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Words On Dance - A Conversation with Maria Tallchief
Words on Dance Presents A Conversation with Maria Tallchief. Words On Dance is a lecture series based in San Francisco and New York that brings the world of dance into sharp focus through the words of the extreme dancers and dance makers shaping the dance scene today. This excerpt of an evening length lecture moderated by former San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer, Evelyn Cisneros, provides a small glimpse into the life of one of the world's most beloved ballerinas, Maria Tallchief.


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In an interview last Friday Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Corporate Communications Chief Frank Shaw told All Things Digital not to expect a new Xbox console any time soon. There has been speculation that the company would preview the hardware later this year. Rumors said the company would make an announcement at E3, gaming's premiere industry event, later this year concerning work on a new console. Hopes for such a move have now been destroyed, leaving the release of such a console at least two years away it seems. Nintendo have preempted the release of a next generation console by either Microsoft or Sony. The company announced its next gen offering the Wii-U last year. Nintendo are seen as offering a different gaming experience more conducive to casual gaming than the "hardcore" consoles produced by Microsoft and Sony.
Game consoles until now had usually conformed to a five year rule concerning the length of a single generation of technology. The common knowledge was that after five years the graphical and other technological abilities of a console had been fully tapped and consumers would soon become bored of the platform. The big players in the market, most notably Sony and Microsoft have made attempts to extend this lifetime limit in recent years. The huge R&D costs associated with developing a new console and the level of hardware innovation required result in companies selling their consoles at a large loss initially hoping to make up the cost later through games sales. The console manufacturers receive a licensing fee to publish a game on their platform. This makes up a large part of the revenue available in the market.
Despite the delay in the release of its next offering Microsoft still dominate the console market. The company's Kinect system has been much more successful than the Playstation's Move concept and the company's sales continue to vastly outstrip its competitors. The Xbox sold over 400,000 units in February almost doubling it's closest competitor the Wii's sales. The unit's price has been slashed in recent years down to a retail average of about $200 which is very competitive with he Wii at $150. In terms of gaming experience the Xbox offers more in terms of catalogue as well as boasting the most successful online platform, Xbox live. We'll have to wait for real news of a new Xbox but until that happens the internet will provide plenty of easily digestible rumors.

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Whether you are a noun or a verb holds an important clue to self-awareness: Are you static or evolving? This is not a grammar test or a value judgment. Simply put, at different times of our lives we are nouns – a title, an accomplishment – and at other times we are a verb – a state of becoming. Whether you consider yourself a noun or a verb can reveal a side of yourself, both to yourself and others, which is normally hidden from view like the moon revolving around the earth keeping one side dark and mysterious.
When you perceive yourself as a noun, you tend to have a strong and clear label which overwhelms your identity – a spouse, a parent, a student, a teacher, a boss, an engineer or a healer. When you lose that label like people who are fired or retired, you feel a bit lost and useless. There is no longer a verb like "going to work" associated with your noun.
On the other hand perceiving yourself as a verb, you are on a journey of becoming – studying, playing, creating, gardening, thinking, believing, meditating, or reading. This state of becoming is usually filled with hope and possibility as you are a work in progress. If it didn't work out today, it will surely work out tomorrow.
Although some traits could intersect,
Generally, nouns prefer:
* Concrete proof like a diploma or a license
* Discipline and order, a sequence
* Clarity
* Validation
* Planning the details
Generally, verbs prefer:
* To think rather than to know
* To move
* New beginnings
* The journey as opposed to the destination
* Searching for hidden clues
* To dream
Nouns and verbs make good partners in complete sentences, like pessimists and optimists, realists and romanticists. Consider a good pianist. Sure, technique and competence play the notes masterfully. However, the pauses in playing those notes constitute the interpretation and the heartfelt emotion. There is the noun – the pianist or the master – and then there is the playing, the fluid motion of notes touching hearts and minds. In order to play for an audience one has to feel confident, to know what he or she can do, the noun, and then go ahead and do it masterfully, the verb.
So, during quiet time make a two-column list. On one side list all the nouns that you are. On the other side list what you are doing with them. For example, mother – raising both a toddler and a teenager. Or, accountant – helping people balance their budget and turn a profit. Take your time brainstorming your list of nouns and verbs. Who knows what hidden side of yourself you might reveal and act on?
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ORLANDO — The Gators will arrive to Orlando on Sunday for their bowl week shorthanded.
Starting right tackle Mason Halter and backup linebacker Anthony Harrell did not make the trip and will not participate in the Citrus Bowl after being ruled academically ineligible, according to a source close to the program. The Orlando Sentinel first reported the news.
Both players are redshirt seniors, so their Gators careers are now over.
Gators freshman running back Jordan Scarlett will also miss the bowl trip. He is suspended for the Citrus Bowl after being charged on Dec. 23 with first degree misdemeanors for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. A source confirmed Scarlett's suspension and 247 Sports was the first to report the news.
Scarlett's arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 6. The former Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas star has run for 181 yards and one touchdown on 34 carries this season.
Halter, who transferred in from Fordham in the offseason, has started in each of Florida's 13 games this season with 12 coming at right tackle and the other coming at left tackle.
Harrell has played in every game this season primarily on special teams, but he has not made any starts after transferring in from Georgia Tech in the offseason.
With Halter unavailable, freshman Fred Johnson is expected to start at right tackle for the No. 19 Gators against No. 14 Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on Friday (1 p.m., ABC). The former Royal Palm Beach standout has already started one game at right tackle this season against Vanderbilt on Nov. 7.


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Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed asking for an update on 09 following his return to Rutland on 28th March. As we hoped, he has paired up with 5N(04) and they are now settled at Site N – a nest on private land away from the reservoir. Despite the fact that he has been returning to Rutland every summer since 2000, 09 has never bred. However, now that he has paired up with an experienced breeding female – 5N has raised a total of six chicks since first breeding with 08(97) in 2007 – it seems likely that at long last, this will be his year. We're certainly all keeping our fingers crossed for him.
Since his return to Rutland this spring, 09's satellite transmitter has been giving us a fascinating insight into his fishing habits. Although he favours the reservoir for fishing, he has also visited numerous smaller ponds and lakes in the area, particularly when weather conditions have made fishing in Rutland Water more difficult. Interestingly though, he rarely visits the same site on successive trips. Over his lifetime 09 has evidently built up a comprehensive knowledge of different ponds and lakes in the area and over the course of several days, he visits most of them. This kind of information really does demonstrate the value of satellite tracking and will help us advise people throughout England on the likely impact of Ospreys as they spread through Southern Britain. By visiting numeous different sites, Ospreys are much less-likely to have an impact on fish stocks in the way that other fish-eating species sometimes do.
We'll continue to update you on 09's progress, including his fishing habits, through the summer.


