Wednesday, August 31, 2011

REMINDER: Matthew Anish and Kathryn M. Fazio Read at Park Plaza Restaurant Sat. 9/3 at 2:30 p.m.





Reminder


Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights



The Brownstone Poets presents:
Matthew Anish and Kathryn M. Fazio



Saturday, September 3 at 2:30 p.m.



Park Plaza Restaurant


220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk


Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900



Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,


4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall


For more directions:




$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic


Curated by Patricia Carragon email:
















BIOS:
 
Matthew Anish is a widely published poet/writer. He has published verse in Dinner with the Muse, Aim, Beyond Bree, Minas Tirith Evening Star, Jews in Space and in many other publications. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College and has studied writing and ESL at the New School University. He currently works at BMCC as an ESL instructor and writes a monthly column for Barrs Postcard News. He wishes the best to everyone here today.

Kathryn Marie Fazio, whose work has been published internationally, is a poet and fine artist. She was awarded the Ferrara Scholarship from the Performing and Creative Arts Department of the College of Staten Island CUNY, and named its Poet Laureate. Her book, A Taste of Hybrid Vigor: new poems of War, Passion, and Social Significance, contains poems and pictures of her original oil paintings and her poem "War" in the collection, won her the First Ed-Rehberg Prize for poetry, which was translated into French and televised in Haiti by the Education Committee of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

Fazio participated in a FUSE event to raise money for the aftermath of Katrina, was a poet for telethon to support public television in Kingston, NY. and has recited on the Brooklyn Waterfront in Red Hook for Creative Arts Therapy Outreach and Awareness. Fazio was coined a Bowery Woman, appearing in the only Bowery Women Anthology ever published.

Fazio credits her close relationship with Robert Dunn for encouraging her to participate in the 5th World Congress of Poets for Poetry Research and Recitation where she represented the U.S., and was awarded the Silla Gold Crown World Peace Literature Prize from Korea. Fazio edited a collection of poems Our World in an Onion and is currently a poet at a Wellness Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
 









Obama Talking Points For Remembering 911

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The White House has issued to domestic and foreign government workers guidelines on what to say and do during remembrance functions for the victims of 911.
Did FDR or any other President do that for Pearl Harbor?
Talk about Political manipulation of public discourse and managing history!
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• Praise Mayor Greenburg for forbidding religious participation during proceeding in NYC
• Praise Mayor Greenburg for helping to build the WTC Muslim Victory Temple
• No mention of “Radical Muslim Terrorists” at any time by anyone
• No mention that the 911 Radical Muslim Terrorists have not yet, after ten years, gone to trial for murdering 3,000 innocent American people
• Emphasize that 911 is not unique – there have been lots of violence in the world
• However, No mention of terrorist attacks upon Israel (apparently Jews don’t count)
• Highlight Obama personally killed Bin Laden (no mention of trial or judicial process)
• Highlight that Obama has personally destroyed Al-Qaeda and we now have nothing to fear but fear itself
• Conclude with Apology for all America’s bad behaviors that justified actions by those aggrieved people who carried out 911 attack (bad karma event)
• Play Hail to The Chief during entire proceedings
• Minimize public display of American Flags
• No “missing man” flyover formation by Air Force
• Acorn personnel to handle real-time on-site voter registration and fund raising
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/30/marking-11-obama-aides-defend-talking-points/
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Don’t you just love all this Obama Hope and Change!
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THIS IS THE REAL AND PROPER PERSPECTIVE OF 911 !
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Alessandra Ambrosio's Sparkling Candids

Out on the night of the VMAs (August 28) Alessandra Ambrosio headed to "The Writers Room" along with husband Jamie Mazur. Donning a similar style to fellow model Irina Shayk, Ale was fresh in shimmering off-white sequins.She also carried a (possibly Alexander McQueen) Union Jack design clutch. Pics from Celebutopia

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Kardashian Closet Sneak Peaks

If there was any celeb closet you would love to raid, wouldn’t the Kardashians be near the top of your wish list - and now you can get a sneak peak at Kim, Khloe and Kourtney's. Click the InStyle magazine scans for a closer look - and check out some of those hand-me-downs from Kris!Pics from Kim Kardashian Fans

Katy Perry's VMAs Cuteness

Giving her new pink hair it's big event debut, Katy Perry arrived in a complimentary Asian-inspired outfit for the MTV VMA's on August 28.Katy teamed the Atelier Versace mini with pink Jimmy Choo heels and a cute parasol.Later, after receiving her three awards, Katy donned a custom-made record and jewel embellished dress with her name on it - as if anyone needed telling what it was.Lorraine

Thailand: 500Baht with sig 82




All denominations, except 50Baht, of Series 15 banknotes now carry signatures (sig 82) of - Korn Chatikavanij (ex-Finance Minister) and Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul as Governor BOT.



Thai banknote New signature variety sig 82



Thai Banknote 500Baht P107 with new signature variety sig 82

500Baht - P107 sig 82

Image from ebay




It is also reported that the first denomination for Series 16 banknotes will be 50Baht with sig 83 - newly appointed Finance Minister, Mr. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala and Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul (Governor BOT). This needs to be seen as it has always been the most widely used 20Baht and 100baht notes which are issued first.

