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Anime at the London International Animation Festival 2017
genkinahito • 22nd November 2017
Next month, the 14th London International Animation Festival returns to the Barbican. From December 1st-10th there are 200 animated shorts and features from around the world which have been programmed to play. Also due to appear at the festival are a lot of guests who will take part in Q&As and presentations. There is a wide range of materials and techniques used in the making of these films from animation to CG, hand drawn to sculpture and puppets. Content-wise, focus is placed on the on-screen representation of women. There is a lot of Japanese content on offer including Cleop<|fim_middle|> fans, Anime UK News and it's fledgling forum community is growing with each passing month, proving we are an ambitious and trusted resource for UK-based anime fans and beyond!
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© 2004–2020 Anime UK News | atra which was picked up by Third Window Films for distribution in the UK. Quite fittingly, there are a lot of animated films created and directed by women from Japan.
Here's what's on offer:
December 02nd: Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds
This is a selection of short films aimed especially at children and so there's a surprise for Japanese film fans who take a gander at this strand of the programme because a famous director of horror and yakuza movies is in this part:
Keep on Rolling (2016, Dir: Takashi Miike, 5 mins)
An ambitious dung beetle can't stop rolling poo. He perfects the art with every round thing he comes across.
December 02nd: International Competition Programme 1: "From Absurd to Zany"
Gokurosama (France 2016 Dir: Clémentine Frère, Aurore Gal, Yukiko Meignien, Anna Mertz, Robin Migliorelli, Romain Salvini, 7 mins)
This was animated by students at MoPA Computer Graphics Animation School in France and it features a Japanese director and setting for its story.
Early morning in a Japanese shopping centre, a shopkeeper gets stuck. To help her, her young employee decides to cross the shopping centre with her.
December 02nd:
Osamu Tezuka's Animerama was a trilogy of films based on classic tales from history. The titles were 1001 Nights, Cleopatra, and Belladonna of Sadness and some say they were the first feature-length anime movies directed towards the adult market due to mature content. Belladonna of Sadness had recently been restored and gone on tour around the world and now Third Window Films has picked up the distribution rights to Cleopatra and 1001 Nights. Here's a trailer for Cleopatra which will be at the festival:
Cleopatra is a very much unknown Japanese anime from 1970 made by "The Godfather of Manga" Osamu Tezuka along with director Eiichi Yamamoto. It has never been released in the UK. Cleopatra was a part of a series of adult anime films called Animerama, made at Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production animation studio from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Cleopatra takes a look inside Tezuka's sketchbook with a series of doodles that touch upon the history of Cleopatra but include digressions into science fiction, broad (and often tasteless) comedy, many whiplash stylistic breaks, and blunt sexuality.
December 03rd: International Competition Programme 4: "Playing With Emotion"
This section features films about emotions such as love and hate, sadness, anxiety, and confusion.
Summer's Puke is Winter's Delight (2017, Dir: Sawako Kabuki, 3 mins.)
Painful events become memories over time. This deliriously explicit film is truly demented, but with a serious core buried deep within its delightful insanity.
First Hand Memories (Dir: Haruka Umemura, 5 mins.)
A girl looks at her surrounding world through a roll of toilet paper.
December 04th: International Competition Programme 6 "Below the Surface"
This section is all about experimentation and reinvention in animation.
Starting Over (2016, Dir: Mika Seike 8 min)
You fall down every time before you reach your goal. At each fall, the glass you held shatters, and everything starts all over again. But there are things you can only discover through repetition. The answer lies within yourself.
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Denver's Jamal Murray: 'We know we can go win the title'
By Kurt HelinJun 7, 2020, 9:59 PM EDT
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After three months off<|fim_middle|> games after the All-Star break before play was halted, the Nuggets were 5-5 with the 19th ranked defense in the league. That's not the numbers of a contender.
Jokic is in the best shape of his career, according to Murray and president of basketball ops Tim Connelly, which is a good sign. This is also a team that has had excellent continuity over the past couple of seasons, which should help them hit the ground running in Orlando.
Is that enough? Denver has work to prove they are ready for the next level. At least the team is starting with the belief they can do it. | , the perception has not changed about what team will come out of the West has not changed as the NBA gears up to go to Orlando and play out the season.
It's the Lakers, the Clippers, and a huge gap to anyone else. Look at the current betting odds at Ceasers Palace, where the Lakers are 2-1, the Clippers are 9-4, and then it jumps to the Rockets at 15-1 and the Nuggets at 22-1.
Don't tell that to Denver's Jamal Murray. He told reporters Friday that Denver believes it can win a title this season (hat tip Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN).
"We know we can go win the title," the Nuggets' guard said in a Zoom call with Denver reporters. "Me and Joker [Nikola Jokic] have been in Denver this whole time, working out."
"Why not?" Murray later replied when asked about winning it all. "We have proven to be one the best teams year in and year out since we have been building. We have beaten good teams consistently. We shouldn't have lost to Portland [last year in the conference semifinals]. That was more on us, our inexperience and they are a good team. But we don't think that there is a team that can beat us in a seven-game series when we are playing at our best."
This is exactly what Murray should say, what the Nuggets should believe. This is a quality team that should be thinking about taking the next step.
They just have to prove that to the world, because when play stopped they did not look like a contender.
Denver heads to Orlando for the "seeding games" as the third seed in the West at 43-22, just 1.5 games behind the Clippers for the two seed but 1.5 games up on Utah for the four seed. For the season they had a +3.1 net rating (meaning they had been a little lucky, that's more of a 36-26 pace) with the ninth-ranked offense and the 12th ranked defense in the league. In their 10 | 440 |
Pilcante (Pilcant in dialetto trentino) è una frazione del comune di Ala in provincia di Trento. La frazione dista 42,5 km dal capoluogo. Il 16 ottobre 1920, il comune di Pilcante venne annesso alla Venezia Tridentina e, con Regio decreto n. 1865 del 20 luglio 1928, definitivamente soppresso e annesso al comune di Ala.
Origini del nome
Il paese è stato fondato probabilmente in epoca romana. Il nome di "Pilcante" compare nel 1203 e descritto come un villaggio, documentato come "Pulcanto" e in latino "Pilchantus"; nel 1303 il nome riscontrato è Pilcante. Lo "stemma parlante" è un pilone di ponte, ma il toponimo potrebbe derivare anche da "pila", cioè antichi vasi di pietra in cui si macinavano il grano e l'orzo, e qualcuna si vede ancora nei cortili del paesino impiegate come portafiori..
Storia
Si ritiene che gli abitanti siano stati convertiti al Cristianesimo forse ad opera di San Vigilio, tuttavia non esistono prove certe dell'esistenza di una chiesa fino al 13 agosto 1319 con il testamento di Guglielmo da Castelbarco. In quell'anno e in quello scritto viene espressamente nominata una chiesa e vi è certezza che trattasi della capiente chiesa di San Martino.
Già nel 1539 vi fioriva la Compagnia del SS. Sacramento. La sua elezione ufficiale a parrocchia avvenne nel 1658.<|fim_middle|> rispetto al fiume.
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Frazioni di Ala | Tra il 1710 e il 1737 fu costruito l'Oratorio di S.Anna, a spese della Confraternita, occupando un tratto di cimitero.
Nel marzo del 1716 il paese di Pilcante è stato partecipe della scomparsa di una paesana accusata di stregoneria, Maria Bertoletti.
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La chiesa parrocchiale di San Martino Vescovo fu edificata nel Settecento in sostituzione del precedente oratorio medievale.
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Pur essendo molto cospicuo, il paese di Pilcante vanta molte fontane pubbliche in marmo levigato e un'ottima acqua potabile che sgorga da esse. Ognuna è di risalto nel piccolo contesto rurale e l'architettura,era anticamente predisposta per le cortigiane, affinché potessero lavare i panni una di fianco all'altra grazie alla lavarina (o lavatoio pubblico) e nel frattempo far filò,tuttavia negli ultimi anni sono state sostituite e/o modificate più volte e non presenziano più le stesse sembianze originarie ed anche le vie,non sono più abbellite con il Ciottolato,ma vi è asfalto anche tutt'attorno alle stesse.
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Nel 1972 nasce su iniziativa di un gruppo di amici il Gruppo Sportivo Pilcante. Nel 1982 arriva la prima affiliazione alla federazione pallavolo (FIPAV) come G.S. Pilcante. Inizia da quell'anno una rapida scalata di categorie che, partendo dalla terza divisione, si concretizzerà nel 1989 con il raggiungimento della serie C2. Nel 1993, a seguito della fusione con la società Ala Volley e Arci Uisp Avio, nasce la Bassa Vallagarina Volley, con l'allora squadra femminile che militava in prima divisione.
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Cahir Youth Club runs 4 nights a week and caters from 8 - 21 year olds. They run a wide range of activities such as art work , baking and talks on such topics as animal welfare<|fim_middle|> products and go ahead with their plans.
Michelle also asked me to remind people the Cahir Youth Club will hold a coffee morning on the 14th of December in their youth centre from 11am to 1pm which is located on church street, behind the old Tech. | .
On Fridays the club provides a drop in service where from 13 year olds upwards can pop in for a game of pool , a cup of tea or even just for a chat.
The youth Club often links up with other clubs and organise joint activities.
Today Michelle and Sharon from the club brought a group of youths to Cahir Farmers Market to sell a range of Christmas crafts which were made by the youths to help them raise much needed funds for the club. The club would like to thank Pat O?Brien for kindly giving them a space at the market.
The club would also like to thank Joe Walsh from BioTipp who kindly made a donation of supplies which enabled the youths to make their | 141 |
EXCLUSIVE: Woman accused of passing out in hotel room with drugs and toddler speaks from jail
Casey Shaffer: "I wasn't under the influence of any drugs."
Updated: 10:37 AM EDT Sep 29, 2017
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WEBVTT ARI HAIT JOINS US LIVE FROM PORTSAINT LUCIE WITH THE EXCLUSIV<|fim_middle|> I believe it was just bad circumstances."
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Kemani Shaffer, 2, runs around his aunt's home, playing with the dogs and cats, screaming and laughing.His aunt smiles at him, knowing he's doing well.+Download WPBF 25 News App: Apple IOS | Android"He's OK," Kristen Shaffer said. "He's a 2 year old. He's crazy, but he's ok."It's been a difficult two days for Kemani.On Wednesday morning, he was in a room at the Holiday Inn in Port St. Lucie with his mother, Casey Shaffer, and her boyfriend, Dontae Jean.Hotel management called police to say water was leaking from the room and they couldn't wake up the people inside.Police said when they entered the room, the bathtub was running and overflowing. They found Kemani asleep on one bed, Shaffer and Jean passed out on the other with heroin and clonazepam, next to them.Police said they believe Kemani was in danger."He could have gotten to the drugs," said Master Sgt. Frank Sabol of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. "He could have went into the bathroom, which was flooded, and either slipped, fell, hit his head, or went into the bathtub that was overflowing and then drowned." Shaffer and Jean were both arrested and charged with drug possession.Shaffer is also charged with child neglect.But from jail Thursday night, Shaffer told WPBF 25 News reporter Ari Hait this is all a misunderstanding."I wasn't under the influence of any drugs," Shaffer said over the phone. "They didn't walk in and find needles and straws and paraphernalia everywhere. I don't use drugs."Shaffer was a resident of Sabal Place, the Fort Pierce community flooded during Hurricane Irma. She and Kemani were forced to leave their apartment.Shaffer said she's been moving around ever since.She said she was exhausted when she arrived at the hotel Wednesday morning and went to give Kemani a bath."I laid down while the bath water was running and I fell asleep, not realizing until the water overflowed," Shaffer said. "Nobody tried to wake us up until the police got there."Shaffer said she does not know where the drugs came from. She said she doesn't even know what police found.Kristen Shaffer said there's no doubt in her mind that her sister is telling the truth."We don't do that," she said. "We don't touch that. I believe her. I believe it was just bad circumstances."+Like Ari on Facebook | Follow Ari on Twitter
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Kemani Shaffer, 2, runs around his aunt's home, playing with the dogs and cats, screaming and laughing.
His aunt smiles at him, knowing he's doing well.
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"He's OK," Kristen Shaffer said. "He's a 2 year old. He's crazy, but he's ok."
It's been a difficult two days for Kemani.
On Wednesday morning, he was in a room at the Holiday Inn in Port St. Lucie with his mother, Casey Shaffer, and her boyfriend, Dontae Jean.
Hotel management called police to say water was leaking from the room and they couldn't wake up the people inside.
Police said when they entered the room, the bathtub was running and overflowing.
They found Kemani asleep on one bed, Shaffer and Jean passed out on the other with heroin and clonazepam, next to them.
Police said they believe Kemani was in danger.
"He could have gotten to the drugs," said Master Sgt. Frank Sabol of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. "He could have went into the bathroom, which was flooded, and either slipped, fell, hit his head, or went into the bathtub that was overflowing and then drowned."
Shaffer and Jean were both arrested and charged with drug possession.
Shaffer is also charged with child neglect.
But from jail Thursday night, Shaffer told WPBF 25 News reporter Ari Hait this is all a misunderstanding.
"I wasn't under the influence of any drugs," Shaffer said over the phone. "They didn't walk in and find needles and straws and paraphernalia everywhere. I don't use drugs."
Shaffer was a resident of Sabal Place, the Fort Pierce community flooded during Hurricane Irma. She and Kemani were forced to leave their apartment.
Shaffer said she's been moving around ever since.
She said she was exhausted when she arrived at the hotel Wednesday morning and went to give Kemani a bath.
"I laid down while the bath water was running and I fell asleep, not realizing until the water overflowed," Shaffer said. "Nobody tried to wake us up until the police got there."
Shaffer said she does not know where the drugs came from. She said she doesn't even know what police found.
Kristen Shaffer said there's no doubt in her mind that her sister is telling the truth.
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written by Terysa March 1, 2016
More Inter-island Swell
We've just spent an idyllic 5 days at anchor in the archipelago of Les Saintes, just south of Guadeloupe, and it was very close to perfect- however, we didn't get off to the best start.
Quick pic of our anchorage to keep you interested!
Our sail north from Dominica was only 18 miles, and quite frankly, we were glad to get in. This constant inter-island swell is getting on my nerves! It was also blowing about 20 knots, but did we have any reefs in? Of course not! So we were heeling over like crazy, holding on for dear life and lamenting that after that morning's downpour which had left our boat happily salt-free, she was being subjected to regular waves crashing over her bow and coach roof- and yes, even occasionally into the cockpit. Nick and I got pretty good at dodging them- you get about a second's warning, so if you're already in a good position under the sprayhood, it's enough time to duck behind it, if you're paying attention. Like coiled springs, we were. Alas, we were unable to avoid a couple of particularly big waves, which left us both absolutely drenched from head to toe. We are at nature's mercy, after all!
Back In France!
So we arrived in the little anchorage called Pain du Sucre. We made a beeline here because Eupraxia had been there for a couple of days and assured us it was borderline perfection. Well, it looked good as we rounded the headland, but we could see on our chart that it was pretty deep unless you were fairly close to shore. So that's where we headed- it was a little crowded, but with our lifting keel, we're usually able to nudge our way in. We lowered the anchor in a perfect spot off the beach, but it didn't seem to be holding. Nick snorkelled on it and confirmed that our anchor was nestled between two rocks! Eek! It was too deep to snorkel on, so we crossed our fingers and toes and hoped it wasn't snagged. We breathed a sigh of relief when it came up without a hitch, but then we had to re-anchor. We chose a spot further out, where it seemed to be less rocky, but then the anchor wouldn't hold at all, we were slowly backing into the boat behind, who's french owner also informed us that we were over his anchor. Fed up, we waved goodbye to Sandra, who was hanging out of her cockpit holding up coffee and cake for us and motored over to the main anchorage.
There are, according to the cruising guide, 80 mooring buoys here, and every one was taken. The designated anchorage (the french, I've realised, just love putting out strings of yellow buoys to mark no-anchor zones. Why!?) was far too deep for our 40 metres of chain and it was pretty unprotected. So back to the first place. Nick asked me what our plan was if we couldn't anchor here. I offered an eloquent shrug. There was nowhere else, unless we were to continue to Guadeloupe. Uh, no thanks.
So, freshly determined, we picked a third spot, made sure we were over sand (oh, how we love a seabed of beautiful sand!) and lowered the anchor. This time it held. Nick snorkelled on it again and gave the thumbs up. Phew! Only problem was that we were a liiiiittle bit to close to a Norwegian catamaran, but frankly, there was no way I was moving. So I just put some fenders out and hoped for the best.
There's always some catamaran spoiling my shot!
That evening we went over to John and Sandra's for dinner again (Nick taking over the cooking… again! Sandra is proving to be an excellent sous chef, she assures us!) and had a wonderful meal of pork and veggies washed down with some rosé wine. We were back in France after all!
Yet Another Wet Dinghy Ride
The next day Nick and I jumped in the dinghy and made our way over to the main town, Bourg des Saintes. It was a bloody long dinghy ride and the wind was still causing enough chop for the occasional splash, but we were just congratulating ourselves on remaining largely dry when a inter-island ferry crossed our path and we were confronted with their wake. Nick yelled, "What do I do!" I yelled, "Slow down, slow down!" We both yelled, "ARGH!" as we got drenched yet again. Good thing it was a sunny day.
I have to say though, that we were suddenly very fond of our new outboard and it's external fuel tank. We exchanged our little 3.5 horsepower engine in Rodney Bay a couple of weeks ago for a 6 horsepower one, complete with an external fuel tank (Nick was getting mightily sick of re-fueling every 5 minutes… literally). We'd talked about it for ages and, fortuitously, found a guy on a our pontoon who wanted a swap, so a deal was struck, and here we are!
So, Bourg des Saintes. Wow. What a fantastic place. We wandered around and all we could say was, "It's just like Brittany! It's literally just like Brittany!!" It really was. It's quite bizarre to find a town in the Caribbean that so closely resembles a region of northern France, but it has very strong historical and cultural ties to Brittany (for reason's I never found out), which explains the similarity.
A park in the middle of town, the town hall behind it.
Nick and I were completely charmed and celebrated by having lunch in the most 'french' restaurant we could find, called Au Bon Vivre. We splashed out and went for 3 courses, a glass of rosé and finished it off with coffee and rum, then managed to roll out the door, into the dinghy and somehow hauled ourselves onto our boat where we rested in a largely horizontal position for the remainder of the day.
Fort Napolean.
The following day we repeated the dinghy ride in and hiked up to Fort Napoleon which is located up a hill with a commanding view over Les Saintes. The views were spectacular.
The next few days were taken up by doing all those boat chores that just don't seem to go away no matter how much you ignore them: laundry, sanding and varnishing the interior woodwork, scraping and scrubbing the hull, as well as all the usual boring cleaning. We also managed to fit in a lot of snorkelling, mooching about on the internet (a nearby bar had wifi which we could get with our wifi bat), and laying around in the cockpit, which was actually highly entertaining.
Okay, so my underwater photography needs some work… I swear the snorkelling was much better than this pic lets on!
Fed up with chasing the fish to photograph, I just turned to taking good old selfies.
Boats were coming and going every day, and Nick and I very much enjoyed watching other people on their boats, going about their day and speculating on their sailing ability, personal lives, and everything in between. We happily watched a Spanish couple have a prolonged screaming row on the boat next door, bitched about the loud Americans to our other side (sorry to any Americans reading this… but why are you so loud?), and reminded each other where we'd seen other yachts before ("Oh, hey, it's the french couple who are always in the nude! Remember them from Martinique?"). And, of course, there were the never ending antics with anchoring. Let's just say, I didn't feel nearly so embarrassed by the end of the week about our three attempts. One day Nick and I were lying in our cockpit reading as I noticed suddenly that that catamaran next to us… I'm sure it was closer to the beach before! Nick was like, "Huh? Who? What?" But no, it was definitely dragging- we could see it slowly floating backwards before our eyes. It was only blowing about 12 knots. So Nick, bless him, got into the dinghy, whizzed over and raised the alarm. A french man emerged in his underpants, looked at Nick in some mystification as Nick explained politely that he was dragging<|fim_middle|>
Back on the water
Hauling Out in Jolly Harbour | and about to hit another boat (it's owner stood by armed with a boathook), then comprehension dawned and he simply said, with a very french shrug, "Ah. Oui." Then, in no rush whatsoever, turned on his engine and re-anchored elsewhere.
Another yacht dragged also (we let someone else save the day that time) and on a third occasion a yacht's electric windlass failed and Nick and I had a grand old time watching two women from two separate neighbouring yachts (one of whom was singlehanded) instruct an older gentleman and his wife on how to overcome to problem as they stood in a dinghy, holding on to his bow.
You can just make out our anchorage in the top right corner of this shot.
The view to the east from Fort Napolean- check out that squall coming in!
Anyway, I've rambled on too much for one week. Perhaps I ought to blog more often!
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Detroit-based marketing and advertising agency Rebuild Group is spending about $2 million to rehab this building in the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit.
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The agency's contractors are Detroit-based Sachse Construction, Derek Slupka of Clarkston-based DS Architects Inc. and interior designer Arik Green Design LLC of Ferndale.
Gershonowicz launched the agency in 2012 in Royal Oak and moved it to New Center in 2014. Rebuild settled into a space in the Boulevard West building at 2990 W. Grand Blvd. A sale of that property was expected last month, but as of Monday was not listed in public record.
Steve DeAngelis, who Gershonowicz has known since childhood, joined as a partner in 2014. Their philosophy centers on an "entrepreneurial spirit" and "curiosity and hustle," according to a news release.
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Rebuild Group could double its workforce to 40 in the new space, Gershonowicz said.
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>> it is 9:00 p.m. in paris. here are the headlines we are following. in france, the second person has died in the terrorist area and thousands have fled their homes -- paris area and thousands have fled their homes. the death toll in germany has climbed to five. german lawmakers approved a motion calling the ottoman massacre of a century ago "genocide." turkish leaders say it is a mistake. lionel messi appears in court in arts -- in barcelona, accused
with his father of fraud for more than 4 million euros. a second person has died in the paris area following days of nonstop rain. france has been hit by the worst flooding in over 100 years to the loop -- 100 years. friday to closed on prevent damage. thousands of homes have been flooded on the seine river. the water is expected to keep rising for days. desperate times call for desperate measures. residents have been forced out of their homes, escaping with anything and everything they can. thousands have already been evacuated from the region.
a helicopter was the only way to reach this home. those who stay behind have only done so in order to board up their businesses. >> we are using these cinderblocks to stop watering from entering the buildings. it's all we can do. therter: further south, shop owners have returned to assess the damage. most of the buildings here have been flooded by 20 centimeters of water. thisamage extends to region. --s 16th-century shantou château was flooded overnight. closer to the french capital, authorities are taking advantage of the low in the rainfall -- of a lull in the rainfall. >> water level has gone down since this morning, but we are told it will rise again by friday. we have decided to evacuate because we have run out of supplies. reporter: the electricity has been cut and locals have been told it won't be back for at
least three days. the region worst hit by the flood is the only part of the -- of france still on red alert. the entire seine river is on red alert after rising to levels not seen since 1910. >> it's quite impressive to see the seine like this. i've never seen the river reach levels this high so quickly. it is not only that. the current is very strong. reporter: it is not over yet. more rainfall is expected in the coming days. nancy: french prime minister manuel valls visited a town south of paris. he called the situation there tends and difficult. thousands of residents fled their home overnight. the region is on red alert for flooding. luke brown is there to report. the town has been cut into by the rising flood --
cut in two by the rising floodwaters. this tractor is carrying locals back to their homes so they can find some of their valuables. they are expecting to spend some time away from their homes and many were reluctant to evacuate earlier in the day. toit's people that are going take supplies to their friends or relatives, to older people who are still staying at home because they don't want to leave their house. the electricity has been cut for more than a day now. it's starting to get cold inside. we need to help. the emergency services have been highly mobilized over the past 48 hours as the river broken banks to a dramatic degree. that's the cause of the evacuation order that was issued wednesday afternoon to the center -- afternoon for the center of town. about 200 feet spent the night in the local gymnasium -- 200 people spend the night in the local gymnasium.
>> we are expecting to be able to provide food until sunday. volunteers are going through rotations. after that, we are coping day by day. luke: the reality is, the damage in central nemours is considerable. residents won't be able to evaluate the scale of damage to their property until the floodwaters fall. forecasted,in it's not likely the floodwaters will receive until sunday -- will recede until sunday. nancy: floods have also destroyed parts of southern germany. flash flooding cuts power -- cut power to homes. the death toll there has climbed to five. story. more on the the water came so fast.
it was up at the first floor within five minutes. we saved ourselves by going into -- -- into the attic. after about three hours, my myndson and onto the roof -- grandson climbed onto the roof<|fim_middle|>22.5 billion euros. the controversial proposals have
been criticized by almost all political parties, with some calling it "a marxist dream." the think tank behind your idea says it is necessary in the modern world -- behind the idea says it is necessary in the modern world. >> we produce more value with less labor. there are not enough people paying to the social system. we need to find another redistribution system. mark: switzerland is not alone in considering the move. finland is aiming to try out a universal basic income, albeit with a lower wage, next year. the netherlands and canada are planning similar teams -- schemes. markus: a well needed overhaul of welfare or just too good to be true? swiss voters will be deciding this weekend whether or not they actually like this kind of system. nancy: i like that system. i wish they would have that system here. it's a great idea. thank you for all of that. and thank you for watching. more news coming up after the
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Uploaded by TV Archive on June 2, 2016 | , where we were spotted by a helicopter. reporter: collapsed roads, overturned cars, and homes stripped of their foundations. a disaster center has been set up in the worst affected district in southern germany. floods came in quickly, catching many residents off guard. the bodies of three women were pulled from a flooded basement. >> in only a split second, there was some sort of a tsunami wave, which caused havoc for all. reporter: elsewhere, strong currents ripped through. trapped by the sudden swell, residents were airlifted to safety.
a cleanup operation is currently underway. we are now pumping the water out of the houses and the basements. we still need to bring containers here to dispose of all the debris. floodwaters submerged roads leading to the town's hilltop school, where 250 children spent the night in a gymnasium. nancy: and germany follows the lead of several countries, including france. the german parliament nearly unanimously approved a resolution declaring that the mass killing of armenians by ottoman turks in 1915 was a genocide. turkey's leaders are calling the general -- this historic mistake that will seriously impact relations between the two countries. historians believe up to 1.5 armenians were killed by ottoman turks around the time of world war i. turkey denies that the killings
were genocide, blaming civil war and unrest. it believes an armenian genocide occurred a hundred years ago at the hands of ottoman turks. from --at know maybe better than anyone because of the dark chapters of our history how painful it can be to deal with the past, but we also know that an honest self-criticism of the past doesn't damage relationships with other countries. the turkish government is not responsible for what happened 100 years ago, but it shares responsibility for what happens in the future. reporter: turkey withdrew its ambassador from germany for talks with an angry warning from president erdogan. >> this will seriously affect
relations between our two countries. when i go back to turkey, we will evaluate this issue and take necessary steps. reporter: it comes at a delicate time when germany and the eu need turkey's help stopping the flow of migrants crossing to your -- to europe. have millions of citizens with turkish backgrounds living in germany. chancellor merkel support the initiative, though she wasn't present for the vote itself. she spoke shortly afterward, stressing the country's common interests -- countries' common interests. toncellor merkel: we want talk about how to come to terms with this history. reporter: germany acknowledges its own failure to stop the mass killings at the time. story, ar more on that professor at the university of charles bird -- of charles bird
-- a professor is joining us by phone. can you help us understand the significance -- the historic significance of this resolution? of the same opinion as western institutions, recognizing the events of 1915 as genocide. it could be considered unexpected decision -- considered an expected decision. inmany has a specific place turkish policy because there are approximately five or 6 million people of turkish descent living in germany. it is significant. thehe same time, recognition of these events as genocide is something very
common and ordinary. nancy: this comes at a particularly sensitive time, vis-à-vis european relations with turkey. why do you think the german parliament has passed the resolution now? there is never a good time, but couldn't this be considered a particularly bad time? year.was expected last that was the 100-year anniversary of the genocide. it was expected. not from -- [indiscernible] you are right, it is special moment because -- it is a special moment, because there is agreement between germany and turkey on a very sensitive topic, which is the refugees. this could have an effect on contract,his precise
this precise agreement. but on the other hand, turkey is reaction, a first very sharp reaction, then to project this kind of recognition . i think it will be the case for germany, too. nancy: the reaction of turks living in germany? and histhat erdogan government in turkey are very upset, but what about the reaction of the 3 million turks living in germany? what do you expect from them? >> more than 3 million. there are many people who originate from turkey, children and grandchildren. approximately 5 million to 6 million, people who are relatives. verye majority of them are nationalist. you are right. it may have a nationalist and
attitude.ionary it can have an effect on the far right movement in germany, towards the [indiscernible] but it is something which must happen. edit happened. and itecking mission -- happens. this recognition happened. it is recognition [indiscernible] i think that the first moments, there will be a reaction, but that it will forgotten -- but then it will be forgotten. nancy: thank you for joining us, a professor at the university of strasburg. moving now to syria, where a bomb blast hit near a mosque in the -- in latakia. state television reported that
two people were killed and several wounded. the explosion took place in the city center as worshipers were leaving prayers. and in the northern part of the country, u.s.-backed syria militias vowed on thursday to drive the islamic state group from a city in northern syria and surrounding areas. they urged civilians to stay away from positions that would be targeted in the campaign. here is more on that story. reporter: northbound on a mission to take manbij. this footage broadcast by a kurdish news shows u.s. commanders accompanying kurdish-led forces. this convoy will come face-to-face with the islamic state group in manbij. months of critical groundwork have led to this tactical maneuver. the main water supply for northern area was liberated by after two years under
islamic state group control. airstrikes could -- destroyed a bridge north of manbij, isolating the city on two fronts. the u.s. military mounted a bridge across the u brady's -- the euphrates river. if all goes to plan, the offense will sever a strategic transit point. manbjij lies on the main route. the city itself is an operational hub, with terror strikes against europe, turkey, -- where terror strikes against europe, turkey, and the u.s. are set in motion. >> it is one of the first house that they controlled in 2014. it is the first town even before raqqa was implemented, their law where they created islamic justice and training camps. at the time, they succeeded in making the tribal local alliances with the people living there. reporter: according to the u.s.,
the kurdish ypg intend to hanover administration of -- hand over administration of manbij to local allies. recent footage shows u.s. commanders wearing the white bg -- the ypg's insignia while on a mission in syria. nancy: now to iraq. paramilitary and government forces battled the islamic state militants in an ongoing operation to retake fallujah. the forces claimed they had been able to destroy trenches and earthwork greeted by islamic state militants and had advanced close -- created by islamic state militants and had advanced close to fallujah. >> we were besieged inside the city of fallujah or three years -- for three years. we run food. we are homeless -- we ate rotten food. we are homeless. but we are happy to be evacuated
a flea links to almighty god -- evacuated safely thanks to almighty god. >> we got out raising white leaving behinde, our homes, furniture's, and possession. nancy: moving on to the lionel messi trial in spain. the football star appeared in court in barcelona on day three of his trial for tax fraud. he and his father are accused of using tax havens in belize and and 2009.tween 2007 messi says he never looks at the contracts he signs. he faces up to 22 months in prison if found guilty. reporter: flanked by his father and brother, lionel messi arrived at this barcelona court to cries of "thief." the five-time world football player of the year once again denied all knowledge of foul play. >> the truth is that i know
nothing. as my father explained, i was devoted to playing football. reporter: the case focuses on the player's image rights. messi and his father are accused of using a string of six companies -- fake companies between 2007 and 2009 to skirt paying taxes on earnings amounting to some 4 million euros. in court, he admitted to signing contracts protecting his image right, but said he had no knowledge of any tax evasions. >> i signed them because my father told me to, because i trusted him, and because the lawyers told us to. reporter: his father admitted to signing contracts given to him by his advisor, but that neither he nor his son that they were of aiding -- avoiding paying taxes. messi is one of the world highest-paid -- the world's highest-paid athletes. tohas paid 5 million euros tax authorities as a corrective measure. in spain, those convicted of
nonviolent crimes with a sentence of under two years tned -- tend not to sergio time. -- not to serve jail time. nancy: it's been confirmed that music legend prince died of accidental overdose. the investigation is still ongoing. the 57-year-old musician was found dead at his estate on april 21, days after his private plane made an emergency landing that was also reportedly due to a painkiller overdose. it is time now for a look at business news. markus karlsson is here. first, turning to vienna and the oil markets. markus: this as opec oil ministers have wrapped up a meeting in the austrian capital without an agreement to regulate supplies. some members were pressing for action to cut or at least freeze production in a bid to boost oil prices. the energy minister of saudi arabia, overhead -- opec's
biggest and arguably most important member, says oil markets are rebounding by themselves. the meeting sparked fresh questions over the unity of the 13-member organization and whether it actually matters. reporter: is opec's ability to shape oil markets over question mark that is the question market opec's abilityis to shape oil markets over? that is the question market analysts are asking. producers have upped their output. one energy minister says the cartel is alive and well. >> throughout its life, it has been a dynamic, living organ, responding to changes. the world has changed. the market has changed. so many things are -- have changed and it is changing and it will change. reporter: opec is weighed down
by deep divisions, which affect its ability to wield greater control over the price of oil. last month, members of the organization and other mary -- major oil producers failed to agree to a coordinated output freeze. the court -- the focus is on saudi arabia and iran, engaged in proxy conflicts in syria and yemen. >> the rest of the ministers are all new. can they work together? can they curb the supply? can they feed the supply glut -- fade the supply glut? can they address the issues of demand and supply? can we have stability moving forward? i think that's very much in play with a new oil minister from saudi arabia. reporter: in the past, opec has shown an ability to put their differences aside. however, iraq and iran fought a war in the 1980's, but still managed to cooperate on oil. for now, fractures are on
display. markus: let's check in on the oil markets. crude and wti finished the session higher in new york with the wti gaining 1/3 of 1% and brent crude gaining 4/10 of 1%. inventories in the u.s. fell last week, seen as a sign that demand for oil is strong in america. oil markets looking away from the opec meeting and focusing on e inventories in the u.s. according to the european central bank, which wrapped up a meeting in vienna earlier, the ecb expects 1.6% growth in 2016. the previous forecast was for 1.4%. the ecb is keeping its benchmark interest rate steady at 0%. mario draghi says the central bank's stimulus measures are helping the single currency area, but he is calling on eurozone governments to step up
resources as well. >> in order to reap the full benefits from our monetary policy measures, other policy areas must contribute much more decisively, both at the national and european levels. policies -- structured policies are essential given continued high structural unemployment and low potential of growth in the euro area. markus: dallas mario draghi speaking there -- that was mario draghi speaking there. in the united date, we are seeing shares moving higher -- the united states, we are seeing shares moving higher with about go.inutes to oil prices perhaps boosting some of the energy shares, something we've seen happen in the past couple of months and years. investors are looking ahead as well to the unemployment figures from may, which will come out
tomorrow. european markets seemed to take a little breather to digest the european central bank meeting. energy shares were under pressure on this side of the atlantic as oil prices were lower during the european trading day. the dax eking out slight gains at the end of the european trading day. now, let's look at some other news. we are going to turn to switzerland. voters are going to the polls this weekend to vote on the idea of the so-called citizen salary. director in your -- the referendum seeks to transform switzerland's welfare system and provide a guaranteed minimum income for all with no strings attached. opinion is divided, as mark thompson explains. mark: what would you do if your income wasn't an issue? that's the question being posed by campaigners ahead of the referendum. supporters are leaving their answers on billboards across the city.
among those here, "direct a film," "work to find a new form of renewable energy." it is a proposal that has split opinion. >> even though i'm not completely convinced yet, even though it is still unclear how this could be financed, the idea appeals to me. >> we have a relatively well functioning social system for people who are out of work or who have health problems. so, when it comes to the minimum income, i am skeptical. rk: the plans would see every swiss citizen given 2300 euros a month by the government, no strings attached. it would cost the country a little over 20 21 5 billion euros -- over | 3,090 |
CHICO — When members of the 823 Hellbent Motorcycle Club of Chico rode up to East Avenue Church just days after the Camp Fire began, they weren't expecting what they saw.
What they expected was a few dozen evacuees. What they saw was hundreds living in fear and chaos.
The bikers had come to drop off 50 of about 100 hygiene kits they'd organized and assembled. They found hundreds of people who'd fled to the church as an unofficial shelter. The men left all 100 of their kits with volunteers, and understanding that it would barely make a dent in the need, they found the church's pastor<|fim_middle|>'s never seen anything like this in his life. "I've never felt alternately so helpful and so helpless by the moment," he said quietly, watching the evacuees shuffle around the busy gymnasium near the back of the church property.
Later, as he sat down for a quick lunch between shifts, a young evacuee came bouncing up to give him a hug. His face lit up with a smile. She chatted with him for a moment and bounced away again. "When you watch a kid dig through a pile of stuffed toys just so they have something to snuggle with … if that doesn't bring tears to your eyes, you are not a member of the human race," Dunbar said. | , Ron Zimmer to ask, what can we do?
What was needed — desperately — was security, Zimmer explained. Those first days were hectic and unorganized and everything was up for grabs if you got there first. The church volunteers were trying to keep everyone in order but they could only do so much and the Chico Police Department could only come out so many times during the day.
So he told the bikers: What the evacuees truly needed wasn't tangible. It wasn't clothes or money or a hug. They needed someone to keep an eye on their families, to protect their traumatized children, cast a watchful eye over what belongings they still had and to defend the elderly. Looting in the shelter was becoming a problem, with bad actors and transients helping themselves to goods and services meant for survivors. In those early hours, confusion reigned and it was a free-for-all.
So Hellbent 823 got to work. "We did a round and pointed out security concerns to each other," said chapter President Matt "Straws" Strausbaugh. They "escorted" 60 people out of the shelter during the first hour, and probably 200 total since, he said.
"It wasn't fire victims we were kicking out," Strausbaugh quickly added. "The local transient population was trying to take advantage of the situation. They were abusive to the volunteers and abusive to each other." But Strausbaugh said there was nothing violent about the way they asked people to leave — usually just the suggestion of it from a couple of the rough-looking bikers was enough to convince any troublemakers to take the hint and go.
But providing 24/7 security was too big a job for just the members of Hellbent 823. So "Straws" put the call out across the north state to other clubs, and soon, bikers from as far away as San Joaquin county began coming to help.
Craig Dunbar, with Hellbent 82 North, rattled off some of the dozen-plus clubs that have been volunteering their time and protection services. Their names are as colorful as their jackets; a few include the Jus Brothers from Oroville and Stockton, Sons of Hell out of Redding and the Street Outlaws from Red Bluff, Notorious from Chico, Henchmen and Hessians from San Joaquin, Curb Crawlers from Yuba City, Hells Angels from Sacramento and Dunbar's fellow Hellbent brothers from Vallejo and Sacramento.
And he makes care to mention the Resurrection Motorcycle Club from Paradise, who nearly all lost their homes but have still been assisting with security.
Between five to 12 men from the various clubs are on patrol at all times. When they heard complaints about cars being broken into, the men adjusted their patrols to include the parking lot and the dirt lot next door. They found used needles next to an area where children were playing and "gently escorted" those people out, Dunbar said.
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Every year, in the US alone, thousands are hurt from falling out of open windows. The risk is greatest for young children, since they might not realize the danger as well as an adult would.
If you enjoy getting fresh air in your home, but want to prevent harm from befalling your children, there are a few simple precautions you can take to protect them.
A good first defense is installing a sturdy bug screen. Even though this is not a completely fail-safe device, it<|fim_middle|> underneath your window or covering the ground with a soft material, like mulch, can protect your child from serious harm, if they were to fall out of the window despite your best efforts. | is a good deterrent for children.
To be on the safe side, young children should never be left alone in a room with an open window. If your windows are easily opened, you might want to look into installing some type of locking device to prevent them from opening.
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"Targeted": Four Police Shootings in Three States in 24 Hours Rattle Authorities
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Four police shootings in three states on Sunday that left one officer dead and three wounded had authorities across the country grappling with the sudden burst of violence — and preparing for more on Monday. And in one city, San Antonio, where 20-year veteran Det. Benjamin Marconi was shot dead on Sunday morning during a traffic stop, the police chief offered a chilling assessment of the suspect's possible motive. "I feel we were targeted," William McManus told reporters Monday. "I think the uniform was the target and the first person who happened along was the person he targeted." Ot<|fim_middle|> killing, McManus said. The news came amid an FBI-assisted nationwide manhunt.
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Alfa Romeo<|fim_middle|> and a promising qualifying, the race was a rather difficult afternoon for the team," Vasseur said. "We made some progress at the start, but unfortunately our choice to go for a reverse strategy didn't pay off. We started on hards but got caught in a lot of traffic and that cost us quite some time.
"In the second part of the race, we weren't able to maximize the potential of the medium tires as we had to deal with all the blue flags, so we couldn't make up any ground. We will learn from this, of course, and come back stronger for the doubleheader in Austria."
I am an Italian guy. I love Motorsport because of the emotions that it gives me and I grew up watching races. That's what I love! | drivers suppose it was "impossible" to score points in France
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Alfa Romeo did not manage to score points in France, and despite finishing ahead of one of the Ferraris, Antonio Giovinazzi admitted he was not happy about the race pace.
The Italian qualified in P13, missing Q3 by not much. However, during the race, the story was completely different. He could not find the pace to gain positions, and in the end, he only concluded the Grand Prix in P15. After the poor performance at Paul Ricard, Giovinazzi wants Alfa Romeo to understand why they struggled so much.
"It was generally a difficult race," Giovinazzi said. "With the hard tire, the first stint was tricky, also with the medium, so the pace was not there. I think it was impossible to try and be in the top 10. We need to focus a little bit more to try and check everything from the race and try to be stronger at the Red Bull Ring."
Kimi Raikkonen as well struggled a lot in France. He felt the car was not quick enough on the hard tires, but he was a bit happier with the stint with the medium compound.
"We made a decent start but after that, it was surprisingly difficult for the tires," Raikkonen said. "It looked like everybody had difficulties with the tires, especially with the hard. You expected them to last better, so when we put the mediums on we were so far back that even though they were not too bad, we were already too far.
"I think the pace was okay when the tires were fine, but for some reason, the front tires, if you look at most of the cars, they all seemed to have had similar issues. One thing was that the wind direction changed and in some corners, it made it much more difficult than at any other time of the weekend, and it also rained in the morning. But I was a bit surprised how easily the tires disappeared."
Before France, Alfa Romeo had scored points both in Monaco and in Baku. Therefore, Frederic Vasseur, Team Principal of the team, felt disappointed after the race.
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Verve Cycling, producers of the world's most accurate power meter the InfoCrank, is proud to announce an official partnership with the highly accomplished Swiss triathlete Ruedi Wild. Those who know triathlon will know Ruedi, he has consistently remained at the sharp end of the sport for 20 years and is a long-term member of the Swiss National Team.
Since winning the European U23 title in 2005, Ruedi has been multiple Swiss champion, Olympian (2012) and reigning runner-up on the triathlon long-distance world champs (2018). He also placed third at Ironman 70.3 world champs (2016) and has 15+ wins at Ironman and Challenge Races under his belt. One of sport's true fighters and ambassadors, Ruedi will continue to use the InfoCrank as he races through the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
The power meter provides Ruedi with live power measurements while riding, as well as accurate data that can be used post-ride to see the impact of training and as a tool to ensure his form peaks for key events.
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Ruedi joins fellow triathlete, Anne Haug, as an InfoCrank ambassador, along with a rapidly growing select group of elite athletes and teams that use the InfoCrank as their power meter of choice.
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#GilmoreGirls: The Lowdown On Who's Returning To Netflix's Revival Show
This is actually happening: after months of speculation, Netflix has confirmed that "Gilmore Girls" is officially returning to our television screens later this year.
Despite not having an episode count for the "Gilmore Girls" reboot, show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino later revealed that the limited series will consist of 4 episodes (expected to run at 90 minutes per episode) and are all named after seasons – "Winter", "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall". So does this mean that the series will be named "Gilmore Girls: Seasons"?
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Now comes the important question: "Who's in it?"
MTV reported that Edward Herrmann's death in 2014 means "that the Gilmore family's lovable patriarch, Richard Gilmore, will be sorely missed". Melissa McCarthy, on the other hand, tweeted that she was not asked back for the revival. But as they say in show biz, the show must go on.
Without further ado, here are our returning favourites:
1. Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore (Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Kelly Bishop)
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There would be no "Gilmore Girls" without the girls – Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Emily (Kelly Bishop). "Alexis (Bledel) and I walked onto the set together and — I feel super emotional about a lot of it and I'm afraid I'm going to start crying at every turn — but walking onto that set really felt like something. It felt like a lot of time had passed and it felt like we were just there. It felt amazing," recalled Graham.
The mother-daughter duo of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are just as well loved as they were when the show premiered 15 years ago. So what was the secret to their working chemistry? Graham said in an interview that the pair just "always got along".
Taking into account of Herrmann's death, Bishop shared that her character Emily is "kind of a raw nerve. In a desperate attempt to push through (her grief), she blows between right on the edge of losing it to almost being a little manic."
"I recall doing something very similar when I lost my mother; I was quite devastated. I was manic and aggressive and pushing, pushing, pushing — because, if you stop, you're going to cry. So you don't stop. And I see that in Emily," Bishop told TV Line.
2. Luke Danes (Scott Patterson)
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Patterson's character Luke was originally supposed to be a guest role in 1 episode. "But the script begins with Luke's Diner and ends with Luke's Diner, so my team and I knew it's a chemistry check. So we knew the chemistry if it [was] good with Lauren then you might get some more scenes," shared Patterson. Thank goodness for that cause he ended up as a season regular.
3. Lane Kim (Keiko Agena)
Keiko Agena teased fans last month when she shared a photo of herself and Helen Pai (who is a producer for "Gilmore Girls") with the captioned promising that "good things are coming…"
Agena played, Lane Kim, Rory's bestie with a rock 'n' roll soul on the beloved series. US Weekly reported that Agena's character Lane is largely based on Helen Pai, who remains good pals with "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino – a connection that was not lost on fans of the series.
4. Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia)
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This is perfect! Jess and Rory can finally have a happy ending. There was so much left unsaid about their relationship. "Not much has changed in Jess' world. Jess might've been a pain in the ass when he first got to Stars Hollow, but he grew up and became a pretty decent guy. So (the reboot is) kind of a continuation of that with Jess," said Ventimiglia.
The debate continues on whether Rory should end up with Jess, or her other love interest Dean Forester.
5. Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki)
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Padalecki played Rory's first serious boyfriend Dean Forester, the partner whom Rory lost her virginity to while Dean was still married to another woman at the time. The high school sweethearts were on again/off again for several seasons with Padalecki making his final appearance in season 5 before going on to shoot for another popular drama series – "Supernatural".
6. Paris Geller (Liza Weil)
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"I start on Tuesday, which I really feel like bodes well that I get to start on a Tuesday being that we used to (air) on a Tuesday," said Liza Weil at the recent aTVfest. "Obviously, there's a lot of nostalgia surrounding the project, and I can't wait to dive into it. I was very emotional when I read the script, and it's going to be great to revisit my old friend Paris," she added.
Paris and Rory were frenemies-turned-roommates during their time together as Chilton classmates and subsequently as Yale roommates. The end of the series saw her making a decision to go to medical school after graduating from Yale.
There is no premiere date yet but the revival is expected to hit Netflix later this year.
Sources: MTV, The Hollywood Reporter.
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Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger visited key<|fim_middle|>. | sites including the Antiproton Decelerator and the Computing Centre
Google Science Fair Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger (right) at the magnet-testing facility at CERN today (Image: CERN)
Google Science Fair Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger today wrapped up a day-and-a-half's visit of the CERN site. Her winning project uses an artificial neural network to diagnose breast cancer – a non-invasive technique with significant potential for use in hospitals.
Besides winning a $50,000 scholarship from Google and work-experience opportunities with some of the contest hosts, Brittany was offered a personal tour of CERN. "This visit has just been incredible," she says. "I got to speak with [CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology] Steve Myers about some of the medical applications and technologies coming out of the LHC experiments and how they can be used to treat cancer."
Brittany and her mother Camilla visited some of CERN's most important facilities, including the ATLAS control room, the Antiproton Decelerator facility, the CERN Computing Centre and the LHC superconducting magnet test hall (SM18). "Realising the scale of everything was amazing," says Wenger. "Today I got to see the GRID in the Computing Centre, which was incredible, especially as I am such a computer science buff."
Wenger used cloud computing to create her winning project – a computer program that models neural networks to detect complex patterns of cancerous cells in biopsies of breast tissue. "The ultimate goal is for doctors all over the world to be able to access the programme, using it to diagnose patients while contributing more data so that it can 'learn' more and improve," she says. "It's currently 99.1% sensitive to malignancy and may be hospital-ready. As I get more samples, this should increase."
"These aren't experiences that come along every day," says Wenger, "and I've absolutely loved my time at CERN."
You can read more about Wenger's winning project on her Google Science Fair page and you can contribute data to the project at Cloud4Cancer | 433 |
Q&A With Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence: The Company's Crucial for NIL Because '99 Percent of Student-Athletes Don't Have Agents'
Blake Lawrence, CEO and co-founder of Opendorse, here playing linebacker at<|fim_middle|> David Lampitt Its Inaugural CEO
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2021/12/08/Technology/q-and-a-with-opendorses-blake-lawrence-hes-here-because-99-percent-of-student-athletes-dont-have-agents.aspx | Nebraska during a 2009 game vs. Florida Atlantic—not long after that, his college career ended due to a series of concussions, leading him to help both pro and student-athletes monetize themselves off the field.University of Nebraska Athletics (Lawrence at linebacker); Opendorse (Miami football player); Christian Petersen/Getty Images (Mahomes); Opendorse (Blake Lawrence now).
With over 50,000 college athletes now profiting off of their name, image and likeness, SportTechie chatted with Opendorse CEO and co-founder Blake Lawrence—also a former Nebraska linebacker—to find out how his company is helping athletes monetize their NIL value, a billion-dollar industry that is growing by the day:
Q - How does Opendorse work?
Lawrence: "Opendorse is free for athletes. They download the app, create a profile and list endorsement deals and NIL activities they're willing to provide, from appearances to social media posts to content creation and more. For buyers— which could be brands, fans, sponsors, donors—they're able to log into Opendorse and browse a marketplace of over 65,000 athletes and find the athlete they'd like to work with and pitch them an offer. It really makes booking a deal with an athlete as easy as booking a trip on Amazon or finding a perfect place to stay on Airbnb. It's a marketplace experience for both athletes and the people who support them. We're partners with the NFLPA, MLBPA, NBPA, NHLPA, PGA Tour, LPGA, USOPC, every Olympic governing body. We provide the technology to all the pros, and college is just adding on another layer.
We hit 50,000 athlete users in August, and we will soon hit 100,000 athlete users. Right now, there are more than 1,000 student-athletes signing up for Opendorse every week."
Q - What companies and athletes are using Opendorse?
Lawrence: "Opendorse is the premium brand in this space. Toyota, Velveeta, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Verizon, EA Sports, Panini, Champs, Reebok, Adidas -- these are the customers using Opendorse. They're the biggest brands in the world that are using Opendorse to manage all their athlete endorsements, picking athletes they want to promote their products, managing the activities themselves, handling payments, tax prep. It's in front of your face. For every sports fan on the planet, you have seen an Opendorse deal today; you just didn't know our technology is the entire back-end infrastructure for how the biggest brands and sports pick athlete endorsers and manage everything from pitch to payment. That is what we do. There are 66,336 athletes using Opendorse, from Patrick Mahomes to Alex Morgan, Tiger Woods, Candace Parker and go down the list. While many people are hearing about NIL for the first time, there's only one company they should know about that's been doing this for a decade. That's the tagline. This is a billion-dollar industry, and we'll be at the center of it."
Q - How has the college NIL affected Opendorse?
Lawrence: "In 2012, when we started the company, the first project we built was Opendorse Deals, which is a marketplace helping athletes monetize their NIL. That was focused solely on professionals, helping athletes like Patrick Mahomes make money by tweeting and Alex Morgan make money by posting on Instagram. In 2015, we introduced Opendorse Social, which helps athletes build their brand, getting access to photos and videos. We started selling to both professional sports teams and leagues like the PGA Tour, NHL and LPGA, but also colleges. At that point, colleges started to use our software to invite student athletes—they couldn't use the marketplace tools, but they could use the marketing tools like helping them get access to photos. We've been in the college space for more than five years with our products helping college athletes build their brand. On July 1, 2021, when student athletes could monetize their NIL, we just flipped the switch and allowed them to access the marketplace that's been around for a decade. How that's changed things is there are 15,571 pro athletes using Opendorse and 50,675 student athletes using Opendorse. The quantity of student athletes using our technology to monetize their NIL is four times that of pro athletes. It's a much larger user set utilizing our software, and there's a lot more interest, a lot more demand since 99% of the athletes don't have agents. They're using Opendorse to manage all these opportunities on their own."
Q - How does the business side of Opendorse operate?
Lawrence: "We operate a SaaS-enabled marketplace business model. We have two sides of the business; athletes are in the middle. Opendorse is free for athletes. On the marketplace side, the buyer pays a transaction fee. Our customers on the marketplace side are brands—so fans, sponsors and donors. In the world of sports, you have the brands, the advertisers, those that are paying to promote their products and services around the world of sports. Fans, those attending the games, and then kind of the sponsors and donors are kind of the more segmented or diehard components of those segments. That's the marketplace side. They pay transaction fees when booking an endorsement through Opendorse. And then the software as a service side of our business: we sell software subscriptions to sports organizations, teams, leagues, athletic departments that they use to add value to the athlete experience in our app. We serve athletes and the people who support them.''
Q - What separates Opendorse from its competitors?
Lawrence: "We've been doing this for a decade. Opendorse has an unfair advantage because we started the company in 2012. We are former athletes doing this with purpose. Most of our competition started within the last 10-12 months. We've been around since 2012. The NIL industry is expanding quickly. It's exploding. With student athletes in the market, there's a billion-dollar market that's popped up overnight.
When we started Opendorse in 2012, that was not the case. We've had to persevere and overcome a decade of building technology for an industry that wasn't ready for technology in terms of athlete endorsement. It's a blessing and a curse to have been building Opendorse for a decade because there were the early days with a lot of challenges explaining to the market how technology can help improve athletes and their experience in the endorsement space. Now, it's very much an understood challenge and a valued opportunity we provide.''
Q - How does your personal experience drive Opendorse?
Lawrence: "In every meeting, we ask ourselves: 'How does this help the athlete?' In 2009, I woke up as the starting linebacker at Nebraska, the No. 1 defense in the country. I went to bed that night knowing I could never play football again. I had suffered four concussions in a little over a year. I was forgetting my name and where I was. My career was done in a day. We know at Opendorse that an athlete's career doesn't last forever. It's really important that everything we do is oriented toward helping those athletes make the most of whatever opportunity they have. Being athlete-driven is at the core of the brand.
I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing as an athlete helping other athletes. It's a perfect combination. I know we have made this industry better, and we're just in the beginning of making it a significant part of the sports business industry. Impact, influence and legacy are things I stand for and care about. Purpose matters. Why someone's doing something matters. Why we're doing this is authentic and real. A decade of evidence to prove that. So whether somebody wants to jump on board as an investor, supporter or customer, hopefully, I don't have to convince them. They can just go look at what we've done and what we're going to do and jump on board. It's part of the future of this industry.''
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Concert in Memorial Park helps bring water to Igoma
A trip a young Stou<|fim_middle|>une | ffville resident made to Africa left him with a desire to keep helping people there.
To raise more money for the Stouffville-Igoma Partnership (SIP), Justin Kerswill is organizing a concert May 27 with musicians, an art show, food vendors, face painting and children's activities and a display about the Stouffville-Igoma Partnership.
The concert is from 1 to 5 p.m. in Memorial Park. In case of rain, the concert will be held the following Saturday, June 3.
Mr. Kerwill travelled to Igoma last year to help in a variety of ways, including distributing mosquito nets to families to lessen the incidence of malaria.
He was overwhelmed by the reception the Stouffville visitors received.
"They were giving us whatever little they had," he said.
Funds from this concert will go toward providing clean water to the village. SIP chairperson Peter Neufeld will be working with engineers in Igoma to help set up the water program.
Helping others is "everybody's responsibility," Mr. Kerswill said, adding it's important to support a charity on an on-going bases to try to make a difference.
Mr. Kerswill hopes this concert will become an annual event.
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Fields Medalist Martin Hairer Visited Department of Applied Mathematics
Martin Hairer, who won the Fields Medal in 2014, visited Illinois Tech's Department of Applied Mathematics on October 27 to meet with faculty and students and deliver a lecture, "Ergodic theory of singular stochastic PDEs." The Fields Medal is regarded as the highest honor a mathematician can receive–the "Nobel Prize in math," as there is no Nobel Prize in math.
Hairer developed a mathematical theory for singular stochastic partial differential equations, so that solutions<|fim_middle|> Artificial Intelligence in Farming and Agriculture | to these equations make sense. This allows for stochastic modeling of various mechanisms in science and engineering.
Hairer is currently the Regius Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics Department, University of Warwick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and has received many other honors and awards. He also created the sound-editing program Amadeus.
Jinqiao (Jeffrey) Duan, professor of applied mathematics, hosted the visit.
Duan (left) and Hairer.
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Simulation platform teaches students the fundamentals of responses to pandemics
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 3 2020
In 2015, a team of specialists in modeling disease outbreaks got together with educators to create Operation Outbreak, an educational platform and simulation intended to teach high school and college students the fundamentals of responses to pandemics.
The program, which is open source and freely available, was designed to simulate outbreaks with different variables (such as R0 and mode of transmission) and to generate data in the context of real human behavior. It includes a Bluetooth-based app that carries out contact tracing by recording transmission events between phones. The details are highlighted in a Commentary published August 31 in the journal Cell.
Operation Outbreak came about after Todd Brown, then a middle school teacher in Florida, contacted Pardis Sabeti (@PardisSabeti), a computational biologist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, after reading a profile of her in a magazine. He and his students were studying the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and he was developing a simulation of how the virus spread using stickers.
As they continued to work together, Sabeti and her team, including Andrés Colubri (@codeanticode), at the time a computational scientist in her lab, began studying mumps outbreaks across Boston college campuses. The idea to create an educational app that "spread" viruses through Bluetooth was soon born. And as recently as December 2019, they were running simulations modeling the outbreak of a virus with a very similar modus operandi to SARS-CoV-2.
We decided to use a SARS-like virus since it had been high on many pandemic researchers' lists as a concern. To make the simulation more challenging, we included an element of asymptomatic spread. This was a natural concern that would elevate a pandemic's potential even further."
Andrés Colubri, University of Massachusetts Medical School
This summer, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread, Operation Outbreak was rolled out to 2,000 students in Chicago who were participating as "social distancing ambassadors" as part of the One Summer Chicago program. Participants used the app to track and trace behaviors and learn how "infections" spread in different parts of the city.
"The platform and curriculum are very flexible from an academic and also an experiential learning standpoint," Brown says. "We tried to gamify the education, so that players' behaviors and decisions affect not only them, but the entire group they're playing<|fim_middle|> Genetics, Immunology, Medical School, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Mumps, Neuroscience, Pandemic, Running, SARS-CoV-2, T-Cell, Therapeutics, Virology, Virus
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The simulation includes elements that have become a familiar part of our daily lives, like limitations in testing abilities and shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). The program also offers the ability to simulate additional elements that could arise in the current pandemic or in future ones, such as other circulating viruses that can complicate diagnosis.
"We are in one of the most unique situations in the history of the world, by virtue of being able to engage students," says Brown, who is now community outreach director at Sarasota Military Academy. "Kids are more primed to learn when something directly affects them and their families. This is a chance for future generations to become aware of how infections spread and to recognize warning signs."
"I hope we can convey that we don't have to wait for the next pandemic to learn how to respond to them," Sabeti says. "Ultimately, we can exquisitely model every aspect of viruses and how they spread, even in the ways that we react through vaccines, protective gear, and diagnostics."
The team has put together a scalable curriculum, including a textbook and series of educational videos, that can be integrated at schools around the country. The materials, which have been funded by philanthropy, are open source and are available for free.
Colubri, A., et al. (2020) Preventing outbreaks through interactive, experiential real-life simulations. Cell. doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.042.
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Our work with social and economic sustainability issues are guided by our vision but in more practical terms, by our Corporate Governance Framework
Our work with social and economic sustainability issues are guided by our vision but in more practical terms, by our Corporate Governance Framework that includes our:
Corporate Governance Policies
Other policies and guidelines such as HR policy, policy on whistle blowing, occupational health and safety policy, etc.
Employee Engagement & Wellbeing
This topic includes occupational health and safety, the working environment, employee satisfaction and engagement, income and psychosocial work enviornment. Occupational Health & Safety is a high priority. DeLaval operates in an industry that is challenged with many potentially dangerous situations. Not only in our industrial operations but also for our sales staff, installation teams and service technicians on farms who often operate in remote and challenging conditions.
DeLaval has a clear ambition to achieve zero incidents and accidents. We have safety procedures in our own facilities that are under constant review and we adjust whenever improvements are<|fim_middle|>Environment, What is material to us, Food and animal welfare | apparent. We follow all the legal regulations of the country in which we are present. We receive regular audits and in addition use external partners to provide extra consultation and auditing.
The Corporate Governance Framework of DeLaval (the Framework), sets the baseline for how we act in our operations worldwide, internally as well as in our external relations. The Framework is key to the sustainable and successful business of DeLaval. It is developed and mandated by the Board and implemented by DeLaval's Group Management. The Framework consists of the following components:
• Roles and Responsibilities
• The Code of Business Conduct
• Corporate Governance Policies
• Controls
The Roles and Responsibilities define the areas of responsibility of different bodies and functions within DeLaval. Through the Roles and Responsibilities, the Board delegates responsibility to the CEO to implement and enforce compliance with the Code of Business Conduct, the Corporate Governance Policies and all other parts of the Framework. Toplevel operational commitment to the Framework is secured by assigning a Group Management team member as owner of each Corporate Governance Policy. A Corporate Governance Council, reporting to Group Management, supports the governance of the Framework and the management of corporate governance matters in DeLaval.
THE CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT
The Code of Business Conduct covers, amongst other areas, compliance with laws and regulations, health and safety in the workplace, anti-discrimination, confidentiality and information management, conflicts of interest, anti-corruption and antibribery, prevention of child labour and forced labour, export control and trade compliance.
The Code of Business Conduct is further supported by the Corporate Governance Policies, which in more detail sets standards for DeLaval's operations in the various areas covered by the Code of Business Conduct. The Corporate Governance Policies include policies on areas such as Confidentiality and Information Management, Risk Management, Conflicts of Interest, Whistle Blowing, External Audits and Internal Audits.
On top of our fundamental Corporate Governance Policies, DeLaval has specific policies, procedures and guidelines to further support our work. This includes, among others, an Environmental Policy, Health & Safety Policy, HR Policy, Product Safety and Food Safety Policy. Each policy, procedure and guideline is valid globally or locally. Every document has an owner, shall have a documented approval and be subject to regular review after release.
CONTROLS AND TRAINING
The Controls set the framework for the controlling and supervising of the adherence to the Code of Business Conduct, the Corporate Governance Policies and other supporting policies and guidelines. The yearly Management Declaration, signed by our CEO and Group Management, assures the Board the conformance to the Framework. The CEO and Group Management in turn verify conformance through signed Management Declarations, annual Control Self Assessments and quarterly confirmations regarding compliance with specific corporate policies, submitted by the managing director of each DeLaval legal entity. The internal audit team of Tetra Laval, in addition to external auditors, provides further comfort that the Framework is adhered to across the DeLaval Group. Our staff is encouraged to escalate breaches of the Framework or other serious inappropriate behaviour that comes to their knowledge. Such escalations may be made to higher level management, HR, Legal Affairs or under our whistle blowing policy. An employee "blowing the whistle" in good faith is explicitly protected from disciplinary actions or other consequences related to the whistle blowing.
Our goal is to ensure an inclusive work environment with full diversity where our talent thrives.
• 25% female employees by 2025
• 30% by 2030
We have several activities underway to reach our goals. Here are some examples:
• Internal training on gender diversity and unconscious bias
• The non-profit organisation Catalyst helps us ensure job ads have a balanced language and attract the full talent pool
• When shortlisting candidates for roles, we aim for a 50/50 gender split
• We have several local communities focusing on the promotion of diversity, such as Women in Blue in the US, The Diversity At Work Network in Sweden and the Employee Club in China. These local communities are actively organizing varied activities to promote the di-versity & inclusion culture and mindset
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Savoir Fayre Ltd, who for the last 18 years has brought you the French Markets, is now bringing the wider-ranging Flavours of the World grande tournée to the United Kingdom. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to have your senses beguiled as you absorb the market place's tradition of delving into, and embracing, top quality artisan-produced foods and craft products from around the world.
The next opportunity to be wowed by Savoir Fayre's touring markets will be at the Moseley's Flavours of the World market to be held in St Marys' Row, Moseley (B13 8JG) on Saturday, 17 March, 2018 from 9.00am until 5.00pm.
Entry to the markets is FREE.
The Flavours of the World - Moseley is part of Savoir Fayre's annual tour of the UK. Organisation begins each year when Savoir Fayre selectively invites only those traders who exhibit a suitable range of high quality and authentic goods for you to purchase.
In most of the stalls, you will find produce, products and craft prepared with the same skills, ingredients and recipes passed down through generations all around the world. The artists producing these goods hold precious their cultural, historic and culinary knowledge and so strive to maintain the authenticity of their product, so the merchandise in the marketplace will remain as a<|fim_middle|> over fifty cheeses sourced from almost every region of France. There's delicious coffee, cured meats and sausages, furniture that will stand the test of time and essential oils to fill your life with pleasure. The pièce de résistance (well, for me anyway) is the on-site French bakery that permeates the air with the aromas of baking bread and pastries, Magnifique!
Woodhall Spa Flavours of the World, Woodhall (31 March). | cultural institution.
Many, many more – take a look at the bottom of this page.
Come along and check over a range of | 26 |
Recently, I was reading a Year in Review article from one of the online arts newsletters I receive and was astounded by some of the entries ranging from new found antiquities to robotically created art work. Here's a sampling of the articles: second sphinx discovered in Egypt; amateur art restorer in Spain botches the restoration of a centuries old religious artwork; Elon Musk<|fim_middle|> forward to right here at home in Yuba-Sutter.
Yuba Sutter Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving this region since 1981. We are the arts agency officially designated by Yuba and Sutter counties as the local partner of the California Arts Council. | and art collector Yusaku Maezawa announced they will take artist on first private moon mission; an artwork by artist Banksy shredded itself after selling for $1.3 million at Sotheby's in London; first portrait generated by artificial intelligence sold at auction for more than 40 times its high estimate.
Yuba Sutter Arts also generated some remarkable headlines this year.
We won't be resting on our laurels in 2019 as we start to think about the lead up to our 40-year anniversary celebration in 2021. Look for us to help transform the Yuba City Water Tower into an even more iconic structure as a work of art. Watch for more murals around town on utility boxes and walls as we continue the Cover It! and Murals of Live Oak programs. We'll conduct a large-scale, sidewalk chalk art festival with arts vendors and live music as artists create ephemeral works of art on the walkways of one of our local parks (tba). Our Street Pianos project will launch with donated pianos that have been enhanced by local art students being placed in public places around town to encourage spontaneous acts of music.
Our Ceramics for Veterans program will expand to include classes at Beale Air Force Base and classes to learn pottery wheel techniques and wood fired kiln firing. Increased grant funding will enable us to offer greatly reduced registration fees for our Yuba Sutter Youth Choir and Applause: KIDS! Youth Theater Program. Full scholarships will be available for those who qualify.
Our teaching artists will continue to bring poetry, music and visual art instruction to at risk youth in alternative high schools and juvenile hall. And, if we are successful in our application to the National Endowment of the Arts for $150,000 in "Our Town" grant funding, we will begin our "from eyesores to icons" program as we reimagine buildings and structures in Yuba and Sutter counties.
Last but not least is our ongoing project to create a Master Cultural Plan for Sutter and Yuba counties. Cultural planning is a place-based process that generates a vision and action plan for strengthening and growing arts and cultural assets. We began last summer, held workshops and conducted online and in-person surveys to learn more about the community's interests and are now collating the data. Later this month, we will announce dates for town hall style meetings to review the data and begin to develop the plan.
Please join in on the conversation. We'd like to hear from you as well as see you at upcoming local arts and culture events. There is much to look | 529 |
This was the largest SICB meeting ever, with a total of 1,688 abstracts submitted and approximately 2000 attendees!!!
New Integrative and Comparative Biology Editor, Lynn (Marty) Martin, began his five-year term at the annual meeting. We all owe many thanks to Hal Heatwole who led the journal as Editor for the past ten years! The following new ICB Editorial Board members were approved by the Executive Committee: Donovan German (DCPB) and Sharlene Santana (DVM), and International Associate Editors Stéphane Hourdez (France) and Jun Kitano (Japan), and the term of Berry Pinshow (Israel) was extended until 2018.
Several NSF Program Officers attended the meeting and offered two workshops, and Jim Olds, Assistant Director, Directorate for Biological Sciences, met with the Executive Committee on Jan 3rd.<|fim_middle|>ew Award was presented to Dr. Vincent Careau.
The 2016 Howard A. Bern lecture was presented by Dr. Elizabeth Adkins-Regan.
The 2016 M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education was presented to Dr. Michael LaBarbera.
The 2016 John A. Moore Lecture was given by Dr. Jay Labov.
Honorary SICB Memberships were approved and presented to Dr. Jay Labov and Dr. Jarid Simons, who has made several significant donations to SICB.
The Broadening Participation Committee presented 21 of the 51 applicants with $500 awards to help defray costs of attending the annual meeting.
The Public Affairs Committee thanks the eight members who served as writers for this year's Newswise press releases. See below for these and several other SICB meeting presentations that were reported on in the national media!
The Educational Council theme for the 2016 meeting was on K-12 Partnerships and Outreach.
The Development Committee reported an all-time high number and amount of donations to the Society.
The Student Support Committee announced the GIAR and FGST awards at the Business meeting. A total of 151 applications were received (34 of 132 GIAR and 4 of 19 FGST applications were funded).
The winners of the Best Student Presentation (BSP) Program have been selected. For a complete listing click here.
Announcing the SICB Annual Meeting 2016 Mobile App!
NOTE: If you are a registered SICB member attendee and log into the app, all presentations/events stored in your personal schedule on the website will be pushed into the app once a day. There is NO backward synchronization from app to web.
Starts on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 3. Ends on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7 at 6:00 pm.
If you are interested in child care during the meeting, fill in our survey at sicb.org/meetings/childcareform/index.php. | SICB thanks NSF for its strong support of our symposia.
The 2016 Dorothy Skinner Award was presented to Dr. Roslyn Dakin.
The 2016 Carl Gans Award was presented to Dr. Sharlene Santana.
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There's something odd about M Ward. Whilst I've listened to three of his albums – Transfiguration of Vincent, Transistor Radio and Post-War – more than pretty much anything else over the past four or five years, I still haven't really got a grasp of the man behind croaky voice, obscure lyrical themes, and that guitar playing. Would finally seeing him live crack open that mystery?
First things first. Gig-goers in London – please take note. That nice, if somewhat kooky, lady up on the stage is trying to perform. Please don't talk loudly all the way through her performance. It's not nice. Bless Lavender Diamond though, she did try and get everyone singing, and nearly succeeded.
Lavender Diamond and her Flowery Guitar Tuner
It was a fantastic gig. M is a compelling performer, the band around him were excellent, and you can't help but be astonished at what this man can do on a guitar. Opening with "Chinese Translation", we were treated to the marvellous warm sound of his fingerstyle playing, bursting into a three-or-so minute solo. Some stomping tunes from the disappointing "Hold Time" followed, which sound a little better live than they do on the album, before he settled into playing some of his rather enviously huge back catalogue.
Really, a man this untouched by mainstream success shouldn't have such a fantastic set of songs. "Poison Cup" was simply astonishing; coming after his acoustic set (which I shall return to, don't you worry), the song burst to life, almost exploding from the tension. "To Save Me", one of the few highlights of "Hold Time", had M hunched over the piano looking like an even more deranged Jerry Lee Lewis. "Post War", the first moment of calm in the set, was gorgeous, and showed M's unexpected vocal range.
And then there's the acoustic part. "Fuel for Fire" featured that rarest of things – a good harmonica solo. The medley which featured "Duet for Guitars #3" was absolutely jaw-dropping. This YouTube video gives some indication of what he can do:
Frankly, when you see it live, you just can't believe your eyes. What this man can do with an acoustic guitar is beyond belief. I don't think I've been that amazed by<|fim_middle|>Arsenalist
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On a side note, what the hell is going on at the Shepherd's Bush Empire? Two guys behind us were dragged out of the crowd for taking photos, and the roadie point blank refused to give me and another chap the set list. Very odd.
Sorry, going off-topic a bit there.
But all through the night I was thinking "There's something odd about him". The first clue to his odd behaviour came during a re-wording of "Magic Trick", by singing "I've got one magic trick……I disappear".
M Ward Himself
Then the night's finisher "To Go Home", a song not even his own, which provides the biggest clue. It's that line "I'll be true to you\Oh yeah, you know I will\I'll be true to you forever or until\I go home". That's it with M. You know he's only there to play his songs, and he plays them fantastically, with energy and dexterity, but there's also a look in his eyes that tells us he doesn't need us. When he goes home, he's got his music, his 45's to play at night.
You can see it in the strange gleam in his eye as he plays the piano, lost inside his own world filled with the rapture of the sound he can make. You can see it in the half-smile as he turns sideways, away from the audience. You can see it in the way he hardly acknowledges his band. It's not that he's unhappy up there, far from it, but you sense he'd be just as happy playing to an empty theatre.
What's odder is that he's probably the most prolific collaborator around at the moment, what with Jim James and Zooey Deschanel and Jenny Lewis and whoever else passes his way. What an odd fellow. But also a great talent, and someone definitely not to be missed.
"God, it's great to be alive\Takes the skin right off my hide\To think I'll have to give it all up someday". Those words have been coming back to me for the past two days, as sung by a man close to genius, who we need more than he needs us.
MP3: To Go Home by M Ward
MP3: To Save Me by M Ward
Postscript: Our friend D, who had previously taken us to see the Stereophonics, came along as we had a spare. Having never heard of M Ward before, she loved it (who wouldn't?) and asked what albums she should get. I said, "Transfiguration of Vincent, Transistor Radio and Post-War". Sadly Post-War doesn't seem to be on Amazon at the moment, so here are the rest:
Buy "Transfiguration of Vincent" (CD)
Buy "Transistor Radio" (CD/MP3)
Buy "Hold Time" (CD/MP3)
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Mystery and love, murder and desire… It's going to be a rough week for the agents of the Birds of Prey shifter division.
Cody Johnson has returned to his hometown as the division leader of the Birds of Prey for the Shifter Coalition. After the local cast leader is killed, Cody finds himself deeply involved in an investigation he can't find any reason for. To make things worse, he runs into Aubrey Reynolds, the woman he left behind once before…and never got over. The longer the investigation continues, the more Cody struggles to separate his professional and private life. But Aubrey refuses to stay out of his case and his thoughts.
Aubrey has lost her Cast leader—her uncle—and has just seen the man who broke her heart. Feeling her world shattering around her, she tries to gain control of anything she can. As a security expert, she is determined to find out who is responsible for Gregory's death and make them pay. If her inquiries put her directly in Cody's path and piss him off, well, that's something he'll have to deal with. She's shocked by how he handles it and unsure how she ends up back in his arms.
With a murderer running around taking out bird shifters, Cody must solve his case fast, especially once he realizes that Aubrey may be next on the killer's list. Now that he finds he is still in love with her, he won't let her go again.
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The call came at five in the morning.
Cody<|fim_middle|> the side table by the front entrance just before he unlocked and opened the door.
Outside, it was already reaching the high eighties and he knew it would only get hotter as the day wore on. It wasn't even light yet, and the dry air was already stifling.
Didn't matter, he mused. Something had happened and he suspected that it wouldn't be just a long day, but a long few days.
He climbed into his old Jeep and started it up. The air conditioner blasted on, sending warm air into his face. He cursed and wrenched the knob to low.
Before he backed out of his parking place, he typed the address into his phone's GPS and waited. Once the GPS announced the route he should take, he shifted into reverse and drove to work.
It took him twenty minutes to reach Lake Shore Drive. The street was located in the classy part of town. Old money. Big money. No wonder Commander Green had called him in personally.
This was going to be high profile.
Damn, that meant media and gawkers.
He hated that.
And since it was his unit that had been assigned, a bird shifter would be involved in some way.
He turned onto the quiet street, admiring the large houses. This neighborhood was made up of two and three-story structures that spread onto perfectly manicured plots. Even though he'd grown up in Lake Worth, he had never spent a lot of time in this area of the city.
Two blocks down the street, he finally saw the lights from police cars. His GPS announced that he was coming up on his destination. He reached over and turned the program off.
Roadblocks had already been placed limiting access, so Cody had to pull off to the side. He exited his vehicle and made sure that his badge hung in view from around his neck.
City cops roamed about or stood in small groups as Cody stepped around the barricades. He narrowed his gaze as he took in the scene.
Tall, wide iron gates stood open with a ruined vehicle still smoking just inside.
Plainclothes detectives were speaking with his boss. He headed over there first.
Yellow crime tape roped off the smoldering SUV, preventing anyone from gaining access.
"Here he is now." Commander Green waved him forward.
Cody joined the three men.
"Detectives Lawrence and Sanchez, this is Agent Johnson," Commander Green introduced.
Cody shook each of the detectives' hands. Their grips were firm but not aggressive.
"Agent Johnson, it seems this scene will be turned over to you," Detective Sanchez said. He was obviously unhappy with that decision, if his scowl was anything to go by.
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Pack Hunter | fumbled on the nightstand beside his bed and knocked something onto the ground as he reached for his cell phone. "Hello?"
"Agent Johnson," Commander Jacob Green's brisk voice came through loudly.
"Yes, sir?" Cody replied with a wince. It was Sunday and his day off. He'd gone out the night before with Zak and Jamie and had only climbed into bed three hours ago. Sadly, he'd crawled into bed alone but with too much alcohol in his system. If he was being called in, a hangover was not going to help.
"I need you and your team to report to a scene," his boss told him.
Cody sat up and rubbed his hand roughly over his face. "Okay." It wasn't normal procedure to call in one of the teams that wasn't on the schedule. His superior had also never phoned him personally before.
"I'll text you the address," Commander Green said, lowering his voice. "It's going to be a long day."
"Understood, sir," Cody replied, before his boss disconnected the call. Even if he didn't understand yet, he wasn't going to argue with his employer.
He only had to wait a few seconds for the address to be sent to his phone. And that was all he got.
1125 Lake Shore Drive.
No names or information on what he and his team would be walking into. Not normal at all.
He forwarded the text with the addition to report ASAP to his unit.
Swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, he couldn't hold back a groan. He should have known better than try to match shots with Jamie, but the bear shifter had kept pushing.
Zak had just laughed at them as they threw back round after round.
It wasn't the first time he'd made the mistake of trying to take his buddy on and it probably wouldn't be the last.
Cody needed coffee. Strong and black, and a lot of it.
He walked to his closet and pulled out a clean pair of jeans and a black T-shirt. He tossed them on the bed as he crossed to his dresser. He yanked out a pair of boxers and socks. His boots were still right next to the bed where he'd kicked them off earlier.
Dressing quickly in what he considered his daily uniform—jeans, shirt and boots—he was once again glad that he was part of a field team and rarely had to put on a suit. He preferred to be comfortable when he worked.
Picking up his cell again, he noted that all three members of his crew had replied affirmatively, just as he had expected.
He strolled out of the bedroom and down the hall of his two-bedroom, one-bath apartment. He didn't bother turning on any lights until he reached the kitchen.
There, he flipped on the switch above the sink to light up the room then pulled his travel cup from the cabinet above his single-serve coffeemaker.
He put in the strongest blend and started up the machine. Sixty seconds later, the aroma of the strong brew almost caused him to weep in relief.
Once his coffee was finished, he placed the lid on tightly and headed out. He grabbed his badge, wallet and keys from | 661 |
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Apr 10, 2015, 11 AM
Yamil H. Kouri will give a presentation on "The Rise and Fall of the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co." at the Postal History Society's general membership meeting at Philatelic Show in Boxborough, Mass.
The Northeast Federation of Stamp Clubs will present Philatelic Show May 1-3 at the Holiday Inn Boxborough, 242 Adams Place in Boxborough, Mass., approximately 25 miles northwest of Boston.
The Postal History Society's general membership meeting, including the presentation by Kouri, will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 2. Both the meeting and presentation are open the public.
The society also will staff a booth at the show. The Postal History Society members at the table will offer information about the benefits of membership in the society, applications for membership, the opportunities to talk about postal history topics, and sample issues of the Postal History Journal. The journal's most recent issue, dated February 20<|fim_middle|> p.m. Sunday. Daily admission is $3. A weekend pass is available for $5. Parking is free.
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The Postal History Society extends an open invitation to anyone interested in postal history to join the organization. United States memberships are $35 annually, including a subscription to the Postal History Journal.
Founded in 1951, the Postal History Society encourages the study of postal history — broadly understood — among more than 300 members around the world.
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Is it possible to invest and be "Zen" at the same time? Yes it is! In fact, you can learn many a life lessons from trading that can be applied to your daily life.
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In this training you will find that The Art of Zen Investing has 4 very simple guidelines that will help you live your best intentions, and earn enough money to live comfortably.
This is both for people who are in a professional trading environment and want to become better private investors, and for people with an interest in personal development. Starting with the process of investing is for everybody, not only for the rich (and famous). As Tony Robbins says too, the sooner you start investing, the sooner you will learn to invest and have more free capital for when you need it anytime.
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Dalilah Muhammad takes the fast lane to Rio
By Laura Amato Posted on July 25, 2016
Cardozo alum Dalilah Muhammad (left) is set to make her Olympics debut in Rio next month after a dominant performane at the track and field trials.
Dalilah Muhammad
By Laura Amato
Dalilah Muhammad was 7 years old when she first started running.
But it wasn't until she was in high school that she decided running had a focus and involved hurdling over literal obstacles.
Muhammad has been running the 400m hurdles for as long as she can remember, but she never quite counted on the metaphorical hurdles she'd have to leap in order to achieve her goal.
Through it all, however, the Bayside native never lost hope—or a fierce sense of determination—and that faith has paid off. After years of waiting and dreaming and, of course, running, Muhammad is set to make her Olympic debut next month, joining Team USA in Rio.
"Even from a young age I was good at hurdles," said Muhammad, who graduated from Cardozo in 2008. "I think that's what motivated me and focused me to do only that. I just felt like that was my race. My coaches used to tell me that<|fim_middle|>52.88 finish. It was the fifth-fastest time for an American woman ever in the event.
"I was honestly also kind of shocked by the time," Muhammad said. "I was actually really nervous. I'm never the one to be nervous, but for whatever reason I was nervous about the race. I'm really just happy to be going to Rio more than anything."
Muhammad will head to the Team USA pre-Olympics training camp later this month before returning to Los Angeles for a few days and then, finally, heading to Rio in early August.
She's a bundle of emotions when she stops to think about the journey that has led her to her Olympic dream. But mostly, Muhammad is just thankful for this chance.
She's not going to miss a moment and, just maybe, she'll be able to clear that final hurdle and find herself on a podium at the end of it all.
"I was just working so hard and unfortunately I've had setbacks, but to get here, it feels like the perfect time," she said. "Everything just kind of all worked all in God's plan and I'm just super thankful. I'm so happy. I can't wait."
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The road to Rio has not been an easy one for Muhammad and she's the first to admit that she's tripped over some of those metaphorical hurdles a few times.
She came up short in the Olympic Trials in 2012, eliminated from contention much earlier than she expected. Then last year, she battled a nagging quad injury that kept her from moving at top speed.
"It was just a real slow recovery," Muhammad said. "It was getting OK, but it really took me a while to recover from it. Even once I did, I had felt like I had lost so much from those few months of trying to get back. So it just wasn't there for me. This year I really, really was on it and I've been treating it as much as I can. I haven't had one issue with it this year, thankfully."
Muhammad wasn't sure the issues with her quad were truly over until earlier this month at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. The performance that she put on over the multi-day event, however, erased every one of her doubts.
Muhammad won each of her races and then, for good measure, set a Trials record in the final, with a | 261 |
Road trip through Nevada's expansive landscapes this winter
Wide open roads are the stuff of Nevada-road-trip dreams © Joshua Resnick / 500px
Those who enjoy wild and lonely places will love driving Nevada's scenic and remote back roads. Whether you're planning to add some scenic byways into a longer road trip in the USA or just want to squeeze in a bit more sightseeing, our pick of Nevada's best drives are worth adding to your itinerary.
The stunning views on offer in this wild state turn even more beautiful as fall rolls into winter.
A sign shows the historic Pony Express Route off of Highway 50, Nevada © Rachid D<|fim_middle|> to visit in California
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Best for peace and quiet on the open road
Distance: 320 miles
Stretching east from Fallon, Nevada, to Great Basin National Park and the state line, remote Highway 50 follows some of America's most iconic routes – the Pony Express, the Overland Stagecoach and the Lincoln Highway – across the heart of the state. It was described by Life magazine in 1986 as the "Loneliest Road in America," and the name has stuck.
You can pick up a Hwy 50 Survival Guide from most tourist information offices; expect mile after mile without another vehicle in sight and only austere basin expanses and rugged peaks to keep you company.
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas, Nevada © f11photo / Shutterstock
Las Vegas Strip Scenic Byway
Best for retro Vegas sights
This five-mile route may be short but it's the USA's only night-time scenic byway and it's an iconic drive. Here you can soak up some of the best of the Las Vegas' sights without diving into the craziness of the Strip (although it's right there waiting for you when you're ready).
See the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign and go "around the world" spotting the themed resorts, including Ancient Egyptian pyramids, medieval castles, the Eiffel Tower and more. It can take just thirty minutes to complete but many linger around the route for several hours exploring or taking snaps.
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Wheeler Scenic Drive, Great Basin National Park
Best for heart-stopping hairpin bends
Ascending 3000ft, this out-and-back scenic drive will have your ears popping and jaw dropping at the staggering views of both Wheeler Peak and the basin floor. At each turn (these hairpins aren't for the fainthearted), the vistas just keep getting better. From the roundabout at the end of the drive, you can park up and climb the mountain (provided you're appropriately prepared). Other, shorter hikes are no less beautiful.
Park rangers tell us the drive crosses the same number of eco-regions as exist between northern Nevada and Canada's frozen Yukon, thousands of miles north.
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Mount Rose Highway
Best for stunning alpine views
The romantic name for State Route 431, this drive connects Lake Tahoe's Incline Village with Reno and includes an elevation of more than 8000 feet above sea level at Mount Rose Summit. The scenic overlook three miles in is an essential stop to get the full impact of the sparkling alpine lake. If you're undertaking this drive in the winter, always check the road conditions before you set off (see tips below).
Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway
Best for serene beaches
A piercingly blue expanse in an otherwise barren landscape 25 miles north of Reno on the Paiute Indian Reservation, Pyramid Lake is a stunning standalone sight, with shores lined with beaches and eye-catching tufa (a kind of limestone) formations.
From Reno, drive north on NV-445 to descend on the lake, then back to the visitors' center on the NV-446.
Take the one-way scenic loop around Red Rock Canyon © Jerry Alexander / Lonely Planet
Best for dramatic landscapes
Red Rock's dramatic vistas are revered by Las Vegas locals and adored by visitors from around the world. Formed by extreme tectonic forces, it's thought the canyon was formed around 65 million years ago. A one-way scenic loop drive starting from the visitors' center offers mesmerizing vistas of the canyon's most striking features.
You'll need to book a timed reservation to drive the route. Hiking and rock-climbing trails are accessible from roadside parking areas.
Tips for driving in Nevada
Most drivers get across Nevada on interstate highways I-80 or I-15. US 6 or US 50 are great, uncrowded alternatives.
It takes less than two hours to drive 125 miles from Primm, on the California state line, to Mesquite near the Utah border via I-15; Las Vegas is the most popular overnight stop along this route.
When driving across the state on I-80, Winnemucca and Elko are the most interesting places for a night's sleep.
US Hwy 95 may be the quickest route between Las Vegas and Reno, but it's still a full day's drive without much to see or do along the way.
Many scenic back roads are unsealed. Check with your car-rental provider to make sure you're permitted to drive off-road.
For road conditions, especially in winter, call 877-687-6237 or visit Nevada Department of Transportation.
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Best of Hubble- 22 Years in images
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On 24 April 1990, NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space.
To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope this month, episode 54 of the Hubblecast gives a slideshow of some of the best images from over two decades in orbit, set to specially commissioned music. credit: ESA/Hubble
source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1206a/
List of images and descriptions:
1990: Saturn
Among the first images to be sent back from Hubble after its launch in April 1990, this image of Saturn is good by the standards of ground-based telescopes, but slightly blurry. This is because of the well-publicised problem with Hubble's mirror, which did not allow images to be focused properly.
1991: Orion Nebula
Although not perfectly sharp, this early image of the Orion Nebula nevertheless shows the rich colours and structures of<|fim_middle|> the first servicing mission. Before-and-after images of the core of spiral galaxy Messier 100 show how this dramatically improved the telescope's image quality.
1994: Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter
Soon after the astronauts repaired Hubble during the first servicing mission, comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. A similar impact on Earth 65 million years ago is thought to have killed off the dinosaurs.
1995: Eagle Nebula
Hubble's image of the 'pillars of creation' in the Eagle Nebula is one of its most famous. These huge, dusty structures enshroud pockets of ongoing star formation.
1996: NGC 6826
This image from 1996 shows a planetary nebula, which represents the other extremity of a star's life from the Eagle Nebula. Planetary nebulae form when Sun-like stars puff out their outer layers as they run low on fuel. They are so named because of their roughly spherical shape and green colour, not because of the presence of any planets.
1997: Mars
NASA's Mars Pathfinder probe was en route to Mars in 1997 while Hubble took this image. Although Hubble cannot compete with the resolution of images taken from probes which actually fly past or land on planets, it does offer the advantage of being able to make long-term observations, useful for studying planets' climates and weather.
1998: Ring Nebula
Another planetary nebula, the Ring Nebula is one of the most famous.
1999: Keyhole Nebula
The Keyhole Nebula, part of the larger Carina Nebula is another bright star-forming region.
Not all nebulae glow brightly. NGC 1999 contains a dark patch silhouetted against a brighter background which reflects starlight.
2001: ESO 510-G13
Hubble's image of this galaxy shows the dramatic deformations that can occur after collisions between galaxies. Although the immense distance between stars makes it vanishingly unlikely for stars to actually collide with each other, the tidal forces can warp and tear galaxies out of shape.
2002: Cone Nebula
Further upgrades in 2002, including the installation of the Advanced Camera for Surveys increased resolution and picture quality again. Hubble's ultra-sharp image of the Cone Nebula demonstrates the new instrument's capabilities.
2003: Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Usually astronomers know what they're going to look at when they plan their observations. For the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, observed over 11 days between September 2003 and January 2004, they did not. Pointing the telescope at an extremely dark patch of sky devoid of nearby stars, this extremely long exposure was designed to see the most distant and faintest galaxies in the Universe.
2004: Antennae Galaxies
The dramatic collision of two spiral galaxies is visible in this image of the Antennae Galaxies. The bright pink patches visible across much of the vista are pockets of star formation triggered by the gravitational interaction of the galaxies.
2005: The Orion Nebula
This image of the Orion Nebula is one of the largest and most detailed ever made.
2006: Messier 9
Globular clusters, roughly spherical collections of stars, contain some of the oldest stars in our Milky Way. Hubble's high resolution observations allow astronomers to discern individual stars right into the centre of these clusters.
