Mariánské Radčice/Maria Ratschitz is an old village near Most, about 80 km from Prague.
The topics of the conference reflect the links between economic, biopolitical, cultural, and ethical problems and their influence on regional development in an encounter with issues of international scope. We welcome entries from all scientific fields dealing with environmental topics, as well as those in contemporary art, artistic reflection and curatorial approaches.
Paul Chaney (born U.K. 1974) is a self-taught artist researching through a mix of participatory and durational art practices both local and global in scale. He lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic and in UK. Recent solo shows and projects include: Lizard Exit Plan, The Sun is Black, Museum of Art and Design (Benesov, 2012), and Divus (Prague, 2011); The Lonely Now, Goldfish (Penzance, 2008). Selected Group Shows: TURBOREALISM – Breaking Ground, IZOLYATSIA Center for Cultural Initiatives (Ukraine 2013); FIELDCLUB and Friends – Late at Tate St Ives (2011); In Abundance, Kestle Barton (Cornwall, 2011); Garden Marathon, Serpentine Gallery (London, 2011), Art and War in the Last Resort, Kettle's Yard (Cambridge, 2011), and PEER (London). Curatorial work includes delivering a programme of art events and residencies in Falmouth and London for Urbanomic 2009-2010 and in 2012, the establishment of the London HQ of DIVUS – Czech art publishing house.
An exhibition and symposium created within the framework of the international transdisciplinary project Frontiers of Solitude.
The Regional Gallery of Vysočina in Jihlava presents an program to accompany the exhibition Frontiers of Solitude, which continues until 29 May 2016.
USA / Canada, 2015, 89 min.
The short film program Beyond Horizons focuses on works by artists who question the governance of natural resources in Northern Norway and the High North.
Introduction: Governance of natural resources and the rights to the land and the sea.
For more than ten years, the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Labofii) has been bringing together artists and activists in order to co-create new forms of resistance and disobedience.
The international symposium Frontiers of Solitude, organized as part of the eponymous art project site will offer a comparison of the opinions, experiences, and points of view of artists, curators, and invited guests on the theme of transitions in the landscape in which we currrently live and of which we are a part.
Opening: February 4th, 2016. The exhibition FoS Phase II will take place in Prague. It will present the outcome of artistic research by project participants from Iceland, Norway and Czech Republic. All artworks have been commissioned and will be created within the framework of the FoS project. The exhibition will take place at Školská 28 Gallery and Galerie Fotograf.
This documentary essay, containing certain elements of a road movie, traces the journey of several individuals during their trek through the foothills of the Ore Mountains. Its aim is to capture an image of the unstable terrain of the area, which is the result of decades of mining and the subsequent (un)successful reclamation activities. The title may be considered as the literal designation of their river adventure as well as a reference to the changeable nature of the landscape. This film, balancing on a fine line between documentary and fiction, appeals to the viewer's imagination and lets the landscape itself tell the story of this devastated and later revitalised area of the Northern Bohemia Region.
Workshop for Základní uměleckou školu v Duchcově is inspired by the history of building of The Baroque Chappel of the Valdštejn Hospital in the garden of the Duchov castle. Lecturer: Radoslava Schmelzová, asisstance: Dagmar Šubrtová, teacher: Petra Wolfová.
Ivo Přikryl is a hydrobiologist working at ENKI o.p.s. Třeboň. His research focuses on zooplankton in lakes, dams and ponds mostly in Central Europe. He is currently studying the possibilities for the protection of wetlands , marshes, the management of dams and the recultivation of the landscape after periods of open cast mining, especially in the Ore Mountains.
We would like to express our thanks to all who have supported and contributed to the expeditions in Northern Bohemia and Iceland. To mark the end of traveling around the open pits we are organizing an informal meeting in the Osek Monastery on September 25 (starting at 5pm). It would be a pleasure if you could join us. The event will look back at the three-week-long Czech expedition program, including a presentation of the Icelandic expedition by means of photographs by its participants.
Together with the archaeologist Petr Meduna, art historian Radoslava Schmelzová and biologist Jiří Sádlo we will visit several locations around the village of Libkovice (Liquitz), today merely a small fragment of a brutally exploited urbanized territory. Libkovice was the last coherent urban settlement destroyed because of a planned expansion of a coal mine in 1992. However, the mining there has never begun--and maybe never will. What remains is a devastated landscape, people's lives and historical memory.
Václav Cílek presented his thoughts on the relationship between the past and the current situation of the Ore Mountains landscape. His field lecture included a walk to an ancient sanctuary--today an archaeological site located the hills near the Jezeří Chateau.
Open call for guests and students to participate in the symposium Into the Abyss of Lignite Clouds. This open call is designed for those who are interested in the concept of the symposium, high school students, universities, journalists, specialists and others.
A two-day workshop focused on the sound environments around the brown coal industry in Most Basin (North Bohemia). We used both listening and making field recordings. We also used photography and writing to compare the differences between the sound, visual and language perspectives on the area.
The subject of the lecture is the landscape of northwest Bohemia and its transformation, related to the industrial, demographic, and political changes in the course of the 20th century. The impacts of mining, energy and hydro- industry or the influence of social changes which caused frequent disappearance of settlements across the entire Ústí region. Several examples will be given of towns and villages which lost the "battle for better future". The lecture will also include a short presentation of an older museum exposition dedicated to the "Vanished Settlements of the Most Area", delivered by its curator Eva Hladká.
The focus of the expedition and workshops in the landscape around the Most Basin is on current changes in the heavily industrialized landscape, especially with regard to the loss of historical continuity, the transfers of geological layers and social structures, and current discussions about the abolition of territorial limits, as well as the potential for further degradation and exploitation of the landscape by extensive open cast mining.
Jiří Zemánek PhDr is art historian, ethnographer, curator and journalist. His interests include the overlaps between artistic creation, ecology and spirituality, issues of paradigm shift and the emergence of a new integral culture.
Koudelka's photographs in Black Trinagle series "show a devastated countryside, a war zone of blasted trees and vegetation, a landscape as atrophied and as wrecked as anything in a Paul Nash painting of the Somme.
The audiovisual Installation Orka expresses motion, a motion that runs counter to the laws of physics and the "frame-bound image". The overriding formal orchestration of image events and their relatedness resembles the composition of a visual symphony.
By occasion of the Frontiers of Solitude in Ustí nad Labem JSD and SGS will reveal a section of The Research Hydrobiological Laboratory, operating in the Universal Psychiatric Temple 316a (UPSYCH) institution.
Ibra Ibrahimovič (born, working and living in Most) is an award-winning Czech documentary photographer. He shoots landscapes of areas destroyed by industry and takes portraits of the people whose lives are simultaneously being ruined.
