Record turnout at the Visitor Opening of the exhibition O. Henry Tanner at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) February 6, 2012

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) has seen record turnout of visitors at the weekend opening of Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, a major exhibition of works of art by African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, on view until April 15.

showcase the artist’s paintings, photographs, sculptures, watercolors and drawings, “Henry Ossawa Tanner: modern spirit” was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where the artist has studied 1879-1885, and will run to the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The exhibition features over 100 works including 12 paintings that had never been demonstrated in a retrospective Tanner. It also includes the famous Tanner resurrection of Lazarus, from the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, a career-making canvas that Tanner earned his first international honors when it was exposed in 1897 and who had never crossed the Atlantic.

“Henry O. Tanner is a transcendent figure, both in art and history of America,” says Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum. “His compelling story and rich body of work makes a superb national traveling exhibition.”

“Henry Ossawa Tanner: modern spirit” explores the life and career of Henry O. Tanner from his upbringing in Philadelphia in the years following the Civil War, through the formation of the artist at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and his success as an American artist at the highest levels of the international art world at the turn of 20 ° century, its role as an elected leader of an artist colony in rural France, his unique contributions in aid of the military during the First World War through the Red Cross in France, his reinvigoration of Modernist painting is deeply rooted in their religious faith , and the Tanner representation of the Holy Land and North Africa.

“Henry Ossawa Tanner: modern spirit reveals the artist as a modern man of talent whose training, intelligence and faith than he has to overcome the harsh realities of his time and pushed him into a life journey of discovery personal and artistic, “says Anna O. Marley, PAFA Curator of American art history.

The largest catalog to date scientific life and work of Tanner accompanies the exhibition. This book contains 14 essays by established and emerging scholars from the United States and France, published by the University of California Press.

addition, the first children’s book of O. Henry Tanner has been published by PAFA and Bunker Hill Press. Written and illustrated by renowned artist and author Faith Ringgold, this publication will inspire generations of young people through the extraordinary achievements of Tanner.

“PAFA is proud to have contributed to the artistic education Tanner, who has maintained a mutually productive relationship with the artist throughout his life, and that we are now able to introduce its achievements inspired a new generation of viewers” , says David R. Brigham, PAFA President & CEO.

PAFA, the exhibition will travel to the Cincinnati Art Museum, from May 26 to September 9, 2012, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, from 14 October 2012 – January 6, 2013. Interesting educational and community events will take place throughout the race PAFA exhibition and free admission is offered Sunday, while the exhibition is on view.

: Modern Spirit Presenting Sponsor is Exelon Philadelphia Area Foundation. Presenting sponsor of the Foundation are the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation. This exhibition was made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: because democracy demands wisdom. Main support came from Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for ‘, Arts Inc., greater institutional support came from Exelon and PECO Foundation with support from participating from the W. Edna Andrade Foundation Fund of Philadelphia.

Media Support is provided by CBS3 and The Philadelphia Tribune. WHYY is a proud partner of the community.

Land Foundation for American Art is dedicated to fostering exploration, understanding and appreciation of visual arts in the United States for national and international audience. Recognizing the importance of living original artwork, the Foundation offers opportunities for interaction and study, beginning with the introduction and growth of his art collection in Chicago. To further improve intercultural dialogue in American art, the foundation supports and collaborates on innovative exhibitions, research and educational programs. Implicit in these activities is the belief that art has the potential both to distinguish cultures and to unite them.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. This is one of the biggest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our Republic, to promote excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition and publication does not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Henry Luce Foundation was founded in 1936 by the late Henry R. Luce, cofounder and editor in chief of Time Inc. The Luce Foundation supports American art projects, higher education, Asian affairs, theology, women in science and engineering, and public policy and the environment. Through the Program in American Art, which began in 1982, the Foundation has distributed over $ 130 million for about 250 museums, universities and service organizations in 47 states, the District of Columbia and internationally.

Exelon Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded solely by Exelon Corporation, an energy company, through shareholder U.S. dollars. The Foundation supports nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations primarily in the service territory of Exelon and its operating companies. The Foundation’s mission is to encourage respect for the environment and strengthen the social and economic fabric of the community by supporting programs in the fields of environment and conservation, innovative math and science education, and diversity and tolerance.