This image of NGC 4874, a galaxy in the Coma Cluster, was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys just two days before it suffered an electronic failure in January 2007. For the next two years, astronomers would have to make do with lower resolution images from Hubble's other cameras.
This image of planetary nebula NGC 2818 dates from this period. It is worth noting that even with its capabilities constrained, Hubble was still able to produce images that compete with any telescope on the ground.
2009: Bug Nebula
In 2009, astronauts travelled to Hubble for another servicing mission, which installed new and upgraded cameras. The Bug Nebula was one of the first images sent back: Hubble was back in business.
2010: Centaurus A
Using its new instrumentation, Hubble peered into the heart of Centaurus A, a dramatically dusty galaxy.
2011: Tarantula Nebula
Just published in April 2012, this image of the Tarantula Nebula combines a mosaic of Hubble observations, which capture the detail and structure of the nebula, with observations of glowing hydrogen and oxygen from the European Southern Observatory's MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in Chile, which provide colour. The image is one of the most detailed ever made of a star-forming region, weighing in at an astonishing 330 megapixels.
2012: ???
Most of Hubble's data are only made public a year after they are made, in order to give the team who designed the observations some time to study and publish their results. And it sometimes takes a few more years before the pictures get processed and released to the public. So what's Hubble's best picture from 2012? You'll just have to wait to find out…
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Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Oli Usher
Images: NASA, ESA
Music: Toomas Erm
Directed by: Oli Usher
Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
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1992: Herbig-Haro 2
Throughout the region of the Orion Nebula are numerous streamers of gas that come from newborn stars, known to astronomers as Herbig-Haro Objects.
1993: Messier 100
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Merv Wilkinson bought Wildwood in 1938 with the intention of<|fim_middle|> the land. To that end, he attended farming classes at the University of British Columbia, but when his professor understood the type of land he had, he persuaded Merv to consider studying a Scandinavian model of ecoforestry. Merv eagerly embraced this new concept and put it into practice beginning in 1945 and over the many decades he owned Wildwood. He walked the land constantly and came to know every tree and habitat. He even wrote that he considered the trees, the deer and the woodpeckers as his friends. He was a keen observer and constantly refined his practices to produce a healthier and more sustainable forest. Merv won many awards for his pioneering work in ecoforestry, including the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.
The primary drivers of Merv's forest management plan were to ensure the overall health, diversity, resilience and sustainability of the forest. He harvested trees from Wildwood approximately once every five years, rather than annually, to reduce the impact on the forest. Trees to be harvested were selected on the basis of the soil, light, and density needs of the forest. Merv also considered the market log prices by species, ensuring he was maximizing the value of each cut.
Over time Merv learned to leave logs and woody debris to decompose on the forest floor, as the logs offer habitat to forest creatures and their decomposition adds nutrients for the future forest. He encouraged birds and other wildlife by leaving snags as "hotels" for cavity nesters, and areas of brush as habitat. Merv never used chemical pesticides at Wildwood; the birds that he encouraged, and the balance he maintained in his forest ecosystems, were his main form of pest control.
He retained some of the large prime trees specifically to serve as sources of seed and always depended on natural regeneration, rather than on growing and planting out tree seedlings plantation-style. He also diversified the products he derived from his forest, and had lumber milled on site that was often used in the local community. He cut Christmas trees in multi-year cycles, and also cut wood fence posts, firewood and other specialty goods.
Merv made a practice to never harvest more than the annual growth rate so as to not deplete the forest. He sometimes used an analogy of a bank account to illustrate this forestry principle, noting that if you only draw on the interest of your bank account, you never deplete your savings.
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Remedy Reaction | Organon of Medicine (Aphorism 161-171)
Homeopathic aggravation in acute and chronic diseases:
According to Dr. Hahnemann, in acute cases of recent origin, there is a chance of getting slight aggravation of original disease for the first few hours. But in chronic cases, there is no such increase in original disease. This is true only if correct Homeopathic remedy is selected with an appropriate dose that is proper small dose. The increase of the original disease in chronic condition appears at the end of the treatment when cure is almost reached.
When partially similar medicine is selected and the appearance of accessory symptoms – Aphorism 162, 163
In this case, we cannot indeed expect from this medicine a complete, undisturbed, cure; for during its use some symptoms appear which were not previously observable in the disease accessory symptoms of the not perfectly appropriate remedy. This does by no means prevent a considerable part of the disease (the symptoms of the disease that resemble those of the medicine) from being eradicated by this medicine thereby establishing a fair commencement of the cure, but still this does not<|fim_middle|> kind that is characteristic, a cure can take place without any disturbance.
Whereas if there are many symptoms selected amongst which none are peculiar or uncommon, but are vague like nausea, debility, headache, etc. then the physician cannot promise to cure these symptoms as the medicine prescribed here would be unhomeopathic.
Such incidence, however, is very rare owing to a large number of medicines available. Thus if one unhomeopathic medicine is prescribed there will be a set of accessory symptoms which now should be considered as a part of the whole case and appropriate medicine should be selected.
When a wrong homeopathic medicine was selected in acute cases (Aphorism 167)
When an unhomeopathic medicine was selected in acute cases, there is a prevalence of accessory symptoms. As a physician you do not allow the action of the first dose of medicine to exhaust, instead, investigate this fresh new state, take into consideration the original symptoms and these new ones and develop a new totality. Prescribe the remedy which fulfills this new picture of the disease.
Aphorism 168
Samuel Hahnemann advised taking appropriate follow-up in this aphorism to check the remedy reaction. He talks about examining the morbid state of the patient continuously and if the previously selected medicine again fails to restore the health it is a physician duty to re-examine the case and prescribe a remedy till the patient reaches the state of health.
Aphorism 169, 170
If you find two medicines which are more or less suitable to the given case, select which one is more homeopathic and prescribe that. After prescribing suitable medicine it is not advisable to administer other medicine of the two. But a fresh examination of the case again will guide you to next more appropriate medicine.
The next most suitable medicine can be the previous or it can be altogether different medicine.
Use of anti-psoric medicines – Aphorism 171
In non-venereal Psoric cases, there are chances that we often require an anti-psoric remedy for a cure.
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Homeopathy for ADHD | take place without those accessory symptoms, which are, however, always moderate when the dose of the medicine is sufficiently minute.
It is quite possible that the remedy selected is not exact similimum but the part of medicine is similar to the portion of disease that will remove the similar suffering. But at the same time, we cannot expect a complete cure. There can be an appearance of accessory symptoms after administration of partially similar medicine which was not present before in the case, though these symptoms are always mild owing to the minuteness of the dose.
Presence of a few characteristic symptoms vs. many common symptoms in the case – Aphorism 164,165,166
If a few symptoms present in the case are of a rare or uncommon | 153 |
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Dr. Brian Neureuther Named Interim Dean of SBE
SUNY Plattsburgh Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Anne Herzog<|fim_middle|> of Yarn | announced Wednesday that Dr. Brian Neureuther will serve as interim dean of the School of Business and Economics effective June 1.
Neureuther, professor of supply chain management, international business and associate dean of SBE, will take over from Dean Rowena Ortiz-Walters, who is leaving to become dean of the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.
Neureuther joined the faculty in SBE in 2006 as an assistant professor after having taught at Indian State University and Gardner-Webb University where he also served as assistant to the dean of their School of Business.
At SUNY Plattsburgh, he has taken on numerous leadership roles, including coordinator of the supply chain management program, chair of the supply chain and international business department, and, since 2018, assumed the associate dean position. He coordinates several offices on campus in promoting student success, manages the development of the SBE academic schedules, advises students, manages curriculum changes, and performs a host of other services as he assists the dean of SBE, Herzog said.
"Under the leadership of Dean Rowena Ortiz-Walters, Brian has helped SBE grow and remain competitive with the development of successful programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including a very successful online completion program in accounting," she said. "I feel fortunate to have such an experienced and committed academic leader joining my academic affairs team."
Since joining the dean's office, Neureuther has continued to teach courses in supply chain management and is an active researcher with more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and two manuscripts currently under review. In addition, he spearheaded a series of successful supply chain management conferences at the college that included businesses from across New York, Vermont and Eastern Canada.
"I am excited that Brian is being appointed as interim dean of the SBE," said Ortiz-Walters. "Having held several administrative positions, he is well-prepared to assume this important role. On top of his administrative experience, Brian is collaborative by nature, process-oriented and well-respected by his peers. The SBE will be in great hands."
For her part, Ortiz-Walters oversaw the successful reaccreditation by the AACSB International and expanding the SBE academic program portfolio. The school now offers its first graduate degree, a masters in data analytics, its first online program, a completion degree in accounting, a 4+1 accounting and data analytics combined bachelor's and master's degree, and a certificate in human resource management.
The School of Business and Economics serves close to 1,000 students, and offers degrees in 11 programs, two certificate programs and minors in 10 programs.
"I am looking forward to continuing to move the SBE forward as a premier AACSB business school within the SUNY system and state of New York," Neureuther said.
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Gáspár Borbás, né le <|fim_middle|> Borbás marque notamment ses contemporains par son contrôle du ballon, ses dribbles et sa faculté à créer des occasions de but.
En 1913, il reçoit son doctorat en droit, puis devient conseiller municipal de la ville de Budapest en 1916. En 1976, après une carrière où il joue un rôle majeur pour le sport à Budapest, il décède à l'âge de 92 ans.
Palmarès
Championnat de Hongrie :
Champion en 1903, 1911, 1912, 1913 et 1915 avec le Ferencváros TC
Vice-champion en 1902, 1904 et 1914 avec le Ferencváros TC, en 1907 et 1909 avec le Magyar Atlétikai Club
Coupe de Hongrie :
Vainqueur en 1913 avec le Ferencváros TC
Finaliste en 1912 avec le Ferencváros TC
Challenge Cup :
Finaliste en 1905 avec le Magyar Atlétikai Club et en 1911 avec le Ferencváros TC
Meilleur footballeur hongrois de l'année 1907
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Naissance en juillet 1884
Naissance à Budapest
Décès en octobre 1976
Décès à Budapest
Décès à 92 ans
Footballeur international hongrois
Joueur du Ferencváros TC (football) | à Budapest et mort le à Budapest, est un footballeur international hongrois.
Biographie
Gáspár Borbás commence sa carrière en 1901 au Ferencváros TC. Il marque le tout premier but du championnat de Hongrie de football. En 1904, il rejoint le Magyar AC, avant de revenir au Ferencváros TC en 1910, avant de mettre un terme à sa carrière de joueur en 1916. En sélection nationale hongroise, il joue 41 matchs entre 1903 et 1916 et marque 11 buts. Il fait ses débuts contre la Bohême et Moravie en 1903 et marque un but. Il participe notamment aux Jeux olympiques de 1912 où la Hongrie, menée par Imre Schlosser-Lakatos et Borbás, termine cinquième.
C'est avec ce joueur, au sein du Ferencváros TC, qu'il forme le plus redoutable duo hongrois de la période. Quintuple champion de Hongrie et vainqueur de la Coupe de Hongrie, Gáspár Borbás remporte le titre de meilleur footballeur hongrois de l'année 1907. | 299 |
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Distant searchlights cut the sky, flashing back and forth between the clouds and the place Feynman knew the tower must be. He tried to see his flashlight through his welder's glass and decided, to hell with it, the glass was too dim. He looked at the people scattered about Campañia Hill, like a movie audience wearing 3-D glasses. A bunch of crazy optimists, he thought. What made them so sure there would be any light to filter? He went to the weapons carrier and sat in the front seat; he decided that the windshield would cut out enough of the dangerous ultraviolet. In the command center twenty-five miles away, Robert Oppenheimer, thin as a specter, wearing his tired hat, leaned against a wooden post and said aloud, "Lord, these affairs are hard on the heart," as though there had ever been such an affair.
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"That's the thing," Feynman yelled back. He looked like a boy, lanky and grinning, though he was now twenty-seven. A solid thunder echoed in the hills. It was felt as much as heard. The sound made it suddenly more real for Feynman; he registered the physics acoustically. Enrico Fermi, closer to the blast, barely heard it as he tore up a sheet of paper and calculated the explosive pressure by dropping the pieces, one by one, through the sudden wind.
The jubilation, the shouting, the dancing, the triumph of that day have been duly recorded. On the road back, another physicist thought Feynman was going to float through the roof of the bus. The bomb makers rejoiced and got drunk. They celebrated the thing, the device, the gadget. They were smart, can-do fellows. After two years in this red desert they had converted some matter into energy. The theorists, especially, had now tested an abstract blackboard science against the ultimate. First an idea—now fire. It was alchemy at last, an alchemy that changed metals rarer than gold into elements more baneful than lead.
Later they remembered having had doubts. Oppenheimer, urbane and self-torturing aficionado of Eastern mysticism, said that as the fireball stretched across three miles of sky (while Feynman was thinking, "Clouds!") he had thought of a passage from the Bhagavad Gita, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The test director, Kenneth Bainbridge, supposedly told him, "We are all sons of bitches now." Rabi, when the hot clouds dissipated, said he felt "a chill, which was not the morning cold; it was a chill that came to one when one thought, as for instance when I thought of my wooden house in Cambridge . . ." In the actuality of the event, relief and excitement drowned out most such thoughts. Feynman remembered only one man "moping"—his own recruiter to the Manhattan Project, Robert Wilson. Wilson surprised Feynman by saying, "It's a terrible thing that we made." For most the second thoughts did not come until later. On the scene the scientists, polyglot and unregulation though they seemed to the military staff, shared a patriotic intensity that faded from later accounts. Three weeks after the test, and three days after Hiroshima—on the day, as it happened, of Nagasaki—Feynman used a typewriter to set down his thoughts in a letter to his mother.
"We jumped up and down, we screamed, we ran around slapping each other on the backs, shaking hands, congratulating each other . . . Everything was perfect but the aim—the next one would be aimed for Japan not New Mexico. . . . The fellows working for me all gathered in the hall with open mouths, while I told them. They were all proud as hell of what they had done. Maybe we can end the war soon."
The experiment code-named Trinity was the threshold event of an age. It permanently altered the psychology of our species. Its prelude was a proud mastery of science over nature—irreversible. Its sequel was violence and death on a horrible scale. In the minute that the new light spread across that sky, humans became fantastically powerful and fantastically vulnerable. A story told many times becomes a myth, and Trinity became the myth that illuminated the postwar world's anxiety about the human future and its reckless, short-term approach to life. The images of Trinity—the spindly hundred-foot tower waiting to be vaporized, the jackrabbits found shredded a half-mile from the blast, the desert sand fused to a bright jade-green glaze—came to presage the central horror of an age. We have hindsight. We know what followed: the blooding of the scientists, the loss of innocence—Hiroshima, Dr. Strangelove, throw weights, radwaste, Mutual Assured Destruction. The irony is built in.
At first, though, ground zero stood for nothing but what it was, a mirrored surface, mildly radioactive, where earlier had stood a tower of steel. Richard Feynman, still not much more than a boy, wrote, "It is a wonderful sight from the air to see the green area with the crater at the center in the brown desert." | inspiration in persuit of their own fulfillment as a person of genius."-Amazon-
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Feynman tinkered with radios again at the century's big event. Someone passed around dark welding glass for the eyes. Edward Teller put on sun lotion and gloves. The bomb makers were ordered to lie face down, their feet toward ground zero, twenty miles away, where their gadget sat atop a hundred-foot steel tower. The air was dense. On the way down from the hill three busloads of scientists had pulled over to wait while one man went into the bushes to be sick. A moist lightning storm had wracked the New Mexican desert. Feynman, the youngest of the group leaders, now grappled more and more urgently with a complicated ten-dial radio package mounted on an army weapons carrier. The radio was the only link to the observation plane, and it was not working.
He sweated. He turned the dials with nervous fingers. He knew what frequency he needed to find, but he asked again anyway. He had almost missed the bus after having flown back from New York when he received the urgent coded telegram, and he had not had time to learn what all those dials did. In frustration he tried rearranging the antenna. Still nothing—static and silence. Then, suddenly, music, the eerie, sweet sound of a Tchaikovsky waltz floating irrelevantly from the ether. It was a shortwave transmission on a nearby | 347 |
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Virtual reality warps your sense of time
Psychology research demonstrates unique 'time compression' effect of virtual reality
By Allison Arteaga Soergel
A new study shows how time perception is affected by playing games in virtual reality versus on conventional monitors.
Grayson<|fim_middle|>, so if you have a less vivid sense of your body in virtual reality, you might be missing the pulses of this timekeeping mechanism."
Future experiments to test this theory could yield new insights to help designers maximize benefits and minimize harm from time compression as virtual reality technology continues to grow.
Last modified: May 13, 2021 128.114.113.82 | Mullen was playing a virtual reality game at a friend's house when, suddenly, he noticed that something very strange was happening.
"I stopped playing the game, and I realized that I had no idea how much time had passed," he recalled. "I was supposed to be taking turns with other people, and I was worried that I had played for too long because I couldn't even guess if it had been 10 minutes or 40 minutes."
At the time, Mullen was a cognitive science undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, so naturally, this experience piqued his interest. He knew there was existing research showing that video games can cause players to lose track of time, but as a game enthusiast himself, he had never felt anything quite like this. So, with support from Psychology Professor Nicolas Davidenko, he designed an experiment to try to get to the bottom of it. The results are now published in the journal Timing & Time Perception.
Mullen wanted to know how virtual reality's effects on a game player's sense of time differ from those of conventional monitors, so he designed a maze game that could be played in both formats. Then, Mullen and the research team recruited 41 UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students to test the game. Participants played in both conventional and virtual reality formats, with researchers randomizing which version of the game each student started with. Both versions were essentially the same, but the mazes in each varied slightly so that there was no repetition between formats.
Participants were asked to stop playing the game whenever they felt like five minutes had passed. Since there were no clocks available, each person had to make this estimate based on their own perception of the passage of time.
Prior studies of time perception in virtual reality have often asked participants about their experiences after the fact, but in this experiment, the research team wanted to integrate a time-keeping task into the virtual reality experience in order to capture what was happening in the moment. Researchers recorded the actual amount of time that had passed when each participant stopped playing the game, and this revealed a gap between participants' perception of time and the reality.
The study found that participants who played the virtual reality version of the game first played for an average of 72.6 seconds longer before feeling that five minutes had passed than students who started on a conventional monitor. In other words, students played for 28.5 percent more time than they realized in virtual reality, compared to conventional formats. This effect, where time goes by faster than you think, is called "time compression."
Participants in the study played this maze game
both in virtual reality and on conventional monitors.
The superimposed yellow line, which was not shown
to participants, illustrates the path to the goal.
Time compression was observed only among participants who played the game in virtual reality first. The paper concluded this was because participants based their judgement of time in the second round on whatever initial time estimates they made during the first round, regardless of format. But if the time compression effects observed in the first round are translatable to other types of virtual reality experiences and longer time intervals, it could be a big step forward in understanding how this effect works.
While there are many informal descriptions of time compression in virtual reality from people like Mullen, who have experienced it first-hand, it's still an active area of research. One particularly well-known prior study applied virtual reality time compression to shorten the perceived duration of treatment for chemotherapy patients, but that experiment didn't compare virtual reality with conventional screen formats.
"This is the first time we can really isolate that it's not just that you're playing a video game, or the content of whatever you're seeing," Mullen said. "It's really the fact that it is virtual reality versus a conventional screen that contributes to this time compression effect."
Time compression could be useful in some situations—like enduring an unpleasant medical treatment or passing the time on a long flight—but in other circumstances, it could have harmful consequences.
"As virtual reality headsets get more comfortable to wear for longer periods of time, and as more immersive games are made for this format, I think it would be good to avoid having it become like a virtual casino, where you end up playing more because you don't realize how much time you're spending," Mullen said.
Research on game addiction shows that losing track of time during game play can negatively affect a player's sleep cycle and mood. These effects could be more pronounced in virtual reality, but Mullen says game designers can help to minimize the risk, perhaps by integrating a clock that would appear at regular intervals during gameplay.
It will also be important to discover why virtual reality seems to contribute to time compression. In the paper, Mullen describes one possibility, which relates to the fact that, in virtual reality, a player has less body awareness. Psychology Professor Nicolas Davidenko, a coauthor and advisor on the paper, explained why this might be important.
"In virtual reality, when you look down, you might see nothing where your body normally would be, or you might see a schematic of a body, but it won't feel like your body," Davidenko said. "There are theories that we may rely on our heartbeat and other bodily rhythms to help our brain track the passage of time | 1,064 |
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Think about typical situations that cause conflict or difficulty in your home and make a list of specific concerns. Pick only one concern to start with and think about what it would look like if your child completed the task without difficulty. Write down the behaviors you want to see.
*It's important to keep your focus on what you want to see (that list you wrote in step 1) rather than what is wrong. This will help to engage your child in the process rather than provoking another battle of the wills.
Encourage your child to come up with ideas for how to solve the problem. Write everyone's ideas down on paper even if you don't think they will work.
Talk with your child to figure out what rewards will help her to stay motivated to follow the plan. Allow her to negotiate with you on how many completed tasks it will take to earn the reward.
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After you've had time to think about all the ideas for how to solve the problem, schedule another meeting to share your thoughts and finish the negotiations for tasks and rewards. Ask your child to help you come up with a simple way to keep track of daily progress and designate a trial time period to test the plan. At my house, we meet weekly and revise the plan as needed. Sometimes my child wants to earn a different reward, other times I want to increase her level of responsibility by adding another task to the list. Each time we negotiate the tasks and rewards together until we both can agree to the plan.
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Owning – Take care of the property.
Rule No. 2: Map compelling content to each category in the buying cycle.
By understanding the buying cycle, you can create content that aligns with each stage in the process. This is important because potential customers reveal where they are in the buying cycle based on the content they respond to the most. The marketer now has the opportunity to send more relevant content to each lead, keep the lead engaged, and position the brand as credible.
Rule No. 3: Create automated campaigns for each category.
Now that you can determine where potential customers land in the buying cycle, respond to them with timely content that adds more value to their experience with your brand. This can be done by setting up automated campaigns using a lead generation tool, such as Marketo or HubSpot. Create a series of valuable content associated with each stage of the buying cycle and send the content to the applicable leads using automated campaigns.
Rule No. 4: Transfer potential customers through each stage.
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Director Lenny Abrahamson's Room is an astonishing feat of cinema. What could be a deeply unsettling story instead manages to rise up above its sombre start to become a life-aff<|fim_middle|>/Joy, and rightly so. Sometimes her performance is heart-wrenching to watch. The need to protect Jack drives Joy to desperation and frustration, and the on-going wretched pressure to keep up normality for the sake of her son is perfectly captured in Larson's weary face. There is equal happiness and pride in her cracked smiles as well though. An Oscar nod would not even have been amiss for the nine-year-old Jacob Tremblay, who carries the film with his unfaltering energy and innocence, making Jack's journey of discovery utterly believable.
From stark beginnings, this film battles its way through to its happy ending, and is not without its dips along the way. Ultimately this genuine tale of a mother-son bond and childhood innocence is a gem of a movie, reminding us to be grateful for the simple things we have. 'You're gonna love it,' Ma tells Jack, 'the world.' Simply put, it would be hard not to love this film too. | irming, joyous film. Based on the bestselling book, it has been beautifully adapted with a delicately written screenplay by the original author Emma Donoghue. The film opens in a tiny 10-foot by 10-foot soundproof garden shed, where Joy, or Ma, and her son Jack are held captive by the man who kidnapped Joy seven years ago. The film could easily fall into this claustrophobic narrative; detailing the feeling of entrapment and the climax of the escape, but Room has carefully not marketed itself as a thriller – because it isn't.
In the five-year-old eyes of Jack (Jacob Tremblay), the tiny room in which he lives is literally his world. Up until just after his birthday Ma (Brie Larson) has allowed him to think that only what he can see is real. Anything outside the four walls is nothing but a dream, or something that only exists inside the two-dimensional TV; and so Jack is allowed to exist in a state of blissful ignorance. Jack's tiny universe is brought to life by the talented cinematography of Danny Cohen, whose close-up shots of the everyday items Jack greets every morning like old friends (Sink, Lamp, Toilet) make the tiny space, with its egg-shell snake and floating toy boat in the cistern, seem almost like domestic bliss. Until, that is, the camera cuts out again and you're reminded with a jolt that whilst it's Jack's universe, it's still very much Ma's prison.
Jack's innocence is fleeting however, as Ma starts to tell him of his grandmother's house, places outside the room, and Jack's universe is cracked open. Yes, they do escape (no spoilers – its in the trailer) but for mother and son, life outside is perhaps more difficult than imagined and freedom seems to come at a cost. What keeps the mood afloat is the strength of their relationship and the fierce love between them, and most of all, discovering the real world and all that comes with it through Jack's eyes.
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Molly Marinik (co-founder)
Molly Marinik is a dramaturg specializing in new play and musical development. She has developed new work at Atlantic Theater Company, The Flea (Resident Director 2013-15), New Light, Libra Theater, 59E59, Barefoot Theater Company, NYMF, and Musical Theater Factory, among others. She has read scripts and consulted for Alchemation/Kevin McCollum, the Philip Seymour Hoffman Relentless Award (subcommittee member since 2015), Page 73, Barrington Stage, Village Theatre, Rising Circle, Jewish Plays Project, and others. As resident dramaturg with Beehive at Musical Theater Factory, Molly co-moderates the Women/Trans Roundtable and writers groups. She also facilitates PlayGym at Luna Stage. And she can often be found at Atlantic Theater Company where she writes grants among many other things. Molly holds an MA in Theater History and Criticism from Brooklyn College.
Listen to an interview with Molly about dramaturgy and other things on the Actor Hack podcast.
SPECIALTIES: New plays, new musicals, movement-driven work, early drafts, historical research, script reading, scouting.
"Molly Marinik is a very special dramaturg. Her unique background in movement and directing allow her to dramaturg from both a visual and a textual perspective. I worked with her on a play by a first-time playwright, and she pushed him through 14 different drafts of his script. And he had a smile on his face the entire time."
—Benjamin Kamine, director
"Molly has been an incredible partner in the writing process, and our work has led to an evolution of the piece, which I could never have achieved alone. She understands dramaturgy from both the technical practice as well as the psychological relationship that is required to create emotional safety for art to be challenged and grow. She understands the writer's intent with a masterful intuition and asks piercing questions without forcing solutions. She is incredibly organized in her schedule and measured with her questions, allowing the work to maintain momentum and the team to stay on track. Molly also understands that great art colors outside the lines but acknowledges that those lines exist and uses them to track discussions. She has helped me achieve a new level of artistic maturity, and the work has gained polish without loosing character or grit. I never thought about working with a dramaturg prior, and now I can't imagine working without one."
—Dmitry Koltunov, composer and book writer/lyricist
"I've worked with Molly on a number of different projects, and her contribution as a dramaturg is consistently invaluable. She is able to focus on the subtle details of moment and character, while never losing sight of the big picture and overall arc of a play. Her collaborative approach keeps the often challenging process productive, fun, and inspiring."
—Scott Katzman, playwright
"Molly helped me find and shape my play, but she exceeded my expectations of a dramaturg by bringing her considerable intuition and emotional intelligence to the project. She was able to read the room and the abilities and needs of the actors, help me to dig deeper into my characters, and was comfortable relating her own personal experiences on the subject matter; all of which helped to move the play to a more fully realized place on the page and in performance."
—Heidi Armbruster, playwright and actress
Dramaturgy is essentially the deconstruction of a play to better understand it. And it's practiced by all theater artists to some degree. As the designated dramaturg in the room, it is my job to make sure that everyone involved in the production is on the same page telling the same story, to stand in as an audience member hearing the story for the first time, to ask tough questions that enhance the storytelling, and to advocate for the playwright or theater artists at the core of the project.
My parents owned an independent record store when I was growing up, and I started working behind the counter officially when I was 14. I had no idea how cool it was until I was much older.
"Bad Feminism" by Roxane Gay
Yerma, The House That Will Not Stand, Songs for a New World
My high school had this super fun annual tradition where a group of seniors would create a full-length original musical (with borrowed music). The school would give the production full resources and a regular run, and students from all grade levels were involved both onstage and off. I performed all four years, but I choreographed and was on writing staff my senior year. Although it was one of the goofiest things I've ever been a part of, it was also one of the most rewarding.
On a warm day: outside in the sun. Any day: at a bar with a good drink and a well-behaved, bustling crowd around me.
Jeremy Stoller (co-founder)
Jeremy has served as dramaturg on the world premieres of Ken Urban's A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre) and Nibbler (The Amoralists @ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); L M Feldman's A People (Orbiter 3); Paper Canoe's Light at Triskelion Arts; as well as Thomas Choinacky and John Jarboe's Beaut and R. Eric Thomas's Will You Accept This Friend Request?, both at First Person Arts Festival; and on the US premiere of Ken Urban's Sense of an Ending at 59E59 Theaters. Additional dramaturgy/literary work with Crashbox, Disney Theatrical, The Flea, George Street Playhouse, Luna Stage, Musical Theatre Factory, PlayPenn, Jewish Plays Project, and terraNOVA Collective.
Jeremy is the Director of New Work for Keen Company. From 2010 to 2013 he served as the literary manager at Two River Theater. He founded The Dramaturgy Open Office Hour Project, which has been sharing resources with artists in cities around North America since 2014 and was profiled in American Theatre magazine. He holds a BA from Drew University.
"Jeremy has a terrific eye for singling out exciting new writers and plays. He has taken the time to get to know our aesthetic well so he can tailor his recommendations to work that is fitting for our theater. We have gone on to develop and produce work that Jeremy has brought to our attention. He is also a smart dramaturg and his comments on early drafts of our world premieres have proved to be invaluable."
—Cheryl Katz, Artistic Director, Luna Stage
"Officially, Jeremy served as the dramaturg on the New York production of Sense of an Ending, where he was a helpful sounding board as I made final revisions following the play's London run. He also organized wonderful panels during the production featuring stellar guests<|fim_middle|> (ed. Magda Romanska, 2014). She holds a master's degree in performance studies from NYU and an MFA in dramaturgy from Columbia University.
Dramaturgy is something that we all do and is not limited to the performing arts. It's the act of putting one's ideas or theories into practice. It's about thinking of the big picture and placing our tiny (or large) actions into its context. In theater, dramaturgy happens when a playwright is creating the precise form and structure to support her story and characters. In dance, dramaturgy happens when the choreographer shapes movement and bodies to the particular architecture of a space or to a specific sound composition. In everyday life, dramaturgy happens when grassroots organizers create campaigns to energize and engage specific communities around a particular issue. So, we all practice dramaturgy. The logical next question becomes, well then, what do you as a dramaturg do? This becomes a bit more challenging because the specifics of my practice change with every collaboration. But when it comes down to the essential core of my practice, my job is to follow the multiple strands that go into the creation of the performance—to be the person who has an intimate knowledge of the project but can also see how the piece (be it play, production, dance) is communicating and to relay that (through observation and questions) to the generative artists in the room. Sometimes (in devising) I am that generative person as well. And there the work becomes exciting because I'm working hard to deeply experience the material through embodying it and knowing when/how to step outside it so that I can maintain a constructive, objective relationship to structure and context.
I'm thinking back on my life and realizing that the jobs that I have done overlap and are in the administrative world. They're probably not very interesting but have been essential in the process of getting documentaries made or helping dance companies tour. I suppose the most interesting non-theater job would still be related to theater. When I graduated from Vassar College I was interning for American Masters on a documentary on Joe Papp. I was asked to PA a shoot in Brooklyn. Gem Cohen was the cinematographer. He was going to capture some B-roll that would give color to Joe's teenage years and splice that in. One of Joe's jobs was working at a kosher slaughterhouse. This rabbi who was head of the Brooklyn Polar Bear Club picked us up in his car (a limo from the late '80s that had no air-conditioning). He took us, his two corgis (presents from the queen of England) and our equipment into Brooklyn, where we stopped to get the live chickens he was going to slaughter and a bag of doves that we was going to release in a ceremony honoring Joe's life and the chicken's sacrifice for the film. Now, the corgis were in the front seat with the rabbi and Caroline, the AP of the shoot. So the chicken and the birds had to go in the back where I sat with the two other PAs on the shoot (both of whom were vegetarian and beginning to realize the complexity of the situation they were in). Realizing that it would be unkind for my two coworkers to engage with the animals, I volunteered to be their handler until we got to the slaughterhouse. Of course, what I didn't share with anyone was my irrational fear of birds. So as we drove further into Brooklyn to get to the slaughter house, my color and demeanor became consistently erratic. Somehow, I survived. The shoot happened. I'm not sure the footage ever made it into the documentary... but that was certainly one of the most exciting workdays I've ever had. At least, in some ways it was less adventurous that working in the shoe department of Strawbridge and Clothier during Christmastime. There I can talk about dealing with animals.
My friends laugh at me because a lot of books that I read are related to dramaturgy and performance. I need to find and finish Carolyn Browne's Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham. Not only does Brown paint a vivid picture of what it was like to work with Cunningham, she offers great insight to the history of touring and to the reception of his choreography across America and around the world. The last novel I finished was Jesse Ball's A Cure for Suicide. He could very well be my favorite contemporary author. The beauty of his sentences resides in their utter simplicity. His plots and characters always seem to say yes and journey forward into the unknown. The space he creates on the page for the reader's imagination, the intimate voice you hear while turning the pages of his books ... I'm a big fan.
Three recent theater shows that I loved (but wasn't involved in):Geoff Sobelle's HOME at Next Wave, Jérôme Bel's Gala at Skirball Center, Jillian Walker's SKiNFoLK: An American Show at Ars Nova
There are so many ways to answer this question. Right now, what immediately comes to mind is seeing Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 as one big marathon with my parents and brother when it first toured to Philadelphia. I would love to be young again and find the very first contemporary play that would shift my perspective on what theater can be and how its content can affect the world.
A really great, quiet community dive would be fantastic. They're more difficult to come by these days. Wherever it is—there has to be great natural light, good energy from the people around us, and some food or drink that will open our sense and impulses.
Alex Barron (associate member)
Alex Barron is a dramaturg and producer based in New York City. He is a program associate with the Sundance Institute Theatre Program and has consulted with a number of companies, including MCC Theater, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Scott Rudin Productions and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has been a member of the artistic staff at the Playwrights Realm, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. As a dramaturg, he has developed plays by Dominique Morisseau, Matthew Lopez, Rachel Bonds, Lauren Yee, Sarah Burgess, Jen Silverman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Martyna Majok and Elizabeth Irwin, among many others. Alex previously produced Naked Radio, a new play podcast, for Naked Angels and is currently a producer for The New Yorker Radio Hour. He is a graduate of Drew University.
"As I approach articulating why I feel everyone should get to work with Alex, I can't resist the image of a glass raised in my hand, declaring him "a gentleman and a scholar" — and in his case alone this clichéd phrase breaks down and becomes what these words really mean. Alex is a gentleman: a closely attentive pal, generous and insightful, whose clear-eyed integrity is immediately known to everyone in his orbit. And Alex is a scholar: a passionate reader and advocate of great writing and great thought, not just in his capacity as literary manager and dramaturg, but — more importantly — in his capacity as a human being, always cultivating a curiosity about the larger world around him. I can't think of qualities better suited for the sensitive act of developing new plays, and I can't think of a better guy for the job."
—Adam Greenfield, Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
"For sheer theatrical knowledge, ability to navigate a play's ins-and-outs, understanding of structure / character / tone and sensitivity to an author's intent (as well as possessing a terrific sense of humor) it doesn't get any better than Alex Barron. Think what great plays CORIOLANUS and PERICLES could have been if Bill Shakespeare could have relied on Alex Barron's keen dramaturgical flare and acute analytic sensibilities!"
—Raphael Martin, Director of New Work, Soho Rep
"Alex Barron has been an extremely astute and invaluable colleague in helping me navigate American theatre and writers. He has often provided me with skilled breakdowns of productions and writers that may resonate with Hampstead Theatre, as well as becoming a trusted sounding board for scripts. He has a very fine ear for what makes a play work, but more importantly has an innate understanding of many theatres and productions companies, and so always tailors his recommendations or appraisals in line with what is a good fit for a particular space. Alex has always been extremely generous in sharing his insight into American theatre and writers and I trust his taste and opinions implicitly and will always seek them out when I can."
—Will Mortimer, Literary Manager, Hampstead Theatre
I have two methods: if I think the person I'm talking to will listen for more than thirty seconds, I say something like, "The job of a dramaturg is to help find inroads into a play. You might do that work for a playwright. You might do it for a director, designers and actors. You might do it for audience." If I think that my conversation partner has limited actual interest, I say, "Do you have a vague idea what an editor does with books? It's like that, but with plays." Both explanations are usually greeted with polite nods and a quick change of conversation topic.
I currently spend a chunk of my time producing podcasts and radio for The New Yorker, which isn't a bad way to spend a workday.
As a dramaturg, I feel duty bound to list an obscure, vaguely imposing-sounding book. So, I'm going to say that I recently enjoyed reading John L'Heureux's Picnic in Babylon: A Jesuit Priest's Journal, 1963-1967. It is, as the title suggests, the collected diaries from L'Heureux's last four years studying to become a Jesuit priest. Those years involved, for L'Heureux, a lot more thinking about the work of Edward Albee than you might imagine.
Three recent theater shows that I loved (but wasn't involved in): Hadestown, The Sensuality Party, A View From the Bridge
What theater experience from childhood/adolescence makes me nostalgic:
My parents took me to see the national tour of Les Mis when I was, maybe, five. I have a memory of trying to explain the plot to a neighbor kid so that we could play Valjean and Javert. I'm not sure I'm exactly nostalgic about that. The things I feel most nostalgic about were the evenings in the theater, in my teens and early '20s, before I knew how anything worked, when everything still felt like magic.
For script reading: bed. For artist meeting: any place that coffee is sold/served/tolerated.
Sandra A. Daley-Sharif (associate member)
Sandra A. Daley-Sharif is pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Hunter College under the mentorship of Master-Artists-in-Residence ANNIE BAKER and BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS, plus Distinguished Lecturer BRIGHDE MULLINS. Not one, but two of her plays made it to the Kilroys List 2017. She is an OBIE Award winning producer, award winning playwright, director, actress, and dramaturg. She is a 2015 recipient of the Josephine Abady Award.
Sandra's play Les Fréres is a 2017 Eugene O'Neill semi-finalist. She received a SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency and was named a NYFA Fellowship Finalist for Playwriting. She is the producing artistic director of Liberation Theatre Company, home to emerging black playwrights. She facilitates LTCs Black Playwrights' Group and their inaugural Writers' Residency, and is founder/member of Harlem9, Inc. an alliance of black theater producers. Harlem9, Inc is a 2014 OBIE Award winner for their annual sold-out production 48Hours in…™ Harlem.
SPECIALTIES: New Plays and Contemporary Drama, Diversity in all forms, African-American/African/Caribbean Drama, Let's Break the Mold!
"Sandra A. Daley-Sharif is a five-star creative powerhouse who wields her craft with velvet tenacity and kick-ass grace! As a seasoned writer, she proves a rich and welcoming vessel for untold stories imbued in tantalizing complexity yet spoken succinctly to the soul. Her characters weave and wrestle with moments, each other and Life with uncompromising honesty, poetry and texture. As a dramaturg, Ms. Daley-Sharif is a true advocate for any serious playwright, honoring their courage in their continued development of the work. She takes time to deeply listen, meditate on then massage, stretch, pry open and shake loose the junk and gems in hidden pockets of each developing work, releasing the many needed sounds, spaces, layers and hues discovered within. Ms. Daley-Sharif is nothing short of a magical weaver of the word and provocative truth conjurer, gifting whomever works with her the awesome journey of open-minded exploratory adventure coupled with tough-love challenge and choices birthing both stronger written work and writer."
—Aixa Kendrick, MultiMedia Artist/Producer (Rainbow & Thunderbolts MultiMedia Inc ©)
"When she served as dramaturg for a reading of my play Witch Camp, which takes place in northern Ghana, Sandra immediately grasped the essence of what I wanted to communicate. Presented with several hundred pages of background material, Sandra demonstrated a remarkable ability to amalgamate enormous amounts of information on an unfamiliar subject in a short time. I was impressed and grateful for her meticulous attention to detail, her care and concern for my characters, and her astute observations. In addition to her finesse at handling playwrights, Sandra was equally adroit at handling audiences at talk backs, gently guiding the discussion in a way that feedback was kept on course and was extremely useful to me."
—J. Thalia Cunningham, Playwright
"Sandra A. Daley-Sharif is an incredibly brilliant and talented dramaturg. She is one of the most gifted theater artists that I know. She has an uncanny ability to bring focus to the heart of the play; what ails it and what feeds it. She is able to read a script with total openness, providing dramaturgic advice to make ANY play more clear. Some have learned how to hone the skills necessary to become a successful dramaturg, and some have a natural innate ability to pick up a script and intuit the playwright. Sandra is the latter. She has a gift that she has refined from 25+ years in the business. She is also an accomplished writer, so she knows how to offer constructive feedback without shutting down her fellow writer. She facilitates a group for African-American writers that requires her to inspire writers at various levels. I personally don't know any other African-American female dramaturgs, you will want to have Sandra at the table if you are ready to have difficult conversations and answer hard questions."
—Spencer Scott Barros, Producer, Harlem9, Inc.
"Sandra A. Daley-Sharif went far beyond expectations when working on two scripts in development by one of our featured playwrights in last year's POTPOURRI World Women Works Series. As I reviewed some of the guiding pages of notes sent, I was amazed at how patient she was and felt she went far beyond what was necessary to help the playwright realize that she had too many stories in one play. Sandra is a global dramaturg and playwright and I look forward to working with her again in the future."
—Kim Weston-Moran, Producing Artistic Director, POTPOURRI! World Women Works Series
Hmmm... An editor helps a writer write a great novel, just as a dramaturg helps a playwright write a great play. That simple. A dramaturg helps the playwright to write a story he/she wants to tell in a theatrical way. A dramaturg guides the playwright in honoring his/her vision and/or intention, while reminding them of character, time, place, and conflict. More than a story, the dramaturg helps to craft a theatrical event...how do we engage a live audience? I am always asking What is the story you want to tell? It is my job to help get you there.
I worked in the Garment District as a fashion designer and merchandiser. Yes! Before graduating from Fashion Institute of Technology, I was hired to do marketing, consulting, and fashion forecasting for a hip and edgy junior sportswear company, Santa Cruz, based out of Santa Cruz, California. Love Santa Cruz! Their biggest competitors at the time were French Connection and Esprit de Corp. My job as a market representative was to stage events, such as fashion shows, panels, parties, etc., in local venues, specialty shops, and department stores; coordinate and interview focus groups and sales; assist buyers in selections for the season; act as a representative for the fashion line (lots of free clothes, OMG!!!); and share marketing trends with design. Best job ever! I was young, traveling, creative, and meeting lots of great people. And they loved me. I left that job to later design my own line of sportswear and to work as a merchandiser for Diane von Furstenberg knitwear. Like theater, the "threads" are the same, telling stories, knowing your audience, and engaging with people.
Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk. I started reading this book because I am doing research about doctors who voyage into small, remote, and war-torn villages, hoping to make a difference in some small way—hoping to save lives. The details of the book are intimate, lyrical, and beautiful; depicting what it truly means to be a humanitarian, how difficult it is to make change, the world's indifference, and the possibility for a compassionate and bearable future.
Dot, An Octoroon, Hamilton
My brother and I went to see the film adaptation of The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews, at Radio City Music Hall. The Sound of Music is my favorite musical ever!!! Such a great story. I loved every character. I am not a musical theater fan, but more than half the songs are etched in my brain.
I live in Harlem. My favorite artist meeting spot is Silvana (a hidden jewel for Mediterranean food with good service!) on 116th and Frederick Douglass. For an after-show discussion, the dramatic ChaiWali (perfect warm details and everyday homecooking with global flavors). Yes, choices of chai and coffee, at 124th and Lenox Avenue.
Jocelyn Prince (associate member)
Jocelyn Prince is a Chicago based writer, artist, and activist, currently on the artistic staff at Victory Gardens Theater and on the Performance Studies faculty at Northwestern University. She previously served as Artistic Coordinator at Yale Repertory Theatre, Site Coordinator for Almira PreK-8 Academy at Cleveland Play House, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, and Artistic Associate at The Public Theater in NYC. She is a Co-Founding Artistic Director of The New Black Fest in NYC. Selected Production Dramaturgy credits include Invisible Man, The First Breeze of Summer, and Raisin (Court Theatre); A Raisin in The Sun (Juilliard School of Drama); Harriet Jacobs and Intimate Apparel (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Black Diamond (Lookingglass Theatre Company); The MLK Project (Writers Theatre). Jocelyn has directed new work for the Playwrights Gym at Dobama Theatre, the Cleveland Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Local 4181, The Dark Room at Cleveland Public Theater, the Go Green Festival at The Movement Theatre Company in NYC, the Around the Coyote Festival in Chicago, and Snapshots 10-Minute Play Festival at 20% Theatre Company Chicago. Jocelyn's social justice and political work includes staff positions with the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Obama for America and Hillary for America with the Ohio Democratic Party, and volunteer work with the Washington Peace Center. She has read and evaluated scripts for The Kilroys List, the Emerging Writers Group, The Ohio University Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwrights' Festival, and The PlayPenn conference. Her performance poetry has been featured by The Encyclopedia Show Chicago, The Encyclopedia Show DC, and La Ti Do. Jocelyn holds a B.A. in Journalism from Bradley University and a M.A. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. She has written for TimeOut Chicago, TimeOut New York, The Chicago Reporter, Nonprofit Quarterly and the African American Review. Jocelyn was a Theater Management Track Facilitator for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) and has taught at Yale School of Drama and Northwestern University.
SPECIALTIES: African-American Drama, Contemporary Drama, Spoken Word Poetry, Interdisciplinary and Experimental Work, Dance Dramaturgy, Site-Specific and Guerrilla Theater, Community Organizing
"Jocelyn Prince is an insightful interpreter of classical works as well as an engaged collaborator on new, original productions. Through her work with Woolly Mammoth and Cleveland Play House as well as the New Black Fest, which she cofounded, she has helped to make American theatre more diverse, inclusive, and revolutionary."
