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2011 Annual Report

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The Evolution Institute connects the world of evolutionary science to the world of public policy formulation. For any given policy issue, we bring evolutionary experts together with other experts for a respectful and constructive dialogue, resulting in a new agenda for basic scientific research, policy formulation, and policy implementation. We have a rapidly expanding portfolio of projects, from early childhood education to the worldwide economy, and we welcome new partnerships with both individuals and organizations. 

EDUCATION 

Childhood education was our first focal topic, as described in the chapter of The Neighborhood Project titled "Learning from Mother Nature About Teaching Our Children". It also established the procedure for all of our focal topics, which begins by identifying the experts who are already employing an evolutionary perspective, bringing them together with experts who do not yet employ an evolutionary perspective, assessing the current state of knowledge, formulating an agenda of future research and policy implementation, and staying involved over the long term to realize the objectives. Both Jerry Lieberman and David Sloan Wilson are actively working with schools in our respective cities of Binghamton and Tampa.  David's effort resulted in a program for at-risk high school students that works for a small fraction of the cost of Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, as reported in this scientific journal article and this commentary recently published in Education Week. This program is validated with the gold standard of assessment, the randomized control trial. Jerry is working with a school and community center run by a charismatic black pastor, illustrating the degree to which the Evolution Institute's approach can appeal even to devout religious believers. To summarize--evolution can provide a unifying theoretical framework for a practical topic such as education, no less than an academic topic such as religion. The practical benefits are inestimable. 

ECONOMICS

Our focus on economics began with the financial collapse of 2008, as described in the chapter of The Neighborhood Project titled "Evonomics". It involves a partnership with the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), one of the National Science Foundation's largest evolution-related centers. The collaboration began with a conference in 2009 and continues with a series of four workshops that has been meeting over a period of two years. One product is an anthology that will be published by the University of Chicago Press titled Evonomics: Evolutionary Theory as a New Theoretical Foundation for Economics and Public Policy.  Another product is a special issue of the highly respected Journal of Economic and Behavioral Organization (JEBO) that is in preparation. This review article that will begin the special issue shows how evolution can be presented as a general theoretical framework in a way that is respectful of other perspectives and fully cognizant of the entwined histories of evolution and economics as disciplines. This white paper submitted to NSF is a consensus document with 64 signatories, including luminaries such as E.O. Wilson and Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, illustrating the degree to which we are capturing the intellectual high ground for this subject.

RISKY ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR

Bruce Ellis is a distinguished evolutionary developmental psychologist who participated in our education workshop. He was so impressed that he suggested organizing a workshop on risky adolescent behavior, which was held at the University of Arizona in 2009. One product of the workshop is a forthcoming special issue of the elite journal Developmental Psychology, which begins with the attached major review article titled "The Evolutionary Basis of Risky Adolescent Behavior: Implications for Science, Policy, and Practice". This is another example of how we are capturing the intellectual high ground, by involving the most distinguished scientists and publishing in the most distinguished academic journals. Capturing the intellectual high ground is crucial both for deriving policies that work and for establishing authority in public and political discourse. We are continuing to work with Bruce to fund a consortium of research groups conducting comprehensive longitudinal research on a model of human development that they call "the adaptive calibration model of stress responsivity". 

QUALITY OF LIFE FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Jerry has added his lifelong experience as a community organizer and introduced me to urban planners such as Ken Reardon, who heads the Urban Planning department at the University of Memphis. The "field site" approach is so appealing that some of my evolutionist colleagues are eager to get involved in cities such as Newcastle (UK), London (UK), and Singapore. A workshop that Jerry organized on Quality of Life from an evolutionary perspective, which was held in Memphis, engaged organizations such as the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development and the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. All of this has led to an ambitious plan to create a consortium of cities as field sites for measuring, studying, and improving the quality of life. 

