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Win A 1 Month Club Penguin Membership *OVER*

ClubPenguinSky is hosting a giveaway where you can win a 1 month Club Penguin Membership. It will be a simple and funny contest and not a refresh competition. To win the code, all you have to do is leave a Club Penguin related funny joke or a meme in the comments of this post. You can participate multiple times. This contest ends January 20. The winner will be picked on January 21 and will be revealed on this post. The winner should have to provide twitter username or email so we can contact you to send you the code. Not providing within 24 hours can eliminate the winner and a new winner will be picked. Here are once again all the instructions:

  1. Comment a funny Club Penguin related joke or a meme.
  2. Do not copy. Jokes must be original, created by you only for this contest.
  3. You can participate multiple times as long as you're commenting original jokes created by you.

Terms & Conditions:

            1. The code expires on 6th February, 2015 so you have to use the code before the date, i.e 5th February, 2015.
            2. This code does expire eventually so it is best to use within a week. As a reminder as well, these codes are only applicable to accounts that have not had membership within the last 60 days.
            3. Must be following @ClubPenguinSky and @Azeemsky
            4. You have to Tweet: I've participated in the @ClubPenguinSky's membership contest :D

              That's all for now. If you'd like, you can read our tweets on twitter for some inspiration. Best of luck everyone.

              Result: The giveaway was cancelled as only 1 penguin participated. We guess the joke was on us.

            10 Ways 2015 Can Be A Fun Ride For Club Penguin

            As the penguins honouring 2014 as the worst year of Club Penguin because of there disappointing parties and many other things. This year many players feel bored of Club Penguin and even some had given up this year (including me). Club Penguin really needs to fix there past errors and have to come up with something good in 2015 before the water rises over the heads. ClubPenguinSky has listed out 10 things Club Penguin needs to focus in 2015.

            1. Parties and Plot Lines

            Club Penguin this year was sacked due to it's less decorative parties and in 2013 it was sacked due to hard challenges to obtain free items instead of getting them simply. Club Penguin here seems to get confused where to improve. Players are often getting angry on takeover parties and often on new changes to the parties and wanting the old party returns. As Club Penguin has a busy year ahead as they needs to focus on there mobile platforms and many other things, Club Penguin could be fun with less decorations. All they have to do is make a good plot line. Link events with each other (not all events), instead of introducing new characters they could use old characters who has strong storyline to tell but has been forgotten (Bambadee, Scorn) or for a future party Club Penguin can tease us some hints in game or in Club Penguin specials or shorts (If they are having any) 2-3 months before the party arrives. Example if March party is a medieval party, they could tease Scorn sightings over the island and a article related to it in news paper and a month before next Merry Walrus, if Merry Walrus is seen in telescope coming to Club Penguin as Migrator is showed before Rockhopper arrives, it will create a hype, an excitement in Club Penguin players and instead of renovating island for a party (Liking adding mall instead of stage), just use a little bit of decoration in that place and also for the places which are not going to get decorated at all. But Club Penguin needs to understand Halloween and Holiday (now-a-days Merry Walrus) parties are huge parties as they have been part of Club Penguin since the year one and they are also celebrated all over the globe. They need to give more time to this both parties. And this year introduced mini parties should continue but with good plot lines.

            2. Characters

            Club Penguin has been introducing new characters lately and then forgetting about them. Merry Walrus and Sasquatch are the latest among them. With more to tell about this characters, Club Penguins has lot of stories to tell about there previous characters too which still are untold. Club Penguin has plenty of characters from good to evil but they're failing in continuing there stories. Example Bambadee, Proto bot, Tusk etc. The most beloved character is Bambadee and there is no sign of him from the ages. Club Penguin should make him meetable character and make him on run like Sasquatch. Club Penguin also have lots of party characters which are mentioned in Club Penguin when there parties are near. (Example Gariwald, Skip, Garugg the Ugg Ugg, Scorn the dragon king etc.) Club Penguin should add books about these characters in Club Penguin times office and should have there reference throughout the year which will make them stay connected with us and more Club Penguin will be expand.

            3. Elite Penguin Force

            Elite Penguin Force is a trump card of Club Penguin. EPF has always been a success for Club Penguin. Penguins proved it when Operation Blackout shattered all the records. Then in previous year, Club Penguin introduced new type of missions game play, 'in-game missions' which were very much enjoyable like PSA missions but since then they haven't returned. Club Penguin needs to do them more at least once in 2-3 months and if Club Penguin updates there gameplay into #CpNext we could do them again and again whenever we want like we could had done with PSA missions. And Club Penguin should tease us there upcoming in-game mission 1-2 months before they takes place (like strange activities occurring around Club Penguin, a spy phone message regarding this issues and news paper making awareness about some activities.) It would make us excited for future Club Penguin events. When we hear EPF, first thing come to our mind is Herbert. So does in Club Penguin's mind. This has to change this year. Club Penguin has good set of villains. Protobot, Tusk, Skip, Scorn the dragon king, etc. Club Penguin could use them too. I know Herbert is our beloved villain and he could still play larger roles but let others make EPF on run too. Club Penguin could link them together like Herbert creating a team of villians (Example Spiderman's Sinister Six) and this could be the event of the month but one problem with EPF is, they're not keeping themselves a secret identity. Club Penguin should make them more secret. Back in 2011, Club Penguin did a superb job by covering the Operation: Hibernation with the great sled race event. It made us feel EPF secrecy is a real deal. With adding more EPF gadgets and good (sensible) plot lines, EPF can make 2015 year of the Club Penguin.

            4. Card Jitsu

            Last time we had a new card jitsu game, it was in 2013 and before it we had a new card jitsu game in 2010. Club Penguin is surely taking a long time in developing Card Jitsu games and of course they need time for creating them but I think its now time for another Card Jitsu game. After the disastrous 2014, Club Penguin now needs to strike back and Card Jitsu is the one which can help them. After the release of Card Jitsu Snow, we are left with no amulets to collect but thanks to Club Penguin fans who help them create myths like Rainbow Puffle, Golden Puffle, Ice berg tipping etc. They also came up with Card Jitsu Shadow idea back in 2011. (It wasn't confirm weather the leaks were from Club Penguin files or where fan mades but it seems most of them were fan created, you can get all the information regarding shadow ninja by clicking here). But to say it was a brilliant idea. Players also accepted the idea with the open hands. Now Club Penguin needs to have a go with this myth and tusk making a return will be cherry on top.

            5. Merchandise

            2014 was the year where we saw empty shelves of Club Penguin toys at shops. The hype of Club Penguin magazine went down, Club Penguin didn't have 2014 annual yet, no new card jitsu collectible cards, no new treasure book and the drought of 1 year membership cards. All we had was overwhelming 3 months and 6 months membership cards. Club Penguin needs to focus on there merchandises. They should create new line of Club Penguin toys, card jitsu cards with a all new treasure book and by all new means upgrading the catalog by new creativity. The hype for Club Penguin magazine could return by adding more exclusive contents in it, more exclusive free items and most important is making it available in more countries. Club Penguin should distribute more 1 month membership cards instead of 3-6 months and a new wii or Ds game could make a cherry on top. Club Penguin EP 'The Party Starts Now' was released in 2013 and was a great success and by now Club Penguin has enough of singles to release there next EP. They can release a new EP this year around the Music Jam which can make profits for Walt Disney records if promoted well. But the main problem is there stuffs being available in only certain countries. Club Penguin recently made there stuffs available in Mexico. They needs to do that more. Many kids are eagerly waiting for Club Penguin merchandise to become available in there countries for years. (Like me in India). So they should discuss with Disney about this. At lest adding them online could be best if they think it's a risk to do.

            6. Outside the Game

            Club Penguin had a short run of there shorts on Disney channel in year 2012-2013 and then last month Club Penguin made a return to our T.V screens with there Christmas special 'We Wish You A Merry Walrus". This is the platform where the Club Penguin could attract new audiences. Back when the shorts aired on Disney Channel, my cousins saw them and requested me to create a penguin for them. They joined joined Club Penguin and played it for a short period. Creating more content for T.V can make the older players re-join Club Penguin and the current players excited but I think Club Penguin shouldn't go with stop motion as they take long time to create and now are old fashioned. I'd love to see 22 minutes long episode runs on Disney Channel. Club Penguin has strong stroy lines, the show can become Disney's next Phineas and Ferb. Club Penguin has a spy agency, a good villian, pirates, ninjas, good characters and much more. The show is a win-win for Disney but if they are not interested, short runs between the breaks are also accepted but they need to make a long season. At least around 13 episodes.