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* Includes students who are citizens or permanent residents and self-identify as African American (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, or American Indian/Alaska Native.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Data System; accessed via the National Science Foundation's online data system, WebCASPAR. Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts Sciences' Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).
The bulk of the data that form the basis of this indicator is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Higher Education General Information System (HEGIS; 1966–1986) and its successor, the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS; 1987–present), through which institutions of higher learning report on the numbers and characteristics of students completing degree programs (as well as a variety of other topics; for more on IPEDS, see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/). The HEGIS/IPEDS degree-completion data have been made accessible to decision-makers, researchers, and the general public by the National Science Foundation (NSF) via its online data analysis tool WebCASPAR.
Degree-completion data for years 1948 through 1965 were derived from the Survey of Earned Degrees, which was first administered by the Office of Education (the Department of Education's predecessor) and later by NCES. The Survey of Earned Degrees data were culled from printed publications because the information is not included in WebCASPAR. For the trend lines extending back to 1948, data are presented only for a limited portfolio of humanities disciplines because the academic discipline classification systems employed by NCES in its reporting on the Survey of Earned Degrees and HEGIS are not fine-grained enough to capture the full complement of disciplines considered by the Humanities Indicators (HI) to be within the scope of the humanities. (For an inventory of the disciplines and activities treated as part of the humanities by the HI, see the Statement on the Scope of the "Humanities" for Purposes of the Humanities Indicators.)
For 1987 and later years (1995 and later for data on the race/ethnicity of degree recipients), WebCASPAR categorizes earned degrees according to the more detailed Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). The CIP was developed by NCES in 1980 as a way of accounting for the tremendous variety of degree programs offered by American institutions of higher learning and has been revised several times since its introduction, most recently in 2009 (this version is referred to as "CIP 2010"). The CIP has also been adopted by Statistics Canada as its standard disciplinary classification system. An analysis of completions using CIP permits the HI to include earned degrees in a substantially greater number of the disciplines considered by the HI to be part of the humanities field.
For example, with CIP-coded data, academic disciplines such as comparative religion can be separated from vocational programs such as theology and thus can be included in the humanities degree tally. Likewise, CIP allows communications programs that fall within the HI's definition of the humanities, such as media studies and rhetoric, to be distinguished from professional aspects of the field, such as journalism and political communication. Additionally, when using CIP-coded data, the HI can include degrees in such disciplines as archeology, women's studies, gay and lesbian studies, and Holocaust studies in its counts of humanities degrees from 1987 onward. CIP-coded data are always the basis of humanities degree counts for indicators that report degree data only post-1986 data.
For an inventory of the CIP disciplinary categories included by the HI under the field heading of "humanities" (as well as those categories of the NSF-developed taxonomy of academic disciplines that are the basis of certain tabulations of humanities degrees for years 1966–1986, see the Degree Program Code Catalog. This catalog also indicates which degree programs the HI includes within specific humanities disciplines (e.g., for the purposes of the HI, English degrees include those classified under CIP as being in "English Language and Literature," "American Literature," and "Creative Writing," among others).
In the case of several of the degree-related indicators, the humanities are compared to certain other fields, such as the sciences and engineering. The nature of these fields is specified in the Statement on the Scope of the "Humanities" for Purposes of the Humanities Indicators. These broad fields do not encompass all postsecondary programs. Therefore, where fields are being compared in terms of their respective shares of all degrees, the percentages will not add up to 100%.
The bachelor's degree counts presented do not include "second majors" because NCES began collecting data about these degrees only in 2001. The HI deals separately with the issue of second majors under the topic "Humanities Bachelor's Degrees as a Second Major."
Data on the number of students completing minors are not collected as part of IPEDS, but such information was compiled for selected humanities disciplines as part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences–sponsored Humanities Departmental Survey (HDS; see the 2012–2013 HDS final report, page 16, table 9a).
For each academic discipline or field, the share of all degrees earned by members of traditionally underrepresented racial/ethnic groups was calculated by dividing the number of degrees completed by students identified by their institutions as African American (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, or American Indian/Alaska Native by the total number of degree completions in that field. Not included in the count of traditionally underrepresented minorities were (1) students of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, (2) students designated by their educational institutions as being of "Other/Unknown Ethnicity," and (3) international students—that is, temporary residents who were in the United States for the express purpose of attending school and who were likely to return to their home countries upon graduation (significant numbers of these individuals may be of African or Hispanic background, but the National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], the compiler of these data, does not request that institutions of higher learning collect racial/ethnicity data for such students).
According to the NCES, a student is assigned to the "Other/Unknown Ethnicity" category only if he or she does not select a racial/ethnic designation and his or her educational institution is unable to place the student in one of the NCES-defined racial/ethnic categories during established enrollment procedures or in any post-enrollment identification or verification process. Over time the percentage of students categorized as "Other/Unknown" has grown, thereby reducing the ability of postsecondary institutions, policymakers, and the general public to reliably track the racial/ethnic diversity of degree recipients.
Humanities Indicators (HI) staff tabulated the following estimates of the share of the college age population (20–29 years old) in each of the categories employed by the HI (estimates are for July 1, 2015):
African American, Non-Hispanic: 14.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander: 6.3%
Hispanic: 18.1%
Native American or Alaska Native: 0.8%
White: 55.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder,
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 (PEPASR6H)," https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2015/PEPASR6H/0400000US05, accessed 3/15/2017.
Crosswalk Relating the Census Bureau–Defined Race and Ethnicity Categories and the Categories Employed by the HI*
HI Categories Census Bureau–Defined Categories
"African American, Non-Hispanic" "Not Hispanic, Black alone"
"Asian or Pacific Islander" "Not Hispanic, Asian alone" and "Not Hispanic, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone"
"Hispanic" "Hispanic, White alone"
"Native American or Alaska Native" "Not Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native alone"
"White" "Not Hispanic, White alone"
* Unlike Census categories, the categories used by the HI, which are those found in WebCASPAR (classification variable: "Race Ethnicity (standardized)"), are mutually exclusive. For the purposes of the HI analysis, degree completers indicating that they are more than one race are included in the "Other/Unknown Races and Ethnicities" category.
Unlike the humanities degrees conferred at the baccalaureate level, almost all of the degrees counted here were classified by the conferring institution as being in "liberal arts" and "liberal studies" rather than specific humanities disciplines. For instance, of the 363,491 degrees tabulated as humanities for 2015, only 10,382 were conferred in a specific discipline (such as languages or history). Since associate's degrees are generally conferred with half the number of credits required for a typical bachelor's degree program, students are less likely to specialize in a specific subject area. Nevertheless, the number and share of humanities degrees conferred in a specific discipline have been growing. In 2006, 4,002 (or 1.6%) of humanities associate's degrees were conferred in a specific discipline. The share increased to 2.9% of humanities degrees in 2015.
For the specific degree programs grouped under each academic field heading, see the Degree Program Code Catalog.
Also see the Note on the Data Used to Calculate Humanities Degree Counts and Shares, Note on the Calculation of Shares of Degrees Awarded to Members of Traditionally Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups, and Note on the Racial/Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Young Adult Population.
For historical trends in levels of undergraduate and graduate degree completion, see "Associate's Degrees in the Humanities," "Bachelor's Degrees in the Humanities," and "Advanced Degrees in the Humanities."
For comparable information on trends at the upper degree levels, see "Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Bachelor's Degrees in the Humanities" and "Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Advanced Degrees in the Humanities."
The Humanities Indicators and Departmental Survey have been made possible in part
by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this
website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Truth in Beauty: The Glamour Digital Ecosystem
Created with a strong human centered design approach the new Glamour connects people's desires, business objectives and our client's needs.
When we started, less than 2 years ago, we completely changed Glamour's business model and market positioning and to do so we ran design workshops with our top clients in the beauty market. The result was a project launched in March 2015 that had many innovative aspects for the publishing industry: just to mention one, Glamour.it, among our digital products, is the only website with no display ADS.
But the most relevant aspect was the way we managed to engage people: we designed and developed some tools to collect people's data and behaviors in order to enrich our audience profile. Nowadays we count millions of interactions with our touchpoints (web, native apps, social, events…) and gather million of data that we analyze and integrate with our qualitative methodologies to iterate on our product.
Moreover we are going to publish a research called: "Truth in Beauty 2016: How content and people's behaviors change the rules of business" to unveil what we have learned and give strategic insights to our partners.
Main topic covered during the talk:
- Innovative concepts and business models for the publishing industry
- How we build intuitive applications (web, mobile, watch) to collect data and engage people
- Our iterative design process
- Highlights from the qualitative and quantitative research we are performing
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Physical therapists combine science, medicine and humanitarianism to teach patients how to help themselves. They play a vital role in helping accident victims and the disabled recover from injuries, overcome physical challenges, and live with chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis.
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use of the fragile emotional state of many of their patients, physical therapists must be compassionate and caring when working with others. They must also be in good physical condition since lifting and moving people and heavy objects are all part of a day's work.
Other tasks, such as evaluating patients' medical histories and documenting their progress, are of a more diagnostic and administrative nature. However, these duties are just as important as "hands-on" work because they directly affect a patient's successful rehabilitation.
A career in physical therapy offers specialization in particular areas such as pediatrics, sports medicine or neurology. It also provides the satisfying experience of helping individuals make steady progress along their roads to recovery.
Other tasks, such as evaluating patients' medical histories and documenting their progress, are of a more diagnostic and administrative nature. However, these duties are just as important as "hands-on" work because they directly affect a patient's successful rehabilitation.
A career in physical therapy offers specialization in particular areas such as pediatrics, sports medicine or neurology. It also provides the satisfying experience of helping individuals make steady progress along their roads to recovery.
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Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
|Critical decision making
|Level of responsibilities
|Job challenge and pressure to meet deadlines
|Dealing and handling conflict
|Competition for this position
|Communication with others
|Work closely with team members, clients etc.
|Comfort of the work setting
|Exposure to extreme environmental conditions
|Exposure to job hazards
|Physical demands
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|Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice.
|Teach physical therapy students or those in other health professions.
|Evaluate, fit, or adjust prosthetic or orthotic devices or recommend modification to orthotist.
|Direct group rehabilitation activities.
|Inform patients when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy and refer to appropriate practitioners.
|Refer clients to community resources or services.
|Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health.
|Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines.
|Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
|Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
|Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
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|Assisting and Caring for Others
|Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Documenting/Recording Information
|Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
|Getting Information
|Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Performing General Physical Activities
|Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
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|Medicine and Dentistry
|Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
|Therapy and Counseling
|Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
|Customer and Personal Service
|Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|Education and Training
|Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
|English Language
|Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
|Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
|Law and Government
|Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
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|Oral Expression
|The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Oral Comprehension
|The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Problem Sensitivity
|The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Deductive Reasoning
|The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning
|The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Written Comprehension
|The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Speech Clarity
|The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Written Expression
|The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
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|Active Listening
|Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Reading Comprehension
|Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Critical Thinking
|Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Time Management
|Managing one's own time and the time of others.
|Social Perceptiveness
|Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Judgment and Decision Making
|Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.


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Orientation Video
(We recommend that you make a copy of your completed application for your records)
Please complete this application honestly and thoroughly. Make it interesting! Your application will be read (and hopefully enjoyed, laughed at, and cried over) by all current Co-op members. You're probably more complex than words on a page, but try to give a Sense of You anyhow! Admission to the Co-op depends upon space available and this application.


