My recent work has developed into is an aesthetic system that combines painting traditions of light play and abstraction with the proportional underpinnings of complexity (chaos theory).
This approach maintains the integrity of a solitary painting while allowing for curatorial encoding and expanded explorations of ideas through a mutable framework.
I am working with expressions and ideas regarding our relationships to light, surface, colour, pattern, language systems and complexity as a meaningful, contemporary, aesthetic.
A long-standing interest in the aesthetics of surface light play, randomness, grids-systems, figure-ground tensions and the abstractions of specialized language has remained the foundation of my artwork.
Jan Swinburne is a visual artist whose multi-media practice is centered on concepts worked through paint and other materials that at times mutate into large-scale, site-specific installations. Jan Swinburne lives and works in Toronto, has contributed to international art projects, presentations and books with a focus on inclusive practices. Jan is a member of Workman Arts visual advisory board and has worked in the disability/psychiatric community as an art facilitator. Jan is a constituent of the alumni of Dawson College and the Ontario College of Art and Design University.


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Work continues along Meadowhall Road. Excavation work is now complete and although bases and walls are still under construction in some sections, much of the wall which has already been built is now brick clad and copings are being added. Traffic management will remain in place until the end of October at which point it will be scaled back and Hadfield Bridge will be re-opened to pedestrians.
Work is still being carried out within the Forgemasters site and in the Riley's Tools area and there are some finishing works to be carried out at a couple of other sites.
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As of Monday morning, there are a total of 13 County-employed individuals who have tested positive for the coronavirus, including one in the Assessor's Office, one in the Treasurer's Office, and eight at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center. The remaining individuals work in departments with no interaction with the public. The individuals in the Assessor's Office and Treasurer's Office have not been in the office during a time when they may have been contagious.
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San Juan County announces additional cases of COVID-19 among staff and detainees. County staff continue efforts to isolate the virus with use of masks and other personal protective equipment, social distancing, and sanitization in high-traffic areas.
As of Monday morning, there are a total of 13 County-employed individuals who have tested positive for the coronavirus, including one in the Assessor's Office, one in the Treasurer's Office, and eight at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center. The remaining individuals work in departments with no interaction with the public.
The individuals in the Assessor's Office and Treasurer's Office have not been in the office during a time when they may have been contagious, however, all work areas were sanitized out of an abundance of caution, and staff are still provided with personal protective equipment. There is no concern for transmission from staff to the public.
San Juan County staff will continue to implement COVID-safe practices in all County business.
San Juan County's Goal is Green. Across the organization, we are keeping COVID-safe practices at the forefront of our routine to Protect our People. By reducing cases of COVID-19 in San Juan County, we can be on track to reduce restrictions, protect our medical providers and services, return students to the classroom, and protect our most vulnerable populations.
All San Juan County Facilities are open but require an appointment to conduct business. Please call ahead as many transactions can be handled over the phone or online at SJCounty.net. The San Juan County Treasurer's office will also be closed to walk-in transactions, but appointments may be made for cash transactions and tax releases.
In addition to eight detention center staff, the San Juan County Adult Detention Center reports 6 contract staff and 56 detainees are all positive. As before, detainees are tested upon arrival and placed in appropriate housing based on their test result. Detainees are also provided with masks. Those who have tested positive are checked by medical staff regularly and will receive care as necessary. As a reminder, San Juan County Adult Detention Center staff are not allowed to release any medical information over the phone. Family members wishing to check on the medical status of a detainee must speak directly to the detainee. Following the increase in cases, the SJCADC has suspended all in-person religious visits for the detainee population. Other visits are still being handled through a virtual visitation system and remain uninterrupted. SJCADC continues to work with justice partners to keep population to a minimum.
While emergency services remain uninterrupted, there are also cases among volunteer members of the San Juan County Fire Department. Department policy calls for the use of proper PPE in all interactions with the public, and there is currently no concern for exposure to the public. Members are regularly checked for symptoms and after a possible exposure do not respond until a negative test is returned and they are cleared for duty.
San Juan College HHPC will become COVID-19 Vaccination Site
This will continue every Wednesday and Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m., through March. Vaccine reservations are required and can be made through the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) at: https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org
Daily NM COVID-19 Statistics: 164,263 (+628) cases, 2,958 Deaths (+26)
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*Updated* Navajo Nation Active COVID-19 Cases Total: 26,448 (+65), 922 Deaths (+3)
The total number of deaths is now 922 as of Monday. Reports indicate that 13,532 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and 223,323 COVID-19 tests have been administered. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases is now 26,448.
