Bob Flag is an English multi-instrumentalist and film and television actor who is best known for playing Big Brother in the 1984 film of Nineteen Eighty-Four.<ref name="dailyexaminer"/><ref name="nyt1"/>
Career
Flag also has appeared in Calendar Girls, Eat the Rich, and Wish You Were Here.
He was also in Uliisses (1982), which won the German Film Critics Awards for 'Best Film' in 1982 and in Cold Light of Day, which won the UCCA Venticittà Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1990.
Other than film he has also starred in television such as Play for Today and Holby City.
Filmography
* Play for Today (1 episode, 1982) (TV)
* Walter (1982) (TV)
* Uliisses (1982)
* Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
* The Comic (1985)
* Eat the Rich (1987)
* Wish You Were Here (1987)
* Silent Heroes (1988) (V)
* Cold Light of Day (1989)
* Calendar Girls (2003)
* Holby City (1 episode, 2003) (TV)
Career
Flag also has appeared in Calendar Girls, Eat the Rich, and Wish You Were Here.
He was also in Uliisses (1982), which won the German Film Critics Awards for 'Best Film' in 1982 and in Cold Light of Day, which won the UCCA Venticittà Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1990.
Other than film he has also starred in television such as Play for Today and Holby City.
Filmography
* Play for Today (1 episode, 1982) (TV)
* Walter (1982) (TV)
* Uliisses (1982)
* Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
* The Comic (1985)
* Eat the Rich (1987)
* Wish You Were Here (1987)
* Silent Heroes (1988) (V)
* Cold Light of Day (1989)
* Calendar Girls (2003)
* Holby City (1 episode, 2003) (TV)
Obamaisms are gaffes (similar to Bushisms) made by U.S. President Barack Obama that include unintentional factual inaccuracies, politically incorrect statements and misstatements, as well as other comments widely covered in the media. These statements have been used for comedic purposes, to demonize Obama and propagate false rumors that he is a Muslim. Parallels have been drawn to similar gaffes made by Vice President Joe Biden.
Obamaisms also refer to statements commonly used by President Obama, as well as words or phrases created from "Barack" or "Obama" as chronicled in the book '.
Notable gaffes
Obama is considered an eloquent speaker of high status in American society. Therefore, gaffes or misstatements are commonly reported in the media and virally spread via websites such as YouTube. A large number of Obamaisms occurred while the Illinois Senator campaigned throughout the nation during the 2008 presidential election. A few occurred while serving as President.
Misstatements
*"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." - Interview with George Stephanopoulos, September 7, 2008.
*"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." - Washington D.C., July 20, 2009.
Factual inaccuracies
*"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." - to Joe the Plumber, Toledo, Ohio, October 12, 2008.
*"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." - Washington D.C., November 7, 2008.
*"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 19, 2009.
Other
*Rush Limbaugh criticized Obama after a town hall campaign event in Bristol, VA when his teleprompter stopped working, it later became an Internet sensation: "What they'll say is, "Well it costs too much money," but you know what? It would cost, about... It—it—it would cost about the same as what we would spend... It... Over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would costs us... (nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We're going to... It... It would cost us about the same as it would cost for about—hold on one second. I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up, though. I'm glad."
*At the same event Obama stated: "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. (crowd laughing) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours."
Adapted phraseology
During the 2008 presidential election, several phrases referred to as Obamaisms, where coined, which were adapted from his first and last names "Barack" and "Obama". Examples include Barackstar, Obamania, Omentum and Post-Baratic stress disorder. Slate magazine complied these into an online encyclopedia and came out with a book in June 2008 titled Obamamania!: The English Language, Barackafied, which listed and gave definitions to several Obamaisms.<ref name="slate"/>
Obamaisms also refer to statements commonly used by President Obama, as well as words or phrases created from "Barack" or "Obama" as chronicled in the book '.
Notable gaffes
Obama is considered an eloquent speaker of high status in American society. Therefore, gaffes or misstatements are commonly reported in the media and virally spread via websites such as YouTube. A large number of Obamaisms occurred while the Illinois Senator campaigned throughout the nation during the 2008 presidential election. A few occurred while serving as President.
Misstatements
*"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." - Interview with George Stephanopoulos, September 7, 2008.
*"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." - Washington D.C., July 20, 2009.
Factual inaccuracies
*"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." - to Joe the Plumber, Toledo, Ohio, October 12, 2008.
*"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." - Washington D.C., November 7, 2008.
