Security Cameras Eliminates Problems at the Source
They say that prevention is always better than cure. This is true because if you just prevent that problem, it will stop only at that particular time but it will go back and bother people again. However, if you cure the problem or eliminate it at the source, it can be gone for good.
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Security Cameras Eliminates Problems at the Source
Illustration: A H Mackmurdo Peacock 1882 Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo is well known for his furniture design, much of which was produced initially through the company he set up with Selwyn Image in 1882, the Century Guild of Artists. The Century Guild was an important step in the history of the English Arts & Crafts movement.
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Textile Design Work of Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Several weeks ago I received a copy of “Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting,” by Dietmar Elger and translated into English by Elizabeth M. Solaro. It appeared to be a Richter biography.
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‘Authorized biographies’ for artists?
I’m a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. And in the recent Dinner and Dance (Movies theme), I decided to be the White Rabbit! Well, the real reason is that I was lazy and I happened to have a pair of bunny ears lying around my room.
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Chasing the White Rabbit
Introducing Sean Coleman, fellow blogcatalog blogger known as Scole . Sean loves music! He writes about it on his blog called “pod”. Why did he call it pod?
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Finding My Tribe Online… Music Lovers!
The most basic international trade laws relate to tariffs and subsidies and other forms of trade protection which unfairly advantage particular countries in trade relationships. The World Trade Organisation was established in 1995 and represents the most important development in the history of international trade law.
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Law and International Trade
Illustration: Traditional Cretan embroidery The embroidery work produced on the island of Crete has many influences as designated by its strategic trading and cultural position in the eastern Mediterranean, situated as it is between the Asian, African and European mainlands.
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The Embroidery of Crete
With the 2010 Football World Cup looming, teams from all over the globe who qualified for participation in this event are making their preparations to compete in this anticipated football extravaganza. The Algerian football team has fought their way to the 2010 Football World Cup with tenacity and courage, and has just started to take part in warm up matches in preparation for the main event, which will be hosted in South Africa. The entire country will be supporting their team and encouraging them to perform at their best.
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Algeria’s 2010 World Cup Team
Illustration: Mexican Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Perhaps one of the seemingly oddest incorporations in Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament published in 1856 was that of Mexican ornament. Interestingly, but perhaps puzzlingly, Jones placed his illustrations towards what he called Mexican ornament within the chapter dealing with Greek ornament.
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Owen Jones and Mexican Ornament
Degas Le Tub Gray’s Auctioneers is pleased to announce the sale of a rare Hébrard foundry bronze sculpture by Edgar Degas, known as Le Tub . Deba Gray, auctioneer and owner of Gray’s Auctioneers, immediately recognized the sculpture when she first discovered it in a warehouse in New York. What intrigued her was the fact that the sculpture’s base had been violently removed and it seemed to have evidence of fire damage. Here begins the mystery that Ms
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Edgar Degas’ Le Tub
Illustration: Russian lace makers 1911 Little was known in the rest of Europe and the world at large, about Russian lace making until the publication in 1870 of a book dealing with lace, but more specifically that of Russian lace makers. The book was written by Sophie Davydorf and was a rich and detailed history dealing with many different forms of lace making across the Russian Empire. However, probably the most important benefit of Davydorf’s book was her highlighting of the plight of thousands of peasant women who were working slave hours and wages in the production of fine lace for wealthy Russians
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The Plight of Russian Lace Makers
Illustration: Albert Herter The Ship 1913 Albert Herter was an American artist, best known for his fine art paintings, but closely followed by a range of large scale murals that he produced from about 1913 onwards through to the end of the 1920s. Herter also produced a number of tapestries and The Ship is one of the better known and dates from 1913. The tapestry itself is interesting in its style and composition as, although seemingly conventional and representational in both composition and style, it does seem to echo certain elements of the abstract pattern work, particularly within the top third of the tapestry, that was to be so prevalent within the decorative arts, and that of textile design specifically, during the following 1920s and 1930s.
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Albert Herter and the Tapestry Ship
Illustration: William Morris Peacock and Dragon 1878 The Peacock and Dragon is one of William Morris’s woven, rather than printed textile designs.
