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The Forgotten Founder © 1999 by Owen W. Linzmayer - an Apple Insider...
Thanks to a never-ending campaign by Apple?s powerful public relations machine to
protect the myths surrounding the company?s origin, almost everyone believes that
Apple was started in a garage by ?the two Steves,? Stephen Gary Wozniak, 25, and
Steven Paul Jobs, 21. Actually, the operation began in a bedroom at 11161 Crist
Drive in Los Altos (the house number changed to 2066 when the land was annexed
from the county to the city in late 1983), where Jobs after having dropped out of
Reed College in Portland, Oregon was living with his adoptive parents, Paul R. (a
machinist at Spectra Physics) and Clara (a payroll clerk at Varian).
That mere semantic distinction can be forgiven. When the bedroom became too
crowded, the operation did indeed move to the garage. When they adopted Steve
(born February 24, 1955), Paul and Clara Jobs lived at 1758 45th Avenue in San
Francisco?s Sunset district. After five months, the family moved to South San
Francisco and then Mountain View before settling in Los Altos. It wasn?t until
Steve was in his 30s that he met his birth mother. At that time he also learned
he had a half-sister, writer Mona Simpson, who subsequently used Steve as a model
for the main character in one of her recent books, A Regular Guy. Apple started
life in ?the garage? of Steve Jobs? parents on Crist Drive in Los Altos,
California (inset: the exterior of the house as it is today). After moving out of
Jobs? garage, Apple Computer rented suite B3 at 20833 Stevens Creek Boulevard in
Cupertino, then built 10260 Bandley Drive, which became known as Bandley One when
occupied on January 28, 1978.
The garage of Steve Jobs parents on Crist Drive in Los Altos.
The bigger story here is that the two Steves weren?t alone in forming Apple. Just
as Soviet propagandists doctored photos to remove party members who had fallen
out of favor, Apple suffers from a convenient case of institutional amnesia by
routinely ignoring the fact that when Apple was originally founded as a
partnership on April Fools? Day 1976, there were three founders: Woz, Jobs, and a
fellow by the name of
Ronald Gerald Wayne, 41.
Jobs was freelancing at Atari in the early 1970s when founder Nolan Kay Bushnell
hired Wayne as chief draftsman (badge #395) for the video game maker. Despite the
difference in their ages, Jobs and Wayne became casual friends and would often
have philosophical discussions on the ethics of making money. Desiring a
tie-breaker in any potential conflicts with Woz, Jobs enticed Wayne to become a
partner in Apple by offering him 10 percent interest in the company.
?Either I was going to be bankrupt or the richest man in the cemetery,? Wayne
recalls thinking. Since Apple was far from a sure thing, Wayne retained his day
job at Atari and worked nights on the original Apple logo and documentation for
the Apple I. Meanwhile, Jobs was hustling up customers. At a Homebrew Computer
Club meeting (the club met monthly at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
auditorium in Palo Alto), Jobs gave a demonstration of the Apple I to Paul Jay
Terrell, who operated the Byte Shop arguably the first retail computer store
chain in the country, which opened its doors on December 8, 1975 (Terrell?s
birthday). Terrell was intrigued and asked Jobs to keep in touch.
The next day, a barefooted Jobs dropped in on Terrell at his store in Mountain
View and exclaimed, ?I?m keeping in touch.? To Jobs? utter amazement, Terrell
agreed to buy 50 computers for $500 each, cash on delivery. There was only one
catch to the $25,000 order: Terrell wanted fully assembled computers.
When Apple was founded, Steve Wozniak lived at 1618 Edmonton Ave. in Sunnyvale
and Ron Wayne lived at 1900 California St. in Mountain View. The
original Apple I (shown here in a custom-built wooden case) was little more than
a circuit board to which customers were expected to add a case, power supply,
monitor, and keyboard.
The trio had originally planned to produce bare circuit boards for $25 each and
sell them for $50 to hobbyists who would populate them with the necessary chips
and other parts. They didn?t have the money necessary to buy all of the parts
required to build 50 complete computers, but Jobs was undaunted. On April 6, he
obtained a three-month $5,000 loan from Elmer and Allen J. Baum (one of Woz?s
co-workers at Hewlett-Packard), then convinced suppliers to extend 30 days?
credit on $15,000 worth of parts.
The young, ambitious Jobs had no qualms about going into debt to fulfill the Byte
Shop order, but the seasoned Wayne was anxious. He wasn?t convinced Terrell would
pay for the computers, and the partnership agreement meant that he had unlimited
personal liability for any debts incurred by Apple. Just four years prior, Wayne
underwent the emotionally painful experience of folding Siand, his own Las
Vegas-based engineering firm. Wayne didn?t want to risk another financial
failure, so on April 12 less than two weeks after Apple?s founding he renounced
his 10 percent interest for a one-time payment of $800. ?I had already learned
what gave me indigestion,? explained Wayne years later. ?If Apple had failed, I
would have had bruises on top of bruises. Steve Jobs was an absolute whirlwind
and I had lost the energy you need to ride whirlwinds.?
Freed from the financial liabilities of the partnership agreement, Wayne spent
his free time consulting on projects such as designing an enclosure for the Apple
I. Meanwhile, Woz and Jobs got part-time assembly help from Bill Fernandez, who
had originally introduced Jobs to Woz in 1968, as well as from Daniel G. Kottke,
who had met Jobs at Reed College and had made a spiritual journey to India with
him in 1974.
?[The Byte Shop order] was the biggest single episode in the company?s history.
Nothing in subsequent years was so great and so unexpected. It was not what we
had intended to do.? Steve Wozniak
The Byte Shop at 1063 El Camino Real West in Mountain View, California, was the
first retail computer store chain in the world and Apple?s first big customer.
?Steve Wozniak looks like a Steiff Teddy bear on a maintenance dose of
marshmallows.? Time reporter Jay Cocks
Everyone worked furiously to build the computers by hand. Terrell was a bit dismayed when
Jobs showed up on the 29th day to deliver a batch of motherboards stuffed with
components. When Terrell asked for ?fully assembled? computers, he meant the
whole works: a case, power supply, monitor, and keyboard. Nonetheless, Terrell
kept his word and handed over the cash, allowing Apple to pay off its parts
suppliers in the nick of time. Jobs was excited. Apple had made roughly $8,000
profit, and he was planning to expand the business by going farther into debt
with parts suppliers to build even more computers. Jobs? ambitious plans required
more money than the Apple I orders were generating, so in August 1976, he
approached his old Atari boss, Nolan Bushnell, who recommended he meet with Don
Valentine of the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. At the time, Valentine
wasn?t interested, but he in turn referred Jobs to Armas Clifford ?Mike? Markkula
Jr., 34, who had retired a year prior after making a small fortune on his stock
options at chipmakers Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. In November 1976,
Markkula came out of retirement to help Jobs devise a business plan. With the
Apple I computer boards being sold through just ten retail stores in the U.S.,
Markkula boldly set a goal for sales to grow to $500 million in ten years.
Recognizing a chance to hitch a ride on a rocket that was about to take off,
Markkula invested $92,000 of his own money and secured a $250,000 line of credit
at Bank of America. Now properly funded, the three of them filed for
incorporation of Apple Computer on January 3, 1977. To avoid any possible legal
complications, in March the corporation purchased the partnership for $5,308.96
and Wayne was sent a check for a third of that amount to make certain he would
have no future claim against the company. Wayne, who had walked away voluntarily
for $800 less than a year ago, was thrilled to receive this unexpected windfall.
Paul Terrell went on to found Romox, Software Emporium, and Sorcerer Computer.
