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Slower than a speeding bullet. Not nearly as powerful as a locomotive. Completely unable to leap tall buildings. Yet real people, many with all-too-human foibles, are muscling in on the likes of Superman and Spider-Man on comic book racks these days.
It's not like flesh-and-blood people have never ventured into the four-color medium before. Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis starred in long-running comic book series back in the 1950s and '60s. Once-popular actors like Alan Ladd and Buster Crabbe had their own titles, as did western stars like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and John Wayne.
But those comics were fantasy narratives about their on-screen personas, not the actors themselves. The same could be said about the rock band KISS, who battled Marvel Comics super-villain Doctor Doom in a 1977 comic.
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Nowadays, in contrast, popular musicians are appearing in more realistic accounts of their real lives; Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, and Madonna are a few examples. But you don't have to be a rock star to get your own comic: You can be a politician (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton), a TV star (Martha Stewart, Betty White), a business mogul (Mark Zuckerberg, a planned Donald Trump bio), or just notorious (Lindsay Lohan appears on the cover of a series called "Infamous," and a future issue on Charlie Sheen is in the works).
Related: Zap! Pow! Bow wow! It's Bo Obama, superhero
Many of these biographical comics are coming from a Vancouver, Wash.-based publisher called Bluewater Productions, which started out publishing fantasy, science-fiction and horror — time-honored staples of comic books — but more recently has ventured into the less common biography genre with titles like "Female Force" (profiles of prominent women), "Political Power" (politicians) and "Fame" (entertainment celebrities).
Powerwall: Politicians get the superhero treatment
"Bluewater's biographical comics are good sellers for us, and it's great to use this medium as an introduction to various political figures and celebrities," said Gerry Gladston, co-owner of Midtown Comics, which operates several comic-book stores in Manhattan.
"Lady Gaga didn't like it," Gladston acknowledged of Bluewater's profile of the pop diva. "But the book sold."
Related: Obama, Palin make peace (in Archie comics, that is)
Sometimes real-life celebrities rub shoulders with superheroes in the same comic. President Obama has made prominent appearances with both Spider-Man and Archie, for instance. "Project Runway" star Tim Gunn once put on Iron Man's armor . Even comedian Stephen Colbert (a comics fan in real life) has swung on a web side-by-side with Spidey.
"It's inherent in our creations that they live in the real world," Marvel Comics writer Paul Tobin told TODAY.com when Gunn guest-starred in a story he wrote.
Related: 'Project Runway' star turns Marvel superhero
But why are so many ordinary humans (well, OK, maybe not so ordinary) crowding the superheroes on comic-book racks these days? To make money, of course.
"Real-people comic books sometimes sell very well," Gladston told TODAY.com. "The appearance by President-elect Barack Obama in 2008 on the cover of Spider-Man was the best-selling comic book of the decade. Sometimes, however, a guest appearance by a real person may not do anything to increase sales — it happens quite often."Slideshow: When real people star in comic books (on this page)
Which just goes to show you: Pop stars and politicians may be fine when it comes to stuff like making hit songs or running the country. But serious work like selling comic books?
That's a job for Superman.
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Design by Committee
I like to look at this painting every so often to remind myself how things can go so wrong even when they seem like they are going right.
If you haven't seen this image before, the description of the project is amazing. An effort to find the "People's Choice" art award a market survey queried respondents from around the globe on what aspects of art they enjoyed.
- How much to spend? (200 - 500?)
- Busy or Simple? (turkey wants it busy)
- Naked, Partial, or Clothed? (the u.s.a. wants them fully clothed)
- What size? (the web wants dishwasher sized)
Results were tallied for various countries and "The Web", the paintings were created to spec with total disregard for an overall vision / goal / theme and the results are completely unappealing. I originally found this site via the excellent email on Design from Dan Winship of years back.
Design & Choice
I was talking with someone about Design about a year ago and we go into the topic of choice vs. decisions, we debated this.
Committees make decisions
Making decisions is the process of evaluating and understanding the options from various possibilities and then merging and pruning the list of possible options until only 1 option remains; which could be a hybrid of the original possible options.
Design makes choices
Making choices is the process of evaluating and understanding the options from various possibilities, then selecting one of the options. The design process suggests that this selection be iterated on and further choices made. Part of design choices means knowing that other options are valid but possibly lack a clear expression or vision.
Decisions vs. Choices
The difference between choices and decisions is subtle , some of it has to do with the quality of your ingredients and some of it has to do with compromise at the wrong stage of development. Is the process all that matters? A process that is used to constantly create new possible options and choose from those instead of making Frankenstein out of the options given? The design process will constantly emphasize the goal in the iteration of options leading to a choice. I don't think that definition clear, but it's the best we came up with.
Allowing More Choice
If design requires choices that defines a vision and other designers incorporate that design with their own vision… How do we create this space where design can make choices according to a single vision and still allow other designers [1] to continue making further choices toward their own vision? And further, how do you have a meaningful community other designers can make their own?
[1] As in, "Everyone is a designer", by choice or by accident.

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The family of the late state trooper Steve Hood apparently did not know the man deemed responsible for his death was due for release from prison.
Will Francis, 28, of Baldwyn, is free on the state's "earned release supervision" program as of March 5, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections' website.
Fifteen months ago, Hood's widow, Lisa, appeared before the State Parole Board to oppose Francis' release. One month later, the release was denied.
"I am definitely glad to get this behind me," she said after that notification. "It is a big relief to know he will still be there for a while."
"A while" equals a little over a year, in this case.
In October 2010, Francis pleaded guilty to felony fleeing from the trooper in May 2009. On a high-speed chase after Francis near his Guntown home, Hood was killed when his patrol car left the roadway and flipped repeatedly.
Francis was sentenced in a Pontotoc County hearing to 40 years with 33 years suspended.
"Earned release supervision" was established by the Legislature and the guidelines to decide who is eligible are set by the statute.
Neither Lisa Hood nor her son, Matthew, now a state trooper, could be contacted for comment. But the District Attorney's Office reacted to the news of Francis' release.
"We would have objected, if we had known about it," said Paul Howell, a District Attorney's Office spokesman. "We think he should have served his maximum time."
Francis' prosecution was handled by the previous administration of District Attorney John R. Young.
Howell said "earned release supervision," which is decided by a classification committee, still constitutes MDOC custody and is not like parole. MDOC, which also can revoke ERS, says his tentative release date is Feb. 24, 2014.
An ERS inmate cannot leave the state, and must have stable employment, abstain from use of drugs or alcohol, pay required fees and court costs, and abide by the terms of his supervision, MDOC says.
If an inmate violates any conditions of ERS, the inmate must serve the remainder of his sentence in a facility.
Hood was killed when his patrol car flipped multiple times off the road as he chased Francis' souped-up Trans-Am, modified with nitrous for racing.
Reports after the wreck said the vehicles were traveling in excess of 110 mph on Highway 370 near the Prentiss-Lee County line.
A law enacted the following year made illegal use of nitrous on Mississippi highways.
At issue also is whether Hood's family was notified about Francis' release. The Clarion-Ledger reported that his family was not notified.
Matthew Hood, it said, thought he had signed up for text and email alerts with VineLink.com, which is supposed to let victim's families know when offenders are released.
Grace Simmons Fisher, MDOC spokeswoman, said she checked to see if any victims were to be notified when Francis was released from George County Regional Correctional Facility in Lucedale.
She said there were not.
"We have automated victim notification through the victim service division, and people can register in order to be notified of an offender's whereabouts. We don't have any registered victims for this offender," she said. "I had that checked. We checked and double-checked."
Steve Hood served as a state trooper from 1982 to 1985 in the Starkville district before transferring to the New Albany District, Troop F. He was a master sergeant from 2001 until his death.
He also was survived by twin daughters, his mother and five siblings.


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Damn!!! I am stuck in New Orleans drinking Hurricanes and eating fabulous food and you guys are ripping my heart out chasing native fish. I am very jealous. Hope you tie into a few more.
DS - I'm a go for Friday and will be back in town Wednesday so will touch base with you. Tight lines!
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Skagit Swing Part II
Got back for one more shot at the Skagit's elusive steelhead yesterday. Typically for this year, the Sauk had blown out just before I arrived.
I met up with Tyler (down from BC for the week) at Howard Miller and we decided to give the upper Skagit our morning's attention (ditto from my last trip). There were a few fish in the rivers after the last good shot of water -Tyler had gotten a 10/11lb buck in the Sauk on Tuesday and a flyfishing guide had gotten his sports into two steelhead on that same day.