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) is the first American school of Fine Arts and Museum. The recipient of the 2005 National Medal of Arts presented by President of the United States, PAFA is a recognized leader in fine arts education. Almost every major American artist has taught, studied, or exhibited at the Academy. The establishment of a worldwide collection of American art continues to grow and provides what only a few art institutions in the world offer: the rare combination of a unique museum and an extraordinary faculty known for its commitment to students and the stature and the quality of his artistic work.

HOURS

from Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm

Wednesday at 20:00

Sunday, 11:00 to 5:00

ADMISSION

(includes the Palace Historic Landmark)

Adults $ 15; older students (60 +) with ID $ 12;

young age (13 – 18) $ 10,. Children (12 years, excluding generating sets) FREE

Henry Ossawa Tanner admitted Sunday: modern spirit is free throughout the course of the show

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ADMISSION TO

historic building

Adults $ 10, Senior (60 +) and students with ID $ 8;

young age (13 – 18) $ 6, children (12 years, excluding generating sets) FREE

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Want to learn to say “I love you” in over 40 languages?

Nashua, NH (PRWEB) February 3, 2012

Transparent Language includes every person who chooses to make the long journey to the knowledge of foreign language has its own reason. Whether for travel, business, or simply personal enjoyment, the reasons students choose to start studying and topics that are most affected are incredibly varied. In fact, some of them are even surprising.

One of the most language students to learn is how to say “I love you” in the foreign language of their choice. This fact is supported by the surprising number of Google searches that take place each month on the subject. According to data from Google, over 29 million searches are made each month for the general phrase “I love you.” However, language specific searches are a number of equally impressive. For example, the phrase “I love you in Spanish” is the most popular language specific term in this category, with almost 165,000 searches per month. The next line is “I love you in French,” with about 90,500 searches per month. “I love you in Italian” and “I love you in Japanese” are the third and fourth on the list, followed by Chinese, German, Korean and Arabic, with numbers ranging from 49,500 to 18,000.

As a leading provider of language-learning solutions for government, military, education, library, and consumer markets, Transparent Language strives to provide all students with educational materials that not only need to know, but you want to know , as well. Fitting in line with this mission, and the amount of interest to learn to say “I love you” in a foreign language, Transparent Language has released a new website, sayiloveyou.net, with the aim of satisfying the popular desire to learn to say this sentence.

The site teaches students how to say “I love you” in over 40 languages ??with the help of popular audio pronunciations of native speakers. In addition, sayiloveyou.net offers visitors free access to Transparent Language Word of the Day, a program intended to be part of language learning daily routines of students presenting and teaching the proper use of a new word every day. The service also offers an example sentence and pronunciation audio, view blog entries by language and culture, and provides search Twitter to find social media discussions in which the word of the day is in use, allowing students to see exactly how the word is used by real native speakers in everyday life.

The site has officially launched with support for 46 languages, many of whom also have a corresponding word of the day. However, there are plans to add other languages ??in the future, both for sayiloveyou.net and Transparent Language Word of the Day Language Learners interested in adding: “I love you” to their vocabulary, tanks, or anyone with a romantic vein, should check the new site sayiloveyou.net, or Transparent Language Word of the Day to transparent.com / wotd.

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Transparent Language, develop language learning resources and systems of a language can provide faster, more reliable and engaging learning to those who need language skills for work or school, as well as those who simply find joy in learning and using other languages. Every day, we use our know-how in research and practice of language learning to build programs that are licensed for use by all staff of the Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Marine Corps , U.S. Navy, and many other governmental organizations, as well as by thousands of schools, hundreds of public libraries, and millions of individual users.

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payasUgym.com Launches in Brighton

London, UK (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

At a time of year when thousands of people are looking to get fit or lose weight, Riptide has recognised the opportunity to make fitness more flexible by linking up with payasUgym.com. Whilst the initial focus of the payasUgym.com service was to sell discounted day passes at hundreds of gyms in London, it is now possible to find and use gyms across the UK with 30 day and 90 day passes also available.