Demi Lovato's Sexy VMA Heels

Going with the metallic theme that seemed to be big on the night, Demi Lovato rocked a gorgeous Mandalay dress for the MTV Video Music Awards at the weekend.Big hair, although not quite as big as Adele's, amped up the glamour; and chain-toe capped Christian Louboutin pumps completed the look.Demi's Louboutin suede and metal detailed pumps cost $995.00 at bergdorfgoodman.com. Pics from Zimbio

Selena Gomez - VMAs Gorgeous

Going a little gothic, Selena Gomez ditched her usual pretty-pretty style in favour of some dark glamour via this Julien Macdonald black lace gown at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Selena wore her hair up to showcase her flawless face and make-up; while a glam Ofira bracelet off-set her dress.Judith Leiber clutch, and pair of gold Brian Atwood heels accessorized.Pics from Zimbio

Alessandrio Ambrosio Candids

Out at the Box nightbclub in LA, Alessandra Ambrosio looked fab in a nude dress teamed with black strappy sandals, and a matching YSL clutch.Get a similar dress style with the $79.99 Wyatt number in Peachy Pink/Black from bluefly.com. Pics from Zimbio

'HUMAN VALLEY': DOMINIQUE GONZALEZ FOERSTER WITH TRISTAN BERA AND FRIENDS. A ONE YEAR PROJECT AT KUNSTHALLE ZURICH













HUMAN VALLEY – The other side of contemporary history



SUMMER: «BALZAC NOUVELLE VAGUE»

FROM 13 JUNE 2011-– 14 AUGUST 2011



AUTUMN: «L’amour en e Majeur»

suivi de village à trois: ménage bête

a proposition by Heike-Karin Föll, Jean-Michel Wicker and Gregorio Magnani

26 AUGUST – 30 OCTOBER 2011



WINTER?

SPRING?



The French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born in 1965, lives and works in Paris) is known for her film projects, photographs, room installations, collaborations with other artists, scenographies and display situations. Her room installations describe particular moments, evoke atmospheres through memories and projections and enable the emergence of transitory locations. The relationship of the individual to his or her “environment” – between the physical and spiritual “interior” and the “exterior” – is the focus of attention here.



The Kunsthalle Zürich invited Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster to create an area for lingering on the ground floor of the Museum Bärengasse. Working in cooperation with Tristan Bera (born in 1984, lives and works in Paris), they created a hybrid space containing books, films and display cases which are continually open to new uses and the contents of which change according to the different projects being, herald a fictitious and real programme.



Reminiscent the entrance of a small cine-club but also a Godard domestic scenotope (Une femme mariée, 1964) and including a projection room for oblique documents, HUMAN VALLEY is a oneyear display for hybrid presentations of borderline topics. It is also a collective and organic process, open to new encounters along the way...



The project starts with «Balzac Nouvelle Vague» or the question how the French Nouvelle Vague has been shaped by the Balzacian ambition of fiction as big as life – like Eric Rohmer who structured all his cycles in relation to la Comédie humaine, Jacques Demy’s recurring characters coming back from film to film, which is a Balzacian literary finding, or like François Truffaut whose main characters are obsessed with Balzac from Antoine Doinel in Les 400 coups (1959) to Pierre Lachenay in La peau douce (1964), including Jean-Paul Belmondo reading La Peau de chagrin (1831) in La sirène du Mississippi (1969) or Delphine Seyrig quoting Madame de Mortsauf from Le Lys dans la vallée (1835), which Godard also wanted to shoot in 1966, but also like Jacques Rivette who adapted four novels of Balzac.



Often seen as a classical dry author with endless boring descriptions, Honoré de Balzac is the inventor of an incredible optical system that operates with an endless number of characters, and stages them on the front page or the background of a panoramic series of novels. He also invented the notions of prequel, sequel and spin-off among other exciting literary findings. Some of his characters, La femme de trente ans, La Torpille, Eugène de Rastignac, have become archetypes for social studies and in Brazil a forty-year-old woman is now known as a balzaquiana. His less famous, dark and fantastic oeuvre had a large influence, first on the decadent novels and then on the noir modern literature. And as Godard says: “We always talk about an old movie but never about an old Balzac novel...”



In the Bärengasse frame of HUMAN VALLEY – like savage detectives or a combo of passionate readers and movie-goers – Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Tristan Bera present their sentimental research on stimulating links between Balzac and the Nouvelle Vague. In relation to this presentation of the first chapter of HUMAN VALLEY there will also be a reading by Catherine Millet (fall 2011) and film screenings – see list on www.humanvalley.ch



After «Balzac Nouvelle Vague» HUMAN VALLEY will invite guests to present their own borderline research – check dates on www.humanvalley.ch



On Sunday, 12 June, HUMAN VALLEY will also present a new gang of fanzines by:

Jean-Michel Wicker

Pablo Leon de la Barra

Jean-Max Colard

Gisele Vienne & Dennis Cooper

Philippe Rahm

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Tristan Bera



Become a member of the HUMAN VALLEY club by sending an email to club@humanvalley.ch and receive invitations to exclusive events by invitation only.



