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Lies and Other Parasites on Truth
Just like Darwinian evolution, this process cannot be reduced to a single level, flatland cosmology, on pain of rendering the whole cosmic system nonsensical. For example, to place humans and animals on the same level merely obliterates the space where truth can be known, and a truth-bearing animal is infinitely higher than one without this capacity. Looked at this way, the distance between man and animals is as discontinuous as the gap between truth and falsehood, since no animal can know truth. Darwinists may insist that apes gradually shade off into humans, but a lie doesn't gradually shade off into the truth, so the distance between man and apes is likewise infinite.
As a matter of fact, the lie is obviously entirely parasitic upon the truth, whereas truth is independent and autonomous, and is by no means dependent upon the lie. It stands alone and endures, even if not a single human being believes it. But a lie can only exist if someone knows the truth. Therefore, a liar is someone who knows truth but places other things above it.
For example -- and I don't want to get sidetracked, so this will be brief -- if you watched any of the Democrat infomercial last night, you could see how much of it revolved around truths that are known but must be denied. Looked at this way, a lie is just an inverse way of illuminating a truth. It is a kind of "luminous darkness."
The PowerLine boys addressed this subject, noting that Michelle Obama's speech "all but shouted: We are normal! We are like you!" The whole exercise was a result of the urgent need to remake her into someone who wasn't ashamed of her country until a few months ago. That wasn't the Michelle Obama I know, the one who bitterly clings to her dreary leftist ideology and paranoid church.
When someone is shouting at you for no apparent reason that they are patriotic and normal and just like you!, you can probably take it to mean that they are anything but -- that their words are simultaneously concealing and conveying the opposite sentiment.
I'm very accustomed to this sort of thing in conducting psychological evaluations, during which you must always assess a patient's credibility for the quality of information they are providing you. (Yes, you too can earn cash money by developing your very own bullshit detector!) In that case, if the patient starts insisting upon how abnormal they are before their seat is even warm, that's usually a clue that you're dealing with a malingerer. The craziest people often don't even feel their craziness; rather, you feel it for them. In other words, mind parasites, by their very nature, are projected into other people, and you can feel the projection when it's taking place (this is called "projective identification").
Anyway, once you realize that truth is both higher and discontinuous (if you try to understand it from the bottom up), the whole materialistic paradigm -- including Darwinism -- falls apart. Let's even accept at farce value the Darwinist's claim that the human being has evolved toward Truth. If that is true, then we can never embrace the sterile idea that evolution "ain't goin' nowhere."
Rather, if truth exists and humans may know it, then evolution can be nothing less than a gradual unveiling of reality. And this unveiling is synonymous with what is called the spiritual ascent. Evolution = the irreducibly spiritual ascent into higher degrees of reality. In so doing, the nonlocal ladder is anterior to us, even though we must paradoxically build the local rungs as we make the climb.
Darwinists claim that "all is flux" and that is surely a partial truth. But to make such a banal claim is to insist that at least one thing is not subject to change, and that is the truth that "all is flux." And once you realize the full implications of this, then you understand -- well, as Petey expressed it in a koan the other day, you understand that Man is a diaphanous / gem of light suspended on / a fine web of truth.
Now, you may ask yourself: why is Bob bringing this up today? I thought we were talking about Hitler. Then we're suddenly talking about the Beatles. What's going on here? This is not my beautiful post.
Right. Your point is well taken. As I have mentioned, Hitler & His God spends the first 522 pages discussing the Nazi phenomenon from every possible conventional angle, before making a sort of discontinuous leap, at which point it looks to the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo to make sense of it all.
Why are people so fascinated by World War II in general and Hitler in particular? I think part of the reason is that it is a kind of numinous experience to contemplate that level of evil, which "surpasses" (I suppose "subpass" would be a better term) all our faculties.
Remember, "numinous" does not necessarily have positive connotations, for it mainly signifies confrontation with an object that is strange, mysterious, and "other." An encounter with God is always numinous, but so too is a brush with Death. For those of you who have lost a loved one, you are familiar with that experience of being ushered into an eery, numinous space. People are simultaneously attracted to, and repelled by, this space. It is why, for example, we enjoy horror movies. Much of the romantic movement was explicitly infatuated with Death, which I suppose is why so many of those poet-johnnies committed suicide. Will will know.
During the course of 522 pages, Van Vrekhem provides the testimony of any number of historians, who have conceded that, in the end, Hitler and Nazism simply exceed our ability to understand them. On the one hand, history is there to teach us "what happened." And yet, in this case, we can know exactly what happened "on the surface," and yet, don't truly understand it at all. I'm guessing that there are more books on Hitler and World War II than most any other subjects, and yet, what do we really know?
Van Vrekhem begins with the modest proposal that in attempting to wrap out minds around an "effect" of such magnitude, there must be a cause of equal magnitude. Looked at this way, then Hitler can't possibly be explained by such comparatively trivial causes as resentment over the Treaty of Versaille, or economic hardship, or even rabid nationalism. Any number of countries have been humiliated in war, but they don't start putting people in ovens to cope with their bruised feelings.
So we are confronted with a mystery. Yesterday I was attempting to use an experience-near example to talk about another mystery, that being the obvious discontinuity between even the greatest virtuoso and the true genius. Genius clearly transcends mere virtuosity, and can never be reduced to it. Rather, the musical genius partakes of and transmits a kind of palpable mystery, through which we may have the experience of entering a higher world that is shockingly different from the ordinary musical space. As a number of people pointed out, one can say the same of Van Gogh's paintings. If you are open to them, they truly are shocking, even breathtaking. Why is that? How can that be?
In my opinion, it is because Van Gogh introduces us to the real world. His paintings are particularly vivid examples of how great art is not on the same plane as "reality," and surely not a lower dimensional representation of it. Rather, it is a higher dimensional representation, so to speak. Yes, Van Gogh was an artist, but he was also a seer, or perhaps you might say a "visual prophet," just as Beethoven was an "aural prophet," transmitting information about higher spaces with pure sound. Again, how can such a thing be possible? What kind of cosmos is this, anyway?
Back to Hitler. To begin at the end, Van Vrekhem demonstrates how Hitler's ideology was in many cases a mirror image of Sri Aurobindo's evolutionary philosophy. Again, I don't want to get sidetracked, but I don't think it would be particularly difficult for some enterprising theologian to recast Christianity in evolutionary terms. In fact, I am quite sure it's already been done, not just by Teilhard de Chardin, but, for example, by this guy, about whom I know nothing.
I don't intend any scurrilous attacks on Darwinism, but Van Vrekhem quotes one prominent Nazi who said that National Socialism is applied biology. Think about that for a moment. If someone is foolish enough to believe that biology reveals the truth of man, then exactly what prevents him from drawing the ultimate implications from this: that nothing is absolute and everything is permitted?
It doesn't bother me that simpleminded Darwinists such as Queeg exist. What I do mind is that they try to pretend they're something other than what they are, which is intellectual barbarians. Such offenses must come, but we don't need to participate in their absurd self-flattery to the effect that the lower one falls, the higher one is. These liztards all clamor to the bottom, proud to declare the truth of no-truth, the virtue of indecency, and the beauty of ugliness.
Again, the Lie is parasitic on Truth. That's just how it is. As a result, you might very well say, "the greater the Truth, the bigger the Lie." But conversely, you might also say, "the bigger the Lie, the greater the Truth it is attempting to deny and conceal." Feel free to take this as a metaphor, so long as you understand its higher truth: Satan is first and foremost a parasite on Truth, Light and Beauty. Second, little parasites are everywhere. Oh, and you can learn a lot about God from a demon like Hitler.
In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility. --Adolf Hitler
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If there's one thing we humans were made for, it's consumption. The eco-minded among us like to pretend this isn't true, because it makes us feel inherently guilty for living. Well, get over it! You're here, you're human, so unless you're Don Schrader, whip out your pocketbook, because you'll probably need it to survive in our little society. But this doesn't mean that you have to spend your money like a hog-wild lunatic, or that you have to do it in the dark. In the following pages you will find plenty of recommendations from your kindly neighbors, who took the time to let you know about the best places in our quirky city to shop, be it something as necessary as a comfortable place to clean your clothes, or as utterly self-indulgent as the best place to get your legs waxed. Whether you're a live-by-the-land kind of girl, or a self-conscious lad with a hole in his pocket, here are the Burque favorites, so when you do choose to spend your cash, you do it well.
Have you checked out this eye-popping new place in Nob Hill? Abode is packed full of hip furniture in styles you definitely won't find anywhere else in Albuquerque. The store also features lots of knick knacks that you'll really, really want but might not actually need—things like designer bedding, fancy candles, and flavored cocktail and rimming sugars. Very cool stuff.
Second place went to Elsa Ross for its spectacular selection of high fashion for women. Third went to Hey Jhonny for its unbelievable array of Asian knick knacks. Fourth went to Objects of Desire.
The adult emporium at Castle got quite a few votes. (Those inflatable sheep are expensive, but we've found them to be extremely durable.)
It's big. It's bad. And it's totally independent. The Northeast Heights literary fixture gets the prize this year for being the best place to shop for new books in all of Albuquerque. The wine bar and café probably help, too.