            7. Mini updates

            Club Penguin had brought heavy changes to the island in past years but it was just renovating. Club Penguin should add mini changes to the places around Club Penguin like they could add another telescope on ski hill so we can see other part of Club Penguin (we had fixed a telescope in a PSA mission). They should update the cove's binocular's vision (It is the only thing old in the newer Club Penguin). Club Penguin should do something to make collecting stamps more fun as this year saw a huge let down in stamps. No new stamps even we had two permanent mascots. Upgrade the postcard system.  Adding more books in the Club Penguin times office. New books about new myths using the characters like Gariwald, Skip, Garugg the Ugg Ugg, Scorn the dragon king, etc and maybe a Rockhopper's adventures book. Club Penguin could be more creative and can do something more. Club Penguin could add an extra paper to the club penguin times. Have some new stage plays. Add some little things to the places or perhaps they could add some extra snow.

            8. Myths

            Everyone knows Club Penguin is more fun because of the myths. We had Director identity, Golden Puffle, Rainbow puffle myths which were mysteries for years and were finally revealed in previous years. Now its time to create more myths and reveal more myths. The current Club Penguin myths are Rockhopper island, Ice-berg tipping and Card Jitsu shadow. Club Penguin needs to reveal at least one myth to wash away there 2014's sins and also Club Penguin should start plotting more myths for future.

            9. Penguins the Explorers

            This year Club Penguin should take us beyond our beloved island. Club Penguin needs to bring another Rockhopper Quest where we could go on search for new islands, treasures! Club Penguin can also let us explore the wilderness of Club Penguin or explore the beneath of Club Penguin, or maybe in the mountains of Club Penguin, etc. That kind of brown Puffle cave expedition needs to happen more.

            10. #CpNext

            In 2013, Club Penguin revealed there plans of making computer Club Penguin interphase change into mobile device 3D game interphase (This movement was called CpNext) which was met with a huge drama in Twitter community because of the servers problems but as Polofield once said in a tweet, most of them don't know what they are saying. Exactly! Club Penguin knows servers are important part of Club Penguin as they help penguins hosts party, meetups and let them get together with friends. They know it and they will surely come up with something. If they solves this problem, Club Penguin could become a lot more enjoyable. We can have 3D shapes, 3D puffles, new lookout and as said above about EPF in-games missions. But it seems impossible this year as Club Penguin just launched Club Penguin on Android and now the work has increased to maintain Club Penguin on web, iOS and Android. But if Club Penguin pulled off CpNext this year after a disaster year, all there sins can be forgotten.

            After the disastrous 2014 year, Club Penguin now needs to save there sinking migrator. With adapting some of there old ways and mixing them with new ideas can create a delicious cake for Club Penguin. What do you think? Did you feel an excitement reading the post? Tell your suggestions, agrees and disagrees in the comments.

            5 Reasons Merry Walrus Failed

            After all the up and downs this year, Club Penguin surely wanted to end this year on a high. They made Club Penguin app available to download on Android devices. Made a Club Penguin special for the T.V and an unnecessary renovated Holiday party. The new traditon full party was hugely disliked by Club Penguin players. ClubPenguinSky has point out 5 reasons where merry walrus failed to deliver what players were expecting from a huge party.

            1. Plot Line

            Plot lines are important part of Club Penguin as they create an excite inside us but sadly these days Club Penguin are struggling in making good plot lines. Now a days Club Penguin is creating childish plot lines which are rushed, making everything pointless. I know Club Penguin is targeted towards child audience but they shouldn't forget there is grown up audience too who cares about the plot lines. Merry Walrus plot line was completely a no brainer. A Walrus came flying to Club Penguin, took over the Rockhopper organized coins for change event and changed our beloved holiday party into his traditional event without anyone knowing why? Not much of his presence was known in Club Penguin until now. If Merry Walrus is a Santa type Walrus At least Club Penguin should had hinted us with a myth in recent months. Everything happened so fast but Club Penguin said in there We Wish You A Merry Walrus Special behind the scenes video, Club Penguin took almost a year to make the Club Penguin special "We Wish You A Merry Walrus." It means they had planned this change soon after the Holiday party 2013 so it means they had plenty of time to plot the story line, they had a big window opened to gave us hints through out the 2014 year as they use to do in old days of Club Penguin. Instead of this rushed plot line they could had gave us a good plot line by linking Merry Walrus with the previous month Pirate Party. Instead of the rushing crab takeover plot line and using the previously used idea of Migrator sinking, Club Penguin could had used the event to set up the Merry Walrus party. Rockhopper could had take us to another quest like he did back in February 2012. We could had explored Merry Walrus island and his castle. Penguins met Merry Walrus there and then Merry Walrus decided to come to Club Penguin. It could had been a superb plot line. People this days loves plot lines which are linked with another plot line (Example Marvel Cinematic Universe movies).Club Penguin missed a good opportunity.

            2. Character and Title

            "It's my name and it's my catchphrase" NO. This is where the creativity gets sink like migrator. Naming the mascot and the party of same name isn't a good idea. Club Penguin could had named Merry Walrus (Talking about mascot) Mr.Walrus or something else. It's confusing and sounds childish to me. And also instead of making a Walrus Santa for us, they could had created an old age penguin a Santa for us who is same age as Sensei and linking them together could had opened doors for another Card Jitsu. Perhaps Club Penguin created Walrus a mascot because Walrus rhymes with Christmas? (Not really). Merry Walrus came to the island and volunteers to deliver all of the coins penguins donate around the world with his sleigh but who was doing this work before the Merry Walrus? Can the penguins trust a walrus? Rockhopper played a crucial role in We Wish You A Merry Walrus so Club Penguin could had made Rockhopper organize the Coins For Change and let Merry Walrus do his traditional party.

            3. Decorations

            This year Club Penguin parties saw less decorations due to the extra work of mobile devices but Club Penguin should understand Christmas party is a huge party and it is being celebrated every year since Club Penguin was created. Club Penguin just could had pulled off some few decorations to the un decorated rooms instead of not decorating them at all. Christmas is also special because it's the time of the year when sky has night. Club Penguin could just had changed it to night which would had added more Christmas feeling to the penguins. The music was good but with all other flavors missing, they weren't enjoyable.

            4. Items

            New traditions they said and the new tradition were the tasks we were doing since Disney bought Club Penguin.

            Gifts for everyone they said and we got very few items compare to any Holiday party. When we had Holiday parties, we use to get over 30 free items. The 12 days countdown used to have 2 free items per day. 1 for member and 1 for everyone and then Rockhopper would had brought us loads of free items which would had good looks. And we were left with another puffle and to obtain it was another let down. No challenging quests and we were forced to believe the latest puffle is the magical puffle of any puffle breed.

            5. Coins For Change

            This year Coins for Change was like K in the word Knock. It's there but pointless. Club Penguin were so lost in promoting there We Wish You A Merry Walrus special they forget that Coins for Change is an important part of Club Penguin. Every year Club Penguin would had heavily promoted Coins for Change more than the Holiday Party but this year it felt like Club Penguin just threw the Coins for Change into Merry Walrus just because it's a very huge event to get scrapped. The donation process was just simple and boring compare to other years where we had so many options to choose for which cause we are donating for and to encourage penguins for more donations, Club Penguin would had set up railway where members and non-members came together for a good cause and seeing lighthouse getting full was a great feeling. It was satisfying to see our donated coins are in safe place. Every year Rockhopper would had waddle around promoting Coins for Change and the Club Penguin Times would had played an important role making awareness among penguins with there articles. This year Merry Walrus was selfish enough to heavily promote his traditions. There wasn't any fun donating coins at all. The only good thing was all our catalog purchases going for Coins for Change but that wasn't fun.

            Club Penguin seems to bring Merry Walrus back next year but can they fix the errors of annual Merry Walrus? Yes of course! They can but they just needs to understand the errors and have to work on them. Penguins are ready to welcome the new content but they get mad when things doesn't go the right way. Hope the Merry Walrus (the party) will be loved as much as Holiday parties have been back. What are your thoughts? Let them be in the comments.

            Club Penguin Sky Newsletter

            This year was all up and down for Club Penguin. Majority of Club Penguin players disliked the parties, content, plot lines and many more things. This year I did what I never thought of. I quit playing Club Penguin in March and it was until this month I came back just because of Club Penguin app becoming available on Android and my Dad was generous enough to activate membership on my penguin. Reasons for me to quit was DJ Stores hacking @ClubPenguinSky account and deleting so many tweets and the dramas revolving around it and I was left with no internet connection by my parents and I wasn't able to play Club Penguin and also 2014 marked the year where I get into the last days of schools and had to prepare for the one-last-big exams which are due to the last week of the March of 2015 so I won't be active much though I will be tweeting some jokes on @ClubPenguinSky twitter account and will be waddling around the island for collecting the items but on't expect a reply from me on my @Azeemsky account because I've not made an all come back. Wish me luck for my exams and I wish you a happy new year. :-)

            -Azeemsky. (Founder and Main Owner of ClubPenguinSky)

            Follow our twitter accounts: @ClubPenguinSky @CpskyTV
            Follow my personal account: @Azeemsky

            ClubPenguinSky Is Still ALIVE!

