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Book workers tend to talk a lot about skin: manipulating it and shaving it, massaging it and tanning it. "The grainier the skin, the older the calf," says Terry Buckley, a senior lecturer at the London College of Printing. Surrounded by squares of calfskin, Buckley instructs a rapt crowd of two dozen gathered in a blan... |
Buckley's demonstration is on leather staining and dyeing. "This is a teenager, basically," he says, rubbing a calfskin with cotton saturated in spirit solution. The audience members, who have chosen his class over Exposed Binding and Album Structures, stand on their banquet chairs to better glimpse the darker hues tha... |
In the vendors' room--where blunt needles and pearl punches are laid out for sale like doctors' instruments--the biggest crowds gather around Henk de Groot, a parchment peddler from Holland. His booth is stacked high with calf at $16 a square foot and omasum, a page-repairing material made from cow intestine that's as ... |
Dominic Riley's hair resembles an antiquarian book--a dark and leathery color with dyed red accents for decorative effect. A 30-year-old bookbinder who came down to the two-day convention from Berkeley, Riley wears a gaping-hole-ridden green cardigan, an Antiquarian Booksellers T-shirt, green velour pants, lavender soc... |
"Most of us probably are not in it for the love of reading," Riley says. "It's a craft. Historically, book workers were working-class tradesmen who didn't read." Riley grew up in Great Britain, where he attended a Benedictine monastery that included bookbinding as part of the curriculum. "I didn't do sports," he says, ... |
Annette V. (Michniak) Ayers, 77, of Kenmore, died April 17. |
M. Isabelle Bottorf-Thomas, of East Amherst, died April 16. |
Jean E. Bucholtz, 79, of Lewiston, died April 17. |
Joyce A. Caruana, 86, of Kenmore, died April 17. |
Frank J. Castiglia, 82, of West Seneca, died April 16. |
William J. Copping, 66, of Youngstown, president and co-founder of Precision Process Equipment in Wheatfield, died April 16. |
Dorothy L. (Zabriskie) Dombrowski, 84, of Cheektowaga, died April 17. |
Ruth C. (McCullough) Fischer, of West Seneca, retired Buffalo school teacher, died April 16. |
Marie E. (Papa) Flaglor, 88, of Williamsville, former lab tech at Buffalo General Hospital and worked at Advance Glass in Williamsville, died April 16. |
Louise G. (Lewandowski) Flatley, of Depew, died April 16. |
Joseph J. Frank, 67, of Tonawanda, retired brakeman for the Erie/Lackawanna Railroad and retired Wende corrections officer, died April 18. |
Amelia E. "Millie" (Solina) Galey, of Blasdell, died April 17. |
Manuela J. Gonzalez, of Lackawanna, died April 17. |
James M. Grant, of Kenmore, died April 14. |
Dorothy M. (Lehner) Heilman, 92, of Arcade, formerly of Buffalo and Holland, died April 16. |
Gerald J. Hickson, died April 16. |
George C. Hughes, died April 18. |
Morris "Whitey" Johnson, died April 16. |
Patricia M. (Morgan) Kelly, of South Buffalo, died April 18. |
John F. Kloiber, 90, of East Aurora, American Malting Co. retiree, usher and greeter for Immaculate Conception Church, died April 18. |
Michael L. "The Pole" Kwiatkowski, 56, of North Tonawanda, died April 16. |
Richard F. Loos, of West Seneca, died April 18. |
Lena M. (Varotta) Maliszewski, 92, of Wheatfield, former employee for Starpoint Central School District, died April 17. |
Linda Matela-Malik, died April 18. |
Ada May (Smith) McGarry, of Blasdell, died April 17. |
Clara W. (Cleland) McLellan, of Orchard Park, died April 14. |
Andrea J. (Scalzetta) Mohn, of Lancaster, died April 16. |
Robert Molfese, of Clarence Center, died April 17. |
Stanley J. Nikiel, retired Buffalo police detective, died April 16. |
Barbara J. (Mullane) Norton, 75, previously worked at Motors Insurance Company and in the Finance/Insurance Departments of numerous local GM dealerships,died April 16. |
Richard E. Obstarczyk, died April 17. |
Alfreda C. Przybylski, of Buffalo, died April 17. |
Milica V. (Vuckovic) Ristich, of Lackawanna, died April 18. |
Donalyn G. (Mowatt) Saia, died April 16. |
Richard F. Schmitt, of West Seneca, WWII Navy veteran, died April 18. |
Theresa Marie Scholand, 63, of Fredonia, died April 15. |
Herbert F. Schulz, of Sanborn, died April 16. |
Mary Louise "Tootie" Seiler, of Lockport, died April 17. |
Joan M. (Snider) Sleap, died April 17. |
Paul G. Tasker, of East Eden, died April 17. |
Rita M. (Davidhazy) Thuersam, 90, of North Tonawanda, died April 16. |
Mary Pauline (Weaver) Weisbeck, of East Aurora, died April 17. |
Dennis H. Werner, of Buffalo, died April 17. |
Frances (Zmuda) Wrzochul, of Elma, died April 16. |
John E. Yerge, 56, of Tonawanda, died April 17. |
Virginia C. (Sheehan) Youngberg, 92, of Cheektowaga, died April 16. |
"Call me at 10:35 in the morning," says Sujit Saraf. "The babysitter comes at 10:30." When Saraf founded the Bay Area theater group Naatak in 1995, he didn't have to worry about such things. Most of the members were single professionals, immigrants from India. "Single H1-B engineers have a lot of time on their hands," ... |
