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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
On This Date
Saturday, January 10th
The 010th day of 2009.
There are 355 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History
On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
On Jan. 10, 1910, Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, was born.
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On this date in:
1776 - Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "Common Sense."
1861 - Florida seceded from the Union.
1863 - London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 - The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1957 - Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1964 - The Beatles' first album in the United States, "Introducing the Beatles," was released.
1967 - Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS.
1984 - The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
2000 - America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion.
2003 - North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005 - CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service and fired three news executives and a producer for their "myopic zeal" in rushing it to air.
2006 - Iran resumed nuclear research two years after halting the work to avoid possible U.N. economic sanctions. The move was denounced by the United States and European governments.
2007 - President George W. Bush announced he would send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq in an effort to quell violence there.
2008 - The United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over an incident in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
The 010th day of 2009.
There are 355 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History
On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
On Jan. 10, 1910, Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, was born.
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On this date in:
1776 - Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "Common Sense."
1861 - Florida seceded from the Union.
1863 - London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 - The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1957 - Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1964 - The Beatles' first album in the United States, "Introducing the Beatles," was released.
1967 - Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS.
1984 - The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
2000 - America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion.
2003 - North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005 - CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service and fired three news executives and a producer for their "myopic zeal" in rushing it to air.
2006 - Iran resumed nuclear research two years after halting the work to avoid possible U.N. economic sanctions. The move was denounced by the United States and European governments.
2007 - President George W. Bush announced he would send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq in an effort to quell violence there.
2008 - The United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over an incident in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
MANNY'S Recipe
CHI-CHI'S Quick Meal
Breakfast Taco Bowls featuring SPAM
Ingredients:
6 MANNY'S soft taco tortillas
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
12 large eggs
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded zesty Mexican cheese blend, divided
1 can (12 oz.) SPAM, diced _or_
1 (3 oz.) jar HORMEL'S real bacon bits
1 cup CHI-CHI'S medium salsa
Cooking Directions:
Place tortillas into 6 lightly greased (10-oz.) custard cups. Bake at 350 degree F. for 15 minutes. Set aside.
Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Stir together eggs, 1 1/4 cheese, and SPAM; add to skillet. Cook, without stirring, until mixture begins to set. Draw spatula across bottom of pan; continue to cook until eggs are cooked but still moist.
Spoon egg mixture evenly into tortilla bowls. Top with salsa and remaining 3/4 cup cheese.
Serve immediately. Serves 6.
Note: HORMEL real bacon bits may be substituted for the SPAM in the recipe.
Perfect as a snack or a light meal
view more at chichissalsa.com
Breakfast Taco Bowls featuring SPAM
Ingredients:
6 MANNY'S soft taco tortillas
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
12 large eggs
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded zesty Mexican cheese blend, divided
1 can (12 oz.) SPAM, diced _or_
1 (3 oz.) jar HORMEL'S real bacon bits
1 cup CHI-CHI'S medium salsa
Cooking Directions:
Place tortillas into 6 lightly greased (10-oz.) custard cups. Bake at 350 degree F. for 15 minutes. Set aside.
Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Stir together eggs, 1 1/4 cheese, and SPAM; add to skillet. Cook, without stirring, until mixture begins to set. Draw spatula across bottom of pan; continue to cook until eggs are cooked but still moist.
Spoon egg mixture evenly into tortilla bowls. Top with salsa and remaining 3/4 cup cheese.
Serve immediately. Serves 6.
Note: HORMEL real bacon bits may be substituted for the SPAM in the recipe.
Perfect as a snack or a light meal
view more at chichissalsa.com
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Winter Exhibitions - Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania
winter exhibitions
ICA IS FREE FOR EVERYONE!*
Opening Reception · thurs jan 15 @ 6-8pm · free and open to the public
Exhibition Walkthroughs · thurs jan 15 @ 5pm · members only · join on-site
DIRT ON DELIGHT: IMPULSES THAT FORM CLAY
Through June 21, 2009
Walkthrough with curators Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter
"Dirt on Delight" presents significant work in clay by 22 artists spanning four generations: Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Lucio Fontana, Viola Frey, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Jane Irish, Jeffry Mitchell, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Ken Price, Sterling Ruby, Adrian Saxe, Beverly Semmes, Arlene Shechet, Rudolf Staffel, Paul Swenbeck, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood, and Betty Woodman. Ranging from modestly sized pots to large sculptures, these objects cross a spectrum of conventional delineations between fine art, craft, and outsider practices. Collectively they suggest that clay appeals to basic impulses, starting with the delight of building form, coupled with the anxiety of completion.
