Thursday, March 13, 2008

Baker Newman Noyes, CPAs Voted "Best of Business" in New Hampshire

New Hampshire Business Review Names Baker Newman Noyes Best of Business in Accounting Category

Manchester, NH (PRWEB) March 6, 2008 -- Baker Newman Noyes, Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants (BNN) has been selected as a winner in New Hampshire Business Review's 2008 Best of Business Awards.

NH Business Review received over 1,000 ballots from its readers who selected the best companies in the state -- including the best accounting firm.

"The BOB Awards truly celebrate all New Hampshire businesses," said Jeff Feingold, editor of New Hampshire Business Review. "If other business owners have named your business a BOB business that really says something about the high caliber of the company you're running."

Joe Lovejoy, Managing Principal of Baker Newman Noyes' Manchester, NH office said, "We are pleased to have been named Best of Business in NH. Being named the best by our peers reflects well on our team, and on the service we provide to our clients and our community everyday."

The Best of Business Awards will be presented in a ceremony on March 19, 2008 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH.

About Baker Newman Noyes

Baker Newman Noyes, LLC is a regional professional services firm with offices in Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Portland, Maine. We offer comprehensive Accounting, Tax and Audit services as well as Healthcare Management and Information Technology Consulting to businesses and individuals in the Northeastern United States.

We serve a variety of clients including healthcare providers, financial service companies, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations, manufacturers and distributors and high wealth individuals and families.

For more information, visit www.bnncpa.com or call 1 800.244.7444.



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Via: PRWeb: Industry Healthcare

Medical Practice Time Management Book Slashes Chaos, Costs and Conflicts

Popular Author Judy Capko introduces ''Take Back Time''

Phoenix, Maryland (PRWEB) March 6, 2008 -- Greenbranch Publishing announces publication of the book that promises to crack the time management code for physicians and practice managers eager to gain control of even the craziest days — and help their practices prosper: ''Take Back Time: Bringing Time Management to Medicine'' by Judy Capko; paperback, 150 pages, ISBN: 0-9768343-6-7. $54.95 List Price.

During her 25 years in the field, healthcare consultant and popular speaker and author Judy Capko has seen too many medical practices get busier and busier, but accomplishing less and less. ''When crisis management becomes routine procedure,'' she says, “no one’s happy. Patients don’t get seen on time, physicians end the day facing mountains of paperwork, staff feel exhausted, overhead soars and productivity sinks.” Her new book is designed to help medical practices take back control.

Nancy Collins, President of Greenbranch Publishing calls ''Take Back Time'' “the cure for chronic crisis management,” noting that Capko’s practical approach will work for every size and type of medical practice. “Every single page is packed with ready-to-use tactics guaranteed to make a difference to physicians, staff, patients, and the success of the practice.”

For example, Capko maps out no-cost changes in office layout that can restore $20,000 a year in productivity otherwise lost through “musical chairs” inefficiencies. Her simple “peak pattern” analysis stops telephone madness – getting patients off hold and freeing staff to focus. Pre-visit forms delight patients with shorter waits and better interaction with doctors. Capko covers time management strategies today’s most successful medical practices use to banish disruptions, delays, and unnecessary costs as they improve the patient experience, staff performance and satisfaction.

Table of Contents

  • Are You Being Sabotaged
  • Can We Talk?
  • Those Maddening Phones
  • The Sensible Schedule
  • Get It Right!
  • Make The Most Of Staff
  • Virtually Yours
  • Your Ultimate Partner - The Patient
  • Mine The Business
  • Get Back Your Life
  • From This Day Forward
“Historically, the practice of medicine has been reactionary. By utilizing the recommendations in this book, the reader can become proactive and end the feeling of being in crisis mode.”

Charlene Burgett, MS-HCM,CMA,CMM,CPC,CCP,CMSCS
Administrator
PAHCOM National Advisory Board

“Amazing! Judy Capko has outdone herself again with this new book. She has proven that she has a complete, global understanding of the practice of medicine, much more so than physicians. This book is a must-have for any medical office seeking to rise above the competition and deliver the best patient satisfaction possible.”