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William Morris and the Peacock and Dragon
Last weekend I flew home to Vancouver to attend the Sight/Sites of Spectacle symposium at the University of British Columbia. As I had not gone home to visit my parents for almost three years – this trip was a good opportunity to visit with my parents; try to see a few friends and artists; re-immerse myself in the world of art history for a few days and to feel the anticipation of the city on the eve of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games .
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Spectacles, Biennales and the Winter Olympics
The other day I came across an article by a woman who claimed to have the secret to finding your life partner. This woman chose to work for 18 years on herself with experimental therapy, holistic meditation techniques and read books and took classes all for the betterment of her own self. She wanted to erase all of her inner demons, all of her insecurities. Then after nearly two decades of seeking love within herself, she found her life partner and they lived happily ever after.
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Am I Dating Myself?
The third iteration of Radiant Dark: Assets & Values closed Sunday, January 24, 2010. Radiant Dark is the brainchild of Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson of MADE
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Radiant Dark 2010: Assets & Values
Make magazine dedicates its 21st issue to the state of advancement of the various aspects of desktop manufacturing (3D printing and scanning, personal fabrication, etc..). The articles are not available without subscription, but one article that is available represents the views of sector pioneers. The statements were collected by Gareth Branwyn : “* Aaron Nielsen, Oomlout, oomlout.com, a distributed design house that makes laser-cut, open source robot and microcontroller kits What we feel best represents the potential of this burgeoning movement is not a machine, or software, nor is it even immediately identifiable as desktop manufacturing.
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The state of desktop manufacturing
Filed under: Beauty , News , Skin & Body Would you get a nose job recommendation online? Photo: Getty Images If you’ve been secretly contemplating a cosmetic fix-me-up like a nose job or facial injections , the idea of actually scheduling an appointment and taking a few hours out of a workday to see a doc about it could seem daunting, not to mention unrealistic. But now the cosmetic consult is coming to the privacy of your own home – via the internet
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Online Consultations the Future of Plastic Surgery? Some Doctors Say Yes, Others Worry
If you’ve an interest in food history, check out this article about the changing phrases of conversation hearts (love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are the essential Valentine’s Day candy), such as the inclusion of “Tweet Me”.
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Evolving Conversation Hearts
I had my overnight with the “famous” guy last night. In his case, famous means: well known in his circles, and maybe you’ve seen him once or twice in a magazine or on TV. In the interests of keeping his identity anonymous, there are some things I would like to say in this entry that I’m going to have to leave out. He’s an esteemed (according to one description of him that google brought up) antique collector/dealer, or at least enough so that if I mentioned certain pieces/collections he had, someone in the antique world might figure out who he is. I realize my blog isn’t really at the level yet that he would have to worry, but who knows, maybe it will take off overnight and I’ll suddenly be outing my johns. I’ll save that for my multi-million dollar, Heidi Fleiss book deal. Until then, he’ll just be known as “antique man.” We talked a lot on the phone beforehand. He was very talkative (on the phone and in person), which I liked. After setting up our meeting and then confirming a couple times via text and phone, I arrived around 8pm. He met me at the door with a beautiful bulldog, who seemed very friendly. He was probably in his 50s (the man, not the dog), but wasn’t terribly out of shape or bad looking. Just looked his age. He led me into his apartment, which was beautiful, although a little cluttered, which seems to be the antique collector’s way. His fireplace was going, which was very nice. I later learned that the building used to be owned by a famous couple… who I shouldn’t mention. I truly wish I could be more specific, but just know, the apartment and the things he had in it were simply beautiful. We made small talk as he grabbed a bottle of Prosecco and poured us both a glass. He told me that I looked different from my pictures, which I’ve been told before. I need to go through all my picture options with my roommate sometime. Although nobody has been disappointed (they say I’m better in person) I don’t want to misrepresent myself. He said I looked a little more… mature? I also am a little scruffier than my pics make me out to be. As he came back from the kitchen he grabbed me and went for the mouth. We made out for a minute, then headed over to the sofa where we lounged, chatted, listened to some music, and fended off his dog, who was pretty nippy. I think he was jealous of the attention that I was getting that was usually his. We listened to a lot of music… jazz mostly. We had talked on the phone about some hard to find CDs he had gotten that he was excited to play for me
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heaven knows, anything goes.