—Harvey Young, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, Boston University College of Fine Arts
"Jocelyn is a sharp-shooting woman with a strong dramaturgical eye and a great instinct for storytelling. Having her in the room for play development means encountering a well of thoughtful and provocative questions to assist in strengthening the narrative voice of the work. She goes hard for the plays she believes in, both as an advocate and audience member, and she supports the work onstage and off. Always infusing her dramaturgy with cultural context and perspectives, she is a valuable resource to have on any play development team."
—Dominique Morisseau, playwright
"Jocelyn's dramaturgy work is astute and compassionate. Both scripts that she's worked on with me have improved greatly with her careful feedback. I couldn't recommend her more!"
—Les Hunter, playwright
Dramaturgy involves deep listening, intentional observation, and an awareness of and appreciation for your environment. New play dramaturgs work with playwrights both privately and in the rehearsal room to develop structure, form, character, plot, themes, and dialogue. Dramaturgs working on established period pieces conduct extensive research and provide context for the world of plays like turn of the 20th century Manhattan in Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel or Shakespeare's Elizabethan era. Dramaturgs also play an important role in audience engagement and community outreach, offering creative entry points for audiences to relate the artistic work to their everyday lives and experiences and promote dialogue and social action. Dramaturgs are artists, analysts, and advocates.
Field Organizer for two U.S. Presidential Campaigns (Obama/Biden 2008 and Clinton/Kaine 2016).
All the Lights On: Reimagining Theater with Ten Thousand Things by Michelle Hensley
1- The culminating performance of the 2017 Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute
2- "Happy Days" by Samuel Beckett at Yale Repertory Theatre
3- "Arlington" by Enda Walsh at St. Ann's Warehouse
Putting on my costume to act in my first school play in Kindergarten. I played Santa Claus in a Christmas play.
Libraries for script reading. The nearest coffee shop for meetings.
Miriam Weiner (associate member)
Miriam is the literary associate at the Tony Award–winning off-Broadway company Vineyard Theatre as well as a freelance director and dramaturg. UNDER THE WEATHER, a web series that Miriam co-wrote and directed, will premiere in October. In 2015 Miriam served as the dramaturg for a workshop production of Bruce Hornsby's new musical, SCKBSTD, at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. Miriam has been a reader for The Horton Foote Prize, The Yale Musical Theatre Workshop, The Jewish Plays Project, and The Princess Grace Awards. She is currently a professor at the Tepper Semester, Syracuse University Department of Drama. She holds an MFA in directing from Brooklyn College and a BA from Brandeis University.
"Miriam Weiner has the uncanny ability to say the perfect thing, the insight that cracks the play open, the comment that provides the bridge to the next part of the conversation. Her dramaturgical expertise is rooted not only in the canon that's come before, but also the plays being produced today and what's on the cusp of the next horizon."
—Krista Knight, playwright
"Miriam is one of the smartest dramaturgs I've ever worked with. She gets to the root of a story immediately. When we worked together she asked all the right questions, sending me in directions I had not imagined and causing me to make much more interesting choices. And on top of that she's just a great, positive energy to have in a room."
—Joe Calarco, director
A dramaturg is anyone who you feel comfortable talking through your ideas with and being challenged by including friends, spouses, family, and creative colleagues. Hiring someone to do the job just means that you can count on him/her to keep listening and responding!
I founded and managed my neighborhood's community supported agriculture (CSA), so I got to spend a lot of time around fresh vegetables.
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen. Guys, it's not a cookbook.
Fun Home, Hamilton, Angel Reapers
Rehearsing the school play every day after school in high school. Not really sure what we were accomplishing on a daily basis but it always worked out in the end.
I love reading scripts on the subway when I have a seat because I can really focus when I'm surrounded by all that white noise. But to actually talk about a play with an artist? I like a real-deal coffee shop.
Jenna Ready (business manager)
Jenna Ready is an avid theater enthusiast and Arts Administrator based in New York City. She has been the Associate General Manager of Playwrights Horizons Theater since 2015. Jenna has also worked as a Company Manager, Business Associate, Development Assistant, and Front of House Manager at several other non-profit theaters in New York, including the Atlantic Theater Company and New York Theatre Workshop. She is passionate about supporting artists and their work. The most rewarding aspect of her job is helping playwrights and directors achieve their vision by giving them the tools and space to create. Jenna is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where she received two Bachelor of Arts Degrees with honors, one in Theater Studies and the other in English Literature. She currently resides in Brooklyn with her cat, Louise.
Back to WHO WE ARE | . But outside any official position, Jeremy is always my go-to dramaturg. Whether he is helping me formulate material for an artist statement or giving feedback on an early draft of a new play, Jeremy is always insightful, asking the questions that bring me closer to the best articulation of a thought or idea."
—Ken Urban, playwright
"Working with Jeremy Stoller, his objective was clear—to help me write my best play possible. Not what he thought my play should be. Or what the majority of an audience might think my play should be. He strove to bring out what was lying within the existing pages. I knew my story—but I was having trouble with objectivity. And this is where Jeremy went to work—culling from my mass of pages - what I was looking for in my play. Jeremy was very detailed in his feedback, which I really appreciated - and without a hint of personal agenda. You must be open to criticism, yes, if you're to work with a dramaturg (or in any collaborative environment, truthfully). And if you find the right person, as I had, the experience is very rewarding for the play and one's growth as a writer."
—Michele Aldin Kushner, playwright
"Jeremy Stoller was a tremendous asset during the workshop production of The Sasquatch Project. He diligently read our drafts and new pages and gave us guiding notes that were never prescriptive and always helpful in diagnosing the root of the problems in the show. He cheered us on when progress was made and nursed our wounds during challenges in the process."
—Scotty Arnold, musical theater writer
"Jeremy was an integral collaborator to my project Beaut (First Person Arts Festival 2011) and has already been a fundamental researcher for my current project of Brecht's Baal. As dramaturg for Beaut he provided insights into queerness and autobiography that were transformational to the arc of the performance, and served as a mediator among the director, myself, and the other performers. His methods deeply investigate the work and push my own thinking into the most complex layers of provocation and understanding."
—Thomas Choinacky, performance artist
It's evolving. I sometimes use a variation of the navigation analogy that's on another page of this website. Sometimes I compare the dramaturg to a personal trainer for a play—the person who's there to help an artist get their project into the shape the artist wants it. It's helpful when someone I've worked with is nearby and can talk about how we've collaborated.
In between semesters during college, and for a few months after graduation, I worked in a small gift shop in a strip mall in Albany, where I grew up. I wasn't a particularly effective salesperson, except when it came to chocolate. I was really good behind the candy counter. And not just at eating samples. That I did mostly in the supply room.
"Tuesday Nights in 1980" by Molly Prentiss
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train @ Signature; Syncing Ink @ The Flea; Aloha, Aloha or When I Was Queen @ Abrons
I was in a production of Romeo and Juliet in middle school that was the first time I remember being aware of the joy to be found in making theater collaboratively, rather than simply getting attention from an audience.
I enjoy being nomadic, so there are a few spots across the city: Amy's Bread, Cafe Reggio, City Bakery. Pastries + wifi + bathrooms + electrical outlets + charm, not necessarily in that order, are all important.
Jess Applebaum (associate member)
Jess Applebaum is a dramaturg, creative producer, scholar, activist, and the literary manager for One Year Lease Theater Company. She specializes in devised, ensemble-based performance practices. In spring 2015, she and colleague Katalin Trencsényi curated the Dance Dramaturgy Research in Action Workshop with choreographer Arie Davidson for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. In May 2014 she presented "Dramaturg for Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)age" at the conference Alternative Dramaturgies of the New Millennium in Tangiers, Morocco; she also has curated and led discussion on devised performance dramaturgy at LMDA's annual conference. Jess is published in several theater journals and has an article, "Finding the Hyphenate—Embodying Dramaturgy," published in The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy | 930 |
When I took the speaker's gavel, I told my colleagues that it's no longer good enough to just say what we're against.
When I took the speaker's gavel, I told my colleagues that it's no longer good enough to just say what we're against. We had to show what we're for. That's why last year we released a complete policy agenda — tracking closely with ideas from our presidential nominee<|fim_middle|> of every three counties in America has just one insurer to choose from.
Not too long ago, Bill Clinton called Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world." He is on to something there.
That's why we must end this law — repealing it once and for all. But rather than going back to the way things were, we must move to a better system that embraces competition and choice and actually lowers costs for patients and taxpayers.
Introduced this week, the American Health Care Act keeps our promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. I hope you will read the bill online at readthebill.gop.
Our goal is to give every American access to quality, affordable health care. For families, that means lower costs, more choices and greater control.
Let me walk you through how our plan will help get us there.
For starters, our bill repeals Obamacare. We cannot rebuild the American health care system on such a flawed foundation, and that's why we eliminate Obamacare's taxes, mandates and spending.
Next, and this is important, our plan ensures there will be a stable transition. As we move from a Washington-driven system to a more vibrant market, we will make sure no one has the rug pulled out from under them. This also means we will ensure vital protections for patients with pre-existing conditions and allow young adults to stay on their parents' plan.
We will also give states more funding and flexibility to support high-risk pools and reinsurance programs. Where Obamacare was built on mandates and coercion that make coverage more expensive, our plan takes care of those in need without driving up costs for everyone else.
Next, while Obamacare just added people to a broken Medicaid system, we will strengthen Medicaid so that states have the tools they need to take care of their poor and most vulnerable populations at a lower cost. Our plan represents the most significant entitlement reform in more than 50 years.
Republicans have long said that we have to empower patients as consumers to spur competition and bring down costs. That's why we will also nearly double the amount of money you can contribute to health savings accounts to pay for out-of-pocket expenses. This will end Obamacare's limits on how you save and spend your health care dollars.
Ultimately, we need a real marketplace for health insurance. Currently, the tax code discriminates against those who don't get coverage through their employer. To level the playing field, our plan offers an advanceable, refundable tax credit to those who don't get insurance from work or a government program. Instead of mandates forcing you to buy what the government wants, you will have real choices. Available to those under a certain income level, this tax credit will be age-based and portable so that you can take it with you from job to job.
And to help more people buy the kind of health plan that fits their needs, we will get rid of costly insurance mandates and regulations.
In the weeks ahead, the House will consider this plan through an open and transparent process, including legislation to allow people to purchase health care across state lines. As we do, I encourage you to read the bill so you can see the changes we are proposing.
Here is the choice we face: Do we stay with Obamacare and the unsustainable status quo, or do we repeal it and replace it with something better?
The American Health Care Act offers a better way. It keeps our promise, begins to clean up the mess Obamacare has made, and builds a better system for all Americans.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, is speaker of the House of Representatives. He wrote this for USA TODAY. | , Donald Trump — to tackle all of the big challenges facing this country. The truth is, we have solutions to all of the many problems that Barack Obama left behind.
And there is no more urgent problem than Obamacare.
The collapsing law is driving up health care costs and driving out choices for American families. This year alone, premiums have gone up by double digits in 31 states. Choices have dwindled to the point that one out | 88 |
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Animation Weekend Box Office: 'The Lego Movie' Dominates, 'Frozen' & 'The Nut Job' Still Doing OK
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Everything was awesome aboutThe Lego Movie's opening weekend, which results in it raking in a whopping estimated $69.1 million and landing the number one box office spot. The film's haul was triple that of the second place film The Monuments Men, which earned only $22.7 million. The film went into the weekend with an impressive fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes (its currently at 95%) and incredibly strong word of mouth.
This debut is the second biggest opening for February behind The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million) and the biggest opening for an animated film in February. Regarding overall animated openings, the film did fairly<|fim_middle|> nut job
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First Clip from Pixar's 'Party Central' Released! | well, earning the the 11th place spot. For "original" animated film, The Lego Movie is 5th overall.
The CGI film, which was produced by Australian animation studio Animal Logic, capitalized on the incredibly popular Lego brick toys. The Lego Movie is rambunctious, silly and fun, which equally appealed to both children and adults alike.
Other animated films did decently over the weekend. Frozen, continues to have a strong run at the box office still after two months, falling two spots down to fourth place with an estimated $6.9 million. Frozen has earned $368.7 million domestically and has $913.8 million worldwide. It seem inevitable at this point that the film will break the coveted $1 billion mark within the next few months (the film just opened this past week in China earning $13.7 million and has yet to open in Japan).
The Nut Job also fell from fourth place to eight, earning and estimated $3.8 million. The film's domestic total is now $55.1 million and $58.0 million worldwide. The figure, while not spectacular, is still rather impressive for the film, which seems to climb an uphill battle against critics before being released. The film's opening weekend was good enough for the studio to commission a sequel.
Lastly, Mr. Peabody & Sherman opened overseas in the U.K., becoming first place in the box office with $6.6 million. The film already has an 89% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film doesn't open in the US until March 7.
What did you think of this week's animation box office report? Any surprises?
via Box Office Mojo
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The Dunlop System 65 Guitar Maintenance Kit contains 1 each of every Dunlop guitar care product: Formula 65 Polish, Bodygloss 65 Cream of Carnauba Wax, Ultraglide 65 String Saver, Fingerboard 01 Cleaner/Prep, Fingerboard 02 Conditioner, and 2 cotton polish cloths.
NOTE: Fingerboard 01 Cleaner/Prep and Fingerboard 02 Conditioner are not for use with maple fingerboards.
Pamper your axe with Dunlop's advanced care products, order today!
Do not buy<|fim_middle|> in mind Aside from that thoug, it's a very solid product.
.Overall, good product. Cheap too. I bought this yesterday and used it today. Everything works like it says it does, except I haven't used the string cleaner yet. The cleaner and polish leaves small swirls, but those are quickly erased with a dry cloth and some elbow grease. My dad bought this axe (Fender acoustic) about 11 years ago. Three of those years it was sitting on its stand in extreme weather, no temperature or humidity control, while we were out of the country. I was surprised to see it was still a functional guitar at all when I got back. The polish cloths and 8000 grit sand paper are nice additions. It took away 11 years of grime and this was the axe's first clean. Looks great. The fretboard especially needed it. The kit also looks like it will last a long, long time.
.I bought this kit to clean up a demo model acoustic bass that I just bought. The finish had been slightly worn in several spots and the neck was very dirty. This kit easily did the job. After a couple hours of buffing and scrubbing, my bass seriously looks brand new. I did have to apply a couple coats of the wax, but the finish looks flawless now. Most impressively, however, is how nice the fretboard looks after applying the conditioner. The other products are great as well; although, I haven't tried the string cleaner yet.
I would recommend this product with no reservations to anyone who wants to restore a used guitar, or anyone who just likes a clean guitar.
.A must for all guitarists!!! If you gig regularly, you need this stuff!!!! We all know that guitars get dirty and grimy! This kit will bring the LUSTER back to your axe. This works on any acoustic or electric instrument. A nice clean and smoothe fingerboard will make you play better (my opinion). Get this kit!! You won't regret it.
.Everything works like one would expect from polish and such. I love the fretboard products and string cleaner. They made my fretboard feel brand new, so instead of feeling like the guitar had a grip on me I felt like I was in control. Everything feels a lot smoother now for sure. I'd buy it again.
.good stuff. very pleased with the results. sorry, poor lighting in the pic but the bass really cleaned up very nice. put on new strings and wow!
could have given you more 8000 grit cloth for fret conditioning. enoough to last as long as the rest of the product it came with. there are enough chemicals to clean and treat several times and only enough 8000 grit cloth for one cleaning. product does work well though.
.I recently bought a bunch of new guitars, and due to that fact I was looking for ways to keep them looking their best. Long story short, I tried out a bunch of products. This one is the best. I probably use the Polish/Cleaner the most. The only downside is the cotton pollishing cloths don't do that good of a job. I'd suggest getting the Dunlop polish cloth that runs around $10's I bought a couple of those and have also been happy with that purchase as well. | this if you,-Have a maple fretboard-Do not like setting up instruments-Cannot read directions-Cannot follow directions-Do not mind putting in some elbow grease Bottom line, it's a must have kit. Do not put the string cleaner on if you have brand new/Elixer strings. Other than that I cannot put into words the difference you will see,hear and possibly smell.
.This has everything you need to clean and polish your guitar. Simply, it does what it says on the tin. The highlight for me, as a player that prefers rosewood necks, is the good job the fingerboard cleaner, fret polish cloth and conditioner do at cleaning the fretboard and frets up. A little buffing and she'll look good as new. The polish and wax? What you'd expect, apply, buff on and enjoy the shine. The string conditioner works as advertised to. You get more than what you pay for if you ask me.
.This kit contains everything you need to bring your guitar/bass to looking like it just rolled off the line. Not to mention the included wax helps keep smudges off.
Be aware though, the fingerboard cleaner was not meant for maple necks, and the package outright says that. Keep that | 254 |
In the last few years I've now visited 100+ cities in 31 countries.
What started as a temporary adventure after graduation to escape boredom, became a trip that never really ended and made me re-think where home is.
I'm Dutch and I spent most of my life in the Netherlands, it's where home always was. But as cliché as it sounds, home is now a flexible concept, and not just for me.
I remember repeatedly running into Third Culture Kids (TCKs), people who grew up w/ parents from 2 cultures in a 3rd culture. TCKs know the concept of home is dynamic from birth. I was never a TCK but I started to get the idea.
It's not just TCKs anymore though, for the new generation of millenials home can change rapidly too. It might be a new job opportunity, a breakup, or better: a new relationship, or just feeling like we need adventure that makes us move. Either temporarily or permanently.
Home is now a dynamic concept<|fim_middle|> so will be the people working on it. | , it's wherever you feel like home at whatever moment in time.
As decentralized as cryptocurrency is: | 20 |
TR Young had the most liked content!
I would have to think that the average<|fim_middle|>) via his facebook page what the time lag was between an event occurring and it being shown on the show, and he said it's roughly a 4-6 month lag. I figured it was in the 6 month range. I was curious because I wondered how far along Vince was with his new business venture.
Wasn't Chris tasked with the MANAGEMENT of the AR build? That would imply (to me, at least) that he was to oversee the build and to put certain members of Red Jacket to certain aspects of the build. I could be wrong about that, though. I did think it was odd that the AR was shipped with the incorrect buffer, though. I'd like to know what happened there.
Whats in the the box?
The cylindrical tube has slots in it on the sides. One of those slots fits the rear sight block release lever. You use it to rotate that lever. You can slide the flat screwdriver through the other slots to create a T-handle screwdriver for other applications.
Looking forward to the range report and possibly pics and/or vids. | watcher of that show probably wouldn't end up purchasing a firearm from them, anyway. I know quite a few people who watch it just because they like it, and certainly have no intention of purchasing from them. WE, on the other hand, who have had some interaction with Will, or have read his posts here and who know and understand that RJF is a quality builder, more than likely WOULD purchase from them if we had the funds and the want to buy something that they produce. I really don't think the show makes them look incompetent, and I would hope that anyone who watches the show and who KNOWS both firearms and hollywood's propensity for drama would be able to see the show for what it is.
What should the next contest prize be?
TR Young replied to haugpatr's topic in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!
I'm casting my vote for 'other' and agreeing with this. Or a month with RED333's avatar girl.
Red Jacket Firearms' Vince quit?
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See, that's the thing... we have NO idea what was put into that gun except for what we could see on television. They're not going to show what went into building the thing, except for showing us a shot of the buffer, and Chris struggling to put everything together. We also saw them machining the lower for it, if indeed that was the lower they actually used.
I think that some people are losing sight of the simple fact that we are viewing a heavily edited, probably heavily slanted, television show. That makes it very hard to pass any sort of judgement on any of the individuals that we see on the show. I'm not saying that I'm on any particular side of any of the personalities, but I'm certainly not going to pass judgement on any of them based on what that show is broadcasting to us. The one thing that I will say is that it did seem to me as if Vince felt that he wasn't given the respect that he deserved, and FROM WHAT WE WERE SHOWN, I could understand that.
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I hope no cops are playing 'Hollywood producer' when the call comes in that someone is being raped or having their houses broken into.
Apparently, to fire it, you have to think in Russian. Looks good!
From the article citing this as a stunt by the officers: Chevyman has every right to voice his distaste. These officers were doing this on the dime of the taxpayer.
You only have to be concerned with 922r if you want to attach a pistol grip or run mags that are higher than 5 round capacity. To answer your initial question, though, I don't personally like relying on the mags to bring your gun into compliance. Restoring your S12 to its intended configuration is quite easy to do, requiring minimal actual 'smithing'. All you have to be able to do is drill out a few rivets and have some patience, and you will have a firearm that is 922r compliant with no regard to what magazine you decide to use in it. It will also be balanced better and your trigger pull will be greatly improved.
Oh, sorry about that. I didn't think about the 'no linking to non-business member websites' thing.
I live in North Central PA, and I store in 50 cal ammo cans with dessicant packs. I had the same thing happen as the OP with the rusting steel shells at one point. Not happening anymore.
That's the truth. We don't even always see things in chronological order. There is no doubt that Discovery Channel has scripted in a lot of drama and whatever else they believe will boost viewership. I also asked Glenn Flemming (Flemm on the show | 802 |
This lovely walk encapsulates everything that makes walking in the Lake District so special. It explores the Vale of Rydal, set in a bowl of mountains through which the river Rothay runs and much of the outward route is beside the river. At Rydal it crosses a tributary, Rydal Beck, which tumbles<|fim_middle|> Hotel serving food and real ale.
Just completed this very short walk.. Never has a walk of this length taken so long, one is continually having to stop to look around, a wonderful walk without having to climb. Thoroughly enjoyed it all. If you arrive by bus start the walk from the cinema near to the crazy golf, then you don't have to struggle through the high streets and the strollers.. | down the mountainside in an impressive series of waterfalls. The valley has many mature trees and there are superb views throughout. Wordsworth knew a beautiful spot when he saw it and his last home, Rydal Mount, lies a few yards off the route so a visit can easily be included in the walk. The route goes through Dora's Field next to Rydal church. In spring this is a mass of daffodils which then give way to bluebells so this is a good time of year to enjoy this walk, though it is lovely at all times of year. The path then passes Rydal Hall, now in use as a retreat and conference centre, but the gardens, designed by the renowned landscape architect Thomas Mawson, are open to the public. The most energetic part of the walk comes towards the end when we climb a short way out of the valley to Low Sweden Bridge and a second waterfall. This climb can be avoided, if you wish, albeit at the expense of some walking along a footpath beside a busy A road and missing the best views of the walk. A glance at the map might suggest that much of the outward route is along a road but this is misleading. This lane is closed to traffic except for vehicles going to the houses and so is easy and delightful walking. The inner walker is not neglected. The route passes two teashops in Rydal, one at Rydal Hall overlooking the waterfalls (open all year) and the other at Cote How, one of the oldest buildings in Rydal, (open in the summer and weekends in winter). There is also a public bar, the Badger Bar, at the Glen Rothay | 341 |
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HUMBLE PIE – " Up Our Sleeve ~ Official Bootleg Volume 3 "
Posted: April 22, 2019 in ALBUMS, MUSIC
Tags: A&M Records, Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Official Bootleg Box Set Vol 3, Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott
Humble Pie's "Up Our Sleeve: Official Bootleg Box Set Vol 3" is latest recorded testament to what this band did best; playing bluesy, gutsy, soulful hard rock, live on stage. Drawn from a variety of audience recordings that have previously only been available as "under the counter" pirate releases, this is an honest and raw tribute to a classic and much missed super-group on the 1970s, released in conjunction with Pie founder member and drummer, Jerry Shirley.
Originally emerging from the remnants of 1960s beat heroes The Small Faces, Humble Pie formed in 1969 when mercurial guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott joined forces with The Herd's Peter Frampton, joined by drummer Jerry Shirley and bassist Greg Ridley. After two albums for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label, Humble Pie switched to A&M records, and began their ascent to conquering the theatres and then arenas of North America, culminating in 1972's double live "Performance: Rockin' The Filmore".
Peter Frampton left shortly after to pursue a successful solo career, replaced by Clem Clempson. It was this line-up that is captured across these 5 discs. .Spread across CDs 1 & 2, The Pie were promoting their latest studio record "Smokin'" when they hit Gaelic Park, in Riverdale, NY on 22nd August 1972, from which 'Hot 'N' Nasty', 'I Wonder' and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'C'mon Everybody' were taken.
Also featured are 'Hallelujah (I Love Her So)', 'I Don't Need No Doctor', 'Four Day Creep' and 'Rollin' Stone' from the previous year's "Performance: Rockin' The Filmore". .Recorded three days later, CD 3 features a similar set, as well as their take on the Stones 'Honky Tonk Women' plus 'Up Our Sleeve', both of which would feature on 1973's "Eat It". .By the time they hit Boston's Music Hall on 10th April 1973 featured on CD 4, Humble Pie had been joined by the Blackberries, Venetta Fields, Clydie King & Billie Barnum. Promoting the new double LP "Eat It", the set includes band original 'Up Our Sleeve'.
STEVE MARRIOTT The SMALL FACES to HUMBLE PIE
Tags: A&M Records, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton, Small Faces, Steve Marriott
One of the UK's most charismatic and distinctive frontmen was taken from us when Steve Marriott, of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, died in a house fire on 20th April 1991. He was a cruelly young 44 years of age.
Thankfully, Steve's achievements as a true figurehead of pop and rock music, especially in the 1960s and '70s, are now widely acknowledged. His talents have been celebrated of late in the highly recommended musical All Or Nothing — The Mod Musical, which brings the Small Faces' story vividly to life and continues to play to massive response.
Marriott, from Manor Park in the East of London, was a born performer. He started his first band at the age of 12 and starred on the West End stage in Lionel Bart's hit production of Oliver! at just 13.
His dreams came true when the Small Faces, formed in 1965, made it big and enjoyed several years of hit singles and increasingly influential and experimental albums. Marriott's wanderlust and disillusionment with the business of music led him to leave the band and form Humble Pie. There, he developed a creative partnership with a new group of like-minded players, including Peter<|fim_middle|> but its virtual catalog of chemical bad habits makes it an irresistible fix for bad boy rockers of all ages. Indeed, Humble Pie never sounded more addictive, and we therefore had no choice but to tap out '30 Days in the Hole' as one of the Top Humble Pie songs.
Smokin' comes as close to any Humble Pie LP ever did to achieving classic status. My advice to the neophyte is to check out Eat It, Smokin',and 1971's Rock On (the last Humble Pie LP to feature the work of Peter Frampton)
Bass, Vocals – Greg Ridley
Drums, Keyboards – Jerry Shirley
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Clem Clempson
Vocals, Guitar, Harp, Keyboards – Steve Marriott
HUMBLE PIE – " Rockin The Fillmore " Great Live Albums
Tags: Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton, Rockin The Fillmore, Steve Marriott
Humble Pie were introduced to the UK audience as a supergroup with a big hit single, but further down the line they would become album rock and concert favourites in America. 'Natural Born Bugie,' a No. 4 hit in their own country in the summer of 1969, proved to be their only hit there, and by the early 1970s they were undeniably bigger across the Atlantic. But this week in 1972, they nudged back into the British charts with a very notable live double album that brought them a gold record in the States, 'Performance – Rockin' The Fillmore.'
"I've got a new axe, it's too much! It's going to make me rock on, man!" were the words of Steve Marriott as the band took the stage. The record captures the classic Humble Pie line-up of Marriott, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley in a classic rock 'n' roll setting, and just in the nick of time, too: but by the time it was released, Frampton had left to start his solo career.
The band's shows on May 28 and 29, 1971 were taped for the album at the venue in New York's East Village neighbourhood, only a month before the Fillmore East closed its doors. The gigs followed their US chart debut that very month with 'Rock On,' which only reached No. 118, but enjoyed a 23-week stay on the album chart, demonstrating the popularity they were earning with American fans.
The 'Fillmore' disc featured only seven tracks across its four sides, including epic versions of Dr. John's 'I Walk On Gilded Splinters' (23 minutes) and the Muddy Waters song that had named a certain fellow English band, 'Rollin' Stone' (16 minutes). The latter had been on the 'Rock On' album in a relatively modest six-minute version, and the band also included their own 'Stone Cold Fever' from that LP in the Fillmore set.
The live LP also included such covers as Ray Charles' 'Hallelujah I Love Her So' and the Ashford & Simpson soul song 'I Don't Need No Doctor,' which managed an eight-week run on the USA Charts.
When 'Rockin' The Fillmore' made its UK chart debut in January 1972, George Harrison's 'Concert For Bangla Desh' hit the chart the same week, as T. Rex fever continued, with 'Electric Warrior' which was the top selling album | Frampton. "It was the best band you could ever be in as far as I was concerned," said Frampton, "because you've got my idol there.
Formed by Steve Marriott in 1969 after the break-up of Small Faces, Humble Pie epitomised the British rock supergroups emerging at the turn of the decade. With the charismatic Marriott taking on frontman duties, he enlisted Peter Frampton (then of The Herd) on guitar, Spooky Tooth's Greg Ridley on bass and a teenage Jerry Shirley on drums. The group released two beloved albums on Small Faces' former label, Immediate, before making a switch to A&M in 1970 and working up a harder, blues-rock sound that would earn acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.
The group's self-titled effort, released in summer 1970, solidified their new direction and set Humble Pie up for a run of albums that would make an indelible mark on the blues-rock scene, among them Rock On, Smokin' and the classic live double-album, Performance Rockin' The Fillmore, recorded at New York's iconic Fillmore East, before the group temporarily disbanded in 1975. Steve Marriott fronted Humble Pie from 1969 to 1975, and briefly in a reunited version in the early 1980s. He also made some notable albums in his own name, including the 1976 solo debut Marriott. 1990's Marriott & Band included versions of his treasured Small Faces songs 'All Or Nothing' and 'What'cha Gonna Do About It.'
Shortly before the end of his life, Marriott was interviewed and he reflected with quiet satisfaction on his career. "I was seduced at 18," he said, "and it was quite good but it paled very quickly. I realised it had nothing to do with music and everything to do with the shape of your bum…what's been has gone, and I'm very proud of it.
"I've got what I wanted, which is just enough money to live on, in no great style but a nice way, and to have some respect from other musicians and play the pubs and clubs, where the music's still real.
Steve Marriott and Greg Ridley are with us no more, but with the full input of both Frampton and Shirley, The A&M Vinyl Box Set 1970-1975 commemorates their great work. Collecting all seven of the group's A&M albums across nine slabs of 180g vinyl, it presents this part of the group's legacy in better-than-ever audio
"Eat It, in particular, had sound problems originally," says Jerry Shirley, who adds that they have "now been eradicated once and for all, so that our fans, old and new, can hear it as was it was intended to be". Much love and care has been put into assembling the package too, with the albums coming in a hardback slipcase and replica artwork – including the die-cut sleeve that originally housed Thunderbox.
"Jerry and I worked together with A&M for some time to get this released," Peter Frampton notes, adding, "We pay tribute to our two lost brothers, Steve and Greg, and hope you enjoy this as much as we did putting it all together.
HUMBLE PIE – " Live At Winterland " 1973
Tags: A&M Records, Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, King Biscuit Flower Hour, Live at Winterland, Steve Marriott
First and foremost, to have this album on vinyl – is incredible! because as you'll clearly hear – this baby rocks! Humble Pie had to rock because they followed a blazing performance by Slade. From a concert on May 6th, 1973 at San Francisco's Winterland Theatre. Opening this show was a little known band then named Steely Dan. Marriott is on fire from the fist note to the last.
there is more material from this show, maybe so. Most gigs from this time period, however, did not run too much over an hour's worth of material, especially, when three or more bands shared the bill. My only gripe with this package is the packaging, itself! Open the gate fold & do we get a concert photo of the band at Winterland? No! A generic photo, instead. Winterland has some historic significance that should have been highlighted with some photos of that gig or at least the marquee.
And, why is the included poster that of a gig in Europe? Why not a replica of the hand bill that Bill Graham had reproduced of the gig at Winterland? Cleopatra Records gets an A+ for releasing this on vinyl. The sound is fantastic! Cleopatra Records gets a D for liner notes. Do your homework, guys. This is historical stuff and deserves the full package and better information.
This live recording of Humble Pie was made at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in May of 1973, during what many consider to be the band's creative peak. This Winterland show being only the fifth show recorded for the then brand-newly syndicated King Biscuit Flower Hour radio concert series, features a blistering set of material. From "I Don't Need No Doctor" to the infectious Top 10 hit "Hot 'N Nasty" this recording features all the essential music from the Humble Pie catalogue. And since the band built their reputation on legendary live shows, is arguably better than anything the band ever did in the recording studio.
Humble Pie first came together on New Year's Eve, 1968/69. Marriott had just played a disastrous gig with The Small Faces, whose opening act, oddly enough, was Ridley's Spooky Tooth. Frampton had already left The Herd and was forming a new band with Shirley, a child prodigy drummer, who was only 16 at the time. Marriott called Shirley after the show and asked if he and Ridley could join the new band he and Frampton were assembling. According to Shirley, he couldn't believe a singer as acclaimed as Steve Marriott was even interested, and was "thrilled" at the prospect of what the new band could achieve.
The band made its debut in April of 1969, but almost collapsed at the onset. Despite the media hoopla surrounding their supergroup status and a slew of critical raves, Humble Pie's early albums (As Safe as Yesterday Is and Town and Country – both on Oldham's Immediate label) were not commercial hits. Marriott and Frampton couldn't decide if the band should move in an acoustic or electric direction, a dilemma that made the initial records hard to market. The band also had to hit the road before they really had time to work out their live show, and early tours were mostly lackluster as a result. Then, in 1970, the tides began to turn.
The band hired Dee Anthony as its manager, who promptly signed them to A&M Records. The band recorded Humble Pie and Rock On in 1970 and '71, respectively. Both albums forged the band into a solid – and very electric – blues/rock machine. The critics got behind the band en masse, and records began selling in large numbers. By the time the band had recorded and released Rockin' The Fillmore in 1971, the word had spread: Humble Pie was one of the hottest live band since the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Just then, Frampton decided he didn't feel comfortable in the band's hard rockin' blues direction and left to pursue a solo career. While the most memorable material from Rockin' The Fillmore ("I Don't Need No Doctor," "4 Day Creep" and the soulful remake of Ray Charles' "Hallelujah I Love Her So") also appear on this LP, but the versions differ dramatically, as Frampton had since been replaced by Dave "Clem" Clempson.
Though some in the rock press predicted the band's demise upon Frampton's departure, the opposite seemed to happen. Clempson revitalized the band, and helped take it in an even harder direction. When the band returned in 1972 with Smokin', they had become a well-oiled rock 'n' roll dynamo. Five of the album's tracks – "Hot 'N Nasty," "30 Days In The Hole," "Road Runner," "You're So Good For Me" and Eddie Cochran's classic "C'mon Everybody" – soon became radio staples. Smokin' became a multi-platinum Top 10 smash, and remains the best selling album of the band's career.
This concert was recorded while the band was promoting Eat It!, a double LP that featured three sides of studio songs and one side of live material. Though Eat It! went to the Top 15, and Humble Pie had firmly established themselves as a powerful live act, the band's powers (and their popularity) seemed to gradually decline following this tour. The band returned in 1974 with Thunderbox, but the constant focus by the media and the fans on Steve Marriott began taking its toll within the group. In 1975, Humble Pie reunited in the studio with ex-manager Andrew Oldham, and recordedStreet Rats, a quirky collection of tracks, including three Beatles covers. The band embarked on a "Farewell" tour, and called it a day.
Though Humble Pie never quite reached the commercial status of Led Zeppelin or Eric Clapton, they did leave an indelible mark on the contemporary rock music. The passion of Marriott's blue-eyed soul, the powerful blast of the band's clever rhythm section, compounded by the skillful guitar work of Frampton (and later, Clem Clempson), will forever keep Humble Pie near the head of the blues/rock class of legends.
Steve Marriott – Guitar, vocals.
Clem Clempson – Guitar, backing vocals.
Greg Ridley – Bass guitar, vocals
Jerry Shirley – Drums.
HUMBLE PIE – " Humble Pie " Released July 1970
Tags: A&M Records. Jerry Shirley, Glyn Johns, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Pete Frampton, Steve Marriott
There's nothing like making the grand entrance to impress people, but few do it in such style as Humble Pie's Jerry Shirley and I managed when we drove to Steve Marriott's country home on Friday. As the brakes of Jerry's mini failed in the entrance to the drive we gracefully smashed into and through the newly-repaired gate and glided to a regal halt half on the lawn!
A barefooted Steve came hurtling through a gateway from the rear garden and pulled up in his tracks when he saw what had happened. Jerry was attempting to halt the car which had started rolling again in the direction of Steve's car while I clambered through the dead gate.
"I thought it was a scooter crash, we're always getting them out here. We keep having to rush out with cups of tea to revive people," Steve gasped. "Are you okay? Right, one new gate needed and two shots of liquid refreshment for medicinal purposes." on that practical note we filed into one of Steve's two cottages to find his wife, Jenny, making tea amid four dogs, three kittens, and two geese. This, it seems, was only part of the Marriott menagerie.
Steve Marriott had been living in the country for almost three years now and Jerry thinks it has made a new man of the one-time looner. "He's much calmer now, different," Jerry said on the way down. "He's changed, but not that much… he's more himself. He doesn't get moods, he's just back into being the real Steve." He has virtually finished with drink and accessories, preferring cups of tea and the fresh air. Uppermost in Steve's mind that day is the group's first album with A&M. Titled simply Humble Pie, it is an important first and a lot of hard work has gone into it.
'Live With Me' on side one, called This Side, is the type of thing you might expect to hear during a jazz festival when the sun is high and the atmosphere is peaceful. Pete Frampton's organ begins and is joined by Jerry on drums and then the guitars of Steve and Greg Ridley. Pete controls the organ fluctuation very well, taking the crescendos down to a soft melody very neatly. It's a relaxing number with little bursts of energy.
Steve: "That's a stage number. All those things we kept them like we do on stage."
'Only A Roach' could well be a modern country-and-western number in its approach. The vocal harmonies are used to repeat lines at the end of verses and then sing along together. Not the sort of thing I would have expected from Humble Pie, 'One-Eyed Trouse-Snake Rumba'. If you don't know what the creature in the title is, write to me for the answer in a plain, sealed envelope! A fair old bit of rock and roll with two voices taking alternate parts.
'Earth and Water Song' has quiet vocals and thoughtful lyrics with an uncomplicated backing. The acoustic guitar, tapping cymbals, light drumming and flowing organ create a pleasing effect. "I am the earth and she is my water" goes one line, then there's a short piece of louder instrumental work which becomes more prominent during the number, though it's never obtrusive. The other side is called That Side; it is generally much louder 'I'm Ready' is all very heavy and has Pete yelling over a frenzied riff. A lot of bass drum and cymbals and a fine contrasting lead guitar with lots of guts going into the whole thing. 'Theme From Skint' is almost a folk song. It's like a cross between Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones being folksy. It gets more pounding after a time and this is because it leads straight into…Rock On. 'See You Later Liquidator' which is no doubt a reference to a certain period in the Pie's recent career. It is musically violent and takes over as the second part of an idea that began during the preceding track. It builds and builds to a walloping crash of thunder at the end after holding the same course but progressing in volume. 'Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!' Much heaviness and pounderama abounds here. Stomp, stomp go the drums, the guitars crack away and Pete belts the lyrics out in fine fashion. A nice guitar passage is combined with fierce drumming and a forceful bass line.
'Sucking On The Sweet Vine' is the final track. "A love song" is not quite the right description, though it is basically just that. It is in some ways similar to 'Only A Roach' though not so involved. The theme is sadness and desolation, and the music is complimentary though very much of today. Steve: "Greg wrote it and sung it. He needed a band where he could come out of himself."
The Album over, we talked about its chances, which I rate highly, and Steve commented: "I think it's the best thing I've ever been involved in. What I'm knocked out about is the clarity, that's down to Glyn Johns, the engineer.
"It's not just a thin sound to get the clarity, he gets a nice loud sound at the same time. I'll stand up for this album to anyone any day of the week. an album should be like a stage show." From the "Life and Times of Steve Marriott"
We rejoined Jerry and Jenny and the dogs who were playing football (honestly) on the lawn. The group had a gig that evening at Southampton Top Rank and getting there was proving a bit of a problem because of Jerry's crash, the fact that Steve oughtn't to drive at night (says Jenny) and they had to pick up Pete at his home in Hampstead en route. So a mini cab was called.
The journey back to London from deepest Essex was spent by Steve, Jerry and myself awarding points out of ten to young ladies in the street. It's a popular Humble Pie pastime it seems.
SPOOKY TOOTH – " Spooky Two " Classic Albums Released March 1969
Tags: Classic Albums, Gary Wright, Greg Ridley, Island Records, Luther Grosvenor, Mike Harrison, Mike Kellie, Spooky Tooth, Spooky Two
Spooky Tooth was formed in 1967. Among the players forming its heavy sound were organist Gary Wright, who in the mid-1970s had a massive hit, "Dream Weaver." Spooky Tooth's second album in 1969, "Spooky Two", was their best album, full of deep cuts (i.e., "Lost In My Dream," "Evil Woman," "Better By You, Better By Me," and "That Was Only Yesterday" among them) that still received FM radio in the early 1970s.
Spooky Two is the second studio album by the English rock band Spooky Tooth. It was originally released in March 1969, on the label Island Records in 1969 , "Spooky Two" is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some fantastic raw music … their smooth, relaxed tempos and riffs mirrored bands like Savoy Brown and, at times, even the Yardbirds … Although Spooky Tooth lasted about seven years, their other albums never really contained the same passion or talented collaborating by each individual musician as Spooky Two.
It was Spooky Tooth's misfortune to be sandwiched between Led Zeppelin and Free's turbo-charged, all-pervasive ascents. A couple of years later and the band's thoughtful but solid style would have found room to grow. Keyboard player Gary Wright shares vocals with Mike Harrison, a strong, complementary pair of voices, and also writes most of the songs including the memorably catchy Better By You Better Than Me, later rescued from oblivion by Judas Priest. The tracks on their second album are an eclectic bunch, blending the blues with folk, country, gospel and even prog. And they sound better now than they did then.
Spooky Tooth's lead vocalist, was Mike Harrison, was serviceable, although not in Rodgers' league. His shortcomings were evident when he tried to hit high notes with a weak falsetto. Yet for most of the material, Harrison's voice was just what their music needed. Subsequent to the release of the album, Greg Ridley left the group, to join Humble Pie
Everything goes back to Mott the Hoople. After Ralph's departure, Hunter poached Luther Grosvenor (who left Spooky Tooth in 1970) from another fondly remembered British one-hit wonder Stealers Wheel (the hit was "Stuck in the Middle With You"), whose leader Gerry Rafferty quit and Grosvenor replaced him for a tour. Used to the fill-in role, Grosvenor adopted the "Ariel Bender" moniker for contractual reasons when Mott toured in 1973 and 1974 and recorded their seventh album The Hoople.
Mott the Hoople reformed in 2009 and 2013 for British tours with the original lineup. But in the summer of 2018, Hunter, now 79, brought back Ariel and Hoople keyboardist Morgan Fisher for a series of European dates.
Mike Harrison – keyboards, vocals
Luther Grosvenor – guitar
Gary Wright – keyboards, vocals
Greg Ridley – bass
Mike Kellie – drums
HUMBLE PIE – " On 79th Street " Record Store Day Release 2018
Tags: Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, immediate records, Jerry Shirley, On 79th Street, Peter Frampton, Record Store Day 2018, Steve Marriott
You won't find this special compilation LP by one of the UK's most iconic bands in any store on 21st April. Except one. Humble Pie 'On 79th Street' will only be available from Pie & Vinyl. Obvious? Or are we bucking the trend of Record Store Day in the manner that Andrew Loog Oldham, legendary founder of Immediate Records and Rolling Stones manager might have done?
Or does this one-off LP celebrate the spirit of RSD more than any other release? Inspired by the beautiful pied-piperess Katherine who led us all to Pie & Vinyl and discoveries that linked her vibrant, musical town of Portsmouth & Southsea, an amazing record store and the timeless sounds of Humble Pie to dramatic events in Southsea over 40 years ago that culminated in a truly local effort to press the LP in Portsmouth and have it on sale in Southsea for Saturday 21 April. Says Immediate Records reissue producer Rob Caiger: "Wouldn't it be great if by doing all of this, a new fan on Record Store Day discovers Humble Pie – in Pie & Vinyl – and feels the same excitement hearing 'Natural Born Bugie' as I did in my own local record shop Downtown Records many years ago. There's no better place to hear new sounds (however old…) then in a record shop – and that's just one reason why we should celebrate Record Store Day."
One of the first supergroups, Humble Pie formed in 1969 and soon became one of the best-loved, hardest-rocking live acts of the 1970s. In Steve Marriott, the one-time Small Faces frontman, Pie had the best showman and biggest voice in the business. Peter Frampton, 'Face Of '68' with The Herd, had a new role – guitar hero. And with hard-hitting drummer Jerry Shirley and ex-Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley, Humble Pie quickly developed into a sophisticated studio unit where tough riffs, rustic rock and bursts of blissed-out late psychedelia earned the band instant chart success and critical acclaim.
Supervised by Peter Frampton & Jerry Shirley, all songs have been newly remastered by Nick Robbins at Soundmastering and cut halfspeed by Matt Colton at Alchemy Studios. '79th Street Blues' (take 7) was recorded at Olympic Studios on 3rd January 1970 and mixed by Rob Keyloch at Church Walk Studios exclusively for this LP and will not appear anywhere else.
Pressing the 'secret' Record Store Day 2018 release at Vinyl Presents Humble Pie – "On 79th Street"
HUMBLE PIE – " Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 "
Posted: November 9, 2017 in MUSIC
Tags: Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Steve Marriott
This new 4CD boxed set that lovingly documents the final musical years of a true legend, a great songwriter, musician, and formidable frontman – Steve Marriott. Steve was sadly taken from us prematurely at the age of 44 on the 30th April 1991. Vocalist and guitarist in such great bands as Small Faces and Humble Pie, Steve clearly had so much more to give, as is evidenced here, and this box set attempts to pay respect to the inspirational talent that is Steve Marriott by compiling four of his last ever live shows from his final year with us in 1991
Humble Pie: Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 collects four gigs from the English rockers on three CDs recorded between September 1972 and June 1974 with the line-up of Steve Marriott (guitar/vocals/harmonica/keyboard), Clem Clempson (guitar/vocals), Greg Ridley (bass/vocals) and Jerry Shirley (drums) supported by The Blackberries on background vocals. This collection has been curated by founding member Shirley, who drew upon the band's numerous bootleg recordings to select ones which he felt were of a high audio and performing standard.