?Why did you send me this renegade from the human race?? Venture capitalist Don
Valentine, complaining about Jobs, then just a kid with ripped jeans and bare
feet Jobs set the list price of the original 4K Apple I at $666.66 by doubling
the cost of manufacturing, allowing dealers a 33.3 percent markup on the
wholesale price of $500. Fundamentalist Christians were quick to complain that
666 was the ?mark of the beast.? Jobs blew these people off with a concocted
story about how he had taken 7 (the mystical number seven), subtracted one
(another mystical number), and arrived at a perfectly innocent price. Actually,
Jobs wanted to charge $777, but Woz insisted that was too much. Markkula wrote
several early software programs for the Apple II and freely distributed them
under the alias Johnny Appleseed. Courtesy of Michael Swaine Armas Clifford
?Mike? Markkula Jr. stepped in when Ron Wayne bailed out of Apple.
Reflecting on the situation, Woz understands Wayne?s decision to bail out early. ?Steve had no
money. I had no money, and the creditors were going to wind up coming to him for
the money that was going to be owed. So he decided it was better to get out of
it. At the time it was the right decision.? To someone who was there to witness
the events firsthand, it may have made sense, but in retrospect, it?s hard for an
outsider to see Wayne?s decision as anything but a mistake of colossal
proportions. Granted, Wayne would surely have had to give up some of his interest
in Apple as the firm grew. If Jobs? initial 45 percent stake in Apple translated
into 7.5 million shares when the company went public in 1980, it?s reasonable to
assume that Wayne?s 10 percent would have equalled more than 1.6 million shares.
Following a two-for-one stock split on May 15, 1987, such a holding would have
been worth approximately $244 million (not including dividends) when the stock
peaked at $73.25 on April 12, 1991, and would still be worth over $42.5 million
at $12.75 per share, the lowest price since then. Does Wayne ever regret
relinquishing his supporting role in one of the greatest American business
success stories ever told? Amazingly enough, 20 years later Wayne convincingly
stated, ?I have never had the slightest pangs of regret, because I made the best
decision with the information available to me at the time. My contribution was
not so great that I felt I had been diddled with in any way.? A person of lesser
character might be paralyzed with bitterness and self-doubt after walking away
from such fame and fortune, but not Ron Wayne. He put it behind him and got on
with his life. Although Jobs tried over the years to convince Ron to return to
Apple as an employee, Wayne continued working at Atari until 1978, at which point
he took a job at Lawrence Livermore Labs. In 1980, Wayne opened a small store on
Dempsey Street in Milpitas. Dealing in stamps, coins, and other collectibles,
Wayne?s Philatelics became so successful in just two months that he quit his job
at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Following the collapse of the stamp market and two
break-ins, Wayne closed the store in 1982 but continued operating the business
out of his home. After a brief stint working on documentation and drafting for
Scientific Technology Systems, in 1985 Wayne took a job working on slot machines
at Thor Electronics of California. The Salinas-based manufacturer subsequently
shifted its focus from slot machines to military electronics. On August 1, 1998,
Ron Wayne formally retired as chief engineer of Thor. He now runs an
Internet-based stamp and coin business (http://www.thestampman.com) from his home
in Tucson, Arizona. Woz and Jobs? first commercial venture was peddling
blue boxes
produced by Woz based on information contained in the October 1971
issue of Esquire. These hand-held electronic circuits allowed phone calls to be
made free of charge by emulating signals used by the phone company. Jobs supplied
$40 in parts and sold the boxes door-to-door in UC Berkeley dorm rooms for $150,
splitting the profits with Woz. In keeping with the spirit of ?phone phreaking,?
Woz assumed the name Berkeley Blue and Jobs, Oaf Tobark. During one
Woz called the Vatican posing as Henry Kissinger and asked to
speak to the pope.
Informed that the pope was sleeping but would be awakened, Woz
lost his nerve and hung up. Who would have dreamed that these two would go from
making pontifical prank calls to actually meeting world leaders? But that?s
exactly what happened. In February 1985, Woz and Jobs received the National
Technology Medal from President Reagan at the White House. On May 19, 1993, Woz
presented a PowerBook to Poland?s President Lech Walesa, the former leader of the
Solidarity movement. During the Clinton administration, Jobs slept in the White
House?s Lincoln Bedroom after making a $100,000 donation to the Democratic
National Committee. Woz met his first girlfriend through a popular Dial-a-Joke
operation he was running from a bank of phones in his apartment. Normally his
answering machine played a Polish joke that he had recorded earlier, but Woz
happened to be home when Alice Robertson called, so he picked up the phone,
identifying himself as Stanley Zeber Zenskanitsky. The two hit it off and were
married soon after their playful start.
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?One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge,
bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You
couldn?t dream of a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope, and anarchy.?
President of Apple Products Jean-Louis GassÃe The Apple Logo One of Ron Wayne?s
first duties after co-founding Apple was to design a logo for the infant company.
The logo he created was a pen-and-ink drawing of Sir Isaac Newton leaning against
an apple tree with a portion of a William Wordsworth poem (Prelude, Book III,
Residence of Cambridge) running around the border: ?Newton A mind forever
voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.? Wayne?s logo was used for a
short time, but Jobs eventually came to feel that it was too cerebral and not
easily reproduced at small sizes, so in April 1977, he instructed Rob Janov, an
art director at the Regis McKenna public relations agency, to come up with a
better logo. Janov started with a black and white silhouette of an apple, but
felt something was missing. ?I wanted to simplify the shape of an apple, and by
taking a bite a byte, right out of the side, it prevented the apple from looking
like a cherry tomato,? explains Janov. For a touch of class, Janov added six
colorful, horizontal stripes that paid tribute to the Apple IIs impressive color
capabilities. Although separating the green, yellow, orange, red, purple, and
blue bars with thin black lines would have reduced registration problems during
reproduction, Jobs nixed the proposal, resulting in the Apple logo as we know it
today, which former president Michael M. Scott calls the most expensive bloody
logo ever designed. In late 1997, interim CEO Jobs decided that future products
would be adorned with solid-colored Apple logos. The first Mac to receive this
treatment was the revised PowerBook G3 introduced on May 6, 1998. It featured a
large, solid crystal white Apple logo on its lid. Apple?s original logo was
designed by Ron Wayne.
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Apple II Timeline Apple?s first president, Michael M. Scott, brought a lot of
professional experience when he was hired in May 1977 from National
Semiconductor. One of his first attempts at imposing a little organization was to
issue numbered identification badges, based roughly on each employee?s date of
hire. Scotty gave himself number seven because that?s his lucky number, and he
issued badge number one to Wozniak because without his brilliant design of the
Apple I, there would be no company. This didn?t sit too well with Jobs, who
rushed to Scott asking him to reconsider. Scott held his ground. Jobs would be
unbearable if he was number one, felt Scott. Realizing Scott wasn?t about to
name him employee number one, Jobs suggested a compromise: He?d accept number
zero instead. That seemed only fair, so to keep the peace, Jobs got badge number
zero, but Apples official personnel records list him as employee number two
because the Bank of America check processing software wouldn?t allow zero. To
this day, a low employee number is a badge of honor in the corridors of Apple.
Hoping to recreate some Woodstock magic, Woz sponsored the US Festivals,
three-day celebrations of contemporary music and technology.? The first was held
Labor Day weekend in 1982 at the Glen Helen Regional Park, just north of San
Bernardino, California. Over 20 different entertainers performed, and there were
exhibits on the impact of technological developments. The event was marred by low
paid attendence, 340 arrests, and about 12 drug overdoses. Woz tried again
Memorial Day weekend 1983. Woz lost an estimated $20 million on the two US
Festivals, but he had fun and still considers them successful.
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After resigning from Apple in 1985 over the lack of support for the Apple II,
Steve Wozniak eventually returned to college to complete his degree.