Second place went to the equally big, bad and independent Bound To Be Read, which also has a comfortable café. Bookworks, the little bookstore that could, gets third place. Bibles Plus got one vote. Another vote went to, "OK, so I'm a bad person and the local places are too far ..."
You're going to hell, buddy.
Page One Too, the massive used bookstore across the street from Page One proper, won this category by a landslide. Certainly in terms of the pure mass of books on its shelves, Page One Too is tough competition. Title Wave also has a pretty meaty catalog of used books on display. It got second place. Third went to Birdsong, a used bookstore located just west of UNM that seems to get better every year. Nob Hill's old reliable, The Book Stop, came in close behind in fourth. Several voters pointed out that the sale held by the Main Library Downtown is one of the best places in Albuquerque to pick up cheap used books.
To our mind, this one seems indisputable. Have you been to the children's section at Bound To Be Read? It's like a little world unto itself. We can't imagine a better place in town to convince youngsters of the joys of reading.
Second place went to Page One. Third went to Bookworks. Birdsong and Title Wave both got several well-deserved votes as well.
A couple scroogy bastards decided to share their words of wisdom on this subject. "I'd just take the little shits to the library," said one crabby jerk. Another suggested that "children shouldn't be allowed in public until they reach the age of 40." Here's hoping neither of you make the mistake of breeding.
The best all-round local bookstore goes to Page One this year in a total landslide. Whether you're shopping for magazines, calendars, knick knacks, software or good old ordinary tried and true books, Alibi readers think Page One is the place to go. Second place went to Bound To Be Read. Third went to Bookworks. Fourth went to Bird Song. Title Wave got plenty of votes, too, as did the Book Stop in Nob Hill.
Natural Sound has been an institution in this city for years. It ain't the biggest store in our little village, but its employees know more about the music they peddle than most DJs. It's a great browsing store, and it's got a fantastic selection of CDs by local bands, too.
Second went to Charley's, another staple of musical life in Burque. Third went to Flipside.
Natural Sound comes out ahead in this category as well—not too surprising considering how much the store has to recommend itself. Best of all, consider the trio of stereos at the back of the store, where you can listen to a stack of used CDs so you'll know before you whip out your wallet that what you're buying is what you actually want.
Second place went to the the Northeast Heights' Charley's. Third went to Mecca. Flipside and Krazy Kat got plenty of votes. Page One Too got a bunch of votes as well.
Old school, boy-ee. If you've still got a turntable, you know there's no sweeter musical experience on Earth than can be found when the diamond tip of a needle digs into those vinyl grooves. Most Alibi readers went with Mecca once again, although Charley's was in a close second.
Krazy Kat got third. There were lots of votes for L.A. Underground and Flipside as well.
As mentioned above, Natural Sound might well be the best place in town to pick up CDs from local music stars. If you see 'em on stage at the Launchpad or the Atomic, there's always a possibility you'll find their discs at Natural Sound.
Second place went to Hastings, for some reason we don't quite understand. Third place went to Mecca.
According to this year's voters, Alphaville has a broader selection of hard-to-find vids than any other store in town. Looking for some obscure long-lost silent masterpiece from the 1890s, or an equally obscure documentary about the early days of punk? Well, y'ain't gonna find it at Blockbuster, but there's a damn good chance you'll find it here.
Burning Paradise, the relative newcomer located just west of Downtown, gets a well-deserved second place this year. Hollywood Video gets third.
Yeah, Alphaville, of course. Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, the Nob Hill store won this category by a landslide. Looking for some obscure Portuguese horror flick from the '70s? Well, good luck finding it at a corporate chain rental joint. Of course, if you're looking for 200 copies of Spider Man 2 all in one convenient location, then you know where to go.
Burning Paradise got second. Hastings, the bastion of foreign cinematic achievement, got third.
The big BP takes home the gold in this category. If you've never been to this place, you've got to check it out. It's funky, hip and a great place to pick up difficult-to-find DVDs.
Good old trusty Alphaville got second. So far, all of this makes sense, right? But then Netflix got third. Netflix? Hey, people, what part of "Best of Burque" don't you understand? Why I oughta ...
Some things never go out of style. There are very few places in town quite as nifty as Buffalo Exchange. According to this year's voters, they've got more sweet used crap on their racks than any other store. If you want any old pair of jeans, just by 'em new at Mervyns. If you want to strut some stylish denim that's worn just so in all the right places, then get thee to the Exchange.
Second place goes to Thrifttown, which is so freakin' huge you can fit the whole damn city in there at the same time and still have room to salsa. Third went to Saver's.
Lots of voters were eager to point out that a great place to pick up cool used stuff is the Assistance League of Albuquerque Bargain Box. Several also mentioned old standards like Goodwill and the Salvation Army.
Yep, not surprising considering all the fine Buffalo Exchange qualities we pointed out above. Want some great one-of-a-kind duds? This year's voters point you in the direction of the Buffalo Exchange.
The funky costume and vintage store Off Broadway got enough votes to place second. Sparky's Trading Post got third.
Fans of this store don't just say the name. They act it out as if they're softcore porn stars on an after-midnight Cinemax flick. "Ooh! Aah! Baby!" Yes, most voters believe that if you want to send your mate into an orgasmic fit, don't worry about what you're doing under the sheets. Just head over to Ooh Aah Jewelry and fork out for a piece of cool jewelry. That's better than good sex any day of the week, and it lasts one hell of a lot longer, too.
Matí got second this year. IMEC in Nob Hill scored third.
Nothing says "enchantment" like a sassy coyote T-shirt bought at the airport minutes before boarding an outbound plane. Not to be outdone, Bernalillo's Jackalope offers tourists a selection of terra cotta strawberry pots so enormous that they require an additional plane ticket to get home. For those intrepid travelers who insist on the "authentic experience," you recommend the Flea Market at Expo New Mexico, where you can shop for fruit, illegal switchblades and frightening religious art all in one convenient location. Tchotchkies also abound at random gas stations and your neighborhood Walgreens.
The Duke City has a sizable population of gothic guys, punk rockers and hot rod hooligans, so it's no surprise that Free Radicals got the most votes in this category. The fact that the place is swarming with gorgeous, punky-colored women probably doesn't hurt either. The close proximity to UNM and a stronghold of modestly priced Levi 501 jeans put the Lobo Men's Shop in at a solid second place. Hipster dudes love Sparky's Trading Co., whose collection of designer threads from the likes of Paul Frank, Ben Sherman, Diesel and Von Dutch nabbed an oh-so-comfortable third place. Props to national stores Dillards, Men's Wearhouse and Men's Express for being cheap and man-friendly.
Vive la boutique! For the first time ever, local specialty clothes shops have snatched up the top three spaces in this category with enough zeal to rival Betsy Johnson at a sample sale. Working girls with a naughty streak love the freaky, affordable fashions at Free Radicals. Girly-girls go to Elsa Ross for fashion-forward jeans, flirty tops and hot gossip. Jack Flash and Ruby Shoesday recently regrouped to form an Uber-Ruby Shoesday, where glamour girls go for Manolo Blahniks and other haute stuff. Department stores like Dillards and Foley's get a superlative nod from our female fashionistas.
"That's a wife question," penned one respondent. Well, mister, ask any pedo-phile to explain the secret of a great shoe and she'll tell you: a great sale! And at Shoes on a Shoestring they've got it down to a science, dropping the price on each pair like clockwork every month. Downtown's Ruby Shoesday pairs some of the most luxurious footwear in town with more than a few surprising bargains. And, of course, the huge selection at Dillards is topped only by the knowledgeable salespeople who are always willing to take us to the boots that fit our budget. That way, we walk away with enough of our paychecks intact for incidental living expenses. You know, like food and rent.
This year you cast off the shackles of mega-corporate consumerism and put your money where the mom 'n' pops are. Well, sort of. Baillos was popular among Burqueños who love to play with electronics they don't yet own, especially when it comes to Mac computers. When you want to drive a hard bargain on hard drives, you head straight for Sandia Computers. PC Magic Pro came in at a close third, thanks to their huge inventory and super-knowledgeable staff. Enough of you voted for CompUSA, Best Buy and Circuit City to merit a slightly honorable mention.
One forlorn nerd openly wept over the loss of 21st Century Collectibles, while another jaded dweeb wondered, "Who cares? They just keep making movies out of them anyway. ..." No matter, because Astrozombies took first place again this year! They've got the coolest name, the creepiest action figures, and, of course, an ass-load of uncommon comic books and zines. And, as an added bonus, Nob Hill record shop Damaged Goods recently relocated into the Astrozombies space, so now you can snoop out a copy of Ghost World and buy the soundtrack. What's so noble about Noble Collectibles? Nowhere else in the city can you round out your Yu-Gi-Oh! deck, trade in a Red Sox rookie card for the latest Too Much Coffee Man comic, buy a new Xbox game and slurp down bubble tea all at the same time. And that's a fact. A legion of rabid fans voted for Addicted to Comics & Hobbies, proving that, yes, you really can become addicted to comics and hobbies. There was an exact three-way tie for fourth place between Comic Stop, Comic Warehouse and Lobo Anime & Comics. We hope that they'll work it out in a furious all-night LAN party.