Navajo Nation Extends Stay-At-Home Order to Jan. 25
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COVID-19 Vaccine enters Phase 1b in NM
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NM Increases Capacity Limits for Essential Retailers
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COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in San Juan County
San Juan Regional Medical Center has received the first of two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This vaccine must be stored at -70° C. Ultra-cold freezers are on-site to ensure that all of our vaccine allotment is properly stored until it can be administered. Our plan is to administer the vaccine to our caregivers through a tiered approach. The second dose will be administered three weeks after the first dose.
NM Announces Color-Coded Re-Opening Guidelines on a County-by-County Basis
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Film: Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus
Paul Wandason April 26, 2016 June 7, 2016 Thoughts, Time travel films and movies
Echo/Back – The Time Travel Virus
A couple of weeks ago William Rosenthal shared his film with me and asked what I thought of it. Will co-wrote and co-produced "Echo/Back – The Time Travel Virus" with director Tristram Geary. In his own words, "it's an action sci-fi about how the world would react if time travel was a virus."
The premise of the film is a simple one – that authorities who control us don't like the idea that history can be changed. In some ways I echo their sentiment, though with the authorities it's more sinister – they wish to remain in control and "Time travel dissolves their power".
The ability to time travel is not attained through technology but by contracting a virus. There are echoes of the X-Men movies where the infected (i.e. those who are different to the societal 'norm') are forced to register or submit to the authorities.
In Echo/Back – The Time Travel Virus we identify with the main character, Vance (as we tend to with the X-Men), who in a way for us represents the underdog, albeit infected with the time travel disease (or who has advanced powers).
But it's a possibility that there may be others who have less scruples than Vance and who would use time travel for more sinister purposes. For example, not just stopping the authorities making our decisions for us, but standing in their place, or other reasons for self gain and harm to others.
Then again, we don't really know why Vance is being hunted, do we?
Biological time travel
We don't always need a time machine to time travel.
In X-men: Days of Future Past biological time travel comes through accelerated or staggered evolution. In Edge of Tomorrow a time loop is set up through contact with blood from an "Alpha Mimic" (an alien).
And here Echo Back is similar – time travel comes to a select few through contracting virus. There's no time machine, no flux capacitor and no TARDIS. Time travel is of a more natural origin – albeit unwelcome (by some).
I can't help recognising the basic Neanderthal reaction in Echo Back – if we don't understand it, whack it over the head with a club. Or a gun. It seems a shame (perhaps) that the authorities don't think to approach the problem intelligently. Why not try to develop a 'cure' for the time travel virus? Or come to think of it, deliberately contract the time travel disease themselves to keep themselves ahead in the game?
Neanderthal reaction in Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus
(One of these guys is played by Will…)
Biological problems often require biological solutions.
Actually, technological problems often require biological solutions too and we see that technology frequently seeks to emulate nature. Nature is often just much better at things than we are – she can provide the strongest materials, the strongest glue, the most beautiful artwork, etc. and generally speaking it seems that we try to mimic nature where we can. Bullet-proof vests, velcro, swimming technologies…
We've always done it, and to quote the source of the image below, "Stone Age man copied Nature by wearing the fur of slaughtered animals to keep warm." (sciencenordic.com).
Image source: http://sciencenordic.com/top-10-best-copies-nature-part-2 (Illustration: Mette Friis-Mikkelsen)
Whilst we can sit with a pen and paper and work things out, even develop computers or other tools to help us do that quicker, it's much more difficult to develop biological solutions to assist us with life's obstacles. Copying, or being inspired by Nature is much easier.
My personal thought is that for whilst theoretical physicists are beavering and banging away at Einstein's equations to find out if – and if so, how – we can travel in time, Nature is probably busy finding it's own way. Maybe it's already got there. And when it's found or evolved or contracted, we'll imitate it with our trailing technology.
Or maybe just whack it on the head.
Interview with William Rosenthal and Tristram Geary
In this interview with director, writers and producers William Rosenthal and Tristram Geary we get a behind the scenes view on Echo Back, as well as their personal thoughts behind some of the ideas they've written into their film!
Time is a precious commodity – Will and Tristram, many thanks for giving us some of yours!
The fight between the authorities and Vance might be viewed as a clash between technology and biology. Given enough time for development / evolution, would you consider technology or biology to have the upper hand?
In the earlier stages, while the ability is new and underdeveloped, technology (and existing power structures) would very easily mobilise to control it. However, time travel is such an incredible advancement that it simply couldn't be contained forever. Ultimately, we feel technology and human ingenuity would make time travel more efficient, and expand its possibilities. It may be positive or negative, weaponisation or integration, but as long as we humans have such inquisitive minds, it feels like our biology will always be shackled to our technology.
Physical limitations are well known when it comes to operating technology and we see how you've incorporated biological limitations into your time travel method – avoiding cleanly the grandfather paradox and the creation of 'major' alternate histories! Were there any aspects of time travel that were difficult to incorporate into Echo Back and how did you solve them?