Tristan Bera (born 1984, lives in Paris). Fond of Decadent aesthetics and cross-over exhibitions, he worked on mainstream shows like Dada (2005/2006) at the Centre Pompidou, Richard Wagner, visions d’artistes (2005) and Gainsbourg 2008 at Cité de la Musique in Paris, and worked at Studio Frédéric Sanchez (2008). He received a MA in philosophy and a BA in art history in 2009. He is currently working at Le Pavillon/Palais de Tokyo’s creative lab. Now preparing the shooting of a short film together with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and working on a book about J.K. Huysmans.



Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 1965, lives in Paris). Her practice includes environments, films, stage, and architecture. Recently Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster created the site-specific work Desert Park (2010) for Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil, and performed K.62/K.85 with Ari Benjamin Myers in New York and Bruxelles and T.1912 at the New York Guggenheim Museum in 2011. Among her recent solo exhibitions are projects for The Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London (2008); MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon (2008); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC, Paris (2007). Now preparing the shooting of a short film together with Tristan Bera.



www.kunsthallezurich.ch

As últimas do blogueiro

Ainda empenhado na organização da prestação de contas de um projeto desenvolvido pelo Movimento Pró cultura estive meio que afastado desse blog por uns dias.  Hoje, dia 30/08, último dia de férias e último dia para enviar os documentos para Belo Horizonte,  arrumei esse tempinho para falar das nossas ações e andanças

Conferência Municipal da Juventude

Estive presente na Conferência Municipal da Juventude realizada na sexta feira no Teatro Zaccaria Marques. Na condição de delegado representando o Pró Cultura assisti a apresentação cultural da Oficina de MPB, composta por adolescentes do bairro Aeroporto. Na composição da mesa, entre  as autoridades presentes se destacou o presidente do COMJUV, o jovem amigo Vinicius Ventura. Com a casa cheia a juventude se manifestou com trabalhos de grupos, palestras e apresentações culturais. Considero a realização da conferência  e a própria criação do CONJUV  marcos divisores na definição de políticas públicas para a juventude. Ao final da conferência foram eleitos os delegados que irão representar o Município na Conferência Estadual da juventude  a se realizar em outubro na cidade de Araxá;

Fervedouro dá passos importantes pela implementação do Piso Salarial.

Ainda na sexta feira, 26/08, estivemos em Fervedouro para acompanhar a reunião da Câmara dos Vereadores daquela cidade. Nessa reunião foi votado um projeto de Lei que dá passos importantes para a efetiva implementação do Piso salarial Nacional do Magistério. Depois de ficarem mais de três anos sem receberem reajustes salariais os professores foram contempladas com uma revisão no Plano de Carreira aplicando proporcionalmente o valor do Piso á carga horária local. Não é o que realmente queremos, mas o que foi possível alcançar até o momento. Devido a questões orçamentárias a aplicação do Piso Salarial  está sendo feita proporcionalmente. Em acordo com a categoria ficou decidido aceitar o presente reajuste e continuar na luta para a total implentação do Piso Nacional.

IFOP realizou reunião geral.

Continuam os preparativos para a realização do X° Curso de Férias, a se realizar em outubro no Silveira Brum . No domingo foi realizada uma reunião geral onde foram tratados importantes questões. A mudança no sistema de hospedagem e o cronograma de atividades mereceram atenção especial nessa reunião. Outro ponto importante foi relacionado a divulgação. Com a proposta de intensificar a divulgação uma equipe esteve na reunião de Padres e leigos da Forânia de Muriaé. Nessa reunião foi apresentada a proposta do curso de férias e pedido apoio na distribuição do material de divulgação. Na ocasião,  Pe. Silas demonstrou muito interesse  em ajudar...


Victoria Justice's Gorgeous VMAs Look

All blinged-up, Victoria Justice looked like a Vegas show girl on arrival at the 2011 MTV VMAs on August 28.Victoria's mega-embellished mini was designed by Theia and was teamed with gold chain-adorned heels from Rock & Republic.More metallic touches came via her jewels and an elegant clutch.The gorgeous Rock & Republic "Alayna" Heels cost $297.95 at amazon.com.Pics from Zimbio

Monday, August 29, 2011

Kim Kardashian in Kaufman Franco

Wedding fresh and with her newlywed glow, Kim Kardashian was back to business attedning the MTV VMAs a little over a week after her wedding. Kim donned a glitzy Kaufman Franco dress that not only suited her but also the metallic theme that seemed to be strong on the night.Accessoring were Lorraine Schwartz jewels to match the dress and her new wedding ring.Pics from Zimbio

Jessica Alba's Lovely Candids

Looking fab on her first sighting since the arrival of little Haven Garner Warren, Jessica Alba was looking just too good while out and about two weeks post-baby on August 26.Jessica donned a neutal-colored maxi with super-tall YSL wedges while out with first child Honor.Adding a little bit of coverage was a MiH Jeans chambray shirt, while a Longchamp bag completed her look.Pics from

