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Tuesday poem: You can't stand outside, and reading this Friday
September 19, 2016
You can't stand outside
Those small hems of grass at the edge
of the pavement, skirting road and house —
nature strips, we call them.
As if nature were a thin green line
of easy demarcation,
a quaint decoration for real estate.
Long home to droops of grass,
and limp advertising leaflets,
spat from bored letterboxes
like soggy swear words,
promising a paradise of credit.
But now backs swell,
bums are fleshy pumpkins,
bending over to tend
your actual pumpkins.
Vegetable patches add a swatch
of nature to the nature strips,
cultivated as they may be.
They're small, these crops; pea small.
Peas placed under the mattress
of the market — hardly enough
to wake it from slumber.
That lazy princess dozes on,
dreaming the unseemly lives we live in.
And yet, as my neighbour said,
mulching with soggy leaflets —
if you can't stand outside things,
at least you can get outside
and grow a few things.
She turned her strong back,
tending to tumescent zucchinis,
and the impatient tomatoes
she will decant into twenty hungry jars.
She'll give some jars away,
or swap them for flowers or beans
in a cool, vegetable anarchy.
(Her recipe? Well, I would attach it,
but that's one thing she just won't share.)
The Princess shifts in her sleep.
The pumpkins are replete with seed.
P.S. Cottier
This poem comes from a proposal to allow people to grow vegetables and other smallish plants on the nature strips outside their houses in Canberra, which are now meant to remain as purely grass and government street trees. A great idea to allow a bit of cultivation of the nature strips, as every bit of produce grown at home reduces the need for buying goods shipped in carbon emitting vehicles. Plus, it's fun. And it gives capitalism a wee tickle, a bit like a green fairy armed with a budgie's feather.
The proposal was going to be formalised in Saptember, but has been put off to next year. I do hope the ACT government allows this change, and has not been dissuaded by whinging about the possibility of someone impaling themselves on asparagus spears or knocking themselves on the head by slipping onto a pumpkin. Of course, ensuring that footpaths are accessible to all is important; but some other people just whinge about any change, however minor. You know you live in a fairly safe city when people get worked up about beans possibly detracting from the ambience.
The poem above is therefore an imaginary creation of the Vegetable Patches of The Future.
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In my immediate future (Friday) is a reading at The Salt Room. Here are the details:
The Salt Room
Main Hall, Gorman Arts Centre
7.30pm to 10.30pm
Presented by Ainslie and Gorman and BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, The Salt Room is a showcase of the finest ACT, interstate and international writers and performers around. Featuring Miranda Lello, P.S Cottier, and Scott Wings. 7.30pm.
Cost: $10 full, $5 concession available at the door.
There is a bar. And hopefully I will have received my new chapbook of fantasy poems to sell by then! As crunchy as a carrot and as magical as an eggplant. (A vegetable that divides opinion like an avocado, I find. And good luck growing those green lovelinesses in Canberra!)
UPDATE: Just heard that a poem I wrote has been shortlisted in the Poetry at Sawmillers prize, part of the Sculpture at Sawmillers event at McMahons Point in Sydney, so I'll be popping up to read it on Saturday afternoon. Should be fun, once I get there.
Tuesday poem: (haiku)
July 16, 2014
sick at the beach
lungs sandblasted
holidays towelled
Continuing the slightly whingey tone that my usually vibrant and witty blog has exhibited lately, I had a week at the beach and I was too sick to swim! I am still sick and on actual medicine! I have not been able to go to the gym for ages! You can't keep good Aussie germs down, it seems. They are positively marsupial in their popping up when least expected.
I dragged my benighted carcass into town on Sunday, and ran into photographer and person about town Geoffrey Dunn, who asked me to open an exhibition he is having at The Front Gallery here in Canberra. Intriguingly entitled 'Two Tens and a Tomato', it includes work by Geoffrey and visual artist and poet Marina Talevski. They have mixed poetry, photography, sculpture and installation into works exploring the written word and visualisations of poetic elements.
I am popping down to the Gallery tonight to check it out, so that I can hopefully say something coherent tomorrow at 7pm.
Hanging out in town with a sign saying 'Will launch for drink' has finally paid off…
Here is a photograph of me taken by Mr Dunn. Unfortunately my magic parasol did not keep the germs at bay. Must ask for a refund. From the makers of parasols, not from the photographer.
For comparatively germ free reading, click this feather:
Tuesday Poem: Café haiku
February 25, 2014
Umbrellas cup us
in upside down khaki
we sip browner rain
That photograph is of the view of and from Tilley's, which is less than a five minute walk from my house. When not trapped in the spider's web of editing, I fly down and write there.
Here, for example, is a draft of this very poem, written at Tilley's:
I had never thought before I started writing how the 'U' at the beginning of umbrella looks like an umbrella blown inside out. Small step from there to coffee cup, really. (And yes, I realise that those umbrellas are not khaki! Also that 'in upside down' is a little clumsy. But it reminds me of a blown umbrella, somehow.)
I am longing to be back with my writing routine, away from the exigencies of editing poets' biographical notes for The Stars Like Sand. I am not really given to minimalism in poetry, and want the time to sprawl over several stanzas. I am sure the my fellow editor Tim Jones feels the same way in regard to wanting more writing time, although he seems to be involved in a myriad of other activities as well.
For me at the moment it's edit, gym, drink.
Interspersed with the occasional coffee.
Click this feather and see if they make good coffee in New Zealand:
Tuesday poems: [Mellow fruitfulness]
April 10, 2012
light slanting blinded
sun swoons into evening
winter comes to call
winter cold as Karenin
clicking hard knuckles of frost
please take me to your railway
Yes, welcome to the wonderful city of Canberra, cold little capital town in a warm country. It was a balmy four degrees celsius this morning, and the leaves are falling from the trees in an icy wind. Just lovely. People go around in beanies and scarves saying 'It's a bit nippy, isn't it?' until you want a giant crab to attack them and cut off their blue fingers and red noses. Why, oh why, was Australia's capital put here, rather than somewhere warm?
'Autumn is so lovely.' Thus spake the idiot at the shops this morning. No it's not. Autumn is a disgusting harbinger of Winter, which lasts about nine months in Canberra, giving birth to a too short Summer after a dwarf Spring. Then comes another blood-red Autumn. And you walk around hallucinating about Queensland. (Ignoring the beauty of the native parrots and the huge flocks of cockatoos, nestled, perversely, in the introduced deciduous trees.)
