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Public sculpture, mainly Koons's work

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:16:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It certainly does not leave you indifferent...

Public Sculpture Steps Up

Over the past 15 years public sculpture has become one of contemporary art’s more exciting areas of endeavor and certainly its most dramatically improved one.

Mark Wallinger’s 1999 “Ecce Homo,” a life-size figure of Jesus in London

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The Kapoor Bean

reflective surfaces into an enveloping experience that is both humorous and almost sublime

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No one has been more important to the revival of public art than Jeff Koons

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“Puppy” (1992) by Jeff Koons at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain

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“Puppy” was intensely loveable, triggering a laugh-out-loud visual delight that expanded your sense of the human capacity for joy

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Richard Serra’s “Tilted Arc”

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Richard Serra’s sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art in 2007.

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prim yet erotic “Balloon Dog” sculptures

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you are drawn toward them by their familiarity only to realize that they are unprecedented

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“Cracked Egg (Magenta),”

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Koons’s “Rabbit” was part of the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in 2007

see ourselves in his alluring reflective surfaces

Tags: design, art, koons

WaPo: 'Obama Tax Plan Would Balloon Deficit'

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:02:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: -- "It's not unreasonable to say, 'We're inheriting a budget that's going to have substantial deficits into the future'....But after we've been saying, 'Bush has irresponsible policies we can't afford,' he will be asking us to replace them with different policies we can't afford,' " said a Democratic congressional aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity so he could speak candidly.

-- "Leaving some of the tax cuts in place would cost us a small fortune," said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a member of a group of conservative [!] House Democrats known as the Blue Dogs who have been adamant about following pay-as-you-go rules. "I don't know that any Blue Dog has a good way to pay for that."

Perhaps we should recommend closing the deficit a bit by imposing a tax on newsprint paper, just to see how comfortable the Washington Post and other tax-hiking newspapers are with raising taxes on everyone and everything.

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"Obama Tax Plan Would Balloon Deficit, Analysis Finds." The Post is highlighting research from the "nonpartisan" Tax Policy Center, a project of two liberal think tanks, the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute.

Measured against current law and against the promises of his fellow Democrats, Obama would rack up huge deficits. According to a recent analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, Obama's tax plan would add $3.4 trillion to the national debt, including interest, by 2018.

This is a challenge to the Obama-loving media. Network anchors like Matt Lauer and George Stephanopoulos have used the Tax Policy Center estimates against John McCain. Will they report these numbers and offer negative coverage to Obama?

Don't look for the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute in this article. Montgomery's story relied entirely on policy analysts who oppose extending federal tax cuts (with the exception of Obama spokesman Jason Furman). She calls them "deficit hawks." They include:

Tags: obama's tax plan, brookings institution, urban institute, tax policy center, budget deficit

Baloon Animals! NOT!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:24:56 GMT

clipped by: vandamonium
clipper's remarks: The Chinese have that beat by a long shot. Check out these creations made out of nothing but baloons. Beats the things they made out of condoms.

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Balloon Fashion Show (Amazing)

We think of twisting balloons together as entertainment for little kids, but these photos Taken at a "Balloon Fashion Show" in China illustrate how far it has come as An art form. Some are amazingly imaginative and detailed!

Tags: baloons, fashion, show, amazing

The $1 Million Vacation

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:31:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Where's my tux, my bags, my cigars - hey wait a minute, where's my million?! ;0)

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The $1 Million Vacation

A battle is brewing for bragging rights to the most expensive vacation.

The Emirates Palace resort in Abu Dhabi has announced a Million Dollar Travel package that it promises “incarnates pure opulence.”

Along with first-class airfare and seven nights at a giant suite at the Palace, the package includes:

Chauffeur-driven Maybach at your disposal daily during your stay in Abu Dhabi.

Daily spa treatments.

Day trip in private jet to Iran where you’ll create your own Persian carpet with the country’s most-exclusive and best-renowned hand-maker.

Day trip to Bahrain in private jet for “a pearl deep sea experience,” with the pearl then hand-designed with jewellery settings.

$1 million Around the World in 80 Ways

The 28-night trip starts in London

Camel safari and hot-air balloon ride in Dubai.

Dinner for two at Le Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower.

A specially prepared dinner by Chef Oberoi in his studio in Mumbai, along with cocktails on the Taj yacht.

Tokyo.

Tags: wealthy, million, abu dhabi, emirates palace resort, dubai, uae, india, luxury, travel

Pride = Balloons With Holes :)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:26:06 GMT

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Acting out of pride is like trying to blow up a balloon with a hole in it. It is lonely business requiring consistent effort with only temporary results that never satisfy or please anyone.

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Full of Hot Air

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:03:56 GMT

clipped by: laceym
clipper's remarks: A comment from the site...
"... I kinda understand the Muslim prohibition on "artistic" depictions of the Prophet."

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couples to break ballons

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:27:28 GMT

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What\'s a wedding reception without a little fun aimed at the bride and groom? This wedding game is ideal for any reception.

Celebrate the wedding with a bang! This silly game requires one balloon and the bride and groom. The objective: the new Mr. and Mrs. must work together to pop the balloon using any body part except their hands and feet!

Hmm… this game sounds very interesting. Remember to have the guests cheer on the newlyweds!

Celebrate with a Bang!

Inventions - the 19th Century

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:50:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Many of these seem so much part of life, others seem so primitive in comparison to our time, and yet they were invented not so long ago. A full list on source.

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1800

Frenchmen, J.M. Jacquard invents the Jacquard Loom.

Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery

1810

Peter Durand invents the tin can.

1814

George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive.

The first plastic surgery is performed in England.

German, Joseph von Fraunhofer invents the spectrocope for the chemical analysis of glowing objects.

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph. He took the picture by setting up a machine called the camera obscura in the window of his home in France. It took eight hours for the camera to take the picture.

1819

Samuel Fahnestock patents a "soda fountain".

René Laënnec invents the stethoscope.

1823

Mackintosh (raincoat) invented by Charles Mackintosh of Scotland.

1824

Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon.

1825

William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet.

1827

John Walker invents the modern matches.

Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone.

1829

American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter.

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Are Balloons The New Security Threat?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:37:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hackers pull of stunts like this periodically at conferences to remind people about the security risks of wireless. People forget they're broadcasting a signal far beyond their home or office, and that all kinds of people can see it.

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Rick Hill won't say where he launched his "wardriving" balloon on Friday, but he will tell you that it got a pretty good look at about 370 wireless networks, while scanning up and down the Las Vegas Strip.

Hidden in the back of a 22 foot (6.7 meters) moving truck, Hill and his team of about a dozen volunteers launched the balloon Friday morning, sending it 150 feet into the air for about 20 minutes to use special antennas and scanning software to scope out the Las Vegas skyline for unsecured wireless networks, an activity Hill calls "warballooning."

Hackers have practiced wardriving for years, driving around in cars with computers and specialized software that sniffs for networks.

Tags: defcon, wardriving, warbalooning, security, wireless

24 hours in pictures 8/8/08

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:29:02 GMT

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Clipmarks | Balloon Clips

Public sculpture, mainly Koons's work

WaPo: 'Obama Tax Plan Would Balloon Deficit'

Baloon Animals! NOT!

The $1 Million Vacation

The $1 Million Vacation

Pride = Balloons With Holes :)

Full of Hot Air

couples to break ballons

Inventions - the 19th Century

Are Balloons The New Security Threat?

24 hours in pictures 8/8/08

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Atreyu Being Loyal to Fans

Rememeber the ballooning priest???