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The Jeanerette Museum will present the history talk, Atchafalaya Living, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24th. Environmental Scientist A. James Delahoussaye will lead this lecture on the history of the houseboat communities in the Atchafalaya Basin, commercial fishermen, and the life stories of people who have lived there.
Even though Bridgeway I Apartments in Lafayette, Louisiana provides you with all of the comfort, convenience, and entertainment you could possibly desire, we encourage our residents to venture outside of our apartment community and explore all that the city has to offer!
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US launches new coalition war against ISIS… online
READ MORE: ISIS takes British hostage John Cantlie to besieged Kobani
The new allied effort will exist alongside the military and finance campaigns against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), the US announced at a meeting in Kuwait.
"There is a military coalition that is on the battlefield with Daesh (Islamic State) every day and from the very beginning the partners in the coalition ... felt that there should be an information coalition that complements the military coalition," US Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs Richard Stengel told journalists after the meeting.
The meeting was attended by representatives from Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
All parties agreed to "enhancing exchanges, training and other cooperative programs for government leaders and spokespersons, actively opposing the recruitment of foreign fighters and encouraging important religious and social leaders and the millions of young people who oppose violent extremism to raise their voices through traditional and social media," according to the released joint statement.
Some of the attendees encouraged countering Islamic State's online presence by exposing its violent ways.
"I strongly encourage participants to set forth tangible work plans that will directly and rapidly counter ISIL's propaganda in cyberspace and the press," Reuters quoted retired US General John Allen, special envoy for building the coalition against Islamic State. Allen also referred to IS as an "un-Islamic cult of violence."
Islamic State has embraced online media as a place to recruit people and spread their propaganda worldwide. It has used Twitter and YouTube to recruit Muslims from across the globe.
For example, the extremist group released a video titled "There Is No Life Without Jihad," which allegedly shows a line-up of militants who came to Syria and later to Iraq from all over the world.
READ MORE: UK, Aussie jihadists call to join ISIS militants in Iraq, Syria
Also, the Islamic State released several videos of beheadings as well as propaganda videos, such as the one showing British journalist John Cantlie, who was kidnapped by ISIS in Syria in November 2012, sitting at a table wearing an orange shirt and describing how he will dispel "manipulated truths" told by the Western media.
READ MORE: ISIS publishes video of captive British journalist John Cantlie
In its most recent propaganda move, the Islamic State released a video showing Cantlie apparently walking and speaking in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani.
Islamic State also seems to have realized the pitfalls of having an online presence, especially when it comes to giving away too much information about its location when posting videos and photos.
The group reportedly released a manual instructing its members how to avoid revealing that kind of data when using Twitter. The manual instructs Islamic State militants to remove metadata from tweets and gives other pointers, like how to turn off location services on mobile devices. It advises avoiding posting names, locations, and other identifiable objects when tweeting.
READ MORE: ISIS teaches how to avoid NSA snooping in a tweet – report
As the US-led coalition has been continuing its airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, financial campaigns have also been launched against the extremist group.
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Greetings from Lebanon.
I'm here for the next few weeks, so expect to hear a lot about my food adventures. If you're a regular visitor, then you know about my Lebanese connection. My husband is originally from Lebanon and I've frequently written about my love of Lebanese food, including Ode to the Chickpea and Authentic Lebanese Tabbouleh. I think it's one of the healthiest cuisines in the world.
We had a fabulous first day here, enjoying a leisurely lunch with relatives at a restaurant in Amchit — a seaside town outside of Beirut that's near my father-in-law's house (and it happens to be the town of the current Lebanese president).
The restaurant we visited is called Mhanna Sur Mer and it sits elegantly on the side of a large clift on the Mediterranean. We took a elevator down to the dining area that looks out over the water with spectacular views of rock formations.
Before I knew it, our table was filled with mezze: an artful combination of hot and cold appetizers that included many of the Lebanese favorites that I'm sure you know, along with some foods that were new to me. I actually learned a lot during our lunch.
Piles of warm, puffed up pita breads were delivered to the table that we dipped in smoky baba ghannouj (Moutabal) and creamy hummus garnished with whole chickpeas.
But the mezze included much more than these familiar dips. And our meal taught me a lot about the Lebanese culture.
That's where the new lessons come in. For starters, I learned that centuries old techniques have shaped the cuisine in Lebanon.
Mouneh is the celebrated tradition of preserving food in the winter. In the mountain villages of Lebanon, most of the year's labor was dedicated to the mouneh. Many years ago during the winter snows, the villagers would be cut off from the rest of the world without grocery stores or refrigerators. So the women in the villages would preserve food to last all winter.
Pickled vegetables are very popular in Lebanon and the origins are linked to the days of mouneh when the villagers would store vegetables in brine to prevent them from rotting during the winter months. Our mezze included a pickled vegetable platter that featured cauliflower that was pickled in beet juice (a technique commonly used with turnip for lift), cabbage, broccoli, carrots, cucumber and ginger.
Chanklich or Shankleesh is another common dish of mouneh. This is a unique fermented cheese made from cow's or sheep's milk yogurt (labneh). For centuries, the Lebanese would pour yogurt into cloth bags and hang it so the water would drain from it. This white cheese is then salted and rolled into balls. They are sundried and sealed inside clay molds. This would allow perishable dairy products to last in the winter without refrigeration. After fermentation the cheese balls are covered in mold — somewhat like the original probiotic food. The mold-ripened cheese is then rolled in dried thyme (zaatar).
Our Shankleesh arrived as a tennis-ball size lump served with finely chopped tomato, onion, green pepper and radish. The waiters tossed the mixture at the table and we ate the cheese-vegetable combination with bread. Click here for a recipe for Shankleesh.
Lesson #2: Vegetables have a starring role in Lebanese cuisine. As Americans, we often start our meal with a single salad drenched in creamy dressing. The Lebanese enjoy an array of salads as a first course that are made with some of the most nutritious greens you can eat.
We ate tabbouleh with parsley, sauteed chickory with carmelized onions, fresh rocca salad (similar to arugula) with beets and fattoush, one of my favorite Lebanese salads.
Then a plate of fried sardines arrived (Bezreh fish). They were beautifully prepared and served at the table nestled between crispy bread and topped with a half of fresh lemon. I was really proud that my daughter tried the sardines, even though her brother couldn't quite do it.
Lesson #3: Meat is enjoyed in small portions.You won't see a big slab of meat dominating the plate. Our mixed grill of chicken and lamb kebabs and lamb kafta was almost an afterthought once everyone enjoyed the vegetable-packed mezze.
Lesson #4: Why is fruit so over-looked in America? We just don't seem to embrace fruit the same way as the Lebanese. Our meal ended with a beautiful array of fresh fruits, which is the most popular dessert in Lebanon. Wouldn't it be great if that caught on in the U.S.?
