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Friday, June 17, 2011
The center of it all
Marc Rosenquist's bronze is most prominent in late winter when all the herbaceous perennials and grasses have been burned and cleared away, leaving a flat, largely empty field. Ironically, it becomes even more important in the summer, when the rapid plant growth makes it increasingly hard to see.
As the plants grow around it like a slowly rising flood, its fat, vertical presence becomes the focal point of the garden, a point of reference that plays with one's sense of scale--it's much larger than you think it is--making perception of relative sizes more ambiguous, but at the same time making it easier to judge distances, actually making space more visible. I guess you could say it introduces a perceptual playfulness into the garden.
It's so different from anything else, it exudes a sense of mystery. It seems both alien and at home, dramatically contrasting with the soft plant materials, yet echoing their shapes in permanent form.
The color is very different from the colors of the plants (at this time of year), but it's the same as the color of the house and the stone walls and the bark of the trees pressing in at the edge of the garden.
Mounded leaves of Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie dock) and Rudbeckia maxima have similar size and shape, though I think their similarities actually highlight their differences.
Even the lacy verticals of Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) and Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) share similar visual resonance with the bronze, though they are certainly very different in form.
Do I go too far if I relate the bronze sculpture to my circle of red logs amid tall cedars (Juniperus virginiana)? I don't think so. If you see curves and lines in the abstract, just about anything in the garden relates to this object. Like musical theme and variations, thematic statement and answer.
Likewise the mounds of Miscanthus, daylilies ...
... the rounded box balls ... and across the path, the more generic mounds of mixed perennials with emerging spikes of Filipendula rubra, Silphium perfoliatum, Salix alba 'britzensis' and Thuja in the background.
... even the purplish color of the Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecrecker' relates to the browns of the sculpture.
Moving away from that central point, the rising path beside the pond goes off into the woodland garden ...
... where a turn back shows you the wide prairie field ...
... and in the middle of it all, Marc's sculpture, still visible from a distance ...
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That bronze works in so many ways, being a particularly organic shape. The thing is, I always enjoy your tours of a special creation, your garden. Talk about abundance. It's positively brimming, and the starting point is form. Your planting is masterful and you should open to the public!ReplyDelete
A question. Is your topsoil a great depth, or is their hard pan some way down?
I thank you for your kind comments. I'd like to be masterful at something, though I'm not sure it's planting. I certainly don't do the finely detailed planting plans Piet Oudolf creates; so much seems to be done by guesswork and chance, though I admit to putting a lot of study into how to make this kind of garden. As to your question about my topsoil, I'm not sure I have topsoil in the traditional sense. It's heavy, usually wet, clay. No hard pan, but something similar: many rocks, and an unusual subsurface geology (rock layer) that inhibits recharge of rainfall into the ground. Water tends to pool on the surface in heavy rain, and linger for a day or two afterward. The best drained part of the garden is over the septic leaching field (opposite end from the pond; actually the top few photos are over the leaching field), which has a thick layer of gravel a couple of feet under the surface. I'd like to open the garden to the public so I can get some feedback from people interested in gardens, but I live in the woods, so there aren't many people around. The only option would be the Garden Conservancy Open Days tours, but they don't seem to be interested in this kind of garden.ReplyDelete
(more fool them!) I'd certainly come to visit your garden, if I could.ReplyDelete
If you ever plan a trip to the NYC area, let me know. I hoped to travel to South Africa next February with friends, but unfortunately the trip didn't work out. I hope some day to be able to see your amazing flora.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, June 17, 2011 8:52:00 PM
I would come and see your garden too. Yes, it may be true that the majority of gardens on the GC tours are more structured than yours but surely yours is more relevant. Have they actually turned you down?
BTW, what is that plant in your fourth picture with the long, cupped leaves?
Clearly, or scarcely, visible, having a target such as Marc Rosenquist's bronze orientates the garden, or orientates the viewer within it. Like a fly that's landed in the web of your garden, it can either lure the eye or fool the eye by camouflage. Good that it will continue to intrigue you James.ReplyDelete
Ailsa, they visited once after a huge storm washed away all the bark paths. Now the paths are permanent gravel. I think they never say no, they just say they need to have a group of gardens in your vicinity. Maybe I'll ask them back, but I do know there is a preference for "estate" gardens or more formal, traditional ones. (On second and third thought, do I really want that?) The plant you asked about is Inula racemosa, which I believe is highly recommended by Wolfgang Oehme. It self-seeds profusely and is great for a prairie style planting. I love it. It's a funny plant, sort of a cartoon plant, with the big floppy leaves and a lot of personality. You never know where they'll come up, but it's easy to pull out the ones you don't want. Later they put up a tall flower stalk with yellow daisy flowers.ReplyDelete
Faisal, I like your web analogy. Perhaps it waits like a spider. Ha!ReplyDelete
Perceptual playfulness - I like that!ReplyDelete
In the lush growth, it's almost like the tip of a bomb poking through! Or a giant bee skep. The power to me derives from the naturalistic planting and then just this one mysterious striated object that seems to promise the genesis of something new. Seed capsule, egg? I love how this works in your landscape.ReplyDelete
Hi JamesReplyDelete
I think Faisal is spot on. It's about orientation as well. I wondered whether you consider this sculpture masculine or feminine?
Denise, or a rocket bursting through the earth! Bomb? How appropriate to or times.ReplyDelete
Rob, I think I was on your site while you were leaving a comment. I haven't thought about it in terms of gender. Don't consider it either manly or womanly, more as an alien visitor, or an object from outer space, though I suppose if pressed I'd go for feminine.ReplyDelete
Your sculpture is not dissimilar too http://williammartinswigandiaagardenofthesun.blogspot.com/2011/06/ww2-german-sea-mine.htmlReplyDelete
I like that. You have a German mine in your garden. Denise says mine (ha!) looks like a bomb!ReplyDelete
mine (no pun) is of the sea though! I don't view it as menacing though..more a peace offering!ReplyDelete
Speaking as someone who believes that sculpture should used very, very sparingly indeed, I'd say that the bronze object is just about perfect in its place. I wish I had the flair to be able to do that.ReplyDelete
Structure is important in some garden designs, but in those closest to my heart, the most telling structure must come from the plants themselves. And I love the language your plants are speaking.