FAILED STATES AND NATION BUILDING

EVOLUTIONARY MISMATCH AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

SOCIAL EVOLUTION FORUM

The Social Evolution Forum has three dimensions. First, it is a virtual seminar, that is, a website dedicated to promoting the presentation and discussion of the most novel and important questions in social evolution theory. Second, it has live podcasts and congresses/meetings dedicated specifically to the aims of the SEF. And third, although fundamentally a communication network, the SEF also provides the foundations for inter- and pluri-disciplinary – and, ultimately, trans-disciplinary ­– collaboration. This takes the form of adverts to international funding opportunities, and the posting or publication of interim reports for specialists and for the broader community interested in social evolution.

 

We believe that The Social Evolution Forum will have a considerable impact on interdisciplinary research in social evolution theory, and will contribute to informing and educating the public about pressing issues of today’s society.

EVOLUTION: THIS VIEW OF LIFE

Our newest venture is EVOLUTION:THIS VIEW OF LIFE, an online general interest magazine in which all of the content is from an evolutionary perspective. A pilot version is already active and a redesigned version will be launched and publicized on Darwin’s Birthday (Feb 12) 2012. The mission of the magazine is to do for the general public what EvoS does for higher education, the Evolution Institute does for public policy, and the Binghamton Neighborhood Project does for community-based research. It is the creation David Sloan Wilson's  graduate students named Robert Kadar, who serves as managing editor.  David serves as Editor-in-Chief and the magazine has a staff of eleven section editors, all of whom are professional evolutionists. That gives the magazine more scientific authority than any other popular science outlet, including Scientific American and Discovery. EVOLUTION:THIS VIEW OF LIFE  has tremendous potential for changing the way that the public thinks about evolution.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: 

The mission of the Evolution Institute is to provide a conduit from the world of evolutionary science to the world of public policy formulation. Just as any human-related topic can be studied academically from an evolutionary perspective, virtually any important policy issue can be approached from an evolutionary perspective. This seemed like a bold conjecture when Jerry and I started the Evolution Institute in 2006, but by now I am convinced that evolutionary science can function as a practical toolkit for improving the quality of life, in addition to the academic understanding that it provides. My conviction is based on the focal topics already addressed.

 


With respect to infrastructure, our strategy for developing the Evolution Institute has been to focus first on selected topic areas as a proof of concept for the organization as a whole. Having accomplished that goal, we are now in the process of raising funds for a small staff and general operating budget. It’s amazing what we’ve accomplished on our own, like an incipient ant colony in which the founding queens do all the work, but I look forward to reaching the stage in which there are workers providing the benefits of division of labor!

 

Armed with guidelines, we will evaluate case studies with a high degree of practical relevance for both humans and non-human species. Examples include a) immune system dysfunctions; b) human 4 diet; c) human behavioral decisions; d) learning and cultural evolution, which are open-ended processes that like the immune system can become “confused” in modern environments; e) “ecological traps” that cause nonhuman species to make maladaptive choices; f) nonhuman species in urban and suburban environments. For each case study, we will outline a research  agenda for rigorously establishing the phenomenon of mismatch and devising environmental interventions for achieving practical solutions. Our focus on “what to do about it” will give this working group immediate practical relevance in addition to its basic scientific import.

Why people cooperate in constructing larger social units, and its reverse, social disintegration,have been studied intensively from the perspective of cultural and social evolution. So far, however, the insights coming from this research have not been integrated into our understanding of how to deal with failed states or succeed in nation-building. To jump-start such a dialogue between scientists and policy makers, the Evolution Institute organized a workshop at Stanford University on December 3–5, 2011. This workshop brought together academic experts from such diverse fields as evolutionary, social/political, and historical sciences with diplomats and policy makers. The workshop focused on a particular region where ideas on how to achieve for peace are urgently needed, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

David Sloan Wilson



VirtualBox

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VirtualBox

¿Quieres Instalar Linux,Windows o cualquier otro sistema operativo, pero no quieres formatear el ordenador, o simplemente te da miedo a estropearlo y tener que reinstalar de nuevo?