            Hello friends, it's Azeemsky here! You guys maybe wondering why there is a post on Club Penguin Sky. I have made this post to let you guys know that we're still active on Twitter. Our Twitter account, @ClubPenguinSky is active and it is now a Club Penguin funny account. We're tweeting Club Penguin jokes, memes on it and this not just the end. ClubPenguinSky has got another new owner and this time, that owner is here to stay and he is none other then the loyal blogger, DJ Stores. (Know for CPFactz cheats). DJ has created a live Club Penguin TV channel and it is called ClubPenguinSky TV. Yes, very own Club Penguin community's TV channel. It's absolutely free of charges. You can submit your Club Penguin videos and it's a golden chance to show your talent to the community and get the views your video deserves :-D but sadly, the TV will not be on this site as blogger doesn't allows the functions which is required. So we have made a weebly site where we can do what we're aiming to do. We will be uploading all the memes which we tweet on @ClubPenguinSky so if you guys have missed any, you guys can check it out later. Checkout our weebly website,

            Special thanks to these awesome people for giving their wonderful time to CPSky.

            SprayCheese5 - Ex-Owner.

            David - Ex-Owner.

            Azber123 - Ex-Owner.

            Burrows14 - Author.

            Nate1629_1 - Author.

            Dh228 - Author.

            Katy29654 - Helping in creating.

            Prador - Site theme.

            Aryan - Cpsky gfx designer.

            Pensuby - Hacking our blog and betraying us. Unfortunately, Ex-Owner.

            and rest of the people who helped me through the way (I'm forgetting many names)

            Sadly, 90% of them has quit and most of them are no longer in contact.

            Wish us love, wish us luck. It's now time to say Goodbye.

            PS, This blog has reached over 200K hits even after being inactive from over a year. Thank you to all.

            -Azeemsky. (Founder and Main Owner of ClubPenguinSky)

            Follow our twitter accounts: @ClubPenguinSky @CpskyTV
            Follow my personal account: @Azeemsky

            Easy Way To Earn Superhero Hoodie On Club Penguin (NO HACK)

            The Super Hero Bounce game is a fun game for penguins to work at earning new awesome items but it becomes headache when you keep failing to get the Superhero hoodie and EPIC headache when your all friends have the item leaving you and the BIGGEST problem is, after a few days, you're unable to earn the hoodie. So I decided to lend a helping flipper to the penguins out there! Here are some tips to earn Superhero hoodie easier:

            1. Play on quieter servers. Servers with fewer green bars will have less players. This will mean you have a faster connection and load times.

            2. Lower your resolution. You can press the minus key on your keyboard while playing Club Penguin to reduce the game's resolution. This is a quick and easy way to speed up the game.

            It will look like this when you're playing Club Penguin in lower resolution

            3. Use Small Screen Mode. Click on the Small Screen icon in the top blue bar.

            It will look like this when it's in small screen mode

            4. Close any unused tabs or windows on your internet browser.

            5. Club Penguin is the busiest between 3:00PM Eastern Standard Time and 8:00PM Eastern Standard Time. If you go on before or after these times, you may have faster load times.

            6. Have a parent or guardian make sure the computer you're using is up to date. It's really important to have Flash Player and your internet browser at the latest versions offered.

            It will look like this when you wear the Superhero hoodie.

            If you have any questions about the points listed above, please let me know. Keep in mind that if you are using slower internet or a wireless internet connection, you may have more difficulty maintaining a connection to Club Penguin.

            -Azeemsky. (ClubPenguinSky Owner)

            You can follow me on Twitter: @AZEEMSKY & For funny Club Penguin tweets, follow @ClubPenguinSky

            Club Penguin Marvel Superhero Takeover 2013: Meet Sif

            Marvel Superhero Takeover 2013 is just around the corner and recently, @ClubPenguin has tweeted a sneak peek image of Sif costume. Well, many peoples on Twitter doesn't know who is Sif. So I decided to make a post for letting you know who is Sif.

            Sif is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those featuring Thor. Based on the mythological being of the same name, Sif was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #102 (March 1964). As an Asgardian warrior and lover of Thor, Sif often accompanies Thor into battle and spends much of her time worrying about and searching for him.
            -Source Wikipedia

            I'm sure, you guys have watched Thor movie which was released in 2011. Sif has appeared in that movie (Portrayed by Jaimie Alexander), she is Thor's lover and childhood friend and also Asgardian warrior.

            Below is an image, in which I showed pictures of Sif from Club Penguin, Comic and Movie (2011).

            Are you guys ready for the Club Penguin Marvel Superhero Takeover 2013? For more Club Penguin interesting facts, follow @ClubPenguinSky on Twitter! You can follow my personal Twitter account too. It's @Azeemsky on Twitter.

            -Azeemsky (ClubPenguinSky Owner)

            This Website Is Closed Now

            More information about this will be posted soon

            -Azeemsky (Owner Of Club Penguin Sky)

            New book "My Great Life: The Story of Herbert"!

            Hi all! As mentioned a few days ago, the book "My Great Life: The Story of Herbert" came along with blackout operation and now when you go to the square you will see a sign with the name of the work. And inside you'll see scenes that have gone through the life of Herbert.

            Unfortunately there is no trick or dress in costume chest.
            Obviously if Herbert has taken over the island, but do not worry, the EPF has a flat 12 days to beat Herbert! Also when you go to the gift shop you will see that the catalog has pictures of Herbert.

            This can be very dangerous, do not you think? Let's wait and see what we can do for the island. Like Herbert will be taking over the island?

            Pin Arrives "heavy weights" to Club Penguin!

            Hi all! It's the second week of November and the new pin has arrived to the island! These are some heavy weights and is exactly in the boiler room next to the boiler.

            To add it to your inventory, we recommend to click on it to make your penguin walk toward him.

            When you have it you have it in your player card and show it to your friends who already have the last pin. What's your favorite pin that you?Let us know in a comment!

            Operatoin Blackout comes to Club Penguin!

            Hello to all players! The day has come one of the most anticipated operations in recent years, and finally as I said recently, has arrived! By the time you see the island dark and snowy, but that remains to be seen when we fight Herbert.

            The operation blackout was mentioned as one of the most anticipated since 2010! And I think it's great that these rumors have become reality. Think you can beat Herbert? I think so!

            Advancement of white!

            Hi all! On Friday, our friend Polo field shared with us a little more information on the next color to come to the island, which is white.

            This color has been wanted for several months, and finally we have said what we get before New Year! Does not that amazing? I can not wait to see how it looks with that color my penguin.


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You are here: Home / Our Research / Coastal Pollution / Invasive Species / Population Monitoring

Population Monitoring

The Issue

Recent estimates of lionfish abundance indicate that lionfish have surpassed some native species with the highest estimates reporting over 1,000 lionfish per acre in some locations. To date, only two estimates of lionfish densities exists, a multi-year assessment off North Carolina and a single year observation in the Bahamas. Annual assessments of lionfish densities off North Carolina suggest that the lionfish population is continuing to increase. Annual assessments of lionfish densities are needed to:

  1. determine the relative abundance of lionfish,
  2. determine when lionfish densities reach their maximum (e.g., the peak of the invasion), and
  3. to determine when lionfish population(s) reach equilibrium in their invaded range.

These objectives are crucial for determining the long-term ecological impact of lionfish and if control and management efforts are being effective.

Research Focus

  • Monitoring of lionfish densities in U.S. waters throughout the Southeast U.S., Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean to evaluate control strategies.
  • Continued development of lionfish tracking and alerting systems.
  • Development of partnerships with Caribbean countries for lionfish monitoring.

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The Restaurant App

The Restaurant App

The Restaurant App is a mobile reservation system that used for managing reservation and restaurant menu. Admin can manage reservation, restaurant menu and other configurations such as tax and currency code from admin panel on the web and users will be able to see the menu from mobile app and make a reservation. Run under Android platform which is the number one popular mobile operating system right now this app comes with many features.

this app will save your time in creating an app for the restaurant of yours or your client.

After Purchase Support

The only way to get support of pongodev item is via pongodev support forum, The reason we use forum for the support instead of other places because:

  1. Since most of the questions are asked over and over again a searchable forum will make it possible for buyer to get quick answer of their problem without need to wait for our response.
  2. People can’t respond to each other at codecanyon to help each other out, while we are busy with other tasks.
  3. It is very inconvenient for us to check multiple places if support requests where made (here at codecanyon, our codecanyon mail account, our website mail account, facebook group, twitter etc). Therefore we decided to channel those requests at one place and make it available to everyone so all of buyers can benefit.

