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Gauguin’s ambition

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erhaps best known for his paintings of women in idyllic Tahitian settings, Paul Gauguin was an artist whose career spanned the globe and whose prolific body of work flouts categorization. An expert at self promotion, Gauguin shed the social and artistic conventions of the time to defy definition and transform the perception of what it meant to live within the realm of complete artistic freedom. Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist runs now through September 10 and explores the artist’s unpredictable and, at times, fantastical forays into the applied arts while situating them within his radically experimental oeuvre

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as a whole. Featuring his work in ceramics, woodcarving, printmaking, and furniture decoration, and their relationship to his canvases, the exhibition acknowledges the artist as a visionary and controversial figure.

“It’s precisely an endless kind of art that I’m interested in, rich in all sorts of techniques, suitable for translating all the emotions of nature and humanity.” —Paul Gauguin, 1903 Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist is the most comprehensive examination of the artist’s all-consuming interest in craft and decorative arts.

Moving beyond Paul Gauguin’s renowned work as a painter, the exhibition features a diverse

“It’s precisely an endless kind of art that I’m interested in, rich in all sorts of techniques, suitable for translating all the emotions of nature and humanity.”

—Paul Gauguin, 1903

selection of his creative output.

Featuring some 240 works, it includes the largest ever public presentation of his existing ceramics and groupings of objects reunited for the first time since leaving his studio. This unusual exhibition and installation considers Gauguin’s radically inventive art-making processes resulting from the material explorations of his many and varied residences from France to the Polynesian islands.

To creatively extend the experience of this exhibition beyond the galleries, the Art Institute will offer a full slate of unique opportunities aimed at bringing Gauguin’s inventive and experimental spirit to life. Chicago based Burnt City Brewing crafted

Artist as Alchemist Golden Session Ale, a limited batch beer that will be available in the museum cafes as well as select retail locations for the duration of the exhibition. The Art Institute’s young professionals group Evening Associates hosted their premiere event Night Heist on June 30 and featured a Gauguin theme with tours of the exhibition, signature cocktails, and tropical decor. American designer Anna Sui designed a scarf, sarong, tote, and lipstick case inspired by the exhibition, available exclusively at the Museum Shop of the Art Institute.

After its debut at the Art Institute, Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist travels to the Grand Palais in Paris.

TRAVEL

Tech gear for traveling outdoors, there’s an app for that

More than fun: tips for planning a healthy vacation

(StatePoint) For a happier, healthier you, take some time to clean and clear your body and mind. Here are five great ways to give yourself a midyear refresh.

1. Rise and shine. Waking up earlier gives you more “me” time, and some studies have found it makes you more productive during the day and can make you more focused.

2. Try something new. Just because you exercise consistently doesn’t mean you can’t get into a rut. Try a new studio or fitness class that can shake up your routine. While you’re at it, you may even make some new friends.

New services are allowing members to search for and book classes on-the-go from their mobile device.

3. Get outdoors. Get outdoors and walk, hike, cycle or paddle. Take along water-resistant, rugged outdoor tech gear to enhance the experience. With a full color map display, built-in GPS, location memory and the ability to write memos on the maps, Casio’s WSD-F20 Pro Trek smart outdoor watch is a good tool when exploring or working out.

Apps include the ability to monitor speed, distance, altitude, change in barometric pressure, and get notifications for sunset and sunrise data. Users can also input goals and get notified when goals are met.

(BPT) - Taking a vacation is more than a fun getaway from the daily drudges of life. Turns out, travel has a multitude of benefits that can impact your health and wellness, too.

Beyond stress reduction, vacations can improve heart health, mental health and personal relationships. In fact, men who take annual vacations are 32 percent less likely to die from heart disease, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Women benefit too: Those who take vacations twice or more per year are “less likely to become tense, depressed or tired, and are more satisfied with their marriages,” according to the Wisconsin Medical Journal.

Wellness travel is growing 50 percent faster than travel as a whole, according to a survey from the Global Wellness Summit. This includes spas, adventure and fitness-themed trips.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to go on a yoga retreat to get the healthy benefits of travel. Consider these five tips for adding a healthy dose of wellness to your next vacation.

With a full color map display, built-in GPS, location memory and the ability to write memos on the maps, Casio’s WSDF20 Pro Trek smart outdoor watch is a good tool when exploring or working out.