Pues aquí una solución que actualmente se esta usando no solo en los hogares, sino también en las empresas.

Se llaman maquinas virtuales.  Es un software que emula a una computadora real en la que podemos instalar todo tipo de programas como si realmente estuvieramos en otro ordenador.

Su limitación es proporcional al potencial que posea nuestro ordenador, ya que aunque sea una maquina virtual, es un sistema operativo que conlleva unos requisitos y un minimo hardware que utiliza, aparte de espacio en disco que tenemos que usar para hacerlo funcionar.

Vamos a utilizar una maquina virtual gratuita, llamada Virtual Box, aunque existen algunas más, pero por calidad y sobre todo ser gratuito, nos hemos decantado por esta.

Lo primero que tenemos que hacer es dirigirnos a su pagina oficial:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads 



V27 <3

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Træder man ind af a-mols store, tunge og røde dør, mødes man af en gang, der ikke ser særlig speciel ud. Der hænger en enkelt plakat i stor størrelse på en af væggene, men ud over den, er det eneste der præger gangen, de røde døre, der er kunstfærdigt pyntet af billeder og udklip, der på hver sin måde, afspejler dem der bor indenfor. På venstre side, dør nummer to, bliver ens blik fanget, af en plakat med en indisk kvinde, der hilser en Welcome, en Hannah Montanna-poster og en noget forstørret Pickwick tepose. Tager man i håndtaget, og åbner døren, bliver man mødt af en sød duft af en blanding af diverse teer. Rummet er en anelse rodet, men det er bare med til, at skabe en hygge og genkendelig hjemmelighed.
Vi bad Laura og Clara Luna, der bor på værelset, om at finde fem ting, der betyder noget ekstra.

01. Roomie
»Der er noget helt fantastisk og finurligt, ved at bo sammen med sin veninde. Man udvikler et helt specielt forhold, der rækker langt ud over små fejl og mangler, som man lærer at leve med efter meget kort tid.«

02. Te

»Vi drikker rigtig meget te! Det giver en vindunderlig duft, og så minder det, om en masse hyggelige stunder vi har haft sammen.«

Clara Lunas yndlings er den grønne kvæde te, Lauras er Cool Mint.

03. Tøj
»Vi har hver især en masse tøj, som ligger og flyder på hele værelset. Vi bruger hele tiden f hinandens, men det er helt cool, når vi ved, at vi selvfølgelig passer på det. «

04. Harry Potter-væg
»Hele vores ene væg er dækket af Harry Potter-plakater. Det er hammer hyggeligt at komme ind, og se alle de velkendte ansigter smile ned på én. «

05. Lyskæder
»Vi har tit alt lys slukket, på nær lyskæderne. De giver alle et romantisk og roligt lys, så man kan virkelig nyde tilværelsen og livet, når kun de er tændt. «

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Fire Finurlige Instrumenter

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»Den er købt i en lille, akustisk butik i Svendborg, der forhandler guitarer, ukuleler og andre strenginstrumenter, allerførste uge her på efterskolen. Jeg havde længe, gerne ville have en mandolin, og da jeg den i butikken, blev jeg helt forelsket. Den kostede kun 1300, hvilket er ret billigt, så jeg blev nødt til at have den. Jeg bruger den nogen gange i sammenspil, men ikke rigtigt i andre bands.«

På en efterskole som denne, hvor musik er i fokus, og der er fyldt med spirende talenter med interesse for musik, kan det ikke undgås, at der bliver spillet på nogle sære, sjove, skøre og mærkværdige instrumenter.