Change Log

Version 1.8.2 – February 11st, 2014
- fix image detail bugs

Version 1.8.1 – December 2nd, 2013

- fix map bugs
- update load image

Version 1.8 – July 24st, 2013

- can use chinese, russian, and any other languages
- user can make reservation without have to make an order

Version 1.7 – May 22nd, 2013

- improve social network integration feature, link to menu detail
- change currency symbol with list of predefined currency codes
- update twitter API with version 1.1
- fix the height of cover image, map, and menu detail image to fit the device screen
- fix Google Maps error on android 2.x
- change deprecated time picker and date picker dialog
- fix admin panel bugs
- fix android app bugs

Version 1.6 – February 15th, 2013

- NEW FEATURE: send notification email to admin when there are new reservations
- change map in contact with Google Maps Android V2
- fix tax error issue
- fix call error issue

Version 1.5 – January 14th, 2013

- add comment feature in reservation screen
- fix order list form in reservation screen
- change encryption method for password
- and fix other bugs

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3701-83-08 General personnel and staffing requirements.

(A) Each HCF shall utilize personnel that have appropriate training and qualifications for the services that they provide. Any staff member who functions in a professional capacity shall meet the standards applicable to that profession, including but not limited to possessing a current Ohio license, registration, or certification, if required by law, and working within his or her scope of practice. Copies of current Ohio licenses, registrations and certifications shall be kept in the employee's personnel files or the provider of the HCF shall have an established system to verify and document the possession of current Ohio licenses, registrations or other certifications required by law. Nurse licenses shall be copied in accordance with paragraph (E) of rule 4723-7-07 of the Administrative Code.

(B) The HCF shall develop and follow a tuberculosis control plan that is based on the provider's assessment of the facility. The control and assessment shall be consistent with the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health Care Settings, 2005," MMWR 2005, Volume 54, No. RR-17. The HCF shall retain documentation evidencing compliance with this paragraph and shall furnish such documentation to the director upon request.

(C) The HCF shall not knowingly permit a staff member to provide services if the staff member:

(1) Has a communicable disease capable of being transmitted during the performance of his or her duties; or

(2) Is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

(D) The HCF shall provide each staff member with a written job description delineating his or her responsibilities.

(E) Each HCF shall provide an ongoing training program for its staff. The program shall provide both orientation and continuing training to all staff members. The orientation shall be appropriate to the tasks that each staff member will be expected to perform. Continuing training shall be designed to assure appropriate skill levels are maintained and that staff are informed of changes in techniques, philosophies, goals, and similar matters. The continuing training may include attending and participating in professional meetings and seminars.

(F) All staff shall have appropriate orientation and training regarding the facility's equipment, safety guidelines, practices, and policies.

(G) Each HCF shall evaluate the performance of each staff member at least every twelve months.

(H) Each HCF shall retain staffing schedules, time-worked schedules, on-call schedules, and payroll records for at least two years.

Effective: 04/24/2011
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/07/2011 and 02/10/2016
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3702.13, 3702.30
Rule Amplifies: 3701.12, 3702.13, 3702.30
Prior Effective Dates: 1/13/1996, 9/5/02, 6/1/06


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Coffee Time Romance & More

Here at Coffee Time Romance & More our main purpose is to bring you honest reviews. We have stellar reviewers that work hard to bring you the best quality reviews. The best reviews are chosen by our staff of editors with an award we like to call "Yank My Chain." Stop by today and check out which of our wonderful reviews got the "Yank My Chain" award!

Congratulations to Mav and her review of Waltzing with the Wallflower by Rachel van Dyken & Leah Sanders

I started reading very late. Till I was in grade 4, I hated to read. Literally hated it but since it was compulsory in our school to read a book a week, I would usually skim through and ignore. When I came in grade 5, I came across a book (don't remember the name) which captured my imagination and made me go to library every week in search of a similar story but it still did not make me an avid reader. In grade 6, we started on a novel in our literature class, “The Little Princess". I loved it. It made me cry and then made me want to read more similar stories. We also watched a movie based on the book which disappointed me and made me think that books may be better. The next year was "Secret Garden" and the year after that was "Wuthering Heights". Oh my! Did I fall in love then or what… During this time I also discovered Sweet Valley Kids series and I was pretty happy with reading just them rather then going to older versions of the twins but then we all have to grow up and so I did too and went on to being obsessed with their SV Twins, SV High & SV University alongside Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries and files. So by the time I came to graduating high school I was hooked but mostly to mystery novels. Books are now my addiction. I can not survive more then 3 days without reading one whether it is a chapter or the whole book. I got my first taste of romance novel, unintentionally, by Judith McNaught "Kingdom of Dreams". To date I have read hundreds of books but this is still my all time favorite. She got me hooked like an addict on romance and has never disappointed me yet. Her books are the standard I keep to judge all the other romances.

Currently living with my hubby, his mom and my two parrots, I am a happily married lady for whom books are and will always be a salvation to take away the worries and stress or when life gets too monotonous. I am addicted to them like someone who is addicted to any form of caffeine. When I was a child I traveled all over the world with my dad, who was in merchant navy. The concept of traveling enchanted me though I hardly remember those trips. Now since I am unable to travel a lot due to various reasons, books are my gateway to new cultures and locations. Reviewing for CTR will give me the opportunity to further my discovery of the world by reading and satisfying my cravings and to spread that same addiction to people all over the world. I am a sort of a loner so I prefer spending one-on-one time with family and friends then huge gatherings. Recently I have also started obsessing about make-up and tend to give free (sarcasm intended) advices on problems.

A Discreet Gentleman of Matrimony:  Book 2 by Kris Tualla

An Affair to Remember by Karen Troxel

An Unlikely Alliance by Rachel Van Dyken

Awareness:  Book 1 by Rowan Shannigan

Beguiling Bridget:  Book 2 by Rachel Van Dyken and Leah Sanders

Cowboy Fever Series by Karen Wiesner
December Park by Ronald Malfi

Dirty Water:  book Two by Richard Hacker

Flight for Life by Stephy Smith

Fragile Bonds by Toni Noel

Never Coming Home by Evonne Wareham

Penance by James M. Clifton

Rogue Countess by Amy Sandas

Running Against Traffic by Gaelen Vandenbergh

Sing to Me Cowboy:  Book 1 by Lauri Robinson

Something Like a Lady by Kay Springsteen & Kim Bowman

The Sons of Cain by C.W. Burgett

The Chalice by P.L. Parker

The Magic of Lavender:  Book 1 by Cate Masters

The Paradox:  The Soldier and the Mystic:  Book 1 by Suzette Hollingsworth

Three Weddings & A Dress by Mary Martinez

Two Turtledoves by Leah Sanders

Vertigo by Gwenan Haines

Waltzing With the Wallflower by Rachel Van Dyken and Leah Sanders

My CTRR Recommended Reads:

A Discreet Gentleman of Matrimony by Kris Tualla
Beguiling Bridget: Book 2 by Rachel Van Dyken & Leah Sanders
Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Penance by James M. Clifton
Rogue Countess by Amy Sandas
Two Turtledoves by Leah Sanders
The Chalice by P.L Parker
Waltzing with the Wallflower by Rachel Van Dyken & Leah Sanders

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Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago

(Self-released; 2007)

By Traviss Cassidy | 2 February 2008

Some singer-songwriters have that Presence. Example: it addles and transforms the smoky, bar-room din and nuzzles into every corner and crevice of the venue. If the music hasn't already started then now it exists, enveloping everything around it -- the grumbling bouncer, the empty, clinking glasses, the cigarette buds dotting the floor. Maybe the atmosphere is cliché but it's positively charged; such artists don't play in so much as inhabit the space in which they perform.

Justin Vernon's got that Presence, and his debut as Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago, demonstrates the transformative power an artist wields over his environment. It's a record about space just as much as it seeks to trap and make surrounding space its own, to imbue itself with the personality that exists between notes. Vernon's closely mic'ed vocals and shivering guitar strings literally fill the creaking void of the dilapidated cabin where he wrote and recorded most of these songs. The bare woods and scattered wildlife of northwestern Wisconsin inform each of his weather-worn, organic passages, creeping into the stories themselves as Man and Nature's surprisingly facile exchange, raising For Emma several notches above your typical singer-songwriter venture. Vernon's work with former band DeYarmond Edison and his contributions to the Rosebuds and Ticonderoga earned him the respect, if not attention, of indie-folk fans. This should all be insured with Bon Iver, a sure-footed assertion of the artist's individual talents, landing it a spot among the best folk records 2007 has to offer.

Folk music has always enjoyed an intimate--and perhaps intrinsic--connection with nature, though Vernon goes beyond merely exploiting this relationship. His songs, while "natural" in their acoustic leanings and stripped-down production, actually attempt to recreate the ambient drones and crackles redolent of any forested environment: lightly struck harmonics suspend in the air like browning leaves riding a cool fall breeze; strings rattling against the guitar's neck mimic the rustling of naked branches. Even Vernon's Gregorian-like croons contribute to the natural ambience, lending "Lump Sum" an expansive, cavernous feel.