Pavel Sterec was born in 1985 in Prague, where he still lives and works. He studied in Brno, Prague, and Vienna, and graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts (AVU) in Prague, where he studied under Vladimír Skrepl, Jiří Kovanda, Zbigniew Libera and Pawel Althamer.
The interdisciplinary project Frontiers of Solitude focuses on contemporary transformations of the landscape and the close connections between our civilization and nature.
The topology of the Baroque space of the city Duchcov and the Cistercian Monastery in Osek according the archive materials.
A remediation of environmental (and social) disturbances caused by extensive open cast brown coal mining in northwest Bohemia is a priority for the Czech environmental policy.
A two-day workshop focused on the sound environments around the brown coal industry in Most Basin (North Bohemia). We useed both listening and making field recordings.
Václav Cílek presented his thoughts on the relationship between the past and the current situation of the Ore Mountains landscape. His field lecture included a walk to an ancient sanctuary-today an archaeological site, located in the hills above the Jezeří Chateau.
Matěj Spurný: "Chyběly nám cifry"
Počátky kritiky socialistického produktivismu na příkladu severních Čech šedesátých let 20. století. V šedesátých letech byla československá veřejnost svědkem obnovení veřejné debaty a tudíž i různých forem kritiky.
Dustin Breitling is an M.A. Student at Charles University studying geopolitics. He organizes the Diffractions lecture series. He will speak on Cognitive Mapping.
Petr Gibas is interested in the landscape and urban anthropology with an emphasis on the home with regard to its emotional dimensions, homelessness, hybrid landscapes such as the industrial landscape of post-industrial Czech Republic, urban decay, and garden colonies in contemporary (Central) European cities.
Tereza Stöckelová is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, assistant professor at the Department of General Anthropology, Charles University, and editor-in-chief of the English edition of Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. Her work is situated in-between sociology, social anthropology and science and technology studies (STS), and draws upon actor network theory and related material semiotic methodologies.
Vít Bohal is a member of the Diffractions collective, focused on accelerationism, posthumanism, Prometheanism, and strands of critical theory. He publishes and translates texts on various topics, most usually those of culture and philosophy. His articles have appeared in VLAK, VICE, Creator's Project, A2, and Word Addict. He studied music at Charles University and majored in Critical and Cultural Theory.
Martin Říha is a Czech architect, urbanist, active in Czech environmental policy. After graduating from the Architecture Faculty of the Czech Technical University, he worked for the City of Děčín, and later in Ústí nad Labem at the Department of Regional Planning. There, he lobbied against the so-called "large-scale mining" proposed by the Soviet advisors for the North Bohemian coal region.
Challenging anthropocentric conventions that seek to harness the river for economic, cultural and political purposes, the River School project (2013-2015) led my Maja and Reuben Fowkes, placed the complex ecological materiality of the Danube at the centre of artistic and scholarly attention.
Guy van Belle (a.k.a. Gívan Belá) is a media artist and curator living in the Czech Republic. On occasion he would introduce himself as a media data author, on another as a wind time inventor and clockmaker, then at another as a slide and cigar box guitar musician in a skiffle/spasm band. After studying literature and linguistics, philosophy and sculpting, made the switch to computer music at the end of the 1980s.
Martin Škabrahais a Czech philosopher and journalist. He graduated in history and philosophy from the Philosophical Faculty of the Palacký University in Olomouc. Currently, he teaches in the departement of philosophy at the philosophy department of Ostrava University, focusing mainy on contemporary political thinking. His work has been influenced by Jan Patočka, Václav Bělohradský, Jacques Derrida, and theorists of the Frankfurt school. His essays bring together postmodern critique and statements of social engagement, adressing issues such as ecology, the New Left and feminism.
Stanislav Komárek is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Sciences at the Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague. He is also a writer and essayist. He also holds a degree in biology from the Faculty of Biological Sciences of Charles University. He was briefly employed at the Institute of Parasitology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in České Budějovice, after which he opted for exile in Austria.
Professor Václav Bělohradský is a contemporary Czech philosopher and sociologist. A graduate in philosophy and Czech language from Charles University, Prague, he has lived in Italy since 1970, where he is currently Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Trieste. Cited as one of Václav Havel's intellectual influences in the mid-1980s, he was one of the first Central European thinkers to examine the consequences of the "post-modern turn" for the region.
Jiří Šlajsna, Mgr., is a historian, author of articles on the history of Chomutov and Most, and an archeologist who works in the Most Regional Museum. His main areas of interest are the history of the regions Most, Chomutov, and Kadaň, the military, political and cultural history of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, the year 1742 and 1813 in northwestern Bohemia, the marksman societies of northwest Bohemia since the late 18th century, and field fortifications in Bohemia from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Radek Mikuláš, RNDr., DSc., is a geologist and author specializing in the biogenic formation of rocks, paleobiology, and geomorphology. In addition to the rocks of Greenland, Patagonia and Siberia, he has also studied archaeological artifacts of ancient Egypt. Mikuláš systematically examines not only stones and rocks, but also natural ice, urban plants, old factories, as well as visual arts in the landscape.
Radoslav Schmelzová, Mgr., studied art history and cultural heritage management at the University of Ostrava and the theory and history of design and new media at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.
Dana Recmanová, Mgr. holds a masters degree in media studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences (1996-9). In 1997, she worked as a assistant in the studio of video-multimedia-performance at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. From 1997-1999, Recmanová worked as the editor of cultural programs for the English-language service of Czech Radio.
Miloš Šejn works in the fields of visual art, performance and study of visual perception. From the beginning of the 1960s he took pictures, drew, collected and described his observations of nature during his wanderings through the Czech landscape. Currently he teaches mixed media and the relationship of nature and art as intrinsic needs of the mind, and focuses on immediate creative possibilities, based upon relations between historical humanized landscapes and intact nature.
Miloš Vojtěchovský is one of the initiators of the the Frontiers of Solitude concept and program. He is a curator, art historian, and audiovisual artist born 1955 and living in Prague. He graduated in Art History and Aesthetics from Charles University. Since the early 80s he has been involved in independent music, visual art, action art, and curatorial work in Prague and abroad.
The head coordinator of Frontiers of Solitude, sculptor and curator Dagmar Šubrtová lives and works in Kladno, where she is continually confronted with the environment of an industrial landscape.
Robert Vlasák is a visual artist and sculptor with an interest in such concepts as equilibrium. He explores visualisation and sonification, as well as the mechanical and optical aspects of objects.
Vladimír Merta is an artist who belongs among the influential figures of the Czech Action art scene beginning in the 1980s, creating many performances in the landscape.
Peter Cusack works as a field recordist with a special interest in environmental sound and acoustic ecology. His projects have included community arts, research into sound and our sense of place, and documentary recordings in areas of special sonic interest (Lake Baikal, Siberia).
Alena Kotzmannová is a visual artist and photographer living and working in Prague. In her predominantly black-and-white photographs, Kotzmannová deals with the possibilities and paradoxes of the medium.
