immediately got me wondering: if the government prevails in its case, and these back doors become required, what would be the effect on the medical videoconferencing industry? As is so often the case, the devil is in the details. To be feasible for a given videoconferencing product, encryption back doors would require three technical and operational conditions: 1) The creation by the product manufacturer of a master key which, when used, would provide to the holder of the master key the session key for an encrypted video session; and, 2) The provision of that master key by the manufacturer to a government agency upon proper request; and, 3) The possession of the encrypted data stream by the government agency. The first condition is not terribly difficult to meet. Private session keys are required for every encrypted session, and thus the provision of those keys based on an authenticated master key is, at most, an implementation detail. The second condition would require, one hopes, some detailed legal prophylaxis to ensure that the master key is used only in certain clearly defined, and relatively rare, circumstances. Of greater concern, however, would be the safeguarding of the master key. If one criminal, foreign agent, or manufacturer or government employee gained access to the master key for a device, the security for that device would be compromised until the master key could be changed. If the unauthorized access was obtained without the manufacturer’s awareness of the breach, then the security for that device would be compromised for an indefinite period of time. The third condition requires that the data stream be accessible by the manufacturer, or the customer to whom the manufacturer has sold or leased the product. Of the three conditions, this is the trickiest for the government, because access to the encrypted data stream will differ for each product, deployment model, and customer. Gaining access to a video stream from an MCU hosted in the cloud by Manufacturer A is as simple as gaining network access to the Manufacturer A data center, which Manufacturer A would presumably be required to grant. However, gaining access to a peer-to-peer stream being transmitted directly from one computer to another would require foreknowledge of the internet routes to be taken by the video packets, which ranges from unlikely to impossible depending on the specifics of the connection. If the government prevails in its case, it is possible that every large videoconferencing vendor using a Multi-point Control Unit (MCU) would be required to construct a back door, thus eliminating the possibility of absolute privacy in MCU-based videoconferencing systems, except those hosted in data centers to which the United States Government cannot demand access, or those manufactured by smaller vendors to whom the government has not applied the requirement (due to oversight, undue burden, or lack of volume). The vast majority of videoconferencing providers use some kind of MCU technology, and so it is not difficult to imagine these vendors eventually offering offshore cloud-based MCUs, or customers with On Premise deployments deciding to host part of the infrastructure offshore. Cloud customers would have the option of paying less for optimal performance where video streams would be subject to government capture and decryption, or paying more for sub-optimal performance where video streams would not be subject to government capture and decryption. Customers of peer-to-peer systems such as SecureVideo/VSee, on the other hand, would not be affected by MCU access, because there is no MCU in a peer-to-peer system. While the government could require the provision of a master key, the government in most cases would not be able to capture the encrypted packets, and could therefore not gain access to the encrypted video streams. As to the likely market reactions, your guess is as good as mine. Videoconferencing customers generally may not care about possible government decryption of their video streams. It is possible that most videoconferencing customers won’t care, but medical videoconferencing customers will care deeply, based on the possibility of a master key breach putting massive percentages of protected health information into unauthorized hands. If this happens, I would expect many of them to explore peer-to-peer technologies such as ours. At the very least, depending on what happens with Apple’s appeals process, this is a very important development for medical privacy professionals to keep an eye on, with respect to both videoconferencing as well as other affected technologies such as mobile devices, full disk encryption, cloud storage, secure web transactions, and whatever else you can think of that has encryption as a security underpinning.… Read More Recent Posts Why Consumers Love Telehealth 5 Ways Telehealth Benefits Your Practice Ditching Traditional Doctor Visits 3 Telehealth Benefits You May Not Have Considered Current eNLC States and the Impact on Nurses Recent Comments Brandie Morgan on Avoiding Migraines Resulting from Changes in Barometric Pressure Akex A on Global Barometric Variation – Annual Maps and Monthly Raw Data Angelina on Avoiding Migraines Resulting from Changes in Barometric Pressure Lynn on Avoiding Migraines Resulting from Changes in Barometric Pressure Monica Palomo on Global Barometric Variation – Annual Maps and Monthly Raw Data Archives October 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 May 2017 March 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 September 2016 August 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 August 2015 January 2015 October 2014 September 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 Categories Before Call Clinical Use During Call Healthcare Office WorkFlow & Administration Release Notes SecureVideo Features SecureVideo News Security, Compliance, and the Law Uncategorized Videoconferencing Technology Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org SecureVideo is a cloud based platform that provides you a secure, reliable & flexible tool to provide high-quality telehealth sessions.
0.999633	Help / Amazon Global Selling / Ship and Fulfil with Amazon Global Selling / Fulfilling International Orders on Your Own Fulfilling International Orders on Your Own When customers outside your country purchase your products on Amazon, one way to fulfill these orders is to ship them yourself internationally. There are several things to consider when shipping internationally direct to your customers. Sending your products internationally direct to your customers If your inventory is located in a different country than the marketplace where your customers placed their order, you need to ship the product internationally to your customer. Here is an overview of the process: The seller chooses a carrier that can ship internationally. The seller ships the product and is the exporter of record. Important: Do not expose customers to customs delays and additional duties and taxes on their products. It is your responsibility to discuss with your carrier how duties and taxes will be paid and to choose shipping methods which ensure that customers are not exposed to such payments or delays upon delivery of the goods. Please note that having buyers pay duties is in violation of the Amazon Marketplace policies and can lead to the suspension of your seller account. The carrier acts as the broker by default, according to the terms and conditions on the freight bill. The carrier will collect duties from the buyer upon delivery of the products. It is also important to manage customer expectations. You should provide customers with accurate information about the country from which you are shipping your product. Specifically, you need to accurately state the "shipping from" country in your seller profile and manage customer expectations by stating the actual shipping times from your country. You will be responsible to meet the shipping expectations for all orders you receive. International shipping costs International shipping charges vary depending on several factors, including: Package dimensions and weight Delivery time Source (where you are shipping from) and destination (where you are shipping to). Costs can be considerably higher for international destinations. In addition to the above charges, you should be aware of customs duties and taxes that will need to be paid. Amazon will not be responsible for any customs duties and taxes associated with FBA inventory. Any shipments arriving at an Amazon fulfillment center with customs duty charges due will be returned to the sender. International shipping times Fulfilling an order internationally will take more time than doing so domestically. Shipping times are reflected in the offer detail page and may make your offer less competitive relative to domestic counterparts. Other resources There are also many online resources that can help sellers determine rates and that will make shipping easier. Here are a few links, organized by region, other sellers have found useful. Visit their websites directly to calculate the approximate shipping charges you can expect when fulfilling orders for the Amazon marketplaces you would like to list in:
0.990483	AMD officially announced price cuts on their current APU product stack yesterday, which means the cost of a "mainstream" AMD system is now $20-$30 lower than before. Here's the quick rundown of features and pricing for the affected APUs, which include both the new Kaveri APUs as well as previous generation Richland APUs: AMD APU Pricing, October 2014 Kaveri APUs A-series APU Model CPU/GPU Cores CPU Clock Graphics GPU Clock TDP (cTDP) MSRP (USD) A10-7850K 4CPU + 512GPU 3.7-4.0 R7 720 95 (65/45) $143 A10-7800 4CPU + 512GPU 3.5-3.9 R7 720 65 (45) $133 A10-7700K 4CPU + 384GPU 3.4-3.8 R7 720 95 (65/45) $123 A8-7600 4CPU + 384GPU 3.1-3.8 R7 720 65 (45) $92 A6-7400K 2CPU + 256GPU 3.5-3.9 R5 756 65 (45) $58 Richland/Trinity APUs A10-6800K 4CPU + 384GPU 4.1-4.4 8670D 844 100 $112 A8-6600K 4CPU + 256GPU 3.9-4.2 8570D 844 100 $92 A4-6300 2CPU + 128GPU 3.7-3.9 8370D 760 65 $34 A4-5300 2CPU + 128GPU 3.4-3.7 7480D 723 65 $31 A4-4000 2CPU + 128GPU 3.0-3.2 7480D 720 65 $27 Obviously there are differences between the Kaveri and Richland/Trinity platforms and APUs, so keep in mind that Kaveri requires a socket FM2+ motherboard while Richland/Trinity uses socket FM2 (though there are boards that support both chips). The Kaveri graphics are also GCN based while Richland/Trinity use the older VLIW4 architecture, so you can't simply compare the number of GPU cores and clock speed to determine which is faster. The CPU architectures are also different, Steamroller for Kaveri and Piledriver for Richland. Finally, Kaveri APUs support Configurable TDP (cTDP), which allows you to run the APU at lower power targets while potentially giving up a bit of performance in fully loaded situations. In terms of performance, the fastest AMD APUs basically match up against the Core i3 Intel parts on the CPU side, while the GPU portion of the APUs tends to be quite a bit faster. You can legitimately run most games at moderate details with the Kaveri R7 options, while in many cases Intel's HD 4600 will need to drop the resolution and/or quality to reach reasonable frame rates. As for Kaveri vs. Richland, the CPUs end up mostly being equal (Kaveri wins some tests and Richland wins others) while the GPU favors Kaveri. Besides the price drops, AMD is also announcing a gaming bundle through the end of October for their A10 APUs (7850K, 7800, 7700K, 6800K, and 6790K): purchasers of one of those APUs can select one of Murdered: Soul Suspect, Thief, or Sniper Elite 3 using the code that comes inside the box. Alternatively, the code can be used to purchase Corel Aftershot Pro 2 for $5 (instead of the normal $60+). Finally, AMD notes that the above price changes may take some time to show up at retailers. Checking Amazon and Newegg, it looks like the APUs are still priced a bit higher than the suggested prices in the above table. I've linked the prices, and all of the Kaveri APUs remain $15-$25 than the MSRP. The faster Richland APUs on the other hand are much closer to the above prices, but the budget APUs tend to be closer to $15 above MSRP right now. Most of the prices should sort themselves out in the coming days, but you'll want to shop around. Note that there are other APUs that AMD did not specifically list in the price cuts, so prices may or may not decrease on those parts. Source: AMD PR Tweet PRINT THIS ARTICLE Post Your Comment Please log in or sign up to comment. POST A COMMENT 24 Comments View All Comments Bob Todd - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - link Maybe this goes to the old adage of "no bad products, just bad pricing". The A10-7850K actually looks interesting at this price compared to an i3-4330. Reply Salvor - Thursday, October 23, 2014 - link Although the price cut helps a bit, the main issue is still that a $60 Pentium + $80 r7 260 will perform better at that price in games. APUs are still very much for saving space (HTPC, LAN box) rather than performance/price gaming machines. Reply przemo_li - Thursday, October 23, 2014 - link Can that combo be loaded with 8GB (ok 4GB :P ) 2133 DDR3 RAM? Reply Salvor - Thursday, October 23, 2014 - link It doesn't need ot be since the discreet GPU has GDDR5 with a much higher clock. Reply przemo_li - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link For that price? Will You find anything more than 2GB? While thats 4GB ram for You, right there (and another 4GB for CPU). And HUMAed too! So its not so easy comparision. However if somebody can't buy that 8GB of higher quality ram then ok, You prop have its merits. Reply Salvor - Saturday, October 25, 2014 - link You don't need anything more than 2gb at the resolutions and settings you'll be playing at. Having more than enough RAM doesn't help your frames. Not to mention the cheaper RAM you'll buy for the CPU makes the discrete card an even better deal. Reply Bob Todd - Thursday, October 23, 2014 - link Indeed, which is why I have some Sandy Bridge G550 Celerons + Radeon 7850s in HTPCs at home. But that doesn't really change my point. At the new price, some of these SKUs are actually relatively competitive from a performance/price standpoint on the CPU side which has been sorely lacking from AMD. If I was going to drop $140 on an i3-4330, it would be worth my time to really consider the A10-7850K. I'd never even think twice about it previously when it was priced closer to an i5-4430 which would stomp all over the A10 cpu perf wise. Reply eanazag - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - link I skipped considering the AMD APUs because I would be interested in the higher end models and they were priced against the i5s, which was just a non-decision. This makes much more sense and should have been done earlier. At least it is now a consideration instead of straight to Intel choice. I really like the A8-7600. I think AMD should still go lower, but this is the right direction. This needs to be done with their CPU lineup. Reply meacupla - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - link it would have been nice if they did this at around the launch of 20th anni. pentium. Then I might have considered an A8 or A10. Reply Ken_g6 - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - link It's a shame the Athlon X4 860K, or a lower-clocked version of it, wasn't discounted to more closely match, say, the Pentium G3258. Although it's on sale at Newegg for $78 after promo, so maybe it's heading that way. 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0.993802	BLUE REVIEW: ‘They’re the best in the league:’ Reilly and the Lions tip hats to Bombers after B.C. beatdown – Winnipeg Football Skip to content Sunday, December 5, 2021 Winnipeg Football Your #1 Source for football in Winnipeg Search Search Home Bomber News CBC CFL News CFL News CFLPA News Global News Winnipeg Sun Home Winnipeg Sun BLUE REVIEW: ‘They’re the best in the league:’ Reilly and the Lions tip hats to Bombers after B.C. beatdown Winnipeg Sun BLUE REVIEW: ‘They’re the best in the league:’ Reilly and the Lions tip hats to Bombers after B.C. beatdown October 2, 2021 Blue Bomber Breadcrumb Trail Links Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football CFL Author of the article: Ted Wyman B.C. Lions quarterback Michael Reilly is hit by Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Casey Sayles as he passes while Alden Darby watches during the first half at B.C. Place on Friday night. Photo by Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content VANCOUVER — No member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers organization is likely to ever get ahead of himself when it comes to the team’s dominance so far this CFL season, but you don’t have to be a Mensa member to see this is the best team in the CFL, by a good margin. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content B.C. Lions quarterback Michael Reilly summed it up this way: “They’re good, they’re the best in the league, and it definitely showed tonight,” he said, after his team was hammered 30-9 by the Bombers on Friday at B.C. Place. “They’re athletic, they’re physical, they’re aggressive and they were punishing all night. Tonight was one of those nights where we just got spanked and soundly beaten by the better team.” The Bombers improved their record to 7-1 on the season and tightened their grip on first place in the West Division. Winnipeg has won five games in a row and is now 5-0 against West Division opponents this season. With six games left on the shortened CFL schedule, the Bombers are looking like good bets to host the West Final at IG Field on Dec. 5 and clear-cut favourites to win their second straight Grey Cup a week later. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Coming off a bye week, the Bombers put together their most complete performance of the season, getting a huge offensive night from quarterback Zach Collaros and his receivers and getting another dominant performance from a defence that simply refuses to let opposing quarterbacks get comfortable. The Lions, with the top passing game in the league coming into the matchup, could muster only 177 yards through the air and never scored a touchdown. As we’ve done after every game this season, we’ll look at the positives, the negatives and the conclusions with regard to the game, but after such a well-rounded performance it’s going to be a decidedly one-sided list. THE POSITIVES — Let’s start with Collaros, who may just be the frontrunner for the CFL’s most outstanding player award at this point. He’s 11-1 as the Bombers’ starter, dating back to the 2019 season and seems to be getting better and better. Collaros had his best game in Blue and Gold on Friday, completing 82% of his pass attempts, for 417 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. Collaros has always been a good quarterback, who has battled injuries, but this year he is absolutely flourishing in the system designed by offensive co-ordinator Buck Pierce. When Collaros has time to throw — which is most of the time behind this stellar offensive line — he’s as good as any quarterback in the Canadian game. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content — Kenny Lawler clearly didn’t like all the attention his former teammate Lucky Whitehead was getting coming into this game and decided to direct some of that focus toward himself. Lawler caught 12 passes for 205 yards and a touchdown, easily his best game in the CFL. In doing so, he passed Whitehead for the league lead in receiving yards (703) and also jumped into the lead in terms of receptions, at 45. Lawler had great body position and strong hands all night and he has emerged as a star in the CFL. Reilly and Whitehead were lighting it up all season — until Friday night — but Lawler showed Winnipeg has a match for that lethal combination as well. “We put the league on notice,” Lawler said. “Best receiver-quarterback duo in the league.” Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content — With the offensive line paving the way, the Bombers entire receiving corps had a big night. Collaros connected with seven different targets and the Bombers got big plays, in all kinds of traffic, from Lawler, Drew Wolitarsky, and Nic Demski. The receivers seem to be a fearless group of players that are not afraid to come back to the football and know where the first-down markers are. — It almost seems ho hum to talk about the performance of the Bombers’ defensive line, which once again pushed around an offensive line all night. The Bombers recorded six quarterback sacks and made life easier for a secondary that was facing one of the best passers in the Canadian game. Bookends extraordinaire Willie Jefferson and Jackson Jeffcoat both had sacks (they both have six this season), as did defensive tackles Steven Richardson and Casey Sayles, backup defensive end Thiadric Hansen and linebacker Adam Bighill. Oh, and the Lions barely even tried to run the football, picking up just 16 yards on seven carries. This game marked the third time this year, the Bombers defence did not allow a touchdown and this group has allowed a grand total of six points in the fourth quarter in 2021. Simply dominant. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content — The Bombers kicking game has been a sore point all season but Friday was easily the cleanest game of the season in that department. Place-kicker Ali Mourtada was good on all three of his field-goal attempts (13, 23, 29 yards) and all three of his 32-yard converts. It’s not saying all that much — many fans believe they’d be able to hit field goals from those distances — but considering how things have gone this season, it’s progress. Mourtada was 0-for-3 in his CFL debut on Sept. 18 and the Bombers were 8-for-16 overall, while trying three different place kickers. This performance was much better. — A shout out is in order for the Bombers coaching staff, led by head coach Mike O’Shea. The Bombers are not the best team in the league by accident. O’Shea and his staff have built an outstanding culture in the locker room and have devised excellent systems on the field. Defensive co-ordinator Richie Hall is doing a masterful job and Pierce, in his first year as offensive-co-ordinator, looks like an absolute natural. O’Shea has never been named coach of the year in the CFL but it would be a crime if that doesn’t change this year. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content THE NEGATIVES — Though tempting to just pass over this section this week, after such a complete performance by the Bombers, there was one area of concern coming out of Friday’s game — potential injuries. It was a physical affair with the Lions, and on four occasions key Bombers’ players went down for more than just a few seconds, including star running back Andrew Harris, special teams ace Mike Miller, Wolitarsky and Richardson, who was just returning from a stint on the six-game injured list. Harris and Miller returned to the game but it would not be at all surprising to see each of those players on the sidelines when the Bombers return to practice next week. THE CONCLUSIONS It’s not easy to improve on what the Bombers have been doing so far this season but they continue to do so. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content And they’re seemingly not going to stop trying to get better, even when they’re cruising along in first place. “It’s always fun to win but if you’re not learning anything from a win, what you did wrong, and improving, the wins will stop,” Jeffcoat said. “As a team, we have to keep looking back and seeing what we’re doing wrong and seeing what we need to correct so we can be playing at our best. “I think there’s more that we can do.” The Bombers will host the 2-5 Edmonton Elks at IG Field on Friday night and will go back to Edmonton for another game on Oct. 15. They then host the Lions a week later. By the time those games are done, if the Bombers continue to play the way they’ve been playing, first place in the West Division could be wrapped up. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The only real threat to the Bombers right now is the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a team Winnipeg pummelled twice in a row last month. The Riders are 5-2 and have a relatively easy schedule the rest of the way, so they’re not likely to go away, although they’d need to finish at least a point ahead of the Bombers to take over first place. The Bombers would win a tie-breaker because they swept the season series. It’s certainly not impossible that the Riders will finish with a record of 12-2 or 11-3 but the way the Bombers are playing right now, that still might not be enough for Saskatchewan to take over first place. [email protected] Twitter.com/Ted_Wyman Share this article in your social network Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Winnipeg SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. 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0.999996	With seasonal events now in full swing across the borough, I urge you all to play your part, do what you love, safely and Keep Wirral Well.  Flu and COVID-19 can both be life-threatening and spread more easily when it’s cold, and we are spending more time indoors with others. Without the nationwide lockdown that helped stop the spread last winter, this is the first time they will be circulating together.   Flu is unpredictable. Different flu strains are present each year - and this winter, we have lower protection because of low levels of flu in 2020.  We also know that people infected with both COVID-19 and flu are at a greater risk of dying. So, if you are eligible, I strongly encourage you to get your flu jab and any COVID-19 vaccine doses that you are due to have – including all-important boosters.  Following COVID-19 jabs, immunity decreases over time - going down to between 40-60% in the five months after your second jab. New research has shown that booster doses effectively reinstate immunity to over 90%!   Recently, we have seen COVID-19 cases in the 40-49 age group rise significantly – and at one point even overtaking 10–19 year-olds as having the highest rate in Wirral.  The good news is, if you are over 40, you will now be automatically eligible for the third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine – 6 months after your second dose.    Who can have a COVID-19 Booster vaccine?  Those who are eligible for a COVID-19 booster (and have had their second vaccine at least six months ago) include:  all adults aged 40 years or over   those living in residential care homes for older adults  frontline health and social care workers  all those aged 16 to 39 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and adult carers  adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals  Most people who can get a COVID-19 booster vaccine are also eligible for a free annual flu vaccine. If you are offered both vaccines, it's safe to have them at the same time.  Still on the fence?   If you haven’t had your first or second COVID-19 jab – it’s not too late!   According to recent data, while most locals have had theirs, more than 50,000 eligible people in Wirral are not vaccinated against COVID-19. If you're one of them, book now to help protect yourself against serious illness or hospitalisation.   If you’re still undecided about getting vaccinated for your own sake, please spare a thought for those who don't have that luxury. People with compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, need others to get vaccinated to help reduce the spread and protect them from getting very unwell and even dying.  Don't forget there is still a chance you could get or pass on flu and COVID-19, even after you have had all your jabs. Continue to wear a face-covering in enclosed spaces, wash your hands regularly and open windows to encourage airflow - to protect yourself and others.  You should keep on testing regularly - especially before meeting anyone who could be more at risk to COVID-19 or flu or attending an event– to stop the infection from spreading and Keep Wirral Well.