He enrolled in Berkeley under the name Rocky Raccoon Clark
and earned a bachelors degree in electrical engineering in June 1986. Woz?s pet
dog at the time was named Rocky. Q.
The Apple IIc was introduced on April 24, 1984,
in San Francisco?s Moscone Center during a celebration called ?Apple II Forever.?
Incidentally, the pre-show setup was interrupted by an earthquake measuring 6.2
on the Richter scale. On November 15, 1993, more than 16 years after the original
Apple II was introduced and with over 5 million units shipped, Apple quietly
dropped the last of the line, the Apple IIe, from its product list. As a token
gesture to the faithful, for a while Apple continued to offer Apple II technology
through an expansion card for some early Mac LC and Performa models.
The one millionth Apple II was awarded to Ellis Elementary school in Sunnyvale,
California, on July 18,1983, as part of the ?Kids Can?t Wait? program.
-end of Apple Confidential - Chapter 1-
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This Saturday night - after my recital in Chicago (click HERE for info on that) - I will be with the Northwest Indiana Symphony performing Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. It's a piece that, because I played it in Youth Orchestra as a kid, I know so well I don't even have to count the rests. We would have worked on it for an entire year, and all of the ins and outs are deep in my memory. The problem I actually bump into is that it's so familiar to me I have to keep checking in with myself to make sure I'm phrasing and playing my solos like the grown-up I am rather than the high-school junior I was. It's all imprinted on my brain, bad intonation and all. So the challenge is to keep my professional mind engaged while I play passages I almost could play in my sleep.
Fortunately, the other two works on the program - Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 1 and the Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto - are far less familiar. A neat coincidence is that we're playing side-by-side with the Youth Orchestra on the Hanson, so I'm performing with my students who have been working on the piece since fall themselves. Feels like a nice circle, doesn't it? It's why I chose to play this concert - an hour and a half from home in February - instead of the perfectly nice Pops concert three blocks from my house that the SBSO is doing. Repertoire and teaching opportunities trump convenience in this case.
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Not 50. Or 51:43. Someone really, really needs to communicate that critical fact to the Buffalo Sabres. Last night's game was just ridiculous in that the Sabres watched a lead get right the heck away from them. They retreated into their shells, and tried to protect their lead, but guess what, it didn't work. Has it worked the past 37 times they've tried it? NO! So why do they keep doing it?
I honestly wouldn't blame Lindy if after the game he had told the players they were walking back from Pittsburgh. Maybe a nice hike through some remote areas in cold weather would wake some of these guys the heck up.
– I was really, really amused by Miller deciding to spear Jordan Staal in the bits. Yes, I know its unsportsmanlike and maybe Miller didn't react in the best way to people being in his personal space. But the Penguins had been taking liberties with him all night, shooting the puck at him after whistles, banging away in the crease, etc. But none of his teammates were standing up for him while these liberties were being taken, so I really don't blame Miller for taking matters into his own hands, if you will.
– Did Tallinder step into Lindy's dog house again? Every other defenseman played well over 18 minutes (with Rivet and Lydman breaking the 21 minute barrier) while Tallinder was just a hare under 13:30.
– I love the look of intense concentration on Miller's face in this shot:
At least he showed up for most of the game.
– I watched Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade Thanksgiving Leftover Bonanza this morning. I know that when I have my fellow lushes, I mean "friends," over for Thanksgiving leftovers, I always make sure to tell them what I'm wearing so that we all can be color coordinated to each other, the kitchenscape and the tablescape. I'm still in horror over what she did to that leftover turkey, as well as shuddering at the thought of mixing mashed potatoes and green bean cassorole together for dumpling filling.


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by Susan J. Zall
Creator of Writer's Infusion
These days, when it's so easy to click a button to move onto something new, it's more important than ever to capture the reader's interest from the very beginning.
Much of what I've learned, I credit to the Writer's Idol session run by Grub Street of Boston. This event consists of three literary agents listening to the first page of a person's book, followed by a critique that is often direct, bordering on brutal. If you can withstand the criticism, however, the feedback is terrific.
Here are some techniques to do this, and some habits to avoid. Thanks to the WI gang for help with this list.
- Read the first pages of your favorite books. Then go to your local bookstore and read the first pages of bestsellers that seem interesting. What caught your attention and made you want to read more? Or, what made you put the book back?
- How is your book different from any other? Voice? Character? Unusual location? Let that come through.
- Allow the reader to attach to a character. It's just confusing when we have to remember 5+ names within the first 1 ½ pages.
- Voice—that elusive attribute that makes your character unique—is key.
- Leave out unnecessary description. Detail can distance the reader from the story. If you're so busy telling the reader about that cool car (or book or dress or sword), they'll lose interest in the characters and story.
- If introducing the ordinary, teach something new.
- If submitting the first few pages of your book with your query, have them copy edited. There's nothing more annoying than misplaced commas, no commas at all, spelling mistakes, etc. Also, make sure it's formatted properly. Half an inch indent at the beginning of each paragraph, 1" margins, generally 12 point font, etc. Don't give the agent an excuse to toss your manuscript.
- Don't try to cram too much into the first page. Bring us in, but don't overwhelm us.
- Unless imperative to the voice and/or character, don't swear on the first page.
- Per usual: show, don't tell. Don't give us a summary/info dump. Bring us through the scene step-by-step.
- If action is backstory, it's difficult to make it seem like your story is moving forward. Thus, make sure the content on the first page(s) isn't better served later in the book. This is called backstory; Jenn wrote a great blog about backstory on our website.
- Don't start with long descriptions, dreams, weather, alarm clocks, or a character looking in the mirror.
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Seconds converted into minutes,
minutes into hour,
hours into day,
days into week,
weeks into month,
months into year
and finally,
the year 2016,
is left with its last moments.
Really I am not interested to bid farewell to 2016
2017 is waiting
and I have to welcome 2017 and
the Mother Nature
Let it go its "Nature"
and I abide by the "Mother Nature"
hence, ready to welcome
2017 and to bid farewell to 2016
Bye Bye 2016
" Happy New Year"
World, let us Celebrate for 2017
Let us empower ourselves in 2017 !!!!!
Time is bliss to mankind, let us pledge to use our time wisely to spread peace, happiness,content among all and
I Wish 2017 will be blissful, Charismatic, awesome for all of us
to live our life to the fullest and turn our dreams in to reality.
"Wish a Wonderful 2017 Ahead"


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Sometimes it's about expectations. The current Sherlock Holmes franchise merely borrows the names and the most readily identifiable characteristics of its famous protagonists and almost-as-famous antagonist. This 21st century revamping is an action picture with a bit of bromance, inspired by steampunk graphic novels. You know, where there are modern attitudes in the romanticized past with spectacular fireworks, explosions, lots of weapons, and a few attractive women thrown in the mix. Is the plot a bit muddled? Sure. Was a great plot on my list of expectations? No.
|Yes, the boys are back! ((c) 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a lot of fun. It moves swiftly, if somewhat jumpily (it is Guy Ritchie directing, after all) into the jumbled plot. There's some espionage — or is it just business? Or….OK, plot is not the film's strength.
A Game of Shadows is, more than anything else, a witty and brisk buddy film. Robert Downey Jr.'s brilliant, petulant, slightly mad Sherlock Holmes cannot do without his friend Dr. Watson, and Jude Law plays the long-suffering sidekick with grace, charm, and occasional exasperation. These are Downey's films, but the pairing with Jude Law is practically genius.
|Downey as Holmes and Law as Watson (c) 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures
The first film was a typical Ritchie romp in which men dominate and women are neglected at best. It's happened again here, but at least there's a new female character, and I don't mean Downey in drag. Noomi Rapace plays Madame Simza, a gypsy fortune-telling reformed anarchist that Sherlock is determined to save despite herself. That's all of her, by the way. Ms. Rapace brings nothing more to the role than disheveled hair.
|Rapace and the Boys (c) 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures
Mind you, I wasn't fond of Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, even though I admire her work greatly elsewhere. Hmmm. Could the women be underwritten in these films? Tosh.
