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On Tuesday, we explored the beautiful art books concerning artists of the period before the 1900s. This post continues our journey into the wonderful world of art through books about the artists of the Twentieth Century.
Even though the next four artists were born in the mid 1870s and 1880s, they came into their own over the turn of the century, a time of great excitement and hope for the future, when photography was in its infancy and Australia became a nation, achieving their peak fame in the 1920s. They include: Australian printmaker, Margaret Preston (1875-1963); photographer, Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953), and painter, Elioth Gruner (1882-1939), both of whom were born in New Zealand, but grew up in Australia and Australian artist, Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961).
Margaret Preston by Elizabeth Butel 1985/ 1995
Well-known for her still life paintings and woodcuts of Australian flora and fauna and one of Australia's leading Modernists of the early 20th century, Margaret was the most prominent Australian woman artist of the 1920s and 1930s, during which time her designs were used in painting and printmaking, as well as interior decoration, fabric design and even floral arrangements. The cover shows her Self-Portrait 1930.Studying in Munich and Paris, and travelling in Italy, Spain and Holland, between 1903 and 1919, Margaret was heavily influenced by Japanese art and the Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism movements of the time. She also attended Roger Fry's Omega workshops in decorative art in Britain during the First World War. Below is a photo of her, taken in 1930, by my next artist, Harold Cazneaux, titled: Margaret Preston in the Garden, from page 43 of this book.
Her works display a love of asymmetry; pattern as a dominant element of design; simplified composition, where natural patterns are so closely observed that they can be broken down into discrete units, as seen in the photo below of The Brown Pot 1940 from page 57; a degree of primitivism; and a great appreciation and love of Australian flora and fauna, as well as the small things of life. Her earlier works show an emotive and sensual use of colour, as seen in the photo below of her hand-coloured woodcut Anemones 1925, from page 32 of the book: but as she progressed, she adopted a more restricted colour range, with a major emphasis on blue and a graphic use of black and white, as shown by this photo of one of my favourite oils: Implement Blue 1927, from page 38:This detailed book discusses her early life and the three major phases in her work: the periods from1875 to 1920; 1920 to 1930; and 1924 to 1963; accompanied by a comprehensive bibliography of all her works; newspaper and journal articles; and books and monographs, as well as a catalogue of all her oil paintings; prints (etchings; woodcuts; masonite cuts; screen prints; stencils; and monotypes); fabric designs; ceramics and wood blocks. Here is a photo of one of her works on the cover of the October 1926 issue of magazine, Woman's World, from p 42:We feel very lucky to have one of her framed prints, a hand-coloured woodcut, titled Christmas Bells 1925. For more information on Margaret Preston, see: http://www.margaretpreston.info/ and https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=preston-margaret.
The Cazneaux Women by Valerie Hill 2000
Another lovely book featuring the monochromatic works of early Australian photographer, Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) , with their beautiful women subjects , romantic compositions and a wonderful use of light and shade. The book cover features his photo of British artist and theatre designer, Doris Zinkeisen with Her Brushes 1929.
I have always loved black-and-white photographs for their focus on design and composition, line and structure (form and shape), pattern and texture, contrast and tonal variations and the play of light and shadow, without the distraction of colour. These elements are superbly illustrated in the dramatic work of contemporary German photographer, Maik Lipp: See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/maik-lipp_n_4019302.html.
While it was the only medium in Cazneaux's day, when used today, it also lends a timeless or vintage aesthetic to the work, as can be seen in the work featured on this website: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/, although I still think the subject matter and treatment plays a big part of it too. Compare the previous two links with the work of Imogen Cunningham: https://www.imogencunningham.com and Endre Balogh at: http://www.endresphotos.com.
But back to Harold Cazneaux!
While Cazneaux also photographed historic cityscapes, and industrial and landscape aspects, this particular book is devoted to 36 plates of Cazneaux's women – his wife Winifred and small daughters, Rainbow, Jean and Beryl, as well as stylish portraits of well-known women in the 1920s and 1930s including artist, Margaret Preston, writers Ethel Turner and Theo Proctor, performers, Dame Nellie Melba and Anna Pavlova; and a large number of Sydney social belles. I adore this photo: Bathing Baby 1909 from p 50:The plates show the developments in camera art, as well as women's fashions and the changing role of women, from the formally posed wet plate images of the 1870s (and earlier albumen prints), through the Pictorial period to the start of Modernism, where Max Dupain and Olive Cotton (see later) made their mark. Here is another favourite photograph by Harold Cazneaux: The Sleeping Child 1914 from page 64.We also learn about Harold's life, his relationships with women and his artistic influences from his parents, Pierce and Emma, both early photographers; stepmother Christina, who nurtured his talent; his wife, Winifred, who trained at the first photographic studio, where he worked; John Kauffmann, who introduced Pictorialism to Australia, and the Sydney Camera Circle of the early 1920s. Harold's photograph, Rainbow in the Cosmos 1916, from page 62, is delightful!
His photograph Pergola Pattern 1931, from page 100 shows such a superb mastery of composition, pattern and contrast and the play of light and shadow!
The Cazneaux Collection, containing 272 exhibition prints; 200 working photographs and 4300 glass negatives, mainly from 1904 – 1940, as well as his personal papers and letters from 1903 – 1953, is held at the National Library of Australia: See: https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/harold-cazneaux-collection.
I loved the background of the these two photographs: Doris Zinkeisen: New Ideas Portrait with Leaf Background 1929 from page 91 (above); and A Study in Profile 1931 from p 104:There are also significant collections of his photographs at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Mitchell Library and Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. See: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=cazneaux-harold.
The Art of Elioth Gruner: The Texture of Light by Deborah Clark 2014
This cover features Elioth Gruner's oil painting, titled Thunderstorm 1928.
Elioth Gruner (1882 – 1939 ) was also a master of light and shade, as seen in his very famous painting, displayed in the Art Gallery Of New South Wales: Spring Frost 1919, which introduced me to his work, seen in the poster below. The shafts of sunlight and the steam rising from the bellowing dairy cows can probably be better appreciated by viewing this link: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/6925/.We were also lucky enough to attend an exhibition of his work, Elioth Gruner: The Texture of Light, at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in 2014, many of his landscapes painted en plein air from the Sydney to the South Coast of New South Wales, including Cooma and the Monaro; the Canberra region, Yass and the Murrumbidgee River valley and the Southern Highlands, all part of our new home! Is it any wonder that we brought the book based on the exhibition home with us!!There is even a painting of our old stamping grounds in Northern New South Wales with his painting Shelley Beach, Nambucca Heads 1933 (photo above from page 86), and Winter Afternoon, Bellingen, NSW 1937 , the latter held by our old home art gallery NERAM , which also owns his paintings: Beach Idyll 1934 and The Beach 1918, another personal favourite (seen in the photo below from page 21 of the book)!I adore his landscapes depicting pastoral life and the rural homesteads of the period, like Manar, a large cattle and sheep property between Bungendore and Braidwood, seen here in his oil painting, Manar Landscape 1928, the first photo below from page 52 of the book and Autumn, Manar 1939, 2nd photo below, from page 53.He was obviously very popular in his day, enjoying the support of both conservative and progressive elements of the Sydney art scene, as well as winning the Wynne Prize for landscape painting seven times between 1916 and 1937. It was wonderful to see his paintings so closeup, to examine and admire his techniques for reproducing light and shadows, using short, choppy brush strokes and different tones of greens, as exemplified by Morning Light 1916, his first painting to win this award, shown in the photo above from page 26. Spring Frost 1919 was his second Wynne Prize.Hilda Rix Nicholas: The Man For the Job by the Bendigo Art Gallery 2010
We were also very fortunate to see an exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery in 2010 of the works of Australian artist, Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961), who also came to fame in the 1920s, the second Australian artist after Rupert Bunny (who I discussed in the first part of this post last Tuesday) and the first woman to have a solo exhibition in Paris in 1925.