I agree sculpture in the garden should take "second place" to the garden itself, and this one does that. It seems almost plant like, with its organic shape, and it works with the shapes and structures of the plants, many of which are large, with their own very dramatic forms.ReplyDelete
Mmmm PMN a fair comment and you probably would not like Little Sparta! The trouble with sculpture is it is often at odds with the garden..I have a scattering in my own garden but they tend to be mere hints rather than bold statements.ReplyDelete
The concept of 'garden' is changing though and i suspect once we baby boomers get the hell out of here the garden will be quite a different concept.
Mmmm if you think it should have 'second place' i don't understand why you have it at all..what a strange statement!ReplyDelete
Your words push me to think about what I said. Perhaps a poor choice of words. I agree that sculpture can be "often at odds with the garden," to use your words. By "second place," I mean not overpowering the rest of the garden, having a sense of belonging, nothing more than that. Not turning the garden into an outdoor exhibit space. Of course, there are very successful gardens with much sculpture, like Little Sparta (which I don't really feel qualified to speak about since I've never been there). But my feeling from seeing pictures and reading about it and IHF is that the sculpture and architecture are absolutely integral to the garden, that perhaps LS isn't even a garden in the traditional sense of the garden, but "garden and more than garden" all at the same time. Or it IS a garden but one with levels of meaning, and with and historical, cultural, political, and aesthetic resonances rarely seen in gardens. It's an attempt to create IHF's own world, a work of art, not a garden containing works of art.ReplyDelete
Ah words!Understood.ReplyDelete
L.S. is a garden is a garden is a garden. I am however amused that many (Kingsbury and Wareham included) seem to think the garden (read the green bits etc) ain't up to speed. I totally disagree as i can see a garden of great understatement and definition all in one..I like to think Ian created his version of 'garden' in response to the often over contrived English model. I would go further and call it 'ungarden' an area/concept I play with too.
James, Nowhere else in netdom have I found individuals prepared to question/discuss this level of stuff and i must commend you for allowing/facilitating it on your blog. I am now fresh out of words!ReplyDelete
love all that miscanthus in the garden... very pretty.ReplyDelete
Billy, glad I can "facilitate" discussion. I'm fortunate not to be in the business, so am free to discuss anything legal. (I never thought I'd find you "out of words.")ReplyDelete
I love the form of Miscanthus. And it loves my wet clay. One reason I have so much.ReplyDelete
Hey where are the FLOWERS!ReplyDelete
Sadly the many to be found talking stuff up in the garden world are firmly in the biz for the biz..I took a short road to blog 'Gardening gone wild' the other day and quickly realized it ain't wild at all but a consortium of sellers most of which I would rate as quite lame! Sell sell sell...
L.S. is a garden is a garden is a garden. I am however amused that many (Kingsbury and Wareham included) seem to think the garden (read the green bits etc) ain't up to speed. I totally disagree as i can see a garden of great understatement and definition all in one..I like to think Ian created his version of 'garden' in response to the often over contrived English model. I would go further and call it 'ungarden' an area/concept I play with too.ReplyDelete
In reality much of Ian's garden is in the Naturalistic style but his version of it not one that is trying to conform or play in the 'prairie' arena.It is a garden that is gentle on the environment..perhaps i will coin a new tag 'Gentlenvironment' ..the way to go..Now i will write 20 books on the subject!
Green is the word that comes to mind when I look at your garden - is no colour allowed.ReplyDelete
Green is a color, in fact, many colors. It's a late summer/fall garden; there will be other colors.ReplyDelete
james do you grow bronze fennel? I would not allow Hemlock in a pink fit..a mouthful will kill a horse and the rank smell of the plant is death itself!ReplyDeleteReplies
I do grow bronze fennel, but in the drier areas. I've never gotten it to grow where the hemlock is. I love the bronze fennel and will give ti another try. But I like my hemlock. Who knows what the future holds. It may come in handy. I don't know the "rank smell" in my garden. Perhaps the growing environment (wet, more moderate temps that you have, I'd guess) make it behave differently here.Delete


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There is a lovely kitchen nearby providing free meals, hot drinks, music and good vibes. Next to the family camp a new Protestant church, not beautiful like the famous Orthodox church, just a green tent for the moment, offers some protection to the Eritrean and Ethiopian women who are camping in the church's precincts – most sleep in small houses with other single women or with their husbands, all lovely people. Places in the Jules-Ferry centre are never sufficient, and sometimes women are asked to leave because they have been there longer than three months, or they have been absent for more than 24 hours – they get counted and controlled 3 times per day, or they fall foul of the discipline somehow. For women who arrive alone, especially at night, the jungle is a very dangerous place, sexual assaults are very common. I personally have no evidence of women being forced into prostitution, but I know for a fact prostitution is widespread, that is, they are forced into prostitution by extreme poverty and there is no protection whatsoever for women and children other than that offered by their husbands, fathers, brothers and communities. Even if they sleep inside the Jules-Ferry centre, any time they go out they are in the jungle! Women are forced into unhealthy relationships with men who do not love them and often abuse them, especially when they are drunk: they have to take a boyfriend to avoid the attention of all other men. With the cold coming conditions are hardening, children are falling sick. There are also fights and tensions in the family camp, some Kurdish are saying the camp is for Kurdish – despite being thought as international by its creators; two Afghan families have moved out to try get some peace. The fastest growing slum in Europe gets bigger and bigger, the bigger it gets the more crowded it gets, the dirtier it gets, the place gives me the creeps and makes my stomach churn. No safety, no hygiene, not enough shelter, not enough food, not enough water points or rubbish collections. The University of Birmingham published a study and they found E-coli in the drinking water over acceptable limits, but we are walking in a sea of raw sewage, every time you take off yours shoes you touch them with your hands, children touch everything and put their hands in their mouths, and diarrhoea is widespread, not surprisingly. So are scabies, lice and there have been quite a few cases of TB. The shanty town is build on a former dump and near to two factories classed Seveso.
