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Happy Daylight savings week my friends! Are you surviving? The jump forward always seems a little rough, but aren't the longer days are so worth it? We've had 60 degree weather here and are just soaking up the first signs of Spring (please stay…please stay…please stay…). Last week, I joined Kristen from Ella Claire and 27 other bloggers to bring you a beautiful collection of Easter Printables, and this week, we've teamed up again to bring you a collection of printables for Spring. My contribution is these botanical Printable Spring Notecards.
The idea for these actually came about because I created a version of these for Mother's Day and had about 50 of them sitting at my desk. They have been so convenient to grab and just write out lists and messages, so I figured I'd make some more for Spring. I wish I were better at sending fun snail mail, but I admit, I am terrible. I've been to the post office like twice in the last year, but these are convenient and pretty for even just grocery lists or when you just need to grab a piece of paper to write down…whatever, which is daily at my house. Also, funny little sidenote: apparently Spring is the time of year when I pretend to be an organized, list-making person because after I got these all together, I realized that last year's Spring printable was a To-Do List Notice I said pretend to be organized–man I try. I try.
I have to admit, I have a really hard time capturing true photos of printables, especially the muted Spring tones on these, but they are so soft and pretty printed out. And, they coordinate with this year's calendars, which you can find here and here.
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There are so many beautiful printables for Spring from all of these talented ladies so be sure to click around and take a look.
French May Day Flower Cones by Ella Claire | Floral Envelope Liners by Boxwood Avenue | Spring Bunny Cards by Julie Blanner | Spring Flowers in Watering Can by Live Laugh Rowe | Bird and Branch by Craftberry Bush
Spring Napkin Rings by Zevy Joy | There are Always Flowers by Clean and Scentsible | Nest Watercolor by Finding Silver Pennies | Watercolor Vegetables by My Someday in May | Spring Farmer's Market by Nest of Posies
Set of 6 Herb Printables by Cherished Bliss | Must Have Flowers by A Burst of Beautiful | Spring Notecards by My Fabuless Life | Spring Bunnies by Kelly Elko | Spring is Sure to Follow by The Happy Housie
Spring Fern by Making Home Base | Spring Definition by Design Dining and Diapers | Welcome Spring by My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia | Dive Into Spring Straw Toppers by My Sweet Savannah | Hope Springs Eternal by Maison de Pax
Vintage Rose Fortune Cookie by Paint Me Pink | Spring is Sure to Follow by Nina Hendrick Design Co. | The Rose Song Lyrics Chalkboard by TIDBITS | Perhaps Today by Unskinny Boppy | Watercolor Tulips by Refresh Restyle
Spring Flowers Silver Platters by So Much Better with Age | I Must Have Flowers by Shades of Blue Interiors
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The Scout Gang Show began its life in London in 1932. Ralph Reader was the producer of that show and also the composer of its songs and writer of its sketches. lt was staged at the Scala Theatre, London, opening on 30 October for three evening performances. Ralph could never have envisaged the growth and popularity of the Gang Shows which spread quickly all over the world.
Ralph was a man of the theatre and had produced two shows with the Holborn Rovers before being asked by Admiral Phillpotts, then the County Commissioner for London, to 'organise a concert' to raise money to put in a swimming pool at the campsite at Downe. What Ralph produced with his original songs and sketches and with the help of his friends and 150 boys, became the first Gang Show. They had difficulty deciding on a title, considering 'Downe and Out', 'Up Downe' and 'Downe to Piccadilly' but when a young lad called the cast to rehearsal and reported 'The Gang's all here', they knew they had their title.
The following year they staged 'The Gang Comes Back' for a week in London and people talked naturally about 'the Gang Show'. The name was here to stay.
After the third show the provinces became interested and Stoke, Glasgow and Newcastle produced shows using original Gang Show material as well as additions of their own. Ralph Reader wrote, "We in London now became aware that something far bigger than anything we had possibly imagined was happening."
The London Gang were the first amateurs ever to appear in Royal Command Performances and these occurred in 1937, 1957 and 1964. One of the signature tunes of Shows 'We're riding along on the crest of a wave' was written by Ralph for the 1934 London Show at which every seat was sold before the opening performance and in 1937 the Gang Show became a film.
Ralph Reader used his enormous talents to create an institution in the Scouting movement and turned over all the material to the Boy Scout Association to be used without payment for Scout shows anywhere.
Gordon Davison, who has produced a large number of the Kirrawee shows, recalls seeing the first show in 1932 as a Cub aged nine years and enjoying it. He had been born at Clapham, South West London at the end 1922 but by the age of six he had lost his father. Several members of Gordon's scout group joined the London show though it was too far for him to travel. When South West London shows started up, he became a member and met Ralph Reader, who would come over to polish off their productions.
Gordon's first performance was in a sketch called 'A Hole in the Road' when he was about 12 years old and he went on to take part in about 20 more Gang Shows, mostly as a member of the cast until the last one when he 'had a hand in the production.'
Following the war years when he served in the Royal Navy on destroyers as a petty officer and continued scouting as a member of the Deep Sea Rover Crew, in 1950 he married Barbara Tolmie and they migrated to Australia with their son Paul in March 1958, settling at Sutherland.
They arrived on the Tuesday and the District Commissioner of Sutherland was around on the Wednesday and Gordon was at the troop on the Thursday. That year was the tenth anniversary year for 2nd Sutherland Troop and Gordon thought they should 'put on a bit of a show for the parents'. lt was not a Gang Show but Gang Show material was used.
The group decided to stage a Gang Show the following year and the Seniors from 1st Sutherland joined with 2nd Sutherland making about 48 participants.
At that time the Sutherland groups were operating in Sutherland District, as Kirrawee District had not been formed. The show was financed by the people involved with 2nd Sutherland and 1st Sutherland, and the Sutherland School of Arts was hired. Costumes were made by the parents (not always a good idea according to Gordon), the show ran for four performances on Thursday, Friday and two on Saturday and a small profit was made. Beverley Hayhow provided the music for the Gang and also played the organ at the Sutherland Congregational Church.
At that time there were two other Gang Shows operating in Australia. Brisbane staged their first show in 1952 and the following year a Ralph Reader Musical 'We'll live forever' was presented by Scouting members throughout Melbourne, establishing the Melbourne Gang Show. This made Kirrawee the third group to produce a Gang Show in Australia.
Two years later, in 1961 the show, now officially a Kirrawee District project, returned to the School of Arts. Members of the Gang included Jim Bruce, Bill Wilcox and Ron Hamilton plus a 'wardrobe department' recruited from the ladies with Gordon's wife Barbara Davison taking a major responsibility. Although this show was presented by Kirrawee, it also involved troops from 2nd Sutherland, 3rd Gymea, 1st Kirrawee and Gymea Bay.