'FREDDIE ON THE PLINTH', UNOFFICIAL 4TH PLINTH PROPOSAL BY ALEKSANDRA MIR



Feddie Mercurie at the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, a proposal by Aleksandra Mir







Freddie Mercury model at Irena Sedlecka's studio





Freddie Mercury models at Irena Sedlecka's studio





Freddie Mercury at current location in Montreaux





Freddie on the Plinth is a proposal by artist Aleksandra Mir to bring the statue of Freddie Mercury back to London on loan from Montreux for one year and to place it on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Sign The Petition! http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/petition/



Dear Friends,



For the last 9 months I have been working on documenting the life story of Irena Sedlecka, a now 82 year old Check sculptor who was a celebrated Socialist Realist superstar in Prague before she came to London in 1966. Here she initially supported herself and raised three children by making souvenir models for the shop at the British Museum, slowly returning to her trade in sculpture via 'Talking Heads' in marketing and eventually, twenty years later, landing the commission to create a monumental statue of Freddie Mercury in 1995. This is where Socialist Realism and Glam Rock truly meet.



It has been fascinating and incredibly humbling to learn from a true master, not only of sculpture, but of life itself. Read my interview with Irena here:



http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/interview/




The statue itself has an equally fascinating fate. It currently lives in Montreux, where Freddie's rock star exuberant pose, once struck at Wembley stadium now faces the calm waters of lake Geneva. It is has become a popular pilgrim site for fans from all over the world who gather here on what would have been his Birthday, September 5th, yet it seems oddly misplaced.



To make use out of all of this, I have now also created an independent and unsolicited proposal to bring this masterpiece back on loan to London for one year, to return Freddie from his exile and to put him on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square. But also, for our generation to take a good look at and experience 'Sculpture' again and maybe to shake up our investment in it a little.



If you like the idea, please read more and sign my petition. It would mean a lot to have my friends blessing before I unleash this on the Freddie Mercury fans!



http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/petition/




Thank you!



Aleksandra Mir



PS. The project is - not - an invited or even official 4th plinth commission, so it really can use your support. Forward this mail and break free!



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Freddie on the Plinth Proposal

Freddie on the Plinth is a tribute to two people with an unlikely but beautiful connection: the legendary rock star Freddie Mercury (b 1946 – d 1991) and a Czech sculptor called Irena Sedlecka (b 1928). As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Sedlecka was awarded the State Prize for excellence and thereafter created many socialist realist large-scale commissions before fleeing the Communist regime for England in 1966. It was in London, after Freddie’s death from AIDS in 1991, where she received the commission to create a larger-than-life memorial statue in bronze of the rock star.



At that time, 20 years ago, the remaining members of Queen and the executors of Freddie’s estate decided to commission the memorializing bronze statue as the whereabouts of Freddie’s ashes was a closely guarded secret. The statue depicts him at the height of his rock-star power performing at Wembley Stadium, his body in full-stretch rock exuberance, triumphantly gesturing towards an imaginary sea of mesmerized fans. Facing the statue, it is as if you can hear the crowds screaming, the band playing and Freddie’s heart beating – a living spirit captured in bronze by a sculptor at the height of her powers.



Despite the statue’s excellence, Freddie’s enormous contribution to music and the love of his many fans in the UK and worldwide, it was rejected by Westminster Council amidst rumours about homophobia, fear of AIDS and vandalism. Numerous attempts to place the statue on public view elsewhere in London failed and a permanent home for it was never found. Instead, the work was offered to the city of Montreux, Switzerland where the band kept a recording studio, where Freddie had found a retreat from the paparazzi and where the gift was welcomed with open arms. So the statue, with its bursting energy and urban soul was placed facing the quiet and calm waters of Lake Geneva. It has since become a site of pilgrimage for fans from all over the world who gather here every year to mark Freddie’s birthday.



Freddie on the Plinth is also an independent, unsolicited proposal to bring the statue of Freddie Mercury back to London, on loan from the city of Montreux for one year and to place it on the empty 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square: to honour both Freddie Mercury’s and Irena Sedlecka’s artistic legacies; as an exploration of the connections between socialist realism and glam rock; to contemplate the void created by all silences; and to channel love through the celebration and sheer expression of life.



Let's put Freddie on the Plinth

Sign the Petition!

Below are the links that you need to sign the petition, to read the amazing and fascinating interview with Irene herself, and see photographs of the statue as it was being made, and cast.



From Jackie, president of the official Queen fanclub:

"I am in Montreux this coming weekend, to sit with friends from all over the World, in the shadow of the great man - to have that fantastic and beautiful statue here in London, however briefly, would be a dream come true."