JOSHUA MOSLEY: dread
Through March 29, 2009
Walkthrough with artist Joshua Mosley and curator Jenelle Porter
Joshua Mosley named his most recent installation dread after photographer Eadweard Muybridge's motion study sequence of a dog titled "Dread" walking. Made over a two-year period, dread is composed of five bronze sculptures, and a six-minute, black-and-white, animated video that combines computer and stop-motion animation, as well as the artist's own music and dialogue. dread follows its protagonists, philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Blaise Pascal, on something of a nature walk. They encounter flora and fauna, and engage in conversation about existence, God, and nature; in the end, they encounter Dread.
TOUCH SENSITIVE: ANTHONY CAMPUZANO
Through March 29, 2009
Walkthrough with artist Anthony Campuzano and curator Kate Kraczon
Known for his use of found language, Philadelphia-based artist Anthony Campuzano activates texts from a variety of sources—newspaper headlines, Wikipedia entries, the covers of paperback novels, trivial cultural events, pop songs, common clichés—in drawings that couple intense color with the tangible presence of the artist's hand. Dubbing his practice "abstract journalism," Campuzano's work wavers between cynicism and celebration over the visual excesses of language. As sentences dip and dodge through his compositions, the act of reading alternately slows or quickens, sometimes lines are reread, sometimes skipped. Regardless of the route taken, the performance of the text becomes central.
ODILI DONALD ODITA: THIRD SPACE
Continues through December 6, 2009
Equally informed by television test band patterns, African textiles, Op art, and digital technology, Odili Donald Odita's vast multicolored wall paintings speak to a contemporary experience of dislocation and decenteredness. Third Space, a symphony of irregularly shaped, fractured planes in 115 shades of housepaint, takes full advantage of the Ramp's soaring, sloping architecture.
* Free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for the public is sponsored by the Glenn R. Fuhrman (W87/WG88) Fund.
Visit online at www.icaphila.org
winter exhibitions
ICA IS FREE FOR EVERYONE!*
Opening Reception · thurs jan 15 @ 6-8pm · free and open to the public
Exhibition Walkthroughs · thurs jan 15 @ 5pm · members only · join on-site
DIRT ON DELIGHT: IMPULSES THAT FORM CLAY
Through June 21, 2009
Walkthrough with curators Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter
"Dirt on Delight" presents significant work in clay by 22 artists spanning four generations: Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Lucio Fontana, Viola Frey, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Jane Irish, Jeffry Mitchell, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Ken Price, Sterling Ruby, Adrian Saxe, Beverly Semmes, Arlene Shechet, Rudolf Staffel, Paul Swenbeck, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood, and Betty Woodman. Ranging from modestly sized pots to large sculptures, these objects cross a spectrum of conventional delineations between fine art, craft, and outsider practices. Collectively they suggest that clay appeals to basic impulses, starting with the delight of building form, coupled with the anxiety of completion.
JOSHUA MOSLEY: dread
Through March 29, 2009
Walkthrough with artist Joshua Mosley and curator Jenelle Porter
Joshua Mosley named his most recent installation dread after photographer Eadweard Muybridge's motion study sequence of a dog titled "Dread" walking. Made over a two-year period, dread is composed of five bronze sculptures, and a six-minute, black-and-white, animated video that combines computer and stop-motion animation, as well as the artist's own music and dialogue. dread follows its protagonists, philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Blaise Pascal, on something of a nature walk. They encounter flora and fauna, and engage in conversation about existence, God, and nature; in the end, they encounter Dread.
TOUCH SENSITIVE: ANTHONY CAMPUZANO
Through March 29, 2009
Walkthrough with artist Anthony Campuzano and curator Kate Kraczon
Known for his use of found language, Philadelphia-based artist Anthony Campuzano activates texts from a variety of sources—newspaper headlines, Wikipedia entries, the covers of paperback novels, trivial cultural events, pop songs, common clichés—in drawings that couple intense color with the tangible presence of the artist's hand. Dubbing his practice "abstract journalism," Campuzano's work wavers between cynicism and celebration over the visual excesses of language. As sentences dip and dodge through his compositions, the act of reading alternately slows or quickens, sometimes lines are reread, sometimes skipped. Regardless of the route taken, the performance of the text becomes central.
ODILI DONALD ODITA: THIRD SPACE
Continues through December 6, 2009
Equally informed by television test band patterns, African textiles, Op art, and digital technology, Odili Donald Odita's vast multicolored wall paintings speak to a contemporary experience of dislocation and decenteredness. Third Space, a symphony of irregularly shaped, fractured planes in 115 shades of housepaint, takes full advantage of the Ramp's soaring, sloping architecture.