She too painted many lovely paintings of life in rural Australia, especially her family property, run by her second husband, Edgar Wright, at Knockalong near Delegate, on the Southern Monaro. I love this painting of His Land 1922-1923 from page 30. Other favourites are: In the Bush 1927, from page 41; Bringing in the Sheep 1936, held by our local art gallery, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, shown on page 54 of the book;
and The Homestead of Tooraloo 1945 from page 60.The book also chronicles her brilliant early career, from 1907 to 1918, in France, Morocco and Italy, marred by the desperate loss of her travel companions, her sister and mother, from illness and the untimely death of her new husband of six weeks on the Western Front in the First World War. For more about Hilda Rix Nicholas, see: http://knockalong.com/?page_id=664.
No discussion of the art world of the 1920s is complete without reference to the Bloomsbury Group, the subject of the next two books:
Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden by Quentin Bell and Virginia Nicholson 1997
The Bloomsbury Group was a very famous name in the British art world, and while most of its members were born in the 1880s, their main flowering came during the 1920s after their move to Charleston in 1916 to escape the horrors of the First World War.
This lovely book is an ode to Charleston and all its inhabitants: Vanessa Bell and her husband, Clive (temporarily), their sons Julian and Quentin, the co-author of this book; Vanessa's lovers, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant, to whom she bore a daughter, Angelica; David Garnett, Duncan's homosexual lover, and Clive's lover, Mary Hutchinson, as well as other members of the Bloomsbury Group: Vanessa's sister, Virginia Woolf, and husband, Leonard, who lived nearby; Lytton Strachey; Desmond MacCarthy; EM Forster and Maynard Keynes, not to mention chief cook and housekeeper, Grace Higgins.
Starting with a map of the garden and ground plans of each storey of the house and an introduction with its highly appropriate title: A Vanished World, a chapter devoted to Charleston's golden age from 1925 to 1937, which was shattered by the death of Vanessa's son, Julian in the Spanish Civil War, just before the Second World War.
Through the following chapters featuring each room : Clive Bell's study and bedroom; Vanessa's bedroom; the spare bedroom; and those of Maynard Keynes and Duncan Grant; the green bathroom; the dining room and kitchen; the library; the studios; the garden room and finally the beautiful garden, Angelica's 'earthly paradise', including the productive Walled Garden and numerous old photographs, we get to know all about their unconventional lives and their art.
It is backed up by the following small paperback:
Charleston: Past and Present by Quentin Bell, Angelica Garnett, Henrietta Garnet and Richard Shone 1987/ 1993
This official guide to Charleston also describes the contents of each room, and includes essays on Life at Charleston, including personal letters and memoirs, like the childhood memories of the garden, written by Quentin Bell; and the memoirs of Vanessa's daughter Angelica and her daughter Henrietta, who recalls her grandmother, 'Nessa'. It is possible to still visit Charleston. See: https://www.charleston.org.uk/ for details of opening times.
1930 to 1960s
The Boyds by Brenda Niall 2002/ 2007
The Boyd family is a very famous artistic dynasty in Australia, founded by Emma Minnie à Beckett (1858-1936) and her husband Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940), whose children also pursued art: William Merric (1888-1959) became a potter; Theodore Penleigh (1890-1923); and Helen à Beckett (1903-1999) were both painters and son, Martin à Beckett (1893-1972) became a writer.
William married a painter, Doris Gough, and raised five talented artists: a potter, Lucy (1916 -2009); sculptor, Guy (1923-1988); and three painters: Arthur (1920-1999); David (1924-2011); and Mary (1926-2017).
They in turn have raised artists like Lucy's potter son, Robert; Guy's sculptor daughters, Lenore, Sally and Charlotte; Arthur's children, Polly, Jamie and Lucy; David's daughters, Amanda, Lucinda and Cassandra; and Mary's children by her first husband, John Perceval: Matthew, Tessa, Celia and Alice Perceval, as well as musicians and writers.
In her fascinating book, Brenda Niall traces the family biography from 1840s Melbourne with convict heiress Emma Mills, who married William, the son of Victoria's first Chief Justice; her daughter, Emma Minnie, and son-in-law, Arthur Merric Boyd; their children, who grew up at Open Country, Murrumbeena, and Boyd grand-children, all of whom were famous, especially Arthur.
See the Table of Contents of this book at: https://web.archive.org/web/20060618070355/http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0-522-84871-0.html.
This book is so well-written and hard to put down and features many photos of the family and their homes, as well as colour-plates of their artworks!
Open Country, now obliterated by Melbourne suburbia, was the meeting place for many prominent Australian artists in the 1940s and 1950s. See : http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/boyd-familys-murrumbeena-gatherings-a-fount-of-inspiration-for-australian-artists-20141124-11ss2n.html.
Another famous Boyd landmark , which can still be visited, is Arthur Boyd's property at Bundanon, on the Shoalhaven River, near Nowra, which he bought in 1979 and donated to the Australian people in 1993 and which we visited years ago. It is well worth making the effort to visit, even though opening times are limited and there is a long narrow drive in. It's wonderful to see his house and studios and the landscape, which inspired him.
It also includes a huge art collection of over 3 800 items, with more than 1 300 works by Arthur Boyd, over 1 200 works from five generations of the Boyd family dynasty and a number of works by Arthur Boyd's contemporaries, such as Sidney Nolan, John Perceval, Joy Hester and Charles Blackman, from which regular exhibitions are held, as well as hosting an artist-in-residence program each year. See: https://bundanon.com.au/ for visiting times.
Olive Cotton by Helen Ennis and the Art Gallery of New South Wales 2000
I love Olive Cotton's work! Olive Cotton (1911-2003) was one of Australia's leading twentieth century photographers, whose career spanned six decades from the 1930s to the 1980s. The front cover of the book shows her delightfully titled photograph: Only to Taste the Warmth, the Light, the Wind 1939: This small book, which was produced to accompany an exhibition of her work by the Art Gallery of NSW in 2000, contains photographs from the 1930s to mid 1940s, when she worked with her first husband, Max Dupain, at his studio in Sydney, as well as work from the 1980s, when she revisited her negatives and her passion for 'drawing with light'. I love this photograph of a dandelion head, titled: Seedhead 1990 from page 59.Her photographs display her great love for nature, as seen in her landscapes and flower studies; her keen observational powers; her wide range of subject matter; her fluidity of style, moving freely between Pictorialism, the style perfected by her predecessor, Harold Cazneaux (see above), and Modernism; and her great love of the photographic medium.
Her photographs are so beautiful and almost like paintings eg Interior (My Room) 1933, shown above, from page 13, and Cardboard Design 1935, shown below from page 25:
I also love Tea Cup Ballet 1935, a different take on the same subject matter of Margaret Preston's Implement Blue 1927, shown below, from page 24;
Jean-Lorraine By Candlelight 1943, from page 37;
and The Sleeper 1939, shown below from page 31:
Margaret Olley by Barry Pearce 1996
Another famous Australian artist, Margaret Olley (1923-2011) came to fame from the 1950s and 1960s on and is still very popular today. The book cover features one of her early works: Portrait in the Mirror 1948. The photo below is of one of her very famous paintings: Afternoon Interior with Cornflowers 1990, from page 103. I adore her still-lifes and rich, cluttered interiors, full of colour, vases of flowers and vintage objects and furniture. I just love the colours in her painting Chianti Bottle and Pomegranates 1994-1995 (photograph from page 112): This book traces her life, her travels and her work, reproduced in the numerous full colour plates in this lovely book. The mask in the photo below, painted in her Interior IV 1970, page 59 of the book, bears testament to her three trips to Papua New Guinea between 1965 and 1968.