Oh absolutely! Time travel in fiction is so tricky, partly because you need to make something physically impossible at least internally consistent, but also because it needs to be emotionally satisfying in some way.
Logistically, it was quite difficult to come up with a scenario that would clearly demonstrate the power of small time jumps. We eventually figured out that we needed a clear space or object- something that moved or reverted whenever Vance jumped back in time.
The action also helped, as the audience can see Vance learn through trial and error (and injury!)We wanted to show that despite the huge advantages of this ability, there are still plenty of limitations. We also needed to work out some tactics and technology that would give the police an upper hand.
Can you explain the "Echo" aspect in the film title?
Well firstly of course, there's the idiom 'to echo back', meaning to evoke something similar from the past. The way in which the world reacts to time travel is similar to other, world-changing phenomena; excitement, fear, and ultimately a desire for control. The nature and mandate of governments means that they'll always aim to regulate things, the internet for example. Sometimes that's a helpful step, other times, less so.
It's also a reference to the mechanism of our form of time travel. In the film, Vance jumps through what is essentially the same scenario many, many times. Each variation shares the same key features, but is slightly distorted from its predecessor; like an echo.
To turn things upside down, how do you think people would feel if their local authority was able to time travel and they weren't?
As regular citizens, we're already very much at the mercy of our systems and those more powerful than us. Authorities can monitor your phone activity, control the legitimate use of violence, and make decisions daily that most of us will never know about but which will profoundly affect our lives. Now, these aren't always bad things- you could argue they're necessary components of a government- but time travel would probably just be another (albeit near-omnipotent) string in their bow.
However, who knows, a shift in power this enormous might actually galvanise many people into protest and defiance. Instead of being the ultimate weapon for control, time travel could be the catalyst for a regime's unravelling.
Are there any plans for a sequel / prequel to Echo Back?
Actually, we've drafted a screenplay for a feature film, so we'd love to see the concept explored further!
How did you go about writing Echo Back? Did you write, then 'convert' it into a screenplay, or did you write it as a screen play from the outset?
We always intended to convert the basic time travel mechanism into some sort of film, but we initially had very few specifics beyond that. Our excitement about the premise meant that we spent some time throwing ideas at each other. How would it work on an individual level? How heavily could it shake the world's establishments? What would it mean for how we perceive death? Given our miniscule budget, we were obviously limited in what we could show, but we still wanted to express as many of these possibilities as we could- hence the narrated sections.
As a scientist I'm told that I need to spend about an hour in preparation for each slide I present at a conference. I can't help considering that a movie comprises many frames per second, and arguably the story line is much more important! How long did it take to make this film?
We spent roughly three months on pre-production, including design, costume, rehearsal, choreography, and searching for locations.
We were extremely fortunate to get David on board to play Vance. On the day of filming, he spent about 16 consecutive hours being beaten up. Our budget limited us to just one day with the camera and shooting gear, so we had to make the most of it! He and the rest of our small, brilliant crew of volunteers were consummately professional and seriously hard workers.
Our tiny post-production crew spent the next months editing, sound editing, scoring, and crafting effects. It really was a huge undertaking for a small number of dedicated people.
I love the interplay between the narration (done by Tristram) and the action sequences which show the more physical side of the battle between the authorities and time travellers. Were there times when you struggled to mesh these two techniques together?
Fantastic to hear you liked it! It was definitely a difficult pairing to balance. We wanted to expose the audience to a larger world, while not encroaching too heavily on the emotional flow of the action sequence. The parallels with broader time travel struggles also hopefully reinforced Vance's motivation and determination. However, we also couldn't get too specific in describing these events, as it could jerk viewers out of his immediate predicament. Definitely a challenge!
Will and Tristram, many thanks again for your time – for both the interview and for creating Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus! I'm really excited to hear that you've got plans for a feature film!!
Follow Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus on Facebook and Twitter (@EchoBackMovie).
Edit: Will and Tristram have since compiled an "Action Cut" of Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus which offers us (yet) another view into the original film. Vance's physical exhaustion and also his frustration in his need to endure the authorities and the masses really shines through in this cut. I've written a short piece (with the link to Action Cut) which touches on the ideas of other people's role when you relive your life. It's clearly not always for the better!
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The Islamophobia Industry: Manufacturing Fear of Muslims?
October 8, 2012 By News Release
A new book released on September 18 arrived a week after the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. The Dearborn Free Press received this press release on August 20th – several weeks before the events of Sept. 11, 2012. Now that the dust has settled, perhaps we need a careful re-examination of the various viewpoints.
The Islamophobia Industry – front cover
Ten years after the September 11 attacks, the death of Osama bin Laden had the potential to radically change the public's distrusting image of Muslims. But strangely, it did not. Two months after news broke that US forces had killed the al-Qaeda leader, the Religion News Service announced that anti-Muslim sentiment had grown.