Ok, so maybe we don't have 3 hours for lunch. But it was the perfect reminder of how special it is to share a good meal with family and friends.


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Is finance an important driver for the development and growth of the real economy in the United States or is it rather a negative rent-seeking force that impedes growth and prosperity? Most academics believe that finance boosts the economy, while society often has a very different view. This chapter reviews the academic research on the issue, contributes to the debate, and demonstrates that for the most part, at the margin, finance has a positive effect on the US economy. In most but not all cases, exogenous or instrumentable events demonstrate that private debt, public debt, private equity, and public equity contribute favorably to real economic outcomes in the United States. The evidence also suggests some conclusions about regulation and provides some future research avenues.
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Under the traditional "competition–fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition–stability" view, more market power in the loan market may result in higher bank risk, as the higher interest rates charged to loan customers make it harder to repay loans, and exacerbate moral hazard and adverse selection problems. The two strands of the literature need not necessarily yield opposing predictions regarding the effects of competition and market power on stability in banking. Even if market power in the loan market results in riskier loan portfolios, the overall risks of banks need not increase if banks protect their franchise values by increasing their equity capital or engaging in other risk-mitigating techniques. The authors test these theories by regressing measures of loan risk, bank risk, and bank equity capital on several measures of market power, as well as indicators of the business environment, using data for 8235 banks in 23 developed nations. The results suggest that – consistent with the traditional "competition–fragility" view – banks with a higher degree of market power also have less overall risk exposure. The data also provide some support for one element of the "competition–stability" view – that market power increases loan portfolio risk. The authors show that this risk may be offset in part by higher equity capital ratios.


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Who is Stephen Hendry? Celebrity MasterChef contestant profile
The snooker legend is set to show off his Chinese-inspired cuisine
Celebrity Masterchef 2017 contestants: Stephen Hendry
Twitter: @SHendry775
Best known for: Being one of the greatest snooker players ever.
Biography: Stephen Hendry, 48, was born in Scotland and made his first 50 break as a young teenager.
He quickly became the youngest professional snooker player in 1985 aged 16 and, in 1990, was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21.
Over a 27-year career, Hendry went on to win the World Championship seven times, and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1998.
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In 2012 he retired from the sport, but he still works as a commentator for the BBC and ITV4.
Hendry is regarded by many commentators and former players to be one of the greatest players ever.
He has spent a lot of time playing snooker in China, where the sport is hugely popular, and told Radio Times in a recent interview that he'll be cooking up some Chinese-inspired cuisine for the judges.
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Chasing the huge task, Assam openers started off confidently as Manashjyoti Gogoi (38) and Raju Das (29) added 65 runs. But after the departure of both the openers at team's total score of 84, the hosts lost another quick wicket in the form of Sasank Neggi off the very first ball he faced. Sashank, who has been hired from outside the State, virtually threw his wicket unnecessarily trying for a shot off Akash Vashisht. However, skipper Roshan Basfor and Washiqur Rahman stemmed the rot and remained unbeaten with 32 and 30 respectively at stumps.
Brief scores: Himachal Pradesh 1st innings 362 (Prashant Chopra 50, Aatish Bhalaick 83, Akash Vashisht 79, Ranjan Ramchiary 4/96, Jogeswar Bhumij 2/49, Roshan Basfor 3/91). Assam 1st innings 141/3 (Manashjyoti Gogoi 38, Roshan Basfor 32 batting, Wasiqur Rahman 30 batting, Raju Das 29, Akash Vashisht 3/64).


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BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University women's hockey goaltender Brittni Mowat has been named to All-USCHO.com Women's Second-Team Friday.
In addition the USCHO.com honor, Mowat has been named to the CCM/AHCA All-American First Team and the All-WCHA First Team. Mowat also took home a pair of WCHA Defensive Player of the Week awards (Nov. 4, Nov. 18) this season.
Mowat was instrumental in the Beavers' record-breaking 2014-15 campaign posting a 19-13-1 record with an 1.68 goals against average and .945 save percentage. All three marks (wins, goals against average and save percentage) rank in the top four in the WCHA and top 10 nationally. She was also instrumental in BSU's penalty-killing unit, which finished second in the WCHA and third nationally with .915 success rate this season.
In just two seasons at BSU, she has set new school records for most wins in a season (19) and most shutouts in a season (7). She also set program records for highest single-season save percentage (.945) and goals against average (1.68) in 2014-15.
Mowat will be joined by 20 other returning players next season as Bemidji State looks to build upon a 21-win campaign and an appearance in the WCHA Final-Faceoff Championship game in 2014-15.
Mowat was one of nine WCHA players to be honored by USCHO.com, which was tied for the most of any conference in the nation. The Hockey East also had nine players and the ECAC had seven receive recognition.
2014-15 All-USCHO.com Teams
First Team
Goaltender: Shelby Amsley-Benzie (North Dakota)
Defense: Emily Pfalzer (Boston College)
Defense: Lee Stecklein (Minnesota)
Forward: Hannah Brandt (Minnesota)
Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin (Boston University)
Forward: Alex Carpenter (Boston College)
Second Team
Goaltender: Brittni Mowat (Bemidji State)
Defense: Sarah Edney (Harvard)
Defense: Rachel Ramsey (Minnesota)
Forward: Haley Skarupa (Boston College)
Forward: Kendall Coyne (Northeastern)
Forward: Brianne Jenner (Cornell)
Third Team
Goaltender: Amanda Leveille (Minnesota)
Defense: Lexi Bender (Boston College)
Defense: Kelsey Koelzer (Princeton)
Forward: Dani Cameranesi (Minnesota)
Forward: Jillian Saulnier (Cornell)
Forward: Sarah Lefort (Boston University)
Rookie Team
Goaltender: Katie Burt (Boston College), Shea Tiley (Clarkson)
Defense: Erin O'Connor (Cornell)
Defense: Savanah Harmon (Clarkson)
Forward: Kelly Pannek (Minnesota)
Forward: Denisa Krizova (Northeastern)
Forward: Annie Pankowski (Wisconsin)
Nestled in Northern Minnesota's wooded region and located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).


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A public exhibition showcasing the RAF's long and proud history in the borough was launched at Hendon Town Hall this week. The exhibition is being staged to commemorate the centenary year of the Royal Air Force.
The free exhibition, which tells the story of the borough's deep-rooted connection with the RAF, will be open to people from Monday to Friday, between 8am and 9pm.
The RAF has a long and distinguished history in Barnet, dating back to the early days of aircraft manufacturing, to the significant role played by RAF Hendon Aerodrome during World War II, where the aerodrome acted as an important centre of aviation.