I love the lemons tumbling out of the basket in Lemons 1964, the photo from page 51. They were such comfortable homey interiors too like Yellow Tablecloth with Cornflowers 1995, photograph taken from page 126 of the book. In fact, I could own any one of her works. They are all so beautiful, as well as probably being very pricey these days! Another favourite for its rich warm colours is Clivias 1984, photograph from page 97 of the book. I just love that kelim!!!Fortunately, she left her possessions to the Tweed Regional Gallery at Murwillimbah, so we were able to visit the Margaret Olley Art Centre during our recent trip to Brisbane, a wonderful treat! The first photo below is The Chinese Screen 1994-1995 from page 10, while the last photo is Yellow Room with Lupins II 1994-1995 from page 122. The centre also includes a recreation of key areas of her famous home studio at 48 Duxford Street, Paddington, Sydney : the Hat Factory (living room, dining room and kitchen) and Yellow Room, all built to scale, with original architectural elements like windows, doors and fireplaces, and over 20 000 items, collected by Margaret over many years as subject matter for her paintings. See: http://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/VisitUs and http://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/MargaretOlleyArtCentre.
Finally, some books about some contemporary artists among the Baby Boomers, all of whom have a deep affection for Australia and its amazing flora and fauna!
Criss Canning: The Pursuit of Beauty by David Thomas 2008
The book cover above features Still Life with Poppy Cedric Morris 2007.
Criss Canning's art is very similar in style, talent and subject matter to Margaret Olley. In fact, Margaret Olley was a close friend and supportive mentor and in 1999, Margaret actually bought one of Criss's paintings : Waratah in a Green Jug 1999, seen below from page 139 in the book and donated it to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. See: http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/4417688/olleys-living-legacy/ and https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/61.2000/.
I first discovered Criss Canning, when she visited my garden club in Armidale with her husband David Glenn, of Lambley Nursery fame. See: https://candeloblooms.com/2016/03/08/favourite-gardens-regularly-open-to-the-public-nursery-gardens-in-victoria/.
Her love of native Australian flora can be seen in her painting titled: Winter Banksia 2001 from page 155.This beautiful coffee table book was written and published to coincide with her retrospective exhibition at Ballarat Fine Art Gallery in 2007 and it certainly does justice to all her wonderful sumptuous paintings with full page colour plates in glossy paper. Below is another ode to Australian flora: Gum Blossom 1995, photo from page 123.David Thomas traces her life from her birth in 1947, exactly one month before my husband (!), and childhood in Laburnum, near Blackburn, a suburb of Melbourne, which was then rural acreage; her struggles as a single mother of two young children; her sojourn on the island of Rhodes in Greece, inspired by Charmaine Clift; her marriage and life with David Glenn in Ascot, near Ballarat, and her later more minimalist works, influenced by her love of Japanese art, seen in Freesia's and Japanese Tea Service 1996 from page 175 and the geometric designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.I adore her beautiful floral studies: their rich colour; bold composition; strong patterns and dramatic contrast and flowing textile backdrops, as can be seen in her paintings titled: Black and White 1999, the first photo below from page 77 and Arthur Merric Boyd Coffee Set 2003, the second photo below from page 160.I love her talented portrayal of metal surfaces and her patterned backgrounds, as seen in the first photo below: Silver Reflections 2003 from page 162 and the silver tray in the second photo below: Native Flowers and Silver Tray 2001 from page 149,As well as her wonderful sense of colour, as seen in Poppies 1987 from page 43. To see more of her work, visit her site at: http://crisscanning.com.au/.
Salvatore Zofrea: Days of Summer by Anne Ryan 2009
This lovely book features the work of Salvatore Zoffrea, an Italian-Australian printmaker, who produces beautiful woodcuts of Australian flora and the bush. The book cover features his woodcut: Mountain Devil Grevillea with Eggs and Bacon Pea, Native Iris and Kunzea, while the photo below shows Bowerbirds with Native Irises and Eggs and Bacon Pea from page 43. Like Criss Canning, he was also influenced heavily by Japanese art, especially its traditional Japanese woodcuts, as well as European art. I love his delightful work: Tea Tree with Bronze Pigeon in the photo below, taken from page 39. I love his attention to detail, the busyness of his designs, his use of colour or lack of colour, his sense of wonder at the beauty and abundance of the Australian bush and his underlying message of the importance of conservation and sustainability. The photo below is a closeup of a double page spread, page 62 and 63, featuring his large woodcut, 3 metres long, titled: Bellbirds at Kurrajong, which was made by carving nine blocks of marine plywood and was his artistic response to a local incident at Mandeni, near Merimbula, where a bellbird population was culled due to their destruction of eucalyptus trees. Little did we realize that five years later we would be living in the area! We felt so lucky to see these wonderful prints by chance when passing through Wagga Wagga in 2010. See: http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/art-gallery/exhibitions-landing/past-exhibitions/exhibitions-2010/salvatore-zofrea-days-of-summer); http://mrag.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ZofreaProposal_sml.pdf and http://mrag.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ZofreaEdKit_11_01_10.pdf.
Byron Portfolio: An Artist's Response to the Byron Shire by Karen Wynn-Moylan 1989Another environmental artist, whose work I love is Karen Wynn-Moylan, also known as Karena Wynn-Moylan. Her book cover features her watercolour, View From Honeysuckle to Tallows Beach, a familiar scene from coastal holidays in the area many years ago.Karen works in a variety of media: watercolours, oils, acrylics and pastels – to record and celebrate the beauty of the unique flora and fauna of her subtropical home environment in the Byron Shire, as well as encourage an appreciation of the environment and the need for conservation. Her love of her local rainforest can be seen in the photo above of her watercolour painting, The Clearing, page 43, while her pastel, Sunsoaked, on page 7, portrays a subject matter typical of the local area! I love The Flowering Beach, a mixed media painting on page 21, the fine dots of colour so typical of the Australian bush. Nasturtiums (Mullumbimby Laneway), labelled The Nasturtians in the book on page 29 and seen in the photo below, reminds me of our holidays at Hat Head with its old-fashioned dirt lane ways, lined with bougainvillea and frangipanis, wooden sheds and garages and leaning wooden fences, trailing with nasturtiums.
For a look at her work, see: http://www.karenawynn-moylan.bravehost.com/. As a Tasmanian, I really loved her new oil: Summer Above the Snowline: Mt Wellington, at: http://www.karenawynn-moylan.bravehost.com/newwork.html.
The final artist in this post, Michael Leunig, also has much to say about our treatment of the environment, as well as each other, as can be seen in the following book:
The Michael Leunig Collection: Favourite Paintings and Drawings by Michael Leunig 1991Born in 1945, Michael Leunig is a much-loved and well-known cartoonist with delightfully quirky characters, who highlight the absurdities of life, and wonderfully whimsical poetry. The book cover features his well-known cartoon, The Kiss 1985.His work is just so much fun and he addresses serious issues with a humorous light-hearted approach, which is very effective, as seen in the photo above of his cartoon, Plastic Shopping Bags in Autumn 1989 from page 22, though we are only just starting to address the issue in 2017! I love his characters, Mr Curly and Vasco Pyjama, as well as the small things of life: his ducks, houses, teapots and angels. The photo above is Mr Curly Comes Home 1973, from page 30, while the colour photograph below is the book cover for The Travelling Leunig, published by Penguin in 1990, and reproduced on page 112 of this book. This book is a taster to some of his most famous drawings. We own a number of his books, and his work also appears regularly in the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, as well as a free annual calendar. For more on his work, see: http://www.leunig.com.au/.