Additionally, CNN reported that half of Americans would be uncomfortable with a woman wearing a burqa, a mosque being built in their neighborhood, or a Muslim man praying in an airport. In THE ISLAMOPHOBIA INDUSTRY: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims (Pluto Press, distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan; Pub Date September 18th 2012; ISBN 978-0-7453-3253-6; $17), writer Nathan Lean explores this epidemic, why it is still growing, and the key players who are behind this "fear campaign".
Lean takes us inside the minds of the manufacturers of Islamophobia. He reveals a highly-organized enterprise of conservative bloggers, right-wing talk show hosts, evangelical religious leaders, and politicians, united in their quest to exhume the ghosts of September 11 and convince their compatriots that Islam is the enemy. Lean uncovers their "scare tactics", reveals their motives, and exposes the ideologies that drive their "propaganda machine". An urgent call-to-action, THE ISLAMOPHOBIA INDUSTRY is a readable, accessible study of the "fear mongering industry".
Lean offers a straight-to-the-point and hard-hitting assessment of the "extreme polarizing effect of media". Drawing on recent events such as the controversy surrounding the Park 51 mosque near Ground Zero, and the recent Oslo shooting of 77 innocent youths by right-wing nationalist Anders Behring Breivik, Lean reminds the public that "the Islamophobia industry" is still alive and well. And, their presence is pernicious.
With mosque bombings and burnings, shootings of Sikh temples, and baseless McCarthy-esque witch hunts in Congress, the climate of fear and antagonism is reaching new dangerous peaks.
Lean's book has been widely praised in the weeks ahead of its September 18 release. Authors and activists like MSNBC's Richard Wolffe, Salon's Glenn Greenwald, Reza Aslan, and award-winning author Karen Armstrong have all offered generous blurbs. The book recently appeared on Amazon.com's "hot new releases" list.
Nathan Lean is an author and scholar of Middle East studies. He has written extensively about Islam, American foreign policy, national politics, and global affairs. He is co-author of Iran, Israel, and the United States: Regime Security vs. Political Legitimacy and is a contributing writer at The Huffington Post and PolicyMic. His work has appeared in Salon, TruthDig, The Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News, and several other online and print outlets. He is editor-in-chief of Aslan Media, and resides in Washington, D.C.
Government Officials Join Religious Leaders at Islamic Rally in Dearborn – Dearborn Free Press
How 'Religious Defamation' Laws Would Ban Islam – Dearborn Free Press
Hate Crimes: FBI Stats on Muslims,Jews, Gays, Hispanics – Dearborn Free Press
Anti-Muslim Movie Maker May Have Jihadist Ties – Washington Times
Human Rights Conference Sparks Controversy – Islamophobia and Islamophilia Duke it Out in Dearborn – Dearborn Free Press
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Shrinking conventional semiconductor technology's now incredibly difficult and expensive. At only 20 silicon atoms wide, the current generation of chips approaches their physical limits. The level of fabrication precision needed and the complexity required leaves only a handful of companies capable of producing these components. This limitation means that performance growth must happen through increased numbers of processor cores and operating frequency. However, making CMOS electronics operate at higher frequencies requires exponentially more energy; greater numbers of cores requires a huge number of interconnects, which consume a substantial portion of the chip's energy budget.
This problem — combined with an insatiable global demand for high-speed computing, networking, and data processing — is only amplified when adding the urgent need to lower our global energy consumption to fight the climate emergency.
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Many LGBT youth can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults. They can't imagine a future for themselves. So let's show them what our lives are like, let's show them what the future may hold in store for them.
WATCH: President Obama: It Gets Better. As part of the It Gets Better Project, President Obama shares his message of hope and support for LGBT youth who are struggling with being bullied.
WATCH: Secretary Clinton: "Tomorrow Will Be Better" U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a message to the LGBT community that "Tomorrow Will Be Better," at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., October 19, 2010.
WATCH: Speaker Nancy Pelosi adds her voice to the chorus of Americans across the country as part of the It Gets Better Project to tell LGBT youth: you are not alone, it gets better.


Phoebe Tonkin and Joseph Morgan were in an on-screen matchup.
Phoebe Tonkin and Joseph Morgan were in 2 on-screen matchups, notably The Vampire Diaries(2009) and The Originals(2013).
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HORNELL — In hopes of stemming the flow of narcotic drugs into the City of Hornell, Hornell Police announced the arrest of three Allegany County residents as result of a five month investigation dubbed "Operation Border Patrol."
This operation focused on narcotic drugs being transported in to the City of Hornell from the western border of Allegany County.
Jason A. Workman, 45, of 5 Dyke St., Andover, was charged by a superior court warrant of arrest charging him with two counts each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and a single count of criminal sale of a controlled substance on or near school grounds, all class-B felonies.