The the two charities Medicins du Monde and Secours Catholique took the French government to court over the unacceptable conditions in the camp, and the verdict will be delivered next Monday. The charities are asking for the new jungle to be closed down, and all people re-housed in empty buildings to be requisitioned for that use. In the meantime, they are asking for 25 extra water points, as 6 are not enough for over 6000 people. Health care is insufficient and collapsing – cazeneuve has promised ONE more doctor and one psychologist, for all those people! They are asking for more toilets, showers, rubbish collections and more food, one meal per day for 2500 people is all the Jules-Ferry centre provides at the moment, people queue 3 hours for that only meal, and if people are not starving it is only because international volunteers feed them. But, in order to harass also the volunteers and render distributions more difficult, the police are now blocking access to all vehicles, except for the few associations who are allowed to work in the Jules-Ferry centre. This abusive restriction is also being legally challenged. It looks like an attempt to hinder humanitarian aid and separate people in the jungle from their supporters.
Police presence in the camp is massive and very intimidating, and since the last visit of the minister of interior cazeneuve more police have been drafted to Calais for a total of over 1000. They are surrounding the jungle and they are particularly active on the motorway and Eurostar. Mass arrests have began since the minister's visit, mainly of people trying to cross. People are deported from Marck airport by private jet, pretty much daily now, to detention centres all over France, in a futile attempt to empty the jungle. Usually they are released by the judges after a few days because these procedures of arrest and dispersal are illegal, and make their way back to Calais: of course they are not given any money or any train ticket, so it may take a few days, and a few nights sleeping out with nothing. In the meantime families are separated, and the most vulnerable left to fend for themselves. A husband contacts the association who does legal support in the detention centre, not for himself but because he is desperate to let his wife and two children know where he is. A young man has been separated from his 12 years old brother, who has been left on his own, does not have a phone and does not know anyone in the jungle. Another brother is desperately worried for his sister, who is 15 and alone in the jungle. Every day local volunteers and associations get many calls to help finding family members who have been separated.
A more effective and less cruel way to empty the jungle is to give accommodation to people who asked for asylum in France: 300 and then 400 asylum seekers for a total of 700 have been moved this week to accommodation centres around France, in ex-summer holiday camps etc. Most are Sudanese but there are also Eritreans, Afghans and others. Though I am very happy they are out of that hell, I am concerned that France has a very high rate of refusals of asylum claims, 74%, and numbers of refusals are increasing. Eritreans are usually accepted, Sudanese are often refused, more than half of them, and less than a quarter of the Afghans are accepted. Before, refused asylum seekers were mostly left in limbo, now they are looking for ways to deport them.
The dream of cazeneuve is to bring numbers down from 6000 to 2000 – of course it is a dream because there are many more than 6000 already, new people keep coming and thousands of people are arriving in Greece and Italy daily, it is a flow that does not seem to stop. Imperialistic wars in the Middle East, Africa and Asia are creating the biggest refugee crisis since WW2, with over 60 millions of people displaced: the majority remain internally displaced, some 20 millions fled their countries, most are rotting in refugee camps in neighbouring countries, the bravest are risking their lives in dinghies and leaky boats just looking for a life – not a better life, they had a good life in their countries before their countries got destroyed and/or they had to flee for their lives. Calais makes school: there are jungles popping up everywhere now, and new fences, and organized institutional abandon of refugees fleeing the most terrible situations, governments absent except for building fences, hotspots and detention centres and sending police to stop and deport people; big NGOs absent or complicit; volunteers trying their best to provide the bare essentials and often they can not, people end up gong hungry and sleeping out in the rain with their children on the Greek islands and all the way through the Balkan route.
Plans to empty the Calais jungle are being implemented for real: it is not going to work, but it is going to cause more unnecessary suffering. Of course, suffering has been used as a deterrent against refugees since 2002, when the camp at Sangatte, run by the Red Cross. was closed down to deter people from going to England, and people had to go self-catering, in squats and woods they ironically named jungles. Police were employed to brutalize people, gas them, beat them, destroy their shelters, papers, family photos, arrest them again and again for no reason,just to make their life so miserable that they eventually leave Calais. I fear all this is now starting again on a much larger scale, and in a place that has been chosen by the police for being out of town and out of sight – it was cazeneueve's plan, the government told people to go in the wilderness where they will be 'tolerated' – but are not going to be tolerated for much longer. According to the creep cazeneuve, Calais "does not have the vocation to host so many people" – but no solutions have been offered except to those who renounce their plans to go to England and apply for asylum in France. Three centres for orientation are to be opened in the future but outside Calais, where people will be pressurized to apply for asylum in France. A camp is to be build in Calais, in the worst part of the jungle that floods every time it rains. 1.500 people will be allowed to sleep there in containers. It is not clear what the new camp is going to be, but it is clear it is not going to be nice, in the map it looks like an internment camp of the thirties. Works are to begin on Monday and red metal pools have been put in place already, suggesting the new camp will be surrounded by a tall fence. 400 people who are already living there are to be evicted. Everybody who has some experience of Calais seems to think that evictions could continue after that. 300 women and children are allowed to sleep inside Jules-Ferry for up to three months. Some asylum seekers have been or will be given accommodation. What will happen to all the others?
I therefore appeal to the international solidarity movement to become more political: it is not enough to provide humanitarian aid; it is great, it is vitally important, but it is not enough, and a different effort is needed if we want to shelter and protect our brothers and sisters. We must oppose, by all means necessary, government policies that attack, oppress and dehumanize refugees and other migrants. We must defend the right to life and safety from inhumane and degrading treatment. We must defend the right to move.
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Recently I watched a special episode of the Australian television series Insight on Sex and Disability. I really recommend the episode, it was informative and thought-provoking.
It features interviews with people with disability, sex workers, people working in the disability sector and also family members of people with disability.
Here is the episode description from the SBS website, also available at this link:
Imagine: you've been married to your partner for 25 years. You live with them, love them, are sexually attracted to them, but physical intimacy? Almost impossible.
