Sunday, November 29, 2009
Guernica 3D a site from Brian
Brian found this site and emailed it to me. Guernica is a painting by Picasso that depicts the Spanish Civil War. Watch and you will find it fascinating as I do. It made me think I was looking into Picasso's mind.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
I told you, we fight for life
Watch CBS News Videos Online- get past the commercial
I have been saying for years that I don't want anyone near the PLUG if I am on life support or in a VEGETATIVE STATE. The big doctor seem to believe that they always know best. Funny thing they don't. It makes me think of the Shivley woman who was starved to death because "they" knew best. I just want people to be more questioning if you feel something follow those feelings...we only have one life and everyone should be given every chance to live that life. I am sure many people think, if I was restricted like Karen...l would push myself into a life packed life. Well that would be your choice and that is what everyone deserves. Life is a privilege and we should respect how every one chooses to live it.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Brian has a new gallery showing
Brian has sent out news " have been invited to participate in Art Basel: Miami, an extremely prestigious annual art fair held every December in Miami Florida. My work will be featured at a Gallery curated by a student in the Rinehart Program here at MICA. More info on this really great experience can be found at the following site:"
http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/
more info on the expo below also check out Brian's Blog at
http://snandsm.blogspot.com/
excerpt from:
The Art Newspaper
Art Basel Miami Beach ever hopeful
Despite loss of 60 galleries, fair returns with redesigned space and more dealers By Lindsay Pollock From issue 207, November 2009Published online 18 Nov 09 (market)
NEW YORK. The eighth annual Art Basel Miami Beach converges from 3-6 December amid shaky times for art sellers. Around 40,000 visitors are expected, and fair organisers remain bullish. “What we are seeing, and what we saw at other shows in the fall, is that there is definitely a market for high quality art,” said Art Basel co-director Marc Spiegler.
Fair sales picked up with June’s Art Basel, and sales have continued to flow. “I had no sense of desperation at Fiac,” said New York art adviser Thea Westreich. “Most dealers did quite well at Frieze.”
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However, 60 exhibitors from last year’s Art Basel Miami Beach are not returning, including Berlin’s Arndt & Partner, London galleries Waddington and Maureen Paley, and New York’s Per Skarstedt. Fair organiser have added 65 new exhibitors, including some who had previously been turned away. The 2009 edition now boasts 266 dealers from 33 countries.
Another big change is the fair’s physical appearance. The layout has been redesigned, adding 20% more exhibition space, with extra lounge areas, wider aisles and bigger stands. Some of the new space is allocated to the 23 younger exhibitors taking part in the Art Positions section. Formerly on show in beachside shipping containers at Collins Park, the section will now be housed in the Miami Beach Convention Center with the rest of the exhibitors. Its previous location is now called “Oceanfront”, and New York’s non-profit Creative Time has commissioned artist Pae White to create a setting for daily video and film screenings, performance art and panel discussions.
New York dealer Andrew Edlin is taking part in the fair for the first time. He was admitted to Art Positions with a solo show by film-maker Brent Green, whose DVDs and sculptures are priced at $1,000-$25,000. “My expectations are not unrealistic in terms of actual sales,” say Edlin. “But I know all the ancillary things that come out of fairs.” He is keen to network with other exhibitors and collectors and provide a context for his outsider artists.
New York dealer Edward Tyler Nahem, who specialises in postwar art, is also making his debut. For years he has consigned works to other galleries at the fair. “I’m tired of making everyone else’s stand look pretty,” he said. Dealer friends suggested he limit his inventory to work ranging from $100,000-$500,000—considered safe in a down market—but Nahem has a blue-chip plan. He is bringing a 1957 Sam Francis painting Towards Disappearance III, which had been “buried away in Japan” and is now priced around $5m-$6m. His stand will also include works by artists including Calder, Twombly and Basquiat.
“I think there is certainly money and interest out there,” said Nahem. “You can never gauge the success of a fair in the immediate moment. If we pay for the fair, I am happy.”
Despite the general dip in satellite fairs, Miami continues to attract a strong showing. The Wynwood Art District will host fairs including Red Dot, Scope, Art Miami and a new fair, Graffiti Gone Global. Pulse is relocating to the downtown Ice Palace, vacated by Nada (New Art Dealers Alliance).
