Ballet 5:8's "Compass" features four one-act ballets inspired by the challenges of navigating cultural tension in the present day. Join us for a single performance in Chicago on Friday, November 10 at the Athenaeum Theatre.
Making Space 2017: This informal performance will feature finished and unfinished works from the forum and opportunities for the audience to interact with and provide feedback to the choreographers.
Happy Chicago Dance Month! Come experience dance via Audience Architects' special outdoor event downtown Chicago.
Fermilab Arts Series Presents: Stars of Dance Chicago 2016.
A classical ballet with music by Benjamin Britten that brings a story of kings and kingdoms, mysterious dreams, royal egos and unfathomable dangers to life. Performance at the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Out of the Dust features three engaging contemporary works that journey through human emotions, mental states and the creation of the world. Performance at the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Ballet 5:8's contemporary program Mirrors of the Mind highlights three works that bring the mysterious inner workings of the mind to life. Performances at Madison Street Theater in Oak Park, Illinois.
Ballet 5:8's contemporary program Mirrors of the Mind highlights three works that imagine the mysterious inner workings of the mind to life. Performances at Madison Street Theater, Oak Park, Illinois.
Ballet 5:8 presents The Beauty of Introspection, a program featuring three diverse yet reflective works that converge on a universally relatable theme: being human. The program includes the world premiere of And Mercy, a contemporary ballet created for Ballet 5:8 by New York choreographer Preston Miller.