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Gene Hackman - 100 Years of Movie Posters - 59
A Chronology of Gene Hackman Movie Posters 1971-2003
To view the posters at full resolution, click on the image to open, than right-click on mouse and click 'View Image'
The French Connection (1971) Directed by William Friedkin. 104mins.
Gene Hackman - Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
Fernando Rey - Alain Charnier
Roy Scheider - Buddy Russo
Tony Lo Bianco - Salvatore Boca
Bill Hickman - Bill Mulderig
Eddie Egan - Walt Simonson
Nominated for 8 Oscars winning 5 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Hackman).
IMDB rating 7.9
Prime Cut (1972) Directed by Michael Ritchie. 88mins.
Lee Marvin - Nick Devlin
Gene Hackman - Mary Ann
Angel Tompkins - Clarabelle
Gregory Walcott - Weenie
Sissy Spacek - Poppy
IMDB rating 6.8
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Directed by Ronald Neame. 117mins.
Gene Hackman - Reverend Scott
Ernest Borgnine - Mike Rogo
Red Buttons - James Martin
Carol Lynley - Nonnie Parry
Roddy McDowall - Acres
Stella Stevens - Linda Rogo
Shelley Winters - Belle Rosen
Nominated for 9 Oscars winning 2.
IMDB rating 7.1
The Conversation (1974) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 113mins.
Gene Hackman - Harry Caul
John Cazale - Stan
Allen Garfield - Bernie Moran
Frederic Forrest - Mark
Cindy Williams - Ann
Teri Garr - Amy
Harrison Ford - Martin Stett
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
IMDB rating 8.0
French Connection II (1975) Directed by John Frankenheimer. 119mins.
Gene Hackman - Popeye Doyle
Fernando Rey - Alain Charnier
Bernard Fresson - Barthélémy
Philippe Léotard - Jacques
Ed Lauter - General Brian
IMDB rating 6.7
Night Moves (1975) Directed by Arthur Penn. 100mins.
Gene Hackman - Harry Moseby
Jennifer Warren - Paula
Susan Clark - Ellen Moseby
Harris Yulin - Marty Heller
James Woods - Quentin
Melanie Griffith - Delly Grastner
IMDB rating 7.2
Bite the Bullet (1975) Directed by Richard Brooks. 132mins.
Gene Hackman - Sam Clayton
Candice Bergen - Miss Jones
James Coburn - Luke Matthews
Ben Johnson - Mister
Ian Bannen - Sir Harry Norfolk
Jan-Michael Vincent - Carbo
IMDB rating 6.7
A Bridge Too Far (1977) Directed by Richard Attenborough. 175mins.
Dirk Bogarde - Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning
James Caan - Staff Sergeant Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine - Lieutenant-Colonel John Vandeleur
Sean Connery - Major General Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox - Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould - Col. Robert Stout
Gene Hackman - Maj. Gen. Stanisław Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins - Lt. Col. John Frost
Ryan O'Neal - Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Robert Redford - Maj. Julian Cook
IMDB rating 7.3
Superman the Movie (1978) Directed by Richard Donner. 143mins (151mins)
Marlon Brando - Jor-El
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Ned Beatty - Otis
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Glenn Ford - Pa Kent
Trevor Howard - 1st Elder
Susannah York - Lara
Jeff East - Young Clark Kent
Marc McClure - Jimmy Olsen
Valerie Perrine - Eve Teschmacher
Nominated for 4 Oscars winning 1 - Best Visual Effects.
IMDB rating 7.3
Superman II (1980) Directed By Richard Lester. 127mins.
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Terence Stamp - General Zod
Sarah Douglas - Ursa
Jack O'Halloran - Non
Ned Beatty - Otis
Valerie Perrine - Eve Teschmacher
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Susannah York - Lara
IMDB rating 6.7
Under Fire (1983) Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. 128mins.
Nick Nolte - Russell Price
Gene Hackman - Alex Grazier
Joanna Cassidy - Claire
Ed Harris - Oates
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Marcel Jazy
Richard Masur - Hub Kittle
Oscar nominated for Best Music - Jerry Goldsmith.
IMDB rating 7.0
Uncommon Valor (1983) Directed by Ted Kotcheff. 105mins.
Gene Hackman - Col. Cal Rhodes
Robert Stack - MacGregor
Fred Ward - Wilkes
Reb Brown - Blaster
Randall 'Tex' Cobb - Sailor
Patrick Swayze - Kevin Scott
Tim Thomerson - Charts
IMDB rating 6.2
Hoosiers (1986) UK title Best Shot. Directed by David Anspaugh. 114mins.
Gene Hackman - Coach Norman Dale
Barbara Hershey - Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper - Shooter
Sheb Wooley - Cletus
Fern Persons - Opal Fleener
Chelcie Ross - George
Nominated for 2 Oscars - Best Supporting Actor (Dennis Hopper) and Best Music (Jerry Goldsmith)
IMDB rating 7.5
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Directed by Sidney J. Furie. 90mins.
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent / Superman
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
Mariel Hemingway - Lacy Warfield
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Jon Cryer - Lenny
Sam Wanamaker - David Warfield
Mark Pillow - Nuclear Man
IMDB rating 3.6
No Way Out (1987) Directed by Roger Donaldson. 114mins.
Kevin Costner - Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
Gene Hackman - Defense Secretary David Brice
Sean Young - Susan Atwell
Will Patton - Scott Pritchard
George Dzundza - Sam Hesselman
Iman - Nina Beka
IMDB rating 7.0
Bat 21 (1988) Directed by Peter Markle. 105mins.
Gene Hackman - Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover - Capt. Bartholomew 'Bird-Dog' Clark
Jerry Reed - Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant - Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner - Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
IMDB rating 6.3
Mississippi Burning (1988) Directed by Alan Parker. 128mins.
Gene Hackman - Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe - Agent Alan Ward
Frances McDormand - Mrs. Pell
Brad Dourif - Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman
Michael Rooker - Frank Bailey
Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Actor (Hackman) and winning 1 - Best Cinematography
IMDB rating 7.8
The Package (1989) Directed by Andrew Davis. 108mins.
Gene Hackman - Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Joanna Cassidy - Eileen Gallagher
Tommy Lee Jones - Thomas Boyette
John Heard - Col. Glen Whitacre
Dennis Franz - Lt. Milan Delich
Pam Grier - Ruth Butler
IMDB rating 6.3
Loose Cannons (1990) Directed by Bob Clark. 94mins.
Dan Aykroyd - Ellis Fielding
Gene Hackman - MacArthur Stern
Dom DeLuise - Harry Gutterman
Ronny Cox - Smiley
Nancy Travis - Riva
Robert Prosky - Von Metz
IMDB rating 4.5
Narrow Margin (1990) Directed by Peter Hyams. 97mins.
Gene Hackman - Caulfield
Anne Archer - Hunnicut
James Sikking - Nelson
J.T. Walsh - Michael Tarlow
M. Emmet Walsh - Sgt. Dominick Benti
Susan Hogan - Kathryn Weller
IMDB rating 6.4
Unforgiven (1992) Directed by Clint Eastwood. 131mins.
Clint Eastwood - Will Munny
Gene Hackman - Little Bill Daggett
Morgan Freeman - Ned Logan
Richard Harris - English Bob
Saul Rubinek - W.W. Beauchamp
Frances Fisher - Strawberry Alice
Nominated for 9 Oscars winning 4 - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hackman) and Best Editing.
IMDB rating 8.4
The Firm (1993) Directed by Sydney Pollack. 154mins.
Tom Cruise - Mitch McDeere
Jeanne Tripplehorn - Abby McDeere
Gene Hackman - Avery Tolar
Hal Holbrook - Oliver Lambert
Wilford Brimley - William Devasher
Ed Harris - Wayne Tarrance
Holly Hunter - Tammy Hemphill
Gary Busey - Eddie Lomax
Tobin Bell - The Nordic Man
Nominated for 2 Oscars - Best Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter) and Best Music (Dave Grusin).
IMDB rating 6.7
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Directed by Walter Hill. 115mins.
Jason Patric - Lt. Charles Gatewood
Gene Hackman - Brig. Gen. George Crook
Robert Duvall - Al Sieber
Wes Studi - Geronimo
Matt Damon - Lt. Britton Davis
Rodney A. Grant - Mangas
Oscar Nominated for Best Sound.
IMDB rating 6.3
Wyatt Earp (1994) Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. 191mins (212mins)
Kevin Costner - Wyatt Earp
Dennis Quaid - Doc Holliday
Gene Hackman - Nicholas Earp
Jeff Fahey - Ike Clanton
Mark Harmon - Johnny Behan
Michael Madsen - Virgil Earp
Catherine O'Hara - Allie Earp
Bill Pullman - Ed Masterson
Isabella Rossellini - Big Nose Kate
Tom Sizemore - Bat Masterson
Oscar Nominated for Best Cinematography.
IMDB rating 6.5
The Quick and the Dead (1995) Directed by Sam Raimi. 107mins.
Sharon Stone - Ellen
Gene Hackman - Herod
Russell Crowe - Cort
Leonardo DiCaprio - Kid
Keith David - Sgt. Cantrell
Lance Henriksen - Ace Hanlon
Gary Sinise - Marshall
IMDB rating 6.3
Crimson Tide (1995) Directed by Tony Scott. 116mins (123mins)
Denzel Washington - Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
Gene Hackman - Capt. Frank Ramsey
Matt Craven - Lt. Roy Zimmer
George Dzundza - Chief of the Boat
Viggo Mortensen - Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
James Gandolfini - Lt. Bobby Dougherty
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
IMDB rating 7.2
Get Shorty (1995) Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 105mins.
John Travolta - Chili Palmer
Gene Hackman - Harry Zimm
Rene Russo - Karen Flores
Danny DeVito - Martin Weir
Dennis Farina - Ray 'Bones' Barboni
Delroy Lindo - Bo Catlett
James Gandolfini - Bear
IMDB rating 6.9
The Chamber (1996) Directed by James Foley. 113mins.
Chris O'Donnell - Adam Hall
Gene Hackman - Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway - Lee Cayhall Bowen
Robert Prosky - E. Garner Goodman
Raymond J. Barry - Rollie Wedge / Donnie Cayhall
Bo Jackson - Sgt. Clyde Packer
IMDB rating 5.8
Absolute Power (1997) Directed by Clint Eastwood. 121mins.
Clint Eastwood - Luther Whitney
Gene Hackman - President Allen Richmond
Ed Harris - Seth Frank
Laura Linney - Kate Whitney
Scott Glenn - Bill Burton
Dennis Haysbert - Tim Collin
Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
IMDB rating 6.6
Enemy of the State (1998) Directed by Tony Scott. 132mins (140mins)
Will Smith - Robert Clayton Dean
Gene Hackman - Edward Lyle
Jon Voight - Thomas Brian Reynolds
Lisa Bonet - Rachel F. Banks
Stuart Wilson - Congressman Sam Albert
Loren Dean - Hicks
Barry Pepper - David Pratt
Jason Robards - Congressman Phillip Hammersley
Tom Sizemore - Boss Paulie Pintero
IMDB rating 7.2
The Replacements (2000) Directed by Howard Deutch. 118mins.
Keanu Reeves - Shane Falco
Gene Hackman - Jimmy McGinty
Brooke Langton - Annabelle Farrell
Orlando Jones - Clifford Franklin
Jon Favreau - Daniel Bateman
Rhys Ifans - Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff
IMDB rating 6.3
Heartbreakers (2001) Directed by David Mirkin. 123mins.
Sigourney Weaver - Max Conners
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Page Conners
Gene Hackman - William B. Tensy
Ray Liotta - Dean Cumanno
Jason Lee - Jack Withrowe
Anne Bancroft - Gloria Vogal
Jeffrey Jones - Mr. Appel
IMDB rating 6.1
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Directed by Wes Anderson. 110mins.
Gene Hackman - Royal Tenenbaum
Anjelica Huston - Etheline Tenenbaum
Ben Stiller - Chas Tenenbaum
Gwyneth Paltrow - Margot Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson - Richie Tenenbaum
Owen Wilson - Eli Cash
Bill Murray - Raleigh St. Clair
Danny Glover - Henry Sherman
Oscar Nominated for Best Screenplay.
IMDB rating 7.6
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Directed by John Moore. 106mins.
Owen Wilson - Lt. Chris Burnett
Gene Hackman - Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart
Gabriel Macht - Stackhouse
David Keith - Master Chief Tom O'Malley
Olek Krupa - Miroslav Lokar
Joaquim de Almeida - Admiral Piquet
IMDB rating 6.2
Runaway Jury (2003) Directed by Gary Fleder. 127mins.
John Cusack - Nicholas Easter
Gene Hackman - Rankin Fitch
Dustin Hoffman - Wendell Rohr
Rachel Weisz - Marlee
Bruce Davison - Durwood Cable
Bruce McGill - Judge Harkin
Jeremy Piven - Lawrence Green
IMDB rating 7.0
I find it very sad that it appears there will never be another new Gene Hackman movie...growing up it seemed that he had a new movie every two or three months....I remember somebody saying that there is always a Gene Hackman or Michael Caine movie on tv 24 hours a day.
My favorite Hackman movies would be A Bridge Too Far(granted his part was small....but I really liked his part)....Unforgiven, Superman 2, and Get Shorty.
I like to think that The Conversation and Enemy of the State are connected...that Hackman is playing the character in Enemy of the State as the character that we get to know in The Conversation.
Voted up and interesting...lots of new posters that I had not seen before.
As always, a fun, interesting, informational stream of movie posters with it's corresponding actors, etal......Gene Hackman is the man. Such an all-time great film star. I don't think he ever had a bad movie!
I'm impressed as always. Thank you
Gene Hackman is such a versatile actor and has been part of so many great films and although he is often not the "lead", he always turns in a solid performance. I have had The Conversation in my Netflix Queue for a while and I am thinking it might be time to finally move it up. I originally put it in when I was watching all of Harrison Ford's old films.
Another great list. I'm surprised there are Gene Hackman films I haven't seen. The French Connection was great. Although I hate basketball, I also think Hoosiers was great.