Legend has it that American Home Furnishings is haunted. We don't know how or why, but that was the word on our school playgrounds, and that's the story we're sticking to. Maybe it's "haunted" with quality home décor, or perhaps its "ghostly" bargain prices have "possessed" you to shop there time and time again. That's the spooky thing about American Home Furnishings: We'll never really know for sure. When you're in the mood for contemporary Scandinavian, you hit up TEMA on Montgomery. Think of their unique combination of Nordic design and southwestern sensibilities as "New MexIKEAn." Newcomer Abode has made a home in Nob Hill, and a business with fabulous furniture, home accents, and yummy body products. Runners up Nob Hill Furniture and Objects of Desire got lots of love from you homebodies, too.
The perfect day calls for three simple ingredients: A lazy weekend morning, a good New Mexican breakfast and some quality antiquing. And the folks at Morningside Antiques have got you covered for one perfect-ass day. Located minutes from some of our favorite breakfast spots and open every day of the week, few places make rooting through other people's old stuff feel quite so glorious. Head a few blocks east and you'll come across the multi-storied Classic Century Square, home to dozens of dealers with a diverse assortment of collectibles and cool old junk. Hike up the double helix staircase to Luka's Funky Stuff, and you'll swear you died and went to mid-century modern heaven. Antique Specialty Mall, Gertrude Zachary's Secret Antiques, Treasure Hunt Thrift Store and Two Serious Ladies each got exactly the same number of votes, tying them up for fourth place.
If actions speak louder than words, then a bouquet of flowers sings show tunes with big, brassy harmonies. When it's time to say it with flowers, you also trust Melba's to leave a lasting impression. The rest of you arranged yourselves around Tiger Lily, Manning Florists and A Bouquet Boutique, where a petal's worth a thousand words.
Rowland's won by a landslide this year, assuring that they will continue to thrive in the sunshine of Albuquerque's adoration. Plants of the Southwest shot up a notch to second place by pruning away water-hungry lawns in favor of native landscapes. And plant lovers across the city gave a big green thumbs up to Osuna Nursery's hands-on approach to gardening.
When you need some gift-buying inspiration you head straight for Beeps. Their huge selection of nick nacks make finding presents a snap for any occasion, be it bris, birthday or bridal shower. Nearby Hey Jhonny (yeah, that's how they spell it) has enough chic stuff to brighten any Scrooge's day. And for a truly unique experience, you go to Blue Portal, an Old Town shop that specializes in handicrafts made by senior citizen artists. Swing back up to Nob Hill for some globally conscious giving at Peacecraft, and then make one last stop at Papers for—what else?—gift wrapping and cards.
Responses ran the gamut from smut havens ("these people need some fun in their lives") to Banana Republic (for "much-needed wardrobe assistance"). Thankfully, the majority of you rallied for the wacky toys and games at Beeps, books and software from Page One, and two-way communicator pens from International Spy Shop. You can also get your geek on at electronics Meccas Best Buy and CompUSA, or at the slightly subdued Brookstone in Coronado Mall.
Well, a girl's got to get her penis shaped macaroni somewhere. More than a few females on the fringe shop for makeup, clothes and car magazines at Free Radicals, while Martha's Body Bueno and Castle Superstore are in a dead heat for your girl's favorite place to buy warming personal lubricant and X-rated birthday cards. (What's so weird about that?) You said that ladies like to go off the beaten path with Buffalo Exchange's funky recycled fashions, or dip a curious toe into the mall-friendly alternative lifestyles of Hot Topic.
Nothing brings out the kid in you like a trip to Out of the Blue. This "little shop that could" earned your votes with two convenient locations (one in the Heights and one in the Valley), national brand toys, science kits, juggling supplies and more. Second place goes to Larry's Custom Cycles, a toy store for very big kids or the very young at heart. And when you're in Nob Hill, you always stop in at Beeps for a few ironic gizmos. You also mentioned that Astrozombies, Playnix Toys and Castle Superstore have cool stuff to play with. And, yeah, we miss Pick Up Your Toys, too.
Whether you're out for a bitchin' new bass amp or a shiny set of cymbals, the guys over at Grandma's Music & Sound are some of the nicest tone junkies you'll ever encounter. Marc's Guitar Center appeals to both university students and professors, uniting the generations with a little peace, love and pentatonic understanding. Third place winners Baum's Music has been delighting area musicians for nearly 60 years, and with the support of local consumers like you, they'll be around for 60 more.
Maybe it's the friendly service, the enthusiasm at helping beginners pick out their first trumpet, or just the plain ol' great selection of instruments that have already gotten a few years of lovin', but the folks at Music Go Round must be doing something right, because our readers adore them. Hats also go off to Grandma's and Baum's Music, who came in second and third, respectively.
When the sink or washing machine just won't do for those fancy threads of yours, you need a drycleaner, and preferably one you can trust. (There's nothing worse than getting your down comforter back in a clumpy, coagulated mess.) Comet Cleaners has proven their stuff, as has Route 66 Cleaners (second) and The Cleanery (third). Some poor soul also felt obliged to let us know that such topics were "wife stuff." Tsk, tsk, tsk.
There's nothing quite as tedious as waiting around for your laundry to dry, especially when you have to sit around other weary folks waiting for their laundry to dry. So you might as well do it in style. Harold's seems to be the place where the primo crop of Albuquerqueans (Alibi readers, of course) goes to suds up their duds, so you're bound to run into someone you know. Congratulations to Harold's for winning this category for six years in a row. Honestly, no one else even came close. "Wife stuff" partially redeemed himself here by mentioning that he does his own laundry, yet still claims that it's "wife stuff." OK.
Really, is this even a contest? Talin took this one with over 85 percent of the votes. Not to mention that they've won this category for as far back as we can remember. And now that they've upgraded to their five-star digs, there's just no better place to go to find ... well, anything other than cheeseburgers. Café Istanbul and 99B came in with the silver and bronze separated only by one vote.
You need your skin. You really, really need it. And you need to take care of it. So if you decide to add something pretty, or trippy, or some otherwise fantastic piece of art to your already awesome bod, don't just hop over to the first guy you see with a needle. Do your research. But if you're reading this, you're lucky, because now others have done your research for you. Star Tattoo has garnered hundreds of loyal fans, and has won this category four years in a row. Custom Tattoo, Sach's and Route 66 also have very faithful fan bases.
Evolve or perish, or something like that. If your body is going through its own metamorphosis, remember to do it right, and put your flesh in the hands of someone who'll mutate it fashionably, respectfully, and, most importantly, safely. Folks trust Evolution, as well as Star Tattoo and Body Piercing and Sach's.
Albuquerque loves Delana. We've loved her for six years. And, lord knows, you need to love your hairdresser. We'll always remember the one that gave us the best haircut of our lives, and we'll also remember the worst. (You know, the one who inspired you to buy a brand new collection of hats.) Greg at Laru Ni Hati, who won second, also has a loyal following as well as Deborah Morales at Fusion, who won third. A couple folks wanted to let us know that they do pretty well on their own hair. Good for you. Save the 40 bucks and spend it on a nice pair of scissors (and maybe just one more hat). There's also apparently a very hot girl over at Supercuts with a mighty pleased admirer.
Dun-da-da-da! This is a monumental moment. Laru Ni Hati, who has lingered in second and third place for years, has finally broken through to the top. Maybe it's the champagne, it's definitely the truffles, but our stylish readers love this place. Mark Pardo fell into second place this year, and Mar y Sol came in third.
If you're in the mood to treat yourself right, Betty's serves it up like no other. Not to mention that the owner, Elissa Breitbard, helped to found the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance, so going there to get your brows waxed and your body wrapped is really one of the best things you can do to keep your money local. Other winners are Labella Salon in second, Chez D'OR in third, and Indulgences in fourth. (Note that all winners are from Albuquerque, and that a certain wavy Santa Fe establishment is conspicuously absent—way to go Burque!)
Unless Mark Pardo recently hired a wacky plastic surgeon, this really isn't an extreme makeover, now is it? Runnersup were Chez D'OR and Laru Ni Hati, so it looks like people were trying to find an excuse to gush over their favorite salons yet again. Some people got the gist, and listed places like Hermosa Plastic Surgery and Lovelace Cosmetic Surgery (specifically, Dr. Morehouse from Lovelace). Others got confused in this category and thought that we meant places that needed extreme makeovers, which is perhaps what we should have meant, because these were the best answers. Notables include the Albuquerque Westside Animal Shelter, the Pulse's Ladies Room, "where the drag queen's live," and the Alibi Classified Office. A spiritually minded reader responded with "hiking in the Sandias."
Burque really loves a good rub-down. And no one rubs you quite as right as these three folks. If you want your muscles kneaded like some fine, French dough—I don't know why French, but doesn't anything French just sound sexier?—plunk yourself down in front of one them, or one of the other thousand masseuses that garnered points in our survey. One local cheapo said, "Anyone who does it for free."
We may love that new car smell, but we don't always love the new car dealer, especially the ones selling title guarantees. Plenty of people were willing to attest to their good service. Garcia and Melloy also racked up some points. The regular cynics also poked out their heads this year, with entries like "a mute one," "um, one with no car salesman?" and "hah hah hah ..."