Fundraising for the show involved arranging a car trial and Gordon recorded that "lt rained like mad and thunder stormed and it didn't take place and we then had to run a raffle to pay the cost of the car trial."
Publicity involved appearing on ABC TV performing some items and this necessitated a very early morning rise to have the performers made up and into the studio. For future shows they repeated the ritual on Channel 9 with 'Miss Marilyn'.
For the earlier shows, the males performed any female parts. The can-can and hula 'girls' did a great job and were received enthusiastically by the audiences. Jim Bruce recalled a number entitled 'Bring on the Glamourous Girls':
So Gordon picked four of us to be dolled up as ladies and we had to have evening gowns and wigs and make-up and not one of us wanted to be in it - everyone said it was a big hit but we hated every minute of it.
ln later years young men reacted differently and Peter Critchley is one of those:
I enjoy doing 'drag' and probably get a lot of comments behind my back. I find it's a challenge and without blowing my own trumpet I think, for a male to play a woman, requires a lot of guts to begin with, especially with a lot of other males around, plus a fair amount of talent to make it not look either 'camp' or gaudy unless it has to be acted that way.
The problem was solved when the Gang Show admitted girls from the Guiding movement and later when Scouting accepted females as members.
London Gang Show first admitted females to their show in 1968 and Gang Shows world wide soon followed suit. Kirrawee first included them in the 1975 show when they welcomed them from the two Rover Crews of Scouting, the Ranger Crew and Guide leaders, though 'some of the old stagers were a bit apprehensive.'
There would be no show without the backstage crew and other workers behind the scenes - stage crew, costume ladies, make-up artists, prompts, dressers, lighting and sound crews. Scenery and props are prepared by the Stage Director and his crew before each series of performances. Not much scenery was made for the Gymea Bay School Auditorium performances over the years 1963-1969 but with the move to Port Hacking High School
Auditorium in 1971 they began to work more on scenery. The Port Hacking High School was the venue from 1971 to 1991 , except for 1987 when it was necessary to use Cronulla High School Auditorium. Port Hacking was not available after that time and the show moved to the Sutherland Entertainment Centre. lt became traditional for the stage crew to present their own version of the show to the Gang and this is invariably hilarious.
The make-up ladies are an important part of the show, as is the 'prompt' but dressers are a more modern aid. Jim Bruce recalled the early years:
Out in the dressing rooms you could never find anything. We were all in together. There were no dressers or anybody looking after costumes. You looked after yourself so it was pretty hectic backstage.
The early shows were 'pretty basic' with lighting, Fred Dawes being listed as responsible for this job from 1961-1967. D. Porter controlled it in 1969 and then Jim Bruce, who joined the Gang in the 1961 show "started to get some of the real snazzy stuff!" He went on to become a professional in his theatre work and others joined him in this work at Kirrawee, including David Bassford and Marc Rayner.
Costumes, of course were a large part of the whole and a band of dedicated women produced some amazing costumes for hundreds of performers.
Outstanding amongst these would be Lenny Westerhof who took over this responsibility in 1975. Lenny's expertise in cutting and drafting began when as a girl of 13 during World War Two she cut a waterproof skirt from an old raincoat. ln the Gang Show she tackled some stranger costumes, such as sea horses, pixies on toadstools, mermaids and other mind boggling adornments. Previously Barbara Davison and her 'ladies' had worked on costumes, followed by Jean Quinn from 1963-69 then Dorothy McManus and Pat Black took over in 1971 when Lenny initially joined.
Other helpers were Robyn Genge, Val Stapleton, Joan Lord and Phyllis Critchley, all of whom helped with the recording and filing of costumes into easy-access boxes. One sample of each costume is hung and the rest filed away. There are over four thousand costumes in the wardrobe department.
The changing shape of children over the years poses a problem sometimes, and novelty costumes can be a challenge as they come in all sorts - jockeys, emus, penguins, starfish, etc.
ln the closing number the Gang always wear their own uniform with the distinctive red Gang Show scarf. lnitially it was just red, but when they had been operating for 25 years it was edged with silver braid. Now that it has been operating for over 50 years, gold braid edges the red scarf.
Sketches were initially contributed by members and it was not until 't989 that Peter Critchley took the first step into Sketch producer which involved locating sketches, writing them, adapting Ralph Reader's material etc. Peter's philosophy was.
Whether it is good or bad, our comedy and our expectations of comedy have changed and we do have to rewrite sketches, trying to keep
Ralph Readers ideas in it.
More often than not, sketches over the years have been the humorous interlude between musical numbers which reaches out to the audience in a special way. At other times there are stooges in the audience who have an interplay of words with the onstage cast member. Peter explains, "lt was complete review, vaudeville variety, which is what Ralph intended the Gang Show to be."
The music for the first show in 1959 was provided by Beverley Hayhow on the piano but by 1993 there was an orchestra of 8 players in the pit. From the 4th show in 1965 Beverley was joined by Michael O'Mullane on the saxophone and Frank Thornley on the drums, with Frank's son, Ray joining them on the organ in 1967. Others who played from 1971 were Valda Gardner, Ross Cannings, Arthur Heapy and Col Heapy. Many others have played in the orchestra since then.
Guidelines established in the past requiring the content of a Show to contain six-percent of Ralph Reader material before it can be called a Gang Show, have since been relaxed a little. ln 1960 the Melbourne Gang Show lost its right to the title that year because of the use of too much local Australian material. There are still opportunities for people with various talents to submit songs and sketches for the Gang Show, though they might be altered in some way before being used.
Choreography from 1973 benefited from Shirley Shephard who was a professional Choreographer who worked with the show for some years. She managed to train young boys to make a huge success of the Can-Can, despite dressing room dramas with the suspenders and mesh stockings. Her skill and patience encouraged the boys to confidently dance with bowls of fruit on their heads in a Brazilian segment and to perform amazing Cossack leaps in a spectacular Russian sequence in the 1981 show.
The 'office workers' from the beginning included Rita Clark, typist and Jean Williams who did the duplicating and also Mrs Shorter who joined in 1963. Printing was done by the local S.C.A.M. (Sutherland Cronulla Advertising Medium) office. Gordon remembers, "The old chappie there, we never tried to sell him any tickets but he came to our first show and he came to every show until he died."
The Gang Show is a surprise to many newcomers who expect 'a Scout campfire' as it is a truly professional presentation of "big production" musical items, spectacular costumes, colour, music and sketches. The 1993 production cost about $24,000 to stage and Gordon reflects "which is amazing when you think how it first started." ln comparison the first Gang Show in 1959 made a profit of €1.6.9 about $2.70.