Freddie on the Plinth - Petition

http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/petition/



Freddie on the Plinth - Proposal

http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/proposal/



Freddie on the Plinth - Interview

http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/interview/



Freddie on the Plinth - Picture Show

http://www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk/pictures/

TRABALHADORES DA EDUCAÇÃO EM GREVE RECEBEM APOIO DOS VEREADORES DE MURIAÉ

Al Gore Calls Man-made Global Warming Skeptics Racist

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http://nation.foxnews.com/al-gore/2011/08/28/gore-compares-climate-change-skeptics-20th-century-racists
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The Alarmist Army of taxpayer supported pseudo-experts and charlatans have reached a new level of panic and they are now left with vile name-calling as their consensus action plan. How pathetic is that!
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Gore has reduced himself to an Al Twana Sharpton level of discourse and behavior instead of coming out from under the veil of secrecy and openly publishing the taxpayer funded data they claim overwhelmingly “proves” that mankind is causing catastrophic changes in the earth’s atmospheres and only draconian government measures can save the planet.
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The Skeptic Community has successfully educated people around the world to the basic fact that the Alarmist claims are not scientific proof of their hypothesis and that until the data and methodology are made public and are publicly scrutinized in an open forum, all their hype and claims should not be accepted as facts but instead treated as blatant propaganda by a community of people that are placing self-interest and political ideology above the public-interest.
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A classic example of the fight to hide the Alarmist Data is being waged at the University of Virginia where tax-paid bureaucrats are defying subpoenas and FOI requests to hide data that should have been placed in public repositories as part of the normal scientific process and in response to the “climategate” scandal. Hopefully the veil of secrecy at UVA will be ripped-off and the public can then assess the data for themselves.
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There is a Man-made Global Warming Consensus:
It’s to hide the tax-paid data at all cost while making outrageous claims of world-wide destruction and smearing and disparaging those who do not sign-up to their bogus pseudo-scientific fraternity.
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How I became a Skeptic and why I still am
http://www.roanokeslant.org/AGW-Skeptic/
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/08/liberal-media-attacks-gov-perry-global.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/08/connecting-corn-dots-famine-food-prices.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/08/global-warming-alarmists-still.html
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http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/
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Rosie in Isabel Marant Candids

Rosie Huntington-Whitely was out with (unpictured) Jason Statham at Hollywood's Cafe Med on August 22. Rosie wore a basic white tee with long Isabel Marant skirt and her Marant heeled ankle boots too.Pics from tlfan.to

Miranda Kerr - KORA and Coconuts

In her home country, Miranda Kerr was in Melbourne to promote her KORA range on August 27.  Miranda wore a loose blouson top with nude skirt, and her towering Jimmy Choo heels for her sining and fan meet and greet.In other Randa news, according to the Daily Mail, she's started a craze for Coconut Oil after telling Cosmopolitan Australia: “I will not go a day without coconut oil.”She said she has

Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology Reading at BookCourt, Monday 9/12 at 7 p.m.





The Brownstone Poets is proud to have its annual anthology event at BookCourt on Monday, September 12 at 7 p.m. Rain or shine, this is a celebration for sixty-four diverse poets (featured poets from 2010 or poets who had frequently attended the Brownstone Poets reading series during 2010). All anthology contributors are reading for approximately three minutes each. There is a limited Open-Mic and admission is free.


The Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology sells for $8 at BookCourt. All contributors to this anthology will get their complimentary copy at the reading if they haven’t already received one.


This is the current line-up of poets from The Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology who will be reading at BookCourt:

Elyzsabeth Ahne
Austin Alexis
Mary Askin-Jencsik
Harry Bentivegna Lichtenstein
Iris Berman
Patricia Carragon
Mitch Corber
Steve Dalachinsky
Fred Dasig
David Elsasser
Brenda J. Gannam
Allan David Goldschmidt
Bob Heman
Cindy Hochman
Matthew Hupert
Evie Ivy
Ted Jonathan
Linder Lerner
Richard Levine
Heller Levinson
Maria Lisella
Georgia Luna
Brant Lyon
James McMenamin
Karen Neuberg
Tom Oleszczuk
Mireya Perez
Joseph Charles Rebis, Jr.
Scott Rummler
George Spencer
John Todras
Zev Torres


BookCourt is a charming independent bookstore dedicated to serving the Cobble Hill community and surrounding Brooklyn areas with friendly service that’s both kid and adult-friendly. This bookstore provides a wide selection of books to attract any bibliophile, as well as the Barnes and Noble aficionados. Books from local authors are welcomed at BookCourt and find homes on its shelves.

The Brownstone Poets, a Brooklyn-based literary series, is generally held twice a month: first Saturdays at Park Plaza Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights and third Tuesdays at Tillie’s of Brooklyn in Ft. Greene. It’s an Open-Mic with usually two featured readers. Patricia Carragon, the host and curator, edits its annual anthology. Her Assistant Editors are Cindy Hochman, Brenda J. Gannam, and Karen Neuberg. Ms. Carragon began this reading series back in 2005 with Evie Ivy, who was her co-hostess.