Now a typical actor in a Naatak play is married with children, juggling mortgages, business trips and their kids' swimming lessons. But Naatak has kept going. "Mataji," its latest English play, which Saraf has written, is its 27th production, including three films. But things are a little different now. "We no longer h... |
Naatak simply means theater in Hindi. In the early days, Naatak staged works by well-known modern Indian playwrights, but Saraf says he's realizing that the stories he wants to tell increasingly don't happen in India anymore. "We didn't do plays in English in the beginning," he says. |
"Over the years it's become clear that some Hindi plays we do are as foreign to us as 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is in India," he says. " 'Mataji' is really our play." The house it's set in could belong to any of the cast. The play skewers India's penchant for exporting gurus and god-men. Some promise to manifest thems... |
There is a real hugging saint, Amma or Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, who touches down every year in Castro Valley. Saraf says she comes complete with Amma dolls, jewelry and medallions, all of which she's touched once. Thousands of devotees, Indians and non-Indians, line up for hours to get a hug. "Don't they see there is... |
"It's great to see someone taking on something powerful and problematic through a veneer of broad farce," says Salil Singh. He plays Mataji's right-hand man, or, as he describes it, "the warm-up act before the rock 'n' roll star Mataji." |
Singh sticks out among the Naatak regulars. He's not an engineer. He's actually a theater professional and teaches drama at a high school in Oakland. "When I ask Indians to guess what I do, they usually pick different kinds of computer programming," he chuckles. "Then when I tell them, they laugh and ask what I really ... |
Singh and a couple of actors he tracked down for the non-Indian roles in "Mataji" are the only professionals around. But no one is intimidated by that. "You walk off the stage and people are giving you acting notes," he laughs. "It's like playing cricket in the Bay Area. Everyone is a team coach, even if their batting ... |
"And there is always that little bit of panic. Where is the makeup chest? Can we use your basement for rehearsal for the next three weeks?" he adds. |
He's not kidding. One of the cast members has donated the spacious basement of her house in a shady cul-de-sac in Palo Alto for rehearsals. On a warm July evening, Saraf, running around in kurta, jeans and sandals, looks slightly frazzled. "You seem to be stopping after every line," he says with mild exasperation to on... |
The devotees stand in a circle delivering their lines. "It's bahut (very) slow, yaar," Saraf tells them in a rapid-fire mixture of Hindi and English. "Be much more noisy, devotees. Smartly noisy." Eventually he packs them all off to the garden to "mug" their lines. |
Mani Ram plays one of the chief devotees. Mataji is staying in his house. Like his character, Ram is a software engineer. He got involved with Naatak when the group put on a play in Tamil, his native language. Since then, Ram has written and staged his own plays for Naatak. Naatak recycles its cast and crew. Today's pl... |
"I'd always thought of myself as a creator," Ram says over the phone. "But Naatak gave me the confidence to do it. I don't think I could have done this if I'd still been back in India." Now he tries to do a Naatak play every other year. |
Saraf knows that people like Ram often come to Naatak to relive their college acting fantasies. But he wants to move beyond the nostalgia trip. "Enough with stories about immigration," he says. "After 20 years in the U.S., I don't want to be defined by that flight we took to leave India. I don't want to still be writin... |
The warm summer evening is drawing to a close. His devotees wander back from their break. "Go, go, go," he says impatiently. The actors fall into place and try their lines again without protest. It sounds better this time, closer to the rhythm Saraf's looking for. |
"That's a good thing about engineers," Saraf says. "They are quite amenable to direction." |
Mataji: 3 and 6:30 p.m. Sat., 5 p.m. Sun., 8 p.m. Aug. 1. Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 7 p.m. Aug. 2, 3 and 6 p.m. Aug. 3. NOHSpace, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. 5 and 8 p.m. Aug. 9. Front Row Theatre, 17011 Bollinger-Canyon Road, San Ramon. (949) 394-8776, tickets@naatak.com, www.naatak.co... |
The Department of Veterans Affairs submitted a plan to Congress to move forward on the Denver Replacement Medical Center. VA also released updates outlining progress made in several areas. The full text of the documents and updates released are available for download here: (1) Letter to Congress at www.blogs.va.gov/VAn... |
The man seen here is wanted for allegedly robbing a Target on the Southeast Side of San Antonio. |
SAN ANTONIO — Police are looking for a man who robbed a Southeast Side Target earlier this month. |
The man in the photos above is suspected of robbing the Target at 3227 SE Military Drive on April 10. |
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 224-STOP (7867). |
Crime Stoppers is willing to pay up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of this person. |