0.997539	noun Definition of 8086 in Technology (processor) A sixteen bit microprocessor chip used in early IBM PCs. The Intel 8088 was a version with an eight-bit external data bus. The Intel 8086 was based on the design of the Intel 8080 and Intel 8085 (it was source compatible with the 8080) with a similar register set, but was expanded to 16 bits. The Bus Interface Unit fed the instruction stream to the Execution Unit through a 6 byte prefetch queue, so fetch and execution were concurrent - a primitive form of pipelining (8086 instructions varied from 1 to 4 bytes). It featured four 16-bit general registers, which could also be accessed as eight 8-bit registers, and four 16-bit index registers (including the stack pointer). The data registers were often used implicitly by instructions, complicating register allocation for temporary values. It featured 64K 8-bit I/O (or 32K 16 bit) ports and fixed vectored interrupts. There were also four segment registers that could be set from index registers. The segment registers allowed the CPU to access 1 meg of memory in an odd way. Rather than just supplying missing bytes, as most segmented processors, the 8086 actually shifted the segment registers left 4 bits and added it to the address. As a result, segments overlapped, and it was possible to have two pointers with the same value point to two different memory locations, or two pointers with different values pointing to the same location. Most people consider this a brain damaged design. Although this was largely acceptable for assembly language, where control of the segments was complete (it could even be useful then), in higher level languages it caused constant confusion (e.g. near/far pointers). Even worse, this made expanding the address space to more than 1 meg difficult. A later version, the Intel 80386, expanded the design to 32 bits, and "fixed" the segmentation, but required extra modes (suppressing the new features) for compatibility, and retains the awkward architecture. In fact, with the right assembler, code written for the 8008 can still be run on the most recent Intel 486. The Intel 80386 added new op codes in a kludgy fashion similar to the Zilog Z80 and Zilog Z280. The Intel 486 added full pipelines, and clock doubling (like the Zilog Z280). So why did IBM chose the 8086 series when most of the alternatives were so much better? Apparently IBM's own engineers wanted to use the Motorola 68000, and it was used later in the forgotten IBM Instruments 9000 Laboratory Computer, but IBM already had rights to manufacture the 8086, in exchange for giving Intel the rights to its bubble memory designs. Apparently IBM was using 8086s in the IBM Displaywriter word processor. Other factors were the 8-bit Intel 8088 version, which could use existing Intel 8085-type components, and allowed the computer to be based on a modified 8085 design. 68000 components were not widely available, though it could use Motorola 6800 components to an extent. 1 All about 8086 Download all about 8086 in pdf Was this page helpful? Yes No Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page Share: Tell us why? Send Thank you for your feedback. We’ll try to make this page better Subscribe to our weekly Newsletter and receive updates via email Subscribe now Important information Word Panda provides you with a huge database of English words. Find useful information for every word or common phrase. Here you’ll get most accurate definitions, close synonyms and antonyms, related words, phrases and questions, rhymes, usage index and more. Improve your lexicon with Word Panda.
0.961503	Quick links... HOW TO HELP FACEMASK GUIDELINES Local COVID-19 Cases MAP: LOCAL CASES WE'RE OPEN SAN DIEGO BUSINESS LISTINGS 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays NewsCoronavirus Actions Facebook Tweet Email Worker charged with stealing blank COVID-19 vaccination cards Jeff Chiu/AP FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2020, file photo, a COVID-19 vaccination record card is shown at Seton Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in Daly City, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) By: City News Service Posted at 4:36 PM, Jun 09, 2021 and last updated 2021-06-09 19:36:23-04 POMONA, Calif. (CNS) - A Los Angeles County contract worker who allegedly stole hundreds of blank vaccination cards from a COVID-19 vaccination center at the Pomona Fairplex was charged Wednesday with a felony count of grand theft. Muhammad Rauf Ahmed, 45, of Las Vegas, allegedly stole more than 500 cards, which have a value of at least $15 each if illegally sold, according to Los Angeles County prosecutors. Officials determined April 27 that blank vaccine cards had been stolen from the vaccination site, where Ahmed was assigned to work, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. In a statement, La Verne police said 528 blank COVID-19 vaccine cards were recovered in the suspect's hotel room. Ahmed -- described by police as a non-clinical, contracted employee hired to support the Fairplex Mega-Pod vaccination site that at times administered nearly 4,000 COVID-19 vaccinations a day -- was arrested April 27. He was released the same day, according to jail records. Ahmed is set to be arraigned Aug. 25 at the Pomona courthouse. "Selling fraudulent and stolen vaccine cards is illegal, immoral and puts the public at risk of exposure to a deadly virus," District Attorney George Gascon said. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information. now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter. Click here to manage all Newsletters SIGN UP ► NEWSLETTERS ► NEWS ALERTS Coronavirus Section Quick Links When, where you'll need to wear face coverings Coronavirus aid: How to help your neighbors Cold vs. Flu vs. Coronavirus Symptoms INTERACTIVE MAP: San Diego County COVID-19 Cases HEAT MAP: COVID-19 cases in San Diego In-Depth: Getting vaccinated via healthcare providers In-Depth: How to book a vaccine for someone else Alternative sites to get a COVID-19 vaccination In-Depth: Treating COVID-19 symptoms at home In-Depth: COVID vaccine and pregnancy/lactation How the five leading COVID vaccines compare In-Depth: COVID vaccine side effects In-Depth: San Diego's 'vaccine gap' for minority leaders In-Depth: Doctors discuss long-term effects of COVID-19
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0.931401	We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Carers failed to turn on a frail woman's heating hours before she passed away prompting a watchdog to demand Birmingham City Council apologise to her partner. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman upheld a complaint against the authority finding fault with their care although did not conclude it contributed to the cause of death. The woman, who has not been identified, suffered from health conditions which caused 'significant difficulties' with mobility, speech and daily living activities. She lived alone and the council had arranged a package, through a care provider, for carers to visit four times a day while her partner was 'significantly involved' in her care and visited almost every day arriving around midday. Birmingham Council House (Image: Copyright Unknown) Read More Related Articles 'It wasn't me' - Blame-shifting compared to Shaggy hit song at Birmingham council Her condition deteriorated one Saturday in March 2017, when she was not eating or drinking in the morning but had not requested a doctor or ambulance. The woman's partner said she was 'very cold' when he arrived and noticed the heating was off. He claimed the usual morning carers put the heating and gas fire on and then turned it off as they left. The care provider stated that the woman had never requested it to be on and typically declined when asked. They also said her partner typically put it on when he arrived. Top stories - Birmingham City Council Dozens of CCTV cameras to be axed Homes recovered in fraud crackdown Dozens 'overpaid' at Birmingham council Pothole damage claims in Birmingham But her partner was not told until just before 9pm that day that she had not eaten. He called an ambulance shortly after which arrived with a crew spending a number of hours at the home before the woman was taken to hospital arriving at 1.30am, but she sadly passed away around 30 minutes later. Her partner argued that he should have been informed earlier in the day about her condition and feared an opportunity to get her to hospital sooner may have been missed. Police have attended care homes more than 2,500 times over the past three years (Image: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire) Read More Related Articles Birmingham children 'failed' by council contract fiasco which wiped out £4m The Ombudsman's report, which refers to the couple as Mr X and Ms Y, said: "The care plan should also have addressed the issue of heating because she lived alone and depended on others coming in. "The discrepancy between Mr X and the care provider about who usually put the heating on demonstrates why this should be made clear. "There is no dispute that she was cold. Given the time of year, and that Ms Y was cold and unwell. "I have decided, on the balance of probability, the carers should have offered to put the heating on. "They should also have ensured Mr X was clear that Ms Y had not eaten, at least by the time he arrived at her home. "I found the council was at fault here and caused Mr X distress. "However, I believe the distress experienced by Mr X was mostly due to the unexpected death of his partner; I cannot link the carers' actions to Ms Y’s death." The council agreed with the watchdog's recommendations to apologise as well as review its own complaints handling which was described as 'confusing'. Read More Related Articles Etiquette has licence ban lifted with Snobs boss taking over Read More Related Articles From lap dancers to allotments - five key debates from Birmingham full council Follow BirminghamLive FacebookTwitter Comment More On Birmingham City Council News all Most Read Most Recent I'm A Celebrity... 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0.951467	The sons of two Turkish government ministers have been charged in connection with a huge corruption investigation, BBC reports. The head of the state-owned bank and at least a dozen other people also face charges. The suspects are accused of abusing their power by taking or facilitating bribes. The controversial arrests began on Tuesday when police launched a series of dawn raids in Istanbul and Ankara. On Thursday the head of Istanbul's police was forced from his position, and more than 30 senior police officers have reportedly been sacked. The corruption investigation has targeted people close to Mr Erdogan's administration. Baris Guler, the son of Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Kaan Caglayan, son of Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan was among those detained, as is the chief executive of the state-owned Halkbank, Suleyman Aslan. They were put under formal arrest on Saturday morning. The son of a third minister - Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar - was among those released after hours of questioning. Commentators in Turkey report that the arrests and firings reflect a feud within Turkey's ruling AK Party between those who back Mr Erdogan and supporters of Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic scholar living in exile in the US. Members of Mr Gulen's Hizmet movement are said to hold influential positions in institutions such as the police, the judiciary and the AK Party itself. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has accused Mr Erdogan and his government of trying to cover up the scandal. Mr Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the Republican People's Party, called for ministers implicated in the investigation to be sacked. The European Union has urged Turkey - which hopes to join the EU - to ensure the impartiality of its judicial process. "These developments have naturally raised our attention and we follow them closely," said a spokesman for Stefan Fule, the EU commissioner for enlargement and European neighbourhood policy, on Thursday. Adapted from Standartnews Теми: law enforcement authorities corruption More on the topic 08.01.2014 25 arrested in wake of anti-corruption operation in Turkish Izmir city 20.12.2013 U.S. thoroughly tracks corruption scene in Turkey Latest Articles Occupied Crimea. Exports and Imports / 2014-2021 Water in Occupied Crimea / 2014-2021 The Crimean Budget. Small Business. Salaries and Pensions / 2014-2021 The "Trophy Economy". The Commercial Exploitation of Marine Biological Resources in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov / 2014–2021 The Banking System of Crimea: What is Really Happening on the Occupied Peninsula (Updated) The "Trophy Economy". Militarization as a Factor of Industrial Growth / 2014-2021 Back in the USSR. The Reverse Restructuring of the Crimean Economy / 2014-2021 The "Trophy Economy". The Development of the Stolen Ukrainian Black Sea Shelf / 2014-2021 The Occupied Crimean Tourism / 2014-2021 Investment. What the "Crimean" Federal Target Programme Finances / 2014-2021 The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for October 2021 Closure of the Black Sea in October, 2021 Публікації BlackSeaNews Новости от KINOafisha и TVgid Загрузка... Загрузка... Новинки кино - http://kinoafisha.ua/skoro/ Articles Databases Crimean Library Contact Us © 2021 Black Sea News The content from this website may be used on condition that the link to BlackSeaNews.net is provided (for Internet media, direct hyperlinks, open for search engines, must be provided). Use of photos is permitted only with attribution to the source and the author. This website has been produced with the support of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). Its contents do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of EED. Responsibility for the information and views expressed on this website lies entirely with the authors.