The first show, on Disc One, hails from Chicago's Arie Crown Theatre on September 22nd, 1972 and features band originals alongside blues-drenched covers of "Honky Tonk Women," "Hallelujah (I Love Her So)," "I Don't Need No Doctor," and more. This disc also begins a Tokyo show from May 1973 which is continued on Disc Two. Shirley recalls in his liner notes that Jeff Beck (then playing Tokyo with Beck, Bogert and Appice) attended the concert, making Clempson (who had replaced Peter Frampton in Humble Pie in 1971) nervous as he played the guitar solo to Ray Charles' "I Believe to My Soul." The show also features scorching takes on Holland/Dozier/Holland's Motown classic "(I'm A) Road Runner" and Marriott's "Steve's Little Jam" and"30 Days in the Hole."
Disc Three kicks off with the band's May 18, 1974 concert at the Charlton Athletic Football Ground in which they shared a bill with The Who, Maggie Bell, and Bad Company (in one of their first major appearances). Playing alongside fellow onetime Mods The Who, Marriott opened the show with The Small Faces' "What'cha Gonna Do About It." This disc concludes with a short four-song performance at London's Rainbow Theatre on June 6th, 1974, broadcast for U.S. television's The Midnight Special. The group tackled three band originals plus Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody," a staple performed at all of the shows preserved here.
Jerry Shirley shares his memories in the full-color 16-page booklet included within the clamshell box. Though sound is mostly listenable throughout, a disclaimer helpfully notes that these far-from-pristine recordings were originally made as audience bootlegs, and aren't up to studio quality (or professionally-recorded live quality) standards, but are significant nonetheless for their historical importance in the band's arc.
Humble Pie's Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 are available now
Only One Woman – Marbles
Warm Ride
Bad Girl – Rainbow
Night Games
O.S.
Girl from Uptown – Michael Schenker Group
Island in the Sun – Alcatrazz
Hiroshima Mon Amour – Alcatrazz
Since You Been Gone (Live) – Alcatrazz
God Blessed Video – Alcatrazz
Will You Be Home Tonight – Alcatrazz
Skyfire – Alcatrazz
Blue Boar – Alcatrazz
Stand in Line – Impellitteri
Tonight – Impellitteri
Midnight Crossing (1989 Demo) (*)
Hit and Run – Forcefield
Let the Wild Run Free – Forcefield
All Night Long (2015) – Graham Bonnet Band (*)
Look Don't Touch
Afterlife – Blackthorne
We Won't Be Forgotten – Blackthorne
Don't Kill the Thrill – Blackthorne
Hunting Time – Anthem
Hungry Soul – Anthem
Love in Vain – Anthem
Perfect Crime – Impellitteri
Fighters Fist – Taz Taylor
Radio Luxembourg – Taz Taylor
You Are Your Money (Demo) – Elektric Zoo (*)
Lost in Hollywood
My Kingdom Come – Graham Bonnet Band (**)
Mirror Lies – Graham Bonnet Band (**)
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Only You Can Lift Me
Can't Complain
I'm a Lover
The Way That It Is
Anthony Boy
Stand in Line (Alternate Version) – Impellitteri
The Mirror Lies – Graham Bonnet Band
Powerstation Live in Tokyo 1988 – Impellitteri
Stand in Line
Tonight I Fly
Secret Lover
Goodnight and Goodbye
Since You Been Gone
(*) previously unreleased
(**) previously unreleased on CD
Humble Pie, Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 (Hear No Evil/Cherry Red HNEBOX083, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, September 22, 1972
Up Our Sleeve
C'mon Everybody
Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
I Don't Need No Doctor
Hot 'n' Nasty
Four Day Creep
Shibuya Kokaido Tokyo, May 16, 1973
Tokyo Jam
Shibuya Kokaido Tokyo, May 16, 1973 (continued)
Steve's Little Jam
I Believe to My Soul
30 Days in the Hole
Oh La-De-Da
Charlton Athletic Football Ground, May 18, 1974
What'cha Gonna do About It
Thunderbox
Sweet Peace and Time
Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
C'mon Everybody/I Want a Little Girl
Rainbow Theatre, London, June 6, 1974
HUMBLE PIE – " The A&M Vinyl Box Set 1970-1975 "
Posted: April 9, 2017 in ALBUMS, MUSIC
Tags: A&M Records, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott, Vinyl Box Set
Early seventies rock 'super group' Humble Pie see new vinyl editions of all their A&M released albums collected in the appropriately named The A&M Vinyl Box Set 1970-1975.
The band were formed by Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton in 1969 and also featured former Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley on drums.
This new 9LP box set has been put together in conjunction with Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton and features remastered versions of Humble Pie (1970), Rock On (1971), Performance Rockin' The Fillmore (1971), Smokin' (1972), Eat It (1973), Thunderbox (1974) and Street Rats (1975).
Shirley makes reference to the sound quality for this new box set: "At last we have the extreme privilege, thanks to the hard work of the restoration engineers at Universal, to hear all of our catalogue from A&M in it's finest form, on vinyl. "Eat It" in particular, had sound problems originally that have now been eradicated once and for all, so that all our fans, old and new, can hear it as it was intended to be, a wonderful slice of Humble Pie Rock & Roll".
Frampton adds "We pay tribute to our two lost brothers, Steve and Greg and hope you enjoy this as much as we did putting it all together."
The records are pressed on 180g vinyl and feature "replica artwork" which means respecting original die-cut sleeves and inners. The A&M Vinyl Box Set will be released on 2nd June 2017.
HUMBLE PIE – " 30 Days In The Hole "
Posted: February 14, 2015 in ALBUMS, MUSIC
Tags: Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, Rock, Smokin, Steve Marriott
Speaking of frequently covered songs, '30 Days in the Hole' ranks with Humble Pie's most oft-revisited tracks since it was first unveiled as the second-side opener on 1972's 'Smokin'' LP. Not only does the song absolutely cook with a funky vengeance, | 6,676 |
PORTLAND – Dec. 13, 2016 – Innovative techniques and new research to help growers and winemakers adapt to change will drive the conversations at the 2017 Oregon Wine Symposium, Feb. 21-22 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
The viticulture sessions will focus on ways growers<|fim_middle|>; irrigation management techniques and current research on the detection, vectors and spread of red blotch virus. Enology sessions will highlight new winery sustainability practices, and adaptations in response to vintage temperature variation with a technical tasting demonstration. Speakers will share new insights on preventing spoilage, while attendees will learn to monitor and reduce winery water usage. A special joint viticulture and enology session will illustrate the effects that crop load yields have on the quality of Pinot noir with a hands-on tasting session.
The Symposium also features the Northwest's largest wine industry trade show, with more than 170 exhibitors, where attendees can discuss current issues, discover new tools or techniques and network with service providers and peers.
For additional information on the program, speakers and special events, visit symposium.oregonwine.org. | can cultivate a healthy vineyard. Session topics include adapting plant material to the ecosystem and terroir of specific sites | 23 |
Hilary Duff is always juggling: The 28-year-old is a single mom to her 4-year-old son Luca; she's one of the stars of Younger, which just started shooting its third season on location in NYC; she's a singer who put out another album last year; she's an icon of a lot of people's childhood; she's also a great host who partnered with Stella Artois to throw an amazing party last night in New York.
All that keeps the star really busy, and it takes work to also squeeze in time to stay in shape — but she manages. She spoke to Cosmopolitan.com about the rules she keeps to keep healthy.
1. Try not to worry so much about looking perfect. "I don't put a ton of pressure on myself to be, like, perfect," Hilary said. "When I was younger, I felt a lot more pressures. I probably cared a lot more of what people said or thought about me."
"After having a kid, I don't come first anymore. I don't have as much time to worry about it. Obviously, I care about how I look, and I care about taking care of myself and being in a good mental place, and working out really helps that, but I also like to eat food and drink drinks and enjoy my life."
2. Prep meals in advance whenever possible. "I try to make<|fim_middle|> really enjoy that. That's my idea of a nice night out where I'm not brushing a 4-year-old's teeth and making sure he's going to bed."
Watch Hilary's full interview with Cosmopolitan.com here. | stuff over the weekend, like a big thing of quinoa to throw in some salad," she said. "I cook for a 4-year-old all the time, so if I don't have stuff on hand that's healthy for me, I'll just clean up his plate, and that's not a good look."
3. Cut carbs and focus on eating protein, fruits, and veggies. "Definitely cutting alcohol is a good, quick fix, but it never lasts long for me," Hilary said. "I love a sandwich more than anything in life, but I don't get to eat them all the time as much as I want." She likes to make herself oatmeal for breakfast with a scoop of almond butter, or a shake made with fruits, vegetables, and egg white protein.
4. Fill up on healthy foods, but stop eating at 6 p.m. "Before I got to New York to start shooting for two weeks, I stopped eating after 6 p.m. It's impossible. It's so hard," Hilary said. "I would be in bed by, like, 8. I had to or else I would be like tempted to creep downstairs and be a little mouse."
5. Drink tea. Hilary likes dandelion root tea, a "natural diuretic," but she might be in the minority. "I have a weird taste in tea, so it's a bit bitter, and I like that. Obviously,you can't put a bunch of honey in it. You can't make it taste delicious."
6. Bookend workouts with cardio. Hilary's trainer has taught her to start and end her workouts with time on the treadmill. In between, "I do a lot of strength-training stuff," she said. "A lot of jumping, medicine balls, dead lifts, hip thrusts. I'm a pretty strong little gal."
7. You don't have to like it, you just have to do it. Hilary works four to five times a week with a mix of strength training, cardio, and classes. She's been into taking a 30-minute climbing class in L.A. called Rise Nation. But it's not her favorite thing to do. "I don't really love to work out," she said. "I just do it because I have to."
8. Believe that it's possible. When Hilary became a mom, it took time for her to get back into shape, and that was tough to deal with. "It was so hard for me. It's such a bummer, honestly. You have this new baby. Or, in my case, he was 1, and I was like, 'I still have this body! What happened?'" Hilary is honest about the fact that it isn't easy. "It takes a lot of focus and dedication — knowing that it's possible to get back into shape. Talking to your friends about it. Just trying to motivate and reserve your energy to make sure you can get to the gym. Really cutting out things that are your vices for a little while." And it worked.
Hilary Duff on the set of 'Younger' in NYC.
9. Have a drink sometimes. Hilary loves a good beer or a glass of wine (right now, her favorite is rosé). "If I have a night out, it's going to dinner with friends and having a few drinks and going home and watching a show," she said. "I'm definitely not as exciting as I used to be but I | 726 |
Join us every month for a new Create + Sip experience! Our afternoons of wine and fun offer more than just painting. Each event is taught by one of Workhouse's talented studio artists, so we play with lots of techniques. You'll have a great time creating (and sipping), resulting in a unique piece of art made by you. Check our Events listings regularly to see what we'll have next.
Using scraps of fabrics and other textiles,<|fim_middle|> the cafe (first floor, across from the gift shop). Free parking. A total of 12 spaces are available. | Workhouse fiber artist Marisela Rumberg will show you how to create an art quilt collage. You'll learn about concepts like surface design, focal point and composition as applied to the fiber arts world. Please note that there will not be time for sewing during this class, but Marisela will show you how to hand-finish your piece at home .
If you'd like, stay with us after 6 p.m. for our monthly Second Saturday Art Walk. All seven of our gallery buildings are open until 9 p.m. with opening receptions for new art shows, refreshments, and more.
Event info: April 13, 2019, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Workhouse Arts Center, Building W16, in | 158 |
Lessons in Marketing from Daft Punk
(Hint: It's Not Just About Getting Lucky)
By Jodie Ellis
It's Friday. Hopefully your week has been full of accomplishment and learning – right now you (or someone you know) probably have a couple of great A/B tests running (if you don't, get one of these 71 easy ones going for the weekend), and are poised to walk in Monday to Liftopia-like results At the very least, you're at the end of the week – and for that, you deserve to relax.
Yes, it's time to vibe with me on some good old-fashioned-new-fashioned marketing success and review. Today I'm pondering a recent music marketing campaign that has dominated an everyday phrase on search, garnered millions Youtube video views with a video that contains one (virtually) still image, captivated a live music festival audience without ever stepping on stage, and ultimately broken streaming audio records. Let's get to it.
Over the last couple weeks, I have enjoyed witnessing an immensely intriguing marketing campaign unfold on behalf of the innovative French dance music duo, Daft Punk. Not a Daft Punk fan? Don't know who Daft Punk is? Don't worry, neither are necessary to appreciate what's going on here.
The duo set out on a mission back in 2008 to create its first album since 2005. The album – "Random Access Memories" – is finally set to be released on May 21, 2013. Unintentional as the 5 year creation process may have been, it left Daft Punk with a couple of challenges surrounding the release of the new album. First, their last release was not exactly met with a particularly grand critical or fan acclaim. While the album saw a great amount of traction in select markets and ultimately won over fans, the anticipation and hype on the heels of their previous effort 'Discovery' was met with a consistent criticism of a repetitive and mechanical effort. Second, the extended hiatus (albeit with their work on the Tron Legacy soundtrack in between) made the pressure of any new release that much greater.
Whether or not the new album will achieve the desired outcomes of its makers, its safe to say the release of Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories"<|fim_middle|>The Collaborators," each featuring a different collaborator talking about some component of the construction and production of the album.
These carefully crafted videos hammered home the message that this album is something more, something different, something new.
So what's the measure of success here?
Its hard to know exactly what constitutes success for the Daft Punk team with this particular effort, but looking at it from any number of angles one can easily draw the conclusion that this campaign has worked pretty well.
In terms of search: I did a quick scour of Google Trends and found the following spikes to be pretty remarkable.
For the term "Daft Punk"
For the term "Get Lucky"
For the term "Random Access Memory" (which is not even the name of the album)
In terms of social: "Daft Punk's total Coachella-related tweet volume for weekend 1 was 9,719, according to MusicMetric data reported to Billboard. That would place the EDM duo just behind headliners Phoenix (11,775 Tweets or 8.34% of total volume of artists who performed) and well-ahead of Blur (6,527 Tweets or 4.7% of total volume), the Britpop legends who were the second-most Tweeted act who actually played in the Desert." – Billboard
In terms of audio plays: "Get Lucky" captured the biggest streaming day for a single track in the U.S. and U.K. on Spotify, according to an article published by The Hollywood Reporter. The song hit the number three position on iTunes in the U.S. (number 1 in France). The official audio/video on Youtube has garnered over 18 million video plays of the song (which has no video and is only a still image with audio)
All undoubtedly impressive metrics.
Yet I wonder…
As a data-driven marketer at a data-driven company, I'm pining to understand just which metrics are being watched – which metrics matter? Whether or not the yield from this endeavor has eclipsed the goal is hard to know, but I hope there is measurement system in place. Either way, the tale will continue to unfold, as the album will be released on May 21. Just how much more mileage Daft Punk could get by adding another piece of marketing artillery to their repertoire?
At first glance, it doesn't appear that they're doing any testing on their microsite…
So here's my call to action – Daft Punk, if you happen to be reading (if anyone has read this far, bless you), let's get you set up on Optimizely and build a few strategic A/B tests before your album officially drops. Let's optimize for the influx of traffic you'll probably be seeing a week from Tuesday. (After all, you have your first 30 days of testing free with us!)
As a final note: if the goal was simply to create a song that people genuinely just love listening to, you can count me as one conversion (I'm sure of many). As for the rest of the album? We'll find out on the 21st of May.
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Jodie hails from the Land of Enchantment, commonly referred to as New Mexico, but now inhabits the Los Angeles area. As Optimizely's former Head of Experimental Marketing, Jodie aims to boldly go where SaaS marketing doesn't—and perhaps even shouldn't. | will go down in history for at least one thing – it's a killer marketing campaign. Here are my top 3 takeaways from the marketing campaign that no one can stop talking about.
1) New School + Old School = Newer School
Old sounds, meet new sounds.
The album itself was forged without a clear plan. Inspiration was drawn from the music the 70s and 80s, and Daft Punk brought on a series of collaborators from all ends of the musical spectrum. The vision was to fuse the best of the past with the best of the present.
"After three records, there was a sense of searching for a record we hadn't done," Thomas says. The duo were dissatisfied with early demos that leaned heavily on electronic equipment, feeling like they were operating on "autopilot," Thomas says. Eventually, a new approach emerged: "We wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers," he explains, "but with people." – Rolling Stone
This mentality also spilled over into their marketing efforts: Offline, meet Online.
As a digital marketer, I'm very excited by all of the possibilities that exist today to strategically mix media and marketing tools to connect with audiences in a more human way. The options are plentiful: ads come in all shapes and sizes (both offline and online), video views can be purchased, marketing automation is becoming standard operating procedure, and website optimization is proving to be an invaluable way to make all of these investments exponentially more effective.
In the case of this campaign, Daft Punk's use of media spanned several old and new school communication channels:
Billboards – Daft Punk purchased several billboards to promote the release of the album itself. Perhaps the most notable of these was one strategically placed on the side of I-10 meant for Coachella music festival-goers.
Video – Daft punk made several videos – these videos were planned for placement on television, at the Coachella music festival, and online.
Online – Daft Punk created a microsite for the album, which consists of only two pages. One with purchasing and social sharing options, and one with video content.
Presumably interviews, press, and music-lovers' reactions all constitute a fourth piece of the hype-puzzle here as well.
Point being, they did not overwhelm with too many different communication vehicles. Instead, they chose a calculated combination of three different media types and put them strategically to use.
2) The Power of the Teaser
Its an all too rich tradition in marketing – go for the big reveal and tease your way into eliciting a desired response or action. Whether an online retailer chooses not to display their pricing until the checkout page (presumably because it's sooooo low) or the "Next week on [insert dramatic tv show here]" commercial almost tells what's to come next, just leave you hanging, the power of the teaser is somewhat of a magical thing.
To be certain, it may not always work. But in Daft Punk's case, they utilized teaser tactics to a pretty impressive end.
The billboard ad that graced the I-10 roadside was the first piece. Understanding the audience of Coachella both in terms of size and demographics helped fuel a clever plan to start the teaser there.
Even from hundreds of miles away, here in San Francisco, I was catching buzz from concert-goers hoping that Daft Punk would show up. Instagrammed posts of the billboard surfaced in anticipation of something – anything.
Get the conversation and buzz started – nice move.
From there, on the evening of Friday, April 11, the festival's main stage video screens were hijacked for a two minute teaser of the new song "Get Lucky" featuring two of the album collaborators along with Daft Punk decked out in sequined suits.
Social media exploded. Pictures, videos, and comments filled up the social web.
Good form. And evidently a calculated move. As noted in the interview with Rolling Stone, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter said of the teaser, "The fun part will be seeing the footage people shot when it hits the Internet."
3) Harness the Power of Storytelling
At the core of some of the greatest marketing campaigns I have seen is a good story. Whether you are enabling the customers that use your products to become better in their work, more fashionable, a stronger athlete, or whatever the case may be, the power of telling that story is an invaluable way to connect – just ask the most interesting man in the world.
Daft Punk's album, as previously noted, brought in contributions from an array of musicians and producers. In addition to the offline content, they released a series of seven videos dubbed " | 954 |
Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC, Data Shows
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(Reprinted from NPR's Deepa Shivaram originally published July 23, 2021)
A New York City pilot<|fim_middle|> | program that dispatches mental health specialists and paramedics instead of police for certain nonviolent emergency calls has resulted in more people accepting assistance and fewer people sent to the hospital, early data shows.
New York City has started the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or B-HEARD, to provide more targeted care for those struggling with mental health issues. Here in March, an EMT worker cleans a gurney after transporting a suspected COVID-19 patient.
It's one of a number of programs underway around the country trying to address police violence and systemic racism following George Floyd's murder by providing alternatives to sending law enforcement to respond to emergency calls involving issues such as mental health or drug and alcohol crises.
In June, New York City started its Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or B-HEARD, to provide more targeted care for those struggling with mental health issues and emergencies such as suicide attempts, substance misuse and serious mental illness.
During the first month of the pilot program, B-HEARD teams — consisting of fire department paramedics and social workers — responded to calls in northern Manhattan, which includes parts of Harlem and receives the city's highest number of mental health emergency calls.
From June 6 to July 7, B-HEARD received roughly 16 mental health calls each day in this zone.
In 95% of cases, people accepted care from the B-HEARD team, data from the city shows. That's compared with 82% for traditional 911 response teams, which include police.
Additionally, 50% of people treated by B-HEARD were transported to the hospital for more care, a far lower number than the 82% who are transported to the hospital with traditional 911 response.
The city said that 911 operators routed 138 mental health emergency calls — 25% of the number of calls during the pilot period — to B-HEARD and expect that number to grow to 50% in the coming months.
"This is great news. A smarter approach to public health and public safety. A smarter use of resources. And the evidence — from Denver to New York — shows that responding with care works," U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., tweeted.
New York's program is modeled after a successful, decades-old program in Eugene, Ore., known as Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, or CAHOOTS. Other similar programs have launched in California, Colorado, Georgia and Montana.
In Minneapolis, where police killed Floyd last summer, the city will start sending out civil crisis response teams instead of police to certain mental health calls next month.
Mental health-related calls accounted for 22% of cases in which on-duty police used lethal force and killed someone, according to data from 2009 to 2012 from 17 states where data was available.
(Read on the NPR site)
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The loved migrant: a 'washing feet' analogy
The disciples need to have their feet washed.
It was not only customary in ancient times to wash the feet of guests into your home, but necessary. Calloused and muddy feet were the norm in an age of open-toed sandals and pedestrian highways. Providing this service was a kind and appreciated gesture offered to the weary pilgrim.
But no one else had volunteered to do it. The disciples had followed all the Lord's instructions to prepare for a meal in the upper room. They had bought what they needed in preparation for the Passover. They had gathered the bread and wine. Check. Check. Check.
So, what made them miss this important act of hospitality, friendship and welcome? What blinders did they have on?
Perhaps, we can't underestimate the state of affairs among the disciples. Recall, they were arguing about which one of them was the greatest.[1]And for any one of them to volunteer to wash feet would be to lose the argument. Because only servants and slaves washed the feet of their superiors.
So Jesus got up to do it—shocking them all by his disregard for social and cultural convention.[2]
And then, as if that wasn't shock enough to the system, Jesus looks up at the disciples, looks them square in the eyes and says:
"If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." (v.14)
How good are we at 'washing one another's feet'? We're not doing it in worship tonight on Maundy Thursday. I don't believe we've ever done it here at Faith. But maybe we need the practice.
Since my father's death earlier this year, I've been reviewing his life story, going over certain details. Especially in his formative days when he migrated from Poland to London, England, in the mid-1960s, I see a pattern emerge.
The small town in southern Poland where he was born and raised was and has been the largest concentration of Lutherans in a predominantly Roman Catholic nation. They called themselves the Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession. And, the church whose bishop he assisted later in London was the Lutheran church 'in exile' from Poland. This church was taken care of by the Missouri Synod Lutheran church.
Even though commissioned to serve ELCIC congregations when he and my mother immigrated to Canada in 1967, Dad was still called upon to serve Polish-speaking Lutherans once a month in an independent Lutheran Church in Toronto during the 1980s. This congregation has since become part of the Missouri Synod.
When our long-time family friend from Toronto visited us here in Ottawa a couple weeks ago, I was reminded again of this pattern: My father had been, in the first part of his life certainly, born and bred in the culture and beliefs of the Missouri Synod/Confessional Lutheran Church, worldwide, you could say.
The question I've pondered is: What made him change his allegiance? Why not continue to remain serving the denomination and church culture of his childhood and youth—even in North America? Why did he change? What made the difference?
It wasn't doctrinal, by and large. I remember several debates we had<|fim_middle|>:1-17,31-35, the Gospel text for Maundy Thursday, according to the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL).
[4]2:22; 7:39; 12:16; 14:26
[5]20:19-29; 21:20-23
[6]C. Clifton Black, Feasting on the Word., ibid., p.279
[7]John 13:17, emphasis mine.
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When he was serving the Missouri Synod church in London, he met someone over lunch after worship one day. This man, William Dase, had been a pilot in the war. A Canadian flying with the British Airforce, he had made many runs over London. And, after the war, decided to make London his home.
He was also a major benefactor of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. In conversation over lunch, my Dad expressed a desire to learn English, and not anywhere people knew him. Somewhere far away from any Polish-speaking Lutherans, he felt he could master the English language. Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he also didn't believe he could ever return to Poland a free person.
And so Dase posed a simple question, with significant consequence: Why not spend a study year at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary in Canada? Dase would sponsor my Dad's study and booked passage for both my parents on the ocean liner, Maasdam, to set sail from Southampton to Quebec.
Before my parents landed in Waterloo, the Dean of the Seminary at the time, Professor Dr. Hauser, had already arranged an apartment in student housing and a job in the cafeteria kitchen for my mother which paid $75 a month. This was just enough to cover the rent for the apartment.
After completing his master's degree at Waterloo, my Dad was appointed to serve a small rural parish north of Stratford, Ontario. He needed a car. So, Assistant to the Bishop, Dr. Berner, of the Eastern Canada Synod, went with my Dad to the bank to arrange a loan to buy a VW Beetle. Dr. Berner used his standing with the bank as collateral for the loan.
However, after the year was up, my parents' temporary student and visitor VISAs were expiring. And so, the Dean of the Seminary, Dr. Hauser, promptly took my parents to the immigration office in Kitchener to vouch for an upgrade to landed immigrant status— 'my parents would make excellent citizens in Canada', he told the immigration officer without hesitation. They received their immigrant status on the spot.
When my brother and I came along a couple of years later—twin boys—thus creating an instant family that doubled in size literally overnight, my parents experienced a sudden strain on the household budget.
The bishop of the Eastern Canada Synod, then Bishop Lotz, immediately arranged for a changed call to the three-point parish in Maynooth, Raglan and Denbigh—because these parishes were able to offer a higher wage.
That was then, this is now. I understand. Nevertheless, I am impressed in reviewing this history how church people who were in a position to do so could make such a positive difference in the lives of those in need. No just once. But consistently. Over time. And in response to various needs.
I can say with certainty that it was the love shown in practical, simple, ordinary ways to my parents when they immigrated and settled into Canada, that made all the difference.
The disciples needed their feet washed, after all. Despite all their debating and power struggles and determining who was right and who was wrong. Jesus showed his disciples, and shows us, that to help another is to put oneself on the same level as the other. Not to 'lord it over' in a condescending manner, but to recognize the common humanity we all share.
Jesus shows us what it means to fulfill the 'new commandment' of love.[3]If the world will know that 'you are my disciples', it has nothing to do with agreeing on doctrine, creedal statements, confessions of faith. In fact, arguing about these things, as the disciples tended to do, hinder this expression of true discipleship.
In the Gospel of John, the disciples do not and cannot understand the significance of Jesus' actions until after Easter.[4]Even then, their faith still falters.[5]In John, "the disciples' divine election and sustenance do not depend on how much they understand. Their faith is perfected, not in knowledge, but in how much they love their fellow lambs (21:15-19; cf. 1 Cor 13:12-13)."[6]
Jesus tells his disciples after washing their feet, "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them."[7]
It's about loving action, not knowledge/understanding.
St John of the Cross wrote: "In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone." I concur. When all is said and done, at the end of the road, we will be asked: "How have you loved your neighbor?" not "Did you believe the right things?"
Just like washing one's feet is messy, and uncomfortable, so at first it may feel out-of-sorts to be so vulnerable to one another. There are boundary issues when it comes to feet, to be sure.
We are not used to small and ordinary acts of self-giving for another. We need to practice. In an age when congregations and denominations are significantly divided over doctrinal, social, and other issues, and sometimes have difficulty even gathering at the same table for a meal with one another—what do we need? What do we really need?
More debate? More information? More knowledge? More convincing arguments? Really?
The disciples just needed their feet washed.
[1]Luke 22:24-27
[2]Jim Green Somerville in David L. Bartlett & Barbara Brown Taylor, eds., Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary Year C Volume 2 (Kentucky: WJK Press, 2008), p.276
[3]John 13 | 1,249 |
I know I'm not alone in being so glad Autumn has arrived at last! I'm so ready for the new season, and September has always felt like just as much a month for new beginnings as January to me.
The transaction from Winter to Spring is always much more gradual than the arrival of Autumn, which seems to appear all at once in a magical haze one morning, gilding the garden with beads of dew and chilling the air. I'm excited to wear knitwear again, to get out my scarfs and snoods and finally wear that ear warmer D bought me several years ago and I always forget I own! I'm excited for those days where we hibernate indoors, and revel in it rather than feeling guilty that we're not out enjoying the sunshine. I've already washed all my winter pyjamas (and oversized onesie) and pulled them still warm out of the tumble drier, thrilled at the thought of cozying up after a freezing walk.
I'm excited for pumpkin carving, fireworks, for crunching leaves, for watching films by candlelight and cinnamon on everything! For getting back in bed with a book and a cup of tea on a rainy morning, for gingerbread and mulled cider and maybe even toasting marshmallows! This is the season of cooking shows and of course Harry Potter, because I'm sure it's always Autumn at Hogwarts! I love the looming feeling of Christmas in the air, still far enough away not to induce panic, and the general feeling of preparing, the chutney making and fruit cake baking, and looking at baubles out of the corner of your eyes.
We moved into our current house in the Spring, and we're already excitedly anticipating discovering how it feels in the colder months. Our living room has a wood burner which I can't wait to light, and the flue runs up through our bedroom which should make for some very cosy nights. We're slowly working on the renovations, making it ours and finding out how our things fit in their new space. It's been wonderful to really take our time and slowly make decisions.
We're heading into a season which is often so focused on 'stuff', on<|fim_middle|> say haha... Oh, imagine how jealous i am right now!
It's the best isn't it - I'm so glad you've been able to experience Autumn in the UK!
Love the list! Autumn is always such a nice, cozy season.
I'm looking forward to taking some fall trails (my friend and I love driving up to the country and looking at the beautiful leaves!) and buying some, comfy sweaters. Also - I need to buy some pumpkins for our front porch and can't wait till Thanksgiving next weekend! | feasting and indulgence and piles of new things. Don't get me wrong I adore giving presents, but this Autumn I'd like to focus a little more on experience than physical excess.
So, on that note, here is my Autumn bucket list - some things we've got planned for the upcoming months before Winter sets in!
Preserve the rhubarb from my Grandad's garden in a more interesting way than leaving it in a box in the freezer which is where it currently is!
Make some candles! I love a candle but I'm increasingly conscious of burning nasty synthetic ones and I'd love to make my own.
Celebrate Thanksgiving. I'm jealous every year of Thanksgiving and love the idea of a holiday which is all about being grateful. Of course we won't be celebrating from a religious standpoint, but I realised there's nothing to stop us having our own version - turkey and all!
Update my scarf collection. I have a favourite mustard yellow one I want to add a little fun too, and a grey snood which is crying out for some pom poms!
Make some 'healthy' caramel apples - I know they're never going to be amazingly healthy, but I've seen a few recipe ideas and want to have a play with coconut sugar and butter...watch this space.
Make the sourdough starter we've been talking about for years!
What do you have planned for the Autumn? Are you revelling in it too or already mourning the passing of Summer?
i was definitely born in the wrong hemisphere... reading your list made me want to pack my bags and move to the north right now. I could easily live in a constant autumn, no matter what the doctors and chefs | 341 |
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Anthony on money and cancer
'We took a hit financially. Macmillan's benefit advisers made a real difference.'
Anthony was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in June 2014. Anthony and his wife took a financial hit due to the cost of cancer.
Unfortunately he experienced discrimination from his employer at the time. He received information, benefits advice and counselling from Macmillan.
I noticed at the start of the year that my energy levels were seeping away. After two different misdiagnoses, I was diagnosed with leukaemia. I was shocked but also kind of comforted by the fact that they had found out what was wrong with me, so they could get to work on making me better.
After about 24 to 48 hours of being at the hospital it started to dawn on me how seriously ill I was. Then I just decided 'I am not dying here'. I still had things I wanted to do and I was with the people who could make me better and knew what they were doing, so I would just work with them and tackle it head on. I had infections which they had to get rid of<|fim_middle|> people affected by acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) to support one another, ask questions, and share their experiences.
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The whole thing is hard because you are fighting on two fronts; against the illness itself and against the treatment which makes you feel terrible. I was telling myself that it had to get worse to get better and that got me through it.
Despite my consultant telling me that a full recovery would take at least two years, I went back to work within six months. I disclosed my cancer diagnosis fully to my employer at the time as I wanted to be upfront about the support I needed, but it quickly became obvious the company wasn't interested in supporting me.
It was initially agreed that I could work from home at least two days a week to help with my recovery, but in practice they made it difficult for me to do this. There were often important meetings scheduled on my days off or I was told I needed to be at head office to meet clients. It was exhausting, especially as it felt that I was constantly proving my capability more so than others in similar positions in the company.
A few months later, on a day off for further cancer treatment, I was told the company was being restructured and my role was no longer needed. I was devastated.
We took a real hit financially. My now ex-wife worked, so we were basically told that because of her wage we were not able to get any real support. I knew that it couldn't be true and that was when we needed support. I went to Macmillan, who helped me get my PIP (Personal Independence Payment). They were fantastic. They were the only people that actually felt like they were trying to help me and see things from my point of view. They got me the payment and it was just fantastic to have that help. The Macmillan benefit advisors also made a real difference for me and understood my situation and what I needed to get done.
Travel insurance was another massive problem. The mark-ups were just insane. I have to travel with work and a lot and they wouldn't let me travel without insurance, so it was unavoidable for me at times. Going back to work was really important to me. I needed to do it. I needed to make up for the loss of earnings I had while I was ill. It was a massive financial hit. Also my feeling, like that I'm told a lot of cancer sufferers, was that I wanted to feel useful again. I wanted to feel like I was making a contribution to society and that was really important for me.
Macmillan has been the only organisation which I think has stepped up to the plate for me in every way. It has been fantastic. I used so many leaflets and a great deal of information, including the website during my treatment.
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American Tugboat Review
Nimble Wanchese supports critical N.C. ferry operations
Wanchese performs a wide range of towing work to keep the N.C. ferry system running.
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) welcomed the arrival of its all-purpose tugboat, Wanchese, to the Outer Banks.
NCDOT oversees a diverse infrastructure portfolio for rail, aviation, bus, motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian transportation. The department maintains 80,000 miles of road and 13,000 culverts and bridges, the longest being the five-mile Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge over Croatan Sound between Roanoke Island and Manns Harbor, headquarters for NCDOT's North Carolina Ferry System (NCFS).
North Carolina operates the second-largest publicly owned ferry system in the United States. Its fleet includes at least 20 ferries and nine support vessels. Each year, the state ferries carry 850,000 vehicles and 2 million passengers on seven routes from 13 terminals. State ferries make approximately 200 trips per day, covering 1,200 miles over water.
Since 2020, NCDOT has upgraded a large chunk of its workboat fleet. Conrad Shipyard built three smaller workboats, and Metal Shark delivered Wanchese using a design from DeJong & Lebet of Jacksonville, Fla. Wanchese has a 71-by-30-foot model bow with a boxy inland-style deckhouse rising above the deck. Its large forward-slanting glass wheelhouse provides superb visibility in all directions from a 32-foot height of eye.
Named for a small town on the southern tip of Roanoke Island, Wanchese will replace the 58-foot conventionally driven tugboat Albemarle built in 1977. The biggest change between the two vessels can be found in the engine room: Wanchese is propelled by Schottel SRP 210 z-drives turning 57-inch propellers. Two 600-hp Caterpillar C18 engines provide the muscle. NCDOT tug operators noticed Wanchese has greater maneuverability and reduced fuel usage compared to its predecessor.
In addition to better maneuverability and power, Wanchese has a spacious deck with updated deck machinery — including a stern towing winch Albemarle lacked. The Coastal Marine Equipment hydraulic towing winch is essential on Wanchese, which serves as a first responder for ferries or other large vessels should they become disabled. The Wintech KR-series "push gear" deck winches on the stern are also hydraulic, replacing the manual winches found on Albemarle. Crews have been pleased with power equipment on a roomier deck with a larger workspace than the previous tug.
Wanchese is generally a day boat, but it is equipped with a FLIR system to assist with nighttime rescues for the ferry system or other operators. Wanchese's intercom, another tool lacking on Albemarle, enables the wheelhouse to communicate with crew in the galley, bow and stern. The Garmin chartplotter/sonar combination with touch-screen technology provides a leap forward as well.
One imperative of the tugboat design process was a shallow draft, not to exceed 7 feet. This is necessitated by occasional conditions of low water, especially during blowout tides – a phenomenon that occurs when strong, sustained seaward winds blow water out of a waterway, causing unusually low tides. Furthermore, the shallow draft allows the tug and equipment to move into protected areas designated as "shelters," such as Stumpy Point, N.C., during hurricanes and other strong storms.
Moving NCDOT marine assets wherever they are needed is Wanchese's primary mission. These assets include Manteo, a 115-by-36-foot hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge built in 2016, and the crane barge Skyco, a 136-by-40-foot vessel with a 3-foot draft built in 2008.
Support craft like the dredge and crane are essential to safe and reliable movement of the ferries because their routes cross sounds and rivers inside the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Silting and shifting sandbars occur in all seasons but more acutely as a result of hurricanes and tropical storms. Without dredging equipment, the waterways would become impassable in short order.
Currituck Sound and Hatteras Inlet need constant attention, as do parts of the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound, the second-largest estuary in the U.S. after the Chesapeake with a north-south orientation. Within the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound, there is 80 miles of fetch encompassing six river basins, eight sounds and 3,000 square miles of open water. The state ferry system operates year-round, but ridership surges in warmer months when tourists travel between the Outer Banks and the mainland. The island of Ocracoke on the Outer Banks is accessible only by ferry or private vessel.
W<|fim_middle|> new CTVs from Senesco, Blount | anchese is the prime mover in projects besides dredging. For instance, it moves equipment used to maintain ramps and gantries at terminals, as well as piling clusters, bulkheads and seawalls. The area served stretches from the northernmost ferry terminals supporting the Currituck-Knotts Island route to the terminals for the Southport-Fort Fisher route, more than 250 miles to the south.
The four-person crew of Wanchese operate the dredge and crane, keeping a 0600-to-1800 schedule on a seven-days-on/seven-days-off rotation. The tugboat has berthing for four crewmembers in two cabins. The galley, equipped largely with stainless-steel appliances, doubles as a recreation room.
Spring, summer and fall are busy times for the ferry system and the support crews. Lance Winslow, assistant director of NCFS marine asset management, is thrilled with the new boat. "Upgrades on Wanchese will make us more efficient, saving us time while getting better fuel economy on a bigger, safer platform," he said.
Wanchese was built at Metal Shark Alabama, the former Horizon Shipbuilding yard located in Bayou La Batre. Wanchese is one of the first newbuild tugboats to leave the facility, which is focused on building and repairing steel-hulled vessels.
"We are honored to deliver this high-quality, purpose-built vessel to NCDOT," said Doug Barrow, Metal Shark Alabama's vice president and manager. "I am very proud of our team and all of our vendors for pulling together to make this delivery happen despite a very active tropical season on our Gulf coast, not to mention a worldwide pandemic.
"The challenges of social distancing and other safety and sanitation measures undertaken at our facility were met head-on and embraced by the entire team," Barrow continued. "The result of these efforts can be measured by the fact that our facility did not have an outbreak, meaning that production – while impacted by COVID-19 protocols and materials delays – was able to continue."
The Metal Shark team in Louisiana assisted with the prefabrication of aluminum deckhouse panels. The company's engineering team met task deadlines adeptly while working in a remote environment, coordinated by on-site engineers in Alabama, he said.
The effective working relationship with NCDOT helped make the project a success. "The positive impact of NCDOT and its partnering approach cannot be overstated," Barrow said.
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Our April Fool's Day imaging object of the month is Abell 1656, the Coma Galaxy Cluster! Abell 1656 is a massive cluster of galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair) and is over 2-degrees in diameter! Nearly everything you see in the image below that is not obviously a star is actually a galaxy. With over 650 galaxies in the cluster, Abell 1656 is one of the<|fim_middle|> 4874 is a strong radio source, while NGC 4889 is not.
In the Sky 90 at f#4.5 I prefer to use pretty long subs for faint fuzzies, often around 10-minutes per sub. With the usual rule of at least 50-subs for a smooth image, this means investing around 8-9 hours total imaging time on this one – but it's got to be worth it! Where else are you going to get an image with so many galaxies in a single frame? Clearly this will be more than one night's work, and I would suggest that it is probably worth coming back to this one year after year to keep adding more data and detail to this amazing region of space.
Until May – clear skies to you all! | densest collections of galaxies in the entire sky.
The giant central elliptical galaxies, NGC 4889 on the left and NGC 4874 on the right, lie some 300 million light years away, and they are both around 250,000 light years in diameter – about two and a half times bigger than our own Milky Way. Strangely – NGC | 87 |
Art Deco Manhattan
"At Night, New York wears all its jewelry."
Harold Acton, More Memoirs of an Aesthete
Lee Miller in Manhattan by Georges Lepape (1927)
Image Credit: Le Bon Ton, 1910-1950, Mode, Theater, und Gesellschaft
"Shadow conceals—light reveals. To know what to reveal and what to conceal, and in what degrees to do this, is all there is to art."
Josef von Sternberg, Von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg, Fort Lee, New Jersey; Photograph by Karl Bissinger
See also: Fun in a Chinese Laundry
Image Credit: The Luminous Years, Portraits at Mid-Century
The<|fim_middle|> is available for purchase in the Nick Harvill Libraries store.
A New York State of Mind
"That's the problem with being born in New York. You've got no New York to run away to."
Amor Towles, The Rules of Civility
New York City by Zelda Fitzgerald
Image Credit: The Romantic Egoists, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
A Bridge (and Tunnel) Too Far
"I live in Brooklyn, but not Williamsburg. I auditioned to live in Williamsburg, but I didn't get a callback."
In Wednesday's New York Times, Ian Schrager noted that it was his Studio 54 partner Steve Rubell who coined the phrase "bridge and tunnel." Rubell used it to describe the wannabes on the wrong side of the Studio 54 velvet rope: those whose heavy gold chains jangled against their overly exposed hairy chests and whose suits were one hundred percent polyester. Said Rubell, "We can't let the bridge-and-tunnel people come in. That'll kill the night."
Of course, it is rather bridge and tunnel to call out others for being "bridge and tunnel." The more posh response would be to pretend that no such distinction exists, or in the alternative, to invent a less snobbish euphemism for it.
Steve Rubell, Photograph by Andy Warhol
Studio 54 Drink Coupons
And, now that Brooklyn is red-hot, what does it mean to be bridge and tunnel, anyway? Like the word "Hollywood," it has shed its geographic limitations and become a state of mind. According to the Urban Dictionary, its use and application now extend far beyond the Hudson and East Rivers.
Schrager told the Times, "The ultimate irony is that [Steve Rubell and I] were bridge-and-tunnel people." Yet Ian Shrager is a prime example of how this pejorative no longer denotes place of birth. He has become its antithesis. A trait of the bridge-and-tunnel personality is to confuse lavish expenditures of cash with good taste. That does not describe Schrager, America's leading boutique hotelier, whose post-Studio 54 ventures are as stylish as they are reasonably priced (dare we use the word chic?).
Studio 54 Guest List
Calvin Klein, Fran Lebowitz, Andy Warhol, and Steve Rubell
Image Credit: Andy Warhol's Exposures
If You Can Make It There ...
"Do not expect to be welcomed to New York. It will simply envelop you and will shed no tears when you leave."
--Jean Shepherd, The Night People's Guide to New York
Joe Dallesandro, New York City; Photograph by Duane Michals
Image Credit: Album, The Portraits of Duane Michals, 1958-1988
"In New York, the best part of any evening is often the day after, when it can be dissected from a distance."
--Jane Stanton Hitchcock, One Dangerous Lady
Claire McCardell, "Vogue," 1950
Image Credit: American Fashion, The Life and Lines of Adrian, Mainbocher, McCardell, Norell, and Trigère
"New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time--most, unsolved."
--Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show
"King Kong" Prepatory Sketch by Willis O'Brien
Image Credit: David O. Selznick's Hollywood
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Chic Is the Word
"El Morocco. Definitely the last word in chic and not the place for anyone who isn't looking that way."
--Diana Ashley, Where to Dine in Thirty-Nine
Mr. and Mrs. Errol Flynn at El Morocco; Photograph by Jerome Zerbe
Where to Dine in '39
Image Credit: El Morocco's Family Album | City of Angels ... and of George Cukor
"It bothers me when people disparage Los Angeles. They say that they miss the culture of New York and that New York is so stimulating. Well, I say if you're not dull yourself, you'll find it just as stimulating here."
George Cukor, Architectural Digest
Los Angeles Exterior, "A Star Is Born"
George Cukor Directing Judy Garland and James Mason in "A Star Is Born"
The Charm of London Versus The Magnetism of New York
"The beauty of London lies hidden in lonely squares, in unexpected corners of the City…. But New York is seen at its best in the distance."
Cecil Beaton, Cecil Beaton's New York
Wraparound Dust Jacket, "Cecil Beaton's New York"
A signed copy of Cecil Beaton's New York | 176 |
Four Companies that Conquered America
02 Apr 2008Research & Ideas
by John Quelch
Any self-respecting global company needs to compete in the United States, but many have floundered on its shores. Professor John Quelch spotlights the strategies of four that succeeded: Royal Bank of Scotland, IKEA, ING, and Dyson. Key concepts include:
Royal Bank of Scotland built strong market share by acquiring regional banks and letting them maintain local identities.
IKEA offers a unique furniture buying experience coupled with category-killer prices.
ING gave its entrepreneurial general manager the green light to offer retail banking services exclusively on an online basis.
Dyson started with a great product, then found a big-bang distributor: Best Buy.
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online . It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge .
Accounting for almost 30 percent of world GDP, the United States is the world's largest and most demanding market for almost everything from oil to microprocessors to premium coffee. Companies around the world aspire to do business in the U.S., or at least with U.S. companies in their home markets. By doing so, they learn much about the latest management practices, they can be closer to the cutting edge of innovation, and they can boost their reputations by supplying well-known U.S. firms.
The market size of the U.S makes it an important target but, in addition, foreign companies often feel they have to crack the U.S. market in order to gain respect. No CEO can lead a global company if that company does not have a strong presence in the USA.
So how do you penetrate the U.S. market? The annals of business are littered with foreign companies that have never quite succeeded in the USA. But here are four companies that have. Each carries a special lesson.
1. Royal Bank of Scotland. This company built up a strong retail market share in the U.S., not under the RBS brand, but through a series of acquisitions of regional (not national) banks. RBS is adding value for its shareholders by letting these banks retain their individual brand identities, by focusing on improving back office efficiencies, and by having the highly respected CEO of one of the acquired entities lead the combined U.S. organization. Meanwhile, RBS is building its B2B brand with institutional clients on Wall Street.
2. IKEA. IKEA offers a furniture retailing value proposition and experience unparalleled in the U.S. market. There are no national furniture retail chains, making market penetration easier. IKEA<|fim_middle|> one of its vacuum cleaners home to test. The buyer was impressed. Fortunately for Dyson, Best Buy became the first U.S. retailer to stock Dyson vacuum cleaners—other U.S. retailers invariably follow Best Buy's lead. Electronics retailing in the U.S. is concentrated (10 chains control 60 percent of the market) and tough to penetrate. But Dyson could not have succeeded had its products not been superior to other vacuum cleaners already in U.S. stores.
A current case, well worth watching, is the effort of Tesco, the British retailer, to enter the U.S. market with the new Fresh & Easy chain of discount grocery stores. Avoiding geographies where Wal-Mart is entrenched, Tesco has so far opened 50 stores in the growth markets of California, Nevada, and Arizona. The question is whether Tesco's assortment and value proposition will be appreciated by enough consumers fast enough for weekly store sales to reach profitable levels. Stay tuned.
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John A. Quelch
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
→ More Articles | 's location selection expertise and their established global supply chains enable them to offer exceptional category-killer prices that are further keys to success.
"No CEO can lead a global company if that company does not have a strong presence in the USA."
3. ING. The Dutch bank converted its weakness (no retail branches in the U.S.) into a strength. Following a successful Canadian market test, ING gave its entrepreneurial general manager the green light to offer retail banking services to U.S. consumers but exclusively on an online basis. Taking advantage of its low no-bricks-and-mortar cost structure, ING was able to offer generous rates on certificates of deposit. Just four years on, ING is the third-largest holder of consumer CD investments in the U.S.
4. Dyson. The British home appliance maker earned a break when it managed to get a Best Buy buyer to take | 176 |
There's so much to do around the Annapolis, MD are! I thought I'd put together a fun list of things you could do over the next couple of weeks to help get into the spirit of Christmas!
Every year the shops in Historic Downtown Annapolis stay open until midnight for shoppers! This coming Thursday is the last day to go. Fred & I will be there. He's looking forward to "Coco at the HoHo with the PoPo. No surprise there, eh? I'm looking forward to the complimentary gift wrapping! There's also a variety of carolers throughout the evening. Bonus, there's 3 hrs free parking!
At Sandy Point State Park, you can drive along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay and see more than 60 illuminated displays! When we went to take Peru to meet Gracie, the Corgi we ended up not adopting, we saw them preparing all of the displays. It's quite the project for sure! I guess you can even purchase a pair of 3D glasses to make the magical show come alive. I was checking out their Twitter account and they give fun discounts randomly. Some examples on various days: show your braces, ugly Christmas sweater, and Team Colors. The cost starts at $15 per car!
We only live about half an hour away from Six Flags America! We've never made it to their Holiday in the Park, but it looks so festive! Not all of the rides are running, but I wouldn't go for the rides. I'd only want to see everything that's all Christmas!<|fim_middle|> as we can before Christmas. Thankfully most everything goes until the end of the year!
What are you favorite local activities at Christmas?
I have wanted to visit historic downtown Annapolis for a long time, but we haven't made it yet. It takes a little extra encouragement on the part of my husband; he's just not a city person. It sounds like there are lots of fun things going on for the holidays! | The Looney Tunes characters are dressed up in their holiday finest. Since it's an amusement park, you know they're going to have all kinds of activities.
With Fred traveling we won't have a lot time over the next couple of weeks, but I hope we're able to do as much | 60 |
Q: Tension of a string, based on Hz, string-weight and string-length I'm not a physics student. Instead I have an electric bass guitar :)
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*I know my strings vibrating-length: 0.800 Meter
*I know the total weight of this length: 0.016575 Kilo
*I know my strings resonant frequency: 55.0 Hz
*I know the wave-velocity: 88.0 Meter per Second
From that, how do I calculate the tension (in Kilo or Newton)?
A: The frequency of a standing wave on a<|fim_middle|>}{2L}$$
Solving for tension, we have:
$$T=4mLf^2$$
| guitar string is given by
$$f = \frac{v}{2L}$$
where $v$ is the velocity, and $L$ is the length of the string. It can be shown by using the wave equation (which I'll skip, as it is a more complex derivation) that the velocity of a wave on a string is related to the tension in the string and the mass per unit length, which can be written as:
$$v = \sqrt{\frac{T}{\rho}}$$
where $\rho = m/L$, is the mass per unit length. Combining these, we can write the frequency as:
$$f = \frac{\sqrt{\frac{T}{m/L}} | 146 |
Crossmetal modular flooring has been designed to be installed in open spaces not contained by the perimeter walls.
It consists of an adjustable aluminum structure assembled by interlocking completed by walking surfaces with different possible finishes.
It is composed of UNI 6060 natural aluminum elements, obtained by extrusion.
It is made up of vertical and horizontal elements that form the supporting structure and support the walking surfaces.
The crosspieces and the uprights are assembled on the perimeter with bolts and internally interlocking.
Under the uprights there are adjustable feet in steel that allow a 4 cm excursion.
If it is necessary to support particular weights, it is possible to reinforce the structure by using square brackets that fit into the uprights.
It consists of uprights and crosspieces in aluminum assembled together and reinforced by a square that guarantees stability and flow.
The interlocking between uprights, squares and crosspieces automatically generates the orthogonality of the structure.
Using a special iron foot, it is possible to obtain floors in a 45 degree diagonal.
Using stratified glass with a thickness of 8+10+8 it's possible to realize a luminous flooring or a flooring showcase.
The system offers various solutions for the creation of outdoor platforms<|fim_middle|> of depreciation.
adding the low squares the loading capacity of the structure increases up to 1800 kg / sm.
Class 1, maximum safety offered. | , temporary or permanent, without damaging the underlying existing surface.
The slats are pre-assembled with a gap between them that allows the water to flow.
are made pre-assembling fir staves, 192x30mm section, up to 4m long.
Painted with colored stains they are ideal to create large and spectacular flooring for temporary outdoor events.
Commercial profiles, 140x30mm section, pre-assembled up to 6m long.
Ideal for outdoor terraces and swimming pool, they require little maintenance and offer excellent mechanical performance.
Ideal for permanent installations and fittings, it's formed by pre-assembled iroko/teak footboards (or other hardwood) 85x18mm section, with toothed surface, up to 2m long.
because the sustaining structure is very light and the flooring level can be adjusted by means of a simple wrench, even the ground surfaces have already been placed in position.
because the structure can be completely dismantled therefore greatly reducing storage space.
because the ground surfaces can be removed with a simple suction cup when maintenance has to be carried out on the electrical or hydraulic system; the ground surfaces can then be replaced even though the stand has been mounted.
because the two sides of the ground surfaces only resting on the supporting structure the two sides can be done in different colours so that the ground surfaces can be turned over at any time.
because the supporting structure is in aluminium and the ground surfaces are chipboard panels: they permit a prolonged use through time with relatively low costs | 316 |
Alone that<|fim_middle|> far that you need additional days off to recuperate from your time on vacation. | number doesn't mean much but in context, it represents a huge milestone in my life, because it's the amount of vacation days I took this year.
And I'm talking for real vacation, not that stay at home thing. That's basically a whole month of vacation, doing, living & moving as I want to. And it may not seem like a big deal to you but here's what it means to me: that the girl who graduated college not knowing what she wanted to do, bounced around from job to job, decided to follow a curiosity for which there really wasn't a path, built her own business while often feeling around in the dark, hit some personal speed bumps, and questioned whether she was doing the right thing but kept showing up--on her own terms--anyhow, can create a life where she gets 22 days of vacation in one year, then I'm pretty sure that you can do it too. I promise we're not that different.
So in the spirit of honesty, I looked back at my 2015 post written as my 2016 self and you'll see that I specifically said I was doing more traveling AND going on more vacations this year so it's not like I didn't claim it. But even then, I didn't really believe that it was possible likethis, for me. Sure everyone talks about taking "real vacations" and where they would go if they could but the reality is, we Americans tend to use our vacation days for things like handling important personal business, sick days or intermittent 3-day weekends. Not for taking care of self. As the year started progressing and Istanbul became a possibility, I said over & over that I wanted to spend more time traveling and once I did, it seemed like everywhere I looked I was being shown how possible it was. I started receiving newsletters with flight deals and following sites like Travel Noire that ramped up my desire. You've already read the story but my ticket to Istanbul? I found that deal in the wee hours of the morning after checking one of those sites on a whim. Next thing you know, I was across the world having the time of my life for a fraction of what it could've cost me with a group. BAM.
But let me not make this post about the deals.What I want to share (and celebrate) is this milestone of mine in the context of what it means to be an entrepreneur, self-employed, and to have the luxury of almost one month of vacation. There were times in these past 5 years when I didn't know how I would make it financially. When I wasn't sure what I was doing in my business. When my house seemed more like an albatross around my neck than my perfect refuge from the world. When I was all panicky like, "OMG, am I ever gonna go on vacation again??". And then all of the sudden I look up and here's 2015, dangling weeks of vacation in my face like "Heyyyyy girl, c'mon...". And you know what? These vacation days were actually work days for me (stay with me here). Not in the rolling-my-eyes-cause-I-don't-wanna-do-this kinda work but the who-I-am-and-what-I-do-are-so-in-alignment-that-work-is-my-life way. Traveling has given me content (substance). It's allowed me to not only connect with fellow travelers & people I met along my journey, but to connect with my tribe (that's YOU) in a deeper way. To expand my life and encourage you to expand yours, too. And that's really the work I want to be doing.
Pardon my brag moment but I'm pretty damn proud of this!! It's a reminder that when all of the ups & downs are weighed, I've had a better life taking a chance on me than I ever had as a 9-5 employee. There are new dreams on the horizon now + new fires burning and it helps to be reminded that I've already done so much more on my own than I ever did chained to a standard office job. And you know what else? The things I most desire are truly desiring me--just not in the way or time that I think they should. I wrote that post in January and effectively forgot about it after the first quarter. But that international vacation & those passport stamps I mentioned?They were hunting me down even in my "forgetfulness".
So I think I've got the hang of this thing now.
Next year I'm claiming more than double which may sound crazy to you but....watch it happen.
22 days in 2015.I'm geeked.
It takes a certain kind of person to want to travel cross country by train.
There are some places you'll go, people you'll meet and things you'll see that will awaken you to the fact that you're far from home (perspectives differ greatly across this country)...and yet remind you that this vast country IS your home. You'll get to ride through a million little Heartland towns--ones you'd probably miss if you routed yourself cross country in a car. But most importantly, there's all the time you'll have to simply relax. Be rocked to sleep by the train as it runs across the rails. Cozy up with a book you've been meaning to read. Watch a movie. Stretch your legs. And just be alone in your thoughts. In comfort. Huge reclining seats with elevated footrests (and I mean reclining, not like that 2 degree airplane recline). Window curtains for the sleepy hours. Comfy lounge chairs, end tables & dining tables in the Observation Car for the times when you wanna just hang out. Food on demand (for a fee). I mean, seriously--what's not to love about riding the rails??! Long distance train travel definitely isn't for the "I-wanna-hurry-up-and-get-there" crowd--riding Amtrak is all about creating a deliberate experience though new meeting people, engaging in wide-ranging conversations, and enjoying a slower/less hectic pace of travel. And if you're into that kinda thing, then I'm telling you--you need to book yourself a ticket in 2016.
So first things first: Amtrak. My adventure was fantastic--everything I hoped it would be (except longer!)! I flew up to Washington D.C. the day prior to my departure and then traveled from DC to Chicago on the Capitol Limited (via Coach, since I couldn't justify paying an additional $300 for a 15 hour ride). I did some research before I left & learned that Amtrak runs the A/C year-round in each car so it can get chilly at night....and if there's one thing I really don't like it's being cold while I slumber, so I came prepared with a plush throw blanket + pillow packed in my carry on. It was by no means freezing, but I wouldn't have wanted to be without my goodies, either. :-) When I arrived in Chicago the next morning, I decided to make the most of of my 5.5 hour layover by checking my luggage & exploring the city. In DC I'd originally planned to visit the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture but didn't get the memo that the Grand Opening isn't until February 2016. As luck would have it, while reading Ebony on the plane ride over I ran across an ad for an exhibit on David Adjaye at the Art Institute of Chicago. David is actually the architect of the new Smithsonian museum (Adjaye Associates) so it made for a perfect plan--I'd make a beeline for the museum once I was settled and see as much as possible. I checked my luggage, did a quick walking tour of the city, then headed for the Art Institute when it opened.
Seeing the notes, sketches, renderings & models of David's projects over the last 15 years was an incredibly in-depth way to learn about his work. I was bummed about missing the museum in DC but as a creative--having the opportunity to intimately explore the process of a fellow creative is priceless! And this unexpected experience is one of the things I love about traveling solo & leaving wiggle room in your plans--you can always find a way to take advantage of your layovers and get out to see something new! If you travel with an open mind, the journey will always lead to an adventure . I never would've known this much about his body of work had I missed the exhibit so it was definitely time well spent! I ended my Chicago tour with some deep dish pizza (not a fan!) and then Uber'd back to the station just in time for my next departure.
Once I boarded the California Zephyr in Chicago I settled into my Sleeper Car and was introduced to Al, my Sleeping Car Attendant, who provided service all the way to California. Traveling by train isn't the standard mode of travel anymore and I'm so glad I did it with my own room. Private quarters, separate bathrooms, showers, individual temperature controls, breakfast, lunch & dinner in the dining car included (omg, I ate like they were forcing me to!), meal service in your room (if you so choose)--everything was covered. Going First Class isn't cheap but let me tell you, it's worth your pennies for the longer rides! I sat in my Roomette as the train pulled away from the station and seriously felt giddy (which is a word I rarely use). I felt like a boss for pulling this trip off, not because it was so "difficult" but because one day I decided to fulfill a dream of riding the train cross country & a few weeks later I booked myself a ticket and did it! Traveling to Istanbul opened my eyes to how much there is to experience in this world & how easy it is to make travel a priority and I promise--since I've awakened to that fact (and made a decision to GO!), opportunities are coming at every turn. The last few months have been hectic & filled with work and I'm learning that I don't function well with stress, so this trip was just the break that I needed. I loved sitting in the Observation Car late at night with my blanket, reading in the silence and lying in bed, watching Colorado fly by, felt like I was being transported back in time (Al would joke with me, "Are you gonna get up??" LMAO). The people that I met (those whose names I remember!) each defined specific sections on my trip--Dr. Larry in Iowa, Danny from Chicago, Najla & Michael from San Francisco, Adam in Colorado, the ticket agent in Grand Junction. And you know what I talked about with these people? Deep stuff, like taking care of your money so your money takes care of you. Medical school. God. Religion. Marriage. Blended families. Amtrak. Politics. Freighthopping. Choosing not to have children. They all let me into their lives in intimate ways that you can only do with strangers and they're the kinda connections I live for.
When the train pulled into Reno I decided to jump off to surprise my BFF, stay the night and catch the next train out the following day. I ended the Zephyr in Sacramento (spent my layover at the California State Railroad Museum which was the perfect use of time) then rode a different train down to Fresno, where I grew up, for what was supposed to be a one night layover (more on that later). If I have any complaints about my trip it was that it wasn't long enough. I was constantly torn between hanging out in the Observation Car meeting people vs lying in bed & reading so an additional day on my trip would've been perfect. Would I do it again? Absolutely, except next time I'd go from New York to San Francisco, New Orleans to Montreal or San Diego to Vancouver. You can say I'm addicted, partly because I love the train and partly because this kind of travel just changes who you are. Once you've traveled somewhere new--especially when you're doing something that stretches you beyond your comfort zone--you can NEVER go back to being who you were when you left. Completing this trip gave me the courage to book one of my dream trips....you're gonna die when you find out where I'm going next.
Until then, I took a few of my 67 videos (LOL) and made them into a little montage of my trip. Click below to see!
THE INN AT SERENBE. MY MINI VACATION. AND A CHOCOLATE BURBON PECAN PIE (THAT WILL WANT TO MAKE YOU SLAP YOUR MOTHER).
I had THE most incredible mini-vacation at the Inn at Serenbe last week.
I was invited to visit The Inn at Serenbe as a guest of the community and had a chance to stay in the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Atlanta Smart & Small Cottage which was...nothing short of amazing. Sometimes you don't realize how much you need to "turn off" until you get to a place where you can do just that and it occurs to you--"this is what I've been missing."
I first became aware of the Serenbe community about 4 years ago when I was working as a Design Assistant on TBS' Movie & A Makeover and we did an on-location shoot. I fell in love with the property (and the Nygren's incredible story) and secretly promised myself that when I was able, I'd purchase my second home within the gates of the community. The property is almost 1,000 acres and very time I think about that place, I just wanna close my eyes, tilt my head & lift my shoulders to my ears.
It's an incredibly idyllic self-sustaining organic community about 45 minutes south of Atlanta with organic farms, private residences (built to EarthCraft specifications), art galleries, a school, spa & gym, original shops, stables, a 20 room inn and some DELICIOUS restaurants (more on that later). As a guest of the Inn, it's like getting the best of a country vacation in a 21st century, sustainable community...and the unexpected bonus is that it's not too far from home.
I brought a guest with me and we made sure to arrive right at check-in time so I could soak up ALL of my visit. So much has changed since the last time I really had a chance to visit the community. The first time I visited most of the residents were part-time and now it's just the opposite. The community is filled with a mix of young couples, new families and folks who have earned the right to do what they want (i.e., retirees). People are so friendly and community-oriented. EVERYONE waves when you drive/walk/bike by...and I do mean everyone. I'm one who loves to research before any kind of trip, so I knew there were options to horseback ride, have a spa day or rent bikes & tour the grounds or do absolutely nothing and just relax. Me being me, I wanted to sample everything! The community features two waterfalls, a labyrinth, lake and several miles of walking trails through the woods so once we got settled, we laced up our sneakers and got to walking. It helped that my phone died en route to Serenbe...I didn't have to worry about text messages or Instagram or Facebook or Words With Friends or my Anita Baker Pandora mix all day (although I did lose my camera for a bit!). Nothing to focus on but being unplugged and in the moment which was so nice for a change.
So we walked. And talked. And then picked up the bikes and rode around the property until my sleek hair turned into a baby afro and I was so tired (and apparently out of shape) that when I got back to the cottage I was dizzy and not feeling so well. And what's the antidote for a queasy stomach?
(which is owned & operated by Marie Nygren one of Serenbe's founders) .
Dinner was so good that I ate it and totally forgot about snapping any photos to share. One of the things I love about The Farmhouse is that the menu changes every week so you're sure to experience something new each time you visit. And no, it wasn't Paleo but yes I did dessert, which was a slice of Chocolate Bourbon Pecan pie with homemade Vanilla Bean ice cream. HELLO??!!!
We talked about that pie all night, and I don't even like pecans in my food.
Ok--imagine what Willy Wonka's Scrumdidlyumptious bar would taste like in real life, then wrap your mind around the fact that that pie was most certainly its equivalent--delish! I raved about the pie so much that they were kind enough to share the recipe with me, so I could pass it along to you guys so I'm imploring you to make this pie over the holidays (or sooner!). Oh, and in advance? You're welcome.
Bring to a rolling boil stirring steadily, for two minutes.
In a separate bowl beat 3 eggs, then pour hot syrup mixture slowly into eggs, beating with a wire whisk.
Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 45-50 minutes until filling is firm.
Mini-vacations are truly the best of both worlds.
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Religious Ecologies and Environmental Protection: Tensions and Synergies
by Aili Channer (she/her)
Religious communities are in a unique position to motivate and mobilize both on collective and individual levels,<|fim_middle|> they can equip believers with the conceptual reference-points needed to take cognizance of the scale of the environmental crisis.
However, in practice, religious communities also represent a significant obstacle to environmental action, due to the tendency of fundamentalist groups to circulate fatalistic narratives and encourage science denialism. As Dr Mary Evelyn Tucker put it, 'We know that, throughout history, religions have had both their problems and their promise. This is not an easy answer to environmental problems.'
For this event, Oxford Climate Society was joined by Dr Mary Evelyn Tucker, Dr Anna M Gade, and Reverend Fletcher Harper. Dr Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University and specialist in Asian religions and ecology, explained that it is essential to engage religions within the environmental discussion, firstly because of the sheer scale of their global influence. Even more crucially, she pointed out that conceiving the environment as a moral and spiritual problem strengthens the call to action compared to presenting it in terms of science and policy alone.
Tucker highlighted the importance of retrieving and reevaluating the ecological precepts of religious scriptures and bringing them into conversation with the current circumstances. She gave examples of how religious values have successfully synergised with environmental justice movements in Asian traditions, referencing Sunderlal Bahuguna, who was inspired by Hindu values and Gandhian non-violence to lead the Chipko movement of the Himalayas, fighting for forest preservation. Tucker also cited Thich Nhat Hanh's development of engaged Buddhism, which promotes peace and social justice activism, centred on the concept of interbeing which has its roots in Buddhist teachings.
Tucker then considered the potential of Confucianism to inspire environmentalism: being integral to China's cultural DNA, as she put it, it has a claim to have influenced more people on earth than any other tradition. It has powerful resources for conceptualising ecological relationships, beginning with its holistic cosmology, where the universe, earth, and human beings belong to one radical process. 'In this continuity of being,' Tucker explained, 'we are part of the whole unfolding process.' In this way, there is an inherent compatibility with modern ecology and the modern scientific cosmology. Furthermore, Confucianism rejects hyper-individualism, instead being committed to community and reciprocal relationships. Tucker described how these ideas are operatives in China today: after being suppressed under Mao, they have now been revived in the education system and reintegrated into the constitution.
Gade, scholar of Islam and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, related her experiences of studying responses to environmental change in the world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia. She explained that there is a split between projects that attempt to employ religions to promote environmentalism and those that engage environmental practice for the sake of religious goals. The first mode includes NGOs that seek to use religious norms to support environmental initiatives, while the second centres on Islamic teachings on how to attain the mercy of Allah by practicing mercy on creation. The goal must be to bridge this gap while avoiding the instrumentalisation of religion.
At the heart of Islamic ethics is the notion of consequential relations, where all relationships must be built on mutual moral responsibility. To stand up for justice as a Qu'ranic imperative and in the Muslim tradition, law and ethics are conceived as being inseparable. For Gade, one of the most important lessons that we need to learn from religious traditions is that the environment is an intrinsically ethical category, and that this goes beyond a problem-solution paradigm.
Reverend Harper, executive director of the interfaith coalition for the environment GreenFaith, described the role of faith groups, and especially multifaith initiatives, in environmental activism and protest movements. He held that indigenous religious leaders speak about the perils of environmental destruction with the deepest moral and spiritual authority, because they have a deep-seated understanding of the meaning of human kinship with the natural world. Harper emphasised the fundamental importance of indigenous voices, saying that 'the indigenous witness is the lived understanding of what is at stake.'
Harper argued that, 'The environmental crisis is clearly moral and deeply spiritual in nature, and it is indigenous and secular activists who are finding the most compelling language to respond to the destruction.' He observed that the placards of secular protestors are often filled with religious imagery: 'sacred land', 'sacred water'. He observed that in his experience, on the other hand, major organised religions have tended to be late to the conversation.
Harper also outlined the obstacle that fundamentalist religion poses, delving into the influence of right-wing Christianity in the United States and its relationship to misinformation and science denialism, also citing evangelicalism in Brazil.
He argued that there are religious roots to all of these problems, but that religious communities are equipped to contribute to the solution if they would only step up before it is too late. As he put it, 'We are facing a cataclysmic set of circumstances and a collective response to protect life from the religious communities of the world needs to get out on the front lines alongside secular activism.'
For Harper, it is imperative that the religious ecology movement engages in dialogue with fundamentalists and expresses with authority that it is absolutely against religious and moral principles to destroy the earth. Furthermore, religious groups will have to step up to pressure banks, investor groups, fossil fuel companies and the agricultural industry. Likewise, Harper concluded, as we adapt to irreversible environmental change, religious communities will have to support and advocate on behalf of climate refugees, displaced workers and vulnerable communities.
OCS Media | giving them the potential to be among the most powerful catalysts for climate action. The scriptures and traditions of all of the major world religions are rich in ecological imagery, meaning that | 35 |
"I came home from school," Twan said, "and the streets were blocked off, and I got off the bus, and my dad told me to go in the house. My sister, Sha-asia, was crying. On the way to the hospital, my<|fim_middle|> gets commitment from another five-star player from the class of 2020
This five-star NC State basketball target named EYBL Offensive Player of the Year | mom called us and told us (Craig) didn't make it. I couldn't even cry. It just didn't feel real at all.
"I've moved on. Trying to overcome that adversity. I took that pain and brought it to the game of football. It just motivated me and made me want to go even harder and work even harder."
His mother said the memory is still fresh.
"It affected us a lot," Juliet Flip said Wednesday. "Even today, we still think about it and it's something we won't forget. I can always hear (Craig) saying to me, 'Mom, I'm OK as long as my brothers and sisters are OK.' "
After those events, Juliet Flip said she and her husband, Twan Sr., were determined to provide their younger kids a different academic and social environment. Sha-asia is 22 and done with school, but Twan Jr. enrolled at Country Day and his baby sister, Taliah, 6, will start there soon.
"It's a big change for Twan at Country Day," Juliet Flip said. "The workload is so much more and he has to get used to using books again. At CMS, they don't have books (at Twan's old school). I can't understand how they teach without books. So it's teaching him balance and prioritizing his life. Twan had a 4.0 in middle school at Ashley Park. Right now, on his first progress report, he is close to a 3.0."
On the field, Flip is jitterbug quick and Witman he said is a "brilliant" route runner. Flip has run 18 times for 123 yards, caught 11 passes for 190 and has 411 return yards for Country Day (4-5, 1-1), which can win a share of the Charlotte Independent Schools regular-season championship with an upset of Charlotte Latin (9-0, 2-0) Friday night at home.
Like coach Witman, Juliet Flip gets worried when her son is out there with the varsity-level football players. Or, at least, she used to.
"I don't get nervous anymore," she said. "Up until now, he had always stayed with his age group. Now in high school, these are 11th- and 12th-grade boys. They're pretty big. But I don't worry anymore because he's good at what he does. God gave him that gift for a reason. He's protected out there."
Twan said he gets by at his size by using his speed and quickness.
"People say, 'Speed kills,' and I've been working on my speed with people faster than me," he said. "It's been coming in handy. And there are a lot of people who underestimate me because of my size. When I run the ball, people will come at me really – how can I put this – they try to run me over because I'm a small guy. But it doesn't work like that. But I've heard that a lot, that I'm too small and how can I play running back. I was like, nothing is impossible."
Witman marvels at how well Flip is handling what's been a tough academic and athletic transition.
"The first time I met him," Witman said, "I said, 'So where do you want to play ball in college?' He said, 'At Clemson because they have a good engineering department.' I was blown away by an eighth-grader saying that.
"Listen, the rigor of this school is incredible and he's embraced it. He's up until 2 o'clock in the morning trying to do his homework to catch up from all the stuff he's missed over the years. It's spotlighting and shining the true colors on how hard a worker he is. The environment here, he thrives in. Kids love him, teachers love him and I love him, too."
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Twan Flip excels as a 5-foot-5, 130-pound freshman football player at Charlotte Country Day. He is also thriving academically. "Listen, the rigor of this school is incredible and he's embraced it," coach Drew Witman says. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Charlotte Country Day freshman Twan Flip lost his brother to gang violence and gained a new perspective. He promised he wouldn't go down the same path, enrolled at Country Day and has excelled at the academically rigorous school. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Charlotte Country Day freshman Twan Flip has 724 yards total offense this season. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Charlotte Country Day freshman Twan Flip says, "I've heard that a lot, that I'm too small and how can I play running back. I was like, nothing is impossible." Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
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Preheat the oven to gas 6,<|fim_middle|> Drain, then remove the skins from the garlic cloves.
Blitz the cashews in a high-speed blender (or a food processor for a chunkier dressing) with the garlic, onion powder and lemon juice until very finely chopped. Add half the cucumber and blend until smooth, then add the remaining cucumber and blitz until smooth. Stir in the dill, then season to taste. Transfer to a jug or bowl and chill in the fridge until ready to serve.
Gently toss the swede in a large bowl with the cabbage, 1½ tbsp oil and some seasoning. Heat a griddle pan over a high heat. Fry the cabbage and swede in batches until lightly charred and tender. Transfer to a baking tray and roast for 25 mins. Chop the roasted cabbage into chunks, set aside and keep warm.
Meanwhile, toss the broccoli, beans and spring onions in 1 tbsp oil and some seasoning, then griddle in batches until charred and just tender. Set aside.
Brush the tofu with 1 tbsp oil, season and add to the pan, griddling for 2-3 mins each side until lightly charred.
Arrange all the ingredients on a large platter. Drizzle the dressing over the veg to serve.
Easy swap: mix and match your favourite veg to create your own version of this salad. | 180°C, fan 160°C. To make the dressing, boil the cashews for 5 mins, adding the garlic cloves after 2 mins. | 36 |
"Vesterheim One of Fifteen Best
Small-Town Museums in U.S." (2015)
-Fodor's
Locust School ♦ 1640 Big Canoe Road, Decorah, IA 52101 View Map
P: 563.382.4166 | www.winneshiekcounty<|fim_middle|>-4pm starting the first Saturday in June and continuing through Labor Day in September. Also open to groups by appointment. Donations appreciated.
The school is open from 1-4:00 pm during Nordic Fest, Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 29, 2017.
The annual Locust School fall program is Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2:30pm. The pie auction will follow the program at the St. John's Lutheran Church, Locust. | .org/hist-soc.html | Contact: Paul Hexom, Winneshiek County Historical Society
Locust School was in continuous operation for one hundred and six years. Reportedly this is an Iowa record for a school building on its original site. The school was built in 1854, six years after the Winnebago Indians ceased occupation of the neutral ground. The village of Locust had been surveyed and settled two or three years earlier.
To ensure that future generations of students would not forget the days of one-room schools, the Locust School Society was founded in 1965 to preserve this unique school. It's limestone structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the Winneshiek County Historical Society presently owns and operates Locust School.
Open to Visitors on Saturday and Sunday afternoons 1 | 176 |
Among the innumerable paradoxes splayed out across the leaves—excuse me, pages—of Whitman's "Song of Myself," the poet's grand, world-eating generosity, the irrefutable hugeness of his spirit, must remain one of the least resolvable. When poetry anthologies or semi-eulogizing literary historians take up the subject of the "Song," they dutifully report the poet's openhearted offering: "Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, / …You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, / You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself" (28). However, in keeping with his stated pursuit of contradiction and complexity, Whitman does not let all this giving go unanswered. Those moments in which the poem's speaker most empowers the reader, yielding up his own apparently infinite insight to any who might care to take it, also stand as precisely those moments in which the speaker most lavishly inflates himself. Whitman can only give us everything, "the origin of all poems," if he first insists that it is his to give.
The audacity of Whitman's claims can thus be measured in direct proportion to his avowed humility. "I am not an earth nor and adjunct of<|fim_middle|> poet of goodness only… I do not decline to be the poet of wickedness also" (48). In order for us to genuinely absorb input from all modes of living, Whitman implies, we must resist the temptation to interpret the "Song's" long catalogues of people and occupations as an authentic representation of "all sides." Of course, those lists and his comments on, above and around them serve to anchor us within the poem thoroughly enough that we might forget to see outside it. By recognizing the grandness of Whitman's vision, we become responsible for looking ever further beyond it.
By cellatreis | Uncategorized | RSS 2.0 | Comment it , or trackback this post. | an earth," he says, "I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and fathomless as myself; / They do not know how immortal, but I know" (33). Through the advantage of this kind of divine awareness, an ability to "know how immortal," Whitman seems to attain the immortality that, as a human being, he supposes he must always have had. In Orwell's formulation of almost a century later, Whitman thus renders himself, or at least his poetic self-projection, effectively "more equal than others": while no man or woman can be "fathomed," Whitman alone can fully see that immeasurability, and reveal it to his apostrophized "YOU" readership.
Only by recognizing Whitman's presumptuousness in this respect can we hope to truly benefit from his injunction to "listen to all sides and filter them from yourself." In order to more completely immerse the reader in his "Song," Whitman actually complicates the act of reading in a way that forces us to listen to him before we can choose not to. Occasionally he goes so far as to openly state the partial danger within his intentions. "I am not," he says, "the | 256 |
To provide scientific fundaments to the practice of medicine, defined as the capability to identify clinical conditions affecting human beings and to promote preventive or therapeutic to implement individual and community health. Once completed the Course, the Student will have a thorough knowledge<|fim_middle|> (from different examiners).
possibility to decide a vote not higher or lower than three grades from the best or the worst vote derived from the mean of the two individual votes. | and understanding of the etio-pathogenetic factors underlying the basic structural and functional alterations in humans, and the relative response mechanisms, at the different levels of integration (molecule, cells, tissues, organism).
Students should also be able to apply this knowledge, integrated with information from previous Courses, to he understanding of the pathophysiology of common human pathologies.
Sufficient bases of histology, anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, oncology and physiology are required.
- Kumar, Abbas, Fausto, Aster (Eds). Robbins e Cotran – Le Basi Patologiche delle Malattie. 8 Edizione italiana, Elsevier Masson, 2010.
Interactive oral lectures, based on the explanation of the main conceptual frame of each subject, supported by Powerpoint slides available to the students. Examples taken from the medical practice will be provided together with bibliographic references so as to stimulate students' questions. The course will be integrated with optional laboratory practice.
Questions/student: 2 | 208 |
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The Carlson Rezidor hotel group, over the last decade or so, has been steadily building up and expanding its portfolio across the globe with strategic purchases and a prudent selection of locations – think Radisson Blu's planned and continuing expansion in Africa. With nearly 1,500 hotels and 170,000 rooms, its progress has been successful despite being a relative 'David' to the 'Goliaths' of Hilton and the now-merging Marriott-Starwood group.
And one of its brands in particular (since SAS pulled its partnership in 2009) has benefitted considerably. The Radisson Blu collection now boasts nearly 400 hotels open or in development in more than 80 locations around the world. And whenever I've visited a Radisson Blu property, from Dubai Media City to London Stansted, I've always found the brand's offerings to be contemporarily designed and focused – usually with a lean towards the business traveller – and the service to be of a high standard. This recently revamped and refurbished Leeds chapter is no different.
The hotel is contained within the walls of the centrally-located and well-restored former home of the Leeds Permanent Building Society and directly neighbours the commercial complex '<|fim_middle|> from the manager Valerie Donaldson later and I'm walking through the corridor to my room, which gives me a chance to get a glimpse of the 'doughnut' structure of the inner well of the building from where the near-150 rooms in the hotel branch away and explains how the majority of rooms aren't disturbed by activity in the shopping complex next door.
The darker, warmer hues of the corridors – with their grey-brown carpets, olive green wallcoverings and slight vintage feel – contrast with the cooler, industrial palettes of my modern room. I'm staying in a Junior Suite and as soon as I enter I'm struck by the considerable size of the room, especially considering the architect has had to factor in a curve of the exterior wall of the building. And, as mentioned, the room interior stands out immediately as having been designed to reflect an image of the modernity that the brand prides itself on espousing.
There are several little touches of clever design around the room; like the wooden-finished 'pillar', which quadruples up as a TV stand, a home for the mini-bar and tea and coffee facilities as well as a means of discreetly housing the mains sockets needed for the work desk – it's a brilliant use of space and a tidy, well-thought-through solution to the question of where to locate all of these elements. As a rule, I'm a big fan of rooms with curved walls for the obvious aesthetic reasons, and it's no different here with the designers having used the feature to great effect in order to light the room. (See image 2, below).
Further touches such as the ceiling paintwork matching the fabric of the soft furnishing on the bed, the impressive headboard of which all add to the feeling of the room being in the hands of a thoughtful and thematically-minded designer. I am surprised to see the bold use of coal-grey floor tiles throughout the bedroom and living space – mostly because, while these complement the clinical and modern feel, it's a vast space for the housekeeping team to ensure is always clean. I needn't have worried, as both underneath the bed and under the 12'x6' rug were spotless.
The bathroom's use of tiles creates a completely different feel, with tiling making up a dazzling three-quarter-wall of brilliant blue overlaid on a beige-brown, clear wall. (See images below) Likewise, the half-moon glass basin container and simplistically functional finishing of the bathroom fittings (provided by HD Directory members GROHE) work very well.
There are some tell-tale signs that this is a hotel designed with business users in mind; namely the 'economical' wardrobe space available – perfect for short stays but not practical for more than two people staying for several nights – and the good number of mains sockets strategically located around the room for the inevitable number of devices required on a business trip. Given this focus, it came as no surprise to see the level of quality in the design and finish of the hotel's meeting facilities located on the newly refurbished mezzanine level. The space is flexible enough to offer a range of events – especially with the breakout room having the space for a full bar – and a touch I particularly like is the meeting room titles; each named after a Yorkshire-related theme and containing small items in each room to reflect its individual title.
The hotel is unique in the UK, and indeed outside of the US, in as much as it houses the only Fire Lake Grill House & Cocktail Bar – the flagship restaurant of the Minnesota-based hotel brand – beyond American borders. As a dining option for guests for breakfast, lunch or dinner, this 'industrial chic', left-field-decorated eatery is impressive. The conversation-starting focal points of design include the huge, striking wall display of Leeds-born actor Peter O'Toole brought to life by upward-facing lamps as well as a floor-to-ceiling fire pit. Having done prior research into the previous space and its interiors, which were classically-inspired and somewhat dated, this incarnation is a huge improvement. (A FULL REVIEW OF FIRE LAKE CAN BE READ ON OUR SISTER SITE PA LIFE)…
Combine this four-star Leeds hotel with its restaurant and its meeting spaces and you have a convincing case as to why the wider Radisson Blu collection has to be one of the most consistent upper-upscale brands globally. Like the other properties in the chain I've visited and stayed in, this property will do a good trade with weekend-breakers and even more so with businesspeople. But make no mistake, this is a well-designed hotel where comfort hasn't been forgotten in the planning-to-production process – indeed, who says business-like practicality can't have a touch of luxury? Add to this the fact manager Valerie Donaldson has a professional, committed team working with her and you have the foundations for a very successful property for the Radisson Blu brand.
Indeed, I'm reminded of a note I read when I arrived in my room under the heading 'Manager's Guarantee' which said: 'We'll make your stay right or you won't pay'. The manager can sleep easy because, on this evidence, she won't need to be handing out complimentary stays very often at all…
Based on a stay in January 2016
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Happy 40th, Selection Sunday!
It took 10 minutes for me to scrape the icebergs off my car this morning in Kansas City. I arrived from Russell barely in time; it began sleeting at Junction City, and by time I hit Lawrence, the bridge over the Kansas River on the Tunrpike was slushy. A state trooper was on the left shoulder, and two vehicles were involved in an accident on the right.
It got worse after the toll plaza near Bonner Springs. There is a series of curves between the plaza and Kansas Highway 7, and if you take it too fast in bad weather, it will lead to trouble.
Indeed, numerous cars had slid off the Turnpike, and a couple hit the barrier median (the Turnpike has a concrete barrier for its entire length from the Oklahoma state line to KCK; engineers in the mid-1950s saved money by not including the standard 11-meter (~25 foot) grassy median). I was smart enough to slow down.
By time I checked into my hotel at 16:00, the sleet was coming down harder. An hour later, the snow began, and by morning, my white Buick mostly disappeared.
If it would have been -10 C (12 F) when the snow started, it would have been light and fluffy. Instead, with the temperature at -2 to -3 (27-30), it made the snow ice-crusted.
I have always carried a scraper/brush combination when driving in the winter. Today proved why. Combined with starting the engine and cranking up the defoggers to 32 (90), it made the removal easier.
I had an appointment today in KC, one I put off two weeks ago. That's the only reason I was here. Believe me, if I didn't have to be here, I would be in my basement in Russell.
Forty years ago this evening, CBS made sports history with a half-hour special announcing the pairings for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, colloquially known as March Madness.
CBS acquired the rights to the NCAA tournament in the summer of 1981 following a 13-season run on NBC.
NCAA head Walter Byers and his closest lieutenants may have had reservations about moving to Black Rock, since the network also had the NBA, but soon Byers and everyone else at NCAA headquarters in Overland Park would be over the moon.
CBS promised the NCAA much more coverage of the early rounds. NBC provided spotty coverage of the rounds prior to the Elite Eight (reginonal finals), and it wasn't until the late 1970s it showed those four games live to all of the nation. At first, all four regional finals were played on the same day at the same time; then it was two Saturday and two Sunday, regionally televised.
CBS televised its first college basketball game the Saturday after Thanksgiving 1981, then made its big splash the evening of Sunday, 7 March 1982.
At 6:00 ET/5:00 CT, Brent Musburger sat at his familiar desk at CBS Sports Control in New York with Billy Packer, NBC's top analyst from 1975-81, discussing what would happen in a few minutes when they linked up with Gary Bender at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Kansas City (yes, THAT Hyatt Regency, the one where 114 were killed eight months earlier when a walkway collapsed on participants in a dance contest).
Joining Bender, who called the 1981 NBA championship series (Celtics-Rockets) for CBS and was tapped as the top play-by-play man for the NCAA was Big East Commissioner Dave Gavitt, chairman of the NCAA Division I men's basketball committee.
Bender and Gavitt gave a thorough explanation of the principles of constructing the bracket. Gavitt explained the committee always did its best to keep teams in their "natural" geographic regions, but inevitably some teams had to be shifted, such as Georgetown, led by freshman Patrick Ewing, to the West as the No. 1 seed.
The first pairing announced by Bender was Ohio State vs. James Madison at Charlotte in the East regional, with the winner to face top seed and top-ranked North Carolina. (for the record, the Dukes defeated the Buckeyes
FYI, the bracket was 48 teams in 1982. The top four seeds in each regional had byes to the second round. In 1985, byes were eliminated with the expansion to 64.
Another innovation by CBS was live satellite hookups at various schools to gauge their reaction to the brackets.
Pat O'Brien was stationed with Fresno State, where he was joined by the team and hundreds of fans outside Selland Arena. Jim Kelly was in Lexington, where he interviewed Kentucky athletic director and former Wildcat superstar Cliff Hagan. Verne Lundquist, who announced a UNLV-South Carolina game earlier that day in Columbia, got raw emotion from Running Rebels coach Jerry Tarkanian after his team was snubbed.
In later years, the chairman of the selection committee answered questions from CBS anchors and analysts, as well as coaches. There have been more than a few heated exchanges.
ESPN began the women's selection show in the mid-1990s, and it has gained popularity as the women's game has grown. It will likely draw the highest ratings this year in Louisiana, thanks to Kim Mulkey.
The selection show whetted the appetite of college basketball fans for what CBS would do when the games started four days later.
Black Rock came through big time.
Beginning in 1982, CBS televised a first-round game at 11:30 ET/10:30 CT/8:30 PT on Thursday AND Friday, plus three second-round games each day. CBS showed four live games (two Thursday and two Friday) in the Sweet Sixteen, then made sure every regional final had an uninterrupted three-hour window.
ESPN continued to show first round games through 1990. CBS took over the entire tournament beginning in 1991, and in 2011, coverage expanded to TBS, TNT and TruTV to ensure every game from the First Four to the championship was televised from start to finish in every household in the United States (and many in Canada) who wanted to watch.
YouTube has video of the 1982 selection show. That's all you need to put in the search box.
One tradition which did not come for a few years was "One Shining Moment". In 1982, following North Carolina's 63-62 nail-biter over Georgetown in the Superdome to give Dean Smith his first national championship, CBS showed a montage of highlights, set to Sister Sledge's "Ain't No Stopping Us (Jackie's Theme)". Nowhere near as popular as "We Are Family" or "He's the Greatest Dancer" for Sister Sledge, but I'm betting that song gets some play in Raleigh-Durham this time of year to the chagrin of Duke fans (hopefully not too much; besides, the Blue Devils have won five titles since OSM began in 1987).
In 1983, Christopher Cross' "All Right" was selected for the highlights after North Carolina State's stunning win over Hakeem Olajuwon's Houston Cougars (aka Phi Slamma Jamma). I hope Pam Valvano, her children and grandchildren listen to that song and remember Jimmy V. running up and down the court at Albuquerque looking for someone to hug. It was sad Jimmy V. couldn't be at Cameron Indoor last Saturday for Coach K's last home game.
Jennifer Hudson, YOU SUCK. Just look up "One Shining Moment 2010" and you will see why.
Coincidentally, CBS' coverage of the NBA dramatically improved during the 1981-82 season.
The previous season, four of the six games in the championship series were tape-delayed and not televised until 11:35 ET/10:35 CT. Only if you lived in Boston or Houston could you see the games live; even the West Coast markets, where the games in Boston started before prime time, did not show them live.
In 1982, CBS showed all six games of the Lakers-76ers series live. Some earlier round games were still tape-delayed, but there were more live playoff games. Plus, Dick Stockton took over from Bender as play-by-play man, and he showed his mettle as one of the best, and my personal favorite.
I'm not a big college basketball fans, but those who are deserve the best coverage. CBS and its partners have given it to them for 39 seasons.