Now, for a really lovely unfolding global birthday poem, written in a much more generous spirit than my little anti-Canberra rant, please click this feather, which has fallen onto the screen like a black Autumn leaf! Only birdier.
Had we but world enough and time
April 3, 2009
How long to wait before assuming a piece has been rejected? When do bad manners or sloppy practices or simple overwork slide over into the world of too long, allowing a conscientious writer or poet to submit her work elsewhere? How do we decide where to send our poetry?
As to the latter, well, I went through a stage of deciding merely by name. I thought that if a journal had an imaginative title, it was probably likely to publish interesting work. Sometimes I did this sight unseen, and have been very pleased. Shakespeare's Monkey Revue, for example, attracted just because of that title, and the journal didn't disappoint when I saw it.
I have been advised to take a more sensible approach to where I try and place work. I am grateful for that advice, from a very well-respected and, more importantly, accomplished poet. There is a definite hierarchy of literary journals in my homeland Australia (and elsewhere of course). But I am not a poet because I want to build a career, or because I want a sparkling CV. On the contrary; poetry should be an escape from that type of world. I love the idea of people who like poetry reading my work, rather than worrying about status.
A similar question is: how much time should one put into trying to receive funding for one's artistic endeavours? Some poets seem to spend as much time writing applications as sonnets. They might as well get 'a real job' and write in their spare time, so relentlessly do they work at chasing the Government dollar. And the whingeing! It's as if they think they're Shostakovich and the funding body is run directly by Uncle Joe, when they lack both talent and any real cause for grievance. (For my mythical foreign reader, most funding in Oz is public, not philanthropic.)
One would be mad to ignore the possibility of assistance in pursuing one's art, but equally insane to sacrifice art for the pursuit of money.
But here's a funny little one about the way poets often work for free:
Will work for print
I can do sarcastic.
I can do elegaic,
but controlled, you know,
no red hearts or roses
strewing graves.
I am indeed bereft
of the word bereft.
I've dabbled in spiritual.
I do a very good dog:
snuffling, truffling, worshipping
at a scented shrine, one leg cocked.
I can even do decent rhymes
if pushed. And if there were time
I'm sure I could run to a novel
in verse. (But that might be cheating.)
So for all your poetic needs
call the number on the little
paper tags fringing the bottom
of this hula page. And ask for me.
P.S. Cottier
Joy (or at least a certain satisfaction) should be the poet's main reward. If one is lucky enough to have enough, why complain? People write poetry in jails and where there is virtually no hope of publication. This, surely, is what any art should be about? Something that even the sloppiest journal editor can never steal? (Let's end where we started, with a bracing question mark.)


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These are just basic. And believe me, I've been trying very hard to find the perfect black jeans, it's like a journey.
And when I was looking for them, I found this pair and I inmediately knew they were perfect. Black and a little washed, with the ideal fit. And the good thing about them is that I can wear them any season!
I'm always very specific when it's about jeans. They have to be grey or black, always. I don't like white very much, it's not my thing. What do you think? Do you wear jeans a lot? If so... what's your favorite color?
PS: They're from Pull & Bear.

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Backpacks for College
Backpacks are a serious college staple. When I first went to college I was convinced the the tote bags I used in high school would be fine, and I could get away without a backpack - no. I was very wrong.
You have to carry so many things with you to class since you won't be near your dorm all the time, that tote bags just aren't practical.
All four of these backpacks are perfect for college because they take care of the essentials: they all have a separate compartment for your laptop; they all have one or more smaller pockets for pens or a calculator; they're all lightweight and easy to carry around campus; and all (but the Herschel) have a separate compartment just for your water bottle! Because trust me, your water bottle is your new best friend on campus.
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| North Face Borealis Backpack - $105 |
| Herschel Supply Co. Pop Quiz Backpack - $75 |
| Madeline & Company Backpack - $120 |
What's your go-to backpack for campus?


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6 Things to Do the Day Your Wife Has Your Third Child/
1. Watch wife have the baby.
2. Go home and get kids 1 and 2 to sleep.
3. Stop in Dunkin Donuts outside the hospital at 9 p.m.
4. Look on quizzically as a guy walks in to the otherwise empty store, tells the cashier he used to eat at the store 25 years ago, and immediately starts to show off pictures of himself with various celebrities including Lebron James, Mariah Carey, and Floyd Mayweather. Shrug and smile awkwardly as he asks each of you in turn if you know someone or something named Pretty Boy Floyd.
5. Stand in line at hospital security. Hand over ID to security guard. When he asks boy or girl, answer girl. When he asks first? Answer no, third, two boys before. Smile awkwardly as he tells a meandering story that seems to suggest he might have recently participated in the murder or maiming of a friend's sister's estranged boyfriend. Nod in agreement that yes, it is good for a girl to have brothers for protection not because you have a strong opinion on the matter, but because you're a little scared right now. Instantly regret answering his questions with more than yes or no.
6. Hold your baby girl and think about not leaving the house after dark anymore.


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Samsung Galaxy NX is an Android Camera with NX Mount that has 20.3 Megapixel resolution. It's known as Samsung EK-GN120 (EK-GN120NX) Camera. The Galaxy NX is available with two version: Galaxy NX body only, and Galaxy NX with 18-55 kit Lens. This Camera is similar to Galaxy S4 Zoom but with a better lens and advanced camera features along with mirrorless technology camera.
Android Jelly Bean version 4.2 is run as an Galaxy NX Operating System. The processor uses quad-core 1.6GHz processor with 16GB internal memory. The good news is this Galaxy NX supports SIM Card that means you can use it for data network connectivity and also you can expand the memory storage with microSD or microSDHC external memory card up to 32GB and for SDXC you can use up to 64GB.
Samsung Galaxy NX EK-GN120 User Manual Resume: Insert SIM, Install Battery & Memory Card (20.3MP Camera)
Actually, if you don't want to insert the SIM card onto this Galaxy NX, there is no problem for you to leave your camera without SIM card. You still able to use your Camera to take photos or record video without any problem. If you are under Wi-Fi coverage area, you still able to upload your photos or videos to your favorite social network or cloud storage via Wi-Fi Internet connection. But if you want a kind of flexibility and wider coverage of your internet connection, insert SIM card of your Carrier therefore you can have internet connection wherever you are, get connected to your social networking friends, is the best option. Here we gave you tutorial to do that (insert SIM) along with tutorial to install battery and install external microSD memory card.
