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September 2011 E-News Brief
Preservation of Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center (OCGC) took a turn for the worse this month as Hurricane Irene and tropical storm Lee caused extensive damage and flooding to the complex. County Executive Edward A. Diana, who has been advocating for its demolition and
|Section of presentation rendering. Source: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Library
construction of a new government center, closed the building last week citing "wide-spread damage" and that a "total overhaul would make more sense." In contrast, both the public and FEMA are asking for more time, as well as more information about its structural integrity and the costs involved with restoration, new construction or leasing alternatives for government services now in temporary locations. The local newspaper, Times Herald-Record, has been covering the story closely and in a poll on their website more than 62% of respondents said they did not think Orange County needed to build a new government center.
A group of local advocates for the restoration of the complex have postponed an upcoming forum scheduled for this Sunday, September 25th. While the group expected Diana to move quickly in asking county legislators to vote on a new building, Diana seems to have been stopped in his tracks by FEMA and local residents alike. As OCGC advocates regroup, the planned forum is being rescheduled with new fundraising and advocacy efforts in deliberation. What will happen in Orange County is yet to be seen but for now Rudolph's "concrete Brutalist classic" is sitting empty.
The Docomomo US Tour Day is almost upon us and new tours are posting weekly. We are thrilled to be able to say Tour Day has become the nation's largest annual architecture event. With 34 tours in 21 states, this is our biggest Tour Day in the event's five-year history. We would like to extend a warm welcome and special thanks to this year's new tour affiliates including: a2modern, Architectural Heritage Center of Portland, Historic Albany Foundation, Historic Charlotte, Historic Savannah Foundation, Michigan Modern, Modern STL, Neutra VDL Studio, Palm Springs Modernism Week, Philip Johnson Glass House, Phoenix Modern, Society of Architectural Historians, Archtober, and Salt Lake Modern. We would also like to thank the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Houston Mod, and the New Haven Preservation Trust for your continued support and participation.
New tour listings on the website include a tour of the Arlington Neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida and bonus afternoon tour of last year's widely popular Ford Motor Company Plant tour. If you missed the Ford Plant last year, both tours are scheduled for October 8th and make an exciting day of architectural history in Florida.
For those in the California region, we are featuring three tours in the southern California area and one in the San Francisco/Los Alto area in the north. Working in partnership with the Northern California chapter of the Society of Architectural historians, this tour will look at Foothill College once described as the "acropolis of the west". All California tours take place Columbus Day weekend.
Back on the east coast, the New Haven Preservation Trust will feature a rare look at the modern buildings surrounding the New Haven Medical Center. Along with being one of our free tours, the Trust tour is sure to feature spectacular and perhaps somewhat unknown architecture in a town with many well-loved modern treasures.
Docomomo US members don't forget to take part in the $15 off any Glass House tour membership benefit during Tour Day weekend. Don't miss this is a once a year opportunity to see Philip Johnson's masterpiece during the peak of fall foliage.
Docomomo US/Georgia and the Historic Savannah Foundation feature a two-day event with a panel discussion on modern architecture in Savannah and a Saturday tour of interesting modern homes. This event is a must for modern homeowners and architecture enthusiasts alike. The Friday reception, tour and panel is free but reservations are advised.
On Saturday, October 1st, Docomomo US/NOLA and AIA New Orleans will present Modernist Architecture Along and Around St Charles Avenue: A Bicycle Tour. This unique architecture tour will include notable and noteworthy modern architecture buildings along Saint Charles Avenue. Don't forget to download the Docomomo US/NOLA iPhone app before you head out the door! Reservations are recommended and discounts are available for members and students.
Another free event coming up is the Docomomo US/New England tour of Modernism in Coastal Maine. Taking place this coming September 23-25 the tour will include a house designed in 1940 by pioneering New England modernist Nathanial Saltonstall in Camden followed by a visit to the Haystack Mountain School on Deer Isle by Edward Larrabee Barnes. On Sunday we will visit the 1952 Payson House in Falmouth Foreside by Serge Chermayeff. Travel arrangements are up to the tour participants, but space may be available in cars for those in need of transportation. Check the Maine Tour Day page for more details.
Our friends at a2Modern in Michigan will feature Ann Arbor native Peter Osler (Director of the Program of Landscape Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology) as he recalls "Growing Up Modern." The program includes a panel discussion and viewing of original architectural archives. For those seeking an independent tour, Michigan Modern has just released five new walking, biking and driving tours in the Detroit and Ann Arbor area. Be sure to check out the bike tour of Lafayette Park/Elmwood Park or the walking tour of Wayne State University and see if you can find the photo used in last month's e-news photo contest.
The Docomomo US/Minnesota chapter will be featuring residential modernism on Sunday, October 9th, with stops at buildings designed by: Lisle Close, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Stageberg, Ralph Rapson, Carl Graffunder, Marcel Breuer, Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson and William Lescaze. Reservations are not needed for this tour but check the Minnesota Tour Day page for more information.
Partners Modern STL will present a guided bus tour of significant works by noted local and national architects. The all day event will include stops at commercial and spiritual buildings, as well as residential neighborhoods and homes. Reservations are required for this event.
In New York State, our friends at the Historic Albany Foundation will lead two tours of the SUNY Albany campus designed by Edward Durell Stone on Saturday, October 8th. The tours will include special guest, Hicks Stone, the architect's son and an exhibit on the legacy of the project. Sunday, October 9th, Docomomo US/NY Tri-State chapter will lead a new tour entitled Roosevelt Island: New Town in Town. This tour will feature modern designs completed almost forty years ago and one still in the process of construction. Don't miss this exclusive event to visit the island with Theodore Liebman UDC's chief of architecture during the establishment of the island's unique urban concept.
For those in the Charlotte area, Docomomo US/North Carolina and Historic Charlotte will present a new guided tour of Charlotte's modern architecture led by UNC Charlotte School of Architecture students and Historic Charlotte. Tours take place on both Saturday and Sunday during Tour Day weekend and are free for students.
The Architectural Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon will feature a walking tour of the Reedwood Neighborhood on Saturday October 8th. Located in southeast Portland just north of the Reed College campus, the neighborhood is an eclectic mix of well-designed mid-century homes and faces an uncertain future. Sign up today as this tour is sure to be popular.
Our friends and chapters in Texas have three exciting tours lined up in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Our MidTexMod chapter will lead a guided tour of the 1968 HemisFair in San Antonio. Space is limited and admission includes a walking tour of modern architecture, artwork of the park and a trip to the top of the Tower of the Americas. In Dallas, Docomomo US/North Texas will host a walking tour of a residential neighborhood that offers an illuminating look into the transitional 1930s, as Texas' residential architects moved from a tradition-based historic eclecticism to a distinct modernism, embracing a newly arrived, pre-war European influence. Word is this tour will include hot dogs, burgers, and conversation served in the backyard of one of the homes (weather permitting).