4. Eat well. Rethink your eating habits.

Don’t just buy quick and easy premade foods. Try switching up your meals and snacks by adding whole foods, like seasonal fruits and veggies to the mix. New subscription services can make it easier to cook yourself fresh, wholesome meals by delivering pre-portioned ingredients accompanied by nutritious, tasty recipes to your doorstep for faster meal prep.

5. Pamper yourself. Take a day for yourself. Whether it’s a full immersive spa day, or simply a day free of commitments to read the book you’ve been putting off or to finish the project you started months ago but haven’t found the time to complete.

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Intentionally disconnect: A whopping 42 percent of employees feel obligated to check email during vacation and 26 percent feel guilty even using all of their vacation time at all, according to Randstad. Make it a point to focus on the present and ignore your phone or limit checking it to once per day. If email or social media is hard to resist, sign out of those apps for the length of your vacation.

Relax by the water: Water is a natural element that inspires relaxation, but also provides lots of opportunity to play. For example, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, offers visitors an incredible 60 miles of ocean to explore, including the famous Intracoastal Waterway. Go to visitmyrtlebeach.com to learn more about how to relax on the sand by day and fall asleep to the calming waves of the ocean by night.

Try a new activity: Trying something new can have positive mental and physical benefits. Never tried kayaking or paddle boarding before? Give it a whirl. Want to take a yoga class? Sign up for an introductory lesson on the beach. Feeling brave?

Go skydiving, zip-lining or parasailing.

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Profiles in Courage

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r. Stacie J. Stephenson, DC, CNS, DABAAHP, FAARM, is a recognized physician and lecturer focused on regenerative, lifestyle, functional and innovative natural medicine. She serves as Chair of Functional Medicine for Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) and as a board member of Gateway for Cancer Research, a nonprofit organization committed to funding innovative cancer research studies to benefit today’s cancer patient. Dr. Stephenson drives the broad and globally-directed philanthropic interests of the Stephenson family.

Dr. Stephenson is board certified in anti-aging and functional medicine, and a board-certified nutrition specialist with years of experience in chiropractic care.

She studied medicine at St. Mathew’s University School of Medicine in Grand Cayman and earned her chiropractic degree from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minn. In 2006, Dr. Stephenson founded the Carmel Clinic for Functional Medicine, the first clinic to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy for children with autism.

She champions holistic, patient-centric care and hosted the radio program, Health News with Dr. Stacie.

Mr. Richard J Stephenson is the founder and Chairman of CTCA® and Gateway for Cancer Research. With the opening of the first CTCA hospital in 1988 and after being gravely disappointed with the care his mother had received during her own battle with cancer, Mr. Stephenson vowed to change the face of cancer care and deliver what he aptly coined the Mother Standard® of care, the kind of care you would want for your loved ones.

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Today, CTCA is a nationally recognized network of five hospitals that provides personalized, clinically outstanding care to adults facing cancer.

Mr. Stephenson is a successful international merchant banker. He graduated in 1963 from Wabash College and, while earning his J.D. degree from Northwestern, established International Capital Investment Company (ICIC), for which he still serves as Chairman.

Mr. Stephenson is also a 33° Scottish Rite Fremason and a recipient of the prestigious 2017 Horatio Alger Award, which since 1947 has honored the achievements of admirable leaders who have succeeded despite facing adversity, and who are committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their local communities.

Today, he and his wife, Dr. Stacie Stephenson, and their family, are all actively and passionately devoted to his mission.

Dr. and Mr. Stephenson’s collaboration on Gateway for Cancer Research, which since 1992 has contributed more than $75 million to fund more than 150 innovative and transformational phase I and phase II clinical trials, has changed the lives of many and has allowed the organization to partner with renowned research institutions around the world to bring breakthrough treatments to the patient’s bedside at an accelerated rate.

Richard J Stephenson and Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson recently announced the annual Cures Gala, “Gateway to OZ,” which will take place on November 18, 2017 at the Grand Ballroom at McCormick Place, 2301 South King Drive, Chicago.

The Emerald City-worthy event, co-chaired and presenting sponsors Richard J Stephenson and Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson and honorary chair Jim

Richard J Stephenson and Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson recently announced the annual Cures Gala, “Gateway to OZ,” which will take place on November 18, 2017 at the Grand Ballroom at McCormick Place, 2301 South King Drive, Chicago.

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Gordon, Founder & Managing Partner of The Edgewater Funds, will celebrate the “courage, intelligence and heart” of Gateway, a non-profit dedicated to funding transformational cancer research.

Click your heels along a magical journey beginning with a unique culinary experience followed by a special presentation of world renowned entertainment. Tickets are $1,000 per person. For sponsorship opportunities, contact events@gatewaycr.org.