This is the reality for David and Jenni Heckendorf, who both have profound cerebral palsy that greatly limits their mobility. In order to have sex, they must use the services of a sex worker; a process of extreme trust, vulnerability and financial cost.
They lobbied to use their NDIS funding to access their sex worker, but others are restricted by state laws and regulations around sex work.
Rachel Wotton is one such sex worker, who works with clients with physical and intellectual disabilities.
What if your child had an intellectual disability? How do you teach them about all the nuances of sex and sexuality: consent, attraction, pleasure, emotion, consequences?
Mary McMahon has helped her gay son negotiate porn. Jarrod McGrath teaches sex-ed classes for children with intellectual disabilities.
And what happens, if and when kids come along? What is the most ethical course of action?
This week, Insight is looking at two issues that are definitely not mutually exclusive: sex and disability.'
Watch the episode online using this link: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/654469699656
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The first Market Basket store in Maine opened three years ago, but the supermarket chain has yet to expand in the state to try to challenge Hannaford and Shaw's.
Supermarket analysts say the company's diminished financial strength from a shareholder buyout in late 2014 combined with other factors have likely put the promised Maine expansion on hold.
But Market Basket senior executives tell the Portland Press Herald that the company has continued to expand in Massachusetts and New Hampshire since the buyout, and that Maine is still being considered for potential stores in the future.
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Here it is: the worst Tinder name pun you've ever seen
Not the 'Dwayne Johnson' Rock, but 'The Rock.'
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You would be hard pressed to go anywhere in the world where people don't know exactly what you mean when you say, "Bond, James Bond." Not surprising seeing as there are 22 movies spanning over a 40 year history; it's a bit difficult to avoid exposure...


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A major update to Python is now available. With Python 3.2 there are improvements spanning from the Python Debugger to its SSL module and behavior fixes for numeric operations.
The list of major changes for Python 3.2 can be found at Python.org, along with the download links. Some of the key highlights jumping on the list include the introduction of a stable ABI for the extension modules, an overhauled GIL implementation, an extended email package, an improved SSL module, a sysconf module for accessing configuration information, improvements to the Python Debugger, and much more.


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Uganda is at the verge of losing the East African seed market unless government implements a very stringent legal framework to stop sale of fake seed.
The country, reportedly has weak inspection machinery—hardly any government inspection is done on seed farms where seed multiplication takes place.
The Economic Polic Research Centre, at a national debate to finds ways of reorganizing the agriculture sector for higher production on June 6, warned that Kenya would eventually stop buying Ugandan seeds.
According to Julius Kiiza, a senior researcher at the Economic Policy Research Centre, Kenya has maintained restrictions on accessing Ugandan seed.
"KEPHIS (Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service ) insists it cannot allow Uganda seed into Kenya unless it conducts its own on-sight inspection," he said.
KEPHIS is a regulatory agency for quality control of agricultural input and produce in Kenya. The agency coordinates all matters relating to crop pests and disease control, advises the Director of Agriculture on appropriate seeds and planting materials for export and import.
Uganda, like Kenya, subscribes to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development seed system. Therefore, Uganda should export seed to kenya, atleast in theory. However, Kenya does not easily accept Uganda seed.
Kenya has a huge market for seed but Uganda will not take advantage unless it puts its house in order by producing standard seed.Quite a number of Kenyan farmers have been lacking seeds to plant since 2006.
In 2011, atleast 1.3 million farmers in Kenya - more than double the figure for 2010 - did not have any maize seeds to plant that season, despite favourable weather conditions.
It has also been discovered that the National Seed Certification Service is generally incapacitated with very limited resources for its operations and boasts of only two inspectors.
Uganda has failed to establish the national agricultural policy, no seed policy and has no sector-specific regulations. The regulations were discussd almost three years ago via a highly consultative process but the Agriculture Minister has never assented to the regulations.
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Why do you want a sex doll? Dolls can be great to help someone get over nerves, if they are new to sex, or just out of a relationship, but you should keep in mind that TPE sex dolls are not actual females, and, unless you don't plan on continuing your search for a mate, are a temporary thing. If you do find a girlfriend at some point, be prepared to put your realistic sex doll in storage, or sell her. I wouldn't recommend keeping her on the sly and hiding her from your new girlfriend, because no one likes to be deceived, and it may hurt your relationship with a living girl.
Are you prepared to put the work into maintaining your real doll? While they are essentially "perfect", it's not a perfection that comes for free. Without going into detail, you have to consider that you will need to clean her after use, store her properly (no you can't just shove her under the bed, she will get damaged if you do that), fix her hair, makeup, etc, replace lost eyelashes and finger/toe nails… the list goes on.
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SoCal Code Camp Fullerton VI is coming soon. As of today there are 87 sessions, we'll be well over 100 when it's time for me to put the schedule together. I'm doing three sessions this time:
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Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobile County mainland and was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge) [1733-1795] was awarded a 1,259-acre (509 ha) Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou (see history below). The modern City of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955.
Bayou La Batre was featured in the 1994 film Forrest Gump and the book upon which it is based. In April 2005, Disney Studios launched a secretly built pirate ship, the Black Pearl, out of Bayou La Batre for filming sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Bayou La Batre's seafood industry also serves as a centerpiece for the History channel's reality documentary series Big Shrimpin'.
On August 29, 2005, the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, which produced the largest storm surge ever recorded in the area, reaching nearly 16 ft (5 m) and pushing many shrimp boats and the cargo ship M/V Caribbean Clipper onto shore.
Hurricane Katrina
On August 29, 2005, the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, with a local storm surge of nearly 16-foot (5 m) and higher waves that engulfed Bayou La Batre and pushed over 23 shrimp boats and the cargo ship M/V Caribbean Clipper onto shore. The captain rode out Katrina on the 179-foot (55 m) cargo ship, owned by Caribbean Shipping Inc., and the ship was returned to sea six months later, using a large crane.
Students from the Alba Middle School documented the destruction through a series of photos that were exhibited at various venues in Alabama and the Chicago, Illinois region. Some of these were published in a book titled Eyes of the Storm: A Community Survives after Katrina (ISBN 978-0-9789362-0-4).