In Utah, Salt Lake Modern will feature Taylor Woolley, one of Utah's first modernists and known as the architect who introduced the Prairie School style in 1911. Professor Peter Goss will speak briefly about the man also known as Frank Lloyd Wright's trusted draftsman and a prominent figure in the popular book "Loving Frank", highlighting Woolley's career as an architect and impact on Utah. Registration for this event is required by September 26th and is free with membership or a $10 suggested donation.
And finally our Washington chapter, Docomomo US/WeWa will tour homes in the Innes Arden neighborhood, which are uncommon both for their unique architecture and their setting in the environment. A rare example of a Modernist community, this Saturday afternoon tour should be a delightful and exciting event.
Visit www.docomomo-us.org/tour_day_2011 for details about tours in your region as well as frequent updates on all events planned for Tour Day 2011!
From the architecture of such renowned builders and architects as Belluschi, Rummer, Weber and Yeon, to the understated rows of ranch-style tract homes, to "Googie" styled commercial buildings and neon signage, Portland Oregon has a variety of mid-century architecture awaiting the appreciation it deserves. The Mid-Century Modern League (MCM) is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation whose mission is to garner this appreciation through public education and community involvement, with the goal of stunting the razing and remodeling of these marvels in the process.
Since their start in 2007 MCM has been able to help the city create the first Neon District - an area with specific zoning which allows vintage neon signs to be restored. Recently saved is the 40' ft neon Crown Motel Sign, which is now the focus of a fundaraising campaign for restoration. Other advocacy work includes bringing satirist Charles Phoenix to Portland twice to entertain and educate the public on the value of mid-century artifacts, and becoming an integral part of the Oregon Historical Society's 'GI Dream Exhibit', continuing to work with them to curate their collection. Most importantly, MCM provides their membership and the general public with a website full of mid-century related resources, and hosts a public monthly meeting featuring a variety of speakers including Bob Rummer, Saul Zaik, and most recently Diane Plesset.
The September 2011 meeting held on the 18th featured local interior designer Diane Plesset, who was the driving force in saving and relocating Frank Lloyd Wright's Gordon House, the only Wright-designed house in Oregon. Designed in 1957 and completed after the architect's death, this Usonian house was dismantled in 2001 and successfully relocated 21 miles to its new home at the Oregon Garden. At the meeting, Plesset also discussed her talk radio show Today's Home (which can be heard online at LifestyleWebRadio.net). The meeting will be held at a club member's 1963 custom built mid-century modern home Sunday, September 18th.
|MCM League gathers for the September meeting at a member's 1963 home
The Mid-Century Modern League will be working with the Architectural Heritage Center to create an education and outreach program aimed at realtors and future home sellers about the importance of preserving mid-century homes. The aim is to create an accredited program for realtors highlighting the value of preserving mid-century architecture, which can positively affect home resale values.
"There are too many horror stories of short-sighted remodels exchanging timeless original features for Home Depot-style contemporary hack jobs. Whole bathrooms and kitchens are being ripped out and junked. They're obliterating vintage mahogany paneling and roman brick with white primer. It's really frustrating, and wholly avoidable," said MCM League founder, Alyssa Starelli. Starelli adds that she welcomes advice and best practices from organizations who have created similar programs.
Planning is also underway for a Spring 2012 driving tour of mid-century houses across several MCM neighborhoods (including the "Lost" Hallberg Homes, designed by Emmons & Jones), culminating in a cocktail party at a member's mid-century modern home, and featuring the builder/designer of that home. More details will be posted this winter at www.mcmleague.org.
The 9th Annual Docomomo Brazil Conference: Interdisciplinary experiences in documentation and preservation of recent heritage took place this past June in the capital city of Brasília. One of the activities was a workshop led by Danilo Matoso of Docomomo Brasília, Leticia Vianna of Iphan DF, and Docomomo US President Theodore Prudon. Participant Cristina Pastore shares her experience:
The subject of study for the workshop was a building of historical, social, and architectural importance for Brasília with the goal to create a letter outlining a general plan for preservation and renovation. The building is listed as one of importance and therefore not allowed to be disconfigured. It is a very large cinema with only one screen that seats over a thousand people. The building was designed by the famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1960 and later refurbished in 1973 by Milton Ramos. Unfortunately, in the last few years, the maintenance of the building has been neglected and is only once used once each year for the purpose of the famous Brazilian film festival "Festival de Brasília de Cinema Brasileiro".
|Cine Brasilia today
Danilo Matoso spoke of the importance of documental research and verification for determining the parameters an intervention for a listed edifice. He stated that it is very important to preserve the documentation of the original project of a building. This can help to prevent alterations in future interventions that may compromise the integrity of the building, even if the original architect suggests these alterations. Matoso stated that in the case of the cinema the original documentation failed to be preserved in the proper manner. Therefore it will require much research to obtain original construction plans in an effort to maintain the structure's architectural integrity.
The topic for the second lecture was intangible cultural heritage. The area where the cinema is located is the only neighborhood in Brasília that represents the original residential plans that Lucio Costa, Brasília's city planner, intended. Leticia Vianna stated that because of this, Cine Brasília is not only a symbol of the film festival but also an important symbol of the historical neighborhood in which it is located and therefore deserves to be treated with much care. She proposes therefore, that any future interventions must be carried out with the consultation of the residents of this community. Otherwise the additions to this historically significant building could affect the interaction of its people.
Professor Prudon presented examples of interventions in the United States including the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, one of two very old theaters which recently required renovation. He used this as an example of the importance of finding new solutions to problems found in a restoration project in which the original materials and technologies could be obsolete. Prudon also presented the original project and intervention plans for Lincoln Center in New York stating that in the original project the designed succeeded in creating beautiful monuments and buildings of a modern design. However, there could be observed a lack of landscape treatment, which was fixed during the intervention. The intervention also contemplated accommodation for the general public on the premises. This served as an example of what could be realized if there were to be an intervention of Cine Brasília, which suffers from a lack of such accommodations.
|Students and instructors atop Cine Brasilia
Finally in the lecture presented by the students of PROAU, the students touched on topics relating to the materials of their course work, such as the research they had gathered on documents found on the original plan of the cinema as well as a diagnosis of the main issues that need to be addressed when one is trying to preserve a building. During the visit to Cine Brasília it became clear that the diagnosis of existing problems that had been presented by the students of PROAU was in fact very accurate; for example, the lack of maintenance in the building's structural system and finishing. In fact, most of the maintenance that had been funded by the local government was purely cosmetic and failed to address the structural needs of the edifice. This has led to a degradation of the cinema that not only affects the integrity of the building but also creates an unattractive feature for its users.