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In this round we are particularly inviting applicants working on applied areas of AI, ML and data sciences. Appointed candidates will have a home department in one of our 4 faculties, according to the application area in which they work. As part of your application, please indicate your desired host department or departments. We will also consider candidates with an interest in joint appointments with industry or with multiple Departments.
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KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from South America to Charlotte.
How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from South America to Charlotte?
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What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from South America to Charlotte?
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Copa Airlines 7.9
LATAM Airlines 7.4
Aeromexico 7.4
Pros: "Good"
Cons: "All ok"
Pros: "I had space, and the plane was quiet."
Cons: "I wish the lifts would have turned off. They were on the whole time!!! Not okay."
Cons: "Nothing really. Breakfast was a bit simple."
Cons: "Vegetarian Food"
Cons: "A lot of hassle. Both morning flights delayed. Missed connection. Causing a lot of problems for things booked at final destination."
Pros: "No problem with the booking and it was definitely the cheapest available!"
Cons: "More communication with the passengers when we had to abort landing and try again."
Cons: "Es muy importante que se le preste ayuda a los pasajeros de la tercera edad que viajan solos porque en este vuelo había una pasajera que nadie ayudó con su equipaje de mano"
Pros: "What can we say? The plane departed on time. We had time to make our connection and we arrived early! Great flight!"
Cons: "Older plane without current technology on board"
Pros: "The crew was responsive. The food was good too. The screens were nice and personal!"
Cons: "Better dessert options and more variability."
Pros: "Was the seat is súper confortable"
Pros: "The seats were comfortable! And the service was ol"
Cons: "The time for boarding! They are leave one hour before!! That's so wrong to do"
Cons: "stop making a billion announcements."
Pros: "They allow pre-boarding for over-65s! So much easier to hoist that carry-on bag to the overhead compartment when not blocking someone else! :) Avianca crew/ticket agents are SO helpful and pleasant. This was a delightful airline to discover! (This was a portion of my first trip booked on Avianca.)"
Pros: "The fact that I actually arrived to Bogotá tonight since in my 150 mins worth of phone calls + 7 itinerary revisions made over the wknd by Avianca, I honestly didn't think I'd make it to Bogotá today"
Cons: "Empower and inform your phone customer service to actually be able to resolve customer questions and issues. Not ruin people's vacations by changing their flight so many times and sending them illogical revised itineraries."
Cons: "Even though I had immunization proof, I was not allowed to board the plane."
Pros: "We were in business and it was comfortable."
Cons: "When we bought business we thought it would be the same plane we flew to Quito on that had seats that went into beds. It wasn't."
Pros: "The crew was so helpful and kind!"
Pros: "The crew was amazing"
Cons: "The food wasn't good"
Pros: "On time"
Cons: "Food in business can be better"
Pros: "Avianca"
Cons: "Over 4 hour delay, missed my connector, and am now paying a lot $ of pocket for hotel and transport. My seat and tray table were broken.. seat kept going back, dangerous for take off and landing. Try table was hanging from side. Plantain chips were okay though."
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Pros: "pilots did a fantastic job flying the plane out of quito against the winds. check in women were great with communicating with me in writing as i am extremely hard of hearing. they also asked me where i wanted to sit instead of just assigning me. all staff were kind, courteous, and professional. loved being able to charge my phone in flight."
Cons: "late departure so i could have slept another hour!"
Cons: "They lost my luggage"
Pros: "You need urgently to improve the taste of vegetarian dishes."
Cons: "No movies??! For real? In a very long trip?"
Pros: "Confortable and on time"
Cons: "The airport did not have the gate on the screens (airports fault). But when asking the crew of Avianca no one knew. We had to search for an office when they where boarding cause no one knew. Then they told us (and a group of other people) run to the gate (almost loosing the flight)."
Cons: "The fact that I lost my flight because website vayama changed my flight itinerary and didn't airlines know"
Pros: "The flight was quick"
Cons: "It was 5 hours late it was a big wait and I'm too tired and sick now I'm never using this airline again"
Cons: "My tv was not working"
Pros: "El viaje entre Quito y Guayaquil es bastante corto, por tanto, no hay mucho espacio para conocer la amabilidad del personal o la calidad de la comida, porque no hay tiempo para servir sino bebidas. El aeropuerto está bien pero debe mejorar el espacio de la sala VIP"
Cons: "No permiten el ingreso a la única sala VIP del aeropuerto con programas de fidelización de compañías diferentes a las ecuatorianas."
Pros: "I was surprised and very disappointed to find out that last part of my business class ticket was economy. I chose business when buying the ticket Chicago-Lima and enjoyed first part Chicago to Quito but was downgraded for strange reason from Quito to Lima. Not sure if this was done by Kayak or Avianca"
Cons: "2 hours delay"
Pros: "On time departure, friendly staff, excellent service"
Cons: "Delay"
Pros: "I liked the food service on this very short trip, including a very heavily poured rum and coke!"
Cons: "Flight was delayed about an hour."
Pros: "Excellent seating, entertainment, and service."
Pros: "On board entertainment"
Cons: "Passengers were rude and pushy.. Flight was a great value, should always coat $47 that's all it's worth for a 50 minute flight."
Pros: "Reasonable choice of entertainment. Clean."
Cons: "Food poor. Not enough drink. Hold up in tunnel for boarding - long hold up for children and passengers over 60."
Cons: "Delays and out of shape airplanes."
Cons: "No entertainment"
Pros: "Smiling faces,friendly and helpful crew . The flight was a little late, and so we're the shuttle buses. Then almost made up the time on the flight, must have caught a tail wind."
Cons: "Late start, makes you a little nervous that you are going to be late."
Pros: "The best"
Pros: "I arrived with plenty time and no person would help me check in unprofessional no knowledge where to send customers and I end up late with 5 min to spare my flight was at 9am I arrived at 7:25am and was not with enough time to board"
Cons: "No one helped me get to the gate or even check me in"
Cons: "6 hours delayed"
Cons: "It was a nightmare The worst flight of my life"
Pros: "On time, onboard staff very helpful"
Cons: "They switched Gates 4 times at Quito airport"
Pros: "The flight meal was good"
Cons: "Boarding processs"
Cons: "The itinerary I received by e-mail had the wrong departure time. Consequently I missed my flight. In addition to the inconvenience this cost me $200.0. This is the first negative experience I have with Kayak."
Pros: "Your flight was the most comfortable coach flight I have ever taken. No other airline I've taken for as long as I can remember has provided the leg room and comfort that your airline provides for coach."
Pros: "On time. Friendly crews."
Cons: "Seat back table broken. Video system froze a few times."
Pros: "Great crew...seat spacing gives great comfort. Love they have a comfort class option. So much better experience than American. Wish Delta had more direct flights out of Charlotte."
Cons: "It was perfect!!"
Pros: "Great crew, spacing of passengers, comfortable, on time"
Pros: "The crew was polite"
Cons: "Less delays"
Pros: "Quick boarding"
Cons: "Arriving over a half an hour late"
Pros: "Crew, atmosphere, timeliness. I was satisfied overall"
Cons: "Gate number changed couple times before flight departure"
Pros: "It was a safe journey good rest and a very smooth operation"
Cons: "More vegan options"
Cons: "Plane was hot and sticky. The air from the vent was not cool."
Cons: "Seats hardly recline. Very difficult to sleep in this red eye flight."
Cons: "The girls were sweet as usual!"
Cons: "Late and bumpy"
Pros: "Better than spirit"
Pros: "No carry on fee, comfortable seat and pitch"
Cons: "Displays for zone boarding status would be helpful"
Pros: "Crew was great"
Cons: "I actually can not complain"
Pros: "There were minimal passengers on the flight so I was able to have the entire row to myself. The flight was also very short which is always nice."
Pros: "Video access"
Cons: "Too hot, too crowded"
Cons: "Didn't get our beverage and snack till we were almost ready to land at Charlotte"
Cons: "Nothing!"
Pros: "This was two hours of absolute freezing temperature"
Cons: "It was so cold it was actually unbeasable"
Pros: "Great experience. Left on time and landed early. Comfortable and great crew"
Cons: "Wish there were more snack options"
Pros: "Really nice staff all the way through from gate agent to flight attendants. Flight left on time and landed early. Night and day vs American"
Cons: "Nothing. Flight was perfect."
Cons: "I didn't appreciate that your rude flight attendant allowed another passenger to move suitcase and she got an attitude with me. Delta there is always something on your flights."
Pros: "Like the smaller contingent of passengers. Boerding a lot quicker and simpler. Captain gave us some interesting details about plane and its capabilities."
Cons: "Exit row seats were were very uncomfortable, very little padding, although there was plenty of legroom. No snacks or entertainment. WiFi did not work."
Cons: "I was the very first person in line for Zone 3, and they automatically told me I had to gate check my bag, which would mean adding at least 20 minutes when I landed. I took it on the plane anyway; and there was PLENTY of space in the overhead compartments. This feels like I'm being treated as a second class citizen because I was unwilling to be nickel and dimed for seat or boarding upgrades. It's infuriating"
Cons: "Delayed"
Pros: "It was great because I was able to get an aisle seat."
Cons: "Like it all"
Pros: "Delta personnel were very pleasant/friendly"
Pros: "Flight attendant was nice. She changed my seat to the front cause the guy behind me was kicking my chair."
Cons: "They cancelled my flight from the day before and when they rebooked my flight, they could of gave me a better seat."
Pros: "Non"
Cons: "My return portion of my flight was canceled and had to purchase a new ticket. I would like a full refund of my expenses."
Pros: "Left on time!"
Cons: "Too cramped"
Cons: "I understand gate changes happen, but I got 4 texts switching the gates back and forth. Is that necessary?"
Pros: "Easy"
Pros: "The flight attendants were very nice and the boarding crew. From the time I walked up to the counter at LGA to the time I exited the plane in CLT, I was treated so kindly and with such respect. Kudos to the Delta Crew."
Cons: "The FLIGHT!!!!! There were delays. Scheduled take of time was 6:59 PM. We took off at 735 PM. Once I was on the plane, I started kicking myself in the you know what because I knew immediately I was scammed. I had purchased a 1st Class ticket for $400+, only to find that my comfort would be the equivalent of that if I purchased a ticket in economy. My long legs would still be cramped. For the past few years, I have been purchasing 1st class for it's spaciousness. On this flight, on the RCJ700, I did not fly comfortably. The space was very tight, and I was able to stretch my legs as if I sat in economy. This was by far, my most uncomfortable flight ever. SMH; A WASTE OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY!!!!!"
Pros: "But, this wasn't bad at all, even though we were on the very last seat of the plane. We were next to one of the flight attendants during take off and landing and she was very kind and we were speaking with her. The flight was smooth"
Pros: "Everything went smoothly."
Cons: "Like ALL planes today, too crowded."
Pros: "We spent 90 min in line to take off on the tarmac. Pilot kept us informed. Crew were very pleasant."
Pros: "The flight was on schedule and landed early, and the pilot landed that plane very gently. It was quite impressive."
Cons: "I purchased a first class ticket in hopes that I would have a lot more comfort during the flight. It took me quite some time to get comfortable. The seat was ok, but I found the pillows to be very small and flat. I needed multiple pillows. The head rest was not adjustable, so I also found this to be uncomfortable. Usually when I fly AA, the headrest is adjustable. My final dislike was that the beverage selection was limited. I'm quite sure there was plenty of alcohol, but what about those customers who do not drink alcoholic beverages? I asked for hot chocolate, there was none. I asked for hot tea with honey, there wasn't any. So all in all my flight was okay, but that is solely because of the flight attendant and pilot. They did their jobs and they did an excellent job."
Pros: "I got a seat in the exit row with lots of leg room. The entertainment that I didn't use offered a great selection with very recent movies, etc."
Cons: "I didn't like that I had to take a bus to my terminal. I didn't like the fact that my gate was changed more than five times. I didn't like that my flight time was changed more than 15 times with no reason why until boarding time. I didn't like the fact that I did not get a seat assignment until boarding the plane. I didn't like the fact that they couldn't manage to scramble another plane and crew, but instead forced us to wait over four hours for one that was stuck somewhere else in the country."