In October 2005, seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Bayou La Batre was adopted by the City of Santa Monica, California (see: "Santa Monica Pier") to assist in clean-up activities. The Santa Monica City Council approved loaning Bayou La Batre 18 vehicles, including six pickups, two trucks with large cranes, utility vehicles with smaller cranes, a dump truck, street sweepers, a riding lawnmower, and six chainsaws. The equipment was used to help remove debris and fishing boats from downtown; however, the larger shrimp boats that were washed into the surrounding woods by the flood waters remain there today.


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Look for These 6 Actionable Insights in Your Sales Prospect's LinkedIn Profile
June 14, 2018
Prospecting on LinkedIn takes more than mindlessly scrolling through profiles and firing off messages. Using LinkedIn for lead gen means finding the right prospects, which requires knowing how to quickly detect relevant insights.
Every prospect's profile offers clues that can help move a conversation forward. Here are tips on finding the most valuable information for lead generation.
1. Are they leaders or individual contributors?
The obvious starting point when checking a LinkedIn profile is job title or role. When prospecting, you want to find stakeholders who can take action. That alone, however, is not enough to identify prospects. You should also:
- Verify their role and responsibilities. Not every company is the same. Titles may mean, even if only slightly, different things at different organizations. A title will give you a basic overview, but dig deeper to make sure you are engaging with someone who can propel a sale forward.
- Look for words that indicate leadership. "Leader." "Driver." "Strategy." Any word or phrase that implies decision-making could make someone a valuable contact.
- Look for people who influence decision makers. Just because someone isn't the ultimate authority doesn't mean they don't have influence. Building relationships with people who directly influence decision makers can be just as valuable.
2. Are they publishing or sharing content?
A prospect's work history and job roles only get you so far. What they publish and share on their profile can provide insight into their pain points, expertise, and priorities.
For example, they might share a presentation or piece of content that highlights their business goals and plans for the year. This can give you an idea for how to frame your offering.
Equally important is to get a feel for what ideas they are sharing. Do they ask a lot of questions? Are they showcasing their specialization? Every update can give you valuable insight into how a prospect thinks and acts.
3. What are their interests outside the office?
There's a reason the old stereotype about sales involves handshake deals over a round of golf. And it's not just so people have an excuse to play golf.
Every salesperson knows that making a deal is about making a connection. Doing this means more than just talking business. Sure, you can be an expert in your field, but successful prospecting is as much about gaining the other person's trust, and connecting over a shared interest is a great way to do that.
Here are a few things you can look for:
- Alma mater. You may not have gone to the same school, but you may know someone who did or have another personal connection to share.
- Organizations/Charities. Have you both volunteered for the same organization? Do you know someone who sits on a board with the prospect? They don't spend all their time at work, and their other affiliations can point to personal values. You can also search their organizations for shared connections who may be able to introduce you.
- Interests. Perhaps you both love photography. Or painting. Or a myriad of other interests. This can spark conversation.
4. What are their career goals and what have they achieved?
People who have a record of success are more likely to hold influence. Nobody starts out as a CEO. Identifying people who are moving along their journey quickly can be a valuable prospecting tool now and in the future.
For example, maybe you notice someone has already been promoted twice within a year. It is likely they have an important voice in their organization and may even be on the fast track to becoming a key decision maker, if they aren't already one. Getting in with a prospect like this early could lead to success now and a productive relationship going forward.
5. Which LinkedIn Groups do they belong to?
Like interests and status updates, LinkedIn Groups contain helpful insights beyond a member's job experience. Groups offer a way to see what is most important to a prospect. There is a group for almost anything: entrepreneurship, digital marketing, future trends, women leaders, etc.
If you are part of the same group, you'll have another shared interest to leverage. If you aren't, you may consider joining, so long as you can bring something to the table.
6. What do others say about them?
Whether it's because of modesty or simple oversight, some people aren't good at highlighting their own skills and expertise. If that's the case, look to recommendations from others.
Endorsements from leaders, peers, direct reports, or clients will offer insight into a prospect's past projects, working relationships, influence, and most coveted skills. It may also paint a picture of their working style, which can help you understand how to craft a message that will get a response.
LinkedIn profiles are a powerful tool when prospecting. If you go in with a plan and know what you are looking for, you'll be able to use the platform more efficiently and effectively.
As a last note, before you start digging into prospects' LinkedIn profiles, make sure yours is updated. If you're researching their professional background, you can bet others are doing the same for you.
Looking for more ways to use LinkedIn for prospecting and lead gen? Download our guide, Read Me If You Want to Make the Most Out of Sales Insights on LinkedIn.


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++ Action Item: Watch the interview between Kevin Wennekes, CATAAlliance's Chief Business Officer, and University of Regina's Dr. Yasser Morgan, principle investigator for the Bridging Research and Interoperability Collaboration (BRIC) initiative.
As recently announced, the Government of Canada has provided funding of more than $2.3 million for establishing the Public Safety Interoperability Platform (PSIP) at the University of Regina. The PSIP project is part of the University's Bridging Research and Interoperability Collaboration initiative: an advanced technology initiative focused on systematic exploration of the broad range of ever-evolving public safety technologies and practices.
In this interview, viewers will learn more about how the recent funding will be used to connect the SME (Small & Medium-sized Enterprise) and public safety communities by providing a "sand box" environment to test and evaluate their applications, sharing research and knowledge, and showcase innovative products and techniques.
Key Quotes
"In a sense we are trying to connect SMEs to the public safety responders and we are trying to provide the responders a good insight into what each application can provide them."
"We are launching a separate initiative into collecting response from the responders in what exactly they care about in applications... we are trying to put together a survey asking questions on how and what kind of issues they are worried about and we will communicate that with SMEs to bridge this gap between SMEs and responders
"This is an environment where responders can try what they want, SMEs can try what they want, and we sit here in the middle to moderate between the both sides and to try to provide our own experience in how to improve applications and how to make it fit, or best fit, to the responders needs."