Peterson Pierre, MD
Thousand Oaks, CA

“In a very practical way, that is Judy Capko’s trademark, she has provided a roadmap to help me be a better physician, more effective manager, and most importantly, more time to really enjoy life. This is a book we all need to read! It is worth your time.”

William Keating, MD
Dawsonville Family Practice

“Judy Capko reminds us that regardless of who you are, YOUR hour has 60 minutes in it. 'Take Back Time' provides help with defining your choices so you can achieve the most out of your day. It is time to take charge of your day and your career!”

Cynthia L. Dunn, RN, FACMPE
MGMA health Care Consulting Group, Englewood, CO
                                                        
“The timing of this book could not be better. Every practice manager in the country will identify with the challenges and welcome the solutions. This is a book well worth reading and then reviewing every six months!”

Anne Cordes, MBA
PAHCOM Executive Director


About Judy Capko
Judy Capko is the founder of Capko & Company, a nationally recognized healthcare consultant, speaker and author of the popular book ''Secrets of the Best-Run Practices'' (Greenbranch Publishing, 2006).


About Greenbranch Publishing, LLC   
Headquartered in Phoenix, Maryland, Greenbranch Publishing, LLC, is a privately held firm founded in 1998. The company is a leading publisher of medical practice management titles, electronic media and audio conferences for physicians, practice administrators and office practice managers.

More information can be found at www.mpmnetwork.com, www.mpmbuyersguide.com, www.soundpractice.net.



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Via: PRWeb: Industry Healthcare

Talk:Wikia Spotlights

Soulcalibur Wiki -

←Older revision Revision as of 12:05, 6 March 2008 (2 intermediate revisions not shown.)Line 21: Line 21: :Hi, Nathan! Yeah, you've got a very good wiki going there -- more than 100 pages, with a logo, a clear main page, a good category structure, and welcomes for everybody. This is a great model for other wikis to check out. You'll get a spotlight when the next round of spotlights goes up. -- [[User:Toughpigs|<font color="Blue">Danny</font>]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|<font color="Blue" size="1">talk</font>]]) 22:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC) :Hi, Nathan! Yeah, you've got a very good wiki going there -- more than 100 pages, with a logo, a clear main page, a good category structure, and welcomes for everybody. This is a great model for other wikis to check out. You'll get a spotlight when the next round of spotlights goes up. -- [[User:Toughpigs|<font color="Blue">Danny</font>]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|<font color="Blue" size="1">talk</font>]]) 22:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)  +  +---- ==Soulcalibur Wiki== ==Soulcalibur Wiki== -I should like to submit [www.soulcalibur.wikia.com] for the Wikia spotlight. Soulcalibur is a well-known game series in the US, Europe and Japan. The series is going from strength to strength, a new game has just been released on the Wii, and one is about to be released on the PS3 and Xbox360, I feel that there is a definite potential for growth in this wiki - all that is needed is some extra publicity. It has 100 articles (at the time of writing), and an infrastructure is to be decided to ensure that the wiki can grow properly. Hopefully, with some publicity, it could assume the critical mass status and become self sustaining. +I should like to submit [http://www.soulcalibur.wikia.com The Soulcalibur Wiki] for the Wikia spotlight. Soulcalibur is a well-known game series in the US, Europe and Japan. The series is going from strength to strength, a new game has just been released on the Wii, and one is about to be released on the PS3 and Xbox360, I feel that there is a definite potential for growth in this wiki - all that is needed is some extra publicity. It has 100 articles (at the time of writing), and an infrastructure is to be decided to ensure that the wiki can grow properly. Hopefully, with some publicity, it could assume the critical mass status and become self sustaining. Many thanks for listening, Many thanks for listening, [[User:Siegfriedschtauffen|Siegfriedschtauffen]] 17:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC) [[User:Siegfriedschtauffen|Siegfriedschtauffen]] 17:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:KaurJmeb