Pros: "Delta gave me a free rum. It helped. We arrived on time. Thank you."
Cons: "I am not sure why, but this was one of the most chaotic boardings I have ever witnessed in all my years of flying. 5 hours in a middle seat that did not recline. Need I say more? Cold tasteless chicken sandwich a a stale muffin for breakfast."
Pros: "Speed and comfortable kind bars were a nice touch"
Cons: "Luggage went elsewhere"
Pros: "Plane left 2 hours late."
Pros: "The boarding process was very well done. Gate agent and flight attendants on top of their game. This is how it is supposed to be done. Thank you."
Pros: "Good movie selection, nice crew"
Cons: "Terrible food, no veg options, no leg room, seats barely recline"
Cons: "Although weather played a part in the poor experience, it wasn't the only factor. Delta was unprepared."
Pros: "Weather, I think, caused a delay for my flight to Atlanta from Dallas which results in missing my connection. I was traveling with my 4-year old granddaughter. However, when I arrived having already missed my flight, I found special assistance area and was able to immediately connect with an agent who booked us on the next flight (last flight of the day to Richmond). Saving the day."
Cons: "All the planes were full and did not have enough room for carry on causing delays and getting the flight off later. The gate agents and crew did what they could to get the plane loaded faster, but they loaded the front first and those in the back could not get past making loading the plane take even longer."
Cons: "I paid for the upgrade to Delta Comfort Plus for an aisle seat & for some reason they reassigned our seats and I got Putin a middle seat. It was not what I paid for and it was very uncomfortable. If people pay to upgrade to specific seats we should. It be reassigned to whatever seat they want to put us in."
Cons: "The aircraft was older and visibly dirty in the corners. The baggage took well over the guaranteed 20 mins."
Pros: "The gate agents were courteous and efficient. The flight crew was very attentive. The pilots were clear in their announcements. Even though we were held up by sheer plane/ground traffic, we managed to still get back home early!"
Cons: "At one point on the initial flight, the cabin got so cold that I had to put on a jacket."
Cons: "Due to last minute and absurd changes made to my itinerary by Delta without my knowledge, I was not on this flight."
Pros: "Boarding was not a problem at all! ."
Cons: "The pilot was very rough maneuvering the aircraft. Starting from take off the pilot took off from a halt and accelerated so fast that I believe takeoff took 3sec or less. Also taxi into the airport about to land His maneuvering was Preety rough compared to the other two delta pilots that were perfect. There wasnt any food offered."
Pros: "It whas comftable"
Cons: "The girl at the counter was not nice"
Cons: "5 hour flight and the channel selector wouldnt turn to English till 3/4 of the movie was over. Seats were almost as uncomfortable as spirit. Food... don't .. get your own. Otherwise was fine."
Pros: "Food was great, movie selection was really good too."
Cons: "The breakfast- scrambled eggs and little hotdogs. Relatively tasteless."
Pros: "My own tv screen , quality of food, service from the crew, beverage selection and cabin comfort"
Cons: "Keep it up"
Pros: "the price"
Cons: "The attendants were in a bad mood and/or unhappy with their jobs. Short answers - not very friendly, but this isn't uncommon on Copa flights. I give them a "zero" on personality."
Cons: "None entertainment system"
Cons: "food will be better."
Pros: "Realmente contento con el servicio del crew de Copa.recomiendo"
Cons: "Recomiendo usar Copa para todos los viajes hacia sur America......gracias."
Pros: "Much better than other airlines. Food was great (taking into consideration it is plane food), web checkin is very simple and organized boarding."
Cons: "More leg room"
Cons: "7 hours late. It was supposed to leave at 7pm, it left the gate at 2:30 am !!! Zero sleep. Gave a $10 voucher"
Cons: "I was in line 1.5 hours before my flight and was told that I had to take the next flight. There was even another passenger behind me who apparently made the flight. The lady behind the desk appeared to be junior staff and had to wait numerous time to ask her co-workers for help. By the time they helped her, she told me that it was too late to make the flight (even though I discovered later that the departure time was even postponed)! As a result, I arrived in Medellin 4-5 hours later than planned, causing me to miss a tour that I had scheduled for that afternoon, for which I was not refunded. First time using Copa Airlines was unfortunately not a good one."
Cons: "Could not get music options"
Cons: "I didn't know I need an app downloaded ahead of the flight in order to watch movies. They did not have seatback screens on this flight"
Pros: "Reasonably good food, nice service."
Cons: "I wouldn't recommend this airline. Check-in closed while I was waiting in check-in line. Agent tried to rearrange for a later flight but I would have missed the connecting flight and wouldn't be able to connect until two days later. First and last time attempting to use this airline."
Pros: "Lots of food during the flight."
Cons: "Plastic cups were really small. I would like a bottle of water."
Pros: "Flight always on time, staff are very friendly even with the language barrier sometimes."
Pros: "Crew were nice and polite"
Cons: "Business seats are less like Business and more like a better Premium Economy seat."
Cons: "food was horrible. seats were uncomfortable. staff was barely attentive"
Pros: "Clean, courteous, respectful and comfortable!"
Cons: "Vegetarian meals were served with bread that was not fresh"
Pros: "Is one time"
Pros: "Amabilidad"
Cons: "Muy atentos"
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Cons: "To do"
Cons: "Plane was late in starting barely made our connection to FLL"
Pros: "My experience with Copa is that they are efficient yet customer friendly and changing planes in Panamá on trips to South America is usually quite convenient."
Cons: "Copa has a tendency to leave the "Fasten seatbelt" sign on for long periods of time, even when there is little to no turbulence. This makes it difficult to know when to move around which is unfortunate on a 6+ hour flight."
Pros: "I like all, tell assistant and worker there. They was very nice"
Cons: "I like all"
Pros: "Being on time for boarding and having a pleasant service is part of Copa succesful strategy for making PANAMÁ Tocumen hub a very succesful option for flying to LATAM and the Caribbean."
Pros: "Free on board Entertainment"
Cons: "Service"
Pros: "Got upgraded to first class"
Cons: "Started bad with copa giving it to Avianca, and their flight dis not go out, deleyes etc."
Pros: "Crew was frieo"
Cons: "They ran out of the different food options and drinks. I"
Cons: "The plane cabin became really hot. The plane was older and the seats air was very minimal me and my friends on the flight agreed the cabin was hot."
Pros: "Airplanes seats"
Cons: "No dinner was served"
Pros: "No breakfast. Rude flight attendants. Someone got sick and they wouldn't let people move up front and instead blocked off the whole back of the plane."
Pros: "The crew was very helpful and friendly."
Pros: "Boarding was very easy and fast"
Cons: "Our flight was in two (2) segments. One from Santiago, Chile to Panama City, Panama and, two from Panama City, Panama to Boston, MA USA. Our flight from Panama City, Panama to Boston, MA USA was cancelled due to snow. Not the Copa fault; however, rebooking the flight from Santiago back through Panama to Boston was very difficult even though we call the day prior after noticing the cancelled flight on the Copa website. We were successful; however, it took multiple calls and multiple delays on hold to make it happen. No e-mail confirmation was ever received; however, we were able to confirm the flight via the website. We were also unable to confirm the flight status on the website. Maybe it was a special flight or something, but from the customers view, it was discomforting."
Pros: "The crew was friendly and helpful"
Cons: "No coffee :("
Pros: "Easy and fast connections. Flight on time.great"
Pros: "Entertainment system was pretty good"
Cons: "2-hour check-in line in Santiago, with clueless employees Further 50-min delay of the arrival time for the flight"
Cons: "Flight was overbooked had to stay an extra day and take a night flight. Very disappointed"
Pros: "Nothing. I was at the airport for 5 hours, they overbooked the flight by 20 pleople. I had to get a cap voucher and call COPA for 4 hours the next day to try and get another flight. They eventually put me on an American flight."
Cons: "Everything. Poor customer service, unprofessional, and I did not get on the flight, and it took hours to rebook with them. I will never fly this airline again."
Pros: "Good entertainment, decent food, it was very good all around!"
Cons: "The staff at Copa are courteous, and they helped with accomodations overnight in Panama."
Pros: "Great airline"
Cons: "Include gluten free meals for 5+ hour flights"
Pros: "Muito confortável. Boarding muito rápido. Muito bem atendido a bordo."
Cons: "Infelizmente o serviço de bordo não pode ser apreciado, mas entendo que é pela segurança dos passageiros."
Cons: "Boarding was very confusing. The waiting area was filled with people milling around, trying to find their line."
Cons: "To drop the bag was very messy"
Pros: "All the staff was great."
Cons: "I was trying to upgrade for business and the front desk told me Can only be done 24 hours. What diferentes it makes if I paid in front desk or by the phone?"
Cons: "They don't come around with drinks very often on LATAM. We bought our startup supply at the airport. First drink round was two hours into the flight."
Pros: "The crew was very warm."
Cons: "Seats very tight."
Cons: "the cabin and seats are old and seems dirty"
Pros: "Crew was good"
Cons: "Seat not comfortable"
Pros: "Neat, polite and orderly. Great food!"
Cons: "Not much."
Cons: "Strange use of curtains upfront during flight. I was asked to check my carryon for free to help out with boarding, but then had to wait longer to get the bag in baggage claim. It was the last bag of my checked bags to show up. Checked carryon bags should have a higher priority to return."
Pros: "Friendly and correct cabin crew."
Cons: "Leg space. There was very little leg space. One hour before the flight departure they were already announcing 'last call' on the airport screens."
Pros: "This non-stop flight was wonderful. The aircraft is comfortable, the whole flight was smoothly, even though it's fifteen hours flight."
Cons: "Bad"
Pros: "Seats were fairly comfortable. Almost all seats on planes are tightly crammed together."
Cons: "More options of TV shows to watch."
Cons: "They lost one of my bags. Amateur and inefficient company. Avoid at all cost."
Cons: "Cadeira dura"
Cons: "I couldn't fly because at check in they asked me to pay for my 2 luggages and I couldn't afford it so they let me out of my flight and now they don't want to return my money. Worse airline I've ever seen. I've been flying international for 20 years and never saw a flight you have to pay for Luggage"
Pros: "Not much I can think of"
Cons: "Undisclosed charges for bags and a check on that lasted over 30 minutes and my entire family ogn6 people were scattered throughout plane with absolutely no effort to put young kids next to parents"
Cons: "After getting off the shuttle to board the plane via stairs, men at the bottom and top of the stairs both stopped everyone and refused anyone to board. We were stuck on the tarmac for around 2-3 minutes. No entertainment options during the flight. No free food. Only water."
Pros: "Crew good, disembarking slow."
Cons: "A drink and/or snack."
Pros: "the crew was not friendly on boarding, or during the trip. I like it when they great you and say welcome aboard."
Cons: "long long line at check in... long line at the TSA late getting to the gate. Flight left an hour late did not meet my connecting fight no help in SP no ground crew for directions. long long line at customs then long line to rebook flight had a 7 hour layover in SP before Rio."
Pros: "yo tenia comida kosher y no me la dieron"
Cons: "Look for alternatives. This airline used to be good, but they grew too much and now is really bad. Overall experience was very bad. Evaluate low cost competition. Today they are much better than LATAM"
Pros: "The leg place and reclining chair"
Cons: "offering some free snacks and soda (3 hour flight, other than water, everything else is charged). An online entertainment system that actually works."
Pros: "The entertainment options were good, my device connected immediately, and the movie started right away (while the boarding process was being completed)."
Cons: "More vegetarian options in the menu."
Cons: "The temperature should be a bit warmer"
Cons: "Offer refreshments"
Pros: "I liked the person I was sitting next to"
Cons: "It was fine, but they scattered my group of six all over the plane because we didn't pay for special seats"
Pros: "Crew was extremely unfriendly"
Cons: "Better service. Train your people. Learn from azul airlines"
Cons: "Lack of food!! LATAM you are doing it wrong"
Pros: "I liked almost all!!!"
Cons: "The sandwich (cool meal)... The may improve it..."
Pros: "Said Paulo airport was chaos but flight was great"
Cons: "No entertainment. The airplane seems to be an older model."
Pros: "The crew was very kínd!"