To mark the centenary and Barnet's association with the RAF, Barnet Council has organised an exhibition of some of the material held by the council's archives department.
The exhibition was launched by The Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Reuben Thompstone and attended by representatives of the Council, the RAF Museum, Deputy Lieutenant Martin Russell and Hendon Ward members.
The Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Reuben Thompstone, said: "With Armed Forces Day soon approaching, it's important to be reminded of the vital role that Barnet played throughout World War II.
"Barnet Council's long-standing relationship with the RAF is one that we are rightly proud of. I can't think of a more fitting way to commemorate the indelible link that exists between the RAF and our great borough."


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Brake Service Pflugerville
Many motorist get their wheel alignment carried out at the dealership, their auto shop or at the bigger tire sellers who match replacement tires, sell wheels and do wheel alignments at the same time. Two very good issues came out of that – first, I was capable to re-sell the bike locally, at a profit, and I heard from a pal, about the liquidation pricing that WalMart was providing on the Kent Denali Road Bike. Some brake pads come with a spring-steel tab that scratches the rotor's surface making a screeching noise when the pad's lining has worn sufficiently enough. To be in a position to bleed a disc brake program the bleeder screw need to be at the best and the line at the bottom. The moisture in the brake fluid will boil at a reduce temperature and turn into a gas which is compressible. Do not overlook to bring the printable les schwab brake coupons with you so you could reduce your charges on brake service. But whenever I began the vehicle, I can hear the high pitched noise when I press the brake pedal.
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College Basketball: The Five Best Matchups of the ESPN Tip-off MarathonAugust 13, 2013
College Basketball: The Five Best Matchups of the ESPN Tip-off Marathon
The start of the college basketball is still a few months away, but schedules and matchup are slowly being released throughout the offseason. Beginning at 11 p.m. on August 11, ESPN's Eamonn Brennan began releasing the matchups for the annual ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. The Tip-Off Marathon begins at 7 p.m. on November 11 and there will be games broadcasted consecutively on the network for more than 24 hours.
To make the marathon work, games will be played across the country and ESPN is using time zone differences to its full advantage.
The Tip-Off Marathon will feature title contenders (Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State), some of last season's Cinderella teams (Florida Gulf Coast, La Salle and Wichita State) and every other type of team in between.
While most fans are unlikely to be up at a the crack of dawn to watch Hawaii host New Mexico State, there are a number of intriguing matchups to be played on November 11 and 12.
The headliners are obviously the two Champions Classic games: Kentucky-Michigan State and Duke-Kansas.
Each of the four teams in the Champions Classic will have played each other in the event after this season, which is the third year of the Classic. With four of the best programs in college basketball competing in the Champions Classic, there are destined to be compelling matchups every year.
The Champions Classic website acknowledges that the 2011 games included Mike Krzyzewski breaking Bob Knight's NCAA Division I men's basketball all-time wins record as well as a preview of that year's championship game with the Kentucky-Kansas matchup.
This year's Champions Classic games will be filled with compelling story lines, highly touted prospects and very good basketball.
Here are the five best games in the ESPN Tip-Off Marathon based on how the teams performed last season, the players returning and the strength of their 2013 recruiting classes.
5. Western Kentucky at Wichita State
The Shockers are coming off the heels of their run to the Final Four last spring, and it's time for them to try to build off of last season. Wichita State's best player, senior forward Cleanthony Early, returned to school in hope of another tournament run. However, Wichita State will have to move on without Carl Hall and Malcolm Armstead, who averaged a combined 23 points and 10 rebounds per game last season.
Creighton has moved to the Big East, which means that Wichita State has a chance to assert its dominance in the Missouri Valley. The Shockers' game against Western Kentucky will be their first time in the national spotlight since April.
The Hilltoppers are no slouches, even though WKU isn't known for its basketball. In their opening matchup in last year's NCAA tournament, they were beating Kansas with 18 minutes left in the game and only lost by seven to the Jayhawks.
Western Kentucky's leading scorers, T.J. Price and George Fant, will be juniors this season. The duo averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds per game last season. WKU lost only two seniors to graduation from last year's team that went 20-16, which means that the Hilltoppers could be chosen on selection Sunday next spring.
4. North Carolina State at Cincinnati
Both North Carolina State and Cincinnati had early NCAA tournament exits last season. The two schools each lost by four points in their first matchups.
The Wolfpack lost most of its star players to graduation, the NBA or another school via transfer. Sophomore forward T.J. Warren will lead the new-look North Carolina State team along with the nation's 13th best recruiting class that Mark Gottfried assembled. Five freshmen will join the Wolfpack this season, and three of them (point guard Anthony Barber, center BeeJay Anya and power forward Kyle Washington) are in ESPN's top 100 players of the 2013 class.
The Cincinnati Bearcats lost three key players--guard Cashmere Wright, center Cheikh Mbodj and guard JaQuon Parker--to graduation following last season. However, UC brings back its leading scorer, Sean Kilpatrick, who averaged 17 points per game last season. Senior forwards Titus Rubles and Justin Jackson, as well as junior guard Jeremiah Davis III will have to step up this season for Cincinnati to make it back to the NCAA tournament. The Bearcats have the 24th best 2013 recruiting class, which is led by power forward Jermaine Lawrence.
Cincinnati and North Carolina State lost several starters from last year's squads. They hope that their top 25 recruiting classes are enough to make it further in the NCAA tournament next year than they did last season.
3. Florida at Wisconsin
The Florida-Wisconsin matchup will be overshadowed because it falls in between the Kentucky-Michigan State and Duke-Kansas games, but it is certainly a treat for college basketball fans. Florida and Wisconsin are two programs that are consistently good.
Florida won the national championship in 2006 and 2007 and the Gators have made the Elite Eight for three consecutive seasons.
Wisconsin has made the NCAA tournament every year since 1999.
Florida will be led by senior center Patric Young, who averaged 10.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last season. The Gators also have two of the top 12 2013 recruits, per ESPN. Point guard Kasey Hill and power forward Chris Walker are five-star recruits who made Billy Donovan's two-player freshmen class the 10th best in the country.
Wisconsin returns its leading scorer, Ben Brust, who averaged more than 11 points and five rebounds per game last season. The Badgers also have sophomore Sam Dekker, who could be ready for a breakout season after averaging more than nine points and three rebounds per game in 2012-13.
The Badgers' top incoming freshman is power forward Nigel Hayes, who was ranked 83rd overall in the country by ESPN. Wisconsin's five-player freshman class is ranked 32nd in the country.
These schools played in November last season and Florida won at home by 18. Now it's Wisconsin's turn to have home-court advantage and try to pick up a key non-conference win.