All proceeds from “Gateway to OZ” will help support Gateway for Cancer Research Phase I and Phase II trials across

cancer types, including breast, blood and lung cancers.

Gateway’s Associates Board, consisting of young professionals in the Chicago area, will host its annual Be A Hero Cocktail Reception on Friday, November 17, to kickoff the weekend’s celebration.

To purchase 2017 “Gateway to OZ” and Be a Hero Cocktail Reception tickets contact events@gatewaycr.org.

For more information about Gateway for Cancer Research and the clinical research trials it funds, visit www.GatewayCR. org and follow the conversation online at #DemandCures.

POLITISCOPE

Would impeaching Trump restore the rule of law? Lessons from Latin America divided along partisan lines and that corruption Some Americans and memhas reached the highest bers of Congress have called for levels of government. the impeachment of President These beliefs fuel declines Donald Trump. in public trust and

By Rachel E. Bowen What happens after a dissatisfaction with the president is impeached? government in general.

The vice president would take his place, In my book on the rule of law in Cenbut other parts of the government contral America, I discuss several occasions tinue unchanged. That may not be a bad in which presidents were removed from thing. However, partisan polarization can office before their terms ended. The current be magnified in the process. Many Amerpolitical crisis in the United States shares icans already think the government is too similarities with political issues in Latin

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America. We are seeing radical partisanship, public dissatisfaction and perceived poor government performance. Since only one U.S. president has left office due to wrongdoing, examples from Latin America can give us some perspective.

Lasting reforms after Watergate came from a Congressional committee’s investigation and recommendations, rather than from the simple resignation of President Nixon. Impeachment is inherently political and, as I have observed in Latin America, does more to punish enemies than clean up politics. Removing a president who is a “bad

apple” may help, but a real cleansing takes more effort.

Take Bazil as a case in point. Former President Dilma Rousseff was impeached in 2016 in the midst of an anti-corruption investigation known as “Operation Car Wash.” There were already pending corruption investigations against 37 of 65 members of the congressional impeachment commission, but none of them were forced from office. It is no surprise that Rousseff’s impeachment appeared to many to be inspired by sexism rather than just anti-corruption efforts.

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Why Not Grow Your Own Produce?

(StatePoint) Nearly 50 percent of fresh fruits and 20 percent of fresh vegetables in the US are imported, according to FoodSafety.gov. This means that your food traveled long distances to get to your plate. To better enjoy fruits and vegetables, many families are now growing their own at home.

Want to know exactly where your food is coming from and have the freshest possible flavors within arm’s reach?

Bring “farm-to-table” dining into your everyday life by creating your own garden. Follow these tips to grow and harvest fruits, veggies and herbs at peak ripeness to enjoy in simple, healthful meals.

Room to Grow When starting a garden, it’s important to have a plan.

Find a spacious area with plenty of sunlight to help plants take root and flourish -- whether that’s in your backyard or a nearby community garden. For cooler climates, raised garden beds are highly recommended. These allow fruits and vegetables the space needed to expand their roots and hold in water. For hot, arid climates, create an in-ground garden, as it holds in moisture better, requiring less irrigation.

Selecting what to grow is your next challenge. Herb gardens are perfect for those with limited experience or limited space. Herbs like basil, cilantro and chives are easy to maintain. Most herbs can withstand changing climates, meaning you can cook with fresh herbs year-round, adding them to nearly any meal to increase depths of flavor and allow you to “play” with your food.

Farm with Flavor Having access to a variety of fresh produce lets you expand your menu at home while keeping it healthy.

Many items found in simple salads, like carrots, tomatoes, radishes, lettuce and other leafy greens are considered “beginner crops.” Certain berries are also easy to cultivate. If you’ve ever tasted a ripe, just-picked strawberry or a fresh, juicy tomato, you’ll know that it’s worth the effort to grow these items yourself!

Mix it Up Having a high-quality blender, like the Vitamix A3500, can make transforming your harvest into vibrant meals easy. Vitamix machines can be used to chop, purée or juice any ingredients that may come from your budding garden.

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Rousseff’s replacement, President Michel Temer, was charged withcorruption-related offenses in June 2017. However, Temer’s political party and their allies control the majority of the Congress and the president of the Congress is an ally of Temer’s.

A formal impeachment is unlikely to go forward.