The Battery slot, memory Slot and SIM card slot locate on the same compartment which means if you want to be able to assemble battery and insert SIM card on Galaxy NX EK-GN120, you must open the battery compartment first. On the bottom of the camera, slide the battery compartment cover to the left to make it unlock it, then you can swing the door cover to make it completely open.
Now you can see the battery slot and SIM card slot. Alight the connector of the battery with its slot just it shown exactly like the figure above, then gently press to its slot compartment. And for the SIM card, you need to make sure the gold-pins contacts of the SIM facing up then slide to the SIM slot and push it until it clicks (means locked). The SIM slot can be found on the left-upper side of the battery compartment.
You can also find that on the right side of the SIM slot there is another slot that you can notice easily. This is the slot for external microSD card. Make sure the microSD's gold-colored pins contacts facing down, then slide and push the card until it clicks (reach the end of slot and release it).
Both SIM and Memory card slot can be removed easily by pushing them once again against the slot until it unlocks and automatically partly eject (pop out), then draw the card out from it slot.
Swing back the Compartment door cover to make it close, then slide the cover lock to the right. Done. You Galaxy NX ready to be turned on and to be used for the first time. These tutorials can be found and read on page 9 to page 11 of Galaxy NZ EK-GN120 User Manual under Setting Up Your Camera section.
If you see a blank page, just Reload your browser.
Samsung Galaxy NX EK-GN120 20.3 Megapixel Camera Specifications
There are a lot of preloaded applications installed on Galaxy NX. From Calendar, Dropbox, Gamail, Maps, Video Editor, Photo Editor, Play Store, Google+, Hangouts, S Memo, YouTube, Paper Artis, Story Album, Photo Suggest, and else. Even though you can use the Camera for ordinary data communication like SMS, MMS, or calling, but you still able to do messaging via Skype call, Whatsapp, Line, and other messaging service like Hangout or email.
Galaxy NX EK-GN120 comes with large 4.77-inch Super Clear LCD (scLCD) capacitive touchscreen with HD 1280 x 270 pixels resolution. The camera weights about 0.90lb (pound) or about 14.4 ounces (408 grams). Without lens, the Galaxy NX has 5.37″ x 3.98″ x 1.01″ ~ 1.48″ dimension size (inches; about 136.4mm x 101mm x 25.7mm ~ 37.6mm).
You can use the Galaxy NX camera up to 440 shots pictures before you need to recharge with your USB cable the Lithium-ion 4.360mAh battery. With this battery, you can use the EK-GN120 for up to 16 hours internet usage under Wi-Fi connection or up to 13 hours under 3G connection. It can be used to record HD video up to 190 Minutes. The USB uses microUSB version 2.0. It's supports HDMI video output. For the Wi-Fi it's installed with WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz. There is Bluetooth v4.0 support A2DP, HSP, AVRCP, OPP, HID, and PAN.
If you love spent your time on editing the picture with balance, light, etc that you've taken with Samsung Galaxy NX, the camera support to save the photo with RAW fromat (SRV ver2.0.0) along with JPED (EXIF 2.21) and MPO (for 3D).
Unlike other Smartphone with Camera, this Galaxy NX is actually a Camera with Android OS, therefore it has many abilities that usually owned by DLSR camera. With connected Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens, you can have an access for better range of ISO (Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600 (1 or 1/3EV step) ISO Step(1/3Step/1Step) Auto ISO Range (Up to 3200)), Shutter speed (Auto:1/6000sec. ~ 30sec. Manual:1/6000sec. ~ 30sec. (1/3EV step) Bulb ( Limit time : 4min. )). Exposure compensation ±3 EV (1/3EV step), Optical zoom with 18-55mm lens, Autofocus with (Single AF, Continous AF, MF, and Touch AF), and many more.
If you want to read more details about Camera specification of Galaxy NX, please go here.
Table of Contents of Samsung Galaxy NX EK-GN120 User Manual
Understanding Your Camera
Camera Operation;
Taking Photos
Tips for Taking Clearer Photos
Shooting Modes
3D Mode
Shooting Options and Settings,
Entering Text
Accounts and Contacts
Video Editor
Video Player
Google Play Music
Play Movies & TV,
Connections; Internet
PC Connections,
Changing Your Settings
Health and Safety Information
Warranty Information,
Samsung Galaxy NX EK-GN120 User Manual: Keys Parts Layout & PDF Download
On of the most important thing on having this Galaxy NX camera than you can use the device in proper way is how to understanding the Camera its self with its features including keys and parts. The picture below would help you to do that. Therefore you can learn where is the Power button, the GP Antenna, the Hot-Shoe, shutter button, Flash, Lens Mount, Video Record button and else.
Another part that you must learn via User Manual of Galaxy NX EK-GN120 is the Section 3 that talk about Camera Operation. In this section you can learn how to take photos, shooting, and get the tutorial on how to use options and settings. Of course by reading the User Manual of EK-GN120 you can also learn how to use the Camera as Android Smartphone: How to pair the bluetooth, using Wi-Fi, set alarm clock, download Application via Google Play Store, Using Google Search, and else.
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On the night of 13th/14th April, in the "deade time" William Armstrong of Kinmont was rescued from the apparently impregnable Carlisle Castle.
The weather that night was foul, many of the guard took shelter from "the violence of the wether". Others, who had held office within the castle, Thomas Carlton and his brother Lancelot, were in league with the rescuers.
Walter Scott of Buccleuch, the Bauld Buccleuch, seems to have been the mastermind, and the leader of the rescue. Indeed, he was in the van – the fifth man in – , and was seen in the castle's courtyard.