The run on the upper Skagit fished well, but neither of us were able to move a fish. Decided the next stop would be the (in)famous Mixer. I started up very high in this run and was greeted with a good *slam* out in the main current. The rod bent over, line peeled off, and I was certain I was into a good steelhead. Then, just like my last trip, the fish gave up and I reeled in a long bright sea-run dolly.
I explored some nice water upstream while Tyler worked the main run, then returned to see what was happening. He'd gotten a good grab in the heart of the Mixer, but was unable to get the fish to come back.
I went below to a riffle on the inside of the Mixmaster as he continued through the run. The Mixmaster riffle was fishing really well and I glanced up to see the sun shine unexpectedly through the clouds, turning thousands of tiny raindrops into as many sparkling diamonds. As I was staring stupidly at this natural phenomenon, a steelhead took the fly very gently as it finished it's swing. Just as I was about to yank it away from the light plucking, the rod absolutely *buries* and the line starts to sing off the reel and then . . GONE!
Tyler later chuckled, "I knew you'd lost one" and I can only guess how far my OH F*** was audible.
I tried to get the fish to come back, the proceeded down into the softer water of the main Mixmaster run. Tyler started at the shallow riffly head of the run where I'd just missed that fish and wasn't 5 casts into it before I hear, "All RIGHT!!" and look up to see a bright steelhead doing the vertical tango in the riffle. A good run, a little bulldogging, and another leap later and the fish is being admired and released. Beautiful deep-bodied bright hen, probably 12-13lbs and still sporting active sea lice.
A few more casts and a little celebrating and that was it for our day on the Skagit. Driving home, i noticed that the Sauk was also coming back in and should be fishable by Friday morning/afternoon.
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Before we chat with today's author, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of DiAnn Mills's novel, Attracted to Fire, is:
JFWisherd@ . . .
Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right (above my list of books) in order to participate in future book give-aways!
Now let's revisit novelist Mary Connealy, author of Ten Plagues (Barbour Publishing, October 2011).
Mary Connealy takes a walk on the suspenseful side with Ten Plagues, a romantic thriller, writing as Mary Nealy. Mary usually writes romantic comedy with cowboys. She is a Carol Award winner, and a Rita and Christy finalist. She is the author of The Kincaid Brides Series: Out of Control, In Too Deep, Over the Edge.
Among her novels are Lassoed in Texas Trilogy, Montana Marriages Trilogy and The Sophie's Daughters series.
Please tell us five random things we might not know about you.
--My mom's mother had a master's degree from Columbia University in New York back in the day when they barely let women go to college.
--I've got two brothers who are pastors in fairly diverse churches, but they get along great.
--I'm married to my high school sweetheart who is my very own romantic cowboy hero.
--I attended a one room country school and so did my husband and my children.
--I live in the house my husband's grandfather build on land that's been in my husband's family for close to 150 years.
What terrific family history, Mary. I'm so impressed by your grandmother!
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of Ten Plagues.
A demon possessed serial killer acts out the Ten Plagues of Egypt on the city of Chicago.
An inner city mission pastor draws the attention of a madman and becomes the focus of his rage.
A lady cop with the spiritual gift of discerning spirits gets the case and is confronted with an evil unlike any she's ever known.
The pastor and the cop race to stop a murderer, knowing that the plague of the first born and the plague of darkness are being saved just for them.
What is it about your lead character that will make your readers care about her?
My lead character is a lady cop with the spiritual gift of discerning spirits. I was reading the list of spiritual gifts and when I hit the one about discerning spirits I realized I knew very little about that gift. I wondered what would that be like? What if you walked up to someone and could tell they were possessed by a demon? The idea for a story about a woman with that gift was born.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
Keren would be played by a young Stephanie Zimbalist.
Paul by Henry Cavill (who is my new choice for every hero, the next Superman).
I completely get that. What a great look he has! I've heard a lot of good buzz about him.
Here's a hint for your well-to-do fans and loved ones: If you could have any one writing-related gift for Christmas this year, what would it be? The sky is the limit!
I'd like a writing retreat with all my best writing buddies in a beautiful cabin in the Rocky Mountains for a week. Food will magically appear so all we do is write and talk.
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
I am right in the middle of Ruth Logan Herne's Christmas release: Yuletide Hearts (Love Inspired). I'm a sucker for a really great, sentimental Christmas romance and I'm loving this one.
What are you working on now?
I'm doing revisions for the third book in the Kincaid Brides series and I absolutely loved this book. I had so much fun writing it. Book #1 is Out of Control about the control freak brother. It released in August. Book #2 In Too Deep, about the brother who's the shallow charmer, comes in February 2012 and Book #3 Over the Edge, about the crazy brother, releases in August 2012.
Where else can readers find you online?
Find Mary online at:
Mary Nealy's Website
My Website
My Blog
Petticoats & Pistols
The book is available at fine book stores and for online purchase through these buttons:
Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
I'm a little nervous about doing this pseudonym/new genre thing, but I loved writing this book and I think a change like this makes it more fun to go back and write the cowboy romance, which I love and intend to keep doing forever.
I'm so afraid that readers will feel betrayed and I'm trying to warn them that they're picking up something different. I think (I hope) the cover is a huge warning.
How do you feel about an author changing genres? Do you feel cheated? I've had authors do this to me but the major betrayal came when a romance novelist dragged me to the end of the book and then no happily ever after!!!!!!
I was very, very, very annoyed. Has that ever happened to you?
Thank you, Mary, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Mary has offered to give a signed copy of her book to the winner of our drawing on Thursday, November 10. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Mary's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
Be sure to check out my interview with Susan Page Davis, below. Leave an appropriate comment at the bottom of the post to enter the drawing for signed copy of her book.
Annoying legal disclaimer: drawings void where prohibited; open only to U.S. residents; the odds of winning depend upon the number of participants. See full disclaimer HERE.
Finally, be sure to check out the terrific inspirational fiction releasing this month!
A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander -- Historical Romance from Bethany House; To create something that will last is Claire Laurent's most fervent desire as an artist. It's also her greatest weakness. All that Sutton Monroe holds dear lies in ruin. He's determined to reclaim his heritage and to make the men who murdered his father pay. But what he discovers on his quest for vengeance reveals a truth that may cost him more than he ever imagined.
Bound by Grace by Amber Stockton -- Historical Romance from Barbour. When Charlotte Pringle's father disrupts her idyllic relationship with Richard Baxton by announcing he's been working on a marriage arrangement to secure her future, Richard despairs over the loss of the woman he's come to love, until his niece persuades him to fight.
Fatal Reality by Jonathan Wakefield -- A Thriller/Suspense from OakTara -- In this race only the winner will be allowed to live.
Gateway Weddings; Romancing America by Myra Johnson -- A Romance from Barbour. Three Missouri women enter the gateway to life, love, and longing.
Hope and a Future by Betty Arrigotti -- Romance from OakTara; Will Marjorie Gloriam overcome her fear and trust God to be a Friend with plans to give her Hope and a Future?
I Can Do Better All By Myself by E. N. Joy, --Biblical Fiction from Urban Fiction (Kensington). The singles ministry at New Day Temple of Faith is beginning to unravel, and the pastor is considering dissolving the ministry. Some members believe the only way to hold it together is by getting their pastor to join. And why shouldn't their leader show support by joining, considering the pastor's own single status?
Katie's Way by Marta Perry -- Romance from Praise (Penguin). A quilt shop brings Amish and Englisch together, and trouble follows...
Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble -- Romance from Thomas Nelson. Five years ago Eden and Clay Larson's baby was stolen and never found. Eden blamed herself, Clay lost himself in work. Their young and rocky marriage ended. Or so Eden thought.
Mind Over Madi by Lynda Lee Schab -- General Fiction from OakTara; All men cheat. At least, that's what Madi's mother has always told her.
Peril by Suzanne Hartmann -- Thriller/Suspense from OakTara; A top-secret agent must trust God to protect her many secrets when she accepts high-profile assignments but can she trust Him when He leads her to reveal her secrets and takes her to death's doorstep?
Promise Brides by S. Dionne Moore-- Historical Romance from Barbour; Love is the same, no matter when, no matter where-it never comes without sacrifice.
Protection for Hire by Camy Tang-- Thriller/Suspense from Zondervan; Tessa Lancaster's skills first earned her a position as an enforcer in her uncle's Japanese Mafia gang. Then they landed her in prison for a crime she didn't commit. Now, three months after her release, her abilities have gained her a job as bodyguard for a wealthy socialite and her three-year-old son. But there's a problem or two … or three ….