Vernon's acoustic rendering of Mother Earth may inspire comparisons to The Glow, Pt. 2 (2001), though the two albums diverge when it comes to lyrics. Whereas Phil Elvrum's lo-fi suites seemed all ga-ga for Gaea, Vernon incorporates natural features only to augment his own personal experiences. To his credit, Vernon has no difficulty blurring the boundary between his "civilized" life and his new hermetic one. On "Flume," the sparse opener ostensibly about Vernon's mother, he sings, "Only love is all maroon / Gluey feathers on a flume / Sky is womb and she's the moon." His mother isn't the subject of a passing daydream, she's part of the surrounding scenery, her presence constant. On "The Wolves (Act I and II)" Vernon projects his sylvan metaphors onto a conversation with a lover: "With the wild wolves around you / In the morning, I'll call you." The device is nothing revolutionary, sure, but Vernon impresses in his ability to combine these otherwise distinct worlds in his mind and translate them to song without any hint of murkiness.

Critics have rightly compared Vernon's soulful falsetto to that of TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe. But unlike TV on the Radio, Vernon largely forgoes studio treatment (apart from some tastefully multi-tracked vocals), leaving these songs as naked and vulnerable to the elements as the aged cabin in which he wrote them. Only once does technology intrude on nature's party: just before the climax of "The Wolves (Act I and II)" Vernon uses a vocoder to give his voice the Daft Punk treatment, no doubt begging for a knee-locked double-take. The tactic for a moment spoils the song's natural beauty, but it quickly passes. Besides that slight misstep, the rare augmentations to the guitar-and-vocals template of For Emma, Forever Ago tend to reap the most rewards. Album highlight "For Emma" marches along with triumphant horns and a piercing Magnolia Electric Co. (2003) slide guitar, though the focus is still squarely on Vernon's tremulant voice. In the midst of the album's busiest and loudest instrumentation, one thing becomes clear: those pipes command attention. I just hope to God they get the chance to resonate in and take over more living rooms than mine.


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One of America's best amateur baseball facilities!

One of America's best amateur baseball facilities, Blair Field in Long Beach will once again be the home site for 49er games. Blair Field is by Long Beach State under an extended lease from the City of Long Beach and is in Recreation Park at the corner of 10th Street and Park Avenue. Blair Field has been honored by Baseball America as one of the top 15 collegiate ballparks in the nation.

Troy Buckley

Head Coach

One of the most respected pitching coaches in the nation, Troy Buckley enters his fourth season as the head coach of Long Beach State after engineering an immediate turnaround within his first two years with the Dirtbags.

Taking the helm after two disappointing campaigns where the Dirtbags finished lower than fourth in the Big West for the first time since 1989, Buckley took command of Ateam that had lost its five top hitters and its strikeouts leader from the year before.

Under Buckley's leadership, the squad lowered its team ERA by nearly a full point to 3.55 from 4.67, and he led the team to a 29-27 finish against the nation's third-toughest schedule, just missing a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

That improvement continued in 2012, as the Dirtbags again lowered their team ERA, this time from 3.55 to a Big West best 3.08. Finishing above .500 for the second straight year under Buckley, the team was one game away from clinching the Big West championship, and finished with eight players receiving All-Big West honors, including senior Brennan Metzger, whose first-team All-Big West selection was the first for a Dirtbag since 2008.

Jesse Zepeda

Assistant Coach

Jesse Zepeda enters his fourth season at Long Beach State as the lead assistant for the baseball program. Zepeda will lead the offense and serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Dirtbags.

In 2013, Baseball America recognized the Dirtbags recruiting class was recognized as one of the top-35 incoming classes in the nation.

Zepeda came to the Beach after spending seven years as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for seven years at Cal Poly. During his seven seasons at Cal Poly, Zepeda helped bring the team to their first Division I postseason appearance in 2009 and was instrumental in the signing and development of two Big West Players of the Year in Kyle Blumenthal (2005) and Grant Desme (2007). Under Zepeda's watch, the Mustangs have also had back-to-back Big West Freshman of the Year over the last two seasons in Matt Jensen and the 2010 recipient, Mitch Haniger.

Mike Steele

Assistant Coach

Mike Steele enters his first season with the Dirtbags in 2015. Steele came to Long Beach State with experience as A pitching coach on both the collegiate and professional levels and will work in that same role on that Dirtbags' coaching staff.

Steele spent the last seven years in various roles within the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. During the 2014 season he worked as an area scout for the Pirates, but spent the previous six seasons as a pitching coach in the minor leagues. He spent the previous two years as the pitching coach at Michigan State.

In May of 2008, Steele broke into the minor league coaching ranks with the High-A Lynchburg Hillcats as a midseason addition to the minor league club's staff. He stayed within the Pirates organization for the next five years as a pitching coach. He spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Single-A Short Season State College Spikes and then moved on to the High-A Bradenton Marauders in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he spent the season with the Single-A Short Season Jamestown Jammers.

Matt Cline

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Matt Cline makes his way back to Long Beach State as the volunteer assistant coach for the Dirtbags in the 2015 season. Cline is an alumnus of the Dirtbag program and went on to play professionally from 2007-12 in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system.

Cline played in Long Beach State's middle infield in 2006 and 2007, earning All-Big West honors as A second baseman in 2007. He was drafted after his senior season in the 22nd round by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Cline reached as high as the Brewers Double-A affiliate, the Huntsville Stars, in his final two years as a professional. In 2010, Cline was a Midseason All-Star for High-A Brevard County in the Florida State League. He hit .298 that year with 39 runs batted in and 14 stolen bases. Cline will work with the outfielders and be the first base coach for the Dirtbags.

David Yamane

Director of Baseball Operations

David Yamane continues serving as the Director of Baseball Operations in his third season at Long Beach State. Yamane will oversee the day-to-day logistics of the program, while organizing team travel and coordinating game-day activity.

Yamane is in his fourth year in conjunction with the program, as he spent a year as the Dirtbags' program coordinator, developing and managing all of Long Beach State's youth and showcase camps.

Prior to coming to Long Beach State, Yamane served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Long Beach City College, where he handled many of the administrative duties that he'll oversee with the Dirtbags as well as receiving on-field coaching experience.

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December 30, 2012

While I stuck to my genre-loving guns in my Top 10 Films of 2012 and Top 10 Trailers of 2012, I’m happy to branch out a bit more with respect to the year’s ten best movie posters.  Here’s where I get pretentious.  Posters have the difficult task of attracting attention, holding it long enough to convey a message and getting that message across without the use of sound or motion (normally).  I prefer posters that are minimalist in nature and leave you with an iconic image that you’ll forever associate with the film.  Bonus points are given to those posters that offer layered meanings tied into the movie in question and which inspire curiosity in the picture.  What follows are the year’s ten best posters from a mix of big budget and lesser known movies.  Hit the jump to check them out.

10. The Dark Knight Rises

Was there a more iconic image in all of 2012 than that of the Batman logo in negative space, framed by Gotham’s skyscrapers in the midst of their destruction?  Probably not.  Unless it was our next contender.

9. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Dark Knight Rises has the benefit of decades worth of familiarity with the Batman symbol, making it easily recognizable to millions.  The Hunger Games is a relatively new phenomenon, but one that is attempting to gain notoriety by pinning their hopes on the Mockingjay symbol (and sometimes an actual pin, as was seen as a recent Comic-Con).  Plus, who doesn’t love a good motion poster?

8. Sound of My Voice

This teaser poster is fantastic: it tells you everything you need to know to get into an exclusive cult, but next to nothing about the film itself.  Directed by Zal Batmanglij, Sound of My Voice was an extremely low budget film that managed to get is money’s worth in the marketing department at least.  If you’re as intrigued by this poster as I was, you can check out the first 12 minutes of the film here for more answers.

7. Django Unchained

While I didn’t need much convincing to go see the new Quentin Tarantino film, Django Unchained, I couldn’t help but love this minimalist poster for the flick.  The big bold chain links directed your attention down to the final broken segment, beneath which two mysterious gunslingers walk along the horizon.  Eye-catching, simple, memorable.  Great stuff.

6. Ted

2012 was disappointingly short on stand-out comedies, except for the Seth MacFarlane written/directed/starring Ted.  I’m normally not a fan of putting your stars front and center, when your hook is an animated, foul-mouthed teddy bear, I’m all in.  This poster was easily the funniest of the year, though special consideration does have to be given for Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain teaser

5. Killing Them Softly

While I wasn’t a huge fan of the Andrew Dominik film, Killing Them Softly did have a damn fine marketing team (must be something in the water at The Weinstein Company).  Not only does this poster keep it simple, it doesn’t blast you in the face with big name actors.  Instead, you see the American flag reflected in a pair of Aviator sunglasses and realize that this film trains it six-shooter directly on the American dream. There’s a lot to pull apart in this one simple poster and it makes the viewing experience all the more rewarding for doing so.