During the discussion that followed, participants reflected on the information that had been presented and established the main topics to be addressed in the intervention letter of Cine Brasília. Among these topics were general concerns about the local management, the integrity of the building in regards to its original form and use, the need for the building to comply with new universal security and access regulations, and the need for upgrades to the landscape.
I was extremely grateful for the opportunity to participate in this workshop and was very pleased with the fact that such a small amount of people could generate such a valuable document that could potentially improve the quality of such a historically important landmark. I was also very grateful for the opportunity to participate in a decision that was achieved through purely democratic collaboration. As an architect I was honored to help in the prevention of any possible interventions that could potentially reduce the importance of this landmark.
Cristina is a native of Brasília, Brazil and graduated with a degree in architecture and urbanism from the University of Brasília.
Pratt Institute Historic Preservation student Brian Blazak reports on his experience this summer at the Roosevelt Island Historical Society:
Roosevelt Island is home to one of the best collections of modernist architecture in New York City. At the end of World War II the underdeveloped island, then known as Welfare Island, was mainly home to various hospitals and care centers despite its proximity to the most densely populated island in the world. In the years following, Welfare Island inspired numerous proposals reflecting the post war change in architecture and planning. In 1969 the master plan of Philip Johnson and John Burgee was selected for development of the island, and a good portion of this plan was carried out, visible in what today is known as Roosevelt Island. The southern tip of the island has recently opened the first phase of two parks: Southpoint Park and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park. Southpoint Park is showcasing two of the six city landmarks on the Island, Strecker Lab and the stabilized ruins of the Smallpox Hospital. The southernmost portion of the park remains under construction as the forty-year-old vision of Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms Park nears completion in 2012.
As part of my internship for the Roosevelt Island Historical Society, I was recently able to tour theconstruction site with Gina Pollara, Executive Director of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, LLC. Entering through the first phase of the park from the north, the Smallpox Hospital will act a dividing line between the very contemporary designed park and Kahn's vision. Upon walking up a large staircase, there will be an expansive lawn with trees on either side. The southernmost "room" is nearly complete. The room, made of slabs of granite, will have a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt facing north towards the lawn. On the inside of the room will be inscribed with selections from FDR's Four Freedoms Speech, delivered at Congress for the State of the Union Address in 1941. The east and west sides of the room will have solid walls enclosing it from the views of the city and river around it. The south end will be open offering panoramic views towards Lower Manhattan, while turning to the west reveals views of the United Nations, perhaps the most physical manifestation of Roosevelt's legacy. Four Freedoms will be a serene place to reflect on the legacy of FDR as Louis Kahn intended it.
Roosevelt Island is the location of the Docomomo US/NY Tri-State TOUR DAY 2011 event: New Town In Town. Click here to register.
photos: Brian Blazak
Docomomo International Journal 44: Modern and Sustainable is complete and will land in mailboxes shortly. Guest editor for this edition on sustainability is Docomomo US President, Theodore Prudon.
The Docomomo International Journal is a benefit of Docomomo US International members. If you would like to receive future editions of the Journal, become an International member today!
Call for Papers: EAHN 2012
The European Architectural History Network (EAHN) Conference will be taking place in Brussels, Belgium from May 31-June 3 2012. Call for papers is now open and accepting abstracts through September 30th 2011. For more information about the topics covered please visit www.eahn2012.org
October 2011
Archtober is Archtecture and Design month in New York City. Join Docomomo US and 31+ organizations for events celebrating the built environment of NYC, including Tour Day 2011. Details at www.archtober.org
Docomomo International Conference
August 2012
Espoo, Finland
Docomomo Suomi/Finland will host the 12th Docomomo International Conference in Espoo, Finland in 2012. The conference will be held in cooperation and with the support of the City of Espoo and Espoo City Museum.
Call for papers is now open - deadline is OCTOBER 15, 2011.
John Lautner Turns 100
July 16 - November 13, 2011
Los Angeles, CA and Marquette, MI
The Glass House: Conversations in Context
Through November 17, 2011
New Canaan, CT
Join a leading mind in architecture, art, landscape, history, design, or preservation and experience the Glass House campus through an entirely new lens. Listen to a personal narrative, interpretation, or inspiration by a special guest while walking the site with an intimate group of visitors. Continue the dialogue during a reception at the Glass House following the tour. For a full list of hosts and to buy tickets, visit the Glass House website.
SCUP Campus Heritage Symposium
November 3 - 4, 2011
Washington, DC
This symposium brings together together renowned experts to discuss the state of campus heritage planning in light of the lessons learned from Getty Foundation-funded research on 86 campuses.
The intimate, one and a half day event is designed for professionals engaged in planning related to campus heritage, cultural landscapes and the importance of mid-century campus buildings.
For more information and to register, visit the SCUP website.
Second Wave of Modernism II:
Landscape Complexity and Transformation
November 18, 2011
New York, NY
Today designers are returning to modernist sites with new motivations, attempting to balance the complex values of natural and cultural systems. To investigate this significant evolution of professional practice, three groups of thematic presentations have been assembled that will collectively explore landscape transformations at residential, urban and metropolitan scales. Presented by the Cultural Landscape Foundation.


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BLM Announces Revised Mineral Cost Recovery Fee Schedule on Oct. 1
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will implement an updated fee schedule for mineral cost recovery on Oct. 1. Notice of the revised fee published in the Federal Registeron August 16, 2013. The final rule updated the fees charged to recover costs incurred in processing documents associated with oil, gas, coal, and solid mineral activities on public land.
The updated fees cover costs for actions, including (but not limited to) lease applications, name changes, corporate mergers, lease consolidations, and reinstatements. The fee schedule is updated annually based on the change in the Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product (IPD-GDP) from the 4th Quarter of one calendar year to the 4th Quarter of the following calendar year.
The BLM is authorized to charge cost recovery fees under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and the 2005 Cost Recovery Rule. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has also directed Federal agencies to recover their costs for services.
Because of the small increase in the IPD-GDP and rounding, 30 fees will not change, while 18 will go up. Nine of the 18 will go up by $5 and seven will go up by $10. The largest increase will be $55, which will be added to the $2,940 fee charged for adjudicating more than 10 mineral patent claims. The fee for adjudicating 10 or fewer claims will increase $25, from $1,470 to $1,495.
The BLM first implemented a cost recovery fee schedule for certain oil and gas activities in November 2005.