The Land of Darkness; The Gates of Heaven Series by C.S. Lakin-- Speculative Fiction from Living Ink (AMG); Jadiel is twelve and things couldn't get much worse—or could they?
The Long Trail Home by Vickie McDonough-- Historical Romance from Moody Publishers; When Riley Morgan returns home after fighting in the War Between the States, he is excited to see his parents and fiancée again. But when he arrives he learns his life will never be the same again.
The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson-- Historical from Zondervan; An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude a recluse. She must decide whether to follow the plans she has cherished or the calling God has placed on her heart.
The Rancher's Courtship by Laurie Kingery-- Romance from Love Inspired; Though Caroline Wallace can't have a family, she can still have a purpose. Becoming Simpson Creek's new schoolmarm helps heal the heartache of losing Pete, her fiancé, to influenza. Then Pete's brother arrives, trailing a herd of cattle and twin six-year-old girls.
Thyme for Love by Pamela S. Meyers--Romance & Mystery from OakTara; April Love has always dreamed of being a chef. But she didn't expect a former fiancé or murder to be part of the recipe for her new job.
Turnabout's Fair Play by Kaye Dacus-- Romance from Barbour; When Maureen O'Connor begins scheming to match her grandson Jamie with Flannery McNeill, the last thing she has in mind is a romance of her own.
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The mother, as long as she is unmarried or a widow, is bound to maintain such child as a part of her family until such child attain the age of sixteen.
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Can this really be true?
Is this really "a change we can believe in" ?
If so, that he preferred to focus on enforcing existing laws to keep assault weapons out of Mexico, rather than trying to renew the U.S. ban on the weapons then this a HUGE step that all 2nd Amendment defenders should mark o their calenders & in their journals.
To be sure, we can not afford to let down our guard against this man and his ever changing policies, but when even the Mexican president realizes what a volatile step that could have been "We know that it is a politically delicate topic because Americans truly cherish their constitutional rights," Calderon said. I can't help but have additional hope.
I truly hope that Sarah Brady and the rest gun control advocates that voted for Obama are apoplectic right now.
On the same subject, I recently received a letter from my Congressman, Walt Minncik (D) 1st Dist - ID that he joined with 65 other representatives in sending a letter to AG Holder urging him to abandon this "ban plan".
Bravo to all involved!


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $1.08 at $499.58, and briefly touched $502.40, bucking a weak market, perhaps helped by speculation today the company may be close to announcing a long-awaited deal with China Mobile (CHL) to officially carry the iPhone, according to an article by Lee Chyen Yee and Yimou Lee of Reuters.
The authors write Apple may unveil the oft-rumored lower-cost iPhone next month using chips from Qualcomm (QCOM) that can handle the home-grown "TD-SCDMA" cellular protocol that China Mobile will employ in its network.
But the Street continues to be preoccupied with Carl Icahn's announcement Tuesday he took a "large stake" in the shares and urged CEO Tim Cook to expand the company's already record share buyback program.
In c0ntrast to some skeptical notes from Apple bulls yesterday, RBC Capital Markets's Amit Daryanani today writes that he sees "plenty of potential" for an expanded buyback program given its ratio of debt/ebitda is abnormally low at 0.3 versus tech industry average of 1.8.
Daryanani, reiterating an Outperform rating, raises his price target to $525 from $475, writing that Apple could add another $55 billion in debt and materially boost earnings:
To assess the magnitude of a buyback, we looked at debt levels that are carried by large-cap companies across the board. Our analysis shows on average large-cap companies have a 2x Debt/EBITDA ratio (vs. AAPL at 0.3x) and this doesn't include the reality that AAPL has the largest cash position across these companies. Should AAPL get comfortable with incremental debt on their balance sheets, they could increase their buyback size by $50-90B (debt/ebitda range from 1.3 to 1.8x). We estimate this could translate into EPS accretion of $4.00 to $7.00 (~10-17%) and possible stock appreciation of $50 to $90 [...] If AAPL were to minimally leverage their balance sheet comparable to IBM (IBM) (Debt to EbITDA of 1.3x) they could raise an incremental $55B in debt and assuming they use that for an buyback net of interest expense (~3.5%) it could result in $4.00 of EPS accretion to our FY14 EPS estimate of $39.74. Furthermore, assuming the Company increases its leverage to the 1.8x average, Apple could repurchase over 170M shares (18% of float)


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
Port Arthur Independent School District (PAISD) Superintendent Dr. Mark Porterie reports that there will be increased security at Memorial High School on Monday, Oct. 3, in response to online clown threats - menacing social media posts currently being nationally circulated asserting that creepy-looking clowns will be making armed attacks on various schools.
West Orange-Stark football
West Orange-Stark senior football player Steven Tims will continue his education and play football for Blinn College in Brenham. Tims was named the Class 4A state championship game defensive MVP.
Kelly athletics
Former Beaumont Independent School District superintendent Timothy Chargois was considered and rejected as the interim superintendent for the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District when the school district's Board of Trustees met Monday, Dec. 8, to deliberate the topic.
No. 12 WO-S (11-2) vs. No. 5 La Grange (13-0)
Moorhead Stadium, Conroe, Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
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Hike up to the top of Loma de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross)
Climb up the 465 steps to reach the 275-metre-high peak of this historic hill. Or take the winding road around back that delivers you to the top where you'll be rewarded with panoramic views of the city of Holguin.
In 1790, a cross was put up in hopes that it would relieve a severe drought. Today, every May 3, there's a pilgrimage to the top for a special Mass.
There's also a restaurant on site, a tiny art gallery and a few vendors selling jewelry. Be prepared for spontaneous sermons and concerts as well. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the top if you're walking up the steps and a cab ride to the top costs only a few dollars. Make the trip early in the morning for the best photo opportunities, or late in the day for glowing sunset pictures.
Tour a cigar factory in Holguin
A quintessential Cuban experience is touring a cigar factory. You'll get a peek at what it takes to put together the best cigars in the world, from cleaning and grading the leaves to putting the final seal on a box of Cohibas, Romeo Y Julietas or Montecristos.
The floor is scattered with strips of tobacco leaves. There's the song of birds chirping overhead. Workers glance up momentarily from wooden tables to offer a smile. And everywhere, there's that sweet smell of fresh cigars.
You have to be part of a tour to get through the doors of any cigar factory in Cuba. The Feliu Leyva Tobacco Factory in Holguin is a popular spot and the town of Gibara also has two factories that regularly accept tours. However, please note that no photography is allowed.
Ride in a vintage car in Holguin
It's nearly impossible to resist riding in a vintage American car while you're in Cuba. There's just something about the image of a '57 Chevy Belair set against a blue sky with a palm trees blowing in the breeze. Cuba was the largest importer of these American vehicles before the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s, and they seem to be the only models that have lasted until today.
Keep in mind that while the outside is original, what's under the hood may be a Russian diesel engine. And don't expect a bargain ride, either. Taxi rates in these cars are comparable to what you'd pay back home. A handful of these vintage cars are usually lined up and waiting for passengers outside resorts, restaurants and popular attractions. It's a fun ride to a nearby destination. If you need to travel for a longer period of time, it's often a better idea to take a more modern car with air conditioning and better suspension.
Relax on Guardalavaca Beachabc
Spend an afternoon on Guardalavaca Beach. All you need is a snorkel, goggles, the shade of a big tree and fine sand between your toes – and maybe a cold drink. If you're staying at a resort in Playa Esmeralda or Playa Pesquero, it's well worth it to pack up for the day, get on the hop-on hop-off bus and head to the beach. If you're staying at Guardalavaca, you can walk down to the sand and then head back to your room for an afternoon nap.
This stretch of beach is the only one in the hotel zone open to Cubans (although all beaches here are technically public, locals are kept away from the beaches in front of the large hotels). The everyone-is-welcome policy means you get a feel for Cuba's lazy weekend afternoons. Quench your thirst at any of the beach bars and whether you're in the mood for pizza or lobster, there's a restaurant for all tastes. When sunset approaches, take a stroll on the boardwalk along the beach.
Explore the city of Holguin
Consider the city of Holguin your window into authentic Cuban life. Aside from a few tour buses that pop in for an hour here and there, the city is crowded with locals. You may find yourself sitting side by side with locals when you sit down for a bowl of helado (ice cream) with all the toppings.
Parque Calixto Garcia is the square in the centre of town. Make your way through the other three major squares downtown for a good overview of what makes this city tick. You'll see women getting their nails done inside a big store where items are priced in local pesos and not in the convertible pesos (CUC) reserved for travellers. And you'll also see groups of locals grabbing a quick bite to eat at an open-air cafeteria.