0.999971	The 29th death anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is being observed today (May 21). On this day, twenty-nine years back, the Congress leader was assassinated during an election campaign in the year 1991. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944, in Bombay, to former prime minister Indira Gandhi and freedom fighter, politician Feroze Gandhi. He served as the sixth prime minister of the country, from 1984 to 1989, and was also the youngest ever to hold the office. Rajiv Gandhi took charge of the country as the prime minister after the assassination of his mother and former PM Indira Gandhi in the year 1984. Gandhi came from the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, associated with the Indian National Congress party. His maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. Related News (From 2ndL Rear) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, International Monetary Fund (FMI) Managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, Director General, World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Director general, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and Japan's senior deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, Hiroshi Suzuki pose during a visit to the Trevi fountain in central Rome on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 of World Leaders Summit. Former PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS with fever and weakness Indian PM Modi mourns death of Akshay Kumar’s mother Normalising ties? Pakistan, India issue diplomatic visas after 28 months Modi touched by mangoes from Bangladesh PM Indian PM Modi pays tribute to late actor Dilip Kumar Humanity will overcome pandemic soon: Modi writes to Hasina Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people on Eid More News Bob Dole: Biden leads tributes to a 'dear friend' Myanmar court set to announce first verdicts in Aung San Suu Kyi trial Global Covid cases near 265 million amid Omicron surge Clashes erupt at Brussels protest against Covid rules All travellers to UK to show pre-departure virus tests 5 dead after Ram car protest against Myanmar security forces: report Austria avalanche kills three Xi Story: A rail project close to Xi's heart Latest News India beats New Zealand by 372 runs; wins series 1-0 Art exhibition, Pitha Utsab held at FSA Bob Dole: Biden leads tributes to a 'dear friend' Juve sink lowly Genoa to keep Shevchenko winless Bangladesh braces for more rains; air quality in Dhaka improves Editor : Enamul Hoque Chowdhury Archive E-paper Published by Maynal Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of Bashundhara Multi Trading Limited, 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka -1229 and Printed at East West Media Group Limited, Plot No: C/52, Block-K, Bashundhara, Khilkhet, Badda, Dhaka-1229.
0.819049	Below Deck star reveals SHOCKING reason why reality TV hit had to install cameras in laundry room \| Daily Mail Online Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Shop DailyMailTV Headlines The Masked Singer USA DWTS Kim Kardashian Billie Eilish Taylor Swift U.K. Showbiz Headlines Video Games My Profile Logout Login Privacy Policy Feedback Monday, Dec 6th 2021 1AM 48°F 4AM 47°F 5-Day Forecast Advertisement 'We propped up a bully': Former Kamala staffers reveal VP inflicts 'constant-soul destroying criticism' on her office as more of her employees are set to leave after four walked out in just two weeks Black couple SUE real estate agency after their Bay Area home was valued at just $995,000 - but $1.42m when they removed all photos and asked a white friend to pose as its owner for viewing with second expert CNN fired Chris Cuomo after learning he'd been accused of sexual misconduct by woman who worked as his junior at ABC News US intelligence warns that China intends to build a warship base on the ATLANTIC Ocean in Equatorial Guinea in threat to Eastern Seaboard Donald Trump says his planned Twitter rival TRUTH Social has raised $1 BILLION in investment cash and vows he'll use it to 'end censorship and political discrimination' 'It's nice once again to see the presidential box being occupied': David Letterman opens the Kennedy Center Honors and takes swipe at Donald Trump who never attended as Biden get standing ovation Date night on the red carpet: Pete and Chasten Buttigieg attend Kennedy Center Honors in first night out since their twins were born Schmear campaign! 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That's Hebrew for ENOUGH' Oregon is set to enforce PERMANENT mask mandate for indoor public spaces as COVID cases continue to rise Pro-Palestinian New Jersey Democrat is duped by fake rabbi's parody Twitter account Biden orders White House flag to fly at half-staff following death of Bob Dole at age 98: Three-time Republican presidential candidate and WWII hero who served America for 79 years passes away in his sleep 'Our nation mourns his passing': Donald Trump pays tribute to Bob Dole after he dies aged 98: Dole backed Trump, but said he was sick of former president by conclusion of 2020 election race Bob Dole 1923-2021: Greatest Generation politician who rose from hardscrabble Dust Bowl Kansas beginnings and overcame near-fatal war wounds to become Senate majority leader and major force in the GOP 'Bob was an American statesman like few in our history:' Biden and McConnell lead tributes to late Kansas Senator and former presidential candidate pour in on social media Wealthy Netflix engineer and his pal are sentenced to prison for insider trading scheme using secret subscriber data to net $3M windfall 'Thus far, it doesn't look like there's a great degree of severity to it': Fauci says early reports indicate Omicron could be LESS dangerous than Delta variant and reveals South Africa travel ban is now being revaluated Omicron coronavirus variant spreads to a THIRD of US states prompting the surgeon general to assure Americans not to panic - even as he tells them to start wearing masks inside again Previous Next Below Deck star reveals SHOCKING reason why reality TV hit had to install cameras in the laundry room By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:05 EST, 26 October 2021 \| Updated: 04:16 EST, 26 October 2021 e-mail 11 shares 39 View comments Below Deck star Eddie Lucas has revealed why the show installed cameras in the laundry room. The bosun told the Dear Reality, You're Effed! podcast, cameras were added after he had sex with Rocky Dakota in the laundry. Host Hannah Ferrier said: 'You changed Below Deck's history forever because before you, there was no cameras in the laundry room.' Revealed: The shocking reason Below Deck had to install cameras in the laundry room. Pictured Captain Lee Rosbach 'No there were no [cameras in the laundry] but now there are cameras everywhere,' Eddie agreed. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next You've yacht to be kidding me! As Below Deck returns for a... Sponsored EXCLUSIVE: Abbie Chatfield promotes Below Deck Australia... Hello, sailor! Abbie Chatfield sparks rumours she's joining... Big Brother VIP: Take a look inside the custom-built HOTEL... Share this article Share 11 shares It comes as a new season of Below Deck will be available to stream on hayu from October 26 - and if the trailer is anything to go by, it's set to be the most exciting seasons to date. The brand new season of the two-time Emmy-nominated series is set on the stunning waters of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Reason: Eddie Lucas (pictured) told the Dear Reality, You're Effed! podcast, cameras were added after he had sex with Rocky Dakota in the laundry Superyacht My Seanna will welcome back veterans Eddie in his new role as first officer, alongside larger-than-life character 'Chef Rachel' Hargrove - who is ready to redeem herself after a memorable last charter season. But the show will be heading into unchartered waters upon its return, as a 'condition' leaves Captain Lee Rosbach stranded on land and unable to front the boat for the first time ever. It forces Captain Sean Meagher to temporarily step in. Below Deck is back! It comes as a new season of Below Deck will be available to stream on hayu from October 26 'Leaving the dock with a new captain, and a new crew?' Eddie says in the action-packed trailer. '...Tensions are high!' Chef Rachel has quite the different approach, enthusiastically shouting: 'Let's go f*k this charter in the face!' as she prepares to cook up a storm for the waiting guests. Season nine will also say ahoy to a fresh crop of yachties, including new chief stewardess Heather Chase, stews Jessica Albert and Fraser Olender and deckhands Jake Foulger, Rayna Lindsay and Wes O'Dell. It's going to be wild! The series will welcome back veterans Eddie Lucas in his new role as first officer, alongside 'Chef Rachel' Hargrove (pictured) Advertisement Read more: ‎Dear Reality, You're Effed! on Apple Podcasts Share or comment on this article: Below Deck star reveals SHOCKING reason why reality TV hit had to install cameras in laundry room e-mail 11 shares Comments 39 Share what you think Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The comments below have not been moderated. 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Singer grasps Prince's hand while sporting a discreet splint before being spotted wearing a more protective brace three days later Britney Spears' fiance Sam Asghari jokingly stuffs his shorts to enhance his rear as he TWERKS for pop star who cannot stop laughing Gal Gadot shows off her toned legs in a stylish army green dress and edgy combat boots while grabbing lunch in Studio City Prince William reveals how he was engulfed by a dark cloud of depression after his air ambulance dash to accident involving a boy close to George's age 50 Cent apologizes to Madonna after she slammed him for making fun of THOSE racy Instagram photos: 'I did not intend to hurt your feelings' Andrew took at least FOUR flights on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express private jets: Flight records reveal Duke of York's trips including one to notorious Caribbean island Advertisement Eva Longoria sparks a buzz in sexy black bodysuit and sparkling sheer trousers as she mixes drinks at Art Basel tequila event David Beckham faces more pressure over his multi-million pound deal to promote the 2022 World Cup as Qatar pundit launches on-air rant about gay rights Oliver Reed's friends slam 'crazy' decision not to erect a blue plaque in his honour - after English Heritage decided his legacy as an actor was not 'sufficiently strong' Kim Kardashian's children take their Elves on a Shelf HOSTAGE and even leave behind ransom note: 'We will only release them if you are good' Former Miss Universe Australia model Olivia Molly Rogers spills the details of her wild night with Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio Chrissy Teigen goes for glam grunge in off the shoulder flannel as she returns to her NYC penthouse with her family following lunch at Bar Pitti Prince Charles is willing to speak to police over evidence that his aide 'fixed an honour for Saudi billionaire' Prince William 'starts his day rocking to AC/DC': The Queen famously wakes to sound of the bagpipes... now the Duke reveals his favorite morning music Meghan Markle's $74,000 engagement dress designer is accused of using furlough workers to revamp two French Riviera homes Prince William says 'first love' Jecca Craig's father - who he met while visiting the family's 55,000-acre ranch in Mount Kenya - made him a conservationist Advertisement Is 'Dirty Duchess' Claire Foy cleaning up her act? Actress, 37, who will play scandal-hit aristocrat is spotted carrying brushes, bleach and a new doormat near her North London home Tom Holland and Zendaya poke fun at their height difference as they reveal how they struggled to film a stunt while shooting Spider-Man Manu Feildel hits the Sing 2 red carpet with his family - after admitting he's 'sad' that controversial chef Pete Evans won't be joining him for new My Kitchen Rules Victoria Beckham, 47, displays her flawless complexion as she shares her favourite beauty products with fans With unprecedented candor, mental health campaigner Prince William reveals how the stresses of life as a rescue pilot sparked an episode of dark despair Parents of boy whose accident is believed to have triggered Prince William's mental trauma praise Duke for his extraordinary 'love and support' RHONJ stars Melissa and Joe Gorga get cosy as they celebrate the holiday season during fun-filled bash in NYC Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans turn heads as the Hollywood heartthrobs film action-thriller The Gray Man Venus and Serena Williams signed off on Will Smith playing their father as they rave about the actor in new biopic King Richard: 'He's the real deal' Dakota Johnson oozes elegance in a cream wrap dress as she attends Deadline Contenders event Advertisement Christina Aguilera, 40, puts comfort first in VERY comfortable robe-like coat as she enjoys dinner in Los Angeles Kelly Bensimon sends temperatures soaring as she puts her bikini body on display in bright yellow swimsuit during beach day in Miami The Bachelorette vet Ivan Hall's brother Gabriel charged with murder in Texas Pregnant Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's W Magazine cover with Stormi revealed by fans on social media despite 'desperate' scramble by publisher to scrap it after Astroworld tragedy Nicole Scherzinger shows off her edgy style credentials in black leather dress as she poses for Annie Live! promo shots after show dazzled viewers Beauties on the beach! Miss Universe hopefuls frolic in the Dead Sea after being granted permits to enter Israel for the final despite Covid-19 travel ban for foreigners Chilly Charles! Prince wraps up in a fleece-lined coat and tweed flat cap as he hosts a National Hedgelaying Society event at his Highgrove Estate Alicia Vikander shows off her incredible moves as she reunites with her old dance teacher for a stunning performance at Gothenburg gala Personal trainer Maralee Nichols, 31, gives birth to NBA star Tristan Thompson's baby after she became pregnant with his child while he was still dating Khloe Kardashian Nigella Lawson 'had to have her famous curves photoshopped for her Good Housekeeping cover to be more family friendly' Advertisement America's Got Talent musician Jay Jay Phillips found dead at 30 from COVID-19 ... as family reveals 'he was unvaccinated' Willow Smith shows of svelte frame in a black mesh bikini as she packs on the PDA with musician De'Wayne on the beach in Miami Kim Kardashian's son Saint West, five, creates a HUGE MESS all over her pristine house with his arts and crafts supplies before blaming it on 'elves' Joe Jonas is the picture of summer style in all-white ensemble at Chanel No. 5 event celebrating 100 years of fragrance during Art Basel 2021 in Miami Santa Fe DA says Alec Baldwin and others on the set of 'Rust' are not in the clear over the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins and charges could still be filed once the investigation is finished Ed Sheeran puts on an energetic performance at iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball after releasing his festive duet with Elton John Liam Hemsworth's girlfriend Gabriella Brooks FINALLY breaks her silence on their romance - and says the actor's family are 'the most beautiful people' Chrissy Teigen puts on a leggy display in a fun white feathered mini dress as she heads out for the evening after a family day out in NYC Cardi B puts on a busty display in a dazzling mirrored mini dress as she arrives at the Playboy x Big Bunny party at Art Basel in Miami Beach Kathy Hilton is a classic beauty in a houndstooth suit and studded Valentino purse during romantic dinner with husband Rick Hilton in West Hollywood Karlie Kloss and Rosalia look chic in Chanel as they celebrate 100th anniversary of the brand's iconic No. 5 perfume at Art Basel bash Colin Farrell looks trendy in a black leather jacket and grey jeans as he watches LA Lakers take on the Clippers at the Staples Centre Saweetie commands the stage in a glitzy corset bodysuit and fishnets before tossing jewelry boxes into the hands of lucky fans during 2021 Jingle Ball featuring Doja Cat and Ed Sheeran in LA Doja Cat is a glam goddess in a rhinestone bra top and silky gauchos with a sparkly chain belt as she performs at 2021 Jingle Ball in LA Madonna, 63, poses next to a steamy Tracey Emin painting of a NAKED woman as she slips into racy lingerie for scantily-clad snaps 'I have not been fired': The Goldbergs star Jeff Garlin speaks out on HR investigation into reports of inappropriate 'verbal and physical conduct' on set Sam Smith fan left devastated after singer's friends call her a 'dumb btch' and tell her to 'shut the fk up' when she attempts to say hello Rihanna flashes a finger brace and a lot of leg as she and A$AP Rocky hit up a Basquiat exhibit in NYC Mark Cuban buys entire 77-acre ghost town of Mustang, Texas for $2 million as a 'favor for a friend' who struggled for years to sell it Lady Victoria Hervey, 44, showcases her phenomenal figure in a neon bikini as she catches some rays at Miami Beach Travis Barker claps back at troll who says his tattoos 'look ridiculous' and that he will 'regret' them 'I can't believe I let you perform on me': Teen recovering from oral surgery defends Taylor Swift 'with her life' after her dentist said he wasn't a fan of the star in funny TikTok video Iconic Italian model Fabio Lanzoni, 62, reveals the secrets behind his youthful looks (and shares a few love tips too!) 'I'm genuinely very happy for her': Paris Hilton congratulates Lindsay Lohan on her engagement despite their 'differences in the past' Adam Sandler gives his seal of approval after sisters in rock band Haim update comedian's famous Chanukah Song: 'See you on tour!' Chrissy Teigen and John Legend splurge on pricey gifts for their daughter Luna, 5, and son Miles, 3, at luxury toy store FAO Schwarz in NYC Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are 'inseparable and leaning on each other' following Astroworld tragedy The high-profile couple are expecting their second child together. Tarek El Moussa and wife Heather Rae Young share a tour of their charming new cabin in the mountains Selling Sunset star took to Instagram to reveal the cozy nest Kate Beckinsale commands attention in a busty sheer dress as she shares sexy snaps from Vas J Morgan's birthday bash Amber Rose reunites with cheating ex Alexander 'AE' Edwards for breakfast with their son Slash...after he called infidelity his 'true nature' in public apology Oscar De La Hoya responds to claims that Travis Barker 'raised' his daughter Atiana: 'I have nothing but respect for my man' Common wishes ex-girlfriend Tiffany Haddish 'joy, love, peace, and light' on her birthday... just days after their split Octavia Spencer, 51, claims her California home is HAUNTED by the ghost of a Western film star - but she says she 'loves' the spirit because he runs 'bad people' out of her house Chris Noth's Mr. Big is NOT dead and Willie Garson's tragic passing will not be part of the And Just Like That script, SATC showrunner reveals Brad Pitt's 'racing' film with Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has Hollywood studios going neck-and-neck in a bidding war with streamers Taika Waititi reunites with his two daughters as he picks them up at Sydney International Airport Actor-director enjoyed a night out with his popstar girlfriend Rita Ora. RHOC star Braunwyn Windham-Burke passionately kisses new model girlfriend Victoria Brito in Miami Beach Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Camila Morrone, 24, sports a fake baby bump on set of upcoming miniseries Daisy Jones & The Six Anderson Cooper and Benjamin Maisani prove to be amicable exes as they reunite to take their son Wyatt for a stroll CNN host, 54, and his ex, 48, walked around NYC Kim Kardashian appears to takes a shot at ex-BFF Larsa Pippen with 'savage' caption... days after the RHOM star was accused of desperately 'trying to become' her Tristan Thompson 'insisted PT lover get an abortion' and 'offered her $75K hush money' when she got pregnant with his child while he was still dating Khloe Lindsay Lohan's handcuffed mother Dina is put in prison van to be taken to county jail for 18 days after being sentenced for 2020 hit-and-run crash at a Long Island steakhouse Singer Joshua Bassett, 20, opens up about repressed memories of sexual abuse he experienced as a child: 'I buried it so far' Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider slams Alec Baldwin's teary interview as 'bullsh' designed to 'make us feel sorry' for him and doubts star's claim 'gun went off by itself' New book reveals tantalizing glimpses of Queen's true personality - from her chatty ways to her unforgettable impression of Concorde landing Addison Rae shows her Led Zeppelin fandom in band t-shirt as she steps out in NYC The 21-year-old TikTok superstar showed off some of her throwback tastes 'Buongiorno Roma!' Elsa Pataky goes sightseeing in Rome and poses for some fun snaps at the Colosseum Chris Hemsworth's wife has been enjoying a trip around Europe Lady Gaga named Best Actress by New York Critics Circle for her performance in House of Gucci film The singer portrayed Patrizia Reggiani David Beckham emotionally reunites with beloved Manchester United receptionist and former mentor Cathy as he enjoys soccer match with son Romeo, 19 Advertisement DON'T MISS Gigi Hadid cuts a casual