能不能協助修改香港網絡大典界面部分

←Older revision Revision as of 09:13, 6 March 2008 Line 828: Line 828: 我更新了香港網絡大典的首頁,但新頁面只能在Firefox顯示,用IE來瀏覽的話則只會顯示未更新前的頁面。這是什麼的一回事呢?--[[User:Hotplug|Hotplug]] 16:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC) 我更新了香港網絡大典的首頁,但新頁面只能在Firefox顯示,用IE來瀏覽的話則只會顯示未更新前的頁面。這是什麼的一回事呢?--[[User:Hotplug|Hotplug]] 16:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC) :我用的是IE6,經過幾個小時後已經更新了沒有問題了。但為何IE會出現稍遲更新的現象呢?這問題不單在我的電腦出現,連我朋友也是這樣的啊。--[[User:Hotplug|Hotplug]] 16:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC) :我用的是IE6,經過幾個小時後已經更新了沒有問題了。但為何IE會出現稍遲更新的現象呢?這問題不單在我的電腦出現,連我朋友也是這樣的啊。--[[User:Hotplug|Hotplug]] 16:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)  +  +== 能不能協助修改香港網絡大典界面部分 ==  +  +畢竟好像是剛從Wiki移植,但因Monobook.js導致一大堆字樣在下面列出來,感覺很混亂。但我不是管理員,沒有權力維修……<br />p.s.我是維基百科的User:KilluaZaoldyeck--[[User talk:HayateYuki|疾風綾希]] 09:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Charities

←Older revision Revision as of 08:45, 6 March 2008 Line 12: Line 12: *[[Help:Interwiki link|Interwiki link]]: [[w:c:charities|Wikia:c:charities]] *[[Help:Interwiki link|Interwiki link]]: [[w:c:charities|Wikia:c:charities]] *[[Name for the wiki|URL]]: http://charities.wikia.com/ *[[Name for the wiki|URL]]: http://charities.wikia.com/  +*[http://love4charity.blogspot.com Charities For The Elderly & The Children] {{visit|Charities|w:c:charities}} {{visit|Charities|w:c:charities}}

Forum:Problem with naming articles

←Older revision Revision as of 05:17, 6 March 2008 Line 7: Line 7: ::Over at fr.guildwars, a french wiki about the Guild Wars game, we experienced a similar thing. Somes objects in the game have the [ and ] caracters in the name. The only way to go about this is replacing them with ( and ). — [[User:TulipVorlax|Tulip]][[User talk:TulipVorlax|Vorlax]] 23:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC) ::Over at fr.guildwars, a french wiki about the Guild Wars game, we experienced a similar thing. Somes objects in the game have the [ and ] caracters in the name. The only way to go about this is replacing them with ( and ). — [[User:TulipVorlax|Tulip]][[User talk:TulipVorlax|Vorlax]] 23:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)  +  +:::I'd replace them with ( and ). Much easier than finding a similar unicode too. Thanks for the suggestions. --[[User:Tofy|'''<font color="#D9BA27">Tofy</font>''']] 05:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Gaming/Newsletter March 08

←Older revision Revision as of 02:43, 6 March 2008 Line 29: Line 29: <h2 style="color:#00a0f0;"> '''Community Events''' </h2> <h2 style="color:#00a0f0;"> '''Community Events''' </h2> {| {| -|<imagemap>+|<div style="float:left; margin-right: 20px;">http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/central/images/4/42/Gaming_SXSW_Icon.gif</div><span style="font-size:1.2em;">'''Wikia at SXSW:''' Wikia will be all over the [http://www.SXSW.com/interactive SXSW South By Southwest] conference in Austin, TX this weekend. We will have a booth at the [http://www.screenburnfest.com Screenburn Arcade Fest], and will be running a [[:Image:Game_card.jpg|wiki scavenger hunt‎]]. Attendees have the chance to interact with [[w:c:halo| Halo]],[http://www.wowwiki.com World of Warcraft], [[w:c:ssb| Super Smash Bros.]] and [[w:c:aoc|Age of Conan]] wikis and win some sweet swag! Our own Gaming Princess, [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Angies Angie Shelton], will be on a [http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=show&id=IAP060386 panel] entitled 'Edit Me! How Gamers are Adopting the Wiki Way' alongside NC Soft's April Burba and WowWiki's Lead admin [http://wowwiki.com/wiki/User:Kirkburn Kirkburn]. </span> -Image:Gaming_SXSW_Icon.gif|left|64px|Wikia at SXSW+ - + -default [http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=show&id=IAP060386 Wikia at SXSW]+ - + -desc none+ -</imagemap><span style="font-size:1.2em">'''Wikia at SXSW:''' Wikia will be all over the [http://www.SXSW.com/interactive SXSW South By Southwest] conference in Austin, TX this weekend. We will have a booth at the [http://www.screenburnfest.com Screenburn Arcade Fest], and will be running a [[:Image:Game_card.jpg|wiki scavenger hunt‎]]. Attendees have the chance to interact with [[w:c:halo| Halo]],[http://www.wowwiki.com World of Warcraft], [[w:c:ssb| Super Smash Bros.]] and [[w:c:aoc|Age of Conan]] wikis and win some sweet swag! Our own Gaming Princess, [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Angies Angie Shelton], will be on a [http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=show&id=IAP060386 panel] entitled 'Edit Me! How Gamers are Adopting the Wiki Way' alongside NC Soft's April Burba and WowWiki's Lead admin [http://wowwiki.com/wiki/User:Kirkburn Kirkburn]. </span>+ |- |- |&nbsp; |&nbsp;