Diana Winklerová is a sculptor and musician living and working in Prague. She graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague from the sculpture studio under the guidance of prof. Kurt Gebauer.
Martin Zet is a Czech visual and performance artist. He lives in Lubušín near Kladno and works at The Faculty of Visual Art at the Technical University in Brno as head of the video departement. He enlists the aid of replicas of specific visible features to reference their meaning.
Pavel Mrkus is a visual artist who makes use of digital moving images, sound and space. He graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague. For several years, he taught at the University in Toyama in Japan. His work makes use of digital technologies in an attempt to intermediate between the spiritual traditions of western Europe and the East.
Gallery Školská 28 (DEAI/Setkání) is a multifunctional space for nonprofit cultural and artistic activities, founded in Prague in 1999. The programming concept of the space arises from the specific characteristics of the location where it is situated, and the space offers the community a variety of public activities connected to social life.
Vladimír Turner is Czech artist and filmmaker. His work can be divided into three basic areas: film documentary related to political activism, art interventions in the public space, including performance art, installations, object interventions and video works.
Hydrobiologist Ivo Přikryl will explain the history and current situation of the water environment of the open cast brown coal mining around Most. He is employed at ENKI o.p.s. in Třeboň. His research focuses on zooplankton in lakes, reservoirs and ponds, mostly in Central Europe. He is currently studying the possibilities of protecting wetlands and marshes, the management of reservoirs, and the recultivation of the landscape after open cast mining, especially in the Ore Mountains.
An improvised workshop with Miloš Šejn, inspired by the environment of the castle Jezeří, especially its former arboretum--a vast park located between the castle and the former village of Albrechtice. The workshop is intended as an inquiry into the hill of Jezeří and will comprise of improvised actions in several locations.
A tour of Duchcov with the historian of the town's Municipal Museum, Jiří Wolf, who will provide an introduction to the town's history, including its Baroque spaces, the city fortifications, sacred locations, and locations of dread.
Dominik Lukács Zizka documents the expedition to the Most basin in the Czech Republic. He lives and works in Prague. Dominik graduated with a master degree from the Interactive Media Departement at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústi nad Labem. He also studied in Belgium at the Experimental Studio Volta specializing in installation, performance, video and sound.
Václav Cílek is a Czech geologist, climatologist, writer, philosopher, and popularizer of science who combines a knowledge of the humanities with natural science. He is the author of around 400 scientific articles and several books, including the award-winning Inscapes and Landscapes and Makom Book of Places.
Jiří Sádlo, RNDr., CSc., is a biologist with a keen interest in botanical sociology, the dynamics of the post-rustic landscape, non-natural biotopes and caenogenesis. Sádlo is the author of numerous essays and, among others, the book Empty Earth.
Petr Meduna, Ph.D., is an archeologist and historian. He graduated from the Charles University in Prague, and worked at the Archaeological Institute in Most (1986-1996), and later in the Archaeological institute in Prague. He is especially interested in the Middle Ages, and the relationships between the social and natural sciences.
Michal Kindernay is an intermedia artist, curator and performer. His audio-visual installations interconnect art, technology and science. He reflects ecological issues through various technological approaches in relation to nature environment.
Multimedia artist and publisher Lloyd Dunn currently lives in Prague. His work began in 1983 with the project PhotoStatic Magazine, for which he served as editor, publisher and frequent contributor. Dunn's curent work is embodied in the filecast project nula.cc.
Recently the Frontiers of Solitude collaborative project between Školská Gallery in Prague (CZ), Atelier Nord in Oslo (NO), and Skaftfell - Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjörður (IS) came to an end.
A lecture and discussion with Andri Snær Magnason, author of the book and documentary film Draumalandið (2006).
Project presentation, Seyðisfjörður theatre. Photo: Lisa Paland, 2015.
On day eight of the expedition we prepared for our public presentation of the Frontiers of Solitude project, which was held in the afternoon in Seyðisfjörður's theatre space.
In the Héraðsflói estuary. Photo: Lisa Paland, 2015.
On this 10km walk we looked at the two rivers that have been affected by the construction of Kárahnjúkar dam. Driving first to Húsey, a remote farm in the Héraðsflói estuary, we followed Jökulsá á Dal, the dammed river that is now for most of the year fed by rainwater instead of glacial water.
At Kárahnjúkar hydroelectric dam. Photo: Lisa Paland, 2015.
On day six we expanded the "ecological object" of the Alcoa smelter and looked for the means upon which its operation depends: We drove into the highlands to the Kárahnjúkar dam.
Alcoa Fjarðaal aluminium smelter, Reyðarfjörður. Photo: Julia Martin, 2014.
On day five of the expedition we travelled to Reyðarfjörður, a small town on the east coast where the Alcoa Fjarðaál aluminium smelter is located.
At the Nature and Heritage Center Skálanes. Photo: Lisa Paland, 2015.
On the fourth day the group visited the Nature and Heritage Center Skálanes, located on a cliff at the very end of Seyðisfjörður fjord. Skálanes has been restored in recent years from an almost abandoned farm building to a family-run center for environmental education.
A lecure and discussion with Markús Þór Andrésson, the assistant sirector of SAFN, a private collection in Reykjavik, documentary filmmaker, author, and artist.
Steam vent at Krafla geothermal power station. Photo: Lisa Paland, 2015.
On our way from Akureyri to Seyðisfjörður we visited the geothermal energy landscapes of Krafla Power Station as well as the surrounding steam vents and lava fields in the North of the country.
This expedition through Iceland will lead participants to various locations in South, East and North of Iceland where the untapped sources of renewable energy – water, steam, and wind – as well as the impacts of hydro- and geothermal power plants on the landscape and on local micro-economies, can be observed.
The construction of Kárahnjúkar dam (2003-07), and the political process leading up to it, have been the subject of extreme controversy in Iceland. Under the current government, plans for more hydroelectric mega-dams are under way.
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer, born in Reykjavik 1973. His most recent book Tímakistan won the Icelandic literary Award and was nominated for the Nordic Council Children's book Award.
Elvar Már Kjartansson, Crushing Birch. Video still, documentation of work in progress, 2015.
Elvar Már Kjartansson is a sound craftsman and explorer. Under the name of Auxpan he creates musical experiences in which soundbites, rhythmic patterns produced by self-developed devices, and field recordings come together in an experimental and highly personal sound experience.
Kristín Rúnarsdóttir: Greyout. Gouache and inkjet print series, 2015.
Kristín Rúnarsdóttir is a visual artist living and working in Keflavik, Iceland. Her work finds inspiration in the curiosities of sign systems, rules, and organization.
Monika Fryčová, Joik. Video still, 2015.