figure as she arrives at Palma de Mallorca airport in rare outing since Zayn Malik's altercation with her mother Yolanda Willow Smith cuts a seriously stylish figure in an eye-catching Mugler jacket and matching socks while gracing the cover of Elle France Kirsten Dunst reveals Spider-Man producers encouraged her to 'fix her teeth' when she was 19 Kim Kardashian throws her arms in the air as she strikes a series of sultry poses in sequined Balenciaga gown 'My Mooks': Johnny Galecki wishes ex-girlfriend Kaley Cuoco a happy birthday with a cheeky throwback post sharing his nickname for the star Kobe Bryant's daughter Natalia, 18, shows off modeling skills while sporting Beyonce's new Halls of Ivy Adidas collection Ashley Graham shows off 'tree of life' stretch marks in naked snaps shared online... ahead of giving birth to twins 'Free the nipple! Bras are uncomfortable!' Vanessa Hudgens gives her impassioned definition of feminism and her stance on going braless alongside stunning new shoot Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade proves to be one of her father's biggest fans as she reveals the rapper is her top artist on Spotify Wrapped '11+ over!': Victoria Beckham reveals daughter Harper, 10, has sat prestigious school exam as she gifts youngest child bouquet of flowers Laverne & Shirley star Eddie Mekka dead at 69: Actor who played Carmine Ragusa on the hit show is found dead at his home in California Seth Rogen admits he had NO IDEA the Adele concert was being taped for her One Night Only special and 'smoked a ton of weed' before the show Mariah Carey announces that she will release a new Holiday Hits Cookie Trio through her virtual bakery Gingerbread, Cinnamon Sugar and Chocolate Raspberry Truffle The REAL Princess Charlene: Friends from her swimming days tell Tatler the 'ambitious' royal 'knew what she was getting into' with Prince Albert but 'keeps her smarts under wraps' 'Vividly dreamed, cunningly modified and visually staggering': West Side Story remake is dubbed Steven Spielberg's 'best work in 20 years' as critics lavish five star reviews Rachel Zegler bundles up in a warm winter coat as she flashes a smile in New York City ahead of release of Steven Spielberg's West Side Story 'What a classy artist!' Taylor Swift sends Don McLean flowers and a sweet note after smashing his Billboard record he held for 50 years Bella Thorne celebrates being included on Forbes 30 Under 30 list: 'I can't even begin to describe my level of happiness right now' Selma Blair talks childhood, fame and her MS diagnosis in new memoir Mean Baby that she calls 'a survival course in acceptance' Simone Biles flaunts toned derriere in bikini snap from her vacation - as she discusses 'sadness' over mental health struggles that blighted her quest for gold in Tokyo 'We just connected in that way': Lizzo details her bond with Adele and says they've 'been through similar things'... but she can't remember their first meeting as she was too 'drunk' That '70s show! Kate Middleton dons $185 retro-style paisley Ralph Lauren blouse and keeps her face mask on to visit Fabergé exhibition at the V&A Winnie Harlow has legs for days in fitted ensemble as she takes in the thrill rides at Universal Studios Sean Penn cuts a dapper figure as he is joined by daughter Dylan and Leonardo Di Caprio at event for his CORE nonprofit in Miami 'I was extremely done': Willow Smith, 21, reveals she almost QUIT music following the success of breakthrough single Whip My Hair aged 10 Cardi B, 29, reveals new position as creative director at PLAYBOY and will serve as founding member of their creator-led platform: 'A dream come true' Christine Quinn's changing face: The Selling Sunset star famous for her 'burgers and Botox' parties is unrecognizable from her Netflix debut in 2019 Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson both deliver show-stopping performances at the World AIDS Day concert in Los Angeles 'Date night': Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos pose for a romantic selfie as fans call them 'couple goals' Carlos Santana cancels all of his December shows after undergoing a successful and 'unscheduled heart procedure' Adam Levine reveals his face tattoo was actually FAKE as former 'Sexiest Man Alive' says he is 'too f*ing vain' to get head inking Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoys routine bike ride in Santa Monica... after paying tribute to 'idol' bodybuilder Dave Draper Lily Collins exudes Parisian chic wearing technicolor retro ensembles as she tours the City of Love ahead of season two of Emily in Paris From telling song lyrics to tense group chats and talk of uncontrollable tears: All the signs Little Mix were set to split as they announce they're 'taking a break' Little Mix SPLIT! Trio announce they're 'taking a break' to pursue solo projects after 10 amazing years together 'My heart is broken!' Devastated Little Mix fans react to the band's decision to split and say they hope it's not a 'permanent break like One Direction' Tiger King star Joe Exotic claims new evidence in murder-for-hire case is going to 'shock the world' and clear his name Alan Cumming's celebrity confessions: Actor reveals how he crashed JLo's 2001 wedding and praised Jessica Lange's breasts in candid memoir Halsey introduces baby son Ender to close friends BTS as she visits South Korean boyband backstage during their Permission To Dance tour Real Housewives Of Orange County: Heather Dubrow returns and shows off huge 22,000 square feet house Kim Kardashian seems to catch daughter Chicago and niece Dream red-handed as they meddle with her Christmas decorations in funny video Former child star Jonshel Alexander, 22, who appeared in Beasts of the Southern Wild, is shot dead and her friend wounded by masked gunman as they sat in a car in New Orleans 'It's been very hard after 35 years': Tom Ford admits he's 'struggled' to adjust to being a single father after his husband Richard Buckley's death Sopranos bosses were terrified star James Gandolfini would DIE while filming show after he 'went on cocaine and booze binges that forced bosses to shut down production' Lucy Boynton cuts a chic figure in pretty black dress while Sophie Cookson opts for same frock in pink as the actresses step out for fashion bash Karl Lagerfeld's 'dearest friend' opens doors to his lavish Paris home - revealing priceless treasures going up for auction, from $52k chandelier to $16k piano Rita Ora strips off and poses NUDE in a mirrored changing room before flashing her killer abs in sizzling snaps Matthew McConaughey tells radio hosts why ALL his female co-stars think he smells nice - and the secret behind his irresistible scent Chrissy Teigen displays her toned midriff in green crop top and tries out fringe with photo editing app in stunning snaps Dakota Johnson looks chic in a frilled collar dress as she joins her stylish co-stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley at The Lost Daughter photo call UK's most realistic Kate Middleton lookalike reveals how she trawls Zara and TJ Max to keep up with royal's wardrobe - and can't step out without being asked for a selfie Staff members put up the Christmas decorations at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - including a 15ft tree and sparkling velvet garlands Princess Alexandra's granddaughter Flora Ogilvy says she is 'thrilled' as she lands new role as Ambassador of the V&A Museum's Young Patrons' Circle Striking a good note! Prince Charles meets students as gives a speech to unveil the official opening of the new Royal College of Music campus in London Chet Hanks puts on a trendy display as he departs dinner with a stunning mystery blonde in Santa Monica Winston Churchill's 'Little Redhead' granddaughter, Celia Sandys, 78, who went to parties with Jackie Onassis and Maria Callas shares childhood memories in new book Transgender reality star Jazz Jennings admits she was in a 'dark, dark place' while documenting her 100lb weight gain and eating disorder on her reality show Tom Brady believes son Jack, 14, will 'someday' play football for his alma mater Michigan... though wife Gisele Bundchen wants the boy to 'be what he wants to be' Irina Shayk is every inch the friendly ex as she attends ex Bradley Cooper's Nightmare Alley premiere in NYC... with the actor lauding her support in wake of reconciliation rumors Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval calls out Katie Maloney and says she only inserted herself into his new bar because she needed a STORYLINE to get more airtime on the show 'I don't want to be the bada...I've healed a lot': Noomi Rapace admits starring in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movies 'was like drowning in trauma' Haley Joel Osment poses with glamorous sister Emily while Frankie Grande kisses beau Hale Leon at star-studded LA Dodgers Christmas event Alex Rodriguez plans to celebrate Christmas as 'one big happy family' with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis as he moves on from Jennifer Lopez Santa's little helper! Sophie Wessex wraps up warm in chic shearling coat as she bakes mince pies and packs Christmas care packages for charity Suited and booted! Queen Letizia of Spain cuts a stylish figure in a grey checked blazer and trousers as she arrives at the reopening of a monastery to the public in Madrid 'Every day is your birthday my queen!' Britney Spears' hunky fiancé Sam Asghari whisks star away on private jet and puts on a firework show to celebrate her 40th Alessandra Ambrosio teases a glimpse of her underboob in tiny black crop-top for sultry shot from her new coffee table book Ashley Roberts looks chic in a purple argyle polo neck and leather mini skirt as she joins glam co-host Amanda Holden as at Heart FM studios Joan Collins, 88, exudes glamour as she and husband Percy Gibson, 56, dine with Calvin Klein, 79, in LA Helen Mirren, 76, chain-smokes fake cigarette as she transforms into first female Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir for new biopic 'Godfather of Black Music' Clarence Avant's wife, 81, is shot dead during 2.30am burglary at their $7M Beverly Hills mansion while he was at home Britney Spears' fiancé Sam Asghari shares a loving kiss with her on a private jet and calls her his 'wife'... as he gets her a B-shaped cake for her 40th birthday 'I am so madly in love with you': Brooklyn Beckham makes MORE romantic proclamations about fiancée Nicola Peltz after taking sizzling lingerie snap of the actress Kaley Cuoco rings in her 36th birthday at Disneyland... as the actress poses for cute snap with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Jamie Oliver says his 'maternal' wife Jools has her sights on having SIXTH child - after revealing she may have IVF treatment following five miscarriages 'She's broken up our family': Jessie Ware jokes her sister isn't speaking to her after she recorded new single with Kylie Minogue 'I found the love of my life': Sandra Bullock hails boyfriend Bryan Randall as a 'saint' and praises him for helping raise her two adopted children Jessica Simpson shows off incredible 100lb weight loss in a Gucci cardigan and skinny jeans during shopping trip with husband Eric Johnson He's on a wing and a prayer! Lewis Hamilton raises eyebrows with yet another risky sartorial statement as he steps out in bird printed trousers at the F1 Grand Prix Dakota Johnson looks typically stylish in a sleek black suit while her co-star Olivia Colman cuts a chic figure at The Lost Daughter special screening Dakota Johnson reveals she gave her The Lost Daughter co-star Olivia Colman her first ever tattoo Phoebe Dynevor cuts a trendy figure in floral printed jacket as she poses for series of stunning snaps Gordon Ramsay heads home with glam wife Tana after dining at swanky private members club Maison Estelle Inside Bindi Irwin's Queensland home: Couple offer a rare glimpse at their house which features a Sixties-style fireplace and a huge mountain mural in the living room Lily Collins debuts her stylish bangs and slips into an elegant structured skirt as she joins her stylish co-stars to promote Emily In Paris' second season Victoria Beckham unveils her Christmas playlist - including Spice Girls, a shout-out to Elton John AND the song that beat her solo single to number one Richard E Grant admits he's feeling 'sentimental' as he prepares to spend his first Christmas without wife Joan following her death from lung cancer Carla Bruni exudes glamour in a black gown as she joins ab-flashing Tina Kunakey at Bulgari hotel opening The former French First Lady was a vision Rumer Willis dons LBD for Love Actually Live opening in LA... ahead of celebrating five years of sobriety Elsa Pataky goes sightseeing in Venice with sister-in-law Silvia Serra after her romantic trip to the Czech Republic with husband Chris Hemsworth From geishas to Flappers, a timeless allure: Why nothing's as subtly sexy as going backless - and for less busty girls they are a surefire way to wow Lala Kent says her 'head was in the sand' as she breaks silence on ex-fiancé and cheating allegations: 'I don't know how the fk I didn't see a lot of this st' Drake hams it up with NBA players and referees alike as he sits courtside to watch Oklahoma City Thunder take on Houston Rockets Chris Hemsworth 'purchases a $15million oceanfront site in Tasmania' after 'driving up house prices' in Australia's Northern Rivers region by buying several properties You Wear It Well! Penny Lancaster, 50, and dapper husband Rod Stewart, 76, wear matching camel for romantic dinner at swanky restaurant Dionne Warwick wants Jake Gyllenhaal to give THAT red scarf back to Taylor Swift and reiterates she'll happily 'pay the postage' to ensure its return Rita Ora arrives in Australia and begins home quarantine - where she works up a sweat with boyfriend Taika Waititi and celebrity trainer Jono Castano She's got s-EX appeal! Irina Shayk nearly bares all in leather as she gets cozy with Stella Maxwell at Bradley Cooper's Nightmare Alley premiere Princes William and Harry stay apart while holding 'joint' event for Diana Award winners: Duke of Cambridge meets face-to-face while Duke of Sussex holds Zoom meeting Lara Bingle shares a rare picture of husband Sam Worthington ahead of their seven-year wedding anniversary Former bikini model posted an image of the Avatar star How the royals do Christmas: The adorable festive tradition Princess Mary's family follows at the palace - and it's a new take on Elf on the Shelf Tom Ford reveals his VERY strict wardrobe rules for nine-year-old son - admitting he won't let him wear shorts to school and only just started allowing him to don T-shirts with prints Alexa Chung channels granny chic in a knitted hood and animal print faux fur coat as she arrives for a festive food bash at a pub I refuse to watch the new Sex And The City - because there's no Samantha, says EMILY HILL 'What? 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0.999998	In this article: amazon, amazon germany, AmazonGermany, germany, n8, nokia, nokia n8, NokiaN8, pre order, pre-order, PreOrder, symbian, symbian3 We know, we know, you were banking on taking an N8 with you when you go summering in Cape Cod in July, but that might be a tall order because we're hearing from a trusted source that August 24 has been pegged as the big release date for Nokia's Symbian^3-powered beast. Pricing had already been announced at €370 ($465), but if you're interested in shedding an extra hundred for no apparent reason, Amazon Germany is now officially taking pre-orders for €469.50 ($590) in black -- just one of the five N8 shades Espoo will be pushing around the world. We think we'd recommend holding off on signing up for Amazon's enticing deal here, quite honestly -- especially considering the magnetic attraction we've got to that totally unapologetic orange version. [Thanks, Al] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
0.956725	Netflix has scrambled to respond to the unusually public controversy it is facing over Chappelle's "The Closer," in which the stand-up star insists "gender is a fact" and accuses LGBTQ people of being "too sensitive." By AFP 21 October 2021 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp By AFP 21 October 2021 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Protestors gathered outside Netflix in Los Angeles on Wednesday, angry over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that has sparked accusations the streamer is trampling transgender rights and profiting from hate speech. A few dozen staff walked off the job and were joined by a similar number of trans activists and their supporters for a demonstration calling for better representation at the Hollywood giant. “I think that trans and non-binary employees aren’t safe as long as their employer is putting out content in the world that could harm them,” said Netflix Animation employee Devan McGrath, participating in the walkout. Netflix has scrambled to respond to the unusually public controversy it is facing over Chappelle’s “The Closer,” in which the stand-up star insists “gender is a fact” and accuses LGBTQ people of being “too sensitive.” Read more: Kissing scene in temple sparks India outrage against Netflix The company issued a statement before the protest Wednesday saying: “We understand the deep hurt that’s been caused” and “respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out.” Rally organizer Ashlee Marie Preston, an LGBTQ activist, said the rally was intended to more broadly highlight that jokes such as those made by Chappelle were directly harmful to the minority community. “We are here today not because we don’t know how to take a joke. We’re here because we’re concerned that the jokes are taking lives. It’s not a laughing matter,” she said. Companies including Netflix “capitalize off of tension” and use “algorithmic science to manipulate and distort our perceptions of ourselves and one another,” said Preston. Protestors gathered outside Netflix in Los Angeles on Wednesday, angry over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that has sparked accusations the streamer is trampling transgender rights and profiting from hate speech. A few dozen staff walked off the job… https://t.co/qqLQYx7k7A — Strawberry NG News (@StrawberryNG) October 20, 2021 Demonstrators on Wednesday read out a “list of asks,” including for a content warning to be added to “The Closer,” and higher investment in LGBTQ talent both on screen and within the company. I screwed up The row over “The Closer” has been going on for two weeks, as Chappelle’s comedy special has ridden high in Netflix’s list of most-watched titles. While LGBTQ groups have cited studies linking on-screen stereotypes to real-world harm, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos wrote in a leaked memo to staff last week that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm,” and emphasized the importance of defending “artistic freedom.” But the co-CEO gave interviews to multiple Hollywood trade publications Tuesday in which he admitted: “I screwed up.” “I should have first and foremost acknowledged in those emails that a group of our employees were in pain, and they were really feeling hurt from a business decision that we made,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. Read more: Hamza Ali Abbasi slams Netflix for sexualizing preteen girls in trailor of Cuties While agreeing that “content on screen can have impact in the real world, positive and negative,” Sarandos reiterated his belief that the Chappelle stand-up should not be taken down or have any disclaimer added. “This group of employees felt a little betrayed because we’ve created such a great place to work that they forgot that sometimes these challenges will come up,” said Sarandos. The majority of Netflix staff at the protest Wednesday did not speak to journalists, although McGrath said the leadership’s response had been “frustratingly slow.” Pain and hurt The walkout and rally have drawn support from film and television celebrities such as Jameela Jamil (“The Good Place”) and Jonathan Van Ness (“Queer Eye”), who recorded a video message expressing “love and support” for the movement. David Huggard — known to “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” fans as Eureka O’Hara — attended the rally to highlight “the pain and the hurt that comes with living in this world as a non-binary individual.” “If it’s promoting hate, and it’s promoting discrimination, you are directly a cause of it,” said Huggard. “And that goes for anyone in this country, specifically people of power in the entertainment industry,” they added. Read more: New netflix hit ‘Ethos’ exposes Turkey’s social divides Chappelle has been accused of mocking transgender people in the past, but remains hugely popular among his fans. A small counter-protest gathered on Wednesday in support of Chappelle, with some carrying signs saying “Jokes Are Funny.” “It’s America. We’re having fun, a little bit of free speech, a little bit of comedy, right? That’s what’s important,” said comedian Vito Gesualdi. AFP with additional input by GVS News Desk Previous articleNorth Korea says US showing hypocrisy over SLBM test Next articleUS to stop hacking tool exports to Russia, China Latest Top News Pakistan’s exports hit record high of $2.9 Bn News Desk - 1 December 2021 After surpassing the monthly target of $2.6 Bn, Pakistan's export in November achieved a record high, clocking out at $2.9 Bn. Compared to the monthly exports of November last year, which clocked out at $2.17 Bn, Pakistan has made a 33 percent increase in its exports.