A cab from the beach resort areas costs about C$35 each way, so it's best to take the whole family or split the cost with fellow travellers who also want to explore the city. Holguin is most alive on Saturday and Sunday nights.
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The best spots to pick up your souvenir bottle of rum are the on-site shops at your resort or the cigar factories. In Holguin, look at stores off the main square for a good selection. You're allowed to bring back one bottle of rum (no more than one litre) from Cuba, so make it a good one.
Santiago de Cuba's Super Prestige 25-year-old rum with cinnamon, almond, chocolate and oak notes is made in the factory that belonged to Don Facundo Bacardi before the revolution. Any of the made-in-Cuba brands such as Havana Club, Ron Cubay or Ron Varadero are also delicious, inexpensive and make great souvenirs. Just remember to pack your bottle carefully among soft items like clothing or bubble wrap to take back in your suitcase.
You'll likely have a few requests for cigars once your friends discover you're visiting Cuba. Tour a cigar factory to witness the process from start to finish and end up at a store on-site where the selection is best. You can buy a pack of five quality cigars for less than 10 pesos here, or you can step up to the Monte Cristo A sold for around 20 pesos apiece.
Individual cigars in aluminum tubes stay fresh the longest – plus they make the classiest gifts. Each brand offers many sizes and shapes, and of course, beautiful bands, labels and boxes. Romeo Y Julietas tend to be the mildest, Montecristos are in the middle and Cohibas have the boldest flavour.
Wooden Handicrafts
The statues and wall hangings made of local wood are beautiful, but when it comes to keepsakes, keep function in mind. A big, handmade mahogany bowl could be a great souvenir. Look for the artist's signature and the date on the bottom of the bowl. For foodie friends, pick up a few mortars and pestles or an elegant salad-serving set.
Leather Goods
Handcrafted leather backpacks hang from ropes strung across market booths. You will be impressed with the quality of anything made from leather here. There are cowboy hats, natural leather-covered baseballs, sandals and wallets of every shape and size.
Red Seed Jewelry
Choco diamante seeds are everywhere in Cuba. If your list is long when it comes to souvenirs, jewelry is an inexpensive gift. Nothing says Cuba more than a bracelet made from bright red seeds. Buy them by the handful to make your best deal and you could pay as little as a peso a piece.
Che Guevara Souvenirs
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentinean doctor who played a pivotal role in the Cuban Revolution in the late 1950s and is a local hero. He wasn't born in Cuba, but you'd never know that judging from the number of times Guevara-themed apparel appears at the markets. His image with the iconic hat and scruffy face shows up on everything from fridge magnets to wallets. Most shops also offer posters and books in Spanish about this iconic Cuban icon.
If you're looking for local flavour, there's no better way to get it than by trying food from local street vendors. Look for little shops offering bocadito de helado and get a cup of plain ice cream or have it with cake and toppings. If you need something hearty, grab a minced ham sandwich at a bocadito de jamon viking stand. Add a few croquetas fritas (chopped meat, breaded and deep-fried on a small stick) and you have a satisfying lunch.
El Ancla (Guardalavaca) (Caribbean, $$)
Work up an appetite walking to the very western edge of the Guardalavaca beach area and you'll find El Ancla. Take a seat on the spacious covered patio with the gleaming white-tiled floors. The view is truly one of the best of all of Holguin's beach resorts.
For a great lunch option, order the shrimp cocktail to start, followed by arroz con mariscos (chef's rice with seafood). There is also sliced white bread and butter that comes complimentary with your meal.
For dinner, move inside the modest restaurant and grab one of the six tables. The view is still spectacular! Order the combinacion mar azul. It includes half a grilled lobster, shrimp, fried potatoes, rice, dessert, coffee and a cocktail.
Restaurant 1720 (Holguin) (Caribbean, $$$)
There's no doubt this is the place to go for a fancy dinner in Holguin. On a Sunday evening, every one of the colonial-style chairs here is occupied by Cubans celebrating the end of the weekend. The mansion-turned-restaurant is a beauty on the outside too, so it's easy to spot.
Pork, chicken and lamb dishes are the more affordable options, as well as the paella. If you want to go all out, there's lobster on the menu. The wine selection is vast by Cuban standards, so pick out a nice bottle to go with your special dinner served on blue and white china.
Los Helechos (Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort) (Caribbean-European, $$$$)
Los Helechos is a classy restaurant inside Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort with rich dark woods and marble floors. There's an a la carte menu and plenty of premium cocktails to choose from. Order a mojito here and you'll get one of the best you've ever had in Cuba.
The first course of lunch is Serrano ham stuffed with smoked salmon cream cheese and served with sweet fruit slush on the side. Follow that with a lobster cocktail with sliced apples and a deep-fried fish ball as a garnish. The main is beef tenderloin, a generous steak resting atop a ragout of vegetables thick with beef gravy. There are delicate waffle-cut potato chips circling the plate and an almond-crusted potato ball on the side.
For dinner, you can expect more upscale Europe-meets-the-Caribbean fare such as tuna tataki, octopus soup with rosemary and sea bass with mussels and clams. The restaurant is open to non-guests who book the resort's Royal Service package, which includes a luxurious spa treatment (and it's totally worth it for the gourmet food that's included).
Yhi Spa (Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort, Playa Esmeralda) ($$$-$$$$)
Yhi Spa is the only full-service spa in the Holguin resort area. Even if you're not staying at the resort, you can still drop in for a day of pampering. Arrive at the front desk and get whisked away to this quiet seaside spa with views of the brilliant blue ocean in the background.
The selection of spa services offered here ranges from relaxing rubs to deep-tissue treatments. You can pop in for a 25-minute visit, or opt for a full 50-minute treatment – all with plenty of free extras. If you need something a little more intense, choose acupuncture or a therapeutic option. There's also an incredible roast coffee massage and a hard-to-resist Cuban rum massage. It's a deep-tissue treatment that includes a mix of oil, rum and sage, based on the recipes of local medicine women.
As you are escorted to the change room behind heavy wooden doors, the mood is quiet and the air smells of sweetly scented cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. A smiling attendant takes you to the first stop—a footbath station in a candlelit space. Remember those cinnamon scents? They come courtesy of a warm neck roll that offers heady sensations while your calves, shins and feet get massaged with oil after soaking in a basin full of rose petal-scented water. This is included with every treatment.
Next, it's on to the hydrotherapy circuit. Take your pick from the sauna, steam room or hot tub before dipping into the Balinese cool showers. Afterwards, stretch out in the relaxing room with a panoramic view of the great blue beyond. You'll then be led outside by your massage therapist, along a wooden boardwalk to one of three thatched-roof treatment rooms perched over the sea.
Get settled on the massage table in this airy space. When you're ready to begin, simply tap the two tiny cymbals attached to a red cord. If you choose the Cuban rum massage, the experience begins with a bowl of scented oil.
The premier pick here includes a 50-minute massage, followed by a tasty lunch in the Royal Service area of the resort. This boutique-like section houses the luxurious Los Helechos restaurant with its gleaming marble floors, rich woods and spectacular views.
Lunch with a perfectly executed mojito might include Serrano ham stuffed with smoked salmon cream cheese served with a fruit slush. It's followed by a lobster cocktail in a tall glass and a beef tenderloin resting on a ragout of onions, peppers and potatoes. Dessert could be a generous chunk of blue cheese, slices of dried quince fruit and a generous dish of honey for dipping.
Once you're relaxed and full, head for the secluded seawater pool back at the spa, the private beach or walk up to the hot tub platform. Take a warm dip, then claim the queen-sized daybed draped with gauzy curtains and take a blissful nap.
Spend a day at Guardalavaca Beach (all ages)
Throw your hat and sunscreen in a bag and head for the vast stretch of sand known as Guardalavaca Beach. Since the beach is open to locals, it has a more casual and authentic feel. Share a shady spot under a sprawling tree and watch your kids race local youngsters across the sand until they all wind up in the tropical waters. The beach is wide and the water is warm, so there's room for everyone to do their own thing.
When your family gets thirsty, stroll up to one of the beach bars and grab some drinks. For a little change of pace, walk a few steps further into the markets and browse the lovely leather goods. When it's time for lunch, walk over to Vicaria Guardalavaca where a couple of pizzas will refuel the family for the afternoon. Little children can hunt for seashells and other treasures here along the craggy shoreline at the western edge of the beach.
For those with a little more adventure in their blood, there's horseback riding and skydiving at Paracaidismo Guardalavaca. You can also go diving at the coral reef just offshore – Eagle Ray Marlin Dive Center or Center Coral Reef can set you up on an excursion.