2. Duke vs. Kansas
The two incoming freshmen with the most hype will get to square off at this year's Champions Classic. Jabari Parker and the Duke Blue Devils will challenge Andrew Wiggins and the Kansas Jayhawks.
While Parker and Wiggins will get most of the attention, other highly ranked recruits will get the chance to make a name for themselves on a national stage.
Kansas also has the top center prospect in Joel Embiid (ranked 6th overall by ESPN), small forward Wayne Selden (ranked 14th overall by ESPN), point guard Conner Frankamp (46th nationally) and shooting guard Brannen Greene (47th nationally).
Duke also signed Matt Jones (36th nationally) and Semi Ojeleye (40th nationally).
The Blue Devils also return starting guards Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon, who both averaged more than 11 points per game last season.
Kansas lost all five starters from last season, but the Jayhawks return Perry Ellis and Naadir Tharpe, who were the team's best bench players.
Both teams reloaded on talent and they are poised to make deep tournament runs this season.
1. Kentucky vs. Michigan State
After Kentucky's fourth-place finish in the SEC last season, John Calipari is bringing the best recruiting class in the country for 2013 to Lexington, and it includes six players in the top 25 spots of ESPN's top 100 players.
The Wildcats also return Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein, who were both ranked in the top 40 players of the 2012 class by ESPN.
UK will likely begin the season as the No. 1 team in the country and the Wildcats are ready to turn the page after their season-ending loss to Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT.
Michigan State doesn't have a single 2013 recruit ranked in the top 100 players by ESPN, but the Spartans are returning four starters from last year's team that advanced to the Sweet 16. Michigan State will be led by senior point guard Keith Appling, star shooting guard Gary Harris and senior forward Adreian Payne. Tom Izzo has the roster to make his seventh final four at Michigan State.
This may be the best test of the regular season for both teams, and it comes in November rather than in conference play.


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One of the most obvious things when onlining data is you have to modify the Virtual NIC for the host, as the NIC that the VM was attached to probably wasnt named the same, so that issue had to be corrected first. This was the easy fix. I then noticed that some of the images had virtual harddrives that spanned various datastores on its prior source...Read More


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An area of high pressure is large and in charge across the Great Lakes, and it will slowly drift eastward through Saturday. That means more blue
Indiana's Weather For Tuesday
Records are threatened today, as temperatures get a few degrees hotter than yesterday. The current record for Indy today is 95, set in 1964 and 1983.
Weather Almanac: Week Of May 3
Tuesday was about as good as it gets in central Indiana, with blue skies until just a few fair weather clouds puffed up about the time in the


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I still love Smallville, this is NOT a hate/bitterness session. I just want to point out that sometimes TPTB get it so wrong that the show doesn't even make sense. This one was off the charts in that regard, and I'm just making a list to show you all why I say that. Play nice, okay? :)
WARNING: There's gonna be swearing. I'm serious.
1) Briefcase guy can't hear the grate creaking, or ninja guy jumping down behind him?
2) The ninja is Jimmy?! Jimmy's a spy ninja, who knows about retinal scan locks and how to activate them?!
3) Chloe and Jimmy are shacking up together?! Does Lois still live in this apartment, too? BTW, is Lois okay after getting shot?
4) What's the deal with those binoculars? Are the lenses red because they're EVOL? Do any of those animated graphics appear to serve an actual purpose?
5) Chloe is taking over Isis? Or is her full-time job looking for Brainiac now? Is she not going to be a reporter anymore? Does she care?
6) Chloe: "Now that I'm house-sitting Isis, Oliver thought it would make a perfect bunker to store all of his troop's equipment." Oliver Queen, the billionaire, can't secure adequate storage space?!
7) Chloe: "Having a gang of superheroes is great in theory, but no one ever considers the shipping costs." Huh? I don't even know what this statement means, but again, isn't Oliver a billionaire? I don't think shipping costs are high on his list of worries.
8) Clark: "I spent all night with Lana." Uh, oh.
9) Clark: "The only thing important right now is Lana." My head explodes.
10) Clark: "I don't care about Lex!" No words. No fucking words.
11) Chloe: "It is possible that the velocity of their flight created some sort of ionic displacement in the outer atmosphere." Does this sound plausible? Remember, this is the show that told us in the Pilot that a guy didn't age for 12 years because his electrolytes were out of balance.
12) Chloe: "I think it's time to sweep the dust off of Doctor Swann's journal." Huh?
13) IIRC, Kara is the one who used Jimmy's computer to access Starhawk (in Lara), not Chloe. Why doesn't Jimmy tell them it wasn't Chloe?
14) If Chloe is such a super-hacker, shouldn't she also know how to cover her tracks?
15) The government honestly has no better option to get to Chloe than Jimmy?! Hell, before Chloe got fired, I think they could have discovered Clark's secret with a good listener sitting at the next desk at the DP! God knows what they could find out with actual surveillance equipment.
16) Jimmy claims to be in love with Chloe, but he instantly believes she is a terrorist because she stays out late and breaks dates?!
17) What do you suppose is the dollar value of all that equipment in the case they gave to Jimmy? Is any of it classified technology? How in the hell is he supposed to know how to use any of it?!
18) I guess Chloe's lies to Jimmy are supposed to be lame, but they're really lame. And if she has to lie to him every minute of every day, why are they still together? If helping Clark precludes Chloe from having a romantic relationship, have her face that and make a choice. Oh, wait, they did, and Chloe and Jimmy broke up. So why are we here now, doing it all over again?
19) You want me to believe that Lionel "The Magnificent Bastard" Luthor gave Lex a leather passport holder inscribed with a sentimental message of encouragement?!
20) What was the point of that scene where Lex finds out he was red-flagged? And what did he do to get red-flagged, anyway?
21) Jimmy has a high tech gadget that opens the Isis door using the same technology as... a credit card!
22) So now Jimmy's a super-hacker, too?!! Does anyone remember Freak?
23) I don't get Jor-El's plan to freeze Clark until everyone he cares about is dead. I thought Jor-El's whole deal was that Clark needed to get on his destiny, like now.
24) Clark: "The next time I hold Lana's hand, I want to tell her I did everything I could to save her." Oh, I understand this one. It just makes me want to throw up.
25) If Jimmy really wants Clark's help, why doesn't he tell him about the government guys?
26) I didn't get the whole FoS part. Was the transmission recorded in Swann's book from Kara, or was it really from Jor-El? Was what Clark heard a transmission from Kara from 1989? How could they have a two-way conversation? Because time is "different" in the Fortress, like Lana said in Persona? My head hurts. And why does Clark always have to bellow when he's in the FoS?
27) The timing of that whole Ace of Clubs Opening was a little too convenient, but whatever.
28) Are we supposed to think this highly choreographed dance is totally spontaneous? Why show us a bumbling Jimmy who can barely make breakfast without breaking something, if we're supposed to buy him as a smooth operator on the dance floor now?