This is the only place that gained any significant points this year—so congrats to Cross Country. One reason for this may be that half of Albuquerque seems to buy their used cars from family members.
Finally, the world is waking up and realizing that there's more to health than prescription drugs and the occasional colonoscopy. Albuquerque is a hotbed for alternative health, so there's no excuse to not do some exploring and tap into your natural side. Jinlen seems to have that special touch, as does Dr. Linda Li O.M.D., who came in second.
Holy mackerel, there are a lot of cool things to do in Albuquerque. From jamming out at the Alibi's Fall and Spring Crawls (second place by only one point) to going to the State Fair (third) and the Bernalillo Wine Festival (fourth), it seems that year-round there's something inherently New Mexican just around the corner. Other cool ways to spend your time include Isotopes games, the Fiery Foods Festival, the Greek Festival, the Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Show, Summerfest, Nob Hill Shop and Strolls, New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, Nutcracker on the Rocks, Weems Artfest, the Albuquerque Folk Festival, and, according to one political junkie, Eric Griego's Fundraiser.
Come on, guys, you can't get a little more original than toilet paper? Who wants to rub their bum with a wad of crinkly, inky, escort ads? Ick, no thanks. Other folks kindly suggested using it to start fires, while one sarcastic fellow said "newspaper pile!" Favorites include "dress," "pooper scooper," "pope hat," "party hat for my dog," "piñatas," and "paper maché Día de Los Muertos mask."
Best Esthetician—Janelle Townsley at Fusion
Best Skateboard Shop—Silver Board Skateshop
Best Local Newspaper—Weekly Alibi
Best Actor—Daniel T. Cornish
Best Teacher—Mr. Ian Stamper, seventh grade science, Mountain View Middle School
Best Improv—Gorilla Tango Comedy Theatre
Best Place to Get Harassed if You're Homeless—Downtown
Best Place to Observe the Utter Idiocy of Socialists—Alibi office


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This is the site of the miraculous healing of a paralyzed man by Jesus, as recounted solely in the gospel of John, and also the site of the birth of Mary's mother, "Anne". The grounds contain extensive excavations revealing the original five pools and successive remains of the Byzantine, Crusader and medieval churches built over the pools, as well as water run-off collection systems dating back to the eighth century BCE intended to supply the temple with water. The strata are labeled and color coded and easy to follow, but dwarfing all this is the purest crusader church in the whole country: St. Anne's.
St. Anne's church was built by crusaders on a plot adjacent to that of the Byzantine church destroyed by Hakim (which had a small chapel built over it). Not long afterwards Salah id-Din took over the city, and in 1192 the church was turned into an Islamic school (there is still the opening inscription above the door). In subsequent years the church fell into disuse but miraculously was never destroyed because it made a handy rubbish dump. Thus, it remained until 1856 when the Ottoman government, seeking a way to express gratitude to France for help in the Crimean war, gave her the church. It is still run by French fathers.
The sheep pools were an Aesclepion, a Greek "hospital" based partly on miraculous healing by divine intervention, partly on the merits of seclusion and rest and partly on theories that have of late come into vogue with Jungian Analysts.


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Kyla Quigley's soft, patchwork fabric sculptures depict antlered horses mounted on the walls like trophies. Her glazed terracotta masks represent jesters, seers, demons, and a wolf with a mystical third eye in its forehead. In her paintings, everything radiates halos of glowing rainbow beams. It's all folksy and a bit uncanny. Its charm might be an invitation into a world of rainbow magic or may be camouflaging something a bit sinister.
Two works suggest where she might go next. One is a little altar featuring a candle plus painted clay sculptures of an elfy lady emerging from a stream and a wizard facing off with a dragon. The other is a photo of a sculpture of a grinning coyote, its face painted with a mask of bright reds, turquoises, and greens, loitering amidst real beer cans and a few skulls on the bank of a river. Ms. Quigley presently favors singular pieces, generally animal icons, totems, and spirit masks. There's power in them one by one, but they become more electric and ecstatic as she amasses them in tableaus or shrines.
James Quigley's drawings and screenprints depict psychedelic melting faces, spectral ladies, stoned goons, and sordid demons with heavy metal top hats and long hair drinking, pissing, smoking, flipping the middle finger, and puking flaming eyeballs. One screenprint features a zombie Rambo with a bloody head spiked on the bayonet of his rifle as the American flag waves behind. Below a slogan reads: "Show me your war face."
Quigley fills a wall with dozens of little ink drawings on cardboard of old, naked, fat, wrinkly, pimply louts with large nipples and tiny penises. Some are mutant or mutilated like a bearded guy with one leg, no body, no arms, and a knife stuck in his head. For added flavor, Quigley sometimes adds slogans in crazy hand-drawn lava/vomit fonts.
All of this is in the proud tradition of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth hot rod graphics, badass skateboarding, Garbage Pail Kids, John Kricfalusi's Ren & Stimpy, and posters for various monsters of rock. It's not profound, but his awesome draftsmanship and eye-popping colors are devoted to the simple pleasures of reveling in bad habits, gross bodily fluids, and the deadly sins.
In contrast, Providence artist Marguerite Keyes's exhibit "Shark Gone, Glitter Shine" at the Storefront (186 Carpenter St, Providence, through May 26) is all thoughtful sweetness inspired by adventures with her three-year-old daughter and echoes of her own childhood: "My daughter adores all things pink and glittery. When I was young, I despised pink and ran from glitter. I loved all things green and alive."
Her tiny, delicate sculptures capture moments when natural wonders can feel like magic. She hinges a rock atop a pedestal so you can lift it up to reveal a cavity of earth below and a glistening salamander. Cedar "rocks" hinge open like lockets holding little dioramas with poetic signs. Inside one, a tiny white box with a (model) moth inside is paired with a little sign reading: "My mother tells me that when I was three she found me behind the couch saying a prayer for a dead moth."
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Bessie I. (Steiner) Remington
Blue River-Bessie I. Remington, age 97 of rural Blue River, passed away on Thursday January 31, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Muscoda Wisconsin. She was born on July 2, 1915 in Crawford County. The daughter of Melvin and Molly (Vance) Steiner. She married Keith Remington on October 3, 1937 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Boscobel. He preceded her in death on January 19, 2000.
She is survived by 5 Sons ; Val (Judy) Remington of Muscoda, Richard (Jean) Remington of Janesville, Claire (Myrna) Remington of Lansing Iowa, Ronald (Rose) Remington of New Lisbon, Roger Remington of Blue River. 12 Grandchildren 25 Great-Grandchildren 6 Great-Great-Grandchildren. A sister in law; Katherine Steiner of Blue River. She was preceded in death by her parents, 4 brothers, 1 sister, 1 granddaughter Karen Remington.
Funeral Services will be held on Sunday February 3, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. at the Kendall Funeral Home in Boscobel. Pastor Chuck Miller officiating. Burial in the West Fork Cemetery rural Blue River. Friends may call on Sunday February 3, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. until the time of Service at the Kendall Funeral Home in Boscobel. On line condolence can be sent to www.kendallfuneralservice.com


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Armenia 1908 – United States of America 2002
Gratien Gelinas
Creation Notes: prtd 1974
Materials & Technique: photographs, gelatin silver photograph
'The French–Canadian actor in his favorite character of Fridolin. As the impertinent "Ti-Coq" and the bewildered "Fridolin", this gifted French–Canadian actor-playwright-director has endeared himself to generations of Canadian theatre-goers.' (Karsh)
Born in St-Tite, Quebec, in 1909 and trained as an accountant, Gélinas was vaulted to fame in 1937 through his radio character, Fridolin. The character also launched Gélinas into theatre as the star of comedy revues known as Les Fridolinades, which were huge successes from 1938 to 1946. Fridolin was also the lead role in the 1942 film La Dame aux Camélias, la Vraie, which Gélinas wrote and directed. It was a parody on Dumas's novel and was the first colour talking film made in Canada. He was the co-founder of La Comédie Canadienne in 1957 and in 1969 he was appointed chairman of the Canadian Film Corporation.
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In the past few years, there has been an unusually large number of new sitcoms that have more hype than quality and usually end up disappearing quickly - NBC's "Coupling" is probably the reigning titleholder there, even the company's president said it sucked - and consequently a very low numbers of good shows. Seems like the networks have less faith in their new shows than ever, as well as no idea what to do with them much less how to nurture good shows into long-running successes, and you'll notice that by the fact that 3 of the 4 shows I listed below have had serious programming problems for no good reason except network nincompoopery.
When I think about what's on the air right now, the only new sitcoms of any merit that come to my mind are:
- Scrubs - clever, hilarious show, brilliantly written, no laugh track and consistantly funny, the internal monologue style is enhanced by some inspired quicky dream sequence bits. NBC has monkeyed with its timeslot too many times already but it hopefully will hold its own through that (NBC should certainly have left this on Thursday instead of thinking "The Apprentice" will hold their Thursday night together after it got obliterated on Wednesday);
- Arrested Development - Fox finally has a worthy new sitcom on its hands, another laugh-track-free show often with painfully funny writing, creatively-different foundation ("situation"), and a great ensemble cast led by Jason Bateman, plus the fantastic touch of having Ron Howard narrate each episode. Fox already pulling some scheduling shenanigans, which usually causes them to prematurely cancel good programming for poor reasons;
- Two and a Half Men - fairly schticky, overly-well-trodden sitcom fare from the creator of "Dharma & Greg" but with 2 great actors as the leads, Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer (who unfortunately gets the short end of the writing stick most of the time) that have good chemistry and seem to be having fun with it. Not a "favorite" of mine by any stretch, but easily watchable in comparison to most of the new sitcoms put out in the 2003/2004 season.