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0.9505	COVID-19 is exploding across the United States! The long-predicted fall/winter surge in the number of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals has started a climb that looks like the initial steep hill of a crazy roller coaster. And we have not yet reached the top of that big hill. Over the past 10 days, new records of newly infected Americans have been established day-after-day. In the early months of March and April the daily rate of new cases was tracking at 30-35,000 per day. In the second national surge during June to August, national rates for new cases ranged between 50-70,000 per day. As of November 18th, the number of new cases reported to the CDC per day is 164,382.1 The US was at 10 million total cases as of November 15th after 1 million cases were added in the previous 10 days. As of November 18th (just 3 days later) an additional 1.5 million new cases were added taking the count to 11.5 million.2 These numbers illustrate the extraordinary “explosive” rate of increase in COVID-19 across the US. So, we are in for a terrible and challenging time this winter season. As we have established over time in this blog post series3, the trend-curve for ‘number of hospitalizations’ follows the ‘number infected’ curve by 10-14 days, and the trend-curve for ‘number of deaths’ from COVID-19 follows hospitalizations by another 7 to 14 days. Based on improvements of care and available medications (e.g. dexamethasone), hospital-based death rates from COVID-19 have improved significantly over the past 10 months3. However, the recent surge in the number of new cases by three (3) to six (6) times (compared to July and April 2020 respectively) is predicted to generate an accelerating ‘number of deaths’ to all-time highs over the next 3 to 4 weeks despite those care improvements. One of the underlying risks of an overwhelming surge in the number of cases is the overload of hospital resources. Hospitals are dependent on the number of available clinical staff that will care for the acute COVID-19 patients. As illustrated in the CDC map above4, this third wave of the pandemic has centered in the upper and central mid-west and mountain states. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is in the center of the COVID-19 firestorm geography. On November 17th, Dr. Amy Williams, dean of clinical practice at Mayo Clinic reported that over 900 Mayo Clinic staff have contracted COVID-19 in the past two weeks.5 “Williams said that 93% of staff who have contracted the virus did so in the community, and that the majority of those who contracted the virus at work did so while eating in a break room with a mask off. Employees also could have been exposed while eating with a mask off in campus cafeterias.” This Mayo Clinic example reflects how hospital staffs are not immune from the ‘community spread’ even if maximizing PPE and safety protocols while working in the hospital. “The 900 staff newly diagnosed with COVID-19 equals over one-third of the 2,981 Mayo employees diagnosed since the start of the outbreak. When you add in staff who are quarantined or taken offline to care for relatives, the clinic is currently experiencing a stable shortage of 1,500 staff system-wide, 1,000 [of these] in Rochester.” Staff shortages such as these impact the capability of the hospital to serve its role in the pandemic fight. The highlighted counties on this week’s “Top 10 Counties” displaying rapid acceleration of percent (%) positivity (+) on COVID-19 PCR testing as recorded by https://cv19Dashboard.org are Waukesha and Kenosha counties in southeast Wisconsin. Wisconsin has stood out as one of the worst-hit states in this third US wave in 2020. As a licensed physician in that state, I have received repeated solicitations to reactivate my Wisconsin medical license, leave Texas where I now live and work, and join in the battlelines there. Waukesha is a suburban county directly west of Milwaukee, and Kenosha is directly south. Public Health officials cannot definitively define the source of this acceleration but the recent Election-2020 Rallies in Waukesha and the high southeast Wisconsin participation in the summer super-spreader event in Sturgis, SD are contributing factors. In Kenosha county, the Local Risk Index (LRI) has been on the rise throughout much of the past 30 days as reflected by the Average % positivity in Viral PCR testing over the past 7-days vs. the previous 7-day average (7/7 graph). This results in a current % Positivity rate that gradually increased to >27, or more than 1 in 4 tested. Although Waukesha County LRI rates were half of Kenosha County’s rate of on October 27th, the 7/7 of Waukesha County rapidly increased starting October 31st 5-days after an outdoor campaign rally late in the evening of October 25/26th. That is in the typical range of the known incubation period of 4.5 to 11 days for COVID-19. Local news stations reported6 “thousands of supporters [were] in attendance, many without masks, despite the state ranking one of the worst in the country.” Waukesha LRI started to rise 2-days later and the rapid rise from the super-spreader event peaked at 42 over a 12-day period. That means 4 out of 10 of those tested in Waukesha County were (+) for the virus. Thank goodness the 2020 campaign rallies are over. On the brighter side going forward, the emergence of two very effective vaccines (>90% effective) have been announced by Pfizer and Moderna. This sounds like the bugle blast and a Cavalry Charge on the horizon that will provide an ultimate solution to this oppressive pandemic. The military is standing by to distribute the vaccine materials as soon as approved by the FDA for “Emergency Use Authorization (EUA.)” About the Author Peter J. Plantes, M.D. has three decades of experience creating service and delivery solutions that enhance marketplace success and clinical performance for clinical practice groups, academic faculty group practices, hospitals, health systems, and health care organizations. His success stems from his ability to blend and synergize clinical knowledge, operational expertise, financial performance, and collaborative methodology with his deep commitment to serve patients and improve the health of the community. Dr. Plantes has served in CEO & Physician Executive roles for a number of large healthcare clinical delivery networks including regional community networks, academic practices, national hospital networks, international health systems (Chile, Colombia), and corporate managed care/HMO networks. 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0.99709	With the recent growth in companies that offer their services over the internet, there has been an increase in online academic writing services. There are perhaps thousands of these companies; however, some are good and some are terrible. It is up to you to find a reliable essay writing service. If you invest some time and effort into locating one, this is not a difficult task. Here are some practical tips for selecting a reliable essay writing service. Conduct an internet search: The first thing that you will need to do is find an essay writing service. You can do this via a search engine. Thousands of search results are going to be displayed. You should start by selecting the first three websites. Easy navigation: You don’t have time to deal with a website that is cluttered and difficult to navigate. Before you go any further in your search, make sure that you can easily find what you are looking for. Good communication: Make sure that they have a 24/7 instant messaging service so that you can ask questions regarding your project at any time during the night or day. A company that takes 48 hours to get back to you concerning a query about your project is one that you need to stay away from. Qualified writers: Whether you are a degree level, or a high school level student, you want to ensure that the individual writing your assignment is qualified to do so. Depending on your educational level, the writer should have either a high school diploma or a degree. Native English speakers: This is imperative, it is essential that whoever you consider to be my essay writer has a good command of the English language. Your assignment is going to be graded according to your skills in grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. If your essay does not meet the required standards, you are going to lose marks. Make sure that the essay writing service explicitly states that their writers are native English speakers. Unique content: It is essential that the work provided is original and not copied from another source. Plagiarism can cause you to fail. You can make sure that your essay has not been plagiarized by investing in a program that detects unoriginal content. Final thought: If you are asking the question who can write my essay? It is possible to find a reliable essay writing service by following the steps outlined above.
0.999857	From images to stylesheets to script files, what you see in your HTML document often involves a collection of files that work together to display the final result: For a static web page, this is business as usual. There is a link in the markup to the file you need, and this link never changes unless you make that change yourself. When you preview in your browser, you can quickly tell if everything has loaded properly. As content becomes more and more dynamic, the files that your HTML document relies on are subject to change. You may have a small script that generates a download link whose URL points to a file that was generated only moments ago. Your server might be running a framework that creates files on the fly for your HTML page to reference. To go all passive-tense on you, being able to verify whether a file exists before taking any further action would be very helpful. In this tutorial, we will examine the small amount of code that we can use to very easily check if a file exists using a technique that has existed since the beginning of the internet. Onwards! The Code Without further ado, the code for checking if a file exists looks as follows: function doesFileExist(urlToFile) { var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open('HEAD', urlToFile, false); xhr.send(); if (xhr.status == "404") { return false; } else { return true; } } To use it in your application, just call the doesFileExist function and pass in the URL of the file you are checking the existence of. The function returns a true if the file exists, and it returns a false if the file doesn't exist. Below is simple example of me using the doesFileExist function: var result = doesFileExist("https://www.kirupa.com/ssi/newDesign/kirupaLogo_large.png"); if (result == true) { // yay, file exists! } else { // file does not exist! } See, it's pretty simple! If all you came here was just for the code snippet on how to do this, you should have everything you need. With that said, I don't want you to leave just yet. Check out the following section that explains why the code works the way it does in greater detail so that you can be smarter than your friends. The Code Explained Now that you have a working example, let's take a step back and figure out why the few lines of code that you have allow you to determine whether a file exists or not! Let's start at the very top: function doesFileExist(urlToFile) Our function is called doesFileExist, and it takes one argument called urlToFile. The contents of this function are responsible for unicorns and creating a request that lets a server tell you whether a file exists or not. The next line is where things start getting interesting: var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); We declare a variable called xhr, and it is initialized to a new object of type XMLHttpRequest. The XMLHttpRequest class contains a lot of methods and properties that help us to ask a server whether a file exists or not. For the next chunk of code, let's look at two lines at once because they are closely related: xhr.open('HEAD', urlToFile, false); xhr.send(); In the first line, we construct a request. To dive into what that means, we specify two things: That our request is going to be of type HEAD The URL of the file whose existence we wish to check on The URL value is stored by the urlToFile variable that is used to store the argument passed in to this function. The false argument is used to specify that you want this request to be made synchronously. In other words, your application is blocked until you get a response back. If you set this value as true, the request is made asynchronously and your browser will continue running other parts of your code. While I am very pro-asynchronous, for what our code is doing, blocking everything until we get a response is the right thing. The second line is important. Remember, we only constructed the request in the first line. It is this second line that takes the request you created and passes it off to the server. After this request is sent, your application waits a few milliseconds before the code hears back from the server and moves on to the next step. We are almost home. The last section of code we are going to look at is the following: if (xhr.status == "404") { return false; } else { return true; } We check what the status of our request is by looking at the value of the status property that lives in our xhr object. If the status is a 404, then we know that the files does not exist. If the status is anything else, the file exists. Pretty simple. Conclusion Hopefully you learned how to construct a HEAD request and ping a server to see whether a file exists or not. The HEAD request is great because the server doesn't send the entire file. The server just sends the headers of a file which contain only a few bytes of data. The data itself isn't important, for all we check is that there is something that exists at the destination of the URL. Also, if you want a solution that uses the newer fetch API instead of XMLHttpRequest, check out these posts by senocular and me. You may get both entertainment and value out of them! Got a question or just want to chat? Comment below or drop by our forums (they are actually the same thing!) where a bunch of the friendliest people you'll ever run into will be happy to help you out! When Kirupa isn’t busy writing about himself in 3rd person, he is practicing social distancing…even on his Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn profiles.
0.999947	Anti-abortion-rights protesters come out in May to the Texas Capitol in Austin in response to a bill that Gov. Greg Abbott signed outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Sergio Flores / Getty Images Originally published on July 9, 2021 2:11 pm More abortion restrictions have been enacted across the U.S. this year than in any previous year, according to an analysis by a group that supports abortion rights. State legislatures have passed at least 90 laws restricting the procedure in 2021 so far, finds a report released this month from the Guttmacher Institute. "We're really trying to bring attention to the fact that state legislatures are moving very quickly on abortion bans and restrictions," Elizabeth Nash, a co-author of the report and principal policy associate at the institute, told NPR. "Abortion rights are at stake." She said that a conservative shift in some state legislatures, emboldened by the 6-3 majority conservatives now hold on the U.S. Supreme Court — reshaped under former President Donald Trump — are driving the extraordinary wave of anti-abortion policies. The previous record was set in 2011 when states passed 89 abortion restrictions over the course of the entire year. It's a milestone that anti-abortion-rights activists who have pushed for such laws count as a success. Abortion restrictions reached the record number after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new measure into law in May that would ban abortions in the state as early as six weeks — often before many women may even realize they're pregnant. The bill also bans abortions that are the result of rape or incest but includes an exception for medical emergencies. Similar "heartbeat bills," that seek to outlaw abortion the moment a fetal heartbeat has been detected, have been introduced in a handful of states. But, as NPR previously reported, Texas adds a unique twist to its ban. Under the law, individuals would be allowed to sue anyone they believe may have helped a pregnant person violate the ban. Reproductive rights proponents fear that the abortion providers and abortion-rights activists will become the target in these cases. Nash said the civil penalty, which makes it harder to challenge the law, was clever thinking on the part of Texas lawmakers. "They're putting the responsibility on people across the country to enforce this ban," she said. The Supreme Court prepares to take up abortion rights The push to weaken abortion rights comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that will put a long-standing legal precedent upholding abortion rights to the test. In the case, set to be taken up next term, Mississippi's last abortion clinic is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. Since 1973, the court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade has given women the constitutional right to end a pregnancy before "fetal viability" — when the fetus is unable to survive outside the womb — or until about 24 weeks. If the court upholds Mississippi's law, it would open the door for new state abortion restrictions that have long been considered unconstitutional under Roe. "It's deeply concerning to see the Supreme Court take this case," Nash said. "Even by taking the case, the court is signaling that they could undermine abortion rights." Abortion-rights opponents are looking to the high court Joe Pojman, executive director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, said the Supreme Court's apparent readiness to take a new look at abortion rights gives opponents such as himself some hope that Texas and other states will see an outcome that gives them the latitude for such restrictions. Although he expects the so-called Texas Heartbeat Act to face a series of court challenges, he wants to see such bills go even further, he said, "even up to the moment of conception — fertilization." "We think the state has a right and a responsibility to protect all citizens, including the most vulnerable citizens — unborn children — from harm, and we believe that the state has a responsibility to protect those children from abortion," he said. In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that there were 11.3 abortions per 1,000 women, a slight increase from the previous year. Restrictions on reproductive rights disproportionately affect women of color and low-income women. "We know that people need access to this care, whether they live in Louisiana or New York," Nash said. "And we know that people are the best arbiters of their own lives and what they need. Ensuring that abortion is available and affordable is critical." NPR's Sarah McCammon contributed to this report. : 7/09/21 An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas "heartbeat bill" into law last month. He signed it in May.