Monika Fryčová is an audiovisual artist, performer, and writer. She frequently deals with mixed media and untranslatable experiences, trying to perform under their own rhythms – the Here and the Now – the search for the primal source constantly found, only to be deserted again.
Þórunn Eymundardóttir, The Sky Over Libkovice. Postcard multiple, front side, 2015.
Þórunn Eymundardóttir works in various media, such as installations, performances, video and audio, sculpture and photography. The exploration of boundaries between the self and the other, and the elevation of everyday life are at the core of her practice.
Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Untitled. Photograph, 2015.
Finnur Arnar Arnarson works with video, text, and installation, finding his inspiration in familiar reality. Themes in his work include alienation from the environment, the objective and subjective experiences of time and space, and technology as an extension of human will and determination.
Julia Martin is a German visual artist and landscape architect who lives in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. She acts as local project curator and as a guide for the Iceland expedition.
Karlotta J. Blöndal works in a variety of media, including drawings, paintings, publications, installations and performances. Her work often uses found documents, exploring the tension between presentation, re-presentation and value in the art object.
Lisa Paland (b. 1989) studied cultural and media education in Merseburg, Germany with main focus on digital and analogue photography. She finished her B.A. in 2014 with a final work about the remains of open cast mining in eastern Germany using instant film.
Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, located in Seyðisfjörður, plays the essential role of presenting, discoursing and encouraging the development of contemporary art in eastern Iceland. It is a meeting point for artists and locals, and its activities are based on exhibitions and events, alongside an international residency program and outreach program.
Tinna Guðmundsdóttir is a cultural manager, producer and an artist. She currently works as the director of Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art located in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland.
The Reppar Fjord is 14km long and surrounded by mountains with that peak at around 700 meters above sea level. Large deposits of copper were found along the south side of the fjord around 1900 and the company Folldal verk ran a mine here from 1972-78. During this period, mining waste was dumped in the fjord, causing damage to fish stocks and thereby affecting the livelihoods of local fishermen.
Hammerfest, like all other towns in Finnmark, was completely destroyed in 1944-45 by German forces retreating from advancing Soviet troops. The Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms documents the extensive reconstruction and modernisation efforts in the region.
Large deposits of iron were discovered in Sydvaranger in 1886, but it was not until the early 1900s that it was technologically feasible to begin extracting the ore. Production started in 1910, but halted with the First World War, falling under bankrupcy protection for much of the 1920s.
Approximately 2 million tons of waste and chemicals from Sydvaranger is deposited in the Bøk Fjord each year. According to the Institute for Marine Research, this has eradicated most of the life along the bottom of the fjord.
Dark Ecology is a three year art and research project initiated by Sonic Acts and Hilde Methi. The project is informed by the idea that ecology is 'dark' (as the American theorist Timothy Morton has argued), because it invites – or demands – that we think about our intimate interconnections with, for instance, iron ore, snowflakes, plankton, or radiation. Ecology does not privilege the human, it is not something beautiful, and it has no real use for the old concept of Nature.
Karasjok is an important centre of Sami language and culture as it is the seat of the Sami Parliament. The parliament has 39 representatives voted on by 7 constituencies, covering all of Norway and is responsible for running the Sami Development Fund, overseeing the Sami Cultural Fund, developing Sami language and protecting Sami heritage sites.
In this workshop the participants are taught lasso throwing by the native Sami, Ol Johan Gaup. The aim of the workshop is to learn the ancient skill of throwing a lasso.
The Sami Center for Contemporary Art is a foundation started in 1986 by The Sami Artists Union, which aims to support Sami contemporary art and crafts and is currently headed by artist and curator Hjørdis Kurås. The centre includes an exhibition space, shop and residency programme and is located in Karasjok.
Biedjovággi Mine is located roughly one hour from Kautokeino by car (36km). The mine is no longer active: only a single building still remains and most of the pits have been filled with water. The mine was an open pit copper mine that operated in two periods; first from 1969-75 and then from 1985-91. It was never able to produce an economic surplus, partly due to the harsh weather conditions in the area and a lower concentration of copper than expected.
The Norwegian part of the project will encompass a 10-day expedition/workshop with artists from all three participating countries in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway from 20 to 30 September, 2015. The focus of the expedition will be on mining activity in the region and its effect on the local landscape.
Hilde Methi (NO) is an independent curator based in Kirkenes. Her work investigates the relationship of her own locale to a larger geopolitical setting.
Iselin Linstad Hauge works with film, text, photography and performance. Her work aims to develop a more sensitive awareness, highlighting the relationship between society and nature, with emphasis on the human-animal interaction.
Gunhild Enger is a filmmaker and visual artist. She graduated from the Edinburg College of Art, and the School of Film Directing in Gothenburg. She has been nominated for a BAFTA with her graduation film Bargain, and has since then screened her films at festivals and galleries around the world. Enger's stories does often depict the humor latent in the dark corners of everyday life.
Linda Våge is Office Manager at Atelier Nord. She has institutional background from Norwegian Association of Art Societies, Norwegian Concerts, Norwegian Refugee Council, Forum for Women and Development and from various fundraising campaigns, such as the annual NRK TV campaign. She has also worked as an independent consultant within public relations and cultural events.
Norwegian artist Tommy Høvik works in different media, and in his installations, he often a combines the personal, the existential and the poetic. He deconstructs found materials and narratives to lay down a trail to new ones, in search of unseen outcomes, or to see existing outcomes anew, often shifting between the past, present, and future, and even to metaphysical scenarios. In his recent works, he has been exploring sustainability in its various aspects.
Atelier Nord focuses on new media art, with new forms and new content – especially technology-intensive art. These fields are characterized by instability in relation to production, distribution and how they are communicated.
Greg Pope is a British media artist and filmmaker who currently lives in Norway. After dabbling in punk rock bands and absurdist performance, Pope founded the Brighton-based super-8 film collective Situation Cinema in 1986, and afterwards, Loophole Cinema in London, 1989.
Ivar Smedstad is currently director of Atelier Nord, a media arts organization in Oslo. Ivar Smedstad has been working in video art and electronic media since the early 1980s and has participated in numerous international and national video art exhibitions, screenings and festivals.


Steinberg has released four new VST Sound Loop Sets. They say that the titles Dubstep, Indie Rock, Nu Metal and Urban reveal dedicated sound content selected for four very contemporary music styles.
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The Dubstep VST Sound Loop Set is a nod to one of the latest dance movements, available in 28 construction kits. The Indie Rock VST Sound Loop Set is laid out in 25 construction kits for all things alternative music. Nu Metal comes ready for use in 11 comprehensive construction kits, consisting of powerful guitar riffs, chords and a plethora of metal drum loops. The Urban VST Sound Loop Set boasts hip-hop, R'n'B and soul loops conveniently laid out in 24 construction kits.
The VST Sound Loop Sets Dubstep, Indie Rock, Nu Metal and Urban are exclusively available through the Steinberg Online Shop.