Amelia J. Workman, 31, of 5 Dyke St., Andover was charged by a superior court warrant of arrest charging her with one count each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance 3rd degree, both class-B felonies and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, class-A misdemeanors.
Kristen E. Hand, 37, of 47 Greenwhlch St., Belmont was charged by a superior court warrant of arrest charging her with one count each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance on or near school grounds, all class-B felonies.
It's alleged that in early 2018 Jason Workman, while working as a general contractor and conducting contracting work along with Kristen Hand and another suspect at unoccupied rental property at 116 Genesee St., Hornell, sold the narcotic drug cocaine to another person. It's further alleged that Workman also sold the narcotic drug cocaine to another person while conducting contracting work from an unoccupied rental property at 52 Sawyer St., Hornell.
It's alleged that in late summer of 2018 Amelia Workman sold a quantity of the narcotic drug cocaine to another person in the downtown business district in the City of Hornell, and at the time of that transaction, she was the primary caregiver of two minor children that were in her custody.
A fourth suspect, Kyle E. Ordiway, 32, of 127 Greenwich St., Belmont, later turned himself in Friday evening to members of the Hornell Police Department. He was charged by a superior court warrant of arrest with one count each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance on or near school grounds, all class-B felonies.
This operation was unique in that it was funded by assets seized from "Operation Spring Break" and other narcotic investigations conducted by the Hornell Police Department in 2017 and early 2018.
Hornell Police were assisted in this investigation by the Steuben County District Attorney's Office and the State Police at the Amity Barracks in Allegany County.


Lex Luthor halts the invasion by temporarily weakening Superman. The Man of Steel has time to recover from Darkseid's control, but he is imprisoned by the military and he is sentenced to death. Lois helps Superman escape so that he may pursue Darkseid. On Apokolips, the two titans have an epic battle to conclude the series.


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Don Lessem's Genghis Khan exhibit invades Discovery Place Science
Photos by Jamey Price and provided by Don Lessem
"He wasn't who we think he was."
Unlike one in 200 of the world's men, Don Lessem isn't descended from Genghis Khan. But he may as well be. Author of over 50 hugely popular science books and curator of the most extensive collection of 13th-century Mongolian artifacts ever assembled, ex-Boston Globe journalist Lessem is a learned man, and would have fit right in at the legendary Mongolian's court. The truth is, the man who conquered the world's largest continent may have just wanted to share what he'd learned. That's the primary takeaway from Genghis Khan, Lessem's sprawling journey through 13th-century Mongolia, which recently invaded Charlotte's Discovery Place Science.
"Genghis Khan wasn't the man we think he was," the curator insists. "For the most part, he actually didn't like to go to war." He was a conqueror, yes, but his dominion over the largest land empire in history was maintained by tendencies toward progress and prosperity—qualities rarely mentioned in Western textbooks.
The year Genghis Khan was born as Temujin in the Khentii Mountains of Mongolia
The Mongol Empire was four times the size of the Roman Empire
Lessem's Genghis Khan collection is on display at Discovery Place until April 30, 2017
An outcast of a small mountain tribe, the man who would become the Great Khan eventually ruled over a land four times the size of the Roman Empire. His far reach, from the fringes of Europe to the nomadic tribes in the east, allowed him to both discover pockets innovation and share these novelties with the rest of his subjects. He created one of the first international postal systems, popularized paper money, and even created a written language for his subjects.
Don Lessem, journalist and Genghis Khan collector, in Mongolia with a bird prey
"Once all the battles had been fought, there were tax breaks for educators," Lessem expounds, "and people from all walks of life filled executive executive positions in the empire—a pure meritocracy." Genghis welcomed any modes of thought that might improve his own life or his subjects'.
He also promoted freedom of religion, and tolerance for all cultures incorporated into his domain. Genghis Khan, while a brutally inventive commander on the battlefield, seems to have been a peaceful modernizer on the homefront.
The number of Genghis Khan's girlfriends
1 in 200
.5% of the world's men are descended from Genghis Khan
The number of kilometers the Mongol Empire stretched across
"In the West," Lessem says, "our textbook Genghis Khan is decidedly more vulgar, more barbaric than he was in reality." Lessem's exhibit, which has now been housed in __ different museums, aims to correct this misperception. With an arsenal of over 400 artifacts, Genghis Khan charts a course from Genghis Khan's rise to power through his grandson Kublai's reign, highlighting everything from the most ruthless skirmishes to the most forward-thinking policies. It's an unabashedly unbiased look at one of world history's most famous figures—an event to to be cherished, if only because of how ridiculously rare such a thing is.