Stig Bo – Mandolin

»Jeg købte den for noget tid siden, i en musikbutik i Svendborg. Den kostede kun 35 kr., og så syntes jeg, at den var virkelig sjov, så jeg tænkte bare ”Hvorfor ikke?”. Jeg har spillet sammen med Stig, hvor vi havde en jødeharpe hver. Det var ret sjovt, for den kan mere, end man lige går og tror. Jeg har faktisk tre jødeharper i forskellig størrelse, og med forskellig lyd.«


Tobias Thybo – Jødeharpe

»Det var en julegave, men jeg ved alligevel godt hvor den er købt. Den er fra en tysk hjemmeside der hedder thomann.de, og har kostet omkring 350 kr.. Jeg blev inspireret af bandet Nór, til at anskaffe mig en, fordi jeg syntes den var rigtig spændende, og lækker af høre på. Lige pt. Spiller jeg ikke i nogen bands med den, men jeg har fremtidsplaner om nogle kalimba-eksperimenter.«

Frederik Bjerring – Kalimba

Vi har sat spot på dem, og har gjort hvad vi kan, for at opsnuse de mest mærkelige instrumenter, denne gamle skole kunne gemme på.
Her er fire af dem

»Jeg købte den for en måneds tid siden over nettet, og den ankom i vinterferien, mens jeg var på skiferie i Frankrig, hvor jeg bor. Den kostede 1000 €. Jeg købte den, fordi mine bands tit klager over, at min akustiske kontrabas spiller for svagt, så jeg tænkte, at jeg ville købe en, man kan skrue op for, og det kan man på den elektriske. Jeg vil sige, at den ikke har samme karisma som den store, men den er mere praktisk at transportere.«

Mattis Applequist – Elektrisk kontrabas



Pretty Lips

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DAMN

SHE'S GOT 

PRETTY 

LIPS.



Mosh Sleeps Naked? She Says So...

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MISS MOSH SLEEPS 

NAKED?

"I sleep in the nude or just in my underwear. I actually can't remember my last dream. There's this Russian theory that if you look out the window right after you wake up, you forget what you dreamed about because you immediately reconnect to reality as soon as you look outside. I don't know if its actually true, but I remember looking out the window the last time I had a dream."

   



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IT'S  OFFICIAL !!!

godspeed 

YOU !

WILL be playing this years Pitchfork Music Festival !!!

Tickets go on sale Mar. 9th

 THEY ARE PLAYING SATURDAY JULY 14

TICKETS ARE $45 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DAY.

VIA TICKETWEB @ NOON ......Here is a direct link:



Kitty Kissing Booth

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What are you waiting for? 

    

   

Am I not cute enough? 



Like a 12 Pack of Beer, but for Tacos.

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You can tell a lot about a man, by what he brings to the party.

I usually bring myself.



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WORD OF MOUTH

I love you, my daughters, with all my heart
I've adored you all from the very start

I thank God for making you who you are
To me you're just like shining stars

You give me encouragement and praise
I so appreciate your special ways

I love to talk with you and share
You show me that you really care

I'm so proud to call each my friend
On one another we can depend

With you in my life I am blessed
My daughters, you are the very best

DIAMOND_-DESTINY A.K.A MRS_EXkLuZiiVe

 (A loving mother and co-ceo of Majestic $kull)



Soundvenues Bagmænd

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Nicolai Torp, chefredaktør

 

Hvad præcist går dit arbejde ud på?
»Jamen, jeg er chefredaktør. Det er mig, der ligger de overordnede linjer for bladet, og bestemmer hvad vi skal skrive om, og hvordan vi skal skrive det. Jeg har kontakt til de andre redaktører, der fortæller, hvad de har af materialer fra journalister mm..
Som chefredaktør tager man sig også af de mere kedelige ting som markedsføring, events og økonomi.«