I will finish this post with one of his delightful prayers from his website :
Dear God,
We rejoice and give thanks for earthworms,
bees, ladybirds and broody hens;
for humans tending their gardens, talking to animals,
cleaning their homes and singing to themselves;
for rising of the sap, the fragrance of growth,
the invention of the wheelbarrow and the existence of the teapot,
we give thanks. We celebrate and give thanks.


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The Education Services for Overseas Student (ESOS) Act sets out the legal framework governing delivery of education to overseas students studying in Australia on a student visa. Within the ESOS legislative framework are the 15 standards to ensure quality with which Brighton Grammar School must comply in order to retain registration as an educational provider for full fee paying overseas students (FFPOS). Standard 6, Student Support Services, requires the educational provider to have a critical incident policy.
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|Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003
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|the 108th United States Congress
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|Pub.L. 108-187
|Statutes at Large
|117 Stat. 2699
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|15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
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The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 16, 2003, established the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions.
The backronym CAN-SPAM derives from the bill's full name: Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003. It plays on the word "canning" (putting an end to) spam, as in the usual term for unsolicited email of this type. The bill was sponsored in Congress by Senators Conrad Burns and Ron Wyden.
The CAN-SPAM Act is occasionally referred to by critics as the "You-Can-Spam" Act because the bill fails to prohibit many types of e-mail spam and preempts some state laws that would otherwise have provided victims with practical means of redress. In particular, it does not require e-mailers to get permission before they send marketing messages.[1] It also prevents states from enacting stronger anti-spam protections, and prohibits individuals who receive spam from suing spammers except under laws not specific to e-mail. The Act has been largely unenforced,[2] despite a letter to the FTC from Senator Burns, who noted that "Enforcement is key regarding the CAN-SPAM legislation." In 2004, less than 1% of spam complied with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.[3]
The law required the FTC to report back to Congress within 24 months of the effectiveness of the act.[4] No changes were recommended. It also requires the FTC to promulgate rules to shield consumers from unwanted mobile phone spam. On December 20, 2005 the FTC reported that the volume of spam has begun to level off, and due to enhanced anti-spam technologies, less was reaching consumer inboxes. A significant decrease in sexually explicit e-mail was also reported.[5]
Later modifications changed the original CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by (1) Adding a definition of the term "person"; (2) Modifying the term "sender"; (3) Clarifying that a sender may comply with the act by including a post office box or private mailbox; and (4) Clarifying that to submit a valid opt-out request, a recipient cannot be required to pay a fee, provide information other than his or her email address and opt-out preferences, or take any other steps other than sending a reply email message or visiting a single page on an Internet website.
CAN-SPAM, a direct response of the growing number of complaints over spam e-mails,[6] defines a "commercial electronic mail message" as "any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service (including content on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose)." It exempts "transactional or relationship messages." The FTC issued final rules[7] (16 C.F.R. 316) clarifying the phrase "primary purpose" on December 16, 2004. Previous state laws had used bulk (a number threshold), content (commercial), or unsolicited to define spam. The explicit restriction of the law to commercial e-mails is widely considered by those in the industry[8][9] to essentially exempt purely political and religious e-mail from its specific requirements. Such non-commercial messages also have stronger First Amendment protection, as shown in Jaynes v. Commonwealth.[10]
Congress determined that the US government was showing an increased interest in the regulation of commercial electronic mail nationally, that those who send commercial e-mails should not mislead recipients over the source or content of them, and that all recipients of such emails have a right to decline them.[6] However, CAN-SPAM does not ban spam emailing outright, but imposes laws on using deceptive marketing methods through headings that are "materially false or misleading". In addition there are conditions that email marketers must meet in terms of their format, their content, and labeling.[6] The three basic types of compliance defined in the CAN-SPAM Act -- unsubscribe, content, and sending behavior -- are as follows:
There are no restrictions against a company emailing its existing customers or anyone who has inquired about its products or services, even if these individuals have not given permission, as these messages are classified as "relationship" messages under CAN-SPAM.[14] But when sending unsolicited commercial emails, it must be stated that the email is an advertisement or a marketing solicitation. Note that recipients who have signed up to receive commercial messages from you are exempt from this rule.
If a user opts out, a sender has ten days to cease sending and can use that email address only for compliance purposes. The legislation also prohibits the sale or other transfer of an e-mail address after an opt-out request. The law also requires that the unsubscribe mechanism must be able to process opt-out requests for at least 30 days after the transmission of the original message.[15]
Use of automated means to register for multiple e-mail accounts from which to send spam compound other violations. It prohibits sending sexually oriented spam without the label later determined by the FTC of "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT." This label replaced the similar state labeling requirements of "ADV:ADLT" or "ADLT."
CAN-SPAM makes it a misdemeanor to send spam with falsified header information.[16] A host of other common spamming practices can make a CAN-SPAM violation an "aggravated offense," including harvesting, dictionary attacks, IP address spoofing, hijacking computers through Trojan horses or worms, or using open mail relays for the purpose of sending spam.
Although according to the law, legitimate businesses and marketers should be conscientious regarding the aspects mentioned above, there are misinterpretations and fraudulent practices that are viewed as criminal offenses:
CAN-SPAM provides a limited private right of action to Internet Access Services that have been adversely affected by the receipt of emails that violate the Act; and does not allow natural persons to bring suit. A CAN-SPAM plaintiff must satisfy a higher standard of proof as compared with government agencies enforcing the Act; thus, a private plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant either sent the email at issue or paid another person to send it knowing that the sender would violate the Act. Despite this heightened standard, private CAN-SPAM lawsuits have cropped up around the country, as plaintiffs seek to take advantage of the statutory damages available under the Act.[]
CAN-SPAM preempts (supersedes) state anti-spam laws that do not deal with fraud. The relevant portion of CAN-SPAM reads:
Though this move was criticized by some anti-spam activists, some legal commentators praised it, citing a heavily punitive California law seen as overbroad and a wave of dubious suits filed in Utah.[18]
CAN-SPAM allows the FTC to implement a national do-not-email list similar to the FTC's popular National Do Not Call Registry against telemarketing, or to report back to Congress why the creation of such a list is not currently feasible. The FTC soundly rejected this proposal, and such a list will not be implemented. The FTC concluded that the lack of authentication of email would undermine the list, and it could raise security concerns.
The legislation prohibits e-mail recipients from suing spammers or filing class-action lawsuits. It allows enforcement by the FTC, State Attorneys General, Internet service providers, and other federal agencies for special categories of spammers (such as banks). An individual might be able to sue as an ISP if (s)he ran a mail server, but this would likely be cost-prohibitive and would not necessarily hold up in court. Individuals can also sue using state laws about fraud, such as Virginia's that gives standing based on actual damages, in effect limiting enforcement to ISPs.
The McCain amendment[19] made businesses promoted in spam subject to FTC penalties and enforcement remedies, if they knew or should have known that their business was being promoted by the use of spam. This amendment was designed to close a loophole that allowed those running affiliate programs to allow spammers to abuse their programs, and encouraged such businesses to assist the FTC in identifying such spammers.
Senator Corzine sponsored an amendment to allow bounties for some informants.[20] The FTC has limited these bounties to individuals with inside information.[20]The bounties are expected to be over $100,000 but none have been awarded yet.[20]
Those opposing spam greeted the new law with dismay and disappointment, almost immediately dubbing it the "You Can Spam" Act.[21][22] Internet activists who work to stop spam stated that the Act would not prevent any spam -- in fact, it appeared to give federal approval to the practice, and it was feared that spam would increase as a result of the law. CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email) stated:
This legislation fails the most fundamental test of any anti-spam law, in that it neglects to actually tell any marketers not to spam. Instead, it gives each marketer in the United States one free shot at each consumer's e-mail inbox, and will force companies to continue to deploy costly and disruptive anti-spam technologies to block advertising messages from reaching their employees on company time and using company resources. It also fails to learn from the experiences of the states and other countries that have tried "opt-out" legal frameworks, where marketers must be asked to stop, to no avail.[23]
AOL Executive Vice President and General Counsel Randall Boe stated:
[CAN-SPAM] not only empowered us to help can the spam, but also to can the spammers as well . . . Our actions today clearly demonstrate that CAN-SPAM is alive and kicking -- and we're using it to give hardcore, outlaw spammers the boot.