BookCourt is located at:

163 Court Street
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone # (718) 875-3677







Subways:

Take the F or G to Bergen St., R to Court St., 4 or 5 to Borough Hall

Megan Fox's Black Buckled Sandals

Megan Fox has been busy filming her name movie This is Forty, and was spotted on the L.A. set on August 22 in a black mini along with the tough-looking Alexander Wang "Britt" multi-buckled cuff sandals.If you're liking the "Britt" sandals, they'll set you back £489.00 at farfetch.com. Pics from Zimbio

Leighton's Lovestruck Look

Lovely in lemon, Leighton Meester launched Lovestruck for Vera Wang at an event in New York on August 24. Not just the face of the Vera Wang fragrance, Leighton also did the designer proud in her Grecian-style dress from the designer too. Topping off the look were a piled-up 'do, Brian Atwood pumps and Van Cleef & Arpels gems. Pics from Just Jared

Jennifer & Scarlett's Fab Disney Dresses

Jennifer Garner and Scarlett Johansson were out in contrasting jewel shades for the Disney D23 Expo on August 20.Jennifer looked gorgeous in sapphire blue while it was ruby red for Scarlett. Jennifer's dress was from YSL and teamed with nude Giambattista Valli heels. Scarlett wore her hair-matching Roland Mouret dress with nude peep-toes too, and the addition of Yael Sonia earrings. Pics from

Jessica Chastian in Blue Dior

Jessica Chastain was at the premiere of her new movie The Debt on August 22.The actress looked beautiful in a fifties style ice-blue dress which was part of Christian Dior's 2008 collection.She paired it with nude Louboutin pumps and Harry Winston gems.Pics from Zimbio

Kim Kardashian's Gorgeous Wedding Coverage

A rival to the Royal wedding, Kim Kardashian's lavish nuptials were covered in this week's issue of People magazine.Fashion lover that she is, Kim didn't have just one dress or even two on the day, she head three - all designed by Vera Wang - the reason: Kim revealed: “I truly, up until two days before could not decide which to wear.”After seeking advice from friends, family — and of course Wang

Saturday, August 27, 2011

منافذ الكمبيوتر computer ports


في هذا الموضوع سوف اقدم لكم شرح مفصل عن منافذ الكمبيوتر التي من الممكن استخدامها في تطبيق المشاريع وبرمجة بعض القطع الالكترونية

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MARIO GARCIA TORRES 'THE EVENING BEFORE THE MORNING AFTER' COCKTAIL NIGHT AT CELESTE BAR, MEXICO CITY











From: Mario Garcia Torres

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:18:41 -0500

Subject: The Evening Before the Morning After



Yo! I am organizing a small show, or gathering, or event-exhibition, or cocktail menu at Celeste Champagne Bar in Mexico City. I proposed to present each month an artist cocktail in the bar, and I would love,- be honored-, if you accept this invitation. I am asking you to send me the recipe or name or whatever of a cocktail that you like, or that you have mixed or customized yourself to be included in this menu, and which would either have your name or a title that you wish to put to it. How does this sound? It would be amazing if you accept to participate. Here is below an intro text that I wrote for it, and that will be printed in our menu. I look very much forward to hear from you.



All my best,

MGT



PS: In case you feel lost on this cocktail world as I was not too long ago, I invite you to enter into it through the Mixilator: http://www.cocktaildb.com/mixilator



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The Evening Before the Morning After

Thursday August 25, 2011

Celeste Champagne Bar



Alcohol (as well as drugs) consumption has been historically, and most probable mistakenly, connected to a creative act. Yet there has been a number of visual artists that have resort the old idea of drinking and getting drunk to create their work, both as a medium and as its “content” as the English duo Gilbert & George argued with their Drinking Sculptures series where they took pictures of themselves in that very same act. In one of their most iconic works, besides the one which this menu take its title from, is Gordon’s Gin Makes Us Drunk (1972), the couple is seen on a video piece indulging in the mentioned spirit. Similarly, the entire Andy Warhol film Drink (1965) is a long take of the filmmaker Emile de Antonio downing a bottle of whiskey. The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends -I wouldn’t limit it as only such beverage- is the Highest Form of Art (1970), declared Tom Morioni as he inaugurated what now is called a social situation type of artwork.



By chance, and several years before this, the experience of art through a cocktail was extended after the fact, some would say into the morning after. Those who attended the opening of the French artist Yves Klein at the Galerie Iris Clert in Paris on April 29, 1959 could acknowledge it. For this exhibition the space had been painted with white enamel and stripped of all objects and furniture except for a white, empty cabinet. The almost bare gallery could not be seen from outside as the windows had been painted blue and the door was covered with a heavy curtain of the same color, and two Republican Guards kept watch over it. Nevertheless the artist had arranged for a specific cocktail made with Gin, Cointreau and Curacao to be served. To the French artist’s delight -who had been painting deep blue monochrome paintings made out of a self invented recipe for such pigment- all who enjoyed the drink eventually found their pee stained blue.



Thinking about this and proposing, again, to use the idea of the cocktail as a medium, or more so to use the mixology that such a drink requires to provoke a specific aesthetic experience, or… maybe just as a decoy to have a good conversation, I have invited a number of artists friends to present their own cocktail, either one that they like, have customized or that have put together themselves. Each month a new cocktails by artists will be presented until a full bar menu is completed. As an honorary place, the menu will open with the historic blue cocktail.