Artifacts in Lessem's Genghis Khan collection
The year of Genghis Khan's death during the fall of Yinchuan
Number of men in Genghis Khan's army when he died
Don Lessem's Genghis Khan embraces an obscured culture and shares it, illuminating every complex facet of a man we thought we knew. In the entrance to the exhibit sits the man himself, a replica of the 50-foot statue in the Mongolian capitol of Ulaanbaatar, to either side of him his dichotomous tugs (circular horsetail hair banners). One is black, and one is white, one used in war, and the other in peacetime. They flank an unreadable but proud Asian face, reminding us that every story has at least two sides. With the explicit purpose of informing the uninformed, every corner of Discovery Place's expansive new exhibit educates. The Khan would approve.


After presenting its first square diving watch – the BR03-92 – last year, Franco-Swiss horologists, Bell & Ross have added two new timepieces to its range, forming the dedicated Diver Collection.
Joining the standard black-and-silver colourway in the new line-up, the standout addition is undoubtedly the new blue Bell & Ross BR03-92 .
Retaining the BR03-92's unique blend of traditional dive watch cues and Bell & Ross' signature square-edged aeronautical style, the blue timepiece's colour is meant to symbolise the ocean itself.
However, it's not a simple case of style over substance. The new additions to the Bell & Ross Diver Collection continue to meet the ISO 6425 safety standard required of a professional dive watch.
This means the BR03-92 comes with a rotating bezel, anti-magnetic and anti-shock protection (including around the heavily-fortified, screw-in crown), water resistance to 300 metres and, most importantly, legibility even in the ocean's darkest depths.
To this end, the blue Bell & Ross BR03-92 comes with a yellow hour hand that gradually vanishes as the depth increases, progressively emphasising the White SuperLuminova-coated minute hand.
Limited to just 999 examples, the 42mm bronze case will – unlike stainless steel watches – develop a unique patina over time. To highlight this vintage aesthetic, the bronze BR03-92 comes with a brown calfskin leather strap (although a black rubber strap more suited to diving applications can also be fitted).


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How the Wii U is Shaping Up for Sports
Posted September 15th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Nintendo finally announced official details on the Wii U console dating November 18 for release with two different options available to purchase. The $300 "Basic" set comes with 8GB storage while the $350 "Deluxe" bundle features 32GB storage and Nintendo Land.
Initial reaction trended negative with the price being higher than many expected given the power of the system being about on par with the Xbox 360 and PS3 and the miniscule hard drive capacity meaning an external storage device will probably be needed at some point if not immediately. Certainly though the tablet controller presents the main appeal and probably contributed the most to the final price and that's something the other systems, even though cheaper, can't match.
Sports game wise NBA 2K13, FIFA 13, and Madden NFL 13 have all been announced for the console's launch window which runs from release through March. None have been specifically tabbed for November 18 yet with 2K13 still being slated for the "holiday season" and the other two only being noted to fall within the release window. Those three though have the potential to move onto that date and it would be surprising if at least two if not all of them ended up there.
The only sports-themed game confirmed for November 18 is ESPN Sports Connection from Ubisoft. If this trailer is any indication of how publishers are going to consider the Wii U it may follow the path of the Wii which essentially was void of serious products. Companies had no incentive to invest resources and instead turned to shovelware or ports that had no effort put behind them. Catering to such a casual demographic here could be a bad sign if that's how other companies perceive the consumer base will be made up of.
Word however from EA Sports and 2K Sports is that they are going to attempt to produce titles that are of similar quality to those found on the other HD consoles while also taking advantage of the unique features the Wii U offers. Early screenshots have shown that graphically it will be a step down and reports have already surfaced that not all features will make it this first year (Madden going without the "Infinity Engine" physics) but for the first attempt on a console they appear to be shaping up fairly well.
It'll be interesting to see whether the Wii U can gain any traction within sports gaming. The Wii was unable to do so – it had the golf market until Tiger Woods' transgressions wrecked it for the family-friendly console – but the Wii U's features could prove more valuable to the core gaming experience. That is at least until Microsoft SmartGlass arrives and takes that advantage away with accessibility that can't be matched by a secondary device.
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Check out DISLOCATIONS on Amazon.
Leonardo Electronic Almanac presents its second catalog Dislocations available on Amazon. Dislocations showcases the artworks that were exhibited on the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb and part of the 12th Istanbul biennial. The catalog sees the collaboration of several international institutions: Kasa Gallery, ISEA2011 Istanbul, Goldsmiths College and Sabanci University. Dislocations presents the artworks by Charles Csuri, David Cotterrell, Danielle Roney & Jeff Conefry, Matthias Fuchs and Songul Boyraz that interpret in a variety of aesthetics and media forms the theme of conflict and war.
The exhibition program was curated Lanfranco Aceti and Tihomir Milovac.
The catalog is authored by Lanfranco Aceti; Ozden Sahin (Editor), Deniz Cem Onduygu (Art Director) and Zeynep Ozel (Designer).