The fee changes are the BLM's response to recommendations made in a 1988 report issued by the Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General, which found that the BLM needed to do more to recover its document-processing costs. The fees are based on a commonly used mathematical formula used by businesses nationwide to adjust their expenses. This fee update rule is based on the change in the IPD-GDP from the 4th Quarter of 2011 to the 4th Quarter of 2012, thus reflecting the rate of inflation over four calendar quarters.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of Americas public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.
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Baking recipes in parchment paper is a centuries old tradition. In various countries throughout the world they have fanciful names in their own language and equally creative and tasty dishes utilizing local ingredients.
One of my first exposures to this uncommon cooking method was with salmon. A few thinly sliced vegetables, some herbs and spices, topped with a slice of lemon and enclosed in parchment. Baked to perfection and opened at the dinner table it's a wow for the whole family.
But today's recipe is going to give you the opportunity to have put the WOW at the end of the meal, with dessert. This is a simple yet effective recipe that where each of your guests will think you are the most wonderful cook.
Raspberries Apples in Parchment with Vanilla Ice Cream
Serves 4
4 Tbl raspberry jam
2 Golden delicious apples
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp white sugar
2 tsp Brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
about a dozen fresh raspberries
1 pint vanilla ice cream
8 pieces of parchment paper, 8 to 9" round
Preheat oven to 350°
Place 4 of your round parchment papers on a clean work surface and spread 1 tablespoon of raspberry jam in the center of each. This does not need to come all the way to the edge.
Peel apples and cut out core. Cut apples and half and thinly sliced each half apple. Fan the slices of each half apple over the raspberry jam. Drizzle 1/4th of the lemon juice over each half apple. Combine the two sugars with the cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of each dessert. Cover each mixture with the remaining 8 inch round piece of parchment, turning up the edges to seal completely.
Bake these packets on a baking sheet for 17 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 5 minutes. Open each and top with raspberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.


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Richard Kevin Phelps, 49, of Fort Smith, Ark., entered into rest on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in Fort Smith, Ark.
He was born Aug. 1, 1963, in Eldorado. He was of the Baptist faith and a former sound tech for Merle Haggard. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Dorothea Wilson; and his uncle, James Gary Wilson.
He is survived by his mother, Deanna Parks of Fort Smith, Ark.; and uncle, Dr. Larry Wilson of Rushville; cousins, Ron Wilson, Nancy Majors, Charles Wilson, Terry Wayne Wilson, Sherri Cox, Bob Cox, Michael Cox, Gerald Cox, Dr. Kenneth Wilson, Bruce Wilson, Leann Thurman, Sara Wilson, Tommy Wilson, Olivia Majors and Sophia Majors.
Graveside service is 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Lindale Cemetery. Those attending should go directly to the cemetery. Colonial Terrace Funeral Home in Eldorado is in charge of arrangements.
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Rebecca Allen, British Museum
This is a Taíno sculpture, probably dating from the fifteenth century. The Taíno were one of the pre-European, native peoples of the Caribbean, and this figure is from Jamaica. The sculpture stands at just over a metre tall, and is made of a very dense tropical hardwood called Guayacan, which has been polished with pebbles to give the surface a deep shine.
It depicts a male spirit-being in a drug-induced trance, and may have been used in religious rituals. In Taino culture this figure embodied the life force, or cemi, which takes many forms and which could do powerful things. The figure is beautifully carved; the sculptor has seen the form of the figure within the wood and carved through to it, meaning that the spirit is found within the wood itself.
On the figure's back a prominent spine has been carved, showing each individual vertebra very clearly, while on the face of the figure tear channels are shown. These are made more conspicuous by the use of gilding. The figure is in suspended animation, frozen in time, as tears stream down his face.
This object featured in the British Museum exhibition Shakespeare: staging the world, supported by BP. At first glance it may seem an odd choice for an exhibition which focused on Elizabethan and Jacobean London, but it has very strong visual and imaginative links with one Shakespeare play in particular: The Tempest.
In the play, a group of sailors are frozen in time by Prospero, a shaman-like figure with magical powers. Prospero commands Ariel, a spirit of the island who owes his freedom to Prospero, to tell him how the enchanted prisoners are faring. Ariel describes the enchantment and tells how one man in particular – Gonzalo – has been trapped in time while tears flow down his cheeks:
Him that you termed, sir, the good old lord Gonzalo:
His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops
From eaves of reeds.
(The Tempest 5.1.17-19)
This description is evocative of the kind of magical transformation represented by this sculpture. The enchantment Ariel describes is matched in the face of this figure.
Another thematic link with The Tempest lies at the point where Ariel is freed by Prospero from being trapped in an enchanted tree: 'it was mine art, / When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape / The pine and let thee out' (1.2.340-2). This is reminiscent of the Taíno understanding that to carve wood is to free the form within it. Ariel, the spirit, has been freed from his imprisonment in the pine.
There are surprising and poetic links between the way Shakespeare imagined the nature of enchantment, and the understandings and insights of the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
This was first published in the London Evening Standard on 1 November 2012.
Filed under: Collection, London: a world city in 20 objects, Americas, caribbean, Shakespeare


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On Oct. 14 at the Ferron Library, King Henry the Eighth of England disappeared; his Majesty had come out of the history section to visit with the fantasy and fairy tale section people. He is said to have boasted to Snow White, Cinderella, Goldilocks, and several others about his eight wives and how he would cut off their heads when he tired of them. He told Huck Finn that he wished Huck was his son instead of Prince Edward, and tried to get Peter Pan to teach him to fly, Pinocchio was so upset by the king that he threatened to turn him into a donkey. Almost 30 other famous and respected fairy tale characters were there and witnessed the activities of the king.
In light of the disappearance, two of the greatest sleuths in fiction Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple were called into investigate and solve the mystery of just what had happened to His Royal Highness. Following the intensive investigation by Mr. Holmes and Miss Marple of what had happened, who had been there, what was seen and heard and who had an axe to grind, Mr. Holmes solves the crime by explaining that Cinderella had done away with the king because he wanted to marry her and she was afraid. So Cinderella using some magic dust she got from her Fairy God Mother, who was also there, snuck into the library during the day when the king was in his books and using Mr. Holmes pipe lighter, she burned all of the books that King Henry the Eighth was mentioned in. So he completely disappeared. When we last spoke to Cinderella she was hoping to plead the charge down to arson.
"The Ferron Blue Hills Ward had a great night on Tuesday at the Ferron Library acting out the above mystery. Thirty ladies and girls came dressed as many fictional characters and had a great evening," said organizers.


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Tales of Truth: Two Good Goalies is a good thing
Patrick Johnston
November 28 2011 12:13PM
The Canucks' goalies are fantastic. Let's talk about that.
