2380 Washington Blvd, Ogden, UT 84401
exhibit runs though June 28
Witness the journey of Mark Seawell, who stumbled into fine art photography after falling in love with the rolling hills of Germany over a decade ago to his transition to Utah and the mountains and canyons of the West.
Mark Seawell is a retired Air Force veteran, who after 20 years of serving in various countries overseas, now resides with his wife Lutgart in South Ogden.
Mark's photography journey began in the rolling hills of Germany close to Ramstein airbase where he worked. His passion for photography quickly grew and he taught himself the art of light through diligent practice and research. Through many years of honing his skills, Mark's work has been recognized by many photography magazines such as National Geographic, Imaging Resource, Outdoor Photography Magazine and more. He has won numerous awards, and taught photography workshops in Europe and Utah in the United States.
Mark and his wife are the proud owners of Mark Seawell Photography, a Veteran-owned business. You can view their art online at http://markseawellphotography.com or follow them on FB and Instagram under Mark Seawell Photography. Mark and his wife feel they have been welcomed with open arms here in Weber county and Utah in general.
This family-friendly exhibition is organized by AmpedARTS, with generous support from Weber County, and is free and open to the public during regular business hours: 9am - 5pm M-F through June 27.
Brought to you by AmpedARTS, (formerly Ars Visualis/White
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DENVER—The Bureau of Land Management released draft environmental impact statements proposing significant changes to sage-grouse conservation efforts in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Oregon. The original sage-grouse plans, adopted by the Obama administration in 2015, were the result of years of negotiations between Western governors, ranchers, conservationists, and industry, and were designed to keep the imperiled bird off of the endangered species list.
Within the Interior Department, efforts to revise sage-grouse conservation plans were led by Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas industry lobbyist with clients that staunchly opposed the plans. In response, the Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Advocacy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn:
“The beat rolls on for Secretary Zinke’s plan to increase oil and gas development at all costs. This proposal breaks a compromise deal designed to balance wildlife protections with responsible energy development in favor of a plan to expand drilling at the expense of imperiled wildlife.
“More than 400,000 Americans told this administration to support the sage-grouse and leave these plans alone, but it appears that overwhelming public input was ignored. When you put an oil and gas lobbyist in charge of overhauling wildlife protections, this is what you get.”
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The Zombie Afterlife of the Clinton Global Initiative
The summons from Chelsea Clinton came via email, an invitation to “be the change.”
“I am so excited about the Clinton Global Initiative University,” Chelsea wrote. In October, student leaders from “CGI U” will converge on Chicago, working on “projects big and small to address climate change, poverty, gender inequality, and other pressing issues facing their generation — and all of us.” The email provided four opportunities to donate to the Clinton Foundation. “None of this great work would be possible without you and your continued support.”
In January 2017, the New York State Labor Department issued a statutory notice that the Clinton Global Initiative—the annual glitterati schmooze fest that brought hundreds of millions of dollars into Clinton coffers—would be laying off twenty-two employees. The news went out: CGI was dead. Hillary would not be president; the gravy train had run out of steam. The Clintons closed up shop.
But in fact, reports of the death of the Clinton Global Initiative were greatly exaggerated. It continues in a kind of zombie afterlife, along with other Clinton Foundation efforts, including CGI U. “Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative,” the Clinton Foundation website says, “President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world.”
Mr. Clinton made a fortune from CGI U. His early partner in the project was the for-profit university system, Laureate Education. Laureate donated between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation and signed Mr. Clinton up as “honorary chancellor” in 2010. Over the next five years, Laureate paid Mr. Clinton more than $17 million. That’s when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state and gearing up her presidential run. Laureate was controlled Doug Becker, a big Democratic donor. Becker stepped aside as CEO in 2017 with a $23 million package after taking the company public.
What does an honorary chancellor do to earn $17 million? Laureate told CNN that Mr. Clinton “inspired” people. The State Department stonewalled Judicial Watch’s attempt to uncover more details, eventually producing a heavily redacted contract that blacked out descriptions of the former president’s role. Laureate lately seems to have been shoved down the memory hole—it does not appear in current CGI U promotional material and both the Clinton Foundation and Laureate did not respond to requests for clarification. But Chelsea Clinton is carrying on the work. “We’re here with one of the most remarkable world leaders,” a Laureate student said in a video interview at a CGI U event reported by the Washington Post. “We’re here with Chelsea Clinton.”
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LONDON (3 May 2018) – A reader-focused business model with digital subscriptions at the core represents the news industry’s best hope to replace a declining print business model and maintain scalable journalism, according to a new report released today by the International News Media Association (INMA).
This was the key conclusion from “The Media Subscriptions Blueprint,” a report based on presentations and feedback from the INMA Media Subscriptions Week April 16-19, 2018, in London.
Across 25 case studies, seven keynote presentations, a 40-question benchmark survey, a town hall, and hundreds of questions and comments from the 230 participants from 33 countries, the INMA summit found the cutting edge on seven broad themes:
Beyond a distillation of global best practices, “The Media Subscriptions Blueprint” includes looks at what media companies are doing best in the digital subscription space: The New York Times, Times of London, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Schibsted, NZZ, Fairfax Media, Politiken, BILDPlus, Dennik N, Dagens Nyheter, Helsingin Sanomat, Boston Globe, Amedia, Telegraph Media Group, Immediate Media, Sky Media, The Guardian, and the Financial Times. Presentations by Facebook, Google, Membership Economy author Robbie Kellman Baxter, University of Oxford senior research fellow Grzegorz Piechota, Piano CEO Trevor Kaufmann, and others also are included.
INMA members may download the report and non-members may order the report at www.inma.org/reports.
The International News Media Association (INMA) is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue in a multi-media environment. The INMA community consists of 8,888 executives at 701 media companies in 68 countries. INMA is the news media industry’s foremost ideas-sharing network, with members connected via conferences, reports, webinars, chat, and an unparalleled archive of best practices. INMA has offices in the United States, Belgium, India, and El Salvador.