The Nada fair is setting up with 80 exhibitors at the Deauville Beach Resort hotel, north of the main fair. “It’s going to be a much more pleasant experience,” said Nada director Heather Hubbs. The fair has been shortened by two days and has slashed booth prices to entice galleries. It has lost European dealers and had some top exhibitors poached by Art Basel Miami. But Hubbs said: “There are always good young galleries out there, and this year some people who have been trying to get in, got in.”
http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/
more info on the expo below also check out Brian's Blog at
http://snandsm.blogspot.com/
excerpt from:
The Art Newspaper
Art Basel Miami Beach ever hopeful
Despite loss of 60 galleries, fair returns with redesigned space and more dealers By Lindsay Pollock From issue 207, November 2009Published online 18 Nov 09 (market)
NEW YORK. The eighth annual Art Basel Miami Beach converges from 3-6 December amid shaky times for art sellers. Around 40,000 visitors are expected, and fair organisers remain bullish. “What we are seeing, and what we saw at other shows in the fall, is that there is definitely a market for high quality art,” said Art Basel co-director Marc Spiegler.
Fair sales picked up with June’s Art Basel, and sales have continued to flow. “I had no sense of desperation at Fiac,” said New York art adviser Thea Westreich. “Most dealers did quite well at Frieze.”
GA_googleFillSlot("article_banner_468x60");
However, 60 exhibitors from last year’s Art Basel Miami Beach are not returning, including Berlin’s Arndt & Partner, London galleries Waddington and Maureen Paley, and New York’s Per Skarstedt. Fair organiser have added 65 new exhibitors, including some who had previously been turned away. The 2009 edition now boasts 266 dealers from 33 countries.
Another big change is the fair’s physical appearance. The layout has been redesigned, adding 20% more exhibition space, with extra lounge areas, wider aisles and bigger stands. Some of the new space is allocated to the 23 younger exhibitors taking part in the Art Positions section. Formerly on show in beachside shipping containers at Collins Park, the section will now be housed in the Miami Beach Convention Center with the rest of the exhibitors. Its previous location is now called “Oceanfront”, and New York’s non-profit Creative Time has commissioned artist Pae White to create a setting for daily video and film screenings, performance art and panel discussions.
New York dealer Andrew Edlin is taking part in the fair for the first time. He was admitted to Art Positions with a solo show by film-maker Brent Green, whose DVDs and sculptures are priced at $1,000-$25,000. “My expectations are not unrealistic in terms of actual sales,” say Edlin. “But I know all the ancillary things that come out of fairs.” He is keen to network with other exhibitors and collectors and provide a context for his outsider artists.
New York dealer Edward Tyler Nahem, who specialises in postwar art, is also making his debut. For years he has consigned works to other galleries at the fair. “I’m tired of making everyone else’s stand look pretty,” he said. Dealer friends suggested he limit his inventory to work ranging from $100,000-$500,000—considered safe in a down market—but Nahem has a blue-chip plan. He is bringing a 1957 Sam Francis painting Towards Disappearance III, which had been “buried away in Japan” and is now priced around $5m-$6m. His stand will also include works by artists including Calder, Twombly and Basquiat.
“I think there is certainly money and interest out there,” said Nahem. “You can never gauge the success of a fair in the immediate moment. If we pay for the fair, I am happy.”
Despite the general dip in satellite fairs, Miami continues to attract a strong showing. The Wynwood Art District will host fairs including Red Dot, Scope, Art Miami and a new fair, Graffiti Gone Global. Pulse is relocating to the downtown Ice Palace, vacated by Nada (New Art Dealers Alliance).
The Nada fair is setting up with 80 exhibitors at the Deauville Beach Resort hotel, north of the main fair. “It’s going to be a much more pleasant experience,” said Nada director Heather Hubbs. The fair has been shortened by two days and has slashed booth prices to entice galleries. It has lost European dealers and had some top exhibitors poached by Art Basel Miami. But Hubbs said: “There are always good young galleries out there, and this year some people who have been trying to get in, got in.”
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Daneker recorded 10 saves
Loyalsock girls state soccer champs
By MITCH RUPERT,
mrupert@sungazette.com
POSTED: November 22, 2009
HERSHEY Loyalsock put just one shot on goal during Saturday's PIAA Class AA soccer championship.
That's right, just one. As in just one more than none. Or 10 fewer than Springdale put on the Lancers' goal.
But that one shot on goal, courtesy of a header from Sarah Heilenman and a crossing pass by Marlee Hibbs, was all the Lancers needed to capture the school's first-ever state soccer championship yesterday at Hersheypark Stadium with a 1-0 win over District 7 champion Springdale.