Advertising organizations such as the Data & Marketing Association (DMA) have sought to weaken implementation of the law in various ways. These include lengthening the time for honoring opt-outs from 10 business days to 31 calendar days, limiting the validity of opt-out requests to no more than two to three years, and eliminating rewards to persons who assist the Federal Trade Commission in enforcement of the act.[24] The DMA has also opposed provisions requiring the subject line of spam to indicate that the message is an advertisement.[25]
On February 16, 2005, Anthony Greco, 18, of Cheektowaga, New York, was the first person to be arrested under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced in a closed session.[26][27]
Within a few months, hundreds of lawsuits had been filed by an alliance of ISPs. Many of these efforts resulted in settlements; most are still pending. Though most defendants were "John Does," many spam operations, such as Scott Richter's, were known.
On April 29, 2004, the United States government brought the first criminal and civil charges under the Act. Criminal charges were filed by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the FTC filed a civil enforcement action in the Northern District of Illinois. The defendants were a company, Phoenix Avatar, and four associated individuals: Daniel J. Lin, James J. Lin, Mark M. Sadek, and Christopher Chung of West Bloomfield, Michigan. Defendants were charged with sending hundreds of thousands of spam emails advertising a "diet patch" and "hormone products." The FTC stated that these products were effectively worthless. Authorities said they face up to five years in prison under the anti-spam law and up to 20 years in prison under U.S. mail fraud statutes.
On September 27, 2004, Nicholas Tombros pled guilty to charges and became the first spammer to be convicted under the Can-Spam Act of 2003.[28] He was sentenced in July 2007 to three years probation, six months house arrest, and a fine of $10,000.[29]
On April 1, 2006, Mounir Balarbi, of Tangier, Morocco, was the first person outside the United States to have an arrest warrant validated under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Mounir's trial was held in absentia, and he was sentenced in a closed session.[27][30]
On January 16, 2006, Jeffrey Goodin, 45, of Azusa, California, was convicted by a jury in United States district court in Los Angeles in United States v. Goodin, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 06-110, under the CAN-SPAM Act (the first conviction under the Act),[31] and on June 11, 2007, he was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison. Out of a potential sentence of 101 years, prosecutors asked for a sentence of 94 months. Goodin was already detained in custody, as he had missed a court hearing.[32]
As of late 2006, CAN-SPAM has been all but ignored by spammers. A review of spam levels in October 2006 estimated that 75% of all email messages were spam, and the number of spam emails complying with the requirements of the law were estimated to be 0.27% of all spam emails. As of 2010[33][34], about 90% of email was spam.
On August 25, 2005, three people were indicted on two counts of fraud and one count of criminal conspiracy.[35] On March 6, 2006 Jennifer R. Clason, 33, of Raymond, New Hampshire, pled guilty and was to be sentenced on June 5, 2006. She faced a maximum sentence of 5 years on each of the three counts and agreed to forfeit money received in the commission of these crimes.[36] On June 25, 2007, the remaining two were convicted of spamming out millions of e-mail messages that included hardcore pornographic images. Jeffrey A. Kilbride, 41, of Venice, California, and James R. Schaffer, 41, of Paradise Valley, Arizona, were convicted on eight counts in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, Arizona. Both were sentenced to five years in prison, and ordered to forfeit $1,300,000. The charges included conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, and transportation of obscene materials. The trial, which began on June 5, was the first to include charges under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, according to the Department of Justice. The specific law that prosecutors used under the CAN-Spam Act was designed to crack down on the transmission of pornography in spam.[37][38] Two other men, Andrew D. Ellifson, 31, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Kirk F. Rogers, 43, of Manhattan Beach, California, also pled guilty to charges under the CAN-SPAM Act related to this spamming operation. Both were scheduled to be sentenced on June 5, 2006 in Phoenix.[36] After sentencing, Andrew D. Ellifson received a Presidential Pardon by President Obama.[39]
In July 2005, the Federal Trade Commission lodged civil CAN-SPAM complaints against nine companies alleging that they were responsible for spam emails that had been sent by them or by their affiliates.[40][41] Eight of the nine companies, Cyberheat[42] of Tucson, Arizona, APC Entertainment, Inc.,[43] of Davie, Florida, MD Media, Inc.,[44] of Bingham Farms, Michigan, Pure Marketing Solutions, LLC,[45] of Tampa, Florida, TJ Web Productions, LLC,[46] of Tampa, Florida, and BangBros.com, Inc., RK Netmedia, Inc., and OX Ideas, Inc., LLC,[47] of Miami, Florida entered into stipulated consent decrees. Impulse Media Group, Inc.[48] of Seattle, Washington, represented by CarpeLaw PLLC, defended the case brought against it.[49][50]
The Department of Justice asserted that the CAN-SPAM statute imposed strict-liability on producers such as Impulse Media for the actions of its non-agent, independent-contractor affiliates. However, the two courts to consider that argument rejected the DOJ's contention.[51][52] In March 2008 the remaining defendant, Impulse Media Group, went to trial. At trial, it was determined that IMG's Affiliate Agreement specifically prohibited spam bulk-email and that if an affiliate violated that agreement, it would be terminated from the program. In fact, several affiliates had been terminated for that very reason. After a 2½ day trial, the jury retired to determine whether Impulse Media should be held liable for the bad acts of its affiliates. Three and one-half hours later, the jury returned with a verdict that IMG was not liable and that the emails were the fault of the affiliates.[53] To-date, the FTC has not prevailed at trial in any of its civil CAN-SPAM claims.
In March 2006, the FTC obtained its largest settlement to date - a $900,000 consent decree against Jumpstart Technologies, LLC for numerous alleged violations of the CAN-SPAM act.[54]


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Classic Interview About Waveskis From 1981 Courtesy of Doug Greaves from Austrailia. Thanks Doug, Great Stuff!
Hi there.
I've just uploaded onto Youtube a video from 1981, which was broadcast in Australia on the children's show "Simon Townsends Wonder World". It was all filmed at Dee Why Point in Sydney, which was probably the most popular spot for waveskis back then.
The in-water filming was done by a professional film company that was hired by Peter Stuyvesant, the cigarette manufacturer. They were sponsors of the NSW State Titles and they paid for a short documentary about the competition. Fortunately, they agreed to make their film available for the TV show.
Most of the skis in the video were from Raider and were shaped by John Christensen and Roger Shackleton. The riders are Mike Petrie, John, Roger, Paul Wise, Gordon Lang and a few others whose names I can't remember.
I believe the white Wavemaster was the first epoxy ski ever made. Unfortunately the glasser didn't really know how to use epoxy, so it was about 15kg (and a dog), which didn't help to market the benefits of epoxy resin! However, it would bounce off rocks without leaving a mark. Which was handy, as I used to hit a lot of rocks.
I don't think there's much high-quality video of waveskis from 30 years ago. So I hope you enjoy this little bit of history.
Best wishes,
Doug Greaves


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Various imports here (the Pretzel Crackers are from the E.U. while the rest are of German origin):
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Fear of Ebola has spread around the world. Some countries have closed their borders to citizens of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In the United States, returning health workers have been verbally attacked and, in at least one case, confined to an unheated outdoor tent in chilly autumn temperatures.