Ralph Reader in all his years as 'Mr Gang Show' has composed and written over 500 songs and more than 300 sketches and until his death in 1982 wrote encouraging letters to Shows all over the world. He received the MBE in 1944 for his leadership of the RAF Gang Shows entertaining the Services in different parts of the world. Performers included Peter Sellars, Dick Emery, Spike Milligan and Tony Hancock, all of whom went on to fame following their experiences with the RAF Shows. ln 1957 Ralph was awarded the CBE for his services to Scouting and on his retirement in 1974, the London Gang Show closed.
Kirrawee Gang Show members have visited other Gang Shows over the years, even going to Auckland, New Zealand. ln 1971 they asked the local member of Parliament, Don Dobie, to procure flags from as many countries as he could for an item. lt was a very impressive sight to see about 50 flags he had 'acquired', moving down the hall.
Kirrawee gave a performance at the Eighth Australian Jamboree at Leppington in 1970-1971. There were about 210 in the cast playing on one of the biggest stages that had ever been built. Gordon recalls: Unfortunately it rained like mad during the performance but it went on. There were about 15,000 there at the start and we finished up with about 2,000 who sat through it, including the Chief Scout of the World, Chips Maclean who came back and congratulated the Gang.
The week-end rehearsals create an atmosphere which allows friendships to be made and cemented and at times can lead to more with a number of marriages resulting. Jim Bruce claims "By the end of the Show they're practically engaged."
Kirrawee has a fine record of performance although it is not staged as often as most other Gang Shows. They are 'Riding along on the crest of a wave" and this is not just due to the talented and enthusiastic cast, but to the innumerable people who work hard behind the scenes to produce a truly professional and thoroughly enjoyable show.
Adapted from a 1993 oral history project "Music, Magic & Mayhem" by Merle Kavanagh.


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We have been meaning to hike to the sand dunes for awhile but things kept coming up. Today though the stars were aligned as we made it and had a wonderful time.
Our walk today started out by parking at the Schooner Bridge parking lot. We crossed the road to the trail entrance beside the paramedics. From there we walked through wooded areas, the old race track, fields and more woods until we emerged at the top of the dunes. Sorry I can't give proper directions as we just walked towards the direction we thought they were in and eventually found them.
I saw my first Indian Pipes for the year. Apparently these are now called Ghost Pipes.
This picture below is at one end of the old Wasaga Race track as we headed back onto the trail.
When we arrived at the dunes I was quite surprised as they were much bigger then I had imagined and I expected them to be like a bowl shape. It was quite steep and a river awaited them at the bottom.
There was turn waiting so as to not roll over someone as bodies rolled down the hills. There was helping the youngest climb, easpecially in steep areas so she didn't loose her footing and fall. There were races to who could roll the farthest and the fastest.
See all the tracks over the hill... That's where the above picture was taken and where most of the climbing and rolling took place.
There was attempts to catch minnows with bare hands and everyone wished they brought their bathing suits!
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who attended a news conference about the charges, said Section 8 federal rental assistance is meant for deserving families.
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Of the 51 charged this week with fraud, 31 were jailed by Thursday, 13 remained fugitives, while warrants on the rest were yet to be issued. Those charged will face two to eight years in prison.
The Indianapolis Housing Authority has been investigating the cases over the last six months, said executive director Rufus "Bud" Myers.
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In a past life I used to develop websites and I would tell my clients, if you're not on the web then you don't exist. And the only thing worse than having no website is having a bad website. I think these days it's an easy sell convincing business owners that they need to be on the web. The internet is becoming the focal point of our lives. Even your biggest brick-and-mortar stores are downsizing their physical locations and putting more energy into their online retail options. Mobile buying and increased options for same-day or next day delivery makes the incentives for online purchasing greater than ever. Will physical stores disappear? Unlikely. But if your business plans don't include some facet of the web don't expect to be as successful as your competitors. Or worse yet, you could find yourself out of business.
This doesn't just impact businesses looking to sell their wares online. Your customers' first interaction with you these days is likely to be through the internet. And if they can't find you they will likely find your competitors. Through the web you can create more than a place to find your prices and store hours. You can create an entire marketing, sales, service, and community around your business.
If you are looking to succeed in this world you need to succeed on the world-wide-web. Below are a few ways to leverage all that the web has to offer
First and foremost, you need a website, that much is obvious. But its worth noting that this is often your customer's first interaction with you and your brand. The more positive the first impression, the better your chances are. If your site is slow or is poorly designed they will go elsewhere very quickly. Consider the user, what their needs are when coming to your site, and make sure that information is easy to find. And don't be too verbose. People these days don't want to read too much.
But they are looking for helpful content. Which is why you should own a blog. And contribute as often as possible. At least once a week. You don't have to be a great writer, just write, and make sure what you do write is of value to your potential customers. These blog posts overtime will help your Website rank higher in search results and bring more and more people to you. Think of it as advertising without the recurring cost.
Social Media is another huge part of this equation, whether you like it or not. Social Media isn't just for finding old friends. It's about building your brand, communicating with your brand zealots. It gives you the ability to respond back to those occasional bad reviews that your disgruntled patrons will inevitably voice. It's a means of communication. That's two-way communication. Don't just blast out sales pitches. Share interesting articles, start conversations on relevant topics related to your business, comment on posts. And listen to what they have to say.
It's also a means of offering support. Which brings us to our next reason you should be on the web.
Web technology provides a number of different channels to provide a helping hand to your customers in distress. A lonely support line should be a thing of the past. Especially since the largest growing demographic, Millennials, dislike using the phone (myself included). We like to do everything online. Who can blame us, with long wait times, drawn out, annoying automated menus, and an outsourced support group where English isn't their first language. It's frustrating. The web is quicker, easier, more efficient.
You can offer support in numerous ways: through social media, support ticket submission directly on your website, (also list a support line for those who still want to talk to a person), online chat, customer support communities, and an online knowledge base for self-service support. Putting your support online means you can do more with less and still offer up the same level of service (or better) than your larger competitors.
You can sell your wares through your website, that, in of itself, is a good enough reason to have a website. But you can sell your wares through numerous other eCommerce platforms. Amazon, e-bay, Etsy, the list goes on and on. Don't limit yourself to your physical store or your website. Put your offerings anywhere customers might be.
The term Social Selling has become big lately. Social Selling right now is mostly about acquiring sales leads through Social Media. Pretty soon Social Selling will literally mean selling through social media. Twitter and Facebook, along with other platforms, are starting to experiment with eCommerce integrated into their platforms.