Posted in College Basketball, History, NBA, Television
Tags: Billy Packer, Brent Musburger, CBS Sports, Gary Bender, NCAA men's basketball tournament
Holiday no reason to celebrate for NC State
I'm in the Omaha Marriott composing this War and Peace post. I must be bored. It feels like winter in Nebraska outside. Praise Jesus.
Last night's scheduled Holiday Bowl between North Carolina State and UCLA was postponed less than five hours before the scheduled kickoff of 1800 PST. The Bruins felt they could not compete due to a large number of COVID-19 cases within the program. The Wolfpack and coach Dave Doeren were not pleased; they felt UCLA coach Chip Kelly manipulated the situation by waiting until the last minute to say they had COVID problems. NC State tried find an opponent, but just before noon CST, the game was officially cancelled. Last year's Holiday Bowl, which has been a staple of the bowl season since 1978, was cancelled by COVID.
I'm calling this John Wooden's payback, with the I.O.U. dated 23 March 1974.
It was that Saturday evening when NC State did the unthinkable, defeating UCLA in the Final Four at Greensboro. The Wolfpack's 80-77 double overtime win ended the Bruins' dream of an eighth consecutive national championship, as well as Bill Walton's quest to match Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) by winning three titles under Wooden's tutelage.
It ended UCLA's phenomenal 38-game NCAA tournament winning streak. Prior to that, the Bruins had not lost when it counted most since falling in the 1963 regional semifinals (Sweet 16) to Arizona State, which at the time was in the Western Athletic Conference (the Sun Devils joined the Pacifc-8 with Arizona to make it the Pac-10 in 1978).
Too many people under age 40 think NC State basketball's only shining moment was when Jim Valvano led the Wolfpack to their stunning 1983 championship over Houston.
Not so.
A man named Norm Sloan built a team which churned out one of the most impressive two-year runs in college basketball annals.
The iconic Wizard of Westwood, who passed away in 2010 at 99, led UCLA to seven consecutive NCAA men's basketball championships from 1967 through 1973, and had the Bruins poised to make it eight at the 1974 Final Four, despite THREE (3!) regular season losses: one to Notre Dame which ended UCLA's record 88-game winning streak, then a pair of inexplicable stinkers in Corvallis (Oregon State, coached by Kansas native Ralph Miller) and Eugene (Oregon, where Bill Bowerman was still coaching the Ducks' track and field team while helping Phil Knight with some two-year old startup company called Nike).
To make it eight in a row, which would have matched the Boston Celtics from 1959-66 for the most consecutive championships in a team sport at the collegiate or professional level, and 10th for Wooden since 1964, the Bruins would have to fly across the fruited plane to Greensboro.
As in Greensboro, North Carolina.
There, a hometown favorite and Atlantic Coast Conference power was lying in wait, along with Kansas and Marquette. The Jayhawks of Ted Owens and Warriors (don't give me the p.c. crap; Marquette was the Warriors until the 1990s) of Al McGuire faced off in the "undercard" to the main event.
It was not North Carolina. Topeka native and former Kansas Jayhawk Dean Smith was already a Tar Heel legend, but that elusive championship was still a few years off. Meanwhile, 11-year old Michael Jeffrey Jordan of Wilmington had yet to hit puberty.
It was not Duke. Yes, UCLA defeated the Blue Devils in the 1964 championship game to give Wooden his first title, but the Blue Devils were relegated to the middle of the pack of the ACC, save for a 1978 championship game loss to Kentucky, for most of the years between then and the 1980 hiring of you know who.
Virginia? Ralph Sampson was in seventh grade.
Wake Forest? Tim Duncan wasn't born.
Georgia Tech? In exile after leaving the SEC in 1965, with rescue by the ACC still five years away.
Clemson? Basketball was filler between football and spring football
South Carolina? Left the ACC three years prior. Its lifeline from the SEC was still 17 years away.
Florida State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Miami, Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt and Louisville? In 1974, suggesting any of these schools would someday be in the ACC was a one-way ticket to the looney bin.
The ACC is unusual in that the only champion is the team which wins the conference tournament. There is no official "regular season champion" in ACC men's basketball. Every school which finishes first or tied for first after the regular season hangs a banner in their arena, but don't expect the conference office in Greensboro to provide a trophy for it.
It's win the tournament or no ACC trophy.
Since 1980, the first year the NCAA allowed an unlimited number of qualifiers per conference to the men's tournament, the ACC tournament final has almost always matched two teams which would be going to the Big Dance, win or lose. Those epic Duke-North Carolina finals were fun to watch, but in the grand scheme, would mean zilch once CBS' Selection Sunday show began at 1800 EST.
In 1974, this wasn't the case.
Each conference was allowed ONE team into the tournament. One. Uno. Solitary.
When Wooden had his dynasty humming in Westwood, the other seven members of the Pacific-8 knew their odds of making the NCAA tournament were about as good as those given Leicester City before it won the Premier League championship in 2015-16.
In the SEC, Kentucky was, and still is, the undisputed king. Alabama, Tennessee and Vanderbilt had some very good teams in that era, but all knew the Wildcats would be representing the conference barring a major slip. Pete Maravich scored 3,667 points in three seasons at LSU to set the NCAA record–which still stands–but the Bayou Bengals never sniffed the Big Dance because they needed binoculars to find the Wildcats in the standings.
The Big Eight boiled down to Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri, with the Jayhawks prevailing more often than not, as they did in 1974.
The Big Ten centered on the Hoosier State, with Indiana and Purdue taking their turns at the top. Fred Taylor still had Ohio State rolling, and Michigan played for the 1965 championship.
The NCAA kept several spots reserved for worthy independents, mostly in the northeast. Providence and Pitt took this road into the 1974 tournament (see below), as did Notre Dame, which lost to Marquette (also independent) in the Mideast regional semifinals.
In the Pac-8, SEC, Big Eight, Big Ten and most every other conference, the regular season champion went to the NCAA tournament. The second place team could hope for an NIT berth. Everyone else? Better luck next season.
The ACC dared to be different.
In 1961, the conference declared the tournament champion would be recognized as the sole champion of the conference and its representative to the NCAA tournament.
In 1974, it meant March 9 was Armageddon.
No. 2 North Carolina State vs. No. 3 Maryland in the tournament final at Greensboro.
The winner would be dancing.
The loser would be weeping.
In 1973, the Wolfpack of coach Norm Sloan went 27-0 and deposed the Tar Heels atop the ACC, but the NCAA slapped NC State with probation and a tournament ban for recruiting violations.
(The NCAA had a much more serious infractions case on its hands at the time in my native state, one which landed Southwestern Louisiana, now Louisiana-Lafayette, a two-year death penalty and nearly got the school booted from the NCAA, period.)
The silver lining for Sloan? All of his studs would be back the next season.
Those studs included 7-foot-4 Tommy Burleson, who played on the 1972 Olympic team which was royally screwed in the gold medal game by the Soviets and corrupt officiating; Monte Towe, one of the slickest playmakers to grace an ACC court despite standing all of 5-foot-7; Tim Stoddard, who enjoyed a solid career as an MLB reliever, notably with the 1984 Cubs division championship club; and David Thompson, who was Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan and would have to be on any all-time ACC team, even in 2022.
Maryland—which now likes to forget it spent 61 years in the ACC–took NC State's place in the 1973 NCAA tournament. The Terrapins were led by the flamboyant and personable Charles "Lefty" Driesell, who built a strong program at James Madison before landing at College Park in 1969.
Driesell's 1973-74 team featured John Lucas, Len Elmore and Tom McMillen. All would play in the NBA, and McMillen and Elmore went on to great success outside of basketball, McMillen as a U.S. Representative from Maryland and Elmore as an attorney. Elmore was also a respected television analyst for many years.
The Wolfpack had an early opportunity to prove themselves in December 1973 against UCLA in a showcase game at The Arena in St. Louis, home to the Blues and the same place where Bill Walton scored 44 points by going 21 of 22 from the field in the Bruins' 87-66 victory over Memphis State (the "State" was dropped in 1994) in the 1973 championship game, the first to be televised in prime time.
Walton's last appearance in St. Louis–the Gateway City hasn't had an NBA team since the Hawks left for St. Louis in 1968, and it's highly unlikely the NBA will return to Missouri anytime soon–was just as fruitful, with the Bruins winning 84-66.
It was UCLA's second victory over an ACC power in less than two weeks. The Bruins scraped past the Terps 65-64 at Pauley Pavilion two weeks before taking out the Wolfpack.
NC State responded by reeling off 22 consecutive victories to end the regular season 24-1 overall, 12-0 in the ACC for the second straight year.
The Wolfpack edged the Terrapins 80-74 at Raleigh on Super Bowl Sunday (a better show than the Dolphins' rout of the Vikings in Houston), then completed the season sweep 86-80 at venerable Cole Field House 17 days later.
Maryland also lost to North Carolina in Chapel Hill and ended the regular season 21-4 overall, 9-3 in the ACC.
With only seven teams in the ACC from 1972-79, the team with the best regular season record earned a bye to the tournament semifinals, a huge advantage in the era of one bid per league.
NC State didn't waste its advantage, crushing the Cavaliers from Charlottesville 87-66. Maryland was no less impressive in Greensboro, blistering the Blue Devils 85-66 and the Tar Heels 105-85.
No. 2 NC State vs. No. 3 Maryland. Winner to the NCAA tournament. Loser doesn't.
Forty minutes wasn't enough to decide the issue. Forty-five were enough–barely.
Wolfpack 103, Terrapins 100.
It has been called by many who witnessed it, either in Greensboro or on television, as the greatest college basketball game they witnessed.
I wasn't born for another 33 months. I've seen bits and pieces on ESPN Classic and YouTube.
I won't name a greatest game, but in terms of what was at stake, it has to be among the top non-championship games in the history of the sport.
This was the game which prompted the NCAA to begin allowing more than one team per conference into the tournament, although it was capped at two from 1975-79.
Playing in their cozy home, Reynolds Coliseum, NC State steamrolled Providence and Pitt in the East regional to punch a return to Greensboro for the Final Four.
UCLA needed triple overtime to take out Dayton, led by one of the most underrated coaches in the history of the sport, Don Donoher. The Bruins then scorched San Francisco, which had just as much a death grip on the West Coast Conference from Bill Russell's time until the early 1980s (the Dons in the 1980s is a story for another post) as Gonzaga has today.
Kansas, which lost to UCLA in the 1971 Final Four at the Astrodome, came up short again. The Warriors cruised 64-51, and the Jayhawks would not be heard from again on the national stage until 1986.
UCLA held an 11-point lead in the second half. The Bruins blew it.
The Bruins then led by seven in the second overtime. They blew that, too.
And this was long before the shot clock and 3-point shot in college basketball.
Combine this with Valvano's magic act nine years later, and NC State has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it knows how to pull a surprise on the biggest stage.
Just how big was UCLA-NC State? So big the Los Angeles Times' front page the next morning featured a photo of Bill Walton losing his balance while battling David Thompson for a rebound.
Jim Murray, the famed Times sports columnist, compared the UCLA loss to the end of the British Empire, the Titanic sinking, Napoleon's surrender at Waterloo and Caesar's stabbing by Brutus in the Roman Curia.
NC State's conquest of UCLA featured a scenario which would be repeated six years later in Lake Placid following the Miracle on Ice.
The Wolfpack had Marquette.
The U.S. hockey team had Finland.
Herb Brooks' skaters almost blew it, trailing 2-1 after two periods before three third-period goals rescued gold.
Sloan's cagers were never threatened. Al McGuire didn't stick around until the end. He was ejected in the second half.
Final: NC State 76, Marquette 64.
UCLA and Marquette both earned redemption.
Even without Walton, the Bruins returned to the Final Four in 1975, defeating Louisville in the semifinals before ousting Kentucky 92-85 in Wooden's grand finale. Joe B. Hall and the Wildcats had to wait three years for their first title since 1958.
Wooden's 10 championships in 12 years have rightfully earned him a permanent place on the Mount Rushmore of college basketball coaches. Adolph Rupp would be on my mountain, and so would
McGuire also went out on top. His Warriors returned to the Final Four in 1977, and Marquette toppled Dean Smith's Tar Heels 67-59. Smith's first title, and UNC's first since 1957, was still five years away, as was that Michael Jordan fellow.
Sloan stayed at NC State until 1980, when he surprisingly returned to Florida, his alma mater, in an attempt to save the Gators from basketball irrelevance, as well as sell season tickets to the Gators' new arena, now known as the O'Connell Center, which would open in the fall of 1981.
The Gators didn't reach the Final Four until 1994, five years after Sloan's departure, but all of his successors–Lon Krueger, Billy Donovan and Mike White–are quick to point out the groundwork Sloan laid in the 1980s for the Gators' rise to powerhouse status.
The move to Gainesville opened the door for NC State–reeling from the shocking death of former football coach Bo Rein in a January 1980 plane crash–to hire a young, energetic coach from Iona in New Rochelle, New York.
I won't expound on Jim Valvano's story any longer, at least this time.
Meanwhile, just down the road in Durham, Duke president Terry Sanford, a former Governor of North Carolina and future United States Senator, rolled the dice on the 33-year old coach at West Point after Bill Foster left for South Carolina.
Needless to say, Sanford hit seven on the come out roll.
Valvano and Coach K are forever linked because of the timing of their hires, and sports is better for it.
Maryland beat the dog out of Virginia Tech in today's Pinstripe Bowl. Yippee.
How the F**K Is Maryland in the Big Ten? Or Rutgers? I'd still like to know what was going through Jim Delaney's brain. Somewhere, Bill Reed and Wayne Duke, Delaney's predecessors as Big Ten Commissioner, must be spinning in their graves.
Thank you for reading if you've gotten this far.
Posted in College Basketball, College Football
Tags: 1974 NCAA men's basketball tournament, Atlantic Coast Conference, John Wooden, NC State Wolfpack, Norm Sloan, UCLA Bruins
Houston, you have yet another problem
Houston called itself "Clutch City" after the Rockets won back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 (vs. the Knicks, led by Patrick Ewing) and 1995 (vs. the Magic, sweeping an Orlando team led by Shaq).
After the last three months, a more appropriate moniker for Houston is "Choke City".
It began with the Astros. After winning a franchise record 107 games in the regular season, Houston nearly choked in the American League Division Series vs. the Rays, needing a victory in the winner-take-all Game 5 to advance to the American League Championship Series.
The Astros ousted the Yankees in six to move into the World Series for the second time in three years, where Houston would face the Washington Nationals, who were making their first World Series appearance.
Many experts expected the Astros to win the first two games at Minute Maid Park, then go to the nation's capital and win two of three there.
Instead, Houston lost the first two games at home. The Astros rallied to win the next three in the District of Columbia to gain the series lead, only to choke it away by losing the sixth and seventh games in Texas. It became the first best-of-seven series in any of the three major sports (MLB, NBA, NHL) which use that format where the road team won every game.
Today, the Texans joined the Astros in Houston sports infamy.
Bill O'Brien's team built a 24-0 lead early in the second quarter of an AFC divisional playoff in Kansas City.
By halftime, the Chiefs led 28-24, as Patrick Mahomes joined Doug Williams as the only quarterbacks to throw four touchdown passes in one quarter of a playoff game. Williams did it in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII, when the Redskins turned a 10-0 deficit vs. the Broncos into a 35-10 halftime bulge. Washington won 42-10, and Williams was the game's Most Valuable Player.
Kansas City won 51-31 and earned the right to host Tennessee in next Sunday's AFC championship game.
Green Bay held on to defeat Seattle 28-23 in the NFC, sending the Packers to Santa Clara to face the 49ers for the other spot in Super Bowl LIV in Miami (Gardens) Feb. 2.
A team from Houston has not played in the AFC championship game since 1979, when the Oilers lost to the Steelers for the second consecutive year. Bum Phillips' team was hurt by the officials making a bad call on a pass to Mike Renfro which was ruled incomplete but was in fact a touchdown, but it probably wouldn't have mattered.
Even worse, Houston fans have to watch their former team play in its third AFC championship since relocating to the Volunteer State. The Titans defeated the Jaguars in 1999 before losing to the Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, but lost to the Raiders in 2002.
Barely an hour after the game ended at ARrowhead, a Houston Chronicle columnist wrote it was time for Texans coach Bill O'Brien to leave, reminding readers of past Houston sports failures. One of them was the famous 1983 NCAA men's basketball title game, when Jim Valvano's underdog North Carolina State Wolfpack shocked the mighty Houston Cougars, nicknamed "Phi Slamma Jamma" , when Lorenzo Charles caught Dereck Whittenburg's airball and slammed it through the net with no time remaining. That Houston team featured two of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, Clyde Drexler and (H)Akeem Olajuwon.
It wasn't the first time a team from Kansas City stuck it to a team from Houston.
In 1993, the Oilers hosted the Chiefs in an AFC divisional game. Houston entered on an 11-game winning streak, but Kansas City, led by Joe Montana, prevailed 28-20. Following that loss, the Oilers' fan support plummeted to subterranean depths, and after the 1996 season, they were on their way to Tennessee.
In 2015, the Astros were up 2-1 on the Royals in an American League Division Series and led Game 4 through seven innings. Kansas City rallied to win that game, won Game 5 in Kansas City, and eventually won the World Series. Houston's 2017 World Series championship took the sting out of the 2015 setback, but the one in 2019 will be hard to forget, no matter if the Astros win another championship or not.
Despite superstars like Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Chris Paul and James Harden playing for the Rockets in recent years, Houston has not played for an NBA championship since 1995. The window is wide open with the Warriors in free fall, but the Rockets will be severely tested by the two Los Angeles teams in the West, and hopefully Milwaukee if they make it to the Finals.
Approximately 26 hours from now, LSU will either have completed its greatest football season ever, or one of its most disappointing. Hopefully it's the former. However, I would feel much better about this if the opponent were wearing scarlet and gray instead of orange. Something tells me Dabo is the younger, hipper version of LSU's former coach–the one in Tuscaloosa, not the one in Lawrence–and has a dynasty going in the the South Carolina uplands.
Posted in College Basketball, Major League Baseball, National Football League, NBA
Tags: 2019 NFL playoffs, 2019 World Series, Houston Astros, Houston Coguars, Houston Rockets, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Nationals
Rumblings from Red Stick (too bad I'm not there)
So much for posting every day this year. I missed yesterday. I'm a bad boy. However, given my lack of posts over the last two and a half months of 2019, 9 out of 10 ain't bad, to paraphrase Mr. Meat Loaf.
If Matt Rhule has his way, Joe Brady will be a one-year wonder with LSU. The new Panthers coach has targeted Brady, the wunderkind who turned Joe Burrow from a former Ohio State backup into this year's Heisman Trophy winner, to be his offensive coordinator. Ed Orgeron and LSU athletic director Scott Woodward are going to give Brady a significant pay raise if he remains in Baton Rouge, but LSU can't match the resources of an NFL team, especially considering Rhule will make more than $8 million per season.
LSU plays Clemson for the national championship Monday in New Orleans, and the casinos are worried Burrow, Brady, Orgeron and the team in purple and gold take the golden trophy west on Interstate 10.
Sports books across the nation are reporting heavy action on LSU, by far the most one-sided action for a championship game since the first College Football Playoff in January 2015. For every nine dollars bet on money lines, eight is on LSU, while the spread action is 4-to-1 in favor of the Bayou Bengals.
It's hard to believe Alabama did not receive anywhere near the action in its three national championship games vs. Clemson, two of which the Crimson Tide lost. However, the public is betting LSU is more battle-tested by playing in the SEC than Clemson is in the ACC, although the South Carolina Tigers had a much tougher semifinal vs. Ohio State than the Bayou Bengals did vs. Oklahoma.
If LSU wins, the casinos will take a bath. If Clemson wins, the bettors will take the bath.
This is a disturbing trend for the Bayou Bengals.
Sports books are reporting they have not seen this much one-sided action on a championship football game since Super Bowl XLVIII, when most of the betting public put their money on the Broncos, believing Peyton Manning would cap a record setting season by winning his second championship.
Instead, the Seahawks demolished Denver 43-8, and the books made almost $20 million, a Super Bowl record.
Yesterday's Baton Rouge Advocate had a wide-ranging interview with former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva, who was forced out of the job last year after 11 years in Baton Rouge. Two things Alleva said were of particular note.
First, Alleva did not want to hire Jimbo Fisher, then at Florida State, to be LSU's football coach. Alleva, who had ties to the ACC during his days as Duke's athletic director, did not want to give in to Fisher's exorbitant demands, demands which were similar to those Nick Saban made at LSU and Alabama before taking each of those jobs. The most exorbitant of which was a fully guaranteed contract, which would have to run at least eight years and pay Fisher at least $7 million per season.
Late in the 2015 season, it was rumored LSU would fire Les Miles, who led the Bayou Bengals to the 2007 national championship but whose teams had slipped following the 2011 BCS championship game loss to Saban's Crimson Tide. Most thought Fisher would be the successor, but Alleva now says it wasn't so.
Alleva didn't want to fire Miles in 2015, and when LSU defeated Texas A&M 19-7 in the regular season finale, Alleva went to the locker room after the game and told the media Miles would be back in 2016.
Four games into 2016, Alleva fired Miles following losses to Wisconsin and Auburn. Orgeron was named interim coach, then got the full-time position two months later, angering many LSU fans at that time. Of course, it has all worked out.
Ironically, Woodward hired Fisher at A&M, giving in to Jimbo's demands with a 10-year, $75 million contract which is fully guaranteed. Not even Saban had that at LSU, nor does he have that at Alabama. Like Saban, Fisher does not owe a buyout if he leaves College Station.
The second nugget from Alleva's interview which struck me was regret over hiring men's basketball coach Will Wade.
Wade came to LSU from VCU after Johnny Jones was fired following a disastrous 2016-17 season. Wade was suspended in March 2019 when the NCAA announced LSU was under investigation for numerous violations, and did not coach the team in its last regular season game or in the SEC and NCAA tournaments, where LSU lost in the Sweet 16 to Michigan State. Wade was reinstated following the season, but the NCAA is still investigating.
Alleva told Advocate sports columnist Scott Rabalais "he got bad information" about Wade. Hmm.
What wasn't discussed was hiring the awful Nikki Caldwell-Fargas to coach LSU's women's basketball team.
LSU went to five consecutive women's Final Fours between 2004-08, but hasn't been close since. LSU has slipped to an SEC afterthought under Caldwell-Fargas, while former league doormats Mississippi State and South Carolina have become powerhouses, with the Gamecocks defeating the Bulldogs in the 2017 national championship game after State ended Connecticut's record 110-game winning streak in the semifinals.
LSU women's basketball has fallen into gross disrepair since the glory days of Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles. It was never going to eclipse football, baseball or men's basketball in importance, but now it is far behind gymnastics, softball, and track and field, and even men's golf has won a national championship recently.
Someone, either the UCLA, where Caldwell-Fargas coached before leaving for LSU, or the late Pat Summitt, who coached Caldwell at Tennessee, sold Alleva a bill of goods. This was a terrible hire, one which Woodward must rectify switfly, or the PMAC will again become a tomb for women's games the way it was in the mid-1990s before Sue Gunter got it back on track.
Alleva blundered big time by not going after Kim Mulkey when there was a vacancy in 2011. Mulkey, who has coached Baylor to three national championships, grew up 45 minutes from LSU's campus in Hammond, then went on to become an All-American at Louisiana Tech and a gold medalist on the 1984 United States Olympic team. Alleva should have taken a blank check to Mulkey and asked her to fill it in. Even if she stayed in Waco, Alleva would have won fans for going for it. Instead, he copped out and hired someone who is getting circles run around her by Dawn Staley and Vic Shaffer.
The only good things I can say about Caldwell-Fargas is (a) she's a woman coaching women's basketball, and (b) she is nowhere near as inept as the men leading Power Five women's basketball teams in my current home state. Kansas State hiring Jeff Mittie and Kansas hiring Brandon Schneider were only eclipsed by the Wildcats hiring Ron Prince and the Jayhawks hiring Turner Gill, Charlie Weis and David Beatty.
It's a good thing I was in Kansas City last weekend. This weekend is promising snow and ice, plus the myriad of travel problems it causes.
Posted in College Basketball, College Football, LSU
Tags: 2020 College Football Playoff championship game, Jimbo Fisher, Joe Alleva, Will Wade
Orange and blue makes me blue
I am not dead. However, I went into yet another Howard Hughes phase during the last three weeks. Inexcusable.
March Madness is over. I was ready for it to be over before the first game was played. It was a miserable time in the Sunflower State, with Kansas State losing its first game to 13-seed UC Irvine and Kansas getting dump trucked by Auburn in the second round.
I couldn't complain about LSU. I had a bad feeling my alma mater would have lost to Lipscomb had it held on to beat Maryland. Then the Bayou Bengals almost blew the game with the Terrapins but survived.
I confess I watched zero seconds of the Sweet 16 game with Michigan State. Had a bad feeling. The final score–Spartans 80, Bayou Bengals 63–validated that feeling. Now LSU is losing Naz Reid, Skylar Mays and Tremont Waters to the NBA. Will Wade may somehow keep his job, but I fear next season might be a long one in Baton Rouge.
I was angry Auburn made the Final Four, because one of their jackass fans who lives in Baton Rouge, Tex Morris, called Sean Payton a "crybaby" on social media following the NFC Championship Game, then told me he'd block me when I disagreed. I was angry Virginia made it, because it is the definition of an elitist school. After all, Thomas Jefferson founded the place.
Since last Saturday's Auburn-Virginia game couldn't end in a double forfeit, I was glad the Cavaliers won. The lesser of two evils in that case. Right now, Auburn is at the top of my hate list in the SEC. I never thought a school would eclipse Alabama and Ole Miss as to how much I hate them, but Auburn has, thanks to Mr. Morris' asinine comments about Mr. Payton. What, Tex, was Sean supposed to be happy and let it go? The Saints got screwed out of a Super Bowl berth. Yeah, let it go. Easy for you to say.
Auburn was not my favorite stop on the SEC circuit. It ranked barely above Oxford and about on the same level as Tuscaloosa and Gainesville. No thanks. Auburn and Kansas State are a lot alike–agriculturally-dominated universities in small towns 50 miles from the state capital with horrendous traffic on football game days and a inferiority complex. The only difference is Auburn is a football school with occasional success in basketball and K-State is a basketball school with occasional success in football, the beatification of St. William of Snyder notwithstanding.
Candace Rachel, the outstanding editor of the Plainville Times, texted me during Monday's game saying the announcers were biased towards Virginia. I agreed.
College basketball announcers love the ACC. Greg Gumbel and everyone who was on the CBS selection show March 17 drooled over the ACC getting three #1 seeds. I'm sure many were crying when North Carolina lost to Auburn in the Sweet 16 and Duke lost to Michigan State after the Spartans ousted LSU.
I did not watch much of the game. And no way in hell I would watch One Shining Moment. It was nice at the beginning, but it's played out now. And don't get me started on Jennifer Hudson's version following the 2010 tournament (the one where Duke barely beat Butler in the final). If I had watched it live, I might have melted down. It sucked. BIG TIME.
CBS had the right idea in 1983 when they used Christopher Cross' All Right for the highlight package following North Carolina State's stunner over Houston. I don't care what happens between now and the end of time, but Jim Valvano's Wolfpack taking down Phi Slamma Jamma in Albuquerque will never, never, NEVER be surpassed. Too bad it was too late for me to watch.
The first final I watched from beginning to end was Louisville over Duke in 1986. That year, LSU made the Final Four as an 11-seed before losing to the Cardinals in Dallas. The Blue Devils eliminated Kansas in the other semi. The last final I watched from start to finish was Kansas' win over Memphis in 2008, although I did see Josh Hart's game-winner for Villanova over UNC in 2016 after missing most of the first 30 minutes.
College basketball is done, at least as far as games go, for seven months. I'm not counting down the days.
Posted in College Basketball
Tags: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament, Auburn Tigers, CBS Sports, Virginia Cavaliers
LSU's eastern rerun
I was in Buffalo Wild Wings when the NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket was announced on CBS. However, I have not filled out a bracket for a contest, nor will I do so.
I admit I made an erroneous post about LSU being placed in the East region.
I said this would be the first time LSU would play in the East region since 1988, when the Bayou Bengals lost 66-63 to Georgetown in Hartford<|fim_middle|>anova, which bounced back just fine, as evidenced by the Wildcats' national championships in 2016 and '18.
The "pod" system, where first and second round sites are not tied to a specific region, sometimes makes it very easy to forget which region a team is assigned to. However, I should have done my homework. Not that it's going to cost me anything, but I have to do better.
That I didn't know LSU was in the East region four years ago shows my interest in March Madness has waned. A lot. I seriously doubt I'll be watching at 1140 Thursday when the Bayou Bengals face Yale.
I listened to the end of the LSU-NC State game in 2015 driving around Overland Park. I watched the LSU-Georgetown game of 1988 in my old house in Arabi with Jason Malasovich, who was over to visit.
The Hoyas' win over LSU was their last of 1987-88. Georgetown was no match for Temple in the second round. The Owls, the top seed in the East in 1988, lost in the East regional final to Duke, a disappointing end, but certainly better than the previous season, when John Chaney's team entered the second round of the NCAAs 32-3, only to be easily defeated by the #10 seed in the Midwest, LSU.
Duke lost to Kansas in the Final Four at Kansas City's Kemper Arena. Two nights later, the Jayhawks avenged three losses to Oklahoma, which ousted Arizona in the other semifinal, by defeating the Sooners 83-79 for their first national championship since 1952.
Two very interesting notes came from the LSU-Georgetown game of 1988 in 1989.
While Mutombo and Smith could not carry Georgetown alone in 1987-88, they got a huge assist the next season with the arrival of Alonzo Mourning from Virginia. The Hoyas won their first nine games of 1988-89 to rise to No. 5 in the AP poll, but lost their first game of 1989 to Seton Hall in the Meadowlands.
As it turned out, that was no sin. The Pirates would be one of the two teams left standing at the very end, losing in overtime to Michigan in one of the best championship games since the NCAA men's tournament began in 1939.
Following the loss to Seton Hall, the Hoyas won their next six and were ranked No. 2 in the AP poll of January 24, 1989.
On January 26, top-ranked Illinois lost at Minnesota. That meant Georgetown would rise to the top of the polls if it won its January 28 game.
The opponent that Saturday was none other than LSU, which was enjoying a much better than expected season, thanks to the prowess of freshman sensation Chris Jackson (now Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf) and the fiery leadership of fifth-year senior Ricky Blanton, who played on LSU's 1986 Final Four team.
Georgetown came to Louisiana as the return game after the Bayou Bengals played the Hoyas in Washington (actually Landover, Maryland, where the Bullets played at the time), but instead of playing in Baton Rouge, the game was moved to New Orleans and the cavernous Louisiana Superdome.
LSU coach Dale Brown and the entire athletic department attempted to set a new attendance record for a college basketball game, and sure enough, over 68.000 packed the "world's largest room" on Poydras Street, more than attended the Saints' season finale one month prior.
Nobody gave LSU a chance, but lo and behold, the Bayou Bengals kept it close. Blanton, who was on the floor in Baton Rouge when Anthony Wilson hit a shot at the buzzer vs. Memphis in the secound round of the 1986 NCAA tournament, played the hero this time, laying it in after Dennis Tracey's airballed 3-point attempt was tipped to him by Wayne Sims.
LSU, which lost 127-100 to Illinois in Baton Rouge three days before Christmas, won 82-80. The Bayou Bengals stumbled at the end, however, losing three of their last four, including the NCAA tournament game vs. UTEP I discussed in an earlier post.
Georgetown sustained road losses to Pitt and Syracuse after the game in New Orleans, but recovered to win the Big East tournament and earn the top seed in the East region. The Hoyas were sent back to Hartford, this time to face another team whose mascot is the Tigers.
Princeton proceeded to win the heart of every basketball fan who did not root for Georgetown. Coincidentally, that game was 30 years ago tonight.
Pete Carrill's Tigers used their anachronistic offense, centered around back-door cuts and sets which bled the shot clock (then 45 seconds, 15 seconds longer than today) nearly dry and frustrated teams which wanted to play a more up-tempo offense.
Georgetown was one of those teams that got frustrated.
The Hoyas needed Mourning to block a last-second shot to escape with a 50-49 victory. Georgetown's luck ran out in the regional final when it lost to Duke, who in turn was routed by Seton Hall in the Final Four at Seattle.
While Princeton lost, the NCAA tournament won. Big time. Watch the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about this game and you'll see how.
This game was not televised on CBS, but rather on ESPN, which had a much lower percentage of households in 1989 than it does today. And it was good fortune Princeton-Georgetown was on ESPN, because many first round games were only televised locally in the markets of the participating teams.
For instance, the LSU-Georgetown game in 1988 was only on in Louisiana and the Capital Beltway, although it may have been picked up by markets in Mississippi, Alabama and east Texas. Two years prior, LSU and Purdue played a thrilling double overtime game in the opening round, but if you weren't in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Indianapolis, South Bend or another town in Louisiana or Indiana, you were out of luck.
When the NCAA negotiated its next TV contract for the men's basketball tournament, CBS ponied up the cash and made sure every game would be on The Tiffany Network, an arrangement which lasted 20 years (1991-2010).
Today, CBS shares the tournament with three cable networks, and every game is shown start to finish. Plus with streaming, any basketball junkie should know the final score of every NCAA tournament game right away.
St. Patrick's Day 2019 is over for the Eastern third of the United States. And it is for me, at least on this blog.
Posted in College Basketball, LSU
Tags: 1988 NCAA men's basketball tournament, Georgetown Hoyas
Rambling on at March's midpoint
Yes, I succumbed to my craving for IHOP's Swedish crepes last night for dinner. I nearly regretted it.
I left Buffalo Wild Wings at 1730 and immediately got my breakfast for dinner. But I admit I got a little greedy…I added an order of the Nutella crepes and hash browns to my Thursday night/Friday morning order.
I ate all the Nutella crepes, the hash browns, and I started on the Swedish. I also finished half a can of Lay's Stax plus a small bag of popcorn.
I watched two movies and three episodes of Law & Order: SVU before going to bed. I was starting to fade during the episode which aired on NBC, so I'll probably watch it again before I leave Kansas City.
At 0400, my gluttony caught up with me. Indigestion. Bad.
I managed to get a little more sleep before I woke up for good at 0610. Some Extra Strength Alka Seltzer helped, and I ate my crepes for breakfast.
God I might wear out the iHOP in Hays when I go back west. Or both in Salina when I'm traveling there.
I was able to order wings from Buffalo Wild Wings today. However, the fish sandwich it is offering during Lent was outstanding. Larry had it when I met him yesterday to play trivia and he liked it, so I said what the heck. Excellent. I'm not a huge fan of beer-battered fish, but B-Dubs doesn't bury the fish in batter like Long John Silver's.
FYI, LJS gave me the terrible heartburn in Hutchinson during Norton's game with Royal Valley last Friday. Never again. However, I don't foresee myself in Hays in a situation where I would need to eat on a Lenten Friday again this year. Either I'll be in Russell or somewhere which has more options.
Why am I eating LJS? Come on, I lived in Louisiana for almost 29 years. It's the same as a chef at Morton's or Ruth's Chris eating truck stop steak.
Huddersfield Town is almost out of the Premier League. Fulham will be joining them. The third relegation spot is up for grabs, with Cardiff City, Burnley, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Brighton and Hove Albion, and West Ham not entirely safe.
Liverpool and Manchester City have separated themselves in the title chase. The next four–Tottenham, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea–are battling for spots in the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues.
Wolverhampton is having a great first season back in the Premier League after being in the Championship for six seasons. Watford is in good form and could finish in the top half. Bournemouth is somehow afloat despite playing in that bandbox stadium. Everton is again a disappointment. No reason it cannot challenge the "Big Six".
As for Leicester, another mid-table finish is coming down the pike in the East Midlands. It's been a very hard year at the KP; Leicester's owner perished in a helicopter crash on the stadium grounds following a match earlier this season, and recently, manager Claude Puel was sacked.
Yes, the expectations for the Foxes have been through the roof since the miracle championship of 2015-16. On the other hand, Leicester doesn't have the resources nor the deep top-flight tradition of the Big Six. Considering the Foxes were all but relegated at Christmas 2014, to not be in the relegation scrap after Christmas the last two seasons is pretty good.
There will be no new faces in the Premier League for 2019-20. The current top two, Derby County and Sheffield United, have been there before, as are closest pursuers Leeds United, West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Aston Villa.
Major League Soccer started its season earlier this month. Sporting Kansas City or any other team could lose every game and end with zero points–that's nearly impossible–but would stay in the top flight. That's why I don't watch MLS, among other reasons.
I wonder if the Vatican knows St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis will play fo rite Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championship tomorrow, with the winner going to the NCAA tournament. Two fine Catholic institutions battling it out, although I am partial to the fellows from Olean, New York. I am still peeved Saint Louis once employed the late Rick Majerus, who, despite being Roman Catholic, opposed the church's teachings on many issues, including abortion. I'll leave it at that. Majerus was a heck of a coach, as evidenced by his success at Ball State and Utah, but his personal life was odd to say the least.
St. Bonaventure made the Final Four in 1970, but lost the best player to ever wear the brown and white of the Bonnies (formerly Brown Indians), Bob Lanier, during the East regional. The Bonnies were mortally wounded when they got to College Park for the Final Four, and were no match for Jacksonville and Artis Gilmore. Gilmore's Dolphins then lost to UCLA, which was in the two-year interregnum between Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. The Bruins still won titles both years, and would extend their streak to seven before losing to David Thompson, 7-4 Tom Burleson and North Carolina State in the 1974 semis.
There is a debate as to the exact location of St. Bonaventure. I've always thought the school was in Olean, but the postal address is St. Bonaventure, New York, and others refer to the borough of Allegeny in Cattaraugus County, New York, southeast of Buffalo. I'll stick to Olean, since it's easier to find on a map than the other locales.
Kentucky blew it. Lost 82-78 to Tennessee, so the Volunteers play Auburn tomorrow in the SEC tournament final. I cannot stand Auburn these days because of a jerk fan from Baton Rouge I knew when I lived there. I am not an Alabama fan in any way, but knowing he's miserable when the Crimson Tide beat Auburn makes me feel a little better.
Speaking of Alabama, LSU is not a rival of the Crimson Tide. NOT. A. RIVAL. LSU's rival is now Texas A&M, and that's that.
I just played Andy Gibb's "Everlasting Love" on the jukebox at Buffalo Wild Wings. God, why did you need drugs to make you happy, Andy? If you were still alive today, you and Barry could be touring and raking in $$$$$$ as the new Bee Gees. Instead, poor Barry is all alone. Andy died 31 years ago this month. Maurice and Robin left the realm of the mortal earlier this millennium.
Okay what have I not discussed? Trump's emergency declaration? Well, that will have to wait–if I comment on it at all.
Posted in College Basketball, Food, Milwaukee Brewers, Music, Premier League
Tags: Andy Gibb, Aston Villa AFC, Buffalo Wild Wings, Fulham FC, Huddersfield Town FC, iHOP, Kentucky Wildcats, Leeds United, Leicester City FC, Norwich City FC, Saint Louis Billikens, Sheffield United, St. Bonaventure Bonnies, West Bromwich Albion
Awesomely crepe-y
Eighteen hours ago, I had never tried the Swedish crepes from iHOP.
Now I'm craving them worse than a pregnant lady craves ice cream and pickles.
While I was on the barstool at Buffalo Wild Wings Shoal Creek last night, I decided to order pickup from iHOP in Liberty so I could have breakfast in the morning. I figured I'd put them in the fridge in the hotel room then warm them for 90 seconds in the morning.
After getting lost on my way to the restaurant, I decided I couldn't wait until morning. I tried one.
Wow. I have a new favorite iHOP dish, and one of my favorite restaurant items anywhere, right along with any steak from Outback, the Jumbo Combo pizza from Minsky's, the Veggie 7 pizza at Old Chicago, the brisket and corn grits at T.J. Ribs in Baton Rouge, the charbroiled oysters at Acme Oyster House in New Orleans and Baton Rouge…you get the idea.
Thank God I got two orders. Breakfast was great. Now I want to go back and get some for late tonight and tomorrow morning.
The best thing about the Swedish crepes is they are meatless, meaning I can eat them on Lenten Fridays. If I happen to go to Columbia next month, I guess I'm going there at some point.
LSU's basketball saga is over, at least as far as playing in the SEC tournament. The Bayou Bengals, the SEC regular season champion, lost 76-73 to Florida when the Gators, coached by New Orleans native Mike White, hit a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left.
LSU is a lock for the NCAA tournament, but with so much controversy surrounding Will Wade and the wiretap which revealed his willing to do anything to sign Javonte Smart, the three-time Louisiana high school player of the year from Scotlandville in north Baton Rouge, what can LSU reasonably expect?
I don't think my alma mater will last past the first weekend. I hope I'm wrong, but I see trouble.
Kansas City is now overrun with Iowa State fans in town for the Big 12 tournament. The Cyclones play Kansas State at 1800, followed by Kansas vs. West Virginia, which finished last during the regular season but is still alive thanks to wins over Oklahoma and regular season co-champion Texas Tech.
Honestly, I only know what's going on because I'm at Buffalo Wild Wings. If I were back in the basement in Russell, I would probably not watch.
I won't watch the selection show Sunday. I can wait until the bracket comes out.
I usually don't watch the NBA, but with the Bucks heading for the top seed in the East, will I have to?
The Chiefs are big news this week with the start of the NFL's business year. Dee Ford, Justin Houston and Eric Berry are gone. Tyrann "Honey Badger" Matthieu is in. Kansas City needs to restructure its defense, but right now, it looks like it will try to win every game 41-38 with Mahomes.
The Saints let Mark Ingram go to the Ravens via free agency. It looks like the Cardinals will draft Kyler Murray first overall after drafting Josh Rosen last year. Great idea, Arizona, to let Murray get beaten up behind an offensive line which is worse than a sieve.
The Cardinals have had a horrendous offensive line since Dan Dierdorf was in his heyday, and that's when your intrepid blogger was in diapers. Arizona is doing this back-assward, but I can't help it.
Swedish crepes at iHOP. Gotta have them again.
Posted in College Basketball, Etiquette, Food, LSU, National Football League
Tags: Arizona Cardinals, iHOP, Kansas City Chiefs
To console or not to console
The last day of Kansas' high school basketball season is upon us. However, it's all sideshows and consolation games until 1600, when the girls championship games start at six (five too many) sites. The boys games will start at 1815.
I have never been a fan of third place games. Never will be a fan. In Louisiana, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association does not require losers in the semifinals to come back. Kansas, along with Missouri and several other states, do.
The NCAA had a third place game in its men's tournament from 1946 through 1981. It's amazing it took 35 years for the NCAA to realize the teams which lost their national semifinals were in no mood to stick around at least 36 more hours to play a meaningless game. The last third place game, Virginia vs. LSU in 1981, was played the same day President Reagan was shot in Washington by John Hinckley Jr. There was serious consideration given to cancelling both the third place and championship (Indiana vs. North Carolina) games, but in the end, the games were played.
If the NCAA had been smart about it, it would have told Virginia and LSU to head for the airport and go home, because the third place game would be cancelled and not played. Then Indiana-North Carolina could be put on hold and postponed to the following day if need be. In the end, it worked out okay, because the president made it through surgery and served two full terms.
To its credit, UCLA won the only third place game it played under John Wooden, defeating Kansas in 1974 after a heartbreaking double overtime loss to North Carolina State, which defeated Marquette for the championship. Two years later, Gene Bartow coached the Bruins to victory in the consolation game against previously undefeated Rutgers. UCLA lost in that year's semis to Indiana, which completed the last undefeated season in NCAA Division I men's basketball by defeating Michigan.
I have never heard of a team forfeiting a third place game in Kansas, but I would applaud any coaches who would. It might force the KSHSAA to reassess the worth of third place games.
Basketball isn't the only sport with a third place game in Kansas. '
Volleyball has them, but they go on at the same time as the championship match, which doesn't add time. I think that's a big mistake; I would like to see the championship matches played on a center court after completion of the semifinals in both classifications at a site.
Softball usually plays simultaneously on different diamonds. The biggest problems are baseball and soccer, where games can and often do go longer than regulation. Baseball is particularly troubling, since most teams have very few pitchers available due to pitch count limits.
If it were up to me, I would award each team which loses in the semifinals a plaque and medals immediately after that game, and that's it. If the final day were only two championship games, the KSHSAA could make more money by charging two admissions and spacing the games out by four hours, playing one game at 1300 and one at 1700, alternating between boys and girls early/late each year.
If I were forced to coach in a third place game, I would play the seniors who are graduating and the players who rarely played varsity. The players on the end of the bench have worked just as hard as the starters all season. They deserve the opportunity to shine, if only for one day.
For the varsity starters who were returning the next season, I would play them, but not as much. I would explain it to them as gently as I could. Hopefully they would understand.
I remember Osborne's girls playing in back-to-back third place games in 2007 and '08. The Bulldogs won in the former year, and looked impressive in doing so. The next year, their hearts didn't seem to be into it as much, and they lost.
I'm interested to see how Norton and Nemaha Central handle this. There is a trophy at stake. I don't want a foul fest, and I don't want a blowout.
LSU's men's basketball program is under serious fire for a wiretapped phone call involving coach Will Wade and the recruitment of Javonte Smart, a Baton Rouge native who is a starting guard on this year's team. Wade is suspended indefinitely, and Smart will not play tonight vs. Vanderbilt. If the Bayou Bengals win, and they should, since the Commodores are 0-17 in the SEC, LSU will win at least a share of the conference championship and be the number one seed for the SEC tournament. Boy what bad timing, but if Wade indeed committed NCAA violations, he has to man up and pay the piper.
College basketball is corrupt. Yet people keep watching. I'm seriously considering taking a pass on this year's NCAA tournament. I know I'm not filling out a bracket, that's for sure.
Posted in College Basketball, KSHSAA, LSU, Norton HS
Tags: Nemaha Central HS, UCLA Bruins
Fourteen and out
Going to bed at a decent hour has led me to wake up at a not so decent hour.
It's 0330, and I've been up for more than an hour. The one good thing it did was allow me to take my contact lenses out and get some drops in my irritated right eye. I fell asleep in my lenses, and now I wish I hadn't.