This quest conflicts only slightly with Holmes' attempt to protect Watson and his new bride-who-almost-wasn't from the unscrupulous Professor Moriarty and right-hand-man Colonel Moran. Moriarty is more and more interesting as Jared Harris plays him. Understatement is an understatement for what Harris does, and he pulls my attention away from Downey, which is no easy feat. Perhaps it's those cold eyes that freeze the blood. Or his cold logic, which is difficult to argue with until you remember you're a human.
|Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty, and Downey. (c) 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures.
While Harris actually gives Downey a run for his money, the main power of these films is the lusciously layered relationship between Downey's Sherlock (or Sherley, as his brother Mycroft calls him) and Law's Watson. The two are so in synch, it's gorgeous. The looks that pass between them, and the eyes that don't quite meet, speak volumes of their understanding. And the dancing! So don't go thinking there won't be a third "Sherlock Holmes and another adventure." Chemistry like this is priceless, and Messrs. Downey and Law and Ritchie are no fools. Dr. Watson would make book on it.
The perversely delightful Stephen Fry appears in a very strange interpretation of brother Mycroft, sometimes in the nude. Not full frontal as Michael Fassbender is purported to do in Shame, but quite enough to fluster Mrs. Watson and give us a few good laughs.
What with Ritchie's penchant for replaying, in slow motion and voiceover, his lightning fast action scenes, there's never a worry in the film. When Sherlock does something absolutely dreadful, that should be shocking, we feel secure that it's not an ending. Only Moriarty ends things. In lesser hands, this lack of suspense could be seen as a flaw. But Ritchie does it all so skillfully that even knowing exactly where he's going does not lessen the nail-biting, gasping audience from wondering Oh no, What Next???
As always, in her all-too-brief appearance Geraldine James is spot on as Mrs. Hudson, and Kelly Reilly has a bit more to do now that she's married Dr. Watson. More please.
Rachel McAdams makes a brief, nerve-wracking reappearance as Irene Adler. To say more would be a spoiler. Which is, in itself, a spoiler….
Paul Anderson is chillingly efficient and loyal as Colonel Moran, stalwart of Professor Moriarty.
And if all that weren't enough, there's a fantastical run through the woods with trees exploding around our heroes, rather like films showing Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. Effects are awe-inspiring and James Herbert's editing is sharp-edged. All elements of this film are extremely well crafted, like cinematography by Philippe Rousselot and the production design by Sarah Greenwood, which is just gorgeous, and costumes by Jenny Beavan. What the film may lack in plot it has in high production values. Could it have been better? Sure. Will that keep me – or Ritchie, or Downey, or Law – up at night? No.
Just to be clear: You are not required or expected to think during this film. You are not to wonder if it resembles the original stories. Purists beware. This is a new Holmes and Watson, a new way of looking at them, and it's really all about Robert Downey Jr and the joy of watching him work. So just have fun.
~ Molly Matera, signing off, already looking forward to the next one. I freely admit to greatly enjoying this guiltily pleasurable franchise.


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The holidays are tough enough for most of us, so we decided to honor a few people for their contributions in making the season easier to bear. But first, our Evil Act of the Season Award to two scumbags who stole cars full of Christmas gifts. And the owners were both out of work.
In the Ballard section of Seattle, Margaret wrote that a friend parked her white 1990 Honda Accord (with peeling rear window tint and a very loud muffler, we are told) which contained skis, boots, and a trunk full of Christmas gifts. The friend has been laid off for a year. In Kansas City, Kan., Carmel Vaughn, homeless for two years, reported her car stolen with, again, a trunk full of Christmas presents, some for her 7-year-old daughter. One may question why these out-of-work folk have money for Christmas gifts, but the Grinch-infected people who stole their cars did not.
The Tree Transport Award goes to "skate park designer Greig Howe" of the U.K. who used his tiny G-Wiz electric car to tow a 50-foot Christmas tree 15 miles to his house. He then cut the tree into sections and stuffed it into different windows of his house to make it appear that a giant tree was bursting its barriers. Way to go, Greig, though I'm not sure I want you designing my skate park.
Another U.K. source reports that cars laden with Christmas gifts can take up to 25 percent longer to stop. Gor-blimey, carsite.co.uk definitely gets the Stupid Christmas Driving Warning Award for pointing out that the additional weight of two adults, three children, and their luggage and gifts might make it harder to stop—and on ice and snow yet.
The Christmas Save Money Award goes to Kay Bell of Texas, whose 12 tax tips for Christmas include: buying a car before December 31 and deducting the sales tax paid from your 2009 tax return. There are some guidelines and restrictions, of course, but "in most cases," Kay says, the deduction will apply on vehicles costing $49,500 or less.
Finally, if you really are a gift-giver with the Christmas spirit, you can earn our Thanks for the Car! Award by giving your "mechanically sound and safe" vehicle to Cars 4 Christmas. They will repair the car if needed or sell it at auction (and use the proceeds to provide cars to needy folks), even providing free towing. That might be a tax-deductible gift too.
Whatever you do over the holidays, please drive safely—and allow for extra braking distance, right?


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Gloves have a rich history. Originally used for hand protection down through the centuries, they have taken on many meanings. They have signified love and devotion, an emblem of high honor, a tenure for by which land and estates were held and transferred.
On the darker side of the history of gloves, when one dropped a glove, it was considered a challenge and to take up the glove was to accept the challenge. In the past, gloves were so prized that it was considered a felony to steal a pair.
Though, in modern times, the glove does not carry as much symbolism. They are, nonetheless, still used to protect our hands. They also give the wearer dexterity as well as warmth. Gloves are made in a variety of materials, but for a knitter, there is only one material to use and that is wool. It will keep your hands toasty warm as well as wicking away the moisture. Even when wool is wet, it retains its heat properties.
Gloves are not as hard to make as you may think. They are made like mittens until you arrive at the base of the finger and then the fun part starts. At this point, it is advisable to use short double pointed needles. I always start with the little finger taking the number of stitches requested and join then in the round. The stitches are distributed over three double pointed needles and knitting with the fourth. This portion goes quickly as you have just a few stitches you are working on.
Gloves are fun, give them a try, I think you will enjoy them. We are offering a class in February for fingerless gloves; in this way you can make gloves without knitting the whole finger. Great for keeping your hands warm when knitting or any other activity where you need to keep your hands warm but need to use your fingers. They also make wonderful gifts. Show your love and appreciation for someone special; knit them a pair of gloves or fingerless gloves. They will think of you every time they wear them.


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2000Trees takes place on July 6th/7th/8th at Northcote farm in the Cotswolds and will see the likes of Slaves, Lower Than Atlantis and Nothing But Thieves play to over 10,000 music fans across 9 stages. Tickets cost £110 for the full weekend. More info: http://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk


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On October 12, 1792, the bar Fountain Inn, in Georgetown, turned exactly of meeting for big part of the inhabitants of the future federal capital. The ambience was festive and continuously they were listening to toast and phrases of exhilaration. It was not for less. The group of men there gathered, between that nearby were, onlookers and masters of the locality, was preparing to be present at an act loaded with meaning for the new-born nation of the USA: the ceremony of laying of the first stone of the "House of the President" (in that epoch it was not known as a White House yet). When all the organizers of the act were present, the crowd was started towards his destination: a lot of the still nonexistent city of Washington A.D.