Traditional Advertising is dead. Or Dying. Either way there is very little incentive to advertise in the more traditional formats anymore. All the eyes are on the web. So why should you spend your advertising dollars anywhere else? You can advertise everywhere, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Craigslist, Amazon, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc, etc, etc. Advertising on Google and one or two Social platforms that best match your demographic will likely get the attention of the majority of your target market. Social Media in particular gives you the uncanny ability to target your specific market. But the return isn't there yet. Which is why I recommend advertising through Google as your main advertising channel. Regardless of where on the web your advertising dollars are spent. The best part is that you can actually track its effectiveness rather than throwing a bunch of money out the door and hoping it'll make a difference.
Which brings us to our final topic.
Never has it been easier to track the efforts of your business. With relative ease you can now track how good your website is at attracting customers. How well did that recent Email newsletter do at bringing people to your site, or better yet, getting them to buy something? What's the ROI of your most recent advertising campaign? What's the impact of your social initiatives? All your efforts on the web can be measured to ensure what you're doing matters. If it doesn't you can either discern a reason why and improve or stop entirely and focus on the other things that have a proven track record.
If you're still reading this and not saying, Gee thanks John but I already knew all this. Then you might be wide eyed with ideas and possibilities, or stressing over the fact that being on the web means there is a lot of various technologies you need to keep track of an manage. And you'd be right. But what if you integrated all your different web technologies with Salesforce, and ran all your marketing initiatives with Pardot, which also integrates with Salesforce. Think of Salesforce as hub, your management tool, that collects all your data from all these different avenues and gives you the means to manage and automate a lot of what happens out there on the web giving you more time to focus on the other things that matter.
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Triangle Singles Dance Club
The Triangle Singles Dance Club will host a semi-formal dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Heather Hills Club, 910 Claymore Drive, Garner. Admission is $10 for members, $15 for guests. For details and to sign up, go to Meetup.com/Triangle-Singles-Club.
Diabetes support group
The Raleigh Diabetes Support Group will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Milner Church, 1950 New Bern Ave., Raleigh. Laureen Froimson will talk about preventing kidney disease for people with diabetes. To register, call 919-604-3519 or email email@example.com.
Raleigh Garden Club
The Raleigh Garden Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2015. The club meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the N.C. State University Club, 4200 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. For details, go to Raleigh-Garden-Club.org.
NAMI classes
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Wake County is accepting registrations for upcoming Family-to-Family education classes. NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 12-session education program for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental illness. The course is designed to help the participants understand and support their loved ones. The classes will be held Saturday mornings in downtown Raleigh starting Jan. 10. For details, go to NAMI-Wake.org.
Wake Forest Lions Club
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After this post, I will finally be up to date with posting all of my children's parties up to this point…Phew! I hope to start blogging more about party planning as I embark on planning the next birthday party which will be Morgan's 4th birthday in March. The theme yet to be determined, but she talked about wanting a Care Bear party, so we'll see.
In June, I threw Madison a 5th birthday party. What a milestone…I can't believe my baby is 5! The theme she chose this year was a Princess Tea Party. I was very excited to find out her preschool teacher had a small Princess Tea Party business. I booked the date with her and the planning began.
First, I had Madison's silhouette made by Vana at Le Papier Studio. I took a profile shot of Madison and sent it to Vana who came up with a beautiful princess silhouette. I bought the jpeg from her so I could use it throughout all the party decor.
Madison decided she wanted the colors pink and light blue as party colors. I love how it all turned out. Here are the details.
The invitation featured her princess silhouette, very simple and sweet.
I made a sign with balloons in the front yard to welcome the party guests. Here is the birthday girl waiting for her friends to arrive.
A framed welcome sign hung on the front door.
The banner I created hung above the dessert buffet.
I love placing the dessert buffet in the corner of the room. It works well for the birthday girl to stand behind when blowing out the candles.
The dessert buffet included…
wand lollipops
strawberry rice krispie treats (I cheated and bought pre-packaged ones)
cupcakes from Crumbs Bakeshop topped with the cupcake toppers I made
silhouette cookies made by my good friend Brenda…I purchased edible paper decals from The Frosting Gallery on Etsy. Brenda placed them on top of the cookies.
Crown cookies from Totally Scrumptious Cookies on Etsy.
pink macarons
strawberry milk placed in these vintage looking milk bottles
(I searched high and low for vintage bottles at thrift stores and Ebay, but was unsuccessful. The week before the party I came across this post on Celebrations at Home blog that suggested using Starbucks Frappucino bottles. It was exactly what I was looking for and I drank 16 of these babies in one week. Crazy, I know!)
In the center of the table was the sweet and simple cake from Cornerstone Caterers with a custom-made cake topper made by Sweetie Pie Cake Topper on Etsy.
I decorated a wire dress-form I found at Homegoods with a my girls' princess skirt from their dress up box and my pearl necklace.
On the kitchen island I set up adult food for the parents who stuck around.
The menu consisted of tea sandwiches, mini Quiche, scones and macarons to go with the theme.
Favors were in my apothecary jars. I had bracelets with a princess charm made for the girls and they each went home with a crown cookie and wand lollipop.
I hired Madison's preschool teacher for the entertainment since she has a Princess Tea Party business. She came with all the table decor, real tea cups and plates, food, drinks, games, prizes and princess dresses. She did an amazing job!
Here is Madison choosing her princess dress. She chose Ariel just like the doll she's holding.
Madison and her friends all dressed up!
After dressing up, the girls had their make-up and nails done.
After getting made up, the girls sat down for the tea party. They had tea sandwiches and "lemonade" tea.
After lunch they participated in a few games…Hot Potato, Freeze Dance and Limbo!
They also made a craft…decorating a mirror.
Just before leaving, we sang Happy Birthday and the kids enjoyed cake and treats from the dessert buffet.
I was so glad to get a picture of the group. It was such a cute party and Madison had a blast!
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Since much of the story of JAWS takes place over the Fourth of July weekend, it seems fitting on this Fourth of July weekend that on today's repost Saturday I at least touch on the classic summer blockbuster movie. If you don't have time to read the whole post, I've since found what I believe is the definitive comment regarding using coincidence—and boiled down to just one sentence:
"Use coincidence to get characters into trouble, not out of trouble."
Alexander Mackendrick
On Filmmaking (edited by Paul Cronin)
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For those of you that want a little more to chew on, here's the original post from September 9, 2008:
"Coincidence. It's a screenwriter's stock in trade. It lies at the very heart of storytelling; it's been around even before Oedipus slept with his mother. It's the essence of the 'what if.' Coincidence comes into play for inciting incidents, chance meetings, clever plot twists, surprising revelations. It's a very necessary dramatic tool."
Screenwriter Terry Rossio
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"There's nothing wrong with coincidence, per se. Almost every movie is going to have some incidents where one character just happens to be in the right place at the right time."