Each set is available at the suggested retail price of EUR 24.99, including German VAT, and GBP £21.17, including British VAT.


Root canal treatment doesn't cause pain, it relieves pain. The perception of root canals being painful began decades ago but with modern technologies and anesthetics, root canal treatment today is often no more uncomfortable than having a filling placed.
A typical visit begins with completing paperwork, which includes your medical history and consent forms. Please bring a list of all the medications (over-the-counter and prescription) that you regularly take or have taken within the past month. Once all forms are complete, an assistant will review and chart your chief complaint, referring dentist's information and history of the tooth pain. Your endodontist will review your paperwork and evaluate your symptoms prior to testing the tooth in question along with adjacent teeth. After the tests are complete, a diagnosis will be given and your endodontist will discuss your treatment options. The endodontist will make you aware of the benefits, options and risks involved in order for you to understand how endodontic treatment can relieve your pain and save your tooth. If you are scheduled to receive treatment, the procedure may start immediately. If you are appointed for a consultation, treatment will be scheduled for a later date.
Before treatment begins, you will receive local anesthesia to numb any sensations you may feel during the procedure. With modern techniques and anesthetics most patients report that they are comfortable during the procedure. If the procedure is unable to be completed within one visit, medicine may be placed inside the tooth between appointments. Once your procedure is complete, more X-rays are taken to track the success of the treatment. You will be provided with post-operative instructions at the end of the appointment. Be sure to contact your endodontist if you have any questions or concerns regarding your treatment.
You might experience some tenderness to biting after a root canal, however, this sensitivity is usually relieved by over-the-counter or prescription medication. Follow your endodontist's instructions carefully. A doctor from our office is always on call should you have a dental emergency. Unless you've had some type of sedation, you will be fine to drive home after your treatment.
Your tooth may continue to feel slightly different from your other teeth for some time after your endodontic treatment is completed. However, if you have severe pain please call our office.


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Which road will get seal of approval?
Council & Government News February 14, 2019 Bec O'Brien
The need for proper council consideration in regard to the prioritisation of roads has been highlighted at Adelaide Plains Council's December and January general meetings, with various roads brought to the chamber's attention recently and the subsequent decision-making process questioned, ultimately seeing a motion to allocate $102,000 to upgrade Webb Beach Road from October last year, rescinded.
At the December meeting a petition to seal Glover Road in Two Wells, signed by 22 residents, was received by council for consideration, causing Port Parham resident, Alvin Jenkin to address councillors about the need to treat all requests of this nature equally.
"I presented a petition with 465 signatures to council for the sealing of the Esplanade at Port Parham in 2014," Mr Jenkin said during open forum at January's meeting, saying he has still not received a response to his request.
"I have no query on the need or otherwise for sealing Glover Road, but I am concerned that requests of this nature are treated with equal due diligence.
"I urge that consideration be given in the forthcoming budget round to sealing the Esplanades at Port Parham and Thompsons Beach."
Mr Jenkin also addressed a motion on the agenda for that evening to rescind a previous motion to upgrade Webb Beach Road.
"I urge that councillors not accept the motion to rescind," he stated, citing safety concerns for the community.
APC moved a motion to borrow $102,000 to upgrade Webb Beach Road in October last year after Webb Beach resident, Andrew Cross, presented evidence of the deteriorating condition of the road, believing it dangerous, with vehicles having lost control at slow speeds.
Councillor Margherita Panella, concerned with council having to borrow funds to complete the upgrade, did not support the motion and brought her concerns to council's attention again last month with a motion to rescind the October decision.
"This is very important, it's not about not doing it, it's about making the right decisions," Cr Panella said.
"We are currently in the process of having a Webb Beach Community Emergency Management Plan completed.
"With that there will be other recommendations, design structures, in terms of providing emergency access for Webb Beach. I believe it may cost more. So we should be waiting for that report."
Cr John Lush suggested putting more rigour into the decision-making process when it came to roads.
"I think we actually need a cost benefit analysis on what it's going to cost and how many people are going to be affected and whether it has an economic impact on individuals," he said.
"I was really horrified last year when we cut out road funding from the top down and didn't look at the various methods of each road."
The rescind motion regarding Webb Beach Road was laid on the table due to the December meeting running over time, whereby it was favourably carried at the January 29 meeting by a majority of councillors.
Cr Panella then moved a motion to have staff provide a report to council regarding the access upgrade from Port Parham Road to the Webb Beach Boat Ramp.
The report will include the final version of the Webb Beach Community Emergency Management Plan with recommendations on the physical infrastructure and design, the potential for council to access government disaster funding, and include a detailed costing, engineers report, information on the appropriate materials and road base that will be used and recommendations if the project can be completed in stages to assist with budget constraints.
The motion also indicated the road upgrade is to be considered as a priority in the 2019/2020 budget.
This was also favourably carried by councillors who will now await the findings of the report before making a decision on the final aspects of the upgrade.
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From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, "god") + -ist.
One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.
The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.
[…] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.
No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."
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Council meeting of 10-6-2016: Gulch Pedestrian Bridge, Google Fiber wins. (last update)
At three hours and twenty-nine minutes long, this is a long council meeting. If you want to have a better understanding of what is going on, follow this link for a copy of the agenda, staff analysis and my commentary on the agenda.
The opening prayer is offered by a Muslim scholar from The Islamic Center of Nashville. He is a guest of Councilman Burkley Allen. Following the prayer and pledge is a presentation recognizing Fisk Jubilee Day. Following that is the confirmation of appointees to boards and commissions and they all are approved as always.The mayor appoints members to boards and commissions subject to Council confirmation. The seat on the Health and Education Facilities Board is not a confirmation but an election with nomination from council members. There are two nominees to fill one seat. It is for a seat on the Health and Educational Facilities Board. The purpose of this board is to promote the health and higher education of the people of the Metropolitan Government. What they actually do, I don't know. Sometimes elections of this nature can expose factions within the Council and sometimes council members are heavily lobbied to support one of the candidates over the other. I have no insight as to whether are not the election to fill this seat reveals any thing about the council or not. If you want to see the nomination speeches and view the election go to timestamp 10:43 in the video.
There are 29 bills on Public Hearing. Most of them are zoning bills and I do not even attempt to understand every zoning bill. Most zoning bills concern only a few nearby residents and are boring to everyone else. I did not closely watch all of the pubic hearings. I just zipped though that part of the meeting at double speed, so I might have missed something. These are the bills I find of interest:
BILL NO. BL2016-350 would further curtail strip clubs by removing "adult entertainment" from two zoning classifications. It is deferred indefinitely.