Pros: "The seats are comfortable, the attention of the crew is great."
Cons: "1 hour delay with no email or other notification. Flight number changed with no notification until check in. Electronic check in system was not working twice, perhaps due to international minors, had to wait in line in order to check in. The boarding pass for our connection from Rio to Miami was not given to us in Sao Paulo when we had to manually check in. As a result, we had to exit the secured area in Rio to go check in manually again for our connection and then go through security and customs again."
Cons: "It was nasty, disordered. Bad experience"
Cons: "Aeronave muito velha, parecia que ia desmontar no ar."
Pros: "I would fly Latam again, good service and I saved a lot of money"
Cons: "Would like a lil bit more legroom"
Pros: "Wine and whisky"
Pros: "Seat was comfortable, as expected in business class"
Cons: "1. Entertaining not working Rebooting didn't fix it Nobody offered any alternative 2. As the last seat, NONE of my meal options were available. Surely they could hv started fm the back at least once to offset this handicap?"
Pros: "Service"
Cons: "The plane is ok but it is an old 767"
Pros: "there was way too little leg room and the seats went back too far. I love LAN and LATAM because the crew and cudtomer service are always EXCELLENT."
Cons: "Standing too long before boarding at 2am!"
Cons: "The flight at first had a 3 HOUR delay do to a "mechanical breakdown". We were told that they were going to bring another airplane from Rio de Janeiro. After the 3 hours passed they were only announcing in Portuguese to board the original plane. They never changed planes or provided a clear explanation to the passengers. Many of us refused to board. This was one of the worse experiences I have ever had. The staff was disrespectful and would not help us. We ended up taking another flight until the following night!!"
Cons: "Company was not able to understand situation and did not offer solution. I lost my money"
Cons: "Latam The website of Latam is useless. The services for people in broadcoast is so difficult that almost impossible (email, facebook, telephone, etc) In my case, i was in Africa and couldn´t change my ticket. My brother had to change it from Argentina."
Pros: "Staff was nice despite the situation."
Cons: "The flight was cancelled, we were reassigned to a Turkish Airlines flight that departed more than 6 hours later than our cancelled flight, we were given lunch but at a fast food restaurant even when we had to carry along all our luggage (super un-practical). And searching for info on twitter I found out this flight gets cancelled quite a lot."
Pros: "I like the food,delicious I like entertainment very good!"
Cons: "The service very slow. The sits very small,no confortable!"
Pros: "Entertainement system, lightening system."
Cons: "Breakfast could be improved"
Cons: "Nothing everybody treated us with respect"
Pros: "The seat was super confortable"
Cons: "I will never flight with Aeromexico again!!"
Cons: "1 : 30 delay"
Pros: "They are so friendly"
Cons: "The restroom"
Cons: "Better personal, they're rude"
Cons: "This is Aeroméxico's B-team from Mexico City to LAX"
Pros: "I love flying Aeroméxico. Great airline, great service"
Cons: "My ticket was not honored because they said the name was not complete on the reservation so I had to buy a new one way ticket"
Cons: "WiFi"
Pros: "Were able to fly first class. Enjoyed VIP lounge, and the spacious seats on the plane"
Cons: "Due to a computer auto correct mistake, I had to buy another ticket because Aeromexico would not change the name on the original ticket....3 tickets for 2 people. They did however move us up to first class for the long flight which was appreciated."
Cons: "So late all the time"
Cons: "that my ticket was managed by Just Fly when the Kayakpage said that the ticket is Aeromexico's. I will not use Just Fly anymore and Kayak risks me going directly to Aeromexico or other airlines if they are not transparent with the vendor."
Cons: "The boarding unfortunately the Quito airport it's too small"
Pros: "All my connections were on time, and my luggage came so fast! No problems whatsoever."
Cons: "The food is not great."
Pros: "Even with the flight almost full the crew managed to accommodated us together, excellent team work"
Cons: "Booked 6 days prior the flight and the put my wife and I in separate seats between strangers"
Cons: "No access to video No leg room"
Pros: "Kindnesses and attentive at all time"
Pros: "On time flights Boarding process Online checking"
Cons: "Seat. Seat option charges Luggage charges Food options long lines at Mexico Airport Counters"
Pros: "Everything once we boarded"
Cons: "Customs, Mexico City airport was awful. Had to deplane on the runway, load busses, wait,wait some more. Super long lines to get through customs. Wrong info on departure gate. No signs, very poor information."
Cons: "El vuelo es helado. Es tarde en la noche y sin mantas!"
Pros: "Food was good"
Cons: "Part of my poor experience was because of lack of knowledge of the staff. 1) We had a round trip from Houston. Our destination was Quito Ecuador with a connection in Mexico city. In Houston we were told that we were suppose to pick up our luggage in Mexico City and take it through immigration (we were told that this was very important) We waited for our luggage but in never arrived. After asking around at the airport we were told that the rule had changed and we did not need to pick up our luggage 2) The planes were old with no entertainment."
Pros: "Aeromexico keeps impressing me! The professionalism is great. The timing and ease of boarding was perfect. And the leg room and on-board accommodations make it a comfortable journey. Definitely now among my list of favorite airlines!"
Pros: "Aeromexico's staff went above and beyond to provide a world class experience. I highly recommend giving Aeromexico your business. Five stars all the way!"
Cons: "I loved the First Class upgrade for being a frequent flyer."
Cons: "Plane waited on another family to connect to this flight, in turn causing our flight to arrivw in Mexico City an hour later. Baggage was slow staff in airport were aware of us trying to connect. They radiod that we were on our way to gate yet still closed gate doors before we arrived at the gate"
Pros: "Fantastic Chicken dinner for economy fair.. Will fly AeroMexico again next time. Great (the BEST) service !"
Pros: "Good service, decent meals. Good to very good beverage service."
Cons: "Changing planes in Mexico requires immigration, screen hassles,. I will fly direct to US next time. Terminal info was very poor. Delayed second flight had no gate info until last minute."
Cons: "1.5 hour. Line up to get boarding pass and check baggage is terrible. Also could not do seat selection on line- same day even though web site lead me to it several times. No explanation."
Pros: "Everything went fine. The on-board entertainment was good."
Cons: "At the time to pick up bags it was very confusing, people saying it was on a different band, information was not clear and my bag was already in the floor, for a long time. Very confusing how people on the ground have different information to what the screens are saying"
Cons: "Our flight was delayed"
Pros: "They gave me an emergency row seat and being tall that's great, the food was pretty good and we got free beer."
Cons: "Boarding took along time."
Pros: "The comfort level on Aeromexico's planes to Mexico City and beyond is beyond belief, in this age of shrinking passenger space. In an ordinary ("back of the bus") seat in coach there was more than ample legroom for a more-than-six-footer, and row 28 has two windows to look out at the scenery aft of the wings. And food was even provided at no extra charge! In this situation there certainly was no need to purchase at an additional cost whatever Aeromexico calls its "premium economy" seating."
Cons: "The entertainment system is limited --- there are no games on the seat-back installed machinery. In addition, the earphones provided are only ear-buds, which don't work well in my ears. (I prefer the miniature headphones other airlines provide.) The volume controls were also poorly scaled. The lowest three levels of volume weren't enough to even hear a single sound, the next level up was a little soft or quiet and the highest level far to loud to preserve a listener's hearing."
Pros: "Everything was good"
Pros: "The crew was nice"
Cons: "The screens for the entertainment were very, very bright, old, and not great quality, and I could only hear out of the headphones by holding the jack at a very specific angle. The entertainment after the movie was weird. I'm giving a two for comfort partly because there were several very loud children and people kept bumping my seat. Maybe not fair, but incredibly uncomfortable. Covers for the seats were coming off the cushions. That plane needs a renovation."
Pros: "One of the best flights I ever had on the last past 10 years I'm very happy with it thank you keep on going"
Pros: "Cancelled my fight 2 times"
Cons: "Don't respect my time"
Cons: "On June 29 Aeromexico Flight 2683 arrived in Mexico City airspace and the Captain informed the passengers that the plane would have to refuel in Alcapulco due to inclement weather in Mexico City. The website https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/mexico/mexico-city/historic reports NO inclement weather on that date or at the time that AM 2683 was to land. I observed partly cloudy skies from my window seat as well. The ground crew in Alcapulco was unprepared for AM2683 and the fueling was delayed. After doing so, AM 2683 landed AFTER my connecting flight AM 684 was scheduled to depart at 1:05 AM on June 30. A female connection agent met me at the baggage claim and informed me that that AM 684 had not been held and had departed. The female agent was unhelpful, dismissive and rude. In fact, she had taken a personal cell phone call at the connections desk prior to assisting passengers of AM 2683 which lasted many minutes. She escorted us to the Aeromexico counter where I waited 30 or more minutes to speak to a representative. The representative at the Aeromexico counter informed me that there were NO flights to Quito until 1:05 AM on July 1. I asked if she could book me on another airline and she informed me that because the delay was weather related Aeromexico had no obligation to accomodate me. She booked me on AM684 for July 1. I asked where I was to wait for the next 24 hours and she said Aeromexico had no obligation to pay for lodgings. She gave me food vouchers for the airport. I immediately logged onto Travelocity.com and found a Copa Airlines flight to Quito leaving that afternoon which was in fact OPERATED BY AEROMEXICO! I booked that ticket myself and waited in the Mexico City Airport for 14 hours. What would have taken 10 hours took me 22."
Pros: "staff was decent, friendly, informative"
Cons: "out dated plane."
Pros: "Nothing good to write"
Cons: "Total discrimination"
Pros: "20 minutes before schedule"
Cons: "I didnt like that now they start a $25 fee for the luggage when this was the only airline that never charge for that.. annd also they didnt five mr an advice for advance. Really sad for this."
Pros: "Tv, left and were on time to destination."
Cons: "Flights did not have gate number assigned until 1 hour before. In Lima we could not get ticket via kiosk. We waited until three hours before to get tickets at the counter. One hour of the time waiting was a team meeting of employees in front of the ticket stand while the line grew to 60-70 people. None of the employees acknowledged the line until they were done."
Cons: "The airplane was really old"
Pros: "First time flying Aeromexico. I've flown servers airlines in Latin America and this ranks among the best. Will likely fly with them again."
Cons: "Old airplane"
Pros: "Great service. On time."
Pros: "the crew was great!"
Cons: "The boarding was a little delayed movies or series might be interesting to have as an option to watch"
Cons: "Seats felt very small"
Pros: "Once again I expected to had at least in this flight a decent meal on board cause I was starving, I overpay this flight from Houston to Guatemala City it was a last minute ticket, so at least I expected to have a good meal instead of snacks, peanuts and a small drink. The space within seats was really small, I got bad luck to be trapped between to guys, so the flight was really uncomfortable to be a 2 hours flight, they overbooked the flight from Monterrey to Mexico City in order to make more profit, really hot and humid inside, really old plane, just enough to achieve the goal which is transport people from A to B no matter what just bring it here."
Cons: "The space within seats was really small, I got bad luck to be trapped between to guys, so the flight was really uncomfortable to be a 2 hours flight, they overbooked the flight from Monterrey to Mexico City in order to make more profit, really hot and humid inside, really old plane, just enough to achieve the goal which is transport people from A to B no matter what just bring it here."
Pros: "Customer service"
Cons: "Late departure"
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Lo Kneiphof (in lituano: Knypava; in polacco: Knipawa) era un quartiere del centro storico della città di Königsberg, in Germania. Durante l'epoca medievale era uno dei tre villaggi che componevano la città di Königsberg, assieme ad Altstadt ed a Löbenicht. Il villaggio giaceva su un'isola di 10 ettari di terreno che aveva lo stesso nome e che si trovava nel letto del fiume Pregel e includeva la cattedrale di Königsberg e l'originale sito dell'Università di Königsberg. Il suo territorio è oggi parte della città di Kaliningrad, in Russia.