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Last week I spent two days in a town I had never been before and both mornings went to the same Starbucks at different times in the morning. And both times the same person was standing behind me in line. What are the odds? It's hard to miss that kind of coincidence. It made me think about how coincidence is used in screenwriting,
All of us have real stories of coincidence ranging from simple to complex. Things like hearing a song you haven't heard in years playing on the radio at the same time on two different stations. Or like the time I got on a connecting standby flight in Dallas and ended up on the same flight as a guy I went to high school with who I hadn't seen in years.
Coincidence is a part of life so we shouldn't be surprised when coincidence is used in the movies. But if it's not a law it should at least be a rule that coincidence not be used throughout your story unless you are writing a farce (Groundhog Day) or a story where coincidence is built into the story. For instance we expect Forrest Gump to bump shoulders with Elvis, John F. Kennedy and John Lennon. It's part of the fun.
But since coincidence must be used to one degree or another it's best if you don't use them at important moments of your script.
Coincidence is best used in the first act and as early as possible. Sure it's a coincidence that the swimmer in Jaws just happens to take a swim at feeding time. But something has to start the story. Inciting incidents are often a fitting place for coincidence.
The worst time to use coincidence is at the end of the film. As Robert McKee writes in Story, "Never use coincidence to turn an ending. This is deus ex machina, the writer's greatest sin." A phrase from ancient Greek and Roman theater where a god would be lowered on stage to fix everything.
You will find coincidence abuse across every genre. Perhaps the biggest offender is romantic comedies as writers work to get two people together. Could there be a bigger coincidence (or heavy handed metaphor) than after a man's wife dies to have him and fall in love with the recipient (via heart-transplant) of his dead wife's heart? Critics used words like gimmick, contrived, and creepy to refer to the plot of Return to Me. Yet the quirky comedy did find a satisfied audience.
So you can overcome heavy-handed coincidence but it takes work to avoid. The real secret of using coincidence is to sneak it in where needed. Avoid using coincidence at key moments of the story.
Terry Rossio writes in his Wordplay Columns:
One of the classic rules of coincidence is that fate — if it must be present — should always favor the antagonist. If our hero has a gun on the villain and the hero's gun jams, it's called drama. If the villain has our hero dead in his sights, and the villain's gun jams, it's called a lousy cheat, a not-very-inventive way to sneak the hero out of his predicament.
When the audience rolls back their eyes and has one of those "you've-got-to be-kidding" moments you know that coincidence has been misused.
It's best when the audience doesn't even realize the coincidence. For instance in Mystic River the novelist and/or screenwriters start and end the movie with coincidence, but the story is so compelling it's not a stumbling block. (Spoiler alert) Sean Penn's daughter is killed the same night that his friend Tim Robbins kills a man — big coincidence. And Sean Penn kills Robbins thinking he killed his daughter the same night that detectives arrest the real killers of Penn's daughter–another big coincidence.
Perhaps coincidence is like subtext, exposition and other tricks of the trade in that it can be handled well or poorly. The best way to handle coincidence in your scripts is to do so organically. For instance it is not just a coincidence that at the end of Jaws Roy Scheider has a gun and knows how to use it (he is the police chief) or that there is an oxygen tank on the boat. Those were built into the story.
Scheider is simply forced to go to the end of the line because he has run out of options. May you strive with the same diligence to fight off heavy-handed coincidence in your scripts.


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The Sun editorial staff makes some irrational comments on George Zimmerman's not guilty verdict in saying that "two undercurrents are clearly responsible for what happened that night and for the way the case has played out since: racial prejudice and Florida's reckless stand-your-ground self-defense law" ("No justice," July 16).
First, prior to the trial, the FBI conducted extensive investigation and found zero events, comments or actions that indicated racial prejudice was in Mr. Zimmerman's background.
The only people who used the race card against Mr. Zimmerman were Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, President Barack Obama and, of course, The Sun.
Second, according to the 2011 FBI crime statistics, Florida has a 5.2 murder rate per 100,000 population compared to Maryland's 6.8. The average murder rate for all the 16 states that have stand-your-ground self-defense laws is 5.17.
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It's official: The hammer of Thor and the shield of Captain America will fly straight at moviegoers in 3-D, which is really no surprise considering the current stereoscopic craze on the studios lots of Hollywood. What is unusual is the eagerness of each film's director to take his case for 3-D directly to the fans at Comic-Con International.
On Saturday, July 24, Marvel Studios has the final studio presentation in the expo's biggest room, Hall H, and "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh will use that climactic slot not just to introduce some of his cast — a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins, but it's unlikely that all three will be in San Diego — but also to persuade skeptical fans that 3-D will add new dimensions to the 2011 blockbuster, and not just in the obvious way.
"We came to feel that in our case 3-D could be the very good friend of story and character for a different kind of experience," Branagh said, taking a break from post-production. The filmmaker said the terminology of the 3-D process initially made him cringe — at first, it was "math and physics and way over my head," he said with a chuckle — but then he started to pulse with the unexpected artistic opportunities.
"It's another draft of the story that can reveal itself in a different way," he said. "I had a healthy degree of skepticism up front … I've become somebody extremely excited about working with possibilities of doing it this way."
"Thor" is a version of the old Norse myths that's been heavily processed by the cosmic dream factory known as the Marvel Comics universe. The film's title character spends part of the film in Asgard, a celestial kingdom, and part in a Hopper-esque town in New Mexico, where Thor (Hemsworth) is exiled by his father and monarch, Odin (Hopkins). In the photo above you see the first-look at Hopkins in the role of Odin as well as Tom Hiddleston, on the right, as Loki. In Hemsworth's hand, too, you can see the hammer of Thor for the first time in any of released images from the film, which is due May 6, 2011.
Branagh said he changed his approach with some scenes to maximize the 3-D benefits. "A pretty careful conversation is what we've been having for quite some time about what we know has to be the most sensible decision: Is it led by story? Can this offer a different type of experience and exploit what we have in the story? It absolutely can … we travel very long distances in the movie and the opportunity to export and exploit the journey of the hero is really offered up as a great potential enhancement here."
"Thor" will be the first Marvel film in 3-D. The second will be "Captain America: The First Avenger" due July 22, 2011. The director of that film, Joe Johnston, has experience with stories of the fantastic (his credits include "Jurassic Park 3" and "The Wolfman"), but he said he was also skeptical of 3-D after seeing some recent films make missteps.
"I think it tends to be overused and can be a little bit gimmicky," said Johnston, who began shooting last week in London but will travel to San Diego for Marvel's Comic-Con panel. "A lot of people are using 3-D now because they feel have they have to … that will come and go and the pictures that deserve to be in 3-D will continue to be. When it's done bad, it can make you carsick."