Take a boat ride to Parque Natural Bahai de Naranjo (all ages)
The party starts on the boat ride over to the aquarium, perched in the middle of the bay. Smiling guides ask you to remove your sandals before stepping onto a big boat with a gleaming white floor. For the 10-minute ride, the music is cranked and everyone is tapping their toes and letting the breeze flow through their hair. Then, head up to the big deck to warm up in the sunshine before the sea lion show.
Explore BioParque Rocazul (age 5 and up)
After a few days of pampering at your resort, take the family back to nature. Get to BioParque Rocazul early in the morning. This park covers more than 3,460 acres and the all-inclusive package includes hiking, horseback riding, a visit to the farm and fishing. You can climb El Templo Hill and get the same kind of view that inspired Christopher Columbus to utter the famous words: "The most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen."
Make your way to El Manantial Inlet, where rods and reels are provided. Hop into one of the rowboats and paddle around the serene inlet or cast from the dock. The fish you catch will be fried up for a tasty appetizer at La Ostra Azul snack bar.
After a quick tour of the banana and coffee fields, you may be ready for a traditional lunch of roast pork, rice and beans in the shady patio of the park's restaurant. To really get a feel for Cuban rural life, book the Casa Compay Kike. It's a rustic cabin on the grounds of the park where you can have a quiet night – and a stellar view of the stars.
La Ruta de la Cerveza (Holguin) (Nightlife event, $$)
The Beer Trail, as it's called locally, offers a quirky and interactive glimpse of nightlife in Holguin city. As the sun sets, jump on a tour bus at your resort. You'll receive a map that includes an outline of how to play the game and navigate the downtown area. If you're a fan of TV's The Amazing Race and you like scavenger hunts, you'll get the hang of this one right away.
The goal of the game is to collect stamps from 20 destinations in downtown Holguin. This may seem a little intimidating at first, but luckily, Holguin is organized into a series of town squares, so it's easy to navigate.
The evening begins with a fashion show featuring beer-inspired duds and a call to join the models for a few salsa steps. Look for these models again later in the game. They are stationed outside the various stops you need to visit. Along the way, you also have to collect the ingredients that make beer and purchase a few cervezas too. Make sure you have a few pesos in your pocket. Sunday nights in Holguin are busy and it's the only night this tour is offered.
Your stops include bars, restaurants, shops and a cultural centre. It's also a great way to get a feel for the city. The tour wraps up at the Salon Benny More, a cabaret-style club where prizes are doled out and you are treated to a dance show featuring Cuba's unique rhythms.
Los Amigos (Guardalavaca Beach) (Beach bar, $)
Leave the Guardalavaca flea market and step down onto the beach. This beach bar looks like it's been plucked from a tropical movie set, but it's the real deal. It's smack-dab in the middle of the beach strip—a perfect spot for people-watching. The tunes are always lively here and you can even grab a snack if you've missed dinner. This place makes a great first stop of the evening, since the place shuts down around 9 p.m.
La Rueda (Guardalavaca Beach) (Karaoke bar, $)
When Los Amigos closes, step back up into the market area and grab a table at this friendly bar. A bottle of Bucanero beer and a water cost about CUC$3. There's a good chance the musicians who entertain at the nearby resorts will stop by for a serenade so be prepared to join in.
Mojito Bar (Hotel Playa Pesquero) (Hotel bar, $)
Every single mojito that travels across this tiny, but well-loved, wooden bar receives the handcrafted attention of one of the establishment's talented, friendly bartenders. There are no artificial flavours here. A handful of mint gets stuffed into every tall glass where it's mixed to perfection for the country's signature drink. Make sure to pose for a photo with the life-sized statue of Ernest Hemingway at the end of the bar.
Salon Benny More (Holguin) (Dance club, $$)
Look for this club at the corner of Parque Las Flores, one of the city's many squares. It is named after one of Cuba's most talented and popular singers. Step through the front doors and find yourself unexpectedly in an open-air cabaret. Grab a seat for the traditional song-and-dance show but expect that sooner or later, you'll likely end up on the dance floor yourself.
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Spend a day on the water in Holguin
The blue ocean beckons. It's time to abandon land and spend a few hours on the Caribbean. Leave the Marina Puerto de Vita aboard a gleaming catamaran and sail to the island of Cayo Saetia. They might as well just call this place paradise. Have a swim, put on your goggles and snorkel or nap on the quiet, out-of-the-way beach. If you need a bit of adventure, jump in a Jeep and head inland to get up close and personal with the zebras, camels, deer and birds that call the island home. Lunch and an open bar complete the day.
Feel the need for speed? Sign up for a speedboat adventure where you are given a lesson in safety precautions before you jump in your own boat to head down the Sama River. Deeper and deeper into the lush countryside you go until it's time for a little fresh fruit refreshment on land. Test your driving skills and see the zigzag bays as you hug the coastline.
If it's a deep sea fishing adventure you're looking for, get ready for a long and hard fight with a dorado, snapper or even a gigantic marlin. Check with local tour operators for catamaran outings, speedboat excursions and half- or full-day deep sea fishing tours.
Visit Holguin's small towns and big cities
Your beach resort is probably stellar, but you know it's not how folks really live in Cuba. To see an authentic side of Cuba, try to set foot in some of the small towns and big cities. To do this, there are a variety of excursions that duck in and out of small towns and then head for the city of Holguin. A short ride from the resorts puts you in Rafael Freyre, where it's time to hop on a rattling old train and tour the countryside that was once home to endless sugarcane fields. Along the way, you'll see typical Cuban homes and even some folks who come out to wave hello.
Next, visit the big city of Holguin. Here it's busy with people heading to work on bicycles, children lining up in their uniforms for the start of the school day and flower vendors clipping and pruning tiny roses to sell. For those who aren't on a schedule, there's time to grab a seat at a Parque Calixto Garcia cafe, or enjoy a beer at Cafeteria Cristal and watch the locals go about their daily business in this City of Parks.
Take in the seaside splendour of Gibara
If you have ever wanted a seaside hideaway where you can write that great novel, Hemingway-style, keep Gibara in mind. Truth be told, you likely won't be able to get it out of your mind. This outlet to the sea has a great vibe, a captivating view of the bay, charming Spanish architecture, a shady plaza and an ocean breeze that simply makes you want to gaze out over the water.
Early in the day, head for Bakers' Cave, or as it's called in Spanish, La Cueva de Los Panaderos. It's one of 28 caves in the area that inspire your imagination to run wild. Look for the Octopus's Garden, the standing elephant and the cappuccino bar hidden within the shapes of the limestone passages.
Include a visit to one of the two cigar factories in town and make a stop at the Cine Jiba, home of the Cine Pobre Film Festival in April. Walk through the Museo de Historia Natural, where the Colonial style building with its sunny atrium is just as interesting as the contents found within. Several excursions offer a visit to Gibara under different names. Some get there by road while others sail in on a catamaran.
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Cuba's cigar industry got a kick start when Christopher Columbus took some samples back to the Old World after his visit in 1492. In 1614, the ruling Spaniards started to formalize tobacco production in the country. Today, dozens of brands are produced at state-run factories throughout the country such as Holguin's Feliu Leyva Tobacco Factory. The biggest brands are Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Jose L Piedra and Cohiba.
You'll see employees hanging posters and decorations for upcoming holidays, sharing laughs as their hands move at a frantic pace, stopping only to get their nails done on their break. You'll occasionally see an employee look up from her work, offering a smile to yet another group of touring visitors and agreeing to slow the pace just a little so onlookers can try to grasp what she's doing. After dried tobacco leaves are cleaned, graded and gathered into bundles, they land on his worktable. In his hands, a cigar begins to take shape.
The Feliu Leyva facility offers locals a course on how to craft one of Cuba's most important exports. It lasts between nine and 11 months, and only students who excel are offered jobs. Interestingly, more women than men work at the factory.
Rows of ancient stalls fill the factory floor, unchanged for the last 50 or maybe even 100 years. There's the sound of knives and cutters chopping off the ends of cigars; the chatter of coworkers and birds drifting in from the open windows overhead. Strips of tobacco litter the floor and there is the sweet smell of dried leaves everywhere.
Most employees start their workdays at 7:30 a.m. Before the day is over, they might have rolled more than 200 cigars each. Watch as a worker places layers of leaves in one palm, then tightly rolls them into a bundle on a well-worn butcher block atop her worktable. She spins one end into a point and trims the other end to the exact length of the brand and size she's making. The cigars then go into a tray, which is then put in a hand-cranked press to squeeze the cigars into their final shape.