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0.99658	In a question of venue, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that a violation of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act − failure to report immediately a hazardous condition to the nearest Coast Guard office − is a continuing offence and venue is proper in any district in which such offence began, continued or is completed.(1) Facts In this case a barge carrying 400,000 gallons of benzene down the Mississippi River sprang a leak near St Louis, Missouri. When the leak was discovered, the pilot of the barge's towboat instructed deckhands to seal the leak by rubbing a bar of soap over the crack. Immediately thereafter, the port captain also issued instructions to apply a temporary epoxy patch. Although the leak was temporarily secured, the Coast Guard was never notified of the hazardous condition.(2) Four days later, while the barge continued up the Ohio River to its final destination in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, the temporarily epoxy patch failed and the captain of the towboat notified the leak to the coastguard office in Louisville, Kentucky. The government, after identifying the barge's failure to notify the coastguard immediately after the leak was discovered in St Louis, Missouri, filed a three-count indictment in the Western District of Kentucky charging the owner of the barge and its employees (the defendants) with: conspiracy to violate the Ports and Waterways Safety Act; violation of the act; and negligent violation of the Clean Water Act. The jury only returned a guilty verdict on the second count (violation of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act), finding that the defendants violated the act because they knowingly and wilfully failed to notify the hazardous condition to the nearest Coast Guard office immediately after the leak was discovered in St Louis, Missouri.(3) The defendants moved for a judgment of acquittal on the ground of improper venue arguing that the Western District of Kentucky was improper because the violation of the act was a point-in-time offence that was complete at the time the defendants failed to notify the Coast Guard of the hazardous condition immediately in St Louis, Missouri. The district court granted the defendant's motion, but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. Decision The Sixth Circuit reversed the district court judgment of acquittal for improper venue, holding that the defendants' failure to report immediately was a continuing offence (not a point-in-time offence) because the duty to report hazardous conditions immediately continued from the time the leak was discovered in St Louis, Missouri, until the Coast Guard was notified. Because the barge was present in the Western District of Kentucky and the defendants did not notify the Coast Guard of the hazardous condition, the court held that the act violation occurred in part in the district of Kentucky; thus, venue was proper. The Sixth Circuit supported its conclusion from the 'catch-all' venue provision found in the federal criminal procedural statute. The catch-all provision provides that: "any offense against the United States begun in one district and completed in another, or committed in more that one district, may be inquired of and prosecuted in any district in which such offense was begun, continued, or completed."(4) Because the barge's violation of the act continued while the barge was present in the district of Kentucky, the court held that venue was proper. Comments A violation of the act by failing to notify the coast Guard immediately of a hazardous condition may expose defendants to prosecution in different districts. The best approach to avoid exposure in multiple venues is to instruct the owner, agent, captain, operator or person in charge of the vessel to report a hazardous condition to the Coast Guard immediately once an incident occurs. As evidenced from this case, a failure to notify the Coast Guard in a timely fashion may allow the government to file charges in any venue where the vessel is located or passes through until the hazardous condition is notified to the Coast Guard. For further information please contact Antonio J Rodriguez, Christian Sauce or Michael Harowski at Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli by telephone (+1 504 523 2600), fax (+1 504 523 2705) or email ([email protected], [email protected] or mharows[email protected]). Endnotes (1) United States v Canal Barge Co, 2011 US App LEXIS 460 (6th Cir 2011). (2) A hazardous condition is "any condition that may adversely affect the safety of any vessel...or the environmental quality of...navigable waterways of the United States. It may, but need not, involve... leaking...". 33 CFR §160.204. (3) Under 33 CFR §160.215: "Whenever there is a hazardous condition either aboard a vessel or cause by a vessel or its operation, the owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge shall immediately notify the nearest Coast Guard Sector Office or Group." Any person who wilfully and knowingly violates such regulation commits a class D felony. 33 USC §1232(b)(1). (4) 18 USC §3237(a). (5) 33 CFR §160.215: "Whenever there is a hazardous condition... [the] person in charge shall immediately notify the nearest Coast Guard Sector Office...." (emphasis added). The Sixth Circuit also interpreted the meaning of the word "immediately" from the Ports and Waterways Safety Act regulation.(5)The court reasoned that the barge's immediate obligation to report the hazardous condition to the Coast Guard did not cease when the barge delayed in reporting the leak in St Louis, Missouri. On the contrary, the court held that the barge's immediate obligation continued at least until a report was made to the Coast Guard or until they otherwise became aware of the condition. Because the barge still had a duty to notify the Coast Guard while the barge was present in Kentucky, the court held that the barge's offence continued. Thus, prosecution in that district was appropriate.
0.923479	Imagine yourself in the following situation: You wake up at 7am on your memory-foam mattress. You realize it’s Saturday and take a breath of relief. You don’t have any obligations today - your schedule is pristine. You can choose between a healthy plan for your day or no plan. Which do you choose? Healthy Day Get out of bed immediately Eat a healthy breakfast Exercise Do literally anything productive or enriching to your life in the long-term Unhealthy Day Pull up the covers and just lay there for a while Read Facebook and Reddit on your phone Microwave a frozen meal Watch Netflix for a couple hours, then YouTube Order pizza for dinner Play video games alone late into the night Now imagine you’ve just lived one of these two days. Which one would make you happier? “Now wait,” you might say, “This question is insulting and you should be ashamed. Obviously if I were to look back on a well-spent day, I would be proud of myself, and if I were to look back on a poorly-spent day I would probably hate myself. But nobody just chooses to spend their day poorly, it happens as a result of complex and poorly-understood things like motivation, procrastination, and self-worth.” I can’t really argue with that, though I do take objection to the idea that you should hate yourself for falling into a “zero day” pattern that is so common and easy to be trapped by. No, the main thing I want to get across is that a decision of how you spend your day isn’t really a single decision, in reality it is the sum of thousands of moment-to-moment decisions that you make throughout the day, both consciously and subconsciously. For example the decision between the healthy day and the unhealthy day really kicked off with the split-second decision of whether to embrace the bed and the facebook feed, or to embrace those cold, miserable, lonely few seconds between getting out of bed and getting dressed. The difference between the start of the healthy day and the start of the unhealthy day was the split-second decision of whether to embrace comfort, or to embrace discomfort. Why Discomfort? There is a reason that mother nature gave us the sensation of discomfort. Often, discomfort is a warning signal that something bad is about to happen. This is discomfort working at its best. If you suddenly feel a lot of discomfort in a dark alleyway, it might prompt you to check your surroundings carefully and prepare a plan to escape from a potential mugger. Likewise if you suddenly feel discomfort while driving, it might prompt you to realize you are being tailgated and should pull into the other lane. In both cases, your subconscious feeling of discomfort signals a potential danger to your conscious mind, so that your logical reasoning system kicks into action and you create a plan to avoid danger. Here are some more ways that discomfort helps us avoid dangerous situations: To avoid the danger of starvation, your mind warns you with the discomfort of hunger. To avoid the danger of being eaten by a wild animal, your mind warns you with the discomfort of fear. To avoid the danger of falling off a cliff, your mind warns you with the discomfort of vertigo. To avoid the danger of throwing out your back, your mind warns you with the soreness you get after sitting a weird way on the couch. When this system works, it acts as an invaluable safety mechanism that keeps us alive and healthy. However as modern life continues to diverge from the life we lived throughout most of our evolution, the discomfort system starts to break down around the edge cases. For example: To avoid social ostracism, your mind warns you with social anxiety whenever you meet someone new – This programming is kind of outdated. The majority of social interactions in today’s society cannot result in injury or death. To avoid burning calories and therefore starvation, your mind warns you with discomfort whenever you exercise. – This also doesn’t make sense in modern society because calories are so abundant. To avoid burning calories by digesting vegetables which are low in the macronutrients fat, carb and protein, your mind nags you to eat pizza or potato chips instead. – Again, outdated firmware. Fat, carbs and protein used to be very scarce in the wild, so we developed a taste for them so as to not be deficient. Nowadays it’s much more common to be deficient in the micronutrients found in vegetables, which we generally are unable to taste. As a final example, in an attempt to avoid burning too many calories, your mind warns you with discomfort when you are cold. This is part of what makes it hard to get out of bed in the morning. When you feel the cold air next to your bed, your subconscious mind says “Don’t go out there, we will burn precious calories in the cold and in the process of exerting ourself. Instead, let’s stay in the warm bed and brain-snack on some Facebook.” Of course that subconscious line of reasoning is kind of dumb, we don’t really want to stay in bed all day do we? In this case and others in our life, discomfort is obviously working against our best interests. For this reason it is valuable to study discomfort, to understand what it is and how it works, to know the source of its power, and lastly and most critically, how to push through it when it gets in the way of what we know is best for us. Discomfort is a bully The first thing you should know about discomfort is that discomfort is a bully. Discomfort would like you to think it is hot shit, that it calls the shots and that you better listen to it. Discomfort likes to get loud and in-your-face - it likes to scream at you until you roll over and do its bidding, but its dirty little secret is that if you call its bluff, you will realize that discomfort itself usually can’t physically block you from doing something. Aside from extreme instances such as in PTSD, discomfort itself cannot hurt you. That’s not to say we should ignore discomfort - it works as a good rule-of-thumb for danger in a lot of cases. But next time your discomfort is caused by something that you know is actually beneficial to you, like moderate exercise, imagine the discomfort as a drill instructor shouting square in your face to stop exercising and sit down. With enough practice - enough instances in which you choose to embrace discomfort for the sake of your health - in the face of discomfort you can become like the recruit who stands there stone-faced and unflinching as the drill instructor reams them out. Comfortable with discomfort I’ve had a lot of discomfort in my life, and if you are a human being, you may have had a lot of discomfort too. I want to share with you something that caused a great deal of discomfort in my life. Three years ago, with an affliction that would much later be diagnosed as a chronic sinus infection, toxic mold exposure, and obstructive sleep apnea, I became so sick that every moment was painful, and existence itself felt very uncomfortable. Now, I was not quite on the same level as the guy who can’t move anything but his face, but to me, a college graduate from a loving family, this experience brought more pain and confusion than I had ever felt in my life. And as I was treated for a misdiagnosis, my condition progressed. If you can imagine what it would be like to begin going insane while experiencing deep depression, paranoia and insomnia, you will get an idea of how uncomfortable it was. The illness was finally diagnosed, and my health began to slowly improve again. As I began to feel better, the depression lifted, and I began to feel comfortable in my mind again. A few months after that, I came to wonder if I have already hit “peak discomfort” in my life. I couldn’t imagine that any future day could be as difficult as the day that I woke up disoriented after a 13 hour night of gasping in my sleep, inhaling toxic mold and having terrible nightmares. I couldn’t imagine that any future evening would be as difficult as the night I lay in bed confused and shaking, my heart racing and palpitating, while listening to music to try and keep myself grounded. To survive that period of my life, I necessarily had to reassess my relationship with discomfort. One person who helped me assess this relationship with discomfort was my therapist, who at that very trying time in my life helped me unravel the connection between my emotions and my body sensations. She taught me that it is okay and even helpful to cry, that it is okay to feel whatever you feel, that it is okay to be in whatever state you are in. By use of the Hakomi method, she helped me more fully explore the present moment, with all the feelings, and all the gross and subtle body sensations it entails. I frequently arrived at her office in some sort of mild to moderate discomfort. My breathing was often a little labored, I always had a nagging head pressure due to the sinusitis, and my heart would often feel like a lead weight beating in my chest. In our sessions I was to sit and be present with my body sensations for a few quiet minutes, then describe them to her using adjectives such as “warm”, “cold”, “sharp”, “dull”, “pressure”, “constricted”, or “relaxed”. We didn’t call it discomfort so as not to label it and separate it from comfort. Instead, we practiced noticing sensations in my body without judging them as good or bad and without labeling them as comfort or discomfort, instead putting them all in the same basket. From her I learned that discomfort is just an experience, and most of its power comes from the way we label it and try to avoid it. By seeing discomfort as “just another experience”, it lost some of its pull on me. Now, I have a more relaxed relationship with discomfort, and at times can even rejoice in my tolerance for it. See a huge donut at a cafe? I get a power trip now from choosing not to eat it. Feel bad while exercising, but I know I’m not overdoing it? Then sorry body, but it’s time to lay on that discomfort for the greater good. Meeting someone new? I’m ready for my face to flush and my heart to start racing, I’m prepared so bring it on. Hungry? Well, that’s actually the kind of discomfort I listen to - I eat up, because I’m a skinny guy and that’s the healthy thing to do. Because I love myself, I subject myself only to beneficial discomforts - there’s no sense in seeking out discomforts that don’t improve my life for having experienced them. How to choose discomfort Hopefully I have at least convinced you that being uncomfortable is beneficial in some areas of your life. But you may still be stuck wondering how to make the choice in practice to embrace discomfort. If we go back to the bed example, what is the actual thought process, what is the practical mechanism to use when you know you should get out of bed but it feels so much easier to pick up your smartphone instead? People smarter than you and I have been thinking about this. One lady figured out that to get herself to do things, she basically just needed to brute force it. When you try to get out of bed, she says, “you will come face-to-face with the physical, and I mean PHYSICAL, force that’s required to change your behavior.” Later in the talk, she wraps it up by saying “your soul needs exploration and growth, and the only way you’ll get it - is by forcing yourself to be uncomfortable.” How to stop screwing yourself over \| Mel Robbins \| TEDxSF Another guy figured out that to get himself to do things, he needed to construct a gratitude cycle of forgiving his past self and being a bro to his future self. The person asking him for advice even has the same first name as me. Here is an excerpt from his post: Rule numero uno - There are no more zero days. What’s a zero day? A zero day is when you don’t do a single fucking thing towards whatever dream or goal or want or whatever that you got going on. No more zeros. I’m not saying you gotta bust an essay out everyday, that’s not the point. The point I’m trying to make is that you have to make yourself, promise yourself, that the new SYSTEM you live in is a NON-ZERO system. Didnt’ do anything all fucking day and it’s 11:58 PM? Write one sentence. One pushup. Read one page of that chapter. One. Because one is non zero. You feel me? When you’re in the super vortex of being bummed your pattern of behaviour is keeping the vortex goin, that’s what you’re used to. Turning into productivity ultimate master of the universe doesn’t happen from the vortex. It happens from a massive string of CONSISTENT NON ZEROS… No More Zero Days by Redditor ryans01 Yet another dude figured out that to get himself to do things, he had to create a framework to explain why he couldn’t get anything done that he wanted to. This framework involved a an “instant gratification” monkey, a monster, and a dark and very much un-fun playground: pro-cras-ti-na-tion \|prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-\| noun the action of delaying or postponing something: your first tip is to avoid procrastination. Who would have thought that after decades of struggle with procrastination, the dictionary, of all places, would hold the solution. Avoid procrastination. So elegant in its simplicity. While we’re here, let’s make sure obese people avoid overeating, depressed people avoid apathy, and someone please tell beached whales that they should avoid being out of the ocean… Why Procrastinators Procrastinate - Wait But Why This guy didn’t figure out discomfort until a devastating moment with his boss, where he was fired from his 6-figure job. He urges the audience to reconsider their relationship with discomfort: “What makes you comfortable can ruin you, and only in a state of discomfort can you continually grow.” Why comfort will ruin your life \| Bill Eckstrom \| TEDxUniversityofNevada Personally, my own style is somewhat of a hybrid. When I have the thought that I should get out of bed, I ask myself very quickly “is there any good result that could come from staying in bed a bit longer”. Then when the answer is a “no”, I basically say to my body “sorry body, you are overruled in the name of health”, and before doing any more thinking or killing the impulse, I step out into discomfort. Then I realize that the discomfort is bearable and the rest of my day is better off for that small action of having gotten out of bed early. Finally, I thank myself for the action, and revel in the satisfaction that I was just able to do my future self a favor. In repeating this cycle numerous times throughout the day, the healthy day begins to build itself. If you’re the kind of person who will read this article, say to yourself “hey that’s kind of cool, maybe I’ll try that sometime”, then bookmark the article and let it sit in your bookmarks folder with the 300 other bookmarks that you “are going to come back to someday”, I’d like to offer an alternate path of action. I’ve just shown you four frameworks for getting up and doing something productive - there was the 5 second rule lady from TED, the “hook your future self up like a bro” guy from Reddit, the guy who lost his job with the rings of comfort, and finally there was the guy with the funny drawings of the monkey, monster and playground. My challenge to you is to pick the framework that most speaks to you and try it out today. Remember, the difference between a healthy day and an unhealthy day is the sum of all your split-second choices between comfort versus discomfort. So when you come across that situation where the path to a healthier you is a path through discomfort, I encourage you to embrace the discomfort.