The group was preceded by a distinguished number of Freemasons of a lodge of Georgetown, the nº 9 of Maryland. And, precisely, it was his Big Teacher, Peter Casanave, who had the honor of informing the ceremony, placing the keystone and pronouncing a prayer.
The most singular of that ceremony fundacional – that was giving the exit gunshot to the construction of the first federal building of the city and that today is one of the most recognizable emblems of the USA – is that the man who directed it, said Peter Casanave, was Spanish.
Although his neighbors of Georgetown were calling him Peter, that young catholic merchant who had gained himself the appreciation the confidence of all his name was in fact Pedro, and had been born in the Spanish region of Navarre. It is very possible that his surname was not Casanave either, since the scarce preserved sources that allude to his person quote it like Casaneva, Casenave, Cazenave and enclosed Casanova. Unfortunately, it is very little what we know about him, although, as we will see, it reached quickly the social and economic success in his adoption homeland.
Apparently, Peter Casanave (we will call him like that before the puzzler of his real name) came to the USA in 1785. In his pocket only 200 pounds were counted, and the young Navarrese scarcely knew the Shakespeare language. Fortunately, it was provided with unbeatable references: his uncle, Juan de Miralles, had practised like linkage between the Spanish Crown and the American insurgents during the War of the Independence, playing an out-standing role in the American revolution, and gaining him for it the appreciation and the friendship of the very same George Washington. And so, this kinship should have opened to Casanave some doors, and soon it established his first business: a store in which it was distributing oil, Spanish pork and dust for the hair. To that first prompt business others followed him, quite unusual some, like a "lounge of night dance for gentlemen who have not time during the day".
Notley Young and his wife, in-laws of Peter Casaneva.
A few years later, in 1790, his situation had improved enough, and it turned into agent of the property, I motivate for the one that appears in several documents of the epoch, in which he is named like seller of areas of the future city of Washington.
With an already strengthened social position, his following step in the community was to ask for the hand of a young catholic of Georgetown, Ann Nancy Young, daughter of Notley Young, prosperous businessman of the city who also was devoting himself to the business of the sale of soils. The couple married in September, 1791, in a ceremony that there informed the bishop Carroll, uncle of the young woman. That marriage tuned in to Casanave to some of the most important families of the state of Maryland.
In those dates, the Spanish decided to extend moreover his commitments with the community, and turned into "agent" and sponsor of the students who were coming to the Georgetown College (today turned into the university of the same name). In the above mentioned position he was in charge of administering the funds of the pupils and covering his expenses. In many cases, when the students were foreign or were lacking resources, he was in charge of paying himself the quotas of its own pocket, of completely altruistic form. Apparently, the proper Casenave was a pupil of the institution, to which it came to perfect his still deficient English, and later one of his children, also called Peter, he was registered there.
In 1793 the Navarrese gave a new step in his social advance, and joined the Common Council of the Corporation of the city. Only one year later, that Navarrese and catholic young man – who had come to the new nation nine years earlier without scarcely money and with a few minimal English notions – was elected a mayor of Georgetown, turning into the fifth person in occupying the charge.
A photo of Casaneva House (today eliminated), housing in which the widow of Peter Casaneva resided.
A few months earlier there had taken place the episode of the Masonic ceremony in the White House, therefore probably his belonging to the Brotherhood was beginning a few years earlier, being already in the USA Peter Casanave died in 1796, without we knowing exactly what his age was in this moment. Anyway, it had to be quite young, since some testimonies that describe his participation in the opening of the House of the President aim that in this moment it was about the about thirty.
Little more we know of his life. Some notes on him recount that he was the thirteenth son of a lawyer and Navarrese merchant. A copy of his testament rests from 1860 in the files of the Lodge nº 5 of Potomac (the ancient Lodge nº 9 of Maryland, of which he was a Big Teacher).
This is the blurry portrait of Pedro Casanave, the Spanish merchant who, at the end of the XVIIIth century, left Spain to end up by turning in a prosperous businessman of the USA., Main Freemason and fifth mayor of Georgetown (the "seed" of the current capital of the country). And also, it was his hand, which placed the first stone of the White House.
- WARNER, William W. At peace with all their neighbors: catholics and catholicism in the national capital, 1787-1860. Georgetown University Press, 1994.
- HOLMES, Oliver W. Suter's Tavern: Federal Birthplace of the City. 1973, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.


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New York Fashion Week Spring 2017 Fashion Trends
New York Fashion Week spring 2017 in September gives everyone a great view into what is coming up in the spring of the next year. This year, however, more designers embraced the idea of having their lines available for purchase immediately after the show, so some of these fashions are available for purchase right now! Below are some of the best spring/ summer 2017 fashion trends from New York Fashion Week so you can get a jump-start on updating your wardrobe.
#1. Sheer Fantasy
The sheer trend is strong for the spring 2017 season, and it does not appear to be going anywhere any time soon. Coach featured several sheer skirts and dresses, while Delpozo is another fashion house that mixed the sheer trend with floral patterns. Oscar De La Renta also had interesting sheer pieces in their classy collection.
#2. Ruffles Aplenty
Ruffles make another feminine spring/ summer 2017 fashion trend at New York Fashion Week tantalizing our senses with their flirty, frilly essence. Rodarte featured a number of stunning evening looks with ruffles, Michael Kors showed ruffled bodied elegant handbags in black and white and Tome sent down several different looks accentuated with ruffles.
Ruffles were on sleeves, shoulders, jackets, dresses and even shoes. The use of ruffles took on a whole new life at New York Fashion Week.
#3. Sequins and Sparkle
Rodarte is just one of a plethora of fashion lines that featured beautiful pieces that were accentuated with sequins. The Blonds is a line that featured a lot of shimmer, as is Custo Barcelona. Models shimmered and sparkled down nearly eighty percent of the runways shown during New York Fashion Week, so we can expect to see a lot of options that shimmer and shine everywhere.
#4. Romantic Florals
Floral patterns were EVERYWHERE during New York Fashion Week, and while this is unsurprising, they were not repetitive at the shows. There were as many different floral prints and patterns as there are actual flowers in the world, which made this trend very exciting.
The florals in Naeem Khan's show were vibrant and beautiful, while those in Alice + Olivia and Rebecca Taylor mimicked nature. We can rightly state this is one of our favorite spring/ summer 2017 fashion trends from New York Fashion Week!
#5: Cut-Outs Revived
Cut outs made a huge number of appearances at this year's New York Fashion Week in various tops, sweaters and dresses. The cut outs came in keyhole designs, strategic cut outs that either showed just the right amounts of skin or allowed for another pattern or texture to peek through and elevate a look.
#6. Statement Accessories
Coach showed a number of overly embellished bags in their collection as well as studded doc martin style boots and platform Mary Janes. The incredible earrings on the Delpozo runway were amazing and it appears that bold accessories like necklace earrings and exaggerated pieces are taking the stage to be a great trend for spring 2017. There were also long hanging earrings seen in several of the spring 2017 fashions, such as those shown in the Tibi runway presentation.
#7. Slip-on Shoes
Mansur Gavriel showed a collection of accessories that included slip-on kitten heels, while Alice + Olivia showed off a few casual slip-ons. Betty and Veronica by Rachel Antonoff and The Elder Statesman showed off a more classic take on slip-on shoes. Rag & Bone and Sies Marjan also included slip-on shoes that were very interesting as well, but in each of these cases, the shoes completed the look in an uncomplicated and chic way.
#8. Platform Shoes
At least half of the runway shows during New York Fashion Week featured a platform shoe. Proenza Schouler, for example, had patterned platforms, while the sky-high platform shoes unveiled by Marc Jacobs were simply made for daring to walk!
#9. Bright and Bold Colors
Bright yellows, blues, greens and reds were seen in full display in several different runway shows as well, and we also saw lots of bubblegum pink. Tibi, Alexander Wang and Naeem Khan included some of the most brightly beautiful pieces for the upcoming spring.