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Welcome Reception (18th July 2017)
On Tuesday evening we will welcome you on the panorama terrace "Polyterrasse" between the ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) and the University of Zürich. It offers a brilliant view of Zurich`s old town.
One highlight at the welcome reception will be the performance of the "Alphornbläser Zürich". The Alphorn is often called the "Swiss national instrument", which is traditionally made out of wood. Nowadays it is even made out of carbon or ash. It can be described as a long tube, which is bent like a cow's horn at the end. Alphorns can often be seen at Swiss parades and thanks to its dimensions it offers a unique atmosphere.
Schaffhausen Excursion (19th July 2017)
Another highlight of the conference in Zurich will be the excursion to Schaffhausen on Wednesday. Beside a phenomenal trip to the waterfalls (Rhine Falls) and the Castle of Laufen, we will have lunch in one of the most impressing fortifications in the center of Schaffhausen, the Munot. It is surrounded by vineyards and offers a brilliant view of Schaffhausen`s old town.
The excursion will include a downhill walk from the Munot to the city center of Schaffhausen as well as a walk down the stone stairways along the Rhine Falls. Alternative transportation will be provided for anyone with limited mobility. Please make sure to indicate in the registration form if you need special assistance.
A brochure about the historic sites in Schaffhausen will be handed out on site. In addition, a podcast is available here to listen to during or after the excursion.
Dinner at Lake Side (21st July 2017)
The restaurant Lake Side is located right beside the Lake of Zurich. It offers culinary delights and a fabulous view of the lake. The restaurant for our conference dinner on Friday evening can be reached by foot along the lakefront, by public transport or also by boat.


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- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Couldn't agree more! Absolutely LOVE the feeling when my apartment has had a spring clean, and my car too! Too much stuff = stress. And, no one ever stated on their death bed how thankful they were for an item- only relationships with others and life experiences. So ya, let's focus more on those! :) EmmaReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Absolutely! Although you'll never find a hoarder among the poor. They recycle and find uses for everything. However, my parents came from the war era and communist regime where they had nothing and now save everything although they may not need it. I think my mine had the first compost in Brampton (to the chagrin of our neighbours) without realizing they were pioneers in recycling and going 'green'. In reality they considered themselves practical and thrifty. So if I'm ever missing something that I need, I'm sure to find it at my mom's.ReplyDelete
:) Gordana
Great post and thanks for sharing the link with me. I love reading about how others create simplicity and the thoughts and challenges that go along with it. I really like the feeling of getting rid of things and the cleansing feeling it provides, but sometimes I resist cleaning certain things up because I feel I may need them one day....which usually doesn't happen.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your inspiration on this.
- psashworthJune 29, 2012 at 2:07 PM
The goal of simplicity is an honorable one and yet for most of us it's a life-long goal to achieve. Inevitably it seems we must go through the cycle of big house, bigger house and much stuff, much more stuff before we find the motivation to scale back. I note how your trip to another country allowed you the opportunity for self-assessment. I had a similar experience 2 summers ago in the Italian countryside. I was absolutely enchanted with the lifestyle there which was far far less pretentious than what most of us have here in the US. I applaud you for helping lead the way to our own self-examination.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Big Little LifeJuly 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Thank you for your thoughtful comment psashworth. It is interesting what comes to mind when we are distant from home with time for quiet reflection. Sometimes the insights come from our observations, and other times simply from slowing down the pace. Seems I could have the subject of another blog post on my hands. :)Delete


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Hi Holly,
I was just wondering if the RSS feeds for the site are working? Or if not, whether there are plans to do so?
I really like this feature, as it lets me know what's new without having to look through each forum.
I used to check the old site regularly, then got lazy and connected to the RSS feed which sent the updates to my Google Reader account, so I could see any new posts. While the old feed sent new messages multiple times, it did send new messages through.
I have linked to the current feeds, but apart from 1 new message on the Bird-friendly Gardening feed last Thursday the 16th Feb, I haven't seen any new posts on any of the forum feeds.
I can provide more info if needed.