User talk:KyleH

RSwiki monaco skin

←Older revision Revision as of 02:15, 6 March 2008 Line 28: Line 28: ==Re:organization== ==Re:organization== Sorry was busy on other wikia projects/ wikipedia and mass managing lots of other stuff so didn't get a chance to see much --[[User:Cs california|Cs california]] 08:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Sorry was busy on other wikia projects/ wikipedia and mass managing lots of other stuff so didn't get a chance to see much --[[User:Cs california|Cs california]] 08:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)  +  +==Monaco skin==  +I saw your comment on the RuneScape wiki [http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=RuneScape%3AYew_grove&diff=355197&oldid=355106 Yew Grove] about using Monaco. Personally, I like monobook, and I know most users at our site do. It's just simple. However... I'm really liking Monaco now (Quartz, not at all). I started to create my own Monaco skin and was actually hoping to maybe present it to the community once finished as the Custom Monaco skin for our wiki. But, I don't know CSS, so a lot of my work has been taking things from other wikis (FFXIclopedia being the one I'm referring to, which you also suggested =]) and from a personal monobook of one of our users, adapted from a Common version I think mostly created by Richard1990 (but again, we like plain monobook, so the custom one didn't last long). But I have some issues and I was wondering if you could help, or refer me to someone who could. I know there's a staff meet-up going on, so the people I've tried contacting in IRC have been busy with other things. =P What I have so far is [http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/User:Clv309/monaco.css here] and what it looks like is [http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb228/clv309/monaco6.png this]. I'm aiming for something like [http://www.runescape.com this]. Links on that first bar are what I need help fixing, and the links up top where it says "Gaming" next to wikia, because that's only visible because of the monaco skin I have set in the background, I know if I changed it to say, "slate" or something, it wouldn't be readable. Links in and TOCs are blue and hard to read also. And, if there's any way to insert a temporary logo, just as a way to test things out and see how everything looks when experimenting, I could use that help too. Thanks =] [[User:clv309|<Font face=Sylfaen><font color=RoyalBlue>Christine</font></font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Clv309|<Font face=Sylfaen><font color=LimeGreen>Talk</font></font>]]</sup> 02:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Cempa

←Older revision Revision as of 00:58, 6 March 2008 Line 1: Line 1: -{{Template:Calculator|+== {{Template:Calculator| -| lvl = 66+| lvl = 67 | mlvl = 5 | mlvl = 5 | voc = Elite Knight | voc = Elite Knight | meleeskill = 79 | meleeskill = 79 | weaponatk = 47 | weaponatk = 47 -| distanceskill = 14  -| distanceweaponatk = 38  -| shieldingskill= 64  -|}}  -  -{{Template:Calculator|  -| lvl = 47  -| mlvl = 14  -| voc = Royal Paladin  -| meleeskill = 33  -| weaponatk = 31  -| distanceskill = 77  -| distanceweaponatk = 38  -| shieldingskill= 60  -|}}  -  -{{Template:Calculator|  -| lvl = 33  -| mlvl = 51  -| voc = Elder Druid  -| meleeskill = 21  -| weaponatk = 35  | distanceskill = 10 | distanceskill = 10 | distanceweaponatk = 35 | distanceweaponatk = 35 -| shieldingskill= 22+| shieldingskill= 64 -|}}+|}} ==