Nurse Kaci Hickox was forced into a mandatory quarantine in a cold tent outside a New Jersey hospital after returning to the U.S. from Sierra Leone. Hickox did not have a fever or other symptoms of Ebola. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered the quarantine and defended his move.
"We are not going to take any risks with the public health in New Jersey," said Christie.
Only two Americans, both nurses, contracted Ebola at a Dallas hospital from a Liberian man who died from the virus. One nurse flew to Cleveland before coming down with the telltale fever.
Infectious disease experts say the risk of getting Ebola, even from someone who has just started a fever, is very low.
Dr. Alan Magill spoke by Skype from a conference in New Orleans, where Ebola experts were to gather -- except the governor of Louisiana imposed mandatory quarantines on anyone who had been to West Africa, even if they had not come into contact with Ebola patients.
"Intimate contact with infectious bodily fluids is how people get infected. That is typically not what is seen on an airplane," said Magill.
Stephen Morrison works on global health issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He said the quarantine is not based on science, but it works for the governors.
"They are trying to minimize risk. They are also trying to control public panic and fear," he said.
Morrison said the governors also were trying to curry favor with voters in an election year. Public opinion polls indicate 75 percent to 80 percent of Americans want returning health workers to undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine after treating Ebola patients, even if they do not have a fever. But experts say mandatory quarantines can backfire. They can discourage health workers from volunteering.
"I think the overriding priority is to end the epidemic, so that means we make it as easy as we can for our workers to go and to come back," said Magill.
After three days, Hickox was allowed to return to her home in Maine, where the state's governor ordered her to stay indoors under a mandatory quarantine. She refused to follow it, took her case to court and won. But, she said, more needs to be done.
"We will only win this battle, as we continue this discussion, as we gain a better collective understanding about Ebola and public health, as we overcome the fear, and most importantly, as we end the outbreak that is still ongoing in West Africa today," she said.
Hickox is now allowed to leave her house, but has agreed not to go to populated places.


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A few weeks ago Jamie and I popped up to Earlham park, right next to Uni. It's such a beautiful place and ooooh my god, the dogs!! There were so many dogs!! I've made it a new tradition that every time J comes to visit we head up there for some outfit shots and to see all the cute bundle of fluffs running around.
Shirt – Zara // Coat – Primark // Jeans & Trainers – New Look
I am in love with this bug-embroidered shirt I picked up from Zara in the sale in January. I've been after a plain white shirt for a while now but the little bug details on this were too adorable to say no to!! I paired it with my beloved ripped knee mom jeans and these new white trainers I picked up. I've had my eye on Stan Smiths for a while but I figured I'd save up and instead get these cheap beauties from New Look instead – I love them!
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MIT Students Invent Energy-Harvesting Shock Absorber, Plan to Take Over the World
Zack Anderson , senior in elecrical engineering and computer sciences, holds a GenShock prototype up to a Humvee coil spring where it is installed. Photo via MIT, credit Donna Coveney
For once we just might be excited about going on a bumpy ride.
A group of MIT undergrads have created a shock absorber that harvests energy from a vehicle's movement and can improve fuel efficiency by as much as 10%. The students rented several different cars and fitted them with monitors to see how much energy potential was held in the suspensions.
The regenerative shock absorbers are able to offer up to a 10 percent improvement in fuel efficiency than standard shock absorbers used in most cars today. The new shocks have a tiny turbine powered by a generator, so each time a shock is compressed or extended, hydraulic fluid must pass by the turbine. An active electronic system controls the hydraulics and the car has a smoother ride while also generating electricity.
During testing of a 6-shock truck, they found each shock absorber is able to generate up to an average of 1 kW on a road, which is "enough power to completely displace the large alternator load in heavy trucks and military vehicles."
The students are definitely aware of how lucrative this invention can be. They've formed a company - Levant Power Corp - and are working on getting patents and perfecting the technology. By this summer, they hope to start getting companies on board for converting the suspensions of their fleets, and maybe even winning a government contract or two. They already have gotten a loan from the company that makes humvees for the military, and have snagged a loaner humvee from them for testing.
They hope their technology will help give an edge to the military vehicle company in securing the expected $40 billion contract for the new army vehicle called the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV.
"They see it as something that's going to be a differentiator" in the quest for that lucrative contract, says [Senior Shakeel] Avadhany. He adds, "it is a completely new paradigm of damping."
"Simply put -- we want this technology on every heavy-truck, military vehicle and consumer hybrid on the road," Avadhany says.
Via MIT via Daily Tech
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
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- Jen in NY said...
Kim that was too funny about Soccer Son. Did he see your blog post? He must have been hysterical!
Great thrift store finds. I really like that embroidered towel! We're getting rain and wind from Irene right now, but we're on the outskirts of the storm so hopefully it won't be too bad. I'm worried about friends/family though in NYC/Philly/LI. I hope Irene leaves quickly.
- August 28, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Me and My Stitches said...
They are never too old to spank, and he needs it! That is so funny - I'm sure he humored himself! You found some nice treasures at the thrift store...thanks for sharing.
- August 28, 2011 at 5:50 AM
- Denise in PA said...
Hi Kim - we seemed to have been in a bubble on our street, no damage or flooding and, frankly, a storm we had a few weeks ago was much worse for us. However, where our son & DIL live a few minutes away, they were rescuing people with boats (our kids are okay however). I feel very blessed. That book looks great - I guess it's time to start thinking about Christmas, huh?!
- August 28, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- kcenya1950 said...
kim, it is a mary englebreit. i have the cookie jar to match that my daughter gave me years ago. cute cute cute
- August 28, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- pcflamingo said...
Love the embroidered dishtowel - I'm a complete sucker for those. I have a nephew & his family in NJ and last we heard they had lost power and had a flooded basement - hopefully no other damage.
- August 28, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Carol said...
That was the first thing I thought of too for the salt shaker, Mary Engelbreit, but you're right it very well could be Debbie Mumm - love them both. You always find great stuff at the thrift store.
- August 28, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Kristi said...
wonderful finds....I can never seem to find great things like these!
- August 28, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Lady of the Cloth said...
I have an orphan salt shaker that I love and use it for cinnamon and sugar for toast. I just love to look at it on the breakfast table. Carline
- August 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Gran - Knot-y Embroidery Lady said...
Been watching the storm rage on the east coast - glad manager man is OK. Great finds at the thrift shops - you sure have a good eye.
- August 28, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Heckety said...
Limoges in a Thrift shop- imagine! Looks like you got a good haul, and the book looks good too!
I've been watching the progress of the storm too, and thinking of the bloggers I know who will be affected, though like you say, with power outtages we'll not get news from them for a bit.
About that embroidered dishcloth- couldn't you have passed it off as a gift from Gran which you just re-discovered????? It is kinda cute!
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The 104th Phoenix Squadron in conjunction with SimHQ.com is hosting a DCS A-10C fly-in on the 104th Dedicated A10-C server ALL DAY Saturday, Sept 24th, 2011. There's no RSVP, no sign up, no application fee, no minimum aptitude test, and no cup to pee in. Just start up DCS A-10C Multiplayer, log on with your ED Master Login, look for the 104th Phoeinx server, hop on (no password) and get your Hog on!
Registered SimHQ users can log on to SimHQ's Teamspeak 3 server:
Not registered on SimHQ? Registration is fast and easy:
Missions in the line-up:
Operation Sudden Hammer: an airfield attack and interdiction mission with some mountain/canyon engagement action.
Fulda Gap: World War III retro mission set in 1989 (=> no/discouraged TGP) prevent an armoured regiment from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany from pouring through the Fulda Gap and capturing Frankfurt, Germany. In our case we use the Khashuri pass in Georgia to simulate the famous Fulda Gap. In this mission you are facing the Russian first team, so need to fly relatively low (there are SA-10s back at Russian divisional HQ, so if you very fly high you better be very good at dodging missiles).