0.997113	Earth continued her search for Lemuria when it connected to a new planet called Zeta Reticuli. The Zetas are the most technologically advanced specie that Earth came in contact with. The Zetas were however a dying race since their only way of reproducing is by using cloning technology. This technology wasn't perfect causing the Zeta's losing important DNA information every time a new Zeta was "born". When the Zetas connected with the Earth-Chakray they used their technology to explore the new found world. Since the Zetas are a very careful race, they have all the technology available to keep them hidden as much as possible. A period of observation started in which they learned a lot about the Humans. They experimented with Human DNA and tried to implement the Human reproductive system into their own species. The Zetas were initially not aware that other Chakrays had connected to Earth until their technology came in contact with signals from the Reptoids searching for Lemuria. These signals could not originate from the very "limited" humans so they started to explore this new Reptoid ray. They discovered that the Earth was able to receive beings from other rays by incarnating them into human bodies. The first Zetas incarnated into physical bodies and started to explore the Earth in a new way. They learned much faster with a physical body, so more and more Zetas came to Earth. The knowledge of technology was brought onto Earth with the goal of making her compatible with Zeta Reticuli. Their influence and impact on Earth grew, causing the Reptoids to notice the Zetas. First contact was made between the Zetas and Reptoids in which for the first time in their lives, the Zetas were able to explore emotions. The Zetas didn't like they had no control over these new emotions so they experimented with technology. Medicine and drugs were invented to manipulate them. The Reptoids explained the purpose of Earth to the Zetas and they came to an agreement about the rules that the Zetas should respect in order to be welcome on Earth. But since the Zetas were new on Earth and had not experienced the near destruction of Earth, they didn't really respect the other Chakrays. They started to develop technology for controlling and exploring the Chakrays. Many inventions were done. The technology that had big impact on this world and is connected to the different rays, are as followed: Ray 1 (Heart): The Phone, The Internet, Social Networking. Ray 2 (Solar Plexus): Money, Electronic money, Democracy. Ray 3 (Throat): Gramophone, Radio, Television. Ray 4 (Sacral): Chemical Drugs / Medicine, Birth control pills, Viagra. Ray 5 (3rd eye): Radar, ECG (EKG), XTC (MDMA). Ray 6 (Base): Weather prediction, Sky Scrapers, Construction techniques. Ray 7 (Crown): Electricity, EMF Meter, Space Satellites / Telescopes. Ray 8 (-1): Genetic manipulation, Micro chips, Computers. The Zetas are still experimenting with the different Chakrays but became more and more aware of the importance of rejoining Earth with Lemuria. Technology is more and more adapted to preserve the Earth, or at least reduce the impact on Earth's eco system. Note that Ray 8 is not connected to a Chakra. If it was connected, it would be located below the base chakra. << Previous Page \| Download the full text as PDF \| Next page >> Delen: Facebook Reacties - Stof tot nadenkenMijn VerhaalLevensvragen en Fylosofische OnderwerpenInformatie en artikelenOverige onderwerpen- GezondheidVoedsel en KruidenGezonde ReceptenHet Menselijk Lichaam- Spiritualiteit en HealingKosmische StralenFoto lezingenKinderen van deze tijdBijzondere gavenDromendagboek en Symbolen- De site en hun ledenStel jezelf eens voorCreatieve uitingenOrakels en VoorspellingenHet Archief Social Services Delen: Zetas Index The history of the Zetas How to help Earth Ascend [Add new article] Forum Zetas Index The history of the Zetas How to help Earth Ascend [Add new article] Forum Kosmische Stralen Earth Lemurians Nephilim Angels Reptoids Pleiadians Humans Christ's Zetas Arcturians Arachians Agharthans Prokaryotes Merudians Gebruikersvoorwaarden \| Privacy Voorwaarden \| Leden \| Groepen \| Facebook © Copyright Merudi.net - Alle berichten op deze website zijn eigendom van de verschillende auteurs die een bericht geplaatst hebben. Het overnemen of kopiëren van deze inhoud is niet toegestaan.
0.999999	The Arctic reached another milestone in the past few weeks. The lowest Arctic Sea ice extent on record during winter. January temperatures ran 23 degrees warmer than average in parts of the Arctic. That's resulted in the lowest percentage of ice cover on record since satellites began keeping record in 1979. NOAA's National Snow and Ice Data Center shows Arctic Sea ice coverage has fallen even further behind the curve as of Monday February 15th. It's now clearly off the charts on the low side, in unprecedented territory for winter ice in the Arctic. NOAA: National Snow and Ice Data Center Climate Central's Brian Kahn elaborates on how an unseasonably warm January in the Arctic has pushed ice cover to new seasonal lows. According to NASA, temperatures in some parts of the Arctic averaged up to 23°F above normal for the month. No, that’s not missing a decimal point. NASA The extreme warmth in the region sent sea ice dwindling to a new record low for January. Sea ice extent was 402,000 square miles below average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. That’s the equivalent of a missing area of sea ice almost four times the size of Colorado, and puts this year right in line with a trend of ever decreasing sea ice in the region as the climate warms. Since 1979, winter sea ice extent has decreased 3.2 percent per decade (the loss is much more pronounced in summer at a rate of 13.4 percent per decade). The first half of February has continued the trend of pronounced heat in the Arctic with no signs of it letting up soon. The western U.S., which was also a hot spot in January, is continuing to see abnormal warmth this February as is the East Coast after a brief cold blast this weekend. Global heat is somewhat a symptom of El Niño. The climate phenomenon of warm water in the eastern tropical Pacific might have passed its peak, but is still providing a little boost to global temperatures. The big driver, though, is human-caused climate change, according to a Climate Central analysis. With January off to record heat, it reinforces the likelihood that 2016 could be yet another record-setting year. The U.K. Met Office has already released its forecast for 2016. It expects the globe to “be at least as warm, if not warmer” than 2015, according to Chris Folland, a Met Office research fellow. If 2016 sets another global temperature record, that would make it back-to-back-to-back years of record setting hot temperatures. That’s never happened before. And regardless of whether 2016 sets a record or not, some scientists think the world has stepped up to a new period of global warming. That doesn’t mean every year will set a record, but “it seems to me quite likely that we have taken the next step up to a new level,” National Center for Atmospheric Research climate scientist Kevin Trenberth told Climate Central last month. Your support matters. You make MPR News possible. Individual donations are behind the clarity in coverage from our reporters across the state, stories that connect us, and conversations that provide perspectives. Help ensure MPR remains a resource that brings Minnesotans together.
0.997028	Sir Bill English was among more than a thousand anti-abortion campaigners who marched through Wellington on Saturday afternoon. The former prime minister joined MPs and GPs to take over Wellington's busiest shopping street as the debate over taking abortion out of the Crimes Act picks up steam. Opinion: 'War on women' - Doctors' fight not to provide abortions is abject misogyny Government set to reform abortion law after 40 years Justice Minister Andrew Little takes on abortion law reform It's the second year the March for Life has been held in Wellington - last year's marked 40 years since the passing of the Act that allowed abortions to become more easily available. Organisers say this year the crowd was double the size. "We've had forty years of abortion, over 500,000 children have been legally aborted, and why aren't we looking at that and talking about that and listening to people's voices who've been affected?" asked protestor Kate Cormack. "It's pretty exciting that people are interested and want to get out and come from all over New Zealand to be part of that." Three models have been proposed by the Law Commission to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and make it a health matter. It's a controversial subject. "Fundamentally, this is a very divisive topic. It's certainly my hope that New Zealanders over the coming months have a proper and full discussion on this issue," says National MP Simon O'Connor. On Wednesday a pro-choice march went to Parliament. Today's marchers say they'd like to see both sides put aside their differences, as they both care about human rights, and access to healthcare. "We've got a lot of common ground, there's just this one giant thing we can't agree on," Ms Cormack says. And while the aim is to eventually never have to march again, organisers say they're prepared to do it every year to make their voices heard.
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0.999973	Sadio Mane fired an ominous warning to Liverpool's rivals as he insisted the Reds can still improve after warming up for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid by thrashing Watford. Recommended articles sports New York City beats Covid-hit Union to reach MLS Cup final sports Three talking points from the Premier League weekend sports Freiburg pile pressure on Huetter with 'surreal' win in Moenchengladbach Jurgen Klopp's side powered to a 5-0 victory at Vicarage Road on Saturday to keep their Premier League title challenge on track. With Liverpool just one point behind leaders Chelsea, they can turn their attention to the most demanding of their Champions League Group B fixtures. Having moved to the top of the group with victories over AC Milan and Porto, the six-time European Cup winners head to Madrid to face the Spanish champions. Emerging from the Wanda Metropolitano stadium with three points will be a tricky task, but Liverpool can call on an attacking trio that once again looks the envy of the rest of Europe. Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were unstoppable when Liverpool marched to their first Premier League title in 30 years during the 2019-20 season. But in last term's tame surrender of the crown, both Mane and Firmino were well below their best. Getting all three firing in unison was an essential task for Liverpool boss Klopp this year and the demolition of Watford suggests he has achieved that goal. It was a memorable day for Liverpool's holy trinity. Senegal forward Mane became only the third African to score 100 Premier League goals with a clinical finish from Salah's pass. "Honestly, when I came to the Premier League my dream was to score as many as I can and especially to win trophies," Mane said of his milestone moment. Salah produced another sublime strike, dancing through Watford defence to surpass even the brilliant goal he scored against Manchester City before the international break. The Egypt star has scored in eight successive matches in all competitions for the first time in his career. With 10 goals in 10 appearances in total this season, it is surely only a matter of time before Liverpool bow to the 29-year-old's wage demands in their on-going contract talks. "I think it's a better goal than City. But it's no surprise for us because we know his quality, one of the best players in the world. He showed it," Mane said of Salah. Then there was Brazilian forward Firmino, making the most of his first league start in five games with his first Liverpool hat-trick since 2018. Firmino has lost his place to Diogo Jota several times since last season and his treble was a well-timed reminder to Klopp that he can still be a key figure. "Bobby as well, he showed it, one of the best for sure in the world," Mane said. "It was not an easy time for him with injuries but he is back and I'm happy for him. "Hopefully he will be here for us and score more goals for us until the end of the season." It was Liverpool's biggest win since beating Crystal Palace 7-0 last December, which was the last time Firmino, Salah and Mane all scored in a top-flight game. In the midst of a crucial stretch of fixtures, including two Champions League ties against Atletico and a visit to bitter rivals Manchester United, Liverpool's fearsome display came at an opportune moment. Liverpool have scored three goals or more in their six away games in all competitions this season. However, Mane believes there will be even better to come as long as they don't lose focus. "We know our qualities and how hard we could make it. It's what we did for the weekend and over the weeks," Mane said. "We worked very hard and we showed it today. 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0.980636	I absolutely love Escondite! The staff is amazing and the food is always delicious which is why I amgiving the 5 stars however I have a major complaint, itâ€™s way too hot in there I was literally sweating the whole time I was eating which was incredibly uncomfortable. Also I felt really bad for the staff it must be horrible working under these conditions. My birthday is coming up soon and I really hope itâ€™s fixed by then. Thank you! August 2021 We had the tasting menu and Jose was our server. We have no legitimate complaints, in fact everything was excellent from the food down to the service. Empty plates and cups lasted about 10 seconds at our table before someone picked them up and the food came out quickly. Jose was extremely friendly and professional throughout. The only complaint I have is that it appears we got the chicken wings instead of the ribs, perhaps thatâ€™s part of the tasting menu, but we were really...read full review August 2021 Nice atmosphere and excellent staff.It's not a full restaurant, it's a bar so the menu is small bites. Although the offerings are good, the sauces and dressings are sweet and more Asian then Mexican. It would be advantageous to have a couple of meals for us that want to have dinner. Now that Carlos and Pepes is gone I think we're missing a truly authentican menu.I guess they cater to the Bell center crowd. More Reviews(125) Hours Monday Closed Tuesday 5:30 - 10PM Wednesday 11:30AM - 2:30PM 5:30 - 10PM Thursday 11:30AM - 2:30PM 5 - 10PM Friday 11:30AM - 2:30PM 5:30 - 11PM Saturday 5:30 - 11PM Sunday Closed Hours or services may differ due to COVID-19. Please contact the business directly to verify hours and availability.
0.993042	Ray Rice has been indicted for aggravated assault, which carries a stiffer penalty than the initial charge of simple assault-domestic violence that he received following a fight with his fiancee in Atlantic City. By Louis Bien@louisbien Mar 27, 2014, 4:50pm EDT / new Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Ray Rice indicted for aggravated assault in domestic violence incident with fiancee Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email US PRESSWIRE Ray Rice has been indicted for aggravated assault following an incident of domestic violence with his fiancee, Janay Palmer, in February, according to Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun. Rice was initially charged with simple assault-domestic violence, but had his charges upped by a grand jury -- aggravated assault carries a prison term of three to five years, according ESPN's Adam Schefter. Palmer had also been charged with simple assault-domestic violence after she and Rice reportedly fought at an Atlantic City casino in mid-Februrary, but that charge has been dismissed, according to Wilson. Video footage showed Rice dragging an unconscious Palmer out of elevator at the Revel Casino. According to the police summons, Rice was responsible for knocking Palmer unconscious. The incident is expected to bring Rice a suspension. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell indicated Wednesday that he is monitoring the situation, saying "we will let facts dictate" what the next step in handling the running back will be. Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh stuck up for Rice at the NFL owners meetings last Tuesday. "I'm very confident that [Rice] is someone we want as part of our team," Harbaugh said. "He will be a part of our team. He's a person of character. The thing that's really important is to be able to support the person without condoning the action. There's no justifying what happened. When you drink too much in public, those kind of things happen." Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome told reporters at the NFL Combine last month that the organization will follow the NFL's lead before taking a stance. "I'm going to reserve all my comments until I have a chance to talk to Ray," Newsome said. "The whole video needs to be reviewed." "In any of those situations, it's very concerning. But we get all the facts and will let the process run itself. We will let the facts determine what the consequence will be." In This Stream Ray Rice is reinstated to NFL after winning appeal Rice's domestic violence charge dropped Ray Rice indicted for aggravated assault Ravens will wait on NFL on Ray Rice situation View all 124 stories Next Up In NFL The art of the forced fumble The gore, guts and horror of an NFL fumble pile I understand why Andrew Luck retired, because I’ve been in his shoes 10 unwritten rules to not screw up your NFL jersey number The never-before-revealed details of the infamous Eli Manning draft-day trade NFL referee Sarah Thomas doesn't have time for your nonsense Most Read The 2023 NBA Draft could be one of the most talented in recent memory Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson lead a 2023 NBA Draft class that could be special. 4 burning questions for Week 13 in the NFL This is what we’re watching for in Week 13. Horizontal - White Chorus Terms of Use Privacy Notice Cookie Policy Do Not Sell My Personal Info Licensing FAQ Accessibility Platform Status Contact Have a News Tip? Community Guidelines Masthead Browse Blogs About SBN Company Blog Blog Openings Editorial Ethics and Guidelines Vox MediaVox Media Vox Media logo. Advertise with us Jobs @ Vox Media © 2021 Vox Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved
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0.999717	Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twentyfifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninetyfour. An Act To amend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide for the traditional use of peyote by Indians for religious purposes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994'. SEC. 2. TRADITIONAL INDIAN RELIGIOUS USE OF THE PEYOTE SACRAMENT. The Act of August 11, 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996), commonly referred to as the `American Indian Religious Freedom Act', is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: SEC. 3. (a) The Congress finds and declares that `(1) for many Indian people, the traditional ceremonial use of the peyote cactus as a religious sacrament has for centuries been integral to a way of life, and significant in perpetuating Indian tribes and cultures; `(2) since 1965, this ceremonial use of peyote by Indians has been protected by Federal regulation; `(3) while at least 28 States have enacted laws which are similar to, or are in conformance with, the Federal regulation which protects the ceremonial use of peyote by Indian religious practitioners, 22 States have not done so, and this lack of uniformity has created hardship for Indian people who participate in such religious ceremonies; `(4) the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), held that the First Amendment does not protect Indian practitioners who use peyote in Indian religious ceremonies, and also raised uncertainty whether this religious practice would be protected under the compelling State interest standard; and `(5) the lack of adequate and clear legal protection for the religious use of peyote by Indians may serve to stigmatize and marginalize Indian tribes and cultures, and increase the risk that they will be exposed to discriminatory treatment. `(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the use, possession, or transportation of peyote by an Indian for bona fide traditional ceremonial purposes in connection with the practice of a traditional Indian religion is lawful, and shall not be prohibited by the United States or any State. No Indian shall be penalized or discriminated against on the basis of such use, possession or transportation, including, but not limited to, denial of otherwise applicable benefits under public assistance programs. `(2) This section does not prohibit such reasonable regulation and registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration of those persons who cultivate, harvest, or distribute peyote as may be consistent with the purposes of this Act. `(3) This section does not prohibit application of the provisions of section 481.111(a) of Vernon's Texas Health and Safety Code Annotated, in effect on the date of enactment of this section, insofar as those provisions pertain to the cultivation, harvest, and distribution of peyote. `(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any Federal department or agency, in carrying out its statutory responsibilities and functions, from promulgating regulations establishing reasonable limitations on the use or ingestion of peyote prior to or during the performance of duties by sworn law enforcement officers or personnel directly involved in public transportation or any other safetysensitive positions where the performance of such duties may be adversely affected by such use or ingestion. Such regulations shall be adopted only after consultation with representatives of traditional Indian religions for which the sacramental use of peyote is integral to their practice. Any regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall be subject to the balancing test set forth in section 3 of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103141; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb1). `(5) This section shall not be construed as requiring prison authorities to permit, nor shall it be construed to prohibit prison authorities from permitting, access to peyote by Indians while incarcerated within Federal or State prison facilities. `(6) Subject to the provisions of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103141; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb1), this section shall not be construed to prohibit States from enacting or enforcing reasonable traffic safety laws or regulations. `(7) Subject to the provisions of the <B>Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103141; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb1), this section does not prohibit the Secretary of Defense from promulgating regulations establishing reasonable limitations on the use, possession, transportation, or distribution of peyote to promote military readiness, safety, or compliance with international law or laws of other countries. Such regulations shall be adopted only after consultation with representatives of traditional Indian religions for which the sacramental use of peyote is integral to their practice. `(c) For purposes of this section `(1) the term `Indian' means a member of an Indian tribe; `(2) the term `Indian tribe' means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native village (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; `(3) the term `Indian religion' means any religion `(A) which is practiced by Indians, and `(B) the origin and interpretation of which is from within a traditional Indian culture or community; and `(4) the term `State' means any State of the United States, and any political subdivision thereof. `(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating, diminishing, or otherwise affecting `(1) the inherent rights of any Indian tribe; `(2) the rights, express or implicit, of any Indian tribe which exist under treaties, Executive orders, and laws of the United States;
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0.998141	Consider a channel where authorized transmitter Jack sends packets to authorized receiver Steve according to a Poisson process with rate $\lambda$ packets per second for a time period $T$. Suppose that covert transmitter Alice wishes to communicate information to covert receiver Bob on the same channel without being detected by a watchful adversary Willie. We consider two scenarios. In the first scenario, we assume that warden Willie cannot look at packet contents but rather can only observe packet timings, and Alice must send information by inserting her own packets into the channel. We show that the number of packets that Alice can covertly transmit to Bob is on the order of the square root of the number of packets that Jack transmits to Steve; conversely, if Alice transmits more than that, she will be detected by Willie with high probability. In the second scenario, we assume that Willie can look at packet contents but that Alice can communicate across an $M/M/1$ queue to Bob by altering the timings of the packets going from Jack to Steve. First, Alice builds a codebook, with each codeword consisting of a sequence of packet timings to be employed for conveying the information associated with that codeword. However, to successfully employ this codebook, Alice must always have a packet to send at the appropriate time. Hence, leveraging our result from the first scenario, we propose a construction where Alice covertly slows down the packet stream so as to buffer packets to use during a succeeding codeword transmission phase. Using this approach, Alice can covertly and reliably transmit $\mathcal{O}(\lambda T)$ covert bits to Bob in time period $T$ over an $M/M/1$ queue with service rate $\mu > \lambda$. Knowledge Graph arrow_drop_up Paper Person Venue Code Dataset Relationships all cites uses extends authors was published at evaluates on implements Nodes Paper Person Venue Code Dataset refresh title refresh all cites uses extends authors was published at evaluates on implements title Comments Sign up or login to leave a comment Violation: spam offensive pornography extremist violence Description: Cancel Where: Title Abstract Authors Download link Venue Description: Cancel About Frequently Asked Questions Privacy Policy © 2020 Copyright: The Journal Club \| Blog Thanks. We have received your report. If we find this content to be in violation of our guidelines, we will remove it.