Entertainment

+ klingon dictionary

←Older revision Revision as of 00:49, 6 March 2008 Line 90: Line 90: {{Hublink|no|inuyasha|InuYasha Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|inuyasha|InuYasha Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|jamesbond|James Bond}} {{Hublink|no|jamesbond|James Bond}}  +{{Hublink|orange|eiga|Japanese Movies}} |width=25% valign="top"| |width=25% valign="top"| -{{Hublink|orange|eiga|Japanese Movies}}  {{Hublink|no|journeyman|Journeyman Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|journeyman|Journeyman Wiki}} {{Hublink|yellow|jurassicpark|Jurassic Park Wiki}} {{Hublink|yellow|jurassicpark|Jurassic Park Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|kanzaka|KanzakaDex}} {{Hublink|no|kanzaka|KanzakaDex}} {{Hublink|no|kinnikuman|Kinnikuman}} {{Hublink|no|kinnikuman|Kinnikuman}}  +{{Hublink|red|mughom|The Klingon Dictionary}} {{Hublink|no|klingon|The Klingon Encyclopedia}} {{Hublink|no|klingon|The Klingon Encyclopedia}} {{Hublink|no|kylexy|Kyle XY Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|kylexy|Kyle XY Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|landbeforetime|Land Before Time Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|landbeforetime|Land Before Time Wiki}} -{{Hublink|no|lawandorder|Law & Order Wiki}}+{{Hublink|yellow|lawandorder|Law & Order Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|hercxena|Legendary Journeys}} {{Hublink|no|hercxena|Legendary Journeys}} {{Hublink|no|littlehouse|Little House on the Prairie Wiki}} {{Hublink|no|littlehouse|Little House on the Prairie Wiki}}

Forum:Janitors

←Older revision Revision as of 00:33, 6 March 2008 Line 14: Line 14: ::::Yep - or then you can come to [http://irc.wikia.com #wikia IRC channel] for live help. The janitors are often there, and so are [[Wikia Staff|Wikia staff members]] and other helpful users. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 21:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC) ::::Yep - or then you can come to [http://irc.wikia.com #wikia IRC channel] for live help. The janitors are often there, and so are [[Wikia Staff|Wikia staff members]] and other helpful users. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 21:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC) -== Nominations ==+==Nominations== - + Currently, the amount of active janitors/helpers is not quite enough to keep cross-wiki spam and vandalism to a minimum 24/7 (and staff are usually busy too). Therefore, I was wondering if I could nominate myself to become a Wikia janitor. I am familiar with all the policies, etc. and I do help out on other wikis, mainly for users on IRC. Also, I apologize if there was a better spot to put this, but I couldn't find one :) --[[User:Skizzerz|Skizzerz]] <sup>[[User talk:Skizzerz|talk]]</sup> 23:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Currently, the amount of active janitors/helpers is not quite enough to keep cross-wiki spam and vandalism to a minimum 24/7 (and staff are usually busy too). Therefore, I was wondering if I could nominate myself to become a Wikia janitor. I am familiar with all the policies, etc. and I do help out on other wikis, mainly for users on IRC. Also, I apologize if there was a better spot to put this, but I couldn't find one :) --[[User:Skizzerz|Skizzerz]] <sup>[[User talk:Skizzerz|talk]]</sup> 23:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC) -== Uncyclopedia ==+:Even though janitorship is not something where users vote, I think Skizzerz would make an excellent janitor. He's clearly got talent - and as a plus, he knows [[mw:Developers|some PHP too]]. ;-> --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 00:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)  +   +==Uncyclopedia== It looks like this "janitor" status is becoming a way to get one-click 'rollback' ability on en.Uncyclopedia without having to obtain consensus on that local wiki first. We're beginning to see [[uncyclopedia:Special:Contributions/Manticore|this sort of activity]] - a long string of reversions which don't fall into the narrow categories of "cross-wiki vandalism", spam or intervention where there is no local admin. Not quite what [[Janitor policy and guidelines#When_to_take_action]] appears to envision. It looks like this "janitor" status is becoming a way to get one-click 'rollback' ability on en.Uncyclopedia without having to obtain consensus on that local wiki first. We're beginning to see [[uncyclopedia:Special:Contributions/Manticore|this sort of activity]] - a long string of reversions which don't fall into the narrow categories of "cross-wiki vandalism", spam or intervention where there is no local admin. Not quite what [[Janitor policy and guidelines#When_to_take_action]] appears to envision. Line 24: Line 25: :Contrast [http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&limit=500&showall=0&target=Manticore] with [http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AManticore] - I have been active at uncyc long before I was a janitor, and most of my rollback reverts there were using Olipro's user-only rollback script. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to differentiate the times I use real rollback with the times I use Oli's script; they both draw the edit summary from [[uncyclopedia:MediaWiki:Revertpage]]. -- <span style="background:white">[[User:Manticore|<span style="color:black">'''Manticore'''</span>]] [[User talk:Manticore|<span style="color:black">(talk)</span>]]</span> 20:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC) :Contrast [http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&limit=500&showall=0&target=Manticore] with [http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AManticore] - I have been active at uncyc long before I was a janitor, and most of my rollback reverts there were using Olipro's user-only rollback script. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to differentiate the times I use real rollback with the times I use Oli's script; they both draw the edit summary from [[uncyclopedia:MediaWiki:Revertpage]]. -- <span style="background:white">[[User:Manticore|<span style="color:black">'''Manticore'''</span>]] [[User talk:Manticore|<span style="color:black">(talk)</span>]]</span> 20:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)  +  +::I find it interesting that someone compains about vandalism revertion. Usually users complain if we do '''not''' revert vandalism. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 00:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

