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Studio visit with Iza Pavlina
It's Summer. I'm in Slovenia as Curator-in-Residence for July-August 2019 at the Center Sodobnih Umetnosti Celje. It is my second week and I have started to have studio meetings with artists every day. Maja Hodošček, the curator and artist that invited me here, sets up the meetings; today I'm meeting Iza Pavlina. It's Friday morning and we are supposed to meet in Salon (the nickname for the Likovni salon gallery) at 10:30. I step out and walk from my apartment so I can smoke as I walk… I see a young girl with long blonde hair wearing all black, carrying a backpack as if she just got back from school. She is standing outside the locked door of the gallery; we both understand and smile a little… Are you the curator?... Yes, are you the artist? Yes... Maja appears and apologizes for being late, although she isn't really. It's so funny that she missed the "introduction", which by the third time seems a bit unnecessary in this small town, yet I'm glad she takes the time to do this for me. I've heard a little bit about Iza and her practice from others so I have a good feeling. She doesn't have a permanent studio so she suggested we walk to her place where we can have coffee and it's only seven minute walk, so I agree and think it's nice. The studios I've seen until now, only around TamKoUčiri, have looked a lot more like dusty living rooms/dingy galleries than active studios anyway.
Iza's apartment building seems very cute; it's newer than the ones in the old town, reachable by walking up four floors, each with balconies full of plants. We sit on a bench outside while I finish smoking before going upstairs. As I'm typing this I sit in this cafe near the town square, sipping espresso on ice while the radio plays purple rain :). Iza graduated last year; I tell her it's a rough year and I warn her that I will attempt to motivate her with speeches ;). I remember the difficulties of the transition from making art in an academic surrounding to creating with no support, feeling as if you are in a vacuum. Iza also made another transition when she moved back to her hometown, Celje, from the capital where she studied, Ljubljana. So this apartment is her brother's and she shares it with her boyfriend. It's a sweet and cool, spacious one-bedroom, or in Stockholm terms: all you really need.
Immediately I see a high shelf full of toys/action figures and immediately ask who they belong to, (as if a girl can't have toys) - they're actually belong to her and her boyfriend, Uroš Vnuk. They collect and actually also design and make toys as a side and sell them online-run business. The collection is made out of childhood toys, second hand and ones made by fellow toy makers. The brand is called "Official Toy" She shows me the latest creation, "BloodLizard", a skull-headed cute, scaled, little red devil, wearing a minimal viking warrior skirt outfit. His body is red and his abs are orange, he has three fingers and three toes; with the horns and wings and all it seems like he's definitely from hell but so damn likeable, kind of like Hellboy… the scale is also very nice. BloodLizard is standard but smaller than most and reminds me of my GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra figure (I think I had Duke). Iza shows me that the limbs and head are removable by magnets, so cool.
She offers me a variety of teas to drink, lactose free instant cappuccino, freshly ground coffee (coffee coffee black coffee :))). She also makes her own kombucha (!), but it's still brewing in the containers above the cabinets. In Slovenia every coffee is served with a full glass of water next to it and Iza sticks to that; we sit in her balcony - it's pretty sunny and we are cooking and chatting away in our black shirts.
I haven't seen any of her work yet but I just like her; she is articulate and relaxed and we seem to be on the same page. We exchange knowledge and meeting in the middle.
We talk about how they make the toys with silicone molds using two components of plastic made out polymare... they will use a big pot on the balcony as a vacuum-forming substitute. It's very DIY and I dig it- the packaging is really special and has everything a collector would want: a backstory for the character, a grueling print of an original bloody skull in the back made by their friend, printed on hard cardboard with a semi-shiny print waiting in a clear plastic bubble. The style is very good and original, I feel like Mike Kelley and Cameron Jamie will approve of this as that aesthetic that combines raw teenage drawings. As if taken from a high-school notebook yet slightly more refined because as Iza said it's deliberate. The initiative to make these toys was definitely inspired by childhood toys: it recreates this aesthetic fascination with details in those modular objects. We continue to talk about toys, the ones that were great - Iza is more from the Pokémon generation, yet her boyfriend (like me) was into teenage mutant ninja turtles- and actually she has all of them in the flat :) We sit at her desk and as I hold my favorite Rafael (that I still have in a box at my parent's place in my hometown, Ra'anana- Israel).
I ask to look at some recent work on her laptop.
Inkei (ペニス) 2017, is a soft sculpture that was made for a group show in Račka Gallery*.
It is essentially a huge Plushie toy-like, life-size sculpture of an Octopus.
The creature looks as if taken from a trendy corporate startup lobby or a posh one-of-a-kind children's toy store. In fact, it's a self-made, imperfect attempt to create a personal object that embodies a representation of sexuality in Japanese pop-porn culture. Because of strict regulation in Japan concerning full frontal male nudity, a symbol in the form of an octopus was established as an alternative to the phallus. The top part is made from a white bed sheet that was previously used to make the top part (she confesses that it is spotted with her blood from when she (mis)used a sewing machine for the first time). The bottom is made of store-bought, red fabric. The combination of white and red references the Japanese flag.
The title, "Inkei", is the phonetic English pronunciation of the Japanese word ペニス, which sounds like a sweet nickname for an Octopus or a squid (because they produce ink), but it literally means "Penis". I ask about the logistics of moving this giant sculpture and she shows me photos of her bearded boyfriend carrying it on his shoulders and tells me it is now a bit dirty from movers and lives in her parent's basement. Somehow as a curator I reflect on how this chain of events added meaning to the piece, which did not stop collecting connotations after the show in Račka ended.