(photo: Nick Procaylo/PNG)
During last spring's playoffs, we all remember the endless Luongo versus Schneider debate. None of it was very intelligent; for some bizarre reason, many Canucks fans decided that truth was determined not even by their eyes anymore, but totally by their gut. They didn't think Luongo, despite incredible numers all year long, 'had it,' and instead the basically untested Cory Schneider did.
Now we are dealing with a similar but basically different argument. Roberto Luongo has had a middling-to-poor start to the season. Cory Schneider basically hasn't. And so the argument goes on.
Schneider was awesome this past week. He bailed his team out multiple times, as the Canucks continued to have struggles in their own end. He's now a known, comfirmed and consistent positive force.
But we mustn't forget that Luongo is too. All goalies have their struggles. All goalies get lit up at times. We could go back to the famous 9-0 shellacking of Patrick Roy in 1995 to see that even the greats have bad days. The shame here is that Luongo blew up so spectacularly against Boston. Yes some goals were his fault. But some were the defence's. The series has been beaten to death, but the keys were thus: Tim Thomas playing the greatest sustained period for a goaltender in recent memory and quite possibly ever; the complete collapse of the Canucks' power play; and the Bruins' consistency in finding the back of the net. Two of those had nothing whatsoever to do with goaltending.
When Schneider came in for game 6, the bar I was in started cheering. Fine, so be it. The problem was not three minutes before they had all been cheering 'luuuuu...luuuu' as he battled to keep the Canucks in the game. I was so frustrated with their reaction that I actually yelled loudly at everyone 'you can't have it both ways! Changing our goalie is A BAD THING!' It was the strangest experience, everyone stopped and actually heard what I said, and apparently thought about what I'd said for a moment. I wasn't happy the goalies were being changed, they weren't happy someone was yelling at them and the Canucks weren't happy because, well we know why. It was a moment that really, really sucked. After the game a couple people came up to me and said 'good for you, so many idiots cheer for this team, I'm glad you told everyone off.'
The situation now should be seen in the opposite light. The Canucks have two outstanding goalies. Both give the Canucks an incredible chance to win every time they play. In all the mayhem of the series loss to the Bruins, we forget that Luongo posted TWO 1-0 shutouts in the final, only the second goalie ever to do that. The other was Frank McCool for the Leafs in 1945, playing during the last war-affected cup final. (Luongo's feat is another reminder of how impotent the Canucks' attack was vs the Bruins.) Luongo gets it done, but he can't do the whole thing by itself. Schneider, lately, has been getting it done, something we always suspected he could.
Neither goalie can make up for every mistake the defence makes. Thus, the fewer mistakes the defence makes, the fewer times Luongo or Schneider needs to be lights-out. If 'lights-out percentage' were a stat, both would rate very highly, but neither would 100%. The more chances you give the other team, the more likely they are to find the chink in the armour.
Let's change the dialogue. Goaltending for this team is not a problem. Both options are outstanding. Let's stop talking about the goaltending in a bad way.
Remember Dan Cloutier?
November 28 2011, 06:49PM
One is playing well. The other not so much. Neither has won anything yet. We'll see.
November 29 2011, 09:08AM
Sorry, run that by me again. Winning an Olympic Gold Medal is nothing? Granted, it's not the Stanley Cup but, then again, what is? Schneider has an entire career before him in which he will have the opportunity to win lots of prizes. Roberto's career stats, Vezina nominations and Olympic Gold are solid achievements in a resume that is also still being written. Could the Canucks be any luckier in their goaltending situation? I think not.


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I coordinate volunteers in the Price office of the Bureau of Land Management. My position is funded by Utah State Parks and Recreation through off-highway-vehicle registration fees. I have read many comments about the damage from all-terrain-vehicle users. I would like to make a few positive comments about the volunteer time rendered by OHV users.
I work in the San Rafael Desert, maintaining about 640 miles of trails enjoyed by hikers, bikers, horse riders and OHV users. During the three years I have worked at the BLM I have coordinated approximately 7,000 volunteer hours from the OHV users to help maintain the trails. The OHV clubs help with educating riders about trail usage. They provide litter bags, distribute maps and help maintain the trails. In a four-month period, OHV users helped install signage on the trails and produce a San Rafael trails map. The printing of 30,000 maps was paid by OHV registration fees.
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Green's endeavors to make a gluten-free dark beer. It's drinkable, but it's not beer. Without malt to mellow out the alcohol (7%), it tasted more like liqueur (maybe Kahlua?) than beer. Unlike most dark beer, the body was very thin. I probably would't buy Endeavor again, but I would try other beers in Green's gluten-free line.
Toleration, brewed by Hambleton Ales: an ironic name for an intolerable beer. When poured into the glass, large chunks of sediment resembling blood clots floated throughout the beer. 20% of the bottle was solids. Am I supposed to shake it before opening? The flavor was sickly sweet and metallic, with an unpleasant aftertaste of rubbing alcohol. The mouthfeel was thin and drizzly. This is the first and only beer I've ever poured down the drain. I would not drink this if someone paid me.
After the Toleration, St. Peter's Sorghum Beer was a relief. It looks, tastes, and feels like Bud Light. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be a point in its favor, but the fact that it's gluten-free and not disgusting goes a long way. The mouthfeel is thin, like a light beer, and the flavor is watery and floral with a respectable hoppy bitterness. If I really wanted beer for a football game, I would buy this, but it's nothing to jump up and down about.
My first sip of bright, fruity New Grist by Lakefront Brewery was encouraging. It had that rice aftertaste common to gluten-free imitations of real food, but it wasn't so bad. The beer had no head and little carbonation, with a medium body. There were hints of nutmeg. As the beer warmed, the flavor turned more toward sour apple, and it began to smell strongly of rice and (was I imagining things?) onions. Ice cold, this was the best gluten-free beer I've tried so far. Closer to room temperature, when its true colors came through, it was a struggle to swallow.
Finally, Red Bridge by Anheuser-Busch. This is probably the most widely-available gluten-free beer; it's the only one in the refrigerator at my grocery store. Red Bridge tastes an awful lot like Budweiser. This is not a good thing. It's coppery and thin with no aftertaste. It's just a background lager: it gives you calories and alcohol, but doesn't make a statement. This is no replacement for Sierra Nevada or Sam Adams Boston Lager, but while it is not good, it also is not gross, and that makes it the best of the gluten-free beers I tried. If you really, really want a beer for the tailgate party, Red Bridge is drinkable, but it's nothing to get excited about.