4. The Master

More from TWC!  Surprise, surprise!  While I didn’t get to see The Master this year, I did have to look up some explanations about this here poster in order to better understand it.  It features what appears to be a wine bottle submerged in water, bringing to mind the themes of alcholism and drowning…which I’m told both factor into the film in a number of ways.  Even if the thematic elements are lost on the ignorant, such as myself, the unique presentation and bold styling are enough to make this poster stand out.

3. Argo

For a film that has a plot as complicated as Argo (a team of CIA exfiltration specialists enlist Hollywood producers to develop a smokescreen for a fake big-budget production that will film in Iran in order to liberate a group of American diplomats during a populist uprising…), this poster is incredibly simple.  What I love most about it is the shredded and re-assembled motif, which plays into not only the fact that this true life story was eventually declassified, but also touches on a crucial plot point within the film itself.  Layers, people!

2. Zero Dark Thirty

Even simpler than Argo’s poster is this strike-through teaser for Zero Dark Thirty.  When word gets out that your film is about the military directive to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, there’s probably not a lot of marketing you have to do in America.  This incredibly clean poster decided to give you the necessary information and then black it out in strikethrough font.  Color me intrigued!  While the uninformative title is still easily read upon closer inspection, this early teaser poster managed to black out the release date almost entirely.  Probably not the best idea to disavow your movie’s opening date, which is why Zero Dark Thirty is #2 instead of…

1. Beasts of the Southern Wild

While it may not be the most popular movie of the year or even the most instantly recognizable, there is something about that blurry little child running through the grass toward the viewer with sparklers blazing that I just couldn’t get out of my head.  It wasn’t the peer reviews or generally positive reactions that convinced me to watch it.  It wasn’t this incredibly atmospheric and ambiguous trailer that did the trick either.  It was this one image that I simply could not get out of my mind until I watched the movie.  This image encapsulates everything that makes Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) captivating to watch.  Watch the film and you’ll understand exactly what I mean.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Star Trek Into Darkness – A fantastic poster that offers a (too) similar aesthetic to that of The Dark Knight Rises but provides a look at the setting of the scene’s destruction beyond.
  • Man of Steel – Nobody puts Supes in cuffs! Nobody! It’s a bit unsettling to see the Last Kryptonian sporting puny human restraints, which provides wonderful insight into the film.
  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III – Because everyone likes entendre, even if these posters tell you nothing else about the film.
  • Amour – Easily the most touching posters (and possibly film) of the year, these alternate POV posters for the central protagonists know just how to tug on the heart strings.
  • Lincoln – Because sometimes you just have to put your main actor/character front and center and let that poster speak for the film. It’s much safer to do this when the actor in question is Daniel Day Lewis, whose Abraham Lincoln transformation is as pretty as a penny.

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Friday, April 27

New Horizons

I've been all over the city today! Northwards to Elkins Park for a residency class- when I walked in, the school counselor saw me with my bag of brushes and cups and asked "Are you the watercolor lady?"  Apparently one of the 5th grade students I'm working with has been very excited about painting in math class and has made behavioral improvements as a result (YES!!). It's the best gift I have when working with classroom teachers, creating opportunities for them to see different capacities in their students and positively change their perceptions. (PS- I'm not just a watercolor lady!hahaha!)

Next stop was Saint Joseph's University on the Main Line. The art department was presenting their annual student show. Leading up to Boland Hall were these wonderful wooden crate constructions, each playing with the idea of the rectangular prism. I love art that transforms simple materials and makes us see things differently.
My main reason for going out to Saint Joseph's was to drop off paperwork to the Human Resources Department- I've been hired as an art education adjunct for the Fall semester!! Woohoo! I'm incredibly excited about this opportunity- finishing my Master's program was bittersweet, as I really loved being in the midst of academia, and now I'll be happily back in it again on the other side of the classroom.
This is definitely a season of transition.

Thursday, April 26

Softer Edges: Fiber Artists in the Urban Environment

Aubrie Costello's installation
Check out the beautiful album of photos from the exhibit, "Softer Edges". It closes this Saturday, malheureusement...

Saturday, April 21

I can feel myself hitting the end of an artistic cycle. The Fiber Philadelphia shows will all be finished soon and the unsold work will come back home. All that work over the last 6 months, then exhibiting, and then it's over. I often have a little "post-partum" depression after completing a big project where I don't know what to do next. I feel a little depleted creatively. Add to that the creative outpouring into my teaching lately. I work with about 500 students every week between all my various jobs. It requires a lot of thinking, responding, patience, and love.
I'm glad I have this long cloth to work on- it's a grieving piece. It will become a growing piece, but right now it's still in the grays. It doesn't require much thought yet- I can just stitch and keep my hands busy while my head catches up.
According to Blogger, my last post was my 500th- a landmark I suppose. 500 of one thing (like blog posts and students) seems like a lot while 500 of another thing (stitches, for example) doesn't seem like much.

Monday, April 16

Some drawings

 Stopped on a long solo hike along the Wissahickon to sketch. I pulled out my paint set, but alas! had no brushes or water. What's the survivalist artist to do? I found some pine needles at my feet and fashioned them into a brush, then poured the remains of my coffee into the lid of my cup, and painted some coffee brown into the trees.
 Later on at a diner, with an interminable wait for service, I sketched out some "Sprouts" drawings. My daughter showed the game to me- start with 9 dots, connect 2 dots and add a new dot on the new line, dots can only have 3 lines touching them, lines cannot cross. I was trying to figure out if there was a maximum number of moves. I think it might be 26. Then I was thinking about exponents, fibonacci series, and fractals for an upcoming residency project....
I accidentally shmeared some ketchup on the placemat while I was drawing. Napkins and placemats are the best place to draw.

Saturday, April 14

Softer Edges

Friday was the artist reception for "Softer Edges" at Fleisher with a great turnout. Here are a few more installation shots:
Wendy Osterweil

Jennifer Hunold (l) and Kay Healy (r)
Check out Kay's blog to see installation-in-progress shots of the work above. The gallery is open M-Sat during class sessions and the show will be up through April 28th.

Sunday, April 8

Stations of the Cross in Norris Square

My Station 10 offering for Jesus stripped of his garments "The Shirt off my Back"

 Good Friday was breezy and beautiful- perfect for the Way of the Cross around Norris Square. There was art and poetry performance by both youth and adults. Some high school students from Mariana Brachetti School nearby did paintings. Anne Minich, who got me involved had artwork for 3 stations.
Anne Minich at Station 1- Christ is accused

Pedro Burgos' amazing wood carving at Station 11: his crucifixion
 When it was y turn I described how my piece represented Station 10, and I proceeded to cut apart and distribute stitched sections of the sleeves. Some people were shocked that I would cut apart all my hard work, but for me it was amazing. I felt like I was giving out communion bread, but instead it was a small piece of cloth.
My piece after cutting and distributing the pieces of stitched sleeves

Anne's Station 13: His Body Taken down from the cross.
Anne's last piece was a small log of driftwood with red-painted ends and large nails piercing it- she wanted the oils of our hands to add to the surface of the wood, softening it. She also passed a jar of beach glass for us to take  a piece. It's wonderful to give away something as part of an artistic experience. Our minds and eyes and hands and hearts are fed by such an act. And being the giver is as good as being the recipient.

Happy Easter everyone. May the new season bring renewal and hope.

Thursday, April 5

Stripped of his Garments

Tomorrow for Good Friday, I will share this piece (literally) with the participants of an artistic interpretation of the Stations of the Cross held by the West Kensington Ministries on Norris Square at 3 pm. Entitled "The Shirt off my Back", this piece will represent the 10th station of the cross when Jesus was stripped of his garments and lots were cast for them. I purchased the small white man's shirt at my local Circle Thrift store a  few weeks ago. Stitching the sleeves took the longest- done in block of alternating direction running stitches. The body of the shirt bears an anatomical heart with radiating lines.
During the walk through the Stations of the Cross in the Norris Square park, I will cut apart the blocks in the sleeves to distribute to those present. I believe it symbolizes sacrifice and generosity. To "give the shirt off one's back" is a phrase that demonstrates our ultimate sacrifice for others, but it pales in comparison to Christ's sacrifice.
It's very meaningful for me to participate in the centuries-long tradition of church-sponsored artistic expression. I'm sometimes uncomfortable with the monetary/business side of being an artist. I make things because I must- it is a natural outpouring of my creative spirit, so to have a spiritual purpose for the creativity is greatly fulfilling.