- Good Morning Miami - Premise and surface features made this show seem unwatchable to me at first, but strong writing and a solid-if-somewhat-unknown cast actually keep it funny. The longer the show ran, the looser it got with the plotlines which worked to its advantage. Possibly the smartest thing about this series is that most of the background characters and even extras are given plum lines and shining comedy moments adding dimension and flavor without subtracting from main characters and situations - many other sitcoms should learn that lesson. NBC has never been kind to this show's scheduling and has been bouncing it between cancelled and surviving while keeping it on hiatus, thus guaranteeing it no chance to build an audience.


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I'm almost finished with my video invite to my witch's bash, but I ran into a big snag. The programs I am working with will not recognize In the Hall of the Mountain King in my iTunes library because it's an .m4a
Instead of reformatting everything or starting over with my invite I thought I'd ask if anyone has an mp3 version of this song that they wouldn't mind sharing. If so, I'd appreciate it more than you could EVER possibly imagine!


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A new name and a new release
Following feedback I got, I renamed libvir into libvirt, apparently the first reaction to the old name was that it would be used to build viruses, bahh ! Rolled a new release 0.0.4 fixing the Python bindings now available on libvirt.org.
PalmOS using Gtk+ and Gstreamer
I don't know who worked on this but this looks seriously cool. Note how most of the bottom of their new stack is made of OSS components !
New beta release of Ekiga
Also in the cool section, Damien made a new beta release of Ekiga version 1.99.1, packages for Fedora Core 4 are available and it was also pushed just in time for Fedora Core 5 test 3. Good Open Source non-crippled software is the right answer to disgusting tactics used sometimes in the closed source world.


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I am writing this letter to tell you about Harvey Perleberg who is running for the office of jailer of Grant County.
I knew of him from my brother, Mike Louis, who was in jail at the time he worked there. My brother told me that if it wasn't for Mr. Perleberg, he would have had a hard time.
Perleberg went out of his way to make sure he had tooth ache medicine and paid for it out of his own pocket. That small act of kindness changed my brother's life. After he served his time, he moved south and raised a family and has never been in trouble again.
"There are no easy answers but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right." - Ronald Reagan
Calling all Grant Countians who care about the future of their community!
Here's your chance to speak up.
The Grant County News and Grant County Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsoring a "Meet the Candidates" Night at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21 at Williamstown High School.
Candidates for judge-executive, jailer, coroner, magistrate, mayor and city council will be answering questions that you think are important.
So here's your chance to let the Grant County News staff know what you want the candidates to be asked.
I want the folks in your community to know what great band parents are in the Williamstown and Grant County High School band program. Our band pit trailer recently got caught in between two barriers, seeing that we were actually going to pick the trailer up and physically move it, 15-20 of those band parents jumped in and got us on unstuck.
I want to commend the Grant County High School football coaches and players regarding their courteous, polite, and respectful conduct they exhibited during their trip to their football game at Anderson County.
A few days ago, I took a min-vacation to a few midwestern states. At one point, I stopped at a state capitol administration department to obtain points of interest information. Surprisingly all the state workers had been replaced by a special group from India (seems there is not any one in the U.S. of A. smart enough to work the state computers). Due to the language difference, I could not explain what I wanted, nor understand what they were saying to me. Needless to say, I left without the information. In frustration, I decided to return home, ending my trip.
If our lawmakers passed a law saying that green-eyed people could no longer vote, wouldn't we be incensed? All green-eyed people would rise up in protest, and I among them. There would be demonstrations in the streets. Yet many of us, who are eligible to vote, will never go near the polls on Election Day. The turnout for Grant County for our primary election was only around 25 percent.
How many have heard if you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all?
While this may be an antiquated notion by younger generations, it applies to those working for and with the public.
There is NEVER any reason for a public official or public employee to curse or name call.
At a recent fiscal court caucus meeting, heated discussion took place over operations at the Grant County Animal Shelter.
It's no secret that I like a good corndog and funnel cake and some of the best of both can be found at the county fair and even better ones can be found at the state fair.
I went to the state fair this year along with a host of Grant County 4-H ham project kids and their parents.
Grant County was well represented as the 4-H kids brought home many blue and red ribbons in only their first year of country ham competition.
Other Grant County 4-Hers and adults earned ribbons for photography, sewing, baking, art work, showing animals etc.
I'm probably the only person in this county that feels this way, but in my humble opinion, the Grant County Animal Shelter is taking itself a bit too seriously.
Now, I care as much as anyone about animals. All my life I have cared for and been surrounded by a whole host of animals. But with this comes a dose of common sense. To have a pet, you have to be able to accommodate it and it fit to your needs, etc.
There is a segment of the U.S. population cheerleading in favor of the ground zero mosque. One must ask, why? Imam Rauf says that it is for reconciliation. Really! Mohammed teaches that it is fine to lie to an infidel if it promotes Islam. I do not believe him. Why does he call it "The Cordoba Project?" When Islam defeated Christian Spain, the third largest mosque in the world was erected in Cordoba, Spain, to signify Islams victory over Christianity.
When you are a kid, you don't realize how quick life is. You want to make sure you don't miss out on anything, especially when you have someone special in your life.
Last week, I was covering the sporting events on Sept. 18, looking forward to a big moment that evening at Oktoberfest in Cincinnati, my proposal to my girlfriend Jessica Lynn Purnell.
For two weeks I had the ring stashed away waiting for that special Saturday. It seemed like an eternity to get here.
I have been searching the latest editions of the Grant County News expecting to see an article on the passing of a resolution of support for the State of Arizona by the Grant County Fiscal Court. In this resolution the citizens of Grant County expressed their approval of the Arizona law that allows the local police to check the immigration status of people who are guilty of a criminal offense and gives the officer a reason to suspect they are not in this country legally.
The world is coming to visit! Are we ready?
Beginning Sept. 25, running through Oct. 10, there will be thousands and thousands of travelers traveling through Grant County, on their way to the World Equestrian Games. If you think that won't affect us, you're wrong. People have to eat, people have to get gas, people have to spend the night somewhere. Checking with our local hotel and motel managers, I have found, they are getting lots of reservations for these dates. The Georgetown hotels are already totally booked. So that means our hotels will soon follow suit.
I'm not one to mark time by anniversary dates. It's just not how my mind works, and there are a lot of things that I try to forget.
Nostalgia keeps getting the better of me — it's age I guess. Lately this very hot summer has me thinking of homemade ice cream and my memories of Sunday afternoons in Williamstown.
No one knows the year when it entered Earth's atmosphere but it was found one April day in 1892, on a Grant County, Kentucky farm. Since that day, slices of it are located in the Vatican collection, Vatican City, Italy, the British National Museum, and nearly every major center of study from Harvard to Japan and elsewhere around the globe.
Here is a portion of the mostly forgotten story of Grant County's world-renowned 68-pound iron meteorite.
The following can be found at nkyviews.com/grant/grant358.htm and on numerous sites devoted to meteorites.
Friday, Sept. 17, begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. The week-long commemoration of America's most important document is one of our country's least known official observances. Our Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their liberties and freedom, and to ensure those unalienable rights to every American.
Hot weather and I usually do not mix.
As a teenager, my parents took us on a family vacation to Florida to visit some relatives.
It was blistering hot all day at the beach. Not being an ocean person, the sun simply glared on me the entire afternoon.
When it was time for lunch, I started feeling ill at Denny's.
The group was sitting at a half-circle booth table with lucky me in the middle, which meant either half of the people had to get up to let me out or I had to crawl underneath the table.
Times are difficult right now in the schools. Money is tight and some districts are having to choose to drop programs and let teachers go due to budget constraints. This is where we must consider carefully the best interests of the students, all students, before we decide to restructure the curriculum and eliminate pieces of a child's education.
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The best practices associated with these trends:
- Keyword research
- On-page SEO
- Mobile SEO
- Google Authorship
- Link building & Content Strategy
Keyword Research
Although much has changed over the past year when it comes to SEO, the principles of keyword research have remained relatively stable. So, which keyword tools and resources are still current and relevant in 2014?
Following are some of the best keyword research tools available in 2014. Keep in mind that while not all of them are free, all offer a limited-time free trial so you can at least test them out before buying.
Google Keyword Planner– For basic keyword research, nothing beats the Keyword Planner. Use this tool to find keyword suggestions, search volume and level of competition. Ubersuggest– Plug in your topic or keyword, and this tool will give you access to reams of related keywords and phrases you can target. Wordtracker Keyword Tool– Generates keyword suggestions, measures competition, and even helps you with writing optimized content. Moz Keyword Difficulty and SERP Analysis Tool– Perhaps the ultimate tool for analyzing how competitive your keywords are. Requires an annual subscription, but for serious internet marketers, it's worth every penny. SEMRush– This tool has the advantage of allowing you to see exactly what keywords your competitors are targeting, both in terms of organic and PPC traffic.