Johnston did a one-day test shooting with a 3-D rig — as opposed to shooting in 3-D and converting — and said it was "a nightmare" due to bulky gear, calibration issues and restricted filmmaking options. He said he's a firm believer, though, in the conversion approach if done right and he's enthused to move forward. "It's a new challenge and it's exciting," Johnston said.
Both "Captain America" and "Thor†use 2-D for principal photography, but the considerable special effects for the films were conceived and executed from the beginning in 3-D, something that will help them avoid certain pitfalls, said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
Feige and Branagh were interviewed together in a conference call with The Times. They acknowledged a negative stigma to 3-D, at least in the eyes of savvy fans like those who attend Comic-Con.
"I'd say there's not a great feeling out there for conversion based on some of the films that may have succeeded financially but had their artistry come under fire," Feige said, not naming names but most likely referring to "Clash of the Titans," the Warner Bros. release that surpassed $490 million in worldwide box office but was savaged by critics for a rushed 3-D conversion that many saw as especially clumsy, distracting and ill-advised.
Feige, in London for "Captain America," pledged that "an unprecedented amount of time" would be devoted to the conversion process. He also said the films will benefit from the fact that the 3-D choice was made early on with passion and planning and not in post-production, as was the case with a flurry of films that came on the heels of "Avatar" and its historic box-office success.
"In being able to think in 3-D from the start — and having every bit of our special effects rendered in true 3-D — we have the opportunity to do it right," Feige said. "When you're working with a director like Ken Branagh or Joe Johnston, they're not going to settle for less than perfect image. They're not going to settle for something that isn't up to the artistry of everything else they've done on the film … they're not going to put on some overlay in the last 10 to 12 weeks of post-production for a fiscal reason."
With "Thor," especially, Feige said, the citadels of Asgard and the rainbow bridge at its gates lend themselves to 3-D. "It's one of those maybe rare times where 3-D accentuates the story and the way the viewer is brought into this new world. That's what 'Avatar' and 'Alice in Wonderland' were all about — going into new realms, new worlds … I think with the "Harry Potter" films and ours you're about to see a slew of movies where 3-D was done by people who had the time."
Marvel Studios arrives at Comic-Con this year with a bit of wheel wobble on its brightly colored bandwagon. "Iron Man 2," released in May, was clearly a hit but the reviews didn't match the franchise's first installment. The real concern, however, is whether the upstart outfit can deliver a heroic box-office performance with a movie that doesn't star Robert Downey Jr., who hard-wired the humor that got 2008's "Iron Man" off the ground and made the studio's first released film a signature success.
Marvel will drop some bombshell announcements in San Diego about "The Avengers," the 2012 film that, reportedly, will be directed by Joss Whedon. The creative force behind "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" will get a long, loud cheer if he is indeed introduced during the panel, but Feige will also have use some stage time for damage control, too, considering the indelicate public banishment of actor Edward Norton from the Marvel Universe.
The two-time Oscar nominee portrayed Bruce Banner, the transmogrifying central character in "The Incredible Hulk," Marvel Studio's other 2008 release, and he was expected to reprise the role in "The Avengers" until the sour split. Marvel insiders say a "name" replacement will be announced at Comic-Con or sooner but they wouldn't speak to rumor roulette that has mentioned Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Nathan Fillion and David Tennant as the man who has been (or should be) picked to lead the new green movement.


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Dr. Traffic
It's often a U-turn when you can't go left
It seems the only thing more confusing than making a right turn on a red arrow is making a U-turn. At least that's what I've taken from your letters.
Left turns are often blocked by a median in the center of the road or a "no left turn" sign. Every so often you've got to "hang a U-bbie" to get where you're going.
Only sometimes it's not so easy to figure out who has the right of way, you've said.
Here's an example:
Carol Reith Miller has lived in the Steele Creek area for 22 years and has seen several accidents and near misses because of U-turns at South Tryon Street and Erwin Road.
As she leaves her subdivision, she's often traveling north on South Tryon and making a U-turn at Erwin to get onto southbound South Tryon.
"The light turns green," she said. "If nobody is coming from the other direction, you're safe. If somebody is turning right ... "
A driver on Erwin could be turning right at a red light onto southbound South Tryon at the same time. There's no sign in the left lane telling Miller to yield to the driver making a right turn from Erwin, she said.
"You have the perfect storm," she said.
In this scenario, U-turners have the right-of-way over a vehicle turning right from the side streets as long as the vehicle making a U-turn has a green arrow or flashing yellow arrow, said Jordan-Ashley Walker, N.C. Department of Transportation spokesperson.
Good to know.
The problem with U-turns that Charles Miller of Indian Trail wrote about is scarier.
"Maybe you can help with drivers that think it is OK to make a U-turn at an intersection when the light at the intersection is red in their direction of travel," he wrote. "I am seeing this done more and more and from what I read it is just like running a red light."
If the light is red, stay put for everyone's sake. You can't turn left.
Meanwhile, Damon Houghton of Charlotte wants us to know there's a way to keep the left turn lane moving at busy intersections even when someone is making a U-turn.
That got my attention. We all know how frustrating it can be to wait in a long left turn line, especially during rush hour. When you finally get the green arrow to go left – and it won't last long – somebody slows down, to double back for a Bo biscuit.
Try not to honk. The U-turner has to halt if there's a sign posted for U-turns to yield to drivers turning right onto the same road from an intersecting street, NCDOT's Walker said.
This doesn't sit well with Houghton.
"I have seen other places in the country where it is just the opposite," he wrote. "If you are turning right (when the light is red), you must still yield to folks making U-turns (since they have a green left arrow). In these places, this makes sense to me."
Well, if only life in paradise were stress-free.
Karen Sullivan: firstname.lastname@example.com, 704-358-5532, @Sullivan_kms


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Book Review: Summerlost by Ally Condie
When tragedy strikes Cedar's family, they buy a home closer to her extended family to spend the summer. There, Cedar takes a job working a Shakespeare festival and meets Leo. Together they have some adventures and learn about friendship and love.
I picked up this book because A) Ally Condie is a great writer and B) I heard her talk about why she wrote this book on an author panel. It is a very honest book without being forced. I loved the quiet friendship between Leo and Cedar, but I also loved the brother sister relationship in this book and the complexity of the characters
On why Cedar liked to hang out with Leo:
I wasn't sure why. But if I had to guess, I would say it was because I liked talking to Leo. He always seemed to be thinking about something. His brain was very busy.
I wanted to go along with him, tag along with his mind like a hitchhiker, so that I could keep my brain busy too.
On missing someone
"You don't have to know someone all the way to miss them," Leo said, "Or to feel bad that they're gone."
On tunnels…and so much more.
As we came out of the hallway, I pretended that the whole world had secret tunnels, where people could walk straight to wherever they really wanted to be and ignore all the meanness in the middle.