Loyalsock (21-4-1) finishes the best season in school history having won 21 of its last 23 matches.
"You come in, drive here, come to the game, prepare as much as possible for the game, then all of a sudden it's the game, and boom, the game's over and you win a championship," Loyalsock head coach Kyle Bidelspacher said. "It's so surreal, the words can't describe it."
"It feels awesome. Every year we've been so close," Lancers defender Paige Klingerman said. "This is the best feeling I could ever wish for. It's making my high school life. I love it."
Bidelspacher knew as Saturday's game progressed that one goal was likely going to crown the state champion. And he felt even better about the Lancers' chances when Springdale failed to score in the first half when playing with the wind at its back.
Sure, the Dynamos ripped off 10 shots in the first 40 minutes, seven of which were on goal, and seven of which were saved by freshman goalkeeper Amanda Daneker. But the key was that nothing hit the back of the net.
So when Bidelspacher forfeited any potential offensive pressure in the first half by often times sending just two or three attackers at Springdale's four and five-person strong defense, he was happy to see the gamble to play a tougher brand of defense paid off.
"We knew it was going to be hard to try and get things done with the wind the way it was (in the first half)," Bidelspacher said. "But we knew they were frustrated because they didn't score with the wind and we thought that could work to our favor."
Over the final 10 minutes of the first half the Lancers began sending more and more players into the offensive end to pressure the Dynamos defense. Loyalsock finally posted its first shot, a weak left-footed attempt from the top of the penalty box, with 11:45 to go in the first half. And that was all it got in the first half.
And by the time the second half started with the wind at its back, Bidelspacher felt more comfortable sending four and five players at the Dynamos defense. And Loyalsock showed patience in letting plays develop in front of it for ideal opportunities.
The Lancers got a little run into the offensive zone early in the second half that was quickly shut down by the Springdale midfield. Instead of forcing the issue, the Lancers' midfielders played the ball backward to the midfield stripe and restarted their offensive push.
That push got Hibbs the ball outside the top right corner of the penalty box. She patiently waited for the play to set up in front of her before sending a cross to the far post. Heilenman, who stood at least a half-foot taller than the defender marking her, got a clean header inside the right post that gave Springdale keeper Sabrina Adams no chance to react before the Lancers had a goal and a 1-0 lead in the 47th minute.
"Everything like that is timed in practice. We work a lot on our timing," Heilenman said. "I saw a really good cross, and I saw the goal was open. I didn't want to let (Hibbs) down and not get anything on the ball, so I just tried to put something on it."
"I tell them all the time to be patient and timing is the key," Bidelspacher said. "When you see the ball in the air, go get it. Sarah was able to do that. It was a great goal that she scored."
And from there, Sock's opportunities to score only grew while Springdale's became fewer and fewer. The Dynamos, who substituted just three times in the match, became tired and struggled to get after loose balls.
After having 10 shots in the first half, Springdale took just five in the second. And none of the 15 shots came from 39-goal scorer Brittany Loveland.
Daneker recorded 10 saves.
"It really wasn't that tough," Daneker said. "My defense did a great job defending. They did all the work. I made the save that they needed me to, but they did great."
And when Daneker couldn't come up with one loose ball late in the second half, Heilenman was there to pick up their freshman keeper, who helped get the Lancers to Hershey with back-to-back penalty-kick wins in the state tournament.
Springdale's Ally Overly got a head on the loose ball in a crowded penalty box with just under 9 minutes remaining, and bounded it over Daneker's head. But as the ball bounced toward the goal, and came dangerously close to crossing the goalline, Daneker, who had retreated to the goalline to cover for Daneker, raised her right leg about waist high to clear the ball from danger.
Dynamos fans pleaded for a goal, but after the ball trickled out of bounds, the Lancers were awarded a goal kick.
"She's the goal-scorer and the goal-saver. She comes through in these big games," Klingerman said of Heilenman. "Our whole team works together. It's not just the offense, or just the defense. We work together."
"There were a bunch of people in the box. I just happened to be the one the ball came to," Heilenman said. "At that point you're kind of in desperation mode. Kick it anywhere but in the goal."
It was the best chance the Dynamos had to score in 80 minutes of soccer. And for as physically deflated as they were prior to that missed opportunity, the mental deflation became all the more apparent after that.
And just 9 minutes after Heilenman's big save, the Lancers were raising the state championship trophy.