Here are a few more helpful resources for conducting keyword research:
The Rise of the Long-tail Keyword for SEO How to Identify Long-Tail Keywords for Your SEO Campaign Why Your Keyword Strategy is Incomplete Without User Intent
On-Page SEO
On-page SEO elements, fortunately, haven't changed much over the past year or two. Your goal should still be to produce high-quality, unique content that meets the needs and expectations of your audience.
To ensure that both your readers and Google know what your content is about, be sure to include your keywords in your:
- Title tag
- Heading tags
- Alt image tags (where relevant)
- Content – Generally at least 3-4 times within your content.
Other important on-page SEO factors include:
- Focusing on long form, more 'meaty' content in the 1000-2000+ word range.
- Targeting topics rather than keywords – Crafting your page around a particular topic or theme rather than on 1 or 2 keywords.
- Updating your blog frequently, without sacrificing the quality of your content (see
"Why an Active Blog is Necessary for a Successful SEO Initiative.")
For more info on how to implement on-page SEO best practices, see my article,
Mobile SEO
If you haven't already optimized your website for mobile, this should be your #1 priority this year when it comes to SEO. As Google seeks to keep up with the rise in voice search due to high mobile usage, your website and your content must be optimized with this in mind.
Some elements to consider include:
- Ensuring you have a responsive or dedicated mobile site.
- Ensuring all elements of your site are mobile-friendly.
- Tailoring your content to readers who are 'on the go': meaning an emphasis on readily available, actionable information.
- Factoring in the rise in voice search queries: for instance, hands-free users are more likely to query "Where is the nearest gas station" rather than "gas station San Francisco".
- Making use of a 'click to call' feature.
- Keeping in mind the differences in user intent between mobile and desktop users.
- Making sure your mobile content loads quickly. Google would like to see mobile pages loading in around 1 second.
Google Authorship
Setting up Google Authorship isn't difficult, and should no longer be considered optional. By linking your Google+ profile with all the content you produce, you claim 'ownership' of all your content, thereby increasing your Author Rank, which is a theoretical value determined by the quality and quantity of the content you produce, as well as which publishers publish your content.
In a Google Webmaster video published on May 5th, Matt Cutts addressed the question "Will backlinks lose their importance in ranking?" The short answer is "not for at least several years," but Cutts did hint that Google Authorship will play a larger role in the ranking algorithm in years to come. "If we could be able to tell, Danny Sullivan wrote this article, or Vanessa Fox wrote this article, that would help us understand, this is something where it's an expert in this particular field." The way Google can tell that is via Google Authorship.
Authorship is also useful for increasing click-through rates when your content shows up in search engine results pages, because your name and headshot appear next to your content, as shown in the screenshot below. This builds your personal brand, and extends the reach of your content.
For more on how to implement Google Authorship, see my post
Link Building & Content Strategy
Building high-quality, relevant links to your website is one of the most time-consuming elements of SEO, but also one of the most rewarding. Links are the most important factor in the search ranking algorithm, and one of the most effective ways to build inbound links is through guest blogging, which I covered extensively in my article,
Guest blogging has gotten a black eye since Cutts
- Building and improving your Author Rank
- Aligning your brand with industry leaders
- Creating strong social signals
- Generating leads and traffic to your site
- Building awareness of your brand
- Building your personal brand
- Building brand authority & credibility
- Increasing conversion rates
Some best practices to keep in mind when working on any inbound link building strategy include:
- Focus on quality rather than quantity.
- Try not to think of it as "building" links, but rather "earning" links by publishing amazing content both on and off your website.
- Focus on acquiring links that would benefit your business even if the search engines didn't exist (i.e. links where the readers will be genuinely interested in your content).
- Use Google Webmaster Tools to find out if your link profile could be negatively impacted by low-quality or bad links. If so, use the disavow tool to remove these links.
- Ensure that your anchor text isn't manipulative; this can trigger spam algorithms as Google's unnatural link detection continues to improve.
When it comes down to it, producing excellent content and promoting it to the best of your ability should still be seen as the gold standard of not just link building, but also SEO as a whole. This is why many experts are touting content strategy as the "new SEO." Social media has become the great amplifier for content dissemination, making it essential for any content strategy and SEO effort.
SEO is changing; as black-hat tactics are squashed by Google's algorithm, SEO disciplines are blurring the lines with traditional marketing best practices; and Matt Cutts concurs. In a recent interview, Cutts said, "a lot of SEO has been focused on technical matters and very highly specific ways to configure your website and stuff like that. There are best practices, and you need to make sure you get the basics right, but it is true that a lot of SEO is now circling back around to good old fashioned marketing."


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I'm unclear why I thought I was going to have some sort of break after Market this year. So far, I've had one actual day off, one day spent cleaning out my old sewing room (definitely not a break of any kind), one all-nighter to finish a custom gown (for real), and all the rest have been regular work days. What the junk is that? I'm waiting for my Real Housewives marathon, universe! And everyday I delude myself into thinking I'm gonna drive out to Ikea or paint the new guest room or something, but then I just end up sitting at the computer working. Dumb. And I still have a million emails to send out to my new bridal market friends. P.S. Why haven't we figured out speaker emailing yet? I would be so amazingly efficient if I could just dictate an email to some computer while I, I dunno, mixed a cocktail. Anyway …
Market recap! I find it becomes more and more difficult to tell people about a trip the further you get from it. And since I've been home a week, it's now pretty much impossible. So I'm just gonna show you pictures and explain everything in captions.
That's the booth! I totally loved it this year – so clean and graphic. And the mirror thing on the center wall was super rad – the lights hit it just perfectly and it looked almost three-dimensional. The pillars in the top image were all made by rolling perforated aluminum panels and then securing with zip ties. Essentially this on a giant scale. Pretty cool, right? Then I just topped them with mirror trays and they continued to break my heart for the duration of the event. *high five*
These were our giveaways – amazing little notebooks printed by Scout Books in Portland, OR. I'm so head-over-heels for that company, I can't even tell you. If you don't click through to check them out, you have made a very grave mistake. Dooo ittt. P.S. my books were filled with graph paper. I know. So cool.
Here's another shot of the booth and my sweet friend Kim getting everything steamed before we opened. I'm so humbled by that girl – she is one incredibly amazing person. I loved our entire time together, and frankly, I was sad to drop her off at home when we got back to Chicago. P.S. She even went shopping for me one day because I didn't like the outfit I was wearing. That is a true FRIEND. Love you, Kim!
And our beautiful model, Anna Rothfuss, who totally stole the show. Not only was she amazing in all of the dresses, but she was absolutely the most popular model at the event. Like, no question. I heard it over and over from visitors. She's the best. And undeniably gorgeous. AND she flew in from LA to do the event with us again this year. Am I lucky or what?
Answer: YES. For all of the above. It was such a great experience – I was way more calm than last year and met so many truly awesome people – I honestly can't wait for the next one.
Oh and for my foodies: we ate at Txikito, Buvette and Torrisi and all three meals were fantastic. We also ate at Acme (and sat right next to Mayor Bloomberg), but it didn't do a whole lot for Kim or me. Maybe everyone was too freaked out about Bloomberg? I dunno. But the cocktails were great – so go there first and then definitely hit the others for dinner. Like, no question. I want to go baaaack.


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Title: Post-World War I Military Parade
Description: Uniformed troops marching southward along Grand at 15th.
Date: 1920
Item Type: Photograph, b/w
Collection: General Collection (P1), Parades--Military, Number 12
Notes: V-1089-21
Local Subject: Military Parade; Troops; Grand Avenue; 15th Street
Digital Format: JPEG
Barcode: 10005483
Repository: Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
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When most rugby players hang up their boots - or head overseas - an announcement is made.
Adam Thomson is not like most rugby players.
He has been the cornerstone of the Highlanders for the past five years, playing all but six of the 71 games played by the franchise in that time.
But what he is doing this season, and what jersey he is going to wear, if any, remains a mystery.
In the back half of last year, Thomson consistently said he was considering his options.
He is taking his time. And with no comment from the All Black loose forward, speculation and rumour is swirling.
When fellow loose forward Doug Tietjens got injured in pre-season training, the Highlanders tried to contact Thomson, and had no luck. They have talked to friends of his. No one knows anything.
The best indication appears to be that Thomson, who turns 31 next month, is off to Japan when its season kicks off in August.
He did not sign a New Zealand Rugby Union contract by October 30 last year, indicating he did not plan to play in this country.
And the NZRU has ruled out the possibility of Thomson playing only a handful of games for the Highlanders.
Thomson's body has taken a battering over the years. At the end of the last Super 15 season, the tank was well and truly empty.
It seems he has decided to put his feet up and get his body right so he can play overseas for another five years.
Japanese rugby is still completing its season and any new signings for next season will not be announced until it concludes.
So Thomson can probably not say anything about joining a Japanese club for a month or two.
General manager Roger Clark said the Highlanders were interested in signing Thomson for this season but it never eventuated.
"We tried to sign him but our presumption was that he must have signed a contract somewhere else in the world," Clark said.