Thousands of cigars pass through the hands of the graders, who then sort them by colour. The grading is done bundle by bundle, each with a tag that traces it back to the makers. If any cigars don't make the grade, they are sent back for a fix.
Finally, banded cigars are placed in either cardboard containers or the collectable pine tree cigar boxes. Each box is decorated with strips of beautifully designed papers that are glued on using sponges and with plenty of patience. Back in the day, wealthy families paid handsomely to have their crests stamped on to the tops of these boxes.
After your tour through the factory, pop into the retail store and pick up some souvenirs. You can buy a pack of five quality cigars for less than C$10 or the Monte Cristo A for around C$20. Because the business of fake cigars is so rampant, there's no photography allowed inside the factory.
Calendar of events
Pico de Oro (February)
Storytellers take centre stage during this festival in Holguin sponsored by the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Holguin. Narrators from across the country gather for this event celebrating the gift of gab.
Festival International de Cine Pobre, Gibara (mid-April)
Utah might have Sundance, but Gibara has Cine Pobre. In 2003, the late Cuban director Humberto Solas launched this low-budget festival in the local movie theatre called Cine Jiba after falling in love with the seaside town of Gibara. Even though the seven-day festival is a bit off the grid, it still attracts more than US$100,000 in prize money.
Romerias de Mayo (first week of May)
This weeklong party in Holguin celebrates the first pilgrimage to La Loma de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross). Today, there's music, poetry, art exhibits and even a national rap competition. There's also plenty of great food and drink.
Día de la Rebeldía Nacional (July)
For Cubans, July 25, 26 and 27 mark three glorious days off to recognize the beginning of Fidel Castro's leadership after former leader Fulgencio Batista was ousted from power.
Carnaval (third week of August)
Carnaval is a great big dance party and everyone gets on their feet for outdoor concerts during this celebration in Holguin. Have some roast pork and fiery rum and you'll have the energy to dance all night.
Fiesta of Latin American Culture (October)
Immerse yourself in Holguin's upbeat vibe with this festival that includes open-air music concerts, Cuban dances, historic re-enactments of Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492 as well as art and handicraft fairs.
Day of Independence (Día de la Independencia) (October)
On October 10, 1868, slavery was abolished in Cuba. This marked the start of the independence war against the Spanish colonial power. Today, it's a national day off for everyone, so expect street festivals with plenty of food, drink and festivities.


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The directors of the Princeton Project on National Security, an effort led by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to craft a long-term strategy for U.S. national security, will discuss the project at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in 16 Robertson Hall.
The talk, "National Security in the 21st Century," will be presented by Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Wilson School, and G. John Ikenberry, the Albert Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs.
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Over the course of his almost 40-year career, choreographer Bill T. Jones has often told stories in his dance pieces. Some were based on others' works or lives (he won Tonys for Spring Awakening and Fela!); some tackled a familiar tale (Noah and the flood in Another Evening: I Bow Down); still others took on true-life experiences (1994's Still/Here). For his newest work, Story/Time, Jones has brought together 70 one-minute non-fiction stories and collaborated with composer Ted Coffey and nine dancers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company to sculpt a multi-layered, multi-media performance. Story/Time will be presented by FirstWorks on March 10 at the Vets (note: the piece contains strong language and adult themes).
As a child, Jones listened to his parents telling stories and, when he wasn't dreaming of performing, he wanted to be an English teacher. Inspired by the structure of John Cage's 90 minutes of one-minute stories in Indeterminacy, Jones drew on his own memories, stories from his dancers, history books, and other written resources.
"How they are drafted and put together for performance is quite different than the way I've used stories in my career," Jones noted in a recent phone conversation from Manhattan. "One thing about John Cage — he was giving permission to put everything in a hopper and spin it, so it's outside my control. Because of the whole spectrum of stories here, the audience has to ride the roller coaster with me. It's scarier [than I Bow Down] and frightening and exhilarating as well."
Jones sits at a desk onstage, reading the stories, as the dancers move around him. His production manager makes a new order of the stories every day and there is a new structure for the dance sections every two performances.
"I like to create a field of events and textures," Jones explained, "and then, because of repetitions and recontextualizations, the meanings shift and change.
"We do have our crafted moments," he added. "They consolidate lighting, story, and movement. Those are repeated even though they may be in different places in the whole piece; they are held intact."
One of those is "the wipe-out," in which Coffey's music becomes so loud that Jones's voice is drowned out and you only see his mouth moving. Where that sequence is placed is changed almost every night, as they refine the piece, which premiered in January. Another element that mutates but is always present is a lineup of green apples across the front of Jones's desk, with dancers sometimes taking away one or more to use as props.
"The apples popped into my consciousness because I had seen a man with a green apple in his brown jacket pocket, which he later retrieved and polished," Jones recalled. "For me, it was a touching, poignant, and poetic image. So I brought a couple dozen apples to rehearsal, and the dancers made a kind of logic out of them — and they became a counterpoint to the physical body."
With a passion for visual arts, Jones has sometimes suggested that audiences look at modern dance as at abstract painting: "It isn't that I'm painting a picture in Story/Time — I'm laying out a table. Then, through sleight of hand, through the bodies of the dancers, through the changing light, we begin to make things, and all these things are rich to me."
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Sara Matthews, Laurier assistant professor of Global Studies, is the recipient of the 2013 Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar Award. The annual award honours an Arts faculty member who explicitly and creatively integrates the professions twin functions of scholarly research and teaching. The award is granted to a professor who has identified and developed a pedagogy to successfully achieve this integration.
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TUPELO – Attorney Kirk Tharp says he'll appeal his Lee County Justice Court conviction on a misdemeanor simple assault charge.
Judge Sadie Holland ruled Monday that Tharp was guilty and fined him $290.
She did not order any jail time for her verdict after a 31⁄2 hour hearing Thursday.
Tharp also serves as Sherman's prosecuting attorney and Mantachie's municipal judge.
Through his attorney Harry Sumner, Tharp expressed his disappointment at the decision and said he "strongly" disagrees with Holland's ruling.
"I look forward to presenting this matter, along with all of the facts, to a jury of my fellow citizens of Lee County and to my ultimate exoneration of any wrongdoing," Tharp said in an emailed statement.
Teenager Kurtis Yarbrough filed the assault charge after a Sept. 10 incident at Mooreville One-Stop, where the ICC student claimed Tharp attacked him, injured him and broke at least one of his two hearing aids.
Tharp insisted he responded to verbal threats he heard coming from Yarbrough's vehicle parked behind him at the gas pumps that morning.
Monday, Tharp said he does not "believe anyone should have to endure the language and threats such as the ones I received from Mr. Yarbrough and the other men in his car on that September morning."
Attorney Jamie Franks, who represents Yarbrough in a civil lawsuit against Tharp, said late Monday he supports Holland's decision and predicts that when Tharp is tried again, "he will be found guilty, again."
"Anyone who watched the video (of the incident) saw that Kirk Tharp was the aggressor and a bully who beat up a teenager half his size," Franks said. "He needs to be held accountable."
Mayors in both Sherman and Mantachie said they will inform their boards of the court decision. Sherman Mayor Ben Logan said his board will take up the matter in executive session Tuesday night.
"It won't make a difference," said Mantachie Mayor Jeff Butler.