BILL NO. BL2016-379 would change the definition of a financial institution. Currently a metro ordinance defines a financial institution and part of that definition is that it is open to the public within hours that do not exceed 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. This bill change that definition by removing the restriction on operating hours and replaces it with a definition that says they must be "a state or federally chartered bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, a mortgage company, or other financial institution whose services are insured by an agency of the United States government." That is an improvement. Under the current law a bank could not stay open till 3PM on Saturday or till 7PM on a Friday. The reason the city has a need to define them is to differentiate between respectable establishments like banks and places such as pay day lenders and check cashing services, so the city may restrict the deplorables and not the respectables. . In my view the city should not try to distinguish and instead let the market decide the mix and what and how many are needed. No one speaks on the bill and it passes.
BILL NO. BL2016-414 in Councilman Scott Davis's district is a bill disapproved 7-0 by the Planning Commission. It would change from R6 to RM40-A zoning for various properties along Elvira Avenue, Maynor Avenue, and Keeling Avenue. This would allow 220 units of apartments to be build in a district that does not currently permit that. Quite a few people speak in opposition. Davis closes the pubic hearing and proposes substituting the bill by changing the the zoning from RM40-A to SP zoning which would still allow the development but impose additional restriction, and proposes the bill be referred back to the Planning Commission. Several council members express concern and say that the bill should come back to the Council for a new public hearing after the substitute is considered by the Planning Commission. After the discussion by council members, Davis says he will permit a second hearing after the PC considers the substitute. The substitute is passed by a roll call vote of 24 in favor and 18 against. The bill as substituted is then approved 28 to 10, rereferred to the Planning Commission and the public hearing is reopened. For those who are interested in understanding what is permitted under different zoning classifications, this link is a good resource. To view the discussion of this bill see timestamp 1:27:25-2:19:52. I am pleased with this outcome. Bills which are substantially changed, I think, should come back to the Council for a second pubic hearing. Also, I think the Council should take the recommendations of the Planning Commission very seriously.
All resolutions are on the Consent Agenda. None of them are of much interest and they all pass.
Bills on First reading pass by a single vote as is customary.
Bills on Second Reading.
BILL NO. BL2016-308 requires tenants of housing funded by the Barnes Trust Fund to comply with certain maintenance and conduct standards and to refrain from any illegal conduct on the premises of the dwelling being rented. Surprising me, this proves controversial. Several council members speak against it, mostly the African-American members of the Council. It is amended to say landlords "may" instead of "shall" enforce standards of conduct. This still does not satisfy some members of the Council. It passes on a voice vote with some audible "no's." To see the discussion see timestamp 2:27:02- 2:43:11.
BILL NO. BL2016-336 says that if a local company is competing with a company that is not local for a metro contract and the local company submits a Matching Low Bid with the company that is not local, that preference be given to the local company. The staff analysis says that, "Historically, the Tennessee Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals have strongly disfavored local bidder preferences, citing the negative impact such preferences can have on competitive market forces," and that this bill may violate the Metro Charter and State law. This was on Second Reading last council meeting and deferred to this meeting. It is deferred indefinitely.
BILL NO. BL2016-416 by Councilmen Mendes and Cooper would require that any Metro department or agency that must submit regular reports to the Metro Council should post those reports on their website and keep them posted for up to six months. There are 14 reports that must regularly be submitted to Council. This should be easy and cost nothing to accomplish. I support this move to make government more transparent and accessible to the public. It passes by voice vote.
BILL NO. BL2016-417 would prohibit one from putting a "for sale" on their vehicle parked on residential property. I wonder how often this occurs and if this is really a problem. It is deferred "by rule."
BILL NO. BL2016-418 would require Google to bear the cost of defending Metro in the lawsuit brought by Bell South against Nashville over the One-Touch-Make-Ready bill the Council passed last Council meeting. OTMR allows one company to climb a pole and move all of the cables that must be moved in order to accommodate a new party adding a cable to the pole. Google Fiber which is coming to Nashville ran into long delays in stinging their cable because each company that already had a cable on a pole had to move their cable before Google could add theirs. OTMR was passed to address this. ATT opposed this and said if the Council passed it, they would sue. The Council passed it; ATT sued. The staff analysis says that while there is no know prohibition against requiring a third party to reimburse the city for the cost of a lawsuit, there is no known legal precedent for requiring it. For background on OTMR and the controversy surrounding this issue see "BILL NO. BL2016-418" at this link. I would oppose this bill. The city should bear the cost of defending itself in court. It fails on a voice vote. To see the discussion see timestamp 2:45:38- 2:54:56.
BILL NO. BL2016-419 would require Council members to receive diversity training. This is more useless unnecessary political correctness. Last Council meeting the Council passed a bill on Second Reading requiring the Council to receive Sexual Harassment training. Maybe this and that requirement could be combined and both included in some orientation. While they are at it they could throw in some sensitivity training and have a group hug-in. It passes on a voice vote without discussion.
BILL NO. BL2016-421 is a part of the effort to build the pedestrian bridge across the
gulch. This bill would acquire the parcel of land known as the Clement Land Port and
sell it to Cummings Station and it would permit metro to acquire a piece of land owned by Cummings Station. This parcel would be the eastern end of the bridge. The gulch pedestrian bridge is already approved and funded. A couple of years ago this project was stopped by Council when council refused to approve a land acquisition ordinance necessary to facilitate the construction of the bridge. At that time the Council rebelled against the deal in frustration that so much money was being spend downtown and neighborhoods were being ignored. The project was funded then and is still funded.
I support the pedestrian bridge. Certainly we could build a more utilitarian bridge for less or not build the bridge at all, but I believe this will be an important connection to tie the gulch to downtown. Also, I support the bridge as a beautification and an arts project. It will be one more thing to make Nashville a place tourist want to visit and a city where people want to live. Cities should not be just utilitarian but pleasant places to live and visit.
The argument against if is that neighborhood streets need sidewalks and $16 million dollars would build a lot of sidewalks. This development is not, contrary to what I previously understood, being financed with Tax Increment Financing but is being funded from General Obligation Bonds, not that I think that is particularly significant. To see the discussion see timestamp 2:56:36 - 3:13:59.
None of the Bills on Third Reading are of significance.
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Our Schools & Food
Nuestra Cadena De Alimentos
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The Full Length Film
We are excited to announce that the documentary Our Food Chain is now available for all communities, parents, teachers, principals, cafeteria manager and school districts employees as well as policy advocates to share the good news about the positive changes in school food in the Los Angeles Unified School District and what you can do to make a difference in your communities. All non profit events are free to screen the short 6 minutes "sizzle" or the full length hour feature.
Each day, in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), over 650,000 children from every imaginable ethnic and economic background are served school lunches and over 100,000 are served breakfast. In 2012, LAUSD took the first steps of improving the nutritional content of the school meals and a real "food revolution" began.