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'Of Mice and Men' takes its title from an old Scottish poem. Use an idea from a poem as the basis of a piece of your own writing. Use the title of the poem as the title of your piece of writing.
Just how does one go about such a task as this?
In one sense it is an easy thought. I could take the title "Havisham" by Carol Ann Duffy and then write almost anything. It could be what should have happened to Miss Havisham on her wedding day, describing in extreme detail the wedding, her dress, the day, the venue, the guests. I could use lots of similes and personification, making the whole thing come to life on such a joyous occasion, even though that is not the way of the poem or Dickens' character.
Or I could use the title of the poem by Simon Armitage that starts with "Those bastards in their Mansions" and you can guess what might come next; a story of lust and woe that would make Downton Abbey look like Peyton Place, or Eastenders. The things I could get the Mitchell clan doing would be beyond description. Oh the fun I could have with Phil Mitchell.
But the writing of it depends largely upon the poetry you have looked at. So, here are a few tips for you to consider if you get this project to do from your nasty little teacher:
- Look through the entire anthology at all the poems. There will be some in there that you have not studied as such, with your teacher. Just because you have not read and annotated a poem does not mean to say you cannot use it.
- Then, think about the poem because your writing needs to be of a similar theme. So says the title.
- With that done, ask yourself, do you need to change to tone? Can Havisham become a happy story in your writing? Or does it destroy the idea? In the Dickens novel she is a shrivelled old lady ditched at the altar. Can you do the same? Maybe a monologue from Edith [Downton Abbey] after she is jilted at the altar is doable.
- Then, with title and idea, PLAN IT THOROUGHLY.
- In the CA you are not allowed a draft but you are allowed a diagram of notes. Said spider-gram can relate to what is in each paragraph you know, as a hint for your creative writing.
- One final thing to think about: be as creative as possible. Show off your skills and enjoy the creative process of writing and creating this totally new art work.
And above all, enjoy the process. This is one where you can have some fun and fun at the expense of others. Maybe your teacher can be transposed into Miss Havisham after all, assuming she is female of course.


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To earn the minor, students must complete 18 semester hours of WGS coursework with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Introduction to Women's Studies (WGS 201) is particularly recommended as a first course for students considering the minor.
Core Courses
Theory Course
Students must take 1 of the following theory courses:
- WGS/PHL 355 - Feminist Theory (3 hours)
- ENG/FST/WGS 356 - Women and Gender in Film (3 hours)
- WGS/ENG/BWS 437 - Black Feminist Theory (3 hours)
- WGS/ENG 435 - Queer Theory (3 hours)
- a feminist theory course approved by a WGS advisor
Capstone Course
Either of the following may be used to fulfill the capstone requirement:
- WGS 401 - The Role of Women in a Transforming Society (3 hours)
- WGS/ENG/BWS 432 - Feminism and the Diaspora: U.S. Women of Color (3 hours)
Additional WGS Courses
WGS minors must take 12 additional semester hours in WGS or WGS crosslisted courses to reach 18 credit hours. Students are urged to select courses in consultation with a WGS advisor. A maximum of 6 semester hours, taken in an approved internship, community action, or service learning experience, may be substituted for course work. A course cannot count both as a core course and an elective.


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The price of this red gold in the market remained steady in recent days without recording price fluctuation, Gholamreza Miri was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
The main buyers if Iranian saffron were the UAE, Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Belgium, France, Oman, Singapore, the United States, the Philippines, Kuwait, Iraq, Canada, Poland, Japan and Taiwan.
Iran is the world's biggest saffron producer with more than 90 percent of the global production.
Close to 95 percent of Iranian saffron are grown in the two provinces of South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi in northeastern Iran.
Miri put the current minimum and maximum price of each kg of saffron at 35 million rials and 48 million rials respectively.


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Thank you, Alex, for addressing the issues I asked about in my "angry rant".
I think contest entrants need to know that the license allows someone to SELL their work without notification or payment to the original creator. You don't make that clear in any of the material for the contest, although the license link itself does indicate that others may make commercial use of the material. "anybody can copy, change, and distribute," is not the same as "anybody can copy, change, distribute, or sell".
Could you please make that clear for next year's entrants?
– mwschmeer 2013-10-21 13:13 UTC
As someone without a Google+ account, I can't access the discussion thread you link to where these issues are discussed. Could someone please post the contents of that thread somewhere?
– mwschmeer 2013-10-21 13:27 UTC
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Your 60-second guide to the Black Death
Tom Beaumont James, a professor of archaeology and history at the University of Winchester, sums up the need-to-know facts about the Black Death of 1348-50
Q: What was the Black Death?
A: In the Middle Ages the Black Death, or 'pestilencia', as contemporaries called various epidemic diseases, was the worst catastrophe in recorded history. Some dubbed it 'magna mortalitas' (great mortality), emphasising the death rate.
It destroyed a higher proportion of the population than any other single known event. One observer noted 'the living were scarcely sufficient to bury the dead.' No one could be sure what caused it.
Q: When did the Black Death break out?
A: The disease arrived in western Europe in 1347 and in England in 1348. It faded away in the early 1350s.
Q: Where did it originate, and what areas did it affect?
A: Breaking out in 'the east', as medieval people put it, it came north and west after striking the eastern Mediterranean and Italy, Spain and France.
It then came to Britain, where it struck Dorset and Hampshire along the south coast of England simultaneously. It then spread north and east, then on to Scandinavia and Russia.
Read more:
- 10 things you (probably) didn't know about the Black Death
- 9 places connected to the Black Death
- 9 weird medieval medicines
Q: How did it spread?
A: The disease spread from animal populations to humans through the agency of fleas from dying rats. Plague bacteria stifled the vital organs of those infected.
Its lethality arose from the onslaught of three types: bubonic, pneumonic and, occasionally, septicaemic plague.
Q: Who was affected?
A: Old and young, men and women: all of society – royalty, peasants, archbishops, monks, nuns and parish clergy.
Both artisan and artistic skills were lost or severely affected, from cathedral building in Italy to pottery production in England. Artists such as the Lorinzetti brothers of Siena were victims, and the English royal masons, the Ramseys, died.
There were shortages of people to till the land and tend cattle and sheep.
Q: What were the symptoms?
A: Symptoms included swellings – most commonly in the groin, armpits and neck; dark patches, and the coughing up of blood.
Medieval observers – and their modern counterparts in 19th-century China and 20th-century Vietnam, observing more recent outbreaks – noted that different strains of the disease took from five days to as little as half a day to cause death.
Q: How many people were killed?
A: In Europe in three or four years, 50 million people died. The population was reduced from some 80 million to 30 million. It killed at least 60 per cent of the population in rural and urban areas.
Some communities such as Quob in Hampshire were wiped out; many rural communities went into decline and were in time deserted. We know that some populations survived, but medieval people had no such knowledge – all they knew was that everyone would certainly die.
Q: Was it a one-off occurrence?
A: No. There have been three identified so-called 'pandemics'. First, there was a significant international epidemic in the sixth century AD.
Second, starting with The Black Death – its deadliest attack – plague later returned to Britain in 1361 (when it affected especially younger and elderly people); 1374, and regularly until it disappeared shortly after the Great Plague of 1665.
Third, the disease broke out once more in Asia in the 1890s, and established new foci, where it is still found in animal populations today.
Q: What remedies were used?
A: Medieval people believed that the disease came from God, and so responded with prayers and processions. Some contemporaries realised that the only remedy for plague was to run away from it – Boccaccio's Decameron is a series of tales told among a group of young people taking refuge from the Black Death outside Florence.
There was no known remedy, but people wanted medicines: Chaucer commented that the Doctor of Physic made much 'gold' out of the pestilence. The plague bacteria were identified in Asia in the 1890s, and the connection with animals and fleas established.
Modern antibiotics can combat plague, but these are under threat from mutating diseases and immunity to antibiotics' effects.
Q: Will it return?
A: In fact, the disease has never gone away. An outbreak in Surat in India in the early 1990s caused panic across the world. The death of a herdsman in Kyrgyzstan in 2013 from bubonic plague was wildly exaggerated in the media.
With our better understanding of historic plague, other diseases among animals such as bird-flu and swine-flu are carefully monitored today in case they develop into person-to-person infections resulting in high mortality as witnessed in the Black Death.