29) Jimmy: "Shoot, I forgot to give the valet the keys." Is that supposed to be so lame it's funny?
30) There is no key required to ride the elevator from the club to the satellite center. There are no guards on the floor the satellite center is on, or at the door to the center itself, or inside. No one is working inside either. How convenient.
31) Okay, Chloe's super-hacking skills are really getting to be a bit ridiculous.
32) As are Jimmy's newfound spy skills. Please.
33) Vanessa: "If Chloe trusted you as much as you seem to trust her, she needn't get hurt. Prison might actually do your relationship some good." Huh?
34) Did I mention Jimmy's unbelievable spy skills?
35) Okay, our government agents are sadistic psychos? Jesus, that was hard to watch.
36) That was the lamest fight scene I've seen in a long time. Jimmy's punch was all air.
37) Can we please get an explanation of Chloe's meteor power? Can she heal herself? Is it a willful thing, or does it just happen? How long does it take? I'm so confused! Because her face should just be a mass of contusions after that, shouldn't it?
38) Jimmy: "She didn't give me any choice." Actually, Jimmy, she did. A very clear one, in fact.
39) Why are these two a couple?
40) Chloe: "Ask me whatever you want." And she'll actually answer him?! So now Clark's and Oliver's secrets are hers to divulge at will?!
41) Jimmy: "Do you want that more than you want Clark?" What?! After all that, all he cares about is his petty, unfounded jealousy?!
42) Jimmy: "You have your secrets and I have mine. Deal?" Uh, okay, that's good enough for me. Let's have sex! What?!
43) Chloe and Jimmy, after all the events of this episode, have emerged with their relationship intact, they evidently have no trust issues or unresolved questions, and they appear to be on the verge of getting busy. What?!!
44) Lex: "She would never let a friend crawl across burning coals for my help." Huh? I don't get the burning coals metaphor. How is Jimmy crawling across burning coals?
45) Jimmy: "You're a Luthor. You build and burn political ladders for sport." Huh? I think this episode broke my brain. It all sounds like gibberish to me now.
46) Chloe's in trouble, and to help her, Jimmy goes to the man who just fired her. Yeah, that makes sense. [/sarcasm]
47) For that matter, why is it more important to Lex to have Jimmy in his debt, that to let Chloe go to prison and get her out of his (figurative) hair once and for all? I feel like there's a missing Lex scene in this episode.
48) And finally, we have a scene where Chloe figures everything out and explains it to Clark. Because he's just a BDA, I guess. God Bless America, this episode drives me crazy when it comes to the Clark stuff. The hell?!
Wow, I seem to have a lot of problems with this episode. :) But I feel better now. I don't care if no one else reads this, or if people do and think I am being incredibly nitpicky, or if people think I'm a hater and a bitch. I'm just glad to unload. And BTW, I didn't have any problems with Lex's Zurich scene, because it was good. It was also evidently written by someone else, for a different episode.


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Ferndown Probus Club
PROBUS is a club for retired men and the Ferndown branch meets on the first Wednesday of each month at Dudsbury Golf Club, Ferndown, for lunch followed by a talk given by a guest speaker.
New members are most welcome.
Meetings commence at 12:15pm and the lunch comprises three courses plus coffee and mints. The informative, entertaining and interesting speakers cover a wide range of topics.
We also organise for members and their partners, a very popular coffee morning on the second Wednesday of each month at the same venue and regular social gatherings throughout the year. Sample club functions include outings to places of interest, restaurant lunches/dinners, quiz nights and trips supporting local events.
More details can be found on our website Ferndown Probus Club
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Contact Name: John Etheridge - Club Secretary
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2016 Nissan Frontier vs. 2016 Toyota Tacoma: Which Should You Buy?
In the battle of the pickups, performance is king. That's why we put the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma compact pickup trucks head to head to see which reigns.
The 2016 Nissan Frontier, which placed fifth in our rankings of compact pickup trucks, is due for a refresh. It's the oldest model in the segment, but it's also one of the most affordable and likely to suit your basic needs.
The Toyota Tacoma has been riding high since its major redesign last year. The pickup now combines Toyota's class-leading reliability with a plush cabin and powerful driving dynamics. It was a finalist for our 2016 Best Compact Truck for the Money award.
Read ahead to learn how the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma stack up.
Winner: 2016 Nissan Frontier
One of the most affordable pickups on the market, the 2016 Nissan Frontier's S trim starts at $18,290. That's for a basic rear-wheel drive King cab with a five-speed manual transmission.
The Frontier offers several trims and starting prices range from $23,500 for a Crew Cab with rear-wheel drive, a manual gearbox, and a short bed, to $36,110 for a Frontier Crew Cab LWB SL with most available features. The high-performance Pro-4X model starts at $32,340. Automatic transmission runs an extra $1,050. If you want radio, air conditioning, or cruise control, you'll need to get the $1,200 Preferred package.
The Tacoma is pricier. The truck's base SR trim starts around $24,000, with prices increasing based on cab configuration and options. The TRD Off-Road model begins at $31,125, and the top-tier Limited trim starts at $35,105.
Winner: Toyota Tacoma
The Nissan Frontier doesn't come with a lot of safety features. The truck has front and side-curtain airbags but lacks many typical provisions such as a rearview camera, which isn't available on base models.
The Tacoma's safety scores are slightly higher than the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. It comes standard with a rearview camera, and the Premium & Technology add-ons include rear cross traffic alert, rear parking sensors, and blind spot monitoring.
Seat Comfort and Interior Refinement
Winner: Toyota Tacoma
The Nissan Frontier's cabin trimmings are minimal, with cloth seats and hard plastic panels. The front row provides ample space but the rear seats can feel cramped. Its cabin feels dated and comes with fewer standard features than rivals'. Crank windows and manual locks are standard.
The Tacoma got a substantially upgraded cabin for its 2016 redesign, with a well-equipped center stack and Qi wireless charging capability. Heated front seats, navigation, a power moonroof, and a premium JBL audio system are available.
Interior Technology
Winner: Toyota Tacoma
The Nissan Frontier is as rudimentary as it gets – the standard model doesn't have a radio and you won't find a USB port on any trim. The $1,990 SV Value Truck package adds an auto dimming rearview mirror, heated front seats, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
But while the Nissan Frontier lacks much of the technology offered in competitors such as the Toyota Tacoma and the Chevrolet Colorado, it does have an available infotainment system that's easy to operate. The NissanConnect system uses a 5-inch touch screen on SV and Desert Runner trims and a 5.8-inch touch screen on higher trims. A basic four- or six-speaker audio system comes standard on lower trims; the SL and Pro-4X models come with a 10-speaker Rockford Fosgate-branded stereo.