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[Intro: Jim Jones]
Jones, Dipset
You know what it is
When you see me two twelving you homie
You fuck niggas keep triple nining
Have some integrity, bitch
[Jim Jones]
Peace Blood, peace almighty
We all thugs and we run the streets nightly
And get my lawyer, why
Cause I ain't copping out
And I fuck with b-boys who bring the choppers out
One shot of that'll have the boys bring the coppers out
And we balling, foreign toys is what we hopping out
My feary side, where we ride
And we all fly high in the Lear G5s
So twist your fingers up and bang motherfucker bang
Get your money up, this cane is what we fucking slang
And 9 trey is what I fucking claim
It's Dipset Cap, the Don of the Byrdgang
[Snoop Dogg]
They call the D-O-Dub, wasn't really tripping cause
Twenty-one, twenty Crips and all of us is cripping cuz
We from a different street all got that different heat
But when we move the Macs for Game we on the same beat
So if you fuck with Blood then you fuck with us
And we ain't busting duds cause we busting slugs
We sure to stay in touch and clean your mess up
And if you from the West Coast, my nigga
Game got at me about the remix, it's an honor my nigga
I made rap, one blood, that say I'm signing with Jigga
I got rappers gettin' mad at me
I got these new jack rappers trying to clap at me
I got these corny wannabe diss-song kings on the radio
Talkin' bout how they gon' spray and take me away
But I'm the true living legend
I'm not to be questioned
Have your whole hood holler shit about my progression
You knowing my attitude shitty only a buck fifty
So I keep the Smitty's with me shit how many with me
What you scared, I'm prepared in the mall and all
With two two's you can call me Quick Draw McGraw
Bitch I'ma cut that fool, better call the law
I start sprayin', make fuck nigga fall and crawl
I press play like Puff, no pause at all
Chopping holes in all the walls that's all they saw
[The Game]
Hip-hop ain't dead it just took a couple shots
I bring it back to life give it a couple shocks
The King's coming
No I'm not Jay-Z
Too many niggas hate me but they scared to face me
This ain't a movie dog
No not Waist Deep
I'm not an actor but I'll show your bitch big meat
She giving one blood, one love on dubs
A hundred forty thousand the first week, ugh
Remix, remix, remix
Remix, remix, remix
[Fat Joe]
All these niggas wanna front trill with them stiff faces
Till them niggas lying still up in stiff cases
Within Styrofoam and embalming fluid
I been gone too long and I'm down to lose it
Somebody go and get this nigga a pine box
And I ain't just talking about a measly nine shots
Yeah I'm chopper-happy and my wrist loose
Call me Goldie, I'll smack your bitch too
[Lil' Wayne]
504 gangsta New Orleans soldier
Bangin' underwater fuck around and soak you
Louisiana gunner, I'm bout my holster
And if you getting greasy, I'm an ulcer
I'm bicking back being bool on the Eastside
Of New Orleans where the Bloods at the B-Hive
Ain't nothing sweet unless it's Presidential
That is where I sleep now give me my key
New York get the blood money, dirty cash still sweet
We with Black Wall Street by the swap meet with heat
Def Jam they gonna flop him and Reggaeton ain't hot in the building no more
It's ok I get it popping
Back to the forest trees for deep, these little me's
Who took believers an opportunity to breathe
And you ain't gotta go overseas to see Iraq shit
You can come to LeFrak Queens and get jacked quick
[Jadakiss and Styles P]
One Blood we used to the spillin'
Came from the hood so we used to the killin'
Used to the Black males making crack sales in the building
How else you get the Benz with the suede on the ceiling
Blood in, Blood out
Me and homie back-to-back
Both loaded working we about to pitch a shut out
I'm New York's king
I'm New York's hardest nigga
Anything in between's a motherfucking target nigga
D-B-L-O-C-K, he spray
The hawk'll find a nice home right where your cheeks stay
We got a mean team hip-Hop dream team
Them boys is only in the projects on green screen
Yeah, no security, I'll put you on the respirator
I'm the bomb; I'm the motherfucking detonator
One dutch, one bud, one burner, one slug
Want a couple casualties, but we'll settle for just one blood
What it look like, all I say at most
Shooters waiting on the word
Just say it Los
I let these niggas live yes
I told em pull the plug
Have them goons pulling gloves, leave the room full of slugs
Catch me trafficking on maroon colored dubs
Couple Africans with balloons full of drugs
If they like me tell 'em line up
While I sit behind team point 'em out like a line up
[Juelz Santana]
Mic check, one two, one two check
I'm strapped, you strapped let's play two-on-two
Let's go, you're eyeing us in the iron bus, boom
Leak you, two liters of red juice - Hawaiian Punch
So what you boys gon do to me, I'm born street
Your life's sweet, MTV's Laguna Beach (damn)
Mama told me not to play with fire but
She never told me I would grow to be a lighter
[Rick Ross]
One love to the gangs but I'm in the thangs
Save the colors for the cars, see we kill for the fame
The boss made it yeah, we floss flagrant
Shame how I lost your life savings up in Las Vegas
I'm a heavy better, I'm a heavy seller
Keep white in the office call it Jerry Heller
Lettin' off a hundred rounds let the barrel pick
And we gon' sit here and wait for the derelicts
Bitch Chi got Lords and Gangsters show me where them niggas at
Chi got Two Six's and Kings show me where them killers at
Chi got them ballas and hustlers show me where them figures at
Game where them triggers at, aim at them fitted caps
He got the clips, I got the scope let's get them choppers nigga
He got the kush, I got the dope let's get it poppin' nigga
Heard he in that cherry six fo, shit ain't no stopping nigga
Hit him in the head and the body with a bullet
When I put him in the cemetery then I gotta holler out
Whattup cuz
Yeah rolling with two grips
Glock holdin' on the hip rolling with two clips
Got two tiny locos ready to take trips
Shake and make trips, high stakes to take grips
But they know what's cracking cuz cause as we huddle
They hold cards down nigga like spades and pinochle
West coast gang bang, riders erasing 'em
Got funny niggas raising up and riders replacing em, cuz
[Daz Dillinger]
Draped in blue, notorious gangsta crew
R.I.P. for niggas who don't stay true
Deep down in the crevices see the jets veteran
Dwelling in the land of the gang bang profession
I'm legendary yes, yes a Westcoaster
Throwing up two C's with two guns in my holster
I'm from Long Beach City a Crip next to Compton
Down with my nigga Game if you niggas want problems
From the streets to the suites anywhere we can meet
Del Amo to Compton, Slauson Swap Meet
Worldwide get swept away by the tide
By Gs and BGs, OGs it's time to ride
Who the rider, looter through the gutter man
Trued up in them Carolina blue Hurricanes
From the Westside striving to dead 'em
Where them killers throw that third letter up
Like Raymond Washington and Tookie Williams
Blue jeans, blue strings, blowin' blueberry green
Cadillac on blue D's and a blue tee
Money thick as blue cheese chunkin' up the dub
What the West be without Snoop and Dub C and one Blood
The Bay Area fuckers we pop 'em
Open you up if you got a problem
Up top born in Cali-forn-ia
Clean your clock open your can of tuna
Make a choice, it's either it's hell or it's heaven
Get your chest layed out with the FN-57
This ain't nothing to do with nobody
But in the Yay there ain't nothing to do but catch bodies
[Bun B]
I'm coming straight outta PAT like Compton in all black
But when we say what it do, they never say holla back
Bun B the OG like '95 Air Max
Neon green outta Flight Club off a Fairfax
Ask The Hundreds, it's doable I done done it
At the summit of rap and I'm watchin' you haters plummet
Run to it or run from it to Bun it don't differ
Wipe the streets with you like you a swiffer as a gifter one blood
I'm the realest youngster that's breathing and I don't gotta give a reason
Chamillionaire a millionaire, y'all competing to be competing
My purpose is to get the cheese and as a purpose that should defeating
So shut your mouth, have a seat and be quiet til I finish eating
My label tells me I'm greedy, hogging all the room on your TV
Like Eric they think its Eazy, but it isn't easy believe me
Need to make a room in B.E. television if you wanna be me
Game said he made room for Jeezy, I had to make room for me, G
[Slim Thug]
It's one Blood if you Blood or Cuz
From that number one Thug it's still one love
I rep my blue boy team but I do it for green
I do it for my folks Vice Lords and Kings
All the trappers future rappers standing out on the blocks
Tryna get up out the hood man and stack 'em a knot
Put your sets in the air scream fuck the cops
We gon' rep for the hood man like it or not
[Young Dro]
My feed mashable, murders are catastrophical
Cars is improbable I'm overcoming obstacles
Trapping I made it logical my topic is impossible
I got a partner named Shoe Strang cause shorty real crossable
Shark meat to Pappadeaux, cars be tropical
All guns choppable all blocks are mobbable
I'm unstoppable my calico is toxable
Lyrically diabolical, cushion is not [?]
[The Clipse]
Red rum, red rum such power in the tongue
Never in the wildest was he talking to them
Style on niggas but feel it to the numb
Japanese thread brought flavor to these bums
Consider me the savior, look what the Lord gave you
My celebrated presence like the return of Rayful
Frolic in the snow so playful
And reviving the track, like we flowing through jumper cables
What duo you know get XXL kudos while coppin' off Coolio
Classic shit we mastered this, left for dead, I'm back
I'm Lazarus
[Ja Rule]
Nigga, one Crip, one Blood
LA, New York
The Game, the Rule, one love guns up
Hands down, can't touch the flow is a bit much
The style wanna keep up
I'd advise you to speed up
With money moving like coke these days gotta re-up
G up, cop some heaters and dare a nigga to act up
You see us in dual seaters and throw it up
It's all hood niggas rep your sets if your Cuz or Blood
Niggas, we all bleed
These niggas can't breathe
Only because the guns are drawn and aimed to part
Niggas that got bullets with names on them
Want em, come get em niggas y'all know where to get at me
Look at me now pass me maybe you can be half me
You bastards, I'm laughing bullets sticking in family
Who sadly gets torn between one Crip and one Blood
Y'all niggas know me, yeah
The Game strikes a blow for inter-gang and inter-Coast solidarity by getting rappers affiliated with both the Bloods and the Crips to appear on this ultra-long (23 verses!) remix


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Murdered WWII vet's friends denounce crack dealer claim
Friends of a murdered WWII veteran are denouncing claims Delbert "Shorty" Belton was killed during a drug deal gone bad. One of the murder suspects told friends he was buying crack cocaine from the 88-year-old man.