* Free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for the public is sponsored by the Glenn R. Fuhrman (W87/WG88) Fund.
Visit online at www.icaphila.org
Monday, January 5, 2009
Update: Hear, hear: Judge Fox's Order - 09.01.05 Preliminary Injunction Adjudication
The decision to close these eleven branch libraries is more than a response to a financial crisis; it changes the very foundation of our City. Two of the libraries scheduled to close, Haddinton and Holmesburg, will result in a reversion of the property back to the original grantor because of deed restrictions. No one questions the economic crisis which has rocked both the City and the Nation. However, we are a Nation of hope. A "crisis" evokes something temporary. Defendants argued there were more than enough libraries in Philadelphia. "Philadelphia has more libraries than any other city in the country." Our library system is more than a century old yet in three short months an economic crisis results in permanently closing eleven branches. This court does not envy the Mayor and the tough decisions he has had to make in this financial crisis. Yet, as this court is bound to follow the law, so is the Mayor. The permanent closing of neighborhood branch libraries is changing the very structure of the Free Library of Philadelphia and not just responding to a "financial crisis."
[To view the whole order, click here]
information via: Young Philly Politics
Mayor Nutter Says Ruling Could Force More Layoffs
Urges Library Closings Be Reconsidered
By CATHERINE LUCEY
Philadelphia Daily News
Mayor Nutter today will ask a Common Pleas judge to reconsider her ruling that the administration can't close 11 libraries without City Council approval.
Nutter, who had planned to close the branches Dec. 31 to help close a $1 billion budget gap over the next five years, said that keeping the branches open would mean reduced service across the library system.
"We only have a certain number of personnel to operate the 53 total branches, which will impact the level of service and continued service," Nutter said. "That will cause us to have to cut back service days and programmatic activity."
Nutter also said that if the city has to keep all the branches open, it likely would mean more layoffs.
Last Tuesday, Common Pleas Judge Idee Fox ruled in favor of seven library patrons and three Council members who sued Nutter, citing a 20-year-old ordinance requiring Council approval to close city buildings.
Fox is expected to provide a more-detailed written order today. Nutter said he wanted to get more information to the judge before that.
"I'm very concerned that we have one last opportunity to lay out in clear terms what this will mean systemwide," Nutter said. He said that after the order is issued, the city still may appeal to Commonwealth Court.
The library closings, along with plans to eliminate seven Fire Department companies, have emerged as the most controversial portions of Nutter's budget cuts.
Trying to reach out to opponents of the library closures, Nutter met Saturday with more than 75 members of the Friends of the Free Library to discuss the financial difficulty of keeping the libraries open.
"My administration wants to work in closer consort with the Friends groups," Nutter said. "I apologize to them for not having an opportunity for having more discussion [earlier.]"
Amy Dougherty, executive director of the Friends of the Free Library, said that library advocates have not been included in talks on how to manage the system with reduced finances. She said supporters would rather see the cuts spread evenly across the library branches.
Dougherty said Saturday's meeting with Nutter "was a different version of the same."
"He's going to continue, and thinks the right thing to do is to shutter 11 branches," she said. "Our members, including those from the 42 branches that are not being shuttered, do not think this is right or necessary."
Background Info:
Crisis A Stopper To Nutter's Year Of Successes
Great Expectations For Nutter Faded As The Financial Crisis Worsened
Mayor Nutter stood at the center of a hot and cramped room at the Kingsessing Recreation Center three weeks ago, repeatedly interrupted by hissing, booing and foot-stomping as he pleaded his case.
"This is the last thing I want to be doing," Nutter told the crowd of his decision to close 11 city libraries, seven fire companies, and 68 swimming pools.
Few seemed to hear him.
"Shame on you, Nutter!" one woman shouted. Another called out: "We voted you in - OK, we can vote you out!"
So much for the carefree, feel-good days of last January, when thousands of Philadelphians waited hours in a line that wrapped around City Hall to shake their new mayor's hand.
After taking office amid some of the greatest expectations for a mayor in recent memory, Michael Nutter ends his first year mired in the thankless work of managing Philadelphia's worst financial crisis in decades.
It is a crisis that has slowed and may ultimately threaten his ambitious plans for reform and renewal.
[Click Here For Complete Article by By Marcia Gelbart, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer]
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Footnote:
Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson, Philadelphia Daily News
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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