Even the Tacoma's base model comes standard with Bluetooth, a USB port, rearview camera, and Toyota's Entune infotainment system with a 6.1-inch touch screen. It also includes a windshield mount for a GoPro camera so that weekend warriors can capture their adventures.
Cargo Space
Winner: Tie
Both the Nissan Frontier and the Toyota Tacoma offer excellent cargo space that can be configured in a variety of ways. The Frontier has Nissan's Utili-Track system, which allows for sliding cargo trays, different tie-down points, and bed dividers.
The Tacoma comes with a deep bed that can transport items up to four-feet wide and movable tie-downs to secure cargo. The Access cab has a six-foot bed, while Double cab models offer a choice of a five- or six-foot bed.
Fuel Efficiency
Winner: Tie
The base models for the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma both achieve a subpar 19 mpg in the city and 23 on the highway. The Frontier Crew Cab, with five-speed automatic transmission, gets 15 mpg in the city and 21on the highway.
Winner: Toyota Tacoma
The 2016 Nissan Frontier King Cab comes with a 152-horsepower, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. The Crew Cab's V6 makes 261 horsepower. The four-cylinder engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission, and the V6 gets a six-speed manual transmission. A five-speed automatic is also available.
Meanwhile, the base engine in the 2016 Toyota Tacoma is a 159-horsepower, 2.7-liter four-cylinder. The available V6 makes 278 horsepower. The TRD Off-Road trim leads the segment in off-roading prowess.
Winner: Toyota Tacoma
The Nissan Frontier's maximum towing capacity is 6,500 pounds, but the Toyota Tacoma can tow a maximum of 6,800 pounds.
Winner: Tie
Both the Frontier and the Tacoma earn a score of 3.5 out of five on JD Power's predicted reliability ratings. Both trucks come with a three-year/36,000-mile warranty and a five-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty.
The Winner Is …
Toyota Tacoma
The Tacoma bests the Frontier in nearly every category except for price. If you like a side of luxury with your workhorse, the Tacoma is the better truck for you. But if your requirements are basic and you don't want to spend a lot, the Nissan Frontier is worth a look.
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- Doreen King
Greetings from Mesa
As I write this post Mike and I are sitting on the return flight from the United States Lavender Growers Conference in Mesa, Arizona. Well...in the spirit of full disclosure, we're actually on our way home from Vegas which was a stop over after visiting Grand Canyon National Park, which was a must-do, bucket list check-off, after attending the US Lavender Growers Conference in Mesa. So, now that my conscience is clear...IT WAS AWESOME!!! We met so many new people, both lavender lovers and nature lovers. We ditched pre-conference workshops to hike the
Superstition Mountains.
There we met Jim and Donna, Arizona snowbirds, seat warmers, and outdoor enthusiasts. I hope they were a looking glass into our future...together, outdoors and enjoying both.
Thankfully, by the time we reached the bench where they rested, they were ready to tackle the descent. Please tell me it was the altitude not the post holiday poundage that made the difference...seriously needed more oxygen. Then we spent the next two days in classes. The conference theme was Let's Get Everyone Cooking With Lavender. I learned SO much! I cook with lavender...I wasn't expecting new things...but now I know why I like lavender foods. So interesting. Perfect timing for my upcoming talk at 30-60-90 in New Carlisle on February 20th. Nancy Baggett, cookbook author and chef, was the keynote speaker. We will be offering her latest cookbook, The Art of Cooking With Lavender in our farm shop when we open in May.
She was insightful and exciting and her recipes delicious. Too bad we only had four meals inspired by her talents...oh yah, and a cocktail (yum!). Then it was north to the canyon. Icy trails at the rim kept us from hiking into the basin...or maybe it was a healthy fear of falling from that dizzying height. Mike says it's a healthy fear of landing. I'll give that to him.
Either way, this trip I was just as happy to drive the entire south rim, stopping at every look-out, each spectacular. Of the 600 plus photos we took, I'll only post a few.
Pictures cannot capture the spiritual beauty of rock and sky and water and wildlife. But a taste won't hurt I suppose.
And in the last pic, a new friend from our own home town, Jake Loggins. As Mike was telling a fellow onlooker where we are from, Jake cried out, "No way! Me too!!"
And so we've proved it true again, it is a small world. No matter where we go, we seem to run into someone we know, or someone who knows someone we know, or unwittingly taken a picture of someone we know...you see where this is going...right to Vegas. Where the city never sleeps we were in bed by eight. Exhausted.
And though we did take in the Fremont Street Experience, we are not so naive to think that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Not in the age of Instagram, tweets, Snapchat and YouTube. So with that I'll end as Chicago appears on the horizon with sincere apologies if I got you in the Fremont Street photo. Check back soon for some recipes with lavender and southwest flare...straight from Mesa. Safe travels everyone!


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Selected Quotations from: The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
There's beggary in the love that can be reckon'd. Mark Antony, Act I, Scene i
Kingdoms are clay: Mark Antony, Act I, Scene i
You think none but your sheets are privy to your wishes. Alexas, Act I, Scene ii
O, then we bring forth weeds,
When our quick minds lie still; Mark Antony, Act I, Scene ii
What our contempt doth often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again; Mark Antony, Act I, Scene ii
Why, then, we kill all our women:
we see how mortal an unkindness is to them;
if they suffer our departure, death's the word. Domitius Enobarbus, Act I, Scene ii
this grief is crowned
with consolation; your old smock brings forth a new
petticoat: Domitius Enobarbus, Act I, Scene ii
In time we hate that which we often fear. Charmian, Act I, Scene iii
The gods best know, – Mark Antony, Act I, Scene iii
Why should I think you can be mine and true, Cleopatra, Act I, Scene iii
We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our own good; so find we profit
By losing of our prayers. Menecrates, Act II, Scene i
I know not, Menas,
How lesser enmities may give way to greater. Pompey, Act II, Scene i
This was but as a fly by an eagle: Domitius Enobarbus, Act II, Scene ii
Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love. Cleopatra, Act II, Scene v
But there is never a fair woman has a true face. Domitius Enobarbus, Act II, Scene vi
Better to leave undone, than by our deed
Acquire too high a fame when him we serve's away. Ventidius, Act III, Scene i
Caesar? Why, he's the Jupiter of men. Domitius Enobarbus, Act III, Scene ii
Would you praise Caesar, say 'Caesar:' go no further. Domitius Enobarbus, Act III, Scene ii
if I lose mine honour,
I lose myself: Mark Antony, Act III, Scene iv
I have eyes upon him,
And his affairs come to me on the wind. Octavius Caesar, Act III Scene vi
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent. Cleopatra, Act III, Scene vii
women are not
In their best fortunes strong; Octavius Caesar, Act III, Scene xii
tell him he wears the rose
Of youth upon him; Mark Antony, Act III, Scene xiii
The soul and body rive not more in parting
Than greatness going off. Charmian, Act IV, Scene xiii
As water is in water. Mark Antony, Act IV, Scene xiv
Death of one person can be paid but once, Mardian, Act IV, Scene xiv
I, that with my sword
Quarter'd the world, and o'er green Neptune's back
With ships made cities, condemn myself to lack
The courage of a woman; Mark Antony, Act IV, Scene xiv
our size of sorrow,
Proportion'd to our cause, must be as great
As to which makes it. Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene xv
Patience is scottish, and impatience does
Become a dog that's mad: Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene xv
the death of Antony
Is not a single doom; in the name lay
A moiety of the world. Octavius Caesar, Act V, Scene i
Make not your thoughts be your prison: Octavius Caesar, Act V, Scene ii
Works Cited
Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra." 1998. The Pennsylvania State University's Electronic Classics Series. May 30, 2010 <http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/shake.htm>


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M202r Pastoral Care and Counseling I
Spring 2021
The focus of this required course is to learn and practice the fundamental counseling skills necessary for effectively listening, communicating, and being pastorally present with people. This course will emphasize the basic skills, principles, and processes of pastoral counseling. We will also examine vital issues like helping someone who is suicidal, depressed, or in crisis; integrating theology naturally in people-helping encounters; knowing when and how to refer; discerning ethical and legal issues; and avoiding burnout.