Wednesday, April 4

Art Quilt Elements 2012

I avoided opening night of Art Quilt Elements 2012 knowing I'd much rather be there when I could have unfettered views of the beautiful work. So I went the day after it opened instead!  Overall, it's a good show, but I wasn't as blown away as I was for the 2010 exhibition. Of course, that may just be that I'm more familiar with many of the artists. This year's selection seemed to have fewer artists exploring surface design or stitching, and more hearkening back to quilt traditions. The following works were the stars of the show in my book, for their interesting structures, use of color, and interpretation of quilt arts.
 Eileen Lauterborn's "Climate Change" graces the postcard and catalog cover, and it's easy to see why: there is an explosion of color and intriguing textural technique. There are layers and layers of thin strips of cloth overlapped and zigzagged. Normally I'm a diehard for hand-stitching, but the machine stitched zigzagging echoes the movement of the strips for a perfect marriage of form and function. The complex surface sucks you in, and you are lost in the labyrinth of lines.

 Marianne R. Williamson's quilt was another piece with lush surface color and texture. She layers raw edge scraps and densely stitches them down in free-motion stitching so that the fabric almost looks felted. Her color is gorgeous with an impressionistic effect.
 One of my real favorites in Art Quilt Elements is Betty Busby's "Organelle". Her quilting stitches were really like an intricate drawing of the enlarged microscopic view.
 Across the gallery from Busby's organic piece was Beth Barron's "Implosion":
 From afar I was fascinated by the unusual form and jagged edge. Up close there's an "EEW!" factor- the entire piece is made of FOUND bandaids appliqued to the cloth surface. I really don't want to think about the sanitary issues of working on something like this, but the resulting wound-like piece is incredible. There's no bandaid to cover up a wound that big.
 One artist utilizes the traditions of quiltmaking, but brings them to new heights by combining and juxtaposing myriad piecing patterns. Mary Shell's "Colors Unfurled AKA if Betsy Ross had my Stash"  combines quilt arts with Jasper Johns, with a separate quilt pattern to represent each stripe and a starburst for each state.
 Commercial fabrics were pretty common this year, but none so transformed as by Shawn P. Quinlan:
 Motifs from various commercial fabrics were appliqued to create a narrative composition of commercialism gone haywire. Careful, baby, there's sharks in the water, and the toy store's on fire!
 I enjoyed Mary Ruth Smith's piece, below, for it's emphasis on stitching, and I really like her layering of transparent cloth over digitally printed images and perhaps even paper. I'd love to be a fly on her studio wall sometime. But technique aside, she uses  newspaper clippings- text, crossword and sudoku puzzles, comics, and story illustrations, which show the onslaught of media information we must filter through. I much preferred her subtle comment on media and current events over a nearby piece with the words "War sucks" emblazoned over the cloth.
 Newspaper and media references continued in Jette Clover's typographic exploration (left below).
 I most enjoy the technical virtuosity of work like Ilene Pearlman's (right above) which combined reverse applique and trapped found objects o create a dream-like atmosphere, and the unusual format of Brooke Atherton's "I feel free" (below).
 As I've recently been stitching on found garments, I enjoyed seeing the yellow blouse stitched into the quilt- apparently it was something worn to  friend's wedding. With the marriage no longer in existence the cloth's memory is tarnished, so it has been repurposed- it practically flaps away in the internal wind of the piece.
Art Quilt Elements 2012 is on exhibit at the Wayne Art Center through May 13th, and is well worth the trip.

Fiber Philadelphia isn't over yet!!
This Friday, April 6th, several shows are opening in Old City, including "Strings and Things" at 3rd Street Gallery with Melissa Madonni Haims, and the 2nd part of "Stitch Witchery" with Melissa, myself, Rachel Udell, and the late Maggie Brosnan at the Painted Bride as part of Inliquid. Come out to First Friday from about 6-8 to see it in person!
The following Friday, April 13th from 6-8 will be the reception for "Softer Edges" at the Works on Paper building at Fleisher Art Memorial. Hope to see you there!

Sunday, April 1

Synchronicity and other things

I've been to 8 different galleries in the last 3 days to catch up on Fiber Philadelphia! After an afternoon out to the Wayne Art Center (more on that later), I happened to drive by Highwire gallery and saw an opening in progress. The aptly named "Synchronicity"  boasts work by Melissa Madonni Haims (with whom I'm showing at Nichols Berg Gallery last month and the Painted Bride this month) and Natalya Aikens (whom I invited to exhibit in "Softer Edges" at Fleisher this month). There is some great art quilt-based work in the show, making it feel like an extension of the wonderful work in Art Quilt Elements out in Wayne.
 Natalya Aikens "St Petersburg Lace" has the bold graphic quality of the wrought iron fencework that inspired her, but also a rich and mysterious surface of layered color and texture in the surface.
Jill Rumoshosky Werner has several works in the show which take art quilts into sculptural forms- often with a humorous take in a series that illustrates specific verbs. Her piece above, "Grieve" reminded me of the piece I'm trying to do for the Cathedral- long, thin, mostly black and white. She makes subtle transitions between all the various patterns, a study in black and white pattern. The small line of red and blue along the binding relieves the austerity.
 Jette Clover has twin pieces exploring text and texture in monochromes, with a pop of red here and there. Seeing text makes one want to decipher it, but these remain coded. What I was excited about was to see works incorporating screenprinting in art quilts. Many fiber artists are jumping over to digital printing for more technological experiments, or shifting back to slower hand-dyeing, rusting, and compost dyeing. I hope to show these to my screenprinting students next semester. If you missed the artist reception, then come out to the First Friday event next week!
 From Fishtown, I hopped up Frankford Ave to Port Richmond to see the "Paper Fortress" show at Pterodactyl. It's too bad this show is hidden away in Port Richmond, as it is one of the best exhibits I've seen in the last month but not many people are likely to venture out. There were intriguing parallels between the fiber and the paper/book world. Both genres have a tentative place within "Fine Arts", but it allows paper and fiber artists room to explore without caring too much about what's "right".
 Karen Hardy's piece is like applique, with couched sheets of dyed paper on  a larger sheet of plain handmade paper. Raw edges in paper seem so fresh- raw edges in fabric usually feel unfinished.
 Alexis Granwell had several pieces. I liked her map-like etching on the mottled paper. The little dot could have been french knots. (check out the first page of her website for a view of the plate for this piece!)
 She also had a sculptural piece using found materials which echoes the map structure of her etching. It also reminded me of all the half-built constructions one sees around the city. There are complex bones under our structures that we take for granted and trust, all relying on the engineering and skill of the builder.
 I think my favorite work in the show was Lisa Murch's sculptural formations. From afar, this piece looks like a wasp's nest, an organic encrustation over the wall.
 Up close, one sees that it is made of sewn-together  cardboard egg cartons. I love transformations of everyday objects, and I also appreciate the massive time that went into making something like this.
Finally, I was pleased to see Book Bombs (with Mary Tasillo and Michelle Wilson) had another take-away zine, "Horizontalidad", one of which was attached to a paper-cut out bench made of invasive plant fibers. It was a satisfying combination of street intervention art brought into the gallery environment, but encouraged viewers to take it a step further by adding their own story. Sorry no picture, but visit the book bombs site for more info.

So, Fiber Philadelphia continues into April. I'll have more on Art Quilt Elements in another post, and news about "Softer Edges" soon as well. I hope people take time to get out to all these great shows this month!


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What happened to the Gingrich ethics case?

The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty. Romney mentions it often, and his campaign made the ethics case the focus of the most widely viewed attack ad of the Florida primary.

Given all that attention, it’s worth asking what actually happened back in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

The Gingrich case was extraordinarily complex, intensely partisan, and driven in no small way by a personal vendetta on the part of one of Gingrich’s former political opponents. It received saturation coverage in the press; a database search of major media outlets revealed more than 10,000 references to Gingrich’s ethics problems during the six months leading to his reprimand. It ended with a special counsel hired by the House Ethics Committee holding Gingrich to an astonishingly strict standard of behavior, after which Gingrich in essence pled guilty to two minor offenses. Afterward, the case was referred to the Internal Revenue Service, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the matter — and then, three years later, completely exonerated Gingrich.

It’s that last part of the story you don’t hear about much.

At the center of the controversy was a course Gingrich taught from 1993 to 1995 at two small Georgia colleges. The class, called “Renewing American Civilization,” was conceived by Gingrich and financed by a tax-exempt organization called the Progress and Freedom Foundation. Gingrich maintained that the course was a legitimate educational enterprise; his critics said it had little to do with learning and was, in fact, a political exercise in which Gingrich abused a tax-exempt foundation to spread his own partisan message.