* An erotic gallery that was previously used as a peep show venue and later showed erotic art with nudes and such, but mostly from a male gaze. Recently it's switched to a critical point of view: it features artworks containing sexual content, yet done by 4th wave feminists in light of #Metoo. It is now leading a queer art festival that will also challenge body types and showcase diverse points of views on sexuality.
Project Rule 34 (2017)
We move on to another exhibition she had in Aksioma Gallery (Ljubljana) based on a proposal for digital technology work. She produced and shot HD videos of herself modeling different acts directly related to specific fetishes.
There are 13 videos and they are all uploaded onto Pornhub, Xhamster and XVIDEOS as pornography under Iza's "Pornstar" name /account name, Lizzypeacocks. There is random porn music in the background and typical porn video titles, but in fact in regard to aesthetics and actual content, they are very different- there is no nudity (the shots are only above the shoulders). The aesthetics are clean, dry and almost Shuttershock-like. "BDSM slave getting slapped" is simply Iza giving herself a slap- it could be like a version of self-harm performance art, as if taking from the 1970s. "Dirty lesbian eating feces" is her straight self (how should a lesbian look anyway?) eating some melting chocolate out of a Petri dish. It is a question of authenticity- that is anyway a constant absence in porn as fiction - the girl is playing a character and the props are fake. A woman can fake an orgasm, yet a man can't. This creates tension within the title and the piece, which confuses and challenges viewers and consumers of the same thing in different spheres. Iza says she is fairly popular and gets a variety of positive reactions even if they are written in explicit language. However, a small percentage of people did complain that what she does isn't real Porn. As I would imagine, some art viewers, as they always do, questioned if some things, such as this, are Art. I like the fact that Iza's artworks are online. In many cases video works are unpublished unless done so by the artist on Vimeo because of copyright issues with the gallery.
We wrap up because Iza needs to meet her mom in town. We say we will meet again and perhaps do a workshop in the AIR apartment with her artist friends. She offers me a sweaty hug :) because it's hot and we are wearing black. We hug and say bye and I go eat a burger in Hoodburger. The burger was a really nice, (the fries were just OK).


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Create a space where your group can show their opinions without having talking at all. Have them move around the room and represent their opinions of controversial topics and subjects.
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Then we went through 3 rounds of security, including a health check, before we were allowed aboard the Crystal Serenity, a smaller but still massive cruise ship. My aunt and her daughter and son-in-law were on board, and they had invited us to dinner.
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With the ATA (Association of Talent Agents) and the WGA (Writers Guild of America) deep in a legal battle for the foreseeable future, where does that leave producers? Here are some practical tools to help producers connect with writers and navigate the current conflict.
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October 24, 2019
In summer 2019, average asking rents for ground floor retail space decreased in 12 of the 17 Brooklyn corridors analyzed by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), when compared to the summer of 2018. Overall, the Brooklyn retail environment is evolving with declining asking rents in more mature neighborhoods as landlords seek to remain competitive by reassessing the value of their retail spaces among shifting demographics. Progressing neighborhoods are experiencing favorable market trends due to increased foot traffic from new residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments.
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In Cobble Hill, average asking rents on Court Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Carroll Street, rose to $96 psf, a 3% increase year-over-year. Along Smith Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Carroll Street, average asking rents fell to $83 psf, a 4% decline year-over-year. For both corridors, availabilities of higher-value and revamped retail spaces have led to increased tenacity from perspective tenants, as demonstrated by the recent leases by Crunch, My Gym, and Moschino.
"Cobble Hill is witnessing increased retail activity and demand for retail spaces, as older leases are now expiring, and more desirable spaces are becoming available for perspective tenants. As rents are increasing, many of these leases are not renewing. A significant amount of construction is undergoing to rehab older single-story retail spaces and the creation of new multi-story availabilities." – Mitzi Flexer, Cushman & Wakefield
In Park Slope, average asking rents along 7th Avenue, between Union Street and 9th Street, fell to $86 psf, a 23% decline year-over-year. Asking rents along 7th Avenue have adjusted downwards to more sustainable levels, in part due to competition from expanded corridors that offer greater visibility. On 5th Avenue, between Union Street and 9th Street, average asking rents rose to $104 psf, a 10% increase year-over-year. 5th Avenue remains a highly attractive corridor with rents expected to increase, as several older buildings are being rehabbed. Current availabilities mainly consist of recent restaurant closures.
"Despite the summer months usually being slower, retail activity along 7th Avenue is picking up with landlords becoming more flexible by adjusting rents and leasing out spaces that have been on the market for over a year. 7th Avenue, traditionally the home to Mom & Pops is beginning to see an influx of credit tenants signing leases." – Jeffery Kessler, LEVITAN
On Montague Street, between Hicks Street and Cadman Plaza, average asking rents fell to $86 psf, a 22% decline year-over-year. Compared to other corridors, low availabilities are common on Montague Street as prime retail spaces are already leased out and current availabilities are considered less desirable.
"Current Montague Street availabilities are mainly converted brownstones featuring "step-up" or "step-down" retail spaces more suited for local tenants with lower asking rents with prime retail occupied by national tenants." – Curtis Woodside, Compass
In Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Street, between Boerum Place and Flatbush Ave, average asking rents rose to $237 psf, a 1% increase year-over-year. The corridor is experiencing increased foot traffic from new high-profile developments such as Brooklyn Point, The Brooklyn Grove, 76 and 211 Schermerhorn Street, and 11 Hoyt. CityPoint Brooklyn has transformed the retail environment along Fulton Street, as the number of outlet/ discount clothing stores is declining. Perspective tenants have more incentives to execute leases as both large and small landlords alike are offering more flexible concessions. REBNY's previous Brooklyn Retail report added Court Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Pierrepont Street, as a new corridor. For summer 2019, average asking rents along this corridor fell to $160 psf, a 4% decline from winter 2019.