Mario García Torres



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The Klein International Blue by YVES KLEIN

Gin Bombay Sapphire, Curaçao Amerlalis, Cointreau, lemon juice $95.00



Caesar by RODNEY GRAHAM

Clamato, vodka Three Olives, green bean pickle $90.00



The Luis Barragán by PABLO LEÓN DE LA BARRA

Tequila Herradura Blanco blessed by a priest $75.00



Happy Stan by STAN DOUGLAS

Vodka Chopin, tequila Corralejo, lemon juice $135.00



El López by EDUARDO LÓPEZ

Ron Bacardi Blanco, lemon juice, mineral water, ginger syrup, cucumber, mint $70.00



Wendt Up by KONRAD WENDT

Blueberry tea, Black tea, Amaretto Disaronno, Grand Marnier $150.00



Jonathan Johnson by CARL MICHAEL VON HAUSSWOLF

Lemon Soda, Rioja La Vendimia Rioja Red Wine, vodka Three Olives $220.00



Luis G. Urbina by ZELIKA GARCÍA

Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne, vodka Belvedere $360.00



Araki by ARAKI NOBUYOSHI $25.00

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rosie's Leather Looks

Out to dinner on August 18, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was a pretty picture in her pink dress and tan boots look.Her boot co-ordinating handbag was Mulberry's "Carter" bag.Rosie's Carter bag is Ostrich but you can check it out in various colours and skins at mulberry.com. Picking up some groceries later in the week, Rosie donned some dark leather shorts with Isabel Marant ankle booties.Pics from

Irina Shayk's Stunning Premiere Look

Irina Shayk was out for the NY screening of Our Idiot Brother - the movie's name incase you're wondering - on August 22.Irina was her usual stunning self in an off-white sequined halter dress and sexy red Christian Louboutin pumps.Pics from Celebrity-Gossip.net

Victoria Justice's Candid LAX Outfits

Victoria Justice has been busy lately, filming the music video for new song All I Want Is Everything. Heading out of LAX on August 18, Victoria wore an LA Dodgers cap with blue jeans and a Free City hoodie.Arriving back into the airport a few days later, it was another blue top along with her Free City hoodie, a Balenciaga bag and some cute Steve Madden oxfords.Pics from Celebrity-Gossip.net

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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Acórdão da ADI 41 67 - Ementa: 

CONSTITUCIONAL. FINANCEIRO. PACTO FEDERATIVO E REPARTIÇÃO DE COMPETÊNCIA. PISO NACIONAL PARA OS PROFESSORES DA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA. CONCEITO DE PISO: VENCIMENTO OU REMUNERAÇÃO GLOBAL. RISCOS FINANCEIRO E ORÇAMENTÁRIO. JORNADA DE TRABALHO: FIXAÇÃO DO TEMPO MÍNIMO PARA DEDICAÇÃO A ATIVIDADES EXTRACLASSE EM 1/3 DA JORNADA. ARTS. 2º, §§ 1º E 4º, 3º, CAPUT, II E III E 8º, TODOS DA LEI 11.738/2008. CONSTITUCIONALIDADE. PERDA PARCIAL DE OBJETO.

1. Perda parcial do objeto desta ação direta de inconstitucionalidade, na medida em que o cronograma de aplicação escalonada do piso de vencimento dos professores da educação básica se exauriu (arts. 3º e 8º da Lei 11.738/2008).
2. É constitucional a norma geral federal que fixou o piso salarial dos professores do ensino médio com base no vencimento, e não na remuneração global. Competência da União para dispor sobre normas gerais relativas ao piso de vencimento dos professores da educação básica, de modo a utilizá-lo como mecanismo de fomento ao sistema educacional e de valorização profissional, e não apenas como instrumento de proteção mínima ao trabalhador.
3. É constitucional a norma geral federal que reserva o percentual mínimo de 1/3 da carga horária dos docentes da educação básica para dedicação às atividades extraclasse.

Ação direta de inconstitucionalidade julgada improcedente. Perda de objeto declarada em relação aos arts. 3º e 8º da Lei 11.738/2008.
STF. ADI 4167. Relator Ministro Joaquim Barbosa.

 Divulgação:DJe de 23.08.2011, pág 27. publicação em 24.08.2011 


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

PERCUSSÃO DO PAPAGAIO EM VIEIRAS



A Oficina de Percussão apresentou hoje 23/08,  na Semana da Cultura do município de Vieiras.  O evento faz parte das atividades que precedem á Exposição agropecuária que se iniciará na quinta feira. Os meninos da Percussão fez sua apresentação pautada na diversidade de rítmos. A Oficina se prepara para voltar na avenida com o desfile cívico de 06 de setembro no Dia do Muriaeense. Com um novo figurino a bateria do Papagaio fez presença e balançou a cidade com sua batida forte .

Na oportunidade agradecemos a Prefeitura Municipal  e povo de Vieiras pelo convite, transporte,  carinho e acolhida dada aos percussionistas da Oficina de Percussão. Essa Oficina faz parte do Projeto Ponto de Cultura e conta com apoio do CMDCA - Conselho Municipal de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e adolescente. A Oficina é uma realização do Movimento Pró cultura e funciona no Centro Comunitário  e Escola Municipal Stella Fideles. 