I don't like wine very much and I'm not going to switch to hard liquor, so until somebody comes out with a worthwhile gluten-free beer, I'll be drinking more tea in the evenings. Seriously, brewers, the field is wide open. There is no widely-available, enjoyable gluten-free beer, and there are a lot of Celiacs. The first brewery to corner the gluten-free market will make a boatload. Hell, I'm tempted to buy a bag of sorghum, head out to the garage, and give it a try myself.
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White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has killed more than one million bats across the northeast and mid-Atlantic United States during the past four years and continues unchecked. Bats with WNS may exhibit a white fungus that is found around the muzzle, ears, or wings of affected individuals. Other bat symptoms include moving to the entrance of the caves and often coming out of the caves and flying around in the middle of the day during winter months. Bats displaying this abnormal behavior have reduced fat reserves. Although it is normal for bats to occasionally interrupt their winter roosting, they are not equipped to withstand the drain on their fat reserves resulting from flying more often and during the day, a behavior thought to be caused by the irritation of the fungus. Many bats are non-responsive and many have been found dead both inside and outside caves.
Bats affected by WNS are basically starving to death, but scientists don't know what is triggering the starvation. Studies are under way to determine if the bats are going into hibernation underweight or if they lose their body fat at an accelerated rate during hibernation. If bats lose more body fat than normal during hibernation, they do not have the energy reserves to survive until spring. If they are going into hibernation underweight, scientists will explore the possible reasons for this.
In general, bats are very guarded. Thus we have limited knowledge of where bats roost in Colorado. Roosts in caves and mines with moist, cool conditions are of highest risk for WNS.
The BLM Colorado Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) database has about 3,200 recorded sites. These sites are estimated to have more than 5,000 features such as adits, shafts, prospects, etc. Typically, BLM Colorado does not inventory mines for bats unless we plan to complete a mine closure for public safety. Most of the bat data collected for BLM Colorado was provided through the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and was for openings that are now closed or bat gated.
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The discussion surrounded the indoor arena building and a smaller building that would be attached to the main building. An estimate of building costs was presented, and when all the costs were totaled, that total was $892,913. This estimate is a very rough guess as to the construction costs, and is hard to pinpoint more closely due to the rapid increase in the costs of building materials. The measurements of the buildings are 150 X 250 for the large building, and 50 X 150 for the smaller building.
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Half, or 51%, of companies say most of their construction projects (at least 60%) will be certified as green by 2015, up from 28% in 2012 and 13% in 2009, according to a study that finds saving money — not the planet — is their primary motive.
"It's a business decision," says Harvey Bernstein of McGraw Hill Construction, which released the report Tuesday in San Francisco as the U.S. Green Building Council's annual Greenbuild conference got underway. The council is a private, non-profit group that certifies projects via its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program.
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"It's really shifted," Bernstein says, noting the top reason to build green three years ago was to do "the right thing" whereas now it's to meet client/market demand and to lower operating costs. He cites another shift, too, as more companies build green to improve indoor air quality and thus the health and productivity of occupants.
A second new report sees a similar boom in green building — but not in LEED certification. In its 2012 survey of corporate executives, Turner Construction finds 90% are committed to eco-friendly construction, primarily to lower maintenance costs (84%) and improve indoor air quality (74%.) Yet the percentage "extremely or very likely" to certify their projects with LEED is now 48%, down from 53% in 2010 and 61% in 2008.
"Many believe they don't need LEED anymore," says Michael Deane of New York-based Turner Construction, which has used the program to certify up to 98% of its projects. He says survey participants cite the costs and staff time involved as the biggest factors. The LEED process, which requires inspections and extensive documentation, can cost thousands of dollars.
"There has been some frustration with LEED over the past few years," says Nadav Malin, president of Building Green, a consulting and publishing firm that writes a LEED user's guide. He says it has been cumbersome and slow to adjust, but he welcomes stricter rules that council members will vote on next year.
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GraffiatoTop Chef All-Stars runner-up Mike Isabella opened Graffiato, an Italian-inspired restaurant in DC's Chinatown in 2011. Make sure you check out the second floor's ham bar -- 6 seats that face the kitchen where you can watch prosciutto being prepared to perfection. 960 1280
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The Green River Community Center/Boys and Girls Club will host Summer School of Rock Summer Camp through June from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the center. Monday will be sports day and Fridays are service projects and water games. Each day's activities will begin at 9 a.m.
Also daily, from 2-5 p.m. Informed Teens will be held, with UHC book club at 5 p.m. on Monday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m., there will be 4-H activities. On June 11, the sport will be archery, on June 18 it will be Zumba, and on June 25 the sport will be soccer. Another special activity will be bingo on June 27.
Monday through Friday from 3-5 p.m. Sixth Gear skating will be held. On June 14 at 3 p.m. movies will be shown and on June 21 at 3 p.m., there will be a Power Hour party.
The Friends of the Green River Positive Action Community Team announce the sponsorship of the summer food program to be facilitated at the Community Center/Boys and Girls Club of Green River. Free meals will be available to attending children.
In accordance with federal law and USDA policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call 800-795-3272 or 202-720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Meals will be served at the Community Center/Boys and Girls Club of Green River in the Kid's Cafe through Aug. 22, in partnership with the summer food program Monday through Friday (except July 4 and 24) at the following times: morning snack-8:45-9 a.m. and lunch from noon-12:30 p.m. Dinner will be served in partnership with the Utah Food Bank Kid's Cafe from 4-4:30 p.m.
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-GW2: empty chat channels, no real sense of anything going on at all, not even any guild recruitment really. GW2 fanbois in every thread screaming about the game and trashing others, and generally just a shit community. Most people don't even bother rezzing in events, even though it's pitifully easy.
-SOME aspects of LOTRO: this is really an odd choice, I know, but there seemed to be a lot of holier-than-thou but really ignorant asshats that I encountered who wanted to seem knowledgable and just looked like idiots. However, there are a lot of gems there as well.
-AoC. It's toned down a lot, but it used to be dreadful.
-Mortal Online: I met a lot of really helpful people there. Shame the game wasn't really up to scratch.
-Allods beta, pre cash shop: it was like classic WoW (knowing the guilds, people etc who were pretty beeft), but a lot better and nicer.
-Fallen Earth pre-CS: generally nice people, good PvP.
RIFT was a *crushing* disappointment; a shallow, loveless, generic MMO the likes of which hasn't been seen in a P2P format since, well, forever.
Eagerly awaiting: World of Darkness, ArcheAge.
I know the OP didnt want older MMOs but I agree with others here that they are stil lbeing played so they coun just as much...That being said the best 3 I see today are:
1. Ryzom...Friendly, helpful and make you feel wanted
2. EQ...Even though the game has aged the community is still pretty friendly here
3. Atlantica Online....SOlid community where you can actually still sell your stuff
The worst:
1. WoW...Not even close...Horrible community
2. Runescape....Another one full of alot of immature jerks
3. Path of Exile...Something about these Diablo ripoffs that bring out the worst in its player base....Game hasn't even been released yet and already one of the worst.