#10. Super Sweet Princess Looks
Several different spring 2017 runway presentations showed off puffy, princess-style sleeves. In true springtime style, most of these sleeves were done in the super sweet colors similar to the dresses shown by Ryan Lo.
#11. Bright Manicures as Accessories
There were dozens of nail art designs this season at New York Fashion Week spring 2017 that were beautiful. Michael Costello gave us a metallic ombre styled manicure. Reverse manicures with bold color tipped in nude were an interesting look. Nude and vibrantly colored nails made subtle appearances as well that added to the chic appearance of the runways shows.
Interesting geometric manicures were also a hit, along with asymmetric swirls done in several different shades and spaces as nail art that will certainly be on trend for a good while.
#12. Hairstyling: Braids & Dreadlocks
One of the best runways with the best hairstyles was Brandon Maxwell's. Every model on his runway had a style best suited for her hair without putting an unnatural style in. Sleek, tall ponytails, lush Afros, lustrous pixie cuts and voluminous curls were noted throughout the show, giving extra life to the vibrancy of his runway presentation.
Christian Siriano had an interesting set of looks on the runway that fit in line with several other collections featuring some version or another of sleek, slicked back hair. Then again, Marc Jacobs hit the headlines with the pastel colored dreadlocks used on white models.
#13. Makeup Goes Wild
There were so many makeup options shown during New York Fashion Week for spring 2017, many of which were remarkable with use of pastel eyeliner and limited to no eyeshadow, and a few classics hit the runway as well with dewy looks and pouty lips.
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As we resisted the temptation to jet off to Europe for another pre wedding photo shoot. We decided to opt in for London with its modern, contemporary look at feel.
We immediately connected with Larissa and Manjot who are from our home town of Derby. Couple & Engagement sessions are a lovely way to capture your relationship or to remember the excitement before your wedding day.
Unfortunately, on the day of their pre wedding shoot the heavens opened and it started raining which is nothing unusual for the UK.
Larissa and Manjot were a joy to work with and again braved the weather to help us capture a handful of images.
We look forward to capturing their Sikh Wedding at the Stunning Derbyshire venue at Osmaston park.
We hope you enjoy the images below.
If you are looking at booking your Asian, Indian wedding photography with us then please contact us via our on-line form here or why not call us on 07907 799 557.
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Whether the person is organized and professional is all shown through one's own wedding. Typically, if a couple is planning to marry, they should start planning the ceremony of their lives one year ahead of time. Especially in a busy city such as Toronto, planning ahead is important since numerous wedding services are constantly in demand. Not only will a couple succeed with good organization skills, good innovative thinking and creativity will also play a large role in creating the perfect Toronto Wedding.
Another crucial aspect that should be planned at least nine months before the Toronto wedding is selecting the wedding cake. The wedding cake is like a monument representing the couple in the wedding. The creativity and design of the wedding cake allows the couple to stand out during their wedding. Not only will an elegant and large wedding cake bring praises from guests, it will also instill pride within the couple, as having one of the most unique wedding cakes in Toronto.
Three months before the wedding, most of the planning such as decorations, live music and entertainment should be completed. It would also be a good time to reserve limousines or other modes of transportation to the wedding. The traditional arrival for the marrying couple is through riding Toronto wedding limousines, but one can be creative and choose something else such as motorcycles, old-fashioned vehicles or even helicopters. Be brave and try something new! Not only will a creative mode of transportation to a wedding impress guests upon arrival, it will also be fun and an enjoyable experience for the bride and groom.
If planned efficiently, the final weeks before a wedding should not be too extremely stressful. If caterers and other services have not been confirmed, it would be a wise idea to give them a call. Also give a call to all guests as a reminder of the grand Toronto wedding. Basically, the last few weeks before the wedding should be all about confirmations and making sure everything will go smoothly as planned on that special day. Have several rehearsal dinners to make sure everything will go perfectly smooth. This time would also be a good time for bachelor and bachelorette parties and close bonding with future in-laws and friends.
The amount of stress before and wedding and the grandeur impressions from guests all depends on how much time and organization the bride and groom decides to put forth. If one if dedicated and organized, the process of this commonly-deemed tedious task in planning a wedding will go as smoothly as slicing butter. With great planning and organization, the bride and groom will be able to sit down for a cup of coffee even before the day of their Toronto wedding.


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New Media Art Education in Central and Eastern Europe in the Last Two Decades: experiments and transition
Chair: Prof. Raivo Kelomees
2nd Chair: Dr. Chris Hales
The panel will discuss how the changes in Eastern and Central Europe have influenced the art educational system there during the last twenty years, with particular reference to education in the new media field. The reason for choosing such a seemingly broad timescale is to include the 'finalisation' of the political and economical integration of some post-Soviet countries (like Estonia) into the European Union whilst contrasting this with examples like Belarus, which have become (or remained) more autocratic and closed. One particular point of interest is the change in the understanding and interpretation of 'new media art' during the last two decades, partly due to the different technologies and specialities that this field of practice encompasses.
- Twenty years of change: in the political system, art paradigms, technologies and ways of thinking.
- Travel and transition: exported artists and imported ideas
- The transition from artefact-based artistic practice to process-based and non-material art
- The similarities and differences between 'West' and 'East' mentalities
- Initiatives, centres, departments and institutions of new media and education
- Resources, funding, financial practices, governmental support, business schemes for producing and exhibiting new media
- Changes in the art education system: from traditional and manual fine arts practices to mediated and technological education
- Different networks focused on the organisation, theory, and practice of technological art
Paper Abstracts
Interacting with the moving image: experiences and outcomes of teaching 'interactive film' in the Baltic States
by Dr. Chris Hales
This paper presents the results obtained and experiences gained through the teaching of various short workshops in the Baltic States (as well as elsewhere) in the specific combination of interactivity and moving image. The workshops combine theoretical and practical approaches – a functional prototype of an 'interactive film' will be produced by students – and have been run by the author in Tallinn, Tartu, Riga, Liepaja and Vilnius from 2002 until the present day. Usually these workshops have been in official educational establishments - principally those of art and design - although more openly recruited workshops have also taken place.
An inherent characteristic of making an interactive film is that a combination of specific disciplines are required to create the final outcome, primarily filmmaking, interaction design, and narrativity. Methods of teaching this, in which a workshop participant may not have any experience or background knowledge of one or more of these disciplines, and in which collaboration would be desirable, will be discussed. Despite the somewhat specific-sounding objective of these workshops, the resulting artefacts have displayed a huge variety of final forms and formats, including installation art, live performance, interactive DVD and websites. Although the scope of the final artefact is inevitably limited given a one or two week timescale, some of the products have undergone subsequent exploitation. This has occurred through public exhibition, public performance, remediation, and expansion/remake at a later date into a more substantial product.
Workshop outcomes will be compared and contrasted to pick out whether clear differences are apparent according firstly to the varying profile of the students involved, and secondly between results from workshops in the Baltic States and those (also run by the author) in other European countries – some of which have involved a deliberately enforced mixture of students from both artistic and technical backgrounds. The paper also discusses whether the types of outcome have changed during the last seven years as a result of developments in technology and social media.
Migrating meaning. Understanding new media art in Central Eastern Europe
by Agnieszka Pokrywka
Central Eastern Europe in last two decades goes through very dynamic changes. They can be described as a chain of dependencies in which political status shapes economical situation and economical condition determines access to new technologies which after all influences technologically based art. This fact causes difficulties in defining new media art and leaves many questions about local specificity of digital works. "Migrating meaning. Understanding new media art in Central Eastern Europe" tries to state what new media art is and what disciplines does it cover in the context of subjective opinions of new media artists and theorists from Central East European countries.