The success of the participating gyms in London has led to the rapid expansion of the service to include towns and cities such as Southampton, Guildford, Manchester, Reading and now Brighton too. The payasUgym.com service is likely to be popular with the many Brighton residents that commute regularly between London and the South Coast. With gyms like Riptide involved, as well as the hundreds of gyms in London, payasUgym.com represents a new way to use the gym.

payasUgym.com is a very simple service which enables customer to use hundreds of gyms in London and across the UK on a totally flexible basis. Customers simply top up their free online account with credit – just like topping up a pre-paid mobile phone. They then select the gym the want to use and can purchase discounted day passes as well as 30 day and 90 day gym memberships using their credit.

payasUgym.com CEO, Jamie Ward said, “We have been looking to add a number of gyms in Brighton to the payasUgym.com network and are delighted that we have been able to partner with one of the most popular and best known facilities in the area. We are always getting requests for gyms to be added in Brighton and we hope that this is just the start. Riptide has an amazing location right by the beach and is bound to be extremely popular to payasUgym.com users.”

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payasUgym.com was launched in February 2011 and currently offers over 250 gyms in London and Manchester and is currently expanding across the rest of the UK.

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I thought of having the kids make a product to sell online to subsidize the cost, but wanted to get better ideas.

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Your idea might work if you could put little signs advertising local businesses on the kids t-shirts and take them out for walks around town. Just be sure you don’t have little Susie wearing a shirt advertising Joe’s Bar & Pool Room.
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Air Critical Care Air Ambulance Transports High Risk Obstetric Patient

Dr. Crandall with Air Critical Cares New Inflight Ultasound.

Port Charlotte, Florida (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Air Critical Care LLC, headquartered in Port Charlotte, Florida, announced the recent air ambulance transport of a High Risk Obstetric [HROB] patient of 29 weeks that allowed the medical transport company to implement its new, highly-advanced ultra sound equipment managed by the company’s recently appointed HROB physician, Blane M. Crandall, MD. The new ultra sound equipment had the ability to monitor the baby’s external heart & allowed Dr. Crandall to determine whether the mother was safe to be transported from the Caribbean Island to her hometown of Long Island, New York.

Expecting the arrival of their first baby, Michael and Tracey Sonntag, a young couple from Long Island, New York decided to ring in 2012 with a Caribbean cruise. But their tropical cruise was soon disrupted when Tracey began to experience pregnancy-related complications while the ship was docked on Nassau Island, Bahamas.

“It was during the holidays. The hotels were booked. We’re in a foreign country. It’s our first baby,” said Michael. The couple knew they needed an air ambulance medical transportation services company that could transport them to Winthrop Hospital, which is a Level III certified NICU and is one of few facilities with a combined maternity ward and a NICU.

That is when a hospital case manager at Doctor’s Hospital contacted Florida-based Air Critical Care LLC which is a leader in the medical transportation and air ambulance services industry. Led by Dr. Crandall, the Air Critical Care Obstetric Emergency Transport team utilized the company’s new General Electric LOGIQ Book XP, which is a compact ultrasound with an advanced platform designed to provide new levels of clinical value for demanding healthcare environments, notably in the aviation medical transport of HROB patients in countries with lesser healthcare options, according to Crandall.

The diagnosis was preeclampsia which is a common disorder among pregnancy after the 20th week, according to Crandall who confirmed a secondary condition when he diagnosed Tracey upon arrival at Doctor’s Hospital. “A sub-diagnosis, obstetrical partial previa where the placenta is laying over the cervix generates pools of blood which causes massive bleeding as the cervix opens,” explained Crandall.

“Dr. Crandall used the new ultrasound three times on our trip to New York,” said Michael. “We knew we were in good hands.” With Air Critical Care’s advanced ultrasound external heart rate monitor, Dr. Crandall was able to assess the baby’s heart rate and verify the stability for a medevac of his HROB patient.

“Air medical transport is not only advantageous, but critical for neonate survival and maternal morbidity,” said Dr. Crandall. “A high risk pregnancy should be identified and properly managed by the physician. Several conditions can exist that can result in a high-risk pregnancy, including gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM], pregnancy-related obesity or can result in premature birth which can lead to developmental delays and higher mortality rates.”

Logan Bayleigh Sonntag was born on December 31 weighing 2 pounds, 15 ounces and may have been one of the last babies born at Winthrop University Hospital in 2011.

As the leader in medical transportation and air ambulance services, Air Critical Care LLC offers worldwide service 24/7 throughout the U.S., as well as air medical transportation with the support of a network of offices throughout the United States, including Michigan, New York, Arizona and Florida. In addition to air ambulance, Air Critical Care LLC provides medical escort services and commercial stretcher services on international flights.

For more information about Medical Flight Service, visit aircriticalcare.com or call toll free at 800-550-0674.

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