We see a similar failure to pull out the root of corruption in the “Guatemalan Spring” of September 2015. Then Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina was forced to resign in the face of massive popular protests. He was implicated in an investigation into corruption at the national customs agency, for which he was arrested the day after his resignation. He had also been accused of taking bribes from a Spanish firm in exchange for granting it a lucrative long-term contract with the government of Guatemala.

An election was held just four days after Pérez Molina’s resignation. Jimmy Morales, a television comedian with no political

experience, won the presidency over a former first lady. Morales ran as an outsider with the slogan “not corrupt, not a thief.”

After his first year in office, which opponents have derided as “inefficient,” Morales is also facing a corruption scandalinvolving accusations that his son and brother had fraudulent dealings with a government agency.

Take an older example, from Honduras. The military coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in 2009 was authorized by that country’s Supreme Court and was backed by the majority of its Congress. The Honduran Supreme Court argued that Zelaya was planning to reform the constitution to give himself more power as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had done. Some eight years after Zelaya was removed, Honduran political elites continue to participate in widespread corruption, including direct ties between some political elites and organized crime. Because so many

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of the elites are corrupt, none of them rock the boat.

Even prosecuting and jailing presidents for corruption doesn’t seem to solve the problems that lead up to these crises. Often the rest of government continues to be overly partisan and even corrupt – and public satisfaction with government drops even lower.

In Nicaragua and Costa Rica, for example, former presidents have been jailed on corruption charges, but those convictions were ultimately overturned on appeal. In 2013, Guatemala became the first country to convict a former head of state of genocide in a national court. Ten days later, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court reversed General Efraín Rios Montt’s conviction over an evidentiary matter – although 2017 may yet see a new trial. The point is, it is extraordinarily difficult to make charges stick against even a former president, especially if he or she still has sizable support in the government.

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Beyond impeachment Problems with governance are rarely fixed by going after even an unpopular or corrupt president if fundamental institutional problems are allowed to continue unchecked. Impeachment’s weakness is compounded by its often partisan deployment.

What else can be done to clean up politics?

The hard work of demanding transparency more generally may help get at the root of the problem. Progress in Guatemala has been buoyed by an international anti-corruption commission that has helped local officials shine a light on official wrongdoing at every level of government.

Ultimately, using legal channels to improve political institutions, rather than focusing on just one bad politician, can enhance the rule of law.

Rachel E. Bowen is an Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University.

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Political Gurus Grace the Campus at University of Chicago Institute of Politics

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Fellows Announced

he University of Chicago Institute of Politics recently announced seven Fellows who will come to campus during the upcoming Fall Quarter: Laura Haim, a French/American journalist who was spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron’s presidential campaign and served as U.S. Bureau Chief for Canal Plus/iTele Fred P. Hochberg, former chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Jason Kander, former Missouri Secretary of State, former Missouri State Representative, and founder of Let America Vote Jeff Roe, a Republican political consultant who served as national senior advisor and campaign manager for Ted Cruz’s 2016

presidential campaign Kathleen Sebelius, the 21st U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor of Kansas Bakari Sellers, former South Carolina State Representative Karen Tumulty, national political correspondent for The Washington Post While on campus next quarter, the seven IOP Pritzker Fellows will interact with students and faculty, participate in public forums and, along with guests, lead off-the-record student seminars.

Haim will lead a series on French politics and issues currently roiling the European Union.

Hochberg will discuss America’s economic relationship with the world and the debate over trade.

Kander will focus

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Since its launch in January 2013 the IOP has hosted 86 Fellows, including former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, former speechwriter for President Obama, Jon Favreau, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, GOP strategist Liesl Hickey and others.

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on the transition from the military to politics and millennials entering politics.

Roe will lead a series focusing on the “business of politics,” the role of data and analytics, and discuss what it takes to build and run a successful campaign.

Sebelius will look at health care policies and politics and the impact on all of us.

Sellers will focus on the progressive movement within the Democratic party and the politics of the South.

Tumulty will examine the ideological division in America today, what it has done to our ability to grapple with problems, and whether there is any way back from the brink.

Since its launch in January 2013 the IOP has hosted 86 Fellows, including

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former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, former speechwriter for President Obama Jon Favreau, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, GOP strategist Liesl Hickey, former Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani, and former New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson.

The IOP’s Pritzker Fellows program is generously supported by a lead gift from the Pritzker Foundation and a major gift from the MacArthur Foundation.

For more information about the IOP Fellowship Program, please visit http://politics. uchicago.edu/pages/ fellows-program and follow the IOP on Facebook (facebook. com/UChicagoPolitics) and Twitter (@ UChiPolitics).

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