Springdale had more offensive opportunities yesterday, but Loyalsock had the one number that mattered when the final whistle blew.
It was that one - as in one more than none, but one more than Springdale - that graced the scoreboard under their school's name that mattered most.
By MITCH RUPERT,
mrupert@sungazette.com
POSTED: November 22, 2009
HERSHEY Loyalsock put just one shot on goal during Saturday's PIAA Class AA soccer championship.
That's right, just one. As in just one more than none. Or 10 fewer than Springdale put on the Lancers' goal.
But that one shot on goal, courtesy of a header from Sarah Heilenman and a crossing pass by Marlee Hibbs, was all the Lancers needed to capture the school's first-ever state soccer championship yesterday at Hersheypark Stadium with a 1-0 win over District 7 champion Springdale.
Loyalsock (21-4-1) finishes the best season in school history having won 21 of its last 23 matches.
"You come in, drive here, come to the game, prepare as much as possible for the game, then all of a sudden it's the game, and boom, the game's over and you win a championship," Loyalsock head coach Kyle Bidelspacher said. "It's so surreal, the words can't describe it."
"It feels awesome. Every year we've been so close," Lancers defender Paige Klingerman said. "This is the best feeling I could ever wish for. It's making my high school life. I love it."
Bidelspacher knew as Saturday's game progressed that one goal was likely going to crown the state champion. And he felt even better about the Lancers' chances when Springdale failed to score in the first half when playing with the wind at its back.
Sure, the Dynamos ripped off 10 shots in the first 40 minutes, seven of which were on goal, and seven of which were saved by freshman goalkeeper Amanda Daneker. But the key was that nothing hit the back of the net.
So when Bidelspacher forfeited any potential offensive pressure in the first half by often times sending just two or three attackers at Springdale's four and five-person strong defense, he was happy to see the gamble to play a tougher brand of defense paid off.
"We knew it was going to be hard to try and get things done with the wind the way it was (in the first half)," Bidelspacher said. "But we knew they were frustrated because they didn't score with the wind and we thought that could work to our favor."
Over the final 10 minutes of the first half the Lancers began sending more and more players into the offensive end to pressure the Dynamos defense. Loyalsock finally posted its first shot, a weak left-footed attempt from the top of the penalty box, with 11:45 to go in the first half. And that was all it got in the first half.
And by the time the second half started with the wind at its back, Bidelspacher felt more comfortable sending four and five players at the Dynamos defense. And Loyalsock showed patience in letting plays develop in front of it for ideal opportunities.
The Lancers got a little run into the offensive zone early in the second half that was quickly shut down by the Springdale midfield. Instead of forcing the issue, the Lancers' midfielders played the ball backward to the midfield stripe and restarted their offensive push.
That push got Hibbs the ball outside the top right corner of the penalty box. She patiently waited for the play to set up in front of her before sending a cross to the far post. Heilenman, who stood at least a half-foot taller than the defender marking her, got a clean header inside the right post that gave Springdale keeper Sabrina Adams no chance to react before the Lancers had a goal and a 1-0 lead in the 47th minute.
"Everything like that is timed in practice. We work a lot on our timing," Heilenman said. "I saw a really good cross, and I saw the goal was open. I didn't want to let (Hibbs) down and not get anything on the ball, so I just tried to put something on it."
"I tell them all the time to be patient and timing is the key," Bidelspacher said. "When you see the ball in the air, go get it. Sarah was able to do that. It was a great goal that she scored."
And from there, Sock's opportunities to score only grew while Springdale's became fewer and fewer. The Dynamos, who substituted just three times in the match, became tired and struggled to get after loose balls.
After having 10 shots in the first half, Springdale took just five in the second. And none of the 15 shots came from 39-goal scorer Brittany Loveland.
Daneker recorded 10 saves.
"It really wasn't that tough," Daneker said. "My defense did a great job defending. They did all the work. I made the save that they needed me to, but they did great."
And when Daneker couldn't come up with one loose ball late in the second half, Heilenman was there to pick up their freshman keeper, who helped get the Lancers to Hershey with back-to-back penalty-kick wins in the state tournament.
Springdale's Ally Overly got a head on the loose ball in a crowded penalty box with just under 9 minutes remaining, and bounded it over Daneker's head. But as the ball bounced toward the goal, and came dangerously close to crossing the goalline, Daneker, who had retreated to the goalline to cover for Daneker, raised her right leg about waist high to clear the ball from danger.