Etimologia
Le varianti medievali del nome del quartiere di Kneiphof riportano Knipaw, Knipab, e Knypabe. Il nome derivava dall'antico prussiano ed indicava un'area paludosa o comunque con molta acqua; l'isola era infatti circondata a nord del  Neue Pregel ed a sud dallAlte Pregel (o Natangische Pregel), due rami del fiume Pregel. All'inizio del XIV secolo l'isola era nota col nome di Vogtswerder perché era usata come vogt dai cavalieri teutonici. Il nome di Pregelmünde (foce del Pregel) venne usato a partire dal 1333, ma la popolazione continuò ad usare comunque il nome in prussiano antico.

Storia

La fondazione

Foundato come parte dello stato dell'Ordine Teutonico, lo Kneiphof era il più nuovo dei tre villaggi che componevano la città di Königsberg, ciascuno dei quali disponeva di propri diritti di mercato, di una propria chiesa e di proprie fortificazioni. Gli insediamenti di mercanti vennero intensificati a partire dal 1324 con la costruzione lungo la Langgasse di due ponti, il Krämerbrücke ed il Grüne Brücke. Al villaggio venne garantito il diritto di Kulm il 6 aprile 1327 dal gran maestro Werner von Orseln. Il nuovo villaggio di Kneiphof comprendeva i due terzi dell'isola; in quello stesso anno Orseln concesse alla giurisdizione del villaggio il restate terzo dell'isola, passandola sotto la diocesi di Samland per permettere la costruzione della cattedrale di Königsberg, che occupò il periodo compreso tra il 1330 ed il 1380.

