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GLOBAL MUSEUM this week:
A Festive Season message to the everyone in the 68 countries where GLOBAL
MUSEUM is read. In this , the last week before the Christmas break ( for
many of us ), can I personally thank all readers for their support and
contributions this past year. When I started the EZINE almost two years ago,
I was determined that it remain a FREE service for our profession and that
it be supported in its operations by advertising and job posting donations,
from those who could afford it and felt so inclined. It is VERY gratifying
to witness the growth of the readership and receive the accolades from
colleagues ( not forgetting the odd brickbat or two!) - I thank you all.
This will be the last posting for a fortnight and I shall spend some of the
break further refining the site. Job postings will continue to be accepted
and posted over this period. In the meantime, keep up the good work wherever
you are. Museums need people with passion and commitment and our readership
is reflective of this quality.
Seasons Greetings to All
Roger Smith
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...........................and now the weeks international news! Just go
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** 'African Voices' Exhibit Opens at Smithsonian **
From a Somali herder's portable, woven home to a sample ballot from the 1994
South African elections, a permanent new Smithsonian exhibit traces the
evolution and culture of the African continent
** Filmmaker Develops Artistic Sneakers As 'Walks of Art' **
While touring the streets and museums of Rome wearing his chunky white
sneakers -- the 1990s symbol of an American tourist -- Los Angeles filmmaker
Peter Traynor suddenly thought: Why not print some of this lovely art on my
shoes?.
** Marvels and milestones mark millennium of medicine **
``When the dreadful steel was plunged into the breast, cutting through
veins, arteries, flesh and nerves, I began a scream which lasted
unintermittently during the whole time of the incision.''
**Gone With The Wind museum debuts in Atlanta **
Atlantans celebrated the enduring allure of Gone With The Wind on Wednesday
with the opening of a new museum commemorating the 60th anniversary of the
famous film's big screen premiere.
** Painting of Virgin Mary vandalized with paint **
A 72-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly squirting white paint onto
a painting of the Virgin Mary decorated with elephant dung.
**MOMA workers picket **
Members of the Professional and Administrative Staff Association of the
Museum of Modern Art picketed outside the museum Tuesday after walking out
of work in an effort to draw attention to their contract negotiations
** THE DOME, TROUBLE AT THE BIG TOP **
Peter Mandelson is engulfed in a personal scandal, while art, politics and
big business collide in a fight to fill the dome
**Printing The Bill **
As a measure of the significance of the International Print Portfolio
exhibition, the United Nations was eager for the show to grace the
proceedings at the world body's New York headquarters during its recent
global convention on human rights.
** Rubbish dump put to good use **
Before visitors enter a new exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, they
first have to spend four minutes watching a film about garbage. The bare
walls of this small, almost clinically-designed open room contrasts sharply
with the scenes of this short documentary
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** Theo emerges from the shadows **
Theo van Gogh was born in 1857, the younger brother of Vincent by some four
years. The story of his relationship with his brother is well enough known.
But always it is Theo, the shadowy figure at Vincent's side, the other party
to the correspondence, the source of the necessary funds that kept him
going, of whom we know
** Another Dramatic Fossil Find In South Africa **
The complete arm and hand of an Australopithecus ape man believed to be 3.3
million-years-old has been excavated at the Sterkfontein caves in Gauteng
which in early December was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO.
** Drought helps archaeologists **
The falling water level on the Sea of Galilee has been a boon for
archaeologists such as Danny Nadal.
** 400-year-old device hit by millennium bug **
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With apologies to the Yuletide favourite " Twas the Night before Christmas"
** A POLITICALLY CORRECT CHRISTMAS ** Forwarded to
Global Museum by a reader
'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves",
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!
The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.
And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific.
No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.
So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth."
(c)Harvey Ehrlich, 1992
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