Thomas Scrope's worst nightmares had been realised, and he had the unenviable task of reporting the audacious rescue to Elizabeth's Court … it is not wonder, perhaps, that he seems to have exaggerated the numbers involved:
500 horsemen of Buclughes and Kinmontes frendes, did come armed and
appointed with gavlockes and crowes of iron, handpeckes, axes and skaillinge
lathers, unto an owtewarde corner of the base courtof this castell, and to
the posterne dore of the same— which they undermyned speedily and
quietlye and made them selves possessores of the base courte, brake into the
chamber where Will of Kinmont was, carried him awaye, and in their discoverie
by the watch, lefte for deade two of the watchmen, hurt a servante of
myne one of Kynmontes keperes, and were issued againe onte of the posterne
before they were discried by the watche of the innerwarde, and ere resistance
could be made. The watch, as yt shoulde seeme, by reason of the stormiye
night, were either on sleepe or gotten under some covert to defende them
selves from the violence of the wether; by meanes wherof the Scottes
atcheived theire entreprise with lesse difficultie.
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Marrying Into The Military: 4 Things I Did Not Expect
When I ended up marrying into the military, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I knew some friends and family who had been in the military, but I had never been around the military life much. The challenges and blessings of being a Navy wife came as a surprise… here are 4 things I didn't expect:
1- Since marrying into the military, I've learned to do so many handy things around the house.
When Adam is gone, there is no one else around to do those heavy-duty chores that usually my Mr. Fix-it does. I have fixed screen doors, refinished furniture, replaced filters, hung heavy paintings…. Maybe these things sound trivial to you, but I am always proud of myself when I accomplish something I didn't know I could do. Basically, anytime I would normally say, "Honey, can you help me XYZ?" and I can do it on my own, it's pretty cool.
2- I didn't expect to have such a hard time figuring out whether or not to work, and how to get a job.
As a spouse, our hubbies have automatic jobs, automatic social groups, and an automatic schedule. Lucky them! I found it very aggravating at first to figure out what job to pursue, then to see if I could even get a job. I have a teaching degree but we lived places such a short time, I didn't always go the subbing or teaching route.
It felt very discouraging to have a Master's degree and not be using it. It was frustrating to be told that I couldn't be considered for a position if I couldn't be sure how long I could commit to working there. I felt like a slacker sitting out in the sun enjoying myself while hubby went off to work each day.
3- I didn't expect to enjoy moving around so much.
I've moved a lot in my life. Since heading off to college, I moved every year for 10 years straight. And that was before I met my husband. But I never liked it. It was stressful and caused me anxiety.
Moving is still stressful, I won't deny it. And it can be hard to meet new people, adjust to a new place, and find a job as I mentioned above. But there is an excitement about moving to a totally new city and experiencing a new part of the country.
I have great memories of going to the Ben & Jerry factory in Vermont, hanging out in Boston and New York, enjoying the beach in St. Augustine, Florida, and hitting hot spots in San Diego. When I leave here, I'm sure I'll have amazing memories of the scenic views and beautiful greenery.
Even when it's daunting to think of packing up and moving again, I have these great memories to remind me of all the adventures that are ahead.
4- I didn't know that I'd make such good friends in such a short time when marrying into the military.
Tagging onto the above excitement about moving all over, I didn't imagine that I could make such good friends so fast. And, that even when we moved apart, I would still stay connected with so many.
As a Navy wife, I have found that most military spouses make friends fast. Really, it's just because we have to. Sometimes we have times where making friends is more difficult or takes longer (see previous post). But due to knowing how short we are at a duty station, it seems like people just dive right in and start hanging out.
I love having friends all over. It's fun to Facebook stalk them (lol!) and keep up with new babies, moves, and all the fun going on with them. It's great to visit them: I can't wait to visit my friend Taffy in Hawaii soon! We met when our husbands were both stationed at Newport, RI.
Military wives are an amazing group of women that I'm proud to be a part of. I have been blessed by all the lovely ladies I've met along the way.
We military wives put up with a lot and go through a lot for love! But I'm thankful to say that going through these challenges has made me a stronger person. Military life is not always easy, but joy comes as we grow and persevere and enjoy the life we've chosen by marrying into the military.


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MissWineOH and company were asked to participate in the #WITS2012 Twitter Tasting event in conjunction with WineTwits, so we piled onto the rooftop deck with much anticipation. When the wines arrived, we were ready to pair, taste and tweet about four wines from California.
Wente 2010 Morning Fog Charndonnay was the first wine of the evening. This was paired with a romaine lettuce salad that I first experienced at Hillebrand in Niagara this past weekend. I don't think I did Chef Dodd's dish any justice, but it was pretty darn tasty. You can find my recipe here.
The Morning Fog lifted the dish to a beautiful profile with green apple on the nose, and soft citrus notes as it eased into a finish. As y'all know, I am not a fan of the oaky chardonnay, and it was obvious the oak was judiciously used to provide a light buttery medium mouthfeel. At $12.99, (slightly higher in Ohio) this will be a versatile crowd pleaser, as it paired seamlessly with the romaine, prosciutto, crab salad and caeser in the dish.
Our second wine comes from Hahn Family Wines and home to my favorite wine banned in Alabama (Cycles Gladiator) – the 2011 Pinot Noir quickly became a crowd favorite. With strong berry and cherry flavors on the nose, with a hint of black currant, this pinot finishes with notes of marshmallow. I will attribute that to the winemakers use of caramelized oak on the wine. I am not at all saying the wine is sweet, though your tastebuds may argue with that point initially. The structure of the tannins and medium mouthfeel hold up well with a variety of dishes. We served a Cardamom Salmon spread over plain bagel chips (recipe here) and had trouble pulling away from this pairing to move on to the next wine!
Our third wine was the Garnet 2010 Carneros Pinot Noir paired with a Black Quinoa and Spinich with Basil Pesto. Garnet Vineyards has been making cool climate pinots since 1983, and the current winemaker Allison Crowe joined the tasting to give us her insights into the wine. While the Hahn pinot was overwhelmingly the favorite of our guests, I truly enjoyed the subtlety of this wine. Strawberry and Vanilla with a smooth enticing spice finish off with elegant oak and "drink right now" tannins that makes this CArneros Pinot Noir a go to red around MissWineOH headquarters. This wine is on the higher end of our wine buying for dinner, at $19.99 (and is not available in Ohio) but go get this wine, I loved it. The quinoa dish got lost in the structure of this wine, so the recommendation is to add a pork tenderloin or for a vegetarian twist, a well seasoned tofu, on top of the quinoa. You can find the recipe here.