Average asking rents in Dumbo, along Washington Street, Front Street, Jay Street, Water Street, and Main Street, fell to $103 psf, a 7% decline year-over-year, as prime spaces have been leased. Demand for Dumbo retail space remains high as new mixed-use developments at 85 Jay Street and 168 Plymouth Street will significantly increase neighborhood foot traffic.


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Whitehurst won't be the answer
Seattle's quarterback troubles continue as playoffs approach
Mon., Jan. 3, 2011
So the story goes that Matt Hasselbeck was still in coach Pete Carroll's ear to start Sunday's playoff-for-the-playoffs even as the Seattle Seahawks made their way through the tunnel canopy just before kickoff. One can only imagine. "C'mon, Pete, I'm ready … You're not seriously going to go with ol' 'Passion of the Christ' here, are you? … Pete, I've started 131 NFL games … Hey, my butt's healed – although you're really starting to make it ache again … What, are you trying to re-enact 'The Last Supper?' … Be serious, Pete – you want a quarterback who's been there or a guy you signed straight out of a BeeGees tribute band?" But Carroll went with his gut over Hasselbeck's glute and put the game into the hands of backup Charlie Whitehurst. The Seahawks tested the elasticity of reality by snuffing the St. Louis Rams and earning a playoff berth – a home game, mind you – with a record of 7-9, and the NFL's competition committee is probably cooking up measures right now to prevent a re-occurrence. So, now what? Carroll insisted on Monday that he doesn't know now-what. Hasselbeck and Whitehurst will split the practice reps and a decision on the starter for Saturday's first-round game against the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints will be decided … eventually. "We'll figure it out," Carroll said. Well, that's a load off. He also said that "I think we'll have Matt full speed," or whatever gear he operates in, and if indeed that's the case, then it should be settled: Hasselbeck starts. If Carroll did not turn the offense over to Whitehurst against Tampa Bay the week before until Hasselbeck was hurt because there was still something to play for, then circumstances are no different now. "I'd love to play the game," Whitehurst admitted, "but I'll do what they tell me to do." Which is pretty much what he did against the Rams. He did not screw it up. Other than the badly underthrown bomb to a stunningly uncovered Ruvell Martin that went for 61 yards on the first series, Whitehurst completed only one other pass downfield for more than 15 yards. When pressured, he threw it away or scrambled. He did not risk a pick. He was sure with snaps and handoffs. He didn't, unlike Hasselbeck of late, try to do too much because he could barely manage just enough. Standing on the Qwest Field turf as a fist-pumping Whitehurst charged back up the tunnel after the victory, columnist Art Thiel of Sportspress Northwest was moved to call it the "football equivalent of the Bob Wolcott game" – and the analogy is apt. It was the nervous rookie Wolcott, those with long memories will recall, who was nominated to start – and won – the 1995 American League Championship Series opener for the Seattle Mariners against Cleveland after Edgar Martinez had doubled home Ken Griffey Jr. and all the pitching had been spent subduing the Yankees. Difference was, Wolcott walked the first three batters before escaping the first inning without yielding a run. Whitehurst, in contrast, had the Seahawks in the end zone six plays after the kickoff for a lead they never gave up. However, the M's didn't make it to the World Series and the Seahawks aren't going to the Super Bowl, no matter who's quarterbacking. If Carroll isn't ready to name a starter for Saturday, he's certainly not ready to talk about one for next year. Although that's the only question we should be asking. Hasselbeck's contract is up, and it's become evident his erratic ways the second half the season have not captured Carroll's confidence. He has served the franchise well and deserves a few years as well-paid relief of one of the league's young guns, though of course he likely still sees himself as an elite starter. That's a decision the market will make. As for Whitehurst, aside from the warm story of Sunday's victory, his principal distinctions as a pro are: A) that he was never able to unseat Billy Volek as the No. 2 quarterback at San Diego, and B) that he could not dislodge Hasselbeck as the starter in the first year of Carroll's rebuild. It's his cross to bear – sorry – that he is not the guy, and not likely to become the guy, even though the Seahawks overpaid for him. He didn't win the game Sunday, he managed it, missing numerous opportunities to break it open, to the point where you can see him being the perfect guy to get the Seahawks to 7-9 again next year. Or maybe 6-10. And playoff reality will never be that elastic, even in the NFC West.
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Flashmob to claim the rights of homeless people
29 November, 2017
The Homeless Care Network of Barcelona (XAPSLL) called last 23th November in plaça dels Àngels, Barcelona, a flashmob with the purpose to raise awareness of the situation of homeless people. The initiative, organized by Càritas Barcelona and XAPSLL, started with five minutes of silence and placed different clotheslines to hang up papers shaped like clothes and write in these the rights that they wanted to claim for homeless people.
The event, which included the reading of a manifesto, was attended by the Deputy Mayor of Social Rights of Barcelona City Council, Laia Ortiz, and the spokespersons of XAPSLL, Ricard Barrull and Maite Mauricio. The flashmob celebrates his seventh edition to make the situation of homeless people visible and claim for their rights.


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76 Brand Films Named Official Webby Awards Honoree
What do Thornley Fallis, QNX, Disney, HBO and Coca-Cola all have in common? We are all 'Official Honorees' at the 17th Webby Awards.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has named our online video production of Imagined an Official Honoree for the 17th Annual Webby Awards. Imagined, a video created in collaboration with leading tech company QNX Software Systems, was selected from a pool of 11,000 entries across the US, Canada, and 58 other countries.