Participants must purchase this course's reading packet. This course also requires a minimum of six enrolled students.


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Vanessa Hudgens Sings Rent's 'Take Me or Leave Me' with Kiersey Clemons - Watch Now!
One song that we were waiting for all night long while watching Rent Live was "Take Me or Leave Me" and Vanessa Hudgens and Kiersey Clemons did not disappoint us with their performance of the iconic song!
The song is an act two showstopper between Maureen and Joanne. After Joanne gets jealous of her partner's flirtations with other women, Maureen tells her to "take me or leave me."
The show was actually not live as anticipated due to star Brennin Hunt's injury at the end of Saturday night's final dress rehearsal. Fox ended up playing the recording of the dress rehearsal and then went live for the finale.
They. Did. THAT. 😲🙌 #RENT pic.twitter.com/caAMaPwFle
— RENT on FOX (@RENTonFOX) January 28, 2019
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On this weeks show we have interviews with Matt Russell and Karlyn Pipes.
Matt goes over his experience at the 2017 Ironman World Champs through to racing this year. We also put his post race interview. It's inspirational stuff.
Then we have top swim coach Karlyn Pipes on. When John and Bevan were in Kona they went to Karlyn's swim school where Karlyn took John through a technique session. This session shares some great tips on how to swim more efficiently and effectively.
Direct download: IMTalk_Episode_638_-_Matt_Russell_and_Karlyn_Pipes.mp3
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GP has had Supernova on our stage before, but it's been quite some time since the ensemble has even played together. Before you see the quartet onstage Aug. 12, learn a little about Supernova through this quick interview with quartet member Jacob Szekely.
Supernova is Jacob Szekely (cello, electronics, sound design), Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (viola), Paul Jacob Cartwright (violin) and Robert Anderson (violin).
How did the ensemble come together?
We met when Miguel and I were attending USC. I was in my first year of grad school, Miguel was in undergrad, and we discovered our mutual love of improvising and jazz. We were passionately, seriously living double secret agent lives as jazz musicians, not telling our classical teachers for fear of being kicked out of school. We eventually formed a group, and found Robbie and our original violinist Ludwig, and that was Supernova. He was one of the great violinists of his generation, but three years later was hit by a drunk driver and suffered severe brain damage. The group stopped at that point.
Miguel went on to have a major career as composer, arranger, and this is something like his twenty-second show at GP. He's played with Thundercat, Anderson.Paak, Flying Lotus, and just did a huge thing with Questlove and Common; he also scores the show Luke Cage.
Robert and I founded String Project LA, the first school in America dedicated to creative/ improvised string playing, and now he's a professor at USC.
I toured with Rush, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, and have a couple of my own groups that tour internationally, including my group the Jacob Szekely Trio.
Paul was touring violinist with Father John Misty, and now is an arranger with Portugal the Man and a member of the group.
The idea for this concert was that it be a special reunion concert of Supernova, because we haven't played together as Supernova in years. We just want to honor the time we had together, and we thought it would be really cool to create a new piece called Suite for LA. It features a piece by each one of us—each movement is a new premiere that showcases our unique style.
Supernova as a group, as well as the individual musicians, each have a relationship with Grand Performances. Can you tell me a little bit about them?
Supernova performed at GP in one of our last public performances before Ludwig's accident—a very fond memory for us. Since then, as members of groups or as leaders, we have logged safely 40-50 performances at GP between us. Grand Performances has a special relationship with String Project LA, the school that Robbie and I founded. They've also helped sponsor and been part of the LA Creative String Festival I created, and this year was this sixth annual festival. We've been part of GP family for a very long time, and we've also known Leigh Ann forever.
We're also expecting some electronic elements. Tell me how you incorporate those into your writing and improvisation.
You'll hear them in a couple of different ways in this particular performance. We're all going to be using different types of analog effects when we play: something that we kind of pioneered when the group started. In order to use these types of effects in an ensemble setting in a compelling way, you need commitment. You're gonna hear us using all kinds of effects to alter sound, change pitch, and modulate our instruments. In my piece in particular, you're also going to hear me using a laptop, Ableton, and floor bass expression controllers to sample the group in real time and manipulate that as we play—its own type of improvisational process. I'll be using things like the harmony engine and vocal synths on the string instruments and control them in real-time. Basically, I'll be up there with a laptop and a bunch of glowing crazy pedals that make sounds.
Now for the important part—you're composing a brand-new Suite for Los Angeles. How does the city speak to you musically? What did it inspire in the composition, and what can the audience look for?
We each have our own distinct relationship with LA. Miguel grew up in Topanga Canyon, this beautiful little house. His stepdad wrote the movie The Sting starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, and won an Oscar, and that's what bought him that house. When he won that, he wound up living in that house and grew up right next to Stanley Clark. Miguel kind of grew up in the musical scene of LA.
I came here like most artists do; I love the romantic notion that most people in LA aren't from here. It's this city of dreamers, full of people here to create something new. The possibility means so much to me, has a big impact on my outlook and my music. Paul is from Bakersfield, comes from a musical family and commutes here. Robbie is from South Carolina—so we all kind of have a different view.