I wiped my eyes on my sleeve before Leo could see.
Recommended Grades: 5-8
Genre: Realistic Fiction
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…at least making a good attempt at it.
First of all apologies for being idle for so long. The main problem is that SynthFan.info is but a hobby (though more of a passion) and if you're trying to setup your own company there's only so much spare time left to spend…
But I am making a good start to pick up where I left off, here's the first status update.
As it turned out switching from GoDaddy's 'Quick Blogcast' to WordPress proved to be more difficult than anticipated. The 2 most important reasons for that were me not being fully familiar with WordPress and WordPress itself having some issues with importing all the posts and comments as they were setup on GoDaddy.
As some of you have noticed (and mailed me, thanks!) there is an issue with the pictures on several posts. Besides the pictures some of my posts also suffer(ed) from layout issues, garbage slipping in (due to UTF8 incompatibility), spam (but most of that has been solved now), and an overal lack of new contents.
But we're coming back!
I've been busy adding some more structure to my WordPress environment, also making sure it would check that posts would meet certain requirements to get the posts (and the sites) easier into search engines such as Google and Bing.
Next to that I also made sure to install a good spam checker and decided that I'd add a maximum amount of time where you can comment on posts (approx. 1 month, but I'm still not sure if it shouldn't be 2 months). After that you can no longer comment.
Some people commented on the sometimes silly avatars which were shown with the posts. I also changed that behavior; now my blog fully supports Gravatar. This is a site which can help you setup your own avatar(s) to be used on sites such as mine. Finally no more nonsense.
What's new, what's old and what needs an update ?
If you check the main blog overview you'll see several posts which have a link "Read more…". Those posts have been updated and should now fully comply to the new standards. Optimized for search engines, all images back online and even readable (the Cycling '74 interview really looked horrid up until now).
I'm trying to update one post per day, but most likely this is going to turn into updating several posts per week. The first batch has been updated (the last posts, right down to my tribute to Fall Silently). The next update will include the full tutorial on regular expressions. I know several people who have been rather dissappointed that the pictures were gone; rest assured they'll be back very soon.
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Public speaking is an art that takes time to master. If have been successful in a speech or presentation and you think it is something that you can be passionate about, then you might be an excellent motivational speaker.
Recently, the task of a life coach has increased in popularity and a lot of people consider having a career in this industry, which may earn thousands of dollars on each event. This article shares some tips to help you attain this goal.
1. The Message That You Need to Convey
The best top motivational speakers always have something important to share, something that is taken from personal experiences. They are successful because they talk about their own stories, which are easy to relate to and convincing.
If you want to be a motivational speaker, you must know the essentials that you need to impart. Know what the audience wants to hear and make sure you can convey that kind of message. If you are being vague or too general, you will lessen your chances of success even before you began.
2. You Might Need a Mentor
Perhaps you have always been good in public speaking and you believe that delivering motivational speeches is the right profession for you, but it is easier said than done. Being on a specific group of orators, motivational speakers influence the lives of others, so they have huge responsibility. It is a good idea to learn from the greatest life coaches.
Establish connections to other speakers and observe what they are doing. Talk to professional speakers and look for the right mentor who is willing to share with you the secrets to success of this profession. Consulting a mentor would help you improve your abilities.
3. Target Audience
As a motivational speaker, you must know who your target audience is before writing your speech. You must approach every group of people in a certain way. If you do not know who will listen to you, your talks will fail to be highly relevant and specific.
4. Develop Your Public Speaking Skills
If you have poor speaking skills, you will fail on your task even though you have the best life experiences to share. Work hard on being proficient in public speaking. Record your speeches and watch them carefully. Notice your intonation, body languages, and if you have established eye contact with your audience. Remember that a motivational speaker must sound reassuring and natural.
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In today' world, promotion is a vital ingredient of success. Motivational speakers need to cope with intense competition and many others are already successful in this industry. Advertising can be free of charge and happen easily. Word of mouth and social networks are some of the best outlets for your advertising needs.
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If you are just starting, you need to make some sacrifices like delivering a talk for less or even for free. This would be an essential part of your advertising efforts. In order for people to start paying your talks, they need to see how good you are.
7. Understand the Feedback of the Audience
Listen to what your audience has to say and learn the right way to ask for feedback. If you have a website, you can ask them to comment about your talk and give you suggestions. Prepare to change anything on your technique that does not seem to be working fine.
You need some skills and a lot of life experiences to be a good motivational speaker. When you get started, you would know all the essentials of being a life coach. To master your skills and become successful, you need to learn to communicate with your audience.


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Using Technology to Deepen Democracy, Using Democracy to Ensure Technology Benefits Us All
Monday, November 29, 2004
Fundamentalist Devils, Postmodernist Angels
Anyway, Anthony Stavrianakis in Spiked-Online writes about the rise of so-called "intelligent design" arguments (that is to say, fundamentalist Christians and others with one foot in the twenty-first century and another in the thirteenth, who decry the teaching of the theory of evolution in high school biology classrooms either because they are unpardonably ignorant or stupid themselves, or because they are simply eager to cynically manipulate others who are unpardonably ignorant or stupid to tighten their grip on power to serve their financial or otherwise socially conservative agendas).
Stavrianakis has tired, he says, of all the "well-worn clichés about the 'deep' south and redneck fundamentalist Christianity" that come up when talk turns to "intelligent design." No, Stavrianakis chooses to focus his ire instead on "the value relativism characteristic of twenty-first century political debate." It's not all about hicks banning Darwin, folks, despite all appearances to the contrary, it's... wait for it... elite, academic "post-modernists" who are to blame!
Stavrianakis is right to suggest that "I[ntelligent] D[esign] is less a critique of evolution than a political agenda," and he may be right that at least occasionally "it feeds off a trait in political and scientific debate today whereby differing opinions are considered equally valid." But I doubly disagree with the significance of this latter claim.
First, as someone trained and working in the belly of the "post-modern" beast (I'm in the Department of Rhetoric at Berkeley), I think his characterization of the environment of contemporary literary and cultural studies as a kind of empty-headed value-blindness is mistaken -- as is, come to think of it, any suggestion that humanistic intellectuals exercise much in the way of cultural authority in the United States these days in any case -- a mischaracterization that is driven by its own "political agenda."
Second, the problem in my view is not any ominous "value-relativism" holding sway in diverse liberal secular cultures (if only!) which is somehow eating away at the solid science of stolid scientists. Precisely to the contrary, it is the stubborn consolidation of incompatible faith-based fundamentalisms that is clearly the trouble here. The clashing beliefs among fundamentalists are simply not amenable to rational disagreement or peaceful reconciliation in the first place. Meanwhile, this welter of incompatibly diverse believers intimately co-habit a techno-cultural world that is far too complex and unstable for them to accommodate successfully without making a few key adjustments at least in their public outlooks and practices (just like everybody else). Of course, most of these adjustments will look quite a lot like precisely the kind of "value relativism" Stavrianakis is decrying here as the problem at hand.