Assieme al'isola, il villaggio di Kneiphof estendeva la propria giurisdizione anche sul Freiheiten di Vorstadt e sul villaggio di Haberberg in Natangia. Haberberg e Alter Garten vennero concessi a Kneiphof dal gran maestro Alberto I di Prussia per i servigi resi nel corso della Guerra polacco-teutonica (1519-1521). I magazzini del villaggio vennero costruiti nel Vordere Vorstadt. Tra gli altri luoghi controllati da Kneiphof si ricordano il villaggio di Schönfliess, gli insediamenti di Fischhof e Anker lungo il fiume Pregel, Rosenau e le fabbriche di Genslack presso Ottenhagen.

I ponti che connettevano Kneiphof ad Altstadt erano il Krämerbrücke (costruito nel 1286), il Dombrücke (costruito nel 1330 circa, distrutto nel 1379) e lo Schmiedebrücke (costruito nel 1379). L'Honigbrücke (costruito nel 1542) connetteva Kneiphof con Lomse, mentre la città era connessa a Vorstadt tramite il Grüne Brücke (costruito nel 1322) ed il Köttelbrücke (costruito nel 1377).

Come villaggio membro della Lega Anseatica, Kneiphof prese parte alla Confederazione di Colonia contro re Valdemaro IV di Danimarca nel 1367.

La guerra dei tredici anni

Altstadt e Kneiphof inviarono i loro rappresentanti alla Confederazione prussiana del 1440, mentre Löbenicht non lo fece. Come membri della confederazione, i villaggi di Königsberg si ribellarono ai cavalieiri teutonici nel 1454 all'inizio della guerra dei tredici anni e si allearono invece con re Casimiro IV di Polonia. La rivolta a Königsberg venne supportata dalla classe mercantile e guidata dal borgomastro di Altstadt, Andreas Brunau. Basandosi sull'esempio di Danzica, Brunau sperava di fare di Königsberg una libera città imperiale e di sottometterle il controllo dell'intera regione del Samland. Il 19 giugno il borgomastro di Kneiphof, Jürgen Langerbein di Stralsund, giurò fedeltà al cancelliere polacco Jan Taszka Koniecpolski.

Brunau perse il supporto di Altstadt e Löbenicht il 24 marzo 1455 per la spontanea opposizione di artigiani e lavoratori, mentre i ribelli si ritirarono a Kneiphof. I lavoratori di Kneiphof erano troppo deboli da soli per sconfiggere i ribelli di Brunau. Il commendatore Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, supportato da 300 cavalieri prussiani, si avvicinò alla città il 15 aprile, con Altstadt e Löbenicht che gli resero omaggio nei giorni successivi. Kneiphof rimase in stato di aperta ribellione, seppur protetta dalle acque e da mura di difesa. Le forze di Langerbein erano composte da 1000 uomini di cui 400 provenienti da Danzica. Plauen aveva invece il supporto di Altstadt, Löbenicht, 300 sambiani e soldati guidati dalla nobiltà slesiana e sassone, tra cui Baldassarre di Sagan, Hans e Adolf von Gleichen, Johann von Wartenburg e Botho von Eulenburg.

Plauen guidò un attacco senza successo a Kneiphof da Haberberg il 13 aprile, seguito da un combattimento anch'esso senza esito positivo tra le forze di Kneiphof e quelle di Altstadt dal 18 al 19 aprile. Dopo che nove navi provenienti da Danzica ebbero attraccato a Kneiphof per prestarle aiuto, le forze del Plauen presero i due ponti e li protessero per evitare che ulteriori rinforzi potessero andare a fortificare la città. Quando altre quindici navi giunsero da Danzica e riuscirono a prendere il controllo di uno di questi ponti, lo persero poco dopo per le pesanti perdite subite e vennero costretti addirittura a ritirarsi dopo quattro giorni di scontri infruttuosi. Plauen resistette alle sortite provenienti da Kneiphof e le sue forze crebbero di numero; il landmeister della Livonia fornì 500 uomini e re Cristiano I di Danimarca inviò una nave a supporto. I ribelli di Kneiphof si arresero a Plauen il 14 luglio, venendo tutti amnistiati, militari e cittadini. Kneiphof continuò a cospirare con Danzica contro i cavalieri teutonici negli anni successivi, portando quindi Plauen alla necessità di rimpiazzare l'intero consiglio comunale, composto da undici consiglieri di estrazione borghese. Nel 1455 Plauen riaffermò i diritti di Kneiphof.

L'epoca moderna
Kneiphof divenne parte del ducato di Prussia quando la parte prussiana dei territori dell'Ordine Teutonico venne secolarizzata nel 1525. L'Università di Königsberg, l'Albertina, venne fondata poco più ad est della cattedrale cittadina nel 1544.

Kneiphof divenne parte del regno di Prussia nel 1701. In quello stesso anno i tre villaggi resistettero agli sforzi dei Burgfreiheit di formare un quarto villaggio che sarebbe stato chiamato Friedrichsstadt. Con la firma del Rathäusliche Reglement del 13 giugno 1724, re Federico Guglielmo I di Prussia unì Altstadt, Löbenicht, Kneiphof e i loro rispettivi sobborghi a formare la città di Königsberg. Il castello di Königsberg rimase un'entità separata sno allo Städteordnung di Stein del 19 novembre 1808.

Kaliningrad
Kneiphof venne devastata dai bombardamenti che colpirono la città di Königsberg nel 1944, nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale. Conquistata dai sovietici nel 1945, Königsberg prese il nome di Kaliningrad nel 1946. Il materiale derivato dagli edifici abbattuti o in rovina della città andò a costruire nuove città come Leningrado. Negli anni '70, l'isola iniziò a divenire un parco pubblico, adornato di opere d'arte e sculture. La ricostruzione della cattedrale ebbe inizio negli anni '90. L'area di Kneiphof venne rinominata isola di Kant in onore al filosofo tedesco Immanuel Kant.

Note

Bibliografia

Köster, Baldur. Königsberg. Im Anhang: Der Kneiphof, zeichnerische Rekonstruktionen und Gedanken zur Wiedergewinnung eines historischen Stadtbildes – Husum 2000;

Altri progetti

Königsberg
Quartieri di Kaliningrad


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Batman: The Animated Series is "the defining portrait of The Caped Crusader"
Scott Mendelson:
The show showed off the very best possible Batman and put him smack-dab in a series of uncommonly intelligent and thoughtful character plays. The world of Batman: The Animated Series was a flawed and messy one, filled with dark criminals and sometimes hopeless citizens. It was the best of all worlds, a dark and brooding Caped Crusader who nonetheless was a true hero at all times. He represented the ideal that Christian Bale prattles on endlessly about in the Chris Nolan films even as those films existed to shoot holes in his idealism.
I was a huge fan of this show when it originally aired (back when I was in junior high/high school), and I have to agree with Mendelson. Even now, two decades after the fact, I still hear Kevin Conroy's voice whenever I think of Batman.
This article is actually the first in a series of articles celebrating Batman: The Animated Series' 20th anniversary. You can find all of the series' articles here.
Random Nerdery: Black Panther, Adam West RIP, Bioware's Anthem & Netflix's Godzilla Anime
The latest Marvel superhero teaser, the death of a comic book icon, Bioware's next original title, and the big G gets animated.
Revisiting Silverhawks, Mighty Orbots, Kidd Video & Other Classic Cartoons
Time may not be kind to all of these cartoon series but my inner twelve-year-old still loves them.
This Is My Favorite Part in the Lego Batman Movie Trailer
It's a tiny "blink and you'll miss it" moment that's a great example of why I love animation as a medium.
Batman is real and he visits sick children in hospitals
Read more about Batman.