The New York Times calls the Webby Awards the "Internet's highest honour". Some of the world's biggest entertainment and consumer brands are among our fellow Honorees in the Online Film & Video category:
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- Team Coco (Conan O'Brien's post team)
- National Geographic
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- Funny Or Die
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- The Onion
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"Having awarded the best of the web for 17 years, we are constantly impressed by the extent of creativity showcased by our Webby Honorees. Your work continually furthers the scope of online innovation, setting the standard of excellence on the web," wrote David-Michel Davies, executive director of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. "We want to extend our thanks to you and your team for producing remarkable work for us to recognize."
At Thornley Fallis / 76design, we wanted to find a way to humanize technology with video storytelling. QNX is doing some of the most innovative work in the world, but sometimes it's challenging to articulate to the general public how that work will affect the average person. This video represents a vision of the near future. Clearly it resonated with audiences and with the Academy as well.
"We wanted to tell a story that people could relate to — a story that isn't just about technology but about transformation," said Megan Alink, director of marketing communications at QNX Software Systems. "Mike and his team helped breathe life into our vision of the future where cars aren't simply connected to wireless networks, they are integrated into the whole experience to improve driver awareness."


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Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). This course covers both jet and turboprop aircraft, users can select the applicable aircraft type at the beginning of the course.
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With almost a million Twitter followers, Hollywood actor James Woods is perhaps one of the most prominent openly conservative celebrities. His social media following is huge and his tweets often echo the thoughts, views, and attitudes of the right-wing part of his loyal fan base. The actor doesn't shy away from openly expressing his views, which sometimes prompts him to go on full-blown Twitter rants. His most recent targets? Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, Frederica Wilson, the Democratic Party, and the mainstream media. Woods' Twitter feed is currently exploding, with his fans cheering him on and retweeting his thoughts.
Mr. Woods, who stated that he was once a supporter of the Democratic Party, is famous for playing villainous roles and has appeared in numerous Hollywood classics, including Once Upon a Time in America, Casino, Chaplin, and The Onion Field. Woods has also been nominated for two Academy Awards. And while he hasn't had a major motion picture role ever since the Andy Cheng-directed movie End Game, which was a critical failure, he has maintained an active Twitter presence. The actor is known for publicly endorsing Ted Cruz, but he has since expressed his love and support for the current President of the United States, Donald John Trump.
James Woods On Frederica Wilson, Obama, Clinton, And The Democratic Party
This is why the clown in the red cowboy hat and the rest of the #Democrats have been acting so nuts lately... https://t.co/3OnzwWG3g6— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 19, 2017
"The clown in the red cowboy hat" is how James Woods refers to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson. In another tweet, he referred to her as "God's gift to the Republicans." The actor also couldn't resist calling out Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton, criticizing the two for the alleged Uranium deal with Russia.
"Uranium One coverup is not going away."
The 70-year old actor ranted about the American media next, suggesting they're covering up the story and then concluding that it "is not going away." Apart from Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the DNC, CNN and the New York Times have both been subject of the actor's Twitter criticism. And while Woods' fans keep retweeting his short blurbs and praising the actor in comments, some Twitter users are criticizing him for mocking Frederica Wilson's appearance.
After a series of about a dozen tweets, through which he launched an all-out verbal attack on almost the entire American political and media establishment, the Twitter storm James Woods had created is slowly fading away. Until he decides to tweet again.
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Cory Gardner
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Cory Gardner
|United States Senator
from Colorado
|Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Serving with Michael Bennet
|Preceded by
|Mark Udall
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 4th district
|In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
|Preceded by
|Betsy Markey
|Succeeded by
|Ken Buck
|Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 63rd district
|In office
June 23, 2005 – January 2, 2011
|Preceded by
|Greg Brophy
|Succeeded by
|Jon Becker
|Personal details
|August 22, 1974
Yuma, Colorado
|Political party
|Jaime Gardner
|Alma mater
|Colorado State University
University of Colorado Law School
|Senate website
Campaign website
Cory Gardner (born August 22, 1974)[1] is the junior United States Senator from Colorado. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party.[2] Gardner has been in Senate since January 3, 2015. He was in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.[1] From 2002 to 2005 he was a member of the staff of U.S. Senator Wayne Allard.[3]
Gardner was born on August 22, 1974 in Yuma, Colorado. He studied at Colorado State University. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 2001.[1] He is married to Jaime Gardner. They have three children.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gardner, Cory". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo". Roll Call. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Cory Gardner". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
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2010: The Year of the Line Break
My lines are too short.
I'm going through a revision phase again, trying to find the five poems that will get me into this workshop, (and frankly I'm about to tape my best twenty to the wall and just start throwing darts) and it's clear to me that in many instances my lines are too short. I've come back to several poems that I haven't worked with in months and have made major changes to the line breaks in all of them, in each case producing revised poems with longer (and thus fewer) lines. Longer lines create more possibilities for interesting line breaks, breaks that carry the poem forward on its own momentum; in several instances I think the poem just looks nicer on the page as well.
I write almost all of my first drafts by hand in Moleskine notebooks, and in most cases my lines are as long as the page is wide: when transcribed into typeface that can yield a pretty short line. (It also reminds me of the oft-told story that William Carlos Williams wrote many of his poems on prescription pads. Did he write on the pads because he wrote short poems, or did he write short poems because he wrote on prescription pads? Did his tools influence his style? Did his style dictate his tools? Did the two feed off of each other?) What's interesting to me is that it shows me that I am not in control of my material, not on the first pass-through at any rate. I'm letting the width of the paper I'm writing on determine my line breaks; and line breaks are a poet's most powerful tool.