The Gingrich case was driven in significant part by a man named Ben Jones. An actor and recovered alcoholic who became famous for playing the dim-witted Cooter in the popular 1980s TV show “The Dukes of Hazzard,” Jones ran for Congress as a Democrat from Georgia in 1988. He served two terms, but lost his seat due to redistricting. Attempting a comeback, he ran against Gingrich in 1994 and lost decisively. After that, it’s fair to say Jones became obsessed with bringing Gingrich down.

Two days before Election Day 1994, with defeat in sight, Jones hand-delivered a complaint to the House Ethics Committee. (The complaint was printed on “Ben Jones for Congress” stationery.) Jones charged that Gingrich “fabricated a ‘college course’ intended, in fact, to meet certain political, not educational, objectives.”

Jones teamed up with his friend, Democratic Rep. David Bonior, to push the case relentlessly. Under public pressure, the Ethics Committee — made up of equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats — took up the case and hired an outside counsel, Washington lawyer James Cole, to conduct the investigation.

Cole developed a theory in which Gingrich, looking for a way to spread his political views, came up with the idea of creating a college course and then devised a way to use a tax-exempt foundation to pay the bills. Cole didn’t argue that the course was not educational; it plainly was. But Cole suggested that the standard for determining wrongdoing was whether any ill intent lurked in Gingrich’s heart, even if the course was unquestionably educational.

It is hard to convey today how much the media became preoccupied with the case, and how much pressure fell on Gingrich and Republicans to end the ordeal. In January 1997, Gingrich agreed to plead guilty to the previously unknown offense of failing to seek sufficiently detailed advice from a tax lawyer before proceeding with the course. (Gingrich had, in fact, sought advice from two such lawyers in relation to the course.) Gingrich also admitted that he had provided “inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable” information to Ethics Committee investigators. That “inaccurate” information was largely Gingrich’s contention that the course was not political — a claim the IRS later would support.

Why did Gingrich admit wrongdoing? “The atmosphere at the time was so rancorous, partisan, and personal that everyone, including Newt, was desperately seeking a way to end the whole thing,” Gingrich attorney Jan Baran said in 1999. “He was admitting to whatever he could to get the case over with.”

It was a huge victory for Democrats. They had deeply wounded the speaker. But they wanted more, and they pressed the IRS to investigate.

Experts examined every word Gingrich spoke in every class; they examined the financing and administration of the course; and they examined how the course might have fit into Gingrich’s political network.

In the end, in 1999, the IRS released a highly detailed 74-page report that concluded the course was, in fact, a legitimate educational exercise. “The ‘Renewing American Civilization’ course was educational … and not biased toward any of those who were supposed to be benefited,” the IRS concluded.

The bottom line: Gingrich acted properly and violated no laws. Of course, by that time, Gingrich was out of office, widely presumed to be guilty of something, and his career in politics was (seemingly) over. Now he’s having to fight the fight all over again.

Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner.

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Maddux, Glavine and Thomas elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

ATLANTA — Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were the first two pitchers that manager Bobby Cox turned to for much of the Braves’ 1990s heyday, and now Cox will be able to turn and see them on the podium in July when all three are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Maddux and Glavine drew overwhelming support from voting writers and were elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday along with former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas. They’re part of a Braves-flavored Class of 2014 that also includes Cox and fellow retired managers Joe Torre and Tony La Russa, a trio elected unanimously by the Veterans Committee in December.

Maddux and Glavine combined for 660 major league wins including 445 wins as Braves, and became the first Hall of Famers in 40 years to spend most or all of their careers together and be elected by the BBWAA in the same year. The last to do it were the Yankees’ Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, who were elected in 1974.

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Sunday, July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Braves have a home game that day against San Diego.

Maddux and Glavine pitched next to one another from 1993-2002, winning their division every year in that stretch and capturing the World Series title in 1995, the first major pro-sports title in Atlanta history. In their decade together, the 347 wins were the most by major league teammates in any 10-year stretch since another pair of Braves, Warren Spahn and Lou Burdette, won 363 games from 1954-63 for Milwaukee.

Glavine was a 305-game winner who had a 241-147 record and 3.41 ERA in 17 seasons with the Braves, and 61-56 with a 3.97 ERA in five seasons with the Mets. He reached the majors at age 21 in 1987 had consecutive 20-win seasons in 1991-92 before being joined in the rotation in 1993 by free agent Maddux, the reigning Cy Young Award winner with the Cubs.

Maddux added the next three Cy Young awards to his collection and went on to win 355 games, the eighth-most in history. He had a remarkable 194-88 record and 2.63 ERA in 11 seasons with the Braves, part of his major league-record run of 17 consecutive seasons with at least 15 wins. He also won 10 of his record 18 Gold Gloves as a Brave.

Glavine was a 305-game winner who had two Cy Young Awards and five 20-win seasons for the Braves between 1991 and 2000.

For Maddux, 194 of his 355 career wins and three of four consecutive Cy Young Awards came during 11 seasons with the Braves after leaving the Cubs. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in history, Maddux’ 97.2 percentage of Hall of Fame votes is eighth highest of all time.

When Cox was elected last month he said it would be “unbelievably great” to go in with Maddux and Glavine, two guys who had played such a huge part in his own success as a manager.

“Cooperstown is just going to be an extravaganza,” said Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost, a former Braves third base coach and close friend of Cox’s. “It’s going to be a spectacular deal.”

Maddux, Glavine and Cox could be joined in Cooperstown as soon as 2015 by John Smoltz, the other member of the Braves’ famed “Big Three” starting pitchers.

“Glavine was the most strong-minded individual that I’ve ever coached,” said Leo Mazzone, whose long tenure as Braves pitching coach included the entire run of 14 consecutive division titles. “And Greg Maddux had the greatest control of anyone I ever coached. And when we get to Smoltz, it’ll be the best stuff.

“And it was all because of one person who connected it all. That was Bobby Cox. It wasn’t Leo Mazzone. He made my job easy. Because he put pitchers up as first-class citizens. Very few managers do that. They say, ‘Get them off the field so we can get our work in.’ His attitude was, take care of them first, we’ll do the rest later.”

Smoltz is the only pitcher in major league history with at least 200 wins and 150 saves. He retired a year after Maddux and Glavine and becomes eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot next year. Players are eligible five years after retiring.

“There was not a day that I didn’t really walk into that weight room and one or both of them were on the treadmill, or one or both were watching film, or power shagging in the outfield,” former Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said. “They all pushed each other. And I knew that if Doggie (Maddux) went out and threw a four-hit shutout one night, Glavine went out the next night and wanted to throw a three-hit shutout. And then Smoltz would want to throw a two-hit-shutout. Those guys all pushed each other, everywhere. On the field, the golf course, the card table, it did not matter.”

Torre is another ex-Braves player and manager, but he’s identified more with the Yankees as a manager and the Cardinals as a player. Not so with Maddux, Glavine and Cox, who are all iconic Braves figures who had their biggest major league impact while wearing the Atlanta uniform.

Before Wednesday, only two players who’d spent a large part of their career with the Atlanta Braves were elected to the Hall of Fame: the great Hank Aaron, namesake of the street where Turner Field is located, and knuckleballer Phil Niekro, who spent his first 20 seasons with the Braves and was the only elected by the writers in 1997.

Former Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton was elected in 1998 and Nolan Ryan in 1999, and since then the only starting pitcher elected by the writers was Bert Blyleven in 2011.

Maddux and Glavine are the 12th and 13th pitchers elected in their first year on the ballot, and the first such pair elected in the same year since the inaugural 1936 class that included starting pitchers Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson.

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Riverkeeper fights everyday to protect the severely threatened salmon populations of the Columbia River Basin. Once abundant throughout the region, salmon in the Pacific Northwest today face a myriad of threats. From habitat destruction and toxic pollution, to fish passage blockages by one of the over 400 dams in the Columbia River system, salmon need our help to survive in today’s world. Riverkeeper uses a variety of approaches to protect this culturally, economically, and spiritually significant species.

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Riverkeeper advocates for restoring habitat throughout the Columbia Basin.  The 2011 removal of the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington, for example, restores miles of salmon and steelhead habitat previously cut off for 100 years by the Condit Dam.  Riverkeeper was one of the original settlement parties with PacifiCorps in 1999 that led to freeing of the White Salmon River.

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Riverkeeper’s advocacy work also directs mitigation money from illegal polluters to fund restoration projects by other non-profit organizations.  These mitigation projects include road decommissioning on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, estuarine wetland restoration in the Columbia River Estuary, and improved fish passage on estuary tributaries.

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Healthy habitat is essential to salmon survival. Riverkeeper works to prevent the further destruction of critical salmon habitat in the Columbia Basin from shortsighted industrial proposals. Riverkeeper also organizes a network of citizen volunteers to monitor and watchdog the river, its tributaries, and essential riparian habitat.

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