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I used the sketch over at Mojo Monday and background papers from Pebbles 'Front Porch' 6x6 paper pad.
I paper pieced this cute donut stamp and added some Prismacolor Marker hightlights and Stickles.
How cute is this sentiment?!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'll let you in on a secret... I'll be sharing another card using this stamp in a few days!! It is just too cute to only use once ;) and I love seeing more than one way to use a stamp - so I hope you will too!
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2818 Nagawicka Ave, Delafield, WI 53018-1049
- Single Family Home
- Status: Active
- 3 Total Rooms
- 1 Bedrooms
- 1 Half Bathrooms
- Est. Square Footage: 400
- Garage Type: None
- Est. Year Built: 1937
- Est. Acreage: 0.27
- Subdivision: Mission Ridge
- School District: Arrowhead UHS
- High School: Arrowhead
- Body of Water: Nagawicka
- Est. Waterfront Footage: 50.0
- County: Waukesha
- Property Taxes: $2,603
- Property Tax Year: 2018
- Postal Municipality: Delafield
- Listing Company: Shorewest - Lake Country
- Price/SqFt: $724
Property Description
2818 Nagawicka Ave, Delafield, WI 53018-1049 - Gorgeous wooded lot with rustic 1930's cottage on Nagawicka Channel. This cute retreat could comfortably sleep 6. One bedroom downstairs with a spacious loft upstairs. This lot is perfect for building the home of your dreams. Perfect for a summer get away or fall fishing trip. Enjoy the lake life without the lake traffic. The channel is much quieter for a more relaxing and tranquil lifestyle. Nagawicka's great location is only 30 minutes from downtown Milwaukee. And just minutes from historic and charming Delafield. A small shed near the water is great for fishing, ski or campfire equipment.
Room Dimensions
- Master BR: 14.0 x 7.0
- Kitchen: 15.0 x 8.0
- Living Rm: 11.0 x 10.0
- Full Baths: 0
- Half Baths: 1
- BR 2: 10.0 x 8.0
- Loft: 11.0 x 8.0
Additional features
Other Rooms
- Crawl Space
- Storage Shed
Interior Features
- Heating/Cooling: Natural Gas Forced Air
- Water Waste: Municipal Sewer, Private Well
- Appliances Included: Oven/Range
Building and Construction
- 1.5 Story
- Water Access/Rights, Waterfrontage on Lot Bungalow
Land Features
- Waterfront/Access: Y
Property History
MLS Number New Status Previous Status Activity Date New List Price Previous List Price Sold Price DOM 1658480 Active Delayed Sep 14 2019 2:15AM 137
Market Conditions
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The earlier days of this blog ended up being a chronicle of our infertility story. Here is our timeline of where we started and how God answered our prayers:
January 2010: Began birth control, very low doses of Loestrin or Junel FE (Age 36)
March 2010: Married! (Age 36)
July 2011: Went off the pill. We weren't trying nor preventing, just letting nature take it course. (Age 37)
November 2011: Period was 2 weeks late, but there was no pregnancy. Went in for a sonogram: small cyst on my ovary but nothing significant.
December 2011 – July 2012: Regularly irregular periods. My cycle would range from 45 days one month to 28 days the next. It basically bounced from long-cycle to short-cycle over the next 7 months. Progressively, the span between long and short got smaller and smaller until it was close to normal (31-34 days) by July. (Age 38)
August 2012: Realized that nature wasn't taking its course! Began using Clear Blue Fertility Monitor.
October 2012: Slight spotting on CD28. Took a test a week later and got a BFP! (Age 38)
November 2012: First sonogram at 7 weeks showed a heart beat, but it was slightly slow; the fetal pole was slightly small, and there was an enlarged yolk sack. This is an sign of an almost inevitable miscarriage. I shared our pregnancy with a handful of good friends and prayer warriors. We prayed for a miracle, but two weeks later, there was no heartbeat.
December 2012: I miscarried naturally. Doctor told us to keep trying; if we weren't pregnant by the spring, he would refer us to an RE.
January – June 2013: Period returned to normal. We were trying using the Clear Blue again, but no pregnancy. I went to my OB in June for my annual, and he referred us to an RE. (Age 39)
July 2013: Made appointment with RE for end of August.
August 2013: First appointment with RE (who is also a miscarriage expert). Everything seemed normal. He felt I just needed a 'little' help, not a lot. Was able to start me on Clomid that day. He told us to use the Clear Blue OPK and not the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor. Instructed us to wait for the 'smiley face' and then 'fool around' for 3 day in a row. (This is different than what we had been doing. We had been going every other day once we hit 'high fertility' to 'peak fertility' with CBFM.)
September 2013: Sonogram showed an egg ready to launch. We followed the doctor's orders. The follow-up sonogram showed that I did ovulate. Got a BFN on DPO 12. Had spotting on DPO 12, 14, 16. Took pregnancy tests on all of those days and got BFN. Took another test on DPO 19 and it was a BFP! (Age 39)
September – October 2013:
*First sonogram showed good size, placement and implantation. Blood work showed that all hormones levels were great, including progesterone.
*Second sonogram (around 7 weeks) showed no fetal pole. If we were off by a few days, that would explain it; there was a 50/50 chance this was a viable pregnancy. Once again, we rallied the prayer troops and started praying for another miracle. We went to the pastor and elders of our church to be prayed over and anointed with oil, as the book of James in the Bible says.
*Third sonogram showed a faint heartbeat and a fetal pole measuring at 6 weeks (I was about 8); there was a 95% chance I would lose this one, too. RE ordered genetic testing and bloodwork for me and J, anticipating a miscarriage and getting a head-start on the miscarriage testing.
*Fourth sonogram showed no growth and no heartbeat.
November 2013: Waited to see if I would miscarry naturally. It did not happen. Was prescribed misoprostol (the abortion pill) to force a miscarriage. First round did nothing at all. Second round resulted in an enormous amount of pain and bleeding. However, I did not even pass the sack. Ended up having a D&C later that week. Follow up appointment after D&C showed surgery went well.
December 2013: Met with RE again, post-miscarriage. The plan was to get to the bottom of my miscarriages. Genetic bloodwork came back fine for both of us. Gave about 10 vials of blood. Had a water sonogram; no abnormalities or fibroids or cysts inside my uterus.
January 2014: Got test results back. One test was borderline, another was positive for a blood-thickening auto-immune issue. Given my history of 2 miscarriages, it was enough for my doctor to take notice. As a result, he put me on baby aspirin and will give me something stronger if I get pregnant. Told us to try on our own for a month or two. If not, come in again on CD 3. My guess is that Clomid and and IUI will follow.
March 2014: No pregnancy resulted from trying naturally. We returned to the RE. The doctor put me on Clomid, a stronger dose than the first time, 100mg. An IUI was scheduled for this cycle. We weren't exactly textbook in following the instructions. I wasn't surprised that it was a BFN this time.
April 2014: IUI#2. Resulted in a BFN. Our numbers were better and our timing was better (the next day after the surge; last time, we had to wait another day because they are closed on Sundays). They also offered us an additional IUI the next day because our numbers were a little low. However, in spite of this, we still had a BFN.
May 2014: IUI#3. Numbers were okay; they gave us the option of coming in again for an additional IUI this cycle. However, my insurance only covered IUIs, lifetime. This last IUI really counted for 4 of the 6, since we had 2 last time. I opted not to have a second one for this cycle, which would leave us with only one remaining.
June 2014: IUI#3 was a fail. We changed up the meds for IUI #4. I started on Gonadotropins, 225 mg for 4 days, reduced down to 150 mg for 3 days. Had a trigger shot to stimulate ovulations. My eggs looked great- about 10 ready to go. My RE said I had the fertility of a 30-year-old. On the day of the IUI, there were other issues, and success was a long-shot. We had an IVF consult the next day, just in case. I was in pain after the IUI (ovary hyper-stimulation) for about a week. My period came a few days early. Met with my RE and we planned for IVF in July.
July 2014: Began birth control pills for IVF on June 30th and officially began the IVF process. Birth control pills for about 2 weeks. Then, the injections started – Follistim 225mg, Menopur 1ml, daily. About a week in, we added Ganarelix as well. Egg development on target. Retrieval occurred on July 31st with 22 eggs retrieved, 19 fertilized, and 17 embryos. Began taking Crinone 8% gel cream (progesterone), Estrace (Estradiol), and Doxycyline upon retrieval. Continuing to take baby aspirin (was off it a few days before retrieval) and pre-natal vitamins.
August 2014: Retrieval scheduled for August 5th, Day 5 Blastocyst transfer. Two embryos transferred, 9 frozen. We got our first positive beta on August 14th, 9d5dt – Beta 182! Second beta test 2 days later – 468. Started lovenox right away, and went off baby aspirin. Continuing with estrace and progesterone. First sonogram showed we are pregnant with a singleton – just on embryo 'took.'
September 2014: Heard the heartbeat @ 6w5d, measuring 7w1d. Got a surprise at our 8w sonogram – Identical mono-di twins!!!! Graduated from my fertility doctor and transferred back to my OB. Went off estrace. Had consult with high risk doctor due to multiples and my age.
October 2014: Went off progesterone at 12 weeks. Made it to 13 weeks successfully. Never gotten this far before! Baby A and Baby B both doing great! Announced to coworkers, students and made it 'Facebook Official' at 12w6d – on October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day – remembering our 2 in heaven and celebrating the pregnancy of their two siblings! Officially transferred care to a MFM for a high risk pregnancy. Sonograms scheduled for every 2 weeks, every week at week 32. Delivery scheduled for no later than 37 weeks.