About a year ago I started paying more attention to stanzas, to controlling the pace of my poems by introducing some breathing room. I think it made for some better poems; certainly thinking more closely about form, making decisions about form, made me a better poet even in those instances when I held on to the original version. Thinking critically about the way I write has to be a step forward, it has to be a sign of something. Growth, maturity, something. So I'm going to look at my lines more closely.
If 2009 was the Year of the Stanza, then 2010 shall be The Year of the Line Break.My process, Poetry | Comments (3)
3 Responses to "2010: The Year of the Line Break"
donab on
January 9, 2010 9:12 pm
Have you considered turning your Moleskine the other way to write in?
Jennifer on
January 12, 2010 10:04 pm
Leave it to a visual artist to think of an obvious alternative that I totally overlooked!
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Open Market Moves Again, This Time to Benes
The revolving door at Open Market last week took another spin, with Benes Brand Imaging Group coming aboard for creative chores.
The hiring of Benes marks the second time in as many months that the Burlington, Mass., e-commerce software company has shifted creative resources on its $3-4 million account.
In December, Partners & Simons, Boston, won the account after a review that included Lexington, Mass.-based Benes. The incumbent, TFA/Leo Burnett Technology Group, Boston, did not participate [Adweek, Dec. 20, 1999].
That review was prompted by the appointment of a new corporate marketing director, Jay Fiore.
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Partners & Simons official Gib Trub declined to discuss the reason for the split; client executives did not return calls.
Shortly after Partners & Simons came aboard, Fiore asked Benes to make a presentation and the account was re-assigned, said the shop's strategic marketing director, Doug Landfield. The 20-person Benes agency works primarily with high-tech clients on business-to-business design, collateral and print ad projects. It recently won visual branding and annual report assignments for Netegrity, a Waltham, Mass., firm that provides software to build secure e-commerce portals.
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The RareVoice Awards nominations for 2019 are open! We encourage the community to nominate individuals and organizations who have gone above and beyond to become rare disease policy leaders, having passed or supported legislation for the rare disease community at the state and federal level. There is even a category for teenagers/young adults who have made a big impact.
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Ward: Old Malden (RB Kingston)
Mary Clark
Local community champion
Mary has lived in New Malden all her life. She has a daughter now in San Francisco, and a son working in Italy. Her late father Frank Steptoe was twice Mayor of Kingston. Mary's main interests are adult health and planning. She sat on the Health Overview Panel as a Councillor from 2006 to 2010. She currently spends a lot of time helping elderly residents fill in claim forms for Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Blue Badges.
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Kevin Davis
Local school governor
Kevin was born in New Malden and brought up in Old Malden having attended Burlington and Beverley Schools. He is a school Governor in Kingston and has run and established a number of innovative charities in the education sector. He now runs a Kingston based business as well as being the Chairman of a Trust in the centre of Kingston that is raising the profile of Kingston as a place of national historic importance. Kevin feels that the Old Malden ward is often forgotten by the Guildhall and wants to do more to fight for money to come to the area.
David Fraser
Old Malden Councillor
David has served on the Council for thirty years, including three terms as Deputy Mayor. A retired social worker, he spends much of his spare time helping disadvantaged families. He was awarded an MBE last year for his community work, including raising funds for an electric wheel-chair for a double amputee and a walking brace for a young teenager. During the Bosnia crisis he arranged for a lorry load of blankets and clothing to be taken by lorry by volunteer drivers, and at the time of the EU 'butter mountain' he collected and personally delivered surplus butter to each elderly and disabled resident in his ward. Today he is active on behalf of the Kingston Association for the Blind, Arthritis Care, Smith's Charity (Parish of St John's), the Horton League of Friends, and is a a governor of Richard Challoner School and President of the Motspur Park Horticultural Society. He led the fight against a proposal close South Lane from the A3, which would have affected residents on the Painters Estate. He persuaded the then Transport Minister to view the site and it was agreed to keep it open.
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Old Malden Conservatives have chosen to show this poster (on the right here) highlighting the issues they are tackling in the area (click to enlarge) rather than write long pieces about the five topics. If you would like further information please see their website: www.kingstonconservatives.com
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Promoted by Ben Mallet on behalf of Mary Clark, Kevin Davis and David Fraser, all of 3 Bridle Close, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2JW.
|Eric, Alan and Rona planting trees in Fairlands Park
Eric Allen
I have been a resident of Sutton since 1986. Married with one son who is currently studying for his GCSE this June. Born in Glasgow, arrived in Sutton when working for an Insurance company in Wimbledon. Subsequently worked in the City and was an Underwriter at Lloyds of London before starting my own Insurance brokerage in Sutton in 1998.
I am currently a member of the Sutton Environment & Neighbourhood and the Planning committees and the Conservative deputy Financial spokesman. Since becoming a councillor I have also served on the LGA (Local Government Association) Audit and Scrutiny panel and The Environment and Housing Board.
I have found the position as your ward councillor (Since May 2010) both challenging and rewarding and would welcome the opportunity to be your Nonsuch councillor for another 4 year term.
Rona Forzani
I have lived in Nonsuch Ward, Sutton for 32 years and am happily married with 5 children; all locally educated.
Having served as Parent and Community Governors at my local Primary and Secondary schools for over 23 years, I am now enjoying being a School Pastor and Street Pastor assisting the night time economy in Sutton.
I value being part of making a real difference to the community in which I live, and the people. Having served voluntarily in local Education, I now value the privileged opportunity to serve as your councillor in a wider arena of challenge.