The last wine was a bit of a struggle for us. Franciscan Estate sent us their 2008 Magnificat, a Mertiage blend. I had opened this a bit ahead, and aerated each glass, but it seemed either very tight in the bottle or slight off. After multiple aerations (and a later decanting) it was sadly determined that the wine was corked. We paired this complex red with a well seasoned Meatballs and Marinara, and those came out beautifully. That recipe is here. I'm not one to give up on a wine, so I'll be looking for a bottle in the area to try. We'll let you know how that works out. Based on the comments from tasters in the twitterverse, I'll recommend this wine. The 2007 is listed at $50.00 per bottle, so a special occasion/cellar wine for us.
Many thanks to the wineries, our MissWineOH who participated on a school night, and the folks at Wine Twits for organizing it all.
Have you tried these wines? Or the recipes? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Happy Sipping!
#Writers Note# The four wines for this tasting were received as samples courtesy of the wineries and WineTwits. Thank you for letting us participate.


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Process for making fullerene fibers
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This invention provides a method and apparatus for producing fullerene fibers by establishing an electric field between a needle electrode and an opposing electrode in the presence of carbon and a heat source. Carbon is directed by the electric field to the needle electrode and heated by the heat source to form a carbon-carbon bonded fullerene network. The needle electrode may be moved to lengthen the fullerene network into a fullerene fiber. Fullerene fibers of 0.5 cm or longer may be produced by this method.
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Posts tagged 'MD'
Banning working from home…
Many large corporations are moving away from the 'working from home' concept, with companies like Yahoo banning it altogether. Unfortunately many employyes will leave their positions in reaction to these new policies. A one-size-fits-all approach to working hours and conditions is likely to backfire.
Knowing how to motivate your team is vital if you are in pursuit of the greatest productivity. Dynamic, forward-thinking organisations recognise the value of offering flexible working practices. They reap the rewards from highly engaged staff who feel motivated and perform their roles to the best of their abilities. This also lowers staff turnover and thus recruitment and training costs.
Others don't give the flexibility they could, probably due to poor leadership and management practices and lack of trust. This leads to some staff feeling de-motivated and under-performing. Or they might even leave.
However, the ones who will leave first are likely to be some of your best people. They are confident, competent and are likely to be sought after by your competitors.
The key thing is that some individuals love flexibility, others love being in the office and some like a mixture of both. So your flexible working policy needs to incorporate the needs of each individual, and what makes them tick.
And your leaders need to be able to get the best from every individual, wherever they work.
Do you understand what makes your people tick, so you can make the most of flexible working in your team?
Collaborative Leadership
I find Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, a fascinating character. As a gradual (and sceptical) convert to Apple products, from an iPod to an iPhone to a Macbook, it is great to hear the insights of how the company, and particularly it's leader, operates.
In this shortened version of an interview, Jobs explains how he is a 'facilitator', not a manager, and how committees are frowned upon. What I like is the recognition that to attract and retain key people means accepting that they will often know more than the man at the top.
In It For Fun, Not Money
Before you read this I have to admit to being a Branson fan. I found Sir Richard's blog on fun-not-money very interesting and very relevant to the work I do around what motivates individuals and teams, and how that can drive success.
I disagree that most people start businesses because they "feel that they can create something that is going to make a difference to other people's lives". I think people start businesses for all sorts of reasons. However I strongly agree that people who DO start a business for this reason are most likely to be successful, as they will put customers first.
So perhaps this gives us an insight into the motivators that will make the most successful entrepreneurs? Making a difference is the Searcher motivator. Add some Spirit (autonomy) and Creator (innovation) and that could be the recipe for success!
Let me know if you'd like to find out what motivates you.
Success Is A Continuous Journey
There are some brilliant Ted Talks and this one from Richard St John is a very candid view on success.
What I find interesting is Richard's view that he became successful doing things that he enjoyed doing, but that success meant he had to do things that he didn't enjoy – his explanation is very much a task focus. If you look at this from a motivation perspective, it is clear that Richard is motivated by autonomy rather than money, and certainly not operational management.
I've seen a very similar situation working with a local entrepreneur in Dorset. When I explained their motivators to them (see Motivating Without Money) they suddenly realised why they weren't enjoying their role like they used to. Thankfully this happened in time for them to implement changes to the business rather than suffering the same pain that Richard went through.
Total Reward
I like this article by the Paul Bissell in the CIPD blog, for Total Reward.
The messages are very much in line with this presentation of mine, Motivating Without Money.
Too many employees and managers focus on monetary rewards, when there are so many other reasons why we go to work. A better understanding of your own motivators and those of your staff will give you a whole new perspective.
Meaning At Work
I read People Management's interview with Dave Ulrich with interest – see The Why Guy.
The most compelling part for me is the affirmation that the responsibility for motivating staff, or providing meaning for what they do, sits firmly with business leaders.
That's why we engage at C- level, with the support of HR, when dealing with Motivation Reviews. When a leader invests from their P&L and sees the benefits directly (increased sales, customer satisfaction, productivity) everyone wins.
When organisations are really smart, the leader also empowers their direct reports with this responsibility. This means the organisation is focussed on success through the motivation of its employees – a powerful way to drive results.
Keeping the MD Fresh
How many senior leaders do you know who 'complain' about not having enough time, or working at evenings and weekends? Recently I ran a team development workshop for a client, where the MD rarely complains about anything – that's an inspiration in itself.
However, it took me by surprise when their team was concerned about the MD's evening and weekend working, and could clearly see the risk to the business that could pose. (more…)


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Taste buds on the tongue in action (Intravital Microscopic Interrogation of Peripheral Taste Sensation. Myunghwan Choi et al (2015), Scientific Reports http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08661) : Youtube video (live mouse tongue two-photon microscopy).
In recent years, we seem to be getting closer and closer to reproducing the exact conditions of Leibniz's mill argument (see this prior post).


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This is the second part in my series looking back at the policy and funding announcements of 2013, and focuses on school funding; both in terms of overall national funding and in terms of some of the grants and premiums that were announced last year.
Please note that this in no way lists every funding school announcement of the DfE this past year, but covers only some of the most wide-ranging policies.
In addition, a number of bursaries have been confirmed, including Core Subject Bursaries, chemistry, maths, and computer science scholarships, continuation of SEN-Co funding, EY apprenticeships funding, and fast-track teacher training for troops.