Hvilken uddannelse har du taget, for at nå til hvor du er nu?
»Jeg læste film- og medievidenskab på KUA. Jeg havde faktisk troet, at jeg ville være filmjournalist, men fordi jeg interesserer mig mere for musik, valgte jeg at blive musikjournalist.
På Soundvenue er der faktisk ikke nogen af redaktørerne, der har taget en uddannelse på journalisthøjskolen. Jeg siger ikke, at man ikke skal tage en uddannelse, for det synes jeg man bør, men i det samfund vi lever i i dag, er der også mange andre måder at komme frem på, end ved slavisk at gå frem ved en uddannelse.«

Hvor ofte søger man nyt job, når man er i din branche?
»Jeg ved ikke helt, hvor ofte der skiftes job indenfor journalistik. Jeg har været med på Soundvenue siden begyndelsen, så jeg har aldrig haft hverken lyst eller behov for at skifte job. Men generelt er der stor arbejdsløshed inden for journalistik. Der er vitterligt ikke særlig mange arbejdspladser, så mange journalister ender desværre i kommunikation.«

Er dit job mentalt hårdt at have?
»Fordi Soundvenue stadig er et relativt lille magasin, er vi nødt til at spare rimelig meget her og der. Så der er ikke råd til, at ansætte en hel masse folk, til at ordne alle mulige ting. Derfor er vi nødt til at klare det hele selv. Så det er lange arbejdsdage, med utallige deadlines. Jeg arbejder op imod 50 timer om ugen, og hvis man ikke synes, det vi nu laver er fedt, så er det et meget hårdt job at have.«

Hvilke råd kan du give, hvis man gerne vil gå i dine fodspor?
»Hvis man gerne vil starte et blad, skal man også tage højde for alle de kedelige ting, som økonomi osv., så det kan godt være svært, hvis man ikke har andre med sig.
Men mit bedste råd, hvis man gerne vil være musikjournalist, er at skrive så meget man overhoved kan. Starte en blog med nogle venner, være med i skolebladet, og der fra få så meget erfaring man overhoved kan. Og så få kritik på det man laver. Selvom man nogen gange kan få nogle ordentlig hug, vil det alt sammen være med til, at gøre en bedre til det man gør.«

Hvordan starter man sit eget blad, og hvordan er livet som redaktør? Jeg har snakket med de to vigtigste hoveder på mode- og musikmagasinet Soundvenue, der har hjulpet mig, til at blive oplyst omkring det hektiske liv i journalistbranchen.

Kristian Keller, magasinredaktør

 

Hvad præcist går dit arbejde ud på?
»Jeg er magasinredaktør og ansvarlig for produktionen af al indhold til Soundvenue Magazine. Det vil sige udvælgelse af de artister vi skriver om, og hvordan vi dækker dem (forside, længere interview, kortere interview), ideer til længere featureartikler, korte nyhedsbaserede artikler, etc. Kort sagt idéudvikling og udvælgelse af alt materiale til magasinet. Derudover finder jeg ud af hvilke journalister, fotografer, makeupartister og stylister, der skal lave de forskellige opgaver, snakker pris med dem og idéudvikler med dem på de individuelle opgaver. Og så redigerer jeg efterfølgende alle tekster i magasinet.«



Hvilken uddannelse har du taget, for at nå til hvor du er nu?
»Jeg er journalistuddannet fra et amerikansk universitet, hvor jeg har en bachelor i journalistik og er et famøst speciale fra en mastergrad i journalistik.«



Hvor ofte søger man nyt job, når man er i din branche?
»Det er nok meget individuelt, men jeg tror, at hvis man først er fuldtidsansat på en kulturredaktion, så bliver mange hængende i ret mange år. Ofte opbygger journalisterne også en slags identitet via mediet, altså de fleste forbinder Erik Jensen eller Kim Skotte med Politiken. Det er selvfølgelig et plus for både journalisten og mediet.«