According to police, Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, one of the suspects in Belton's beating death, told friends he was buying crack cocaine from Belton. He made the same claim in a letter found in the apartment where he was arrested early Monday morning, police said.
Authorities were able to track Adams-Kinard down to a basement apartment in a residence in the 500 block of West Montgomery thanks to a tip from the suspect's own mother, who tipped off police out of concern for his safety.
In court, an allegation has now come out that Kenan Adams-Kinard allegedly acted as the "muscle" in the attack on "Shorty" Belton, and three days after the murder, he showed up at the basement apartment where he was told his friends about the killing and was later apprehended.
According to court documents, Adams-Kinard said he "was trying to buy an ounce of crack cocaine from Shorty, and Shorty tried ripping him off."
Spokane police have said there is no evidence to support the drug dealing claim and from day one made it clear this was a random, strong-arm robbery.
"I would like to make it very clear the motive for this attack was robbery," Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub said in a media briefing earlier this week.
Police say Adams-Kinard and Demetrius Glenn, 16, took Shorty's wallet. However, in a letter Adams-Kinard purportedly penned to his mother, it is written:
"[We] opened the door and then socked him (Shorty). Two more times ... I took his wallet and another ounce of crack from his pockets."
It was that alleged confession to attacking Belton that Adams-Kinard's attorney tried to keep from being read in open court Tuesday. Judge Debra Hayes overruled the defense council's objection.
"I appreciate your objection, I would like to have the other facts stated on the record. I believe public is here, and they have the right to hear the additional facts," Hayes said.
While Adams-Kinard's attorney didn't want the confession entered into the record, the teen murder suspect's family are sticking by the boy's claim the veteran of the Battle of Okinawa and Purple Heart recipient was a crack dealer.
Kinard's uncle, Terrance Kinard, said Shorty and some of the family members go way back and used to be in the same circle.
"He's not who everyone thinks he really is," Terrance Kinard said. "Back in the days, we were all in the same circle doing drugs."
Terrance Kinard himself has been arrested for drug dealing before but claims he's clean now.
As for his claim that Shorty was a crack addict or dealer, the Spokane Police Department has no evidence of that and Shorty's friends call those allegations ridiculous.
"Shorty couldn't even watch somebody take an insulin shot without going, 'Whoa' you know, kind of getting all light headed," Ted Denison, Shorty's friend, said.
Friends said Shorty didn't like taking his own prescription medications, he never mentioned drugs and never used them. They added he didn't like to be alone and he rarely was and if the accusations were true they would have known something.
"He had nothing to do with drugs or any of that kind of stuff," Shorty's friend Glenn Longsdorff said.
Terrance Kinard is sticking to his story, saying that time will show he's right.
"I pray that the truth will come out, for the better for our family and for their family," he said.
Shorty's friends can't believe his legacy is being dragged through the mud by his murder suspect and the suspect's family.
"There's no way Shorty would do something like this. For the family and stuff, to stick behind their kid, I can understand that, but come on you've got to read between the lines," Denison said.
So, on the eve of Delbert 'Shorty' Belton's funeral, an allegation has been made that he was a drug dealer, posited by one of the suspects of his killing and supported by the family of that murder suspect.
What Adams-Kinard's family has not rebutted, however, was that Kenan Adams-Kinard, while claiming Belton was a crack dealer he also allegedly admitted to killing him both verbally and on paper, hampering his defense while making the prosecution's murder case against him stronger.


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Released: December 21, 2011
EIA has recently changed methodology for developing the 5-year high/low stock ranges depicted in Figures 1 through 6 of the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR). This new methodology uses the highest and lowest weekly stock levels over the last five years to develop an inventory range band for each product, in total and by region. WPSR users can use these inventory ranges to compare current weekly petroleum stocks relative to recent historic levels.
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|>> Archive: Favorite Trout Flies Favorite trout patterns
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Learned years ago, the key to a successful March brown pattern is the pinkist fox belly fur. Excellent tie BTW.
Brings me back to when Harry and Elise had their shop on the hill out side of Rosco.
Nice fly!
I guess everybody who likes trout streams has his/her own variants.
This is mine:
Hook: tmc 100 size 12
Tail: microfibbets
Body: fine dubbing and gold rib
Wing: mallard flank
Hackle: brown and grizzly
Thanks everyone for the kind words
This fly has always been one of my favorite dry fly and has always prodeuced fish where other have failed
A true classic
It's so nice to see that fly.
It's a standbye on my Millers River although I tie the body a bit darker. Anyway, like the other posts, it's a trip down memory lane.
Nice job!
Beautifully tied Catskill style classic and it sends me down memory lane on how I started tying flies.
These Catskill style dries are what got me into fly tying when I was 9 years old. I got tired of hearing Dad complain about the difficulty in getting properly tied dry flies unless he ordered them months in advance from the Dette's, Darby, Flick, or Orvis. I not only got tired of hearing Dad complain, I was also tired of seeing the poorly tied and proportioned flies the local sporting goods stores in Northeastern PA had in stock (this was back in the early '60's). So, after bugging Dad for more than a year, he finally got me a good vise (Herter's Model 9), good scissors, a poor bobbin, some head cement, a book on tying (Herter's PROFESSIONAL FLY TYING, SPINNING, AND LURE MAKING), some hooks, and the materials to tie a few simply flies for Christmas. I was like a kid in a candy store.
Anyhow, after some struggling (it is not easy learning to tie from a book, remember this was pre-video era too) to flies like the Grey Hackle, Hare's Ear Nymph, Brown Hackle (the Woolley Bugger hadn't been devised yet at that time), etc. I moved on to dry flies that I left the wings out off of because it was hard enough to get a decent looking hackle job at the time with the Indian Rooster Necks we had to tie with (yes, this was pre-genetic hackle available on the market). We used to have to use 2 and sometimes 3 of those short hackles to tie a fly.
After about 2 years, I finally figured out that I needed better material for the wings than the really poor quality dyed mallard I had spent the few dollars I made mowing lawns and picking huckleberries on. Once I spent the little extra for better winging material, the Catskill style dries started to look OK. However, it wasn't until I was 14 and met a professional fly tyer who lived in the area (back then it was possible for a good tyer to make a good living tying flies) and had him teach me some of the things he learned over the years. This was also my first introduction to genetic hackle. Leon Wronski was his name and he had gotten some hackle capes from the Darbee's. Made tying a dry much easier, unfortunately Leon wouldn't let me buy even one of them because they were hard to come by.
Then around 1969 when I was 16, I saw a beautiful blue dun neck at a local hunting and fishing store. It has a price tag of the then unreal high price of $15.00 on it. I had to have it and I spent some of the money I earned planting trees in reclaimed strip mines on it (this was when wages for this work were $1.50/hr). This neck was a Metz neck. A year later I saw a grizzly neck in the same store and gladly paid the $20.00 asking price, it was also a Metz.
Folks getting into fly tying and fly fishing have it much nicer now than "back in the day" with videos, books with great photos, the internet sites like this one, fly shops instead of sporting goods or hunting and fishing stores, and great genetic hackle. And everytime I see a well-tied Catskill style dry, it brings a smile to me.
Thanks for sending me down memory lane.
And an even older tie from the UK.
Thanks for posting, that really brings back memories. Many years ago, a few friends and I would take a beat on the R. Teviot in April and we enjoyed some spectacular wild brown trout fishing to March Brown hatches.
Bitterly cold windy mornings with heavy overcast skies were always the best bet. In fact as the temperature dropeed and the wind picked up, the hatch would start and the trout would turn on as if by magic. Then the wind would drop and everything would turn off like a light switch.
|Jim Miller
|A classic Catskill tie ..... nicely done!
MArch BROWN
Hook - Mustad 94840 or similar hook size 8-14
Thread - Orange
Tail - Ginger hackle barbs
Body - light fawn colored red fox fur
Wing -Wood duck flank heavily marked
HACKLE- Mixed Dark ginger grizzly and Dark grizzly
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