The next entry in this series will be looking at Academies and Free Schools - stay posted!
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ODR Across Grade Levels
- Evaluation Briefs
- Use of I-SWIS
- Improve Equity
- Fidelity in High Schools
- Use of TFI
- Racial Disproportionality
- Patterns/Predictors of CICO
- Economic Costs
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- Drug and Alcohol Use Rate
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What are the patterns of office discipline referrals across grade levels?
Evaluation Brief
Claudia Vincent, Robert Horner, and Seth May
Schools use office discipline referral (ODR) data to design and evaluate maximally effective and efficient behavioral support practices for their entire student populations. Research exists that suggests specific ODR patterns across grade levels that could indicate when support needs are greatest. Based on ODR data from one elementary-middle school with grades K-6, Putnam, Luiselli, Handler, and Jefferson (2003) found that the frequency of ODR increases during the elementary grades. Similarly, Tidwell, Flannery, and Lewis-Palmer (2003) examined ODR data from 16 elementary schools and found an increase in ODR rates from Grade 1 to Grade 5. Focusing both on frequency and type of behavioral violations in middle school grades, Tobin and Sugai (1999) showed that frequency of ODR for aggression related behaviors in Grade 6 predicted frequency of ODR for similar behaviors in the later middle school grades, and high ODR frequency in the later middle school grades predicted suspensions in Grade 9. In addition, Tobin, Sugai, and Colvin (1996) demonstrated that the type of behavior students engage in during Grade 6 predicts the type of behavior they engage in during Grade 8. Data from the longitudinal High School & Beyond dataset indicated that prior discipline problems in general and suspension and truancy in particular predicted dropping out of high school (Wehlage & Rutter, 1986). More recent high school data indicate that the drop-out rate of 16-24 year olds decreased from 14.1% in 1980 to 8.7% in 2007 (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). Students dropping out of school in 9thand 10th grades will likely impact the frequency of ODR in 11th and 12th grade. These findings suggest that patterns of overall ODR frequencies as well as ODR frequencies by type of problem behavior across grade levels might offer insights into how to allocate resources and expertise to meet the behavioral support needs of students in varying grade levels. Within this context, our goal was to examine if the overall ODR frequency patterns across grade levels that have been documented in the literature can be replicated with a large national sample of schools using the School-wide Information System (SWIS; May et al., 2006) to record ODR.
SWIS is a web-based ODR data collection system that allows schools to record the occurrence of a number of behavioral violations and subsequent administrative decisions. Two levels of behavioral violations exist in SWIS: minor violations and major violations. Minor violations include low-intensity defiance, low-intensity disruption, inappropriate language, and inappropriate physical contact. Major violations include abusive language, insubordination, sustained disruption, and fighting. SWIS users are also encouraged to record their schools' overall enrollment to facilitate calculations of ODR rates across schools with varying student numbers. SWIS does not record enrollment by grade level. However, the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES) provides this information for most public schools in the United States.
Our sample included all schools that (a) were located in the United States, (b) were not labeled as "alternative," and (c) used SWIS to record ODR during the most recent year for which NCES grade level enrollment data were available (2006-2007). Our dataset included only major ODR by grade level, because many SWIS user do not consistently record minor ODR and major ODR tend to generate administrative decisions that can be of significant consequence to the student.
A total of 2214 schools met all inclusion criteria. These 2214 schools were located in 44 states; Illinois was most frequently represented with 247 (11.2%) schools, followed by Maryland with 236 (10.7%) schools and Oregon with 223 (10.1%) schools. Table 1 provides an overview of the sample by school level.
Table 1: Overview of sample by school level
We aggregated major ODR recorded in SWIS by grade level as well as enrollment by grade level recorded through NCES. It is important to note that some schools that are labeled "K-6" might only have Grades 1-5, while some schools that are labeled "6-9" might have Grades 4-9. Therefore, sample sizes for each grade level are not identical with the sample sizes for each school level. Table 2 provides an overview of the sample sizes by grade level, total enrollment by grade level, total major ODR by grade level, mean grade level enrollments and standard deviations, and mean grade level major ODR and standard deviations.
Table 2: Sample size by grade level, total enrollment by grade level, mean grade level enrollment and standard deviations, total major ODR by grade level, and mean grade level ODR and standard deviations.
Sample size by grade level
Total Enrollment by grade level
Total major ODR by grade level
Mean (SD) grade level enrollment
Mean (SD) major ODR by grade level
|Grade 1 (n = 1452)*
|77.28 (40.73)
|37.44 (51.23)
|Grade 2 (n = 1456)
|74.51 (37.91)
|39.48 (55.56)
|Grade 3 (n = 1458)
|74.09 (38.72)
|41.95 (50.68)
|Grade 4 (n = 1448)
|74.02 (40.50)
|47.25 (57.14)
|Grade 5 (n = 1406)
|74.56 (45.13)
|54.42 (66.17)
|Grade 6 (n = 909)
|130.75 (107.83)
|152.31 (216.36)
|Grade 7 (n = 617)
|184.69 (119.31)
|296.56 (366.01)
|Grade 8 (n = 614)
|185.55 (120.51)
|302.15 (342.26)
|Grade 9 (n = 201)
|226.66 (215.30)
|419.53 (618.55)
|Grade 10 (n = 192)
|199.92 (188.36)
|296.66 (405.78)
|Grade 11 (n = 188)
|190.26 (185.69)
|221.63 (328.15)
|Grade 12 (n = 189)
|173.07 (172.49)
|148.71 (216.55)
*n indicates the number of schools in the dataset with the given grade level.
For example, a total of 1452 schools in our dataset had Grade 1. Within those 1452 schools, a total of 112,210 first graders were enrolled. The 1452 schools recorded 55,307 major ODR for first graders. The mean number of first graders in the 1452 schools was 77.28, with a standard deviation of 40.73. The mean number of major ODR recorded for first graders in the 1452 schools was 37.44, with a standard deviation of 51.23. We included means and standard deviations of enrollment to get a sense of the overall density of students by grade level within a school and the variability of it within our dataset. We included means and standard deviations of major ODR to get a sense of the average frequency of ODR by grade level within a school and the variability of it in our dataset.