Tile fish I caught on 12/28/2017 in 114 ft of water out of Ana Maria Island.
Erik Sandvik watching Paul give some net throwing tips to other members.
Charlie Smith getting some net throwing instruction from Paul Beucler.
PORT HUDSON FISHING CLUB PROLOGUE: The one that got away… As dreamers, we fishing folk sometimes have been known to exaggerate the size of our catch, or even the size of things we did not catch. We pride ourselves on how well we might outsmart even the "wisest" fish in the sea. Is it all a game? Maybe? But there is something about fishing that we find hard to describe, though the activity itself transforms us, relaxes us, helps us make and build friendships, brings our families closer together, makes us treat our fellows better, puts smiles on our faces and lets us go forth unto the world in a better frame of mind.
Henry David Thoreau once said "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." All of this jibber-jabber is our modest attempt to let you know that we have dared to put together a club so that other poor souls like us might find refuge and solace within a group of individuals all caught up in this activity called fishing. We even gave this group a name – the Port Hudson Fishing Club.
If you have read this far, and you think that you know what we are talking about, then maybe you have also come to the frightening realization that you are like us and perhaps may even want to join us. If you have not come to that realization then we apologize for wasting your time, and hope that someday you will find the sanctuary that we have found in the simple activity of goin' fishin'.
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Our April meeting will on April 2nd 2019, at the Angelus off of Hudson Ave. Hope to see you there..


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'Cultural Protagonist'
Cultural Protagonist is a body of work that has developed from my latest art residency in Cradle Mountain earlier this year. The imagery responds to a personal relationship between identity and place. Using printmaking as the dominant technique in this exhibition, the prints incorporate native, folk and diasporic themes relating back to the Polish homeland as well as an intimate journey through the main character. Stuck between two vastly different cultures, the work aims to marry the two, exploring Australian flora and the infamous elegance of European architecture that we all romanticise about. The protagonist, the femme fatale, who is lurks within these pieces loosely represent self-portraits of emotional, nostalgic and melancholic states of being. It was Frida Kahlo who once said, 'I want to be inside your darkest everything'. These works aim to represent the darkness and isolation which can occur from these various emotional states and how my isolation from my heritage and homeland has influenced the entirety of my identity.
A Protagonists Narrative
Unique State Edition 1/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 40 x 100 cm image, (60 x 1200 cm Framed) $1,300 Unframed. $1,550 Framed
The Travelling Artist
Unique State Edition 1/1. 2016. Multi-layered etching. 80 x 110 cm Framed. SOLD
I Dreamt of You Last Night
Unique State Edition 2/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 50 x 70 Unframed (70 x 90 Framed). $790 Unframed. $1,000 Framed
Displaced within History
Unique State Edition 1/1. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 140 X 120cm framed. $2,500
Unique State - Special Edition 1/1. Multi-layered etching. Image 100 x 70 cm (frame 120 x 90cm) $1,700
A Migrants Narrative
Unique State Edition 1/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. Image 100 x 70 cm (120 x 90cm framed). $1,450 Unframed, $1,790 Framed.
Painting a dream
Unique State. Multi-layered etching. 1/10 2017. Image 29.5 X 19.5cm (frame 45 x 35cm. $440 framed
A Parisienne Folk Dance
Unique State Edition 1/1. 2017. Multi-layered etching. Image 70 x 50cm (frame 90 x 70cm) $1,100
A Whiskey a day keeps the doctor away
Unique State Edition 1/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 30 x 30 image (45 x 45 cm Framed). $420. Unframed, $590 Framed.
Embracing Home
Unique State Special Edition 1/1. Multi-layered etching/hand-painted. 50 x 70 cm image (70 x 90 cm Framed). $1,100
Red Gums Blossoming
Unique State Edition 1/1. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 120 x 80cm Framed SOLD
Dreaming of Frida
Unique State Edition 1/1. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 70 x 50cm image. (90 x 70 cm Framed). $1,000
The Polish Polka Dance
Unique State Edition 2/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 42.5 x 29.5cm image, (60 x 50 cm Framed). $420 Unframed, $620 Framed
The Patient Wren
Unique State Edition 2/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 50 x 70 cm image. (70 x 90 cm Framed) $800 Unframed, $1,000 Framed.
Unique State Edition 2/20. 2017. Multi-layered etching. Image 50 X 70cm (frame 70 x 90cm) unframed $770, framed $970
Watching over Lisboa
Unique State. Multi-layered etching. Edition 2/10 2017. Image 29.5 X 19.5cm (frame 45 x 35cm. $440 framed
The Gumnut Lady
Unique State Edition 2/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. Image 70 x 50cm (framed 90 x 70cm). $800 Unframed, $1,000 Framed.
The Melancholy Cello
Unique State Edition 2/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 60 x 30cm image (80 x 50cm framed). $690 Unframed, $890 Framed.
Polka Dots in the Rain
Unique State Edition 1/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 65 x 30 cm image (85 x 50 cm Framed). $620 Unframed, $790 Framed
Fragmented Histories
Unique State 1/1 only state. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 80 x 40cm. Framed $1,100
Unique State Edition 1/10. 2017. Multi-layered etching. 50 x 10cm image, (framed 65 x 25cm). $470 framed
The Umbrella Ladies Triptych
Unique state. Multi-layered etching. 1/10. Hand coloured. Images 29.5 x 20.5 cm (frame 61.5 x 107cm). $1,290 Framed.