Pirates of the Crimean: naval search and destroy for pirates attacking shipping in the Black Sea. Once the pirate vessels are located and destroyed you then destroy the coastal pirate bases. This mission starts and dusk and continues into the night. Great fun with the Night Vision Goggles and systems of the A-10C.
Operation Rampant Bear: Simulation of the 2008 South Ossetian War, with A-10C added.
Operation Liberty: Russia has decided that it wants to take Georgia by force. It has formed a coalition with local Insurgents and Israel. Georgia with help from the US is defending it's territory in the name of liberty.
Operation Moonshield: Six months ago, the world stood in awe when the biggest archaeological discovery of mankind was announced by a German team from the University of Heidelberg. Remains of a 120,000 year old capital city were discovered in western Georgia. The German team began drilling and made a huge discovery. Quickly after this the Russian army came in, kidnapped the archaeologists, and took over the entire area. What exactly was discovered is unknown, but it was important enough that Georgia was invaded by the Russian army to gain control of the find. In a desperate attempt for military support, Russian intelligence services sold information about the discovery to the Israeli secret service 'Mossad'. Israeli forces were then sent to Georgia to support Russia and keep control of the area.
A mission schedule is available here
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In order to ensure fun play for everyone, there are some ground rules and/or guidelines listed below. In general, if a player is disrupting everyone else's good time, they will be kicked and/or banned.
Shoot to Kill, Play to Have Fun. It's not just a motto, it's…ok, well, actually it is just a motto, but it's a pretty good one. Play nice.
- No team-killing, consensual or otherwise.
- No obscene language, VOIP or text. Not all folks enjoy obscene language, even if meant in good humor. Other folks may have friends/family reading the chat messages over their shoulder or listening in on external speakers and may hear what you intended as a closed room comment.
- Use push-to-talk on your VOIP program.
- Read the chat bar and send text messages (TAB key) for important comms in addition to broadcasting over VOIP (not everyone may using the same VOIP program).
- Not everyone needs to be certified in brevity code (and not everyone is!) but be Clear and Concise.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevity_code Another link from Panther: http://www.pantherden.net/Training%20Doc/Training%20Material/Manuals/brevity.pdf
- There will be an "active runway" at each airbase that includes a preferred direction for takeoff/landing. Ask if you're not sure. Do not go against the flow, even if it means a longer flight or taxi. Declare an emergency in chat within ten miles of the airbase if you must go against the active runway heading and call for a clear runway and state how far out you are in miles and minutes.
- Stop and announce intentions before rolling onto a runway, even if just taxiing "quickly" across. Tip: Check the surrounding area for other players using the F10 map view.
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- The priority order when there's a conflict for runway or taxiway access is as follows:
1) Emergency (damage or low fuel)
2) Landing
3) Taking off
4) Taxiing to runway
5) Taxiing from runway
In the event of a priority tie "Got There First" and "Right of Way" (i.e., if the other vehicle is to your right, you let them go ahead of you) are the tie breakers.
- Clear the runway as fast as possible after landing and then announce it: "Skippy5 is clear of the active runway!"
Remember, we're all here to have fun. If you find yourself not having fun, angry or upset, step away from the Warthog HOTAS for a few minutes, cool down, and then rejoin. And, of course, please let me know in the SimHQ forum or via PM what we can do better next time.
Any questions? Post them at SimHQ, here or contact 104th_Moa.
posted by EinsteinEP (September 09, 2011 11:20) SimHQ Forums (Reposted here by PoleCat)


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Tone It Tuesday – Leg Toning Yoga and Yoga Teacher Training
Happy Tuesday!
I hope all of you had a great weekend! I spent all of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Yoga Teacher Trainin.! We practiced a lot and were able to spend time outside in the gorgeous weather.
Although I taught yoga for 2 years, I was able to do so with a personal training certification and knowledge gained from my own practice. I am thrilled to have started the journey that will lead me to become a certified teacher!
On a side note, the studio that I am training at just finished up a 21 Day Yoga Challenge. After three days of training, I already had three consecutive days of yoga under my belt. I figured since I was a seventh of the way through 21 days, that I would do my own 21 day challenge. Today is day 5 and I have plans to take a class this evening. Day 1 was the hardest day for me as it was the first day of training and we practiced twice. My body was screaming and my head was telling me that I wasn't capable of doing such things. Luckily after dragging myself through my yoga workout the following day, I started feeling less tired. Day 3 was even better as my body felt stronger and my brain started believing that I could do this. Even though I am only 4 days in, this challenge has done wonders for me mentally as I feel like I am able to do whatever I'd like and my body will back me. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you are the slightest bit interested in attempting your own 21 day challenge, I'd say GIVE IT A TRY! It may be hard at first and totally test your body both physically and mentally, but like me, I think you will be glad you did it as early as day 3!
If you decide to participate in the challenge, today's video is perfect for day 1! It is a yoga routine that includes a large number of poses that heavily recruit your leg muscles. In addition to working the legs, you will also work all other areas of your body.
Enjoy and let me know if you decide to take the 21 Day Challenge. I'd love to offer support and hold each other accountable! 🙂
Workout #94
-23 minutes
1) chair
2) forward bend
3) chair lift and lower
4) pyramid
5) airplane
6) crescent
7) crescent tuck and lengthen leg
8) standing split
9) upward dog
10) downward dog
11) plank
12) chaturanga


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Debar Mountain in the distance
Debar Mountain (3300 ft)
Difficulty: Gradual, except the final push, which is steep
Date of Summit: 4/11/2009
Trailhead to Summit: 3.7 miles
Trip Time: 4 hrs
Ascent: 1700 ft
Temperature: mid-40's (Snow in mid-April? Why am I not surprised...)
We were so close. We could see the top. We knew that even if we made it past this harrowing final push, we would still have to descend that very same route, and that's what scared us. As my hiking partner, Martin Heintzelman, said more than once (probably hoping to make us both feel better), "discretion is the better part of valor". This proverb could never be more true, especially when you're staring up at a stepped-cliff, covered with a frozen waterfall of sheer ice.
I'm starting to think that a failed summit attempt must have to occur roughly once a year for me, so that my humility is reset for the following season of hiking (this happened last year, attempting St. Regis). Or perhaps this was karma, for me leaving my wife and 5-week-old baby home alone on a Saturday to hike with a friend! Regardless of why it happened, it was still an extremely enjoyable hike. 90% of the trail is gradual and relaxing, as it utilizes old logging roads, until it arrives at the base of Debar. That's when things get tricky.
We shared the trail with a group of 11 students from SUNY-Potsdam, who appeared to be a bit more prepared than us. After a bit of post-holing and slipping on the ice, it quickly became apparent that we just weren't equipped properly for this hike. Since it was mid-April, we didn't expect to see such a presence of snow or ice on the trail, so we didn't have snowshoes or Stabilicers with us. I firmly believe that an ice axe would be almost essential on the final section of the trail at this time of year (this was confirmed when I saw the SUNY student's carrying them). Overall, it was a beatiful hike with great challenges. I KNOW that I will return to this peak in order to properly bag it, but I can guarantee that I'll wait until things are a bit warmer to attempt that!
There's nothing we can do but turn around


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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Assigned Seating at Movies
Saw Batman on IMAX yesterday. I now know why they call it IMAX - 4 floors of movie screen literally maximizes every nerve ending in your eye. Somebody give me a cigarette.
In order to get decent seats I bought my tickets two days in advanced and got to the theater nearly an hour before the movie was scheduled to begin. As I munched on my nachos meant for 2, bag of peanut M&Ms and my, 30 oz Coke I waited for the movie to begin and I got to thinking how all this would be much easier if only there were preassigned seating at movies. Why doesn't it exist already? They do it for concerts and sporting events. In this age of 500+ capacity stadium seating multiplexes, why not movies?