Alan Plant
I have been resident of Nonsuch Ward, Sutton for 36 years. Married for 47 years. Very much a family man with 5 children educated in Sutton and 10 grandchildren. I attended Technical College in Wimbledon, and served an Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering and Design. I owned a successful small Marine Engineering business, before retirement.
Having an active interest in local issues. I Re-forming Chapra Resident Association, acting as Chairman since 2010. Now coupled with Ward Coordinator of Nonsuch Neighbourhood Watch.
I am a member of the Council`s Local area committee on behalf of the residents, together with attendance of the Nonsuch Police Ward Panel meeting and the Outer London Fund Stakeholder meeting.
The opportunity of serving as your Councillor, will enable me to help further improve our environment in Sutton, and Nonsuch ward in particular.
Areas Of Concern:
Traffic and Transport.
Nonsuch Ward suffers from major traffic delays during peaks, both in Central Road and on the A24 London Road. The hold ups along the A24 could be improved with better traffic light phasing at Gander Green Lane.
Moving the bus stop outside Sainsbury`s North Cheam to the inside lane of a red route doesn't help.
The traffic in Central Road needs serious attention and we are supporting a cross boundary traffic review to really address this properly.
Church Hill road with a failing sub-structure and being overloaded with out of service buses, is in an almost constant state of repair and not fit for purpose. Resident's requests for a 20 MPH zone have been ignored despite it being adjacent to a school.
We also need a safe crossing on the A24, near Oaks Avenue where residents have a difficult time crossing over to reach the bus stop or post box.
Moving the bus stop outside Sainsbury`s North Cheam to the inside lane of a red route doesn't help.
The traffic in Central Road needs serious attention and we are supporting a cross boundary traffic review to really address this properly.
Church Hill road with a failing sub-structure and being overloaded with out of service buses, is in an almost constant state of repair and not fit for purpose. Resident's requests for a 20 MPH zone have been ignored despite it being adjacent to a school.
We also need a safe crossing on the A24, near Oaks Avenue where residents have a difficult time crossing over to reach the bus stop or post box.
(Alan Plant)
Housing and Planning
We need to preserve buildings that are typical of our area and those which serve the needs of our residents. It is also important to restrict overdevelopment of a residential plot, and there should be sufficient off road parking spaces when considering any development. Where a new development with residential accommodation can be successfully built without detriment to the area, then account must be taken to ensure the infrastructure is in place to handle the additional population, be it medical facilities, schools places or off road parking. To ensure the public's content with their surroundings and improve a visitor's perception of the area, we must ensure no major building is allowed to fall into the condition of the Victoria House eyesore. Landlords, developers and owners must be made to keep their property in safe and respectable condition.
(Alan Plant)
Rubbish and Recycling
In a recent letter to the Guardian a resident asked if anyone on the council understand fallout levels. The answer is 'Yes' - At the first Incinerator planning meeting, both I and fellow Conservative, Graham Whitham, questioned the applicants on the dispersion of the Nitrogen Oxide from the waste stack. Additionally, we questioned the impact of prevailing winds and highlighted concern that particles could be dispersed over nearby Boroughs.
At that first meeting, Graham, Stephen Fenwick (Lib Dem) and I voted against, while three Lib Dems voted in favour and two abstained. When the meeting was re-run Stephen Fenwick U-Turned and voted in favour along with previously abstaining Lib Dem colleagues. The views of Councillor Whitham and myself were unchanged and we voted against.
Waste will continue to be a problem particularly with a growing population but we must consider all possible alternative for the sake of the next generation.
At that first meeting, Graham, Stephen Fenwick (Lib Dem) and I voted against, while three Lib Dems voted in favour and two abstained. When the meeting was re-run Stephen Fenwick U-Turned and voted in favour along with previously abstaining Lib Dem colleagues. The views of Councillor Whitham and myself were unchanged and we voted against.
Waste will continue to be a problem particularly with a growing population but we must consider all possible alternative for the sake of the next generation.
(Eric Allen)
Children and Education
Having a real interest in education, serving as a school governor in my children's local Primary and Secondary school for over 23 years, I can appreciate the excellent work our schools do in providing high quality education. Sadly, over this time, I had been frustrated by seemingly short-sighted decisions of Local government to close schools when birth rates fell, only to put pressure on schools and their governing bodies to increase class sizes just a few years later when there were too few schools and pupil places available! When will someone implement longer-term strategies that save taxpayers' money and tears? Furthermore, neither Worcester Park nor Nonsuch Ward have a Secondary school and many of our children have to travel to Kingston, Ewell or to other wards for their schooling. Whilst Sutton prides itself on high standards of education our Grammar schools' intake goes beyond local boundaries; is this fair?
(Rona Forzani)
The Local Economy
The Local economy in North Cheam is blighted by the eyesore known as Victoria House. I have for many years lobbied the Council regarding its terrible condition and more recently the Health and Safety issues, none of which were addressed until a broken window fell to the pavement. Certain Conservative proposals to deal with the redevelopment are being considered and we're hopeful that work will commence, redeveloping the site very shortly.
Conservatives are concerned about how your Council tax is spent, whether it be £7000 to wall paper a derelict building only to see it fall away in 12 months, or wasteful spending on wooden structures in Sutton High Street or even the ongoing £400,000 to cover losses at Sutton`s life centre. This has to stop, we need sound commercial practice and common sense, to eliminate this waste. With more emphasis on developing sustainable business to boost the local economy.