TÁ CHEGANDO O DIA !


Paris Hilton's Fab LA Candids

Paris Hilton hasn't been out for many events recently but she looked great in her simple jeans and tee look when pictured arriving back at LAX.Paris toted a cute and rather Vuitton-like brown handbag from her own Paris Hilton logo line.  Pretty sure her shoes are also from her own collection.Pics from Zimbio

Rhianne blog 23/08/2011

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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Liberal Media Attacks Gov. Perry – Global Warming and Genesis and Black Clouds

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Roanoke Times, 8-18-11, Pg 3: Perry says he doubts global warming is real.
“Perry’s home state of Texas releases more heat-trapping pollution carbon dioxide – the chief green-house gas --- than any other state in the country, according to government data.
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Honest and truthful Liberal media attacks upon Texas Governor Rick Perry should be part of our political system (they sure didn’t cover any of Obama’s negatives, however, but that was OK because he was running as a Socialist and not a Republican).
However, why is it necessary for the major media to lie as part of their attacks?
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CO2 is NOT the CHIEF green-house gas! Not even close!
The chief green-house gas is WATER-VAPOR both in amount in the atmosphere and in its ability to “trap” the sun’s heat in, on and near the earth. Didn’t these people take earth science in 7th grade? Water Vapors contribution is 36 to 72% vs. CO2 which is 9 to 26%. Even Wikipedia publishes the basic facts agreed to by both the Alarmists (IPCC) and the Skeptics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gases
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And ONLY 0.117% of the greenhouse effect is due to atmospheric CO2 from human activity! http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
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The earth’s climate is changing - The earth’s climate has always been changing! The cause/effect of the less than one degree warming over the past 250 years should be studied and debated (too bad the alarmists will not make their tax-paid data and studies available to the public for such an important thing to happen)!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/08/global-warming-alarmists-still.html
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And then to add insult to injury this Perry candidate for President, who apparently is a “skeptic” also says he’s more inclined to believe the earth as we know it was the result of divine intervention (Genesis) than “The Theory of Evolution”. There’s a reason it’s called a “Theory”! Of course the Anti-Christ folks who attack the Boy Scouts are surely not going to let Perry get away without attacking his Christian beliefs. After all, he’s from the Bible Belt and we all know what those folks are like! Better we should elect a Muslim and their Sharia beliefs.
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And then Perry referred to a “black cloud” hovering over our country! Mr. Ed and left-wing friends at MSNBC jumped on that labeling Perry as a raciest!
Is there anyone in this country that hasn’t used “black cloud” as a foreboding term to mean things are dark, bleak and menacing? Is that not a good description of our financial and economic future if we do not get our country back on the right track?
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As the 2012 election campaign progresses, hopefully the voters will reflect on how the major liberal media handled Obama’s campaign (just like the old song: “accent the positives and eliminate the negatives”) and then the voters should reflect on how that all worked-out for US!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/08/global-warming-alarmists-still.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/07/greenland-ice-melting-again.html
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http://www.roanokeslant.org/AGW-Skeptic/
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MEXICAN GALLERY AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, INTERIOR DESIGN AND EXHIBITION DISPLAY BY TEODORO GONZALEZ DE LEON, 1994























The Maya vitrine





Aztec rock figurines





The Maudslay/Palenque lintel casts





The Maudslay cast of the idols in Copan, Honduras, my favourite works in display





My recent studies into Conceptual Maya Archeology took me to revisit the Mexican Gallery at the British Museum. Opened in 1994, at the end of the Mexican presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari , it was part of the celebration of the ilusions created by his neoliberal regime and its cultural policies (which included the mega exhibition Splendors of Thirty Centuries at the MOMA, NY). The Mexican Gallery was designed by Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon, who for more than 40 years has been the regime's official architect, and whose buildings are inspired by the monolithic language of Prehispanic ruins, as well as by Le Corbusier and Brutalism.



Seventeen years after it opened, the small (7x11 mts) Mexican Gallery feels escenographical and outdated. A fake Maya arch covered by slate traverses the space and occupies the length of the room, while the floor and side skirtings are covered by white Ancaster Limestone. Different sculptures are located standing over a pyramidal plinth/base (more Egyptian than Aztec!) covered with the same limestone, and a blue/ultramarine semi-suspended showcase contains the Aztec turquoise masks and double serpent, (unfortunately a few years ago it was found that the crystal skull of the collection was not really Aztec and it was removed from the Mexican collection). Cases containing objects from the different Mesoamerican cultures are located in three of the peripheric walls, while the back wall, separated by a portico, is painted in blood red and holds the Maudslay-Yaxchilan original lintels (casts of the other lintels are located in the stairs outside).



If Gonzalez de Leon had used less fancy materials, and maybe had been inspired by Sottsass and the Memphis style instead, we would have had a much more exciting archeological room!



http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/americas/room_27_mexico.aspx



Visit Jorge Pardo's more recent escenographic display in Los Angeles for LACMA's Prehispanic Collection, here.





(post dedicated to Vanessa Arelle, my expedition companion in this visit)