"He has always said to us he would never play for anyone else in New Zealand apart from the Highlanders."
Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph said he would love to have Thomson but the 29-test All Black missed the boat when it came to signing a contract.
Joseph had talked to Thomson before Christmas and said if he did not want to commit to the All Blacks, it would be hard to commit to the next level down.
Thomson's Twitter feed indicates he and partner Jessie Gurunathan have been holidaying in Thailand, and may be back in New Zealand soon.
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wednesday was the first meeting in the north of falcon process which sets the salmon seasons off the coast and inside puget sound. the worst news was for the coast, with hatchery coho returns to the columbia river decreasing by 80% from last years run, but the columbia chinook forecast is huge... but due to the low coho numbers, accessing those kings will be difficult due to coho impacts. the columbia hatchery fish are what drive offshore fishing due to the dilution factor, which allows less impact on oregon coast natural stocks and oregon lower columbia wild stocks.
puget sound does look considerably better, with increases of wild and hatchery fish in northern and southern puget sound. but hood canal and strait of juan de fuca wild and hatchery returns are forecast to be down. also, while increases are made in many systems, the stillaguamish forescast is low and will be a driver for salmon seasons in the strait and possibly portions of the sound (not sure about puget sound impacts because i was in the coastal meeting, not puget sound). also, the new pacific salmon treaty requires us to reduce our impact on thompson river coho, which will have more of an effect in the strait than inside the sound.
also, if the state continues to freeze hiring new state employees there will not be enough fish checkers to insure seasons this summer. the money for the checkers is from federal funding, but the state freeze includes other sources of funding too, even though not hiring temporary fish checkers won't save the state one cent.
i expect seasons to start a little later this summer, although we may open up the same time on the coast to access the kings that will be available. for me, i'm hoping for a later opener so we are fishing coho late-july through the end of august at neah bay... because i'm sure sekiu will have a september coho fishery and it's a quick and easy run to area 5 from neah bay if the ocean is shut down.
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why do you continue to abuse her 10 years later and then claim you're being "NICEST" as you can be? your abuse continues. your hypocrisy confounds.
you're an ignorant, hypocritical, pathologic abuser.
chase down my responses some more monkey. whine about claims of others stalking you while you incessantly search for another reply to respond to. read the information, then deny it... just like a paranoid, delusional recluse would.
admit to more abuse.
whine more about being raped.
claim that i, or others, would put themselves in the same position... when i deny it, claim i would anyways. just lie.
back to your bush shanty lower level apartment with your 65+ year old roommate named jan, feeb.
Alexander Peter Kowalski has admitted to abusing a former (only?) girlfriend... claiming it just "happens"... then claims that it's funny, and he's laughing about it.
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i suppose your listed address includes "Apartment #1, Lower Level", because you rent out the "Higher Levels" of your home to people who can afford to not live with people above them... or maybe they just couldn't keep their taxes up to date. somehow, i suppose...
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i suppose the 65+ year old named jan that is listed as living with you is your hot cougar wife... not your mother...... you couldn't possibly be so cliché as to be a 45 year old living in your mom's basement............. could you??????? if you'd rather i call and ask her, that's ok.... just don't respond here...
cower in my shadow some more, feeb.
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Archive – January, 2011
Famed composer, music scholar Milton Babbitt dies
Posted January 31, 2011; 08:00 p.m.
Milton Babbitt, a famed composer and Princeton University music professor whose mathematical expertise guided his creation of complex, modernist soundscapes that influenced generations of artists and scholars, died Jan. 29 of natural causes at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 94.
Kurtzer to speak on 'Egypt in Turmoil'
Posted January 31, 2011; 03:59 p.m.
Daniel Kurtzer, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel, and the S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, will lead a discussion titled "Egypt in Turmoil," at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. The discussion is part of the Woodrow Wilson School's "Up to the Minute" series that focuses on world events as they occur. The event is free and open to the public.
'Air laser' may sniff bombs, pollutants from a distance
Posted January 31, 2011; 02:15 p.m.
Princeton University engineers have developed a new laser-sensing technology that may allow soldiers to detect hidden bombs from a distance and scientists to better measure airborne environmental pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Video: 'Flock Logic' unites science and dance
Posted January 31, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Princeton professors Naomi Leonard and Susan Marshall combine the science of motion and the art of movement in a special course and two performances.
Video feature: 'Flock Logic' collaboration unites science and dance
Posted January 31, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Professors Naomi Leonard of mechanical and aerospace engineering and Susan Marshall, director of the Program in Dance in the Lewis Center for the Arts, created a class combining the science of motion and the art of movement. The Princeton Atelier project, called "Flock Logic," resulted in two performances that engaged a wide range of participants including students and volunteers.
Video: 'Conversation With... Edward Felten'
Posted January 27, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Princeton Professor Edward Felten discusses the many ways technology and society intersect, as well as how students can combine academic interests.
Video feature: 'Conversation With...' Professor Edward Felten
Posted January 27, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
In a video posted Jan. 26, Edward Felten, a Princeton professor of computer science and public affairs, took part in the second edition of the University's interactive "Conversation With…" series. In the first part of this two-part conversation, Felten answers questions posted online through Facebook and discusses a variety of topics, including how Princeton students can combine academic interests.
Filmmaker Kobina Aidoo will screen and discuss his work
Posted January 27, 2011; 11:08 a.m.
Filmmaker Kobina Aidoo will screen and discuss his documentary, "The Neo-African Americans," at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, at the University's Fields Center located at 58 Prospect Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
University closed for non-essential staff; normal operations resume at 3 p.m.
Posted January 27, 2011; 05:29 a.m.
Due to the snow storm, Princeton University is closed for non-essential staff Thursday, Jan. 27. Normal operations will resume at 3 p.m., which means that employees whose shift begins at 3 p.m. or later should report to work at their normal duty times. Critical and essential employees should report at their normal duty times throughout the day.
Non-essential staff dismissed early due to snow, Jan. 26
Posted January 26, 2011; 12:15 p.m.
Due to the continued snowfall, all non-essential staff will be dismissed at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26. All critical and essential employees should follow their normal duty times.
Thesis production of 'The Skriker' to be performed
Posted January 25, 2011; 11:03 a.m.
A collaborative thesis production of the play "The Skriker" by British playwright Caryl Churchill will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 17-19, at the Matthews Acting Studio at the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau St.
FACULTY AWARD: Bassler and Reider win NAS awards for 2011
Posted January 25, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The National Academy of Sciences has honored Bonnie Bassler, Princeton's Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology, and Paul Reider, lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, with awards for extraordinary scientific achievements.
Anthropologist Mann builds body of evidence with evolution studies
Posted January 24, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Alan Mann's sense of wonder about human origins and his bond with all animal species -- living and extinct -- have endeared him to students and colleagues for more than 40 years. Mann, a physical anthropologist, has focused his research on fossil remains -- mainly teeth -- of australopithecines and Neandertals to understand human growth and development. Mann also teaches a signature summer course in Bordeaux, France, "Modern Human Origins," which culminates in two weeks of excavation at a site once frequented by Neandertals.
Cyril Black International Book Forum to focus on the future of the dollar
Posted January 24, 2011; 10:09 a.m.
The role of the dollar and the future of global currency is the subject of the Cyril Black International Book Forum to be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, 2011, in Robertson Hall, Room 16, at Princeton University. This year's event features Barry Eichengreen, whose latest book, "Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System," was released in December.
Princeton trustees approve lowest fee package increase in 45 years
Posted January 24, 2011; 10:00 a.m.
Princeton University trustees Jan. 22 approved the lowest increase in undergraduate tuition and fees in 45 years -- 1 percent -- in recognition of the challenging economic environment that continues to affect students and their families.
Book forum to focus on global currency
Posted January 24, 2011; 09:57 a.m.
The role of the dollar and the future of global currency is the subject of the Cyril Black International Book Forum to be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in Robertson Hall, Room 16. This year's event features Barry Eichengreen, whose latest book, "Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System," was released in December.
University operating on normal business hours, Jan. 21
Posted January 21, 2011; 05:20 a.m.
Princeton University will operate on normal business hours Friday, Jan. 21. Employees should report to work at their normal duty times and academic business will proceed as scheduled.
Milberg donates leading collection of Irish prose; symposium planned
Posted January 20, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
The handwritten correspondence of the early 19th-century writer Maria Edgeworth, often considered the "the Irish Jane Austen," is among the many extraordinary literary treasures in a collection of prose by Irish writers recently donated to Princeton University by 1953 alumnus Leonard Milberg.
Princeton sets applications record for seventh year in a row
Posted January 19, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
Princeton University for the seventh consecutive year has set a record for students applying for admission, receiving 27,115 applications for the class of 2015. Over the past seven years, the University's applicant pool has increased 98 percent.
Honoring King, Jones stresses 'hope is a renewable resource'
Posted January 17, 2011; 07:50 p.m.
Today's young Americans must combine their technological savvy with a commitment to environmental sustainability to help achieve Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of a just society, keynote speaker Van Jones told the audience at Princeton University's annual King Day ceremony today.
Parker, Lajeunesse receive MLK Day Journey Awards
Posted January 17, 2011; 04:00 p.m.