Watch the 10-minute video here: http://youtu.be/RCGc50rum7w
Next Broadcast Date
Join Kevin Wennekes as he interviews Prithu Prakash, Director Business Development, Public Safety & Security for General Dynamics Canada. Mr. Prakash will discuss his personal involvement as Co-Chair on the federal government's Technology Advisory Group for the advancement of the public safety broadband network, as well as General Dynamic's leadership role in the development of the Bridging Research and Interoperability Collaboration initiative.
The interview takes place June 25, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. EST and viewers may tune in to the live broadcast using this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PzzF_9wF-Y
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Register now to attend the National Policing Cybercrime Summit October 19-20, 2015, in Toronto. Early bird rate ends August 31: http://www.cata.ca/Media_and_Events/cybercrimesummit/default.html
Related Content:View CATAAlliance's developing series of videos related to the advancement of a National Public Safety Broadband Network in Canada.
You can view other interviews featuring noted public safety leaders covering a wide range of topics on Kevin Wennekes' YouTube channel.
Also just launched, a complete compilation of over 40 public-safety related videos with more being added each week: https://vimeo.com/channels/securitypublicsafety.


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Hi everyone!
My parents have a 7 year old chocolate lab, Snickers, who has had an issue with developing "fatty" spots or lumps on his body over the past 2 years. When they first noticed the spots, they took Snickers to the vet and had the spots tested. The were benign (cancer free) and the vet said not to worry about them. My parents decided to have the 2 spots removed then just in case. 1 spot was on the outter left thigh and the other spot was underneath on his belly towards his head. He has since developed more fatty spots and the vet has checked them again and said they are still benign. This time it's under his right armpit (the largest of all of them a little smaller than a tennis ball and on his belly again). They have scheduled surgery again just to make sure and not have them make his walking uncomfortable.
I was wondering, has any other lab owners had problems with fatty spots? We have owned 4 labs now and Snickers is the only one to get them. Thanks for your input!!
Gordy is 9 now and he has two fatty lumps on him. I think it is part of getting older. I don't know if it more common in some lines vs others. Gordy is my first senior lab. My first two dogs died young.
"Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one"
- Anonymous
Our Maggie was 12 when we lost her in May. She had many of the fatty tumors. She had them for years. Her largest was about the size of half a golf ball. Our vet said that over weight older dogs, especially spayed females get them. They are usually on the torso. I have never seen one on a leg or thigh. From what we were told, there was no need to remove them unless they were causing a problem, like you described with walking.
Sophie DOB 04/13/2011 6 mo
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Sophie 15 months, with Skye
Thank you to both of you who replied! Good to know it's not anything serious.
Just read your question. I now have a 4 year old black female named Maggie. I got her right after my previous Lab Sheeba had to be put down at the very old age of 15 years 3 months. Amazing I had her that long. She had terrible skin allergies throughout her life. She developed large fatty tumors on her belly and 2 smaller ones on her rear hind legs, both not uncommon in Labs. Aspirations of growth showed no cancer which is always a concern, but the one her belly grow so big it almost touched the ground. Had it removed at age 10 and she became more active. My 4 year old Maggie (photo attached) shows no signs of growths...but I always keep check of.
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Pickering Interfaces, a leading provider of modular signal switching and simulation for electronic test and verification, will showcase their broad catalogue of PXI, PCI and Ethernet LXI products and software solutions for automotive applications in stand 773 at the Automotive Test Technology Expo in Chongqing, China, March 22-24. Below are some of the products that will be highlighted at the Expo:
2-slot USB/LXI Modular Chassis (model 60-104) – This new chassis offers a small lightweight form factor, making it ideal for portable, benchtop and space restrictive applications. It supports one or two of Pickering's 3U PXI modules. The USB compatible and LXI compliant interfaces enable the chassis to be controlled directly through standard interfaces found on most personal computers—allowing for a very cost effective route into the modular test and measurement market.
Serial Interface PXI Fault Insertion Module (model 40-200) – This module is designed to simulate common faults on two wire communication interfaces such as CAN Bus and FlexRay. The 40-200 allows the introduction of fault connections that include data paths open; data paths shorted together and data paths shorted to externally applied faults such as power supplies and ground. (This model is also available in PCI form/factor)
2 Amp PXI Fault Insertion Module (model 40-190B) – These fault insertion modules are available with 74, 64, or 32 channels and provide a high-density low-cost solution. They were primarily designed for the simulation of fault conditions in automotive applications involving the reliability testing of safety critical controllers.
PXI Precision Programmable Resistor Module (model 40-297) – Designed as a simple solution for applications requiring accurate simulation of resistive sensors, this series includes 50 model configurations per platform (This model also available in PCI form/factor). Each version offers users the choice of channel count, range and setting resolution. With resolution from 0.125Ω to 2Ω and channel counts from 3 to 18 and basic accuracy is 0.2% ± resolution.
Switch Path Manager Signal Routing Software – This signal routing software simplifies signal routing through switching systems and speeds up the development of switching system software. Switch Path Manager supports Pickering's PXI, LXI, PCI and GPIB switching modules and the interconnection between these products.
Pickering will also be showing a range of PXI, PCI, and LXI switching and simulation products.
Also highlighted in the booth will be their eBIRST Switching System Test Tools. These tools, designed specifically for Pickering's PXI, PCI or LXI (Ethernet) products, simplify switching system faultfinding by quickly testing the system and graphically identifying the faulty relays.
Pickering Interfaces stands behind all of their manufactured products with a standard three-year warranty and guaranteed long-term product support.


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Detects electromagnetic and AC electrical voltage sources from 110 volts to 750,000 volts at a range of 200mm to 300mm.
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The new G.L McGavin Digital hand held Proximity Tester FR30 is designed for Electricians, Technicians and the Fire & Rescue departments.
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Non-contact voltage detector for use by persons approaching metal clad meter boxes in residential or commercial situations.
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Pocket-sized non-contact power pole tester to aide in the identification of cracked and broken insulators.
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The Modiewark casing and handle are designed to channel a flashover around the internal circuit and into the battery housing. Please note any damage to the head of the Modiewark will result in failure the unit must be taken out of service and repaired.