When I went to bed last evening, I saw Kansas was losing to Oklahoma in men's basketball. The first thing I did was check the score when I woke up.
Oklahoma 81, Kansas 68.
The streak is over.
For the first time since 2003-04, Bill Self's first season in Lawrence, the Jayhawks will not win at least a share of the Big 12 Conference's men's basketball championship. Kansas is 11-6 in conference games, meaning it cannot catch either Kansas State nor Texas Tech, both of which are 13-4.
The regular season ends Saturday. The Wildcats host Oklahoma, and the Red Raiders face Iowa State in Ames. If both win or both lose, they tie for the championship. Of course, if one wins and the other loses, the winner is outright champion.
Kansas holds the national Division I record for most consecutive conference championships. The old record of 13 was set by UCLA from 1967-79 in what is now the Pacific-12. When the Bruins began the streak, it was known was the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), a loose confederation of former members of the Pacific Coast Conference, which had been forced to disband after hundreds of NCAA rules violations by its members. The league officially became the Pac-8 in 1968, then the Pac-10 in the fall of 1978 when Arizona and Arizona State joined from the WAC.
I'm not a Jayhawk fan. Far from it. But finishing first or tied for first in a major conference, one often rated as the best in the country, is quite remarkable, especially when taking a look at another college basketball blue blood.
Kentucky has been a superpower since the game began. Yet the Wildcats have never won 14 consecutive SEC championships, even though there were many years during Adolph Rupp's reign in Lexington (1931-72) no other team in the SEC could compete on a national level. For many years, many SEC schools did not have a full-time basketball coach; either that person coached another sport, or he had to teach classes in addition to coaching. It wasn't until after Kentucky lost in the 1966 NCAA championship game to Texas Western (now Texas-El Paso) in the famous game where Rupp's all-white squad lost to a Miner team which started five black players that the rest of the SEC truly got serious about basketball. Sure, Tennessee and Vanderbilt had a good team every now and then, and Mississippi State will be forever remembered for defying the state's governor to play a desegregated Loyola team in 1963, but basketball in the SEC for too long was the Wildcats and nobody else.
That hasn't been the case with Kansas in the Big 12. Oklahoma State, where Self played from 1981-85, regained its position as an elite program under Eddie Sutton, even though it has now fallen on hard times. Oklahoma has had great players and great teams, even if few noticed due to the Sooners' football dominance. Texas has been a consistent big winner. So has Iowa State. Kansas State isn't where it was under Jack Hartman in the 1970s, but it's come back a long way from the abyss which was Jim Woolridge's coaching tenure. West Viriginia's program has fallen this year, but Bob Huggins has brought the Mountaineers their second golden age, the first being Jerry West's days in Morgantown.
Kansas will go to the NCAA tournament. That's all that matters. It won't add #15 to the billboards across the state proclaiming its conference championship streak, but does it matter that much? Nah.
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Kansas Jayhawks | when the Hoyas' Charles Smith banked in a 35-footer at the buzzer. That Georgetown team featured a freshman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known as Zaire in 1988) who would make his mark on basketball over the next two decades. His name: Dikembe Mutombo.
I did not realize the Bayou Bengals were in the East region in 2015, their last tournament appearance. That year, LSU lost a close game to North Carolina State in Pittsburgh. The Wolfpack followed that by ousting top seed Vill | 120 |
Senior Class President Dan Tierney went big in seeking a prom date, and his efforts were rewarded.
Dan Tierney and Caroline Miller.
LONDONDERRY -- "Love is the ultimate outlaw," author Tom Robbins once wrote. "It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice." Those words were fitting Friday morning, when Londonderry High School senior Dan Tierney literally "signed" on as long-time friend Caroline Miller's prom date.
For anyone driving down Mammoth Road Friday morning, Tierney's words spelled out his most earnest of hopes, for all to see, with the message: "Caroline Miller, Will You Go To Prom With Me? – Dan Tierney," posted in large, block letters across the high school's front sign. The senior class president said knew he wanted to do something special for his prom last year, when he was brainstorming with friends about unique ways to ask a girl. Wanting to make a lasting impression on the girl he's shared a close friendship with for the past several<|fim_middle|> plan, hoping their answer, like Miller's, would be an unhesitating "yes." While administrators were initially hesitant, love ultimately ruled the day, though it would only be for one day. Assistant Principal Art Psaledas noted that Friday's sign would have to be a one-time occurrence, since overwhelming requests from other smitten seniors could potentially pose quite a challenge.
Walking into school in disbelief, Miller saw Tierney, carrying a bouquet of pink roses and waiting to ask the question that begged an answer.
On Friday afternoon, Miller's father, Jim, snapped a few photos of the now-famous sign. The elder Miller said he knew about Tierney's plan one day in advance, as the young man wanted to make sure Miller's parents were kept in the loop.
Londonderry High School will hold its senior prom in early May. | years, Tierney opted to keep his best idea under wraps until the time came to ask her.
Now well into his senior year, Tierney recently approached school administrators with his | 35 |
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Ben Affleck was seen heading to a treatment center in Los Angeles last<|fim_middle|>, five.
Lindsay - who resides in New York - also has a daughter who she shares with ex-husband SNL alum Kevin Miller. | week after claims he was getting support for his sobriety.
The 45-year-old actor was also spotted with what appeared to be a sober companion afterwards.
And on Saturday that same lady was close by the Argo director's side as he strolled with girlfriend Lindsay Shookus - a producer at SNL - in New York City.
All three were seen at a crosswalk with the unidentified female pal in a beige jacket, white blouse and jeans with grey loafers.
The action star has yet to comment on getting more treatment.
Ben was bundled up in a steel blue bomber jacket over a T-shirt that advertised the Bahamian Baker's Bay Golf & Ocean Club.
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He wore a stylish pair of dark jeans with white and grey sneakers, accessorizing the look with a pair of aviator sunglasses.
Lindsay stepped out in light-washed jeans and a blue sleeveless blouse.
Earlier she had been seen toting several canvas bags.
The TV producer teamed her casual ensemble with white laced-up sneakers.
The 37-year-old wore her wavy blonde hair down around her shoulders, while hiding her face behind reflective-lens sunglasses.
Ben and Lindsay had also both been seen arriving at STK in Midtown for the after-party of the Saturday Night Live taping.
Ben was recently seen back in The Big Apple on Friday night, after being spotted at a treatment center in Los Angeles.
The Justice League actor is reportedly still seeking help for his ongoing addiction with alcohol.
It was just seven months ago that the actor announced he had completed a stint in rehab.
Affleck announced in March that he had entered and completed a treatment program.
As for Lindsay, the news of Ben's addiction doesn't seem to faze the New York native.
The two have recently been seen multiple times together, after Affleck finalized his divorce from ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
Jen and Ben share three children, who they amicably co-parent in Los Angeles.
They have daughters Violet, 11, Seraphina, 8, and son Samuel | 563 |
JUST<|fim_middle|> would be complete without something sweet at the end of the meal. | as with the other elements of today's totally customized weddings, reception menus reflect the bride and groom's personal style. From formal seated dinners to relaxed receptions, caterers discuss the menu trends that excite and entice modern brides and grooms.
"We are seeing a trend toward multi-course seated dinners with a succession of small plates and tastes rather than the standard three-course meal," says Wendy Pashman, president of Entertaining Co. in Chicago. "More than ever before, we are offering 'small preludes' as guests sit down to the table prior to the first course." These could include serving a mixture of chips such as plantain, red beet, yellow beet and sweet potato with pineapple chutney, or a "baba meze" tray featuring Middle Eastern dips and breads — "just something to share and munch on during toasts," she notes.
It's not just cuisine that reflects the couple's tastes, but service styles as well.
"The service style requested for any particular wedding is definitely dictated by the bride's age, marital situation and budget," Pashman says. "For a first-time bride, a seated dinner is most popular." Meanwhile, "Second-time and older brides tend to prefer more eclectic party-like atmospheres that lend themselves to stations or cocktail reception-style weddings. These brides are generally more interested in an event with a great deal of flow and mingling and with a greater diversity of food selections to tempt their guests." She notes that approximately 35 percent of the weddings her company produces are seated, plated-style dinners; contrary to common opinion, because portion sizes can be controlled, "seated dinners are more economical for us to produce," she says.
Of course, no wedding feast | 350 |
Chris is the risotto maker in the family. I think it's because he's so patient, something for which I, and I'm sure his students, are grateful. All that stirring makes me want to turn the heat on high, and that's not what risotto is about, so I let him handle<|fim_middle|>! | it. Luckily, he's happy to do so. He has wowed plenty of people with his various risotto concoctions, and last night, he did it again with what we're calling "Springtime Risotto." Having bought a pound of fresh spring peas at Apple Tree (a produce-centric market in Hartford), as well as some carrots and green onions, we decided that fresh spring vegetables would be the focus of the dish. That, and plenty of freshly grated parmegiano-reggiano, of course.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter and saute the chopped onions until they become translucent. Add the rice and continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly, so that the rice is coated with the butter, mixed well with the onions, and starts to turn translucent as well (about four minutes). Add the broth 1/3 cup at a time, stirring constantly and adding broth as the liquid in the rice evaporates. After the first cup of broth is gone, add the vegetables. Continue to add the remainder of the broth, 1/3 cup at a time, stirring constantly until all the broth is gone and the rice is cooked through. Turn of the heat, then stir in salt and pepper, and the parsley and cheese. Serve hot and enjoy. Would be nice with a glass of chilled pinot grigio!
Great side dish for a light meal. Pinot would be perfect | 287 |
Sleepless nights, frequent feedings, many changes, and mountains of laundry are obvious results of having a baby. Undoubtedly there are a lot of things to fill your time, and I have heard my share of horror stories. To my amazement and surprise, my son has been wonderful. I am one of the blessed mommies whose child is a decent sleeper, good eater, and fairly contented the majority of the time. Don't hate the playa', hate the game.
This has presented a new problem. One that I didn't account for in all my planning and preparing for motherhood. That is - it can be boring. Don't get me wrong... I still lose hours staring at his beautiful face and loving every cuddle. The thing is, humans are social animals and infants aren't exactly the best conversationalists. So what can you do in order to maximize this crazy time that is maternity leave? Lots!
Early on, the easiest thing for me to do was simply to get a little fresh air. You have been told by everyone, I'm sure, the benefits of walking. There are just so many; vitamin D from the sun, social interaction for yourself and the baby, not to mention the chance to burn a few unwanted calories. As awkward as it may seem at<|fim_middle|> a destination that you can frequent weekly or even daily. Is there a nice park in your community to which you walk? Is your local library nearby? Coffee fans might have a cafe at a good distance. It can be harder to judge and stick to a routine of exercise with out an end point in mind. In my experience having a destination in mind makes the journey something to look forward to. Not only that, you'll start to develop "the regular" factor. When you see someone and are seen often enough, it becomes more comfortable to talk to that person. You automatically have something in common. Make the trip about the interaction, not just leaving the house. It's very easy to end up spending more money than acquiring friends.
The highlight of my week is a play time I discovered with a local community group. As the baby and I are not morning people, it took a while to find one that worked well for us, but once I did, the impact was immense and immediate. 2 hours a week I meet up with local moms with children my son's age. Because the class is tailored to children from birth to six months, the mothers and I have what I call a "me too" relationship. They are in the same stage of motherhood I am, which makes their advice more fresh. They appreciate the types of concerns I have because they do as well or have had the same ones recently. We can also discuss non-baby things, which can be nice too! It can be difficult to talk without your mommy glasses on, but give it a shot. Whether its reading, knitting or mixed martial arts you're in to, you might just find someone equally passionate!
For many reasons, you might not be ready or able to leave the house. If you are ill, in the country without access to city resources, or just because it is pouring down rain! What then? It can certainly be tricky. I like to play by an "hourly" rule. If you change tasks, even slightly, every hour, you are less likely to get that dreaded cabin fever feeling. Try an hour of reading and toys on the floor. How about an educational documentary? Maybe you're the crafty type or good at baking? Learn a new skill or finally get around to organizing that junk drawer! Of course, all of these tasks will be interrupted with a big spit up or untimely diaper, so don't plan for a straight hour of anything. Moms have to be flexible like that. | first, make the effort to say hi to passers by. I had the most wonderful walk and conversation about books with a lovely woman I had never met that started in just this way.
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PEI takes a public health approach to preventing child abuse, neglect, and child deaths. This includes supporting better outcomes for children and families by addressing challenges related to poverty, family instability, poor health, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, and more.
We support the<|fim_middle|> and brings together non-profit, private sector, and government programs that reduce child abuse and neglect fatalities. | healthy social, emotional, and mental development of children in safe and stable families and nurturing communities. We do this through public education and contracts with community organizations that provide services to children, youth, and families, and by promoting decisions and actions that improve the environments where children and families live.
We also help communities develop and improve prevention programs to strengthen families so they can live better lives. This can mean families don't get involved with CPS and their kids stay in school, avoid risky behavior, and don't get in trouble with the law. We make prevention services available at no charge. Some of these services are available statewide. Others are only available in some areas of the state. You can search for programs available in your county under Prevention Services on the DFPS Website.
Our Office of Child Safety focuses on programs that work to reduce fatal and serious child abuse. This office does critical case reviews, examines data and trends, and works with other agencies to provide a safety network across Texas. The Office of Child Safety develops recommendations | 203 |
First Student Offers Tips for a Safe, Enjoyable Bus Ride
By eSchool News
With a new school year just around the corner, 25 million students are preparing to board the most iconic of back to school symbols – the school bus. First Student, Inc., the nation's leader in student transportation, offers eight tips to ensure a<|fim_middle|> their child to practice meeting new kids and interacting with them on the school bus."
Besides being the safest mode of school transportation, riding on the bus can also be a treasured, memorable experience. In a 2009 survey conducted for First Student, nearly half of adults surveyed readily recalled personal school bus memories and 39 percent still remember the name of their school bus driver.
"Knowledgeable, professional drivers are an integral part of ensuring a safe, happy school bus ride," said Gary Catapano, senior vice president of safety at First Student. "Our drivers complete an in-depth training program which includes more than 50 hours of classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction, along with special techniques for student behavior management."
About First Student
First Student, Inc., a part of Cincinnati-based FirstGroup America, is the leader in safe, reliable, sustainable transportation and is the largest provider of student transportation services in North America. FirstGroup America was recently awarded the National Safety Council's 2009 Green Cross for Safety Medal in recognition of its commitment to safety and outstanding safety record. First Student safely transports more than 4 million students with a fleet of 60,000 yellow school buses in North America. For more information, please visit www.firststudentinc.com. | safe and enjoyable ride each day.
School Bus Safety Tips for Children
Remain alert at all times; don't listen to your MP3 players, text, talk on your cell phone or play handheld video games because you won't be aware of what's happening around you. Also be careful when wearing your hood up; it makes it difficult to see around you.
Be extra careful when crossing in front of the bus.
Don't wear clothes with toggles or dangling key chains; they can get caught in the bus doors or on the handrail.
Tips for an Enjoyable School Bus Ride
Know your driver's name and your bus number to be sure you are boarding the right bus.
Be courteous and respectful to your driver. Safely getting children to and from school is a tremendous responsibility that drivers take very seriously.
Choose a bus "buddy" ahead of time so when you get on the bus you recognize a familiar face.
Have fun with your friends, but don't be loud or get out of your seat; it distracts the driver.
Be courteous to fellow riders. If a student repeatedly bothers you, tell your bus driver; drivers are there to help.
Understanding what to expect can help ensure a positive school bus experience. "The bus ride can be a wonderful opportunity for socialization," says Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D., child psychologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. "Parents can role play with | 287 |
<|fim_middle|> | Neonatal History
Sandy Beauman, MSN, RNC-NIC
When I was in high school, history was my least favorite subject. Memorizing dates, names of rulers, czars and leaders, battles and historic events held no interest. However, several years ago, I was fortunate enough to make a trip to Paris and Germany. The experience brought history to life and kindled an interest. Reading about where real life experiences take place and seeing where they actually happened made it more interesting, even, in some cases, talking to people who were a part of it. Thus, bringing life to history….and, there is much to be learned.
Having said that, neonatology is rich with history that should not be lost. Some of it is just entertaining and some is important as we move forward in our learning. The first real invention that changed the face of infant care was the incubator.1 The incubator invention is attributed to a French physician who was inspired by seeing chicks in their warming incubators at the zoo! This happened in the late 1800's, probably around 1880. This led to another, more significant change. Up until this time, most babies were delivered at home and, if premature, cared for by their mothers. Once this "medical technology" was available, there seemed to be a reason to bring these babies to the hospital for additional care. This led to a battle, of sorts between obstetricians, who first provided care to these infants, and mothers who saw themselves as the best prepared to care for their own babies. As time progressed, the care of these babies became the responsibility of pediatricians and finally, neonatologists when that field was born (no pun intended!). At around the same time as the invention of the incubator, various nursing care procedures were perfected or adapted for care of the neonate. One that came about around the same time as the incubator was gavage feeding. The focus on newborn care and the incubator, improved feeding techniques and perhaps other care measures resulted in a drop in infant mortality from 66% to 38%.1
Many inventions progressed over the next several years but very slowly and none really changed the face of newborn care until the invention of the modern mechanical ventilator. Ventilators were used in the 18th century but it was quickly discovered that they led to pneumothoraces. Therefore, they were not used much and the popular mode of ventilation, particularly in neonates, was non-invasive. Finally, around the time of the polio epidemic, ventilators were somewhat perfected for adults. In the 1970's these adult ventilators were adapted for use in neonates with a variety of consequences, particularly chronic lung disease and pneumothoraces. Late in the 1970's, ventilators were available specifically to meet the needs of the neonatal lung. Many advances have been made in neonatal ventilators since then! Then, the invention of surfactant changed neonatal pulmonary management drastically as well. Meanwhile, a lot was being learned about use of oxygen in the newborn. I worked with a neonatal nurse early in my career who shared her experience in the early days of neonatal care. The NICU was not yet a specific unit in the hospital. Rather, these babies were placed in a room off the newborn nursery. She said the oxygen was turned on, often at a relatively low level of 30-40% but sometimes much higher, and the infant was left alone. It was felt it was better if no one stimulated the infant, including parents who were only allowed to look from the window or door. So, it was just a watch and wait attitude to see how the infant would progress.
This brings me to the progress in developmental care. How much we have learned in this arena! And yet, still have much to learn and apply. From the early days when mothers were removed from the care of their infants to lessons we have learned that mothers (and fathers) are the constants in the infant's life. Yet, since neonatal care is such a high technology field, the simpler things are often discounted. Today, there are lots of changes continuing in neonatal care. Some are quite simplistic and may be discounted as being unimportant. There have historically been many seemingly insignificant changes that have led to monumental changes in outcome. Things as simple as handwashing and maintaining body temperature have led to significant changes in infant mortality and improved morbidity. As we move forward in refining the care we provide to neonates, there is still lots to be learned and embraced by those on the front line.
1. Baker JP. The incubator and the medical discovery of the premature infant. Journal of Perinatology. 2000; 5:321-328.
2. Chernick V, Mellins RB. Pediatric pulmonology: A developmental history in North America. Pediatric Research. 2004; 55:514-520.
Sandy Sundquist Beauman has over 30 years of experience in neonatal nursing. In addition to her clinical work, she is very active in the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, has authored or edited several journal articles and book chapters, and speaks nationally on a variety of neonatal topics. She currently works in a research capacity to improve healthcare for neonates. Sandy is also a clinical consultant with Medela. You can find more information about Sandy and her work and interests at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-beauman-0a140710/.
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MARY CASSATT: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
SUBJECTS<|fim_middle|> 2002]. | — Visual Arts; World/France; U.S./1865 -1913; Biography;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Talent; Romantic Relationships;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Responsibility.
AGE: 8+; No MPAA Rating (but suitable for all ages)
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Mary Cassatt wants to be a great Impressionist painter. It is the late 1870s, and she has moved from the U.S. to Paris, France to pursue her art. She is preparing for an important exhibition when her brother and his rambunctious family unexpectedly arrive for a visit. To make things worse, the parents move on to the south of France, leaving the busy artist to take care of her nephew and two nieces. What will happen to Cassatt's carefully constructed creative life? "Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist" is a fictionalized account of that visit in which, after several false starts, Cassatt establishes a lasting relationship with her nephew and nieces.
This film was made for children and is one of the critically acclaimed Artists' Specials from Devine Entertainment.
Selected Awards: 2001 American Library Association Notable Children's Video Award; 2000 Platinum Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio (featured on NBC's Today Show); 2000 KIDS FIRST! Coalition of Quality Children's Media – "All Star Rating;" 2000 Emmy Award Winner – Best Editing; 2000 Emmy Award Nominee – Best Direction in a Children's Program; 1999 Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner.
Featured Actors: Amy Brenneman, Jonathan Koensgen, Charles Powell, Thomas Jay Ryan, Noah Shebib, Charlotte Sullivan, Emma Taylor-Isherwood.
Director: Richard Mozer.
"Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist" will introduce children to one of America's most important painters and to the Impressionists. It shows the art world of Paris in the late 19th century. The movie also explores the creative process of a painter and Cassatt's relationship with Edgar Degas, one of the great groundbreaking painters of that era who exhibited with the Impressionists.
MINOR. The filmmakers took a number of liberties with the historical record. Some of these are discussed in the Helpful Background section.
Briefly describe impressionism to your child and look at the paintings copied in this Learning Guide. Describe some of the changes in society that made Impressionist paintings popular. See the Helpful Background section.
Tell your child that Edgar Degas was an inspiration for Cassatt. They became friends, and he gave her advice. On one occasion he even reworked the background of one of her paintings. The visit by Cassatt's brother and his family really happened, and Cassatt formed strong loving relationships with her nieces and nephew in that visit.
Renowned American painter and print maker Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania to a prosperous financier and his wife. Between 1861 and 1865 she took art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She moved to France in 1866. Cassatt's work was accepted at the Salon in Paris in 1872. Four more annual Salon exhibitions followed.
Girl Arranging Her Hair, 1886
Then one day she saw paintings by Edgar Degas exhibited in an art dealer's window. Cassatt said, "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it." [What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt page 12.] Cassatt was also influenced by the work of the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. One of the first to employ the technique of Au premier coup, translated as: at the first stroke, Goya used single applications of color right from the tube, rather than the old way of applying a number of layers of paint to create colors. This made pictures appear fresh and spontaneous.
Cassatt met Edgar Degas in 1877 and they became lifelong friends. He championed her work and invited her to exhibit with the Impressionists. Cassatt was the only North American artist to be accorded that honor, participating in the years 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1886. When Degas invited her to exhibit with the Impressionists, Cassatt told her biographer that she "accepted with joy" and that finally, at the age of 33, she "began to live." [Mary Cassatt, A Life page 108.] Degas would stop at her studio and look over her shoulder, help her obtain models, and make suggestions about how to handle background. (The scene in the film in which Degas took a brush and reworked the background on one of Cassatt's paintings, recalls an actual incident in which he did just that. [Ibid. at 125 & 126] One of the paintings that he worked on was Little Girl in a Blue Armchair shown below.) Degas once teased Cassatt with the remark, "What do women know about style?" "Girl Arranging Her Hair," a skilled study in line and composition, was Cassatt's response to this challenge.
This film shows Cassatt's tremendous dedication to art, her self-possession, and her strength of character. When asked how she could deal with strong personalities such as Degas she said, "I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work." [Mary Cassatt, A Life page 149.]
Cassatt painted the members of her family repeatedly. In 1877, her parents and sister came to live with her in Paris. Several years later her favorite brother Alexander, his problematic wife Lois, and their four children arrived for a long-delayed visit. (It appears that this visit inspired the plot of the film.)
Up to this point in time, Cassatt had spent little time with her nieces and nephews. On this occasion Alexander and his wife continued with their travels, leaving the children in Paris. The responsibility for caring for the children was taken by Cassatt's very capable mother. During that summer, Cassatt's relationship with the children gradually blossomed as she sketched and painted them. By the end of the summer even Alexander's wife appreciated the bond that had developed between Cassatt and the children. The visit was the beginning of a strong attachment between Mary Cassatt and her brother's family. They visited Paris every other year thereafter. [Mary Cassatt, A Life pages 150 – 156.]
Portrait of Alexander and Robert, 1884-85
Young Mother Sewing, 1902
One of the principal motifs of Cassatt's mature work was her tender, glowing portrayals of mothers and their children. During the same period, only one male artist, Auguste Renoir, portrayed the world of domestic intimacy. See, e.g., Mary Cassatt: Painter of Mothers and Children
Mary Cassatt, like many other artists, was influenced by the exhibition of Japanese prints held in Paris in 1890. She crafted a series of 10 colored prints, e.g., Woman Bathing, reflecting the influence of the Japanese masters. In these etchings her focus shifted to line and pattern, whereas in the past, it had been on form. Through these works she brought her printmaking technique to perfection.
Cassatt never married. After 1900, her eyesight began to fail, but she was able to keep working until 1914. France awarded Mary Cassatt the Legion of Honor in 1904. She died in 1926.
Additional Historical Liberties Taken by the Film:
Mary Cassatt and the author Louisa May Alcott never actually met. However, Louisa's sister, May Alcott, was also trying to establish herself as a painter in Paris during the 1870s. She and Cassatt became friends.
May Alcott, in letters to her sister, enthusiastically described her friend Mary. Based on these letters, Louisa May Alcott used Cassatt as a model for a character in an unfinished novel about female artists. [Mary Cassatt, A Life p. 102]
While Cassatt painted many pictures of members of her family, the model for "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair" was not her niece, as described in the film. The model was the daughter of friends of Degas.
Impressionism:
The Impressionists burst on the Paris art scene in 1867. From then, until about 1886, artists such as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Guillaumin, Bazille, and Cézanne held sway as the modernist avante-garde of the art world. Mary Cassatt was in the second rank of Impressionist artists. Impressionism was the first important movement that broke away from classical traditions to introduce new techniques and fresh approaches to subject matter.
The Impressionists attempted to convey the first impression that a live scene makes on the eye, especially the fleeting quality of color and light. They often preferred to paint outdoors and used a palette of vivid colors. Revolutionary (for the time) techniques employed by the Impressionists include broken brush strokes and sometimes impasto, or paint thickly laid on the canvas with a palette knife. Impressionism also spread to the world of music and influenced artists everywhere. See Impressionism from the Webmuseum.
The Cup of Tea. (Portrait of Lydia), 1879?
Impressionism was followed by the Post-Impressionist movement whose most famous exemplars were Van Gogh (see Vincent, The Life, and Death of Vincent Van Gogh and Lust for Life), Gauguin, Cezanne, and Toulouse-Lautrec (see Moulin Rouge). Edgar Degas (see Degas and the Dancer) has been classified as both an Impressionist and a Post-Impressionist, but really defies classification. Cassatt and the Post-Impressionists were very taken with the flattened perspective and heavy outlines of Japanese prints. Her own printmaking reflects this influence, and her later work is identified with this school.
There are a number of changes in society that gave birth to the modern trends of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Abstract painting. Painting no longer served primarily the Church or the royal court. Patrons were the upper and middle classes of a society that was increasingly democratic, materialist, and secular. Science, technology, political revolution, industrialization, and urbanization caused substantial changes in society. There was a questioning of the old societal conventions and dogmas. In addition, photography took away from painting its role as the means of accurately portraying the visual world. Freed from the role of being the only means of visually representing reality, artists could freely explore line, shape, color, and composition. The inner world of feelings and imagination, as well as the manipulation of color and form for purely aesthetic appeal, offered new frontiers to the artist willing to move beyond traditional painting. The combination of a changed society and freedom from the need to represent reality were the preconditions for modern art.
Tea, 1879/80
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
The Salon was an official exhibition of art sponsored by the French government. In 1667, the first Salon was held when King Louis XIV sponsored an exhibit of the works of the members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. By 1737 the Salon was an annual event. In 1748 the jury system for evaluating submissions to the Salon was introduced.
During the French Revolution, the Salon was opened to all French artists, although academicians controlled most of the exhibitions and prescribed every aspect of eligible paintings. Artists were completely dependent on the Academy's acceptance. Without it, no one would buy their work. In 1863, a group of artists who had been rejected by the Salon (including Edouard Manet) set up their own show, the Salon de Refuses (Salon of the Refused). This was the end of the Academy's 200 year domination of French art, and paved the way for the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), the sister-in-law of Edouard Manet and the granddaughter of rococo painter Fragonard, is acknowledged as the first woman Impressionist. Morisot and Cassatt were both good friends and rivals. Unlike Cassatt, Morisot did not believe that women had to choose between a life as an artist and having a family. She married Eugene Manet, Edouard's brother, and had a daughter.
2. Why did Mary Cassatt go to Paris to pursue her art? Why couldn't she have lived and painted in New York City, Rome, or London?
1. Were the sacrifices that Mary Cassatt made for her art (for example, living away from home, not having a husband or children, working hard) worth it? Would you make those sacrifices if you felt you were talented enough? Are those sacrifices necessary today?
2. Evaluate the incident in which Degas worked on the background of one of Mary Cassatt's paintings. What does this incident say about the following: That Mary Cassatt would allow Degas to modify one of her paintings; that Degas would take the trouble to modify one of Cassatt's paintings.
Mary Cassatt had an excellent self-image; Mary Cassatt had tremendous respect for Degas; Degas had respect and regard for Cassatt and her work.
3. What did Katherine learn about romance during the course of the film?
1. What would we have lost if Mary Cassatt had not always done her best? What would she have lost?
Assignments, Projects, and Activities for Use With any Film that is a Work of Fiction;
Find the titles of all the Cassatt paintings that appear in the body of the movie. Some are true copies and others are altered from the real paintings. Describe how each copy is different form the original. Suggested Response: Hint: Check the montage of paintings at the very end of the film. A student naming all the paintings and answering correctly could win a prize, such as an inexpensive print of a Cassatt painting.
Compare Cassatt's life and level of artistic success with that of Berthe Morisot.
Research the lives of creative and interpretive female artists of the 19th century including Fanny Mendelssohn (composer), Anna Pavlova (ballerina), and Sarah Bernhardt (actress). Which found the highest level of public acceptance? Why? Dramatize your findings in a skit where several of the artists have tea together à la Cassatt and Louisa May Alcott as shown in the film.
Research the life of an important female visual artist of the 20th century such as Georgia O'Keefe, Sonia Delaunay, Frida Khalo, Selma Burke, or Louise Nevelson. What part (if any) did their relationships with famous male artists play in their success?
Paint the same scene as a realist would and then as an Impressionist might. (For a non-studio art class, these scenes could be extremely simple). One option could be for two students to paint together, as Cassatt and Degas did in the film (and actually, briefly did in real life).
Mary Cassatt, An American in Paris, by Philip Brooks, ages 9 – 11; Mary Cassatt, by Susan E. Meyer (First Impressions series), age 12+, Mary Cassatt, by Mike Venezia, ages 4 – 9. For a book about another female creative artist of the same period, see Hidden Music, The life of Fanny Mendelssohn, by Gloria Kamen.
BUILDING VOCABULARY:
rambunctious, "a good match," "old maid," beau, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism.
See National Museum of Women in the Arts.
For links to websites concerning Mary Cassatt see About.com page on Mary Cassatt.
The Distributor of this film, Devine Entertainment, maintains a website for the film with information about Cassatt.
For sites which contain copies of Mary Cassatt's paintings and prints, see The Society of Arts Academy Links to museums and collections; ArtCyclopedia.
In addition to websites which may be linked in the Guide and selected film reviews listed on the Movie Review Query Engine, the following resources were consulted in the preparation of this Learning Guide:
Mary Cassatt, A Life by Nancy Mowll Mathews, 1994, Villard Books, New York;
What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt? by Richard Mühlberger, 1994, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Viking, New
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Batsmen have the freedom to try and experiment risky shots: Rahul Dravid
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Former Indian cricketer and captain Rahul Dravid. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
Rahul Dravid feels that T20 cricket has given "freedom" and "open-mindedness" to the batsmen. The current India A coach, states batsmen have the opportunity to try and fail multiple times without worrying much because people are more open to accepting failures nowadays. These factors have made batsmen better at executing the risky shots in match situations.
"We are more accepting of failure, I think, in T20 cricket than we are in any other form of the game," Dravid said. "When a batsman takes risks and plays a paddle sweep or a reverse sweep or all the kinds of shots that they play, you're more likely to view it with a certain degree of acceptance than you would, say, in a Test match or in one-day cricket. This has given batsmen freedom to try and experiment with these things more and they're getting better and better at it, said Dravid on Speaking on the second episode of ESPNcricinfo Talking Cricket. "
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by CricTracker | to explain his point. AB de Villiers, considered as a modern maverick, is very well known for his audacious style of batting around the world. Dravid said that while he was a batsman of "rare gifts", de Villiers too has gained from the freedom to experiment that these opportunities have allowed.
"He's also had so many opportunities to fail, to learn from them and to keep refining his batting technique for T20," Dravid said. "Apart from the IPL, he gets other opportunities to practice and experiment with that, and if you keep trying something and you keep failing and learning from it, you are going to get better at it, and that's what happened with batting techniques. People have been allowed to take a few more risks. They keep doing that over and over again and they get better and better at it."
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Dravid, who has been involved with the IPL as a player, captain and team mentor over the last nine years, believes that while skill sets have improved dramatically over this time, the batsmen are "slightly ahead" of bowlers on the curve. Though he insists that the bowlers are "catching up", they are restricted by the amount of time they can spend on honing their skills in practice as compared to batsmen.
"I think the very nature of bowling is such that you are limited physically in the amount you can do," he said. "It's not that you can go on. You hear a batsman batting for an hour, two hours. They can set up bowling machines to mimic certain kinds of balls and they can go on practising."
"You can't obviously go on bowling for two hours, two-and-a-half hours, three hours every day because you're going to get injured or you're going to break down at some time. So, the opportunities for bowlers to work on their skills are limited physically, by the physical demands and the nature of the job that they are doing. Whereas batsmen, I think, have a little bit of a leeway because they are able to push themselves physically and practice a lot more."
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Having observed the strides made by batsmen, in particular power hitters, Dravid also had a word of caution for the administrators as T20 cricket continues to grow. In his view, it is crucial to maintain the "balance between bat and ball" to ensure that the format isn't reduced to a big-hitting contest.
"I see that as one of the major challenges of T20 cricket," he said. "What we don't want is every score to become a 200, 200-plus score, where it's always about power-hitting skills. We want to bring the skills of cricket. We want them on shows even in a T20 game."
"We want somebody to, even if it's for two overs, you want somebody to negotiate a difficult spell, you want to see someone's ability against the turning ball and how he negotiates that and how he's still able to score at seven-eight runs an over against a good spinner on a track that assists the spinner as well. So, I think we need that balance. I think otherwise you just might put up bowling machines and see who hits it further."
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The Exeter Ship Canal first opened to shipping in 1566 and was the first canal to be built in Britain since Roman times. It was also the first canal in England to use the pound lock.
Starting from the Canal Basin at Exeter's historic quayside, follow the Exe Estuary Trail alongside the canal on foot or by bike for approximately 1.5 miles to reach the Double Locks, a waterside pub with a large beer garden, serving good food and real aleas. You can download a guide for this trail here.
The next section of the trail south of Double Locks passes bird hides looking out across the extensive wetlands here, where you may spot kingfishers, herons and thousands of dragonflies. Continue for approximately 2 and a quarter miles to the Topsham Lock Keepers Cottage, where you can catch a foot ferry (1 April - 30 September, bikes also welcomed) across the estuary to the historic port of Topsham.
A further 1.5 miles brings you to Turf, one of the only pubs in the country only accessible on foot or by bike. From here there are superb views from the beer garden across the estuary to Topsham. A ferry runs between Turf Locks and Topsham from April - September.
The Exe Estuary is of international importance for wintering waders and wildfowl, supporting thousands of birds. View the wildlife of the estuary at the RSPB's Exminster Marshes nature reserve, an area of wet grassland drained by dykes and ditches and an important breeding ground for lapwings and redshanks. In winter, the marshes provide roosting and feeding areas for waders such as curlews and black-tailed godwits, and brent geese graze the drier areas. The ditches have a good dragonfly fauna, including the rare hairy dragonfly.
From the Turf pub, continue along the Exe Estuary Trail to Starcross where you can catch a ferry across to Exmouth (April - October), then take the trail back along the other side of the Estuary to Exeter.
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From the High Street, turn left and head down South Street. At The bottom of the hill, turn right just before the White Hart pub and go through the subway, which runs under Western Way. On the other side of Western Way, walk down Quay Hill onto the historic quayside where the Ship Canal is located.
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Houston innovation hub names interim leader
Jan Odegard has been named interim executive director of the Ion. Photo courtesy of The Ion
A developing innovation hub rising in Midtown Houston has named an interim executive director following the sudden exit of its former leader.
Jan Odegard has been named interim executive director of the Ion after Gabriella Rowe announced her resignation. Odegard has served as senior director of Academic and Industry Partnerships at The Ion for six months and as the executive director of Rice University's Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology since 2002.
"I am excited to help move forward and ensure the Ion is a success," Odegard says in a press release from Rice. "My interim role is made easier by the fact that everyone involved in the Ion, including Rice Management Co., is focused on making it a success for all Houstonians."
Rice Management Co. is leading The Ion project, a renovation of an old 270,000-square-foot Sears building. The goal is to create an innovation hub for startups, entrepreneurs, academics, corporations, and more.
"We're already supporting business owners, the community and entrepreneurs," Odegard says in the release. "Our building is slated to open in early 2021, but the Ion is more than a place. It is the programming, partnerships and resources we are creating to support Houston's innovation and tech economy, and above all, it is the people who are coming together to take part and join us."
In an interview with InnovationMap, Rowe shared details of her resignation and says that she will continue focusing on technology and equity.
"I am stepping back from the Ion role in order to focus my time exclusively with the issues of equity and access in growing our tech ecosystem and economy," Rowe says, "because I think that is going to be an instrumental part of the recovery of Houston moving forward."
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Ty Audronis founded Tempest Droneworx to put drone data to work. Photo courtesy of Tempest Droneworx
Ty Audronis quite literally grew up in Paradise. But the Northern California town was destroyed by wildfire in 2018, including Audronis' childhood home.
"That's why it's called the Campfire Region," says the founder, who explains that the flames were started by a spark off a 97-year-old transmission line.
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"By the time you see smoke signals, you've already got a big problem," Audronis says.
His idea? To replace that system with real-time, three-dimensional, multi-spectral mapping, which exactly where his company, Tempest Droneworx, comes in.
When asked how he connected with co-founder Dana Abramowitz, Audronis admits that it was Match.com — the pair not only share duties at Tempest, they are engaged to be married. It was a 2021 pre-SXSW brainstorming session at their home that inspired the pair to start Tempest.
When Audronis mentioned his vision of drone battalions, where each is doing a specialized task, Abramowitz, a serial entrepreneur and founder who prefers to leave the spotlight to her partner, told him that he shouldn't give the idea away at a conference, they should start a company. After all, Audronis is a pioneer in the drone industry.
"Since 1997, I've been building multicopters," he says.
Besides publishing industry-standard tomes, he took his expertise to the film business. But despite its name, Tempest is a software company and does not make drones.
That software is called Harbinger. Audronis explains that the real-time management and visualization solution is viewable on practically any device, including mobile or augmented reality. The system uses a video game engine for viewing, but as Audronis puts it, "the magic happens" on the back end.
Harbinger is not just drone-agnostic, but can use crowd-sourced data as well as static sensors. With the example of wildfires in mind, battalions can swarm an affected area to inform officials, stopping a fire before it gets out of hand. But fires are far from Harbinger's only intended use.
The civilian version of Harbinger will be available for sale at the end of 2023 or beginning of 2024. For military use, Navy vet Audronis says that the product just entered Technical Readiness Level (TRL) 5, which means that they are about 18 months away from a full demo. The latest news for Tempest is that earlier this month, it was awarded a "Direct to Phase II" SBIR (Government Small Business Innovation Research) contract with the United States Department of the Air Force.
Not bad for a company that was, until recently, fully bootstrapped. He credits his time with the Houston Founder Institute, from which he graduated last February, and for which he now mentors, with many of the connections he's made, including SBIR Advisors, who helped handle the complex process of getting their SBIR contract.
And he and Abramowitz have no plans to end their collaborations now that they're seeing growth.
"Our philosophy behind [our business] isn't keeping our cards close to our vest," says Audronis. "Any potential competitors, we want to become partners."
The company was just the two founders until five weeks ago, when Tempest's size doubled, including a full-time developer. Once Tempest receives its SIBR check, the team will grow again to include more developers. They are currently looking for offices in the city. As Audronis says, Tempest Droneworx is "100-percent made in Houston." Paradise may have been lost, but with Harbinger soon to be available, such a disaster need never happen again.
Dana Abramowitz and Ty Audronis co-founded Tempest Droneworks. Photo courtesy of Tempest Droneworx
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If an imperfection can be found in this release, it is the maybe excessive lenght of some tracks: sometimes more conciseness would have helped, but it's a minor error in a really interesting piece of work. In conclusion, an outstanding, first-class opera prima for a promising new band: a must for all hard rock and power metal fans, a good chance for the others to start enjoying this kind of music. My ranking: 18/20. | (Black Sabbath with Tony Martin, Dio) and contemporary neo-classical power metal (J.Y. Malmsteen, Stratovarius) for good measure.
Keyboards really give this band a unique identity: the rock organ is used as a main instrument throughout most of the songs, synth reed wave sounds appear on some of the solos as well as piano in some intros and here and there in the tracks. The guitars also play a key role because of their imaginative and powerful riffing and their neo-classical work always keeps the melody flowing, as the solos are very melodic and often compliment the keyboards. The drums are another strong point of the album. Steel Seal prefer a very driving double bass beat to ensure speed and power to their songs: as I read somewhere, they really give the listener something to stomp their foot to while tapping their fingers. The production is excellent and every instrument is well balanced, so one instrument does not overpower the other.
In addition, the vocalist singing on this release is none other than DC Cooper. The final result benefits a lot from his outstanding vocals: Cooper is in splendid form and sings with power and clarity while maintaining excellent control when singing in various octave ranges. His performances with Steel Seal are at least as good as the ones with Royal Hunt and Silent Force and surely help to elevate the album to be something special in the present power metal scene.
Another highlight of the album is that the lyrics of the songs are also remarkable. Most of contemporary melodic metal albums generally have lyrics that | 308 |
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Healthy transparent ruby with a pale rim. Initially rather stodgier and less ethereal on the nose than the Chapoutier 1990 and 1991 Monier de la Sizeranne. Still quite dry and savoury, with more tannin in evidence than in the Chapoutiers. Quite marked tannin still and not that much aroma yet, though this may build in the decanter. No sediment!
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The Chaves have been growing vines on the famous Hermitage<|fim_middle|> climats face broadly south, giving maximum sunshine. Most growers only have one or two climats and they might not complement each other; Hermitage quality can therefore vary hugely. Only the top producers have extensive diversified holdings.
Eighty percent of the wine produced is red, however up to 15 percent of white grapes can be used in the blend. Most growers use 100 percent Syrah and utilise the white grapes to make white wines only. Chapoutier, Jaboulet and Tain l'Hermitage Co-operative are the principle proprietors of the appellation's vineyards.
The white wines are made from the Marsanne and Roussanne grapes. Great white Hermitage has the ability to age, taking on the fruit characters of apricots and peaches, often giving a very nutty finish. The best examples in great vintages can last 50 years.
Mature red Hermitage can be confused with old Bordeaux. In a blind tasting of 1961 First Growth Clarets, the famous 1961 Hermitage La Chapelle was included. Most people, including its owner, Gerard Jaboulet, mistook it for Ch. Margaux.
Recommended producers: Chave, Jaboulet, Chapoutier, Ferraton, Colombier
Best vintages: 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1991, 1990, 1985
A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.
It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.
South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money. | hill for over 500 years. Gérard Chave took over from his father in 1970 and rapidly achieved megastar status due to the extraordinary quality of his wines. The easte is currently under the helm of University of California Davis graduate Jean Louis Chave, although his father Gerard still plays an active role.
The domaine produces a red St Joseph 'Offerus' (made in equal proportions from senior vines in Mauves and St –Jean-de Muzols), an acclaimed Vin de Paille, but their reputation is built on their superb red Hermitage (Syrah with the addtion of 15% white grapes) and white Hermitage (85% Marsanne and 15% Roussanne).
The Chaves own 15 hectares of vines on the Hermitage and crucially their Hermitage holding is spread across 9 of the 18 climates on the hill (incl. Les Bessards, the adjucent Le Méal, Les Roucoles, Maison Blanche and the monopoles L'Hermite and Peléat). This means that they can produce a blend which reflects the separate "terroirs" of the climates and is a perfect balance between aromatic complexity, power and finesse.
The grapes are partially de-stemmed and then fermented in a combination of open wooden vats and cement cuves. The wine is matured in a combination of large wooden foudres and small wooden casks (a proportion of which will be new) for 12-18 months. All Chave wines are bottled unfiltered.
J.L. Chave Sélection is the exclusive négociant label of Jean-Louis Chave, the doyen of Hermitage wine, and offers the perfect solution for those who adore the great wines from this appellation but not the price tag of Chave's main label.
Hermitage is the most famous of all the northern Rhône appellations. The hill of Hermitage is situated above the town of Tain and overlooks the town of Tournon, just across the river. Hermitage has 120 hectares and produces tiny quantities of very long-lived reds.
The vines were grown in Roman times, although local folklore claims their origins to be nearly 600 years earlier. The name 'Hermitage' first appeared in the 16th century, derived from a legend of the 13th century Crusade, involving a wounded knight called Gaspard de Stérimberg, who made refuge on the hill, planted vines and became a hermit.
During the 17th century Hermitage was recognised as one of the finest in Europe. In 1775, Ch. Lafite was blended with Hermitage and was one of the greatest wines of its day. In the late 19th century, however, Phylloxera wiped out all the vineyards.
The wines are powerful, with a deep colour and firm tannins, developing into some of the finest examples in France, with the potential to age for many decades. The best Hermitage is produced from several climats or more, blended together. The main climats are Les Bessards, Le Meal, L'Hermite, Les Greffieux and Les Diognieres. Most of the finest | 696 |
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