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Above, Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed in the background of Lucas van Leyden's 1520 painting "Lot and his Daughters"
The Old Testament reports that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. Quote: Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; (Genesis 19:24).
According to the Torah, Sodom and Gomorrah were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. The plain corresponds to the area just north of the modern-day Dead Sea.
Apparently not it seems!
It appears that Sodom is on the Central Line east of Oxford Circus and Gomorrah can be reached on the Northern Line south of Tottenham Court Road!
How did the Editor of this organ come by this revelation you ask!
Well, through the dubious offices of BBC3 is the answer. Last night on the TV, between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM there was a documentary, "Prostitution: What's the harm?" which gave a disturbing and depressing account of the attitude of mainly young people towards prostitution.
It appears that the years of taxpayer funded amoral sex education lessons which concentrate on the mechanics of sexual activity alone have had a corrosive and crippling effect on the country's youth. It appears we have brought forth a generation which attaches no shame, disgust, disapproval or guilt about indulging in such activities.
The "sex industry" is one of the growth areas of the British economy.
The programme had a frank interview with a young woman operating in this industry. She was quite open and honest about her trading activities (she sees what she does as very much a work activity and as such approaches it in a methodical and organised manner) and it appears she is equally as open and honest with the inspectors of HM Inland Revenue. This young woman employs and accountant and is a High Rate taxpayer!
As well as revealing the state of decay of public morality, the programme also showed the law as being hopelessly out of date. It posed the question, "What are the politicians going to do about it?" The answer they came up with was the obvious one: Nothing. It showed that this burgeoning industry is being "regulated" by the police.
The police do this by particular enforcement of the law. They will prosecute brothel keepers when they discover that "organised crime" are behind it. This generally occurs when there are reports of trafficked girls being forced to work in these brothels, or when evidence of coercion comes to light. In cases of them receiving complaints from neighbours, the brothel in question is raided and closed down. If there is evidence of trafficking and/or coercion the brothel keeper is prosecuted. If not, and the girls appear to be working voluntarily and the brothel was not "a disorderly house" but and orderly one, the keeper is not prosecuted.
This of course is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs as it should be Parliament that makes the Law and the Police to enforce it without fear or favour. As to the level of penalty born by the offender, that should be the prerogative of the courts.
Of course, there has to be an important rider to this: Enforcement and Punishment must have overall public consent. Here we would have a disconnect. Clearly the publicly quoted attitude of "the man (and woman) in the street" would be for prosecution in most if not all cases and a meaningful sentence (imprisonment) imposed by the courts. Yet, it is also clear that many such respondents would actually (in private) be themselves clients of prostitutes.
What is clear is this: Strict enforcement of the law, with meaningful penalties (imprisonment) handed down by the courts would be an attempt to impose the morality of 1956 (Sexual Offences Act 1956) on a population raised in a completely different society. The proverb; "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there." Is most apposite here.
So, what should be done?
Should brothel keeping be regulated and legalised?
Well this organ's response would be mixed: "Yes and No."
What is absolutely clear is that the country should NOT go down the German road of full legalisation. In Germany we have the appalling state of affairs of unemployed persons having their benefits stopped for refusing to take up work in brothels!
We know that when the good Lord was on Earth He made it His business to visit such establishments. Not as a client but with a view to persuading those working there to cease and desist!
We therefore know the Almighty's views on the matter. This organ therefore does not propose to legalise the activity. That does not mean however that the state should abrogate all responsibility for it's proper regulation.
The British Gazette therefore suggests the following:
That the Law relating to brothel keeping and prostitution be repealed and replaced with a law making it an offence to offer in money or monies worth for sexual services and also to offer sexual services for money or monies worth WHEN not in possession of a valid Qualifying Private Heath Insurance Certificate.
It should also be an offence to allow a person to offer or receive sexual services in premises when that person does not have a valid Qualifying Private Heath Insurance Certificate.
The requirements of what would be a valid Qualifying Private Heath Insurance Certificate could be specified in the Schedule of the Act.
What the British Gazette suggests is this:
-	That those offering sexual services to the public should be required to be fully insured against such eventualities as treatment for sexually transmitted diseases but also for consequential and contingent liabilities as well.
-	That those procuring sexual services to the public should be required to be fully insured against such eventualities as treatment for sexually transmitted diseases but also for consequential and contingent liabilities as well.
The monitoring of this would of course have to be dealt with by the providers of the insurance and their agents. In this world of computerisation and "chip and pin" devices, this is an involved but quite straightforward activity to organise.
Each policy holder (be they a supplier or a procurer) would possess insurance and would have to abide by the terms of that insurance. Failure to comply with ALL the terms of the said insurance would bean that the policy would be invalid and they would be committing the offences of supply and procure without valid insurance.