The Modiewark tester can now be fitted with moisture and dust proof fittings for harsh environments and provides an IP63 rating.
The standard Modiewark is supplied with a sunrise (universal) fitting to allow the attachment of an insulation extension stick (hot stick) for all high voltage applications. A standard or plain handle can be requested without this fitting.
The Modiewark is available with and without a self test function. This continuous self checking of the Modiewark non-contact voltage tester provides an essential safety feature that:
Please note that all Australian models must be sold with the self test function.
The Modiewark uses 3 C size Alkaline, Lithium or rechargeable batteries.
The batteries are placed in the handle with the positive side to the top. A battery strap is placed into the handle coil end first. When the batteries are placed in the handle shake to allow the battery strap to fall into the correct position.
Screw the handle with batteries inside to the head unit, with a firm twist in a clock-wise direction.
A Modiewark can be fitted with wings or depth limiters, these limiters allow the unit from entering restricted compartments and allow constant depth readings over many tests over time. For more information click here.


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Do not disturb the wound. If surgical packing was placed, leave it alone. The packing helps to keep the tooth exposed. If it gets dislodged or falls out, do not get alarmed but please contact our office for instructions.
Some bleeding or redness in the saliva is normal for 24 hours. Excessive bleeding that rapidly fills your mouth with blood can frequently be controlled by biting with pressure on a gauze pad placed directly on the bleeding wound for 30 minutes. If bleeding continues, bite on a moistened black tea bag for thirty minutes. The tannic acid in the black tea helps to form a clot by contracting bleeding vessels. If bleeding continues, please call for further instructions.
Swelling is a normal occurrence after surgery. To minimize swelling apply an ice bag or a plastic bag filled with ice cubes on your cheek near the area of surgery. Apply the ice as much as possible for the first 36 hours.
Drink plenty of fluids. Avoid hot liquids or hard foods. Only consume soft food and liquids on the day of surgery. Return to a normal diet as soon as possible unless otherwise directed.
You should begin taking pain medication as soon as you feel the local anesthetic wearing off. For moderate pain, one or two tablets of Tylenol or Extra Strength Tylenol may be taken every 3-4 hours. Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin) may be taken instead of Tylenol. Ibuprofen bought over the counter comes in 200 mg tablets: 2-3 tablets may be taken four times daily, not to exceed 3200mg daily for an adult. Consult our practice for individuals under 18. Do not take the two medications at the same time.
For severe pain, the prescribed medication should be taken as directed. Do not take any of the above medication if you are allergic to them, or have been instructed by your doctor not to take it. Do not drive an automobile or work around machinery. Avoid alcoholic beverages. Pain or discomfort following surgery should subside more and more every day. If pain persists, it may require attention and you should call the office.
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I'm rereading great bouquets of Robert Frost poems now for a project I'm working on, and I'm rediscovering how much I love his work. So many little gems embedded in simple walks in the woods. Can any Frost fans out there identify which poems these are from? (I'll post answers next week.)
- Earth's the right place for love.
- Good fences make good neighbors.
- We have ideas yet that we haven't tried.
- So all who hide too well away must speak and tell us where they are.
- 'Men work together,' I told him from the heart, 'Whether they work together or apart.'
- 'Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.'
- It's a nice way to live, just taking what Nature is willing to give.
If you live in New England, check out the Robert Frost Trail in Ripton, VT some day. It's a beautiful walk through woods and meadows, short enough for small kids. You can stop along the way to read Frost verses that correspond to the landscape. We stopped to catch frogs, too, on a trip when my son was little. The website says it will be closed for work for a few weeks in June but will be open in time for blueberry picking season.


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I've been on a peanut butter kick lately. Remember my Peanut Butter Slaw? Well this chicken gets its flavor from the almost the exact same sauce/marinade. If you want to skip the frying, you could bake these in the oven for about 35 minutes at 375 degrees until they're not pink in the middle and call it a day.
I served this with a salad and a fancy swirl of sriracha, buffalo sauce and ketchup.
What to buy:
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper
- 1 beer
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup canola oil
What to do:
- mix all ingredients except chicken until smooth
- add chicken and marinate for a few hours or overnight
- roll chicken in breadcrumbs
- fry in shallow oil in heavy skillet until browned and chicken is done


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Photo: Jennilee Marigomen
Stand Up Comedy is the anti-fashion boutique. The Portland, Oregon retailer's elliptical and expressive approach to products, style and space is more conceptual art than conventional merchandising. Displaying a total indifference to market trends, Stand Up Comedy's thoughtful mix of products includes pieces from forward-looking collections like Cosmic Wonder Light Source, Henrik Vibskov and Creatures of the Wind. We talked to founders Diana Kim and Rachel Silberstein about comedy, collaboration and working in the fashion backwaters of the northwest.
Interview by Nathalee Paolinelli
Photos by Jennilee Marigomen
Was there a turning point in your lives that helped you decide to get involved in fashion?
There was no one moment, no one conscious career decision to become involved with fashion. It was a natural progression of our many interests coming together. Fashion is of course an important part, but there are more vital elements and considerations involved in making the shop as well. We're more interested in telling that story through the lens of other practices – sculpture, design, typography. It's the interpretation of those languages that inform the fashion side.
How did you meet?
We were working at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, but at the time, our paths rarely crossed. Then we happened to take a tap dancing class together and figured someone was trying to tell us something.
In what way do your backgrounds influence the store?
It plays a huge part in shaping the store, our way of working, our interests, our life outside the shop… basically everything we do, which in turn all leads back to the shop because it is a pretty personal endeavor. For example I think it has shaped the way we consider our buying. While we always have a story in mind, each piece is intimately considered and asked if it can stand up (comedy) by itself, which leads to our tendency towards un-styling.
How did you happen upon the name "Stand Up Comedy"?
We're big fans of the genre because it can be sometimes messy, unsophisticated and requires a certain amount of self-awareness, much like the way we work. There is also a sense of freedom and wish fulfillment in comedy that we hope to invoke in the shop and also our own personal lives. Getting a laugh can be the most difficult thing, hopefully we get a few now and then. Successful comedy is a combination of tension, failure, and instinct. Those elements often play a big part in our selections because controlling those factors can be seen as a strategy for getting through everyday life.