To evaluate frequency patterns of ODR across grade levels, we calculated for each grade level the number of major ODR per 100 students enrolled by dividing the number of major ODR for a grade level by the enrollment for that grade level and multiplying by 100. Major ODR per 100 students represents the number of ODR given by grade level. One student might receive multiple ODR. In addition, we calculated the number of students who received a major ODR per 100 students enrolled by dividing the number of students per grade level who received a major ODR by the number of students enrolled at that grade level and multiplying by 100. Students with major ODR per 100 students enrolled represents the number of unique students per grade level who received a major ODR.
Overall, results replicated the findings that have been documented in the research literature. Figure 1 illustrates major ODR/100 students by grade level. The frequency of major ODR increased steadily from Grade 1 to Grade 5, increased quite dramatically from Grade 5 to Grade 6 and from Grade 6 to Grade 7, peaked in Grade 9, and then declined quite rapidly throughout the remaining high school grades. The middle school grades (6-9) clearly emerged as a period where student behavior support needs are particularly high. These high support needs might be due to students' entry into adolescence and concomitant tendency to challenge adult authority represented by institutionalized behavioral rules. At the same time, it is interesting to note that the mean number of students enrolled in Grade 6 (130.75) was almost twice as large as the mean number of students enrolled in Grade 5 (74.56), and that mean enrollment increased steadily until it peaked in Grade 9 (226.66) (see Table 2). This suggests that overall school size might make effective delivery of behavior support more challenging at a developmental period when it appears most critical.
Figure 1: Major ODR per100 students across grade levels. Horizontal line indicates average across all grade levels.
Given that the literature suggests that students who experience behavioral challenges in prior years tend to drop out in high school (Wehlage & Rutter, 1986), the steady decline in ODR frequency after Grade 9 is of concern, because it might be a reflection of behavioral support systems not meeting the needs of those students who have significant support needs. On the other hand, the decline in ODR after grade 10 might also be partially due to students' increasing maturity. It is also worth noting that the frequency of ODR per 100 students exceeds 100 from Grade 6 through Grade 11. This might suggest that more students in those grade levels are likely to receive multiple ODR than students in the other grade levels.
The number of unique students who received a major ODR per 100 students enrolled by grade level is illustrated in Figure 2. The overall trends are similar to the frequency of major ODR given across grade levels. The number of students who received a major ODR rose steadily from Grade 1 to Grade 5, increased more sharply from Grade 5 to Grade 6 and from Grade 6 to Grade 7, peaked at Grade 9, and then declined steadily through Grade 12. This overall pattern is likely due to the same speculations offered above. During the middle school years (Grades 6-9) more students receive one or more major ODR than during the elementary school years. The number of students who receive one or more major ODR declines in the high school years, possibly because many students with behavioral challenges opted to drop out of school, or because students are beginning to mature into young adults.
Figure 2: Students with major ODR per 100 students enrolled across grade levels. Horizontal line indicates average across all grade levels.
The patterns of ODR frequency in our dataset closely matched those reported in the literature. These patterns suggest that the behavioral support needs of school populations increase steadily with grade level until a peak is reached at Grade 9, when frequency of ODR begins to decline. From a developmental perspective, these patterns are to be expected. From the perspective of behavior support delivery, these patterns suggest that support demand increases with increasing grade level. If one assumes that the decline in ODR frequency after grade 9 is primarily due to students with high support needs leaving school, then one could conclude that behavior support delivery might have to be strengthened in the middle school years. However, the decline in ODR frequency after grade 9 could also be due to students' increasing maturity, which might make behavioral violations as a way to challenge adult authority less common. In general, our findings might allow schools to allocate resources within their building to meet the demands of students at varying grade levels in the most effective and efficient manner.
May, S., Ard, W., Todd, A. W., Horner, R. H., Glasgow, A., Sugai, G., et al. (2006). School-wide information system. Eugene: Educational and Community Supports, University of Oregon.
Putnam, R.F., Luiselli, J.K., Handler, M.W., & Jefferson, G.L. (2003). Evaluating student discipline practices in a public school through behavioral assessment of office referrals.Behavior Modification 27(4), 505-523.
Tidwell, A., Flannery, K.B., & Lewis-Palmer, T. (2003). A description of elementary classroom discipline referral patterns. Preventing School Failure 48(1), 18-26.
Tobin, T.J. & Sugai, G.M. (1999). Using sixth-grade school records to predict school violence, chronic discipline problems, and high school outcomes. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 7(1), 40-53.
Tobin, T.J., Sugai, G., & Colvin, G. (1996). Patterns in middle school discipline records.Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 4(2), 82-94.
Wehlage, G.G. & Rutter, R.A. (1986). Dropping out: How much do school contribute to the problem? Teachers College Records 87(3), 374-392.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-081). Available at http://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=16


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SNIPE stands for SNIPE is Not an Image/ Photo Editor.
SNIPE is a cross-platform image manipulation toy written in Python 2.5. On Linux.
SNIPE was written as a project during CSC108 Computer Science course at U of T at Mississauga. Me and my partner Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote it in accordance to some basic functionality guidelines we were presented by our instructor and further extended the functionality well beyond.
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'Where Is Your Park?'
I love Bey (ya, ya, me and everyone else) and I'm really hoping I love her new 200-piece activewear line Ivy Park too - if I can get my hands on it. Ivy Park already has 83k followers on Instagram (don't think Queen B is losing any sleep over Instagram's new algorithms). I don't plan on being trampled at Nordstroms on April 14, nor do I want to hit refresh incessantly on Topshop at midnight waiting for it to go live. But I do want to check it out, especially because the prices are right, $30-$200 is what you're looking at for a piece of Bey. I dig the name and things like this special touch: her leggings will be offered in three styles - "I" = low-rise, "V" = mid-rise, and "Y" = high-rise - "IVY" - see what she did there?! Oh Bey. Right now I'm content to watch the promotional video (below) and pray to the shoe gods that somehow the slides from her collection land on my feet. Oh, and the online banter about her new line is entertaining if you've got some time to waste on the world wide web (check out the commotion about lululemon's tweet).
You're still reading this so I'm assuming you have an extra couple of minutes - go to Ivy Park (on your laptop or desk top) and play along with the cue to "press and hold to swap tracks" - it's a fun time waster, you get a new beat and new images or inspirational sayings like "You Don't Have To Prove Anything To Anyone" (preach girlfriend) "Trust Yourself" (I dig), "FLAWLESS", (duh) "SLAY" (ok) to get you EXTRA excited for her new line (*to note, they're fast flash images so eyes beware).