I've seen it work in less internet savvy nations such as Singapore and the Philippines and in this country of ubiquitous smart phones and always on 3G connections I don't see why it couldn't work in America. Yes, it does take the spontinaeity out of the moviegoing experience but it more than makes up for it with the time saved waiting for the film to start.
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Forming An LLC
A lot of attention has been given to LLCs lately. An LLC, short for limited liability company, is a middle ground between a partnership and a corporation. Forming an LLC grants business owners full limited-liability protection like that of a corporation with a pass-through tax status like a partnership. LLCs are relatively new, and can be thought of somewhat as regular partnerships, but all the partners involved aren't personally responsible for any debts of the company. With all the benefits that an LLC affords owners, it's no wonder that they are becoming more popular. Forming an LLC can be done in a few manageable steps.
The Benefits of Forming an LLC
Before starting a limited liability company, it's useful to understand all the amazing benefits it can provide you with. LLCs are one of the most flexible business entities, and allow owners to decide who manages the daily affairs of the business, how the profits are distributed, and how the profits are to be taxed.
One of the biggest advantages of an LLC is the liability protection afforded by the members of the company. If any creditor comes knocking on your door, or a lawsuit is filed against your business, you can't be affected personally. No matter what happens in the business, your personal assets are kept safe. A limited liability company is really one of the only business entities out there that prevents creditors and potential lawsuits from taking your company to court and liquidating your personal assets.
There can be as many partners as you want in a limited liability company, without any ownership restrictions. Other entities can also become owners of the LLC. Not only that, but owners can manage, and managers can own - the choice is essentially yours. The tax benefits of LLCs are also a big reason why many people choose this entity over a partnership or corporation. You are able to select from all sorts of ways to be taxed, depending on what suits you and your company best. There is no need for a separate tax return; instead, your company's profits and losses are reported when you file your personal tax return. Unlike other types of business structures, a limited liability company can have a pass-through taxation, which means that your business' profits will not be taxed at the company level, but rather at the individual level, which means no double taxation involved.
The flexibility if profit distribution is another big advantage for business owners who open an LLC. As an owner, you have the capability of deciding what percentage of the profits to give to whom, regardless of how much a partner actually owns of the company.
Forming an LLC in Your State
To start the process of forming your own limited liability company, you'll need to get in touch with the LLC office in your particular state. Limited liability company and corporation divisions are typically part of of the Secretary of State office. This center provides a citation to each state's laws that govern LLCs. Citations are essentially the title, chapter and section of a law that is used to find the specific law within the larger state.
Decide the state in which you'll form your LLC. While many business owners choose to open their LLC in their home state, many others decide to form an LLC in another state. If you're forming an LLC in your home state, you should file for incorporation there, since many laws in various states require LLCs to be registered in the state in which business will be transacted. If you're opening an LLC in another state, it will need to be opened there. If your company is internet-based with no actual physical location, look into the tax benefits of incorporating in another state other than yours to see if the incentives are better elsewhere.
Select a name for your company, and make sure that it complies with the laws in your state that governs the naming of LLCs. The name should be original, distinctive, memorable, be easily pronounced, and identify the products or services offered. Of course, you'll need to check to see if the name you choose is actually available before you register it. Under no circumstances should the name violate any trademark from another company, or else that other company can sue your business. You'll need to choose a registered agent, which is a person that accepts legal service in case your company becomes involved in a lawsuit at some point. You can use an attorney, hire a service agent, or name yourself as the registered agent. Once you've named your registered agent, file your articles of organization and necessary fees with the LLC office in your state. This involves filling out a simple form that is provided by your LLC filing office.
Create an LLC operating agreement, which is essentially a contract between the owners of the LLC and outlines topics including the responsibilities of the members, how the profits will be distributed, voting powers, rules for holding meetings, and other general information regarding the agreement between the members of the LLC. You will need to obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN), unless your LLC only has one owner and you have intentions of filing taxes as a disregarded entity. You can obtain this number by filling out an online application, after which you'll immediately be given an EIN. Any additional permits and licenses will need to be obtained, including a zoning permit, export license, liquor license, and any other necessary permit or license to conduct your business legally.
Since LLCs are not recognized by the IRS for income tax purposes, it's necessary that all LLCs to select how to be taxed, whether as a partnership, corporation, or to be disregarded as a separate entity. IRS Form 8832 will have to be filled out for tax purposes. The entire process of forming an LLC is rather quick, and requires very little paperwork. Within weeks, your LLC can be up and running and open for business!


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Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park would be the next stop on your Tanzania safari after the Ngorongoro Crater.
We are guided by B2B Safaris.
A stop to the Olduvai Gorge is a must for anyone touring this area of Africa.
A game drive on the Serengeti would end for the night at one of the safari camps that could have you sleeping in a luxury tent where you can enjoy an outdoor shower among other amenities.
If you opt for an evening game drive, you may even get to see the elusive and nocturnal leopards.
In addition to the Big 5, the Serengeti also offers you the chance to see zebras, hippos, birds, and two types of monkey.
Our Personal Experience of Serengeti
We spend 4 days in Serengeti in September, just before the raining season.
Day 1
After our half day at the Ngonrogoro crater, we head for Serengeti National Park. The landscape gradually changes to become a very wide plain dotted with large round shaped boulders. We are luck, it has been raining a bit since a few days and the grass is taking some nice green shades.
On the way to our camp, we are luck to see a lioness a few meters from the road and group of female elephants and a baby.
Our camp is famous for being close enough to lions at night so that we can hear their low roars. Also they never come to the camp because it's quite busy with tourists. However in some other more remote and basic camps in the north of Serengeti near Masai Mara, we heard stories of lions visiting camps.
The kitchen and dining areas is are safely protected behind metallic wire walls and doors.
Day 2
We wake up at dawn and the sun is starting to rise while we eat a delicious continental breakfast with milk, toasts, cereals, Spanish omelet, samosas, coffee, hot chocolate and tea.
We then start our morning jeep safari and we see a lot of impalas, zebras a wildebeast.
We also get close to a rare long ear fox.
We then approach a lion with it's family composed of a few lioness and young lions. They look skinny and probably didn't eat since many days. They dring from a nearby water point and then look at some relatively distant zebras, probably hoping for a meal.
We spot some beautiful birds, including a rare black and red hornbill.
The sunset over Serengeti landscape is spectacular with shades of red a blue on the hills and beautiful trees lighten up by the evening light.
Day 3
Today we head to the north of Serengeti National park. There is a small migration of wildebeest going on with thousands and thousands of animals running wild.
There is a hunt going in the distance with lions chasing zebras.
The next day we'll see the remains of a zebra being eaten by hyenas while the balloon safari pass in the distaance.
We see a group vervet monkeys with blue balls close up, only a few meters away.
Then for sunset we went to the hippo pool where dozens of hippos were bathing in smelly waters. The yawning of hippos is a spectacular sight for their huge mouths and big teeth.
Day 4
We start the jeep safari before dawn this time and are rewarded by a spectacular sunrise over the plains of Seregenti with wildebeest and zebras constrating against the sun.
We see some beautiful hornbills on the side of the road on a termite mound.
Before sunset, our guide spots a leopard lying on the branch of a distant tree.
Some tourist were more lucky and photographed the rare sight of a lion kill of an impala.
Serengeti National Park Maps
Map of Serengeti.
Serengeti National Park Migration map. Click to zoom in.
Serengeti Satellite Map, Click to enlarge.
to Tanzania Safari Travel Guide.


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May has been a crazy but awesome month. I finished my second year of law school, had an opportunity to spend quality time with my boyfriend, friends and family, booked a Bermuda vacay, and got my summer work schedule in order.
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