In Between Stars


Pink, blue, purple, gray—the Milky Way has a redefined look in Theodor Barr's Mother of the Universe. Inspired by astronomy, Barr utilizes media such as tar, acrylic, oil, and lazur colors in order to capture the dark and glimmering essence of the deep space, the fantastic galaxies, planets, white dwarfs, and red giants. "To substantiate I decided to use a unique material that could link the dissimilar realms," Barr says in his artist statement. "Tar, this ancient reminder of life on the planet, became my primary material in transposing galactic images to canvas."
Mother of the Universe exudes the mystique of creation in such an awe-inspiring way that the viewer is immediately engrossed upon the sight of the piece. A red spot in the center of the painting, small as it is, introduces a strong contrast against the relatively dim background. Below the red spot, pinkish cloud-shaped explosions clutter at the lower lefthand side of the painting. Barr is dexterous when it comes to applying multilayers and mixtures of dark cold tar and bright acrylic colors, on which oil and lazurs give the impression of extraordinary outerspace. In tar-based Mother of the Universe especially, Barr has established a secret way of encapsulating the whole cosmos in a 60-inch frame. *
Theodor Barr is an Israeli artist. Catherine Yu-Shan Hsieh is an associate editor at NY Arts.

Milena Jovicevic Popovic


In Untitled 2007, Montenegrin artist, Milena Jovicevic Popovic, evokes a dreamy nostalgia of childhood. She reconfigures snippets of memory, combining Neo-Expressionist style with bouts of tentative figuration. In a sea of vibrant blue, we see the rough outline of a swimming dog, the burning orb of a distant sun, the abstract and the fantastical rendition of a lakeshore, replete with flowers composed of spindly tendrils and blossoms of heavy impasto. She obstructs this vision with patches of white, creating a haziness that implies the fallibility of memory. In an effort to blend recollection with reality, Popovic leaves us with the remnants of a photographic negative, injecting her work with wistfulness for a time long past.
With this particular piece, Popovic takes a different route from her usual figurative, Pop-Art style, which utilizes the appropriation of symbols to create enigmatic puzzles for the viewer to decipher. There is an underlying humor present in her work, which does not belie a more foreboding, macabre current that weaves itself through her canvases.
Milena Jovicevic Popovic was born in Cetinje, Montenegro in 1976. She completed her postgraduate studies at The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and has exhibited internationally in France, Italy, Spain and New York.
Persis Singh is a New York-based writer. Milena Jovicevic Popovic is a Montenegro -based artist.