When did the store open? When did the online portion begin?
We opened up June 1, 2007. We went online in August with just a URL. The site as it exists now is a way to have a conversation with someone. Clearly it wasn't formulated as a practical means of commerce. Can you recall when you decided to take the leap? It was a slow revelation that came about in conversations that took place over several years. We had done a lot at that point to help facilitate other people's work. It was time to take a big risk and to define our own desires. There is a freedom that comes with consciously stepping outside the market and its expectations of relevancy and definitions of success.
How do you decide which artists and designers you collaborate with?
If we enjoy their work, whether it's on an aesthetic level or because there's something that we don't understand about it. It's a process of weeding out trend from personal and honest vision. We're trying to make the way we work with apparel and print parallel each other in the sense that it's a small group overall, but showing a breadth of their respective catalog. It's also important that what's in the shop is presented in a non-hierarchical way.
How did the collaboration with Slow and Steady Wins the Race come about?
We had the idea of doing a rainwear collaboration for a bit, it's a big need here in the northwest and it's surprisingly difficult to find pieces that are protective and well designed without being too sporty. Slow and Steady Wins the Race was of obvious interest not only because of our personal relationship with them (we love working with friends), but the line is very idealistic. Even though they follow the obligatory fashion calendar, the line also follows its own rhythm, which we connected with. It was incredibly fun having the launch of the collaboration here in Portland in May. Working with SSWTR also allowed the collaboration to enter a living archive. The line is set up with bi-annually installments that never go out of season and are always in production. It felt very different than most collaborations we see in fashion today.
Are there any future collaborations you'd like to mention?
We are planning a shop swap with an amazing store in New York set for fall… details coming soon. We'll also be part of a group show at Howard House Gallery (Seattle, WA) that opens July 2.
Which designers are you interested in at the moment? Why?
Daphne and Vera Correll because they work at a very personal pace and have an amazing warmth to their work that is rare. Isaac Reina because he makes a bag look like it was meant to and believes in "no innovation any any price." Creatures of the Wind because we admire not only their sometimes difficult sensibility but also because they have chosen to work in fashion outside of the major hubs and use that as a limitation to their advantage. Something we can empathize with.
What was the last thing you saw or read that inspired you?
While watching HBO's True Blood the other night (season 1 spoiler alert) I was in complete disbelief when Sam revealed himself as a shape shifter. Why would the existence of a shape shifter in a world where vampires live in partial unison with humans surprise me so much? If vampires exist, who knows what else can, very important reminder. Other inspirations: The class and dignity of Conan O'Brien during his transition to the Tonight Show in the face of slimy moves by Jay Leno; Arthur Russell; George Tiller and his family; the recent interview with Rei Kawakubo in the NY Times because even your heroes aren't infallible (there's something appallingly oblivious about the whole thing that I can't quite place), the Indigo Girls; Lauren Ray, a librarian at the University of Washington who is extremely talented with research.
We came across this pseudo mission statement for your store: "Stay within XXX budget. Have a memorable inventory. Don't add anything fixed to the space that doesn't already exist in some form, only take away. Do not stock anything that can already be found locally. Make a website using a free program. Make it a living archive. Do not deviate from the standard template. Do not style products in the shop. Do not style products on the website. Do not attempt to cultivate an experience, only hope for the best. When a project is done in the shop, it becomes a shop project. Nothing should happen behind closed doors, no matter how messy or odd it may seem to a visitor. It's a small ways of acknowledging that art becomes life becomes work becomes art. And on a more brutal note, that retail environments don't have to be precious; neither does inventive, really special work of all kinds have to be." What made you write it? How true to this statement do you remain?
It came from a press need but it's also important to re-evaluate what the heck we are doing because it's always changing. So…this is what we follow now but that could easily change in the future.
Do you find your community to be supportive of what you're doing? Your business is unique to Portland but it seems a lot more adventurous and ambitious than many of the things happening.
Our community support is smaller than it would be in other cities, but what we do have here is strong and intimate. It's difficult at times because there isn't a long tradition here of arts patronage, or community- based support of arts institutions which is often the jumping off point for ensuring the health of like-minded small business. At the same time, you have the ability to create your own imprimatur without the burden of what's come before. We also have wonderful support from elsewhere which means a great to deal to us and reminds us that we're not working in a vacuum. Portland is, in a way, anti-fashion. It makes our job harder, but reinforces that this is the right place for us to be.
Can you provide any insight into the process of opening a business like yours? Any advice for someone with similar ambitions?
Don't lower your expectations, keep compromises to a minimum, and get a water cooler.
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Meet the Artist: Xenia Rubinos
July 25, 2017
Meet the Artist: Xenia Rubinos
July 25, 2017
Brooklyn-based musician Xenia Rubinos brings her powerful, genre-defying sound to Lincoln Center Out of Doors as part of the Nosotros Festival's stellar lineup on July 27.
First instrument you played?
Voice and piano.
Artist or album you have on repeat?
New Shabazz Palaces records. I really like the song "Parallax."
Last live performance you saw?
Little Dragon.
Favorite city to play?
Lisbon, Portugal.
Favorite book?
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Top pieces of advice for aspiring artists?
Believe your own hype. Make music you believe in, that uplifts and inspires you because in your darkest, loneliest hour it's all you have.
First live performance you remember seeing?
A live musical with my dad at the Bushnell theater in Hartford.
Artist you'd most like to meet, past or present?
Erykah Badu.
Latest project?
My latest album Black Terry Cat.
First time you realized you wanted to be a musician?
When I was three or four I spent all day singing whatever music was playing in the house, classic salsa, Madonna, Whitney, Mariah Carey, Miami Sound Machine.
Practice tips?
The moment when you think you can't do it is the moment before you get it, push through.
Next goal or challenge you're setting for yourself?
Read more.
You hope someone comes away from one of your shows feeling…
Impassioned, inspired, joyful, transformed.