(Alan Plant)
Ward: Worcester Park (LB Sutton)
Stewart Mackay
I am an experienced and successful campaigner who served on Runnymede Council, holding both the economic development and housing portfolios. I now want to represent Worcester Park where I live. I am passionate about changing our local area for the better. You will find me a straight talker, sometimes outspoken. I get things done. I believe in small and safe local government with low business tax to encourage investment, creating opportunities and apprenticeships for local young people and as a car driver I am pushing for a cross border wholesale review of the traffic conditions and parking in Worcester Park.
Gino Marotta
I have lived in Worcester park since 2002 with my wife and two daughters. Having been self-employed, I understand the importance of keeping costs low and minimising waste. I hope to use this experience effectively as a councillor when managing budgets using taxpayers' hard earned money. I enjoy watching sport and charitable work.
Areas Of Concern:
Traffic and Transport
Traffic is one of the biggest issues faced by Worcester Park. The regular traffic jams in Central Road and spilling into residential streets has been a source of frustration for people for many years. It is too big to be solved by tinkering with things like the re-phasing of traffic lights. Something big needs to be done and that is why we've already spoken with our counterparts in Kingston and Merton (and with Boris Johnson) about a cross boundary traffic review in order to look at real long term solutions to this problem including the possibility of another road connecting the A24 to the A3.
Reducing traffic also means giving people more incentives to walk or use public transport when they can. Providing good transport links close by and supporting good retail shopping locally will help with this. This is one reason we campaigned to bring Crossrail 2 to Worcester Park.
Housing and Planning
Good planning is necessary to preserve the character of an area while ensuring it serves the needs of the community as well as possible. We will reverse the trend of too many traditional family homes being bulldozed and turned into ugly blocks of flats. We will change the current planning policy which encourages developers to provide too few parking spaces on new developments as it leads to our streets being clogged with cars that can't park at home. There is already inadequate infrastructure in Worcester Park for the number of people here so we'll resist any further major housing developments in the area while trying to address the lack of Doctors' surgeries, school places and parking. We were also the only party to join with local residents to campaign against the Green Lane Mosque proposal due the traffic and parking problems it would cause, doing so from the start.
Rubbish and Recycling
Eleven years ago, Sutton's household recycling rate was in the top 10% in the country but since then we have dropped to the bottom third while Conservative run Croydon's recycling rates are now much higher than Sutton's have ever been. We will turn around this decline in recycling rates. We will also double the free garden waste collection to 4 bags. We will keep the weekly rubbish collection and look at the possibility of reintroducing a street skip for people to get rid of bulky items they can't take to the tip. We will also clamp down on fly tipping and littering and work with local businesses to help keep areas clean around or as a result of their shops.
Children and Education
A good education is essential for all children, benefitting both the children and the community they live in. Unfortunately the current Lib Dem council had allowed a shortage of School places to develop - the Sutton Guardian used the phrase "Borough's education crisis begins to bite". Two new schools will be required by 2019 and there is still no site secured for even one of them so we will have our work cut out to ensure enough places are provided over the next few years. Additionally there is a lack of secondary school places for children in Worcester Park so we will work hard to address this too.
Children also need more than just their formal education to thrive. We will encourage and provide access to sports facilities and clubs, youth activities and anything that can help channel our young people's energy into positive and creative things.
The Local Economy
To get our local high street thriving we need more people choosing to shop locally and more people wanting to shop here when visiting or passing through. Improving local business will in turn lead to our shops employing more local people. We're already talking with local traders and the traders associations to find out how we can help improve business. We're looking to help with their own schemes like the 'Our Worcester Park' re-branding and other incentives, more information showing the extent of available products and services, and with regular events like the Christmas Late Night. We also want to help people to want and be able to shop here with more 'stop and shop' parking and by supporting local speciality businesses that attract customers. Plus we will help start-up business by waiving their business rates for the first year. When the local economy thrives, the area thrives.
Promoted by Ranulph Murray, on behalf of Sutton Borough Conservatives Federation, both of 2a Donnington House, Sutton, SM1 4SY


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From Medium.com
By Pete Hitzeman
"Road is dead."
So goes the morose refrain from local coffee shops to pro team board meetings, all across the United States. People say it with the weighty resignation normally reserved for taxes, or political defeats, or the extinction of the northern white rhinoceros. Regrettable, tragic, but what could we do?
The helpless shrug is amplified by the cycling media up and down the line into a shrill cry of righteous indignation. "Look at all our poor pro riders," they wail, "scrambling to find rides and jobs after their title sponsors left!" The underlying narrative seems to be that the cycling world has failed to care for their heroes; abdicated their responsibility to provide them with the bikes and kits and team cars and salaries they need to go compete on the World Tour.
All of this, of course, is patently absurd at all levels. Road isn't dead. There are still bicycles, and America isn't short on asphalt, last I checked. Dozens of national and local studies have found huge increases in cycling activity of all types. But as long as we fail to face the nature of the reality we inhabit as cyclists, racers, and fans, we'll continue to witness the decline of American bicycle racing, particularly on pavement.
Reality #1: Cycling is a niche sport.
Let's start by acknowledging that the primary driver for anyone to be interested in bike racing is that they do it themselves. America has a tragic and catastrophic addiction to lethargy, which means we prefer to watch our sports on television, not participate in them ourselves. And with the exception of downhill mountain biking and possibly cyclocross, cycling makes for garbage television to the casual viewer. Compared to NASCAR, or the UFC or NFL, or a presidential election cycle, it's slow, confusing, boring, and possibly offensive to our concepts of masculinity.
If people mostly don't do it and aren't excited by watching it, that means networks won't show it, and advertisers won't support it. Ours is a niche sport, and is unlikely to be considered otherwise in the foreseeable future by the general population.