Two members of the Princeton University community were honored Jan. 17 with MLK Day Journey Awards, which recognize efforts to continue the journey to achieve Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision. Thomas Parker, a mail carrier who has worked at the University since 1979, received the Journey Award for Lifetime Service for his role as an advocate and adviser to co-workers and for his dedication to community service. Josue Lajeunesse, a janitor who has been at Princeton since 1995, received the Journey Award for Special Achievement for his work to bring clean drinking water to his family's village in Haiti.
Funeral planned for student Khristin Kyllo
Posted January 17, 2011; 11:54 a.m.
A funeral for Princeton freshman Khristin Kyllo will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in her hometown of Vienna, Va. Kyllo died Jan. 13 in her Forbes College dorm room of natural causes.
Changes affect Nassau Street vehicle entrance
Posted January 17, 2011; 12:00 a.m.
Princeton University's Nassau Street entrance to campus has reopened to vehicle traffic following the completion of safety enhancements to the gate.
Bill T. Jones's 'Continuous Creation'
Posted January 14, 2011; 03:17 p.m.
Director and choreographer Bill T. Jones will discuss his seminal dance work and lead an open rehearsal with Princeton students Jan. 18 in the Stewart Theater.
Bloomberg selected as Princeton's Baccalaureate speaker
Posted January 14, 2011; 02:45 p.m.
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City and a renowned businessman and philanthropist, has been selected as the speaker for Princeton University's 2011 Baccalaureate ceremony. Baccalaureate, an end-of-year interfaith service that is one of Princeton's oldest traditions, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 29, in the University Chapel.
Acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones to lecture, lead rehearsal
Posted January 13, 2011; 05:56 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed director and choreographer Bill T. Jones, a 2010 Kennedy Center Honors recipient, will discuss the origin and evolution of his seminal dance work "Continuous Replay" at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the Stewart Theater at the Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau St. Following his lecture, Jones will lead an open rehearsal of "Continuous Replay" with Princeton students at 4:45 p.m. in the Hagan 48 Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St., as part of the Lewis Center's "Masters of Dance" series.
Princeton student Khristin Kyllo dies of apparent natural causes
Posted January 13, 2011; 01:06 p.m.
Freshman Khristin Kyllo of Vienna, Va., died Jan 13 in her Forbes College dorm room apparently of natural causes. She was 18.
State-of-the-art Frick Chemistry Lab, now open, advances new frontier of research
Posted January 13, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
There is a fresh buzz of excitement surrounding the new Frick Chemistry Laboratory, and it isn't just the building's striking facade that has people talking. Princeton researchers say the new home of the University's Department of Chemistry presents the perfect staging area to break scientific ground, to engage students by actively involving them in cutting-edge work, and -- according to the department's leader -- to provide "the best education in undergraduate chemistry in the world."
Robert Judson Clark, father of Arts and Crafts revival, dies
Posted January 12, 2011; 06:16 p.m.
Robert Judson Clark, a Princeton professor emeritus of art and archaeology who was considered the father of the Arts and Crafts revival, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, at home in Lafayette, Calif., after a lengthy illness. He was 73.
Snow delays opening for non-critical staff until 10 a.m.; exam schedule is unchanged
Posted January 12, 2011; 05:47 a.m.
Due to snowfall, Princeton University has delayed its opening until 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, for non-essential staff. All critical and essential employees should report to work at their normal duty times. The delayed opening will not affect academic business of the campus. All exams will occur on time for undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduate exams will proceed this afternoon as scheduled.
New eating club selection process deferred a year
Posted January 11, 2011; 10:00 a.m.
Representatives of the 10 eating clubs that attract more than two-thirds of Princeton's juniors and seniors have agreed to defer for a year the implementation of a new selection process patterned after a proposal made last spring by the Task Force on Relationships between the University and the Clubs. Under the new process, every student who is interested in joining a club would be guaranteed placement in one of the clubs.
FACULTY AWARD: Three professors named 2010 AAAS fellows
Posted January 11, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named David MacMillan, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry; N. Phuan Ong, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics; and Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, as fellows for 2011.
University to celebrate King's legacy
Posted January 10, 2011; 01:35 p.m.
Princeton University will commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with its annual King Day celebration Monday, Jan. 17, in Richardson Auditorium of Alexander Hall. Doors open at 1 p.m. The keynote address will be delivered by Van Jones, an environmental activist, social entrepreneur and former White House adviser who is a visiting fellow at Princeton.
Video feature: 'Student focus: Celebrating Dean's Date'
Posted January 10, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
John Monagle, a Princeton junior, and Zach Zimmerman, a 2010 Princeton graduate, host this video profile of Dean's Date, which takes place at the end of each semester. This year's events happen Tuesday, Jan. 11, and Tuesday, May 11.
Video: 'Student focus: Celebrating Dean's Date'
Posted January 10, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Twice a year, undergraduates pack McCosh Courtyard to cheer on fellow students running to meet the deadline for written coursework.
FACULTY AWARD: Daubechies receives Steele Prize for mathematical achievements
Posted January 7, 2011; 05:00 p.m.
Ingrid Daubechies, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics, has received the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research. The award, which cited her pioneering data compression techniques, is presented annually by the American Mathematical Society. It is given for work that has proved to be of fundamental or lasting importance in its field. The prize was awarded to Daubechies Friday, Jan. 7, at the society's Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.
Video: Student work: 'TapCats present "Tapparation"'
Posted January 6, 2011; 12:38 p.m.
Princeton's student tap dancing company will perform to current and classic hits in their 2011 show, Jan. 6-8 in the Frist Campus Center theater.
Exploring perspectives on love through photos
Posted January 6, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Featuring international settings ranging from domestic to natural to spiritual, a series of photographs exploring the question "What Is Love?" is on view in the Murray-Dodge Hall lobby on the Princeton campus. The exhibition includes 31 images selected from almost 150 submissions by University students, faculty and staff members in a contest seeking photographic perspectives on the theme of love.
Memorial service planned for graduate student Bill Zeller, Jan. 15
Posted January 6, 2011; 11:47 a.m.
A memorial service is being planned for Princeton graduate student William "Bill" Zeller, who died Jan. 5, 2011, at a local hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a suicide attempt at his home near campus. He was 27. A University service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Garden Room of Prospect House with a reception immediately afterward.
Princeton scientists construct synthetic proteins that sustain life
Posted January 6, 2011; 11:45 a.m.
In a groundbreaking achievement that could help scientists "build" new biological systems, Princeton University scientists have constructed for the first time artificial proteins that enable the growth of living cells.
FACULTY AWARD: MacMillan receives Mitsui catalysis award
Posted January 6, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
David MacMillan, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, has been named the winner of the 2011 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Award. The award was established in 2004 with the aim of recognizing researchers who have made outstanding achievements in catalysis science.
Mark Zondlo is up in the clouds
Posted January 5, 2011; 12:08 a.m.
Taofik Kolade '08 reinterprets video shot by engineering professor Mark Zondlo and his team as they traveled in a superfast research aircraft mapping Earth's atmosphere.
Video: Student work: 'BodyHype presents "Body Body!"'
Posted January 4, 2011; 10:48 p.m.
The BodyHype student dance troupe presents its 20th anniversary show Jan. 6, 7 and 8 in the Hamilton Murray Theater in Murray-Dodge Hall.
Senior thesis production 'A Broad Abroad' to be presented
Posted January 4, 2011; 02:20 p.m.
"A Broad Abroad," a senior thesis production written and featuring student Olivia Stoker and directed by R.N. Sandberg, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 9, and at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, in the Class of 1970 Theater in Whitman College.
'Wakefield Mystery Plays' thesis production set
Posted January 4, 2011; 02:09 p.m.
The "Wakefield Mystery Plays," a senior thesis production directed by student Phoenix Gonzalez, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, and 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at the University Chapel.
New songs and music theater scenes to be performed
Posted January 4, 2011; 02:01 p.m.
An evening of new songs and music theater scenes featuring students in the course "Words For Music Perhaps?" -- taught by professor Paul Muldoon and Irish composer Bill Whelan -- will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 6-7, at the Matthews Acting Studio at the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau St.
Princeton University Opera Theater presents Mozart
Posted January 3, 2011; 04:31 p.m.
The Princeton University Opera Theater will present scenes from three operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.
FACULTY AWARD: John Groves wins Remsen Award
Posted January 3, 2011; 12:16 p.m.
John Groves, Princeton's Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2010 Remsen Award, given by the Maryland section of the American Chemical Society. He was cited for his wide-ranging contributions to bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, enzymology and understanding of molecular mechanisms. The award is named in honor of Ira Remsen, the second president of Johns Hopkins University. Groves received the award in June at the section's annual meeting in Baltimore.
Perspective on: The real and imaginary life of Mumbai
Posted January 3, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
In his 2010 book "Mumbai Fables," Gyan Prakash, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton, studies Mumbai from a range of viewpoints to explore the multifaceted world of this Indian metropolis.
Bermann named new master of Princeton's Whitman College
Posted January 3, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Sandra Bermann, the Cotsen Professor of the Humanities and professor of comparative literature, has been named master of Whitman College and will begin her four-year term on July 1, 2011.