If I were to make my wishlist right now this hat & hoodie combo are tied for first place. I'm already practicing my 'Bey Face'.
This bodysuit comes in second, I will be wearing it with shorts or a cute high waisted skirt though... not while I'm crushing rings at the gymnastics studio I don't go to.
And of course, here are the slides.
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We are now living in a post-Arditti age of composition. Future generations of musicologists will refer to a school of composers which emerged around the turn of the century with aesthetic and technical values attuned to the Arditti Quartet's strengths.
I spent Saturday in that new theatre at the Barbican, taking in three concerts given by the quartet to commemorate their 40th anniversary. The fifteen pieces played ranged from the first piece written for them (Jonathan Harvey's first string quartet) to three world premieres, with an emphasis on music from the past 20 years. Each concert ended with one of the signature pieces from their repertoire: Helmut Lachenmann's Grido, Ligeti's Second Quartet and Xenakis' Tetras.
It's almost facetious to say that these last pieces stood out way above much of the rest of the programme, but that's what pretty much everyone felt, myself included. I'm more interested in why we felt that way.
The Arditti Quartet has brought exceptional virtuosity to chamber music and commissioned hundreds of works. They've opened up seemingly limitless possibilities, giving composers the impression that anything is possible. The effect has been similar in many respects to the recent explosion in the capability and accessibility of computerised sound processing. The end result is kind of the same, too: a large, glittering body of work somewhat lacking in substance, and strangely homogeneous in the way each new composer is eager to try out as many of the same set of cool new tricks as possible. The assimilation of spectralism into intonation, microtones as colouration, rapid passages of leaps and glissandi, scratch tones, were all combined into a general ethos of respectable expressionism and assigned various weightings in the pieces by Hector Parra, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hilda Paredes, Pascal Dusapin and Toshio Hosokawa. Similar manifestations of this style could be heard at Huddersfield last year in quartets by composers ranging from Alberto Posadas to John Zorn.
The aspects that stood out in the old-ish classics on the programme were not simply quality, but contrast. The new work by Hilda Paredes would have sounded more striking had it not been bookended by Parra and Haas. The Harrison Birtwistle premiere was an occasional piece but distinctive in its refusal to add gestural ornament to its substance. The remaining premiere, James Clarke's Third Quartet, was only five minutes long but a tour de force of concision, putting technique at the service of a sculptural intensity lacking in so many of the other works. The mixing of contrast and flow echoed the presence of the Ligeti movements heard in the same concert. The exploitation of dynamics as musical material was one of the more obvious examples of techniques used for the sake of music, not just musicianship.
I was going to end this post by quoting an anecdote involving Arditti and Alvin Lucier, but I just googled for it and holy poo get a load of this:
The string quartet was the university computer-music-studio of the 1940s and 1950s… It is a characteristic of the string quartet to emphasize moving the bow back and forth. The more the better.
Insert: Mr. Arditti, of string quartet fame, complained to Alvin Lucier, in the presence of a large number of people, that he didn't like to play Alvin's String Quartet, because there was very little bow movement, which lack of bow movement made his arm tired. To which Alvin replied, "Why don't you play it with the other arm?"
This is from a lecture by the late Robert Ashley, who of course had this all sussed out long ago. Go read that whole blog post.
In my last post a month ago(!) I was navel-gazing over the musical conversation going on in London. It's occurred to me that I've been taking for granted how many interesting composers are working in the UK these days. Just recently I read Daniel Wolf's post about the two streams in British composition now and it's nice to know my opinion isn't pure parochialism.
Wolf's mostly discussing the "complexity" school in his post, but it's interesting to see that the "experimental tradition" is still thriving, too. I got this bee in my bonnet about how what is usually considered "experimental" in music is the stuff that approaches music as art, more than as craft, so I've been pleased to find more than just a scattering of a few, lone voices in the British scene.
That sense of "scene" is helped through supportive musicians and other organisations, like the record label Another Timbre. A couple of weeks ago I saw Ensemble Plus-Minus perform a concert of pieces by James Saunders. The music draws from a variety of influencing sources: group behaviour and home-made materials à la the Scratch Orchestra, a focus on process and structure that emerged with conceptual art, minimalism, controlled improvisation, the austerity of materials used in the Wandelweiser group. Group behaviour was the organising principle for several works: titles like everyone doing what everyone else is doing and everybody do this pretty much sum up how the musicians interact in the respective pieces. The music is composed through the arrangement of these interactions, leaving the sounds themselves to the discretion of the performers, using both instruments and found objects.
At times the music teetered on the edge of being little more than a technical exercise, albeit an entertaining one. Much conventional music also takes this risk, with much less interesting results. You start to wonder if a recording of the music would be less appealing because of the lack of the theatrical element, or more appealing because the structural means are a distraction from the musical ends.
Luckily for me, just after the concert I got sent a nice swag of CDs by Another Timbre for reviewing or whatever. One of them is Saunders' disc divisions that could be autonomous but that comprise the whole. The musical material here is much more spare, with much fewer musicians involved than in the Plus-Minus gig. Two duets, three solos, a trio, and a work "for 10 players with coffee cups on various surfaces". Without visuals, the music is separated from concerns about technical exercises and deals with subtle distinctions in sound. Much of the disc is very quiet, and the sounds often have an ambiguous character to them, fragile and unstable. When just listening, you realise that the substance is obscured as equally as the technique: a harp is prepared with objects and bowed, radio static merges with the soft rasping of a bowed wood block.
These finely nuanced results are very different from the deceptively straightforward compositional strategies that produce them. As with a good piece of the New Complexity school, the music is both intellectually and aesthetically satisfying.


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I readily admit I'm a sucker for a woman who can get epic behind a piano. And guitar. So far from what I can see there are two Valentinas, there's the almost angelically pure and understated recorded version and then there's the powerfully commanding live version. I'm still trying to work out which I like best when both are pretty exciting. Really looking forward to her EP "Weights", set for release on 18th April and available for pre-order on Rough Trade now.
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The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon—when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an "outlander"—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life . . . and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire . . . and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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