The White House Council on Women and Girls is hosting the White House Forum on Women and the Economy where business leaders, education leaders, and Cabinet secretaries will discuss a gamut of issues from healthcare to workplace flexibility to help for small businesses run by women. President Obama will address the dive... |
There will also be breakout sessions where there will be further discussions on ways to help women’s lives better through economic and social policy. Several Cabinet secretaries, like Attorney General Eric Holder and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will lead panel discussions. |
The White House will also be releasing a 55-page report on all the ways various departments and agencies have implemented policies to benefit women. Some examples of those initiatives are focusing on equal pay for women, affordable college education, tax cuts that benefit women, and healthcare policies, like the recent... |
Conservative women see through the ruse. For weeks, the administration has reduced issues of concern to women to just one — the question of whether insurers will be made to cover the costs of women’s contraception. What the White House is, perhaps, belatedly realizing is that women care about more than just birth contr... |
SGP yesterday released a video to tell the White House: You don’t speak for us. Refreshing to know I’m not the only one who feels that way. Who speaks for me? I do. |
A fundraiser (Libraryguy) was banned this morning (3/6/19) and I'm wondering if there are new rules that apply to all fundraisers. I'd seen recently that one other fundraiser was told to limit diaries to one per month, but haven't seen any publication of rules applying to all fundraisers. Can you tell me if there are n... |
There is not a new rule; it's just happenstance that Jan chose to ignore her warning and that the moderation team became aware that Libraryguy's history was nearly 100% personal fundraising on the same day. Libraryguy is actionable under spam rules and there was no indication that he'd have any contributions at all if ... |
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We asked CNN technology writer Mark Milian to come into the studio today to wrap up the last show of the year, and he surprises us with Peter Ha from The Daily in tow! Our two favorite guests join us for a discussion about the tech trends of 2011 ("hacking," privacy, mobile OS wars, Tumblr, and Reddit), and we'll also ... |
We asked CNN technology writer Mark Milian to come into the studio today to wrap up the last show of the year, and he surprises us with Peter Ha from The Daily in tow! |
Our two favorite guests join us for a discussion about the tech trends of 2011 ("hacking," privacy, mobile OS wars, Tumblr, and Reddit), and we'll also take a look at Mark's new book, Letters to Steve: Inside the E-Mail Inbox of Apple's Steve Jobs. |
It's a collection of e-mails sent from the legend himself that shows his dedication to customer service and Apple fans. Some of them aren't so nice, though, as Mark tells us a few stories about his lesser-known messages. |
I know you're probably super upset that this is the last episode of the year, but we'll be publishing exclusive Yuletide and Throwback episodes throughout the break, all the way up until we start our block of CES shows, live from the CNET stage at the Las Vegas Convention Center! |
Thanks to everyone who helped us out this year--too many names to list, but we wouldn't be here without all our awesome guests, fans, moderators, producers, callers, and co-workers! |
Time's person of the year is....the protester? |
Facebook Timeline is now LIVE. |
Dell says goodbye to Netbooks. |
U.S. moves toward banning Photoshop in cosmetics ads. |
Follow Peter Ha and Mark Milian on Twitter. |
Bathroom break video 1: Stuart the salsa dancing dog. |
Bathroom break video 1: Google Chrome ad in Japan. |
Henry Hart is restless—restless in the tradition of many writers, restless in the sense of his great-grandfather, the Swedish “Duke of Mongolia,” whose celebrated adventures as missionary, diplomat, horse trader, expedition leader and spy made him both subject of admiring international biographers and something of a cu... |
Hart, a professor of English at the College, is restless for the next thing. “Perhaps it is genetic,” he says, contemplating his relationship with Frans August “Duke” Larson and admitting that his own exploits as an adventurer are, of course, more of a literary sort. |
Next on his list is another genre: “I am kind of interested in writing fiction, too,” he says. |
His work of fiction, a book tentatively titled In the Shadow of the Great Wall, already is in progress. Hart survived the research trip. It took him into Mongolia’s Gobi Desert last summer and nearly left him lost as he “retraced the footsteps” of his great-grandfather in order to develop backgrounds and traits for his... |
Hart’s trip to Asia began in Stockholm, where he met up with Axel Odelberg, a biographer was working on a Swedish documentary about Hart’s Duke Larson. From there, the two men traveled to China. Hiring a driver with a Toyota Land Cruiser and a guide with a compass, the pair then traveled inland, where the trappings of ... |
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