We documented this revolution in collaboration with the LAUSD Food Services by creating a one hour documentary that educates and inspires parents, children, communities and policy makers to get involved in their school lunch programs, improve the food options in their home and in their communities. In this documentary, students, families, farmers, school staffs, and advocates' stories are woven into a compelling narrative that highlights the successes and challenges of feeding children every day: Farmer to supplier to cafeteria manager to kids. This is "Our Food Chain."
Every single one of our viewers has eaten in, or had a child eat in a school cafeteria in their lifetime. All will be able to identify with the challenges at hand. This film wants to encourage viewers to reflect on the current assets of the school food system and to learn how they can support the system to better serve the children. The timing is critical given the bold advancements in the lunch and breakfast menu options that LAUSD Food Services has implemented over the past few years. We propose this documentary to engage parents, children, communities and policy makers in an entertaining way that will activate them to support healthy food for all children and families.
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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. ? Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz presented Middlebury College Citizens' Medals honoring four residents of Addison County at a ceremony and dinner at the college on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The medal recipients, recognized for their contributions to the community, were Al Stiles, Cynthia and Roth "T" Tall, and the Rev. Paul B. Bortz.
was first granted during the college's bicentennial year in 2000, recognizes local residents who have helped strengthen the Addison County community in a variety of ways. "Over the past five years, Middlebury College has presented medals to 30 residents of Middlebury and surrounding towns for their selfless contributions to the community," said John Emerson, secretary of the college. "Their service has spanned a variety of fields including the arts, business, education, government, medicine, philanthropy and social services."
Members of the college community submitted nominations for the 2005 Citizens' Medals, and President Liebowitz and a committee of faculty and staff members selected the winners.
Award-winner Al Stiles has been a Middlebury resident since 1976 and has held offices and served on the boards of more than a dozen local organizations. "Whenever there is work to be done, Al is there," said Middlebury College President Emeritus and College Professor John McCardell, who has often volunteered alongside Stiles.
Stiles' dedicated efforts include trail design and maintenance for the Green Mountain Club, Catamount Trail Association, United States Forest Service and Middlebury Area Land Trust, where he also served as a board member. He started the Middlebury Tree Nursery behind the new police station in Middlebury, where he transplants and tends to trees until they are mature enough to be planted in local parks and along town streets. He helped build several Habitat for Humanity homes in the area and filled multiple volunteer roles for the local Red Cross and United Way chapters. He has volunteered at Porter Hospital and for the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Service, and has served on the board of Shard Villa, a residential care home in Salisbury. He has been a reading mentor and math and science assistant in local junior high schools, and has served the town of Middlebury in several elected positions.
Cynthia, better known as Cy, and "T" Tall, longtime Cornwall residents, were recognized for their ongoing commitment to philanthropic work in many community organizations. A 1965 Middlebury College graduate, "T" has served as both a board member and volunteer with the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Service, and as an active member and team leader of Rotary International, a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders whose stated mission is to provide humanitarian service and build goodwill and peace in the world. He has been a board member of the Addison County Home Health and Hospice, and board president for the local Vermont Green Up chapter.
Cy, a lifelong resident of Addison County, serves on the boards of the Henry Sheldon Museum and the United Way. She has also served the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Service and has been a mentor and reader with the Everybody Wins! Vermont program in local schools. Both "T" and Cy were past co-chairs of the United Way board, and are current co-presidents of the Cornwall Historical Society. They have each served the town of Cornwall in several elected positions, "T" as a select board member and chair of the planning commission and Cy as town moderator and planning commission secretary.
"Over the last decade, Rev. Paul Bortz has been a visible and highly respected leader in Addison County, pursuing realistic, spiritually-based solutions to our greatest environmental problems," said Middlebury College Assistant Professor of Economics Jon Isham, who has worked with Bortz in the community.
According to Isham, Bortz founded three local environmental groups that reach beyond the traditional goals of improving the environment to find deeper and more spiritual solutions that will be both effective and inspiring. As the founder of Spirit in Nature, a set of interweaving trails in Ripton's Green Mountain wilderness, Bortz helped create a natural place of solace and quiet revelation for the public to enjoy. Collaborating with local citizens, Bortz established the Middlebury Global Warming Action Coalition to affect a measurable change in the way Addison County residents consume and produce energy. Bortz has also helped develop the Vermont Interfaith Power and Light project to create a statewide forum for addressing Vermont's global warming issues.
"Throughout his work in the community, Bortz has maintained a collaborative relationship with the students, faculty and staff of Middlebury College through service-learning projects, lectures and conversation," added Isham. "His natural leadership has helped many in our greater community gain awareness of today's pressing environmental issues." Bortz was previously a minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rutland and the executive director of the Burlington Housing Authority. He currently serves on the board of Addison County Regional Transportation.


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NEW DELHI: In a major boost for Indian Football three U-19 National Team Players of the All India Federation Academy will be leaving Indian shores to train with French Club Side FC Metz.
Anirudh Thapa, Prosenjit Chakraborty and Jerry Lalrinzuala, who have all been through AIFF's Youth Development Programme since their U-14 days and are an integral part of the Indian U-19 National Team, have been selected for a stint with the U-19 Team of the French Club side which plays in the Ligue 2 of France.
The boys would be reviewed after every three months with the maximum stint staying a possible two years.
The announcement came on Wednesday (April 20) at the French Embassy in the Capital where AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel along with the Ambassador of France to India Mr. Francois Richier, AIFF's General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das and FC Metz Director Denis Scheaffer, presented the boys in front of the media.
"This is only a beginning and I am sure that there will be many more initiatives such as these. We want young talent to be promoted," the AIFF President added.
"The review will be if they are the right material to pursue their journey in France and we will decide for them that how long they will have to continue this journey. It could be 3 months or even 2 years. What we want to develop is young talent by putting them into top arenas and using them later for the National Teams," Mr. Patel quipped.
"AIFF's coordination with FC Metz will go even further. The French Government wants this to succeed and I want to see as many Indian professional Players in Europe," the Ambassador maintained.
"We wanted a place where the kids would develop as Players whilst being in a nurturing environment and FC Metz offers us that. The boys are from our Academy in Goa for 1998 born Players," Mr. Das informed.
"The three boys already have International experience and we hope to develop them into better Players. We want to give them an opportunity to train and see European," Mr. Scheaffer, Director, FC Metz pronounced.
"I hope that the Players will have a wonderful experience and I am honoured to be a part of Indian development," he admitted.
Over the years, FC Metz have produced the likes of Robert Pires, Frank Ribery and Louis Saha and according to the FC Metz Director it all depends on training at the highest levels.
"This is not a trial," he clarified.


Ocean Township Mayor Christopher Siciliano is the Murphy Administration's manager of the Eatontown Motor Vehicle Commission Agency.
Located at 109 Route 36, the agency office provides motorists with titles, registrations, driver's licenses, and certified driver's license abstracts.