April 2, 2015: 37 weeks, 1 day – our beautiful, rainbow babies arrived via C-section (A was head down, B was breech) : Michael Robert (6 lb, 4 oz) and James Anthony (5 lb, 12oz) made their appearance and changed our lives forever.
Infertility Journey: Officially Over.
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This plant is meant for underwater growth and it features very short stems with long leaves. The leaves usually grow to between 4 and 5 inches in length, are long and thin, are bright or dark green in color (depending on the conditions) and have ruffled edges.
Cryptocoryne Balansae can be grown outside of the water however the leaves become shorter, less ruffled, and often become rounded when grown on dry land. This plant is a part of the Araceae family and their origins are in the U.S.A. These plants are usually farm grown as they do require pretty specific conditions to survive.
The balansae plant does require a fair amount of attention to keep alive; however it is quite flexible in terms of where it can be planted in the aquarium. This plant does well when it is planted at the sides or the rear of an aquarium. (If you are on the lookout for some plant additions for your aquarium them you might find this post helpful).
Since the plant does grow quite high it should only be placed in the center of an aquarium if the tank is of a large size, that being 30 gallons or larger. It can be placed in the center of a smaller aquarium if need be, but the longer leaves need to be removed in order to keep it from taking up the whole height of the aquarium. The largest these plants are known to get is 1 foot an 6 inches in height.
This plant does not do so well in dark conditions and it does need a fair amount of light. Ideal lighting conditions for the balansae plant are at least 3 Watts per square gallon of water, and the light needs to be provided by full spectrum bulbs ranging from 5000k to 7000k.
These plants also need a moderate amount of supplements provided to them if they are to thrive. The Balansae plant requires a moderate amount of supplements including regular additions of CO2, fertilizers that are rich in iron (as these plants are known to suffer from iron deficiencies), and small amounts of potassium.
The water conditions for the balansae plant need to be quite specific. The water needs to be fresh water with moderate conditions. The water in which the plant grows in must be between 72 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit, the KH levels need to be between 3 and 8, and the pH levels need to be between 6.5 and 7.5. In other words this plant requires room temperature water that is soft and fairly neutral in its pH level.
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- Grows to be a nice tall and flowing plant, great for backgrounds.
- Adds some great movement to the aquarium with it's flowing tall leaves.
- Comes as a potted plant (as shown the picture).
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- A great visual plant option to liven up your aquarium background.
- Suitable for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums.
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Douro International Nature Park - Protected areas Integrating the counties of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Miranda do Douro and Mogadouro, the International Douro Nature Park covers 122 kilometres of border stretch of the Douro River and its tributar, the Águeda River. Surrounding the valleys of these two rivers, there are two plateaux areas (mainly granitic), one in the north with elevations that are around 700-800 meters and another in the south with 600-700 meters of altitude. The gorges carved by the rivers Douro and Águeda are extremely deep (reaching over 200 meters) and of great beauty, although different, because in the International Douro were built five dams, while the Águeda river still flows freely. The park reaches its maximum altitude (895 meters) quite near the northern border with Spain, at Nossa Senhora da Luz, and the minimum altitude (125 meters) just before the limit of the park, very close to Barca de Alva. The steep banks, also known as "arribas", offer a rich wildlife, especially in relation to nesting birds: the Griffon Vulture, the Egyptian Vulture, the Black Stork, the Golden Eagle, the Bonelli's Eagle, among others. The International Douro Nature Park has its headquarters in Mogadouro and two branches, one in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo and the other in Miranda do Douro.
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QUEER THEORY: Reading Queer in Literature, Film and Culture
The Apollonian: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSN 2393-9001)
Call for Papers
Volume 2, Issue 2 | June-July 2015
FOCUS: Reading Queer in Literature, Film and Culture
Submissions are invited for the forthcoming issue of The Apollonian (Vol. 2, Issue 2) on the representations of the 'queer' in the various genres and sub-genres of literature, art, cinema, culture, critical theory, philosophy and history. The papers are expected to be scholarly in nature, and yet accessible to a fairly general readership.
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Mary Marriner says
I love your travel stories, Claudia! I am traveling vicariously through you, I guess. Never heard of seagrapes before!
Olga Hermans says
You are stretching us Claudia; I have never eaten any seagrapes, never knew they existed LOL. But, I would try them for sure if I would have a chance. Thanks
Matthew Reed says
I have heard of birds getting a bit tipsy on seagrapes when they get over-ripe and begin to ferment on the trees.
Jenny Shain says
I love these posts 🙂 I've never even heard of this place! & I want some seagrapes, i'm going to get some when I go!
Jessica Stone says
Wow, Claudia, I have never heard of seagrapes, and I even lived on the coast of Mississippi for awhile! Looks interesting!
Susan McKenzie says
Sea grapes... totally new to me! I can just imagine how much fun kids would have climbing the trees to get these fruits. What a delightful day, and once again, you've given us eyes, ears, and taste buds to exotic places - thanks!
Ron says
I've never heard of Sea Grapes before, wow! Your blog always makes me so aware of how much I haven't seen. Great pictures as always.
Leah says
I just moved to Ybor in Tampa, FL from PA. I've been taking my Yorkie to the Fort Desoto dog beach for the past few weekends. We find mangrove seeds floating in the ocean and swept onto the beach with another seedling that I don't know the name of. I saw what you're calling seagrapes, but mocked the idea of eating them. Didn't think it'd be safe. But now I'm tempted!
Claudia Looi says
Welcome to Florida Leah. Initially I had the same feeling. They tasted great.
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The Kootenai County Commissioners, this morning, in continuation of deliberations begun three weeks ago, declined to create a massive new loophole in the County's already-weak shoreline protection regulations. Although Commissioner Todd Tondee expressed a willingness to make more aggressive changes, the Commissioners voted unanimously to make "Band-Aid" styled changes to the law rather than major transplant surgery.
KEA had been concerned that the draft changes to the County's "Site Disturbance Ordinance" which governs development activities near waterways, proposed a sweeping exemption for activities "of such size, scale, regional economic benefit and/or nature that allowing the work to proceed is found to be in the best interests of the public." The abject subjectivity of the exemption would have created a decision-making nightmare for the County as any large project could have been able to apply under the vaguely worded exemption. Not to mention that these potentially-huge projects would be allowed to proceed within the most important buffer strips around our waterways without much in the way of regulation and permitting. Currently, development activities within very narrow stream and shoreline buffers are highly restricted.
Commissioners Dan Green and Jai Nelson stated that they were unwilling to go that far at this point. Both Green and Nelson declared that they were not willing to create a broad new exemption now, while the development code rewrite is in the works. Green signaled he was even unwilling to give a narrower exemption to only the County's own projects, saying that if private citizens are not granted a loophole, then the County shouldn't get one either.
The Commissioners all agreed, however, to make narrower "Band-Aid" changes. It will now be easier for landowners to use mechanical equipment and to work in the narrow shoreline buffer strips when necessary to repair or address erosion, soil instability, or stream bank stabilization. This new flexibility should actually make it easier to fix, or maybe even prevent, problems with properties that would otherwise threaten water quality.
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Victoria R. D. Campbell received her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Political Science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2013. She began law school at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, and transferred to Santa Clara University, where she earned her Juris Doctor in 2016. During her law school career, she received a CALI award for Criminal Law and Gender and Law.
While at Santa Clara University, Victoria was a member of the Santa Clara Law Review and served as Co-President of the Family Law Society. Victoria was a judicial extern for Judge Bernardini and Judge Emede of the Santa Clara Superior Court. She also externed for the Santa Clara County District Attorney – Family Violence Unit.