Each of the pieces are based off of a certain community in LA, the cultural and aesthetic vibe of that place. Starting with Miguel. In Topanga, you'll hear pastoral, wind blowing through trees. It's a waltzy, cinematic thing and feels like you're driving up to his treehouse. I live on the west side. Robbie lives in Reseda. Paul writes a street scene from a hood he used to live in, the Latino rhythms in his piece create a dance based off of those rhythms. My Scenes from Downtown are a hip-hop exploration of rhythms and beats and grooves indicative of downtown. The first part is an R&B, soul/hip-hop feel, then a dream scene, then a battle scene that uses our instruments to replace scratch pads and drums through Ableton, a church scene—like a gospel sample—and a reprise. The transitions are very much influenced by hip-hop music and hip-hop albums. Kendrick is someone who Miguel's worked with a lot, and Kamasi, so there are a lot of connections to hip-hop in our group.
There's a theme in the movement titles. How did that come about?
Miguel's piece is called Topanga – orchestral, cinematic, jazzy vibey ethos.
Rob's piece is called Reseda—funk/jazz fusion string quartet piece.
Paul's piece is called Gracia del Mar (grace of the sea)—it's about a lady who runs a hot dog cart in east LA and was also a drag performer in the Yucatan.
My piece is called Scenes from Downtown–an electro-hip-hop piece using our unique ability to groove and improvise, with emphasis on electronics, plus Ableton and sound design. Mixed-media in a way.
All feature improvising in a way that I think only we can.
What message do you ultimately want to convey with the Suite?
The piece is a sketch of different parts of LA, a love poem about who we are as artists in LA through the lens of these four different places.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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7 April – 9 July 2017
Since 1913, revolutionary development has put art into a state of turmoil as never known before. The "zero point of painting" was reached with Black Square (1913) by Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935). Only a few years later in 1917, the October Revolution shook Russia, where the experiment of building an ideal society based on real (or existing) socialism began. Paintings in the style of Socialist Realism delineated its ideological program. What shape revolutionary design and art should take was one of the burning issues in artistic debates of the period. During the 1920s, various groups of artists pursued all kinds of styles. The constructivists and production artists applied themselves to designing everyday objects, tools, and appliances. And the Society of Easel Painters with Alexander Deineka (1899–1969), Alexander Labas, and Sergei Luchishkin continued to paint pictures, cultivating a modern, though representational style. In contrast, the aesthetically conservative revolutionary artists (AKhRR), with leading protagonist Isaak Brodsky, made up the largest group of painters and found strong support among the Communist Party leaders. As of the 1920s, Joseph Stalin's increasingly authoritarian regime progressively began to restrict freedom of artistic expression. Then, very early in the 1930s, the press began criticizing the modern artistic vocabulary on account of its "formalism" and reliance on "bourgeois influences." Finally, in 1932, the Central Committee of the Communist Party officially took over the control of national art production and stipulated that all artists become members of the Union of Soviet Artists. At the first congress of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1934, author Maxim Gorki, as well as Stalin's close confidant Andrey Zhdanov, ultimately defined Socialist Realism as "revolutionary romanticism" with the goal of representing reality as "revolutionary development." Soviet art henceforth had the task of educating the proletariat in the spirit of socialism and fostering ideological change. Despite the fact that this goal still had much in common with the utopian ideals of the early Russian avant-garde—which flourished in the decade after Lenin seized power - Socialist Realism preempted abstraction as the artistic mode of expression in official, public spheres. Figurative painting and sculpture representing socialist subject matter in a realistic style became the accepted artistic vocabulary. The most successful painters of the 1930s, such as Isaak Brodsky, Alexander Deineka, and Sergei Gerasimov, were admired for works of art that depicted Soviet achievements and heroes (farmers, workers, heads of the party) while making light of problems and whitewashing the system's faults, visualizing a communist utopia as the goal that all were working toward. Their portrayal of Stalin's Five-Year Plan that began in 1928 was eulogistic. The plan led to the transformation of agrarian Russia into a strong industrial power in the 1930s. Artists working in the Socialist Realism style glorified the collectivization of agriculture in hyperbolic imagery, ignoring the famine and other problems it brought with it if possible. Stalin's ideological purges in the 1930s - during which practically half of the Communist Party members were either incarcerated, tortured, or executed - pointed the way of growing repression, which all Soviet citizens, including artists, were facing. Even though the classical motifs and the artistic language of Socialist Realism reigned as the official aesthetic style for fifty years, it varied from artist to artist. It was spread by paintings and mass media such as posters and delivered an iconic world of imagery that was deeply rooted in Soviet visual culture and shaped popular imagination for generations. The above is the point of departure for an exhibition of Socialist Realism, the first of its kind in Switzerland, comprising a selection of artworks representing a cross section of this style over the last one hundred years. It strives to show the canon-shaping early Soviet works dating from the 1920s and the 1930s, with their utopian, revolutionary aspirations, as well as the ideological processing and stylistic further development of this kind of art in the German Democratic Republic - founded in 1949 - in the 1950s through into the 1970s. From there we will investigate further westwards, proceeding to the Federal Republic of Germany, where artists such as Jörg Immendorf (1945–2007) painted programmatic views of society. Although these pieces had different goals they were nevertheless reactions to Socialist Realism. Also Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), in the greater freedom enjoyed in the Federal Republic of Germany, used the stark contrast of the East and as the backdrop for his sarcastic, biting satires, which heralded the advent of postmodernism. The ideological modifications of Socialist Realism in the Federal Republic of Germany were followed in the 1970s and 1980s by the sarcastic art of the Sots Art protagonists, such as Erik Bulatov (b. 1933), Ilya Kabakov (b. 1933), as well as Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (b. 1943/1945). These artists gently ridiculed socialist visual culture and at the same time gave visual expression to the Soviet Union's tentative political and ideological attempts at opening to the West of perestroika and glasnost. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a younger generation finally settled the score with the ideologically charged revolutionary visual vocabulary of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the latter. The painters of East Germany, ranging from Neo Rauch (b. 1960) and Norbert Bisky (b. 1970) to the scandalous large-format paintings of the Russian painter duo Vladimir Dubossarsky/Aleksander Vinogradov (b. 1964/1963), address historical change as an empty phrase in a diversity of ways. But thanks to its ideological clarity and stereotype character/to the ideological clarity of Socialist Realism and its stereotype character, it is nevertheless still a fitting mode of expression for voicing social criticism. Besides a selection of individual works representing a cross section of Socialist Realism, this exhibition—the first of its kind in Switzerland—targets creating an awareness for the correlations between sociopolitical and aesthetic revolutions—as well as discrepancies—and, not least, inquires into the revolutionary meaning of art in whatever shape.
Curator: Dr. Kathleen Bühler, curator of contemporary art
Sarah Merten, research associate, Department of Contemporary