*"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 19, 2009.
Other
*Rush Limbaugh criticized Obama after a town hall campaign event in Bristol, VA when his teleprompter stopped working, it later became an Internet sensation: "What they'll say is, "Well it costs too much money," but you know what? It would cost, about... It—it—it would cost about the same as what we would spend... It... Over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would costs us... (nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We're going to... It... It would cost us about the same as it would cost for about—hold on one second. I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up, though. I'm glad."
*At the same event Obama stated: "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. (crowd laughing) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours."
Adapted phraseology
During the 2008 presidential election, several phrases referred to as Obamaisms, where coined, which were adapted from his first and last names "Barack" and "Obama". Examples include Barackstar, Obamania, Omentum and Post-Baratic stress disorder. Slate magazine complied these into an online encyclopedia and came out with a book in June 2008 titled Obamamania!: The English Language, Barackafied, which listed and gave definitions to several Obamaisms.<ref name="slate"/>
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Micro-fates is a recent concept that reconciles determinism and freewill. Though there are causes for everything human beings do, the ability to see alternate possibilities allows people to choose. So, even though countless subconscious and external causes may determine why we make a choice, some people have the foresight to see the whole gambit of possibilities. The idea of “micro-fates” reconciles the deterministic aspect of human behavior (due to the irrefutable fact that there are external causes that impact our choices) with freewill as the ability to see alternate possibilities. Knowing that alternates outcomes are possible implies choice, for despite the fact that causal forces beyond an agent’s control may dictate the decisions made, that agent recognizes that whatever decision he or she makes is not the only one possible.
A micro-fate is therefore when an individual is guided by causes (biological, social, circumstantial, etc.) and these causes influence the decision he or she ultimately makes. That decision seals his or her fate for a certain amount of time, but only up until the next moment of choice. Each moment of choice presents a new opportunity to decide between different alternate possibilities. So, even though a person’s choice may be genuinely determined by causes beyond his or her conscious control, a person can recognize that he or she could possibly make various choices.
This freewill argument posits human beings are morally accountable for their actions. Since human beings can see alternate possibilities, they can recognize that the causes for their actions do not delimit only one choice. If one can see the alternate possibilities, then one implicitly chooses to act as he or she was determined to act due to external causes. If one cannot see the alternate possibilities, then the person being condemned is nothing more than the sum of his or her actions and therefore only actions are being morally evaluated.
Micro-fates is a recent concept that reconciles determinism and freewill. Though there are causes for everything human beings do, the ability to see alternate possibilities allows people to choose. So, even though countless subconscious and external causes may determine why we make a choice, some people have the foresight to see the whole gambit of possibilities. The idea of “micro-fates” reconciles the deterministic aspect of human behavior (due to the irrefutable fact that there are external causes that impact our choices) with freewill as the ability to see alternate possibilities. Knowing that alternates outcomes are possible implies choice, for despite the fact that causal forces beyond an agent’s control may dictate the decisions made, that agent recognizes that whatever decision he or she makes is not the only one possible.
A micro-fate is therefore when an individual is guided by causes (biological, social, circumstantial, etc.) and these causes influence the decision he or she ultimately makes. That decision seals his or her fate for a certain amount of time, but only up until the next moment of choice. Each moment of choice presents a new opportunity to decide between different alternate possibilities. So, even though a person’s choice may be genuinely determined by causes beyond his or her conscious control, a person can recognize that he or she could possibly make various choices.
This freewill argument posits human beings are morally accountable for their actions. Since human beings can see alternate possibilities, they can recognize that the causes for their actions do not delimit only one choice. If one can see the alternate possibilities, then one implicitly chooses to act as he or she was determined to act due to external causes. If one cannot see the alternate possibilities, then the person being condemned is nothing more than the sum of his or her actions and therefore only actions are being morally evaluated.
Jason Gogo, (born Jason Miles Achtymichuk, November 13, 1967) is a Canadian painter who is a leading figure in the visual art movement known as Organic Expressionism.
Early life
Professional career
Jason Gogo began painting professionally in 1997. Over the years, Jason has developed a unique style of art that he calls organic expressionism, a highy textured and abstract multi-color based form of painting. This style of work has allowed the artist to become well known in Canada.