Dynamos fans pleaded for a goal, but after the ball trickled out of bounds, the Lancers were awarded a goal kick.
"She's the goal-scorer and the goal-saver. She comes through in these big games," Klingerman said of Heilenman. "Our whole team works together. It's not just the offense, or just the defense. We work together."
"There were a bunch of people in the box. I just happened to be the one the ball came to," Heilenman said. "At that point you're kind of in desperation mode. Kick it anywhere but in the goal."
It was the best chance the Dynamos had to score in 80 minutes of soccer. And for as physically deflated as they were prior to that missed opportunity, the mental deflation became all the more apparent after that.
And just 9 minutes after Heilenman's big save, the Lancers were raising the state championship trophy.
Springdale had more offensive opportunities yesterday, but Loyalsock had the one number that mattered when the final whistle blew.
It was that one - as in one more than none, but one more than Springdale - that graced the scoreboard under their school's name that mattered most.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Georgia
This is the Georgia we love. She is sitting quietly not running around like a nut and not trying to bite you so we are happy. Today we hope to go out to lunch at the Knickerbocker and then to the dog park for Georgia to run off some steam, dinner chili and out to a movie at a fancy movie theater.
Friday, November 13, 2009
A day in Milwaukee, Wi.
I tried updating my blog using my Ipod but it didn't work. So here is my post using Jenni's computer. Jenni and I went to the Zoo and viewed many wonderful animals. We hope to go shopping at the Outlets and then pick up the dress she is wearing in her next wedding as a bride's maid. She is thrilled to be going as a bride's maid rather the bride because she loves being "foot loose and fancy free".
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Father Knows ... THAT HE IS RIGHT
There is so much I could commit on: female sexual trafficking occurring in this country, a high rate of Rape kits not being tested and leading to many more Rapes occurring, and deaths occurring from the H1N1 virus, but I am not personally involved (thank GOD) with those news stories and they do not have a direct impact on my life.
How do I deal with an 89 year old man that is still recovering from a life threatening surgery in July of this year. My Dad wants to be normal unfortunately he still feels sick and everyone is busting their butts trying to make him feel better. I never realized what a "nervous Nellie" (that is an old expression for being like Telly Monster on Sesame Street). His other major problem is that he knows not just thinks but knows he is always right. We were leaving the foot doc's office and she was telling him to "soak that toe and put cream on it" within full view of the doctor I said "do you have something to soak your toe in? He replied, “No.” I continued, “You’re not going to soak your toe are you.” He said, “No” and chuckled. The doctor was shocked I was not. She went on to say Vincent you have to soak your toe. He laughed and laughed. When we got outside he said she doesn’t know what she is talking about and that he never soaks his toe…it will be fine.
How do you deal with that all the TIME, EVERY DAY YOU GET INVOLVED with him. How did my Mom put up with him.
How do I deal with an 89 year old man that is still recovering from a life threatening surgery in July of this year. My Dad wants to be normal unfortunately he still feels sick and everyone is busting their butts trying to make him feel better. I never realized what a "nervous Nellie" (that is an old expression for being like Telly Monster on Sesame Street). His other major problem is that he knows not just thinks but knows he is always right. We were leaving the foot doc's office and she was telling him to "soak that toe and put cream on it" within full view of the doctor I said "do you have something to soak your toe in? He replied, “No.” I continued, “You’re not going to soak your toe are you.” He said, “No” and chuckled. The doctor was shocked I was not. She went on to say Vincent you have to soak your toe. He laughed and laughed. When we got outside he said she doesn’t know what she is talking about and that he never soaks his toe…it will be fine.
How do you deal with that all the TIME, EVERY DAY YOU GET INVOLVED with him. How did my Mom put up with him.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Crouse and partner are unbeatable
11/4/2009 3:49:00 AMHSE's Farley and Crouse were unbeatableThe Times photo by Richie Hall -
Hamilton Southeastern’s No. 2 doubles team of Michael Farley (left) and Max Crouse (right) were unbeatable during the boys tennis season. The duo, this year’s The Times Players of the Year, finished the season 25-0 and helped the Royals win sectional and regional championships. Pictured in center is HSE coach Mark Woldmoe.By Richie HallSports ReporterThe No. 2 doubles position in high school tennis can sometimes be an overlooked position.But that can change quickly when a team does nothing but win. Hamilton Southeastern's team of senior Michael Farley and junior Max Crouse did just that......
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