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code for determining retaining wall height
Here in Delaware we can build a retaining wall without a permit if it is less than 48". How is this 48" generally calculated? Is it the height of the wall above grade or would it include any below ground measurement. In general if we built a wall with small boxes on top that we could put flowers or lights would that be part of the height calculation or just the part that holds back the dirt?
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General Discussion > code for determining retaining wall height
Sometimes the height of a retaining wall can be hard to determine because of the segmental retaining blocks to build variable height or stepped walls on irregular ground.
Normally, for a retaining wall, the height is the maximum height of the face of the wall. It is usually treated this way to eliminate the loop-hole where say they will retain only 4' feet, but build a 6' wall in some areas. Then, the people seem to accumulate another 2 over time and they wonder why the wall fails.
How architectural/trim attachments are treated would depend on the local ordinace or code is written.
If you add a flower box on a legal wall, you should not have a problem.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
First Saturday Steel
I shoot the steel match at ARPC on first Saturday of the month. Steel is good practice. Lot's of opportunity to practice basic skills. But I seem to be stuck in a rut with my score in these matches. I need to figure out what to do to kick my performance up a notch. I've never really read any tips about shooting steel matches. Maybe I need to do that. There's gotta be something I'm missing. I think I'll look around for help on shooting steel. If anyone knows anything specifically relating to steel matches, let me know. I did fine this month, but a lot of the top shooters were gone—probably at Single Stack Nationals.
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We were able to see a gentlemen blowing glass while at the Tesuque Glassworks. The glassworks had a display of beautiful perfume bottles, bowls, glassware.
There was a gentleman that was carving wax. A rubber mold will be made from this. The wax piece is then placed in a wooden form and completely covered with a soft plaster. Then the mold is left to dry. It takes 15-25 days depending on the piece. This time allows the piece to cool slowly and evenly. After the cooling process is complete, the plaster is removed from around the piece. The last step is to polish the piece using sanding blocks that have been impregnated with diamond chips.
Kevin and I (a fellow WIN) walked down to the foundry, paid or fee but found we still had some time so we walked around the Shidoni gallery and sculpture garden admiring the beautiful pieces
Would you believe we still was early for the pouring so Kevin and I drove around the neighborhood. We happened upon the All Creatures Memorial Park. We had no idea what it was but I stopped anyway.
You guessed it. It was a pet cemetery.
I had to take a picture of this sign
We had killed enough time so we headed back to the foundry. We only had to wait a short time before the doors of the foundry opened. This was a self guided tour. $5.00 for the tour and $5.00 for the pouring. The foundry specializes in Enlargement, Mold Making, Lost Wax Casting, Fabrication and Patina. The 14,000 square foot facility allows them to pour approximately 9,000 pounds of bronze per month, with a single pour capacity of 1,010 pounds. The gallery opened in 1973 making it the oldest gallery in the Santa Fe area under the same ownership.
I lost my head
Rubber mold
The Lost Wax Bronze Casting Process at the Shidoni Foundry takes several weeks from start to finish. The artist makes an original sculpture in wax or clay. Then a rubber mold is made which captures every detail of the original work. The molds are then used to form wax figures. Molten wax is poured into the rubber mold making a perfect copy. Wax rods (gates) are attached to the wax pattern to allow even flow of molten metal and alleviate the trapping of air and gas.
The wax is then coated with an "investment", which is a liquid refractory ceramic . As many as 20 layers are applied over several days. Now coated in a ceramic shell, the piece is fired in a kiln. This bakes the shell and eliminates the wax, leaving a cavity in it's place, thus the term 'Lost Wax'.
The pour was fascinating. I felt so sorry for the artist in their fire proof suits. The gentleman getting the bronze hot enough for the pour had to be mist with air and water from time to time
This is a chart of melting temperatures
Now this is were we came in....the Casting (pour).
The ceramic shell is removed from the kiln and molten bronze is immediately poured at a temperature of 2100 degrees Fahrenheit.
What we did not see is that after cooling for several hours, the ceramic shell is carefully broken away revealing the bronze sculpture.
After the pouring , I went back to get Jean. We needed to do laundry but first we headed to the Artist Market. We got waylaid when we arrived because of the music. The Railyard Performance Center was having a Dundun Dance class from Guinea, West Africa. We were invited in to watch. I was told that this class was a fusion of West African drumming and dancing. If you wanted to drum, they would provide the Dundun and sticks for $20. I did not find out how much the class was. If I had gotten there earlier, I would have loved to have tried the dance.
We finally made it to the artisan market but it was closing. We had to go through it quickly. I got a lot of ideas but did not have time to really look to buy anything. The tree lined area of the market was beautiful.
That night, a group of us went to a block party that was not exactly a party but we got yogurt and listened to a Midsummer Concert performed by the Santa Fe Concert Band. The band is celebrating 150 years of free public concerts and all of the musicians are volunteers. The band performs throughout the year, including , national holidays, dedications, public ceremonies, and afternoon concerts.
I felt so sorry for the musicians because the wind was gusting. They were using clothes pins and their elbows to hold down the music sheets and their feet to hold down the music stands while not missing a beat.
Rain cut the concert short
Today Monday, a few of us went out to breakfast since we are leaving to head to Colorado tomorrow to join up with the Rocky Mountain High WIN group.
Deannie found this vegan cafe that she wanted to try. Love Yourself Cafe is part of the Light Vessel Santa Fe Spa. Off we went to brunch.
How many cafes have you been to with comfy pillows to lean back on. I thought..the food must be good.
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Chapter President, Chriss McCulloch
Hello! My name is Chriss and I live in Battle Creek. I have been a teacher for nearly twenty years and one of my favorite incentives is providing the opportunity for students to earn pajama days. Students (as well as their teacher) are thrilled on these days! To me, pajamas are magical. Coming to school in comfy pajamas simply provides a sense of relaxation and excitement all wrapped up in one! It is important to me that every child have the opportunity to experience this joy.
I am very excited to become a part of the Pajama Program and am honored to be named the new Western Michigan chapter president. With your help, we can provide new pajamas and new books to needy children right here in our local communities.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
The question is this: What do you think about painting furniture that is in perfectly great condition just because you want it a different color? Is it superfluous?
For example, I love Morgan's crib/toddler bed black but I'm ready for it to be white (along with all my other furniture -- I'm told I have a problem). Same with the dresser. They barely have any scratches on them. Usually I buy "junk" from the thrift store to fix up. I feel justified in that. But we (and my parents as a gift) spent a lot of money on that bedroom set. What do I do?????
Have an awesome weekend! Thanks for your input!
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- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2012 at 5:12 AM
Hi Kelli...This is a tough question! I have a chest that I was given as a gift from my mother that I didn't want to paint for the longest time for that reason. It didn't fit with the style of my home anymore and I wasn't loving it. I ended up painting it and now I love it! So, I guess what I'm saying is I think the most important thing is to love the piece! Changing the paint color won't change that it's sentimental (or that it's in good condition). And my motto...It's only paint. You can always change it back, right? Thanks for following on my blog! I'm your newest follower too!ReplyDelete
Wouldn't paint them. If they are nice-- they won't be quite as nice after you paint them? Maybe sell them and buy something junky to paint?ReplyDelete
I agree with Jean....if you don't love it as it is, go ahead and paint away.ReplyDelete
My husband tells me I have a problem to, lol. He laughs at how many times I paint thing. According to him our house is getting smaller because I change the wall color so many times. But I say if you don't like it change it, variety is the spice of life.ReplyDelete
I would just make sure you would want it white if you had a boy next. :) If you're fine with it being white and having a boy then paint it!ReplyDelete
Paint it. Otherwise, it will sit there mocking you until you silence it.ReplyDelete
Oh, and your brain and my brain are on the same wave-length. Except your brain is more evolved because it actually thinks about posting. Mine just throws up words whenever it feels like it with no regard to schedule.ReplyDelete
That is a tough question. I love the black and think it would look so cute with your white comforter you just did for it. But like everyone else said if you want it white then you should paint it. I guess you could always go back to black if you change your mind. We had white cribs and if we ever have to use them again I would love to paint them.ReplyDelete
Paint away! I am a firm believer in repainting when you need a change. Don't feel guilty about it either, I mean it's not like your getting rid of the furniture and you can Always paint it black again someday. Just do it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Though I do believe in going for it in most cases, I do think this room looks great the way it is. What about going with white when she is ready for her twin bed, which may well be very soon. Then you could do a little makeover. This is what we did for my son's second birthday, we changed our everything.ReplyDelete
You know my answer--paint it! Whats the use of having something in a color you don't want it to be? Paint isn't really that expensive. Go for it and I can't wait to see how it looks!ReplyDelete
That's a hard one, Kelli.ReplyDelete
BUT- that being said, search your heart...it will tell you! ;)
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I would paint it IF your parents hadn't helped you buy it. I know MY mom and she would KILL me if I painted some stuff that was grandma's. Instead, I would go for a different wall color that would further neutralize the black. If your mom is like mine, beware. I get 'vibes.' :) Some things aren't worth starting trouble over. andrea@townandprairieReplyDelete
It's obviously bothering you since you posted the question. I think white is nice for a young girl and so versatile too. If your mom purchased with you I hope she attached no emotional strings and will support whatever decision you make. I love painted furniture. I recently purchased an old secretary painted black. My husband was surprised at the color but went for it - he now loves it! I say paint away girl and enjoy!ReplyDelete
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Hannah and Lauren, who had a half day of school on Friday, so she was able to have lunch with us and enjoy the afternoon.
My mom and life long friend Lori enjoying the view.
Hannah telling a joke I'm sure.
Love this one of my mom getting her hands full of apples.
It was a gorgeous day to be in the apple orchard.
As I said in a post last week on head spinning, the saga continues with my trip with Hannah across country to Arizona where she will live with her other grandma(Rob's Mom) while she looks for a job. Yes, we will have two kids out west. As you can imagine my emotions are all over the place with kids leaving, mom coming and going, and now the trip of a lifetime with one of my daughters. JHKL are tattoed on my heart, but I love them enough to let them live their dreams and find their passion in life. I am ecstatic they are finding their own way with our Great God rather than the faith of their parents and that is exciting to watch as well. I hope you will check back often in the coming days as I attempt to catch the heart of our trip here.
I'm looking forward to coming back to New York where Rob, Kelsey and Lauren will be waiting and to see what God has planned for me next.
**JHKL=Justin, Hannah, Kelsey, Lauren