Such terms would be set by those underwriting the policies but we would expect these terms would involve regular tests at clinics or GPs for "STIs". The frequency of such tests would presumably vary with the frequency of activity. For a prostitute working "full time" such test and examinations would be quite frequent. For a customer making frequent visits to a brothel, again we would expect a frequency of examinations and tests. We would expect monitoring of these activities by use of the ubiquitous "chip and pin" device.
So, how would it work in practice?
OK herewith a scenario.
A man goes into a "massage parlour" to procure sexual services. He climbs the stairs, goes through a door, enters a reception area walks up to the counter. A woman (the madam) sitting at the reception desk asks him how he is and whether he has made an appointment (with one of the prostitutes). He says no and the madam then says; "Well we've got the following girls available." The madam then uses an intercom or otherwise communicates to those prostitutes without customers to walk into the reception area. The women (generally scantily clad) come in in turn and introduce themselves to their prospective customer, immediately retiring without.
Let us say the man has spotted a prostitute from whom he wishes to procure sexual services. He informs the madam of his choice and the duration of the appointment he would like. At this point the madam would ask; "Have you a Health Card?" To which the man would reply; "Yes." He would produce same and be asked to insert it in the chip and pin device and enter his PIN. When the "transaction" has been processed the particular girl would be summoned and she too would enter her card into the same device. The man would then be asked for payment. This could be in Cash (usual when the man is married or otherwise in a relationship) or by Credit Card – if he does not care – when a different chip and pin device would be used.
The result of this would be de-jure regulation and de-facto legalisation through the auspices of the UK's insurance industry.
The justification of such regulations is obvious. Since it is the custom for married men procuring the services of prostitutes not to tell their wives about this, there is a responsibility to ensure the safety and heath of the wife (against STI's). The state has a duty to protect these women who are at risk of being the innocent victims of their husbands philanderings.
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Larry Lovel
March 22nd, 2014 at 19:13
I agree with you but would go further in my criticism of the Editor. He clearly has religious beliefs and presumably thinks he has the right – God given of course! – to legislate according to his religion and expects us (sinful ?) non believers to accept this. Well this correspondent does not.
Prostitution should be legalised and regulated in the same way that any other service industry (Sorry! No pun intended!) is. For me this is a question of liberty and freedom of choice. A woman (or a man) has the right to offer sex for cash just as they have the right to offer to do gardening work for cash. Harridan Hateperson (I like it!) is a typical left wing feminist authoritarian who wants to dictate how people should live their lives. She wants to remove consent by taking away a woman's right to use her body to earn an income. She wants to do so by trying to make out that these are acts of violence against women – and punished as such. This is not only dishonest, it is tyrannical. This "man hater" wants to impose her own tyranny on men like me. Men who from time to time use the services of a prostitute. I don't have any weird desires or taste. I am a widower whose wife has passed away several years ago and am quite happy living alone. I do not want to remarry. Yet I miss the physical intimacy of marriage. True, it is not the same. I would never contract with a woman I even slightly suspected was not providing the service willingly and voluntarily. And this vile harridan wants to turn me into a criminal! Well let me tell this loathsome female that I served the Queen in the armed forces. So let me serve notice on this witch: I do not regard my occasional liaisons as rape. I do not regard my occasional liaisons as sinful. But I do regard my occasional liaisons as fundamentally part of my freedom of choice – and that of the women who provide their services.
Annoyingly, Hateperson will probably ensure that this so called "offence" is a summary only offence – before magistrates and therefore those accused will be unable to exercise their right under Magna Carta to have the case heard by a jury. I would dearly like to argue in front of a jury the philosophical case for allowing these women to provide the service they provide – often to lonely old men like me.
Larry.
The BG is only half right on this. If there was a better candidate for "statutory self regulation" than this industry, I cannot think of it. There needs to be legalisation and regulation of this industry. The Editor of the BG it appears likes to preach from his particular pulpit. Mr Editor; please try and remember that you are sitting in front of a computer typing up a blog. You are not preaching a Sunday sermon from a pulpit!
The Editor is concerned about the cuckold spouse. I am far more concerned about trafficked and exploited girls from all points north south east west brought in by criminal gangs. Cretinous females like Harridan Hatemen who would like to criminalise the purchase of sexual services would only succeed in making a bad
situation far, far worse.
What is needed is a statutory framework imposed by Parliament that sees a regulating body set up by those in the industry and run by those in the industry. These experienced Madams, many of whom started off as working girls know the industry and are the best placed and best experienced to ensure that clean, safe and well ordered establishments exist and those not meeting the standard are closed down.
A properly regulated sex industry would bring about a reduction of STIs, a reduction of violence against women and also bring in a huge revenue to HM Treasury. A win, win, win situation all round.
Of course this won't happen as people like Harridan Hatemen are far more concerned with sending out the right kind of message to their supporters. The fact that her proposals will actually harm, injure and could kill women less fortunate than herself does not seem to bother her.