Production of knowledge in e-environment in new media design area
by Ala Pigalskaya
In the Internet there are diverse institutions of knowledge production. In addition to academic projects of distance learning there are enough informal learning projects organised by virtual community (informal institutions of knowledge production), arranged according to the ideology of edutainment.
Informal e-educational projects are providing knowledge demanded by the e-community (Theory and practice in Russian, variety of educational projects realised within Livejournal etc.). The purpose of the paper to look closer into the conception and structure of informal e-educational projects and clarify the correlation and contrasts with formal distant learning in the new media design area. The goal of comparison is to see if e-education should be reorganised as it was in music and book industry within Internet development.As a case study it is planned to analyse the experience of teaching into cross cultural distant course on Visual Communication held at European Humanities University and Institute for Fashion Technologies/State University of New York as a response to the challenges to formal (academic) education provided through Internet.
ESTONIAN EXPERIENCE: non-institutional media art production
by Piibe Piirma
Speaking of non-institutional media art production in Estonia I rely on my personal experience of organising annual media art festival in Tallinn.
We are a small and quite poor country in a situation where most of "culture makers" must be able to be successful by themselves. On the other hand this poorness situates us to be more creative and look after new extraordinary forms of cooperation, sharing ideas and continious self-learning.
I think that living and creating art in small society gives us many benefits – fact that everybody knows each other makes relationships and groupworks much easier. On the other hand we have in situaton where we have less audience.
What characterizes non-institutional media art in Estonia?
First and best phenomenon is DIY – projects are born with hands-on method by using low-tech tools. Artists are often working in cellars or garages, old factories or rooftop flats. So I should say that artistic work and creativity do not depend on location.
Secondly I would say that media art does not depend of small budget. Vice versa, I am happy to say
that media art is evolving and constantly finds new outcomes.
Third and more broad phenomenon is that media art is dissolved with other cultural forms and can be found everywhere. And this is continuing and ever-rising trend.
Fourth is artists peculiar attitude of "big" problems. For example problems of surveillance society that have become popular abroad didn't provoke fears or negatively minded works at all, instead our artists joyfully expressed condescension about it. Through artworks it was concluded that the surrounding cameras and carefully inspected personal data are an inevitable part of today's society, which must be accepted and which should be used in art in the best way.
New media education in a changing environment of psychological, professional and social conditions
by Dr. Raivo Kelomees
I would like to look at new media education from the point of view of psychological, professional and social problems.
It has been possible to see them during last 20 years in the education environment of Estonia and I am afraid that many of them have almost been forgotten.
When speaking about psychological problems, is artistic imagination influenced by the medium of expression? Is imagination renewed with new media? I mean new media in general, not only so called "new media". New technology, new tools, new equipment? Can we say that there is a specific talent, which is connected to a specific medium and if he or she does something else, then it is not good, not as talented as this? Is talent specific to a medium or is it universal? If we call anybody talented, then his talent will appear anyway, despite technological or social conditions, or not?
Professional problems. Endless questions about how qualified an artist could be using a technical medium. How skilled should he/she be in using software and computers to work as an artist and author of new media?
Social problems. Interconnected parameters of social interaction are the distribution of information, recourses and reputation. There is competition in the field of production of social notion and reputation which influences perception of quality of artistic production.
Bios of the Participants
Chris Hales
Dr. Chris Hales is a specialist in the 'interactive moving image', as practitioner, educator and researcher. His interactive films have been presented internationally since 1995 both as installations and as live cinematic performances and in 2008 he exhibited most of his films in a 9-room exhibition as part of the Prague Triennale of Contemporary Art. Since completing his PhD "Rethinking the Interactive Movie" at SMARTlab (University of East London) in 2006 he has remained at SMARTlab as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow. He writes frequently about 'interactive moving image' and has taught over 100 short workshop courses on this subject in numerous institutions in Europe. A recent research project was to rediscover details of the Czechoslovakian 'Kinoautomat' of 1967 and to help it to be performed again in public and to be published on DVD.
Agnieszka Pokrywka
Agnieszka Pokrywka (*1984, lives and works in Trondheim, Norway) graduated Poznan Academy of Fine Arts (Criticism of Art / Animated Film and Poznan University of Technology (Computer Simulations). Nowadays she is PhD candidate on Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the field of digital arts.
She is mainly interested in interdisciplinary fields of knowledge especially these between art and technology. In her artistic creativity she rather uses digital ways of expression (vj'ing, video art, animation, film etc.).
Piibe Piirma
Piibe Piirma is media artist, organizer and teacher based in Tallinn, Estonia. She has worked as designer and visual artist since 2002, also as teacher at new media department of Estonian Academy of Arts, in University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy and Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS).
Since 2006 Piibe Piirma was one of organizing team of Plektrum, an annual visual culture festival in Tallinn. She also worked as assistant on new media events like RAM3 (2003) and ISEA2004 in Tallinn. Piibe Piirma has organized several digital art workshops at Polymer Factory (alternative culture center in Tallinn) and Old Town Educational College. Since 2009 Piibe Piirma is doctoral student at Estonian Academy of Arts.
Raivo Kelomees
Raivo Kelomees, PhD (art history), artist, critic and new media professor. Studied psychology, art history, and design in Tartu University and the Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Presently working as the professor of the New Media Department at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Has published more than 300 articles in main cultural and art magazines and newspapers of Estonia since 1985. Book author, "Surrealism" (Kunst Publishers, 1993) and an article collection "Screen as a Membrane" (Tartu Art College proceedings, 2007). Doctoral thesis "Postmateriality in Art. Indeterministic Art Practices and Non-Material Art" (Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 3, 2009).


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Corner George Inn Bed & Breakfast
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Corner George Inn Bed & Breakfast, Maeystown IL
Located in Southwestern Illinois, 39 minutes south of St. Louis, 14 minutes from Waterloo and just 3 miles from the Mississippi River!
Call or text me (David) at 618-580-5875 right now....to book a room or order a gift certificate.
The Village Tavern has reopened with a new name, new look and new menu...It is open Thursday through Sunday....
Celebrating 30 years 1989-2019
Join us for the George Portz concert at 5 p.m. on Saturay, September 7, along the Maeystown Creek!
Join us for theater, bed and breakfast the second and third weekend in September for the musical, Oklahoma at the historic Capitol Theater in Waterloo, just 15 minutes from Maeystown. Performances are Friday and Saturday, September 13 and 14 (7:30 start time) and Sunday, September 15, at 2:30...The show will also be performed the following week on September 20, 21, and 22 at the same times.
Plan your summer weekend getaway here at the Corner George Inn!~
Stay with us this weekend or anytime this summer and enjoy the scenic beauty of our our quaint village!! Visit the shops and eat at our new restaurant. ...and take a walk along the Maeystown Creek.
The village shops and stores are open only on Saturday and Sunday!
Stay with us two days on a Friday and Saturday....Journey to Fults Hill Nature Preserve, Fort de Chartres, Fort Kaskaskia, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Kaskaskia River....all within 40 minutes!! Or take in a Cardinals game in St. Louis this summer...also just 40 minutes away!
Stay with is any weekend and visit the Maeystown General Store, Katzenjammers, Georgia Mae's Antiques, the Corner George Inn Sweet Shoppe (closed during the winter), the Kaffeehaus, and the village ...All shops open on Saturday and Sunday!!! Fine restaurants are located nearby in Waterloo and Foster Pond.
Welcome to the Corner George Inn Bed & Breakfast in Maeystown, Illinois. Imagine crossing a one-lane stone arched bridge into the quaint German village of Maeystown, Illinois and staying at the Corner George Inn Bed & Breakfast, a restored 1884 hotel and saloon.