Trump says he loves miners. Critics say he's putting their lives in danger.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to bolster America's mining industry, rolling back environmental regulations, appointing mining executives to high-ranking jobs and funneling more money to struggling coal plants.
"We're going to fight for you like I promised I would in the campaign," the president told a group of miners in February, assuring them that his agenda would bring back coal jobs. "And you were very good to me, and I'm going to be even better to you, I promise you that."
But the Trump administration is also taking steps to delay, modify and roll back Obama-era safety measures intended to protect mine workers. It's delaying a rule requiring that certain mine operators conduct safety inspections before workers begin their shift. It wants to drop a provision that these operators have to document workplace hazards, so long as they're corrected quickly. And miners' representatives worry they're being shunted aside during certain agency visits.
Industry groups have applauded the recent moves, claiming the policies currently being targeted are onerous and unnecessary. But worker-safety advocates and labor unions fear that the moves could put miners at even greater risk of injury and death in what is already one of America's most hazardous lines of work.
While coal miners are the public face of the industry, most American miners work for operators who extract iron ore, stone, gravel, copper and other substances. Just days before leaving office in January, President Barack Obama finalized a new regulation that requires these mines — commonly referred to as "metal and nonmetal" operations — to inspect the workplace for hazards before miners begin their shifts; promptly notify miners about any adverse conditions; and provide detailed documentation of the conditions and the actions taken to correct them.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) — Trump's nominee to head the agency is set for a confirmation vote in the Senate on Wednesday — has repeatedly delayed Obama's worksite inspection rule from taking effect, announcing in October that it would push the start date to next June. The agency also proposed significant changes to the rule that would allow mining operators to conduct safety inspections"as miners begin their work" — leaving it up to the company to decide the timing, rather than requiring that the inspections take place before a shift begins.
Labor unions and other worker advocates have decried the moves and say the administration's proposed changes defeat the rule's basic purpose. "You ought to know about hazards before the shift starts — not three hours later," said Mike Wright, director of health and safety for the United Steelworkers.
In July, a miner in Georgia was crushed to death by a nine-ton piece of granite that he was trying to break loose, according to a preliminary accident report. After the fatality, MSHA advised mine operators to "always conduct examinations of work place to identify loose ground or unstable conditions before work begins, or as changing ground conditions warrant." Currently, MSHA requires operators to conduct workplace safety inspections at least once during a shift, but they don't have to be completed within any specific time frame.
The Trump administration is also trying to eliminate the requirement that operators document hazardous workplace conditions during inspections, as long as they're corrected promptly. Wright believes that would make it more difficult to see if there's a pattern of dangerous conditions in the mine, or to determine if operators failed to do enough to correct hazards they knew about.
The Labor Department established MSHA in 1978 after two explosions killed 26 coal miners in Kentucky, prompting Congress to pass legislation to strengthen oversight of miners' health and safety. The agency now has a staff of about 2,000 and a 2017 budget of $375 million.
Federal law has long required all underground coal mines to conduct pre-shift inspections, and supporters of the Obama-era rule believe that similar rules should apply to metal and non-metal mines, too. Analyzing the deaths of 122 metal and nonmetal miners from 2010 to 2015, the Obama administration found that 18 miners were killed in accidents where operators were cited for "unwarrantable failure" to comply with federal law.
Had operators kept more detailed records of worksite hazards — as is required under the Obama rule — they might have addressed them more promptly, potentially preventing the fatal accidents from happening in the first place, Obama's Labor Department concluded.
Industry groups have welcomed the delays under Trump and proposed their own modifications to the mine inspection rule, having spent years battling the Obama administration on the issue. The National Sand, Stone and Gravel Association (NSSGA) — one of the most vocal opponents of the regulation — said it "risks creating a paperwork nightmare and pulls the focus away from actually improving safety," said spokesman Bailey Wood, claiming that the rule would cost small operators up to $25 million a year to comply.
The trade group has spent $300,000 to lobby against the inspection rule and other policy issues from January through September, according to disclosure reports.
In March, NSSGA featured Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager, as the keynote speaker at its annual convention. In June, the group detailed its complaints about the inspection rule in a meeting with Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, describing it as vague and burdensome and the kind of "regulatory overreach" that Trump had vowed to eliminate.
"We let Secretary Acosta know that our industry wholeheartedly supports advancing President Trump's ambitious agenda," said Laura O'Neill Kaumo, a NSSGA lobbyist.
A few months later, the Trump administration unveiled its industry-friendly changes to the rule and a delay of its effective date. "It appears that MSHA is willing to listen to the industry," O'Neill Kaumo said after the announcement. NSSGA, together with other major industry groups, subsequently decided to put its lawsuit against Obama's version of the rule on hold.
Asked about industry's influence on its decision to delay the new inspection rule, a Labor Department spokesman, Eric Holland, said the Trump administration is committed to hearing from "a variety of stakeholders on a range of matters."
The administration added that it is already helping to train and educate miners about the new regulation, claiming that additional time is needed to clarify the rule and prepare the industry to comply with it.
Industry groups remain hopeful that MSHA will continue in a direction they consider favorable.
"Where I think we'll see a change going forward — not just at MSHA but reflective of the administration's overall philosophy — is less focus on regulations," said Bruce Watzman, a senior vice president at the National Mining Association.
NSSGA has already pinpointed the regulations that it wants to roll back next, and the Trump administration seems ready to listen: MSHA is asking the public to identify regulations "that could be repealed, replaced or modified" to help carry out the president's deregulatory agenda.
Industry lobbyists say that Obama's mine inspection rule is not only costly and burdensome, but alsounnecessary: Injury rates in mines have been steadily falling, as has the fatality rate in metal and nonmetal mines.
At the same time, there's been a rise in coal-mining deaths after years of decline: Fourteen coal miners have died so far this year, compared with eight in 2016. In one incident in February, a 62-year-old foreman in West Virginia was crushed to death by large falling rocks. MSHA later said the accident occurred because the pre-shift inspector had failed to identity that the mine roof was poorly supported.
Worker-safety advocates say there are early signs that the Trump administration isn't responding effectively to the spike in deaths, putting miners at greater risk by going soft on potential bad actors. In June, MSHA started a new "compliance assistance" program that would provide additional training and support for less experienced coal miners, who are at higher risk of being injured on the job. The Obama administration ran similar educational programs, but critics say there are some troubling differences.
Under the program, MSHA officials are being told to leave their inspection credentials behind before entering mines to conduct compliance assistance, which means they can't issue citations on the spot if they see a safety violation or other hazards.
"The inspectors have no ability to enforce the law," said Phil Smith, a spokesman for the United Mine Workers of America, the leading labor union representing coal miners.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., echoed the union's concerns in a letter to the Trump administration, pointing out that MSHA inspectors are required by law to carry their credentials to be able to enforce the law. If they leave them behind, "one is essentially removing the ability of that inspector to issue an order to remove miners from the unsafe area and issue a violation which, particularly in the event of an imminent dangers, can prove perilous," Manchin wrote in September.
Under the program, miners also do not have the right to designate their own representatives to accompany MSHA officials during compliance visits, as is required by law during official inspections. "This is particularly alarming because no one is better suited to spot inconsistencies or unsafe conditions than the very people who work at the mine day in and day out," Manchin said.
The Trump administration describes the compliance visits as an extension of an Obama-era program. "The initiative you point to is within the Compliance Assistance Program, which started in 2016," said Jeffrey Grappone, a Labor Department spokesperson. The department says there's a difference between compliance assistance — educational and training efforts — and legally mandated mine inspections that are the backbone of the agency's enforcement efforts.
MSHA officials carrying out compliance assistance "are not considered authorized representatives or inspectors," Holland said, explaining why the agency believes that they should leave their credentials behind and don't need miner reps to accompany them. The agency is still encouraging mine operators to permit miners' reps to come along on the visits, as it did under Obama, the Labor Department added.
Union leaders remain concerned: Previously, if MSHA officials left their credentials behind, miners' reps would be allowed to accompany them, or else the visits just wouldn't happen, said Smith.
Some advocates believe these early initiatives are a sign the Trump administration is more interested in going easy on the mining industry than punishing companies who put their miners at risk.
"The whole theory behind 'compliance assistance' is that mine operators are good guys and all they need is a little bit of help to better understand what their obligations are," said Tony Oppegard, a miner's rights attorney and former MSHA inspector.
Previous Republican administrations also emphasized "compliance assistance" over enforcement, said Oppegard. While mine safety improved by certain measures under George W. Bush, there were also mining catastrophes after the agency took a more industry-friendly approach.
"The last time we went down the compliance assistance road was right before the Sago mine explosion in West Virginia," said UMWA's Smith, referring to the 2006 disaster that killed 12 coal miners.
Both supporters and critics of the policy shifts under Trump say the real test is yet to come, as MSHA still doesn't have permanent leadership in place. Trump didn't choose his nominee to lead the agency until early September, and the president's pick — former coal executive David Zatezalo — is expected to have a confirmation vote in the Senate on Wednesday. Wayne Palmer, a former GOP congressional aide and Labor Secretary Acosta's chief of staff, is the acting head of the agency.
The retired chairman and CEO of Rhino Resources, Zatezalo has faced criticism for Rhino's record of serious health and safety violations under his leadership.
In 2011, a coal miner was killed by falling rock in a Rhino mine that MSHA had just put on its "Pattern of Violations" list — one of the agency's toughest enforcement actions. Shortly after the death, MSHA sent a second violations notice to Rhino, saying the company had failed to maintain earlier improvements in health and safety. MSHA issues such sanctions only to mines "that pose the greatest risk to the health and safety of miners," the agency has said, and it's rare for a company to receive two notices.
Rhino's record prompted Manchin — one of the coal industry's most vocal advocates — to come out against Zatezalo's nomination.
At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Zatezalo blamed local managers for the violations and said he replaced them soon afterward, noting that his company did not contest the sanctions.
"I did not try to lawyer-up and stop anything from happening," he said. "If you haven't done your job, we should be big kids and deal with it as such."
Zatezalo insisted at the hearing that he would continue the agency's efforts to conduct mandatory inspections and enforce new Obama-era rules on coal dust. (MSHA is legally required to inspect every underground mine four times a year, and every surface mine twice a year.) He also stressed the need to investigate the impact of silica dust on miners' health, given the recent rise of black lung and silicosis among workers.
Those remarks encouraged worker advocates who have criticized some of the recent policy shifts at MSHA, though they stressed the need to remain vigilant.
"He said a lot of good things in his confirmation hearing, that he wasn't interested in rolling back regulations," said Smith, of the United Mine Workers. "But the proof's got to be in the pudding — we'll be keeping an eye on that."