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Philip Lopez paintings at Tyndall Galleries

Philip Lopez is known to his friends as Tom. He’s an artist whose work is at once a reduction of three dimensions into two and a master of working textures in to his paintings by layers of overpainting and removal by a variety of means. Think of that you see out of the corner of your eye as you drive by a building then flattened and abstracted
We bought Little Crook which I learned was inspired by Tom aka Philip’s chicken house. That seems appropriate since I’ve started some of my better poems recently in a small building in a chickenyard out on Peter Kramer and Susan Gladen’s farm.

Michele Natale describes Philip aka Tom’s show this way:

Substantial abstract and semi-abstract paintings on wood panels display richly colored, highly worked surfaces, layered, squeegeed or abraded by sanding, then divided into compositional compartments by roughly gouged lines. Painted areas are sometimes contrasted with areas cut from metal plates, nailed into the panel. Ovoid forms reminiscent of eggs or pods, and even a vaguely floral motif find their way into the geometry of this intriguing body of work.

Watch this Space

Today was our space day.

It began with a trip to Raleigh to the Museum of Natural Sciences for Astronomy Day where Tucker and I took in the very cool Elumenati Dome, stumped the “Stump the Scientist” with a question about the size of the Radiosphere, asked “If the Sun were to be suddenly removed, how long would it be before the lack of solar gravity would be noticed on earth?” (and got no real answer — my own guess about 8 and 1/3 minutes, the time it takes for light from the sun to reach earth) and generally enjoyed visiting the exhibits.

We took a break for Odyssey of the Mind and a Neighborhood meeting, then watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tucker having read the book (more than once I might mention) had much more insight to the story than I had. And since he’d also read 2010, he had some other ideas about parts that were completely opaque to me.

Just had mail from Bora alerting us to the appearance of the Science Blogging Anthology at Daily Koz where a Science thread featuring some interesting objects in space are also noted. 

Fred-mania at EduCause

Fred Stutzman’s research and his blog are cited twice in the 2007 Horizon Report from EduCause.

How university administrators should approach the Facebook: Ten rules
(Fred Stutzman, Unit Structures, January 23, 2006)
This blog entry describes current trends around Facebook and recommends measures for university administrators.

And

social Networking: five sites You Need to Know
(Fred Stutzman, Unit Structures, June 14, 2006)
This blog entry gives an overview of five lesser known social networking sites and describes three emerging trends related to the use of such sites.

Desegregating Chapel Hill

Sally will be leading a panel at the Wilson Library on Tuesday January 30: Discussion, 5:30-7 pm, Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library “Pressing the Hold-outs: The Desegregation Demonstrations of 1963-64”

On the panel will be:

Quinton Baker: Leader in the 1963-64 sit-ins; one of the protagonists of John Ehle’s book “The Free Men”
Karen Parker: Activist in the 1963-64 sit-ins; first black female to earn her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill
Braxton Foushee: Activist in the sit-ins; graduate of Lincoln High School; later became a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the School Board
Erika Stallings: Current UNC-Chapel Hill student; active in Campus Y, Black Student Movement, and Student Government

Discussion at OrangePolitics (where Sally in a comment tells us of a previously unannounced guest of great importance)

20th Century Fox: Blame Canada

Can it be true?

Are 50% of the world’s pirated movies coming (not movies featuring pirates) from Canada?

A nation of only 33 million people obviously very busy, camcorder obcesssed people (nearly 18% of whom are under 14 years old)?

Canada.com reports that being bilingual is one thing that makes Canada a pirate hot spot (even though “pirate” and “hot spot” are not terms I’d associate with Canada).

As much as 50 per cent of the world’s pirated movies come from Canada, prompting the film industry to threaten to delay the release of new titles in this country.

According to an investigation by Twentieth Century Fox, most of the illegal recording, or “camcording,” is taking place in Montreal movie houses, taking advantage of bilingual releases and lax copyright laws.

[…]

Science Blogging Conference Wrap-UP

science bloggers conference logo

From Anton (for Bora, Brian and me):

Hello again. We wanted to contact you one more time to extend our heartfelt thanks to you for attending the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Bora, Brian, Paul and I were delighted to meet you and greet you last weekend, and we truly appreciate your participation in the event.

Here are a some wrap-up announcements:

1. Please take a few minutes to share your comments about this conference and suggestions for how we might improve the next science blogging event. Use this easy to fill-in form.

2. The wiki has a comprehensive listing of links about the conference. You can find audio files for Dr. Willard’s talk and slides for Dr. Stemwedel’s talk, as well as links to all of your postings before, during and after the event. If we’re missing your posts, send Bora a message.

3. Help us thank our sponsors, donors, contributors and discussion leaders by visiting their blogs and websites. Click on the logos at the bottom of the wiki home page, or find a comprehensive listing of people to thank here. If you or your organization would like to get on the list of sponsors for the next science blogging conference, or help organize the event, send Anton a message or add a comment at the end of the feedback form.

4. Public Library of Science graciously donated t-shirts. In return, they ask that anyone who took a shirt sign up for the free PLoS One service and try it out for a while.

5. The science blogging anthology is out. Get it.

6. Lastly, if you live in or visit the Triangle region (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill), please join us at another of our BlogTogether events, including the Chapel Hill Bloggers Meetup and the Raleigh Bloggers Meetup. Monitor our blog at and sign up for our mailing list to learn about our events and social gatherings.

That’s all. Again, thank you. Keep in touch, and keep on blogging.

Anton, Bora, Brian and Paul

Student Protests at UNC

Students protesting the war - 1970.

This is not a current event but an exhibit and series of panels and talks at Wilson Library called “I Raised my Hand to Volunteer: Students Protest in 1960s Chapel Hill” which opens today.

Sally will be leading a panel on Jan. 30, 2007 called “Pressing the Hold-outs: The Desegregation Sit-ins of 1963-1964,” at Wilson Library, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Since I was there the first time round for some of this, I’ll be doing a bit of family work most of those evenings.

Lyceum-based TeachFor.US in LA Times

Last night, Sally and I watched Davis Guggenheim‘s The First Year, a moving and informative documentary that follows five teachers in their first year in the classroom.

We could have been reading Adam Geller’s blog of his first year teaching in St Louis with Teach For America, In the Lou. It’s much more dramatic than the documentary.

Adam’s adventures in teaching were just covered and linked to by the Los Angeles Times today.

The TeachFor.US blogsphere uses Lyceum and is hosted on ibiblio.org

UnBound commentaries

I couldn’t get up to NYC for Google’s Unbound: Advancing Book Publishing in a Digital World at the New York Public Library on Thursday. Nice of them to ask me tho:

Please join us for a day examining how the book business has changed and how it will continue to evolve. Hear from thought leaders and industry veterans who are taking advantage of our increasingly digital world – from blogs and social networks to print-on-demand and online access.

Some great folks were there though including Chris Anderson, Cory Doctorow, Tim O’Reilly and Seth Godin.

The confab created enough of a stir to merit commentaries around the world including a longish doubtful commentary,
Count this be the final chapter in the life of the book? (Bryan Appleyard in the Sunday Times – London), and many more (Google News search for “Google Unbound”)

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