Being a niche sport has consequences beyond the financial. Kids don't grow up with heroes clad in lycra; their idols wear LeBrons or football pads. They won't ask for a new bike for Christmas, but a new baseball bat instead (or more likely, a new iPhone). What percentage of American kids have ever even seen a bike with skinny tires and drop bars? We might as well expect them to be enthusiastic about sepak takraw (Google it; I'll see you in an hour).
When the parents don't do it and the kids don't know to ask for it, there's no demand for junior leagues. No junior leagues means no development, and an almost imperceptible percentage of the total athletic talent of our nation going into the sport. Which leads me to the next hard truth.
Reality #2: American racers are (mostly) not that good.
Here's the part where the comment section explodes with "what abouts." Yes, I know about Aaron Gwin, and Katie Compton, and the smattering of other bright spots of American presence on World-level podiums. But in terms of American interest, they are on the fringe of a fringe. The approximately seventeen minutes that America was interested in cycling occurred during the dominance of a certain mono-testicular Texan at a quite popular race in France.
Since that star went supernova, no American has had a whiff of a podium in a race that anybody outside of our sport has heard of. For that matter, they're barely even being invited any more. Last year, only five US men raced in the Tour de France. The year before, it was only three. Lawson Craddock's gritty and inspiring last-place finish at the 2018 Tour notwithstanding, Americans aren't exactly making the headlines at the top levels of road racing.
There are a lot of excuses to make for this reality, but none of them will make the truth less truthy. In order for the long shot of top-down growth and legitimization to work toward making our niche sport more popular, we need Americans shattering records and on the front page of mainstream news sites. That doesn't happen without Armstrong-esque talent, charisma, and results, and we just don't have them right now.
Reality #3: Racing is expensive.
There is an old joke: How do you make a million dollars in racing? Start with two million.
Bike racing, like most other sports, is becoming more expensive by the day. Equipment, nutrition, permits, police presence, logistics, insurance, media coverage, advertising, and the rest all continue to rise in cost for riders, teams, and organizers alike. There just aren't enough dollars to go around. Most race directors I know make little to no money on their events, and rely almost entirely on volunteer labor to pull it off, year after year. They work themselves to the bone until they just can't take it anymore, then sell the race (or series) or scuttle it altogether.
Riders and organizers alike beg, borrow, or steal to get what they need. When they don't, their events do without, quality suffers, and attendance declines. We have become particularly good at robbing Peter to pay Paul, relying on bike-industry sponsorships to subsidize bike racing, which just drives up equipment costs for everybody even further.
In a sport that has a traditionally high financial barrier to entry and razor thin margins, many races and teams have been shuttered over dollar amounts that would be trivial in a more mainstream sport. The high school marching band down the road from me has a tractor-trailer and a tour bus. By contrast, some of the most elite riders in the country drive themselves and their ten-thousand-dollar bikes to their races in rented vans.
Reality #4: Recreational competition is fierce.
I don't mean the savage final sprint at your local 1/2/3 crit last summer. The recreational fitness landscape has never been more crowded. Marathon organizers are struggling with the same reality, as attendance at their events has declined precipitously over the past several years. The best events have adapted and innovated to stop the bleeding; others seem content to shrink, or stagger toward the grave.
Part of the reason for declining participation, of course, is that America keeps getting fatter. But there are also many more things for the few remaining fit people to do. There are obstacle course races, and CrossFit, and competitive kickball leagues, and frisbee golf in every major city. On a given weekend, the prototypical weekend warrior might have a couple dozen different events to choose from, assuming they aren't carting their kids to lacrosse, or taekwondo, or a Pokemon tournament (no really, that's a thing).
Even assuming somebody has a bike, and some fitness, and the desire to compete, cycling doesn't traditionally provide a lot of value for the recreational dollar, and Americans love few things better than a bargain. For $35, Jane Athlete can sign up for a local charity 5k/10k, show up in $40 shoes, and run her brains out against a mass of people that probably includes a few her own age and shape. Then she can hang out for her free beer, in her free t-shirt, with her finishers' medal, and watch her kids play in the bouncy house while she listens to the live band cover Don't Stop Believin'.
What would motivate the casual competitor to invest a couple grand on a bike and gear and train for months, only to have to spend $80 on a USAC license (that inexplicably expires at the end of December, instead of a year after purchase), then another $50 on registration, just to get dropped or crashed into seven minutes after their race started (because #cat5problems), and then pack up and go home because there's nothing to do after the race? I wrapped myself in spandex for this?
Reality #5: Whining won't help.
Desperation and failure have a particular odor that can be detected from miles away. That smell drives off interest faster than a teenager's armpits. While addressing the challenges faced by our sport, it might be prudent to consider the image we're creating for our sport. At the risk of being insensitive, stories about the personal crises of people who get paid to ride bicycles suddenly not getting paid to ride bicycles don't exactly resonate with the general public, or indeed the vast majority of the cycling public.
"11-year professional bicycle rider becomes unemployed, goes on 10-day dream backpacking trip to find self" is not exactly a sympathetic narrative in an economy that seems to lurch from recession to recession.
Whatever we might think about the relative merits of talented cyclists versus talented people who can hit balls with sticks, the current market says that the latter is valued and the former is not. The reality is that your ability to create monetizable value is what determines if your chosen path is a viable profession, not your particular talent (I should know, I'm a writer).
While I understand and appreciate the kind of hard work and sacrifice it takes to reach the pinnacle of any pursuit, especially one as time-consuming as cycling, it just isn't enough. You also have to create value for race promoters, sponsors, and yes, the fans.
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