Siciliano, 59. replaced Joseph Hadden, an Ocean Township Board of Education member,who held the patronage position during the Christie Administration. The mayor was previously employed as a real estate salesman at his family brokerage, according to his linkedIn profile.
Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of B. Sue Fulton of Asbury Park to be the Chair and Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Brenda "Sue" Fulton of Asbury Park is Governor Murphy's current choice to become Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, according to a source who told MMM that the West Point graduate has consented to four way background check.
Fulton's 2016 running mate for Monmouth County Freeholder, Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty, said he "respectfully declined" the Governor's offer to lead MVC at a Borough Council meeting on Monday night.
Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty announced that he turned down Governor Phil Murphy's offer to be the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission at the Borough's Council meeting on Tuesday night.
Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty is slated to become the Chairman and Chief Administrator of the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission, according to multiple unsourced reports.
Governor Murphy has not yet nominated Doherty for the position, which requires the advice and consent of the Senate, according to the Legislature's website.
Doherty is in the final year of his second term as mayor of the borough.
Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon is the best friend New Jersey drivers have in Trenton.
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Instagram Story Takeover with Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
April 10, 2019 / 10:00am / Patrick Singer
Our next installment in our Instagram Story Takeover series takes place this Friday, April 12th. Krannert Center will be taking the controls to show us how things are moving along while their 50th anniversary weekend is gearing up.
Follow us at @SmilePolitely on Instagram to follow along with this installment of our Story Takeover series. Check them out and give them a follow @krannertcenter on Instagram if you don't already. Head over to our Instagram Highlight section to see our previous installments we've done in the past, which includes Polyvinyl Records, Krannert Art Museum, Erin Erdman of Page Roasting Company, and more.
Here's some information about Krannert Center's Come Home to Krannert weekend from their website:
Register now—and help spread the word—for this Come Home weekend, a centerpiece of Krannert Center's two-season 50th-anniversary festivities. Events include:
10am to noon and 1pm to 2pm: Forum on the Future of Performing Arts in Higher Education (observation)*
3:30pm: Panel discussion: "The Miracle on the Prairie"—The Genesis and Structure of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts*
5pm to 7pm: Casual Welcome Gathering**
Evening: Informal social time on the town
9am to 12pm: Krannert Center Open House*
2pm to 3pm: Richmond Family Welcome Gallery Tour*
6pm: The Come Home Gala, including remarks and a global toast**
3pm: Krannert Center Debut Artist recital***
Details below!
It's amazing what can happen when you dream boldly. Fifty years ago, in April 1969, Herman and Ellnora Krannert joined University of Illinois campus leadership; students, staff, and faculty from across campus, including the performing arts at Illinois; and friends from throughout the region and nation to open the doors of this unprecedented facility. Those first moments set in motion decades of extraordinary creativity and impact. This weekend is a time for friends old and new, near and far, to come together in reflection and revelry, celebrating all that has led to this moment in Krannert Center's history.
10am to noon and 1pm to 2pm: Forum on the Future of Performing Arts in Higher Education (observation), Colwell Playhouse*
Invited guests both local and national will convene on the stage of the Colwell Playhouse for a series of moderated conversations about the future of the performing arts in higher education, inspired by five decades of "the Krannert Center Effect." Observers are welcome in the audience area of the Playhouse to hear and watch this dialogue, which will explore visions for the future for university-centered arts practitioners, their venues, and their institutions. Observers may come and go quietly at appropriate times.
3:30pm: Panel discussion: "The Miracle on the Prairie"—The Genesis and Structure of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse*
Krannert Center was unprecedented in scope and scale. This engaging discussion, featuring former Krannert Center Senior Associate Director Rebecca McBride, former Technical Director Tom Korder, former Lighting Director Ray Caton, former Alumni Association CEO Jim Vermette, and others, provides a look at the facility's history through behind-the-scenes stories and archival images.
5pm to 7pm: Casual Welcome Gathering, Stage 5**
This informal meet-up time is a great chance to reconnect and converse. There will be a cash bar and food available for purchase.
9am to 12pm: Krannert Center Open House, Lobby*
With Dance at Illinois, Illinois Theatre, and Lyric Theatre @ Illinois, Krannert Center presents guided tours, open rehearsals, and special displays including a look at research during this behind-the-scenes experience. Intermezzo cafe and Promenade Showcase + Gift Shop will be open throughout the morning.
2pm to 3pm: Richmond Family Welcome Gallery Tour, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana (directly east of Krannert Center)*
Join the University of Illinois Alumni Alliance for a tour of the newly opened Richmond Family Welcome Gallery on the first floor of the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. This experiential showcase celebrates the magnificent history, traditions, and innovations of the University of Illinois and also features a Memory Space where visitors are encouraged to capture their Krannert Center memories for future inclusion in the exhibit.
6pm: The Come Home Gala, including performances, remarks, and a global toast, Lobby**
This event will feature formal remarks by leadership followed by a performance of an original composition by ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival alum Steve Dawson, performed by Dawson and the School of Music's Jupiter String Quartet and complemented by a slideshow of Krannert Center images. The formal presentation will finish with a "global toast"—both on-site and by friends around the world—via social media using #KrannertCenterat50. DJ and dancing will follow, festive attire encouraged!
Festive attire; black tie optional (dress to the nines in whatever that means to you)
School of Music student Wilson Poffenberger, saxophone, was chosen by audition to be featured in this professional recital. He is joined by pianist Casey Gene Dierlam.
*Free, no tickets required
**Free, no tickets required; cash bar
***Ticket purchase required
Please register for the weekend's events.
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Foreign investors cutting down their stake in ICICI Bank, says report
Updated : June 19, 2018 12:33 PM IST
Baillie Gifford and Co., Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Noosa, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have trimmed their stake in ICICI.
Baillie Gifford sold 29.4 million shares of ICICI Bank at Rs 280 a piece.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia sold its entire stake in May.
At least three key foreign investors have cut their shareholdings in ICICI Bank, reported LiveMint.
Executives close to the development said that Baillie Gifford and Co., Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Noosa and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have trimmed their stake in ICICI as it is struggling to retain the faith of foreign portfolio investors after the allegations emerged surrounding Chanda Kochhar, LiveMint reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, Baillie Gifford sold 29.4 million shares of ICICI Bank at Rs 280 a piece in April. Similarly, Abu Dhabi Investment Council sold 1.77 million shares, at Rs 289 per share on June 4. While Commonwealth Bank of Australia sold its entire stake in May.
"Foreign investors are not happy with this uncertainty over allegations of corporate governance and questions raised on the CEO. The board has not helped in addressing these problems and, for this reason, FIIs are selling shares," the executive was quoted as saying in the report.
The development points that ICICI will have to do more than just appointing a successor to Chanda Kochhar if it wants to regain lost ground among investors, said the report.
Tags Finance foreign investors ICICI