Hvilke type jobs har du haft, før du kom til at arbejde hos netop Soundvenue?
»Soundvenue er faktisk mit første fagrelevante fuldtidsjob, men jeg har op gennem min 'ungdom' skrevet for en masse publikationer, fra lokalsprøjten på Bornholm, da jeg var teenager, starte en skoleavis på min lokale Handelsskole, til at være redaktør på avisen på det universitet, hvor jeg læste i USA. Og jeg har jeg skrevet lidt freelance for forskellige danske medier.«



Hvad inspirerede dig til at vælge netop denne retning inden for journalistik?
»Jeg har altid interesseret mig utrolig meget for musik og godt kunne lide at formidle glæden ved musik. Det har jeg gjort på den ene eller anden måde i mange år. Men det var på mange måder lidt et tilfælde, at jeg endte med at gå den vej professionelt, tror jeg. Jeg manglede netværk indenfor branchen, da jeg kom til Danmark og freelancede forskellige steder, blandt andet hos Soundvenue, da de søgte anmeldere, og det udviklede sig i takt med, at magasinet blev et betalingsmagasin.«



Er dit job mentalt hårdt at have?
»Jobbet som musikjournalist generelt tror jeg ikke nødvendigvis er mentalt hårdt, men jobbet som magasinredaktør hos Soundvenue er forholdsvist hårdt. Der er meget at se til og et stort ansvar. Men generelt bør musikjournalister føle et stort ansvar overfor at være opsøgende og bredt orienterede, så deres valg af kunstnere bliver taget på et velovervejet grundlag.«



Hvilke råd kan du give, hvis man gerne vil gå i dine fodspor?
- er der nogen faldgrupper?
»Uh, det er svært Men jeg synes, det er vigtigt at finde ud af, hvad der driver værket. Hvis det er en forestilling om, at det er 'sejt' eller 'rock'n'roll' at være musikjournalist, så er man på afveje, men hvis det er en stor interesse for musik og en lyst til at udbrede den 'gode' musik, så er man måske mere på rette vej. Så synes jeg, at man skal prøve at blive oplyst omkring musik, høre meget musik og læse meget musikjournalistik. Og så skal man frem for alt få en masse erfaring: Søg praktikpladser, freelance (måske endda gratis, hvis nødvendigt i starten) og prøv at få foden indenfor, så du kan bevise dit værd – og vær ikke bange for at have markante holdninger, så længe de er velovervejede.«

Soundvenues Bagmænd



Swiss Beatz Diggin' Damien Hirst

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Swiss Art 

HIp hop producer Swiss Beatz is all smiles digging Damien Hirst's 'Spin Painting.' Let's check out some of his background see if he can afford a Hirst piece -

 


 

Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Jones) was born in New York and has an estimated net worth of $65 million dollars. A rap artist, producer, and painter, Swizz Beatz started his own record label, Full Surface in 2001 at the age of 23. In addition to producing hit songs for other artists, he has released two solo albums, been nominated for three Grammy Awards, and won one in 2011 for the song, “On to the Next One” with Jay-Z.

   



Kiki Valdes Confronted by Stephen Marley

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KIKI VALDES 

 "A Little Bird Told Me" 2012

Painted this at a benefit for Pincrest Gardens with private concert by Stephen Marley. Mr. Marley confronted me about the painting wanting to know what it means. He put me on the spot in a way that made me speechless. I was not expecting a musician to question my actions as a painter. But then again he’s a Marley….a legend. 

- KV



Nutrition Info for Nacho Cheese

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Nacho Bell Kanye 

 

 

Calories

A typical serving of nacho cheese sauce is 47 g, or about 1.7 oz. A serving of nacho cheese sauce contains 50 calories, which provides 2.5 percent of the daily value for calories. This daily value is based on a standard diet of 2,000 calories per day, according to Fatsecret. A serving of nacho cheese sauce contains 35 calories from fat and 15 calories from carbohydrates.