Best: EvE, UO, FFXIV
Worst: GW2, WOW, SWTOR.
"Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge."
"The idea behind the tuxedo is the woman's point of view that men are all the same; so we might as well dress them that way. That's why a wedding is like the joining together of a beautiful, glowing bride and some guy"
"In over 10 years on playing MMOs, Guild Wars 2 has by FAR the most amazing community I've ever had the privilage of being a part of."
I wouldn't be at all surprised if getting rid of a lot of the "the other players are the enemy" features e.g. having separate resource nodes, not having players competing to kill the same mobs for a quest etc, makes a huge difference. If you want a social game then other players should never be the enemy unless they're supposed to be.
In no particular order:
Best: Ultima Online, Final Fantasy XI, EVE Online.
Worst: World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 1 (haven't played 2 yet), EVE Online.
Originally posted by Gorwe
It is peculiar how GW 2 has Split Community here...
Guild Wars 1 Community is one of the best. Such is price of popularity I guess...
From my experience with GW1, the community was full of immature players. When I started my first character and asked for a person to party up to get the res signet (Prophecies campaign), someone joined but as soon as we left town left the party. Lot's of immature chat going on too.
Best: FFXI, Everquest, .....can't think of another good community
Worst: WoW, FFXIV, anything else I have played since WoW
MMOs can only have communities if they are challenging and force people to work togather to accomplish something that they could not do on their own. I don't know of a single MMO that still does that.
Best: EQ, Vanguard
Worst: WoW, Vindictus, and any other game that allows you to solo
BEST Communities: LOTRO and GW2
Worst Communities: WOW, EVE, any full loot pvp MMO and any P2W MMO
Games like SWTOR and AoC kind of fit in the middle. With SWTOR leaning to the worst side and AoC to the better side. STO seemed to have a decent community when I tried it in F2P.
Best - EVE, LOTRO
Worst - GW2, SWTOR
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I have no best and worst. I tend to socialise both in guild and randomly with whoever I meet in games. Most of the time I also keep an eye on general chat channels , especially during crafting etc. I meet both great ppl and asses in every MMO. And I see annoying behaviour but also always very helpfull ppl. Regardless of popularity, payment model and how old the MMO is.
A difference that I do notice is that when there is a lot of trolling in general chat, the help usually turns to private msges. I can tell from when I have questions about things. But this is all from personal experience of course.
It might make a difference that I don't really expect much when there is so many people. You always get some annoying behaviour when many ppl are around imo, It only takes a few ppl to make it noticable. MMO's are not different in this.
I'm looking for one because I've been in only one or two communities for the past couple of years.
Anything by GameDP
"What's up with this? I try to be a nice guy, all I ask for in return's help. When my plans work and ur crying, I'll be laffin!"
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And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed:
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!"
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Based on my experience with other players on my server...
The above average: EQ2(2005-2008), Vanguard, Planetside
Far below average: Mortal Online and EvE
Aion, Rift, SWTOR, and other have been typically average and because there isn't really much (features) that is community drivien it can't exceed that flat threshold. If there were such things it might mean it would be above or below average based on what the players do with it. MO and EvE, players are cutthroat RPG-PvPers and so they abuse the community to their advantage. Where the game is more PvE centered or PvP is cooperative, the community has the potential to be better.
Curious, why did the OP delete his/her account?
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It's the rebirth of this nearly 3 year old thread i never participated in: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/246625/page/1 So, to give more spice to the topic, because i have a feeling most of you will refernce EVE or LOTRO (and WOW), what are the 3 best and worst communities you're seen in mmos? WARNING: Because i also know many of you will say the older mmorpgs like UO, EQ, DAOC, SWG, etc, i'm talking about the mmorpgs of today's time, being it AAA, indie, whatever, like Rift, SWTOR, FE, etc (probably the post-WOW mmos). I understand the older times might have been beter, but this is nowadays. Sorry
worst communites???
#1. easily indeed WOW
#2. EVE Online ofc, with the paranoid background checking for spies/thiefs + the horrific self-proclaimed elitist players on 1 side (the big alliances directors + CEO's) and Goons on the other side.
no #3 for me.
"going into arguments with idiots is a lost cause, it requires you to stoop down to their level and you can't win"
I must say I always play on RP servers (if possible), so there might be some differences in experiences.
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"We need men who can dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
And for MMORPGs ever so true...
I just can't help but regard anything that mentions WoW or GW2 as either best or worst communities as nothing more than a pissing contest between WoW fans vs GW2 fans. This is because neither of those 2 games have the best or the worst communities. They have communities that is overall average and have a large diversity of players.
Only games that truely have terrible communities are pvp server players on AoC and APB.


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Canada wins first match at European Continental Cup
KETTERING, England – Canada defeated Azerbaijan 25-17, 25-18, 25-12 on Thursday morning in consolation playoff action at the inaugural 11-country European Continental Cup sitting volleyball tournament.
It was Canada's first victory at the tournament after going 0-5 in round robin action. With the win the Canadians remain in contention for ninth place.
"We responded well today with our win against Azerbaijan,'' said Canada's head coach Ian Halliday of Calgary. ''We played consistently better as team for the full three sets and as a result we were rewarded. We now need to build off of our performance today and prepare for our final match against Kazakhstan tomorrow."
The Canadian team members are: Jason Naval of Toronto, Douglas Learoyd and Mikael Bartholdy of Calgary, Austin Hinchey and Chad Drummond of Edmonton, Larry Matthews and David Marchand of St. Albert, Alta., Eric Dechaine of St. Lina, Alta., Jose Rebelo of St-Hubert, Que., and Gregory Stewart of Kamloops, Alta.
The staff members are: Ian Halliday, head coach; Raymond Sewell, assistant coach; Kerry MacDonald, head of delegation and Hilary Beck, athletic therapist – all from Calgary,
The European Continental Cup is the biggest and most important event in the sport before the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
It is also Canada's last major competition prior to the ParaPan Am Games in Mexico in November which is the Olympic qualifying event.
Tournament website: http://www.volleyballengland.org/ECVD-Continental-Cup-2011/fixtures-and-results.php


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Richard Parkinson, curator, British Museum
Reading an ancient poem is often a difficult experience, and academic traditions do not always help.
The Tale of The Eloquent Peasant, was written in Egypt around 1850 BC and is a darkly passionate work, concerning a peasant's quest for justice after his goods are stolen. But its elaborate style has made many academics regard it as simply a source of ancient words/vocabulary and grammar and not as a poetic work of art.