Located just 39 minutes south of St. Louis in the Mississippi River bluffs, the inn offers six charming antique appointed guest rooms in. In Maeystown you can relax in a quiet village setting, take a walking tour of the town, ride in a horse-drawn carriage, dine in a friendly atmosphere, browse through unique shops, arrange a picnic lunch and enjoy the scenic countryside; including whirlpool and loft suites, country and Victorian rooms, and a summer kitchen guest cottage.
Join us for a two night Friday and Saturday night weekend! All of the shops are open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 - 4.
Join us for a Weekend Getaway this week! Shops and museum are open weekends from 11-4 pm. Our Bed & Breakfast is open year round.
About the Inn
Today the Inn consists of four buildings: the original inn, the summer kitchen and two rock houses. There are a total of six guest rooms, each with a private bath. In the original inn there are sitting rooms on both floors, a wine cellar, a "ping pong mezanine" and a 600-square-foot ballroom.
The ballroom serves as a commons area for guests and as a dining area for breakfast. It also lends itself to larger group activities. The entire building is furnished with antiques and is fully air-conditioned. Out-buildings are still present on the grounds.
David, Marcia, and their staff invite you to join them for breakfast in the ballroom and then for a walk through the quiet and serene village as you take a step back in time. Horse-drawn carriage rides in the country are available upon request. Please inquire about arrangements when making reservations.
From I-255, you can find us by taking Illinois 3 (exit 6) to Columbia and continuing to Waterloo. Then, turn right at Illinois 156, go three-quarters of the way around the traffic circle onto Lakeview Drive and then 8 miles to Maeystown.
About the Innkeepers
Marcia and David are enjoying their 30th year as innkeepers! They also have a dog named Peanut, their dachshund, who continues to guard the house next door and sit in the window on sunny spring days!
The Village of Maeystown
The 167 year old German settlement of Maeystown is just one of a handful of villages in the state of Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its entirety. Some 60 stone, wood and brick structures remain from the 1800's.
Today the bed and breakfast, general store, sweet shop, museum and visitors' center, numerous residences and the 1867 church have been restored. The one lane stone arched bridge leading into town stands as the centerpiece of the village.
Places to Eat & Things to Do
During your getaway discover antique, craft and gift shops in Maeystown, Foster Pond and Waterloo. Dine in one of five unique restaurants: Dreamland Palace German Restaurant in Foster Pond, Frederico's, Gallagher's and JFires' Market Bistro in Waterloo.....
Taste local wines at the Schorr Lake Vineyard and Winery in Waterloo and the Red Bud Winery. Golf at two fine golf courses, Acorns and Annbriar, both within 15 minutes of the inn.
Drive or cycle along the scenic bluff road which leads to the Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve and two state historic sites, Fort de Chartres and Fort Kaskaskia. Visit the confluence of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi rivers. Cross the mighty Mississippi on the ferry to historic Ste. Genevieve. And for members of the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) drive just 40 minutes to Sparta to the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.
Places to Visit in the Village
Vici's Front Porch and Tea Garden
Vici's Front Porch is open for lunch on Saturdays from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm and for groups of 10-20 (lunch/dinner) by appointment. Vici is also open during festivals. Call Vici at 618-539-3665 to make reservations.
The Corner George Inn Sweet Shoppe
Hungry for homemade sweets and ice cream? Stop by the Corner George Inn Sweet Shoppe on Saturday's and Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm. Closed during winter months.
Maeystown General Store
Looking for an antique or gift item? Just ask Anita at the Maeystown General Store on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm.
Georgia Mae's Antiques
Find even more antiques across the street at Georgia Mae's Antiques, open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm. Marcia will be glad to help you.
Lil' Red Roaster Kaffeehaus
At the back of Georgia Mae's Antiques is our coffee shop, Arnie Juelf's Lil' Red Roaster Kaffeehaus. Stop by any Saturday and Sunday 7:30 am to 1 pm and enjoy the best coffee and pastries around!!!
Nearby restaurants
If you are looking for food stop at one of four fine restaurants before or after your visit... Dreamland Palace German Restaurant in Foster Pond; Frederico's, Gallagher's or JFires Market Bistro in Waterloo.
Maeystown Preservation Society Mill & Museum
Finally, the Maeystown Preservation Society Mill & Museum offers a glimpse of village history from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays and no visit to our historic village is complete without a walk along the beautiful Maeystown Creek. See where the two creeks come together and walk up to the 1881 stone arch bridge.
2019-2020 Calendar of Events
- August 10 & 11, 2019 (Sat & Sun): Annual "Jour de Fete" craft show in Ste. Genevieve
- August 18, 2019 (Sun) 9-4 p.m. Maeystown Fire Dept BBQ and Show Us Your Ride/cars, trucks, motorcycles & tractors
- September 7, 2019 (Sat) 5 pm George Portz Concert along Maeystown Creek
- September 27, 2019 (Fri) 8 am to 2 pm, Apple peeling at the rock mill
- September 28, 2019 (Sat)6 am to 3 pm, Applebutter stirring at the rock mill
- October 13, 2019 (Sun): 9-4pm, Maeystown Oktoberfest, craft, antique and food fair
- November 22, 2019 (Fri) 5-9 pm, Frauenabend/Ladies Night Out
- December 1, 2019(Sun) 11-5 pm, Old Fashioned German Christmas in Maeystown
- December 31, 2019 (Tues) New Year's Eve...Stay with us and attend the "La Guianne" celebration in Prairie du Rocher
- January 4, 2020 (Sat) Attend the Twelfth Night Ball in Prairie du Rocher and stay the night with us.
- February 14, 15 & 16, 2020 (Fri, Sat & Sun) Join us for Valentine's Weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday...Two night minimum stay!
- February 25, 2020 (Tuesday) Fastnacht in Maeystown at the church hall, dinner of sausage, pancakes, applesauce and doughnuts, German music
- March 2020 (Sat & Sun): 11-4 pm, Maeystown Spring Art Show at the Maeystown
- Preservation Society Mill & Museum
- May 3, 2020 (Sun) 9-4 Maeystown annual Frühlingsfest/Springfest...antique and garden show along the Maeystown Creek...lots of good food!
- June 6 & 7 , 2020 (Sat & Sun): 48th Annual Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher; 18th century, crafts, food, music, demonstrations
- June (Sat) 9-4 p.m.........Plein Air Paint Out here in Maeystown
- June 19 & 20 (Fri & Sat)....Maeystown Homecoming/ Parade 6pm Saturday
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Ok, let's add Austin to that 'where the best bands come from' list I have going, along with Hamilton ON.
Profane Anything Band is the second band from there that I've fallen madly in love with after reviewing in the last week.
They sound like a weird down south rock'n'roll version of Fugazi, and they sing about being the champion of food, and keeping your dick away from their dick.. ha! Clearly right up my alley.
Check them out.
I'm Sarah. I do what I want.


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Apple Music is a Gateway Product for Artists
A lot of people will have you think that services like Apple Music and Spotify are/will ruin the music industry. While I am surprised these services aren't more like Netflix (not having new releases, but mainly back catalog), I'd like to argue, for me at least, that streaming services are a gateway product to get me to to spend more money on "music" (concerts, merchandise, etc).
Since I signed up for Apple Music last year:
- I have been to two concerts while having tickets for two more. Prior to Apple Music, the last concert I saw was in 2006 (not a typo).
- I have purchased nine albums from iTunes/Amazon.
- I have purchased approximately twenty of my favorite records on vinyl.
- I have signed up for one band's online membership club to receive monthly live tracks.
- I have purchased one coffee mug from a band while at their concert
I know this might not be a sample of everyone, but for me, Apple Music has been a gateway into discovering more music while also spending more money with the music industry itself.