Science is a vast social and cultural project in which human beings collaborate to produce descriptions of the environment that deliver ever-greater instrumental and predictive power. A number of standards, methods, protocols, and norms, as well as a vast archive of historical descriptions and tools have accumulated to serve these ends.
Literary and cultural criticism sometimes seems to want to re-write itself in the image of science these days. Usually this is because some scholars want to make practical contributions to political ends and think of their work as documentary projects exposing ideology and yielding educational benefits akin to those of muckraking journalism. Or sometimes it is just because university administrators often seem to value research that confers instrumental power over that which confers meaning, and so some humanities scholars try to adjust the language of their projects to attract adequate funding. But the truth is that there is all the difference in the world between describing the world and appreciating it, and all the difference in the world between the indispensable work of science and that of criticism.
"What is worrying is that politically conservative Christianity has leapt on the contemporary idea that criticism means disagreement, rather than evidence-based critique," writes Stavrianakis, restating a cracked conservative chestnut. Criticism is interested in documenting and appreciating the different ways in which individuals and cultures have made their inhabitation of the world meaningful to them. Science is interested in proposing and testing descriptions of the world to see the use of which ones deliver the greatest powers of prediction and control.
These are two distinguishable enterprises.
A cultural critic might study the way in which a particular Christian fundamentalist poet or politician reconciles the practice of their faith with the implications of evolutionary theory. Over the course of this project the critic might even consider the ways in which the strategies of the fundamentalist might parallel those of a particular atheist in interesting ways. But it would be strange indeed for the critic to suggest that the resulting work should be taught as a candidate-description rivalling an evolutionary description for scientific belief, and fit for testing as such. That would be exactly as odd as thowing a poem into a beaker of solution and calling the soggy aftermath a "reading."
Science attains after a kind of universality (at least at a generality that exhibits repeatability), but criticism is content to illuminate singularities as often as not (which can but need not exhibit a selective applicability beyond themselves).
It is true that scientists in their enthusiasm sometimes seem to bite off more than they can chew. They sometimes speak as though they are certain of what can inspire at best strong confidence. They sometimes speak as though descriptions are final when they can only be just the best on offer. They sometimes speak as though the grasp of consequences trumps the need for meanings, or deny the saturation of their own practice with singularity and meaning-making projects that speak to values other than their scientific ones. In such moments, scientists seem to me at best like poets, but at worst more like fundamentalists themselves than like proper scientists.
Criticism is useful for discerning these moments, appreciating them for their beauty, exposing them for their pretensions. But however useful it can sometimes be, criticism is not science and shouldn't mistake itself or be mistaken as such. This is a vital strength of criticism, not a liability.
"Politically conservative Christianity is nothing to be concerned about in and of itself," writes Stavrianakis, but I couldn't disagree more. Politically conservative Christianity, in at least its American fundamentalist version, is driving or at any rate has been hijacked in the service of a project to re-write the secular American republic (such as it is) in the image of a secretive, defensive, moralistic, monolithic, militaristic republic with the means at its disposal to destroy the world (and it is the avowed desire of many of its partisans that such an outcome come to pass). You better believe this is something to be concerned about!
But I agree with Stavrianakis that it is "when [fundamentalist faith] comes masked as a progressive scientific theory [that] questions must be asked." What I want to insist on here is that there is a distinction between values (of which there are a diversity of valid forms that make individual lives more meaningful) and scientific hypotheses (the differing candidates for belief among which are susceptible to testing by powerful standards known and affirmed by consensus scientific culture). Rather like the separation of Church and State, the crucial distinction of scientific from moral belief relies for its intelligibility and force on precisely the kind of tolerant, liberal, secular sensibilities conservatives like to disdain as "relativist."
Stavrianakis points to some interesting reasonable-seeming coded phrases and injunctions such as that educators should "teach the controversy" or "appreciate complexity," both of which are often used by faith-based anti-evolutionists to introduce a wedge into the teaching of consensus science in biology classes. This is similar to the way in which paid scientific shills for corporate fat cats who care more about their profits than about the suffering caused by smoking cigarettes or the vast dislocations threatened by climate change like to deploy the reasonable-seeming phrase "sound science" to impose impossibly high standards of scientific certainty on reasonable belief and thereby create doubts about the verdicts of consensus science to frustrate reasonable, scientifically-literate regulations in the service of the public good.
This is not anything new. Rhetoric is exactly as old as science is, and if Stavrianakis wants to ensure that the descriptions at which consensus science arrives remain the force for public good they can be, I would suggest he pay more attention to the insights that "value relativist" cultural critics and rhetoricians have long understood and taken into account ourselves, rather than blaming us for the pernicious impact of anti-science social conservatism driven by the twin projects to consolidate the wealth of one minority against the majority, and to consolidate the moral/religious culture of another minority against the majority.
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- c_neil said...
Listen, I know you won't like this but do you know how the Democrats could make the heads of the cultural conservatives spin out of control? The democrats should run a pro-life candidate. Most of the "values oriented" voters only know one or two issues. If the democrats would fudge (or maybe flip-flop) on one or two of these issues the "moral majority" wouldn't know what to do.
- Dale Carrico said...
If you need evidence of just how wrong you are, grasp the significance of the fact that the most powerful Democrat in elective office at the moment Harry Reid is "pro-life" and you probably didn't even know that.
Beyond that, typically "pro-life" just means *anti-abortion*, and the fact is there has been an upswing in abortions performed in Bush's term just as the number of abortions diminished under Clinton. Why? Impact of poverty on decisions to terminate unwanted pregnancies and other structural factors half the Repugnicans don't understand (because they are stupid) and the other half do understand but cynically manipulate nonetheless to whomp up enthusiasm among the rubes (because they are evil).
Women have the right to make health decisions about their own bodies, including the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. If you want to see heads spinning in the "pro-life" (that is to say, the pro-gun, pro-war, pro-pollution, pro-capital punishment death cult) Taliban branch of the Republican Party just see what happens if they ever try to actually make good on their poisonous promises to end safe and legal abortion in America.
We are right, they are wrong. We gain nothing by fudging or compromising -- in fact exactly the opposite is true.
You are right that voters know and care about a limited number of issues, tho'. That is why literally nothing is more important than that democrats, and especially reform democrats and social democrats, continue to seize and create mainstream media to drive and disseminate their messages. Air America needs to grow and the DLC needs to go.


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