Fat, Carbohydrates 


A serving of nacho cheese sauce provides 4 g of fat, which is 6 percent of the daily value for fat. This fat content consists of 3 g of unsaturated fat and 1 g of saturated fat, which is 5 percent of the daily value of saturated fat. A serving of nacho cheese sauce also has 3 g of carbohydrates, or about 1 percent of the daily value for carbohydrates. Nacho cheese sauce contains no protein.

and Protein

Nacho cheese sauce is generally a mixture of an easily melted cheese product and pickled jalapenos. Lets see exactly what Kanye West put in his body for this basketball game. Let's go! 



We Piss Anywhere!

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"We piss 

anywhere 

man."

- Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

       



Jay Chou Coffee Stain Portrait

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Artist Red Hong (who practices painting without a tradtional brush) creates a portrait using coffee cup stains:

 

This project was inspired by the opening and closing lines in Jay Chou’s song, ‘Secret/不能说的秘密’. The opening line is about lifting a coffee cup off the saucer, “冷咖啡离开了杯垫” . The ending line of the song is about autumn leaves and fragmented pieces, “飘落后才发现 这幸福的碎片, 要我怎么捡?”. Hundreds of individual coffee stain rings, many of them broken and imperfect like fallen autumn leaves, form a whole portrait.

 

… The project took about 12 hours to finish. Coffee is quite a challenging medium to use - too little water and the rings wouldn’t form easily, too much water and the rings would blend into each other, resulting in just a deformed pool of coffee. I had to also wait for the lighter parts too dry up before stamping on the darker rings, or else the rings would not be visible.

 

You can see a video of the piece being made at Red’s blog here

Coffee Stain Painting 

Young artist makes a whole painting portait of Jay Chou. What do you think? 



Rick Santorum Knows Best

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If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything.”

RICK SANTORUM 

KNOWS HOW TO MAKE SOFT SERVE HARD. 

- Rick Santorum 



Ai Weiwei's new exhibition in Paris

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ai weiwei

AI WEIWEI -a conceptual artist

"Interlacing" is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by the Chinese artist, it foregrounds Ai Weiwei as the communicator: the documenting, analyzing, interweaving artist who communicates via many channels.
In "Interlacing", Ai Weiwei deliberately confronts social conditions in China and in the world, he is a generalist, a conceptual, socially critical artist dedicated to creating friction with, and forming reality. As an architect, conceptual artist, sculptor, photographer, blogger, Twitterer, interview artist, and cultural critic, he is a sensitive observer of current topics and social problems:,

  Detained on April 3rd 2011 by the Chinese authorities because of his political activities, released on bail June 22nd 2011, he is still, today, banned from leaving the country.  the show " Interlacing" runs until April 29th in Paris.

new exhibition in Paris "Interlacing"

(1983-93) spent in New York, Lower east side



Weird Cloud UFO Falls from the Sky

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You know how the biggest annoyance with UFO videos is that they are blurry and shaky and look sort of like somebody threw a bunch of LEDs into the sky and filmed them? Well, you certainly can't make that complaint about this video, which captures a truly bizarre UFO floating down from the sky, getting caught on a fence, and then being touched by a friend of the person filming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

There is a whole internet lore around so-called Cloud UFOs, which are basically clouds that UFO supposedly hide behind or inside. Could this be a chunk of one such cloud, drifting to earth? Or is it something even more creepy, like a blob of industrial waste foam? Either way, WHY IS THIS GUY TOUCHING IT?

Weird Cloud Falls 

From The Sky?

  

 

   

 

This video footage appears to be from some part of the Middle East. People are saying the cloud-like form is some type of 'Cloud UFO' or some type of fume from an industrial plant. I hope the guy that touches it didn't die. What is it? You Decide! 

Villager touches the cloud-like form when it falls on the fence from the sky. 



Heads Up (lol)

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HEADS UP

IS IT WRONG TO LAUGH AT THIS? 

A. No this is horrible. Poor old man! 

 

B. Yes (but you are going to hell) 

 

C. Yes (but you were going to hell anyway)