So once, when teaching a class in Germany, I was struck that when I asked 'what does this verse of poetry mean?' a student replied 'it is a perfective verb-form'. Which is an important fact, of course, but it is not the total meaning of the poetry (and not at all the answer I was looking for!).
Last year I published a new commentary on The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant to try and encourage a deeper engagement with the poetry. As well as notes on its construction and language, I included, among other things, pictures.
In the poem, the peasant hero is beaten with a stick of iser, 'tamarisk'. It is a minor detail, unless you visualise the shrub as you read, and remember both that it is very whippy and that it grows everywhere on river banks. The poet uses this particular plant to characterise the action as not only highly sadistic but also opportunistic: the villain grabs whatever is to hand to attack the hero. Everywhere in the poem, a concrete visualisation of the imagery allows the reader to realise the vivid interconnectedness of the poet's thought.
The new commentary also placed text, translation and all the notes on a single page to help the process of reading as a single integrated experience: the reader does not have to flick between different sections for comments on the grammar, historical allusions, or possible meanings. Everything the reader needs appears together in one glance, and I look forward to seeing if this has worked for students when I take up a new job teaching Egyptology in Oxford.
The ability of the poem to still speak to audiences is nowhere better sensed than in the mesmeric prize-winning film of Shadi Abd el-Salam (1970), recently restored by the World Cinema Foundation, and they have generously allowed us to include an image of the actor Ahmed Marei as the frontispiece.
This is a gesture towards the humanity of the original — a reminder that the poem was written by an individual for his contemporaries (and not for Egyptologists). This may even be the first time that an Egyptological commentary on a literary text has included a photograph of a living person. And this living and subtle work of art gained new resonance with the Egyptian revolution of 2011. As author Ahdaf Soueif noted then, it represents an Egyptian tradition of non-violent protest against any abuse of authority, and it is, in the words of Shadi Abd el-Salam, 'a cry for justice, a cry that persists throughout the ages'.'
Find out more about the Reading Ancient Egyptian poems research project
Filed under: Collection, Egypt and Sudan, Research, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Poetry


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The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
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Amber is fossilized resin from ancient plants, especially coniferous trees. Tens of millions of years ago, if the conditions were right, this sticky resin would become encased in earth and gradually become fossilized. Resin that has not completely fossilized is called copal.
Sometimes leaves, bits of wood, and even the whole bodies of insects would be trapped along with the resin. Pieces of amber with the intact remains of ancient insects or other small organisms are rare and highly valued. More than 1,000 extinct species have been identified in amber.
Jewelry and History
Amber is translucent and range in color from dark brown to a light lemon yellow. It is very soft, with a hardness of 2.5 on the Mohs Scale, and it can be scratched easily. Jewelry with amber cabochons should be worn with care to prevent damage to the stones.
Amber has been used as jewelry for thousands of years. Homer mentions amber jewelry—earrings and a necklace of amber beads—as a princely gift in The Odyssey. Amber can be burned, and this produces a strong aroma the ancient Germans used as incense; they called it bernstein, or "burn stone." Clear, colorless amber was considered the best material for rosary beads in the Middle Ages due to its smooth, silky feel.
Today, two main sources of amber are the Baltic Sea and the Dominican Republic. Amber from the Baltic states is older, but amber from the Dominican Republic is more likely to have insect inclusions.


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|Anna Feldman
|Montclair State University
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Applied Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Language Acquisition
|Selected Publications:
|Anna Feldman and Xiaofei Lu (eds.) (2007). Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Approaches to Figurative Language. Rochester, NY: The Association for Computational Linguistics.
Anna Feldman and Katya Arshavskaya (2007). English and Russian event annotation. Annotating Variation and Change: Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English, Vol. 1, Meurman-Solin, Anneli and Arja Nurmi (eds.)
* Anna Feldman. Book Review. Computational Linguistics: Models, Resources, Applications. To appear in Computational Linguistics, 32(3).
* Anna Feldman, Jirka Hana, and Chris Brew. A cross-language approach to rapid creation of new morpho-syntactically annotated resources. To appear in Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2006). Genoa, Italy.
* Jirka Hana, Anna Feldman, Luiz Amaral, and Chris Brew. Tagging Portuguese with a Spanish Tagger Using Cognates. To appear in Proceedings of the Workshop on Cross-language Knowledge Induction hosted in conjunction with the 11th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL-2006). Trento, Italy.
* Anna Feldman, Jirka Hana, and Chris Brew. Experiments in cross-language morphological annotation transfer. In Proceedings of Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing, CICLing, A. Gelbukh (editor), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
* Anna Feldman, Jirka Hana, and Chris Brew. `Buy one, get one free or what to do when your linguistic resources are limited'. To appear in the Proceedings of the third international seminar on Computer Treatment of Slavic and East-European Languages, Slovko 2005. Bratislava, Slovakia.
* Jirka Hana, Anna Feldman, and Chris Brew. A Resource-light Approach to Russian Morphology: Tagging Russian using Czech resources. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) 2004. Barcelona. Spain.
* Jirka Hana and Anna Feldman. Portable Language Technology: Russian via Czech. In Proceedings of the 2004 Midwest Computational Linguistics Colloquium. Bloomington. Indiana.
* Stefan Dy\\l a and Anna Feldman. On Comitative Constructions in Polish and Russian. To appear in Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Formal Description of Slavic Languages. Leipzig, 2003.
* Anna Feldman. On S-Coordination and Plural Pronoun Constructions. In Balkan and Slavic Linguistics, vol.2, ed. Daniel E. Collins and Andrea D. Sims, OSU, 2003.
* Anna Feldman. Kim and Sandy, Kim with Sandy, Just Me or Both of Us? In the Proceedings of ESSLLI 2002, Trento, Italy.
* Anna Feldman. On NP-coordination. The UiL OTS Yearbook. Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2002
* Anna Feldman. Comitative and Plural Pronoun Constructions.In the Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Israel Association of Theoretical Linguistics, held at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, June 11-12, 2001.
* Anna Feldman. Book review. Bresnan, Joan. Lexical Functional Syntax. Oxford: Balckwell Publishers. Linguist List 12.2230
* Anna Feldman. Discourse Markers - Accessing 'Hearer-Old' Information: the Case of Russian Z^e. In Proceedings of the XXVII LACUS Forum held at Rice University, Houston, Texas, July 25-29, 2000 (Speaking and Comprehending) Edited by Ruth M.Brend, Alan K.Melby and Arle R. Lommel, pp.186-201
* Anna Feldman. Discourse Markers: Codification of Hearer-Old Information. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. M.A. thesis. 1999.
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