Rock and Roll Artist
Jason Gogo designed a lifestyle that has promoted him as the rock-and-roll artist. Venturing from a large New-York style studio space to his own gallery in the heart of the art district of Calgary, to presently producing art for international clients, Jason has entertained and enlightened corporate guests and celebrity clients from all over the world. From Hollywood movie stars to big-name rock and roll & country musicians, his celebrity following has marketed Jason as a modern-day Andy Warhol.
Hollywood
Jason Gogo currently runs a new gallery and studio in Hollywood, California.
Organic Expressionism
Organic Expressionism is an original style developed by Jason Gogo. This style is composed of extreme textures and multiple layers of colors that represent random organic material. Gogo draws on natural substances including bark, geods and ancient fossils as well as manufacturer’s recycled paints, which are applied to his medium of oil paint. Organic materials such as ground antler, real gold and powdered abalone create these extreme textures and veins of natural mineral colors. Colors are applied in layers similar to geological formations that sensor natural hues in layers of time.
Anomalies of perfection imitate catastrophic changes in geological material. In nature there is no bias in the application of color, which is the influence of the color palette on these works of art. Most abstract art dissipates as the viewer gets closer, revealing simple singular tones of color. In Gogo's organic expressionism, the perceived colors become complex patterns and grids of many colors. For the viewer, Gogo's work is endless in forms and color.
Jason’s work is not abstracting nature but rather employing the conditions of universal occurrences such as erosive and tectonic movement to create something truly organic. Believing the dichotomy of paradox is present in all things, Gogo chooses to enable the application for the medium without coercion. In order to balance this correctly, he then adds points of coercion within the art piece. As opposed to layering paint to a pre-conceived idea, Gogo starts with the least dense and ends with the most dense material on his canvas. In the time he is not present, the layers naturally move through each other as the lightest part rises to the top of the most dense.
Gogo’s art is about creating a tether between the viewers conscious and his subconscious. The viewer begins to destructuralize his pre-conceptions and starts to see things within the art, thus creating the content. As time progresses, and this thinking expands, the large amount of information within the painting becomes limitless to the viewer. As well, when the color and lighting in its environment shifts, so does the painting’s content.
Early life
Professional career
Jason Gogo began painting professionally in 1997. Over the years, Jason has developed a unique style of art that he calls organic expressionism, a highy textured and abstract multi-color based form of painting. This style of work has allowed the artist to become well known in Canada.
Rock and Roll Artist
Jason Gogo designed a lifestyle that has promoted him as the rock-and-roll artist. Venturing from a large New-York style studio space to his own gallery in the heart of the art district of Calgary, to presently producing art for international clients, Jason has entertained and enlightened corporate guests and celebrity clients from all over the world. From Hollywood movie stars to big-name rock and roll & country musicians, his celebrity following has marketed Jason as a modern-day Andy Warhol.
Hollywood
Jason Gogo currently runs a new gallery and studio in Hollywood, California.
Organic Expressionism
Organic Expressionism is an original style developed by Jason Gogo. This style is composed of extreme textures and multiple layers of colors that represent random organic material. Gogo draws on natural substances including bark, geods and ancient fossils as well as manufacturer’s recycled paints, which are applied to his medium of oil paint. Organic materials such as ground antler, real gold and powdered abalone create these extreme textures and veins of natural mineral colors. Colors are applied in layers similar to geological formations that sensor natural hues in layers of time.
Anomalies of perfection imitate catastrophic changes in geological material. In nature there is no bias in the application of color, which is the influence of the color palette on these works of art. Most abstract art dissipates as the viewer gets closer, revealing simple singular tones of color. In Gogo's organic expressionism, the perceived colors become complex patterns and grids of many colors. For the viewer, Gogo's work is endless in forms and color.
Jason’s work is not abstracting nature but rather employing the conditions of universal occurrences such as erosive and tectonic movement to create something truly organic. Believing the dichotomy of paradox is present in all things, Gogo chooses to enable the application for the medium without coercion. In order to balance this correctly, he then adds points of coercion within the art piece. As opposed to layering paint to a pre-conceived idea, Gogo starts with the least dense and ends with the most dense material on his canvas. In the time he is not present, the layers naturally move through each other as the lightest part rises to the top of the most dense.
Gogo’s art is about creating a tether between the viewers conscious and his subconscious. The viewer begins to destructuralize his pre-conceptions and starts to see things within the art, thus creating the content. As time progresses, and this thinking expands, the large amount of information within the painting becomes limitless to the viewer. As well, when the color and lighting in its environment shifts, so does the painting’s content.