0.965289	Read about the passing of Kim Friele and delays with Norway's domestic Covid-19 certifcate in today's roundup. Pictured is autumn turning to winter in Etne, west Norway. Photo by Magne Roed on Unsplash Frazer Norwell [email protected] 23 November 2021 09:39 CET Find out what’s going on in Norway on Tuesday with The Local’s short roundup of important news. LGBT rights activist Kim Friele has died Norwegian gay rights and human rights activist Kim Friele, who was the leader of the National Association for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People between 1966 and 1971 and played an influential role in having homosexual acts decriminalised in Norway, passed away on Monday night. She was also known for being one of the first publicly visible lesbian people in Norway. She continued her activism by helping to ensure that homosexuality would no longer be classified as a psychiatric condition in 1978. “She took the lead at a time when it was criminal to be gay, and has with her personality, her efforts and her dedication tirelessly fought for equality, and changed Norwegian society,” gender equality minister Anette Trettebergstuen said of Friele to newswire NTB. Figures for vaccination rates among immigrant groups revealed Recent statistics from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health have shown Covid vaccination rates among several immigrant groups. The figures, which showed which proportion of certain groups had received at least one dose of a vaccine as of November 15th and have been reported by NRK, point towards several immigrant groups having much lower vaccination rates than the rest of the population. Overall 73 percent of those with an immigrant background, meaning they or their parents are from another country, had received one dose. The figure for the general population is much higher at 93 percent. Those from Lithuania, Poland and Romania had the lowest proportion of people with at least one dose, while those from Pakistan and Afghanistan had the highest vaccine rates. Reintroduction of Covid-19 certificate facing delays The domestic Covid-19 certificate could be a couple of weeks away from being properly introduced, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has informed public broadcaster NRK. “In the short term, we are working to provide guidance on how the current solution can be adapted for use by municipalities that want to introduce a corona certificate,” Gun Penny Knudsen, assistant director of the NIPH, told NRK. READ MORE: These are the new rules for Norway’s domestic Covid-19 certificate She added that several things need to be updated and tested in the slightly longer term as the rules for who qualifies for a Covid-19 certificate have changed. 2,391 new Covid cases On Monday, 2,391 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Norway. This is 630 more than the same day last week. On Monday, 229 patients were in hospital with Covid-19. This is seven more than the day before. READ MORE: How Europe is responding to the new wave of Covid In Oslo, 627 people have tested positive for the virus within the last 24 hours, 200 more than the same day the previous week.
0.985094	Headline Near Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 19 guestrooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Your room comes with a memory foam bed. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Amenities Pamper yourself with onsite body treatments and facials. This resort also features complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services. Guests can get around on the shuttle (surcharge), which operates within 2 km. Location With a stay at Rambutan Resort - Phnom Penh, you'll be centrally located in Phnom Penh, within a 5-minute drive of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and AEON Mall. This spa resort is 1 mi (1.5 km) from Tuol Tom Pong Market and 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Riverside. Dining Enjoy American cuisine at Rambutan Lounge Bar, a poolside bar/lounge where you can take in the garden view and dine alfresco. You can also stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 6 AM to noon. Attractions Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - 1 km / 0.6 mi AEON Mall - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi Tuol Tom Pong Market - 1.5 km / 1 mi Sovanna Phum Theater - 1.7 km / 1.1 mi Wat Lang Ka - 1.7 km / 1.1 mi Independence Monument - 1.9 km / 1.2 mi Monireth Boulevard - 2 km / 1.3 mi Riverside - 2 km / 1.3 mi Preah Sihanouk Garden - 2.2 km / 1.3 mi Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument - 2.5 km / 1.6 mi Orussey Market - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi Samdach Hun Sen Park - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi Sorya Shopping Center - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi NagaWorld Casino - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi City Mall - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi The preferred airport for Rambutan Resort - Phnom Penh is Phnom Penh Intl. Airport (PNH) - 11.6 km / 7.2 mi BusinessAmenities Featured amenities include limo/town car service, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. A shuttle from the airport to the hotel is provided for a surcharge during limited hours, and free self parking is available onsite. Facilities Air Conditioning Bar Spa Facilities Swimming Pool Television Wi-Fi Our customer reviews We are still waiting for our first customer review! We are still waiting for our first customer review! Call us 0208 974 7200 Customer Information Financial Protection Desktop Site Promotions Terms & Conditions Modern Slavery Statement UK Tax Strategy Statement Gender Pay Gap Report Our use of Cookies Privacy Notice Lowest Price Guarantee atol-logo © 2021 Travel Republic Limited. All Rights Reserved. Low deposit offers are available where indicated next to the specific flight or hotel in your search results, or as advised by your agent. The specified deposit will be required at the time of booking. The balance of the flight cost will be due 28 days from the date the booking was made. Any remaining payment will be due 28 days prior to departure. Please see here for our full Terms of Business applicable to bookings. *Our low deposits starting from £15 are unavailable on non-refundable rooms, due to the exceptional value of these rooms. Under our low deposit scheme, the balance of the accommodation cost is due 28 days prior to departure. Please note that standard cancellation terms apply. Travel Republic Limited is an appointed representative of Rock Insurance Services Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (their registration number is 300317).
0.992055	Quick links... Local News All News Business COVID-19 Crime Education Entertainment Health Lifestyle Politics 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays NewsCovering America Actions Facebook Tweet Email America's first coronavirus death reported in Washington state By: The Associated Press Posted at 10:07 AM, Feb 29, 2020 and last updated 2020-02-29 16:18:22-05 KING COUNTY, Wash. – Officials in Washington state say a person from the Seattle area has died of COVID-19, the first such death in the United States. The Washington Department of Health described the deceased patient as a man in his 50s who had underlying health conditions. He was a patient at Evergreen Health. During a press conference with President Donald Trump, Dr. Robert Redfield with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the man who died from the virus didn’t have a history of travel, meaning it was likely a case of “community spread.” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency Saturday, directing state agencies to use all resources necessary to prepare for and respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The declaration also allows the use of the Washington National Guard, if necessary. Gov. Inslee issued the following statement regarding the man's death: "It is a sad day in our state as we learn that a Washingtonian has died from COVID-19. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. We will continue to work toward a day where no one dies from this virus. "In partnership with the Washington State Department of Health, the Washington State Department of Emergency Management and local and community health partners, we are strengthening our preparedness and response efforts. I am committed to keeping Washingtonians healthy, safe and informed." Watch the Washington Department of Health provide an update over the case: Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington state are worried about the coronavirus spreading through West Coast communities after confirming at least three patients were infected by unknown means. The patients had not visited an area where there was an outbreak, nor apparently been in contact with anyone who had. The new virus is a member of the coronavirus family and is a close cousin to the SARS and MERS viruses that have caused outbreaks in the past. It can cause fever, coughing, wheezing and pneumonia. Health officials think the virus spreads mainly from droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how the flu spreads. The outbreak began in China but has infected tens of thousands of people in more than three dozen countries, with the vast majority in mainland China. Trump said Saturday that 22 people are battling COVID-19 in the U.S. and four others are “very ill.” He added that additional U.S. cases are likely. Click here to learn more about COVID-19 and how to yourself from the virus. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
0.951796	The following is a list of what is included in the item above. Click the test(s) below to view what biomarkers are measured along with an explanation of what the biomarker is measuring. Bilirubin, Fractionated #7286 3 Biomarkers - Specimen Type: Serum - Average Process Time: 1 to 2 days Also known as: Bilirubin Fractionated Biomarkers 3 Bilirubin, Direct Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment found in bile, a fluid made by the liver. A small amount of older red blood cells are replaced by new blood cells every day. Bilirubin is left after these older blood cells are removed. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Bilirubin, Indirect Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment found in bile, a fluid made by the liver. A small amount of older red blood cells are replaced by new blood cells every day. Bilirubin is left after these older blood cells are removed. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Bilirubin, Total Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment found in bile, a fluid made by the liver. A small amount of older red blood cells are replaced by new blood cells every day. Bilirubin is left after these older blood cells are removed. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) #10231 21 Biomarkers - Specimen Type: Serum - Average Process Time: 1 to 2 days Also known as: Chem 12, Chemistry Panel, Chemistry Screen, CMP, Complete Metabolic Panel, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel CMP, SMA 12, SMA 20 Biomarkers 21 Albumin Albumin is a protein made by the liver. A serum albumin test measures the amount of this protein in the clear liquid portion of the blood. Albumin/Globulin Ratio The ratio of albumin to globulin (A/G ratio) is calculated from measured albumin and calculated globulin (total protein - albumin). Normally, there is a little more albumin than globulins, giving a normal A/G ratio of slightly over 1. Because disease states affect the relative amounts of albumin and globulin, the A/G ratio may provide a clue as to the cause of the change in protein levels. A low A/G ratio may reflect overproduction of globulins, such as seen in multiple myeloma or autoimmune diseases, or underproduction of albumin, such as may occur with cirrhosis, or selective loss of albumin from the circulation, as may occur with kidney disease (nephrotic syndrome). A high A/G ratio suggests underproduction of immunoglobulins as may be seen in some genetic deficiencies and in some leukemias. More specific tests, such as liver enzyme tests and serum protein electrophoresis, must be performed to make an accurate diagnosis. With a low total protein that is due to plasma expansion (dilution of the blood), the A/G ratio will typically be normal because both albumin and globulin will be diluted to the same extent. Alkaline Phosphatase Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a protein found in all body tissues. Tissues with higher amounts of ALP include the liver, bile ducts, and bone. Alt Alanine transaminase (ALT) is an enzyme found in the highest amounts in the liver. Injury to the liver results in release of the substance into the blood. AST AST (aspartate aminotransferase) is an enzyme found in high amounts in liver, heart, and muscle cells. It is also found in lesser amounts in other tissues. Bilirubin, Total Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment found in bile, a fluid made by the liver. A small amount of older red blood cells are replaced by new blood cells every day. Bilirubin is left after these older blood cells are removed. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Bun/Creatinine Ratio A ratio between a person’s BUN and blood creatinine to help determine what is causing these concentrations to be higher than normal. The ratio of BUN to creatinine is usually between 10:1 and 20:1. An increased ratio may be due to a condition that causes a decrease in the flow of blood to the kidneys, such as congestive heart failure or dehydration. It may also be seen with increased protein, from gastrointestinal bleeding, or increased protein in the diet. The ratio may be decreased with liver disease (due to decrease in the formation of urea) and malnutrition. Calcium You have more calcium in your body than any other mineral. Calcium has many important jobs. The body stores more than 99 percent of its calcium in the bones and teeth to help make and keep them strong. The rest is throughout the body in blood, muscle and the fluid between cells. Your body needs calcium to help muscles and blood vessels contract and expand, to secrete hormones and enzymes and to send messages through the nervous system. Carbon Dioxide CO2 is carbon dioxide. Measures the amount of carbon dioxide in the liquid part of your blood, called the serum. In the body, most of the CO2 is in the form of a substance called bicarbonate (HCO3-). Therefore, the CO2 blood test is really a measure of your blood bicarbonate level. Chloride Chloride is a type of electrolyte. It works with other electrolytes such as potassium, sodium, and carbon dioxide (CO2). These substances help keep the proper balance of body fluids and maintain the body's acid-base balance. This is a measure of the amount of chloride in the fluid portion (serum) of the blood. Creatinine The creatinine blood test measures the level of creatinine in the blood. This test is done to see how well your kidneys work. Egfr African American Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood. Egfr Non-Afr. American Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood. GFR-AFRICAN AMERICAN GFR-NON AFRICAN AMERICAN Globulin Globulins is the collective term for most blood proteins other than albumin. Identifying the types of globulins can help diagnose certain disorders. Globulins are roughly divided into three groups: alpha, beta, and gamma globulins. Gamma globulines include various types of antibodies such as immunoglobulins (Ig) M, G, and A. Glucose A blood glucose test measures the amount of a sugar called glucose in a sample of your blood. Glucose is a major source of energy for most cells of the body, including those in the brain. The hormones insulin and glucagon help control blood glucose levels. Potassium Potassium is a mineral that the body needs to work normally. It helps nerves and muscles communicate. It also helps move nutrients into cells and waste products out of cells. A diet rich in potassium helps to offset some of sodium's harmful effects on blood pressure. Protein, Total The total protein is the total amount of two classes of proteins, albumin and globulin that are found in the fluid portion of your blood. Proteins are important parts of all cells and tissues. Your albumin helps prevent fluid from leaking out of blood vessels and your globulins are an important part of your immune system. Sodium Sodium is a substance that the body needs to work properly it is vital to normal body processes, including nerve and muscle function Urea Nitrogen (Bun) BUN stands for blood urea nitrogen. Urea nitrogen is what forms when protein breaks down. BUN measures the amount of urea nitrogen in the blood. Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) #482 1 Biomarkers - Specimen Type: Serum - Average Process Time: 1 to 2 days Also known as: Gamma Glutamyl Transferase GGT, Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase, Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase, Gamma-GT, GGTP, GTP Biomarkers 1 Ggt Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is a test to measure the amount of the enzyme GGT in the blood. Lipid Panel with Ratios #19543 7 Biomarkers - Average Process Time: 1 to 2 days Also known as: Lipid Panel with Ratios (fasting), Lipid Profile with Ratios (fasting), Lipids Biomarkers 7 Chol/HDLC Ratio Cholesterol, Total Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that occurs naturally in all parts of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But if you have too much in your blood, it can combine with other substances in the blood and stick to the walls of your arteries. This is called plaque. Plaque can narrow your arteries or even block them. High levels of cholesterol in the blood can increase your risk of heart disease. Your cholesterol levels tend to rise as you get older. There are usually no signs or symptoms that you have high blood cholesterol, but it can be detected with a blood test. You are likely to have high cholesterol if members of your family have it, if you are overweight or if you eat a lot of fatty foods. You can lower your cholesterol by exercising more and eating more fruits and vegetables. You also may need to take medicine to lower your cholesterol. HDL Cholesterol LDL-Cholesterol LDL/HDL Ratio Non HDL Cholesterol Triglycerides Triglycerides are a form of fat and a major source of energy for the body. This test measures the amount of triglycerides in the blood. Most triglycerides are found in fat (adipose) tissue, but some triglycerides circulate in the blood to provide fuel for muscles to work. After a person eats, an increased level of triglycerides is found in the blood as the body converts the energy not needed right away into fat. Triglycerides move via the blood from the gut to adipose tissue for storage. In between meals, triglycerides are released from fat tissue to be used as an energy source for the body. Most triglycerides are carried in the blood by lipoproteins called very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). High levels of triglycerides in the blood are associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), although the reason for this is not well understood. Certain factors can contribute to high triglyceride levels and to risk of CVD, including lack of exercise, being overweight, smoking cigarettes, consuming excess alcohol, and medical conditions such as diabetes and kidney disease. *Process times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. 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